WEBVTT - Coordinators: Ravens Practice 1/17 Press Conferences 0:00:03.160 --> 0:00:05.640 Welcome into the Ravens Press Pass Podcast. It is Wednesday, 0:00:05.760 --> 0:00:08.119 January seventeenth, and the Ravens are getting ready to host 0:00:08.160 --> 0:00:11.720 the Division Round playoff matchup against the Houston Texans. Today, 0:00:11.760 --> 0:00:13.720 we had a chance to hear from the coordinators. That's 0:00:13.800 --> 0:00:16.840 kick things off with Special Teams coordinator Chris Horton. 0:00:19.920 --> 0:00:22.200 Good to see everyone today. Hope you guys all doing well. 0:00:23.239 --> 0:00:25.520 So you guys out there braving that first fifteen minutes 0:00:25.560 --> 0:00:27.920 of outside and that Colt so that was that was 0:00:27.960 --> 0:00:32.520 good to see for us. You know, we're just looking 0:00:32.560 --> 0:00:34.360 forward to this opportunity. You know, we get to go 0:00:34.440 --> 0:00:36.880 up against face a good Houston Special teams unit. 0:00:37.440 --> 0:00:40.000 Those guys have been great all year. You know, it's 0:00:40.000 --> 0:00:40.239 just good. 0:00:40.280 --> 0:00:41.879 It's gonna be a good challenge for us and our 0:00:41.880 --> 0:00:43.440 guys to just go out there and really just take 0:00:43.479 --> 0:00:45.000 care of our business and do what we do. 0:00:45.640 --> 0:00:48.839 Questions, Chris, how do you feel Devin Duverney has been 0:00:48.880 --> 0:00:51.879 progressing back from injury and what you've seen him from him. 0:00:51.880 --> 0:00:55.600 So far, He's been great since he's gotten back out there. 0:00:56.000 --> 0:00:58.760 Just you know, he's just fit right back into where 0:00:58.800 --> 0:01:00.560 to where he left off. You know, he came back 0:01:00.600 --> 0:01:03.279 and started to get those opportunities. We put him back there, 0:01:03.360 --> 0:01:05.120 let him, let him feel some of those punts, feel 0:01:05.200 --> 0:01:06.039 some of those kickoffs. 0:01:06.040 --> 0:01:08.120 And he looks good. He looks like he's ready to go. 0:01:09.319 --> 0:01:12.080 But is the idea that if if he is out there, 0:01:12.120 --> 0:01:14.520 that he would resume those responsibilities. 0:01:14.680 --> 0:01:16.680 Of course, I mean, you know, it's it's uh it's 0:01:16.760 --> 0:01:18.920 it's his it's his job before he got hurt. Right, 0:01:19.240 --> 0:01:21.039 It's one of those things we've had, Like I said, man, 0:01:21.080 --> 0:01:22.160 we got guys that. 0:01:22.160 --> 0:01:23.640 We could that we could throw back there. 0:01:24.080 --> 0:01:26.679 If the weather's back, you know, there's an opportunity possibly 0:01:26.720 --> 0:01:28.840 could see two guys back there, you know. Uh So, 0:01:29.120 --> 0:01:31.680 just just giving those responsibilities and given those options that 0:01:31.720 --> 0:01:33.920 we do have, you know, I think it's it's good 0:01:33.920 --> 0:01:36.160 for us to to, you know, put our put our 0:01:36.200 --> 0:01:37.640 pro our Pro Bowl player back there. 0:01:38.880 --> 0:01:39.280 I didn't. 0:01:39.440 --> 0:01:43.440 I believe Texans scare scored very highly in those recent 0:01:43.560 --> 0:01:45.760 special teams Ryan gigs that people cite. 0:01:46.000 --> 0:01:48.360 What what is it especially that makes them so good? 0:01:48.360 --> 0:01:51.040 And in that face of the game, you know, Frankie's 0:01:51.080 --> 0:01:52.560 done a good job. You know, he's done a good 0:01:52.640 --> 0:01:54.480 job with the guys that he's got. They got a 0:01:54.480 --> 0:01:56.360 good they got a good core group. They got some 0:01:56.440 --> 0:01:58.680 veteran guys, some guys that have really made their mark 0:01:58.760 --> 0:02:01.440 through special teams, and then they got some young guys 0:02:01.440 --> 0:02:03.440 that have that have played well for him just throughout 0:02:03.440 --> 0:02:06.000 the entire year, you know, and then and they do it. 0:02:06.080 --> 0:02:07.360 They just do a really good job. 0:02:07.400 --> 0:02:07.600 You know. 0:02:07.600 --> 0:02:10.320 They play fast, they play physical pretty much. I think 0:02:10.360 --> 0:02:12.079 what you'll see from the rest of their team right 0:02:12.360 --> 0:02:14.440 just kind of what the head coach is instilled in 0:02:14.760 --> 0:02:17.120 those guys. And that's what you're getting on special teams. 0:02:17.120 --> 0:02:19.960 But uh, you know, for us, it's just go out 0:02:20.000 --> 0:02:21.920 and just really go play our game and let's go 0:02:21.960 --> 0:02:22.520 do what we do. 0:02:23.320 --> 0:02:25.800 Chris. We've certainly asked you a lot about weather Overdeus, 0:02:25.840 --> 0:02:27.880 but usually wind and rain. I mean, you you reference 0:02:27.919 --> 0:02:29.400 to the player, what. 0:02:29.000 --> 0:02:31.480 What effect does cold have, especially on the kicking game, 0:02:32.120 --> 0:02:32.320 you know. 0:02:32.760 --> 0:02:36.040 Obviously, uh, ball flight, you know, obviously it affects the 0:02:36.320 --> 0:02:37.760 ball flight and things like that. 0:02:38.480 --> 0:02:40.320 But as far as any anything else. 0:02:40.360 --> 0:02:42.680 You know, those guys, those specialists, they go out, they 0:02:42.680 --> 0:02:44.880 take care of the fundamentals and you should be able 0:02:44.919 --> 0:02:47.639 to get, you know, what you need out of it. 0:02:48.600 --> 0:02:50.640 For us, we practice on field three, you know, and 0:02:50.680 --> 0:02:52.880 it's windy, it's cold out there all the time, so 0:02:52.960 --> 0:02:55.280 I don't think this should affect us too much. 0:02:58.800 --> 0:03:01.600 That was specially teams coordinator. We also heard from offensive 0:03:01.600 --> 0:03:02.480 coordinators Todd. 0:03:02.360 --> 0:03:07.280 Munkett, what do you what do you see from Lamar 0:03:07.360 --> 0:03:08.440 this week? Game players? 0:03:08.480 --> 0:03:09.480 In this big game? 0:03:09.480 --> 0:03:10.440 He looks loose out there? 0:03:10.600 --> 0:03:12.639 Just what do you see from that? Yeah, that's good 0:03:12.960 --> 0:03:13.720 because you locked in. 0:03:13.960 --> 0:03:19.760 You know, it's what you spend off season, you know, 0:03:19.840 --> 0:03:23.320 training camp, then you know, all the work you put 0:03:23.360 --> 0:03:25.720 in during the year put yourself in this position. That's 0:03:25.720 --> 0:03:29.079 what you do. So now it's it's a one game season. 0:03:29.240 --> 0:03:31.160 Somebody said it's not a three game season. It's a 0:03:31.200 --> 0:03:33.560 one game season. I mean, we've got to win this week. 0:03:34.760 --> 0:03:37.840 We've seen seems like the Buffalo you know, lead into 0:03:37.880 --> 0:03:40.480 the kind of quarterback run game in the playoffs when 0:03:40.560 --> 0:03:42.400 when they get there, are are there certain buttons that 0:03:42.440 --> 0:03:44.800 you are maybe more comfortable booking at now? 0:03:44.960 --> 0:03:47.320 Do you think that you wouldn't houses in the season? 0:03:49.240 --> 0:03:51.280 I don't know if i'd say from the regular season. 0:03:51.320 --> 0:03:54.680 Do I think we've improved over the course of the season, Yes, 0:03:54.960 --> 0:03:59.720 gotten more comfortable with you know, our personnel where we're at. 0:03:59.600 --> 0:04:00.600 How do you utilize them? 0:04:00.680 --> 0:04:02.880 Yes, but I don't know if anything from the regular 0:04:02.880 --> 0:04:05.040 season to now changes because we are who we are. 0:04:06.600 --> 0:04:08.360 Seeing how the Texan gotten better over the course of 0:04:08.360 --> 0:04:12.600 the season, especially with their right defense, well I just 0:04:12.640 --> 0:04:14.800 think they're getting more and more comfortable with the scheme. 0:04:14.920 --> 0:04:18.200 I mean, it's you know, they're a different team now, 0:04:18.200 --> 0:04:20.120 and we are just like every team in the NFL, 0:04:21.080 --> 0:04:23.320 for better and for worse, You're you're not going to 0:04:23.360 --> 0:04:23.960 be the same. 0:04:23.720 --> 0:04:26.239 Team you were Week one. Hopefully it's for the better. 0:04:26.560 --> 0:04:30.360 I believe we are, especially offensively, and they are, I mean, 0:04:31.480 --> 0:04:34.760 you know, defensively, new staff, offensively, new staff, everything else 0:04:34.880 --> 0:04:38.080 was offensively new no preseason, So you're going to see 0:04:38.120 --> 0:04:41.239 them doing it better, you know, just consistently doing it better, 0:04:41.480 --> 0:04:42.840 feeling more and more comfortable. 0:04:44.120 --> 0:04:45.240 You know, That's what you see. 0:04:45.360 --> 0:04:48.080 That's a lot of the same players, it's the same coaches, 0:04:48.160 --> 0:04:49.320 just the same scheme. 0:04:49.320 --> 0:04:51.800 They just seem seem to be doing it better. And 0:04:51.839 --> 0:04:52.520 they're aggressive. 0:04:52.600 --> 0:04:55.480 I mean they're they're aggressive and they're very active upfront. 0:04:56.000 --> 0:04:58.880 Their safeties are good players in the box, good tacklers. 0:04:58.880 --> 0:05:01.080 So we have a work cut out for us. 0:05:01.120 --> 0:05:04.279 How Mark Andrews kind of looked at practice for good. 0:05:05.880 --> 0:05:09.360 If he's able to play, how does that with Isia luckily, 0:05:09.440 --> 0:05:10.680 with what he's been able to do? 0:05:11.160 --> 0:05:13.760 Uh, how does that? Maybe? 0:05:14.120 --> 0:05:15.960 You know, we'll just have to see. It's kind of 0:05:16.000 --> 0:05:19.560 hard right now to say that. You know, it's day 0:05:19.560 --> 0:05:23.000 to day and it's not only that, it's not only 0:05:23.000 --> 0:05:25.560 the practice. That's the how Mark feels afterwards. You know 0:05:26.600 --> 0:05:29.360 how his body feels, you know what it tells him. 0:05:29.800 --> 0:05:31.960 And then you know, should he be able to go, 0:05:32.000 --> 0:05:33.919 how we can implement him in the game plan? You know, 0:05:33.960 --> 0:05:36.039 And that's kind of what you asked me, But I 0:05:36.040 --> 0:05:38.599 really don't have the answer right now. You know, we're 0:05:38.640 --> 0:05:40.360 excited that he's back out there practice and I can 0:05:40.360 --> 0:05:42.080 tell you that Nicole would. 0:05:41.880 --> 0:05:43.880 Win like you're going to see Saturday. How important is 0:05:43.960 --> 0:05:46.680 just mindset versus Is that the biggest part of fighting 0:05:46.720 --> 0:05:48.120 through that and dealing with it? 0:05:48.279 --> 0:05:48.440 Sure? 0:05:48.440 --> 0:05:50.440 I think mindset's a big part of it, you know, 0:05:51.080 --> 0:05:54.360 being mentally tough, anticipating that what to expect. We got 0:05:54.360 --> 0:05:57.440 out there today, which was good, tied in drain camp. 0:05:57.480 --> 0:06:01.039 He said that quarterback empowerment for the stack can bring 0:06:01.000 --> 0:06:04.000 authentive here to hear, how would you track that progress 0:06:04.000 --> 0:06:05.920 with the art. Of course, you can use your hand 0:06:05.920 --> 0:06:06.960 if you don't mean. 0:06:07.360 --> 0:06:10.400 You got the old Ricky Bobby thing working. Don't know 0:06:10.440 --> 0:06:11.240 what to do with my hands. 0:06:11.400 --> 0:06:15.479 You know, it's always a work in progress. I don't 0:06:15.480 --> 0:06:19.640 care who it is. You know, we've come a long way. 0:06:19.760 --> 0:06:23.880 I will say that, from off season to training camp, 0:06:24.360 --> 0:06:27.240 to the start of the year to trying to eliminate 0:06:27.880 --> 0:06:29.479 a lot of the drag that we had early in 0:06:29.520 --> 0:06:33.320 the year, starting with me, how I did it, and 0:06:33.360 --> 0:06:38.279 then the communication what he likes, who we have personnel wise, 0:06:39.839 --> 0:06:43.520 how we build it each week, who were playing him, 0:06:43.560 --> 0:06:46.440 being comfortable to be able to say what's on his mind. 0:06:46.440 --> 0:06:50.640 It's just not empowerment in terms of on the field. 0:06:50.760 --> 0:06:54.560 It's off the field. It's everything. It's leadership. It's being 0:06:54.560 --> 0:06:58.440 able to communicate his thoughts, likes, dislikes, how he sees it, 0:06:59.240 --> 0:07:02.640 what he heard of what I said, because it doesn't 0:07:02.680 --> 0:07:05.720 matter what I say if he didn't understand that part 0:07:05.720 --> 0:07:08.240 of what I was trying to get across, or we 0:07:08.240 --> 0:07:11.480 were it's not me, our staff, Okay, that's what we're 0:07:11.480 --> 0:07:14.560 trying to get across, and that's not any We just 0:07:14.560 --> 0:07:17.200 haven't been together a long long time. You know, so 0:07:17.680 --> 0:07:22.760 the longer you're together, the more you understand like each 0:07:22.800 --> 0:07:25.000 other and likes and dislikes. 0:07:25.040 --> 0:07:28.880 All security obviously that's a big point of emphasis every week. 0:07:28.960 --> 0:07:31.040 But you know, when you're going up against a defense 0:07:31.160 --> 0:07:34.720 like this, then that really depends heavily on their takeaways. 0:07:34.960 --> 0:07:36.600 Is it stressed anymore this time? 0:07:36.640 --> 0:07:36.920 I am. 0:07:37.160 --> 0:07:39.920 I wouldn't say it's stressed any more than it has been, 0:07:39.960 --> 0:07:42.200 because we know it's the number one indicator winning and losing, 0:07:42.640 --> 0:07:44.560 taking the ball away or giving the ball away, and 0:07:46.640 --> 0:07:49.160 it's it's even more important the NFL, just because that 0:07:49.680 --> 0:07:52.480 you know you're going up against really good teams every week, 0:07:52.600 --> 0:07:56.000 so it's every possession super important as we know, and 0:07:56.080 --> 0:07:59.960 giving the ballway eliminates any opportunity to score, to get 0:08:00.040 --> 0:08:00.840 points on the board. 0:08:00.960 --> 0:08:04.040 So I wouldn't say it's stressed anymore other. 0:08:03.920 --> 0:08:07.120 Than you understand that when you're playing against really good teams, 0:08:07.120 --> 0:08:09.280 which they are. The teams that are left are really good, 0:08:09.920 --> 0:08:13.560 you can't waste opportunities and give them opportunities to put 0:08:13.560 --> 0:08:17.040 points on the board and take away and take away 0:08:17.080 --> 0:08:20.000 momentum or add momentum. You saw it in some of 0:08:20.000 --> 0:08:21.880 the games this weekend when you watch it that the 0:08:21.960 --> 0:08:23.280 momentum is a powerful thing. 0:08:25.640 --> 0:08:25.880 Game. 0:08:26.160 --> 0:08:29.040 What did that game against the Texas also show you 0:08:29.120 --> 0:08:31.600 about him? And where have you seen him make his 0:08:31.680 --> 0:08:32.920 biggest improvements over the. 0:08:32.840 --> 0:08:35.680 Course of his orvices. Well, the things he did in 0:08:35.679 --> 0:08:38.720 the first game you still see today is athleticism. You see, 0:08:38.880 --> 0:08:41.640 you saw that making people miss, trying to get him 0:08:41.640 --> 0:08:47.160 in space. Where he's improved dramatically is just playing the 0:08:47.160 --> 0:08:50.360 position strong. That's that's too strong. It's really in terms 0:08:50.360 --> 0:08:56.800 of what we're asking him to do in terms of 0:08:56.880 --> 0:09:01.520 just conceptually the routes, spacing and when we move him around, 0:09:01.600 --> 0:09:03.920 which is hard for a rookie, you know, just being 0:09:03.960 --> 0:09:04.440 dialed in. 0:09:08.200 --> 0:09:08.719 That was O. S. 0:09:08.920 --> 0:09:12.720 Todd munkin next up is defensive coordinator at Mike McDonald. 0:09:15.000 --> 0:09:17.320 All right, good to see every buddy before we get going. Uh, 0:09:17.840 --> 0:09:19.880 just great to be able to practice outside. So shout 0:09:19.880 --> 0:09:22.360 out to our ground screw man to clear that field 0:09:22.360 --> 0:09:24.520 out and make it unfrozen. Was pretty impressive. It was 0:09:24.520 --> 0:09:26.720 cool to hear how they did it, but that was 0:09:26.720 --> 0:09:30.839 pretty neat. So any questions of my ears, how you. 0:09:30.800 --> 0:09:34.200 Know you sold CJ in that first game in watching 0:09:34.280 --> 0:09:36.640 him now and you know what's the biggest difference to 0:09:36.679 --> 0:09:37.319 you see in his. 0:09:37.360 --> 0:09:40.960 Game now, Well, we were really impressed in the first 0:09:40.960 --> 0:09:43.440 game too. We knew going into the game that you know, 0:09:43.640 --> 0:09:45.920 if you if you remember me talking about it back then, 0:09:46.120 --> 0:09:48.800 was we didn't feel like you were going against a 0:09:48.880 --> 0:09:49.800 rookie at that point. 0:09:49.880 --> 0:09:52.960 So I think you're just seeing the natural progression of 0:09:52.960 --> 0:09:54.559 of of over the course. 0:09:54.400 --> 0:09:56.720 Of the season, just being more comfortable with than the system. 0:09:56.720 --> 0:09:59.520 And you can tell the systems growing around him, and 0:09:59.720 --> 0:10:01.880 you know they've evolved as we have as well, you know, 0:10:01.960 --> 0:10:05.480 So I think that's what you're saying, But definitely a 0:10:05.520 --> 0:10:08.040 lot of respect for what they're doing and how he operates. 0:10:09.400 --> 0:10:12.120 I got I think it's gonna be your take, your 0:10:12.320 --> 0:10:14.880 third time going against CJ. Going back to your days 0:10:14.880 --> 0:10:17.960 at Michigan. Obviously, you know there's not a lot of 0:10:19.080 --> 0:10:21.760 there's not too much dissimilarity between like what defenses run. 0:10:21.800 --> 0:10:24.200 But do you go as far back that as far 0:10:24.280 --> 0:10:26.040 back as you know, twenty twenty one to see maybe 0:10:26.040 --> 0:10:27.640 how he kind of reacts with the stuff that you'd 0:10:27.640 --> 0:10:29.760 like to run, or was that you focused more so 0:10:29.800 --> 0:10:30.360 on this season? 0:10:30.600 --> 0:10:32.079 Yeah, I'd focus more on this season. 0:10:32.160 --> 0:10:35.800 The system that he's running is pretty drastically different than 0:10:35.880 --> 0:10:39.320 what he was doing in college. And yeah, we haven't 0:10:39.400 --> 0:10:40.480 thought about that game at all. 0:10:40.559 --> 0:10:42.679 Really, mich are you. 0:10:42.679 --> 0:10:45.199 Saying and is from this offense? Are you saying anything 0:10:45.280 --> 0:10:48.560 that some of the same principles maybe especially as some 0:10:48.600 --> 0:10:50.280 of the down the bail pass and that maybe you 0:10:50.320 --> 0:10:52.319 did see in your time in college. 0:10:54.120 --> 0:10:57.080 Well, there's going to be carryover on routes because there's 0:10:57.080 --> 0:10:58.720 only so many things you can do with eleven guys. 0:10:58.760 --> 0:11:00.640 But uh, it really is different. 0:11:00.640 --> 0:11:04.040 I mean the system, how they're operating and marroring the 0:11:04.080 --> 0:11:06.079 run in the past and things like that, I'd say it, 0:11:06.200 --> 0:11:07.959 you know, and they've evolved over the course of the. 0:11:07.880 --> 0:11:08.319 Season, you know. 0:11:08.360 --> 0:11:11.880 I mean obviously he's comfortable with certain things that they're 0:11:12.400 --> 0:11:15.599 you know, emphasizing, and like any good offense is gonna do, 0:11:15.640 --> 0:11:17.440 you're gonna tail it around, you know, the people that 0:11:17.440 --> 0:11:18.600 you have, especially the quarterback. 0:11:19.280 --> 0:11:20.880 Like what's really stood out to you by the way 0:11:20.960 --> 0:11:26.760 Ronald Darby and has played this year Wow consistent. I mean, 0:11:26.840 --> 0:11:28.839 he's always right at me. 0:11:29.080 --> 0:11:31.400 His role has kind of evolved from week to week, 0:11:32.160 --> 0:11:34.240 so you know, he started out this season play I mean, 0:11:34.240 --> 0:11:36.120 he's just played great football for us. So that's probably 0:11:36.120 --> 0:11:38.040 the best compliment I can give you. But he's always 0:11:38.080 --> 0:11:40.840 ready to go, even if he's not in the starting lineup, 0:11:40.920 --> 0:11:43.800 So whatever his role is, and he's been right there, 0:11:43.840 --> 0:11:44.440 ready to rock. 0:11:44.640 --> 0:11:46.320 But we expect from everybody and. 0:11:46.440 --> 0:11:47.520 Patrick Riccard, you have. 0:11:49.000 --> 0:11:51.280 A player who can kind of blurred line between a 0:11:51.320 --> 0:11:53.719 tight end and a full back the technics kind of 0:11:53.800 --> 0:11:54.400 and stuff like that. 0:11:54.480 --> 0:11:55.000 And you guys have. 0:11:55.000 --> 0:11:56.960 Played the forty nine Ers and Dolphins recently, they also 0:11:57.000 --> 0:12:00.040 do that kind of challenges is that put on you? 0:11:59.679 --> 0:12:01.559 You have the personnel in the field and then how 0:12:01.640 --> 0:12:03.160 they can line up in any formation. 0:12:05.000 --> 0:12:08.160 Yeah, all those teams do a great job of manipulating 0:12:08.160 --> 0:12:10.200 their personnel. It just like you don't know who's going 0:12:10.280 --> 0:12:14.800 to be in the you know, traditional spots so to speak. 0:12:14.960 --> 0:12:17.160 But you know, it does test rules a little bit 0:12:17.200 --> 0:12:21.920 in some of the coverages you want to play without 0:12:21.920 --> 0:12:23.760 getting the kind of into the weeds about it, but yeah, 0:12:23.760 --> 0:12:26.280 you just just you have to understand where they're lining 0:12:26.360 --> 0:12:28.240 up and what they do from those different spots. A 0:12:28.240 --> 0:12:30.120 lot of times it's really just to put the guy 0:12:30.200 --> 0:12:32.000 that they want to get the ball in a certain 0:12:32.040 --> 0:12:34.120 position a certain matchup too, So it's more like a 0:12:34.200 --> 0:12:35.800 chess piece more on the. 0:12:35.800 --> 0:12:38.679 Players before this and app to kind of like make checks. 0:12:40.120 --> 0:12:42.440 I mean, call the call based on where they're at. Yeah, 0:12:42.440 --> 0:12:44.560 but it's not any different than any other offense. 0:12:44.600 --> 0:12:45.079 You know, you're just. 0:12:45.000 --> 0:12:47.520 Gonna you know, there's you can't be doing all sorts 0:12:47.520 --> 0:12:49.400 of things where you're playing matchup ball all the time 0:12:49.440 --> 0:12:51.080 because they just you know, they could end up anywhere 0:12:51.080 --> 0:12:53.880 on the field. Mike, the Texans lost the big pieks 0:12:53.880 --> 0:12:56.560 and can't bill over a little over a month ago. 0:12:56.360 --> 0:12:58.440 But the offense has still been common and putting up 0:12:58.559 --> 0:13:00.120 for how they've been able. 0:12:59.880 --> 0:13:00.960 To with fan that ball. 0:13:03.320 --> 0:13:05.440 Uh well, I mean a testament to who they have 0:13:05.559 --> 0:13:08.120 and how they're operating and tailing her to the guys 0:13:08.120 --> 0:13:10.080 that are available. I mean, they have not been a 0:13:10.920 --> 0:13:13.319 you know not they haven't had everybody available over the 0:13:13.440 --> 0:13:16.640 last I don't know, ten weeks. You know, every every 0:13:16.640 --> 0:13:19.120 game it seems like they're missing at least one piece. 0:13:19.120 --> 0:13:21.000 That's kind of part of the you know, evolution or 0:13:21.080 --> 0:13:24.680 part of their system. So and they happen to your point, 0:13:24.720 --> 0:13:26.800 they really haven't had a drop off. So just like 0:13:26.840 --> 0:13:29.559 our defense, if guys go down, man, it's like, I mean, 0:13:29.559 --> 0:13:31.679 there's storylines behind it and all that. But like the 0:13:31.720 --> 0:13:33.480 guys in the room, like it's we're ready to go. 0:13:33.559 --> 0:13:36.240 The next guy's he's preparing just like everybody else. So 0:13:36.240 --> 0:13:38.880 they're ready to step up and just you know, speaks 0:13:38.880 --> 0:13:42.120 with what they got gone going on over there, Like just. 0:13:42.040 --> 0:13:44.160 Like for you getting ready for your first playoff game? 0:13:44.280 --> 0:13:46.680 Is it the second playoff games? A coordinator when you 0:13:46.760 --> 0:13:49.120 know that you're the one seed, all the expectation of 0:13:49.160 --> 0:13:52.040 possibility of what this group could come together, what is it? 0:13:52.160 --> 0:13:52.800 Does it feel like? 0:13:54.440 --> 0:13:57.280 I feel it's it feels like another game. You know, 0:13:57.640 --> 0:13:58.840 you guys that know how. 0:13:58.760 --> 0:14:00.320 We operate here. 0:14:00.360 --> 0:14:03.920 We want to emphasize play to play, you know, down 0:14:03.960 --> 0:14:06.880 to down, drill the drill day to day. I mean, 0:14:06.920 --> 0:14:08.920 that's that's really our focus right now. Today is a 0:14:08.960 --> 0:14:11.880 football Thursday. So I'm talking to you folks. You know, 0:14:11.880 --> 0:14:13.480 I don't know how to do a football Thursday. When 0:14:13.480 --> 0:14:15.440 I go back up to my office and we'll and 0:14:15.480 --> 0:14:18.160 we'll operate accordingly and kick that thing off on Saturday. 0:14:18.720 --> 0:14:21.280 Like Jadevian got to that, you know, nine and a 0:14:21.320 --> 0:14:25.520 half sachomore a couple of weeks ago. Curious what you 0:14:25.560 --> 0:14:28.320 know if you look at him the totality of the 0:14:28.360 --> 0:14:31.880 SEASONR do you think he's performed so well for you guys? 0:14:32.680 --> 0:14:34.520 We have been great to get him to ten, So 0:14:34.600 --> 0:14:35.280 that was a bit. 0:14:35.640 --> 0:14:39.160 But uh, you know, it's an interesting question because I 0:14:39.480 --> 0:14:42.840 only know JD from our experience in this year, so 0:14:42.880 --> 0:14:45.400 I can't speak to how he's operating in the past 0:14:45.400 --> 0:14:48.680 things like that. Talk to like, you know, Wee's relationship 0:14:48.680 --> 0:14:50.160 with him, you know, over the course of the years. 0:14:50.160 --> 0:14:52.880 So obviously that's a plus. Uh. 0:14:53.600 --> 0:14:55.000 But the guy that I see is a guy that 0:14:55.000 --> 0:14:57.280 loves playing football, he loves being around his teammates. He's 0:14:57.280 --> 0:15:00.200 a gregarious guy, got a lot of thoughts on a 0:15:00.240 --> 0:15:02.680 lot of things, which is cool to hear, and he 0:15:02.720 --> 0:15:05.240 plays the game the right way. So those are the 0:15:05.240 --> 0:15:06.800 type of guys we love having here. And I think 0:15:06.920 --> 0:15:09.440 you know, you find not just at that position, but 0:15:09.560 --> 0:15:12.920 you know, all across the team. Those those guys played 0:15:12.920 --> 0:15:14.920 great football for us when when we're able to find him. 0:15:16.200 --> 0:15:17.240 You know, obviously, you guys. 0:15:17.000 --> 0:15:18.920 Finish number one in the league in takeaways. 0:15:20.000 --> 0:15:22.640 Is there ever, does there ever become a point of 0:15:22.760 --> 0:15:25.280 concern where you feel like a defense might be coming 0:15:25.400 --> 0:15:28.360 to rely on takeaways on turnovers to get stops or 0:15:28.640 --> 0:15:30.760 is the mentality of this group you feel like, you know, 0:15:30.920 --> 0:15:32.080 impervious to that kind of thinking. 0:15:33.320 --> 0:15:35.120 Yeah, we're not relying on takeaways. 0:15:35.280 --> 0:15:37.640 I mean that we're trying to create takeaways at all times, 0:15:37.640 --> 0:15:40.080 but that's that's how you attack the football and how 0:15:40.120 --> 0:15:42.280 you play through your rules and then plays will be 0:15:42.320 --> 0:15:42.880 made that way. 0:15:43.840 --> 0:15:44.240 But we're not. 0:15:44.280 --> 0:15:46.880 We're not just chasing takeaways, you know, at the expense 0:15:46.920 --> 0:15:49.400 of you know, giving up yards or points. Is there 0:15:49.440 --> 0:15:52.440 an emphasis this sweep on even louder communication given how 0:15:52.520 --> 0:15:54.880 loud it will probably be on Saturday for a home 0:15:54.920 --> 0:15:55.680 playoff game. 0:15:55.720 --> 0:15:58.560 And the defense is that loud communication is even harder. 0:15:58.320 --> 0:16:00.920 For that is the loud was the bank we can 0:16:00.960 --> 0:16:02.360 make the better for us. 0:16:02.400 --> 0:16:05.280 So we'd love to have our communication challenges on Saturday 0:16:05.360 --> 0:16:06.040 night for sure. 0:16:07.760 --> 0:16:11.040 Like on a lighter note, I know you're focused on 0:16:11.280 --> 0:16:13.200 the game this week, but have you been made aware 0:16:13.280 --> 0:16:16.280 of Raven's Twitter fans' efforts to kind of keep you 0:16:16.440 --> 0:16:17.160 here in Baltimore. 0:16:18.600 --> 0:16:22.040 My wife sent me a couple a couple of good ones. 0:16:22.040 --> 0:16:35.120 There's some good ones out there, not many, but yeah. 0:16:30.080 --> 0:16:33.520 That was offensive coordinator Mike McDonald today. We also heard 0:16:33.560 --> 0:16:36.360 from tight end Mark andrews Now. This was the first 0:16:36.400 --> 0:16:40.400 time that Mark has talked since he went down with 0:16:40.480 --> 0:16:44.440 that foot ankle injury back in November in a game 0:16:44.480 --> 0:16:47.240 against the Bengals. Mark has been working really hard behind 0:16:47.240 --> 0:16:50.320 the scenes to get himself back to this point. He 0:16:50.440 --> 0:16:51.880 talked with the media about some of the work that 0:16:51.920 --> 0:16:54.000 he's been putting in to try to get back on 0:16:54.040 --> 0:16:56.280 the field. It's also worth noting that Mark was a 0:16:56.320 --> 0:16:59.720 full participant in practice on Wednesday. Here's what Mark had 0:16:59.760 --> 0:17:00.520 to say. 0:17:00.080 --> 0:17:06.840 You're clicking on all cylinders. You're just carrying that into 0:17:06.840 --> 0:17:09.359 the playoffs. We got a lot of playmakers that are 0:17:09.400 --> 0:17:11.440 playing really good ball right now, and and. 0:17:11.400 --> 0:17:13.960 In coaching staff that supports them. And that's what it's about. 0:17:14.080 --> 0:17:16.439 It's about it's a team game, team effort, and and 0:17:16.480 --> 0:17:17.760 that's what We've got a great team. 0:17:18.440 --> 0:17:19.160 Along those lines. 0:17:19.200 --> 0:17:20.639 I mean, the day that you've got hurt of Isaiah 0:17:20.720 --> 0:17:23.040 likely has said to us that I haven't you know, 0:17:23.240 --> 0:17:25.440 I'm I'm ready for this, and you know I'm gonna 0:17:25.440 --> 0:17:26.480 do it an honor of him, but I'm. 0:17:26.320 --> 0:17:28.240 Ready to to step in. Well, how proud have you 0:17:28.280 --> 0:17:30.360