WEBVTT - Press Pass: Doug Pederson 0:00:07.080 --> 0:00:13.000 Game. Um Camu has a right hamstring strain. He's gonna 0:00:13.000 --> 0:00:18.000 be weeked Weekum Michael Kendricks came out of the game 0:00:18.040 --> 0:00:20.080 fine with the rib concusion from the week before and 0:00:20.120 --> 0:00:23.800 he's he's sore, but he's gonna be okay. Benny Logan 0:00:23.840 --> 0:00:29.080 obviously is getting better with the growing strain. Ron Brooks 0:00:29.520 --> 0:00:33.760 ruptured his uh right quad tending, so he'll be missed 0:00:33.960 --> 0:00:37.159 for the rest of the year. He's gonna have surgery 0:00:37.159 --> 0:00:39.480 here in the next few days, so we're gonna miss 0:00:39.520 --> 0:00:45.000 We're gonna miss him, obviously. And then Jordan Matthews just 0:00:45.040 --> 0:00:48.360 has some tendonitis in his left knee. He's gonna be fine. Uh. 0:00:48.560 --> 0:00:51.720 Leo came out of the game actually exceptionally well. He's 0:00:51.720 --> 0:00:54.080 a little short today, but he's he's gonna be okay. 0:00:54.400 --> 0:00:59.200 And then Jason Peters right biceps strain. Nothing structure or 0:00:59.400 --> 0:01:02.280 structurally anything, no muscle tears anything like that, so he's 0:01:02.680 --> 0:01:04.959 just a strain. He'll be fine, he'll be good for 0:01:04.959 --> 0:01:09.080 for this week. So those are those are the injuries 0:01:09.760 --> 0:01:13.920 plan for replacing Ron Brooks at cornerback. Yeah, right now, 0:01:13.920 --> 0:01:16.760 we're we're taking a look at that obviously. Uh we 0:01:16.840 --> 0:01:19.839 have c J. Smith there, Um that we've that we've activated, 0:01:19.920 --> 0:01:23.560 so um, we'll continue to to to look there. But uh, 0:01:23.840 --> 0:01:27.240 that's the that's the plan going forward. For Malcolm Jenkins 0:01:27.319 --> 0:01:29.720 who played in the slot when when Ron was down 0:01:29.880 --> 0:01:31.720 during the game, is that going to be his role 0:01:31.800 --> 0:01:34.840 going forward? Yeah, Um, you know, I would think that 0:01:34.840 --> 0:01:37.080 it would be very similar to what we've seen, you 0:01:37.120 --> 0:01:40.000 know with uh, um, you know Jaylen on the outside 0:01:40.000 --> 0:01:42.080 and then and then and then Malcolm coming down inside 0:01:42.120 --> 0:01:44.760 and playing the nickel spot, and you know, Jaylen Watkins 0:01:44.760 --> 0:01:48.120 being back there a little bit, and um and with 0:01:48.120 --> 0:01:51.440 with the with with Leo being healthy now, um gives 0:01:51.440 --> 0:01:53.560 you a little more depth. But um, we got to 0:01:53.560 --> 0:01:57.640 continue to look at getting getting c J some more reps, 0:01:57.680 --> 0:02:01.640 probably during the week, to have a full compliment of 0:02:01.760 --> 0:02:07.280 secondary secondary help, exploring trade options. That would be something 0:02:07.280 --> 0:02:15.960 for howie Aaron Grimes someone you're talking to Aaron Grimes. Um, yeah, 0:02:16.000 --> 0:02:18.560 you know right now, until until I hear anymore, I 0:02:18.560 --> 0:02:20.200 mean he's he was, you know, we had him in 0:02:20.280 --> 0:02:24.960 camp and uh and uh um you know he hasn't 0:02:24.960 --> 0:02:27.960 played ball, so you know it's you gotta see where 0:02:27.960 --> 0:02:31.400 he's at. Jalen Watkins to serve guys and played the 0:02:31.400 --> 0:02:35.919 third same team, Jalen. Jalen came in and played played good, 0:02:36.000 --> 0:02:38.200 played well. Um, you know he he was in on 0:02:38.240 --> 0:02:41.480 a few plays, um around the quarterback a few times 0:02:41.480 --> 0:02:44.200 and you know, a couple of blitzes and and um, 0:02:44.240 --> 0:02:47.080 you know he's a guy that can that. Obviously, now 0:02:47.120 --> 0:02:50.120 he's going to have to increase his workload. But I 0:02:50.240 --> 0:02:52.880 think he uh, I think he stepped up and did it, 0:02:52.919 --> 0:02:54.840 did a nice job. You know, watching the tape this morning. 0:02:55.280 --> 0:02:57.520 As much as you guys struggled the week before, when 0:02:57.800 --> 0:02:59.760 at the line of screwments on both sides of the ball, 0:03:00.480 --> 0:03:03.120 yesterday seemed like you guys won both of those battles 0:03:03.240 --> 0:03:05.679 or at least helped your own war. How do you 0:03:05.680 --> 0:03:09.280 account for one week did the next. You know, it's just, um, 0:03:09.960 --> 0:03:12.160 that's why this business works. You know. It's it's uh, 0:03:13.400 --> 0:03:16.079 the National Football League, it's it's it's sometimes it's a 0:03:16.200 --> 0:03:19.440 it's a struggle each week. It's the competition, the way 0:03:19.520 --> 0:03:22.880 the game goes, how you're feeling that particular day. But 0:03:24.440 --> 0:03:27.440 both units really took it upon themselves to play better, 0:03:27.760 --> 0:03:30.320 and um, we saw that right away in the game 0:03:30.400 --> 0:03:34.040 and Um, it just carried over for four quarters and um, 0:03:35.040 --> 0:03:40.840 both units really um again, our our defensive line getting 0:03:40.880 --> 0:03:43.480 after the offensive line of Minnesota and putting pressure on 0:03:43.600 --> 0:03:48.280 Sam and being disruptive there. And then UM our offensive line, 0:03:48.640 --> 0:03:52.360 UM pass protecting and run blocking against in my opinion, 0:03:52.400 --> 0:03:55.080 a great, great defensive front. So yeah, it's just, uh, 0:03:55.440 --> 0:03:59.160 every man, each unit did a nice job. What's your 0:03:59.240 --> 0:04:04.080 level of concern with Ryan Matthews fucking little? Well, it's 0:04:04.400 --> 0:04:06.120 definitely a concern, and we don't want to we don't 0:04:06.120 --> 0:04:08.760 want to see especially in those situations, four minute situations. 0:04:08.840 --> 0:04:11.000 You know they're at the end of the game, and um, 0:04:13.200 --> 0:04:17.520 you know, we got to continue to either either um, 0:04:17.960 --> 0:04:21.160 you know, find out if he's if he's tired, if 0:04:21.200 --> 0:04:22.840 he's you know, where he's at at the end of 0:04:22.880 --> 0:04:24.320 the game, if we need to put Wyndell in there 0:04:24.400 --> 0:04:26.400 or put Darren in there. We'll find out more about that. 0:04:26.520 --> 0:04:29.400 But by no means a mind down on on on 0:04:29.640 --> 0:04:31.640 Ryan at all, um, And we just have to make 0:04:31.680 --> 0:04:34.800 sure that he uh, he understands that he can't obviously 0:04:34.880 --> 0:04:38.920 do that and put put ourselves in a situation where 0:04:39.360 --> 0:04:40.960 you know, we're giving the ball back to the opponent. 0:04:42.640 --> 0:04:47.200 On the offensive line. Did you make scenario? Did not? 0:04:47.839 --> 0:04:50.840 Did not know. We actually went into this game, UM, 0:04:51.480 --> 0:04:54.200 very similar to the week before, you know, and um 0:04:54.520 --> 0:04:57.280 also under the mindset of potentially helping if we needed 0:04:57.279 --> 0:05:00.440 to help with protection. But actually, um, as game went, 0:05:00.520 --> 0:05:02.920 we didn't. Um, we didn't do probably you know, as 0:05:03.080 --> 0:05:06.640 much as the week before the Grand Matthis fumbles, it 0:05:06.720 --> 0:05:10.120 looked like he's fighting for yardage. That in that situation 0:05:11.160 --> 0:05:13.480 that you could argue, you guys don't really need it. 0:05:13.839 --> 0:05:15.240 You need him to get down, you need him the 0:05:15.240 --> 0:05:17.680 same bound. Can you coach that or is that just 0:05:17.760 --> 0:05:20.640 inherent him the guy that it's an instinctive thing for 0:05:20.680 --> 0:05:23.200 a runner obviously to get to get as many yards 0:05:23.240 --> 0:05:26.000 as you can. But in that situation, UM, you know, 0:05:26.160 --> 0:05:27.920 he was also fighting to get down. It was a 0:05:27.960 --> 0:05:30.520 four minute trying to protect the sideline, staying bounds all that, 0:05:30.640 --> 0:05:33.320 and then the secondary you know defender came in and 0:05:33.360 --> 0:05:36.720 punched the ball out and UM, you know, just got 0:05:36.800 --> 0:05:40.360 to be cognizant or that's what defenses are are instructed 0:05:40.400 --> 0:05:41.800 to do, and we have to hang out of the 0:05:41.839 --> 0:05:44.280 ball to be able to finish the game that way. Also, UM, 0:05:44.800 --> 0:05:47.600 you know Carson didn't take a lot of seven step drops. Um, 0:05:47.760 --> 0:05:50.440 there weren't any deep throws. Um, there are a lot 0:05:50.480 --> 0:05:53.239 of screens, play action and make a boot set and stuff. 0:05:53.320 --> 0:05:56.279 I mean, are you curtailing the offense a little bit though, 0:05:56.440 --> 0:06:00.520 because perhaps you re aligne. You know, there is certainly 0:06:00.560 --> 0:06:06.040 a personnel change to some extent, I would agree, UM, 0:06:07.560 --> 0:06:10.719 but also utilize in our team strength and Carson's ability 0:06:10.760 --> 0:06:15.240 to to throw out of the pocket. And UM, he 0:06:15.480 --> 0:06:17.560 usually makes those throws. We had a couple to the 0:06:17.680 --> 0:06:20.160 left that we're a little a little, UM, a little 0:06:20.200 --> 0:06:23.520 off the mark. But for the most part, I feel 0:06:23.560 --> 0:06:27.480 like moving Carson around and as much as much moving 0:06:27.600 --> 0:06:29.960 parts as we have in the offensive line, you know, 0:06:30.040 --> 0:06:32.400 with a lot of the zone stuff and backblocks and 0:06:32.480 --> 0:06:35.440 things like that. We just take advantage of UM an 0:06:35.560 --> 0:06:41.599 overactive defense sometimes. But you know, I don't I don't 0:06:41.640 --> 0:06:45.760 necessarily curtail it to to one particular player or you know, 0:06:45.880 --> 0:06:49.680 if a position or something like that. It's UM, it's 0:06:49.680 --> 0:06:51.280 just something that each week we take a look at 0:06:51.320 --> 0:06:53.840 and see how we can best defeat our opponent. It's 0:06:53.880 --> 0:06:57.160 two games his numbers have dropped down I think around 0:06:57.200 --> 0:06:59.520 and fifty four percent completion rate and a touchdown. The 0:06:59.560 --> 0:07:02.080 three terms. There's what what are you saying out of 0:07:02.080 --> 0:07:05.159 the quarterback? What's what's he going through right now? Well, 0:07:05.200 --> 0:07:07.720 they's still winning football games, you know, and that's um, 0:07:08.400 --> 0:07:12.160 that's obviously the ultimate stat Um. He missed some throws yesterday, 0:07:12.360 --> 0:07:15.400 and this is something that you know now as we 0:07:15.480 --> 0:07:17.240 get deeper into the season, he is he is a 0:07:17.360 --> 0:07:22.200 first time starter, he's a rookie, UM, and and just 0:07:22.480 --> 0:07:24.720 the longevity now of the season, and we got to 0:07:24.760 --> 0:07:27.560 make sure that I got to make sure that you know, 0:07:27.720 --> 0:07:31.880 we're we're keeping things UM very familiar for him where 0:07:31.920 --> 0:07:35.400 he can just execute and play. UM. You know, there 0:07:35.440 --> 0:07:38.240 were again a couple opportunities to make catches and we 0:07:38.320 --> 0:07:40.040 didn't had a couple of drobs, so it would have 0:07:40.120 --> 0:07:44.000 helped in those situations. But you know, he continues to 0:07:44.040 --> 0:07:46.840 manage the game extremely well and puts our puts our 0:07:46.880 --> 0:07:50.880 team in good situations in the run game, uh, specifically, 0:07:51.000 --> 0:07:54.120 and UM, you know, in the passing game, we had 0:07:54.160 --> 0:07:57.600 some sense, you know, dialed up some quick game early 0:07:57.800 --> 0:08:00.040 which are usually completion throws. Had a nice slant to 0:08:00.160 --> 0:08:02.600 Jordan early and Nelson made a nice, nice catch on 0:08:02.720 --> 0:08:05.200 a on a hitch route. So you know, we continue 0:08:05.200 --> 0:08:07.720 to do that. And and the other thing too is, 0:08:07.920 --> 0:08:09.960 you know, wanted to take advantage a little bit of 0:08:10.800 --> 0:08:13.760 um you know, Minnesota has an extensive third down blitz 0:08:13.840 --> 0:08:15.880 package and so we we were very cognizant of that 0:08:15.960 --> 0:08:19.800 going into this football game as well. Yeah, because he 0:08:19.880 --> 0:08:24.920 banged up a little bit, Carson's taking some hits. Uh no, no, yeah, 0:08:24.960 --> 0:08:27.520 he's fine. You calibrate a little bit when the six 0:08:27.600 --> 0:08:30.280 or five quarterbacks handing off to a five six running 0:08:30.280 --> 0:08:32.800 back to not give him the ball up here on 0:08:32.920 --> 0:08:36.360 the pads and give him lower Yeah, it's all about, yeah, 0:08:36.440 --> 0:08:38.360 you gotta you gotta lower your eyes. You gotta lower 0:08:38.400 --> 0:08:40.559 your target, you know. And and it it appeared the 0:08:40.559 --> 0:08:42.679 ball was actually slipping out of his hand on the 0:08:42.800 --> 0:08:46.240 fumble to Darren prior to the to the exchange, and 0:08:46.840 --> 0:08:50.199 something that Carson has to um, you know with with 0:08:51.120 --> 0:08:53.520 again with a one handed handoff like that, which which 0:08:53.559 --> 0:08:56.920 we all do as quarterbacks. I just got to make 0:08:56.960 --> 0:08:58.880 sure that we seed it properly and just know who 0:08:58.960 --> 0:09:01.240 the back is. And in Darren's case, he got to 0:09:01.280 --> 0:09:04.360 lower your target and your eyes and and I make 0:09:04.400 --> 0:09:08.960 sure you get a clean, clean pocket what was the problem. Yeah, 0:09:09.040 --> 0:09:10.840 you know there were um, you know, a little bit, 0:09:10.880 --> 0:09:13.520 a little bit center, a little bit quarterback actually, Um, 0:09:14.280 --> 0:09:17.079 you know it's something as a quarterback again, he just 0:09:17.120 --> 0:09:19.080 took his eyes off the ball. I was looking at 0:09:19.160 --> 0:09:20.959 his read whether it was a defensive line or a 0:09:21.000 --> 0:09:24.400 linebacker and just didn't just didn't secure the football. Uh, 0:09:24.720 --> 0:09:27.280 Kelsey wasn't perfect. The balls were off to the right 0:09:27.360 --> 0:09:30.480 just to touch and um, you know, so it was 0:09:30.480 --> 0:09:32.120 a little bit of a little bit of the center, 0:09:32.440 --> 0:09:34.040 a little bit more of the quarterback just taking his 0:09:34.120 --> 0:09:37.960 eyes off the ball of struggling a little Is Carson 0:09:38.240 --> 0:09:40.360 in a Is he trying to do too much? You think? 0:09:40.600 --> 0:09:47.520 Trying to No? And um, no, he's not, he's not. 0:09:48.280 --> 0:09:51.959 I mean he's some home games a lot. Uh the 0:09:52.120 --> 0:09:54.760 kill kill kill comes across when you're watching the TV 0:09:54.880 --> 0:09:57.160 and say, obviously you can't hear it when he's away. 0:09:57.679 --> 0:10:00.240 Does he Is he able to do that yet at 0:10:00.320 --> 0:10:03.080 his level kill a play as easily as he can 0:10:03.120 --> 0:10:05.520 do it home because they can hear him, because he 0:10:05.559 --> 0:10:07.559 can use it. Yeah, And it's also there's a signal 0:10:07.640 --> 0:10:10.280 attached to it usually, you know, mechanical signal that the 0:10:10.800 --> 0:10:13.240 outside guys really don't need to hear the actual kill. 0:10:13.440 --> 0:10:16.959 The signal itself takes care of it. It's more for 0:10:17.080 --> 0:10:19.319 the inside, you know, the interior linement tight ends and 0:10:19.360 --> 0:10:21.959 running backs to hear that and see that. Like so 0:10:22.120 --> 0:10:25.839 in the road you had more penalties at seeing in that. Well, 0:10:26.200 --> 0:10:28.559 they weren't due to that though. They weren't due to that, No, 0:10:28.840 --> 0:10:31.079 not at all. Frank Wright had said last week that 0:10:31.600 --> 0:10:34.480 those early hits, the pressure that he took Carson, that 0:10:34.640 --> 0:10:37.199 is against the Redskins, it would have been hard for 0:10:37.240 --> 0:10:39.719 any quarterback not to have that effect him. And he 0:10:39.760 --> 0:10:42.880 said maybe mechanically there were some issues. Did we see 0:10:42.920 --> 0:10:45.599 that again yesterday? I know he can get his his 0:10:45.800 --> 0:10:49.720 much earlier, but someone no, you know, yeah, no, it's 0:10:49.760 --> 0:10:51.839 a matter of him just setting his target line a 0:10:51.920 --> 0:10:54.839 little bit better. Uh, just something he's got to work through. 0:10:54.920 --> 0:10:58.360 Practice each again, each That's why we practice and we 0:10:58.440 --> 0:11:00.880 work on these things because it's you think it would 0:11:00.920 --> 0:11:05.400 just be second nature, um for any player in the 0:11:05.520 --> 0:11:08.960 National Football League. But if we're not continuing to work 0:11:09.080 --> 0:11:11.760 on the little things, the detail things and things that 0:11:12.240 --> 0:11:16.000 payoff in games, which setting the target line, especially throws 0:11:16.080 --> 0:11:19.839 to your left as a right handed quarterback setting your feet. Um, 0:11:20.960 --> 0:11:22.800 you know, we just got to keep working that stuff. 0:11:22.840 --> 0:11:28.320 And it's just where you set your lower your lower body, 0:11:28.400 --> 0:11:30.439 your feet on your on the on the your direct 0:11:30.520 --> 0:11:33.360 line to the to the to the receiver. You know, 0:11:33.760 --> 0:11:36.320 it's it's putting your lower body in position to make 0:11:36.360 --> 0:11:38.280 the throw, being able to drive off your back hip, 0:11:38.920 --> 0:11:41.320 especially when it's a clean pocket. And sometimes when your 0:11:41.360 --> 0:11:45.320 feet are not on the target line. Um, you tend 0:11:45.360 --> 0:11:47.920 to throw high. You can tend to throw inside of 0:11:48.000 --> 0:11:50.760 a receiver, which which we saw a little bit yesterday. 0:11:50.800 --> 0:11:52.640 So we got to just continue to drill it and 0:11:52.840 --> 0:11:56.000 drill it down to where um, you get in the 0:11:56.080 --> 0:11:59.920 game and it's just, um, it does become second nature. 0:12:00.440 --> 0:12:06.760 I'm not even a lost burning But yeah, Brandon, he's 0:12:06.800 --> 0:12:09.480 a He's a tremendous player, a great team leader. Um 0:12:10.280 --> 0:12:13.959 just uh, he kind of he vowed yesterday not to 0:12:14.040 --> 0:12:16.960 be not to be blocked, and he um, he wanted 0:12:17.000 --> 0:12:18.920 to sort of redeem himself from the week before. He 0:12:19.000 --> 0:12:21.120 felt like himself personally didn't have a good game against 0:12:21.120 --> 0:12:23.360 Washington and wanted to make sure that he came out 0:12:23.440 --> 0:12:25.960 yesterday and helped our team win it. An outstanding job 0:12:28.000 --> 0:12:31.040 obviously played like your best games. It's in times like Pittsburnon, 0:12:31.320 --> 0:12:35.760 so that not so well, that's Washington and Detroit. Is 0:12:35.840 --> 0:12:38.920 that just part of like the inconsistencies with the yellow team. 0:12:39.760 --> 0:12:41.640 I think some of it has to do with that. Um, 0:12:43.080 --> 0:12:46.599 you know, I just think, uh, for whatever reason, you know, 0:12:46.720 --> 0:12:50.480 we we we obviously didn't have our best performance. Uh 0:12:50.720 --> 0:12:56.040 you know against Washington, execution was not there. Detroit, you know, 0:12:56.120 --> 0:12:58.160 we had the lead late in the game two minutes 0:12:58.200 --> 0:13:01.200 to go and didn't finish the game offense to Lee. Um, 0:13:01.440 --> 0:13:06.920 So you know, we just have to It's it takes 0:13:06.960 --> 0:13:12.280 a full sixty minute game concentration, focus on your job, 0:13:12.400 --> 0:13:15.360 do your assignments, and and I come away with these winners. 0:13:15.440 --> 0:13:18.680 Learn how to finish at the end. Um. It's something 0:13:18.760 --> 0:13:20.959 that uh, you know, our guys we've got to learned 0:13:21.000 --> 0:13:24.040 to do. As the season goes on. Do you think yeah, 0:13:24.120 --> 0:13:25.480 I mean, I know you're going to try to get 0:13:25.520 --> 0:13:26.880 out of that, but do you think right at this 0:13:27.040 --> 0:13:29.520 point of the season, being on the road affects your 0:13:29.559 --> 0:13:32.679 team in a non positive manner. I'd rather be on 0:13:32.760 --> 0:13:35.640 the road earlier in this season, honestly, um, and have 0:13:35.760 --> 0:13:37.600 more home games towards the end of the year, I think, 0:13:37.640 --> 0:13:40.199 and especially here with the weather starting to come in 0:13:40.320 --> 0:13:42.000 and all that, I think it just I think it 0:13:42.080 --> 0:13:43.959 just helps us, you know a little bit down down 0:13:44.000 --> 0:13:46.200 the stretch. But we just gotta learn how to handle 0:13:46.240 --> 0:13:48.480 the road. I mean, it's, uh, it's a business trip. 0:13:48.559 --> 0:13:50.680 There can be there can be some distractions with family 0:13:50.720 --> 0:13:52.840 and friends that come to games and all for whatever reason. 0:13:52.920 --> 0:13:56.400 And you know, just coaches and players have to learn to, 0:13:56.960 --> 0:13:58.719 you know, say hey, this is we're here for a 0:13:58.760 --> 0:14:02.120 reason and um, you know, we're trying to trying to 0:14:02.160 --> 0:14:04.360 win a football game. I had a much cleaner game 0:14:04.760 --> 0:14:06.719 his second time around. What do you think led to that? 0:14:07.520 --> 0:14:10.839 I just think learning from the week before, quite honestly, Um, 0:14:11.040 --> 0:14:15.120 he really again detailed his work during the week. He 0:14:15.280 --> 0:14:17.880 practiced extremely well, he used his hands better, he was 0:14:17.920 --> 0:14:21.480 able to calm kind of calm the storm, so to speak, 0:14:21.640 --> 0:14:26.640 and played a um you know, played a play, played 0:14:26.640 --> 0:14:30.240 a fine football game. Really really, uh was he played 0:14:30.280 --> 0:14:32.200 the type of game that we saw him and he's 0:14:32.280 --> 0:14:34.880 very capable of doing. And and now it's something that 0:14:34.960 --> 0:14:37.120 he can he can continue to build on. Need more 0:14:37.200 --> 0:14:42.960 from your wide receivers. I don't know. I mean, I 0:14:43.000 --> 0:14:46.720 think we need more from everybody, quite honestly. Um, tight ends, 0:14:46.800 --> 0:14:49.720 running backs, wide receivers, quarterback, old line. I mean, we need, 0:14:49.840 --> 0:14:54.360 we need, we need everybody. And uh, um, you know, 0:14:55.320 --> 0:14:58.480 we had opportunities yesterday. There were there were some uh 0:14:58.640 --> 0:15:01.560 you know again kind of kept ourselves in some third 0:15:01.600 --> 0:15:04.360 and long situations. You know, even though there's eleven attempts 0:15:04.400 --> 0:15:06.320 we had, there were some you know, or half of 0:15:06.360 --> 0:15:09.440 them were long yard situations there. And you know, we 0:15:09.520 --> 0:15:12.080 got to eliminate that with some penalties and early in 0:15:12.120 --> 0:15:16.200 the game the turnovers. But we all just need to 0:15:16.600 --> 0:15:18.600 we all need to step up. The one thing, the 0:15:18.640 --> 0:15:20.320 one thing I will say is this that it's a 0:15:20.480 --> 0:15:26.040 very unselfish group. This group is very unselfish. They don't 0:15:26.080 --> 0:15:27.960 they don't fight for the ball, they don't ask for 0:15:28.040 --> 0:15:30.680 the ball. You know, whenever the ball comes their way, 0:15:30.720 --> 0:15:33.120 they do the best they can to make the play. 0:15:33.200 --> 0:15:35.520 And um, that's what we need, that's what we need 0:15:35.600 --> 0:15:38.080 to in order to win tough games like we did yesterday. 0:15:38.560 --> 0:15:41.960 You've been aggressive these first six games in terms of 0:15:42.080 --> 0:15:46.680 fourth down a two book conversion. Um. Yesterday, before you 0:15:46.760 --> 0:15:48.640 were a head coaching the NFL, did you find yourself 0:15:49.320 --> 0:15:54.200 during games thinking how you would approach those situations and thinking, oh, 0:15:54.320 --> 0:15:55.920 you know, I think I actually would have would have 0:15:56.000 --> 0:16:01.120 tried yeah, I went. You know, you definitely put yourself 0:16:01.160 --> 0:16:04.040 in those situations when you you know, as a coordinator, 0:16:04.520 --> 0:16:08.680 a position coach, Um, you know, putting yourself in those spots. 0:16:08.760 --> 0:16:11.160 It's a lot easier when you're not making the decision 0:16:11.240 --> 0:16:12.920 obviously to go, oh yeah, I would have gone for 0:16:13.000 --> 0:16:14.920 it there or not gone for it there, and and 0:16:15.040 --> 0:16:18.120 now being in this position, it's you know, it's it's 0:16:18.240 --> 0:16:19.960 it's my tail on the line if we don't if 0:16:20.000 --> 0:16:23.640 we don't cont you know, convert. But um, yeah, I've 0:16:23.920 --> 0:16:26.480 done that over over my career, put myself in those situations. 0:16:27.120 --> 0:16:28.680 Did you think you'd end up being when it actually 0:16:28.720 --> 0:16:30.320 came time to be the head coach? Did you think 0:16:30.320 --> 0:16:33.040 you would end up being as aggressive as you have 0:16:33.160 --> 0:16:39.080 been specistrictly on the numbers you're getting from upstairs. I 0:16:39.160 --> 0:16:41.120 think it's a both. I think it's both. I you know, 0:16:41.480 --> 0:16:45.520 my my my personality is probably not is a little 0:16:45.560 --> 0:16:48.880 more conservative by nature. I think, um, you'd probably agree 0:16:48.920 --> 0:16:53.400 with that. But you know, I trust our guys, I 0:16:53.560 --> 0:16:56.960 trust uh, I trust the offensive line. I think it 0:16:57.080 --> 0:17:00.400 sends a great message, um, to the rest of the team, 0:17:00.520 --> 0:17:03.240 to our defense, to special teams that hey, you know, 0:17:03.400 --> 0:17:06.280 if we convert this and stay on the field, Um, 0:17:07.400 --> 0:17:09.280 it sends a good message. And and then and then 0:17:09.760 --> 0:17:12.160 on the other side of that, if you do convert, 0:17:12.240 --> 0:17:14.119 the message you send to the other team and and 0:17:14.240 --> 0:17:17.000 the fact that you're going to stay aggressive and and um, 0:17:18.240 --> 0:17:21.560 um you know it's it's it's kind of a crazy 0:17:21.640 --> 0:17:26.120 deal when you're you know, not great on third down, 0:17:26.200 --> 0:17:28.400 but you can be five or five on fourth down 0:17:28.480 --> 0:17:30.600 and convert. It mean, it's it's a it's a weird deal. 0:17:30.680 --> 0:17:33.080 But um, it's credit to the guys, you know, for 0:17:33.280 --> 0:17:36.080 for the execution. Obviously, Uh you know, we dropped the 0:17:36.119 --> 0:17:40.000 ball or bobbled the snap yesterday and still converted. So um, 0:17:41.119 --> 0:17:42.920 I'm gonna you know, I'm gonna continue to look at it. 0:17:43.000 --> 0:17:45.679 And I don't ever want to be in a position 0:17:45.720 --> 0:17:48.200 though I don't want to jeopardize the team at that time. 0:17:48.320 --> 0:17:51.879 But I didn't feel like, uh uh, looking at the 0:17:52.440 --> 0:17:54.840 five fourth down decisions this year put us in any 0:17:54.960 --> 0:17:58.159 any harm at that time with the running team. I 0:17:58.280 --> 0:18:01.840 think Ryan against the rounds and Windel against Pittsburgh, the 0:18:01.920 --> 0:18:04.800 only games a back has had more than twelve carries 0:18:05.400 --> 0:18:07.840 in a game. Would you like to kind of establish 0:18:07.880 --> 0:18:09.560 do you feel like you're running the ball enough when 0:18:09.560 --> 0:18:12.720 you've gotta self scout? And do you think there's a 0:18:12.800 --> 0:18:15.560 benefit in getting a back an X number of carries 0:18:15.560 --> 0:18:17.560 to kind of get into a rhythm and or is 0:18:17.600 --> 0:18:23.120 that overrated? Yeah, you know, I probably lean more towards 0:18:23.600 --> 0:18:26.000 I don't want Carson to throw the ball thirty five 0:18:26.080 --> 0:18:28.880 times in a game or forty times in a game, 0:18:30.240 --> 0:18:32.159 So I probably manage that one a little bit more 0:18:32.240 --> 0:18:34.560 than I do the run. I would lean more towards 0:18:34.680 --> 0:18:39.159 running the ball probably, you know, with the with the 0:18:39.240 --> 0:18:44.520 runners that we have, and I don't, um, I don't. 0:18:44.560 --> 0:18:47.200 I don't necessarily get into you know, Ryan's got to 0:18:47.280 --> 0:18:50.560 have X amount of touches or Darien's got to get 0:18:50.680 --> 0:18:52.480 X amount of touches. I think we just got by 0:18:52.560 --> 0:18:54.960 a by a committee and collectively they do they do 0:18:55.080 --> 0:18:58.119 a good job. And we've been around that you know, 0:18:58.280 --> 0:19:03.200 hundred yard mark each week, um, you know, so far, 0:19:03.280 --> 0:19:05.119 and that's it's been. It's been efficient. You know, we 0:19:05.200 --> 0:19:07.879 weren't as efficient necessarily maybe running the ball yards per 0:19:07.920 --> 0:19:11.280 attempting all that yesterday, but it was still um against 0:19:11.320 --> 0:19:13.080 a good defense. Though we were still able to do 0:19:13.200 --> 0:19:15.280 some good things in the run game. So we're going 0:19:15.320 --> 0:19:17.400 to continue to do it. Um. There are certain runs 0:19:17.480 --> 0:19:19.320 for certain running backs that we that we put in 0:19:19.359 --> 0:19:22.400 the game, but overall it's going to be a sort 0:19:22.440 --> 0:19:26.399 of a running back by committee. Um design. Graham had 0:19:26.440 --> 0:19:29.400 a you mentioned Graham's game. Barwin on the other side, 0:19:29.480 --> 0:19:31.840 also had a step up game and he said he 0:19:31.920 --> 0:19:33.879 really needed one. You know, he's at the point of 0:19:33.960 --> 0:19:35.840 his career where people started, you know, as he still 0:19:35.920 --> 0:19:38.280 got so that was a big, big game for him 0:19:38.359 --> 0:19:40.960 to Can you talk about just what you saw from 0:19:41.080 --> 0:19:45.960 Connor Barwins? Yeah again, Um, great explosion off the explosion 0:19:46.000 --> 0:19:50.399 off the ball, Um, his ability to to to push 0:19:50.480 --> 0:19:53.080 the pocket and collapse the pocket back to the quarterback 0:19:53.160 --> 0:19:57.000 and Connor just like like Brandon, I mean, these are 0:19:57.040 --> 0:19:59.639 these are hustle effort guys all the way to the 0:19:59.680 --> 0:20:03.520 whis and that's what we saw yesterday. And I think 0:20:03.880 --> 0:20:05.719 you know, to the man, if you talk to him, 0:20:05.720 --> 0:20:09.080 they'd also they'd all agree that they needed to play better. 0:20:09.320 --> 0:20:12.200 And Um, you know, Connor prides himself and being a 0:20:12.280 --> 0:20:15.480 leader of this football teams, as does Brandon and um 0:20:15.920 --> 0:20:19.080 as does Fletcher and all those guys up there. But um, yeah, 0:20:19.119 --> 0:20:21.440 I thought he played. He played extremely well and he's 0:20:21.480 --> 0:20:24.399 definitely an inspirational leader to that, you know, to that 0:20:24.520 --> 0:20:28.080 defensive line group. You were through receiver, sel What was 0:20:28.119 --> 0:20:31.160 the reason for one more time? It was more because 0:20:31.600 --> 0:20:39.119 you were Greg reser self. The reason, um felt like, 0:20:39.880 --> 0:20:41.600 you know, was Celik. In the game we had we 0:20:41.720 --> 0:20:45.399 had a little more run pass kills based on some 0:20:45.480 --> 0:20:47.560 of the things that Minnesota had shown, you know, in 0:20:47.840 --> 0:20:51.320 the previous weeks, and so we wanted Selik in there 0:20:51.560 --> 0:20:54.600 if it was a protection deal, but we were also 0:20:54.640 --> 0:20:57.960 okay obviously with him being able to run routes things 0:20:58.000 --> 0:21:02.000 of that nature. So um plus it was it was 0:21:02.000 --> 0:21:04.560 another thing too where he felt like keeping them. We 0:21:04.840 --> 0:21:06.840 played a little bit more on our three tight ends 0:21:07.160 --> 0:21:09.800 and heavier packages a little bit more in some certain 0:21:09.840 --> 0:21:13.120 situations too, um, because we were we were really coming 0:21:13.160 --> 0:21:16.040 off the ball as an offensive unit and getting some 0:21:16.080 --> 0:21:18.000 positive yards in the run game. But some of that 0:21:18.080 --> 0:21:20.840 design was based on some of the run kill pass 0:21:21.080 --> 0:21:24.760 checks that we had in the game. Four times the 0:21:24.840 --> 0:21:26.560