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Press Pass | Heath Farwell: "We have a really good group." · Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: The way field goal protection works. Everybody has to be
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  Speaker 1: in unison. You know, it's all interlocked in. When you
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  Speaker 1: have one guy that's off for two guys that are off,
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  Speaker 1: you get a little crease. And so our left tackle,
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  Speaker 1: who has done a really good job for us so
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  Speaker 1: far this season, just kind of got a little leaning forward,
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  Speaker 1: didn't get his outside arm up our end. You know,
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  Speaker 1: his job is a kind of interlocked in by that
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  Speaker 1: tackle and make sure he has that heavyweight foot on
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  Speaker 1: the inside foot so he doesn't get pried out, and
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  Speaker 1: also get a good arm hook. When you get a
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  Speaker 1: little crease like that, you know, a good rusher like
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  Speaker 1: fifty one, he's able to get in there. You know,
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  Speaker 1: he's a talented pass rusher. He's a really talented rusher
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  Speaker 1: on field goal block as well. It was a guy
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  Speaker 1: that we emphasized all week, you know, almost blocked on
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  Speaker 1: the week before. So he's a talented rusher. But again,
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  Speaker 1: just not great execution and that's on me. You know,
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  Speaker 1: it's something we gotta be much cleaner. It's something that's
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  Speaker 1: just something will work on a ton and it's been, uh,
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  Speaker 1: it's it's been addressing.
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  Speaker 2: We're moving forward with it. Before and then he gets through,
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  Speaker 2: it gets on you. I'm sure almost blocked.
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  Speaker 1: During the week, it's got a little frustrated. Yeah, I
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  Speaker 1: mean anytime something like that happens and you're an impact
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  Speaker 1: in a negative way in a game, yes, it is
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  Speaker 1: frustrating and and and everybody's frustrated. You know, it's not
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  Speaker 1: just me, uh but that's ball, you know, It's like,
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  Speaker 1: that's something that as a coach, I gotta make sure
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  Speaker 1: it comes to execution. And if it's not executed completely correct,
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  Speaker 1: that's not me.
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  Speaker 2: In some ways ironic because.
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  Speaker 1: The guy sometimes guys are just forgetting that one hundred
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  Speaker 1: percent think that was the issue. And you talk to
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  Speaker 1: those guys, their eyes are on the ball, and sometimes
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  Speaker 1: you lose sight of the important of leverage, you know,
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  Speaker 1: And we've done a fantastic job of, you know, covering
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  Speaker 1: kicks with great leverage.
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  Speaker 2: And really pinning them deep.
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  Speaker 1: And even in that game, we had to tackle inside
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  Speaker 1: the fifteen yard line on a kickoff coverage with great leverage.
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  Speaker 1: So that's something we emphasize a ton. But sometimes when
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  Speaker 1: that ball goes on the ground and all as you
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  Speaker 1: can think is I'm gonna be the guy that makes
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  Speaker 1: this play. I'm going to dive in there and get it,
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  Speaker 1: and you know, and it didn't work out. You know,
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  Speaker 1: obviously lost leverage, bad tackling, we lost our mind. And
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  Speaker 1: it's the same thing, bad execution.
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  Speaker 2: It's on me.
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  Speaker 1: And the good part about it, I think is we
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  Speaker 1: have a really good group. We were a top ten
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  Speaker 1: group analytically last year. We've been fantastic this year is
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  Speaker 1: you know, prior to this game, we've been an impact
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  Speaker 1: and impact great plays in a positive way. Since we've
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  Speaker 1: been here, guys have been fantastic and I don't remember
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  Speaker 1: ever having any negative plays like that.
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  Speaker 2: It just so happens.
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  Speaker 1: We've had two tough plays in the same game. Feels
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  Speaker 1: terrible that we were a big part of it. But
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  Speaker 1: the cool thing is I've had more guys come to
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  Speaker 1: my office and say, Coach, I gotta do better. That's
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  Speaker 1: my fault. Hey, I'm gonna I'm gonna I let our
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  Speaker 1: guys down. I let you down. And so that's the
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  Speaker 1: cool part is the guys are accountable, they care that
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  Speaker 1: it's important to them, and the focus at practice this
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  Speaker 1: week has been fantastic. It was just kind of a
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  Speaker 1: wake up call of hey, let's get back to what
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  Speaker 1: we do. Let's get back to playing good ball that
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  Speaker 1: we've done on special teams here and like I said,
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  Speaker 1: I love our group. Our group's been fantastic. Two bad plays,
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  Speaker 1: hated him. I really it's it's tough to deal with
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  Speaker 1: as a coach, but our guys it matters to them
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  Speaker 1: and and we want to be a big impact in
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  Speaker 1: a positive way and just get back to doing that.
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  Speaker 1: Because we've done that. You know, you go back to
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  Speaker 1: the Lions game, you know Ags has a big return.
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  Speaker 1: You know, the Kansas City game, you know Ross had
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  Speaker 1: to tackle inside the ten, we had Tim Jones had
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  Speaker 1: a great play on a muff punt. So we've done
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  Speaker 1: some really cool things. Like I said, it just feels
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  Speaker 1: terrible because we kind of let our team down there. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: but the way our kickoff coverage works is our two's
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  Speaker 1: on the backside, and even our kickside twos, their one
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  Speaker 1: hundred percent job is to keep the ball on the inside,
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  Speaker 1: So we have to keep it leveraged on the inside. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: we lost a guy or two on the inside, but
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  Speaker 1: where we lost the coverage is when you get it
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  Speaker 1: outside and nobody's out there. You know, anytime you lose it,
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  Speaker 1: there's it's designed, they're contained. They have to keep it inside.
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  Speaker 1: And then and then we had a mistackle you know
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  Speaker 1: by the backside safety. Do you love to get him
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  Speaker 1: down right there? That got you know, the the fullback
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  Speaker 1: made a fantastic play, but we gotta find a way
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  Speaker 1: to get him down. Just find a way to get
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  Speaker 1: him down. Yeah, And it's something you know, it's funny
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  Speaker 1: as we have a lot of fun within our room.
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  Speaker 1: And and and we actually show the tackle you know,
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  Speaker 1: long snapper tackle board and right now he's tied for first.
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  Speaker 2: So it's something we have a lot of fun with.
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  Speaker 1: They they they they love ross and so it's been
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  Speaker 1: a little a little deal deal with them. Can we
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  Speaker 1: see if he can lead the lead the league in
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  Speaker 1: tackles and and it's a big part of what he does,
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  Speaker 1: you know, what we do in our coverage, he's been fantastic.
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  Speaker 2: At some point.
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  Speaker 1: Though other coordinators are gonna probably start blocking him, uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know and not treating him like a snapper, which
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  Speaker 1: is a cool it's a it's a respect for him
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  Speaker 1: as far as away is coverage, he's covering fantastic. The
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  Speaker 1: one kid just didn't hit it good, and he knows
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  Speaker 1: right away It's funny as I've never had a kicker
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  Speaker 1: that as he swings, you can hear him groan because
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  Speaker 1: he knows it's not right. So I see it every
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  Speaker 1: day in practice when he does miss it, So he
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  Speaker 1: knows instantly just by his swing, without even looking up,
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  Speaker 1: it goes in, and so he knows right away, and
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  Speaker 1: you know he has the ability to make those adjustments.
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  Speaker 1: He's been and he's been good. You know, it's it's
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  Speaker 1: another guy. He's been really good up to this game,
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  Speaker 1: and so he missed the kick.
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  Speaker 2: We let him down.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I let him down as far as protection. Uh,
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  Speaker 1: but I'm not concerned at all. He's been fantastic, Uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, the first two games. He's been great since
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  Speaker 1: we got him in the off season.
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  Speaker 2: He had a good training camp.
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  Speaker 1: He's done a good job as a gunner, and we're
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  Speaker 1: hoping to get him up more often. Unfortunately, he was
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  Speaker 1: on the backside of on that kickoff coverage, which was
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  Speaker 1: a little, uh, a little disappointing for me. But uh,
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  Speaker 1: he's a guy that cares and he and he wants
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  Speaker 1: it so bad and he was one of those guys
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  Speaker 1: that was diving in there trying he just wants to
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  Speaker 1: make a play. It's his first time being up in
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  Speaker 1: a long time. He hadn't played since he was with
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  Speaker 1: the Rams, uh, you know, a million games ago. And
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  Speaker 1: so he just trying to make a play. And and
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  Speaker 1: and and that's part of coaching is getting these guys
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  Speaker 1: settled down. Let the plays come. Hey, the plays will
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  Speaker 1: come when we just let him come to us. One
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  Speaker 1: play at put, one play at a time, will come back
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  Speaker 1: in this game.
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  Speaker 2: Can't force it though,