Latest / Press Pass / Press Pass | Jarrian Jones, Josh Cameron and Liam Coen Recap Win vs. Patriots w/ Bucky Brooks

Transcript

Press Pass | Jarrian Jones, Josh Cameron and Liam Coen Recap Win vs. Patriots w/ Bucky Brooks · Press Pass

• 0:00
  Speaker 1: Here's Jarrion Jones. Look, what went into a great bounce
• 0:03
  Speaker 1: back ever for you guys on defense today?
• 0:07
  Speaker 2: It wasn't when we lost last week.
• 0:08
  Speaker 1: It wasn't a physical thing.
• 0:09
  Speaker 2: It was more so what we were doing and our
• 0:12
  Speaker 2: MAs and, you know, just not being keyed into the details.
• 0:14
  Speaker 2: So this week we harped on that. It was a
• 0:16
  Speaker 2: point of emphasis for us. And we had a great
• 0:20
  Speaker 2: week of practice. I think we knew that we had
• 0:22
  Speaker 2: a great chance of winning the game Wednesday. Like, you
• 0:24
  Speaker 2: know what I'm saying? When everybody came in Wednesday for practice,
• 0:26
  Speaker 2: that was something we Harped on. I think you saw
• 0:28
  Speaker 2: the results of that today.
• 0:29
  Speaker 1: Well, look, I know you guys are extremely prideful in
• 0:31
  Speaker 1: their room, and the noise was just going on around
• 0:33
  Speaker 1: you guys and the cornerback rotation and those stuff. But
• 0:36
  Speaker 1: I look up and I see Travis get a pick.
• 0:37
  Speaker 1: I see you get a pick. You guys are getting
• 0:39
  Speaker 1: your hands on the ball. Why were you able to
• 0:41
  Speaker 1: get your hands on the ball today?
• 0:42
  Speaker 2: I mean, we believe in each other. You know, the
• 0:44
  Speaker 2: outside noise, that's all it is, outside noise. We don't
• 0:46
  Speaker 2: really need nobody to believe in what we can do.
• 0:48
  Speaker 2: And this person needs to be doing this. This person
• 0:50
  Speaker 2: needs to be doing this. We're a group. We love
• 0:52
  Speaker 2: each other. We play for each other. You know what
• 0:54
  Speaker 2: I'm saying? We were all bought into that situation. When
• 0:56
  Speaker 2: you have three or four corners that can play it,
• 0:58
  Speaker 2: These are the results that you can get. Everybody's playing
• 1:00
  Speaker 2: the ball. You stay fresh. You have a lot of
• 1:02
  Speaker 2: things going on. So, you know, we don't really pay
• 1:04
  Speaker 2: attention to the outside noise. The other thing that looked
• 1:06
  Speaker 2: like the physicality on defense was up. Like, you guys
• 1:09
  Speaker 2: were tackling well. You were bringing your pads. You talked
• 1:11
  Speaker 2: about running through people, hitting the chest.
• 1:12
  Speaker 1: Just talk about just the uptick in physicality against the Patriots.
• 1:16
  Speaker 2: We pride ourselves in trying to be one of the
• 1:18
  Speaker 2: most physical, violent units in the NFL. And we practice
• 1:22
  Speaker 2: that every day. So, when they didn't show up last week,
• 1:24
  Speaker 2: that kind of hurt us. That was like a dagger
• 1:26
  Speaker 2: for us. That really hurt.
• 1:27
  Speaker 1: You know, so.
• 1:28
  Speaker 2: We just needed to get back to playing our brand
• 1:30
  Speaker 2: of football, not trying to be too cute, too pretty,
• 1:32
  Speaker 2: and do other things outside of what we're known to do.
• 1:35
  Speaker 2: So I think today our DNA just showed up in
• 1:38
  Speaker 2: a big way. Well, look, next week you've got a
• 1:40
  Speaker 2: big challenge, the Cincinnati Bengals.
• 1:41
  Speaker 1: How do you use today and this week of practice
• 1:44
  Speaker 1: to help you get ready for next week?
• 1:46
  Speaker 2: What today is what today is. I think when tomorrow comes,
• 1:49
  Speaker 2: that's kind of over. It's on to next week. That's
• 1:51
  Speaker 2: kind of what the NFL is. doing what we do.
• 1:54
  Speaker 2: We know they're a great group, but we believe we're
• 1:56
  Speaker 2: a great group. So getting back to doing what we do,
• 1:59
  Speaker 2: I think that'll work in our favor.
• 2:01
  Speaker 1: Well, look, man, enjoy your victory money. It should be
• 2:03
  Speaker 1: a lot of fun. Yes, sir. God, man, another day,
• 2:06
  Speaker 1: another tub. Yes, sir. So, hey, being a rookie, having
• 2:10
  Speaker 1: an opportunity to jump in the rotation, why have you
• 2:12
  Speaker 1: been able to quickly pick up the offense and contribute?
• 2:15
  Speaker 3: I mean, I think that just kind of goes back
• 2:17
  Speaker 3: to even before I got drafted here. That was something
• 2:19
  Speaker 3: I was kind of marking myself on, just being a
• 2:21
  Speaker 3: smart guy. that can play multiple positions, can plug and play,
• 2:24
  Speaker 3: and just kind of be wherever, also contribute on teams.
• 2:27
  Speaker 3: So kind of hit the ground running as soon as
• 2:29
  Speaker 3: I got here, was in our playbook every day, just
• 2:31
  Speaker 3: getting after it. And so building that trust with the
• 2:34
  Speaker 3: coaches first and then obviously with Trevor. And then that's
• 2:37
  Speaker 3: just kind of a result of what you've kind of
• 2:38
  Speaker 3: seen over the months and Just, Tom, I've been here
• 2:41
  Speaker 3: for real.
• 2:41
  Speaker 1: Look, it has to be great that the quarterback depends
• 2:43
  Speaker 1: on you, particularly down in the red zone. I saw
• 2:45
  Speaker 1: the bullet. I'm still trying to figure out how you
• 2:47
  Speaker 1: caught the ball against Cleveland because I still haven't seen
• 2:49
  Speaker 1: how it came through. The thick of the arms. But
• 2:51
  Speaker 1: then this one today, catching the ball in the middle.
• 2:53
  Speaker 1: Why are you so comfortable catching the ball in the
• 2:55
  Speaker 1: ashes with all the bodies around you?
• 2:56
  Speaker 3: Yeah, that's actually funny because I started working that, like,
• 3:00
  Speaker 3: on the jugs. I got to get, like, a little
• 3:02
  Speaker 3: pop-up because before I just kind of catch jugs with
• 3:05
  Speaker 3: no body pressure around.
• 3:06
  Speaker 1: And I saw a video on that.
• 3:07
  Speaker 3: I said, let me try to improvise that and start getting–
• 3:10
  Speaker 3: kind of used to that so i literally have like
• 3:11
  Speaker 3: a little dummy and i just kind of get that
• 3:13
  Speaker 3: body pressure get that feel type deal so that's just
• 3:16
  Speaker 3: kind of been showing off uh the hard work i've
• 3:18
  Speaker 3: been putting in kind of in the dark hours for
• 3:20
  Speaker 3: sure and it's it's been working for sure.
• 3:22
  Speaker 1: Well the other thing's been working i saw you almost
• 3:23
  Speaker 1: get loose on a kickoff return now how close are
• 3:26
  Speaker 1: we to being able to take one to the grip.
• 3:27
  Speaker 3: Oh yeah we gonna we gonna we gonna get it
• 3:29
  Speaker 3: we gonna get it for sure we just right there
• 3:31
  Speaker 3: and we're just gonna keep on hitting the ground running
• 3:33
  Speaker 3: keep on taking step by step I mean, that's all
• 3:35
  Speaker 3: we can do, just kind of improve each and every week.
• 3:37
  Speaker 3: And that's what we've been doing. That's what we're going
• 3:39
  Speaker 3: to go do.
• 3:40
  Speaker 1: Okay, so last thing. You have been talking about, like,
• 3:42
  Speaker 1: working on things in practice and seeing you show up
• 3:44
  Speaker 1: in games. I heard Liam talk to the team about
• 3:47
  Speaker 1: a practice performance becomes game reality.
• 3:49
  Speaker 3: What was different in practice this week? Competitiveness, drive, everybody
• 3:55
  Speaker 3: on their screws. There was no complacency. There was no complaining.
• 3:57
  Speaker 3: Everybody was getting after it. As soon as we got to–
• 4:00
  Speaker 3: we started with Mamba Pier, which is good on good.
• 4:02
  Speaker 3: Guys were getting after it. Guys were– You know what
• 4:05
  Speaker 3: I'm saying? Competing through the ground, like treating it like
• 4:07
  Speaker 3: an actual game type deal. That was the biggest difference.
• 4:10
  Speaker 3: And so we know what we need to do. We
• 4:13
  Speaker 3: know we've seen it pay off. And so now it's
• 4:16
  Speaker 3: about continuing to do that. Come with that same mindset, win, lose,
• 4:20
  Speaker 3: or draw. It doesn't matter. Come in that next week,
• 4:22
  Speaker 3: that same competitive mindset, because that's what's going to show up, obviously,
• 4:25
  Speaker 3: on the field.
• 4:26
  Speaker 1: So, look, man, we're looking forward to it. Enjoy your
• 4:28
  Speaker 1: victory Monday. Yes, sir. We look forward to seeing you
• 4:30
  Speaker 1: next weekend. For sure. Appreciate you. Coach, normally my standard
• 4:33
  Speaker 1: question is, hey, your thoughts on the day. But I
• 4:35
  Speaker 1: want to go back to something we talked about at
• 4:36
  Speaker 1: the end of the game last week. You talked about
• 4:38
  Speaker 1: practice performance becoming game reality. And when I talked to
• 4:41
  Speaker 1: a bunch of players, they talked about the difference was
• 4:44
  Speaker 1: we practice like we should practice and we play like
• 4:46
  Speaker 1: we ought to play. Talk about that.
• 4:47
  Speaker 4: Yeah, it's a direct correlation. I mean, sometimes, right, like
• 4:51
  Speaker 4: you can maybe not have a great practice week but
• 4:53
  Speaker 4: still play really well.
• 4:55
  Speaker 1: But it's never.
• 4:56
  Speaker 4: Usually like you don't practice well. you know, so bad
• 5:00
  Speaker 4: and play well. That doesn't usually happen. And I thought
• 5:04
  Speaker 4: we did what we were supposed to do this week.
• 5:06
  Speaker 4: Like we had our best Friday's practice maybe in a
• 5:09
  Speaker 4: year and three games that I've been here in terms
• 5:12
  Speaker 4: of intentionality, details, effort, tight coverage, like not allowing touchdowns,
• 5:18
  Speaker 4: not allowing completions. you know rushing the passer the way
• 5:22
  Speaker 4: we're supposed to but then peeling off to a lot
• 5:24
  Speaker 4: it was just a professional practice it was our standard
• 5:27
  Speaker 4: of practice um and it was really throughout the week
• 5:31
  Speaker 4: like those guys said we really harped on that the
• 5:33
  Speaker 4: guys took it the right way um and so often
• 5:37
  Speaker 4: this game comes down to just a little tackling blocking
• 5:41
  Speaker 4: a little longer You know, just doing those little things.
• 5:44
  Speaker 4: And we knew against a team like New England that
• 5:46
  Speaker 4: does those things really well that we needed to up
• 5:49
  Speaker 4: that for us.
• 5:50
  Speaker 1: It's so interesting that you can be a really, really
• 5:52
  Speaker 1: good team. forget a little bit what it takes to
• 5:55
  Speaker 1: be a championship that's right squad um going into today
• 5:58
  Speaker 1: quarterback was fantastic trevor played really really well what was
• 6:01
  Speaker 1: your observation.
• 6:02
  Speaker 4: Sideline yeah i was very pleased with the way trevor
• 6:04
  Speaker 4: played today um yeah we weren't as explosive in the
• 6:07
  Speaker 4: past game as we had been now they've obviously been
• 6:09
  Speaker 4: a pretty darn good pass defense uh over the last
• 6:12
  Speaker 4: couple you know over last year and this the first
• 6:15
  Speaker 4: few games this year I think he made critical plays
• 6:18
  Speaker 4: for us, though, and took check downs, and that was
• 6:21
  Speaker 4: like a huge one to Brenton Strange on a second,
• 6:23
  Speaker 4: and I think one maybe when we went play action,
• 6:26
  Speaker 4: he checked it down on the flats, and it was
• 6:27
  Speaker 4: a 25-yard gain, and so then he actually, you know,
• 6:31
  Speaker 4: the one where he's getting tackled and checks it down
• 6:33
  Speaker 4: to Tootin, which was a huge play, and so the
• 6:35
  Speaker 4: throw to Jacoby on a third down with somebody bearing
• 6:39
  Speaker 4: down right on his nose, and he drills him right
• 6:42
  Speaker 4: in the chest, and then zero blitz, he hits Jacoby
• 6:44
  Speaker 4: again later on, and The throw to Parker to catch
• 6:48
  Speaker 4: to Parker was unbelievable. I was just very pleased and
• 6:51
  Speaker 4: proud of Trevor's performance and how mentally and physically tough
• 6:55
  Speaker 4: he played today.
• 6:56
  Speaker 1: Yeah, he was really into it. Situational awareness was there.
• 6:59
  Speaker 1: On the flip side, on defense, last week we gave
• 7:01
  Speaker 1: up like 10 explosive plays by my count. But this
• 7:04
  Speaker 1: week we took it down. What went into their improvement
• 7:07
  Speaker 1: this week? Yeah, it was, okay, what do we do best?
• 7:09
  Speaker 4: Like how much can we improve? just run and rep
• 7:13
  Speaker 4: what we do best and They got to go they
• 7:16
  Speaker 4: got to go, you know score and execute against us
• 7:19
  Speaker 4: right not necessarily You know worrying about too much the
• 7:23
  Speaker 4: opponent our whole focus this week was it's about us.
• 7:27
  Speaker 4: It's about what we do Well, what is our best
• 7:30
  Speaker 4: stuff and let's go rep it and play and they
• 7:32
  Speaker 4: got to go play us and so I thought during
• 7:35
  Speaker 4: the week of practice we were stickier in coverage we
• 7:38
  Speaker 4: had more confidence and during the week in practice in
• 7:41
  Speaker 4: terms of our matchups and, you know, the way that
• 7:44
  Speaker 4: the guys played it. And so, look, you know, Denver's
• 7:48
  Speaker 4: a good team. You know, trust me. And they got
• 7:50
  Speaker 4: some good wideouts too now, right? Like they got good
• 7:52
  Speaker 4: skill players. And I'm not downplaying New England's. It's just
• 7:55
  Speaker 4: that our guys felt maybe a little bit more confident
• 7:58
  Speaker 4: about the matchups this week and going in, playing more man,
• 8:01
  Speaker 4: getting in their faces, playing a little bit more sticky
• 8:04
  Speaker 4: in coverage. Did they still get some things that we
• 8:06
  Speaker 4: need to go look at and figure out?
• 8:08
  Speaker 1: Yeah, they did.
• 8:08
  Speaker 4: But we made some critical plays, and I think our
• 8:11
  Speaker 4: guys were just more confident going into the week.
• 8:15
  Speaker 1: One of the things that I said, we talked about
• 8:16
  Speaker 1: Trevor playing well, but also– post-game last week, we talked about, hey,
• 8:20
  Speaker 1: maybe spreading it around a little bit, making sure everyone
• 8:22
  Speaker 1: gets some touches early so they can play late. That
• 8:25
  Speaker 1: showed up because you saw not only Parker, we saw
• 8:27
  Speaker 1: Brent Stranger, you saw Jacoby, you saw Josh Cameron show up.
• 8:31
  Speaker 1: For you as a play caller, how did you get
• 8:33
  Speaker 1: your mind into, like, okay, I got it.
• 8:34
  Speaker 4: That's more when I'm at my best, to be honest
• 8:36
  Speaker 4: with you. It's like it's harder and I make it,
• 8:39
  Speaker 4: you know, that was what I was frustrated with last
• 8:41
  Speaker 4: week was, too much going to maybe one or two guys.
• 8:45
  Speaker 4: And then if it's not there, like, what do you do, right?
• 8:49
  Speaker 4: And if you don't have the time from a protection
• 8:52
  Speaker 4: standpoint to, you know, progress and get through those reads
• 8:57
  Speaker 4: to get to somebody else, well, yeah, the ball is
• 9:00
  Speaker 4: going to come out to the number one read a
• 9:02
  Speaker 4: lot more than it should. And I thought we protected
• 9:05
  Speaker 4: better today, which allowed for some of those other guys
• 9:08
  Speaker 4: to catch more balls. But we also targeted other guys
• 9:11
  Speaker 4: a little bit more as the number one priority. And so, look,
• 9:15
  Speaker 4: we've got to keep growing. We've got to continue to
• 9:17
  Speaker 4: be more explosive in the pass game, I think. But
• 9:20
  Speaker 4: they also play a lot soft. I mean, that's their coverage.
• 9:23
  Speaker 4: They play a lot of cover to Tampa, tricky two deeps,
• 9:26
  Speaker 4: a lot of quarters. We didn't play against a ton
• 9:29
  Speaker 4: of single high today. So that's hence why we were
• 9:32
  Speaker 4: able to run it maybe a little bit more effectively.
• 9:35
  Speaker 4: Last thing, how do you get ready to take?
• 9:37
  Speaker 1: What happened this week, show them, A, this is what
• 9:40
  Speaker 1: happens in game day when we practice well, to then
• 9:42
  Speaker 1: get ready for a big game.
• 9:43
  Speaker 4: I mean, it should be a pretty clear, you know, difference, right, of, okay, guys,
• 9:48
  Speaker 4: look how we practice going into Denver versus how we
• 9:52
  Speaker 4: practice going into New England. Not that that's just going
• 9:54
  Speaker 4: to make everything different. It's not going to guarantee us
• 9:58
  Speaker 4: a win, but it's a surprise.
• 10:00
  Speaker 1: Start. It's a start.
• 10:01
  Speaker 4: And we give ourselves a better chance to do that
• 10:04
  Speaker 4: when we go and practice the right way. When we
• 10:06
  Speaker 4: practice and the guys have confidence going into the game,
• 10:09
  Speaker 4: like honestly, we didn't even need Saturday's walkthrough and day practice.
• 10:14
  Speaker 4: to go play this game. We were ready to do
• 10:17
  Speaker 4: that after Friday's practice. And that's kind of how you
• 10:19
  Speaker 4: should feel. You shouldn't feel like, oh, man, we need
• 10:23
  Speaker 4: Saturday to cram to get ready for this game on Sunday.
• 10:27
  Speaker 4: And that's on both the players and the coaches to
• 10:30
  Speaker 4: make sure that we feel that way going into every Sunday.
• 10:33
  Speaker 1: Cool, man. It was great. Enjoy your victory Monday. Get
• 10:35
  Speaker 1: ready for a big one next week. I appreciate it, Bucky. Cool. Thanks, man.