1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,960 Speaker 1: The question right. Questions start with Bax Ruler, followed by 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:07,280 Speaker 1: Chris Bryant. Hey, Bill, how's it gone good? Great? He 3 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:10,879 Speaker 1: just wanted to start just talking about Mike Gunn one 4 00:00:10,920 --> 00:00:12,959 Speaker 1: day when he has gotten on the field quite a 5 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:15,760 Speaker 1: bit this season, and I just want to cut your 6 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:17,880 Speaker 1: thoughts on him and what he's done to earn the 7 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:22,799 Speaker 1: opportunities he's received so far. Yeah, well, Mike, Mike shown 8 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:25,919 Speaker 1: a lot of versatility. Um. And I played right guard 9 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:28,440 Speaker 1: at Michigan and that's pretty much only spot he played. 10 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:32,479 Speaker 1: Um here, he's worked uh, you know, both guards, and 11 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:34,680 Speaker 1: worked at right tackle, so and right tackle was a 12 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:38,400 Speaker 1: new position for him. And then um, left guard even 13 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:41,440 Speaker 1: though guards guard, you know, the footworks all different over 14 00:00:41,479 --> 00:00:46,839 Speaker 1: there where he played yesterday for Joe, So um, you know, 15 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:49,040 Speaker 1: it's kind of playing left handed when you've been playing 16 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:52,199 Speaker 1: right handed your whole life. So, um, you know, I 17 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:53,880 Speaker 1: think he's done a really good job. He's a real 18 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:56,760 Speaker 1: smart kid. Um. You know, he's got a lot of 19 00:00:56,800 --> 00:01:01,000 Speaker 1: physical playing strength, he's good athlete's football, got good football 20 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:04,720 Speaker 1: smarts and awareness. And he's done a good job for 21 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:07,200 Speaker 1: us playing right tackle and then yeah, yeah, yesterday at 22 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:11,800 Speaker 1: guard and you know, he handled some good situations, he 23 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:13,520 Speaker 1: learned a lot and he still got a long way 24 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:15,360 Speaker 1: to go, but um, did a lot of good things. 25 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:22,360 Speaker 1: Next question Chris Ryan, followed by Mike Grease. Hey, Bill, 26 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:25,959 Speaker 1: I was interested in your evaluation of the defense at 27 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:29,440 Speaker 1: this point and are they a bit ahead of schedule? Interview? 28 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:32,560 Speaker 1: And also how do you go about evaluating this season 29 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:40,760 Speaker 1: where there's no preseason as compared to previous years? Right, Well, 30 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:42,600 Speaker 1: you know, we don't really have a schedule. We just 31 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:45,040 Speaker 1: try to go out there and compete every week and 32 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:48,440 Speaker 1: you know, win each game, so that's really a measuring 33 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:53,320 Speaker 1: stick for us. But there's you know, I think we've 34 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:55,800 Speaker 1: gotten better each week as we as we should, as 35 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:57,760 Speaker 1: every other team in the league has. So you know, 36 00:01:57,800 --> 00:01:59,560 Speaker 1: we've just got to continue to improve as a lot 37 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:02,880 Speaker 1: of things it we need to work on. And um, 38 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 1: you know, certainly we've you know, saw another good offense 39 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:10,280 Speaker 1: uh this week with Oakland or with the Raiders rather 40 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:14,000 Speaker 1: And um, you know, coach Cruden does a great job 41 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 1: of game plan and he gave us some problems and 42 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:18,840 Speaker 1: you know some things that we need to obviously coach 43 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:23,679 Speaker 1: better uh and play better. UH. And and I would say, 44 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:26,639 Speaker 1: you know, just work as a unit in some situations 45 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:32,000 Speaker 1: that we need to uh improving our execution of those. Um. 46 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:35,440 Speaker 1: Certainly see another another great offense again this weekend. So 47 00:02:35,919 --> 00:02:37,840 Speaker 1: you know, we just have to keep improving and you know, 48 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:42,079 Speaker 1: keep trying to play well enough to give up fewer 49 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:48,080 Speaker 1: points than than we can score. Next question, Mike, reas 50 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:52,359 Speaker 1: fall by EPs are build to build off your answer 51 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:55,919 Speaker 1: on the next opponent coming up? Um, start with just 52 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:59,240 Speaker 1: having fans in the stands for the first time. Um, 53 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:03,040 Speaker 1: how will that affect it all your preparations or make 54 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:09,000 Speaker 1: them different from what you did the first three weeks. Yeah, 55 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:10,959 Speaker 1: we'll take a look at it, Mike, I don't know. 56 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:14,959 Speaker 1: We'll we'll see It's certainly won't be anything like the 57 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:19,200 Speaker 1: seventy thousand we saw the last time we were there, 58 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:22,200 Speaker 1: however many it was. But yeah, we'll take a look 59 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:24,799 Speaker 1: at it and see what see what we think we 60 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 1: need to do. I'm not sure. Yeah, I might be 61 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:32,720 Speaker 1: a little early on that. I mean, but just in general, 62 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 1: and the chief knowing they played tonight and you have 63 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:37,920 Speaker 1: more work to do on them, just how do they 64 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 1: challenge you in all facets of the game? I mean, 65 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 1: big test obviously coming up with them. Yeah, well, I 66 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:48,960 Speaker 1: mean they're really good. You know, it starts with an 67 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:54,440 Speaker 1: MVP quarterback and you know, great great offensive coordinator, head coach. 68 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:56,960 Speaker 1: You know, Andy does a tremendous job putting pressure on 69 00:03:57,040 --> 00:04:00,520 Speaker 1: the defense. Got a lot of a lot of good players, 70 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 1: a lot of experienced players. You know. I think the 71 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:05,320 Speaker 1: back's a big weapon for them both and running game, 72 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:09,600 Speaker 1: uh and in the passing game. So there was a 73 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:11,560 Speaker 1: lot to stop. You know, we're going to play good 74 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:15,440 Speaker 1: team defense and um, there's no no one guy you 75 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:17,919 Speaker 1: can key on. There's no one guy it's gonna stop 76 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:20,320 Speaker 1: this offense. We're gonna have to, you know, play well 77 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:25,480 Speaker 1: collectively as a team. Thanks question, Evan was arf all 78 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:28,600 Speaker 1: the dog kite, Hey, coach, just after watching the tape, 79 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:32,200 Speaker 1: I was just wondering what your impressions were their defensive 80 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:35,479 Speaker 1: performance on Darren Waller and and just particularly it seemed 81 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:37,480 Speaker 1: like Jawan had a few plays early on on him 82 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:44,839 Speaker 1: and just his evaluate his performance yesterday. All right, Well, again, 83 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:46,920 Speaker 1: the Raiders do a good job of using all their 84 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:51,040 Speaker 1: their um skill players and the backs, tight ends, receivers 85 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:55,280 Speaker 1: and um, you know, at at times we were able 86 00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:59,400 Speaker 1: to uh, you know, neutralize Waller and jam and all that. 87 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:02,479 Speaker 1: You know, he got a couple holding penalties on us 88 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:05,840 Speaker 1: and then uh, you know, but in the overall, it 89 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 1: was obviously more of Renfro than than anybody else. Um, 90 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:13,240 Speaker 1: but you know that's again just trying to play good 91 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:15,840 Speaker 1: team defense. We mixed it up. We played some zone, 92 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:18,880 Speaker 1: we played some man, so you know, in zone defense, 93 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:23,560 Speaker 1: there's nobody you know, specifically assigned to him. Um, so 94 00:05:23,880 --> 00:05:26,760 Speaker 1: it's it wasn't all matched up in man coverage. So 95 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:30,280 Speaker 1: sometimes we just you know, we're able to you know, 96 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:34,280 Speaker 1: play a defense that um, you know, he wasn't the 97 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:41,320 Speaker 1: feature guy on the pattern. Our next question, good kite, 98 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:44,840 Speaker 1: I Bill, I was curious if you've seen some of 99 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:47,720 Speaker 1: Michelle running better as he gets healthier. I know he 100 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:49,920 Speaker 1: missed a lot of the summer. And then also, you 101 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:54,040 Speaker 1: guys have some good depth deposition, especially with Damian eligible 102 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:56,560 Speaker 1: to come back and James White coming back. At some point, 103 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 1: could you have envisioned a scenario where you're playing five 104 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:02,800 Speaker 1: running backs or is a tough decision going to have 105 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:07,880 Speaker 1: to be made at some point in that position? Yeah, 106 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:10,840 Speaker 1: you just you never know how that's going to work out. Um. 107 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:12,760 Speaker 1: You know, a couple of years ago we had good 108 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 1: depth at running back and then we ended up, um 109 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:18,280 Speaker 1: you know, playing a receiver running back and you know 110 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:22,280 Speaker 1: everything else, and so it just all all diminished in 111 00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:26,920 Speaker 1: a hurry. Um, you know that that might not be 112 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:29,159 Speaker 1: the case here going forward. We might have good depth 113 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:32,160 Speaker 1: there and you know, we'll just try to do the 114 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:34,400 Speaker 1: best that we can in terms of you know, game 115 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:40,440 Speaker 1: planning and um, you know, creating opportunities and personnel groups 116 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:43,320 Speaker 1: and plays or whatever it is to to try to 117 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:45,320 Speaker 1: attack our opponents. But you know, I think you got 118 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:48,159 Speaker 1: to be careful about, you know, changing the whole offense 119 00:06:48,279 --> 00:06:50,880 Speaker 1: just to you know, work a couple of guys into 120 00:06:50,880 --> 00:06:53,360 Speaker 1: the lineup if that's going to tract from something else. 121 00:06:53,440 --> 00:06:55,800 Speaker 1: So there's a balance there. But you know, it's good 122 00:06:55,839 --> 00:06:58,560 Speaker 1: to have depth, as I said, and we've certainly had 123 00:06:58,640 --> 00:07:03,480 Speaker 1: time so when we haven't had it, um, So it's 124 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:05,040 Speaker 1: a good thing when we have it. And you know, 125 00:07:05,279 --> 00:07:06,960 Speaker 1: we'll have to figure that out. That's a good problem 126 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:09,479 Speaker 1: to have, those having having a lot of good football players. 127 00:07:12,840 --> 00:07:15,480 Speaker 1: All right, next question, and we've got two final questions 128 00:07:15,520 --> 00:07:19,440 Speaker 1: here Jim McBride and Michael Hurt high coach, and I 129 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:22,240 Speaker 1: wanted to ask you about Dietrich wise and I know 130 00:07:22,280 --> 00:07:24,240 Speaker 1: he had to touchdown was kind of a highlight yesterday, 131 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:26,960 Speaker 1: but it seemed to me that he can he's really 132 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:29,240 Speaker 1: been able to get his underneath guy's pads and drive 133 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:32,280 Speaker 1: them back lately, and wondering if too agree with that assessment, 134 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:35,880 Speaker 1: I definitely would. You know, I thought d played well 135 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,120 Speaker 1: and and uh, you know, he's played the run game. 136 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:40,760 Speaker 1: That's an area that he really focused on in the 137 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:43,640 Speaker 1: off season and in a training camp and we did 138 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:47,680 Speaker 1: as well, and uh Ian coach Covington and I really 139 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:50,080 Speaker 1: really worked harder on that hard on that. I think 140 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:54,080 Speaker 1: his run defense is as improved. And uh you know, 141 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:55,920 Speaker 1: he's given us a lot of solid play there. And 142 00:07:56,400 --> 00:07:58,040 Speaker 1: of course we know he could rush the pastor but 143 00:07:58,080 --> 00:08:00,480 Speaker 1: he's done a good job of you know, mixing in 144 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:05,400 Speaker 1: um you know, edge moves and and rush techniques with 145 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:10,440 Speaker 1: some power and some um you know, more power type rushes, 146 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:13,920 Speaker 1: long arms things like that. UM. So he's got a 147 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:16,800 Speaker 1: good compliment um and a good repertoire there where he's 148 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:18,760 Speaker 1: got you know, three or four different pitches he can throw. 149 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:22,080 Speaker 1: But I think the big thing that he's really worked 150 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:25,680 Speaker 1: hard on and improved is his run defense, and so 151 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:28,400 Speaker 1: you know, when you combine all that he's he's given us, 152 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:33,840 Speaker 1: you know, three real good weeks that play here. Thank you, Yeah, 153 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:38,520 Speaker 1: you're welcome. And last question me Michael Hurle, Hey Bill, Uh, 154 00:08:38,720 --> 00:08:40,960 Speaker 1: this movie isn't the most important thing in the world, 155 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:43,160 Speaker 1: But I'm just curious when the schedule works out like this, 156 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:45,720 Speaker 1: where where your next week's opponent is on in prime 157 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:48,120 Speaker 1: time day after you guys played, do you do you 158 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:50,360 Speaker 1: watch the game like the rest of us, with commercial 159 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:52,400 Speaker 1: breaks and commentators and all that, or do you kind 160 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:57,400 Speaker 1: of wait until you cannot get get the film? Well, 161 00:08:57,480 --> 00:09:01,319 Speaker 1: the film is a lot more helpful for us. But um, yeah, 162 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:02,920 Speaker 1: I mean I think you know, well, I'm sure I'll 163 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:05,960 Speaker 1: have the game on and you know, try to They 164 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:08,199 Speaker 1: probably work on some other things while that's happening, but 165 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:10,120 Speaker 1: you know, pay attention to it and just see how 166 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:12,600 Speaker 1: how things are unfold, just to get a little jump 167 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:16,120 Speaker 1: on things in the morning. But you know, it's it 168 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:18,599 Speaker 1: certainly shortens the preparation. But I mean, I think this 169 00:09:18,760 --> 00:09:21,000 Speaker 1: is a game where you know, both teams know each 170 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:23,120 Speaker 1: other pretty well. You know, we've we've played each other 171 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:26,559 Speaker 1: multiple times here in the last few years. And even 172 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:31,000 Speaker 1: though every game is different and they're different players, there's 173 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:32,520 Speaker 1: still a lot of the same players and a lot 174 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:33,880 Speaker 1: of the same coach.