"We needed to put the fire out this week"- NE HC Mike Vrabel

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"We needed to put the fire out this week"- NE HC Mike Vrabel talks ball security and finding a balance. Maye ahead of schedule after 4 weeks? #

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00:00When you get into that mode of maybe you fumble a couple times,

00:04sometimes you'll put two hands on it, you'll over-secure it,

00:08which takes away from maybe your ability to run after catch or hit holes.

00:13How do you make sure that you balance the ball security

00:16but still being an aggressive runner?

00:19I think that that's obviously what the balance is,

00:22and we needed to put the fire out this week,

00:24so we were able to create some explosives, but you're right.

00:28You can't just sit there and run through with two hands on the football

00:32and crouched over on it and gain three yards.

00:36But you also have to take care of it,

00:38and I think it was important for us to put the fire out

00:40and, like you said, continue to still be aggressive with the football in our hands

00:43and be able to make yards after the catch or the run.

00:45Do you think Drake made his ahead of schedule

00:47about where you thought he'd be through four weeks?

00:49I really didn't have a timetable.

00:51I'm not really sure.

00:51We're just trying to throw the guy that's open as soon as he is in the progression

00:54and then take care of the football, and when he's not there, use his legs,

00:57and I think he's done that at times and will continue to work on it.

01:02Do you see a comp between him and Josh Allen?

01:04That was the big sort of...

01:05No, I'm not big into comparisons.

01:07I think you guys know that by now, but if not, we'll keep reminding you.

01:10I'm not big into comparisons.

01:12Steph Diggs said that his comfortability within the offense

01:15is a 5 out of 10 right now.

01:16Is that just how he feels?

01:18Then he should study more.

01:21Okay.

01:22I love this view, by the way.

01:24This is like, let's go get him.

01:255 out of 10.

01:26Let's go get him.

01:27We need to get going.

01:27I'll have to talk to Steph today.

01:29You got to know the playbook inside and out.

01:32Yeah, I just didn't know...

01:33I mean, 5 out of 10.

01:34I went to Ohio State and said he was failing.

01:37Yeah, that's not good.

01:39Go ahead.

01:39Sorry for you.

01:40No, no.

01:40I just didn't know if it was him feeling comfortable coming back from injury

01:43or if it was how he felt with Drake or within the offense.

01:46I didn't know...

01:47Well, again, we'll have to clarify what part of it is 50%.

01:50We'll have to have a winning effort physically, mentally,

01:54and whatever the third one was.

01:56We'll have to bump it up a little bit here to see what's going on.

01:59I think the third one's emotionally.

02:01Emotionally.

02:01We need to be better in all three phases then

02:04because that's not good enough.

02:06Mike, what was the difference after the first series defensively,

02:10adjustment-wise, that you made against...

02:12You know what I mean?

02:12Trying to disguise a little bit and just get our eyes in the right place.

02:16They're moving guys and motion in and flashing them after the snap.

02:19And, you know, that was...

02:23You know, then we'd pick each other.

02:24You know what I mean?

02:25We got that weak side bunch formation that we've seen for pretty much

02:29since we started practicing football and we were running to each other.

02:33So I thought when we settled down,

02:36I thought just being able to hold the disguise,

02:39they were trying to motion and shift and do different things.

02:42And we just needed to settle down and relax and play football

02:46and fit where we're supposed to fit, push the pocket,

02:50not let the quarterback scramble, extend plays,

02:53which I thought that was good.

02:55He had a lot of just third-down conversions just by scrambling.

02:59That can be deflating.

03:01Well, that'll be huge this week, obviously, coming up.

03:03So I did a lot of those things well.

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