1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:03,280 Speaker 1: All right, we are joined with Kim Accord here. Um. 2 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:06,000 Speaker 1: If you guys have questions, please raise your hand. Jim McBride, 3 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:09,039 Speaker 1: you want to start us off? All right, morning Kim 4 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:11,520 Speaker 1: moren Jim, how are you doing today? How are you 5 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:14,720 Speaker 1: doing doing well? Man? I'm doing well, good. Good. I 6 00:00:14,720 --> 00:00:16,840 Speaker 1: wanted to ask you about Nick Folk and just his 7 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:20,680 Speaker 1: his consistency and how rare is it for a guy 8 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:23,599 Speaker 1: this dis advanced in his career to be playing this well. 9 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:26,040 Speaker 1: It seems like he's he's almost done, you know, playing 10 00:00:26,079 --> 00:00:29,520 Speaker 1: better now than he ever has. Yeah, Yeah, Nick is 11 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:32,360 Speaker 1: that constant. You know, every day shows up ready to go. 12 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:35,120 Speaker 1: M he knows exactly what he needs to do during 13 00:00:35,159 --> 00:00:37,519 Speaker 1: the week to maintain his body to be ready to 14 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:40,279 Speaker 1: go and to deliver the kicks he's been delivering, you know. 15 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:43,159 Speaker 1: And it's a credit to him, Um, obviously, you know, 16 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:45,960 Speaker 1: over the years and the amount of years he's played 17 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:47,920 Speaker 1: to continue to do it at a high level. You know, 18 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 1: that just shows how dedicated he is and how every 19 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:52,920 Speaker 1: day comes to work rady to prepare and you know 20 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:54,960 Speaker 1: he's able to do a consistent level and it's just 21 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:56,959 Speaker 1: credit to him. You know. It goes without saying it's 22 00:00:56,960 --> 00:01:00,160 Speaker 1: a entire operation with him, Joe and Jake, you know, 23 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:01,800 Speaker 1: and they spend a lot of time together working the 24 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:05,160 Speaker 1: operation and making sure they're sounding everything. So you know, 25 00:01:05,319 --> 00:01:07,280 Speaker 1: he's just he's a constant pro. He can't say enough 26 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:10,240 Speaker 1: good things about Nick. Great guy, great person be around, 27 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:12,000 Speaker 1: you know, not just a football player, he's also a 28 00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:15,720 Speaker 1: great human being. And one other if I could build 29 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:19,640 Speaker 1: talk yesterday about Hunter Henry's block on the initial kickoff 30 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:23,280 Speaker 1: and just what you saw on that play and how 31 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:25,160 Speaker 1: rare is it for a play to have that awareness, 32 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:28,400 Speaker 1: you know, to just make that play on an opening 33 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:31,679 Speaker 1: kickoff like that. Yeah, the guys did a good job 34 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:34,560 Speaker 1: right there adjusting and um, you know, obviously Hunter was 35 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:37,680 Speaker 1: in tune to the situation and he did a really good, 36 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:40,000 Speaker 1: really good job. You know. It's Coach alluded to coming over, 37 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:43,000 Speaker 1: getting up and through the hole and being that lead blocker, 38 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:45,600 Speaker 1: you know, a Ford gunner. You know. Then that's something 39 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:47,280 Speaker 1: that you know, they take pride in and knowing the 40 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 1: situations obviously the sun and the situations you're trying to 41 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:51,640 Speaker 1: kick it into it and gun are doing a good 42 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:54,240 Speaker 1: job of handling the ball back deep and then Hunter 43 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 1: having enough presence of mind, knowing exactly where you need 44 00:01:56,360 --> 00:01:58,440 Speaker 1: to get to and then they're not stopping. You know 45 00:01:58,480 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 1: a lot of times when you're get in the traffic 46 00:01:59,880 --> 00:02:01,520 Speaker 1: right there guy who want to stop right in the hole, 47 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:04,080 Speaker 1: but accelerating really through the hole and then picking off 48 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:06,560 Speaker 1: the guy, letting Gunner cut type all off of him. 49 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:09,280 Speaker 1: So you know, it's really good and he's been a 50 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:12,040 Speaker 1: really good presence for us out there. Thanks Cam. I 51 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 1: like the old school Patriots cap too, appreciate Jim. Next question, 52 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:22,320 Speaker 1: Kyle Hitier, Yeah, I just went more on that one. Cam. 53 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:25,399 Speaker 1: How much your plays like that instinctual for a guy 54 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:27,120 Speaker 1: like Hunter and how much of that is it's a 55 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:29,359 Speaker 1: situational stuff that you guys have gone over this time 56 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:32,680 Speaker 1: and time again in practice. I think it's a little 57 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:34,200 Speaker 1: bit bit of both, Kyle, to be honest with you, 58 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:35,920 Speaker 1: you know, I think some things that happened in the 59 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:38,960 Speaker 1: game that you may have talked about their situations. You 60 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:41,960 Speaker 1: try to cover every situation throughout the week, and you 61 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:44,239 Speaker 1: try at least make sure guys are knowledgeable of them, 62 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:46,920 Speaker 1: but you know, you can only cover so many situations 63 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:49,240 Speaker 1: through a week. There's you know, there's a situation on 64 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:52,120 Speaker 1: every given kicking play of something that could happen and 65 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:55,400 Speaker 1: something that could occur. So it's a credit to those 66 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:57,919 Speaker 1: guys being able to just take it from the meeting room, 67 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:00,760 Speaker 1: whether it was practice, whether it was mentioned, and actually 68 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:03,560 Speaker 1: you know, be able to execute it on the field, 69 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:05,720 Speaker 1: you know. And that's that's one thing that that does 70 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:08,200 Speaker 1: happen I'll be honest with you. Does happen that sometimes, Hey, 71 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 1: guys see stuff on the field, they react and they 72 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:12,839 Speaker 1: make great plays, that's for sure, um. And then there's 73 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:15,280 Speaker 1: other times obviously situation we worked up as much as 74 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 1: we can, and I think those guys go out and 75 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:20,400 Speaker 1: do a really good job of executing that. Thanks Camp, 76 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 1: Thanks God. The next question alex Bert, Hey Camp, good morning. 77 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 1: With the Chargers coming up, I'm just wondering, you know, 78 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:33,080 Speaker 1: looking back at that game last year against them, seemed 79 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:35,040 Speaker 1: like a pretty good performance from your unit. What what 80 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 1: you remember from that game? What stood out about that 81 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 1: game to you? Yeah, you know, obviously it's a different 82 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:42,400 Speaker 1: group of guys. They're a different team there, you know, 83 00:03:42,520 --> 00:03:44,840 Speaker 1: so we've got to, you know, focus on that. And 84 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:46,920 Speaker 1: there's always things you can learn from because there's some 85 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:49,760 Speaker 1: carryover with the players you're playing specifically. And you know, 86 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:52,160 Speaker 1: one thing, our guys definitely showed up ray to play. 87 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:54,120 Speaker 1: Um if you look back at that game with a 88 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:57,200 Speaker 1: toughness mentality, m so. And it's something that we've trying 89 00:03:57,200 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 1: to instill, and it's trying to make sure our guys 90 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 1: are showing up weekly ready to go and you know, 91 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:04,560 Speaker 1: going out there playing with you know, really good effort, 92 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:07,560 Speaker 1: but also fundamentally sound and being consistent. That's the one 93 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:09,560 Speaker 1: thing we've got to continue to do is continue to 94 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:14,800 Speaker 1: be consistent on a weekly basis. Thank you, he's outs. 95 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:20,120 Speaker 1: We'll go last question Bob Soci Hey, good morning, Cam. 96 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:22,280 Speaker 1: How are you good, Bob? How are you doing this morning? 97 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:24,800 Speaker 1: I'm good. Well, I've got a couple of quick follow 98 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 1: ups to Alex question Darius Swinton. What can you tell 99 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:30,520 Speaker 1: us about him and his philosophy and you know the 100 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:34,320 Speaker 1: things you've seen characteristics from his unit. Yeah, you know, 101 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:37,440 Speaker 1: Swinton does a really good job. You know for the Chargers. 102 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:40,440 Speaker 1: You know, they're definitely have their kickoff covers, playing at 103 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:42,640 Speaker 1: a fast place. They got a really good kicker that's 104 00:04:42,839 --> 00:04:45,040 Speaker 1: give them really excellent hang times. You know, anytime you 105 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:47,120 Speaker 1: can get a kicker that's giving you you know, four 106 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:49,560 Speaker 1: three's four fours on the hang times. That's gonna help 107 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:51,960 Speaker 1: your coverage right there to get down the field. So 108 00:04:52,279 --> 00:04:54,200 Speaker 1: they're really excelling in that in that area. And then 109 00:04:54,279 --> 00:04:58,039 Speaker 1: obviously just picked up an explosive return man Um. You know, 110 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:00,279 Speaker 1: we're going to face again for the second time, so 111 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:02,800 Speaker 1: you know, it's really good challenge for our guys there. 112 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:05,920 Speaker 1: You know, obviously he's an explosive guy with the ball 113 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:07,760 Speaker 1: in his hands, and they've done a really good job 114 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:10,039 Speaker 1: in the return game, you know, handling the guys on 115 00:05:10,080 --> 00:05:13,240 Speaker 1: the outside, whether it be in the vice on their 116 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:15,440 Speaker 1: punt return or just on their double teams in the 117 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:17,840 Speaker 1: kickoff return, you know, So you know, he does a 118 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:20,280 Speaker 1: lot and that's one thing. A lot of movement schemes 119 00:05:20,279 --> 00:05:21,960 Speaker 1: and changing things. So there's a lot of things we've 120 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:23,799 Speaker 1: got to be ready for, you know, and our guys 121 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:26,159 Speaker 1: got to be in tune to the situation and all 122 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:28,320 Speaker 1: the formational stuff that should come up in the game 123 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:32,080 Speaker 1: along those lines. You know, with the guy like Audrey Roberts, 124 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:34,800 Speaker 1: she saw him in Houston, I don't know how familiar, 125 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:37,760 Speaker 1: how similar the schemes are, how much of a difference 126 00:05:37,760 --> 00:05:40,919 Speaker 1: can it make is a return man better suited for 127 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:46,599 Speaker 1: certain schemes or strengths of a kickoff return unit. Yeah, 128 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:49,880 Speaker 1: I think that's a little bit of both. I would say, like, 129 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:52,320 Speaker 1: you know, there's certain return men that you know it 130 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:55,520 Speaker 1: can run multiple schemes and schematic stuff and be effective. 131 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:58,760 Speaker 1: And there's other guys that you know, maybe straight line 132 00:05:58,839 --> 00:06:01,120 Speaker 1: one cut guys you know that are better. Hey, maybe 133 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:04,000 Speaker 1: they're field return guys or you know, get more back 134 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:06,440 Speaker 1: to the middle of the field. You know, nest schemes 135 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:08,720 Speaker 1: fit them. So I think you know, each coach in 136 00:06:08,839 --> 00:06:11,039 Speaker 1: his own right, you know, us included here. I have 137 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:13,760 Speaker 1: to figure out what the guy does best and then 138 00:06:13,839 --> 00:06:15,920 Speaker 1: try to tune your schemes to that. And then there's 139 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:18,240 Speaker 1: other guys that, hey, whatever you do with them, they 140 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:19,520 Speaker 1: can do it all. So you got to do with 141 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:22,680 Speaker 1: your other players blocking wise and technique wise to make 142 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:25,480 Speaker 1: themic sale. So I think it goes hand in hand, 143 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:26,800 Speaker 1: and you just got to figure out and mest the 144 00:06:26,839 --> 00:06:29,800 Speaker 1: pieces together to abtually get the best of both worlds. 145 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:31,479 Speaker 1: You want to get the best blocking you can against 146 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:33,640 Speaker 1: the coverage, but you also want to put the returner 147 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:36,360 Speaker 1: in a situation to make the right runs and cuts 148 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:38,800 Speaker 1: and reads. You know, that make him feel comfortable and 149 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:40,560 Speaker 1: he can do at a high level without having to 150 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:42,800 Speaker 1: think like supposed to call for this block, but I 151 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:45,000 Speaker 1: see this whole. So you've got to do a really 152 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:47,880 Speaker 1: good job of judging what the return does really well, 153 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:51,880 Speaker 1: but also what schematically blocking can fit his schemes, and 154 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:55,120 Speaker 1: i'd imagine Roberts he can adapt pretty well. He's been 155 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:57,320 Speaker 1: in a lot of different schemes and return it well. Yeah, 156 00:06:57,360 --> 00:06:59,480 Speaker 1: he's played, you know, for several different teams and he's 157 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:01,480 Speaker 1: done it all high level and every team he's been on, 158 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:04,200 Speaker 1: he's made an impact, whether he's on the point return 159 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:06,440 Speaker 1: or the kick return. You know, he's an explosive guy. 160 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:09,440 Speaker 1: Anytime he catches the ball, you know, everyone's gonna be 161 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:11,480 Speaker 1: at the point of attack, you know. So we got 162 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:12,840 Speaker 1: to do a really good job of spread in the 163 00:07:12,880 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 1: field and not let him get started. One last thing 164 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:18,880 Speaker 1: for camp on Sunday, we saw that the conditions the 165 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:21,920 Speaker 1: sun gun are returning that kick. Bill noted that in 166 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:25,920 Speaker 1: his availability yesterday. Now you go into the stadium, it's 167 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:27,960 Speaker 1: one of the new stadiums in the league. There's a 168 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:31,240 Speaker 1: lot going on, a lot of electronics stimuli around around 169 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:33,840 Speaker 1: the stadium. What kind of an adjustment is there. I 170 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:36,080 Speaker 1: mean it may not seem like much from the outside 171 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:38,960 Speaker 1: because it's a controlled environment. Again, but what do you 172 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:41,040 Speaker 1: have to do when you get there as a return 173 00:07:41,080 --> 00:07:44,600 Speaker 1: man to kind of get yourself acclimated. Yeah, you definitely 174 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:46,880 Speaker 1: have to look around, no different than somebody knowing what 175 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:49,320 Speaker 1: the play clocks are, right, So you gotta know every 176 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:51,600 Speaker 1: little situation. So you try to catch as many balls. 177 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:54,480 Speaker 1: You know, in looking up into the you know, the 178 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:56,880 Speaker 1: rafters so to speak, to see are it was there 179 00:07:56,880 --> 00:07:58,680 Speaker 1: a blind spot? Is the ball going to be a 180 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:01,040 Speaker 1: certain spot that I'm gonna have a little bit more 181 00:08:01,080 --> 00:08:03,960 Speaker 1: tough time judging the ball because anytime you have, you know, 182 00:08:04,040 --> 00:08:06,760 Speaker 1: something above you that's not just you know, a regular roof, 183 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:09,040 Speaker 1: it doesn't make a different or sky right there. So 184 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:10,880 Speaker 1: you know, you definitely have to try to catch as 185 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:12,400 Speaker 1: many ball as you can. You know, and our guys 186 00:08:12,440 --> 00:08:14,480 Speaker 1: go out there a pre game, we look around, We 187 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:16,240 Speaker 1: try to just you know, do a good judgment. We 188 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:18,640 Speaker 1: talk beforehand, like hey, and you know the ball may 189 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:20,600 Speaker 1: go here. You gotta be alert for this. There's a 190 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:23,040 Speaker 1: black spot right here. The ball can get lost, you know, 191 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:26,320 Speaker 1: up in the rafters because maybe it's all black, you know, 192 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:29,080 Speaker 1: whatever it may be. And each stadium is different. So 193 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:31,400 Speaker 1: whenever you go to a WTE statum, you obviously have 194 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:34,920 Speaker 1: a very good familiarity with your home stadium, but anytime 195 00:08:34,960 --> 00:08:36,640 Speaker 1: you go to a WASTE stadium, you've got to definitely 196 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:38,679 Speaker 1: take notice of that and looking around and making sure 197 00:08:38,679 --> 00:08:41,320 Speaker 1: you're familiar with it, you know, during pre game and 198 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:44,319 Speaker 1: prior to that, so you can make the adjustments necessary. 199 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:48,199 Speaker 1: Thank you, Kem, I appreciate it. Thanks Bob all right, 200 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:49,839 Speaker 1: Thanks Kim, thank you