1 00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:05,440 Speaker 1: Give us the rundown of that that kickoff simple mistake. 2 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:09,840 Speaker 1: I mean, it's a it was an honest mistake, Uh, 3 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:16,079 Speaker 1: my coupe, and uh, you know it's unfortunate. It's unfortunately happened. Uh, 4 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:19,680 Speaker 1: he knows it was a mistake. You know, that's f 5 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:23,599 Speaker 1: I mess. I can promise you this. You wouldn't have 6 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:28,160 Speaker 1: a guy a better guy as far as just work ethic, 7 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:32,599 Speaker 1: doing the right things, being in meetings. Like, he just 8 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:37,480 Speaker 1: made an honest mistake. You know. The wind was was tricky. Uh, 9 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:39,599 Speaker 1: and it was you know, it's typical Chicago, you know, 10 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:43,040 Speaker 1: in January, really really cold, really really windy, you know, 11 00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:46,280 Speaker 1: hence the windy city. Right. So, but he made an 12 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:48,559 Speaker 1: honest mistake. If you coach him to go back there 13 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:50,320 Speaker 1: and catch it no matter what, because he didn't. Kind 14 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:52,479 Speaker 1: of did the same thing, but it was on the 15 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:57,040 Speaker 1: other side and the exact instructions put your heels on 16 00:00:57,080 --> 00:01:03,160 Speaker 1: the three yard line. And that's unfortunately, you know it happened, 17 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:07,160 Speaker 1: you know, And uh, but again you're living. You learn 18 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:16,720 Speaker 1: on to the next play. Scoope. Plus, we'll see you guys. 19 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:19,520 Speaker 1: Did a one of those punts with Riley where he 20 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:23,399 Speaker 1: kind of like rolled out what was the thought process 21 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:29,000 Speaker 1: behind that? Uh, anytime you have a extremely dangerous returner, 22 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:33,279 Speaker 1: you can't just shoot out a jug machine to him, 23 00:01:33,319 --> 00:01:37,960 Speaker 1: you know, So anyway strategically or specischematically, you can make 24 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:41,720 Speaker 1: him get uncomfortable and not just catch the ball, catch 25 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:47,280 Speaker 1: up sixty yard, you know, five whatever, hang punt. If 26 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:48,720 Speaker 1: you have to make a move off the spot and 27 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:51,880 Speaker 1: make him feel uncomfortable, that's kind of whole premise, right, 28 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:53,880 Speaker 1: So then if you watch us a whole year, that's 29 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:55,960 Speaker 1: just kind of what we do. We don't We're trying 30 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 1: not to just hey, here, here's a forty five yard 31 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:02,680 Speaker 1: you know for eight ball, let's have you return it 32 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 1: because you're fastered everybody on the fricking field, you know 33 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:08,040 Speaker 1: that maybe in Kio, you know, we don't want to 34 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:09,960 Speaker 1: do that, right, So anytime we get a dangerous guy, 35 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:16,359 Speaker 1: we're gonna try and do our best. In Negator, he's very, 36 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 1: very very dangerous. Uh. You know, I already had a 37 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:23,680 Speaker 1: touchdown this year on kickoff return, you know, a hundred 38 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:27,240 Speaker 1: one yards, you know, against Atlanta. So again I just 39 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 1: literally just got at a meeting and telling that guy 40 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:32,519 Speaker 1: he will run through the smoke, and he's super super talented, 41 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 1: he's fearless and uh you know he's a guy just 42 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:39,919 Speaker 1: gotta deal. Why did you uh put boxing back there? 43 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:41,639 Speaker 1: It's like the kind of double returns. I don't said 44 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:44,920 Speaker 1: you guys have done very much of that when you know, 45 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 1: it's just it's again, anytime you can have more ball 46 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 1: handlers on the field. It's a windy situation. Uh, ball 47 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:55,160 Speaker 1: could come off the tee and it could be heading 48 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:57,000 Speaker 1: in one direction and all of a sudden it ends 49 00:02:57,080 --> 00:02:59,880 Speaker 1: up on the other side of the field. So anytime 50 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:03,000 Speaker 1: you know, you wanna anytime it's windy outside, you want 51 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:06,079 Speaker 1: to have as many ball hands back there. I assume 52 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 1: this might be the last time we talked to you 53 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:10,840 Speaker 1: this season. How do you look at what your special 54 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:14,680 Speaker 1: team's units did this year as a home Uh, you know, 55 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:17,840 Speaker 1: obviously looking back, you would there's a lot of plays 56 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:22,880 Speaker 1: we like to have back. Uh. I think we've done 57 00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:26,800 Speaker 1: some good things. We're developing a young core. We had 58 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:30,079 Speaker 1: a ton of injuries, you know with our core. Uh 59 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 1: So again we we've talked about this before. You talk 60 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:36,840 Speaker 1: about continuity, you know, whenever, and this is on all 61 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 1: sides of the ball and every unit. You know, when 62 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 1: you've got a great old line. You know, you got 63 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:44,360 Speaker 1: the same guys playing they're playing every snap together. The 64 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:47,480 Speaker 1: defensive line, same thing. You got the same four or 65 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:50,320 Speaker 1: five guys rotating in. You know, you got the same 66 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:54,560 Speaker 1: punt team every week. You got the same kickoffer team. 67 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:59,600 Speaker 1: When you can do develop that continuity, right, that helps breconsistency. Right. 68 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:02,120 Speaker 1: So if you've got a lot of changes, constant changes 69 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:05,200 Speaker 1: and big changes, it's it's hard to get that continuity. 70 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:08,200 Speaker 1: And it's not excuse, it's just the reality of the situation. 71 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:12,160 Speaker 1: So you know, again, if we could have more continuity, 72 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 1: I think that will help with the consistency, which would 73 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:18,200 Speaker 1: help with the performance. And uh, you know, I think 74 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:21,080 Speaker 1: we've been okay, be honest, which I think we've been okay. 75 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:23,800 Speaker 1: And he says we haven't made enough game changing plays 76 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:28,560 Speaker 1: to help our football team. Uh, but that's you know 77 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:31,520 Speaker 1: sometimes that's that's the reality of a season. You know, 78 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:35,039 Speaker 1: you want to make as many plays as you can, 79 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:38,680 Speaker 1: but again, you you want to make sure your sound too, 80 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:40,839 Speaker 1: because I've seen it the other way where you you 81 00:04:40,839 --> 00:04:43,960 Speaker 1: don't have continuity and you've given up, you give up 82 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:46,440 Speaker 1: a bunch of big plays because of that. You know, 83 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:48,920 Speaker 1: we haven't done that, you know, so you know, not 84 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:52,600 Speaker 1: gonna with right, So we just we just gotta stay 85 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:54,640 Speaker 1: consistent with the guys that we have out on the field. 86 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:57,279 Speaker 1: Coach them up, get them, get them better. And if 87 00:04:57,320 --> 00:05:01,200 Speaker 1: and if it's you know, three tackles three weeks in 88 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:04,000 Speaker 1: a row in the punt team and they're different, so 89 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:06,360 Speaker 1: be it. That's why they call you coach, right, So 90 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:08,440 Speaker 1: why we get paid to do a job, right, So 91 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:11,000 Speaker 1: that's our job to coach him up, and we've got 92 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:14,000 Speaker 1: to make sure that they're able to perform on game day. 93 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 1: In retrospect, how much you were you hoping to get 94 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:20,480 Speaker 1: Cadarious at some point too, you know as your returner. 95 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:26,200 Speaker 1: You know what, I don't worry about players in particular. 96 00:05:26,640 --> 00:05:29,160 Speaker 1: You know, obviously you want a game changer back there 97 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:31,760 Speaker 1: and the guy that can make a play. But I'm 98 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:34,239 Speaker 1: gonna coach whoever is out there. Who's ever out there, 99 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:36,360 Speaker 1: it doesn't matter. It could be a Caldarius, it could 100 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:39,200 Speaker 1: be Darius Slayton, it could be Alex Bachman, it could 101 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:42,600 Speaker 1: be whoever. You know, our job as coaches is that, 102 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:45,240 Speaker 1: you know, when Joe tells me, okay, this guy is 103 00:05:45,279 --> 00:05:48,440 Speaker 1: returning punt stick or this guy you got him available 104 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:51,440 Speaker 1: this week, he'll play, you know. So it's my not 105 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:54,920 Speaker 1: my job to I don't worry about who I don't have. 106 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:57,960 Speaker 1: I just worry about who I have, and I focus 107 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 1: on him, and we focus on him, and just make 108 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:03,240 Speaker 1: sure whoever that person is able to do the job. 109 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:07,880 Speaker 1: Is there any nervousness from you or the staff about 110 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:11,080 Speaker 1: job security going into this game? Not me. I can't 111 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:15,119 Speaker 1: speak for the staff. I'm just telling you from me. Look, 112 00:06:16,279 --> 00:06:20,279 Speaker 1: I just do my job, you know, and whatever happens 113 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:24,120 Speaker 1: after that, it happens. I I promise you there is 114 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:26,280 Speaker 1: not there will, and I want you all to hear 115 00:06:26,279 --> 00:06:28,960 Speaker 1: it is clearly. I will never lay my head down 116 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:31,640 Speaker 1: on the pillar worry about job security because I do 117 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:33,960 Speaker 1: the best I can. Like I leave it all out 118 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:36,520 Speaker 1: on the table. I try and do everything I can 119 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:38,960 Speaker 1: possibly do to do my job the best I can do. 120 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:40,960 Speaker 1: So I'm not I prompt you, I'm not worried about 121 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:43,320 Speaker 1: job security. What do you think the best best cases 122 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:47,080 Speaker 1: for the staff coming back and continuing to coach what 123 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:50,080 Speaker 1: you've felt, you know, best best cases to build on 124 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:52,039 Speaker 1: on the things that we've done, you know, and I 125 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:55,679 Speaker 1: know sometimes it's always easy to second guests and and 126 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:57,960 Speaker 1: and critique and say, oh, they don't, they don't do this, 127 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 1: they don't. You don't see a lot of stuff that's 128 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:02,560 Speaker 1: going on behind the scenes. There's some good things that 129 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:05,640 Speaker 1: are happening, and we just gotta keep building and and 130 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:07,680 Speaker 1: state of the process. You know, a lot of times, 131 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:10,480 Speaker 1: you know, when you're building on swamp ground, you gotta 132 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:13,480 Speaker 1: go ten times deeper before you start going up right, 133 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:15,440 Speaker 1: And we're all on swamp ground if you hadn't figured 134 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:17,880 Speaker 1: it out. So and it's a little harder here. It's 135 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:22,800 Speaker 1: not Cleveland, it's not you know, other places. It's New 136 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 1: York City, and it's harder to build here because you've 137 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:29,360 Speaker 1: got a lot of things that you're working against, you know. So, 138 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:33,560 Speaker 1: and it's hard. You're gonna get your head beat in, 139 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:36,120 Speaker 1: you're gonna get your teeth kicked in, you're gonna get 140 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:38,920 Speaker 1: booed in the stadium. And if you're not strong mentally, 141 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:40,800 Speaker 1: you're not gonna be able to make it here. And 142 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:42,200 Speaker 1: that's you know, that's the reason why they say, if 143 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:43,600 Speaker 1: you can make it here, you can make it anywhere, 144 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:45,920 Speaker 1: you know, but it is hard here, and you just 145 00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:50,040 Speaker 1: gotta state of course, keep pounding and keep grinding, and 146 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:52,560 Speaker 1: eventually you'll get to where you want to be, right 147 00:07:52,880 --> 00:07:56,120 Speaker 1: because you'll have enough, you'll have some success and it 148 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:58,400 Speaker 1: will happen. And when we've seen this city flip, we 149 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:00,800 Speaker 1: already know what it is. Right. We've seen you one 150 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:05,120 Speaker 1: week they eat a lot sucks. We've seen that right now, 151 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:07,760 Speaker 1: it's freaking names all in the rock rafters after two 152 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:10,520 Speaker 1: Super Bowls. We've seen it here. We know what it is, right. 153 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:13,000 Speaker 1: So we're just the guys that have been here. We 154 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:15,840 Speaker 1: understand it and we know exactly what it is. But 155 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:18,520 Speaker 1: you know, again, you just gotta keep your head down 156 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:21,880 Speaker 1: and keep working, keep grinding, and eventually get to wait 157 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:27,880 Speaker 1: working against you here than many other places don't act 158 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:30,560 Speaker 1: brand new. You know, it's tough here. This is New 159 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:33,800 Speaker 1: York City, Like it's tough, Like this is the hardest place. 160 00:08:34,360 --> 00:08:37,120 Speaker 1: This is the hardest place to have success. So when 161 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:40,920 Speaker 1: you have success here, that's why the franchise are iconic, 162 00:08:41,160 --> 00:08:44,200 Speaker 1: New York Yankees, New York Knicks, New York Giants. Like, 163 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:47,760 Speaker 1: when you have success here, it goes all over the world. Right, 164 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:51,400 Speaker 1: So if it's worldwide success, it's not gonna be easy. Right, 165 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:53,880 Speaker 1: So we understand that, and you got to know that 166 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:55,880 Speaker 1: walking in the front door. You know what it is like. 167 00:08:55,960 --> 00:08:58,640 Speaker 1: You see these logos all around the world. You get 168 00:08:58,679 --> 00:09:01,080 Speaker 1: off a plane in Germany and you'll see a Giant's logo, 169 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:03,760 Speaker 1: you'll see a Yankees logo. That's what it is, right, 170 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:05,720 Speaker 1: We're talking about the best of the best, the elite 171 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:09,360 Speaker 1: of the elite. Right, So it's hard here, it's not easy, right, 172 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:10,880 Speaker 1: So we just gotta make sure we just keep our 173 00:09:10,920 --> 00:09:11,640 Speaker 1: head down, keep ward.