WEBVTT - Wiggins, Stephens, Faalele & Others: Ravens Press Conferences 9/26/24 0:00:03.360 --> 0:00:04.600 Welcome to Press Pass. 0:00:04.960 --> 0:00:08.360 It's Thursday, September twenty sixth, and today we heard from 0:00:08.360 --> 0:00:12.799 the Ravens coordinators. First up with special teams coordinator Chris Horton. 0:00:17.000 --> 0:00:19.720 Good to see everyone today. Just a little quick recap 0:00:19.760 --> 0:00:22.239 of last week. You know, I think the one thing 0:00:22.280 --> 0:00:25.040 I am pretty pleased about is like when you turn 0:00:25.079 --> 0:00:26.760 on the tape and we watch our guys play. Our 0:00:26.760 --> 0:00:29.960 guys are playing physical, our guys are playing hard, and 0:00:30.000 --> 0:00:33.239 we are we are having some success out on the field. 0:00:33.400 --> 0:00:36.000 I think the thing that the thing that we're continuing 0:00:36.040 --> 0:00:37.879 to strive for and the thing that we are continuing 0:00:37.920 --> 0:00:41.479 to chase is really like perfect execution. Because when the 0:00:41.520 --> 0:00:44.240 execution is not right in our phase of the game, 0:00:44.320 --> 0:00:47.479 you know, it's somewhat is it's noticeable, right, So so 0:00:47.560 --> 0:00:49.440 our thing, man, we come out here like every day, 0:00:49.440 --> 0:00:51.920 every Wednesday, every Thursday, every Friday, and then when we 0:00:51.960 --> 0:00:53.440 get to Sunday, Man, we want to we want to 0:00:53.479 --> 0:00:55.600 go out there and really play our best football. And 0:00:55.640 --> 0:00:58.600 that starts with our physicality and our effort, giving us 0:00:58.640 --> 0:01:02.080 an opportunity to have us usful play and then maximizing 0:01:02.080 --> 0:01:04.160 our execution when we're out on the field. 0:01:04.400 --> 0:01:08.080 Questions Chris from. 0:01:07.920 --> 0:01:10.760 The the one one side kick or with say is 0:01:10.800 --> 0:01:12.960 it just a matter of just catching the ball or 0:01:12.959 --> 0:01:15.480 is there something else when you talk about execution that 0:01:15.600 --> 0:01:16.319 could have helped them? 0:01:16.600 --> 0:01:18.200 You know, I think when you when you look at 0:01:18.240 --> 0:01:20.040 that play, we did a We did a great job 0:01:20.080 --> 0:01:23.560 of getting ourselves one, getting lined up, understanding that the 0:01:23.600 --> 0:01:25.720 type of kick that we that we were going to see, 0:01:25.840 --> 0:01:27.679 and then it's really just uh, you know, I explained 0:01:27.720 --> 0:01:29.560 with and I talked to him about this, you know, 0:01:29.640 --> 0:01:31.920 maybe a little bit more with understanding how that ball 0:01:32.000 --> 0:01:33.600 is going to come in, a little bit more with 0:01:33.720 --> 0:01:35.520 you would probably put yourself in front of the ball. 0:01:35.800 --> 0:01:36.840 Other than that, that's it. 0:01:36.880 --> 0:01:37.960 I mean, he's got to you know, we got to 0:01:37.959 --> 0:01:39.520 get ourselves out there and then we guys got to 0:01:39.520 --> 0:01:41.920 fill that ball. It wasn't anything that they did where 0:01:41.959 --> 0:01:43.679 I thought affected us on the play. 0:01:43.920 --> 0:01:45.039 It's just, uh, you know, we. 0:01:44.959 --> 0:01:46.679 Gotta we gotta fill that ball. 0:01:48.920 --> 0:01:51.520 Guess what if you're going out towards how you do want. 0:01:51.360 --> 0:01:52.080 It's in this game. 0:01:53.440 --> 0:01:54.280 Week prior with the. 0:01:54.320 --> 0:01:56.440 Raiders and Ers, how you go? 0:01:56.680 --> 0:01:57.920 No, I thought it was. I thought it was a 0:01:57.920 --> 0:01:58.400 lot better. 0:01:58.680 --> 0:02:02.120 Obviously, a ball ball location is something that we preach 0:02:02.160 --> 0:02:03.920 on a lot of you know, where the ball is 0:02:03.960 --> 0:02:06.480 and things like that. But but for us to go 0:02:06.560 --> 0:02:10.440 out there and limit Cavante Turp into zero yards return. 0:02:10.360 --> 0:02:12.480 That is a that is a great That is a great. 0:02:12.280 --> 0:02:15.000 Day for our for our punt coverage unit because we 0:02:15.080 --> 0:02:17.440 also because we know how dangerous of a returner he is. 0:02:17.600 --> 0:02:20.000 And again it starts, it starts with us one protecting 0:02:20.000 --> 0:02:22.920 the punt because Dalla has been a great rush team, 0:02:23.040 --> 0:02:25.839 us protecting the punt, and then everybody just selling out 0:02:25.880 --> 0:02:28.320 on the coverage and not allowing them to get any 0:02:28.360 --> 0:02:31.240 return yard. So from that standpoint, I thought Jordan did 0:02:31.280 --> 0:02:33.160 a great job. Even the ball that got hit in 0:02:33.160 --> 0:02:35.280 the middle of the field, you know, he puts enough 0:02:35.320 --> 0:02:37.640 hangtime on it's a five point three ball that gives 0:02:37.639 --> 0:02:39.960 our gunners an opportunity to get down the field and 0:02:40.000 --> 0:02:41.440 it allows the net to get down. 0:02:41.280 --> 0:02:42.679 There and coverage and force fair catch. 0:02:42.960 --> 0:02:44.839 So all in all, you know, I think he's he's 0:02:44.880 --> 0:02:47.360 getting better, but we still we're still chasing again, perfect 0:02:47.400 --> 0:02:51.040 execution every time we out there, and and and proper 0:02:51.080 --> 0:02:52.519 ball placements. 0:02:52.639 --> 0:02:56.320 In made clear with us if the missed kicks they 0:02:56.320 --> 0:02:58.960 are solely on him that he's just missing them and 0:02:59.120 --> 0:03:01.200 he's you know, they're all why everything else is executting 0:03:02.000 --> 0:03:02.840 exactly as you would hope? 0:03:02.880 --> 0:03:03.360 Is that? 0:03:03.360 --> 0:03:04.240 Do you concur with that? 0:03:04.639 --> 0:03:06.440 I do you know? 0:03:06.480 --> 0:03:08.880 And uh, you know, no one knows better than than 0:03:09.000 --> 0:03:12.440 than Justin, right, Uh so with what Justin says and 0:03:12.440 --> 0:03:16.000 and and what Justin believes, that's probably one hundred percent accurate. 0:03:16.400 --> 0:03:18.440 And it's our job to just to keep encouraging him. 0:03:18.600 --> 0:03:21.720 Uh again, we trust him. We believe in him all right, 0:03:22.160 --> 0:03:25.000 because we know he's gonna get this thing figured out 0:03:25.040 --> 0:03:26.920 and then the ball will be going right where we 0:03:26.960 --> 0:03:29.200 want it to go. So we'll just keep sending him 0:03:29.200 --> 0:03:31.640 out there and that thing, uh, it'll get itself fixed. 0:03:32.080 --> 0:03:34.560 When you have a guy like Tuckle's been so good 0:03:34.560 --> 0:03:37.120 throughout his career and he's having the struggles he's having, now, 0:03:37.840 --> 0:03:40.840 do you know when to jump in and say something 0:03:40.880 --> 0:03:42.760 on No, when to jump in and coach him to 0:03:42.800 --> 0:03:45.400 you just trust that he'll figure. 0:03:45.080 --> 0:03:46.160 It out on his own. 0:03:46.880 --> 0:03:48.400 It's not that he's got to he's got to so 0:03:48.480 --> 0:03:50.200 much figure it out on his own because he is 0:03:50.360 --> 0:03:52.920 He has Randy and he has Sam here with him, right, So, 0:03:52.920 --> 0:03:55.360 so when there is something that they might see Uh, 0:03:55.400 --> 0:03:58.400 he has another set of eyes on the kicks and 0:03:58.440 --> 0:04:00.640 things like that, so they kind of get him advice 0:04:00.920 --> 0:04:03.240 to kind of, you know, on some things that they're seeing. 0:04:03.480 --> 0:04:07.600 But but but ultimately, because he has been so successful 0:04:07.720 --> 0:04:11.440 and people aren't accustomed to this, like it's we we 0:04:11.640 --> 0:04:14.360 think that these things shouldn't happen, right, but but he 0:04:14.480 --> 0:04:16.599 is human and and and these things do happen. So 0:04:17.040 --> 0:04:19.000 just like he said, he's got to find himself. He's 0:04:19.000 --> 0:04:21.200 got to get himself back in his rhythm, and we 0:04:21.279 --> 0:04:23.680 all believe and have faith and know that that will 0:04:23.680 --> 0:04:26.400 get done. 0:04:27.880 --> 0:04:31.000 Next up is offensive coordinator Todd Monkin. 0:04:34.080 --> 0:04:38.000 Die as far as the obviously up against Dallas, what 0:04:38.080 --> 0:04:40.640 did you see in the execution from the offensive line 0:04:40.720 --> 0:04:42.839 this week? Then maybe the Creeds companies. 0:04:44.160 --> 0:04:46.600 Well, I thought we were just cleaner overalls and offense. 0:04:46.640 --> 0:04:51.320 We were cleaner. Not perfect by any means, but we 0:04:51.320 --> 0:04:56.400 were cleaner. And I thought we raised the floor on 0:04:56.440 --> 0:04:59.400 our perimeter blocking. I thought that made a big difference, 0:05:00.080 --> 0:05:01.640 you know, in terms of guys on the perimeter. 0:05:02.560 --> 0:05:03.479 Didn't matter what it was. 0:05:03.520 --> 0:05:06.760 It didn't matter if it was QB driven or if 0:05:06.800 --> 0:05:09.400 it was Derek, you know, breaking through the line of 0:05:09.400 --> 0:05:11.920 scrimmage and Nelson downfield. I just thought we took a 0:05:12.560 --> 0:05:16.000 real step in terms of, you know, where our guys 0:05:16.040 --> 0:05:19.320 were and where they got to this past week. 0:05:19.839 --> 0:05:22.080 To buy in from those guys, from your receivers and 0:05:22.160 --> 0:05:24.440 tell you us to block the way that they do, 0:05:24.800 --> 0:05:26.200 especially in the game where they're not getting you know, 0:05:26.400 --> 0:05:29.720 throw the ball fifteen times, and how you think you 0:05:29.839 --> 0:05:31.440 must take a lot of pride in that knowing everyone's 0:05:31.440 --> 0:05:33.960 going to buy in and say either it's fine today 0:05:34.040 --> 0:05:37.120 is maybe I'm not going to catch a bunch of ballerm. 0:05:36.160 --> 0:05:39.960 Gonna do with no that's been coaching skill guys my 0:05:40.000 --> 0:05:42.280 whole life. That's that's a hard deal. That's a hard 0:05:43.080 --> 0:05:46.719 that's a hard sell when you know a lot of 0:05:46.720 --> 0:05:49.159 their pride and and what they get paid to do 0:05:49.200 --> 0:05:50.400 is showcase their skill set. 0:05:50.680 --> 0:05:52.279 I don't care what position you play, you want to 0:05:52.279 --> 0:05:53.320 you want to touch the football. 0:05:54.240 --> 0:05:56.680 But it said a lot about those guys that in 0:05:56.760 --> 0:06:01.320 that moment, however long the game is for three hours, 0:06:01.360 --> 0:06:03.960 that it's about team. It's about what I can do 0:06:04.080 --> 0:06:06.560 right now to help the Ravens win. And that's been 0:06:06.600 --> 0:06:10.120 a staple this organization for years is then we can 0:06:10.120 --> 0:06:13.080 figure out afterwards, Hey, how can we get other guys involved? 0:06:13.080 --> 0:06:15.599 But at that moment, that's what that's what I control 0:06:15.720 --> 0:06:19.360 as an individual player, what's called to execute at the 0:06:19.440 --> 0:06:21.480 highest level, and that thinking it says a lot about 0:06:21.480 --> 0:06:22.000 those guys. 0:06:23.720 --> 0:06:26.440 Tody, this as challenge. 0:06:25.960 --> 0:06:29.560 Of build defensive ways that the three previous teams that 0:06:29.600 --> 0:06:33.120 they've competed against were. The other teams tend to throw 0:06:33.120 --> 0:06:35.000 the ball as the numbers more and they have a 0:06:35.080 --> 0:06:37.839 higher depth target airy yards. 0:06:37.839 --> 0:06:40.839 So this is an depopic so that it's different. 0:06:40.520 --> 0:06:41.279 In those reports. 0:06:43.520 --> 0:06:46.320 Well, again, our sample sizes three games and their sample 0:06:46.360 --> 0:06:48.440 size is one game eat, So I'm not saying that 0:06:48.720 --> 0:06:52.800 who we are now and who they are then each 0:06:52.880 --> 0:06:56.080 game presents different challenges of how we're going to attack them. 0:06:56.120 --> 0:06:59.560 There's certain aspects of Arizona that you take from. There's 0:06:59.600 --> 0:07:03.200 certain aspects of Miami you know that you like, and 0:07:03.200 --> 0:07:06.520 there's certain things that you know of what went on 0:07:06.600 --> 0:07:08.640 last week and then last year. So there's there's a 0:07:08.680 --> 0:07:12.600 number of things we'll take from that, but we certainly 0:07:12.600 --> 0:07:14.640 have to continue to build on what we've done so 0:07:14.760 --> 0:07:17.160 far and continue to play clean football. 0:07:17.200 --> 0:07:20.800 That that's what's when you turn on the tape, you 0:07:20.840 --> 0:07:22.160 want it to look like you want it to look like. 0:07:22.160 --> 0:07:24.560 And that's that's an easy statement, but when you're going 0:07:24.560 --> 0:07:27.200 against the best in the world, a little harder than 0:07:28.120 --> 0:07:30.680 it seems. But for our guys, we've had a great 0:07:30.680 --> 0:07:32.840 week of practice last week and we've already started this 0:07:32.880 --> 0:07:34.360 week with two great days. 0:07:34.360 --> 0:07:36.880 So I look forward to playing Sunday night, living. 0:07:36.680 --> 0:07:39.960 Those lines of records and such. Why did Mark Andrews play, 0:07:40.320 --> 0:07:42.840 you know, fewer snaps than stall. 0:07:43.760 --> 0:07:45.200 Oh, I don't know. I didn't even know he did. 0:07:45.240 --> 0:07:48.400 I mean, I you know, game plan wise, some of 0:07:48.440 --> 0:07:51.280 that comes into play. We were in a little bit 0:07:51.320 --> 0:07:56.400 more you personnel, I guess twenty two personnel, And when 0:07:56.480 --> 0:07:58.560 Charlie's in and Pat's in, that's only one of the 0:07:58.560 --> 0:08:03.360 other tight ends, so that that's gonna shrink that in 0:08:03.440 --> 0:08:05.360 the other games, we're in a lot of two minutes, 0:08:05.880 --> 0:08:07.640 we're in a lot of no huddle, there's a lot 0:08:08.280 --> 0:08:12.000 more throws, which is gonna you know, and we didn't. 0:08:11.800 --> 0:08:13.600 Have as many snaps. I mean all that's part of it. 0:08:13.680 --> 0:08:13.920 You know. 0:08:14.280 --> 0:08:15.600 We we think a lot of Mark. 0:08:15.600 --> 0:08:19.120 We anticipated Mark having opportunities that just didn't Like all 0:08:19.120 --> 0:08:21.200 of our guys, they didn't get the opportunities they were 0:08:21.200 --> 0:08:25.400 open for other than maybe Charlie. 0:08:25.600 --> 0:08:29.480 And then John has talked about penalties and obviously they 0:08:29.560 --> 0:08:33.040 need to cut them out. Curious as a coach, for example, 0:08:33.559 --> 0:08:37.720 you guys had seven or eight offensive holding calls. Some 0:08:37.760 --> 0:08:40.880 of those are probably gonna be questionable. But as a coach, 0:08:40.960 --> 0:08:43.000 what do you do to try to eliminate all these 0:08:43.000 --> 0:08:43.480 things when. 0:08:43.400 --> 0:08:44.000 There's the pressure? 0:08:44.360 --> 0:08:45.959 How do you how do you try to some cut 0:08:46.000 --> 0:08:46.640 those things out? 0:08:47.960 --> 0:08:51.160 Well, the first thing you do is obviously they're not intentional, 0:08:51.559 --> 0:08:54.560 but you show them the tape, show them what they're calling, 0:08:55.000 --> 0:08:57.480 where their hands, where their body placement is, because that's 0:08:57.480 --> 0:08:58.000 a part of it. 0:08:58.000 --> 0:09:01.840 Did we get out of position? Right? Was it a 0:09:01.840 --> 0:09:03.680 call that put them out of position? You know? 0:09:03.720 --> 0:09:07.200 All those things are part of it, you know. And 0:09:07.240 --> 0:09:09.640 then just making sure that those things, like like anything 0:09:09.679 --> 0:09:12.000 that we do technique wise or schematically, as you try 0:09:12.000 --> 0:09:14.240 to get it corrected, as you've show them the film, 0:09:14.600 --> 0:09:16.560 what is body position, hand placement? 0:09:16.640 --> 0:09:19.080 What is it schematically? And how can we get it fixed? 0:09:19.080 --> 0:09:24.240 Because playing clean football, eliminating the penalties will allow us 0:09:24.280 --> 0:09:27.160 to not waste yards, if that makes sense. 0:09:27.360 --> 0:09:28.320 We've got a lot of yards. 0:09:28.360 --> 0:09:30.760 Okay, Now, how do we how do we turn that 0:09:30.800 --> 0:09:34.480 into functional directed yards and tournamented points, because that's really 0:09:34.480 --> 0:09:36.280 what it's about, you know, it's about scoring points. 0:09:36.760 --> 0:09:39.800 Are tough after the game Sunday and even when we 0:09:39.800 --> 0:09:42.800 spoke on yesterday about just continuing to score points even 0:09:42.800 --> 0:09:44.960 when you guys have the lead that you had on Sunday. 0:09:45.480 --> 0:09:48.480 When you're calling the game, especially this past Sunday, late 0:09:48.480 --> 0:09:51.160 in that game, how do you do you feel like 0:09:51.200 --> 0:09:54.160 you're calling it to kind of just keep the cloud going? 0:09:54.160 --> 0:09:55.920 Are you and do you feel like you're you were 0:09:56.000 --> 0:09:58.040 aggressive with the play calls in the back. 0:09:57.960 --> 0:09:58.440 End of the game. 0:10:00.200 --> 0:10:03.680 The only one that that that I would say wasn't 0:10:03.679 --> 0:10:05.640 nearly as aggressive as I wanted would have been the 0:10:05.640 --> 0:10:08.400 third down call before the field goal attempt. That one 0:10:08.440 --> 0:10:10.160 there was really okay, if we get it, if not, 0:10:10.640 --> 0:10:12.440 you know, it gets us to a four score game. 0:10:12.480 --> 0:10:16.439 Really is what what we were thinking. Sure, there's out 0:10:16.440 --> 0:10:19.200 of sixty calls, there's a number of calls I always 0:10:19.240 --> 0:10:22.080 wish like, Okay, would have done that different, would have 0:10:22.080 --> 0:10:24.920 done that different. That's just human. That's never going to change. Never, 0:10:25.600 --> 0:10:28.040 It's not the first or the last time. The next 0:10:28.120 --> 0:10:30.960 drive that we got it you know, we just didn't 0:10:30.960 --> 0:10:33.400 convert on third down. The next drive that we got 0:10:33.400 --> 0:10:35.160 it on third down, we did throw it. And then 0:10:35.559 --> 0:10:38.240 you know, to me, the other thing is trusting the 0:10:38.240 --> 0:10:41.920 players because like I told the guys, like the last 0:10:41.960 --> 0:10:45.959 play of the of the game, that sealed it. To me, 0:10:46.080 --> 0:10:48.719 that's not conservative in that call, because you're going to 0:10:48.760 --> 0:10:52.800 trust your players for ball, ball handling and security because 0:10:53.080 --> 0:10:55.760 you're not just handing the ball off, You're you're reading it, 0:10:55.760 --> 0:10:57.839 You're you're putting it in, and you gotta trust the 0:10:57.840 --> 0:10:59.760 players because you can't put the ball on the ground right. 0:11:00.120 --> 0:11:02.600 So to me, those are plays that do take that. 0:11:02.679 --> 0:11:05.400 And sure I don't disagree with Lamar. We want to 0:11:05.440 --> 0:11:07.959 keep the pedal down because you don't want to leave 0:11:08.000 --> 0:11:11.240 even the door open. So I'm not disagreeing there. And 0:11:11.280 --> 0:11:12.840 there are certain calls I wish we could have been 0:11:12.880 --> 0:11:13.920 a little bit more aggressive. 0:11:15.040 --> 0:11:17.640 You know, as you touch upon it, the Lamar's ball handling, 0:11:17.720 --> 0:11:19.800 how much do you think that is an advantage because 0:11:20.320 --> 0:11:22.720 other teams don't see it that all time. 0:11:23.600 --> 0:11:25.839 Well, I think it's an advantage and he embraces that. 0:11:26.000 --> 0:11:28.080 He does a great job with it. We had last 0:11:28.120 --> 0:11:31.160 year early in the season we weren't as clean, you know. 0:11:31.360 --> 0:11:33.520 I remember Detroit, We're up twenty eight, nothing going in 0:11:33.520 --> 0:11:35.480 to make it thirty five. We had exchange issue. Have 0:11:35.600 --> 0:11:37.680 forgotten that one, you know, even at that moment, you know, 0:11:37.760 --> 0:11:40.559 so you got to trust the guys, and Lamar is 0:11:40.559 --> 0:11:42.120 a big part of that. Our backs are a big 0:11:42.160 --> 0:11:43.640 part of that. Zay is a big part of that. 0:11:43.679 --> 0:11:46.600 Little Zay because he's a part of that. So those 0:11:46.600 --> 0:11:51.600 guys embracing ball security, and that's that's a big weapon, 0:11:51.920 --> 0:11:54.760 you know, for us to be able to utilize, and 0:11:55.080 --> 0:11:56.040 Lamar embraces that. 0:11:56.480 --> 0:11:58.760 The ability of your tight ends to block out on 0:11:58.800 --> 0:12:00.600 the form and we saw a number of those kind 0:12:00.640 --> 0:12:02.880 of blocks of Dallas. How big a difference is that 0:12:03.000 --> 0:12:05.640 made for what you're able to call as the coordinator. 0:12:05.760 --> 0:12:07.760 Oh, it makes a huge difference. It shrinks the number 0:12:07.760 --> 0:12:10.640 of plays you have to call. I mean the reality 0:12:10.720 --> 0:12:14.400 is is space down here creates space at the line 0:12:14.440 --> 0:12:15.000 of scrimmage. 0:12:15.000 --> 0:12:16.520 I mean, all you have to do is look at 0:12:16.520 --> 0:12:18.439 the very first drive, the very first drive. 0:12:18.960 --> 0:12:21.760 Nelson Aguilar gets pressed, he runs the corner off twenty 0:12:21.760 --> 0:12:24.760 five yards, he's off the screen. That's selfless. I mean, 0:12:24.760 --> 0:12:26.760 that's a credit to him. You can only say it 0:12:26.800 --> 0:12:28.559 so much, but that shows it. And then we got 0:12:28.600 --> 0:12:30.560 on the perimeter and Zay made a block and then 0:12:30.559 --> 0:12:32.080 the touchdown was Mark Anzay. 0:12:32.440 --> 0:12:34.560 So all of that is a big part of it. 0:12:34.600 --> 0:12:36.839 Derek's ron to start the second half, Nelson gets a 0:12:36.840 --> 0:12:39.960 block down field because you don't ever know, I mean, 0:12:40.000 --> 0:12:43.760 you don't want to waste opportunities to have to call 0:12:43.800 --> 0:12:47.920 more plays. Right, it happened to them, right, I mean 0:12:47.920 --> 0:12:50.360 you never know. I mean you never know. You might 0:12:50.360 --> 0:12:51.840 have am kicking a field goal, might get a turnover. 0:12:51.920 --> 0:12:56.360 So all of that plays into team football in terms 0:12:56.360 --> 0:12:59.199 of gaining the optimal amount. 0:12:58.960 --> 0:13:01.280 Of yards that they're willing to give you. 0:13:01.640 --> 0:13:03.240 And when you don't do that, you're not getting the 0:13:03.280 --> 0:13:05.679 optimal amount of yards that you're looking for. And again 0:13:05.720 --> 0:13:07.800 that's a credit to those guys. And it made a 0:13:07.800 --> 0:13:11.240 bit a huge difference, not a big different, a huge difference. 0:13:11.880 --> 0:13:14.959 I think, just one downfield completion for for the Lamar 0:13:15.040 --> 0:13:17.880 so far of the season. Do you feel like defenses 0:13:17.880 --> 0:13:20.960 are defending you guys any differently because we haven't shown 0:13:21.080 --> 0:13:24.360 yet that you know, big playability or is it's still 0:13:24.559 --> 0:13:25.480 the same kind of thing. 0:13:25.360 --> 0:13:25.920 From week to wei. 0:13:26.200 --> 0:13:30.319 Well, I don't. I mean, I don't. 0:13:31.120 --> 0:13:36.280 Sometimes it's situationally, sometimes it's defense, sometimes it's we didn't 0:13:36.320 --> 0:13:39.040 complete it, you know all the above. Are we looking 0:13:39.080 --> 0:13:40.760 to throw the ball down the field like every team, Yes, 0:13:40.800 --> 0:13:46.040 of course so, but efficiency is big too. And again, 0:13:46.840 --> 0:13:48.719 the first two games we had thirty three snaps of 0:13:48.760 --> 0:13:51.120 two minutes. You're not really going to be that's not 0:13:51.160 --> 0:13:53.080 going to come up. Even though it did debate we 0:13:53.120 --> 0:13:54.800 did have a play of Kansas City that way. But 0:13:55.160 --> 0:13:57.040 we're certainly looking to do that and push it down 0:13:57.080 --> 0:13:58.800 the field, and when the opportunity rises, will do that 0:14:00.200 --> 0:14:00.760 a little bit. 0:14:01.120 --> 0:14:04.040 Front seven, it seems like they're a team that just 0:14:04.120 --> 0:14:06.439 they play those two safeties back and kind of trust 0:14:06.480 --> 0:14:07.240 these guys up front. 0:14:07.559 --> 0:14:10.880 They do a great job mixing up the front with 0:14:11.040 --> 0:14:16.360 it and subtle little things that make it difficult. You 0:14:16.440 --> 0:14:18.640 think you're gonna get I don't want to say it 0:14:18.720 --> 0:14:20.640 like a big run and it just like a vacuum 0:14:20.720 --> 0:14:21.240 kind of sucks. 0:14:21.240 --> 0:14:22.720 And it also it's a four yard game. It's a 0:14:22.720 --> 0:14:23.360 five yard game. 0:14:23.400 --> 0:14:25.480 You thought, Well, they do a good job of triggering 0:14:25.480 --> 0:14:27.680 their nickel, They do a good job of triggering their safeties. 0:14:27.920 --> 0:14:28.880 They do a good job with. 0:14:28.880 --> 0:14:31.440 Their run fits, so it feels like, oh wow, and Nelson, 0:14:31.480 --> 0:14:34.400 you look at it's a second and five and it 0:14:34.480 --> 0:14:36.480 wasn't second and two. I think they do a great, 0:14:36.520 --> 0:14:38.920 great job playing off each other. They've been doing that 0:14:38.960 --> 0:14:41.160 ever since coach has been there. I mean I was 0:14:41.200 --> 0:14:44.920 in Cleveland and twenty, you know, nineteen, and they did that. 0:14:44.960 --> 0:14:47.200 We played them then. So they do a great job. 0:14:47.240 --> 0:14:49.360 They do a great job playing off each other. They 0:14:49.400 --> 0:14:51.480 play hard, they're hard to attack. 0:14:55.360 --> 0:14:58.320 Now we're here from defensive coordinator Zach Orr. 0:15:01.560 --> 0:15:05.080 Uh Khalil secure catches pretty much everything Josh Allen throws. 0:15:05.120 --> 0:15:08.000 And what what makes their connections so uh so good? 0:15:08.600 --> 0:15:10.880 I think, uh, he just he's just where he's supposed 0:15:10.920 --> 0:15:13.240 to be at in the in the route concepts, and 0:15:13.520 --> 0:15:15.280 he makes plays for him. I mean, I remember a 0:15:15.320 --> 0:15:17.400 couple of years ago he made a big I wanna 0:15:17.400 --> 0:15:19.160 say it might have been a third down conversion against 0:15:19.240 --> 0:15:20.880 us here at home, and that's when we first found 0:15:20.880 --> 0:15:23.120 out about him, and you it's it's crazy to see 0:15:23.120 --> 0:15:26.280 how much his game has grown. Uh But I think 0:15:26.280 --> 0:15:28.080 that you could say that about the whole receiving corps. 0:15:28.120 --> 0:15:28.240 Man. 0:15:28.240 --> 0:15:30.600 They they they they tough guys. They are where they 0:15:30.680 --> 0:15:32.800 supposed to be at in the route concepts. They make 0:15:32.840 --> 0:15:35.720 the plays when Josh gives him the opportunity and then 0:15:35.720 --> 0:15:38.560 they they're good rat guys. So, uh, we respect those 0:15:38.560 --> 0:15:41.000 guys obviously. We know, uh, Secure is the the lead 0:15:41.000 --> 0:15:43.480 and receiver and you know they're gonna try to find 0:15:43.480 --> 0:15:44.800 ways to give him the football, so we have to 0:15:44.840 --> 0:15:45.800 make sure that we're ready for that. 0:15:46.320 --> 0:15:46.560 Zach. 0:15:46.680 --> 0:15:49.880 Uh, you know, he completely passioned ten different guys last week. 0:15:51.360 --> 0:15:53.600 He's always been, you know, a heck of a quarterback. 0:15:53.640 --> 0:15:56.000 But do you see a kind of difference with him 0:15:56.080 --> 0:15:58.000 like this year maybe a different approach and than and 0:15:58.120 --> 0:15:58.800 so and what. 0:15:58.640 --> 0:16:00.680 Way I think? 0:16:00.840 --> 0:16:02.200 I mean, I think, yeah, he's he's a heck of 0:16:02.200 --> 0:16:05.160 a player. I just think that he's spreading the ball 0:16:05.160 --> 0:16:07.040 out more. You really don't understand. You really don't know 0:16:07.040 --> 0:16:08.080 where the ball is gonna go. 0:16:08.200 --> 0:16:08.760 Like all his. 0:16:08.800 --> 0:16:11.760 Receivers are you know, are liable to get the ball 0:16:11.800 --> 0:16:14.160 at any situation at any point in time, including the 0:16:14.240 --> 0:16:17.320 running backs, including the tight ends. So you know that's 0:16:17.360 --> 0:16:20.280 what makes them a tough offensive defend. Besides what he does, 0:16:20.720 --> 0:16:23.360 uh with his arm and his legs. So I think 0:16:23.400 --> 0:16:25.160 that you know, in in years past, you know, he 0:16:25.200 --> 0:16:27.520 actually had a Pro Bowl All Pro receiver who you 0:16:27.680 --> 0:16:30.400 kind of sometimes in certain situations lock in and key 0:16:30.400 --> 0:16:33.400 in on. Now these guys, you know, he's spreading the 0:16:33.400 --> 0:16:34.520 ballground I think even more. 0:16:34.960 --> 0:16:35.160 Zach. 0:16:35.240 --> 0:16:38.320 Obviously, the defense played very well for for three quarters 0:16:38.360 --> 0:16:39.000 in Dallas. 0:16:39.360 --> 0:16:40.720 What did you make of the fourth quarter? 0:16:40.760 --> 0:16:42.760 Why was it such a start contrast that you guys 0:16:42.760 --> 0:16:44.920 played so well and then had such difficulty lay. 0:16:45.240 --> 0:16:48.280 Yeah, I think it just comes down to execution, man, 0:16:48.480 --> 0:16:50.240 and we we just got to get better. And I 0:16:50.480 --> 0:16:53.560 think I gotta, you know, help those guys out even more. 0:16:53.680 --> 0:16:56.160 Just have a clear understanding of the situation and what 0:16:56.200 --> 0:16:58.800 we're trying to get accomplished in those situations. It's not 0:16:58.920 --> 0:17:02.800 a lack of guys wanting to or trying to, you know, 0:17:02.840 --> 0:17:05.679 we just we just come up short in in that area. 0:17:05.960 --> 0:17:08.159 And it's something that we're looking at hard, something that 0:17:08.160 --> 0:17:12.200 we're focusing on with the communication, with the with the tackling, 0:17:13.320 --> 0:17:15.600 you know, with the calls with me as well. So, uh, 0:17:15.640 --> 0:17:18.120 we all in this together. Uh we grinding to try 0:17:18.160 --> 0:17:20.639 to make it right. We know, we know we're capable 0:17:20.680 --> 0:17:22.800 of doing, but we have to do it for four 0:17:22.880 --> 0:17:24.960