1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:04,160 Speaker 1: How's everyone doing good? UM, I think our guys are 2 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:07,200 Speaker 1: really excited to get started. You know, you could see 3 00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:09,240 Speaker 1: it kind of when we came in the building on 4 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:12,920 Speaker 1: Monday and we had practice yesterday. UM, guys are really 5 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:17,440 Speaker 1: locked in, including excited to go play football. And UM 6 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:20,080 Speaker 1: got a great opponent this week. A team that can 7 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:23,240 Speaker 1: run the football. As we all know, hundred forty one 8 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:26,880 Speaker 1: forty one is yards a game a year ago. UM, 9 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:30,160 Speaker 1: team that will max protect and take some shots down 10 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:32,800 Speaker 1: the field. They're gonna get borders on the perimeter with 11 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:37,879 Speaker 1: some boots and some and some movement passes. Then you 12 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:39,720 Speaker 1: know the thing, the thing we gotta do a great 13 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:43,040 Speaker 1: job is a screen game. We gotta be aware of 14 00:00:43,159 --> 00:00:46,040 Speaker 1: when the screens are coming, whether it's first and second down, 15 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:48,519 Speaker 1: third down, and be aware of some of the set 16 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:52,280 Speaker 1: ups for those things. Um. You know, with the receiver out, 17 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:57,280 Speaker 1: it's gonna be whether it's a Westbrook, mon Creeve, whoever, 18 00:00:57,320 --> 00:00:59,240 Speaker 1: whoever it is, that's their guy that's gonna try They're 19 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:01,720 Speaker 1: gonna try to hit on the field. UM, those are 20 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:03,160 Speaker 1: the guys that we're gonna have to be aware of them. 21 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:05,800 Speaker 1: Just adjust during the first part of the game. But 22 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:07,920 Speaker 1: I think our guys have had two really good days 23 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:12,080 Speaker 1: of practice, UM, this morning's walk through and yesterday's practice, 24 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:14,119 Speaker 1: and and in little work we did on Monday. So 25 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:16,520 Speaker 1: I think they're excited to go out and play this 26 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:20,000 Speaker 1: Sunday with so many new faces on the defense in 27 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:24,640 Speaker 1: the last week alone and get well. I I think 28 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:26,360 Speaker 1: one of the things is that is, you know, we 29 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:29,160 Speaker 1: got some great ownership in the room, and we got 30 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:32,960 Speaker 1: some guys that are really taken hold of what we've 31 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:35,880 Speaker 1: been trying to do over the last five six months 32 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:39,320 Speaker 1: as a defense, and we've really tried to teach it 33 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:43,320 Speaker 1: as concepts. So the guys that are here understand the concepts. 34 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:46,280 Speaker 1: Then you just you just feed those guys as they 35 00:01:46,319 --> 00:01:49,360 Speaker 1: come in pieces and they learn on the way, then 36 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:50,880 Speaker 1: they hear it from the other guys that are in 37 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:53,400 Speaker 1: the room having a conversation, and then they spend some 38 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:57,520 Speaker 1: time outside the building with the guys that have been here. UM, 39 00:01:57,600 --> 00:01:59,200 Speaker 1: and you just take it day by day and you 40 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 1: keep growing. I love what we're doing about the searching, 41 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:06,480 Speaker 1: finding and working guys through. UM. Excited about some of 42 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:09,360 Speaker 1: the guys that have come in and UM, you know, 43 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:11,720 Speaker 1: excited to work with anybody we bring in just just 44 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:13,640 Speaker 1: because all we're gonna ask them do is get their 45 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:16,400 Speaker 1: hand in the pile, let's go to work. A lot 46 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:18,880 Speaker 1: of those new faces are in the secondary. It was 47 00:02:18,919 --> 00:02:21,560 Speaker 1: there's something that guys who were here before weren't doing 48 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 1: that you needed more of, or anything specific, and why 49 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 1: the secondary win throws it to change. I think, Um, 50 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:29,799 Speaker 1: I think all along we've we've been looking for guys 51 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:32,960 Speaker 1: that are gonna be as we've talked, the third corner, 52 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:37,680 Speaker 1: the third, fourth, fifth, safety, the next nickel in the game. 53 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:40,360 Speaker 1: And I think we're always in search of trying to 54 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:44,080 Speaker 1: find who, um is the backup at some of those positions, 55 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:47,839 Speaker 1: and UM love cycling through and and UM, I think 56 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:50,800 Speaker 1: our guys in the room as coaches have have loved it. 57 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 1: And UM, I think our players that are here are 58 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:55,840 Speaker 1: loving the fact that all we're trying to do is 59 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:58,160 Speaker 1: get better each day. The last time we spoke to you, 60 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:01,400 Speaker 1: Pety still pretty unsettled. So what didn't try to stand 61 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:04,639 Speaker 1: out that? Yeah? I think I think Curtis really from 62 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:08,080 Speaker 1: the beginnings has been playing pretty well for a guy 63 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:10,440 Speaker 1: that has doesn't have a lot of time on the 64 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:14,960 Speaker 1: job at the position. Obviously an outside guy converted inside UM. 65 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 1: I think when you when you go look at little 66 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:19,560 Speaker 1: things like how much time he's spending on his iPad 67 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 1: watching tape, UM, how much how engaged he is in 68 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:26,520 Speaker 1: meetings and the conversation he's having UM in the in 69 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:28,600 Speaker 1: the classroom. Then when you go out and watch the 70 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:31,480 Speaker 1: tape and he's running around some of the plays he's made. 71 00:03:31,639 --> 00:03:34,400 Speaker 1: Obviously missed a little time with the injury, but has 72 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:36,600 Speaker 1: come off of that and and really picked up where 73 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:39,800 Speaker 1: he left off. I think he's a guy that his 74 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:41,800 Speaker 1: arrow is really up and I'm excited to watch and 75 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:44,400 Speaker 1: I'll be excited to watch him play the Sunday. How 76 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:47,240 Speaker 1: much times you can see that, I think we're always 77 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:50,960 Speaker 1: aware of what our guys are able to do. UM. 78 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:54,200 Speaker 1: In terms of studying tape, we talk about it a 79 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:58,440 Speaker 1: lot on Defense. It's UM. There's never enough time during 80 00:03:58,440 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 1: an eight nine hour day to get everything in and 81 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:04,280 Speaker 1: there's always study that you have to do. And to 82 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:05,560 Speaker 1: be honest with you, that's one of the things I 83 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:07,840 Speaker 1: learned from some of the players I've been around. I've 84 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:10,400 Speaker 1: seen players they just go watch so much tape. They 85 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:14,119 Speaker 1: come in with questions before you provide the answers. They're 86 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:16,360 Speaker 1: asking the questions that the answers are about to be for. 87 00:04:16,640 --> 00:04:19,720 Speaker 1: So Um and those guys are really important in the room, 88 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:21,960 Speaker 1: in the secondary room, in the linebacker room, to have 89 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:25,159 Speaker 1: guys that are really engaged and kind of leading the 90 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:29,039 Speaker 1: charge in their position groups on awareness of what's going 91 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 1: to happen before it happens. I think you know Um, 92 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 1: I think you know Zoe Um a guy that the 93 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:45,240 Speaker 1: longer it goes with him, I think the thing I 94 00:04:45,279 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 1: see the most is the faster he plays. He's starting 95 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:51,320 Speaker 1: to really understand what we're doing and what we're asking 96 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:54,120 Speaker 1: of him. Number one, then two, just as a rusher, 97 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:57,919 Speaker 1: he's really learning how to rush and and to me 98 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:00,920 Speaker 1: as young players in this league, that's year long process 99 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:02,480 Speaker 1: that might be in the year two with a lot 100 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:06,880 Speaker 1: of guys. Um and then with b J is just 101 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:10,800 Speaker 1: a guy that came in was He's probably one of 102 00:05:10,839 --> 00:05:15,240 Speaker 1: the most professional rookies I've ever been around that when 103 00:05:15,279 --> 00:05:17,279 Speaker 1: he came in the building, he was business and he 104 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:20,200 Speaker 1: understood how he needed to work. A guy that takes 105 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:22,359 Speaker 1: care of his body. He's just really ahead of his 106 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:25,239 Speaker 1: age in terms of years in the league. And Um, 107 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:28,720 Speaker 1: both of those guys, they're gonna play very meaningful snaps 108 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:30,560 Speaker 1: in this game. Play a lot of snaps in this game, 109 00:05:30,839 --> 00:05:32,599 Speaker 1: and I'll be excited to, you know, watch some of 110 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:35,280 Speaker 1: these young guys fly around and play. James, I would 111 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:38,480 Speaker 1: think that you would probably have name Olivia Verdon as 112 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:41,960 Speaker 1: one of your your replacement player. Well, if so they 113 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:45,760 Speaker 1: had you replace him, Um, you know I I I 114 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:49,280 Speaker 1: think one thing we always do if you don't end 115 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:52,239 Speaker 1: up having a guy and um, you know, injured questions 116 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 1: are always gonna go to coach hermram I want to 117 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:56,960 Speaker 1: ever answer injury questions. But um, if you ever were 118 00:05:57,040 --> 00:05:59,720 Speaker 1: to have to play without someone, then it's just the 119 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:02,560 Speaker 1: other guys at that position you gotta step up, and 120 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 1: it's gonna be multiple guys handling whatever that job was, 121 00:06:05,279 --> 00:06:09,120 Speaker 1: whether it's ov outside if he doesn't end up playing, 122 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:12,800 Speaker 1: or linebacker inside or a guy at safety, Um, there 123 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:15,480 Speaker 1: will be different guys sharing some of that responsibility.