1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:02,759 Speaker 1: Happened through burns yesterday. 2 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:07,080 Speaker 2: Ankle, nothing bad. He'll be out individual. We'll evaluate him, 3 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:11,360 Speaker 2: see how he does. But he'll be okay about cage. 4 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:13,399 Speaker 1: You got a hamstring, so he won't be he won't 5 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 1: go today. And John Michael was that shoulder the same 6 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:19,480 Speaker 1: shoulder as last year. 7 00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:22,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's it's a little it's a different deal for 8 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:25,720 Speaker 2: him making progress. We'll keep him on the same routine 9 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:27,280 Speaker 2: we had him. We'll see where he is after this 10 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:30,480 Speaker 2: off day, but it's a little bit different than what 11 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:30,840 Speaker 2: he had. 12 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:36,479 Speaker 1: Been. 13 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:40,000 Speaker 2: No practice again, the same thing. Hopeful he'll be ready 14 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:45,440 Speaker 2: to go after after the day off here Dex is 15 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:46,880 Speaker 2: feeling a little bit better. 16 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:48,400 Speaker 1: We're gonna put him out. 17 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:50,960 Speaker 2: There, see what he can do, and then we'll just 18 00:00:51,040 --> 00:01:03,000 Speaker 2: monitor it after after individual. Are you yeah we signed him? Yep, 19 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:05,240 Speaker 2: we signed him. We released Aaron Robinson. 20 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:08,280 Speaker 3: Yeah. 21 00:01:08,959 --> 00:01:09,960 Speaker 1: Where does Greg. 22 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:16,880 Speaker 2: Guard? Interior? So centered either guard. Yeah, he's had, you know, 23 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:20,559 Speaker 2: experience with carm last year veteran player. 24 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:24,360 Speaker 1: You can see him at playing any three. 25 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:27,160 Speaker 2: Spots that we need inside, left guard, right guard, center, 26 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:31,080 Speaker 2: and so he's he's I haven't seen him yet. He's 27 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:33,679 Speaker 2: just getting here now. So he'll be out here at practice. 28 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 2: I'm just kind of observing for the first day. 29 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:39,160 Speaker 4: Based on the track, I think he seems like he's 30 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:40,600 Speaker 4: got started three guys. 31 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:42,400 Speaker 3: Would you say to us, yeah, we'll see you know, 32 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 3: I'm glad we had him and throw him in the 33 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:49,680 Speaker 3: mix and no like what he did last year when 34 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:52,920 Speaker 3: he was with calm, tough, physical, good leadership. 35 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:57,600 Speaker 1: Mm hmm. So put him out there, and I don't 36 00:01:57,640 --> 00:01:58,120 Speaker 1: get reps. 37 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 2: You said he could play all three spots he played 38 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 2: right last year, would you running you want him to 39 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:04,360 Speaker 2: stay it right? 40 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 1: It would be the option to flip him. Yeah. 41 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:08,600 Speaker 2: So, I mean we've had conversations about it. If this 42 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:12,280 Speaker 2: was going to happen when everybody gets back healthy, we'll 43 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:14,760 Speaker 2: see how it shakes out. But you know, I wouldn't 44 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:18,840 Speaker 2: rule out left side, right side. We'll just see how 45 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:20,920 Speaker 2: it goes relative to how we got to practice with 46 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:23,720 Speaker 2: the guys that we have. Tell me, I couldn't hear 47 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:28,280 Speaker 2: who's are the least Aaron Robinson Okay, yep, sorry. 48 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 1: And there's always outside expectations. 49 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:34,960 Speaker 4: I know you don't pay attention to, but for when 50 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:38,440 Speaker 4: you got to make the playoffs, raises the bar last year. 51 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 1: But he's disappointed you don't get there. How do you 52 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:42,520 Speaker 1: manage that within your own locker room with the expectation 53 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:44,160 Speaker 1: if you just focus on this year. 54 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:48,560 Speaker 2: You know, I've been in this this would be my 55 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:52,760 Speaker 2: twenty four season, so I've been part of fifteen winning seasons, 56 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:56,120 Speaker 2: eight losing seasons, one season, won a super Bowl, the 57 00:02:56,120 --> 00:02:58,680 Speaker 2: next year not make the playoffs. It's really what you 58 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:01,120 Speaker 2: do each and every year. Said that after the first year. 59 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:02,960 Speaker 2: I'll say it again after the second year. We have 60 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:06,480 Speaker 2: a new team, Uh, new people in the building, and 61 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:07,520 Speaker 2: we're gonna work as hard as. 62 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:08,680 Speaker 1: We can work to be as good as we can be. 63 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:13,000 Speaker 5: He used to be a saying A lot of coaches 64 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:16,000 Speaker 5: would say, we hope to hit the ground running. And 65 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:18,000 Speaker 5: you know you've heard that many times, right, you know 66 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:19,440 Speaker 5: you're but it. 67 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 1: Doesn't seem like that's kind of seems like not in 68 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:22,280 Speaker 1: bolder important doing. 69 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 5: A lot of coaches, you know, you know, pick up 70 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:28,480 Speaker 5: where we're left off from last year. 71 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:29,680 Speaker 1: Yeah. 72 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:31,960 Speaker 2: Again, I just go back to it's a new year. 73 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:33,400 Speaker 2: We got we've got a lot of work to do. 74 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:35,360 Speaker 1: And we're gonna do everything we do to be as 75 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 1: good as we can be. 76 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:45,440 Speaker 4: That was now then, and uh, you know, just kind 77 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:46,920 Speaker 4: of coming off the last year. I think he was 78 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:48,520 Speaker 4: kind of mister automatic for so long. 79 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:52,120 Speaker 1: Years getting back into the groove. You know he's done 80 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 1: a nice jobs. 81 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:56,960 Speaker 3: Can you talk about being paid Johnson and what you've 82 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:57,920 Speaker 3: seen for him? 83 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, making making the most of his opportunities. 84 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:03,480 Speaker 2: He's done a good job i'd say in both days, 85 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:06,480 Speaker 2: his defense and in special teams. This will be an 86 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:09,040 Speaker 2: important training camp for him. It'll be an important preseason 87 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:10,520 Speaker 2: for him, with which it is for a lot of 88 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:11,320 Speaker 2: young players. 89 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:17,080 Speaker 1: We see neighbors getting open pretty regularly every day. 90 00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:21,479 Speaker 2: What is your initial impression of him, you know, through 91 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:22,560 Speaker 2: what for practices? 92 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:23,360 Speaker 1: Yeah? 93 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:26,640 Speaker 2: Early, But he's a confident player. He's got a good 94 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:29,640 Speaker 2: skill set. I've said this before. It's while we took 95 00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 2: him where we took him. He's he's picked up our 96 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:37,200 Speaker 2: offense well for for a young player, things we can 97 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:41,039 Speaker 2: always improve on. Again, you see some of the plays 98 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:43,200 Speaker 2: he makes, but there's always little details. I think he's 99 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:45,839 Speaker 2: again he's humble, he's not complacent, he's competitive. 100 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:48,640 Speaker 1: He just wants to keep getting better each day. You 101 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:51,120 Speaker 1: gave him the opportunity to call a play. 102 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:53,240 Speaker 2: It looks like you're even you know your your scheming 103 00:04:53,320 --> 00:04:57,280 Speaker 2: plays for for for him specifically, try to scheme him 104 00:04:57,320 --> 00:05:01,560 Speaker 2: for everybody, not just one guy. Five eligible receivers out 105 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:05,080 Speaker 2: there and move pieces around and on time he could 106 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:07,760 Speaker 2: be here, somebody else could be there next who's tight ends. 107 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:10,120 Speaker 2: But sir, I mean, you want to do that with 108 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:12,719 Speaker 2: your good players, and you want to test some of 109 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:14,920 Speaker 2: these young guys too in terms of where you move 110 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 2: them formations you call shifts movements go fast because things 111 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 2: happen fast when the regular season starts and you have 112 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:23,080 Speaker 2: to get after it pretty early here. 113 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:25,440 Speaker 1: So I was going to say, I was going to say, 114 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:27,960 Speaker 1: was do you have any hesitation? 115 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:30,600 Speaker 2: I mean, what's your track record with young receivers and 116 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:32,080 Speaker 2: throwing them like right. 117 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 1: Into the mix and asking him to do so? You 118 00:05:34,279 --> 00:05:37,120 Speaker 1: know a lot early it varies. 119 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:40,320 Speaker 2: You know, when I was a receiver coach, for sure, 120 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:43,920 Speaker 2: I was a receiver coach, drafted my second round the 121 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:46,560 Speaker 2: guy by the name of Dion Branch at New England, 122 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:49,760 Speaker 2: and you know, he picked it up right away and 123 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:53,560 Speaker 2: he was pretty effective early for us. I've been in 124 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:56,240 Speaker 2: the receiver room where we drafted guys early and you 125 00:05:56,279 --> 00:05:57,520 Speaker 2: know it took them a little bit of time. 126 00:05:57,640 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 1: Everybody's different, and you know, again, we're. 127 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 2: We've had the OTAs you can tell, he's put the 128 00:06:02,279 --> 00:06:03,560 Speaker 2: work in in terms of studying it. 129 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:06,760 Speaker 1: We've had four days a long way to go. I 130 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:09,240 Speaker 1: just develop on that. How often are you asking, whether 131 00:06:09,279 --> 00:06:11,280 Speaker 1: it's in camp and games, I guess the receiver for 132 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:12,919 Speaker 1: what play they want to call in that moment, and 133 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:14,479 Speaker 1: how often have you done well? 134 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:16,840 Speaker 2: I mean I asked, I asked, not just the receivers, 135 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:19,360 Speaker 2: I asked the lineman. I mean Aluminor came up right 136 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:22,320 Speaker 2: after practice and was asking me for two different run 137 00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:26,520 Speaker 2: plays today at You know, it's good to have input 138 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:28,200 Speaker 2: from the guys that are out there on the field. 139 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:33,080 Speaker 2: You can see it standing on the sideline, what teams 140 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:36,520 Speaker 2: are doing or defenses are doing. There's times in practice 141 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:39,279 Speaker 2: where you just go off script and you see how 142 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:40,880 Speaker 2: the players react. 143 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:42,200 Speaker 1: You get feedback just. 144 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:45,840 Speaker 2: You know, you're trying to build into playing games and 145 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:50,039 Speaker 2: how things go throughout a game, and you know, not 146 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:52,160 Speaker 2: just wanted to look at a call sheet and this 147 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:53,480 Speaker 2: is what we had. You know, you got to just 148 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:54,920 Speaker 2: you got to see things, You got to call it. 149 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:56,960 Speaker 2: The players got to react. There's got to be good 150 00:06:56,960 --> 00:06:59,680 Speaker 2: communication between the coaches and the players. They come off 151 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 2: the side line. Maybe you as a coach saw one thing, 152 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:04,800 Speaker 2: but you know, really that's not what it was. It's 153 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:06,640 Speaker 2: right there and they can give you good information. If 154 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:08,760 Speaker 2: you get good information, then you've got to make good 155 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:11,880 Speaker 2: decisions with play calls and decisions. And there's a give 156 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 2: and take when it comes to that when you're running 157 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:15,119 Speaker 2: an offense. 158 00:07:15,320 --> 00:07:17,160 Speaker 6: How much are you enjoying You haven't done it in 159 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:18,960 Speaker 6: a couple of years. You have been committed to call 160 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:22,960 Speaker 6: in the plays, but how much are you enjoying that process? 161 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:26,000 Speaker 6: And how beneficial is it to be more valid? 162 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:27,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, I just I love being out on the on 163 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:30,480 Speaker 2: the football field. So it's it's you know, it's been fun. 164 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:32,000 Speaker 2: We've had a good ota. So we've had a good 165 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 2: start to training camp. There's been good collaboration, good communication 166 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:40,120 Speaker 2: amongst everybody on the offense, coaches, players, and you know, 167 00:07:40,320 --> 00:07:42,520 Speaker 2: just try to keep getting better. Obviously, you guys want 168 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 2: you want connuity on your line, right, you want the 169 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:46,520 Speaker 2: five guys set as soon as possible. 170 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:47,280 Speaker 1: So how much of a. 171 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:50,600 Speaker 2: Concern is it that, you know John Landol's injury now 172 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 2: you may be slotting Ben Rotting in there potentially as 173 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 2: it started that you're still searching at this point, I 174 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:58,320 Speaker 2: mean it's at stay four here, so right, I mean 175 00:07:58,840 --> 00:08:01,240 Speaker 2: usually we mix and match people. Obviously, you want to 176 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:03,160 Speaker 2: try to get your guys out there as soon as 177 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:07,840 Speaker 2: you can. But with the injuries we had last year, 178 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:11,040 Speaker 2: had to move people, shuffle people around. So you do 179 00:08:11,120 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 2: it now so that at least they've had some reps 180 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:15,480 Speaker 2: at it. You don't do it at all and you 181 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:17,160 Speaker 2: just throw them in on game two and they haven't 182 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:19,720 Speaker 2: had one snap of moving to a spot. 183 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:22,200 Speaker 1: You'd rather work some of it now. 184 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:24,240 Speaker 2: But ideally you'd like to get you know, the five 185 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:28,240 Speaker 2: guys out there healthy, working together, communicating. 186 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:31,760 Speaker 1: But again we're in day whatever it is, we're early. 187 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:35,200 Speaker 5: How much you've talked about versatility and you've got guys 188 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:37,440 Speaker 5: you can move around a lot. How much work are 189 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:39,360 Speaker 5: you creative or challenging? 190 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:41,280 Speaker 1: Is that for someone like you when you're wind of 191 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:41,960 Speaker 1: design plays? 192 00:08:41,960 --> 00:08:44,640 Speaker 5: And would you say that one Dale and Elik are 193 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:47,920 Speaker 5: two guys who totally fit that that characterization. 194 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:50,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that, you know one of the We 195 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:54,160 Speaker 2: place a high premium on bringing in intelligent people at 196 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:58,040 Speaker 2: all positions. So again, you can have five eligible receivers. 197 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:02,280 Speaker 2: However you want to set it up right, ends, running backs, receivers, 198 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:06,200 Speaker 2: and you know there's five letters that that we use 199 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:08,640 Speaker 2: and one time you can be this letter, one time 200 00:09:08,679 --> 00:09:12,760 Speaker 2: you can be that letter. Just just moving chess pieces around. 201 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:15,760 Speaker 1: How many letters are those guys? Can those guys. 202 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:19,360 Speaker 2: Those two most of them? I'd say most of our 203 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:23,160 Speaker 2: guys can do all of them, thank you. I mean 204 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:26,000 Speaker 2: they understand it. Not that you're gonna you know, you 205 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:29,120 Speaker 2: could have someone play a letter and not ask them 206 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:30,800 Speaker 2: to do the same thing that you do someone else. 207 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:32,920 Speaker 1: But it's just it's just moving pieces around.