WEBVTT - The OTP | Week 2 With Brian Callahan 0:00:11.760 --> 0:00:14.200 With Andy Wells. I'm Mike Keith and this is the 0:00:14.240 --> 0:00:17.520 OTP with Titans head coach Brian Callahan, presented by Farm 0:00:17.560 --> 0:00:20.840 Bureau Health Plans. In the Game of Health Coverage, far 0:00:21.000 --> 0:00:24.919 Bureau Health Plans is the MVP. Tennesseeans have relied on 0:00:24.960 --> 0:00:30.080 their unmatched rates, coverage and service for nearly eighty years. 0:00:30.360 --> 0:00:32.919 So let's roll. Head Coach Brian Callahan, Thanks so much 0:00:32.920 --> 0:00:35.959 for joining us on this Monday. I would say, it's 0:00:35.960 --> 0:00:37.479 good to be here. It is good to be here. 0:00:37.479 --> 0:00:39.960 I do enjoy your company. So looking forward to talking 0:00:40.000 --> 0:00:40.520 about the game. 0:00:40.880 --> 0:00:44.000 Well, so today was your first Monday after a game 0:00:44.040 --> 0:00:46.240 as head coach, and so you know, win or lose, 0:00:46.280 --> 0:00:48.200 you kind of have to figure out what this day 0:00:48.280 --> 0:00:51.839 is going to look like for your players, for your staff, shoot, 0:00:51.840 --> 0:00:54.160 even with us as the media. You know there's going 0:00:54.200 --> 0:00:56.040 to be a routine. Every Monday is going to kind 0:00:56.040 --> 0:00:59.279 of look the same. Was your plan for establishing what 0:00:59.360 --> 0:01:02.279 this Monday after a game was going to be interrupted 0:01:02.440 --> 0:01:03.840 by what happened in Chicago? 0:01:04.080 --> 0:01:07.520 No, not at all. I think that the best teams, 0:01:07.560 --> 0:01:09.560 and I think the best coaches I've been around, find 0:01:09.600 --> 0:01:14.399 a way to manage their Mondays. The most consistent as 0:01:14.400 --> 0:01:17.039 you can, and because every game is going to be 0:01:17.040 --> 0:01:20.440 filled with a handful of plays that had you made them, 0:01:20.680 --> 0:01:24.560 you might win. Even if you do end up losing, 0:01:24.959 --> 0:01:26.920 those are still plays that could have lost you the 0:01:26.920 --> 0:01:29.600 game and or plays that could have won you the game. 0:01:29.600 --> 0:01:31.880 And so I think if you take that approach, there's 0:01:31.920 --> 0:01:35.480 a consistency in evaluating each win and loss with the 0:01:35.520 --> 0:01:37.760 same mentality is where do we have to get better? 0:01:38.480 --> 0:01:40.319 What did we do well? How do we keep doing 0:01:40.360 --> 0:01:43.360 that well? And then the mistakes that we made, were 0:01:43.360 --> 0:01:45.800 they critical? Did they lose us the game? And then 0:01:45.840 --> 0:01:49.960 how do we avoid repeating those And I've always found 0:01:50.000 --> 0:01:53.040 that riding the roller coaster during the season is difficult, 0:01:53.120 --> 0:01:56.520 and when you reactionary to every good and bad, I 0:01:56.520 --> 0:01:58.960 think your team feeds off that. And so my intent, 0:01:59.000 --> 0:02:00.880 whether we were winning lose was to be with the 0:02:00.920 --> 0:02:04.200 exact same demeanor as I always am. The messaging was 0:02:04.240 --> 0:02:08.920 consistent and critical of of what we need to do better. 0:02:08.960 --> 0:02:11.760 But that's on in every phase on all sides. Whether 0:02:11.760 --> 0:02:13.920 we went and lost the game, that's exactly how it 0:02:13.919 --> 0:02:16.320 should go, and so there should be a little bit 0:02:16.320 --> 0:02:20.120 of comfort in the consistency of it all that win, 0:02:20.240 --> 0:02:24.000 loser draw. We're being critical of our performance and where 0:02:24.000 --> 0:02:24.760 we could have been better. 0:02:24.919 --> 0:02:27.280 This is your Monday, Yeah, and it's going to be 0:02:27.280 --> 0:02:32.359 the Monday every single week, either positively or negatively. Were 0:02:32.400 --> 0:02:35.560 there surprises on the tape? 0:02:36.400 --> 0:02:40.680 I think that I was. I was surprised when you know, 0:02:40.720 --> 0:02:44.320 on the turnover, was surprising the I thought. I really 0:02:44.400 --> 0:02:48.360 thought on special teams, I did not see that performance coming. 0:02:49.040 --> 0:02:51.280 I thought we've been we were excellent in the preseason. 0:02:51.360 --> 0:02:54.160 I thought we've been fantastic in practice, and so to 0:02:54.200 --> 0:02:57.600 see that in the in the moment was that was surprising. 0:02:57.639 --> 0:03:01.080 I thought we'd be better than that based on what 0:03:01.080 --> 0:03:03.200 I've seen and everything in the preseason and journey camp 0:03:03.200 --> 0:03:06.400 in practice. As far as the things that were good, 0:03:07.440 --> 0:03:10.760 it was really fun to see how far to and 0:03:10.760 --> 0:03:13.680 Andre Sweat has come. The play that he put on 0:03:13.680 --> 0:03:16.680 the field. To get to see Harold and Jeff play 0:03:17.240 --> 0:03:19.800 was great. They lived up to the expectations that we 0:03:19.840 --> 0:03:22.560 had for them. They were both fantastic. And to see 0:03:22.560 --> 0:03:26.000 our new secondary play together with Lagerius and Cheetoh and 0:03:26.639 --> 0:03:30.160 Jarvis Brownly mixed in their some and Roger and Quandra 0:03:30.320 --> 0:03:32.640 and Hook, that was a fun group to see play together, 0:03:32.800 --> 0:03:36.160 and I thought our rush and coverage really worked together 0:03:36.240 --> 0:03:37.920 well in the course of the game. 0:03:38.480 --> 0:03:40.360 Some of the challenges that you might have had on 0:03:40.440 --> 0:03:44.080 offensive line, were those more technique issues or were they 0:03:44.200 --> 0:03:45.240 assignment issues? 0:03:45.920 --> 0:03:49.640 More technique than assignment. We were relatively well assigned throughout 0:03:49.640 --> 0:03:52.880 most of the game. We didn't have any major glaring 0:03:53.120 --> 0:03:57.280 errors in our down by down assignments. I think we 0:03:57.320 --> 0:04:00.480 had more technique misses and losses, and so that's going 0:04:00.560 --> 0:04:02.560 to happen. You're going to lose one on one in 0:04:02.600 --> 0:04:05.400 pass rush sometimes it happens. We can live with that. 0:04:05.760 --> 0:04:07.960 We just fix the technique and see we can get better, 0:04:09.080 --> 0:04:11.120 so that that's a little bit easier to live with 0:04:11.200 --> 0:04:13.839 when you're when you're making some maybe more technical errors 0:04:13.880 --> 0:04:18.039 as opposed to schematic errors. But yeah, I just think 0:04:18.040 --> 0:04:20.080 we didn't do a good enough job in pass protection. 0:04:20.160 --> 0:04:20.640 Overall. 0:04:21.160 --> 0:04:23.400 They won more than we did, I think when we 0:04:23.440 --> 0:04:26.560 needed to, and I think that part was, you know, 0:04:27.920 --> 0:04:29.320 contributed to the loss. 0:04:30.080 --> 0:04:32.320 Well, Lews made mistakes in the game, and those have 0:04:32.400 --> 0:04:35.400 been documented. You mentioned in your press conference today a 0:04:35.480 --> 0:04:39.000 reminder that that was just his tenth start. He's still 0:04:39.160 --> 0:04:42.560 just in his second year. You're working with a young quarterback, 0:04:42.600 --> 0:04:45.000 which you have done in your very recent past in 0:04:45.120 --> 0:04:48.200 Cincinnati with Joe Burrow. How do you draw on that 0:04:48.400 --> 0:04:51.480 experience to be able to help Will in this moment. 0:04:52.080 --> 0:04:54.520 I draw a lot on that experience because it's you know, 0:04:54.600 --> 0:04:58.760 unless you've had a high profile young quarterback that you're 0:04:58.800 --> 0:05:01.479 trying to help learn how to play NFL football. That 0:05:01.600 --> 0:05:03.320 was a learning process for me at the time. And 0:05:03.400 --> 0:05:05.960 having gone through that, I feel much more equipped to 0:05:06.080 --> 0:05:09.320 help Will. And I've seen some of the things that 0:05:09.320 --> 0:05:11.280 that came up in the game that he's done that 0:05:11.600 --> 0:05:14.960 I can parallel with my experiences with Joe, some of 0:05:15.000 --> 0:05:17.040 it being the the little bit of the reckless nature 0:05:17.080 --> 0:05:20.040 of playing the quarterback position. It's different in the NFL. 0:05:20.080 --> 0:05:22.040 I think you saw Caleb Williams deal with the same 0:05:22.080 --> 0:05:25.080 thing on the other side, that it's hard to get 0:05:25.120 --> 0:05:27.960 away from these pass rushers and when they connect with you, 0:05:28.000 --> 0:05:30.880 it hurts, and they connect with you, the ball comes out, 0:05:30.920 --> 0:05:34.600 and those are all things that that you have to learn, 0:05:34.640 --> 0:05:36.800 and there's no other way to teach that other than 0:05:36.800 --> 0:05:39.080 they have to experience it and then you can teach 0:05:39.120 --> 0:05:40.719 from it. They have to know what that feels like 0:05:41.800 --> 0:05:44.480 and it's not. It's not an immediate process. It doesn't 0:05:44.560 --> 0:05:47.640 just happen overnight. They don't just oh yeah, no, I 0:05:47.680 --> 0:05:49.200 get it, coach, and then all of a sudden they 0:05:49.360 --> 0:05:51.279 never do it again. I mean, it's there, there's a 0:05:51.600 --> 0:05:53.640 there is a process involved in it, and I think 0:05:53.640 --> 0:05:56.479 we're well on our way and it's going to keep 0:05:56.520 --> 0:05:57.600 They're going to keep coaching it. 0:05:57.920 --> 0:06:00.080 Now. You mentioned special teams earlier, and I want to 0:06:00.080 --> 0:06:02.359 come back to that, because there were some good stuff 0:06:02.400 --> 0:06:04.159 on the tape. There was some not so good stuff 0:06:04.160 --> 0:06:08.320 on the tape. How do you guard against overreacting both 0:06:08.320 --> 0:06:11.000 to the positive and to the negative as you evaluate that. 0:06:12.000 --> 0:06:14.480 You have to work at that because sometimes you can 0:06:14.480 --> 0:06:17.680 get emotionally hijacked a bit after a loss. I try 0:06:17.720 --> 0:06:22.839 really hard not to let that happen. But there's as 0:06:22.839 --> 0:06:25.479 long as what we're doing in our process is right 0:06:25.880 --> 0:06:28.440 and how we're preparing and what we're asking you guys 0:06:28.440 --> 0:06:31.560 to do. If that's right, you lose. You lose one 0:06:31.600 --> 0:06:33.800 on one. Sometimes you lose a battle, which we did 0:06:33.800 --> 0:06:37.680 in the punt block, and there's an excuse for it, 0:06:37.800 --> 0:06:42.000 but there is a We don't just say, oh, this 0:06:42.120 --> 0:06:43.880 is not working. We've got to change everything. There's a 0:06:44.040 --> 0:06:47.840 there's a balance there where something has to be corrected 0:06:48.040 --> 0:06:49.839 and we have to coach it. But that doesn't mean 0:06:49.880 --> 0:06:52.680 that the process is bad. And I think when you 0:06:52.680 --> 0:06:54.120 get to the point where you feel like your process 0:06:54.160 --> 0:06:56.159 isn't good, then you have to look at how do 0:06:56.200 --> 0:06:59.120 we change all of that part of it? But Week 0:06:59.160 --> 0:07:02.919 one certainly not. And at no point, you know, do 0:07:03.000 --> 0:07:06.320 you just shelve everything you're doing because you had a 0:07:06.480 --> 0:07:08.359 one poor game? So I think you stick with it, 0:07:08.400 --> 0:07:11.320 you have some consistency and generally the results come. 0:07:11.720 --> 0:07:17.400 NFL teams are defined through adversity. Is this part of 0:07:17.440 --> 0:07:21.239 the process of sort of creating the Tennessee Titans. Knowing 0:07:21.280 --> 0:07:25.600 that a moment comes out of a disappointing loss like yesterday's. 0:07:26.240 --> 0:07:29.080 Yeah, that's the hope, you know, You hope that your 0:07:29.120 --> 0:07:31.000 team is made of the right things. And I know 0:07:31.680 --> 0:07:33.720 from everything that I've dealt with with our team, we 0:07:33.800 --> 0:07:36.840 certainly are. And that part's encouraging to me. And that's 0:07:36.880 --> 0:07:39.080 what I told our team today is that I still 0:07:39.080 --> 0:07:42.240 expect the same energy, enthusiasm to how hard they play. 0:07:42.320 --> 0:07:45.600 Nothing should change. We lost the game, We'll make the corrections, 0:07:45.600 --> 0:07:48.320 We'll move to the next one, and there is a 0:07:48.480 --> 0:07:53.040 resilience factor and an ability to overcome an adversity when 0:07:53.120 --> 0:07:56.280 you have that sort of approach where you have to 0:07:56.360 --> 0:07:58.400 keep finding ways to get better and you have to 0:07:58.440 --> 0:08:02.960 find ways to not lose a game, which is we 0:08:03.000 --> 0:08:04.480 found a way to lose the game, we didn't find 0:08:04.480 --> 0:08:07.280 a way to win it. And learning how the learning 0:08:07.280 --> 0:08:09.960 the difference and learning where where could we have gotten 0:08:09.960 --> 0:08:11.920 better to have won that game as opposed to have 0:08:11.960 --> 0:08:13.800 lost it. And there's a part of that that you 0:08:13.840 --> 0:08:16.800 have to keep getting in those situations and you learn 0:08:17.320 --> 0:08:21.080 there's no better teacher than going through it. And there's 0:08:21.440 --> 0:08:23.400 we were young on offense. There are a lot of 0:08:23.440 --> 0:08:25.040 young players, and so there's a lot of things that 0:08:25.040 --> 0:08:27.320 our players can stand to learn from a loss like that. 0:08:27.840 --> 0:08:32.000 Hey, Titans fans, celebrate each Titans when and enjoy the 0:08:32.120 --> 0:08:35.240 sweet taste of victory with a free donut at Kroger 0:08:35.520 --> 0:08:38.920 the very next day. Just download your digital coupon to 0:08:39.000 --> 0:08:42.440 score your free donut at any Kroger store. 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There's we had a 0:09:51.000 --> 0:09:54.000 ton of momentum in the first half and to come 0:09:54.040 --> 0:09:56.240 out in the second half and I thought we were 0:09:56.240 --> 0:10:00.240 really rolling and stuttered a little bit on the first 0:10:00.240 --> 0:10:02.319 offensive series and then you give up the punt block 0:10:02.400 --> 0:10:06.000 for a touchdown and that totally changes the feeling of 0:10:06.360 --> 0:10:12.040 the game. So yeah, there's a there's a there's a 0:10:12.160 --> 0:10:15.000 mental focus I think that comes in at the end 0:10:15.160 --> 0:10:18.400 when games are in your favor on how do you 0:10:18.400 --> 0:10:20.920 you have to learn how to keep a team on 0:10:20.960 --> 0:10:22.400 the mat. So when you knock a t when you 0:10:22.480 --> 0:10:24.240 knock a guy down, you can't let them get up, 0:10:24.960 --> 0:10:27.120 and we let we let them get up. And that's 0:10:27.480 --> 0:10:29.960 that's a learned trait I think as a team, and 0:10:30.880 --> 0:10:35.120 there's a focus that's involved in it and an ability 0:10:35.200 --> 0:10:39.359 to not relax at any point or not take it 0:10:39.400 --> 0:10:42.000 for granted that you're in the position you're in. So uh, 0:10:42.080 --> 0:10:43.320 that comes with experience too. 0:10:43.600 --> 0:10:47.120 As a play caller, do you have to reestablish that 0:10:47.280 --> 0:10:48.600 rhythm in a second half? 0:10:48.800 --> 0:10:51.679 Yeah, we couldn't. We weren't able to do that on Sunday, 0:10:51.720 --> 0:10:54.440 And yes, there's a huge part of that that we 0:10:54.559 --> 0:10:56.400 got knocked out of our rhythm. That we had a 0:10:56.440 --> 0:10:58.720 really good rhythm on those two touchdown drives that we 0:10:58.760 --> 0:11:01.679 score where we looked like envisioned us looking a lot 0:11:02.240 --> 0:11:04.040 and we had a little bit more trouble in the 0:11:04.080 --> 0:11:06.280 second half, and that had to do with some penalties. 0:11:07.120 --> 0:11:09.720 We got knocked back off the game script a bit, 0:11:09.760 --> 0:11:11.480 and we had some third and lungs, which is exactly 0:11:11.480 --> 0:11:13.520 what we didn't want to be in against that team. 0:11:13.920 --> 0:11:17.040 In particular, they do a really good job making life 0:11:17.040 --> 0:11:19.079 hard on the quarterback with their rush, and their coverage 0:11:19.120 --> 0:11:21.600 is good, so we got in spots that were a 0:11:21.640 --> 0:11:25.480 disadvantage to us, and I think that if we were 0:11:25.520 --> 0:11:28.160 able to have a little bit more continuity and flow 0:11:28.240 --> 0:11:31.040 of the down and distance, it might have helped us 0:11:31.600 --> 0:11:33.480 put in one more scoring drive together that would have 0:11:33.480 --> 0:11:34.440 been enough to win the game. 0:11:34.840 --> 0:11:37.280 Let's talk about defense a little bit. What stood out 0:11:37.320 --> 0:11:39.080 to you about the way that side of the ball 0:11:39.120 --> 0:11:40.880 played on Sunday. 0:11:40.600 --> 0:11:45.560 They were everything that they've preached to be, which is exciting. 0:11:45.600 --> 0:11:49.120 They they played with toughness, they were aggressive, they played 0:11:49.200 --> 0:11:52.000 with some nastiness. There was something about the way that 0:11:52.040 --> 0:11:55.760 they played and I think that was really encouraging. I 0:11:55.800 --> 0:11:57.680 think there's still things that we can clean up on defense. 0:11:57.880 --> 0:12:00.360 And I don't mean to rain on the prayed of 0:12:00.400 --> 0:12:02.040 how well they played, because they played well enough for 0:12:02.120 --> 0:12:03.960 us to win. But you look back and there's plenty 0:12:04.000 --> 0:12:05.480 of things that I think we could have done better 0:12:06.160 --> 0:12:09.880 defensively as well, and against a different style of offense 0:12:09.960 --> 0:12:12.160 or a different quarterback, maybe some of those plays turn 0:12:12.200 --> 0:12:14.920 out differently, So there's always things to tighten up a 0:12:14.960 --> 0:12:18.880 little bit. No pun intended, but totally acceptable here, by 0:12:18.880 --> 0:12:22.720 the way, but that I think that's what was cool though, 0:12:22.800 --> 0:12:25.199 was just to see that the tenacity that they played 0:12:25.240 --> 0:12:27.440 with and the physicality they played with upfront. I mean 0:12:27.920 --> 0:12:31.200 that defensive line really made life hard on their offensive front. 0:12:31.559 --> 0:12:35.640 Amy asked your question last week about were you any 0:12:35.679 --> 0:12:40.480 bit worried about your secondary being able to play as 0:12:40.520 --> 0:12:43.880 well together as you needed them to play based on 0:12:43.920 --> 0:12:46.440 the fact that they had not practiced together a lot. Well, 0:12:47.160 --> 0:12:50.280 I think they answered that question. Were they even a 0:12:50.360 --> 0:12:53.640 little better in sync than maybe you had hoped? I 0:12:53.679 --> 0:12:54.000 think so. 0:12:54.400 --> 0:12:57.199 I think that there was I was unsure of what 0:12:57.280 --> 0:13:00.880 that would look like, especially with guys it hadn't practiced 0:13:00.880 --> 0:13:03.920 a lot. You know, there's still a correlation between practice 0:13:03.920 --> 0:13:06.480 and playing. I mean, that doesn't go away. So I 0:13:06.600 --> 0:13:09.680 was internally had some concern about what that would look like, 0:13:09.760 --> 0:13:11.760 and they did a great job. And I think that 0:13:11.800 --> 0:13:13.640 it's more of a testament to who those guys are 0:13:14.320 --> 0:13:16.880 as players the way they prepare their pros. I mean 0:13:16.960 --> 0:13:20.640 cheeto and lagarious and quandary for that matters. He got 0:13:20.640 --> 0:13:24.079 comfortable here. Those guys are top notch pros, and that 0:13:24.160 --> 0:13:26.200 I think I felt the difference in our defense is 0:13:27.400 --> 0:13:29.800 I felt the veteranness of our defense in that game 0:13:30.040 --> 0:13:32.800 that when things weren't going right, they kept they kept 0:13:32.840 --> 0:13:35.280 coming back, and they kept swinging and they never got 0:13:35.360 --> 0:13:37.440 rattled by the game situation. And that's just a bunch 0:13:37.480 --> 0:13:39.440 of guys that had played a lot of football and 0:13:39.520 --> 0:13:41.640 I thought that showed up on our defense too. And 0:13:42.080 --> 0:13:44.000 there's some things we got to clean up communication wise, 0:13:44.000 --> 0:13:46.480 but I think on a hole, that was a really 0:13:46.600 --> 0:13:48.360 really good start for our secondary and the way that 0:13:48.360 --> 0:13:49.280 those guys played together. 0:13:49.720 --> 0:13:51.880 A lot of new guys in that secondary, but someone 0:13:51.920 --> 0:13:54.000 that we're very familiar with as a Moni hooker. What 0:13:54.120 --> 0:13:56.240 stood out to you about his play in Chicago? 0:13:56.920 --> 0:13:58.559 He made plays on the ball, which was which was 0:13:58.600 --> 0:14:00.720 a huge, huge thing to see. You know, he hadn't 0:14:00.720 --> 0:14:03.680 had a lot of opportunity in the preseason, but he 0:14:03.760 --> 0:14:05.400 showed up in a big way. I think the scheme 0:14:05.440 --> 0:14:08.679 benefits him. I think he's shown why he's been a 0:14:08.720 --> 0:14:10.800 starting caliber player in this league for a while and 0:14:10.840 --> 0:14:12.199 that that was good to see. And then you work 0:14:12.240 --> 0:14:14.680 came with Calandray together and it was a good tandem. 0:14:14.720 --> 0:14:17.880 I think they did a nice job of passing things off, 0:14:17.920 --> 0:14:20.400 of making sure the coverage was right and again we 0:14:20.480 --> 0:14:21.280 got things to clean. 0:14:21.240 --> 0:14:21.680 Up there too. 0:14:21.720 --> 0:14:23.360 But I thought as a for a first week with 0:14:23.400 --> 0:14:25.760 a bunch of new guys together, I thought they did 0:14:25.800 --> 0:14:27.880 a really good job. And I think what he takes 0:14:27.880 --> 0:14:30.280 over is their professionalism and the money's the same way 0:14:30.320 --> 0:14:32.720 as those guys that they're just prepared in their pros 0:14:32.880 --> 0:14:34.360 and they know what to do and when to do it. 0:14:34.560 --> 0:14:37.640 Are you still hopeful that you could have Jamal Adams 0:14:37.680 --> 0:14:38.520 back for the Jets? 0:14:39.160 --> 0:14:41.440 I am, yes, I am, And we'll see when we 0:14:41.440 --> 0:14:44.000 start practice Wednesday where he's at. But I was he 0:14:44.080 --> 0:14:47.400 was close last week and so hopefully we're a few 0:14:47.480 --> 0:14:50.040 days closer and hopefully he gets a chance to participate 0:14:50.040 --> 0:14:50.320 this week. 0:14:50.360 --> 0:14:53.280 All Right, we've all wandered throughout the offseason, especially if 0:14:53.320 --> 0:14:57.640 Tavan Dre Sweat played well, how other teams would choose 0:14:57.680 --> 0:15:00.840 to block Jeffrey Simmons. So as you were you the tape, 0:15:01.160 --> 0:15:04.600 how did they choose to block Simmons and dealing with 0:15:04.680 --> 0:15:05.800 Sweat on the inside. 0:15:05.920 --> 0:15:08.000 Yeah, they did what most teams do, and they tried 0:15:08.040 --> 0:15:10.560 to get four hands on Jeff as much as they could, 0:15:10.600 --> 0:15:13.640 and that left that left Sweat with some one on 0:15:13.640 --> 0:15:15.680 one opportunities that I thought he took advantage of. I mean, 0:15:15.720 --> 0:15:18.440 he has a couple of really nice rushes. You know, 0:15:18.520 --> 0:15:20.520 people don't look at him as a pass rusher necessarily, 0:15:20.600 --> 0:15:22.560 but he can. He's got quick hands and he's got 0:15:22.640 --> 0:15:24.920 quick feet for a man his size, and he got it. 0:15:24.960 --> 0:15:27.120 He worked an edge a few times and pushed the 0:15:27.160 --> 0:15:31.000 pocket and disrupted the quarterbacks timing. And so we got 0:15:31.040 --> 0:15:32.680 guys that can win one on one like that. It 0:15:32.720 --> 0:15:34.920 makes it makes life a lot easier. And then I 0:15:34.960 --> 0:15:36.840 do think that, you know, and then Harold gets his 0:15:36.880 --> 0:15:39.120 one on ones and then Ardn'll get his opportunities, and 0:15:39.160 --> 0:15:41.880 so there's a whole, a whole benefit to having two 0:15:41.920 --> 0:15:44.160 guys inside that can wreck the interior of the pocket. 0:15:44.200 --> 0:15:45.880 And I thought they did a really good job of that. 0:15:45.920 --> 0:15:49.720 On Sunday, has Ernest Jones earned some more time at 0:15:49.720 --> 0:15:52.400 the linebacker position after his play against Chicago. 0:15:52.600 --> 0:15:54.280 I think so, Yeah, I mean I think that was 0:15:54.360 --> 0:15:56.200 that was the intent of bringing him on, was to 0:15:57.200 --> 0:15:59.160 solidify that group a little bit that we had been 0:15:59.240 --> 0:16:01.440 hit with some injuries, and a chance to add a 0:16:01.440 --> 0:16:05.120 player of his caliber and a person that has his 0:16:05.320 --> 0:16:07.440 impact on a locker room as well just as a 0:16:07.840 --> 0:16:10.960 former captain and all those things. The chance to add 0:16:11.040 --> 0:16:13.600 him was the intent for him to play, and I 0:16:13.600 --> 0:16:15.080 think you're going to see more of him as he 0:16:15.080 --> 0:16:15.960 gets more comfortable. 0:16:16.240 --> 0:16:19.240 The Jets are the next opponent. Obviously, they're playing Monday 0:16:19.280 --> 0:16:21.920 night football, so you get one less day to sort 0:16:21.960 --> 0:16:24.600 of dive in on them. Is that a team you 0:16:24.640 --> 0:16:29.000 spent some time preparing for in the preseason knowing that 0:16:29.040 --> 0:16:30.240 you would have one less day. 0:16:30.680 --> 0:16:32.560 Yeah, And you know, I think there's a handful of 0:16:32.640 --> 0:16:35.360 us that have played that. They've got some continuity there, 0:16:35.360 --> 0:16:38.040 so they've played the same a similar system with coaches 0:16:38.080 --> 0:16:40.920 there for a couple of years. And so I've played 0:16:41.000 --> 0:16:43.160 him in twenty one and twenty two. My dad played 0:16:43.160 --> 0:16:45.320 against him in the same years we crossed over with 0:16:45.360 --> 0:16:48.440 that division, and so guys got some experience and have 0:16:48.520 --> 0:16:51.560 seen that system, and so I don't feel behind by 0:16:51.600 --> 0:16:53.520 any means by not having their first game. Obviously, we 0:16:53.560 --> 0:16:55.840 don't know what this year's version of their team looks like, 0:16:55.880 --> 0:16:59.120 but at least schematically we know what their DNA is 0:16:59.120 --> 0:17:02.120 and what their core is, so I don't don't feel 0:17:02.120 --> 0:17:05.080 too bad about losing the day of preparation. There's plenty 0:17:05.119 --> 0:17:07.240 of film to get through before this game tonight. 0:17:07.440 --> 0:17:11.720 How would you describe a Robert solid defense in terms 0:17:11.760 --> 0:17:14.640 of your offensive challenge against them? 0:17:14.720 --> 0:17:18.000 Yeah, they're They're a fantastic front. Quinn Williams is probably 0:17:18.040 --> 0:17:20.840 one of the more impact players the position, so we 0:17:20.880 --> 0:17:23.120 have our hands full up front. They're they're an attacking, 0:17:24.000 --> 0:17:27.200 jet style rush front that's going to try to penetrate 0:17:27.320 --> 0:17:31.760 up the field, vertical knockback style front. They got, you know, 0:17:32.080 --> 0:17:34.640 one of the best corners in football in Sauce Gardner. 0:17:35.480 --> 0:17:39.480 Their linebackers are experienced, in good players. That's a good 0:17:39.600 --> 0:17:42.879 that's a very very very good defense. We have not 0:17:43.359 --> 0:17:46.399 been dealt any favors by the football gods, uh in 0:17:46.440 --> 0:17:48.679 our opening games for our offenses with the Bears and 0:17:48.720 --> 0:17:50.199 then the Jets on deck, those are two of the 0:17:50.200 --> 0:17:53.520 better defenses in football. So really got a challenge on 0:17:53.520 --> 0:17:56.159 our hands and got to find a way to play 0:17:56.359 --> 0:17:57.920 the same way we played in the first half against 0:17:57.960 --> 0:17:59.120 Chicago for an entire game. 0:17:59.600 --> 0:18:02.879 Coach, as we continue through here, we're knocking out first 0:18:03.040 --> 0:18:04.840 for you. So we got your first game. 0:18:04.960 --> 0:18:06.680 The more the more of those we can get through, 0:18:06.800 --> 0:18:07.320 the better. 0:18:07.280 --> 0:18:10.639 First knocking them down. The next one is your first 0:18:10.640 --> 0:18:13.880 home opener at Nissan Stadium. What are you expecting out 0:18:13.920 --> 0:18:16.000 of that crowd on Sunday when the Titans take on 0:18:16.000 --> 0:18:18.199 the Jets. 0:18:18.200 --> 0:18:20.680 The same thing that we got in Chicago, And and 0:18:20.720 --> 0:18:23.800 for those that obviously weren't there, that was a fantastic 0:18:23.880 --> 0:18:27.320 environment for a home team, The energy in the stadium, 0:18:27.400 --> 0:18:29.920 the excitement that their fan base had that even though 0:18:29.960 --> 0:18:31.280 that we didn't we didn't come out with a win 0:18:31.400 --> 0:18:33.199 the first week. I would hope that we have the 0:18:33.240 --> 0:18:35.600 same sort of enthusiasm and excitement for our team this year, 0:18:35.600 --> 0:18:37.600 because I do and I think that we have a 0:18:37.680 --> 0:18:39.919 chance to still be a very good football team. We 0:18:39.920 --> 0:18:41.800 were competitive in that game, and we found a way 0:18:42.280 --> 0:18:44.720 to not come out on top, and we're going to 0:18:44.760 --> 0:18:47.040 need everything we can get from our fans, and that's 0:18:47.080 --> 0:18:49.840 a huge advantage. You saw the impact it had on 0:18:49.880 --> 0:18:53.160 our on our offense operating. We had some false starts, 0:18:53.160 --> 0:18:56.200