1 00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:11,239 Speaker 1: Hold, guys, as you've gotten through the first preseason game, 2 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:13,880 Speaker 1: you ramp up the practice on some of the guys 3 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:15,600 Speaker 1: you have coming in and have them start doing a 4 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:21,920 Speaker 1: little bit more. I mean the guys who have not practiced. Yeah. Again, 5 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:25,160 Speaker 1: it'll be an individual basis. We'll see Randy an individual 6 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:26,880 Speaker 1: period today. I think Sean is going to do some 7 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:29,400 Speaker 1: of that. We'll try to increase his reps as we go, 8 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:32,120 Speaker 1: but there's not just one formula that we use for 9 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:33,639 Speaker 1: all of them. We'll take him on a case by 10 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:41,320 Speaker 1: case basis. Anybody stood out for Watson table. Oh, I 11 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:42,960 Speaker 1: thought there were a lot of good things in the game, 12 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:45,400 Speaker 1: but obviously you try to look at it from a 13 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:48,000 Speaker 1: from a critical viewpoint, and there's a lot of things 14 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:50,080 Speaker 1: we have to get better at. And uh, you know, 15 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:52,199 Speaker 1: we went over the tape this morning with our players 16 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:56,840 Speaker 1: and again some things to build on. But one of 17 00:00:56,880 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 1: the things we try to emphasize to our guys is 18 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:03,720 Speaker 1: you gotta be careful about getting results oriented. Excuse me, 19 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:06,880 Speaker 1: on individual plays, on drives and throughout the game, you 20 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 1: have to evaluate how we did it. Did we do 21 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:10,720 Speaker 1: it the right way, were we in the right call, 22 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:13,120 Speaker 1: did we play the right way? On the play and 23 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:15,440 Speaker 1: sometimes there were really positive plays in the game the 24 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 1: other night that really we didn't do it the right way, 25 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:20,160 Speaker 1: and so that has to be pointed out the players. 26 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:22,440 Speaker 1: And similarly, we're doing it the right way and maybe 27 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:24,759 Speaker 1: we didn't get the result, but if we keep doing 28 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:26,400 Speaker 1: it this way, good things are going to happen. So 29 00:01:26,440 --> 00:01:28,600 Speaker 1: that's really a big point of emphasis that we made 30 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:30,400 Speaker 1: with our players and will continue to make with them. 31 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:33,760 Speaker 1: Michael Gallant mean and I didn't play obviously on the 32 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:35,880 Speaker 1: most und perceptions you look back at when he did, 33 00:01:36,319 --> 00:01:37,800 Speaker 1: did he do things the right way and did he 34 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 1: should be getting Yeah, ultimately he made a really good 35 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:43,080 Speaker 1: play on the ball, but there's a lot to learn 36 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:45,000 Speaker 1: from how we released off the line of scrimmage and 37 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:47,080 Speaker 1: how we ran the early part of the route. I 38 00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:48,760 Speaker 1: do think he did a good job hanging in there 39 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:50,880 Speaker 1: on the play. Doc made a great throw, did a 40 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:52,800 Speaker 1: good job controlling the safety and threw the ball with 41 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:55,400 Speaker 1: the right trajectory and obviously right where you want to 42 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:57,760 Speaker 1: throw it, and Michael did a good job finishing it. 43 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:00,360 Speaker 1: But I do think early in the route he needs 44 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:02,800 Speaker 1: to be better. The release wasn't as good as we 45 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:05,440 Speaker 1: wanted to wanted it to be, and then the early 46 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:07,840 Speaker 1: part of the route just wasn't really what we're looking for. 47 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 1: But he hung in there and the play, kept playing 48 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 1: and finished it off the right way. The rest of 49 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:15,799 Speaker 1: the game, yeah, I thought there were some good things. 50 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:18,000 Speaker 1: Uh you know, I thought he handled himself well. It 51 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:20,919 Speaker 1: didn't seem too big for him. It made some plays 52 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 1: when he was when they were there for him, did 53 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:24,720 Speaker 1: a good job blocking. There were some good examples of 54 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:27,799 Speaker 1: him physical through the down, getting his guy, taking him 55 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:29,760 Speaker 1: to the ground, really playing the way you want him 56 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:32,480 Speaker 1: to play. But you know, for him and for everybody 57 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:35,840 Speaker 1: rookies and veterans alike, it's just a great learning experience. 58 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:39,800 Speaker 1: So you throw it out there, you trust your preparation 59 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:41,400 Speaker 1: up to that point, you see where you are, and 60 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:43,840 Speaker 1: then you're really all back in afterwards, you look at 61 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:45,400 Speaker 1: it and you go again, and that's really what today 62 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:51,480 Speaker 1: is all about. The parted Joe Thomas's game, well, he 63 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:54,600 Speaker 1: made an interception which I thought was really good. He 64 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 1: played a lot of snaps in the game, played in 65 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:59,040 Speaker 1: a lot of different situations. Seemed like he covered well 66 00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 1: and just was around the ball, so you know, making 67 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:04,800 Speaker 1: plays on the balls where it begins for us on defense. 68 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:06,919 Speaker 1: We did a good job of that. Two interceptions and 69 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:09,600 Speaker 1: the one fumble recovery, those are big plays in the game. 70 00:03:09,639 --> 00:03:11,880 Speaker 1: They gave us a great chance to win the game. Uh, 71 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:14,280 Speaker 1: you know Joe is a big part of that. Why 72 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:19,280 Speaker 1: did you sorry? Why why do you want to bring 73 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:21,240 Speaker 1: him back? What was it about it? I know you 74 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:24,800 Speaker 1: had him before and you lost him. Yeah, we liked 75 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:27,160 Speaker 1: Joe a lot, you know, right from the start. I 76 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:29,639 Speaker 1: think for obvious reasons. He's absolutely the right kind of guy, 77 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:32,639 Speaker 1: comes to work every day, loves to play, great teammate, 78 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:35,240 Speaker 1: all of those things. And then he's a good football player. 79 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:37,560 Speaker 1: Uh you see his love for the game and how 80 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 1: he prepares and how he plays once the ball snapped, 81 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 1: always hustling, physical, instinctive around the ball a lot. Those 82 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 1: are all really good qualities. And then if you're a linebacker, 83 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:50,280 Speaker 1: when you can play a couple of different spots and 84 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:52,840 Speaker 1: a couple of different situations, you know that certainly can 85 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:54,880 Speaker 1: help you and can help help the football team. So 86 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:57,000 Speaker 1: excited to have him back. He's done a nice job. 87 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:00,760 Speaker 1: Marcus Martin and puff with you. Good update the injuries 88 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:04,360 Speaker 1: and if you need to now go add to the 89 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:06,440 Speaker 1: depth for the at least the next three weeks. At 90 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:11,120 Speaker 1: those positions, I think, yes, we'll probably need to add 91 00:04:11,320 --> 00:04:13,960 Speaker 1: or at least look at adding somebody will continue to 92 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:16,400 Speaker 1: evaluate both those guys to see how they do. Each 93 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:18,599 Speaker 1: of them have had some tests here the last couple 94 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:20,440 Speaker 1: of days. We'll see what the kind of final results 95 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:23,320 Speaker 1: are of those before making any decisions. But suffice it 96 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:24,800 Speaker 1: to say they're at least going to be out for 97 00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:30,400 Speaker 1: a little while a week or two at minimum. Jason, 98 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:37,000 Speaker 1: what I've been talked about gallant selflessness. Apparently three you're 99 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:40,080 Speaker 1: still to know these guys are gonna get different. Well, 100 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:42,159 Speaker 1: it's always fun just to see these guys in the 101 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:44,520 Speaker 1: different situations, you know, we talk about this all the time. 102 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:47,360 Speaker 1: You get an initial impression at the rookie mini camp, 103 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:49,320 Speaker 1: and then the veterans come in and OTAs and the 104 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:51,000 Speaker 1: and the mini camp you have in the spring, and 105 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:53,600 Speaker 1: then you get here and you see how they function 106 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:56,240 Speaker 1: with pads on in a team environment, a training camp, 107 00:04:56,320 --> 00:04:58,720 Speaker 1: and then you start getting to these preseason games, and 108 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:01,040 Speaker 1: I do think in each of those k he's demonstrated 109 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:03,479 Speaker 1: a desire to play the game the right way. It 110 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:05,760 Speaker 1: works very hard at it. There's a lot for these 111 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:08,520 Speaker 1: young guys to learn. He's embracing it. He hasn't been 112 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:10,400 Speaker 1: mistake free. He's made a lot of mistakes, but he 113 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:13,320 Speaker 1: learns from him and he keeps going and he plays 114 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:15,440 Speaker 1: with the same kind of spirit every day. I do 115 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:18,039 Speaker 1: think you saw that selflessness and how he blocked the 116 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:20,280 Speaker 1: other night in the game. Everything wasn't perfect, but there 117 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:22,599 Speaker 1: was good evidence he's not afraid to stick his nose 118 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:24,440 Speaker 1: in there and block on the perimeter, and that's going 119 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:27,680 Speaker 1: to help our team. From a special teams standpoint, where 120 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:30,560 Speaker 1: it might be the best about you could put both scarboroughs. 121 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:33,280 Speaker 1: I think that's still early. You know, both did a 122 00:05:33,320 --> 00:05:35,000 Speaker 1: nice job in the game, did a good job and 123 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:40,680 Speaker 1: his protection stuff, and you know, he's really embraced special 124 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:44,840 Speaker 1: teams and that's sometimes a challenging thing for running backs, 125 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:47,920 Speaker 1: particularly running back from a place like Alabama, where these 126 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:50,680 Speaker 1: guys have been featured as runners their whole life. But 127 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:53,880 Speaker 1: he's really embraced it. He's learning the techniques, he's willing 128 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:56,520 Speaker 1: to throw his nose in there, and I think Keith's 129 00:05:56,560 --> 00:05:58,480 Speaker 1: done a really good job teaching him. So we're gonna 130 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:00,320 Speaker 1: keep giving him chances. But he started off well the 131 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:04,320 Speaker 1: other day, but the late being injured and irving not 132 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:07,080 Speaker 1: here as it's been in those four games. He talked 133 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:09,920 Speaker 1: about how the competition is played out and defensive tackling 134 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 1: there and what you're seeing and pretty close to kind 135 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 1: of settling on some guys to put it, Oh, I 136 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:17,800 Speaker 1: don't think we're close to settling on anybody really anywhere. 137 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:20,880 Speaker 1: We do like the competition in there. Woods has done 138 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 1: a nice job, Daytona has done a nice job. Jihad 139 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:27,560 Speaker 1: has done a nice job trying to give those guys 140 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:31,479 Speaker 1: opportunities to compete. And again, like I said in regarding Gallup, 141 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:34,039 Speaker 1: you know the other night, the Thursday night game against 142 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:36,360 Speaker 1: San Francisco is an opportunity to see them in game action. 143 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:38,520 Speaker 1: I think each of those guys did some good things. 144 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 1: Sixty four is really shown up. He shows up in practice, 145 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:43,880 Speaker 1: he shows up in a lot of the situational work, 146 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:46,159 Speaker 1: and again he made some plays in the game the 147 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:49,440 Speaker 1: other night. So he's certainly been a pleasant surprise for us. 148 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:52,240 Speaker 1: Daytone has been a good player for us. He showed 149 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:53,960 Speaker 1: up a little bit in the ball game. I think 150 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:55,599 Speaker 1: the thing you're looking for all those guys are just 151 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:59,040 Speaker 1: consistent performance at a high level, and that's why competition 152 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:01,640 Speaker 1: brings out the best. You can't come back and take 153 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:03,599 Speaker 1: a day off because hey, I did some good things 154 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:05,160 Speaker 1: in the game. You got to get back to work 155 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:10,800 Speaker 1: today and that competition will continue. You can patients be 156 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:15,640 Speaker 1: taught to a running back, Oh absolutely, absolutely. I think 157 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:19,800 Speaker 1: it's important to understand the runs. That's where it starts. 158 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:22,640 Speaker 1: And sometimes in patience as a result of that, you 159 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:24,520 Speaker 1: feel like you got to hit the hole so quickly, 160 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:27,960 Speaker 1: and in certain runs you do, it's a downhill run, 161 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:30,440 Speaker 1: maybe you cheat up your alignment and boom, you know, 162 00:07:30,440 --> 00:07:32,120 Speaker 1: you can hit the line of scrimmage quickly. But in 163 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:34,680 Speaker 1: so many other runs there's a blocking scheme that you 164 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:38,320 Speaker 1: have to just allow to develop, you know, whether it's 165 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:41,160 Speaker 1: his own scheme, the footworker use there, the patients you 166 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:43,920 Speaker 1: use there, the pace you use there before you can 167 00:07:43,960 --> 00:07:45,800 Speaker 1: make a cut. You know, some of the gap schemes 168 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:48,400 Speaker 1: if you're running off a double team, understanding where that 169 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:50,600 Speaker 1: is and when that's going to happen, if there's a 170 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:53,160 Speaker 1: pollar getting behind the poller. So I think so much 171 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:55,520 Speaker 1: of that patients you're talking about has to do with 172 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:58,080 Speaker 1: understanding what the run is. There's an old adage in 173 00:07:58,120 --> 00:08:01,360 Speaker 1: football slower to the whole through the hole, and so 174 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:04,920 Speaker 1: for running backs, oftentimes they have to have to understand that, 175 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:06,640 Speaker 1: and they have to learn that, and they learn the 176 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:09,320 Speaker 1: best through repetition. The best runners have an ability to 177 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:10,960 Speaker 1: kind of see things, let it develop, and when the 178 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:13,080 Speaker 1: time to go, you know, they hit it and uh. 179 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:14,920 Speaker 1: And that's certainly what you're trying to teach all your guys. 180 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:18,680 Speaker 1: Depending on what the run is, seeks pretty good at that. 181 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:21,320 Speaker 1: He really is. He's got a great feel. He's run 182 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:23,320 Speaker 1: a lot of different runs throughout his career. You know, 183 00:08:23,400 --> 00:08:25,800 Speaker 1: my experience has been the guys who have touched the 184 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:28,720 Speaker 1: ball a lot in their life typically have a better 185 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:31,080 Speaker 1: feel for that. Emma Smith probably the best I've ever 186 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:33,200 Speaker 1: been around at that. You know, when he was fourteen 187 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:36,160 Speaker 1: years old, he was a fifteen hundred, two thousand yard 188 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:38,520 Speaker 1: rusher and that continued his whole high school career, his 189 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:40,840 Speaker 1: whole college career, and all the touches he had in 190 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:44,320 Speaker 1: the NFL. So the field that he has for those runs, 191 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:46,880 Speaker 1: you know, different than most and typically get the more 192 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:49,440 Speaker 1: experienced back, the guy who who's been carrying it a 193 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:52,600 Speaker 1: lot understands, you know, those blocking schemes and the patients 194 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:54,280 Speaker 1: they need, and then when it's time to hit it, 195 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:58,320 Speaker 1: they hit it an absolutely. I think that was I 196 00:08:58,360 --> 00:08:59,880 Speaker 1: think that was something for him that he had to 197 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:02,199 Speaker 1: really learn. And that's why it's important in a game 198 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:04,480 Speaker 1: like the other night to give him carries, let him 199 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:07,000 Speaker 1: play in game action, and he'll see it and learn 200 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:10,160 Speaker 1: from it. And oftentimes is not just a young player, 201 00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:14,720 Speaker 1: sometimes a veteran relearn it each training camp. When you 202 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:18,719 Speaker 1: get into a padded type situation, sometimes backs tend to 203 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:21,120 Speaker 1: get a little anxious. They want to hit everything quickly, 204 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:22,960 Speaker 1: So you got to make sure they understand where their 205 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:25,559 Speaker 1: alignments are, what their steps are, how the play is 206 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:27,640 Speaker 1: gonna unfold, and then on it's time to go to 207 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:30,959 Speaker 1: hit the thing. What wait into the see then he 208 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:33,880 Speaker 1: man okay, reigning regular is ready to do the next 209 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:38,360 Speaker 1: step and himting individual and you just the deliberate process 210 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:40,880 Speaker 1: we've gone through. You know, he's been here for a 211 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:43,880 Speaker 1: few weeks now and work very hard with our trainers 212 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:48,120 Speaker 1: and our and our strength guys on the side, worked 213 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:50,440 Speaker 1: a little bit with our coaches on the side, and 214 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:52,480 Speaker 1: we just feel like this is the next step. And 215 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:54,920 Speaker 1: I think he has a good conditioning base, has a 216 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:57,000 Speaker 1: good base of football movement. That's we've been trying to 217 00:09:57,040 --> 00:09:58,839 Speaker 1: do with him on the side. What you don't want 218 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:00,640 Speaker 1: to do is just run straight, runs right, runs straight 219 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:02,840 Speaker 1: and say okay, go play football, right, So we've been 220 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:05,400 Speaker 1: trying to acclimate him, whether it's the metabolic work or 221 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:07,720 Speaker 1: the football movement work, to get him closer and then 222 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:11,040 Speaker 1: he'll he'll start into individual today and then hopefully progress 223 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:16,160 Speaker 1: as we go. All right, good to see you guys.