1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:03,200 Speaker 1: This episode of Inside Coverage was recorded before the news 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:06,600 Speaker 1: of Brian Robinson Junior on behalf of Braham, myself and 3 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:09,200 Speaker 1: the Washington Commander's media team. We wish him the best 4 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:14,160 Speaker 1: of health and a full speedy recovery. He's a guy. 5 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:16,560 Speaker 1: When the lights came on for the game, he played better. 6 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:19,160 Speaker 1: And they have what I would call the oddest streak 7 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 1: in sport. That offensive line group is especial. When I 8 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:30,080 Speaker 1: go to a Broadway show, I assume they practiced the line. 9 00:00:31,320 --> 00:00:34,680 Speaker 1: All right, welcome into the Unnamed Show, Bram Whitsteined, Logan Paulson. 10 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:36,400 Speaker 1: All Right, today we're gonna talk the end of the 11 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:39,040 Speaker 1: preseason here, what the summer has meant to you, what 12 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:41,040 Speaker 1: it's meant to you in the past, what you look for, 13 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:43,159 Speaker 1: and the things that have stood out to us this 14 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:44,879 Speaker 1: summer as we get set for the start of the 15 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:48,640 Speaker 1: twenty twenty two seasons. So just generally, when I say, like, 16 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:52,920 Speaker 1: what's important in training camp, training, preseason? Yeah, yeah, so 17 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:55,720 Speaker 1: I think just general off season thoughts like it kind 18 00:00:55,720 --> 00:00:58,640 Speaker 1: of ramps up in terms of importance obviously, like OTAs 19 00:00:58,680 --> 00:01:02,480 Speaker 1: are important just to kind of confirm evaluations. See generally 20 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:05,080 Speaker 1: where the team is at mini camp, intensity ramps up 21 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:07,080 Speaker 1: training camp, you're kind to take a step up, right, 22 00:01:07,240 --> 00:01:10,240 Speaker 1: And I always thought, I like, even when I played, 23 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:13,200 Speaker 1: that the preseason was kind of the next natural progression 24 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:14,880 Speaker 1: of that. It's just it's a little bit more than 25 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:17,640 Speaker 1: a practice. It's significantly less than a regular season game. 26 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:20,039 Speaker 1: But it just kind of helps you see how guys 27 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:23,200 Speaker 1: handle live bullets for lack of a better word, right, 28 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:25,640 Speaker 1: like how they are kind of with the prep, how 29 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:27,039 Speaker 1: they are when the lights come on, how they are 30 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:28,920 Speaker 1: when they're getting the calls from the sideline and they're 31 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 1: on the field. They have to make their own decisions. 32 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:33,560 Speaker 1: And I think that stuff is very important, will always 33 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:35,880 Speaker 1: be important. I think a lot of teams in the 34 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:39,160 Speaker 1: NFL now have found other ways to get that evaluation 35 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:42,039 Speaker 1: part out in terms of like utilizing joint practices right 36 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:44,920 Speaker 1: where they can run bigger swaths of their offense or 37 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:47,840 Speaker 1: defense against a different opponent and they don't have to 38 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:49,760 Speaker 1: worry about kind of guys getting hurt in the same 39 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 1: way because there are parameters to practice. So I think 40 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:56,840 Speaker 1: I just think it's a it's a really important evaluation tool, 41 00:01:57,160 --> 00:02:00,840 Speaker 1: if especially for this team, because they don't use they 42 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:03,760 Speaker 1: don't utilize that joint practice model, which as a player, 43 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 1: I couldn't stand joint practices, but as a coach or 44 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:11,040 Speaker 1: a scout, you definitely see why those things are important. Yeah, 45 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:15,000 Speaker 1: So for me, like in the spring, it's the beginning 46 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:17,240 Speaker 1: of the hype train. Yeah, it's guys in shorts and 47 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:20,760 Speaker 1: T shirts. Everybody looks great. Everybody feels like, oh, we 48 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:23,600 Speaker 1: got it right on this. This this, this trading camp 49 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:25,960 Speaker 1: to be starts to give you a little hint of 50 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:30,839 Speaker 1: are those people that are new are they really going 51 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:32,520 Speaker 1: to fit in the way that they did? Are they 52 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 1: going to be able to do the things that they're 53 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:36,600 Speaker 1: suggesting they were going to be able to do? And 54 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:39,800 Speaker 1: in the case of like Johan Dotson, it's obvious that 55 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:42,560 Speaker 1: there's a carryover and he belongs right. There are others 56 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:45,320 Speaker 1: that where I go, I've heard all the hype, I 57 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:47,520 Speaker 1: still need to see this in real games, and the 58 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:49,799 Speaker 1: trading camp can kind of be eye opening in that 59 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:53,240 Speaker 1: way where you watch one how much they're being utilized 60 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:56,840 Speaker 1: for real now, and two do they look comfortable in 61 00:02:56,919 --> 00:02:59,639 Speaker 1: the things they're being asked to do? And so there 62 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 1: are and I won't name any of those players, but 63 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:03,400 Speaker 1: there are players that I go. I heard a lot 64 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:05,680 Speaker 1: about them. I'm still waiting to see it when we 65 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:08,160 Speaker 1: get into real games. And I think that's that's essentially 66 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:10,639 Speaker 1: what the preseason game for this team means, right. It's 67 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:13,800 Speaker 1: it's not a regular it's not a regular season game obviously, 68 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:17,600 Speaker 1: but at least it's kind of the next natural maturation 69 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:19,680 Speaker 1: of that process where you can say, oh, you know, 70 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:22,560 Speaker 1: how does the old line pass off games without knowing 71 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 1: the games are coming? Because I think people often forget 72 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:26,960 Speaker 1: that practice is scripted. Like I remember when I was playing, 73 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:29,480 Speaker 1: you could go to the defensive call sheet, look up 74 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 1: all their defensive calls and be like, a team run, 75 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:33,440 Speaker 1: They're gonna run these stunts and we're gonna be ready 76 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:35,360 Speaker 1: for this, and we're gonna game plan this. What happens 77 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:37,720 Speaker 1: when the structure it's a little bit less structured, can 78 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:41,720 Speaker 1: guys see and digest information at a high level, and again, 79 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:44,000 Speaker 1: it just stresses them in a way that they haven't 80 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:46,160 Speaker 1: been stressed so far. So again, that's one of the 81 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:49,040 Speaker 1: things I enjoy about preseason football is because it just 82 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:51,240 Speaker 1: kind of ticks it up a little bit and for 83 00:03:51,320 --> 00:03:53,560 Speaker 1: some of those guys that are maybe flashing, maybe it's 84 00:03:53,640 --> 00:03:57,120 Speaker 1: kind of saying, oh, there's this is why they're not starting, 85 00:03:57,200 --> 00:03:58,480 Speaker 1: or this is why they were two, this is why 86 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:01,120 Speaker 1: they're rotational people, or you'll see these are the parts 87 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:03,400 Speaker 1: I think they're going to need to improve on. And 88 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:05,560 Speaker 1: you'll see that a lot with the younger players, Like 89 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:08,440 Speaker 1: last summer, Jammy Brown, there was some obvious there was 90 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:11,280 Speaker 1: a big hype trade about after his selection in trading camp, 91 00:04:11,320 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 1: it became pretty clear that like there's a ways to 92 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:15,600 Speaker 1: go for him that you see the upside, you see 93 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:17,520 Speaker 1: what they're talking about. You know he could have a 94 00:04:17,520 --> 00:04:19,560 Speaker 1: big role for them, but you could see some of 95 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 1: the things that were still needed to come along. That 96 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:24,200 Speaker 1: was one major example for me a year ago that 97 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:26,320 Speaker 1: I saw in camp. Yeah, and he's a good example 98 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:28,240 Speaker 1: too because like he's a guy and again you mentioned 99 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:30,520 Speaker 1: consistency at the start of the show, and I think that, 100 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:34,000 Speaker 1: like he's a guy that is good for two days 101 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:36,279 Speaker 1: and then kind of goes quiet for three and good 102 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:38,640 Speaker 1: for two days, goes quiet, And I think for the 103 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:42,120 Speaker 1: young guys that the off season is a long process 104 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:44,920 Speaker 1: and how consistent can you be in that process, because again, 105 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:47,200 Speaker 1: that shows me who you are and what you're about, 106 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:50,240 Speaker 1: and if you're super inconsistent. I think there's something either 107 00:04:50,279 --> 00:04:52,880 Speaker 1: from like a mental standpoint that isn't quite working out, 108 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:55,239 Speaker 1: from like a classroom standpoint, or just like how much 109 00:04:55,640 --> 00:04:57,000 Speaker 1: do you love it in terms of being able to 110 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:00,640 Speaker 1: bring your top level every single day to and treat 111 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:02,520 Speaker 1: it like it's a game. I think that's also important 112 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:03,919 Speaker 1: for people. I mean, there's a couple of guys, like 113 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:06,680 Speaker 1: in the secondary this year, clearly younger players are going 114 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:09,120 Speaker 1: to make this team. Percy Butler is gonna make the team, 115 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:11,680 Speaker 1: probably play a lot. There's probably going to be a 116 00:05:11,760 --> 00:05:14,159 Speaker 1: very young corner that makes it as the fifth corner 117 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:18,479 Speaker 1: on this behind Johnson, Saint Juice, Jackson, and Fuller. Somebody's 118 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:20,359 Speaker 1: going to make the team here because there is no 119 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:23,080 Speaker 1: other veteran really out there unless Cornelder makes it. Someone 120 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:25,320 Speaker 1: like Christian Holmes is probably going to make it. So 121 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:27,839 Speaker 1: I'm watching people like that, and you see the rookie 122 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:30,000 Speaker 1: moments like yeah, there are these times during the trading 123 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:32,440 Speaker 1: camp where you're like, man, that guy's got it, like yeah, boy, 124 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:34,159 Speaker 1: they got a hit. He's a seventh round pick. And 125 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:35,680 Speaker 1: then there are other days where you see it and 126 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:37,920 Speaker 1: you go, he's gonna have to fix this, or he's 127 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:40,839 Speaker 1: gonna have to fix that because it's a long season here. 128 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:44,159 Speaker 1: These are pros. You're gonna be covering professional receivers. We 129 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:46,040 Speaker 1: don't have time for you to learn it. Well. I 130 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:47,680 Speaker 1: think that's the other thing with Christian Holmes is a 131 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 1: great example, Like he's looked pretty dang good throughout training 132 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 1: camp minus a couple of plays here and there, and 133 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:56,360 Speaker 1: then you get to you get to the preseason game 134 00:05:56,600 --> 00:05:59,680 Speaker 1: and he looks a little nervous. You know, it looks 135 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:03,760 Speaker 1: a little reserved and obviously like everyone handles games differently, right, 136 00:06:03,839 --> 00:06:06,240 Speaker 1: But I think that that again, that's why that kind 137 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:08,320 Speaker 1: of escalation is so important, because you get to see 138 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:10,800 Speaker 1: who's got that competitive It's it's like, you know, you 139 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:13,440 Speaker 1: mentioned Forrest in our draft, like he's a guy when 140 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 1: the lights came on for the game, he played better, 141 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:18,479 Speaker 1: like he was more physical, Like you get to show 142 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:20,240 Speaker 1: other elements of his game, and other guys kind of 143 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:22,760 Speaker 1: get quiet and get nervous and they shy away from that. 144 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:25,760 Speaker 1: And so again I think that's why that preseason process 145 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:28,760 Speaker 1: is so like that it escalates a little bit is 146 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:32,119 Speaker 1: so important for just finalizing what you think about the roster. 147 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:33,880 Speaker 1: You know, the other thing it really stands out to 148 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:36,920 Speaker 1: me in preseason now is just how structured, how it's 149 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:39,160 Speaker 1: just so different than what I was accustomed to two 150 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:40,920 Speaker 1: years ago and probably what even what you were accustomed 151 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:44,480 Speaker 1: to not even that long ago, where it's been negotiated, 152 00:06:44,480 --> 00:06:47,479 Speaker 1: the physicality of it's been negotiated out, Yeah, through the 153 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:51,000 Speaker 1: collective bargaining agreement. And you know, listen, like I'm not 154 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:53,400 Speaker 1: sitting here like pining for the time when we saw 155 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:55,279 Speaker 1: two days and these guys are killing each other, you know, 156 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:57,800 Speaker 1: in the middle of August. But it's gone a different 157 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:00,719 Speaker 1: direction where the first week of camp league wide, you 158 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:04,000 Speaker 1: can't hit yeah, right everyway. So and then you know, 159 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:05,880 Speaker 1: when I asked Rod Rivera about it, he would say 160 00:07:05,880 --> 00:07:08,440 Speaker 1: things like, you know, well, we did do some live practices, 161 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:10,320 Speaker 1: but you can hear in his voice he's like, it's 162 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:13,040 Speaker 1: a different time there, and to actually ramp up and 163 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:15,640 Speaker 1: get ready to play football, you have to hit each other, 164 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:18,680 Speaker 1: and there's just a limitation on it, and that secondarily, 165 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:20,840 Speaker 1: you don't want to get people injured. Yeah, it's a 166 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:23,880 Speaker 1: really it's dicey, Like I think, like I look at 167 00:07:23,880 --> 00:07:25,320 Speaker 1: this and I look at the coaches, and I go, 168 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:27,600 Speaker 1: I don't know how you get these guys ready to 169 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:30,960 Speaker 1: do this based on how this thing is structured right now. Yeah, 170 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:33,120 Speaker 1: I think that's another interesting thing, like when are they 171 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:34,800 Speaker 1: going to tackle? When are they gonna block? When are 172 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:36,840 Speaker 1: they gonna cut block? When the when do those things happen? 173 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:39,480 Speaker 1: And they don't happen enjoying practices, They happen in the 174 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:42,160 Speaker 1: preseason game. That's the first kind of scrimmage element that 175 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:45,160 Speaker 1: they have. And I think, you know, like I remember 176 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:47,240 Speaker 1: talking to Iron after the game and he was like, well, 177 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:48,880 Speaker 1: it was nice to see that they tackled well because 178 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:51,000 Speaker 1: we weren't able to see that, you know, like we 179 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:54,000 Speaker 1: weren't able to see that from the defense. So it is. 180 00:07:54,080 --> 00:07:56,200 Speaker 1: It's a totally different animal now, and I think in 181 00:07:56,240 --> 00:07:59,200 Speaker 1: some ways it makes the preseason games a little bit 182 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:01,680 Speaker 1: more important because you get to kind of truly understand, 183 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:04,360 Speaker 1: you know, what your team and what your guys are about, 184 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:06,760 Speaker 1: especially if you're a young team. Like obviously everyone points 185 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:08,920 Speaker 1: to the La Rams and says, oh, well, they don't 186 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:11,520 Speaker 1: play anybody in the preseam that's like a very experienced 187 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:13,880 Speaker 1: old roster in a lot of ways, and here this, 188 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:16,520 Speaker 1: you know, like the oldest guy is Tress Way, you 189 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:18,320 Speaker 1: know what I mean, who's a punter, and everybody else 190 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:21,320 Speaker 1: is very young and kind of developing as professionals. And 191 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:24,760 Speaker 1: so I think that's why joint practices, preseason games, all 192 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:26,800 Speaker 1: that stuff is so important. I mean, I think down 193 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:29,240 Speaker 1: the road, the way it's structured, I would almost argue 194 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:32,440 Speaker 1: that joint practices and controlled scrimmages are a better option 195 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:35,360 Speaker 1: than have the preseason games. Yeah, and you know what, like, 196 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:38,640 Speaker 1: guess what I know about football fans. They'll watch them. Yeah, yeah, 197 00:08:38,720 --> 00:08:40,720 Speaker 1: they'll go to a stadium for them. And I actually 198 00:08:40,760 --> 00:08:42,440 Speaker 1: think both teams would get more out of it if 199 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:45,079 Speaker 1: they were in communication with one another and said, this 200 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:47,120 Speaker 1: is what we plan to do. Now, tell us what 201 00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:49,720 Speaker 1: you plan to do, and we'll accommodate each other and 202 00:08:49,760 --> 00:08:51,480 Speaker 1: do the things that we want to get accomplished in 203 00:08:51,559 --> 00:08:55,360 Speaker 1: something like this. Right now, these like these games seem 204 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:57,960 Speaker 1: to not have I don't know the effect that I 205 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:01,400 Speaker 1: think that both teams could probably if it from right. Yeah, 206 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:03,800 Speaker 1: I think that's a great point, like, because it's becoming 207 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:07,160 Speaker 1: the preseason games specifically are becoming so diluted, you know, 208 00:09:07,240 --> 00:09:09,760 Speaker 1: like you're not getting kind of the pushing of the 209 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:11,560 Speaker 1: game planning. You're not getting these kind of things you 210 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:13,240 Speaker 1: used to get, you know, back when I was a 211 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:17,280 Speaker 1: rookie in twenty two thousand and ten. Geez, and um, obviously, 212 00:09:17,320 --> 00:09:20,640 Speaker 1: like that's that's important. And then, like you mentioned, now 213 00:09:20,679 --> 00:09:23,280 Speaker 1: we can work our cover three beaters when you're running 214 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:25,320 Speaker 1: running your cover three because we're talking about it, we 215 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:27,520 Speaker 1: can say this is this, these are our cover three 216 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:29,240 Speaker 1: beaters as an offense. Can you guys run cover three 217 00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:32,000 Speaker 1: for us? Yes? Yes, and we'll get there's a benefit there. 218 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:34,640 Speaker 1: And also the most important thing of a joint practices 219 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:37,000 Speaker 1: you protect your quarterback. There's a reason that Tom Brady 220 00:09:37,040 --> 00:09:40,320 Speaker 1: doesn't do preseason games and only does, um, you know 221 00:09:40,360 --> 00:09:43,000 Speaker 1: whatever joint practices is because you can't touch the quarterback 222 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:45,000 Speaker 1: and you're less likely to get injured. And that, you know, 223 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:47,120 Speaker 1: one hundred million dollars investment that the team has made 224 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:49,360 Speaker 1: is not at risk in a game that doesn't matter. 225 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:51,520 Speaker 1: And they're getting looks against other defenses that are getting 226 00:09:51,520 --> 00:09:53,840 Speaker 1: the speed of other defenses. And I think, again, I 227 00:09:53,880 --> 00:09:55,400 Speaker 1: don't disagree with you. I think that that's a good 228 00:09:55,480 --> 00:09:57,320 Speaker 1: I mean, I mean, you know, like take this, they're 229 00:09:57,320 --> 00:09:59,920 Speaker 1: playing the Ravens this weekend. They're right up the street obviously, region. 230 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:03,000 Speaker 1: It's the right thing to do, it's easiest thing to do. Well, 231 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:05,760 Speaker 1: what if they put you know, a controlled scrimmage in 232 00:10:05,880 --> 00:10:08,079 Speaker 1: either one of their stadiums or Navy Stadium. Well you 233 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:10,040 Speaker 1: think they wouldn't sell tickets to that, Yeah, you know, 234 00:10:10,120 --> 00:10:11,960 Speaker 1: and that both teams are actually getting out what they 235 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:14,240 Speaker 1: want to get out of this instead of what's happening 236 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:16,199 Speaker 1: right now, which is for some weird reason, the Ravens 237 00:10:16,240 --> 00:10:18,840 Speaker 1: want to win these games, you know, like it really 238 00:10:18,920 --> 00:10:21,480 Speaker 1: actually matters to them, and they have what I would 239 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:25,280 Speaker 1: call the oddest streak in sports. Yeah, that's not a coincidence. 240 00:10:25,280 --> 00:10:27,960 Speaker 1: That's their thing. Now, they haven't lost the preseason game 241 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:30,079 Speaker 1: in five years or six years or whatever it is. Well, 242 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:33,199 Speaker 1: that's because you want to Yeah, that's a weird priority, 243 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:37,040 Speaker 1: but that's their priority, and so that isn't this team's priority. 244 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:39,760 Speaker 1: We're walking into a stadium on Saturday where these two 245 00:10:39,760 --> 00:10:41,640 Speaker 1: teams aren't even thinking about it in the same way. 246 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:43,439 Speaker 1: You know. I think that's a undred percent right. And 247 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:46,120 Speaker 1: I think you know a lot of fans freak out 248 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:48,960 Speaker 1: about like the record in preseason or whatever it is. 249 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:52,720 Speaker 1: I think that's like the worst thing to be worried about, Like, 250 00:10:52,760 --> 00:10:54,400 Speaker 1: this is not a time to be worried about winning 251 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:56,160 Speaker 1: and losing football games. It's a time to be worried 252 00:10:56,200 --> 00:11:00,320 Speaker 1: about where's my roster at. And then I personally think 253 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:03,880 Speaker 1: that more there should be more emphasis on, like the 254 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:07,120 Speaker 1: game plan per week, like that second preseason game should 255 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:09,959 Speaker 1: be pretty like a pretty serious game plan, because you 256 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:11,719 Speaker 1: want to see how guys handle and digest what you're 257 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:13,240 Speaker 1: trying to do. You want to make sure as a 258 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:16,000 Speaker 1: coordinator that you understand the strengths and weaknesses of your 259 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:18,600 Speaker 1: of your side of the football. So I think that's 260 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:21,920 Speaker 1: something that could be emphasized a little bit again roster evaluation. 261 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:24,760 Speaker 1: But I think winning these football games is the like 262 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:26,880 Speaker 1: you said, it's the oddish streak in all of sports 263 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:29,680 Speaker 1: in terms of what Baltimore is doing. And I couldn't 264 00:11:29,679 --> 00:11:32,840 Speaker 1: agree more. It's the who cares? These games don't count? 265 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:36,679 Speaker 1: One doesn't matter. And I'm not saying winning winning the 266 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:38,360 Speaker 1: game is like if you get into two minute drill 267 00:11:38,400 --> 00:11:39,840 Speaker 1: with Sam how at the end of the game, Like, 268 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:43,000 Speaker 1: go execute you two minute drill. But I'm not executing 269 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:44,320 Speaker 1: it to win the game. I want to see how 270 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:46,839 Speaker 1: Sam Howell handles that situation. Yeah, and then it's something 271 00:11:46,880 --> 00:11:49,520 Speaker 1: that like, again tending to your point about joint practices, 272 00:11:49,559 --> 00:11:53,240 Speaker 1: It's like earlier this week or earlier before the before 273 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:55,480 Speaker 1: the first Presea game against Carolina, Ron was like, I 274 00:11:55,559 --> 00:11:57,640 Speaker 1: want to see Sam how on a two minute. It's like, well, 275 00:11:57,679 --> 00:11:58,800 Speaker 1: why don't you just go to the other coach and 276 00:11:58,800 --> 00:12:00,199 Speaker 1: be like, we're gonna run a two minute with Sam 277 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:02,280 Speaker 1: Hell in the game, Like run your two minute defense? Like, 278 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:05,320 Speaker 1: why can't you do that? You told them upfront We're 279 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:07,000 Speaker 1: going to go no huddle. I don't care what the 280 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:09,240 Speaker 1: clock says. Yeah, when he comes in, we're gonna go 281 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:12,080 Speaker 1: no huddle and pretend it's a two minute because we 282 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:14,320 Speaker 1: want to see him react. This way, you should know, 283 00:12:14,679 --> 00:12:17,280 Speaker 1: because we want ten minutes on the clock, you're not 284 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:19,360 Speaker 1: going to think we're yeah right. And I think that 285 00:12:19,480 --> 00:12:21,640 Speaker 1: kind of thing would would just be beneficial because then 286 00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:24,960 Speaker 1: there's no doubt about I'm not like waiting for the 287 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:26,600 Speaker 1: end of the game. Oh we're gonna get the ball back. 288 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:28,560 Speaker 1: Is it gonna be the right situation? It's like, we 289 00:12:28,679 --> 00:12:30,960 Speaker 1: dictate this situation, so let's run a two minute if 290 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:32,280 Speaker 1: you want to see Taylor Howny. You do it like 291 00:12:32,679 --> 00:12:34,760 Speaker 1: it's the middle of the second quarter. Hey, just phone over, 292 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:36,080 Speaker 1: be like, hey, we're gonna run two minute right now, 293 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:38,040 Speaker 1: Like run your two minute defense. Boom, and we got 294 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:40,360 Speaker 1: we gotta take care of a controlled scrimmage. You could 295 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:42,280 Speaker 1: lay these things out absolutely each team could have an 296 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:44,200 Speaker 1: opportunity to do it. You could say we're doing red 297 00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:46,360 Speaker 1: zone now, you could say we could do whatever cover 298 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:48,679 Speaker 1: we're working on specific coverages. That's it, right, and then 299 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:50,640 Speaker 1: both coaches are on the same page about it. You 300 00:12:50,760 --> 00:12:53,120 Speaker 1: protect everybody as much as you possible again, which is 301 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:55,480 Speaker 1: what the whole point of the fans will watch it. Yeah, well, 302 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:56,959 Speaker 1: I mean, like you know, when we did this the 303 00:12:57,559 --> 00:12:59,160 Speaker 1: scrimmage at the stadium, like there was a lot of 304 00:12:59,160 --> 00:13:01,120 Speaker 1: people there, and you imagine if there was another team 305 00:13:01,160 --> 00:13:03,160 Speaker 1: there and you can watch your seven on seven, what's 306 00:13:03,160 --> 00:13:05,160 Speaker 1: your nine on seven, what's your one on one pass rushes, 307 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:08,640 Speaker 1: like get to see those points of evaluation. I think 308 00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:11,480 Speaker 1: that's I think that would be excellent. But again, like 309 00:13:11,520 --> 00:13:13,079 Speaker 1: I don't know if people are ready to kind of 310 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:15,400 Speaker 1: shift gears like that. Yeah. Now, in the games, there 311 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:17,079 Speaker 1: are a few things that stood out to me and 312 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:19,360 Speaker 1: I'll be specific about this team, because you know, I've 313 00:13:19,400 --> 00:13:21,360 Speaker 1: watched some of the other preseason games, but mainly I'm 314 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:23,480 Speaker 1: watching ours. And there are a couple of things that 315 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:25,520 Speaker 1: I do take out of them and I go those 316 00:13:25,559 --> 00:13:27,880 Speaker 1: are at least interesting to think about, And one of 317 00:13:27,920 --> 00:13:30,959 Speaker 1: them is one of the things that's concerning to me 318 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:35,480 Speaker 1: is it's not a coincidence when after every half, would 319 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:37,600 Speaker 1: you come out of the locker room, the other team, 320 00:13:37,679 --> 00:13:40,240 Speaker 1: no matter who their personnel is, goes down the field 321 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:43,080 Speaker 1: and along on a long driving scores. This happened four 322 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:46,760 Speaker 1: times each half. It has happened no matter who the 323 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:49,079 Speaker 1: quarterback was for the Panthers or the Chiefs, or who 324 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:53,959 Speaker 1: the defensive unit was for Washington. So while it's preseason, 325 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:56,840 Speaker 1: and while that score doesn't matter, I do look at 326 00:13:56,880 --> 00:14:00,760 Speaker 1: things like that and go, what's happening here, because that's 327 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:03,719 Speaker 1: it's not a coincidence anymore when it happens every single time. 328 00:14:03,720 --> 00:14:05,120 Speaker 1: And again to your point, like you get out of 329 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:07,679 Speaker 1: preseason what you emphasize, and so you mentioned Baltimore, they 330 00:14:07,679 --> 00:14:09,319 Speaker 1: want to win the games, right, so twenty four or 331 00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:12,400 Speaker 1: whatever it is, twenty three consecutive games, Like if if 332 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:14,520 Speaker 1: that's something that you as a staff want to work on, 333 00:14:14,720 --> 00:14:16,800 Speaker 1: Like wouldn't you make that a point of emphasis, Like 334 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:20,360 Speaker 1: maybe we're scripting the first ten plays coming out of halftime, 335 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:22,320 Speaker 1: where we're scripting our first ten and we want those 336 00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:24,560 Speaker 1: to be Chris when we're talking about that all week 337 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:27,760 Speaker 1: and we're talking about starting fast, like you are in 338 00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:30,000 Speaker 1: control of this. Treat it like a practice. Get get 339 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:31,400 Speaker 1: out of that what you want to get out of it. 340 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:34,200 Speaker 1: Because people say all the time, like why why are 341 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:36,360 Speaker 1: we slow starters? Why is the team a slow starter? 342 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:39,440 Speaker 1: And offensively there seems to be an element of conservatism, 343 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:41,280 Speaker 1: and I think on defense it's the same thing. You're 344 00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:44,480 Speaker 1: just playing kind of you're playing not it seems like 345 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:46,560 Speaker 1: they don't know what the offense is going to run. 346 00:14:46,840 --> 00:14:48,640 Speaker 1: But you've had all week to prep. You know, in 347 00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:52,040 Speaker 1: both cases, your offense to their defense and our defense 348 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:54,360 Speaker 1: of their offense. Said, I mean it's Pat Mahomes. Yeah, 349 00:14:54,520 --> 00:14:56,680 Speaker 1: and it's that offense and they win twelve games every year, 350 00:14:56,680 --> 00:14:58,960 Speaker 1: so like you know, I it's a different animal. And 351 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:01,720 Speaker 1: that's an interesting test for a preseason game. But still 352 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:04,200 Speaker 1: they announced in the middle of the week, we're playing 353 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:06,360 Speaker 1: our guys for boards of a half, So It wasn't 354 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:09,280 Speaker 1: like they weren't going to hold back. You played him 355 00:15:09,360 --> 00:15:12,480 Speaker 1: last year. It was a slow start again, and I 356 00:15:12,840 --> 00:15:14,840 Speaker 1: you know, and it was slow start for a reason 357 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:16,360 Speaker 1: that I think it was kind of unexpected, at least 358 00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:19,040 Speaker 1: in my opinion, And it was the pass rush wasn't there. 359 00:15:19,040 --> 00:15:21,360 Speaker 1: Because if you watched Carolina and again a different team, 360 00:15:21,680 --> 00:15:23,840 Speaker 1: the past rush was outstanding and then all of a 361 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:26,320 Speaker 1: sudden they could add four sacks on Mayfield. Yeah, it 362 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:29,720 Speaker 1: gets really quiet against Mahomes and Mahomes because of the 363 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:32,200 Speaker 1: style of play that he has, because of you know, 364 00:15:32,320 --> 00:15:35,320 Speaker 1: his ability to kind of his arm strength and ability 365 00:15:35,320 --> 00:15:37,560 Speaker 1: to get all those things, they dictate a different style 366 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:41,200 Speaker 1: of rush. But that should show you if you're jack, 367 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:43,400 Speaker 1: if you're the defensive staff, that like that plan needs 368 00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:45,240 Speaker 1: to be cultivated and developed a little bit more, a 369 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:47,160 Speaker 1: little bit more fleshed out. Now. I do think that 370 00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:48,960 Speaker 1: in the context of Kansas City, I think this staff 371 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:51,080 Speaker 1: would probably say we're gonna run more five man rushes. 372 00:15:51,280 --> 00:15:52,920 Speaker 1: We're going to eliminate the double team on the nose 373 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:55,680 Speaker 1: player so that Patrick Mahomes can't step up, innovate and 374 00:15:55,760 --> 00:15:57,720 Speaker 1: innovate the pocket like we'll get more one on ones 375 00:15:57,920 --> 00:16:00,480 Speaker 1: will contain him with kind of more volume run because 376 00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:01,880 Speaker 1: I actually thought the coverage had a good job, but 377 00:16:01,880 --> 00:16:03,640 Speaker 1: the rush just couldn't get home. So it's just weird 378 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:06,480 Speaker 1: how that was the reason for the slow start against 379 00:16:06,520 --> 00:16:08,480 Speaker 1: Kansas City, while the reason for the slow start against 380 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:11,120 Speaker 1: Carolina was the fact that the coverage was kind of 381 00:16:11,160 --> 00:16:14,400 Speaker 1: misaligned and not communicating effectively. So again it's it's not 382 00:16:14,520 --> 00:16:17,080 Speaker 1: like one thing, and maybe that's fanshi to take solace 383 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:20,400 Speaker 1: in that, but also it's annoying because it's a different 384 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:22,920 Speaker 1: thing in two weeks, and it's a carryover because how 385 00:16:22,960 --> 00:16:25,240 Speaker 1: many times over these last two years have they been 386 00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:27,960 Speaker 1: behind in games? They very rarely have a lead, they 387 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:31,080 Speaker 1: very rarely score on their opening drive, So maybe that's conservative. 388 00:16:31,400 --> 00:16:34,000 Speaker 1: So these are things that, like eighty year three, I 389 00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:36,560 Speaker 1: would like to see change. And while these games I 390 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:39,640 Speaker 1: realized don't matter, it is something that was happening in 391 00:16:39,680 --> 00:16:41,560 Speaker 1: the past, it is something I think it's considered else. 392 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:44,120 Speaker 1: And also, like you know, with the offense specifically, like 393 00:16:44,760 --> 00:16:46,520 Speaker 1: you know, Brian Robinson did a great job getting too 394 00:16:46,520 --> 00:16:48,840 Speaker 1: a lot of second and shorts, and in every offense 395 00:16:48,880 --> 00:16:50,960 Speaker 1: I've been in, like second and short, you're taking a shot, 396 00:16:51,520 --> 00:16:54,800 Speaker 1: but they Scott seemed to be more concerned about just 397 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:58,800 Speaker 1: getting getting the ball to a first down distance. You 398 00:16:58,840 --> 00:17:00,600 Speaker 1: know what I'm saying, So like, instead of a second 399 00:17:00,640 --> 00:17:02,000 Speaker 1: and one, instead of saying, oh, we're gonna run a 400 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:04,800 Speaker 1: play action pass here, we're gonna see what Jahan withold Terry, 401 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:07,000 Speaker 1: what Curtis can do in terms of pushing the ball 402 00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:09,240 Speaker 1: down the football field and showing up our protection with 403 00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:11,200 Speaker 1: the play action, We're gonna run outside on to the 404 00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:13,040 Speaker 1: left and get the first down and then start first 405 00:17:13,080 --> 00:17:15,600 Speaker 1: and ten. So I think that again is maybe a 406 00:17:15,680 --> 00:17:18,240 Speaker 1: preseason symptom, but that's something that again you want to 407 00:17:18,320 --> 00:17:21,280 Speaker 1: keep an eye on progressing into the season because that's 408 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:23,800 Speaker 1: a reason you start slow, is when you don't take 409 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:27,560 Speaker 1: advantage of those moments to cultivate big plays, because fifty 410 00:17:27,600 --> 00:17:30,920 Speaker 1: percent of drives have some type of that score, have 411 00:17:31,119 --> 00:17:33,120 Speaker 1: some type of big play in them. And by big play, 412 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:35,600 Speaker 1: it's just a fifteen yard play could be run past whatever. 413 00:17:35,880 --> 00:17:38,000 Speaker 1: If you don't have that, you're likely of scoring it's 414 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:42,960 Speaker 1: like five percent. So use those opportunities. Yeah, yeah, yeah, 415 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:45,320 Speaker 1: you use those opportunities to get that done. And again 416 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:47,680 Speaker 1: it's preseason. They're holding their cards close to the best, 417 00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:51,480 Speaker 1: But I think some of that stuff, that conservative element 418 00:17:51,720 --> 00:17:54,960 Speaker 1: offensively and defensively is part of the reason first slow, 419 00:17:55,119 --> 00:17:56,600 Speaker 1: you know, and like it just this is just my 420 00:17:57,119 --> 00:18:00,240 Speaker 1: just watching them every day in practice, like ice see, 421 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:03,399 Speaker 1: I think I see the building blocks of how they 422 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:05,119 Speaker 1: want to run the ball. Yeah, I think they're showing 423 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:08,399 Speaker 1: that in practice. I don't think we've seen their passing games. 424 00:18:08,760 --> 00:18:11,720 Speaker 1: It feels like I literally don't think i've seen it it. Actually, 425 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:14,800 Speaker 1: it wasn't until this week, when it's still opened and 426 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:17,720 Speaker 1: we're still out there that I actually saw some glimpses 427 00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:20,359 Speaker 1: of what I think they're going to actually do. In 428 00:18:20,480 --> 00:18:23,320 Speaker 1: Week one, it felt like this potpourri of things where 429 00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:25,360 Speaker 1: they were just throwing out there. And I think part 430 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:28,399 Speaker 1: of that was in thinking back on it now, because 431 00:18:28,520 --> 00:18:30,600 Speaker 1: there was a lot of inaccuracy, and there was timing 432 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:33,119 Speaker 1: issues and the balls all over the place and at 433 00:18:33,160 --> 00:18:34,800 Speaker 1: the time, and they kept saying it's had a big 434 00:18:34,840 --> 00:18:36,359 Speaker 1: deal side a big deal, side a big deal, and 435 00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:38,200 Speaker 1: we're sitting yere going it is it is, it is, 436 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:42,080 Speaker 1: stop trying to spin us. Well, two weeks later, that 437 00:18:42,240 --> 00:18:46,000 Speaker 1: stuff is clarified itself, because it doesn't feel like at 438 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:50,200 Speaker 1: least just watching them that they were implementing what their 439 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:52,879 Speaker 1: passing games really going to look like. And maybe that 440 00:18:53,040 --> 00:18:57,240 Speaker 1: was by design because this week things changed. Yeah. Yeah, 441 00:18:57,520 --> 00:19:01,919 Speaker 1: And that's again that speaks to their philosophy and perspective 442 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:04,119 Speaker 1: on the preseason. I think I think they think they 443 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:06,840 Speaker 1: want to keep things close. They don't want to show 444 00:19:06,920 --> 00:19:08,960 Speaker 1: a lot of who they are and what they want 445 00:19:08,960 --> 00:19:12,399 Speaker 1: to be. And I don't know, I don't know if 446 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:13,639 Speaker 1: that's the right way to go about it. You know, 447 00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:15,840 Speaker 1: I think I think if I was a coach, i'd 448 00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:18,720 Speaker 1: want to know. And I know other staffs around the NFL, 449 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:21,399 Speaker 1: like they watched film, they know what Scott Turners, they 450 00:19:21,480 --> 00:19:23,560 Speaker 1: know what Ron Rivera's identity is. Like, I don't think 451 00:19:23,600 --> 00:19:26,520 Speaker 1: I'm keeping a secret by not showing stuff in the preseason. 452 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:28,960 Speaker 1: And it doesn't need to be everything, but I want 453 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:31,600 Speaker 1: to know how certain things look and how they execute 454 00:19:31,640 --> 00:19:34,160 Speaker 1: in the timing of those things. And I and while 455 00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:36,159 Speaker 1: practice is a great metric for that, it's not the 456 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:38,800 Speaker 1: same thing as that opportunity that you get into preseason. 457 00:19:38,840 --> 00:19:40,600 Speaker 1: Him to go gets a different team in defense. Yeah, 458 00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:42,560 Speaker 1: I mean, like I had a conversation with one of 459 00:19:42,600 --> 00:19:45,440 Speaker 1: the coaches last week, and you know, we were just 460 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:47,760 Speaker 1: talking about the opener, and I'm like, that's a new coach, right, 461 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:51,080 Speaker 1: it's Doug Peterson. Clearly you're familiar with him from Philadelphia, 462 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:52,920 Speaker 1: but it's a new coach. It's a new personnel to 463 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:54,639 Speaker 1: do everything. How the world do you prepare for that, 464 00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:56,760 Speaker 1: especially if you're gonna be hiding stuff. And he just 465 00:19:56,960 --> 00:20:00,600 Speaker 1: immediately said he's going to run the things two years ago. 466 00:20:00,640 --> 00:20:02,840 Speaker 1: He's like he's he's gonna take what it's with them. 467 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:04,800 Speaker 1: So like, yeah, it's new people and all that, but 468 00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:06,960 Speaker 1: we know what he's gonna do. And so to your 469 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:10,000 Speaker 1: point of like, well, then if everybody knows what everybody's doing, 470 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:13,200 Speaker 1: why are you hiding anything? Yeah, why aren't you just 471 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:16,240 Speaker 1: doing what you're doing, getting better at it and just 472 00:20:16,320 --> 00:20:18,359 Speaker 1: going try to stop us? Especially when you have a 473 00:20:18,440 --> 00:20:20,520 Speaker 1: group of players like this team has that they're gonna 474 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:21,840 Speaker 1: put out on the field. And I think people do 475 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:25,600 Speaker 1: understand there are just like generic pass concepts that everybody installs. 476 00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:28,240 Speaker 1: Like I've been in multiple offenses and everyone's got you know, 477 00:20:28,359 --> 00:20:30,240 Speaker 1: the post to the right and the high cross to 478 00:20:30,320 --> 00:20:32,920 Speaker 1: the left, and everybody runs that. Every single team runs that. 479 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:36,679 Speaker 1: So run in preseason, and then your game plan wrinkle 480 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:39,080 Speaker 1: off of that concept, which is like maybe a post 481 00:20:39,160 --> 00:20:41,880 Speaker 1: corner or you widen the split, or you change the formation. 482 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:45,120 Speaker 1: You don't show that, but I want to see the concept. 483 00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:46,800 Speaker 1: I want to see the timing. I want to see 484 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:49,639 Speaker 1: how Carson Wentz reads it versus a different defense. So 485 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:51,639 Speaker 1: I think that that's what I'm talking about, is like, yes, 486 00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:54,000 Speaker 1: there are game plan nuance that you want to hold 487 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:56,600 Speaker 1: till game day. But also in terms of like, oh 488 00:20:56,680 --> 00:20:58,840 Speaker 1: we've got a new secret concept, there's only so many 489 00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:00,480 Speaker 1: ways you can land those guys up and right and 490 00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:03,879 Speaker 1: they're effective. So again that's my thought on that. It's like, 491 00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:06,919 Speaker 1: why not just do some of those like day seven install, 492 00:21:07,119 --> 00:21:08,520 Speaker 1: let's do that. Let's get some of that in there 493 00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:10,560 Speaker 1: instead of just doing the first day, first couple of days. 494 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:12,600 Speaker 1: When I go to a Broadway show, I assume they 495 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:17,040 Speaker 1: practice the line you know, yeah, all right, right. A 496 00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:18,560 Speaker 1: couple things that stood out to be as well. There's 497 00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:19,960 Speaker 1: another carry everything. I just want to hear what you 498 00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:21,200 Speaker 1: have to say about this because I don't know what 499 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:23,240 Speaker 1: it means. But the third down defense is, you know, 500 00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:25,600 Speaker 1: there's been a lot of conversions, and then I think 501 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:28,040 Speaker 1: more For me, the one that was actually more concerting 502 00:21:28,119 --> 00:21:30,240 Speaker 1: was the multiple times they got over the fifty against 503 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:32,159 Speaker 1: Kansas City and could not convert a third down with 504 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:34,479 Speaker 1: their offense. That one, to me was like, those are 505 00:21:34,480 --> 00:21:36,960 Speaker 1: the missed opportunities that I see and I'm sure the 506 00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:38,520 Speaker 1: offense would have liked to have had bad. Yeah, I 507 00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:40,480 Speaker 1: mean offensively, I can probably speak to you more. But 508 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:42,960 Speaker 1: like when you get across the fifty into that forty 509 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:46,120 Speaker 1: five forty range, Like that's like the strike zone. That's 510 00:21:46,119 --> 00:21:47,600 Speaker 1: like what your characterize. You know, you have your head 511 00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:49,600 Speaker 1: zone and then you have a strike zone. Strike zones 512 00:21:49,640 --> 00:21:51,720 Speaker 1: like where you your offense changes a little bit, you 513 00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:54,680 Speaker 1: take more shots, you have different concepts in to kind 514 00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:57,399 Speaker 1: of take advantage of that section of the field. And 515 00:21:57,520 --> 00:22:01,280 Speaker 1: again like instead of getting take more aggressive there, you know, 516 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:04,360 Speaker 1: Scott gets more conservative. And I'm assuming that's because they're 517 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:07,560 Speaker 1: trying to hide what they want to be in the 518 00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:09,520 Speaker 1: regular season. And again that goes back to our point 519 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:12,240 Speaker 1: is like why you know what I mean, like everyone 520 00:22:12,359 --> 00:22:14,880 Speaker 1: runs these concepts. You don't need to show me the formation, 521 00:22:15,320 --> 00:22:17,040 Speaker 1: but like just running out of some of vanilla formation. 522 00:22:17,119 --> 00:22:19,920 Speaker 1: But let's see kind of your thought process here. A 523 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:22,480 Speaker 1: little bit more. And again that's my that's my And 524 00:22:22,520 --> 00:22:25,200 Speaker 1: the defensive thing again I alluded to this earlier, is 525 00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:27,440 Speaker 1: a little bit more confounding in my opinion, because it's 526 00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:31,520 Speaker 1: like last Carolina, it's the coverage. This week it's the 527 00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:36,280 Speaker 1: Kansas City, it's the rush, and that lack of consistency 528 00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:38,480 Speaker 1: and that variance is going to happen, but you'd like 529 00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:41,120 Speaker 1: to see it a little bit more dialed in. Yeah, 530 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:43,280 Speaker 1: you know, and and every team and that again that's 531 00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:46,720 Speaker 1: why preseasons valuable because they show you. Teams will show 532 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:48,719 Speaker 1: you where you're weak. Right, So obviously, you know, going 533 00:22:48,720 --> 00:22:51,119 Speaker 1: against Carson Wentz and practice a guy who's not running 534 00:22:51,119 --> 00:22:53,520 Speaker 1: anywhere like, you don't need to be as dialed into 535 00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:55,479 Speaker 1: your rush lanes. Perhaps, so this is a good kind 536 00:22:55,520 --> 00:22:58,520 Speaker 1: of just reminder, Hey, this is this is, this is 537 00:22:58,520 --> 00:23:01,240 Speaker 1: why our rush lanes are in versus this call versus 538 00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:03,719 Speaker 1: this coverage because you don't have anybody spying the quarterback 539 00:23:03,760 --> 00:23:06,200 Speaker 1: and just good reminders kind of honed on those rules 540 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:08,399 Speaker 1: and stuff that you don't get in practice. So again, 541 00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:12,359 Speaker 1: preseason is glorified practice, and hopefully they're using it that 542 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:14,560 Speaker 1: way to kind of flesh out evaluations and see like 543 00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:17,920 Speaker 1: what they like. I think my disappointment is that I 544 00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:20,840 Speaker 1: didn't feel like they they pushed themselves in terms of 545 00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:23,600 Speaker 1: running different coverages, running different concepts, running you know what 546 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:25,959 Speaker 1: I'm saying. They just kind of kept it very vanilla 547 00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:27,800 Speaker 1: and close to the vest, which there's a school of 548 00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:31,200 Speaker 1: thought that supports that, but I don't necessarily agree with 549 00:23:31,240 --> 00:23:33,520 Speaker 1: that on the glorified practice part. There were two things 550 00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:35,080 Speaker 1: on offense and stood out to me over the first 551 00:23:35,119 --> 00:23:37,159 Speaker 1: two weeks that I thought were just notable. Yeah, and 552 00:23:37,240 --> 00:23:39,720 Speaker 1: maybe they're nothing, but they stood out to me. Like 553 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:42,480 Speaker 1: the first week. First, just seeing Curtis Samuel out there 554 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:45,239 Speaker 1: I think was reassuring huge. But then they put him 555 00:23:45,280 --> 00:23:47,200 Speaker 1: in motion in almost every point right Like to me, 556 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:50,280 Speaker 1: that was a signal of they're going to utilize him 557 00:23:50,359 --> 00:23:52,679 Speaker 1: this way to try to be the tell for Carson 558 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:54,840 Speaker 1: Wentz pre snap. They're going to have to adjust to him, like, 559 00:23:54,920 --> 00:23:57,640 Speaker 1: clearly he's the most versatile well now Gibson, we'll see, yeah, 560 00:23:57,640 --> 00:23:59,760 Speaker 1: but he's the most versatile piece that they have. He's 561 00:23:59,800 --> 00:24:01,240 Speaker 1: the one that ought to be to tell. And I 562 00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:04,359 Speaker 1: think they did that purposefully just to probably give a 563 00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:06,200 Speaker 1: glimpse of here's how you're going to see it a 564 00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:08,239 Speaker 1: deep that's adjust when Samuel does this and see how 565 00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:10,240 Speaker 1: Wentz reacts to it. And then in the second week 566 00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:14,480 Speaker 1: I noticed multiple times Wentz was under center. Yeah, I 567 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:16,640 Speaker 1: think that was on purpose, Like that was the glorified 568 00:24:16,680 --> 00:24:19,200 Speaker 1: practice part, because when I watched him with the cults 569 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:20,960 Speaker 1: of all the criticisms he gets, which I think we're 570 00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:23,439 Speaker 1: a little too much lately, especially lately because they keep 571 00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:27,840 Speaker 1: getting resurfaced for some reason. Like where he is excellent 572 00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:31,639 Speaker 1: is ball fakes, you know, pre snapper Reeds getting the 573 00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:34,240 Speaker 1: ball out really fast, and I think with him under center, 574 00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:38,840 Speaker 1: it offers an option that you don't with him because 575 00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:41,639 Speaker 1: he's i think uniquely skilled this way. The play action 576 00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:44,280 Speaker 1: works for him. Sure, And so I think that those 577 00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:46,520 Speaker 1: two things to me stood out as things that they 578 00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:49,399 Speaker 1: did in the glorified practice role to get some reps 579 00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:51,560 Speaker 1: doing that are going to be implemented for them in 580 00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:54,320 Speaker 1: the regular season, whether they were successful or not. Just 581 00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:57,880 Speaker 1: I think looks for them out of those two specific things. Yeah, 582 00:24:57,880 --> 00:25:00,119 Speaker 1: I think the under center things interesting. I think, you know, 583 00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:02,080 Speaker 1: I was reading an article recently about how you know 584 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:04,640 Speaker 1: Kansas City's running more fullback in the first preseason game, 585 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:06,920 Speaker 1: and how when you get under center you get a 586 00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:08,879 Speaker 1: certain response by the defense, you know, and like you 587 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:11,080 Speaker 1: pack in bigger personnel, you get a certain response. And 588 00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:13,000 Speaker 1: so I think it's good just to kind of for 589 00:25:13,119 --> 00:25:15,200 Speaker 1: them again, like you said, to diversify what they're showing, 590 00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:17,800 Speaker 1: what they're doing, and get Carson under center, because I 591 00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:19,639 Speaker 1: think it gives you some stuff offensively that being in 592 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:22,080 Speaker 1: the gun doesn't, especially from the running game. Let's back 593 00:25:22,119 --> 00:25:24,160 Speaker 1: attack down hill a little bit more. Let you get 594 00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:26,520 Speaker 1: ahead of the center when you're running outside zone, which 595 00:25:26,560 --> 00:25:29,159 Speaker 1: is really important for like stretching linebackers and stuff. So 596 00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:32,080 Speaker 1: I think that's all just having those those those tricks 597 00:25:32,119 --> 00:25:33,919 Speaker 1: in the bag are really important. And then I think 598 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:35,600 Speaker 1: the Curtis Samuel thing is what they wanted to be 599 00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:37,679 Speaker 1: last year, but they couldn't do it because he wasn't there. 600 00:25:37,760 --> 00:25:41,040 Speaker 1: And so just again having that piece that is, you know, 601 00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:44,159 Speaker 1: the guy on jet sweep who scares you a little bit, 602 00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:46,600 Speaker 1: you know, is important and he's the tell yeah right, 603 00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:49,480 Speaker 1: someone's going to adjust by him going in motion. That 604 00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:51,600 Speaker 1: ought to be a tell. Sure, I agree, yeah, I think. 605 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:53,480 Speaker 1: And then so again I would have liked to see 606 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:55,640 Speaker 1: a little bit more of that. You know, I don't 607 00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:58,000 Speaker 1: want to see everything, but just you know, push yourself 608 00:25:58,040 --> 00:25:59,560 Speaker 1: from a game plan same point a little bit more 609 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:01,760 Speaker 1: and I think it would just it just helps kind 610 00:26:01,760 --> 00:26:04,120 Speaker 1: of transition to the regular season a little bit more effectively. 611 00:26:04,119 --> 00:26:05,920 Speaker 1: Anything else stand out to you, No, I mean I 612 00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:08,400 Speaker 1: think we touched on everything. I think, um, you know again, 613 00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:10,840 Speaker 1: the offensive line, that's the depth of that group has 614 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:13,600 Speaker 1: been like biblical in terms of what they meant we 615 00:26:13,680 --> 00:26:16,440 Speaker 1: get done. Like seriously, it's incredible. Like you get some 616 00:26:16,560 --> 00:26:18,880 Speaker 1: guy you know you've never heard of playing right guards 617 00:26:18,920 --> 00:26:21,800 Speaker 1: starting right guard against KANSASA Chiefs and you wouldn't even 618 00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:24,040 Speaker 1: know it and you're getting you know, um, and then 619 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:26,040 Speaker 1: he was playing left guard second and it's just like 620 00:26:26,680 --> 00:26:30,959 Speaker 1: you know X, Like that offensive line group is special 621 00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:33,440 Speaker 1: and I think, uh, you know, Mat Scott deserves a 622 00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:35,480 Speaker 1: ton of credit for making sure everybody's ready to go. 623 00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:38,280 Speaker 1: So you know, they they're often unheralded and unregarded, but 624 00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:40,200 Speaker 1: they had an outstanding game. All right, that'll do it 625 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:42,520 Speaker 1: for us. I guess beating the Ravens would meet something too, 626 00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:46,719 Speaker 1: because it doesn't mean anything to me, So throw the parade, 627 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:48,360 Speaker 1: all right, I see y'all next time,