WEBVTT - Coaches: Ravens 11/28 Bye Week Press Conferences 0:00:02.800 --> 0:00:05.360 Welcome to the Ravens Press Pass Podcast. It is Tuesday, 0:00:05.440 --> 0:00:08.039 November twenty eighth, and the Ravens are in the midst 0:00:08.080 --> 0:00:10.160 of their bye week. The players have the week off 0:00:10.160 --> 0:00:12.840 and the coaches are going through a self scouting process 0:00:12.880 --> 0:00:16.279 to get ready for the final stretch of the regular season. Today, 0:00:16.320 --> 0:00:17.400 we had a chance to talk with some of the 0:00:17.440 --> 0:00:21.480 assistant coaches, So let's kick things off with defensive line 0:00:21.520 --> 0:00:22.759 coach Anthony Weaver. 0:00:24.120 --> 0:00:28.560 So, Justin Mattie, Kay, what would you say in coaching him? 0:00:28.600 --> 0:00:32.160 What does he maybe do better than like like other 0:00:32.200 --> 0:00:33.920 players that you've coached over the year. So it is 0:00:33.920 --> 0:00:36.880 there something that he does that just is like maybe 0:00:37.120 --> 0:00:37.960 it stands out more. 0:00:37.800 --> 0:00:38.480 Than anything else. 0:00:39.440 --> 0:00:41.720 Yeah, I think the biggest thing with Justin is just 0:00:41.760 --> 0:00:45.160 he's tenacious, Right. He attacks every day exactly the same. 0:00:45.280 --> 0:00:47.400 You have some guys that you know, they have the 0:00:47.440 --> 0:00:49.000 good days, right, and they have their bad days. I 0:00:49.000 --> 0:00:51.320 don't know that he's ever had a bad day. He 0:00:51.479 --> 0:00:53.960 just shows up to work with the same mentality every 0:00:53.960 --> 0:00:55.520 single day and that's why you've seen. 0:00:55.320 --> 0:00:56.160 The production you have. 0:00:56.800 --> 0:00:57.920 What's different this year? 0:00:58.760 --> 0:01:01.000 I don't know that any thing's really different. I just 0:01:01.040 --> 0:01:05.240 think he's continuing continuing to mature as a football player, right, 0:01:05.280 --> 0:01:08.000 his football intelligence goes up. He starts to recognize some 0:01:08.080 --> 0:01:09.720 of the things that are happening around him, and he's 0:01:09.720 --> 0:01:13.080 also probably getting more opportunities without a claus here and 0:01:13.120 --> 0:01:13.759 things like that. 0:01:14.440 --> 0:01:16.720 How do you think that you and compliment each other? 0:01:16.760 --> 0:01:19.480 Because whenever we talk to either an outside linebacker or 0:01:19.600 --> 0:01:21.440 a d lineman, they bring up both your names. 0:01:21.440 --> 0:01:22.520 But how do you work together? 0:01:23.040 --> 0:01:25.360 Well, we're all in the same room, right, so, so 0:01:25.440 --> 0:01:28.360 that I think helps in itself. Often when you have 0:01:28.400 --> 0:01:30.360 the outside backers in one room and then the defensive 0:01:30.360 --> 0:01:32.160 front another room, then you have two guys on the 0:01:32.240 --> 0:01:34.000 edge of two of my guys on the inside. There 0:01:34.040 --> 0:01:37.000 there's a disconnect there sometimes, So I think just the 0:01:37.000 --> 0:01:40.360 sheer nature of us being in the same room helps Chuck. 0:01:40.760 --> 0:01:42.520 Chuck does a tremendous job of making sure that these 0:01:42.520 --> 0:01:45.360 guys are constantly throwing moves. He holds them accountable to 0:01:45.360 --> 0:01:48.520 that and and teaching him how to attack certain leverages 0:01:48.520 --> 0:01:50.640 on the guy and things of that nature. So the 0:01:50.720 --> 0:01:54.240 sheer like individual rush aspect of how to attack guys 0:01:54.280 --> 0:01:56.360 like he's solely focused on and does a really good 0:01:56.440 --> 0:01:56.840 job with. 0:01:56.760 --> 0:02:02.720 Our guys is it the biggest improvements however you want 0:02:02.720 --> 0:02:06.800 to say, is it recognition things or is it technique 0:02:06.960 --> 0:02:08.720 things where he's he's made. 0:02:10.560 --> 0:02:13.760 Yeah, it's probably it's probably a combination of both, to 0:02:13.760 --> 0:02:15.959 be honest with you. And the thing about Justine is 0:02:15.960 --> 0:02:17.760 funny because I was just talking Kevin Zeitler about this 0:02:17.760 --> 0:02:20.519 the other day. He's like, there's some guys you worry 0:02:20.520 --> 0:02:22.959 about him running around you and out athletic and out 0:02:23.200 --> 0:02:25.160 being more athletic than you, but you don't worry about 0:02:25.200 --> 0:02:27.520 him running you over. He's like, he can do everything 0:02:28.120 --> 0:02:31.360 so that that obviously causes a problem. So you know, 0:02:31.520 --> 0:02:34.520 I'm just so happy for the kid. He's walked in 0:02:34.560 --> 0:02:37.679 this year with just mission minded from the beginning. I'm 0:02:37.680 --> 0:02:41.040 talking bad. This is like in March, and to see 0:02:41.040 --> 0:02:42.280 it all come to fruition, it's been. 0:02:42.240 --> 0:02:43.160 Awesome, Anthony. 0:02:43.200 --> 0:02:45.720 What does it tell you? And I guess how satisfying 0:02:45.800 --> 0:02:48.519 is to you when you see guys like Michael Pierce 0:02:48.520 --> 0:02:51.840 and Brent Urban going eight ten yards down the field 0:02:52.440 --> 0:02:54.720 to finish a play and to get on the football. 0:02:54.919 --> 0:02:57.200 Yeah, I mean we're we're constantly preaching that, right, That's 0:02:57.240 --> 0:03:00.919 that's the raven way life. Short running the ball. When 0:03:00.960 --> 0:03:03.839 you don't do that, you have a tendency to stand out. 0:03:03.960 --> 0:03:06.040 So it makes it easy from a coaching standpoint, just 0:03:06.040 --> 0:03:08.320 to hold everybody accountable to that standard. 0:03:08.480 --> 0:03:09.920 So I love it. 0:03:10.000 --> 0:03:12.639 Right to me, if you're an offensive team right and 0:03:12.680 --> 0:03:15.320 you're watching us on tape and you see these ten 0:03:15.400 --> 0:03:17.760 year vets, three hundred and fifty pound guys running out 0:03:17.760 --> 0:03:20.800 of the stack ready to hit you, that sends a message. 0:03:21.120 --> 0:03:23.200 A two part question for you. One you mentioned being 0:03:23.200 --> 0:03:25.440 in the same room the d line. Is that new 0:03:25.639 --> 0:03:26.959 or has it always been that? 0:03:27.040 --> 0:03:27.200 One? 0:03:27.320 --> 0:03:29.280 Yeah, no, no, that that is that is new, And 0:03:29.560 --> 0:03:32.440 really that's everywhere I've been that's been in the structure, 0:03:32.480 --> 0:03:34.760 it's always been like that. The outside backer coach handles 0:03:34.760 --> 0:03:37.559 his room and in the defensive line handles their room. 0:03:37.680 --> 0:03:40.560 It just it just becomes hard when you're on a 0:03:40.640 --> 0:03:42.080 you're at a four down rush and two of my 0:03:42.120 --> 0:03:43.480 guys are in there and two of your guys are 0:03:43.480 --> 0:03:45.880 in there. Sometimes there's disconnecting terms of what you're seeing 0:03:45.920 --> 0:03:48.240 in it. From a communication standpoint, when you're in the 0:03:48.240 --> 0:03:50.040 same room, you can talk about all those things throughout 0:03:50.040 --> 0:03:52.120 the week and it makes it more cohesive on game. 0:03:52.040 --> 0:03:55.840 Day and then second question for you, Clowney, his rush 0:03:55.880 --> 0:03:58.720 styles seems so like almost reckless, like he just brows 0:03:58.760 --> 0:04:00.600 his body, like have you ever seen I've seen another 0:04:00.960 --> 0:04:03.760 rusher like him? And is there any part of you 0:04:03.800 --> 0:04:06.880 that's surprised to see the success he's having this, you know, 0:04:06.920 --> 0:04:08.160 at this stage of the game for him? 0:04:08.400 --> 0:04:08.640 Yeah? 0:04:08.680 --> 0:04:12.000 This this is my fourth fourth year I think with Jadavion, 0:04:12.640 --> 0:04:15.960 So I've been watching this a long time. And the 0:04:16.000 --> 0:04:18.479 thing I've always said about Jadavion is he plays the 0:04:18.520 --> 0:04:22.000 game violently, right. Sometimes that doesn't always show up on 0:04:22.040 --> 0:04:25.600 a stat sheet, but it doesn't mean he's not being impactful. 0:04:25.880 --> 0:04:28.159 So to have him come out here, you know, and 0:04:28.200 --> 0:04:29.640 play the way he's playing right now, and if he's 0:04:29.720 --> 0:04:32.600 a year ten like, it's just funny. Just from my aspect, 0:04:32.600 --> 0:04:34.320 just seeing him is like the year thisss old grizzled 0:04:34.400 --> 0:04:35.720 vet Now, right when I got him, he was this 0:04:35.839 --> 0:04:39.720 young buck. But it's really not surprising at all because 0:04:40.320 --> 0:04:42.960 what you see from him every Sunday so far this 0:04:43.080 --> 0:04:45.440 year is what I've seen from him for a number 0:04:45.480 --> 0:04:46.160 of years. 0:04:45.880 --> 0:04:48.559 Now, Anthony, where have you seen Travis Jones grow the most? 0:04:48.720 --> 0:04:50.320 You know, from year one to year two? And you know, 0:04:50.400 --> 0:04:51.840 kind of just what's the next step. 0:04:51.640 --> 0:04:52.600 For him in his development. 0:04:52.800 --> 0:04:55.279 Yeah, I mean, well, first, you know, he played at Yukon, 0:04:55.480 --> 0:04:58.040 so they had like four wins in four years, so 0:04:59.160 --> 0:05:03.200 that was tough. But uh, you know, just his sheer 0:05:03.279 --> 0:05:06.920 run technique and his just his recognition of when to 0:05:06.960 --> 0:05:09.000 get off blocks when it's sitting there and fight a 0:05:09.040 --> 0:05:13.400 double team. That has all been drastically improved from year 0:05:13.440 --> 0:05:16.560 one to year two, and he still has strides to go. 0:05:16.839 --> 0:05:19.360 I mean, if you watch him and just look at him, 0:05:19.400 --> 0:05:22.919 he is physically just freaky. He is an absolute specimen. 0:05:23.560 --> 0:05:25.719 And as soon as he learns to play a little 0:05:25.720 --> 0:05:29.440 bit lower late in the down, particularly in his past rush, 0:05:29.560 --> 0:05:32.159 there really shouldn't be anybody that can stop his power. 0:05:33.200 --> 0:05:35.520 Talking about some of the younger players like Travis and 0:05:35.600 --> 0:05:38.040 another one I want to bring up is Roderick Washington, 0:05:38.120 --> 0:05:40.160 just we've seen a lot of impact from veterans at 0:05:40.160 --> 0:05:41.719 the start of it. You feel like it's starting to 0:05:41.720 --> 0:05:44.080 matriculate down with them, Like in the numbers, like the 0:05:44.120 --> 0:05:47.640 last week, Broderick and Travis Jones got more Mundan sack numbers, 0:05:47.680 --> 0:05:49.880 and just the production rates of them, you see that 0:05:50.200 --> 0:05:53.600 just kind of slowly going downward to like flowing. 0:05:53.240 --> 0:05:53.960 To them a little bit. 0:05:54.640 --> 0:05:57.000 Yeah, I think it's it's all cyclical, right, Like this 0:05:57.000 --> 0:05:59.200 this game, you really can't force any of it all. 0:05:59.240 --> 0:06:00.880 We require that everybody go out there and do their 0:06:00.920 --> 0:06:02.240 job to the best of their ability and let the 0:06:02.240 --> 0:06:05.120 place come to you and inevitably, like they'll all they'll 0:06:05.160 --> 0:06:08.200 all eat. Right, That's that's what we preach. Do your 0:06:08.279 --> 0:06:11.400 job first and then help out and ultimately like everybody 0:06:11.440 --> 0:06:12.520 will reap the rewards of that. 0:06:13.120 --> 0:06:13.520 How please? 0:06:13.560 --> 0:06:15.320 Amusing with Mike Pierce? 0:06:15.400 --> 0:06:17.960 You know he last year gets hurt. 0:06:18.279 --> 0:06:21.480 Yeah, and kind of the last several years for him 0:06:21.520 --> 0:06:23.200 have kind of been up and down, you know, when 0:06:23.240 --> 0:06:25.400 he's in Minnesota and not playing a lot of injuries. 0:06:25.560 --> 0:06:27.160 For him to come back and be healthy this year 0:06:27.160 --> 0:06:27.720 and playing. 0:06:27.480 --> 0:06:28.599 It seems like at a high level. 0:06:28.760 --> 0:06:32.040 Yeah, I am so happy for Mike because one, I 0:06:32.080 --> 0:06:34.839 know how much he cares, right, he absolutely loves this 0:06:34.880 --> 0:06:37.760 football team and wanted nothing more than like it from 0:06:37.800 --> 0:06:39.560 a year ago, just to be out there and contribute 0:06:39.600 --> 0:06:40.600 and to be with his guys. 0:06:40.920 --> 0:06:42.440 So for him to have the year he's. 0:06:42.320 --> 0:06:45.960 Having and and just stay healthy and be out there 0:06:45.960 --> 0:06:48.280 and contributing, like, oh, I love it. 0:06:48.360 --> 0:06:50.680 Right, because I love the kid. But he's a little 0:06:50.680 --> 0:06:51.720 bit like Ja Damien. Right. 0:06:51.800 --> 0:06:54.800 Sometimes his stats don't necessarily show up on the sheet, 0:06:54.920 --> 0:06:57.359 but he does all the dirty work, right. He's getting 0:06:57.400 --> 0:06:59.280 middle pocket pushed, which is going to help your edges. 0:06:59.520 --> 0:07:04.880 He's keeping your linebackers clean. I mean, his his value 0:07:04.880 --> 0:07:07.680 to us is he meant. I'm so happy he's out there. 0:07:08.600 --> 0:07:10.840 I've just been here as a player and a coach. 0:07:11.320 --> 0:07:12.680 What is it about? 0:07:12.840 --> 0:07:13.240 I don't know. 0:07:13.600 --> 0:07:16.480 Culture is the right word that allows guys like Jadavion 0:07:16.600 --> 0:07:19.560 Clowney and Kyle van Noy and you know, the list 0:07:19.600 --> 0:07:22.520 can go on of like veterans sometimes making close to 0:07:22.560 --> 0:07:25.080 the vet minimum to come in here and fit in 0:07:25.200 --> 0:07:28.200 so well and really enjoy it and become you know, 0:07:28.320 --> 0:07:30.960 big time contributors where maybe they were coming off years 0:07:30.960 --> 0:07:31.880 where they weren't doing that. 0:07:32.760 --> 0:07:32.960 You know. 0:07:33.040 --> 0:07:35.560 I think that that's truly a credit to like Eric 0:07:35.600 --> 0:07:38.720 and his staff, and then the cohesiveness and an alignment 0:07:38.760 --> 0:07:41.840 he has with John and us and that they bring 0:07:41.880 --> 0:07:45.080 in like smart, tough and dependable football players and when 0:07:45.120 --> 0:07:47.640 you add them to our defense, which is very multiple, 0:07:49.120 --> 0:07:52.280 they can they can be productive, right, regardless of how 0:07:52.360 --> 0:07:53.400 late they are in their career. 0:07:53.760 --> 0:07:56.240 If you have that high FBI and. 0:07:56.240 --> 0:07:58.560 We're gonna give you everything, and then you can pick 0:07:58.560 --> 0:08:00.280 and choose the parts that you can utilz has to 0:08:00.320 --> 0:08:03.160 help your game. Those guys that like Jadavian and Kyle, 0:08:03.240 --> 0:08:05.800 they take full advantage of that. 0:08:06.600 --> 0:08:09.280 Who got man first? Sec? I mean he's sort of 0:08:09.280 --> 0:08:12.280 lost and everything. What do you what can you say 0:08:12.320 --> 0:08:15.720 about him? Yeah, Tavis Robinson, Like, first off, I don't 0:08:15.760 --> 0:08:16.120 really like. 0:08:16.120 --> 0:08:20.000 Rookies, okay for for a number of reasons, right because 0:08:20.000 --> 0:08:21.680 you're gonna YOU'RENNA You're gonna live through some of that 0:08:21.760 --> 0:08:24.720 those uh, those rookie like headaches. Right, You're gonna let 0:08:24.760 --> 0:08:27.480 them make the mistakes. And you understand that this kid 0:08:27.920 --> 0:08:31.840 tries to do everything right. He's super meticulous, He works 0:08:31.880 --> 0:08:34.360 his butt off, and you're you're just at the tip 0:08:34.400 --> 0:08:36.640 of the iceberger what He's gonna be here for years 0:08:36.640 --> 0:08:36.920 to come. 0:08:37.679 --> 0:08:41.360 About the off season signings of the players, but this 0:08:41.559 --> 0:08:43.760 off season also saw a lot of coaches brought in. 0:08:44.240 --> 0:08:45.880 You just feel that this has been you know, and 0:08:45.960 --> 0:08:48.240 they've all been impactful. Do you just feel this is 0:08:48.280 --> 0:08:50.320 a special group regarding your coaching staff as well? 0:08:50.920 --> 0:08:51.480 I truly do. 0:08:51.600 --> 0:08:54.640 I think we have an incredible staff, both on offensively 0:08:54.640 --> 0:08:57.880 and defensively. I think Denard Wilson was a huge ad 0:08:58.200 --> 0:09:01.480 right to see him and Chris Hewett working that the 0:09:01.559 --> 0:09:02.480 b room is awesome. 0:09:02.840 --> 0:09:03.320 Uh. 0:09:03.440 --> 0:09:05.280 I coached that gore in college, so I knew exactly 0:09:05.280 --> 0:09:06.559 what we were going to get out of him. Right 0:09:06.800 --> 0:09:08.840 with the linebackers and you see how they play. And 0:09:08.880 --> 0:09:10.800 then I think we have a bunch of positioned assistants 0:09:10.880 --> 0:09:13.160 that you never hear about, that are that are up 0:09:13.160 --> 0:09:16.240 and comers in the in the profession, like the Matt Robinson's, 0:09:16.800 --> 0:09:20.520 Brendan Clark, Andrew Rogan. It's it's awesome. 0:09:20.559 --> 0:09:20.720 We have. 0:09:21.040 --> 0:09:25.400 We have one Mariana I want to butcher her last name, Solace, 0:09:25.559 --> 0:09:27.760 I think it's how you say it, who puts together 0:09:27.800 --> 0:09:30.360 one of the best dB tip sheets I've ever seen 0:09:30.400 --> 0:09:32.560 in my life. So we have a we have a 0:09:32.600 --> 0:09:35.079 really solid group from top to bottom, led obviously by 0:09:35.080 --> 0:09:38.560 Mike Mack, who I think is incredible and I truly 0:09:38.640 --> 0:09:40.120 do believe we have a special staff. 0:09:40.480 --> 0:09:46.120 Anthony, have you seen more attention paid to justin this 0:09:46.240 --> 0:09:49.360 year because of how well he's been doing by offensive lines? 0:09:49.400 --> 0:09:51.840 And what is what is life like as a as 0:09:51.880 --> 0:09:52.400 a mark man? 0:09:52.440 --> 0:09:53.240 As an interior guy. 0:09:53.480 --> 0:09:55.080 Yeah, I think that's hard, right. 0:09:55.200 --> 0:09:58.199 I think it's easier to scheme away edge guys right 0:09:58.280 --> 0:10:00.720 with chippers and turning the protection and is that nature. 0:10:01.080 --> 0:10:03.160 It's hard now when you have a guy on the interior, 0:10:03.360 --> 0:10:05.240 particularly when you have the edges that we have, right, 0:10:05.280 --> 0:10:08.440 you can't take him all away. So while I think 0:10:08.520 --> 0:10:10.840 people are cognizant of where he is and what we're 0:10:10.880 --> 0:10:13.160 trying to do with him, I think it's hard to 0:10:13.200 --> 0:10:14.080 scheme him out. 0:10:17.080 --> 0:10:19.440 That was defensive line coach Anthony Weaver. We also talked 0:10:19.440 --> 0:10:21.800 with wide receivers coach Greg Lewis. 0:10:23.160 --> 0:10:25.599 Great everything we like about to practice the odcs A. 0:10:25.880 --> 0:10:27.480 I mean, he's like one of the first guys out 0:10:27.480 --> 0:10:30.920 there every single time. What have you seen? 0:10:30.960 --> 0:10:33.400 A kind of his work hathic and it seems like 0:10:33.440 --> 0:10:35.360 it's been there front probably from the front the beginning. 0:10:35.679 --> 0:10:38.160 Yes, it has been there from the beginning. That the 0:10:38.360 --> 0:10:41.600 kid is a guy that wants to be great, wants 0:10:41.679 --> 0:10:44.720 to soak up all the information as possible, much as possible. 0:10:45.400 --> 0:10:48.920 He talks to coach dub and I daily about things 0:10:48.920 --> 0:10:51.280 that he could work on that get itself better. He's 0:10:51.280 --> 0:10:54.439 getting out early to get stretched out making sure he's 0:10:54.480 --> 0:10:57.760 ready to go. So it's just a young guy. To 0:10:57.800 --> 0:11:01.359 see him do those type of things is pretty impressive 0:11:01.679 --> 0:11:05.640 on his end, as professionally as he is as early 0:11:05.679 --> 0:11:06.360 in his career. 0:11:06.960 --> 0:11:11.240 Where's the biggest area, the biggest theory of improven for him? 0:11:11.280 --> 0:11:14.880 From say week one to network, you know more than 0:11:14.920 --> 0:11:16.960 halfway through the season, where you see him make. 0:11:16.960 --> 0:11:21.959 Like there's just understanding the offense and understanding the different 0:11:22.000 --> 0:11:25.600 positions and where you can be utilized at. For a 0:11:25.640 --> 0:11:28.920 young player to come in to the NFL in any organization, 0:11:29.400 --> 0:11:32.840 learn a new offense, learn the verbiage, and understand that 0:11:32.880 --> 0:11:35.880 it's hard to learn one spot, let alone two or 0:11:35.920 --> 0:11:39.839 three spots. And he's grown immensely throughout the season as 0:11:39.840 --> 0:11:42.960 far as understanding the entire schematic of what we're trying 0:11:42.960 --> 0:11:45.120 to get accomplished and how he fits into the puzzle 0:11:45.400 --> 0:11:47.680 and then going out there and letting his talent shine. 0:11:48.360 --> 0:11:51.880 Greg pre season or probably back in training camp, a 0:11:51.880 --> 0:11:54.920 lot of people are talking about Rashad Bateman and his 0:11:55.760 --> 0:11:58.240 how he's handled everything, how he struggled a little with 0:11:58.280 --> 0:12:00.960 always being heard in his role. How have you seen 0:12:01.040 --> 0:12:03.880 him and his maturity this year deal with everything to 0:12:03.920 --> 0:12:06.080 the point where you know he's making plays pretty much 0:12:06.080 --> 0:12:06.600 every week. 0:12:06.880 --> 0:12:09.440 Yeah, I can't speak on what has happened in the 0:12:09.440 --> 0:12:12.480 past and how he's evolved since I've been here. I 0:12:12.520 --> 0:12:15.160 had a conversation with him day one and we talked 0:12:15.160 --> 0:12:19.040 about where we're headed and the positive mindset going forward 0:12:19.120 --> 0:12:23.040 with different things, and Baita has been awesome daily, uh, 0:12:23.120 --> 0:12:25.600 with just trying to continue to work his craft and 0:12:25.640 --> 0:12:28.000 get better each and every day, and it's showing up 0:12:28.200 --> 0:12:30.840 every every week as you as you just noted. Uh, 0:12:30.880 --> 0:12:34.000 And that's a positive for us as a team because 0:12:34.040 --> 0:12:36.720 the more the more guys we have out there capable 0:12:36.720 --> 0:12:39.480 of making plays, the the better for us the scoring 0:12:39.520 --> 0:12:42.160 points on offense. So it's been awesome to see him 0:12:42.559 --> 0:12:45.480 continue to grow into this offense and grow as a person. 0:12:45.840 --> 0:12:48.240 And I'm looking forward to the future with him as well. 0:12:48.400 --> 0:12:52.680 Correct any more about the conversation that you said you 0:12:52.720 --> 0:12:54.880 had with him day one. I'm sorry, I'm just curious 0:12:55.000 --> 0:12:56.640 if there's any more you can share about the conversation 0:12:56.760 --> 0:12:57.480 you had with the day one. 0:12:57.520 --> 0:12:58.760 Is that was that something you would do with all 0:12:58.800 --> 0:12:59.319 these guys? 0:12:59.360 --> 0:12:59.520 Oh? 0:12:59.559 --> 0:13:02.960 No, that's something that's something I've done everywhere I've been Uh, 0:13:02.840 --> 0:13:05.680 when I come in, I want a clean slate with 0:13:05.760 --> 0:13:09.120 every person, and I base you off of what we 0:13:09.240 --> 0:13:11.800 got going forward and my expectations. I want to know 0:13:11.840 --> 0:13:14.719 your expectations and then we move forward. So it was 0:13:14.760 --> 0:13:17.040 a great conversation with him, but I had one with 0:13:17.160 --> 0:13:18.560 everybody in the group. 0:13:20.000 --> 0:13:22.960 When when Shot has been healthy, he's had these big 0:13:23.000 --> 0:13:25.920 breakout games and even this year receiving being able to 0:13:25.920 --> 0:13:28.160 stack cornerbacks on the sport flow route of the seasons, 0:13:28.320 --> 0:13:31.600 being to make the catches. Why do you think they 0:13:31.640 --> 0:13:33.840 haven't seen a kind of breakout. 0:13:33.440 --> 0:13:37.360 Games in because there's only one football. There's only one football. 0:13:37.440 --> 0:13:41.600 It goes around to everybody. We have an enormous amount 0:13:41.640 --> 0:13:44.920 of playmakers with ability on offense, and we try to 0:13:44.920 --> 0:13:47.319 get everybody involved. And when your number is called, the 0:13:47.400 --> 0:13:49.920 expectation is for you to make those plays. And when 0:13:49.960 --> 0:13:52.520 Bates number has been called, he's made those players. It's 0:13:52.559 --> 0:13:55.600 the case with everybody else. So, uh, we we talked 0:13:55.600 --> 0:13:58.959 about that from day one. It's one football and that's 0:13:59.000 --> 0:14:01.520 the way it goes. We're in it to win games, 0:14:01.559 --> 0:14:04.240 and when your number is called, your opportunity presents itself. 0:14:04.480 --> 0:14:06.360 We need you to make that play and then it 0:14:06.440 --> 0:14:08.640 could be another one two plays later, or it could 0:14:08.679 --> 0:14:11.280 be another one twenty plays later. But that's just the 0:14:11.320 --> 0:14:14.120 way it goes. As far as us being as potent 0:14:14.200 --> 0:14:16.160 as we are on offense, with all the skilled players 0:14:16.200 --> 0:14:18.600 that we have and the guy delivering the ball to us, 0:14:19.520 --> 0:14:22.080 it is just pick your poison and we need to 0:14:22.120 --> 0:14:22.840 take advantage of that. 0:14:23.160 --> 0:14:26.360 You have a great mix of youth and veteran leadership. 0:14:26.720 --> 0:14:29.600 I'm wondering like a guy like Nelson, I'll over only 0:14:29.600 --> 0:14:31.080 talked to him a few times, but it always seems 0:14:31.080 --> 0:14:31.720 to be optimistic. 0:14:32.000 --> 0:14:33.800 What is he being able to bring As far as leadership, 0:14:34.400 --> 0:14:37.160 Nelly has been tremendous in the room. 0:14:37.480 --> 0:14:41.120 Having I actually coached Nelly back in Philadelphia and having 0:14:41.200 --> 0:14:43.440 that relationship with him, I knew the type of the 0:14:43.560 --> 0:14:46.760 guy that he was, and Ti obviously coached him at 0:14:46.960 --> 0:14:51.360 USC and Dub actually worked with him previously, so we 0:14:51.520 --> 0:14:54.240 all knew the type of guy Nelly was and bringing 0:14:54.320 --> 0:14:57.040 him into the group was a big positive because of 0:14:57.120 --> 0:15:00.480 his work ethic, how he presents himself. He comes to 0:15:00.560 --> 0:15:03.240 work each and every day professional and then his skills. 0:15:03.360 --> 0:15:05.320 I mean, at the end of the day, he's a 0:15:05.360 --> 0:15:07.760 skillful player and he and he comes out and shows 0:15:07.800 --> 0:15:11.320 it each and every day, but just from a leadership standpoint, uh, 0:15:11.840 --> 0:15:14.120 showing guys how it is to be a pro. Having 0:15:14.200 --> 0:15:16.800 been in the league nine years, he understands that he 0:15:16.960 --> 0:15:19.920 was a rookie once and and just those younger guys 0:15:20.000 --> 0:15:24.640 latching onto him, to Odell to uh uh do those 0:15:24.720 --> 0:15:27.680 type of guys to tread and just seeing how those guys. 0:15:27.920 --> 0:15:30.920 It's a very professional room. We enjoy each other's company. 0:15:31.000 --> 0:15:33.680 We enjoy playing, all right, but when it's time to work, 0:15:33.760 --> 0:15:35.640 the guys are ready to work and they know what's 0:15:35.680 --> 0:15:36.080 at stake. 0:15:37.000 --> 0:15:38.360 We've we've seen how. 0:15:38.320 --> 0:15:39.920 Deadly o'dellas on those slats. 0:15:40.800 --> 0:15:41.440 What is it about? 0:15:41.720 --> 0:15:42.920 Why is he so good? 0:15:43.720 --> 0:15:49.240 In particular, he's explosive after after the catch. I mean 0:15:49.280 --> 0:15:51.800 he can run the slant route, get the guy off 0:15:51.880 --> 0:15:54.440 his out of his back pedal, and then set a 0:15:54.480 --> 0:15:57.400 great angle and then Lamar throws delivers a great ball 0:15:57.480 --> 0:15:59.320 to him, and then the guy with the ball in 0:15:59.400 --> 0:16:03.440 his hands is very explosive, and he has a dB 0:16:03.680 --> 0:16:06.880 linebacker type of mindset. When he does get the ball, 0:16:06.960 --> 0:16:10.840 he's physical and fast, and that's what's happened. When he's 0:16:10.840 --> 0:16:14.000 getting space, it's opportunity to make plays and he wants 0:16:14.040 --> 0:16:15.600 to take advantage of each and every one of us. 0:16:15.840 --> 0:16:18.240 And with Odell, where in what ways have you seen 0:16:18.320 --> 0:16:22.440 him kind of impact as being a leader with this group. 0:16:23.040 --> 0:16:25.920 Just how he approaches it, just talking to guys. Having 0:16:26.000 --> 0:16:29.040 been in the league nine years as well or ten years, 0:16:30.160 --> 0:16:32.520 he's been through a lot and seen a lot, and 0:16:32.760 --> 0:16:36.520 different situations have presented himself to him throughout his career, 0:16:36.960 --> 0:16:39.640 not necessarily from a football on the field deal, but 0:16:39.840 --> 0:16:43.880 just dealing with different situations. He's helped those guys a 0:16:43.960 --> 0:16:46.920 lot from that standpoint. Obviously, he's a great player and 0:16:47.000 --> 0:16:49.920 his skills show and he's able to teach some guys 0:16:50.200 --> 0:16:53.120 some different things. But as far as what he's been 0:16:53.200 --> 0:16:55.840 through and how he's been able to continue to make 0:16:55.880 --> 0:16:59.480 it in the league for going on ten years is remarkable. 0:16:59.600 --> 0:17:02.480 And to help those young guys understand that that this 0:17:02.680 --> 0:17:05.720 is what it takes to be at this level, to 0:17:05.800 --> 0:17:08.840 be at this elite level, each and every year it's 0:17:08.920 --> 0:17:11.680 gonna be this this difficult lines. 0:17:12.000 --> 0:17:14.359 What is he like in the in that realm in 0:17:14.480 --> 0:17:17.120 the wide receivers room and the guys are going through things. 0:17:17.280 --> 0:17:19.840 Is your vocal guy and how does how does he 0:17:20.119 --> 0:17:21.600 sort of impart that that way. 0:17:22.400 --> 0:17:26.680 Yes, well, the the the room is open. I obviously, uh, myself, 0:17:26.840 --> 0:17:30.480 I lead by example and ask questions and and Coach 0:17:30.560 --> 0:17:33.320 Dubb asked questions as well, and and and we're the 0:17:33.400 --> 0:17:35.320 leader of the group and we give out the information. 0:17:35.800 --> 0:17:36.480 But it's open. 0:17:36.840 --> 0:17:39.560 It's open to guys because it's different ways to do 0:17:39.680 --> 0:17:42.960 different things, and guys have been different places, whether it's 0:17:43.000 --> 0:17:45.960