WEBVTT - Coordinators: Ravens Practice 9/7 Press Conferences 0:00:02.880 --> 0:00:07.240 Welcome into the Ravens Press Pass Podcast is Thursday, September seventh, 0:00:07.280 --> 0:00:09.360 and the Ravens are getting ready for the season opener 0:00:09.840 --> 0:00:12.720 coming up against the Houston Texans. Today, we had a 0:00:12.760 --> 0:00:16.120 chance to hear from new Ravens offensive coordinator Todd Unkin 0:00:16.200 --> 0:00:19.960 as well as DC Mike McDonald and special teams coordinator 0:00:20.320 --> 0:00:23.680 Chris Horton. Let's kick things off the special teams coordinator 0:00:23.760 --> 0:00:24.560 Chris Horton. 0:00:25.040 --> 0:00:28.639 Good to see everyone, Hope everyone's doing well. Just you know, 0:00:28.680 --> 0:00:31.200 as we get for looking forward to this week. You know, 0:00:31.200 --> 0:00:32.720 our guys have done a great job the last two 0:00:32.800 --> 0:00:35.640 days getting ourselves ready to play. We're looking forward to 0:00:35.720 --> 0:00:37.760 the challenge with Houston. 0:00:38.479 --> 0:00:39.040 They're a good. 0:00:38.880 --> 0:00:42.120 Football team, special team. So for us, man, let's just 0:00:42.159 --> 0:00:43.600 go out there and do our jobs and let's go 0:00:43.640 --> 0:00:46.200 have fun. Questions. 0:00:47.720 --> 0:00:50.320 Let's give me a lot of attention on how kickoffs 0:00:50.320 --> 0:00:52.400 are hands America. 0:00:52.040 --> 0:00:52.479 And all that. 0:00:53.280 --> 0:00:55.560 Did you get any sense from how teams were going 0:00:55.600 --> 0:00:58.959 about in pre season that it could happen? And in 0:00:59.080 --> 0:01:00.920 terms of how you handle what do you expected to 0:01:00.920 --> 0:01:01.280 be kind of. 0:01:01.240 --> 0:01:04.800 A week to week you know, uh, for the first part, 0:01:04.800 --> 0:01:08.040 a kind of a sense of it from throughout the preseason. 0:01:08.080 --> 0:01:10.039 I think every coach is gonna do, you know, what 0:01:10.080 --> 0:01:12.560 they feel is best for their team. Uh. For us, 0:01:12.600 --> 0:01:14.679 I think it'll be it'll be a week to week basis. 0:01:14.880 --> 0:01:16.280 I feel like we feel like we do a pretty 0:01:16.280 --> 0:01:19.400 good job returning the ball. So uh, and we got 0:01:19.400 --> 0:01:21.400 we got Devin Duvernet back there. We're gonna allow him 0:01:21.400 --> 0:01:22.200 to return to football. 0:01:22.520 --> 0:01:22.600 Uh. 0:01:22.760 --> 0:01:25.360 But again that'll be that'll be a week to week basis, 0:01:25.400 --> 0:01:27.520 depending on what we see from the opponent as well. 0:01:27.720 --> 0:01:29.960 So now that we have that option, I do think 0:01:29.959 --> 0:01:32.119 it'll be it could be something that could be utilized. 0:01:37.080 --> 0:01:37.399 Tyler. 0:01:37.520 --> 0:01:40.080 Tyler Rott talked about kind of being a part of 0:01:40.080 --> 0:01:43.520 this new kicking unit with Jordan Stout and Justin Tucker, 0:01:43.640 --> 0:01:45.080 kind of being able to slide. 0:01:44.880 --> 0:01:46.840 Right into places where any more left off. 0:01:47.240 --> 0:01:49.000 What are you looking forward to seeing from. 0:01:48.800 --> 0:01:51.880 Them week one and how they press throughout this training camp. 0:01:51.800 --> 0:01:53.160 With the chemistry that they built. 0:01:53.320 --> 0:01:55.120 You know, I think that the three guys when they 0:01:55.120 --> 0:01:58.560 came in, when Tyler came in, you know, he he 0:01:58.880 --> 0:02:01.200 fit right in there. He a pro, he's a veteran guy. 0:02:01.240 --> 0:02:02.680 He's not you know, It's not like we had to 0:02:02.720 --> 0:02:05.200 go out and get a rookie, a first year guy 0:02:05.240 --> 0:02:07.920 that that's never done in this league. He's a veteran guy. 0:02:07.960 --> 0:02:11.040 He understands the job that needs to be done in 0:02:11.080 --> 0:02:13.560 order to have success. So when he came in, uh 0:02:13.600 --> 0:02:15.520 and we we paired him with Jordan, and we paired 0:02:15.560 --> 0:02:18.000 him with Tuck. Then he just then he just learned, okay, 0:02:18.000 --> 0:02:20.640 how do they do things at the Ravens. And then 0:02:20.680 --> 0:02:23.120 once he figured that out, he fit. He fit right in. 0:02:23.160 --> 0:02:24.840 Now he's gonna be he's gonna be good. He's gonna 0:02:24.880 --> 0:02:27.920 be great. Looking forward to seeing those guys again in 0:02:27.960 --> 0:02:29.680 the in a real game. Now it's it's gonna be 0:02:29.720 --> 0:02:31.960 it's gonna be good on good uh and and and 0:02:31.960 --> 0:02:33.480 it's gonna be a little bit different, and we're gonna 0:02:33.480 --> 0:02:35.120 see a lot of different things. It's not gonna be 0:02:35.200 --> 0:02:38.200 just a lot of six boxes and easy. You know, 0:02:38.360 --> 0:02:40.680 there's nobody attacking the snapper. Now, guys are gonna come 0:02:40.720 --> 0:02:43.360 after you. So it's gonna be fun to see those 0:02:43.400 --> 0:02:45.680 guys working. I know right now he's he's working really 0:02:45.720 --> 0:02:47.200 hard and he's gonna do a really good job. 0:02:47.040 --> 0:02:52.480 For us running down the fields with the coverage team. 0:02:52.520 --> 0:02:53.440 What are you looking for? 0:02:53.600 --> 0:02:55.280 But as you're doing that, you know. 0:02:55.600 --> 0:02:57.160 Honestly, I'm just having a little fun. 0:02:57.200 --> 0:02:57.679 I think. 0:02:57.720 --> 0:02:59.520 I think when you're out there with the players, man, 0:02:59.560 --> 0:03:01.760 those those guys like when you just bring a different 0:03:01.800 --> 0:03:04.040 type of energy to it. Hey, I could still do it. 0:03:04.040 --> 0:03:05.079 So I want to go out there. I want to 0:03:05.120 --> 0:03:06.880 run around have fun with them. But I'm trying to 0:03:06.880 --> 0:03:08.240 stay out of their way. I'm trying not to get 0:03:08.320 --> 0:03:10.840 run over, right, making sure. I go home to my 0:03:10.880 --> 0:03:13.120 wife and she's like, Chris, why are you Olympic? 0:03:13.240 --> 0:03:13.639 You know, I don't. 0:03:13.639 --> 0:03:15.720 I don't want to be doing that. So my jobs 0:03:15.760 --> 0:03:17.359 to just stay out of their way. Let those guys work. 0:03:17.400 --> 0:03:19.360 But I love just getting out there. Might challenge him 0:03:19.360 --> 0:03:21.960 a little bit. See if I beat you for ten yards, Hey, 0:03:22.240 --> 0:03:23.000 what's wrong with that? 0:03:23.200 --> 0:03:26.000 You know? So just little it was a little fun. Chris. 0:03:26.120 --> 0:03:27.799 You talked to Jordan not too long ago, and you 0:03:27.840 --> 0:03:30.880 said he struggling with the battle with a confidence issues 0:03:30.919 --> 0:03:32.800 a couple of times last year. What have you seen 0:03:32.800 --> 0:03:35.760 from him leading up to this point to show that 0:03:35.840 --> 0:03:38.280 he is more of a more confident player. 0:03:38.560 --> 0:03:41.000 You know, Jordan's just maturing right as a as a 0:03:41.040 --> 0:03:43.200 first year player. I think it's like any first year guy, 0:03:43.400 --> 0:03:45.320 You're gonna have those ups and downs, and then there's 0:03:45.360 --> 0:03:48.960 gonna be times in situations where you're pretty down on yourself, right, 0:03:48.960 --> 0:03:51.040 And I think it's our job best coaches to kind 0:03:51.040 --> 0:03:54.600 of riel him back in and just help him understand, like, hey, man, it's. 0:03:54.440 --> 0:03:56.120 Okay, right, you're a first year player. 0:03:56.120 --> 0:03:59.120 There's gonna be those things, but let's find some consistency. 0:03:59.360 --> 0:04:02.120 And I think now that he's found that consistency and 0:04:02.120 --> 0:04:04.840 he's continuing to find it, his confidence is just continued 0:04:04.840 --> 0:04:06.600 to rise and it's going to continue to rise throughout 0:04:06.640 --> 0:04:06.920 the year. 0:04:08.680 --> 0:04:11.480 That was Special teams coordinator Chris Horton. We also had 0:04:11.480 --> 0:04:13.960 a chance to talk with Mike McDonald, who's entering his 0:04:14.040 --> 0:04:17.920 second season as the Ravens defensive coordinator. He talked about 0:04:18.160 --> 0:04:20.839 where the defense is at this point going into the 0:04:20.839 --> 0:04:22.000 twenty twenty three season. 0:04:23.279 --> 0:04:27.640 How's it going? Good to see everybuddy excited to get going. Man, 0:04:27.680 --> 0:04:29.600 it's about time. So it's been a long time as. 0:04:29.560 --> 0:04:31.200 We've played for real, So excited to see the guys 0:04:31.240 --> 0:04:33.479 go out there and play. So what do you got? 0:04:34.320 --> 0:04:35.880 So you have to kind of go back to your 0:04:35.920 --> 0:04:38.039 roots and watch a lot of Ohio State film with 0:04:38.279 --> 0:04:39.440 c J. Spalt this weekend. 0:04:40.520 --> 0:04:44.000 No, I mean obviously just watching their preseason stuff and 0:04:44.040 --> 0:04:45.680 going back to San Francisco and a couple of other 0:04:45.720 --> 0:04:47.520 guys on staff have been some other spots that we've 0:04:47.560 --> 0:04:50.719 checked out. But yeah, just you know, it's gonna be 0:04:50.720 --> 0:04:52.520 a great challenge. It's a tough first game of the year. 0:04:52.600 --> 0:04:54.800 There's not as much information that you used to acting on, 0:04:55.800 --> 0:04:57.919 and you're trying to blend last year's stuff to this 0:04:58.000 --> 0:05:01.000 year's stuff and try to a pat you know how 0:05:01.040 --> 0:05:02.800 they've attacked us before. But at the end of the day, 0:05:02.800 --> 0:05:05.320 we're just trying to hone our crafts and we're sharp 0:05:05.360 --> 0:05:06.960 on our stuff and you know, ultimately trying. 0:05:06.760 --> 0:05:08.600 To make him react to how we play. So that's 0:05:08.600 --> 0:05:11.200 that's the mentality corners. 0:05:11.240 --> 0:05:13.320 There's just you have new guys, guys coming off injury. 0:05:13.440 --> 0:05:15.560 No more than that's for a week one. That's a 0:05:15.600 --> 0:05:16.440 tough start. 0:05:17.200 --> 0:05:19.080 Yeah, I feel great. I feel great. We've got a 0:05:19.120 --> 0:05:20.039 lot of confidence in those guys. 0:05:20.080 --> 0:05:22.520 We've had a great, great couple of days of practice, 0:05:22.560 --> 0:05:24.800 and uh, you know, we'll see who's out there at 0:05:24.800 --> 0:05:26.680 certain times. I don't want to give that away quite yet, 0:05:26.720 --> 0:05:28.800 but you know, whoever will be out there. We got 0:05:28.800 --> 0:05:29.960 a lot of confidence in them, and then I think 0:05:29.960 --> 0:05:30.600 they're ready to go. 0:05:31.320 --> 0:05:33.520 Do you think there might be a situation where you 0:05:33.600 --> 0:05:36.040 might rotate some guys early on to kind of get 0:05:36.040 --> 0:05:37.120 a feel for things. 0:05:37.800 --> 0:05:39.760 I think you might see a little bit of a rotation. 0:05:39.880 --> 0:05:40.280 I wouldn't. 0:05:40.279 --> 0:05:42.040 I wouldn't say for the reason of getting a feel 0:05:42.080 --> 0:05:43.960 for it. But you know we have for reasons, you know, 0:05:44.000 --> 0:05:45.760 for who's in there and win and all that. So 0:05:46.800 --> 0:05:48.800 you know, we'll see who see who's end up in 0:05:49.040 --> 0:05:51.000 the snap counts. You know, I probably couldn't tell you 0:05:51.120 --> 0:05:52.640 right now. You know, I'm not keeping that from you. 0:05:52.680 --> 0:05:53.640 I just don't know that yet. 0:05:53.920 --> 0:05:56.159 Like specifically, what have you seen from Ronald Darby since 0:05:56.160 --> 0:05:58.000 he arrived and what makes him a good fit for 0:05:58.040 --> 0:05:59.880 what you want to do defensively? Just in a big pictures. 0:06:00.440 --> 0:06:03.120 Oh, he's a quick study, and he's really quick footed, 0:06:04.520 --> 0:06:06.120 has a great feel for what we're trying to do. 0:06:06.240 --> 0:06:07.760 He's just he's played a lot of a lot of 0:06:07.760 --> 0:06:11.520 good football and understands the game route concepts and splits 0:06:11.520 --> 0:06:13.120 and distributions and things like that. 0:06:13.279 --> 0:06:16.039 So he's just been a great guy to have around. 0:06:16.040 --> 0:06:17.480 I mean, it just it seemed like he picked it 0:06:17.560 --> 0:06:19.479 up seamlessly just for the first day he got here. 0:06:20.040 --> 0:06:21.400 So we're excited to see what he can. 0:06:21.320 --> 0:06:25.240 Do, like major changes in Stroud just the last couple 0:06:25.279 --> 0:06:27.040 of years since he had scouting him. 0:06:26.880 --> 0:06:27.800 In his college. 0:06:28.560 --> 0:06:31.119 Honest, it's it's it's been a lot of football between 0:06:31.240 --> 0:06:34.200 the last time he was on the opposing sideline. But 0:06:34.960 --> 0:06:36.479 you know, he looks impressed at me, like you know, 0:06:36.520 --> 0:06:38.760 he doesn't. It doesn't look like a rookie on preseason tape, 0:06:38.760 --> 0:06:41.520 and he's he's seems to poilsed back there and comfortable 0:06:41.520 --> 0:06:43.719 and he's always been a really accurate pastor that definitely 0:06:43.760 --> 0:06:46.800 hasn't changed. So I think that the scheme and him 0:06:46.800 --> 0:06:49.520 fit well. And uh, you know, obviously he's a really 0:06:49.600 --> 0:06:51.400 talented guy. He's got he's got a pretty good command 0:06:51.400 --> 0:06:53.080 to what they're doing, it looks like, so it would 0:06:53.080 --> 0:06:54.120 be a great challenge for us. 0:06:54.120 --> 0:06:55.080 So we're ready to go, though. 0:06:55.680 --> 0:06:57.600 I don't know if he had a defensive players for 0:06:57.839 --> 0:07:01.000 nice this job that he was this preseason and stuff. 0:07:01.120 --> 0:07:03.080 How much have you talked to him, I know you 0:07:03.120 --> 0:07:05.120 have a special relationship with him. How much have you 0:07:05.160 --> 0:07:08.240 talked to him heading into this game and made sure 0:07:08.520 --> 0:07:11.160 he's not you know, fixating on any of the stuff 0:07:11.200 --> 0:07:12.240 and the questions and all that. 0:07:12.600 --> 0:07:14.680 Yeah, David's isn't a great spot. 0:07:14.840 --> 0:07:16.800 I mean, we we've had a conver We've had conversations, 0:07:16.840 --> 0:07:19.920 not just about the preseason, but just you know, because 0:07:20.440 --> 0:07:22.920 well I'm one of his coaches, you know, as with 0:07:22.960 --> 0:07:24.640 a lot of other guys in the roster. But the 0:07:24.680 --> 0:07:26.520 message to him is say get lined up, unlet's roll 0:07:26.520 --> 0:07:29.480 thirty fastball. You know, sometimes you're gonna get blocked, and 0:07:29.560 --> 0:07:31.640 like just like every other NFL player to ever step 0:07:31.720 --> 0:07:33.480 out there, but we want you to go play the 0:07:33.480 --> 0:07:36.440 way you know how to how to play and and 0:07:36.600 --> 0:07:39.360 just go go go go make him go, make him 0:07:39.400 --> 0:07:41.960 block you. You know, don't don't give him a playoff. And 0:07:42.040 --> 0:07:44.920 I think he's responded really well. But he's in a 0:07:44.920 --> 0:07:46.560 great spot mentally. He's had a great couple of days 0:07:46.560 --> 0:07:46.920 of practice. 0:07:46.920 --> 0:07:48.880 So I'm looking to see what how he plays on Sunday. 0:07:50.640 --> 0:07:50.760 Jo. 0:07:51.600 --> 0:07:56.000 I'm curious in your skinning and planning against the rookie 0:07:56.360 --> 0:08:00.680 is a different I you you know how much you 0:08:00.720 --> 0:08:05.200 think against tendencies that studying the pass and safes using 0:08:05.280 --> 0:08:08.600 him hasn't looked, you know, has seen it takes it 0:08:08.840 --> 0:08:09.720 that make sense. 0:08:10.160 --> 0:08:12.280 Yeah, a lot of times you're facing a quarterback that 0:08:12.400 --> 0:08:14.880 has a longer track record there you have just a 0:08:14.920 --> 0:08:17.640 bigger database of stats of how well he's played and 0:08:17.680 --> 0:08:19.760 reacted to certain things that you can present him with, 0:08:20.160 --> 0:08:21.680 and you just don't have that with a rookie. 0:08:21.760 --> 0:08:23.560 So that's okay. 0:08:23.680 --> 0:08:27.640 You know, it's definitely a little bit more, uh, you know, 0:08:27.720 --> 0:08:29.840 leaning towards the scheme and the and the things that 0:08:29.880 --> 0:08:33.599 they present historically, you know, in that family of offense 0:08:33.960 --> 0:08:36.600 that you're thinking about defending in addition to the quarterback, 0:08:36.679 --> 0:08:38.400 rather than starting with a quarterback and then going to 0:08:38.440 --> 0:08:41.320 the scheme, if that makes sense. So at the end 0:08:41.360 --> 0:08:42.319 of the day, we got to we got to go 0:08:42.360 --> 0:08:45.559 play our style ball and and uh, you know, make 0:08:45.640 --> 0:08:46.840 them try to move the ball and what we're gonna 0:08:46.880 --> 0:08:47.599 give them. 0:08:48.080 --> 0:08:50.280 I know, this year's team is not last year's team, 0:08:50.320 --> 0:08:53.400 But did the struggles, especially in the secondary from early 0:08:53.600 --> 0:08:57.040 in the season inform how you went about preparing for 0:08:57.080 --> 0:08:58.160 the season anyway? 0:09:00.480 --> 0:09:03.120 You know, No, I just we had a fresh perspective 0:09:03.160 --> 0:09:05.120 coming in here with the guys that we had, and 0:09:05.120 --> 0:09:07.640 then the focus is really from day one of who 0:09:07.679 --> 0:09:09.960 we had, what we can do well with a with 0:09:10.040 --> 0:09:12.160 a with an idea of the vision that we're trying 0:09:12.200 --> 0:09:13.960 to build over time, and see how close we can 0:09:14.000 --> 0:09:15.840 get to that. With the movement a little bit in 0:09:15.880 --> 0:09:18.120 the secondary, I think that might have changed some of 0:09:18.160 --> 0:09:19.880 the things we were trying to do and ultimately we'll 0:09:19.920 --> 0:09:20.760 ultimately be able to. 0:09:20.679 --> 0:09:21.320 Get to that point. 0:09:21.360 --> 0:09:23.480 But you know, I'm just very confident where we're at 0:09:23.559 --> 0:09:24.960 right now, and the guys have a ton of an 0:09:25.000 --> 0:09:27.959 amazing job. I mean, we're really communicating well right now. 0:09:27.960 --> 0:09:31.040 We're sharp. Got a lot of confidence in those guys back. 0:09:31.040 --> 0:09:32.199 There are there a lot. 0:09:32.160 --> 0:09:36.319 Of insights that you maybe pick up in the off 0:09:36.360 --> 0:09:38.439 season self study that you wouldn't get from being the 0:09:38.559 --> 0:09:41.280 kind of you know, OCD a guy that you are, 0:09:41.400 --> 0:09:43.800 and ever I appreciate. 0:09:43.400 --> 0:09:47.240 That, thank you, could you I don't I don't understand 0:09:47.280 --> 0:09:50.440 the question all here was I mos CD. 0:09:53.800 --> 0:09:55.959 Is there a lot to learn about you know, how 0:09:56.080 --> 0:09:58.560 you play, how your defense plays as you pick up 0:09:58.600 --> 0:10:00.559 over the off season when you have that amount of 0:10:00.600 --> 0:10:02.000 time that you're going to be didn't. 0:10:02.320 --> 0:10:04.040 During the week to be grinds with. 0:10:05.200 --> 0:10:09.800 Yeah, I think you know, we're a defense built on concepts, 0:10:09.960 --> 0:10:13.480 so you can't just throw out the final you know 0:10:14.000 --> 0:10:17.240 entree week one to the guys in training camp, let 0:10:17.240 --> 0:10:19.680 alone OTAs and expect it to work. It's a building 0:10:19.679 --> 0:10:22.080 process and you have to build a foundation and start 0:10:22.080 --> 0:10:24.520 to layer things over time. So just a process that 0:10:24.640 --> 0:10:27.000 takes longer than you want, but you have so you 0:10:27.000 --> 0:10:29.520 have to be patient with it. But like I said, 0:10:29.600 --> 0:10:33.000 just having a clear picture with the end game in mind, 0:10:33.200 --> 0:10:35.000 you know, I wouldn't say it makes it easier, but 0:10:35.080 --> 0:10:37.760 it's definitely clearer on what you're trying to get to. 0:10:38.960 --> 0:10:41.839 Other than the obvious production, what's specifically standard in the 0:10:41.880 --> 0:10:42.960 years and trying to stop. 0:10:42.760 --> 0:10:46.560 Him with Damian Pierce, man, he's a he's a great player. 0:10:47.120 --> 0:10:50.440 Just we say he runs angry, you know, well, first 0:10:50.480 --> 0:10:52.040 guys is gonna have our time bringing him down. So 0:10:52.080 --> 0:10:53.840 it's gonna take a group efforts. That's definitely a point 0:10:53.840 --> 0:10:57.280 of epsis this week. But uh, you know, we want to. 0:10:57.320 --> 0:11:00.280 It's it's we haven't tackled in a real game yet, 0:11:00.400 --> 0:11:02.959 especially with our ones. So that's been a message throughout 0:11:02.960 --> 0:11:04.079 the week of Hey, we want to. We want to 0:11:04.080 --> 0:11:05.400 bring our game with a tackle and make sure we 0:11:05.400 --> 0:11:07.720 get eleven hats to the ball and taking great angles, 0:11:07.720 --> 0:11:10.160 you know, so we're not giving any of any loose plays. 0:11:11.120 --> 0:11:13.880 You get feeling from when you see like you know, 0:11:14.000 --> 0:11:16.520 Patrick and broken and some of these practices that they're itching. 0:11:18.320 --> 0:11:21.920 I get that feeling from the whole team. 0:11:21.960 --> 0:11:24.160 That was Mike McDonald and last but not least, we 0:11:24.200 --> 0:11:28.480 also talked with offensive coordinator Todd Munkin. The status of 0:11:28.520 --> 0:11:30.840 the offense going into this game is one of the 0:11:30.840 --> 0:11:34.040 big mysteries and areas of intrigue for the Ravens offense. 0:11:34.080 --> 0:11:37.360 There's lots of curiosity about the changes that Monkin has 0:11:37.440 --> 0:11:41.040 brought to this team since his arrival this offseason. How 0:11:41.120 --> 0:11:43.160 much are the Ravens going to pass? What's this offense 0:11:43.200 --> 0:11:46.120 going to look like? How will he utilize all the 0:11:46.160 --> 0:11:49.480 new weapons that the Ravens have added to the mix. 0:11:49.720 --> 0:11:53.160 Munkin talked about all of that during his press conference today. 0:11:54.520 --> 0:11:57.560 Going into a season where you don't have the starters playing, 0:11:57.960 --> 0:12:01.240 you know, at all in the preseason, for you, is 0:12:01.280 --> 0:12:04.480 there uncertainty of when you actually get everybody on the field, 0:12:04.640 --> 0:12:07.000 how a role kind of mets especially early. 0:12:06.840 --> 0:12:12.360 On, Well, I mean, you're taking I don't want to 0:12:12.360 --> 0:12:14.520 say this, yere, You're going to take what you've seen, 0:12:14.800 --> 0:12:18.120 which is in practices and then the closest thing we've 0:12:18.120 --> 0:12:21.800 had has been, you know, with the commanders. So that's 0:12:21.840 --> 0:12:24.640 what you go by, and you go by. It would 0:12:24.640 --> 0:12:28.560 be a little bit different if say Lamar was a 0:12:28.600 --> 0:12:31.720 first year player, but he's not, or JK. Dobbins or 0:12:31.880 --> 0:12:34.080 we have a lot of experience our guys that have played, 0:12:34.240 --> 0:12:38.120 maybe not so much in what our terminology is now, 0:12:38.160 --> 0:12:41.760 but football's football. An inside zone plays, an inside zone 0:12:41.760 --> 0:12:44.840 play a curl flats curl flat for verts. So you 0:12:44.920 --> 0:12:47.520 rely on that just to make sure that the language 0:12:48.320 --> 0:12:51.320 gets communicated across and then we can execute a high level. 0:12:51.320 --> 0:12:55.400 But I don't have any concerns over it. Sure would 0:12:55.440 --> 0:12:57.959 it be nice to have played in games, of course, 0:12:58.040 --> 0:13:02.880 that's obvious, but uh but I don't feel it any 0:13:02.960 --> 0:13:05.920 different other than I think we're excited to go play. 0:13:07.320 --> 0:13:10.199 A lot of fans, all of us probably are just curious, 0:13:10.200 --> 0:13:13.200 that's intrigue about what this offense will look like this 0:13:13.360 --> 0:13:15.840 year at you know, I guess where do you feel 0:13:15.840 --> 0:13:18.680 like the offense is as you're either building it and 0:13:18.720 --> 0:13:22.439 you know what what shows I mean. 0:13:22.440 --> 0:13:24.160 I think I think we're in a good spot. 0:13:25.720 --> 0:13:28.800 I think that's been really overplayed in a lot of ways, 0:13:29.040 --> 0:13:32.319 what this offense will look like, or what we've done 0:13:32.360 --> 0:13:37.360 in the past, or what I think I get it. 0:13:37.400 --> 0:13:39.960 There's excitement. I mean, I'm excited to get started. 0:13:40.000 --> 0:13:40.520 I mean, I am. 0:13:40.600 --> 0:13:43.800 I mean, it's it's but it still comes down to 0:13:43.840 --> 0:13:47.040 execution and it trumps everything. It doesn't matter what we're running, 0:13:48.760 --> 0:13:51.880 is playing at a high level. Are guys excited to 0:13:51.920 --> 0:13:56.160 play and being able to stack plays? But again, what 0:13:56.240 --> 0:13:59.800 it'll look like, I'm excited to see it. I'm excited 0:13:59.840 --> 0:14:02.560 to see where we're at in a lot of ways, 0:14:03.280 --> 0:14:05.480 and I've seen it in practice and now I'm excited 0:14:05.520 --> 0:14:06.320 to see it in the games. 0:14:07.800 --> 0:14:10.520 If you have a guess, a preference long term or 0:14:11.280 --> 0:14:14.079 whether you want this offense to be multiple in the 0:14:14.120 --> 0:14:16.280 sense that you can run whatever kind of personnel grouping, 0:14:16.360 --> 0:14:16.880 or if you want. 0:14:16.800 --> 0:14:20.440 To major and be like a couple certain sets, I 0:14:20.440 --> 0:14:23.800 guess I really don't care who's on the field. To 0:14:23.840 --> 0:14:28.400 be honest, if you stay within the framework of really 0:14:28.440 --> 0:14:33.240 what wins, which is don't turn it over or being 0:14:33.280 --> 0:14:38.160 successful on offense, be explosive, eliminate loss yardage plays, score 0:14:38.200 --> 0:14:40.920 touchdowns in the red zone, and be lead on third downs. 0:14:41.600 --> 0:14:43.800 If you stay within that framework. The personnel. 0:14:43.920 --> 0:14:48.480 Really it's putting the best players on the field that 0:14:48.560 --> 0:14:53.960 give you a chance to be successful. The more talent 0:14:54.040 --> 0:14:56.280 that you have, the more exciting it is. You can 0:14:56.320 --> 0:14:59.080 be more versatile. If you have multiple backs, you can 0:14:59.120 --> 0:15:02.320 play some of you're twenty one personnel. If you have 0:15:02.400 --> 0:15:04.080 multiple tight ends you like to get on the field, 0:15:04.080 --> 0:15:07.760 that gives you opportunities to put personnel in the field. 0:15:08.480 --> 0:15:11.880 I think we're we're in a good place in terms 0:15:11.920 --> 0:15:14.160 of the personnel that we have that allows you to 0:15:14.160 --> 0:15:15.840 be versatile a lot of ways. You just have to 0:15:15.840 --> 0:15:19.120 be careful of getting spread too thin and having weigh 0:15:19.200 --> 0:15:20.920 too much and being. 0:15:22.480 --> 0:15:23.480 You know, maybe easy to. 0:15:23.440 --> 0:15:27.400 Defend because you have things you do specifically in certain packages. 0:15:27.440 --> 0:15:31.520 But I'm excited about our guys the versatility I think 0:15:31.560 --> 0:15:32.280 we'll have. 0:15:33.160 --> 0:15:35.920 It's been a lot made about the quarterback having more 0:15:36.040 --> 0:15:40.520 control in this offense. Has that usually been the case 0:15:40.600 --> 0:15:43.360 with you and your other stops giving quarterbacks that type 0:15:43.360 --> 0:15:45.440 of control? And why is that important? 0:15:46.600 --> 0:15:49.280 Well, it's been asked a lot, and I don't It 0:15:49.320 --> 0:15:53.640 doesn't seem universal to me. It seems pretty normal that 0:15:53.680 --> 0:15:57.560 the guy in charge has a big say in what 0:15:57.600 --> 0:16:01.640 you do and how we do it, his careers on 0:16:01.720 --> 0:16:05.440 the line, how we have successes on the line. Now, 0:16:06.120 --> 0:16:10.040 with that being said, I think the more you empower 0:16:10.200 --> 0:16:13.760 people it's not just a quarterback. The more you empower people, 0:16:13.800 --> 0:16:16.760 your coaches, your staff, people that work for you, all, 0:16:16.760 --> 0:16:18.920 the more you empower them. To me, you're going to 0:16:18.960 --> 0:16:21.840 get more out of them. They're going to embrace their role. 0:16:22.080 --> 0:16:25.400 They're going to want to be They're gonna bring ideas 0:16:25.440 --> 0:16:28.640 to you. If you poop who every idea someone has, 0:16:28.680 --> 0:16:29.960 they stop bringing the ideas. 0:16:30.000 --> 0:16:32.080 It just works that way. Now you've got to earn that. 0:16:33.280 --> 0:16:36.320 You know, you don't just allow anybody to have control 0:16:36.960 --> 0:16:41.000 of an offense or changing things or in any business. 0:16:41.080 --> 0:16:46.480 You don't allow just anybody to be empowered without earning 0:16:46.520 --> 0:16:49.880 that that comes with that. But I think it's the 0:16:49.960 --> 0:16:53.720 only way to be elite. I learned that from people 0:16:53.760 --> 0:16:56.960 empowering me. That's not something I developed. This isn't a 0:16:57.000 --> 0:17:00.600 Todd Munkin thing that is a life that is a 0:17:00.640 --> 0:17:04.600 life thing that makes sense a life thing. But I'm 0:17:04.680 --> 0:17:08.800 just saying in general, that's what makes it, what makes 0:17:08.800 --> 0:17:11.560 people grow, is trusting people. 0:17:12.480 --> 0:17:14.440 Tom when you see him from a healthy Rashad Bateman 0:17:14.400 --> 0:17:15.919 in these last couple of weeks, and what do you 0:17:15.960 --> 0:17:18.000 like about him that's unique that he can bring to 0:17:18.040 --> 0:17:18.600 this offense. 0:17:19.080 --> 0:17:22.600 Well, first of all, it's since I've been here over 0:17:22.600 --> 0:17:26.400 the last two or three weeks plus, it's been great 0:17:26.440 --> 0:17:29.640 to see Bait with a smile on his face. I think, 0:17:29.720 --> 0:17:34.320 like any any human being, when they're not in a 0:17:34.359 --> 0:17:37.919 good place, that's just isn't football what he does for 0:17:37.960 --> 0:17:42.919 a living, Being hurt, being frustrated with rehabbing it coming back. 0:17:45.600 --> 0:17:47.359 Like I said, we're always better when we're in a 0:17:47.359 --> 0:17:49.400 good place, and I think he's in a really good 0:17:49.440 --> 0:17:51.760