1 00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:08,160 Speaker 1: Welcome to this week seven postgame edition of the From 2 00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:11,520 Speaker 1: the Podium podcast. I'm Gabe Kolera. The Browns picked up 3 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:13,840 Speaker 1: a win over the Miami Dolphins by a final score 4 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:16,759 Speaker 1: thirty one to six and Huntington bank Field on Sunday. 5 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:19,240 Speaker 1: On this episode, you you're from head coach Kevin Stefanski, 6 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:22,680 Speaker 1: quarterback Deal and Gabriel, and defensive end Miles Garrett. We'll 7 00:00:22,720 --> 00:00:25,440 Speaker 1: start with head coach Kevin Stefanski, who gave his thoughts 8 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:26,040 Speaker 1: on the big win. 9 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:31,120 Speaker 2: All right, injury front, aiden, Huntington's and concussion protocol. 10 00:00:31,320 --> 00:00:32,160 Speaker 3: You know that game. 11 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:37,000 Speaker 2: Four takeaways, twenty one points off those takeaways, that's really 12 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:37,680 Speaker 2: the story of the game. 13 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:39,159 Speaker 3: I thought there were some really good things out there. 14 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:41,000 Speaker 3: I thought the guys fought from. 15 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:44,040 Speaker 2: Minute one to minute sixty, So really proud of the 16 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:44,640 Speaker 2: effort there. 17 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:47,400 Speaker 3: And then you know, just you got to learn from 18 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:47,880 Speaker 3: this one. 19 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:51,560 Speaker 2: Definitely things you can clean up offense, defense, end, special teams. 20 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:53,479 Speaker 3: But the way those guys. 21 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 2: Are flying around, I really really proud of that effort. 22 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:59,120 Speaker 2: And then we'll learn from this one, move on very quickly, 23 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:00,800 Speaker 2: and you're on the next week. 24 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:02,200 Speaker 3: But with that, I'll take any questions. 25 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:05,200 Speaker 4: Kevin just how important was it. I know you say 26 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:08,360 Speaker 4: you blinders are on and all the always the thing, 27 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:13,640 Speaker 4: but just don't believe. But just to get that winning feeling, 28 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:15,160 Speaker 4: you know, after all. 29 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:20,880 Speaker 2: The work in Yeah, it's uh, we focus on what's 30 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:24,680 Speaker 2: in front of us. Uh and obviously you can certainly 31 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:27,959 Speaker 2: look backwards if you want, but we don't what made. 32 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:29,880 Speaker 5: The running game work as well as it did today. 33 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:32,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, you know something that we worked very hard on 34 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:36,600 Speaker 2: to make sure that we got q and our runners 35 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:38,760 Speaker 2: into the second level as much as we could because 36 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:41,280 Speaker 2: we knew they would make some yards. So there were 37 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:43,080 Speaker 2: some things that we blocked up really well. If you 38 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:44,959 Speaker 2: block it up well for Quinn Shawn, he's gonna make 39 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:45,479 Speaker 2: a lot of yards. 40 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:46,240 Speaker 1: Uh. 41 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 6: What'd you like about the wild kay Donamiclan, Yeah, that 42 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 6: was It was really a conversation with me, Coach Bloom 43 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:55,720 Speaker 6: and Tommy on Thursday night when we thought it was 44 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 6: going to potentially be sixty miles per hour wins and uh, 45 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:01,760 Speaker 6: we talked about might be just get some single wing 46 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 6: football going, So we drew up a couple of plays. 47 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:05,559 Speaker 4: Cavin. 48 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:07,400 Speaker 3: Even though Woyd you don't want to look back. Del 49 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 3: Pit said this week that he forgot what it was 50 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:09,960 Speaker 3: like to win. 51 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 2: Does kind of like that kind of concern you that 52 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:15,360 Speaker 2: the team was thinking of you? As you guys know, 53 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 2: Grant is a leader in this football team. He plays 54 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:21,800 Speaker 2: his butt off every single week. I think you, just 55 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:25,040 Speaker 2: like anybody you know, we know what the fun in 56 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:25,880 Speaker 2: this business is. 57 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:28,079 Speaker 3: So that's all part of it. 58 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:31,399 Speaker 4: What do you make of given Quinn Shawn's challenging entry point, 59 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:32,760 Speaker 4: what do you make of how he's gotten. 60 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:35,959 Speaker 2: Up speed on? Well, I don't want to tell you 61 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:38,359 Speaker 2: that training camp's not important because I got a bunch 62 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:40,200 Speaker 2: of players that will take that. 63 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:44,839 Speaker 3: He's in great shape, very diligent kid. 64 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:48,760 Speaker 2: All the things that we identified with him in the 65 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:51,240 Speaker 2: pre draft process are all true. 66 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 3: Tyson Campbell saved two touchdowns and scored money. 67 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 7: Was awesome. 68 00:02:57,639 --> 00:03:00,240 Speaker 3: It was great. Yeah, fun to see, you know, was 69 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:01,160 Speaker 3: he the first takeaway? 70 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:07,560 Speaker 2: But fun to see you know him make a play 71 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:10,359 Speaker 2: and go down you know, tight rope down the sideline. 72 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:12,840 Speaker 2: H and they went and he made a play a 73 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:14,800 Speaker 2: couple of plays down the field too. So like I 74 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:17,600 Speaker 2: talk to you, guys, I think this week, week two 75 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:21,519 Speaker 2: with him normal week is only going to continue to 76 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:21,920 Speaker 2: get better. 77 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:22,560 Speaker 1: Kevin. 78 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:26,040 Speaker 8: Along the same lines as Grant Miles Garrett had come 79 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:28,560 Speaker 8: out after the game last week talked about frustration over 80 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 8: how you guys were losing every week, and then on 81 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:34,840 Speaker 8: Friday also kind of questioned the lack of running in 82 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:38,680 Speaker 8: that game and reiterated his frustration. So, I mean, how 83 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:40,560 Speaker 8: did you feel about how he went about that? And 84 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:42,560 Speaker 8: yet then yet everybody backed it up. 85 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:43,520 Speaker 3: And backed it up this week. 86 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 2: I won't get a nine conversations I have with our players, 87 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:49,760 Speaker 2: Mary kay and we uh, we all want to just 88 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 2: continue to work and obviously that's what we'll do. 89 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 3: What do you have to see about the way till 90 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:55,240 Speaker 3: Gabriel played. 91 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:58,400 Speaker 2: And those were Yeah, the first half especially was some 92 00:03:58,480 --> 00:03:59,720 Speaker 2: tough conditions for both sides. 93 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:02,320 Speaker 3: I think you could see that and some of the 94 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:03,640 Speaker 3: handling of the football. 95 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:07,520 Speaker 2: But you know, we had a we were plus four today. 96 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:09,600 Speaker 2: I don't think we've turned it over the last three weeks. 97 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:13,000 Speaker 2: And that's a recipe for winning football With Quinn. 98 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:16,240 Speaker 3: Sean and Wildcat, is that something talk about Thursday? 99 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:19,120 Speaker 6: You put him on Friday and did your hard skip 100 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 6: a beat the run that first. 101 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:23,160 Speaker 3: Or or it looked like you've nearly have. 102 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:27,600 Speaker 2: Fumbled it, bobbled it and now yeah, no, heart didn't 103 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:30,040 Speaker 2: skip a beat. I don't think, uh, yeah, I trust 104 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:35,680 Speaker 2: these guys, Joe and I think, yeah, he's Uh. That 105 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:40,040 Speaker 2: was something that again really well executed by our guys, 106 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:42,640 Speaker 2: and that's a testament to the players and the coaches 107 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:43,720 Speaker 2: for getting them coached up. 108 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:47,200 Speaker 5: Miles is moving around more than he normally does. What 109 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:48,960 Speaker 5: did you guys see that allowed. 110 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:49,080 Speaker 7: You to do that? 111 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:51,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's you know, going to be part of what 112 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:54,760 Speaker 2: we do really in every game that there's it's so 113 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:58,560 Speaker 2: matchup based oftentimes and making sure that you know, you 114 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:00,000 Speaker 2: get Miles where you want them. 115 00:05:00,839 --> 00:05:03,160 Speaker 3: You took the ball first. 116 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:05,039 Speaker 8: Was because of the conditions or did you just want to. 117 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:06,960 Speaker 3: Get up because of the conditions? I did that for you, 118 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:10,440 Speaker 3: Tony defense hold them out of the end zone. I'm 119 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:13,719 Speaker 3: sorry the defense, yeah, them out of no touchdown. 120 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:15,720 Speaker 2: And you know, I don't I know the conditions were 121 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:18,159 Speaker 2: what they were, but that that offense have been scoring 122 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:18,719 Speaker 2: a lot of points. 123 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:19,960 Speaker 3: I mean, that's an explosive offense. 124 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:21,600 Speaker 2: I have a ton of respect for Mike and what 125 00:05:21,640 --> 00:05:23,720 Speaker 2: they do, and our defense meant the challenge. 126 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:26,160 Speaker 5: What hot press for you? With your safeties? Kevin looked 127 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:28,280 Speaker 5: like Grant made a ton of plays and then Reshan too. 128 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:31,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, Raychean obviously had a bigger role this week and 129 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 2: some of the matchups. 130 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:33,200 Speaker 3: We wanted to get to. 131 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:36,000 Speaker 2: But uh yeah, I thought those guys played really really well. 132 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:39,000 Speaker 2: I mean we played hard, We played hard like we do. 133 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:40,880 Speaker 2: Ball found us a couple of times. And as we've 134 00:05:40,880 --> 00:05:43,760 Speaker 2: talked about those takeaways coming in bunches, Kevin, how did it. 135 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:46,080 Speaker 8: Feel to you know, you guys were away from Huntington 136 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:49,000 Speaker 8: Bank for almost a month to come back come down 137 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:51,200 Speaker 8: here in these horrible conditions. How good it to feel? 138 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:53,560 Speaker 8: How good it be able to give the fans a 139 00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:55,320 Speaker 8: victory like this in the pouring race? 140 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:57,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, shut out to all the fans that 141 00:05:57,560 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 2: were out there and some some non ideal conditions, and 142 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:04,400 Speaker 2: they stuck with us, and they always do. 143 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:08,000 Speaker 3: And we're very appreciative of suport. We get quinch Shawn. 144 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:11,200 Speaker 7: He's so much so early, and what's the future look like. 145 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:15,040 Speaker 2: I think, like I've told you, guys, young players get better, 146 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:19,359 Speaker 2: they learn from from mistakes, and it's our job to 147 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:22,520 Speaker 2: coach him up. So he's a he's a young player 148 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:25,400 Speaker 2: that we think very highly of, but I think he 149 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:26,200 Speaker 2: will only get better. 150 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:28,960 Speaker 8: Kevin Dyllan only had like one hundred and sixteen yards passing, 151 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:30,720 Speaker 8: But I mean he used his legs a lot to 152 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:33,039 Speaker 8: get out of trouble. He didn't turn the ball over 153 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:35,599 Speaker 8: for the third straight game. How important are those kind of. 154 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:36,039 Speaker 2: Things, do you? 155 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:36,200 Speaker 7: Ye? 156 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:38,600 Speaker 2: I think every game is different, Mary kay, and what 157 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:40,680 Speaker 2: you're going to have to do. I thought a couple 158 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:42,120 Speaker 2: of times we were trying to get him on the 159 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:45,000 Speaker 2: perimeter in these conditions, knowing that you know it's going 160 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:48,560 Speaker 2: to be hard to start and stop. We have we 161 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:49,960 Speaker 2: have to do a better job of getting some guys 162 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:55,040 Speaker 2: open throughout this game. But to play clean is really important. 163 00:06:55,440 --> 00:06:58,039 Speaker 5: Was a plan always to rotate the guys that right there? Yes, 164 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:00,560 Speaker 5: and then Jack and Mike and I being able to 165 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:04,080 Speaker 5: go out out of protocol and what with Mike? Did 166 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:05,239 Speaker 5: Jack that Cleveland protocol? 167 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:07,839 Speaker 2: Yeah, he's getting he's getting better every single day. And 168 00:07:07,839 --> 00:07:09,440 Speaker 2: then same with Mike Kevin. 169 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:13,120 Speaker 5: You sort of saw the varying degrees of like how 170 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:14,480 Speaker 5: penalties can really gurn a team. 171 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:17,160 Speaker 8: Handing it a ton that helped you guys if you 172 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:18,680 Speaker 8: guys have had that have a lot in the past, 173 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:21,240 Speaker 8: just how valuable was it to not have that be 174 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:21,600 Speaker 8: an issue? 175 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:22,560 Speaker 3: Yeah, it was important. 176 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:22,640 Speaker 9: That. 177 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:25,080 Speaker 2: Obviously we were the beneficiary of some. And some of 178 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:28,080 Speaker 2: those come when you're playing really hard, like on special teams. 179 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:30,120 Speaker 2: If you're playing really hard, you're going to draw some penalties, 180 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:31,560 Speaker 2: and I thought that may have been the case a 181 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:33,880 Speaker 2: couple of those, and then we really focus on those 182 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:36,200 Speaker 2: pre snap penalties and the ones that you can avoid. 183 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:38,280 Speaker 2: You know, we talked about avoiding the avoidables, and I 184 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:41,080 Speaker 2: think for the most part, we're pretty good today. 185 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:43,480 Speaker 8: Do you feel I mean, like a victory like this 186 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:48,239 Speaker 8: in addition to everything else, can just kind of quiet 187 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:50,960 Speaker 8: things down a little bit and let you guys focus on. 188 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:54,040 Speaker 3: I think we're focused, Mary kay on on what's important. 189 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:58,440 Speaker 2: We know what's in front of us, and that's where 190 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:00,480 Speaker 2: that's where our focus will up. 191 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:03,080 Speaker 1: Next. Quarterback Dulan Gabriel, who picked up his first career 192 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:04,320 Speaker 1: win in the NFL. 193 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:07,360 Speaker 8: What did it say about your football team that, with 194 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:11,280 Speaker 8: all the things swirling around at you, guys at one 195 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:14,800 Speaker 8: in five to pull together and come out and put 196 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:17,960 Speaker 8: together a performance like this today. 197 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:19,800 Speaker 9: You know, I don't know if anything was swirling around, 198 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:22,320 Speaker 9: but you know, just on our end, I think just 199 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:26,640 Speaker 9: continue to fight, continue to claw and scratch to be 200 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:28,960 Speaker 9: a good football team, you know, and we know that 201 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:30,800 Speaker 9: it's a little plays here's in there, here and there 202 00:08:30,840 --> 00:08:33,680 Speaker 9: that adds up. But the atension to detos be at 203 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:36,600 Speaker 9: all time high and we understand that. But it does 204 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:38,600 Speaker 9: feel good to see the defense do what they do. 205 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:41,360 Speaker 9: You know, our run game continue to take strides in 206 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:44,319 Speaker 9: that way, and then just special teams making plays as well. 207 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:47,199 Speaker 9: You know, we always talk about complimentary football, but seeing 208 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:48,840 Speaker 9: us all come together is important. 209 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:51,720 Speaker 5: Good to see how bad would the conditions out. 210 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:56,760 Speaker 9: Don't even know about it, honestly, didn't pay no mind, 211 00:08:56,800 --> 00:09:01,920 Speaker 9: but no, it's it's just part of what it is. 212 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:04,920 Speaker 9: But I think it's all about mindset. 213 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:10,240 Speaker 5: Would you think about quin Sean and especially using the 214 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:13,040 Speaker 5: wildcake Kevin said they came up with that Thursday. 215 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:16,079 Speaker 9: Yeah. Huge. You know, I think anytime you can get 216 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:18,920 Speaker 9: plus one in the run game, you can utilize that 217 00:09:19,040 --> 00:09:23,280 Speaker 9: and have ultimate trust in quin Sean. But also what 218 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:25,400 Speaker 9: we want to do in short yardage and the more 219 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:28,720 Speaker 9: versatile we can be there, the more it's gonna help us, 220 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:30,760 Speaker 9: for sure, So product quinch On for sure. 221 00:09:31,320 --> 00:09:34,800 Speaker 8: What can you say about the fact that you've played 222 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:38,640 Speaker 8: clean while you haven't turned it over in any of 223 00:09:38,679 --> 00:09:42,120 Speaker 8: your games? And then you also were able to use 224 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:44,120 Speaker 8: your legs to get out of some trouble to day. 225 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 8: And how do you feel like you're operating. 226 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:46,600 Speaker 3: In those races? 227 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:48,840 Speaker 9: Yeah, I think you always want to expedite the process 228 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:50,800 Speaker 9: of being able to play at a certain level. But 229 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:54,520 Speaker 9: you know there is understanding of natural progression as well, 230 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:58,400 Speaker 9: But you know the process doesn't change. You're gonna still 231 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:02,679 Speaker 9: fight to be at your best. But I think at 232 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:05,720 Speaker 9: small chunks we've we've learned how to slowly have chances 233 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:09,240 Speaker 9: to win then finally go and win a game. That's 234 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:12,079 Speaker 9: something that we're all kind of molding together. But I 235 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:14,880 Speaker 9: definitely proud of the guys and definitely want to continue 236 00:10:14,920 --> 00:10:16,520 Speaker 9: to be good at the areas we're good at and 237 00:10:16,559 --> 00:10:19,640 Speaker 9: improve in the areas that we need to So that'll 238 00:10:19,679 --> 00:10:22,800 Speaker 9: that'll never change. 239 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:29,040 Speaker 8: Oh No, I haven't no how you know, excited or encouraged? 240 00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:31,679 Speaker 8: Are you by the fact that you guys could come 241 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:34,480 Speaker 8: out here at one in five show that kind of 242 00:10:34,679 --> 00:10:37,600 Speaker 8: grit and heart, put together a performance like this and 243 00:10:37,679 --> 00:10:39,120 Speaker 8: have something like this to build up. 244 00:10:39,520 --> 00:10:41,520 Speaker 9: Yeah, I don't want you to look at my expression 245 00:10:41,559 --> 00:10:43,920 Speaker 9: and think I'm not excited, but I am very excited. 246 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:48,960 Speaker 9: I just Also it's important to build sustainability as well, 247 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:52,400 Speaker 9: So I'm just gonna build on that. I'm excited for 248 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:53,760 Speaker 9: the guys. There's a lot that we'll look back and 249 00:10:53,840 --> 00:10:57,320 Speaker 9: it's good and in many areas, and there's a lot 250 00:10:57,360 --> 00:10:58,480 Speaker 9: of things that you want to clean up. But I 251 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:02,160 Speaker 9: think that's what I'm excited. Guys are eager, Guys want 252 00:11:02,160 --> 00:11:04,600 Speaker 9: to be better, and when you look at the areas 253 00:11:04,640 --> 00:11:08,840 Speaker 9: of improvement, it's encourage, you know, and we always encourage that. 254 00:11:08,880 --> 00:11:11,920 Speaker 9: But definitely, like I said, winning is fun for sure, 255 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:13,120 Speaker 9: don't get that twisted. 256 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:18,920 Speaker 4: How do you in what ways you feel like you 257 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:20,160 Speaker 4: have to build? 258 00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:22,120 Speaker 9: I think the more film you put together as a 259 00:11:22,120 --> 00:11:24,800 Speaker 9: as a unit, there's more to take away. And I 260 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:26,920 Speaker 9: think there's a lot of areas that we improve week 261 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:29,600 Speaker 9: to week that we we want to improve on and 262 00:11:29,679 --> 00:11:31,880 Speaker 9: you see us run the football like that. But they'll 263 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:33,959 Speaker 9: be areas like we always talk about in the area 264 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:37,120 Speaker 9: of third downs that never changes being plus and the 265 00:11:37,160 --> 00:11:42,360 Speaker 9: turnover margin. Those not one area will just allow you 266 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:44,600 Speaker 9: to win. Of course, there's certain areas that will, but 267 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:48,319 Speaker 9: I think when you come together with all three areas, 268 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:51,240 Speaker 9: everyone leaves the field a lot happier because you know, 269 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:53,480 Speaker 9: you put yourself in a good spot to go win games, 270 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:59,040 Speaker 9: so it'll be marginal gains and try to improve every 271 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:00,760 Speaker 9: single week. That's that's all you can do. 272 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:03,640 Speaker 5: And said that, how good did you feel about the 273 00:12:03,679 --> 00:12:05,920 Speaker 5: way the defense took a lot of pressure off you 274 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:06,240 Speaker 5: in that. 275 00:12:06,280 --> 00:12:08,559 Speaker 9: Side of the ball to we got to ultimate trust 276 00:12:08,559 --> 00:12:10,240 Speaker 9: in our defense, you know, we know, I don't think 277 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:13,760 Speaker 9: that's ever changed from week one, you know, but I 278 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:17,040 Speaker 9: think there has to be, you know, a certain way 279 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:20,360 Speaker 9: that we all play to complement one of each you know, 280 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:24,120 Speaker 9: one another, but then also taking gains and growth you 281 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:27,280 Speaker 9: know from each side. You know, the trust in our defense, 282 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:29,400 Speaker 9: trust in the special teams and offense will never change. 283 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:33,280 Speaker 9: But you want to see each group grow individually and 284 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:36,360 Speaker 9: then together as well. So that's that's what we're focused on. 285 00:12:36,559 --> 00:12:39,600 Speaker 1: Finally, defensive end Miles Garrett, who headlined the defense which 286 00:12:39,679 --> 00:12:41,480 Speaker 1: was wrecking havoc all day long. 287 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:44,240 Speaker 7: It's nice. No, we haven't had that all year, and 288 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:47,160 Speaker 7: you know, if you don't want to make it close, 289 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:49,360 Speaker 7: if you don't have to, so we'll all come together 290 00:12:50,040 --> 00:12:52,160 Speaker 7: in that fashion, that's exactly what we want and we 291 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:56,800 Speaker 7: got to continue to strive for themline do huh. 292 00:12:56,880 --> 00:12:59,000 Speaker 5: Tace across the goal line. There of any oxception, you 293 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:01,520 Speaker 5: guys are up three scores, so you pay, like finally, 294 00:13:01,679 --> 00:13:02,120 Speaker 5: finally we. 295 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:05,280 Speaker 7: Get to play half like this, Hell yeah, thinking let's 296 00:13:05,320 --> 00:13:07,800 Speaker 7: pind the ears back and you know, let's go Huh. 297 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:10,720 Speaker 7: I mean it didn't. It didn't really seem like they 298 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:13,800 Speaker 7: they wanted to drop back, uh, you know, too much 299 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:16,040 Speaker 7: and no extending to play, so you know, if they're 300 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:18,280 Speaker 7: not going to do that, they didn't really have any 301 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:20,240 Speaker 7: other way to move the ball. So I think we 302 00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:22,720 Speaker 7: kept them containing pretty well, even if they didn't want 303 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:24,559 Speaker 7: to push downhill well as you. 304 00:13:24,520 --> 00:13:28,280 Speaker 4: Moved around the around the front a lot was that 305 00:13:28,559 --> 00:13:31,600 Speaker 4: by design? How much did you you know, how much 306 00:13:31,640 --> 00:13:33,280 Speaker 4: does that kind of go in? Again? But because the 307 00:13:33,360 --> 00:13:35,960 Speaker 4: matchups you saw with Miami. 308 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:39,960 Speaker 7: A little bit of both, you know, attacking matchups. You know, 309 00:13:40,080 --> 00:13:42,040 Speaker 7: some calls got me, you know on the left side, 310 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:45,880 Speaker 7: you know, and you know, just trying to always keep 311 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:47,880 Speaker 7: them on their on their heels, you do not know 312 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:51,120 Speaker 7: where to expect me, and and that that scares the 313 00:13:51,120 --> 00:13:52,480 Speaker 7: hell of off the coordinators. 314 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:53,800 Speaker 5: What else? 315 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:57,480 Speaker 8: You had obviously expressed some frustration after the last week's 316 00:13:57,480 --> 00:14:02,040 Speaker 8: standing again on Friday, do you feel like in some 317 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:05,320 Speaker 8: ways the team kind of rallied around some of the 318 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:07,760 Speaker 8: things that you said and really kind of pulled together. 319 00:14:09,080 --> 00:14:12,319 Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean rally than and we you know, we 320 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:15,600 Speaker 7: got to win in the fashion which we can appreciate, 321 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:17,720 Speaker 7: but that's not enough, and we gotta continue to do that. 322 00:14:18,080 --> 00:14:21,440 Speaker 7: You know, one win, one win is one thing, but no, 323 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:24,080 Speaker 7: we've got to you know, turn this into you know, 324 00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:25,880 Speaker 7: a habit, you know, an addiction. It's got to be 325 00:14:25,880 --> 00:14:28,800 Speaker 7: an obsession to win and win like this, and so 326 00:14:28,840 --> 00:14:30,280 Speaker 7: we got to keep on chasing, not feeling. 327 00:14:30,680 --> 00:14:34,080 Speaker 8: Do you feel like as the team leader sometimes you 328 00:14:34,160 --> 00:14:37,440 Speaker 8: have to say some things that might be perceived as 329 00:14:37,680 --> 00:14:39,760 Speaker 8: you know, tall or controversial or whatever. But do you 330 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:42,640 Speaker 8: feel like you have to take it upon yourself to. 331 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:42,840 Speaker 3: Tell it like it is. 332 00:14:43,360 --> 00:14:45,400 Speaker 7: I'm always gonna tell how it is. I mean, that's 333 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:47,440 Speaker 7: just my nature. I'm gonna so I'm gonna shot you straight. 334 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:50,880 Speaker 7: And I have no problem saying you know what I say, 335 00:14:51,320 --> 00:14:53,400 Speaker 7: you know to them up here and vice versa. So 336 00:14:54,840 --> 00:14:56,720 Speaker 7: now I don't I'm not trying to say anything to 337 00:14:56,760 --> 00:15:00,560 Speaker 7: disparage anybody or you know, uh, you know, trying to 338 00:15:00,560 --> 00:15:04,040 Speaker 7: get anybody, uh, you know, either remove from their position 339 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:07,200 Speaker 7: or anything like that. And I want everybody here to 340 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:12,520 Speaker 7: to be a benefactory to our success. So, you know, 341 00:15:12,600 --> 00:15:14,920 Speaker 7: it all came together today, and I hope we continue 342 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:17,280 Speaker 7: to rally around and everything that we've been talking about, 343 00:15:17,280 --> 00:15:18,440 Speaker 7: and I've been talking about. 344 00:15:18,760 --> 00:15:22,120 Speaker 4: How much can performance like this sort of be a. 345 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:26,560 Speaker 7: Category to be as spark, be as spark as much 346 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:30,200 Speaker 7: as we wanted to, you know, hopefully we've We've gotten, 347 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:33,400 Speaker 7: you know, so tired of the losses and I'm tired 348 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:34,840 Speaker 7: of the pain that comes with them that we're ready 349 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:38,160 Speaker 7: to inflict somebody else. You know, you've got to You've 350 00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:42,120 Speaker 7: got to learn to, you know, use that pain, use 351 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:47,680 Speaker 7: that drive. It can't just become acceptable to you know, 352 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:50,080 Speaker 7: have those those feelings. You know, right now it was 353 00:15:50,120 --> 00:15:51,640 Speaker 7: it was a good response that we have, but it's 354 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:52,920 Speaker 7: got to continue. 355 00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:55,840 Speaker 5: Well, I was talk Friday about maybe needed to take 356 00:15:55,920 --> 00:15:58,920 Speaker 5: some risks on defense. Did you feel like Jim did that? 357 00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:01,320 Speaker 5: I mean, I know, God Grant was Blitzen felt like 358 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:03,680 Speaker 5: he was in the backfield a lot more than maybe normal. 359 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:06,560 Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean, we took some risks and we sent 360 00:16:06,720 --> 00:16:10,040 Speaker 7: sent some guys, sent some send the corner center, send 361 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:13,480 Speaker 7: of safety and you know that's the gym. I know, 362 00:16:13,920 --> 00:16:17,440 Speaker 7: that's that's the aggressive, uh, in your face defense that 363 00:16:17,560 --> 00:16:19,640 Speaker 7: you know we've been known for. And I like getting 364 00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:22,960 Speaker 7: back to know who we are and now I think 365 00:16:22,960 --> 00:16:25,400 Speaker 7: we can what we did today we can continue to 366 00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:27,280 Speaker 7: do all year, but we have to be willing to 367 00:16:27,880 --> 00:16:29,480 Speaker 7: know stick to to who we are now. 368 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:33,280 Speaker 3: I did a grant specifically, so. 369 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:34,720 Speaker 7: He was he was balls to the wall. He was, 370 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:37,200 Speaker 7: he was playing, you know, whether it was running past 371 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:40,080 Speaker 7: you know, he was. He was making somebody, uh, you 372 00:16:40,120 --> 00:16:42,080 Speaker 7: know feel him. You know that that uh, he was 373 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:44,080 Speaker 7: trying to inflict some pain. And I love that, you know, 374 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:47,720 Speaker 7: kind of impose your will mentality. And I see it 375 00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:50,400 Speaker 7: a lot in myself, but also the guys up front. 376 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:53,680 Speaker 8: Not every one in five teen uh is able to 377 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:56,360 Speaker 8: dig deep and show this kind of grit and heart 378 00:16:56,760 --> 00:16:59,120 Speaker 8: and come out and put the quick game together the 379 00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:01,800 Speaker 8: way that you guys did today. So what you know, 380 00:17:01,800 --> 00:17:04,640 Speaker 8: what does that tell you about your football team? 381 00:17:06,320 --> 00:17:09,479 Speaker 7: The exactly football team is the mirror of our leaders, 382 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:12,840 Speaker 7: and one way or another from from players to coaches, 383 00:17:13,320 --> 00:17:16,320 Speaker 7: and that kind of grit and that kind of resilience 384 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:20,760 Speaker 7: it comes from us. But it's gotta it's gotta continue 385 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:24,520 Speaker 7: to go the entire chain or only and we got 386 00:17:24,520 --> 00:17:26,639 Speaker 7: to make everyone feel like we can we can bounce 387 00:17:26,680 --> 00:17:28,560 Speaker 7: back from this and we can we can still achieve 388 00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:30,720 Speaker 7: the things we want to because you know, we dug 389 00:17:30,720 --> 00:17:33,000 Speaker 7: ourselves a little hole, but we know we can get it, 390 00:17:33,080 --> 00:17:34,679 Speaker 7: get ourselves out of it. We gotta do it together. 391 00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:38,320 Speaker 7: What do you make of the way that quin Shawn has. 392 00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:40,080 Speaker 2: Filled the fourth for sport? 393 00:17:43,040 --> 00:17:43,159 Speaker 4: Uh? 394 00:17:43,560 --> 00:17:46,920 Speaker 7: I mean it runs hard, he's he's dynamic. 395 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:48,160 Speaker 8: Uh. 396 00:17:48,640 --> 00:17:51,480 Speaker 7: I mean he's spinning off that tackle that most guys 397 00:17:51,520 --> 00:17:53,600 Speaker 7: would have would have went down cleaning on. I mean 398 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:56,159 Speaker 7: that just shows how special he is as a runner. 399 00:17:56,320 --> 00:17:59,400 Speaker 7: And you know the other guys getting getting burned as well, 400 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:02,680 Speaker 7: know Jerome and Dealing, you know, coming in and making 401 00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:05,240 Speaker 7: some big plays for us. All of them are going 402 00:18:05,320 --> 00:18:08,400 Speaker 7: to be crucial down the stretch to you know, keep 403 00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:11,879 Speaker 7: on picking up whens. So I'm pout of all of them. 404 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:15,760 Speaker 5: How happy were you for Ticon? I just got dropped 405 00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:17,520 Speaker 5: through a tough spot a week and a half ago 406 00:18:17,640 --> 00:18:18,560 Speaker 5: and gets that picture. 407 00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:20,680 Speaker 7: I told him, Now, that's a hell of a way 408 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:22,840 Speaker 7: to introduce you so yourself to the team. Now, you 409 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:25,439 Speaker 7: don't let one game, one play to find you and so, 410 00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:28,440 Speaker 7: you know, bouncing back like that, getting a huge play 411 00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:30,200 Speaker 7: for us. You know, that really cracked the game open. 412 00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:32,960 Speaker 7: And I think he's going to continue to, you know, 413 00:18:33,320 --> 00:18:35,280 Speaker 7: play at a very high level. And that's a that's 414 00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:36,959 Speaker 7: a hell of a confidence booster. 415 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:40,479 Speaker 8: I excited or encouraged? Are you to know that you 416 00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:43,160 Speaker 8: guys have a performance. 417 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:43,600 Speaker 9: Like this in you? 418 00:18:46,280 --> 00:18:49,360 Speaker 7: That's what I expect. I can't say I'm may excited 419 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:51,600 Speaker 7: or encouraged because this is who this is the standard. 420 00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:54,880 Speaker 7: I'm not. I'm not expecting anything else. So I want 421 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:57,320 Speaker 7: our guys to to look at this film and you 422 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:00,800 Speaker 7: don't don't be too high on it, don't be too 423 00:19:00,800 --> 00:19:03,280 Speaker 7: long on it, but no, learn from it. No see 424 00:19:03,280 --> 00:19:05,320 Speaker 7: how we can do this every week if we want to, 425 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:06,960 Speaker 7: don't just stick to the plan. 426 00:19:07,119 --> 00:19:08,560 Speaker 1: That'll do it. For this episode of the From the 427 00:19:08,600 --> 00:19:11,000 Speaker 1: Podium podcast, be sure to like and subscribe to the 428 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:13,040 Speaker 1: show wherever you get your podcasts. 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