1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,480 Speaker 1: When guys come in here, whether they were veterans like 2 00:00:02,520 --> 00:00:04,800 Speaker 1: a Jeremy Hill or a rookie, they have to embrace 3 00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:08,760 Speaker 1: competition most definitely. We're not giving them anything. You're airing 4 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:12,239 Speaker 1: everything you get and they all know that, and I 5 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:14,440 Speaker 1: think they appreciate that they get a chance to compete 6 00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:17,760 Speaker 1: on the field. Nothing's given them. And what you do 7 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:20,560 Speaker 1: out there, well determine what do you do in the game. 8 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:22,759 Speaker 1: You had a chance to coach x last year. He 9 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:25,360 Speaker 1: resigned your impressions of what it was like to work 10 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:27,360 Speaker 1: with him, and you know what he meant in that 11 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:30,760 Speaker 1: room and on the field. He's a great kid. He 12 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:33,239 Speaker 1: has that that passion for the game that I sort of, 13 00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:36,800 Speaker 1: you know, gravitate too. I sort of love that, and 14 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:39,280 Speaker 1: it makes it easy, you know, I don't have to 15 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:41,879 Speaker 1: worry about him getting work done off the field and 16 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:44,520 Speaker 1: on his own when it comes to steady end, comes 17 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:47,960 Speaker 1: to preparing his body and stuff like that. Yeah, he's 18 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:51,280 Speaker 1: a real professional player and that who loves what he's doing. 19 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:53,760 Speaker 1: So that's kind of easy for me. Kind of excited 20 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:57,200 Speaker 1: it's reunited with Jeremy Hills. How much did you like 21 00:00:57,320 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 1: him in the past or as a bangle and you're 22 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:02,720 Speaker 1: thoughts about him, Well, you know, I didn't steady him 23 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:05,119 Speaker 1: as a Bengalore I saw him, I saw him play. 24 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:08,480 Speaker 1: I like what I saw. I got a chance to 25 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:10,760 Speaker 1: do him not coming out of college, and I was 26 00:01:10,959 --> 00:01:13,080 Speaker 1: really eye on him coming out of college. If not 27 00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:15,240 Speaker 1: this year, I thought, like the world up. I thought 28 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:18,960 Speaker 1: it was a good grab by Cincinnati when they grab him, 29 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:22,200 Speaker 1: and hey, I'm sort of looking forward to this Chile 30 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:24,600 Speaker 1: to see what he'll do for us. Kelly kind of 31 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:27,240 Speaker 1: got forgotten the last year as Mike Gillisley inactive for 32 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:29,160 Speaker 1: a large part of the second half of the season. 33 00:01:29,319 --> 00:01:32,760 Speaker 1: How did he handle the role? Great? Hey, Hey, Mike's 34 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 1: Mike's professional player. He understands you get out there, and 35 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:40,320 Speaker 1: I think he understands him and probably appreciate this opportune 36 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:42,679 Speaker 1: to hear and what to do. And he got hurt 37 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:44,360 Speaker 1: early when he got here, and the sort of put 38 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:47,840 Speaker 1: him behind the eight ball, and he was fighting, fighting 39 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:50,400 Speaker 1: sustain He just fought. But you gotta love him for that. 40 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:53,240 Speaker 1: He just fought. He never be playing and never bitched 41 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:57,120 Speaker 1: the moan and just just fought and competed. And it's 42 00:01:57,160 --> 00:01:59,200 Speaker 1: a good chance when he got a chance to advantage 43 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 1: of his opportunity. When you got a chance, you're gonna 44 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:04,600 Speaker 1: get started with Sony Michelle, did you have a chance 45 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 1: to work him out personally? Yeah, I was there its 46 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:08,560 Speaker 1: pro day, but I didn't work him out personal I 47 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:10,440 Speaker 1: was at his pro day. Yeah, But the professions of 48 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:14,959 Speaker 1: him as a person, we've got He's a good kid. 49 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:19,280 Speaker 1: They love him. They you know, they flat out loved 50 00:02:19,320 --> 00:02:22,839 Speaker 1: the kid down there and Georgia. So it was kind 51 00:02:22,880 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 1: of all you could get was great accolades about him 52 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:29,120 Speaker 1: as a player and as a person, and everybody you 53 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 1: talked to had a lot of high remarks. One he 54 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:36,080 Speaker 1: seems like in the meeting room. We only had the 55 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:38,799 Speaker 1: one meeting this morning. You know, it seems like we're 56 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 1: gonna have some fun. You mentioned he'll coming out all 57 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:43,799 Speaker 1: of you and liking him. And that's a program that's 58 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:46,280 Speaker 1: had good running backs and Georgia's had a tremendous that 59 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:48,880 Speaker 1: traditional regardless of who the coaches are, what's what's to 60 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:52,079 Speaker 1: be said about that? You know, keep come from that program, 61 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:56,360 Speaker 1: played alongside early played with job from a coach like 62 00:02:56,480 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 1: reg He's turning out a lot of pros. And then 63 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:02,040 Speaker 1: Morgi started doing great job of recruity. They go on 64 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:05,320 Speaker 1: and get the guys. Man, they obviously they do a 65 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:07,240 Speaker 1: great job of recruity, and when they get them, they 66 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:10,560 Speaker 1: use them. They use them so makes it easy to 67 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:13,160 Speaker 1: evaluate themselves. You know, you can't, you got you gotta 68 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:15,960 Speaker 1: give them a credit for they find them. They use 69 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:18,760 Speaker 1: them in different fat aspects, no doubt about it. Yeah 70 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:23,000 Speaker 1: they should do. They utilize those guys. And it looks 71 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:25,840 Speaker 1: like that's made their programs. For me, I went into 72 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:28,240 Speaker 1: the making of Dean Lewis and what do you lose 73 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:31,880 Speaker 1: with him leave? You know, with him leaving? Uh? Bean 74 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:38,000 Speaker 1: was an outstanding person. He was a hard worker, dedicated player, 75 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:40,800 Speaker 1: and he did everything he had to do to get 76 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 1: himself healthy when he had the injuries, and we got 77 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:47,200 Speaker 1: him from off the injuries and unfortunately had one with us. 78 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:49,640 Speaker 1: But the one thing about Dan he always worked his 79 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:52,720 Speaker 1: butt off, always worked his butt off. And what's a 80 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:56,520 Speaker 1: true true professional sense that just like Rex and a 81 00:03:56,520 --> 00:03:58,119 Speaker 1: couple of other guys, you don't have to worry about 82 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 1: him getting his job done off the feet and uh no, 83 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:04,360 Speaker 1: but you know he's going to be a guy. We 84 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:07,839 Speaker 1: will missus as a friend. All we want to find 85 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:10,000 Speaker 1: somebody a play, no doubt about it and win. So 86 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:11,960 Speaker 1: I an't worry about that part. I bet you gotta 87 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:14,120 Speaker 1: for the guys that I hear, there's a lot of 88 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:16,560 Speaker 1: depth right now. I mean it's early in the process, 89 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:18,240 Speaker 1: but a lot of depth, a lot of versatility and 90 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:21,360 Speaker 1: speak three, let's at the competition level. That's you guys 91 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:23,680 Speaker 1: have some of the running back. Oh, we always like that. 92 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 1: Competition makes everybody better. Um, guys will fight it out. 93 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:30,520 Speaker 1: We'll see exactly what they do when they get out there, 94 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:34,640 Speaker 1: and they'll desciples. Who's going to be what I think 95 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 1: Mike Gillislee kind of you know. I mean other guys 96 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:39,200 Speaker 1: came on at the end of of like Dion and 97 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:41,640 Speaker 1: et cetera, but Mike kind of had to take a 98 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:45,000 Speaker 1: secondary role. Wait where do you see you say we 99 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:47,560 Speaker 1: stay healthy? You know the only time we asked you 100 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:50,480 Speaker 1: lost him? That was Rex in the early party here once, well, 101 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 1: stay healthy was hard to get up. Opportunity gardy unny 102 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 1: and now you gotta you know, Mike had the injuries 103 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:58,440 Speaker 1: early and that's sort of put them behind the eight ball. 104 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:03,680 Speaker 1: And now Alwa's healthy. He looks good, looks really good 105 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:08,480 Speaker 1: from him and scouting and he's a playmaker. Whenever Georgia 106 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:11,599 Speaker 1: needed itever they wanted to do something with the back 107 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:12,960 Speaker 1: of the end of the game, he was a guy 108 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:16,479 Speaker 1: catching that ball. He's a playmaker. See I think, I 109 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:18,360 Speaker 1: know you guys aren't bigging the staff, but it still 110 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:20,440 Speaker 1: stands out. With both twenty five percent of his carres 111 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:22,960 Speaker 1: one to ten plush yards. What do you see in those? 112 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:25,680 Speaker 1: Is it breakaway speed? Is it just grinding between the 113 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:28,720 Speaker 1: tackles for added yardage? A little commo? Well for the 114 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:31,360 Speaker 1: for Georgia, it was a little bit of both. I mean, 115 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:33,920 Speaker 1: he was he's a very physical guy. For a guy 116 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:36,520 Speaker 1: that's really good in the open field. Most of those 117 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:39,800 Speaker 1: guys are scatback type guys. He's he's very productive in 118 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:42,960 Speaker 1: the open field and he's also very productive inside because 119 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:45,240 Speaker 1: he's got some some stout to him. Have you seen 120 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:47,400 Speaker 1: him yet? Have you have you met him? He's got 121 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:49,599 Speaker 1: some stout to him. He's not a little guy, you know, 122 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:54,039 Speaker 1: he's he's broad shouldered and oh what about two fifteen 123 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:56,320 Speaker 1: or somewhere in that neighborhood. So he's he's a size 124 00:05:56,400 --> 00:05:59,320 Speaker 1: player that can pound it away and also it can 125 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:01,640 Speaker 1: make some things happening in the open space. So no, 126 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:04,040 Speaker 1: it doesn't surprise me that he made some place for him, 127 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:06,039 Speaker 1: a lot of place for him. And one of the 128 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:08,960 Speaker 1: things when any new guy comes in first round, whatever 129 00:06:09,279 --> 00:06:12,480 Speaker 1: past protection, usually those guys want to college, they need 130 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 1: some work in that area. So unfortunately for us, he 131 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:19,840 Speaker 1: was very successful in that area. You know, he did 132 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 1: a great job in then because he's a physical guy 133 00:06:22,279 --> 00:06:25,120 Speaker 1: and he's a tough guy. He's a tough guy, so 134 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:27,840 Speaker 1: we just got to teach him who the block. We 135 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:29,800 Speaker 1: get him on the right guy. I think he'll do 136 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:32,040 Speaker 1: a good job blocking him. I really do. I expect 137 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:34,800 Speaker 1: you'll do a good job blocking Richter's versatility. Did it 138 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:37,599 Speaker 1: surprise you last year, the ability to line up outside 139 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:40,640 Speaker 1: and those types of things. Not. Once he showed all 140 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:43,080 Speaker 1: that stuff doing the OTAs. This time last year, he 141 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 1: starts showing us what he can do it. And that 142 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:47,720 Speaker 1: was once you get a chance to see it, you 143 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:53,680 Speaker 1: just sort of build on it. And Rex's Rex is 144 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:59,880 Speaker 1: something special. Like him, James taken on more leadership role 145 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:01,880 Speaker 1: be seeing over the years with him because now he's 146 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:03,640 Speaker 1: kind of for a young guy, he's kind of an 147 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:05,960 Speaker 1: older statesman for the group because he's been here the longest. 148 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:10,840 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna talk about leadership. That that's that's their job, 149 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:14,000 Speaker 1: that's their role. And I think one thing James does 150 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 1: for me, which is more important than anything else he does, 151 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:18,880 Speaker 1: is that when it comes time to make a play, 152 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:21,680 Speaker 1: he can make a play. And that's that's what we need. 153 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:26,680 Speaker 1: And he's in critical situations two minutes, the third down, situations, 154 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:29,760 Speaker 1: red zone. I mean, you know, he's got the tough 155 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:32,360 Speaker 1: situations and he's got to be good through those situations, 156 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:34,480 Speaker 1: and that's where he is. What kind of challenge is 157 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:36,280 Speaker 1: it going to be for you guys to replace Doon. 158 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:41,080 Speaker 1: I think we'll find somebody. I think we'll find somebody. 159 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:44,600 Speaker 1: I don't care, we'll we'll find somebody. Somebody will step 160 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:48,320 Speaker 1: up as in like a group effort. No comment. I 161 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:51,720 Speaker 1: don't know that. Hey, they they'll tell me later as 162 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:54,240 Speaker 1: we see when we do doing the training camp. I 163 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:57,120 Speaker 1: think I'm not worried about that part. Do you get 164 00:07:57,280 --> 00:08:00,560 Speaker 1: particularly excited when you're working with the first round talent, 165 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:03,760 Speaker 1: like someone who obviously the team felt high enough to 166 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:07,000 Speaker 1: take that early in the draft. Do I get particularly 167 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:09,680 Speaker 1: excited about it. I'll let you know after we get 168 00:08:09,680 --> 00:08:13,640 Speaker 1: through training camp. You guys had your first rookie minicamp 169 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:17,240 Speaker 1: practice today, right, happen today? Yeah? Oh, it hasn't happened yet. Time, 170 00:08:17,320 --> 00:08:19,080 Speaker 1: So you've only kind of met with Sony. You haven't 171 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:21,080 Speaker 1: actually seen him on the field yet. Just what he 172 00:08:21,120 --> 00:08:23,600 Speaker 1: eats done for Georgia. Yeah, yeah, we all have seen that, 173 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:27,480 Speaker 1: and you gotta love that. Yeah, right, so we hopefully, 174 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:30,040 Speaker 1: hopefully we'll get that. He seemed to be I guess 175 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:33,080 Speaker 1: maybe a little bit underutilized as a pass catcher later 176 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:35,680 Speaker 1: in his Georgia career. Is that's something where you guys 177 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:38,720 Speaker 1: still think that you can contribute there at the pro level. 178 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:42,120 Speaker 1: We'll see, I can't, you know, I don't want to 179 00:08:42,679 --> 00:08:44,400 Speaker 1: throw anything like that out there. I don't know what 180 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:47,400 Speaker 1: Georgia's thoughts were in there. But we'll see what he 181 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:50,079 Speaker 1: does for us, and he'll determine what we do with him. Man, 182 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:53,160 Speaker 1: But what he does for us, last question, you just 183 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:55,440 Speaker 1: I mean, obviously Sony showed up on tape as some 184 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:58,480 Speaker 1: ball security issues. We've seen people coming here before and 185 00:08:58,679 --> 00:09:03,000 Speaker 1: Kevin falk I remember June Edelman's first day dropped the punting. 186 00:09:03,440 --> 00:09:06,160 Speaker 1: You know, how do you what's the process of getting 187 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:09,719 Speaker 1: a guy the teaching ball security a Georgia too. How 188 00:09:09,760 --> 00:09:12,160 Speaker 1: do you get it through to him? Let's sell on 189 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:16,679 Speaker 1: the bench a little while. He's got to figure out 190 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:19,559 Speaker 1: this most important thing he does. He's got to figure 191 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:22,040 Speaker 1: that out. Man. He's got to get that message. And 192 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:23,719 Speaker 1: I don't care how you doing. He's got to get 193 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:26,360 Speaker 1: that message. And when he gets that message, he's going 194 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:29,560 Speaker 1: to play. He's gonna hold on to that ball. He's 195 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:31,440 Speaker 1: not going to hold on to that ball. He can't play, fass, 196 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:34,880 Speaker 1: I can't. That's what you can't have. That