1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,720 Speaker 1: You know, starting another week here last yesterday, and it's 2 00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:07,240 Speaker 1: another good opportunity for us to really make some progress 3 00:00:07,280 --> 00:00:11,520 Speaker 1: as a team and individually um, which we all need. 4 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:15,200 Speaker 1: So hopefully we can we can do that and take 5 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:20,840 Speaker 1: advantage of of these days and look at the look 6 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:23,520 Speaker 1: at the corrections from the game from Washington game and 7 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:26,040 Speaker 1: address some of those. There's still a lot of other 8 00:00:26,079 --> 00:00:30,480 Speaker 1: things we need to move forward on, so we'll do that, 9 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:34,279 Speaker 1: and said, hopefully we can string a few good days 10 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:40,400 Speaker 1: together here this week and make some real progress. Bill, 11 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:43,440 Speaker 1: what are you working with young life linebackers or linebackers 12 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:46,040 Speaker 1: you don't have a lot of experiences in coverage. What 13 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:48,960 Speaker 1: sort of days do you work on with that? I'll 14 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:53,279 Speaker 1: build that have to fuils that the techniques that they 15 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:58,360 Speaker 1: use on different coverages and against different types of m 16 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:04,200 Speaker 1: pass path turns and different types of receivers, because at 17 00:01:04,240 --> 00:01:06,000 Speaker 1: that position you get end up covering a receiver a 18 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:11,440 Speaker 1: tight end and running back um and then where you know, 19 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:13,480 Speaker 1: so I mean the whole thing that pass coverages. You know, 20 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:15,280 Speaker 1: we have more guys than they do in past coverage 21 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 1: most of the time, so there's help somewhere. So it's 22 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:19,480 Speaker 1: knowing where your help is knowing how to use it 23 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 1: and the help being able to provide what help that 24 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:28,679 Speaker 1: extra person can provide for hoop deep, short, inside, outside 25 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:31,400 Speaker 1: whatever it is. So coordination of all that is really 26 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:41,200 Speaker 1: that's that's there's a lot of teaching there. Jason mccordy's 27 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:43,240 Speaker 1: so far in this lossson, what was it Benne having in? 28 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:49,400 Speaker 1: You're very professional and he's great, hard working kids, smart, 29 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 1: has experienced pick things up. Well, it's been it's been good. 30 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:01,600 Speaker 1: Was not was him not playing on Thursday? Was that 31 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:04,560 Speaker 1: a result of you knowing what you had? Or it 32 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:09,720 Speaker 1: were an injury? H the guys we played, we played 33 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:11,519 Speaker 1: the guys we didn't play with and play Let's play 34 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:14,000 Speaker 1: other guys this week when we'll see how it goes. 35 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:17,480 Speaker 1: I mean, you all know I'm not talking about anybody's injuries, 36 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:19,359 Speaker 1: so there's no plenty in bringing that up when I 37 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:24,960 Speaker 1: going through that. UM, I can't look at everybody every week. 38 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:29,919 Speaker 1: It's just too many guys. So some guys we'll play 39 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:38,680 Speaker 1: one week, some guys play more that the weeks. Seeing 40 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:43,680 Speaker 1: after about videos and um, have you seen seen progress 41 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:46,799 Speaker 1: from him after having him sit out last year? He 42 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:52,600 Speaker 1: spent about the progress. Um, he's he's a versatile player. 43 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:58,600 Speaker 1: UM just got good physical skills, played well at Chattanooga. Um, 44 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:04,440 Speaker 1: as you said, he didn't really get a chance to 45 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:07,720 Speaker 1: do much last year other than train. But he's trained hard, 46 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 1: He's in good condition, getting his timing and reps back, 47 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:15,480 Speaker 1: and on the football side of it, spent good progress. 48 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:19,400 Speaker 1: So hopefully you can continue to progress. You see a 49 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:25,120 Speaker 1: guy who read any experienced plane insiders, he purely he 50 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:33,040 Speaker 1: mainly played down to Chattanooga. Yeah, Billennim you deal with 51 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:35,800 Speaker 1: this to some extent offensively and defensively. But when it 52 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:39,600 Speaker 1: comes to the kickoff, how do you balance working on 53 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:41,760 Speaker 1: what you want to work on in these preseason games 54 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:45,400 Speaker 1: while not maybe putting everything that you want to do 55 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:52,280 Speaker 1: in the regular season. We don't think you're gonna work 56 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:57,640 Speaker 1: on fundamentals that apply to a different scheme even though 57 00:03:57,720 --> 00:04:04,120 Speaker 1: you don't run the exact same scheme. So but I 58 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:09,240 Speaker 1: mean again, there's not that many I mean, look, there's 59 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:12,839 Speaker 1: only something you can do, and everybody's pretty much seen 60 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:19,040 Speaker 1: seen everything when we're another over a period of time anyway, 61 00:04:19,080 --> 00:04:21,640 Speaker 1: with this year or last year, however far back you 62 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:23,599 Speaker 1: want to go, So there's not a whole lot that's 63 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:29,320 Speaker 1: like I would say brand new. So you know, in 64 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:31,960 Speaker 1: the end, it's you know, your personnel or their personnel 65 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:35,400 Speaker 1: and seeing how it's utilized. You know, whoever we play, 66 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:37,600 Speaker 1: they're going to try to use their best players and 67 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 1: create opportunities for those guys, and we'll try to do 68 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:48,240 Speaker 1: the same thing. So and that's all a little bit 69 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:51,880 Speaker 1: game planned or you know, specific to a particular situation 70 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 1: or a game. But the fundamentals are fundamentals. You don't 71 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:57,479 Speaker 1: you don't put in a whole lot of new fundamentals 72 00:04:57,520 --> 00:05:04,080 Speaker 1: each week. The new rules, so you think you will 73 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:06,400 Speaker 1: see in the preset, the rules aren't really new rules. 74 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:08,520 Speaker 1: They've they've taken out a couple of things. They haven't 75 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:12,560 Speaker 1: really changed anything. I mean, you still can't block who 76 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:14,479 Speaker 1: you can block. You just they took out the witch. 77 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 1: They changed a couple of alignments, but that's not really 78 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:21,719 Speaker 1: I mean, there's a lot of teams that lined up 79 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:24,080 Speaker 1: five by five to kick the ball off, I mean 80 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:26,960 Speaker 1: in history of football. I mean, it was like probably 81 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:31,560 Speaker 1: at least a billion examples of that. So it's short 82 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 1: to take off a little bit, all right, And they 83 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:36,720 Speaker 1: changed the alignment a little bit, I would say for 84 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:38,839 Speaker 1: a lot of teams the alignments on the kickoff return. 85 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:44,800 Speaker 1: Really teams had those alignments anyway, that's saying it's the same, 86 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:46,479 Speaker 1: But there are a lot of teams that did align 87 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:49,960 Speaker 1: like that. Um, there are plenty of examples they showed 88 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 1: in the coaching tapes when they talked about this rule 89 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:57,280 Speaker 1: where they showed teams lined up last year or the 90 00:05:57,320 --> 00:05:59,360 Speaker 1: way they lined up and like, this is illegal. This 91 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 1: will be illegal alignment this year. This would be an 92 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:04,960 Speaker 1: illegal alignment. Not that anybody was illegal last year because 93 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:07,560 Speaker 1: the rule wasn't in place, but they were showing examples 94 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:11,640 Speaker 1: of you know, a guy a yard or two aligned 95 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:13,960 Speaker 1: differently by a yard or two made it legal or illegal. 96 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:17,920 Speaker 1: But again you're talking about a pretty minimal adjustment in 97 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:21,520 Speaker 1: terms of alignment when they took out the wedge. So 98 00:06:21,839 --> 00:06:25,920 Speaker 1: all right, so that's eliminated. So unless every returns a wedge, 99 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:30,159 Speaker 1: then you can run the returns that you were running 100 00:06:30,279 --> 00:06:34,119 Speaker 1: or maybe modifying a little bit, but it's it's taken 101 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:36,400 Speaker 1: out something, not putting it. And honestly, there weren't that 102 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:41,120 Speaker 1: many wedge returns in Atlanst. I'd say three four years anyway. 103 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 1: I mean, there are a couple of teams that ran them, 104 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:45,320 Speaker 1: But it wasn't like you saw it, you know, every 105 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:50,200 Speaker 1: return every week like it wasn't the seventies or there where, 106 00:06:50,279 --> 00:06:52,279 Speaker 1: you know, everything was either three or four man wedge. 107 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:55,720 Speaker 1: I mean that was that was the return. That's just 108 00:06:55,920 --> 00:07:02,720 Speaker 1: not like that anymore. As you value tackling after the 109 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:05,960 Speaker 1: first preseason game, is that from a big milestone just 110 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:14,240 Speaker 1: in that setting. Well, running and tackling are two skills 111 00:07:14,280 --> 00:07:16,440 Speaker 1: that you don't work on from the end of the 112 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:19,280 Speaker 1: season until pretty much the first preseason game. You can 113 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:21,240 Speaker 1: do a little drill work, but it's not quite the same. 114 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:25,800 Speaker 1: Um So, any player that's involved in any of those 115 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:30,040 Speaker 1: running or tackling, they might have done it before, but 116 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:31,800 Speaker 1: they haven't done it recently, and they haven't done it 117 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:34,080 Speaker 1: at the timing and speed that it occurs in the game. 118 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:36,760 Speaker 1: So there's an adjustment of breaking period for all of us. 119 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:41,560 Speaker 1: And that's part of what preseason games are for you 120 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:44,400 Speaker 1: simulate in practice, but it's just it's not quite the 121 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:48,920 Speaker 1: same sou live tackling is. There's a lot to learn 122 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:51,320 Speaker 1: from that and we can all get better at it. 123 00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:53,960 Speaker 1: We can we can improve our tackling, we can certain 124 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:58,880 Speaker 1: improve our running and breaking tackles, So that's part of 125 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:05,200 Speaker 1: the process. Mm all over the offensive line in the spring, 126 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:08,160 Speaker 1: little the year, in the summer obviously done in that aspect. 127 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:11,640 Speaker 1: In terms of versatility, is he's sources to, you know, 128 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:17,120 Speaker 1: grasp the offensive Yeah. We ask almost everybody on our 129 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:23,040 Speaker 1: team to do multiple things. So, um, sometimes that manifests 130 00:08:23,080 --> 00:08:27,240 Speaker 1: itself there in the year. Sometimes it doesn't. But I 131 00:08:27,280 --> 00:08:30,120 Speaker 1: would say almost everybody, the exception of a couple of 132 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:34,520 Speaker 1: players in a couple of positions, have multiple of multiple 133 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:41,240 Speaker 1: roles in the summer. Yeah. I mean he's a smart kid. 134 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:44,839 Speaker 1: He picks things out. Well. How important is it to 135 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 1: each player? And it's kind of a fresh start when 136 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:51,319 Speaker 1: you come in each season and not hit this holding 137 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:53,280 Speaker 1: and slow this guy with a practice squad playing the 138 00:08:53,360 --> 00:08:56,079 Speaker 1: last year and just focusing on what they're doing in 139 00:08:56,240 --> 00:09:07,280 Speaker 1: this practice or just canyons. H. I don't know. I'd 140 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:08,839 Speaker 1: say it's not hard for me. I think maybe it 141 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:11,160 Speaker 1: might be harder for other people. I think sometimes harder 142 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:14,120 Speaker 1: for the players. They've been a certain role and they're 143 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:16,400 Speaker 1: not used to not being in that role, whether it's 144 00:09:16,520 --> 00:09:20,319 Speaker 1: practice squad or starter or whatever it is. UM, And 145 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:26,360 Speaker 1: sometimes that's that's the bigger adjustment either way. As odd 146 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:31,600 Speaker 1: as that sounds, not always, but sometimes, yeah, I see 147 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:33,600 Speaker 1: a claim say it's late every year. I can't speak 148 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:39,679 Speaker 1: for everybody else, you'd have to ask them out a 149 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:44,760 Speaker 1: different note, last week, Steve Smith came out talking about 150 00:09:44,840 --> 00:09:47,640 Speaker 1: his battle with the depression through his career and he said, 151 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:50,400 Speaker 1: I was just wondering and all the players who have 152 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:54,040 Speaker 1: battled the pressure, obviously without going anything games specifically with you, 153 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:56,880 Speaker 1: seeing the effect that they have or cripple and players 154 00:09:57,080 --> 00:10:02,319 Speaker 1: career you're worting four and forty five years. Yeah, let's 155 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:05,839 Speaker 1: say I've seemed pretty much every every medical condition in 156 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:11,400 Speaker 1: football in the course of time. I mean, occasionally something 157 00:10:11,480 --> 00:10:16,360 Speaker 1: comes up that's different, but usually it's the comment is, well, 158 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:21,040 Speaker 1: this is similar to what somebody else had, but here's 159 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:25,040 Speaker 1: the little difference. Let's say I can't remember the last 160 00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:30,839 Speaker 1: time we've talked about something medically, and I've had to 161 00:10:30,880 --> 00:10:33,040 Speaker 1: have explained to me like, well, you've never heard of 162 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:38,720 Speaker 1: this before, what is it? That's so you know, they 163 00:10:38,760 --> 00:10:40,840 Speaker 1: are common things that are fairly common, and then there 164 00:10:40,880 --> 00:10:44,040 Speaker 1: are other things that are unusual. But I think over 165 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:46,880 Speaker 1: that period of time that you've referenced. Thank you for 166 00:10:46,960 --> 00:10:51,040 Speaker 1: reminding me of that that, um, you know, over that 167 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:54,240 Speaker 1: course of time, it's it's come up either on our 168 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:58,120 Speaker 1: team or in the evaluation of draft prospects, which are 169 00:10:59,679 --> 00:11:02,480 Speaker 1: you know, it's called four or five hundred guys a 170 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:06,319 Speaker 1: year in addition to free agents, so players that have 171 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:08,679 Speaker 1: been in this league that have had some kind of 172 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:12,000 Speaker 1: condition on some other team that we've evaluated. However many 173 00:11:12,760 --> 00:11:15,200 Speaker 1: that is a year, I mean you're talking about probably 174 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:21,480 Speaker 1: I don't own a neighborhood of eight hundred thousand guys 175 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:24,560 Speaker 1: each season. Not some of those are the same guys, 176 00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:26,280 Speaker 1: but I mean, I'm just saying it's a lot of 177 00:11:26,679 --> 00:11:30,600 Speaker 1: it's a lot of people. So there's not too many. 178 00:11:31,559 --> 00:11:39,000 Speaker 1: Too many things that are medical staff, doctors, trainers, strength 179 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:41,640 Speaker 1: conditioning coaches that we haven't dealt with, and we have 180 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:43,800 Speaker 1: to deal with those on every level, not just treating 181 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:48,760 Speaker 1: the condition, but also integrating the player back into some 182 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:54,520 Speaker 1: type of workload eventually practice and competitive situations. Now that 183 00:11:54,559 --> 00:11:56,400 Speaker 1: they may not always get to that point, something might 184 00:11:56,440 --> 00:11:58,920 Speaker 1: come up along the way, but assuming that they're still 185 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:02,280 Speaker 1: playing football, it's not just you know, treating a guy 186 00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:04,920 Speaker 1: and you know, put a band aid on whatever his 187 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:09,360 Speaker 1: injury is. It's also you know, finding the work right 188 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:14,920 Speaker 1: formula and adjusting whatever his training methods are to allow 189 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:18,400 Speaker 1: him to continue to play football if he's been cleared 190 00:12:18,679 --> 00:12:20,880 Speaker 1: medically or if he's in the process of being cleared. 191 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:24,400 Speaker 1: So it involves everybody, not just the doctor, all the people, 192 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:27,280 Speaker 1: which in some cases it goes to the coaches as well, 193 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:37,360 Speaker 1: certainly strength of training, strength coaching and training staff. Oh, 194 00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:39,520 Speaker 1: any extra motivation with the Eagles coming here in this 195 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:42,599 Speaker 1: street right now, We're really just trying to focus on 196 00:12:42,679 --> 00:12:44,599 Speaker 1: having a good practice today, So we need to do 197 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:47,959 Speaker 1: Philadelphi yesterday, correct some mistakes from yesterday, and God, have 198 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:53,920 Speaker 1: a good day to day, I guess. So late, are 199 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:57,319 Speaker 1: there any players in particular and in your experience you 200 00:12:58,080 --> 00:13:01,280 Speaker 1: have handled that transition better than others, whether it is 201 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:09,920 Speaker 1: going from correctice squad starter or starter to back up. Yeah, 202 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:12,679 Speaker 1: I mean, look, it's different for everybody, Like each of 203 00:13:12,760 --> 00:13:14,839 Speaker 1: us has to deal with our own situation every year, 204 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:18,880 Speaker 1: and that changes every year to some degree. Every year 205 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:22,880 Speaker 1: is different. So your role might be the same, but 206 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:25,920 Speaker 1: the circumstances around you might be different, which then changes 207 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:32,080 Speaker 1: your um It doesn't change your role, but affects your 208 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:35,920 Speaker 1: role or vice versa. Your role might change in addition 209 00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:37,560 Speaker 1: to those other things change, and I mean we all 210 00:13:37,640 --> 00:13:42,960 Speaker 1: go through that, so some some some of us are 211 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:48,319 Speaker 1: just better or worse one year or another year. Some 212 00:13:48,440 --> 00:13:52,679 Speaker 1: players are more flexible than others. Sometimes circumstances are unusual 213 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:57,599 Speaker 1: and that changes the dynamics of it. So, I don't know, 214 00:13:57,679 --> 00:14:00,960 Speaker 1: it's pretty fluid. It's going to change year multiple times. 215 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:02,960 Speaker 1: I mean, we've only been out here a couple of weeks, 216 00:14:03,080 --> 00:14:05,439 Speaker 1: but over the course of it, there's gonna be a 217 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:07,440 Speaker 1: lot of a lot of changes as we go through 218 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:13,160 Speaker 1: the season. So for all of us excited, Okay, all right, 219 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:13,559 Speaker 1: thank you,