1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,480 Speaker 1: Normal, normal Friday for us. Where have you guys got 2 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:08,200 Speaker 1: bust that back? You feel good about Kenny being able 3 00:00:08,200 --> 00:00:10,920 Speaker 1: to play? Yeah? Yeah, when when you said two days, 4 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:14,600 Speaker 1: We'll see how he does today, but I'm I'm optimistic 5 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:17,040 Speaker 1: that he should be ready to go. But you go 6 00:00:17,079 --> 00:00:22,320 Speaker 1: through it all more day and see if anything happens. 7 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:24,599 Speaker 1: They're they're in the same boat. Yeah, So all three 8 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:29,640 Speaker 1: of those guys will be questionable and then uh Neil 9 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:35,320 Speaker 1: and bell and will be out. You have the three guys, 10 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:39,720 Speaker 1: parent Darius Shane, you have gonna activate any of those. 11 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:43,760 Speaker 1: I think that's a conversation we'll have after after today's practice. Um, 12 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:47,920 Speaker 1: I'd say we could, um could one, we could do 13 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:50,599 Speaker 1: all three, we could do none. Um, We're still We'll 14 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:54,720 Speaker 1: talk about that after today's practice. It's that linebacker. Yeah, 15 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:57,480 Speaker 1: what are you looking for from the spot where Tay 16 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:01,000 Speaker 1: and Micah are rotating? Yeah, well, I think again, it 17 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:04,839 Speaker 1: depends on what we have in the packages that win calls. 18 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:07,319 Speaker 1: But again, a linebacker's job is to do a good 19 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:11,360 Speaker 1: job of diagnosing run pass gap control and then making 20 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:13,080 Speaker 1: tackles in a run game and then coverage in the 21 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:16,320 Speaker 1: pass game. Flipped those roles on the last game. What 22 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:18,240 Speaker 1: did you made you do that? Would you see from 23 00:01:18,280 --> 00:01:20,520 Speaker 1: Jalen being the night? Yeah, we we thought that was 24 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:24,040 Speaker 1: the best thing for us UM that week. And I'd 25 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:25,720 Speaker 1: say he's done everything we've asked him to do. I 26 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:27,880 Speaker 1: think he's you know, it feels comfortable playing there. He 27 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:31,760 Speaker 1: did a good job for us. Uh, I don't know 28 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:35,120 Speaker 1: Spark or left. Has it been finding Fabe and Moreau 29 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:37,880 Speaker 1: at number two corner who was released obviously by the 30 00:01:37,880 --> 00:01:39,920 Speaker 1: team you're playing this week. Yeah, No, he's done a 31 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:41,600 Speaker 1: good job for us. I know we've talked about him 32 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:45,200 Speaker 1: earlier a couple of weeks ago. Um instinctive veteran, that's 33 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:47,400 Speaker 1: that's really done a good job in our defensive playing 34 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:49,280 Speaker 1: the things we've asked him to play and you know, 35 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:52,560 Speaker 1: tackled well, made plays on the ball, covered well. He's 36 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 1: been a good edition, very consistent about being very consistent. 37 00:01:57,360 --> 00:01:59,600 Speaker 1: Do do you feel like your players have fought into 38 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 1: that and so that a want one six and one 39 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:04,560 Speaker 1: Houston looks the same as you know at Dallas and 40 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:07,200 Speaker 1: Thanksgiving it all kind of kind of looks the same 41 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:09,359 Speaker 1: to them. Yeah, I think that's a good question for them. 42 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:11,160 Speaker 1: I know that's what we preach day in and day 43 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 1: out here UM myself, the coaches, Joe, his staff is 44 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 1: just be as consistent as we can and concentrate on 45 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:21,840 Speaker 1: the stuff we can control and focus on the things 46 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:24,119 Speaker 1: to get better that day. It was a stat there. 47 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:27,240 Speaker 1: I think Damian Purist leads the league and broken tackles. 48 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:30,040 Speaker 1: Is there something you can tell your players about a 49 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:33,520 Speaker 1: guy who breaks tackles, Tackle him well, run to the ball, 50 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:36,360 Speaker 1: get as many hats on him as we can. Defeat 51 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:39,959 Speaker 1: blockers up front. We've talked about it. Seems like a 52 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:42,320 Speaker 1: lot of good players each week. He's one of them. 53 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:44,560 Speaker 1: He's done a good job as a young player. He's 54 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 1: got great balance and body control. Vision, doesn't dance a 55 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:52,359 Speaker 1: whole lot, creates issues for defenders, runs with power, aggressiveness. 56 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:54,480 Speaker 1: He's a good football player. Do you look at landing 57 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:57,760 Speaker 1: plans that somebody who could help fill the McKinney boyd 58 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:01,079 Speaker 1: or is he more of an inside linebacker? He's been more. 59 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:04,760 Speaker 1: He's been more the down closely the line of scrimmage 60 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:08,840 Speaker 1: than rather back for us. But you never know, the 61 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:11,320 Speaker 1: majority of this season, you guys have kind of been 62 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:15,000 Speaker 1: the team that that the masses outside of here kind 63 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:17,200 Speaker 1: of looked past in terms of the underdog, you know 64 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:19,200 Speaker 1: what I mean? This week, that's kind of the flip 65 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:20,920 Speaker 1: where the Texans are going to get this one as 66 00:03:20,919 --> 00:03:23,239 Speaker 1: the underdog. Do you have to talk to your players 67 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:26,120 Speaker 1: at all about the change in role from No, because 68 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:28,959 Speaker 1: I think it goes back to the consistency approach. Every 69 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:32,639 Speaker 1: team in this league is good. Any team can win 70 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:37,240 Speaker 1: any given day. If you play well, you put yourself 71 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:39,880 Speaker 1: is having a chance to win. It doesn't guarantee anything. 72 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:42,520 Speaker 1: And if you play lousy, you're probably gonna lose. Um, 73 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:44,120 Speaker 1: And we just focus on the things that we need 74 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:46,160 Speaker 1: to do each week. Some of them are consistent, they 75 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:48,560 Speaker 1: never change based on who we're playing. Some of them 76 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 1: are game plan specific, and um, you know, if we 77 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:53,720 Speaker 1: hit those marks, you know, we give ourselves a chance, 78 00:03:53,760 --> 00:03:58,160 Speaker 1: and if we don't, we we lose. Um. Pretty simple, 79 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 1: all right. When you what do you like about Terrell Burgess? 80 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:04,560 Speaker 1: Guy just picked up his safety. Yeah, you know, he 81 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:06,440 Speaker 1: was a high, fairly high draft pick. I think he's 82 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:08,280 Speaker 1: got some athletic ability to be good. Just to to 83 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:10,480 Speaker 1: get him out here and see how he operates in 84 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 1: our offense or our defense. Excuse me, Um, you know 85 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:16,400 Speaker 1: I met him, you know, a short amount of time. 86 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:18,280 Speaker 1: So it seems like a good young man. Put him 87 00:04:18,279 --> 00:04:20,440 Speaker 1: in our put him in our stuff, and and let 88 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:25,040 Speaker 1: him see how he does. Uh fans a lot this year. Hey, 89 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:27,240 Speaker 1: you got four out of five at home? What can 90 00:04:27,279 --> 00:04:30,080 Speaker 1: they do for you in this key strutch, Well, we 91 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:32,080 Speaker 1: have to do it to give them something to be 92 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:36,840 Speaker 1: loud about. Again, I've been impressed with just the people 93 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:39,960 Speaker 1: around his community and how they support the team. And 94 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:42,800 Speaker 1: you know, it helps when you're on defense and it's 95 00:04:42,839 --> 00:04:46,560 Speaker 1: loud and great fall star penalties or timey issues off 96 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 1: the snap count. So you know, very appreciative for their support. 97 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:54,840 Speaker 1: Excellence obviously really struggled against the run this year. They're 98 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:57,719 Speaker 1: less in that category. When you go up in a 99 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:00,000 Speaker 1: matchup like this is it's just like and you're obvious, 100 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:02,560 Speaker 1: say you've done well, and then running it was just like, okay, 101 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:04,440 Speaker 1: let's just see if they could stop us at this 102 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:07,920 Speaker 1: point and then yeah, no A good question, fair question too. 103 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:10,320 Speaker 1: I think anytime you're you know, you look at the 104 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:12,599 Speaker 1: stats and where everybody is, you just think, boy, all right, 105 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:15,040 Speaker 1: this team should run at this team is trouble stopping it. 106 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:18,120 Speaker 1: And I think that each week you're trying to improve. 107 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:20,479 Speaker 1: I know, I'll speak for our team, improve on things 108 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:23,080 Speaker 1: that we're not doing as well. Um, and you anticipate 109 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:25,760 Speaker 1: that from from every other team. Um, you know we're not. 110 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:28,480 Speaker 1: There's gonna be extra guys down in the box. There 111 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:31,320 Speaker 1: has been the whole year. Um, you know we're gonna 112 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:33,800 Speaker 1: have to do a good job of blocking them, blocking 113 00:05:33,839 --> 00:05:36,200 Speaker 1: the stuff that they do, which you know they create. 114 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:38,080 Speaker 1: They create some problems too. I know they've given up 115 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:39,800 Speaker 1: some big ones. You know, Henry had some big ones. 116 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:42,400 Speaker 1: But again Henry made three guys missing a hole. You know, 117 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:44,000 Speaker 1: it could have been tackled for a two yard game. 118 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:47,200 Speaker 1: Instead it goes for forty yards. So, UM, running with 119 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:50,880 Speaker 1: the ball, well, making people missing space, UM, handling their 120 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:52,800 Speaker 1: movement which they move a bunch. They've got some quick 121 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:55,360 Speaker 1: guys up front or you know, got some good veterans 122 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:57,480 Speaker 1: to that know how to do it. You know, every 123 00:05:57,480 --> 00:06:00,520 Speaker 1: week's a challenge regardless. I don't get involved. And this 124 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:02,839 Speaker 1: team ranks here. This team ranks here because each week 125 00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:05,720 Speaker 1: is different. Um. You know, you'd like to do what 126 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:09,560 Speaker 1: you do well and sometimes well that doesn't happen. So 127 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:12,479 Speaker 1: you have to have an answer to Hey, they have 128 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 1: so many guys down in it. We just can't get 129 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:16,279 Speaker 1: it going. You better be able to do you better 130 00:06:16,320 --> 00:06:18,240 Speaker 1: be able to pass and and run it based on 131 00:06:18,279 --> 00:06:25,919 Speaker 1: how they play and how you're playing to putting in 132 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:28,120 Speaker 1: stuff that maybe you want to improve on in games, 133 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:30,000 Speaker 1: like how often are you doing we do that every week? 134 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:32,560 Speaker 1: Like intentionally doing that? Yeah, we do that every week. 135 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:34,839 Speaker 1: You know, I'll show something, um, you know, either at 136 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:36,800 Speaker 1: the beginning of the week and hey, these are some 137 00:06:36,839 --> 00:06:38,400 Speaker 1: of the things that we've done well. Here are some 138 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:41,479 Speaker 1: of the things we can work on. Again. It starts 139 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:44,080 Speaker 1: with your team and doing the things that you can 140 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:46,440 Speaker 1: do well and improving other things you're not doing well. 141 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:49,400 Speaker 1: Then that goes into okay, what's the matchups you're playing against. 142 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:51,040 Speaker 1: How does this team play their defense or how do 143 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:53,719 Speaker 1: they play their offense or their kicking game. I think 144 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:55,719 Speaker 1: this is probably the best kicking game unit we've played 145 00:06:55,720 --> 00:06:59,600 Speaker 1: all year, um for Houston. So we got we gotta 146 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:03,400 Speaker 1: work cut first in that area. The more you can 147 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:05,800 Speaker 1: see him in this knegue, you get to mid mid season, 148 00:07:05,839 --> 00:07:07,960 Speaker 1: a lot of teams run short on the offensive line. 149 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 1: They started losing the number of team you guys have 150 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:13,480 Speaker 1: kind of made a priority really from the summer kind 151 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:16,320 Speaker 1: of lengthen your unit, using the practice squad, having guys 152 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:19,720 Speaker 1: in our options. Do you feel that going forward here 153 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:21,760 Speaker 1: in the second half that you know you're in a 154 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:24,680 Speaker 1: good spot right now. Obviously not to jinx anything, but 155 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:27,760 Speaker 1: you've absorbed injuries, but you still have guys that are 156 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:29,840 Speaker 1: there that you can look at and say, all right, 157 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:31,920 Speaker 1: maybe that guy is a good shooting down. Yeah. I 158 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 1: think Joe and his staff have done a good job 159 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:36,920 Speaker 1: of adding to that position. You can never have too many. Um, 160 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:38,720 Speaker 1: I think we have guys we can work with, whether 161 00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:40,920 Speaker 1: on a practice squad or down the line. Guys that 162 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:43,520 Speaker 1: are that are on the roster. M gonna be nice 163 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:45,679 Speaker 1: to get having back when he can get back. Um, 164 00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:47,880 Speaker 1: so you knock out? Would you hope they stay healthy? 165 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:52,480 Speaker 1: So important position? Um? Pretty football team, you know. But 166 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:55,680 Speaker 1: but the Dories and you just ask something and then 167 00:07:55,840 --> 00:07:58,360 Speaker 1: jumping no, no, no, no, I was like messing me 168 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:01,840 Speaker 1: up for a second thought, twe do you prefer rock 169 00:08:01,880 --> 00:08:05,280 Speaker 1: pay recissors? It was more competitive? Yeah, you could see. 170 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:08,160 Speaker 1: It was like said the voice came out and I'm like, 171 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:12,800 Speaker 1: which who did it come from? Does importance to your 172 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 1: defense stop you from putting him back at punt return. No, No, Um, 173 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:20,680 Speaker 1: you know we'll see how that that goes with who 174 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:22,520 Speaker 1: we put back there, But that that when you know 175 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:26,720 Speaker 1: they've you have, he's been a good returner in the past. Um, 176 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:28,560 Speaker 1: And if we think that's the best thing for our team, 177 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:32,040 Speaker 1: we would use them last one. How do you balance 178 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:33,800 Speaker 1: that where I mean, if you have a player that's 179 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:35,560 Speaker 1: so important on one side of the ball and using 180 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:37,520 Speaker 1: them on specials, not using them on specials. I mean, 181 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:40,480 Speaker 1: I'd say every play is important. You know, I've been 182 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:43,840 Speaker 1: coach receivers coach a guy by the name of Troy 183 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:46,440 Speaker 1: Brown who was, you know, a leading receiver for me 184 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:48,319 Speaker 1: when I was a coach. And he's back there returning 185 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:52,840 Speaker 1: all these punts. Um. You see Patterson return to kickoffs yesterday. 186 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:55,000 Speaker 1: You know you put your best guys that you think 187 00:08:55,040 --> 00:08:57,959 Speaker 1: are going to give you the best chance back there. Um. 188 00:08:58,000 --> 00:08:59,920 Speaker 1: So whoever that is, you know, that's what we'll go with. 189 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:04,239 Speaker 1: Can I get that one that? I was absolutely? Absolutely 190 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:09,800 Speaker 1: It was two weeks ago, but he had Leonard Williams 191 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:12,520 Speaker 1: had a sack and five quarterback hits against the Seahawks. 192 00:09:12,679 --> 00:09:14,600 Speaker 1: How disruptive was he when he looked back at that 193 00:09:14,640 --> 00:09:17,319 Speaker 1: and do you see him maybe look at Seattle. I 194 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:20,600 Speaker 1: mean that's a long time ago. I just keep what 195 00:09:20,679 --> 00:09:22,520 Speaker 1: he keeps improving. It's good to have him out there. 196 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:25,920 Speaker 1: I'll say that UM been a productive player when he's 197 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:28,520 Speaker 1: been out there. You know him in dex inside. You 198 00:09:28,559 --> 00:09:30,800 Speaker 1: know they present some problems when they were playing at 199 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:32,199 Speaker 1: the top of their game. It's good to have him. 200 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:33,160 Speaker 1: It's good to have him out here.