1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:05,960 Speaker 1: Good morning everyone, Merry Christmas, happy all the days. Thank 2 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:09,360 Speaker 1: you appreciate it. So did Joe tell us to tell 3 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:12,479 Speaker 1: you that you can give us the offensive game plan? Uh? 4 00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:19,320 Speaker 1: Not quite, not quite. How are your receivers? I mean, 5 00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:25,520 Speaker 1: are you gonna get anybody back or well, we'll see. Uh, 6 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:27,840 Speaker 1: we have some guys, you know, obviously with Chef going down, 7 00:00:27,880 --> 00:00:30,640 Speaker 1: that was a big blow for us, our team, our 8 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:34,520 Speaker 1: unit in our room. Um, but we'll see. We got 9 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:37,680 Speaker 1: Katie's working with the trainers today and hopefully can get 10 00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:39,680 Speaker 1: him back coming up to the last part of the week. 11 00:00:39,720 --> 00:00:42,640 Speaker 1: But um, we won't have him to day for practice, 12 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:44,120 Speaker 1: but we'll see toward in the week and see if 13 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:47,240 Speaker 1: he can get in there. And other guys just ready 14 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:50,200 Speaker 1: to go. Ross is still in the protocol. I'm sorry. 15 00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:53,960 Speaker 1: Ross is still on net. Yes, he is, he is. 16 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:55,920 Speaker 1: He is back in the building. He's back. He's back 17 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 1: in the building today. Yes. Can you have some hope 18 00:00:58,080 --> 00:00:59,880 Speaker 1: that he'll be able to go Sunday? I got my 19 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:02,560 Speaker 1: fingers toes and eyes crossed that he'll be ready to 20 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:04,920 Speaker 1: come back. How important you know for a rookie to 21 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:07,160 Speaker 1: be what is it for him to get back and 22 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:09,160 Speaker 1: at least play these last couple of few games. It's 23 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:11,080 Speaker 1: very it's very important. You know, he's chomping at the 24 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:12,720 Speaker 1: bit to get out there just so you know, he 25 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:14,360 Speaker 1: wants to play. He wants to be out there with 26 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:16,800 Speaker 1: his teammates. You know, he has some unfortunate situations come 27 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:19,800 Speaker 1: up throughout the course of the year that that's unfortunate, 28 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:22,119 Speaker 1: but but he wants to play. It's important for him 29 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:24,679 Speaker 1: to come out here and and and get these last 30 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:26,399 Speaker 1: couple of games on this built so he can have 31 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:29,000 Speaker 1: some minimum on to the off season and the next season. 32 00:01:31,319 --> 00:01:34,720 Speaker 1: Do you have to manage guys expectations if they're not 33 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:38,160 Speaker 1: getting targets early, like actually actively on the sidelines, or 34 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:41,720 Speaker 1: do you leave him alone? Well, you know the way 35 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 1: I've done that. Be honest with you, Pat, I tell 36 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:48,360 Speaker 1: guys you know on this level, if you're on this 37 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:51,160 Speaker 1: level and pay receiver, it's because you've done some good 38 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 1: things in your past to make plays. So they all 39 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 1: want the ball. You know, I don't want to receiver 40 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 1: who don't want the ball. They don't want the ball. 41 00:01:57,840 --> 00:02:00,920 Speaker 1: And what I tell them and explain to them if 42 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:03,640 Speaker 1: they don't get the ball, just keep getting open, keep 43 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:05,640 Speaker 1: getting open. We'll get you the ball. It's not job 44 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 1: to find a way to get you the balls. Keeping open, 45 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:09,520 Speaker 1: So you have to keep incouraging them along the way 46 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:11,600 Speaker 1: and show them things that they are doing right and 47 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:13,640 Speaker 1: the things that are not doing right, you correct those things. 48 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 1: But he's gotta keep just extilling the confidence in them, 49 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:18,680 Speaker 1: just keeping open. I see you, you know, the quarterback 50 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:20,680 Speaker 1: sees you. You know, sometimes we have a little one 51 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:22,480 Speaker 1: off here and one off there, we don't get to 52 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:25,520 Speaker 1: the ball. But keep getting open, we'll find you. And 53 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:28,400 Speaker 1: getting open enough. In that regard, when you look at 54 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 1: his numbers, he's never been a big separation. Even when 55 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:33,600 Speaker 1: he had the big year, he was by metrics near 56 00:02:33,639 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 1: the bottom of the list. So is he getting open 57 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:39,480 Speaker 1: enough or where's that line with him? I think you 58 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 1: mentioned it, you just said it. You know, he's never 59 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 1: been a guy that's created a whole lot of separation. 60 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 1: But he's he's he's get separation because of his his 61 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:50,079 Speaker 1: body and his catch radius, you know. So he's not 62 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:52,399 Speaker 1: gonna ever be the guy probably that gets a ton 63 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:54,640 Speaker 1: of separation. But he he is open because of his 64 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:58,400 Speaker 1: catch radius. So um, sometimes you have to have to 65 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:00,400 Speaker 1: have ability to throw it up to him and let 66 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:02,679 Speaker 1: him go make a play, and and I think, you know, 67 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:04,560 Speaker 1: Jake did a good job of that this past game 68 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:06,520 Speaker 1: is throwing up on that goal route and the politically 69 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 1: make a play. And that's probably what he specializes in, 70 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:11,440 Speaker 1: is making plays and contested catches. All the catches he 71 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:13,840 Speaker 1: made this year so far, I say all of them, 72 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:15,799 Speaker 1: most of them has been on contested catches. So when 73 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:17,880 Speaker 1: you look at it, you're looking, when you're looking at 74 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:20,400 Speaker 1: the film, you you might be he might look like 75 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:22,600 Speaker 1: he's covered, and you're saying, hey, this is an opportunity 76 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:24,840 Speaker 1: still to get him the ball. I think so. I 77 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:27,200 Speaker 1: think so. Again. You know, if you're five down, you 78 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:29,120 Speaker 1: can't say that about a guy, But if you're six four, 79 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:31,440 Speaker 1: you can say that about a guy. There's a lot 80 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:34,800 Speaker 1: of excitement outside the building. I think about Jake possibly 81 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:37,480 Speaker 1: playing here and you know, getting shot and seeing seeing 82 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:39,880 Speaker 1: what he has. What what's it like inside the building, 83 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:43,640 Speaker 1: And especially with your group, I think, you know, with 84 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:46,040 Speaker 1: my particular group, it doesn't matter who the quarterback is. 85 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:47,360 Speaker 1: We have to go out there. We have a job 86 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:50,640 Speaker 1: to do. Um. I think they're prepared for whoever plays quarterback, 87 00:03:50,840 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 1: because we're installing the same game plan that we normally 88 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:55,960 Speaker 1: would in the course of the week. You know, therinkle here, 89 00:03:56,120 --> 00:03:58,720 Speaker 1: rinkle there. But for the most part, you know, it's 90 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:00,600 Speaker 1: our job to go out there and block. When it's 91 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 1: time to block, and run routes and get open. It's 92 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:04,000 Speaker 1: time to get open and make plays and the ball 93 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:06,720 Speaker 1: comes that way. So regardless of who's playing quarterback, that's 94 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:10,880 Speaker 1: our job to do that. When you're facing Philly, what 95 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:15,360 Speaker 1: problems do they present? I mean, Slay obviously is a playmaker. 96 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:17,960 Speaker 1: I mean what other problems do they present to your 97 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:21,640 Speaker 1: receiver group. I think because they play, they do a 98 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:23,600 Speaker 1: lot of things that are pretty simple, but they're doing well. 99 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:26,800 Speaker 1: They disguise well on the back end. Um, they run 100 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:29,360 Speaker 1: to the ball in the run game. Um. So they're 101 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:32,159 Speaker 1: very physical group back there. So I think it poses 102 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:34,640 Speaker 1: a challenge for our guys, you know, every week because everybody, 103 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:37,599 Speaker 1: you know, on this level, everybody plays hard. Everybody gets 104 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:40,560 Speaker 1: paid to play well, you know. Um, but they play 105 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:43,480 Speaker 1: particularly well on defensive pay particularly well on defensive line. 106 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:45,599 Speaker 1: They create a lot of pressure with the defensive line. 107 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:47,880 Speaker 1: So we have a good defensive line like they have. 108 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:50,400 Speaker 1: You know, the defensive backs don't have to cover as long, 109 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:52,720 Speaker 1: so they could take more chances back there because they 110 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:54,839 Speaker 1: know the defensive pass flash will get there, you know, 111 00:04:55,120 --> 00:05:01,520 Speaker 1: faster than promising other teams Slay Kenny so well. You know, 112 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:04,840 Speaker 1: they obviously probably got against each other hundreds of time 113 00:05:04,880 --> 00:05:08,400 Speaker 1: and practice. Do you factor that in as a wide 114 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:10,680 Speaker 1: receiver coach at all or look at that any differently? 115 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 1: I don't. I don't. And the good the flip part 116 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:17,760 Speaker 1: about that is, yes, there's Slade knows Kenny well, but 117 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:19,839 Speaker 1: Kenny knows Dare as well. So that's how we would 118 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:21,919 Speaker 1: look at it if it came into in fact, but 119 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:24,440 Speaker 1: we don't look at it that way. Now you get 120 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:26,719 Speaker 1: the as you go we go for the line? Where'd 121 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:30,600 Speaker 1: that come from? I don't know. I just something something 122 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:32,479 Speaker 1: at the beginning of the season, and I told the 123 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:34,680 Speaker 1: line that you know that's true. You know how they 124 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:36,400 Speaker 1: go how we go. So if they go out and 125 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:38,160 Speaker 1: play well, we're gonna play well, you know. So I 126 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:41,520 Speaker 1: always in every stretch, you know, as you hear with 127 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:43,840 Speaker 1: those guys and at every game or before the game 128 00:05:43,839 --> 00:05:46,080 Speaker 1: when they're stretching, you know, we go as you go 129 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:53,680 Speaker 1: and they repeat it and so here we go, Darius, Darius, 130 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:57,840 Speaker 1: what accounts for his seems like he's had a difficult year, 131 00:05:58,120 --> 00:05:59,800 Speaker 1: just hasn't been able to get on track. Maybe more 132 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:02,560 Speaker 1: drops and he's had in previous seasons. What do you 133 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:05,719 Speaker 1: think he's working through or how do you evaluate his year? 134 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:08,919 Speaker 1: Probably pressing a little bit, you know, I think we 135 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:11,800 Speaker 1: had a really good I think the personnel department did 136 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:13,560 Speaker 1: a really good job of bringing some talent to this 137 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:16,080 Speaker 1: group um and although we hadn't had them all at 138 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:17,880 Speaker 1: the same time a lot of times. But I think 139 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:19,719 Speaker 1: when you have so much talent and so many things, 140 00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 1: the opportunities will come in your way as much so 141 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:25,120 Speaker 1: when opportunities do come your way, you know, he probably 142 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:27,440 Speaker 1: presses a little bit too much, you know, Instep just 143 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:30,040 Speaker 1: relaxing and being himself and let the game come to him. 144 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:32,480 Speaker 1: So we've talked to him about that, said, hey man, 145 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:35,680 Speaker 1: just relax, just be yourself. Do you you get the 146 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:37,840 Speaker 1: opportunity to make the play, make the play, and don't 147 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:39,600 Speaker 1: just be so hard on yourself when you don't make 148 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:42,080 Speaker 1: the play. You know, Jerry Rice dropped some balls too 149 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:44,480 Speaker 1: back in this day. But I'm not saying he's Jerry Rice. 150 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:48,360 Speaker 1: But but what I'm saying is receivers, receiver was gonna 151 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:51,120 Speaker 1: drop balls. SI was gonna drop ball, So you know 152 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:53,640 Speaker 1: you gotta have that. Like a defensive back gets beat 153 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:55,200 Speaker 1: on a deep ball, you got to forget about to 154 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:57,080 Speaker 1: go to next play. The same thing with series drops 155 00:06:57,080 --> 00:06:58,960 Speaker 1: the ball, forget it, go to the next play.