Rees-Bitonio-Schwesinger - From the Podium - 11.13.25

On this episode, hear from Browns OC Tommy Rees, DC Jim Schwartz, STC Bubba Ventrone, OG Joel Bitonio, LB Carson Schwesinger, and S Grant Delpit on Thursday's availability ahead of Week 11 against the Baltimore Ravens.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:05):
Welcome to this week eleven, Thursday edition of the From
the Podium podcast. I'm Gabe Klea. The Browns continue preparations
here at the Cross Country Mortgage Campus to take on
the Baltimore Ravens at Huntington Bank Field for a four
to twenty five kick this coming Sunday. On this episode,
you'll hear from offensive coordinator Tommy Reese, defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz,
special teams coordinator Bubba Van Trone, offensive guard Joel Botonio,

(00:28):
linebacker Carson Swessinger, and safety Grant Delpit. We'll start with
offensive coordinator Tommy Reese, who discussed his first game calling
plays in the NFL in Week ten Sunday.

Speaker 2 (00:39):
Where did you see feel like really tangible progress was
made in the offense from maybe before the vibe today.

Speaker 3 (00:48):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (00:48):
I think some of the things we wanted to focus
on is this always on? Okay, gotcha all right? And
some of the things we wanted to focus on, get
Jerry going, get the battle of the perimeter. You know,
There's some other things that I would talk about. Don't
want to schematically give anything away, but I felt like

(01:11):
there was progress there. Felt like our guys had a
really good week of prep, really disappointed in the result,
you know, ultimately walking off of that field and how
the game ends, and look, as a play caller, there's
always things you want back. I felt like we put
our guys in position to have success throughout the game.
And then when you do that and you don't have success,
you always look to why and what you can do

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during the week to help your players have that success.
And then you know there's gonna be a handful of
calls that you make that the defense you know, won
the rep, and that happens in football throughout a game.
And then there's a couple of plays there that you say,
they didn't put our guys in the right position, and
those are the ones as a play caller that eat
at you. But definitely felt like trending in the right
direction some of the things that we want to emphasize

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without going into too much details schematically, we got done
and we got to build off that and and start
winning some games. None, what we're looking forward and what happened, Yeah, Well,
you talk about a play call you want back, you know,
you start there, had a lot of confidence in the
call on third down that we'd pick up the first

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felt like we maybe lost a yard there, and you know, look,
in hindsight, you want to you want to execute those situations.
We made an aggressive play call, we didn't work out.
They had a good call on defense and we just
didn't execute it at the end of the day. And
you know, those were ones as a play caller that
you want to always put your guys in the right position.
We were running it pretty good at that point on

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that drive, so certainly could have could have handled that
differently and executed it differently. So we'll learn from it.
I'll learn from it and get better on it.

Speaker 5 (02:43):
I think.

Speaker 3 (02:48):
Fullbacks don't exist in college, which.

Speaker 4 (02:51):
We played with one at Notre Dame my whole time there.

Speaker 5 (02:53):
Okay, so so you're not anti full back.

Speaker 4 (02:55):
I love fullbacks. If I was stock here, I probably
would have been a full back.

Speaker 5 (02:59):
Okay. So he seems to make every block when he's
in there.

Speaker 6 (03:03):
Yeah, and after what you just said, more than one.

Speaker 4 (03:07):
Yeah, Like I said, want that callback, you're right on that.
And definitely, you know, we executed the short yardage situation
that was inside of one just that one earlier in
the game. We felt like this was a little bit longer,
but he's done such a great role for a great
job for us. In his role, you know, there is
a balance of pulling him from defense where he is playing,
pulling him from special teams where he is playing. You know,

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obviously he wasn't available a few weeks back, so all
those go into it. But you know, Aiden's been a
key part of our success in short yardage situations and
goal line situations that we do have a lot of
trust in him to get his job done.

Speaker 7 (03:42):
About the protection issues and keep your confidence going forward
that you guys can get that.

Speaker 4 (03:48):
Yeah, they got a couple of good rushers there, fort
round picks and always, like we've said all year, when
you look at protection, it's so much more than just
the offensive line or the individuals. It's schematic. It's how
the routes are getting open, how the progressions are going,
situations in the game on what you're trying to do.
So you look at as a coach and okay, are

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we putting them in the right position when you are
and there's an error, then you got to look at
why that happened. Is it something fundamentally we need to fix?
Is something maybe the look of the defense we didn't
get across to them and they didn't understand mentally on
where they're supposed to be going. And then you know
there's a couple where you say, hey, are we putting
them in the right spot? So after a game, win

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or loss, that's really how you evaluate it, like, did
we put them in the right spot? Did they execute it? Yes?
Great move on? We put them in the right spot?
Did they not execute it? Why is it fundamental something
we can fix. Is it an understanding something we need
to fix, or is it Hey, they want to match
up and get their hats off to them and move
on to the next place. So that's where our focus
is on the areas where we can improve our guys

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and get them better fundamentally or get them better mentally
pre snap on understanding what we're trying to do, and
that's our job as coaches.

Speaker 7 (05:00):
The way they've been playing in the past couple of weeks, yeah,
they're going to present a ton of challenges.

Speaker 8 (05:05):
For you guys that way.

Speaker 4 (05:06):
Yeah, they do a great job schematically. You know, they
have a lot of people that can play in different roles,
Kyle Hamilton being one of them. He lines up all
over the field. They have a veteran group up front
that have good rush patterns, good games and stunts. They
use you know, personnel in a multiple of ways. So
you know, the back's got to be tied into it.
Our lines got to be tied into it, our tight ends.

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You know, the past catchers themselves, it's always a race
between them and the pass rushers to get open. And
you know, our whole group needs to understand how how
critical that is.

Speaker 5 (05:38):
Like Tillman was open for a first out.

Speaker 9 (05:40):
Now is the reason the play you feel to play
call failed because you put the rookie quarterback in position
of having to make a play that was not the right.

Speaker 5 (05:48):
Time to do it.

Speaker 4 (05:49):
Yeah, I should have run the ball. I don't want
to get into the specifics of the play itself. You
know you can. You can freeze almost any play right
and say, hey, this guy's open, this guy open. Great.
I want want to make sure I'm putting our players
in the right spot. I made a call, an aggressive one.
It didn't work, and we gotta move on to the
next over there.

Speaker 6 (06:10):
Took over a starting quarterback.

Speaker 10 (06:11):
You guys run like four times the amount of rollouts
than you did with Joe in the first four games.

Speaker 6 (06:16):
Is that something that you think Dylan's skill set is
uniquely like positioned for or what are you accomplishing?

Speaker 4 (06:22):
You think when there's a combination of things skill set,
you know, those those give plays to get outside the pocket,
you know, allows us to get on the move, allows
the line to block a little bit differently. There's a
lot of benefits to those. And you know, we're always
looking at ways to maximize our players' skill set, not

(06:42):
just stealing. But you know, other guys up front and
across the board, like.

Speaker 10 (06:46):
You and and Kevin have said that. You know, you
don't see like the height popping up in any way,
but it is is that tied into rolling come out
a little bit more. I know other quarterbacks like two
has said, I can't necessarily see exactly over the line.
I have to look into certain windows and certain pockets
of the mind protection.

Speaker 4 (07:02):
Yeah, Brock Purty has this quote. He was on a
podcast in the summer. I can't remember who was with.
It was a former quarterback and he talks about like
sixty percent of the passes you don't see it, you know,
and other tall quarterbacks have said the same thing. Right,
you're playing with big men out there and windows close fast,
and he said, you have to trust the look you're seeing.

(07:23):
You have to anticipate really throw into spots versus different coverages,
and that takes time. And I think Brock in the
quote talks about how he's a rookie and how he's
grown into that and the comfort in that and the
confident in that, and so much of our stress right
now with the young quarterbacks is, hey, when we get
looks that we know we like this concept versus you know,

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we got to trust in that, anticipate, let it go.
And then you know, part of the job of the
quarterback is, hey, we might call something that it's not
the ideal look. How do we solve that problem?

Speaker 8 (07:56):
Jerry Judy touchdown, there's guys talking about how you sort
of noticed way were defending those crossing routes. I think
Jerry actually.

Speaker 6 (08:02):
Talked about it.

Speaker 8 (08:03):
What made after the interception? What kind of made you
feel like that was the perfect time to run that play.

Speaker 4 (08:08):
It was a weird game because like we didn't have
as much time between series because of how the game went.
As an offensive staff, right, like it was quick turnaround
twice then we have a turnover, so three possessions you
have less time, you know, in between series to discuss things.
But we had hit Jerry on a on a crosser.
I think we had him on another one. At that point,

(08:31):
it felt like we were you know, we had a
complimentary play in to get to it was gonna be
on the next series. We didn't know we were gonna
be on the twenty two yard line in that spot,
but it was something that we had talked about. Its Hey,
we want to come back to this to compliment what
we've been doing. And look, Jerry and Dylan made a
hell of a play on that one. You know, the

(08:51):
protection was excellent with Harold on the front side, and
it was really good to get Jerry making that play
and it was a great throw from Dylan, and those
guys executed at a high level.

Speaker 7 (09:00):
We had to get a handle on this yesterday, and
I don't know if we really uh got anywhere, But
in terms of just some of the throws that seemed
pretty off on the part of doing is there something
mechanical happening? Is it just uh, I don't know, can
you yeah?

Speaker 4 (09:16):
I think it goes back to the point I was
just a couple of points. I was just mentioning, like
evaluate it. Sometimes, Hey, is there something mechanical or fundamental
we want to correct? Is there something from a understanding
during the week game plan that we want to correct.
Sometimes quarterbacks miss sometimes you know, rain or whether it

(09:37):
can affect you know, all those things can affect it.
So you try to boil each play down into its
own individual play and then what caused this, and then
how can we correct that. Look, I've had my finger
slip off the ball and you miss. You know, If
that's the case, great, we'll get the next one. If
there's hey, I wasn't quite sure on the coverage, then
that's where we dig back in as coaches and talk
through the reason of why we're doing things. And you know,

(10:00):
all those are really important. I think for every position,
when you don't have the execution, that's what you're trying
to get after. If we miss a block, did we
understand the scheme, did we set incorrectly? Did they did
they just win? Did you step on the guard?

Speaker 5 (10:17):
Like?

Speaker 4 (10:17):
There's a lot of different things that go into every
position as you evaluate it. Did you win at the
top of a route?

Speaker 3 (10:23):
Like?

Speaker 4 (10:24):
That's our job as coaches when you evaluate the game
and what happens to look at the reasons why things
are happening, and then you know, there's obviously things that
are correctable, and then there's things that you say, Okay,
we're gonna move on from that and we'll get the
next one.

Speaker 6 (10:37):
With any young quarterback who's gonna be ups and downs.

Speaker 10 (10:40):
And you know, regardless of like the physical aspect, have
you seen through start one through start five that like
Dylan's like he's making the right decisions, like his eyes
are in the right place, He's seeing things as you
guys want him to see it and see it on
the field.

Speaker 4 (10:53):
Yeah, I mean we always grade that part of him,
and he grades out pretty high. Look, nobody's going to
bat a thousand. There's you know, certainly I don't about
a thousand calling it. Nobody's going to bat a thousand
and really anything they do. But I would say he
grades out where we want him. His you know, Dylan's
prep and where he is mentally for a rookie is
really well beyond you know, he's mature that way, you know,

(11:15):
and then we want to make sure that you know,
those things that are happening during the week, we go
and execute him on Sundays.

Speaker 11 (11:22):
Get Jerry so involved especially early when it had been
in such a struggle the first speaking.

Speaker 4 (11:28):
What was different. Yeah, those are the questions that it's
hard for me to get into the details there. You know,
Jerry does a lot of things well, and I'll just
say we're trying to put him in position to do
those things. Is in the right spots, in the right moments,
And you know, we talked last week, when you get
your good players going early, usually it helps them throughout
the game. So, you know, Jerry is a very talented

(11:49):
guy who's worked extremely hard, and you know he put
himself in that position to have success.

Speaker 3 (11:55):
Guards great offensive, then you can return.

Speaker 6 (11:58):
It just seems like this.

Speaker 12 (12:00):
Year the offense, I don't know if if if you hurry,
it's the youth.

Speaker 10 (12:03):
Or whatever it is, just cannot answer or overcome adversity.

Speaker 8 (12:07):
By the way, you guys were in a bunk until
you add the Hitman interception and you got to touch up.

Speaker 4 (12:13):
Yeah. Yeah, combination of errors. You know that we just
have to correct and there's probably no one answer to that.
You know, we want to make sure that we are
playing sound. You know, we had some penalties that set
us back. We have a negative play that sets us back.
We have a you know, missed opportunity that sets you
back the chains and those have been hard for us
to overcome. And you know, we just want to continue

(12:35):
to play sound and trust in the process that we're
putting forward, and uh, trust that those things will click
for us going ahead, because this is the.

Speaker 7 (12:42):
Second game that you're going to be able to call
for for Dylan. Do you feel like you have so
much more of a feel for it now, just even
though it's only the second time you're doing this for
him and you do.

Speaker 5 (12:54):
Do you feel like.

Speaker 7 (12:55):
It's just gonna be so much better?

Speaker 3 (12:56):
Yeah?

Speaker 4 (12:57):
I think that rapport grows as you continue to call
it for the whole offense, Like you start to build
that relationship with as the play caller and the offense,
and the more swings you get at it, the closer
that gets.

Speaker 2 (13:10):
You At the last four games that nobody scored over nineteen.

Speaker 9 (13:13):
Yeah, have they changed their defense philosophy somehow and are
playing good despite no pass rush.

Speaker 4 (13:21):
I mean they're playing really well as a whole. They
create pressure, you know, like in unique ways.

Speaker 5 (13:28):
You know.

Speaker 4 (13:28):
Obviously they made the trade four weeks ago that brought
fourteen down closer to the ball. I think that's a
big change from a couple of years back. They were
playing predominantly in that set, changed it up midway through
the year last year. You know, they have a good
group of players that play complimentary on one another, and
like I said, they have versatility to them. They're playing
a really good brand of football right now. Whether they're

(13:51):
generating pressure or not. They're limited points, they're creating turnovers,
they're limited points. They're getting key stops when they need it,
so they're they're really playing at a high level. Have
a a lot of respect for the staff and how
they put together their defense and the way they challenge
an offense.

Speaker 6 (14:09):
This season high stats for Malachai Corley.

Speaker 10 (14:11):
How much of that was a byproduct of maybe trying
to get a skill set similar to Isaiah in there
or was that something over the Bible Pintrick thought, we
want to get him more involved.

Speaker 5 (14:19):
In the offense.

Speaker 4 (14:20):
Yeah, Malachai has done a nice job for us since
he's got an opportunity to play, He's created plays, He's
made the most of his opportunities. He has a skill
set that can provide a lot for an offense. And
give Malachai a lot of credit for how he's come
in and worked on the scout team, worked, you know,
before he was active and now being active. Every opportunity
he's had, he's he's done a nice job for us.

Speaker 1 (14:41):
Up next, defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz delivered high praise for
safety Ronnie Hickman.

Speaker 5 (14:48):
Game.

Speaker 11 (14:48):
Did it feel weird just you weren't that many snaps
and it weren't that many passes, like he just felt
like a different games for.

Speaker 4 (14:55):
You calling it out of field.

Speaker 13 (14:56):
Well, I mean, there weren't that many plays because like
we missed a couple series because of special team scores,
but also we were three and out, three and out,
one and out, you know, and when you have the
combination and then there's two non scores in there, basically
didn't get drives there. That's that's sort of a way
that goes. But yeah, I mean it was it was

(15:17):
a little bit different. We just really we made three
mistakes in that game. We get a holding penalty on
third and extra long, you know, when they're just trying
to keep the clock running, and then we jump all sides,
you know, Cardinals in and in four minute, really embarrassing
play for us. And the other one where you know,

(15:37):
we're aggressive to try to keep them out of field
goal range. It's a tight game where we were behind
the eight ball early in the game, and you know,
we're trying to keep them at a field goal range.
So you're aggressive and you're blitzing, and they get one
block and all of a sudden they can score a touchdown.

Speaker 5 (15:52):
You know.

Speaker 13 (15:52):
So even though when you look at a lot of
the you know, stats and things like that looks good,
it wasn't enough for a win. And you know, if
we we either make make a play here, don't commit
a penalty, or you know, just make a mistake, then
you know, maybe we give us a better chance to
win that game. But there were there were a lot

(16:14):
of things that you know, we're proud of with the game,
but we're never proud of the loss.

Speaker 7 (16:19):
How that was such an embarrassing play that the neutral
zone interaction and I know you guys obviously work on
all those deal details coach it up. How can something
like that is just a total.

Speaker 13 (16:31):
Mental error something that yeah, I mean, it's it's hard
to describe. I mean, I've made mistakes in games where
you you know, you you do something, make a bad
call or something like that. It's not it's not as
evident as as that, you know. I mean, I think
that's if you look across that game. I'm sure you know,

(16:53):
dozens of people on both sides made mistakes and.

Speaker 3 (16:58):
You know, plays that they're not proud of.

Speaker 5 (16:59):
That.

Speaker 13 (17:00):
The thing is, when you make it in that situation,
it's magnified. And that's the spotlight that players live under.
That's the spotlight that coaches live under. I think you
have to learn from it, you have to flush it,
and you have to be able to move on the
thing that you know, the sort of you know, I'm
disappointed with Cam is that he played a really good

(17:22):
game other than that, you know, but that one he's
gonna you know, that one play defines his game as
opposed to his pressures, his run defense, He got a sack,
you know, did a lot of good things in the game.
But that's just the way this the way this game goes,
you know, And that's the spotlight we all live under,
and you know, we have to we have to do better.

Speaker 6 (17:46):
Around training camp or OTAs.

Speaker 10 (17:48):
You would have talked about Ronnie Higgins's development and he
said like he's kind of like keep putting out the
fires and now you need him to make plays with
them having interception against the Jets to the season.

Speaker 6 (17:57):
Just where have you seen the.

Speaker 10 (17:59):
Growth where he's been to make these these impactful plays.

Speaker 13 (18:02):
Now, Yeah, Ronnie's been such a consistent player for us
this year in the back end, great communicator. The week
before against the Patriots, he had a couple of mistackles,
which was really really out of character for him. He's
been a really short tackler for us and a lot
of ours in a lot of our cleanup tackling. I

(18:23):
would say on that play, Ronnie gets the interception, but
Grant Delbott had a lot to do with that play.
Grant's play in the backside doesn't really the play that
The Jess rom was a play that had gotten us
early in the year and we had worked it in
our self scout on the bye week, knowing that people
would try to copycat and say, hey, we can get this,

(18:44):
and Grant just did outstanding job on the backside of
that and pushed the first route off which allowed Ronnie
to fall into the second window and make that play.
So Ronnie gets all the attention right there, but you know,
Grant's the one that make that, you know, And that's
just football. I mean there's a lot of those like Miles.

(19:04):
Miles had a great second. I mean, you get a
sack when their quarterback's dashing the other way. But Alex
Wright did a good job pulling the quarterback up. Grant
did a good job pulling it. Here comes Carson pulled
a quarterback and that allowed Grant. So, you know, nobody
really stands on their own in the NFL. You know,
on a on a football field, you know, there's eleven
guys and everybody has to do their job for somebody else.

Speaker 3 (19:27):
To make a play.

Speaker 13 (19:28):
I think what you saw there, but I think Ronnie's
really stepped into a leadership role for us. He's been
extremely consistent player. There's not a lot of ups and
downs in his play, and he's got some obviously got
some ballhawk in him.

Speaker 3 (19:42):
So it's a good sign going forward for us and
for him.

Speaker 14 (19:46):
What do you think.

Speaker 15 (19:47):
About the job Carson did to come back and work
through that high ankle sprain and play and just you
know the season he's having in general and acclimating for
the defense.

Speaker 13 (19:56):
Yeah, you know, it's that's tough injury to come back from,
but you know, he he turned every stone is that
is that the word turned over every stone phrase. He
turned every stone over in his rehab and you know
he basically lived at the facility for the bye week,
and you know, he's he's, he's. That was one of

(20:20):
the things that helped him. I think he's got he's
got a little bit of you know, Wolverine blood in
him too, you know, to be able to to be
able to bounce back, and obviously you got to be
able to play with some pain and do those kind
of things. You know, he had He had about as
good as teach tape rep on a zone read that
you can imagine. I mean, Justin Fields is a four

(20:41):
to three type athlete and hard to bring down Carson,
you know, as they made it look easy, but made
it look easier than a lot of other people make it.

Speaker 3 (20:51):
Yeah, I mean we could we could talk a long time.
I mean I think that that.

Speaker 13 (20:58):
You know, Trumpet has been sounded along time. The quality
of play that he's given us, and I think it's
not just the quality of play, but the communication. And
every week he gains more confidence and he gains a
higher higher respect from his teammates and becomes more of
a leader for us and when you do something like that,

(21:18):
when you have an injury that has a chance to
keep you out for a.

Speaker 3 (21:21):
Few weeks and you go out and lay it on the.

Speaker 13 (21:23):
Line for your teammates, that that means something in the
locker room and those guys know it, and that helps
you in leadership roles, and you know, that's that's that's
one of the things we need.

Speaker 5 (21:32):
From him, Anion to have the tune up game against
justin Fields just before this game.

Speaker 13 (21:42):
Yeah, I mean we you know, we we see a
lot of mobile quarterbacks and that's just part of the
NFL now, you know. It's most guys have the ability
to scramble and make plays. Some some teams use them
a little bit more than others. But you know, we've
already played Baltimore once this year, you know, but even

(22:03):
going back on the week before, you know, Drake May
you know, he doesn't get the reputation for that, but
he made us pay a couple of times.

Speaker 3 (22:10):
On some scrambles and you know.

Speaker 13 (22:13):
All these all these guys have ability to to go
get first downs, go get big plays with their legs.

Speaker 3 (22:20):
That's just where football has evolved.

Speaker 13 (22:23):
And it you know, like we talked before, it it
just spread you just a little bit thinner on defense
because you have to count for the quarterback, whether it's
a quarterback scramble or it's his own read or design
quarterback run. You know, it's it's just a you know,
a whisker away from playing triple option football.

Speaker 6 (22:45):
RECRD.

Speaker 10 (22:45):
And likely that kind of changed the complexion of their
office in terms of some of the personnel you're expecting
to see a game.

Speaker 3 (22:50):
Yeah, you know, they kept their package.

Speaker 13 (22:52):
I hear actually played the fullback, you know, a guy
we're very familiar with in the first game.

Speaker 3 (22:57):
So they kept it.

Speaker 13 (22:57):
But you know, getting card back is is big for them,
getting their two back set stuff. You know, he's a
three hundred pound guy that can you know, play with power,
and that means a lot to a guy like Derek
Henry getting him started. You know, we've done a good
job of getting Derek a lot of times before he
can get started, while having a guy, a full back
like that, you know can help him. So he was

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an important part of the offense that they didn't have
the first time. And likely, you know, all three of
their tight ends are good players. You know, Cohler really
stepped into a role and he's he's a trusted player
for them. He's made a lot of plays for the Ravens.
So they have three of them, all of them a
little bit different, but they use all three of them,
and you know that'll be that'll be a big, a

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big part of things.

Speaker 16 (23:45):
We're able to pull him too under fifty rushing yards
or your last meeting Lamar to just thirteen. How much
different is it going to be a challenge for you
guys with them already having seen what you guys were
able to do in the run stopping ability.

Speaker 6 (23:56):
Of your defense.

Speaker 3 (23:58):
Yeah, it's wise.

Speaker 13 (24:00):
There's really not not a whole lot. Yeah, it's more
just attitude. I mean, I think that pretty got an
idea what we were going to do in the first game.
I mean, you know, when you play Division games like this,
particularly coaching staffs that have you know, that have been
around for a few years and players that have been
around for a few years, there's not a whole lot

(24:21):
of secrets this time of year, you know.

Speaker 3 (24:23):
I mean, it's there's probably there's.

Speaker 13 (24:25):
Very little in this game that we're going to do
that the Ravens are going to be like, oh, well, like,
where where did that come from? Because if it was
we would have been doing it last game the game
before that. You know, like you already sort of know
they know us, we know them, and it's classic, classic
division games.

Speaker 3 (24:41):
And it comes down to, you know.

Speaker 13 (24:44):
To who plays physical, who does the techniques well, who
plays with the best fundamentals, who plays with the best spirit,
who makes the fewest mistakes. It comes down to those
things as opposed to you know, a coach coming up
with a with a magic scheme or you know.

Speaker 3 (24:59):
Something like that. That's what division football is all about.

Speaker 13 (25:02):
It's you know, the weather's changed, you're into November, you
have two physical teams. You know, That's what That's what
the AFC nor's about.

Speaker 5 (25:11):
A bit of an edge to him today.

Speaker 9 (25:12):
Maybe it was because we kind of wear that Alabama
shirt saying that fat but he said something like, with
everything else going on this team, it's time for our
pride to show up on defense.

Speaker 3 (25:23):
He's prideful player. He played that way.

Speaker 13 (25:26):
You know that the first third down of the game,
we're in a we're in a blitz and I got
a pretty good play dialt up against it that swing screen.
And I don't know if you guys noticed, because Tyson
did a really good job a visual on that and
knife through and made the tackle. And but Grant was
the blitzer on the boundary side and he chased that

(25:48):
play all the way over to our sideline. It's just
unbelievable effort play and then physicality when he hit him
at the end. So Grant backs up statements like that
with his with his play on the field.

Speaker 11 (26:02):
Alex, I think that Isaiah would get what did you
see from him this season?

Speaker 5 (26:07):
Yeah?

Speaker 13 (26:07):
They had an outstanding training camp for us and and.

Speaker 3 (26:12):
Really won the starting spot.

Speaker 13 (26:14):
And then he had a little bit of, you know,
a little bit of a little step back early in
the season and just wasn't as productive as he wanted
to be and as we wanted him to be. And
at the same time, Alex was really being productive. And
Alex sort of out snapped him. We really don't have,
i mean, other than Miles, we really don't have quote starters.

(26:35):
But he out snapped him in there, and you know,
this is a great opportunity for Day to get that
back and you know, and and to be the consistent
playmaker that we know he can be.

Speaker 3 (26:45):
Okay, all right, guys.

Speaker 1 (26:46):
Special teams coordinator bubbav and Tron talked about the kick
coverage against the New York Jets in Week ten.

Speaker 17 (26:52):
We'll start with the elephant in the room, the two
kick returns for touchdowns.

Speaker 5 (26:56):
What did you see looking back on the.

Speaker 18 (26:58):
People on Yeah, we just hotly, I would say, in
both areas, we got to do a better job.

Speaker 19 (27:04):
Well.

Speaker 18 (27:05):
First off, on the kickoff, got to do a better
job of getting off blocks and then folding when necessary.
You know, we practiced that play multiple times throughout the week,
So got to do a better job with our details
and our techniques and our fundamentals. And then on our
on our punt, just not taking the easiest release in
the coverage, getting outside the ball, and then we need

(27:28):
a better ball with better hang on that. So we
need to we need to do a better job.

Speaker 19 (27:32):
We haven't. We haven't played near our capabilities.

Speaker 18 (27:35):
We've had too many, too many issues with just just
dumb dumb, dumb, dumb football, dumb mistakes. But look, we
have a I will say this, we have a prideful group,
and I expect these guys to respond. I really do
so made the corrections. Moving on, It's a new week
and we're excited about the opportunity to play against the Ravens.

Speaker 15 (28:00):
That you have to rewatch it, but thought maybe it
was a leverage issue or was it that.

Speaker 18 (28:04):
When you rewatched it, or Yeah, I wouldn't say as
much of a leverage issue.

Speaker 19 (28:09):
You know, guys just got to do a better job.
But they're at their responsibilities.

Speaker 3 (28:16):
Kevin came out.

Speaker 7 (28:17):
The next day and through his unwavering support behind you
and still has all that faith in you a special teams.
So what did that mean to you?

Speaker 19 (28:27):
Well, that's good to hear.

Speaker 5 (28:30):
Now.

Speaker 19 (28:30):
I respect keV a lot.

Speaker 18 (28:33):
And I'll say this, I've been in the NFL a
long time. I've I've played, I've coached for a long time.
You know, there's there's times where stuff does not go
your way. You have to and the game comes down
to playing with great fundamentals and techniques. So if you're
not doing those things, you're going to get beat. Unfortunately,
we're learning the hard way right now. These young players

(28:53):
and some of these vets that haven't played as much
on teams have to do a better job of doing
their job right, doing what's it, doing what's asked, doing
what's coached. So I gotta get it out of them.
So that's what I look to do. In the next
eight games, or however many we have left.

Speaker 10 (29:10):
The past couple of years, I think you guys have
allowed six return touchdowns on punts and kicks. Just is
there a common thread when when you kind of like
look at all all kind of think about all those
return touchdowns.

Speaker 18 (29:23):
No, I would say, you know, our first our first year,
we were we had a we had a good group,
you know, I would say, we've definitely had issues the
last two years, you know, so looking to get those addressed.

Speaker 11 (29:36):
About the punt for the touchdown? Was it the angles
that you didn't like when you're explaining what was what
we're wrong?

Speaker 5 (29:42):
What you didn't like?

Speaker 18 (29:43):
Yeah, so it's a left directional punt, so we want
those guys on the left side of the formation to
get to the left side. That we took too many
like quote easy releases. Took the easiest release. The ball
doesn't hang that well, and that's a recipe for disaster,
you know. So got to do a better job of
playing our techniques and are really our our day one

(30:05):
install for cover just playing outside into the ball.

Speaker 19 (30:08):
So we got to do a better job of that.

Speaker 11 (30:11):
You mentioned that you have a lot of young guys,
and I don't think I think it's fourteen Worthi's I
know they trickles down to special team. So how much
do you attribute the mistakes to just having so many
young guys.

Speaker 18 (30:24):
I mean, it's definitely contributed to it. It's not it's
not the only it's not the only, you know, underlying factor.
But like I said, we just as a as a unit,
as a as a collective group, we have to do
a better job of playing our technique and playing you know,

(30:44):
into the scheme and just trusting that just do your
job and that the guy next to you is going
to do his job. That's the best way to do it.
The best way to play cover is play complimentary to
one another. Leverage tackling. We just haven't done a good
job of that with this group, even.

Speaker 7 (31:03):
With you know, perfectly executed by your drill field goal.

Speaker 18 (31:07):
I mean, after the two mishaps in the first half
for us and then we got it back to even
I was like, wow, I'm like, they really they bailed
us out the O Indeed, they bailed us out and
unfortunately we weren't able to come up with the win.
It was really good execution by the offensive line, everyone

(31:29):
that was involved. The offense of getting off the field
getting on the field. We've repped that a lot this
season in practice. So credit to the head coach for
giving us the time and then the players for executing.

Speaker 8 (31:47):
The plays like that, there's such an emotional swing in
the game. Just how do you sort of keep guys focused,
especially when it's like back to by plays like that,
and make sure it doesn't spiral any further and you
guys stay positive.

Speaker 18 (31:58):
Yeah, so on the play, we actually made a number
of personnel changes after the play and it proved to
be helpful for us the rest of the game, So
that was that was a positive And honestly, like it
really is, just you got to put it the bed.

Speaker 19 (32:14):
It's a long game.

Speaker 18 (32:15):
The games are so damn long, and it happened in
the first quarter, so just being able to put it
the rest, Like I'm not like, yeah, am I like
pissed off that it happened? Of course, Like that's like
the that's like the epitome of like, you know, like
that's the last thing I want to ever happen in
a game. But at the same time, it's like you

(32:35):
got to keep your cool, composure and lock in and Okay,
how do I fix the problem, what happened, what went wrong,
look at the picture, and apply the correction. To get
the corrections to the players, Hey, we need to do this.
You're going here, this and that.

Speaker 19 (32:49):
So I think the.

Speaker 18 (32:50):
Fastest way to there, the best way to do it
is to to be able to make the make the
correction as fast as you can. And I feel like
we at least we were able to do that on
the kick off.

Speaker 6 (33:02):
Step into that gunner roll that tra had obviously.

Speaker 18 (33:05):
I mean is definitely an option. He did it last
year for us in the last game. So we have
some other guys that are options as well.

Speaker 15 (33:14):
Along line of fixing things and and Kevin supporting you,
I imagine that with how long you've been in the league,
like you just block out any kind of outside the
way exactly.

Speaker 18 (33:23):
I mean that's like the Yeah, I'm not I'm unfazed
by that stuff. I really it really does not bother
me at all. I could I could care less.

Speaker 1 (33:32):
Offensive guard Joe Buttonio was the first player up, and
he talked about how he's seen quarterback Dylan Gabriel grow
throughout the season.

Speaker 9 (33:41):
Tommy, I mean, you feel different that the offense to you,
the rhythm of it or a year.

Speaker 12 (33:47):
I thought we you know, different hard, but I thought
we had a did a good job getting the plays
end for the most part. There's one little thing when
you know, said was banged up, and I don't think
they knew yet that he wasn't able to go. We
moved the pocket a little bit more. I thought there
were some good good things we did. Obviously we want
to execute, but we had some some really nice drives
there for for touchdowns, a big playoff the turnover was

(34:10):
you know, kind of off a movement protection. So some good,
good good things like that, And like I said, the
operation to me, for the most part was pretty smooth.

Speaker 8 (34:18):
Julie, you talk about moving the pope a little bit,
so like there's an emphasis sung game Dylan sort of
rolling out a little bit more than some of those plays.

Speaker 4 (34:24):
Just how much do you think that's a strength of
his game and something that you can build.

Speaker 5 (34:28):
Yeah, it helps him.

Speaker 12 (34:29):
I think it opens up the field for him, and
it puts guys you know in front of you like,
all right, we got we got a you know, kind
of see that side of the field. And then it
just it helps too because now the backside d M
might not be crashing as hard on a run or
they're not sure it's the same look as a as
a runner pass. So I think it just kind of
opens up everything for us.

Speaker 7 (34:50):
So it seems like when you talk about this a
little bit after the game, but it does really seem
like the offensive players are genuinely really behind and understand
you know that it it takes a little time and patience.

Speaker 2 (35:04):
To develop over the quarterback.

Speaker 7 (35:06):
And yeah, uh but I is that legitimate that you
feel that that's sort of offense WI that you guys
are really behind.

Speaker 5 (35:13):
Him like that.

Speaker 12 (35:14):
Yeah, I think the locker room supports him. You know,
we understand how hard like quarterback's the most important position
in all sports, I think, and you know, to come
in and and have to play as as a young guy,
third round pick, like you wanna give the guy a
chance to to develop and and you know, find his
rhythm and and we keep talking about executing around him,
like if we can give him his his his best opportunities,

(35:35):
and then we're hopeful that you know, the the play
can improve and lead to some wins. But no, we
we got the most support for him. You know, really,
whoever's back there, we're gonna support we're gonna go for.
But Dylan's our guy right now, and we're we're really
focused on trying to be the best version of ourselves
to to help him out.

Speaker 5 (35:51):
And can you imagine that.

Speaker 7 (35:52):
I'm sure he does a great job of blocking out
a noise now, all you guys are really focused on
doing that, but can you imagine that it also might
be a little bit hard for him when there's just
so much noise surrounding or back situation.

Speaker 13 (36:06):
Here and all of that.

Speaker 5 (36:08):
Yeah, I mean that's probably a question we can ask Dylan.

Speaker 12 (36:12):
But I've told I tell young guys all the time,
like stay off Twitter, stay off Instagram, it's no good
for you. And so hopefully he's sticking to that. I mean,
he is like a study guy, Like he's in here
studying the plays and stuff. I feel like he's very
focused on on his assignment and what he needs to do,
you know, to be the best version of himself. But yeah,

(36:32):
I think he stayed focused. And there's always gonna be noise,
especially like I said, at that position, but he's done
a good job to me of staying focused in concentrating
on the task at hand.

Speaker 15 (36:43):
Joel Tommy told us on that fourth and one that
he wishes he would have run the ball.

Speaker 4 (36:47):
But I guess what does it mean to you to
have as a coordinator kind of publicly, you know, kind
of own that and stay there.

Speaker 19 (36:53):
Yeah.

Speaker 12 (36:53):
No, Tommy is a straightforward guy, like he's gonna tell
you how he feels good, bad, or indifferent and kind
of tell you what he expects. And after the game
there's a few plays where he's like, I wish I
would call it this way, wish that was that was
one of them that he's like, I wish I would
have ran the ball, you know, but you're in the
heat of the moment, like you out there, he tried
and execute the play. That's something you can look back
on the next day or you know, watching film on

(37:14):
the bus, like all right, how to you know, what
what can we do better in this situation? But when
you have a leader that you know takes accountability, I
feel like that's all you can really ask.

Speaker 4 (37:23):
Yeah, I mean that's something that kind of trickles down
to if he's willing to take accountability for that kind
of trickles down play.

Speaker 3 (37:29):
Yeah.

Speaker 12 (37:30):
Yeah, I mean I think we have a lot of
guys that are are focused on doing their best and
trying to improve. But I don't think we've had an
issue with like accountability of guys saying like we need
to be better or we need to you know, make
the play in those certain situations.

Speaker 7 (37:42):
About just how well the Ravens defense has been playing, especially.

Speaker 8 (37:45):
Over the last three weeks and a.

Speaker 7 (37:47):
Ton of pressure last week.

Speaker 12 (37:51):
Yeah, they've I mean, you know, they've been a great defense.
They've had some ups and downs the last you know,
a couple of years, but I think the last three
or four weeks they've been really out and they've gotten healthier.
You know, they're missing a couple of guys up front,
but they've brought guys in that are are great players
as well, and they just fit their system so well.
And I think they plug guys in and they they're
not afraid that kind of tinker with what's working.

Speaker 17 (38:12):
You know.

Speaker 12 (38:12):
Kyle Hamilton is obviously a great player, and they're like, oh,
he's you know, let's put them by the line of scrimmage.
And he's been blitzing and making plays and it's tough
for running backs to block, and he's fast. You know,
you can cover guys as well, and they do a
good job with him and Rokwan and and all their
guys inside. So it's it's it's a very multiple front,
and I think it takes them a while to figure
out what works for the guys they have this at

(38:33):
that point, and then they've kind of put them in
a good place.

Speaker 8 (38:36):
It seems like off of that they've they've got a
lot of more pressures just like blitzing, not so much
like just from the front four. So how much is
that a necessary you guys are sort of being ready
to account.

Speaker 2 (38:44):
For extra guys.

Speaker 12 (38:45):
Yeah, decent amount of blitzing, and they always try and
overload one side or or show one and bring the
other blitz the back a lot. It's a big emphasis.
And then there they're blitz is also are combined with
like line games, so you'll have like a t with
a nickel pressure, and sometimes it's easier when you don't
have a game, you know. So they do a good
job of mixing things up, and it's it's something that

(39:07):
we've been focused on today, you know, our third downs
and really trying to figure out what their plan is against.

Speaker 5 (39:13):
Us, like the protection.

Speaker 19 (39:19):
Yeah, a lot of those were you know, it.

Speaker 12 (39:22):
Comes down to again the one on ones and so
we've been really focused on fundamentals, on pad level, on hands,
all those things. We want to make sure we're, like
you said, given our offense the best chance, and as
in a line, we have to play at a higher
level to do that.

Speaker 11 (39:39):
For the first time since his injuries. What do you
like being around him? When you see him in the
building and just you put yourself in his shoes, How
tough that would be.

Speaker 12 (39:47):
Yeah, I mean, he was a little bit down for
a few weeks, but he's been back and he's been
in here rehabbing and doing his thing. You know, it sucks,
but he's kind of used to the rehab process now.
But I think he's grown as a person that's rehabbing too.
He's doing really good job. You know, he's been back
in meetings a little bit and trying to pick up
things and and just understanding. You want to you're still
a young player in this league. I don't know how

(40:08):
many gave me start, maybe ten or fifteen, and it's like,
you know, you're going to year four next year, but
you want to build and pick up and understand you know,
this offense and and just the NFL play as much
as possible. But his attacking. The rehab has been up
in my mind to you like much improved, and he's
he's been very focused on Linebacker.

Speaker 1 (40:27):
Carson Swessinger talked about playing against Lamar Jackson for now
the second time in his career.

Speaker 2 (40:32):
Akle Field after you know, once kind of the adrenaline
of the game world, I'm kind.

Speaker 20 (40:37):
Of feeling, Yeah, I mean, obviously it's gonna be a
little soler but but nothing, uh like, nothing that wasn't expected.

Speaker 8 (40:47):
Person on the screen pass Miles kind of mentioned you
thought there was something that they got called on you
on the play.

Speaker 4 (40:54):
I see you right there in it.

Speaker 5 (40:55):
As what was your.

Speaker 8 (40:55):
Perspective you think.

Speaker 20 (40:57):
I mean, there's there's a lot of plays like that,
and at the end the day, I mean, the easiest
way to not have that happen.

Speaker 5 (41:02):
Is to just not get blocked in the first place.

Speaker 4 (41:05):
Wow, how's the Ravens offense different when Lamar's out there
versus what he's said?

Speaker 20 (41:12):
Uh, I mean, it's you can see when when he's
out there, they're one of the top offenses. When he wasn't,
they they were, you know, uh, in the in the
bottom half. So obviously he's very dynamic and and they're
able to win games with him, and you know, he.

Speaker 5 (41:24):
Adds a lot of versatility to what they can do.

Speaker 15 (41:26):
You watch the film last couple weeks that he has
come back.

Speaker 11 (41:29):
Does he look like himself again?

Speaker 5 (41:31):
Yeah?

Speaker 20 (41:31):
Yeah, I think what you know, he he's not gonna
go out there if he can't go out there and
and and play his stile football course.

Speaker 17 (41:38):
And last time you guys played the Ravens, Derrick Henry
had twenty three yards on a lot of periods Like
what work.

Speaker 15 (41:44):
Well in that bounds up that you think he could
potentially carry over as a defense.

Speaker 20 (41:48):
Yeah, with him, you just don't wanna wanna let him
get going. And and that's you know, in the mindset
again this this week too is is get to him.

Speaker 7 (41:55):
Early, Like what did you you know, the fact that
you have already played Ormar, how much does that help
you in this gate? And what was your kind of
take away? What did you learn from from playing the
first time?

Speaker 5 (42:07):
Yeah? I think it helps.

Speaker 20 (42:08):
I mean, you know, in college you don't play teams twice,
so so doing that, I mean there's some familiarity there already.
And I think you know, with especially with these division games,
it's you know, we know what what they're gonna do.
They know what we're gonna do, and we have to
be able to go out there and execute.

Speaker 11 (42:22):
There are various sites of odds have used the favorites
and when that's a Rookie of the Year, cause that's something.

Speaker 6 (42:27):
You can give you any thoughts u uh not really no,
oh doesn't seem real. Uh.

Speaker 5 (42:32):
I mean, at the end of the day, it's the
the goals to go out.

Speaker 20 (42:35):
There and just try and try and play my best
football when I'm out there.

Speaker 4 (42:37):
And I know obviously played running quarterbacks before, but the
the first time you played Lamars, there's just stuff you
can't learn about it until you actually are out there kind.

Speaker 11 (42:45):
Of feel it a little.

Speaker 20 (42:47):
I mean, yeah, I think that's the same with with
everything though, you know, there's y especially being being a rookie.
You know, every every week I go out there, I'm
learning things and like I said, now there's some familiarity
there and and just taking you know, things from that
game and applying on to this one.

Speaker 2 (43:02):
What's been the biggest lesson you've learned just over the
whole course of this, Then you know you really didn't
know until you know.

Speaker 5 (43:08):
You don't know until you know.

Speaker 6 (43:11):
I mean there's a lot of them.

Speaker 20 (43:14):
I could probably give you this, but I think, you know,
I think one of the biggest things is just, you know,
when I'm out there trying to just do my job
and stick to that, and and that's when when the
play's come.

Speaker 7 (43:28):
What did you think of Kevin Stefansky saying that you've
got wolverine blood and also, you know it's really.

Speaker 19 (43:35):
Challenging for NFL.

Speaker 20 (43:37):
Yeah, I mean, that's always great to hear, but I think,
you know, for me, it was just if I was
able to play, I want to get back out there.

Speaker 1 (43:46):
So finally safety Grant Delpit, a graduate of LSU who
donned some Alabama crimson after losing a bet to Jerry
Judy Bost.

Speaker 5 (44:02):
I got two minutes. I got two minutes with this arm.
So who did you lose about to Jerry's.

Speaker 14 (44:06):
It's not even important. Really feel like I'm about to
throw up, man, anyone.

Speaker 5 (44:16):
Just kind of wanna let you sit with different a
little bit. Yeah, so alright, it happens, man.

Speaker 17 (44:23):
M Greenland and you were obviously frustrated after that loss
and and especially those special Teams touchdowns, Like, how have
you guys digested what happened on those plays and what's
like correct hold from them.

Speaker 5 (44:35):
Yeah, I mean I think just obviously can't happen, you know.

Speaker 14 (44:38):
Uh, I just you know, too many explosive negative players
that we be giving up on on special teams.

Speaker 5 (44:49):
And it just gotta get fixed, you know.

Speaker 14 (44:50):
So I was out there for both of those plays,
so it's not like it's just wearing them people out there,
and you know, I think we all just gotta do
a better job, alright.

Speaker 5 (45:00):
I think we got the pictures of.

Speaker 14 (45:03):
What's up.

Speaker 5 (45:05):
LA last week? You mentioned, uh, how did these two
quarterbacks back to back? You quarterbacks would help you? Yeah,
you did pretty good defend than justin fields. So do
you think, uh have that kind of expect go onto
the scold working?

Speaker 14 (45:21):
Yeah, I mean obviously, I we were familiar with Lamar,
familiar with the Ravens offense, and they familiar with us.
So yeah, yeah, playing the zone read some of the
same techniques as last week.

Speaker 5 (45:32):
Ruh.

Speaker 14 (45:32):
At the end of the day, you know, Shorts talked
about a little bit, I think this game is just
about respect, you know, despite how things is going, despite
how you know, what might be happening outside of the
defense perspective, I think it's just like people know that
the Brown's gonna come with a great defense, and I
think that's just upholding that standard and and earning that
respect every player owned.

Speaker 8 (45:52):
I now with the shifty quarterback like Lamar and his
ability extend plays, O kind of what does that do
for you know, the secondary ability to have to coverage
they flowers.

Speaker 14 (46:01):
Too, Yeah, kind of having this breakout y Yeah, it's annoying, man,
It's very annoying. H You just be running everywhere across
the field, and you know you expect it to you know,
plaster until you know it's incomplete. So they gonna make
a player too. You know, Mark gonna skate the pocket,
do some crazy stuff like we all seen.

Speaker 5 (46:21):
So you know it just gotta do our best to
stay close it. It already happened. It already happened. It already.
Define it's good.

Speaker 4 (46:33):
That wasn't the deal.

Speaker 5 (46:34):
That wasn't see how see how people start adding stuff
on to the deal. He said, I got away for
the interview. I wore for the interview. Look, p pictures
last forever, like we act like this is then gonna disappear.

Speaker 11 (46:47):
Guys in the Baltimore Lockery mystery, they said, you guys
with the best defense they play all year said.

Speaker 2 (46:50):
So you take pride.

Speaker 5 (46:52):
Yeah, like I was.

Speaker 14 (46:52):
I was telling him Tony, just having that respect man,
and and and maintaining that and and earning that, you know,
every every snap so cause I could be gone.

Speaker 5 (47:01):
So just knowing that they gotta come with it every play.

Speaker 14 (47:03):
I think that despite our circumstances, that's that's what we
start for as a defense.

Speaker 8 (47:07):
Grant, there seems like they're using Heaton Mitchell little more
was kind of like a different style back after the
un things with him.

Speaker 5 (47:13):
Just what type of challenges is he present?

Speaker 8 (47:15):
Obviously different than Derrick Henry in that way as a weapons.

Speaker 14 (47:18):
It Yeah, nah, Y he got elite speed, I think,
obviously completely different back then. You know Harry, Uh, they
compliment each other. So you know he housed to draw
against us, I think two years ago or last year. So, uh,
we's f familiar with him. Man, We're gonna be prepared
for it.

Speaker 19 (47:35):
How does have it with Hard He wasn't there, And
I yes, he changed the run.

Speaker 14 (47:40):
Game when you put all that you know, power for
it to get or yeah, you know, we know he's
the point of attack. You know, guy, he's gonna he's
just a big center block of a you know guy,
So you just gotta you know, I'm sure they gonna follow.

Speaker 5 (47:53):
Him do the end.

Speaker 7 (47:56):
But you've been very supportive become above but in the
past just in terms of being the Special Teams coordinator,
and Kevin came out on money and gave him a
big vote of competence and so he still s supports
him and the Special team. So what are your thoughts
on on Baba and what k you guys can do to.

Speaker 14 (48:12):
Even back him up for Yeah, you know, obviously it's
not fun and giving up plays, it's not fun. Losing
it's not fun when you know your side of the
ball is not playing well, you know. So I mean
I think players just gotta do all they could do
to help him out.

Speaker 21 (48:28):
You know.

Speaker 5 (48:28):
I feel like, uh, you know, coaching can only go
so far and it gotta come.

Speaker 9 (48:33):
You know.

Speaker 14 (48:33):
Special Teams is a you know, it's a attitude, you know,
effort type of you know play cause it's not like complicated,
you know, so it's pretty simple.

Speaker 5 (48:44):
And the guys you gotta buy into that. I feel
like we have. It's just you know, as we know,
like big plays, it's it's it's just small margins could
result at six points.

Speaker 21 (48:55):
You know what time you played the r E when'd
you know there's Lamar could be able to realize this
is the sixth uh different quarterback you'll be facing the Ravens.

Speaker 5 (49:06):
Six different m last six games. Yeah, six different quarterback
for the Browns against the Ravens. Oh do you even
notice that? On defense? Nah?

Speaker 6 (49:14):
I mean.

Speaker 5 (49:17):
Nah, are you guys very consistent as a unit? Yeah?

Speaker 19 (49:20):
You know for years.

Speaker 5 (49:21):
That doesn't affect me so, uh but.

Speaker 14 (49:25):
I feel like whatever the circumstance is, you know, I
feel like we just gotta keep our offense in the game.

Speaker 5 (49:30):
Man, give 'em a ball back despite who's at the
you know, you could be out there people gonna get
you the ball back too.

Speaker 17 (49:38):
That yeah, Grant, looking at you know terrictory last kind
of twenty three yards on eleven carries. I think it
was like what worked well for you guys.

Speaker 5 (49:47):
That's a defense in that matter.

Speaker 14 (49:50):
I mean, we have certain game plan stuff that we do.
Certain first that we give 'em out. I do line,
I gets a lot of penetration that helps us out
and uh, you know, making tackles and in open and
open field, it's also a good thing.

Speaker 5 (50:04):
So you know, I I think that's a kid of
stopping any run offense.

Speaker 10 (50:08):
With uh with the way you guys kind of one
of the trenches you can side the ball last time,
and the way that you can keeping me sure you're
almost expecting me to be like, ah, a change up
in this.

Speaker 19 (50:16):
Second match up and then trying to work the permis.

Speaker 6 (50:18):
A little bit mate.

Speaker 14 (50:19):
Yeah, I think every team tries to attackles on the perimeter,
literally every team. So hopefully you know, we uh do
what we gotta do on the outside and and discourage
those players a little bit.

Speaker 4 (50:32):
You can, we pay a shit about person before, but
what did he show.

Speaker 5 (50:35):
You by fights?

Speaker 4 (50:36):
You let hi you go going out there and playing
how you think if we slay.

Speaker 5 (50:39):
Have having a bunch your big place.

Speaker 14 (50:41):
Yeah, I mean he's just a He's a just a
a Jordan, you know, play around man. He's like always
where he's supposed to be.

Speaker 5 (50:48):
It is. It's great to have those as a as
a safety, especially from a a young guy.

Speaker 14 (50:53):
You know, you ain't got to worry about him, and
he's always gonna take care of the uh take care
of it and really be the first one to the ball.
Every players is He's like Skyrocket and the Toba Tackles
and stuff like that.

Speaker 5 (51:03):
So I'm proud of him. Man, he's doing the great job.

Speaker 19 (51:05):
Man, he's gonna keep it going, then I'll do it.

Speaker 1 (51:07):
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