WEBVTT - Press Pass: Frank Reich 0:00:00.440 --> 0:00:10.200 Yeah, but he saw another ball. It seems like that's 0:00:10.280 --> 0:00:11.959 kind of become a little bit of a trend with him. 0:00:12.080 --> 0:00:13.480 How do you how do you kind of break that 0:00:13.640 --> 0:00:16.480 and get him not doing those things anymore? You know, 0:00:16.520 --> 0:00:19.279 I think like with each of our players, working on 0:00:19.360 --> 0:00:23.360 your mechanics, working on fundamentals and technique is it's always 0:00:23.360 --> 0:00:25.279 a priority. You know. I'm real happy with the way 0:00:25.360 --> 0:00:27.920 Carson goes about working at that, as I am with 0:00:27.960 --> 0:00:30.840 all the players. It's really important to us. We put 0:00:30.840 --> 0:00:34.120 a lot of time into it. Uh. Coach Peterson schedules, 0:00:34.560 --> 0:00:37.080 you know, has a good chunk of time in practice. Um. 0:00:37.400 --> 0:00:39.479 On that particular play, I mean he did have a 0:00:39.479 --> 0:00:42.199 little bit of heat in his face. Um, So I 0:00:42.200 --> 0:00:44.760 don't think you could quite finish it. But it's definitely 0:00:44.760 --> 0:00:48.239 important and we definitely keep working on it. As noted, 0:00:48.600 --> 0:00:51.360 twenty four points since week three. Why do you think 0:00:51.400 --> 0:00:54.360 that lack of explosiveness that has been an on going problem? 0:00:55.520 --> 0:00:57.840 I mean, obviously, as an offense, our job is to 0:00:57.960 --> 0:01:00.840 point put points on the board, and um, you know 0:01:00.880 --> 0:01:03.720 that just comes from executing one play at a time 0:01:03.760 --> 0:01:06.160 and we have to score more points. I mean, there's 0:01:06.200 --> 0:01:09.520 there's no question so um, you know, as coaches, it's 0:01:09.560 --> 0:01:11.880 our job to put our players in the best position, 0:01:12.520 --> 0:01:16.280 um to make plays and to be able to sustain drives, 0:01:16.760 --> 0:01:18.760 um to you know, to be good in the red zone, 0:01:18.840 --> 0:01:20.520 be good on third down, to be able to sustain 0:01:20.640 --> 0:01:23.440 drives and obviously players job. But really we're all in 0:01:23.480 --> 0:01:26.240 it together as an offense. So uh, we just have 0:01:26.319 --> 0:01:28.120 to find ways to, you know, to be better. I 0:01:28.160 --> 0:01:31.880 mean overall, um, you know, every week you got to 0:01:31.920 --> 0:01:35.080 find ways to score four touchdowns. So, I mean it's 0:01:35.120 --> 0:01:38.120 always an asked to block much in college. How's he 0:01:38.160 --> 0:01:41.039 doing in that regard. I think he's doing well. I 0:01:41.040 --> 0:01:43.319 think he's doing well. He does well in past protection. 0:01:43.400 --> 0:01:46.319 He shows a willingness not only willingness, but he shows 0:01:46.319 --> 0:01:48.240 the aptitude to know who to block. He knows who 0:01:48.280 --> 0:01:50.800 is assignment is the thing that stands out in that 0:01:50.920 --> 0:01:53.520 failure to score more than twenty four bikes is or anything, 0:01:53.560 --> 0:01:55.520 if anything that sticks out and fill them or in 0:01:55.560 --> 0:01:59.600 your evaluation. You know, it's like every game, Um, you 0:01:59.720 --> 0:02:03.120 go back and there's always five or six plays that 0:02:03.160 --> 0:02:05.640 you say, we just missed one here, we could have 0:02:05.640 --> 0:02:08.200 done a little bit better here, and then sometimes or 0:02:09.360 --> 0:02:11.480 you know, you gotta do. You gotta find that way 0:02:11.480 --> 0:02:14.800 to extend that drive. Sometimes, you know, sometimes it's a 0:02:14.800 --> 0:02:16.359 bad break. We don't get a call that we get, 0:02:16.400 --> 0:02:18.359 you know. You see sometimes if you get a call 0:02:18.440 --> 0:02:21.359 sometimes on a third down to extend a drive, maybe 0:02:21.400 --> 0:02:24.360 they interfere. It doesn't get called. You see, it happen 0:02:24.400 --> 0:02:26.000 all the time the other way. But we have to 0:02:26.040 --> 0:02:28.320 find ways. We have to control what we can control 0:02:29.040 --> 0:02:31.280 to find ways to get that one key first down. 0:02:31.680 --> 0:02:34.600 It just kind of propels you on unusual because your 0:02:34.680 --> 0:02:37.880 three biggest scoring games of the first three games, you know, 0:02:37.960 --> 0:02:41.480 so it's when you look at those games, those three games, 0:02:41.880 --> 0:02:43.760 what do you seeing that happened in those games that 0:02:43.800 --> 0:02:46.920 hasn't happened? A few big plays. Obviously, we have a 0:02:46.919 --> 0:02:50.280 good field position, you know, really exceptional field position in 0:02:50.320 --> 0:02:53.639 those games. We've had games where the special teams have 0:02:53.760 --> 0:02:56.560 scored in the defense has scored that obviously, you know 0:02:56.600 --> 0:02:58.359 when they score points at the end of the day, 0:02:59.080 --> 0:03:01.200 you know, it goes on point and scored, which somewhat 0:03:01.200 --> 0:03:05.440 reflects on offense. So that helped um. Field position is 0:03:05.440 --> 0:03:08.680 always a big thing. But and big plays, big plays 0:03:08.680 --> 0:03:12.920 and field position, and then proficiency, proficiency in situational football 0:03:12.960 --> 0:03:16.239 third down red zone of the Keys has head eleven 0:03:16.560 --> 0:03:19.600 catches last two weeks, nine for first downs. Where is 0:03:19.600 --> 0:03:22.320 he right now in his development? And are you pretty 0:03:22.360 --> 0:03:24.760 happy with the way he's played the last couple of 0:03:24.760 --> 0:03:30.880 weeks that, yeah, Yeah, aside from the you know, aside 0:03:30.880 --> 0:03:34.880 from the penalties. Yeah, he's really making good progress and 0:03:35.040 --> 0:03:38.640 making plays. And you just see it in practice even yesterday. 0:03:38.680 --> 0:03:40.880 You just I feel like he's playing with more confidence 0:03:43.360 --> 0:03:46.280 and he's making plays. So very happy with his development 0:03:46.280 --> 0:03:48.040 and he needs to be a big part of what 0:03:48.080 --> 0:03:50.520 we're doing going forward. All rank, What is it about 0:03:50.560 --> 0:03:54.200 that screen pass blocking thing that seems hard for him 0:03:54.200 --> 0:03:57.000 to pick up? He's had that same penalty. You know, 0:03:57.040 --> 0:03:59.800 it was just we all sometimes make a mistake that 0:03:59.840 --> 0:04:02.080 we you know, the first time kind of you know, 0:04:03.120 --> 0:04:04.840 the first time it's just kind of a fluke. The 0:04:04.840 --> 0:04:07.560 second time it's just elapse, elapse, It happens to all 0:04:07.560 --> 0:04:09.760 of us, kind of elapse of judgment on his part 0:04:09.840 --> 0:04:12.720 on that one, learn from it and move on. We 0:04:12.800 --> 0:04:15.480 all do, uh not, We all kind of do the 0:04:15.520 --> 0:04:18.320 same thing in our own little way. That's a mistake 0:04:18.320 --> 0:04:21.200 that we have to try to avoid. Block on that plane. 0:04:22.400 --> 0:04:24.440 It all depends on what coverage it is. You know, 0:04:24.520 --> 0:04:27.279 sometimes when it's covered two and it's a screen, you know, 0:04:27.320 --> 0:04:29.680 you release the you release the receiver up. If you 0:04:29.720 --> 0:04:32.320 recognize it's covered two, you go up past, you know, 0:04:32.400 --> 0:04:34.520 run past the corner and then possibly peel back on 0:04:34.600 --> 0:04:36.719 them if you block them too early. If it's a 0:04:36.720 --> 0:04:39.039 loose cover two, sometimes you can you can get a 0:04:39.040 --> 0:04:41.039 piece of them early, and it's not too early. There's 0:04:41.040 --> 0:04:43.520 a little bit of gray area in there. So um, 0:04:43.760 --> 0:04:46.160 like I said, it was just poor judgment and we 0:04:46.200 --> 0:04:48.760 need to clean that up. You've had experience of as 0:04:48.760 --> 0:04:50.720 a play caller, your previous stuff, you know, with the 0:04:50.880 --> 0:04:54.280 challenge is, like Doug says, it's a process for him 0:04:54.400 --> 0:04:57.360 in terms of the personnel that you have, your own philosophy, 0:04:57.400 --> 0:04:59.840 what the other guy is showing you, can you talk. 0:05:00.000 --> 0:05:03.640 It's about that challenge and learning through experience to become 0:05:03.680 --> 0:05:06.040 a good play caller. Yeah, I think there's a lot 0:05:06.040 --> 0:05:09.200 of it. You know, you instinctively are gifted and are 0:05:09.240 --> 0:05:12.080 good at it, I think like coaches. But then there's 0:05:12.080 --> 0:05:14.720 also a learning process involved in it as well, and 0:05:14.760 --> 0:05:17.920 it's always being tweaked. But one thing I know I've 0:05:18.000 --> 0:05:22.240 learned in a few years. I've called plays um. You know, 0:05:22.240 --> 0:05:24.000 when you win, they're all good, and when you don't 0:05:24.000 --> 0:05:26.360 win it it doesn't matter. You know when you when 0:05:26.360 --> 0:05:29.800 you lose, you should have thrown it more or run it, 0:05:29.839 --> 0:05:32.960 you know, whatever the case may be. So um, I've 0:05:33.040 --> 0:05:36.960 learned over the years as a player and coach. You know, 0:05:37.160 --> 0:05:39.440 not to get in the business from our end. You know, 0:05:39.440 --> 0:05:42.600 I understand from the outside why thinks our questioned, but 0:05:42.680 --> 0:05:45.760 from from the perspective that we sit, I know the 0:05:45.800 --> 0:05:47.840 process that we have going into it. I know what 0:05:47.880 --> 0:05:50.400 we talk about. I know there's a clear plan. I 0:05:50.480 --> 0:05:52.520 know we know what the weaknesses of the defense are. 0:05:52.600 --> 0:05:54.919 But there's the way you stated the question was a 0:05:54.960 --> 0:05:56.560 good way, and that there's a lot of things that 0:05:56.680 --> 0:05:59.840 go into it. The other quarterback was incredibly hot. You 0:06:00.080 --> 0:06:03.160 know this or that, there's so many factors that go 0:06:03.200 --> 0:06:07.040 into it. It's easier to second guess afterwards, and sometimes 0:06:07.080 --> 0:06:09.120 we second guess ourselves, and we always want to find 0:06:09.160 --> 0:06:11.360 ways to tweak it and get better. But when you lose, 0:06:11.360 --> 0:06:14.359 you're never going to be happy with it. Carson escape 0:06:14.360 --> 0:06:16.600 from the pocket several times and pick up yards in 0:06:16.680 --> 0:06:19.720 the ground. It's something he's done for the most part 0:06:20.279 --> 0:06:23.120 in terms of feeling pressure around him. You know, we've 0:06:23.120 --> 0:06:26.279 seen the best players, like quarterbacks like Aaron Rodger Bill 0:06:26.360 --> 0:06:28.359 do that on a consistent basis. How do you do 0:06:28.400 --> 0:06:31.880 you teach that? Is that something that's just instinctive or 0:06:31.920 --> 0:06:34.719 is it a combo? It's a combo, you know, it's 0:06:34.720 --> 0:06:37.120 a combo. It's something a lot of it's instinctive. But 0:06:37.160 --> 0:06:38.920 you know, like coach d Filippo does a lot of 0:06:39.000 --> 0:06:41.880 drills with Carson, you know, where he's escaped in the 0:06:41.960 --> 0:06:44.479 pocket looking for avenues. You know, we talk about it 0:06:44.640 --> 0:06:46.799 even in practice when a play breaks down in practice, 0:06:46.839 --> 0:06:49.520 don't waste to play, you know, Coach d Filippo is 0:06:49.520 --> 0:06:53.279 always on Carson about that. Hey, sometimes something happens in practice, 0:06:53.320 --> 0:06:54.880 the player doesn't work out. You want, let's not waste 0:06:54.920 --> 0:06:56.960 the rep. Let's look for a whole, let's look to scramble. 0:06:57.080 --> 0:07:00.640 So that's ongoing. Cast is instinctively. I think he has 0:07:00.680 --> 0:07:03.800 that vision and sees it and has the athleticism to 0:07:03.839 --> 0:07:06.200 do it. But we still kind of coach get it 0:07:06.200 --> 0:07:09.880 done from the pocket first, then react after that the 0:07:09.880 --> 0:07:15.240 way Isaac played considering you know, but well, I mean 0:07:15.400 --> 0:07:18.920 you know, there's always that, there's always that little buffer 0:07:18.960 --> 0:07:21.120 going in. I mean, it wasn't you know, it needs 0:07:21.120 --> 0:07:22.680 to be better. It will be better. It was kind 0:07:22.680 --> 0:07:25.520 of like a little bit not completely like when v 0:07:25.680 --> 0:07:27.120 came in. There's a little bit of that shock and 0:07:27.200 --> 0:07:30.120 all when you first go in. He handled himself well, 0:07:30.120 --> 0:07:32.240 but you can still a little bit tell first game. 0:07:32.640 --> 0:07:34.720 But you can see the signs. You can all the 0:07:34.920 --> 0:07:38.280 signs that you see out in practice, how smart he is, 0:07:38.280 --> 0:07:41.000 how explosive he is. Um, I think it was a 0:07:41.040 --> 0:07:43.800 really good start for him. I think it'll just get better. 0:07:44.280 --> 0:07:46.520 Get a whole lot of production out of Bryce Tregs 0:07:46.600 --> 0:07:48.960 or Paul Turner. In that game, how much did the 0:07:49.000 --> 0:07:54.160 offense just miss having Nelson available? Um, you know I 0:07:54.280 --> 0:07:59.160 think that, you know, I mean Nelson had some unique elements. 0:07:59.200 --> 0:08:01.480 He is a great route runner, and you know, we 0:08:01.520 --> 0:08:03.760 want to get him involved, you know, when he's up 0:08:03.800 --> 0:08:06.400 and if he's up this week, whenever coach makes that decision. 0:08:07.480 --> 0:08:09.720 We believe he's a We believe he can be a playmaker. 0:08:10.000 --> 0:08:12.760 You know, we haven't hit our stride together. We I 0:08:12.800 --> 0:08:15.400 say we, you know, all of us together, because you 0:08:15.400 --> 0:08:17.720 know we're all with Nelson and he's with us. You know, 0:08:17.760 --> 0:08:20.240 we're a team, so together, we want to find a 0:08:20.280 --> 0:08:24.040 way to hit our stride, and which includes involving everybody, 0:08:24.160 --> 0:08:26.440 and everybody needs to be a big part of it. 0:08:26.880 --> 0:08:30.160 Number in mind, thirty points going into every game that 0:08:30.240 --> 0:08:32.480 you kind of shoot for is it? Does it depend 0:08:32.520 --> 0:08:37.600 on the game devoted, not a specific number. I mean, 0:08:37.640 --> 0:08:39.960 you know, y'all, I just think four touchdowns. You know, 0:08:40.160 --> 0:08:42.080 you expect to get a field goal or two. I 0:08:42.080 --> 0:08:46.600 don't the ultimate goal score one one more obviously, then 0:08:46.640 --> 0:08:48.960 the other team goes without saying. And you know, we 0:08:49.040 --> 0:08:51.960 know our defense and special teams have played very well 0:08:52.000 --> 0:08:55.360 this year. So but we want to be explosive. You 0:08:55.360 --> 0:08:58.040 want to be proficient, We want to execute. Really, for us, 0:08:58.120 --> 0:09:00.520 the focus is on executing, one player at a time, 0:09:01.320 --> 0:09:05.360 winning results, scoring points results. If we focus on execution, 0:09:05.920 --> 0:09:08.400 that's really the best way we have to approach. Just 0:09:08.480 --> 0:09:11.320 focus on executing the next play and then the next 0:09:11.360 --> 0:09:13.720 play that should produce the most points if we can 0:09:13.760 --> 0:09:16.640 get better there. In your experience, teams that are in 0:09:16.720 --> 0:09:19.320 the situation day thank you guys, are in in the 0:09:19.320 --> 0:09:22.080 final month of the year. What does it take for 0:09:22.160 --> 0:09:24.040 a team to stay together as opposed word to go 0:09:24.080 --> 0:09:27.920 on the other one. You know, it's to me, it's easy. 0:09:28.160 --> 0:09:30.280 It's all about and coach talks about this all the time. 0:09:30.320 --> 0:09:32.559 We talked about it today. You know, as an offense, 0:09:33.320 --> 0:09:38.679 it's about creating continuing to create good habits. That's just 0:09:38.760 --> 0:09:42.240 part of the process. No man becomes suddenly different from 0:09:42.280 --> 0:09:46.120 his habits and cherished thoughts, and so you have to 0:09:46.120 --> 0:09:49.120 create good habits. You have to create good habits, and 0:09:49.240 --> 0:09:51.520 there's never a break from that. It never goes away. 0:09:51.920 --> 0:09:54.079 Every day is a new opper day, a new day 0:09:54.120 --> 0:09:56.960 to create good habits. And then those cherished thoughts. You know, 0:09:57.160 --> 0:09:59.880 everybody wants to win the championship, and that's the big 0:10:00.480 --> 0:10:03.800 that is, without question, ve goal. But you know there's 0:10:03.840 --> 0:10:06.600 also something in that room about camaraderie, about love for 0:10:06.640 --> 0:10:09.800 your love for your teammates, and that's a big part 0:10:09.800 --> 0:10:11.720 of how we think. You know, at all times of 0:10:11.720 --> 0:10:14.840 the year, but sometimes when things don't go exactly the 0:10:14.840 --> 0:10:16.960 way you want, it reminds you of you that it 0:10:17.040 --> 0:10:18.760 reminds you of that, and so that's how I think 0:10:18.800 --> 0:10:21.520 how we approach it down the stretch. So many rookies, 0:10:21.679 --> 0:10:24.400 you have so many rookies who are playing big roles. Um, 0:10:25.040 --> 0:10:26.760 what do you what do you look for from them 0:10:26.760 --> 0:10:28.719 to make sure they're kind of when they're going through 0:10:28.720 --> 0:10:30.559 stuff they've never been through, to make sure they're kind 0:10:30.559 --> 0:10:32.840 of staying on track. Yeah, I mean the rookies, you know, 0:10:32.840 --> 0:10:35.160 they're in an unchartered territory for some of them, but 0:10:35.640 --> 0:10:38.240 really for us, it's you know, in one respect, we 0:10:38.280 --> 0:10:40.439 say there are no more rookies. You know, you've been 0:10:40.480 --> 0:10:45.320 into it this far. Uh, the expectations are high from 0:10:45.360 --> 0:10:47.720 on themselves and of course as coaches, we put high 0:10:47.720 --> 0:10:51.040 expectations on them. So we just want to focus on today. 0:10:51.320 --> 0:10:53.000 You know, let's let's go out there today and have 0:10:53.040 --> 0:10:55.480 a good practice today because we believe what we do 0:10:55.520 --> 0:10:58.240 today will show up on Sunday as the factors we're 0:10:58.240 --> 0:11:00.880 able to stretch and field bars out. They had a 0:11:00.960 --> 0:11:03.840 couple of drives and it's ten twelve lads drives. As 0:11:03.840 --> 0:11:06.440 a play caller for yourself, you know, how do you 0:11:06.520 --> 0:11:11.600 have that patience to call that type of drive that 0:11:11.679 --> 0:11:13.439 will set up some of the big players like it 0:11:13.520 --> 0:11:17.080 did a bunchet. Yeah, you know, I mean there's no question. 0:11:17.120 --> 0:11:19.880 I mean when uh, you know, it was like one 0:11:19.880 --> 0:11:21.840 of the thing that I said to a buddy of mine. 0:11:21.840 --> 0:11:23.880 It was like we played it. It's like you're playing 0:11:24.000 --> 0:11:27.120 a basketball game against Steph Curry and he's hitting every 0:11:27.200 --> 0:11:29.280 you know you can have you can have him guarded perfect, 0:11:29.320 --> 0:11:31.800 and he's still knocking down threes everywhere he goes. And 0:11:32.240 --> 0:11:34.200 you know, we faced a guy who was a hot shooter. 0:11:34.679 --> 0:11:36.840 And sometimes on the other side as a play caller, 0:11:37.360 --> 0:11:39.480 you know, you you have to we have to match that. 0:11:39.559 --> 0:11:42.120 You know, our quarterback has to match that, our offense 0:11:42.200 --> 0:11:45.760 has to match that, and uh, you know that day 0:11:46.120 --> 0:11:48.240 you just gotta you gotta try to just do the 0:11:48.280 --> 0:11:51.120 best you can to execute and and not stretch out 0:11:51.160 --> 0:11:54.520 after things. Um you know, so that I think that's 0:11:54.559 --> 0:11:57.679 the goal going in every week and uh just find 0:11:57.720 --> 0:12:00.000 ways to you know, be good one play at a time. 0:12:00.800 --> 0:12:01.200 Thanks very