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Defensive coordinator Mike Pettine
On the improved safety play from Adrian Amos and Darnell Savage:
These are guys that rarely repeat a mistake, which is a big thing in our room. 'Don't be a repeat offender,' and they do a great job of not doing that. Adrian's a veteran presence that, from a prep standpoint, I know has helped Darnell. These are the types of guys you love to coach. They're passionate, you can tell they love football, they ask great questions, they want to be great and they want to do everything they can to help us win. Fortunately, it's a great example of guys that have great preparation habits, great practice habits, do everything they're supposed to do off the field, and we get positive results on the field.
On playing off coverage in certain situations:
We met with the guys this morning and watched it and even corrected it in-game. I just think we have to have better situational awareness. The corners, depending on the call, a lot of times if they do have deep responsibility, whether it's man or whether we're in some type of (zone), whether it's three-deep or quarters, where they'd be responsible deep, they do have some options on how to play it. We want to mix it up. We want to play some off, we want to play some press, and then we want to show press and be able to bail and play off because I don't think you can give an offense any one steady diet of anything because they'll hone in on it. Situationally, we have to be better in understanding that we can't give easy throws.
On the late-season surge:
The one thing that we have right now that I don't think you can put a price on is, we're confident. We talked to the guys this morning about it, about using that momentum, but also understand what got us here, the way we prepared, the way we handled our business not just inside the building but out of the building, and that can't change. So, I do think our guys have understood, and we've coached them hard along the way.