WEBVTT - Todd Bowles Conference Call (12.28.2015)

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<v Speaker 1>It's taught. Were there any other injuries that came out

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<v Speaker 1>after the last time, No, not that I know of

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<v Speaker 1>right now. Some people saw it, but no other injuries

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<v Speaker 1>are reported. What happened with Kemball Tompkins as far as

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<v Speaker 1>and being tired off the fields? What would the injury?

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<v Speaker 1>He had a lower leg injury. It turned out to

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<v Speaker 1>be more of a muscle spas and type of deals

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<v Speaker 1>and a major injury. That's why I came back. It

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<v Speaker 1>looked worse than it was. Some of your players talked

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<v Speaker 1>yesterday about your your speech to them after the Texas

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<v Speaker 1>game kind of being a turning point. What do you

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<v Speaker 1>remember about that and what what was your message? And

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<v Speaker 1>you were trying to get across at that point when

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<v Speaker 1>you guys were five and fives. Just remember we weren't

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<v Speaker 1>playing well, and you know, there's a point we were

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<v Speaker 1>going back and forth. It can't be a five hundred team.

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<v Speaker 1>Either have to get better and tread water. You have

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<v Speaker 1>to tread water and get worse so you can get

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<v Speaker 1>better as a team. And you know, we started playing

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<v Speaker 1>better after that. I don't know if that was the reason,

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<v Speaker 1>but we started playing better after that. Todd, we were

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<v Speaker 1>just talking to Calvin Pace and he said at that

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<v Speaker 1>moment of the season, he got the feeling that he

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<v Speaker 1>was either the team was going to come together or

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<v Speaker 1>the ship was gonna sink. Those were his pretty much

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<v Speaker 1>his exact words. Did you get the feeling that that

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<v Speaker 1>was a cross roads as well? No, I didn't. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't think the ship was gonna think. That's not on

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<v Speaker 1>cow And I'm sorry he didn't mean it that way. Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>And we were going to do anything from a playoff

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<v Speaker 1>standpoint in the season standpoint, and that was the time

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<v Speaker 1>to come together. But we were still growing and building then,

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<v Speaker 1>so it wasn't a problem of wearing about the ships thinking,

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<v Speaker 1>just a matter of play more consistent. So I hid

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<v Speaker 1>the Bills look different than the team you saw in

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<v Speaker 1>early November. I mean the same team. They're running the

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<v Speaker 1>football pretty well, they played great defense, and they got

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<v Speaker 1>a big play receiver. So there's gonna be another tough

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<v Speaker 1>game going in there plays playing the football game. We

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<v Speaker 1>just gotta making us play to win. Scott, how do

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<v Speaker 1>you think you guys are different from when you were

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<v Speaker 1>when you lost to the build. Hopefully we've grown from

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<v Speaker 1>a mental standpoint, you know, we we guys trust each

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<v Speaker 1>other a lot more. They're playing together a lot better.

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<v Speaker 1>So from that point we're a little bit bit different.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you think your team has grown enough to handle

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<v Speaker 1>the pressure of what basically is a playoff game? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>the last couple of weeks of the playoffs games, they're

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<v Speaker 1>really have no pressure. They just played together and we

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<v Speaker 1>have fun and we try to get better better at

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<v Speaker 1>the team. There's no pressure on us, and we know

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<v Speaker 1>we have to win. We've been having to win the

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<v Speaker 1>past four weeks, five weeks, so it's no different going

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<v Speaker 1>in the Sunday tod Do you expect that Rex Ryan,

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<v Speaker 1>will you know, be probing these guys up to try

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<v Speaker 1>and knock you out of the playoffs? I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I'm sure they're trying to win the game

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<v Speaker 1>as well. It would be something you probably to ask him.

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<v Speaker 1>I just gotta worry about my team. But do you

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<v Speaker 1>But do you believe in that in that concept though?

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<v Speaker 1>Can he can he coach he's on something like that

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<v Speaker 1>and explain it to his players in a way we're

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<v Speaker 1>motivating them in a way that there would be a

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<v Speaker 1>different come Sunday. I don't know. You would have to

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<v Speaker 1>ask a coach that would do that that that's that's

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<v Speaker 1>just not me. I'm trying to win every game. I'll

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<v Speaker 1>share every coach in the league is trying to win

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<v Speaker 1>every game, and everybody has different methods. So whatever works

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<v Speaker 1>for that team will works for us, works for us.

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<v Speaker 1>Whatever works for everybody else works for everybody else. God,

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<v Speaker 1>you've taken the approach the last few weeks of you know,

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<v Speaker 1>you guys just have to take care of business and

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<v Speaker 1>then the playoffs will take care of themselves. But now

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<v Speaker 1>this one is winning, you're in. Will you talk about

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<v Speaker 1>the playoffs this week with your team? Will you address

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<v Speaker 1>that the situation that you know what you're playing for Sunday?

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<v Speaker 1>Or will you try to treat this like, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>just another game? Kind of tree is the same? I

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<v Speaker 1>mean we I mean we understand what we're going up against,

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<v Speaker 1>and we understand what happens this week, so they know

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<v Speaker 1>that fully well, but we've got to continue to do

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<v Speaker 1>the things we've been doing. We try to do anything

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<v Speaker 1>else and we won't have a chance to win. So

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<v Speaker 1>why why do you prefer that approach? Well, it depends

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<v Speaker 1>on how you are when you get a new team together,

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<v Speaker 1>and you've got to have a pulse for your team

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<v Speaker 1>and see where they are, and there will be a

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<v Speaker 1>time when it changes when the team takes over and

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<v Speaker 1>takes that approach until you can get to that team

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<v Speaker 1>and you have enough time to put your imprint on

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<v Speaker 1>things and they see how you want to do things

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<v Speaker 1>and how the coaches when things done. Sometimes they take

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<v Speaker 1>it over, They take it over early in the season,

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes they take it over later. But you've got to

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<v Speaker 1>have a post to your team and make sure they

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<v Speaker 1>always ground it and understand what's going on around them

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<v Speaker 1>and not let the game get too big for him.

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<v Speaker 1>What are the something that you would look for in

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<v Speaker 1>that in that case, well, it can go both ways.

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<v Speaker 1>You can hear a lot of complaining if you're losing.

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<v Speaker 1>You can hear a lot of bravotto if you're winning.

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<v Speaker 1>And when you do those things, sometimes you let the

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<v Speaker 1>little fundamentals and things slip by, and we just need

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<v Speaker 1>to make sure we don't let anything slipped by and

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<v Speaker 1>we continue to do the things that got us to

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<v Speaker 1>this point. Calen Pates was saying, Um, you know he

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<v Speaker 1>can sense the point this season where the players bought in,

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<v Speaker 1>bought into you and the way you were preaching. Did

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<v Speaker 1>you get a sense of that at all at any

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<v Speaker 1>point this year that you you know your message was

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<v Speaker 1>getting through and you're buying in. Well, it's still a

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<v Speaker 1>work in progress. I mean, I think we're playing better

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<v Speaker 1>and they're coming together themselves. And as a coach, all

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<v Speaker 1>you try to do is make them see what the

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<v Speaker 1>vision is and then work towards getting there. And a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of that has to do with them trusting each other.

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<v Speaker 1>Obviously they have to know what you're talking about from

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<v Speaker 1>a coaching standpoint as a player, but them trusting each

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<v Speaker 1>other and then believing in each other and getting that

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<v Speaker 1>type of camaraderie and chemistry takes a while, and I

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<v Speaker 1>do see some that coming together. Did you hear anything

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<v Speaker 1>from Parsala's last night He's just sick congrats. Did you

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<v Speaker 1>always see this team as a playoff team? Well, we

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<v Speaker 1>gotta get to the playoffs for me to answer that.

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<v Speaker 1>H