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- 0:01Speaker 1: You can have a jobs and Traymon have been you know,
- 0:05Speaker 1: their pressure rates is great high this year.
- 0:07Speaker 2: Just what is having guys like that do for the
- 0:10Speaker 2: defense in terms of what you can do now that
- 0:12Speaker 2: because you have players like that on the.
- 0:14Speaker 3: Edge, it definitely gives you more options obviously with you know,
- 0:19Speaker 3: their ability to their athleticism, but I think it's just
- 0:23Speaker 3: more they've been They've been working so hard, uh during
- 0:28Speaker 3: the practices and that's showing up in the games. And
- 0:30Speaker 3: I think when your hardest workers or you know, you're
- 0:32Speaker 3: some of your best players are your hardest workers, that's
- 0:34Speaker 3: real positive for everybody overall in the defense. So, but
- 0:37Speaker 3: it definitely gives you more options in terms of coverage.
- 0:41Speaker 2: Is necessary Francisco, Yeah, a lot.
- 0:45Speaker 3: You know, they do a great job in the run game,
- 0:47Speaker 3: play action pass. You know, I haven't played them in
- 0:48Speaker 3: the past. I think they're as good as anybody when
- 0:51Speaker 3: it comes to that, you know, and they do a
- 0:53Speaker 3: really good job in a drop back game. Constant movement
- 0:56Speaker 3: before the snap and just emotions making sure everybody he's
- 1:00Speaker 3: on the same page communication and getting lined up.
- 1:03Speaker 4: So yeah, they present a lot of issues.
- 1:05Speaker 2: He got from Travis Unders.
- 1:08Speaker 4: I think Travis. You know, like I said last.
- 1:11Speaker 3: Week, he gives us another great athlete that's got ball
- 1:14Speaker 3: skills back there. I think he's progressing, you know, getting
- 1:17Speaker 3: better every week. And I think he did a good
- 1:20Speaker 3: job some of the man and man coverage Stulf last
- 1:22Speaker 3: week and some of his own coverage.
- 1:23Speaker 4: I thought he did a good job tackling as well.
- 1:25Speaker 3: So we've gotten a bunch out of Travis, and you know,
- 1:28Speaker 3: like I said, looking forward to him progressing as we
- 1:31Speaker 3: move forward.
- 1:32Speaker 1: Unique is McCaffrey the receiving.
- 1:34Speaker 3: Complaint of them, Yeah, I mean he's just if he
- 1:38Speaker 3: was a receiver in general. He said, this guy's a
- 1:41Speaker 3: really good receiver, you know, and he's a great back.
- 1:43Speaker 3: So I think he's as good as there is at
- 1:46Speaker 3: that position in terms of catching the wall at the
- 1:48Speaker 3: backfield and presenting issues in the past game.
- 1:51Speaker 4: Yeah, he's he's special.
- 1:54Speaker 2: Evan Lloyd's sort of been selling in the last few weeks.
- 1:58Speaker 5: Just what have you seen from him and how how
- 2:00Speaker 5: does he fit into the scheme or why why do
- 2:03Speaker 5: you feel like he fits so well?
- 2:05Speaker 4: Yeah?
- 2:05Speaker 3: I think dev is just a really physical guy and
- 2:09Speaker 3: he's blessed with a multiple skill set. I talked about
- 2:12Speaker 3: that a little bit in the summer and sometimes in
- 2:14Speaker 3: the spring when we had talked about personnel and defensive structure.
- 2:19Speaker 3: He gives you the opportunity to do some different things
- 2:21Speaker 3: on defense because he can rush the passer and he's
- 2:23Speaker 3: done a good job in pass.
- 2:24Speaker 4: Coverage as well.
- 2:26Speaker 3: I think he's playing really physical in the run game,
- 2:28Speaker 3: and so overall, I just think he's really doing a
- 2:31Speaker 3: good job for us, and it pleads with his effort
- 2:35Speaker 3: and everything to this point.
- 2:36Speaker 2: What makes a scheme is diffical to just what they do.
- 2:41Speaker 3: A lot of what I just said before, though, like
- 2:43Speaker 3: the preting that movement, you know, and they're really well
- 2:45Speaker 3: coached up front. That's kind of a staple of all
- 2:48Speaker 3: his teams. I feel like, I think the backs do
- 2:49Speaker 3: a great job of running the ball one hole at
- 2:52Speaker 3: a time, you know, and if you leave a crease
- 2:53Speaker 3: in there, they're gonna take it. But they are well
- 2:56Speaker 3: trained and well coached at the running back position offensive line.
- 3:00Speaker 3: I think one of the things that shows up with
- 3:02Speaker 3: those teams over the years is the tight ends and
- 3:04Speaker 3: receivers block. You know, they do the dirty work, and
- 3:07Speaker 3: that's usually a staple of any team that runs the
- 3:09Speaker 3: ball well. They do a good job, you know, making
- 3:14Speaker 3: their plays pass stuff look like the.
- 3:16Speaker 4: Run game, you know, as good as anybody.
- 3:18Speaker 2: So Tyson's played forcing able against he goes that kind
- 3:21Speaker 2: of the epitome of the things you guys have been
- 3:23Speaker 2: preaching since you got here.
- 3:25Speaker 3: That's yeah, that's what we're talking about all the time.
- 3:27Speaker 3: And I think that just speaks to him as a
- 3:30Speaker 3: player and a person though, you know what I mean,
- 3:32Speaker 3: bouncing back the next series and making a huge play
- 3:35Speaker 3: for us, but constantly attacking the ball, believing that you're
- 3:38Speaker 3: going to create takeaways and the work that he's been
- 3:41Speaker 3: doing in practice. Showing up right there in the moment
- 3:45Speaker 3: was huge for him and I think huge for our team.
- 3:47Speaker 4: That was great.
- 3:48Speaker 2: Last week we were talking about getting Antonios of the
- 3:51Speaker 2: rotation a little bit more comes up with the game
- 3:54Speaker 2: end and interception. I mean how much confidence that give
- 3:56Speaker 2: you and him?
- 3:57Speaker 3: Yeah, I think everybody here has comp and it's san Antonio.
- 4:01Speaker 3: Like I said last week we were talking about him.
- 4:03Speaker 3: He's a big athletic guy with ball skills. He's physical,
- 4:07Speaker 3: he'll tackle you, and you know he loves football. So
- 4:11Speaker 3: he's in here doing extra He's in here every morning
- 4:14Speaker 3: studying and preparing. So I'm just happy for him that
- 4:18Speaker 3: he was rewarded that way because he's been doing the work.
- 4:20Speaker 4: So excited for him. But he really is doing a
- 4:23Speaker 4: good job.
- 4:23Speaker 2: Go and talked about it taking a few weeks to
- 4:26Speaker 2: figure out what the offense is good at. Does it
- 4:29Speaker 2: take the same amount of time on the defense to
- 4:30Speaker 2: figure out just what this group is good at?
- 4:32Speaker 3: Yeah, I think I said this a couple of weeks ago.
- 4:34Speaker 3: You guys were asking something similar and just over it's
- 4:38Speaker 3: such a long season. Over the course of the season,
- 4:40Speaker 3: you kind of figure out who you are. You know,
- 4:43Speaker 3: you have a great idea and a plan of what
- 4:45Speaker 3: you want to be, but the players really can dictate that.
- 4:49Speaker 3: Sometimes you know their their abilities and talents, trying to
- 4:52Speaker 3: utilize them as best you can to put you in
- 4:54Speaker 3: the best situation or be the best defense you can be.
- 4:57Speaker 3: You're definitely growing and learning every week. You know, hey,
- 4:59Speaker 3: we we do this well. We seem to really have
- 5:01Speaker 3: a good feel for this. Let's kind of expand on this,
- 5:04Speaker 3: and I think that's something that can help us. So
- 5:06Speaker 3: you're definitely you're definitely learning every week of who you are.
- 5:10Speaker 4: Yeah, for sure, greed and struggle who haven't played yet.
- 5:13Speaker 1: How do you how do you engage their proven to
- 5:15Speaker 1: practice that say, hey, maybe they do have there to shine.
- 5:19Speaker 3: Yeah, like we watch everything we watch, you know, the
- 5:22Speaker 3: defensive scout reps as well, and then getting them opportunities
- 5:25Speaker 3: out there with our guys when the defense is going.
- 5:28Speaker 3: So that's I think Matt Edwards has done a great
- 5:30Speaker 3: job of that, just kind of rolling guys in the
- 5:33Speaker 3: practice and making sure they're in competitive situations and we're
- 5:35Speaker 3: really keeping an eye on that their progression, you know,
- 5:38Speaker 3: to get them where we want them to be.
- 5:40Speaker 6: Prepared for both quarterbacks for the forty nine ers, And
- 5:43Speaker 6: if so, does that make it more difficult of a
- 5:45Speaker 6: challenge to get ready.
- 5:46Speaker 2: For this week?
- 5:47Speaker 3: Anytime that's the case, it certainly is a bit of
- 5:49Speaker 3: a challenge, you know. But we're definitely preparing for both guys,
- 5:53Speaker 3: you know, and both guys are good players, so I've
- 5:56Speaker 3: I've coached against both of the players in the past
- 5:58Speaker 3: and have a ton of respect for them. And they
- 6:00Speaker 3: both have a great skill set at the position. So
- 6:03Speaker 3: both super smart guys. But it definitely does you know,
- 6:07Speaker 3: you're you're kind of splitting a little bit of time
- 6:10Speaker 3: watching both guys and you don't have to have a
- 6:12Speaker 3: plan for both of them for sure?
- 6:15Speaker 4: Would you?
- 6:15Speaker 1: Would you mentioned Bason San Francisco last year after the
- 6:19Speaker 1: Game of the Week and looking at those notes.
- 6:21Speaker 2: Is it a good resource?
- 6:23Speaker 4: Little resource?
- 6:23Speaker 2: No resources?
- 6:25Speaker 4: No, it's definitely a resource.
- 6:27Speaker 3: You know, like anything, anytime you play a team, you're
- 6:30Speaker 3: always looking back at that and what you did well,
- 6:32Speaker 3: what you didn't do well.
- 6:34Speaker 4: I'm sure they're doing the same, so uh yeah, it's
- 6:36Speaker 4: definitely a resource.
- 6:38Speaker 2: Decide what like motivational So when you're gonna go with
- 6:41Speaker 2: the day, I've heard the guys talk to you, you
- 6:43Speaker 2: go a few different routes, some of the national geographic
- 6:46Speaker 2: type videos like.
- 6:49Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, yeah, I don't know.
- 6:51Speaker 3: I think it's just uh, you knowing your guys and
- 6:54Speaker 3: then hopefully you're just being yourself, you know what I mean.
- 6:58Speaker 3: And if you find something that you think is a
- 7:00Speaker 3: great example of what you're talking about and you feel
- 7:03Speaker 3: like it's something that will drive the point home to
- 7:07Speaker 3: the players, Yeah, it doesn't matter from where you know,
- 7:09Speaker 3: it could be anything.
- 7:11Speaker 4: And I think sometimes.
- 7:12Speaker 3: It's it's always good to get those messages from outside
- 7:15Speaker 3: sources and things that guys it'll resonate with guys because
- 7:19Speaker 3: it's stuff they see every day.
- 7:22Speaker 2: Defense this is a success so early where do you
- 7:24Speaker 2: just find it? Back to the players.
- 7:27Speaker 3: We have good players, honestly, that's number one. And we
- 7:33Speaker 3: have guys that that really care. They're trying so hard
- 7:37Speaker 3: to get it right. They're very honest with each other,
- 7:41Speaker 3: and they're honest with me, and that helps. That helps me,
- 7:44Speaker 3: you know, because I don't think anything gets better without honesty.
- 7:49Speaker 3: There's there's no job, but there's no relationship in the
- 7:52Speaker 3: world that you know, honesty can't help you with. So
- 7:57Speaker 3: that's the number one thing, you know, for them to
- 7:59Speaker 3: be able to be transparent with me and myself with
- 8:02Speaker 3: them and with each other. You know, they're kind of
- 8:06Speaker 3: counting on each other, pouring into each other every day,
- 8:08Speaker 3: and and they're all selling out for each other, not
- 8:11Speaker 3: on each other. And I think that's what I would
- 8:13Speaker 3: attribute attribute any of the success to to those guys,
- 8:17Speaker 3: to the players for.
- 8:19Speaker 2: A couple of mindset, How did you go that trust
- 8:21Speaker 2: Sower Earl.
- 8:24Speaker 3: I just think we did a great job of building
- 8:27Speaker 3: the roster here and there was a lot of, you know,
- 8:30Speaker 3: good people, like we got good players, but we got
- 8:33Speaker 3: really good people. They're good guys like, if you can't
- 8:36Speaker 3: coach these guys, you shouldn't coach. You know, they're really
- 8:39Speaker 3: easy to coach because they work hard. There's never any
- 8:43Speaker 3: like complaining about, hey, this this is really this is
- 8:46Speaker 3: really hard. This is not like try and practice physical
- 8:48Speaker 3: every day demand of them, uh demand you know, great
- 8:52Speaker 3: attention and detailing the meetings and the walkthroughs and everything.
- 8:55Speaker 3: And if you have good veteran leadership like we have here,
- 8:59Speaker 3: I think that's much easy to do it. And to me,
- 9:00Speaker 3: that's player led.
- 9:03Speaker 2: Just go defense. I guess what's sort of problems games in?
- 9:07Speaker 5: I think problems on all three levels. The pass rush,
- 9:09Speaker 5: you see those guys getting off the ball. Then the
- 9:11Speaker 5: linebackers weren't obviously makes plays all over the field sideline
- 9:14Speaker 5: to sideline, pass game, run game, shooting gaps, in coverage,
- 9:17Speaker 5: tackling screens. And then at the third level they challenge
- 9:20Speaker 5: guys in the back end track of the ball. Ball skills.
- 9:22Speaker 5: So there's a reason the defense has put up the
- 9:25Speaker 5: numbers they put up and performed the way they performed,
- 9:27Speaker 5: really because the way they execute and the guys they
- 9:29Speaker 5: have and the way they play.
- 9:31Speaker 1: Right, one of the defense like that loses one of
- 9:33Speaker 1: their top guys like Moosa. This is the first quarter
- 9:36Speaker 1: or so, a little bit of a projection how they
- 9:38Speaker 1: all adjusted not having a weapon.
- 9:40Speaker 2: Like that a little bit.
- 9:42Speaker 5: But at the same time, defenses are rotating guys, especially
- 9:45Speaker 5: at the defensive line position, So it's not like there
- 9:47Speaker 5: are no snaps from previous games where Bosa hasn't been
- 9:50Speaker 5: on the field, So you expect things to be a
- 9:53Speaker 5: little bit similar, a little bit different in some regards,
- 9:55Speaker 5: but it's not like losing a quarterback or something on
- 9:59Speaker 5: off fense where your every single snap is a complete
- 10:02Speaker 5: overhaul of the offense. Certainly, his loss will be felt
- 10:06Speaker 5: because he's such a phenomenal player, but you feel things out,
- 10:11Speaker 5: but you've seen a little bit of how the defense
- 10:13Speaker 5: looks without him out there.
- 10:14Speaker 2: I'm sure this might change from game to game, But what's.
- 10:17Speaker 6: The key to making sure that the passing game that
- 10:21Speaker 6: is did in rhythm? Just being able to steadily build
- 10:25Speaker 6: on that throughout a game.
- 10:27Speaker 5: Yeah, a lot of that's on us as coach is
- 10:29Speaker 5: putting together a plan first and foremost that gets guys touches,
- 10:32Speaker 5: gets easy completion, gets guys in space for run after
- 10:35Speaker 5: the catch. So getting those things from the beginning of
- 10:37Speaker 5: the game all the way throughout third quarter into the
- 10:40Speaker 5: end of the game, creates that progression for guys to
- 10:42Speaker 5: settle in and then have success as the game goes on.
- 10:45Speaker 5: So it starts with the plan and then it's the
- 10:46Speaker 5: guys master of the plan and going out and executed,
- 10:48Speaker 5: and it really is really is the key to be
- 10:50Speaker 5: able to get that thing to progress.
- 10:52Speaker 2: You thought of Travis Hunters handled his users on offense
- 10:55Speaker 2: so far, and I think the Coben talked a little
- 10:57Speaker 2: bit about how the coaches have helped him, I guess
- 11:00Speaker 2: to take more of a loan on and becrumpt evolved.
- 11:02Speaker 5: Absolutely, I would agree that we can help him in
- 11:04Speaker 5: a lot of ways, not just the mental load in
- 11:08Speaker 5: terms of lining up shifts, motions, what Rowdy has, what
- 11:12Speaker 5: his assignment is, what the different adjustments off those things are,
- 11:15Speaker 5: but also trying to help him with the technique and
- 11:18Speaker 5: some of those development things, learning to play the position
- 11:21Speaker 5: and run different routes that he's run before by trying
- 11:23Speaker 5: to refine down and limit some of that and at
- 11:26Speaker 5: the same time keep things really clean black and white
- 11:28Speaker 5: when we're able to. It's not always going to be
- 11:30Speaker 5: black and white. For him. There are different coverages, different looks,
- 11:33Speaker 5: different challenges that the defense can post, so we try
- 11:35Speaker 5: to limit that as much as we can so that
- 11:37Speaker 5: he can get really good at the things that we
- 11:39Speaker 5: know he's going to do, but at the same time
- 11:41Speaker 5: give him the answers when those unknowns and those variables
- 11:44Speaker 5: show up that caused things to change. So I think
- 11:46Speaker 5: it starts with our plan as coaches trying to refine
- 11:48Speaker 5: it down for him, and then his preparation throughout the
- 11:51Speaker 5: week has been great and really embracing the game plans.
- 11:54Speaker 5: He's been trying to do extra so he feels comfortable
- 11:57Speaker 5: and is able to play fast on Sunday.
- 12:00Speaker 6: Is there a belief that the drop situation is kind
- 12:02Speaker 6: of fluky and that it will be resolved confidence wise
- 12:05Speaker 6: or like, is there more of an emphasis now on
- 12:09Speaker 6: making sure that you're focusing on the drops.
- 12:13Speaker 5: We're always trying to evaluate the things we need to
- 12:15Speaker 5: improve on, so we've adjusted some of the things that
- 12:18Speaker 5: we do in terms of ball scales, catching before practice,
- 12:21Speaker 5: during practice, post practice, and we'll continue to evolve with
- 12:26Speaker 5: whether it's something we're successful at or whether it's something
- 12:29Speaker 5: we're struggling with. We're always looking for ways to try
- 12:31Speaker 5: to improve our processes and the way we practice, whether
- 12:33Speaker 5: it's new drills, new techniques, new fundamentals, or just the
- 12:36Speaker 5: way we teach certain things. So we've certainly done that
- 12:39Speaker 5: with the drops and try to give guys different opportunities
- 12:42Speaker 5: and different looks at catches, different drills, all those things.
- 12:45Speaker 5: But that's really the same for any fundamental they see
- 12:47Speaker 5: on the field. It could be the same for blocking,
- 12:49Speaker 5: could be the same for a different route, running, for
- 12:51Speaker 5: reads for the running backs. We're always trying to look
- 12:53Speaker 5: at how can we improve those things that show up
- 12:56Speaker 5: on Sunday Trevor both mentioned have.
- 12:58Speaker 2: A mutatient against the SIVA. I kind of balance that
- 13:01Speaker 2: with being aggressive when you need to know and when
- 13:03Speaker 2: to take the shots.
- 13:04Speaker 5: I think hopefully we build a plan where you find
- 13:07Speaker 5: those aggressive opportunities within the plan, where you're not going
- 13:11Speaker 5: outside of the scheme and trying to force something that's
- 13:13Speaker 5: not there. There are going to be extended plays, and
- 13:15Speaker 5: that's awesome that Trevor can do that with his feet,
- 13:18Speaker 5: and all the guys can really do that by breaking tackles,
- 13:20Speaker 5: run after catch, all those things create explosives that might
- 13:23Speaker 5: not be within the scheme. But we will be able
- 13:26Speaker 5: to build the plan in a way where we have
- 13:28Speaker 5: productive plays, efficient plays, and then when the explosive opportunities
- 13:32Speaker 5: present themselves, we can capitalize on those. When your scrambles
- 13:35Speaker 5: like it did in that play last week, Can that
- 13:37Speaker 5: be something that kind of tag Nights and offense that's
- 13:39Speaker 5: maybe in usual? Absolutely, I think the guys love to
- 13:43Speaker 5: see that, that effort that he put out there, first
- 13:45Speaker 5: and foremost the demeanor and the attitude with which he
- 13:48Speaker 5: ran the ball, but also the fact that he took
- 13:50Speaker 5: us from a play that might not have been a
- 13:52Speaker 5: great play. Maybe they had things covered or things broke down,
- 13:55Speaker 5: and he can make something out of nothing. That's an
- 13:57Speaker 5: advantage for us, whether it's third down, first down, first quarter,
- 14:00Speaker 5: fourth quarter.
- 14:01Speaker 1: What kind of value does Tip Patrick have being able
- 14:04Speaker 1: to play different spots.
- 14:05Speaker 5: On a pinch like hitting a ton of value? Not
- 14:07Speaker 5: only can he play a bunch of different spots mentally,
- 14:09Speaker 5: able to handle the different receiver positions, can line up inside, outside,
- 14:13Speaker 5: but physically he can do a bunch of different things.
- 14:15Speaker 5: You see him in the run game, finishing blocks in
- 14:18Speaker 5: the past game, chipping and then protecting getting out on routes.
- 14:21Speaker 5: Great run after the catch that you guys saw on Sunday,
- 14:23Speaker 5: so you can get down the field in cut out cut.
- 14:26Speaker 5: All those different things provides a bunch of versatility for
- 14:28Speaker 5: a guy in his position where really, like you said,
- 14:30Speaker 5: he's playing all those spots across the entire field.
- 14:34Speaker 7: Kind of a two part question for you. Has illegal
- 14:37Speaker 7: shift in your absolutely most hated phrase of twenty twenty
- 14:40Speaker 7: five so far? Are you just sick of hearing that?
- 14:43Speaker 5: It's definitely up there. But at the same time, we're
- 14:46Speaker 5: accountable for those mistakes, so we're doing everything we can
- 14:49Speaker 5: to address those. But it's certainly up there. I probably
- 14:52Speaker 5: won't use the word hate, but it's not my favorite,
- 14:54Speaker 5: that's for sure.
- 14:55Speaker 7: Yeah, yesterday, You know, as far as why is that
- 14:58Speaker 7: call being called so much? As far as is it
- 15:00Speaker 7: just because it's a new offensive scheme, is it just
- 15:03Speaker 7: officials cracking down on it or is it you know,
- 15:06Speaker 7: these guys are so young. What are you seeing as
- 15:07Speaker 7: the offensive coordinator?
- 15:10Speaker 5: Well, each one is a little bit different. There's not
- 15:12Speaker 5: all the same mistake happening every single time. At the
- 15:16Speaker 5: same time, we got to address those mistakes as coaches
- 15:19Speaker 5: and try to put guys just like we talked about
- 15:20Speaker 5: the Travis question. Put guys in position where they can
- 15:22Speaker 5: go out there, play fast, execute, line up without having
- 15:25Speaker 5: to think about those things and worry about some of
- 15:27Speaker 5: those shifts and motions that have caused those illegal shifts.
- 15:30Speaker 5: And then the preparation from the guys and the coaches
- 15:32Speaker 5: included throughout the week to master the plan and understand
- 15:35Speaker 5: those different things we do. So each one has been different.
- 15:39Speaker 5: Some of them have been guys lining up and moving late.
- 15:41Speaker 5: Some of them guys been lining up wrong. Some of
- 15:43Speaker 5: them have been guys breaking the huddle wrong. Some of
- 15:45Speaker 5: them have been an adjustment that we don't get communicated correctly.
- 15:48Speaker 5: So it just takes one guy off to cause that issue.
- 15:50Speaker 5: So we have to all be on the same page
- 15:52Speaker 5: and really emphasize clear communication and execution.
- 15:56Speaker 4: You can't go to.
- 15:57Speaker 2: Sleep out this park and Washington to kind of felt
- 16:00Speaker 2: that gap.
- 16:01Speaker 5: Parker is absolutely important to fill the obvious gap, but
- 16:03Speaker 5: he would be important probably without the Abby out there.
- 16:06Speaker 5: I mean, he's made plays when he's had opportunities, and
- 16:08Speaker 5: I think the way he's worked can continue to progress.
- 16:10Speaker 5: He'll continue to have opportunities to make plays.