Speaker 1: Thanks.
Speaker 2: How are you guys doing? We all right to start early? Corey, Okay,
Speaker 2: you guys get.
Speaker 1: To go go.
Speaker 3: Ahead, Matt, Yeah, if there on.
Speaker 2: Negotiation, Yeah, we have started negotiations.
Speaker 1: We're talking.
Speaker 2: I won't go into negotiations, like always is our stance.
Speaker 1: Want brought to be our quarterback as.
Speaker 2: Long as we're here and uh and beyond and and
Speaker 2: we'll leave it at that. I I think the final thing,
Speaker 2: there's no guarantees that we get something done, but my
Speaker 2: experience has been when both sides are motivated, there's ample
Speaker 2: opportunity to do so, and we've we've been able to
Speaker 2: do that.
Speaker 1: So random what with his impact Brandon Staley?
Speaker 2: Yeah, well we Brandon in for a reason because of
Speaker 2: the regard we held him in in his uh, in
Speaker 2: his football mind and uh, you know, it wasn't our
Speaker 2: best year, but I think we saw just that. Brandon
Speaker 2: is a he's got a great football mind, he's got
Speaker 2: a good way of communicating.
Speaker 1: And we really enjoyed the opportunity to work with him.
Speaker 2: I think the Saints, you know, really got a good one,
Speaker 2: good decision by Mickey and Kellen and everybody there, and
Speaker 2: I wish them well.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 2: So Greece when he committed, you know, kind of an
Speaker 2: outside the box thing that that Kyle uh you know
Speaker 2: had always had, Uh, you know, thought of of Greece man,
Speaker 2: he'd be a great coach, and he approached him.
Speaker 1: I think Greece.
Speaker 2: Was in a different world and he had he had
Speaker 2: given it some thought on the front end, and at
Speaker 2: the time he gave us a three year commitment. He's
Speaker 2: a very principled guy, I think, as often does I
Speaker 2: think family and certain other things. I don't want to
Speaker 2: speak for Brian, but other things we're pulling at him,
Speaker 2: and you know, respect that he made a tough decision,
Speaker 2: but one he thought was best for him and his family. Uh,
Speaker 2: to step away. Yeah, No, I think to take some
Speaker 2: time and we'll see where it goes again. I don't
Speaker 2: want to speak for Brian, but we had good conversations.
Speaker 1: It's all all good. It was just a family decision
Speaker 1: that he made. I'll you back in.
Speaker 2: It's awesome to have solid back. You know, felt like
Speaker 2: he never left, to be honest.
Speaker 1: Uh.
Speaker 2: You know, you get very close with folks when you
Speaker 2: work with him as much as we do.
Speaker 1: And Salah brought a great deal when he was last here.
Speaker 2: I think he's even better now with the experiences he's had,
Speaker 2: and it's a it's a welcome sight to have him back,
Speaker 2: the energy that he brings, the expertise that he brings,
Speaker 2: the leadership he brings. We're we're very happy to have
Speaker 2: Robert and his growing family. Uh you know that that
Speaker 2: has grown quite a bit since Lee left. I think
Speaker 2: number eight on the way, and happy for the Sonnah
Speaker 2: and Robert, and we love their family.
Speaker 1: We love what Robert brings.
Speaker 2: And I remember meeting with them in my backyard when
Speaker 2: Kyle asked me, you know, hey, I want you to
Speaker 2: interview this guy.
Speaker 1: I think he'd be a great d C.
Speaker 2: For us, And he had me from that moment.
Speaker 1: On board the Jets Special Teams. I think he was
Speaker 1: a great reference.
Speaker 2: We had a lot of good Special Teams interviews that
Speaker 2: you know, it's not something you look forward to doing
Speaker 2: every off season, but we had an opportunity. Kyle was
Speaker 2: kind of enough to let me or ask me to
Speaker 2: sit in and a lot of them to meet with
Speaker 2: a lot of really talented people.
Speaker 1: And you know, Brandt.
Speaker 2: Was a guy that the people who we hold in
Speaker 2: high regard.
Speaker 1: In the Special teams world.
Speaker 2: Everybody kept saying he was in he was in that
Speaker 2: list of people we should talk to. Like it helped
Speaker 2: to talk to Robert, It helped to talk to guys
Speaker 2: like Jeff Oulbrick who worked with them, and then most
Speaker 2: of all, to sit down hear his vision for our
Speaker 2: special Teams group and get his thoughts and uh, he's
Speaker 2: been a great contribution already.
Speaker 1: College fo yeah, yeah, money.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Well, I would tell you we're still kind of
Speaker 2: in that wild west. There's so many new things happening
Speaker 2: in college football, and so you know, my hope is
Speaker 2: that over time you get guardrails and we get this
Speaker 2: to the right place. It's uh, you know, we sit
Speaker 2: in these interviews with these kids. We're fortunate enough to
Speaker 2: have them, and it's great to learn about them. But
Speaker 2: when you hear them like, you know, my agent and
Speaker 2: I made a decision, Wait, you're not supposed to have
Speaker 2: any Yes, you do have agents, and high school kids
Speaker 2: have agents.
Speaker 1: So it's a different world. You know.
Speaker 2: One of the advantages I think we get is a
Speaker 2: lot of these guys now have had money in college,
Speaker 2: and you know, oftentimes you've got to make mistakes to learn.
Speaker 1: Sometimes they've made their mistakes and Hopefully they're a little
Speaker 1: better equipped.
Speaker 2: We used to get them when they've never had money
Speaker 2: and all of a sudden they have money and they
Speaker 2: got people asking them for money and you should do
Speaker 2: this investment.
Speaker 1: Maybe they're a little more battle tested by the.
Speaker 2: Time they get to us. It's one perspective. I try
Speaker 2: to be an optimist, and that is one thing that
Speaker 2: we've seen that can be a positive.
Speaker 1: How NFL. I was I.
Speaker 2: You know, I was a position switch my junior year,
Speaker 2: so I was I was new to dB. The Bucks
Speaker 2: didn't think I was very prepared because it took me
Speaker 2: three years to become a starter.
Speaker 1: So fortunately it all worked out.
Speaker 2: Trit's playing and he's ready, and I think he's really
Speaker 2: motivated to come back. And you know, when you're uh,
Speaker 2: that's rare fight air with that that Trent lives in.
Speaker 2: And when you're a player that has experience playing at
Speaker 2: those heights, you don't want to play unless you're playing
Speaker 2: at those at that level. And I think that's where
Speaker 2: Trent's at. And I think we're going to see a
Speaker 2: real motivated Trent Williams to come back and have a
Speaker 2: great year. And that's a good thing for us.
Speaker 1: With you you're kind of younger player having feeling longer player.
Speaker 3: Players still.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know there's some teams that really have a
Speaker 2: philosophy of you know, they won't touch a player that's
Speaker 2: a little older that's probably had to adjust COVID and stuff,
Speaker 2: had guys staying at school longer. Nil has guys staying
Speaker 2: at school longer. So I think if you're if you
Speaker 2: really stay true to that, you're limiting the pool that
Speaker 2: you're picking from. I think sometimes we have to ask yourself,
Speaker 2: you're trying to get this guy for twelve years, which
Speaker 2: is you know, if you're looking for that it's a
Speaker 2: small small percentage, or you're looking for one contract and
Speaker 2: then hopefully more. So it's an interesting topic. It's one
Speaker 2: we constantly discuss. There's there's there's you know, there's pluses
Speaker 2: and minuses to both sides. Having a young guy that
Speaker 2: you think you can develop and is already a good player,
Speaker 2: and then a guy who's a little more battle tested,
Speaker 2: been through a little more and uh, it's a it's
Speaker 2: an interesting conversation. He's doing great, Christian's doing really well,
Speaker 2: and uh, you know, I think was real frustrated with
Speaker 2: the way last season went and doing everything and as
Speaker 2: possible as he did in preparation for last year, and uh,
Speaker 2: we're hoping to see him. He's out there going to
Speaker 2: have a tremendous year. If he's healthy, he will have
Speaker 2: a tremendous year. That's just what he does, you know,
Speaker 2: I think so I think at least parts of it,
Speaker 2: you know, will be judicious and follow you know, the
Speaker 2: medical folks advice on that. But Christian's you know, he's
Speaker 2: done a great job doing the rehab.
Speaker 1: He's tireless.
Speaker 2: If anything, you always gotta you gotta say woe to
Speaker 2: Christian and uh, you know it's my my friend Mike Tomlin.
Speaker 2: It's a lot better to have to say woa than
Speaker 2: it is to say sick. So Christian is a woe guy.
Speaker 2: And because he's he's going to do everything possible to.
Speaker 1: Give himself a chance.
Speaker 2: Very similar approach, I think, if anything, just you know,
Speaker 2: Kyle and I have worked together a long long time,
Speaker 2: and so you know, just walking through the halls, I
Speaker 2: was just at a restaurant, ran into Demico Ryans and
Speaker 2: and uh you know, uh, Bobby Slowick right before him,
Speaker 2: and Mike McDaniel over there, all these guys that have
Speaker 2: been with us over the years, and personnel people Adam Peters,
Speaker 2: you know, and so a lot of people contributed a
Speaker 2: lot to really refining a process that that we work
Speaker 2: by and we always are tweaking it, trying to make
Speaker 2: it better. So I think, if anything, when you have
Speaker 2: some form of continuity, and we've had that, it allows
Speaker 2: you to have systems, challenge them, test them what's working,
Speaker 2: what's not, and continue to hone in and always try
Speaker 2: to get better. You never stay the same, so you
Speaker 2: always are trying.
Speaker 1: To get better.
Speaker 2: Yeah, that typically happens with really good players. I remember,
Speaker 2: I think two years ago, you know, having similar conversations.
Speaker 2: You get calls and you always listen to calls, and
Speaker 2: you know, we're you know, I think since Kyle and
Speaker 2: I've been here, we've been you know, certainly a top five,
Speaker 2: I believe, number two cash spending team, you know, in
Speaker 2: the last five years, I think we're or four years
Speaker 2: going into the fourth year, I think we're the fourth highest.
Speaker 1: Cash spinding team.
Speaker 2: So we're at some point you have to reset a
Speaker 2: little bit, or at least recalibrate. You can't just keep
Speaker 2: pressing the pedal. And I think there's some good that
Speaker 2: can come out of it.
Speaker 1: We need to get younger.
Speaker 2: You know, I think the oldest team in football trying
Speaker 2: to make a run it at the deal last year,
Speaker 2: and I think it's good to constantly get younger. Our
Speaker 2: draft class last year was a great move towards that
Speaker 2: we'll have four picks in the top one hundred if
Speaker 2: the comp picks happened like we see it. That's always
Speaker 2: a calculation. You know, we'll have ten picks overall, and
Speaker 2: we're excited about adding more youth to a great core
Speaker 2: of players that we already have. Yeah, yeah, you know,
Speaker 2: still not interested Grant, But along those lines of the
Speaker 2: financial constraints and some conversations we've had with Deebo, it's something.
Speaker 1: You know, we've been We've been forthright with that. We're
Speaker 1: on good terms with Deebo.
Speaker 2: I think, you know, he's asked for a for a
Speaker 2: fresh start, and you know, I think we're gonna honor that.
Speaker 2: Don't like seeing great players, and he is a great player.
Speaker 2: He's uh, you know, I think often one of my
Speaker 2: favorite draft picks in my time. He's guys just a
Speaker 2: he makes plays and he makes game changing plays, and
Speaker 2: you know, everything's good, you know, but think at some
Speaker 2: point time time happens and and he asked for that.
Speaker 2: We don't always you know, there's contracts and things, but
Speaker 2: you know, it probably makes sense. So we're at least
Speaker 2: allowing him to look and we're having conversations.
Speaker 1: We'll see where that goes.
Speaker 2: Pockets in there, you feel like it's a sweet spot
Speaker 2: maybe in the draft. Yeah, I think a lot of
Speaker 2: good players. You know, you always get concerned. When someone
Speaker 2: was talking earlier about the landscape of college football, these
Speaker 2: guys are being offered tremendous amounts of money to go
Speaker 2: back to school, and last I remember, school is pretty fun,
Speaker 2: you know, it's uh that's so I think a lot
Speaker 2: of guys are taking that route and they're being incentivized.
Speaker 2: So then you wonder is this going to really hurt
Speaker 2: our draft? And maybe in the late rounds it has.
Speaker 2: But the encouraging thing is I start to look and
Speaker 2: we're still in right in the thick of the process.
Speaker 1: There's a lot of good football players.
Speaker 2: Some could argue, are there the impact top end players
Speaker 2: that they have been in past dress I don't know.
Speaker 2: We're not drafting you know that high uh to, but
Speaker 2: I think there's a lot of good football players across
Speaker 2: the board. There are some stronger positions than others, but
Speaker 2: there's there's a lot of good football players and so
Speaker 2: we're encouraged by that.
Speaker 1: Start getting maybe a little.
Speaker 3: Bit more clarity.
Speaker 1: Whether or not those guys are fantastic players.
Speaker 2: Of course, we have interest in bringing them back, and
Speaker 2: you know, we'll we'll work our tails off to try
Speaker 2: to make that happen. Whether it does, I can't tell
Speaker 2: you that, but I think in the near future here,
Speaker 2: you know, things are things are kicking off. So yeah,
Speaker 2: you know, we've been in contact with them and their
Speaker 2: representatives will continue to.
Speaker 3: Be where.
Speaker 1: Love.
Speaker 2: You know, there's a lot of love there, there's a
Speaker 2: lot of respect there, there's a lot of shared experiences.
Speaker 1: So to let that go, that's difficult.
Speaker 2: But like I said, time happens, and you know, if
Speaker 2: it makes sense for both sides, you at least you
Speaker 2: at least give it a chance. And so that's where
Speaker 2: we're at. Yeah, but I'm not Those are personal conversations
Speaker 2: and like I said, everybody's on good terms and you know,
Speaker 2: hopefully we find a great place and then we'll have
Speaker 2: to make a decision if we don't. But there's I
Speaker 2: could say, there's been a lot of interest around the league.
Speaker 1: There's always the scenario. I've learned that as well. Yeah,
Speaker 1: uh it is.
Speaker 2: But I would tell you I think that the de
Speaker 2: tackle market's gonna be those guys. It's a premium position
Speaker 2: and they typically do well. And even Jaybond who's coming
Speaker 2: off the tricep, you know, I think he's uh, he's
Speaker 2: he's well on his way.
Speaker 1: To being healthy. And we'll I think it'd be a
Speaker 1: robust market. But we'll see.
Speaker 2: And we've we've had good discussions with Javon, you know
Speaker 2: when when we kind of talked about the transaction we
Speaker 2: were gonna make that. Yeah, we'd we'd be interested in
Speaker 2: in a scenario where he comes back and and hopefully
Speaker 2: we can be involved in that.
Speaker 1: We'll see, Yeah, players one more time when we're on
Speaker 1: that question.
Speaker 3: Yeah that.
Speaker 1: Yes, the impact players.
Speaker 3: Yeah, which you see that.
Speaker 1: Yeah, you know.
Speaker 2: The one thing I I've learned in this deal is
Speaker 2: everything is tied to everything, particularly when you're talking about
Speaker 2: a position like the quarterback position and the effect it
Speaker 2: has on your entire team. Now, they can lift your
Speaker 2: entire team, but it can affect your entire team, and and.
Speaker 1: You know, we'll see where that goes.
Speaker 2: But you know, our intention is to have a really
Speaker 2: good team around and whatever that entails, and and but it,
Speaker 2: but it does have an impact, to say the least.
Speaker 2: Yeah on the tush push, you know what. It is
Speaker 2: my first year on the competition committee. So I sat
Speaker 2: in there and I just listened. You know, I never
Speaker 2: want something to found it could because credit to the Eagles,
Speaker 2: and congratulations to the Eagles, as hard as.
Speaker 1: It is to say, respect, they had a.
Speaker 2: Tremendous season or a tremendous team right down to the end,
Speaker 2: and so a lot of good people in that organization
Speaker 2: and I congratulate them. They're fantastic at that play and
Speaker 2: a big part of I've been So I don't want
Speaker 2: to speak out of both sides of my mouth. I've
Speaker 2: always been a proponent. If you don't like it, stop it.
Speaker 2: But I have my own feelings on that play, and
Speaker 2: I long have It's it's it's.
Speaker 1: Not real pretty to watch.
Speaker 2: It's I think back to my playing days, and I
Speaker 2: think that might have made me do things that I
Speaker 2: wouldn't be proud of, you know, because if they aren't
Speaker 2: going to stop it, I'll stop it. That that kind
Speaker 2: of trickles into players that have a certain mentalities head
Speaker 2: and and I'm just being truthful there, and so I
Speaker 2: hope that's never the case. You know, the Competition Committee,
Speaker 2: you know, I've been really impressed the way they go
Speaker 2: about things. You know, you go right down the line,
Speaker 2: let's talk about it, you know, for the game of football,
Speaker 2: the aesthetics of it, but let's talk of it first.
Speaker 1: And foremost has always health and safety.
Speaker 2: And I think the early there's probably not enough significant
Speaker 2: data to show that. Yeah, a lot of that, A
Speaker 2: lot of people are getting injured on this play. There
Speaker 2: is I think a fear that something serious could happen
Speaker 2: on that play just because of.
Speaker 1: The dynamics of it.
Speaker 2: And I think part of everyone involved job is to
Speaker 2: make make tough decisions before that ever happens.
Speaker 1: And so that's something they're weighing.
Speaker 2: There's great discussion, and you know, I think this that
Speaker 2: discussion will go to the owners meeting in Florida here
Speaker 2: in the coming weeks and should be interesting and a
Speaker 2: lot of strong opinions on both sides.
Speaker 3: Yeah, thank you, thanks guys. Okay, I can do it.
Speaker 3: I just hear