00:00hey marcus thanks for coming on man we really appreciate it sure no thanks for having me
00:04sure uh marcus let me just start with this because there's a little sound i want to play you
00:09um this is regarding the uh play it was the third and goal at the five it was the golden
00:15touchdown
00:16and it looked like on tv that there may have been some miscommunication between you and
00:20christian gonzalez christian gonzalez was asked about it i just want you to hear what he has to
00:24say first and then i just want to find out you know what you believe happened here here's christian
00:28gonzalez answer about what he believes happened on that play that's just on me um you know i gotta
00:35just be be better at um at talking to him and um yeah i mean it's just gotta be better
00:41at talking
00:42to him and getting communication to him faster um so um we can be on the same page and uh
00:48you know
00:48it's it's it's on me so i'll take it so marcus from your perspective what do you what do you
00:53think
00:53happened there yeah from my perspective uh man when it comes down to it you know it was definitely
01:00a situation of a very important down and distance um they motioned and everything and a big thing
01:05about you know being db is communication um that's one of those situations to where we got to both be
01:10on the same page so i know he may have said that but at the end of the day like
01:14i could have got back
01:15sooner and everything and then they ran a great route to where it puts us kind of in a bind
01:20but
01:20we practice those things so you know we're gonna take advantage the next time that we get in that
01:24situation so was it more scheme marcus uh overall looking back at the day scheme or performance that
01:29you think made the difference uh so like it was both you know um there's plays you know that we
01:35had
01:35that we needed to make and everything like that and then you know when you play good offenses like
01:39that you know they have schemes and everything like that scheme beaters as well so i feel like you
01:44know it was both when it came down to it well we just got to play at our best
01:50marcus um i have to assume that you know you guys are coached up on sudden change obviously
01:54teams like to take a shot and three out of their four turnovers that you guys had uh the green
01:59bay
01:59took shots right right after uh the the those turnovers and it felt like it kept you know you
02:05guys were kind of caught off guard by that i mean i'm i'm sure you you coached your coach that
02:09is that
02:10something y'all work on just sudden change and make you know knowing that the offense most likely in
02:15those situations will take a shot yeah we're always coached upon that you know us as players
02:21you know when you when you play the game long enough you know usually whenever people have
02:24momentum that's the best time to differ as though on the offensive side is to take shots um we know
02:30that um like i said man that's one thing that we always try to do is look forward to that
02:34but we
02:35also have keys to look into and everything like that too as well and like i said man it'll be
02:40you know
02:41talked about a lot is like we just got to be better on the back end as a defense and
02:45we understand you
02:46know what we have back there in defense as well and just dbs communications and things like that
02:51but we'll get it corrected so marcus unfortunately jordan love had a very good day what was he doing
02:56that was harder to pick up from the sidelines or tv um i feel like first off man he's a
03:03great
03:03quarterback you know a quarterback that can put the ball wherever he needs to be um there's been
03:08some plays where it was tight coverage and he's still putting the ball in certain places as well
03:11um but i feel like the chemistry of their offense of like you know whenever they're uh on the same
03:18ph man we knew that it could be um you know troubling if we don't get them off track and
03:22you know they
03:23have guys that can run you know vertical routes and everything like that too as well um but as a
03:28defense as a whole you know we have to marry it up with the situation of the rush and then
03:31also
03:32whenever we're you know rushing for man we have to make sure that we're in the right zone who
03:36we're playing zone and then also being uh right with our man and everything like that too as well
03:40so i feel like you know as a defense all 11 we just all have to be better marcus your
03:45teammate pop
03:46douglas after the game was talking about the sideline vibe and he thought it could have been better you
03:50know to kind of uh motivate one another did you get a sense of that as well and how do
03:54you fix that if
03:54it's an issue yeah we always talked about that every single week you know um we talk about the
04:00sideline energy for the situation of punt you know whenever we get the ball inside the 10 or something
04:05like that um energy with that kickoff return punt return you know special teams even whenever the
04:11offense you don't make plays and defense make plays man we always talk about the situation of the
04:15energy especially whenever we're at home you know we have a crowd that's that's there you know to
04:20support and make it far for the opposing team so you know um we've talked about it for a minute
04:25so
04:25i'm definitely um with pop on that and you know we want to make sure that we always bring energy
04:30no
04:30matter if we're away or at home marcus i'm just curious what the mood in the in the huddle was
04:36like uh when things were kind of going bad i've been in huddles where guys are mfing each other and
04:41it's chaos when things seem to be slipping away what was the mood in in the huddle uh last night
04:47and
04:47how was how was how was how were guys uh behaving uh when it was getting it getting the out
04:52of hand
04:52there yeah our main thing man is just you know um controlling what we can control you know uh when
05:00it comes down to it knowing the details and things like that you know going back and forth we don't
05:04have a lot of guys as big on the ego situation so that's great you know we understand that we're
05:09a problem solving defense you know we can't get too high can't get too low of course you know we
05:13didn't play our best game on sunday but at the end of the day we can't let that you know
05:17drag us on for
05:18the rest of the season you know there's there's a lot of football when it comes down to it you
05:22know
05:22and we also have to tip our cap when it comes down to they were the best team that day
05:26but
05:27at the end of the day like we got to get back in practice correct the things that we need
05:31to correct
05:31and like i said we had some good plays as well so we can't overlook those as well too so
05:36you know go
05:37from there and learn from it you know through the the first i guess until yesterday there was a lot
05:42of talk about the success that the defense has had uh like man coverage versus zone as a matter of
05:49fact if you took a look at most of the stats they had you guys one of the best teams
05:53in the league
05:53when you were doing man coverage i think third when it comes like you know epa and but zone it
05:59was near
05:59the bottom why do you think that's been the case for this defense um i think when it comes down
06:07to it
06:07you know uh there's certain calls you know that that puts certain you know coverages and certain
06:13things in the bind you know i mean and we just got to know you know what are those uh
06:17situations
06:18that put us in disadvantages you know i mean and you know um we got to make sure our eyes
06:22are in the
06:23right spot you know and then also getting to the right depth of getting them to check the ball down
06:27because nowadays like on offense they're always trying to high low certain defenders whether it's the
06:32cornerback whether it's the hook players whether it's the safeties and then you know just
06:36understanding where we want the ball to be getting to you know whether it's the check downs and
06:40everything like that too as well so you know marrying those up is very important and then also like
06:45yeah we're a great man-to-man team but then you know there's certain teams that will put man-to
06:49-man
06:49in a bind as well like they do picks you know all those things so knowing and playing smart and
06:55playing to our strengths is very important but then also understanding what the other team the opposing
06:59team is trying to make us do as well is so important as well five and four marcus heading to
07:04germany to face detroit how do you feel like you guys are in just an overview situation uh identity
07:10and contention and all the rest of it yeah first off man i feel like when it comes down to
07:16the thing
07:16that we want to end up doing like we're we're still on that path when it comes down to winning
07:21the division that's our first thing that we want to have our goal and the next thing you know the
07:25second one is you know hosting home playoff games you know like it's still in track to where we can
07:30have those things happen but taking it one week at a time so you know detroit great team uh great
07:36offense you know great defense as well when it comes down to it um you know they fight hard they
07:41have a coach you know that instill the situation of you know violence and playing hard and um that's
07:46one thing that we have to understand is that you know we are a team that has shown violence and
07:51you
07:51know playing hard as a team but we have to do it consistently day in day out so we're going
07:56to get
07:56back to practice we're going to practice hard do the things that we need to do and then also like
08:00when it
08:00comes down to it like these are the games that you know they bring us closer as a team you
08:04know
08:04it's all good whenever everything is you know great and we're winning and everything like that
08:08but you know we have a lot of guys in the locker room and are dialing into the things that
08:12we need
08:12to do and bring us in closer and then understanding that controlling what we control is the most important
08:17thing uh marcus that's a long flight over to to germany and i'm just curious like what is your
08:25favorite activity on long flights are you a movie guy a book guy do you play cards uh what's your
08:30what's your favorite activity on those long flights oh the long flights uh i would say sweet
08:39that's my that's my favorite activity you know i might watch a movie every once in a while but i'm
08:44i'm a sweet guy i literally get my wrist how is the plane how is aircraft one
08:48guys that play cards uh probably uh i mean i don't really be seeing too much of the situation
08:56because like i said i'd be knocked out asleep so i mean i've heard some of the yeah i've heard
09:02some
09:02of those uh those card games you don't want to get into i know there were some uh deals with
09:06the
09:06celtics where i think actual fistfights happened because of uh tempers that flared on some of those
09:12the betting that they did um all right well i've gotten stung on those long flights oh have you
09:16really who stung you back in the day oh uh bledsoe the son of a b the guy with the
09:21most money
09:21of course it's always pay up oh yeah sure all right well marcus jones thanks for coming on man
09:27and let's uh you know listen the one thing that i can say about this team is after bad losses
09:32they
09:32bounce back pretty damn good so um you know hopefully you'll be able to do that over in europe
09:37this uh this coming sunday early in the morning we appreciate it marcus i sure appreciate you guys as well
09:43you
09:43you
