WEBVTT - The OTP | Week 4 with Brian Callahan 0:00:12.400 --> 0:00:14.880 But Andy Wells. I'm Mike Keith and this is the 0:00:14.920 --> 0:00:18.200 OTP with Titan's head coach Brian Callahan, presented by Farm 0:00:18.239 --> 0:00:21.639 Bureau Health Plans in the Game of Health Coverage. Farm 0:00:21.680 --> 0:00:25.040 Bureau Health Plans is the MVP Tennessee and has have 0:00:25.160 --> 0:00:29.080 relied on their unmatched rates, coverage and service for nearly 0:00:29.480 --> 0:00:34.839 eighty years. Titan's head coach Brian Callahan is here. Welcome, 0:00:34.880 --> 0:00:35.720 thanks for joining us. 0:00:35.800 --> 0:00:36.520 It's good to be here. 0:00:36.680 --> 0:00:39.280 It's good to have you as always. And Sunday's loss 0:00:39.320 --> 0:00:41.800 to Green Bay, was there an area where you really 0:00:41.840 --> 0:00:44.040 felt like the team took a step backward. 0:00:45.280 --> 0:00:48.320 I don't think so. I mean, we didn't perform as 0:00:48.360 --> 0:00:50.879 well as I think we're capable of. You know, I 0:00:50.880 --> 0:00:54.120 think the mistackles on defense was something that was out 0:00:54.120 --> 0:00:56.680 of character for what we've seen from our defense so far. 0:00:57.520 --> 0:01:03.080 That part was expected, But I don't think we took 0:01:03.120 --> 0:01:05.880 a step back. I think that, you know, they did it. 0:01:05.920 --> 0:01:08.800 They hit a couple of plays, and we continue to 0:01:08.800 --> 0:01:11.320 give the ball away at a rate that's not sustainable 0:01:12.080 --> 0:01:15.520 and put ourselves in a really tough spot. And that's 0:01:15.640 --> 0:01:18.680 ultimately where the NFL games are won and lost. 0:01:18.959 --> 0:01:21.880 So in some ways. Maybe you feel a little better 0:01:21.920 --> 0:01:23.119 after watching the tape. 0:01:24.840 --> 0:01:26.280 I wouldn't say I feel better. 0:01:26.560 --> 0:01:28.120 You were pretty down after the game. 0:01:28.360 --> 0:01:33.200 Yeah, I mean I'm still down, but I'm disappointed because 0:01:34.560 --> 0:01:36.520 it'd be one thing if I didn't think we were 0:01:36.880 --> 0:01:39.520 capable of winning that football game, and I thought going 0:01:39.520 --> 0:01:41.520 into it, we absolutely are, and I still believe that. 0:01:41.560 --> 0:01:44.280 I think we have a team that's capable of a 0:01:44.319 --> 0:01:47.160 lot better than what we put on tape through three weeks, 0:01:47.480 --> 0:01:52.080 and I'm frustrated and disappointed, and I think I should be. 0:01:52.600 --> 0:01:54.480 I think our players are, and I think they should 0:01:54.520 --> 0:01:58.040 be because we're better than that. We're an own three 0:01:58.080 --> 0:01:59.880 football team. We are what our record says we are. 0:02:00.760 --> 0:02:03.520 But I do believe we're better than that one three 0:02:03.640 --> 0:02:05.600 and we've got to prove it, and thus far we 0:02:05.640 --> 0:02:07.840 have not done a good enough job of doing that. 0:02:07.920 --> 0:02:10.040 But I still believe in our football team. I believe 0:02:10.080 --> 0:02:11.320 in the guys that we have in there. I believe 0:02:11.320 --> 0:02:14.440 in our coaching staff, and I do think we're close, 0:02:14.440 --> 0:02:15.639 and we got to find a way to get over 0:02:15.680 --> 0:02:18.120 that hump and get that first win and hopefully a 0:02:18.160 --> 0:02:19.000 few more come after that. 0:02:19.320 --> 0:02:21.880 Now, you amounts earlier today, when you spoke with the 0:02:21.919 --> 0:02:25.119 media that Cheetoh Woozie has a groin injury. He's going 0:02:25.120 --> 0:02:28.400 to miss some time, and so you're expecting Jarvis Brownlee, 0:02:28.440 --> 0:02:30.800 who's a rookie, to step up and take his spot. 0:02:31.200 --> 0:02:33.640 I'm going to start with a schematic question. Do you 0:02:33.680 --> 0:02:37.680 have to do anything differently when you are expecting a 0:02:37.760 --> 0:02:40.040 rookie to step in as opposed to a veteran. 0:02:40.800 --> 0:02:43.000 Yeah, there's always an element of what do they do 0:02:43.480 --> 0:02:46.600 well and how do we help them best? And yeah, 0:02:46.680 --> 0:02:49.960 we'll have to find that out. You know, he played 0:02:49.960 --> 0:02:52.200 for a half and roughly a half I think is 0:02:52.400 --> 0:02:55.600 about when I remember that happening, and so that part, 0:02:55.760 --> 0:02:57.120 you know, you get the chance to see him in 0:02:57.120 --> 0:03:02.360 live action and where they can be used effectively, and 0:03:02.400 --> 0:03:04.040 I think that that helps least play a little bit 0:03:04.080 --> 0:03:06.520 last this past game and moving forward, well, we'll have 0:03:06.520 --> 0:03:08.040 to find ways to make sure that he's put in 0:03:08.040 --> 0:03:10.639 the right positions to succeed and not not make it 0:03:10.680 --> 0:03:11.320 harder on him than. 0:03:11.240 --> 0:03:11.680 It needs to be. 0:03:11.960 --> 0:03:14.280 So in that half or so that you saw him play, 0:03:14.480 --> 0:03:16.960 how do you evaluate what he did against the Packers. 0:03:17.360 --> 0:03:18.959 I thought there was some good and some bad, like 0:03:18.960 --> 0:03:21.480 like any any game. Really, but for sure for him, 0:03:21.520 --> 0:03:23.240 as you know, he had a couple of spots where 0:03:23.240 --> 0:03:24.760 he could have made a nice tackle for loss and 0:03:25.000 --> 0:03:27.600 missed a tackle. And you know, he was right on 0:03:27.639 --> 0:03:29.960 top of that dagger route on third down they got 0:03:29.960 --> 0:03:32.760 given up, but it just wasn't quite tight enough to it. 0:03:33.200 --> 0:03:34.640 So there there's some things he's got to clean up 0:03:34.639 --> 0:03:37.520 technically to be able to be in better position. But yeah, 0:03:37.520 --> 0:03:40.080 he's going to have to step up, as it always 0:03:40.080 --> 0:03:41.760 goes in the football season when you lose guys, they 0:03:41.800 --> 0:03:44.080 got to find a way whatever is being asked of 0:03:44.120 --> 0:03:45.840 them to step up and perform. 0:03:46.120 --> 0:03:49.720 The Titans gave up seven plays of twenty yards or 0:03:49.760 --> 0:03:52.240 longer in the game against the Packers. Six of those 0:03:52.360 --> 0:03:55.560 were in the first half. What led to the increase 0:03:55.760 --> 0:03:58.040 in explosive plays by the opposition? 0:03:59.160 --> 0:04:01.320 You know, I think they hit a couple of nice plays. 0:04:01.320 --> 0:04:02.760 I mean, the first play of the game was you know, 0:04:02.800 --> 0:04:05.160 we were they were pretty dialed in to go knock 0:04:05.160 --> 0:04:06.480 on the run out and it was a nice run 0:04:06.520 --> 0:04:08.320 action and they had a guy slide out the back 0:04:08.360 --> 0:04:13.200 door and good play. We weren't we weren't assign fully right. Obviously, 0:04:13.200 --> 0:04:16.159 That's how explosives get given up, but and then you 0:04:16.200 --> 0:04:18.040 know they they hit a one on one ball down 0:04:18.080 --> 0:04:21.880 the sideline. You know Rogerron Watson, and he won that battle, 0:04:21.880 --> 0:04:25.240 which happened sometimes. But the ones that are the hard 0:04:25.279 --> 0:04:28.520 ones are the are the third and long explosives that 0:04:28.600 --> 0:04:31.320 get first downs where you essentially have a team off 0:04:31.360 --> 0:04:34.919 the field and they gain a first down on an 0:04:34.960 --> 0:04:37.839 explosive play when it's third and fifteen. Those are the 0:04:37.839 --> 0:04:40.040 ones that are kind of critical and killer, and that 0:04:40.040 --> 0:04:42.960 that's where I was. Explosive plays happened, but those ones 0:04:43.000 --> 0:04:45.840 in particular were just tough to tough the stomach when 0:04:45.839 --> 0:04:47.280 we're trying to climb back in the game. 0:04:47.800 --> 0:04:50.680 Only two penalties against the Packers, and they were both 0:04:50.680 --> 0:04:54.080 in the third quarter, but they ended up being pretty 0:04:54.120 --> 0:04:57.320 significant moments in the game, which I guess when a 0:04:57.360 --> 0:05:00.119 team is losing, any mistake, big or small, is a 0:05:00.160 --> 0:05:03.200 real mistake that has an impact on the game. So 0:05:03.320 --> 0:05:05.839 I guess with that in mind, the question is do 0:05:05.920 --> 0:05:09.200 you worry about your team being so focused on not 0:05:09.720 --> 0:05:10.680 making a mistake. 0:05:11.960 --> 0:05:14.760 I don't feel that. And one of the things that 0:05:14.800 --> 0:05:17.760 I've preached since I've gotten here and throughout the entire 0:05:17.839 --> 0:05:20.919 process is you want guys to be loose and aggressive, 0:05:21.000 --> 0:05:24.600 and that's you know, don't fear failures ultimately what we 0:05:24.760 --> 0:05:27.480 what we preach, and I don't feel that. I don't 0:05:27.520 --> 0:05:29.800 think that that's how guys are playing right now. I 0:05:29.839 --> 0:05:31.720 don't sense that they're playing like they're afraid to make 0:05:31.720 --> 0:05:35.240 a mistake. I think we're assigned right a lot of 0:05:35.279 --> 0:05:37.839 the times, and I think we've we've had some losses 0:05:37.960 --> 0:05:40.680 in one on one spots that are that are you know, 0:05:40.760 --> 0:05:45.000 can be critical, but I don't sense it that from 0:05:45.040 --> 0:05:48.000 our team. And I think that thus far they've they 0:05:48.000 --> 0:05:51.240 play hard, they play physical, and we just need we 0:05:51.279 --> 0:05:53.000 need to do a better job of taking care of 0:05:53.000 --> 0:05:56.120 the football and trying to get it back is really 0:05:56.120 --> 0:05:58.080 the biggest I think the biggest reason that we've lost. 0:05:58.080 --> 0:06:02.000 And we put a stat up today of our turnovers 0:06:02.040 --> 0:06:04.120 and you know, I think seven turnovers and two block punts, 0:06:04.160 --> 0:06:06.760 so that's ultimately nine. You know, we're minus nine right 0:06:06.800 --> 0:06:08.400 now if you count the block punts. They don't count 0:06:08.400 --> 0:06:10.560 officially as a turnover, but in my mind they do. 0:06:10.600 --> 0:06:15.159 And we've given up fourteen points off interceptions, seven points 0:06:15.200 --> 0:06:18.840 off of a block punt, and then two fumbles and 0:06:18.839 --> 0:06:20.920 plus territor that led directly to field goals. That's six 0:06:21.000 --> 0:06:24.719 more points, and I think we ended up with our 0:06:24.720 --> 0:06:27.520 point differential being at thirty points. We lost by seven 0:06:27.640 --> 0:06:30.400 twice and we lost by sixteen, and then we've also 0:06:30.440 --> 0:06:32.760 given up thirty points on turnovers, and so when you 0:06:32.760 --> 0:06:39.000 look at thirty points, there's and that's it. And that's 0:06:39.080 --> 0:06:41.640 encouraging and discouraging all at the same time, you know, 0:06:41.680 --> 0:06:43.560 because I think we have the makings of a good 0:06:43.600 --> 0:06:47.920 football team, and we've been competitive and ultimately haven't made 0:06:48.000 --> 0:06:50.599 enough of the plays that help us win a game, 0:06:50.720 --> 0:06:51.840 particularly in the fourth quarter. 0:06:52.440 --> 0:06:55.560 So Ernest Jones led the team with thirteen tackles. Kenneth 0:06:55.640 --> 0:06:59.080 Murray had eight tackles and two sacks. Are you pleased 0:06:59.160 --> 0:07:01.080 overall with the of your linebackers. 0:07:01.480 --> 0:07:04.159 Yeah, I think it's a group that, you know, we 0:07:04.200 --> 0:07:06.680 had to remake in a sense, you know, we had 0:07:06.720 --> 0:07:08.960 to we had to go get two linebackers, and I 0:07:08.960 --> 0:07:10.920 think Jack's dide a nice job too. But Artis has 0:07:10.960 --> 0:07:14.280 really stepped up and played really well. That group was 0:07:14.320 --> 0:07:16.040 one that we had maybe some question marks going in 0:07:16.080 --> 0:07:19.920 the season, and thus far they have answered the bell 0:07:20.200 --> 0:07:22.880 and really played pretty well for us. I think both 0:07:22.880 --> 0:07:24.120 in the run in the pass coverage. 0:07:24.240 --> 0:07:26.280 Let me ask you about Devondre Sweat. Seems like we 0:07:26.280 --> 0:07:28.760 talk about him every week four tackles in the ball game. 0:07:28.840 --> 0:07:32.640 Most active he's been from a statistical standpoint is he 0:07:32.680 --> 0:07:35.280 gets his first four tackles as a Titan. Did he 0:07:35.440 --> 0:07:37.120 continue to make progress? Yeah? 0:07:37.120 --> 0:07:40.680 And he's made progress really every time we've we've went 0:07:40.720 --> 0:07:42.840 out there and his every week that's gone by, he's 0:07:42.840 --> 0:07:46.120 gotten better. Him and Jeff are against the run particular, 0:07:46.360 --> 0:07:48.120 are a force. I mean, they're really we're really hard 0:07:48.160 --> 0:07:49.840 to run the ball to the middle of our defense 0:07:49.920 --> 0:07:53.120 right now, and they do a really nice job and 0:07:54.120 --> 0:07:56.480 sweat and just keep showing up. And that's why we 0:07:56.560 --> 0:07:58.200 drafted him where we did, because we saw that he 0:07:58.240 --> 0:08:01.080 had the potential to be an impact player. And guys 0:08:01.080 --> 0:08:02.880 that are his size and move like that and are 0:08:02.880 --> 0:08:04.840 really hard to move off the line of scrimmage are 0:08:04.880 --> 0:08:07.640 what you need in the NFL nowadays. And he's been 0:08:07.680 --> 0:08:09.360 everything we've hoped he would be so far. He just 0:08:09.360 --> 0:08:10.239 has to keep coming. 0:08:11.600 --> 0:08:15.000 Hey, Titans fans, with a Kroger Boost membership, you'll score 0:08:15.040 --> 0:08:18.680 big with double fuel points, free delivery, and lots more 0:08:19.080 --> 0:08:23.440 go to Kroger dot com slash boost for details. Kroger, 0:08:23.760 --> 0:08:27.120 official grocer of the Tennessee Titans. Tighten up. 0:08:27.640 --> 0:08:30.480 Holm is at the forefront of all that we do. 0:08:30.960 --> 0:08:33.960 It's why we're so committed to caring for the places 0:08:34.000 --> 0:08:37.720 and spaces in which we work and live. Ashley the 0:08:37.760 --> 0:08:42.520 official furniture provider of the Tennessee Titans. We continue with 0:08:42.600 --> 0:08:44.400 Titans head coach Brian Callahan. 0:08:44.840 --> 0:08:47.000 The Titans got off to a really good start against 0:08:47.040 --> 0:08:50.160 the Packers. They had a touchdown drive right off the bat, 0:08:50.520 --> 0:08:53.600 but then the offense wasn't as consistent as you would 0:08:53.640 --> 0:08:55.920 like for it to be. Where do you feel like 0:08:55.960 --> 0:08:59.040 you maybe left some opportunities for it to have been 0:08:59.080 --> 0:09:02.040 a little bit more productive day, you know, just. 0:09:01.960 --> 0:09:05.960 The third down conversions when we've had opportunities, you know, 0:09:06.000 --> 0:09:08.920 we go down, we score, We answer their their score 0:09:09.000 --> 0:09:12.480 with a score. Opening drive felt good. Did a lot 0:09:12.480 --> 0:09:14.360 of good things in that drive. Finish it with a 0:09:14.400 --> 0:09:16.360 touchdown in the red zone, which which we have to do. 0:09:17.040 --> 0:09:19.360 They go down and kick a field goal. It's ten 0:09:19.400 --> 0:09:21.240 to seven and we get our second possession and we 0:09:21.320 --> 0:09:23.839 throw on reception for a touchdown on our I don't 0:09:23.880 --> 0:09:25.439 know what it was the eleventh play of the game 0:09:26.640 --> 0:09:29.439 and now at seventeen to seven and puts us a 0:09:29.440 --> 0:09:32.120 little bit out of rhythm, and then we get back 0:09:32.160 --> 0:09:36.040 into a third and manageable. And then we took i 0:09:36.080 --> 0:09:38.480 think two sacks on third down in the first half 0:09:39.360 --> 0:09:41.280 on some unscouted looks which we knew was going to 0:09:41.280 --> 0:09:42.839 be something that we'd have to deal with because the 0:09:43.120 --> 0:09:46.160 film was limited on Jeff half of their coordinator, and 0:09:46.360 --> 0:09:48.240 they showed something they hadn't shown in two games and 0:09:48.600 --> 0:09:51.000 caught us. They played a snap of man coverage in 0:09:51.040 --> 0:09:53.520 the spot they played primarily zone, so we had a 0:09:53.640 --> 0:09:55.880 zone style play verse man and that didn't go great 0:09:55.920 --> 0:09:57.679 and have to hold the ball and we get sacked. 0:09:57.679 --> 0:10:01.000 And then very similar thing they did third and short 0:10:01.000 --> 0:10:04.200 that we got sacked on was, you know, we're trying 0:10:04.200 --> 0:10:06.080 to uncover man verse zone and we have kind of 0:10:06.080 --> 0:10:09.200 two plays called in the play call, and they react 0:10:09.280 --> 0:10:12.120 to emotion and they show essentially man coverage everywhere, and 0:10:12.160 --> 0:10:14.040 then on a snap they drop out into too Tampa. 0:10:14.320 --> 0:10:16.839 Really well done on their part, but forces us to 0:10:16.880 --> 0:10:18.360 hold the ball and react. It's not what we thought 0:10:18.360 --> 0:10:21.160 we were getting. And then took another sack there. So 0:10:21.240 --> 0:10:24.880 just the execution on third down, the plays, the selection, 0:10:25.120 --> 0:10:27.400 the process, everything just needs to be better so we 0:10:27.440 --> 0:10:31.840 can keep getting opportunities to drive the football, because when 0:10:31.880 --> 0:10:33.640 we drive the ball and we get first downs, we've 0:10:33.640 --> 0:10:36.240 generally been pretty good, but we've had way too many 0:10:36.320 --> 0:10:37.080 three and outs. 0:10:37.600 --> 0:10:41.520 DeAndre Hopkins' performance was that the biggest positive to come 0:10:41.559 --> 0:10:43.960 out of Sunday's game for the offense at least. 0:10:43.960 --> 0:10:47.240 Sure he's back to normal, it feels like, and made 0:10:47.280 --> 0:10:48.880 plays on the ball when the balls in the air 0:10:48.960 --> 0:10:51.920 found ways to get open, and he did a nice job. 0:10:51.960 --> 0:10:53.800 I mean, we needed we needed his help in that game. 0:10:53.840 --> 0:10:56.240 We needed him to make some plays and he did 0:10:56.559 --> 0:10:59.080 and he looked like the Hopkins that that everybody knows 0:10:59.120 --> 0:11:01.280 and love around here, and what he's done for his 0:11:01.280 --> 0:11:03.560 whole career. He's he's got a knack for getting open 0:11:03.720 --> 0:11:06.000 even at his at his years in the league, he 0:11:06.080 --> 0:11:08.560 just knows how to do it. And he's a very 0:11:08.679 --> 0:11:11.440 very very strong catcher of the football and so in 0:11:11.480 --> 0:11:13.959 those contested plays like on the touchdown, he goes and 0:11:14.000 --> 0:11:16.600 grabs the ball and makes play. And that's what we 0:11:16.640 --> 0:11:19.440 need more. We need more guys to make more plays 0:11:20.360 --> 0:11:22.719 like that, where it's just it's a it's a one 0:11:22.760 --> 0:11:25.679 on one that's us versus you go make the play. 0:11:26.040 --> 0:11:27.880 Ball's in a good spot. He goes and gets it 0:11:27.920 --> 0:11:30.080 and then finishes it with a touchdown, And that was 0:11:30.080 --> 0:11:32.560 really encouraging to see him back to the Hopkins that 0:11:32.600 --> 0:11:34.440 I think we all were hoping to see early on. 0:11:34.600 --> 0:11:37.880 He clearly helped Will Levis. How do the other receivers 0:11:37.960 --> 0:11:41.120 work going forward to be that same sort of help 0:11:41.559 --> 0:11:42.800 to your young quarterback? 0:11:43.080 --> 0:11:46.360 Yeah, I think I think we've seen glimpses of what 0:11:46.400 --> 0:11:48.920 they're capable of with with Hot having a nice game 0:11:48.960 --> 0:11:51.120 and then Calvin had a really nice game last week. 0:11:51.160 --> 0:11:52.679 And now we got to find a way to get 0:11:52.720 --> 0:11:54.960 more opportunities for both those guys. And Tyler does what 0:11:55.000 --> 0:11:57.679 he does, which is convert third downs and and like 0:11:57.679 --> 0:12:00.760 he did in the first drive of the game. Those 0:12:00.800 --> 0:12:02.560 guys are all productive players. I think they're all right 0:12:02.559 --> 0:12:04.360 about I think they all have what eight catches right now, 0:12:04.360 --> 0:12:06.560 I mean, but I'd like to see them all have more. 0:12:07.040 --> 0:12:08.880 That would be the goal. And you know, we didn't 0:12:08.880 --> 0:12:10.520 get it, didn't get the run game going very well 0:12:10.559 --> 0:12:13.000 in this past game. We didn't have many carries. Part 0:12:13.000 --> 0:12:15.000 of that was the game got away a bit and 0:12:15.280 --> 0:12:17.040 they were making it hard to run it, and so 0:12:17.200 --> 0:12:20.200 we just started to throw it and it was relatively effective. 0:12:20.280 --> 0:12:22.839 But again, I think we've yet to hit on all 0:12:22.840 --> 0:12:24.960 cylinders at any point on offense, both in the run 0:12:25.000 --> 0:12:27.439 game and the past game, and need more opportunities so 0:12:27.480 --> 0:12:29.360 guys can keep having opportunities to make plays. 0:12:29.679 --> 0:12:31.760 The Titans are going to take on the Dolphins on 0:12:31.800 --> 0:12:34.240 Monday night football. How do you plan to use the 0:12:34.320 --> 0:12:35.480 extra day of preparation. 0:12:36.400 --> 0:12:37.800 We use it on the front end of the week 0:12:38.120 --> 0:12:41.199 to pick up an extra day. We'll keep our normal 0:12:42.040 --> 0:12:44.680 coaching staff routine. We'll treat this like a normal week, 0:12:44.720 --> 0:12:45.880 and then we pick up a little bit of time 0:12:45.920 --> 0:12:48.240 at the end of the week to refine. Now we 0:12:48.280 --> 0:12:54.360 won't necessarily like stay till midnight tonight because we have 0:12:54.440 --> 0:12:56.240 the extra day, so you kind of space it out 0:12:56.240 --> 0:12:57.679 just a little bit, but we try to be as 0:12:57.720 --> 0:12:59.600 ahead by the end of the week. Whereas the players, 0:13:00.000 --> 0:13:01.199 you give them a little bit the extra day on 0:13:01.200 --> 0:13:03.440 the front end to get off the game, and so 0:13:03.559 --> 0:13:06.600 tomorrow is the off day. Wednesday is like a bonus 0:13:06.679 --> 0:13:09.480 day where we have a walk through introduction, so you 0:13:09.559 --> 0:13:10.880 kind of take half of what you do on a 0:13:10.880 --> 0:13:12.559 normal Wednesday, do it then, and then do the other 0:13:12.600 --> 0:13:14.880 half the next day when you actually start your week 0:13:14.920 --> 0:13:17.400 on what is Thursday. And it's kind of weird, but 0:13:18.240 --> 0:13:20.480 Thursday is Wednesday for us on a Monday night game. 0:13:20.520 --> 0:13:22.720 So we walk around doing that all week and it 0:13:22.760 --> 0:13:29.240 confuses people. Monday is Thursday is Wednesday, and Friday is Thursday. 0:13:29.640 --> 0:13:31.720 Peeople look at you like you've got six hands. 0:13:31.840 --> 0:13:33.480 Yeah, but we were in It's just the way our 0:13:33.520 --> 0:13:36.600 world works. But that's how we'll do it. We'll give 0:13:36.600 --> 0:13:37.959 the players the front end, then we'll try to be 0:13:38.000 --> 0:13:39.719 ahead as a coaching staff with the game plan, and 0:13:39.760 --> 0:13:41.120 then we catch up a little bit at the end 0:13:41.160 --> 0:13:45.120 of the week as they work through the normal process 0:13:45.160 --> 0:13:46.719 starting on Thursday for the Monday night game. 0:13:46.840 --> 0:13:49.800 So like last week, you're not going to know who 0:13:49.840 --> 0:13:54.160 the opponent's quarterback is going into all of your prep. 0:13:54.720 --> 0:13:58.000 What's a little different, though, is with the Dolphins and 0:13:58.640 --> 0:14:01.559 kind of their mix of guys. Guys they could change 0:14:01.600 --> 0:14:04.600 a lot of what they do offensively based on who 0:14:04.600 --> 0:14:06.480 they decide to put in that spot. 0:14:07.080 --> 0:14:10.560 Is that concerning, I mean, it's always concerning. Yeah, it's 0:14:10.640 --> 0:14:13.360 it's just an element of what it is in the 0:14:13.440 --> 0:14:17.240 NFL right now, and I think Mike is as an 0:14:17.280 --> 0:14:19.480 excellent offensive football coach. He knows how to put his 0:14:19.520 --> 0:14:22.760 players in great positions. And whatever quarterback we have, you know, 0:14:22.920 --> 0:14:25.640 is going to be put in those advantageous spots as 0:14:25.680 --> 0:14:27.960 best they can. They're going to help the quarterback every 0:14:27.960 --> 0:14:31.640 which way as possible, and they we have to be 0:14:31.680 --> 0:14:34.240 able to play with the rules. We have to make 0:14:34.280 --> 0:14:36.600 sure we're tackling sound, make sure we're sounding every which 0:14:36.600 --> 0:14:39.840 way we are because they're already a difficult scheme to 0:14:39.880 --> 0:14:41.560 go against. They just they do a really nice job 0:14:41.600 --> 0:14:43.440 and they got good players in the perimeter, and so 0:14:43.480 --> 0:14:46.320 they'll put the quarterback in spots to be successful. And 0:14:46.360 --> 0:14:49.640 I think that you just you have to be on 0:14:49.680 --> 0:14:52.640 your rules and be ready for whatever it is they're 0:14:52.640 --> 0:14:54.960 going to do. And it's a copycat league on top 0:14:55.040 --> 0:14:57.120 of it, so if you if you show that you 0:14:57.160 --> 0:15:00.280 had troubles stopping something, you should expect the probably see 0:15:00.320 --> 0:15:04.080 it again. And I'm sure we'll see some some copycat 0:15:04.160 --> 0:15:06.440 things that the Packers did that we'll have to make 0:15:06.440 --> 0:15:08.360 sure we correct so we don't make the mistake again. 0:15:08.520 --> 0:15:11.840 In all of your travels in coaching, have you overlapped 0:15:11.880 --> 0:15:15.479 any with Mike McDaniel at all, And are you guys 0:15:15.920 --> 0:15:18.600 being offensive guys, are you really acquainted? 0:15:19.280 --> 0:15:22.600 I've known Mike for a long time because he's running. 0:15:22.600 --> 0:15:26.200 He was in that same circle that that the floor 0:15:26.360 --> 0:15:29.120 is and and Kyle Shanahan and all those guys. They 0:15:29.680 --> 0:15:31.000 we sort of. I was kind of in the same 0:15:31.000 --> 0:15:33.280 progression as them. I was quality control and they were 0:15:33.360 --> 0:15:35.440 quality controls and all those things. So I've always had 0:15:35.440 --> 0:15:39.800 a respect and admiration. I've never worked with Mike. You know, 0:15:39.840 --> 0:15:41.800 I spent some time in Denver probably you know he 0:15:41.840 --> 0:15:43.960 had been there at one point, and so a lot 0:15:43.960 --> 0:15:46.120 of mutual friends, a lot of mutual respect. I think 0:15:46.160 --> 0:15:48.160 he's proven to be one of the one of the 0:15:48.160 --> 0:15:50.440 best comatic coaches out there, and they do stuff that 0:15:50.800 --> 0:15:53.280 everyone tries to emulate. They got a really unique blend 0:15:53.280 --> 0:15:55.960 of skill players and uh in a really unique scheme 0:15:56.000 --> 0:15:57.720 that that's really hard to defend. 0:15:57.880 --> 0:16:02.360 Another week and another great corner. This time it's Jalen Ramsey. 0:16:02.440 --> 0:16:05.920 What kind of a challenge does he pose to your 0:16:06.080 --> 0:16:07.000 entire passing game. 0:16:08.000 --> 0:16:10.960 He's able to take away receivers and that's what these 0:16:11.080 --> 0:16:15.680 these corners do, and they find ways to eliminate half 0:16:15.680 --> 0:16:17.800 of the field when they can. And you know, we've 0:16:18.040 --> 0:16:21.920 played against Jalen before and he's fantastic. He's as good, 0:16:21.960 --> 0:16:23.400 He's as good as they come. I mean, we just 0:16:23.560 --> 0:16:26.600 we go from Jalen Johnson the sauce Gardner, to JayR 0:16:26.680 --> 0:16:30.080 Alexander to Jalen Ramsey and so the hits just keep 0:16:30.120 --> 0:16:32.240 on coming. I mean, there's every team's got good corners, 0:16:32.280 --> 0:16:35.960 and we happen to be playing against defenses that are 0:16:36.040 --> 0:16:38.040 really good defenses, and a large part of that is 0:16:38.080 --> 0:16:40.320 because of the type of corners that they have, and 0:16:40.360 --> 0:16:42.160 they make life really hard offensively. So we got to 0:16:42.160 --> 0:16:43.640 work cut out for us. We got to find ways 0:16:44.680 --> 0:16:46.760 to put our guys in position to go attack the defense. 0:16:46.800 --> 0:16:49.680 And you know, Jalen's a hard corner to go scheme against. 0:16:49.720 --> 0:16:51.400 He's really good and the highest paid player at the 0:16:51.400 --> 0:16:53.920 position for for a reason. 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You know, really a little bit similar 0:17:49.840 --> 0:17:52.119 to our defense with Anthony Weaver there as a defense 0:17:52.160 --> 0:17:55.959 coordinator new this year, comes from the same staff as 0:17:55.960 --> 0:17:57.720 then Art came from and so there's some carriers of 0:17:57.840 --> 0:18:01.800 Raven Raven the Raven defense. It's, you know, a bunch 0:18:01.800 --> 0:18:04.639 of people now are running and he's part of that family, 0:18:04.680 --> 0:18:06.240 and he's got his own twist and his own things 0:18:06.240 --> 0:18:08.560 he likes and does. But the core of the system 0:18:08.600 --> 0:18:11.800 is one that we've we've practiced against, so that is 0:18:11.880 --> 0:18:16.120 at least has some redeeming quality that you got some familiarity. 0:18:16.160 --> 0:18:18.160 But they'll have their own twists, and they got different 0:18:18.160 --> 0:18:20.760 players in the front has traditionally been a three to 0:18:20.840 --> 0:18:23.320 four style front over the years, and a little bit 0:18:23.320 --> 0:18:27.440 different than the upfield jet penetrating defensive lines we've played 0:18:27.440 --> 0:18:29.639 the last couple of weeks. So just different style doesn't 0:18:29.640 --> 0:18:33.040 make it good or bad. It's just different. So they 0:18:33.040 --> 0:18:34.800 got a good front too, and Klays Campbell's out there 0:18:34.840 --> 0:18:37.359