1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:04,640 Speaker 1: Hey Bill, good morning. UM, just wondering you've done this 2 00:00:04,680 --> 00:00:07,520 Speaker 1: a number of times, just cut down to the final 3 00:00:08,119 --> 00:00:09,600 Speaker 1: one that you're making. I know there's a lot of 4 00:00:09,640 --> 00:00:12,959 Speaker 1: moving parts, but do you feel as if it's fairly 5 00:00:13,039 --> 00:00:17,520 Speaker 1: clear cut after training camp, OTAs and the four preseason 6 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:20,600 Speaker 1: games and you're comfortable with the decisions you'll make right 7 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:25,239 Speaker 1: there at the border? This really close calls? Yeah, there's 8 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 1: always um, you know, some situations are more clear cut 9 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:32,360 Speaker 1: than others. The more information you have than the easier 10 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:36,239 Speaker 1: or maybe the more confident you feel that you are 11 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:38,640 Speaker 1: making the right decision. The less information you have and 12 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:45,160 Speaker 1: more variables there are that you just can't be quite 13 00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:49,200 Speaker 1: as certain enough. So that's always a combination of those things. 14 00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:52,920 Speaker 1: Let's do the best we can see it goes, and 15 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:56,840 Speaker 1: one one quick follows. If there was any kind of 16 00:00:56,840 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 1: a deal made or any kind of a player added 17 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:02,400 Speaker 1: who hasn't been with you, how important would it be 18 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:04,360 Speaker 1: for that player to be able to make some kind 19 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 1: of an immediate contribution towards you know, the first game 20 00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:10,880 Speaker 1: or a couple of games of the season, as opposed 21 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:13,679 Speaker 1: to being a projection. I know it's hypothetical, but I'm 22 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:20,039 Speaker 1: wondering balancing that out. Yeah, let's say we've done both. 23 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:27,560 Speaker 1: It would just it would just depend on these situations 24 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:30,920 Speaker 1: different as you know. Standard answer to that, I don't 25 00:01:30,959 --> 00:01:37,160 Speaker 1: know fair enough. Next question would be Michael Chegger. Thanks 26 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:40,760 Speaker 1: Stacy Bill. I guess following up on Tom's line of questioning, 27 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:43,720 Speaker 1: does you're thinking on keeping the best fifty three players 28 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:46,720 Speaker 1: on your roster change from year to year? Meaning does 29 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:49,760 Speaker 1: it ever depend on the particular circumstances going into a year, 30 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:52,840 Speaker 1: whether or not you're filling a position or you just 31 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 1: want the best fifty three players overall? Well, you, I 32 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 1: mean you want the best team overall. So sometimes, again, 33 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:12,280 Speaker 1: every team is different, in every situation is different. I 34 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:15,360 Speaker 1: don't think there's any like again, set formula that I 35 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:19,160 Speaker 1: would follow. You just try to put the best team 36 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:25,440 Speaker 1: together that you can. There's some positions that are maybe 37 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:27,720 Speaker 1: not exactly the way you want them then, so you 38 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 1: work around those in some fashion, or the positions maybe 39 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:37,960 Speaker 1: you feel are probably pretty good or as good as 40 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:41,360 Speaker 1: it's going to be, And so that's maybe less of 41 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:45,920 Speaker 1: a conversation. You know, some when you have more death 42 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:49,079 Speaker 1: in one position and less death than another, there's always 43 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:53,160 Speaker 1: a conflict of do you carry the better players that 44 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:59,120 Speaker 1: give you more depth versus position where you need players, 45 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:02,080 Speaker 1: but maybe they're not that position as other guys are 46 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:06,040 Speaker 1: in a position where you have more depth. So again, 47 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:09,360 Speaker 1: every situation is different. There are a lot of things 48 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:15,280 Speaker 1: that factor into it. It's under the total category of 49 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:20,799 Speaker 1: team building. And as we all know, there are a 50 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:24,960 Speaker 1: lot of roster adjustments in the first fall month of 51 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 1: the season. So even some of the things that get 52 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:33,680 Speaker 1: done tomorrow or Sunday, there's still gonna be a lot 53 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:36,360 Speaker 1: of roster movement in the first week, two weeks of 54 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:37,960 Speaker 1: the season, even in the first month of the season 55 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:41,600 Speaker 1: through September on our team and throughout the league. Man, 56 00:03:41,720 --> 00:03:44,720 Speaker 1: that's the same way as every year. So I don't 57 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:47,360 Speaker 1: I doubt if it will be any difference this year. 58 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:52,920 Speaker 1: I'd be surprised. Thank you, Bill, Are you welcome? My 59 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:56,040 Speaker 1: next question, would you Mike Reece? Followed by Mike Jury. 60 00:03:57,720 --> 00:04:01,600 Speaker 1: Thanks Stecy is that me? Yes? Go ahead? And a 61 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:04,480 Speaker 1: great uh. Look, you got a long look at some 62 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:07,880 Speaker 1: of the backup offensive lineman last night. Um, that's an 63 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:10,160 Speaker 1: area in the NFL where depth can be hard to 64 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:13,080 Speaker 1: come by. How do you view sort of what you've 65 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:15,920 Speaker 1: had in that group through camp and you know how 66 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 1: it shook out last night for that group. Well, you're right, 67 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:24,839 Speaker 1: we got to look at a lot of players and 68 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:31,800 Speaker 1: and that in combination with other opportunities we've had to 69 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 1: evaluate them in practice and other preseason games. I will 70 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 1: try to put all that together and make the best 71 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:43,400 Speaker 1: decisions we can for the football team. But that's a 72 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:48,960 Speaker 1: very competitive spot and there'll be some it'll be it'll 73 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:52,640 Speaker 1: be challenging to as it always is, to set the 74 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:56,080 Speaker 1: final roster, and that'll be one one of the positions 75 00:04:56,080 --> 00:05:03,720 Speaker 1: that will be a little more difficult. And um, and 76 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:06,520 Speaker 1: this is more on on the light hearted side. When 77 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:10,480 Speaker 1: when earlier this week when you had referenced a watermelon roll, um, 78 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:13,280 Speaker 1: some people were actually curious. Was that in regards to 79 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:17,200 Speaker 1: a menu item at friendlies or an actual race that 80 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:23,200 Speaker 1: would be had, like a fun race. Yeah, the latter, 81 00:05:24,279 --> 00:05:28,320 Speaker 1: Thank you. Next question, we'll go make Giardi followed by 82 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:34,320 Speaker 1: Tom Kern, Morning Bill. Then, I believe exactly one year 83 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:38,360 Speaker 1: since Cyrus Jones tore up as knee. I'm just curious 84 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:41,719 Speaker 1: in the in the spring and now here in the summer, 85 00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:45,200 Speaker 1: if you're starting to see him return to the the 86 00:05:45,279 --> 00:05:54,400 Speaker 1: sort of explosive athlete that he was prior to the injury. Yes, yeah, absolutely. Um. 87 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:56,640 Speaker 1: I wish in these last two games we could have 88 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:00,680 Speaker 1: had an opportunity to get him started on on the 89 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:03,640 Speaker 1: In the return game, he had a couple of chances 90 00:06:04,360 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 1: that I thought he did um well with in Carolina, 91 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:11,160 Speaker 1: but he really didn't didn't have much yesterday. There were 92 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:15,880 Speaker 1: kickoffs or touchbacks, and we didn't block well enough on 93 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:18,520 Speaker 1: the returns really to give him a chance to do 94 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:20,320 Speaker 1: anything but handle the ball. I thought he handled the 95 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:27,720 Speaker 1: ball well and some um, you know, some fairly challenging 96 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:31,240 Speaker 1: ball handling situations. Um, but you know he did find 97 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:33,760 Speaker 1: job of that, that was no problem. I just didn't 98 00:06:33,760 --> 00:06:39,560 Speaker 1: really get a chance to get started. And um, yeah, 99 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:41,640 Speaker 1: of course we'd like to have seen that. But that's 100 00:06:43,640 --> 00:06:49,279 Speaker 1: that's where it goes. Than My next question will be 101 00:06:49,279 --> 00:06:53,760 Speaker 1: Tom Kerr. Still, I'm wondering, as the players adapt to 102 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:56,640 Speaker 1: the tackling rules, put their head up and there are 103 00:06:57,320 --> 00:07:01,720 Speaker 1: situations to present themselves where they really have to keep 104 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:05,680 Speaker 1: their back from being parallel to the ground. Have you 105 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:11,160 Speaker 1: seen more arm tackling, more cases of maybe broken tackles 106 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:13,120 Speaker 1: where guys are having to think a little bit more 107 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:16,320 Speaker 1: and is that impacting at all some of the ways 108 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:18,440 Speaker 1: and some of the plays at the end, especially maybe 109 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:23,640 Speaker 1: along the sideline. Talking about for us or for the 110 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:27,240 Speaker 1: league in general in general, I think guys, in my 111 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:30,200 Speaker 1: estimation or the lay person, they seem as if these 112 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 1: occasions were they're more upright as opposed to were they 113 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:34,800 Speaker 1: would just kind of go in a little bit more aggressively, 114 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:36,880 Speaker 1: and they're trying to go a little more upright and 115 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:40,240 Speaker 1: kind of hitting with their chests shoulder as opposed to 116 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:47,640 Speaker 1: being able feeling comfortable lowering their heads and going in. Yeah, 117 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:50,640 Speaker 1: I don't know. I think the I think the AJA 118 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:53,440 Speaker 1: more on the sideline and J. C. Jackson I'm along 119 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:56,720 Speaker 1: forty when you catch them on touchdown seemed to it 120 00:07:56,880 --> 00:08:00,360 Speaker 1: was just it was kind of non competitiveness, and I 121 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:04,240 Speaker 1: didn't understand why that came to be. For instance, There's 122 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:11,240 Speaker 1: other ones too, just in general. But yeah, well, Tom, 123 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:13,240 Speaker 1: you'd have to talk to the thirty one teams. I 124 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:17,880 Speaker 1: don't really know. I can't speak for any of them. 125 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:21,200 Speaker 1: We don't teach tackling any different than than we have. 126 00:08:21,640 --> 00:08:24,200 Speaker 1: This rule hasn't affected us at all. We've never talked 127 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:26,880 Speaker 1: tackling with our head down. We've never talked tackling with 128 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 1: the top of our helmet. In fact, we've gone to 129 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:35,360 Speaker 1: great lengths to make those corrections before this rule was 130 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:43,160 Speaker 1: in place. So honestly, I don't think it's It hasn't 131 00:08:43,160 --> 00:08:45,679 Speaker 1: affected our coaching at all. I mean, if anything, just 132 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:49,360 Speaker 1: reinforces what well we've been teaching. We've We've never taught that. 133 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:52,040 Speaker 1: In fact, I don't even know one coach that has. 134 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:55,560 Speaker 1: I don't know who does teach it that way, So 135 00:08:57,280 --> 00:09:00,240 Speaker 1: I'm not really sure what we're talking about here. I 136 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:02,800 Speaker 1: don't think anyone teaches it. But it absolutely occurs on 137 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:05,840 Speaker 1: every team where a guy always his head so he 138 00:09:05,880 --> 00:09:10,160 Speaker 1: doesn't smash somebody with his base mask. It's that impact. 139 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:17,000 Speaker 1: I appreciate what you're saying on him. It's okay, next question, 140 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:19,440 Speaker 1: we'll go with Mike Protractive and the last question will 141 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:24,280 Speaker 1: do David Liz arm Bill. I know he talked about 142 00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:26,199 Speaker 1: him a little bit after the game, but has J. C. 143 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:29,760 Speaker 1: Jackson always showed the ability when he was at Maryland 144 00:09:30,679 --> 00:09:32,640 Speaker 1: and now that you've had him in a training camp 145 00:09:32,640 --> 00:09:36,679 Speaker 1: to find the ball and instinctively read the receiver and 146 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:39,920 Speaker 1: turn around. It seemed like on both interceptions last night. 147 00:09:39,920 --> 00:09:44,000 Speaker 1: He did a good job of doing that. He did 148 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:46,720 Speaker 1: do a good job of doing that. I think overall 149 00:09:46,760 --> 00:09:56,120 Speaker 1: our defensive backs that Josh and Coach Flores and Coach 150 00:09:56,200 --> 00:10:01,079 Speaker 1: Floyer and Steve has all worked the last couple of 151 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:03,439 Speaker 1: weeks after the inference penalties we had in the Carroll 152 00:10:03,520 --> 00:10:10,000 Speaker 1: in the Philadelphia game, and there were other plays that 153 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:13,199 Speaker 1: we didn't play properly. The word penalties, but it's basically 154 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:18,120 Speaker 1: the same mistake that we spent a lot of extra 155 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:20,040 Speaker 1: time on that. I mean, we spent plenty of time 156 00:10:20,080 --> 00:10:23,720 Speaker 1: on it in the first place, but obviously wasn't working. 157 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:27,600 Speaker 1: We weren't doing it well enough. But we've we've addressed that. 158 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:31,800 Speaker 1: While I'm not just with um Keion who had the 159 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:36,360 Speaker 1: was involved in those plays, but all the other players, 160 00:10:36,720 --> 00:10:39,120 Speaker 1: they all saw what happened. We all saw what happened, 161 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:44,280 Speaker 1: and we've worked very hard the last couple of weeks 162 00:10:44,360 --> 00:10:49,520 Speaker 1: too to talk about those techniques and and a proper 163 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:53,520 Speaker 1: way to play the receiver on the ball down the field. 164 00:10:53,760 --> 00:10:56,080 Speaker 1: I thought jac did did a great job of it 165 00:10:56,160 --> 00:10:59,880 Speaker 1: in the game, and he took the coaching in the example. 166 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:01,800 Speaker 1: So what we were trying to do on a practice 167 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:07,640 Speaker 1: field and and turn him into um productive plays in 168 00:11:07,679 --> 00:11:12,720 Speaker 1: the game. So that was Yeah, that was I think 169 00:11:12,800 --> 00:11:15,680 Speaker 1: our whole group has shown improvement on that. Not everybody 170 00:11:15,679 --> 00:11:18,040 Speaker 1: gets a chance to do it in every game or 171 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:22,560 Speaker 1: there aren't that many deep passes. There aren't that many 172 00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:24,959 Speaker 1: deep passes in practice either, but when those plays come 173 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:27,720 Speaker 1: out there in critical plays because the amount of yards 174 00:11:27,760 --> 00:11:32,880 Speaker 1: it's involved and we need to play them properly and 175 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:34,800 Speaker 1: um and the opportunities we had in the game, I 176 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:37,640 Speaker 1: thought that we did a better job of it. So 177 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:43,720 Speaker 1: that's good. Great, Thanks Bill, Yeah, you're welcome. The last 178 00:11:43,760 --> 00:11:47,960 Speaker 1: question David Leagues aren't hey, coach, I was wondering if 179 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:50,640 Speaker 1: you could give me an assessment on Derek Rivers and 180 00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:57,480 Speaker 1: how he's done for a training camp in the preseason. Yeah. Well, 181 00:11:57,480 --> 00:11:59,280 Speaker 1: it's been great to have Derek out there. He's been 182 00:11:59,280 --> 00:12:03,840 Speaker 1: out there every day, hasn't missed anything from the beginning 183 00:12:03,880 --> 00:12:06,680 Speaker 1: of the off season program through the OTAs in the spring, 184 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:12,480 Speaker 1: to training camp and the preseason games. So nobody works 185 00:12:12,520 --> 00:12:18,720 Speaker 1: harder than Derek, and he has good a good skill set. 186 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:24,640 Speaker 1: He's worked to refine and improve that and he continues 187 00:12:24,679 --> 00:12:29,920 Speaker 1: to make progress every day. Again, without a lot of experience. 188 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:33,600 Speaker 1: He's only played in four preseason games, so there's still 189 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:38,319 Speaker 1: a long way to go. And sometimes things happen that 190 00:12:40,679 --> 00:12:44,680 Speaker 1: haven't happened him before, so that's a little bit new 191 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:48,079 Speaker 1: or different or not not quite the way, but he 192 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:52,480 Speaker 1: learns and adjusted very quickly. Unlike any young player, the 193 00:12:52,559 --> 00:12:55,800 Speaker 1: more they play, the more experience and confidence they get. 194 00:12:55,840 --> 00:13:00,680 Speaker 1: And if they work hard, which which Derek certainly does, UM, 195 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:08,839 Speaker 1: they improve and things that UM they might have when 196 00:13:08,880 --> 00:13:11,120 Speaker 1: they see it the second, third time, second and third 197 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:14,040 Speaker 1: time around, they do some things better than they did 198 00:13:14,080 --> 00:13:17,560 Speaker 1: the first time around. That's normal, UM, and and he's 199 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:21,880 Speaker 1: certainly in that. In that phase, Derek's been a lot 200 00:13:21,920 --> 00:13:24,240 Speaker 1: of things well, they said, a good camp, and he's 201 00:13:24,280 --> 00:13:30,320 Speaker 1: been a very competitive and productive player every day in 202 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:34,440 Speaker 1: practice and in the preseason games. UM. Still has a 203 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:36,120 Speaker 1: lot of things to work on and things that he 204 00:13:36,160 --> 00:13:38,760 Speaker 1: can improve on, but he's done a good job and 205 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:43,240 Speaker 1: he's competed well. Would you say that the lack of 206 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:46,120 Speaker 1: reps because of his torn apl played a factor into 207 00:13:46,160 --> 00:13:54,760 Speaker 1: why he played last night? UM? I mean not really, 208 00:13:57,760 --> 00:14:00,560 Speaker 1: you know. I mean if he had been something then 209 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:02,960 Speaker 1: different last year, I don't know, but it wasn't, so 210 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:07,880 Speaker 1: I'm not going to worry about that. UM. The decisions 211 00:14:07,920 --> 00:14:13,160 Speaker 1: we made all through the preseason. We're again to get 212 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:15,440 Speaker 1: players an opportunity and do we feel like it's best 213 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:18,920 Speaker 1: for the players and the team, and to try to 214 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:23,080 Speaker 1: have as productive an opportunity as we can with whatever 215 00:14:23,080 --> 00:14:28,160 Speaker 1: it is. We're talking about games, practices or meetings, walk 216 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:33,760 Speaker 1: throughs and everything else. We can't do it for everybody, UM, 217 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:37,680 Speaker 1: in every game every week, so it's broken up into 218 00:14:37,720 --> 00:14:44,640 Speaker 1: different opportunities and that's the best we can do. Thanks, 219 00:14:45,640 --> 00:14:48,560 Speaker 1: Thanks courage, Thanks welcome, all right, thank you