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I said, because he's not going to follow the defense.
He goes, you don't have to follow the defense around here?
I go, no, no, no, no.
He doesn't have to follow the defense.
But you need to be able to cover up for him.
He goes, what do you mean cover up for him?
I said, well, if it's too deep and he sees something, he may blitz.
I said, well, how do I cover up for him?
I said, well, you start talking to the two corners and tell them to back up.
We're playing a three-deep defense suddenly, and I said, and we'll just go from there.
And he goes, can anybody do it?
I go, no, no, no.
And he goes, how often is he wrong?
I go, not often.
I go, I said, you know, the one thing I don't want to do is harness him.
Because when he had a feel for something, he could play very free and do things that were disruptive.
You don't harness greatness.
And I think the biggest thing you do, and I learned that a little bit with Ben, is like let him do his thing.
Yes, there's structure.