1 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:06,600 Speaker 1: Welcome into the Ravens Press Past Podcast. The date is Thursday, 2 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:09,639 Speaker 1: October second, and today after practice, we heard from the 3 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:13,520 Speaker 1: Ravens coordinators Todd Monkin, Zach Orr, and Chris Horton, as 4 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:16,600 Speaker 1: well as running back Derrick Henry. First up on Ravens 5 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:20,079 Speaker 1: Press Past Podcast, you'll hear from offensive coordinator Todd Mounkin. 6 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:28,880 Speaker 2: So, obviously, if more is unable to play, Cooper would 7 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:29,480 Speaker 2: get the start. 8 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:32,560 Speaker 3: What if what kind of stands out to you in 9 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:33,880 Speaker 3: your dealing with Cooper. 10 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:38,440 Speaker 4: And Hallie handle this preparation. I mean, he's the consummate pro. 11 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:40,519 Speaker 4: I mean from the moment he got here, he was 12 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:42,920 Speaker 4: here the whole off season. I mean you can see 13 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:46,040 Speaker 4: why he's been successful, played a lot of football in 14 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:49,560 Speaker 4: this league. I mean, you forget his record as a starter, 15 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:50,840 Speaker 4: I mean it's outstanding. 16 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:52,560 Speaker 5: I mean he he did a great job. 17 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:56,680 Speaker 4: Everybody that you spoke to in Dallas, I mean it 18 00:00:56,760 --> 00:00:59,680 Speaker 4: was glowing about and the guys that went, you know, 19 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:03,080 Speaker 4: Meira went to the Saints and Kellen Moore, they loved him. 20 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:07,160 Speaker 4: I mean they were and he's been as good as advertised. 21 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:08,600 Speaker 6: He caught on. 22 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:13,480 Speaker 7: Monday, John was quite openly critical of the offensive approach, 23 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:16,240 Speaker 7: the play calling, all of that, how do you respond? 24 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:19,880 Speaker 4: Well, first off, there's not one thing John said that 25 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:23,480 Speaker 4: we didn't already talk about, not one thing, you know, 26 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:26,119 Speaker 4: So there was nothing about that that I hadn't already 27 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:29,560 Speaker 4: heard or that he didn't already feel. And one thing 28 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:32,840 Speaker 4: I've done throughout my career is that you got to 29 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:35,039 Speaker 4: look at what you do, and that's that's what I've 30 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:37,280 Speaker 4: done my whole career. Is Okay, how do we scheme it, 31 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:40,120 Speaker 4: how do we coach it, how do we execute it? 32 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:41,640 Speaker 5: How was our plan? 33 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 4: All of those things when you go into it, and 34 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:46,040 Speaker 4: when it's below the line, you got to own it 35 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:48,200 Speaker 4: and fix it. And that's what you do. I mean, 36 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:49,840 Speaker 4: that's what we do as human beings. Right's what I've 37 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 4: always done my whole career. It's how I got to 38 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:53,680 Speaker 4: where I'm here now. Like I mean, there wasn't anything 39 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:55,920 Speaker 4: he said that wasn't you know that we hadn't already 40 00:01:55,920 --> 00:01:56,440 Speaker 4: talked about. 41 00:01:56,720 --> 00:01:57,480 Speaker 5: So that's what you do. 42 00:01:57,560 --> 00:01:59,200 Speaker 4: You look at it and you say, okay, was that 43 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:02,639 Speaker 4: good enough? I mean, the expectation here's to be elite, 44 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:04,960 Speaker 4: and we've been elite, We're going to continue to be elite. 45 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 4: But I got to do it better. We got to 46 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:08,560 Speaker 4: do it better, and we'll continue to do it better. 47 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:11,480 Speaker 2: You said you guys didn't follow through your plan to 48 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 2: deal with their pressure. From your perspective, what happened. 49 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:17,480 Speaker 4: Well, like I said, I already really addressed it. You know, 50 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:20,359 Speaker 4: he already talked about it. We didn't execute the way 51 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:20,840 Speaker 4: we planned. 52 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:23,840 Speaker 8: Tom When you look at the ground game, I mean 53 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:26,079 Speaker 8: the numbers are far on, you're leading the league and 54 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:28,519 Speaker 8: yards for carry, but success rate and some of those 55 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:31,520 Speaker 8: arenis good. In your mind and understanding, there's always nuanced 56 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:34,320 Speaker 8: down and just to show that what needs to happen 57 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:37,480 Speaker 8: for this running game to be more prominent and consistent, 58 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:39,440 Speaker 8: like I want to say week one and all of 59 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:40,240 Speaker 8: last year. 60 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 4: Well, it can start by calling it more often, you know, 61 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:45,720 Speaker 4: and stacking plays. I mean that's you know, I'm gonna 62 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:48,239 Speaker 4: start with calling it more often. Okay, that's a part 63 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:50,720 Speaker 4: of it. And stacking plays. I mean, we've you guys 64 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:52,960 Speaker 4: hit it over the weeks that I've gotten up here before, 65 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:57,079 Speaker 4: which is okay, we're either getting the point where we're 66 00:02:57,080 --> 00:03:00,440 Speaker 4: scoring pretty fast or we're getting off the field fast. 67 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 5: And that's not a. 68 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 4: Great recipe because you can't stack plays. The idea of 69 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:07,519 Speaker 4: being able to run the ball, stay out of the chains. 70 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 4: That's a part of it that's not deflecting. I mean, 71 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:12,359 Speaker 4: we need to be able to run it better, need 72 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:14,799 Speaker 4: to call it more often because we got really good 73 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:16,440 Speaker 4: players back there. But we have really good players at 74 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:20,000 Speaker 4: a lot of spots. So bottom line is, we've had 75 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:22,320 Speaker 4: games where we've had some explosive runs and someone where 76 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 4: we haven't been nearly up to the level that we expect. 77 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:28,799 Speaker 5: But it's early and I expect us to really get 78 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 5: back on track. 79 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:32,840 Speaker 9: Like you guys have been able to get into the 80 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 9: right plays in terms of changing the play at the 81 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:37,480 Speaker 9: line of scumbers, you feel like you've gotten into the 82 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:39,760 Speaker 9: right plays versus certain looks. 83 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:44,000 Speaker 4: Sure, I mean I think with any offense, you're not 84 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 4: gonna be one hundred percent. 85 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:46,080 Speaker 5: I mean, we know that. 86 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:48,480 Speaker 4: I think our quarterbacks have done a really good job 87 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 4: of getting us into plays against the looks that we're 88 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:56,200 Speaker 4: trying to get although we practice against. Is every play 89 00:03:56,200 --> 00:03:58,240 Speaker 4: in that category, No, it is not. But I think 90 00:03:58,280 --> 00:03:59,839 Speaker 4: our quarterbacks has done a good job. I think they're 91 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:01,600 Speaker 4: got have done a good job of understanding the plan. 92 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:03,680 Speaker 4: When we've gone into the week of how we plan 93 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:04,839 Speaker 4: to attack people. 94 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:15,200 Speaker 10: Cursiyund that stuff out play a rage team, particularly on offense, 95 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:18,080 Speaker 10: has something to do with the run. Would you say 96 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:20,279 Speaker 10: you are still searching a little bit for an identity 97 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:21,560 Speaker 10: or absolutely probable? 98 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:23,880 Speaker 5: Well, each game, to me, every game is a game 99 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 5: within itself. I don't. 100 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:31,920 Speaker 4: After game one, no one said that. After Game two, 101 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:35,599 Speaker 4: played a really good defense, and we struggled a little 102 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:37,400 Speaker 4: bit to run the ball and really gain some traction. 103 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:41,799 Speaker 4: Against Detroit, we had some self inflicted on a couple series. 104 00:04:41,839 --> 00:04:43,760 Speaker 4: We had twice second and three and we went three 105 00:04:43,839 --> 00:04:46,040 Speaker 4: and out. I mean, that's that's not going to get 106 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:49,320 Speaker 4: you on track. And then this last game started fast, 107 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:52,560 Speaker 4: just didn't capitalize that on the road. So I wouldn't 108 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:56,520 Speaker 4: say it as a trend. Certainly, we got to be 109 00:04:56,520 --> 00:04:58,640 Speaker 4: able to run the ball better. Certainly have to be 110 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:02,880 Speaker 4: able to stab drives together and plays together. That's for sure. 111 00:05:04,839 --> 00:05:08,360 Speaker 7: Curious when you step back from it, look at it 112 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:09,320 Speaker 7: half the stuck. 113 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:10,320 Speaker 8: Because it's surprising that. 114 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:11,560 Speaker 6: A running. 115 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:13,880 Speaker 8: Some of it. 116 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:15,200 Speaker 5: Some of it's that way. 117 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 4: But I think, first of all, I'm not going to 118 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:19,840 Speaker 4: get away with we have to be able to run 119 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:21,640 Speaker 4: it more often and better. Okay, let's start with that, 120 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:25,799 Speaker 4: but uh, staying away from getting back on track, because 121 00:05:25,839 --> 00:05:28,000 Speaker 4: when you're when you're second and long, it really puts 122 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:31,800 Speaker 4: you in a tough spot. You're more often going to 123 00:05:31,839 --> 00:05:34,560 Speaker 4: be at least more balanced, maybe a little more throw 124 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:37,839 Speaker 4: and then stacking drives. I mean, the number of plays 125 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:41,640 Speaker 4: we have after four games is staggering, the few of 126 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:43,960 Speaker 4: what we've had. I mean, that's that's a fact. I mean, 127 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:47,040 Speaker 4: we just and and some of that is self inflicted. 128 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:50,560 Speaker 4: We just haven't stacked enough drives together because that's where 129 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:53,360 Speaker 4: you're going to accumulate more first downs, more opportunities to 130 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:56,000 Speaker 4: run it. When we start doing that, Uh, then I 131 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:58,160 Speaker 4: think you'll see fo washings. You're going to see it 132 00:05:58,240 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 4: go up when we're able to stack drives and put 133 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:00,440 Speaker 4: it together. 134 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:03,960 Speaker 10: I know, just sils a doumen player on this team, 135 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:07,800 Speaker 10: But are there certain situations, particularly short yards maybe you'd 136 00:06:07,839 --> 00:06:10,560 Speaker 10: like to see Derrick Henry on the field more that 137 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:13,440 Speaker 10: Maybe he's not been part of the package before, you. 138 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:14,400 Speaker 9: Know, but we do well. 139 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:15,400 Speaker 5: The thing is this year. 140 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:19,880 Speaker 4: Again, it's year to year, so short yardage depends on 141 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:25,000 Speaker 4: what we're calling short yardage. Okay, we up until this 142 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:26,840 Speaker 4: last game, we really didn't have a lot of short yardages, 143 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:29,160 Speaker 4: and I think we had three third and ones. One 144 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:30,640 Speaker 4: of them happened to be on the one yard line 145 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:33,000 Speaker 4: where we tossed it to Derek. So he's a big 146 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:36,240 Speaker 4: part of our short arge package against Detroit. The first drive, 147 00:06:36,279 --> 00:06:38,120 Speaker 4: we're third and one, we handed it to him. Some 148 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:40,880 Speaker 4: of them are you know, maybe on the books are 149 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:42,360 Speaker 4: third and one, but to me they were third and two. 150 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:44,880 Speaker 4: And you know, we're using justice in the past game 151 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:46,600 Speaker 4: and he's a part of that that comes into play. 152 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:49,080 Speaker 4: It came into play last year. Derek, I mean, is 153 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:51,600 Speaker 4: a huge part of our shortyardage package. Just haven't really 154 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:53,520 Speaker 4: had enough of them, and we got to get to, 155 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:56,440 Speaker 4: you know, the short yardage package where he's a big 156 00:06:56,520 --> 00:06:56,880 Speaker 4: part of that. 157 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:57,320 Speaker 5: For sure. 158 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:03,760 Speaker 7: I do it's you know, it's next man up and 159 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:07,200 Speaker 7: you don't played behalf And how much is not having 160 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:11,600 Speaker 7: Pat car I packed some of those play designs falls etet. 161 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:13,720 Speaker 4: I'm not going to put it on that. I mean, 162 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 4: we love Pat. Pat's a tremendous player, but Zaire has 163 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:19,520 Speaker 4: done a great job. I mean he's filled in admirably. 164 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:22,240 Speaker 4: You know, there's certain things that you may do with 165 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:24,480 Speaker 4: Pat out there, but that's that's not excuse. I mean, 166 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:27,280 Speaker 4: the bottom line is is, you know we've had all 167 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 4: the other pieces. 168 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:32,800 Speaker 8: Some of the stats sites last year. Last year had 169 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:35,680 Speaker 8: you guys among the best in the NFL at limiting 170 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:36,760 Speaker 8: the unblocked pressures. 171 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:38,040 Speaker 11: Seems like that has crept up. 172 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:39,880 Speaker 8: I think Bolt got through a couple of times on 173 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:42,280 Speaker 8: Sunday with the continuity of the offensive line. 174 00:07:42,440 --> 00:07:44,640 Speaker 7: Is at a surprise for that uptick. 175 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:49,000 Speaker 4: I didn't even know that there was a stat for that. 176 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:51,240 Speaker 4: I shouldn't say that I know there's a stat for it. 177 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:54,560 Speaker 4: I guess I'll say I wasn't aware of that. Obviously, 178 00:07:54,680 --> 00:07:59,920 Speaker 4: every game, each team poses a different you know element 179 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:02,960 Speaker 4: in terms of scheming up your pressures, in terms. 180 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:06,120 Speaker 5: Of you know, challenging you. 181 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 4: What will help us is if we run the ball better, 182 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:12,040 Speaker 4: right and more often, if we stay out of the chains, 183 00:08:13,320 --> 00:08:14,640 Speaker 4: it will stack plays together. 184 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:16,480 Speaker 5: We'll stay out of those exotic looks. 185 00:08:16,520 --> 00:08:19,480 Speaker 4: I mean, that's really where you get it is you're 186 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:21,080 Speaker 4: not going to have those issues when you're in base 187 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:24,680 Speaker 4: looks because you're staying out of the chains a set 188 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:27,360 Speaker 4: of the chains, you're running the ball well and then 189 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:29,080 Speaker 4: and then you'll stay out of some of those where 190 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:31,640 Speaker 4: you get it that when we've gotten behind the chains 191 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:33,840 Speaker 4: or when we've gotten behind in games, that's when you're 192 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:35,360 Speaker 4: going to see all that. That's when the pressures in 193 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:37,520 Speaker 4: the sacks occur and they're going to challenge us. 194 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:39,800 Speaker 5: We certainly can be better there. We certainly can be 195 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:40,640 Speaker 5: better scheming it. 196 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:42,720 Speaker 4: I mean that's a part of it too, us putting 197 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:45,800 Speaker 4: our guys in our in the right position. So we're 198 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:49,280 Speaker 4: certainly going to again, like everything that we feel like 199 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:50,880 Speaker 4: we can get better at, we're going to fight like 200 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:53,079 Speaker 4: hell to fix it. I mean that's all you can do. 201 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:56,800 Speaker 4: That's I promise you. That's what we're doing every single 202 00:08:56,920 --> 00:08:59,280 Speaker 4: day to fight to fix it. And that's how we've 203 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:02,080 Speaker 4: gotten to where we're today. And to me, we can 204 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:05,079 Speaker 4: either end up as a speed bump or a much 205 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:08,000 Speaker 4: higher mountain, which is not going to be that. I 206 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:09,800 Speaker 4: can promise you that we're going to fight to fix 207 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:13,120 Speaker 4: it and get back on track, and I know we 208 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:14,000 Speaker 4: got the people to do it. 209 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:17,760 Speaker 2: If you don't have Lamar, does it take certain run 210 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:19,880 Speaker 2: plays off the table? I mean how much does it 211 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:21,840 Speaker 2: affect your game planning that way that well? 212 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:25,760 Speaker 4: I mean obviously, I mean as athletic as coop is 213 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:28,319 Speaker 4: some of those things are not going to look the 214 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:31,840 Speaker 4: same as as Lamar. That doesn't mean you can't still 215 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:34,319 Speaker 4: be effective and efficient. It's just a different way of 216 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:37,360 Speaker 4: approaching certain aspects of your game. 217 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:39,200 Speaker 5: I mean, that's that's obvious. 218 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:44,120 Speaker 4: But our staff and myself have enough background in history 219 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:47,520 Speaker 4: with guys that we can still play winning football. Otherwise 220 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:49,760 Speaker 4: we wouldn't have We wouldn't have signed Cooper, right, We 221 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:52,160 Speaker 4: wouldn't have put ourselves in that position if we weren't 222 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:54,160 Speaker 4: confident enough to be able to build a game plan 223 00:09:54,559 --> 00:09:57,200 Speaker 4: that would allow us to score and be really efficient. 224 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:02,600 Speaker 5: The games to need as you feedback. Does Jean give 225 00:10:02,679 --> 00:10:06,520 Speaker 5: you feedback? Sure he does. Our coaching staff does always. 226 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:12,559 Speaker 4: I mean, I think people are a little bit surprised that, Well, 227 00:10:13,800 --> 00:10:17,040 Speaker 4: the feedback is constant. The feedback during the week is constant. 228 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:19,280 Speaker 4: The feedback after games is constant. 229 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:20,000 Speaker 9: Good and bad. 230 00:10:20,400 --> 00:10:21,400 Speaker 5: That's part of what you do. 231 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:25,240 Speaker 4: Hopefully, in any relationship or any job, you're getting immediate 232 00:10:25,280 --> 00:10:29,439 Speaker 4: feedback and what we can do better, how we're seeing 233 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:31,839 Speaker 4: the game right. And that's throughout the game, that's before 234 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:33,200 Speaker 4: the game, that's after the game. 235 00:10:33,559 --> 00:10:35,760 Speaker 5: That's what you do. I mean, that's that's to me, 236 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:36,560 Speaker 5: that's winning football. 237 00:10:36,559 --> 00:10:39,679 Speaker 4: It's what I love about coach Harball and one thing 238 00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:42,000 Speaker 4: he is going to confront anything that gets in the 239 00:10:42,040 --> 00:10:42,880 Speaker 4: way of winning football. 240 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:49,040 Speaker 5: That's a fact, okay, and everybody needs that, whether it's football. 241 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:52,079 Speaker 4: My wife does that to me, She confronts anything that 242 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:54,559 Speaker 4: gets in the way of us having a great relationship. 243 00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:56,480 Speaker 4: And then what the hell do you do? You fight 244 00:10:56,640 --> 00:10:58,360 Speaker 4: like hell to fix it. And that's what you when 245 00:10:58,360 --> 00:10:59,560 Speaker 4: it's when it's damn important. 246 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:07,680 Speaker 1: That was oc Todd Monkin ahead of the Ravens Week 247 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:11,520 Speaker 1: five matchup with the Houston Texans this Sunday. Now you'll 248 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:13,679 Speaker 1: hear from defensive coordinators Zach. 249 00:11:13,640 --> 00:11:21,040 Speaker 9: Or how much these injuries on the defensive side. How 250 00:11:21,120 --> 00:11:24,640 Speaker 9: much does that create a challenge? First, what you do 251 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:27,800 Speaker 9: is for as a defensive game plan man, definitely creates 252 00:11:28,160 --> 00:11:30,680 Speaker 9: a challenge. You know, obviously you want to be able 253 00:11:30,679 --> 00:11:31,880 Speaker 9: to do what the guys can go out here and 254 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:34,600 Speaker 9: feel comfortable executing. You know, obviously we got a lot 255 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:36,120 Speaker 9: of young guys who are gonna go out there and 256 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:39,200 Speaker 9: play football for us. But I think the preparations drought 257 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:41,600 Speaker 9: the week can help handle that. And all these guys 258 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:44,319 Speaker 9: been here with us throughout the spring man, so a 259 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:46,840 Speaker 9: lot of the playbook, they already know that we worked 260 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:49,559 Speaker 9: the mess out of the rookies within the rules, and 261 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:52,240 Speaker 9: we tell them this for a reason like this, you 262 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:53,559 Speaker 9: never know when you have to be out there, and 263 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:56,839 Speaker 9: that time is now. So you know, we're excited about it, 264 00:11:56,920 --> 00:11:58,280 Speaker 9: and we're gonna still be able to get to a 265 00:11:58,360 --> 00:12:00,960 Speaker 9: lot of things because, like I said, good rookie class. 266 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:03,520 Speaker 9: Been impressed with them. They've been a mature group, so 267 00:12:04,160 --> 00:12:05,599 Speaker 9: I think they'll be able to handle what we have 268 00:12:05,720 --> 00:12:07,360 Speaker 9: in the game plan and be able to go out 269 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:08,040 Speaker 9: there and execute it. 270 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:10,800 Speaker 2: You guys first got together and met after this this 271 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:14,599 Speaker 2: last game. What was kind of your overall message and 272 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:17,840 Speaker 2: what was your sense of kind of how the players 273 00:12:17,960 --> 00:12:19,959 Speaker 2: were feeling, like, what were you getting back from them? 274 00:12:20,520 --> 00:12:20,720 Speaker 12: Yeah? 275 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:23,079 Speaker 9: Man, I mean obviously we were disappointed. I mean we 276 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:26,000 Speaker 9: were disappointed. We went in that game fully expecting to 277 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:29,160 Speaker 9: play better and and win that game, but obviously it didn't. 278 00:12:29,520 --> 00:12:33,600 Speaker 9: And you know, the message really was is I can't 279 00:12:33,640 --> 00:12:35,640 Speaker 9: remember the guy who said the quote, but it was 280 00:12:35,960 --> 00:12:40,280 Speaker 9: adversity causes some men to break and then it caused 281 00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:42,120 Speaker 9: some other men to break records. Man, So let's go 282 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:46,120 Speaker 9: break records. So there's nothing that man can can say 283 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:48,600 Speaker 9: or write that should be able to change your mood 284 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:50,439 Speaker 9: if you know that you're going about your business the 285 00:12:50,520 --> 00:12:52,480 Speaker 9: right way and you always trying to grind and get better. 286 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:54,439 Speaker 9: So that's the approach we have and we know we 287 00:12:54,520 --> 00:12:56,480 Speaker 9: got to get better. We have to. It's a must. 288 00:12:56,760 --> 00:12:59,520 Speaker 9: That's what we're focusing on, and that's what we're doing. 289 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:02,280 Speaker 9: Nobody can hang their head and feel sorry for themselves. 290 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:04,440 Speaker 9: We're in a position that we're in. We're one to three. 291 00:13:04,760 --> 00:13:07,880 Speaker 9: We haven't been playing good football, specifically on defense. That's 292 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:11,120 Speaker 9: there's nothing we can change about that that's already happened. 293 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:12,959 Speaker 9: We could just change about how we going forward. So 294 00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:15,160 Speaker 9: that's how we focus on doing exactly one. 295 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:18,440 Speaker 3: Of the criticisms about this defense currently beyond the golfer 296 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:22,160 Speaker 3: Wakes doesn't look like you see hypto Railes defense, or 297 00:13:22,320 --> 00:13:25,840 Speaker 3: you see the physicality and the push value that offend 298 00:13:25,880 --> 00:13:29,440 Speaker 3: you're playing the scene is fit out the stage. 299 00:13:29,280 --> 00:13:31,400 Speaker 9: Or Yeah, I think I think we I think we 300 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:33,560 Speaker 9: are a physical team, but we got we gotta take 301 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:35,000 Speaker 9: it up a notch. And I talked to the guys 302 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:36,880 Speaker 9: about that, man, like, we we have to really take 303 00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:38,959 Speaker 9: it up a notch to another standard. It hasn't been 304 00:13:39,320 --> 00:13:40,960 Speaker 9: where we want it to be at Like we are 305 00:13:40,960 --> 00:13:45,640 Speaker 9: guys playing hard, yes, are our guys striking blocks, yes, 306 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:46,960 Speaker 9: But we got to take it up to a whole 307 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:49,000 Speaker 9: other level. And that that that fixes a lot of 308 00:13:49,080 --> 00:13:51,559 Speaker 9: things from a defensive perspective, and that starts upfront in 309 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:54,079 Speaker 9: the trenches. So we challenging our guys in the trenches. 310 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:56,120 Speaker 9: We need to dominate man, going forward, matter who the 311 00:13:56,200 --> 00:13:59,120 Speaker 9: point opponent is, we gotta start putting people in the ground, 312 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:01,080 Speaker 9: putting people in the dirt. And that's what we got 313 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:03,600 Speaker 9: to do. So you know, I know it sounds good 314 00:14:03,679 --> 00:14:04,959 Speaker 9: up here me saying it, but we got to go 315 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:06,040 Speaker 9: do it on Sunday. 316 00:14:05,880 --> 00:14:06,559 Speaker 8: Exactly like that. 317 00:14:07,040 --> 00:14:10,520 Speaker 13: Are you surprised that tackling has been as big of. 318 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:12,560 Speaker 9: An issue as has been the Yeah, Man, Tackling something 319 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:14,199 Speaker 9: that we work. That's what we got to improve on. 320 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:16,320 Speaker 9: That's one of the improvements that we talked about coming 321 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:18,760 Speaker 9: out these first couple of games. It's like you never 322 00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:22,000 Speaker 9: know you play however many plays, sixty seventy plays throughout 323 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:24,920 Speaker 9: the game, right, and you never know which plays are 324 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:26,840 Speaker 9: gonna affect it. And in reality, all of them affected. 325 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:29,240 Speaker 9: So I just think of situations we had in the 326 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:31,480 Speaker 9: game last week where it's like, hey, it's second and 327 00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:34,520 Speaker 9: second and ten, we have a guy tackle. Now it's 328 00:14:34,520 --> 00:14:36,560 Speaker 9: gonna be third and eight, where percentages for us to 329 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:38,200 Speaker 9: get to stop off the field they're gonna be high. 330 00:14:38,280 --> 00:14:40,440 Speaker 9: Now we miss it, it's third and two, third and three, 331 00:14:40,800 --> 00:14:43,640 Speaker 9: or it's first and ten, we get a guy surrounded, 332 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:46,920 Speaker 9: it's gonna be second and nine. Right, Okay, we missed 333 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:49,360 Speaker 9: a tackle. Now the ball goes for fifteen seventeen yards. 334 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:51,920 Speaker 9: So I think we look at it two ways. It's 335 00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:53,880 Speaker 9: something we definitely have to improve and get better at. 336 00:14:54,320 --> 00:14:56,360 Speaker 9: We work at it. We got good people who can tackle. 337 00:14:56,720 --> 00:14:58,840 Speaker 9: We do that. Look how better we're gonna be on 338 00:14:58,920 --> 00:15:01,240 Speaker 9: defense by just simply doing the small fundamental things. 339 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:04,120 Speaker 10: Will play who won't play it? 340 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:08,400 Speaker 6: But we noticed bro Con Smith and Kyle Hamilton were 341 00:15:08,480 --> 00:15:09,800 Speaker 6: both not on the field today. 342 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:12,120 Speaker 7: But how do you go about deciding who wears that 343 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:13,960 Speaker 7: green dot helmet if you're so shorthanded? 344 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:15,680 Speaker 9: Yeah, I mean, the good thing about it is a 345 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:18,800 Speaker 9: practice we're allowed to have multiple guys with the green dot, 346 00:15:18,880 --> 00:15:21,520 Speaker 9: and we've been having that since the springtime. So I 347 00:15:21,640 --> 00:15:24,840 Speaker 9: personally feel comfortable with all the different options that we 348 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:27,840 Speaker 9: have going into a game. Preseason, we good good work 349 00:15:27,880 --> 00:15:31,280 Speaker 9: with that, like Kyle Hamilton and rokwand Smith didn't play 350 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:33,920 Speaker 9: in the preseason, so we'll have guys. It won't be 351 00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:36,600 Speaker 9: anybody's first time doing it if they have to do it. 352 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:40,680 Speaker 13: But you got to put your finger on why you 353 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:42,360 Speaker 13: guys aren't generating turnovers? 354 00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:45,000 Speaker 9: What would you say and how do you fix it? 355 00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:48,840 Speaker 9: I think it starts going back to kind of what 356 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:50,560 Speaker 9: Jeff was talking about. I think we got to hit 357 00:15:50,560 --> 00:15:52,880 Speaker 9: people harder. Let's start knocking the ball loose. You know, 358 00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:56,320 Speaker 9: guys are going for the football. I think fundamentally we're 359 00:15:56,440 --> 00:15:59,000 Speaker 9: being intentional about tacking the ball, getting our hands up 360 00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:02,000 Speaker 9: and throwing lanes and we can't we can't lose sight 361 00:16:02,080 --> 00:16:05,080 Speaker 9: of that. So it goes back to saying I think 362 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:08,800 Speaker 9: our process has been real good. Can it get better? Yes? 363 00:16:08,920 --> 00:16:11,320 Speaker 9: So we continue to chase those details on the practice 364 00:16:11,360 --> 00:16:14,600 Speaker 9: field in the meeting room on game day. But hey, 365 00:16:14,720 --> 00:16:16,920 Speaker 9: sometimes you can do things the right way and approach 366 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:19,160 Speaker 9: things the right way and it doesn't go It doesn't 367 00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:22,320 Speaker 9: go your way immediately. So are we gonna sit and 368 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:24,920 Speaker 9: soak and stop doing the things the right way just 369 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:27,000 Speaker 9: because he in the first four games it hasn't turned 370 00:16:27,040 --> 00:16:28,720 Speaker 9: out the way we wanted to know, We're gonna keep 371 00:16:28,720 --> 00:16:30,520 Speaker 9: on doing it, keep on finding ways to get better, 372 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:33,200 Speaker 9: and when that well breaks, it's gonna break. So you 373 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:35,120 Speaker 9: can't just say, oh, I'm not getting tip past it. 374 00:16:35,200 --> 00:16:37,440 Speaker 9: I'm not getting interceptions because I'm getting my hands in 375 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:39,680 Speaker 9: the window and the ball's missing my finger by this 376 00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:41,880 Speaker 9: amount or not, and I'm just gonna stop putting my 377 00:16:41,920 --> 00:16:44,160 Speaker 9: hands up. Nah. So I'm gonna keep doing it, and hey, 378 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:46,560 Speaker 9: when those balls gonna tip our way and we'll be 379 00:16:46,640 --> 00:16:47,200 Speaker 9: off and running. 380 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:50,280 Speaker 6: When you talk a lot about wanting to turn it 381 00:16:50,360 --> 00:16:52,920 Speaker 6: up a notch on defense, having to prepare throughout the 382 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:54,480 Speaker 6: week when a lot of the guys you might normally 383 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:55,960 Speaker 6: look to to be the ones to turn it up 384 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:57,280 Speaker 6: a ox, you don't even know if they're gonna be 385 00:16:57,320 --> 00:16:58,960 Speaker 6: able to play. How tough is it to prepare a 386 00:16:59,000 --> 00:16:59,880 Speaker 6: team throughout the week like that? 387 00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:00,320 Speaker 5: Yeah? 388 00:17:00,360 --> 00:17:01,320 Speaker 9: Man, it's not tough at all. 389 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:01,560 Speaker 7: Man. 390 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:04,640 Speaker 9: Like everybody and everybody in that building at one point, 391 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:07,040 Speaker 9: whether they said it publicly or whether they say it 392 00:17:07,119 --> 00:17:09,640 Speaker 9: to themselves or to their friends or family at home, 393 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:13,680 Speaker 9: I'm that dude, I'm ready. I'm a dog. It's time 394 00:17:13,760 --> 00:17:16,440 Speaker 9: to go do that. Here go your opportunity, and just 395 00:17:16,480 --> 00:17:19,320 Speaker 9: the way we roll here is what the expectation is. 396 00:17:19,359 --> 00:17:21,720 Speaker 9: Whoever goes out there on Sunday with that black helmet 397 00:17:21,840 --> 00:17:24,199 Speaker 9: and that purple jersey on expectation to go out there 398 00:17:24,320 --> 00:17:26,880 Speaker 9: and go be great and go play dominant. So it's 399 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:28,840 Speaker 9: not tough at all. I'm confident in the group that 400 00:17:28,920 --> 00:17:31,480 Speaker 9: we have whoever goes out there on Sunday, because you're 401 00:17:31,480 --> 00:17:33,480 Speaker 9: here for a reason. Now it's time to go show it. 402 00:17:33,840 --> 00:17:34,199 Speaker 14: Exactly. 403 00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:36,360 Speaker 8: It was right around this time last year that DMPs 404 00:17:36,440 --> 00:17:39,520 Speaker 8: joined the staff, not suggesting bringing an outsider in anything 405 00:17:39,560 --> 00:17:41,879 Speaker 8: like that, but how much dialogue and discussion has there 406 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:44,960 Speaker 8: been amongst the defensive coaching staff in terms of changing 407 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:47,520 Speaker 8: up responsibilities maybe just fresh guys on a different part 408 00:17:47,560 --> 00:17:49,879 Speaker 8: of the defense. How much of dialogue has there been 409 00:17:50,040 --> 00:17:50,639 Speaker 8: in that regard. 410 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:52,879 Speaker 9: Yeah, man, we as a staff, we always talk. We 411 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:56,359 Speaker 9: got a great staff, I honestly believe that, and nobody 412 00:17:56,440 --> 00:17:59,680 Speaker 9: we have a selfless staff. And I always preach like, look, 413 00:17:59,680 --> 00:18:01,720 Speaker 9: I don't know, I don't I personally do not care 414 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:04,399 Speaker 9: how it gets done or which way we do it. 415 00:18:05,080 --> 00:18:07,919 Speaker 9: I care about the end result and if it's if 416 00:18:07,960 --> 00:18:10,520 Speaker 9: whatever is gonna help us go play dominant defense and 417 00:18:10,600 --> 00:18:13,399 Speaker 9: help our team win games, I'm down for doing it. 418 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:16,160 Speaker 9: So we definitely have those discussions constantly. 419 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:19,840 Speaker 8: How much on Chuck Pagano just his experience as a 420 00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:22,240 Speaker 8: defense coordinator with trying to sit through everything going. 421 00:18:22,119 --> 00:18:23,920 Speaker 9: On right First and foremost, Happy birthday to him. So 422 00:18:23,960 --> 00:18:25,639 Speaker 9: if y'all se him, y'all got tell him happy birthday. 423 00:18:25,680 --> 00:18:25,840 Speaker 6: Man. 424 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:28,239 Speaker 9: I ain't gonna put his age. I do who birthday is? Oh, 425 00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:32,480 Speaker 9: happy birthday, man, Shoot happy birthday. But I lean on 426 00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:33,959 Speaker 9: him a lot. I mean I lean onhim a lot, man. 427 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:36,159 Speaker 9: I'm always he's coming in my office. Were talking one 428 00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:39,359 Speaker 9: on one. He brings up great ideas and great thoughts, 429 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:43,320 Speaker 9: great perspective in the in the staff room, to the defense, 430 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:45,320 Speaker 9: to the team, to the team room. And I go 431 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:47,560 Speaker 9: to him and ask him to ask him advice from 432 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:50,919 Speaker 9: football and just how to navigate being in this position. 433 00:18:51,040 --> 00:18:53,480 Speaker 9: So he's been helpful man. And he actually, like I said, 434 00:18:53,520 --> 00:18:55,400 Speaker 9: with his birthday, coach does a thing where he lets 435 00:18:55,440 --> 00:18:57,720 Speaker 9: people speak wise words on their birthday. I thought his 436 00:18:57,800 --> 00:19:00,600 Speaker 9: message was great. He was like, Hey, the position that 437 00:19:00,680 --> 00:19:03,120 Speaker 9: we want to be in. But this is a test 438 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:07,320 Speaker 9: and in life, you're gonna get tested and hey, you're 439 00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:10,080 Speaker 9: either gonna step up or you're gonna turn it down. 440 00:19:10,320 --> 00:19:12,119 Speaker 9: And we don't have that type of people here in 441 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:14,760 Speaker 9: this building. So, uh, you know it was wise words. 442 00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:17,000 Speaker 9: That's just a little sneak peak of the perspective that 443 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:17,600 Speaker 9: he brings to. 444 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:20,480 Speaker 10: Us the league. 445 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:24,240 Speaker 8: You guys are pretty static when it comes to like stunts, twists, 446 00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:25,200 Speaker 8: past rush games. 447 00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:28,280 Speaker 10: Is that just personnel? Is it strategy? Is its situational? 448 00:19:28,359 --> 00:19:29,480 Speaker 10: I mean what kind of goes into that? 449 00:19:29,640 --> 00:19:31,119 Speaker 9: Yeah, I think it's been I think it's been a 450 00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:33,199 Speaker 9: it's a mix of that, you know what I mean. 451 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:35,920 Speaker 9: I think it's a mix of that. So I'm excited 452 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:39,480 Speaker 9: to see what we got going coming up Sunday and 453 00:19:39,760 --> 00:19:43,840 Speaker 9: going forward. But it's a mix of strategy, uh, situation 454 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:48,159 Speaker 9: and personnel. Like I think that honestly, we got to 455 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:51,359 Speaker 9: get teams into more third and long situations like right now. 456 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:54,439 Speaker 9: Besides the Cleveland game we had, it was a lot 457 00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:57,639 Speaker 9: of third and longs. Had a couple in Detroit. But 458 00:19:58,080 --> 00:20:01,120 Speaker 9: we're living in third and four or third and three, 459 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:03,440 Speaker 9: third and five, and you can run all the games 460 00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:06,320 Speaker 9: you want to ball gonna be out in those situations. 461 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:08,680 Speaker 9: So I think it's a combination of all those things. 462 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:13,040 Speaker 6: This comes up most weeks. But is Jy or Alexander 463 00:20:13,080 --> 00:20:15,280 Speaker 6: getting closer to being that gyr Alexander you thought. 464 00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:17,680 Speaker 9: He might be getting close? He getting close. I'm saying 465 00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:20,480 Speaker 9: that he's getting close. I think he's stacked a good 466 00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:23,920 Speaker 9: couple weeks of practice. You could see that he's getting 467 00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:25,960 Speaker 9: his swagger back, like I said last week, and that's 468 00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:29,760 Speaker 9: continued to trend upwards. So when he's fully ready, he'll 469 00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:32,360 Speaker 9: he'll know and and they'll let us know, and we'll 470 00:20:32,359 --> 00:20:34,600 Speaker 9: be ready for him and he'll play great football for us. 471 00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:38,000 Speaker 5: Yeah, I was does. 472 00:20:37,920 --> 00:20:41,200 Speaker 2: Having played help you with kind of the public facing 473 00:20:41,359 --> 00:20:43,280 Speaker 2: part of your job where when things aren't going well, 474 00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:44,520 Speaker 2: half the city's mad at you. 475 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:47,560 Speaker 9: Yeah, for sure, definitely. I think that's That's definitely something 476 00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:50,960 Speaker 9: that I learned from watching when I first got to 477 00:20:51,080 --> 00:20:53,359 Speaker 9: this level as a player. And just like it was 478 00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:57,240 Speaker 9: crazy coming into the league in college, I saw, you 479 00:20:57,320 --> 00:21:00,960 Speaker 9: know how pressman athletes got top about and debated and 480 00:21:01,080 --> 00:21:04,239 Speaker 9: it's people's job to talk, you know what I mean. 481 00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:06,879 Speaker 9: But I honestly thought when I got up here, I 482 00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:08,320 Speaker 9: was like Oh, they don't pay attention to that. They 483 00:21:08,359 --> 00:21:09,680 Speaker 9: don't listen to that, they don't see it. You know, 484 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:11,479 Speaker 9: they got other stuff they're doing. And I came in here, 485 00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:14,359 Speaker 9: I'm like, dang, TV's on ESPN, everybody's on their phone. 486 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:16,439 Speaker 9: I'm like, they're seeing it. But I saw how they 487 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:19,119 Speaker 9: handled that, and it's like, look, you know people are 488 00:21:19,119 --> 00:21:21,760 Speaker 9: gonna talk. That's what we signed up for. So what 489 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:23,680 Speaker 9: we're gonna do about it? And if you let that 490 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:26,719 Speaker 9: distract you, it's all it is a distraction, whether it's 491 00:21:26,760 --> 00:21:28,520 Speaker 9: good or bad. If you let that distract you and 492 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:30,600 Speaker 9: take your eyes off of the prize of getting better, 493 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:34,520 Speaker 9: being the best player or coach or whatever your job 494 00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:38,880 Speaker 9: description is, then you're wrong. You're not gonna be able 495 00:21:38,920 --> 00:21:40,600 Speaker 9: to reach the level that you're supposed to reach. So 496 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:45,760 Speaker 9: that definitely helped me navigate the public perception for sure. 497 00:21:47,040 --> 00:21:48,080 Speaker 9: Appreciate y'all. Thank you. 498 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:55,560 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Ravens Press Past podcast. That was 499 00:21:55,680 --> 00:22:00,000 Speaker 1: defensive coordinator Zach Or addressing the media after today's practice. 500 00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:03,200 Speaker 1: You'll now hear from Special Teams coordinator Chris Horton. 501 00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:07,560 Speaker 5: Good to see you guys. 502 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:09,560 Speaker 15: See I hope all you guys are doing well, uh, 503 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:12,040 Speaker 15: just a little quick, little recap from last game. You know, 504 00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:14,720 Speaker 15: I thought our guys went out, uh tried to try 505 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:16,280 Speaker 15: to be as detailed as they can. 506 00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:18,240 Speaker 9: In our plan. 507 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:20,640 Speaker 15: But there's obviously some things that we need to get fixed, 508 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:22,240 Speaker 15: some things we need to work on, and that's what 509 00:22:22,359 --> 00:22:24,880 Speaker 15: we came out this week and that's what we're looking 510 00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:26,440 Speaker 15: forward to doing when we go out and face this 511 00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:27,080 Speaker 15: Houston team. 512 00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:27,680 Speaker 9: Questions. 513 00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:32,320 Speaker 10: Chris DJ is a TJ. 514 00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:34,880 Speaker 2: Tampa his side with I think Jake for the league 515 00:22:35,119 --> 00:22:36,280 Speaker 2: special Teams tackles. 516 00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:39,120 Speaker 6: You know, you might get an opportunity on defense this week. 517 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:42,760 Speaker 6: But as it pertains to you know, coaching up TV 518 00:22:42,840 --> 00:22:43,520 Speaker 6: at what makes. 519 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:47,320 Speaker 4: Him enjoy play, enjoyable player to coach. 520 00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:48,520 Speaker 14: And what are just some attecutes. 521 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:51,720 Speaker 9: That's a that's a great question. 522 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:54,159 Speaker 15: I think I think the more a more guy plays, 523 00:22:54,640 --> 00:22:57,119 Speaker 15: you know, and we talk about young guys, right as 524 00:22:57,119 --> 00:22:59,600 Speaker 15: a second year guy, the guy's got a lot of length, 525 00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:01,440 Speaker 15: the guys got the guy's got speed, and he's a 526 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:03,960 Speaker 15: physical player, right, So when you put all those things 527 00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:06,960 Speaker 15: together on the different phases, they start to show up. 528 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:08,440 Speaker 9: He's very detailed. 529 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:11,320 Speaker 15: He's gotten so much better and just being detailed in 530 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:13,400 Speaker 15: his study and things like that, which has allowed him 531 00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:15,680 Speaker 15: to go out and play faster and not think. 532 00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:17,600 Speaker 5: And it's and he's making plays. 533 00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:18,800 Speaker 9: And it's showing up on tape. 534 00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:21,760 Speaker 15: So given that you know he might get more opportunities, 535 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:24,000 Speaker 15: I think, I think we'll still have a role for 536 00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:26,040 Speaker 15: him and we'll find a way to keep keep him 537 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:28,320 Speaker 15: playing and making sure that he's still living up to, 538 00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:29,680 Speaker 15: you know, being. 539 00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:32,000 Speaker 9: Able to succeed have success on both phases. 540 00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:36,119 Speaker 14: When we when there's a team that's really banged out 541 00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:39,360 Speaker 14: with a bunch of injuries, how much does it affect 542 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:42,280 Speaker 14: you in particular, or when there's so many questions about 543 00:23:42,359 --> 00:23:44,159 Speaker 14: guys that could impact who you have. 544 00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:45,480 Speaker 5: Available, who you go on. 545 00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:48,639 Speaker 15: Jeff, it's like a it's like a trickle down effect, right, 546 00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:50,159 Speaker 15: But I think now I've been I've been in this 547 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:53,240 Speaker 15: situation for a long time now, and these things, these 548 00:23:53,320 --> 00:23:56,840 Speaker 15: things show up to me. The messages is very simple, Right. 549 00:23:57,119 --> 00:23:59,280 Speaker 15: You get a lot of guys that ask for opportunities. 550 00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:01,600 Speaker 15: You get a lot of guys that want to play, right, Well, 551 00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:03,560 Speaker 15: here's your moment, here's your opportunity. 552 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:06,280 Speaker 9: So it's really it's football, man, The next guy is up. 553 00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:08,159 Speaker 15: The next guy's got to be ready, and he has 554 00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:10,479 Speaker 15: to have prepared himself so he can go out there 555 00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:13,800 Speaker 15: and have success. Right, they look forward, and I don't 556 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:16,440 Speaker 15: worry about who I have who I don't have, because 557 00:24:16,440 --> 00:24:18,200 Speaker 15: I know that every guy that's in that room is 558 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:20,399 Speaker 15: putting in the same amount of work. Right, might have 559 00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:23,320 Speaker 15: played less snaps, but still football, you go out there, 560 00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:24,879 Speaker 15: you execute, we should be fine. 561 00:24:26,760 --> 00:24:28,480 Speaker 10: Is there anything in particular you see with the kick 562 00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:31,199 Speaker 10: cover and Chris that you wanted to get fixed? 563 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:33,840 Speaker 15: Of course, you know, just thinking about that, just thinking 564 00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:35,440 Speaker 15: about that game, I think that's one of the errors 565 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:37,919 Speaker 15: that I'm talking about that just really really needs to improve. 566 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:40,359 Speaker 15: I think our kickoff team's really good, right, and we 567 00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:42,040 Speaker 15: got some we got some guys out there. We just 568 00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:44,800 Speaker 15: got to understand that there's lanes and there's leverages that 569 00:24:44,920 --> 00:24:47,080 Speaker 15: we need to make sure that we hone in and 570 00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:49,320 Speaker 15: we don't give up our space, right, and we got 571 00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:52,080 Speaker 15: to tackle. You look at a couple of those plays, 572 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:54,399 Speaker 15: the returner on the forty seven yard or it got 573 00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:56,160 Speaker 15: bounced off of tackle and got loose. 574 00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:57,320 Speaker 9: Right, But again, if. 575 00:24:57,240 --> 00:25:00,280 Speaker 15: We're where we're supposed to be, that tackles probably made 576 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:02,840 Speaker 15: somewhere around the twenty eight thirty yard line. So those 577 00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:04,719 Speaker 15: are the things that I'm talking about. I don't think 578 00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:06,840 Speaker 15: these are big problems. These are things that I know 579 00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:08,520 Speaker 15: we can get fixed, and we should get them fixed 580 00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:08,960 Speaker 15: this weekend. 581 00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:12,080 Speaker 2: Now that you have months or at the data, do 582 00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:13,720 Speaker 2: you feel like you have a better feel for what 583 00:25:14,119 --> 00:25:17,800 Speaker 2: constitutes sort of success and failure in this new kickoff world? 584 00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:18,400 Speaker 5: Yeah? 585 00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:20,480 Speaker 15: I think I think you know when you when you 586 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:23,000 Speaker 15: really look at it. Okay, for us, it's like, hey, 587 00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:25,480 Speaker 15: we want to keep every ball inside the twenty five, right, 588 00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:28,320 Speaker 15: That's like to us, that's that old school like mentality, 589 00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:30,920 Speaker 15: Like those are tackles inside the twenty, right, and then 590 00:25:31,080 --> 00:25:32,760 Speaker 15: and then if a ball gets to the thirty five 591 00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:34,840 Speaker 15: yard line, then choot. We tell our guys, man, if 592 00:25:34,840 --> 00:25:36,120 Speaker 15: we're gonna allow the ball to get to the thirty 593 00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:38,080 Speaker 15: five yard line, we might as well hit the touchbacks. 594 00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:38,560 Speaker 9: Right. 595 00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:41,240 Speaker 15: So anything from that from that twenty to that thirty 596 00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:43,240 Speaker 15: yard line in those are those are kind of wins 597 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:45,200 Speaker 15: for you, right, because that's five yards of field position. 598 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:46,720 Speaker 15: So that's kind of how that's kind of how we 599 00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:49,160 Speaker 15: think about it. We want to be as stingy as possible. 600 00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:51,640 Speaker 15: We still can get tackles inside the twenty those things 601 00:25:51,680 --> 00:25:53,680 Speaker 15: still do exist, but we got to work a little 602 00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:55,160 Speaker 15: bit harder, right, and we got to be on point, 603 00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:56,600 Speaker 15: and we got to be detailed about. 604 00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:04,640 Speaker 1: That was Special teams coordinator Chris Hordon answering questions from 605 00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:07,240 Speaker 1: the media before the Ravens returned to M and T 606 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:11,040 Speaker 1: Bank Stadium to face the one in three Texans on Sunday. 607 00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:17,719 Speaker 12: Football fans know that traditions matter. 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Tostitos tradition matters. 614 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:38,160 Speaker 1: Next up on Ravens Press Pass Podcast, we have running 615 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:39,159 Speaker 1: back Derrick Henry. 616 00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:44,919 Speaker 11: So, Eric, what is kind of the. 617 00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:46,400 Speaker 9: Mindset for on this team? 618 00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:46,720 Speaker 10: There? 619 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:49,040 Speaker 9: You know the mindset of this team. You know, with 620 00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:51,840 Speaker 9: a one and three start and having all these injuries, now. 621 00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:54,800 Speaker 11: At your fats were still to go play a game? 622 00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:57,560 Speaker 11: And mine said no, Winns the ball game. You may 623 00:26:57,640 --> 00:26:59,400 Speaker 11: change day. 624 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:01,159 Speaker 13: I know you don't get caught up in carriage and all, 625 00:27:01,240 --> 00:27:03,879 Speaker 13: but uh, Tom Munklem was saying that it's important for 626 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:05,119 Speaker 13: you guys to run the. 627 00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:06,520 Speaker 9: More and ball more and run it. 628 00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:08,560 Speaker 13: Well, how important do you think it is for you 629 00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:10,280 Speaker 13: guys to start getting back to the run the way 630 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:11,400 Speaker 13: you guys know you can't. 631 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:14,080 Speaker 11: Yeah, I'm just focused on doing my job better than 632 00:27:14,119 --> 00:27:16,720 Speaker 11: I have done the last four weeks. And you know 633 00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:19,320 Speaker 11: it starts out there, and just keep focusing on that 634 00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:21,800 Speaker 11: and let it translate to the game. You know, it 635 00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:23,720 Speaker 11: takes all of us in the run game. I'm sure 636 00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:25,760 Speaker 11: everybody else is focused on that, and we need to 637 00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:27,520 Speaker 11: go out there and look and make it happen. 638 00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:29,480 Speaker 7: What do you feel like you guys need to do. 639 00:27:29,560 --> 00:27:31,680 Speaker 3: To execute the ending up getting And that's the way 640 00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:32,159 Speaker 3: you're up to. 641 00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:35,600 Speaker 11: Like I said after the game of Sunday, donat don't 642 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:40,040 Speaker 11: dominate a lone of scrimmage execution exhibit thing right, every 643 00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:42,720 Speaker 11: man doing their job, yeah, the way that they know how, 644 00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:43,760 Speaker 11: and then. 645 00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:45,640 Speaker 7: Letting them go out there and putting it all together 646 00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:46,720 Speaker 7: so we can have success. 647 00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:49,879 Speaker 2: Arry could it's it is Cooper Russian stead of the Mark. 648 00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:50,920 Speaker 7: Does that your sure job the walls? 649 00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:53,680 Speaker 11: Does it change my job cause Cooper wor No, My 650 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:54,480 Speaker 11: job is to. 651 00:27:54,520 --> 00:28:01,800 Speaker 1: Say that was better? And running back Derek Henry answering 652 00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:04,840 Speaker 1: questions ahead of the Ravens Week five matchup against the 653 00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:08,119 Speaker 1: Houston Texans. That's it for today. Thanks for listening to 654 00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:11,280 Speaker 1: the Ravens Press Past podcast. Don't forget to subscribe to 655 00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:14,240 Speaker 1: this feed as well as the Lounge podcast, where Ravens 656 00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:18,920 Speaker 1: insiders are previewing matchups, breaking down game footage, interviewing players, 657 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:22,000 Speaker 1: and much more. Thanks for listening to Raven's Press Past 658 00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:23,920 Speaker 1: podcast and we'll talk to you again soon