Raiders HC Klint Kubiak Prepare for Familiar Opponents

That's what you want from the coaches you work with and the players you work with is that there's no surprises and people are the same all the time. Obviously, intensity gets notched up, but you want to go see what they've done in practice. You want to see how it shows up in the game and usually it's those emotionally stable individuals, that are able to treat practice and games the same way Clint, you are halfway through your rookie year as a head coach, and coaching is coaching, but how are you enjoying the minutia of a head coach? It's a lot different, and it seems like you're adjusting well. How are you enjoying it, and how are you dealing with it? It's such a blessing to get to work in this league, whatever position that you are, position coach or your quality control, you're one of 32, and I think you realize how special and how unique that is and how it's not for long either. The NFL will chew you up and spit you out, so you better make sure you're going your own way. We talked about the feeling going against them, but logistically, the challenge of you guys know each other, they know you... From the system standpoint, is there a tendency to overthink that? Or I guess how do you handle that part of it? Yeah, absolutely. You know, those are the discussions that you have, you know, on game plan nights. And then you break your meeting and you're on the same page. And now it's about the players. How do we get them ready? And I think. You take that piece out of it. There's a lot of discussion in game planning every week. What do we put on tape? What do we think they're seeing? What are they going to do? And then you have to make a decision, and you get your butt out on the practice field and make sure the players are executing. How much further were you able to maybe talk to Rob to speak about what you know about their offensive players from last year? Yes, we definitely have discussions about that, about personnel and scheme. That's definitely part of the process this week. You spent half a season so far trying to run the football effectively. Your quest is to play complementary football with that belief. At this point, what can you do differently to get your running game on track?