WEBVTT - John Harbaugh: Monday Press Conference (10/30) 0:00:02.960 --> 0:00:05.600 It's Monday, October thirtieth, and you're listening to the Ravens 0:00:05.640 --> 0:00:09.120 Press Pass podcast. It's a good Monday here in Baltimore's. 0:00:09.119 --> 0:00:12.040 The Ravens took down the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday to 0:00:12.119 --> 0:00:15.160 improve the six and two on the season. That's good 0:00:15.240 --> 0:00:18.200 enough for the best record in the AFC through the 0:00:18.200 --> 0:00:21.040 first eight games of the season. Head coach Sean Harball 0:00:21.120 --> 0:00:22.720 met with the media today and here's what he had 0:00:22.760 --> 0:00:23.160 to say. 0:00:24.000 --> 0:00:27.720 Appreciate everybody being here. Thanks, got back late and got 0:00:27.720 --> 0:00:31.440 to work and we're in the process now of reviewing 0:00:31.440 --> 0:00:34.559 the game, finishing up with that, and then most of 0:00:34.640 --> 0:00:37.440 us are onto the next game. So what questions you have? 0:00:43.960 --> 0:00:46.479 You know, a year ago at this time, you guys 0:00:46.600 --> 0:00:48.680 made a pretty big splash. 0:00:49.800 --> 0:00:50.640 Prote one here. 0:00:51.080 --> 0:00:54.560 So I'm just curious when it comes to those things. 0:00:55.960 --> 0:01:01.000 Do you feel like there's a specific need for this team? Secondly, 0:01:02.040 --> 0:01:05.320 how is that process between you are go just in 0:01:05.400 --> 0:01:08.680 terms of need versus what might be available? 0:01:09.560 --> 0:01:09.720 Good? 0:01:10.560 --> 0:01:15.679 Right, Well, that's a really broad and good question because 0:01:16.560 --> 0:01:20.760 specific need and need, what level of need, you know, 0:01:20.880 --> 0:01:22.440 is kind of what it comes down to. You're talking 0:01:22.480 --> 0:01:26.080 about degrees. Do we have a specific overarching like we 0:01:26.160 --> 0:01:28.479 have to have guy. No, we have an excellent roster. 0:01:29.319 --> 0:01:31.919 Love our players. We have guys who are getting healthy 0:01:32.440 --> 0:01:35.560 that will be coming off ir even you know, like 0:01:35.600 --> 0:01:39.920 Peppi Williams for instance, and guys like that. So I 0:01:39.959 --> 0:01:42.040 love our guys. I think we have everything we need 0:01:42.080 --> 0:01:44.760 to be successful. It's at the same time, if an 0:01:44.760 --> 0:01:47.600 opportunity came to bring in somebody that can help us 0:01:47.680 --> 0:01:50.800 and make us better in any area really but you 0:01:50.800 --> 0:01:54.000 know certain areas more than others, of course, and you 0:01:54.000 --> 0:01:56.280 could do it in a way that was affordable to 0:01:56.320 --> 0:02:00.520 the to the team in the club cap wise, draft, 0:02:00.520 --> 0:02:03.400 pick wise, those kind of things you would do it. 0:02:03.640 --> 0:02:05.000 You would do it to try to get better. So 0:02:05.000 --> 0:02:07.200 that's kind of where we're at right now. Eric and 0:02:07.480 --> 0:02:09.160 his group is working through that. Which just meeting with 0:02:09.280 --> 0:02:12.840 Eric just now about some of those things, and you know, 0:02:12.840 --> 0:02:15.519 it's a possibility. It's not easy making trades in this league. 0:02:15.560 --> 0:02:18.160 I mean, it's just not. It's not. Maybe some sports 0:02:18.160 --> 0:02:20.320 it is. I don't know, I've never been in another sport, 0:02:20.400 --> 0:02:23.040 but it's just not. You don't see as many trades 0:02:23.080 --> 0:02:24.639 in football. We've made a few the last few years. 0:02:24.639 --> 0:02:26.600 I think Eric's done a great job with that, and 0:02:26.639 --> 0:02:28.640 if there's one to be made that would help us, 0:02:28.680 --> 0:02:31.880 I'm sure he'll he'll pull it off. If not, then 0:02:31.919 --> 0:02:33.760 we'll be happy with what we have because we have 0:02:34.040 --> 0:02:35.200 a great team. We feel like. 0:02:37.480 --> 0:02:40.840 John, we heard from a lot of the defensive leaders 0:02:40.880 --> 0:02:43.520 after the game that they definitely they have not played 0:02:43.560 --> 0:02:46.280 up to their standard. What was your sense of what 0:02:46.280 --> 0:02:48.079 they've meant by that? Do you think they were talking about, 0:02:48.240 --> 0:02:49.959 you know, some of those drafts they gave up in 0:02:49.960 --> 0:02:53.320 the fourth quarter? What what was your sense of what 0:02:53.360 --> 0:02:54.200 they were saying is that? 0:02:55.080 --> 0:02:55.320 Was that? 0:02:55.400 --> 0:02:57.240 Yeah? I mean I think we wanted to finish the 0:02:57.280 --> 0:02:59.600 game and shut them out and not give up to 0:02:59.680 --> 0:03:01.240 you know, we we were playing against the clock as 0:03:01.280 --> 0:03:04.040 much as you were against the offense in the fourth quarter, 0:03:04.120 --> 0:03:08.680 so we were pretty very vanilla with the call, and 0:03:08.760 --> 0:03:11.359 we ran the same call probably fifteen times in a 0:03:11.440 --> 0:03:14.600 row or so, and that's okay. But the idea was 0:03:14.600 --> 0:03:16.639 that we were certainly going to try to win the game. 0:03:16.680 --> 0:03:19.480 I mean, it's a two score game in different ways there, 0:03:19.520 --> 0:03:22.520 so you want to make sure that you don't you 0:03:22.520 --> 0:03:24.000 still want to give them the game. You don't want 0:03:24.000 --> 0:03:25.799 to have something happen to just hands them the game. 0:03:25.840 --> 0:03:28.000 You want to win the game, and it's really not 0:03:28.000 --> 0:03:30.240 about style points at that point. So but I also 0:03:30.240 --> 0:03:31.960 feel like we have a lot of pride. You know, 0:03:32.080 --> 0:03:34.440 we have pride as players, we have pride as coaches, 0:03:35.960 --> 0:03:37.720 and we want to we want to we want to 0:03:37.760 --> 0:03:40.560 put the best I guess every stop, and that's exactly 0:03:40.600 --> 0:03:41.320 what they're talking about. 0:03:41.360 --> 0:03:45.440 I think, John, is your assessment of your special team season. 0:03:45.480 --> 0:03:48.440 You've made a lot of good plays and it's a 0:03:48.520 --> 0:03:51.920 lot of positive but it seems almost there's a lapse 0:03:52.040 --> 0:03:54.160 or something that needs to be worked on. 0:03:54.360 --> 0:03:57.000 Right. Well, there's always something needs to be worked on 0:03:57.480 --> 0:03:59.400 special teams that have a lot of experience with it, 0:04:00.000 --> 0:04:02.040 you know, the expectations that all six phases are going 0:04:02.120 --> 0:04:04.800 to win. You know, you're talking about six different phases, 0:04:05.480 --> 0:04:07.920 and it's pretty hard to be to bet a thousand 0:04:07.920 --> 0:04:11.080 and six different phases and have every every Special Teams 0:04:11.080 --> 0:04:15.440 phase either push or win every every snap. I think 0:04:15.480 --> 0:04:17.159 we've we've done that a lot. I mean, we've had 0:04:17.200 --> 0:04:19.640 a ton of successor the standard is really really high, 0:04:19.920 --> 0:04:21.839 and that's good. We want the standard to be super high. 0:04:21.880 --> 0:04:23.760 Standard's probably higher here than anywhere in the league if 0:04:23.800 --> 0:04:25.919 you look at it over the last number of years. 0:04:25.960 --> 0:04:28.760 So that's awesome, and we chased that standard for sure. 0:04:29.440 --> 0:04:32.080 We played a very good special teams game yesterday. You 0:04:32.120 --> 0:04:35.960 know there's it's our kickof the one kickoff got him 0:04:36.000 --> 0:04:38.880 inside the twenty. We had four punts I think inside 0:04:38.920 --> 0:04:42.480 the ten. You know, our net pump was forty seven 0:04:42.600 --> 0:04:47.640 forty eight. It's pretty unbelievably good pump return. We were 0:04:47.680 --> 0:04:51.120 three for thirty, you know, ten yard average, and half 0:04:51.160 --> 0:04:53.480 of our calls were fake defense calls. You know, we 0:04:53.480 --> 0:04:57.800 were playing, we were paying playing safe pump return because 0:04:57.839 --> 0:05:00.320 they were in fake type of territory or fake down distant. 0:05:00.400 --> 0:05:02.599 So and we still had those return yards against a 0:05:02.600 --> 0:05:06.280 really good punk cover team. Kickoff return didn't get any chances. 0:05:06.279 --> 0:05:08.600 And the one, the one you're talking about is the 0:05:08.640 --> 0:05:11.159 onside kick, where that was the one we need to 0:05:11.240 --> 0:05:13.400 in this game play better. I mean, what happened was, 0:05:14.480 --> 0:05:16.760 you know, and I talked to their kicker afterwards, you know, 0:05:16.800 --> 0:05:19.160 I congratulated him on the kick because it really it's 0:05:19.160 --> 0:05:20.760 supposed to be a high hopper. It came up, it 0:05:20.760 --> 0:05:23.640 came up low and short, and we just need to 0:05:23.640 --> 0:05:25.600 be aggressive on that and go get it right now, 0:05:25.640 --> 0:05:29.160 and we hesitated. He hesitates his loss on outside kick 0:05:29.360 --> 0:05:33.600 recovery obviously, and it bounced, so we and the second 0:05:33.640 --> 0:05:34.960 one was the exact same kick and we went and 0:05:35.000 --> 0:05:38.400 got it. Uh So that's that's how it went. And 0:05:38.440 --> 0:05:40.120 you know, and I think we're it's like anything else, 0:05:40.120 --> 0:05:42.640 it's a battle. I think our special team's overall is 0:05:42.640 --> 0:05:45.279 playing at a high level. But we will keep chasing 0:05:45.520 --> 0:05:48.120 perfection and try to you know, try to make every 0:05:48.160 --> 0:05:50.359 play it's either a push or a plus. That's what 0:05:50.400 --> 0:05:50.920 we go for. 0:05:53.240 --> 0:05:56.760 Sometimes a little unusual for men to back up a 0:05:56.960 --> 0:06:02.560 huge what do you usual season to the bar. He 0:06:03.279 --> 0:06:06.800 also able to watch the passer like they were yesterday. 0:06:06.440 --> 0:06:11.040 Unless right, Well, yeah, he's having a great year. I mean, 0:06:11.200 --> 0:06:15.039 I guess you first attribute Justin's great year to Justin. 0:06:15.120 --> 0:06:18.240 I mean, he's playing great. He's he's talented, he works hard, 0:06:18.800 --> 0:06:21.240 He's he's steadily come you know, he's coming coming here 0:06:21.240 --> 0:06:23.960 from the beginning and steadily worked hard to become the 0:06:24.040 --> 0:06:26.159 kind of player is. I really think he's having just 0:06:26.240 --> 0:06:30.479 a top notch hear, but against the run, chasing the 0:06:30.480 --> 0:06:33.479 ball down obviously and pass rush and so it's hit 0:06:33.560 --> 0:06:35.400 what he's doing. Plus I think the other guys, you know, 0:06:35.440 --> 0:06:37.760 the other guys, it's spread out. You've got guys who 0:06:37.800 --> 0:06:44.520 are pressuring from every different direction, defensive ends, inside guys, linebackers, safeties, corners, 0:06:45.320 --> 0:06:49.280 you know, Nicol you know, getting sacks that that kind 0:06:49.320 --> 0:06:50.640 of helps everybody. You know. It's kind of like the 0:06:50.720 --> 0:06:54.880 rising tide raises all ships. So but he deserves the 0:06:54.880 --> 0:06:55.480 credit for that. 0:06:56.520 --> 0:07:00.280 John, we can see, yes, Adels was really trying to 0:07:00.279 --> 0:07:03.640 get the ball and not a lot of receptions can 0:07:03.680 --> 0:07:07.560 still impact in how knows even draw flags and get 0:07:07.680 --> 0:07:13.880 defensive tension. What is that a special quality in terms 0:07:13.880 --> 0:07:15.320 of what he's doing for your team so far and 0:07:15.440 --> 0:07:18.760 just drawing the attention and even drawing you know, do 0:07:18.760 --> 0:07:19.760 on that flag when. 0:07:19.680 --> 0:07:20.520 You got to play. 0:07:21.360 --> 0:07:23.840 You know, it really is. I mean Odell's super talented, 0:07:24.680 --> 0:07:28.320 very determined, you know, really has a high standard for himself, 0:07:28.360 --> 0:07:31.160 really works hard, you know, and I really think that 0:07:31.160 --> 0:07:33.320 that's kind of indicative of kind of like his reputation. 0:07:33.480 --> 0:07:36.720 You know, it's like they have it. They know who 0:07:36.760 --> 0:07:39.200 he is, you know, they know he's number three, and 0:07:39.240 --> 0:07:41.040 they do not want to give up a completion to him, 0:07:41.040 --> 0:07:43.680 you know, And and he's being he's being covered that way, 0:07:43.680 --> 0:07:47.760 and it draws two huge defensive passion in afference calls. Now, 0:07:48.600 --> 0:07:50.600 Odell and Lamar and all of us want those to 0:07:50.640 --> 0:07:53.400 be catches, but passion affairs is the same as a 0:07:53.440 --> 0:07:56.480 catching this league, almost a touchdown would be a touchdown. 0:07:56.480 --> 0:07:57.880 You got to put it the one you gotta go score. 0:07:57.920 --> 0:08:01.400 That's the difference. That's the only difference. So I was 0:08:01.440 --> 0:08:03.280 happy with the way he played. I was happy with 0:08:03.320 --> 0:08:06.800 the fact that he was targeted. Uh. You know, then 0:08:06.800 --> 0:08:08.640 he got hit in the ribs on the sideline play 0:08:08.640 --> 0:08:10.960 and had to go out for a walk, came back in. Uh, 0:08:11.200 --> 0:08:13.000 didn't really get targeted too much, but did get the 0:08:13.040 --> 0:08:16.280 one big play passer ference, but was blocking well, which 0:08:16.320 --> 0:08:18.880 you probably didn't see. So he's playing really well, and 0:08:18.920 --> 0:08:21.000 I just think that it's gonna it's gonna pop. You know, 0:08:21.000 --> 0:08:22.920 he's gonna start getting some big catches for us. 0:08:25.640 --> 0:08:27.720 You get the sense that he he's the guy who 0:08:27.720 --> 0:08:29.200 beats himself up a little bit when he has a 0:08:29.240 --> 0:08:31.240 day rate Donna catches, even though he clearly did do 0:08:31.320 --> 0:08:32.920 things that the team yesterday. 0:08:33.040 --> 0:08:34.600 I don't know a good question for him, but I 0:08:34.600 --> 0:08:36.559 think he really wants to get catches, and he really 0:08:36.640 --> 0:08:38.520 wants to be a big factor in the game. You know, 0:08:38.559 --> 0:08:40.400 that's what he's used to. You know, he's he's a 0:08:40.559 --> 0:08:43.520 he's a he's a world class player, world class athlete, 0:08:44.120 --> 0:08:46.520 and that's the kind of expectation that he has for himself. 0:08:46.559 --> 0:08:49.880 Sure along those lines, I don't know if you'd seen, 0:08:50.280 --> 0:08:53.560 you know, he got the second PA throw, he you know, 0:08:53.679 --> 0:08:58.120 was upsetnth sideline. You know, I was curious that was 0:08:58.640 --> 0:09:03.800 the frustration of you know, getting a good catch. Obviously 0:09:05.200 --> 0:09:07.920 appearence or if it was if there was any his 0:09:07.960 --> 0:09:08.959 communication or. 0:09:09.000 --> 0:09:13.640 Just or just you know, obviously I think it's the 0:09:13.720 --> 0:09:15.640 last part. You know, it just wants to wants to 0:09:15.640 --> 0:09:17.160 make plays. You know, that's what he wants to do, 0:09:17.200 --> 0:09:20.280 and and you appreciate that he wasn't I talked to him. Actually, 0:09:20.280 --> 0:09:22.040 he wasn't mad at anybody. Just you know, he wants 0:09:22.040 --> 0:09:24.320 to make plays and wants the great son was in 0:09:24.360 --> 0:09:26.760 the stand first time, playing in front of his young 0:09:26.800 --> 0:09:28.000 son there, you know, in Arizona. 0:09:28.120 --> 0:09:29.800 So yeah, you. 0:09:29.720 --> 0:09:31.679 Know how it goes. That's that's how that's how guys are. 0:09:32.600 --> 0:09:36.240 It's curious your thoughts on ken Zeitler's kind of record 0:09:36.280 --> 0:09:38.440 that he said yesterday being all thirty two teams. Just 0:09:38.800 --> 0:09:41.800 your take on that. And then also the interior offensive 0:09:41.800 --> 0:09:43.680 line seems been playing. We had a really high level 0:09:43.760 --> 0:09:45.400 right now and just what you're seeing from that group 0:09:45.440 --> 0:09:47.960 as they've kind of jelled together and you know, stayed helping. 0:09:48.240 --> 0:09:50.600 Yeah, I agree, agree, I mean they're playing really well 0:09:50.640 --> 0:09:52.760 and I think we're getting better and better. You saw 0:09:52.800 --> 0:09:55.480 the inside interior run game really come alive in the 0:09:55.480 --> 0:09:57.959 second half. That was something we've been working really hard on. 0:09:58.400 --> 0:10:00.040 And then with that, you know, Lamar got outside a 0:10:00.040 --> 0:10:01.800 couple of times on some keepers late in the game 0:10:02.480 --> 0:10:07.000 when we call those. Yeah, Kevin getting the all time 0:10:07.440 --> 0:10:11.480 only one of three ever to have that kind of opportunity, 0:10:11.480 --> 0:10:13.920 he said. He said the Cardinals had been elusive, elusive 0:10:13.960 --> 0:10:16.959 for him the last few years, which is kind of fun. 0:10:17.000 --> 0:10:20.520 But I don't know how many people can say they 0:10:20.600 --> 0:10:23.120 beat every team in the league, especially an offensive lineman. 0:10:23.200 --> 0:10:25.880 You know, that's pretty cool in terms. 0:10:25.760 --> 0:10:27.920 Of what he brings him a leadership quality. I've talked 0:10:27.960 --> 0:10:30.719 to a couple of the guys like Tyler Linderbond and 0:10:30.760 --> 0:10:32.520 said that his work at it in particular something that 0:10:32.559 --> 0:10:35.200 really stands out about him. I know he's only been 0:10:35.200 --> 0:10:36.760 here for a couple of seasons, but what have you 0:10:36.800 --> 0:10:38.880 seen from him in terms of work. 0:10:38.679 --> 0:10:39.679 At I'm sorry, who is that? 0:10:40.880 --> 0:10:41.040 Oh? 0:10:41.120 --> 0:10:44.480 Yeah, Kevin, thanks, you know what it is. I mean, 0:10:44.520 --> 0:10:46.480 he's he's a leader in kind of a really kind 0:10:46.480 --> 0:10:49.120 of interesting ways. First of all, by work ethic. This guy, 0:10:49.200 --> 0:10:51.439 I mean, you can't believe how he practice. I mean, 0:10:51.440 --> 0:10:53.120 you know, he's the guy that does the pass sets 0:10:53.160 --> 0:10:54.920 when his wife's having a baby in the hospital. You've 0:10:54.920 --> 0:10:57.200 seen that, right, And that's how he kind of is 0:10:57.400 --> 0:11:00.720 all the time. He's he's he's just a on his 0:11:00.800 --> 0:11:03.040 craft all the time. But more than that, like he 0:11:03.120 --> 0:11:05.320 kind of he's he's a leader by relationship, Like he 0:11:05.320 --> 0:11:07.160 has the guys over to his house. He's hasn't by 0:11:07.200 --> 0:11:09.840 the pool they have, I don't know what they eat, 0:11:09.920 --> 0:11:12.560 probably a lot, but they have a lot of fun. 0:11:12.960 --> 0:11:14.560 And he kind of leads that way, which is which 0:11:14.600 --> 0:11:16.640 is really kind of neat. So he does it by 0:11:16.679 --> 0:11:18.520 relationship and by by example. 0:11:18.760 --> 0:11:21.319 I would say a lot of people are calling it 0:11:21.440 --> 0:11:22.920 to Michael Pierce game yesterday. 0:11:23.000 --> 0:11:25.000 You know, he plays so well and so many places 0:11:25.040 --> 0:11:27.560 stood out when you watch him over the course of game. 0:11:27.640 --> 0:11:31.280 To game and you go back and watch more closely, what. 0:11:31.320 --> 0:11:33.280 Kind of things show up than you see that maybe 0:11:33.320 --> 0:11:34.800 we don't see well. 0:11:35.280 --> 0:11:38.000 Game to game. He's played very consistently bo so it's 0:11:38.080 --> 0:11:40.640 kind of been like that. And then this game, the 0:11:40.679 --> 0:11:43.880 consistent play paid off in these opportunities to make these 0:11:44.000 --> 0:11:46.640 huge plays. So he's been doing the same thing without 0:11:46.640 --> 0:11:48.959 having the chance to actually make those plays. Sometimes sometimes 0:11:49.000 --> 0:11:50.840 he get pushed out to somebody else, are cut back, 0:11:51.760 --> 0:11:55.400 and then the sacks and the pressures he's he's been 0:11:55.400 --> 0:11:57.000 playing all year. He's having a great year. I think 0:11:57.000 --> 0:11:58.640 he's doing a great job and it's nice to see it, 0:11:59.000 --> 0:12:00.559 you know, kind of pay off a huge game for 0:12:00.640 --> 0:12:01.080 him like that. 0:12:02.160 --> 0:12:05.960 About a year since Rokwan Smith came the team, what 0:12:06.080 --> 0:12:11.160 did you know about specifically his leadership or communication before 0:12:11.200 --> 0:12:15.280 he arrived and based on kind of reputation or whatever 0:12:15.440 --> 0:12:19.559 you going in, has he those expectations that you. 0:12:19.559 --> 0:12:23.720 Have right with? Will you knew from the college draft? 0:12:24.040 --> 0:12:27.400 That's what they all said about him at Georgia and 0:12:27.520 --> 0:12:30.200 then Chicago. You talk to people who played for the Bears, 0:12:30.240 --> 0:12:32.040 of people in the organization, coaches, and that's kind of 0:12:32.040 --> 0:12:34.319 what they said about him there too. That he's he's 0:12:34.360 --> 0:12:36.560 a leader and all the things that you've seen, but 0:12:36.600 --> 0:12:38.840 you don't know exactly and you don't really hear it 0:12:38.840 --> 0:12:40.440 to the extent I don't think. I mean people maybe 0:12:40.440 --> 0:12:42.800 they don't want to tell you too much either. Then 0:12:42.840 --> 0:12:45.400 he comes here and he's I don't know. Sometimes it's 0:12:45.400 --> 0:12:46.840 a good fit too, Like he comes in here and 0:12:46.880 --> 0:12:49.160 he's it's kind of like just this place really fits him. 0:12:49.200 --> 0:12:51.040 I think, you know, I think he'd probably tell you that, 0:12:51.120 --> 0:12:54.440 you know, it's kind of his it fits his personality, 0:12:54.760 --> 0:12:58.199 his style. He's been a great fit. I think it's 0:12:58.200 --> 0:13:00.480 one of the all time great trades that we made. 0:13:00.480 --> 0:13:02.280 Not you know, I think the Bears did it. Nothing 0:13:02.280 --> 0:13:04.200 against the Bears they made. They got a good pick 0:13:04.240 --> 0:13:06.559 out of it, and they made it, you know, salary 0:13:06.559 --> 0:13:08.440 cap and all the stuff that they got out of it. 0:13:08.440 --> 0:13:10.080 It's probably going to be under sold a little bit, 0:13:10.120 --> 0:13:12.120 but in the end you'll see how it pays off 0:13:12.120 --> 0:13:15.480 for him. But maybe he was just the Maybe it 0:13:15.520 --> 0:13:16.880 was a win win, you know, but it's definitely a 0:13:16.880 --> 0:13:17.439 win for us. 0:13:18.160 --> 0:13:21.560 I mean, we talked so much about these trade deadline deals, 0:13:21.559 --> 0:13:23.839 the potential for them. You've been around the league a 0:13:23.880 --> 0:13:24.200 long time. 0:13:24.320 --> 0:13:26.120 How rare do you think it is. 0:13:26.040 --> 0:13:29.120 For a guy to come in like that midway through 0:13:29.120 --> 0:13:32.960 a season and have the breadth of impact that, Yeah, 0:13:32.960 --> 0:13:33.839 it's probably pretty rare. 0:13:33.880 --> 0:13:36.520 I mean, no doubt about Child's I mean, I just 0:13:36.559 --> 0:13:38.880 I don't really keep track of that stuff, but I 0:13:38.880 --> 0:13:41.079 don't really remember too many of those, so I'd say 0:13:41.080 --> 0:13:42.160 it's a pretty big deal. 0:13:42.920 --> 0:13:43.160 John. 0:13:43.679 --> 0:13:46.200 On the broadcast, it looked like players are slippy and 0:13:46.280 --> 0:13:47.520 strowing with field conditions. 0:13:47.559 --> 0:13:48.800 It's just something that you've noticed. 0:13:48.960 --> 0:13:52.319 And when you do notice on something, is that something 0:13:52.360 --> 0:13:55.040 that you have to account for and play calling. 0:13:54.880 --> 0:13:59.120 For better or for worse. You know, I think it's 0:13:59.120 --> 0:14:01.079 the players responsible ability to kind of work on that 0:14:01.120 --> 0:14:03.040 as much as they can. You know, you can't really 0:14:03.120 --> 0:14:06.199 overthink it from a play calling standpoint. You have to 0:14:06.640 --> 0:14:08.960 account for it with the cleats, you know, and the 0:14:08.960 --> 0:14:11.960 guys understanding that in situations. I think I saw it 0:14:11.960 --> 0:14:14.600 was a couple of rain games, wasn't the Pittsburgh game, 0:14:14.679 --> 0:14:18.080 brainy stormy? So you just you got to keep your 0:14:18.080 --> 0:14:20.720 feet underneath yourself as an athlete, and our guys did 0:14:20.720 --> 0:14:22.080 a good job that for the most part. There was 0:14:22.120 --> 0:14:23.800 a few plays where we slipped, no doubt it was. 0:14:24.040 --> 0:14:25.800 You know, it's a different kind of grass they bring 0:14:25.840 --> 0:14:29.040 it in. It's nice. It was good safe field, but 0:14:29.160 --> 0:14:31.360 it's a little slicker. You know, we had the top 0:14:31.440 --> 0:14:34.520 nine for practice. Field was waste slicker than that, you know, 0:14:34.600 --> 0:14:36.200 so I thought, yeah, I was good practice for us 0:14:36.240 --> 0:14:38.520 on a slick field. You know, they adjusted from Wednesday 0:14:38.560 --> 0:14:40.680 to Thursday. So that's something that you just talk to 0:14:40.720 --> 0:14:42.320 you guys about and if you guys change their shoes 0:14:42.320 --> 0:14:45.200 and things like that. So, but that's something you really 0:14:45.240 --> 0:14:46.840 do have to think about them. It's very important to 0:14:46.880 --> 0:14:49.320 have good footing to baden. 0:14:49.840 --> 0:14:52.080 A couple of less catches end around and it seems 0:14:52.080 --> 0:14:53.880 like he's kind of come on a little bit at 0:14:53.880 --> 0:14:55.880 how big is that ram in the solvents? 0:14:56.280 --> 0:14:59.240 It's so big, I mean two big plays. The early 0:14:59.320 --> 0:15:01.720 catch to keep the drive alive, to go get the 0:15:01.760 --> 0:15:03.720 ball and take it away from the defender was just 0:15:04.240 --> 0:15:06.160 I mean, you're not going to see a better play 0:15:06.200 --> 0:15:08.760 than that. It was great. And then at the end 0:15:08.800 --> 0:15:12.040 a round, so to speak, it's it's really not It's 0:15:12.080 --> 0:15:14.240 a jet sweet type of play with with a reid 0:15:14.280 --> 0:15:17.920 option involved in a gap scheme, so to be clear, 0:15:19.240 --> 0:15:22.400 But Lamar read it right and gave it. You know, 0:15:22.440 --> 0:15:23.600 it's not something he's done a lot. 0:15:23.600 --> 0:15:23.720 You know. 0:15:23.760 --> 0:15:26.480 I don't think he's practiced it even that much, you know, 0:15:26.880 --> 0:15:28.400 the ball handling of it. But to have him be 0:15:28.440 --> 0:15:30.880 able to do that, maybe they weren't expecting it, you know, 0:15:31.480 --> 0:15:33.200 but he he ran around there and I'll tell you 0:15:33.200 --> 0:15:35.840 when he turned the corner and accelerated up the sideline right, 0:15:36.320 --> 0:15:38.920 that was impressive, wasn't it. I Mean, he ran by 0:15:38.920 --> 0:15:40.880 a couple of guys and he really showed some bursts 0:15:40.880 --> 0:15:42.920 there and got up the sideline. They actually hit him 0:15:42.920 --> 0:15:45.600 out of bounds. Got us another fifteen, So it was 0:15:45.800 --> 0:15:47.480 it was a huge play in the game that ran 0:15:47.520 --> 0:15:49.360 time off the clock, got us down in there deeper 0:15:49.760 --> 0:15:50.880 and got us another score. 0:15:51.680 --> 0:15:53.880 John, do you see just following up on our shot? 0:15:53.960 --> 0:15:58.920 Do you see more confidence and he's for trusting his 0:15:58.960 --> 0:16:02.480 physical abilities as he gets further and further away from 0:16:02.520 --> 0:16:04.040 the injury. Has that even been like a week by 0:16:04.160 --> 0:16:07.160 week season journey where now and seems more confidence to 0:16:07.200 --> 0:16:07.880 make plays like that. 0:16:08.360 --> 0:16:11.920 Yeah, I think that's really perceptive because it's not the 0:16:12.200 --> 0:16:15.160 it's not confidence in his ability. He's always been very confident. 0:16:15.200 --> 0:16:18.360 It's confidence in his just health, the fact he's been 0:16:18.400 --> 0:16:20.320 all to stack practices now and get a feel in 0:16:20.360 --> 0:16:22.600 the offense and catch balls and run routes and compete 0:16:23.000 --> 0:16:25.680 for balls. Football is a practice sport. We've said that before. 0:16:26.120 --> 0:16:27.880 The more you practice, the better you get, you know, 0:16:27.920 --> 0:16:29.880 and the better feeld you get for the game, all 0:16:29.920 --> 0:16:32.400 those different things. And I would say it's just starting 0:16:32.440 --> 0:16:33.840 to kind of come together for him that way. And 0:16:33.880 --> 0:16:36.040 I'm hoping. I think the second half of the season 0:16:36.080 --> 0:16:37.760 for Rashad is going to be big, going to be 0:16:37.840 --> 0:16:38.560 very successful. 0:16:39.320 --> 0:16:42.600 Lamur talked after the game about the approach that Arizona 0:16:42.600 --> 0:16:44.880 took defensively. I mean, you know, only rushing three or four. 0:16:44.880 --> 0:16:47.680 We're talking a lot of guys into coverage in broad strokes. 0:16:47.720 --> 0:16:49.720 How do you guys want to attack that kind of defense? 0:16:50.080 --> 0:16:52.080 We got to be patient, you know, I mean, uh, 0:16:52.640 --> 0:16:54.160 it was, it was, it was. It was. It was 0:16:54.240 --> 0:16:56.920 kind of a cage rush, a very physical rush, which 0:16:57.200 --> 0:16:59.080 you know, Lions tried to do the same thing. Most 0:16:59.080 --> 0:17:01.000 teams kind of do that. Again, it says not not everybody. 0:17:01.080 --> 0:17:04.679 Pittsburgh's different. You know, they cage except for the you know, 0:17:04.720 --> 0:17:06.639 the two guys on the edge are just going you know, 0:17:06.800 --> 0:17:10.720 so we different teams plays different ways. Uh, but uh, 0:17:11.240 --> 0:17:13.080 you've got to be willing to check it down. You 0:17:13.160 --> 0:17:15.320 got to be willing to run it. I think you 0:17:15.359 --> 0:17:16.680 gotta be willing to call you know, get the ball 0:17:16.680 --> 0:17:18.440 out quick, you run the RPOs, which we called a 0:17:18.440 --> 0:17:21.680 lot of r pos yesterday. H all those things. Uh, 0:17:22.000 --> 0:17:23.360 you got to be able to do in the second half. 0:17:23.400 --> 0:17:24.879 You know, the run game kind of started going, and 0:17:24.880 --> 0:17:26.560 we're we're in a situation once we got the lead, 0:17:26.760 --> 0:17:28.320 you know, we were able to do that with that 0:17:28.520 --> 0:17:30.719 score at the end of the half even gave us 0:17:30.720 --> 0:17:32.840 a chance to probably run the ball even a little more. 0:17:32.880 --> 0:17:35.560 But you know, you're always trying to find yeah, and 0:17:35.560 --> 0:17:36.840 and and really in the first half two a lot 0:17:36.840 --> 0:17:38.040 of times you're trying to figure out what they are 0:17:38.040 --> 0:17:40.800 doing to you. You know, sometimes you got a certain 0:17:40.800 --> 0:17:42.880 play call and they bring a front up it doesn't work, 0:17:42.960 --> 0:17:45.200