Speaker 1: I gotta be honest with you. By the time I
Speaker 1: talk to you, guys win or lose mentally. Uh, I'm
Speaker 1: on to the next game. And I know there's a
Speaker 1: lot of questions about the UH call right before the half. UH,
Speaker 1: so I definitely wanna address that before I move on
Speaker 1: to UH Cincinnati, UH take.
Speaker 2: Forward responsibility for that call.
Speaker 1: I have to do a better job in putting the
Speaker 1: guys in a better position. UH. We have good players,
Speaker 1: I know that, and UH I can't really press the issue,
Speaker 1: you know, and with that, you know, moving forward.
Speaker 2: UH, it's my responsibility to do that.
Speaker 1: So UH I d you know, wish I could take
Speaker 1: it back, but UH again you know, UH, I gotta
Speaker 1: I gotta do better. So UH this week, moving forward,
Speaker 1: I would say we have a uh definitely a challenge
Speaker 1: ahead of us. Joe Burrow, in my opinion, is one
Speaker 1: of the best quarterbacks UH in this league. He has
Speaker 1: a dynamic trio. UH at the receiver position, Board Higgins
Speaker 1: and UH what I think one of the best in
Speaker 1: the league. UH Chase uh Mixing is still running the
Speaker 1: ball at a high level, and I think they do
Speaker 1: a great job up front in the offensive line for
Speaker 1: as a run game as well as trying to give
Speaker 1: them time in the uh pocket force protection.
Speaker 2: So UH with that, I take your questions.
Speaker 3: See was that called uh partly a reflection of not
Speaker 3: being able to get to cousins?
Speaker 2: Uh? I.
Speaker 1: I I don't really want to elaborate on the call. Again,
Speaker 1: I can't. I can't press it. Uh. Our players Uh again,
Speaker 1: they they have shown the ability to be able to
Speaker 1: do certain things, and UH, I gotta be able to
Speaker 1: trust that. And I know I know exactly what we
Speaker 1: have in in in the caliber guys there.
Speaker 2: Uh. And once again I.
Speaker 1: Take full responsibility uh for putting them those guys in
Speaker 1: that position.
Speaker 3: How youssing the front front four then not getting uh?
Speaker 1: Uh I it's it's a common of both. It's the
Speaker 1: combination of both. You know, I saw with me. You know,
Speaker 1: you know from a standpoint of calls, you know, gotta
Speaker 1: gotta look at my calls.
Speaker 2: Uh.
Speaker 1: We gotta look at what we do from a coverage standpoint.
Speaker 2: Uh.
Speaker 1: And given those guys opportunities, you know, because when I
Speaker 1: evaluate the tape and I watch things, we're this close,
Speaker 1: we're this close, we're this close, and you know, you
Speaker 1: look at certain situations why the quarterback is getting rid
Speaker 1: of the ball.
Speaker 2: Uh.
Speaker 1: You know, we gotta be better on our zone drops,
Speaker 1: you know, getting in that particular wonder that's gonna make
Speaker 1: him hold the ball and then Boaster's right there to
Speaker 1: get the sack or he's gonna check it down. As
Speaker 1: we always talk about forcing the ball to the kill zone.
Speaker 1: So there's a combination of a lot of things. And
Speaker 1: we all got our hand in it, and we got
Speaker 1: to get better in training camp, maybe more than once
Speaker 1: that you know, as first, the depth of this defensive line.
Speaker 2: You've never been around it and like it not to
Speaker 2: call out specific guys.
Speaker 3: And and numbers, but you know the numbers don't don't
Speaker 3: bear that out at this point, do you don't.
Speaker 2: From a production stamp point.
Speaker 1: You know it it It it varies throughout uh the
Speaker 1: year in uh each team, you know, And I I
Speaker 1: go back to really what I just stated, Uh, I
Speaker 1: think we can do a better job on the back end,
Speaker 1: you know, in coverage, whether it's man or zone and
Speaker 1: allowing the quarterback to hold the ball a little longer,
Speaker 1: you know, watching tape, Uh, I think we're close. I
Speaker 1: think we're close a lot, uh, and we're gonna eventually
Speaker 1: get there. And I'm I'm not really pressing right now
Speaker 1: uh about the lack of production, cause I feel like
Speaker 1: it's gonna come.
Speaker 3: Various word was able to get the pick on the
Speaker 3: on the first series and he almost got the one on.
Speaker 2: That on that call right at the end of the half.
Speaker 2: What kind of communication do you have with him in
Speaker 2: confidence do you have in him?
Speaker 1: Uh?
Speaker 2: A lot of confidence in him.
Speaker 1: Uh.
Speaker 2: I think he's emerging each and every week.
Speaker 1: Uh, and I think it starts in practice, just leaving
Speaker 1: practice now, just watching him how he goes about his job. Uh,
Speaker 1: it translates and carries over to uh to the game.
Speaker 1: So Uh, he's working hard each and every day. And uh,
Speaker 1: the confidence is there to be able to call manor
Speaker 1: zone uh when he's out there?
Speaker 2: Was he was?
Speaker 3: He pretty crushed after the game Monday night.
Speaker 1: Uh. I think we all were, you know, and as
Speaker 1: as professionals, as pros, we gotta quickly move on.
Speaker 3: What does your working protocol with Kyle like after games?
Speaker 2: Do you guys meet on the plane when you're coming
Speaker 2: back from away game or do you have meetings with
Speaker 2: him the next day?
Speaker 1: Talk on the plane, we meet the next day, evaluate
Speaker 1: and go over the Uh. The game tape, so there's
Speaker 1: constant dialogue. You wanna look at your pressures, your play designs,
Speaker 1: your play calls.
Speaker 2: Do you ever go back and look at what was successful?
Speaker 2: Uh for to meet go for Robert solo with similar players? Uh?
Speaker 1: I think you have to, cause it's it's based off
Speaker 1: the defense, you know, and this defense is is a
Speaker 1: unique defense, and there's certain things that go with that
Speaker 1: particular uh defense, And uh, I'm learning that, you know,
Speaker 1: and there's certain things that you gotta you can't swell
Speaker 1: away from.
Speaker 2: You know. So as we evaluate, as I evaluate.
Speaker 1: And talk to the coaches most important as well as Kyle,
Speaker 1: I see those things. So again that's why I'm not panicking.
Speaker 1: I know we have the personnel. I know we have
Speaker 1: the talent, and I just got to do a better
Speaker 1: job putting them in position.
Speaker 2: What is it like learning a defense and coaching and
Speaker 2: defense at the.
Speaker 1: Same time, You know, it's it's always challenging, you know,
Speaker 1: you know, you when you've done your own thing for
Speaker 1: seventeen years, it's it's a little different. But I'm encouraged.
Speaker 1: I got a great supporting cast. These coaches are around
Speaker 1: me are phenomenal. They know this defense. They they know
Speaker 1: their craft. Uh, these players are great, So we're all
Speaker 1: in this together, man, So I'm not hitting the panic
Speaker 1: button at all.
Speaker 3: There's a lot of great receivers in this league, but
Speaker 3: Chase might be in his own category. They've targeted thirty
Speaker 3: two times in the last couple of games. What separates
Speaker 3: Chase from because your other great receivers.
Speaker 1: Around the league one, I think it starts with the quarterback.
Speaker 1: They have a unique relationship. You know, when you look
Speaker 1: at ball placement, Borol is phenomenal and throwing the back
Speaker 1: shoulder gives the receivers the only opportunity sometime to catch it.
Speaker 2: So I think that chemistry is there.
Speaker 1: Uh, he's just so dynamic after the catch, you know,
Speaker 1: so it's hard to really try to give him a
Speaker 1: lot of space. You got to try to do certain things,
Speaker 1: whether you're rolling the coverage to him where they're playing, man,
Speaker 1: but you gotta have definitely a lot of his own
Speaker 1: eyes on him. But I can also say this, if
Speaker 1: you try to overplay him, the other two are gonna
Speaker 1: hurt you as well. So we talked about that trio.
Speaker 1: So we got to do a great job and just
Speaker 1: trying to balance things out.
Speaker 2: Watch your Burrow and the first you know, three or
Speaker 2: four games.
Speaker 3: And then maybe the last couple of games. How different
Speaker 3: do they look in terms of you living healthier and
Speaker 3: how much.
Speaker 2: Does that show up on the table.
Speaker 1: Well, I still think they're productive, but you can see
Speaker 1: certain things on tape and where the injury is there.
Speaker 1: You know, I don't know where he is right now
Speaker 1: from a standpoint of to buy a lot of things
Speaker 1: that they've been doing is out of the gun where
Speaker 1: he normally operates underneath the center. So we'll see exactly
Speaker 1: how that is on Sunday. But Uh, the guy is
Speaker 1: very capable of still running the offense to the fullest with.
Speaker 3: The with Brock, with rock and concussion protocol. There's at
Speaker 3: least a chance that Sam would start. And you have
Speaker 3: the experience of being on the sideline with Sam as
Speaker 3: the starting quarterback.
Speaker 2: What could we expect to see?
Speaker 3: Uh?
Speaker 1: A lot of poors. You know, he's gonna he's gonna
Speaker 1: leave the offense the right way. Uh. I think you
Speaker 1: know he's shown that uh last year, you know, coming
Speaker 1: in under the circumstances. So uh, great leader, He's gonna
Speaker 1: do everything he has to do in running this offense
Speaker 1: to the fullest. So we'll see exactly how that goes,
Speaker 1: and you know, hopefully Brock's ready. That's that's definitely question
Speaker 1: for uh Kyle right there.
Speaker 3: There's an assumption like, well, if you're you're more of
Speaker 3: a bloodz guy and they didn't bloods much year before.
Speaker 2: But I'm not sure the numbers are out there.
Speaker 3: You're blitzing more, are you?
Speaker 2: Like blitz haven't been overly effective that blits you in
Speaker 2: the right situations?
Speaker 1: Uh I yeah, I I don't you know, you go
Speaker 1: back to to to Cleveland and you know, right before
Speaker 1: the half, you know, we we got a sack cause fumble.
Speaker 1: Uh they rooted you know, in complete boasta, got you know,
Speaker 1: a sack there. So I think it's all timing, you
Speaker 1: know what I'm saying. In the situations, Uh, some get
Speaker 1: picked up, yes, but uh, I think you have to be.
Speaker 2: On point at times.
Speaker 1: When you when you are bringing pressure, you know, because
Speaker 1: you don't want to get hurt with it. So we
Speaker 1: try to mix it up a little bit for us,
Speaker 1: you know, man's zone and zone pressure.
Speaker 2: So appreciate you guys. Thank you