Speaker 1: You brought.
Speaker 2: Kyle said, like, do you like a lot of people
Speaker 2: in the first half maybe missed some things could be better?
Speaker 2: Were you thinking that there were some miss throws and
Speaker 2: what was the mentality going in that third quarter? Yeah,
Speaker 2: definitely thought I had some some missed opportunities obviously for
Speaker 2: big plays, but just completions in general in that in
Speaker 2: that first half, especially on third downs. And so you know,
Speaker 2: for me, I was just being real with myself and
Speaker 2: knew that I had to be better, especially for our team.
Speaker 2: Man defense is doing a great job in that first half,
Speaker 2: and and for us, feel like we just stalled on
Speaker 2: third downs and a lot of that was on me.
Speaker 2: So uh went in, went in uh to halftime, just
Speaker 2: talk about our plan for the second half. And from
Speaker 2: my from my mindset, it was like I got to
Speaker 2: get back to basics and just keep thinking simple in
Speaker 2: my mind and still playing with conviction but being aggressive
Speaker 2: and and uh just trusting to my guys. And so
Speaker 2: uh that was the mindset, and Uh, I thought we
Speaker 2: went out and for the most part, executed a lot better.
Speaker 2: George Kittle, Yes, yeah, Now he did a great job,
Speaker 2: man doing his job creating some separation. Man, you get
Speaker 2: the ball in their hands five six yards and they
Speaker 2: make one guy miss. Man, it could be a big game,
Speaker 2: and that's what he does really great. So uh, definitely
Speaker 2: blessed to have Georgia on my team.
Speaker 1: Where it looked like a screen set up the debo
Speaker 1: on the far side and then you tucked it and
Speaker 1: ran when when it obviously wasn't open.
Speaker 2: Was that by designed? Was that not an option there
Speaker 2: or did you just yeah, no, it was a There
Speaker 2: was a screen for debo and they just had a
Speaker 2: guy right on him. So I just tried going with
Speaker 2: the flow of where the play call was called and
Speaker 2: got a good game on it. Well, it was your
Speaker 2: team just played in the third quarter.
Speaker 1: Obviously his team was down.
Speaker 2: At the half, came out of score twenty four as
Speaker 2: the points. It was definitely a tale of two weeks
Speaker 2: for you in particularly in the third quarter. We'll talk
Speaker 2: about how specially you played, particularly third quarter stretch. Yeah, man,
Speaker 2: I mean it's it's four quarters for a reason. In
Speaker 2: the sports the NFL, you can come out hot and
Speaker 2: stall or vice versa, and it takes everybody man off
Speaker 2: defense special team. So I saw the rest of our
Speaker 2: team was clicking. Man, It's like, all right, I have
Speaker 2: to do my job. And so third quarter came out
Speaker 2: and just like I said, kept it simple, but also
Speaker 2: played aggressive and you know, just try to do a
Speaker 2: coach called and hit guys when they were open and
Speaker 2: keep it simple, move the ball, not try to hurt ourselves.
Speaker 2: At first half, man, were just that was the main thing.
Speaker 2: Is we had plenty of opportunities, but we just kept
Speaker 2: hurting ourselves and so that was the mindset and we
Speaker 2: were put up some points so that you were rookie,
Speaker 2: what's it like when you see a guy like Isaac
Speaker 2: Cava game that he did tonight. Yeah, Man, extremely happy
Speaker 2: for him. The way he comes to work every day
Speaker 2: and stuff, and and the chip that he has on
Speaker 2: his shoulder. Humble dudes is always you know, asking questions
Speaker 2: and wants to make sure he's doing everything right. So uh,
Speaker 2: for him to do what he's doing right now for
Speaker 2: our team, Man, I could be happy for hims. And
Speaker 2: I get it, man, being a rookie coming in with
Speaker 2: some guys on the team and some big names and
Speaker 2: the huddle and everything, you know, you can sort of
Speaker 2: be all struck in a sense. But he's coming in, man,
Speaker 2: just he doesn't care he's grabbing the ball and running hard,
Speaker 2: So I appreciate that about him. Tracy, thank you. You
Speaker 2: mentioned trusting your guys and you obviously you had Georgian Debo,
Speaker 2: you had a lot of new face on the field.
Speaker 1: Take kind of how is that chemistry built over the
Speaker 1: last week or so that you can feel like you
Speaker 1: can trust them?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, obviously we've gotten a lot of work
Speaker 2: on on the field practice and and just honing it
Speaker 2: into you know who we got playing, and so this
Speaker 2: week was was great for all of us, especially the
Speaker 2: young guys Ricky, Jacob, Chris Conley and then obviously George
Speaker 2: and Debo being able to step up and lead those guys. Man,
Speaker 2: we have some new faces in the huddle, but with
Speaker 2: those guys and their leadership and experience, man, we could
Speaker 2: always rely on them. And so you know, yeah, really
Speaker 2: that what are.
Speaker 1: You what do you think this team.
Speaker 2: Is going to look like after the Yeah, I mean,
Speaker 2: obviously it's a great week for all of us to
Speaker 2: just continue to rest up and heal up and then
Speaker 2: just be you know, hard on ourselves on the film
Speaker 2: and where we can be better, because the second half
Speaker 2: of the season is everything. Every game matters, and it's
Speaker 2: it's the most important stretch on that. Obviously, you go
Speaker 2: back to the history of this place like this is
Speaker 2: when it matters, and you put your head down, you
Speaker 2: don't look up to the end. So it'll be good
Speaker 2: for everyone to get healthy and be ready h come
Speaker 2: Tampa Bay. And you know that's I think that's the
Speaker 2: main focus and point.
Speaker 1: So against the man coverage, are you finding that you're
Speaker 1: unaccounted for as a runner in those.
Speaker 2: Situations In some scenarios, I mean there's teams that you
Speaker 2: know have a spy on me and stuff. I feel
Speaker 2: like Kansas City did that, honestly, the Cowboys did it
Speaker 2: as well, so like there's there's ways that they can
Speaker 2: scheme that up. But then I think it takes away,
Speaker 2: you know, another pass rusher so that I have a
Speaker 2: little bit more time. So it's pros and cons ale
Speaker 2: of it. Defenses pick and choose and when they want
Speaker 2: to do it. But obviously we still have a lot
Speaker 2: of playmakers to be able to win in man coverage,
Speaker 2: whether there's a guy spy in mere or not. So
Speaker 2: you know, it's it's football. You gotta compete and and
Speaker 2: go from there.
Speaker 1: This team this year has really been next man up.
Speaker 1: So when guys like Isaac have a breakout game like
Speaker 1: we saw tonight, does that even surprise you guys or
Speaker 1: you're pretty much expect those kind of that kind of
Speaker 1: greatness to kind of out of players no matter where
Speaker 1: they are in the depth chart.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think, you know, just going back to the
Speaker 2: guys that you know, Kyle and John and our organization
Speaker 2: brings in, like they bring in guys that are gritty,
Speaker 2: have a standard for themselves. They come in and they're
Speaker 2: willing to do, you know, what the coaches ask, and
Speaker 2: they see other guys practicing and stuff, and and they
Speaker 2: want to be great. And that's the standard here. So
Speaker 2: when you got some guys that go down, the next
Speaker 2: guy that comes in man has the right mentality, Jordan Mason,
Speaker 2: Isaac and all these young guys, Ricky Piersoll, Like, you've
Speaker 2: got guys that come in with the right mindset of
Speaker 2: continuing to chase greatness within our standard of you know,
Speaker 2: our team. And so it doesn't surprise me at all.
Speaker 2: And we see how he works every day and I'm
Speaker 2: really happy for him. Thanks