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0:04
Speaker 1: Teams give our D line a lot of respect. And
0:09
Speaker 1: I say that to say this, you're seeing, um teams
0:13
Speaker 1: play a little more up tempo or no huddle against
0:16
Speaker 1: us here in the last couple of weeks. Um, you're
0:19
Speaker 1: seeing more quick passing game. You know a little bit
0:21
Speaker 1: of the r P O game. Those are all things
0:23
Speaker 1: too sort of slow down your your past rush and
0:26
Speaker 1: then substitution packages. Um, you know, with different personnels if
0:31
Speaker 1: if we match you know, an offensive personnel, just getting
0:34
Speaker 1: the right guys in on the field, all those things
0:37
Speaker 1: can be sort of minimized. When when teams and we
0:40
Speaker 1: do the same thing on offense, right, when when we
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Speaker 1: know what defense wants to, uh, you know, sub their
0:46
Speaker 1: D line as much as as much as teams do.
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Speaker 1: And and it can all it can all affect, right,
0:51
Speaker 1: it can all affect production. That can affect you know,
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Speaker 1: how how a group plays. And I really think that's
0:56
Speaker 1: been you know, that's been the case here in the
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Speaker 1: last couple of weeks. As a follow up, could you
1:01
Speaker 1: just talk from your perspective as to why this James
1:05
Speaker 1: Robinson trade was made and can you at least share
1:09
Speaker 1: with us a little bit whether it was initiated on
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Speaker 1: your part or whether it was the Jets calling you. Yeah.
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Speaker 1: I mean, I'm not going to get into all the
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Speaker 1: details with it, but um, you know, James is uh.
1:19
Speaker 1: I got a lot of respect for James and what
1:21
Speaker 1: he's done and what he's done for me and the
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Speaker 1: and the organization, and obviously wish him well. It's a
1:25
Speaker 1: great opportunity for him. You know. Obviously the Jets, as
1:28
Speaker 1: we know, lost a running back and and so it's honestly,
1:32
Speaker 1: it's the nature, it's the nature of our business. Teams
1:35
Speaker 1: begin to search and and we got to call on
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Speaker 1: him and and um, you know made made the decision
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Speaker 1: to to move on. So you're not concerned about your
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Speaker 1: running back depth at this point losing a pretty valuable
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Speaker 1: insurance policy. No, no, And again I'm not one thing
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Speaker 1: that I know that you don't know is there's a
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Speaker 1: lot of information. So and I'm not I'm not going
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Speaker 1: to divulge all the information. It's just it's for me
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Speaker 1: to know and for us to know and and all
2:02
Speaker 1: the details on that. But um, I went through this
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Speaker 1: in sixteen. We traded Sam Bradford, our starting quarterback, to
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Speaker 1: Minnesota um week one of the regular season, and you know,
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Speaker 1: and we went with a rookie quarterback in Carson. So
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Speaker 1: I've been through this before. This is just the way
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Speaker 1: our league is right now. Teams are constantly searching and
2:23
Speaker 1: you know, we just picked up a defensive corner you know,
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Speaker 1: um that should be here later today from another roster.
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Speaker 1: So you know, there there's all things that play into everything, right,
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Speaker 1: and and teams are looking and teams teams have needs
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Speaker 1: and um again, like I said, it's a great opportunity
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Speaker 1: for James to go in there and be the guy.
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Speaker 1: Um and and for us it's a it's a great
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Speaker 1: opportunity to uh, you know, not only Jamachael, but but
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Speaker 1: now Snoop, you know, get him, get him going. Time.
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Speaker 1: Did Jett called you guys Monday? It was? It was Monday.
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Speaker 1: I don't know the timing of the call because Trent
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Speaker 1: obviously gets those calls. But it was Monday after, you know, uh,
3:02
Speaker 1: after we had met with the players and everything else
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Speaker 1: that day. Not at all, not at all, not at all.
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Speaker 1: How much does this help you guys go from speed
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Speaker 1: James Robson but a different different level of speed there
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Speaker 1: and that's what you guys want to be at. I mean, yeah,
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Speaker 1: you want to be a fast team at all the
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Speaker 1: skill positions. But I don't think it had to do
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Speaker 1: necessarily with that. But um, you know, more so obviously
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Speaker 1: the team that acquired you know, James had a need
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Speaker 1: quite frankly, and and and you know we have had
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Speaker 1: two really good running backs and and you know, um
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Speaker 1: it does give Jamichael and now Snoop an opportunity to
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Speaker 1: to get more opportunity, to get more touches, you know,
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Speaker 1: and more more opportunity. Um with the offense. The nature
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Speaker 1: of the offense just meaning more on the past is
4:00
Speaker 1: half lay into it at all. It's just easier to
4:02
Speaker 1: get one your best. He was your best listening. I mean,
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Speaker 1: that's that's when we can debate that all day. Honestly.
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Speaker 1: I mean I think I think t J has done
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Speaker 1: a great job. I think Jamaicael the times he's been
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Speaker 1: there has done a nice job. Um. So I think
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Speaker 1: that's you know, debatable how Travis's roll now in the offense.
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Speaker 1: Obviously Eason get more snapped. So how much does he
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Speaker 1: you know, sort of can you do? I guess, I
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Speaker 1: mean you're not gonna see anything different from t J,
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Speaker 1: you know, and he's going to continue to do the
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Speaker 1: same things he's been doing. It's just that he'll have
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Speaker 1: an opportunity to play a little bit longer, you know,
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Speaker 1: in a game. Um, I still want to, I still
4:45
Speaker 1: want to, you know, keep him from taking all the load,
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Speaker 1: you know, keep him healthy for the entire season. That's
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Speaker 1: why Jamachael has probably and will increase his his load
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Speaker 1: just little bit. And now you know, it's our job
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Speaker 1: as a staff to make sure that Snoop is ready
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Speaker 1: to go to You talked about patients with players. Do
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Speaker 1: you think head coaches get enough patients in this league?
5:08
Speaker 1: Reports this morning that and the thing of ur Hackett's
5:11
Speaker 1: job could be on the line based on the outcome
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Speaker 1: of Sunday's game. Obviously I can't speak to that, but listen,
5:17
Speaker 1: I understand our business having been a player for a
5:20
Speaker 1: long time and now a head coach and a you know,
5:23
Speaker 1: a coordinator position coach in this league for a long time.
5:27
Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's about winning right now, you know,
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Speaker 1: And and and quite frankly, it's you know, when you're
5:33
Speaker 1: trying to build a program and try to try to
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Speaker 1: bring the pieces to your roster and and you know,
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Speaker 1: like we did in the off season through the draft,
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Speaker 1: and and you know it's hard. It's hard because you're
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Speaker 1: you're asked to win right now. And that's the that's
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Speaker 1: the pressure that we're on, you know, we face every
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Speaker 1: single day. Is it fair? I don't know, but you know,
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Speaker 1: I just know that that's the that's the task, and
5:55
Speaker 1: that's what we signed up for, you know, and we
5:57
Speaker 1: don't shy away from that. We understand that. And and
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Speaker 1: so from you know, my perspective is a one of
6:03
Speaker 1: the thirty two head coaches in this league. You know,
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Speaker 1: it's our job to make sure that we can do
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Speaker 1: the best best we can and make sure our team
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Speaker 1: is prepared. On Sunday, was a limited participant in practice
6:14
Speaker 1: across upon I guess apparently they already flew over to
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Speaker 1: London over Monday night. Um, so he was a limited
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Speaker 1: partisant today. How do you prepare for the quarterback for
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Speaker 1: Denver because obviously two very differ quarterbacks to be Yeah,
6:27
Speaker 1: I mean obviously there's a there's a ton of film
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Speaker 1: with with Russell and now there's a game with with
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Speaker 1: the backup with Rippan, and um, you know, we just
6:34
Speaker 1: we just go we just go about it as business
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Speaker 1: as usual. We understand both you know, um, we understand
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Speaker 1: what Russell brings to that team. And he also has
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Speaker 1: the ability to run and use his legs and he's
6:45
Speaker 1: I've I've played against him or coached against him many
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Speaker 1: times and and he can beat you doing that, and um,
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Speaker 1: you know, and so it just has to it has
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Speaker 1: to be a you know kind of the every hand
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Speaker 1: on deck so to speak to to exhaust the film,
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Speaker 1: understand you know, kind of what the what our defense
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Speaker 1: is getting into, and be uh be prepared for both
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Speaker 1: knowing what Daniel Jones did last week, no Jalen Hurts
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Speaker 1: did a few weeks ago against this team. Concerns about
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Speaker 1: the defense defending is only it's something we've got to
7:15
Speaker 1: work on, you know. UM, it's something that we've got
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Speaker 1: to um identify and maybe simplify, you know, the whole
7:22
Speaker 1: the whole thing. And UM, I know that's what the
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Speaker 1: coaches and Mike is doing and and preparing you know
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Speaker 1: for that. Um and then it's up to the players,
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Speaker 1: you know, to just stay disciplined with their techniques, stay
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Speaker 1: disciplined within the scheme and and uh try to um
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Speaker 1: you know, eliminate or at least you know, slow down
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Speaker 1: doesn't read So who told James that you return. Uh, Trent, okay,
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Speaker 1: So did you have any conversation Jane? It was great.
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Speaker 1: It was great. Um, you know, and and listen, I
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Speaker 1: have I have a ton of respect for j Aimes.
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Speaker 1: He's come he came off an injury a year ago
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Speaker 1: and he put himself in a position to to help
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Speaker 1: our football team and now he gets a chance to
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Speaker 1: do that with the Jets and wishing them well. What
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Speaker 1: is it that makes this Broccos defense, especially against the
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Speaker 1: pass as dangerous as they just watch just put the
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Speaker 1: film on and watch their front. I mean these guys, man,
8:18
Speaker 1: they come off the ball. I mean, it's it's a
8:21
Speaker 1: dangerous group. You know, they're athletic, they can run. Chubb's
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Speaker 1: a great pass rusher. Obviously. I know they're down a
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Speaker 1: couple of guys on the other side, but their interior
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Speaker 1: is going to be probably uh some of the three
8:31
Speaker 1: or four best guys we've seen all seasons so far.
8:34
Speaker 1: So um, that's what man. Then they're experienced in the
8:37
Speaker 1: back end this team. You understand, this team is built
8:40
Speaker 1: like a year ago or so, you know, and the
8:42
Speaker 1: guys that were brought in, you know, have played together
8:45
Speaker 1: and it's an experienced team and and um, you know
8:49
Speaker 1: the coordinator might be new, but but the guys have
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Speaker 1: played together and in the scheme and the structure is
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Speaker 1: still pretty much intact. They arguably a top five cornerback
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Speaker 1: and Pat's hurtain when you watch the multips top even better.
9:01
Speaker 1: What is uh what does he make difficult as a
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Speaker 1: game planner? I mean he listen, he's number one, he's
9:08
Speaker 1: a he's a great person, great player. Um, you can
9:11
Speaker 1: tell that he studies his opponent. He's long, he's athletic
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Speaker 1: and run and he's physical. And when you have those
9:18
Speaker 1: type of traits, Um, you know, I think you can
9:21
Speaker 1: throw in you know, like Tyson Campbell was in that
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Speaker 1: in that mix a year ago, right with those guys,
9:26
Speaker 1: and you know this guy is, Um, he's young, but
9:30
Speaker 1: he's he's that type of player. And um, he's he's
9:33
Speaker 1: gaining a lot of respect obviously around the league. When
9:35
Speaker 1: you watch tape, you know, teams teams try to throw
9:39
Speaker 1: that that way, um, with not much success. So he's
9:43
Speaker 1: doing he's doing a great job. Yeah. Is international travel
9:51
Speaker 1: which just part of the deal now, I mean, is
9:53
Speaker 1: it is It's still a big challenge coaches when you
9:55
Speaker 1: first go over there. You know, it seems like a
9:57
Speaker 1: big lift. But now everybody's been over there pretty hunch.
10:00
Speaker 1: Most teams are doing international game every couple of years now,
10:03
Speaker 1: is it's still the big lift. I'm not talking about Tuesdays.
10:06
Speaker 1: I'm talking from coaching ready. Um, it's a it's a
10:11
Speaker 1: bit of a challenge, but I think the biggest thing
10:14
Speaker 1: for us, you know, we we plan and prepare for
10:18
Speaker 1: these few days we're here in town right before we go, Um, Friday.
10:23
Speaker 1: The challenging thing Friday is just the fatigue factor, you know,
10:27
Speaker 1: and you still gotta meet and you still gotta practice
10:29
Speaker 1: and keep the guys, keep the guys going. I mean,
10:32
Speaker 1: that's a challenge there. But you know, you get to
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Speaker 1: Saturday and obviously Sunday you feel you feel pretty good
10:37
Speaker 1: and you're ready to go. You know, so we do
10:39
Speaker 1: we do the bulk of our lifting that way. You know,
10:43
Speaker 1: these next two days we think you guys were quested
10:46
Speaker 1: to have a game the next week, you didn't want
10:48
Speaker 1: your by the proncos are doing with the bye I mean,
10:51
Speaker 1: it's it, listen, it's the time change. Is not that
10:54
Speaker 1: not that bad? Plus you got Monday and Tuesday for
10:56
Speaker 1: the players to to you know, rest and get back here.
10:59
Speaker 1: And you know, it's it's not much different than going
11:01
Speaker 1: to the West Coast and trying to come back. You
11:03
Speaker 1: get back at three in the morning if you go
11:05
Speaker 1: to the West Coast. So, um, you can, you can,
11:09
Speaker 1: you can do it, you know. Um, So we requested that,
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Speaker 1: and and um, you know, we'll play. We'll play next week.
11:19
Speaker 1: Uh just a little just a little not not too
11:23
Speaker 1: too well the first one A little bit a little bit. Yeah, yeah,
11:34
Speaker 1: just ask my wife just after you have no trouble
11:39
Speaker 1: you're going to sleep that the Broncos bringing an accomplished
11:43
Speaker 1: quarterback like Russell Wilson and their offense, it just doesn't
11:47
Speaker 1: seem to have gotten ignited at all. Yeah. Again, it's
11:51
Speaker 1: it's hard to it's hard to put a finger on it,
11:54
Speaker 1: you know because obviously you're not there and you're not
11:55
Speaker 1: coaching the guys. But um, I just know it. Offensively,
12:00
Speaker 1: things take time. There's there's timing with everything. There's there's
12:03
Speaker 1: new schemes, there's new players. I mean, it's just patients, right,
12:09
Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's part of the process, you know.
12:15
Speaker 1: And and um, you kind of see it with us
12:17
Speaker 1: a little bit, you know, there's new faces, there's new schemes,
12:20
Speaker 1: there's new coaches, there's all these different things, and you
12:23
Speaker 1: see glimpses of it from time to time. But it's
12:26
Speaker 1: the it's the consistency and continuity that you that you're
12:28
Speaker 1: trying to strive for. Um and and even even for
12:33
Speaker 1: us and we we've we've been we've been going through
12:35
Speaker 1: that a little bit offensively, even though I feel like
12:38
Speaker 1: we're heading in the right direction, um with the whole thing. Um,
12:41
Speaker 1: it just takes time. Not that long ago that you
12:44
Speaker 1: felt like the team was right on schedule or it
12:46
Speaker 1: kind of needed to be. Where do you feel like
12:48
Speaker 1: the guys are at this point right where we need
12:51
Speaker 1: to be? No, I mean, I mean, I'd listen. I
12:53
Speaker 1: wish we had a few more of these wins. You
12:55
Speaker 1: know that they were the losses. There were wins, But
12:59
Speaker 1: we are are two and five, and and I do
13:03
Speaker 1: believe this that the team is in a really good
13:05
Speaker 1: place mentally. They you know, this is this is this
13:08
Speaker 1: is a good group to coach. You know, They're they're
13:11
Speaker 1: still hungry, you know, and and still working working hard,
13:14
Speaker 1: you know, and and doing the right things to try
13:17
Speaker 1: to get this thing flipped around. He didn't win the
13:19
Speaker 1: game the last two weeks. To browse at it is
13:25
Speaker 1: he showing you always easy now he is. I mean
13:30
Speaker 1: the next step is obviously we need to as a
13:32
Speaker 1: team finish and win those games, you know, not only
13:35
Speaker 1: for him but for the team. But yeah, he's he's
13:38
Speaker 1: he's showing us now that that he can, you know,
13:41
Speaker 1: put the team kind of on his back a little
13:44
Speaker 1: bit and and lead him down. You know, it's two
13:46
Speaker 1: weeks in a row to touchdown drives to this past
13:49
Speaker 1: week of potential touchdown drive to to win, but the
13:52
Speaker 1: week before, you know, took the lead in the fourth
13:55
Speaker 1: and you know, that's that's what you gotta have. That's
13:59
Speaker 1: that's what these games are so much parody. I think
14:00
Speaker 1: in the NFL, these these games come down to the
14:03
Speaker 1: fourth quarter, you know, quite honestly, and um it's sometimes
14:07
Speaker 1: whoever has the ball last. But he's he's definitely heading
14:09
Speaker 1: in the right direction for us that way. Doing any
14:11
Speaker 1: extra ball protection drills this week, maybe, I mean it's
14:16
Speaker 1: a it's a point of emphasis every day. Um. You know, again,
14:21
Speaker 1: this is one of those things where um, I don't
14:25
Speaker 1: go over the top crazy with a lot of that stuff.
14:30
Speaker 1: I think it has to happen naturally, because now you
14:32
Speaker 1: start putting it in his head, you know, it starts
14:35
Speaker 1: being a little more tense and tighten, and he's not
14:37
Speaker 1: the runner that we want him to be. Um, he
14:40
Speaker 1: understands he has to, you know, carry the ball better.
14:42
Speaker 1: It's gotta be a little tighter to his chest, you know,
14:44
Speaker 1: rist above the elbow, all those things. And um, we
14:47
Speaker 1: work on it every week, every day, Bernie, Bernie puts
14:50
Speaker 1: him through you know, some drills. We do it all
14:52
Speaker 1: you guys, if you're out there on Thursdays, you see
14:54
Speaker 1: the ball security circuit drill we do on Thursdays, and
14:57
Speaker 1: and um, we just gotta keep keep going. How would
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Speaker 1: you evaluate the pass rush as of now? Two sacks
15:03
Speaker 1: in the last three games, and what can you do?
15:05
Speaker 1: You start? Yeah, I mean, you know, obviously we've talked
15:08
Speaker 1: about a little bit earlier, but I mean it needs
15:10
Speaker 1: to be better. We know that. Guys know that. Um,
15:13
Speaker 1: you know, let them let them you know, maybe maybe
15:17
Speaker 1: come off the ball a little bit faster, roll off
15:19
Speaker 1: the ball, you know, more straight rushes. Whatever it is
15:22
Speaker 1: we could do to push the pocket. I know no
15:24
Speaker 1: teams are scheming with the no huddle and the tempo
15:26
Speaker 1: and the quick passing game, which which can frustrate defensive guys.
15:30
Speaker 1: But you know, I just think it's just a matter
15:32
Speaker 1: of us just sticking to our game plan. Um. Whatever
15:36
Speaker 1: the game plan, you know, rush packages that week, and
15:40
Speaker 1: if we need to make you know, changes in game,
15:43
Speaker 1: we make changes in game. But you know, somehow I
15:46
Speaker 1: let these guys you know, free up and rush. Right here,
15:50
Speaker 1: you talked about having an increased role. You obviously haven't
15:53
Speaker 1: played any in the regular season so far, But what
15:56
Speaker 1: have you seen from him in practice or to give
15:58
Speaker 1: you that confidence. I mean, he's done a nice job
16:01
Speaker 1: with the Look team, quite honestly, him and Sarge have
16:04
Speaker 1: done a great job there, you know. And you can
16:06
Speaker 1: just see his development, you know, um, even even when
16:12
Speaker 1: he's on the Look team, but our defense is blitzing.
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Speaker 1: You see the protection, you see the pickup, he's going
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Speaker 1: in the right direction and and and that's the growth
16:19
Speaker 1: that that we want to see, you know, and him
16:21
Speaker 1: and he's working hard and he's helping out on you know,
16:24
Speaker 1: gott gott a role on special teams you know from
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Speaker 1: time to time and to back up, and you know,
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Speaker 1: he just keeps just keeps improving and and um, you know,
16:32
Speaker 1: so we just got to make sure that he's maybe
16:35
Speaker 1: a limited, you know, package of plays. But at the
16:38
Speaker 1: same time, you know, he's got to be ready for
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Speaker 1: for whatever happens. Thank you, all right, guys,