December 11, 2025 • 17 mins
Brad Idzik spoke to the media before practice Thursday.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Ho pun for the review.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Just coming off the buy, you know, just really grateful
to get back on the grass with the guys.
Speaker 1 (00:10):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
You know, spent Monday re engaging our process, re engaging
our material.
Speaker 3 (00:15):
Uh, you know, getting in the elements a little bit.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
It's always good, you know, you come off a little
bit of a rest, uh to to get the guys
outside and you know, get them hearing our words again
and getting back into it. But just you know, with
with the late bye, our guys have gotten into a
groove of figuring out what their their week looks like,
preparing for Sundays.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
And now those guys are are.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Jumped right back in uh, re engaging material as if
it's new, especially when.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
You're playing a familiar team the second time.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
Uh. So just really excited for the opportunity on Sunday.
Uh and then really just bringing those guys focus too.
You know, everyone says we got four weeks left in
the season. Uh, you got an opportunity on Sunday, But
really we're just talking about the opportunity today.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
So every day, you know.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
You get in that meeting room, you just focus on
where your feet are, engaging the process for the day.
Today's third down pressures, short yardage. That's the material that
we need to you know, make sure that we own,
you know, as we build this thing as the week grows.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
So just proud of our guys of.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
Doing that, coming back with a professional attitude and ready
to build off what.
Speaker 4 (01:13):
We have recording in progress.
Speaker 5 (01:16):
We'll start things off with Darren get followed by Darryl.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
Hey. Brad Dave was talking yesterday about finding balance on
off fens.
Speaker 4 (01:25):
And that kind of thing.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
How do you, for lack of a better word, balance
that with trying to not be predictable and what you
guys are doing and showing tendencies.
Speaker 3 (01:35):
Yeah, it starts with the plan.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
So a big piece of who we want to be
is making sure you know, when you put a concept
in that you think will be good against a team,
whether it's run or pass, you say, okay, what can
and what have they've shown to do to combat that?
Speaker 3 (01:49):
What's a reaction they might have?
Speaker 2 (01:51):
If this is this run is hitting at this particular time,
let's put in something to protect that. If it's an
angle of the cut in a route concept, or it's
a formation or motion that we've shown and we know
that they're going to card up that play on their
defensive side because it's hit. What can we do to
combat that, protect it or present it a different way?
Speaker 1 (02:12):
Is that mostly based how do you achieve that? Is
that a formation thing? You know, what's the most effective
way to prevent that?
Speaker 2 (02:20):
Yeah, it's a little bit of both formation personnel. So
for us, you might put a new guy in a
you know, try to present it a little bit different
way by maybe running out a different guy running a
different direction. If it's a run game, motion wise, you
can you can always you'll get to what we call
like a final formation.
Speaker 3 (02:38):
What's the snap shot when that ball is snapped.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
There's different ways to get to a final formation and
both run and pass, and that for us, if you
do that with you know, good tempo and brisk tempo,
you try at times to see if the defense can't recognize,
you know, what that final formation is and what our
tendencies are out of that.
Speaker 6 (03:00):
Are you doing today?
Speaker 3 (03:01):
Good?
Speaker 6 (03:03):
That's good. I'll like to ask a question. It seems
like in the passing game, for instance, you guys have
had some inconsistency. There's some games like when I see
Bryce seems to be pretty accurate on long throws, and
like watching, for instance, the San Francisco game, they weren't
throw You weren't throwing the ball downfield, and I'm wondering
why in some games like you're throwing the ball more
(03:26):
taking the advantage of that, and other games I'm not
seeing at all. Is the play calling. Is that the
team you're playing what makes the decisions when it comes
to taking a temps downfield, because it seems like it
opens up your offense more when that happens.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
Absolutely, and it really goes back to what Darren was
asking about the balance and protecting things.
Speaker 3 (03:44):
It all plays together.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
So you know, you have a good run attack and
they gotta they gotta clamp down on that, and you
get single high looks and one on ones outside. Then
you're relying on your guys to execute outside.
Speaker 3 (03:55):
Last our last.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
Game against the Rams, uh, those opportunities came a lot
third and fourth down, So you're running the ball and
you're getting the third and fourth and short situations where
they have to honor the run, and then you get
really good opportunities outside for you guys to go make plays.
And they did that. So Jalen made a huge one.
T Maac made a huge one. A couple of the
tight ends on the edges, even on some of the
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action looks that presented like runs. So for all of us,
you know, as a coaching staff, we want to present
the game plan as a way to achieve that marriage
of the run and pass and then take advantage of
when they're when they're slightly skewed of protecting against one
thing or the other.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
That's when you're gonna get your matchups.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
If they're they're afraid of the pass game and you're
getting too high shell, well, you know, Harold Goodman will
be licking his chops to tell me what next runs
he's got first too high shell and then the same
thing goes with the pass game. You know, when they're
anchored down in the box, we're relying on our guys
to win outside and and Bryce has been good when
when that's the situation.
Speaker 6 (04:56):
Well, I know, in that San Francisco game, you guys
didn't run much at all, But isn't it good? Like
I know you're probably looking at situations or defenses or
what they're playing or how they're playing, But isn't it
good sometimes just to take a shot once in a
while too, Just a team to know that you might
do that, and doesn't that maybe give you more opportunities
that way?
Speaker 2 (05:15):
Absolutely, And the balance comes in both are are you
looking for completion underneath or are you taking it over
the top? You know you want to draw the defense in,
will you get some underneath completions? All right, well, win's
the time to take that shot down the field. And
that's something that we're always trying to you know, you
use the first couple drives in a game to feel out,
you know, what's our best chance of just good clean execution,
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extending drives so we can continue to get you know,
things on tape, things on those still shots for us
to study of how we want this game plan to
go based on what the defense is presenting us as
the game unfolds. So definitely trying to create marriage in
both the run and pass. But then also, you know,
when do you need to have a couple of completions
underneath to draw them in to be able to hit
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the shots over the top?
Speaker 6 (06:00):
Thank you, coach yep.
Speaker 4 (06:02):
Joe Person followed that, Mike.
Speaker 3 (06:03):
K morning, Brad, good morning, hey.
Speaker 4 (06:08):
Looking at some of the numbers on Bryce, he has
not been quite as effective this year when dealing with
pressure on his dropbacks. Why do you think that is
and what can you guys do to kind of, you know,
give him some help in that regard.
Speaker 2 (06:26):
Yeah, it's just continuing to explore who our current group
is protection wise, and then also just scheme wise. I
think as the season goes, you become more comfortable with
hot answers with certain guys in different spots how they're
going to win their routes. There's a trust factor, you know,
that builds as the season goes with the skill positions
running the routes, but then also the protection unit and
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the checks that we're making at the line of scrimmage
to make sure that you know, everything's blocked up correctly.
Speaker 3 (06:52):
So I wouldn't I wouldn't. I don't like to.
Speaker 2 (06:54):
Compare to the past seasons or anything like that, but
where we currently are is just so far out on
the line of understanding our rules and both the protection
pieces and then also the route schemes that now it's
just you know, about how many times can we go
back to the well and some of the things that
we're good at and then also present some complimentary route
schemes where that trust is growing and the defense can't
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get a beat on the different angles of the cut.
Speaker 4 (07:20):
And then I wanted you to walk me through if
you would the play Bryce had against the Rams where
he threw Team Mac open. That was seem like what
progression was tam Mac first of all, and just walk.
Speaker 3 (07:34):
Us through that place.
Speaker 2 (07:35):
Yeah, so a double crosser play, right, and it's one
we've had up, you know, for for a while, going
all the way back to Seattle. But it's just an
attacking play with a run. It starts with a good
run sell, so you get the backers to step up
and you're trying to create those one on ones on
the outside like we had. So you got Jalen going
to the flat. If they end up dropping that, you
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got a nice flat throw right there yet working across
the field, and you can really go across the board
trying to hit one of these deep crossers if the
defense is all at the line of scrimmage. Ironically, they
had everybody in the box ready to stop the run,
but they dropped eight, so they had a lot of
underneath coverage. So the flat route and JT working across
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the field wasn't quite there. So we were really relying
on those guys to come open on the crossers and
it took a little bit of time, right, but that
was a trust throw. We say, if he's on an angle,
keep him on the angle with the throw. If the
dB looks to undercut, there's a good chance for a
layered ball over the top. That's exactly what Bryce saw
as he sat in the pocket. So one of the
(08:39):
benefits of the drop eight is he had some time
in the pocket. Tuba did a great job of helping
the right tackle there, putting the end right back on
the body, and Bryce was calming in the pocket. He
saw a bit of an undercut from number one and
he said, okay, this goes right back to the initial
training of I got this guy.
Speaker 3 (08:58):
He's gonna set his line.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
I feel like the DB's land starting to undercut this route,
and I can leave him up the field knowing that's
a safe throw. And then Tim Mac makes a great,
you know, over the shoulder catch and finishes it for us.
So it's a it's NFL ball, right. You take a
picture of it and you say, nobody's open, But there's
truly there's windows to throw, and that's just Bryce's progression,
that's just Bryce's trust and t Mac knowing you said
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a line. You keep that line and then let me
put the ball based on where the dB is. That
was a phenomenal play by both those guys.
Speaker 4 (09:28):
Very thorough good stuff. Thank you, Brad.
Speaker 3 (09:30):
Yep Hey, Brad, good morning, good morning.
Speaker 5 (09:36):
When Demian Lewis signed with you guys, I think it's
it was easy to kind of lose him in the
shuffle of like Rob Hunt and some other guys, but
he has been probably, if not your most consistent lineman
one of I'm just curious, having known him in Seattle
and watched him progress throughout his career, what makes him
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so good and why is he able to sustain that
positive production game to game.
Speaker 2 (10:05):
Yeah, I mean you start with the athlete. Delu is
phenomenally like. His strength is ridiculous. If you try to
give him a look on scout team, you'll figure it
out right away that his half punch is a full
punch for many others. But then also just you watch
him poll, you watch him move his redirect and pass
pro for a guy his size and his anchor as well,
(10:27):
you know, coupleing with that strength. So the athlete, he's
got everything you'd want to be a phenomenal guard. And
then the quiet confidence. It's something that you go all
the way back to his rookie year. He comes off
as a quiet guy, but when he speaks, it opens
up the world to see, like, this guy is smart.
I just remember Hi him as a rookie going through
rookie meetings with a lot of those guys, you get
(10:48):
a smaller group, you start to test them. Hey, you know,
do you know these words like what do you talk
to me about?
Speaker 3 (10:54):
This scheme?
Speaker 2 (10:54):
You go through the draft process and you have them
talk about their own offense, and this guy just oozes football.
So you can't let the quiet demeanor in the hallway
kind of distract you from the intelligence he has upstairs.
So you couple that whole thing together and you've got
a really good player.
Speaker 3 (11:10):
And then knock on wood.
Speaker 2 (11:11):
His durability for us has been great, been something that
we really you know, he takes pride in He's got
everybody working for him, but make sure he gets the
game week two. Ike, He's done a great job. Timo
a couple of good examples. I know the other ones
have been in and out, all working to stay healthy,
but Delu has been the model of consistency that way,
and it's just always good to look over on the
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left side and see sixty eight there.
Speaker 5 (11:35):
And then Alonte Taylor has obviously had a lot of
success against you guys. When when a guy can do
multiple things from that nickel spot but also play in
other spots, how much does that truly impact your game plan,
especially with the previous history.
Speaker 2 (11:52):
Absolutely not necessarily the previous history for our guys, but
for us knowing like where they want to place him,
where they want to put him, you know, in the
schemes to allow him to fit in the run game,
allow him to get a beat on playing the quarterback size,
something Alante does such a great job at.
Speaker 3 (12:10):
You go all the way back to his high school career,
he was a quarterback.
Speaker 2 (12:13):
I remember we were at Stanford and we were actually
I had his tape, you know, brought to some of
the coaches when when he was a quarterback in high
school running around all. You see that in his play,
like you see this guy wanting to play with eyes
half on a receiver, half on the quarterback. You saw
it in the interception last week where he's not typically
playing outside. You know, you go to base and he
shuffles outside. You would say his comfort level is playing inside,
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playing near the box, being able to fit and then
react and play the pass with help with safeties and
corners outside of him. But there's a there's a guy
right there who knows when to squad on a route
you know, and drive it based on the couple that
was like the third time they ran this crossing route
with a dagger or basic behind it, and he squatted
on it perfect. So that's just speaks to his intelligence
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and also the coaching that he's gotten while he's there.
He fits their scheme really well. This this scheme has
always relied on a good nickel presence. You think about
Morigg when we're playing big Nickel and our scheme a
very similar scheme. He's made a ton of plays being
able to play both run and pass. Alante does a
great job of that, and he's a phenomenal athlete with
length and ball skills, so you know, really can't speak
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highly enough for him as a player. It's fun to
go against. It's always a good matchup. You got to
make sure you honor them both the protection and the
past past coverage game. So it's a good challenge for
our guys.
Speaker 5 (13:31):
You go into the Duke's male bowl for your Alma Monter.
Speaker 2 (13:34):
I got to I gotta find a way. I don't
know what the wife has planned for that Friday, but
I know what I have planned.
Speaker 5 (13:39):
Right, Well, do your best, you know what I mean?
Speaker 3 (13:42):
Absolutely, she'll come with me. She'll come with me.
Speaker 5 (13:44):
We have time for two more and we'll go with ESPN,
followed by Jeff Hawkins.
Speaker 7 (13:52):
Yeah, Brad, good to be here today with you. One
to ask you, what's the Pete Carroll influence on Dave Canalis?
Speaker 2 (13:59):
Oh, man, I'm I mean twelve thirteen years. I would
say his Dave's enthusiasm. It's a little different than Pete's.
I think everyone's a little different than Pete's. But his
enthusiasm and love for people, that's those two are cut.
Speaker 3 (14:13):
From the same cloth.
Speaker 2 (14:14):
You walk in a room and they can both work
the room genuinely. You know, it's not just working the
room with a with an end goal in mind. When
you're talking to Dave, when you're talking to Pete, you're
you are talking to them and they are looking right
at you and they're not looking anywhere beyond the conversation
they're in. So that's the biggest piece that you feel
from both those guys, remember interviewing with Pete, you know,
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sitting down and it was a true one on one.
Here's a head coach in the middle of you know,
a busy week and you close the door and interviewing
for a QC spot and it's a true one on
one conversation for however long you let it go. And
and the same goes with Dave. He'll he'll put everything
he has down. You know, the head coaching job has
a lot of people pulling in different directions, but you
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never feel like he's on his way out the door
when you're talking to him.
Speaker 7 (15:03):
And philosophy wise, it similar to or uh.
Speaker 2 (15:06):
Yeah, yeah, I think positivity is a big one, right,
just in general, like cultural philosophy being positive. And then
you know, I think for all of us, we all
want to accomplish similar things on the football field, marriage,
running pass and you know, establishing you know, physical presence.
But yeah, I feel that a lot of the I
think anyone from that Pete Carroll Tree brings a lot
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of that. They see the value in that positivity and
that energy, that genuine energy from the day to day
and that's definitely incorporated in our building here.
Speaker 7 (15:36):
And one quick one I know we won't talk to
you again until next week late in the week, and
a lot of us do our preparation on next week.
When when you started working with Baker Mayfield, did you
sense any resentment or what it was like for him
at Carolina and how that that impacted him and what
it led to what you guys had to work with.
Speaker 2 (15:57):
Uh No, And I really don't even want to get
into it, Just so so focused on the Saints right here.
I wouldn't want to put anything out there that has
anything to do with other than you know, our week
of prep right here for the Saints.
Speaker 7 (16:08):
Okay, I understand, I appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (16:11):
Hey, good morning, coach morning.
Speaker 7 (16:14):
He Leagette has had a puzzling season and it appears
to staff of the remaining patient with him.
Speaker 4 (16:19):
But how important is it for him to merge as
as a consistent threat over the last four games.
Speaker 3 (16:25):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (16:25):
Absolutely, We're going to continue to bring him along. He's
he's doing a great job. I know some of it
doesn't always show up on the stat sheet, but just
his aggressiveness and routes, you know, when the ball goes
his way. We just want him to continue to attack
like this is the only opportunity you got, it's got
to show up in both phases.
Speaker 3 (16:41):
With the run game.
Speaker 2 (16:42):
Anytime you're six two, you know, two to twenty plus,
you know you need your physical presence to show up
in the run game. And that's what we've really challenged
our all of our wide out group. Anytime you get
to the gritty type game that we had against the
Rams two weeks ago, anytime you're playing a physical defense
like you have in New Orleans that.
Speaker 3 (17:00):
Requires that both phases.
Speaker 2 (17:03):
You know we're playing physical and aggressive, and Xavier has
done a great job of clicking back in every single week.
You know those opportunities will come and when they when
they do come, I know he'll be ready because he's
His approach is right. His approach has been right the
whole time.
Ho pun for the review.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Just coming off the buy, you know, just really grateful
to get back on the grass with the guys.
Speaker 1 (00:10):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
You know, spent Monday re engaging our process, re engaging
our material.
Speaker 3 (00:15):
Uh, you know, getting in the elements a little bit.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
It's always good, you know, you come off a little
bit of a rest, uh to to get the guys
outside and you know, get them hearing our words again
and getting back into it. But just you know, with
with the late bye, our guys have gotten into a
groove of figuring out what their their week looks like,
preparing for Sundays.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
And now those guys are are.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Jumped right back in uh, re engaging material as if
it's new, especially when.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
You're playing a familiar team the second time.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
Uh. So just really excited for the opportunity on Sunday.
Uh and then really just bringing those guys focus too.
You know, everyone says we got four weeks left in
the season. Uh, you got an opportunity on Sunday, But
really we're just talking about the opportunity today.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
So every day, you know.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
You get in that meeting room, you just focus on
where your feet are, engaging the process for the day.
Today's third down pressures, short yardage. That's the material that
we need to you know, make sure that we own,
you know, as we build this thing as the week grows.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
So just proud of our guys of.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
Doing that, coming back with a professional attitude and ready
to build off what.
Speaker 4 (01:13):
We have recording in progress.
Speaker 5 (01:16):
We'll start things off with Darren get followed by Darryl.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
Hey. Brad Dave was talking yesterday about finding balance on
off fens.
Speaker 4 (01:25):
And that kind of thing.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
How do you, for lack of a better word, balance
that with trying to not be predictable and what you
guys are doing and showing tendencies.
Speaker 3 (01:35):
Yeah, it starts with the plan.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
So a big piece of who we want to be
is making sure you know, when you put a concept
in that you think will be good against a team,
whether it's run or pass, you say, okay, what can
and what have they've shown to do to combat that?
Speaker 3 (01:49):
What's a reaction they might have?
Speaker 2 (01:51):
If this is this run is hitting at this particular time,
let's put in something to protect that. If it's an
angle of the cut in a route concept, or it's
a formation or motion that we've shown and we know
that they're going to card up that play on their
defensive side because it's hit. What can we do to
combat that, protect it or present it a different way?
Speaker 1 (02:12):
Is that mostly based how do you achieve that? Is
that a formation thing? You know, what's the most effective
way to prevent that?
Speaker 2 (02:20):
Yeah, it's a little bit of both formation personnel. So
for us, you might put a new guy in a
you know, try to present it a little bit different
way by maybe running out a different guy running a
different direction. If it's a run game, motion wise, you
can you can always you'll get to what we call
like a final formation.
Speaker 3 (02:38):
What's the snap shot when that ball is snapped.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
There's different ways to get to a final formation and
both run and pass, and that for us, if you
do that with you know, good tempo and brisk tempo,
you try at times to see if the defense can't recognize,
you know, what that final formation is and what our
tendencies are out of that.
Speaker 6 (03:00):
Are you doing today?
Speaker 3 (03:01):
Good?
Speaker 6 (03:03):
That's good. I'll like to ask a question. It seems
like in the passing game, for instance, you guys have
had some inconsistency. There's some games like when I see
Bryce seems to be pretty accurate on long throws, and
like watching, for instance, the San Francisco game, they weren't
throw You weren't throwing the ball downfield, and I'm wondering
why in some games like you're throwing the ball more
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taking the advantage of that, and other games I'm not
seeing at all. Is the play calling. Is that the
team you're playing what makes the decisions when it comes
to taking a temps downfield, because it seems like it
opens up your offense more when that happens.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
Absolutely, and it really goes back to what Darren was
asking about the balance and protecting things.
Speaker 3 (03:44):
It all plays together.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
So you know, you have a good run attack and
they gotta they gotta clamp down on that, and you
get single high looks and one on ones outside. Then
you're relying on your guys to execute outside.
Speaker 3 (03:55):
Last our last.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
Game against the Rams, uh, those opportunities came a lot
third and fourth down, So you're running the ball and
you're getting the third and fourth and short situations where
they have to honor the run, and then you get
really good opportunities outside for you guys to go make plays.
And they did that. So Jalen made a huge one.
T Maac made a huge one. A couple of the
tight ends on the edges, even on some of the
(04:18):
action looks that presented like runs. So for all of us,
you know, as a coaching staff, we want to present
the game plan as a way to achieve that marriage
of the run and pass and then take advantage of
when they're when they're slightly skewed of protecting against one
thing or the other.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
That's when you're gonna get your matchups.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
If they're they're afraid of the pass game and you're
getting too high shell, well, you know, Harold Goodman will
be licking his chops to tell me what next runs
he's got first too high shell and then the same
thing goes with the pass game. You know, when they're
anchored down in the box, we're relying on our guys
to win outside and and Bryce has been good when
when that's the situation.
Speaker 6 (04:56):
Well, I know, in that San Francisco game, you guys
didn't run much at all, But isn't it good? Like
I know you're probably looking at situations or defenses or
what they're playing or how they're playing, But isn't it
good sometimes just to take a shot once in a
while too, Just a team to know that you might
do that, and doesn't that maybe give you more opportunities
that way?
Speaker 2 (05:15):
Absolutely, And the balance comes in both are are you
looking for completion underneath or are you taking it over
the top? You know you want to draw the defense in,
will you get some underneath completions? All right, well, win's
the time to take that shot down the field. And
that's something that we're always trying to you know, you
use the first couple drives in a game to feel out,
you know, what's our best chance of just good clean execution,
(05:37):
extending drives so we can continue to get you know,
things on tape, things on those still shots for us
to study of how we want this game plan to
go based on what the defense is presenting us as
the game unfolds. So definitely trying to create marriage in
both the run and pass. But then also, you know,
when do you need to have a couple of completions
underneath to draw them in to be able to hit
(05:58):
the shots over the top?
Speaker 6 (06:00):
Thank you, coach yep.
Speaker 4 (06:02):
Joe Person followed that, Mike.
Speaker 3 (06:03):
K morning, Brad, good morning, hey.
Speaker 4 (06:08):
Looking at some of the numbers on Bryce, he has
not been quite as effective this year when dealing with
pressure on his dropbacks. Why do you think that is
and what can you guys do to kind of, you know,
give him some help in that regard.
Speaker 2 (06:26):
Yeah, it's just continuing to explore who our current group
is protection wise, and then also just scheme wise. I
think as the season goes, you become more comfortable with
hot answers with certain guys in different spots how they're
going to win their routes. There's a trust factor, you know,
that builds as the season goes with the skill positions
running the routes, but then also the protection unit and
(06:47):
the checks that we're making at the line of scrimmage
to make sure that you know, everything's blocked up correctly.
Speaker 3 (06:52):
So I wouldn't I wouldn't. I don't like to.
Speaker 2 (06:54):
Compare to the past seasons or anything like that, but
where we currently are is just so far out on
the line of understanding our rules and both the protection
pieces and then also the route schemes that now it's
just you know, about how many times can we go
back to the well and some of the things that
we're good at and then also present some complimentary route
schemes where that trust is growing and the defense can't
(07:17):
get a beat on the different angles of the cut.
Speaker 4 (07:20):
And then I wanted you to walk me through if
you would the play Bryce had against the Rams where
he threw Team Mac open. That was seem like what
progression was tam Mac first of all, and just walk.
Speaker 3 (07:34):
Us through that place.
Speaker 2 (07:35):
Yeah, so a double crosser play, right, and it's one
we've had up, you know, for for a while, going
all the way back to Seattle. But it's just an
attacking play with a run. It starts with a good
run sell, so you get the backers to step up
and you're trying to create those one on ones on
the outside like we had. So you got Jalen going
to the flat. If they end up dropping that, you
(07:57):
got a nice flat throw right there yet working across
the field, and you can really go across the board
trying to hit one of these deep crossers if the
defense is all at the line of scrimmage. Ironically, they
had everybody in the box ready to stop the run,
but they dropped eight, so they had a lot of
underneath coverage. So the flat route and JT working across
(08:19):
the field wasn't quite there. So we were really relying
on those guys to come open on the crossers and
it took a little bit of time, right, but that
was a trust throw. We say, if he's on an angle,
keep him on the angle with the throw. If the
dB looks to undercut, there's a good chance for a
layered ball over the top. That's exactly what Bryce saw
as he sat in the pocket. So one of the
(08:39):
benefits of the drop eight is he had some time
in the pocket. Tuba did a great job of helping
the right tackle there, putting the end right back on
the body, and Bryce was calming in the pocket. He
saw a bit of an undercut from number one and
he said, okay, this goes right back to the initial
training of I got this guy.
Speaker 3 (08:58):
He's gonna set his line.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
I feel like the DB's land starting to undercut this route,
and I can leave him up the field knowing that's
a safe throw. And then Tim Mac makes a great,
you know, over the shoulder catch and finishes it for us.
So it's a it's NFL ball, right. You take a
picture of it and you say, nobody's open, But there's
truly there's windows to throw, and that's just Bryce's progression,
that's just Bryce's trust and t Mac knowing you said
(09:21):
a line. You keep that line and then let me
put the ball based on where the dB is. That
was a phenomenal play by both those guys.
Speaker 4 (09:28):
Very thorough good stuff. Thank you, Brad.
Speaker 3 (09:30):
Yep Hey, Brad, good morning, good morning.
Speaker 5 (09:36):
When Demian Lewis signed with you guys, I think it's
it was easy to kind of lose him in the
shuffle of like Rob Hunt and some other guys, but
he has been probably, if not your most consistent lineman
one of I'm just curious, having known him in Seattle
and watched him progress throughout his career, what makes him
(09:57):
so good and why is he able to sustain that
positive production game to game.
Speaker 2 (10:05):
Yeah, I mean you start with the athlete. Delu is
phenomenally like. His strength is ridiculous. If you try to
give him a look on scout team, you'll figure it
out right away that his half punch is a full
punch for many others. But then also just you watch
him poll, you watch him move his redirect and pass
pro for a guy his size and his anchor as well,
(10:27):
you know, coupleing with that strength. So the athlete, he's
got everything you'd want to be a phenomenal guard. And
then the quiet confidence. It's something that you go all
the way back to his rookie year. He comes off
as a quiet guy, but when he speaks, it opens
up the world to see, like, this guy is smart.
I just remember Hi him as a rookie going through
rookie meetings with a lot of those guys, you get
(10:48):
a smaller group, you start to test them. Hey, you know,
do you know these words like what do you talk
to me about?
Speaker 3 (10:54):
This scheme?
Speaker 2 (10:54):
You go through the draft process and you have them
talk about their own offense, and this guy just oozes football.
So you can't let the quiet demeanor in the hallway
kind of distract you from the intelligence he has upstairs.
So you couple that whole thing together and you've got
a really good player.
Speaker 3 (11:10):
And then knock on wood.
Speaker 2 (11:11):
His durability for us has been great, been something that
we really you know, he takes pride in He's got
everybody working for him, but make sure he gets the
game week two. Ike, He's done a great job. Timo
a couple of good examples. I know the other ones
have been in and out, all working to stay healthy,
but Delu has been the model of consistency that way,
and it's just always good to look over on the
(11:32):
left side and see sixty eight there.
Speaker 5 (11:35):
And then Alonte Taylor has obviously had a lot of
success against you guys. When when a guy can do
multiple things from that nickel spot but also play in
other spots, how much does that truly impact your game plan,
especially with the previous history.
Speaker 2 (11:52):
Absolutely not necessarily the previous history for our guys, but
for us knowing like where they want to place him,
where they want to put him, you know, in the
schemes to allow him to fit in the run game,
allow him to get a beat on playing the quarterback size,
something Alante does such a great job at.
Speaker 3 (12:10):
You go all the way back to his high school career,
he was a quarterback.
Speaker 2 (12:13):
I remember we were at Stanford and we were actually
I had his tape, you know, brought to some of
the coaches when when he was a quarterback in high
school running around all. You see that in his play,
like you see this guy wanting to play with eyes
half on a receiver, half on the quarterback. You saw
it in the interception last week where he's not typically
playing outside. You know, you go to base and he
shuffles outside. You would say his comfort level is playing inside,
(12:36):
playing near the box, being able to fit and then
react and play the pass with help with safeties and
corners outside of him. But there's a there's a guy
right there who knows when to squad on a route
you know, and drive it based on the couple that
was like the third time they ran this crossing route
with a dagger or basic behind it, and he squatted
on it perfect. So that's just speaks to his intelligence
(12:57):
and also the coaching that he's gotten while he's there.
He fits their scheme really well. This this scheme has
always relied on a good nickel presence. You think about
Morigg when we're playing big Nickel and our scheme a
very similar scheme. He's made a ton of plays being
able to play both run and pass. Alante does a
great job of that, and he's a phenomenal athlete with
length and ball skills, so you know, really can't speak
(13:20):
highly enough for him as a player. It's fun to
go against. It's always a good matchup. You got to
make sure you honor them both the protection and the
past past coverage game. So it's a good challenge for
our guys.
Speaker 5 (13:31):
You go into the Duke's male bowl for your Alma Monter.
Speaker 2 (13:34):
I got to I gotta find a way. I don't
know what the wife has planned for that Friday, but
I know what I have planned.
Speaker 5 (13:39):
Right, Well, do your best, you know what I mean?
Speaker 3 (13:42):
Absolutely, she'll come with me. She'll come with me.
Speaker 5 (13:44):
We have time for two more and we'll go with ESPN,
followed by Jeff Hawkins.
Speaker 7 (13:52):
Yeah, Brad, good to be here today with you. One
to ask you, what's the Pete Carroll influence on Dave Canalis?
Speaker 2 (13:59):
Oh, man, I'm I mean twelve thirteen years. I would
say his Dave's enthusiasm. It's a little different than Pete's.
I think everyone's a little different than Pete's. But his
enthusiasm and love for people, that's those two are cut.
Speaker 3 (14:13):
From the same cloth.
Speaker 2 (14:14):
You walk in a room and they can both work
the room genuinely. You know, it's not just working the
room with a with an end goal in mind. When
you're talking to Dave, when you're talking to Pete, you're
you are talking to them and they are looking right
at you and they're not looking anywhere beyond the conversation
they're in. So that's the biggest piece that you feel
from both those guys, remember interviewing with Pete, you know,
(14:37):
sitting down and it was a true one on one.
Here's a head coach in the middle of you know,
a busy week and you close the door and interviewing
for a QC spot and it's a true one on
one conversation for however long you let it go. And
and the same goes with Dave. He'll he'll put everything
he has down. You know, the head coaching job has
a lot of people pulling in different directions, but you
(14:58):
never feel like he's on his way out the door
when you're talking to him.
Speaker 7 (15:03):
And philosophy wise, it similar to or uh.
Speaker 2 (15:06):
Yeah, yeah, I think positivity is a big one, right,
just in general, like cultural philosophy being positive. And then
you know, I think for all of us, we all
want to accomplish similar things on the football field, marriage,
running pass and you know, establishing you know, physical presence.
But yeah, I feel that a lot of the I
think anyone from that Pete Carroll Tree brings a lot
(15:27):
of that. They see the value in that positivity and
that energy, that genuine energy from the day to day
and that's definitely incorporated in our building here.
Speaker 7 (15:36):
And one quick one I know we won't talk to
you again until next week late in the week, and
a lot of us do our preparation on next week.
When when you started working with Baker Mayfield, did you
sense any resentment or what it was like for him
at Carolina and how that that impacted him and what
it led to what you guys had to work with.
Speaker 2 (15:57):
Uh No, And I really don't even want to get
into it, Just so so focused on the Saints right here.
I wouldn't want to put anything out there that has
anything to do with other than you know, our week
of prep right here for the Saints.
Speaker 7 (16:08):
Okay, I understand, I appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (16:11):
Hey, good morning, coach morning.
Speaker 7 (16:14):
He Leagette has had a puzzling season and it appears
to staff of the remaining patient with him.
Speaker 4 (16:19):
But how important is it for him to merge as
as a consistent threat over the last four games.
Speaker 3 (16:25):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (16:25):
Absolutely, We're going to continue to bring him along. He's
he's doing a great job. I know some of it
doesn't always show up on the stat sheet, but just
his aggressiveness and routes, you know, when the ball goes
his way. We just want him to continue to attack
like this is the only opportunity you got, it's got
to show up in both phases.
Speaker 3 (16:41):
With the run game.
Speaker 2 (16:42):
Anytime you're six two, you know, two to twenty plus,
you know you need your physical presence to show up
in the run game. And that's what we've really challenged
our all of our wide out group. Anytime you get
to the gritty type game that we had against the
Rams two weeks ago, anytime you're playing a physical defense
like you have in New Orleans that.
Speaker 3 (17:00):
Requires that both phases.
Speaker 2 (17:03):
You know we're playing physical and aggressive, and Xavier has
done a great job of clicking back in every single week.
You know those opportunities will come and when they when
they do come, I know he'll be ready because he's
His approach is right. His approach has been right the
whole time.
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