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Press Pass | Mike Caldwell: "I think you've got to prove it everyday." · Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: He loved veteran and he's been consistent throughout his career.
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  Speaker 1: You know, at a corner, you have plays, you have
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  Speaker 1: to have a short memory, and he does that. He
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  Speaker 1: moves on and you know he's back in here trying
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  Speaker 1: to get back healthy and trying to do the things
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  Speaker 1: we wanted to do. What's your confidence level in Shack
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  Speaker 1: moving forward? Oh, it's still there. It's still there. You know,
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  Speaker 1: they make plays, We make plays, but we just have
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  Speaker 1: to make more plays and we have a confidence that
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  Speaker 1: Shot can go back out there and do it. Uh,
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  Speaker 1: there's no loss of confidence in him. We're just ready
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  Speaker 1: for him get another shot. Is it easier for you
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  Speaker 1: as a coach to have a veteran corner who doesn't
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  Speaker 1: really get his confidence rattle, even when you know he
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  Speaker 1: has a performance in the way it did or plays
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  Speaker 1: that happened. Really, corners have to have that that fearlessness
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  Speaker 1: and you know, forget things because if you don't, you'll
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  Speaker 1: have it in your mind. It cause you to play
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  Speaker 1: soft and cause you play the way you're not supposed
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  Speaker 1: to play. And he's the veteran corner and he understands
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  Speaker 1: the game and he's had a bunch of success and
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  Speaker 1: we look forward to him doing it again. Do you
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  Speaker 1: ever worry when it's one of the leaders of your
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  Speaker 1: defense that goes out there and has the struggle game
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  Speaker 1: where it is it a little bit easier that way
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  Speaker 1: because you know he's one of the guys that kind
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  Speaker 1: of leads by example. I'm gonna keep working. I think,
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  Speaker 1: you know, you can never really put it on one
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  Speaker 1: guy because at the same time, like when he's in coverage,
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  Speaker 1: we have ten other guys that are out there supposed
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  Speaker 1: to perform their job, and if they do their job,
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  Speaker 1: then maybe that doesn't show up. So it's a team game.
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  Speaker 1: And when you have one guy that I have the
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  Speaker 1: opportunity to make a play, there's ten other ones that
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  Speaker 1: also have the opportunity. I know, hindsight's kind of do
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  Speaker 1: you think you could have adjusted your calls a little
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  Speaker 1: bit differently to take some of those crossers away? I
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  Speaker 1: think I thought we did at the in the second half,
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  Speaker 1: we did it, and you know, it just comes down
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  Speaker 1: they're really making plays. The ball was coming out, we
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  Speaker 1: were in leverage. Sometimes sometimes we're out of leverage, but
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  Speaker 1: we'll learn from it. Got back to work yesterday and
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  Speaker 1: going back to work to day we're ready to get
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  Speaker 1: it fixed. What have you seen from the Giants offense?
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  Speaker 1: Obviously Daniel Jones and there he he can kind of
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  Speaker 1: run around a little bit. So what have you seen
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  Speaker 1: from them in terms of how they've had success this here?
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  Speaker 1: What is about him that that you know? It's game changer,
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  Speaker 1: That's the thing. He the game changer UH in the
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  Speaker 1: run game. He's special. UH has great vision, jump cuts.
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  Speaker 1: UH can find a hole when it's not there. And
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  Speaker 1: then their offensive line is playing well. They're protecting UH
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  Speaker 1: the quarterback, and they're also opening up holes. And then
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  Speaker 1: the quarterback itself is another dynamic. He's a guy that
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  Speaker 1: can throw a ball on time and use his legs
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  Speaker 1: when he needs to to get out of trouble and
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  Speaker 1: to make place for him. Challenging that or is that
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  Speaker 1: on your linebackers? Sort of winning quarterback can sort of
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  Speaker 1: scramble around. You have to keep an eye on him
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  Speaker 1: a little bit. It's the same way we're uh it
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  Speaker 1: really all through levels. The back end has to hold
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  Speaker 1: up in coverage, the linebackers have to be aware in
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  Speaker 1: zone coverage, and up front we have to make sure
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  Speaker 1: we try to limit his movement in the pocket. How
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  Speaker 1: important is it for guys like Josh just gonna comment
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  Speaker 1: maybe not pressing, overactive and I'm not coming yet. It's
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  Speaker 1: important for them to know that. But at the same
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  Speaker 1: time they know that we need that and that's what
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  Speaker 1: we're about and we have to generate that and we
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  Speaker 1: don't need them to stress or go out there and
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  Speaker 1: try to play without outside the scheme. We just need
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  Speaker 1: them to be them and the plays will come. Just
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  Speaker 1: trust the trust the process, and the players will come.
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  Speaker 1: How much is not having fought ACACI at times impacted
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  Speaker 1: your ability just to stop the imposing teams running game.
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  Speaker 1: I think uh, Corey's done a good job of filling in.
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  Speaker 1: But anytime you have one of your main guys not there,
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  Speaker 1: the other guys step up. But if you were able
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  Speaker 1: to have both of them on the field the same time,
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  Speaker 1: that might help out. But there's really no excuse to it.
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  Speaker 1: But we have to stop the run when it's time
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  Speaker 1: to stopped to run, and we haven't been doing it
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  Speaker 1: as consistent as we want to. So we're back to work.
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  Speaker 1: Said that, your defense and the identity that you wanted
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  Speaker 1: them to have will be run stoppers when you're going
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  Speaker 1: up against twenty six and when you're going up against
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  Speaker 1: the back inst talent to as him. Is this in
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  Speaker 1: the in like your mind and in your player's mind
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  Speaker 1: one of those games that you need to prove it well.
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  Speaker 1: I think you gotta prove it every day. That's one
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  Speaker 1: of our slogans. You gotta prove it every day. Every
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  Speaker 1: day you step out on the field. You gotta prove
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  Speaker 1: who you are as a player and who you are
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  Speaker 1: as a defense. And our division is like that. We
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  Speaker 1: have good running backs in our division, so every week
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  Speaker 1: we step out there, we're facing a good running back.
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  Speaker 1: So that's part of have to step up every weekend
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  Speaker 1: prove it every day. I'll have Devin Lloyd and Dave Unwalker,
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  Speaker 1: the two rookies. How have they reshaped this defense and
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  Speaker 1: elevated it? What's if you could kind of summarize now
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  Speaker 1: that we're headed into weeks, since what you've seen from
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  Speaker 1: them so far this season, how would you do that?
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  Speaker 1: I would think the energy, physicalness, that's something that really
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  Speaker 1: is different with those two guys. Devin uh he plays
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  Speaker 1: physical on the second level, and Trayvron he's physical upfront.
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  Speaker 1: But the really thing that stands out about those two
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  Speaker 1: is the length they've increased our length on defense, and
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  Speaker 1: they're able to help other guys in certain ways, and
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  Speaker 1: they're able to make play themselves by being long, and
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  Speaker 1: both of them are extremely long. How are they as
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  Speaker 1: far as leaders, like, I know they're rookies, so do
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  Speaker 1: they have a voice, um and you've seen them kind
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  Speaker 1: of stuff up as leaders? Or are they mostly kind
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  Speaker 1: of still learning at this point? Well, really, leaders are
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  Speaker 1: really defined by their actions, and both guys are out
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  Speaker 1: there working hard and performing on the field. So guys
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  Speaker 1: gravitate to guys that perform well on the field and
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  Speaker 1: work hard. So their leaders by not by aids or
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  Speaker 1: leaders by the way they play. What sort of play
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  Speaker 1: have you got from Racion Jenkins. It feels like he's
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  Speaker 1: been kind of flying all over the field and you've
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  Speaker 1: been able to really of him around and play him
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  Speaker 1: d playing close to the line of scrimmage and and
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  Speaker 1: play him to his strengths a little bit. Yeah, I
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  Speaker 1: think he's a piece that is playing well force and
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  Speaker 1: we're happy, we're excited that you know, he's healthy, he's
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  Speaker 1: going out there and he's making big, big plays. He's
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  Speaker 1: being physical in the run game, being able to blitz
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  Speaker 1: at times, and then his coverage. I don't think, uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, guys are catching ball on him, so that's
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  Speaker 1: a big plus. He's playing well and we hope keep
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  Speaker 1: that going. Thanks. Thank