WEBVTT - Coordinators: Ravens Practice 11/2 Press Conferences 0:00:02.960 --> 0:00:05.400 Welcome to the Ravens Press Past podcast. It is Thursday, 0:00:05.480 --> 0:00:07.480 November two, and the Ravens are gearing up for a 0:00:07.520 --> 0:00:11.240 matchup coming up on Sunday against the Seattle Seahawks. As 0:00:11.280 --> 0:00:12.959 we get ready for that matchup, we had a chance 0:00:13.000 --> 0:00:16.120 to talk with the coordinators today, so let's kick things 0:00:16.120 --> 0:00:18.400 off with Special teams coordinator Chris Horton. 0:00:21.680 --> 0:00:25.440 Good to see everyone today. I thank for our guys, man, 0:00:25.480 --> 0:00:27.040 It's just been a it's been a really good two 0:00:27.120 --> 0:00:30.040 days of work. Outside. We're doing a good job, just 0:00:30.080 --> 0:00:32.199 really trying to execute so we can go out and 0:00:32.240 --> 0:00:35.720 really just play, continue to put together some some good football. 0:00:36.120 --> 0:00:38.519 We're doing a lot of good things. Every now and then, 0:00:38.560 --> 0:00:40.159 you know, there's like might be a little hiccup here 0:00:40.200 --> 0:00:42.400 or there, but for the most part, man, I'm really 0:00:42.479 --> 0:00:45.040 encouraged by what our guys are doing on Sundays. 0:00:45.280 --> 0:00:51.400 Questions, Chris, you go through the first one side kick 0:00:51.440 --> 0:00:54.240 and kind of what you guys were thinking was gonna happen, 0:00:54.280 --> 0:00:56.200 and when l wasn't executed, probably what you wanted. 0:00:57.080 --> 0:00:59.880 Yeah, you know, just just from that standpoint, you know, 0:01:00.000 --> 0:01:02.120 we got we got the guys out there. Uh, if 0:01:02.160 --> 0:01:04.040 you noticed before we took the time out, so we 0:01:04.360 --> 0:01:06.920 have a pretty good idea of probably what's about to happen. 0:01:07.240 --> 0:01:09.039 And then uh, and then from there, you know, it's 0:01:09.080 --> 0:01:10.840 just like anything else. You got to go out and 0:01:10.880 --> 0:01:14.000 you got to execute the play you saw. There's there 0:01:14.040 --> 0:01:15.640 was no different kick from the first one to the 0:01:15.640 --> 0:01:17.880 second one. We just uh are our end that's in 0:01:17.920 --> 0:01:19.720 that position. You just got to go attack the football. 0:01:19.959 --> 0:01:22.680 Other than that, Uh, there's there's nothing else behind that play. 0:01:25.120 --> 0:01:28.320 On Tucker's upright kick, which it feels like anytime in 0:01:28.560 --> 0:01:29.600 indoor is fifty yard. 0:01:29.640 --> 0:01:31.160 That feels like a chip shot on it. But to 0:01:31.200 --> 0:01:32.280 see play had a. 0:01:32.240 --> 0:01:34.320 Little a little draw on a little white to let, 0:01:34.319 --> 0:01:36.480 which is atypical for. 0:01:36.560 --> 0:01:37.920 The hamming straight or a little fade. 0:01:38.040 --> 0:01:41.480 Is that a plant field or just every once in 0:01:41.520 --> 0:01:42.240 a while gonna. 0:01:42.000 --> 0:01:42.520 Happen, you know. 0:01:42.800 --> 0:01:44.600 I think it's one of those things when you look 0:01:44.600 --> 0:01:46.800 at when you look at the play, and I think, uh, 0:01:46.920 --> 0:01:49.320 Tuck could probably answer it's better than better than I can. 0:01:49.360 --> 0:01:52.600 But uh, for him to miss a ball to his left, uh, 0:01:52.640 --> 0:01:54.400 maybe you got to maybe a little bit too tight 0:01:54.400 --> 0:01:57.640 to the ball something like that. But other than that, 0:01:57.760 --> 0:02:00.280 you know, the kicking part of the game, it's such 0:02:00.280 --> 0:02:03.040 a technical thing that if you if you plant one 0:02:03.040 --> 0:02:06.440 way or the other, or you you you may be overswing. Uh, 0:02:06.480 --> 0:02:09.040 those things won't happen. So that's why that's why the 0:02:09.120 --> 0:02:12.880 details of kicking, you know, are are very important. That's 0:02:12.880 --> 0:02:15.160 why they try to be as consistent as they can 0:02:15.639 --> 0:02:16.360 through each kick. 0:02:17.880 --> 0:02:20.760 Chris, what do you feel like is the biggest adjustment 0:02:20.760 --> 0:02:21.600 for Jordanstown? 0:02:21.680 --> 0:02:23.600 I mean, I'm probably the best game of his career. 0:02:24.120 --> 0:02:27.040 What do you attribute just you know, his him to 0:02:27.280 --> 0:02:29.200 lately and the form he's shown him? 0:02:29.560 --> 0:02:31.720 You know, Jeff, that's a good question, you know. I 0:02:31.720 --> 0:02:33.919 think what it comes down to is Jordan's one of 0:02:34.000 --> 0:02:37.760 those guys. Uh, when we watched him, we we understood 0:02:37.800 --> 0:02:40.320 what kind of talent he had coming out of coming 0:02:40.320 --> 0:02:42.440 into the draft and coming out of college. And I 0:02:42.440 --> 0:02:44.239 think it's just one of those things where he spending 0:02:44.240 --> 0:02:47.240 all this time with with Randy and with Sam and 0:02:47.320 --> 0:02:49.520 just being able to be that punter that he was 0:02:49.560 --> 0:02:51.600 in college. And I think what you guys are seeing 0:02:51.680 --> 0:02:53.519 is you're seeing the player that we saw. 0:02:53.960 --> 0:02:54.080 Uh. 0:02:54.120 --> 0:02:55.239 He's gained, he's got he's. 0:02:55.080 --> 0:02:58.120 Gaining a lot of confidence, right and last week, Man, 0:02:58.160 --> 0:03:00.080 he had a he had a really good game, you know, 0:03:00.320 --> 0:03:03.680 penning four punts inside the ten, which really flipped the field, 0:03:04.360 --> 0:03:06.320 had the offense backed up for us. You know, those 0:03:06.320 --> 0:03:09.840 things are huge, and I think just for him, it's 0:03:09.960 --> 0:03:12.240 just it's a lot of confidence. He's starting to he's 0:03:12.240 --> 0:03:14.520 starting to feel it. And then it's just understanding that 0:03:14.560 --> 0:03:16.919 every rep is going to be different, and because every 0:03:16.919 --> 0:03:19.080 rep is going to be different, you have to approach 0:03:19.160 --> 0:03:22.040 him that way, right, each kick is not going to 0:03:22.080 --> 0:03:24.600 be the same. So you execute, go through your fundamentals, 0:03:24.880 --> 0:03:26.680 you'll get the results you want. And I think that's 0:03:26.680 --> 0:03:27.240 what he's doing. 0:03:30.680 --> 0:03:32.920 That was special teams coordinator Chris Horton. We also had 0:03:32.960 --> 0:03:36.560 a chance to talk with offensive coordinator Todd Munkin. He 0:03:36.680 --> 0:03:39.240 discussed where the offense is kind of at the midpoint 0:03:39.720 --> 0:03:41.800 of the season as the Ravens are sitting at six 0:03:41.840 --> 0:03:43.840 and two right now, what he likes and what he 0:03:43.880 --> 0:03:46.640 thinks needs to improve over the course of the second 0:03:46.640 --> 0:03:47.720 half of the season. 0:03:49.760 --> 0:03:52.720 With Odell Packham, you know you've had him in Cleveland, 0:03:52.720 --> 0:03:55.760 you had him here. How close do you feel like, 0:03:56.400 --> 0:03:58.920 because he's obviously not hitting the expectation what he wants, 0:03:59.080 --> 0:04:00.920 how close do you think you guys are to trying 0:04:00.920 --> 0:04:02.120 to you know, get everything. 0:04:01.880 --> 0:04:05.120 And think with him in the mark, it's always going 0:04:05.160 --> 0:04:09.240 to be a work in progress, just because he's been 0:04:09.280 --> 0:04:11.560 in and out of practice, been out of the lineup. 0:04:13.080 --> 0:04:14.920 You know, you have a limited off season together, so 0:04:15.000 --> 0:04:18.720 you're constantly trying to work that chemistry. So it doesn't 0:04:18.720 --> 0:04:20.680 matter who it is. It's you know, Bates beIN out 0:04:20.720 --> 0:04:23.080 for a little bit and then working back. Say he's 0:04:23.120 --> 0:04:26.440 a rookie, so you know, the player that's got the 0:04:26.480 --> 0:04:30.000 most banked reps together, that's continue to practice. You can 0:04:30.040 --> 0:04:33.279 see because that's that's Mark. You can see that consistently. 0:04:34.720 --> 0:04:36.760 You guys are more on the first down. 0:04:36.800 --> 0:04:38.880 You guys are studying that I've been work compared to 0:04:38.960 --> 0:04:40.240 what gofense is in the past. 0:04:40.240 --> 0:04:41.039 How do you think that's. 0:04:40.960 --> 0:04:44.520 Allowed Lamar to showcase elements of his game that maybe 0:04:44.560 --> 0:04:47.240 even get the show to pass most. 0:04:47.760 --> 0:04:50.160 Well, that's more fun when it works, I can tell 0:04:50.200 --> 0:04:54.200 you that. Other than being second and ten, you know, 0:04:54.320 --> 0:04:56.960 I don't I don't know that. I don't know in 0:04:57.000 --> 0:05:00.040 the past what they did per se, I mean and 0:05:00.560 --> 0:05:05.840 outside of just looking at it, you know, Lamar has 0:05:05.880 --> 0:05:11.640 been diligent and working in terms of you know, his 0:05:11.839 --> 0:05:14.480 drop where his eyes are, you know, in terms of 0:05:14.520 --> 0:05:16.799 the past game, and it shows, you know, it's credit 0:05:16.839 --> 0:05:19.040 to him and Tea and Carry the guys that work 0:05:19.080 --> 0:05:22.479 with him, and and our guys, and it's still still 0:05:22.520 --> 0:05:25.160 got to be more consistent there. There's there's moments where 0:05:25.200 --> 0:05:28.880 you you really like what we're doing, and there's moments 0:05:28.880 --> 0:05:29.920 we certainly need to be better. 0:05:30.600 --> 0:05:32.720 When you have a gifted young player like Bateman as 0:05:32.760 --> 0:05:35.280 a coordinator, what can you do to help him get 0:05:35.320 --> 0:05:38.400 from a great play every once in a while to 0:05:38.440 --> 0:05:39.680 sort of pull on breakdown. 0:05:39.960 --> 0:05:42.479 I think with him it's more being healthy, you know. 0:05:42.520 --> 0:05:46.800 I think that's the biggest thing any player, the development well, 0:05:47.440 --> 0:05:51.560 I shouldn't say it's a player. It's all of us 0:05:52.839 --> 0:05:56.960 improve with the amount of time we're able to spend 0:05:56.960 --> 0:05:59.440 on our craft. That's just the way it is. It 0:05:59.480 --> 0:06:02.880 doesn't matter. The more he's able to get out there 0:06:02.880 --> 0:06:05.800 and practice and then get in the games, he's able 0:06:05.800 --> 0:06:08.960 to sustain that, he's only going to continue to get better. 0:06:09.080 --> 0:06:13.320 That's he's no different than a coach. You know, any 0:06:13.400 --> 0:06:17.000 job that you've got is just consistently staying healthy. And 0:06:17.040 --> 0:06:18.880 when he does, you can see that. You can see 0:06:18.880 --> 0:06:19.480 that on the field. 0:06:20.320 --> 0:06:22.360 Do you have a game plan to get it specifically 0:06:22.400 --> 0:06:24.359 get a guy more opportunities or is. 0:06:24.360 --> 0:06:26.560 That not really the way you look at it sometimes? 0:06:26.600 --> 0:06:28.520 I mean, sometimes you have in your call sheet like 0:06:28.560 --> 0:06:32.960 where you think there's opportunities for a player, but sometimes 0:06:32.960 --> 0:06:36.080 a defense takes that away, you know, other than a screen, 0:06:36.880 --> 0:06:38.360 you know, other than when you know the ball is 0:06:38.400 --> 0:06:42.640 going to a specific player. A number of times coverage 0:06:42.680 --> 0:06:45.600 could dictate that, you know, and then you've got to 0:06:45.640 --> 0:06:47.680 go somewhere else with the football, and then you know, 0:06:47.800 --> 0:06:51.039 being able to move players around can help that when 0:06:51.040 --> 0:06:56.320 you're expecting certain coverages. So that's why it's certainly more 0:06:56.360 --> 0:06:59.159 advantageous the more weapons that you have, because when the 0:06:59.200 --> 0:07:01.600 ball finds them, you have more playmakers. 0:07:01.600 --> 0:07:02.479 That's just the way it is. 0:07:02.520 --> 0:07:05.240 It's harder to take certain guys away or at least 0:07:05.279 --> 0:07:08.359 scheme up where they might be, so you're constantly trying 0:07:08.400 --> 0:07:14.720 to move guys around when when that's possible, it's not 0:07:14.760 --> 0:07:17.360 always possible because you've got to practice, got to be 0:07:17.360 --> 0:07:19.360 able to rep things, to be able to carry it 0:07:19.400 --> 0:07:21.200 over to games. 0:07:21.320 --> 0:07:25.280 Here, they've more embraced the running back by committee approach. 0:07:26.520 --> 0:07:29.840 Are you partial to that approach as well, or do 0:07:29.880 --> 0:07:30.360 you like the. 0:07:30.320 --> 0:07:33.040 Idea of kind of one guy getting twenty plus carries 0:07:33.160 --> 0:07:34.320 or so in that range. 0:07:34.880 --> 0:07:39.160 Well, sometimes I don't even know. I mean, I'll be 0:07:39.240 --> 0:07:41.520 real honest, Like you, you're subbing guys in and out. 0:07:42.160 --> 0:07:45.560 You have certain packages that you like guys in the game. 0:07:45.640 --> 0:07:50.960 Like most teams, certainly, I think with the way the 0:07:51.040 --> 0:07:53.560 game has gone, I think it's I don't think any 0:07:53.640 --> 0:07:55.000 team I should not say that. 0:07:55.080 --> 0:07:57.520 I don't know that specifically, but I think if you. 0:07:57.480 --> 0:07:59.240 Look across the league over the last few years, it's 0:07:59.280 --> 0:08:01.120 it's been more with a lot of teams running back 0:08:01.120 --> 0:08:06.880 by committee because it's a position of extreme contact, you know, 0:08:06.920 --> 0:08:09.520 in terms of. 0:08:08.480 --> 0:08:09.960 The volatility of the position. 0:08:10.200 --> 0:08:12.720 So I think you're it's in your best interest to 0:08:12.800 --> 0:08:15.680 consistently develop and have a number of running backs that 0:08:15.680 --> 0:08:18.280 can touch the ball and take the load off of 0:08:18.800 --> 0:08:19.560 just one player. 0:08:19.960 --> 0:08:20.680 Specifically. 0:08:22.000 --> 0:08:24.360 Have you seen because Lamar is kind of he has 0:08:24.400 --> 0:08:27.320 a unique solid play when you play teams, maybe it's 0:08:27.520 --> 0:08:30.120 like not outside maybe outside of the divisions that it's 0:08:30.400 --> 0:08:33.600 there is some of adjustment period for those opposing defenses because. 0:08:33.320 --> 0:08:34.199 They're not used to. 0:08:34.240 --> 0:08:36.680 Kind of, you know, a quarterback kind of like him at. 0:08:36.559 --> 0:08:41.880 All some, But you know, I think over the years 0:08:41.880 --> 0:08:46.560 there's they're not Lamar, but there's quarterbacks that skill set 0:08:46.640 --> 0:08:51.680 wise that you know might might resemble that. Like you 0:08:51.679 --> 0:08:54.240 play the Giants and you're playing Daniel Jones, there's going 0:08:54.320 --> 0:08:57.040 to be some aspect of his game that they would 0:08:57.080 --> 0:08:58.960 have to prepare for with his ability with his legs. 0:08:59.000 --> 0:09:01.480 I think any quarterback when you go against that, it's 0:09:01.480 --> 0:09:05.400 still how they're gonna play Lamar and the type of 0:09:05.440 --> 0:09:07.480 plays that you may run can vary. 0:09:08.440 --> 0:09:12.160 But and then he's played for a number of years. 0:09:12.160 --> 0:09:12.640 You can go. 0:09:12.640 --> 0:09:16.040 Back and see how they thought they would play, or 0:09:16.440 --> 0:09:19.880 you know, try to scheme up against style of play 0:09:19.920 --> 0:09:21.320 that you're at and we're a little bit different than 0:09:21.360 --> 0:09:23.520 they've been in the past, so you know, you try 0:09:23.520 --> 0:09:26.360 to dissect a little bit early on what you're getting. 0:09:28.000 --> 0:09:30.800 I think Lamar is a more drop eid on Sunday 0:09:30.800 --> 0:09:32.640 than he probably had an any game this year. And 0:09:32.880 --> 0:09:36.199 are you grateful without the opportunities and maybe some of 0:09:36.320 --> 0:09:38.520 ups and down the bad experience and came in to 0:09:38.559 --> 0:09:39.719 win and Kana loat and. 0:09:39.800 --> 0:09:43.040 Would he kind of take away from sure, No, it's no. 0:09:43.200 --> 0:09:46.440 You certainly what saved us on Sunday was we were 0:09:46.440 --> 0:09:48.240 outstanding in the red zone. I mean, that's what saved 0:09:48.320 --> 0:09:51.840 us is that when we got down there, we scored touchdowns. 0:09:51.920 --> 0:09:54.800 I mean, so with the we had other opportunities, we 0:09:54.920 --> 0:09:57.280 just we didn't take advantage of them. But when we 0:09:57.320 --> 0:09:59.760 did get down there, I mean, that's certainly saved us. 0:09:59.800 --> 0:10:01.920 And certainly we saw a little bit more drop eight 0:10:02.559 --> 0:10:05.320 than when when what we have seen when we went 0:10:05.360 --> 0:10:07.280 five man pro that's when it came up you released 0:10:07.280 --> 0:10:09.560 a back or we went five man protection, So it 0:10:09.600 --> 0:10:13.240 came up, you know, a couple of handfuls of time, 0:10:13.320 --> 0:10:16.000 so when we were throwing it. So again, I think 0:10:16.040 --> 0:10:18.080 any time you're able to see something and still come 0:10:18.080 --> 0:10:20.040 out of it with a wind, still have some things 0:10:20.040 --> 0:10:21.640 that you felt like you did well and a lot 0:10:21.640 --> 0:10:23.760 of things that you certainly can continue to build on. 0:10:25.320 --> 0:10:27.480 The consistency and execution when you. 0:10:27.440 --> 0:10:29.560 Look at you want you want to build kind of 0:10:29.559 --> 0:10:31.320 each week on something, but felt like a little bit 0:10:31.520 --> 0:10:34.320 execution wise, a little step back is that part of 0:10:34.440 --> 0:10:37.160 last week is that relative to you know, four out 0:10:37.160 --> 0:10:39.719 of five on the road, just that particular scheme or 0:10:39.760 --> 0:10:42.240 what do you what do you attribute. 0:10:41.760 --> 0:10:46.240 That most of the time it's, uh, there's a combination 0:10:46.360 --> 0:10:48.199 of that, you know, I don't. 0:10:49.720 --> 0:10:51.280 I don't know four and a five on the road 0:10:51.320 --> 0:10:52.840 and the travel and all of that. I don't. 0:10:53.440 --> 0:10:56.280 Did that have anything to do with certain aspects of 0:10:56.360 --> 0:11:00.840 us not getting lined up, you know, not functioning at 0:11:00.840 --> 0:11:03.840 a high level at times? No, no, no, but heck no, 0:11:04.360 --> 0:11:06.560 you know. I mean we went to London and we 0:11:06.600 --> 0:11:08.800 stayed over there a week. I mean to me, that's 0:11:08.960 --> 0:11:13.600 that's not the issue. The issue is the consistency, you know. 0:11:14.400 --> 0:11:17.040 It's the reverse of that is, did you expect against 0:11:17.040 --> 0:11:19.559 the Lions that everything would go so well at the beginning? Well, 0:11:19.559 --> 0:11:22.040 of course not, you know, and you're playing against the 0:11:22.040 --> 0:11:24.520 best players in the world and the best coaches in 0:11:24.559 --> 0:11:27.160 the world, and they've played better at home. I mean, 0:11:27.440 --> 0:11:29.280 obviously the Dallas Cowboys are a good team and they 0:11:29.280 --> 0:11:31.440 beat them at home. So it's those things are a 0:11:31.480 --> 0:11:35.200 part of it. Certain opportunities that you had that you 0:11:35.200 --> 0:11:38.000 didn't take advantage of that you certainly could have coached better, 0:11:38.280 --> 0:11:41.920 certainly could have played better. But luckily, like I said, 0:11:41.920 --> 0:11:43.560 when we did get down the red zone, we did 0:11:43.640 --> 0:11:47.800 score touchdowns, which again, when you do that, you really 0:11:48.000 --> 0:11:51.880 was I wouldn't say it was. There were some similarities 0:11:51.920 --> 0:11:53.800 to that game in the in the Cincinnati game in 0:11:53.840 --> 0:11:56.560 some ways where the opportunities that we get we did 0:11:56.640 --> 0:11:57.680 get we score touchdowns. 0:11:57.679 --> 0:11:58.520 That gives you a chance. 0:11:58.559 --> 0:12:01.560 Then you're in the twenties, twenty eight, you're close to thirty. 0:12:01.559 --> 0:12:04.920 You know you're you're at least gonna put don't score touchdowns. 0:12:04.960 --> 0:12:07.280 It doesn't nearly fear feel as well. So that's that's 0:12:07.320 --> 0:12:08.959 the biggest part of it. Is when you are a 0:12:08.960 --> 0:12:12.400 little bit choppy and you're not taking advantage of some 0:12:12.520 --> 0:12:15.640 opportunities that that you had, then you better score touchdowns. 0:12:16.880 --> 0:12:17.480 I think there's a. 0:12:17.400 --> 0:12:20.760 Lot of excitement over what this offense would look like, 0:12:20.840 --> 0:12:21.880 this rushing offense would look like. 0:12:21.880 --> 0:12:23.080 When you guys spread teams out. 0:12:23.400 --> 0:12:24.719 I think, you know, when the love of personnel, you 0:12:24.720 --> 0:12:27.000 guys are much more passing client than running client. I 0:12:27.000 --> 0:12:28.880 know some of that's probably situational, but I guess what 0:12:29.000 --> 0:12:30.840 kind of has gone into the decision making. 0:12:30.679 --> 0:12:36.360 Process of you know, that's what personnel does that you 0:12:36.400 --> 0:12:41.640 know some of it is you know who you have 0:12:41.880 --> 0:12:42.439 in the game. 0:12:42.880 --> 0:12:47.400 You know, whether it's utilizing pat ricard, utilizing your tight ends, 0:12:48.200 --> 0:12:50.120 the run game that you can have when you're in 0:12:50.400 --> 0:12:53.800 you know, spread out personnel, how much you want to 0:12:53.840 --> 0:12:55.960 run lamar. I mean that that becomes part of that. 0:12:56.960 --> 0:13:01.160 As you continue to build and try to scheme other defenses, 0:13:02.120 --> 0:13:05.800 certain teams give you different fronts that might not be 0:13:06.760 --> 0:13:09.480 you know, as much of an advantage to be in 0:13:09.480 --> 0:13:13.840 the spread set. So we certainly are trying to be, 0:13:14.440 --> 0:13:18.200 you know, as best as we can be, as balanced 0:13:18.200 --> 0:13:20.199 as we can per personal set. But it doesn't always 0:13:20.200 --> 0:13:22.880 work out that way. But that's a good point, I mean, 0:13:22.880 --> 0:13:24.520 in terms of being spread and being able to still 0:13:24.520 --> 0:13:26.760 be able to run it for sure in your. 0:13:26.679 --> 0:13:30.839 Experience, does being a first year play color? Is that 0:13:31.000 --> 0:13:33.200 different from maybe if you're at a place where they're 0:13:33.200 --> 0:13:35.920 a fourth year, where maybe you're adding layers in the 0:13:35.920 --> 0:13:37.920 offense rather than figuring out what you're good at holding 0:13:38.160 --> 0:13:38.520 on that. 0:13:38.679 --> 0:13:42.480 Say last team, Oh, I think for sure, And I 0:13:42.480 --> 0:13:45.000 wouldn't I wouldn't say, I wouldn't even say play color 0:13:45.040 --> 0:13:47.719 as much as our first year together. And you don't 0:13:47.760 --> 0:13:51.400 want that to be an excuse, because there are none. Right, 0:13:51.440 --> 0:13:54.800 We're already into playing eight games, and I do think 0:13:54.800 --> 0:13:56.840 we're starting to play better. There's a lot of things 0:13:56.880 --> 0:13:59.160 we can improve on. But over the last few weeks 0:13:59.200 --> 0:14:02.240 we've moved the ballmork consistently. I like where we're headed again, 0:14:02.280 --> 0:14:04.439 We're not there yet. We need to get there. That's 0:14:04.480 --> 0:14:07.120 part of what you do. But as a new staff 0:14:07.320 --> 0:14:11.320 players system, you're always, even two or three years from now, 0:14:11.360 --> 0:14:15.080 will be still right striving to be lead and everything 0:14:15.080 --> 0:14:17.720 we do right, how we meet, how we teach, the 0:14:17.760 --> 0:14:20.240 notes we take, how we practice, how we take care 0:14:20.240 --> 0:14:22.440 of our bodies right, how we carry that over to 0:14:22.480 --> 0:14:26.640 the field, how we get lined up right, how we 0:14:26.720 --> 0:14:28.760 execute a high level. All those things are a big 0:14:28.800 --> 0:14:32.120 part of that that falls under that umbrella. And no 0:14:32.160 --> 0:14:34.760 one really, to be honest, I mean they really don't, 0:14:34.840 --> 0:14:35.680 and we shouldn't. 0:14:35.760 --> 0:14:36.360 We don't care. 0:14:36.560 --> 0:14:39.840 I mean, ultimately, it's what you show on Sunday that matters. 0:14:39.640 --> 0:14:41.840 That's what we're paid to do, and that's what we're 0:14:41.880 --> 0:14:44.480 always striving to do, is to have a high level 0:14:44.440 --> 0:14:47.760 of high level of execution, and it starts with how 0:14:47.800 --> 0:14:51.600 we gain planet prepared during the week and then execute 0:14:51.880 --> 0:14:54.360 against the best in the world because they're paid to 0:14:54.400 --> 0:14:57.120 do everything to stop us. That's the one thing that 0:14:57.200 --> 0:15:00.280 I think we forget at times is that we've got 0:15:00.280 --> 0:15:02.440 good players and coaches too, and then how are we 0:15:02.520 --> 0:15:04.720 going to do it better? Text you to the high level, 0:15:04.880 --> 0:15:07.440 especially the most critical situations in the game. 0:15:08.560 --> 0:15:11.480 Overall the way games are you pretty pleased with how 0:15:11.520 --> 0:15:14.120 you guys have run the ball overall? And you know 0:15:14.160 --> 0:15:16.200 sometimes the running game late the season takes all more 0:15:16.680 --> 0:15:18.360 me and a just do you feel as another level 0:15:18.360 --> 0:15:19.200 to get to or I. 0:15:19.320 --> 0:15:20.600 Just will I was pleased. 0:15:21.120 --> 0:15:24.720 I have been relatively pleased in terms of how we've 0:15:24.760 --> 0:15:29.000 run the football. Certain times we could be better. We 0:15:29.080 --> 0:15:33.040 certainly Sunday felt better. We ran the ball better in 0:15:33.040 --> 0:15:35.280 the second half, called it better in. 0:15:35.240 --> 0:15:35.960 The second half. 0:15:36.560 --> 0:15:38.480 We had a few more RPOs early in the game 0:15:38.520 --> 0:15:41.280 that got thrown when we had opportunities to run it, 0:15:41.760 --> 0:15:46.640 and that really you know when it the drive that 0:15:46.720 --> 0:15:48.920 got it to twenty four and the drive that got 0:15:48.920 --> 0:15:53.280 it to thirty one. Really, if you said throughout the 0:15:53.320 --> 0:15:55.760 game outside of the first time we scored, made you 0:15:55.760 --> 0:15:57.840 feel good about we wanted to end the game on 0:15:57.880 --> 0:16:00.160 our terms and we didn't end it then. But the 0:16:00.200 --> 0:16:01.640 last time we got in the field and we're able 0:16:01.640 --> 0:16:05.280 to run the football, and I like the way we 0:16:05.320 --> 0:16:07.200 scheme it. I like our guys. I think we are 0:16:07.280 --> 0:16:10.800 certainly capable of that and we need to continue that. 0:16:10.840 --> 0:16:12.320 I mean, you can't control the game if you can't 0:16:12.360 --> 0:16:14.000 run the football. I mean if you just can't, you 0:16:14.040 --> 0:16:16.600 can't control the game. Your play action games, not not 0:16:16.680 --> 0:16:19.240 at speed, your short yardage, your goal line. We've been 0:16:19.280 --> 0:16:20.760 good in the red zone because we've been able to 0:16:20.800 --> 0:16:22.680 run it. I mean that's a fact. I mean when 0:16:22.680 --> 0:16:25.040 we've been able to run it, well, we've scored running 0:16:25.040 --> 0:16:27.280 the football and that adds to a lot of areas 0:16:27.640 --> 0:16:31.280 short yardage, converting third downs, if you get into four minute. 0:16:31.280 --> 0:16:33.120 Right goal line, red zone. 0:16:33.160 --> 0:16:35.800 Those are all things that lead into situational football that 0:16:35.840 --> 0:16:39.200 helps you win and it gives your defense a blow. 0:16:39.200 --> 0:16:42.360 You're able to take time off the clock. And like 0:16:42.400 --> 0:16:44.760 I said, everything starts with that, and Lamar is a 0:16:44.760 --> 0:16:47.760 part of that. Whether it's schemed up or he takes 0:16:47.800 --> 0:16:50.200 off and runs that ends up on rushing yards. 0:16:50.200 --> 0:16:50.400 You know. 0:16:50.480 --> 0:16:52.880 So he is certainly even though we haven't used him 0:16:52.880 --> 0:16:53.480 as much. 0:16:53.320 --> 0:16:57.040 Maybe in the quarterback driven stuff, his ability to get 0:16:57.040 --> 0:17:00.440 outside the pocket and run or even on short gartage 0:17:00.760 --> 0:17:05.000 has added to that. 0:17:05.000 --> 0:17:07.400 That was oc Todd walkin. We also talk with defensive 0:17:07.440 --> 0:17:11.359 coordinator Mike McDonald, who discussed the upcoming matchup against the 0:17:11.400 --> 0:17:16.000 Seattle offense that features some big time wide receivers. 0:17:17.359 --> 0:17:19.119 All right, good to see everybody. I thought we'd be 0:17:19.160 --> 0:17:20.000 outside today, but. 0:17:21.440 --> 0:17:22.879 Here we are. What do you got? 0:17:23.280 --> 0:17:25.959 You guys are going to playing the Lions offense, the 0:17:26.000 --> 0:17:28.280 Cardinals offense, which is a little more spread out RPO's 0:17:28.480 --> 0:17:33.160 college style, almost back to playing Seattle, which then they're 0:17:33.200 --> 0:17:36.760 more like zone running, not necessarily like Detroit. Is that 0:17:36.800 --> 0:17:39.119 why you tend to have a defense? 0:17:39.160 --> 0:17:41.040 I can kind of shape shift every week and you guys, 0:17:41.080 --> 0:17:43.000 you guys play a bunch of different coveries, a bunch 0:17:43.040 --> 0:17:43.840 of different fronts. 0:17:44.000 --> 0:17:45.159 Is that the idea behind that? 0:17:46.920 --> 0:17:47.120 Yeah? 0:17:47.160 --> 0:17:50.320 I definitely think that goes goes into you know, how 0:17:50.359 --> 0:17:52.239 we set up a game plan for sure, as you're 0:17:52.240 --> 0:17:55.359 always watching it through the lens of what you feel 0:17:55.359 --> 0:17:57.560 like their offense does really well, and then what puts 0:17:57.560 --> 0:17:57.760 you in a. 0:17:57.760 --> 0:17:59.320 Position to stop those types of plays. 0:17:59.800 --> 0:18:01.960 So I think that, you know, just goes back to 0:18:02.119 --> 0:18:03.640 how you how you build it from the get going, 0:18:03.640 --> 0:18:05.320 how you practiced it in the off season. So when 0:18:05.320 --> 0:18:07.399 you you know, when you do some different offenses throughout 0:18:07.400 --> 0:18:10.159 the year, you feel feel like you're well equipped to 0:18:10.200 --> 0:18:12.080 do things that the guys know how to do, and 0:18:12.280 --> 0:18:14.119