1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:03,240 Speaker 1: With someone Evans struggles and blocking any other night. How 2 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:05,040 Speaker 1: much of that is on you guys to put him 3 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:06,640 Speaker 1: in a bad position, and how much of that is 4 00:00:06,680 --> 00:00:08,480 Speaker 1: on him to just you know, execute better what he's 5 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:11,080 Speaker 1: asked to do. Yeah, we believe Evan can be a 6 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:14,680 Speaker 1: complete tight end. He's demonstrated that, uh at different times 7 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:17,480 Speaker 1: throughout his career and certainly during our time together and 8 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:20,520 Speaker 1: training camp up to this point. So we don't see 9 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:24,119 Speaker 1: him as a one dimensional player. He's only a receiver obviously, 10 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:27,400 Speaker 1: has very good receiving skills, He's got great speed to 11 00:00:27,400 --> 00:00:29,640 Speaker 1: get vertically down the field and can be a very 12 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:32,040 Speaker 1: good route runner. But we also see him as someone 13 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:35,080 Speaker 1: who's willing to do the stuff uh that that tight 14 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:37,280 Speaker 1: ends do. Play on the ball, with his hand on 15 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:40,880 Speaker 1: the ground, block the different ways that we're asking to block. 16 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:43,159 Speaker 1: Obviously a big challenge in the game the other night 17 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:46,720 Speaker 1: was blocking their edge guys ninety eight, you know, both 18 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:49,199 Speaker 1: for our tight ends and for our tackles, and I 19 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:51,360 Speaker 1: thought there were some, uh, there was good evidence of 20 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:53,640 Speaker 1: us being able to do that at different times collectively 21 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:55,880 Speaker 1: as a group, and other times it wasn't good enough. 22 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:58,440 Speaker 1: But we don't see Evan as a one dimensional player. 23 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:00,200 Speaker 1: We see him as a guy who can do all 24 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:03,240 Speaker 1: the things necessary uh to play tight end in this league, 25 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:05,600 Speaker 1: and his willingness to do that is something that we 26 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:09,360 Speaker 1: really think is is very positive for our team. Thanks 27 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:14,400 Speaker 1: Zay Jason. I'm I'm sure you weren't really happy with 28 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:16,600 Speaker 1: the rushing production the other night, and I'm curious, like 29 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:17,920 Speaker 1: when when you went back and watched the film, like 30 00:01:17,959 --> 00:01:19,479 Speaker 1: there were some things that stuck out that you guys 31 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:21,960 Speaker 1: need to improve on going into the next game. Well, obviously, 32 00:01:21,959 --> 00:01:25,920 Speaker 1: they're very challenging defense. They're great defensive front, and they've 33 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:28,160 Speaker 1: been a very good run defense for a long long time. 34 00:01:28,560 --> 00:01:31,080 Speaker 1: They came into the game with the idea of of 35 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:33,200 Speaker 1: not letting us run the football with based on what 36 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:36,160 Speaker 1: they played and and how they played it. Having said 37 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:37,759 Speaker 1: that we didn't run the ball the way we needed 38 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:41,080 Speaker 1: to run it. Uh. Even when you're playing against teams 39 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:44,399 Speaker 1: that are that are really concerned and focused on taking 40 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:46,840 Speaker 1: the runaway, you have to find ways to do it. 41 00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:49,240 Speaker 1: And I think if you look at the different runs 42 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:53,400 Speaker 1: we had, there were examples of situations where we got beat. Uh, 43 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:55,840 Speaker 1: their guys simply beat our guy. There are examples where 44 00:01:55,880 --> 00:01:59,480 Speaker 1: we didn't communicate well together and weren't on the same 45 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:02,160 Speaker 1: page and uh, and those are things we just simply 46 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:04,360 Speaker 1: have to clean up going forward. But you know, we 47 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 1: strive to be a balanced team to attack different ways. 48 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:09,680 Speaker 1: It starts with running pass and we have to do 49 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 1: a better job running the football. Thanks, Hey, coach. I'm 50 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:19,520 Speaker 1: curious um Tikky bobbing me some comments about se Kwon 51 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:23,080 Speaker 1: Barkley uh and his pass pro and that he if 52 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:25,240 Speaker 1: he continues not the past black, he shouldn't be on 53 00:02:25,240 --> 00:02:28,080 Speaker 1: the field and third downs. I'm curious about your feelings 54 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:31,120 Speaker 1: on that and what do you think about Bodley and 55 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 1: his past protection. Great respect for Tiki. First of all, 56 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:37,799 Speaker 1: he was a teammate of mine and uh, you know, 57 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:39,840 Speaker 1: I've known him for a long time and I really 58 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 1: respect him as a person and as a player in 59 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:45,799 Speaker 1: this league. You know. Having said that, you know, we 60 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:48,240 Speaker 1: really try to focus on, you know, what we need 61 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:51,320 Speaker 1: to do with our guys, uh and do in internal 62 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:54,640 Speaker 1: and evaluations of how they play. And uh. You know, 63 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:56,480 Speaker 1: one of the things we love about Si Kwan is 64 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:59,799 Speaker 1: his desire to be a complete back and that's run 65 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:02,800 Speaker 1: on the football both inside and outside. As a past 66 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 1: receiver and also as a past protector. Having said that, 67 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:09,560 Speaker 1: he can improve in all areas and that's something that 68 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:11,600 Speaker 1: we like so much about him, is his desire to 69 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:13,720 Speaker 1: come in and get better and strive to be a 70 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:17,400 Speaker 1: complete back. So there was some examples of him blocking 71 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 1: well in the passing game the other night. There were 72 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:22,080 Speaker 1: some examples of him not uh, you know, blocking as 73 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 1: well as he needs to, and he knows that we're 74 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:26,240 Speaker 1: working on that. We're trying to get him better in 75 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:29,680 Speaker 1: that area. But we love his approach, we love his 76 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:31,480 Speaker 1: desire to be a complete back and that's going to 77 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:39,480 Speaker 1: help him and our team going forward. Bro Hey, Jason, um, 78 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:42,760 Speaker 1: I assume that you're not worried about se Kwan Barkley obviously, 79 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:45,120 Speaker 1: you know there's a lot of talent there. But can 80 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 1: you say the same about your offensive line? Are you 81 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 1: concerned about what you saw and what did you think 82 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:52,400 Speaker 1: you saw out of him in the opener? You know, 83 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:55,400 Speaker 1: there's no question there's a challenge for our whole football 84 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:58,680 Speaker 1: team to to to you know, get our team to 85 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:01,720 Speaker 1: the next level, and that applies to every aspect of it, 86 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:05,040 Speaker 1: every unit, uh you know, on our team and all 87 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:07,880 Speaker 1: the position groups within that and really all aspects of 88 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 1: our running of our offense. So, uh, we want to 89 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:14,120 Speaker 1: run the ball better than we did. Everybody's got a 90 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:17,360 Speaker 1: piece of that, Uh, you know, from the coaching staff, uh, 91 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:20,840 Speaker 1: to each individual player, to the different position groups. Uh, 92 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 1: we're all a part of that thing. And uh, you 93 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:24,800 Speaker 1: know what you do is you go back and you 94 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:26,760 Speaker 1: look at when it was good. There were a couple 95 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:29,440 Speaker 1: of three snaps when we did run the ball well 96 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:31,440 Speaker 1: in the game. There were many more we didn't run 97 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:34,120 Speaker 1: the ball well enough. And you look for reasons as 98 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:37,360 Speaker 1: to why that's the case. Uh. You know, obviously it's 99 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:39,640 Speaker 1: it's a new mix of players. Up front, we have 100 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:42,440 Speaker 1: to do a better job communicating. There's some young players 101 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:44,839 Speaker 1: who haven't played very much before. They have to learn 102 00:04:44,839 --> 00:04:47,280 Speaker 1: and grow from their experiences. You know what we love 103 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:50,560 Speaker 1: about those guys as their approach is outstanding and they've 104 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:53,640 Speaker 1: been very coachable right from the start. And uh, there's 105 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:57,120 Speaker 1: no better coaching and learning opportunity than a game. And 106 00:04:57,120 --> 00:04:58,760 Speaker 1: so you come out of that game and say, Okay, 107 00:04:58,839 --> 00:05:01,200 Speaker 1: what was positive, what can we build on? What overre 108 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:03,880 Speaker 1: some of the areas where we have to improve, And again, 109 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:06,560 Speaker 1: their approach is outstanding, and you know we started that 110 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:10,359 Speaker 1: process yesterday in the practice field. That will continue today. 111 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:14,200 Speaker 1: We got time for two more. Don't leave me in Lombardo, 112 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:20,680 Speaker 1: Don't leave me. Jason wondering about Daniel and obviously a 113 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:23,119 Speaker 1: lot has been made of the interception in the end zone. 114 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:26,720 Speaker 1: How does he correct that? And what was let's take 115 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:30,480 Speaker 1: that kids away the other twenty decisions Uh he made 116 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:33,039 Speaker 1: in the passing game. What did you think of those? Yeah? 117 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:35,039 Speaker 1: I thought in a lot of ways, Daniel played a 118 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 1: very good game the other night. I think if you 119 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:40,599 Speaker 1: look at his overall decision making, um, I thought it 120 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:42,960 Speaker 1: was really pretty good. I thought he made a lot 121 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:46,120 Speaker 1: of a lot of really good plays, and sometimes in 122 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:48,839 Speaker 1: an environment that was challenging, whether it's down or distance 123 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:51,039 Speaker 1: people around him, I thought he stood in there and 124 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:55,160 Speaker 1: made some really good throws throughout the game. Obviously, Uh 125 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:58,800 Speaker 1: you want to make that uh take that decision that 126 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 1: he made down on the goal and uh you want 127 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:03,520 Speaker 1: that one back. He'd be the first to tell you that. 128 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:06,359 Speaker 1: And again, uh, you know, he's a young player and 129 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:09,000 Speaker 1: he's gonna learn from these experiences. But he did a 130 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:10,479 Speaker 1: lot of good things that we can build on. And 131 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:13,880 Speaker 1: there's certainly plenty of areas to correct. But I say 132 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:16,480 Speaker 1: this again as approach is outstanding and he's a very 133 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:20,800 Speaker 1: coachable guy, and we'll learn from the experience. Is that 134 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:23,320 Speaker 1: you did a lot of unique things with three tight 135 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:26,400 Speaker 1: end sets. One receivers that a lot of interesting formations. 136 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:29,719 Speaker 1: Is that something you feel like maybe you've grown the 137 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:32,159 Speaker 1: way the NFL has changed since the last you know 138 00:06:32,279 --> 00:06:34,360 Speaker 1: time you're calling plays. Ever, is that always a big 139 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:36,599 Speaker 1: part of your playbook? Yeah, you know, we've always used 140 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:38,919 Speaker 1: the three tight end sets. That's something that's been a 141 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:42,160 Speaker 1: big part of it. You know, sometimes based on you know, 142 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:45,560 Speaker 1: the personnel that you have available to you, or the 143 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:48,520 Speaker 1: scheme the defense might be playing, you know, you might 144 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:51,120 Speaker 1: use more of those things one week and less of 145 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:53,440 Speaker 1: them the next week. So, you know, we we try 146 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:57,560 Speaker 1: to be a multiple offense that starts with running pass uh, 147 00:06:57,680 --> 00:07:00,800 Speaker 1: goes to personnel groupings and UH you know how you 148 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:04,200 Speaker 1: use formations and motions and tempo and all of those 149 00:07:04,279 --> 00:07:06,719 Speaker 1: kinds of things. So you try to do what's best 150 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:09,840 Speaker 1: for your team, playing to the strengths of your team, 151 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:12,240 Speaker 1: you know, maybe trying to neutralize some of the weaknesses 152 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:15,200 Speaker 1: you might have and similly trying to attack you know 153 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:20,000 Speaker 1: the weaknesses of the opponent and neutralize their strengths. So 154 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:22,320 Speaker 1: that's something will do every week, and you know, we'll 155 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:25,000 Speaker 1: have different game plans for the opponent that we play 156 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:31,040 Speaker 1: to try to accomplish those things. Last question here in Lombardo, Hey, Jason, 157 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:35,320 Speaker 1: you guys didn't seem to do a lot of pre 158 00:07:35,360 --> 00:07:38,480 Speaker 1: snap motion on Monday night, and I'm curious what went 159 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:41,160 Speaker 1: into that decision and if that's something that um when 160 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:43,920 Speaker 1: the offensive line is struggling that maybe you would consider 161 00:07:43,960 --> 00:07:45,880 Speaker 1: doing a little bit more because it seems like quarterbacks 162 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:50,240 Speaker 1: around the league tends to benefit from that. Yes, certainly, 163 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:52,320 Speaker 1: that's that's always been a big part of what we've done, 164 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 1: use of formation, shifts and motions. We also use tempo, 165 00:07:56,480 --> 00:07:58,080 Speaker 1: and we used a lot of tempo in the game. 166 00:07:58,080 --> 00:07:59,760 Speaker 1: There's a lot of no huddle. I don't know if 167 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:01,920 Speaker 1: you could you could figure that out, you know, watching 168 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:04,320 Speaker 1: it on TV, but that was a big part of it. 169 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:06,760 Speaker 1: So when you're doing that, you know, you might be 170 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:08,720 Speaker 1: in the shifts in motion world a little bit less 171 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:10,680 Speaker 1: than you typically would be if you were coming out 172 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:11,119 Speaker 1: of the huddle.