 Coach Michael Don and Peter. How are you today? I'm good. How you guys doing? I'm doing great now You're a hard worker, so I'm gonna start with a real tough football question Do you get a chance to enjoy Thanksgiving? Will you be home? Will you be eating turkey or is it at at the job working studying film? No, I'll be up here really. Yeah, I'm boring How about you poor family? What are they gonna do are y'all? I think they're going out of town. So you think? Come on Adam. Are you going home at all? Have you talked to your wife in weeks? They're going out of town. So this year was different than what it's been in the past. So this is I mean I've said this all the time. This is not a normal job. I mean, you've got to be a little different to have this job Yeah, this is the time of year where it gets a little Where you know, we give we give the players that the afternoon to where we kind of switch the meetings around on Thursday They kind of carry it on Friday We change things up a little bit and the same thing with Christmas is just trying to keep guys focused for the game But at the same time let them enjoy Thanksgiving Christmas Day things like that It's just you know, sometimes teams do a really good job of being able to stay focused other times It doesn't work out so well. Do you ever rethink your career choice when really you're giving away times that you know other people Cherish, I mean they work all year to get to Thanksgiving and Christmas and you have to work your butt off That's all right. I kind of like doing this. Okay, and you're doing a good job of it three wins in a row How does it feel? I mean do you feel that there's a distinct difference from the team that was one and seven to the team That's one three in a row. I think it's it's obviously clicking a little better for us the last three weeks I think this last game was prior best game of Complementary football where all three phases did a good job of playing off each other, you know Guys executed exactly what we talked about on Wednesday of how we wanted to play this game We knew the challenge we had going into the game, especially defensively against their offense We knew what we needed to do a good job of on offense was possess the ball and make sure that when we got in the red zone We scored points and we needed to do it early and special teams did what we needed them to do with the return game And we got an explosive power return which we were looking for and our defense did a great job of stopping the run Is this what you envision this football team to be over the last three weeks? Yeah, I think this is this is closer to what we thought We'd be we thought we'd be able to play like this maybe a little earlier than what we have but they a lot of the moving pieces kind of Kind of kind of push that back a little bit But I think the guys have done a great job Sticking with everything that we've been trying to do the way they've practiced the way they've prepared They've never changed which has really helped especially the last three weeks I'm curious coach Past jet teams when you weren't here They'd win a game and they'd be strutting about and talking big and everything and this team seems to take a very business like approach How do you stop them? I mean you want them to feel good about themselves? But how do you stop them from thinking too long-term and not about this game coming up? Really I mean it's there's they've been so consistent when things weren't weren't going quite as well and They were doing a good job of resetting on Wednesday. They weren't letting one game affect the next You know it didn't always turn out the way we wanted to but the preparation in the week headed into the game was was the way it needed to be and I think that has helped us especially the last three weeks of when a game go back to work and just having that mindset Hey zero and zero we just need to be one and oh at the end of the week And we just keep preaching that the guy I think the veterans on this team the captains have done a great job of doing the same thing And just kind of making sure that's going through the locker room non-stop You know, I think it's you know, we're four and seven so at the end of the day We got a long ways to go. We got a lot of a lot of ground to make up So I think our guys are gonna be able to reset on Wednesday and focus on the task at hand All right, and just getting Belmore involved how did that develop because that was always the problem We talked to you earlier about where he'd get lost and just trying to find a way to get him more How have you been able to get him more involved? Well, we were just trying to you know do some different things and see if we can get him Really in space. I mean that's the biggest thing just trying to get him to where he doesn't have multiple bodies around him And we were able to do that a little bit in the passing game I think some of those runs popped, you know, we had you know We went into some 13 personnel or with the three tight ends and you know The line did a good job of creating a couple holes and he hit them and was able to get out in space a little bit Any concern that you're playing a team that that many people consider the worst in the NFL that your team Although you preach about next game up that they could look past this Yeah, I don't think you have to worry about that with with this group We already kind of went through that early in the year and and things didn't work out so well for us and I don't think anybody looked past that but I Think our guys understand that it's irrelevant what the record is watch the tape get yourself prepared We're going on the road. It's it's always hard in the NFL to go on the road and win a game We we have huge focus on what we're doing this week How does like the Ryan Griffin story happen? I mean he had been in the league an okay player and now he's emerged as somebody You've just given a contract to you feel good about how does is that just right place at right time? Or is there's something you were able to tap into That maybe other people weren't early in his career, you know, I You know, I think it was great that Joe Joe got him here right before training camp You know, we knew we were in a situation where we're a little depleted on the numbers And we knew what was going to go on with Chris those first few games So being able to get a guy with experience being on the street You know, we had had a lot of good feedback as far as who he was as a guy and a worker And there have been some guys that have been with him before so getting him in the building and then really when we got him It was it was almost I didn't realize how good of a blocker. He was in the run game I didn't realize how good of a pass protector. He was like he was legit all around tight end He games very smart. He is knowledge of the game is is unbelievable and Just dropping that guy in our locker room was It was it was evident to us that he was one of the guys on the offensive side that really stepped to the forefront You know as a as a player and a leader and now it just it works out He just does his job playing and play out and the ball finds them and and he's been making plays I'm wondering there's a story. I mean, obviously all of baseball has gone analytics And especially the team in your backyard the Yankees that they're a very analytic driven organization And football is moving toward that as well and Jason Garrett the cowboy coach said we don't use analytics during games Do you guys use analytics at all? Are you do you lean heavily on them and do they take part in your decision-making during games? Yeah So the way I always look at it is it's another tool to use. I mean, obviously that the information that That's available is Unbelievable to be able to research the amount of things that we're able to research and you know plug in Situations and kind of see what's happened in the past You know we usually go into to a game with a specific plan as far as how we want to handle certain things And we're looking at how they how the opponent may do things. So I mean the end of the game situation We always try to make sure that we're thinking through a lot of these things throughout the week of Situations that come up and then try to learn from some of these situations That other teams find themselves in that if we find ourselves in what will we do in those situations? Well analytics would tell us Adam that you'll score 34 points again. What's the deal with the number 34? three in a row we're trying to score more It just wasn't it didn't work out we we started getting some three and outs there in the fourth quarter so I mean We're just trying to put together good drives and sticking in the end zone as much as possible We we kind of we shot ourselves in the foot a couple times there We might have had a couple of more opportunities and got called back on some penalties now back to the analytics for a second Do you find there's more information than there was even when you when you started with Miami or when you started in the league in General is it growing each year probably starting in the league? I don't know how much I mean really the only thing that's increased since I started in Miami was just the games that have been played So I mean there may have been some situations that have come up that Art is don't happen as much as what you know You would normally see so it's just maybe some more information on some of those situations All right before we go. I'm curious. Just go back to the Cowboys again So Jerry Jones pretty much called out as coaching staff And you know your owner a couple weeks ago, you know gave you a vote of confidence and it certainly has been positive since then So I'm curious Adam. You don't do social media and that stuff But do you hear the noise like if an owner criticize you would that affect you? I? Mean you for me. I always look at it as We have a job to do and we just keep doing that job and trying to do everything we can to Find a way to win the next week Doesn't make you work harder per se No, I mean you you're putting everything you have into it as it is You know, I mean you're trying to find every which way you can and win a game. What are you most thankful for? This last win Adam I know you'll be working but have a nice Thanksgiving and good luck against Cincinnati. All right you guys too. All right. Thanks