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Speaker 1: and then create them and put them in the roles

431
00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:26,680
Speaker 1: to have the responsibilities for that. Yes, I would say

432
00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:28,720
Speaker 1: that you were partner to fix the defense. It was

433
00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:32,160
Speaker 1: bad last year and they've spent a lot of resources

434
00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:33,879
Speaker 1: in free is to wrap to fix it defense. And

435
00:19:33,960 --> 00:19:36,920
Speaker 1: that's kind of want to say that that's all through.

436
00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:40,680
Speaker 1: I think it's you know, tailored towards us playing being

437
00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:44,040
Speaker 1: the best versions of us. And I'm so pumped to

438
00:19:44,080 --> 00:19:45,440
Speaker 1: be a part of that. Like I said, what do

439
00:19:45,560 --> 00:19:47,680
Speaker 1: I like doing? Like doing things together as a group,

440
00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:51,000
Speaker 1: and so getting this whole defense connected, players to player,

441
00:19:51,119 --> 00:19:54,399
Speaker 1: coach to coach, coach to player, all of that, Um,

442
00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:57,920
Speaker 1: that's all part of my role. And uh, it's one

443
00:19:58,000 --> 00:19:59,760
Speaker 1: that I like a lot. And so I'm looking forward

444
00:19:59,760 --> 00:20:03,280
Speaker 1: to get these guys connected and having a common mindset

445
00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:04,919
Speaker 1: of how we want to play and what we want

446
00:20:04,960 --> 00:20:07,120
Speaker 1: to be about. And I hope when all of our

447
00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:09,760
Speaker 1: fans and friends and family watch us play like and

448
00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:12,640
Speaker 1: these guys they can get it on and they're they're

449
00:20:12,680 --> 00:20:15,960
Speaker 1: down for the long haul and the toughness, the speed,

450
00:20:16,080 --> 00:20:19,600
Speaker 1: the physicality shows up every time we go. Can you

451
00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:22,119
Speaker 1: tell fans to who they're getting in terms of you,

452
00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:24,200
Speaker 1: because there are different perceptions and you there's some things

453
00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:26,639
Speaker 1: that's a perception of he was the great defensive coordinator

454
00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:28,400
Speaker 1: that want a Super Bowl. Then there's fans and looking

455
00:20:28,480 --> 00:20:30,160
Speaker 1: you say as a guy that went to the Super

456
00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:33,080
Speaker 1: Bowl Hattalie couldn't get it done and stayed down with

457
00:20:33,119 --> 00:20:35,000
Speaker 1: the Falcons, and that he was a part of the

458
00:20:35,040 --> 00:20:36,480
Speaker 1: guy that was here with the Barton melon Kicks. So

459
00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:41,720
Speaker 1: who poor fans getting Dan question? Well, much like a player,

460
00:20:41,760 --> 00:20:45,280
Speaker 1: I guess I have to prove it. And what I

461
00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:48,000
Speaker 1: would say is um, you know what you can count

462
00:20:48,040 --> 00:20:51,200
Speaker 1: on from me as somebody that's you know, real specific

463
00:20:51,280 --> 00:20:52,560
Speaker 1: and how we're going to go about it and get

464
00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:55,119
Speaker 1: after it. And I'm very much looking forward to proving that.

465
00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:57,959
Speaker 1: The very best competitive moments in my life have come

466
00:20:58,040 --> 00:21:02,320
Speaker 1: from prove it moments, and like all competitors, I very

467
00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:04,960
Speaker 1: much enjoyed doing that. So I guess we'll have to

468
00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:07,240
Speaker 1: see what made you want to get into this business

469
00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:10,080
Speaker 1: at the beginning? Why why go down this path? You know,

470
00:21:10,119 --> 00:21:12,280
Speaker 1: when I first was coming up, I grew up in

471
00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:14,719
Speaker 1: New Jersey about you know, twenty miles west of Manhattan.

472
00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:17,920
Speaker 1: I wanted to teach and coach, and that was, you know,

473
00:21:18,040 --> 00:21:20,000
Speaker 1: kind of the vision I had had for it. I loved,

474
00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:21,639
Speaker 1: you know, I played a bunch of sports, but I

475
00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:23,320
Speaker 1: wanted to teach and coach. I went to college. I

476
00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:26,840
Speaker 1: was an elementary head major, and then my very first job,

477
00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:29,080
Speaker 1: you know, I was you got up a teaching certificate.

478
00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:31,040
Speaker 1: But then as I got into college, I thought, well,

479
00:21:31,359 --> 00:21:32,920
Speaker 1: I'd like to take this further and you know, and

480
00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:34,560
Speaker 1: do it as a full time thing. And did that

481
00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:38,040
Speaker 1: in college for six years, and then when the opportunity

482
00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:40,520
Speaker 1: came to the NFL, I kind of thought, well, that's

483
00:21:40,680 --> 00:21:43,119
Speaker 1: you know, you know, the highest in our profession and

484
00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:44,879
Speaker 1: that we can get to is. I wanted to go

485
00:21:44,960 --> 00:21:47,199
Speaker 1: after it as hard as I could. I love the connection.

486
00:21:47,280 --> 00:21:50,120
Speaker 1: I love to teach. I love the competition. So it's

487
00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:52,119
Speaker 1: I guess all of those things wrapped up. I think

488
00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:54,439
Speaker 1: the first part of my job is teaching and then

489
00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:56,760
Speaker 1: developing a player to say, all right, this is where

490
00:21:56,840 --> 00:21:58,720
Speaker 1: we're at, and how do we get to this spot?

491
00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:01,200
Speaker 1: And there's a lot of depths along the way, but

492
00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:02,920
Speaker 1: we're not going to skip one of the rungs to

493
00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:05,240
Speaker 1: get there, like man, We're gonna stay on the process

494
00:22:05,280 --> 00:22:07,800
Speaker 1: to get us there. But I guess, like at the end,

495
00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:09,800
Speaker 1: like I said, I loved doing things as with a

496
00:22:09,840 --> 00:22:13,360
Speaker 1: group together. But it's nice to know early in life

497
00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:15,600
Speaker 1: I found what I wanted to do and then, uh,

498
00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:18,480
Speaker 1: you know, just I never had any other options. I said,

499
00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:20,080
Speaker 1: if I probably did something else, it would have been

500
00:22:20,119 --> 00:22:22,200
Speaker 1: in the military, probably for that same thing that I

501
00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:24,600
Speaker 1: was so much loved being a part of a team.

502
00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:26,080
Speaker 1: And so I think those would have been the two

503
00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:27,960
Speaker 1: things that would have let me up the most. It

504
00:22:28,040 --> 00:22:30,520
Speaker 1: was it tough you to do the three to sixty

505
00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:32,640
Speaker 1: look back on the scheme of part of two things

506
00:22:33,160 --> 00:22:35,040
Speaker 1: easy thing to do. No, it wasn't easy because I

507
00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:39,040
Speaker 1: didn't want just you know, all the things they keep doing,

508
00:22:39,119 --> 00:22:40,879
Speaker 1: what you're doing or you know that. So I wanted,

509
00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:44,840
Speaker 1: um I wanted real feedback, you know, like like most

510
00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:47,560
Speaker 1: competitors and players where they say like, hey, I want

511
00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:49,320
Speaker 1: you know, I wanted to get to the truth of

512
00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:51,520
Speaker 1: things that went well, and I wanted to get to

513
00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:53,480
Speaker 1: the truth of things of like, hey man, this could

514
00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:57,560
Speaker 1: have been done better and so otherwise, you know, some

515
00:22:57,720 --> 00:22:59,359
Speaker 1: of the pain of going through it wouldn't have been

516
00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:01,359
Speaker 1: worth it. And so I wanted to make sure like

517
00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:03,159
Speaker 1: that I learned from this and I grew from this,

518
00:23:03,359 --> 00:23:05,000
Speaker 1: and I could apply it to you know, to my

519
00:23:05,080 --> 00:23:08,440
Speaker 1: opportunity here in Dallas. And so I'm certainly glad that

520
00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:11,240
Speaker 1: I did do that. Like I said, it wasn't the

521
00:23:11,280 --> 00:23:13,880
Speaker 1: easiest process to go through, but um per damn sure

522
00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:16,520
Speaker 1: glad that I did it. And I can already tell

523
00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:18,720
Speaker 1: you it's made me a better coach just by having

524
00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:21,400
Speaker 1: that feedback. I've learned a lot from players through the years,

525
00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:24,480
Speaker 1: and I've been super fortunate to coach a lot of

526
00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:27,399
Speaker 1: good ones, and so looking back. I wanted to have

527
00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:31,120
Speaker 1: that type of interaction, you know, and that's also talking

528
00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:33,240
Speaker 1: to players that you may have cut or maybe even

529
00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:35,480
Speaker 1: a coach that you had to you know, move on from,

530
00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:38,640
Speaker 1: but having that kind of feedback that was super important

531
00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:40,840
Speaker 1: to me, and I really respect and appreciate, you know,

532
00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:43,920
Speaker 1: the people helping me on that big project. The best

533
00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:46,080
Speaker 1: leaders that you've been around, for the locker room leaders

534
00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:50,000
Speaker 1: as players, did they have? What were their actions that

535
00:23:50,119 --> 00:23:54,080
Speaker 1: you saw? I think number one like authenticity, and you've

536
00:23:54,119 --> 00:23:56,920
Speaker 1: got to be you know who you are, because you

537
00:23:57,040 --> 00:23:59,200
Speaker 1: can just step out there one day and then step back.

538
00:23:59,280 --> 00:24:03,080
Speaker 1: And so the very best leaders that I've been around

539
00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:05,040
Speaker 1: were ones that was like, man, you can count on

540
00:24:05,119 --> 00:24:09,560
Speaker 1: this to be the same today and tomorrow. And they

541
00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:12,600
Speaker 1: get close and connect with people. And so because as

542
00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:14,880
Speaker 1: a leader, you have to say, you know, some things

543
00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:17,400
Speaker 1: that can be uncomfortable, but you have to be willing

544
00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:18,760
Speaker 1: to say them. It doesn't mean you have to say

545
00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:20,879
Speaker 1: them in an uncomfortable way, but you got to be

546
00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:22,920
Speaker 1: able to say them. So I think the authenticity the

547
00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:27,040
Speaker 1: honesty that comes out, and whether you're a mentor or

548
00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:29,760
Speaker 1: a leader, you do have to give the feedback and

549
00:24:30,560 --> 00:24:33,240
Speaker 1: you have to walk that walk, you know, like you can't. Hey,

550
00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:34,879
Speaker 1: well I want to do this and you know, and

551
00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:36,600
Speaker 1: then you don't do it the very next day. So

552
00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:40,520
Speaker 1: I think, like, you know, relentlessly being consistent. I know

553
00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:42,440
Speaker 1: that's not a very sexy word, but it's really hard

554
00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:45,280
Speaker 1: to do. And most of the very good leaders I've

555
00:24:45,320 --> 00:24:49,560
Speaker 1: been around have had that. Dan bringing in, Jovid bringing

556
00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:52,320
Speaker 1: your deadline coach, Guys that already understand exactly what you

557
00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:54,520
Speaker 1: know that you don't have to coach the coaches right,

558
00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:57,439
Speaker 1: And I think, well, one, I think they're excellent teachers.

559
00:24:57,600 --> 00:25:00,400
Speaker 1: And that's one of the things I look for, um,

560
00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:02,960
Speaker 1: you know, as a coach to say, I want to

561
00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:05,000
Speaker 1: be part of a developmental staff meeting. We're going to

562
00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:08,760
Speaker 1: take every single player as far as we can. And

563
00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:13,320
Speaker 1: both Joe and Aden had those you know attributes going in.

564
00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:16,920
Speaker 1: I've seen it firsthand, uh, you know, taking somebody from

565
00:25:17,200 --> 00:25:19,720
Speaker 1: step one all the way you know until where we

566
00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:22,119
Speaker 1: want to get Tom. And then there were some excellent

567
00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:25,199
Speaker 1: coaches that were here, and so you know, I was fortunate,

568
00:25:25,280 --> 00:25:26,720
Speaker 1: you know to know and get to visit with the

569
00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:28,600
Speaker 1: guys that were here. And so, you know, a guy

570
00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:31,040
Speaker 1: like George and you know, Al Harris or Kat you know,

571
00:25:31,119 --> 00:25:32,760
Speaker 1: the guys that were here and having a chance to

572
00:25:33,119 --> 00:25:35,600
Speaker 1: to merge that group, and that was a big piece

573
00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:38,080
Speaker 1: of it. But I would say they also understand, like

574
00:25:38,280 --> 00:25:40,359
Speaker 1: we had talked about with the players, you know, behind

575
00:25:40,440 --> 00:25:42,399
Speaker 1: the scenes, hey, this is what Dan may mean on this.

576
00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:46,200
Speaker 1: And so like most relationships, it takes, you know, some

577
00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:48,000
Speaker 1: time to get going. The first couple of meetings it

578
00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:50,200
Speaker 1: was slow. So okay, man, like sitting on our hands,

579
00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:51,560
Speaker 1: that's not going to be the answer here. So like,

580
00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:55,120
Speaker 1: let's push it and force it. And we've had excellent

581
00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:59,080
Speaker 1: dialogue conversations. There's a big background, think about one hundred

582
00:25:59,080 --> 00:26:01,920
Speaker 1: and fifty years of experience on the defensive staff, and

583
00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:03,960
Speaker 1: so I wanted to dig into that and find it

584
00:26:04,119 --> 00:26:06,760
Speaker 1: because it wasn't gonna be just one way that we

585
00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:09,639
Speaker 1: do it. And so this offseason putting this package together,

586
00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:12,360
Speaker 1: it's been a good collaboration and Mike's been a part

587
00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:13,840
Speaker 1: of that as well. You know, I wanted to hear

588
00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:16,520
Speaker 1: his insight and what was hard from the quarterback's viewpoint,

589
00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:18,480
Speaker 1: and I don't think I've ever had that on the

590
00:26:18,560 --> 00:26:21,919
Speaker 1: defensive side putting the package together, and so you can

591
00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:24,120
Speaker 1: imagine what an advantage that is for me to say,

592
00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:26,399
Speaker 1: does this make a difference to this? No, but this

593
00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:30,520
Speaker 1: would Okay, that's now in so I am looking forward to,

594
00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:35,159
Speaker 1: you know, putting this whole thing together. You know what, man,

595
00:26:35,240 --> 00:26:38,359
Speaker 1: I've learned, you know, be where your feet are. And

596
00:26:40,240 --> 00:26:42,560
Speaker 1: in the past, I've maybe even as I was a

597
00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:44,600
Speaker 1: D line coach, I was chasing. I just wanted to

598
00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:46,120
Speaker 1: be a dcord. And I've been a D line coach

599
00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:50,080
Speaker 1: in the NFL and or as a defensive cord now

600
00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:52,600
Speaker 1: just like I've had way more fun and way more

601
00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:54,960
Speaker 1: success when I was just trying to crush it where

602
00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:57,800
Speaker 1: I was and having a blast. So where I'm at

603
00:26:57,920 --> 00:27:01,200
Speaker 1: right now, I'm enjoying it and just honestly just want

604
00:27:01,240 --> 00:27:03,520
Speaker 1: to be right where my feet are and kicking ass

605
00:27:03,560 --> 00:27:05,200
Speaker 1: and having a blast with this crew and this team

606
00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:08,959
Speaker 1: and this organization. We've heard full clarity talking about your

607
00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:12,320
Speaker 1: energy and as a teacher, how hands on are you

608
00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:15,359
Speaker 1: as a teacher and a defensive for their kind of

609
00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:18,840
Speaker 1: trying to tea a lot of that here. No, And

610
00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:20,879
Speaker 1: it probably goes back to like why I want to

611
00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:23,880
Speaker 1: you know so badly? Why didn't I not want to sell?

612
00:27:23,920 --> 00:27:27,920
Speaker 1: Because the time on the field, you know, that's the

613
00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:30,760
Speaker 1: best part of the week for me. You know, in

614
00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:33,720
Speaker 1: the preparation phase, I like teaching the classroom, but on

615
00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:36,560
Speaker 1: the field work, in the drill work, that part is

616
00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:40,800
Speaker 1: um Uh, it's priceless for me because you can give

617
00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:44,160
Speaker 1: instant feedback to somebody to about their technique, about where

618
00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:46,880
Speaker 1: they're at and having that energy. Man, that's the best.

619
00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:49,439
Speaker 1: So I love being hands on with the guys. Um.

620
00:27:49,520 --> 00:27:52,320
Speaker 1: I'll be involved in the drill work with them, but

621
00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:53,680
Speaker 1: I want to feel them, I want to know them,

622
00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:55,960
Speaker 1: and uh it's the only way I can do that

623
00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:58,520
Speaker 1: is to build those relationships with them and spend some

624
00:27:58,600 --> 00:28:01,480
Speaker 1: time with them. That's in meetings, that's you know, out

625
00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:03,720
Speaker 1: on the field, it's in the locker room, it's everywhere.

626
00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:06,480
Speaker 1: And so um, I haven't been able to do that yet,

627
00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:08,520
Speaker 1: you know, because of the you know, where we're at.

628
00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:12,080
Speaker 1: So um. You know, speed dating online isn't isn't all

629
00:28:12,119 --> 00:28:16,159
Speaker 1: it's cracked up to be, you know. So uh, the

630
00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:20,760
Speaker 1: best part of coaching is really you know, for me anyway,

631
00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:24,320
Speaker 1: is these connections and uh, they're lifelong with players, and

632
00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:27,320
Speaker 1: so I still keep up with guys that I coached

633
00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:32,160
Speaker 1: um in the nineties and the two thousands and last year.

634
00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:35,920
Speaker 1: So um, I enjoy that a lot, and so I'm

635
00:28:35,960 --> 00:28:37,959
Speaker 1: looking forward to building some relationships with the guys here,

636
00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:41,200
Speaker 1: with the coaches. And then you talked to Fosteril and

637
00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:46,080
Speaker 1: all about the Watermeloo kid. Uh. It was playing uh

638
00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:48,560
Speaker 1: when I first got here, and then then Zeke ran

639
00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:50,040
Speaker 1: over one guy and I was like, hey man, we

640
00:28:50,160 --> 00:28:52,840
Speaker 1: take this game off, you know, like like I'm walking

641
00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:54,800
Speaker 1: down the hallway and I'm like, in this part of

642
00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:57,880
Speaker 1: the reason I'm here, you know. So I was like, so, um, yeah,

643
00:28:57,920 --> 00:29:00,720
Speaker 1: what I just it was honestly a fan fantastic you know,

644
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Speaker 1: kick by the guy and so um. But no, we

645
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Speaker 1: didn't have a lot of you know, conversation about it.

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Speaker 1: You tind to spend more time in defensive line through

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Speaker 1: just getting her background. Yeah, no, that's where um I

648
00:29:15,480 --> 00:29:17,200
Speaker 1: think you always want to have, you know, the where

649
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Speaker 1: can you make the most impact And so for me

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Speaker 1: in my background, um, that's the spot. And so I

651
00:29:23,320 --> 00:29:26,480
Speaker 1: look forward to doing that party, structuring your time on there,

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Speaker 1: meaning in the meetings, pay earlier, going to be on

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Speaker 1: the field and the individuals or whatever. Yeah, Um, I'll

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Speaker 1: be in a number of you know, different spots spend

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Speaker 1: on the day or the emphasis of that day or

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Speaker 1: the things that we're trying to hit on. So um,

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Speaker 1: meeting wise now and in all three position groups. Just

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Speaker 1: you know, this day, I'm working on this, and you know,

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Speaker 1: the night before I'll discuss. Hey, I'm gonna be in

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Speaker 1: the first ten on this part. I'd like to hit

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Speaker 1: on this, and then a Joe, I'm going to come

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Speaker 1: into the DBS when you get to this spot. And

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Speaker 1: so because those meetings are online, so it's pretty easy

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Speaker 1: to structure which parts you want to be a part

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Speaker 1: of at the moment. But um, I'd do some meetings

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Speaker 1: with the overall group and then they split up you

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Speaker 1: know from there. So Um, there's a lot of ways

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Speaker 1: that I'm doing on the field, It'll be a little

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Speaker 1: bit of the same. There'll be days I'll be with

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Speaker 1: the d line, other times I'll be you know, with

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Speaker 1: the DBS. So it just depends. It's it's also how

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Speaker 1: I get connected with the guys Billy told him for

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Speaker 1: the new line for a little bit. Yeah, the tackle

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Speaker 1: also from UCLA and a big middle tackle from uh yep,

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Speaker 1: so um got so uh with osa Um, we really

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Speaker 1: see him impact in the team as a nickel defensive tackle,

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Speaker 1: and we want to really push him as a rusher

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Speaker 1: and uh, he's got the traits and the speed to

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Speaker 1: do that, and so that's what his you know, primary

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Speaker 1: you know spot will be. But like I said, I'm

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Speaker 1: hopeful I'll have more answers you know, the next time

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Speaker 1: we talk out in California, so that the next time

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Speaker 1: Rich yeah, uh yeah. And then uh with with Quentin

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Speaker 1: um uh, you know, we're gonna put him out on

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Speaker 1: the edge as much as I'm just kidding. He's gonna

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Speaker 1: be right over the center sometimes here, other times right there.

687
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Speaker 1: But he's a big guy. He's got great length, he

688
00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:10,200
Speaker 1: can really bend and so he's a nose tackle. So

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Speaker 1: different spots for those two players. And like all the

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Speaker 1: guys is, I'm clear on their roles and what they

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Speaker 1: can do, and now it's up to us to get

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Speaker 1: them to do that spot over and over and over again.

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Speaker 1: That's how you get good at it. All Right, you

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Speaker 1: guys have a go, do you spend a time with

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Speaker 1: you Scot's gonna be