1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:04,559 Speaker 1: With practice. Think the guys are progressing and moving in 2 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:05,400 Speaker 1: the right direction. 3 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:06,240 Speaker 2: Uh. 4 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:09,959 Speaker 1: Got another difficult task this week in the uh Ravens. Uh. 5 00:00:10,039 --> 00:00:16,880 Speaker 1: That offense is high, UH, high volume, UH, very explosive. 6 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 3: Uh. 7 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:21,280 Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson is playing at that uh MVP level as 8 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:22,560 Speaker 1: he did a couple of years ago. 9 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:23,560 Speaker 2: Uh. 10 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 3: All the weapons around him are exceeding. 11 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:29,080 Speaker 1: UH. Odell is still playing high and you know, I 12 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:32,760 Speaker 1: love uh just watching flowers uh an the things that 13 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:35,960 Speaker 1: he can do. It's gonna be a difficult task. And 14 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:37,240 Speaker 1: with that, I take your questions. 15 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:40,479 Speaker 2: See you wanna makes Lamar Jackson different and perhaps more 16 00:00:40,479 --> 00:00:42,959 Speaker 2: difficult to defend than the other mobile quarterbacks you've seen 17 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:43,920 Speaker 2: the last couple of weeks. 18 00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:47,920 Speaker 1: I I think just his ability uh to make guys 19 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:48,760 Speaker 1: missing space. 20 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:53,560 Speaker 3: Uh. He's very elusive and UH to be. 21 00:00:53,479 --> 00:00:56,440 Speaker 1: Honest, I think you know uh h he's he's p 22 00:00:56,640 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 1: He's playing so much better from a standpoint of uh. 23 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:02,360 Speaker 1: Uh the passing game as well, which I think creates 24 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:05,280 Speaker 1: other elements of his ability to be able to scramble 25 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:06,440 Speaker 1: when things aren't there. 26 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:07,280 Speaker 2: UH. 27 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:11,720 Speaker 1: So he's really playing good football, not turning the ball over, uh, 28 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:14,840 Speaker 1: which is the key for them. And UH again we 29 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 1: gotta do a much better job than we did last 30 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 1: week from a standpoint of tracking the ball carrier and 31 00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 1: most importantly, you know, tackling. 32 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 2: When you said the refer to your own team, the 33 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:29,560 Speaker 2: guys are progressing, Like what areas do you do? You 34 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:31,880 Speaker 2: wanna see them continue to get better? Uh? 35 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:34,560 Speaker 1: Most definitely from what we did last week. You know, 36 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:37,440 Speaker 1: I felt like we had too many missed tackles. Uh, 37 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:39,640 Speaker 1: just what I just alluded to. I I think it 38 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:44,320 Speaker 1: was more us and and and not executing our technique, 39 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:47,760 Speaker 1: not understanding where our help was coming from. You had 40 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:49,520 Speaker 1: a couple of times we had a situation where it 41 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:52,280 Speaker 1: could have been you know, really fourth and nine and 42 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:54,120 Speaker 1: I and all of a sudden, now we missed a 43 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:56,360 Speaker 1: tackle cause we we're not tracking the right way. It's 44 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 1: fourth and three and they go for it. So, uh, 45 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:00,400 Speaker 1: just a little things like that we have. 46 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 3: To improve on. And that's the progression that I'm seeing 47 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:02,840 Speaker 3: this week. 48 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:05,840 Speaker 2: I think we asked you about your various every week basically, 49 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:07,880 Speaker 2: but going back to when you got here, what was 50 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:10,760 Speaker 2: your assessment of what his skill set was and in 51 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:11,600 Speaker 2: what ways has he. 52 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:13,840 Speaker 3: Maybe even exceeded that? Well? 53 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:16,640 Speaker 1: I think it was it was high from what I saw, 54 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:19,320 Speaker 1: and that was the reason why John and Kyle you know, 55 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:22,400 Speaker 1: brought him over. I think he's now playing at that 56 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:28,720 Speaker 1: probo all pro excuse me, calber level. And you saw that, 57 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:31,919 Speaker 1: and I seen it all all year, and you saw 58 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 1: it definitely last week with his two picks. And the 59 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:38,400 Speaker 1: one thing that I pointed out this week, and I 60 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:41,160 Speaker 1: believe it was yesterday with the defense, I took that 61 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:44,359 Speaker 1: exact same clip that we had in practice, the exact 62 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 1: same route, the exact same break. And what I always 63 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:50,840 Speaker 1: talk to those guys about is just how we practice. 64 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 1: You know, what you're doing in practice is going to 65 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:56,640 Speaker 1: be just a reflection of what you do in the game. 66 00:02:56,919 --> 00:02:58,400 Speaker 3: And so he got that rep early. 67 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:00,560 Speaker 1: He made that play in practice and it was just 68 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:02,080 Speaker 1: routine when it happened in the game. 69 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:06,120 Speaker 2: Working with Sam Donald and catching tamp Donald and catching 70 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:06,839 Speaker 2: balls from him. 71 00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:08,519 Speaker 1: Was that something he came to on his own? 72 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:09,560 Speaker 2: It was suggested to him. 73 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:11,119 Speaker 3: Uh, yeah, most definitely. 74 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:15,120 Speaker 1: That's another area of his growth where you know he 75 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:18,600 Speaker 1: he gets you know, extra work in after practice. Uh 76 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:21,079 Speaker 1: it was something that he went to Donald, uh on 77 00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:23,880 Speaker 1: his own to be able to get that assistance. So, Uh, 78 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:26,040 Speaker 1: Sam did a great job last week and preparing him. 79 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:28,960 Speaker 2: When you talk about that clip from practice salas in 80 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:32,839 Speaker 2: per preparation to face the Cardinals, Yes, something like that 81 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:34,680 Speaker 2: happens exactly like that. 82 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 1: Uh it is and and in a lot of times, 83 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:39,880 Speaker 1: you know, in our teaching progression, we will always try 84 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:42,160 Speaker 1: to you know, show that for as plays back to back, 85 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:46,040 Speaker 1: and uh, it was just very fortunate that we're able 86 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:47,080 Speaker 1: to get that exact clip. 87 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:52,120 Speaker 2: I was saying, uh yesterday that there are two linebackers 88 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 2: Smith and Queen are pretty similar to what you've got 89 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:57,480 Speaker 2: in in Warner in Green Lawn, I. 90 00:03:57,440 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 3: Would ask you to speak to their linebackers. 91 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 2: But when you have two like you do, they can cover. 92 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:05,160 Speaker 3: That much ground sideline to sideline and be that athletic. 93 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:06,920 Speaker 2: What does that do for your defense in terms of 94 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:07,600 Speaker 2: what you can. 95 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:10,360 Speaker 1: Call that sort of thing, Well, it it It makes 96 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:12,640 Speaker 1: our defense so much better when you when you have 97 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:15,440 Speaker 1: suh that kind of speed. And I think you know 98 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:17,760 Speaker 1: that's really where the game is now. You know, you 99 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:20,240 Speaker 1: play so much out in space where offenses try to 100 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:22,760 Speaker 1: spread you out and get you in those different looks. 101 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:26,599 Speaker 1: That's why the old school traditional mic linebacker is not 102 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:29,400 Speaker 1: the case anymore. You know, we look for three wheels 103 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:31,800 Speaker 1: that can play Mike and and Sam. 104 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:34,880 Speaker 3: So uh their ability allows. 105 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:37,960 Speaker 1: Not only you know me, but everybody around them to 106 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:38,599 Speaker 1: play better. 107 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:42,720 Speaker 2: Does it? Kind of an example of four modern linebackers 108 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:43,080 Speaker 2: there too. 109 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:44,719 Speaker 3: And you two, I mean that what it's what the 110 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:45,719 Speaker 3: position is involved to. 111 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:48,720 Speaker 1: Uh. I I think it's gonna you know, it's gonna 112 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:52,599 Speaker 1: showcase a lot of speed and talent on that field 113 00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:56,279 Speaker 1: on Monday night. And you know, a lot of respect 114 00:04:56,279 --> 00:04:58,480 Speaker 1: for those guys, you know, I I know of them 115 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:00,760 Speaker 1: coming out of the draft and just watching them, you 116 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:04,159 Speaker 1: know and cross uh you know tape. But I definitely 117 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:06,120 Speaker 1: love the guys that we have and and I think, 118 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:08,480 Speaker 1: you know, our guys gonna go out and perform well. 119 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:11,840 Speaker 3: Game so efficient? What's the kids slowing it down? 120 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:12,680 Speaker 1: Uh? 121 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:16,120 Speaker 3: Just really uh all the gap scheme you know. 122 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:20,719 Speaker 1: Uh then his own read uh Lamar with his ability 123 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:23,880 Speaker 1: to be able to pull it at any time, you know. So, Uh, 124 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:28,280 Speaker 1: this is gonna be a very discipline uh football game. 125 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:28,839 Speaker 3: You know. 126 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:31,159 Speaker 1: Uh A lot of times you see talent on both 127 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:33,520 Speaker 1: sides of the ball, but it's a team that's real 128 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:36,760 Speaker 1: disciplined in their assignments. You know, when you take the dive, 129 00:05:36,839 --> 00:05:38,920 Speaker 1: take the dive. When you have quarterback, have the quarterback 130 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:41,880 Speaker 1: vice versa. You know, so we gotta m uh do 131 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:45,760 Speaker 1: a great job communicating on on uh every snap and uh, 132 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 1: as we did today and yesterday, I'll be very detailed 133 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:50,080 Speaker 1: in our assignments. 134 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:53,880 Speaker 2: Particularly tricky is that for for the nickelback, whether he's 135 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:57,280 Speaker 2: watching the quarterback and also has a pretty good slot 136 00:05:57,320 --> 00:05:59,040 Speaker 2: receiver to chase around. 137 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 3: Uh. 138 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:03,840 Speaker 1: Uh It it's definitely, ah uh a difficult task and uh, 139 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:06,400 Speaker 1: I think Demo is up for it. Uh, And we 140 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:09,640 Speaker 1: can't put everything on him. That's why based off the call, 141 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:12,960 Speaker 1: you always have different assignments and uh putting him in 142 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:15,839 Speaker 1: a situation to where you know, I if he's part 143 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:17,840 Speaker 1: of the run game, he gotta execute that, and then 144 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:19,839 Speaker 1: there's times where he's not a part of it, he 145 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 1: has to play pass first. So uh again, I think 146 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:25,760 Speaker 1: it just goes back to being disciplined and executing your assignment. 147 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:28,280 Speaker 2: You encourage might what you saw or a great today. 148 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 1: Uh yes, you know, it definitely encourage, but you know 149 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:35,440 Speaker 1: it's still you know, wait and see kind of thing. 150 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:38,559 Speaker 1: So uh, but I'm definitely encouraged about what I saw today. 151 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:41,040 Speaker 2: How's k how's j uh Jason Wrtt coming along? 152 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:44,560 Speaker 1: Uh, he's looking well each and every day, So uh, 153 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:46,719 Speaker 1: we'll see rather or not he's gonna have the opportunity 154 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:48,679 Speaker 1: to be up and and if so, how many reps 155 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:49,080 Speaker 1: he'll get? 156 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:52,800 Speaker 3: I just w made away the wide receivers here. You 157 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:56,000 Speaker 3: know block at other teams. 158 00:06:56,200 --> 00:06:59,400 Speaker 1: I mean, is it unique or do you see other 159 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:02,560 Speaker 1: teams that have the same commitment to all of them 160 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:06,480 Speaker 1: to be partner to run well? I think it's extremely unique. 161 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:09,880 Speaker 1: And in in uh how a guy's block. I was 162 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:13,480 Speaker 1: very impressed with that when I first got here. You know, 163 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:15,640 Speaker 1: we get a lot of good work going against those 164 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:19,920 Speaker 1: guys in OTAs and training camp. And you know, I 165 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:23,000 Speaker 1: talked to Debo uh one time and I aks 'em 166 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:26,320 Speaker 1: about that and his his uh answer to me was 167 00:07:26,840 --> 00:07:28,840 Speaker 1: if we don't block, we don't get the ball. 168 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:29,480 Speaker 3: You know. 169 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:32,560 Speaker 1: So uh, I think, you know, there's a certain culture 170 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:35,920 Speaker 1: that Kyle has created that it's not just about catching 171 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:38,119 Speaker 1: the football. It's you know, you can see it throughout 172 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:40,440 Speaker 1: this team, very unselfish individuals. 173 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:42,360 Speaker 3: And uh you go back to. 174 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:45,920 Speaker 1: IU, you know on that play against Seat, don't I 175 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:48,320 Speaker 1: believe it was where you know, h he went down 176 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:50,920 Speaker 1: there and made that block inside the fire, So just 177 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:53,880 Speaker 1: very unselfish play. And those guys prepare us for every 178 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:55,480 Speaker 1: every every every game and every week. 179 00:07:56,520 --> 00:07:59,400 Speaker 3: Thank you, guys, appreciate you. Merry Christmas to your group.