WEBVTT - Jets-Panthers Joint Practice Recap (8/10) 0:00:05.120 --> 0:00:09.079 The official Jets podcast is on the road Bett. It 0:00:09.200 --> 0:00:12.240 is a team sport, but together at win bet. Eric 0:00:12.320 --> 0:00:17.080 Gallen here at Watford in South Carolina with Lejay Dosable, 0:00:17.160 --> 0:00:20.800 former Jets defensive lineman. Now he's working for CBS Sports, 0:00:20.800 --> 0:00:24.680 continues to do Jets content as well. And the head coach, 0:00:24.800 --> 0:00:29.800 of course, the Saint Louis Battlehaw, that is Anthony beck Lejay, 0:00:29.840 --> 0:00:32.960 what do you think about the wardrobe of AB today. 0:00:33.000 --> 0:00:34.280 He's a guy out. 0:00:34.080 --> 0:00:40.879 Here once you're a head coach or a head coach everywhere, 0:00:40.920 --> 0:00:42.760 so he's got to go out and rips out. Man. 0:00:42.800 --> 0:00:44.879 I'm trying to find the bottom layer guys here to 0:00:44.880 --> 0:00:46.240 bring on my team and get better. 0:00:46.280 --> 0:00:50.680 I love it. Okay. So joint practices we got one 0:00:50.760 --> 0:00:54.160 day in then in clement conditions. It was a stormy 0:00:54.240 --> 0:00:58.480 morning here in South Carolina. So the Jets practiced non 0:00:58.600 --> 0:01:03.120 pads here on Thursday. Let's start with Wednesday. Jets get 0:01:03.120 --> 0:01:06.039 in some good work against the Carolina Panthers. What were 0:01:06.080 --> 0:01:08.119 your major takeaways? Initially? 0:01:08.240 --> 0:01:09.160 Does yeah? 0:01:09.160 --> 0:01:11.560 This just d line is something else. I mean there 0:01:11.640 --> 0:01:14.280 was one team period where Bryce Young got sacked like 0:01:14.319 --> 0:01:17.440 six or seven straight plays. Quinn Williams made a Mark 0:01:17.520 --> 0:01:20.360 on practice. John Franklin Myers. I think the depth of 0:01:20.400 --> 0:01:22.360 the d line is what I don't want to say, 0:01:22.360 --> 0:01:24.000 surprises you because we saw it last year. 0:01:24.120 --> 0:01:26.000 But when you add a guy like Will McDonald and. 0:01:25.959 --> 0:01:28.360 He even flashing that practice, it shows you that they 0:01:28.400 --> 0:01:31.119 are the focal point of this defense, right. I love 0:01:31.200 --> 0:01:34.040 the secondary Sauce Gardner was banged up, didn't practice, but 0:01:34.080 --> 0:01:35.360 you saw DJ Reid compete. 0:01:35.400 --> 0:01:39.880 Tony Allen just continues. He is the surprise at camp, I. 0:01:39.880 --> 0:01:42.919 Would say for everybody, and looks like he's almost solidified 0:01:42.959 --> 0:01:45.160 that starting job next to Whitehead. I mean, I love 0:01:45.240 --> 0:01:47.880 his attitude. I think Solid talked about it before practice. 0:01:47.920 --> 0:01:50.640 He embodies what they want to do on defense on 0:01:50.720 --> 0:01:52.680 this team, and you just love this energy for a 0:01:52.680 --> 0:01:55.560 young second year player. Aaron Rodgers is just a widely vet. 0:01:55.680 --> 0:01:57.680 He just knows where to go with the football, play 0:01:57.720 --> 0:01:59.920 in and play out. Now, the offensive line did have 0:02:00.040 --> 0:02:01.520 some struggles. I know a lot of people saw some 0:02:02.160 --> 0:02:04.760 film from practice, but they continue to try to get 0:02:04.800 --> 0:02:07.840 better weekend and week out. They played this Saturday. We 0:02:07.880 --> 0:02:09.919 hope to see them take another step in that game. 0:02:10.200 --> 0:02:11.679 But those are some of the things that I saw. 0:02:11.720 --> 0:02:13.919 Aaron Rodgers, just knowing where to go with the football 0:02:13.960 --> 0:02:16.480 in this offense, having full command of it. The defensive 0:02:16.480 --> 0:02:18.600 line just wreaking have it, and I love what I 0:02:18.639 --> 0:02:20.880 saw from the secondary every day. 0:02:20.960 --> 0:02:24.920 Ab I feel fortunate to be able to watch Rogers 0:02:24.960 --> 0:02:28.120 because he makes a couple throws in practice that are 0:02:28.320 --> 0:02:32.880 just incredible, like today, hits Malik Teller up the sidelines 0:02:33.120 --> 0:02:37.800 despite DJ Reid having great coverage, and he's so controlled, 0:02:38.200 --> 0:02:41.960 so poised. He's a player coach on the field. What 0:02:42.080 --> 0:02:44.720 were you doing when you were bouncing around yesterday when 0:02:44.720 --> 0:02:46.280 you were taking in Jets Panthers. 0:02:46.440 --> 0:02:48.160 Yeah, I think I think Leger hit it on the head. 0:02:48.160 --> 0:02:50.920 I mean the operation is smooth, yea yeah, and that 0:02:51.000 --> 0:02:54.639 makes everybody better, the lineman, the backs, the ball placement 0:02:54.680 --> 0:02:56.680 when it comes out out of the top of your stem, 0:02:56.680 --> 0:02:58.920 with the receiver, the tight end, and even for the 0:02:58.960 --> 0:03:01.359 defensive side to see it. They see it now, they 0:03:01.400 --> 0:03:03.520 see it real time. How quick it's going to be 0:03:03.760 --> 0:03:05.639 when you go against some of these great quarterbacks that 0:03:05.720 --> 0:03:08.880 play in the league, and is it it's significantly different 0:03:08.919 --> 0:03:11.240 than per se when any other quarterbacks in there. And 0:03:11.280 --> 0:03:14.480 that's tim en Zach. It's just a different smoothness and 0:03:14.840 --> 0:03:16.560 the fact that you know, I kind of compare it 0:03:16.560 --> 0:03:18.880 when Brady came to the Bucks. He still had to 0:03:19.000 --> 0:03:22.200 learn a verbiage and it was slower and it took time, 0:03:22.560 --> 0:03:25.640 and they didn't mess early. Here. Man, It's like the 0:03:25.639 --> 0:03:28.400 buttons are getting pushed now. Everybody's trying to catch up 0:03:28.440 --> 0:03:31.040 to him, which is good because I see him teaching everybody. 0:03:31.280 --> 0:03:33.040 I mean, the fact that the things that are glaring 0:03:33.080 --> 0:03:34.520 to me is that you get to walk through at 0:03:34.560 --> 0:03:37.040 the end of practice and he's playing putting a penny 0:03:37.040 --> 0:03:39.560 on and he's the mike backer and he's telling the 0:03:39.640 --> 0:03:41.440 D line which way to slam, which way to go, 0:03:41.520 --> 0:03:43.640 and we're who walks out as a backer. To me, 0:03:43.760 --> 0:03:46.400 that stuff is priceless, man, because as a coach, when 0:03:46.400 --> 0:03:49.320 I'm watching scout team guys do walk through, I'm yelling 0:03:49.320 --> 0:03:51.160 at them constantly because they're just not doing it right. 0:03:51.200 --> 0:03:53.040 They're not in the right spots, they're not flowing. And 0:03:53.080 --> 0:03:54.880 he has to just the wherewithal just to go out 0:03:54.920 --> 0:03:57.680 there and help the other guys, especially the second team offense. 0:03:57.720 --> 0:03:59.520 It's going to be out in the preseason game. Those 0:03:59.600 --> 0:04:02.360 little right there, they add up every single day and 0:04:02.400 --> 0:04:04.000 he's on it, and I think that's huge. 0:04:04.440 --> 0:04:06.560 How much fun do you think Rogers has happened since 0:04:06.720 --> 0:04:09.720 you came up from Florida for these two sessions. This 0:04:09.760 --> 0:04:12.880 is your first time watching him in practice in greenaw White. 0:04:12.960 --> 0:04:14.800 I think what t A just said, I mean our 0:04:14.840 --> 0:04:18.320 TB my bad really said, really embodies how Rogers has 0:04:18.320 --> 0:04:20.400 felt since he's come over to the Jets. I mean 0:04:20.480 --> 0:04:23.680 the continuity having fun with his teammates, literally putting the 0:04:23.960 --> 0:04:26.720 pennyon to be the mech linebacker pointing things out. I 0:04:26.720 --> 0:04:28.720 know you were talking about it earlier and you were 0:04:29.040 --> 0:04:31.520 the Malik Taylor throw from yesterday. There was a throw 0:04:31.560 --> 0:04:35.279 today on a boot waggle that literally, yes cj Uzama 0:04:35.360 --> 0:04:37.159 opened in the middle of the field coming down the 0:04:37.200 --> 0:04:39.520 drag route, but he threaded it and again he was 0:04:39.600 --> 0:04:41.320 rolling to his left, so for people that don't know, 0:04:41.600 --> 0:04:44.080 that's the opposite side of his arm strength, right. I 0:04:44.120 --> 0:04:46.400 believe only four quarterbacks in the league could have made 0:04:46.400 --> 0:04:48.800 this though literally was on the sideline. I think it 0:04:48.839 --> 0:04:51.920 was too if I'm not mistaken, Allen Lazard and there 0:04:51.960 --> 0:04:53.440 was nowhere to put the ball, but he put it 0:04:53.480 --> 0:04:54.720 on the money to him and then you see him 0:04:54.720 --> 0:04:57.320 giving one of these little you know, Aaron Rodgers fist pumps. 0:04:57.800 --> 0:05:00.120 It's just what he does at the quarterback. And I 0:05:00.160 --> 0:05:03.000 don't think we've ever seen here for the New York Jets, 0:05:03.000 --> 0:05:05.360 I've never seen it, right, And you know, I've been 0:05:05.400 --> 0:05:07.760 around the team. I played for ten years, followed the 0:05:07.800 --> 0:05:09.960 team ever since I retired, and it's just a breath 0:05:09.960 --> 0:05:12.680 of fresh air. I think you heard coach Albrook talk 0:05:12.680 --> 0:05:14.920 about it in the hard knocks, like, say we give 0:05:15.000 --> 0:05:17.800 up a few scores, right, say we give up some yardage, 0:05:18.000 --> 0:05:19.640 We're gonna be in the game because we have Number 0:05:19.680 --> 0:05:20.640 eight is our quarterback. 0:05:20.640 --> 0:05:21.320 He's our guy. 0:05:21.400 --> 0:05:25.560 So I think that really what embodies Aaron Rodgers and 0:05:25.560 --> 0:05:27.920 what he's meant to this team. And to Tony's point 0:05:27.960 --> 0:05:30.200 also right, it's the little things that he does, like 0:05:30.480 --> 0:05:33.840 staying after practice, talking to guys, Zach Wilson, the simple things, 0:05:33.920 --> 0:05:36.840 just taking handoffs, his footwork. If he sees something wrong, 0:05:37.120 --> 0:05:40.000 he goes and corrects it right there. Receivers after the play, 0:05:40.320 --> 0:05:42.240 if Aaron's and this is his own coverage, he's like, 0:05:42.400 --> 0:05:43.880 I want you to cut it in a little bit more. 0:05:44.080 --> 0:05:45.920 You see that right there on the field, And that's 0:05:45.920 --> 0:05:48.680 how a team briels that continuity and gets better. It's 0:05:48.680 --> 0:05:50.720 those corrections on the field. 0:05:50.880 --> 0:05:54.159 He's going short with you, Anthony, he's going tony, he's 0:05:54.200 --> 0:05:54.920 going to your TV. 0:05:55.040 --> 0:05:59.920 What do you think about. It's a lot of fat, 0:06:01.320 --> 0:06:06.120 a lot of my coach. Maybe you're coming to the dark. 0:06:06.000 --> 0:06:11.960 Side and coming to I love it. Ab. Let's talk 0:06:12.000 --> 0:06:17.320 about what Lejay was speaking to before the Jets defensive 0:06:17.360 --> 0:06:21.360 line strength and numbers, also the talent and what you 0:06:21.440 --> 0:06:24.839 saw from them up front. Because Bryce Young the number 0:06:24.880 --> 0:06:28.039 one overall pick in the twenty twenty three draft, he 0:06:28.120 --> 0:06:31.640 got a lot of great work because you're facing an 0:06:31.640 --> 0:06:35.200 elite front, and the Jets treated that like a game 0:06:35.240 --> 0:06:38.920 situation out here on Wednesday, because they weren't pads. That's 0:06:38.960 --> 0:06:41.719 the first time the starters were going against an opponent, 0:06:41.960 --> 0:06:44.159 and they're not going to be playing Saturday night against 0:06:44.200 --> 0:06:44.719 the Panthers. 0:06:45.040 --> 0:06:47.000 This is where the guys get their work, the starters. 0:06:47.040 --> 0:06:49.320 I mean, these joint practices have become kind of the 0:06:50.960 --> 0:06:53.800 peak of training camp where you get that work with 0:06:53.839 --> 0:06:56.479 your ones and everybody feels comfortable in that setting. The 0:06:56.600 --> 0:06:59.440 raps were as close to game as possible because guys 0:06:59.480 --> 0:07:01.679 don't want to look bad against other guys in the league, 0:07:01.680 --> 0:07:03.160 and they want to show off what they can do. 0:07:03.240 --> 0:07:05.640 So you know, the preseason games are what they are. 0:07:05.680 --> 0:07:07.480 It's for the younger towns, for the guys that are 0:07:07.480 --> 0:07:10.160 trying to find spots on the rosters, try to find 0:07:10.160 --> 0:07:12.520 your depth on your football team. But you're right, it 0:07:12.560 --> 0:07:14.560 is intense. It was an eye opener. I'm sure for 0:07:15.520 --> 0:07:18.040 Bryce Young you know, you talk about his offensive line, 0:07:18.040 --> 0:07:20.280 they're young and spots are trying to get some pieces 0:07:20.280 --> 0:07:24.080 there as well, and you got a veteran deep defensive 0:07:24.120 --> 0:07:26.640 line that took advantage of those situations. That's what you want. 0:07:26.720 --> 0:07:28.920 That's the consistent part about what we saw last year 0:07:28.920 --> 0:07:31.320 at this defense is you know, you knew if there 0:07:31.320 --> 0:07:33.680 was some limited areas on the offensive line for some 0:07:33.680 --> 0:07:35.400 of the teams they played, they were going to take 0:07:35.400 --> 0:07:38.040 advantage of it. And now you're talking about across the 0:07:38.040 --> 0:07:41.840 board and from behind when guys roll in, there's problems, right, 0:07:41.920 --> 0:07:44.400 So how do those offensive lines solve those problems? I 0:07:44.520 --> 0:07:48.679 just really think it's hard for five guys, sometimes guys 0:07:48.760 --> 0:07:50.920 rotating in, some guys that get hurt, that come in 0:07:51.000 --> 0:07:53.960 offensively for different teams that Jets are going to face, 0:07:54.040 --> 0:07:56.160 all these different types of players. You know, when you're 0:07:56.160 --> 0:07:58.200 when you're studying offensive lineman through the week, you're not 0:07:58.240 --> 0:08:01.080 looking at the backup cor You gotta go a little 0:08:01.080 --> 0:08:03.800 deeper with the Jets because man, you know Bryce Huff 0:08:03.880 --> 0:08:05.800 comes into the game, that's a problem. You know, you 0:08:05.880 --> 0:08:07.600 gotta and you gotta figure out how you're gonna go 0:08:07.600 --> 0:08:10.000 against that. And then a guy like Will McDonald who's 0:08:10.080 --> 0:08:12.320 a completely different type of pass rusher. You think you 0:08:12.440 --> 0:08:13.920 get your hands on him and shut him down, but 0:08:13.960 --> 0:08:15.560 can you get your hands on him correct and shut 0:08:15.600 --> 0:08:18.080 him down because he's constantly moving and getting his body 0:08:18.080 --> 0:08:20.280 in different places. So it's a challenge and it was 0:08:20.320 --> 0:08:21.720 good work against Carolina's offense. 0:08:21.880 --> 0:08:24.680 Some guys are content after getting the bag, They say, 0:08:25.000 --> 0:08:27.920 Quinn Williams four years in the National Football League, twenty 0:08:27.960 --> 0:08:31.360 five years old. I actually see the opposite out of 0:08:31.440 --> 0:08:35.080 Quentin Williams. He wants to be considered the best defense 0:08:35.120 --> 0:08:38.280 attack for a football that is his that's his next goal. 0:08:38.640 --> 0:08:41.880 And against the Panthers he was unblockable. 0:08:42.559 --> 0:08:44.160 That's the understatement of what he was. 0:08:44.240 --> 0:08:46.319 I mean, you said a lot of guys getting content 0:08:46.360 --> 0:08:48.719 once they get the bag, But it seems like it's 0:08:48.760 --> 0:08:52.120 actually motivated him more to be the next great dtackle. 0:08:52.200 --> 0:08:52.320 Right. 0:08:52.480 --> 0:08:54.320 I know a lot of people have talked about Aaron 0:08:54.360 --> 0:08:56.920 Donald being maybe the greatest defensive player ever and Chris 0:08:57.000 --> 0:08:58.960 Jones maybe taking a step to be the top guy, 0:08:59.160 --> 0:09:01.080 and then Quinn's right out there. Well, I think he's 0:09:01.120 --> 0:09:03.160 taking that as a challenge this year because you can 0:09:03.200 --> 0:09:04.720 see it in the way he works at practice. 0:09:04.800 --> 0:09:04.959 Right. 0:09:05.240 --> 0:09:07.600 He literally dominated that team period I was talking about 0:09:07.679 --> 0:09:10.000 started off with the sack. They're two minute Jriil first 0:09:10.040 --> 0:09:12.760 played a two minute sack. He could not be blocked 0:09:12.800 --> 0:09:15.480 one on one pass rush. They had no answers for him. 0:09:15.520 --> 0:09:18.199 So I love that that's his mindset again because a 0:09:18.200 --> 0:09:20.199 lot of guys can get a little comfortable, and Saalah 0:09:20.200 --> 0:09:22.920 actually talked about that today in this press conference right 0:09:22.960 --> 0:09:25.960 before practice, like you want to watch guys, and you 0:09:25.960 --> 0:09:27.680 know guys that get their money and get their bag, 0:09:27.960 --> 0:09:30.000 see if they get a little comfortable. But you haven't 0:09:30.040 --> 0:09:32.600 seen that from Quinn Williams. If anything, We've seen them 0:09:32.640 --> 0:09:34.160 take it up a notch. I've seen him talking to 0:09:34.240 --> 0:09:36.800 Jermaine Johnson and other d lineman when they felt like 0:09:36.960 --> 0:09:40.120 they didn't maybe run a pass RUSS game properly getting 0:09:40.160 --> 0:09:41.560 on them right there, like, all right, guys, let's come 0:09:41.559 --> 0:09:43.360 together and get this right. You've seen them take that 0:09:43.440 --> 0:09:46.080 leadership role to another level, so you have to love 0:09:46.120 --> 0:09:48.480 that if you're Joe Douglas and Robert Sala knowing that 0:09:48.559 --> 0:09:50.719 you pay the guy because he deserved it, but now 0:09:50.760 --> 0:09:52.240 he wants to take it to the next level. 0:09:52.760 --> 0:09:55.760 You are a head coach in the XFL, what are 0:09:55.760 --> 0:09:59.240 you watching when you study Robert Sala as he approaches 0:09:59.360 --> 0:10:03.480 year three and the Jets constantly in the news with 0:10:03.600 --> 0:10:08.000 the cameras one Jets drive, fantastic job in house production team. 0:10:08.400 --> 0:10:10.680 You add hard knocks into the mix. You turn on 0:10:11.000 --> 0:10:14.760 ESPN every day the Jets are being talked about. Yeah, 0:10:14.880 --> 0:10:16.400 probably twelve hours airtime. 0:10:16.920 --> 0:10:19.679 Yeah. I think it starts just operation every single day, 0:10:19.760 --> 0:10:22.360 making everything smooth, make sure guys are in the right spots, 0:10:22.360 --> 0:10:25.200 guys are bouncing around. The coaching staffs understands the tempo 0:10:25.480 --> 0:10:27.720 that needs to be set every single practice. I hear 0:10:28.000 --> 0:10:32.080 you know, Keith Carter, the offensive line coach, like get 0:10:32.120 --> 0:10:33.959 off the field in between drills the offense. It's a 0:10:34.000 --> 0:10:37.080 little details that builds the culture that you want so 0:10:37.120 --> 0:10:39.600 that when that trickles down and you get to the season. 0:10:39.920 --> 0:10:42.400 It really is becoming who you are as a football team, 0:10:42.600 --> 0:10:44.600 and just you know, letting his coaches coach. You know, 0:10:44.679 --> 0:10:47.160 I think that's a tough thing sometimes our head coaches 0:10:47.200 --> 0:10:49.240 like they always want to, you know, get their hands 0:10:49.240 --> 0:10:50.920 on it and step on it. You know, I can 0:10:50.960 --> 0:10:53.800 coach my coaches off the field in the meeting rooms, 0:10:53.880 --> 0:10:55.640 all these different things we can watch from We're gonna 0:10:55.640 --> 0:10:58.000 watch all this practice all over again. So it's like 0:10:58.040 --> 0:11:00.400 there's a time let your guys do their thing, build 0:11:00.400 --> 0:11:02.680 their rapport with their players, let them gain the trust 0:11:02.960 --> 0:11:04.520 that they have to gain, and let them do their 0:11:04.559 --> 0:11:06.760 job on the field. So those are things that obviously 0:11:06.800 --> 0:11:08.960 are there and that leadership quality as far as you know, 0:11:09.200 --> 0:11:12.360 the guidance before practice, during practice, pulling a guy's side, 0:11:12.400 --> 0:11:14.680 talking to him, you know, being aware of just what's 0:11:14.720 --> 0:11:17.200 going on, how the practice is going it, is it crappy, 0:11:17.240 --> 0:11:18.719 do we shut it down? Do we bring it up? 0:11:18.920 --> 0:11:20.880 You know, those are all things you constantly have to 0:11:20.920 --> 0:11:23.280 be prepared to hit on because you don't know what 0:11:23.280 --> 0:11:26.360 that day's going to entail. But you understand everybody knows 0:11:26.400 --> 0:11:28.120 where to be and what to do and it's clean. 0:11:28.320 --> 0:11:30.240 That's what I saw in the last two days of practice. 0:11:30.280 --> 0:11:32.559 The Jets just finished a walk through at the end 0:11:32.559 --> 0:11:36.120 of Thursday's practice. There are two players on the field 0:11:36.200 --> 0:11:39.720 right now. One of them is Zach Wilson, Dirict. He'll 0:11:39.760 --> 0:11:43.360 be making a second preseason start. How important are these 0:11:43.440 --> 0:11:47.480 reps for him in the summer before he takes the 0:11:47.520 --> 0:11:50.960 spot of being Aaron Rodgers back up in the regular 0:11:51.000 --> 0:11:53.320 season starting against the Bill September eleventh. 0:11:53.400 --> 0:11:57.360 They're monumental, right, because once the season gets in, Ab, 0:11:57.559 --> 0:12:00.520 I'll say, AB this time, you know this, right, getting 0:12:00.520 --> 0:12:03.240 most of the reps. Your backup's not getting any reps 0:12:03.240 --> 0:12:06.240 barely throughout the season. So as far as game time reps, 0:12:06.280 --> 0:12:08.280 these are the best that Zach Wilson can hope for. 0:12:08.320 --> 0:12:10.920 And this is how he really betters hisself. And Robert 0:12:10.960 --> 0:12:13.160 Sala talked about this also right before practice. He felt 0:12:13.160 --> 0:12:15.560 like he Zach Wilson didn't have his best practice in 0:12:15.600 --> 0:12:17.600 the cross practice. I believe it was his first interception 0:12:17.920 --> 0:12:20.000 that he threw in a two minutes too. I know 0:12:20.080 --> 0:12:22.559 he's looking forward to answering that challenge. You always want 0:12:22.559 --> 0:12:25.240 to see how young quarterbacks bounce back after they have 0:12:25.360 --> 0:12:28.440 maybe a bad couple plays a bad practice, how they 0:12:28.480 --> 0:12:30.520 bounce back and respond in games and this will be 0:12:30.520 --> 0:12:33.320 a big testament to see Zach Wilson in his growth, right. 0:12:33.400 --> 0:12:35.480 I know he's excited to take the challenge. 0:12:35.520 --> 0:12:37.679 We saw growth in that Hall of Fame game at 0:12:37.679 --> 0:12:40.360 big completion to Malik Taylor down the sideline, look the 0:12:40.360 --> 0:12:42.600 safety off through the nine route, hit him in stride. 0:12:42.600 --> 0:12:44.679 That's what you want to see from Zach Wilson. This 0:12:44.760 --> 0:12:47.480 the little things, the fundamental and footwork in the pocket, 0:12:47.600 --> 0:12:49.680 that's where he struggled the last two years. That's the 0:12:49.679 --> 0:12:51.320 growth we want to see from Zach Wilson in this 0:12:51.400 --> 0:12:53.640 game Saturday and moving throughout the preseason. 0:12:54.040 --> 0:12:56.520 How much could he grow just from watching the operation 0:12:56.600 --> 0:13:01.400 Because you're talking about taking in practice, watching Aaron Rodgers, 0:13:01.440 --> 0:13:04.960 who essentially is a player coach. How much can he 0:13:05.080 --> 0:13:08.800 grow just watching one of the best who's ever played 0:13:08.800 --> 0:13:12.400 the game do it? And then also you want to 0:13:12.480 --> 0:13:15.439 raise your standard, but at the same time, you don't 0:13:15.480 --> 0:13:17.680 want to go out and try to be Aaron Rodgers. 0:13:18.600 --> 0:13:21.640 I think it's a make or break situation for your career. 0:13:21.640 --> 0:13:24.720 When you talk about that, you know Aaron Rodgers didn't 0:13:24.720 --> 0:13:27.079 play immediately when he got drafted, he got to watch 0:13:27.160 --> 0:13:29.880 one of the great quarterbacks. And you know, regardless of 0:13:29.920 --> 0:13:32.360 what their relationship was, he picked up a lot for 0:13:32.440 --> 0:13:35.080 men on how he just handled players in the huddle, 0:13:35.520 --> 0:13:38.679 broke down a huddle, you know, after practice. Zach's got 0:13:38.679 --> 0:13:40.120 to watch all that because he has to learn how 0:13:40.160 --> 0:13:42.840 to act like a quarterback. You know, just because you're 0:13:42.840 --> 0:13:44.360 a quarterback doesn't mean you know how to do all 0:13:44.480 --> 0:13:47.040 those kind of things off the field. He's got tremendous talent. 0:13:47.080 --> 0:13:49.160 He can throw a ball anywhere on the field, all 0:13:49.160 --> 0:13:51.520 these great things, but there is more to it at 0:13:51.520 --> 0:13:53.640 the position. And you know, sometimes you just don't pick 0:13:53.640 --> 0:13:55.360 that up in college and you don't have a guy 0:13:55.679 --> 0:13:58.560 to watch to really learn from because you're thrown into 0:13:58.600 --> 0:14:01.400 the fire so quickly because you're a draft pick. Now 0:14:01.440 --> 0:14:02.920 he gets to take a step back. You got to 0:14:02.960 --> 0:14:05.840 embrace that. I think he has. This is his childhood idol, right, 0:14:05.880 --> 0:14:08.600 so you know he's he's got a chance. You know, Okay, 0:14:08.600 --> 0:14:10.800 I just saw him play, watch him on TV Soul interviews. 0:14:10.800 --> 0:14:13.160 Now he gets to have every waking moment around him. 0:14:13.240 --> 0:14:15.760 I would be literally, you know those little bags that 0:14:15.920 --> 0:14:18.120 the backpacks with the string that the kids are wearing 0:14:18.160 --> 0:14:20.760 now with the parents and yeah, yeah, that's one of 0:14:20.800 --> 0:14:24.080 those his hold on though. 0:14:24.160 --> 0:14:24.360 Yeah. 0:14:24.400 --> 0:14:29.240 I mean that's listen man, this is it's invaluable information. Uh. 0:14:29.280 --> 0:14:31.760 And I'm telling you it will make or break Zach 0:14:31.800 --> 0:14:35.160 Wilson's career. And we'll find out when that time comes 0:14:35.160 --> 0:14:37.760 and he gets that opportunity. And you know what, if 0:14:37.760 --> 0:14:40.080 you're the backup, you're one hit away. So you know, 0:14:40.240 --> 0:14:42.720 this team's got aspirations. 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You know 0:15:54.880 --> 0:15:56.440 a lot of people will get after him, but he 0:15:56.640 --> 0:15:59.120 brought four guys in and all four get here. I mean, 0:15:59.440 --> 0:16:01.360 you can't out for that as a GM when your 0:16:01.400 --> 0:16:04.440 top four offensive tackles get hurt. Right, So, and they've 0:16:04.480 --> 0:16:06.640 dealt with some injuries this year, right Dwayne Brown still 0:16:06.640 --> 0:16:08.720 hasn't been cleared and come back ready to play. I 0:16:08.760 --> 0:16:11.000 believe he's still in the publish Robert Salad said he's 0:16:11.040 --> 0:16:13.600 getting closer, So hopefully we see him in a week 0:16:13.640 --> 0:16:16.160 or two. Macay Beckton is working through it. He's actually 0:16:16.160 --> 0:16:18.640 gotten better every single day. I already liked how he 0:16:18.680 --> 0:16:21.160 came out today, and I think that's the biggest thing, right, 0:16:21.200 --> 0:16:23.120 And you can speak to this av when you're coming 0:16:23.120 --> 0:16:25.720 off of injury, right, it's about stacking the days and 0:16:25.800 --> 0:16:27.880 building that confidence in that injury. 0:16:27.960 --> 0:16:28.120 Right. 0:16:28.400 --> 0:16:30.840 So for him to not have missed any time the 0:16:30.920 --> 0:16:32.960 last couple of days, that's got to be big, not 0:16:33.080 --> 0:16:35.720 only for the team, but for his psyche as a player, 0:16:35.720 --> 0:16:38.040 because there's mental hurdles you have to jump over where 0:16:38.080 --> 0:16:39.640 you're coming off an injury, and I think that's what 0:16:39.680 --> 0:16:41.880 he's working through now. Looked really good even though it 0:16:41.920 --> 0:16:43.960 was a non padded practice. The things I look for 0:16:44.000 --> 0:16:46.800 in offensive lineman is how can they bend right? Do 0:16:46.880 --> 0:16:49.080 they stop you know power again, you don't want to 0:16:49.120 --> 0:16:51.480 see guys power rushing with no pads on, but can 0:16:51.520 --> 0:16:53.760 they redirect when a guy makes a stunt move and 0:16:53.800 --> 0:16:56.000 things like that. He did that really well today. So 0:16:56.080 --> 0:16:58.160 and then you look at Max Mitchell who's just coming along. 0:16:58.320 --> 0:17:00.360 They've kind of flipped him back and forth to left 0:17:00.360 --> 0:17:03.480 tackle on right tackle. Yeah, him with Billy Turner, I 0:17:03.480 --> 0:17:05.280 think he's best suited for right tackle. You could tell 0:17:05.320 --> 0:17:07.640 he just looks more comfortable at right tackle. So there 0:17:07.640 --> 0:17:10.800 has been some growing pains right talked about building that continuity. 0:17:10.840 --> 0:17:13.280 I know Aaron Rodgers and Saliv both said this. We 0:17:13.320 --> 0:17:14.879 want to know our start in five. We want to 0:17:14.880 --> 0:17:17.360 know it sooner than later, so you can build that continuity. 0:17:17.520 --> 0:17:20.600 So everybody's on the same string. Everybody's doing the same thing. 0:17:20.640 --> 0:17:23.000 They knew they can trust their brother to the inside 0:17:23.000 --> 0:17:25.199 and the outside of them. So there's some work to 0:17:25.240 --> 0:17:27.960 be done at the offensive tackle position. But the good 0:17:27.960 --> 0:17:30.800 thing is you get to work again this Saturday against 0:17:30.800 --> 0:17:33.320 another color Jersey, and you got two more preseason games 0:17:33.320 --> 0:17:35.240 to work the kinks out before the season starts. 0:17:35.320 --> 0:17:39.719 Ab really interesting because sala was asked about Elijah Verah Tucker, 0:17:40.280 --> 0:17:43.040 who is such a valuable chess piece, and that a 0:17:43.080 --> 0:17:46.960 line never really fully recovered from losing him in Week 0:17:47.000 --> 0:17:50.080