1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:01,000 Speaker 1: Racey board. 2 00:00:01,040 --> 00:00:03,280 Speaker 2: We can got a shout out from from Joe the 3 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:06,960 Speaker 2: other day on the broadcast in terms of his Special 4 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:10,960 Speaker 2: Team's potential. What is it that you guys like about him, 5 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:15,200 Speaker 2: you know as a as a potential Gunners Special Teams player. 6 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:18,720 Speaker 3: I mean, I mean the obvious with Bryce is just 7 00:00:18,920 --> 00:00:21,479 Speaker 3: side speed, you know, uh, you know. 8 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:24,120 Speaker 1: Six fours, two hundred and twenty five pounds or two 9 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:26,200 Speaker 1: thirty whatever he is. He runs four to four to Oh, 10 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:27,800 Speaker 1: that's those measures. 11 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:31,760 Speaker 3: Measurables are pretty special and uh, you know, whenever you 12 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:35,640 Speaker 3: can get a and with him, he's a very mature rookie, 13 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:39,919 Speaker 3: you know he uh he goes about his business, you know, 14 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:40,960 Speaker 3: very professionally. 15 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:43,120 Speaker 1: He comes in the meetings, he works his tail off. 16 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:45,520 Speaker 1: He's a tentive and he wants to learn. 17 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:49,200 Speaker 3: So you know, when you have those qualities smart, tough, dependable, 18 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:54,360 Speaker 3: and just those physical attributes, you know, he has. 19 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:55,920 Speaker 1: A really really big upside. 20 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:57,600 Speaker 4: I think, what's your role? And like when they get 21 00:00:57,600 --> 00:01:00,160 Speaker 4: it down to fifty three, like are you campaigning for 22 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:01,720 Speaker 4: guys that you know can help you or how does 23 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:02,080 Speaker 4: that work? 24 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:04,240 Speaker 3: You know, I tell our guys, I said that I 25 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:07,120 Speaker 3: play favorites like I play favorites all the time. I 26 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:10,200 Speaker 3: play I favorite the guys who are making the most plays, 27 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:13,080 Speaker 3: you know, So that's just, you know, that's part of it. 28 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:14,200 Speaker 1: I mean, you're always. 29 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:17,560 Speaker 3: Trying to you know, build it from the top down 30 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:20,680 Speaker 3: the bottom up. Especially in the bottom up, guys are 31 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:22,360 Speaker 3: the guys that help us the most. 32 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:25,279 Speaker 1: Uh, they're gonna you know, you gotta maximize the value 33 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:28,960 Speaker 1: of your roster. So we're always trying to, uh find 34 00:01:28,959 --> 00:01:30,880 Speaker 1: a way to get better, you know, at the bottom. 35 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:33,200 Speaker 5: End of it, there's always that feeling where, you know, 36 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:34,959 Speaker 5: guys say it all the time, well, I know I 37 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:37,000 Speaker 5: have to be on special teams in order to be 38 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:37,960 Speaker 5: able to make the roster. 39 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:42,000 Speaker 1: But can you speak to the challenge of that. 40 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:45,360 Speaker 6: It's a skill that it's not just the guy saying 41 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:47,880 Speaker 6: I'm gonna run down the field and you know, just 42 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 6: because of running down the field and being willing, that 43 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 6: makes me able and I'm gonna. 44 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:53,200 Speaker 1: Make the team just because of that. 45 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:55,720 Speaker 3: Yeah, you're right, there's a certain kind of skill set, 46 00:01:56,480 --> 00:02:01,000 Speaker 3: you know that you need. You know, you see a guy, 47 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 3: a lot of guys that are willing to do it, 48 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:07,280 Speaker 3: but they just don't know how. But when you find 49 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:12,120 Speaker 3: those guys that really understand it. You know, leverage, angles, speed, 50 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 3: hat placement, hands and just have a knack for finding 51 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:18,639 Speaker 3: the ball. You know, those are the guys you get 52 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:21,040 Speaker 3: excited about. And then those other guys you just coach 53 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:23,240 Speaker 3: them and bring them along, you know, especially because alone 54 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:25,480 Speaker 3: a lot of it is the willingness to do it. 55 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:28,560 Speaker 3: You know, it's not it's not for everybody, and we understand. 56 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 1: That with some with some. 57 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:32,400 Speaker 5: With Eric Gray, I mean, and any rookie you're going 58 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:34,600 Speaker 5: to say, you know, you might be our return guy. 59 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:37,920 Speaker 5: I mean, how do you you got to kind of juggle? Okay, 60 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:39,720 Speaker 5: he wants to get the ball and make a big play, 61 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:41,880 Speaker 5: but then he makes a couple of decisions in the 62 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:44,120 Speaker 5: game the other day, which you know, just maybe save 63 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:46,120 Speaker 5: some yards with the not any kind of wow things 64 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:48,119 Speaker 5: that you know, what do you prioritize with a guy 65 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:48,519 Speaker 5: like him? 66 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:52,360 Speaker 3: The latter what you just you know, just making good decisions. 67 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:57,080 Speaker 3: And he's done that so far. Uh you know, he's 68 00:02:57,120 --> 00:03:00,240 Speaker 3: done some really good things and uh, you know far 69 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:03,919 Speaker 3: as decision making. And you know, we always tell our guys, 70 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:06,360 Speaker 3: let the plays come to you, don't chase them, you know, 71 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:09,600 Speaker 3: and the plays will come to you, like as a rookie. 72 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:10,320 Speaker 1: They all have. 73 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 3: All rookies have a tendency to try and go chase plays. 74 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:16,520 Speaker 3: But you just sorry, you just gotta, you know, let 75 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:17,400 Speaker 3: the play come to you. 76 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:19,880 Speaker 5: He's under the that play at the goal line on 77 00:03:19,919 --> 00:03:23,359 Speaker 5: the kickoff with a lot of guys have panicked and said, Okay, 78 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 5: I gotta go get that ball. 79 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:28,760 Speaker 3: Could have absolutely absolutely you've seen it happen before, you know, 80 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:31,640 Speaker 3: But again, the kid, I mean, you got to think 81 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:34,040 Speaker 3: about it. I mean, Eric's played at Oklahoma and Tennessee 82 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:37,480 Speaker 3: like it was twenty five thousand people in the stands 83 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:40,280 Speaker 3: the other day, like he's he's just one hundred and six, 84 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:42,600 Speaker 3: you know, one hundred and five, So it doesn't He's 85 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:45,440 Speaker 3: been on the big stage before, so that doesn't phase. 86 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 7: How close to you just feeling confident that or that 87 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:52,520 Speaker 7: he's ready to be put out there in a big game, 88 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:55,440 Speaker 7: you know, regular season that you know, to be an 89 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:56,960 Speaker 7: NFL returner. 90 00:03:57,240 --> 00:03:59,600 Speaker 3: You don't know until until it happens, you know what 91 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:03,880 Speaker 3: I mean. Like it's not about a you know, you watch. 92 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:05,400 Speaker 3: All you can do is go by his day to 93 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:08,360 Speaker 3: day every day. All he's done since he's been here 94 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:10,880 Speaker 3: is get better every day, Like you watch him like, 95 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 3: you know, you know what out what it's like out here, 96 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:17,599 Speaker 3: the wind like. And then in the stadium the other day, 97 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:20,520 Speaker 3: you know, their guys were struggling with the wind, and 98 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:22,599 Speaker 3: Eric just you know, he did a great job with it. 99 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:25,599 Speaker 3: So I mean that part of him making good decisions. 100 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:28,400 Speaker 3: He's checked all the boxes so far, so you know, 101 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 3: we just hope he just keeps getting better. 102 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:34,600 Speaker 4: I mentioned how Joe kind of gave Bryce a shout out. 103 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:37,120 Speaker 4: Is there anybody else, you know, we certainly can't evaluate 104 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:39,760 Speaker 4: special teams playing the level you can't. They stood out 105 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:40,960 Speaker 4: to you here on the summer. 106 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:43,800 Speaker 3: You know, it's a lot of guys that are that 107 00:04:43,839 --> 00:04:46,640 Speaker 3: are playing well. I don't want to point out any 108 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:49,480 Speaker 3: guys in particular, but as a group, I think they're 109 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:51,680 Speaker 3: doing a really good job of being coached by Literagy 110 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:54,760 Speaker 3: just told them, you know, I can't look around the 111 00:04:54,839 --> 00:04:57,280 Speaker 3: room and not see a guy that doesn't want to 112 00:04:57,320 --> 00:05:00,520 Speaker 3: be coached and doesn't work hard. And all of these 113 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:03,599 Speaker 3: guys are trying to put themselves in a position to 114 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:04,760 Speaker 3: where they can make a team. 115 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:06,880 Speaker 1: And we all know everybody can't. 116 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:09,719 Speaker 3: Make this team, but you know, hopefully they show themselves 117 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:11,880 Speaker 3: well enough to where they can make other teams and 118 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:14,680 Speaker 3: just make themselves proud and make make themselves better every week, 119 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:16,640 Speaker 3: because that's what it's all about, us, our group getting 120 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:18,560 Speaker 3: better so we can help our football team. 121 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:22,520 Speaker 6: But it's difficult for a guy who is a veteran 122 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:25,800 Speaker 6: guy who's never really played special teams six seven years 123 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:28,000 Speaker 6: long to try to learn them at that point. 124 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:29,520 Speaker 1: Is is it too late? 125 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:32,520 Speaker 3: It's not easy. It's never too late for anything, but 126 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:35,039 Speaker 3: it's definitely not easy. It's it's a you know, when 127 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 3: you get to that point, it's it's more of a 128 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:42,320 Speaker 3: desire thing and then just being able to learn that 129 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:45,159 Speaker 3: skill set. You know, it's a different kind of skill set. 130 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:47,800 Speaker 3: It's very similar, but it is different at the same time, 131 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:48,520 Speaker 3: What is. 132 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:50,720 Speaker 7: Just Sean Corbin give you on teams? 133 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:54,560 Speaker 3: Jay Shawn works hard, he's smart, he's tough, he's dependable, 134 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:57,800 Speaker 3: it's physical, he's a good football player. 135 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:01,159 Speaker 1: He just he gives you value. Uh, He's He's just 136 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:02,200 Speaker 1: a good football player. 137 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:04,279 Speaker 7: Youmact understanding. 138 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:07,280 Speaker 8: Your focus is on the here and now, obviously, but 139 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:09,680 Speaker 8: can you look back to maybe the beginning of last 140 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:14,080 Speaker 8: year around this time and and kind of just talk 141 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:18,760 Speaker 8: about how this roster has changed you know, seemingly many 142 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:19,520 Speaker 8: ways for the better. 143 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:22,159 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean we're a lot faster than we were 144 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:26,960 Speaker 3: last year, I think, you know, And and just overall 145 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:31,640 Speaker 3: we're just small competition at each spot, you know, and 146 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:34,240 Speaker 3: it's you know, Joe's done Jones Staff's done a great job, 147 00:06:34,279 --> 00:06:36,919 Speaker 3: and Dave's done a great job of putting you know, 148 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:40,640 Speaker 3: this roster together. And again we're just always working trying 149 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:43,279 Speaker 3: to tweak it get better. That's our jobs, you know, 150 00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:46,600 Speaker 3: you know, as personnel people, that's their job, always trying 151 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 3: to look to get better. And we're trying to the 152 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:50,800 Speaker 3: guys that they bring us, trying to make sure that. 153 00:06:50,839 --> 00:06:52,080 Speaker 1: They get better while we're here. 154 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:56,360 Speaker 3: So it's it's definitely it's it's definitely moving in the 155 00:06:56,440 --> 00:06:57,480 Speaker 3: right direction for sure. 156 00:06:57,839 --> 00:07:01,400 Speaker 4: How does take two more Geo's skill set translates specially, 157 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:03,080 Speaker 4: and what does he need to do to become like 158 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:03,760 Speaker 4: a core guy? 159 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:08,159 Speaker 3: Uh, you know, it's like all rookies, it's it's different, 160 00:07:08,279 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 3: like something they did some in college, especially being a 161 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:13,160 Speaker 3: defensive player DIDs some things in college. But it's just 162 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:17,080 Speaker 3: the whole maturation process of being a rookie, you know, 163 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:19,440 Speaker 3: learning how to be a pro, you know, finding out 164 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:23,320 Speaker 3: what you do really well and then trying to maximize 165 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:25,480 Speaker 3: that skill set, you know. And that's that's the thing 166 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:27,880 Speaker 3: that I think Geo and all the rest of the 167 00:07:27,920 --> 00:07:30,360 Speaker 3: rookies they just got to find out, Okay, what's my 168 00:07:30,440 --> 00:07:33,000 Speaker 3: bread and butter, right, and now I got to hang 169 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:34,520 Speaker 3: my hat on that, and then I got to bring 170 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:35,800 Speaker 3: everything else up to speed. 171 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:40,320 Speaker 6: Do you have any examples to ask you about the 172 00:07:40,320 --> 00:07:43,840 Speaker 6: guy's late plomer six seven percent? Somebody who picked it 173 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:45,840 Speaker 6: up late in their career during the course of your 174 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:46,480 Speaker 6: time doing this. 175 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:56,160 Speaker 3: Uh, normally the guys that that play teams later in 176 00:07:56,240 --> 00:07:59,200 Speaker 3: their career played it early in their career. You know, 177 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:01,000 Speaker 3: it's it's rare or where you see a guy that 178 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:06,640 Speaker 3: hasn't played on teams then just start doing it years 179 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:08,960 Speaker 3: seven to eight or whatever it is. You don't see 180 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:13,360 Speaker 3: it a lot, but I mean, it definitely happens. I 181 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:16,080 Speaker 3: mean I haven't seen it a lot, but it definitely happens.