WEBVTT - Bills By The Numbers: What Did We Learn About The Bills This Offseason? 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:03.159 We're back with another edition of Bills by the Numbers, 0:00:03.160 --> 0:00:05.320 where we let the stats tell you where the Bills 0:00:05.440 --> 0:00:07.880 are at. Coming up, Mini camp is in the books. 0:00:08.280 --> 0:00:11.320 So what did we learn this spring about your twenty 0:00:11.360 --> 0:00:14.560 twenty six bills? What position battles should we anticipate in 0:00:14.640 --> 0:00:20.239 training camp? And we'll have our one burning question. Somebody 0:00:20.280 --> 0:00:32.720 grabbed the sunscreen. It's summertime. Welcome into another edition of 0:00:32.800 --> 0:00:35.519 Bills by the Numbers. He's Bills Wall of famous team tasker. 0:00:35.600 --> 0:00:38.640 I'm Bills play by playman Chris Brown. And we've reached 0:00:38.680 --> 0:00:41.720 the break in the NFL calendar between mandatory mini camp 0:00:42.200 --> 0:00:44.440 and training camp. In the first year under head coach 0:00:44.680 --> 0:00:49.240 Joe Brady, what did we learn about how things might 0:00:49.360 --> 0:00:53.280 operate under Buffalo's former offensive coordinator. 0:00:54.880 --> 0:00:56.800 It's going to be interesting to see because I believe 0:00:56.800 --> 0:00:58.680 there are going to be some fundamental changes. Some of 0:00:58.720 --> 0:01:01.200 them might not be evident to us, they would certainly 0:01:01.200 --> 0:01:04.200 be evident to the team, I think, And we'll get 0:01:04.200 --> 0:01:06.640 into this as we get into this topic. You know, 0:01:06.720 --> 0:01:11.000 players have commented on Joe's energy. There is something to 0:01:11.000 --> 0:01:13.240 be said about having a new head coach who has 0:01:13.280 --> 0:01:15.200 been in the building for a couple of years now, 0:01:15.240 --> 0:01:16.960 guys know who he is, at least the ones who 0:01:17.000 --> 0:01:20.120 have been here, and I think we have seen a 0:01:20.160 --> 0:01:23.240 subtle shift in the type of player they have signed, 0:01:23.760 --> 0:01:29.440 maybe not positionally, but skill set wise, and I think 0:01:29.480 --> 0:01:31.200 that's going to be interesting to see. Certainly, it was 0:01:31.240 --> 0:01:34.679 another draft where they emphasize defense, and they did it 0:01:34.680 --> 0:01:37.840 with an offensive head coach this year. So I think 0:01:37.880 --> 0:01:42.039 that says something about Joe's willingness to look the entire 0:01:42.120 --> 0:01:45.640 roster and his evolution to the head coaching spot. He's 0:01:45.680 --> 0:01:48.280 ready for the whole roster to be involved in this. 0:01:48.840 --> 0:01:51.960 The draft says that. His comments about the guys on 0:01:52.000 --> 0:01:55.600 the roster right now says that, and I think they're 0:01:55.640 --> 0:01:58.280 getting used to having a head coach who is not 0:01:58.440 --> 0:02:04.520 Sean McDermott. I think we have yet to see major changes, 0:02:04.800 --> 0:02:06.960 and maybe some of the major changes will be subtle, 0:02:07.000 --> 0:02:10.360 as I said, but I think the players are feeling it. 0:02:10.639 --> 0:02:13.920 They might Those changes will probably be more evident when 0:02:13.960 --> 0:02:16.000 we get to the games and we see how games 0:02:16.080 --> 0:02:21.239 are managed, how plays are called in given situations down 0:02:21.280 --> 0:02:23.760 a distance, time and score, et cetera, et cetera. I 0:02:23.800 --> 0:02:30.000 think fundamentally what we learned about Joe Brady is. While 0:02:30.080 --> 0:02:37.000 Sean McDermott I think was heavily rooted in respect for opponent, sure, 0:02:37.480 --> 0:02:43.240 prepare properly respect the opponent. I think Joe Brady comes 0:02:43.240 --> 0:02:46.799 off a little more brash than that, And maybe it's 0:02:46.840 --> 0:02:51.120 youthful exuberance. Maybe brash is too strong a term, but 0:02:51.240 --> 0:02:54.760 his whole mantra of put the ball down, to me 0:02:55.840 --> 0:02:58.240 speaks to we don't give a whot who the hell 0:02:58.280 --> 0:03:01.600 we're playing, because we're us and we're damn good and 0:03:01.639 --> 0:03:03.400 they got to deal with us. I don't care who 0:03:03.480 --> 0:03:06.120 the hell we're playing, put the ball down and let's go. 0:03:06.560 --> 0:03:09.760 There's no way Sean McDermott would have ever verbalized things 0:03:09.800 --> 0:03:12.440 that way, if you know what I mean. He always 0:03:12.480 --> 0:03:15.440 had a healthy respect for the opponent. He's probably one 0:03:15.440 --> 0:03:18.120 of the most principled people I've ever been around. Joe 0:03:18.120 --> 0:03:23.600 Brady more more about Hey, we're damn good and don't 0:03:23.639 --> 0:03:27.240 be afraid to verbalize that, show it and act it 0:03:27.280 --> 0:03:29.880 out on the field. And I think that comes from 0:03:29.880 --> 0:03:32.880 a place where to your point about Joe having been 0:03:32.919 --> 0:03:38.000 in the building, I think he has a healthier appreciation 0:03:38.240 --> 0:03:42.080 and knowledge base of what this team needs to get 0:03:42.080 --> 0:03:44.720 over the hump because he's been here the last three years, 0:03:44.960 --> 0:03:47.360 and what have we seen in the playoffs. We've seen 0:03:47.400 --> 0:03:51.680 a team get a little tight in the playoffs, tense 0:03:51.760 --> 0:03:54.240 up a little bit at some of the most critical moments, 0:03:54.680 --> 0:03:57.200 and I think Brandon, being the general manager, has tried 0:03:57.240 --> 0:04:00.560 to help facilitate addressing some of those things that Joe's 0:04:00.600 --> 0:04:04.240 gonna address as a coach. With two of their bigger acquisitions, 0:04:04.280 --> 0:04:08.480 one on the offensive side of the ball, a receiver 0:04:08.600 --> 0:04:13.640 in Dj Moore, who's calling card if you talk about 0:04:13.680 --> 0:04:17.920 the arc of Dj Moore's career, is quite literally making 0:04:18.000 --> 0:04:20.919 big time plays in big time moments. That's what he 0:04:21.040 --> 0:04:23.440 was for the Bears last year. He has been that 0:04:23.880 --> 0:04:27.640 with previous teams, big time plays in big time moments, 0:04:27.760 --> 0:04:32.280 which is what the Bills have sorely lacked the outside 0:04:32.480 --> 0:04:35.560 gotta have it outside of Josh in the gotta have 0:04:35.680 --> 0:04:37.839 it moments in the playoffs, they have a player on 0:04:37.880 --> 0:04:40.760 offense who can deliver in that capacity now because he 0:04:40.760 --> 0:04:43.000 has a proven track record of doing so. And then 0:04:43.000 --> 0:04:46.400 on defense, and we've talked about this on our daily show, 0:04:46.800 --> 0:04:52.200 One Bill's Live players who are going to push other 0:04:52.279 --> 0:04:56.080 players that CJ Gardner. Johnson is probably the biggest example 0:04:56.120 --> 0:04:59.320 of that. And we heard Josh Allen during mandatory mini 0:04:59.320 --> 0:05:02.640 camp week talk to the media and explain in no 0:05:02.800 --> 0:05:05.960 uncertain terms, CJ. Gardner is the loudest guy in the 0:05:06.000 --> 0:05:10.000 locker room. He takes players to task. This is in June, 0:05:10.080 --> 0:05:12.280 Steve Right, He's doing this in June. What's gonna happen 0:05:12.279 --> 0:05:16.240 in September, October, November, December, and most importantly January. He's 0:05:16.279 --> 0:05:19.760 gonna call anybody he wants out on the carpet and 0:05:19.800 --> 0:05:22.520 tell them what he needs from them to push this 0:05:22.600 --> 0:05:25.640 team over the cliff to get to a place where 0:05:25.680 --> 0:05:27.880 they need to to get to the Promised Lands, which 0:05:27.880 --> 0:05:28.560 is the super. 0:05:28.360 --> 0:05:30.279 And Joe Brady's a part of that. Because we're not 0:05:30.360 --> 0:05:33.760 talking about so much of our conversation about the Bills 0:05:33.760 --> 0:05:37.159 and their shortcomings over the past six, seven, eight years 0:05:37.440 --> 0:05:39.400 is that one last play, that one last game, that 0:05:39.440 --> 0:05:42.640 one last moment that has never gone that their way. 0:05:42.680 --> 0:05:45.520 This is about this we're talking about. I think Joe 0:05:45.560 --> 0:05:50.520 Brady gets this. This is about fundamentally changing your mindset 0:05:50.839 --> 0:05:53.279 on a day to day basis, an ongoing basis, so 0:05:53.360 --> 0:05:55.800 that the results along the way are also different and 0:05:55.839 --> 0:05:58.760 puts you in a different position in those last games, 0:06:00.279 --> 0:06:02.919 for instance, being at home in those last games because 0:06:02.920 --> 0:06:04.720 you didn't tighten up in a game you should have 0:06:04.800 --> 0:06:07.160 won in the regular season. This is about going for 0:06:07.200 --> 0:06:10.520 it and being a handful. Even when another team is 0:06:10.560 --> 0:06:12.200 kind of hanging in there with you and maybe has 0:06:12.240 --> 0:06:15.240 a lead, you're still a handful because you're going, going, going, 0:06:15.960 --> 0:06:17.920 your foot's on the gas, and even when you're up 0:06:17.960 --> 0:06:22.080 by ten with eight minutes left in the fourth quarter, 0:06:23.200 --> 0:06:26.039 they're still trying to stop you from scoring. They're not 0:06:26.080 --> 0:06:28.880 trying to get the ball back, they're trying they're on 0:06:28.960 --> 0:06:33.040 their heels emotionally trying to keep a guy from going 0:06:33.080 --> 0:06:35.120 over two hundred yards rushing on the day, or catch 0:06:35.440 --> 0:06:37.760 eighteen passes and set a team record on the day. 0:06:38.279 --> 0:06:39.880 When a team that's got its foot on the gas 0:06:39.880 --> 0:06:42.719 and they don't care if you stink, they don't care 0:06:42.760 --> 0:06:44.440 if you're on the ropes, they don't care if they're 0:06:44.480 --> 0:06:47.760 gonna embarrass you or what they're gonna go. There was 0:06:47.800 --> 0:06:50.440 a little bit of if we've got this game, we're 0:06:50.440 --> 0:06:54.000 gonna get out of it and stay healthy and think 0:06:54.040 --> 0:06:57.320 about next week and stay with our process. There was 0:06:57.360 --> 0:06:59.760 a lot of success in that mind frame, no question, 0:06:59.839 --> 0:07:03.239 we all agree. But to get to the next level 0:07:03.240 --> 0:07:06.160 of being one of those teams that this is the year. 0:07:06.560 --> 0:07:11.160 Forget about next year, forget about the process and posturing 0:07:11.560 --> 0:07:14.400 to stay good. This is about this year. When you 0:07:14.480 --> 0:07:16.520 get the team together out of training camp, this year, 0:07:17.520 --> 0:07:20.840 it's foot on the gas, let's go. We're gonna win today. 0:07:21.680 --> 0:07:24.680 That's a little bit different. It's not completely different, but 0:07:24.760 --> 0:07:27.520 it is a little different, and subtle differences have ripple 0:07:27.520 --> 0:07:29.840 effects throughout the locker room and the game. The way 0:07:29.880 --> 0:07:31.960 the game is played. A play here, a play there, 0:07:32.160 --> 0:07:34.240 and all of a sudden you win by seventeen instead 0:07:34.240 --> 0:07:35.480 of hanging on by six. 0:07:36.560 --> 0:07:39.080 The defense is going to be under the microscope with 0:07:39.160 --> 0:07:42.120 new coordinator Jim Leonard, and he brings in a new 0:07:42.160 --> 0:07:46.119 scheme as well, knowing there are some starting roles still 0:07:46.200 --> 0:07:49.320 up for grabs on that side of the ball. How 0:07:49.600 --> 0:07:54.000 patient must we be in waiting to see the defense 0:07:54.400 --> 0:07:57.160 take root and produce results. 0:07:58.120 --> 0:08:00.480 Well, our patience is going to be dictated by the 0:08:00.480 --> 0:08:04.160 results they see. I mean, we're gonna I think there's 0:08:04.200 --> 0:08:05.920 going to be more. I think there's gonna be moments 0:08:05.920 --> 0:08:08.080 earlier in training camp. You know how that is, Brann, 0:08:08.080 --> 0:08:10.440 and we've been over there so much. We're gonna ride 0:08:10.440 --> 0:08:12.440 that roller coaster in training camp. You're gonna have a 0:08:12.480 --> 0:08:15.320 day where the defense looks like, Wow, it's gonna be awesome. 0:08:15.560 --> 0:08:17.440 They're gonna beat wow some people. And then there's gonna 0:08:17.440 --> 0:08:20.560 be other days where it's like, what are they gonna do? Uh, 0:08:21.280 --> 0:08:25.120 It's gonna be the roller coaster early on. And like 0:08:25.240 --> 0:08:27.160 yesterday we walked I walked out and watched a little 0:08:27.200 --> 0:08:30.640 bit of practice. Yesterday the defense was jumping it. They 0:08:30.680 --> 0:08:34.080 were It was a lively practice. Uh, but it was 0:08:34.160 --> 0:08:37.560 back and forth. And I think we're gonna ride that 0:08:37.679 --> 0:08:40.319 roller coaster a little bit. Certainly, they've got enough really 0:08:40.360 --> 0:08:43.319 good players to make some plays against any offense they're 0:08:43.360 --> 0:08:46.280 gonna be facing, particularly in the preseason and in the 0:08:46.280 --> 0:08:50.360 regular season. I think the patience will be tested by 0:08:50.400 --> 0:08:52.000 the inconsistency we're gonna see. 0:08:52.080 --> 0:08:54.360 Right, And I'm not even talking about training camp. I'm 0:08:54.360 --> 0:08:58.079 talking about getting to the regular season, because there is 0:08:58.120 --> 0:09:01.760 an awful lot that Jim Lennard and his staff have 0:09:01.840 --> 0:09:07.320 to pull together. I mean, Ed Oliver said a sentence 0:09:07.400 --> 0:09:10.200 this week in an interview, and I said Holy cow, 0:09:10.240 --> 0:09:14.959 he's right. He's the longest tenured defensive player on the roster, 0:09:15.320 --> 0:09:18.400 he's in his eighth year in the league. It seems 0:09:18.440 --> 0:09:19.960 like he's right where he needs to be, Like this 0:09:19.960 --> 0:09:21.880 should be a year frame, right, But I think the 0:09:21.920 --> 0:09:26.520 point there is there is an uncommon amount of youth 0:09:26.600 --> 0:09:29.600 on the defensive side of the ball, and maybe this 0:09:29.679 --> 0:09:32.760 is just another change in philosophy. There's going to be 0:09:32.800 --> 0:09:35.680 a lot of that youth and athleticism on the field 0:09:36.080 --> 0:09:41.080 playing important roles, whether it's at the linebacker position on 0:09:41.120 --> 0:09:44.680 the inside, whether it's at one of the pass rushing 0:09:44.679 --> 0:09:48.240 positions on a second, you know, rotational level, whether it's 0:09:48.240 --> 0:09:50.960 one of the starting defensive ends, which is likely to 0:09:50.960 --> 0:09:55.040 be somebody like TJ. Sanders or Landon Jackson. And then 0:09:55.120 --> 0:09:58.360 even in the secondary, Max Harrison is going to start 0:09:58.440 --> 0:10:01.440 at corner and if he doesn't, it means the rookie is. 0:10:02.800 --> 0:10:05.120 And Max is the second year who is most of 0:10:05.200 --> 0:10:06.880 last year, a lot of last year. 0:10:07.280 --> 0:10:11.280 So there's gonna be youth. And even in the sub packages, 0:10:11.400 --> 0:10:13.880 is it Jalen Kilgore, is it Jordan Hancock, is it 0:10:14.000 --> 0:10:16.560 somebody of that ilk coming onto the field as an 0:10:16.559 --> 0:10:19.880 extra defensive back another young player, and then the rotational 0:10:19.920 --> 0:10:26.000 pieces up front, whether it's TJ. Parker, TJ Sanders, Landon Jackson, 0:10:26.080 --> 0:10:31.360 Dwayne Carter, you know, Dion Walker. I mean, the youth 0:10:31.920 --> 0:10:35.760 is not just sprinkled on the defense, it permeates it. 0:10:36.360 --> 0:10:41.160 And I look at the schedule at the beginning of 0:10:41.200 --> 0:10:46.000 the year and you're on the road at Houston, which 0:10:46.200 --> 0:10:48.760 that's not a daunting offense by any stretch, but they 0:10:48.760 --> 0:10:52.000 have some players. You're coming home for the home opener 0:10:52.040 --> 0:10:57.240 against Detroit, a high powered, high octane offense with elite athletes. 0:10:58.040 --> 0:11:00.640 And then the rest of that first month of the season, 0:11:01.679 --> 0:11:06.480 you've got more teams to go up against with a 0:11:06.520 --> 0:11:10.000 lot of talent, whether it's the Chargers, the Patriots now 0:11:10.000 --> 0:11:14.880 with AJ Brown, the Rams. So that first five weeks 0:11:16.160 --> 0:11:20.240 I think throws a lot at a brand new defense 0:11:20.400 --> 0:11:23.640 that has to pull it together and get results in 0:11:23.679 --> 0:11:26.760 a hurry here, because as excited as we are about 0:11:26.800 --> 0:11:30.640 the offense, to expect them to score thirty thirty five 0:11:30.720 --> 0:11:34.760 points a week, even as good as they are, I 0:11:34.800 --> 0:11:37.520 think is unrealistic. And I think in that first five weeks, 0:11:37.880 --> 0:11:41.480 to your point about gunning for the one seed, you 0:11:41.559 --> 0:11:44.480 can't have a slip up and with a brand new defense. 0:11:45.600 --> 0:11:46.920 I think that's a tall task. 0:11:47.160 --> 0:11:50.000 When you've got a young a bunch of young guys 0:11:50.040 --> 0:11:53.480 on the squad. It really comes down to how the 0:11:53.559 --> 0:11:58.240 coaching staff handles them, and in my opinion, the best 0:11:58.280 --> 0:12:00.880 way to do that is to turn them lose. I 0:12:00.880 --> 0:12:05.640 don't think they were turned loose in years past. I 0:12:05.640 --> 0:12:09.079 think they were told to play within themselves. Hey, the scheme, 0:12:09.160 --> 0:12:12.040 play the scheme. I think it's the better way to 0:12:12.080 --> 0:12:17.880 do that is to turn them loose. That to me, 0:12:18.480 --> 0:12:21.240 is a better way to handle youth, particularly when they 0:12:21.240 --> 0:12:24.640 have to play. You can't let them worry about the 0:12:24.679 --> 0:12:27.840 consequences of a mistake. They have to play hard and fast. 0:12:28.200 --> 0:12:30.480 They will learn fast as they get on the watch 0:12:30.520 --> 0:12:33.800 film of themselves doing it and doing this call, that call, 0:12:34.000 --> 0:12:37.200 playing against this guy, that guy, watching this concept against them, 0:12:37.480 --> 0:12:42.080 learning where teams are going to attack them. They they 0:12:42.160 --> 0:12:45.600 they'll learn quick. But you got to turn them loose. 0:12:45.760 --> 0:12:50.080 And I think that's one thing that mindset was not 0:12:50.200 --> 0:12:52.720 used here in the pass or hasn't been. I think 0:12:52.760 --> 0:12:54.440 you always felt like they wanted to get guys out 0:12:54.480 --> 0:12:57.200 there who played with some discipline and with and that 0:12:57.360 --> 0:12:59.760 was the overriding characteristic. Not that there's not something wrong 0:12:59.800 --> 0:13:04.240 with that, but as a young player, a coaching staff 0:13:04.280 --> 0:13:07.319 needs to empower them to be their best, play hard, 0:13:07.360 --> 0:13:11.080 play fast, and go for it and clean up the 0:13:11.120 --> 0:13:14.760 mess later. Because guys like playing like that make a 0:13:14.800 --> 0:13:18.320 lot of plays. They make plays even as young kids. 0:13:18.400 --> 0:13:21.280 They make plays when they've got their foot on the gas, 0:13:21.320 --> 0:13:24.840 when they're going for it, when they feel safe to 0:13:24.960 --> 0:13:28.520 go for it. That's the mindset you want them to 0:13:28.520 --> 0:13:30.080 go out there with. And I don't think that was 0:13:30.120 --> 0:13:33.360 as prevalent as it might be under Joe Brady. 0:13:33.520 --> 0:13:37.040 Speaking of some of those defensive roles, inside linebacker next 0:13:37.040 --> 0:13:40.319 to Terrell Bernard is one of the more important starting 0:13:40.400 --> 0:13:43.960 jobs still up for grabs right now. It appears that 0:13:44.000 --> 0:13:46.640 it's a two horse race between Dorian Williams and rookie 0:13:46.640 --> 0:13:52.040 Caleb Elarms or how fierce a competition do you expect 0:13:52.080 --> 0:13:56.199 that to be? I expect there to be more competition 0:13:56.240 --> 0:13:59.040 brought in. I don't think, oh, you still think another 0:13:59.040 --> 0:13:59.920 guy could come in like a. 0:14:00.400 --> 0:14:02.199 I don't think there's gonna I don't think they've got 0:14:02.320 --> 0:14:07.800 enough guys here now. Certainly they've got like Jimmy Charlow 0:14:08.080 --> 0:14:10.240 and Joe Andrees, and these are guys that are special 0:14:10.240 --> 0:14:13.720 teams candidates, guys who can play well behind those guys 0:14:13.720 --> 0:14:19.480 and be ready to come in. But I mean, Caleb 0:14:19.520 --> 0:14:21.560 e arms Or is the last guy stand in that 0:14:22.120 --> 0:14:25.360 has some pedigree, and his pedigree is that he's on 0:14:25.400 --> 0:14:31.960 the team as a draft pick. I think they're I'm 0:14:32.280 --> 0:14:34.280 maybe I'm I'm projecting from what they have done in 0:14:34.280 --> 0:14:37.760 the past. And maybe I'm giving h too much credit 0:14:37.800 --> 0:14:42.080 to to Brandon Bean from doing this rather than having 0:14:42.120 --> 0:14:44.000 Sean McDermott be the guy behind it. But you know, 0:14:44.120 --> 0:14:47.200 you don't have any You don't have any uh Shaq 0:14:47.320 --> 0:14:50.760 Thompson or a J. Kleins on this roster. You don't 0:14:50.760 --> 0:14:53.840 have a guy like you don't even have Matt Mulano 0:14:54.000 --> 0:14:57.680 on this roster hoping that he stays healthy. Is a 0:14:58.000 --> 0:15:02.080 very brand new group. Outside of two guys, Terrell Bernard 0:15:02.560 --> 0:15:10.240 and Dorian Williams, everybody else is different. So yeah, I 0:15:10.240 --> 0:15:13.320 think there's gonna be I think that run that place 0:15:13.400 --> 0:15:17.000 right there, that position group inside linebackers, both the MAC 0:15:17.080 --> 0:15:23.120 and the will. I think that is the most unknown 0:15:23.520 --> 0:15:28.280 positioned battle on the team. Not only are these guys 0:15:28.880 --> 0:15:32.960 new and different. But Terrell Bernard didn't finish the year 0:15:33.040 --> 0:15:35.080 last I mean he was struggled through last year with him. 0:15:37.880 --> 0:15:40.480 You've got a lot of question marks, not only in 0:15:40.480 --> 0:15:42.480 the guys that are there that you don't know about yet, 0:15:42.640 --> 0:15:45.040 but the guys who have been here. The two guys Dorian. 0:15:44.880 --> 0:15:50.040 Williams walking around here on crutches right, but should be 0:15:50.080 --> 0:15:50.720 ready for training. 0:15:50.840 --> 0:15:53.120 Yeah, he'll be. He's gonna be there fine. But you know, 0:15:53.320 --> 0:15:55.200 right now, look at it. I mean you take a 0:15:55.240 --> 0:15:58.960 snapshot of that room right now, and there are no certainties. 0:15:59.080 --> 0:16:01.400 I would not be if they add a veteran to 0:16:01.480 --> 0:16:06.360 your point, but for that weak side inside linebacker position specifically, 0:16:07.160 --> 0:16:10.680 I think it is down to Dorian Williams and Caleb 0:16:10.720 --> 0:16:14.560 elarms Or. And what's most interesting about that is their 0:16:14.600 --> 0:16:19.240 skill sets are almost identical. Both players are run and 0:16:19.360 --> 0:16:23.360 hit linebackers who can both run sub four or five. 0:16:24.240 --> 0:16:28.720 So to me, they're very comparable in terms of skill set, 0:16:29.040 --> 0:16:33.200 And to me, it's a matter of who picks up 0:16:33.560 --> 0:16:38.360 their responsibilities and executes them consistently within this new scheme. 0:16:38.400 --> 0:16:41.280 Whoever does that better is going to play. Why Jim 0:16:41.320 --> 0:16:44.960 Lennard's not behold into Dorian Williams, He's he's new in 0:16:45.000 --> 0:16:50.160 the door, just like Caleb elarms Or is. He's watched 0:16:50.400 --> 0:16:53.160 Jim Leonards probably watched just as much film of Caleber 0:16:53.160 --> 0:16:55.640 elarms Or at the college level as he has of 0:16:55.760 --> 0:16:58.560 Dorian Williams at the post. Who's gonna play better for 0:16:58.640 --> 0:17:00.920 me on a more consistent base? And I say this 0:17:01.040 --> 0:17:03.800 all the time. The most important thing that you can 0:17:03.840 --> 0:17:06.199 do as a player to get on the field is 0:17:06.240 --> 0:17:09.800 to convince your coach he can trust you, trust you 0:17:09.840 --> 0:17:12.240 to execute the scheme, trust you to make a play 0:17:12.240 --> 0:17:15.320 when you need one. And if Caleber elarms Or is 0:17:15.359 --> 0:17:18.760 superior in that area to Dorian Williams, he's gonna start. 0:17:18.960 --> 0:17:22.160 Jim Leonard does not care if you're twenty, if you're thirty, 0:17:22.320 --> 0:17:25.240 if you're five years old. If you're executing the defense 0:17:25.280 --> 0:17:29.240 more effectively for him in year one, you're gonna play. 0:17:29.680 --> 0:17:33.160 So to me, that is one of the more intriguing 0:17:33.480 --> 0:17:36.240 position battles we are going to witness through the course 0:17:36.240 --> 0:17:39.399 of training camp and the preseason. Defensive end is an 0:17:39.400 --> 0:17:43.320 open spot as well, where candidates like TJ. Sanders, Landon Jackson, 0:17:43.520 --> 0:17:46.760 Dwayne Carter could all compete. What do we think is 0:17:46.800 --> 0:17:50.960 the prototype for that position, because we're assuming it's Ed 0:17:51.000 --> 0:17:54.680 Oliver Dion Walker, and then that defensive end position next 0:17:54.680 --> 0:17:54.919 to them. 0:17:54.960 --> 0:17:57.160 The defensive end position, I think they want as big 0:17:57.200 --> 0:18:03.480 an athlete as they can get. The tall, long, big, heavy, fat. 0:18:03.600 --> 0:18:08.879 The biggest guy does the job better because of the 0:18:08.960 --> 0:18:11.359 freedom it gives the outside linebackers to get after the 0:18:11.400 --> 0:18:15.439 passer and just set the edge. A defensive end is 0:18:15.480 --> 0:18:17.080 a guy who needs to be on the other side 0:18:17.080 --> 0:18:19.240 of the line of scrimmage. He needs to get penetrate 0:18:19.440 --> 0:18:22.800 and get through the offensive line cause havoc between the 0:18:22.840 --> 0:18:25.960 garden tackle. Those guys need to have a big problem 0:18:25.960 --> 0:18:27.879 when this guy lines up. And I'll give you an 0:18:27.880 --> 0:18:30.600 idea of why I believe a bigger the better. They 0:18:30.600 --> 0:18:33.600 asked Landon Jackson to change who he was, and he did. 0:18:33.960 --> 0:18:36.960 He's now a two hundred and eighty five pound dude 0:18:37.080 --> 0:18:40.480 who is big. That's the kind of guy they want. 0:18:40.480 --> 0:18:42.960 If they got a guy who's land it's plenty tall enough. 0:18:43.000 --> 0:18:45.679 He's six y five plus, so when he puts his 0:18:45.720 --> 0:18:48.520 hand on the ground, he's got some weight and it's 0:18:48.520 --> 0:18:52.200 gonna be hard for the tackle or the guard going 0:18:52.280 --> 0:18:54.359 on the guard on an outside run the tackle on 0:18:54.400 --> 0:18:56.520 an inside run, it's gonna be hard for them to 0:18:56.520 --> 0:19:00.119 get to the second level because they got a two 0:19:00.400 --> 0:19:03.800 and ninety pound dude. They got to get around or through. Yeah, 0:19:03.840 --> 0:19:06.400 I think they need some dudes who are big down 0:19:06.440 --> 0:19:07.040 inside there. 0:19:07.800 --> 0:19:11.960 I believe land and Jackson's gonna have the inside track 0:19:12.000 --> 0:19:16.600 on that because he has the most ideal body type 0:19:16.920 --> 0:19:20.880 for the position. TJ. Sanders, can he play there? Absolutely? 0:19:21.160 --> 0:19:23.200 Does he have the length that Land and Jackson has? 0:19:23.359 --> 0:19:29.320 Absolutely not. Land and Jackson looks like a condor out 0:19:29.359 --> 0:19:31.840 there on the edge, and you need that length in 0:19:31.920 --> 0:19:34.840 a three down system. You know, three men with their 0:19:34.880 --> 0:19:38.199 hand on the ground. And to me, he makes the 0:19:38.240 --> 0:19:41.960 most sense to line up their body type wise. Now, 0:19:42.040 --> 0:19:45.240 if he can't execute his assignments, then it's a different story. 0:19:45.680 --> 0:19:51.280 Walker's another guy like that, big, tall, heavy, Yeah, his 0:19:51.440 --> 0:19:54.800 style is as crazy as it is. The guy's a giant. 0:19:55.320 --> 0:19:58.040 He's still a finesse kind of player. Yeah, he's still 0:19:58.040 --> 0:20:01.200 a finess kind of player, but can certainly fit that scheme. 0:20:01.600 --> 0:20:07.080 Yeah. I just think that Land and Jackson, Dwayne Carter, TJ. 0:20:07.240 --> 0:20:12.000 Sanders are all in that defensive end competition, so to say, 0:20:12.840 --> 0:20:17.080 and just body type wise, Land and Jackson makes the 0:20:17.080 --> 0:20:19.919 most sense. But I think this scheme is gonna be 0:20:20.040 --> 0:20:24.480 so varied, yeah, and so hybrid in nature, that even 0:20:24.520 --> 0:20:29.040 though Land and Jackson on paper may end up winning 0:20:29.080 --> 0:20:32.920 the starting job, I think there's gonna be a lot 0:20:32.960 --> 0:20:35.320 of rotation at that position. I think guys are gonna 0:20:35.359 --> 0:20:37.520 be sliding down into that role. To your point, Dean 0:20:37.640 --> 0:20:40.840 Walker might slide to that end job, you know, based 0:20:40.880 --> 0:20:42.960 on down and distance, and there might be somebody else 0:20:43.359 --> 0:20:46.800 in the middle playing the nose. So I think there's 0:20:46.840 --> 0:20:50.159 gonna be so much variation there that even though I 0:20:50.280 --> 0:20:53.320 believe Land and Jackson might be best suited for the 0:20:53.440 --> 0:20:57.960 starting defensive end role, I think the rotation is gonna 0:20:57.960 --> 0:21:00.439 be such that the snap count is going to be 0:21:00.480 --> 0:21:04.400 negligible between the starter and whoever rotates over there, whether 0:21:04.440 --> 0:21:07.720 it's t J. Sanders, Dwayne Carter, Dion Walker at all, whoever. 0:21:08.359 --> 0:21:10.280 I think there's going to be a healthy rotation with 0:21:10.320 --> 0:21:13.040 the three down linemen in this scheme. 0:21:12.920 --> 0:21:16.399 And that rotation may have to do with combinations that 0:21:16.440 --> 0:21:20.359 they like better. Mike Hoyt might fit better with Dwayne 0:21:20.440 --> 0:21:24.840 Carter or Dion Walker. They'll they'll they'll get personalities and 0:21:24.960 --> 0:21:28.919 individual play styles that that they'll tinker with, and that 0:21:28.960 --> 0:21:31.960 will be an ongoing process. Even if these guys came 0:21:32.000 --> 0:21:34.160 back after two years in the same defense, it's still 0:21:34.160 --> 0:21:35.160 an ongoing process. 0:21:35.280 --> 0:21:38.080 How that evolves on offense, it's the left guard spot 0:21:38.119 --> 0:21:42.200 where veteran free agent Austin Corbett figures to be Alec 0:21:42.320 --> 0:21:46.399 Anderson's stiffest competition, with Cedric Van Prey and Grainger a 0:21:46.480 --> 0:21:50.800 dark horse candidate. How do we see that battle shaking out? 0:21:52.760 --> 0:21:59.520 Yeah, I think Anderson is the guy, but I don't 0:21:59.560 --> 0:22:03.720 think that's in Stone. I'm with you. I don't think 0:22:03.840 --> 0:22:11.080 said Van Prank Ranger is going to be an option there. Yeah, 0:22:11.359 --> 0:22:13.400 I think the guard is. I think they are going 0:22:13.440 --> 0:22:16.399 to try and keep that group as solid as they 0:22:16.440 --> 0:22:18.159 can with a guy who's been in the building for 0:22:18.200 --> 0:22:20.640 as long as he has, as long as Alec Anderson has. 0:22:20.920 --> 0:22:24.240 I want to believe they want to see Alec Anderson 0:22:24.320 --> 0:22:29.000 ascend into that role. I think that is their preference. 0:22:30.280 --> 0:22:34.959 I believe Austin Corbett is their insurance policy, and he 0:22:35.080 --> 0:22:37.480 is a hell of an insurance policy. And here's why. 0:22:37.960 --> 0:22:40.679 Even though he is new to the team, it's a 0:22:40.800 --> 0:22:46.159 nine year veteran. More importantly, he knows all of the 0:22:46.200 --> 0:22:52.040 blocking techniques in this Chromer system that is being continued 0:22:52.040 --> 0:22:55.520 by Pat Meyer, who is an Aaron Kromer disciple and 0:22:55.640 --> 0:22:59.959 has coached schemes based on what he learned from Aaron Kromer. 0:23:00.040 --> 0:23:03.880 That's half the reason Pat Meyer is here. Austin Corbett 0:23:03.920 --> 0:23:08.000 played under Aaron Kromer in la for the Rams, and 0:23:08.040 --> 0:23:10.920 then played in a similar system in Carolina under Pad 0:23:10.960 --> 0:23:15.600