Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay, offensive coordinator Mike LaFleur, defensive coordinator Chris Shula, wide receiver Davante Adams, and outside linebacker Jared Verse talk about preparing to face off against the Carolina Panthers during Week 13.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
As far as injuries are concerned. Two two will be back,
as will A Kello. We'll start both of those guys clocks.
Good news on on a Kello if different from kind
of what I told.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
You guys about.
Speaker 1 (00:10):
Xavier will be back from the concussion at full cam kitchens,
David Questenberry and Byron Young will be d MPs cam
with his shoulder, David Questenberry with his groin, and Byron
Young with with a knee.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
He's play with Kello.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
What is the carry expect I think he'll be able
to play this week. So he got some scans. The
goal and the anticipation is to be able to do that.
But with both he and too too. We'll get through
the week and we'll see where they're both at. But
it'll be good to get them back on the practice
squad or on the practice field.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
That means get a Kello back, especially with all the
other bucks of the.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Second, it means a lot.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
And that's why you know, talking with Reggie, seeing where
he's at, he's been chomping at the bit. The scan
UH looked really good and so he's done some different
things with Reggie and his group that would try to
simulate you know, some of the physical contact.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
And being able to trust it.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
And obviously the practice settings will be really good. But
it means a lot, you know, because putting Roger McCurry
on IR, you know he got his growing it's such
a bummer, you know, because you know, you lose Q,
you go get Roger. You know in the instance that
if something were to happen to Q and you lose
both of those guys, and so to get a callow.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
Back, we've got some flexibility.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
I can't say enough about what a great job Josh
Wallace has done. And then we got Darren Kendrick coming
back where we claimed him off of waivers and he's
a guy that has familiarity and flexibility both inside and outside.
And you know, this is that time of year, but
we do feel fortunate that guys that you're asking to
step up are people that you know, understand what's going on,
have real game experience, and that means a lot this
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time of year.
Speaker 4 (01:40):
Coach Sunday Monday, I couldn't help. But when I woke
up noticing how the entire media football world had granted
you guys the greatest team in the history of football,
and you know, Chuck Noll's got nothing on you.
Speaker 5 (01:53):
Now.
Speaker 4 (01:54):
I'm wondering if you noticed it too, and if you
made a message to your squad about where this is
in the season and how dangerous that can be.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
Yeah, you know, and I think what I did see
some of those different things, you know, because I talk
to you guys, but I stay pretty disciplined relative to
seeing those things. But you can't help when you look
at NFL Network or you look at just some of
the major websites.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
You know, just being a fan of the game, you
acknowledge it.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
And what you say is is the guys have earned
the right to get that. That's not why we do it,
and that's not anything that moves us forward, but it's
it's a sign of respect for what they've done through
eleven games, and we got six more guaranteed. And the
only thing I'm worried about is Wednesday. What I do
feel good about is the maturity and the humility of
this group. They understand that the confidence that you're seeing
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them play with on Sundays or whenever our games are
is earned throughout the work week. The way that they
celebrate each other, the way that they trust one another.
But the way that they really challenge themselves throughout the
course of the week. And our guys, I think have
earned the right to play with some you know confidence
the last handful of weeks and you got to earn
it again.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Humility is only a day away.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
Our guys understand that, but no, we acknowledge, We celebrate,
you know, really cool stuff that they're doing. We talk
about enjoyment of other successes all the time. We're not
worried about the outside in narrative, but you can't help
but be aware of it.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
And now we say, hey, why is that coming?
Speaker 1 (03:12):
Because there's been a discipline, there's been a humility, and
there's been a commitment to a process. Let's continue to
raise our standards in as send week in and week out,
and really day in and day out is what we've
talked about.
Speaker 6 (03:21):
Expects Cam to be able to play on some days.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
I do, Yeah, yeah, he's uh, I do. He's He's
played really well.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
I've been so proud of him and just the ascension
and the different playmaking, his versatility. I mean, you see,
you know, he's playing at a pretty different speed.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
A lot of confidence.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
Coach Beek and Aubrey do such a great job, but
I do expect him to be ready role.
Speaker 7 (03:40):
Sean Harrison and Vis hit the first two field goal
tempts in his NFL career. It seems like he's been
pretty common confidence he walk in the building. Has his
like emotional regulation stood out.
Speaker 8 (03:50):
To you at all.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
Yeah, it's a good way to put it, emotional regulation,
like the opposite of me.
Speaker 9 (03:54):
Huh you know.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
So uh, he he has.
Speaker 1 (03:58):
He's been steady, you know, And I think when you
look at his career at Missouri and even some of
the circumstances in the UFL, it's been a cool customer,
just comes in and goes to work, and I think
he feels very grateful, you know. You can see there's
probably a healthy perspective that allows him to realize this
is a blessing, it's never a burden. And I've been
really pleased with what he's done. You know, he's made
all thirteen of the attempts that he's had up to
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this point, and I think that's a credit to Jake
and Ethan and the protection as well. But it was
good to be able to get off a couple of
those field goal opportunities because other than that, it's been
exclusively extra points him being able to hit the one
from forty and then for fifty two. I think that's
great for that overall operation, and I was really happy
for him.
Speaker 9 (04:36):
It's awesome.
Speaker 10 (04:38):
Somebody like go ahead, somebody like price Young and see
how he's calved.
Speaker 9 (04:42):
And what are some of the challenges that.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
You can say, athleticism, escapability.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
I mean, you look at you know, he's always been
a dynamic athlete and he can you know, for a
guy that he can move and manipulate the pocket, he
can change his arm slot, and then he's able to
keep his eyes downfield off schedule. That Atlanta game, you know,
just just watch that and you see how dynamic he is.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
And I think it's pretty cool.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
Some of the different things that he's been through a lot,
a lot more good than some challenging moments. But I
think that says a lot about him. We got respect
for him and got to do a good job of
being able to keep him contained. And they've got some
real weapons and they do a good job of accentuating
those guys skill sets.
Speaker 11 (05:18):
Mentioned hersonitis, But what do you think about the protection.
Speaker 12 (05:21):
Of the Kingdom operating?
Speaker 1 (05:22):
I thought it was good, you know, mccolem is one
of the guys that does a really good job of
Ben in the edge. You know, he did a nice job,
but the timing ended up beating it on the one
fifty two yarder that he had. So overall, I've been
really pleased with that operation as a whole, and I
think a lot of the work that the guys have
put in behind the scenes. What's refreshing is that you're
starting to see that translate for successful outcomes, and I
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think the confidence is compounding and want to continue to
build on that.
Speaker 3 (05:47):
Nick Bannon yep.
Speaker 13 (05:49):
To the active roster, little downtick and thirteen personnel just
last week.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Is that matchup dependent or is it just tough availability?
You know?
Speaker 1 (05:56):
You know so now the thing is is that was
part of the odd processes is you give yourself a
chance to be able to activate, you know, all your
different personnels, whether it be eleven, twelve, thirteen, you know,
who knows, maybe fourteen at some point, huh, you know,
no where I wouldn't say never, but but the the
you know, he was a guy that you know, both lesson,
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John McKay liked, I had some familiarity with him, and
you're just kind of looking around the league, feel good
about some of the guys we have on the practice squad,
but with Higbee being out for some time right now,
you do want to make sure that if you decide
to go with a couple guys up, that you're not
one injury away from losing you know, a portion of
your game plan if that's the way that you lean
in the direction that you want to go.
Speaker 14 (06:37):
Shown on the game Sunday night, Vante talked about that
quick pass to the corner to him that it was
actually something that happened to practice where he wasn't the
number one option, but he saw it that Matthew saw
it on the.
Speaker 15 (06:49):
Board that oh he could be an option. Is that
normal to find you're talking.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
About on his twenty four yard touchdown? Yeah, yeah, is
that the one you're talking about?
Speaker 2 (06:57):
Yes, yeah, that is normal.
Speaker 5 (06:59):
You know.
Speaker 1 (07:00):
I think what's cool is is a lot of the
dialogue that goes on in our absence as coaches, I
think can sometimes be the most beneficial because they're the
ones that are bringing it to life. And you know,
like I've told you before, and really Davante's this too,
but Matthew is an extension of the coaching staff, and
on that particular concept, he had a couple different options,
and there was a three man surface to the other
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side that was kind of coming into his vision. He
had a good feel for the post player was kind
of middled up right there, and he was able to
periff Davante's release and get the ball up and down.
But you don't take for granted how rare it is
the things Matthew can see and then the ability to
be able to win quickly, stay stacked and then be
able to finish.
Speaker 2 (07:37):
That was cool.
Speaker 1 (07:39):
But those guys are always talking about how can we
improve things? And that's what's great about having these video
boards out here. You don't wait till practice. I think
the best corrections are made in real time and then
when you're able to see it, and then in between
series when the offense is going and then the defense
is up. Now those guys are able to kind of
be able to collaborate, communicate and get connected on all right,
what's the best way to be able to move forward
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rather and have to wait until the next day or
when you get back in the film room. Being able
to do that in the real time, and that's what
the real ones do. And that's what those two guys
did in that instance.
Speaker 7 (08:08):
Wanta has been one of the best in terms of
his release off the line of scrimmage for a long
time now as a play caller. How do you accentuate
or you know, bring to life.
Speaker 2 (08:18):
Yeah, you don't have to do much. He makes it right.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
I mean you look at the way that he was
able to win versus you know, hard outside in leverage
with inside presence based on the one that he had
caught against Seattle, and he still found a way and
Matthew did a great job of getting it up and down.
That's been you know, Davante is you know, since I've
been coaching, there's nobody that's been better about being able
to get parallel and work edges on people. I mean,
that's that's a special trade. And if you guys ask
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him about it. In the level and the depth of
knowledge and the thought process that goes into understanding is
you know, to have the physical but also the above
the neck understanding of you know, just there's there's an
art to it when you hear him articulate it. When
we first when he came out here to sign, we
went out to dinner and you know, he's standing up
in the restaurant showing some of his releases, and you know,
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I mean, this guy loves it and it's you know,
I love learning some of the different things, and I've
been a fan of watching it and it's pretty cool
to see it come to life in a RAMS uniform.
Speaker 2 (09:12):
Are you getting books from Uh?
Speaker 1 (09:14):
We were at bird Streets and uh, we didn't get
too many looks.
Speaker 2 (09:18):
We kind of had it.
Speaker 1 (09:20):
Was I think people were like, that's some cool right there.
Speaker 2 (09:25):
All right, Sean, When.
Speaker 12 (09:27):
You're calling players, are you ever conscious of matchups with
Davante's experience, if he's matched up against a rookie or
a younger players in real time?
Speaker 16 (09:39):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (09:39):
Yeah, I mean those are things.
Speaker 1 (09:40):
I mean, I think part of our job is is
to be aware of you know, it's it always starts
with us, but then there's an element of, uh, the
opposing team's personnel and and and their scheme and trying
to ultimately put our players in favorable outcomes with our decisions.
The players bring it to life. But that's absolutely something
that we're in tune with. What makes you ask that?
Speaker 16 (09:59):
Gary?
Speaker 2 (10:01):
Just wondering good.
Speaker 4 (10:04):
Nate Lanman's extension when a guy comes in does a
great job as a team leader and he gets rewarded.
How does that permeate within your locker room?
Speaker 16 (10:13):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (10:14):
I think what's the coolest thing about a Drawd is
that when that came out, you know, he's so humble,
he wouldn't say anything, but then you know, you guys,
as soon as things happen, you know, you guys are
as you know sometimes you know before me on some
of this stuff. But the reaction from his teammates is
so authentic. And that's part of what I talk about
the enjoyment of other successes or good things happening, because
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he's earned that respect and he checks all the boxes
of the things that we want to be about, you know,
with the character, with the competitiveness, the mental and physical toughness,
his ability to uplift and elevate others, his ability to
put his arm around guys, and like I've told you
guys before about him, he's just got a great feel,
great emotional intelligence and understanding how to be able to lead,
pick and choose his spots with the right timing and
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the right tone. And he's really endeared himself this locker
room in a very short amount of time by just
naturally as I've come to get to know him just
being himself.
Speaker 2 (11:05):
And it was really cool.
Speaker 1 (11:06):
To be able to see and his wife, Brendad, be
able to go over there and sign the contract. And
when you feel the gratitude, you know you want to,
you know, do right by people. And his teammates were excited,
but I think you want to make sure you're very
cognizant of recognizing and rewarding the people. No different than
how excited people were for Kyen, you know when we
ended up signing him before the season. Guys get excited
because those are the types of players that they want
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to play with, and good things happen when you when
you lean on those kinds of people.
Speaker 5 (11:32):
Matthew.
Speaker 17 (11:33):
After the game, DeVante was talking about how you guys
made an adjustment that you saw on his twenty five
yard touchdown that you saw on the video board that
he wasn't the first option, but you saw in the
video that he made a move.
Speaker 15 (11:45):
Does that happen a lot? Can you kind of explain
and then how it translated into the game.
Speaker 18 (11:49):
Yeah, We're always communicating, just trying to find, you know, ways,
you know, little edges in the game. If you can
to to be better to help us succeed. And he's
a veteran guy. He's been around for a long time,
so he's always on and you know, things with with
corners or just communicating with me, Hey, this is how
I see this, This is how I think this could go,
and try to do my best to you know, understand
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those ops and and give them those ops when when
he has the chance and obviously made great play.
Speaker 15 (12:15):
So was that touchdown a direct result of what happened here?
Speaker 18 (12:19):
Yeah, I mean sometimes you know, it's uh, yes, that
one probably you know, that's probably more me just getting
used to his release on that play and what he
was what he was thinking. But yeah, he's always communicating
with me, trying to trying to make us, you know,
make us better.
Speaker 7 (12:36):
Sean was just talking about how detailed Davante is with
his releases and how he you know, processes those things.
How were you able to, throughout the course of the
season kind of understand his process and and get the
timing lined up with his releases.
Speaker 15 (12:51):
Yeah.
Speaker 18 (12:51):
I think it's just work, you know, I think it's
just going, uh, you know, going out there and working
on it, seeing it, talking about it. It's constant that's
really with all the guys. He's one of them obviously,
but he does a great job of the line of scrimmage,
does a great job of communicating, like I said earlier,
and I think just getting those reps together always helps.
Speaker 13 (13:09):
Another's no look touchdown to Colby on Sunday. Is that
something that you ever can anticipate before the play, like
based off of coverage and play call, that you might
need to.
Speaker 3 (13:18):
Pull that truck out?
Speaker 5 (13:19):
Sometimes sometimes not.
Speaker 18 (13:21):
Sometimes it happens within the flow of a game, or
you know, what they're presenting pre snap isn't exactly what
you get post snap.
Speaker 5 (13:27):
It happens a lot in this league.
Speaker 18 (13:28):
But certain times there's you know, a free defender you
might say that I know is going to be you know,
have not that much work to do, and if I
can put them where I want them and open up
something else, or really if the play is going to
be good anyways, but I can make it better. I
feel like that's you know, part of my job description,
and sometimes that happens.
Speaker 3 (13:47):
Did you first start experiments and lotus.
Speaker 18 (13:51):
It's been a while, you know, I've done it for
a long time. I feel like, uh, you know, I
think I've done a decent amount of those, especially when
I was with you know, Calvin and Detroit. Like I've
said before, everybody kind of knows in the building that
we're trying to get him the ball and in certain
years of the field, and I was able to to
just try to help, you know, keep him open as
long as you could.
Speaker 12 (14:11):
How do you shut out the noise of MVP conversation
and those kinds of things as you kind of move forward.
Speaker 18 (14:18):
I just continue to show up here every day, try
to do my best work hard, be a leader for
this team, worry about the things that I can control
in this building, and try to be the best teammate
I can and listen, I'll let all that other stuff
take care of itself. It's not something that's difficult for
me to, you know, compartmentalize. That's this whole position, that's
this whole job. Is right Like, I'm here, I'm all in.
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When i'm here, I'm all in on a walk through
or a practice, and I go home and I've got
a family. I'm dad and husband and all that, so
not a lot of time in the day to think
about other things.
Speaker 5 (14:48):
To be honest with you, what.
Speaker 4 (14:49):
Do you think has been the biggest factor with your
offensive line, the different combinations that have had to play
this year in them keeping you protected, keeping you upright,
they've been fantastic.
Speaker 5 (15:00):
Yeah, they've done a hell of the job. You know.
Speaker 18 (15:01):
I think, like you said, there have been, you know,
a couple of times here and there we've had to
you know, shift some guys around and move some guys around.
I think the guys that have come in and played
have played at a really high level.
Speaker 5 (15:11):
You know.
Speaker 18 (15:11):
I think obviously Wendy's doing a great job getting them
coached up, and I think Sean does a great job
of mixing and matching and you know, running the ball,
play action, get me out of the pocket, drop back.
We're doing all sorts of different stuff to try to
keep defenses on their heels so they can't just pin
pin their ears back and go, hey, you know, they're
gonna drop back pass all day. Matthew's going to be
nine yards deep in the pocket and he ain't moving.
So you know, we do a you know, we did
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do a decent job of trying to be as collaborative
as we can in our offensive approach to to help
everybody out.
Speaker 11 (15:40):
We was talking about how long Sean's playing calls are
is that or is the gost typical to head quach
att longer and how long it takes to do it?
Speaker 5 (15:49):
Yeah, I mean they're they're long.
Speaker 18 (15:51):
I feel like there might have been longer, you know
when I first got here. You know, we found certain
ways to pair stuff down years after after years and
years of doing the same kind of stuff. But yeah,
they're they're on the longer end of of what I've
been exposed to. I'm sure there's other people out there that,
you know, say more words, but you know, I think
communication is good, and a lot of times when we're
saying all those words, it's helpful to me too, because
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then I'm picturing it in my head too.
Speaker 6 (16:14):
With two coming back this week, just knowing his skill
set and the role you guys have been on, what
do you feel like he can kind of add to
what you guys have done as.
Speaker 18 (16:22):
Yeah, he's an explosive player, you know, obviously he can
you know, get behind the defense. He's made some big
plays in this league. He's made some big plays this
season for us, so you know, he's a guy that's
a home run threat every time he's on the field.
Great teammate was unbelievable in his rehab process and getting
back and just always being the same guy when we
see him, which is which is awesome, But excited for
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him just to feel healthy again and feel good to go.
Speaker 13 (16:47):
It's like going against as in Carolina that has so
many guys that have been in this scold.
Speaker 7 (16:52):
Uh.
Speaker 18 (16:53):
Yeah, it's it's interesting, you know that happens sometimes in
the league, especially around here, because I feel like, uh,
you know, all of our coaches, indoor players get you know,
at the end of every season, they're all over the
league and getting head coaching jobs or whatever it is.
But been with you know, was with e here for
a little bit, and then obviously some of the guys
that are that are playing over there as well, so.
Speaker 5 (17:11):
You know, a lot of respect for him.
Speaker 18 (17:12):
Really well coached discipline, defense and did a nice job
the other night getting the you know, getting turnovers, turning
the ball over, so they gotta be gotta be smart
with it.
Speaker 5 (17:19):
But uh, you know, talented group.
Speaker 15 (17:22):
Could you give us an example of a long play call.
Speaker 5 (17:25):
I don't want to. I don't want to put one
out there for you.
Speaker 15 (17:28):
I don't want what I don't play that you would
never run again.
Speaker 5 (17:34):
No, I can't even think I'm not gonna go there
with it.
Speaker 19 (17:36):
Sorry to just get too two back into this offense
and kind of yeah, any yeah, no, anytime you get
a guy back of his calibery, you'll take it right,
you know. So he's done a great job with the
rehab process and it'll be just fun.
Speaker 20 (17:49):
You know when when he's doing a lot of.
Speaker 19 (17:50):
The rehab, we as coaches don't don't get to see
a lot of it. So just get out on the
grass or outs on air.
Speaker 20 (17:55):
Stuff like that will be big.
Speaker 21 (17:57):
What sound like for you to.
Speaker 7 (17:58):
Have so many weapons across the field Matthew to throw
to or hand off.
Speaker 19 (18:02):
Yeah, it doesn't stink, you know. I mean there's in
you know, not just in front of you guys. But
you know, we say that because the guys can handle it.
I mean, anyone who's in there on any given play
we have confidence in. That's why they're in there. And
more importantly, Matthew has confidence in them. And across the board,
you know, everyone is, you know, not surprised by someone
making a play you saw a month.
Speaker 20 (18:23):
Last week make two big plays.
Speaker 19 (18:25):
I know you're kind of referring to that, but it's
it's week in and week out, you know, just be
in the right spot at the right time. You know,
work your fundamentals and when you get your ops, make
most of it. And so far through eleven weeks, you know,
pretty pretty pleased with how those guys are making it happen.
Speaker 4 (18:39):
I asked Matthew what he thought the key was to
this offensive line doing such a great job this year,
keeping him clean even with the different combinations. What's what's
your opinion, what has been there?
Speaker 20 (18:49):
Yeah, I think it's across the board.
Speaker 19 (18:51):
I mean in all phases, it takes all eleven you know,
getting getting the play in getting the right play that
they're not going to be dead plays, operate in the
right way, getting the line of scrimmage where you're not rushed, uh,
and then when that ball snack, making it come to life.
So when it comes to the past game, you know,
receivers getting off a jam, you know, getting to A
to B as fast as humanly possible, in zone covers,
distributing the field, Matthew, clicking through your progressions, you know,
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obviously offensive line communicating, making sure they're going to the
right people back, picking up the right guy in the
blitz like it takes everybody, and so yeah, I mean
I think the line is doing a great job through
eleven weeks. I think they're straining, you know, because they
know if nine gets one extra click a lot of
a lot of times good things happen. But again, it's
it's not just them, it's everyone across the board doing
their job. And you know, getting through eleven weeks and
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I'm gonna keep saying that, it's you know, it's been good.
I think are we've steadily gotten better. This is a
whole new week in this game, you know, will humble
you quickly. So we got to get right back to
work from them.
Speaker 3 (19:47):
The after Boster just says it was kind of helping
out with the practice card.
Speaker 20 (19:50):
Yeah, no, it's uh good to get him. He's played
a lot of ball.
Speaker 19 (19:53):
It was crazy when I saw that it was he
came out in sixteen. I mean, it's it's it's like
I'm aged in quickly because it feels like it wasn't
long ago that I was evaluating them. So it's had
a great career and anytime you can bring in a
guy that's played a lot of good football in this league,
you'll take it.
Speaker 14 (20:08):
Guys have been extremely efficient in the first quarter of
the past five or six weeks.
Speaker 9 (20:13):
Who do you attribute to that too?
Speaker 19 (20:16):
You know, again, just kind of almost what I was
saying right there, just the guys just doing their job
and operating next cuting, you know, you know, taking all
those guys.
Speaker 20 (20:25):
It's a fun watch for me from above.
Speaker 19 (20:27):
I'm sure it is for you guys as well, just
seeing how these guys operate, getting into the out of
the huddle, getting you know, I mean, you can just
you can tell the guys know what they're doing, you know,
And that's a credit to those guys being on their stuff.
Credit the position coaches getting these guys ready to go.
So you know, you always want to start fast. It's
not just something that you just say you want to,
you know, and then you want that second drive to
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go well, and then you want that third, then you
want to finish great, and then you want to you know.
Speaker 20 (20:51):
So I mean, it's it's like.
Speaker 19 (20:53):
Just living the moment, each each play, each drive and
handle your stuff. And fortunately for the last few weeks,
you know, those first drives outside of seat where we
got all the way down there and didn't didn't finish it.
But uh, you know, for the most part, we've we've
done what we're supposed to do.
Speaker 6 (21:06):
When you're pushing up the box and Matthew does wanted
to know what passes are you noticing that, like in
real time or you'd kind of see it later, and
just what's the reaction to seeing that.
Speaker 19 (21:15):
Yeah, there's times where I feel like he's looking eight
rows to the right and the balls going to the
left and you can actually tell. So yeah, I mean
it's you know, he's the one out there playing, and
you know he knows what he's doing when he's doing
that stuff. It's one of those things you tell the
young quarterbacks, whether it be in this building or you know,
the other thirty one teams, Hey, you know, that's really
cool what he's doing, but don't try to be like him.
Speaker 20 (21:36):
He's earned the right and he knows what he's doing
and why he's doing it. So yeah, he's pretty special talent.
Speaker 13 (21:43):
It's talked about how you guys started to installing thirteen
personnel and chunks like around Baltimore week. What was kind
of the process of decided, like how do I install
such a personnel packet trying to get into the offense.
Speaker 19 (21:58):
Yeah, I mean, you know, we stay separate for the
most part in the run game, and then we get
in the past game. We go in there as a
skill group and you know, sometimes I'll install it as
all thirteen. Sometimes we'll be mixed match. Sometimes we'll throw
on some other stuff. Sometimes we'll tell jokes, you know.
So he tried to just keep the meetings is you know,
I mean, that's it's a lot of information, and it's
the same voice, and obviously Sean and everyone you know
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talking to being collaborative, but yeah, I mean it's it's,
you know, whatever we think is necessary for that week,
and in terms of how they're going to get the information,
you know, some weeks are different than others.
Speaker 7 (22:33):
Sean was talking about how detailed Davante is with his releases.
How have you seen that affect the way defenses can
or can't attack this offense.
Speaker 19 (22:44):
He's been a problem at the line of scrimmage well
before he got here. He's he's arguably, you know, at
least in you know, since he's been in the league
in fourteen, probably not even arguab but he's probably the
best released guy you know of that time.
Speaker 20 (22:57):
And he's still doing it.
Speaker 19 (22:58):
And it's no different than what we said we got
him here, you know, back in the spring, and how
he felt in August, Like, dude still got a lot
of juice in that body. As you guys can see,
he's a problem at the line of scrimmage. He's that
it's he knows ball really well, but like it's the
stuff that he does within the moment and why he's
doing it. It's it's, uh, it's next level type stuff.
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And again, if you want to have the career that
he's had, a Hall of Fame career, you're gonna think
that way, you know, and so and and and you
have the ability to do well what you're thinking and
and it makes sense, you know. So it's uh, it'll
never get old. It was really fun from afar watching him.
It was fun, you know, particularly because it was with
my brother too, as long as he wasn't playing a
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team that I was associated with obviously, but you know,
be able to kind of get up close and personal
this last year with it and really kind of dig
into why he's doing it.
Speaker 20 (23:48):
It's a it's a unique deal.
Speaker 15 (23:50):
To follow up on that.
Speaker 14 (23:51):
Can you help me understand when a guy is that
good off the release, how much is that above the
neck versus just phenomenal Apple.
Speaker 16 (24:00):
Yeah.
Speaker 19 (24:00):
I mean, he knows where he wants to be when
he needs to be there, right, He's got a great
sense of timing, so he's got a great sense of
the defender he's going against, you know, whether it be
through the film study or sometimes it's say, how's this
guy gonna play me? And I might I might release
on a run play to just kind of see, you know,
how he's going to react and stuff. So it's the
game within the game, right, you know, those are kind
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of things that you can see, you can see what
he's doing, but I mean there's things that he's probably
setting up that we don't even know, right, you know,
like I just said, on a run play and stuff
like that.
Speaker 20 (24:30):
So it's it's a pretty unique thing and it's a
unique trait.
Speaker 19 (24:33):
And again that's one of the reasons, amongst a lot
of reasons why he's had the you know, success he's
had throughout his career.
Speaker 3 (24:39):
Reaction getting a.
Speaker 21 (24:40):
Color back, excited, you know he's been around, but excited
to see him go out there today, and you know,
we'll kind of figure out his role just like we
do everyone here throughout the week. Obviously, we haven't seen him.
He hasn't taken a full speed snap yet or anything
like that. But you know, he's just another obviously been
a really good player, product player for us and a
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guy that has a skill set that we can definitely use.
Speaker 9 (25:04):
So it's great to have him when you have guys like.
Speaker 13 (25:05):
A Manual and a Kobe who are playing so well
on the outside right now, what is that process of
the minds that.
Speaker 3 (25:11):
Things a great a callow back game post.
Speaker 21 (25:13):
Riding the hot hand with those guys, Yeah, I mean definitely,
We definitely don't want to get those guys out of
their flow playing great football right now, and you know,
want to keep those guys in a good rhythm and
feeling good and exactly what they're doing. And you know,
Aubrey does such a good job of giving each guy's roles.
There's ways to get guys in the field where and
have specific roles for the game. So you know, based
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on what happens today and tomorrow at practice, we'll come
up with a plan for the week for those guys,
and those guys will know what going into the game
and we'll see how the game unfolds to see exactly
how those roles shape.
Speaker 16 (25:43):
Out, especially over the last four games. What's it been
like seeing a manual play like the player you guys
knew you'd be capable of being.
Speaker 9 (25:49):
Yeah, that's exactly, It's true.
Speaker 21 (25:52):
We saw it all training camp, all of OTAs, and
I'm just excited that, you know, he you know, the
country is getting a chance to see it, and people
around of the league are getting a chance to see
what a competitor is, how tough he is, you know,
he makes plays with the ball in the air, how
athletic he is. So you know, it's just exactly exactly
what it is. We've been seeing it and and you
know it's a credit to him. He's been practicing really hard,
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and you know, his performance as a result of the
work he's put in and he knows that. So we're
just kind of trying to continue to do that.
Speaker 6 (26:18):
A player like that who you know, had it did
last year and now he's sending Can you kind of
notice his confidence taking off kind of the moments outside
the game.
Speaker 9 (26:27):
Uh, for sure.
Speaker 21 (26:28):
You know, I think it's just I think that's anybody.
You know, you just feel more credibility with your teammates
when you're going on the field and making plays and
it's one thing to do and in practice, but when
you go out and you're making big plays to help
the team win week after week, you know, I think
you definitely see, you know, a little bounce in their steps.
So it's been cool to see and really happy for him.
Speaker 16 (26:46):
John.
Speaker 11 (26:47):
When you think about what you can, is there something.
Speaker 21 (26:50):
Or you came out, Oh, man, I mean it's almost everything.
You know, you feel like, you know, it's just our
first year when he was head coach.
Speaker 9 (26:58):
There's a lot of things. I think it's or of just.
Speaker 21 (27:01):
Just the amount of issues and the things that go
across the head coach's plate that that he kind of
has to deal with on a daily basis, And really
the things that are meaningful to him is the relationship
he creates throughout the whole team.
Speaker 9 (27:11):
He's the happiest. He'll be the first to tell you
he's the happiest.
Speaker 21 (27:15):
During during the week when when the players are here
and he can go interact with them and wants to
be a part of their lives and impact them and
their families, and uh, you know, he he just has
such a good relationship. He has a real special relationship
with the defensive guys, and I think it's pretty cool.
So it's just been fun to.
Speaker 13 (27:29):
See talked a lot about them as sacrisist this year,
but is cool to see the emotion from Kobe breaking.
Speaker 21 (27:35):
It through with a couple of years on Sunday definitely,
you know, you know, just like anybody, all those guys,
they always want to get sacks and you know, and
it helps the team and there's nothing wrong with it,
and he's going to do anything to help the team win.
But it's always good to see see some of those
guys get on the board of the few sacks.
Speaker 14 (27:51):
Speaking of confidence, Uh, the other Kobe, Kobe Durant get
not just the interception, but how well he's played and
how would you describe that.
Speaker 9 (27:59):
He's just a product to the player.
Speaker 21 (28:00):
He's a playmaker and he really always has been since
he's been here, and uh, you know some stuff. It's
on us to put him in the right positions and
guys playing well around him.
Speaker 9 (28:08):
I think the guys around him.
Speaker 21 (28:09):
Are communicating really well and he's taking his game to
the next level. It's a huge credit to to Aubrey
and Beek and Mike Harris have continue to work with
him and growing and uh, you know, he's you know,
I remember when he was a young guy just coming
to the league and secondary coach, and now he's kind
of the you know, a veteran of the group and
played a ton of football, and you know you're seeing
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that this is if you guys.
Speaker 12 (28:33):
Continue to play well, your name already is kind of
being floated out there as being part of the next
head coaching carousel pool. How do you how would you
handle that? Having seen other guys from.
Speaker 21 (28:46):
This staff go yeah, you know you obviously you always
kind of prepare for it. I think in the summer
where you just kind of get ready because some of
those things can happen.
Speaker 9 (28:54):
Hopefully you're in the playoffs and stuff like that.
Speaker 21 (28:56):
But and then once you do that, you know, you
really just you just played little season and then just
continue to focus one day at a time and playing
good defense and really not even thinking about it all.
Speaker 9 (29:04):
To be honest, is it a goal of yours to
be a head coach?
Speaker 21 (29:08):
I think that's the goal of any of any coach
that wants to be in the league. You want to
take yourself to the highest profession. That doesn't mean you're
just gonna walk away for any single opportunity. I love
it here. You know, it's my family loves to hear.
We've been here nine ten years, you know, coaching with
my best friends. We obviously have a great group of
players and a great staff. So you know, for the
right opportunity, you know, we'll see. But like I said,
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not really thinking about it too much right now.
Speaker 7 (29:32):
Davante Sean was talking about how detailed your approach is
to h what watching film and studying how you're going
to release again against certain people. Can you just what's
your process for that?
Speaker 22 (29:48):
I mean it's a it's a pretty extensive process, but
in a nutshell, I mean it's basically you just find
out that you know, obviously it's it's not like an
algorithm or anything. But you know how tall a person is,
how rangy they are, you know, some guys are more
long levered, so but just getting to play together based
off their technique, what they do. Do they shoot their hands,
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are they you know, are they a soft shoe corner
where they kind of back out of there, they kind
of press just to you know, interrupt the timing. So
it's it's important to you know, evaluate the film on
that just because if you go into it not knowing
the guy's technique then you know, to take potentially you know,
too many reps throughout the game to kind of put
together and figure out a comfortable way to attack him.
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So for me, I try to figure out exactly, you know,
what kind of guy he is, what does he do,
what does he like to do, and then from there
you obviously still got to you know, play the play
and play the down and respect Sometimes a guy like
twenty seven, he's not really a quick you know, he'll
he'll like to shoot his hands. Last week I saw
on table lot where he shoot his.
Speaker 9 (30:47):
Hands and then get out of there.
Speaker 22 (30:48):
And then so I had that in my mind and
then actually my first rep press rep against him, he
shot his hands and saved firm at the line, you know,
just based off of probably watching my tape and seeing
me hop off the line and thinking that that will work.
So just just playing and playing it down is the
most important part.
Speaker 16 (31:03):
You know.
Speaker 22 (31:04):
You obviously got to understand coverages and a lot of
different things. Really long wind a way to say, basically,
just scout out the guy and what he likes to do,
and then formulate a good plan based off of that
to execute your job.
Speaker 12 (31:15):
Sean said, when when you came out to sign you
guys went out to dinner and you were actually standing
up in a restaurant demonstrating. So if you're do you
recall that and what what was what was that scene
like and what was happening?
Speaker 22 (31:27):
Well, what Sean failed to mention It wasn't It wasn't
like a bunch of attention because Sean's a very elite
individual and he's got he's got he's got certain yeh,
it's different, different types of rooms and memberships you need
for some of these places he goes to eat. So
I was invited to this. I don't have a membership
at at this place. But thankfully I was able to
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do that because it wasn't a big crowd in there,
but was able to get up and just kind of
talk through some stuff and you just talking about two
football meatheads that you know, or football nerves. I guess
you could say that about the game in a very
intricate way. And you know, obviously his angle is a
lot different than mine being a coach, So me being
able to talk to him about some stuff and get
him excited about, you know, a few things, and him
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you know, just kind of basically making some of these
plays come to life before I even had the opportunity
to run some of the route. So yeah, it was
it was fun, good meal, it was just good fellowship.
Speaker 3 (32:20):
But to get up and illustrated the restaurant. But it's
just it's not just a part of your things you want.
Speaker 22 (32:28):
I mean, the game just excites me in general, honestly.
I mean talking about releases routes. The blocking part doesn't
excite me quite as much. But but the all of
the routes, you know, and and the things that make
up you know, great receivers. I just get fully immersed
in it. And you know, it wasn't something where I
was like, oh, like you know, I didn't even look around.
It was just like, as soon as I thought about it,
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bounce up and talk about something. It wasn't nothing crazy.
I think it was just more like talking about the
way I attack him. It was a little bit more
of that. So it wasn't a big show, but it
still was. I did get up.
Speaker 11 (33:01):
You talked about I mean, obviously Sean recruiting you, but
just have you seen him get excited the more you
guys talked and he kind of realized what he could
do with you and some of your skill sets.
Speaker 8 (33:11):
Like have you seen him and just have fun with that?
Speaker 22 (33:13):
Yeah, I mean you still can continue to see it now,
I mean you go out there on the field now.
One of the one of the quotes that I feel
like stands out for me is and it's not just
like a singular time, but he's he's always mentioning. Whether
he'll text me about something that we're getting ready to
put it in the red zone or in the field,
He'll say, you know, here, here's what I got a
good idea about something, and I'm excited to see you
bring it to life. Basically, like, you know, we got
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a certain route and this is how I drawed the route,
but a lot of times when I could draw out
for you, you run it in a way that's you know,
you know, unique to you and your abilities, and that's
that's ultimately what makes the the you know, the player
coach thing work really was if you can take a
good idea and somehow make it, you know, improve it
a little bit, or or just bring it to life
how it was on paper. But a lot of things
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that I do is unconventional. So I feel like the
you know, the technique that I use is something that
maybe he wouldn't, you know.
Speaker 5 (34:02):
See so even today, you.
Speaker 22 (34:04):
Know, he gave me a ride and I went out
there and did it, and I can see it in
his bite language. He's like, you got it, So you'll
see him doing that.
Speaker 9 (34:10):
Sometimes.
Speaker 3 (34:11):
What's the process? And I I think I'm given actions
to technage, but how do you have to buy out
those years?
Speaker 22 (34:19):
I mean really it's the build up of it is
me a lot of times putting together a plan, like
whether it's walk through, jog through. I take those that
process real serious because that's when everything slows down a lot,
and when everything's you know, going full speed, it's easy
to rush movements and not fully because the idea of
receiver is like deception obviously, so everything that I'm doing
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if I'm trying to run, you know, the kind of
outbreaker I ran on their sideline that I caught and
it was maybe like a game of fifteen or so
or whatever. You know, I'm doing that, and if I
just get that in practice, I may not, you know not.
I'm quite as hard to get him to really believe
the vertical part before I break out so and walk through.
When we're kind of going half speed, it kind of
allows me to slow down and really stick and then
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let the guy you know, see what I'm trying to
get him to see, versus me just knowing it. Because
if I go out there and you know, if I
do this, you don't know if I was really trying
to go inside or outside. But if I lean inside,
now your brain, you know, because everything it takes the
brain time to process what's going on too. So the
quicker you move, obviously it can benefit you, but it
can also hurt you if you don't, you know, lock
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in on the details of the route and sell what
you're trying.
Speaker 9 (35:25):
To see on that deception route.
Speaker 14 (35:27):
On the deception topic, excuse me, coach Lafleur said, he
finds that you're like maybe on a running play you
might be selling it.
Speaker 15 (35:36):
Is that like a chess match in your head.
Speaker 14 (35:39):
A hundred percent.
Speaker 22 (35:39):
I mean, you still releases all the time where I'll
do something. It might be eyes whatever. I line up
all the time, and I might sit here if I
got a certain route, and I'll be looking inside and
then I'll peek to the sideline kind of like I'm
getting ready to run a route over there. It's just
a it's a big you know, cerebral game out there,
and a lot of people don't hone in on it
like how I do. And I find that gives me
a big, big age. You know, if I stay at
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the sideline a couple of times before and then take
off running that way, surely that guy is gonna be
a little slower to move. As I'm you know, darking
across the field, he's like, wait, whoa he was looking
over here, you know, like why is he sprinting this way?
And then now he's behind the play. And you know,
any even if it's just a half a yard like that.
Speaker 12 (36:16):
That'll give me an edge spot of earlier in your career,
who did you see those things in as a player?
Speaker 22 (36:23):
I mean to be honest, it wasn't It wasn't really
something that I've seen. It was just something that I
learned to develop because you know, I got this title
of being like the release guy, you know, pretty earlier
in my career, just you know, kind of having the
feed and you know, the basketball movements. So it was
something that I wanted to kind of lock in and
take it to the next level. And I felt like,
you know, using certain mental cues like that could kind
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of help me, and it just it was something that
I saw worked for me, and I just continue to
push it.
Speaker 12 (36:50):
How is your mindset changed as you went early in
your career as a young guy going against the veteran
cornerbacks of the day to the veteran receiver now going
against the younger cornerbacks.
Speaker 22 (37:02):
I mean it's you obviously get more comfortable, but I
like to treat everybody like their veteran when out When
out there, the second you you know, look at a
guy like he's a young player or whatever. You know
he can everybody out here is getting paid, so you
know they can take advantage of you if you take
him lightly. Similarly, you know, you play the Saints that
that week, we come out with the same mindset like
they were you know, uh, you know, undefeated, versus looking
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at him like they're a team that's not great because
at the end of the day, they got a bunch
of NFL players over there that play at a high level.
And all you have to do is, like I said
to you guys before, it don't matter how good you are.
It's about how good you play. So if you don't
go out there and put it on tape and treat
everybody like they're, you know, one of the best, then
you can definitely get cost slipping.
Speaker 3 (37:43):
GC.
Speaker 13 (37:44):
You know, you guys talk a lot about the side assess,
but could you see how big it is for Kobe
and you know emotion that a couple of bigger mone songs.
Speaker 23 (37:52):
Yeah, you just definitely see it kind of in as
Uh in his odes and his demeanor. But you know,
he works very hard. So if anybody's deserving at that
moment is very.
Speaker 16 (38:00):
What was the celebration that you guys all game?
Speaker 23 (38:04):
So gift defensive line coach? I don't know what he
started doing this. He started doing it one practice randomly
because he was like, he was like, that's an old dude.
You can't dance above your head. He's like, yeah, keep
everything down low. So he started doing that. So we
all like, after we get sacked, everybody gets sack, we're
gonna do that, Like do your own celebrations then do
that that he started doing it. He started wrapping it
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out too, so he was having a good time. We
was having fun.
Speaker 12 (38:30):
For you to have a multiple fat game, how'd you
feel about that? And what moving forward? What's your next goal?
Speaker 8 (38:37):
Yeah?
Speaker 23 (38:38):
I mean I don't really have any goals, Like I
just kind of go out there and play. But I
feel like this was one of the first weeks all year,
you know, maybe one of two games besides this out
like actually like didn't hold back at all in practice
where we had pads on and I have pads on.
I was still doing everything out one hundred percent, not
too much worried about anything else. But besides just getting better,
So to see it actually translate to the field just
makes me realize, like that should be the standard period.
Speaker 11 (39:00):
What inspired I guess that to be your practice.
Speaker 23 (39:03):
I actually spoke to you know, Joker Nigglio or my
own coach, and I spoke to Sean, and they both
were telling me the same thing, like when you my
pre played demeanor, when it's sharp and when it's crisp,
you know it's gonna be a good play versus you
see some of the other players where I'm not fully
set in motion fully you know, in my position, and
it might be okay, it might be I, but it's
not the standard I have for myself.
Speaker 14 (39:23):
After the game Sunday, you were one of the guys
that say you weren't you weren't aware of the standings.
Help how challenging is that with social media and being
nine to two?
Speaker 23 (39:34):
Right, No, I just swiped by it. I mean, like
social media not too hard for I'll be on TikTok.
They don't have on TikTok, so so I just kind
of like run by it. Like sometimes my dad will
call me with my dad like he knows I don't
really like talking about that stuff too much, so they'll
just talk to me about like my personal player, like
how the defense is doing as a whole. But he'll
never tell me about the standing. So never tell me
all y'all defenses, this main points up above everyone or whatever.
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Like they just all kind of keep it quiet. My
whole family and everyone I keep close to me, so
it's not too hard when you have a or the
foundation around you.
Speaker 15 (40:01):
What do you like talking to your dad about?
Speaker 23 (40:03):
I mean, we just talk about regular stuff'll talk about brother,
We'll talk about family, We'll talk about just life outside
of football. We'll talk about football too, all talking about
how practice when the weight room. My dad's a bigger lifted,
so me and him, well talk about the weight room
high I'll be pissing him off. I'll be telling them
how much I surpass him, So we'll just talk about
regular stuff like we me and my dad, probably with
the best relationship I have with anybody in the world.
Speaker 2 (40:21):
Men left how much can you left?
Speaker 23 (40:24):
Can like on what like on bench squad, Like we're
talking bench. My max bench is fobably around four ninety something,
but that was probably about like two three years ago,
so I probably probably push up a little bit.
Speaker 20 (40:34):
More on that.
Speaker 16 (40:35):
You mentioned the defense as a whole. Just for all
of you guys who have been a part of Emmanual's journey,
especially over the last year, what's it like seeing him
play the way he has, especially in the last four games.
Speaker 23 (40:43):
Yeah, I mean, E Manual somebody like I don't see
somebody hanging around with a lot outside of the facility.
Me and him will go grab dinner. Sometimes we'll go
to this mall, we'll go do this, we'll go do that.
We'll just sit down and watch the game. So, you know,
when you form that kind of relationship, you see what
that person does on the field also and see how
much white he puts in in the weight room, in
the meat room, in the facility, on the practice field,
and to see if finally translating, you know, especially I
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didn't know too much about his past before he got
here to hear how like kind of people were counting
him out. And now that he's dominating, people are like, okay,
like the rams are doing something.
Speaker 9 (41:12):
Now that's just e man. That's who he always was.
Speaker 23 (41:14):
It just took you know, a good group around him,
like believing in him for him to dominate like.
Speaker 5 (41:17):
This, get another athletic quarterback this week?
Speaker 20 (41:20):
What are your impressions?
Speaker 9 (41:21):
Appression?
Speaker 23 (41:22):
But he's he's very athletic, he's fast, he can get
the ball on when he's comfortable in the pocket, he
can do a lot of damage. I mean or is
it like four thirty four or something like that, some
four hundred some yards. I mean that you're throwing it,
you throw four hundred something. So you know, he's a
very good quarterback. So we just have to keep him
and contained. We have to get to him. When we
get to him, we have to make him feel us.
Even if he gets the ball off still you know,
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use advantage of our like, you know, getting close to
the quarterback. Obviously no late hits or anything like that,
but just kind of make him feel us.
Speaker 7 (41:48):
Is that sack celebrats, you're going to be a thing
for the rest of the year.
Speaker 23 (41:51):
We're probably gonna knock it out till it's too old.
Speaker 4 (41:55):
What's the temperature been like with you guys in terms
of I mean, there is a rush of national media
annointing you guys the champions already, but obviously there's a
lot of football left. What's kind of been the temperament
amongst the team after the Sunday Night win.
Speaker 8 (42:09):
Yeah, I think it's something that coach said is we
feel like we're the best team right now, but it's.
Speaker 9 (42:14):
Also week twelve.
Speaker 8 (42:16):
The season's not ending anytime soon, so the opportunity to
go and continue to prove ourselves is something that we're
continuing to strive for. And I think that's how we
feel in the locker room, where there's a confidence that
we feel like we earn every week and it gets
to show it there on Sundays, and that's something that
we're prepared to earn again this week.
Speaker 15 (42:32):
How do you kind of shut out the outside noise?
Speaker 20 (42:35):
I think in.
Speaker 8 (42:38):
Born in two thousand and one, like I was like
seeing being the social media HK. I'm like, it's hard
to really shut it out, I guess in the sense
of you see the media but I guess it's what
the message that you internalize. You see stuff on scroll,
on Instagram or on Twitter and it's it feels good.
But I guess the message is come back in when
when we're having our team meetings and in our unit
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meetings that the messages we have to earn the right again. So, uh,
the opportunity to go out here improve on a Wednesday,
we're getting ready to to still out there run routes
and get active and to work our techniques is as
still a privilege and something that it gets me excited.
Speaker 11 (43:11):
Jared said, should go on TikTok because there are no
standings that he sai. Jared said, there's no standings on TikTok.
Speaker 5 (43:16):
So that okay, That's what I'm like.
Speaker 8 (43:19):
My TikTok is honestly a lot of There's an animated
show or animation show called Invincible. It's on Amazon Prime.
I've enjoyed the edits I've seen of that lately.
Speaker 3 (43:32):
I've seen.
Speaker 8 (43:36):
Actually, I mean the one I think this is uh.
I mean, I'm sure that there's ones I could think
of it in the archives that I got saves on
my phone somewhere. Some of the clips in Green Bay.
But I think we are a positive clip while we're
going in obviously we're we're meeting today.
Speaker 9 (43:48):
And being like, wow, you see that.
Speaker 8 (43:50):
You see the end zone view of that that the
fade and uh not favorable leverage at the start of
the play and one seven finds away And I think
it is uh, it is an honor to be able
to watch that live and in person on the field
with him, and then just to.
Speaker 9 (44:02):
Be able to ask questions.
Speaker 8 (44:03):
We're we're out here our practice and we're they're calling
us in and we're mid conversation talking about how to
how to still leverage the way to work defenders, and
so it's a it's something that we continue to earn
and it's something that it's given me confidence watching him.
Speaker 15 (44:15):
So how much of that went from your lens?
Speaker 14 (44:18):
Is his athletics athleticism versus a ce re roll above
the net?
Speaker 9 (44:24):
Oh?
Speaker 8 (44:24):
I would say it is the perfect combination because I
have the opportunity and that our guys have opportunity to
see him in the weight room and there is still
a lot of physical ability in in his body and
h but then you understand the mental game and the
chess game that has happened through Snap one to Snap
sixty whatever it is, and he's he's playing that chess game,
the entire game. So it's an exciting thing to watch
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as you go through the clips on on a Monday
and watch them like build up, build up, build up,
and all right, now it comes to life.
Speaker 9 (44:52):
So it is the perfect combination.
Speaker 12 (44:54):
Do you know Ted Roya McMillan.
Speaker 9 (44:57):
You not not not too much.
Speaker 8 (45:00):
I've got I've had a chance to watch his game,
especially as a Polynesian, another Parlnian athlete I think, and
as a wide receiver, as somebody who is in the
skill position, to see him go in the first round
and kind of set the new standard for the our
our culture and uh is something is exciting.
Speaker 9 (45:15):
And he's a Jordan athlete.
Speaker 8 (45:17):
As well, so to see him have his success and
then to play it would be excited on the hopefully
after the game he's not too mad.
Speaker 20 (45:24):
And where we have an exchange jerseys.
Speaker 12 (45:27):
Do you feel like your success, especially your early success
in the NFL, open the door even larger for guys
like him and other guys that are coming.
Speaker 8 (45:37):
I think so I know that there's a I mean
I think of the people who paid I looked up
to especially in the skill position. Was the Juju Smith
Schuster of the world. There wasn't a ton of Polynesian
athletes playing in the skill position.
Speaker 9 (45:48):
So to see his success, I'm.
Speaker 8 (45:49):
Saying to have him be other polonies and athletes say
that my name is mentioned and wanted them to be
able to to run into people and score some touchdowns
every once in a while.
Speaker 9 (45:58):
Is is a cool thought to think about.
Speaker 7 (46:00):
The DeVante talked about how extensive his process is for
watching film and preparing his releases against certain opponents. Have
you picked up on any of that and has that
kind of rubbed off on you at all?
Speaker 8 (46:12):
I know there's a I see him definitely watching tape
in and all of our meetings. Well, he does his
he has his process, and I think it's been cool
to be in the conversations with him when we're in
the union meetings that the things that he's noticing, and
then also just watching the clips on my own of
being like, wow, how how the defenses are trying to
play us.
Speaker 9 (46:30):
And being able to watch him.
Speaker 8 (46:31):
And be like in some of the conversations this had
of like how he's watching the tape through his kind
of thought process has been fun.
Speaker 10 (46:37):
With chemistry being important, how have you been able to
build the chemistry with you and DeVonta over of course
of time to where it is not how much of
that help you as a as a player as well
as it's funny.
Speaker 8 (46:50):
I mean I think as a receiver, I feel like
it's something I mentioned.
Speaker 9 (46:53):
I'm like the game of basketball.
Speaker 8 (46:55):
One I think about how received like what who who
you like to play and just like the thought prices
of like how do you like that? So it's been
fun to have those conversations. His confidence in his basketball
game is just as high as his confidence in his
football game.
Speaker 9 (47:06):
So it's been fun to have those conversations. See him move.
Speaker 8 (47:09):
But I just I think it's just some of the
normal conversations we have learned about his family, him, you know,
part of my life, and just spend the time that
we've had since the moment he's got here.
Speaker 9 (47:17):
Has has built up in.
Speaker 8 (47:18):
The time in the locker room, man, especially in the
in the cafeteria.
Speaker 15 (47:21):
Spooker, You've always been a very grateful young man.
Speaker 14 (47:24):
What's this? Thanksgiving is another practice day? But what do
you what are you grateful for this year?
Speaker 9 (47:31):
Yeah?
Speaker 8 (47:31):
Family has always been something important my My family has
been here for all the home games. My mom just
very left, and I've had the opportunity to welcome a
new family member to my family this year, and my son.
So the opportunity to spend time with him and to
give him all of the blessings that I've received in
my life and to be able to share those with
him is something that I'm extremely grateful for. How does
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it feel to be the dad's It has been the
best fan. I feel like that's it's been my new superpower.
Speaker 9 (47:58):
That's how I heal up.
Speaker 8 (47:58):
Everybody's always like man, you take a lot of shots
and I'm like uh, and then I get to see
my son and it all feels right.
Speaker 9 (48:03):
So it's been a huge blessing for
Speaker 8 (48:05):
Me, and it gives me an extra added motivation to
go out there and to perform my best so he
can see me.
As far as injuries are concerned. Two two will be back,
as will A Kello. We'll start both of those guys clocks.
Good news on on a Kello if different from kind
of what I told.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
You guys about.
Speaker 1 (00:10):
Xavier will be back from the concussion at full cam kitchens,
David Questenberry and Byron Young will be d MPs cam
with his shoulder, David Questenberry with his groin, and Byron
Young with with a knee.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
He's play with Kello.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
What is the carry expect I think he'll be able
to play this week. So he got some scans. The
goal and the anticipation is to be able to do that.
But with both he and too too. We'll get through
the week and we'll see where they're both at. But
it'll be good to get them back on the practice
squad or on the practice field.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
That means get a Kello back, especially with all the
other bucks of the.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Second, it means a lot.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
And that's why you know, talking with Reggie, seeing where
he's at, he's been chomping at the bit. The scan
UH looked really good and so he's done some different
things with Reggie and his group that would try to
simulate you know, some of the physical contact.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
And being able to trust it.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
And obviously the practice settings will be really good. But
it means a lot, you know, because putting Roger McCurry
on IR, you know he got his growing it's such
a bummer, you know, because you know, you lose Q,
you go get Roger. You know in the instance that
if something were to happen to Q and you lose
both of those guys, and so to get a callow.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
Back, we've got some flexibility.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
I can't say enough about what a great job Josh
Wallace has done. And then we got Darren Kendrick coming
back where we claimed him off of waivers and he's
a guy that has familiarity and flexibility both inside and outside.
And you know, this is that time of year, but
we do feel fortunate that guys that you're asking to
step up are people that you know, understand what's going on,
have real game experience, and that means a lot this
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time of year.
Speaker 4 (01:40):
Coach Sunday Monday, I couldn't help. But when I woke
up noticing how the entire media football world had granted
you guys the greatest team in the history of football,
and you know, Chuck Noll's got nothing on you.
Speaker 5 (01:53):
Now.
Speaker 4 (01:54):
I'm wondering if you noticed it too, and if you
made a message to your squad about where this is
in the season and how dangerous that can be.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
Yeah, you know, and I think what I did see
some of those different things, you know, because I talk
to you guys, but I stay pretty disciplined relative to
seeing those things. But you can't help when you look
at NFL Network or you look at just some of
the major websites.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
You know, just being a fan of the game, you
acknowledge it.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
And what you say is is the guys have earned
the right to get that. That's not why we do it,
and that's not anything that moves us forward, but it's
it's a sign of respect for what they've done through
eleven games, and we got six more guaranteed. And the
only thing I'm worried about is Wednesday. What I do
feel good about is the maturity and the humility of
this group. They understand that the confidence that you're seeing
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them play with on Sundays or whenever our games are
is earned throughout the work week. The way that they
celebrate each other, the way that they trust one another.
But the way that they really challenge themselves throughout the
course of the week. And our guys, I think have
earned the right to play with some you know confidence
the last handful of weeks and you got to earn
it again.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Humility is only a day away.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
Our guys understand that, but no, we acknowledge, We celebrate,
you know, really cool stuff that they're doing. We talk
about enjoyment of other successes all the time. We're not
worried about the outside in narrative, but you can't help
but be aware of it.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
And now we say, hey, why is that coming?
Speaker 1 (03:12):
Because there's been a discipline, there's been a humility, and
there's been a commitment to a process. Let's continue to
raise our standards in as send week in and week out,
and really day in and day out is what we've
talked about.
Speaker 6 (03:21):
Expects Cam to be able to play on some days.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
I do, Yeah, yeah, he's uh, I do. He's He's
played really well.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
I've been so proud of him and just the ascension
and the different playmaking, his versatility. I mean, you see,
you know, he's playing at a pretty different speed.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
A lot of confidence.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
Coach Beek and Aubrey do such a great job, but
I do expect him to be ready role.
Speaker 7 (03:40):
Sean Harrison and Vis hit the first two field goal
tempts in his NFL career. It seems like he's been
pretty common confidence he walk in the building. Has his
like emotional regulation stood out.
Speaker 8 (03:50):
To you at all.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
Yeah, it's a good way to put it, emotional regulation,
like the opposite of me.
Speaker 9 (03:54):
Huh you know.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
So uh, he he has.
Speaker 1 (03:58):
He's been steady, you know, And I think when you
look at his career at Missouri and even some of
the circumstances in the UFL, it's been a cool customer,
just comes in and goes to work, and I think
he feels very grateful, you know. You can see there's
probably a healthy perspective that allows him to realize this
is a blessing, it's never a burden. And I've been
really pleased with what he's done. You know, he's made
all thirteen of the attempts that he's had up to
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this point, and I think that's a credit to Jake
and Ethan and the protection as well. But it was
good to be able to get off a couple of
those field goal opportunities because other than that, it's been
exclusively extra points him being able to hit the one
from forty and then for fifty two. I think that's
great for that overall operation, and I was really happy
for him.
Speaker 9 (04:36):
It's awesome.
Speaker 10 (04:38):
Somebody like go ahead, somebody like price Young and see
how he's calved.
Speaker 9 (04:42):
And what are some of the challenges that.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
You can say, athleticism, escapability.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
I mean, you look at you know, he's always been
a dynamic athlete and he can you know, for a
guy that he can move and manipulate the pocket, he
can change his arm slot, and then he's able to
keep his eyes downfield off schedule. That Atlanta game, you know,
just just watch that and you see how dynamic he is.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
And I think it's pretty cool.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
Some of the different things that he's been through a lot,
a lot more good than some challenging moments. But I
think that says a lot about him. We got respect
for him and got to do a good job of
being able to keep him contained. And they've got some
real weapons and they do a good job of accentuating
those guys skill sets.
Speaker 11 (05:18):
Mentioned hersonitis, But what do you think about the protection.
Speaker 12 (05:21):
Of the Kingdom operating?
Speaker 1 (05:22):
I thought it was good, you know, mccolem is one
of the guys that does a really good job of
Ben in the edge. You know, he did a nice job,
but the timing ended up beating it on the one
fifty two yarder that he had. So overall, I've been
really pleased with that operation as a whole, and I
think a lot of the work that the guys have
put in behind the scenes. What's refreshing is that you're
starting to see that translate for successful outcomes, and I
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think the confidence is compounding and want to continue to
build on that.
Speaker 3 (05:47):
Nick Bannon yep.
Speaker 13 (05:49):
To the active roster, little downtick and thirteen personnel just
last week.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Is that matchup dependent or is it just tough availability?
You know?
Speaker 1 (05:56):
You know so now the thing is is that was
part of the odd processes is you give yourself a
chance to be able to activate, you know, all your
different personnels, whether it be eleven, twelve, thirteen, you know,
who knows, maybe fourteen at some point, huh, you know,
no where I wouldn't say never, but but the the
you know, he was a guy that you know, both lesson,
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John McKay liked, I had some familiarity with him, and
you're just kind of looking around the league, feel good
about some of the guys we have on the practice squad,
but with Higbee being out for some time right now,
you do want to make sure that if you decide
to go with a couple guys up, that you're not
one injury away from losing you know, a portion of
your game plan if that's the way that you lean
in the direction that you want to go.
Speaker 14 (06:37):
Shown on the game Sunday night, Vante talked about that
quick pass to the corner to him that it was
actually something that happened to practice where he wasn't the
number one option, but he saw it that Matthew saw
it on the.
Speaker 15 (06:49):
Board that oh he could be an option. Is that
normal to find you're talking.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
About on his twenty four yard touchdown? Yeah, yeah, is
that the one you're talking about?
Speaker 2 (06:57):
Yes, yeah, that is normal.
Speaker 5 (06:59):
You know.
Speaker 1 (07:00):
I think what's cool is is a lot of the
dialogue that goes on in our absence as coaches, I
think can sometimes be the most beneficial because they're the
ones that are bringing it to life. And you know,
like I've told you before, and really Davante's this too,
but Matthew is an extension of the coaching staff, and
on that particular concept, he had a couple different options,
and there was a three man surface to the other
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side that was kind of coming into his vision. He
had a good feel for the post player was kind
of middled up right there, and he was able to
periff Davante's release and get the ball up and down.
But you don't take for granted how rare it is
the things Matthew can see and then the ability to
be able to win quickly, stay stacked and then be
able to finish.
Speaker 2 (07:37):
That was cool.
Speaker 1 (07:39):
But those guys are always talking about how can we
improve things? And that's what's great about having these video
boards out here. You don't wait till practice. I think
the best corrections are made in real time and then
when you're able to see it, and then in between
series when the offense is going and then the defense
is up. Now those guys are able to kind of
be able to collaborate, communicate and get connected on all right,
what's the best way to be able to move forward
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rather and have to wait until the next day or
when you get back in the film room. Being able
to do that in the real time, and that's what
the real ones do. And that's what those two guys
did in that instance.
Speaker 7 (08:08):
Wanta has been one of the best in terms of
his release off the line of scrimmage for a long
time now as a play caller. How do you accentuate
or you know, bring to life.
Speaker 2 (08:18):
Yeah, you don't have to do much. He makes it right.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
I mean you look at the way that he was
able to win versus you know, hard outside in leverage
with inside presence based on the one that he had
caught against Seattle, and he still found a way and
Matthew did a great job of getting it up and down.
That's been you know, Davante is you know, since I've
been coaching, there's nobody that's been better about being able
to get parallel and work edges on people. I mean,
that's that's a special trade. And if you guys ask
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him about it. In the level and the depth of
knowledge and the thought process that goes into understanding is
you know, to have the physical but also the above
the neck understanding of you know, just there's there's an
art to it when you hear him articulate it. When
we first when he came out here to sign, we
went out to dinner and you know, he's standing up
in the restaurant showing some of his releases, and you know,
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I mean, this guy loves it and it's you know,
I love learning some of the different things, and I've
been a fan of watching it and it's pretty cool
to see it come to life in a RAMS uniform.
Speaker 2 (09:12):
Are you getting books from Uh?
Speaker 1 (09:14):
We were at bird Streets and uh, we didn't get
too many looks.
Speaker 2 (09:18):
We kind of had it.
Speaker 1 (09:20):
Was I think people were like, that's some cool right there.
Speaker 2 (09:25):
All right, Sean, When.
Speaker 12 (09:27):
You're calling players, are you ever conscious of matchups with
Davante's experience, if he's matched up against a rookie or
a younger players in real time?
Speaker 16 (09:39):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (09:39):
Yeah, I mean those are things.
Speaker 1 (09:40):
I mean, I think part of our job is is
to be aware of you know, it's it always starts
with us, but then there's an element of, uh, the
opposing team's personnel and and and their scheme and trying
to ultimately put our players in favorable outcomes with our decisions.
The players bring it to life. But that's absolutely something
that we're in tune with. What makes you ask that?
Speaker 16 (09:59):
Gary?
Speaker 2 (10:01):
Just wondering good.
Speaker 4 (10:04):
Nate Lanman's extension when a guy comes in does a
great job as a team leader and he gets rewarded.
How does that permeate within your locker room?
Speaker 16 (10:13):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (10:14):
I think what's the coolest thing about a Drawd is
that when that came out, you know, he's so humble,
he wouldn't say anything, but then you know, you guys,
as soon as things happen, you know, you guys are
as you know sometimes you know before me on some
of this stuff. But the reaction from his teammates is
so authentic. And that's part of what I talk about
the enjoyment of other successes or good things happening, because
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he's earned that respect and he checks all the boxes
of the things that we want to be about, you know,
with the character, with the competitiveness, the mental and physical toughness,
his ability to uplift and elevate others, his ability to
put his arm around guys, and like I've told you
guys before about him, he's just got a great feel,
great emotional intelligence and understanding how to be able to lead,
pick and choose his spots with the right timing and
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the right tone. And he's really endeared himself this locker
room in a very short amount of time by just
naturally as I've come to get to know him just
being himself.
Speaker 2 (11:05):
And it was really cool.
Speaker 1 (11:06):
To be able to see and his wife, Brendad, be
able to go over there and sign the contract. And
when you feel the gratitude, you know you want to,
you know, do right by people. And his teammates were excited,
but I think you want to make sure you're very
cognizant of recognizing and rewarding the people. No different than
how excited people were for Kyen, you know when we
ended up signing him before the season. Guys get excited
because those are the types of players that they want
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to play with, and good things happen when you when
you lean on those kinds of people.
Speaker 5 (11:32):
Matthew.
Speaker 17 (11:33):
After the game, DeVante was talking about how you guys
made an adjustment that you saw on his twenty five
yard touchdown that you saw on the video board that
he wasn't the first option, but you saw in the
video that he made a move.
Speaker 15 (11:45):
Does that happen a lot? Can you kind of explain
and then how it translated into the game.
Speaker 18 (11:49):
Yeah, We're always communicating, just trying to find, you know, ways,
you know, little edges in the game. If you can
to to be better to help us succeed. And he's
a veteran guy. He's been around for a long time,
so he's always on and you know, things with with
corners or just communicating with me, Hey, this is how
I see this, This is how I think this could go,
and try to do my best to you know, understand
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those ops and and give them those ops when when
he has the chance and obviously made great play.
Speaker 15 (12:15):
So was that touchdown a direct result of what happened here?
Speaker 18 (12:19):
Yeah, I mean sometimes you know, it's uh, yes, that
one probably you know, that's probably more me just getting
used to his release on that play and what he
was what he was thinking. But yeah, he's always communicating
with me, trying to trying to make us, you know,
make us better.
Speaker 7 (12:36):
Sean was just talking about how detailed Davante is with
his releases and how he you know, processes those things.
How were you able to, throughout the course of the
season kind of understand his process and and get the
timing lined up with his releases.
Speaker 15 (12:51):
Yeah.
Speaker 18 (12:51):
I think it's just work, you know, I think it's
just going, uh, you know, going out there and working
on it, seeing it, talking about it. It's constant that's
really with all the guys. He's one of them obviously,
but he does a great job of the line of scrimmage,
does a great job of communicating, like I said earlier,
and I think just getting those reps together always helps.
Speaker 13 (13:09):
Another's no look touchdown to Colby on Sunday. Is that
something that you ever can anticipate before the play, like
based off of coverage and play call, that you might
need to.
Speaker 3 (13:18):
Pull that truck out?
Speaker 5 (13:19):
Sometimes sometimes not.
Speaker 18 (13:21):
Sometimes it happens within the flow of a game, or
you know, what they're presenting pre snap isn't exactly what
you get post snap.
Speaker 5 (13:27):
It happens a lot in this league.
Speaker 18 (13:28):
But certain times there's you know, a free defender you
might say that I know is going to be you know,
have not that much work to do, and if I
can put them where I want them and open up
something else, or really if the play is going to
be good anyways, but I can make it better. I
feel like that's you know, part of my job description,
and sometimes that happens.
Speaker 3 (13:47):
Did you first start experiments and lotus.
Speaker 18 (13:51):
It's been a while, you know, I've done it for
a long time. I feel like, uh, you know, I
think I've done a decent amount of those, especially when
I was with you know, Calvin and Detroit. Like I've
said before, everybody kind of knows in the building that
we're trying to get him the ball and in certain
years of the field, and I was able to to
just try to help, you know, keep him open as
long as you could.
Speaker 12 (14:11):
How do you shut out the noise of MVP conversation
and those kinds of things as you kind of move forward.
Speaker 18 (14:18):
I just continue to show up here every day, try
to do my best work hard, be a leader for
this team, worry about the things that I can control
in this building, and try to be the best teammate
I can and listen, I'll let all that other stuff
take care of itself. It's not something that's difficult for
me to, you know, compartmentalize. That's this whole position, that's
this whole job. Is right Like, I'm here, I'm all in.
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When i'm here, I'm all in on a walk through
or a practice, and I go home and I've got
a family. I'm dad and husband and all that, so
not a lot of time in the day to think
about other things.
Speaker 5 (14:48):
To be honest with you, what.
Speaker 4 (14:49):
Do you think has been the biggest factor with your
offensive line, the different combinations that have had to play
this year in them keeping you protected, keeping you upright,
they've been fantastic.
Speaker 5 (15:00):
Yeah, they've done a hell of the job. You know.
Speaker 18 (15:01):
I think, like you said, there have been, you know,
a couple of times here and there we've had to
you know, shift some guys around and move some guys around.
I think the guys that have come in and played
have played at a really high level.
Speaker 5 (15:11):
You know.
Speaker 18 (15:11):
I think obviously Wendy's doing a great job getting them
coached up, and I think Sean does a great job
of mixing and matching and you know, running the ball,
play action, get me out of the pocket, drop back.
We're doing all sorts of different stuff to try to
keep defenses on their heels so they can't just pin
pin their ears back and go, hey, you know, they're
gonna drop back pass all day. Matthew's going to be
nine yards deep in the pocket and he ain't moving.
So you know, we do a you know, we did
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do a decent job of trying to be as collaborative
as we can in our offensive approach to to help
everybody out.
Speaker 11 (15:40):
We was talking about how long Sean's playing calls are
is that or is the gost typical to head quach
att longer and how long it takes to do it?
Speaker 5 (15:49):
Yeah, I mean they're they're long.
Speaker 18 (15:51):
I feel like there might have been longer, you know
when I first got here. You know, we found certain
ways to pair stuff down years after after years and
years of doing the same kind of stuff. But yeah,
they're they're on the longer end of of what I've
been exposed to. I'm sure there's other people out there that,
you know, say more words, but you know, I think
communication is good, and a lot of times when we're
saying all those words, it's helpful to me too, because
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then I'm picturing it in my head too.
Speaker 6 (16:14):
With two coming back this week, just knowing his skill
set and the role you guys have been on, what
do you feel like he can kind of add to
what you guys have done as.
Speaker 18 (16:22):
Yeah, he's an explosive player, you know, obviously he can
you know, get behind the defense. He's made some big
plays in this league. He's made some big plays this
season for us, so you know, he's a guy that's
a home run threat every time he's on the field.
Great teammate was unbelievable in his rehab process and getting
back and just always being the same guy when we
see him, which is which is awesome, But excited for
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him just to feel healthy again and feel good to go.
Speaker 13 (16:47):
It's like going against as in Carolina that has so
many guys that have been in this scold.
Speaker 7 (16:52):
Uh.
Speaker 18 (16:53):
Yeah, it's it's interesting, you know that happens sometimes in
the league, especially around here, because I feel like, uh,
you know, all of our coaches, indoor players get you know,
at the end of every season, they're all over the
league and getting head coaching jobs or whatever it is.
But been with you know, was with e here for
a little bit, and then obviously some of the guys
that are that are playing over there as well, so.
Speaker 5 (17:11):
You know, a lot of respect for him.
Speaker 18 (17:12):
Really well coached discipline, defense and did a nice job
the other night getting the you know, getting turnovers, turning
the ball over, so they gotta be gotta be smart
with it.
Speaker 5 (17:19):
But uh, you know, talented group.
Speaker 15 (17:22):
Could you give us an example of a long play call.
Speaker 5 (17:25):
I don't want to. I don't want to put one
out there for you.
Speaker 15 (17:28):
I don't want what I don't play that you would
never run again.
Speaker 5 (17:34):
No, I can't even think I'm not gonna go there
with it.
Speaker 19 (17:36):
Sorry to just get too two back into this offense
and kind of yeah, any yeah, no, anytime you get
a guy back of his calibery, you'll take it right,
you know. So he's done a great job with the
rehab process and it'll be just fun.
Speaker 20 (17:49):
You know when when he's doing a lot of.
Speaker 19 (17:50):
The rehab, we as coaches don't don't get to see
a lot of it. So just get out on the
grass or outs on air.
Speaker 20 (17:55):
Stuff like that will be big.
Speaker 21 (17:57):
What sound like for you to.
Speaker 7 (17:58):
Have so many weapons across the field Matthew to throw
to or hand off.
Speaker 19 (18:02):
Yeah, it doesn't stink, you know. I mean there's in
you know, not just in front of you guys. But
you know, we say that because the guys can handle it.
I mean, anyone who's in there on any given play
we have confidence in. That's why they're in there. And
more importantly, Matthew has confidence in them. And across the board,
you know, everyone is, you know, not surprised by someone
making a play you saw a month.
Speaker 20 (18:23):
Last week make two big plays.
Speaker 19 (18:25):
I know you're kind of referring to that, but it's
it's week in and week out, you know, just be
in the right spot at the right time. You know,
work your fundamentals and when you get your ops, make
most of it. And so far through eleven weeks, you know,
pretty pretty pleased with how those guys are making it happen.
Speaker 4 (18:39):
I asked Matthew what he thought the key was to
this offensive line doing such a great job this year,
keeping him clean even with the different combinations. What's what's
your opinion, what has been there?
Speaker 20 (18:49):
Yeah, I think it's across the board.
Speaker 19 (18:51):
I mean in all phases, it takes all eleven you know,
getting getting the play in getting the right play that
they're not going to be dead plays, operate in the
right way, getting the line of scrimmage where you're not rushed, uh,
and then when that ball snack, making it come to life.
So when it comes to the past game, you know,
receivers getting off a jam, you know, getting to A
to B as fast as humanly possible, in zone covers,
distributing the field, Matthew, clicking through your progressions, you know,
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obviously offensive line communicating, making sure they're going to the
right people back, picking up the right guy in the
blitz like it takes everybody, and so yeah, I mean
I think the line is doing a great job through
eleven weeks. I think they're straining, you know, because they
know if nine gets one extra click a lot of
a lot of times good things happen. But again, it's
it's not just them, it's everyone across the board doing
their job. And you know, getting through eleven weeks and
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I'm gonna keep saying that, it's you know, it's been good.
I think are we've steadily gotten better. This is a
whole new week in this game, you know, will humble
you quickly. So we got to get right back to
work from them.
Speaker 3 (19:47):
The after Boster just says it was kind of helping
out with the practice card.
Speaker 20 (19:50):
Yeah, no, it's uh good to get him. He's played
a lot of ball.
Speaker 19 (19:53):
It was crazy when I saw that it was he
came out in sixteen. I mean, it's it's it's like
I'm aged in quickly because it feels like it wasn't
long ago that I was evaluating them. So it's had
a great career and anytime you can bring in a
guy that's played a lot of good football in this league,
you'll take it.
Speaker 14 (20:08):
Guys have been extremely efficient in the first quarter of
the past five or six weeks.
Speaker 9 (20:13):
Who do you attribute to that too?
Speaker 19 (20:16):
You know, again, just kind of almost what I was
saying right there, just the guys just doing their job
and operating next cuting, you know, you know, taking all
those guys.
Speaker 20 (20:25):
It's a fun watch for me from above.
Speaker 19 (20:27):
I'm sure it is for you guys as well, just
seeing how these guys operate, getting into the out of
the huddle, getting you know, I mean, you can just
you can tell the guys know what they're doing, you know,
And that's a credit to those guys being on their stuff.
Credit the position coaches getting these guys ready to go.
So you know, you always want to start fast. It's
not just something that you just say you want to,
you know, and then you want that second drive to
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go well, and then you want that third, then you
want to finish great, and then you want to you know.
Speaker 20 (20:51):
So I mean, it's it's like.
Speaker 19 (20:53):
Just living the moment, each each play, each drive and
handle your stuff. And fortunately for the last few weeks,
you know, those first drives outside of seat where we
got all the way down there and didn't didn't finish it.
But uh, you know, for the most part, we've we've
done what we're supposed to do.
Speaker 6 (21:06):
When you're pushing up the box and Matthew does wanted
to know what passes are you noticing that, like in
real time or you'd kind of see it later, and
just what's the reaction to seeing that.
Speaker 19 (21:15):
Yeah, there's times where I feel like he's looking eight
rows to the right and the balls going to the
left and you can actually tell. So yeah, I mean
it's you know, he's the one out there playing, and
you know he knows what he's doing when he's doing
that stuff. It's one of those things you tell the
young quarterbacks, whether it be in this building or you know,
the other thirty one teams, Hey, you know, that's really
cool what he's doing, but don't try to be like him.
Speaker 20 (21:36):
He's earned the right and he knows what he's doing
and why he's doing it. So yeah, he's pretty special talent.
Speaker 13 (21:43):
It's talked about how you guys started to installing thirteen
personnel and chunks like around Baltimore week. What was kind
of the process of decided, like how do I install
such a personnel packet trying to get into the offense.
Speaker 19 (21:58):
Yeah, I mean, you know, we stay separate for the
most part in the run game, and then we get
in the past game. We go in there as a
skill group and you know, sometimes I'll install it as
all thirteen. Sometimes we'll be mixed match. Sometimes we'll throw
on some other stuff. Sometimes we'll tell jokes, you know.
So he tried to just keep the meetings is you know,
I mean, that's it's a lot of information, and it's
the same voice, and obviously Sean and everyone you know
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talking to being collaborative, but yeah, I mean it's it's,
you know, whatever we think is necessary for that week,
and in terms of how they're going to get the information,
you know, some weeks are different than others.
Speaker 7 (22:33):
Sean was talking about how detailed Davante is with his releases.
How have you seen that affect the way defenses can
or can't attack this offense.
Speaker 19 (22:44):
He's been a problem at the line of scrimmage well
before he got here. He's he's arguably, you know, at
least in you know, since he's been in the league
in fourteen, probably not even arguab but he's probably the
best released guy you know of that time.
Speaker 20 (22:57):
And he's still doing it.
Speaker 19 (22:58):
And it's no different than what we said we got
him here, you know, back in the spring, and how
he felt in August, Like, dude still got a lot
of juice in that body. As you guys can see,
he's a problem at the line of scrimmage. He's that
it's he knows ball really well, but like it's the
stuff that he does within the moment and why he's
doing it. It's it's, uh, it's next level type stuff.
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And again, if you want to have the career that
he's had, a Hall of Fame career, you're gonna think
that way, you know, and so and and and you
have the ability to do well what you're thinking and
and it makes sense, you know. So it's uh, it'll
never get old. It was really fun from afar watching him.
It was fun, you know, particularly because it was with
my brother too, as long as he wasn't playing a
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team that I was associated with obviously, but you know,
be able to kind of get up close and personal
this last year with it and really kind of dig
into why he's doing it.
Speaker 20 (23:48):
It's a it's a unique deal.
Speaker 15 (23:50):
To follow up on that.
Speaker 14 (23:51):
Can you help me understand when a guy is that
good off the release, how much is that above the
neck versus just phenomenal Apple.
Speaker 16 (24:00):
Yeah.
Speaker 19 (24:00):
I mean, he knows where he wants to be when
he needs to be there, right, He's got a great
sense of timing, so he's got a great sense of
the defender he's going against, you know, whether it be
through the film study or sometimes it's say, how's this
guy gonna play me? And I might I might release
on a run play to just kind of see, you know,
how he's going to react and stuff. So it's the
game within the game, right, you know, those are kind
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of things that you can see, you can see what
he's doing, but I mean there's things that he's probably
setting up that we don't even know, right, you know,
like I just said, on a run play and stuff
like that.
Speaker 20 (24:30):
So it's it's a pretty unique thing and it's a
unique trait.
Speaker 19 (24:33):
And again that's one of the reasons, amongst a lot
of reasons why he's had the you know, success he's
had throughout his career.
Speaker 3 (24:39):
Reaction getting a.
Speaker 21 (24:40):
Color back, excited, you know he's been around, but excited
to see him go out there today, and you know,
we'll kind of figure out his role just like we
do everyone here throughout the week. Obviously, we haven't seen him.
He hasn't taken a full speed snap yet or anything
like that. But you know, he's just another obviously been
a really good player, product player for us and a
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guy that has a skill set that we can definitely use.
Speaker 9 (25:04):
So it's great to have him when you have guys like.
Speaker 13 (25:05):
A Manual and a Kobe who are playing so well
on the outside right now, what is that process of
the minds that.
Speaker 3 (25:11):
Things a great a callow back game post.
Speaker 21 (25:13):
Riding the hot hand with those guys, Yeah, I mean definitely,
We definitely don't want to get those guys out of
their flow playing great football right now, and you know,
want to keep those guys in a good rhythm and
feeling good and exactly what they're doing. And you know,
Aubrey does such a good job of giving each guy's roles.
There's ways to get guys in the field where and
have specific roles for the game. So you know, based
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on what happens today and tomorrow at practice, we'll come
up with a plan for the week for those guys,
and those guys will know what going into the game
and we'll see how the game unfolds to see exactly
how those roles shape.
Speaker 16 (25:43):
Out, especially over the last four games. What's it been
like seeing a manual play like the player you guys
knew you'd be capable of being.
Speaker 9 (25:49):
Yeah, that's exactly, It's true.
Speaker 21 (25:52):
We saw it all training camp, all of OTAs, and
I'm just excited that, you know, he you know, the
country is getting a chance to see it, and people
around of the league are getting a chance to see
what a competitor is, how tough he is, you know,
he makes plays with the ball in the air, how
athletic he is. So you know, it's just exactly exactly
what it is. We've been seeing it and and you
know it's a credit to him. He's been practicing really hard,
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and you know, his performance as a result of the
work he's put in and he knows that. So we're
just kind of trying to continue to do that.
Speaker 6 (26:18):
A player like that who you know, had it did
last year and now he's sending Can you kind of
notice his confidence taking off kind of the moments outside
the game.
Speaker 9 (26:27):
Uh, for sure.
Speaker 21 (26:28):
You know, I think it's just I think that's anybody.
You know, you just feel more credibility with your teammates
when you're going on the field and making plays and
it's one thing to do and in practice, but when
you go out and you're making big plays to help
the team win week after week, you know, I think
you definitely see, you know, a little bounce in their steps.
So it's been cool to see and really happy for him.
Speaker 16 (26:46):
John.
Speaker 11 (26:47):
When you think about what you can, is there something.
Speaker 21 (26:50):
Or you came out, Oh, man, I mean it's almost everything.
You know, you feel like, you know, it's just our
first year when he was head coach.
Speaker 9 (26:58):
There's a lot of things. I think it's or of just.
Speaker 21 (27:01):
Just the amount of issues and the things that go
across the head coach's plate that that he kind of
has to deal with on a daily basis, And really
the things that are meaningful to him is the relationship
he creates throughout the whole team.
Speaker 9 (27:11):
He's the happiest. He'll be the first to tell you
he's the happiest.
Speaker 21 (27:15):
During during the week when when the players are here
and he can go interact with them and wants to
be a part of their lives and impact them and
their families, and uh, you know, he he just has
such a good relationship. He has a real special relationship
with the defensive guys, and I think it's pretty cool.
So it's just been fun to.
Speaker 13 (27:29):
See talked a lot about them as sacrisist this year,
but is cool to see the emotion from Kobe breaking.
Speaker 21 (27:35):
It through with a couple of years on Sunday definitely,
you know, you know, just like anybody, all those guys,
they always want to get sacks and you know, and
it helps the team and there's nothing wrong with it,
and he's going to do anything to help the team win.
But it's always good to see see some of those
guys get on the board of the few sacks.
Speaker 14 (27:51):
Speaking of confidence, Uh, the other Kobe, Kobe Durant get
not just the interception, but how well he's played and
how would you describe that.
Speaker 9 (27:59):
He's just a product to the player.
Speaker 21 (28:00):
He's a playmaker and he really always has been since
he's been here, and uh, you know some stuff. It's
on us to put him in the right positions and
guys playing well around him.
Speaker 9 (28:08):
I think the guys around him.
Speaker 21 (28:09):
Are communicating really well and he's taking his game to
the next level. It's a huge credit to to Aubrey
and Beek and Mike Harris have continue to work with
him and growing and uh, you know, he's you know,
I remember when he was a young guy just coming
to the league and secondary coach, and now he's kind
of the you know, a veteran of the group and
played a ton of football, and you know you're seeing
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that this is if you guys.
Speaker 12 (28:33):
Continue to play well, your name already is kind of
being floated out there as being part of the next
head coaching carousel pool. How do you how would you
handle that? Having seen other guys from.
Speaker 21 (28:46):
This staff go yeah, you know you obviously you always
kind of prepare for it. I think in the summer
where you just kind of get ready because some of
those things can happen.
Speaker 9 (28:54):
Hopefully you're in the playoffs and stuff like that.
Speaker 21 (28:56):
But and then once you do that, you know, you
really just you just played little season and then just
continue to focus one day at a time and playing
good defense and really not even thinking about it all.
Speaker 9 (29:04):
To be honest, is it a goal of yours to
be a head coach?
Speaker 21 (29:08):
I think that's the goal of any of any coach
that wants to be in the league. You want to
take yourself to the highest profession. That doesn't mean you're
just gonna walk away for any single opportunity. I love
it here. You know, it's my family loves to hear.
We've been here nine ten years, you know, coaching with
my best friends. We obviously have a great group of
players and a great staff. So you know, for the
right opportunity, you know, we'll see. But like I said,
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not really thinking about it too much right now.
Speaker 7 (29:32):
Davante Sean was talking about how detailed your approach is
to h what watching film and studying how you're going
to release again against certain people. Can you just what's
your process for that?
Speaker 22 (29:48):
I mean it's a it's a pretty extensive process, but
in a nutshell, I mean it's basically you just find
out that you know, obviously it's it's not like an
algorithm or anything. But you know how tall a person is,
how rangy they are, you know, some guys are more
long levered, so but just getting to play together based
off their technique, what they do. Do they shoot their hands,
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are they you know, are they a soft shoe corner
where they kind of back out of there, they kind
of press just to you know, interrupt the timing. So
it's it's important to you know, evaluate the film on
that just because if you go into it not knowing
the guy's technique then you know, to take potentially you know,
too many reps throughout the game to kind of put
together and figure out a comfortable way to attack him.
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So for me, I try to figure out exactly, you know,
what kind of guy he is, what does he do,
what does he like to do, and then from there
you obviously still got to you know, play the play
and play the down and respect Sometimes a guy like
twenty seven, he's not really a quick you know, he'll
he'll like to shoot his hands. Last week I saw
on table lot where he shoot his.
Speaker 9 (30:47):
Hands and then get out of there.
Speaker 22 (30:48):
And then so I had that in my mind and
then actually my first rep press rep against him, he
shot his hands and saved firm at the line, you know,
just based off of probably watching my tape and seeing
me hop off the line and thinking that that will work.
So just just playing and playing it down is the
most important part.
Speaker 16 (31:03):
You know.
Speaker 22 (31:04):
You obviously got to understand coverages and a lot of
different things. Really long wind a way to say, basically,
just scout out the guy and what he likes to do,
and then formulate a good plan based off of that
to execute your job.
Speaker 12 (31:15):
Sean said, when when you came out to sign you
guys went out to dinner and you were actually standing
up in a restaurant demonstrating. So if you're do you
recall that and what what was what was that scene
like and what was happening?
Speaker 22 (31:27):
Well, what Sean failed to mention It wasn't It wasn't
like a bunch of attention because Sean's a very elite
individual and he's got he's got he's got certain yeh,
it's different, different types of rooms and memberships you need
for some of these places he goes to eat. So
I was invited to this. I don't have a membership
at at this place. But thankfully I was able to
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do that because it wasn't a big crowd in there,
but was able to get up and just kind of
talk through some stuff and you just talking about two
football meatheads that you know, or football nerves. I guess
you could say that about the game in a very
intricate way. And you know, obviously his angle is a
lot different than mine being a coach, So me being
able to talk to him about some stuff and get
him excited about, you know, a few things, and him
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you know, just kind of basically making some of these
plays come to life before I even had the opportunity
to run some of the route. So yeah, it was
it was fun, good meal, it was just good fellowship.
Speaker 3 (32:20):
But to get up and illustrated the restaurant. But it's
just it's not just a part of your things you want.
Speaker 22 (32:28):
I mean, the game just excites me in general, honestly.
I mean talking about releases routes. The blocking part doesn't
excite me quite as much. But but the all of
the routes, you know, and and the things that make
up you know, great receivers. I just get fully immersed
in it. And you know, it wasn't something where I
was like, oh, like you know, I didn't even look around.
It was just like, as soon as I thought about it,
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bounce up and talk about something. It wasn't nothing crazy.
I think it was just more like talking about the
way I attack him. It was a little bit more
of that. So it wasn't a big show, but it
still was. I did get up.
Speaker 11 (33:01):
You talked about I mean, obviously Sean recruiting you, but
just have you seen him get excited the more you
guys talked and he kind of realized what he could
do with you and some of your skill sets.
Speaker 8 (33:11):
Like have you seen him and just have fun with that?
Speaker 22 (33:13):
Yeah, I mean you still can continue to see it now,
I mean you go out there on the field now.
One of the one of the quotes that I feel
like stands out for me is and it's not just
like a singular time, but he's he's always mentioning. Whether
he'll text me about something that we're getting ready to
put it in the red zone or in the field,
He'll say, you know, here, here's what I got a
good idea about something, and I'm excited to see you
bring it to life. Basically, like, you know, we got
(33:34):
a certain route and this is how I drawed the route,
but a lot of times when I could draw out
for you, you run it in a way that's you know,
you know, unique to you and your abilities, and that's
that's ultimately what makes the the you know, the player
coach thing work really was if you can take a
good idea and somehow make it, you know, improve it
a little bit, or or just bring it to life
how it was on paper. But a lot of things
(33:57):
that I do is unconventional. So I feel like the
you know, the technique that I use is something that
maybe he wouldn't, you know.
Speaker 5 (34:02):
See so even today, you.
Speaker 22 (34:04):
Know, he gave me a ride and I went out
there and did it, and I can see it in
his bite language. He's like, you got it, So you'll
see him doing that.
Speaker 9 (34:10):
Sometimes.
Speaker 3 (34:11):
What's the process? And I I think I'm given actions
to technage, but how do you have to buy out
those years?
Speaker 22 (34:19):
I mean really it's the build up of it is
me a lot of times putting together a plan, like
whether it's walk through, jog through. I take those that
process real serious because that's when everything slows down a lot,
and when everything's you know, going full speed, it's easy
to rush movements and not fully because the idea of
receiver is like deception obviously, so everything that I'm doing
(34:41):
if I'm trying to run, you know, the kind of
outbreaker I ran on their sideline that I caught and
it was maybe like a game of fifteen or so
or whatever. You know, I'm doing that, and if I
just get that in practice, I may not, you know not.
I'm quite as hard to get him to really believe
the vertical part before I break out so and walk through.
When we're kind of going half speed, it kind of
allows me to slow down and really stick and then
(35:02):
let the guy you know, see what I'm trying to
get him to see, versus me just knowing it. Because
if I go out there and you know, if I
do this, you don't know if I was really trying
to go inside or outside. But if I lean inside,
now your brain, you know, because everything it takes the
brain time to process what's going on too. So the
quicker you move, obviously it can benefit you, but it
can also hurt you if you don't, you know, lock
(35:23):
in on the details of the route and sell what
you're trying.
Speaker 9 (35:25):
To see on that deception route.
Speaker 14 (35:27):
On the deception topic, excuse me, coach Lafleur said, he
finds that you're like maybe on a running play you
might be selling it.
Speaker 15 (35:36):
Is that like a chess match in your head.
Speaker 14 (35:39):
A hundred percent.
Speaker 22 (35:39):
I mean, you still releases all the time where I'll
do something. It might be eyes whatever. I line up
all the time, and I might sit here if I
got a certain route, and I'll be looking inside and
then I'll peek to the sideline kind of like I'm
getting ready to run a route over there. It's just
a it's a big you know, cerebral game out there,
and a lot of people don't hone in on it
like how I do. And I find that gives me
a big, big age. You know, if I stay at
(36:01):
the sideline a couple of times before and then take
off running that way, surely that guy is gonna be
a little slower to move. As I'm you know, darking
across the field, he's like, wait, whoa he was looking
over here, you know, like why is he sprinting this way?
And then now he's behind the play. And you know,
any even if it's just a half a yard like that.
Speaker 12 (36:16):
That'll give me an edge spot of earlier in your career,
who did you see those things in as a player?
Speaker 22 (36:23):
I mean to be honest, it wasn't It wasn't really
something that I've seen. It was just something that I
learned to develop because you know, I got this title
of being like the release guy, you know, pretty earlier
in my career, just you know, kind of having the
feed and you know, the basketball movements. So it was
something that I wanted to kind of lock in and
take it to the next level. And I felt like,
you know, using certain mental cues like that could kind
(36:45):
of help me, and it just it was something that
I saw worked for me, and I just continue to
push it.
Speaker 12 (36:50):
How is your mindset changed as you went early in
your career as a young guy going against the veteran
cornerbacks of the day to the veteran receiver now going
against the younger cornerbacks.
Speaker 22 (37:02):
I mean it's you obviously get more comfortable, but I
like to treat everybody like their veteran when out When
out there, the second you you know, look at a
guy like he's a young player or whatever. You know
he can everybody out here is getting paid, so you
know they can take advantage of you if you take
him lightly. Similarly, you know, you play the Saints that
that week, we come out with the same mindset like
they were you know, uh, you know, undefeated, versus looking
(37:25):
at him like they're a team that's not great because
at the end of the day, they got a bunch
of NFL players over there that play at a high level.
And all you have to do is, like I said
to you guys before, it don't matter how good you are.
It's about how good you play. So if you don't
go out there and put it on tape and treat
everybody like they're, you know, one of the best, then
you can definitely get cost slipping.
Speaker 3 (37:43):
GC.
Speaker 13 (37:44):
You know, you guys talk a lot about the side assess,
but could you see how big it is for Kobe
and you know emotion that a couple of bigger mone songs.
Speaker 23 (37:52):
Yeah, you just definitely see it kind of in as
Uh in his odes and his demeanor. But you know,
he works very hard. So if anybody's deserving at that
moment is very.
Speaker 16 (38:00):
What was the celebration that you guys all game?
Speaker 23 (38:04):
So gift defensive line coach? I don't know what he
started doing this. He started doing it one practice randomly
because he was like, he was like, that's an old dude.
You can't dance above your head. He's like, yeah, keep
everything down low. So he started doing that. So we
all like, after we get sacked, everybody gets sack, we're
gonna do that, Like do your own celebrations then do
that that he started doing it. He started wrapping it
(38:27):
out too, so he was having a good time. We
was having fun.
Speaker 12 (38:30):
For you to have a multiple fat game, how'd you
feel about that? And what moving forward? What's your next goal?
Speaker 8 (38:37):
Yeah?
Speaker 23 (38:38):
I mean I don't really have any goals, Like I
just kind of go out there and play. But I
feel like this was one of the first weeks all year,
you know, maybe one of two games besides this out
like actually like didn't hold back at all in practice
where we had pads on and I have pads on.
I was still doing everything out one hundred percent, not
too much worried about anything else. But besides just getting better,
So to see it actually translate to the field just
makes me realize, like that should be the standard period.
Speaker 11 (39:00):
What inspired I guess that to be your practice.
Speaker 23 (39:03):
I actually spoke to you know, Joker Nigglio or my
own coach, and I spoke to Sean, and they both
were telling me the same thing, like when you my
pre played demeanor, when it's sharp and when it's crisp,
you know it's gonna be a good play versus you
see some of the other players where I'm not fully
set in motion fully you know, in my position, and
it might be okay, it might be I, but it's
not the standard I have for myself.
Speaker 14 (39:23):
After the game Sunday, you were one of the guys
that say you weren't you weren't aware of the standings.
Help how challenging is that with social media and being
nine to two?
Speaker 23 (39:34):
Right, No, I just swiped by it. I mean, like
social media not too hard for I'll be on TikTok.
They don't have on TikTok, so so I just kind
of like run by it. Like sometimes my dad will
call me with my dad like he knows I don't
really like talking about that stuff too much, so they'll
just talk to me about like my personal player, like
how the defense is doing as a whole. But he'll
never tell me about the standing. So never tell me
all y'all defenses, this main points up above everyone or whatever.
(39:55):
Like they just all kind of keep it quiet. My
whole family and everyone I keep close to me, so
it's not too hard when you have a or the
foundation around you.
Speaker 15 (40:01):
What do you like talking to your dad about?
Speaker 23 (40:03):
I mean, we just talk about regular stuff'll talk about brother,
We'll talk about family, We'll talk about just life outside
of football. We'll talk about football too, all talking about
how practice when the weight room. My dad's a bigger lifted,
so me and him, well talk about the weight room
high I'll be pissing him off. I'll be telling them
how much I surpass him, So we'll just talk about
regular stuff like we me and my dad, probably with
the best relationship I have with anybody in the world.
Speaker 2 (40:21):
Men left how much can you left?
Speaker 23 (40:24):
Can like on what like on bench squad, Like we're
talking bench. My max bench is fobably around four ninety something,
but that was probably about like two three years ago,
so I probably probably push up a little bit.
Speaker 20 (40:34):
More on that.
Speaker 16 (40:35):
You mentioned the defense as a whole. Just for all
of you guys who have been a part of Emmanual's journey,
especially over the last year, what's it like seeing him
play the way he has, especially in the last four games.
Speaker 23 (40:43):
Yeah, I mean, E Manual somebody like I don't see
somebody hanging around with a lot outside of the facility.
Me and him will go grab dinner. Sometimes we'll go
to this mall, we'll go do this, we'll go do that.
We'll just sit down and watch the game. So, you know,
when you form that kind of relationship, you see what
that person does on the field also and see how
much white he puts in in the weight room, in
the meat room, in the facility, on the practice field,
and to see if finally translating, you know, especially I
(41:04):
didn't know too much about his past before he got
here to hear how like kind of people were counting
him out. And now that he's dominating, people are like, okay,
like the rams are doing something.
Speaker 9 (41:12):
Now that's just e man. That's who he always was.
Speaker 23 (41:14):
It just took you know, a good group around him,
like believing in him for him to dominate like.
Speaker 5 (41:17):
This, get another athletic quarterback this week?
Speaker 20 (41:20):
What are your impressions?
Speaker 9 (41:21):
Appression?
Speaker 23 (41:22):
But he's he's very athletic, he's fast, he can get
the ball on when he's comfortable in the pocket, he
can do a lot of damage. I mean or is
it like four thirty four or something like that, some
four hundred some yards. I mean that you're throwing it,
you throw four hundred something. So you know, he's a
very good quarterback. So we just have to keep him
and contained. We have to get to him. When we
get to him, we have to make him feel us.
Even if he gets the ball off still you know,
(41:42):
use advantage of our like, you know, getting close to
the quarterback. Obviously no late hits or anything like that,
but just kind of make him feel us.
Speaker 7 (41:48):
Is that sack celebrats, you're going to be a thing
for the rest of the year.
Speaker 23 (41:51):
We're probably gonna knock it out till it's too old.
Speaker 4 (41:55):
What's the temperature been like with you guys in terms
of I mean, there is a rush of national media
annointing you guys the champions already, but obviously there's a
lot of football left. What's kind of been the temperament
amongst the team after the Sunday Night win.
Speaker 8 (42:09):
Yeah, I think it's something that coach said is we
feel like we're the best team right now, but it's.
Speaker 9 (42:14):
Also week twelve.
Speaker 8 (42:16):
The season's not ending anytime soon, so the opportunity to
go and continue to prove ourselves is something that we're
continuing to strive for. And I think that's how we
feel in the locker room, where there's a confidence that
we feel like we earn every week and it gets
to show it there on Sundays, and that's something that
we're prepared to earn again this week.
Speaker 15 (42:32):
How do you kind of shut out the outside noise?
Speaker 20 (42:35):
I think in.
Speaker 8 (42:38):
Born in two thousand and one, like I was like
seeing being the social media HK. I'm like, it's hard
to really shut it out, I guess in the sense
of you see the media but I guess it's what
the message that you internalize. You see stuff on scroll,
on Instagram or on Twitter and it's it feels good.
But I guess the message is come back in when
when we're having our team meetings and in our unit
(42:58):
meetings that the messages we have to earn the right again. So, uh,
the opportunity to go out here improve on a Wednesday,
we're getting ready to to still out there run routes
and get active and to work our techniques is as
still a privilege and something that it gets me excited.
Speaker 11 (43:11):
Jared said, should go on TikTok because there are no
standings that he sai. Jared said, there's no standings on TikTok.
Speaker 5 (43:16):
So that okay, That's what I'm like.
Speaker 8 (43:19):
My TikTok is honestly a lot of There's an animated
show or animation show called Invincible. It's on Amazon Prime.
I've enjoyed the edits I've seen of that lately.
Speaker 3 (43:32):
I've seen.
Speaker 8 (43:36):
Actually, I mean the one I think this is uh.
I mean, I'm sure that there's ones I could think
of it in the archives that I got saves on
my phone somewhere. Some of the clips in Green Bay.
But I think we are a positive clip while we're
going in obviously we're we're meeting today.
Speaker 9 (43:48):
And being like, wow, you see that.
Speaker 8 (43:50):
You see the end zone view of that that the
fade and uh not favorable leverage at the start of
the play and one seven finds away And I think
it is uh, it is an honor to be able
to watch that live and in person on the field
with him, and then just to.
Speaker 9 (44:02):
Be able to ask questions.
Speaker 8 (44:03):
We're we're out here our practice and we're they're calling
us in and we're mid conversation talking about how to
how to still leverage the way to work defenders, and
so it's a it's something that we continue to earn
and it's something that it's given me confidence watching him.
Speaker 15 (44:15):
So how much of that went from your lens?
Speaker 14 (44:18):
Is his athletics athleticism versus a ce re roll above
the net?
Speaker 9 (44:24):
Oh?
Speaker 8 (44:24):
I would say it is the perfect combination because I
have the opportunity and that our guys have opportunity to
see him in the weight room and there is still
a lot of physical ability in in his body and
h but then you understand the mental game and the
chess game that has happened through Snap one to Snap
sixty whatever it is, and he's he's playing that chess game,
the entire game. So it's an exciting thing to watch
(44:46):
as you go through the clips on on a Monday
and watch them like build up, build up, build up,
and all right, now it comes to life.
Speaker 9 (44:52):
So it is the perfect combination.
Speaker 12 (44:54):
Do you know Ted Roya McMillan.
Speaker 9 (44:57):
You not not not too much.
Speaker 8 (45:00):
I've got I've had a chance to watch his game,
especially as a Polynesian, another Parlnian athlete I think, and
as a wide receiver, as somebody who is in the
skill position, to see him go in the first round
and kind of set the new standard for the our
our culture and uh is something is exciting.
Speaker 9 (45:15):
And he's a Jordan athlete.
Speaker 8 (45:17):
As well, so to see him have his success and
then to play it would be excited on the hopefully
after the game he's not too mad.
Speaker 20 (45:24):
And where we have an exchange jerseys.
Speaker 12 (45:27):
Do you feel like your success, especially your early success
in the NFL, open the door even larger for guys
like him and other guys that are coming.
Speaker 8 (45:37):
I think so I know that there's a I mean
I think of the people who paid I looked up
to especially in the skill position. Was the Juju Smith
Schuster of the world. There wasn't a ton of Polynesian
athletes playing in the skill position.
Speaker 9 (45:48):
So to see his success, I'm.
Speaker 8 (45:49):
Saying to have him be other polonies and athletes say
that my name is mentioned and wanted them to be
able to to run into people and score some touchdowns
every once in a while.
Speaker 9 (45:58):
Is is a cool thought to think about.
Speaker 7 (46:00):
The DeVante talked about how extensive his process is for
watching film and preparing his releases against certain opponents. Have
you picked up on any of that and has that
kind of rubbed off on you at all?
Speaker 8 (46:12):
I know there's a I see him definitely watching tape
in and all of our meetings. Well, he does his
he has his process, and I think it's been cool
to be in the conversations with him when we're in
the union meetings that the things that he's noticing, and
then also just watching the clips on my own of
being like, wow, how how the defenses are trying to
play us.
Speaker 9 (46:30):
And being able to watch him.
Speaker 8 (46:31):
And be like in some of the conversations this had
of like how he's watching the tape through his kind
of thought process has been fun.
Speaker 10 (46:37):
With chemistry being important, how have you been able to
build the chemistry with you and DeVonta over of course
of time to where it is not how much of
that help you as a as a player as well
as it's funny.
Speaker 8 (46:50):
I mean I think as a receiver, I feel like
it's something I mentioned.
Speaker 9 (46:53):
I'm like the game of basketball.
Speaker 8 (46:55):
One I think about how received like what who who
you like to play and just like the thought prices
of like how do you like that? So it's been
fun to have those conversations. His confidence in his basketball
game is just as high as his confidence in his
football game.
Speaker 9 (47:06):
So it's been fun to have those conversations. See him move.
Speaker 8 (47:09):
But I just I think it's just some of the
normal conversations we have learned about his family, him, you know,
part of my life, and just spend the time that
we've had since the moment he's got here.
Speaker 9 (47:17):
Has has built up in.
Speaker 8 (47:18):
The time in the locker room, man, especially in the
in the cafeteria.
Speaker 15 (47:21):
Spooker, You've always been a very grateful young man.
Speaker 14 (47:24):
What's this? Thanksgiving is another practice day? But what do
you what are you grateful for this year?
Speaker 9 (47:31):
Yeah?
Speaker 8 (47:31):
Family has always been something important my My family has
been here for all the home games. My mom just
very left, and I've had the opportunity to welcome a
new family member to my family this year, and my son.
So the opportunity to spend time with him and to
give him all of the blessings that I've received in
my life and to be able to share those with
him is something that I'm extremely grateful for. How does
(47:52):
it feel to be the dad's It has been the
best fan. I feel like that's it's been my new superpower.
Speaker 9 (47:58):
That's how I heal up.
Speaker 8 (47:58):
Everybody's always like man, you take a lot of shots
and I'm like uh, and then I get to see
my son and it all feels right.
Speaker 9 (48:03):
So it's been a huge blessing for
Speaker 8 (48:05):
Me, and it gives me an extra added motivation to
go out there and to perform my best so he
can see me.
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