Latest / Seahawks Press Pass / Mike Macdonald: "DK Metcalf Is A Relentless Competitor"
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- 0:00Speaker 1: All right, all right, good to see every buddy. Guys
- 0:06Speaker 1: are halfway through a great day. So let's go finish
- 0:09Speaker 1: out outside here in about an hour and then we'll
- 0:13Speaker 1: go to Thursday.
- 0:15Speaker 2: They got a peek inside Mike McDonald's closet. How much
- 0:18Speaker 2: action green would we see in there?
- 0:20Speaker 3: Yeah, that's a great question. Uh, not much.
- 0:26Speaker 1: It's a good color, though, it's great color. Just my
- 0:32Speaker 1: I'm kind of cubic, so it's not a not very
- 0:35Speaker 1: flattering on me.
- 0:37Speaker 4: What do you know what without without even diving into
- 0:41Speaker 4: the matchups of this game, this style of play that
- 0:43Speaker 4: the Packers play, right, and that that division plays, what
- 0:46Speaker 4: do you know to expect from the matchups the next
- 0:49Speaker 4: couple of weeks?
- 0:50Speaker 1: Actually, well let's keep it to this week. But I
- 0:53Speaker 1: mean they play a great brand of football. They play
- 0:56Speaker 1: winning football. Uh they've been doing it throughout their entire
- 1:00Speaker 1: franchise history and especially since since Matt's got there and
- 1:03Speaker 1: doing his things. So we got a lot of respect
- 1:06Speaker 1: for them and how they play. They're a physical football team.
- 1:09Speaker 1: They play really hard. They attack the football, they take
- 1:13Speaker 1: care of it on offense. They do all the things
- 1:16Speaker 1: necessary that you need to do to be able to
- 1:19Speaker 1: be a really good football team.
- 1:20Speaker 3: They do those things.
- 1:21Speaker 5: How similar or different is Lafleur from just the you know,
- 1:24Speaker 5: the Shanahan McVay tree, Like, how much influence do you
- 1:27Speaker 5: see in his style of offense?
- 1:31Speaker 1: It's definitely this is his offense. I mean you feel
- 1:34Speaker 1: that this is his vision for his players. And I
- 1:37Speaker 1: mean you have to have a starting point somewhere, you know,
- 1:40Speaker 1: you can't just no, one didn't invents stuff. You know,
- 1:43Speaker 1: everyone learns from people and kind of comes up through
- 1:45Speaker 1: the ranks, and that's what Matt does. But you can
- 1:47Speaker 1: definitely tell this is this is his vision for for
- 1:50Speaker 1: their offense. Just the uniqueness, you know, I'm sure there's
- 1:56Speaker 1: some I'm sure there's common language and stuff, but you
- 2:00Speaker 1: know it's you can tell it to tell it around
- 2:01Speaker 1: their players and how they build stuff formationally, and but yeah,
- 2:06Speaker 1: it's it's definitely unique to them.
- 2:08Speaker 4: When you look at the number of explosive plays they've
- 2:10Speaker 4: able to they've been able to create. Is that a
- 2:12Speaker 4: function of the scheme that they're running or playmakers just making.
- 2:16Speaker 3: It happen both?
- 2:18Speaker 1: I think I think you see when we see I'm
- 2:22Speaker 1: thinking of the explosive place when we create it's like Hey,
- 2:24Speaker 1: that was a that was a sweet idea that we
- 2:27Speaker 1: put into practice and then the players make it come
- 2:29Speaker 1: to life. So I think it's the same thing with
- 2:33Speaker 1: their operation as well.
- 2:34Speaker 2: Green Bay runs more on early downs than any team
- 2:37Speaker 2: in the NFL, and you guys have had the best
- 2:40Speaker 2: early down defense since Week nine in the NFL. Curious,
- 2:42Speaker 2: like a lot of people focus on their down packages,
- 2:45Speaker 2: you guys have early down packages, and how much time
- 2:47Speaker 2: do you spend on early.
- 2:48Speaker 6: Downs game planning versus other downs?
- 2:52Speaker 1: Yeah, of course we do. We spend a good amount
- 2:57Speaker 1: of time game planning early downs. And I think I
- 3:01Speaker 1: think as a rule of thumb, and it's kind of
- 3:03Speaker 1: consistent throughout the league, but normally, earlier in the week
- 3:05Speaker 1: you're working on early downs. As the week starts to evolve,
- 3:07Speaker 1: it's more more more specific situations like third down, red zone.
- 3:12Speaker 1: Today's a big early down day for us, Like we
- 3:15Speaker 1: practice red zone every day, We'll practice pressures every day,
- 3:20Speaker 1: so there's carryover as well, and then it kind of
- 3:22Speaker 1: shifts and moves a little bit throughout the week based
- 3:24Speaker 1: off of what you think you need to emphasize. So
- 3:26Speaker 1: but absolutely, yeah, I mean they do a great job
- 3:28Speaker 1: on early downs. And uh, there's not a lot of
- 3:32Speaker 1: third downs on tape for them. That speaks to how
- 3:34Speaker 1: efficient they are on first and second down.
- 3:36Speaker 5: Would you learn about ken Walker's cap injury?
- 3:39Speaker 4: Uh?
- 3:39Speaker 3: Hell, he's still day to day right now.
- 3:43Speaker 1: I wouldn't say more, just there's some got more kind
- 3:46Speaker 1: of complicated as week went on, so that's why we
- 3:48Speaker 1: had to do some more tests and stuff. But right
- 3:50Speaker 1: now there's positive signs and uh, so we'll just say
- 3:53Speaker 1: day to day I think is fair, but it's not
- 3:55Speaker 1: long term.
- 3:56Speaker 5: Are there any more tests that he has to do?
- 3:58Speaker 3: I don't believe so.
- 4:02Speaker 4: Michael digs since like twelve to be involved, but he can.
- 4:06Speaker 2: If you look at punt by point, I feel like
- 4:08Speaker 2: he's been spectacular.
- 4:10Speaker 4: Yeah, what can you say about his performance?
- 4:13Speaker 5: And how do you really evaluate the Hunters in time?
- 4:17Speaker 1: Well, I mean, I think, uh, his impact, how you
- 4:21Speaker 1: evaluate it, it's combined with you know, how well we
- 4:24Speaker 1: protect and cover. Uh, but you're always you're looking like
- 4:27Speaker 1: hang times and where the ball lands and operation and
- 4:30Speaker 1: things like that. But uh, I mean, and Crystal's done
- 4:34Speaker 1: a great job of getting the ball operationally. I think
- 4:36Speaker 1: are on the on the whole, our punt protection has
- 4:40Speaker 1: been solid throughout the year. There's things we're chasing on
- 4:42Speaker 1: that front, but as with every other phase, you're chasing stuff.
- 4:45Speaker 1: But Michael's done a tremendous job. I mean, he's such
- 4:48Speaker 1: he's just a he's so talented, like what he does
- 4:51Speaker 1: and how and just how the ball comes off his foot,
- 4:53Speaker 1: different types of kicks he can kick. And man, he's
- 4:57Speaker 1: a just an easy like he's a US free dude. Man,
- 5:00Speaker 1: he's like and she's an interesting guy.
- 5:02Speaker 3: He's awesome. So you can remember.
- 5:06Speaker 2: Maybe one of the best, if not the best gat
- 5:08Speaker 2: of script on something, but they're punch throughout the season.
- 5:10Speaker 4: You could remember that really change the game pretty guys.
- 5:14Speaker 1: I think it's more like the preponderance of the games
- 5:16Speaker 1: just tilting field position consistently where you know, defensively we
- 5:20Speaker 1: do our job. You know, we can get the ball
- 5:22Speaker 1: back at a pretty good spot for our offense. So
- 5:25Speaker 1: that's something that we're going to need to keep improving on,
- 5:27Speaker 1: you know, our average field start or field positions start
- 5:29Speaker 1: and stuff. But I think I think probably the first
- 5:31Speaker 1: thing that comes to mind is this is consistency.
- 5:34Speaker 7: You mentioned the Packers are going to attack in football.
- 5:36Speaker 7: They're among the league leaders and takeaways. Some teams get
- 5:39Speaker 7: that because maybe they're pass rush is just creating a
- 5:41Speaker 7: lot of chaos. Well what is it that they do
- 5:42Speaker 7: to get the ball away?
- 5:44Speaker 1: Well, I mean you have to you have to have it.
- 5:47Speaker 1: Excuse me, you have to have it. You have to
- 5:49Speaker 1: have that's be an emphasis. It has to be something
- 5:51Speaker 1: that you're searching, that you're attacking consistently. You got to
- 5:53Speaker 1: do it every day. You can tell this is something
- 5:55Speaker 1: that they practice and they work on because they're very opportunistic.
- 5:58Speaker 3: Those things don't just happen by accident.
- 6:01Speaker 7: Did Jalen Darden?
- 6:02Speaker 1: Did he just show up on Friday or Saturday or
- 6:04Speaker 1: what did Yeah, he showed up on getting her on Friday,
- 6:08Speaker 1: so it's like, hey man, what's up?
- 6:10Speaker 3: Please catch the ball.
- 6:13Speaker 7: Obviously that's a physician, you kind of just plug a play,
- 6:15Speaker 7: but him kind of going through that.
- 6:18Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, Jay did a great job getting them
- 6:20Speaker 3: up to speed.
- 6:20Speaker 1: But it's not like we're you know, it is pretty
- 6:22Speaker 1: consistent throughout the league. On there's some specific situations that, uh,
- 6:27Speaker 1: you know, we could have seen Jack's come up if
- 6:30Speaker 1: he if we needed him to back there, if he
- 6:31Speaker 1: like we felt like he wasn't up to speed on
- 6:33Speaker 1: what we were doing.
- 6:33Speaker 3: But he was ready to go, so be good to
- 6:38Speaker 3: have him here for a full week.
- 6:40Speaker 2: Sorry, what are the elements of a good red zone defense?
- 6:44Speaker 3: Stop the run?
- 6:46Speaker 1: I mean, it's the opposite of like good red zone
- 6:48Speaker 1: offenses run the ball effectively down there, and you got
- 6:52Speaker 1: to get him to passing situations. I mean, every yard
- 6:54Speaker 1: matter is down there. You know, a three yard run
- 6:57Speaker 1: is a dang good run in the red zone, you know,
- 6:59Speaker 1: three or four arts, So you gotta be able to
- 7:01Speaker 1: stop that. And that's where it all starts.
- 7:03Speaker 6: A few years ago, the it was in vogue to
- 7:06Speaker 6: kind of pass a lot on early down when people
- 7:09Speaker 6: are maybe geared up to stop the running. Now, some
- 7:10Speaker 6: of the best offenses, like Green Bay, like Eagles, like
- 7:13Speaker 6: Detroit run a lot on early downs. I'm curious what
- 7:15Speaker 6: your point of view is early down.
- 7:18Speaker 1: Offensively, Well, yeah, I think there's a little bit of
- 7:22Speaker 1: a shift going on. Uh more emphasis of running the
- 7:25Speaker 1: ball and taking the taking the yards they give you.
- 7:29Speaker 1: Uh It's it's circular, right, I mean, so you know, defensively,
- 7:38Speaker 1: you come up with a solution for something and you
- 7:41Speaker 1: kind of start banging on that door. Offensively, offensive say Okay,
- 7:44Speaker 1: I've had enough of that.
- 7:45Speaker 3: We're gonna, you know, do X.
- 7:48Speaker 1: You have to as a defense, you get to recognize
- 7:50Speaker 1: they're doing X, so we gotta do why. And then
- 7:52Speaker 1: it's just kind of a lot of times it ends
- 7:53Speaker 1: up just going in circles, you know. So there's there's
- 7:58Speaker 1: times to there's times of counter, there's times to you know,
- 8:01Speaker 1: live with it. There's times to uh maybe make them
- 8:04Speaker 1: think that they have what they want and you can counter.
- 8:08Speaker 1: All those things are kind of going on, and I
- 8:10Speaker 1: think it's about like how well you're playing the plays
- 8:12Speaker 1: you need to stop and things that you're trying to
- 8:15Speaker 1: take away. I mean, if you could, Yeah, it's great
- 8:17Speaker 1: to stop the run put a thousand guys in the box,
- 8:20Speaker 1: but uh quickest it's really easy to score on, you know,
- 8:24Speaker 1: on a seventy yard past too, So I'm trying to
- 8:27Speaker 1: limit those as well.
- 8:28Speaker 7: As a defensive coach. How much are you thinking about
- 8:30Speaker 7: sort of looking ahead of it's gonna evolve. Is that
- 8:33Speaker 7: maybe an off season thought or.
- 8:34Speaker 3: Are you looking Yeah, you're just paying attention. You're just
- 8:36Speaker 3: paying attention.
- 8:37Speaker 1: Yeah, it's just something in the back of your mind
- 8:38Speaker 1: that you're paying attention to day in day out, and
- 8:42Speaker 1: you know, we get, we get, we generate a lot
- 8:43Speaker 1: of great information Brian Airs and his crew, So understanding
- 8:49Speaker 1: just what makes kind of teams operate things like that
- 8:52Speaker 1: are really helpful with Ken.
- 8:53Speaker 7: Do you need to see him practice to week to
- 8:55Speaker 7: clear him to play Sunday?
- 8:57Speaker 1: I would like to see him at some point, but
- 8:58Speaker 1: I wouldn't say that that would, you know, exclude him
- 9:01Speaker 1: from playing Josh Jacoes.
- 9:03Speaker 7: What what makes him a tough back?
- 9:05Speaker 1: To kill it?
- 9:07Speaker 3: Man?
- 9:07Speaker 1: It's just a physical runner. He's breaks a ton of tackles.
- 9:11Speaker 1: I think his yards after contact numbers are pre dang high.
- 9:17Speaker 1: It's kind of a relentless runner, you know, and then
- 9:20Speaker 1: yards after contact are tough. But they do a great
- 9:22Speaker 1: job of block and form as well. And he just
- 9:24Speaker 1: has a really good feel for like what the blocking
- 9:26Speaker 1: scheme is, kind of where the soft spot is and
- 9:28Speaker 1: the defense and then he he's gonna hit it with
- 9:31Speaker 1: a full head of steam.
- 9:32Speaker 3: So he's a really good back. What did you Kenny
- 9:35Speaker 3: McIntosh got to play for? What did you see out
- 9:37Speaker 3: of him and kind of how you've seen him of
- 9:39Speaker 3: all this one?
- 9:39Speaker 7: Well?
- 9:39Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean it feels like you know, in practice
- 9:41Speaker 1: or you know in the preseason when he's had his
- 9:43Speaker 1: opportunities to run the ball unfortunately. I saw it first
- 9:46Speaker 1: hand in the Orange Bowl. Uh that he's a dang
- 9:51Speaker 1: good back and he can he can make it happen
- 9:53Speaker 1: when the balls in his hands, and he can also
- 9:55Speaker 1: uh you know, catch out of the backfield as well.
- 9:58Speaker 1: So glad that he got his opportunity. Now he's got
- 10:01Speaker 1: to keep the same way everybod You've got to keep
- 10:03Speaker 1: doing it in practice, keep earning all those reps, staying sharp,
- 10:06Speaker 1: doing all the things that you need to do to
- 10:07Speaker 1: get ready to play.
- 10:08Speaker 3: But proud that he get you know, got the show
- 10:12Speaker 3: what he could do.
- 10:12Speaker 5: What happened with Trade Brown last week.
- 10:16Speaker 3: Was hammy grabbed a little bit. So he's he's working
- 10:18Speaker 3: through that right now.
- 10:19Speaker 4: And with Jordan Lovewood stands up to him about him
- 10:22Speaker 4: as a quarterback.
- 10:23Speaker 1: Well, the first thing is just like that is uh
- 10:27Speaker 1: deep area accuracy is really impressive. It's arm talent's really good.
- 10:32Speaker 1: It's just got a really really good control of their system,
- 10:35Speaker 1: operates their offense really well.
- 10:38Speaker 3: Uh, plays decisive.
- 10:40Speaker 1: I think how he how extends plays and still gets
- 10:43Speaker 1: the ball down the field even when.
- 10:44Speaker 3: Pressured is uh is pretty dangn good as well.
- 10:46Speaker 1: So it's first time really being exposed to him on
- 10:50Speaker 1: like multiple games and stuff.
- 10:51Speaker 3: So he's he's a he's a really good player. Michigan
- 10:57Speaker 3: Kenny McIntosh. Also, did you play Jacksonville House? Yeah, Jackson's
- 11:02Speaker 3: at Ohio State. What do you mean about seeing him
- 11:06Speaker 3: in college?
- 11:06Speaker 1: Everyone said we played him great, and I think he
- 11:08Speaker 1: went for like one fifty.
- 11:12Speaker 7: Why is he so difficult to stop?
- 11:16Speaker 1: Well, I think it starts with just his competitiveness and
- 11:20Speaker 1: the guys that really you know, just a great competitor.
- 11:22Speaker 1: So he's kind of relentless in that matter. But like
- 11:25Speaker 1: skill set wives, we talked about it in the off season.
- 11:27Speaker 1: He's got great hands and then like the lower body,
- 11:29Speaker 1: like power and flexibility.
- 11:30Speaker 3: Of getting it out of breaks. It's tough to stick
- 11:33Speaker 3: with him.
- 11:33Speaker 1: And then, like I said earlier, as he's starting to
- 11:36Speaker 1: get Mike more catches and stuff, you know, I think
- 11:39Speaker 1: he's generating a chemistry with with with Geno, like lay
- 11:42Speaker 1: and downs and stuff, finding open windows and zones and
- 11:46Speaker 1: Gino's finding him.
- 11:47Speaker 5: Do you see like the instincts show up aside from
- 11:50Speaker 5: just the scrambled drill situations.
- 11:53Speaker 3: Well, I mean he just knows how to get open.
- 11:54Speaker 1: He's just open, and he does how to work away
- 11:56Speaker 1: from leverage and cross leverage when he needs to or
- 11:59Speaker 1: when zones, finding kind of the spots where the routes
- 12:02Speaker 1: allow you to take those liberties. So yeah, it's fun
- 12:07Speaker 1: to watch him kind of operate over the middle catch he.
- 12:09Speaker 7: Had in real time. Were you pretty confident he caught
- 12:12Speaker 7: that relike Ojizus.
- 12:13Speaker 3: I mean, that was so close to the ground.
- 12:15Speaker 1: Yeah, it was close, so we went fast because we
- 12:17Speaker 1: were trying to force the hand on the on the
- 12:20Speaker 1: review or not.
- 12:21Speaker 3: But upon further review, I mean, there was daylight there,
- 12:25Speaker 3: but it wasn't much.
- 12:26Speaker 4: Will you talk about kind of the way Jackson keeps
- 12:29Speaker 4: showing up. What does it say about his football savvy
- 12:31Speaker 4: that teams know where he is, they've seen a lot
- 12:34Speaker 4: of him on film, and yet he is still putting
- 12:36Speaker 4: himself in position to make.
- 12:37Speaker 1: Those big plays.
- 12:39Speaker 3: Well, I mean he's doing a great job.
- 12:41Speaker 1: And the other I mean team, you know, we've got
- 12:44Speaker 1: a guy on the other side of the field that
- 12:46Speaker 1: commands a lot of coverage attention as well, so you
- 12:49Speaker 1: can't double everybody. So if they're going to do the
- 12:51Speaker 1: stuff they're doing right now, against us. Then that allows
- 12:54Speaker 1: him to do what he's been doing as well as
- 12:56Speaker 1: as well as Locke, I mean Locks, I thinks still
- 12:59Speaker 1: playing a really high level.
- 13:01Speaker 3: It's the ball's finding Jack's a lot right now.
- 13:02Speaker 1: So we've got to keep keep executing at a really
- 13:07Speaker 1: high level and Gino can keep working through it, keep
- 13:10Speaker 1: playing fast like he is, so we can keep getting
- 13:11Speaker 1: these guys the ball.
- 13:13Speaker 2: What's the best thing DK Metcalf does besides catching and
- 13:17Speaker 2: doing pass receiving.
- 13:18Speaker 4: What does he.
- 13:19Speaker 3: Benefit you mind?
- 13:20Speaker 4: Man?
- 13:20Speaker 1: I just uh the competitor, the competitor, the just the
- 13:26Speaker 1: relentless competitor.
- 13:27Speaker 3: Uh. Yeah, I just love seeing him out there.
- 13:32Speaker 4: Man.
- 13:32Speaker 3: Just feel good when he's out there doing his thing.
- 13:34Speaker 1: But I know that, like we're gonna if teams want
- 13:38Speaker 1: to play like high low double on him, then it's
- 13:41Speaker 1: it's a little bit tougher to get him the ball.
- 13:42Speaker 1: So we got to keep, you know, finding creative ways
- 13:44Speaker 1: to make sure he comes alive. But when that doesn't happen,
- 13:47Speaker 1: then I think you'll we'll definitely fear film the full
- 13:50Speaker 1: uh DK experience.
- 13:53Speaker 4: Down the field.
- 13:54Speaker 1: Yeah, That's what I'm referring to. It's just like there's
- 13:56Speaker 1: so many plays like that that are easy to go unnoticed.
- 13:59Speaker 1: But but I know this, like I don't want to
- 14:03Speaker 1: see him blocking me. I don't want to be out
- 14:04Speaker 1: there and him blocking me with le Maya.
- 14:07Speaker 2: Where did his growth is arc from training camp to now?
- 14:12Speaker 3: What?
- 14:12Speaker 4: What areas of his game that he's improved?
- 14:14Speaker 1: I think I think just confidence and like consistent just
- 14:20Speaker 1: like consistent performance and execution. So you know, as a rookie,
- 14:25Speaker 1: the first time you see things are the first time
- 14:26Speaker 1: you see things, so being able to being exposed to
- 14:29Speaker 1: all the things you need to be able to react
- 14:30Speaker 1: to and the calls and the footwork and all that
- 14:33Speaker 1: type of stuff, and then just keep hammering away on
- 14:35Speaker 1: the improvements.
- 14:36Speaker 3: Again, it wasn't just like it's not with these guys.
- 14:38Speaker 3: It's never going to be this okay now I'm ready.
- 14:41Speaker 1: It's just this constant uh effort, everybody on, everybody on board, huff,
- 14:47Speaker 1: you know, the coaches, all the rookies going through all
- 14:51Speaker 1: the reps, taking them, you know, keep moving forward.
- 14:52Speaker 3: There's me bumps in the road.
- 14:54Speaker 1: But every time this guy took a rep, he just
- 14:56Speaker 1: you know, is getting he was maximizing his opportunity.
- 14:59Speaker 3: That's all you can ask for.
- 15:00Speaker 7: When he was at Utah, you mostly was a tackle.
- 15:02Speaker 4: Did you find him a guard as soon as you
- 15:04Speaker 4: scout of him? What did that do?
- 15:05Speaker 1: Yeah?
- 15:05Speaker 3: I can't. I can't take credit for that.
- 15:06Speaker 1: That's that's that's our Yeah, that's our that's our scouts
- 15:10Speaker 1: and and our offensive staff felt like you could move
- 15:12Speaker 1: inside and uh and tal it did too, you know,
- 15:15Speaker 1: so it was it kind of ever be on board and.
- 15:17Speaker 2: I think you faced that four before correcting them wrong there.
- 15:20Speaker 2: But in situations when when you haven't faced as you before,
- 15:24Speaker 2: how does that change your preparation?
- 15:25Speaker 3: Well, it's been a minute.
- 15:26Speaker 1: I think last time it was twenty eighteen, uh, when
- 15:29Speaker 1: he was in Tennessee. But completely different operation. There's there's
- 15:33Speaker 1: some couple couple underlying things. But yeah, you got to
- 15:38Speaker 1: do your homework. You just you got to go through
- 15:40Speaker 1: hit all the hit all the boxes, make sure you're
- 15:42Speaker 1: as thorough as you can. I mean, we've had coaches
- 15:46Speaker 1: on staff that have played played the Packers in past
- 15:48Speaker 1: two so you're utilizing that feedback and just kind of
- 15:51Speaker 1: doing everything all hands on deck to try to generate
- 15:53Speaker 1: as much information as you can.
- 15:55Speaker 2: Michael, you've talked about how you'd like to see competition
- 15:58Speaker 2: and growth in your players in that contest, and you
- 16:00Speaker 2: talk about what you see from Josh.
- 16:02Speaker 3: Joel, what he's done.
- 16:04Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, I wish I could give you some
- 16:07Speaker 1: sweet insight. It's just, hey, this guy shows up. He's
- 16:11Speaker 1: got a good reputation, he's got a good you know
- 16:13Speaker 1: relationship with you know, our our scouts and especially especially Carl,
- 16:17Speaker 1: and then shoot, he learns what to do in a hurry,
- 16:21Speaker 1: and he goes out and executes and keeps making plays.
- 16:23Speaker 1: And then our even our starting receivers are saying, hey,
- 16:25Speaker 1: this guy is a tough cover on the look team.
- 16:28Speaker 1: So you're always competing for those things and earning those opportunities.
- 16:33Speaker 4: A lot of interceptions early on in the season, but
- 16:36Speaker 4: he's cleaned it up as a lead.
- 16:37Speaker 7: He has not pick in the last three games.
- 16:39Speaker 4: Have you noticed anything different with how he's He's had.
- 16:41Speaker 1: Some injuries too, but we were talking about that last
- 16:43Speaker 1: I think that the same thing last year, and he
- 16:45Speaker 1: ended on a pretty big, pretty good streak in the
- 16:49Speaker 1: last year too. It's hard to diagnose differences things like that.
- 16:54Speaker 1: I know they're they're just they're operating really efficiently right now.
- 16:57Speaker 1: So you know, they had a lot of time to
- 16:59Speaker 1: kind of iron away their things, and they're building too,
- 17:02Speaker 1: just like we are. And you're just always going to
- 17:03Speaker 1: work trying to get better. So hats off to him
- 17:05Speaker 1: for keep playing at a high level.
- 17:09Speaker 3: Okay, all right, thanks,