 All right Hey, just a couple couple quick things here You all were in the putting Against field or you know, but how'd you all look at Jake Kamara kid from Georgia? I had a really strong leg coming out of you know, really good university football program come out Georgia strong leg athletic body type That's a good job flipping a field at Georgia has a punter and kickoff specialist Does a good job getting hang time on punts and he's able to flip the field whether he did in college and now doing for Tampa Bay So we look forward to the challenge this weekend versus Jake in the book over sharp a white one of their Yeah, big powerful back north-south returner Does a good job getting vertical with the ball in his hands doesn't look really bounced it outside So we're excited going against a big returner like Rashidah White is gonna be a great challenge for us to make sure that we're tackling getting dyes to the ground So we're excited for that opportunity Zack I think that's great for enough time for the guys to get down We just wanted to get your assessment of that would use your stopwatch with your iPhone iPhone, okay, got you Well, again goes back to I like to catch mechanics right there goes back to you know The correlation with location distance and hang time, you know, that's what we're looking for You know location. Are we getting the ball where we want to when it comes to directional punts? The direction make sure if we say we're gonna pump the ball one direction that that ball goes that direction And then correlate that with our with the hang time as well And with our gunners with those guys getting downfield doing a great job of being disruptive on the returner Yes, that is a good pun for us With him hurt again Obviously, he's not back for at least a month like do you start having those conversations again of like how much he can really Do kick return wise long-term? Well Just because he's a starter on offense as doesn't necessarily say he's not gonna help us on special teams and yes Right now he's not with us But that conversation is not when he comes back. We will have that conversation But right now we're focused on the 53 men that are on this roster right now So whatever 53 guys are gonna help us right now in the 48 on game day. That's most most important Yeah, do we want CP back? Yes But once he gets back, we will have that conversation when it comes to him being a kickoff returner or whatnot But again, whether Avery starting on offense, Algiers starting on offense, whoever's starting on offense They can still start on special teams and they can and they will start on special teams Because we're looking at putting the best players out there to help our team win on Sunday I guess I'm just asking that because he's lobbied so hard for very specific reasons to to have that job as long as he Yeah, of course he wants to help flip the field. That's the first play on offense So all those guys along with CP There's a lot of guys that are not on starting on kickoff return that want to be out there on kickoff return No different than punt punt return or kickoff But this is a good issue to have where we have guys that are on the roster that are not starting in those phases That want to be on those phases whether they're a starter on offense or defense So that's it's just not CP. That's lobbying It's a lot of guys in our room that are lobbying the start on various special teams units And as you get guys back whether it's Isaiah now that that window is open or some other guys down the road How does that shuffle maybe some of what you have already established in terms of guys in certain spots? Well, it goes back to what coach Smith talks about in Terrier Our roster is always changing always involving and we're always looking to get our roster better So what having Isaiah back on the price field, which is great to have him back He's a veteran player going into his fifth year. He's played on special teams for us last year It's a good problem to have Because we get the mix mix and match pieces in different spots when it comes to special teams And that's why we carry a small menu so our guys have a big understanding on various roles that they play on special teams So it helps us be more diverse with having various guys that could play on various spots and have that different experiences playing on different special teams units When it came to moving a brief from defensive back to running back How much comfort did y'all get from the fact that he does have the returning skills and just it's used to having the ball Yeah, yeah, he carries those traits as a returner ball security knowing how to run with the ball in space having an understanding of how blocks are set up Vision break tackle ability. So you saw those traits him coming out of Boise State and Big credit to him as a player and as an individual and as a man being able to adapt learn our Offensive schemes and being able to contribute on offense which as a returner. That's your first play on offense as well So it's a big credit to him and he continues to get better day in and day out Do you see good decision-making which is leading to productive returns? How do you It's a it's a combination of a lot of things it starts with the line of scrimmage our guys Whether they're blocking at the line of scrimmage We always talk about winning early in the down if you're correlated or tied to the line of scrimmage You have to win early pad level stands your get-off blocking So our guys blocking on the line of scrimmage it starts with there or rushing the punt the effect the punter the force him not to hit his Best hangtime punt or directional punt and then our jammers where you talk about D Alfred Mike Ford They're doing a great job out there D haul Richie Grant getting those blocks out there because those are the fastest guys that get downfield because we got to understand on the punt Formation in an NFL only the in man on the formation they could get downfield first before the balls punt it So eliminating those guys those guys are athletic and then it goes down to Avery Avery catching the ball clean catch Mechanics and getting vertical to football, you know those numbers only number I care about is can we gain a first down for our offense because if we could gain a first down for our Offense and return unit then that's one less offense are one less first down our offense has to get and we're that much closer to the end zone So it starts with the line of scrimmage guys blocking downfield and transition return or making great decisions and getting vertical Football so we can gain a first down or more first downs when it comes to that In terms of his decision making about when to make the return Just more so like where we add on the field field of play is there a guy in your face You know because a lot of times if you don't call for a fair catch and you're this close to me And I'm trying to catch it could be a bang bang play now the ball is in jeopardy The ball could be on the ground It could be a fumble and we like I said last week the number one thing on in the return games Make sure that our offense has the ball in their hand scot when it comes to that So we want to make sure our offense has the ball to very next play So it's a various things that happen whether it's the field position They're hitting the ball inside the 10-yard line is a gunner right in front of your face when the fair catch When not the fair catch and pump returns a really hard position to play because you can have a guy that has great running Ability does a good job running the space, but they don't have great decision-making or ball security And all that goes out the window That answers your question But how many guys do you have that can make calls like in terms of punt like like kind of what Eric Yeah, like how many how many guys We have quite a quite a few We have quite a few guys Everybody's correlated with our pump pro they and they have to be able to call our protections That's how we get we're set up in our room We don't want to just be fixated on just one guy doing it and because of the injuries happen things happen The guy has something happens where the next guy has to go in and be able to play that position So whether you're playing the PP whether you're playing the guard tackle slot Everybody in that room should be able if we pull up a protection or pull up a rush They should be able to call that protection out and they can in our room So it goes back to just having a big understanding of what we do conceptually as a punt unit There's the punter between that or is he's so far back that that's he could call He knows the pump pro before sometimes the PP will even call it and that's great for him Because the more that you know what's going around going on around you the better you could execute at your job Rather than just knowing your job. It's not good enough to know your job The great ones at this level that play at this the highest level possible Not only do they know what their responsibilities, but they know what's going on around them Which allows them to be more aggressive and execute and play more freely with their position I guess what I was getting at was like from just a spacing situation like the punter so far back Realistically the gunners are so far out like I'm guessing that's not ideal of there having it It's it's got to be somebody in that. Yeah, it's somebody in there And again, we all want to be on the same page We want to make sure where the protection is going Where's the issues at when it comes to protection because everybody Runs a lot of great schemes when it comes to pump pro and that ball's getting off in less than two seconds So our punter having an understanding of where the issues are at what's the protection call this for that week Who's the who's on their personnel who could bring issues to our to our punt units? Everybody needs to know that and then gunners need to know that too. Hey, they know that there's a lot of guys in a box They got to know hey, I'm single-press. So the ball's probably I'm gonna be have an opportunity to go make a play Whether they didn't be in double-press. It's probably gonna be a return So having those guys having an understanding now as a gunner You're not gonna be able to see that from that viewpoint as a punter You're only 14 15 hours away. You could see the protection You could see what kind of rush is gonna happen and you got probably have a good feeling of what our PPs gonna call when it comes to protection We don't need them to do that he just focused on catching the ball pun in it How do you teach somebody to hold at the pro level well I was actually looking for you pre-practice to come out there and hold but you kind of ignored me Yeah, I was looking for you. You don't want to come out there. Cool. Made you nervous, huh? Hands got all clammy and stuff Well, you just work on ball skills catch mechanics and then understanding how the our kicker or kickers at this level How they want the ball held whether they want a certain tilt with the football They want the laces pointing a certain way making sure that you're putting the catch in the ball and putting it down Necessary spot because that's the spot where the kicker expects the ball to be but with Desmond There's every week we work on the various things whether it's a backup long snapper a backup holder Because things happen within the game and we want our players to be prepared without the opportunity and unprepared with the Opportunity so it's all about us as coaches putting our players in the position where they have the tools to be successful Just in case something happens as part of crisis management Well, just what is I wanted to ask you how to measure the evolution and growth of a defensive unit as you've seen your unit In the last two games with big plays. Well, I just think they're Playing better because they're more comfortable with the calls Understanding the calls just don't you know the longer you play the same stuff even though we do a lot of stuff That's the more you play it More comfortable, you know, you become and I think that's part of it is that the problems that we have had in the games Have still been communication errors When we've given up a play other than like if a guy just makes a good catch Guy makes a good catch, you know or eats the coverage because they was the right Play against the right coverage or something that you know, that's that's football But usually that's not a big play the plays like a couple of the runs that we had towards the end of the game, you know, they have 46 yards on two runs and We were just it was miscommunication and we One we set the front wrong and another one. We just miscommunicated something else so as long as we're communicating and stuff we we got a chance and That's basically been kind of that way all year and it's still that way. We just got to keep working on Communicating and making sure everybody's on the same page And if they beat you because they block you if they beat you because the guy makes a great catch That's pro football But they don't want to beat yourselves and that's kind of Luckily in the last couple games in the two-minute drives at the end of the game. We haven't beaten ourselves You go back to New Orleans the first part of the season we beat ourselves in the two-minute drive We've miscommunicated. I told you a pressure that we ran in the third quarter that got us back We totally wouldn't know it was the same pressure in a two-minute drive. Why I don't know But that's the stuff. You can't you can't just can't do that. You can't give teams You just can't give them plays and that's that's long as we're not doing that We got a chance Or that's covered the Packers Reggie would always make the second on third downs when they needed it And in the last couple games you got sacks from Grady What do y'all need it is? You know, what does that say? I know it's not playing. That's just a player I think maybe rising it is just it's making a good play and and he's just he's making a play I'm not gonna take credit for scheming something up that a god got him. Hey He just made a play and he did a great job made a play But along with that some other guys did the right things too It isn't just whenever somebody makes a play like it's an interception whatever it is usually there's more people involved and in that particular case the secondary did a great job at disguising a coverage and It didn't look anything like what it actually played Which made Jacobi hold it just a second longer or at least look He couldn't just plant the back foot and throw it and by that time Grady had the guy be and so there's always You know, yeah, it was Grady making a great play But it was also the secondary doing a really good job of disguising a coverage to it So Jacobi couldn't get rid of it quick. How does Tampa's offense look different right now? Maybe versus what you guys saw last year. I think the reason that everybody thinks they look different because they've had a bunch of players out Take Mike Evans out of a game and he's gonna look different and take, you know, break 84 got hurt in the game. So it looked different. God one was out. I mean, oh Start taking all those guys out of the equation. Any offense is gonna look different. So that those guys are back. So You know, we got a deal with Wait, when you look at some of the I know you're talking about Grady a lot When you look some of the pressure you guys have been able to generate Why do you think that's happening more it seems late in games now? Is there just game situation where maybe they're having to pass more or I don't know That would be up to the the offense it coaches from the other team to explain that one I don't know. I just call in the game and and what I feel like is the right call at that particular time hoping it's right and Sometimes they're executing bottom line is we're just executing better at those times not not any magical thing that we're doing it's just there were When we execute things happen good We still got improved we had The biggest problem in the last game to me was out of the I Don't know what was our 14 third downs or something like that. They were I don't know what they were Maybe it's 512. I don't remember exactly. I know they were 36% but out of the Five third downs that we gave up that we lost on defense three of them were third and ones Biggest problem is second out, you know We had them a couple times second down to ten or something like that We throw a check down which if we make the tackle, it's third and five or third and six We and we missed a couple tackles and now it's third one That's that's that's tough duty on defense on third one there's a lot of things they can do and It's all you just look around the league the percentages are not gonna be great for defenses on third one usually Nothing it won't affect anything it just be a matter of when we get him back when he's ready to be back It won't affect anything it won't change how we call the game want to check it won't affect how we pressure or how we cover It'll be just getting a good player back Pretty Yeah, it's been good. It's been by committee a little bit kind of like it was last year But Eric was just that really that kind of that one game the LA game because we had we were doing a lot of different stuff And I thought it was hard on the younger guys who hadn't played the position very much and easier on Eric to do it That's part of the reason why we did it because he's so smart and we're trying to do some things against Stafford and Just thought it'd be better for him to do it than the other two guys But Mike's been doing a good job D's been doing, you know a good job And so, you know, there'll be competition there with Isaiah coming back. So we'll just figure out what's the best people? Best thing to do with the guys that are involved. We'll try to try to make the game plan such that We'll ask them to do things that they can do well Last year you said that Isaiah was a guy that could do all of it And that was what really you liked about him sure skill set is it still the same? I mean the person I guess the person that you have defensively do is it still he may be still best suited for that? Or is it more I do have more guys that can do well not know that Mike until I watch in practice and Full speed so I can't can't really answer that, you know Some guys are better covered guys. Some guys are better blitzers. Some guys are better in zone What I do like is like when I had Logan Ryan at Tennessee when I had webby it those guys could do it all it was great Did I think Isaiah could do that a year ago before he got hurt? Yes Do I think he can do it now? I don't know and I won't be able to give you an answer on that until My same play or actually practice a lot and go full speed full tilt all the time Just to go out there and jog through is not going to tell me whether or not he's ready We got we got to watch him full speed and practice to see if he's capable of doing it And but I feel like if he can't we still got two guys that are playing very well With what Mike and D and obviously I only in one game, but really Mike and D Plied having more than one guy that is that somewhat tipped defensively what you're trying to do because Those skill sets are different. I that's something I literally just don't know is that tip thing some way I don't know again. You'd have to ask an offensive coach But that'd be just like saying this guy out of corner is or when they study us They're gonna say is that guy a good man coverage guy or good zone coverage guy Can he do both they study every one of the guys? So I don't think it's a tip-off as much on defense You're gonna always try to do things to not tip them off I mean, it's not like okay every time D Alfred's in the game We're gonna play man coverage every time that Mike Ford's in the game. We're gonna play zone coverage. It's not that at all. I mean, I'm not Smartest guy in the world, but I can kind of figure out from the other side of the ball that I could probably figure that out pretty quick So it's just the same way. Okay, you gonna put in this tight end Well, it's gonna be a run because all that guy can do is block or they're gonna put in this tight end Because all he can do is go out for routes No, they're gonna put tight ends in and make sure that you know that the guy can catch the ball and he can Also block. So that's it's No, I don't think it has anything has anything to do with it Just playing faster, I think and again understanding the defense More and whenever you understand it more you play faster and usually if you play faster You create more turnovers you have bigger hits all that kind of stuff Because guys are playing fast. You usually don't get very many turnovers when Especially fumble coverage recoveries and stuff like that because you're not getting very big big hits of guys aren't playing fast You know you get those Doing a little better on the interception thing You know but again It just kind of really depends on the coverage if you play man coverage and I got to get a lot of interceptions You're really advocating sacks because if it's kind of hard to intercept the ball if you're looking at the man And when he plays on you're looking at the ball So you're advocating probably less sacks but more, you know Interceptions or turnovers so it just goes back and forth and I hope we're at a point where you really can't say where his own team Or a man team or what kind of zone we're in so that's our goal They've played better again, I think the more you do the stuff and more comfortable they are I think we've Changed some things a little bit to try to help our guys a little bit The thing of it is is that you know The red zones of misleading Deal you really have to study it sometimes something to when you look statistically at the percentages of red zone stuff All right, if you if you look back even at the first two games and where we were everybody would say well you're you're not Playing very well in the red zone and I'm playing well enough, which is true But how many times were we in a blitz and it's just one-on-one wide receiver against the DB So it doesn't really have anything to do with the coverage or the scheme of things There's just at some point in time you're gonna blitz you're gonna say I'm not gonna let you run the ball in Okay, so when you say that That's gonna put two corners on an island I don't care what team you look at that's what it is And if they do it farewell everybody says you play good red zone If they don't farewell you're playing poor red zone doesn't have anything to really do with the whole red zone scheme it has to deal with one-on-one battles and Early on we didn't win those Lately we have so it's made a difference and just winning those one-on-one battles We can go out here and practice a bunch of red zone coverage and bunch of different things you do in the red zone But those weren't the things that hurt us in those first couple games. It just came down to one-on-one Okay, you're backs against the wall I ain't go sit there and play cover two or what you guys call soft coverage by the media. So Suggest that defensive coordinators love a run game let it when their offense is running the ball What was your reaction to your guys 14 strike runs? I So they're actually turn of the demons that we're playing good defense right now We're sitting on the bench It was just like pound pound pound and I go hey, we're playing great right now Yeah, it is. Oh, oh, absolutely Clock's running and there and it's and it's and it's disheartening If you're on the other side of the ball and they're running it and you know they're running it and you still can't stop them that's that's hard you look out there and and I remember looking even at the end of the Seattle game like when After we got the interception we we needed to kind of get a first down right to kind of seal the game So we don't go back in there in another two minutes And when you look out there and you ran the ball and you look at Seattle and there's three guys laying on the ground on their Defense, that's a good feeling for our defense. So that's that's not where we want to be Cordero Again, I think it goes back to what we've been preaching since we've gotten here last year if you have a helmet on game day we hold a certain standard and those players have a certain standard and Regardless of you got a bunch of reps in practice or you're working scout team, but you're up on game day There's a certain expectation. So for us offensively, it's to continue to execute pay attention to details and play fast Offense line is getting a lot of credit for that drive That happened last week, but when you go back the right receivers are blocking Kyle Pitts even talked to him after the game He was like my job right to block in this game. How important is that kind of mentality? I think it's those guys, you know You love to hear that because it is it does take all 11 and those guys are bought in and it takes all 11 The pass game too. I mean I know the 14 runs in a row I know the run game the reality is it takes both Regardless of your runner pass to execute a high level What I will give the offense credit for is The mentality and the mindset in which they take each snap and that coaches can preach it But the players have taken ownership on it It's starting to become their own and then when you have a player-led Offense that has certain pride level to it. You can go out and you can be successful regardless of what's called The quarterback sneak a lost art in the league these days Y'all have one earlier, but I mean you see people under one and two getting fancy sure and You know when the quarterback sneak You know seems to be the logical. Yeah, no, I think it's one of those things where I have been around certain quarterbacks That have a knack for it. I mean, I think we're playing one this week That has a phenomenal feel it doesn't always hit it right in the a gap He bounces it and you know, he's probably had as much yards and quarterback sneak is any quarterback in the history of the NFL But also now teams defenses are playing for it differently than what even I start as a player in this league And so there's a certain level of success and execution has to go on for that to be successful But again, I do think it's where you feel your best chance to get that first down or get that score If it's not in the a gaps because they're taking it away, then you have to have another answer for him We've all seen the clip now this point where Arthur says we're gonna run the P out of this ball and Says something similar to the players. How does a coach saying that and having that mindset? Effect the players in that moment. Yeah, again, I think it's more about a direct Idea of what we're gonna do next, right? So what you say is what you mean? obviously after that comment and everything else that fell forward after that there was a Want and a need right to get us back on track to be efficient to be efficient on first and second down and Obviously it led to us, you know going into the run game But again, if you're a player and you hear a coach say that and then obviously then follow through with it, right? there's obviously a trust and confidence level that goes with say what you mean And so obviously we have open communication with our players That's been the good thing about me being down is just my ability now to go to different groups communicate with them Hear the different issues and get everybody on the same page So it's a different feel in general, but again, obviously if it's coming from the play-caller the head coach is saying it And doing it it gives players confidence on that Feel what are you getting from the offensive line and the offensive line group during that stretch? Yeah, I just think it's in general. I think guys, you know, we obviously hit a stretch We had like 19 plays in the first half and the second half we hit a stretch in which we weren't stay on the field And obviously you need to convert on third downs and you just stay in the field You gotta stay out of third and longs And we weren't doing that and we were kind of self-infliction was happening and so for us, right? It was more about just resetting our Getting our thoughts together making sure we're all on the same page and then obviously going on executing And so you could feel it we were stolen out a little bit and just guys had a regroup coaches included and that's how they did that Sure D-Led, you know, we're running the ball there Look Look, I mean, it's one of those I've been involved where we've dropped back and thrown it 15 or 18 times in a row Right, so I think more than anything else is about what it takes In that moment or that series or that quarter to go out and be efficient and if it calls for that absolutely Were we taking anybody by surprise at some point? I don't know that you have to ask Cleveland But for us we felt that was the best way for us to be efficient It doesn't mean like next week or the following week That's going to be the same case and I always go back to offensive football Each game is a different entity in terms of how a defense presents problems so you have to be able to solve them and That's our job during the game as coaches is to solve the problems because they're gonna be something you haven't seen They're gonna have a certain wrinkle that you have to be able to adapt to and it's our job as coaches to make sure We are able to communicate that to the players and more importantly like get us into the best situation at that time Right, it was just basically, you know finding different ways Not the same not the same way, but different ways to attacking that defense and it's different run schemes if you don't have Kyle On Sunday with the amount of attention that he gets from opposing defenses does that alter Anything with what you guys do because of that type of attention that he gets Smart guy trying to scheme question on the side. Yeah, I won't go in a scheme. Look like I've told you we have It is keen We I love you and D-Led right now. You guys are working the angle last week. It was you this week No, look, it's a great question The reality is for us and I'm being as honest and transparent as possible Like we have complete and utter faith whoever gets a helmet on Sunday And we have a certain way that we like to play football and we're obviously it's our job as coaches to put them In the best position to do it and D-Led just shook his head on that answer. All right next question You can say that but yeah, I would imagine I mean it though I know you mean it but the skill sets of Kyle pits and Or versus a but I would say they're not coaching are very different. I agree I would say this with coaching. It's there's you get to this level Right to get to the highest level in regardless of sport. Let's talk about this one There's something that you've done or that you possess as a trait That is elite. Otherwise, you wouldn't be in the national football league So it's our job as coaches to make sure that we highlight that elite trait and whatever they do Well and make sure we keep those players in that position and play away every player in this league Maybe not Brady, but every other player in this league has a deficiency, right? It's just finding out right what staying away from their deficiencies and then obviously going out and playing to their strengths And that's our goal as coaches 17 yards per catch He's pretty open is he doing something specifically whether it's scheme knowledge of the defense or something that has made him Target and somebody who's that's a good question. I mean he's look he's a pro and what he's able to do is able to he's got a very He's a high level of football intelligence and football sense And so he understands space and timing and so we have a number of those players that understand that we value that And he's able it's a showcase and he's been in positions to make those plays And where I give him and the rest the offense credit for when those plays that avail themselves like guys are making them And that's obviously the biggest goal in national football league There's always gonna be an opportunity for a player Some get a lot more than others the reality is when that opportunity arises, right? Can you cash in on it? And that's really that's what separates longevity as a career in this league and guys that don't last Can you can you rise it to the moment and right now? There's a number of guys in offense who are doing that Going back to the trait thing for a second asking. I mean I can ask some questions all day But I think we're just gonna go back and forth and go in a little circle. It'll not be fun for anyone When it comes to traits, what is it that Caleb Hanley? Has trait-wise to use your word that made him attractive to you all Putting this position. I think it's it's like a number of our players It's the mindset in which they go about their business and the style in which they play Again some things are measured by a stop watch Vertical other things when you put the film on it's the way that guys approach and play the game and again Some of those aren't gonna be statistical things and so when you look at certain types of players The reality is you want guys who love football more importantly play with a certain type of edge and physicality Regardless of position people just look at the skill position guys the ball in their hand. It's really everybody And guys, you know leave out the quarterbacks on time and I would argue I know I'm biased But one of the more physical positions to play Right and toughness and you have to be able to forget things that just happen good or bad And you have to be able to stare in that pocket and not blink and it goes all through the line and it's not just That position, but it's the other positions that we're talking about so to me It's the way the style played the physicality in what you play it and the passion in what you play the game Yeah, I wouldn't look at it that way I understand the question and I saw the eyes go up there delete It's not a scheme question To me at the end of the day, it's about making sure that you go back to your fundamentals Right and the funnel mouths are simple as as you were taught when you're probably a young kid first starting out If it's a receiver you look the ball in right if you're a back and you're going through the hole and there's potential contact Right, you're gonna protect that football at all costs and you're gonna somehow find a way to get two hands on it And it's other positions down the line So again, I'll always say this when it comes to any kind of physical error It always goes back to staying on your fundamental regardless of position