WEBVTT - Rams Camp with Sean McVay, Les Snead, Kevin Dotson and Byron Young 0:00:04.960 --> 0:00:08.119 Welcome to NFL Daily, where we've got a Super Bowl 0:00:08.200 --> 0:00:10.520 winning head coach with us to start the show. I'm 0:00:10.520 --> 0:00:13.920 Greg Rosenthal with my friend Jordan rod Rieg and yes, 0:00:14.000 --> 0:00:16.880 Sean McVay opening the show for us. 0:00:17.120 --> 0:00:17.720 Joining us. 0:00:17.800 --> 0:00:19.640 Now, that's a bad opener, man. We got to get 0:00:19.680 --> 0:00:20.200 a better guest. 0:00:20.320 --> 0:00:22.120 No, no, we want to start big. 0:00:22.280 --> 0:00:25.159 And you know we got you finally because we you know, 0:00:25.200 --> 0:00:28.400 we we hired year old beat right at Jordan, That's what. 0:00:28.320 --> 0:00:29.400 It says, Craig. 0:00:29.440 --> 0:00:31.640 If it was coming from you, I say no, Jordan 0:00:31.720 --> 0:00:33.640 will say yes, No, I'm just kidding. 0:00:33.680 --> 0:00:35.280 That's why we did it. A lot of money, a 0:00:35.280 --> 0:00:36.560 lot of work, just for this moment. 0:00:38.240 --> 0:00:39.000 Want want wah. 0:00:39.400 --> 0:00:42.680 Matthew Stafford said, you know, just yesterday, so it's fresh 0:00:42.760 --> 0:00:46.840 in my mind that the practices have been the highest 0:00:46.880 --> 0:00:49.720 level of football that that he's you know, been a 0:00:49.720 --> 0:00:50.080 part of. 0:00:50.600 --> 0:00:52.199 Uh out here. Do you agree with that? 0:00:52.479 --> 0:00:53.400 Here's Yeah. 0:00:53.479 --> 0:00:56.520 What I think is is we've had good quality football 0:00:56.560 --> 0:00:58.800 through the first two blocks, you know, And and that 0:00:58.920 --> 0:01:00.639 is true. I mean, all you can do always say, hey, 0:01:00.680 --> 0:01:02.880 where are we at right now? How do we continue 0:01:02.880 --> 0:01:05.960 to stack those days? But I think what he understands 0:01:06.000 --> 0:01:08.200 and what he's referring to is just the quality of 0:01:08.240 --> 0:01:10.240 football on both sides, Like, Hey, if you're going to 0:01:10.319 --> 0:01:12.880 get something, let's earn it. Let's have Hey, it's tight 0:01:12.920 --> 0:01:16.600 window throws and catches, it's banging off natural rushes, it's 0:01:16.600 --> 0:01:19.399 being able to handle pressure movements, whatever that is. But 0:01:19.959 --> 0:01:21.640 we know what it looks like as a team. When 0:01:21.680 --> 0:01:24.560 there's high quality reps, somebody's going to inevitably have to 0:01:24.560 --> 0:01:27.479 have success on that down. But if we're earning everything, 0:01:27.520 --> 0:01:28.960 we're going to feel good about that. And that's what 0:01:29.000 --> 0:01:30.840 the other day's practice that I think he was probably 0:01:30.880 --> 0:01:34.000 referring to was reflective of Greg And that's what we 0:01:34.040 --> 0:01:36.440 want to continue to do, is really challenge each other 0:01:36.480 --> 0:01:38.880 and sharpen each other. And we're in the midst of 0:01:38.920 --> 0:01:40.240 doing that, but man, do we have a long way 0:01:40.240 --> 0:01:40.479 to go. 0:01:40.600 --> 0:01:43.640 Well, you guys always put in so much offense. I mean, 0:01:43.840 --> 0:01:47.080 that's one of the characteristics I noticed over over years, 0:01:47.160 --> 0:01:49.160 is that there's so much that gets put in and 0:01:49.200 --> 0:01:52.080 then you guys call back to it at times over 0:01:52.120 --> 0:01:54.200 the course of the season. But I'm a little selfish 0:01:54.240 --> 0:01:55.600 and I really want to ask you about one thing 0:01:55.600 --> 0:01:58.480 that you didn't get a chance to install last season 0:01:58.520 --> 0:01:59.960 and that's all the thirteen personnel. 0:02:00.040 --> 0:02:04.520 Thanks you guys were running. Can we saw step five? Right? 0:02:04.560 --> 0:02:06.320 We saw what happened on the field. We saw the 0:02:06.320 --> 0:02:10.160 progression manifest in real time, you know, for the first time. Sure, 0:02:10.200 --> 0:02:13.239 when you guys were playing games, But what was step one? 0:02:13.400 --> 0:02:15.880 I mean in season, what was the pivot? What were 0:02:15.880 --> 0:02:17.080 those conversations and where. 0:02:16.880 --> 0:02:17.400 Did you start? 0:02:17.560 --> 0:02:20.040 They say desperation is the mother of invention, or you 0:02:20.040 --> 0:02:23.120 know it was by necessity. I mean, really the origin 0:02:23.200 --> 0:02:26.160 of it was after we lost that Thursday night game 0:02:26.200 --> 0:02:28.760 against the forty nine ers. We were not very good 0:02:28.840 --> 0:02:32.280 in short yardage situations, and so you're really saying, what 0:02:32.320 --> 0:02:34.320 are some ways that we can close edges? We've got 0:02:34.360 --> 0:02:37.000 capable tight ends, and so really the origin was going 0:02:37.000 --> 0:02:39.359 into the Baltimore game some of the different things that 0:02:39.400 --> 0:02:43.359 they had presented in tight red zone, short yardage or 0:02:43.400 --> 0:02:45.200 four minute if you're trying to close out the game, 0:02:45.560 --> 0:02:47.880 let's get into some personnel groupings that allow us to 0:02:47.919 --> 0:02:52.079 have just longer edges to be more efficient and short yardage. Well, 0:02:52.160 --> 0:02:54.360 then you flash forward to that fast, you know, fast 0:02:54.400 --> 0:02:57.000 forward to that game. Puka goes down in the game, 0:02:57.160 --> 0:02:59.400 we had some success with a couple of those plays. 0:02:59.480 --> 0:03:02.239 Kyen william walked in on a touchdown, We had a 0:03:02.240 --> 0:03:04.720 couple runs to kind of close out the game. And 0:03:04.760 --> 0:03:07.519 then you're saying, all right, well, Pooka gets hurt, We've 0:03:07.560 --> 0:03:10.120 got our defense did a great job of using all 0:03:10.160 --> 0:03:12.239 the guys that had a jersey of our forty eight 0:03:12.280 --> 0:03:13.919 on game day, and so you're saying, we got these 0:03:13.919 --> 0:03:16.679 capable tight ends. We were able to run thirty plus 0:03:16.760 --> 0:03:20.399 snaps in Jacksonville where you know they weren't really preparing 0:03:20.480 --> 0:03:22.000 for it, so we thought we could kind of catch 0:03:22.040 --> 0:03:24.360 them off guard while also taking advantage of all the 0:03:24.360 --> 0:03:27.080 guys that we do have with Higbee, with Davis Allen, 0:03:27.160 --> 0:03:30.799 with Kobe Parkinson, with Terrence Ferguson had success, and then 0:03:30.800 --> 0:03:33.440 it coincided with us having a buy in between that, 0:03:33.800 --> 0:03:35.960 so now you get some time to be able to say, Okay, 0:03:35.960 --> 0:03:38.160 what can we do from this? How can we build 0:03:38.200 --> 0:03:40.440 on it? And then the guys did an amazing job 0:03:40.480 --> 0:03:44.120 of being able to adjust midstream Jordan, and we can't 0:03:44.120 --> 0:03:46.440 do that without tight ends. Like that's the thing everybody 0:03:46.440 --> 0:03:49.600 wants to talk about thirteen. It's the people you know, like, 0:03:49.600 --> 0:03:52.280 and I've heard Matthew say this before is it's you 0:03:52.280 --> 0:03:54.520 can only do this because of those four players that 0:03:54.600 --> 0:03:57.920 I mentioned. If you don't have interchangeable tight ends that 0:03:58.000 --> 0:03:59.800 can be functional in both the run in the past 0:04:00.000 --> 0:04:02.480 and be able to protect, can have some guys that 0:04:02.520 --> 0:04:05.240 can be move players but can give you the you know, 0:04:05.280 --> 0:04:08.600 the illusion of complexity, then it doesn't work. And so 0:04:08.920 --> 0:04:11.160 it's only because of those guys. No different than the 0:04:11.640 --> 0:04:13.920 you know, the first iteration of eleven personnels because of 0:04:13.960 --> 0:04:17.159 Cooper Cup and Robert Woods and Cooks or Sammy Watkins. 0:04:17.240 --> 0:04:17.919 Well, that's kind of my. 0:04:18.320 --> 0:04:21.520 Theory all last season was you know, watching your camp, 0:04:21.640 --> 0:04:23.960 you guys ask it doesn't matter if you're the fifth 0:04:24.000 --> 0:04:27.000 string tight end. You're installing all of that eleven and 0:04:27.040 --> 0:04:28.440 you have to know it if you're a part of 0:04:28.440 --> 0:04:31.640 the team and concepts to get that. I felt like 0:04:31.720 --> 0:04:34.640 maybe that made the teaching progression of that, I don't 0:04:34.640 --> 0:04:36.440 want to say easier because it's not when you're in 0:04:36.440 --> 0:04:39.039 the season, but the language may be translated a little 0:04:39.080 --> 0:04:42.520 bit more because eleven and thirteen you're putting bigger bodies 0:04:42.520 --> 0:04:44.000 out on the field, but you're asking these guys to 0:04:44.080 --> 0:04:45.080 run those past concepts. 0:04:45.080 --> 0:04:45.760 One hundred percent. 0:04:45.839 --> 0:04:47.800 And that's the thing is is you know we're going 0:04:47.880 --> 0:04:49.560 to I think it is good to be able to 0:04:49.560 --> 0:04:51.960 be a little bit more multiple and have some different things. 0:04:52.120 --> 0:04:53.960 We had to sort through a lot of issues just 0:04:54.000 --> 0:04:56.919 by living an eleven personnel and so then you're getting 0:04:57.000 --> 0:04:59.760 used to attacking base defensive structures, whether you're talking about 0:04:59.760 --> 0:05:02.159 the three down the four down principles, what are some 0:05:02.240 --> 0:05:04.320 of the what's the uptick and all this shell and 0:05:04.360 --> 0:05:06.039 how that kind of fits in and what you want 0:05:06.040 --> 0:05:07.720 to be. But what we want to do is take 0:05:07.760 --> 0:05:10.120 advantage of all the players that we do have, and 0:05:10.200 --> 0:05:12.920 really that did change the teaching progression really on both 0:05:12.960 --> 0:05:15.640 sides of the football, where we're teaching concepts and its 0:05:15.640 --> 0:05:18.279 spots on the field. So then we can seamlessly plug 0:05:18.320 --> 0:05:20.120 and play guys in and then we have to be 0:05:20.160 --> 0:05:22.120 cognizant of our right what is the personnel that we're 0:05:22.120 --> 0:05:25.599 going against, whether that's defense versus offense or offense versus defense. 0:05:25.680 --> 0:05:27.400 Was just like a small part of you also in 0:05:27.440 --> 0:05:29.359 the way back of your mind thinking like, oh, this 0:05:29.480 --> 0:05:31.120 is really getting Jordan excited. 0:05:31.960 --> 0:05:36.480 That was also talking about great and when someone. 0:05:36.240 --> 0:05:38.480 Talks about the rams, they don't get enough attention. 0:05:38.720 --> 0:05:40.600 I'm just saying, like, when you put that out there 0:05:40.600 --> 0:05:43.000 and for our listeners and now now my son listens 0:05:43.000 --> 0:05:44.640 to the podcast, I always want to explain things the 0:05:44.640 --> 0:05:47.240 thirteen personnel, you know, of course with three tight ends 0:05:47.240 --> 0:05:50.640 on the field, and now you you draft another tight 0:05:50.760 --> 0:05:53.520 end this year and it was part of like a 0:05:53.640 --> 0:05:56.560 run of tight ends that's all happening. And I know 0:05:56.640 --> 0:05:58.719 you're a student of football history and you're saying, you know, 0:05:58.760 --> 0:06:01.960 desperation was the mother that's happened so many different times 0:06:02.000 --> 0:06:05.080 in football history where different transitions happen because of a 0:06:05.120 --> 0:06:08.720 desperate moment. And then other teams, are you like aware 0:06:08.760 --> 0:06:11.680 of what's going on around the league at this point 0:06:11.920 --> 0:06:15.120 in terms of them getting more multiple with their tight 0:06:15.200 --> 0:06:18.480 ends and thinking about the ways that you need to 0:06:18.600 --> 0:06:21.680 stay ahead of them and continue to evolve what you're. 0:06:21.560 --> 0:06:22.279 Doing hundred percent. 0:06:22.360 --> 0:06:24.400 I mean, this league is so humbling, you know, and 0:06:24.440 --> 0:06:26.280 I think you know when you have the tape out, 0:06:26.320 --> 0:06:28.440 their coaches and players are too good in this league, 0:06:28.480 --> 0:06:30.520 and so you have to be able to adapt to 0:06:30.720 --> 0:06:34.880 just and then ultimately act. But we're trying to solve problems. Fortunately, 0:06:34.920 --> 0:06:36.880 I do think there's been a lot of humbling learning 0:06:36.920 --> 0:06:39.120 experiences where you're not naive to think the stuff that 0:06:39.200 --> 0:06:40.719 you did last year is going to have the same 0:06:40.720 --> 0:06:43.960 amount of success. But what are those new iterations kind 0:06:43.960 --> 0:06:46.440 of where do you project at defenses are going to 0:06:46.480 --> 0:06:49.200 try to go to try to counter it? And you know, 0:06:49.240 --> 0:06:51.000 and we think about all those things, but I think 0:06:51.000 --> 0:06:53.279 you're you're really saying, you're still playing eleven on eleven 0:06:53.320 --> 0:06:54.880 and how can we you know, get the pen in 0:06:54.920 --> 0:06:56.760 our hand, whether you're talking from a defense or an 0:06:56.760 --> 0:06:57.720 offensive lens. 0:06:57.680 --> 0:06:59.880 Where do you think defenses are going to go with it? 0:07:00.839 --> 0:07:01.920 I'll tell you after the season. 0:07:02.720 --> 0:07:03.200 I don't know. 0:07:03.279 --> 0:07:05.680 I mean, I have no idea. Well, we'll figure it out. 0:07:05.720 --> 0:07:07.039 But I think what we want to make sure that 0:07:07.080 --> 0:07:08.840 we do is we give our I think what we 0:07:08.880 --> 0:07:10.920 want to make sure is, though, is that we're developed, 0:07:11.040 --> 0:07:14.120 developing our players to be independent thinkers and problem solvers. 0:07:14.480 --> 0:07:14.640 You know. 0:07:14.680 --> 0:07:16.480 I think the most important thing is is with our 0:07:16.520 --> 0:07:19.440 teaching progression. There's a play, do they understand the intent, 0:07:19.800 --> 0:07:22.880 what are the mechanics within their individual uh, you know, 0:07:23.040 --> 0:07:26.520 situation or individual position? And then what are the problems 0:07:26.520 --> 0:07:28.560 that they might need to solve that can present themselves 0:07:28.640 --> 0:07:29.920 that might be protection. 0:07:29.640 --> 0:07:31.120 Oriented might be run oriented. 0:07:31.160 --> 0:07:33.280 What are the tools that we can activate or what's 0:07:33.320 --> 0:07:35.120 the other play if we're calling two plays in the 0:07:35.160 --> 0:07:36.880 huddle and we want to be able to do those 0:07:36.920 --> 0:07:38.680 things both offensively and defensively. 0:07:38.720 --> 0:07:40.000 Yeah, just spitball in here. 0:07:40.000 --> 0:07:42.320 You're the only team maybe with like five real high 0:07:42.400 --> 0:07:46.400 quality titands. What about a five personnel pentagon at the 0:07:46.400 --> 0:07:47.960 same time, so you already got a name. 0:07:47.880 --> 0:07:48.240 There you go. 0:07:48.480 --> 0:07:50.080 I was a tight end coach in Washington. I was 0:07:50.080 --> 0:07:52.920 calling for Pentagon personnel and we never got it. 0:07:52.960 --> 0:07:57.360 But you got to really dust off the stone tablets. 0:07:57.840 --> 0:07:59.880 I'm just saying, like one play just to get all 0:07:59.880 --> 0:08:02.840 the film dork's really excited, like you would be leading 0:08:02.960 --> 0:08:03.920 lots of podcasts. 0:08:04.080 --> 0:08:05.200 Five coming to a theater. 0:08:05.920 --> 0:08:08.960 He said it, Hey everyone listening, No, you run it. 0:08:09.000 --> 0:08:10.760 You got to run it out here one time with 0:08:10.880 --> 0:08:12.560 all the people like streaming and. 0:08:12.520 --> 0:08:14.520 Every people that are taking the videos. 0:08:14.200 --> 0:08:15.960 And then break the internet and then all the coaches 0:08:15.960 --> 0:08:18.160 around the league start panicking about this and what. 0:08:18.120 --> 0:08:18.960 Do we want do we do think? 0:08:19.040 --> 0:08:20.560 I don't think it will cause any panic. 0:08:21.040 --> 0:08:24.240 You know, well you we saw you know, Terence Ferguson 0:08:24.360 --> 0:08:26.560 really trying to take a step forward, and you know, 0:08:26.600 --> 0:08:28.360 when I've been out here, it's been cool to watch 0:08:28.440 --> 0:08:31.720 him be so activated across not just the passing service, 0:08:31.720 --> 0:08:34.360 but the run game too, in some of those like 0:08:34.400 --> 0:08:36.520 sifts and those motions that you guys like to run too, 0:08:36.640 --> 0:08:38.840 and really kind of taking ownership of it. 0:08:38.840 --> 0:08:40.440 It seems like, I know, it's early days. 0:08:40.559 --> 0:08:42.199 He's so impressed. Well, here's the thing. 0:08:42.240 --> 0:08:44.040 You know, everybody just wants to look at the stats, 0:08:44.040 --> 0:08:46.000 but what he was able to do last year, Jordan 0:08:46.160 --> 0:08:48.920 was so instrumental in our success. I mean, he's moving around, 0:08:49.200 --> 0:08:51.520 he has to know all of the eligible spots. He 0:08:51.559 --> 0:08:53.560 knows our x R Z, R Y and r F 0:08:53.640 --> 0:08:55.600 and he knows it and all of our personnel groupings 0:08:55.600 --> 0:08:58.080 because he might be asked to play all of those positions, 0:08:58.800 --> 0:09:00.679 and really our tight end group as a whole. Scooter 0:09:00.760 --> 0:09:03.520 Huff does an amazing job of teaching them, but he 0:09:03.800 --> 0:09:06.439 enabled us to operate in a manner that was really 0:09:06.559 --> 0:09:09.120 unique because of all the versatility that he could provide. 0:09:09.120 --> 0:09:11.520 And that's not exclusively reflected in the stats. You know, 0:09:11.559 --> 0:09:13.959 he's got eleven catches, but he's got a lot more 0:09:13.960 --> 0:09:16.760 to offer. He did a lot last year, even in 0:09:16.800 --> 0:09:18.520 the midst of building for us, and so. 0:09:19.000 --> 0:09:20.720 We're excited about his growth. 0:09:21.240 --> 0:09:22.720 But I think the way that all of our guys 0:09:22.760 --> 0:09:24.240 attack it, I expect us to get better. 0:09:24.240 --> 0:09:25.200 You never stay the same. 0:09:25.559 --> 0:09:27.960 There's a there's a humility, and there's a love for 0:09:28.040 --> 0:09:30.080 this game, and there's a master and it matters to 0:09:30.160 --> 0:09:32.680 these guys in a way that they've approached it. You know, 0:09:32.720 --> 0:09:34.760 I feel really fortunate to be a part of this thing, 0:09:35.720 --> 0:09:37.360 and we got to be able to handle adversity when 0:09:37.360 --> 0:09:39.480 it does come our way. But guys like Terrence Ferguson 0:09:39.520 --> 0:09:40.720 are going to be a big part of what we 0:09:40.800 --> 0:09:42.800 do and and he does give us the ability to 0:09:42.800 --> 0:09:44.600 do a lot of different things because of his unique 0:09:44.600 --> 0:09:45.080 skill set. 0:09:45.120 --> 0:09:47.400 Yeah, I'm a big Ferguson guy. Yeah, and I it 0:09:47.520 --> 0:09:49.840 just just kind of like looking at him. Yeah, you know, 0:09:49.920 --> 0:09:52.280 he's a stocking, a guy that big that moves like 0:09:52.320 --> 0:09:54.760 that not work out, that's right. I think Kyle Brady 0:09:54.800 --> 0:09:56.440 is maybe the other tight end that I thought was 0:09:56.440 --> 0:09:58.560 the most physically impressive NFL player, But like. 0:10:00.240 --> 0:10:02.600 Though, yeah, but he is he is good. Greg. 0:10:02.640 --> 0:10:04.520 He can do a lot of different things and he 0:10:04.600 --> 0:10:06.760 can be in line, he can be you know, in 0:10:06.840 --> 0:10:10.160 the slot, outside and he's got great lower half flexibility 0:10:10.160 --> 0:10:11.360 to be able to do a lot of different things 0:10:11.400 --> 0:10:11.960 that we would ask. 0:10:12.040 --> 0:10:13.719 Yeah, that's one thing you mentioned that stood out to 0:10:13.760 --> 0:10:15.320 you when you were watching his college tape was the 0:10:15.320 --> 0:10:18.640 fluidity that he moves with, almost like he's you know, 0:10:18.760 --> 0:10:21.080 kind of artistically sort of swimming out there. 0:10:21.160 --> 0:10:23.959 No, and I mean it's honestly, there's some similar mannerisms. 0:10:24.080 --> 0:10:26.280 And don't let me lose you to Kelsey in terms 0:10:26.280 --> 0:10:28.199 of you know, feed are always close to the grounds. 0:10:28.320 --> 0:10:30.200 He's kind of just able to skate. He's got good 0:10:30.600 --> 0:10:33.160 natural disability to work edges on people. One of the 0:10:33.200 --> 0:10:35.160 things that I liked the most about him that really 0:10:35.240 --> 0:10:37.840 wasn't on display last year. He obviously did a great 0:10:37.920 --> 0:10:40.640 job tracking some big balls down the field, but his 0:10:40.760 --> 0:10:42.559 run after the catch. You know, he was catching a 0:10:42.600 --> 0:10:45.400 lot of checkdowns or you know, chip flats or whatever 0:10:45.520 --> 0:10:48.200 with with Gabriel and Oregon, and you could see really 0:10:48.200 --> 0:10:50.800 the rack was one of the elite traits that we liked, 0:10:51.160 --> 0:10:52.720 and that's going to be you know, that's always an 0:10:52.720 --> 0:10:55.840 important factor for any of our skilled players, and he's 0:10:55.880 --> 0:10:56.360 no different. 0:10:56.640 --> 0:10:59.360 Well, I like talking to you about defense because I 0:10:59.360 --> 0:11:01.920 think you study it as close as anybody and certainly 0:11:02.240 --> 0:11:04.520 keep up with it with your guys and around the 0:11:04.559 --> 0:11:05.240 league as well. 0:11:05.679 --> 0:11:06.840 And I'm kind of curious. 0:11:06.840 --> 0:11:08.880 You know, you mentioned early at the at the top 0:11:08.920 --> 0:11:11.439 of the show that you know, people forget it's so 0:11:11.559 --> 0:11:13.880 much about the players, and obviously you guys have some 0:11:14.080 --> 0:11:18.280 absolute studs on this team, like superstars, but also what 0:11:18.360 --> 0:11:21.000 do you think people miss about kind of the way 0:11:21.160 --> 0:11:24.439 football evolves against itself and what do you think You know, 0:11:24.480 --> 0:11:29.080 everyone's talking about personnel and names and you know, say, 0:11:29.160 --> 0:11:31.400 you know, extra safeties and those types of things. But 0:11:31.720 --> 0:11:33.960 in all of that conversation, as you sort of track 0:11:34.160 --> 0:11:36.280 the way the league actually is moving, what do you 0:11:36.320 --> 0:11:39.280 think maybe we miss when we're thinking about how football's evolving? 0:11:39.320 --> 0:11:39.640 RIGHTD Right? 0:11:39.679 --> 0:11:42.080 I think if you're just talking about our situation, you know, 0:11:42.200 --> 0:11:44.440 just from a general observation, it's still is the greatest 0:11:44.440 --> 0:11:46.560 team sport there is. You're going to play eleven as one, 0:11:46.720 --> 0:11:49.959 you know, we're obviously incredibly excited. If you just want 0:11:50.000 --> 0:11:52.280 to talk about defense, to add Trent McDuffie, to add 0:11:52.360 --> 0:11:55.440 Jalen Watson, to be able to add Miles Garrett are 0:11:55.600 --> 0:11:59.760 those are three awesome players that have had unbelievable success. 0:11:59.800 --> 0:12:02.080 But how do we come together as eleven? How do 0:12:02.120 --> 0:12:04.480 we understand how to utilize Trent and Jalen? How can 0:12:04.520 --> 0:12:06.520 we play seven as one in the back end? How 0:12:06.520 --> 0:12:08.240 does Miles end up learning how to be able to 0:12:08.320 --> 0:12:11.080 rush alongside a Braid and Fisk a Kobe Turner. What 0:12:11.120 --> 0:12:13.160 does it look like for our naturals to take place 0:12:13.160 --> 0:12:15.680 where when you're rushing four, you're still two gaps short. 0:12:15.880 --> 0:12:17.520 And how are we able to kind of cover each 0:12:17.520 --> 0:12:19.840 other and make sure we keep the integrity of the pocket. 0:12:20.080 --> 0:12:21.920 Especially when you look at the first five games of 0:12:21.960 --> 0:12:24.160 the year, every quarterback we play can run and create 0:12:24.200 --> 0:12:26.760 off schedules. So how do we come together as a team, 0:12:26.800 --> 0:12:28.920 How do we understand the intent and the mechanics and 0:12:28.920 --> 0:12:31.640 solving the problems? Like I kind of just mentioned, that's 0:12:31.640 --> 0:12:34.680 the thing I love about football is it's eleven as one. 0:12:34.760 --> 0:12:37.560 It's the greatest team sport that there is, And you 0:12:37.640 --> 0:12:39.400 have to really be able to understand how to work 0:12:39.400 --> 0:12:41.680 off of one another, that player adjacent to you, and 0:12:41.760 --> 0:12:43.680 be able to use the different tools based on what's 0:12:43.679 --> 0:12:45.600 presented in what situations you're talking about. 0:12:45.760 --> 0:12:48.840 Your division rivals are on hard knocks. They are are 0:12:48.840 --> 0:12:49.480 you going to watch it? 0:12:50.000 --> 0:12:50.120 Oh? 0:12:50.200 --> 0:12:51.440 Yeah, I watched it last night? 0:12:51.480 --> 0:12:51.800 You did? 0:12:51.800 --> 0:12:55.280 Did you see the little part where you know Mike McDonald, 0:12:55.280 --> 0:12:57.280 Cooper Kupp are going back that I've been for it? 0:12:57.400 --> 0:12:59.240 Yeah? I bet that happens a lot without the cameras 0:12:59.240 --> 0:13:03.640 there time, you feel great? I loved it. No, listen, 0:13:03.920 --> 0:13:06.760 here's what I would tell you. Cooper is incredibly sharp. 0:13:06.800 --> 0:13:08.520 He has an intimate knowledge of what we did. For 0:13:08.559 --> 0:13:10.720 a while, mike' says. You know, I have as much 0:13:10.720 --> 0:13:14.320 respect for Mike as anybody, And if the situations were reversed, 0:13:14.320 --> 0:13:17.200 I'd do the same. I'd be asking guys about their 0:13:17.240 --> 0:13:19.800 system or vice versa, and so hey. 0:13:20.160 --> 0:13:20.880 Chasing edges? 0:13:20.960 --> 0:13:22.760 Right, why wouldn't you? 0:13:22.880 --> 0:13:23.080 There? 0:13:23.080 --> 0:13:25.560 You go, I get it. But they're awesome. I mean 0:13:25.600 --> 0:13:28.320 they're the raigning super Bowl champs. They they did their thing, 0:13:28.440 --> 0:13:30.520 and so they're the champs for a reason. 0:13:30.600 --> 0:13:32.160 Right, I I couldn't help. 0:13:32.160 --> 0:13:34.200 But note, like right before we started, so I hope 0:13:34.240 --> 0:13:37.240 you're even aware of this, like the NFL Transaction wire 0:13:37.360 --> 0:13:40.120 had Aaron Donald working out with the Rams today, which I. 0:13:40.040 --> 0:13:41.480 Guess did come across as a tryout. 0:13:41.640 --> 0:13:44.640 It did come across as tryout that we've ever had. Okay, 0:13:45.520 --> 0:13:47.240 you think you could make the team, penomen. 0:13:47.760 --> 0:13:49.560 I think you could make the team. Shot. 0:13:49.760 --> 0:13:52.280 Yeah, that was honestly our way of being able to 0:13:52.280 --> 0:13:55.199 get a workout with him within the you know, parameters 0:13:55.240 --> 0:13:58.360 of of what's necessary. But Gift Smith said, it's the 0:13:58.360 --> 0:13:59.560 greatest tryout he's ever had. 0:14:00.120 --> 0:14:01.400 Great football coach. 0:14:01.440 --> 0:14:03.040 I don't know if Sean would be the best poker 0:14:03.120 --> 0:14:05.760 player in the world, but about Aaron Donald. 0:14:05.800 --> 0:14:08.640 But yeah, you know what, I've never claimed to be 0:14:08.679 --> 0:14:09.800 a good poker player either. 0:14:10.679 --> 0:14:14.240 You've got plenty to do here. Appreciate the time, gregs, 0:14:14.320 --> 0:14:17.360 We're coming on. Thank you to Sean McVay. That was awesome. 0:14:18.600 --> 0:14:21.840 I know they just send little NFL daily out here, 0:14:22.240 --> 0:14:25.520 and suddenly we got ESPN requesting video. 0:14:25.640 --> 0:14:26.800 Take that NFL network. 0:14:26.880 --> 0:14:27.000 Now. 0:14:27.040 --> 0:14:28.600 I don't want to get I don't want to get 0:14:28.640 --> 0:14:29.240 in any trouble. 0:14:29.320 --> 0:14:29.920 That's a fine. 0:14:30.000 --> 0:14:32.920 We're just, uh, you know, we're just a little NFL daily, 0:14:33.000 --> 0:14:34.040 NFL media these days. 0:14:34.040 --> 0:14:36.040 But very cool, how open he was. 0:14:36.120 --> 0:14:41.680 I liked the half of a second, very serious looking 0:14:41.760 --> 0:14:44.160 as eye. When I brought up the Cooper Cup, Mike 0:14:44.240 --> 0:14:47.640 McDonald clip on hard knocks. Uh for one second there 0:14:47.680 --> 0:14:50.280 the mask kind of came off and it was just like, yeah, 0:14:50.280 --> 0:14:50.960 that was annoying. 0:14:51.280 --> 0:14:53.640 Well you said it yourself. You said it yourself. 0:14:53.640 --> 0:14:56.400 He doesn't really have a poker face, right, So that's 0:14:56.440 --> 0:15:00.520 what's fun about it is how competitive it it really is. 0:15:00.600 --> 0:15:02.880 I know everybody, everybody, this is a fun time of year, 0:15:02.920 --> 0:15:05.200 This is the happy time of year. But these guys 0:15:05.200 --> 0:15:07.560 are breaking camp at LMU and going out to Woodland 0:15:07.640 --> 0:15:10.640 Hills to really install some of their secret stuff away 0:15:10.640 --> 0:15:14.280 from crowds and eyes like ours, and so now this 0:15:14.320 --> 0:15:16.200 is when things really really start. 0:15:15.960 --> 0:15:17.480 To ramp up. So I bet a little bit of 0:15:17.480 --> 0:15:18.480 that was creeping into. 0:15:18.400 --> 0:15:21.240 Yeah, we're here at Loyola Marymount University. You should have mentioned. 0:15:21.280 --> 0:15:24.280 It's got to be one of the most relaxed training 0:15:24.320 --> 0:15:27.720 camp atmospheres there are in the entire NFL, with like 0:15:27.760 --> 0:15:28.800 the ocean breeze coming in. 0:15:28.840 --> 0:15:29.920 It's a great setup. 0:15:29.920 --> 0:15:33.080 And they finish here on Thursday, that day after we're 0:15:33.120 --> 0:15:36.160 taping here, and you're right, go go to their team facility. 0:15:36.160 --> 0:15:38.000 They have to let they were like team reporters watch 0:15:38.040 --> 0:15:40.640 for a little bit, but for them, this fan portion 0:15:40.720 --> 0:15:43.200 of training camp is over. And what we saw on 0:15:43.240 --> 0:15:47.360 the field today, you know it wasn't a Matthews Stafford day. 0:15:47.680 --> 0:15:48.000 It was. 0:15:48.120 --> 0:15:51.360 It was not a great day for the offense. 0:15:51.760 --> 0:15:55.400