September 9, 2025 • 17 mins
HC Dan Quinn speaks to the media after today's practice.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
All right, let's get uh, let's get rocking on everybody.
I visit with the staff this morning. We're talking about
September football, and really my message for them was how
we play. The play style and the attitude is as
important as what we call it really is. As we're
getting wrong. So I'm watching our how. I want to
feel that identity. Things like the ball and our turnover margin,
(00:23):
our tackling, our breaking tackles, they're running, the hitting, the physicality,
and then us in the winning time moments. That's all
that makes up our how. So uh, we continue to
need to build that and grow that. All those things
you know are part of our identity and those are
things that I want to see grow and build as
we're going. And that factors in all sorts of things,
(00:45):
discipline with penalties and all of that. So it's our
how and we're gonna keep digging in that as hard
as we can. And I'm pumped to get rocking with
you guys. So let's let's get it wrong.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
Hey, Dan, as a defensive guy, when you look at
your offense, what makes it hard to defend the in
the run game?
Speaker 1 (01:01):
I would say two things. There's the movements, that's one,
and then the runs and the play passes that can
look alike a pull with a pass a pull you know,
on the ones that look the same, because when you
really start running, then you better get downhill as a
backer or a safety to get into the right fit.
And then here comes a play pass that rips with it.
(01:23):
That's to me where you know the challenges are and
then the motions that go with it, and so do
you see that causing a lot of confusion for a
defense generally that's the hardest part, you know, and where
some of the big plays live in the passing game
aren't on all drop back plays. So many of them
are on a play pass that allowed a defensive player
to step up you throw them behind them. And so
(01:44):
those are ones that you see sometimes from like a
Noah Brown, you know, where it's a hard run action
and that's part of what you know, some of the
things that he does, so you know, significantly for us
down the field throws.
Speaker 3 (01:55):
You guys listened Jayden as a on Andrew report with
a wrist, but he was full in the estimation. Just
what's the level of concern there?
Speaker 1 (02:03):
We have no level just trying to you know, keep
it policies and transparency as clear as we can, but
zero concerns.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
And then John Bates. I feel like I've asked to
a lot of people this, but what makes him such
a good blocker? And where have you seen him develop
as a pass cutcher too?
Speaker 1 (02:18):
Yeah, and so we're talking about kind of the run
and play pass. I think that's where John has developed
up at the top of the routes. He's always been
an aggressive blocker. He's got great size, snicky, but he
can lower his pads so for as tall as he is,
he can still get down low and get under people.
So he's got great strength in that way. And then
in the passing game on early downs is where John
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can can be that factor. He's got good hands, He's
got good range to go up because he is so long.
If a defender's guard you on one side, you can
throw away from him. And so man were he is
commander through and through like he is you know, absolutely
one of your favorite players to coach too. He just
that he.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
Brings it, Hi, coach, Is there a benefit to having
this Thursday game in this short week and week two
as opposed to later in the season.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
Yeah, I think that's a fair question. Then there is
because you have a little bit more time on the
preparation side for both the coaching staffs. So I don't
know if there's an advantage, but there is more time
you can think a little more clearly, you know, during
that early week in between you know, the opening game
in this game. But it's the same for both.
Speaker 4 (03:25):
Hey, coach, could you talk a little bit about the
Packers defense and the offensive line of the Commanders facing
that defense?
Speaker 1 (03:32):
Sure? The thing that you know, I was super impressed
with was the speed of their defense, you know, and
when you watch through the drafts okay, linebacker yes, linebacker yes,
and adding safeties you know, Gary on the outside, adding
Miket to that. So it was the speed donov kind
of you know, the D line, the linebackers through the
safeties like that battery inside. And when you had that
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kind of speed on defense, that also can lead into
some takeaways. You know, the ball pops up, you feel
the guys go. So that type of speed is certainly
something that has impressed me so far with them.
Speaker 4 (04:09):
And I think I have an in reverse question that
Donna just said. So the Green Bay Packers offensive line, Yes,
when you took a look at. I know it's just
you know, week two, but what have you seen in
that line?
Speaker 1 (04:22):
Yeah, for a while, I really think Matt has staff.
They play excellent as a unit. Now they added through
free agency in the draft, et cetera. But most good
offensive lines you can see the continuity. You can see
them playing together. And I definitely feel that, you know,
from Green Bay, they have a system and a style
and a way that they play and they really stay
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true to that. So the proof is, you know, in
the results of what they've done in the run game,
and then when you added Jacobs into it, this is
a tough guy and he's able to make big plays,
able to score touchdowns down the red zone. So in
their run game, yeah, that's for sure one of the
key points in this game.
Speaker 5 (05:01):
Speaking of the injury report, Tressway, what's your sense of
his status this week?
Speaker 1 (05:05):
Yeah, I'd say similar to Jayden, I'm feeling good. He's
you know, improving, and he'll get some kicks in tomorrow
and then you know, get him ready to play.
Speaker 5 (05:13):
And the tackling seemed to be really good in this
first game. It's you guys don't get to practice it
in the traditional way. Throughout the summer opposite, this is
what these guys do. But on the other hand, like
I guess, how do you get make sure that these
guys are going to be ready to do this thing
that they don't actually get to do most of the
summer leading up to this.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
Yeah, you're right, Ben, and that's why I like the
September football. I wanted to make sure the how is right,
you know, the physicality, the running, the hitting, So you'll
have to drill it as best you can. Not all
tackles are exactly the same. There's ones that we call
profile where I'm squared up on you, you're squared up
on me. In the padded practices, we do thud those up.
I see you, you see me. We try to, you know,
(05:53):
get some contact on that. Then there's one that's called
a two man tackle. You have a leverage, I have
a leverage, so we're trying to sprint to that spot
and so so much of tackling is about leverage. There's
somebody on another side, so you don't want to be
straight down the middle where a guy can have a
two way go. So owning your leverage, running your feet
on contact, you can drill some of that, but there's
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no drill you know that would simulate a two hundred
and twenty pounds back running his feet on contact, and
so that's harder and you do need the live reps
at that. And so that's why I want the play style,
the attitude to continue to build and I sense that
that you know, that is what you want to have.
You don't want like a okay, we're plateauing. You want
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it to keep improving. But it's a challenge.
Speaker 6 (06:41):
You would know Micah better than most opposing offenses kind
of geared towards him. You saw it in Dallas that
that didn't always work.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
How do you combat a guy?
Speaker 6 (06:54):
Is it inevitable that he's going to make those plays
in that backfield?
Speaker 1 (06:58):
Are you asking what would I do if I s yeah,
I'd sit him this week?
Speaker 6 (07:06):
How would you? I mean, is it inevitable for him?
He's going to make some plays? And what makes him so?
Speaker 1 (07:12):
Like Micas and other great players, you want to you know,
know where they are to how to go play. And
if you have a vulnerability in a spot, you want
to make sure it's you can fortify that to a strength,
so you don't just you know, leave it to chance.
And see what happens. You want to make sure there's
a plan to go into it. And so for teams
like Green Bay, they've got a number of good players
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and that makes it also more challenging when this one
and this one and that one over there. So when
there's just one player to stop and say, okay, this
is what we want to do, that's easier than when
there's multiple people in different locations. So in my experience,
the best of the best teams have had a number
of players that were high level hitters. And now this
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one gets too much attention. You leave this one open,
you know he's gonna he's gonna the three and make
you pay. And so you want to have you know,
enough balance and how you do things to make sure
that one player you know, doesn't get too much attention,
but also enough that they don't wreck the game.
Speaker 6 (08:11):
Jayden, after a week one at the watching tape, what
did you think?
Speaker 1 (08:16):
I thought? Overall, offensively, there were some plays man like
just close chick, and those are the ones that you
don't get second chances in our game. But it shows
that we need the timing, we need the execution, and
that kind of speaks to September football a little bit.
I want to make sure the how is right. And
I loved his aggressiveness. You know that the ops were there.
(08:38):
We didn't hit them all. You know, we missed one
to Terry, missed one to Debo. But I also know
that it's all of us doing it, you know. So
one thing I've learned through him, this is as competitive
adude as you can get. And so I miss here
or a miss there that generally doesn't stay a miss
here or a miss there.
Speaker 2 (08:58):
The Packers have had the youngest roster the league, like
three years in a row or something, and obviously you
guys have taken a different approach with more veterans. When
you talk about building identity and culture, how important have
those guys been? And then specific to a short week,
how important is it to have veteran guys who've kind
of been through this before.
Speaker 1 (09:14):
Yeah, it's a good question. The building a team. It's
there's not one size to fit all, for sure, but
having excellent veteran players that really have high standards for
how they operate, behave perform practice, of course, that helps
you know, like you're trying to, you know, put things
in place to say this is the professional way that
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we want and so it doesn't look the other way
when something didn't go well. So that happens and that
helps for sure. As far as in the games for
this week, having been through a Thursday game, a routine,
what works best, how much do you need? What's the
right amount? The feedback from them can be very helpful.
Most teams don't have entirely new game plans. You know,
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on Thursday, it happens quick, So what can carry over?
What would do we just cover in training camp just
to you know, a few weeks ago. And that also
helps the veteran player. They'll recall the quickness in the system.
Your first year in the system. I would say it's
a little harder on the short weeks because you don't
have a volume, you don't have a library, you don't
have reps that you've banked together. And then as you
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gain more experience, I would say the people that have
played some together, that's if there was an advantage. I'd
say that's where it leans towards Den.
Speaker 7 (10:29):
What went into the decision with c Rod to keep
him down that week and is that likely to be
repeated each game?
Speaker 1 (10:36):
It would be a little bit different. Chris has really
you know, hit good marks. We've kind of just felt
the room was really strong. You know, this past week
we had six receivers up and set of five, and
so you know what's required for the game, and so
that's kind of it's running back, it's tight end, it's
the end, it's receiver like those are the ones that
(10:57):
are a little fluid. And but Chris has really hit
the marks and on special teams as well.
Speaker 7 (11:04):
And you mentioned turnover margin. You didn't turn the ball over,
but you didn't create any either, and that was a
thing last year a bit. How you know, you got
sixteen more games to create a bunch. How important is that?
Speaker 1 (11:14):
It's so important? And I thought we'd had a chance
on the one that Kwan had. We had a foul
on the play Boy. That's a good one to get.
There was one on the ground on one of the
Russes scramble down by the one yard line. We didn't
get that one. So I like that we're thinking about it.
I like that we're attacking it. I thought Beloor had
a shot on the hit on the punt. You know,
the guy did a fantastic job Gunner did on the
(11:37):
punk catching me that Nick was I don't know what
the Miles prower was, but it was a lot, you know,
going right at him. So pretty impressive play as the returner.
But it's we just know it controls winning the ball
does and I think it's not don't quote me on
it exactly, but I think in Week one, if teams
won the ball, they were eight or nine and one.
You have to look, but it's that high and so
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the only way to get in the plus is to
do it. Now. That's not sloppy tackling, you know, taking
a shot at a ball when it's you know you're
going to enter into the tackle. But it is having
a mindfulness and aware, you know, to say, all right,
I'm gonna guys already on the way down, I'm gonna
take a punch, you know, I catch the you know
the ball that was up in the air that was
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you know, fifty to fifty. Those are ones that are
that are really big.
Speaker 8 (12:24):
Dan with Bill Krosky merrit this is a player that
was a zero star recruit coming out of high school,
bounced around on college ball, seventh round pick, and it
seems like this fan base is really gravitated toward that
maybe underdog mentality curious as his head coach, how have
you maybe seen that underdog mentality that Bill might have
show up in the locker room, show up in the
film room, show up on the field.
Speaker 1 (12:45):
Yeah, I would maybe not call it the underdog, but
just this guy is a true competitor and it wants
to prove. And that's not a lot different than Josh
Connery as Trey Amos. They these young players who are here, man,
I want to show you can count on me. I
belong like they want in and so I like that
hungry mindset. But he wouldn't be here if he didn't
(13:08):
have the talent. And so if I was in Montgomery,
I would certainly give him a lot of stars coming out,
you know. So that happens sometimes, you know, why did
this guy get picked late? And they do well in
the NFL, And sometimes you just need the right space
at the right spot. And we've got a lot of
belief in him, and I certainly hope he feels that.
But he's earned that. You know, that's not something that
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we just throw around to make a guy feel better.
Like you've got to show it and then you know,
for us, then it's our job to develop it and
pull it out of him. But this is a guy
that's hungry and wants to show he can keep developing
and keep improving. And I would expect he's going to
be hitting his stride, you know, weeks from now, you know,
with more development, more time, more looks, you know, like
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that experience counts and having guys like Austin and j
Mack and Chris right side by side with him, that's
a big deal. You could see Andrew Wiley communicating with
Josh Connolly after every series and you'd think that's as
good as a teammate as you can get. You know,
he wasn't in the game, but going through the looks,
going through the plays, and so the locker room has
(14:12):
been created by men like that that really, you know,
stand for one another and know if a guy like
Bill puts out like they're gonna back him, and if
they don't, they would get on them. And fortunately for Bill,
he's one that's hungry and wants to get it right.
Speaker 8 (14:28):
You have a healthy Marshan Latimore. Now, curious what you've
seen from that first game against the Giants versus last year,
what you saw at Marshaan, Any differences with this play, just.
Speaker 1 (14:39):
The health man. He threw a absolute hell of a
training camp and communication, the technique, the skill work. He
just hit all the markers that you hope a player
is going to hit, you know, along the way to
get himself ready. So I thought going in the plan
was right. He was right, and I'm excited about where
he can take it.
Speaker 9 (15:00):
Coach short week, facing a tough opponent on the road,
how does facing all of those challenges this early in
the season, how does that help prepare this team for
the ultimate journey?
Speaker 1 (15:10):
Yeah, I think we were talking earlier that you know
it is having it early that that's okay. You know,
going on the road, like most games, you got to
deal with the crowd. You know, that's something that you know,
we work on here a lot, but we got a
lot left in the tank. You know, had a tough
division game just like they did, and you know they
got to deal with us too. So it's tough match
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up both sides, exactly the type of environment that you
want to play, like Matt and their guys, staff like
well coached team, talented guys. So it's the exact type
of matchup that you really want to be in. And
so yeah, we're really pumped to get rolling with them too. Coach,
good afternoon.
Speaker 10 (15:49):
You talked about contingency plans in the past. When you're
going up against any opponent really and your strength on
one side of the ball is matching their strength on
the opposite side of the ball, do you plan in
kind of a benchmark or a waypoint maybe to say,
maybe their strength is overpowering are so let's shift gears
or do you just kind of is it more of
an art you do.
Speaker 1 (16:06):
Have to in game things could change how the game
unfolds when team's ahead, you know, so where does that
lie into how does that factor? Very rarely does it
just play out all the way like you think it's
going to think early on in my coaching career, because
you go through the game plan, this is what they do.
Analytics said they do this on third down. Then okay,
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they didn't do that. So having the ability to adjust,
that's to me where the contingency comes in. You wanted
to go this way, they're trying to take away that player,
they're trying to overload to a side, they're trying to
attack something. It's okay, now you have to shift. So
there's some counter punching that goes on in the game
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and you don't wait for halftime. You know, you hear
about the adjustments, but man, you better start countering well
before that or you could be looking at a deficit.
You know that's hard to overcome. So you want to
dig in, be ready, not chase go hosts. They have
to show that this is demonstrating and happening before you,
you know, go too far one way or another. All Right,
(17:08):
see you guys.
All right, let's get uh, let's get rocking on everybody.
I visit with the staff this morning. We're talking about
September football, and really my message for them was how
we play. The play style and the attitude is as
important as what we call it really is. As we're
getting wrong. So I'm watching our how. I want to
feel that identity. Things like the ball and our turnover margin,
(00:23):
our tackling, our breaking tackles, they're running, the hitting, the physicality,
and then us in the winning time moments. That's all
that makes up our how. So uh, we continue to
need to build that and grow that. All those things
you know are part of our identity and those are
things that I want to see grow and build as
we're going. And that factors in all sorts of things,
(00:45):
discipline with penalties and all of that. So it's our
how and we're gonna keep digging in that as hard
as we can. And I'm pumped to get rocking with
you guys. So let's let's get it wrong.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
Hey, Dan, as a defensive guy, when you look at
your offense, what makes it hard to defend the in
the run game?
Speaker 1 (01:01):
I would say two things. There's the movements, that's one,
and then the runs and the play passes that can
look alike a pull with a pass a pull you know,
on the ones that look the same, because when you
really start running, then you better get downhill as a
backer or a safety to get into the right fit.
And then here comes a play pass that rips with it.
(01:23):
That's to me where you know the challenges are and
then the motions that go with it, and so do
you see that causing a lot of confusion for a
defense generally that's the hardest part, you know, and where
some of the big plays live in the passing game
aren't on all drop back plays. So many of them
are on a play pass that allowed a defensive player
to step up you throw them behind them. And so
(01:44):
those are ones that you see sometimes from like a
Noah Brown, you know, where it's a hard run action
and that's part of what you know, some of the
things that he does, so you know, significantly for us
down the field throws.
Speaker 3 (01:55):
You guys listened Jayden as a on Andrew report with
a wrist, but he was full in the estimation. Just
what's the level of concern there?
Speaker 1 (02:03):
We have no level just trying to you know, keep
it policies and transparency as clear as we can, but
zero concerns.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
And then John Bates. I feel like I've asked to
a lot of people this, but what makes him such
a good blocker? And where have you seen him develop
as a pass cutcher too?
Speaker 1 (02:18):
Yeah, and so we're talking about kind of the run
and play pass. I think that's where John has developed
up at the top of the routes. He's always been
an aggressive blocker. He's got great size, snicky, but he
can lower his pads so for as tall as he is,
he can still get down low and get under people.
So he's got great strength in that way. And then
in the passing game on early downs is where John
(02:39):
can can be that factor. He's got good hands, He's
got good range to go up because he is so long.
If a defender's guard you on one side, you can
throw away from him. And so man were he is
commander through and through like he is you know, absolutely
one of your favorite players to coach too. He just
that he.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
Brings it, Hi, coach, Is there a benefit to having
this Thursday game in this short week and week two
as opposed to later in the season.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
Yeah, I think that's a fair question. Then there is
because you have a little bit more time on the
preparation side for both the coaching staffs. So I don't
know if there's an advantage, but there is more time
you can think a little more clearly, you know, during
that early week in between you know, the opening game
in this game. But it's the same for both.
Speaker 4 (03:25):
Hey, coach, could you talk a little bit about the
Packers defense and the offensive line of the Commanders facing
that defense?
Speaker 1 (03:32):
Sure? The thing that you know, I was super impressed
with was the speed of their defense, you know, and
when you watch through the drafts okay, linebacker yes, linebacker yes,
and adding safeties you know, Gary on the outside, adding
Miket to that. So it was the speed donov kind
of you know, the D line, the linebackers through the
safeties like that battery inside. And when you had that
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kind of speed on defense, that also can lead into
some takeaways. You know, the ball pops up, you feel
the guys go. So that type of speed is certainly
something that has impressed me so far with them.
Speaker 4 (04:09):
And I think I have an in reverse question that
Donna just said. So the Green Bay Packers offensive line, Yes,
when you took a look at. I know it's just
you know, week two, but what have you seen in
that line?
Speaker 1 (04:22):
Yeah, for a while, I really think Matt has staff.
They play excellent as a unit. Now they added through
free agency in the draft, et cetera. But most good
offensive lines you can see the continuity. You can see
them playing together. And I definitely feel that, you know,
from Green Bay, they have a system and a style
and a way that they play and they really stay
(04:42):
true to that. So the proof is, you know, in
the results of what they've done in the run game,
and then when you added Jacobs into it, this is
a tough guy and he's able to make big plays,
able to score touchdowns down the red zone. So in
their run game, yeah, that's for sure one of the
key points in this game.
Speaker 5 (05:01):
Speaking of the injury report, Tressway, what's your sense of
his status this week?
Speaker 1 (05:05):
Yeah, I'd say similar to Jayden, I'm feeling good. He's
you know, improving, and he'll get some kicks in tomorrow
and then you know, get him ready to play.
Speaker 5 (05:13):
And the tackling seemed to be really good in this
first game. It's you guys don't get to practice it
in the traditional way. Throughout the summer opposite, this is
what these guys do. But on the other hand, like
I guess, how do you get make sure that these
guys are going to be ready to do this thing
that they don't actually get to do most of the
summer leading up to this.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
Yeah, you're right, Ben, and that's why I like the
September football. I wanted to make sure the how is right,
you know, the physicality, the running, the hitting, So you'll
have to drill it as best you can. Not all
tackles are exactly the same. There's ones that we call
profile where I'm squared up on you, you're squared up
on me. In the padded practices, we do thud those up.
I see you, you see me. We try to, you know,
(05:53):
get some contact on that. Then there's one that's called
a two man tackle. You have a leverage, I have
a leverage, so we're trying to sprint to that spot
and so so much of tackling is about leverage. There's
somebody on another side, so you don't want to be
straight down the middle where a guy can have a
two way go. So owning your leverage, running your feet
on contact, you can drill some of that, but there's
(06:15):
no drill you know that would simulate a two hundred
and twenty pounds back running his feet on contact, and
so that's harder and you do need the live reps
at that. And so that's why I want the play style,
the attitude to continue to build and I sense that
that you know, that is what you want to have.
You don't want like a okay, we're plateauing. You want
(06:36):
it to keep improving. But it's a challenge.
Speaker 6 (06:41):
You would know Micah better than most opposing offenses kind
of geared towards him. You saw it in Dallas that
that didn't always work.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
How do you combat a guy?
Speaker 6 (06:54):
Is it inevitable that he's going to make those plays
in that backfield?
Speaker 1 (06:58):
Are you asking what would I do if I s yeah,
I'd sit him this week?
Speaker 6 (07:06):
How would you? I mean, is it inevitable for him?
He's going to make some plays? And what makes him so?
Speaker 1 (07:12):
Like Micas and other great players, you want to you know,
know where they are to how to go play. And
if you have a vulnerability in a spot, you want
to make sure it's you can fortify that to a strength,
so you don't just you know, leave it to chance.
And see what happens. You want to make sure there's
a plan to go into it. And so for teams
like Green Bay, they've got a number of good players
(07:34):
and that makes it also more challenging when this one
and this one and that one over there. So when
there's just one player to stop and say, okay, this
is what we want to do, that's easier than when
there's multiple people in different locations. So in my experience,
the best of the best teams have had a number
of players that were high level hitters. And now this
(07:55):
one gets too much attention. You leave this one open,
you know he's gonna he's gonna the three and make
you pay. And so you want to have you know,
enough balance and how you do things to make sure
that one player you know, doesn't get too much attention,
but also enough that they don't wreck the game.
Speaker 6 (08:11):
Jayden, after a week one at the watching tape, what
did you think?
Speaker 1 (08:16):
I thought? Overall, offensively, there were some plays man like
just close chick, and those are the ones that you
don't get second chances in our game. But it shows
that we need the timing, we need the execution, and
that kind of speaks to September football a little bit.
I want to make sure the how is right. And
I loved his aggressiveness. You know that the ops were there.
(08:38):
We didn't hit them all. You know, we missed one
to Terry, missed one to Debo. But I also know
that it's all of us doing it, you know. So
one thing I've learned through him, this is as competitive
adude as you can get. And so I miss here
or a miss there that generally doesn't stay a miss
here or a miss there.
Speaker 2 (08:58):
The Packers have had the youngest roster the league, like
three years in a row or something, and obviously you
guys have taken a different approach with more veterans. When
you talk about building identity and culture, how important have
those guys been? And then specific to a short week,
how important is it to have veteran guys who've kind
of been through this before.
Speaker 1 (09:14):
Yeah, it's a good question. The building a team. It's
there's not one size to fit all, for sure, but
having excellent veteran players that really have high standards for
how they operate, behave perform practice, of course, that helps
you know, like you're trying to, you know, put things
in place to say this is the professional way that
(09:34):
we want and so it doesn't look the other way
when something didn't go well. So that happens and that
helps for sure. As far as in the games for
this week, having been through a Thursday game, a routine,
what works best, how much do you need? What's the
right amount? The feedback from them can be very helpful.
Most teams don't have entirely new game plans. You know,
(09:58):
on Thursday, it happens quick, So what can carry over?
What would do we just cover in training camp just
to you know, a few weeks ago. And that also
helps the veteran player. They'll recall the quickness in the system.
Your first year in the system. I would say it's
a little harder on the short weeks because you don't
have a volume, you don't have a library, you don't
have reps that you've banked together. And then as you
(10:21):
gain more experience, I would say the people that have
played some together, that's if there was an advantage. I'd
say that's where it leans towards Den.
Speaker 7 (10:29):
What went into the decision with c Rod to keep
him down that week and is that likely to be
repeated each game?
Speaker 1 (10:36):
It would be a little bit different. Chris has really
you know, hit good marks. We've kind of just felt
the room was really strong. You know, this past week
we had six receivers up and set of five, and
so you know what's required for the game, and so
that's kind of it's running back, it's tight end, it's
the end, it's receiver like those are the ones that
(10:57):
are a little fluid. And but Chris has really hit
the marks and on special teams as well.
Speaker 7 (11:04):
And you mentioned turnover margin. You didn't turn the ball over,
but you didn't create any either, and that was a
thing last year a bit. How you know, you got
sixteen more games to create a bunch. How important is that?
Speaker 1 (11:14):
It's so important? And I thought we'd had a chance
on the one that Kwan had. We had a foul
on the play Boy. That's a good one to get.
There was one on the ground on one of the
Russes scramble down by the one yard line. We didn't
get that one. So I like that we're thinking about it.
I like that we're attacking it. I thought Beloor had
a shot on the hit on the punt. You know,
the guy did a fantastic job Gunner did on the
(11:37):
punk catching me that Nick was I don't know what
the Miles prower was, but it was a lot, you know,
going right at him. So pretty impressive play as the returner.
But it's we just know it controls winning the ball
does and I think it's not don't quote me on
it exactly, but I think in Week one, if teams
won the ball, they were eight or nine and one.
You have to look, but it's that high and so
(11:59):
the only way to get in the plus is to
do it. Now. That's not sloppy tackling, you know, taking
a shot at a ball when it's you know you're
going to enter into the tackle. But it is having
a mindfulness and aware, you know, to say, all right,
I'm gonna guys already on the way down, I'm gonna
take a punch, you know, I catch the you know
the ball that was up in the air that was
(12:20):
you know, fifty to fifty. Those are ones that are
that are really big.
Speaker 8 (12:24):
Dan with Bill Krosky merrit this is a player that
was a zero star recruit coming out of high school,
bounced around on college ball, seventh round pick, and it
seems like this fan base is really gravitated toward that
maybe underdog mentality curious as his head coach, how have
you maybe seen that underdog mentality that Bill might have
show up in the locker room, show up in the
film room, show up on the field.
Speaker 1 (12:45):
Yeah, I would maybe not call it the underdog, but
just this guy is a true competitor and it wants
to prove. And that's not a lot different than Josh
Connery as Trey Amos. They these young players who are here, man,
I want to show you can count on me. I
belong like they want in and so I like that
hungry mindset. But he wouldn't be here if he didn't
(13:08):
have the talent. And so if I was in Montgomery,
I would certainly give him a lot of stars coming out,
you know. So that happens sometimes, you know, why did
this guy get picked late? And they do well in
the NFL, And sometimes you just need the right space
at the right spot. And we've got a lot of
belief in him, and I certainly hope he feels that.
But he's earned that. You know, that's not something that
(13:29):
we just throw around to make a guy feel better.
Like you've got to show it and then you know,
for us, then it's our job to develop it and
pull it out of him. But this is a guy
that's hungry and wants to show he can keep developing
and keep improving. And I would expect he's going to
be hitting his stride, you know, weeks from now, you know,
with more development, more time, more looks, you know, like
(13:51):
that experience counts and having guys like Austin and j
Mack and Chris right side by side with him, that's
a big deal. You could see Andrew Wiley communicating with
Josh Connolly after every series and you'd think that's as
good as a teammate as you can get. You know,
he wasn't in the game, but going through the looks,
going through the plays, and so the locker room has
(14:12):
been created by men like that that really, you know,
stand for one another and know if a guy like
Bill puts out like they're gonna back him, and if
they don't, they would get on them. And fortunately for Bill,
he's one that's hungry and wants to get it right.
Speaker 8 (14:28):
You have a healthy Marshan Latimore. Now, curious what you've
seen from that first game against the Giants versus last year,
what you saw at Marshaan, Any differences with this play, just.
Speaker 1 (14:39):
The health man. He threw a absolute hell of a
training camp and communication, the technique, the skill work. He
just hit all the markers that you hope a player
is going to hit, you know, along the way to
get himself ready. So I thought going in the plan
was right. He was right, and I'm excited about where
he can take it.
Speaker 9 (15:00):
Coach short week, facing a tough opponent on the road,
how does facing all of those challenges this early in
the season, how does that help prepare this team for
the ultimate journey?
Speaker 1 (15:10):
Yeah, I think we were talking earlier that you know
it is having it early that that's okay. You know,
going on the road, like most games, you got to
deal with the crowd. You know, that's something that you know,
we work on here a lot, but we got a
lot left in the tank. You know, had a tough
division game just like they did, and you know they
got to deal with us too. So it's tough match
(15:32):
up both sides, exactly the type of environment that you
want to play, like Matt and their guys, staff like
well coached team, talented guys. So it's the exact type
of matchup that you really want to be in. And
so yeah, we're really pumped to get rolling with them too. Coach,
good afternoon.
Speaker 10 (15:49):
You talked about contingency plans in the past. When you're
going up against any opponent really and your strength on
one side of the ball is matching their strength on
the opposite side of the ball, do you plan in
kind of a benchmark or a waypoint maybe to say,
maybe their strength is overpowering are so let's shift gears
or do you just kind of is it more of
an art you do.
Speaker 1 (16:06):
Have to in game things could change how the game
unfolds when team's ahead, you know, so where does that
lie into how does that factor? Very rarely does it
just play out all the way like you think it's
going to think early on in my coaching career, because
you go through the game plan, this is what they do.
Analytics said they do this on third down. Then okay,
(16:26):
they didn't do that. So having the ability to adjust,
that's to me where the contingency comes in. You wanted
to go this way, they're trying to take away that player,
they're trying to overload to a side, they're trying to
attack something. It's okay, now you have to shift. So
there's some counter punching that goes on in the game
(16:47):
and you don't wait for halftime. You know, you hear
about the adjustments, but man, you better start countering well
before that or you could be looking at a deficit.
You know that's hard to overcome. So you want to
dig in, be ready, not chase go hosts. They have
to show that this is demonstrating and happening before you,
you know, go too far one way or another. All Right,
(17:08):
see you guys.
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