1 00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:03,720 Speaker 1: Day four, you know, so we're just working through the 2 00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:07,400 Speaker 1: first phase here, the padded practices. Um, you know, it's 3 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:09,280 Speaker 1: important we get out here and get a lot of 4 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:12,360 Speaker 1: good work done like we did yesterday, and you know, 5 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:15,000 Speaker 1: behind the scenes, you know, we just keep working with 6 00:00:15,040 --> 00:00:18,759 Speaker 1: the players so that they they embrace getting the proper sleep, 7 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:22,840 Speaker 1: proper rest, eating proper meals, and then hydrating properly so 8 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:27,920 Speaker 1: that once the practice is over, their thoughts go immediately 9 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:31,639 Speaker 1: to recovery. So those are the three components of making 10 00:00:31,680 --> 00:00:34,120 Speaker 1: sure they can come out the next day and train 11 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:37,440 Speaker 1: and increase their workloads. So that's what we're going through. 12 00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:39,800 Speaker 1: I'm assuming the thirty one other teams are doing the 13 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:42,800 Speaker 1: same thing, and um, we're just looking forward to day 14 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:45,920 Speaker 1: two and PADS. So I'll take your questions. You have 15 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:49,040 Speaker 1: these three straight days in paths, Now do they do 16 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:51,279 Speaker 1: they get ramped up or are they even or they 17 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:53,920 Speaker 1: go downhill? Well, there's certain things we want to get done. 18 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 1: You saw yesterday we embraced the red zone. We did 19 00:00:57,640 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 1: you know, our first seven on seven in the red 20 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:04,880 Speaker 1: zone on so you know, you're we're working situational football. Um, 21 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 1: you guys aren't privy to the scripts. You know, one 22 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:10,600 Speaker 1: of our team periods was all first downs. So you know, 23 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:14,199 Speaker 1: we're always teaching situational football. So every segment of plays 24 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:17,480 Speaker 1: or a group of things that we're doing, um, speaks 25 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:19,680 Speaker 1: to a part of our game. And so over the 26 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:22,600 Speaker 1: next couple of days we'll try to hit all those areas. 27 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:28,000 Speaker 1: You're selling a new offense and defense. Do you expect 28 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:29,960 Speaker 1: wanting to be ahead of the other based on like 29 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:32,840 Speaker 1: where you you know your experience from. No, when you've 30 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 1: done this in the past is to take longer and 31 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 1: offense or defense. No, I'm expecting it to be very competitive. 32 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:43,120 Speaker 1: I'm expecting the offense to execute well and I'm expecting 33 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 1: the defense to do the same, and expect the offense 34 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:50,320 Speaker 1: to do things to score points and the defense too. Um, 35 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:52,880 Speaker 1: keep my the end zone and so along the way. 36 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:55,720 Speaker 1: Those are the things we're we're working on. And you'll 37 00:01:55,760 --> 00:01:57,680 Speaker 1: see out there. I mean it's easy to do the math. 38 00:01:57,760 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 1: Every once in a while you'll say, well, this guy 39 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:02,640 Speaker 1: gave up, this, this guy give But it's a competitive situation. 40 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:06,320 Speaker 1: We're all out there getting better. Um. Sometimes the mistakes 41 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 1: that show up in practice are very important. Uh. If 42 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:13,320 Speaker 1: it weren't important, then you wouldn't practice because when a 43 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:17,440 Speaker 1: mistake occurs, what typically happens, at least our mindset is 44 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 1: first the player admits he made a mistake. Then he 45 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:26,440 Speaker 1: gets with his coach or whoever, uh, they discuss how 46 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:28,560 Speaker 1: they're gonna fix it, They go about fixing it, and 47 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 1: they move on to the next play and hopefully not 48 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:33,560 Speaker 1: make that mistake again. So that's why, as we're out 49 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:37,240 Speaker 1: there competing, as long as we're all about the ball 50 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 1: and negotiating the ground and staying off the ground and 51 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:43,079 Speaker 1: and doing all and being a good teammate, we can 52 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:46,040 Speaker 1: practice any phase of our game and and get through 53 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:48,800 Speaker 1: those mistakes. You're talking how you like the movie receivers around. 54 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:52,480 Speaker 1: What are the benefits of borrowdut when he's in the slot? Well, 55 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 1: any receiver, I think, you know, from a any time, 56 00:02:56,400 --> 00:02:59,359 Speaker 1: the defense can predict exactly where you're gonna be all 57 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:02,720 Speaker 1: the time. If you're an offense that only runs one protection, 58 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:05,640 Speaker 1: you're you're gonna get nailed, you know. Or if the 59 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:09,000 Speaker 1: receivers only in one spot all the time, it's it's easier, 60 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:12,240 Speaker 1: you know, that player is easier to defend. So I 61 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:16,000 Speaker 1: think I'm speaking to the obvious. If you move them around. 62 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:18,960 Speaker 1: You know, hopefully they gotta at least have some meetings 63 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:23,000 Speaker 1: and decide how they want to cover them from an 64 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:27,000 Speaker 1: extension to the offensive line to uh a fact in 65 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:30,359 Speaker 1: a running game, to being valuable as a reverse or 66 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:32,720 Speaker 1: option in passing game. How important is a position of 67 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 1: role and how importness to have position to this all offense? 68 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:39,320 Speaker 1: You answered the question better than I could. You know, 69 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:42,640 Speaker 1: I think, and I'm I was trying to be funny there. 70 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 1: I think. I think, Um, it's a critical position because 71 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:50,640 Speaker 1: you know that's the one other than the quarterback, that's 72 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:53,720 Speaker 1: the one connection to the run game, UH, to the 73 00:03:53,760 --> 00:03:57,000 Speaker 1: passing game, and then obviously the protection game. So those 74 00:03:57,040 --> 00:04:00,760 Speaker 1: players need to be efficient. As we know, tight ends, 75 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:03,720 Speaker 1: you know they have a redeeming quality. You know you 76 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:06,120 Speaker 1: can look in fact, I would encourage you to do this, 77 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:09,000 Speaker 1: go through the league and and just take all the 78 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:11,680 Speaker 1: tight ends and what's his redeeming qualities your past receiver? 79 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:13,839 Speaker 1: Is he more of a blocker? Is he a guy 80 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:16,159 Speaker 1: that can do both and play on all three downs? 81 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 1: Hopefully you have a good guy and your roster that 82 00:04:19,080 --> 00:04:21,159 Speaker 1: can be all those things. That's why I think it 83 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:23,039 Speaker 1: takes a village at tight end and we got to 84 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:26,800 Speaker 1: just use them, uh strategically to get the best out 85 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:29,440 Speaker 1: of their skill set. Yesterday, Um, um, it looked like 86 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:33,520 Speaker 1: Lorenzo Carter got some pressure up the middle. Um is 87 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:37,200 Speaker 1: that something? Um? Yeah, it was a twist stunt. But yeah, 88 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:39,240 Speaker 1: I mean is that you know you kind of think 89 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:42,039 Speaker 1: of him as a the outside you don't beg edge guy. 90 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:43,600 Speaker 1: I mean does he can he do both? I mean 91 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:46,080 Speaker 1: how important that? Yeah? I mean he's working through it. 92 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:48,880 Speaker 1: I think he has. You know, one of his redeeming 93 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:52,359 Speaker 1: qualities were down that road right now. So one of 94 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:57,080 Speaker 1: his redeeming qualities is he's an excellent edge player. But 95 00:04:57,240 --> 00:04:59,599 Speaker 1: you also have to be able to work in conjunction 96 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:02,000 Speaker 1: with line stunts and and so those are things that 97 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:04,440 Speaker 1: we're trying to get out of him. He's a big athlete, 98 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:07,200 Speaker 1: that's very long and Um, he's just working through it. 99 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:12,360 Speaker 1: But bringing Connor Barwin in say anything about the quarter 100 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:15,880 Speaker 1: in the same position. No, No, Actually we brought him 101 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:18,400 Speaker 1: in to us to try to help Carter as well. 102 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:22,840 Speaker 1: You know, Connor Barwin's got some good rushes left in him. 103 00:05:22,839 --> 00:05:25,280 Speaker 1: I think he saw that yesterday. He's a very veteran 104 00:05:25,320 --> 00:05:29,480 Speaker 1: player and along the way these veteran players help rookies, 105 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:32,360 Speaker 1: and so no, I don't think you can have too 106 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:37,479 Speaker 1: many edged players. I really don't, um, because at some 107 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:40,719 Speaker 1: point we're rushing for they're dropping back and throwing and 108 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:42,600 Speaker 1: we've gotta be able to get pressure and we're gonna 109 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:47,880 Speaker 1: be able to cover. Which understanding that understanding that you 110 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:51,080 Speaker 1: don't really get to truly evaluate offensive linemen of the pads. 111 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:53,400 Speaker 1: Come on, what have you seen from Flowers apart? And 112 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:56,280 Speaker 1: what do you think of the depth second teamers at 113 00:05:56,440 --> 00:05:59,360 Speaker 1: offensive tackle? Yeah, I think I think Eric had a 114 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:02,000 Speaker 1: good day yester today. Um. I think he he got 115 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:04,359 Speaker 1: comfortable through the backhand of the O. T A s 116 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:08,279 Speaker 1: at right tackle. Um. He's been competing real well in 117 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:11,200 Speaker 1: both the run and the passing game, and um, I 118 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:13,560 Speaker 1: think he's had I think he had a good day yesterday. 119 00:06:14,520 --> 00:06:19,159 Speaker 1: And then the backups I'm sorry, yeah, uh yeah, I 120 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:21,240 Speaker 1: mean I think when we put the second group in there, 121 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:25,080 Speaker 1: I think they're they're very competitive guys. And you know, 122 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:29,119 Speaker 1: the backups, we've got a mixture of experience and youth, 123 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:33,760 Speaker 1: and so as we go through the whole idea of 124 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:36,599 Speaker 1: training for the preseason games is then to see them 125 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:40,520 Speaker 1: do it in game action and so, um, yeah, I'm 126 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 1: hopeful that we're going to get a couple of good 127 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:45,560 Speaker 1: players out of that backup group. Kind of, I'm guessing that. 128 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:49,120 Speaker 1: I'm guessing Dante Dion was not a player you knew 129 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:51,279 Speaker 1: a lot about when you got here. Uh what what 130 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:54,560 Speaker 1: has he shown you? I guess since uh, yeah, Well, 131 00:06:54,560 --> 00:06:57,200 Speaker 1: he's one of those guys that, Um, he's done a 132 00:06:57,200 --> 00:07:00,360 Speaker 1: good job. You know, he's you've seen him most mostly 133 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:05,040 Speaker 1: in the slot covering. I mean, he's got good cover skills. Um, 134 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:06,800 Speaker 1: he must have felt like he had done some lifting 135 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:09,520 Speaker 1: this summer. He like uncovered his arms yesterday, So I 136 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:12,680 Speaker 1: was giving him some grief about that. Um, But no, 137 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:15,920 Speaker 1: he's got very good cover skills. He's very competitive. He 138 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:18,040 Speaker 1: has a knack for getting his hand on the ball. 139 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:20,320 Speaker 1: You know, you've seen him be a little bit disruptive 140 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:22,600 Speaker 1: on some throws and actually get a couple interceptions. So 141 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:25,480 Speaker 1: I would say that's that's pretty much what he is 142 00:07:25,520 --> 00:07:28,520 Speaker 1: at this point. What have you seen from your defensive 143 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:30,800 Speaker 1: on You've got a couple of young guys there, Tomlinson, 144 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:33,920 Speaker 1: second year, b J. Hill, You've been rotating in there. 145 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:37,040 Speaker 1: What have they shown you so far? Well, you know, 146 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:40,040 Speaker 1: it's still early. And again yesterday being the first day, 147 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:43,720 Speaker 1: I think they were a little bit disruptive at times. Um, 148 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:46,560 Speaker 1: but no, b J. Hill is coming coming really fast. 149 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:50,400 Speaker 1: And then Thomas and I think he's dalvin Is is 150 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:53,680 Speaker 1: a really good player. Um So I'm getting used to them, 151 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:55,280 Speaker 1: you know. And then and now you see them in 152 00:07:55,320 --> 00:07:58,679 Speaker 1: there with pads on. I'm getting a quicker, better feel 153 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:01,360 Speaker 1: for you know, how we're going to rotate those guys 154 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:08,400 Speaker 1: in there practice yesterday? Uh yeah, John Jerry left practice 155 00:08:08,480 --> 00:08:12,680 Speaker 1: yesterday he had an upset stomach and um so we 156 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:17,480 Speaker 1: got him checked out. He'll be out there today. He's fine. Sterling, Sterling. 157 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:19,080 Speaker 1: Sphard looks like he had the kind of a foot 158 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 1: thing going on. He's fine.