WEBVTT - Press Pass: Malcolm Jenkins September 23 0:00:04.640 --> 0:00:06.160 Because we know if we can keep teams out of 0:00:06.160 --> 0:00:09.080 the end zone, really what happens to between, you know, 0:00:09.800 --> 0:00:12.879 the ten yard lines is irrelevant. Once we get down 0:00:12.880 --> 0:00:14.920 and they're tight and we can hold them at three, 0:00:15.720 --> 0:00:19.000 we feel like we can outscore anybody. Is there something 0:00:19.040 --> 0:00:24.200 about your personnel that seems I think it's yeah, I 0:00:24.239 --> 0:00:25.919 think it's a little bit of both. Obviously, we've got, 0:00:25.960 --> 0:00:27.720 you know, guys that can make plays up front and 0:00:27.920 --> 0:00:30.920 put pressure on quarterbacks, that can stop the run. We've 0:00:30.920 --> 0:00:32.520 got guys in the outside that do a good job 0:00:32.520 --> 0:00:34.400 playing our technique and make it really hard to just 0:00:34.479 --> 0:00:37.199 line up and throw phase during slants, UM. And then 0:00:37.240 --> 0:00:39.400 the rest of it is you know, scheme, guys knowing 0:00:39.400 --> 0:00:42.680 where to be, how to close windows. UM. You know, 0:00:42.800 --> 0:00:45.000 Jordan Hicks has been a guy who's taking taking the 0:00:45.040 --> 0:00:47.440 ball away and lockdown in the red zone specifically almost 0:00:47.440 --> 0:00:50.080 had one today, UM. And So I think it's a 0:00:50.080 --> 0:00:52.120 little bit of both. It's it's a simple scheme that 0:00:52.159 --> 0:00:54.640 allows us to play fast, but we had some injuries 0:00:54.640 --> 0:00:56.720 where you know, guys are coming in. Carmon came in, 0:00:57.400 --> 0:00:59.760 um Rani came out, so we had to change. We 0:00:59.800 --> 0:01:02.240 can figure some of our stuff but it doesn't matter. 0:01:02.320 --> 0:01:05.080 Our exits the spots and everybody knows we've been facetious 0:01:05.120 --> 0:01:08.160 or you guys really kind of get recent and feel 0:01:08.160 --> 0:01:10.800 a little bit more comfortable where the red zone. I 0:01:11.160 --> 0:01:13.160 you know, I just been a little facetious, But now 0:01:13.200 --> 0:01:16.479 I do think that when we get to the red zone, 0:01:16.680 --> 0:01:19.520 everybody's completely comfortable. Um. It's not like, you know, a 0:01:19.560 --> 0:01:23.240 panic situation. Um. And so we always feel like as 0:01:23.280 --> 0:01:25.160 long as even if a big play happens, as long 0:01:25.200 --> 0:01:27.880 as it didn't go for a touchdown. We're finding playing 0:01:27.880 --> 0:01:30.440 red zone defense and completely confident in the game on 0:01:30.480 --> 0:01:33.000 the line. We've been in a situation too much and 0:01:33.120 --> 0:01:36.399 been successful not to be you know, confidented. So UM, 0:01:36.440 --> 0:01:39.280 it's something that will continue to improve on. We'll see 0:01:39.319 --> 0:01:42.400 new looks every week and as people you know, attack 0:01:42.480 --> 0:01:46.240 us in different ways, and we'll continue to adjust play. 0:01:46.280 --> 0:01:49.000 At the end of the shot, I didn't see it, actually, 0:01:49.040 --> 0:01:51.840 I was they were running mess shows, receivers running everywhere. 0:01:52.200 --> 0:01:56.800 All I saw was left trip up and hit the ground. Um. 0:01:56.840 --> 0:01:59.720 But obviously I'll rush. You know, it's been it's been 0:01:59.760 --> 0:02:01.840 the back one of our defense, and we can take 0:02:01.880 --> 0:02:04.440 away routes early in the down and good quarterbacks to 0:02:04.480 --> 0:02:08.040 hold the ball. It's really hard for for offensive lines 0:02:08.080 --> 0:02:11.160 to win, especially one on ones, UM, and we saw 0:02:11.200 --> 0:02:13.040 that kind of all day today. Don't think you guys 0:02:13.160 --> 0:02:15.520 need this a little bit harder on yourself than we 0:02:15.639 --> 0:02:18.680 be with all the penalties sometimes, no doubt. Yeah, I 0:02:18.680 --> 0:02:21.320 mean there's a lot to correct. You know, we talk 0:02:21.360 --> 0:02:25.880 about losing the turnover margin, the penalties that we had, UM, 0:02:26.120 --> 0:02:28.960 just situations that that we always we tend to put 0:02:29.000 --> 0:02:33.480 ourselves into some bad holes and you can't expect to 0:02:33.520 --> 0:02:37.200 continue to have success like that. UM. But it's always 0:02:37.200 --> 0:02:39.360 easier to make those corrections after a win, and so 0:02:39.520 --> 0:02:41.680 winning is hard at the end of the day. As 0:02:41.680 --> 0:02:43.680 we go on, we need to, you know, find a 0:02:43.720 --> 0:02:45.240 way to get just a little bit better. If it's 0:02:45.240 --> 0:02:49.000 in the penalties, if it's in turnovers, takeaways. We had 0:02:49.040 --> 0:02:52.040 a couple opportunities on defense to take the ball away 0:02:52.240 --> 0:02:54.280 and then come up with them. So as you start 0:02:54.320 --> 0:02:56.080 to look at the game and its tontality, you know, 0:02:56.120 --> 0:02:59.919 everybody contributes and so we're happy to obviously to win, 0:03:00.120 --> 0:03:02.839 but there's gonna be a lot we can quit. Mills 0:03:02.880 --> 0:03:04.960 had some to pass break ups today. The kind of 0:03:04.960 --> 0:03:07.880 appreciation for how so his whole career is usually getting 0:03:07.919 --> 0:03:10.000 knocked after a really bad game and you gotta replace. 0:03:10.040 --> 0:03:14.240 Somebody usually comes back and and it's Mills You'll have 0:03:14.320 --> 0:03:16.520 because it happened so much. Yeah, I mean, you know, 0:03:16.800 --> 0:03:18.959 it's part of playing in this city. Uh. And he's 0:03:18.960 --> 0:03:21.239 playing a tough position where all eyes on him. We 0:03:21.360 --> 0:03:23.400 don't wrote help to anybody, you know, our defense, we 0:03:23.480 --> 0:03:25.440 put a lot of pressure on our corners and he 0:03:25.520 --> 0:03:27.400 answers to told. You know, he goes against some of 0:03:27.400 --> 0:03:30.680 the best receivers in this league U and obviously showed 0:03:30.720 --> 0:03:32.920 up there. Really, this this game made a bunch of 0:03:33.000 --> 0:03:36.240 you know, key tackles, good stops. Somebody will continue to 0:03:36.280 --> 0:03:39.480 rely on under And I've seen it, you know, I've 0:03:39.480 --> 0:03:42.360 been playing for ten years, and I've seen guys, especially 0:03:42.360 --> 0:03:47.280 in this city, play that position and will allow, you know, 0:03:47.320 --> 0:03:50.160 the outside noise or a bad game to have their 0:03:50.160 --> 0:03:53.040 confidence way. And I think for him it probably feels 0:03:53.080 --> 0:03:55.480 them more than anything. And that's what you need to 0:03:55.520 --> 0:03:58.200 be successful. All there in the island is a continuously 0:03:58.240 --> 0:04:00.880 believing in self your technique. I'm gonna keep getting better 0:04:00.960 --> 0:04:07.160 as you go. Part of your post game speech elaborate 0:04:07.200 --> 0:04:09.480 on what the message us. I think the message was 0:04:09.480 --> 0:04:12.160 was was simple, was you know, welcome back to winning. 0:04:12.240 --> 0:04:14.480 But you know, remember kind of what we were got 0:04:14.520 --> 0:04:16.120 it's here. We didn't just show up and win the game. 0:04:16.760 --> 0:04:18.920 We came off a tough loss on the road. We 0:04:18.960 --> 0:04:22.080 came back, we evaluated and prepared, and then we played. 0:04:22.520 --> 0:04:25.000 And so that's the same process and cycle that we 0:04:25.040 --> 0:04:27.080 just need to go two week to week. We'll show 0:04:27.120 --> 0:04:29.720 up on Tuesday, we'll watch the game, we'll flush it, start, 0:04:29.800 --> 0:04:32.640 turn our eyes to the Titans, prepare all week, and 0:04:32.720 --> 0:04:37.720 kind of lose next time the next I'm just gonna say, 0:04:37.720 --> 0:04:39.039 it's been a while since you guys have had to 0:04:39.120 --> 0:04:40.839 bounce back from a loss. Do you feel like you 0:04:40.839 --> 0:04:45.200 guys were? I mean, I think we're gonna go back 0:04:45.200 --> 0:04:48.520 on the table and still see penalties, especially on special teams. 0:04:48.520 --> 0:04:52.760 You want to see UM, you know, miss opportunities to 0:04:52.800 --> 0:04:55.560 get the ball. Defense, you want to see turnovers in offense, 0:04:56.120 --> 0:04:59.320 UM and wait, we're areas that we want to improve UM. 0:04:59.480 --> 0:05:01.400 But it's all it was easier to improve after winning 0:05:01.880 --> 0:05:05.159 seventeen seventeen night drive what you drive by the offense, 0:05:05.920 --> 0:05:12.120 you guys late that fourth quarter. Did you need na 0:05:12.240 --> 0:05:14.440 We didn't need the rest, but we needed the points. 0:05:16.040 --> 0:05:19.040 You know. It's a situation that fourth down that they 0:05:19.120 --> 0:05:21.800 went for. You know, we go back on the field 0:05:21.800 --> 0:05:23.920 and we'll we'll be we'll be pressed to kind of 0:05:23.920 --> 0:05:25.800 get the ball back quickly with some time left. But 0:05:26.080 --> 0:05:28.520 for them to go down methodically and put points on 0:05:28.520 --> 0:05:32.120 the board, UM obviously put us you know, and a 0:05:32.279 --> 0:05:34.560 dantage to go up. We're now we're defending the touchdown, 0:05:34.640 --> 0:05:37.440 not a field goal, it's not a time things like that. 0:05:37.480 --> 0:05:39.920 So that was a huge drive obviously for the game 0:05:42.800 --> 0:05:46.120 clean out day. After seasons winning going out, there's just 0:05:46.279 --> 0:05:48.440 close games and just went in your way. You still 0:05:48.480 --> 0:05:51.200 be playing, what is it about this team? Aw, You're 0:05:51.240 --> 0:05:54.440 able to win these these games? At the point? Well, 0:05:54.480 --> 0:05:56.800 I think a lot of the times at the end 0:05:56.800 --> 0:06:01.080 of games, especially close games, it comes down to execution, 0:06:01.880 --> 0:06:04.800 UM and and really you know your defense, can you 0:06:04.800 --> 0:06:06.640 get a stop? I mean That's how I'll usually view it, 0:06:07.120 --> 0:06:09.200 whether it's a shootout or it's just you know, one 0:06:09.200 --> 0:06:12.279 of those defensive games. It always comes down to whose defense, 0:06:12.880 --> 0:06:17.039 UM makes the last play. Um, their defense had that 0:06:17.040 --> 0:06:19.880 that long drive and ended up you know, entering a touchdown, 0:06:20.320 --> 0:06:22.760 our defense, you know, held up even though it's a 0:06:22.800 --> 0:06:24.840 long drive. They got down to the one fourth and 0:06:24.920 --> 0:06:27.240 one week, we end up making one more play than 0:06:27.279 --> 0:06:31.280 they did, and oftentimes that's the difference in this league. UM. 0:06:32.320 --> 0:06:35.919 And so we feel very confident in somebody making that 0:06:36.000 --> 0:06:39.279 play for us, you know, making those plays on defense. UM. 0:06:39.920 --> 0:06:42.599 And so when we get into situations we prepare for. 0:06:42.800 --> 0:06:44.880 We've been through it in practice, we've been through it 0:06:44.920 --> 0:06:48.159 in real game situations. So we just we just play. 0:06:48.320 --> 0:06:51.000 We'll take a couple more of them bringing to throw 0:06:51.040 --> 0:06:53.080 the hill there and a lot of them looks like 0:06:53.120 --> 0:06:57.760 Andrews throw rolls either short or underneath, holding numbers really down. 0:06:57.960 --> 0:06:59.400 Did you notice how to take you up to the 0:06:59.400 --> 0:07:02.240 week that Andrew Wood is a little bit different obviously 0:07:02.279 --> 0:07:05.479 coming off the shoulder surgery and mister yet, I mean yeah, 0:07:05.480 --> 0:07:07.720 I think he's still working his way back, but I 0:07:07.720 --> 0:07:10.640 mean he still looked sharp. Um. They've they've moved to 0:07:11.000 --> 0:07:13.880 which is they've also changed their offense as well, you know, 0:07:13.920 --> 0:07:17.280 and so their offense very similar to always taking a 0:07:17.320 --> 0:07:20.240 lot of you know, short intermediate routes getting the ball 0:07:20.240 --> 0:07:22.200 out of his hand, especially when you play defensive front 0:07:22.240 --> 0:07:24.200 like ours. You don't want that ball to get, you know, 0:07:24.200 --> 0:07:26.680 out of his hands. I still think obviously, you know, 0:07:26.880 --> 0:07:28.600 and I think the last play being a little bit 0:07:28.600 --> 0:07:30.840 of proof that if you got to really stretch the 0:07:30.880 --> 0:07:33.800 feel um. You know, he's been limited, but he's coming 0:07:33.840 --> 0:07:35.960 off of obviously that injury. But you know, we got 0:07:35.960 --> 0:07:37.880 a lot of respect for what he's doing. He's he's 0:07:37.880 --> 0:07:40.560 definitely still I'm going to top two quarterbacks that can 0:07:40.560 --> 0:07:43.960 make plays. His mobility is something that's underrated. Um now 0:07:44.000 --> 0:07:48.120 obviously a small quartergram. I thought you killed Michael almost did. 0:07:48.160 --> 0:07:51.640 I felt bad. I was just worried about I was 0:07:51.720 --> 0:07:54.280 trying to kill whatever whatever was there. But he's all right. 0:07:54.800 --> 0:07:56.880 On the red zone stop. In the Atlanta game, I 0:07:56.880 --> 0:07:59.080 remember some of you guys saying that you knew from 0:07:59.080 --> 0:08:01.840 the formations to be what they're trying to do. There's 0:08:01.920 --> 0:08:05.600 preparation or even more when you get down. Yeah, I 0:08:05.600 --> 0:08:09.360 mean you usually you know where where teams want to 0:08:09.360 --> 0:08:11.160 go with the ball. And then I mean in the 0:08:11.160 --> 0:08:13.440 red zone, the advantage is the defense because there's not 0:08:13.520 --> 0:08:15.720 much space, so they got to try to fit the 0:08:15.800 --> 0:08:18.200 ball to tight windows. Um and so when you can 0:08:18.840 --> 0:08:22.040 muddy those windows, you know, wh spots they like to hit. UM, 0:08:22.120 --> 0:08:24.720 you can take that away. You also see where other 0:08:24.760 --> 0:08:27.360 teams might have had success. And it's a copycat league, 0:08:27.640 --> 0:08:30.000 so you usually see those same plays show up. UM, 0:08:30.320 --> 0:08:32.000 And so we'll look back. It will be some things 0:08:32.000 --> 0:08:34.560 I'm sure that will pop up on tape UM that 0:08:34.679 --> 0:08:36.959 we'll know the other teams might want to use. UM. 0:08:37.040 --> 0:08:40.320 We'll try to collect those and adjusts. UM. The good 0:08:40.320 --> 0:08:43.040 thing is everybody knows the defense is well enough to 0:08:43.520 --> 0:08:46.440 make an adjustments is not an issue, and we change 0:08:46.520 --> 0:08:49.880 you know, tools within the coverage almost weekly. That gives 0:08:49.920 --> 0:08:50.960 us a little bit of advantage.