1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:02,520 Speaker 1: So how do you feel like the operation when the 2 00:00:02,560 --> 00:00:06,800 Speaker 1: other day I thought the operation was smooth? Um, you 3 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:08,720 Speaker 1: know it's our job as coaches to make it smooth 4 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:12,399 Speaker 1: as the player's job to to coordinate it smoothly once it, 5 00:00:12,720 --> 00:00:15,160 Speaker 1: uh the call gets into the hunnel. How different is 6 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:17,599 Speaker 1: what you're doing now compared to what you did when 7 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:21,320 Speaker 1: you were had a title as offensive coordinator in Cleveland? 8 00:00:22,040 --> 00:00:25,160 Speaker 1: You know, I don't think this situation is uh uniquely 9 00:00:25,239 --> 00:00:29,840 Speaker 1: different than any other situation. It's always a staff oriented 10 00:00:29,880 --> 00:00:32,720 Speaker 1: approach to the game, planning, to what you want to 11 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:36,839 Speaker 1: call in certain situations and things like that. So, UM, 12 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:39,440 Speaker 1: you know, I'd say it's it's it's not unlike any 13 00:00:39,479 --> 00:00:44,040 Speaker 1: other situation with any staff. Even before you know what 14 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:46,360 Speaker 1: sounds like, you've reached out to the players to ask 15 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:48,199 Speaker 1: them what what they like to do, what they want, 16 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:50,559 Speaker 1: what they think you can help? Uh? Why was that 17 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:53,159 Speaker 1: important to do at this point? Well? I think you 18 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:55,440 Speaker 1: know we all as coaches, we always try to do that. 19 00:00:55,520 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 1: You know, you you need to you need to get 20 00:00:57,120 --> 00:01:00,639 Speaker 1: a sense and feel for what they're comfortable with. UH. 21 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:04,040 Speaker 1: To me, what would you why would you call something? Uh? 22 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:06,840 Speaker 1: And this is where our staff believes why would you 23 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:09,600 Speaker 1: call something If a player is not comfortable running, it 24 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:12,119 Speaker 1: is your job to get them comfortable running it. If 25 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:15,160 Speaker 1: you think it's a good uh you know, scheme or 26 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:17,480 Speaker 1: good play or whatever the case may be, it's your 27 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 1: job to get them comfortable doing it. But if you 28 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:21,600 Speaker 1: can't get them to that point, um, it just kind 29 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:25,039 Speaker 1: of diminishing returns. How many of the player's suggestions would 30 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:27,560 Speaker 1: you say you incorporated into your game play? I think 31 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:31,360 Speaker 1: this is a never ending process. Uh, it's constant communication. 32 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:34,320 Speaker 1: That's what we try to stress, is this communication between 33 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:37,479 Speaker 1: coach and coach, coaching player, player to coach. It's always 34 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:39,840 Speaker 1: constant communication. So I wouldn't put a number on it. 35 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:42,560 Speaker 1: I'm so so I'll bue you one for Christmas. Right. 36 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:46,679 Speaker 1: You didn't like it, He didn't like what I was 37 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:55,480 Speaker 1: saying this. I don't know. It's still recording check one too. 38 00:01:57,560 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 1: So I think it's always a it's always a continual process, um, 39 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:05,200 Speaker 1: you know. And speaking of comfort, So Daniel had never 40 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:07,800 Speaker 1: worn a wristband before, So what was the conversation like 41 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:10,400 Speaker 1: with him about doing that? And how comfortable do you 42 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 1: think he was with it? I think he saw the 43 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:16,600 Speaker 1: benefits of it. Um, Uh, everywhere I've always been. I 44 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:19,840 Speaker 1: think they do it around the league a lot. Uh. 45 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:22,000 Speaker 1: You know you see quarterbacks with wrist bands. It helps 46 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:25,760 Speaker 1: the communication process. Um, but it's just like any other time. 47 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:30,520 Speaker 1: You've got to practice that as well. Have a quarterback 48 00:02:30,639 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 1: this week. I expect Daniel to to come out to 49 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:37,240 Speaker 1: day and practice and and I fully expect, you know, 50 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:42,200 Speaker 1: be just like regular times. If yeah, how different is 51 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:45,359 Speaker 1: a game plan with Daniel? Obviously you do a lot 52 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:48,560 Speaker 1: of read options. Then with Mike Lennon, well, I think 53 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 1: as a coach and as a staff, we always try 54 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:53,800 Speaker 1: to put our players in the best situation be successful. Uh. 55 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:56,600 Speaker 1: They have different skill sets, but uh that's needed to 56 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 1: say one's bad or one's good. From the standpoint of 57 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:02,760 Speaker 1: what you're own call. It's just, uh, you know, our 58 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:06,120 Speaker 1: plans gonna be our plan, and and um, you know 59 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:10,120 Speaker 1: we're fully expecting to have everybody. So just your play 60 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:13,440 Speaker 1: calling change with Daniel if he's is playing with you know, 61 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:15,840 Speaker 1: just paint in his neck there. I don't, you know, 62 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:19,080 Speaker 1: I don't I don't see anything changing. Um, you know, 63 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:22,600 Speaker 1: we're gonna prepare like we prepare every week, and and uh, 64 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:24,919 Speaker 1: you know, whoever is there on Sunday. That's who we're 65 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:27,560 Speaker 1: playing with, you know, but we're gonna get everybody on 66 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:29,920 Speaker 1: our you know, we take fifty you know, we've got 67 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:32,600 Speaker 1: fifty three guys on the roster. I think we're up 68 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:34,320 Speaker 1: to fifty three and now they have fifty two. I 69 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:36,480 Speaker 1: don't know the exactly, I don't quote me on that, 70 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:39,600 Speaker 1: but um, you know, whoever is that the game is 71 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 1: gonna be ready to play, and that goes from player 72 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:44,480 Speaker 1: number one to player number forty six or forty seven. 73 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:47,360 Speaker 1: I ro many wings have acted with the wristband? Does 74 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:50,720 Speaker 1: that basically help Daniel get to play quicker? Like you 75 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:52,600 Speaker 1: give him a number or something that he looks at 76 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 1: it on the wristband? Well, yeah, it's it all has 77 00:03:55,560 --> 00:04:00,400 Speaker 1: to do with the smoothing out the communication process. Um, 78 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:01,920 Speaker 1: so the goal is to give him more time to 79 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:03,880 Speaker 1: essentially look at these I'm not telling you what risk 80 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:08,480 Speaker 1: man number eight I wouldn't understand anyway, but you would 81 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:13,160 Speaker 1: if you had a risk man. But the goal is 82 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:15,040 Speaker 1: to kind of give him more time to look at 83 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:16,800 Speaker 1: the defense, is that fair to say, and see what 84 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 1: they're doing rather than being is rushed. The goal of 85 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:21,680 Speaker 1: a play caller and as a staff, and all that 86 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:23,640 Speaker 1: is to get the play to the quarterback as quick 87 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:26,839 Speaker 1: as possible, not necessarily for him to dissect the play 88 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:29,200 Speaker 1: in his head, but for him to You want to 89 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:31,000 Speaker 1: break the huddle as fast as possible to get to 90 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:33,599 Speaker 1: the line of scrimmers and have more time to to 91 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:36,560 Speaker 1: see and react. Are you giving him more freedom, any 92 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:39,239 Speaker 1: more freedom than he had had previously at the line 93 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:41,320 Speaker 1: to change a play? You know, I think it's uh, 94 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:46,279 Speaker 1: it's always um been our thought as a staff, UH 95 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:49,599 Speaker 1: for a long time that you know, the quarterback has 96 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 1: to drive this thing, all right, the quarterback has to 97 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:57,839 Speaker 1: drive uh decisions. But in saying that, everybody should know 98 00:04:57,960 --> 00:05:00,160 Speaker 1: if they're prepared, which we try to get our as 99 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 1: prepared every week, they should know what's coming. They should 100 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:05,719 Speaker 1: know the answers to the test before the test gets there. Freddy, 101 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:08,640 Speaker 1: you have a chi play callers mid season. Is there 102 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:11,279 Speaker 1: a limit to what you can do? Or can this 103 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:14,600 Speaker 1: offense over time start to look a lot different than 104 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 1: it did in the past. I'm not I'm not really 105 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:22,000 Speaker 1: sure how to answer that. UM. You know, I don't 106 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:23,640 Speaker 1: want to get you know, I'm not gonna get myself 107 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:26,560 Speaker 1: in trouble by saying something about that is the game 108 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:29,120 Speaker 1: plan is gonna be the game plan. So let me see, 109 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:31,919 Speaker 1: I assume you have you had ideas and things you 110 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:33,920 Speaker 1: want to do differently I just said. I mean, I 111 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:36,120 Speaker 1: assume you also working into the same playbook, And can 112 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:42,200 Speaker 1: there be terminology stayed the same? Everything our approach from 113 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:44,360 Speaker 1: the standpoint of how we call things stay the same. 114 00:05:44,839 --> 00:05:48,280 Speaker 1: It's all about familiarity with the players and what they're 115 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:51,600 Speaker 1: used to at this point. And and uh so the 116 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:54,920 Speaker 1: ultimate goal is to play fast when the ball is snapped, 117 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:58,120 Speaker 1: and and uh as much of that consternation that you 118 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:01,840 Speaker 1: can eliminate early before the ball is snap. Of course, 119 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:03,680 Speaker 1: that benefits you to enable you to put your mind 120 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:05,599 Speaker 1: and focus on the task at hand, which is that 121 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:10,760 Speaker 1: individual play, whatever that play may be. Right. When former 122 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:13,480 Speaker 1: players who are now media guys look at the Giants 123 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:16,320 Speaker 1: off at the work, I'm just saying, not just us 124 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:21,080 Speaker 1: guys who played the game say that whoever the Giants 125 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:24,640 Speaker 1: offense coordinator is is at A is hamstrong because the 126 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:27,560 Speaker 1: offensive line is struggling so much. I'm curious, are you 127 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 1: calling plays because the offensive line is struggling with that 128 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:34,040 Speaker 1: in mind, or do you not agree with that assess. 129 00:06:34,279 --> 00:06:37,559 Speaker 1: We try to put our players. Each individual player, whether 130 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:41,280 Speaker 1: they're up front, tight ends, wider sabers, running backs or quarterback, 131 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:43,360 Speaker 1: we try to put them in the best possible position 132 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:47,400 Speaker 1: to be successful. Um. Everybody has a role in this 133 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:50,920 Speaker 1: so um, you know, we try to try to put 134 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:53,560 Speaker 1: everybody in position to be success. Ready. Least week, Joe 135 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 1: said the game plan would be a collaborative effort. Is 136 00:06:56,600 --> 00:06:59,719 Speaker 1: it always the case or is it you're having more 137 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:02,680 Speaker 1: of a saying what's in every every staff that I've 138 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:06,120 Speaker 1: always been on, it's always been a collaborative effort. Um. 139 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:08,840 Speaker 1: And if it's not, something's wrong in that area. You know, 140 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:12,880 Speaker 1: we need input from Jerry, We need input from Tyke, 141 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:16,400 Speaker 1: We need input from Rob, We need input from Burton, 142 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:21,520 Speaker 1: We need input from Russ Callaway, Nick Williams, uh, Jody, right, 143 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:25,200 Speaker 1: we need input from everybody. And uh so I think 144 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:27,840 Speaker 1: you know, we do a good job of communicating, working 145 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:29,880 Speaker 1: through things. What do we want to do here? Who 146 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:32,840 Speaker 1: were trying to attack? What personnel we want to use? 147 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:36,200 Speaker 1: You know, everybody has different suggestions and and that's how 148 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:38,680 Speaker 1: we roll. But that's not unique to any other situation. 149 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:41,920 Speaker 1: I think you find across the league. You know, of 150 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:44,280 Speaker 1: course you have some. I think you have some staffs 151 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:46,880 Speaker 1: that are better out of than others, you know, But um, 152 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:49,800 Speaker 1: I don't think that's a unique. Facetious, by the way, 153 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:52,320 Speaker 1: one of one of two words and English languages that 154 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:57,000 Speaker 1: have all the vowels in them in it and they're 155 00:07:57,000 --> 00:08:00,800 Speaker 1: in order, right, So can you spell facetious? All right? 156 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:05,440 Speaker 1: Spell it F A C E T I o U 157 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:09,000 Speaker 1: S S A E I o U right in order. 158 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:11,000 Speaker 1: What's the other word? I don't know. It's just asking 159 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:16,160 Speaker 1: to do that. Nobody knows. Anybody knows right here, abstemius. Alright, 160 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:18,680 Speaker 1: let's go his homework assignment. All right, tell me what 161 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:19,640 Speaker 1: abstemius means.