1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,519 Speaker 1: Got a big week ahead of us starting today where 2 00:00:03,520 --> 00:00:06,600 Speaker 1: we're in full pads and going to be work in 3 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:11,760 Speaker 1: some normal situations. M having emphasis on the run game today. 4 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:15,800 Speaker 1: So with that, I'll open it up. What do you 5 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:21,800 Speaker 1: look for specifically? We need go to full pats. It's 6 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:28,400 Speaker 1: all about fundamentals right now. UM leverage, hand placement, ability 7 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:31,720 Speaker 1: to separate when you're getting grabbed and held. We're allowing 8 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:37,280 Speaker 1: more things at practice, UM picks and twists, upfront, power rushes, 9 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:40,960 Speaker 1: attacking the defensive alignement when they jump up in the 10 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:44,400 Speaker 1: different things were allowing. So this is where the game's played. 11 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:46,680 Speaker 1: But today we're you know, looking for good energy. There's 12 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:49,400 Speaker 1: you know, we place i'd say rules on the practice. 13 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:50,919 Speaker 1: We're not bringing them down to the ground. We got 14 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:53,000 Speaker 1: to take care of our guys. But I want to 15 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:55,120 Speaker 1: be physical. I want to be in good position, play 16 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:59,800 Speaker 1: with good leverage, play aggressive, UM moon the line of scrimmage. 17 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:02,600 Speaker 1: Stopt a line of scrimmage you've ever tam grant to 18 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:07,720 Speaker 1: practice there? You know, we may, um, we may with 19 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:10,800 Speaker 1: kind of our twos and threes at one point here 20 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 1: probably maybe in a week we have it kind of 21 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:16,840 Speaker 1: scheduled out for that. But we'll see as we go 22 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:21,360 Speaker 1: if we need it. Your players chomping at the bit 23 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:24,479 Speaker 1: to get the pads on to get into the item. Yeah. 24 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:27,320 Speaker 1: You know, this game is a the offensive line of 25 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:31,199 Speaker 1: defensive line. It's a it's important position on our team. 26 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:33,240 Speaker 1: We got to get those guys ready to go and 27 00:01:34,319 --> 00:01:36,240 Speaker 1: learn how to play with our pads on. Quarterbacks throw 28 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:39,200 Speaker 1: a little bit differently with the pads. They're they're excited, 29 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 1: but you know, you always gotta try to, you know, 30 00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:44,720 Speaker 1: talk to them about their expectations and the things we 31 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:46,280 Speaker 1: can do and we can't do. You know, we only 32 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:47,640 Speaker 1: have a certain amount of guys on our team. We 33 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:51,080 Speaker 1: want to keep them as healthy as we can. Back today, 34 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:56,200 Speaker 1: he will not um day or two away, but he'll 35 00:01:56,240 --> 00:02:00,120 Speaker 1: he'll be here this week. Yeah. Yeah, he's just is 36 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:03,520 Speaker 1: working through some things. So it would be hopefully tomorrow, 37 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:08,720 Speaker 1: but maybe the next day. Street we just intervene his stuff. Yeah, 38 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:11,359 Speaker 1: he's taking care of himself. They're working with him. He'll 39 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:14,079 Speaker 1: be He'll be okay, Shane. A couple of looks at 40 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 1: center the day that go, yeah, um good. It's a start. 41 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:20,920 Speaker 1: You know, we want to we want to try to 42 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:24,760 Speaker 1: try to create position flexibility for our front guys. Um 43 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:27,840 Speaker 1: and obviously with John out Um, you know, with with 44 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:31,600 Speaker 1: Ben and Jamil, we wanted to add Lemieux inside and 45 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 1: get his zoodo some work inside there with with the 46 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:39,160 Speaker 1: ones against Leo and Dexter and guys like that. So, Um, 47 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:40,840 Speaker 1: you know, he did a good job. We'll work with 48 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:42,720 Speaker 1: him in there today as well. Is that something that 49 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 1: you see as a potential long term migration for him? Um, haven't. 50 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:49,239 Speaker 1: I haven't gone down that road far enough. I just 51 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:52,320 Speaker 1: think position flexibility is so important, you know, whether it's 52 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:55,160 Speaker 1: from Marcus at Garden and tackle John at Garden tackle. 53 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:57,760 Speaker 1: The more you can do up front, the better it 54 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 1: off it is for the player, the more opportunities they get. 55 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 1: Are you sensing some of the guys that missed some 56 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:06,520 Speaker 1: of the spring practices are maybe pressing a little bit 57 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:08,720 Speaker 1: too hard early on to try to catch up and 58 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:15,399 Speaker 1: maybe impress No, no, uh again, it's just it's physical 59 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:18,000 Speaker 1: mental I mean physical reps where you have to do 60 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:20,040 Speaker 1: it over and over and over again, and you know, 61 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 1: you get different things. It's different than you know, watching 62 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:26,040 Speaker 1: it on the screen or you know, talking about it. 63 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:27,679 Speaker 1: And I think it's good for those guys. I don't 64 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:29,640 Speaker 1: I don't think they're pressing. I just think it's you know, 65 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:32,280 Speaker 1: it's early form. Used to see him a lot of 66 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:35,839 Speaker 1: seven on seven, you know, during during this this time 67 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 1: of the year, I don't recall really seeing very much 68 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:40,240 Speaker 1: so far from you guys, Is there a reason you've 69 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:43,360 Speaker 1: been staying away from it? Yeah, I mean we've worked 70 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 1: a lot of seven on seven in the spring. Um, 71 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 1: you know, I like the quarterback to feel the people 72 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 1: around them. There's a time and a place for it. 73 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:53,880 Speaker 1: We've you know, in some of those spots instead of 74 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:56,680 Speaker 1: seven out seven, we worked individual technique, whether it's one 75 00:03:56,680 --> 00:04:00,600 Speaker 1: on ones, two on two's three on threes. Um, you 76 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:02,320 Speaker 1: know today will be a lot of one on one work. 77 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:05,520 Speaker 1: You're an individual towards the end of individual, but I 78 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:07,760 Speaker 1: think it's important for a quarterback to to feel the 79 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:10,800 Speaker 1: people around them up front. In particular. Right when you 80 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:13,280 Speaker 1: say that, obviously you know calling plays dead because of 81 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:15,400 Speaker 1: what we're going to sack. Is there a line between 82 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:16,920 Speaker 1: like you want Daniel still get rid of the ball 83 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 1: off he's about to get sacking. We're just absolutely yeah, no, 84 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:23,599 Speaker 1: absolutely absolutely, Like you want to try to mentally in 85 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:25,560 Speaker 1: your head when you're playing quarterback, play the game the 86 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:28,440 Speaker 1: best you can, um, get the ball when you need 87 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:31,360 Speaker 1: to get the ball out, but there's other times of 88 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:33,760 Speaker 1: all time. Look hold onto it and spin it and 89 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:36,440 Speaker 1: let's see how it looks down field. And again you're 90 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:39,600 Speaker 1: evaluating your roster too during training camp, you know, so 91 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:42,200 Speaker 1: you want to see a defensive back be able to 92 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 1: and how is he going to be in the deep 93 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:45,800 Speaker 1: part of the field. Throw a bunch of goals on 94 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:48,440 Speaker 1: some corners, see how they react to it. So you know, 95 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:51,120 Speaker 1: we're trying to do everything for a reason, and some 96 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:56,000 Speaker 1: of that is evaluation purposes to it is developing the 97 00:04:56,279 --> 00:04:58,640 Speaker 1: position plexibility along the office line one of the bigger 98 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:01,599 Speaker 1: challenges of the pro games than it is in college. 99 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:06,560 Speaker 1: Um yeah, I don't know, it could be. I mean 100 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:08,760 Speaker 1: when I was at Obama we did the same thing. 101 00:05:08,839 --> 00:05:11,360 Speaker 1: But you know that's how coach Saban, you know, want 102 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:14,320 Speaker 1: of the cross train guys and things like that. I 103 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:16,440 Speaker 1: just think it's important you only get so many guys 104 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:18,600 Speaker 1: to go with, and we do the same thing with 105 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:21,520 Speaker 1: receivers or secondary guys. You learn inside, you learn outside, 106 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:24,040 Speaker 1: you learn the Z, you learn the X. UM. There's 107 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:26,440 Speaker 1: injuries all the time and people have to step up 108 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:30,599 Speaker 1: and I was just meeting with Kat this morning about 109 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:33,120 Speaker 1: position flex and you know, saying, hey, can I had 110 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:35,480 Speaker 1: another position for you? And moving around to this spot? 111 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:38,160 Speaker 1: You feel comfortable with that? Or is it too much 112 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:40,359 Speaker 1: to make you play slow? So I think you know, 113 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:42,120 Speaker 1: you talk to your players and the ones that can 114 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:47,320 Speaker 1: handle it, you try to try to do that with them. 115 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:51,960 Speaker 1: The first KTI, I can Thibodeau don't have KTI yet? 116 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:58,800 Speaker 1: KTI got Kat? Do you look a little bit? Yeah? Yeah, 117 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:00,840 Speaker 1: that was part of the plan tip to him coming 118 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:03,200 Speaker 1: through spring and he had a good few days so 119 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:06,120 Speaker 1: do some individual work. But he's fine. What do you 120 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:08,359 Speaker 1: say when you said, can I had a something for you? 121 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:11,280 Speaker 1: He said, oh yeah, and you had that big smile. Now, 122 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:13,920 Speaker 1: players honest with you, you know, I mean, I mean, 123 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:16,839 Speaker 1: you know, sometimes they say what you want to hear, 124 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:18,760 Speaker 1: you know, saying, look, we're thinking this would be good 125 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:20,680 Speaker 1: for you. You You want to do this? No, I know 126 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:22,040 Speaker 1: I'm not ready for that, or what do you want? 127 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:24,080 Speaker 1: You know? Yeah, well, I think that goes back to 128 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:28,920 Speaker 1: the relationship part of part of the business. And you know, look, 129 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:30,679 Speaker 1: you want to you want them to tell you the truth. 130 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:34,520 Speaker 1: It's like quarterbacks Daniel do you like this play? Yeah, 131 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:37,240 Speaker 1: it's great, And then two months later, man, I don't 132 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:39,520 Speaker 1: really like that play because he got more comfortable with you. 133 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:42,560 Speaker 1: So we're trying to fast track that with with the players, 134 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:44,800 Speaker 1: and they're the ones that are out there playing the game, 135 00:06:44,839 --> 00:06:46,800 Speaker 1: and I want to be able to do things, you know, 136 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:49,520 Speaker 1: whether it's something the kicking game, defense offense that the 137 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:52,839 Speaker 1: guys feel comfortable with, and if they don't feel comfortable with, 138 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:54,279 Speaker 1: you know, give it a chance out here and then 139 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:56,400 Speaker 1: let's see how it looks. And after, you know, maybe 140 00:06:56,440 --> 00:06:58,159 Speaker 1: two or three or four times it doesn't look good, 141 00:06:58,880 --> 00:07:01,599 Speaker 1: throw it out and work on something else. Would you 142 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:04,800 Speaker 1: have a less flexibility and that in those regards with 143 00:07:04,839 --> 00:07:09,760 Speaker 1: the receiver like Kenny Nok KGS, I would say Grol 144 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:11,440 Speaker 1: has done a good job with these guys that they 145 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:13,360 Speaker 1: have a lot to learn. The receivers in our system, 146 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:14,880 Speaker 1: I'd say have a lot to learn a lot of 147 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:17,840 Speaker 1: different positions to play UM. And I just think that 148 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:20,120 Speaker 1: you know, early on in cap when you're thinking a 149 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:23,080 Speaker 1: little bit um, there's a lot of things going through 150 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:24,720 Speaker 1: your head. Maybe you don't play as fast. I'm not 151 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:27,200 Speaker 1: talking about kg in particularly, I'm just talking about receivers 152 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:30,720 Speaker 1: in general with the way we do things, and then 153 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 1: that's why we'll give it another week or two and 154 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:36,600 Speaker 1: things will settle down a little bit. But it helps 155 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:39,880 Speaker 1: them learn the whole concept of the play as well, um, 156 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:42,680 Speaker 1: which is important when you're playing against own teams with spacing, 157 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:44,480 Speaker 1: where to be, how to be there, and you're also 158 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:47,600 Speaker 1: getting the looks of different mismatches. When you put kt 159 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:49,560 Speaker 1: in the sliding and you're going looking at darnay, then 160 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:51,760 Speaker 1: you put them outside. He's like you're trying to get 161 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:54,640 Speaker 1: an evaluation of your team right now too, to make 162 00:07:54,680 --> 00:07:57,560 Speaker 1: good judgment on that right feedback. Have you gotten on 163 00:07:57,600 --> 00:08:02,600 Speaker 1: the Guardian caps from players? Uh? None. Yeah, they've all 164 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:05,440 Speaker 1: they've warm and we've been out there and we haven't 165 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:08,560 Speaker 1: had any discussions about them. Have you seen the rookie 166 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:12,600 Speaker 1: class embrace expectations that they're going to be and it's 167 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:14,920 Speaker 1: going to be expected of them, not just the first rounders, 168 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:19,720 Speaker 1: but like, yep, yep, nope, that's good. Um, they've done 169 00:08:19,720 --> 00:08:23,320 Speaker 1: a nice job. Got there. There's a lot to learn 170 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:26,760 Speaker 1: as a rookie. We've talked about this in spring. They 171 00:08:26,760 --> 00:08:30,600 Speaker 1: where to go, what to do, expectations off the field. Uh, 172 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:34,439 Speaker 1: you know, Joe and I have communicated with them, I'd 173 00:08:34,440 --> 00:08:40,120 Speaker 1: say several times about expectations, foundational pieces for us that 174 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:42,280 Speaker 1: you know, this are our first class that we drafted. 175 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:45,880 Speaker 1: They've all done a nice job relative to things off 176 00:08:45,880 --> 00:08:47,679 Speaker 1: the field, how we want to approach things and then 177 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:51,040 Speaker 1: taking care of themselves, learners from some veterans. And then 178 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:54,120 Speaker 1: they've done a nice job on the practice field competing. UM, 179 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:56,600 Speaker 1: got a long way to go, but h but I've 180 00:08:56,640 --> 00:08:58,720 Speaker 1: been pleased with how those guys, all of them really, 181 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:02,000 Speaker 1: UM have done. Ashley Lynn has done a really good 182 00:09:02,080 --> 00:09:06,440 Speaker 1: job with our rookie developmental program. UM, there's keep grinding. 183 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:09,959 Speaker 1: You know, they're a long season. What do you think 184 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:12,880 Speaker 1: about that, About the fact that you you have a 185 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:17,920 Speaker 1: chance to probably have five rookies playing, you know, almost 186 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:21,839 Speaker 1: starting type roles. That's a that's a lot. Yeah, I'm 187 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:23,719 Speaker 1: not I'm not that far ahead. You know. I just 188 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:27,319 Speaker 1: will play the best guys whoever that is, UM, whether 189 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:32,000 Speaker 1: they're drafted in the first round, whether their tenure veteran, UM. 190 00:09:32,040 --> 00:09:34,079 Speaker 1: You know, we're gonna try to put the best guys 191 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:36,800 Speaker 1: out there. And if it's five rookies, if it's ten rookies, 192 00:09:37,679 --> 00:09:41,319 Speaker 1: that's always the when you're a coach, your your position 193 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:45,040 Speaker 1: coach to you're always you know, the veterans on the 194 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:48,080 Speaker 1: team have more experience, they know what to do. You know, 195 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:50,680 Speaker 1: you're you feel comfortable with them, and you know, the 196 00:09:50,679 --> 00:09:54,520 Speaker 1: older I get the the rookies that maybe don't know 197 00:09:54,559 --> 00:09:56,720 Speaker 1: as much to do but have some really good talent. 198 00:09:56,760 --> 00:09:58,480 Speaker 1: You're gonna have to live through some growing pains with 199 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:01,080 Speaker 1: them while you're developing them to get into where you 200 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:03,000 Speaker 1: want to get to. But we're going to play the 201 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:04,880 Speaker 1: best guys and we think give us a chance to win, 202 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:09,720 Speaker 1: whether it's again rookie, tenure, veteran, first round pick, free agent, 203 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:11,680 Speaker 1: that's just how we're going to approach it.