Raiders DB Coach Joe Woods Packers' Defensive Stars Shine

Sat, Aug 8, 2026

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That's if you had to, sorry, if you had to identify one area where Masters has made the biggest jump since getting here, what would that be?

I think just being consistent.

Because like I said, he's a very instinctive guy, so he sees a lot, and you have to be careful coaching guys like that because they'll see something and the guy will be running free, like, hey, you gotta cover that guy, but great instinct.

So I just think him getting comfortable, the speed of the game, the type of quarterbacks that he's gonna, uh, play against, and just not taking too many risks.

How does Brock Bauer challenge the group and make them better?

Yeah, you already know the answer to that.

He's just an elite tight end.

Um, he's more like a receiver, you know, at that size.

He's a great route runner.

Um, you know, we do some basic things in coverage for us just trying to get better at what we're doing, but if you don't count for him, you can see the problems he creates.

So I'm just glad he's on our team that secondary being as young as it is, how important was it to get Eric Stokes back in?

It looks like he's really taking a leadership role.

Yeah, it was very important to me.

I feel like last year was good for him after being at Green Bay.

I felt like last year he did some really good things, and I feel like he got his confidence back to where it was probably when he first got in the league.

And that's a big thing I've been pressing him with because the room's so young, they all look to him for leadership.

So he's doing a lot of things that maybe you guys don't see on the field behind closed doors to try to lead those guys.

How has Darian Porter progressed this offseason?

He's getting better, um, and again, you know.

I think the thing with Darren, many people forget is that he really didn't play that much DB in college.

Um , you know, you have guys who played DEB from when they're playing Little League to, to high school to college, and he was a receiver.

So a lot of the nuances of the game for him was something that he was learning last year.

So now he's a lot more comfortable.

There's still things he's working, working on, but he, I, I feel like he's really improved.