1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:03,840 Speaker 1: From what you saw Davis before now and that you 2 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:05,400 Speaker 1: got your hand on in this offseason. 3 00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:07,520 Speaker 2: What does he showing you in the first he wants 4 00:00:07,520 --> 00:00:08,440 Speaker 2: and now in tras game. 5 00:00:09,880 --> 00:00:12,159 Speaker 3: I mean, you really never know. We obviously Chad and 6 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:14,720 Speaker 3: Heath had a close relationship with him as a player, 7 00:00:14,720 --> 00:00:17,160 Speaker 3: having coached him in Buffalo, so they're kind of vouching 8 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:20,120 Speaker 3: for the character and personality and things like that. But 9 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:21,960 Speaker 3: he's been a lot of fun just to add to 10 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:25,079 Speaker 3: the group. He brings a lot of humor, and obviously 11 00:00:25,079 --> 00:00:27,520 Speaker 3: he brings experience, so he can communicate with those guys 12 00:00:27,520 --> 00:00:29,360 Speaker 3: of kind of telling them what it's like because we 13 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:31,080 Speaker 3: do have a pretty young room. I mean, for the 14 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:33,919 Speaker 3: most part, besides Christian and Gabe, most those guys are 15 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:37,040 Speaker 3: first or second year players. They haven't played a lot 16 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:40,080 Speaker 3: of football in the NFL, so I think that kind 17 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:42,080 Speaker 3: of experience he brings to it. And then just being 18 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:44,360 Speaker 3: able to see I think you've seen the last couple 19 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:47,120 Speaker 3: of days, the different catches he's had, the different situations 20 00:00:47,159 --> 00:00:49,240 Speaker 3: he's been in, whether it's outbreakers and breakers down the 21 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:53,280 Speaker 3: field type stuff, contested catchability. Those are the things you 22 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:55,960 Speaker 3: probably thought you saw, but we hadn't seen him yet 23 00:00:56,280 --> 00:00:58,960 Speaker 3: live firsthand right here, and then Trevor just getting a 24 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:00,960 Speaker 3: feel for that timing of how things work with Gabe 25 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:01,760 Speaker 3: for us. 26 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:03,840 Speaker 2: Luke Wardner has been put into kind of a unique 27 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:06,959 Speaker 2: position to your starter. Obviously, Mitch Morse comes in to 28 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:10,440 Speaker 2: basically take his job. How has he reacted to that 29 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:12,560 Speaker 2: and how will Mitch help them moving forward? 30 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:16,479 Speaker 3: Yeah, Luke's been awesome. I mean, just understanding that what 31 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:19,320 Speaker 3: we did in terms of developing our roster and improving 32 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:21,880 Speaker 3: the talent on the team overall, and a lot of 33 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:24,920 Speaker 3: these guys, I mean the lineman especially, A lot of 34 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:26,679 Speaker 3: these guys have to be cross trained. I mean you 35 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:28,399 Speaker 3: have to be able to play multiple positions. So for 36 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:31,320 Speaker 3: a guy to play center and now take more reps 37 00:01:31,319 --> 00:01:33,440 Speaker 3: at guard as we've gone in, I mean that just 38 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:35,520 Speaker 3: makes him more valuable to the team. And these guys 39 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:39,119 Speaker 3: really they have done whatever we've asked if we can 40 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:41,800 Speaker 3: present the vision of helping the team, and so across 41 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:43,440 Speaker 3: the board in the line we've had, I mean Walker 42 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:46,200 Speaker 3: Little's played left tackle, right tackle, guard, He's done a 43 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:49,080 Speaker 3: number of things. Blake Hans plays every position imaginable for us. 44 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 3: So there's a lot of those guys in that room 45 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 3: that have that ability to do that, and you know, 46 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:57,040 Speaker 3: we appreciate that and it brings again an extra value 47 00:01:57,120 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 3: to the room itself. But our team as well. 48 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:02,560 Speaker 1: I know Steven Jones han't gotten on the field yet, 49 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 1: but Javon Foster in particular, maybe some of the other 50 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:08,160 Speaker 1: younger offensive lineman knowing too that they may need to 51 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:09,920 Speaker 1: be next fan of with a couple of injuries. 52 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, those guys, I mean with Javan you kind of 53 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:14,640 Speaker 3: see his experience flash. The guy played a ton of 54 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:17,360 Speaker 3: games in the SEC, so he kind of has his 55 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:19,799 Speaker 3: way to win. Now, there's times where we're still trying 56 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:21,880 Speaker 3: to get certain techniques out of him as we go, 57 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:24,960 Speaker 3: but when the bullets are flying, a lot of times 58 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:26,960 Speaker 3: you just kind of see he knows what to do 59 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:29,760 Speaker 3: and he gets it done his way, which works for him. 60 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:31,720 Speaker 3: And that's ultimately that's what we're trying to do, is 61 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:34,560 Speaker 3: get it done. But you see he's got he gets 62 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:37,359 Speaker 3: a number of reps and you know, fortunately unfortunately it's 63 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:39,520 Speaker 3: some of it's due to injury, but he's getting a 64 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:41,400 Speaker 3: ton of opportunity to play and show what he can 65 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:44,400 Speaker 3: do and flash that experience for us to where he 66 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 3: can become at some point in time for us, whether 67 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 3: this season, early in the season, late in the season, 68 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:51,359 Speaker 3: you know, a trusted resource for us in there. 69 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:54,280 Speaker 2: You guys brought it to Quell and turning around to 70 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:55,320 Speaker 2: be a rehirt guy. 71 00:02:55,919 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 3: But when you when you look at his speak, can. 72 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:01,800 Speaker 1: You envision a day where he can be a part 73 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:04,320 Speaker 1: of the offense, even though you. 74 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:07,400 Speaker 2: Know from a size standpoint, you know, I'm just wondering 75 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:10,520 Speaker 2: if you see a role for him, maybe not this year, 76 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:11,320 Speaker 2: but down the line. 77 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:13,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, certainly, I mean, and that's something that kind of 78 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:15,480 Speaker 3: utilized with him in college as well of being a 79 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 3: guy out of the backfield carrying the football, some gun 80 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:21,440 Speaker 3: run stuff and things like that that you know, we 81 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:23,400 Speaker 3: we just want to see him continue to develop and 82 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:26,280 Speaker 3: we'll figure out what that is as it kind of 83 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:28,399 Speaker 3: expresses itself. Obviously, the first thing is him getting healthy 84 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:31,880 Speaker 3: and getting himself an opportunity to take reps throughout practice so 85 00:03:31,919 --> 00:03:34,240 Speaker 3: we can kind of see where that goes, get him 86 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:36,880 Speaker 3: experience during certain things. We do think he can be 87 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:38,520 Speaker 3: a weapon out of the backfield in the past game, 88 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:41,400 Speaker 3: and then figuring out what that looks like as a ballcarrier, 89 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:44,400 Speaker 3: what types of run he's good at kind of where 90 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:46,680 Speaker 3: it falls in situations within a game of how we 91 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:49,520 Speaker 3: can use him. But the biggest thing, especially these guys 92 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 3: that are offensive guys that play special teams, they have 93 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 3: a jersey on game day, So we want to use 94 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:57,280 Speaker 3: everybody available to us, and so if they provide a 95 00:03:57,360 --> 00:03:59,120 Speaker 3: value to us, we'll find a way to try to 96 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:00,520 Speaker 3: use them as a. 97 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 2: Part of uph Trent talked a lot in the off 98 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:09,480 Speaker 2: season about improving the physicality of this football team on 99 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:10,400 Speaker 2: both sides of the ball. 100 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 1: Is it you, uh, I know it's early. 101 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:14,800 Speaker 3: Do you do you feel like. 102 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 2: Offensive way that this offense will be better in that 103 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 2: department this year? 104 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:24,360 Speaker 3: You know that that's something we think we're good heading 105 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:26,480 Speaker 3: in the right direction. That's something I don't know if 106 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:29,520 Speaker 3: you necessarily know until it's live action we're playing football, 107 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:33,200 Speaker 3: but we're encouraged about where we're heading with that aspect 108 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:35,520 Speaker 3: of our of our game and our unit as well. 109 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:38,080 Speaker 3: So you know, that's something we want to see continue 110 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:40,920 Speaker 3: to develop as we get rolling. That's not just Trevor 111 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:46,640 Speaker 3: as like Travis thinks, Christian and have played together doing 112 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:49,000 Speaker 3: in a thirty year and now in your system, do 113 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:53,599 Speaker 3: you see that sort of manifesting yourself cohesion whatever. I 114 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:55,360 Speaker 3: think so, and I think a lot of it is 115 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:57,559 Speaker 3: kind of when we get in these competitive situations against 116 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:00,480 Speaker 3: our defense, as competitive as it can be. You see 117 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 3: Trevor kind of pull out different tools within the offense, 118 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:07,600 Speaker 3: and those guys don't flinch at all, particularly Christian and Evan. 119 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 3: I mean, those guys are right there communicating really well. 120 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:12,440 Speaker 3: And then it helps to add an experienced guy like 121 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:14,919 Speaker 3: Gabe that kind of understands what that looks like, and 122 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:17,160 Speaker 3: then a smart guy like Brian being able to get 123 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:19,400 Speaker 3: in that situation. Now we're just trying to kind of 124 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:21,680 Speaker 3: over expose them to everything this could come up. We'll 125 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:24,280 Speaker 3: show them video clips of hey, we had this play called, 126 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:26,520 Speaker 3: Trevor got to this, the ball was snapped two seconds later. 127 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:29,880 Speaker 3: How quickly you have to communicate in this league. But 128 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:33,200 Speaker 3: that's something you know, we talk about Trevor growing within 129 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:35,640 Speaker 3: the system and taking ownership of it, and you know 130 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:37,720 Speaker 3: you kind of want to. Trevor can get you into 131 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:39,919 Speaker 3: whatever you need to depending on the look or the 132 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:42,279 Speaker 3: situation as it goes, and we don't want the guys 133 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:43,880 Speaker 3: around them to flinch. We want them to just kind 134 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:47,240 Speaker 3: of react naturally or even anticipate that stuff as it goes. 135 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:51,280 Speaker 1: Thomas is Brian Thomas. 136 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:53,240 Speaker 2: You're kind of kind of coming out of his shell 137 00:05:53,400 --> 00:05:54,000 Speaker 2: these days. 138 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:56,320 Speaker 1: I mean from OTAs to now, what have you seen 139 00:05:56,360 --> 00:05:59,159 Speaker 1: as far as his personality if you've seen it at all? 140 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:01,960 Speaker 3: I mean, and his personality's pretty consistent. He is who 141 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:05,240 Speaker 3: he is. He's not a guy that gives you a 142 00:06:05,279 --> 00:06:07,159 Speaker 3: ton of juice a ton of energy at times, but 143 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:09,640 Speaker 3: he's very locked in. He's very serious about what he does. 144 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:13,480 Speaker 3: He continues to develop. I mean, you see Gabe kind 145 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:15,880 Speaker 3: of ribs him quite a bit to where you get 146 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:17,359 Speaker 3: a little bit more out of it at times. You 147 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:19,280 Speaker 3: see him laughing, smile and joking around with the guys 148 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:21,120 Speaker 3: quite a bit. But I do think he's a little 149 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:23,000 Speaker 3: bit more comfortable in his environment as he goes. And 150 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:25,479 Speaker 3: you know, we just encourage him to be who he is. 151 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:27,159 Speaker 3: You know, we're not trying to change him at all. 152 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:29,600 Speaker 3: We're very happy with the person he is. We understood 153 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:31,960 Speaker 3: the person he is that we brought into the team, 154 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:34,440 Speaker 3: and like any of our young guys, we just want 155 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:37,520 Speaker 3: him to feel accepted to where they can let their 156 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:39,720 Speaker 3: personality show as they get going. And you know, we 157 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:43,760 Speaker 3: encourage everybody to be who they are Trevor from. 158 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 2: The early part of camp to now. 159 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:48,120 Speaker 3: I mean a couple of the turnovers early in camp. 160 00:06:48,279 --> 00:06:50,560 Speaker 3: I don't think he's had any in the last four 161 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:51,320 Speaker 3: or five days. 162 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 1: Or is that just how. 163 00:06:52,279 --> 00:06:53,200 Speaker 2: Training camp goes. 164 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:55,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that's just kind of how training camp goes. 165 00:06:55,279 --> 00:06:58,040 Speaker 3: I mean, again, I know coach has mentioned it. We 166 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:00,160 Speaker 3: encourage him to kind of see what you can get 167 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:02,680 Speaker 3: away with. Not in a reckless way, but you know, 168 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:06,520 Speaker 3: if they play certain look maybe we're not necessarily thinking 169 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:08,760 Speaker 3: a certain route, but right here, let's take a shot 170 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:10,120 Speaker 3: at it, and well kind of there are times will 171 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:12,760 Speaker 3: tele receiver, if they play this, try this, He's gonna 172 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:15,320 Speaker 3: let this thing go. And so there's some of those situations. 173 00:07:15,320 --> 00:07:18,600 Speaker 3: There's some scenarios where we're working you know, maybe yesterday, 174 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:20,200 Speaker 3: I think we had some seven on seven where it's 175 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:23,600 Speaker 3: third and goal from the eleven, twelve, whatever it may be, 176 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:25,600 Speaker 3: and we're telling Trevy this is a chance to either 177 00:07:25,640 --> 00:07:27,560 Speaker 3: extend a play where you're gonna scramble in the red 178 00:07:27,640 --> 00:07:30,280 Speaker 3: zone or you try to be aggressive right here because 179 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:31,960 Speaker 3: this is a potential four point play and you may 180 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:34,080 Speaker 3: rip this ball a little bit sooner than you would 181 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:36,480 Speaker 3: in other scenarios. But let's see if we can get 182 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:37,920 Speaker 3: this going, see if we can get the timing of 183 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:39,480 Speaker 3: how this looks against certain coverages. 184 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:42,400 Speaker 1: I know you said, Christians said it. Trevor has said 185 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:44,840 Speaker 1: that when you guys started training camp, the goal was, Hey, 186 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:47,240 Speaker 1: let's maybe start with those short intermediate routes before we 187 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:52,280 Speaker 1: start airing and out downfield. Is that frustrating, especially knowing 188 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:54,800 Speaker 1: Brian's skill set, that you're like, all right, we see 189 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:56,720 Speaker 1: the flash on this play or that play or a 190 00:07:56,800 --> 00:07:58,920 Speaker 1: route on air and then you say, Okay, maybe we've 191 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:00,720 Speaker 1: got to pull back a little bit, not be doing 192 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:03,000 Speaker 1: that because we want him to learn other rests. 193 00:08:02,640 --> 00:08:03,040 Speaker 2: Of the game. 194 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:05,040 Speaker 3: I think there's an element to that. I think part 195 00:08:05,080 --> 00:08:06,760 Speaker 3: of that, too, is just coach's vision for how to 196 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:10,880 Speaker 3: start training camp. I think just the experience of him 197 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:14,320 Speaker 3: planning training camp schedules and things like that. You want 198 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:16,160 Speaker 3: to think guys are ready to come play football the 199 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:17,880 Speaker 3: day they get here, Well that's not necessarily the case. 200 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:19,440 Speaker 3: And I think part of it's the way the NFL's 201 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:22,600 Speaker 3: adapted with the acclamation period as we go, and so 202 00:08:22,760 --> 00:08:25,120 Speaker 3: just trying to be smart of you know, these guys 203 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:27,320 Speaker 3: haven't played football in three months, So to come out 204 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:30,320 Speaker 3: and a normal install and ask guys to run forty 205 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:32,160 Speaker 3: five yards downfield, I don't know that their bodies are 206 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:33,640 Speaker 3: ready for that. And then you start getting the soft 207 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:36,600 Speaker 3: tissue injuries that set you back throughout the course of camp. 208 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:39,720 Speaker 3: So yes, it's frustrating at times because you've got this 209 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:41,280 Speaker 3: new tool that you want to get down the field 210 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:43,880 Speaker 3: and really expose to certain things. But is that the 211 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:46,040 Speaker 3: best thing for the player, for our team as we 212 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 3: get going in the long run of camp, because camp 213 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:50,760 Speaker 3: is really just a ramp up to Week one. That's 214 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:53,679 Speaker 3: how we view it. And yes, we'd love to win 215 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:56,679 Speaker 3: every single day, including day one, but ultimately we want 216 00:08:56,679 --> 00:08:57,719 Speaker 3: to be ready to play week one. 217 00:08:58,559 --> 00:09:00,640 Speaker 2: What kind of impression is Jalen Jackson bade. 218 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:02,960 Speaker 3: Jalen's done a good job. You know, all those guys 219 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:06,880 Speaker 3: as they get reps, particularly these young guys, you start 220 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:11,199 Speaker 3: to see him understand blocking schemes path. You know, there's 221 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:13,439 Speaker 3: some runs, there's some zone runs where you'll see a 222 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:15,400 Speaker 3: guy try to make two cuts and we'll try to 223 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:17,640 Speaker 3: explain that this is a one cut run. Right here, 224 00:09:17,679 --> 00:09:19,920 Speaker 3: you know you've got one opportunity to cut vertical and 225 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:21,240 Speaker 3: then you got to roll and you got to see 226 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:24,400 Speaker 3: it and some of that. Exposing him to the live periods, 227 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:26,120 Speaker 3: which we did a little bit of the other day, 228 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:28,640 Speaker 3: I think that really helps because now if you make 229 00:09:28,679 --> 00:09:31,679 Speaker 3: a mistake, you feel it, and so guys like that 230 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:33,560 Speaker 3: really settle in. And he's done a good job catching 231 00:09:33,559 --> 00:09:34,760 Speaker 3: the ball in the back fields well with some of 232 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:36,720 Speaker 3: the running back routes that we've tried to incorporate.