Q. You said at your news conference that you didn’t watch video of the Ravens game because of the short turnaround to tonight’s game in Cleveland. Do you do it that way also to send a message to your players that this week was all about looking toward this game.
A. If the message was received in that way, then great, but that wasn’t my intention. There were really some challenges this week in terms of preparation. There’s usually division familiarity, which is a great place to start in terms of your general knowledge, not only of the players in their division of labor, but the schematics, the strategy component, how the Cleveland Browns play. Three weeks ago, they made a couple of significant changes in making Ken Dorsey the play-caller and at quarterback with Jameis Winston, and that really created some anxiety in me, and the more time I could spend familiarizing myself with those men in their roles and how it might change Cleveland’s offensive personality, I thought that was more worthy of my time.
Q. Another thing you said about the short turnaround was that you have learned about the importance of the final 24 hours before kickoff. How do you now like to utilize that time?
A. For me, I drown myself in situational scenarios. I try to have the feel of six or seven-day preparation on a four-day work week, and so there’s no shortcut to that. I absorb a lot of video. I’ve had as many formal and informal conversations with components of my staff relative to circumstances. There’s a great deal of comfort in preparedness when you’re on a seven-day cycle between games, and it’s my job to get myself to that place on a four-day work week, and that’s how I spend my last 24 hours.
Q. One of the things you often do in your postgame remarks is give credit to that day’s opponent. Why do you take that approach?
A. Because I understand how competitive this league is and how fine the line is between drinking wine and squashing grapes. This is the ultimate parity…
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