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Press Pass | Coach Pederson on CB play, Raiders offense & Travis Etienne · Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: You guys do play the Raiders weir, Yes, yes, just Adams,
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  Speaker 1: Darren Waller, John Shaking. It's sort of like a three
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  Speaker 1: headed monster. How much stress when I put on a defense?
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  Speaker 1: All three of them are great players. Um, a lot
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  Speaker 1: of production in the league. And uh, you know then
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  Speaker 1: throwing Derek Carr you know, Um, yeah, it can stress
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  Speaker 1: the defense, you know, because you've gotta think about you know,
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  Speaker 1: resources on defense going where you're gonna put them, you know,
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  Speaker 1: and who are you gonna try to take away? So, um,
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  Speaker 1: it's a challenge defensively and um, you know it's something
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  Speaker 1: that I know our guys are are ready for. What
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  Speaker 1: does do well, Yeah, I mean he does a lot
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  Speaker 1: of things. Well, Um, he's big number one, he's physical,
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  Speaker 1: he's he runs well you know there all his you
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  Speaker 1: know type thing. Um, just a just a good good
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  Speaker 1: overall you know, tight end, can can block, uh you know,
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  Speaker 1: and and he's he's a load, you know, he's a handful.
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  Speaker 1: He's just a bigger, more physical guy you know at times,
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  Speaker 1: and um, that's a challenge for safeties and linebackers if
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  Speaker 1: you do decide to let Tyson see some of Daubunte
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  Speaker 1: Adams this week. How much can you learn about a
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  Speaker 1: second year player going against a guy like Adams. I
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  Speaker 1: think if that's the case, I think you learn a lot,
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  Speaker 1: I think, And it's a great opportunity for for Tyson,
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  Speaker 1: you know, and if that's if that's the case, and um,
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  Speaker 1: I just think it's a great opportunity, you know, um
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  Speaker 1: for any any player you know, to to be in
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  Speaker 1: that position to go against one of the best you know,
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  Speaker 1: receivers in our league. And and uh uh it'll be
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  Speaker 1: a um for Tyson, I know if that's again, if
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  Speaker 1: that's the case, that I know Tyson will be ready
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  Speaker 1: you know, and and be prepared, you know, for for
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  Speaker 1: that opportunity when guys ask for that kind of matchup
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  Speaker 1: or anything like that. I mean, I do. I think
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  Speaker 1: it just uh it's great for the player to have
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  Speaker 1: confidence in his ability, you know, and then it shows
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  Speaker 1: confidence from us to that to put a player like
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  Speaker 1: Tyson in that in that position, whether it's this week,
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  Speaker 1: next week, or moving forward, and um uh it just uh,
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  Speaker 1: I think it just proves the confidence in the player,
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  Speaker 1: but but more more so probably confidence in us is
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  Speaker 1: a staff to know that he is a good player
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  Speaker 1: and he's ready for those opportunities whether or not to
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  Speaker 1: single old somebody up like that or bracket on the
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  Speaker 1: number one and single out on number two. Wow, that's
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  Speaker 1: a deep question. Um, just trying to And I think
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  Speaker 1: it's by game plan. I think I think you can
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  Speaker 1: do both, honestly, and it's by call. It's by yeah,
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  Speaker 1: oh certainly, certainly. I mean I I go back to,
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  Speaker 1: you know, Um, this coordinator comes from the New England
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  Speaker 1: style of defense, and I go back to uh my
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  Speaker 1: Day's seventeen Super Bowl playing the Patriots, and and you know,
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  Speaker 1: you see normal coverage out in the field, you see
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  Speaker 1: bracket coverage in the red zone, and um, that's that's
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  Speaker 1: what he's He's shown on tape, and and you would
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  Speaker 1: expect it. You know, maybe like Evan or Christian could
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  Speaker 1: potentially be you know, bracketed as we get closer to
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  Speaker 1: the to the goal line. But you know, those are
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  Speaker 1: all things. And I would say that on the on
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  Speaker 1: the reverse side of that, with with guys like Waller,
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  Speaker 1: Davante Adams could be the same same situation. Yeah, guy
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  Speaker 1: that you can travel with the number one receiver, what
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  Speaker 1: kind of guy do you have to have on the
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  Speaker 1: other side that's comfortable enough to go both sides as well. Well,
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  Speaker 1: I mean that's just it. You've got a guy you
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  Speaker 1: get your second or third corner, you know that that
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  Speaker 1: that move around to you know, um, and you know
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  Speaker 1: it's again it's nothing, it's nothing against them. They've got
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  Speaker 1: a job to do as well, um, you know, and
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  Speaker 1: they've got to be up up for that task and
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  Speaker 1: they've got to learn their their game plan and study
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  Speaker 1: where uh they need to be and understand their technique
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  Speaker 1: and all that and um you know, so it's no different.
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  Speaker 1: But it's just being it's just being prepared and and
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  Speaker 1: just understanding you know who you might be going up
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  Speaker 1: against the challenge and go and playing the right side
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  Speaker 1: versus the left side guy. I mean it can be
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  Speaker 1: for guys. I think it's just the eyes, you know,
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  Speaker 1: um technique, it's um you know anymore though guys are
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  Speaker 1: playing both sides of the field. I think it's it's
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  Speaker 1: harder for sometimes DBS corners particularly to go from outside
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  Speaker 1: the inside or maybe inside the outside. But you know,
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  Speaker 1: for us, a guy like Darius who can play both right,
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  Speaker 1: he can play outside and then go inside. I think
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  Speaker 1: I think it proves just his uh um, you know,
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  Speaker 1: his versatility, you know, doing that, you know a lot
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  Speaker 1: of times, you know, a lot of times you see
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  Speaker 1: a corner that may travel with the receiver, but but
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  Speaker 1: don't go inside. If that receiver's inside, they'll still play
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  Speaker 1: on the outside and and then you'll see some different
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  Speaker 1: coverages that way. Um. But but yeah, there there's there's
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  Speaker 1: some subtle differences, you know, playing the left and right
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  Speaker 1: and keeping I'm not just on the fields that in
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  Speaker 1: terms of the the locker and getting that defense talked be great. Um.
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  Speaker 1: You know, it's really good to see him last week
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  Speaker 1: be productive and you know, get after the quarterback. He's uh,
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  Speaker 1: he's he's you know, um, he's an excitable guy and
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  Speaker 1: and he's got a lot of energy and um, he's
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  Speaker 1: really good to have in that locker room. Drives team
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  Speaker 1: has been on fire in the running game. Do you
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  Speaker 1: think there's still run for him to grow into a
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  Speaker 1: role in the passing game a little bit more? I
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  Speaker 1: mean yes, uh, um, you know, I I like him
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  Speaker 1: out of the backfield choice route option routes, trying to
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  Speaker 1: create some matchups and maybe on some backers screen game,
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  Speaker 1: you know, which is something that we've had a little
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  Speaker 1: bit of success in. So those are those are ways
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  Speaker 1: to get him the ball, you know, other than just
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  Speaker 1: handing it to him. How do you make sure this
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  Speaker 1: team doesn't start pressing and trying to do a little
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  Speaker 1: too much. How you guys are trying to get a win. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I mean that's a that's a challenge, right, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: you don't want guys to press. You just still want
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  Speaker 1: guys for the game to come to them and make
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  Speaker 1: plays that that come their way. And you know, it's
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  Speaker 1: just you know, it's a part of my job just
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  Speaker 1: to keep communicating that, you know, and just you know,
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  Speaker 1: creating creating opportunities that that show up in the game
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  Speaker 1: and just being able to handle those and you know,
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  Speaker 1: making those plays that that come their way. Um, don't
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  Speaker 1: go searching for stuff, you know. Um, there's a lot
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  Speaker 1: of plays in a football game, and and just understanding that, uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, when they come to you, you know, it's
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  Speaker 1: your job to make them. Do you worry it all?
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  Speaker 1: After the move earlier this week that something the guys
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  Speaker 1: started thinking looking towards next year, No, Um, I really don't.
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  Speaker 1: I mean there's nine games left, you know, and there's
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  Speaker 1: a lot of football and anything's possible here in the
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  Speaker 1: second half of the season, right, I mean it's we're
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  Speaker 1: we're just about halfway and and um obviously you know,
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  Speaker 1: not where we thought we would be, you know, and
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  Speaker 1: and probably could be a little bit different here and there.
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  Speaker 1: But look, these guys are still you know, they're still
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  Speaker 1: practicing hard, they're playing hard. Um, we just need you know,
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  Speaker 1: an opportunity to ball, to bounce our way and and
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  Speaker 1: and get that first one. So a lot of opportunities
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  Speaker 1: are still focused on you know, this week and this
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  Speaker 1: season and um, trying to get things turned around. And
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  Speaker 1: did you not want to buy this week? No? I
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  Speaker 1: was no, I did not want to buy this week. Um,
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  Speaker 1: you know, even coming back you know with the travel
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  Speaker 1: plus the time change and everything this weekend so we
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  Speaker 1: get plenty of rest. How is aging you progressed this week?
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  Speaker 1: Um is doing well. He's been day today. You know
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  Speaker 1: we will see again today you know out there on
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  Speaker 1: the field where he's at. But he's doing well and
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  Speaker 1: optimistic that you know, he plays this weekend.