1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:03,080 Speaker 1: I know you guys had some questions of Dave's about 2 00:00:03,080 --> 00:00:04,400 Speaker 1: like my future and all that stuff, so I just 3 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:05,520 Speaker 1: wanted to address really quick. 4 00:00:06,559 --> 00:00:08,200 Speaker 2: Obviously, I love. 5 00:00:08,080 --> 00:00:10,080 Speaker 1: Being here, I love working for Daves and everybody, so 6 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:13,119 Speaker 1: you know, my only focus really is just on Philadelphia, 7 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:15,640 Speaker 1: the coaches, the players, and getting ready to play a 8 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:17,799 Speaker 1: great game and build out what we did last week. 9 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:22,599 Speaker 3: We're still going Obviously, It's like, do you expect to 10 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:24,320 Speaker 3: get head coaching interviews again? 11 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:26,279 Speaker 2: You've been a hot name in the cycles. 12 00:00:25,840 --> 00:00:28,040 Speaker 1: In the past, but we've seen from around the league 13 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:32,040 Speaker 1: that non playing calling osies to putting your friend college 14 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:32,520 Speaker 1: here at. 15 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:34,680 Speaker 2: The enemy has a hard time getting those jobs. Do 16 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:36,440 Speaker 2: you expect to still get those interviews? 17 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:39,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, I'd say my focus hasn't been on that. My 18 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:41,160 Speaker 1: focus has been on Philly and just you know, getting 19 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:42,560 Speaker 1: prepared for the game this weekend. 20 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:47,240 Speaker 2: A contract for next year, I'm sorry, are you under contract? Yes, Mike. 21 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:49,800 Speaker 3: What's been the biggest surprise for you this offense or 22 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:52,120 Speaker 3: something that you just we'd. 23 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:55,720 Speaker 1: Asked you back in August, what's been the biggest surprise? Well, 24 00:00:56,400 --> 00:00:59,600 Speaker 1: I'd say i'd say you one thing I'm really happy 25 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:02,840 Speaker 1: about is how our guys have responded to adversity. You know, 26 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:05,240 Speaker 1: you think during the games it's there, there could be 27 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:07,960 Speaker 1: a tendency to kind of just follow over and give up, 28 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:09,640 Speaker 1: and our guys have never done that. And I'm really 29 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:13,319 Speaker 1: proud of that, all the position groups on offense for 30 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:17,240 Speaker 1: doing that, the offensive line group for for whether in 31 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:18,760 Speaker 1: all the storm of you know, having a lot of 32 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:21,760 Speaker 1: guys in and I think, you know, they're number one 33 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:24,120 Speaker 1: in the league, and individual guys playing on the offensive 34 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:26,720 Speaker 1: line number one in the league, and you know, new 35 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:30,759 Speaker 1: offensive lineups, you know, per game. So that's really impressive 36 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:33,880 Speaker 1: to calm, really impressive to James in those rooms, and 37 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:36,480 Speaker 1: to the players too. I mean, those guys being ready, 38 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:38,920 Speaker 1: they're ready to step up. It's not easy to do 39 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:42,679 Speaker 1: at that position. And I think the whole offensive group 40 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:45,640 Speaker 1: in general has really you know, rallied around that. 41 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:47,720 Speaker 2: How much. 42 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 1: Absolutely starts with the players and it's a players game, 43 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:56,280 Speaker 1: and again I'm proud of that. Obviously, the coaches are 44 00:01:56,280 --> 00:01:58,520 Speaker 1: there to help and support them and put them in 45 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:01,000 Speaker 1: the best position possible. I'm proud of the coaches for 46 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 1: sticking with it and getting their guys ready and preparing 47 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 1: no matter of the situation. So you know, just a 48 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:09,079 Speaker 1: lot of really really good things that I can think 49 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:11,040 Speaker 1: of off the top of my head that I'm probably 50 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:12,040 Speaker 1: Mike in this. 51 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:13,160 Speaker 2: New role you had this year. 52 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 3: When you look back at it and I know you're 53 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 3: looking ahead to Philly, but we won't talk to you 54 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:20,880 Speaker 3: next week, do you look at it and say, do 55 00:02:20,919 --> 00:02:24,360 Speaker 3: you feel that your voice, your opinion, your input was 56 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 3: satisfactory to you know what you wanted, you know, in 57 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 3: the last two years and you know you don't have 58 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:30,680 Speaker 3: some of those roles that you know you felt you 59 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:33,799 Speaker 3: still were a meaningful contributor to the offense and the 60 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:34,200 Speaker 3: team and. 61 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:34,640 Speaker 2: Things like that. 62 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:38,519 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's been great collaboration between the staff, myself, other 63 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:42,280 Speaker 1: position coaches, coaches together as a group players, player input. 64 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:44,400 Speaker 2: So it's been really good collaboration. 65 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:50,960 Speaker 1: There different not you know, being the play call or like, 66 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:53,720 Speaker 1: what's that been like for you throughout the season. How 67 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 1: have you been handled that? You know, I haven't had 68 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:58,200 Speaker 1: an opportunity to really kind of sit back and think 69 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:00,520 Speaker 1: about that. You know, I've just been focused on Philly 70 00:03:00,919 --> 00:03:02,760 Speaker 1: and just focus on the guys and getting ready this week. 71 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:05,679 Speaker 1: So you know, next week would be that time to 72 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:07,919 Speaker 1: kind of think about and you have a really big 73 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 1: scale evaluation just because. 74 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:13,200 Speaker 2: You have some experience with this after last season. When 75 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:16,400 Speaker 2: will you obviously not this week, when will. 76 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:18,320 Speaker 3: You start working at draft or quarterbacks? 77 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:21,160 Speaker 2: Like, when will you start doing your Oh not like 78 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:24,679 Speaker 2: the next week? Is that? Yeah, you know it's a 79 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 2: little bit different each year. 80 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:28,600 Speaker 1: But you know, I know Joe and Daves will kind 81 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:30,120 Speaker 1: of get together on that and give us the plan. 82 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:32,840 Speaker 1: But it's you know, it's in the several weeks. You know, 83 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 1: it could be a couple, could be a few. I 84 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:39,600 Speaker 1: don't really have like a date for that because they schedule. No, 85 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:41,480 Speaker 1: there's a few other things that kind of happened in 86 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:43,800 Speaker 1: between before you start working on that. But I think 87 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:46,400 Speaker 1: you know, the scouting side is already you know, kind 88 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:48,840 Speaker 1: of well into it. But from the coaches side, you know, 89 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:51,040 Speaker 1: there's some self scout, there's some other evails with the 90 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 1: current guys, so it's not setting stone yet. 91 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:59,280 Speaker 2: You watch, No, we haven't. 92 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 1: I haven't had time to watch you know, other teams 93 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:02,840 Speaker 1: or college guys or anything like that. 94 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:04,840 Speaker 3: Do you like that and you feel you were a 95 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:07,160 Speaker 3: quarterback and you work with quarterbacks, you feel you're. 96 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:08,520 Speaker 2: Good at it. You know, you like breaking down a 97 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:11,000 Speaker 2: quarterback and then you know your opinion you feel is 98 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:13,080 Speaker 2: a really good opinion of it. Yeah. Yeah, it's fun. 99 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:15,880 Speaker 2: It's fun to do that and you feel you're you know, yeah, 100 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:19,240 Speaker 2: I feel really strong about my ability to evaluate. 101 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:23,240 Speaker 1: You last year in the UH in the College All 102 00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:25,280 Speaker 1: Star Games when you went and you know, like it 103 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:26,000 Speaker 1: was shrine right. 104 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:28,640 Speaker 2: Yes. Do you do you expect any you know, to 105 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:30,919 Speaker 2: participate in any of that stuff or is that still no? 106 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:32,840 Speaker 1: I think the way that it worked last year was 107 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:36,120 Speaker 1: there was a committee that kind of picked the groupings there. 108 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:39,040 Speaker 1: So I think there's like GM, there's other gms across 109 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 1: the league. They kind of so they talk and have 110 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:43,680 Speaker 1: a committee about who kind of goes to which game. 111 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:46,440 Speaker 2: So I don't I haven't heard anything, and I'm not sure, 112 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:47,560 Speaker 2: but was that. 113 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:49,800 Speaker 1: Beneficial for you? Like what you do it again? If 114 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:52,640 Speaker 1: they ask you? Absolutely? Absolutely, It's really cool. One you 115 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:54,640 Speaker 1: get kind of a firsthand view of all the players. 116 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:56,960 Speaker 1: You you're able to meet a bunch of different coaches 117 00:04:56,960 --> 00:04:59,440 Speaker 1: from other stats work them together. It's a it's a 118 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:01,000 Speaker 1: really condemned week. So all of the stuff that we 119 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:03,000 Speaker 1: do with our normal staff we were around all season, 120 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 1: you do it in one week. With a bunch of 121 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:06,800 Speaker 1: new guys, So it's cool. So there's a lot of 122 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:09,599 Speaker 1: learning and you're able to kind of put stuff together 123 00:05:10,080 --> 00:05:12,280 Speaker 1: and then all the new players and kind of getting 124 00:05:12,279 --> 00:05:13,719 Speaker 1: them integrated. It's kind of you kind of run around 125 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:15,600 Speaker 1: with your head on fire a little bit, but it's fun. 126 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:16,919 Speaker 2: It's fun. 127 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:21,120 Speaker 1: Car Brisilla doesn't have to your perspective that you do. 128 00:05:22,279 --> 00:05:25,200 Speaker 2: Obviously, you know, the offensive line here for three years, 129 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 2: five years, ten years has been kind of a revolving door. 130 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:30,760 Speaker 2: Do you feel this group made progress from. 131 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:32,320 Speaker 3: Where it was in the path of It's less of 132 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:33,599 Speaker 3: a question, aren't going forward? 133 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:38,320 Speaker 1: I would just say again, I haven't had an opportunity 134 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:41,200 Speaker 1: to like have a big picture of evaluation all three years, 135 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:44,600 Speaker 1: Like so we've went so you know, tied down to 136 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:46,640 Speaker 1: this season and what's in the present. You know, if 137 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:50,280 Speaker 1: you feel more confident in those guys, yeah, I feel 138 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:52,400 Speaker 1: very confident in Carmen and James and that whole group. 139 00:05:52,440 --> 00:05:53,720 Speaker 2: There's a good leadership group there. 140 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:56,440 Speaker 1: There's a good leadership group there, and you know, some 141 00:05:56,520 --> 00:05:58,440 Speaker 1: of them are banged up and you know, we got 142 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:00,479 Speaker 1: to get them healthy, but you know, there's still a 143 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:02,440 Speaker 1: really good core group of guys in that room is 144 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:05,760 Speaker 1: built very well, and I like there's a lot of 145 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:07,600 Speaker 1: young prospects there that are doing a really good job 146 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:09,760 Speaker 1: and our playing force right now frankly, so you know, 147 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:11,520 Speaker 1: we'll get a good evaluation of them, to give them 148 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:14,640 Speaker 1: an opportunity to get better and give them some objectives 149 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:15,679 Speaker 1: to get better in the off season. 150 00:06:18,839 --> 00:06:21,400 Speaker 2: My ja again for you during games. 151 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:24,840 Speaker 3: And especially after games, you know, with Brian called in 152 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:27,320 Speaker 3: the plays, do you kind of then go over it 153 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:29,719 Speaker 3: because you want to play caller and kind of say, 154 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:32,760 Speaker 3: that's interesting, you know, being able to have done something 155 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:34,680 Speaker 3: different here, you know that I would have done the same, 156 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:36,440 Speaker 3: you know, is it kind of a fine toothed home 157 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:39,440 Speaker 3: because you obviously you know, have aspirations after that that. 158 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:41,120 Speaker 2: You know each one you're kind of trying to learn 159 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:43,680 Speaker 2: and figure out what you would have done and talk 160 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:45,039 Speaker 2: about that. I think, yeah. 161 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:48,240 Speaker 1: I mean that's really with any any game, whether you're 162 00:06:48,279 --> 00:06:49,960 Speaker 1: calling it or not. I mean, even when you're watching 163 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:52,920 Speaker 1: someone else's tape against the opponent you're about to play, 164 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:56,160 Speaker 1: you're thinking about, you know, those situations. So it's one 165 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:58,080 Speaker 1: thing to kind of watch the grand scope of the game, 166 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:02,160 Speaker 1: but then when you break down the individual situations, you know, 167 00:07:02,279 --> 00:07:04,440 Speaker 1: why did they Why would a team call this or 168 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:04,960 Speaker 1: why would you do? 169 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:06,240 Speaker 2: What would you call this? Well? 170 00:07:06,279 --> 00:07:09,200 Speaker 1: Wow, this was like kind of different. So, yeah, you 171 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:11,800 Speaker 1: learn from a bunch of different coordinators. I've learned a 172 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:13,640 Speaker 1: lot from Dabs. I learned a lot from coach read 173 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:15,920 Speaker 1: the guys that I've been around. Learn a lot from 174 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:17,840 Speaker 1: the coordinators and head coaches that I've been around as 175 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:21,880 Speaker 1: a player, North Turner and Marty morning Wig and Matt 176 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:24,560 Speaker 1: Aggie and Doug Peterson, and you know, I can go 177 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:26,320 Speaker 1: down the list of guys that I've learned from. So 178 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:29,480 Speaker 1: you just take all those you know, all those experiences 179 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:30,360 Speaker 1: and learn from it and grow. 180 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:32,440 Speaker 2: Mike, evaluating. 181 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:36,520 Speaker 1: Evaluating war backs to become more difficult given how they're 182 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:38,880 Speaker 1: used in college, giving their different skill sets. 183 00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:41,559 Speaker 2: I mean, you're no longer just throwing the ball. They're running, 184 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:42,680 Speaker 2: they're doing all kinds of puns. 185 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:45,960 Speaker 3: So does that make it more harder to evaluate them with? 186 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:49,520 Speaker 2: It's kind of to me, it's kind of twofold. 187 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:52,120 Speaker 1: You know, you you evaluate to me the way I've 188 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:54,240 Speaker 1: looked at it in the passes You've I've evaluated kind 189 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:57,320 Speaker 1: of both skill sets individually, and then you know, you 190 00:07:57,360 --> 00:07:59,080 Speaker 1: take both of those where they're at as a runner, 191 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:01,080 Speaker 1: whether as a passer, and then you kind of have 192 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:03,080 Speaker 1: a really good picture of who they are as a player. 193 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:06,200 Speaker 1: You look at their like where they're at situationally, do 194 00:08:06,280 --> 00:08:08,480 Speaker 1: they take sacks they you know, can they make plays 195 00:08:08,480 --> 00:08:12,400 Speaker 1: outside the pocket? If so, how accurate are they? Which 196 00:08:12,440 --> 00:08:13,800 Speaker 1: direction do you like the out of the pocket? 197 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:15,280 Speaker 2: Is right? Is left? Can they do both? 198 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:18,320 Speaker 1: Can they step up and get yards? They throw the 199 00:08:18,320 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 1: ball away efficiently? All those things. So it's you know, 200 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:24,760 Speaker 1: decision making. How they you know a lot of those 201 00:08:24,760 --> 00:08:26,920 Speaker 1: things when I think about, you know, evaluating the quarterback 202 00:08:26,960 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 1: and the way that they're groomed from high school into college. 203 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:32,520 Speaker 1: Certainly the game has changed and a lot of those 204 00:08:32,559 --> 00:08:35,120 Speaker 1: guys that are getting now into the league are forcing 205 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:37,800 Speaker 1: us as coaches to adapt and you know, make their 206 00:08:38,040 --> 00:08:40,120 Speaker 1: you know, it's one thing just to insert a guy 207 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:43,360 Speaker 1: into an offense or a scheme. It's another thing to 208 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 1: build on their there they're positive attributes and and build 209 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:50,320 Speaker 1: a you know, an offense around a skill set.