Speaker 1: With his injury and he's come back from it, he's
Speaker 1: able to play. He was kind of complained about that. Well, Um,
Speaker 1: he's a competitor, number one. He wants to play his
Speaker 1: very best. He hasn't been able to do that really
Speaker 1: since the opener. Um, But because of our corner situation,
Speaker 1: he's had to get out there. We tried to manage
Speaker 1: it the best weekend. Um. Honestly, last week we were
Speaker 1: managing both corners. Nolan Carroll had had a hamstring issue
Speaker 1: also from practice last week, so we tried to take
Speaker 1: approach of keeping a rotation to keep those guys fresh.
Speaker 1: But um, it's excuse me, it's tough when you're on
Speaker 1: the outside part of the field. Um. You know, if
Speaker 1: you're an offensive lineman, hamstring's not going to bother you
Speaker 1: as much. Maybe a defensive lineman, linebacker, But when you're
Speaker 1: a skill guy wide receiver, dB, Um, you know, it's
Speaker 1: tough to manage. And um, you know, I com betting
Speaker 1: those guys for for trying to push through it. We
Speaker 1: got we're a little bit light on numb verse. Um.
Speaker 1: You know, they just, I mean, everybody's beat up this
Speaker 1: time of year. They just got to find a way
Speaker 1: to get it done. We had to find a way
Speaker 1: to put him in positions to be able to get
Speaker 1: a tonself. You know, orkus four guys like possibly activating CJ.
Speaker 1: Whatever was this week. Well CJ was active last week.
Speaker 1: Um he's been U you know, he's been available to play.
Speaker 1: But you know it's one of the reasons we use
Speaker 1: jailing in there. And we took jailing off of the
Speaker 1: nickel um last year or last week also because um
Speaker 1: you know, and and we liked Malcolm and his matchup
Speaker 1: in there last week anyway, But um, you know, we'll
Speaker 1: try to manage it the best weekn going forward. Um,
Speaker 1: well I think that, Um, you've got a quarterback, particularly
Speaker 1: last week. I'll just speak on last week. Um, quarterback
Speaker 1: is going to get rid of the ball quick and
Speaker 1: um you know it's it's hard to get him sacked
Speaker 1: when he's getting rid of the ball so quick. It's
Speaker 1: hard to sack him when he's running the running the ball.
Speaker 1: I thought we did a decent job of stopping the run.
Speaker 1: We can get a whole lot of eight man fronts. Actually,
Speaker 1: when we were getting an eight man fronts that stopped
Speaker 1: the run, they picked a ball up and throw it
Speaker 1: to a touchdown. Passes we gave up we're run calls
Speaker 1: by the offense and the quarterback just picked it up
Speaker 1: and threw it almost on the goal line. And the
Speaker 1: other one was the first touchdown of the game. So
Speaker 1: you have to just keep on coming, if you if
Speaker 1: you watched the Giants as they went on a lot
Speaker 1: of times past rush earlier in the game wasn't as
Speaker 1: effective as later in the game. I think later in
Speaker 1: the game our rush we didn't get sacks, but it
Speaker 1: had some effect. We were able to get a couple
Speaker 1: of key stops at the end, and I think our
Speaker 1: last turnover was related to the rush. You know. I mean,
Speaker 1: if you said, hey, would you rather have a sack
Speaker 1: or a tip ball, that's an interception. I'll take tip ball.
Speaker 1: It's an interception. I mean, of course, you know, our
Speaker 1: sack numbers haven't been where we want, but you know,
Speaker 1: it's not always the result of not having a good rush.
Speaker 1: That was tough on himself yesterday he said he needs
Speaker 1: to play better, obviously at the sacks in the beginning
Speaker 1: of the season, they've kind of gone away. Is he
Speaker 1: still playing at the highest level that he played He
Speaker 1: was playing fantastic against the run in that game, and
Speaker 1: like I said, we weren't. We weren't loading up the
Speaker 1: run front to stop him because we were more trying
Speaker 1: to manage our coverage situation and we relied on those
Speaker 1: guys up front, and Fletch in particular made some some
Speaker 1: dynamic plays against the run, and you know, we I
Speaker 1: don't know what it ended up, but I think against
Speaker 1: the running backs, not including the quarterback kneel downs, we
Speaker 1: were about two point five yards carrying and that was
Speaker 1: due to guys like Fletch. Um. Part of the facts
Speaker 1: of life when you're in the NFL is when you're
Speaker 1: a good player, you're going to get attention. And you know,
Speaker 1: I think that you know, and I wouldn't put fletching
Speaker 1: us because he's not a sophomore. But you know a
Speaker 1: lot of times you guys talk about sophomore slumps and
Speaker 1: things like that. It's not so much that a guy
Speaker 1: isn't a slump, it's just that everybody else is paying
Speaker 1: attention to him. Now, you know, if you get a
Speaker 1: baseball player that you know hits a bunch of home runs, well,
Speaker 1: pitchers are gonna find a way to get him out
Speaker 1: and I think Fletch has to deal with that. When
Speaker 1: you're when you're a dynamic pass rusher in the NFL,
Speaker 1: when you can make an impact offensive line, coaches are
Speaker 1: going to start their game plan with number ninety one.
Speaker 1: Offensive coordinators are going to do it. Um, you know.
Speaker 1: And I think you just have to keep on going
Speaker 1: and and and and know that there's other ways that
Speaker 1: you can contribute. But we certainly rely on Fletch to
Speaker 1: make a lot of plays for us, and he's played well,
Speaker 1: even though his numbers haven't been as as eye popping
Speaker 1: as they were in the first month of the year.
Speaker 1: Michael Hunters all, they played three strips. Well, they just
Speaker 1: played um, one personnel group the whole the whole game
Speaker 1: and the times that they did and he was out there.
Speaker 1: He's going to be a big part of the game
Speaker 1: plan this week. Obviously, Atlanta uses a lot of fullback
Speaker 1: and they use a lot of different personnel groups. What
Speaker 1: the Giants do is they stay in three wide receivers
Speaker 1: and go no huddle. Makes it very difficult to situational substitute.
Speaker 1: Um you know. Um. Yeah, it was productive in his
Speaker 1: three I mean there was that. That's sort of the
Speaker 1: way it goes when teams want to play that way,
Speaker 1: and I think a little bit that's a little bit
Speaker 1: of the trend of the NFL too. You're going to
Speaker 1: see so many more three wide receiver sets. They're trying
Speaker 1: to put more skill guys on the field, put more
Speaker 1: playmakers on the field, pitch and catch and those kind
Speaker 1: of things. You know. I thought he particularly having some
Speaker 1: multidimensional skills m moving him to safety, did a good
Speaker 1: job of playing in the past. He was improving, improved
Speaker 1: tremendously against the run, made a lot of plays in
Speaker 1: the preseason, and when he was called upon, I mean,
Speaker 1: in limited time in the first six weeks of the year,
Speaker 1: he always responded when you know, when it came up.
Speaker 1: But I think that as his playing time gets more,
Speaker 1: it's a little bit different than I talked about with Fletch.
Speaker 1: But the more he's out there, the more he has
Speaker 1: to take an account that now offenses are going to
Speaker 1: scheme him and they're going to know that he's on
Speaker 1: the field, and he needs to raise his game. Um.
Speaker 1: You know, he had played, he had played um good
Speaker 1: consistent football. I don't know that he played as good
Speaker 1: last week as he had in weeks past. But you know,
Speaker 1: particularly with our corner situation and Malcolm get more reps
Speaker 1: at the nickel um, you know we're going to need
Speaker 1: him going forward and uh and and need him to
Speaker 1: make some of those get back to making some of
Speaker 1: those plays that he made before, but albeit in more
Speaker 1: extensive playing time now to return this week, and we
Speaker 1: would mean to have Benny back. Yeah, Bennie was playing
Speaker 1: at a really high level before he got hurt. And
Speaker 1: you know they particularly well not just against the against
Speaker 1: the run, but against the past also. So the more
Speaker 1: I thought bows As has raised his level, bo Allen
Speaker 1: has raised his level since Benny's been down. But to
Speaker 1: have to have a four man rotation in there, um
Speaker 1: will mean a lot more. Having three man rotation is
Speaker 1: has I would say, warn us down in games, but
Speaker 1: you're not as fresh at the end of the game
Speaker 1: as as you would like to be. And hopefully we
Speaker 1: can get back to that. And the Falcons are playing
Speaker 1: right now is it's the most explosive offense you guys
Speaker 1: have based. I mean, the Cowboys have been good of
Speaker 1: a team you have based have been good, but right now, yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, when you're a defensive coordinator, they're all good Um,
Speaker 1: you know, you don't sleep well the entire week because
Speaker 1: you know, you just see playmakers and it doesn't matter
Speaker 1: if it's you know, Odell Beckham, or it's Julio Jones
Speaker 1: or Matt Ryan or Eli Manning. Every week there's there's
Speaker 1: somebody else. Um Falcons. Falcons are playing well offensively because
Speaker 1: they're not a one trick pony. Talk about Matt Ryan,
Speaker 1: we talk about Julio Jones, but you know, they run
Speaker 1: the ball very well. Their stats aren't great running the ball,
Speaker 1: but they're still well. They're they're significant and they got
Speaker 1: a running back they can break anywhere. Um, it's not
Speaker 1: just Julio Jones. I think they've won You guys have
Speaker 1: to check the stats on it, but they've won like
Speaker 1: three games this year that Julio Jones really didn't have
Speaker 1: a big impact on. Um. You know, his numbers weren't great,
Speaker 1: but they still were able to win the game. And
Speaker 1: I think that's a sign of a good offense. Whether
Speaker 1: you know, one guy's not having a good day or
Speaker 1: defense as a scheme to take him out, they still
Speaker 1: had enough else to go to. And that's our challenge
Speaker 1: this week. It's not just about stopping the run. It's
Speaker 1: not just about stopping one receiver. It's not just about
Speaker 1: you know, pressuring a quarterback that doesn't have a lot
Speaker 1: of playmakers. They're very and they have a very good scheme. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, Shanahan does a really good job of putting
Speaker 1: those guys in good position. We're gonna play our very best. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you had a pretty good receiver and in Detroit, obviously,
Speaker 1: how does Julio, I mean, how does he kind of
Speaker 1: rank up there with those type? Well, he's all those
Speaker 1: big guys, even when they're covered, they're still open, you know,
Speaker 1: because they're catching radius is so big. They're so strong,
Speaker 1: they're so physical, they can jump, and I think that's
Speaker 1: what what takes Julio to a to a level. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, that's it's different than other NFL receivers. He
Speaker 1: can threaten deep down the field, he can catch the
Speaker 1: ball over in the middle, he can take a short pass,
Speaker 1: and he can run extremely strong. He's hard to knock
Speaker 1: off his routes, you know, I mean Larry Fitzgerald had
Speaker 1: a lot of that. I think Julio Jones might even
Speaker 1: be more explosive and more dynamic than Larry Fitzgerald, who's
Speaker 1: a Hall of Fame receiver. So you know, he's not
Speaker 1: super tall, He's not like he's six foot six or
Speaker 1: six foot eight, but he's tall enough and his arms
Speaker 1: are long. I think probably the number one thing is
Speaker 1: his physical strength and his ability to make catches in traffic,
Speaker 1: make contested catches, get open versus press coverage. Those are
Speaker 1: all things we're going to have to take into consideration.
Speaker 1: Jim Matt Ryan has taken some sacks this year, much
Speaker 1: more than than Eli did. Is it a different set
Speaker 1: up with him back there than what the Giants should do?
Speaker 1: It is the Giants through an awful lot of three
Speaker 1: step where you know, even if sometimes even when you're
Speaker 1: a free rusher, you can't get there. Um you know.
Speaker 1: The Falcons use a lot more I would call individual routes.
Speaker 1: They try to spread the field. It's a little bit
Speaker 1: um basketball esque, i'd say, um, you know, trying to
Speaker 1: get some isolations, trying to um you know. And they're
Speaker 1: a very disciplined offense when it comes to route. But
Speaker 1: there's some I want to say schoolyard but there's some
Speaker 1: schoolyard backyard type um concepts to their routes. Some get
Speaker 1: open type concepts and some of those aren't exactly you
Speaker 1: know quick passes. Some of those take a little bit
Speaker 1: you know, um, get in reverse your field, get back
Speaker 1: out those kind of things. That does give you a
Speaker 1: little bit of time to get there. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: and our past rush, our blitz package, um, combination of
Speaker 1: both um is going to have to affect that timing.
Speaker 1: Benny out what the destiny of the out show? You know,
Speaker 1: with his increasing numbers, Well, he got he got at
Speaker 1: that sack early in this game. Um, you know, I
Speaker 1: thought he did. He made some strides in that time. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, And it's asking a lot for a rookie
Speaker 1: to go in and you know, when you only have
Speaker 1: three guys, it's not you can't pick and choose. It
Speaker 1: can't be like um, you know, I think the Bears
Speaker 1: he played eight to ten snaps something like that. It
Speaker 1: wasn't a whole lot was able to make a play
Speaker 1: in there. But you know, when you're relied on to
Speaker 1: play more snaps, you have to grow up fast. And um,
Speaker 1: you know, I think he gained some confidence in there,
Speaker 1: but there's nothing like having your full compliment. And you
Speaker 1: know that's always not you know, it's always not going
Speaker 1: to be that way in the NFL. But if we
Speaker 1: can give many back this week, that'll, you know, that'll
Speaker 1: put us back into sort of a little bit more
Speaker 1: the way we blueprinted that position. So for defensive coaches philosophical,
Speaker 1: what dictates whether you play abducted like comers I supposed
Speaker 1: to having game? Um, you know, Sometimes it's the comfort
Speaker 1: level of a player. Sometimes you have right or left
Speaker 1: handed type players. Um. You know, I've been with corners
Speaker 1: in the past that didn't feel comfortable traveling. They like
Speaker 1: settling in on their side. UM. You know. Sometimes it's matchups.
Speaker 1: You know. Sometimes you have bigger corners that you know,
Speaker 1: maybe you aren't as quick and that's a good matchup form.
Speaker 1: Maybe you have a smaller corner that can shadow a
Speaker 1: shift to your receiver. Um. You know what. I think
Speaker 1: scheme has a lot to do with it too. It's
Speaker 1: it's how much zone you're playing, how much man to
Speaker 1: man you're playing, how much pressure you're bringing. All those
Speaker 1: things go into consideration that way. This year, they're just
Speaker 1: in sync offensively. Like I said, their run their run
Speaker 1: game is UM has been outstanding. It compliments their passing game. UM.
Speaker 1: You know, I think they're UM it's it's it's all
Speaker 1: sort of in sync right now, and it's our job
Speaker 1: to get it out of sync. Um. How many people
Speaker 1: have been able to do that? They're averaging about thirty
Speaker 1: five points a game, and even the games they lost, um,
Speaker 1: you know, they still were able to move the ball
Speaker 1: and still were able to score. Um. It just makes
Speaker 1: our challenge even uh you know. No, he's always been
Speaker 1: a guy to take command of the offense. I think
Speaker 1: he's Um, he's playing with a lot of confidence. I
Speaker 1: think that has a lot to do with quarterback play. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, he's uh, you know, I think it's all
Speaker 1: fitting together, the combination of scheme players, run game, um
Speaker 1: pass game. You know. I think snow adding to their
Speaker 1: offense has given him another target when teams do take
Speaker 1: Julio Jones away. Um, I think it's all been working
Speaker 1: pretty good for him. And uh, you know, on Sunday
Speaker 1: it's our job to make a knucko. Nucko is still
Speaker 1: good for him. When you have a receiver like Julio
Speaker 1: Jones as a as a coach, like how is knowing
Speaker 1: that like you know, worse comes to words that you
Speaker 1: can always kind of throw it up to him play
Speaker 1: you know, I think it's from a coaching standpoint, I
Speaker 1: don't know that that's where they go. But from a
Speaker 1: quarterback standpoint, I think that, um, you know, that combination
Speaker 1: of a quarterback that has confidence in his guy to
Speaker 1: be able to make a tough contest at catch. And
Speaker 1: I'm not just talking about down the field. I'm talking about,
Speaker 1: you know, in the short area, a shallow cross, an
Speaker 1: option route, those kind of things. Um, I don't know
Speaker 1: that echoes in the scheme. I don't think any coach
Speaker 1: is going to sit there and say, yeah, everybody's going
Speaker 1: to be covered, so just you know, just throw it up.
Speaker 1: But I do think a quarterback, if he has confidence
Speaker 1: in his guy ability to make a play or at worse,
Speaker 1: getting incompletion, I think that goes a long way. You know.
Speaker 1: I think I mean, I'll sort of put us at
Speaker 1: four and four. Um. You know, even even Brandon has
Speaker 1: had times where, um, you know he can rush better. Um.
Speaker 1: You know, I think one of the one of the
Speaker 1: biggest one in this last game, as we had a
Speaker 1: chance when they were backed up maybe get a safety,
Speaker 1: and you know, and Vinnie who was rushing, who was
Speaker 1: rushing well on the play, just got a little bit loosey,
Speaker 1: I was able to get rid of the ball. You know,
Speaker 1: safety in that situation might have been able to make
Speaker 1: a difference. Um, you know, Connor didn't have great production
Speaker 1: when it comes to rushing the past, but he knocked
Speaker 1: down two passes. Of course, one of them we might
Speaker 1: have intercepted if he didn't knock down. The other one
Speaker 1: we did intercept. So, Um, there's a lot of different
Speaker 1: ways those guys can can contribute. We put a lot
Speaker 1: in the run game on those guys, Vinnie. I think
Speaker 1: in particular, played really good against a run um. You know,
Speaker 1: and and we knew we were going to have to
Speaker 1: do that. But you know, I think that you know,
Speaker 1: we're four and four team, and that reflects not just
Speaker 1: the entire team, but I think that reflects our defense.
Speaker 1: I think that reflects all aspects of our defense, our coverage,
Speaker 1: our pass rush, everything else. There's been some good but
Speaker 1: there's some things that we can do better. And uh,
Speaker 1: and we're gonna we're gonna need to do that over
Speaker 1: the last half of the year. Where you want wh