WEBVTT - Press Pass: Kelly Wraps Up Minicamp 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:02.120 What do you know about your group? What have you 0:00:02.160 --> 0:00:03.920 learned about your group that you didn't know when this 0:00:04.080 --> 0:00:08.280 all started several weeks. I think their capacity to work 0:00:08.360 --> 0:00:10.360 is the biggest thing. Like our staff has been impressed 0:00:10.400 --> 0:00:13.160 with in terms of the amount that we've gotten in 0:00:13.240 --> 0:00:17.440 since April twentieth with this group. You know there it's 0:00:17.440 --> 0:00:20.040 an extremely thirsty group in terms of they always wants 0:00:20.040 --> 0:00:22.960 something more, they want something new. You'll see them today. 0:00:22.960 --> 0:00:24.640 A lot of people kind of mail in this last day. 0:00:24.680 --> 0:00:26.320 These guys are fired up on getting out there one 0:00:26.360 --> 0:00:28.360 more time. We got a lot of situational work we've 0:00:28.320 --> 0:00:29.960 got to get done today. But I think that's the 0:00:29.960 --> 0:00:32.960 biggest thing. Just really their capacity to work was really 0:00:33.000 --> 0:00:37.279 impressive with them individual or positional things that have been 0:00:37.360 --> 0:00:41.600 resolved or it's not resolved now. I mean just because 0:00:41.640 --> 0:00:43.839 of the nature of what we do. There are no paths, 0:00:44.000 --> 0:00:48.000 there are no quarterbacks can't be touched. You know, you're 0:00:48.040 --> 0:00:50.839 really not allowed to play press man and get up 0:00:50.840 --> 0:00:52.960 and get physical with them. You can kind of mirror 0:00:53.000 --> 0:00:55.640 them and chadow them. So there's a lot of cooperation 0:00:55.720 --> 0:00:57.639 that has to go on in the offseason program. So 0:00:57.680 --> 0:00:59.840 to come to any real conclusions, at this point in time. 0:00:59.920 --> 0:01:02.120 Is it really wouldn't be fair to anybody to say, Hey, 0:01:02.160 --> 0:01:04.520 this guy's done an unbelieable job. I mean, you really 0:01:04.520 --> 0:01:06.360 were still gotta put pads on. We're still gonna be physical, 0:01:06.360 --> 0:01:08.039 we still gotta you know, see what that's all about. 0:01:08.080 --> 0:01:12.880 So if you acknowledge that, you've acknowledge that you're negotiations 0:01:12.880 --> 0:01:16.600 with the contract, IF's something we're to get done before camp, 0:01:16.680 --> 0:01:21.360 wouldn't that essentially eliminate a true quarter beck competition. Your 0:01:21.360 --> 0:01:23.520 best players are always going to play, So I mean, 0:01:23.560 --> 0:01:25.039 I think that's always been the way it has to be, 0:01:25.080 --> 0:01:28.040 and that's the way it will be. Some deal that 0:01:29.319 --> 0:01:31.960 give me one more time. My theory is the best 0:01:32.000 --> 0:01:33.640 players always play, and it's not fair to the rest 0:01:33.640 --> 0:01:35.040 of the guys on the team if the best players 0:01:35.040 --> 0:01:36.679 aren't playing. It's not fair to the city, it's not 0:01:36.720 --> 0:01:38.080 fair to the staff, it's not fair to anybody if 0:01:38.080 --> 0:01:39.560 the best players aren't playing. And the best players are 0:01:39.560 --> 0:01:43.960 always going to play, then between now and in the 0:01:44.000 --> 0:01:48.200 second of all, what's your message. It's the same message 0:01:48.200 --> 0:01:50.000 we always have with them. I mean that it's a 0:01:50.040 --> 0:01:52.760 great group. We trust them. They've got their individual workouts 0:01:52.800 --> 0:01:55.520 that they'll be accountable for when they come back, and 0:01:55.760 --> 0:01:57.760 just you know, enjoy your time off. You deserve your 0:01:57.760 --> 0:01:59.840 time off. They've worked extremely Hearts and Table twentieth and 0:02:00.320 --> 0:02:01.640 looking forward to getting you guys back here. On the 0:02:01.680 --> 0:02:04.840 first didn't categorize how mort Destance has has looked throughout 0:02:04.840 --> 0:02:07.000 the whole camps, especially compared to what are you able 0:02:07.040 --> 0:02:09.760 to do on the fly last year. He's just so 0:02:09.840 --> 0:02:11.600 much more comfortable in terms of what we're doing. When 0:02:11.600 --> 0:02:13.160 you know, last year he was coming off an injury, 0:02:13.160 --> 0:02:15.720 coming out from miss in a year, probably still wasn't 0:02:15.720 --> 0:02:17.360 one hundred percent when we were with him last year 0:02:17.400 --> 0:02:19.520 at this point in time, learning a new offense on 0:02:19.560 --> 0:02:22.000 the fly, as you said, So it's just a there's 0:02:22.040 --> 0:02:24.560 a whole different comfort level when you see Mark out there. Now, 0:02:24.760 --> 0:02:27.280 how is that in actually his performance in the campus 0:02:27.520 --> 0:02:31.040 it's obviously he's just sharper just because of his knowledge. 0:02:31.080 --> 0:02:33.040 He knows where number two, number three, number four are, 0:02:33.240 --> 0:02:35.960 the understands protections better. It's not the first time, you know, 0:02:36.480 --> 0:02:38.679 it's the game of football is a huge game of repetition, 0:02:38.720 --> 0:02:42.079 and you can't manufacture those repetitions unless you're out on 0:02:42.120 --> 0:02:44.720 the field. Actually doing them. So you know, he's got 0:02:44.760 --> 0:02:47.040 that whole year in the bank, so to speak. So 0:02:47.400 --> 0:02:50.119 what's the next step for sam Red for his prepares 0:02:50.200 --> 0:02:52.800 for treating the game. Plom just continue to work on 0:02:52.840 --> 0:02:57.520 his rehabilitation. As I said before, there's medical rehab, performance rehab, 0:02:57.560 --> 0:02:59.800 and then prepared to play. He's in the performance rehab aspect. 0:02:59.800 --> 0:03:01.440 Now he's got six weeks before we get back here 0:03:01.440 --> 0:03:03.839 in August, and then uh, then it's prepared to play 0:03:03.880 --> 0:03:12.040 in and get out there and wing the ball around. 0:03:12.120 --> 0:03:19.359 Now everybody's running around today. I don't say we don't 0:03:19.360 --> 0:03:21.000 have any contact with him. He's gonna work on his 0:03:21.639 --> 0:03:24.120 with our trainers and strength coaches. I think he can 0:03:24.120 --> 0:03:26.040 work on his real rotation. But from a football standpoint, 0:03:26.040 --> 0:03:35.000 there's no contact. What second he's had, I think he's 0:03:35.000 --> 0:03:36.800 been great progress. And the biggest thing with Josh is 0:03:36.840 --> 0:03:39.520 just consistency, and I think it is for most guys, 0:03:39.960 --> 0:03:41.640 you know, when you come in as a first year player. 0:03:41.640 --> 0:03:43.440 He was obviously set back a little bit because of 0:03:43.440 --> 0:03:46.000 his injury, uh and then missing the first portion of 0:03:46.000 --> 0:03:48.560 the season, but then just flashed at times, you know, 0:03:48.600 --> 0:03:50.520 as a kickoff return for a touchdown was that which 0:03:50.560 --> 0:03:52.800 was a heck of a return, you know, just a 0:03:52.840 --> 0:03:56.160 more consistent basis in terms of his performance out there. 0:03:56.160 --> 0:03:57.680 And I think he's really been a lot more consistent, 0:03:57.720 --> 0:03:58.880 and that's what we've been trying to work on him 0:03:58.880 --> 0:04:01.840 with him a lot about Miles Austin and his ability 0:04:01.880 --> 0:04:04.240 to venture the younger receivers, But what about as a receiver? 0:04:04.320 --> 0:04:05.720 What have you seen from them out here? He been 0:04:05.760 --> 0:04:08.320 really impressed with him. He's an outstanding route runner, does 0:04:08.360 --> 0:04:10.160 a great job of getting separation at the top of 0:04:10.160 --> 0:04:14.960 his routes, understands leverage, understands coverage. You know. I think 0:04:15.040 --> 0:04:18.040 that wealth of experience that he has, he's a big target. 0:04:18.040 --> 0:04:21.040 He's got really really good range, catches the ball, extremely 0:04:21.080 --> 0:04:25.279 well intelligent, you know, kind of knows the subtleties of 0:04:25.320 --> 0:04:28.039 the of exact route running, you know, kind of exactly 0:04:28.080 --> 0:04:30.640 where to maybe place his elbow to get separation in 0:04:30.720 --> 0:04:32.240 terms of pushing off a hip and things like that. 0:04:32.279 --> 0:04:34.640 But and he's imparted that on the younger guys, which 0:04:34.680 --> 0:04:36.320 I think has really helped us, you know that to 0:04:36.400 --> 0:04:38.040 have that true veteran route runner in there, and I 0:04:38.080 --> 0:04:40.599 think he's been really good at doing that. GJ. Canty 0:04:40.680 --> 0:04:45.120 making the rugs issue. He's actually done a really nice job. 0:04:45.160 --> 0:04:47.440 The one thing with GJ that you didn't know because 0:04:47.440 --> 0:04:50.680 he's coming from quarterback. You know, he's obviously a running, slash, 0:04:50.720 --> 0:04:52.600 snowing quarterback coming out of college, so you knew that 0:04:52.640 --> 0:04:54.520 kind of athleticism. But I think the one thing if 0:04:54.520 --> 0:04:56.160 you ask any of the coaches or even the players, 0:04:56.240 --> 0:04:58.360 is how well he actually catches the ball, which he 0:04:58.400 --> 0:05:00.599 would never know if a quarter I can do in 0:05:00.640 --> 0:05:03.480 that transition because it's you know, they're not making any attempts. 0:05:03.480 --> 0:05:06.160 But he's got real natural hands. He's a he's a 0:05:06.160 --> 0:05:08.520 hands catcher. He plucks the ball. He's always catching the 0:05:08.520 --> 0:05:10.680 ball away from his body. He made an outstanding catch 0:05:10.680 --> 0:05:12.800 I think to finish training yesterday, you know, down the 0:05:12.800 --> 0:05:14.760 sideline on a back shoulder throw that he opened up 0:05:14.800 --> 0:05:18.000 and caught. So um for him, it's just getting familiar 0:05:18.040 --> 0:05:20.680 with everything. I think he's always seen it through the 0:05:20.680 --> 0:05:23.080 eyes of a quarterback, but now he's seen it through 0:05:23.080 --> 0:05:24.600 the eyes of receivers. So he could tell you what 0:05:24.640 --> 0:05:26.719 everybody was running on a route, But now how do 0:05:26.760 --> 0:05:28.400 you run the route? And what are the little subtleties 0:05:28.400 --> 0:05:31.120 as I talked about with Miles of getting that route 0:05:31.200 --> 0:05:33.080 run so you can create separation to give yourself an 0:05:33.080 --> 0:05:35.040 opportunity to catch it. But um, I think he's done 0:05:35.040 --> 0:05:36.599 a really nice shot. But it'll be really interesting to 0:05:36.640 --> 0:05:40.880 see what happens with him in August. Because the other thing, 0:05:41.040 --> 0:05:43.080 we've used him a couple of days here at running back. 0:05:43.680 --> 0:05:45.840 He's got some versatility. He's got, you know, playing a 0:05:45.880 --> 0:05:48.760 couple of different spots and special teams. So you know, 0:05:48.760 --> 0:05:50.880 we'll see how that versatility fits in terms of we're 0:05:50.880 --> 0:05:54.159 getting towards the fifty three. So when you signed late 0:05:54.240 --> 0:05:56.120 last year, he came late later, you thought of enough 0:05:56.160 --> 0:05:58.119 of him to sign him off the Lion's practice squad. 0:05:58.160 --> 0:06:00.520 What kind of progresses he made? What have you seen 0:06:00.560 --> 0:06:03.800 from him? Can he compete? To start? He can compete. Um, 0:06:04.240 --> 0:06:07.680 he's big, he's physical. You know, he looks like a safety. Um. 0:06:08.760 --> 0:06:10.280 You know, we were impressed with him in terms of 0:06:10.279 --> 0:06:12.400 watching him on tape at Detroit, so that we felt 0:06:12.400 --> 0:06:14.080 when we had the opportunity, let's see if we can 0:06:14.080 --> 0:06:15.960 go get him and bring him in here and develop. 0:06:16.000 --> 0:06:17.960 And I know Corey and Billy are really excited about 0:06:18.040 --> 0:06:20.960 him on the defensive side. But a smart kid, you know, 0:06:21.000 --> 0:06:24.320 it's William and Mary grad so real intelligent football player 0:06:24.320 --> 0:06:25.960 to go along with that physical skill set and now 0:06:25.960 --> 0:06:28.320 it's um, it's just applying it kind of like I 0:06:28.360 --> 0:06:30.400 said earlier with Josh on a more consistent basis, but 0:06:30.720 --> 0:06:34.360 he's got a legitimate child. So podcast this morning that 0:06:34.360 --> 0:06:37.040 we would see a different positions this uncoming season. Does 0:06:37.040 --> 0:06:42.039 that mean in different positions? Yeah? Is that similar to 0:06:42.080 --> 0:06:43.760 any where you're going to kind of move around to 0:06:43.760 --> 0:06:45.320 get a more player? No, I mean it's the same 0:06:45.320 --> 0:06:47.120 thing we did with Trent and that we do with 0:06:47.160 --> 0:06:50.599 our outside linebackers because they're playing outside linebacker and based defense. 0:06:50.640 --> 0:06:52.080 But then when we go to Nickel, we're not in 0:06:52.120 --> 0:06:54.200 a three four spacing or in a four down spacing. 0:06:54.240 --> 0:06:56.960 So moving Connor and Brandon around as part of what 0:06:57.000 --> 0:06:58.880 we've we've kind of always done. He'll be in a 0:06:58.920 --> 0:07:01.520 similar role that Connor for us, you know, in two 0:07:01.720 --> 0:07:04.080 really kind of interchangeable parts in terms of looking at 0:07:04.080 --> 0:07:06.880 how we're playing our outside linebackers right now, training camp, 0:07:07.720 --> 0:07:09.480 you have some time here, who would you say your 0:07:09.480 --> 0:07:11.800 biggest strength and your biggest weakness is going in a 0:07:11.880 --> 0:07:15.720 camp and comes six weeks, our biggest strength is that 0:07:15.760 --> 0:07:18.920 we have six weeks before training camp, and our biggest 0:07:18.920 --> 0:07:21.400 weakness is that we have six weeks before training camp, 0:07:21.480 --> 0:07:24.720 so I mean offseason program. We don't put a lot 0:07:24.720 --> 0:07:28.960 of stock in terms of making real solid evaluations in 0:07:29.000 --> 0:07:31.680 terms of where they are. It's about them working, getting better, 0:07:31.760 --> 0:07:33.960 getting smarter, understanding schemes and all those other things. But 0:07:34.040 --> 0:07:36.200 really trying to figure out your strengths and weaknesses come 0:07:36.200 --> 0:07:38.400 when we actually put the pads on, because to make 0:07:38.440 --> 0:07:40.680 those assessments now is it's really not fair. You know, 0:07:40.720 --> 0:07:42.520 I mean our our d lines taking two steps and 0:07:42.600 --> 0:07:45.480 pulling off. You know, you really can't see pass rush 0:07:45.520 --> 0:07:47.920 moves because we're not allowed to do that in this 0:07:47.920 --> 0:07:49.600 this phase of the game. So we're not We don't 0:07:49.640 --> 0:07:51.760 look at it from that standpoint where we come out 0:07:51.760 --> 0:07:53.680 of this and sit down as a coaching staff this afternoon, Hey, 0:07:53.720 --> 0:07:55.880 what are our strengths? What our weaknesses? It's just, you know, 0:07:55.880 --> 0:07:58.440 how did each group improve based upon the rules that 0:07:58.480 --> 0:08:00.960 the CBA gives us in terms of getting these guys 0:08:00.960 --> 0:08:04.840 better from April twentieth until today. So spoken to John 0:08:04.840 --> 0:08:08.200 Harball yet about how the inner squad Morton and Libby 0:08:08.240 --> 0:08:12.000 are calling just a case anybody to preserve with this one. 0:08:12.520 --> 0:08:17.200 We need Morten libbya as an emergency phone call, Okay, 0:08:17.480 --> 0:08:18.720 I just didn't know if it was. I mean, if 0:08:18.760 --> 0:08:24.960 it's an emergency, we could take it. So if it was, 0:08:26.080 --> 0:08:29.440 you could ask. Have I spoken to John? Yeah, We've 0:08:29.440 --> 0:08:31.480 gone back and forth, traded emails, talked to him with 0:08:31.520 --> 0:08:32.719 three or four times on the phone, just kind of 0:08:32.760 --> 0:08:34.360 putting the final pieces together in terms of what we're 0:08:34.360 --> 0:08:38.360 gonna do when last year, what sub stood out with 0:08:38.400 --> 0:08:42.240 the way Byron Maxwell played against you guys specifically, one 0:08:42.320 --> 0:08:44.360 was a versatility. He started at outside corner, but then 0:08:44.360 --> 0:08:46.600 when they went to Nickeolie came inside. So you watched 0:08:46.640 --> 0:08:50.160 him cover Mac and Coope and then move inside and 0:08:50.160 --> 0:08:52.600 cover Jordan. You know, I think that was the biggest thing. 0:08:52.600 --> 0:08:55.040 And then you know, really when you see him in person, 0:08:56.160 --> 0:08:59.199 not evaluating one film, it's just how big and tall 0:08:59.240 --> 0:09:01.560 and long he is and what a disruptive force he was, 0:09:01.960 --> 0:09:03.839 especially when he was playing those guys in press Man. 0:09:03.960 --> 0:09:06.120 So it had a really good game against us UM. 0:09:06.160 --> 0:09:07.800 I think if you asked Jordan, I think Jordan said 0:09:07.800 --> 0:09:10.120 he thought it was the best cover guy that he 0:09:10.160 --> 0:09:12.320 faced last year as a rookie. So uh you know, 0:09:12.360 --> 0:09:13.880 that's that stood out to us. I thought he was 0:09:13.920 --> 0:09:17.400 the best uh Nickel defender that defended us in the 0:09:17.440 --> 0:09:23.760 sixteen games that we played. Everybody gets a little bit 0:09:23.760 --> 0:09:25.800 of a breakcare just because I mean we've been at 0:09:25.800 --> 0:09:29.959 it since last August basically straight through really not a 0:09:30.040 --> 0:09:32.960 lot of downtime from that. So everybody kind of reacharger battery, 0:09:33.000 --> 0:09:34.360 spent some time in their families, and then we'll get 0:09:34.360 --> 0:09:37.600 ready to go to talk about Zach Ertz's offseason everything 0:09:37.600 --> 0:09:39.840 he's doing it yet on the field more, have you 0:09:39.920 --> 0:09:42.760 seen anything from Brent as far as being more driven 0:09:42.840 --> 0:09:45.520 knowing that Zach is kind of pushing here. I think 0:09:45.559 --> 0:09:48.240 I've seen that that drive from Brent since we got here. 0:09:48.280 --> 0:09:49.960 You know, I'm not sure there is a harder worker 0:09:50.640 --> 0:09:53.840 in this organization than Brent. That's a testament to Brent 0:09:53.920 --> 0:09:55.680 in terms of what he does. And I think the 0:09:55.760 --> 0:09:57.640 two of them compliment each other. I think they both 0:09:57.679 --> 0:09:59.719 bring out the best in each other. I think u 0:10:00.080 --> 0:10:02.080 because Brent worked so hard, I think Zach has learned 0:10:02.080 --> 0:10:04.880 a lot from Brent. Brent has always been a great 0:10:04.920 --> 0:10:07.559 mentor and really tried to help him. And I think 0:10:07.559 --> 0:10:10.520 obviously Zack's ability has pushed Brent, so I think the 0:10:10.520 --> 0:10:13.520 two of them really compliment each other really well. You know, 0:10:13.600 --> 0:10:15.640 James Franklin was just in town and I asked him 0:10:15.640 --> 0:10:17.800 a story about Jordan Matthews, you know, because of coaching 0:10:17.880 --> 0:10:20.640 honesty Vannonville, and he said, the biggest adjustment Jordan told 0:10:20.679 --> 0:10:22.480 him he had to make was when he was a rookie, 0:10:22.720 --> 0:10:25.000 he would catch a ball and run it eighty yards 0:10:25.120 --> 0:10:28.079 and obviously you're not You're looking for fast, fast, fast. 0:10:28.559 --> 0:10:30.400 You had a conversation with him, He said, what was 0:10:30.440 --> 0:10:34.319 that conversation like? And what football? The play ends on 0:10:34.400 --> 0:10:37.480 a whistle, so when the whistle blows, stopped running, so 0:10:37.640 --> 0:10:39.040 that was a conversation. Thanks,