Speaker 1: Uh.
Speaker 2: I thought it was another good day of practicing pads
Speaker 2: col orchestrated practice to day where we had a lot
Speaker 2: of situational stuff, which I thought was great to try
Speaker 2: to create some true simulations of uh of game like football.
Speaker 2: So uh, I thought the guys did a good job
Speaker 2: uh going through those scenarios and getting better today.
Speaker 3: And with that, I take your questions.
Speaker 4: Guys, UH seem to be blitzing a lot out there.
Speaker 4: You are you pretty happy with the way you guys
Speaker 4: are timing that up? Is it meeting your specifications?
Speaker 3: Oh? I don't. I don't.
Speaker 2: I don't think we blitzing that much. Do you think
Speaker 2: we blitzing a lot more than we've seen in the past. Well,
Speaker 2: I I think, Uh, the timing has been great at times.
Speaker 2: You know, sometimes we're giving it up a little too
Speaker 2: little too early, but uh, again it's practice. We're working
Speaker 2: through the kinks. But uh, most importantly, I like just
Speaker 2: the effort, the way these guys are flying around, uh
Speaker 2: getting to the football, and our focus is always on
Speaker 2: the fundamentals and technique. So uh, those are the things
Speaker 2: that I'm seeing that I'm really in pressed about right now.
Speaker 4: You mentioned a few times to the work that Javon
Speaker 4: has put in.
Speaker 3: Uhs even since you've been here.
Speaker 5: When when you watch the tape last year and then
Speaker 5: you watch him now, is he is he showing you
Speaker 5: more things just in terms of like having a a
Speaker 5: deeper tool box of moves and things that that maybe
Speaker 5: he hasn't shown in the past.
Speaker 2: Uh.
Speaker 3: I I think he's fresh. I think he's healthy. Uh.
Speaker 2: You seeing a lot of explosion off the line. Uh,
Speaker 2: violent hands and really he's playing with a lot of
Speaker 2: confidence right now.
Speaker 3: You know.
Speaker 2: I love when I see him when the play is
Speaker 2: down the field and he turns and runs about you know,
Speaker 2: thirty forty five yards down the field. It's phenomenal just
Speaker 2: to see a man of that size move the way
Speaker 2: he does. So I'm happy right now where he is
Speaker 2: and hopefully can continue to progress. You work a lot
Speaker 2: of one on ones with the DVS, but with Amverry
Speaker 2: Thomas specifically.
Speaker 4: Was he someone that you identified when you first got here,
Speaker 4: is maybe hadn't reached his potential and needed a little
Speaker 4: bit of best struggle?
Speaker 3: Uh?
Speaker 2: I feel like y he def definitely has the potent
Speaker 2: and it's not just so much one individual, but he
Speaker 2: needs to progress and grow from last year. I think
Speaker 2: he has the skill set and were just really trying
Speaker 2: to hone that and just pull really the best out
Speaker 2: in him along with all the others. So my time,
Speaker 2: particularly doing special teams, when I can grab one or
Speaker 2: two guys just to work on the fundamentals and technique
Speaker 2: is awesome. And then we have things that we orchestrate.
Speaker 2: Daniel Bullock and I doing an individual period that we
Speaker 2: try to separate safeties in corners, so we're really trying
Speaker 2: to hone in on the pacifics.
Speaker 1: What are you seen in the area of takeaways a
Speaker 1: few of the defenders, I said, you know what, do
Speaker 1: a really good defense, You got to get the ball.
Speaker 3: And I think.
Speaker 1: Gibson's had a couple interceptions during camp and there might
Speaker 1: be two more, but there hasn't been a ton. But
Speaker 1: guys aren't getting their hands on the ball. What are
Speaker 1: you seeing in that area?
Speaker 2: Well, I think number one, you can't really like stress
Speaker 2: it to the point where if it's not happening now
Speaker 2: we're close, it's gonna eventually show up. So Gibson got
Speaker 2: one today which I thought was phenomenal. H. But we
Speaker 2: are close to the ball. H. It's something that we
Speaker 2: emphasize and talk about in the meetings. We have takeaway
Speaker 2: circuits those kind of things. But I eventually feel like
Speaker 2: the turn takeaways are gonna come for sure.
Speaker 3: A lot of.
Speaker 1: Impression has been h DeShawn Jamison recy.
Speaker 2: Very impressed, very impressed, and I think, uh, some of
Speaker 2: the receivers were talking about him the other day. He
Speaker 2: has definitely made strides from the spring and just came
Speaker 2: back and built on uh to his repertoire and just
Speaker 2: his toolbox. I think the one thing that he's doing
Speaker 2: with his technique, he's standing more square in his back pedal,
Speaker 2: which is allowing him to be a to see and
Speaker 2: visualize more of the field route concepts, see the quarterback,
Speaker 2: and he's doing a great job of breaking on the
Speaker 2: ball is man and man technique. He's great at the
Speaker 2: line of scrimmage, and he's doing a good job at
Speaker 2: the topping and the route the point of emphasis that
Speaker 2: I talk about all the time, that's where we got
Speaker 2: to win.
Speaker 3: So you see him doing a lot of good things.
Speaker 5: How does a guy javers Ward said, he he's watching
Speaker 5: him because he's so patient at his back pedal and
Speaker 5: he's like learning from him.
Speaker 4: Which was striking because Ward is quite.
Speaker 1: Good and.
Speaker 4: Since draft Urki, But I I mean.
Speaker 2: Is that an area I Uh, I mean to cut
Speaker 2: you off. I don't think it's so much about number one.
Speaker 2: I'll say this, we can learn from anyone that's number one.
Speaker 2: And then number two, I think is more of the
Speaker 2: technique that they probably have played here in the past
Speaker 2: that they weren't used to stay in square.
Speaker 3: So now he's seeing.
Speaker 2: A guy that came out of college's probably taught that
Speaker 2: And those are the things that I'm bringing and when
Speaker 2: he does it, he does it well.
Speaker 3: So those are the things that we're trying to get
Speaker 3: him to do.
Speaker 2: And I think right now the times that he's in there,
Speaker 2: you see him progression and getting better and talking about money.
Speaker 4: See how does a player like Jameson who played a
Speaker 4: big conference get passed over uh in the draft? And
Speaker 4: and were you instrumental in him and bringing him here?
Speaker 2: First question? That happens every year, you know, Uh, A
Speaker 2: lot of guys bloom late. Uh, a lot of guys
Speaker 2: come in. There's different things based off their system, how
Speaker 2: they taught the technique and whatnot.
Speaker 3: Uh. And then I would say this, John and.
Speaker 2: His staff does a tremendous job and identifying certain guys
Speaker 2: down the line like Jamison and once we were able
Speaker 2: to watch him on tape with the scouts brought to us.
Speaker 3: We're very impressed and wanted to get 'em in roa.
Speaker 4: Ch just one or another. You've had a couple of
Speaker 4: patient practices behind you. Guys. Where do you think the
Speaker 4: chemistry is with you and your defensive players and getting
Speaker 4: to know them and then getting to know you and
Speaker 4: get comfortable with.
Speaker 3: Your coaching style. I think it's it's work in progress.
Speaker 1: Uh.
Speaker 2: I think we're moving in the right direction and I
Speaker 2: think Kyle does a great job of that. And once
Speaker 2: again going back to how orchestrates practice, we we've done
Speaker 2: a lot of move the ball scenarios the last couple
Speaker 2: of days. So these guys are getting a nice feel
Speaker 2: for how I call the game, certain things that I
Speaker 2: like in certain situations down the distance personnel. Uh, we
Speaker 2: do a g great job of too many situations in
Speaker 2: the evening so so uh, it's all have been a
Speaker 2: great learning experience for me but also for them so
Speaker 2: we can get to know one another. Uh.
Speaker 1: I've been here a couple of days.
Speaker 4: But other linebacker competition for the for the base linebacker
Speaker 4: squat other than you know, dre and and Fred who's
Speaker 4: standing out there? And and what are you looking for
Speaker 4: from that position?
Speaker 2: Consistency across the board, you know, it is the key
Speaker 2: for us at all positions. It's a tight race. You know,
Speaker 2: ob Berks is doing a tremendous job. Marcellino made a
Speaker 2: great play, uh at the end of the game and
Speaker 2: the practice rather and and then you also see uh
Speaker 2: Flan So uh. I like the mere fact that when
Speaker 2: when Fred and and Greenlaw take a day off, I
Speaker 2: feel like we're not missing the beat. So that's definitely encouraging.
Speaker 2: So I'm excited about the backups and now they performing.
Speaker 4: How are the rookies are the draft tacks? How are
Speaker 4: they fitting equation?
Speaker 2: Uh? I I think they making progress as well. When
Speaker 2: uh it's talking about Jalen the other day. Uh, he's
Speaker 2: so athletic, and that's what we loved about him coming
Speaker 2: out of Purdue. You know, could run conc covering the slot.
Speaker 2: But he had a couple of plays the other day
Speaker 2: that was phenomenal for just being physical coming downhill on
Speaker 2: the offensive lineman, using his hands. So uh, that's always
Speaker 2: encouraging because that's what we pride ourselves on being a
Speaker 2: physical defense.
Speaker 1: So he been here in a couple of practices, but
Speaker 1: he've been able to formulate any kind of thoughts on
Speaker 1: how Taco Charlton's come in.
Speaker 3: Well, i'll tell you this.
Speaker 2: Taco came off the plane and it was just like
Speaker 2: making him play after play after play the other day.
Speaker 2: And Uh, I was very impressed with that because number one,
Speaker 2: we needed the reps. But uh, he got in and
Speaker 2: made it seem like he had been here for a week.
Speaker 2: So uh, he's still running the defense. Uh, it's still Uh,
Speaker 2: it's gonna take him some time. But when he's in there,
Speaker 2: he goes full speed, which I love. Uh And most important,
Speaker 2: he's just continued trying to work on just the fundamentals
Speaker 2: that we talk about at that position.
Speaker 5: Michid Gibson having our interception to that was more like
Speaker 5: the curl flat area.
Speaker 3: Hoo.
Speaker 5: Farnger had another play where he got his hands on
Speaker 5: the ball, but that was from the single hogs. So
Speaker 5: how important is it for your safeties to be interchangeable
Speaker 5: in your defensive How do you feel about their.
Speaker 3: Versatility so far? Uh?
Speaker 2: I think it's very important based off what you just
Speaker 2: described because It could be any situation where Huff is down,
Speaker 2: Gibson is back and vice versa. Those guys do a
Speaker 2: great job uh of of really uh when they are
Speaker 2: deep in the posts, particularly Huff making plays on the ball. Now,
Speaker 2: he gotta finish that one today, uh. And I told
Speaker 2: him that on the sideline. I don't think he had
Speaker 2: to jump, but he's shown that range through our training
Speaker 2: camp and we just gotta come up with those big plays.
Speaker 4: That's the competition going on.
Speaker 5: The other side with Drake Jackson Clivin Barrel who will
Speaker 5: play opposite of Nick Gosa.
Speaker 2: Uh.
Speaker 3: I think that's exactly what it is. Its competition is tight.
Speaker 2: And I would say this really for the whole group,
Speaker 2: and I mentioned this with the staff last night. We're
Speaker 2: really not gonna see u separation or a change until
Speaker 2: we go against someone else. So I'm excited about, you
Speaker 2: know here in the in a week, I believe it
Speaker 2: is that we go up to uh Vegas and play
Speaker 2: the Raiders, so we'll see exactly where we are at
Speaker 2: that point and hopefully guys can separate themselves.
Speaker 3: Thank you.