1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:03,920 Speaker 1: How tough is just how tough is it to have 2 00:00:04,040 --> 00:00:08,160 Speaker 1: confidence in a guy like Jalen by it where he plays. 3 00:00:07,880 --> 00:00:10,200 Speaker 2: Kind of like limited snaps and then in his. 4 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:13,440 Speaker 1: Snaps that he plays, he seems to have some communication 5 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:14,400 Speaker 1: issues with Jackson. 6 00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:15,720 Speaker 2: So how you as. 7 00:00:15,680 --> 00:00:19,159 Speaker 1: A coordinator, how hard is it to keep confidence in 8 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:19,800 Speaker 1: that young man? 9 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:23,439 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think first of all, that roll is a 10 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:27,360 Speaker 3: tough role for for everybody in the league that that 11 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:31,479 Speaker 3: you know, fourth fifth wide receiver because a lot of 12 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:34,239 Speaker 3: times when you're going in it's it's not hey, you're 13 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:36,839 Speaker 3: the X, You're the Z, You're the F. Like you've 14 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:39,320 Speaker 3: got to be the guy who kind of knows everything right. 15 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:43,000 Speaker 3: You have to be able to step in and you know, 16 00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:46,720 Speaker 3: execute whatever position we may need you into that point 17 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:52,199 Speaker 3: in time. So with that, like the preparation and the 18 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:56,240 Speaker 3: meetings of preparation throughout practice is really what helps build 19 00:00:56,400 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 3: the trust and the confidence that we have. And I'm 20 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:02,640 Speaker 3: see it's been unfortunate that there's been some communication issues 21 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:06,200 Speaker 3: and you know, uh, you know, he's kind of he's 22 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:07,720 Speaker 3: kind of been right there in the center of him. 23 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:10,880 Speaker 3: But you know, Jalen's coming in every day and he's 24 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:13,560 Speaker 3: out here working early with Russ. He's doing a good 25 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:15,720 Speaker 3: job in the meetings trying to trying to make sure 26 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:18,520 Speaker 3: that we're alleviating those issues and really trying to gain 27 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:20,880 Speaker 3: that that trust coach that I'm not putting on his 28 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:22,720 Speaker 3: spells as far as practice wise. 29 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:25,720 Speaker 1: He must be doing what you want for him to 30 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:28,640 Speaker 1: get snaps on Sunday. Why does it seem like he's 31 00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:30,200 Speaker 1: not bringing that over to Sunday after? 32 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:33,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, I wish I had that answer. If I had 33 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:34,720 Speaker 3: that answer for you, I don't think we'd be having 34 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:35,280 Speaker 3: this conversation. 35 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:40,160 Speaker 2: Gotcha. Ye, you've been able to see how the tight 36 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:42,880 Speaker 2: ends have really kind of stepped up since Malik got hurt. 37 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:45,120 Speaker 2: So I'm just curious, as you've seen this offense grow 38 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:48,360 Speaker 2: with Jackson, how have the tight ends and really everyone 39 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 2: just kind of picked the slack with the leak out 40 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 2: been able to do it so well. 41 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 3: You think, Yeah, it's it's really been a group effort, obviously, 42 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:58,880 Speaker 3: you know Wendell, you know Sligh, the o'belly, the backs, 43 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:00,720 Speaker 3: everybody's you know, had a piece fit. The quarterbacks have 44 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:03,640 Speaker 3: done a great job. Sometimes you you know, you take 45 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:05,480 Speaker 3: for granted when when you've got a guy like Malik 46 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 3: got there and just like, oh, he's one on one, 47 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:10,280 Speaker 3: we can just go ahead and hammer the ball to them. 48 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 3: So those guys have done a really good job of 49 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 3: of being able to go and and you know, buy 50 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:17,959 Speaker 3: into the scheme, understand the details of the scheme and 51 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:20,200 Speaker 3: the plays and what we're trying to get done, and 52 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:22,600 Speaker 3: and really being able to go and work with one another. 53 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:26,240 Speaker 3: It's not necessarily just one guy going out there winning. 54 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:28,919 Speaker 3: At times, it is that, but at other times they're 55 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:30,480 Speaker 3: they're doing a good job of letting the scheme work 56 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:33,639 Speaker 3: for them and and really buying in, not not only 57 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:35,560 Speaker 3: to what we're telling them, but to what the quarterbacks 58 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:39,519 Speaker 3: are telling them, and and you know, going and working 59 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:43,400 Speaker 3: for one another. You know, you know, for for example, 60 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:44,760 Speaker 3: when you're playing a team that plays a bunch of 61 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:47,000 Speaker 3: z own coverage, right, it's not just a one on 62 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:48,720 Speaker 3: one rode. I've gota, I've got to hit my spots. 63 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:50,799 Speaker 3: I've gotta I've got to run my route a certain way, 64 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:53,880 Speaker 3: knowing I may not get it, but understanding that because 65 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 3: I'm running a certain way, that's going to allow somebody 66 00:02:55,720 --> 00:02:58,480 Speaker 3: else to come open in a different zone. So, you know, 67 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:01,080 Speaker 3: I think that's just a testament to the guys that 68 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:04,320 Speaker 3: we have, their unselfishness and their willingness to do whatever 69 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 3: we ask him do. What is it like preparing a 70 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:10,639 Speaker 3: rookie quarterback to face this defense. Yeah, I mean it's 71 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:13,560 Speaker 3: like that when you when you have a veteran quarterback too. Uh. 72 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:18,240 Speaker 3: He coach Flores does a great job. Keeps them multiple Uh, 73 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:23,079 Speaker 3: you know, understands protections, stresses protections, you know, stresses you 74 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 3: on every single down and distance. It's not just you know, hey, 75 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:27,760 Speaker 3: we're we're okay on first and second down and third 76 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:28,520 Speaker 3: down here comes. 77 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:29,160 Speaker 1: Uh. 78 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:31,120 Speaker 3: You got to be ready from you know, from jump. 79 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 3: So just really really continuing to teach the looks and 80 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:39,600 Speaker 3: teach what certain things look like, you know, where your 81 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:42,360 Speaker 3: answers are, and and really stressed to him like don't 82 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:43,960 Speaker 3: try and be perfect if you if you do that 83 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 3: against the defense like this, you know, there's gonna be 84 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:51,280 Speaker 3: some proasses by analysis so understanding like yeah, what we want, 85 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:53,560 Speaker 3: we want you to to get to to certain answers. 86 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:56,440 Speaker 3: But there's gonna be times where either there's something that 87 00:03:56,440 --> 00:04:00,200 Speaker 3: that we haven't seen, some game plan pressure, some game 88 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:02,200 Speaker 3: plan look uh, and and you really got to do 89 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:05,040 Speaker 3: a good job of letting your rules, eat and and 90 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:08,120 Speaker 3: you know, trust your training and understand where your issues 91 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:10,840 Speaker 3: are because you're not going to be perfect. So when 92 00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:14,160 Speaker 3: when when there's a situation that comes up that he 93 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:15,600 Speaker 3: may get you, what are you going to do to 94 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:17,680 Speaker 3: make sure that, uh, you're able to go ahead and 95 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:18,600 Speaker 3: survive the play. 96 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:22,280 Speaker 4: We asked so many questions about like, at this time 97 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:25,080 Speaker 4: of year for a team in your position, are guy's 98 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:27,640 Speaker 4: going to give a full effort and et cetera like that, 99 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:31,800 Speaker 4: What did Tyrone Tracy show you on his touchdown run 100 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:34,520 Speaker 4: where he basically looked like he was stopped at the 101 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:36,480 Speaker 4: three yard line and somehow still got in and then 102 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:39,159 Speaker 4: on the touchdown catch to turn in his body like 103 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:40,679 Speaker 4: that and yeah effort. 104 00:04:40,839 --> 00:04:44,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, I think those are two really good, 105 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:47,880 Speaker 3: uh microcosms into kind of the DNA of of the 106 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:51,039 Speaker 3: guys in our room. Obviously, there was a great individual 107 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:53,960 Speaker 3: effort there with Trace on the on the touchdown run. 108 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:57,480 Speaker 3: The thing that I pointed out in the film study 109 00:04:57,480 --> 00:04:59,919 Speaker 3: when we went back with it and looked over it was, 110 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:02,520 Speaker 3: I think we had nine other guys on on on 111 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:05,360 Speaker 3: the frame of going and finishing and making sure that 112 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:07,159 Speaker 3: they were there to push him in the end zone 113 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:08,960 Speaker 3: if need be. It wasn't just a one man show. 114 00:05:09,040 --> 00:05:10,360 Speaker 3: Now he made a great run. Don't get me wrong, 115 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:12,159 Speaker 3: that's not what I'm saying. What I'm saying is that 116 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:15,839 Speaker 3: I think that's just an example of the units want 117 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:18,400 Speaker 3: want to get this thing flipped and want to get 118 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:22,320 Speaker 3: this thing turned around. You know there you you watch 119 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:25,000 Speaker 3: us practice, and you watch us in meetings, and you 120 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:28,440 Speaker 3: watch us do things, and the sense of urgency is 121 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:30,880 Speaker 3: still there. You know, the attention to details still there. 122 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:32,400 Speaker 3: It's just a matter of us being able to go 123 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:34,719 Speaker 3: out there and do it for sixty four minutes and 124 00:05:34,839 --> 00:05:36,640 Speaker 3: not waiting until halftime to go ahead and get this 125 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:40,320 Speaker 3: thing started. So I think those two examples with Trace 126 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:43,040 Speaker 3: are great. Kind of look into the DNA of the 127 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:45,240 Speaker 3: people in our room, and now what we have to 128 00:05:45,279 --> 00:05:46,640 Speaker 3: do is we have to do it for sixty minutes 129 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:47,840 Speaker 3: consecutively on Sunday. 130 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:50,560 Speaker 4: Imagine I'll wait until the second half. What was so 131 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:52,360 Speaker 4: disjoint in the first I think of the passing game 132 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:54,359 Speaker 4: was just kind of not in rhythm. 133 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:56,960 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, you know, it looked like we were starting 134 00:05:56,960 --> 00:05:58,640 Speaker 3: to getting rythm there at the end of the half, 135 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 3: and then the intersection happened. It was just you know what, 136 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:06,400 Speaker 3: whether it was whether it was uh, you know, breakdowns, 137 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:11,120 Speaker 3: whether it wasn't just one particular thing, but yeah, you 138 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:14,040 Speaker 3: know we we came in in halftime, made sure everybody 139 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:17,240 Speaker 3: understand the again like this is how you've been trained, 140 00:06:17,279 --> 00:06:19,320 Speaker 3: this is how you've been training. Let's do a good 141 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:22,160 Speaker 3: job with just you don't have to do anything great right, 142 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:24,560 Speaker 3: play within the system, let the system work for you, 143 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:27,040 Speaker 3: and good stuff is going to happen. And we were 144 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:29,039 Speaker 3: able to go out there and produce that a higher 145 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:31,400 Speaker 3: clip in the second half. So just really going and 146 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:33,000 Speaker 3: reemphasizing that for us. 147 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:34,600 Speaker 4: You've coached for a long time. 148 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:37,000 Speaker 1: Did you see the Hard Knocks clip of Dan Quinn 149 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:39,960 Speaker 1: saying like tree Jackson like a running back or whatever? 150 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:41,920 Speaker 3: The surprising that maybe I don't have a ton of 151 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:44,280 Speaker 3: time to watch TV right now, but I did hear 152 00:06:44,279 --> 00:06:45,240 Speaker 3: about it. I did hear about it. 153 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:50,520 Speaker 1: Yes, they does that surprise you've been in coaching rooms 154 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:53,039 Speaker 1: for you, That does that surprise you? Like for I 155 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:54,880 Speaker 1: think for the audience, it was surprising to hear the 156 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:57,760 Speaker 1: coach like say like, yeah, we're gonna go you know 157 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:01,559 Speaker 1: not you know, not down the quarterback or whatever, because 158 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:04,920 Speaker 1: quarterbacks are treated so carefully as in a coaching room. 159 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:06,520 Speaker 1: Is that did that surprise you at all? 160 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:07,680 Speaker 4: Or that's what you would expect. 161 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:10,240 Speaker 3: No, that's exactly what I expected. I'm sure coach Fevel 162 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:11,560 Speaker 3: said the same thing in New England a couple of 163 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:14,040 Speaker 3: weeks ago. Uh, when you're playing a player that has 164 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:16,320 Speaker 3: a playing style and ability that Jackson has, like, that's 165 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:19,880 Speaker 3: going to be you know, I think a pretty consistent theme. 166 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:22,800 Speaker 3: And he knows that, and you know, I heard what 167 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:25,520 Speaker 3: he had said yesterday. I'm sure he's been hearing coaches 168 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:28,880 Speaker 3: talk about that for a long time, and uh, that 169 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:29,560 Speaker 3: was not surprising. 170 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:33,280 Speaker 1: Don't know more to uh floor of his number one 171 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:34,720 Speaker 1: bullets and coordinator in the league. 172 00:07:35,120 --> 00:07:38,880 Speaker 4: Can you talk about the challenges Jackson we'll see Sunday 173 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:40,160 Speaker 4: facing his defense. 174 00:07:40,320 --> 00:07:43,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, there's going to be a multitude of looks, you know, 175 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:48,520 Speaker 3: coming from from every possible front, every possible coverage, every 176 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:53,240 Speaker 3: possible situation. So again, when when when you've played different 177 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:56,160 Speaker 3: coordinators and you've played different defenses that that may have 178 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:58,880 Speaker 3: a high pressure clip, it's typically you know, you're not 179 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:01,840 Speaker 3: seeing a ton of maxile pressure on first and ten 180 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:04,000 Speaker 3: or you know, second and six, you know that's not 181 00:08:04,040 --> 00:08:06,040 Speaker 3: necessarily the case, so you have to be on a 182 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:09,960 Speaker 3: high alert for the entire game. And again, understand where 183 00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:13,040 Speaker 3: where where are my issues? How am I able to 184 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:14,880 Speaker 3: fix this? And in each and every play in the 185 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:16,960 Speaker 3: game plan. So that's where the challenge comes into plays 186 00:08:17,320 --> 00:08:19,800 Speaker 3: making sure that we're good and more sound and we 187 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:22,200 Speaker 3: have a sound plan heading into it to make sure 188 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:25,160 Speaker 3: that he has those issues from Snap one, excuse me 189 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:27,880 Speaker 3: to like whatever Snap seventy eight. However, many plays with 190 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:29,240 Speaker 3: having a game because it's going to come on every 191 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:31,640 Speaker 3: single play chaos. 192 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:34,400 Speaker 1: When kind of describing floor as the scheme, how have 193 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:37,079 Speaker 1: you seen Jackson handle chaos? 194 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:38,920 Speaker 4: And just I guess that idea of that. 195 00:08:39,120 --> 00:08:45,719 Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, he's he's a very unique individual. Right. 196 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:48,840 Speaker 3: He doesn't get rattled, which is a good thing. And 197 00:08:48,880 --> 00:08:51,959 Speaker 3: so the the big thing is is when when that happens, 198 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:55,160 Speaker 3: When the picture changes, When when it becomes crazy, when 199 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:58,000 Speaker 3: when they start bringing everyone from everywhere? Is really just 200 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:01,199 Speaker 3: not panicking, right, because that's what you know, that's when 201 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:03,840 Speaker 3: bad things happen is when you start to panic, you 202 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:05,760 Speaker 3: start to hold onto the football, you take sacks, you 203 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:08,920 Speaker 3: take hits, you throw picks. Right, So being able to 204 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:11,400 Speaker 3: prepare throughout the week and make sure that you understand 205 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:13,640 Speaker 3: where the issues are and what your answers are. And 206 00:09:13,679 --> 00:09:16,200 Speaker 3: then being able to go out there not only coach 207 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:17,560 Speaker 3: told me this, but being able to go out there 208 00:09:17,559 --> 00:09:21,280 Speaker 3: and see it, you know, is the sign of a 209 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:24,040 Speaker 3: good player, and I think we have that with Jackson.