VaqueroTD
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The Coach and Coordinator PCs went on as usual. Hardest working people in the building. DQ coming up next.
Always encourage folks to read these. A lot of extra energy spent sometimes in the forums that you could get instant clarity hearing it straight from the horse's mouth.
Always encourage folks to read these. A lot of extra energy spent sometimes in the forums that you could get instant clarity hearing it straight from the horse's mouth.
- Players have been in weight room and watched Lions games already. That game is NFL as normal. Competitive league. It's hard to win.
- Players were already texting each other as soon as Eagles lost. Most of them watched the game.
- Tyler Smith Update: It's sore. The history of injury, I would agree, full better than partial tear. Up to the player to tell you how he feels.
- Jonathan Hankins Update: Good workout today. We'll see how he feels this weekend. We hope we can get him in.
- We spent extra time today on running game. Defense Lions 64% pressure. Only 11 empty pressures. We had a lot of uphill looks for our run game and wasn't good enough. Spending more time on it this week.
- CeeDee Lamb: He always sees doubles so his ability to play outside/inside makes him so versatile and a part of his success. Extensive route menu. And he's so competitive. He is what you want.
- We are very aware Packers are a likely opponent. I watched their game. I saw Eagles, Washington games. I'm watching to see what they're playing. Trends for every football team, especially this time of year. Some teams play different than they did just 2 months ago.
- Clearly, tripping penalty flipped situation. Stopped clock and took our yards. When we went to 1st and 25, the goal was to cut it in half. We got it with CeeDee. 2nd down was the disappointment. Communication issue from my end? We just weren't clean. We were supposed to hit individual cuts to Brandon or CeeDee since they were 1-1. We got what we needed defensively. Was supposed to put us on 3rd and short, to give us chance to convert and end game. That was the thinking on the time clock.
- D-Law? I remember competing against him and he's still doing it at high level. DE, people always talk about sacks. But when I see Michael Strahan, I think not only sack records, but this man plays the run great. D-Law is that same type of player. He plays run even better. That speaks volume about him. He can sack and pressure but it's huge compliment to also say you can do it against run. It's his tenacity when he comes inside. Most guys just run the C gap, he takes three gaps out.
- If you look at way our season has gone, our team NEEDED adversity. And that's what we have gotten end of season. Adversity, tight ball games, that's what football is about. Obviously, we want to win them all, but this will serve us well moving forward. Our young players still make mistakes, but being healthy is most important statistic going into Playoffs.
- Eligibility. Philly game is a good example - we put Jon Fassell on microphone. We always make big deal out of reporting. Those are mistakes that are unacceptable.
- Yes, if they announced #68 was eligible we definitely play it different. Our sideline, when #68 caught the ball, everyone was screaming only #70 was the eligible receiver.
- Yes, it's always been beneficial talk to refs before game. Sometimes you can tell them too much. Sometimes you talk about things you're worried about but they end up calling it on your team. Everyone has their own philosophy. I always ask them, "Anything I need to remind my players about?" Every crew is different, some engage more than others in pre-game talk.
- I feel we have arrived at the complimentary football format. You sometimes have to win 20-19. You want both your offense and defense in top 10. Turnover ratio is always the indicator of a successful football team. Playoffs have already started. More Playoff games played Sunday than the Tourney Sundays. You want your team ready at that complimentary level.
- Yes, I will share the SF game losses with my team. Part of the cut-ups.
- Brandon Cooks? On field super competitive. Clear understanding of everything. Schemes. Run Games. Smart player. Knack for big moments has been awesome for us. Off the field, big family man, very well respected, great work habits. I can't think of anything not nice to say about him.
- Cooks too smart to get sucked into coaching. Education of a 10, 12, 14 year pro today. They want to be a coach, or in media industry too, they already have great understanding in today's league.
