Speaker 1: How's it going good?
Speaker 2: Questions Diam Diamond, Laura, how would you just to evaluate
Speaker 2: his camp so far?
Speaker 1: I think it's been solid, you know. I think that
Speaker 1: he you know, being able to go inside outside. I
Speaker 1: think he's taking that next step, just another year of
Speaker 1: just being comfortable and being able to see it. And
Speaker 1: you know, like I've said in the past, it's tough
Speaker 1: to do that within a game, you know, to play
Speaker 1: inside and outside, like are you okay base? Now you're
Speaker 1: outside nickel, go play the nickel. And I think it's
Speaker 1: just clicking that much faster. It's like anything time on task.
Speaker 1: He just continues to get better in both spots because
Speaker 1: he's playing both spots, So that part's good him.
Speaker 2: Was it something like, you know, just kind of getting
Speaker 2: passibley where he's felt like he was thinking through things
Speaker 2: too much and now he's just more reacting. Is it?
Speaker 1: That's it? I mean, that's really it. That's really anybody.
Speaker 1: How fast can you get away from the thinking about
Speaker 1: everything to where you're anticipating and just reacting. That's really
Speaker 1: the main goal with anyone. And usually you see with
Speaker 1: the young guys or rookies when they start to flash early,
Speaker 1: it's it's because they grasped it quickly, you know, and
Speaker 1: then then it starts to click, and that's really the goal.
Speaker 1: How quickly can it you know, be second nature and
Speaker 1: be reactive.
Speaker 3: Jalen Graham got some reps with the starters there at
Speaker 3: the end. What are you see from those two linebackers
Speaker 3: in particular.
Speaker 1: The same thing. They're just you know, getting better because
Speaker 1: it's starting to click for him. And you know, I
Speaker 1: talk about you know, speed, violence, and finish. To me,
Speaker 1: a lot of speed is yeah, you run fast, but
Speaker 1: speed is also your preparation and your knowledge of the game.
Speaker 1: Because you hear veteran guys say it all the time.
Speaker 1: All the games slowed down. For me, it slowed that well,
Speaker 1: you know, you look so much faster because it did
Speaker 1: slow down, because now you're more comfortable and you're understanding.
Speaker 1: Now you anticipate, you know, based on motions and alignments,
Speaker 1: and it's the stuff happens as you think it should happen,
Speaker 1: and now you can go make plays. And that's where
Speaker 1: you're seeing. D almost had a pick today, you know,
Speaker 1: and that backed up here because again the game's slowing
Speaker 1: down and he's playing faster. Same with Jalen between d
Speaker 1: and Devondre and Jalen.
Speaker 4: How do you go by determining which which of the
Speaker 4: two will be out there when you're in the nickel.
Speaker 1: Well, Devondre is he's out there with with Fred. So
Speaker 1: it's just a good group of linebackers. I think a
Speaker 1: lot of those guys, even Zeke Turner, who's new, you know,
Speaker 1: he's come in, he's fit in. Curtis Robinson has had
Speaker 1: a nice camp and flame when he's you know, back
Speaker 1: healthy the times he's been in, he's always been a
Speaker 1: staple for us that can play all three positions. And
Speaker 1: even Tatum Bethune, you know, one of our late round picks,
Speaker 1: he's done a nice job. He's starting to grasp it well.
Speaker 1: I think you see that with a lot of the
Speaker 1: guys that we brought in period. There are type of
Speaker 1: guys and they care and it makes sense to him
Speaker 1: and they're starting to you know, We've got this great
Speaker 1: competitive group on defense on all levels and that's the
Speaker 1: part that's exciting.
Speaker 3: It seems like Gyr Brown's going above and beyond when
Speaker 3: it comes to communicating what have you seen from him
Speaker 3: and jumping from year one to year two and just
Speaker 3: as far as intangible. It's not not so much on
Speaker 3: the field.
Speaker 1: Yeah. Again the comfort and the confidence. I think he
Speaker 1: can anticipate things. He's starting to do more communicating out there,
Speaker 1: and again that's it's that's what's gonna You're gonna find
Speaker 1: out Ken Without Huff out there, what are Geo and
Speaker 1: Tig gonna do? You know? And those guys stepped up,
Speaker 1: they elevated their game. Huff is a great communicator. You know,
Speaker 1: get as well who's not here, right, So those guys
Speaker 1: get this opportunity and they get all these extra reps
Speaker 1: and now they're stepping in and doing a really nice job.
Speaker 1: And it's through all those extra reps that you're seeing
Speaker 1: that improvement different ways.
Speaker 2: Can you can you use Yeter growth Monsos?
Speaker 3: I feel like I've seen Hi rush inside outside drop.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean we he can you know, mix it up.
Speaker 1: Like I said, he's an interior pass rusher as well.
Speaker 1: Like he gets after it and you know, it's it's
Speaker 1: exciting to have him because he's very multiple. He can
Speaker 1: beal so far really talented guy.
Speaker 2: But from where he was last year to.
Speaker 1: Now, it starts again the same thing. It's another year
Speaker 1: of being able to get on his lines and be
Speaker 1: explosive and think less. If he's a really explosive and
Speaker 1: fast guy, like he can really run, and if he
Speaker 1: can just stay on that track and continue to get better,
Speaker 1: he's going to be a good player.
Speaker 2: Linebackers, you talk about like the versatility you want, especially
Speaker 2: in backup guys. You kind of thread the needle when
Speaker 2: you've got a guy like like Graham for example, where
Speaker 2: you want him to get comfortable at Mike, but also
Speaker 2: maybe you're going to need him at Sam, Like, how
Speaker 2: do you just kind of work through that? And in
Speaker 2: terms of getting reps in a different spot.
Speaker 1: Based on the player and what we know about him,
Speaker 1: and as you get to know him, what you think
Speaker 1: is their best spot. That's something that you know, Johnny
Speaker 1: Holland is you know always kind of and everybody really
Speaker 1: when we evaluate guys what you think they could play.
Speaker 1: But when you're young in a backup, Okay, what are
Speaker 1: the two spots I can play? So there is some
Speaker 1: value as you get older if you can play multiple spots,
Speaker 1: just like I say about demo guys that play nickel
Speaker 1: and corner or people that have played nickel and safety.
Speaker 1: If you have that versatility, it's good. Same with linebacker.
Speaker 1: I mean it's different, Oh am I making the calls,
Speaker 1: you know, as the mic, and you're in a different
Speaker 1: spot and you could have some different responsibilities, or am
Speaker 1: I the will of the same where I could be
Speaker 1: more outside. And with Jalen, you know, he had never
Speaker 1: really been in the boxing college. You know, he was
Speaker 1: a high school quarterback too. He's a good athlete, he's smart.
Speaker 1: So we're like, okay, let's see how he is at Mike.
Speaker 1: And he's handled it well. But you still need to
Speaker 1: have the versatility like you see with you know, Curtis
Speaker 1: Robinson who's been here a while, and Flan and you know,
Speaker 1: the more they get, the more they add to their value.
Speaker 2: The harder when you have a guy who you're using
Speaker 2: more at Mike to get them reps at other places
Speaker 2: just because there's so much more on their plate when
Speaker 2: when they're taking no.
Speaker 1: I mean, you can still get multiple spots. I think
Speaker 1: early you started early, you know, kind of like what
Speaker 1: we did with Ronardo with Nickel, we made sure we
Speaker 1: got in both spots. You don't want to you don't
Speaker 1: necessarily just totally shock somebody later with something that's harder,
Speaker 1: you know, but you can you trickle it in as
Speaker 1: you see it based on the player and what you
Speaker 1: think they can handle, and so it's it's never the
Speaker 1: same for everybody. Everybody's different.
Speaker 3: The third down defense wasn't great last season. What would
Speaker 3: you say the key is to improving that aspect of
Speaker 3: the defense this year?
Speaker 1: Well, I think there's a few things. It's a lot
Speaker 1: of times it's just execution and you know, harping on
Speaker 1: the details and being really really detail oriented with how
Speaker 1: we rush, how we cover, and just those two things
Speaker 1: tied together. It's always so much these things are so
Speaker 1: close and so minuscule that if we just continue to
Speaker 1: stay consistent with how tight can we be with our details,
Speaker 1: that extra half a step is you know, a winner
Speaker 1: or a loss on that play.
Speaker 4: Guys are a deep a defensive tackle.
Speaker 1: It seems.
Speaker 4: What do you and Chris think so far of Evan
Speaker 4: Anderson and what does he need to work on to
Speaker 4: make this team?
Speaker 1: I think he's done a nice job. But with him, again,
Speaker 1: it's the guys learning the attack and being on their line,
Speaker 1: getting your footwork right. With him, it's you know, being
Speaker 1: consistent in your steps and your footwork. He has the power.
Speaker 1: He's an athletic guy for a big guy. But it's just,
Speaker 1: you know, how consistent can he be? And our offense
Speaker 1: gives us, you know, good looks. They give us a
Speaker 1: lot of looks. You get a lot of movement. It's
Speaker 1: you know, good players with you know, explosive O line.
Speaker 1: So he's getting a lot of work. He's gotten better.
Speaker 4: Is there a process with deciding if young normanor is
Speaker 4: best always outside or best being outside and rotating to Nickel?
Speaker 4: Is there any like process behind that? Or is he
Speaker 4: pretty much just the best nipple guy so he's.
Speaker 1: Always going to Well, we've been kind of rotating. We
Speaker 1: kind of mixed things up, and you always want to
Speaker 1: try and change things up and see what guys can
Speaker 1: handle at different times. And that's that's pretty much what
Speaker 1: we've been doing a lot of positions. We'll see you
Speaker 1: before the next weekend. Coach Shanahan and yourself and you
Speaker 1: guys decided, will any of the starters see the field
Speaker 1: in the in the first preseason game. I'm sure Kyle
Speaker 1: will handle that and we'll talk through it. You call
Speaker 1: plays for the first time preseason game, I am. I'm
Speaker 1: excited because it's fun when you get to some of these,
Speaker 1: we started getting into the move of the ball periods
Speaker 1: where it's not scripted, and it makes it just more fun,
Speaker 1: you know. And it's also with your process of you know,
Speaker 1: your coaching staff and who's giving you personnel and how
Speaker 1: we hand that off and how we communicate to the
Speaker 1: players and you know, being in a rhythm. There's been
Speaker 1: some different situations to where you can call different calls,
Speaker 1: but those true move the ball, that's where it feels
Speaker 1: the most like football. You know, a bit of a
Speaker 1: random questions.
Speaker 3: You don't work closely with him, but Bobby Turner is
Speaker 3: somewhat of a legendary figure.
Speaker 1: Yes, his tone is extremely meticulous, among other things. How
Speaker 1: would you describe what you know.
Speaker 3: Him, just his coaching style and why he has a reputation.
Speaker 1: You're right pretty much what you've said, meticulous on it, passionate,
Speaker 1: very serious. But he you know, in talking with him,
Speaker 1: I think at one of the away game dinners or
Speaker 1: something like, he was a really good athlete, like multi
Speaker 1: sport athlete too, so he's like he'll he'll talk about
Speaker 1: that too, But as far as his football and getting
Speaker 1: the players right, that's that's his number one. Like he's
Speaker 1: going to take care of that. And he's a heck
Speaker 1: of a coach and he's very very detailed and very
Speaker 1: serious about it, and that's why you see so much production,
Speaker 1: and that's why he's coached for so long. A lot
Speaker 1: of respect for him.
Speaker 3: Is ever not serious.
Speaker 1: No, he'll joke around here and there. I've seen him
Speaker 1: joke around here and there. Yeah, yeah, yeah, thanks guys,