 Happy holidays and all that stuff Yeah I'm doing great I'm talking to a couple guys means Adi and Tarell they kept saying hey, we just got played together So what does that look like? As they try to rebound after the San Francisco We just got it We just got to play do our do our job we for whatever reason and that Particular game I'll give San Francisco some credit. They did some things. We kind of were different than what they had done in the past So that's but that's good offense. That's changing things up and we got to be able to change with them Which we did on a couple. We actually played better than a second half First half's one. We just did some things just so so Uncharacteristic and nothing we had done in practice and I don't really you know I asked the players and nobody really has an explanation, but it wasn't just one group It was everybody we did we made some checks that we never make there wasn't even a check to be made and So I just think guys are we're pressing a little bit to do too much And I think that's what happens you'd think too much and you just don't follow Quite what you need to do and sometimes you do that and I've done it before as a coach too I think I pressed in that game a little bit in the first half too because all of a sudden I see a couple things that I Just didn't expect and So then all of a sudden I try to change and go to something else And the truth is I could have maybe run it again And maybe that maybe it was just that one time it was a problem But all of a sudden I don't go back to it and it's something that we practice kind of a lot during the week That's on me too. So I think we all kind of pressed in the first half and didn't play very well We missed tackles. We just did some just really uncharacteristic things one of things We had taken a lot of pride and it's not giving up very many big plays and we didn't that first half and then everybody kind of gets in a panic mode and Did some things in the red area that just just we're just I don't under didn't understand them And they didn't really have an explanation for them So obviously they didn't understand them either and if they didn't understand them then that's coaching then we didn't do our Job as coaches either so We played better later, but you know by that time it was a little too late I don't think it's look they got about they got a bunch of good backs I mean Swift wasn't even there last week and they ran the ball very good with the third team back and So this I think is more about the personality of the head coach and what they want to be as a team I mean they're a physical team. They play hard. He's got them playing hard You know everybody looks at that record, but you know, they lost they also on a 66 yard field goal to the Ravens You know, they lost by two points. I think to Chicago. They lost at two points by somebody else too. I mean They've played well enough to be you know, I have a 500 record or even above So the record means nothing to us. They are a good running football team quarterback Got a strong arm can make all the throws. He's a good quarterback You know, I have the utmost respect for him Program Other than the fact that one guy is obviously starting quarterback and the other guy is not I mean, obviously the reason why he's a starter and he's been a starter in this league but their personality is the personality the head coach in my opinion and He I've coached against him when he was a player He's a rugged tough hard-nosed football player And I think he coaches that same way and you can tell it's indicative of his team that's what they want to be and that's what they are and So I think it's more about him Then it is about them Well, the first thing you try to do as a coach is you try to go back and make a couple nice easy calls That are easy to get lined up in that are basic calls that you started day one and just kind of settle down and just Play your position. There's not a lot of thinking involved. It's just go back to something really fundamental to see if that works That was the problem that that didn't work on Sunday I thought that was the first thing I did and that didn't work So then it was a matter just at halftime We just really had to sit down and talk about it just kind of it wasn't really so much about X's nose at halftime As it was about just Don't overdo anything. Just do your job. You're trying to do somebody else's job You can't do that and when you do somebody else's job You don't do your job, right? And it's a this is a this is not tennis. This is not wrestling It's not one-on-one. It's 11 guys and if 11 guys don't do their job. It doesn't work And so basically against a good team like San Francisco, but it doesn't really work against anybody in the NFL I mean, so they're good coaches and good players. They'll find the problem and they'll exploit it. So It's just we just that was the whole talking halftime was just simply look we just got to settle down and play and You got to hope that that you know, they'll do that and I thought we did better the second half I was much more pleased with them in the second half in the first half I just think we just dug ourselves a hole a little bit and the first half Something that this defense has done throughout the years giving up those explosive plays at all How how did you think that impacted things? I mean in terms of maybe getting guys off kilter a little bit Because it's like One of the plays that hurt us the most was with there were really two plays the very first Pass down the field to the first pass a screen pass out there to Kettle Kettle was we missed a tackle Okay, and so that okay, so he gained 23 yards. All right Our guys are not the first guy to ever miss a tackle. Okay, but then we knew that he was a big part of their offense and The thing we were not gonna allow him to do is run down the middle of the field and catch a big one Down the middle of field on us and three plays later. He catches a big one down the middle for 30 some yards Which we are in a defense to prevent that and that's what's frustrating when that happens and we just it was just one guy not doing what we needed him to do and that's all it takes and So I think then all of a sudden, you know those guys realized that that defense that was called was to prevent that play and Then when you give up a play against a defense that was designed to stop that play. I think everybody feels a little That and I say and me and so now do I call that defense again? Even though I know that's the right defense to be playing because that we didn't we didn't execute it But I think the players feel that too. So therefore somebody kind of says, okay, well, I'll help Next time I see that I'll help. Well, that's gonna open something else up And then we gave up another one where they just threw a quick slant and the thing went across the field for about 30 I mean, we haven't done that all year But we just took terrible angles which we haven't done and I think part of it was because we knew they had a pretty good running game Debo Samuel they put him in the backfield. They do all these things and they really were good on the run on the perimeter So I think sometimes guys decided to kind of cheat I'm gonna play a little wider over here on the perimeter because of the run Well that opens something else you can't do that, you know You just got to do what we're close to doing if they hey if they block in they beat you on that Then they beat you on that but don't do something else and then that it just presents another problem And that's what we had to talk about a halftime. It's not about Us not being able to do it Look, there's gonna be times guys are gonna go up and catch a ball over a DB great catch guys Don't NFL wide receiver. He's gonna do that There's gonna be a guy who's gonna make a cut in the open field as a running back in this league and make you look Silly that's that's life in a fast lane Well, but we can't allow things to happen that we know we can prevent from happening and that's That's when guys start to press it's when I pressed and I'm and I'm wrong doing it I'm telling you I'm wrong doing it, you know I should know better just hey go back and call it again See if we see if we were okay instead of going to see what am I gonna do now? I got to go to this because that's not work. Well, it didn't work on that play So I should know better as a coach they should know better as players, so we're all fault You know what Josh I've kind of gotten over that in the years I used to really get upset about that But I don't anymore because there's been so many guys. I've coached over the years that to me were Willing or you know, we're certainly candidates to make it that didn't You can only take so many and I you know The vote is what the vote is It's it's and I'm sure every coach stands and says all of his players that every team says that my linebacker is the best Mike My guy's the best rusher my guys the best whatever Everybody can't make it Like I say when I was younger they used to really bother me I'm going how could they not vote that day gone guy in and now it's a matter of just Hey, I know what I believe in the guy and how I think of the guy and I know how our players think of the guy That's all the really or it really matters You know, it's kind of like we say as coaches, you know All I really care about is what the other coaches think of me and what the players think of me really everybody else and my wife and Other than that and my kids Other than that What matters those are the guys that know what's actually going on Richie last week and you kind of made the comment that You sometimes asking like did you see this in Central Florida? I'm not like any laughs about it. I mean, how much of this year has for Richie specifically has really been a Learning teaching kind of diagnosing developing here for him. I mean, I know it's his rookie year, but I don't know I just feel like for him specifically. He's kind of taken on such a role at nickel that maybe It has been more of that for him this year. Well, it has been a lot more for him I mean, he's he's had to take on that role when we lost Isaiah and then you know, things gone down We tried Eric for a while and then we lose Eric and it's just like, you know We've had a rash of injuries and he has to go in and he has to do it But I think when it's all said and done That this will be a great year for him in development because he's had to do so much He's gonna realize that this is not vanilla This is not college and I'm gonna go out there and I'm gonna play two coverages and this is what I got to do I'm gonna play this zone and I'm gonna play this man and that's it. You're gonna play 15 different coverages 15 different pressures. He's gonna have to do all that's that's what it's gonna be in this league It's what's gonna be in our system So I would think then coming back into next year. I mean he had no idea what he was gonna walk into Nothing and he didn't also guys don't realize that the speed of the game is so much faster You know, you're not playing somebody for a homecoming that you're gonna win by 40 points That's not gonna happen any week every week is gonna be look at Detroit, Arizona They're saying that this week at Arizona every week is a challenge every week teams have good players The speed of the game is a lot faster. And so I think that's what rookies especially in the back end Kind of come to find out that everybody they're playing against is good And so I think this year when it's all said and done for Richie will be a great growing year I mean he's dead like every rookie there's goods and there's bads, but I think If they develop and they keep they also got to learn that being a pro is Being a pro. Okay. I don't need somebody. I'm a professional coach I don't need somebody to come in and give me motivated to start the week if they do Then I really shouldn't be coaching. Well, it's the same way as a player. I mean you guys never been around him Bill Belichick doesn't give pregame team talks He doesn't can't say anything The reason he doesn't say anything because it's all done during the week and figures by time it gets to the game It's time to play. You're either ready. You're not ready. You're a professional you get yourself ready I think they guys young guys have to learn to do that, too College walk in the first film they watch is with the coach in the room The good pros first film most of the guys walk in here on Wednesday. They've already watched all the film All I gotta do is tell them kind of reiterate, you know Good pros do that college guys don't do that. I mean I coached college for 20 some years So I know they expected me to tell them exactly what was going on These guys should know what's going on before I ever tell them. I'm just gonna tell them what we're gonna do against it So all those things will really help Richie in the long run and as all the rookies Everybody's different guys. I mean it's just like some guys you can tell immediately and they may have come from programs That maybe played a more sophisticated defense and maybe they're used to that kind of stuff And there's other ones that come from very vanilla defenses that they don't have to do a whole lot because they're just more talented than everybody else So they don't have to do a whole lot, but everybody's got a different learning curve Everybody is same way of learning defense. I mean some guys are visual learners some guys you can write stuff down They can remember it some guys you got to do it by reps everything everybody's I'm different You know, I have to write everything down I can't look in a page the computer print out and tell you what it means I've got to do it by hand old school. I got to and so I know that about me and Everybody's like that. So it's the same way with that Some guys feel like I can't really express myself like I did in college They were probably a leader if they're that good of a player get drafted They're probably a leader on their football team. Well, now they get in and all of a sudden Okay, I'm looking over there and I'm looking at Jared Grady and I'm looking at Dion I'm looking at these guys thinking. Well, they're kind of the leaders. I got to kind of take a back step No, you don't need to we need you to be yourself But it takes them a while to kind of figure out that yeah, I can I can step in here and talk to so Everybody's different. I Usually I can tell when it's starting to happen I just can't tell you that it's always gonna happen right away. Some guys it takes a little longer I've had guys took a couple years and everybody thinks this guy's a wash and then all of a sudden We're this guy come from Some guys it happens fast The wall yeah, it's always difficult that first year there is a Pretty common over the years There's you know, you play 12 games 12 games 12 games and now you're in your 12th game And oh I got five more to go, you know, it's not and it's not a bowl game where we had two weeks off So you can tell I mean it's and it's a lot of plays and it's so much more physical, you know, it's just It probably isn't more plays when you really think about because most college games anymore actually go 80 90 plays I mean college program is gonna be in 60s to 70 somewhere in there So I didn't worry about the plays I think it's about the speed and the violence and the Preparation and the whole week leading up. I mean, it's just so much, you know You got a 20-hour rule in college with nobody adheres to but you got a 20-hour rule in college We don't have a 20-hour rule, you know, so all of a sudden there's a lot more a lot more involved And you can tell it takes they got to get through it some some do better. No, there's but I'm really proud of our guys I think our guys have done a great job You guys good? Hey? 36 the eight did a good job. He's doing a good job. I'm really pleased that we have them