1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:01,440 Speaker 1: Hey, Greg, how's it going good? 2 00:00:01,480 --> 00:00:03,040 Speaker 2: Having you doing good? 3 00:00:03,160 --> 00:00:03,400 Speaker 3: Good? 4 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:03,640 Speaker 4: Well? 5 00:00:03,680 --> 00:00:07,160 Speaker 5: I guess, first off, how are you life and the 6 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:08,080 Speaker 5: new arrival doing. 7 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:09,560 Speaker 2: We're doing all right, you know. 8 00:00:09,640 --> 00:00:12,680 Speaker 6: It's uh, it's always tough having a baby, like in season, 9 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:17,120 Speaker 6: especially training camp, but it's incredible to have another child 10 00:00:17,239 --> 00:00:20,159 Speaker 6: and lucky to be close enough to home where we 11 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:23,240 Speaker 6: didn't have to fly anywhere to deliver the baby. 12 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:25,840 Speaker 5: Just kind of for you obviously, you know, being the 13 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:27,760 Speaker 5: father already is it kind of hits you like, Okay, 14 00:00:27,880 --> 00:00:30,880 Speaker 5: one is already a Chilian and a blessing and now 15 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:32,120 Speaker 5: you have two, Like, what is that? 16 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:34,000 Speaker 1: What's kind of that process? 17 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:38,159 Speaker 6: Like, I guess going from zero to one is interesting 18 00:00:38,159 --> 00:00:39,320 Speaker 6: because you don't have a kid, you don't really know 19 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:39,960 Speaker 6: what to expect. 20 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:43,320 Speaker 2: I guess I didn't realize how selfish I was in 21 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:44,200 Speaker 2: my time. 22 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:46,680 Speaker 6: Then you have a baby and it's just really like 23 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:51,479 Speaker 6: about supporting your wife and helping raise a child, and 24 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:53,440 Speaker 6: then to have another kid to add that to the mix, 25 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:55,840 Speaker 6: it gets a lot crazier. 26 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 2: It's a lot harder so far. 27 00:00:57,840 --> 00:01:00,920 Speaker 6: But we have a great you know, support group and 28 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:03,400 Speaker 6: network and all that, so we're really relying on friends 29 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:06,640 Speaker 6: and family to help us. Through just navigating this time 30 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 6: during the season. 31 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:14,240 Speaker 1: Thank you correctly, thank you, Al Schwaranz. 32 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:18,080 Speaker 2: Hey, Greg Hey, Paul, Hey. 33 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:20,400 Speaker 1: Masle tough as some people. 34 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:22,000 Speaker 2: Say, thank you every good news. 35 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:25,959 Speaker 7: Well, what's your view of a preseason and playing? You know, 36 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:29,320 Speaker 7: I'm sure you've been in situations where you're out there 37 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:31,600 Speaker 7: playing with the ones or the twos, and there's times 38 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 7: when you aren't playing at all when you go into 39 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:34,520 Speaker 7: a season. 40 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:36,360 Speaker 1: What's the best prep do you think for you? 41 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:39,440 Speaker 2: I mean, it's always important to get reps. 42 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:42,679 Speaker 6: I don't think anybody is good enough at this game, 43 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:46,560 Speaker 6: at this level to not play and expect to perform 44 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:48,480 Speaker 6: at a high level kind of coming out of the gate. 45 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 6: So for me this year specifically, it was nice to 46 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 6: be on a team during OTA's get those reps in 47 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 6: the spring with everybody come back to training camp when 48 00:01:56,760 --> 00:01:59,760 Speaker 6: we started just get you know, day one. 49 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:00,600 Speaker 2: Kind of rolling. 50 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:03,160 Speaker 6: And then for me at my you know, I've been 51 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:06,320 Speaker 6: doing this a while, so it's good to get some 52 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:09,320 Speaker 6: reps kind of managed and I don't need to do everything, 53 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:12,079 Speaker 6: but I do need a lot to be ready to go, 54 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:13,360 Speaker 6: if that makes sense. 55 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:16,840 Speaker 1: What about in actual preseason. 56 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:19,799 Speaker 6: Games, I think it's important for you know, if, especially 57 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:21,680 Speaker 6: if you have a new new group of guys, you 58 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 6: want to get some live action together. And I just think, like, 59 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:28,000 Speaker 6: you don't want Week one to be the first time 60 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:30,080 Speaker 6: that you're all out there together for the first time. 61 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 6: You'd like to have maybe a dress rehearsal where there's 62 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 6: you know, no cost to something bad happening. 63 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:40,400 Speaker 4: Now, you guys are not a new group, really, but 64 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:42,880 Speaker 4: you do have a new quarterback. Yeah, so that does 65 00:02:42,919 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 4: that factor in, Like we may know kind of what 66 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:47,560 Speaker 4: we're doing, but we need to be in sync with him. 67 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:49,360 Speaker 4: So that would even further we need a couple of 68 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 4: you know, reps here as a couple of snaps in 69 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:52,600 Speaker 4: a preseason game with Russ. 70 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:55,840 Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean with us, it's he's not a new quarterback, 71 00:02:55,880 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 6: like he's played for a long time. So it's one 72 00:02:57,440 --> 00:02:59,800 Speaker 6: of those things where I could see, you know, we 73 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 6: a little bit in the preseason. I could see where 74 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:04,800 Speaker 6: we don't have to but there's definitely a benefit I 75 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:08,240 Speaker 6: think to being together on the field. Quarterbacks a pretty 76 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:10,320 Speaker 6: important position in the NFL, so it's nice to know 77 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:13,600 Speaker 6: how those guys are gonna operate once you know things 78 00:03:13,639 --> 00:03:14,040 Speaker 6: are real. 79 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:22,320 Speaker 8: Thanks great chart, Carrol, Congratulations thank you. Just to quickly 80 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:24,400 Speaker 8: follow up on that, I guess, how is Russ different 81 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:27,400 Speaker 8: in the pocket than other quarterbacks who've been back there 82 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:31,760 Speaker 8: with I know, you're not snapping the ball that we've seen. Yeah, 83 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 8: what he's like back there? 84 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:36,760 Speaker 6: So he's just someone that keeps a play alive. He's 85 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 6: not just gonna Okay, it's not there and I'm gonna 86 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:40,720 Speaker 6: throw it away, Like he's gonna try and extend plays 87 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 6: with his legs. So as an offensive lineman, you know, 88 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 6: like maybe you're used to the ball coming out at 89 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:48,120 Speaker 6: a certain time and you only have to block for 90 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 6: a certain amount of time. But with Russ, it's just 91 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:53,480 Speaker 6: kind of like, all right, like this could take a while, 92 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 6: it could be out fast, it could take a while, 93 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:56,680 Speaker 6: but he's gonna make a play or he's gonna try 94 00:03:56,720 --> 00:03:58,160 Speaker 6: to make a play and extend to play with his legs. 95 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:01,000 Speaker 6: So you really can't relax, not the should ever anyway, 96 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:04,000 Speaker 6: But sometimes you kind of get into a routine or 97 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:07,040 Speaker 6: rhythm and you just that's what training camps for is 98 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 6: getting a feel for that guy and like how he 99 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:11,440 Speaker 6: plays and how you need to kind of adjust to him. 100 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:14,360 Speaker 1: And then what have you seen from Evan? 101 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:18,159 Speaker 8: You guys are kind of competing for that record spot. 102 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:21,479 Speaker 8: But I guess how he's made that transition to guard. 103 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:24,480 Speaker 6: Yeah, it's not easy to move inside, especially at this level, 104 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:26,920 Speaker 6: but he's taken it in stride, and he's trying to 105 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:29,520 Speaker 6: learn every day and you know, work on his technique 106 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:34,120 Speaker 6: and improve. And I'm sure he's been humbled, you know, 107 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:37,360 Speaker 6: this is not sure what he thought his career was 108 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:39,839 Speaker 6: going to be at this point. And sometimes it takes 109 00:04:39,839 --> 00:04:41,239 Speaker 6: a while for guys to get going in the NFL. 110 00:04:41,279 --> 00:04:42,960 Speaker 6: Like I didn't start a game in the NFL until 111 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:46,479 Speaker 6: I was, you know, twenty eight years old, so and 112 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:49,400 Speaker 6: here I am, you know, thirty five, still doing it. 113 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:53,479 Speaker 6: So I think he is taking it in stride, and 114 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:55,200 Speaker 6: I think that, you know, he could have a bright 115 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:58,680 Speaker 6: future if he just keeps embracing and working and trying 116 00:04:58,680 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 6: to figure it out. 117 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:02,880 Speaker 8: If I could quickly follow up on that, Have you 118 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:04,920 Speaker 8: talked with him about that? And just like the way 119 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:06,760 Speaker 8: a career kind of goes up and down in your 120 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:10,160 Speaker 8: own experience, like just having to deal with that kind 121 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:13,239 Speaker 8: of pivot in a career and position switch. 122 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:16,080 Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean not specifically, but like I played guard 123 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:17,600 Speaker 6: for a while, so I can give him kind of 124 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:19,320 Speaker 6: pointers on what's helped me. 125 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:21,320 Speaker 2: Obviously we have different body types. 126 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:24,120 Speaker 6: I would be considered I guess more of like a 127 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:28,400 Speaker 6: technician inside, just because I'm not blessed with his you know, strength, 128 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:31,359 Speaker 6: size and all that. So he has tools that I 129 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:33,960 Speaker 6: don't have that we're just trying to get him to unlock. 130 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:39,120 Speaker 1: Thank you so much, Ryan, Tell maybe. 131 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:46,159 Speaker 3: Greg, thanks for doing this and congratulations, thank you. You're 132 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:48,880 Speaker 3: the only other person besides me I've ever heard say 133 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:51,440 Speaker 3: that going from one to two was harder than zero 134 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:54,400 Speaker 3: for one like that for me, one to two kids 135 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 3: was all of a sudden, we're playing man demand. Yeah, 136 00:05:56,920 --> 00:05:58,599 Speaker 3: that was much harder than two on one. 137 00:05:58,839 --> 00:06:01,520 Speaker 6: Yeah, yeah, I mean everything is novel with your first kid, 138 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:04,960 Speaker 6: and it's like you're experiencing it together. And like our 139 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:08,520 Speaker 6: toddler's nineteen months old, so she doesn't really know what's 140 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:08,920 Speaker 6: going on. 141 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:09,800 Speaker 2: We brought her to. 142 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:13,720 Speaker 6: The hospital to meet our newborn and she like held 143 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:15,400 Speaker 6: her for a few minutes and then she gave the 144 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:18,360 Speaker 6: you know, all done, like bye bye. We're like, this 145 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:20,479 Speaker 6: is gonna be a little bit longer than ten minutes. 146 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:22,960 Speaker 6: It's gonna be for the rest of your life. 147 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:25,800 Speaker 1: What have you seen from JMS. 148 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:30,520 Speaker 3: Obviously he's got a lot on his plate, you know, 149 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:33,520 Speaker 3: the communication and all that, But I'm talking more about 150 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:36,280 Speaker 3: maybe physically where it seems like his first couple of 151 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:39,200 Speaker 3: years you've only been with him one he maybe some power, 152 00:06:39,320 --> 00:06:42,400 Speaker 3: gave him some trouble, gave him some trouble. I'm wondering 153 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:44,360 Speaker 3: what you've seen from him holding up, you know, as 154 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:47,040 Speaker 3: a blocker here and once you guys started in pets. 155 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:50,040 Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean, first of all, going against decks, you're 156 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:51,920 Speaker 6: gonna have problems in general with power. 157 00:06:52,279 --> 00:06:52,960 Speaker 2: That's a big man. 158 00:06:53,440 --> 00:06:55,120 Speaker 6: But I think for JMS, is big thing right now 159 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:57,320 Speaker 6: is he's healthy and he's getting a lot of reps 160 00:06:57,680 --> 00:07:00,560 Speaker 6: and he's been in the system going on three years now, 161 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:05,320 Speaker 6: so that's very important. And you can't really understate enough 162 00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:07,800 Speaker 6: like how valuable it is for him to be in 163 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:11,120 Speaker 6: there getting these reps against one of the best nose 164 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:13,320 Speaker 6: tackles in the NFL in a long time. 165 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:18,240 Speaker 3: And then for you, did you take any like last year, 166 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:20,800 Speaker 3: we forget you finished the season at center, which was 167 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:23,480 Speaker 3: kind of new to you. Did you do anything center 168 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:26,240 Speaker 3: wise in the off season, did you practice, did you 169 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:28,960 Speaker 3: do anything different because center was put on your plate 170 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:31,440 Speaker 3: last year. Have you been working it at all just 171 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:32,680 Speaker 3: to keep it in your repertoire. 172 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:35,280 Speaker 6: I mean, I've always been able to play center. That's 173 00:07:35,360 --> 00:07:36,800 Speaker 6: kind of been the value that I bring to a 174 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:41,840 Speaker 6: team is my position flexibility. So you know, at the 175 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:43,720 Speaker 6: end of last season, I needed to play it in games. 176 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:45,080 Speaker 6: I hadn't done that in a few years, but I 177 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:47,960 Speaker 6: had done it, you know, in the NFL and in 178 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:50,320 Speaker 6: the off season. My preparation doesn't really change too much 179 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:52,080 Speaker 6: from year to year. If I finished the season healthy, 180 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:53,920 Speaker 6: it just kind of you know, if it ain't broke, 181 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 6: don't fix it. So I'm always snapping the ball and 182 00:07:56,640 --> 00:07:59,480 Speaker 6: I'm always staying ready and just hopefully you know, I 183 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:00,400 Speaker 6: don't need to be in there. 184 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:01,320 Speaker 2: If I don't have to be in. 185 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:05,520 Speaker 6: There, Thank you's very much, Greg, No problem. 186 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:07,720 Speaker 1: Last one. Evan Barnes. 187 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:11,920 Speaker 5: Breag as a follow up, I'm just curious when you 188 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:14,800 Speaker 5: switch from you know, tackle to guard move aside, how 189 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:16,720 Speaker 5: long did it take you to kind of get adjusted 190 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:19,800 Speaker 5: it just for practices, a couple of games. 191 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:22,080 Speaker 1: How long it take you kind of get adjusted to 192 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:22,880 Speaker 1: that change. 193 00:08:23,400 --> 00:08:25,960 Speaker 6: So I played tackle in college, and then when I 194 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:28,680 Speaker 6: got to the NFL, they moved me to guard immediately, 195 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:32,200 Speaker 6: and that whole preseason in Green Bay, my rookie year, 196 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:34,120 Speaker 6: was just focusing on really it was just left guard, 197 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:36,280 Speaker 6: like I didn't move from left guard. 198 00:08:36,720 --> 00:08:40,160 Speaker 2: And it's definitely I don't know. 199 00:08:40,160 --> 00:08:41,960 Speaker 6: I couldn't give you a time for how long it 200 00:08:41,960 --> 00:08:44,880 Speaker 6: takes to feel comfortable, because it's one of those things 201 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:48,280 Speaker 6: where once you feel like you have one thing kind 202 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:52,120 Speaker 6: of figured out, something else pops up. And that's I 203 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:55,200 Speaker 6: found that throughout my career over fourteen years and hundreds 204 00:08:55,240 --> 00:08:58,040 Speaker 6: of games. It's just like I'm getting good at certain things, 205 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:00,160 Speaker 6: and I have things that I can go back too 206 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:03,040 Speaker 6: when maybe I'm like kind of getting outside of what 207 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:05,439 Speaker 6: I'm good at. But there's never ever going to be 208 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:08,480 Speaker 6: a time where you've figured everything out and you're good 209 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:11,600 Speaker 6: and you got it. And even when I so I 210 00:09:11,640 --> 00:09:13,800 Speaker 6: played guard that preseason and then it was like I 211 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:15,240 Speaker 6: think it was week six or seven, they put a 212 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:16,320 Speaker 6: ball in my hand and said, you got to learn 213 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:17,640 Speaker 6: how to play center now. So it's just like as 214 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:18,959 Speaker 6: soon as I figure like, all right, I kind of 215 00:09:18,960 --> 00:09:21,040 Speaker 6: got guarded a little bit, like I'm getting used to it. 216 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:24,840 Speaker 6: It's like here's another position to learn. So it's not easy. 217 00:09:24,960 --> 00:09:27,040 Speaker 6: It takes a while and different for everybody, but you 218 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:29,720 Speaker 6: just got to be willing to work at it and 219 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:32,160 Speaker 6: understand that, like, you're not going to be good at 220 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:35,600 Speaker 6: this because you haven't done it. So you have to 221 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:40,960 Speaker 6: be comfortable with being inexperienced and maybe having some reps 222 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:43,760 Speaker 6: that don't look great and learning from that and moving 223 00:09:43,760 --> 00:09:45,400 Speaker 6: on and growing as a player and just saying all right, 224 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:47,000 Speaker 6: like that happened once, how do I fix it? 225 00:09:47,480 --> 00:09:48,559 Speaker 2: Move on next thing? 226 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:52,000 Speaker 5: So it seems like that's kind of something Evan can 227 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:54,720 Speaker 5: learn too, because obviously there's no you know, quick picks 228 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:56,200 Speaker 5: on when you can learn how to play guards. 229 00:09:56,280 --> 00:09:58,360 Speaker 6: Just just go through it, right, Yeah, you got to 230 00:09:58,400 --> 00:09:59,840 Speaker 6: go through it, and you make a mistake, you want 231 00:09:59,840 --> 00:10:02,520 Speaker 6: to be to learn from it. Like when I was younger, 232 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:05,240 Speaker 6: I was taught by older veterans and coaches like you 233 00:10:05,320 --> 00:10:07,439 Speaker 6: just can't keep making these same mistakes. And if you 234 00:10:07,520 --> 00:10:09,760 Speaker 6: keep doing that, like they're going to stop coaching you 235 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:12,120 Speaker 6: and you're not going to be on a team very long. 236 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:17,480 Speaker 6: So if you show willingness to grow, learn and adapt, 237 00:10:17,640 --> 00:10:19,480 Speaker 6: like you'll play it in this league for a long time.