1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:04,440 Speaker 1: What was the thought process behind uh Jamie doing the 2 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:06,120 Speaker 1: first kickoff and then Graham doing. 3 00:00:05,960 --> 00:00:06,480 Speaker 2: The other ones. 4 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:10,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, so, uh Jamie showed us that he could have 5 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:12,080 Speaker 1: some flex to be able to punt and kick off 6 00:00:12,119 --> 00:00:13,000 Speaker 1: throughout the off season. 7 00:00:13,320 --> 00:00:15,120 Speaker 2: And I think it's valuable whenever you have a guy 8 00:00:15,120 --> 00:00:15,520 Speaker 2: that has the. 9 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:18,560 Speaker 1: Ability to do more than just one thing, especially when 10 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:21,760 Speaker 1: it comes to punters. You know, the more flex that 11 00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:26,000 Speaker 1: position specifically has, the more valuable he is on the roster. 12 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 1: So I have two guys back there that know how 13 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:31,040 Speaker 1: to be able to place it all over the place, 14 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:32,360 Speaker 1: and that's something that you know. 15 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:36,760 Speaker 2: Will always look for to use the keeping. Yeah. Yeah, 16 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:41,040 Speaker 2: they very well could both be up every game on a. 17 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:43,200 Speaker 3: Kick off returns. That's not something we've seen. 18 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:45,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, you know he he did it in college. 19 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:47,560 Speaker 1: And he has a special skill set obviously with his speed, 20 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:52,280 Speaker 1: his toughness, his communication, and he has some some definite conviction. 21 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:55,000 Speaker 1: Uh I believe that. You know, when he has the 22 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:56,639 Speaker 1: ball in his hand, he has the ability to hit 23 00:00:56,680 --> 00:01:01,200 Speaker 1: the home run ball consistently. And any chance you have 24 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:03,840 Speaker 1: to put the ball in a playmaker's hands, you're gonna 25 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:05,039 Speaker 1: try and do. So we gotta do a little bit 26 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 1: better job blocking, but you see that there's creases for 27 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:09,480 Speaker 1: him to hit and he's willing to do so. 28 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 4: Back to Graham and Jamie just for a second, I 29 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:16,840 Speaker 4: know they could both do it. Is it strategic? I 30 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:19,399 Speaker 4: don't expect you to tell us what you're looking for, 31 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:21,959 Speaker 4: but is it also you know it's not just Okay, 32 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:23,400 Speaker 4: we're gonna throw this guy out there. I mean I 33 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:25,800 Speaker 4: would imagine they can do it differently, or they have 34 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:27,160 Speaker 4: different strengths as far. 35 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:29,920 Speaker 1: As you know, it's pretty surprising that you know they 36 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:32,759 Speaker 1: both have the ability to do everything that the other 37 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:35,480 Speaker 1: person does. And obviously one is a righty and one 38 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:37,560 Speaker 1: is a lefty. But in terms of being able to 39 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:39,200 Speaker 1: put the ball all over the place, they both can 40 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:42,080 Speaker 1: do it. And sometimes it's a feel thing. Who's feeling 41 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:43,760 Speaker 1: it right now, who's gotten a lot of rhythm in 42 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:46,880 Speaker 1: the game. So it sometimes could be scheming, it could 43 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:48,240 Speaker 1: be sometimes based off of field. 44 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:52,160 Speaker 3: Never what made you land on doing that. 45 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 1: It was just throughout the off season, Jamie showing us 46 00:01:55,360 --> 00:01:59,560 Speaker 1: the ability that he can and for me, like a 47 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:01,520 Speaker 1: guy that, like I said, has ability to do it 48 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 1: and could stay fresh throughout the game. I think that 49 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:07,760 Speaker 1: also allows him to stay warm during the game. You know, 50 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:09,520 Speaker 1: there's gonna be some games where he won't punt at all. 51 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:12,240 Speaker 1: There's gonna be gas where he'll have to punt, and 52 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 1: just the whole aspect of keeping them warm, keeping him 53 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:17,679 Speaker 1: in the game, I think is something to be said 54 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:18,120 Speaker 1: about that. 55 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:25,040 Speaker 4: How much did you have to politic to get Abdual 56 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:28,200 Speaker 4: on your punt block team? And isn't it technically a 57 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 4: pump block team or is it a one man pump block. 58 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:35,400 Speaker 2: I'll start off by saying, I'm glad he's on our team. 59 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:38,360 Speaker 1: He's got a special skill set, as we all know, 60 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:41,920 Speaker 1: and the speed you see with him coming off the 61 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:44,720 Speaker 1: ball as a defensive player and rushing punts, he has 62 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:48,720 Speaker 1: that ability. And then I think above all that, I 63 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:51,919 Speaker 1: believe above all that he truly wants to do it, 64 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:54,320 Speaker 1: and he is a student of the game and wants 65 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 1: to continue to study. Will always take a common sense approach, 66 00:02:57,520 --> 00:03:00,680 Speaker 1: depending on volume, depending on week to week, whether we 67 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:03,400 Speaker 1: can see him doing it or not. But he definitely 68 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:04,760 Speaker 1: has a skill set to do and it was cool to 69 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 1: see him have success pretty early on in his career. 70 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:09,160 Speaker 4: And how rare is it? How rare is it when 71 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:12,160 Speaker 4: you can you know, normally when we see a team 72 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 4: called punt block, you know, we used to seeing what 73 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:17,200 Speaker 4: you know, you see guys are lowing in the box. 74 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 4: It really just seemed like it was almost like, all right, 75 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 4: your job is to go block the punt and everybody 76 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:27,840 Speaker 4: else was countering on. Is that not the way it was? 77 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:28,840 Speaker 4: You know? 78 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:32,840 Speaker 1: The thing with him is, I think his superpower obviously 79 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 1: is his ability to go and get the ball, whether 80 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:37,720 Speaker 1: that be a quarterback, whether that be the punter or 81 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 1: punting it. 82 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:39,960 Speaker 2: But he is a special athlete. 83 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:42,440 Speaker 1: He was a former receiver, so he does a good 84 00:03:42,520 --> 00:03:44,560 Speaker 1: job in coverage, He does a good job in staying 85 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:47,200 Speaker 1: in phase with people if he was gonna hold somebody up, 86 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 1: and he has that versatility. Again, the cool thing about 87 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:53,400 Speaker 1: him is you can ask him to do a lot 88 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:56,440 Speaker 1: and the athletic trade show up and whatever you ask 89 00:03:56,520 --> 00:03:56,920 Speaker 1: him to do. 90 00:03:57,080 --> 00:03:59,520 Speaker 2: So his versatility to me. 91 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:03,040 Speaker 1: Is very valuable on that unit because he has to 92 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:04,720 Speaker 1: be able to do everything that we're asking the other 93 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:07,960 Speaker 1: guys to do. Just one of those seems to stand 94 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 1: out a little bit more, but he does have the 95 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:10,960 Speaker 1: ability to do everything. 96 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 5: How and when did that become an idea? Is they 97 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 5: date back to pre draft process or is it something 98 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:18,880 Speaker 5: like you know you were able to sort of convince 99 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:21,200 Speaker 5: him or did they come you Did Daves come to 100 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:22,600 Speaker 5: you and say I want to use them here? 101 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:26,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, throughout the off season you just see 102 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 1: across the league there's certain players. 103 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:35,320 Speaker 2: That are on those units at times Miles Garrett e. J. Speed. 104 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:40,599 Speaker 1: You know guys that whether rushing punts or holding you 105 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:43,440 Speaker 1: up or bulling you back, they make you think on 106 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:47,400 Speaker 1: punt like how should we stop this? So you know, obviously, 107 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:50,000 Speaker 1: when I'm evaluating these guys coming out of college and 108 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:53,280 Speaker 1: you see the get off, you see the ability to bend, 109 00:04:53,320 --> 00:04:55,600 Speaker 1: You're like, okay, if I'm able to use them that 110 00:04:55,720 --> 00:04:58,760 Speaker 1: this guy can do that. The one thing that was 111 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:01,760 Speaker 1: eye opening to me is not necessarily the want to, 112 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:04,760 Speaker 1: but his ability to do other things on that unit 113 00:05:04,839 --> 00:05:08,360 Speaker 1: and other things other units. 114 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:09,719 Speaker 2: I think he was out there for one also. 115 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:13,800 Speaker 1: Right, Yeah, you talk about two unselfish teammates and the 116 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:16,680 Speaker 1: nature of you know, any special teams play, it could 117 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:19,279 Speaker 1: change the momentum of a game. And when you have 118 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 1: players that want to do that, I mean, it speaks 119 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:25,680 Speaker 1: volumes to who they are as people and competitors, and 120 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:29,000 Speaker 1: you know, I'm fortunate as a coach that I have 121 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:31,600 Speaker 1: players on a roster that truly love football. 122 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:36,120 Speaker 4: Abdul I said afterwards, like I asked them just the 123 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:37,840 Speaker 4: idea of are you're just doing it based on your 124 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:41,960 Speaker 4: athleticism and he said no, he said, I'm studying. You know, 125 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:44,919 Speaker 4: I really am looking at technique. How much have you 126 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:46,760 Speaker 4: seen him work on that? How much have you guys 127 00:05:46,760 --> 00:05:49,440 Speaker 4: worked on that? And then it's not just at doual 128 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:52,440 Speaker 4: being at dual, it's also at dual studying that position 129 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:53,520 Speaker 4: and what it takes. 130 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 2: To block upon it. You know, in this league there's 131 00:05:57,480 --> 00:06:00,640 Speaker 2: a lot of skilled football players now do we believe 132 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:05,080 Speaker 2: is truly skilled. But you can't get away with skill alone. 133 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:08,520 Speaker 1: There is a preparation process that requires these players to 134 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:11,239 Speaker 1: be able to play fast and that is practice habits 135 00:06:11,279 --> 00:06:14,240 Speaker 1: that's in the meeting room, that's in the playbook, and 136 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:19,279 Speaker 1: Abdul embodies all those things. He takes all those to 137 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:22,480 Speaker 1: heart because he knows all those contribute to his ability 138 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:25,719 Speaker 1: to have success on that unit. And I believe success 139 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:29,159 Speaker 1: is no accident. He truly showed up doing what he 140 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:32,240 Speaker 1: was trained to do, and that's pretty cool as a 141 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:36,040 Speaker 1: rookie that a player can show his very first NFL 142 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:39,840 Speaker 1: game in the regular season and trust his preparation and 143 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:42,000 Speaker 1: see that come out with success. 144 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:46,200 Speaker 3: Coach, we're great. I mean, you hit from fifty five 145 00:06:46,279 --> 00:06:48,920 Speaker 3: yards the other day, he said. A couple of injury 146 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:51,240 Speaker 3: plague years, but we have a scene and hitch the 147 00:06:51,279 --> 00:06:55,279 Speaker 3: ball like this in quite a while. Is it just 148 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:58,960 Speaker 3: health or is there something about his preparation that helps him? 149 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:01,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, I've said this before. He had a 150 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:02,240 Speaker 2: tremendous offseason. 151 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:06,919 Speaker 1: He was able to truly, you know, work on his 152 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:09,280 Speaker 1: craft throughout the whole offseason, which I think helped him 153 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:11,160 Speaker 1: go into training camp with a lot of confidence. 154 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:15,440 Speaker 2: And also you just learn from year to year. You know, 155 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:16,520 Speaker 2: when you do have an. 156 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:18,920 Speaker 1: Injury, you start to evaluate everything that's part of your 157 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:21,880 Speaker 1: process and you see little things that you could potentially 158 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:25,760 Speaker 1: tweak to make you the best football player on game day. 159 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:28,040 Speaker 1: Those are all things that you know. I believe that 160 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:30,960 Speaker 1: he held true to his heart. He looked at it, 161 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:33,280 Speaker 1: we studied it together, and he was able to, you know, 162 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:35,000 Speaker 1: come up with a good plan from week to week. 163 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:36,960 Speaker 2: And it's cool to see him have success. 164 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:42,000 Speaker 1: Now that being said, you know, like with Abdul, with Graham. 165 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:44,920 Speaker 1: The beauty about the National Football League is you got 166 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:47,800 Speaker 1: to show up every week, and this week we have 167 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:52,000 Speaker 1: a tremendous challenge with the Dallas Cowboys, obviously with Cavante 168 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:55,480 Speaker 1: Turpin being the best return in the National Football League, 169 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:57,960 Speaker 1: and you have Brandon Aubrey that is basically in field 170 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:01,120 Speaker 1: goal range once he gets to the logo. So those 171 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:04,480 Speaker 1: two players, I truly believe are impact players on the roster, 172 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:06,560 Speaker 1: and then you see other players on the roster show 173 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:09,600 Speaker 1: up as well. That we have to make sure we 174 00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:11,440 Speaker 1: show up this game and handle our. 175 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:16,239 Speaker 4: Business that that stadium obviously we've seen in the past. 176 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:19,440 Speaker 4: The game's usually you know, the four o'clock kick go 177 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:21,200 Speaker 4: offs or the three o'clock kick gos. There you guys 178 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:24,200 Speaker 4: are early this year. I'm curious. I know a lot 179 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:26,160 Speaker 4: was made last year of the sunlight and the way 180 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:28,640 Speaker 4: things came in. Is that something that you've had to 181 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:31,560 Speaker 4: kind of research for an early game in that stadium 182 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:33,360 Speaker 4: and what it's going to be like for your units, 183 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:35,800 Speaker 4: especially you know as the game goes on. 184 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:38,440 Speaker 1: Yes, absolutely, we always look at every stadium, even our 185 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:40,200 Speaker 1: home stadium, at the beginning of the week, in the 186 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:41,560 Speaker 1: middle of the week at the end of the week 187 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:43,920 Speaker 1: and see kind of how that's going to transform and 188 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:47,959 Speaker 1: whether it's indoors outdoors. We we do our process to 189 00:08:48,880 --> 00:08:51,200 Speaker 1: truly not make it a surprise come game day. Now 190 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:53,679 Speaker 1: that being said, will walk out their pregame, We'll take 191 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:55,679 Speaker 1: a look at everything. We'll see what could potentially be 192 00:08:55,760 --> 00:08:58,920 Speaker 1: an issue, no different than any other stadium, and we'll 193 00:08:58,920 --> 00:08:59,640 Speaker 1: move forward from that. 194 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:05,600 Speaker 5: How unique is obviously Graham is on a different, you know, 195 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:08,200 Speaker 5: work program. He's kind of said some stuff like that, 196 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:11,280 Speaker 5: and when he kicks when he doesn't, how unique is that? 197 00:09:11,640 --> 00:09:14,280 Speaker 5: Or have you had kickers who have done this before 198 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:16,319 Speaker 5: of when they kick and how much they kick and 199 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:19,120 Speaker 5: you know, kind of saving his leg or making sure 200 00:09:19,120 --> 00:09:19,600 Speaker 5: he's healthy. 201 00:09:20,280 --> 00:09:21,520 Speaker 2: So that's not unique. 202 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:25,800 Speaker 1: I think every kicker I've been around doesn't doesn't kick 203 00:09:25,840 --> 00:09:29,600 Speaker 1: every single day of the week. If they do kickoffs 204 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:32,800 Speaker 1: and field goals or even punts for that matter, If 205 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:36,720 Speaker 1: you do all three consistently, it's equivalent of running a marathon. 206 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:40,319 Speaker 1: So you have to give those guys their their rest. Now, 207 00:09:40,360 --> 00:09:45,040 Speaker 1: sometimes on the rest days they're doing muscle memory dry swings, 208 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:48,560 Speaker 1: or they are going through the rhythm of aligning on 209 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:51,960 Speaker 1: a hash and working their steps, seeing their angles. But 210 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:55,040 Speaker 1: every kicker I've been around, regardless of the National Football 211 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:58,240 Speaker 1: League College, has kicked two to three times a week. 212 00:09:58,280 --> 00:10:01,360 Speaker 1: And that's pretty consistent, you know, obviously with what we 213 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:04,520 Speaker 1: have here and where, every where, everywhere, everywhere else I've 214 00:10:04,559 --> 00:10:04,679 Speaker 1: been