Browns OL Joel Bitonio talks with the media ahead of the Browns matchup vs the Jaguars.
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00:00 I know I know man man of the year Ed Block Courage Award a walks man
00:06 Shut up. I know I know that's why I'm here today
00:10 I was very happy for him. I mean since since he's been here. He's done so much in our community
00:23 Just type of guy is in the locker room the leader he is
00:27 I would just say it's a big time award. You know congrats and hopefully you get some votes
00:32 You know out there as well
00:34 Yes good very calm, you know I think you've seen it all
00:48 Lot of lot of experience, and I think he's picked up on the offense very quickly understands
00:55 What he needs to do and there's never really a down the huddle
00:58 He was confident had the play calls in and out do our King says all that stuff was very good
01:03 So a lot of things that you do when you used to do quarterback. He kind of had down already
01:07 So it's been a good transition. You know he's a good guy. It's easy to talk to all that stuff, so it's
01:12 You know you see if you play against him so many years you play some Baltimore. He's been around the league
01:17 And you get a meet him, and you don't really truly know a guy so you're in the locker room
01:21 I
01:23 Mean it is definitely a little bit weird like I
01:28 You know you see some of these quarterbacks and like even when I was coming up
01:32 You know you play against like a Tom Brady or a pain man
01:34 And you're like when I was a kid these guys were like doing big things and and this guy you know I came in the
01:38 League we're playing against Baltimore. He's you know what Super Bowls relevant stuff
01:42 And so no you don't think you're gonna play, but it's been
01:50 Yeah
01:52 I think I think some guys need a hit a little bit get some position working
01:56 But he said he was thrown with his brother, so he's been ready to go and hopefully
02:00 We keep him from knocking hit too much
02:03 You know
02:05 We just kind of know Joe's gonna be in the pocket for most of the time you know
02:30 And he's gonna have some pocket movement. We're probably I can see him scramble around a little bit back there, but we're ready for anything
02:36 Yeah, they're very experienced
02:51 Style like
02:57 They're a little bit different because they're not really two gappers are kind of penetrating a little bit more
03:01 But all of them pretty talented and I mean if you look at it against the run
03:05 I think the best team in the league and some are one of the best teams and
03:08 They've gone after the passer really well to have a good blood scheme
03:12 It's definitely a tough challenge up front
03:14 But you know a lot of respect for you know and I think they have depth as well
03:21 And so they go out there, and they all play hard and they kind of rotate
03:23 And get guys in there
03:25 Yeah, we got to eliminate the negative plays you know I think if you go out there
03:43 And you have I think at one point we had like three or four negative runs in the first half and those just
03:49 Hurt yeah, you know instead of even we turn those into two yard three yard games. You're still gonna have a chance
03:54 You know produce
03:57 You know it dissuades the play caller from calling more runs, so we have to be positive
04:05 We have to be on our details and understanding the assignments
04:07 You know the place were out there last week. It's just really comes down to
04:11 Yeah
04:13 Yeah, it's been good
04:26 Guys have been resilient this year. You know we wanted our team to be as healthy as possible
04:30 And we've had some unfortunate injuries to some very important pieces, but two guys credits
04:35 They've stepped up and we talked about you know playing good football December allows you to keep playing in January
04:41 And that's really our goal, so you know we got it. We got a FC battle this week with a team that's leading their division
04:45 It's a huge one. You know we got to try and find a way to go one another this weekend and keep that momentum
04:50 It's impressive you know they've done a good job
04:56 Going on the road and being some some good teams, and it's gonna be a challenge. You know we've seen them and we understand they
05:04 You know had some very very quality wins this year, so it'll be a big challenge
05:09 I
05:11 Was watching a little bit the first half and then I I went to bed, so I didn't see what he got hurt
05:19 I get it. It was it was weird years, but the fact that you guys
05:30 Yeah, you were able to win meaningful games that year, and you're just you're you're in it this year. Yeah, I think
05:38 2020 actually has some correlations in the resilient factor because it was so weird with Kovac
05:44 You know there's so many different tests and days
05:45 We couldn't practice and things got moved the schedule moved the guys were just like focus on the task at hand
05:51 We've kind of tried to take that
05:53 Approach this year, and I know we have a lot of new guys from there
05:56 But but I think that approach is a very similar approach to this year and trying to find a way to go one another this
06:01 Week no matter what is happening around us
06:04 I
06:06 Yeah, I was very good, I think it shows the experience work ethic
06:17 You know I know it's five kids are at home right now, so he's a little bit more free time
06:22 but no he's
06:24 It's a testament to him. You know we were in LA
06:27 And he he had a chance to really study the playbook and even that first week when he wasn't gonna play
06:32 I think you're just jumping into the book and the coaches do a good job of telling him like hey
06:36 this is our plan this what we want to do and
06:38 It's a testament to him and his experience in this league
06:42 No it felt it felt very normal
06:46 I don't know all the passing routes and stuff like that, but the run game and the protection stuff was all very
06:51 very normal
07:01 Yeah, we love our home crowd you know I think they bring a great energy
07:04 It's been fun playing. You know down there this year. We got a little weather possible this weekend. You know
07:11 Just the way we like it, so it'll be
07:14 It'll be good. You know but know that the home crowd is great and getting back home after that long West Coast trip
07:19 It's as good. I think energy
07:21 >> Thank you.