1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:03,760 Speaker 1: These last two days of practice. Um, we come out 2 00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:08,000 Speaker 1: here to work and UM, hey, I know that that 3 00:00:08,080 --> 00:00:11,680 Speaker 1: wins are the most the most important thing. UM, but 4 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:14,160 Speaker 1: I've also been on teams that have been double digit 5 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:16,959 Speaker 1: win teams this time of year. And I will say 6 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:19,799 Speaker 1: this the thing and I've and I've said this probably 7 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:23,120 Speaker 1: over the last month. I love the mental makeup of 8 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:27,560 Speaker 1: this group. They are competing, they're practicing hard, they're working 9 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:31,800 Speaker 1: with a purpose, with a high intent. UM. I see 10 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:34,320 Speaker 1: individuals getting better. Now we just need to take it 11 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 1: to the collective. That's what needs to happen on game 12 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:38,960 Speaker 1: that needs to needs to take to the collective. Um. 13 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:41,160 Speaker 1: The rush needs to work. For the coverage, we need 14 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:44,080 Speaker 1: to sack the quarterback when we have opportunities to south 15 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:45,760 Speaker 1: the quarterbacks. And we need to knock a ball the 16 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:48,760 Speaker 1: way when we have an opportunity when we're in coverage. 17 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:51,560 Speaker 1: And UM, that's the next thing that needs to happen 18 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:54,960 Speaker 1: for the progress that we see on a daily basis 19 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:58,360 Speaker 1: in practice to show up. UM. I'm sure you're gonna 20 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:02,400 Speaker 1: ask questions about act about Genors. Um, let me just 21 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:06,280 Speaker 1: say this about Genors Jenkins. Um, you you noticed it 22 00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:10,360 Speaker 1: today at practice. He competes every day since I have 23 00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:13,240 Speaker 1: been here and have had an opportunity to work with him, 24 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:16,880 Speaker 1: he has competed on a daily basis for me and 25 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:20,800 Speaker 1: for his teammates. And you'll you if you were here 26 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:22,720 Speaker 1: and watch some of the walks through, you'll see him 27 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 1: grabbing young players are young corners and run and leading 28 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:30,200 Speaker 1: them around and making points to them of what he's 29 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:34,800 Speaker 1: looking at, of what he recognizes. And UM, him and 30 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 1: I have have a really good relationship. So UM. I 31 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:42,800 Speaker 1: have been place where we traveled all the time, and 32 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:46,280 Speaker 1: I've been here where we've traveled at different times, UM, 33 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 1: and course of different games and different situations. UM. Philosophy 34 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 1: on that is, if it works for everyone, it's a 35 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:58,280 Speaker 1: great thing to do. If it works to where UM 36 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:01,880 Speaker 1: it allows our best guy to be on their best guy. 37 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:04,240 Speaker 1: But at the same time, the other guys that are 38 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 1: on the field playing to have their feet settled and 39 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 1: able to play the downs and whatever those man or 40 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:11,200 Speaker 1: zone or whatever your coverage do you want to run 41 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 1: our UM, then it's great, UM, And we weigh those 42 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:17,640 Speaker 1: things when we make the decision what's best for the 43 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:22,080 Speaker 1: collective group. And UM again, love Jack, love working with him. 44 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:24,560 Speaker 1: UM He's been competing his butt off and I look 45 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:27,520 Speaker 1: forward to him having a you know, a strong finished 46 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:29,359 Speaker 1: the rest of the season. Did Mike Evans play any 47 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:32,400 Speaker 1: impact on maybe thinking that it wasn't the best decision 48 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:36,880 Speaker 1: for everybody, including not to haven't tried. No. I think again, 49 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:39,399 Speaker 1: the decisions on the collective, not on the one guy. 50 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:41,320 Speaker 1: And it was the same way. Um. If I go 51 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 1: back to my time in Arizona when I had Patrick, Um, 52 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:45,640 Speaker 1: if it was if it would not have been the 53 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:48,880 Speaker 1: best thing to do for everyone, we wouldn't have done it. 54 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 1: Is that part of the youth. I mean, you have 55 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:52,680 Speaker 1: so many young guys back there. I think four rookies 56 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:54,640 Speaker 1: or first year players that they just don't have the 57 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:57,880 Speaker 1: experience and ask them to move around more than they 58 00:02:57,919 --> 00:03:01,920 Speaker 1: have to is detrimental. Um. I think that again, you 59 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:05,800 Speaker 1: look at the collective and whatever those reasons are. Um. 60 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:08,200 Speaker 1: You know, I've seen young guys that are fast to 61 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:10,560 Speaker 1: pick up. You know, I've seen Julian Love the last 62 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:12,840 Speaker 1: couple of weeks when he gets in there and he's fast, 63 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:17,079 Speaker 1: fast to react, fast to respond, fast to communicate him. UM. 64 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 1: So I don't know that it's youth, It's just it's 65 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:22,639 Speaker 1: just um, you look at each situation, maybe even each 66 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:26,160 Speaker 1: week separately, and UM, you know when we traveled all 67 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:28,680 Speaker 1: the time, there were weeks we didn't travel because it 68 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:30,840 Speaker 1: wasn't maybe best for for some of the stuff that 69 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:34,000 Speaker 1: the opponent did. Had he asked you about why he 70 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:38,360 Speaker 1: didn't travel before he went public with his uh issues. Um, 71 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:43,120 Speaker 1: him and I have great conversations, UM, constant communication. And 72 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:48,720 Speaker 1: that's what I'll say, betmn uh love. Do you watch 73 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:50,320 Speaker 1: him the last two weeks and think, you know what, 74 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:52,160 Speaker 1: maybe we should have made a move earlier to get 75 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 1: him on the field. You know, I think part of 76 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 1: part of Julian's UM, how he's playing right now is 77 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:02,000 Speaker 1: the fact that he's worked the process all along that UM. 78 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:05,120 Speaker 1: Four weeks ago, eight weeks ago, UM, I saw a 79 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 1: guy that was in the meeting with his feet on 80 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:10,960 Speaker 1: the ground, taking great notes, paying attention, asking a b questions, 81 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:14,920 Speaker 1: asking questions in the position meeting room when we're doing walkthroughs. 82 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:16,640 Speaker 1: He might not have been getting the reps, but he 83 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:19,960 Speaker 1: was back behind, taking mental reps and building for his 84 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:23,119 Speaker 1: moment so that when his moment came, he was able 85 00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:27,000 Speaker 1: to play as fast is his mind would allow him to. 86 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:30,320 Speaker 1: You know, and that's that's I think that's why he's 87 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:32,159 Speaker 1: playing like he is right now because in the moments 88 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:34,680 Speaker 1: that led up to it, he he was doing the 89 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:37,920 Speaker 1: work that he needed to do. So to directly answer 90 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:40,920 Speaker 1: that question wouldn't be right because every every player would 91 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:44,159 Speaker 1: be potentially different. But if you do, if you work 92 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:48,120 Speaker 1: the process during the process like he did that, this 93 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:50,440 Speaker 1: is tending. This is what tends to happen. And I'm 94 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:53,159 Speaker 1: proud of him. I'm excited for him. As we go 95 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:54,800 Speaker 1: through the last, you know, four weeks of the season, 96 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:57,560 Speaker 1: you wish you had that kind of luxury to work 97 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:02,200 Speaker 1: the process with Baker, balance time somebody else. I miss 98 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:05,680 Speaker 1: all the young guys, but be all all those guys. Yeah, 99 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:07,400 Speaker 1: you know, like when we I think one of the 100 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:09,440 Speaker 1: first times that we talked at the very beginning of 101 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:13,000 Speaker 1: the year, we talked about, um, when you develop rookies, 102 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:16,480 Speaker 1: it's not just like back pedal break. It's in the 103 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:19,040 Speaker 1: meeting room, how you take notes, the film you have 104 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:21,719 Speaker 1: to watch when you go home, Um, it's when you 105 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:23,440 Speaker 1: watch the tape. What are you looking at when you 106 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:25,880 Speaker 1: watch the tape. I think there's a distinct process. I 107 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:29,719 Speaker 1: think that's why you know, players generally, UM that that 108 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:31,760 Speaker 1: make it and play a long time in this league, 109 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:35,280 Speaker 1: their prime years are three, four or five and six 110 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:39,359 Speaker 1: because they build their process. UM. You know, I'm I'm 111 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:41,720 Speaker 1: I'm not saying anything about a luxury of playing and 112 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:44,800 Speaker 1: not playing. I just think it's um. As players play more, 113 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:48,480 Speaker 1: they're able to take good things they do, mistakes they 114 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:51,040 Speaker 1: make and learn from them. And UM that's how they 115 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:54,279 Speaker 1: build their process and build themselves into to be able 116 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:55,800 Speaker 1: to use some of the talents that they have to 117 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:57,640 Speaker 1: play at a high level. You've had Leonard Williams. Now 118 00:05:57,760 --> 00:06:00,520 Speaker 1: you think about a month, are you getting what expected 119 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:02,600 Speaker 1: out of him? Or is there more you want to 120 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:05,680 Speaker 1: see from him? I you know, I have seen great energy. 121 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:08,920 Speaker 1: Like today at practice, he was flying around, he was um, 122 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:12,000 Speaker 1: he brought great juice, and he has things in his 123 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:14,400 Speaker 1: game that he is working on to get better at. 124 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 1: And I thought he in this past game he was 125 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:19,279 Speaker 1: even more disruptive for us. I thought he did some 126 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:22,279 Speaker 1: really good stuff. And UM, I think this last month 127 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:23,960 Speaker 1: of the season and he just needs to keep trending 128 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:26,960 Speaker 1: in the direction he's in he's going. And and really, 129 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:31,480 Speaker 1: as I've used the words as we've talked before, um, 130 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:34,120 Speaker 1: using his prescription to get better at those things, those 131 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:36,599 Speaker 1: specific things that that we've kind of talked about that 132 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:38,680 Speaker 1: he needs to get better at. So UM, I do 133 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:40,880 Speaker 1: like the direction that he said he doesn't show up 134 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:43,360 Speaker 1: a lot on the stat sheet? Is that? Does that 135 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:45,120 Speaker 1: matter to you at all? Do you do you need 136 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:48,039 Speaker 1: him to get those tackles and sacks and the numbers 137 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:50,320 Speaker 1: that everybody else sees. You know, I think that all 138 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:53,080 Speaker 1: of us would say we'd love him to have ten sacks, 139 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:54,400 Speaker 1: you know, And I think he would love to have 140 00:06:54,440 --> 00:06:58,360 Speaker 1: ten sacks. But I think before that happens, uh, disruptive 141 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:01,479 Speaker 1: place happened. Plays where he's changing the math, he's getting 142 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:05,120 Speaker 1: the quarterback to drop his eyes, moving him off his spot. Um, 143 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:08,800 Speaker 1: changing in the run lane on a rundown, and um, 144 00:07:08,839 --> 00:07:11,400 Speaker 1: those are things that you see him do. And um 145 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:14,480 Speaker 1: the other stuff I believe for him it will come. Yeah, 146 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:17,640 Speaker 1: in the last three games, I think opponents are under 147 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:21,400 Speaker 1: three yards to carry. One what changed there to that effectiveness? 148 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:23,960 Speaker 1: And two? Are you surprised that making a team making 149 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:29,480 Speaker 1: other teams one dimensional like that hasn't helped the past defense? Yeah? Um, 150 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:31,600 Speaker 1: you had a few questions there. So um, I'll say 151 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:34,239 Speaker 1: this I think throughout the course of the year. UM. 152 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:36,800 Speaker 1: You know, I'm I'm like a yards per rush. I 153 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:41,480 Speaker 1: think that that's what matters the most in in through 154 00:07:41,480 --> 00:07:43,760 Speaker 1: a course of a season. That's you know, when we've 155 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:45,800 Speaker 1: been the number one run defense in the league before 156 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:49,960 Speaker 1: in UM, that was the number. It wasn't yards per 157 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:53,360 Speaker 1: game rushing because you know, if someone rushes it twenty 158 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:57,240 Speaker 1: times for a hundred and fifty yards UM or they 159 00:07:57,320 --> 00:08:00,320 Speaker 1: run it for thirty times for a hundred fifty yards, 160 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:02,360 Speaker 1: that changes the number of times are going to throw 161 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:05,480 Speaker 1: the ball, which obviously when people throw the ball, yards 162 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:10,000 Speaker 1: per past attempt is obviously a higher number. UM. So 163 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:12,800 Speaker 1: I'm I'm excited that it's gone in that direction. That 164 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:14,720 Speaker 1: we've been getting better and better and better. I think 165 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:16,920 Speaker 1: some of that is we've been better with our gap leverage, 166 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:18,880 Speaker 1: we've been better with our eyes on pullers on the 167 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:21,280 Speaker 1: second level. UM. Those are things that we've tried to 168 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:23,440 Speaker 1: identify and try to work and practice as much as 169 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:23,680 Speaker 1: we can.