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Speaker 1: of it. You know, we've actually spent a ton of

430
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Speaker 1: time when you know what dv Sport was in here

431
00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:03,040
Speaker 1: last week for four days. You know, we we've we've

432
00:22:03,119 --> 00:22:05,399
Speaker 1: had seminar, you know, sit downs with PFF, you know,

433
00:22:05,480 --> 00:22:09,800
Speaker 1: to some of the outsourcing, um, you know, analytics and

434
00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:12,160
Speaker 1: things that we've done. We needed, we need to be better,

435
00:22:12,320 --> 00:22:14,120
Speaker 1: you know, we need to be better. We've we've looked

436
00:22:14,119 --> 00:22:16,479
Speaker 1: at what we did last year, we looked at how

437
00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:18,560
Speaker 1: we're gonna do it this year. We're better prepared for it.

438
00:22:18,680 --> 00:22:22,520
Speaker 1: I mean we're anticipating it, you know better. Um. I

439
00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:24,720
Speaker 1: think we clearly have a better handle on the volume.

440
00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:26,760
Speaker 1: I mean we'll do less on offense too. I mean,

441
00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:29,560
Speaker 1: this is not just a defensive focus. It's not just

442
00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:32,040
Speaker 1: a special teams folks, you know, it's it's all the

443
00:22:32,119 --> 00:22:35,600
Speaker 1: way through. So yeah, I'm very confident that our virtual

444
00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:40,119
Speaker 1: operation will be significantly better. Can you give us an

445
00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:44,320
Speaker 1: update on your offensive tackles? Tyrn Smith and Lyle Collins

446
00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:47,120
Speaker 1: what's your profitability right now? I mean they look great.

447
00:22:47,280 --> 00:22:49,040
Speaker 1: You know I've had to you know, obviously Tyre went

448
00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:51,080
Speaker 1: through training camp, so obviously I have a good, you know,

449
00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:54,399
Speaker 1: good feel for him. Um Elsie, you know, he was

450
00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:57,800
Speaker 1: just out there with Dak so he looks like he's

451
00:22:57,920 --> 00:23:00,560
Speaker 1: you know, close to being ready to go. So um

452
00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:03,320
Speaker 1: And I can say that about all the veteran injured players.

453
00:23:03,520 --> 00:23:06,320
Speaker 1: I mean there's you know, less a guy went out

454
00:23:06,359 --> 00:23:10,639
Speaker 1: of time for an extended weekend or you know, I

455
00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:12,879
Speaker 1: can't recall day that they haven't been here. So I

456
00:23:12,920 --> 00:23:16,200
Speaker 1: mean that that part's been very regular, you know, very

457
00:23:16,359 --> 00:23:18,320
Speaker 1: those guys are they all They all look good. So

458
00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:20,800
Speaker 1: I mean where I expect any setbacks? So I can

459
00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:23,920
Speaker 1: you talk about your assessment of Jalen Smith last year

460
00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:25,960
Speaker 1: and you feel like this new scheme can kind of

461
00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:29,760
Speaker 1: compliment his skills? Well, I think I think the thing

462
00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:32,119
Speaker 1: with you know, when you look at Jalen and you

463
00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:34,480
Speaker 1: know Layton went through some injuries, you know, it's you know,

464
00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:37,360
Speaker 1: it's it's the question that everybody keeps one to ask,

465
00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:39,159
Speaker 1: you know, as either Mike as either will you know

466
00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:41,719
Speaker 1: when I look at Layton and Jaylen, I look at

467
00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:44,960
Speaker 1: linebackers that have have the ability and you know, the

468
00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:48,560
Speaker 1: experience of be interchangeable. So you know what I like

469
00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:51,240
Speaker 1: about Jalen is you know, he practices every day. I

470
00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:54,159
Speaker 1: mean he's one hundred hundred mile ire and he's he

471
00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:56,520
Speaker 1: gives it to you, you know, at work after you know,

472
00:23:57,160 --> 00:23:59,280
Speaker 1: in the study part of it. Um. You know, he

473
00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:02,199
Speaker 1: lines up and play every week. So until he had

474
00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:05,960
Speaker 1: a very productive year. UM, I think at times, like

475
00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:09,639
Speaker 1: you know, coaches and players, there was some you know,

476
00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:12,600
Speaker 1: it wasn't quite clear. You know, we our timing wasn't

477
00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:14,720
Speaker 1: quite what we wanted it to be. You know, I

478
00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:17,399
Speaker 1: think it just comes with, you know, with the process

479
00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:19,960
Speaker 1: of a of a new staff and new scheme and

480
00:24:20,119 --> 00:24:21,520
Speaker 1: some of the things we're trying to do. But I

481
00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:24,720
Speaker 1: think clearly when we got you know, I felt coming

482
00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:27,159
Speaker 1: out of the Minnesota game, uh, and and really the

483
00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:29,880
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh game, and you know, probably about that that point

484
00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:31,960
Speaker 1: where we were starting to play the right way, you know,

485
00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:35,200
Speaker 1: we were starting to uh, you know, there's there's more

486
00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:37,680
Speaker 1: consistency in our in our in our time clock and

487
00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:40,800
Speaker 1: our fits and and how guys were you know, coming

488
00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:43,960
Speaker 1: off the communication was where it needed to be. UM, Yeah,

489
00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:46,200
Speaker 1: I was disappointing it took that long. But that's that's

490
00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:48,480
Speaker 1: just the facts in the matter. So you know, and

491
00:24:48,560 --> 00:24:50,920
Speaker 1: if you look at the defense, and which is my

492
00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:55,520
Speaker 1: number one you know emphasis as a head coach is

493
00:24:55,960 --> 00:24:58,000
Speaker 1: the is the turnover ratio. You know, we we end

494
00:24:58,080 --> 00:24:59,760
Speaker 1: up seventh in the league and taking them all away

495
00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:02,440
Speaker 1: and that and that was a huge, huge part of

496
00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:05,919
Speaker 1: our you know, our production down to Stretcher. So, um,

497
00:25:06,280 --> 00:25:08,160
Speaker 1: you know it's something we can build off of. I'm

498
00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:09,960
Speaker 1: going to take you to zero in on Dan Quinn.

499
00:25:10,119 --> 00:25:11,720
Speaker 1: Was it pretty quick, like you knew that this was

500
00:25:11,720 --> 00:25:13,280
Speaker 1: gonna be the guy or did it take him? Well,

501
00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:15,240
Speaker 1: it had to be quick just because an interesting Dan.

502
00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:17,359
Speaker 1: You know, I've known Dan for you know, quite some

503
00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:20,120
Speaker 1: time and uh so when when the decision was made,

504
00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:22,720
Speaker 1: it you know, it happened. It had to happen fast

505
00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:24,960
Speaker 1: because you know, he had a lot of opportunities. So

506
00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:27,920
Speaker 1: and uh, you know, we were fortunate to be able

507
00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:30,000
Speaker 1: to get that done. Get on your radar, Like in

508
00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:32,200
Speaker 1: your coaching career, when do you do you remember a

509
00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:34,240
Speaker 1: time when you first I remember Dan when he was

510
00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:36,280
Speaker 1: with the Dolphins and he was with the uh you know,

511
00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:38,639
Speaker 1: with with the forty nine ers, you know, just his

512
00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:42,040
Speaker 1: reputation as a D line coach. And then obviously when

513
00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:45,000
Speaker 1: when we went to Seattle, Uh did a great, great

514
00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:47,040
Speaker 1: job there. So you know we've had some battles there

515
00:25:47,760 --> 00:25:49,920
Speaker 1: and you know then you know Frankly down Atlanta, you know,

516
00:25:50,040 --> 00:25:53,159
Speaker 1: they beat us an NFC championship game in two thousand

517
00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:56,680
Speaker 1: and sixteens, So have a good history with Dan. What's

518
00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:59,680
Speaker 1: got into your decision on Alivin Smith to move on

519
00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:02,159
Speaker 1: from him? And and how do you says where you

520
00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:04,560
Speaker 1: are is right now with the current roster as far

521
00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:08,200
Speaker 1: as pressuring the quarterback and where you stand there? Well,

522
00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:10,680
Speaker 1: first thing, I mean Aldi Smith, that's still fluid. I

523
00:26:11,480 --> 00:26:13,879
Speaker 1: personally haven't moved on. So I mean there's I was

524
00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:16,880
Speaker 1: in a conversation yesterday about old and so, um, we'll

525
00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:21,040
Speaker 1: see how that works out moving forward. Um. But you know,

526
00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:23,400
Speaker 1: when you look at our front, uh, you know, it's

527
00:26:24,280 --> 00:26:28,560
Speaker 1: it's the ability to you know, you don't just in general,

528
00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:30,320
Speaker 1: you really don't want players who can do one thing.

529
00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:32,320
Speaker 1: I mean, if a guy doesn't, if he's just really

530
00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:35,000
Speaker 1: good at one component of his game, he's got to

531
00:26:35,080 --> 00:26:36,560
Speaker 1: be you know, he's probably got to be the best

532
00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:39,680
Speaker 1: in the business at it. So and in the ability

533
00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:41,560
Speaker 1: to play a you know, to play a three technique,

534
00:26:41,560 --> 00:26:44,560
Speaker 1: also play at four inside shade technique, to put out

535
00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:46,960
Speaker 1: and play a five and Aldim can play to six,

536
00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:49,520
Speaker 1: you can play to nine. So I mean, that's that's

537
00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:51,840
Speaker 1: the flexibility that you're looking for. And if you know,

538
00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:53,760
Speaker 1: the three veteran alignment that we signed all have that

539
00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:58,080
Speaker 1: also to have that capability. So that's what I'll talk about.

540
00:26:58,119 --> 00:27:00,920
Speaker 1: The growth and you know, we've talked about three or

541
00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:04,520
Speaker 1: four versus four to three, you know, the variation of

542
00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:07,520
Speaker 1: guys to be able to play multiple techniques and have

543
00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:11,000
Speaker 1: the length and you know, and Holden fits that. So,

544
00:27:11,560 --> 00:27:13,720
Speaker 1: um so we're we're you know, we're still talking there.

545
00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:17,240
Speaker 1: But that's that's where you you're able to be more

546
00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:20,720
Speaker 1: game plan specific, you know, and and definitely starting with

547
00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:23,720
Speaker 1: the run defense. So and that's that's really my view

548
00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:26,240
Speaker 1: and what I want to make sure we have more flexibility,

549
00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:31,080
Speaker 1: more more position flexibility in our defensive front. Did you

550
00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:33,400
Speaker 1: think in Green Bay did you try to bring him

551
00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:36,280
Speaker 1: here like I guess last year or was it just

552
00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:39,040
Speaker 1: some things you couldn't get him in? Well, Timing has

553
00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:40,240
Speaker 1: a lot to do with a lot of things, and

554
00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:42,280
Speaker 1: you know, as as we know, and hiring a staff

555
00:27:42,359 --> 00:27:46,760
Speaker 1: and and Joe wits and outstanding football coach. Joe and

556
00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:49,639
Speaker 1: I have a long history together. So um, I was

557
00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:53,959
Speaker 1: just felt very fortunate for you know, the timing for him,

558
00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:55,680
Speaker 1: you know, coming out of Lanta, for him to be

559
00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:59,040
Speaker 1: part of this. So I think you'll see we'll see

560
00:27:59,040 --> 00:28:03,159
Speaker 1: a different energy and lever level of expertise back there.

561
00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:08,120
Speaker 1: Joe's coordinator ready, um, And frankly, Joe was Joe could

562
00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:10,040
Speaker 1: have been a coordinator here very easily. I mean, I

563
00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:13,560
Speaker 1: just I'm making that point just to uh, to let

564
00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:15,320
Speaker 1: you know how how much I think of him as

565
00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:19,080
Speaker 1: a coach. So um, we definitely have a chance to

566
00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:27,280
Speaker 1: to really grow the secondary under Joe's leadership. You know Joe, well,

567
00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:29,679
Speaker 1: he'll he'll start off with the linebackers, so many obviously

568
00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:32,399
Speaker 1: his ability to go back and play the safety is evident.

569
00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:34,680
Speaker 1: But you know, Kean is an impact player, you know,

570
00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:37,360
Speaker 1: I think that's an excellent signing for us, and I'm

571
00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:40,080
Speaker 1: real excited to get him and in his fit and

572
00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:43,440
Speaker 1: I know Dan and you know the other Joe adding

573
00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:45,200
Speaker 1: are all the guys that work with him in Atlanta

574
00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:47,600
Speaker 1: are all excited to to, you know, add him to

575
00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:50,000
Speaker 1: the mix. So I look at him as an impact player.

576
00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:53,800
Speaker 1: We talk about what improve your defense? Is the draft

577
00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:55,880
Speaker 1: where you're looking to improve your defense there? Do you

578
00:28:55,960 --> 00:29:00,200
Speaker 1: want to really have your club owning on that for you? Well,

579
00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:02,720
Speaker 1: I mean I think we're making a strong effort to

580
00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:05,840
Speaker 1: improve the defense, you know, with our free agent signing

581
00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:09,200
Speaker 1: so far, and definitely the draft having ten picks, you know,

582
00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:11,920
Speaker 1: and you know we've done well in the rookie free

583
00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:14,840
Speaker 1: agent pull too. That's another pool players that will we'll

584
00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:19,040
Speaker 1: focus on. So yeah, I think we'll continue to work.

585
00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:21,200
Speaker 1: You know, you want to add as many good football

586
00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:24,000
Speaker 1: players as you possibly can, you know, I mean obviously offense, defense,

587
00:29:24,080 --> 00:29:26,440
Speaker 1: but but I wouldn't be surprised if we take some

588
00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:31,480
Speaker 1: defensive players in the draft. He had can you talking

589
00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:33,680
Speaker 1: about discussions you may have had with with Shaun Lee

590
00:29:33,760 --> 00:29:36,280
Speaker 1: and Tyron Crawford about where they are in their careers

591
00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:40,320
Speaker 1: and what that's looking on right out? Tyrone just you know,

592
00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:43,720
Speaker 1: he came h to me right away, you know, in

593
00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:47,880
Speaker 1: the exit interview process, and and you know he's well

594
00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:51,640
Speaker 1: set up justice an hour I'm sorry, Well, yeah, oh yes,

595
00:29:51,720 --> 00:29:53,800
Speaker 1: I did, I'm sorry to I mean, I think he's

596
00:29:53,840 --> 00:29:57,440
Speaker 1: he's gonna he's gonna retire, so um, but he's gonna

597
00:29:57,520 --> 00:29:59,000
Speaker 1: be here in the area. You know he lives. He

598
00:29:59,080 --> 00:30:01,000
Speaker 1: lives right down the road. I've actually seen him a

599
00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:04,600
Speaker 1: couple of times since so M But you know, you

600
00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:08,360
Speaker 1: know Sean. We're still in discussions with Sean. What's the

601
00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:10,400
Speaker 1: plan for the draft this year? Coach, you were on

602
00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:12,960
Speaker 1: a yacht last year? What's the plan for the draft

603
00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:16,040
Speaker 1: this year? Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry to Jones family. Um.

604
00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:18,960
Speaker 1: Now that we are having more interaction, what do you

605
00:30:19,040 --> 00:30:22,400
Speaker 1: anticipate the draft process looking like this year? My understand

606
00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:24,120
Speaker 1: it's gonna be back to normal, you know, I mean

607
00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:26,480
Speaker 1: from the coach's perspective, I don't know exactly how the

608
00:30:26,760 --> 00:30:29,400
Speaker 1: you know what the media um operation is going to be.

609
00:30:29,560 --> 00:30:32,680
Speaker 1: So um. We'll be in the draft room. So no,

610
00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:36,880
Speaker 1: no consider racing for the yacht. Tell you what, it

611
00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:38,320
Speaker 1: worked out pretty good and we don't have to take

612
00:30:38,360 --> 00:30:40,080
Speaker 1: that up. And I actually I like the way the

613
00:30:40,120 --> 00:30:41,800
Speaker 1: draft went last year, So if that was the key,

614
00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:45,640
Speaker 1: then we'll see what Jerry thinks. Other coaches talk a

615
00:30:45,680 --> 00:30:48,239
Speaker 1: lot about separating the business side of things. But how

616
00:30:48,320 --> 00:30:50,040
Speaker 1: much of a difference does it make to have the

617
00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:52,400
Speaker 1: d thing done? Just kind of push that aside and

618
00:30:52,640 --> 00:30:56,320
Speaker 1: move forward. Definitely. I mean I think, like anything, um,

619
00:30:56,880 --> 00:30:59,719
Speaker 1: you know, it's everyone here covered it. So I mean

620
00:30:59,760 --> 00:31:03,920
Speaker 1: it's you know, I just one morning. Uh. I think

621
00:31:03,960 --> 00:31:06,800
Speaker 1: the best example is one morning in the training room

622
00:31:06,840 --> 00:31:09,880
Speaker 1: and there's two TVs on, and you know, the one

623
00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:13,040
Speaker 1: TV you know it was all but Dak Prescott and

624
00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:16,440
Speaker 1: the other TV was the the Four Squares and you

625
00:31:16,520 --> 00:31:19,000
Speaker 1: know the zoom call with the cat in a right

626
00:31:19,040 --> 00:31:21,800
Speaker 1: hand corner. You know, it's what I'm talking about it. Yeah,

627
00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:25,960
Speaker 1: So and everybody was watching the cat because they retired

628
00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:28,320
Speaker 1: of watching the other TV. So I think that's a

629
00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:33,560
Speaker 1: great analogy. So we're all glad it's done. I didn't

630
00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:36,040
Speaker 1: stick around to find out. I didn't understand what was

631
00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:40,800
Speaker 1: going on, so I just I just kept moving. Most

632
00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:44,560
Speaker 1: of your recent experience with the with the draft has

633
00:31:44,560 --> 00:31:46,680
Speaker 1: been drafting later in the first round, whether it was

634
00:31:46,720 --> 00:31:49,800
Speaker 1: Green Bay or you know, picking seventeens last year. I

635
00:31:49,880 --> 00:31:52,280
Speaker 1: get that the process probably doesn't change, but is there

636
00:31:52,320 --> 00:31:54,600
Speaker 1: any added emphasis or importance when you are in the

637
00:31:54,680 --> 00:31:56,920
Speaker 1: top ten and have a chance to draft that caliber

638
00:31:56,960 --> 00:32:01,360
Speaker 1: of player. Well, you know, I think I mean stating

639
00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:03,720
Speaker 1: obviously you want to get it right. You know, I

640
00:32:03,840 --> 00:32:07,000
Speaker 1: think you're you're definitely when you're when you're picking tenth

641
00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:09,400
Speaker 1: compared to you know, twenty six, twenty seven, twenty eight.

642
00:32:10,480 --> 00:32:13,320
Speaker 1: You know, it's it's a lot longer night, you know,

643
00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:16,000
Speaker 1: back there at twenty eight, twenty nine, thirty. But no,

644
00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:19,760
Speaker 1: I think it's you know, the poll players, you know,

645
00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:23,520
Speaker 1: and there's usually more movement up there potentially, So I

646
00:32:23,800 --> 00:32:27,640
Speaker 1: think just you know, just just you know, picking ten's

647
00:32:27,680 --> 00:32:29,880
Speaker 1: different than twenty because there's you know, there's more time

648
00:32:29,960 --> 00:32:32,840
Speaker 1: to watch what's going on in front of you and

649
00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:35,600
Speaker 1: you know, and in some years you know, there's more

650
00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:38,680
Speaker 1: movement than others. So but yeah, I would say that

651
00:32:38,840 --> 00:32:42,400
Speaker 1: the processes. You know, I've been part of one staff

652
00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:46,000
Speaker 1: that you know, pick picked one, So I mean it's yeah,

653
00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:49,240
Speaker 1: I think it's the focus is it's clearly that you

654
00:32:49,320 --> 00:32:50,719
Speaker 1: still want to get it right and get the best

655
00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:54,400
Speaker 1: player to fetch your football team. You determine who's going

656
00:32:54,440 --> 00:32:57,920
Speaker 1: to go on your stats, what pro days and you know,

657
00:32:58,240 --> 00:33:00,480
Speaker 1: because I think from Afar we kind of read into

658
00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:02,400
Speaker 1: it like, oh, Mike McCarty's that this project. They must

659
00:33:02,440 --> 00:33:05,000
Speaker 1: really be interested in this, these guys and that, so

660
00:33:05,080 --> 00:33:06,960
Speaker 1: how do you guys are that's why we're doing it?

661
00:33:08,160 --> 00:33:11,240
Speaker 1: So no, I mean there's a lot to goes into it.

662
00:33:11,320 --> 00:33:12,800
Speaker 1: I mean, it was, you know, the other things going on,

663
00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:17,800
Speaker 1: you know, because I mean, you know, you know, me

664
00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:20,920
Speaker 1: going to Alabama in South Carolina and going to Virginia

665
00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:22,480
Speaker 1: Tech or no, am I going to go to Ohio

666
00:33:22,640 --> 00:33:26,600
Speaker 1: State Kentucky. So I mean, it's it's it's fluid, and

667
00:33:26,760 --> 00:33:29,040
Speaker 1: it's really this this year's is so different than any

668
00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:32,360
Speaker 1: of the others because you know, you don't have the combine.

669
00:33:32,680 --> 00:33:36,480
Speaker 1: You know, it's really trying to get as many to

670
00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:39,080
Speaker 1: get the right number of touches on each player as

671
00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:42,360
Speaker 1: you can. And and and it's not as much about

672
00:33:42,440 --> 00:33:45,000
Speaker 1: what set of eyes, you know, is it is it

673
00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:46,480
Speaker 1: good for me and Dan to go or is it

674
00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:48,600
Speaker 1: better for Will and Dan to go? You know. Plus

675
00:33:49,040 --> 00:33:51,880
Speaker 1: there's other things that are going on here the last

676
00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:53,840
Speaker 1: couple of days. So I mean, so I wouldn't put

677
00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:58,040
Speaker 1: a tremendous amount into it, But I'm not also naive

678
00:33:58,080 --> 00:34:01,040
Speaker 1: affected you know, this year's different because you do want

679
00:34:01,080 --> 00:34:03,000
Speaker 1: to you know, this is your only chance where you

680
00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:07,120
Speaker 1: gonna have to look at somebody at these guys. So, um, yeah,

681
00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:08,880
Speaker 1: you could probably put more into it this year than

682
00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:13,320
Speaker 1: others to be to be honest, but on our particular instance,

683
00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:17,120
Speaker 1: I wouldn't. Yeah, I wouldn't. I don't think it's going

684
00:34:17,160 --> 00:34:19,640
Speaker 1: to factor. And you know who's picked at number ten

685
00:34:19,680 --> 00:34:23,399
Speaker 1: if that's If that's what you're looking for. I didn't

686
00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:26,280
Speaker 1: believe a memo to this effect today was the outline

687
00:34:26,440 --> 00:34:28,560
Speaker 1: Up to ten fully vaccinated people can be in the

688
00:34:28,640 --> 00:34:33,680
Speaker 1: draft room. So I asked her today, Yeah, because unbelievable,

689
00:34:33,719 --> 00:34:38,640
Speaker 1: this is the first Just say, um, I've seen email.

690
00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:42,480
Speaker 1: That's my point. But good you you've seen it already. Okay,

691
00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:49,560
Speaker 1: but I poured my Yeah, Rich, Rich, I should have

692
00:34:49,560 --> 00:34:54,840
Speaker 1: been on my notes. So are you fully vaccinated? And

693
00:34:54,920 --> 00:34:57,120
Speaker 1: if not, you plan to be before the draft to

694
00:34:57,120 --> 00:34:59,560
Speaker 1: allow you to be in Let yea, what is my

695
00:34:59,719 --> 00:35:03,399
Speaker 1: legal right on vaccination? Yeah? I don't have to don't

696
00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:06,360
Speaker 1: have to have to tell you if I'm backcited. Okay,

697
00:35:06,600 --> 00:35:12,600
Speaker 1: so we'll keep me guessing. Why would you have How

698
00:35:12,680 --> 00:35:17,200
Speaker 1: optimistic are you? I'll tell you what I think. I'm

699
00:35:17,239 --> 00:35:20,560
Speaker 1: totally brain was because anytime I talk to Rich or

700
00:35:20,640 --> 00:35:23,719
Speaker 1: anybody else Oxnar is the greatest place in the world.

701
00:35:23,760 --> 00:35:26,640
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know how we can survive. We're

702
00:35:26,680 --> 00:35:28,880
Speaker 1: not going to Oxnard from what I've been told, But

703
00:35:29,960 --> 00:35:34,440
Speaker 1: um yeah, I'm I've coach in Louisiana, I've coached at

704
00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:36,960
Speaker 1: the Saints. I clearly understand that, you know the effect

705
00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:39,200
Speaker 1: of a heat, the heat on training or football team.

706
00:35:39,760 --> 00:35:43,080
Speaker 1: You know, I think we were by understanding. I've spent

707
00:35:43,120 --> 00:35:44,800
Speaker 1: a lot of time in Austin in the past, so

708
00:35:45,239 --> 00:35:48,200
Speaker 1: I think we definitely, um were were fortunate that the

709
00:35:48,280 --> 00:35:52,600
Speaker 1: heat wasn't as bad as past summer here, so preferably

710
00:35:52,640 --> 00:35:55,480
Speaker 1: I would just you know, I think regularity is important,

711
00:35:55,640 --> 00:36:01,719
Speaker 1: you know, I think, but um yeah, I think there's

712
00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:04,480
Speaker 1: clearly a benefit going ox And it's clearly the environment

713
00:36:04,560 --> 00:36:06,239
Speaker 1: if you can, if you can set the environment. I

714
00:36:06,280 --> 00:36:08,120
Speaker 1: haven't been there yet, so I'm kind of just speaking

715
00:36:08,160 --> 00:36:11,040
Speaker 1: off of what I've been told, because actually I was

716
00:36:11,040 --> 00:36:12,719
Speaker 1: supposed to go to last year and that's exactly when

717
00:36:12,760 --> 00:36:17,960
Speaker 1: the pandemic hits. So but yeah, if it's everything everybody says,

718
00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:20,520
Speaker 1: it is, like I'm looking forward to it. So but

719
00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:23,320
Speaker 1: you know, the biggest thing is for me is the

720
00:36:23,360 --> 00:36:26,280
Speaker 1: training of the football team. So as long as everything

721
00:36:26,480 --> 00:36:29,799
Speaker 1: is the ability to get the flow and the competitive

722
00:36:29,920 --> 00:36:33,600
Speaker 1: environment and all those things. You know. But you know,

723
00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:35,640
Speaker 1: just like, for example, we're just talking about this the

724
00:36:35,719 --> 00:36:38,600
Speaker 1: other day. You know, you can't practice to eleven am

725
00:36:38,680 --> 00:36:41,480
Speaker 1: because of a due on the field. Okay, well, well

726
00:36:41,760 --> 00:36:43,239
Speaker 1: no one thought of that because I guess they've never

727
00:36:43,320 --> 00:36:46,680
Speaker 1: practiced before eleven in past sole and if you were,

728
00:36:47,120 --> 00:36:49,000
Speaker 1: you know, in our practices now, I know everybody loved

729
00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:51,440
Speaker 1: getting up early to get the practice early, but there

730
00:36:51,560 --> 00:36:54,360
Speaker 1: is a benefit from practicing early for the regularity and

731
00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:56,960
Speaker 1: training your team, just from a practice at night, of

732
00:36:57,040 --> 00:36:58,839
Speaker 1: practice in the middle day of practice in the morning.

733
00:36:59,360 --> 00:37:03,600
Speaker 1: I think once a players have done all three, they'll

734
00:37:03,640 --> 00:37:05,960
Speaker 1: tell you the morning's the best. At first, you're like, well,

735
00:37:05,960 --> 00:37:07,279
Speaker 1: I don't know if I can do that, but it's

736
00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:09,600
Speaker 1: it's it's better for their bodies, it's better. It's it's

737
00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:12,279
Speaker 1: better on their their clock to put them on the

738
00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:18,399
Speaker 1: teaching progressions are efficient. Um, so those are the kinds

739
00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:20,279
Speaker 1: of things I look at. But you know, being a

740
00:37:20,520 --> 00:37:21,880
Speaker 1: you know, I know, was in a mile from the

741
00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:25,000
Speaker 1: beach or whatever it's I guess that's all cool too.

742
00:37:25,200 --> 00:37:29,200
Speaker 1: So you played to travel before July to talk to

743
00:37:29,239 --> 00:37:30,880
Speaker 1: start and get a feel for it again. Yeah, yes

744
00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:33,040
Speaker 1: I do. Yeah, I clearly want to get out there

745
00:37:33,080 --> 00:37:36,600
Speaker 1: and take a look at it. So no, it's not

746
00:37:36,760 --> 00:37:41,880
Speaker 1: like yet. My one of the debates, uh in Cowboy

747
00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:44,400
Speaker 1: Nation is the offensive line does it need to be

748
00:37:44,520 --> 00:37:47,439
Speaker 1: revamped with the five guys? Can you give us any

749
00:37:47,480 --> 00:37:50,400
Speaker 1: idea of what you're thinking about your line? Well, I

750
00:37:50,440 --> 00:37:52,400
Speaker 1: think if you just look at the experience we went

751
00:37:52,440 --> 00:37:56,400
Speaker 1: through last year. I mean, m've I've learned this in

752
00:37:56,480 --> 00:37:59,680
Speaker 1: two thousand as the offensive coordinator for the Saints. When

753
00:37:59,719 --> 00:38:02,799
Speaker 1: you're you're when you're starting offensive line lines up play

754
00:38:02,840 --> 00:38:05,520
Speaker 1: sixteen games in a row, you're going to you're a

755
00:38:05,560 --> 00:38:08,920
Speaker 1: good football team. Uh. And it's no different because that

756
00:38:09,320 --> 00:38:11,359
Speaker 1: year both our O line and D line played every

757
00:38:11,400 --> 00:38:14,359
Speaker 1: game and we have massive injuries around it, but they

758
00:38:14,480 --> 00:38:19,279
Speaker 1: give you the consistency in the stability to when when

759
00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:24,440
Speaker 1: when the line of scrimmage is stable and there's consistency there,

760
00:38:25,080 --> 00:38:28,920
Speaker 1: your your your opportunity for success is heightened around it.

761
00:38:29,160 --> 00:38:32,560
Speaker 1: That's just my belief. So uh, Statistically, if you look

762
00:38:32,640 --> 00:38:36,600
Speaker 1: it up, the health of the offensive line in accordance

763
00:38:36,680 --> 00:38:40,000
Speaker 1: with the with the wins and losses of the teams

764
00:38:40,080 --> 00:38:45,200
Speaker 1: that definitely reflect I mean they coincide, so, um, they

765
00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:48,480
Speaker 1: answer your question. We just gotta get healthy, Frankly. On

766
00:38:48,560 --> 00:38:50,480
Speaker 1: the offensive line, I mean, if we you know, our

767
00:38:50,520 --> 00:38:54,399
Speaker 1: tackles are veteran tackles look good. Um, So I'm looking

768
00:38:54,480 --> 00:38:56,919
Speaker 1: forward to to line up and play with those guys.

769
00:38:57,040 --> 00:38:58,319
Speaker 1: I mean it's one of the one of the big

770
00:38:58,360 --> 00:39:01,160
Speaker 1: attractions of the job. Frankly. Uh, you know, a year

771
00:39:01,160 --> 00:39:05,759
Speaker 1: and a half ago, som and you can't have enough,

772
00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:08,360
Speaker 1: you know, that's you know, and we felt like we

773
00:39:08,440 --> 00:39:10,440
Speaker 1: had really good numbers coming in a season, you know,

774
00:39:10,520 --> 00:39:12,880
Speaker 1: when we just hit one of those years where you know,

775
00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:16,040
Speaker 1: the tackle position was just under siege with injury. So

776
00:39:17,440 --> 00:39:19,880
Speaker 1: you know, Frankly, I think we're gonna have a very

777
00:39:19,920 --> 00:39:23,799
Speaker 1: competitive situation for the offensive line. So I can't line

778
00:39:23,840 --> 00:39:25,839
Speaker 1: them up yet, but when I get healthy, I think

779
00:39:25,840 --> 00:39:27,880
Speaker 1: you're going to see a really good competition there. And

780
00:39:28,040 --> 00:39:30,480
Speaker 1: I talked about the challenges of just the virtual aspect.

781
00:39:30,560 --> 00:39:32,239
Speaker 1: I mean, we've all seen it even with our job.

782
00:39:32,760 --> 00:39:34,920
Speaker 1: But how important will it be you and your staff

783
00:39:35,040 --> 00:39:36,800
Speaker 1: these free agents to be able to go out to

784
00:39:36,880 --> 00:39:39,520
Speaker 1: dinners together again, to be able to do the team bonding.

785
00:39:39,880 --> 00:39:42,840
Speaker 1: How much does that help a team in terms of

786
00:39:42,920 --> 00:39:46,200
Speaker 1: success just in the wide receiver room, the offensive line room.

787
00:39:46,680 --> 00:39:48,840
Speaker 1: You as a coach, communicating with some of your captains.

788
00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:52,120
Speaker 1: Group dynamics is important, you know, the development of the

789
00:39:52,160 --> 00:39:55,320
Speaker 1: chemistry and the culture. That's that's the how, you know,

790
00:39:55,440 --> 00:39:58,680
Speaker 1: that's the what. You know, everybody talks about it. I

791
00:39:58,760 --> 00:40:02,400
Speaker 1: think everybody has a plan to try to exercise and

792
00:40:02,520 --> 00:40:04,880
Speaker 1: develop it. You know, that's definitely a vehicle to get

793
00:40:04,960 --> 00:40:07,400
Speaker 1: that done. Yeah, definitely, I'm a big believer or that.

794
00:40:07,520 --> 00:40:10,719
Speaker 1: It's I go back to my first year as a

795
00:40:10,760 --> 00:40:13,279
Speaker 1: head coach. Um, you know, you grow up in this

796
00:40:13,480 --> 00:40:16,760
Speaker 1: league and you know, you have the traditional Saturday night meetings.

797
00:40:17,080 --> 00:40:19,000
Speaker 1: You know, you get to the you know, you get

798
00:40:19,040 --> 00:40:22,319
Speaker 1: to the hotel and you have the seven o'clock quarterback meeting,

799
00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:24,720
Speaker 1: then you have the you know, the eight o'clock offensive meeting,

800
00:40:24,800 --> 00:40:28,200
Speaker 1: and then then the team meeting. And you know, after

801
00:40:28,200 --> 00:40:30,880
Speaker 1: about week five years, who mans, you know, the night

802
00:40:30,920 --> 00:40:32,560
Speaker 1: before the game, it gets to be a little long.

803
00:40:32,760 --> 00:40:37,120
Speaker 1: So um, and I can just remember the reaction to

804
00:40:37,239 --> 00:40:38,800
Speaker 1: the team when I told him there was no Saturday

805
00:40:38,840 --> 00:40:42,120
Speaker 1: night meetings, and but now I moved the meetings till

806
00:40:42,120 --> 00:40:44,719
Speaker 1: Saturday morning. But we've still got to work done. But

807
00:40:45,040 --> 00:40:47,719
Speaker 1: you know, I think there's a there's a part of that.

808
00:40:47,920 --> 00:40:50,080
Speaker 1: And when you play for the Dallas Cowboys and it's

809
00:40:50,239 --> 00:40:52,200
Speaker 1: it's it's a little bit the same. In Green Bay.

810
00:40:53,120 --> 00:40:55,560
Speaker 1: Home games are challenged because everybody wants to come to

811
00:40:55,640 --> 00:40:58,560
Speaker 1: eighteen to eat stadium. Everyone wants to visit Dallas, you know, everybody.

812
00:40:58,960 --> 00:41:00,960
Speaker 1: You can see it in in your opponent they come

813
00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:03,640
Speaker 1: out of the tunnel, I mean they're playing Dallas Cowboys.

814
00:41:03,760 --> 00:41:06,640
Speaker 1: Well that there's stress there on your players. I mean

815
00:41:06,719 --> 00:41:10,160
Speaker 1: it really is. Um you know, family, and it's just

816
00:41:10,520 --> 00:41:13,480
Speaker 1: it's not bad stress, it's but it's it's responsibility that's

817
00:41:13,600 --> 00:41:17,320
Speaker 1: that's different. And so I've always felt when you go

818
00:41:17,400 --> 00:41:20,000
Speaker 1: on the road, and obviously didn't have it this this year,

819
00:41:20,080 --> 00:41:23,560
Speaker 1: but we always you know promoted, Hey, running backs, go

820
00:41:23,640 --> 00:41:26,320
Speaker 1: to dinner together. You know when we landed, I you know,

821
00:41:26,800 --> 00:41:30,440
Speaker 1: the old schedule, they'd make it the windows so tight

822
00:41:30,480 --> 00:41:32,320
Speaker 1: because you're trying to keep your guys at the hotel.

823
00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:33,800
Speaker 1: Well guess what, they're still going to leave and go

824
00:41:33,880 --> 00:41:36,640
Speaker 1: see their uncle Jimmy, you know, and have a sandwich

825
00:41:36,680 --> 00:41:39,719
Speaker 1: one him or something. You know. So, um, I'm a

826
00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:41,360
Speaker 1: believer that when you do there, you give them the

827
00:41:41,400 --> 00:41:43,960
Speaker 1: block of time to go or if a guy wants

828
00:41:43,960 --> 00:41:46,160
Speaker 1: to go take a nap or you know, but we

829
00:41:46,280 --> 00:41:49,880
Speaker 1: always encouraged our players to to to bond. That that

830
00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:53,600
Speaker 1: was a bonding opportunity. And and what I found is

831
00:41:53,719 --> 00:41:56,439
Speaker 1: the players love the way games. You know, it's easy

832
00:41:56,440 --> 00:41:58,400
Speaker 1: to play at home. Everybody loves playing at home, and

833
00:41:58,560 --> 00:42:02,120
Speaker 1: especially playing at tea and stay. But you know, I'm

834
00:42:02,160 --> 00:42:04,600
Speaker 1: sure I'm confident that I'll have the same response from

835
00:42:04,640 --> 00:42:07,560
Speaker 1: our team, you know, And yeah, because you want those

836
00:42:07,640 --> 00:42:10,479
Speaker 1: guys to you Like, we had a running back coach

837
00:42:10,560 --> 00:42:12,960
Speaker 1: that his group or his receiver coach to them, but

838
00:42:13,320 --> 00:42:15,680
Speaker 1: they went to Ruth Chris every Saturday night because they

839
00:42:15,680 --> 00:42:17,759
Speaker 1: didn't have Ruth Chris and Green Bay. So it was

840
00:42:17,800 --> 00:42:20,960
Speaker 1: a big deal. And so you know, I hate to

841
00:42:20,960 --> 00:42:23,120
Speaker 1: sweep Potato Pie, but I mean, and that's what they

842
00:42:23,200 --> 00:42:25,880
Speaker 1: talked about when so those kind of things, you know,

843
00:42:26,400 --> 00:42:28,640
Speaker 1: I think it's important. But you know, let's just give

844
00:42:28,640 --> 00:42:32,160
Speaker 1: you example the group dynamics and the opportunity to to

845
00:42:32,280 --> 00:42:34,239
Speaker 1: be together that those are the things you laugh about,

846
00:42:34,480 --> 00:42:37,000
Speaker 1: you know, when the games are always the you know,

847
00:42:37,040 --> 00:42:40,359
Speaker 1: the highlights and the plays and when when you're when

848
00:42:40,400 --> 00:42:43,120
Speaker 1: you're dying or you running the guys you've coached ten, fifteen,

849
00:42:43,160 --> 00:42:46,000
Speaker 1: twenty years ago. But you know it's always that, Hey,

850
00:42:46,040 --> 00:42:47,759
Speaker 1: you remember that time at Ruth Chris you Oh, yeah,

851
00:42:47,760 --> 00:42:49,960
Speaker 1: I know, I remember at that time. So, uh, those

852
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Speaker 1: are those are things I think really helped develop your culture.

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Speaker 1: Might haven't lost. Andy Dalton, what are your thoughts on

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Speaker 1: the backup quarterback position. Well, it's you know, it's it's

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Speaker 1: definitely a position will continue to look at. I mean

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Speaker 1: really goes back to, you know, the earlier answer on

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Speaker 1: you know, competitive ninety man roster. You definitely want to

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Speaker 1: you know, the most important position in my view of

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Speaker 1: football is the quarterback position. You want to have as

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Speaker 1: much competition and you know talent, you know, young veteran. However,

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Speaker 1: we'll just continue to watch that. You know, there's definitely

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Speaker 1: some veterans that we've talked to and I'm sure would

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Speaker 1: like the opportunity to be here now that you know,

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Speaker 1: are tax contracts done and I think everybody clearly understand

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Speaker 1: what's their rooms potentially going to look like. Earlier length

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Speaker 1: and some of the defensive players you guys have signed

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Speaker 1: so far, what's the importance of that physical trait of

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Speaker 1: being Fresian or player you're drafted for him to have

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Speaker 1: length for dan Quinton because well, I think it goes

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Speaker 1: to the answer I have before word ability to play

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Speaker 1: multiple techniques, you know, and their ability to play with length,

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Speaker 1: and you know obviously the temperament and how they play.

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Speaker 1: Because at the end of the day, you know, to me,

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Speaker 1: defens no difference in offense and in every game plan

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Speaker 1: that I've ever been a part of. Offensively, if you're

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Speaker 1: if you want to be heavy and twelve personnel versuor opponent,

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Speaker 1: you don't go into the game with two tight ends

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Speaker 1: because you know one player you could be out of twelve,

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Speaker 1: and you practice it all week, and you know you

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Speaker 1: want to take the same approach with defense. You know,

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Speaker 1: if if you have a base defense or a variation

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Speaker 1: of base and you don't want to have one big

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Speaker 1: end on on a forty eight man or forty six

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Speaker 1: I hope it's still forty eighth this year, but because

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Speaker 1: then you could be one player potentially out of having

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Speaker 1: the best defensive front uh for that particular call on

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Speaker 1: the field. And and that's where you get to you know,

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Speaker 1: guys probably playing a technique that he hasn't practiced a

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Speaker 1: lot and he's probably not best suited. And you know, Frank,

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Speaker 1: we ran in a little bit at that last year.

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Speaker 1: So um and that's you know, that's that's part of

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Speaker 1: the plan of navigating the injuries that you have every year.

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's it's part of the game. Um.

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Speaker 1: You just you know, but when you have it in

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Speaker 1: one position, it's a little bit more of a challenge.

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Speaker 1: Felt there during the season personally and professionally. But now

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Speaker 1: that you've kind of time to reflect on your first

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Speaker 1: season in Dallas, what did you learn about yourself that

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Speaker 1: you think will most help you in year two? Last one?

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Speaker 1: I'll tell you. I mean, you know, adversity, you know,

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Speaker 1: you know the pressure of adversity and the pressure that

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Speaker 1: the job that that, um did I have today it's

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Speaker 1: it's truly a privilege, and it's a privilege to be

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Speaker 1: back in the NFL. And um and I'm gonna just

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Speaker 1: enjoy it, you know. I think when you have a

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Speaker 1: chance to step away, you know, I'm really savoring these

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Speaker 1: these moments. You know, it's uh, because I missed it

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Speaker 1: and um, there's points last year I thought, what I all,

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Speaker 1: I go back to but uh, you know, I'm just

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Speaker 1: it's really just a privilege to stand here in front

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Speaker 1: of and and and get ready to build a team

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Speaker 1: that can contend for a championship. So just the privilege

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Speaker 1: of the pressure of it all. Thank you, Thank you,