1 00:00:01,760 --> 00:00:03,800 Speaker 1: Yes, What do you like about him as a player? 2 00:00:03,840 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: How capable is he? Um? What I like about Nick 3 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:08,399 Speaker 1: Gates as a players? First of all, he's he's a 4 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:14,800 Speaker 1: tough guy. He plays with athleticism and balance. UM conceptual player. 5 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:18,759 Speaker 1: He kind of does everything you ask him to do, 6 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:21,600 Speaker 1: and so I like everything about him. I think he's 7 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:24,320 Speaker 1: got the mental makeup and he's got some physical tools. 8 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:27,280 Speaker 1: And what he needs the most is any young player 9 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:29,120 Speaker 1: needs to play more. He needs to play what he 10 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:32,360 Speaker 1: did in the preseason and all the different positions he played. 11 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:35,320 Speaker 1: He played all five positions in the preseason, So he 12 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:38,919 Speaker 1: shows a lot of proms. I'm glad we have him. 13 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:42,320 Speaker 1: You guys had so much consistency this year on the line. 14 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:45,919 Speaker 1: How do you think the various injuries in the substitutions. Well, 15 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:48,160 Speaker 1: we'll see what We'll see what happens come game day 16 00:00:48,479 --> 00:00:50,080 Speaker 1: and who's up and who's not up. I mean, the 17 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:54,360 Speaker 1: bottom line is, every single week, everybody's got injuries and 18 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:56,800 Speaker 1: at every position, including the offensive line, You've got with 19 00:00:56,880 --> 00:00:58,560 Speaker 1: five guys out there you need to win with. So 20 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:01,920 Speaker 1: basically you're always coaching two offensive lines. The one that 21 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:04,320 Speaker 1: you're getting ready to play on Sunday, and the one 22 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:06,800 Speaker 1: you may have to play next Sunday. So that I mean, 23 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 1: I've been coaching Nick Gates, and I've been coaching Evan Brown, 24 00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:12,120 Speaker 1: and I've been coaching Spencer Polly, and I've been s 25 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:15,640 Speaker 1: coached coaching Slade and Eric for those guys so that 26 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:17,560 Speaker 1: when they do have all of sudden, I didn't start 27 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 1: coaching him this week. I've been coaching that guy for 28 00:01:19,319 --> 00:01:21,120 Speaker 1: months so that when he is at time to step in, 29 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:22,960 Speaker 1: you have to do that, and every position has to 30 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:24,840 Speaker 1: do that. You have to be always proactive because as 31 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:27,680 Speaker 1: we know, the game of football, especially in the NFL, 32 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:29,600 Speaker 1: is a game of injury, and your next man has 33 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:31,679 Speaker 1: to always be up. But it's my job to make 34 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:33,480 Speaker 1: sure when that next guy comes up that I've got 35 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:36,160 Speaker 1: him prepared. And I didn't wait until wait till this 36 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:39,400 Speaker 1: past Wednesday to start getting a guy ready. Why are 37 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:43,399 Speaker 1: um We talked all along about PO and Pulley, how 38 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:46,319 Speaker 1: you guys felt like you had six starters instead of five. 39 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:50,880 Speaker 1: I'm just curious, from a player standpoint, how different is 40 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:55,120 Speaker 1: Spencer Pulley than PO? And what do you expect if 41 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:57,720 Speaker 1: you do expect anything different. I don't expect anything different. 42 00:01:57,720 --> 00:01:59,200 Speaker 1: I mean, people play really good for us last year. 43 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:00,560 Speaker 1: I went back and watch up of the games from 44 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:02,440 Speaker 1: last year just to look at him and seeing how 45 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 1: he's how he played last year. Um, he's a smart players, 46 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:07,880 Speaker 1: a tough players, probably bigger and stronger than you've ever been. 47 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:10,639 Speaker 1: I've kind of monitored these guys how they've they've progressed, 48 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:14,080 Speaker 1: and he is actually about nine to ten pounds heavier. 49 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 1: He's a lot stronger, So I expect more physical play 50 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:19,920 Speaker 1: out of him. Um, he's a cerebral player. He's a 51 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:23,800 Speaker 1: functional player. He plays with athleticism. Honestly, we should not 52 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:25,560 Speaker 1: we I don't expect him as a beat. To say 53 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:27,440 Speaker 1: that you're gonna bess a beat, I think is making 54 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:30,800 Speaker 1: an excuse. I expect for him. I expect that he 55 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 1: will play and demand that he will play every bit 56 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:36,760 Speaker 1: as good as Peo did. That's what I expect, and 57 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:38,239 Speaker 1: that's what he has to do for us. When there's 58 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:40,840 Speaker 1: no excuse, Well he's not, you know, uh, you won't 59 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 1: play overall? How do you can? You just assess your 60 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:47,560 Speaker 1: run blocking and pass blocking, what you liked about it 61 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:49,440 Speaker 1: and what you're thinking. Okay, the one the one thing 62 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 1: that I think is really important is within the concept 63 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:55,320 Speaker 1: in terms of the safe terms of the run game. 64 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:58,919 Speaker 1: There's usually ten guys involved in a run game. First 65 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:01,240 Speaker 1: and foremost is the often of line we bear the 66 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:04,880 Speaker 1: most burden. And then with that is the tight ends 67 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:07,799 Speaker 1: and the fullbacks and the receivers and the running back 68 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:11,400 Speaker 1: and all those things come together. And the thing that 69 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:14,040 Speaker 1: disappoints me the most right now is you are normally 70 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 1: in each play we are like one block away, we've 71 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:19,040 Speaker 1: got four guys doing something right, or we've got seven 72 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:21,399 Speaker 1: eight guys doing something and one guy is doing something wrong, 73 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:24,720 Speaker 1: and that one guy makes the play, and you look 74 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:26,760 Speaker 1: on the other side of the corn. On defense, you 75 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:30,680 Speaker 1: could have seven guys getting blocked and one guy scurtched 76 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:32,440 Speaker 1: through and makes a tackle for one yeard game, and like, 77 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:34,680 Speaker 1: what a great defensive play. And and that's that's the 78 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:37,240 Speaker 1: problem right now. But I think for for the run 79 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:39,280 Speaker 1: the football, which I've said before, is the hardest thing 80 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:42,320 Speaker 1: to do in the game of football against overloaded boxes, 81 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:45,640 Speaker 1: there is no room for air. Everybody. It's it's it's 82 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:47,600 Speaker 1: a lot of one on one or two on two matchups, 83 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:50,640 Speaker 1: and you have to through your assignment and your fundamentals. 84 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:52,880 Speaker 1: You have to execute. To say that I'm pleased with 85 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 1: the run blocking right now, I'd be lying I'm not. 86 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:57,280 Speaker 1: I'm not pleased with the run blocking until we're rushing 87 00:03:57,280 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 1: the ball for you know, a buck twenty a game. 88 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:02,960 Speaker 1: And so what's the issue right now? It ain't. It's 89 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:06,240 Speaker 1: not preparation, it's not one to it's not effort. What 90 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:08,280 Speaker 1: it is when when the rubber hits the road and 91 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:10,120 Speaker 1: you're in that one on one fist fight with that 92 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 1: guy up front, do you technically outmatch him and beat 93 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 1: him or does he beat you? And that's what offensive 94 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 1: line play is. It's seventy five one on one fist 95 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:21,040 Speaker 1: fights every single game. Same thing in the past pro 96 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:24,200 Speaker 1: you know, an offensive lineman, we average seventy snaps a game. 97 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:26,520 Speaker 1: A guy like Nate Solder, we'll go back to this 98 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:28,839 Speaker 1: past week because he's been the guy that's has struggled 99 00:04:28,839 --> 00:04:31,240 Speaker 1: at time. So he came back, he probably had a 100 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:36,039 Speaker 1: seventy five snaps, He probably graded positive on sixty snaps, 101 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:39,680 Speaker 1: and he had one bad play. But that right there, 102 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:42,200 Speaker 1: that bad play that can't happen. Whereas the defensive line 103 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:45,039 Speaker 1: can get blocked for sixty five plays and he gets 104 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:47,520 Speaker 1: a tackle for loss of pressure in a sack and 105 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:49,880 Speaker 1: he had a great game. But that's the difference between 106 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:52,600 Speaker 1: offense and defensive line play. Offensive line play is all 107 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:55,240 Speaker 1: about consistency. We don't have to make a great play. 108 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:57,599 Speaker 1: We're not throwing a touchdown pass or making a long run. 109 00:04:57,960 --> 00:05:00,520 Speaker 1: But what we have to be is consistent play after 110 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 1: play after play and block our guy. And if we do, 111 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:05,760 Speaker 1: if we do get you're gonna get beat and you're 112 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 1: not gonna win every single play. But if you go 113 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:10,880 Speaker 1: do get beat it. It can't be a disaster play. 114 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:12,520 Speaker 1: It can't be a play where the kind of guy 115 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:14,760 Speaker 1: losing it comes in and smashes a quarterback, where it 116 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:17,080 Speaker 1: tackles the back for I can't be a no hitter. 117 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:19,520 Speaker 1: You know that. That's that that can't happen. That's just 118 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:22,880 Speaker 1: that's the consistency of offensive line play and it has 119 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:25,120 Speaker 1: to be there every single deal. And so again, as 120 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:29,720 Speaker 1: we continue to move and go in to the right direction, 121 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:34,799 Speaker 1: we have to continue to play with more consistency. Um 122 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:38,159 Speaker 1: basically fundamentally, because there's not been a lot of breakdown 123 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:41,480 Speaker 1: schematically and so and it starts with me. I take 124 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:44,080 Speaker 1: the burden on these guys. I take the forefront it. 125 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:47,000 Speaker 1: It's my job to coach the players. Uh let me 126 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 1: let me see I put this coaches coach and players play. 127 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:52,920 Speaker 1: But it's the job of the coach and the player 128 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:55,520 Speaker 1: to work together to try to get the right outcome, 129 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:58,359 Speaker 1: just like teachers teaching students learn, but you work together 130 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:00,680 Speaker 1: so they can succeed. That's that's on me. So I 131 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:03,200 Speaker 1: you know, we that's the that's the what we have 132 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:05,560 Speaker 1: and that's how we're we're working at it. M