00:00Coming out of the last Seattle game, there was a lot of emotions for players on both sides.
00:05Do you at all this week try to mitigate how much guys lean into those old emotions with so much at stake?
00:11As long as it's controlled aggression and within the framework of how we want to play and our style of play.
00:17I think emotions can be a good thing as long as you have control of your emotions, you know,
00:22with the way that we want to be able to play as a team and your role and responsibility to each other and to our collective.
00:28And so, you know, we know that it's going to be, I mean, anytime you get a chance to play in an NFC championship game,
00:34there's going to be emotions and those are going to be a good thing.
00:37We just want to make sure that we're in control of those and we're always responding,
00:41not reacting in an emotional way that's not in alignment with who we want to be and how we want to go about it for our football team.
00:48Yeah, I think you got to just, you know, you take into account the previous two times.
00:53You know, we've been in similar situations when you look back to the COVID year.
00:57We played Seattle three times, playing them in the wild card round.
01:00And then our Super Bowl year, we ended up playing the Niners for the third time in the NFC championship,
01:05both of which we had games late against them.
01:09The Niners game was the last game of the year.
01:12And then the Seattle one in the COVID year was, I believe, the second to last game of the year.
01:16So it is an added layer, you know, but it's really just a familiarity.
01:20Let's put together the best plans that we can for our guys.
01:24And let's understand, you know, what type of execution and what type of, you know,
01:29competitive stamina it's going to take for us to go get the job done against, you know,
01:34as complete a football team as there is in this league and as hot of a football team as there is in this league.
01:39I think he's a stud in terms of just his great energy.
01:44You know, he's a lead by example guy.
01:45He's got this authentic energy, this just consistent belief, this never say die attitude.
01:53And he's got just this mental and physical toughness.
01:55And so he is so authentically and refreshingly himself.
02:00And I think that's why it resonates with his teammates and never asks anything of his teammates that he's not willing to do.
02:06And he's done a hell of a job.
02:09Do you have to factor any of that into the way you call a game?
02:11No question.
02:12You know, and that's part of it, too.
02:14I think, you know, you might say it's a good play based on whatever they're doing.
02:17But, you know, is that a good play also considering those elements?
02:21And those are things you have to be honest with yourself as a coach about.
02:24And, you know, what does our footing look like?
02:26What are the things that will allow us to be able to separate when they are doing, you know, some of their stickier coverages?
02:31And I thought we were able to get to those things later on that were helpful.
02:35But there was too many self-inflicted wounds and really just overall mental mistakes that we're not accustomed to having.
02:42And a lot of different people kind of took their hand in it.
02:45But when that stuff exists with the types of players that we have, that's where we talk about it as a coaching staff.
02:51We're not doing a good enough job with the clarity and have to be considerate of the plan.
02:55And even if we think it's the right thing, it still is about their ability to be able to go execute, get the communication necessary in a hostile environment within the 40-second or 25-second play clock.
03:05And, you know, that's where, you know, we'll do a better job.
03:08And we've got the right kinds of guys to be able to respond to it.
03:11And I think the most important thing is we figured out a way to be at our best as a team when we had to.
03:15And that's what it's about at this time of the year.
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