1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:05,080 Speaker 1: It's good to see guys. Certainly, what I saw from 2 00:00:05,080 --> 00:00:07,880 Speaker 1: the guys yesterday, I was impressed with by the energy 3 00:00:07,960 --> 00:00:11,600 Speaker 1: and the connection that the unit played with. I thought 4 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:14,080 Speaker 1: they were really battling for one another and it showed. 5 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:19,439 Speaker 1: I thought Randy Gregory's interception was the play that it 6 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:22,480 Speaker 1: might have captured that for me in such a good 7 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:25,200 Speaker 1: spot because of the energy on the sideline. I'm sure 8 00:00:25,239 --> 00:00:27,640 Speaker 1: you guys felt that too. I was literally hundreds of 9 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:30,040 Speaker 1: feet away in the press box and it felt like 10 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:32,280 Speaker 1: I was right there with him because of the energy 11 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:34,760 Speaker 1: that was there. And the interception was badass, there's no 12 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:38,080 Speaker 1: doubt about it. But I would say it might have 13 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:40,240 Speaker 1: been any cool play that he made that the energy 14 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:41,720 Speaker 1: would have been there, just you know, for him being 15 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:45,839 Speaker 1: out for four weeks and the silent went big for 16 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:47,760 Speaker 1: him and we missed him, you know, for four games, 17 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:49,879 Speaker 1: so to have him back, it was a great welcome 18 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:52,000 Speaker 1: back moment, and so I thought that was one of 19 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:53,720 Speaker 1: the things I was certainly impressed with about the energy 20 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:56,520 Speaker 1: the guys brought with and going into it, we knew 21 00:00:56,560 --> 00:00:58,320 Speaker 1: it was going to be division game and battle hard 22 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 1: and go down to the end, and it only did 23 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:03,280 Speaker 1: so what I had to hit with the guys earlier 24 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:06,240 Speaker 1: in the week. Was kind of two things, persistency and 25 00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:09,800 Speaker 1: consistency and having both of those. And so the persistent 26 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:11,880 Speaker 1: part was at us rolling in hard and playing the 27 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:13,480 Speaker 1: way in the style that we want, but we wanted 28 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:16,560 Speaker 1: to be make consistent part of that, and how do 29 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:19,440 Speaker 1: we do that with less mistakes and still keep an 30 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:21,680 Speaker 1: aggressive edge to how you want to play, because you 31 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:23,280 Speaker 1: don't want to just be so wide open that you're 32 00:01:23,319 --> 00:01:25,640 Speaker 1: making mistakes or missing tackle. So I was like, we 33 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:27,960 Speaker 1: can have both and do it correctly. And so that 34 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:30,560 Speaker 1: was really, you know, kind of the message that we 35 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:32,000 Speaker 1: had for the week. But more than anything, man, I 36 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:33,880 Speaker 1: was just suppressed by the energy and their connection to 37 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:36,760 Speaker 1: one another and getting our chance to you know, have 38 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:38,840 Speaker 1: a few takeaways, go our way to give it back 39 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:40,040 Speaker 1: to the offense. I thought that was a big part 40 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:42,199 Speaker 1: of it. Man, are we back with the sun again? 41 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 1: I love this all? Right? Next Monday, we are changing 42 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:54,480 Speaker 1: the venue Brady, He pulled back to the New England game. 43 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 1: I think he was referring to where a couple offs 44 00:01:57,240 --> 00:01:59,560 Speaker 1: where a role emphasism of practice and you're a damnat 45 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:03,560 Speaker 1: guy and on all that. He to use that cutting 46 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 1: type tae, the way that he played that particular couple 47 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:08,799 Speaker 1: of We have some fun as coaches because sometimes when 48 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:11,639 Speaker 1: the guys make some of these remarkable plays, Um, you'll 49 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:13,680 Speaker 1: hear a say on the headset man, good job, so 50 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:16,120 Speaker 1: and so, like a d or somebody knowing like it 51 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:19,080 Speaker 1: had nothing to do with us. It was just you know, 52 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:22,680 Speaker 1: ridiculous athleticism and making good plays. But I think what 53 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 1: we try to do in those moments, whether it was 54 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 1: like in that example of you know, trying to cut 55 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:28,200 Speaker 1: a player, like, we don't do that in practice, so 56 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:30,960 Speaker 1: we're trying to like simulate something to say, if you 57 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:33,680 Speaker 1: can get your you know, defeat the cut block and 58 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 1: get your hands up, you'll have a chance, you know, 59 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:38,919 Speaker 1: tip a ball or to make a play. So that 60 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:40,800 Speaker 1: was kind of the genesis. So you know where some 61 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:43,079 Speaker 1: of those drills took place, but at the end of 62 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:44,760 Speaker 1: the day, it was certainly you know, the player making it. 63 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:48,480 Speaker 1: But yeah, that's in an individual you know time at practice, 64 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:50,280 Speaker 1: that's where you have to like try to create some 65 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 1: drills for the guys. Hey, this moment's going to come up, 66 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:53,560 Speaker 1: and this is how we want you to handle it. 67 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:55,120 Speaker 1: It's okay, if I step back a bit, you guys 68 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:59,359 Speaker 1: okay with there? This time year, football's up a war 69 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:01,960 Speaker 1: of attrition and you're usually trying to work through injuries. 70 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:07,000 Speaker 1: You're getting impact players back for the stretch run. Have 71 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:09,680 Speaker 1: you ever been in this position before where you're getting 72 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:12,840 Speaker 1: these keys guys back late and how does that build 73 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:15,200 Speaker 1: or even add to the momentum that you've established in 74 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:19,280 Speaker 1: their houses? Well, I think yeah, and hopefully you know, Donald, 75 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 1: he's the next one to you know, hopefully get back 76 00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:23,799 Speaker 1: into the mix here. But I think what it does 77 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:26,800 Speaker 1: when you have this connection and there's some chemistry and 78 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:29,680 Speaker 1: momentum that goes along with that. The more that you'd 79 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:31,960 Speaker 1: play and you'd get reps and you're doing it at practice, 80 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:34,679 Speaker 1: it just tends to carry over into the game. So 81 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:38,040 Speaker 1: having that time together on the field, in the meeting rooms, 82 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:40,200 Speaker 1: you know, and certainly in the games, is where it 83 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:42,880 Speaker 1: really comes to life. That's a big piece of it. 84 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 1: And I don't know if there's been a team that 85 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:48,360 Speaker 1: I've been with that's had the guys coming back this time. 86 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:50,400 Speaker 1: Like you said, there's sometimes where you miss it, but 87 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 1: having the advantage of the IR rules have changed, I 88 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:56,760 Speaker 1: think that's a big factor compared to where we've all 89 00:03:56,760 --> 00:03:59,560 Speaker 1: covered the NFL for you know, years now, where remember 90 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:01,240 Speaker 1: it was early on I was like one player or 91 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:03,360 Speaker 1: two player and you'd fight it to go out. So 92 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:06,400 Speaker 1: the rules of the game and how the front office 93 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:09,080 Speaker 1: and Mike and all the guys have to navigate that, 94 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:10,760 Speaker 1: and that's really been a factor in this to have 95 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:12,760 Speaker 1: guys come back, and I think it's good for the league. 96 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:16,240 Speaker 1: Coactor exception, I'm not sure where it was releasant to 97 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:18,920 Speaker 1: two point three seconds, but how much does that illustrate 98 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:21,560 Speaker 1: what you're trying to teach guys about the finished both disengagement. 99 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:23,919 Speaker 1: I mean, there are multiple steps to it. Yeah, and 100 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:26,360 Speaker 1: there was, and so I think there has to be 101 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:29,520 Speaker 1: first a recognition, you know, of what's happening, and so 102 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:31,960 Speaker 1: that's his instincts to say, hey, a guy's trying to 103 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:34,320 Speaker 1: get me cut so they can throw over top of 104 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:36,520 Speaker 1: my head. So the ability to defeat that and have 105 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:38,640 Speaker 1: you know, all this length that he has to try 106 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:41,120 Speaker 1: and make the quarterback throw over him or and I 107 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:42,920 Speaker 1: think DA had another hand up to I don't know 108 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:44,800 Speaker 1: if he tipped it or they did it, but just 109 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:49,039 Speaker 1: having length, obviously and moments like that help because now 110 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:50,919 Speaker 1: the windows are bigger and you're able to you know, 111 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:55,240 Speaker 1: affect some throws. So it's part of why we like, 112 00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:57,320 Speaker 1: you know, guys who have length out on the edges 113 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:00,240 Speaker 1: for pass rushing in the tip balls are a actor 114 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 1: in that. But it just helps in a lot of 115 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:04,640 Speaker 1: ways when you're out in space. Offense is kind of 116 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:06,479 Speaker 1: been the I did any of this franchise for a 117 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:08,279 Speaker 1: pretty good a number of years now, and how much 118 00:05:08,279 --> 00:05:11,000 Speaker 1: team I think you're this is maybe changing my identity 119 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 1: a little bit. Well, I think one thing that I 120 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:15,200 Speaker 1: do know about our team, and I think we talk 121 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 1: about phases a lot, offensive and defensive and special teams. 122 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:20,400 Speaker 1: But I think right now, and I've been on a 123 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 1: lot of teams in my life. I told you at 124 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:24,560 Speaker 1: the time, I've been on I think over seventy in 125 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:28,880 Speaker 1: my life of different teams, and we all have three phases. 126 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:31,680 Speaker 1: But on this team right now, I don't really see 127 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:33,320 Speaker 1: it as that. I kind of see it as one 128 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:36,720 Speaker 1: phase because of the way the guys support and have 129 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:39,520 Speaker 1: one another's back, and so I think there's a whole 130 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:41,920 Speaker 1: crew of people on this team that you know, look 131 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:43,560 Speaker 1: out for one other. Is gonna be games where one 132 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:45,400 Speaker 1: side's different than the other, and that's just how the 133 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:48,880 Speaker 1: matchups go. But at the end of it, I think 134 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:50,599 Speaker 1: that's kind of like what's been a pretty cool part 135 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:54,520 Speaker 1: of being seeing this team grow together, not just seeing 136 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:56,680 Speaker 1: it as a defense at this or offense had this, 137 00:05:56,839 --> 00:06:00,400 Speaker 1: but truly guys pushing one another and challenging another to 138 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:02,080 Speaker 1: see if they can, you know, get to their space 139 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:03,560 Speaker 1: and do what we do. So that's kind of been 140 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:06,440 Speaker 1: a cool part for me. However, is that among the 141 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:09,880 Speaker 1: seventy teams that you've been on that it's not three sides, 142 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:11,920 Speaker 1: it's one side. Yeah. I think when you're you'll know 143 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:14,159 Speaker 1: when you have it based where you're at from the 144 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:18,440 Speaker 1: locker room first, and if you're connected there, that usually 145 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:21,359 Speaker 1: happens onto the field. And there's been a couple of 146 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:23,960 Speaker 1: examples like that where you just see not just a 147 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:26,640 Speaker 1: group of you know, this position group hanging out together 148 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:28,880 Speaker 1: or doing things together, but you know, a whole group 149 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 1: of guys and seeing you know, different people pop into 150 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:33,600 Speaker 1: meeting rooms who are on the other side of the ball. 151 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:36,800 Speaker 1: I had a good conversation about fire match coverag the 152 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:39,919 Speaker 1: other night with Schultz, and he's just a curious, you 153 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:42,279 Speaker 1: know person that wants to learn and grow, and so 154 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:44,760 Speaker 1: we might have spend twenty minutes together just talking about 155 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:46,960 Speaker 1: the technique of what someone does and well, how would 156 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:50,039 Speaker 1: you beat it? And so those little moments across the ball, 157 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:55,160 Speaker 1: from player to player or coach to coach, they happen 158 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:57,880 Speaker 1: a lot in our offense and in our team. I 159 00:06:58,000 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 1: might just this morning, I was talking with a couple 160 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:01,560 Speaker 1: of the offensive coaches on a different concept, and I 161 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:05,400 Speaker 1: see players doing it with one another. So, um, that 162 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:08,280 Speaker 1: all trickles down, you know, from coaches doing it to 163 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:11,200 Speaker 1: players doing it in that connection back and forth. Um, 164 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:12,920 Speaker 1: that's a big piece. But not all teams have it, 165 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:15,040 Speaker 1: that's for sure, because when you do have it, you know, 166 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:17,120 Speaker 1: you know, like this is somebody got a savor. Sorry, 167 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:21,960 Speaker 1: I didn't mean to interrupt you. A football team, absolutely, yeah. 168 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:24,760 Speaker 1: So growing up for me, I grew up probably about 169 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:28,120 Speaker 1: twenty miles west of Manhattan, and so I grew up, um, 170 00:07:28,640 --> 00:07:30,640 Speaker 1: you know, kind of my first love of football was 171 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:32,880 Speaker 1: in New Jersey and watching the Giants play, you know, 172 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 1: growing up, and so that was a team I followed 173 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:37,880 Speaker 1: as a kid. You know, So when in growing up there, 174 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:39,920 Speaker 1: it's not a big college football area, you know in 175 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:42,920 Speaker 1: the Northeast and so pro football. You know, it's Jets 176 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:45,480 Speaker 1: and Giants and hoops and there's hockey, there's everything but 177 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:47,880 Speaker 1: college football kind of in that pocket. But that's uh, 178 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:50,960 Speaker 1: that was my team growing up. Uh. LT was my 179 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:53,920 Speaker 1: favorite players, no doubt about it. Had the UH poster 180 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:57,000 Speaker 1: on the wall, the whole thing. So, um, yeah, he 181 00:07:57,040 --> 00:07:58,840 Speaker 1: was the one if you were a young kid coming up. 182 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:01,520 Speaker 1: Their defense. This was pretty rugged back then, and I 183 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:05,520 Speaker 1: certainly admired um Bill Parcels and you know they style 184 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:07,520 Speaker 1: on the attitude that the guys played with. But it 185 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:10,239 Speaker 1: was fun to be in a tough NFC East game 186 00:08:10,280 --> 00:08:12,040 Speaker 1: of one that you'd watched, you know, as a kid 187 00:08:12,120 --> 00:08:15,000 Speaker 1: growing up all those years. And uh, but it was 188 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:17,480 Speaker 1: it was cool. That's where my first love of the 189 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:21,360 Speaker 1: game came from, of gonna do something that LT did. 190 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:25,120 Speaker 1: We looking at he defensively and defensive defensive player here. 191 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:29,080 Speaker 1: Well that's a good question. Um, I don't know. I 192 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:30,800 Speaker 1: guess we'll have four more weeks to figure it out. 193 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:35,040 Speaker 1: But uh, anytime you're talking about you know, a guy 194 00:08:35,040 --> 00:08:38,200 Speaker 1: who just you know changed the game so much. Um, 195 00:08:38,280 --> 00:08:40,760 Speaker 1: it's a cool thing and so um for Micah, we 196 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:42,560 Speaker 1: just wanted him to be the best version of himself. 197 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:44,800 Speaker 1: You know, like he plays in different positions than that. 198 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:47,720 Speaker 1: You know, he's an outside linebacker some, a defensive end some, 199 00:08:47,920 --> 00:08:50,600 Speaker 1: but he's also an inside linebacker more of the time 200 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:53,760 Speaker 1: where we blitz from off the ball. So um, back 201 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:56,160 Speaker 1: then it was Harry Carson and Gary Reasons and others 202 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:58,480 Speaker 1: and lt and Banks off the edge, so you knew 203 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:00,000 Speaker 1: where everybody was going to be most of the time. 204 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:02,480 Speaker 1: With this one, we try to put him in different 205 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:05,640 Speaker 1: spots and uh, in different ways to find matchups. So, uh, 206 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:08,080 Speaker 1: it's a different game than it was you know then, 207 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:11,000 Speaker 1: but you know, for certainly he was he was my 208 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:14,760 Speaker 1: favorite player coming up. How much has your boss be 209 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:16,920 Speaker 1: change come opportunity to want to give him out of 210 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 1: your defensive lines regained full strength because against the charge 211 00:09:20,559 --> 00:09:22,520 Speaker 1: was kind of an out of necessity that he's still 212 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:26,800 Speaker 1: is effective as rushing opportunities. I think I'll maybe even 213 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:29,600 Speaker 1: go back a minute just from some teaching that took place. 214 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:34,400 Speaker 1: So when I was at the Miami Dolphins, the defensive 215 00:09:34,480 --> 00:09:36,959 Speaker 1: end there who was a he's a Hall of Fame player, 216 00:09:37,040 --> 00:09:39,400 Speaker 1: Jason Taylor was. He was at our right end, and 217 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:41,440 Speaker 1: you knew where he was going to be, but there 218 00:09:41,520 --> 00:09:44,600 Speaker 1: was slides and chips and everything you could imagine to him. 219 00:09:44,640 --> 00:09:48,040 Speaker 1: So lo and behold. David Boonenes and Bonnie Holiday and 220 00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:51,560 Speaker 1: Kevin Carter had some more opportunities because of that, and 221 00:09:51,640 --> 00:09:55,560 Speaker 1: I think because of Randy and Micah and d Law 222 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:59,920 Speaker 1: and others. Sometimes if you're going to try to take one, 223 00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:02,600 Speaker 1: there might be some advantages for someone else if that 224 00:10:02,640 --> 00:10:05,560 Speaker 1: comes up. And so I think that's part of learning 225 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:09,160 Speaker 1: how to play together with one another and knowing that, hey, 226 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:11,040 Speaker 1: here's an overload to this side and if they want 227 00:10:11,040 --> 00:10:13,480 Speaker 1: to help to hear, we got to make sure we 228 00:10:13,559 --> 00:10:15,880 Speaker 1: attack over onto this side. So a little bit of 229 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:20,760 Speaker 1: it's not cat and mouse, but not always deploying everyone 230 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:23,719 Speaker 1: in the same locations. Just to say, sometimes you want 231 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:26,520 Speaker 1: to see a quarterback be able to read a defense, 232 00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:29,120 Speaker 1: you know, after the ball snap as a two highs 233 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:30,720 Speaker 1: one high as a man and man is it own. 234 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:32,520 Speaker 1: I think you'd like to do that with the offensive 235 00:10:32,559 --> 00:10:34,480 Speaker 1: line a little bit. So that's kind of how my 236 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:38,600 Speaker 1: vision of defense works, not just from the secondary and disguise, 237 00:10:38,679 --> 00:10:40,800 Speaker 1: but also on the front end, to say, how do 238 00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:44,520 Speaker 1: you put these specific people in spots to say as 239 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:46,280 Speaker 1: a back and a block this guy, or you know, 240 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:48,280 Speaker 1: are you gonna chip to help him? So I kind 241 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:50,319 Speaker 1: of look at it as like two kinds of different disguises, 242 00:10:50,360 --> 00:10:52,800 Speaker 1: one with the front seven and another one with the 243 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:55,800 Speaker 1: secondary persons. I know how Mike has handled all this. 244 00:10:56,600 --> 00:10:59,600 Speaker 1: You know what I think for a young guy would 245 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:01,400 Speaker 1: be challenge lenging for all of us if we were 246 00:11:01,400 --> 00:11:05,199 Speaker 1: put into that situation. Everybody, man, we love you, rubbing 247 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:07,640 Speaker 1: the back and saying all the great things. But here's 248 00:11:07,679 --> 00:11:10,600 Speaker 1: what I love about him. I got a text this morning, 249 00:11:10,720 --> 00:11:14,959 Speaker 1: what do we got this week? And so that tells me, 250 00:11:15,120 --> 00:11:17,160 Speaker 1: you know, that he's down for the challenge and what 251 00:11:17,160 --> 00:11:18,520 Speaker 1: we got to get done. I say, hey, man, like 252 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:21,319 Speaker 1: I'm still great in this game, so I'll get back 253 00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:23,400 Speaker 1: to you. Like, give me a minute. Okay, this is 254 00:11:23,440 --> 00:11:26,120 Speaker 1: like nine thirty in the morning. I'm like, hey, back then, 255 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:29,320 Speaker 1: so I'll get back to you. But I think that 256 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:32,600 Speaker 1: kind of attitude shows that he's willing to go because 257 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:35,560 Speaker 1: it's not so easy to learn past rush stunts and 258 00:11:35,679 --> 00:11:38,960 Speaker 1: blitz package at the end and linebacker and so sometimes 259 00:11:38,960 --> 00:11:41,079 Speaker 1: it takes us all the way till Saturday, and then 260 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:44,400 Speaker 1: we say, man, let's take this out this out and 261 00:11:44,440 --> 00:11:46,920 Speaker 1: sometimes for me it takes a few weeks of practicing 262 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:49,960 Speaker 1: something until I would say it's game ready. And so 263 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:53,880 Speaker 1: certainly our package is not you know what you saw 264 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:55,640 Speaker 1: just you know in some of the snaps with those 265 00:11:55,720 --> 00:11:58,440 Speaker 1: three together, that's not all we have or all we 266 00:11:58,480 --> 00:12:00,440 Speaker 1: will do. But I'm not going to go so far 267 00:12:00,520 --> 00:12:02,720 Speaker 1: that the guys can't play fast and aggressive, because I 268 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:05,120 Speaker 1: think that's really when we're at our best. But miss 269 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:07,360 Speaker 1: tackles were down. That pleased me a bunch of thought. 270 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:09,560 Speaker 1: Jordan Lewis, you know, was one that really played a 271 00:12:09,559 --> 00:12:12,840 Speaker 1: good game. To have three miss tackles on running back 272 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:17,600 Speaker 1: as valuable I think as Gibson's been to them and 273 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:20,200 Speaker 1: what he's done this year, that was a big piece 274 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:21,840 Speaker 1: of this. Knowing what we could do and you know, 275 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:25,080 Speaker 1: quarterbacks through the athletic and can move, so they presented 276 00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:26,599 Speaker 1: a lot of challenges, so that many a few of 277 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:29,240 Speaker 1: miss tackles. We worked hard on that part of it 278 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:31,480 Speaker 1: to make sure our leverage is right, our communication was right, 279 00:12:31,520 --> 00:12:33,640 Speaker 1: and so I was pleased with the effort from the 280 00:12:33,679 --> 00:12:36,560 Speaker 1: guys in that standpoint. Earl the season, you're anticipating, you 281 00:12:36,600 --> 00:12:39,400 Speaker 1: know what this defense would look like with Randy and 282 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:42,079 Speaker 1: b Law and all those guys came back to join 283 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:43,920 Speaker 1: the market. You know what a championship deep and looked like. 284 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:46,040 Speaker 1: Did this epe make you love a championship deep here? 285 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:50,360 Speaker 1: I think the versatility makes you think that there's new 286 00:12:50,440 --> 00:12:52,880 Speaker 1: spaces we can get to. And so I'd say this 287 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:55,640 Speaker 1: is probably one of the most versatile groups that I've 288 00:12:55,640 --> 00:12:58,000 Speaker 1: been around, where you know, we've got safeties that have 289 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:02,200 Speaker 1: different and unique things, linebackers of stuff, you know, tackles 290 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:04,160 Speaker 1: that can move from inside to outside. So I love 291 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:07,320 Speaker 1: the versatility of it. And if we continue to make progress, 292 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:10,280 Speaker 1: then I say, then we would have that opportunity. But 293 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:12,439 Speaker 1: we got a lot of work to do still as 294 00:13:12,440 --> 00:13:14,560 Speaker 1: we're going. But I like where we're headed, and I 295 00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:16,160 Speaker 1: liked the versatility of the guys. It was going to 296 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:18,839 Speaker 1: get gout Neville back into it. So here's the guy 297 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:21,800 Speaker 1: got hurt and our was our second exhibition game when 298 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:24,280 Speaker 1: we're at Arizonas that it seems like so long ago 299 00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:26,320 Speaker 1: right now then when you look back, but I could 300 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:28,959 Speaker 1: do the second or the third game, and so knowing 301 00:13:29,640 --> 00:13:31,760 Speaker 1: he was gonna make it back at some point, that 302 00:13:31,880 --> 00:13:34,760 Speaker 1: was kind of the thing. And so being a way 303 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:38,199 Speaker 1: for him. It wasn't where he wasn't in the meetings. 304 00:13:38,679 --> 00:13:42,320 Speaker 1: So he made progress by having to watch, which isn't 305 00:13:42,320 --> 00:13:44,520 Speaker 1: always as easy to do. But he saw other guys. 306 00:13:44,840 --> 00:13:47,600 Speaker 1: He's watched OSA, he watched, you know, he watched all 307 00:13:47,640 --> 00:13:50,480 Speaker 1: these guys for you know, ten eleven, twelve weeks. And 308 00:13:50,520 --> 00:13:52,800 Speaker 1: so by the time he got ready and back into practice, 309 00:13:53,120 --> 00:13:54,880 Speaker 1: I think he had real confidence what he could do 310 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:57,240 Speaker 1: in the system and in the defense. And uh, I 311 00:13:57,360 --> 00:14:01,320 Speaker 1: was certainly please with his first I'm out and his physicality. 312 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:03,560 Speaker 1: He looked like he had fresh legs and was ready 313 00:14:03,559 --> 00:14:06,440 Speaker 1: to run. So UM we played UM. I think it 314 00:14:06,559 --> 00:14:08,800 Speaker 1: ended up being ten d lineman in the game, and 315 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:11,120 Speaker 1: so you know, we were going to bring every person, 316 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:13,760 Speaker 1: and you know, we had as hard as we could 317 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:21,960 Speaker 1: concerting of the UM. That's a good question. I didn't 318 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:24,480 Speaker 1: necessarily feel it was you know, you know, a specific 319 00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:26,960 Speaker 1: matchup to go to UM. So I thought it was 320 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:28,720 Speaker 1: just kind of how it ended up playing out to 321 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:31,320 Speaker 1: go UM at the end, he would like to say, 322 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:33,680 Speaker 1: and I'm sure he asked him, He'd like to think, Okay, 323 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:36,280 Speaker 1: when I get by chances that at some opportunities I 324 00:14:36,280 --> 00:14:39,000 Speaker 1: got to be able to nail those and that's what 325 00:14:39,040 --> 00:14:42,160 Speaker 1: we talked about right after the game. But um, good 326 00:14:42,160 --> 00:14:44,920 Speaker 1: news is for him, you know, the consistency part I 327 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:47,600 Speaker 1: thought is really spot on there again and um, I 328 00:14:47,640 --> 00:14:49,560 Speaker 1: thought the communication on the back end was the best 329 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:52,680 Speaker 1: we've had this year. And again I was impressed by 330 00:14:52,760 --> 00:14:56,240 Speaker 1: Jordan run fits, his aggressive nature to go and um, 331 00:14:56,280 --> 00:14:58,800 Speaker 1: it was just a lot of um, you know guys 332 00:14:58,840 --> 00:15:00,960 Speaker 1: who made significant play. He's in the game. I think 333 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:04,160 Speaker 1: the d line probably stole some of the spotlight based 334 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:07,320 Speaker 1: on you know, an interception and a touchdown. But at 335 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:08,800 Speaker 1: the end of it, this was a group that was 336 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:12,000 Speaker 1: really connected and made plays for one another. I thought 337 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:14,000 Speaker 1: that was you know the thing I was I admired 338 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:16,360 Speaker 1: most about this performance. It was a warrior effort for sure, 339 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:19,360 Speaker 1: but it wasn't by one person. And to me, the 340 00:15:20,240 --> 00:15:22,240 Speaker 1: best of the best do it as a whole group. 341 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:24,840 Speaker 1: And that's what was cool to see Mica, DeMarcus and 342 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:27,160 Speaker 1: Randy get all of love of the athletes and rankfully so. 343 00:15:27,280 --> 00:15:29,400 Speaker 1: But what are your thoughts on the free agent pickups 344 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:34,320 Speaker 1: that you've added Walkins bashum KZ deal. I'm probably forgetting 345 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:37,440 Speaker 1: a couple in their diverse. Yeah, and how important. They 346 00:15:37,440 --> 00:15:39,720 Speaker 1: e men to what you guys, they have been important. 347 00:15:39,760 --> 00:15:41,760 Speaker 1: I think in my mind I think of it. There's 348 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:44,560 Speaker 1: about eighteen starters, you know, in different roles that we play. 349 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:46,760 Speaker 1: Guys I'm inside, I'm outside, I'm a safety, and this 350 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:49,560 Speaker 1: and then another. I don't know, four or five or 351 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:52,000 Speaker 1: six that have roles on our team, some just on 352 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:54,840 Speaker 1: special teams, like a guy like C. J. Goodwin. And 353 00:15:55,960 --> 00:15:57,880 Speaker 1: as you're getting into those roles and how we put 354 00:15:57,880 --> 00:16:01,240 Speaker 1: people into different spots, I think the best, you know, 355 00:16:01,320 --> 00:16:03,560 Speaker 1: part of our group is the whole pack, you know, 356 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:05,600 Speaker 1: and the different things that a guy brings to the table. 357 00:16:05,640 --> 00:16:07,520 Speaker 1: I'm a first second down player. I play mostly on 358 00:16:07,560 --> 00:16:10,640 Speaker 1: third downs. I you know more and you know, whatever 359 00:16:10,680 --> 00:16:12,600 Speaker 1: it might be. We kind of have some guys for 360 00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:15,040 Speaker 1: that role. And I think that's important because as you 361 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:18,720 Speaker 1: get through an entire season, you don't play just one offense. 362 00:16:19,160 --> 00:16:20,840 Speaker 1: You know, there's a lot of offenses that you play with. 363 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:24,000 Speaker 1: Some feature you know, big tight ends and extra tackles 364 00:16:24,040 --> 00:16:26,840 Speaker 1: to come in, and some play wide out and as 365 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:28,600 Speaker 1: spread out as you could be. So having that kind 366 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:30,760 Speaker 1: of versatility to say, man, we're ready to get it on. 367 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:34,440 Speaker 1: However you want to come in and and do that 368 00:16:34,600 --> 00:16:37,600 Speaker 1: like we're equipped to do that. Interceptions obviously stand out 369 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:40,320 Speaker 1: with Trayvon days, but outside of those, that kind of 370 00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:43,160 Speaker 1: the splash plays that we all notice. Just how do 371 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:46,040 Speaker 1: you think he's played this year overall? Well, I think one, 372 00:16:47,320 --> 00:16:49,800 Speaker 1: you know, having ball skills like that is a rare, 373 00:16:50,360 --> 00:16:52,280 Speaker 1: you know, thing to see. So anytime you can turn 374 00:16:52,280 --> 00:16:54,640 Speaker 1: the ball over, that's big, and it sometimes it feels 375 00:16:54,640 --> 00:16:56,120 Speaker 1: like every time it goes up and it goes into 376 00:16:56,160 --> 00:16:58,000 Speaker 1: the neighborhood, you kind of hold your breath to say, 377 00:16:58,040 --> 00:17:00,520 Speaker 1: all right, is this another one to go? But he's 378 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:03,840 Speaker 1: staying discipline to not force it, and I think that's 379 00:17:03,880 --> 00:17:05,840 Speaker 1: an easy thing to do. Can you get another one? 380 00:17:05,840 --> 00:17:07,000 Speaker 1: You know, you had a couple in a row. Can 381 00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:10,720 Speaker 1: you get another one where maybe you force something that's 382 00:17:10,760 --> 00:17:13,640 Speaker 1: not there? And I think he's been disciplined in that space, 383 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:16,040 Speaker 1: which is not always easy to do because you're you 384 00:17:16,040 --> 00:17:18,760 Speaker 1: can press and try to get another one and another one, 385 00:17:18,760 --> 00:17:20,680 Speaker 1: and he just really stayed in the moment. I've certainly 386 00:17:20,680 --> 00:17:25,760 Speaker 1: been impressed by him on doing that. Guys, just seemed 387 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:29,560 Speaker 1: like quite the display of strength unture for that technique. 388 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:32,160 Speaker 1: But what were your impressions of just that sort of 389 00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:35,080 Speaker 1: beacher your push from me, Well, I think that's probably, 390 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:37,040 Speaker 1: you know, an example of why you see why I 391 00:17:37,080 --> 00:17:40,159 Speaker 1: like to rotate players and so where we can be 392 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:42,320 Speaker 1: at our best at the end of the game. And 393 00:17:42,359 --> 00:17:44,119 Speaker 1: so it wasn't at the end of the game per 394 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:47,440 Speaker 1: se on his but having people that can just keep 395 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:50,760 Speaker 1: attacking at a similar speed to go, I thought, that's, 396 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:52,480 Speaker 1: you know, kind of show that here's another guy who's 397 00:17:52,520 --> 00:17:54,560 Speaker 1: fresh and ready to get rocking on his plays. I 398 00:17:54,560 --> 00:17:57,080 Speaker 1: think he might have played twenty five plays, but those 399 00:17:57,119 --> 00:17:59,159 Speaker 1: ones that he went, he was going. And so so 400 00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:00,720 Speaker 1: it was the next one is X. And that's when 401 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:04,280 Speaker 1: like the competition starts pushing for one of like get 402 00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:06,240 Speaker 1: me back in there. You know, somebody else just got one. 403 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:08,560 Speaker 1: And so that's kind of the fun part of the competition. 404 00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:11,040 Speaker 1: But quite honestly, as a coach, I was happy to 405 00:18:11,080 --> 00:18:13,639 Speaker 1: see us come back down into the end of the 406 00:18:13,680 --> 00:18:17,000 Speaker 1: game moment. We had played well all the way until 407 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:18,399 Speaker 1: the end at New Orleans and we let up a 408 00:18:18,400 --> 00:18:21,240 Speaker 1: long score at the end and said, let's make sure 409 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:23,280 Speaker 1: when we get our moment to close the door, we 410 00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:25,840 Speaker 1: can do that. And so lo and behold, we're head 411 00:18:25,840 --> 00:18:27,080 Speaker 1: and the head and all of a sudden, here's three 412 00:18:27,119 --> 00:18:28,920 Speaker 1: minutes left in the game and it's a one score game, 413 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:31,080 Speaker 1: and can you go close it? And I think that 414 00:18:31,200 --> 00:18:33,400 Speaker 1: was just, you know, a cool moment to say, we're 415 00:18:33,440 --> 00:18:35,320 Speaker 1: in this environment again, all right, now we're gonna be 416 00:18:35,359 --> 00:18:38,560 Speaker 1: able to go close it. And so doing that, it 417 00:18:38,680 --> 00:18:40,639 Speaker 1: just gives you a lot of confidence that you've been 418 00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:42,560 Speaker 1: in that fight, you've been in that space, and you're 419 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:44,560 Speaker 1: able to do it when the time comes, and we're 420 00:18:44,560 --> 00:18:45,879 Speaker 1: gonna be in a lot more of them, you know, 421 00:18:45,880 --> 00:18:48,560 Speaker 1: in the weeks ahead, that's for sure. All Right, you guys, 422 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:49,800 Speaker 1: have a good one. You see it next week.