1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,960 Speaker 1: What impresses you most about Joes at this point in 2 00:00:03,120 --> 00:00:05,760 Speaker 1: terms of what he's able to do out there for 3 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:08,799 Speaker 1: a rookie. Yeah, I think there's a few things. Again, 4 00:00:08,840 --> 00:00:10,520 Speaker 1: you know, we haven't even you know, we're still in 5 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:14,120 Speaker 1: the off season. Um. But he's got a fast mind. 6 00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:17,480 Speaker 1: He picks things up pretty well. Um. The things that 7 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:20,280 Speaker 1: you ask him to do to maybe make a couple 8 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:22,560 Speaker 1: of little changes maybe that are different from what he 9 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:27,120 Speaker 1: was used to in college. Um, he he does pretty quickly. 10 00:00:27,520 --> 00:00:32,000 Speaker 1: He works whether or not his technique in the pocket. Um. Uh, 11 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:34,840 Speaker 1: everything that we've asked him to do is he's he's 12 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:36,800 Speaker 1: done it pretty quickly. I think. The other thing, he's 13 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:41,760 Speaker 1: very athletic. Um, and uh, he's very serious about his job. 14 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:43,720 Speaker 1: You know, we all are. But i mean, you know, 15 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:46,680 Speaker 1: you see that, you see that maturity level in him 16 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:49,880 Speaker 1: that you know, which is obviously why one of the 17 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:51,680 Speaker 1: reasons why we got him here. It looks like his 18 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:53,880 Speaker 1: decision making is pretty quick. Is it quicker than the 19 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:58,040 Speaker 1: typical rookie, do you think or? Um? It's hard to sell. 20 00:00:58,080 --> 00:00:59,880 Speaker 1: I mean yeah, I mean rookies are always going to 21 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:02,160 Speaker 1: you know, you gotta get the ball out quicker, you know. 22 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:05,200 Speaker 1: But for the most part. Yeah, I think if it's 23 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:07,759 Speaker 1: not quick enough the first time he runs the play, 24 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:11,199 Speaker 1: the second time it's usually pretty it's usually um pretty quick. 25 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:13,720 Speaker 1: So I think again back to that, back to the 26 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:16,959 Speaker 1: learning and kind of how he picks things up. Um. 27 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:19,520 Speaker 1: I think it's kind of on par with what we 28 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:23,760 Speaker 1: thought when we drafted him about his mobility so far. 29 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:26,880 Speaker 1: I mean, Duke, he had a hundred yard rushing game. 30 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:29,240 Speaker 1: He had like seventeen rushing us in his career. It 31 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:32,960 Speaker 1: gets maybe a little under underrated, so to speak. Yeah, 32 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:36,160 Speaker 1: I think he has that element, um, you know, and 33 00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:40,319 Speaker 1: his with his size and he's he's got he's fast. 34 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:43,120 Speaker 1: I mean he's on straight on speed. Um, he's fast, 35 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:45,480 Speaker 1: and he's got good feet in the pocket. Uh, and 36 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:47,280 Speaker 1: he's got some good he's got good quickness to he's 37 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:49,080 Speaker 1: a he's a good athlete. You know, he's one of 38 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:51,240 Speaker 1: those guys. I think that if you're playing a pickup 39 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:53,920 Speaker 1: game in any sport, you're probably gonna pick him pretty 40 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:57,000 Speaker 1: pretty close to number one. You know. During his three 41 00:01:57,080 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 1: days fan, what do you think should be as biggest 42 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:01,160 Speaker 1: goal to take away from the man Cam. I think 43 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:03,760 Speaker 1: the biggest thing is just to kind of stay on 44 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 1: track with what he's doing. UM, you know, at this position, 45 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:11,000 Speaker 1: as we know you know, I mean, you want to 46 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:14,120 Speaker 1: make the right decision, get the ball to the receiver, 47 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:17,200 Speaker 1: the right receiver on time and accurately, you know. And 48 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:19,520 Speaker 1: as you continue to do that, the more consistently you 49 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:21,519 Speaker 1: do that, the better you're gonna be. So I think 50 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:23,920 Speaker 1: that's his goal each and every day. I think the 51 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:25,800 Speaker 1: other thing that and kind of getting back to the 52 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:28,680 Speaker 1: first two questions, I think that UM has kind of 53 00:02:28,680 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 1: shown out that's impressive is if he has a bad play, UM, 54 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:35,480 Speaker 1: an interception or force throw something that's bad, maybe he 55 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:38,079 Speaker 1: has a mental air you know, at least right now, 56 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:41,000 Speaker 1: it doesn't bother and he goes on to the next 57 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:45,200 Speaker 1: play and and then he really um uh wants to 58 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:47,480 Speaker 1: make sure he doesn't do it again after when we debrief, 59 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:50,320 Speaker 1: after practicing our meetings. UM, he's really good about that 60 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:52,239 Speaker 1: and takes a lot of pride not making that same mistake. 61 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:55,920 Speaker 1: I don't want to compare him to anybody else, but 62 00:02:56,120 --> 00:03:00,440 Speaker 1: you coached cam and so you know what a UM 63 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:02,919 Speaker 1: what a mobile running thread quarterback and can break to 64 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:07,400 Speaker 1: Then I guess can you see that kind of dynamic 65 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:11,200 Speaker 1: with Daniel just looking forward. Yeah, that probably the difference is, 66 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:13,360 Speaker 1: you know Cam is just so big. You know, Cam's 67 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:15,840 Speaker 1: to fifty. We got him at to forty nine and 68 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:17,720 Speaker 1: he probably played a little bit more than that after, 69 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:22,600 Speaker 1: you know, Daniel and you did things with Cam, uh 70 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 1: that you probably would never do with any other quarterback 71 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 1: maybe ever. Just the physical part of it, you know, 72 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:29,320 Speaker 1: having a quarterback run power, you know, which is an 73 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:32,280 Speaker 1: inside power gap scheme you know that you give to 74 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:35,120 Speaker 1: the big fullbacks. But other than that, I would say 75 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:37,080 Speaker 1: there's a lot of there's some similarities with his feet 76 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:39,760 Speaker 1: and his quickness, and so there's some things that possibly 77 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:42,600 Speaker 1: we could look into with you know, with him, you know, 78 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:48,040 Speaker 1: running the ball a little bit. How how is Kyle 79 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:50,839 Speaker 1: handled where he is on the deck and it looks 80 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:55,160 Speaker 1: like he's going fourth with every uh trail. So he's 81 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:57,560 Speaker 1: been good. Kyle has been great. You know, we we've 82 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:00,720 Speaker 1: we've talked before and after the draft and um, you know, 83 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:04,280 Speaker 1: as we all know in football, in life and whatever 84 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:06,440 Speaker 1: we're doing, you know that there's only the only things 85 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:09,480 Speaker 1: you can control yourself, you know, and um, you know, 86 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 1: just keep working on getting better and and when you 87 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:16,240 Speaker 1: have your opportunity make the best of it. Um. You know, 88 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:19,560 Speaker 1: you can see with him his comfort level compared to 89 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:22,440 Speaker 1: this time last year and where he has come from, 90 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:26,520 Speaker 1: and uh, you know, he's got a lot better field 91 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:29,160 Speaker 1: of our offense. He's throwing the ball pretty well out there. UM, 92 00:04:29,279 --> 00:04:31,440 Speaker 1: and we're just kind of easing him into some you know, 93 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:34,600 Speaker 1: continue easing him into to uh getting some reps. That's 94 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 1: a small sample and it's obviously on a spring, but 95 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:38,840 Speaker 1: it didn't look like Eli was throwing the ball as 96 00:04:38,839 --> 00:04:41,320 Speaker 1: well as maybe he has in the past. Just is 97 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:43,120 Speaker 1: there anything you've seen out of him or what have 98 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:44,800 Speaker 1: you thought of his performance? So, I don't know if 99 00:04:44,839 --> 00:04:47,840 Speaker 1: I agree with that. I think he's throwing it pretty good. Um, 100 00:04:47,839 --> 00:04:50,800 Speaker 1: he's Uh. I think there's been some good, some really 101 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:56,039 Speaker 1: good connections down the field with both chep uh and 102 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:59,400 Speaker 1: Golden Tate UM, and really with some of those other 103 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:03,919 Speaker 1: guys with uh, you know, Cody and Benny. UM. You know, 104 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:06,000 Speaker 1: I said what it was about a month ago that 105 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:08,240 Speaker 1: he looks as in better shape than he was last year. 106 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:10,400 Speaker 1: I still think that, UM, And I think he's really 107 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:13,039 Speaker 1: dialed in. We got a really good room, we got 108 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:17,039 Speaker 1: some really smart quarterbacks and UM, you just gotta continue 109 00:05:17,640 --> 00:05:19,240 Speaker 1: getting the most out of all of them, getting them 110 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:20,880 Speaker 1: all ready, you know, that's our job as coaches, getting 111 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:23,760 Speaker 1: them all ready to go in on Sunday. A couple 112 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:26,119 Speaker 1: of young guys seemed to be opened quite a bit today, 113 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:29,640 Speaker 1: Conrad tight End and Darres Slayton seems to be coming out. 114 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:32,240 Speaker 1: What have they been showing you, guys, Well, they both 115 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:35,840 Speaker 1: had good days today. Um, I think uh uh. Slayton 116 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:39,760 Speaker 1: has been has been pretty consistent. You know. I think, Um, 117 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:42,599 Speaker 1: he's been a really good pick. I think um force 118 00:05:42,839 --> 00:05:44,640 Speaker 1: and I think he is as long as he stays 119 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:48,839 Speaker 1: on track. He's got good speed. Um, he's his hands. 120 00:05:48,839 --> 00:05:51,159 Speaker 1: You can see he's gotten more confidence in his hands. 121 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:53,600 Speaker 1: He's catching the ball more consistently. And I think he's 122 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:55,560 Speaker 1: a good route runner. That was one thing and kind 123 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:57,800 Speaker 1: of coming uh, coming out of the draft. I was 124 00:05:58,080 --> 00:06:01,440 Speaker 1: anxious to see, um, how he did with maybe our routes, 125 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:03,200 Speaker 1: which maybe we're a little bit different than some of 126 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:05,520 Speaker 1: the routes he ran at Auburn, Um how he would do. 127 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:07,200 Speaker 1: And he does a good job at the top end 128 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:10,480 Speaker 1: of those routes. Um. So yeah, I mean, I think 129 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 1: it's we're going to continue m finding out as much 130 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:14,560 Speaker 1: as we can, gonna want to keep giving him more 131 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:17,039 Speaker 1: and more. So, and those young guys too. You start 132 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:19,159 Speaker 1: to start him out learning one position and then you 133 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:21,000 Speaker 1: kind of want to grow him because at that position, 134 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:23,359 Speaker 1: they gotta learn more than one position. Um. At the 135 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:25,480 Speaker 1: receiver position, they got to know all three spots. So 136 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:28,240 Speaker 1: we're starting to ease him into that as well. It's 137 00:06:28,279 --> 00:06:30,840 Speaker 1: sake ones involving in the offense. Do you guys have 138 00:06:30,880 --> 00:06:33,360 Speaker 1: to plan how to give him breaks in a game? 139 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:36,240 Speaker 1: I mean, can you just yeah? I think so. I 140 00:06:36,279 --> 00:06:38,799 Speaker 1: think Coach Johnson does a really good job of keeping 141 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:44,080 Speaker 1: those guys fresh throughout the game. Um. And you know, selfishly, 142 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:46,520 Speaker 1: as a coordinator and you know, probably all the Giants fans, 143 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:48,440 Speaker 1: you want him in there every single play because you 144 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:50,760 Speaker 1: don't ever want him to miss out on an opportunity. 145 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:53,320 Speaker 1: But I think there is a you know, a happy 146 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:55,840 Speaker 1: medium to make sure he's fresh throughout and don't just 147 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:59,280 Speaker 1: kill him. But um, and we've got to, uh, you know, 148 00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:02,400 Speaker 1: we gotta keep that mind as as we put together 149 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:05,240 Speaker 1: our game plans and um. But we've got other guys. 150 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:07,200 Speaker 1: You know, Wayne Gelman has got another year in our system, 151 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 1: and we're gonna be looking at um, you know Paul Perkins. 152 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:11,560 Speaker 1: You know, he was hurt all last year, so we 153 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:13,960 Speaker 1: got to find out, Um, when he's not in there, 154 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:15,560 Speaker 1: we've got to make sure that we can still operate 155 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:17,840 Speaker 1: our offense that the way we would for the most part, 156 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:22,280 Speaker 1: um when he's not as you's to impress you and 157 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:26,440 Speaker 1: to earn another opportunity, Paul. So yeah, I just you know, 158 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:28,960 Speaker 1: we didn't know. I remember him coming out of college, 159 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:31,160 Speaker 1: and I really liked him coming out of college. Um, 160 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:33,680 Speaker 1: and then last year obviously got hurt. So, um, he 161 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:35,600 Speaker 1: spent the whole year on I R. And now he's 162 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:39,280 Speaker 1: getting a lot of reps and UM, you know, he's 163 00:07:39,320 --> 00:07:40,720 Speaker 1: he's a guy that can do a lot of things. 164 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:43,040 Speaker 1: He can pass protect, he can run the football. Obviously 165 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:45,400 Speaker 1: he's pretty good out of the backfield. He we want 166 00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:47,800 Speaker 1: to have him continue getting better on all those things. 167 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:50,120 Speaker 1: But you know, because we need you know, and you 168 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:51,760 Speaker 1: guys saw last year. We don't dress a lot of 169 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:53,800 Speaker 1: back so the guys that are dressing have to be 170 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:55,360 Speaker 1: able to do all those things that can't. You know, 171 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:57,960 Speaker 1: we want him to be able to be productive on 172 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:00,240 Speaker 1: first and second down, but also on third down, and 173 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:02,880 Speaker 1: that would involve past protection and catching the football. Mike, 174 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:04,920 Speaker 1: I know you can't tell until the pads golong, but 175 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:08,160 Speaker 1: from your observations inside the classroom, how is the jelling 176 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:11,240 Speaker 1: process come along with the offensive line? Yeah? I think, Um, 177 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:13,600 Speaker 1: I think the guys that we've added over the last 178 00:08:13,640 --> 00:08:15,320 Speaker 1: over the course of the you know, last season and 179 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:21,880 Speaker 1: this season, have brought um a lot of character, intelligence, competitiveness, uh, 180 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:26,400 Speaker 1: integrity to that room. I think it started. It didn't 181 00:08:26,400 --> 00:08:28,920 Speaker 1: show early as early as we wanted it to last year. 182 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:30,840 Speaker 1: I think it showed pretty well at the end of 183 00:08:30,840 --> 00:08:33,040 Speaker 1: the year, and I think we've kind of picked up, 184 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:38,120 Speaker 1: in fact improved since then. Um. So, uh, we're gonna 185 00:08:38,120 --> 00:08:41,920 Speaker 1: be leaning on them to you know, link to you know, 186 00:08:42,559 --> 00:08:44,600 Speaker 1: they're gonna be the starting point of our offense. Um. 187 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:46,400 Speaker 1: Everyone knows we got s Quan. We want to run 188 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:49,160 Speaker 1: the football. We're gonna be balanced, but we want but 189 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:51,560 Speaker 1: to do that. Um, it's gonna start with the offensive line. 190 00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:53,120 Speaker 1: We want to run the ball when we want to 191 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:54,440 Speaker 1: run it. We want to throw the ball when we 192 00:08:54,440 --> 00:08:55,839 Speaker 1: want to throw it. So to do that, it starts 193 00:08:55,880 --> 00:08:57,760 Speaker 1: up front. And you know, so we're gonna lean heavy 194 00:08:57,760 --> 00:09:01,560 Speaker 1: on those guys. Sure, to remember it said that UM 195 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:03,880 Speaker 1: earlier in your off season that if the offensive line 196 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:05,439 Speaker 1: is the strength of your team, you coul always compete 197 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:07,840 Speaker 1: for a championship. Do you feel like it's to the 198 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:10,199 Speaker 1: point now where the other offline supplies the strength of 199 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:13,880 Speaker 1: the strength is like, yeah, UM, I think they're getting there. 200 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:15,560 Speaker 1: I think we've got a lot of strengths. But yeah, 201 00:09:15,679 --> 00:09:18,880 Speaker 1: you want those guys to be your leaders. I think, UM, 202 00:09:18,920 --> 00:09:21,040 Speaker 1: as we continue through the off season and once we 203 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:24,560 Speaker 1: get into training camp and we get everybody back healthy, UM, 204 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:26,080 Speaker 1: I think we're going to see more and more of 205 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:29,440 Speaker 1: that UM and hopefully got eleven leaders out there. But 206 00:09:29,480 --> 00:09:32,080 Speaker 1: I think they're all going to be UM, you know, 207 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:33,920 Speaker 1: and they all feed off each other, whether or not. 208 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:36,920 Speaker 1: It's the offensive line and the s quan so to speak, 209 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:39,960 Speaker 1: and the receivers and quarterbacks all that stuff, you know, ELI, 210 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:43,040 Speaker 1: all them parts working together to keep us balanced and 211 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:44,840 Speaker 1: and moving the ball and scoring points.