1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,279 Speaker 1: Did day in practice and how we bounce back from Sunday. 2 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:08,920 Speaker 1: It definitely wasn't the standard on Sunday on how we 3 00:00:08,920 --> 00:00:13,200 Speaker 1: play defense, regardless of who was in there. As I 4 00:00:13,240 --> 00:00:16,000 Speaker 1: told the UH, the unit today ones, twos, threes, it 5 00:00:16,040 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 1: doesn't matter. The standard is still the standard, and we 6 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:20,360 Speaker 1: didn't play to that on Sunday. 7 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:21,000 Speaker 2: Uh. 8 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 1: We gotta do much better job of stopping to run 9 00:00:24,079 --> 00:00:28,160 Speaker 1: and just really owning our issues. We know the over routes, 10 00:00:28,240 --> 00:00:31,320 Speaker 1: as we call the special uh, the boots we had 11 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:34,040 Speaker 1: dirty eyes. H. We wasn't patient enough with our key 12 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:36,400 Speaker 1: reads and those kind of things. UH, but it was 13 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:41,920 Speaker 1: encouragion to see UH individuals UH do certain things. Ambry 14 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:44,360 Speaker 1: I thought did a tremendous job and some of the 15 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:48,000 Speaker 1: things that uh we saw on tape, particularly also during 16 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:50,760 Speaker 1: the game coming up strong uh on that fourth down 17 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:55,240 Speaker 1: play and then having a pbuh same thing with Sammy 18 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:58,760 Speaker 1: Olmac I think critical situation on the toss. 19 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:00,000 Speaker 2: You know, we we proud of. 20 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:02,560 Speaker 1: Ourselves at the corner position coming up making tackles and 21 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:04,920 Speaker 1: it was great to see those guys doing that. 22 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:05,320 Speaker 3: UH. 23 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:08,560 Speaker 1: Other young rookies that flashed, in my opinion, was uh 24 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:11,959 Speaker 1: Jalen UH Jalen Graham, you know, he showed up. And 25 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:15,319 Speaker 1: then also with my uh you know, one of my 26 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:20,080 Speaker 1: favorites with uh the safety position. I went blank here, 27 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 1: but uh Hawk, you know he he showed a lot 28 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:25,959 Speaker 1: of promise and the things that he was doing, as 29 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:26,960 Speaker 1: well as Jaya Brown. 30 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:27,560 Speaker 2: You know. 31 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:29,920 Speaker 1: So Hawk has always been one of my favorites through 32 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 1: our training camp and it was great to see him 33 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:34,399 Speaker 1: getting the game and uh show some flashes. So I 34 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:35,880 Speaker 1: know I said a lot. But with that, I'll take 35 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 1: you questions. 36 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:39,960 Speaker 2: What is she would run defensive particular? Was it gap intigrity? Uh? 37 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:40,759 Speaker 2: Pad level? 38 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:44,560 Speaker 1: Uh It wasn't so much uh gap integrity, it was 39 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:45,440 Speaker 1: more pad level. 40 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:46,560 Speaker 2: You know. 41 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:48,880 Speaker 1: They would get in the doubles as we call the crunch, uh, 42 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:51,400 Speaker 1: moving the nose in the three techniques. So uh, we 43 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 1: gotta do a much better job standing in our creach, 44 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:56,640 Speaker 1: owning our line and the linebackers getting down once they rerun. 45 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 4: Other Santa Hawkins one of your favorites. 46 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 1: Uh, just the matter of fact of how you practice, 47 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 1: and I've seen the improvement from OTA's in mini camp, 48 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:08,160 Speaker 1: uh to really translating it into a game like situation. 49 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:10,400 Speaker 1: And then that's what I was waiting on. So Uh, 50 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 1: I thought he had some great plays. Most important, I 51 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:15,560 Speaker 1: thought he played within the defense. So I was excited 52 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:16,079 Speaker 1: to see that. 53 00:02:16,639 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 2: How are you. 54 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 4: Uh sifting through your options at nickelback? 55 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:21,640 Speaker 2: Uh behind Isaiah? Uh? 56 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:26,400 Speaker 1: It's just really uh a rolodex of players, to be 57 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 1: quite honest with you, And we did some things today 58 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 1: where you know, we put Jamison inside, we move uh 59 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:34,360 Speaker 1: Demo back inside a little bit, certain reps. You know, 60 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:36,600 Speaker 1: uh Aj has been doing a great job inside at 61 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:38,919 Speaker 1: Nicol as well. So we just really continue to try 62 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 1: to find the mix. We love the competition and trying 63 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:43,520 Speaker 1: to make sure guys continue to get better. 64 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:48,200 Speaker 5: Is that because of of uh those guys uh you 65 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:52,200 Speaker 5: mentioned Womack and Ambry doesn't give you that luxury and 66 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:58,720 Speaker 5: perhaps really considering moving Demo inside of Nickel down because on. 67 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:01,400 Speaker 1: The outside, I think you have to always look at Okay, 68 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:04,080 Speaker 1: we need our best guys on the field, you know, 69 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 1: and it depends on right now who's playing the best. 70 00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:11,040 Speaker 1: If if Ambrio Womac is playing better, of course we're 71 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 1: gonna move Demo back inside, you know. So I think 72 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:16,079 Speaker 1: it's it's a luxury that you have these options and 73 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:18,600 Speaker 1: what we are trying to create once again, is just 74 00:03:18,639 --> 00:03:20,080 Speaker 1: a competition across the board. 75 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:22,600 Speaker 2: With demo third. 76 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:24,160 Speaker 5: Year in the league, you have to have a lot 77 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:26,560 Speaker 5: of confidence in him to think that he can handle 78 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:28,919 Speaker 5: that too. So what gives you that confidence that. 79 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:34,480 Speaker 1: Just as you just mentioned the maturity third year, he 80 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:35,120 Speaker 1: talked about it. 81 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:35,400 Speaker 2: Today. 82 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:37,120 Speaker 1: I walked up to him and he's talked about, you know, 83 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:39,720 Speaker 1: taking a classroom to the field. He got back into 84 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 1: the day and it's like, you know, he had been 85 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 1: playing nickel all off season. So uh, that was encouraging 86 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:49,480 Speaker 1: to see just his communication, recognizing formations and adjusting to 87 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:51,600 Speaker 1: motion and those kind of things because it happens fast 88 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:54,840 Speaker 1: in there. And another thing that people don't really understand, 89 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:56,480 Speaker 1: you're lying back in the run fit and then of 90 00:03:56,480 --> 00:03:59,839 Speaker 1: course you're a dB in coverage, so understand run fits 91 00:03:59,920 --> 00:04:01,000 Speaker 1: is critical at that position. 92 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:02,400 Speaker 2: He did a good job with that today. 93 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 3: See most people assumed as they Oliver, I mean another 94 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:08,960 Speaker 3: and then if you don't have any jobs, but it 95 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 3: seem like a guy, what does he need to do 96 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:12,640 Speaker 3: to kind of reassert himself. 97 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:16,159 Speaker 1: I think everybody is is still trying to fight for 98 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:20,559 Speaker 1: certain positions. You know, uh, Oliver, along with UH, certain others. 99 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:23,560 Speaker 1: I think just the consistency and that we're looking for. 100 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:25,760 Speaker 1: And I think you know, once you get in the game, 101 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:29,160 Speaker 1: it's it's about opportunities and taking advantage of those opportunities 102 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:30,040 Speaker 1: and making plays. 103 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:34,400 Speaker 4: See what's where's uh quantras Knight's best spot in your opinion? 104 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:35,800 Speaker 4: And what do you think of him so far? 105 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:37,000 Speaker 2: Uh? 106 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:41,240 Speaker 1: Another another favorite of Mike q Q Knight. Very entertaining, 107 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:42,200 Speaker 1: hard worker. 108 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:42,800 Speaker 2: UH. 109 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:46,600 Speaker 1: Tremendous job on that third down play. He gives us 110 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:48,840 Speaker 1: flexibility as well. You know we put him in a 111 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:51,560 Speaker 1: safety with the rotation that we had on Sunday. I 112 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:54,240 Speaker 1: thought he did a great job coming up running the alley. 113 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:54,600 Speaker 2: Uh. 114 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:57,560 Speaker 1: He can play the nickel position. We experimented with that 115 00:04:57,720 --> 00:05:00,680 Speaker 1: back in the Ota. So uh again, and the more 116 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:03,039 Speaker 1: guys can do, the more versatile they have. Along with 117 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:04,960 Speaker 1: special teams, that's gonna give them the opportunity to make 118 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:05,680 Speaker 1: this team with. 119 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:08,440 Speaker 4: Uh or marks out for a couple of weeks here 120 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:10,919 Speaker 4: with his need How are you view on the strong 121 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:12,320 Speaker 4: side spot what? 122 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:13,160 Speaker 2: Uh? 123 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:16,640 Speaker 1: I think it always gives guys opportunities to to excel 124 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:17,880 Speaker 1: with reps, to get better. 125 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:18,240 Speaker 2: UH. 126 00:05:18,279 --> 00:05:25,200 Speaker 1: We mentioned Jalen. You know, also opportunity with Marcellino d winners. Uh, 127 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:27,479 Speaker 1: who I thought flashing the game as well, you know, 128 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:29,000 Speaker 1: still growing, still learning. 129 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:29,880 Speaker 2: Uh. 130 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 1: So with ob being out, it just gives other guys 131 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:33,840 Speaker 1: opportunities to step up and make plays. 132 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:36,560 Speaker 2: It is your first season coordinating this defense. 133 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:38,839 Speaker 4: You haven't had your best player yet to to coach. 134 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:40,719 Speaker 2: What kind of challenges does that present to you? 135 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:41,680 Speaker 5: Uh? 136 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:44,520 Speaker 1: Not really a lot of challenges, you know it It 137 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:46,920 Speaker 1: was It was great for me, as you just mentioned, 138 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:50,520 Speaker 1: to go through, uh, the process of of really, you know, 139 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:53,200 Speaker 1: calling the game with these guys, really trying to get 140 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:54,880 Speaker 1: a feel for what we do up front. 141 00:05:55,160 --> 00:05:55,359 Speaker 2: You know. 142 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:58,360 Speaker 1: One of the things, you know, probably had a little 143 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:00,599 Speaker 1: bit too much movement at times, and and I'm I'm 144 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:04,360 Speaker 1: chasing the uh the lead drawl. But our guys up front, man, 145 00:06:04,360 --> 00:06:06,560 Speaker 1: when they come off the ball, they're dominant. And you know, 146 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:08,120 Speaker 1: we gotta settle the guys in a little bit and 147 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:10,719 Speaker 1: let them go play, uh, which is gonna allow those 148 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:12,480 Speaker 1: linebackers to be able to play off of 'em. 149 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:14,120 Speaker 2: So, Uh that's critical. 150 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:16,520 Speaker 4: Are you always always called defense from up in. 151 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:18,080 Speaker 2: The booth the game to uh Cleveland? 152 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:21,279 Speaker 1: I was on the I on the uh on the field, Carolina, 153 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:23,040 Speaker 1: I was in the box. It just takes the emotion 154 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:24,640 Speaker 1: out of the game for me, where I can always 155 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:25,760 Speaker 1: try to stay ahead of the down. 156 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:29,240 Speaker 2: Prefer in the p in the box, I U, I 157 00:06:29,279 --> 00:06:30,119 Speaker 2: prefer in the box. 158 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:32,200 Speaker 1: And and another reason why I prefer in the box 159 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:34,279 Speaker 1: because of the level of coaching on the field. I 160 00:06:34,279 --> 00:06:36,520 Speaker 1: I have a great level of trust that things are 161 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:37,200 Speaker 1: getting done down. 162 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:41,320 Speaker 3: There is in that uh rolodexa of nickel UH options 163 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:44,000 Speaker 3: that you mentioned. You've got a wide range of you know, 164 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:45,640 Speaker 3: body type sized guys. 165 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:47,840 Speaker 4: Is is there a preference would you would you. 166 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:50,880 Speaker 3: Rather have a a bigger bodied guy because of all 167 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:53,280 Speaker 3: the the linebacker like things that they have to do. 168 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:56,719 Speaker 1: No. I, I you know, with my experience in in 169 00:06:56,760 --> 00:06:59,000 Speaker 1: what I've done in the past, Uh, I. 170 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:00,360 Speaker 2: Just thow turn out buffalo. 171 00:07:00,440 --> 00:07:02,120 Speaker 1: That what we would call a big nickel you know, 172 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:05,520 Speaker 1: uh where we may go twelve personnel with that, and 173 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:08,880 Speaker 1: sometimes a team's heavy eleven personnel, we start out with buffalo. 174 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:12,000 Speaker 1: So uh, there's a element of different guys that I 175 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:14,000 Speaker 1: have in mind that can fit that package. And then 176 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 1: when you start talking about third down, you know, quicker 177 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:17,920 Speaker 1: guys in the slot. 178 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:19,760 Speaker 2: You know, we got matchups for that as well. 179 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:22,560 Speaker 1: So I think there's different packages you gotta have based 180 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:24,040 Speaker 1: off the personnel that you're playing. 181 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:25,280 Speaker 2: There's more. 182 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:28,200 Speaker 5: How did you see the defense perform a day when 183 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:29,680 Speaker 5: when you guys went live one on once? 184 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:32,080 Speaker 2: What? What? What would you be? Your great? I'm sorry 185 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:32,800 Speaker 2: say that one more time. 186 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:34,920 Speaker 5: You're great at the defense, especially the ones when you 187 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:36,200 Speaker 5: guys went one on one. 188 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:37,280 Speaker 2: Uh. 189 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:39,760 Speaker 1: As I started the uh the press confers off flip, 190 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:42,000 Speaker 1: I thought they did a tremendous job and bouncing back. 191 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:45,440 Speaker 1: The energy was there, great communication. You know, the ones 192 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:47,840 Speaker 1: didn't playing the game, so uh, it was good to 193 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:50,080 Speaker 1: see them get back in the rhythm. And then you know, 194 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:53,320 Speaker 1: as Kyle mentioned the the twos and threes, they persevered 195 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:56,480 Speaker 1: and through and got better today. So uh, I don't 196 00:07:56,480 --> 00:07:58,360 Speaker 1: wanna give a number, but I I was very pleased 197 00:07:58,360 --> 00:07:59,280 Speaker 1: on how they responded. 198 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:04,200 Speaker 4: Javen Graham has been impressive his pursuit ability. He gets 199 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:06,520 Speaker 4: through the trash and gets to the ball. Uh is 200 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:09,960 Speaker 4: that just natural? Is that good coaching at Purdue? He's 201 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:11,840 Speaker 4: a seventh round pick, he's obviously doing well. 202 00:08:12,280 --> 00:08:15,120 Speaker 1: I think that's a good coaching by Johnny Holland. That's 203 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:18,600 Speaker 1: what I think. That was a joke you didn't laugh, 204 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:21,240 Speaker 1: But yeah, Johnny, Johnny does a great job of coaching him. 205 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:23,600 Speaker 1: But what you see with Jalen is what we saw 206 00:08:23,640 --> 00:08:26,080 Speaker 1: on tape. You know, a guy that plays in the slot, 207 00:08:26,320 --> 00:08:29,480 Speaker 1: you know, and and plays out in space, and you 208 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:32,240 Speaker 1: know he can maneuver when he's chasing things down. Uh 209 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:35,040 Speaker 1: So that's his skill set. What I'm impressed with is 210 00:08:35,040 --> 00:08:37,320 Speaker 1: when he's in the core, tackle to tackle, you starting 211 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:39,640 Speaker 1: to see a little bit of that physicality. Course, you know, 212 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:41,440 Speaker 1: it's gonna take him some time to gain the weight 213 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:44,000 Speaker 1: that he probably needs to maintain it throughout the year, 214 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:47,720 Speaker 1: but I'm very impressed that he doesn't shy away from contact. 215 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:51,240 Speaker 2: Appreciate you guy. You gotta light you gotta lighten up 216 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:51,640 Speaker 2: a little bit.