Denver Broncos defensive coordinator Vance Joseph describes the improvement of Minnesota Vikings quarterback Josh Dobbs and the differences defending T.J. Hockenson and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.
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00:00 I think it's a different scheme, different team, Mike.
00:03 So when you watch the Arizona stuff, obviously it was good early.
00:07 And as the season went along, it wasn't as good.
00:10 But he's a veteran player and he's super, super smart.
00:15 I think the offense that Minnesota runs is very quarterback friendly.
00:19 And he's taken to it fast.
00:21 They have a lot of speed.
00:23 It's a good scheme for a quarterback.
00:25 It's the boots, it's the play action stuff.
00:26 He's very good at.
00:28 He's also very good at finding an open guy.
00:30 I mean, he knows where to go with the ball.
00:32 So he's not a young guy who's confused by coverage.
00:35 He knows if it's man taking his best matchup.
00:37 He knows the concepts.
00:38 He knows where his fit option is.
00:40 So it won't be easy to play well against this guy,
00:46 because he's an experienced guy.
00:47 I mean, he's been in seven years.
00:49 Sometimes, we've seen it, Geno in Seattle.
00:53 Sometimes when guys sit for a long time, they have time to kind of figure it out.
00:58 And the process slows down for those guys.
01:00 And they play better when they're older.
01:02 It's not different for quarterbacks.
01:05 If they all can sit seven years, they probably all play better.
01:08 But he is a very bright guy, always have been athletic.
01:11 He can make the second act.
01:13 And that's your issue with this guy.
01:15 But he's playing at a high level.
01:16 You can't deny that.
01:17 It's different.
01:20 It's different.
01:21 With Travis, obviously him and the quarterbacks, they've got a rapport that's
01:25 special, and this tight end is playing well, especially in the last two weeks.
01:30 And a tight end is a young quarterback's best friend as far as finding him open and
01:36 finding matchups.
01:37 It's tough to defend tight ends, especially on first, second down.
01:43 But that's a matchup issue, right?
01:45 Schematically, you can't spend too much of your resources first,
01:49 second down to double a tight end.
01:51 No one's doing that, right?
01:52 So third downs, you can get it done.
01:54 But first, second down is tough.
01:55 So if the matchup is right, and he's winning, he's gonna find him.