1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:03,040 Speaker 1: Out here for the length of practice. How do you 2 00:00:03,160 --> 00:00:08,559 Speaker 1: explain three specialists kickers punters getting hurt in practice this year? 3 00:00:08,600 --> 00:00:09,360 Speaker 1: Are you guys. 4 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:13,160 Speaker 2: Pushing them further the right? Jamie Graham and. 5 00:00:14,920 --> 00:00:16,239 Speaker 1: Joseph all got hurt practice? 6 00:00:16,239 --> 00:00:17,159 Speaker 2: How would you explain that? 7 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:24,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, honestly unfortunate. Nothing extreme with the workload. Uh, you know, 8 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:27,720 Speaker 1: you're always going to evaluate when you see just a 9 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:31,560 Speaker 1: culmination of injuries like that pile up. So you look 10 00:00:31,560 --> 00:00:34,519 Speaker 1: at the workload, you look at what you're asking them 11 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:37,600 Speaker 1: to do, uh, spacing between games and all that, and 12 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:40,440 Speaker 1: it's nothing. There was nothing out of the norm from 13 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:44,080 Speaker 1: you know, a general NFL year and a general volume 14 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:46,479 Speaker 1: of kicks that they normally take on. You know, one 15 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:50,120 Speaker 1: thing that I always make certain of whenever you know, 16 00:00:50,159 --> 00:00:52,360 Speaker 1: I work with a specialist is you know, I like 17 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:54,760 Speaker 1: to ask them what they're comfortable with in terms of 18 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 1: how many kicks, how many punts, how many snaps are 19 00:00:57,120 --> 00:01:00,280 Speaker 1: getting normally For me, that gives a good barama or 20 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:03,720 Speaker 1: from them on how to basically get them ready for 21 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:06,520 Speaker 1: the game. But a lot of the onus is, you know, 22 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:09,640 Speaker 1: on the player to to manage that as well. So 23 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:12,880 Speaker 1: it's it's good conversation you know, early on in in 24 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:16,360 Speaker 1: the in the spring, but it's also continuous conversation as 25 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:18,200 Speaker 1: we get going in the season. 26 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:23,240 Speaker 2: When you go into, uh, like an international game like 27 00:01:23,319 --> 00:01:27,320 Speaker 2: this is how much do you have to put into 28 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:31,199 Speaker 2: how much time to the conditions the you know, worrying 29 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:32,960 Speaker 2: about that or is that more of a game day 30 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:36,240 Speaker 2: thing for you once you get out there, what you know, 31 00:01:36,319 --> 00:01:38,840 Speaker 2: what you're dealing with as far as punting, kicking, that. 32 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:42,039 Speaker 1: Kind of thing. Yeah, you're always doing advanced scouting in 33 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:45,360 Speaker 1: my opinion. Uh, it starts with the stadium, what you're 34 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:48,320 Speaker 1: playing on, what the surfaces. We're always tracking the weather 35 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 1: every single day. You know, what is the crowd noise potential? 36 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 1: You know, you you always want to know and make 37 00:01:56,280 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 1: our players feel very comfortable with going into a unique 38 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:02,320 Speaker 1: and ronment that they haven't necessarily done or have the 39 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 1: experience doing so. So a lot of it, uh, as coaches, 40 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:08,360 Speaker 1: you know, we try and educate our players early in 41 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:11,120 Speaker 1: the week and stay connected throughout the week because it 42 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:13,960 Speaker 1: affects you know, what type of shoes you wear in 43 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:18,000 Speaker 1: the game. It affects, uh, maybe your warm up routine, 44 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:20,280 Speaker 1: maybe you walking the field and seeing okay, this is 45 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:23,200 Speaker 1: actually what it looks like. So you know, we're excited 46 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:25,239 Speaker 1: to get out there and and and be able to 47 00:02:25,240 --> 00:02:26,240 Speaker 1: to navigate. 48 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:31,400 Speaker 2: Those situations sos like for field, atmosphere, what do you 49 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:32,120 Speaker 2: what are you expecting? 50 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:34,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, no, it's a it's a great question because there 51 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:38,800 Speaker 1: is a lot of uncertain uncertainty that you know, there's 52 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:42,320 Speaker 1: gonna be some stuff that is uncharted that we didn't necessarily, uh, 53 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:46,079 Speaker 1: you know, prep ourselves with. So the game day will 54 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:49,320 Speaker 1: be a huge, a huge factor. But you know, we're 55 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:51,880 Speaker 1: expecting a good field. You know, there's games played on 56 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 1: that field. You know, I expect the weather right now 57 00:02:55,800 --> 00:03:00,280 Speaker 1: to be somewhat moderate. And then crowd noise. I think, 58 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:03,560 Speaker 1: you know, it's gonna be an awesome environment for both sides, 59 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 1: regardless of who's home and away. I think it's gonna 60 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:11,040 Speaker 1: be a good atmosphere where people are gonna love seeing football. 61 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:13,560 Speaker 1: So we got to anticipate some crowd noise in terms 62 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:19,240 Speaker 1: of that. How do you think Jude did? Awesome? Man, 63 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:21,760 Speaker 1: I was fired up for him. You know, a guy 64 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:26,960 Speaker 1: that you bring in and then you as a group 65 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:30,680 Speaker 1: start to see the maturation both as a person understanding 66 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:34,160 Speaker 1: the business and then also as a player, you know, 67 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:38,600 Speaker 1: being very convicted in himself of understanding that he belongs 68 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 1: in this league, but also you know, having the courage 69 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:44,760 Speaker 1: to adapt some things and learn from some veterans to 70 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 1: where when he does get his opportunity, he gets to 71 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:50,800 Speaker 1: take advantage of that. So to see Jude get his 72 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:54,360 Speaker 1: opportunity was awesome number one. To see him excel in 73 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 1: it was another thing knowing that he was ready. He 74 00:03:57,440 --> 00:03:59,680 Speaker 1: had a lot of confidence going into the game, and 75 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:01,200 Speaker 1: I thought, but he did a nice job for us, 76 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:04,080 Speaker 1: So he's a pleasure to have on the team. 77 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, I said back in the summer, you know, asking 78 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:09,080 Speaker 2: about you know, the plan that you guys may have 79 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:11,360 Speaker 2: had for him that you know, your message to him 80 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:12,880 Speaker 2: in the spring was, I want you to come out 81 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:14,960 Speaker 2: here and compete every day, but don't worry about making 82 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:18,359 Speaker 2: kicks early on. Just just kick, just keep kicking, kicking, kicking, 83 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:21,320 Speaker 2: and then we'll tally things up at the end. Is 84 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:23,240 Speaker 2: that was that an approach you took from him that 85 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:26,800 Speaker 2: almost had to change at some point when you started realizing, 86 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:28,600 Speaker 2: you know, what he might be in the mix here, 87 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:30,200 Speaker 2: or did you just stay consistent? 88 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:33,440 Speaker 1: You know, the message was I want you to compete 89 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:36,279 Speaker 1: and never think just because you're a rookie that you 90 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:38,279 Speaker 1: don't have the opportunity to play, because you never know 91 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:41,160 Speaker 1: when your opportunity presents itself. So for him, I didn't 92 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:44,080 Speaker 1: want him to necessarily start counting the numbers and seeing 93 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:47,120 Speaker 1: guys ahead of him. I wanted him to go out 94 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:49,240 Speaker 1: and compete for the job. You know, I think ultimately 95 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:52,159 Speaker 1: it doesn't matter whether you're a pea squad guy, undrafted guy, 96 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:55,960 Speaker 1: first round guy, you're always continuously competing to be the 97 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 1: best version of yourself. To that way, when you get 98 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:01,920 Speaker 1: the opportunity, you take advantage of it. So I thought 99 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:06,040 Speaker 1: early on Jude, uh, you know, learned from Graham heavily. 100 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:09,320 Speaker 1: He did, and uh, I think Graham has been a 101 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:12,440 Speaker 1: huge mentor to him as well. But you know, that's 102 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:14,920 Speaker 1: not say that Jude wasn't competing every day, and he 103 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:15,839 Speaker 1: did a nice job with that.