1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:02,680 Speaker 1: What's it take to get a defense to play as 2 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:05,480 Speaker 1: consistently as your group is this year? 3 00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:08,320 Speaker 2: What what's the difference from previous year? 4 00:00:09,520 --> 00:00:11,799 Speaker 3: How have you gotten them to play so consistently, which 5 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:14,200 Speaker 3: obviously the San Francisco game being the hang out there. 6 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:17,600 Speaker 4: I think just the guys understand. 7 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:21,800 Speaker 3: That they wanna wanna be good, and we put into 8 00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:25,200 Speaker 3: work and they understand that we're gonna demand things from 9 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:27,880 Speaker 3: him and try to do it the right way, and 10 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:30,120 Speaker 3: they're enjoying it and they trust it. 11 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:32,519 Speaker 4: And it's the culture around here. You know. 12 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:35,199 Speaker 3: When we first got here, we try to put a 13 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:37,360 Speaker 3: stamp on it, and it continued to build that way 14 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:39,440 Speaker 3: in the guy that bought in, Doug does a great 15 00:00:39,479 --> 00:00:42,760 Speaker 3: job of getting everybody on the same page. 16 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:44,640 Speaker 4: And when you're on the same page, good things happen. 17 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:48,240 Speaker 2: How much has c J. Stroud grown from since the 18 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:51,480 Speaker 2: last time you guys saw her. 19 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:56,040 Speaker 3: A bunch He was good back then and he's even 20 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:59,400 Speaker 3: better now. It's pretty amazing to see him come in 21 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:01,440 Speaker 3: and do the things that he's been able to do. 22 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:06,520 Speaker 3: Takes care of the ball, throw the ball wherever he 23 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:09,000 Speaker 3: needs to, makes a bunch of players with his legs, 24 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:10,120 Speaker 3: and he's a. 25 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:10,520 Speaker 4: Guy that. 26 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:16,280 Speaker 3: He's really putting on great performances week after week after week. 27 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 1: Is that their offensive line getting enough credit for the 28 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:19,840 Speaker 1: way they're helping him out? 29 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 4: I don't think so. They have a guy. The last 30 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:25,200 Speaker 4: time we played him there, they were kind of banged up. 31 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:27,760 Speaker 3: Now they're getting their guys back in there, and you 32 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:29,720 Speaker 3: can see them starting to get gain the confidence. And 33 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:31,920 Speaker 3: when you have a quarterback that's playing as well as 34 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:35,520 Speaker 3: he is, it just builds confidence throughout the team. And 35 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:38,639 Speaker 3: Demiko is doing a great job of leading that bunch 36 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:42,680 Speaker 3: and they're playing at a high level right now. Oka Ahead, 37 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:46,679 Speaker 3: it seems like most defenses are concerned about giving up 38 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:49,120 Speaker 3: big plays right and keeping everything in front of it, 39 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:51,560 Speaker 3: and these guys keep hitting a bunch. 40 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:52,360 Speaker 2: Of exports us. 41 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:54,600 Speaker 4: I mean, do you know what. 42 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:56,400 Speaker 3: Do you see it on tape that that they've been so. 43 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:57,000 Speaker 2: Good at it? 44 00:01:57,280 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 4: Well, they're dynamic. 45 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 3: You can see the speed at receiver, and you know 46 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:05,840 Speaker 3: they have a run game that you get the quarterback protected, 47 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:09,240 Speaker 3: and the quarterback has a strong arm and he drops dimes. 48 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:12,040 Speaker 3: You know, at times he's putting the ball exactly where 49 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 3: it needs to be placed. And they got us a 50 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:18,520 Speaker 3: few times and it was miscommunication, But you have to 51 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:20,680 Speaker 3: be on your a game. If you're one step late 52 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:23,600 Speaker 3: or you don't get in the right coverage, you know 53 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:24,800 Speaker 3: they're gonna take advantage of it. 54 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 4: And that's what we got to do. 55 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:28,800 Speaker 3: We gotta make sure we're able to get ourselves in 56 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:30,799 Speaker 3: the right coverage and go out there and compete. Is 57 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:34,120 Speaker 3: that put an extra pressure on the safeties in this one. 58 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 4: There's really everybody. 59 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:40,840 Speaker 3: Everybody safeties communicate, linebackers and nickel Land in the corners. 60 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:44,640 Speaker 3: But communication is, you know, it's the thing that we 61 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:46,480 Speaker 3: stress all the time. We have to be on the 62 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:49,160 Speaker 3: same page, and we do. Sometimes we do a good 63 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:50,720 Speaker 3: job of it. Sometimes we're not as good as we 64 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 3: want to be, so we're working to get better at that. 65 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 2: It seems like what Stroud is doing is rare for 66 00:02:56,960 --> 00:03:00,800 Speaker 2: for a rookie quarterback. I mean, just what the Texans 67 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:04,399 Speaker 2: do to sort of made it easier maybe for him 68 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:07,200 Speaker 2: to get off to this hot start this year. 69 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 4: I don't I don't think well they made it. 70 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 3: They make it look easy because they're they're putting up 71 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:17,360 Speaker 3: a bunch of yards. But he's a guy that you 72 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:20,200 Speaker 3: look at him, you see maturity. Now, I don't know 73 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:23,720 Speaker 3: him personally, but you see that when he plays the game. 74 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:26,640 Speaker 3: It's not I'm running around him all over the place. 75 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:29,520 Speaker 3: He's poison in the pocket. He understands where to go 76 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:32,520 Speaker 3: with the ball, and you know he trusted offensive line, 77 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:34,520 Speaker 3: he had the run game behind him, and he's just 78 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 3: making play after play aff to play. 79 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:37,200 Speaker 4: So they're not. 80 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:40,160 Speaker 2: Doing anything necessarily when you when you watch a tap 81 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 2: and you're like the quarterback's able to easily get it 82 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:45,720 Speaker 2: to X, Y and Z, they're not necessarily doing anything 83 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:48,320 Speaker 2: to make it a little simpler. 84 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:48,200 Speaker 1: I guess. 85 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:52,400 Speaker 3: For I guess all coordinators have progressions that they want 86 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:53,320 Speaker 3: the quarterback. 87 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:56,560 Speaker 4: To go through, and he has his and he's going 88 00:03:56,560 --> 00:03:57,080 Speaker 4: through him and. 89 00:03:57,040 --> 00:03:59,520 Speaker 3: It's like it's like clockwork for him. If it's not here, 90 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 3: I'm going there. If not there, I'm going here. And 91 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:04,240 Speaker 3: the offensive line has something to do with that because 92 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:08,120 Speaker 3: they're protecting him and you know, you send the blitz 93 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:10,160 Speaker 3: and he feels the blitz, he throws it to the 94 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:12,760 Speaker 3: right spot. There's different things that he's able to do 95 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:16,600 Speaker 3: to you know, help the success theor having. 96 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 1: Where you're going against a quarterback that's thrown with the 97 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:21,560 Speaker 1: anticipation like he's been thrown with this year. How much 98 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:23,279 Speaker 1: stress does that put on the secondary? 99 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:27,600 Speaker 4: It's just big time. We have to be in our zones. 100 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:30,359 Speaker 3: Man the man, we have to make sure we have 101 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:33,440 Speaker 3: eyes on him so we're able to anticipate and break 102 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:35,520 Speaker 3: on the ball. And that's the thing. You have to 103 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:37,560 Speaker 3: speed the quarterback up. And we try to do it 104 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:39,360 Speaker 3: every week, and we'll go out there and try to 105 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:41,640 Speaker 3: do it again this week. Like you miss the days 106 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:44,680 Speaker 3: when there was nothing better as a defensive coordinator, a 107 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:47,360 Speaker 3: defensive player than facing a rookie quarterback. 108 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:48,320 Speaker 2: I mean it seems like. 109 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:51,560 Speaker 3: That was the best thing you could ask for back 110 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:52,520 Speaker 3: in the day. 111 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:55,720 Speaker 4: Well, I don't know about that. 112 00:04:55,960 --> 00:05:00,200 Speaker 3: There's been some good young quarterbacks. 113 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:02,680 Speaker 4: But the game, the game's evolving. 114 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:05,360 Speaker 3: You know, you have seven on seven where guys are 115 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:09,239 Speaker 3: throwing the ball around all summer, and you have guys 116 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 3: that are in college. You got some colleges go and 117 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:16,880 Speaker 3: move into pro style offenses, so you have guys that 118 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 3: are ready to play. And when you're surrounded by weapons 119 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:25,440 Speaker 3: and you're ready to play, you know, he's. 120 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:27,640 Speaker 4: A special one and he's showing why he's special. 121 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:31,120 Speaker 1: Do you have to balance throwing some exotic looks at him? 122 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:34,000 Speaker 1: Trying to confuse him and just playing the way you 123 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:34,919 Speaker 1: want to play defense. 124 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:36,440 Speaker 4: Well, we're gonna be us. 125 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:39,120 Speaker 3: We're gonna do what we do and at the end 126 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:42,240 Speaker 3: of the day, we have to execute what we. 127 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:45,440 Speaker 4: Try to do and they have to execute. And that's football. 128 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 4: You know. You go out there, you try to take away. 129 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:49,640 Speaker 3: You want to make him play left handed, you know, 130 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:51,599 Speaker 3: and let their left hand you're gonna play right handed, 131 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:53,839 Speaker 3: you know, but you want to try to make them 132 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:55,360 Speaker 3: go away from what they do good. 133 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:57,600 Speaker 4: And you know, at the end of the day, that's 134 00:05:57,640 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 4: what we're gonna try to do and see how it works. 135 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:03,479 Speaker 1: Pretis my seven