1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,040 Speaker 1: I know you guys tried to do it last night 2 00:00:02,080 --> 00:00:05,400 Speaker 1: with a combination of blitzes or just contain on the front, 3 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:09,039 Speaker 1: But how can you generate a better pass rush as 4 00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:12,479 Speaker 1: a defense, especially to compliment like, you guys are stopping 5 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:15,160 Speaker 1: the run fairly well last night, and a lot of 6 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:17,320 Speaker 1: your game plan was working, But how can you get 7 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:19,600 Speaker 1: to the passer and get to the quarterback so that 8 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:25,880 Speaker 1: you can disrupt them and not let that happen? Um? Yeah, 9 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:29,720 Speaker 1: I think overall, it's just dialing in on your UH 10 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:34,680 Speaker 1: and the game plan whatever plays called. Making sure the 11 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:38,600 Speaker 1: front ends working with the back ends um us covering 12 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:42,800 Speaker 1: long enough for pumblitz in us get into the passer 13 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:45,920 Speaker 1: quick enough, um not allowing him to be able to 14 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:51,360 Speaker 1: see his third or fourth progression um, and then being 15 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:54,160 Speaker 1: able to work together when you are rushing with the 16 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:56,640 Speaker 1: other guys that are in the rush as well, to 17 00:00:56,760 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 1: make sure that you're getting the right rush plan down 18 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:03,600 Speaker 1: right game plan Russia, and for that given week, to 19 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:06,640 Speaker 1: make sure that you get the spot or set up 20 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:08,200 Speaker 1: the other guy next to you to be able to 21 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:14,080 Speaker 1: get your quarterback in time. Elly Blake in a way 22 00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 1: where the Browns like the perfect appetizer for the Ravens, 23 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:21,240 Speaker 1: it seems like, you know, I think they're one in 24 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:24,160 Speaker 1: three in the NFL and rushing yards, Like, can some 25 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 1: of the game plan that you had to stop to 26 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:28,880 Speaker 1: run against the Browns carry over to the Ravens or No? 27 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:34,040 Speaker 1: I mean definitely. I think every week we have a 28 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:38,120 Speaker 1: certain kind of understanding for a team, what they what 29 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:41,639 Speaker 1: they're really good at, UM, what their strengths are. UM. 30 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:44,080 Speaker 1: And for us as a defense, we always pride ourselves 31 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:46,440 Speaker 1: and being able to stop the run UM and if 32 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:49,400 Speaker 1: we've gotten better at it each every week. I think 33 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:53,240 Speaker 1: it more comes back to uh kind of cliche thing 34 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:56,160 Speaker 1: of it comes back to us us doing our our 35 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 1: job on every single player being in the right gap, UM, 36 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:03,040 Speaker 1: leveraging formations, understanding the offensive formations to be able to 37 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:06,120 Speaker 1: stop the play. And UM, I'll always give us the 38 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:09,359 Speaker 1: upper hand if we're in those situations and we're in 39 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 1: the right spots. How hard is it to be alignement? 40 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:14,120 Speaker 1: We probably won't talk to again the rest of the week. 41 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:16,680 Speaker 1: So how hard is it to be a linebacker against 42 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:20,520 Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson? Oh? Yeah, He's one of those special guys 43 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 1: and I think everyone knows it. I kind of got 44 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:28,200 Speaker 1: a taste of it. Uh early before he was the 45 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:30,120 Speaker 1: m v P Lamar Jackson. We played him in the 46 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 1: preseason last year, UM, and he was spinning, doing crazy stuff, 47 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:35,840 Speaker 1: jumping over people and we're like, wait, hold up, who 48 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 1: was this guy? Um? And started obviously had an amazing 49 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:41,639 Speaker 1: season after that. UM. So it's one of those things 50 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 1: you obviously as a competitor for me, you want to 51 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:46,440 Speaker 1: go against guys like that. UM. But it just as 52 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:51,120 Speaker 1: the extra heighten awareness to make sure you're extremely perfect 53 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:54,000 Speaker 1: and all fundamental aspects of your game going into that. 54 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:58,200 Speaker 1: And then one more, if I can just big picture here, Blake. 55 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:00,799 Speaker 1: I mean, you guys are writing the thick can the playoffs. 56 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:03,200 Speaker 1: You controlled your own destiny two weeks ago and now 57 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:05,640 Speaker 1: you've lost to the you know, the last two teams 58 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:09,440 Speaker 1: playoff caliber teams. What is that showing you? Like, maybe 59 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:11,960 Speaker 1: was this team maybe two weeks ago it was a 60 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:15,840 Speaker 1: little ahead of schedule and now realized maybe the better teams. 61 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:18,280 Speaker 1: You know, it's our struggle for you guys. Where do 62 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:22,960 Speaker 1: you look at this? No, I think every single week, UM, 63 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:25,920 Speaker 1: we know we can hang with anyone. I think, uh, 64 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:28,239 Speaker 1: each and every week we go back to the film 65 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:31,639 Speaker 1: and look look at it and are super critical of it. UM. 66 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 1: And it came down to winning in the key situations, 67 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:38,440 Speaker 1: third down, the red zone for us as a defense, UM, 68 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:41,720 Speaker 1: And it was little things that we went over um 69 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:46,320 Speaker 1: and practice did in practice, and we just weren't in 70 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:48,600 Speaker 1: the right spots or covering the right people, and we 71 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:51,600 Speaker 1: just kind of had our own little mental mistakes going 72 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:57,680 Speaker 1: into those situations and gave up easy points. Hey Blake, Um, 73 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:00,360 Speaker 1: when when when Joe Judge says after the game that 74 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:02,760 Speaker 1: you know we weren't gonna win that game kicking field goals? 75 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 1: You can almost take that two way ways. You can 76 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:08,680 Speaker 1: say he had ultimate faith in his defense that if 77 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 1: they don't, if they gamble and don't, you guys can 78 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:14,880 Speaker 1: hold them back there inside deep in inside Cleveland territory. 79 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:18,960 Speaker 1: Or you can say, look, the Brown scored forty points 80 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:20,760 Speaker 1: in each of the last two games. He didn't think 81 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:22,480 Speaker 1: you guys could hold them down, so he knew we 82 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:24,480 Speaker 1: needed a lot of points. Which way did you look 83 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:28,039 Speaker 1: at it? Oh? No, I think I looked at it 84 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 1: the way um of you have three uh kind of 85 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:38,719 Speaker 1: groups that go out there special teams, offense, defense, and 86 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:41,719 Speaker 1: I think it's the complimentary football Um, he trusted in 87 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:46,599 Speaker 1: our complimentary football to go out there, UM execute, whether 88 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:51,120 Speaker 1: it was them going in getting that fourth down UM 89 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:53,359 Speaker 1: and end up scoring, or if it didn't happen all 90 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:55,560 Speaker 1: of a sudden, our defense would go out there, UM, 91 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:57,560 Speaker 1: we would do what we needed to do, and then 92 00:04:57,560 --> 00:05:01,680 Speaker 1: obviously our punt return U once it was led to 93 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:03,480 Speaker 1: that would do what they do to all of a 94 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:08,479 Speaker 1: sudden give us that field position advantage across the game. UM. 95 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:12,560 Speaker 1: I think that's the type of coach that you want, UM, 96 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:15,080 Speaker 1: the same type of mindset that you want going into 97 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:18,839 Speaker 1: the game, and we just didn't execute completely across those 98 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:22,239 Speaker 1: three facets of the game. I don't know how honest 99 00:05:22,279 --> 00:05:24,280 Speaker 1: you can be on this or or you know, if 100 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:26,480 Speaker 1: there isn't honest, it's a it's a conjecture. If I 101 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:30,000 Speaker 1: asked you a few days ago, I guarantee it you 102 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:32,520 Speaker 1: can hold the Browns to twenty points, take it or 103 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:36,520 Speaker 1: leave at What would you have have said, UM? I mean 104 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:39,599 Speaker 1: me as a defense a person, I don't want to 105 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 1: score any points. UM. But no, I feel, uh, that's 106 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:48,400 Speaker 1: something You're going to the game and you wanna hold 107 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:53,320 Speaker 1: them as minimum as possible. UM. But yeah, every team 108 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:57,120 Speaker 1: makes plays and has those moments. Um, I'd rather you 109 00:05:57,160 --> 00:05:58,800 Speaker 1: tell me you hold them to twenty points and we 110 00:05:58,839 --> 00:06:03,280 Speaker 1: sport twenty one points. Um, I'm telling you that, Yoda, 111 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:06,039 Speaker 1: you don't get that, you get twenty points. Take it over, 112 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:12,120 Speaker 1: that's it. That's it. No. Uh, I feel like I 113 00:06:12,200 --> 00:06:16,840 Speaker 1: need more information on that one. Not getting it? Okay, 114 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:23,159 Speaker 1: thank you, I'll take one more. Jourdy hey Blake. Tonight. Uh, 115 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:26,920 Speaker 1: they announced the Pro Bowlers, right, what do you think 116 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:29,200 Speaker 1: your chances are? I mean, that's a really tough position 117 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:32,440 Speaker 1: in the NFC. You've seen that before, you know, Bobby Wagner, 118 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:38,360 Speaker 1: Fred Warner, Jalen Smith, I'm forgetting Devin White. I mean, 119 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:40,479 Speaker 1: there's there's a lot of guys there. What do you 120 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:43,120 Speaker 1: think of your chances? And how disappointing would you be 121 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:46,960 Speaker 1: if you don't make it tonight? Oh no, I mean 122 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:51,120 Speaker 1: every single year you have individual goals for yourself. Um, obviously, 123 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:54,880 Speaker 1: especially as a player in the NFL. UM on my position, 124 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:59,359 Speaker 1: any position, you wanna Pro Bowl, all pro um for me, 125 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:02,640 Speaker 1: lead the league tackles all these types of things. Um. 126 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:05,320 Speaker 1: So it's just one of those things that if it happens, 127 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:07,560 Speaker 1: it happens. If not, it just as the extra chip 128 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:09,560 Speaker 1: on my shoulder to to keep going out of each 129 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:11,680 Speaker 1: every day to get better, um, to be able to 130 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 1: get to that position, uh for next year. How gratifying 131 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:17,880 Speaker 1: would it be? Though? It sort of is that validation 132 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:20,040 Speaker 1: Like you said that, Okay, you know everyone I know 133 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:24,200 Speaker 1: I'm doing it, but everyone else that is is actually noticing. No. Yeah, 134 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 1: I feel like every single moment you you kind of 135 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:30,480 Speaker 1: have that. Uh. I want to have someone kind of 136 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 1: have that praise, I guess um and recognition for yourself. UM, 137 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:38,200 Speaker 1: the day came comes down to myself. As long as 138 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:39,920 Speaker 1: I know I'm I'm playing the way I want to 139 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 1: play UM at a high level. UM, that's really all 140 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:44,520 Speaker 1: that matters for me.