“When you don’t play football for as long as he’s played it, you gotta knock the rust off,” said DC Bobby Babich. “We’re starting to see some of that and I think he’s starting to feel a lot more comfortable.”
On the other side of the ball, OC Joe Brady shared that his philosophy during the postseason is to find ways to get better, while also honing in on the details that made the offense click during the season.
“You gotta continue to find ways to get better, you can’t just be the same offense as you were the first month in the season at the end,” Brady said. “We got to continue to be creative, and continue to change who we are, but at the same time, running our core concepts.”
Brady said one way that he’s putting that philosophy into action is by not overloading the playbook each week and making sure each player feels prepared and confident in their role.
“It’s players, not plays,” he said. “When it gets to the playoffs, you can have a tendency to feel like you gotta get all these plays, and you gotta out scheme people. Less is more in the playoffs. Let guys go out there and play fast and put the ball in their hands, and good things usually happen.”