1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:04,080 Speaker 1: You now have six games of playing center under your belt. 2 00:00:04,440 --> 00:00:07,760 Speaker 1: How much better how are you now than you were 3 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:10,960 Speaker 1: those first couple of games? In your mind? Uh, I 4 00:00:10,960 --> 00:00:14,320 Speaker 1: feel like I've did pretty I've done a lot better 5 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:15,680 Speaker 1: than I did the first couple of games. I'm a 6 00:00:15,680 --> 00:00:17,600 Speaker 1: lot more comfortable in there, and you're making the calls 7 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:19,560 Speaker 1: and you know, just being able to snap the ball 8 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:21,240 Speaker 1: and now and to think about it. Yet they're not 9 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:23,040 Speaker 1: having to think about it anymore. So I think I've 10 00:00:23,320 --> 00:00:28,800 Speaker 1: I've excelled pretty pretty decent in retrospect when you look back, right, 11 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:34,560 Speaker 1: I mean for someone who's in your position, how big 12 00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:37,680 Speaker 1: at disadvantage was it to not have that preseason this year? Like? What? 13 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:39,400 Speaker 1: What did it really feel like? Those first couple of 14 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:42,720 Speaker 1: games were almost like preseason to you to a point. 15 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:45,280 Speaker 1: I mean, I think the first game was definitely learning, like, 16 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:47,360 Speaker 1: you know, something I needed to learn from. I mean, 17 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:50,239 Speaker 1: everybody knew any of the grades game against him, and 18 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:53,040 Speaker 1: it was you know, it was definitely different being out 19 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:56,600 Speaker 1: there at center. So it's yeah, you kind of you know, 20 00:00:56,760 --> 00:00:58,760 Speaker 1: it takes a couple of games you used to different spots, 21 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:04,080 Speaker 1: all right, Nick, What are the challenges for an offensive 22 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:07,560 Speaker 1: lineman with a with a running quarterback. We always talk 23 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:09,720 Speaker 1: about the challenges for the defense, how their challenges for 24 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:12,319 Speaker 1: an offensive lineman. You know, you know, you never know 25 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:15,160 Speaker 1: when Daniel's gonna hand it off or or pull it 26 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 1: and run himself. I mean we know when Daniel's you know, 27 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:20,760 Speaker 1: the player, that's what you know, the players are designed for. 28 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:22,200 Speaker 1: You know, when he's you know, either gonna give it 29 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:23,959 Speaker 1: or pull it. And you know, you don't really know 30 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 1: exactly what you know when he's gonna do it when 31 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:28,360 Speaker 1: he's not, but you know what player you're running that 32 00:01:28,520 --> 00:01:31,560 Speaker 1: if you gotta usually give it a pull it, it's 33 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:33,600 Speaker 1: I would say it's too difficult. It's kind of nice 34 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:36,760 Speaker 1: having a authletic QB that could you know, break break 35 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:38,160 Speaker 1: the pocket and you know, get away from you know, 36 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:40,320 Speaker 1: a sack or a hit or something like that and 37 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:42,320 Speaker 1: take it off. So I think I think it helps. 38 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:45,640 Speaker 1: And when you guys looked at the play where where 39 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:46,959 Speaker 1: you got to the goal line, I think it was 40 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:49,400 Speaker 1: the third down run you got too about the one 41 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:52,480 Speaker 1: or the two there? Um? Is there anything that could 42 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:54,240 Speaker 1: have happened there that they could have gotten him into 43 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:55,760 Speaker 1: the end zone when you when you broke that one 44 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:58,600 Speaker 1: down I think I could have probably attacked my other 45 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 1: little you know, got on with my guy a little fast. 46 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:03,640 Speaker 1: Rice didn't. I didn't see both guys aside of me 47 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:05,640 Speaker 1: and things. I didn't want to go, and you know, 48 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 1: lunge at him and I miss and you know, DJ 49 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:10,840 Speaker 1: to pick aside and try that, and he couldn't really 50 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:12,600 Speaker 1: pick a side with both guys coming from you know, 51 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:15,960 Speaker 1: both of his left is right. So looking back on 52 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:18,200 Speaker 1: wish I would have just tried to you know, got 53 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:20,640 Speaker 1: on him, you know, just ran right right, ran right 54 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:26,680 Speaker 1: upon them. But you know, hindsight, thank you at Leonard 55 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:29,800 Speaker 1: and Joe. Judge said last night that you know it 56 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:33,080 Speaker 1: was great that the players could see tangible results to 57 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:35,840 Speaker 1: what he was teaching and getting a win. Did you 58 00:02:35,919 --> 00:02:37,839 Speaker 1: think that that was you know, now that you got 59 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:40,000 Speaker 1: the w is that something that as a player is 60 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:42,480 Speaker 1: it's really like a sigh of relief for a breath 61 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:45,519 Speaker 1: of fresh air that you you do have that tangible 62 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:48,000 Speaker 1: result and that all the corrections you make are leading 63 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:50,880 Speaker 1: to something. Yeah. No, definitely, it's always awesome. We have 64 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:52,799 Speaker 1: to you know, get away, and especially when we even 65 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 1: road five last you know, you know, five weeks it's 66 00:02:56,280 --> 00:02:58,480 Speaker 1: not fun going going into work every day and you know, 67 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:00,920 Speaker 1: being on five and it's it's it's frustrating, but I'm 68 00:03:00,919 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 1: glad we can get our first one and you know, 69 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 1: try to keep it, keep it wrong and trying to 70 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:07,720 Speaker 1: stack a couple on top of each other. And also 71 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 1: some of these fourth downs, whether it's like fourth and 72 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:12,760 Speaker 1: short and you're kicking a field goal near the goal line, 73 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:14,360 Speaker 1: or fourth and two or the thirty eight and you 74 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:17,600 Speaker 1: guys punt and do you want to go for those? 75 00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:19,679 Speaker 1: Like as an no lineman, you kind of give Joe 76 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:21,960 Speaker 1: Judge and Jason Garrett awake and say like, come on, 77 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 1: put it on us, let's go. Um. We juste know, 78 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:28,320 Speaker 1: Coach Judge knows what he's doing and he he has 79 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:30,480 Speaker 1: a plan and we just gotta you know, respect it 80 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:32,919 Speaker 1: and just you know, follow the plan where he asked 81 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 1: because he knows what he's doing. So Nick, we asked 82 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:37,760 Speaker 1: Coach Judge this, And I'm just kind of curious how 83 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:39,720 Speaker 1: this supplies to an offensive line. And when you have 84 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 1: a short turnaround like this, do you start studying your 85 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:47,080 Speaker 1: opponent like before the actual week or how does that 86 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:50,080 Speaker 1: kind of work, especially for an offensive line, which you 87 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 1: know depends on that cohesiveness against you know, the defensive one. 88 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:57,120 Speaker 1: Uh No, I don't study him before that, you know, 89 00:03:57,240 --> 00:04:00,560 Speaker 1: the week before games done like so today is a 90 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:03,400 Speaker 1: big day getting in there and you know, watching film, 91 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:05,200 Speaker 1: especially at home. You know, we're all I think we 92 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:06,680 Speaker 1: had to go we only had to go on lift 93 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 1: and you know the old line met for I think 94 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:11,720 Speaker 1: an hour by ourselves and just watch film and trying 95 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 1: to go over and try to get a little bit 96 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:16,479 Speaker 1: ahead before tomorrow. But it's it's it's more like, you know, 97 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:18,599 Speaker 1: you've got to stand on top of it yourself this week, 98 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:20,760 Speaker 1: just trying to you know, watch film at home and 99 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:22,640 Speaker 1: you know, be able to see the schemes and you 100 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:24,000 Speaker 1: know the coaches are gonna be able to give you 101 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:26,359 Speaker 1: every every single look this week just being a short 102 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:28,960 Speaker 1: week and being walked through practices instead of you know, 103 00:04:29,279 --> 00:04:32,000 Speaker 1: contact a lot of practices. So it's it's more I 104 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:34,600 Speaker 1: think it's more on the players this week. As a 105 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:37,520 Speaker 1: follow up, is there an introduction done like in the 106 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:40,200 Speaker 1: off season, you know, I'm sure the coaches they start 107 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:42,719 Speaker 1: studying the teams, but do they just say, you know, hey, 108 00:04:42,839 --> 00:04:46,080 Speaker 1: we're playing the Eagles in weeks seven and this is 109 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:48,920 Speaker 1: you know they're they're anticipated batteries stuff. Do they kind 110 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 1: of give you an overview? I mean we we kind 111 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:53,320 Speaker 1: of know that, you I mean, they're in a vision. 112 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:54,840 Speaker 1: We playing twice a year, so we kind of know 113 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:57,599 Speaker 1: who they are and what kind of defense they run, 114 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 1: and you know their scheme already. It's just seeing what 115 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:03,200 Speaker 1: new new things they put in this year verse last year, 116 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 1: and you know what different personnelit they have, and you know, 117 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 1: and you know players they got. So that's that's probably 118 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:11,520 Speaker 1: the main thing. But the Eagles are pretty much you know, 119 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:13,800 Speaker 1: they were in the same deferense from last year this year, 120 00:05:13,839 --> 00:05:18,400 Speaker 1: so that that helps us. Basically, what's take two? More 121 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:22,800 Speaker 1: Zack and Tom Zack and Nick Um. You know last week, 122 00:05:22,839 --> 00:05:25,480 Speaker 1: Mark Columbo I mentioned that when Matt part goes out there, 123 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:27,000 Speaker 1: he has like the biggest smile on his face. He 124 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:29,400 Speaker 1: just like loves playing football. And it's here's what what 125 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:31,000 Speaker 1: was it like seeing him get the start? Like how 126 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:33,720 Speaker 1: did he handle that? What was he smiling? And what 127 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:35,560 Speaker 1: was how cool was that moment where you just like 128 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:37,320 Speaker 1: seeing your teammate it to play as much as he did. 129 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:39,560 Speaker 1: I know, it's awesome, Like I remember my first you know, 130 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:41,320 Speaker 1: my first start going in there, and I was at 131 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:43,480 Speaker 1: the biggest smile on my face, and you know, it's 132 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:45,440 Speaker 1: great to see guys going in there and get experienced 133 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:48,400 Speaker 1: that firsthand, and you know, it's it's it's, it's it's 134 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:51,320 Speaker 1: it's a dream for somebody's got everybody in the league 135 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:53,120 Speaker 1: to go out there and you know, play on Sunday, 136 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:55,520 Speaker 1: so he gotta you gotta experience that dream, and you 137 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 1: know he'll be playing for a long time. I feel 138 00:05:57,760 --> 00:06:00,279 Speaker 1: like he's a he's definitely a pro. And he canceledhimself 139 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:03,080 Speaker 1: really well, you know, seeing like he's not a rookie sometimes. 140 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:08,680 Speaker 1: Thanks man. Last question here, Tom Cannabi and Nick I. 141 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:11,839 Speaker 1: I just have two questions. One's really short. What goes 142 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 1: through your mind when the defensive tackle is so offside 143 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:17,200 Speaker 1: he says, I'm just gonna knock him on his ass. 144 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:22,520 Speaker 1: I mean, it happens. You can't really think that he 145 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:24,400 Speaker 1: just came off. The next thing I was, I was 146 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:29,839 Speaker 1: rolling backwards, so you don't say anything like thanks or anything, 147 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:32,679 Speaker 1: or I mean, thanks for ifive five for you hards, 148 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:36,000 Speaker 1: appreciate it. The other thing I was getting more serious, 149 00:06:36,279 --> 00:06:39,200 Speaker 1: is have you noticed in the last couple of weeks 150 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:43,120 Speaker 1: that the inordinate number of plays where you guys lost 151 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:47,880 Speaker 1: yards on a handoff has been decreasing and you're starting 152 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:52,520 Speaker 1: to have less tackles for losses. UM. I think that's 153 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:55,960 Speaker 1: a big thing in you know, non negative plays at 154 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:58,200 Speaker 1: least if you if if you can't gain yard, at 155 00:06:58,240 --> 00:06:59,680 Speaker 1: least try to get back to the line of scrimmage 156 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:01,800 Speaker 1: and help your stuff out. And you know, play play 157 00:07:01,839 --> 00:07:03,560 Speaker 1: in front of the change instead of from behind. And 158 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:06,080 Speaker 1: you know you have penalties or m as or or 159 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:08,880 Speaker 1: you know, you know, tackles for losses. Those hurts you. 160 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:11,240 Speaker 1: And you know a lot of the time you you 161 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:13,360 Speaker 1: you can't score touchdowns or score points on you know, 162 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:15,320 Speaker 1: a lot of those drives you have either penalties or 163 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:20,560 Speaker 1: or tackle for losses m