1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:04,520 Speaker 1: So you challenge Mike T. Huh, yeah, yeah, a little bit, Yeah, 2 00:00:04,519 --> 00:00:07,560 Speaker 1: a little bit he uh And like Mike T always 3 00:00:07,560 --> 00:00:11,520 Speaker 1: accepted the challenge. You know, it's kinda give me a 4 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:14,640 Speaker 1: dig a little bit and uh. But now he made 5 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:18,200 Speaker 1: a good play. It was it was, you know, just 6 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:20,920 Speaker 1: a simple little rush that we did. It was really 7 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:24,079 Speaker 1: it was really a hold up and we rushed to 8 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:28,639 Speaker 1: two inside guys are trying trying and draw the PP 9 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:33,200 Speaker 1: in the center, so gonna block him and they got stuck. 10 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:35,839 Speaker 1: Mike Team made a play. That's what pro bowlers do, 11 00:00:35,880 --> 00:00:40,000 Speaker 1: you know. So he did a great job. Was he 12 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:43,040 Speaker 1: supposed to Yeah, he was what he was supposed to 13 00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:46,680 Speaker 1: hold up the hold up, the personal protector, but he 14 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:50,199 Speaker 1: got hung up on the rush by Eli and the 15 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:55,800 Speaker 1: other a gap. We just went through him blocking pretty simple. 16 00:00:56,280 --> 00:00:59,040 Speaker 1: Why did you think that was the junk sture to challenge? 17 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:03,880 Speaker 1: Just curious. Uh. We were as a group, we were 18 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:08,479 Speaker 1: kind of a struggling a little bit, you know as 19 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:13,680 Speaker 1: far as just are like who are we as a group? 20 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:18,480 Speaker 1: Our identity? Um, it's been a lot of turnover, so 21 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:20,319 Speaker 1: a bunch of different guys and like the guys that 22 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:22,600 Speaker 1: we had in the spring, there's not a lot of 23 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:25,520 Speaker 1: the same guys, a bunch of different guys. So I 24 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:28,120 Speaker 1: actually and and not so much challenge Mike t but 25 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:31,760 Speaker 1: just challenge the room. You know. Uh, you know, we've 26 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:33,840 Speaker 1: played at at a certain level here when it comes 27 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:37,560 Speaker 1: to special teams, and I want one of the room 28 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:41,760 Speaker 1: to understand, Okay, this is the level that we play at. 29 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:45,520 Speaker 1: Like we play here, We're not playing regardless of who's 30 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:49,560 Speaker 1: in the game, We're not playing. We're making excuse all 31 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:52,120 Speaker 1: this guy's here, this new guy here, or we got 32 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:55,160 Speaker 1: three new guys here. We gotta you know, a rotating 33 00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 1: you know, we got a seven new punt team. There's 34 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 1: no excuse. You know, nobody cares, you know what I'm saying, 35 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:06,520 Speaker 1: Like literally nobody cares, and there's no help coming, so 36 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:09,239 Speaker 1: let's go, you know. So that was kind of the 37 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:11,359 Speaker 1: That was a message to the room. You can only 38 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:13,280 Speaker 1: play that card so often though, Ready to pick your 39 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 1: spot on if you do it every week? Yeah, oh 40 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 1: absolutely absolutely, you know it's uh, this this is pro football. 41 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 1: Like you got job to do, Like I I you know, 42 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:24,960 Speaker 1: I shouldn't have to do uh a whole lot of 43 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 1: prompting to make sure that you do your job. You know, 44 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:32,800 Speaker 1: there's enough that comes with this job, especially where we 45 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:35,200 Speaker 1: are in the market that we're in, that you should 46 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:40,400 Speaker 1: be super, super h ready to go. You know, it shouldn't. 47 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:43,080 Speaker 1: It shouldn't be one of those deals where it's like, okay, 48 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 1: I gotta get you know, it's your job. It's pro football. Listen. 49 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:48,200 Speaker 1: You know we ain't at uh you know, we ain't 50 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:51,880 Speaker 1: playing firming this week. This is you know, seriously, I mean, 51 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 1: this is this is what we are as pro football. 52 00:02:55,440 --> 00:03:00,960 Speaker 1: What happened on the missfield goal? Uh all you just 53 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:04,600 Speaker 1: got a little fast, you know, and he just you know, 54 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:07,360 Speaker 1: just pushed it. I mean, it's just this is one 55 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:11,920 Speaker 1: of those deals. You know, he hadn't had had a 56 00:03:11,919 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 1: whole lot of attempts this year. You know, here's that 57 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:17,359 Speaker 1: six on the year. So you know he's still we're 58 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:19,919 Speaker 1: trying to, you know, find that that good solid rhythm, 59 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:23,600 Speaker 1: you know, game rhythm, and it's just when you don't 60 00:03:23,639 --> 00:03:26,160 Speaker 1: have the attempts like that, it's just it just takes 61 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:32,120 Speaker 1: some time. Is dot great? Obviously anything less than is 62 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 1: he better mentally prepared to kind of handle that this 63 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:38,920 Speaker 1: year than maybe have been last year? Absolutely? Uh, you know, 64 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 1: having the year that he had last year. Um, you know, 65 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:46,160 Speaker 1: gave him a lot of confidence. So he understands now, 66 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:50,560 Speaker 1: you know, more than ever, you know the issues that 67 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:53,040 Speaker 1: he has, like and to be able to self correct 68 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:56,520 Speaker 1: and make those adjustments on the sideline knowing watching the 69 00:03:56,560 --> 00:04:00,360 Speaker 1: ball flight. Okay, the ball did this, so it's normally 70 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:03,600 Speaker 1: this right, Or the ball did this and it's normally this, 71 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:07,320 Speaker 1: so he knows the fixes. Does that give you more confidence? 72 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:11,080 Speaker 1: And oh, absolutely absolutely. I have full confidence in al 73 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:15,520 Speaker 1: Drink and his abilities and what he can do. Um, 74 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:18,200 Speaker 1: he's a he's a young kid with a ton of upside, 75 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:20,560 Speaker 1: you know, ton of upside, and hopefully he can do 76 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:24,120 Speaker 1: this for the next twenty years. When you mentioned the 77 00:04:24,279 --> 00:04:27,840 Speaker 1: standard of playing up here, is that related specifically to 78 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:30,240 Speaker 1: like you come off the New England game. You guys 79 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:34,280 Speaker 1: give up points on specials. Are you reaffirming that we're 80 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:35,960 Speaker 1: not just trying to do our job, we're trying to 81 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:39,240 Speaker 1: put points on the Absolutely? Absolutely, Yeah. This is not 82 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:44,919 Speaker 1: a This outfit is not a transition outfit from offensive defense. 83 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:48,040 Speaker 1: We're trying to impact the game in a positive way 84 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:51,599 Speaker 1: and and you know, if we can make an explosive play, 85 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:53,800 Speaker 1: that's what we want to do as a unit. You know, 86 00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:57,000 Speaker 1: it's just not Okay, we're gonna punt the ball and no, 87 00:04:57,080 --> 00:04:58,919 Speaker 1: we're gonna trying to punt the ball, go down, tackle 88 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:00,960 Speaker 1: it and knock it out and could play you know 89 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:03,359 Speaker 1: what I mean, it's just the whole. The mentality is 90 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:07,599 Speaker 1: not a transition mentality, you know, it's it's a playmaking mentality. 91 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:09,520 Speaker 1: You know, those are the kind of guys. We want 92 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:15,200 Speaker 1: guys in the room to understand it that they were taking. 93 00:05:15,279 --> 00:05:17,840 Speaker 1: They took a personal that special teams in there and 94 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:19,960 Speaker 1: I said, sort of slipped a little bit in recent 95 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:22,640 Speaker 1: weeks and that last week that was that was a 96 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:26,279 Speaker 1: thing the damage. What did you notice? Yeah, I kind 97 00:05:26,279 --> 00:05:30,039 Speaker 1: of I took a personal tooth and you know, like 98 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:33,039 Speaker 1: we were talking about, we personally challenged them. You know, 99 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:36,119 Speaker 1: this is this is our jobs, this is what we do, 100 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:38,320 Speaker 1: and what you put on tape is who you are, 101 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:42,880 Speaker 1: you know. So it's it's not a something to take lightly. 102 00:05:43,279 --> 00:05:46,760 Speaker 1: You know, when when you quite frankly get your ass kicked, 103 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:51,599 Speaker 1: it should be personal, you know. So that's that's one 104 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:55,440 Speaker 1: thing that you know as a as a coach, and 105 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 1: then the leaders in the room, the might ts of 106 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:02,480 Speaker 1: the world is zacts. You know, those guys. You gotta 107 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:05,239 Speaker 1: take this personal, you know, because this is our jobs, 108 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:07,400 Speaker 1: how we feed our families, This is how you know, 109 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:10,599 Speaker 1: things get done in our our homes, you know. And 110 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 1: I tell them all the time, we all touch each 111 00:06:12,200 --> 00:06:14,800 Speaker 1: other's money, you know. So what I do affects them, 112 00:06:14,839 --> 00:06:17,240 Speaker 1: what they do affects me, you know. So we gotta 113 00:06:17,279 --> 00:06:19,160 Speaker 1: make sure that we're doing what we gotta take. If 114 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:21,480 Speaker 1: we gotta watch a little bit more tape, If if 115 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 1: I got to stay at the office another hour two 116 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:26,440 Speaker 1: and watch more tape and do a little bit more 117 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:28,640 Speaker 1: study and make sure that you know, we know all 118 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:30,919 Speaker 1: the little nuances of what the opponent's supposed to do. 119 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:34,200 Speaker 1: We gotta do that if we call ourselves pros. How 120 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:38,120 Speaker 1: did you think your turn? Like a guy who's never 121 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:42,200 Speaker 1: done it before. You know, he's a young kid, you know. Uh, 122 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:45,799 Speaker 1: but every rep he's getting better, like in practice, every 123 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:48,719 Speaker 1: rep he's getting better, and it's just he has to 124 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:51,360 Speaker 1: just get the reps in what was your tap? I mean, 125 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:52,800 Speaker 1: it was a lot of scrutiny and whether he should 126 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:54,600 Speaker 1: have taken out, whether he shouldn't. We're talking about that 127 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:57,240 Speaker 1: a lot. Yeah, Coach, coach wants to be aggressive, you know. 128 00:06:57,800 --> 00:06:59,560 Speaker 1: And and that's and that's the whole thing, Like we 129 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:03,599 Speaker 1: just about literally our our whole mentality is an aggressive mentality. 130 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:05,920 Speaker 1: And I tell our guys all the time we error 131 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:08,720 Speaker 1: on the side of being aggressive. And that's you know 132 00:07:08,839 --> 00:07:11,440 Speaker 1: that that's our mantra as a group and as a unit. 133 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:14,400 Speaker 1: You know, we don't, uh, we're not gonna shy away 134 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:17,400 Speaker 1: from anything. We're gonna play fast, we're gonna play physical, 135 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:21,640 Speaker 1: We're gonna try and make a play because they're the 136 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 1: factor into it for you or you still want to 137 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:30,800 Speaker 1: be I mean, everything is situational, you know. Um, but 138 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:33,120 Speaker 1: at the time, you know, we want to be aggressive.