October 7, 2025 • 20 mins
HC Dan Quinn speaks to the media on victory Monday.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
All right, what's up everybody? I thought, we get rolling here.
I thought, sometimes I do talk about winning time moments
and the importance of that.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
It's the for us.
Speaker 1 (00:11):
I like defense will be the two minute, the half,
or at the end of the game the four minute drive.
But today I'd also like to talk really how one
play can set it off. And that was Kwan Martin
to me on the Force fumble and the Marshan fumble recovery.
Thought it energized our teams, and every once in a while,
I see a play and there it is. That's the
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one that's something that needed to take place, And sometimes
we can expect where it's gonna happen or who it's from,
but often it's even better when it's kind of the
perfect person to do that. I thought Kwan really led
all day with his play with his voice, and everyone
fed off of that. So it made a lot of
sense that he was the one.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
That I thought really set it off.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
We ended up scoring on that play after that fumble recovery.
I thought that was the one that was the play
that set it off for this game for our team,
the energy that it brought, and just thought I bring
that up oftentimes I talk so much about winning time moments,
and every once in a while there's just a play
that you know, sets off the direction of how the
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game's going to go for the entire team. And I
thought that was the play in this game. So glad
to open up to you guys and get started on
the day.
Speaker 3 (01:22):
Go ahead, con Hey, Dan, what kind of qualities jump
out to you when you're watching they'll run the ball,
just play.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
I think it's the change of directions. He's got very
good vision john inside, but he can really put his
foot in the ground and break tackles. There's an element
of vision and cuts. I can remember, even all the
way back through training camp. There it was there, it was,
There was another play, and I thought he excels really
on the inside plays where now he can see things quickly,
make a violent cut and then get north south. So
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that's what I see from him. I honestly, I love
this whole running back room. If I could just share
for a moment like this support, you know, and the
energy that came from Chris Rodriguez and Jeremy McNichol on
the sideline, like man, these.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
Guys back each other like crazy. It's a really cool
group and.
Speaker 4 (02:10):
Then what did you see it from Marshawn yesterday?
Speaker 1 (02:13):
Well, I thought, just you know, right from the beginning,
he was involved in the whole thing. I thought, technique
on point, going through the whole system, the fumble recovery.
This is a really talented passing offense with the trio
that they have and how they feature them, so we
knew we'd have our work cut out for them. But
I thought the defensive backs, in particular communication with the
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down with the linebackers, how they would go about it.
They worked hard on that this week against like I said,
a talented offense, and so you could tell they put
in the extra endo that space.
Speaker 5 (02:46):
All right, David Aldridge, Sorry about that.
Speaker 6 (02:51):
Dan.
Speaker 7 (02:53):
You had talked all during camp about the depth of
the defensive line, and I wonder what's happening that is
allowing them to kind of consistently be good against the
run and now start to generate some pressures and get
to the quarterback.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
Yeah, that's the key man, And I really think it
starts inside, David, with Doran and JK, their presence, their
ability to disrupt. Oftentimes you see the big guy that's
an anchor, and that's an effective thing. Where you can
stay and you know, sit on the double teams. But
these are also two guys that can move, and I
think their ability to create some havoc in the run game,
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to cross face of blocks, to get vertical, those are
things that you know, smaller players often you move with.
So to see some of the big guys, those two
in particular inside, I think that's been a real impact
for us in the run game. And yeah, we are
leaning in on other guys. I thought Newton, you know,
with somebody that's you know, like I see his arrow
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going up as well. So, but I think it starts
at the inside of it all.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
I really do.
Speaker 7 (03:56):
What did you see from Jordan yesterday?
Speaker 3 (03:58):
McGee?
Speaker 1 (03:59):
You know we've talked about him long as a special
teams player, but in this game we would see some
other plays where he would be playing, you know, in
some different packages. He just plays so square behind the
ball that that's where he's at his best. He can
see it, he can tackle, he can accelerate. Thought he
did a good job disrupting on the blitz. I think
he missed on his sacks. He was upset about that,
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but it was really good to get him going. You
have heard me talk about him, and with Frankie and
Bobby here we haven't seen as much. So I thought
it was good design by Joe and the staff to
you know, have a package that you know, allowed him to,
you know, really make his impact film.
Speaker 8 (04:36):
Howard dan on Crossky Merritt, What did you and or
Cliff see that made you decide to feature him as
much as you did yesterday?
Speaker 1 (04:54):
I think as the gap schemes continue to have some success,
Howard inside, we leaned right into it, and I thought
he had a good week of practice leading into that,
and so because of that, we thought, you know, this
is some time for him to earn some more. So
I think Howard, it really came from just him improving
in the system and then having a great week to
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go into it. But that's where it led into. It
wasn't as intentional as it sounds. But Anthony, I thought,
also did a good job saying, Okay, like this guy's
really going and even after the pumble, now he was
discouraged and disappointed and say, man, I'll get backward and
go fight for this thing again.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
I love the way he responded.
Speaker 8 (05:36):
And I wanted to ask.
Speaker 4 (05:38):
You about Luke McCaffrey and where would you say the
greatest area of growth you've seen from him in his
second year. And was there maybe a particular moment into
training gamb or in a practice or any game that
stuck out to you and kind of signaled, Okay, maybe
this is a guy who's in a different place than
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was as a rugby.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (06:02):
And I thought, coming into it, I felt the experience
of the route running and all the technique that goes
with that.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
Howard first.
Speaker 1 (06:12):
Coming in from him, you know, with his background at quarterback,
almost seeing too much, but then he really got into
the details at receiver, at the technique, at the specific routes.
But there's one thing that separates some Howard, I think
that he has and he can feel it like it
is this competitive spirit. You know, in a game two
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weeks ago, I saw him catch a touchdown pass and
then go down and cover a kick and being on
a tackle, and I think that speaks to like just
the competitor he is. So yesterday, you know, had a
kickoff or turn out to the forty. Bill had a
long run that I thought he had a fantastic block,
you know, towards the end on the sideline when he
came back out to the right and then we showed
that the team meeting onto the field post today. So
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three different plays, one on teams, one of the blocking downfield,
and one on the pass and a lot of it.
It wasn't, uh, you know, designed you know, unusual or tricky, Howard.
It was just honestly just going out and like just competing.
And he really stands himself apart into that way, and
he's one of our most consistent guys in that department,
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and it definitely keeps showing itself.
Speaker 5 (07:21):
Thank you, JP, hey Dan.
Speaker 3 (07:27):
Yesterday it seemed like Jaden was was really making an
effort to protect himself on some of those runs. You
saw the slide and giving himself up. How pleased were
you with him showing that maturity working his way back
from the injury.
Speaker 1 (07:42):
Yeah, we'd all talked about that. JP correct to say,
the only thing worse than being out is not, you know,
learning some of the lessons. You know, to say, when
is this play over, whether it was throwing the ball
away or you know, going down, I got the yards
and get down. And so I thought for me as
a coach, that was a good sign to know that
to super difficult thing to practice not going to hit
them in practice, and so these are the moments and
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this is where we're going to grow and learn from.
And so when do I take my shot? When do
I say this play is over? But you're right, I
thought for him that was a good sign and a
good step in the right direction, knowing all right, I
can play the next down, I can play the next
down after that.
Speaker 3 (08:21):
And what's the level of optimism, especially with the extra
day here for Monday night with with Terry McLaurin getting
back for you guys.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
Yeah, we're optimistic, JP, and we'll have more information as
the week goes on to see where they're at with
he and Noah and Sam Cosm and a few other
guys that are you know, kind of trending in the
right way. We'll make sure we take all the right steps,
just like we do with all the guys. If they're
able to, you know, fully express how they play and
do the thing, then we're there and if not, we'll
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have to keep waiting.
Speaker 2 (08:49):
But we won't decide yet.
Speaker 1 (08:51):
But with having an extra day, that never hurts JP
going into it. But as we get you a few
more days from now, I think I'll have a better
sense for if it's able to be done and what
it looks like and how they're responding to it.
Speaker 9 (09:03):
Thank you, Scott, Hey Dan with Bill, he had sixteen
touches on twenty eight snaps yesterday and obviously he produced
a tremendous amount going forward. Is this the situation maybe
like to utilize them even more.
Speaker 1 (09:20):
We'll keep digging in Scott as we're going to go.
I think there's a lot that he can get better.
He's going to continue to work. That's the fun part
for some of these young players that you just keep
going like this, and even unlike the mistakes like a fumble,
you say, all right, how are you going to grow?
You know, how are you going to learn from this?
And so we do anticipate him growing and even getting
better as it goes. But he's got great support. I
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like how the line play the tight ends, like in
that spot, there's some real run action that's taking place.
He's got great support here from Anthony in the other back.
So we're just going to keep developing Scott. I'm not
putting a limit or a play count on it. We're
just gonna work our ass off to help him become
the best player he can and that doesn't happen in
one week. But as we keep working and we keep working,
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like we're just not backing off on that, and we
think there's a lot you know of upside and a
high ceiling for him and Dan.
Speaker 9 (10:13):
I think you mentioned it after the game. I know
it was one game, but that looked like Commander football yesterday,
and you mentioned it was that almost like a wake
up call to the rest of the team, like this
is how we play, this is this is what it's
supposed to look like going forward.
Speaker 1 (10:27):
We want that to look like that all the time,
and sometimes like yesterday, I took that play of Kwan.
He was the one that set it off yesterday, Scott.
But there is an attitude and the speed that we
want to play with. Doesn't mean we're always gonna, you know,
play it perfectly or play it just right, but there's
an intensity about how we play and when we're at
our best, there's also like there's a joy that goes
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with it. I think I saw that with Jayden as well.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
You know, Harry's.
Speaker 1 (10:50):
Smiling as he's going through it battling, but like also
this is a crew that they they're connected, man, and
so to see these guys want to fight for one
another and get it right. That's a really important piece.
So we'll ever work cut out for us. But you're
leaning into the right things about our attitude, our effort,
the way we play, and when we're that connected, we're
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a problem and we're going to continue to work hard
at that and really protect that.
Speaker 5 (11:17):
Liamhi Coa's curious what you've seen from the offensive line
group over the past couple of weeks.
Speaker 1 (11:24):
Yeah, I thought coming in, we knew if the run
game can improve, there'd be some good run action plays
that would come off of it.
Speaker 2 (11:31):
Liam.
Speaker 1 (11:31):
That's the byproduct of getting some good run plays into it.
I like that we're athletic enough that any of the
guys can pull. You've seen all of them get on
the edge, including Byatitch, you know, who got outside and
got a piece of the defensive end on Crosskey Merrit's
touchdown run towards the end of the half. And so
having those guys who can get out in space and
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make blocks that's a difficult thing, but when you do,
explosive plays can then happen because now you're out in space,
you get one block the runner who can get into
that spot for us, it's not just the line. We
think of it as all eleven. It's the quarterback carrying
out the fake. It's you know, debo on a bubble
that's not thrown. But because we do, the defender has
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to go. So as much as we can Liam, it's
it's about the space and can guys play full speed
and haul and ass so we can attack the field
this way horizontally and vertically, and when you can do that,
it can make it tough. And so that's how we play,
and the more that we can do of that, the better.
Speaker 5 (12:33):
That leans right into the next question, which is how
does having Jaden back help that run game be more
multi dimensional?
Speaker 1 (12:39):
I think because of the facts it's all eleven and
we pretty much have the same process with Marcus as well.
But it does make you defend the eleventh player. It's
not just a handoff where you know, a middlefield player
or somebody else can now go into. So carrying out
the fakes and staying alive into that spot.
Speaker 2 (12:57):
We also have some like some.
Speaker 1 (12:59):
Throws that come off of our runs, the RPOs that
go with it. So we're just going to stay in
this attacking mode Lium and try to put as much
pressure on a defense as we can, but the quarterback
in the run game is still a big part of that,
even if he's just carrying out a fake, knowing that
there is a pull element that could happen on some plays.
So we'll stay consistent with that.
Speaker 8 (13:20):
Thank you, Donna.
Speaker 10 (13:24):
Hey, coach, Hi don, did you see yesterday the defense
shift into another gear as far as better technique, tackling,
and the trust even more of each other.
Speaker 1 (13:37):
I think probably the last one. I think that came
from communication. I heard it in practice during the week,
extra emphasis onto that. We even did some different things,
I you know, as opposed to like using crowd noise,
I did it just the opposite.
Speaker 2 (13:50):
So when they came to.
Speaker 1 (13:51):
The line of scrimmage, there was no sound, so I
wanted to hear them communicate verbally nonverbally to make sure
they could talk ahead of the call. And so I
thought that was a good sign to see that carry over,
donad from practice into the game. And as coaches, you've
heard the ones. You get what you emphasized, and so
we were emphasizing that hard and that's what I saw
going into it.
Speaker 6 (14:12):
And Deebo talked a little bit about Mikey. He said that,
Mikey said last week, I think I'm going to get
a pick, and he actually did get the pick. Did
they work on any technique things, as far as I know,
you said that you wanted to see more turnovers last week.
Did they practice a little bit more on certain things
in getting turnovers?
Speaker 1 (14:34):
We certainly practiced a lot, But what did happen in practice?
There were more chances at the ball, and I saw
them being more aggressive toward that Thursday and Friday and
both of those to go. And so it doesn't surprise
me that Mike was right in the middle of it.
Thought he had his best tackling game. He had one
on kickoff. He fit in the run well, but he's
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got great hands and so for him, it wasn't the overtrying.
It's being the right spot and you can make all
the plays. And I thought that was a good example
of that in the red zone where he sat, he waited,
Johnny got a good tip on it, but he had
vision on the QB, so he wasn't guessing to go
right or left. He really just nailed it. And I
thought that was a real one, you know, big deal
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in the game, because that led into what turned out
to be a four minute drive at the end, and
that's the complimentary football donna that we're looking for. When
a turnover takes place, can we go capitalize off it?
Speaker 11 (15:27):
Thanks many, obviously, when you guys acquired Debo, you have
high expectations, and he's had a very good career. But
he's looking at the numbers. He's gonna be easily if
he stays out the easily passing what he's done in
the past. How what does anything surprise you so far?
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How is he doing this at this rate when at
times he's the only receive rotherfield that the other team
probably really has to worry about.
Speaker 1 (15:57):
Well, I guess I would disagree with you on that,
but I would say that he is one of our
league's best competitors and maybe the byproduct of him moving
around so much in training camp. He was outside, he
was inside, he played different spots. I think that training
added to him, Ben, because now he's comfortable at all
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the spots, and he's also in a different system. You know,
it was at San Francisco and the way they featured
him was excellent there and showed all the plays. And
so anytime a guy goes to a new spot, there's
new wrinkles and things that would happen. It would have
been the same if he had been coming from DC
to San Francisco, and so that's normal, and so finding
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different things that players can do, it's a big piece
of it. But one thing I know, like there's a
competitive edge to him and it just reveals itself on
game day. It is so much fun to see. And
so I love the energy and the toughness that he
brings to the team. And yeah, we're gonna try to
put him in as many spots as we can to
make his impact, and he's always down for that.
Speaker 11 (17:04):
With regards to some of the younger receivers, like we
see a running back rasking today why did Bill get
more work this week than maybe he had? And you
see the value of the chairman McNichols all the things
he can do as the young guy is learning. Is
that the same thing that's happening to some degree with
Luke and Jalen Lane, Whereas like they're playing fewer snaps
than Chris Moore or what is it about where they're
at that they may just haven't gotten that full blown
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work yet.
Speaker 1 (17:28):
Well, I'll say some of it's a little bit different
of how we feature him. Their roles on special teams
as well, you know, make an impact. Both of them
are our starting returners, so we won't use them on
every snap bend, but we're gonna certainly try to feature
him as best we can. But I wouldn't look at
it too far off, you know, think of it in totality,
you know, like the whole game of how we feature
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the guys, and that's.
Speaker 2 (17:50):
How we'll go about it.
Speaker 1 (17:51):
But we're certainly pleased with their development and how they're playing.
So I thought the third and sixteen catch for Jalen
and the you know, the long pass that went to
Luke was a big one, but there was a number
of plays for both of them that also showed up,
maybe not on the stat sheet, the block by Luke
and some other ones, you know, in terms of how
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we would go attack. You feel jailing speed, whether he's
at slot, whether he's returning. So you know, we're going
to continue to try to put them in their spaces
where they can they can do their thing.
Speaker 12 (18:25):
Andy, Hey, their coach, Good afternoon. That afternoon, I'm going
back to the linebacker group. I know last week after
Atlanta game, you got a few questions about Bobby Wagner
in the number of defensive snaps that he gets. From
your perspective, what is the importance of Bobby Wagner to
this defense on game day? I know we talked about
him a lot as a leader, but can you share,
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you know, what he brings on game day.
Speaker 1 (18:49):
Well, I think there's a the tackling presence. You know,
when you're playing linebacker, Candy, you're right in the middle
of it all and you're going to be involved in
as many plays you know that involved tackling, you know,
not just in the tackle box but outside of it.
And so I like that the instincts he has and
a little bit like playing quarterback, there's you know, alignment's
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adjustments to move somebody that you know, put somebody into
a different spot. There was time, yes, Sair, it was
going quickly that he always has the green light, Hey,
you make the call, you know where it's not waiting
you know, for Joe to go if they're going quickly.
And so as long as he knows the personnel, he's
got that kind of instincts, Candy, that he can take
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that on as well when the times are appropriate.
Speaker 12 (19:34):
And kind of maybe pulling on that threat a little
bit more. In terms of the decision making. We've often,
you know, talked about in the past about the collaborative
decision making when it comes to a preparation for the game.
But in game, can you give an example of what
that collaborative decision making looks like?
Speaker 1 (19:49):
Sure might be after a series when something comes up,
it we're all asked a player against this, look, let's
go to this, against this person, let's go to that.
And so as the game goes candy, then you hear
them start talking more watch for this, look for this player,
expect this route, and so so often in the beginning
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of the games you're gathering the information, and then during
the game you see the guys whether they're on the
sideline looking at the iPad, looking at formations. If you
and I were playing the same position, I would share
the same information to you and then you would do
it back to me when we're not in at the
same time. So that would be the best example of Hey,
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these are some things that come up.
Speaker 2 (20:34):
That's just what I saw. So they can pass it
on to the next person that sees it.
Speaker 5 (20:39):
Thank you, welcome, all right, thanks coach
Speaker 1 (20:42):
All right, thanks Charlie
All right, what's up everybody? I thought, we get rolling here.
I thought, sometimes I do talk about winning time moments
and the importance of that.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
It's the for us.
Speaker 1 (00:11):
I like defense will be the two minute, the half,
or at the end of the game the four minute drive.
But today I'd also like to talk really how one
play can set it off. And that was Kwan Martin
to me on the Force fumble and the Marshan fumble recovery.
Thought it energized our teams, and every once in a while,
I see a play and there it is. That's the
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one that's something that needed to take place, And sometimes
we can expect where it's gonna happen or who it's from,
but often it's even better when it's kind of the
perfect person to do that. I thought Kwan really led
all day with his play with his voice, and everyone
fed off of that. So it made a lot of
sense that he was the one.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
That I thought really set it off.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
We ended up scoring on that play after that fumble recovery.
I thought that was the one that was the play
that set it off for this game for our team,
the energy that it brought, and just thought I bring
that up oftentimes I talk so much about winning time moments,
and every once in a while there's just a play
that you know, sets off the direction of how the
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game's going to go for the entire team. And I
thought that was the play in this game. So glad
to open up to you guys and get started on
the day.
Speaker 3 (01:22):
Go ahead, con Hey, Dan, what kind of qualities jump
out to you when you're watching they'll run the ball,
just play.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
I think it's the change of directions. He's got very
good vision john inside, but he can really put his
foot in the ground and break tackles. There's an element
of vision and cuts. I can remember, even all the
way back through training camp. There it was there, it was,
There was another play, and I thought he excels really
on the inside plays where now he can see things quickly,
make a violent cut and then get north south. So
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that's what I see from him. I honestly, I love
this whole running back room. If I could just share
for a moment like this support, you know, and the
energy that came from Chris Rodriguez and Jeremy McNichol on
the sideline, like man, these.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
Guys back each other like crazy. It's a really cool
group and.
Speaker 4 (02:10):
Then what did you see it from Marshawn yesterday?
Speaker 1 (02:13):
Well, I thought, just you know, right from the beginning,
he was involved in the whole thing. I thought, technique
on point, going through the whole system, the fumble recovery.
This is a really talented passing offense with the trio
that they have and how they feature them, so we
knew we'd have our work cut out for them. But
I thought the defensive backs, in particular communication with the
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down with the linebackers, how they would go about it.
They worked hard on that this week against like I said,
a talented offense, and so you could tell they put
in the extra endo that space.
Speaker 5 (02:46):
All right, David Aldridge, Sorry about that.
Speaker 6 (02:51):
Dan.
Speaker 7 (02:53):
You had talked all during camp about the depth of
the defensive line, and I wonder what's happening that is
allowing them to kind of consistently be good against the
run and now start to generate some pressures and get
to the quarterback.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
Yeah, that's the key man, And I really think it
starts inside, David, with Doran and JK, their presence, their
ability to disrupt. Oftentimes you see the big guy that's
an anchor, and that's an effective thing. Where you can
stay and you know, sit on the double teams. But
these are also two guys that can move, and I
think their ability to create some havoc in the run game,
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to cross face of blocks, to get vertical, those are
things that you know, smaller players often you move with.
So to see some of the big guys, those two
in particular inside, I think that's been a real impact
for us in the run game. And yeah, we are
leaning in on other guys. I thought Newton, you know,
with somebody that's you know, like I see his arrow
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going up as well. So, but I think it starts
at the inside of it all.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
I really do.
Speaker 7 (03:56):
What did you see from Jordan yesterday?
Speaker 3 (03:58):
McGee?
Speaker 1 (03:59):
You know we've talked about him long as a special
teams player, but in this game we would see some
other plays where he would be playing, you know, in
some different packages. He just plays so square behind the
ball that that's where he's at his best. He can
see it, he can tackle, he can accelerate. Thought he
did a good job disrupting on the blitz. I think
he missed on his sacks. He was upset about that,
(04:20):
but it was really good to get him going. You
have heard me talk about him, and with Frankie and
Bobby here we haven't seen as much. So I thought
it was good design by Joe and the staff to
you know, have a package that you know, allowed him to,
you know, really make his impact film.
Speaker 8 (04:36):
Howard dan on Crossky Merritt, What did you and or
Cliff see that made you decide to feature him as
much as you did yesterday?
Speaker 1 (04:54):
I think as the gap schemes continue to have some success,
Howard inside, we leaned right into it, and I thought
he had a good week of practice leading into that,
and so because of that, we thought, you know, this
is some time for him to earn some more. So
I think Howard, it really came from just him improving
in the system and then having a great week to
(05:16):
go into it. But that's where it led into. It
wasn't as intentional as it sounds. But Anthony, I thought,
also did a good job saying, Okay, like this guy's
really going and even after the pumble, now he was
discouraged and disappointed and say, man, I'll get backward and
go fight for this thing again.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
I love the way he responded.
Speaker 8 (05:36):
And I wanted to ask.
Speaker 4 (05:38):
You about Luke McCaffrey and where would you say the
greatest area of growth you've seen from him in his
second year. And was there maybe a particular moment into
training gamb or in a practice or any game that
stuck out to you and kind of signaled, Okay, maybe
this is a guy who's in a different place than
(06:00):
was as a rugby.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (06:02):
And I thought, coming into it, I felt the experience
of the route running and all the technique that goes
with that.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
Howard first.
Speaker 1 (06:12):
Coming in from him, you know, with his background at quarterback,
almost seeing too much, but then he really got into
the details at receiver, at the technique, at the specific routes.
But there's one thing that separates some Howard, I think
that he has and he can feel it like it
is this competitive spirit. You know, in a game two
(06:33):
weeks ago, I saw him catch a touchdown pass and
then go down and cover a kick and being on
a tackle, and I think that speaks to like just
the competitor he is. So yesterday, you know, had a
kickoff or turn out to the forty. Bill had a
long run that I thought he had a fantastic block,
you know, towards the end on the sideline when he
came back out to the right and then we showed
that the team meeting onto the field post today. So
(06:56):
three different plays, one on teams, one of the blocking downfield,
and one on the pass and a lot of it.
It wasn't, uh, you know, designed you know, unusual or tricky, Howard.
It was just honestly just going out and like just competing.
And he really stands himself apart into that way, and
he's one of our most consistent guys in that department,
(07:17):
and it definitely keeps showing itself.
Speaker 5 (07:21):
Thank you, JP, hey Dan.
Speaker 3 (07:27):
Yesterday it seemed like Jaden was was really making an
effort to protect himself on some of those runs. You
saw the slide and giving himself up. How pleased were
you with him showing that maturity working his way back
from the injury.
Speaker 1 (07:42):
Yeah, we'd all talked about that. JP correct to say,
the only thing worse than being out is not, you know,
learning some of the lessons. You know, to say, when
is this play over, whether it was throwing the ball
away or you know, going down, I got the yards
and get down. And so I thought for me as
a coach, that was a good sign to know that
to super difficult thing to practice not going to hit
them in practice, and so these are the moments and
(08:04):
this is where we're going to grow and learn from.
And so when do I take my shot? When do
I say this play is over? But you're right, I
thought for him that was a good sign and a
good step in the right direction, knowing all right, I
can play the next down, I can play the next
down after that.
Speaker 3 (08:21):
And what's the level of optimism, especially with the extra
day here for Monday night with with Terry McLaurin getting
back for you guys.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
Yeah, we're optimistic, JP, and we'll have more information as
the week goes on to see where they're at with
he and Noah and Sam Cosm and a few other
guys that are you know, kind of trending in the
right way. We'll make sure we take all the right steps,
just like we do with all the guys. If they're
able to, you know, fully express how they play and
do the thing, then we're there and if not, we'll
(08:48):
have to keep waiting.
Speaker 2 (08:49):
But we won't decide yet.
Speaker 1 (08:51):
But with having an extra day, that never hurts JP
going into it. But as we get you a few
more days from now, I think I'll have a better
sense for if it's able to be done and what
it looks like and how they're responding to it.
Speaker 9 (09:03):
Thank you, Scott, Hey Dan with Bill, he had sixteen
touches on twenty eight snaps yesterday and obviously he produced
a tremendous amount going forward. Is this the situation maybe
like to utilize them even more.
Speaker 1 (09:20):
We'll keep digging in Scott as we're going to go.
I think there's a lot that he can get better.
He's going to continue to work. That's the fun part
for some of these young players that you just keep
going like this, and even unlike the mistakes like a fumble,
you say, all right, how are you going to grow?
You know, how are you going to learn from this?
And so we do anticipate him growing and even getting
better as it goes. But he's got great support. I
(09:42):
like how the line play the tight ends, like in
that spot, there's some real run action that's taking place.
He's got great support here from Anthony in the other back.
So we're just going to keep developing Scott. I'm not
putting a limit or a play count on it. We're
just gonna work our ass off to help him become
the best player he can and that doesn't happen in
one week. But as we keep working and we keep working,
(10:06):
like we're just not backing off on that, and we
think there's a lot you know of upside and a
high ceiling for him and Dan.
Speaker 9 (10:13):
I think you mentioned it after the game. I know
it was one game, but that looked like Commander football yesterday,
and you mentioned it was that almost like a wake
up call to the rest of the team, like this
is how we play, this is this is what it's
supposed to look like going forward.
Speaker 1 (10:27):
We want that to look like that all the time,
and sometimes like yesterday, I took that play of Kwan.
He was the one that set it off yesterday, Scott.
But there is an attitude and the speed that we
want to play with. Doesn't mean we're always gonna, you know,
play it perfectly or play it just right, but there's
an intensity about how we play and when we're at
our best, there's also like there's a joy that goes
(10:48):
with it. I think I saw that with Jayden as well.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
You know, Harry's.
Speaker 1 (10:50):
Smiling as he's going through it battling, but like also
this is a crew that they they're connected, man, and
so to see these guys want to fight for one
another and get it right. That's a really important piece.
So we'll ever work cut out for us. But you're
leaning into the right things about our attitude, our effort,
the way we play, and when we're that connected, we're
(11:12):
a problem and we're going to continue to work hard
at that and really protect that.
Speaker 5 (11:17):
Liamhi Coa's curious what you've seen from the offensive line
group over the past couple of weeks.
Speaker 1 (11:24):
Yeah, I thought coming in, we knew if the run
game can improve, there'd be some good run action plays
that would come off of it.
Speaker 2 (11:31):
Liam.
Speaker 1 (11:31):
That's the byproduct of getting some good run plays into it.
I like that we're athletic enough that any of the
guys can pull. You've seen all of them get on
the edge, including Byatitch, you know, who got outside and
got a piece of the defensive end on Crosskey Merrit's
touchdown run towards the end of the half. And so
having those guys who can get out in space and
(11:53):
make blocks that's a difficult thing, but when you do,
explosive plays can then happen because now you're out in space,
you get one block the runner who can get into
that spot for us, it's not just the line. We
think of it as all eleven. It's the quarterback carrying
out the fake. It's you know, debo on a bubble
that's not thrown. But because we do, the defender has
(12:14):
to go. So as much as we can Liam, it's
it's about the space and can guys play full speed
and haul and ass so we can attack the field
this way horizontally and vertically, and when you can do that,
it can make it tough. And so that's how we play,
and the more that we can do of that, the better.
Speaker 5 (12:33):
That leans right into the next question, which is how
does having Jaden back help that run game be more
multi dimensional?
Speaker 1 (12:39):
I think because of the facts it's all eleven and
we pretty much have the same process with Marcus as well.
But it does make you defend the eleventh player. It's
not just a handoff where you know, a middlefield player
or somebody else can now go into. So carrying out
the fakes and staying alive into that spot.
Speaker 2 (12:57):
We also have some like some.
Speaker 1 (12:59):
Throws that come off of our runs, the RPOs that
go with it. So we're just going to stay in
this attacking mode Lium and try to put as much
pressure on a defense as we can, but the quarterback
in the run game is still a big part of that,
even if he's just carrying out a fake, knowing that
there is a pull element that could happen on some plays.
So we'll stay consistent with that.
Speaker 8 (13:20):
Thank you, Donna.
Speaker 10 (13:24):
Hey, coach, Hi don, did you see yesterday the defense
shift into another gear as far as better technique, tackling,
and the trust even more of each other.
Speaker 1 (13:37):
I think probably the last one. I think that came
from communication. I heard it in practice during the week,
extra emphasis onto that. We even did some different things,
I you know, as opposed to like using crowd noise,
I did it just the opposite.
Speaker 2 (13:50):
So when they came to.
Speaker 1 (13:51):
The line of scrimmage, there was no sound, so I
wanted to hear them communicate verbally nonverbally to make sure
they could talk ahead of the call. And so I
thought that was a good sign to see that carry over,
donad from practice into the game. And as coaches, you've
heard the ones. You get what you emphasized, and so
we were emphasizing that hard and that's what I saw
going into it.
Speaker 6 (14:12):
And Deebo talked a little bit about Mikey. He said that,
Mikey said last week, I think I'm going to get
a pick, and he actually did get the pick. Did
they work on any technique things, as far as I know,
you said that you wanted to see more turnovers last week.
Did they practice a little bit more on certain things
in getting turnovers?
Speaker 1 (14:34):
We certainly practiced a lot, But what did happen in practice?
There were more chances at the ball, and I saw
them being more aggressive toward that Thursday and Friday and
both of those to go. And so it doesn't surprise
me that Mike was right in the middle of it.
Thought he had his best tackling game. He had one
on kickoff. He fit in the run well, but he's
(14:56):
got great hands and so for him, it wasn't the overtrying.
It's being the right spot and you can make all
the plays. And I thought that was a good example
of that in the red zone where he sat, he waited,
Johnny got a good tip on it, but he had
vision on the QB, so he wasn't guessing to go
right or left. He really just nailed it. And I
thought that was a real one, you know, big deal
(15:16):
in the game, because that led into what turned out
to be a four minute drive at the end, and
that's the complimentary football donna that we're looking for. When
a turnover takes place, can we go capitalize off it?
Speaker 11 (15:27):
Thanks many, obviously, when you guys acquired Debo, you have
high expectations, and he's had a very good career. But
he's looking at the numbers. He's gonna be easily if
he stays out the easily passing what he's done in
the past. How what does anything surprise you so far?
(15:49):
How is he doing this at this rate when at
times he's the only receive rotherfield that the other team
probably really has to worry about.
Speaker 1 (15:57):
Well, I guess I would disagree with you on that,
but I would say that he is one of our
league's best competitors and maybe the byproduct of him moving
around so much in training camp. He was outside, he
was inside, he played different spots. I think that training
added to him, Ben, because now he's comfortable at all
(16:19):
the spots, and he's also in a different system. You know,
it was at San Francisco and the way they featured
him was excellent there and showed all the plays. And
so anytime a guy goes to a new spot, there's
new wrinkles and things that would happen. It would have
been the same if he had been coming from DC
to San Francisco, and so that's normal, and so finding
(16:39):
different things that players can do, it's a big piece
of it. But one thing I know, like there's a
competitive edge to him and it just reveals itself on
game day. It is so much fun to see. And
so I love the energy and the toughness that he
brings to the team. And yeah, we're gonna try to
put him in as many spots as we can to
make his impact, and he's always down for that.
Speaker 11 (17:04):
With regards to some of the younger receivers, like we
see a running back rasking today why did Bill get
more work this week than maybe he had? And you
see the value of the chairman McNichols all the things
he can do as the young guy is learning. Is
that the same thing that's happening to some degree with
Luke and Jalen Lane, Whereas like they're playing fewer snaps
than Chris Moore or what is it about where they're
at that they may just haven't gotten that full blown
(17:27):
work yet.
Speaker 1 (17:28):
Well, I'll say some of it's a little bit different
of how we feature him. Their roles on special teams
as well, you know, make an impact. Both of them
are our starting returners, so we won't use them on
every snap bend, but we're gonna certainly try to feature
him as best we can. But I wouldn't look at
it too far off, you know, think of it in totality,
you know, like the whole game of how we feature
(17:48):
the guys, and that's.
Speaker 2 (17:50):
How we'll go about it.
Speaker 1 (17:51):
But we're certainly pleased with their development and how they're playing.
So I thought the third and sixteen catch for Jalen
and the you know, the long pass that went to
Luke was a big one, but there was a number
of plays for both of them that also showed up,
maybe not on the stat sheet, the block by Luke
and some other ones, you know, in terms of how
(18:13):
we would go attack. You feel jailing speed, whether he's
at slot, whether he's returning. So you know, we're going
to continue to try to put them in their spaces
where they can they can do their thing.
Speaker 12 (18:25):
Andy, Hey, their coach, Good afternoon. That afternoon, I'm going
back to the linebacker group. I know last week after
Atlanta game, you got a few questions about Bobby Wagner
in the number of defensive snaps that he gets. From
your perspective, what is the importance of Bobby Wagner to
this defense on game day? I know we talked about
him a lot as a leader, but can you share,
(18:47):
you know, what he brings on game day.
Speaker 1 (18:49):
Well, I think there's a the tackling presence. You know,
when you're playing linebacker, Candy, you're right in the middle
of it all and you're going to be involved in
as many plays you know that involved tackling, you know,
not just in the tackle box but outside of it.
And so I like that the instincts he has and
a little bit like playing quarterback, there's you know, alignment's
(19:10):
adjustments to move somebody that you know, put somebody into
a different spot. There was time, yes, Sair, it was
going quickly that he always has the green light, Hey,
you make the call, you know where it's not waiting
you know, for Joe to go if they're going quickly.
And so as long as he knows the personnel, he's
got that kind of instincts, Candy, that he can take
(19:31):
that on as well when the times are appropriate.
Speaker 12 (19:34):
And kind of maybe pulling on that threat a little
bit more. In terms of the decision making. We've often,
you know, talked about in the past about the collaborative
decision making when it comes to a preparation for the game.
But in game, can you give an example of what
that collaborative decision making looks like?
Speaker 1 (19:49):
Sure might be after a series when something comes up,
it we're all asked a player against this, look, let's
go to this, against this person, let's go to that.
And so as the game goes candy, then you hear
them start talking more watch for this, look for this player,
expect this route, and so so often in the beginning
(20:12):
of the games you're gathering the information, and then during
the game you see the guys whether they're on the
sideline looking at the iPad, looking at formations. If you
and I were playing the same position, I would share
the same information to you and then you would do
it back to me when we're not in at the
same time. So that would be the best example of Hey,
(20:33):
these are some things that come up.
Speaker 2 (20:34):
That's just what I saw. So they can pass it
on to the next person that sees it.
Speaker 5 (20:39):
Thank you, welcome, all right, thanks coach
Speaker 1 (20:42):
All right, thanks Charlie
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