1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:02,960 Speaker 1: One in general, you like what you've done in free agency, 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:04,600 Speaker 1: and then if you could go for it and just 3 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:06,280 Speaker 1: talk a little bit about what you think of each 4 00:00:06,320 --> 00:00:08,680 Speaker 1: of the guys and how you see them fading in. 5 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:11,320 Speaker 1: You know, I do like what we've done in free agency. 6 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:13,280 Speaker 1: It follows a little bit of how we've tried to 7 00:00:13,320 --> 00:00:16,560 Speaker 1: build this team over the last few years. And it 8 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:19,759 Speaker 1: comes down to placing a great premium on the draft 9 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:23,479 Speaker 1: and drafting well and bringing cornerstone players into your team 10 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:25,239 Speaker 1: that you want to have on your team for a 11 00:00:25,239 --> 00:00:28,080 Speaker 1: long time. And you know we've been able to do 12 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:30,360 Speaker 1: that over the last few years. Guys. We like guys 13 00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:32,600 Speaker 1: who represent exactly what we want our team to be, 14 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:35,720 Speaker 1: and those are the guys that are going to be 15 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:40,479 Speaker 1: the leaders on our team and again, the cornerstones of 16 00:00:40,479 --> 00:00:44,680 Speaker 1: our team. So if you do that well, we feel 17 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 1: like you don't have to be overly aggressive in free agency. 18 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:53,880 Speaker 1: Your emphasis is on resigning your own guys and then 19 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 1: trying to get yourself in a position where in April 20 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:01,200 Speaker 1: you're drafting as purely as possible. So some of the 21 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:03,760 Speaker 1: some of the signings that we made of our own players, 22 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:09,520 Speaker 1: our fullback, our swing tackle, some other guys we believe 23 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:12,800 Speaker 1: will help us. At the end of April, just draft 24 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:17,080 Speaker 1: as purely as possible and who's ever on the board. 25 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:20,080 Speaker 1: Try to take the best player available to us, and 26 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:22,920 Speaker 1: our experience has been when we do that, that's when 27 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:25,440 Speaker 1: we draft the best guys. So a lot of our 28 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:28,320 Speaker 1: emphasis and free agency has been to get our own 29 00:01:28,319 --> 00:01:31,360 Speaker 1: guys resigned. Obviously, we'll continue to work on, you know, 30 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:35,399 Speaker 1: the DeMarcus Lawrence deal that's ongoing, but signing some of 31 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 1: the other guys who we like, who have valuable roles 32 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:41,560 Speaker 1: on our team, and then relying on the cornerstone players 33 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:44,600 Speaker 1: to lead us rather than getting overly aggressive in free 34 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 1: agency signing other teams players for lots and lots of money. 35 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:50,520 Speaker 1: If there's a time and a place for that, and 36 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:52,720 Speaker 1: we have the resources available to do that and we 37 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:55,480 Speaker 1: feel like that player can help our football team and 38 00:01:55,480 --> 00:01:57,720 Speaker 1: have an impact, we're certainly open to doing that. But 39 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:00,080 Speaker 1: we like the idea of building through the draft and 40 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 1: then making selective moves to build the team the way 41 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 1: we want to build it. Since you mentioned Lawrence, can 42 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 1: you go ahead and talk about Obviously he has a 43 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 1: business aspect, and you're always talking about the business aspect 44 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:13,359 Speaker 1: of football. But it's better for the team and him 45 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 1: if this has resolved sooner rather than later. Do you 46 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:19,600 Speaker 1: have concerns about it dragging on two down in Yeah, 47 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:23,160 Speaker 1: I'm not at the forefront of those discussions. Certainly, everyone 48 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:26,079 Speaker 1: understands how good a player who's been for us. He's 49 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:28,560 Speaker 1: been an excellent player. We traded up for him in 50 00:02:28,639 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 1: the draft for a reason. We felt like he could 51 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:32,640 Speaker 1: be an impactful pass rusher for us, and he's been that. 52 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:36,840 Speaker 1: And he's had some adversity they's had to overcome in 53 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:39,160 Speaker 1: his career and he's handled that well. I think he's 54 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:41,120 Speaker 1: grown on the field. I think he's grown off the field. 55 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 1: And again, he's been impactful. He's made a difference. He's 56 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 1: become a leader on our team. So we want to 57 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:50,520 Speaker 1: Marcus Lawrence back on our football team. But there is 58 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:52,960 Speaker 1: a business side to it that every team deals with 59 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:57,360 Speaker 1: every year, and we're gonna let the business people go 60 00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 1: through that process, and DeMarcus should go through that process. 61 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:04,680 Speaker 1: He and his representatives talking to our people who handle 62 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:07,679 Speaker 1: the contracts and just you know, making sure that's right. 63 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:09,800 Speaker 1: I mean, the goal that I always have in these situations, 64 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:12,399 Speaker 1: let's make it a win win. You know, we want 65 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:14,079 Speaker 1: you to make your money. I think that's a good thing. 66 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 1: The Joneses want you to make your money. But having 67 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:17,680 Speaker 1: said that, we want to be part of a team 68 00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 1: that can compete for a championship. And in doing that, 69 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 1: you have to have discipline. Under the salary cap, we 70 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:26,440 Speaker 1: have other guys we have to sign to. Every dollar 71 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:29,799 Speaker 1: that is allocated to one player, you know, by definition, 72 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 1: is not available to another player. So you have to 73 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:35,120 Speaker 1: prioritize the guys you're gonna spend a lot of money on. 74 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 1: But hopefully you can make those decisions in a way 75 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:40,520 Speaker 1: where it's a win win both for the team and 76 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:43,400 Speaker 1: the organization and also for the player. That's the process 77 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 1: we're involved in right now. Oh. I just think he's 78 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 1: a really good player. We loved them coming out of school. 79 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:54,920 Speaker 1: He's just a really good football player. I don't know 80 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:56,520 Speaker 1: if you know his history, but he was a great 81 00:03:57,080 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 1: high school quarterback in Tennessee, multiple state championships in Alcoa, 82 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:05,760 Speaker 1: and a kind of a legendary figure there, and you know, 83 00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 1: he goes to Kentucky. Was just a really dynamic player 84 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:11,840 Speaker 1: there and just so capable of doing so many different things. 85 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:14,200 Speaker 1: And we got an up close and personal view of 86 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:16,360 Speaker 1: him every time we played Green Bay. You know, you 87 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:17,960 Speaker 1: go into these games and you look at a guy 88 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:20,160 Speaker 1: like this as I'm damn you know, you know, look 89 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:21,920 Speaker 1: at him again. They're handing it to him to throw 90 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:23,640 Speaker 1: it to him. He's in the slot, he's outside. He 91 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:26,960 Speaker 1: makes these plays at critical moments. So we've been trying 92 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:29,840 Speaker 1: to guard him for a long time and just an 93 00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:32,560 Speaker 1: outstanding person. You get a chance to meet him through 94 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:35,320 Speaker 1: the draft process or through the free agency process, you 95 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:39,360 Speaker 1: just get that immediate feel, great feedback from so many 96 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:41,960 Speaker 1: people who've been around him all throughout his life, and 97 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:45,039 Speaker 1: certainly he's been a really good player. So to have 98 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:46,840 Speaker 1: him to be able to come in and be as 99 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:50,080 Speaker 1: versatile as we think he can be, I think he's 100 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 1: going to be a big lift to our offense. Just 101 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:02,000 Speaker 1: a really good football player. And if you watch him 102 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:04,719 Speaker 1: throughout his career, both in college and with Green Bay, 103 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:06,400 Speaker 1: he's been able to do so many different things. Do 104 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:08,719 Speaker 1: you see him line up inside and outside, you see 105 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:12,560 Speaker 1: him throw him a variety of routes. He's very capable 106 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:15,000 Speaker 1: of running any route that you have in your route tree, 107 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 1: and then you see him just getting the ball to 108 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:18,520 Speaker 1: him in a lot of different ways. So he's just 109 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:20,760 Speaker 1: one of those kinds of players. So you know, those 110 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:22,480 Speaker 1: are the things we liked about him, and hopefully we'll 111 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:24,599 Speaker 1: get him here and he'll get to work and fit 112 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:32,800 Speaker 1: into what we're doing. Well. You try to address that 113 00:05:32,839 --> 00:05:35,400 Speaker 1: head on. You say, Okay, what happened here? Really productive 114 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:37,480 Speaker 1: this year? Not quite as productive here? What's going on 115 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:39,800 Speaker 1: at hamstring injury? Look at him when he was healthy, 116 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:42,240 Speaker 1: played really well. You know what did the doctors say, 117 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:44,080 Speaker 1: What do the trainers say? What are the medical people 118 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:46,400 Speaker 1: who are on the forefront of it, you know, what 119 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:48,160 Speaker 1: are their opinions on all this? And then you just 120 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:49,719 Speaker 1: try to put it all together and you make the 121 00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:51,960 Speaker 1: best decision you can for the team. But you know, 122 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:53,520 Speaker 1: if you look at him early on in the season 123 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:57,320 Speaker 1: last year, when he was healthy, he was really impactful player, 124 00:05:57,440 --> 00:05:59,159 Speaker 1: and that's the player that we've been trying to defend 125 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:02,159 Speaker 1: for a lot of years. Garry was saying yesterday that 126 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:06,279 Speaker 1: any he didn't have any concerns or any concerns he 127 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:08,600 Speaker 1: had about how com and fit in with his all 128 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:11,880 Speaker 1: offense were assuaged by the fact that you guys are 129 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:14,279 Speaker 1: doing some different things that maybe fit what his skills 130 00:06:14,279 --> 00:06:17,240 Speaker 1: said is as well as thematically. So he's said, well, 131 00:06:17,279 --> 00:06:18,840 Speaker 1: you'd like to think you're always able to do those 132 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:21,120 Speaker 1: kinds of things. You know, when Amari Cooper comes into 133 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:23,560 Speaker 1: your team midway through the season, you know, can you 134 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:25,039 Speaker 1: get him in different spots where it can be an 135 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:27,680 Speaker 1: impactful player? You know Cole Beezer, who's been with us 136 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:29,440 Speaker 1: for a number of years, you know, can you get 137 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:31,360 Speaker 1: him in a position where he can be an impactful player? 138 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:34,080 Speaker 1: Zeke Elliott? Can he be an impactful players? This goes 139 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 1: on and on and on. Jason Witton obviously the production 140 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:39,680 Speaker 1: he's had, the different receivers we've had through the years. 141 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:44,560 Speaker 1: You know Miles Austin. You know, how can you feature 142 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:47,400 Speaker 1: Miles Austin where he can have an impact on your team? 143 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:49,240 Speaker 1: So you're always trying to do that. You have a 144 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:51,640 Speaker 1: system of football that you believe in, but a big 145 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:54,600 Speaker 1: part of the system that we have is the flexibility 146 00:06:54,640 --> 00:06:58,440 Speaker 1: of it to get guys the ball and give them 147 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 1: an opportunity to have an impact on the game. So 148 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:04,040 Speaker 1: no different with Randall, and again, his versatility is something 149 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:05,680 Speaker 1: you're really excited about. You can put him in a 150 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:07,920 Speaker 1: lot of different spots and he can he can have 151 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:17,200 Speaker 1: an impact on what you're trying to do. Yeah, I 152 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:19,960 Speaker 1: don't want to make that comparison. He's certainly a versatile player, 153 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:22,320 Speaker 1: but you know, Cole Beasley was an excellent player for 154 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:24,040 Speaker 1: us for a number of years and a guy who 155 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:26,400 Speaker 1: made big plays in big moments, you know, right from 156 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:28,559 Speaker 1: the start, and we used him a lot of different ways. 157 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:31,400 Speaker 1: His stature suggested he was more of an inside guy, 158 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 1: but you know, I can show you plays where he 159 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:35,920 Speaker 1: played outside or did We did different things with him, 160 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,679 Speaker 1: and again he had an impact. So you know, Bees 161 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:40,960 Speaker 1: did a really nice job for us. We wish him 162 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:43,520 Speaker 1: nothing but the best. We love Cole Beasley, but that 163 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:45,720 Speaker 1: was an opportunity for him to go to Buffalo. That 164 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:48,160 Speaker 1: was a situation that he felt like was best for 165 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:50,560 Speaker 1: him and his family. And when we had to respond 166 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:52,440 Speaker 1: to that and to have a guy like Randall cop 167 00:07:52,480 --> 00:07:55,360 Speaker 1: come to our football team, we're just really excited about it. 168 00:07:55,640 --> 00:07:58,760 Speaker 1: What's the significance in your mind of wit and returning 169 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:01,680 Speaker 1: and based on your experience, how hard will it be 170 00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:04,840 Speaker 1: to get him to agree to come off the field 171 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:07,800 Speaker 1: when you want him to come off the field. Well, 172 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:10,040 Speaker 1: it's just been a great football player for US. He's 173 00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:13,840 Speaker 1: been an incredibly productive player for US throughout his career, 174 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:16,560 Speaker 1: among the most productive tight ends in the history of 175 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:19,040 Speaker 1: the National Football League. He's a complete tight end. He 176 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:21,360 Speaker 1: can play every down. He can really do whatever you 177 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:24,200 Speaker 1: want a tight end to do. He can play on 178 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:25,800 Speaker 1: the ball, he can play off the ball. We've used 179 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:27,920 Speaker 1: him where he's coming out of the backfield, as a blocker, 180 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:30,000 Speaker 1: as a receiver, we use him in the slot, we 181 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:32,720 Speaker 1: use him outside. All of those things he's been able 182 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:35,959 Speaker 1: to do throughout his career. You know, I think, to 183 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:39,160 Speaker 1: answer your question, I think over the last couple of years, 184 00:08:39,559 --> 00:08:42,400 Speaker 1: as you get into year fourteen fifteen, and you know, 185 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:46,280 Speaker 1: I think, I think he recognizes the importance of being 186 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:49,559 Speaker 1: able to take a practice off in training camp, and 187 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:51,760 Speaker 1: and I think the same thing applies to how we 188 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:54,240 Speaker 1: would use him in a game right now. His greatest 189 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:57,679 Speaker 1: strength is his competitiveness, his desire, his drive to be 190 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:00,280 Speaker 1: a great football player. And I have a positive packed 191 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:02,360 Speaker 1: on our team, and he'll go to all ends of 192 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:03,920 Speaker 1: the earth to be able to do that. That's why 193 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:06,120 Speaker 1: he's a Hall of Fame player. You never want to 194 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:09,040 Speaker 1: take that away from having said that, you know, we 195 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:10,839 Speaker 1: have a couple of young tight ends who emerged a 196 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:13,319 Speaker 1: little bit last year, started playing better and better as 197 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:15,000 Speaker 1: the year went on. We feel like those guys will 198 00:09:15,040 --> 00:09:17,160 Speaker 1: have a role for us. All of that stuff will 199 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:19,920 Speaker 1: be fleshed out as we get going, but suffice it 200 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:22,440 Speaker 1: to say, we're really excited he's back. We're excited about 201 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:24,240 Speaker 1: the development of those young guys and how that tight 202 00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:34,000 Speaker 1: end unit's going to be. Just when we had conversations, 203 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:37,040 Speaker 1: you know, early on in the offseason. The conversations we 204 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:41,240 Speaker 1: had were substantive conversations. They were real, and you know, 205 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:43,960 Speaker 1: we had a lot of conversations throughout this whole process 206 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:47,400 Speaker 1: last year. And to the point I was making earlier, 207 00:09:47,480 --> 00:09:49,959 Speaker 1: his drive, his determination, as will as hunger, as love 208 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:52,719 Speaker 1: for the game, to me is unmatched, and I think 209 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:56,319 Speaker 1: that's why he struggled so much with this decision to 210 00:09:56,800 --> 00:09:59,200 Speaker 1: retire and go into the booth. I think a lot 211 00:09:59,240 --> 00:10:01,160 Speaker 1: of people advise to him that, boy, you've had a 212 00:10:01,160 --> 00:10:05,280 Speaker 1: great career. Not many guys get this opportunity to broadcast, 213 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:08,679 Speaker 1: then this particular opportunity to be the Monday night analyst 214 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:11,040 Speaker 1: first ridal out of the box, and I think he 215 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:12,920 Speaker 1: got a lot of advice about that. But he and 216 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:15,440 Speaker 1: I had a lot of conversations about and kind of 217 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:19,400 Speaker 1: who he is as a football player and meat still 218 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:21,679 Speaker 1: being on the bone and his desire to play still 219 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:24,000 Speaker 1: being there, and so I think he struggled with it, 220 00:10:24,080 --> 00:10:26,840 Speaker 1: and I think he probably felt that throughout the year 221 00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:29,880 Speaker 1: as he was making this transition into broadcasting. I just 222 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:31,920 Speaker 1: think he acted on it. I think he said, this 223 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:34,560 Speaker 1: is really what I want to do. And you know 224 00:10:34,840 --> 00:10:36,520 Speaker 1: my opinion, I didn't get a chance to see him 225 00:10:36,559 --> 00:10:39,640 Speaker 1: broadcast very much. Whatever he's going to pursue in life, 226 00:10:39,679 --> 00:10:41,720 Speaker 1: he's going to do a really good job of because 227 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:44,320 Speaker 1: because the kind of person he is, so there might 228 00:10:44,360 --> 00:10:46,679 Speaker 1: be growing pains in any transition that he makes, but 229 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:49,959 Speaker 1: you know he's going to be good at it. And 230 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:52,480 Speaker 1: I just think he was listening to his heart say 231 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:54,280 Speaker 1: I want to come back and play. And we had 232 00:10:54,280 --> 00:10:57,840 Speaker 1: those conversations last year. We had them soon after the season, 233 00:10:57,920 --> 00:11:00,160 Speaker 1: and he said I'm ready to come back, and we've 234 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:13,160 Speaker 1: certainly embraced them with open arms. Yeah I don't want 235 00:11:13,640 --> 00:11:15,880 Speaker 1: David and I have had a lot of conversations look 236 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:17,520 Speaker 1: like it, like you do with a lot of the 237 00:11:17,520 --> 00:11:19,520 Speaker 1: players on your team. So I don't want to get 238 00:11:19,559 --> 00:11:23,839 Speaker 1: into too many conversations, but to that particular point, Um, 239 00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:26,839 Speaker 1: the only thing I would say is there there are 240 00:11:26,840 --> 00:11:30,400 Speaker 1: some rules and parameters that you have in the National 241 00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:32,320 Speaker 1: Football League if you want to play, and you have 242 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:35,560 Speaker 1: to follow those rules independent of what your opinions are 243 00:11:35,559 --> 00:11:38,800 Speaker 1: about any particular topic. Um, you have to stay within 244 00:11:38,840 --> 00:11:40,640 Speaker 1: the confines of the rules. Are not going to let 245 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:43,200 Speaker 1: you play. So if something so important to you to 246 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:46,880 Speaker 1: break those rules and that prevents you from playing, you're 247 00:11:46,920 --> 00:11:49,880 Speaker 1: making a decision about what you value most. So that 248 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:52,520 Speaker 1: I was just trying to indicate to him that you know, 249 00:11:52,559 --> 00:11:54,440 Speaker 1: if you want to play in the National Football League, 250 00:11:54,440 --> 00:11:56,200 Speaker 1: these are the rules, These are parameters that you have 251 00:11:56,240 --> 00:11:59,480 Speaker 1: to follow, and h you know, hopefully understands that. What 252 00:12:01,559 --> 00:12:04,839 Speaker 1: without getting in damn your specific conversations, is it is 253 00:12:04,840 --> 00:12:06,960 Speaker 1: it fair to say your overall message to him was 254 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:10,719 Speaker 1: just you have to decide what you're passionate about. I mean, 255 00:12:11,040 --> 00:12:13,640 Speaker 1: this is you have to decide what you care about 256 00:12:13,679 --> 00:12:16,320 Speaker 1: and what's most Yeah. Again again, I don't want to 257 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:19,040 Speaker 1: delve into this much more than I already have, but 258 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:21,360 Speaker 1: suffice it to say, there are certain things that you 259 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:23,280 Speaker 1: have to do if you want to have the privilege 260 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:24,960 Speaker 1: of being a player or a coach or staff member 261 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:26,840 Speaker 1: of the national football and if you don't, if you 262 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:28,599 Speaker 1: don't want to follow those things, you're not going to 263 00:12:28,640 --> 00:12:31,559 Speaker 1: have the opportunity to do this. There's the same apply 264 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:34,000 Speaker 1: to to Randy Gregory and where what do you feel 265 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:37,640 Speaker 1: about what are your expectations for having him? Yeah, you know, 266 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:40,360 Speaker 1: when we drafted Randy, our eyes were wide open about, 267 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:43,000 Speaker 1: you know, what his issues were. And you know, we 268 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:47,600 Speaker 1: talked to doctors, trainers, counselors, everybody who was around him, 269 00:12:47,640 --> 00:12:49,840 Speaker 1: you know, prior to coming to our football team, and 270 00:12:49,880 --> 00:12:51,600 Speaker 1: we tried to put a really good plan in place 271 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:55,679 Speaker 1: for him to address this particular issue. And again, without 272 00:12:55,679 --> 00:12:57,800 Speaker 1: going into the details of all the things he's done 273 00:12:58,040 --> 00:12:59,640 Speaker 1: to try to get to a point where he can 274 00:12:59,720 --> 00:13:03,760 Speaker 1: play for us, it's been a very serious approach as 275 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:08,280 Speaker 1: an organization, and his approach has been serious, and you know, 276 00:13:08,280 --> 00:13:10,160 Speaker 1: he's been able to make strides. He was able to 277 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:11,719 Speaker 1: come back and play for us and be a very 278 00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:14,480 Speaker 1: productive player and a productive guy in our locker room. 279 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:17,400 Speaker 1: And unfortunately, you know, my understanding of all this is 280 00:13:17,440 --> 00:13:20,880 Speaker 1: that sometimes relapse is part of rehab, and so we're 281 00:13:20,880 --> 00:13:24,360 Speaker 1: working through the process of suspension right now with the NFL. 282 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:27,080 Speaker 1: But Randy Gregg was working very hard to kind of 283 00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:29,560 Speaker 1: get back and get the situation under control, and we're 284 00:13:29,559 --> 00:13:31,959 Speaker 1: doing everything we can under the rules to help him 285 00:13:31,960 --> 00:13:35,679 Speaker 1: do that. Bottom line business and you need to be 286 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:39,280 Speaker 1: there on the field. How do you resolve that in 287 00:13:39,280 --> 00:13:43,080 Speaker 1: your mind where you go, Okay, he has made progress, 288 00:13:43,559 --> 00:13:47,480 Speaker 1: but he's still not here. How much longer can we 289 00:13:47,640 --> 00:13:50,600 Speaker 1: continue to do this? From a from eighteen stand yeah, 290 00:13:50,679 --> 00:13:53,080 Speaker 1: I think I think it's an individual situation. I think 291 00:13:53,120 --> 00:13:55,520 Speaker 1: you're always looking at the individual. You know what the 292 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 1: individual is all about, the impact he has on your 293 00:13:58,520 --> 00:14:01,600 Speaker 1: team at that moment, what the altnatives are, all of that. 294 00:14:01,679 --> 00:14:03,760 Speaker 1: So I think we've done that with Randy. Obviously, we 295 00:14:03,840 --> 00:14:05,800 Speaker 1: used a second round pick on him, so we valued 296 00:14:05,880 --> 00:14:08,800 Speaker 1: him as a player. It's a big resource to use 297 00:14:08,880 --> 00:14:10,400 Speaker 1: and we've tried to help him in every way that 298 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:12,320 Speaker 1: we can. You know, when you have a player like 299 00:14:12,360 --> 00:14:14,960 Speaker 1: that who hasn't been as available for you as you 300 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:16,880 Speaker 1: want him to be, you have to make sure you 301 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:19,640 Speaker 1: have other players who can be available. So we've been 302 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:22,520 Speaker 1: very clear on that as an organization that we can't 303 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:25,720 Speaker 1: necessarily count on him because of his history. Again, he 304 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:27,600 Speaker 1: did a really good job for us this past year. 305 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:29,720 Speaker 1: He pled a lot of football for us, and hopefully 306 00:14:29,760 --> 00:14:31,840 Speaker 1: we can get him back to that point at some point. 307 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:34,640 Speaker 1: Right now, he's working very hard on getting his life 308 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:37,240 Speaker 1: back in order. As an organization, we have to make 309 00:14:37,280 --> 00:14:40,360 Speaker 1: sure that we have a plan in place. We can't 310 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:42,120 Speaker 1: assume that he's going to be available to us. We 311 00:14:42,160 --> 00:14:44,400 Speaker 1: have to make sure we have players who can be 312 00:14:44,400 --> 00:14:46,720 Speaker 1: impacted for us at that position. Like you said, despite 313 00:14:46,760 --> 00:14:50,240 Speaker 1: this last episode, you feel good about his commitment and 314 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:54,320 Speaker 1: how he is serious working through his challenges and issues 315 00:14:54,440 --> 00:15:13,080 Speaker 1: to stay on the field. Absolutely, absolutely, Yeah, Yeah, I 316 00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:16,280 Speaker 1: think it's always important. Uh. You know, the defensive line 317 00:15:16,280 --> 00:15:18,400 Speaker 1: is such an impactful position on your team, you know, 318 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:21,200 Speaker 1: being able to control the line of scrimmage defensively, being 319 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:23,600 Speaker 1: able to affect the quarterback defensively. That's a big part 320 00:15:23,640 --> 00:15:26,640 Speaker 1: of probably most defenses in the league. It certainly is 321 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:28,600 Speaker 1: a big part of what we're trying to do there. 322 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:31,320 Speaker 1: So the guys you mentioned have been impactful players force 323 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:33,400 Speaker 1: if they're not available, we have to make sure that 324 00:15:33,440 --> 00:15:35,840 Speaker 1: we have some guys and and we signed some depth 325 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:38,440 Speaker 1: and free agency with Hyder and Covington. We feel like 326 00:15:38,440 --> 00:15:40,720 Speaker 1: those guys can come in and compete, try to resign 327 00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:42,600 Speaker 1: a couple of our own guys, and then as you 328 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:45,400 Speaker 1: go into the draft and continuing free agency, you have 329 00:15:45,480 --> 00:15:47,840 Speaker 1: to continue to look at guys who can help impact 330 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:51,760 Speaker 1: that front because it does have such a such a bearing, 331 00:15:51,760 --> 00:15:53,640 Speaker 1: at such an impact on how we want to play 332 00:15:53,640 --> 00:16:05,280 Speaker 1: defensive football. Again, you're always looking for ways to improve 333 00:16:05,280 --> 00:16:07,880 Speaker 1: your football team. You're always looking for ways to improve 334 00:16:07,960 --> 00:16:10,720 Speaker 1: your pass rush. So you continue to go through the 335 00:16:10,800 --> 00:16:13,320 Speaker 1: process of free agency, the guys who are available, You 336 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:15,560 Speaker 1: study those guys, You try to get to know those guys, 337 00:16:15,880 --> 00:16:17,600 Speaker 1: see if they fit, see if you can make the 338 00:16:17,640 --> 00:16:19,240 Speaker 1: business part of it work, and then you go into 339 00:16:19,280 --> 00:16:21,880 Speaker 1: the draft the same way. But you know, there's a 340 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:24,160 Speaker 1: lot of different areas on the football team that you're 341 00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:27,360 Speaker 1: always trying to improve. You're trying to improve your frontline players, 342 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:30,160 Speaker 1: You're trying to improve your depth, and that's really throughout 343 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:33,200 Speaker 1: the team. So you know, we have scouts in the 344 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:36,000 Speaker 1: pro department, scouts in the college department. That's that scour 345 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:39,000 Speaker 1: the waiver wires or traveling all over the country getting 346 00:16:39,040 --> 00:16:40,840 Speaker 1: to know these guys. That's a big part of just 347 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:43,080 Speaker 1: building your team on a daily basis through and sixty 348 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:45,600 Speaker 1: five days out of the year. Giving your experience and 349 00:16:45,760 --> 00:16:49,760 Speaker 1: success as a play caller, what's your comfort level with 350 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:52,520 Speaker 1: the first year, second year coach calling plays and what'll 351 00:16:52,560 --> 00:16:56,880 Speaker 1: be the challenges in your mind for Kellen Moore calling plays? 352 00:16:57,040 --> 00:16:59,360 Speaker 1: That's such a young coach. Well, we're excited about Kellen 353 00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:02,120 Speaker 1: and his ARC is probably pretty similar to the arc 354 00:17:02,160 --> 00:17:03,720 Speaker 1: that I had, and that probably has given me a 355 00:17:03,760 --> 00:17:06,280 Speaker 1: little bit of confidence. I had coached for two years 356 00:17:06,320 --> 00:17:09,040 Speaker 1: before I had the opportunity to do that, so I 357 00:17:09,080 --> 00:17:13,760 Speaker 1: recognize firsthand what the challenges are and from my personal experience, 358 00:17:14,320 --> 00:17:17,480 Speaker 1: the most important thing for me, and certainly the thing 359 00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:19,800 Speaker 1: I did best, was to use the resources I had 360 00:17:19,840 --> 00:17:22,000 Speaker 1: around me. And if you look at the staff that 361 00:17:22,040 --> 00:17:24,480 Speaker 1: we had in two thousand and seven, Tony Sperano was 362 00:17:24,520 --> 00:17:27,520 Speaker 1: the offensive line coach, Wade Wilson was the quarterback coach. 363 00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:29,960 Speaker 1: You know, veteran guys who had been around a long time. 364 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:32,320 Speaker 1: My brother John was the tight end coach of veteran 365 00:17:32,359 --> 00:17:35,119 Speaker 1: guy Ray Sherman, Skip Pete. All these guys were on 366 00:17:35,160 --> 00:17:38,439 Speaker 1: our staff, and you know, I understood the importance of 367 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:41,440 Speaker 1: a collaborative process and I feel like the dynamic is 368 00:17:41,480 --> 00:17:45,119 Speaker 1: pretty similar. Now. We have some veteran guys, guys who 369 00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:47,199 Speaker 1: have been around football for a long time, around that 370 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:50,280 Speaker 1: staff who can bring some different voices as we try 371 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:54,879 Speaker 1: to put this two nineteen of offense together, as we 372 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:57,800 Speaker 1: start going into the off season into training camp with 373 00:17:57,920 --> 00:18:01,919 Speaker 1: this particular football team. AND's a very smart guy. He 374 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:05,680 Speaker 1: comes from a coaching background. If you asked anybody who's 375 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:08,240 Speaker 1: been around him, you know what his biggest strength is 376 00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:11,560 Speaker 1: as a player. He's smart, got great awareness as a player. 377 00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:14,000 Speaker 1: That's why he had so much success as a college player. 378 00:18:14,119 --> 00:18:15,720 Speaker 1: That's why he was able to hang around the National 379 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:18,160 Speaker 1: Football League as a player as long as he did. 380 00:18:18,440 --> 00:18:21,040 Speaker 1: And we know him. He's been around our organization for 381 00:18:21,240 --> 00:18:23,920 Speaker 1: four or five years now, and you know, so we've 382 00:18:23,920 --> 00:18:26,679 Speaker 1: had a firsthand look at him. We recognize the challenge 383 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:29,280 Speaker 1: of being a quarterback and then being a quarterback coach, 384 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:32,560 Speaker 1: quarterback coach to an offensive coordinator, a play caller. But 385 00:18:32,640 --> 00:18:34,760 Speaker 1: I do believe it's going to be a collaborative process, 386 00:18:35,040 --> 00:18:36,639 Speaker 1: one that he's going to be at the forefront of. 387 00:18:36,880 --> 00:18:39,080 Speaker 1: But I think he recognized the importance of using the 388 00:18:39,119 --> 00:18:41,639 Speaker 1: resources and so hopefully we'll be able to create a 389 00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:43,880 Speaker 1: dynamic that's really impactful on our team. Have you seen 390 00:18:43,920 --> 00:18:46,520 Speaker 1: a direction that he wants to go with it to 391 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:48,320 Speaker 1: this point or is it too soon? Again, it's a 392 00:18:48,359 --> 00:18:51,879 Speaker 1: collaborative process. It's the direction we want to go. And again, 393 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:55,480 Speaker 1: we've had some really good conversations in evaluating what we've 394 00:18:55,520 --> 00:18:57,399 Speaker 1: done in the past and then starting to put the 395 00:18:57,400 --> 00:18:58,959 Speaker 1: plan in place for what we want to do here 396 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:01,560 Speaker 1: in twenty nineteen. And the process have been very good, 397 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:04,080 Speaker 1: it's been very healthy. You've always been involved. Will you 398 00:19:04,160 --> 00:19:07,320 Speaker 1: be more given his sense he's new to this, will 399 00:19:07,359 --> 00:19:09,919 Speaker 1: you end a little bit more time and some of 400 00:19:09,920 --> 00:19:13,680 Speaker 1: the defessions early as he gets acquainted with what the process. Yeah. 401 00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:15,800 Speaker 1: Again again you've heard me say this before. You want 402 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:17,480 Speaker 1: to be the head coach of the whole football team, 403 00:19:17,760 --> 00:19:19,360 Speaker 1: so you do want to be involved in all three 404 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:22,560 Speaker 1: aspects and spend as much time. I do think as 405 00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:24,879 Speaker 1: the offensive staff is coming together, you know, I have 406 00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:26,640 Speaker 1: spent a little more time in there, and I think 407 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:29,119 Speaker 1: that's a good thing for the staff and for me 408 00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:31,960 Speaker 1: as we start to formulate what this what this plan 409 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:34,040 Speaker 1: is and uh, you know, we have a system of 410 00:19:34,080 --> 00:19:36,120 Speaker 1: football that we believe in and one of the reasons 411 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:37,800 Speaker 1: we believe in is that we feel like we can 412 00:19:37,840 --> 00:19:40,040 Speaker 1: evolve it, we can grow it from year to year 413 00:19:40,080 --> 00:19:42,080 Speaker 1: based on the players we have and the kind of 414 00:19:42,119 --> 00:19:43,960 Speaker 1: team that we have. And I think if you look 415 00:19:43,960 --> 00:19:46,600 Speaker 1: at our offenses in the past, we've been different things 416 00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:48,479 Speaker 1: based on the strengths of our players. So we want 417 00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:50,800 Speaker 1: to be able to continue that. I'll certainly be involved 418 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:52,879 Speaker 1: in that, but you know, I'm also you know, I 419 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:55,040 Speaker 1: want to be close to what we're doing defensively in 420 00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:57,879 Speaker 1: the kicking game as well. Random one for you. I'm 421 00:19:57,920 --> 00:20:00,760 Speaker 1: working on a piece on Larry Allen, former teammate, and 422 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:03,720 Speaker 1: I was curious, do you have a favorite Larry Allen's story, 423 00:20:03,920 --> 00:20:07,360 Speaker 1: maybe from practice or anything like that. Oh, I think 424 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:11,919 Speaker 1: we all have hundreds of favorite Larry Allen stories. You know. 425 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:14,679 Speaker 1: The one story that a lot of people seem to 426 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:19,440 Speaker 1: talk about that bothers me a little bit is when 427 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:23,520 Speaker 1: Larry bench press seven hundred pounds and everyone's like, wow, 428 00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:25,879 Speaker 1: did you see that he bench pressed seven hundred pounds 429 00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:29,359 Speaker 1: and all of that, And obviously that's an incredible physical feat. 430 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:33,120 Speaker 1: But to me, that short change is this player, this 431 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:36,119 Speaker 1: guy so much I suspect you could probably go to 432 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:39,240 Speaker 1: some gold gyms all over the world and find a 433 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:42,040 Speaker 1: guy who could who could bench press seven hundred pounds. 434 00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:46,120 Speaker 1: I'm not quite sure for generations you can go find 435 00:20:46,160 --> 00:20:48,240 Speaker 1: a football player who played the game at the level 436 00:20:48,240 --> 00:20:51,120 Speaker 1: of Larry Allen, and I believe it was a fourteen 437 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:55,600 Speaker 1: time Pro bowler, certainly one of the best players at 438 00:20:55,640 --> 00:20:59,040 Speaker 1: his position ever, a slam dunk first ballot Hall of Famer, 439 00:20:59,280 --> 00:21:01,879 Speaker 1: one of the best players on some amazing teams that 440 00:21:02,080 --> 00:21:07,320 Speaker 1: we had in the nineties. His physical toughness, his mental toughness, 441 00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:12,200 Speaker 1: the athleticism that he had for his size, his competitive spirit, 442 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:18,000 Speaker 1: how smart he was, how determined he was, how skilled 443 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:20,159 Speaker 1: he was as a rookie. He did not start as 444 00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:23,520 Speaker 1: a rookie in a great offensive line, but he played 445 00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:27,080 Speaker 1: left guard, right guard, right tackle, left tackle all throughout. 446 00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:29,800 Speaker 1: I mean, this is a rare, rare football player. So 447 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:32,280 Speaker 1: I always get a little bit bothered by this. Hey, 448 00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:35,480 Speaker 1: did you see Larry's seven hundred pound bench press? I'm like, 449 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:37,600 Speaker 1: have you watched him for the last fourteen years of 450 00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:41,120 Speaker 1: play and dominate some of the most amazing players you've 451 00:21:41,119 --> 00:21:43,879 Speaker 1: ever seen. A quick story, I go to New York 452 00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:49,280 Speaker 1: as a quarterback after my time in Dallas, and at 453 00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:54,359 Speaker 1: the time, there was a trend of using linebackers or 454 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:56,960 Speaker 1: safeties up in the A gaps and the B gaps. 455 00:21:57,240 --> 00:21:59,520 Speaker 1: Kind of a challenging thing at the time, and a 456 00:21:59,520 --> 00:22:01,840 Speaker 1: lot of teams have continued to do that over the 457 00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:04,560 Speaker 1: last fifteen twenty years, and so a lot of teams 458 00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:08,640 Speaker 1: were starting how to best handle that. And so we're 459 00:22:08,680 --> 00:22:11,280 Speaker 1: watching some tape. Sean Payton's our offensive coordinator. We're in 460 00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:13,760 Speaker 1: a quarterback room. We're talking about how we're going to block. 461 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:16,520 Speaker 1: At the basic premises, if the guys are inside, you 462 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:18,840 Speaker 1: have to take care of the inside first before you 463 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:21,199 Speaker 1: take care of the outside guys. And so over and 464 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:23,840 Speaker 1: over and over again, we're showing plays where they're in 465 00:22:23,880 --> 00:22:26,600 Speaker 1: the A gaps. Okay, you're trying to block down. First 466 00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:28,720 Speaker 1: they come, you block them. If they don't come and 467 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:30,639 Speaker 1: they leave, you turn out to the outside guys. The 468 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:33,919 Speaker 1: guys were farther from the quarterback and we're clicking and clicking, 469 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:36,320 Speaker 1: clicking through the whole thing. And we got to play 470 00:22:36,359 --> 00:22:37,920 Speaker 1: with the Cowboys. I was at the game. It was 471 00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:40,719 Speaker 1: against Arizona. Arizona was the team that was doing it 472 00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:43,760 Speaker 1: coming out of the end zone. And Larry was playing 473 00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:46,159 Speaker 1: guard at the time, and we're going through the clicker 474 00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:50,040 Speaker 1: and Larry's first move was to step out as this 475 00:22:50,080 --> 00:22:51,840 Speaker 1: guy was in the A gap. And sure enough the 476 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:54,800 Speaker 1: guy in the A gap on his side came and 477 00:22:54,920 --> 00:22:58,280 Speaker 1: Sean Peyton, our coordinator time, says, now look at this 478 00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:00,679 Speaker 1: one right here. You know, Larry, step down here. I mean, 479 00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:02,040 Speaker 1: this is not what we want and want to step 480 00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:04,679 Speaker 1: down first, you know, he's gonna get himself in trouble here. 481 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:07,240 Speaker 1: And then he continues to run the play and Larry 482 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:09,600 Speaker 1: goes from a position of stepping out when the guy comes, 483 00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:12,119 Speaker 1: he turns and he knocks the guy across the screen. 484 00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:16,000 Speaker 1: The guy's literally prone going across the screen. We all said, well, unless, 485 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:18,840 Speaker 1: of course you're Larry Allen and uh, you know, so 486 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:22,240 Speaker 1: he just and their countless stories, I mean of two 487 00:23:22,320 --> 00:23:25,240 Speaker 1: hundred and fifty pound grown men flying across the screen 488 00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:28,240 Speaker 1: because Larry hit him. He's just he just a rare individual. 489 00:23:28,280 --> 00:23:36,880 Speaker 1: I love him to death. Oh I think he's meant everything. 490 00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:40,159 Speaker 1: If you think about the standard that was set, uh, 491 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:43,080 Speaker 1: this trio of tech s, Ram, Tom Landry and Gil Brandt, 492 00:23:43,359 --> 00:23:45,520 Speaker 1: you know, as a model for every franchise and every 493 00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:51,239 Speaker 1: organization you know, throughout sports, and he was such a trailblazer. Uh. 494 00:23:51,359 --> 00:23:53,320 Speaker 1: He was so far ahead of his time in terms 495 00:23:53,359 --> 00:23:56,120 Speaker 1: of how you build a team, how you evaluate players, 496 00:23:56,400 --> 00:24:00,520 Speaker 1: how you use technology, simply how you scout, and he 497 00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:03,520 Speaker 1: just did so many things fifteen twenty years ahead of 498 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:06,719 Speaker 1: everybody else. They were the model. And so as I 499 00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:10,240 Speaker 1: speak about him, is importance to the Cowboys certainly significant 500 00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:13,199 Speaker 1: all the success they had through those years, but he 501 00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:16,000 Speaker 1: just was so important to football and so important to 502 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:18,399 Speaker 1: how things are done. You know. I think if you 503 00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:21,000 Speaker 1: if you look back at the history of football, Paul 504 00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:24,280 Speaker 1: Brown has been someone who's been given great credit for 505 00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:26,800 Speaker 1: changing the game, you know, whether it's you used to 506 00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:30,040 Speaker 1: practice film, forty yard dashes, all the different things that 507 00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:32,879 Speaker 1: the Cleveland Browns did during their hey days. To me, 508 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:35,600 Speaker 1: Gil Brandt is like that kind of a figure in football. 509 00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:38,600 Speaker 1: The impact that he had on how everybody, thirty two 510 00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:41,120 Speaker 1: teams and the National Football League do things to this 511 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:43,400 Speaker 1: day can be traced back to what he was doing 512 00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:46,280 Speaker 1: with the Cowboys starting in the early sixties. So an 513 00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:49,600 Speaker 1: incredible guy, a very impactful figure in the National Football League, 514 00:24:49,760 --> 00:25:10,400 Speaker 1: certainly made a huge difference for the Cowboys. Yeah, kids, 515 00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:12,639 Speaker 1: a special guy. Now, he played a long time in 516 00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:14,840 Speaker 1: the National Football League. He was a really good player. 517 00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:16,919 Speaker 1: If you look at his career, when he had opportunities 518 00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:19,200 Speaker 1: to play, he played very well. He played very well 519 00:25:19,240 --> 00:25:22,320 Speaker 1: for us when he was our quarterback on the times 520 00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:25,280 Speaker 1: when Tony was hurt. So um, you know, he was 521 00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:27,120 Speaker 1: a good player who played the game at a high 522 00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:30,199 Speaker 1: level with great expertise and understanding of the game. That 523 00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:35,199 Speaker 1: probably was his strong suit. Really competitive, great spirit when 524 00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:38,760 Speaker 1: he played, that was infectious throughout the team. But if 525 00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:40,760 Speaker 1: you asked me, one of the unique strengths that that 526 00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:44,639 Speaker 1: kid had is just his ability to connect with people. 527 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:48,120 Speaker 1: You know, a football team is interesting. You have guys 528 00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:50,600 Speaker 1: who are twenty twenty one years old on your team. 529 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:52,680 Speaker 1: You have guys who are thirty five, thirty six years 530 00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:55,640 Speaker 1: old who have wives and four kids. You have guys 531 00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:57,680 Speaker 1: who come from all over the country, from all different 532 00:25:57,720 --> 00:26:01,880 Speaker 1: kinds of backgrounds, all different ratios of these religions, all 533 00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:04,399 Speaker 1: of that, and so it's a melting pot. And kit 534 00:26:04,520 --> 00:26:07,560 Speaker 1: just had this amazing way to connect with everybody and 535 00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:10,600 Speaker 1: bring out the best in everybody, and everybody was kind 536 00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:13,120 Speaker 1: of drawn to him as a player and That's one 537 00:26:13,119 --> 00:26:15,160 Speaker 1: of the things that that that I love so much 538 00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:18,040 Speaker 1: about him and why he was such an effective player 539 00:26:18,119 --> 00:26:20,800 Speaker 1: throughout his career. And that's something that you know, I 540 00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:23,040 Speaker 1: think can be such a positive if you're a player, 541 00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:24,920 Speaker 1: but I also think it's really positive as a coach 542 00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:28,320 Speaker 1: and again, very smart, great understanding of the game, but 543 00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:30,359 Speaker 1: he brings so many other elements to it, to the 544 00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:32,639 Speaker 1: staff and I think to our players as well. So 545 00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:37,800 Speaker 1: I'm really excited to have him a big university on 546 00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:40,880 Speaker 1: the season last year, how would having him last year? 547 00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:47,879 Speaker 1: You said it he would. He was hurt for a 548 00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:50,399 Speaker 1: lot of last year and he had to battle through that. 549 00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:52,920 Speaker 1: But if you look at uh the opportunities that he 550 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:55,200 Speaker 1: had when he wasn't hurt again, he had a big 551 00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:57,040 Speaker 1: impact on our team. You know, go back to the 552 00:26:57,040 --> 00:26:59,040 Speaker 1: Giant game where he catches the nine route early in 553 00:26:59,080 --> 00:27:01,800 Speaker 1: the game for touchdown. You know, towards the end of 554 00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:04,639 Speaker 1: the season, he's healthy again and he's returning kicks for 555 00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:07,399 Speaker 1: us and making these big plays. And you know, he 556 00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:10,000 Speaker 1: didn't play that much football for US because of injury, 557 00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:11,880 Speaker 1: but when he did have a chance to play when 558 00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:14,240 Speaker 1: he was healthy, you know, he's someone who made a difference, 559 00:27:14,359 --> 00:27:16,639 Speaker 1: and uh so hopefully we can build on that. Staying 560 00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:19,080 Speaker 1: healthy will be a big part, a big point of 561 00:27:19,119 --> 00:27:22,479 Speaker 1: emphasis for him, and then us trying to give him 562 00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:25,120 Speaker 1: some opportunities to impact the game will be a big 563 00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:27,720 Speaker 1: part of or we're gonna try to do offensively. Everyone 564 00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:29,640 Speaker 1: leaves it for sail like you kind of you talked 565 00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:31,919 Speaker 1: with him after a season, So when you talked to 566 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:34,040 Speaker 1: him and saying, you know, these are things would like 567 00:27:34,040 --> 00:27:35,680 Speaker 1: you to work on, or what are you thinking? And 568 00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:37,840 Speaker 1: you know, what are you going to concentrate on? He 569 00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:40,240 Speaker 1: had that conversation with back, what did you want him 570 00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:43,440 Speaker 1: to work on? And what did he want to kind 571 00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:46,480 Speaker 1: of sink his teeth into his shift season as far 572 00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:49,720 Speaker 1: as yeah, just so many things. And we've heard me 573 00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:52,560 Speaker 1: say this before and it's not a cop out answer, 574 00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:56,200 Speaker 1: but he has to work on everything. You know, all 575 00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:59,320 Speaker 1: positions have to do that, the position of quarterback maybe 576 00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:01,960 Speaker 1: more than any other. There are so many things involved 577 00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:04,679 Speaker 1: with playing quarterbacks. So in order to grow and develop, 578 00:28:04,760 --> 00:28:07,919 Speaker 1: you have to grow your skill level and your aptitude 579 00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:10,400 Speaker 1: and all the different levels. I mean, you know, whether 580 00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:16,080 Speaker 1: it's your mindset, mentality of the position, you're understanding of 581 00:28:16,119 --> 00:28:19,280 Speaker 1: the offensive scheme, you're understanding of defensive scheme, You're understanding 582 00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:22,600 Speaker 1: of how the offensive scheme overlays the defensive scheme. You're 583 00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:25,760 Speaker 1: understanding a situational football. All of those things, and the 584 00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:28,800 Speaker 1: physical part of it, you know, simply improving your footwork, 585 00:28:29,119 --> 00:28:33,600 Speaker 1: your mechanics of your delivery, timing, anticipation, accuracy, all of 586 00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:37,680 Speaker 1: those things, they all fit together, and you know, hopefully 587 00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:40,320 Speaker 1: he'll play for a long long time, ten, twelve, fifteen 588 00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:43,320 Speaker 1: more years. I suspect we'll be working on all those things, 589 00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:45,880 Speaker 1: you know, to the day he retires. I suspect Tom 590 00:28:45,920 --> 00:28:49,040 Speaker 1: Brady at forty one, reaching the penaltyl of his career, 591 00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:51,680 Speaker 1: he continues to work on all of those things. And 592 00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:53,959 Speaker 1: the more opportunity you have to play, the more you're 593 00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:56,200 Speaker 1: going to grow in those areas if you go about 594 00:28:56,280 --> 00:29:07,720 Speaker 1: the right way, and Dax certainly goes about the right way. 595 00:29:09,040 --> 00:29:12,479 Speaker 1: I don't you know, he's been pretty unique in that 596 00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:16,040 Speaker 1: he's handled every situation I've seen him confronted with since 597 00:29:16,040 --> 00:29:21,360 Speaker 1: he's gotten here just incredibly well. Um, you know, whether 598 00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:23,640 Speaker 1: it's coming in as a rookie and starting sixteen games 599 00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:27,600 Speaker 1: for us and winning thirteen of them, or or different 600 00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:31,080 Speaker 1: things that happened since then. Success, adversity week to week, 601 00:29:31,120 --> 00:29:37,680 Speaker 1: within games, over the course of a season, off the field, distractions, leadership, 602 00:29:37,760 --> 00:29:40,680 Speaker 1: connecting with players, just everything. He just has done an 603 00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:43,400 Speaker 1: amazing job. Not that he's perfect, but he just has 604 00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:48,400 Speaker 1: he has. He's a tremendous wisdom about a maturity about him, 605 00:29:49,040 --> 00:29:51,440 Speaker 1: awareness about him that that that he's able to handle 606 00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:55,480 Speaker 1: a lot of situations and always keep what's most important 607 00:29:55,800 --> 00:29:58,480 Speaker 1: in the forefront of his mind. His focus is outstanding, 608 00:29:58,840 --> 00:30:01,400 Speaker 1: his drive is inten city is outstanding. He wants to 609 00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:03,680 Speaker 1: be the best. He's as harder working guys we have 610 00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:09,200 Speaker 1: in our organization. He loves it his way. His leadership 611 00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:12,880 Speaker 1: is contagious and infectious throughout the team. So he just 612 00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:15,880 Speaker 1: handles all the situations really well. And he's a very 613 00:30:15,920 --> 00:30:20,040 Speaker 1: genuine guy. And you know, I can't imagine those situations 614 00:30:20,280 --> 00:30:37,160 Speaker 1: and negatively impacting him at all. Yeah. I think if 615 00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:38,720 Speaker 1: you look at him, he's won a lot of football 616 00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:40,520 Speaker 1: games in his first three years, and I think if 617 00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:42,760 Speaker 1: you look at his statistics over the first three years 618 00:30:42,800 --> 00:30:45,800 Speaker 1: out of college and the success that he's had in 619 00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:47,640 Speaker 1: the games that he's won, I think they stack up 620 00:30:48,120 --> 00:30:50,080 Speaker 1: well with anybody. Maybe top two or three in the 621 00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:52,520 Speaker 1: history of the National Football League, So it starts there. 622 00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:54,800 Speaker 1: It's a really good football players had a big impact 623 00:30:54,800 --> 00:30:57,720 Speaker 1: on our team from a really important position on our team, 624 00:30:57,760 --> 00:30:59,440 Speaker 1: and I do think part of that is how we 625 00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:03,000 Speaker 1: handles it situations. He's not negatively impacted by things, the 626 00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:06,480 Speaker 1: potential distractions around him. He's a driven guy. He's a 627 00:31:06,520 --> 00:31:10,560 Speaker 1: focused guy that that pervades throughout our football team. I 628 00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:12,400 Speaker 1: think the guys respond to him really well, and I 629 00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:14,120 Speaker 1: think he's helped us win a lot of games as 630 00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:18,800 Speaker 1: a result of that. Did your dad impact your coaching career? 631 00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:20,680 Speaker 1: I covered him back in Cleveland when he was a 632 00:31:20,760 --> 00:31:24,800 Speaker 1: decortier of them around the culture and advantage of having 633 00:31:24,840 --> 00:31:28,200 Speaker 1: your father around the NFL for so many years, Well, 634 00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:30,520 Speaker 1: obviously he had a huge impact on me and my 635 00:31:30,560 --> 00:31:34,800 Speaker 1: brothers and sisters as people first and foremost, and then 636 00:31:35,040 --> 00:31:37,480 Speaker 1: obviously being in the same profession as huge impact on 637 00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:41,479 Speaker 1: me as a football player as a football coach, and uh, 638 00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:43,760 Speaker 1: you know, I grew up in it, and just to 639 00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:46,840 Speaker 1: have his influence on a day to day basis, you know, 640 00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:49,840 Speaker 1: so much of what I believe in as a player 641 00:31:49,880 --> 00:31:53,320 Speaker 1: as a coach. My thoughts on football can be drawn 642 00:31:53,360 --> 00:31:56,560 Speaker 1: directly back to him, and I'm so thankful for that. 643 00:31:56,600 --> 00:31:59,000 Speaker 1: I'm so appreciative of that. I miss him every day, 644 00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:02,080 Speaker 1: and you know, he's obviously had a huge influence on 645 00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:04,200 Speaker 1: my life. Is that your voice still present to you? 646 00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:06,600 Speaker 1: No questions? The challenges it to go with me and 647 00:32:06,640 --> 00:32:10,160 Speaker 1: a head coach, Oh, no question, no question. So many 648 00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:12,320 Speaker 1: things that I say if someone asked me, who, where'd 649 00:32:12,320 --> 00:32:14,200 Speaker 1: you get that? Or you know how you say that? 650 00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:16,360 Speaker 1: I mean, I could say I first heard that when 651 00:32:16,360 --> 00:32:18,520 Speaker 1: I was ten years old or twelve years old or whatever, 652 00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:21,120 Speaker 1: and you know, and to be able to grow up 653 00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:24,160 Speaker 1: in that environment, environment that I loved so much. I 654 00:32:24,200 --> 00:32:26,360 Speaker 1: have seven brothers and sisters were all a year apart. 655 00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:28,440 Speaker 1: We all grew up in football. We moved all over 656 00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:32,280 Speaker 1: the country because of football. Who became closer because of 657 00:32:32,320 --> 00:32:35,680 Speaker 1: football and just his approach to life, his approach to 658 00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:39,440 Speaker 1: the game again has a huge impact on me each 659 00:32:39,440 --> 00:32:41,960 Speaker 1: and every day. How tough is it to sit out 660 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:45,240 Speaker 1: the first round of the draft and is it a 661 00:32:45,320 --> 00:32:48,000 Speaker 1: little easier given what Amari Cooper did for you guys 662 00:32:48,080 --> 00:32:50,840 Speaker 1: last season and the potentially has going forward? Is yeah, 663 00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:53,600 Speaker 1: we got a really really good first round pick. Six 664 00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:56,840 Speaker 1: months early, who played ten games for us and had 665 00:32:56,840 --> 00:32:59,000 Speaker 1: a big impact on our team. And we know what, 666 00:32:59,080 --> 00:33:01,920 Speaker 1: that first round pick is a really really good football 667 00:33:01,920 --> 00:33:04,400 Speaker 1: player who's still only twenty four years old, has all 668 00:33:04,440 --> 00:33:07,440 Speaker 1: the right stuff as a person. He's demonstrated in ability 669 00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:09,680 Speaker 1: to really have a positive impact on our team and 670 00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:12,400 Speaker 1: on this league. So he's a great football player. We're 671 00:33:12,480 --> 00:33:15,560 Speaker 1: lucky to have him. So you know, your point's well made. 672 00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:17,520 Speaker 1: It's going to be a quiet first round for us 673 00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:22,280 Speaker 1: unless something dramatic happens. But you know, we recognize that. 674 00:33:22,360 --> 00:33:24,080 Speaker 1: I think we made a really good deal for that 675 00:33:24,120 --> 00:33:25,800 Speaker 1: first round pick, and a guy's gonna do win us 676 00:33:25,800 --> 00:33:28,360 Speaker 1: for a long time coach, where's dak Kress guy? In 677 00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:31,240 Speaker 1: his development and winners from the things you're looking at 678 00:33:31,280 --> 00:33:34,120 Speaker 1: in terms of moving four talent ability. Yeah, you know, 679 00:33:34,160 --> 00:33:35,880 Speaker 1: we just were talking about it. He's had such a 680 00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:38,720 Speaker 1: positive impact on our team, you know, so far. I mean, 681 00:33:38,760 --> 00:33:42,360 Speaker 1: I think if you'll look at the win loss record 682 00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:45,400 Speaker 1: of quarterbacks as they come out of college and they 683 00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:48,120 Speaker 1: start as a rookie, you know, over the course the 684 00:33:48,120 --> 00:33:50,840 Speaker 1: first three years of their career, his numbers, his winning 685 00:33:50,840 --> 00:33:53,640 Speaker 1: percentage stacks up with anybody in the history of the NFL. 686 00:33:53,640 --> 00:33:55,680 Speaker 1: I think he's two or three, so he's had a 687 00:33:55,720 --> 00:33:58,280 Speaker 1: big impact on our team. But one of the great 688 00:33:58,320 --> 00:34:00,880 Speaker 1: things about him is he's always working so hard at 689 00:34:00,920 --> 00:34:05,320 Speaker 1: getting better, refining every one of his skills to become 690 00:34:05,320 --> 00:34:08,200 Speaker 1: a better quarterback, to become a better quarterback for our 691 00:34:08,200 --> 00:34:10,799 Speaker 1: football team, to help us win more games. So he's 692 00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:15,920 Speaker 1: focused on, you know, understanding the game better, becoming better physically, technically, 693 00:34:16,160 --> 00:34:18,680 Speaker 1: all of those things. He's a driven guy. He worked 694 00:34:18,680 --> 00:34:21,040 Speaker 1: as hard as anybody in our building. So we're lucky 695 00:34:21,080 --> 00:34:22,719 Speaker 1: to have him and he'll continue to grow in all 696 00:34:22,760 --> 00:34:25,920 Speaker 1: areas for the course of his career. Rudy carpenters our analyst. 697 00:34:26,560 --> 00:34:28,880 Speaker 1: He's a guy that he worked with quite extensively at 698 00:34:28,880 --> 00:34:32,120 Speaker 1: analyzing NFL film. What do you remember the most about him? 699 00:34:32,160 --> 00:34:34,879 Speaker 1: I love Rudy. Rudy had a really good college career 700 00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:37,319 Speaker 1: as a free agent with US, and you know, talk 701 00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:39,759 Speaker 1: about a smart football player, you got the right guy 702 00:34:39,840 --> 00:34:44,799 Speaker 1: doing analysis for you because great understanding the game, really productive, guy, 703 00:34:45,239 --> 00:34:48,440 Speaker 1: loves ball. I love Rudy Carpenter. It was fun to 704 00:34:48,440 --> 00:34:50,880 Speaker 1: have him around, developed a relationship with him. You know, 705 00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:52,640 Speaker 1: I haven't been in touch with him in recent years. 706 00:34:52,680 --> 00:34:56,279 Speaker 1: But please tell him allow because I love the guy. Yeah, 707 00:34:56,400 --> 00:34:59,760 Speaker 1: Jason's tighter and Covington and how do you see everything? 708 00:35:00,040 --> 00:35:04,480 Speaker 1: And again, guys that we followed coming out in the 709 00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:06,719 Speaker 1: draft and uh, and got to know them a little 710 00:35:06,719 --> 00:35:09,360 Speaker 1: bit in the draft process, and and and and you 711 00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:11,680 Speaker 1: kind of follow them that we really like that kid, 712 00:35:12,080 --> 00:35:14,120 Speaker 1: you know. And uh, I think we brought both of 713 00:35:14,160 --> 00:35:16,799 Speaker 1: them in during the draft process to get to know 714 00:35:16,880 --> 00:35:18,480 Speaker 1: them a little bit better. And you follow them and 715 00:35:18,520 --> 00:35:21,040 Speaker 1: you see they're having success and and a lot of 716 00:35:21,040 --> 00:35:25,000 Speaker 1: what we probably thought about them coming out has has 717 00:35:25,040 --> 00:35:27,920 Speaker 1: materialized over the course of their career. They're hard playing guys, 718 00:35:27,960 --> 00:35:30,480 Speaker 1: they love ball, they have some versatility to them. They 719 00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:32,279 Speaker 1: play the game the right way, and I want to 720 00:35:32,280 --> 00:35:40,600 Speaker 1: bring them in here and compete. Sass. Talk to anyone 721 00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:46,800 Speaker 1: common doing about why it's a large number. Is a 722 00:35:47,040 --> 00:35:51,520 Speaker 1: little common flo you're talking about offense? Yeah, an offense? Yeah, 723 00:35:51,680 --> 00:35:54,799 Speaker 1: you know, I think, uh, it's it's really a combination 724 00:35:54,840 --> 00:35:57,000 Speaker 1: of factors. And we do and we do like a 725 00:35:57,040 --> 00:35:59,680 Speaker 1: real close analysis of all of those kinds of things 726 00:36:00,200 --> 00:36:03,360 Speaker 1: throughout our team. And so one of the great takeaways 727 00:36:03,560 --> 00:36:06,680 Speaker 1: was there were different factors that contributed to that you 728 00:36:06,760 --> 00:36:09,640 Speaker 1: can say it was offensive line. It was an individual 729 00:36:09,680 --> 00:36:12,960 Speaker 1: on the offensive line, It was a communication thing. It 730 00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:15,759 Speaker 1: was you know, guys didn't get open, the quarterback didn't 731 00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:17,680 Speaker 1: get out of his hand. I think in each of 732 00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:20,200 Speaker 1: those areas you can say, boy, we can get better there, 733 00:36:20,239 --> 00:36:21,919 Speaker 1: we can get better there, we can get better there. 734 00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:24,040 Speaker 1: I don't think you say, boy, it was one thing. 735 00:36:24,080 --> 00:36:26,680 Speaker 1: It was that guy. It was that part of your offense. 736 00:36:26,960 --> 00:36:30,279 Speaker 1: I think everybody, everybody shares in the responsibility for that, 737 00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:32,840 Speaker 1: and we have to do a better job in that area. 738 00:36:32,840 --> 00:36:35,520 Speaker 1: I mean that that's so impactful. You know, we're talking 739 00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:39,200 Speaker 1: about defensive lineman earlier, how important those guys are, And 740 00:36:39,400 --> 00:36:41,560 Speaker 1: it works the other way, the importance of the offensive 741 00:36:41,560 --> 00:36:44,840 Speaker 1: lineman preventing sacks because they can derail a drive, derail 742 00:36:44,920 --> 00:36:47,520 Speaker 1: scoring opportunities. So I do think we got better as 743 00:36:47,520 --> 00:36:49,560 Speaker 1: the year one on in that area. I think we 744 00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:51,920 Speaker 1: played more productive offensive football as a result of that. 745 00:36:53,800 --> 00:36:59,000 Speaker 1: How big that impact? Well, yeah, Joe Looney did a 746 00:36:59,040 --> 00:37:01,239 Speaker 1: really good job for it. And you know, to ask 747 00:37:01,239 --> 00:37:03,799 Speaker 1: a guy who hadn't really been a starter played that 748 00:37:03,880 --> 00:37:07,120 Speaker 1: many snaps really throughout his career. For him to step 749 00:37:07,160 --> 00:37:09,200 Speaker 1: in and play as much football for us as he 750 00:37:09,239 --> 00:37:11,920 Speaker 1: did last year. That was huge for our team. Shoot 751 00:37:11,960 --> 00:37:14,120 Speaker 1: for our team. He did a great job. But uh, 752 00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:16,520 Speaker 1: you know, Travis Frederick has been a Pro Bowl player 753 00:37:16,520 --> 00:37:19,000 Speaker 1: for US, and so there are very few teams in 754 00:37:19,040 --> 00:37:21,160 Speaker 1: the league if you'll lose a Pro Bowl player, can 755 00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:23,799 Speaker 1: you replace them with a Pro Bowl player. So Joe 756 00:37:23,840 --> 00:37:25,520 Speaker 1: did a great job for us. More excited to have 757 00:37:25,600 --> 00:37:28,640 Speaker 1: Travis back, and he seems healthy. Seems like he's doing 758 00:37:28,680 --> 00:37:30,759 Speaker 1: really well physically, so excited to get him back in 759 00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:40,040 Speaker 1: the off season programs. Uh, yeah, we'll take a situation 760 00:37:40,160 --> 00:37:43,560 Speaker 1: day by day. You know, he had other surgeries to 761 00:37:43,880 --> 00:37:47,440 Speaker 1: get some things taken care of, more direct football related things, 762 00:37:47,480 --> 00:37:50,040 Speaker 1: but he's getting better and better and better. The extent 763 00:37:50,080 --> 00:37:52,120 Speaker 1: to which he's going to be involved, we'll figure that 764 00:37:52,120 --> 00:37:53,880 Speaker 1: out as we get closer. But he's certainly on the 765 00:37:53,960 --> 00:38:10,279 Speaker 1: right road, I guess. You know, he was a really 766 00:38:10,280 --> 00:38:13,480 Speaker 1: good player coming out high second round pick of Seattle, 767 00:38:13,560 --> 00:38:15,520 Speaker 1: someone that I think a lot of teams were interested in, 768 00:38:15,960 --> 00:38:17,880 Speaker 1: and uh it never really played a snap for them 769 00:38:17,920 --> 00:38:20,480 Speaker 1: because of an off the field accident they had that 770 00:38:20,600 --> 00:38:23,160 Speaker 1: caused an injury. So he was out his first year 771 00:38:23,680 --> 00:38:25,800 Speaker 1: and out again last year. So I think the biggest 772 00:38:25,840 --> 00:38:28,359 Speaker 1: question with him is the medical question, you know, making 773 00:38:28,360 --> 00:38:31,160 Speaker 1: sure we're comfortable with that. But this is a young player. 774 00:38:31,160 --> 00:38:33,440 Speaker 1: There's some uncertainty about him because he hasn't played. But 775 00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:36,040 Speaker 1: if you go back to the evaluation coming out of school, 776 00:38:36,320 --> 00:38:38,239 Speaker 1: you say, boy, there was a lot to like about him. 777 00:38:38,320 --> 00:38:40,960 Speaker 1: So we're just in the process of trying to uh 778 00:38:41,239 --> 00:38:43,040 Speaker 1: find out more about him. He came in, we had 779 00:38:43,040 --> 00:38:45,000 Speaker 1: a good visit with him, and we're continuing to go 780 00:38:45,080 --> 00:38:55,920 Speaker 1: through that process of due diligence. We did, yes, he's 781 00:38:55,960 --> 00:39:01,040 Speaker 1: talking about him Connor. Oh yeah, Connor's done a really 782 00:39:01,120 --> 00:39:03,120 Speaker 1: good job for us. And you know, we're talking about 783 00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:06,160 Speaker 1: Larry Allen earlier, and here's one of the greatest offensive 784 00:39:06,160 --> 00:39:08,720 Speaker 1: lineman ever to play football, and he wasn't a starter 785 00:39:08,880 --> 00:39:11,160 Speaker 1: as a rookie. You know, look at Connor Williams. Connor 786 00:39:11,200 --> 00:39:14,080 Speaker 1: Williams came in and started from minute one as a 787 00:39:14,120 --> 00:39:16,680 Speaker 1: twenty one year old kid. And I think we all 788 00:39:16,680 --> 00:39:19,440 Speaker 1: agreed that you need to continue to develop his body. 789 00:39:19,760 --> 00:39:21,880 Speaker 1: I think that would help him. That was going to 790 00:39:21,960 --> 00:39:24,600 Speaker 1: happen naturally, that was going to happen intentionally, and I 791 00:39:24,640 --> 00:39:26,880 Speaker 1: think he's been able to do that. I thought he 792 00:39:26,920 --> 00:39:29,680 Speaker 1: got better over the course of the season. He benefited 793 00:39:29,719 --> 00:39:32,280 Speaker 1: from the experience when he got banged up and Xavier 794 00:39:32,320 --> 00:39:35,600 Speaker 1: went in there to play. I thought, in an interesting way, 795 00:39:35,840 --> 00:39:38,759 Speaker 1: he grew from that experience. And you know, when he 796 00:39:38,840 --> 00:39:41,520 Speaker 1: was playing, playing playing, you're learning and growing. But then 797 00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:44,640 Speaker 1: you get pulled to the sideline a little bit and 798 00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:47,040 Speaker 1: you see somebody else play. There's a there's a learning 799 00:39:47,040 --> 00:39:49,560 Speaker 1: opportunity there too, And I think he grew and developed 800 00:39:49,840 --> 00:39:52,279 Speaker 1: during that time, went about it the right way, came 801 00:39:52,320 --> 00:39:54,400 Speaker 1: back even more determined than ever, and played very well 802 00:39:54,400 --> 00:39:56,120 Speaker 1: at the end of the year for us because they 803 00:39:56,200 --> 00:39:59,640 Speaker 1: didn't think about Una would you lacking about him and 804 00:39:59,760 --> 00:40:01,600 Speaker 1: felt I was talking about the whole time. I think 805 00:40:03,640 --> 00:40:06,040 Speaker 1: he kind of took some of the stuff person made 806 00:40:06,080 --> 00:40:14,160 Speaker 1: whatever he continued, there was so much to like about 807 00:40:14,200 --> 00:40:17,719 Speaker 1: him coming out of school. Really smart, instinctive player, very productive. 808 00:40:18,560 --> 00:40:21,040 Speaker 1: We always felt like he was a complete safety. He 809 00:40:21,239 --> 00:40:23,400 Speaker 1: was good, you know, defending the pass, he was good 810 00:40:23,480 --> 00:40:25,680 Speaker 1: defending the run, had a good instinct and feel for 811 00:40:25,760 --> 00:40:29,760 Speaker 1: the game. Uh could tackle. Uh. There wasn't anything physically 812 00:40:29,880 --> 00:40:33,080 Speaker 1: that you know, he wasn't capable of doing. And um, 813 00:40:33,320 --> 00:40:36,440 Speaker 1: you know, and that's that's you know, showing itself to 814 00:40:36,560 --> 00:40:38,600 Speaker 1: be true. Over the course of his career, when he's 815 00:40:38,640 --> 00:40:41,040 Speaker 1: had opportunities to play, he's played well. I think he 816 00:40:41,160 --> 00:40:44,560 Speaker 1: continues to grow. He's a very serious minded guy. He 817 00:40:44,719 --> 00:40:47,200 Speaker 1: wants to get better. He studies the game. I think 818 00:40:47,239 --> 00:40:50,120 Speaker 1: he's benefited from being around Greg Jackson and Christopher Shard. 819 00:40:50,480 --> 00:40:54,080 Speaker 1: He's benefit of being around Jeff heat and he recognizes that, 820 00:40:54,160 --> 00:40:57,000 Speaker 1: and I think those guys have grown together. So he's 821 00:40:57,000 --> 00:40:59,239 Speaker 1: been a productive player, has been an impactful player for us. 822 00:40:59,280 --> 00:41:10,839 Speaker 1: We like him a lot about Yeah, yeah, I mean, 823 00:41:10,920 --> 00:41:13,719 Speaker 1: we're always trying to make our team better. So we 824 00:41:13,840 --> 00:41:16,400 Speaker 1: have to look at every part of our team. Everybody's 825 00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:18,160 Speaker 1: available to come to our team and see if they 826 00:41:18,200 --> 00:41:21,120 Speaker 1: can have a positive impact, if they can create competition, 827 00:41:21,160 --> 00:41:23,800 Speaker 1: if they can have a role. And so anytime we 828 00:41:23,920 --> 00:41:26,160 Speaker 1: do something like that, it's not necessarily an indictment on 829 00:41:26,239 --> 00:41:27,880 Speaker 1: the player we have. We're just trying to make our 830 00:41:27,920 --> 00:41:31,160 Speaker 1: team better and we talk to our our players very 831 00:41:31,239 --> 00:41:34,360 Speaker 1: bluntly about that on day one. That's our job to 832 00:41:35,040 --> 00:41:38,440 Speaker 1: create competitive environments because we believe competition brings out the 833 00:41:38,480 --> 00:41:41,040 Speaker 1: best in people. But you know, he's earned the opportunity 834 00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:42,600 Speaker 1: to compete for a spot and he's done a really 835 00:41:42,680 --> 00:41:44,759 Speaker 1: good job for us. At this point in his career, 836 00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:52,799 Speaker 1: You're gonna go anywhere as far as the business, as 837 00:41:52,840 --> 00:41:55,799 Speaker 1: far as going any campus, as having as I don't 838 00:41:55,840 --> 00:41:57,960 Speaker 1: have anything scheduled right now, but that doesn't mean that 839 00:41:58,520 --> 00:42:02,560 Speaker 1: I'm not going to anything earlier yet. I have not 840 00:42:05,280 --> 00:42:17,719 Speaker 1: big message. Always think that all you guys all that's 841 00:42:17,719 --> 00:42:21,759 Speaker 1: something we think about all the time on a daily basis. Uh, 842 00:42:23,719 --> 00:42:26,759 Speaker 1: for the off season, for the regular season. Uh. You know, 843 00:42:26,840 --> 00:42:28,680 Speaker 1: one of the things we try to do as coaches 844 00:42:28,800 --> 00:42:30,960 Speaker 1: is try to help our players be their best and 845 00:42:31,080 --> 00:42:33,920 Speaker 1: we think that's that's a piece of it. So always 846 00:42:33,960 --> 00:42:36,640 Speaker 1: thinking about those kinds of things. Nothing necessarily want to 847 00:42:36,640 --> 00:42:39,960 Speaker 1: share right now, but but that'll be a part of uh. 848 00:42:40,400 --> 00:42:42,360 Speaker 1: You know, a day one message that we have with 849 00:42:42,440 --> 00:42:44,120 Speaker 1: our guys when they come back in the middle of April. 850 00:42:52,600 --> 00:43:03,279 Speaker 1: Job that it just doesn't matter to me. Um, you know, 851 00:43:03,360 --> 00:43:07,279 Speaker 1: it never has uh. You know, my my my sole 852 00:43:07,360 --> 00:43:10,840 Speaker 1: focus is try to help uh build a team that 853 00:43:10,920 --> 00:43:12,279 Speaker 1: we all can be proud of. And that's what I 854 00:43:12,320 --> 00:43:14,880 Speaker 1: get out of bed thinking about every day, And regardless 855 00:43:14,920 --> 00:43:17,520 Speaker 1: of what business aspect is going on in my career, 856 00:43:17,760 --> 00:43:23,560 Speaker 1: that's never impacted that one bit because my dad was 857 00:43:23,600 --> 00:43:31,680 Speaker 1: a coach. Sure, that's that's about your visit that life 858 00:43:31,800 --> 00:43:35,040 Speaker 1: is a day by day proposition, and certainly you want 859 00:43:35,080 --> 00:43:37,240 Speaker 1: to have vision for where you want to go. Certainly 860 00:43:37,280 --> 00:43:38,800 Speaker 1: if you're in a leadership role, you want to have 861 00:43:38,960 --> 00:43:40,800 Speaker 1: vision where you want to go, how you're going to 862 00:43:40,880 --> 00:43:42,239 Speaker 1: get there. But then it comes back to do what 863 00:43:42,360 --> 00:43:44,640 Speaker 1: you need to do each day to go do that. 864 00:43:44,880 --> 00:43:47,120 Speaker 1: So that's the way I've always lived my life in 865 00:43:47,239 --> 00:43:50,920 Speaker 1: football and outside of football, continue to do that time 866 00:43:50,920 --> 00:44:01,080 Speaker 1: I'm talking about yeah again, I don't think about those things. 867 00:44:01,560 --> 00:44:03,320 Speaker 1: We'd come to work every day trying to build a 868 00:44:03,320 --> 00:44:04,320 Speaker 1: team we're all going to be proud of.