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Speaker 2: Welcome into the New Orleans Saints Podcast. Aaron Summers here.
Speaker 2: The second week of OTA's are underway. The second day
Speaker 2: this week of practice was Thursday. It included media availability
Speaker 2: so we were able to watch and talk to head
Speaker 2: coach Kellen Moore along with some players. Things are continuing
Speaker 2: to progress through this teaching phase, especially when you look
Speaker 2: at the offensive and defensive line. It's a lot of
Speaker 2: individual work on the fundamentals and technique so that the
Speaker 2: linemen will be assignment sound, know what they need to
Speaker 2: be doing when the pads actually come on with alignment,
Speaker 2: working with their position group a lot. The group work
Speaker 2: during practice is mainly seven on seven. Spencer Ratler and
Speaker 2: Tyler Shuck are still sharing first team reps and it
Speaker 2: was another solid outing for both. Shuck hit two deep balls,
Speaker 2: both over fifty yards, one to wide receiver Bove Means
Speaker 2: and the other to Donovan People's Jones Means went down
Speaker 2: the left side, Jones was down the right sideline, and
Speaker 2: Means definitely took his to the house.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, that was a great throw.
Speaker 3: I knew like we just had execute.
Speaker 4: That's something that we got to I feel like we
Speaker 4: don't make a lot of plays just like that.
Speaker 2: Next year, while Shuck had two big highlights, he did
Speaker 2: throw an interception to cornerback Rageon Wright, which caused Alante
Speaker 2: Taylor to run on the field after him to celebrate.
Speaker 2: Taylor is embracing the versatility of his role in the
Speaker 2: cornerback room, especially under Brandon Staley this defense, They're going
Speaker 2: to use him in a lot of different ways. He
Speaker 2: is one of the leaders on the defense and someone
Speaker 2: who'll continue to play inside and out.
Speaker 5: He will definitely provide a lot of flexibil for us,
Speaker 5: and I think that's one thing that you know, from
Speaker 5: a defense perspective, we've emphasized these guys being in a
Speaker 5: lineup in multiple ways. Alante is one of the one
Speaker 5: of the primary guys about that. You know, his ability
Speaker 5: to play the star position, which is really the nickel
Speaker 5: position as most people learn it, uh and the outside
Speaker 5: corner position. So he's gonna be able to do both,
Speaker 5: and that's gonna bell allow us to play some matchup
Speaker 5: football when we need to play matchup football. And I
Speaker 5: think he does a really good job. He's good against
Speaker 5: the run. He's a really really good blitzer. I think
Speaker 5: that's shown up, and so he's got a lot of tools.
Speaker 4: I think I'm going it is going pretty well. I'm
Speaker 4: kind of picking up one and pretty fast. I've watched
Speaker 4: a lot of tape, a lot of film. I've spent
Speaker 4: a lot of hours just kind of in the lab
Speaker 4: is what Staley would call it. But I think I'm
Speaker 4: doing pretty good.
Speaker 2: Coach Moore said that your versatility, your ability to adapt
Speaker 2: a speed that you have is going to be really
Speaker 2: helpful for those defense. You know, how do you see
Speaker 2: your role?
Speaker 4: I think my role is gonna be pretty pretty crucial,
Speaker 4: and I think I'm gonna help the defense out in
Speaker 4: many ways. I kind of get the feeling that I
Speaker 4: had going into my senior year at Tennessee when we
Speaker 4: had Coach of Banks comes in and Coach Martinez comes in.
Speaker 4: With the freedom that I have, they kind of move
Speaker 4: around and and just kind of play my game and
Speaker 4: I kind of felt like a robot out there. So
Speaker 4: super excited about it.
Speaker 2: There were no additional injuries to report this week. Titans
Speaker 2: Don Holker and Foster Morrow and quarterback Jake Hayner were
Speaker 2: all in attendance but didn't fully participate. Taysom Hill remains
Speaker 2: out and has not been at practices. Defensive end Chase
Speaker 2: Young was at practice today after not attending last week.
Speaker 2: I didn't see Tyron Matthew, Alvin Kamara, Cam Jordan to,
Speaker 2: Mario Davis, j T. Gray, Brian Brazzy, Devon Godshaw, or
Speaker 2: Nathan Shepherd today. The team will practice again tomorrow for
Speaker 2: their third practice of the week, since they went paintballing
Speaker 2: yesterday instead.
Speaker 5: Pete was pretty good. I'm trying to think, who you know,
Speaker 5: Bink had some good moments. You tend to get out fast.
Speaker 5: We had we had a bunch of we had a
Speaker 5: bunch of guys. But yeah, it was fun.
Speaker 6: Man.
Speaker 4: That was my first time ever doing it. No counftortable
Speaker 4: in Tendensey. You would have thought I'd done it a
Speaker 4: couple of times, but that was my first time. It
Speaker 4: was super exciting. Nobody had faith in my team. Uh,
Speaker 4: we went out there and we won it all. So
Speaker 4: you know, the champs is here. But it was super fun.
Speaker 1: Man.
Speaker 4: I know we have another we're gonna we we're gonna
Speaker 4: talk about but next week, you know, we got another
Speaker 4: community service event to do. So I'm super excited about
Speaker 4: the community service things that you know, Coach Moore and
Speaker 4: the staff and organization is putting in for us to
Speaker 4: kind of go out there and just help the community
Speaker 4: but also build that that team camaraderie.
Speaker 2: While Taylor claimed the win and I do think that
Speaker 2: they won, justin Reed just didn't agree.
Speaker 3: Yeah, Silver team cheated, Yeah, cheat it they cheated, but
Speaker 3: it was it was a lot of fun. I didn't
Speaker 3: get shot too many times.
Speaker 2: Yeah, he was the best person out there.
Speaker 3: Riley our strength coach Ryan was pretty good. Ugo Amadi,
Speaker 3: he was pretty good. He was a Swiss Army Knight
Speaker 3: for us.
Speaker 6: Yeah.
Speaker 2: As we continue to get to know the team under
Speaker 2: coach More, it's been fun to see the players enjoying
Speaker 2: the time together. Read said it was something that he
Speaker 2: noticed right away.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean the first and foremost, it's culture over everything.
Speaker 3: Culture and the culture that's build here and coach killing
Speaker 3: they just want to super bow. Last year with Philly,
Speaker 3: he brought his Strength staff over and a lot of
Speaker 3: those guys are familiar with winning. We have a lot
Speaker 3: of guys here who are familiar with winning. But the
Speaker 3: great thing, because I've been on mediocre teams, have been
Speaker 3: on bad teams, have been on great teams, And the
Speaker 3: culture in this locker room is right right now. We
Speaker 3: got guys that believe in the system, that buy in.
Speaker 3: We don't have bad character guys, and that's the first
Speaker 3: step that you need in order to build a real
Speaker 3: team to go out and win.
Speaker 5: Was that one of the first things that you picked
Speaker 5: up was that culture.
Speaker 3: Yeah, you can feel it immediately. You can feel it immediately,
Speaker 3: like day one of OTA's the way that they ran
Speaker 3: in like a college program with the amount of conditioning
Speaker 3: and the attention to detail. But I kind I kind
Speaker 3: of like things that way. It feels more true to
Speaker 3: the sport.
Speaker 2: For today guest, I caught up with new tight end
Speaker 2: coach Chase Haslett. He grew up running around the facility
Speaker 2: when his dad, Jim Haslett, coached the Saints from two
Speaker 2: thousand to two thousand and five. Chase, thanks for joining
Speaker 2: me on the New Orleans Saints podcast. It's really good
Speaker 2: to have you and your ties here with the Saints
Speaker 2: coaching and taking on the tight ends room. How are
Speaker 2: you doing and how are things going now that you're settling.
Speaker 6: In, Everything's good. Finally got my family down here, so
Speaker 6: that that was a nice sigh of relief, getting those guys,
Speaker 6: getting my family down here, and now I can truly
Speaker 6: focus on football and making sure the guys are ready
Speaker 6: to go. So it's been going good with.
Speaker 2: Your father being a coach here before. What was your
Speaker 2: earliest memory of the Saints growing up?
Speaker 6: You know what, I've been asked that question a few times,
Speaker 6: and it's definitely running out in the field, and you know,
Speaker 6: having my dad chase me around, throwing the footballs around,
Speaker 6: playing with the equipment, coming to practice, and so anytime
Speaker 6: I see Kellen's kids out there, it's, you know, brings
Speaker 6: me back to those memories. Definitely pretty cool.
Speaker 2: What about you, You have kids, They're gonna be out
Speaker 2: there anytime soon.
Speaker 6: This is my this is my son's, my oldest son's
Speaker 6: favorite place to come to. That has worked. So we
Speaker 6: try to come here on the weekends and let him
Speaker 6: run around, hit the bags and do all that fun stuff.
Speaker 2: So, growing up obviously in a football family, your father played,
Speaker 2: then you went on to play a quarterback. When did
Speaker 2: you decide that you had the coaching niche?
Speaker 6: It's all I've ever been around. Yeah, you know, it's all.
Speaker 6: It's all I've known. And there's nothing better than helping
Speaker 6: guys achieve their goals and achieve their dreams. And that's
Speaker 6: that's why I'm in this profession, is because I got
Speaker 6: to witness it my entire life and definitely what I
Speaker 6: aspire to be, you know, a great coach.
Speaker 2: What pulled you to the tight end room into that role?
Speaker 6: It's I love the tight end play in general, just
Speaker 6: because it incorporates the run game, the past game, protection,
Speaker 6: it's everything, and so being able to tie into you know,
Speaker 6: the offensive line play, receiver play, it's it's pretty cool.
Speaker 6: And that's really what taught me, you know, drove me
Speaker 6: to be in the tight end room. So it's good stuff.
Speaker 2: How have you enjoyed working with the tight ends that
Speaker 2: are here?
Speaker 6: A great group of guys there are, you know, love
Speaker 6: being around them. They make it fun. The room's fun,
Speaker 6: it's energetic, try to make it light in their good group.
Speaker 2: Have a couple that aren't able to participate right now
Speaker 2: because of injuries, but don Holker and Foster Moro are
Speaker 2: out there doing some drills where they can. You're going
Speaker 2: to have a lot of players in that room that
Speaker 2: you're gonna have to work with. What are some of
Speaker 2: the things that you like in your tight end?
Speaker 6: Yeah, So one of the things I always tell the
Speaker 6: guys is I try to we try to attack their
Speaker 6: deficiencies and perfect their redeeming qualities. And so having Foster
Speaker 6: out there, you know, I know he's he's hurt right now,
Speaker 6: but you know, we look forward to having them back
Speaker 6: out there full time, and so doing what I can
Speaker 6: right now to attack his deficiencies and you know, working
Speaker 6: on some of the ball drills aspect of it, so
Speaker 6: he's not skipping a beat when he gets back out there.
Speaker 6: But obviously all those guys have little intricacies to their
Speaker 6: game that we like to take advantage of. And so
Speaker 6: not making sure those guys aren't putting a bad spot,
Speaker 6: but always looking to attack those deficiencies is what we
Speaker 6: strive for.
Speaker 2: It's always funny when I talked to Jawan Johnson, he
Speaker 2: you know, changed from a receiver to a tight end,
Speaker 2: and he says that it's it's tough blocking. That's something
Speaker 2: he's still getting used to. And I look at him
Speaker 2: out there, and I'm like, you look like such a
Speaker 2: big guy. Doesn't it seem like it's to be that hard.
Speaker 2: But I mean it's definitely a different part of the
Speaker 2: game that you have to learn. How do you kind
Speaker 2: of perfect that area for them?
Speaker 6: Yeah? Yeah, obviously Jawan going from receiver room to offer
Speaker 6: tight end play. The biggest thing I look for is
Speaker 6: is he a willing blocker? And so that's something that
Speaker 6: I saw in film, is that he's willing to stick
Speaker 6: his face in there. And so now really working on
Speaker 6: hand placement, footwork the first two steps getting him on
Speaker 6: track from that point, because once we can tie in
Speaker 6: the footwork and the hand placement and the strike, and
Speaker 6: you know, he's a willing blocker, so that's all part
Speaker 6: of it. But yeah, well, just the footwork and the
Speaker 6: hand placement is something that we're really working on right now.
Speaker 2: I always like to watch the new coaches because they
Speaker 2: usually bring different things to the practices and training camp
Speaker 2: that we haven't seen before. Were and today I noticed
Speaker 2: Jawan was wearing goggles, So what was the deal with that?
Speaker 6: Yeah, one of my big three things in my room
Speaker 6: is I want the guys to be themselves. That's you
Speaker 6: can see it in my room right now. It says
Speaker 6: be yourself. And so Juwan he loves, he loves, he
Speaker 6: loves his goggles. You know, that's something that I've never
Speaker 6: used in the past, but it's something that's helped him
Speaker 6: in the past. And it's I guess it's a blinking
Speaker 6: mechanism within the goggles. It's been around for a while
Speaker 6: that helps, you know, makes you focus on the football
Speaker 6: when it's in the air. And you know, it's something
Speaker 6: that's helped him. So I'm all for it. If it
Speaker 6: helps him, it helps me.
Speaker 2: So yeah, how big of a part of the game
Speaker 2: is that going to be for the tight ends in
Speaker 2: this new offense?
Speaker 6: Yeah, making sure we're not putting the guys in a
Speaker 6: bad spot, you know, that's first and foremost. We're not
Speaker 6: gonna ask you guys do something that they're you know,
Speaker 6: is not helpful to the team. And so a guy
Speaker 6: like Jawan, who his you know, biggest asset right now
Speaker 6: is in the past game. So we're gonna we're gonna
Speaker 6: try to match him up and take advantage of the
Speaker 6: defensive looks and obviously keep working on his defficient season
Speaker 6: the run game, and and so he can go out
Speaker 6: there and keep being successful.
Speaker 2: Okay, now I'm probably gonna butcher this name. I practiced
Speaker 2: it so many times, but.
Speaker 6: That's a lot easier.
Speaker 2: Tell me about him. What have you noticed so far?
Speaker 6: Yeah, no, he's coming along well. Obviously you can see
Speaker 6: his size six six two sixty. You know, we just
Speaker 6: got to and he can he can move really well.
Speaker 6: Got to get him to come off the ball a
Speaker 6: little better artistic at the snap count, continue to work
Speaker 6: on some of the run game fundamentals. It'd be nice
Speaker 6: when the pads come on and see what he can
Speaker 6: really do. But he does. He does bring some intricacies
Speaker 6: to the offense that we necessarily don't have in that room,
Speaker 6: which is nice to have for you.
Speaker 2: Being able to come here and be reunited with Kellen Moore,
Speaker 2: How good is that for you? Kind of taking on
Speaker 2: an elevated roles first time leading the tight end room
Speaker 2: and being able to do it with somebody who have
Speaker 2: a lot familiarity with.
Speaker 6: Yeah, kill, it's awesome. I mean being around him for now,
Speaker 6: I've known him for five years now, six years now.
Speaker 6: He's a great coach, great leader, great person, you know,
Speaker 6: a guy I would I would go anywhere with definitely
Speaker 6: love working with him and him and I see the
Speaker 6: game in a similar facet in terms of the creativity
Speaker 6: and the finding ways to exploit defenses. But just the
Speaker 6: creativity perfect alone is a lot of fun. You know.
Speaker 6: He sees the game and a lens that is different
Speaker 6: and unique, and that's something that I see as well.
Speaker 6: So it's it's cool stuff.
Speaker 2: How many former quarterbacks are on the offensive staff because
Speaker 2: it's you, Kellen, Yeah, the quarterback coach. Right, there's a
Speaker 2: few that seems like a lot.
Speaker 6: There's a few. Yeah, I mean, it's it's it's part
Speaker 6: of it. I mean, those guys are all great coaches
Speaker 6: and great people, and so there's a reason why Kellen
Speaker 6: brought them on staff is because they they're great coaches
Speaker 6: and even better people. So it's fun working with all
Speaker 6: those guys.
Speaker 2: Yeah, what are you looking forward to as OTAs continued
Speaker 2: to progress and then you'll have a little break, but
Speaker 2: once training camp really gets going.
Speaker 6: Yeah, just taking it one day at a time. Right now,
Speaker 6: you're obviously trying to continue to focus on the find
Speaker 6: details in both the run game, pass and protection and
Speaker 6: making sure the guys know exactly what their their goals
Speaker 6: are and the vision of how I intend to use
Speaker 6: them in the offense, and we intend to use them
Speaker 6: in the offense is something that I want to make
Speaker 6: sure that they are tuned into. But just continue to
Speaker 6: work on small details right now and then when we
Speaker 6: get to training camp. I want those guys to feel
Speaker 6: good and ready to go, that they can go out
Speaker 6: there and kick butt.
Speaker 2: Did you ever think that you would come here and
Speaker 2: be a coach.
Speaker 6: That's a that's a great question. I did not think,
Speaker 6: you know, my first position coaching job in the National
Speaker 6: Football League would be with the Saints. But it's a
Speaker 6: really cool, surreal moment for me, definitely being back here
Speaker 6: and seeing everything around the facility and in this city.
Speaker 6: I love the city. I really do with people, the food,
Speaker 6: everything about this place is great and fantastic.
Speaker 2: What does your dad tell you about coaching here with
Speaker 2: the Saints or just the culture of the organization.
Speaker 6: He's preaching right now, just this is your time, you know,
Speaker 6: I'm not gonna reminisce on my time back there the Saints,
Speaker 6: and this is your time to shine and go do
Speaker 6: your thing and have fun doing it. And obviously I
Speaker 6: look forward to when he comes around here to practice
Speaker 6: and whatnot. But definitely he's a guy that you know,
Speaker 6: my entire life. I've obviouslyes my father, but you know,
Speaker 6: relying on him for a lot of answers and you know,
Speaker 6: all the questions I ask him. So it's definitely my
Speaker 6: top mentor.
Speaker 2: Yeah, when I talk to players who are from the area,
Speaker 2: they always talk about being able to run out into
Speaker 2: the field of the super Dome for the first time
Speaker 2: they grew up Saints fans and what that moment will
Speaker 2: be like. I don't know if it has the same
Speaker 2: effect for a coach, but walking on the field the sideline,
Speaker 2: knowing that that's your home stadium, what will that moment mean?
Speaker 6: Just the atmosphere alone is exciting here. It's a super
Speaker 6: loud stadium. The fans are very passionate about their team,
Speaker 6: and as they should be. This is a great city
Speaker 6: and a great football town. So I definitely look forward
Speaker 6: to walking out there and knowing that I'm giving everything
Speaker 6: I got to the city and to making sure that
Speaker 6: we can win on a weekly basis. So look forward
Speaker 6: to it.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Well, thank you so much for the time and
Speaker 2: getting to know you a little bit better and we
Speaker 2: look forward to when this thing get started. For more
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Speaker 2: last set of OTAs before mandatory Mini Camp June tenth
Speaker 2: through twelfth.
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