1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:02,320 Speaker 1: During the scrimmage the other day, a lot of your 2 00:00:02,440 --> 00:00:05,840 Speaker 1: players I saw we're getting their hands up quite often, 3 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:09,000 Speaker 1: and I'm just wondering if that's something that you really 4 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:11,479 Speaker 1: put a focus on. I guess if they get stone 5 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:13,880 Speaker 1: wall that the line of scrimmage, are you coaching them 6 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:15,600 Speaker 1: to get their hands up in order to get into 7 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:18,360 Speaker 1: the passing lasers? That just you know, something they've always 8 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:21,520 Speaker 1: been doing. No, No, absolutely, I mean something we work on. 9 00:00:21,560 --> 00:00:23,960 Speaker 1: I mean, if you if you're not getting to the quarterback, 10 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:26,200 Speaker 1: you can't get to a spot, you know, they jump 11 00:00:26,239 --> 00:00:28,840 Speaker 1: you into protection. There's three staff protection those type of 12 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:32,400 Speaker 1: things or max protection where they're using two guys on one. 13 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:35,040 Speaker 1: You get a push and then you get your hand up. 14 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:37,839 Speaker 1: Just you gotta alter the throw however we can we 15 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:40,159 Speaker 1: did knocked the ball down or change their course. And 16 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:43,479 Speaker 1: then also, what are some of the other things that 17 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:45,920 Speaker 1: a defensive lineman can do. You know, we talk about 18 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 1: disrupting the past or getting them off this market. For 19 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:52,400 Speaker 1: defensive lineman can't necessarily get into the backfield, what are 20 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:54,080 Speaker 1: some of the other things they can do to create 21 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:57,040 Speaker 1: confusion or just kind of not the offensive linemen off 22 00:00:57,040 --> 00:00:59,520 Speaker 1: their game, so to speak. Well, you know what, we 23 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:02,560 Speaker 1: gotta stay within the framework of the defense obviously, but 24 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:04,920 Speaker 1: you know, we cage the quarterback. We want to make 25 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:07,760 Speaker 1: sure that he's uncomfortable at all times. You know, you 26 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:09,840 Speaker 1: just don't ever want it to be like a seven 27 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:12,400 Speaker 1: on seven where he's just patting that ball throwing it. 28 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:14,920 Speaker 1: You want him to feel the rest sometimes. You know, 29 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:17,960 Speaker 1: the pressure feeling those guys in your face is as 30 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:20,200 Speaker 1: good as the sack because, like you said, it will 31 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:24,280 Speaker 1: disrupt timing and uh throws and all that stuff. Hey, 32 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:28,039 Speaker 1: Sean Lendon Williams has looked powerful out there. You know what, 33 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:29,679 Speaker 1: what do you think? What do you think of his 34 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:32,800 Speaker 1: camp so far? So you look healthy to you and 35 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:35,760 Speaker 1: what do you think he's doing well? Well, you know, 36 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:38,320 Speaker 1: I think one thing is he's doing a great job 37 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 1: of taking the classroom work, that the work we're do 38 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:43,720 Speaker 1: in the meetings prior to practice, and being able to 39 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:45,400 Speaker 1: bring that out on the field and do the things 40 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 1: we're asking him to do. Clearly, as you guys know, 41 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:52,240 Speaker 1: he's a unbelievable athlete. Um. You know, I think he's 42 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:54,680 Speaker 1: starting to put it all together. He's gonna He's always 43 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:58,000 Speaker 1: had the tools he's working on refining his craft right now. 44 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:01,760 Speaker 1: He looks strong, you know, powerful, like you said, and um, 45 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 1: you know, I'm just happy with his progress right now 46 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 1: when you watch his film and you're coaching him up 47 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:10,240 Speaker 1: on you know, how he can finish all those things 48 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:13,359 Speaker 1: that you know, what do you see technically or in 49 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:16,040 Speaker 1: his game that that can lift him, you know above 50 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:19,799 Speaker 1: just the pressures to finishing well, you know. I mean, 51 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:22,760 Speaker 1: you know obviously, as we stated before that he's he's 52 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 1: a tremendous athlete, right so we gotta take him from 53 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:29,040 Speaker 1: being just this tremendous athlete to refinding him as a 54 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:32,360 Speaker 1: football player. Um, and I think he's he's working towards 55 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:35,560 Speaker 1: that right now. I Mean, what I tell Leonard is 56 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:37,520 Speaker 1: the same thing I'll tell Dex is the same thing 57 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:40,359 Speaker 1: I'll tell Chris Layton. You know, everybody's kind of coached 58 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 1: the same I don't have in particular, like this is 59 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:45,720 Speaker 1: a lyric Leonard focus. You know, clearly there's things that 60 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:48,359 Speaker 1: he's gonna do really well that you wanna you want 61 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:50,880 Speaker 1: to you want to use those tools. But at the 62 00:02:50,919 --> 00:02:53,800 Speaker 1: same time, within the framework of what I'm teaching, you know, 63 00:02:53,919 --> 00:02:56,360 Speaker 1: he's doing those things and trying to articulate those things 64 00:02:56,400 --> 00:02:58,240 Speaker 1: on the field. I mean, we spend a lot of 65 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 1: time when we talked to you about doubt, Dalvin and 66 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 1: Leonard and Dexter. How are the other guys doing R J, 67 00:03:04,639 --> 00:03:09,200 Speaker 1: B J, Chris, you know A J. Yeah. I like 68 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:11,520 Speaker 1: what I see from all those guys throughout camp. You know, 69 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:14,760 Speaker 1: every everyone's working hard. We know it's a tremendous competition 70 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:16,840 Speaker 1: in that room. And one of the things that stressed 71 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:19,440 Speaker 1: in the meeting today was let's not lose sight of that. 72 00:03:19,639 --> 00:03:22,120 Speaker 1: You know, we do things where, you know, sometimes we 73 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 1: split the field up, and I don't want those guys 74 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:28,600 Speaker 1: everything that that I'm not watching, you know, I want 75 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:32,120 Speaker 1: them to have a tremendous competition within each other day 76 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:34,400 Speaker 1: in and day out. They can't take their foot off 77 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:37,320 Speaker 1: the gas ever. Okay, And the other thing I was 78 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:40,800 Speaker 1: gonna ask is how many the linebackers technically fit into 79 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:46,080 Speaker 1: your meeting? Well, uh, not really. Um, you know those guys. 80 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:48,720 Speaker 1: Brett works with the outside guys, so um. You know, 81 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:53,160 Speaker 1: we collaborate on pass rush things. Um. Uh you know twists, 82 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 1: uh how the rust of the quarterback, So we collaborate 83 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:58,160 Speaker 1: on those. But those guys really never sit in my room. 84 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:01,880 Speaker 1: I really work with the interior three. That's curious. What 85 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 1: are your thoughts on your group in the scrimmage. Well, 86 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:07,680 Speaker 1: you know, I thought we took a step. You know, um, 87 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 1: we we kind of got on them a couple of 88 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:12,040 Speaker 1: days before that about in practice and not I got 89 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:14,320 Speaker 1: on him. But you know, you set an expectation and 90 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:17,479 Speaker 1: whatever that expectation is, we said we need to to 91 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:20,320 Speaker 1: to reach it or surpass it every day. And I 92 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:22,599 Speaker 1: think we took a step. I'm not saying we're there yet, 93 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:24,840 Speaker 1: we definitely took a step. And what I mean by 94 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:28,120 Speaker 1: taking a step is the techniques we're asking them to use. 95 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:30,680 Speaker 1: You know, all we seeing that on field the drill. 96 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:35,400 Speaker 1: The translation from drill to actual practice reps. Does it translate? 97 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:38,200 Speaker 1: You know, if I'm working on some drill and I 98 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:40,440 Speaker 1: see him go out of what we worked on, then 99 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:43,279 Speaker 1: then you know that's a negative. But I started to 100 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:46,839 Speaker 1: see those guys take from the practice reps in the 101 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:51,320 Speaker 1: drill reps onto game in scrimmage situation. I'm starting to 102 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:53,479 Speaker 1: see that. So that's what I mean by we took 103 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 1: a step. And then I wanted to ask you what 104 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:57,359 Speaker 1: Austin Johnson, I guy, I believe you have some history 105 00:04:57,440 --> 00:05:01,320 Speaker 1: with what do you what do you can set his strength? Well, 106 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:04,360 Speaker 1: you know, because he's he's a basically a bet. I mean, 107 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:06,279 Speaker 1: I got a young room, so you know, a guy 108 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:09,440 Speaker 1: four years in the league of that now. So, Um, 109 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:13,400 Speaker 1: he understands the game's very very knowledgeable. Um, he plays 110 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:16,280 Speaker 1: a really good path level and you know, his experience 111 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:18,360 Speaker 1: in the NFL has helped him. You know, I think 112 00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:20,520 Speaker 1: to see those guys did a great job with him 113 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:23,760 Speaker 1: in terms of him understanding things schematically, what the offense 114 00:05:23,839 --> 00:05:26,239 Speaker 1: is trying to do. He plays with really good leverage 115 00:05:26,279 --> 00:05:28,760 Speaker 1: and uh, you know it's something that he didn't in college. 116 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:30,920 Speaker 1: Obviously I was forcing enough to coach him in college. 117 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:33,680 Speaker 1: But he hasn't really you know, lost that. You know, 118 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:36,920 Speaker 1: it's it's it's it's it's even gotten better. So so, 119 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:38,760 Speaker 1: and I just wanted to follow up on what Dan 120 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:42,120 Speaker 1: just asked about Austin Johnson. Uh, there's a theory out 121 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:44,000 Speaker 1: there that after three or four years in the league 122 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:46,000 Speaker 1: you kind of are what you are. How do you 123 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:48,800 Speaker 1: get him to the next level? Does your familiarity with 124 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:51,560 Speaker 1: him help? Can you almost turn back time to two 125 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:56,120 Speaker 1: thousandft with him? Yeah? You know, I think definitely when 126 00:05:56,160 --> 00:05:58,640 Speaker 1: you've coached somebody before, they kind of know what what 127 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:01,159 Speaker 1: your your expectations are as a coach and what I 128 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:04,360 Speaker 1: want from him as a football player. But I don't. 129 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:06,120 Speaker 1: I don't really believe that you are what you are. 130 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:08,240 Speaker 1: I think you can get better all the time. And 131 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:10,360 Speaker 1: I think he's a perfect example of a guy that 132 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:13,920 Speaker 1: you know, can continue to elevate his game. I saw 133 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:16,320 Speaker 1: that in college when he was when I first got there. 134 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:17,800 Speaker 1: You know, he was a young guy that kind of 135 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:20,800 Speaker 1: was a rep guy, rotational guy. And then you know, 136 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:22,800 Speaker 1: the last couple of years with him, he was able 137 00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:24,919 Speaker 1: to start for us, and I just saw his games 138 00:06:25,279 --> 00:06:27,520 Speaker 1: start going up and up and up and up. So 139 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:31,400 Speaker 1: he's definitely a guy that is very conscientious of what 140 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:34,920 Speaker 1: he's doing at all. Kinds almost two a fault, um, 141 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:37,080 Speaker 1: But my my thing with him is just to get 142 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:40,080 Speaker 1: him to play fast and I have him think, Hey, coach, 143 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 1: I just want to ask getting back to Leonard Williams 144 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:45,839 Speaker 1: from it, you talked about him being a how you 145 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:49,080 Speaker 1: can help him be a finisher? Um, He's obviously always 146 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:52,760 Speaker 1: gotten pressure on the quarterback. I'm wondering if finishing can 147 00:06:52,839 --> 00:06:55,479 Speaker 1: really be a technique thing or if that's something that 148 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:59,359 Speaker 1: is more instinctive. I think both. I think both. I 149 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:03,800 Speaker 1: think understanding your angles and understanding you know why you 150 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:06,239 Speaker 1: you finished or you didn't finish on that rep. Sometimes 151 00:07:06,279 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 1: the ball is out, you know, you got to talk 152 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:11,080 Speaker 1: about getting pressure on the quarterback. Sometimes the quarterback release 153 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:14,480 Speaker 1: releases the ball. But more so, it's just a continuation 154 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 1: of that moment, right, So keep that motor going at 155 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:19,360 Speaker 1: all times. And if you're going fast and you're going 156 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:22,560 Speaker 1: hard every rate, uh every uh, you know, all of 157 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:25,400 Speaker 1: the time, I really think that good things will happen 158 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:28,600 Speaker 1: for you. I know it sounds cliches, right, just go hard, 159 00:07:28,640 --> 00:07:30,280 Speaker 1: but I mean that's part of it. I mean it's 160 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:32,600 Speaker 1: part of the basics of football that you go hard 161 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:35,040 Speaker 1: on every play and good things that happened to you. Coach, 162 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:38,559 Speaker 1: I just wanted to ask you. I think Daylon Mac 163 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:41,200 Speaker 1: was added to the roster since the last time we 164 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 1: spoke with you. Are you seeing with him? And uh? 165 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:48,480 Speaker 1: And where might he fit? Well? I can tell you 166 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:51,080 Speaker 1: one thing. He can't fit a whole bunch of pants 167 00:07:51,080 --> 00:07:53,440 Speaker 1: because you got the biggest thighs I've ever seen in 168 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:56,400 Speaker 1: my life. But uh, you know, he's a load, right, 169 00:07:56,440 --> 00:07:58,240 Speaker 1: he's a load, and you know, he's a guy that 170 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:00,640 Speaker 1: had a lot of success and Kyle a Jet Texas, 171 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:02,320 Speaker 1: A and M and he was coached by a friend 172 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:06,280 Speaker 1: of mine. Um, so I'm excited about him. Um, he's 173 00:08:06,280 --> 00:08:09,240 Speaker 1: gonna you know, I can't predict what he'll bring to 174 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:12,000 Speaker 1: the room, but I know that he's got great leverage, 175 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:14,960 Speaker 1: being so compact and strong. So I'm excited to work 176 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:22,120 Speaker 1: with him.