1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,360 Speaker 1: Hey, Bill, um, I said a question on the final 2 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:06,000 Speaker 1: play of the game. Is Tom Brady released the ball? 3 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:10,119 Speaker 1: He was falling to his left, and I'm wondering in 4 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:15,000 Speaker 1: your estimation how much did that impact to throw? How 5 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 1: it seems as if he's been doing it quite often lately. 6 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 1: And do you know why he's been doing that? Oh? Yeah, 7 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:26,960 Speaker 1: I think you'd have to ask him about that specific play. Well, 8 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:29,120 Speaker 1: you have better access to him, and I'm figuring at 9 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:30,840 Speaker 1: some point you would discuss it with him. Do you 10 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:40,479 Speaker 1: have any input on it? An? Yeah, Why is he 11 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:43,800 Speaker 1: falling to his left? WHA's releasing the ball? And it 12 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:46,000 Speaker 1: is it impacting his accuracy? I mean, if I can 13 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:52,680 Speaker 1: see it, I'm sure you yeah. Well, oh may look 14 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:56,200 Speaker 1: it's uh, you know, players just came in. I haven't 15 00:00:56,240 --> 00:00:58,640 Speaker 1: a chance to go and talk to every single player 16 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:05,480 Speaker 1: about every single player that than a game, So all right, 17 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:13,960 Speaker 1: I do Next question Michael Tagre, followed by Phil Perry. 18 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:18,360 Speaker 1: Thanks Stacy, afternoon, Bill. I wanted to ask you about 19 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:23,880 Speaker 1: red zone situational football late in the game versus or 20 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:26,560 Speaker 1: late in a half versus at any other time in 21 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:32,319 Speaker 1: the game. Wondering about the different type of intangibles. How 22 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:35,640 Speaker 1: you have to coach the situation differently play calling, substitutions, 23 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:39,520 Speaker 1: timeouts or lack thereof, and how you go about that. 24 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:47,360 Speaker 1: I know it's a general question. Yeah, I know it's 25 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 1: a general question. I'm just curious to get a feel 26 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:55,840 Speaker 1: from you how red zone situational football changes within you know, 27 00:01:55,880 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 1: when the clock is winding down like it was yesterday 28 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:05,520 Speaker 1: late in the game, if it does at all, um, 29 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:12,280 Speaker 1: but yeah, sure it goes. I mean, look, obviously we're 30 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:14,440 Speaker 1: trying to trying to get the ball into the end 31 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:21,800 Speaker 1: zone and how many you know what the situation is 32 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:24,720 Speaker 1: which had changed a little bit down there on us Um, 33 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 1: you have to react to those changes and then the 34 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:31,000 Speaker 1: time and the down and so forth to look at 35 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:34,080 Speaker 1: your options and you know, try to do with us 36 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:39,160 Speaker 1: there and block stopped. You know, sometimes you have more 37 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:43,040 Speaker 1: options because you could possibly change a play if you 38 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:46,320 Speaker 1: could determine what your opponents are in or not in 39 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:51,520 Speaker 1: um stocks running and certainly have less options on that. 40 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:56,080 Speaker 1: But yeah, in the end, you want to try to 41 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:03,079 Speaker 1: score game yards and serve time. So you know, however 42 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:09,720 Speaker 1: those however, you can do those things. That's how how 43 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:13,000 Speaker 1: would you say you you guys have handled those situations 44 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:24,760 Speaker 1: this season Cooper the wrong probably like every year, some 45 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:30,800 Speaker 1: some better than others. And again sometimes it's what the defense. 46 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:32,640 Speaker 1: You know, you have to take what the defense gives 47 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:34,480 Speaker 1: you or what they happen to have called them that 48 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:37,440 Speaker 1: particular to play and you don't control that. You can 49 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 1: all can call control what you call and sometimes does 50 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 1: match up, well, sometimes they don't. So let's say each 51 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:50,200 Speaker 1: each situation kind of is really its own, its own 52 00:03:50,320 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 1: entity and has its own individual characteristics. H thank you, 53 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:04,840 Speaker 1: welcome the next question, Phil Perry, followed by Ross Mascot. 54 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:12,279 Speaker 1: They're here head Phil, Hey Bill. We saw from the defense, UM, 55 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:16,520 Speaker 1: it felt like a fair amount of movement from their secondary, 56 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:19,760 Speaker 1: either right before the snap or sometimes as the ball 57 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:24,600 Speaker 1: was being snapped. I'm wondering what role, if any way, 58 00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:33,280 Speaker 1: disguised things, complicated things for you guys offensively. Well, I 59 00:04:33,279 --> 00:04:35,359 Speaker 1: think that's pretty much what they always do. They do 60 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:39,160 Speaker 1: a good job of that. They um, you know, try 61 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:41,800 Speaker 1: to show one thing and do something else, or sometimes 62 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:44,280 Speaker 1: show it and do it so you don't know, you 63 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:49,599 Speaker 1: can't count on getting out of it. Um. They you know, 64 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:56,600 Speaker 1: they have a multiple defense UM defensive concepts, and that's 65 00:04:56,600 --> 00:04:58,240 Speaker 1: that's one of the one of the things they try 66 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:01,920 Speaker 1: to do. I think it's pretty much always there when 67 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:07,839 Speaker 1: you play the Steelers. Hi. Next question, Um, it's frosts 68 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:13,799 Speaker 1: harem on second. Thanks Christian Ross masco Is Boston harrold 69 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:20,280 Speaker 1: uh hi built. I'm wondering on a daylight destvation. So 70 00:05:20,279 --> 00:05:24,920 Speaker 1: there's a lot of penalties that get solved on your 71 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:28,040 Speaker 1: team if you feel it's kind of contagious, whereas they 72 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:36,680 Speaker 1: all kind of snowball into each other. No, you don't 73 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:40,000 Speaker 1: think that that the fall start kind of after a 74 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:42,359 Speaker 1: couple of them, guys might get a little you know, 75 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:49,120 Speaker 1: start thinking about it. No, I don't think so. I 76 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:50,840 Speaker 1: think they try to focus on that play and that's 77 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:53,040 Speaker 1: act it the best they can, regardless of what did 78 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:58,039 Speaker 1: or didn't happen some other play or game or year 79 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:00,480 Speaker 1: or whatever else. Try to focus on that play. I 80 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:12,000 Speaker 1: think that. Next question Mike Breeze Um just um. Still 81 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:14,640 Speaker 1: on the penalties, I was curious, what's the coaching point 82 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:18,400 Speaker 1: on the um Ryan Allen false starts the holder there 83 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:21,240 Speaker 1: on the on the field goal attempt. I didn't know 84 00:06:21,279 --> 00:06:24,440 Speaker 1: if there was any discussion as to what, like what 85 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:26,560 Speaker 1: what what they called or what he did that led 86 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:34,120 Speaker 1: to that call. Yeah, I'm I'm really sure on that one, UM, Mike, 87 00:06:34,279 --> 00:06:39,840 Speaker 1: because that it looked like the UM the headlines when 88 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:42,159 Speaker 1: I was coming in from the side and he was 89 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:44,520 Speaker 1: calling something and then they kind of got together and 90 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:48,000 Speaker 1: I know what they listed in the okay play by 91 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:51,839 Speaker 1: play and with that and then the umpire came into 92 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:58,360 Speaker 1: So I'm really sure what they what they really ruled 93 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:07,240 Speaker 1: on that, UM, you know, Pittsburgh flinched. I guess it 94 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:09,280 Speaker 1: was ruled that they weren't in the neutral zone when 95 00:07:09,279 --> 00:07:11,400 Speaker 1: they flinched, or maybe they said we caused them the 96 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 1: fl you know. So I'm not really sure exactly how 97 00:07:13,880 --> 00:07:18,360 Speaker 1: that UM, what the final ruling was on that. Okay, 98 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:22,200 Speaker 1: I'll double check on that with them with maybe they leave, 99 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:26,360 Speaker 1: you know, just if they whatever they adjusted there. And 100 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:29,920 Speaker 1: I was I was curious if on the run defense, UM, 101 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:32,880 Speaker 1: every game is every game is different. I mean, it 102 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:35,160 Speaker 1: looked like you guys were in a lot of maybe 103 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:38,720 Speaker 1: dime and seven even seven defensive backs at times in 104 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:41,880 Speaker 1: this game, UM, And there were some runs against you 105 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:45,280 Speaker 1: in that, But just in general, when you look at 106 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:48,800 Speaker 1: the run defense, is this as simple as fundamentals and 107 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:53,520 Speaker 1: just technique and with better techniques the results will improve 108 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:56,360 Speaker 1: or are you're seeing something else that is maybe a 109 00:07:56,440 --> 00:07:58,760 Speaker 1: common thread of the last couple of weeks as to 110 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:02,120 Speaker 1: maybe why the opponents have been able to bring up 111 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:09,400 Speaker 1: some of these rushing yards. Well, we always try to 112 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:12,080 Speaker 1: play with good fundamentals and techniques, so that'll never change. 113 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:18,120 Speaker 1: What we do schematically will depend on the game plan 114 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:21,800 Speaker 1: and what our opponent does and what we're trying to 115 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:27,080 Speaker 1: stop and so forth. So, but fundamentally we always try 116 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:33,520 Speaker 1: to play with good fundamentals and techniques. Yeah. Yeah, rushing 117 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:36,280 Speaker 1: play by Riddley there after the great play you guys, 118 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:41,000 Speaker 1: being on the punt um without actually a multiple breakdowns 119 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:43,400 Speaker 1: there um, you know that led to that sort of 120 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:51,440 Speaker 1: opening for him for Ridley on that one run. Oh yeah, 121 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:53,880 Speaker 1: of course, a couple of things that could have done better. 122 00:08:57,640 --> 00:08:59,320 Speaker 1: We could have coach it better, we could have played 123 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:08,920 Speaker 1: it better. Ye won't the good play? Next question we 124 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:14,120 Speaker 1: dug Kai, followed by sultry. Well, you guys had I 125 00:09:14,160 --> 00:09:16,199 Speaker 1: think it was a fourth and one situation late in 126 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:20,400 Speaker 1: the third quarter. Was there any consideration in going for 127 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:22,160 Speaker 1: that and stay of kicking the field goal? You had 128 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:32,040 Speaker 1: to go on each about the false the play where 129 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:35,080 Speaker 1: we had the false start the play where you had 130 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:36,920 Speaker 1: the fall start on the on the field goal, but 131 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:39,040 Speaker 1: like before you had the false start, with there any 132 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:44,480 Speaker 1: consideration of going for it on fourth and water. Yeah, no, 133 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:48,880 Speaker 1: we put the field goal team in there. Okay, And 134 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:51,880 Speaker 1: just one other follow up on the on the run defense. Um, 135 00:09:52,360 --> 00:09:56,120 Speaker 1: is there any I guess particular reason why Danny Shelton 136 00:09:56,160 --> 00:10:03,240 Speaker 1: has been a healthy scratch over the last three weeks. Well, 137 00:10:03,280 --> 00:10:08,840 Speaker 1: it's not about any individual player. It's about each week, 138 00:10:08,880 --> 00:10:11,240 Speaker 1: we're allowed to activate forty six of our fifty three 139 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:14,959 Speaker 1: man rosters players to play, and so that's what we do, 140 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:20,760 Speaker 1: and we activate those players based on that particular opponent 141 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:25,640 Speaker 1: game that we're playing. Obviously, a player could potentially not 142 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:31,840 Speaker 1: be activated because of injury, but regardless, there are always 143 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:35,520 Speaker 1: some players Almost always, I would say, there are some 144 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:38,360 Speaker 1: players that are could playing the game, but you can't 145 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:40,240 Speaker 1: take all of them because you can only take forty six. 146 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:43,160 Speaker 1: So we take the forty six players that we think 147 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:50,079 Speaker 1: will give us the best opportunity to win that particular week. Okay, thanks, 148 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:56,400 Speaker 1: your last question to be filled. Two more questions Verry 149 00:10:56,440 --> 00:11:01,920 Speaker 1: followed by injury callion. He build not trying to get 150 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:05,720 Speaker 1: too philosophical here, but I'm curious. We've heard you use 151 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:08,920 Speaker 1: the term mental toughness quite a bit over the years, 152 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:12,600 Speaker 1: and I'm wondering if that's something that can be improved 153 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:16,760 Speaker 1: through practice or has to be maintained through practice, or 154 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:20,719 Speaker 1: you know, in other words, is mental toughness sort of 155 00:11:20,760 --> 00:11:23,920 Speaker 1: been innate quality or is that something that that you 156 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:30,560 Speaker 1: can work on? Oh? No, I think we all need 157 00:11:30,600 --> 00:11:36,360 Speaker 1: to work on it all the time. How would you 158 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:46,480 Speaker 1: I get characterized this year's mental toughness then, Bill, or 159 00:11:46,559 --> 00:11:52,079 Speaker 1: this year's group's mental toughness. It's a tough group of players, um, 160 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:55,679 Speaker 1: Like anything like every year, there's always room for improvement, Um. 161 00:11:58,080 --> 00:11:59,680 Speaker 1: And that's the way it is. Every year. We always 162 00:11:59,679 --> 00:12:02,320 Speaker 1: try to perform at our best in every area, whether 163 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:09,959 Speaker 1: that's mental toughness, situation, football, running game, passing game, Yeah, 164 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:12,000 Speaker 1: I mean kicking you namement. I mean, we always try 165 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:17,040 Speaker 1: to performing our best, and I mean physically and mentally. 166 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:20,559 Speaker 1: Toughes is a big part of this game, so we 167 00:12:20,880 --> 00:12:23,680 Speaker 1: always try to do our best at that and there's 168 00:12:23,679 --> 00:12:31,760 Speaker 1: always room for improvement. Thanks, Bill, Um, You're welcome, great, 169 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:34,719 Speaker 1: Thanks many, Sorry about that, um, Bill. From a big 170 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:37,920 Speaker 1: picture standpoint, I'm curious if you had any thoughts. Just 171 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:41,120 Speaker 1: as the league has evolved, has run defense less of 172 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:44,920 Speaker 1: the necessity, considering the league now is passing at a 173 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:46,959 Speaker 1: higher rate than ever perform in terms of you know, 174 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:49,439 Speaker 1: your priorities in order to win, you have to do X, 175 00:12:49,559 --> 00:12:52,000 Speaker 1: Y and z. Is run defense lower on that list 176 00:12:52,040 --> 00:13:00,360 Speaker 1: than it might have been ten, fifteen, twenty years ago. Well, 177 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:05,120 Speaker 1: I think the National Football League has always been a 178 00:13:05,160 --> 00:13:10,199 Speaker 1: passing league, but the running game is very important. I mean, look, 179 00:13:10,280 --> 00:13:13,720 Speaker 1: each week, you try to defend whatever the offense your 180 00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:17,320 Speaker 1: opponent to do. Running game, man, passing game, situational football. 181 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:21,480 Speaker 1: They're down, red air and everything else. So what you 182 00:13:21,559 --> 00:13:24,280 Speaker 1: do is a function of what they do. And that's 183 00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:26,040 Speaker 1: really more of a week a week thing for us. 184 00:13:26,120 --> 00:13:30,679 Speaker 1: So what the league trends are aren't I don't really 185 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:32,880 Speaker 1: know that it matters. What matters is who you're playing 186 00:13:32,960 --> 00:13:36,040 Speaker 1: and what you have to do in order to be 187 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:38,719 Speaker 1: competitive against that opponent. That's the way I look at it. 188 00:13:40,120 --> 00:13:43,000 Speaker 1: I don't really matter what the whole league does. Whoever 189 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:46,160 Speaker 1: you play that week, that's that's what you better be 190 00:13:46,280 --> 00:13:51,240 Speaker 1: ready to deal with. Thanks everyone, Thanks coach, Welcome