Speaker 1: Kay a little bit.
Speaker 2: It was your greatest game.
Speaker 3: When you view it, or is there a team or
Speaker 3: things you could point to like this is.
Speaker 2: What's going on.
Speaker 1: I mean, there's there's a couple of things, and I
Speaker 1: think more than anything, it's it's just a mindset, you know,
Speaker 1: of going out and and you know, when you get
Speaker 1: an opportunity, defense does their job, you got to you
Speaker 1: gotta capitalize on those situations and execute. For me at quarterback,
Speaker 1: it just comes down to you know, being aggressive and
Speaker 1: and making the right throws and you know, being accurate
Speaker 1: with the ball and stuff. So that's that's really just
Speaker 1: what it came down to. And so it's it's a
Speaker 1: four quarter game of you have to play team football.
Speaker 1: And like I said, when our defense does those kinds
Speaker 1: of great things and get stops, you got to capitalize
Speaker 1: on it, especially against a good team like the Chiefs.
Speaker 1: And so I had to learn the hard way. And
Speaker 1: but I mean for me, it's I go and watch
Speaker 1: the film and I'm real with myself and and uh
Speaker 1: you know, don't dwell on it or anything. Got to
Speaker 1: learn from it. But uh man, we got another game
Speaker 1: Sunday for another opportunity, and so it's another shot for
Speaker 1: me to go and prove to myself that, you know,
Speaker 1: I can grow and get better.
Speaker 4: So there was one play where they walked an eighth
Speaker 4: guy into the box and then then they added a
Speaker 4: ninth guy in the box. In that situation, they're giving
Speaker 4: you that kind of a look. Do you have the
Speaker 4: ability to audible to a pass play and go to
Speaker 4: a different What are your limitations in the line.
Speaker 1: Usually we just have an answer built into the play,
Speaker 1: and so if we do have like an all out
Speaker 1: blitz or something, we usually have an answer of where
Speaker 1: I should be hidden or where I should be going.
Speaker 1: And there's very rare occasions where we walk up to
Speaker 1: the line and we get a look and it's, oh, shoot,
Speaker 1: they got us, and then I'm supposed to randomly make
Speaker 1: up an audible. There's nothing like that. We usually always
Speaker 1: have an answer for uh pressures, all out blets and
Speaker 1: things like that. So that's on me to get to
Speaker 1: the right guy.
Speaker 2: So much of what you do and had success with
Speaker 2: is timing based.
Speaker 4: But when you're cycling through so many different receivers, what
Speaker 4: kind of challenges that to get.
Speaker 2: On the same page timing wise? And then a week
Speaker 2: like this week when you know, they are going to
Speaker 2: probably be some new faces in there. Do do more,
Speaker 2: you know, staying for practice anything like that.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean it's huge. Uh. You know when you
Speaker 1: got some young guys that come in and you're used
Speaker 1: to throwing the obviously like b A debouh JJ and
Speaker 1: just you understand how they move and routes and their
Speaker 1: landmark in depths and and just the timing of a
Speaker 1: concept and route. And then you get new guys coming
Speaker 1: in that you haven't got many reps with, it is tough.
Speaker 1: And so I think you know, this week at practice,
Speaker 1: you know, throwing a jay, cowing more with Ricky, Chris Conley,
Speaker 1: those guys, it's been good just to you know, see
Speaker 1: how they move and and they're getting getting in and
Speaker 1: out of their breaks and me being on time and
Speaker 1: leading them. So uh, those are huge things that you know,
Speaker 1: you got to build on and rep throughout the week
Speaker 1: and practice and so uh, you know during the game, man,
Speaker 1: if you if you get guys get thrown in there randomly,
Speaker 1: it is tough. But at the same time, like you
Speaker 1: just got to make it happened. And and there's always
Speaker 1: coaching of hey, this is the amount of steps the
Speaker 1: depth the landmark, so you can go off those things.
Speaker 1: But at the same time, everybody runs a little bit differently,
Speaker 1: so it's huge for a quarterback and receiver to be
Speaker 1: on the same page in that regard to them about
Speaker 1: you know, what you like with uncertain looks, if they have,
Speaker 1: you know, multiple ways they can run, if you talk
Speaker 1: to those guys about, you know, certain plays you.
Speaker 2: Look it this way.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean this week at practice it's been good,
Speaker 1: just you know, getting into you know, certain situations and
Speaker 1: reps where I'm we're thinking, I'm gonna go to this
Speaker 1: receiver and a certain look and and then after practice
Speaker 1: like running a couple of routes or talking to those
Speaker 1: guys about, hey, this is what I'm expecting and how
Speaker 1: are you seeing as receiver, and we just get on
Speaker 1: the same page, you know, And I think that's huge. So, uh,
Speaker 1: like I said, I gut some young guys that are
Speaker 1: stepping into those roles, and for me, it's huge understanding
Speaker 1: how they think and then vice versa. So it's very
Speaker 1: vital thrown into a.
Speaker 2: Role like that.
Speaker 5: Do you think that you're uniquely qualified to talk to
Speaker 5: them about.
Speaker 2: That and help them navigate all?
Speaker 1: For sure? I mean, I think, you know, just the
Speaker 1: two and a half years of playing so far in
Speaker 1: this system, understanding my timing, my rhythm within this offense.
Speaker 1: With new guys coming in, I can definitely tell them like, hey,
Speaker 1: this is what BA has done really well at JJA debo,
Speaker 1: and this is where I'm expecting you guys to be.
Speaker 1: So they're all ears, They listen real well, They're willing
Speaker 1: to be coached, which is great and more than anything,
Speaker 1: we just want to win. So we got the right
Speaker 1: core group of guys, young guys coming in that are
Speaker 1: willing to do you know, what it takes and listen.
Speaker 1: So that's been the blessing with the guys that I'm
Speaker 1: working with.
Speaker 4: Process of determining where to throw the ball different against
Speaker 4: man coverage as opposed to his own.
Speaker 1: Coverage, I would just say man coverage it you know,
Speaker 1: it depends are they doubling a guy are they not?
Speaker 1: What's the leverage? And then what's our matchup, you know,
Speaker 1: or is it a linebacker on a tight end or
Speaker 1: safety on a time Then like just there's there's a
Speaker 1: lot of things I go into that and uh, what's
Speaker 1: my best matchup in this situation? And you know, obviously
Speaker 1: you got there's a lot of other things that come
Speaker 1: into the factor with that, with safety leverage and all
Speaker 1: that kind of stuff. But at the end of the day,
Speaker 1: man coverage is trying to find your best matchup and
Speaker 1: guy that can create separation versus zone coverage. You're just
Speaker 1: trying to be on time and and and throw the
Speaker 1: spots and windows. So I feel like that's like the
Speaker 1: biggest difference all the guys.
Speaker 5: Sorry, pretty okay, seeming a guy that's pretty big on
Speaker 5: spaith having had a tough game against Kansas City last
Speaker 5: week and needing to kind of recalibrate refocused having to
Speaker 5: go up against the Cowboys. But kind of in the
Speaker 5: same scenario or situation that you just touched on with
Speaker 5: some of the younger guys as targets, how have you
Speaker 5: kind of relied on your face to kind of get
Speaker 5: your mind back where it needs to be going into
Speaker 5: this one for the bye week.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's huge. Obviously, I know who I am and
Speaker 1: what my foundation's built on, so uh, you know, for
Speaker 1: for me, go through some tough games and games that
Speaker 1: you really want to win, for the guys that you're
Speaker 1: playing with, the fan base, everything, like you take pride
Speaker 1: in that and the position that you're playing. But at
Speaker 1: the same time, like you know, it's all for me.
Speaker 1: I look at it as man, this is all about
Speaker 1: growth and putting my faith in God and understanding that
Speaker 1: this whole thing is a process. You know, I'm not
Speaker 1: gonna get the result right now and then like it,
Speaker 1: I got to work for it and grow and maybe
Speaker 1: He's preparing me and this in our team for something
Speaker 1: down the road. And so that's how I'm looking at it.
Speaker 1: That's the hope that I have. But more than anything,
Speaker 1: that also pushes me to you know, be on top
Speaker 1: of my stuff today and push the guys around me,
Speaker 1: bring up the young guys, and continue to chip away
Speaker 1: every day at our process. You know, you know, we're
Speaker 1: we lost last week, We're not where we want to be,
Speaker 1: and uh, but we understand that we have what it
Speaker 1: takes and we just got to keep going one day
Speaker 1: at a time. And that's the faith that I haven't.
Speaker 2: So sports Radio, it's like, you know, depending on how
Speaker 2: you play, when you get a forty three million a
Speaker 2: year extension or fifty eight or sixty.
Speaker 3: Two or whatever, I don't know, let me that's pretty good.
Speaker 3: But I mean do you. Does anyone get into the
Speaker 3: back of your mind during the season.
Speaker 1: No, I mean for me, man, like I had to
Speaker 1: play better against the Chiefs last week, you know, and uh,
Speaker 1: for me, I'm like, dude, I gotta be better for
Speaker 1: my team right now for the Dallas Cowboys coming up.
Speaker 1: You know, I'm always trying to find an edge to
Speaker 1: myself and my game, not thinking about what next year holds. Like, dude,
Speaker 1: We're trying to win this this Sunday and and trying
Speaker 1: to get our record to get going up. And that's
Speaker 1: where my mindset's at. I'm focused on my team in
Speaker 1: this year and and that's final. That's it.
Speaker 2: Relationship where you would text him after he signed a
Speaker 2: sixty or your interactions limited to just the two times
Speaker 2: and FaceTime.
Speaker 1: Yeah, that just playing the game is all I've done
Speaker 1: interaction wise, and seeing him after. So that's it.
Speaker 2: Because you've now faced the Cowboys in the regular season
Speaker 2: and playoffs, so you kind of have a sense of
Speaker 2: what this rivalry is and everything going into those games.
Speaker 2: Did people hit you up to try to fill you
Speaker 2: in on forty nine or Cowboys did, like like Steve
Speaker 2: Young or somebody trying to get you fired?
Speaker 4: Up to keep the boy.
Speaker 1: It was more so just like our team meetings and stuff.
Speaker 1: You know, College showed some games from like the nineties
Speaker 1: and the playoff game that they had played in twenty
Speaker 1: twenty one and just what it meant going into our
Speaker 1: playoff game in twenty twenty two. So that that sort
Speaker 1: of filled me in on oh man, Like, you know,
Speaker 1: there's a lot of history with these two organizations, and
Speaker 1: I remember growing up just watching some games with them
Speaker 1: and it just meant so much every time they played
Speaker 1: and faced off. So for me, you know, it was
Speaker 1: the same same thing as last year, and then even
Speaker 1: for this game, man, Sunday Night Football agains stas Cowboys
Speaker 1: as a forty nine er, Like, it's it's really special
Speaker 1: and so we all take pride in that and are
Speaker 1: thankful to be able to be able to play in
Speaker 1: this game. And yeah, it's a rival reseal. There's nothing
Speaker 1: better than that.
Speaker 4: The brawl to Colmlely against mctefeet one on one and
Speaker 4: it looked like you had Kittle open on out to flat.
Speaker 4: I'm you know, it seems like your natural things to
Speaker 4: be aggressive. Do you have to fight aggressiveness attacking down
Speaker 4: field with you know, conservative checking down. How do you
Speaker 4: balance that?
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean I think it's you know, situational football.
Speaker 1: What's the matchup where we at in the game trying
Speaker 1: to move the chains or we're trying to get a
Speaker 1: trunk here on a matchup that we like. It's it's
Speaker 1: handling all those kinds of things. And you know, for me,
Speaker 1: I like the press matchup against McDuffie with Chris. Chris
Speaker 1: and I have we've hit a lot of plays like
Speaker 1: that at practice and and so we just didn't connects
Speaker 1: on it. Looking back on on film, he had George
Speaker 1: and the flat to maybe move the chains and get
Speaker 1: us some third manageable. Uh, there's those are all decisions
Speaker 1: and factors that you know, you got to watch the
Speaker 1: film and be like, all right, how can I be
Speaker 1: better next time? And so for me, I look at
Speaker 1: it not going I should have done this or that,
Speaker 1: but looking at it like the next time I'm in
Speaker 1: the situation, let's let's think about it and am I
Speaker 1: going to be aggressive or am I going to take
Speaker 1: this check down here and manage it a little bit better?
Speaker 1: So those are the things that I watch the film.
Speaker 1: Thanks you guys,