1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,080 Speaker 1: Still haven't found a seat for him. Huh. I know, 2 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:09,040 Speaker 1: I'm gonna figure it out. I know, good luck, that 3 00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:13,600 Speaker 1: was a good one. Uh. Welcome, Welcome to training camp 4 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:18,439 Speaker 1: twenty twenty five. I know Stacey kind of talked to you. 5 00:00:18,520 --> 00:00:21,880 Speaker 1: We're gonna trim through these just guidelines and figure out, 6 00:00:21,880 --> 00:00:24,000 Speaker 1: you know, so that we can all you know, you 7 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:27,840 Speaker 1: guys can get what you want from practice, and we'll 8 00:00:27,880 --> 00:00:31,120 Speaker 1: try to give you what you can and we'll try 9 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:35,320 Speaker 1: to communicate that daily and so hopefully there's not a 10 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:37,920 Speaker 1: million rules, but a few guidelines that you could follow, 11 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:40,000 Speaker 1: and you know, we can all work together. I understand 12 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:41,600 Speaker 1: you guys got a job to do. We appreciate the 13 00:00:41,680 --> 00:00:44,159 Speaker 1: job that you do, uh, and the job that we have. 14 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:47,120 Speaker 1: So got everybody in here. We had an early group 15 00:00:47,479 --> 00:00:50,680 Speaker 1: started a couple of days ago, which was the rookie 16 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:56,000 Speaker 1: class quarterbacks and then some players that may have been 17 00:00:57,160 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 1: not full or one hundred percent in the off season. 18 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 1: Was the first group, just to kind of get them 19 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:04,559 Speaker 1: in there, get them acclimated. The rest of the group 20 00:01:04,600 --> 00:01:10,560 Speaker 1: reported this morning, went through physicals, had a great run test, 21 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:13,560 Speaker 1: just finished that and then we'll start here with meetings 22 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:18,679 Speaker 1: here after lunch. So a couple of players that probably 23 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:20,759 Speaker 1: are on a few lists. There's two lists that we're 24 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:23,960 Speaker 1: working with now as it relates to the roster. The 25 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:28,800 Speaker 1: PUP list, which would be Hooper, Hollins, Verdarian Lowe, and 26 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:34,400 Speaker 1: to Vuy. I would expect to Viuy back out there tomorrow. 27 00:01:35,319 --> 00:01:40,200 Speaker 1: Those other three probably will be, you know, sometime after that. 28 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:45,480 Speaker 1: The NFI list, which would be Davis, Lincoln's and Web. 29 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:49,280 Speaker 1: I would expect Davis and Web back out there with 30 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:52,880 Speaker 1: us tomorrow, and then Lincoln's maybe a few more days. 31 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 1: So those are just some housekeeping items and just some 32 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:01,760 Speaker 1: list that we used to start camp. So with that, 33 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 1: what he got Karen. 34 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:07,480 Speaker 2: With the news that step up Bags has been cleared 35 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:10,480 Speaker 2: from practice presumably half physical. 36 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:13,320 Speaker 1: What does it mean to you that he's ready to 37 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:18,200 Speaker 1: start a camp just eight months after ECL surgery. Well, 38 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:22,120 Speaker 1: I know that everybody heals differently, and especially from that 39 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:25,440 Speaker 1: type of injury, but I would say that I think 40 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:30,600 Speaker 1: it's just a testament to how hard he worked. You know, 41 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:35,080 Speaker 1: Mark Zeps also went through that that surgery and worked 42 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:37,679 Speaker 1: extremely hard, and he's he's been out there the last 43 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:41,760 Speaker 1: couple of days with us as well. So appreciate their 44 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:44,799 Speaker 1: efforts to get back out there and get ready, and 45 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:47,960 Speaker 1: then we'll continue to monitor as we work through training camp. 46 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 3: Do you still have him on any sort of like 47 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:51,480 Speaker 3: pitch count or. 48 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:54,440 Speaker 1: Anything or is he full well the I mean, I 49 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:58,360 Speaker 1: would say, I'm going to try to just explain it 50 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:00,959 Speaker 1: when he practices. When he when he took the rep, 51 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:03,359 Speaker 1: it was full go. Everybody every day is going to 52 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:06,840 Speaker 1: have a different plan. There'll be some players that aren't 53 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:08,959 Speaker 1: out there for individual There'll be players that are just 54 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:11,560 Speaker 1: out there for team. There'll be players that are just 55 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:15,600 Speaker 1: taking some specific reps, and my job is to manage 56 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:19,440 Speaker 1: that each and every day, but to ensure the football 57 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:23,520 Speaker 1: team that everybody's working, whether that's with with Frank or 58 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:26,640 Speaker 1: the or Jim's staff or with the coaching staff on 59 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 1: the field. So I don't see any limitations right now. 60 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:34,600 Speaker 1: Is he going to take every single rep of every 61 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:37,920 Speaker 1: single period. No, and I don't think any player will. 62 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:41,520 Speaker 1: But you know, I think we're off to a good 63 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:44,640 Speaker 1: start and encouraged by by what we saw here in 64 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 1: the last couple of days. Yeah, Big T is here 65 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:52,880 Speaker 1: ready to go. He's been out on the field with 66 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:55,880 Speaker 1: us the last couple of days. Players were excited to 67 00:03:55,880 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 1: see him. I was excited to see him, and we'll 68 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:06,200 Speaker 1: move forward a big stuff. Did he pass his physical? Yeah, 69 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 1: you can't practice if you don't pass your physical. That's 70 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:13,320 Speaker 1: what these lists are for. I apologize. So you know 71 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:15,400 Speaker 1: that's some of the housekeeping that you go through when 72 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:18,479 Speaker 1: when you're not fully cleared to start camp. Is that's 73 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:20,960 Speaker 1: where you introduce some of these pup and the n FI. 74 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:24,599 Speaker 1: So uh, yeah, you can't practice without passing your physical. 75 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 2: Critical This buff was when they're off in their own 76 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:30,839 Speaker 2: kind of don't remember correctly, Mike said, between the most 77 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:34,200 Speaker 2: important jumps through the year, what's your love with satisfaction 78 00:04:34,279 --> 00:04:34,880 Speaker 2: with these guys? 79 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:37,559 Speaker 1: Well, I think just based on the conditioning test, based 80 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:40,400 Speaker 1: on everybody at their weights where where we asked them 81 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:45,400 Speaker 1: to be in the conversation, thought we met expectations in 82 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:48,960 Speaker 1: that regard. But ultimately it's it's about the you know, 83 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:52,919 Speaker 1: the football conditioning right the the in line combat with 84 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:56,479 Speaker 1: another player and then being able to go and chase 85 00:04:56,520 --> 00:04:59,360 Speaker 1: the football and do it repeatedly, and a receiver to 86 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:01,919 Speaker 1: to run around downfield and not get the football, but 87 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:04,960 Speaker 1: still come back to the huddle and play the next snap, 88 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 1: and to be able to have that competitive stamina as 89 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:10,599 Speaker 1: it works through practice, and then you'll see us try 90 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:14,520 Speaker 1: to build those reps through practice to get close to 91 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 1: where we need to be for the game. So, you know, 92 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:21,240 Speaker 1: the inline conditioning test is one thing we'll have to 93 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:24,480 Speaker 1: continue to to practice the way that we want to play, 94 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 1: which is critical, uh, to to be able to create 95 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:29,200 Speaker 1: our identity. Was I was. 96 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:32,000 Speaker 4: Probably I just helped you in the past. 97 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:34,919 Speaker 1: Yeah, And it is the only D line coach that 98 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:40,159 Speaker 1: I've had, you know, just a great reach to every 99 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:44,120 Speaker 1: player on football team. And I saw him reach young 100 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:47,320 Speaker 1: offensive linemen that were across the ball. But you know, 101 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:54,280 Speaker 1: he worked with extensively in different drills or pass rush drills. 102 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:59,240 Speaker 1: You know, he's got a great perspective. I think it's 103 00:05:59,279 --> 00:06:03,320 Speaker 1: just helped me per to kind of, you know, reach 104 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 1: guys that maybe I haven't been able to reach. He's 105 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:08,960 Speaker 1: been a great mentor for young coaches as well, and 106 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:11,359 Speaker 1: I think our players have always responded very well and 107 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:14,640 Speaker 1: his units have always been prepared and productive no matter 108 00:06:14,680 --> 00:06:18,920 Speaker 1: who uh he was coaching. YEA, does he like both 109 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 1: go to theself like God, no, no, but no coach 110 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:28,200 Speaker 1: should be full go this one. I haven't seen any restrictions. 111 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:31,960 Speaker 1: He's not on PUP and he's not on n FIU. 112 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:35,200 Speaker 3: You know, first meeting set the tone, the expectations type, 113 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:37,600 Speaker 3: or do you kind of relay that message that you 114 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:38,640 Speaker 3: go where. 115 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:42,919 Speaker 1: You started to know. I mean, I think every message meeting, 116 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:44,719 Speaker 1: we try to have a message and we try to 117 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:50,159 Speaker 1: not waste their time. I found that consistency usually is 118 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:53,560 Speaker 1: the best, and sometimes that gets redundant for some guys. 119 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:56,680 Speaker 1: But you know, the things you emphasize are usually the 120 00:06:56,720 --> 00:06:59,280 Speaker 1: things that you get the things that you make important. 121 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:02,440 Speaker 1: So try not to give them a ton of stuff, 122 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:04,360 Speaker 1: but certainly things that I think that that are going 123 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:09,120 Speaker 1: to be important. For example, training camp. I think our 124 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:11,320 Speaker 1: objectives that we're going to talk to them about and 125 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:14,239 Speaker 1: have talked to them about, is it's time to build 126 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:16,920 Speaker 1: a team. You know, we have to start coming together 127 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:18,840 Speaker 1: as a football team. And the groups that we're going 128 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:21,640 Speaker 1: to use in the special Teams unit and the different 129 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:25,200 Speaker 1: personnel grouping on offense and on defense, and that all 130 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:28,280 Speaker 1: has to come together and that has to happen. The 131 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:30,120 Speaker 1: other thing is they have to earn a role, and 132 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:32,720 Speaker 1: that's a great time for them to personally earn a 133 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:35,000 Speaker 1: role through training camp, is what they can do for 134 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:38,040 Speaker 1: the team, how they can help us, how they can 135 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:40,720 Speaker 1: help themselves. And there's a lot of different levels to 136 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:45,040 Speaker 1: what those roles are, and in my fourteen year career 137 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:49,120 Speaker 1: have had plenty of them, from special teams, multiple position 138 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:56,000 Speaker 1: backup to starter, you know, a starter that was expected 139 00:07:56,040 --> 00:08:01,360 Speaker 1: to be productive to a veteran leader. So there's multiple 140 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:03,640 Speaker 1: levels of what that role will be and it's up 141 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:06,360 Speaker 1: to them to earn it. And then obviously we have 142 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:09,200 Speaker 1: to prepare to win, and that will be you know, 143 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:11,520 Speaker 1: my job as we work through training camp to make 144 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:14,120 Speaker 1: sure that we're we're doing all those things, all those 145 00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:15,320 Speaker 1: three things, Like with. 146 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:18,680 Speaker 3: The practice restrictions that the league puts onto every team 147 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:20,880 Speaker 3: for the first few days, how do you handle the 148 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:24,800 Speaker 3: first few days as a teaching competition, Like, is it 149 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:26,080 Speaker 3: similar to there? 150 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:27,680 Speaker 1: We'll try to get as much done as we can 151 00:08:27,760 --> 00:08:29,880 Speaker 1: in ninety minutes, We'll try to get as much done 152 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:32,360 Speaker 1: as we can in an hour and five minutes, try 153 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:33,760 Speaker 1: to get as much done as we can in an 154 00:08:33,760 --> 00:08:38,440 Speaker 1: hour and twenty minutes. And we're always trying to do 155 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:41,160 Speaker 1: those things. When we there'll be days where we just 156 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:46,600 Speaker 1: walk through and you'll say, that's probably unique or new, 157 00:08:46,679 --> 00:08:49,520 Speaker 1: but we still have to stay with our installation schedule. 158 00:08:49,559 --> 00:08:51,800 Speaker 1: We're not necessarily giving them a day off. We're coming in, 159 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:55,480 Speaker 1: we're meeting, but when we go on the field, you know, 160 00:08:55,559 --> 00:08:59,360 Speaker 1: maybe it's every fourth day. We're trying to stay on 161 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:02,360 Speaker 1: our installation. Shouldn't do third down, do red zone, but 162 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:06,040 Speaker 1: maybe in a walk through pace, but we're still trying. 163 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:08,080 Speaker 1: And then but that gives us an opportunity to break 164 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:12,280 Speaker 1: up into two spots to where you've got an off too, 165 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:14,480 Speaker 1: you know, an offense and defense going against each other, 166 00:09:14,480 --> 00:09:17,400 Speaker 1: an offense and defense going. So everybody's working, so nobody's 167 00:09:17,440 --> 00:09:20,560 Speaker 1: standing around, they're actually in there. They can take a rep, 168 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:23,160 Speaker 1: they can take a walk through rep, they can see 169 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:27,720 Speaker 1: themselves on film. You know, we just try to whatever 170 00:09:27,760 --> 00:09:29,800 Speaker 1: the rules are, we try to try to follow them 171 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:34,320 Speaker 1: and make sure that we're we're coaching and teaching, being 172 00:09:34,360 --> 00:09:38,120 Speaker 1: creative and then also obviously competing when we're out there. 173 00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:41,199 Speaker 2: In the spring, you made rape talked about in these 174 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:44,000 Speaker 2: levels of expectations on him when we need a new season. 175 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:46,200 Speaker 4: I'm curious, if you flip around the other side the walls, 176 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:47,760 Speaker 4: can you be impreciated. 177 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:51,760 Speaker 1: In polite in that season. I mean, I hope I 178 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:56,440 Speaker 1: would hopefully view everybody in that lens. I mean, expectations 179 00:09:56,480 --> 00:09:59,600 Speaker 1: in the National Football League are high. Uh, they should be. 180 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:05,800 Speaker 1: That's what our job is. So everybody's got a different situation, 181 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:10,320 Speaker 1: you know, things that they're trying to get done, things 182 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:13,960 Speaker 1: that they want to accomplish. You know, my job, and 183 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:16,440 Speaker 1: my biggest job, and one of my most important jobs 184 00:10:16,559 --> 00:10:21,840 Speaker 1: is is try to get the get the individual to 185 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:28,640 Speaker 1: be able to maximize their earning potential within what we're 186 00:10:28,640 --> 00:10:30,480 Speaker 1: trying to do as a football team. Right, those two 187 00:10:30,559 --> 00:10:33,400 Speaker 1: things can coincide and we all understand, like we're in 188 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:36,680 Speaker 1: this business, we're professional sports. Outside of winning to provide 189 00:10:36,720 --> 00:10:41,480 Speaker 1: for our family, That's that's what this is. It's professional sports. 190 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:45,040 Speaker 1: And so with that is you have this individual element 191 00:10:45,520 --> 00:10:47,760 Speaker 1: and you have this team and they have to coexist 192 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:53,400 Speaker 1: and you have to allow players to understand that. Show 193 00:10:53,440 --> 00:10:56,240 Speaker 1: them where they're doing things to help themselves but maybe 194 00:10:56,280 --> 00:10:58,720 Speaker 1: not the team, and then show them examples where they're 195 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:01,760 Speaker 1: helping themselves as well as the team and understanding how 196 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:04,560 Speaker 1: you know that piece is those pieces can fit together. 197 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:07,480 Speaker 1: Like in the answering the Ben's question says, coaches, you 198 00:11:07,480 --> 00:11:08,120 Speaker 1: guys try to. 199 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:12,959 Speaker 4: Be creative, curious, you know, how how do you try 200 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:14,600 Speaker 4: to challenge how do you make it hard for them 201 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:18,280 Speaker 4: during camp about physically driving it into the ground. 202 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:21,400 Speaker 1: Well, we're always you know, in the meeting room, it's 203 00:11:21,840 --> 00:11:23,520 Speaker 1: you're trying to stimulate them. We're trying to ask a 204 00:11:23,559 --> 00:11:25,840 Speaker 1: lot of questions and make sure that you know they 205 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:28,360 Speaker 1: know what they're doing, that the guy next to them 206 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:31,800 Speaker 1: knows that that he knows what to do. On the 207 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:35,720 Speaker 1: practice field, you try to create individual one on one competitions, 208 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:39,360 Speaker 1: whether that be an open field tackling drill, one on 209 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:44,000 Speaker 1: one pass rush. We'll do different drills. We'll do fit 210 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:46,520 Speaker 1: drills with the O line and D line where they're 211 00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:49,719 Speaker 1: fit into a position. We're trying to take helmet contacts 212 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:53,880 Speaker 1: off of them but still work the the inline hand replaced, 213 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:58,280 Speaker 1: sinking their hips, working their shoulders square, you know, running 214 00:11:58,280 --> 00:12:01,120 Speaker 1: their feet, all these things that would you know, go 215 00:12:01,240 --> 00:12:04,400 Speaker 1: into a block but not lining on it up across 216 00:12:04,440 --> 00:12:07,280 Speaker 1: and taking a helmet contact away. So you'll see some 217 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:09,600 Speaker 1: of that that may or may not have happened here before. 218 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:12,400 Speaker 1: That'll be new. So if you're wondering what that looks 219 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:16,760 Speaker 1: like tomorrow, that'll be that drill. But you know, I 220 00:12:16,920 --> 00:12:19,720 Speaker 1: just you know, we try to practice with the with 221 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:22,200 Speaker 1: an energy. There's there's an urgency to the way that 222 00:12:22,240 --> 00:12:24,840 Speaker 1: we practice. You know. We don't sit there and spend 223 00:12:24,880 --> 00:12:28,280 Speaker 1: a whole lot of time. You know, we're back in 224 00:12:28,320 --> 00:12:30,120 Speaker 1: the huddle. That's how a game goes. We don't really 225 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:33,400 Speaker 1: have time to sit there and waste on on what happened. 226 00:12:33,440 --> 00:12:36,040 Speaker 1: We'll get it fixed eventually, you know, in the meeting room. 227 00:12:36,559 --> 00:12:39,160 Speaker 1: But we have to be able to process information and 228 00:12:39,280 --> 00:12:41,760 Speaker 1: move on quickly and get back to center and run 229 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:43,880 Speaker 1: the next play and realize what the next situation is. 230 00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:48,000 Speaker 2: Well, what's different about the way you designed or prioritize 231 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 2: things in camp this year for maybe your first couple 232 00:12:50,640 --> 00:12:51,120 Speaker 2: of years as. 233 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:55,920 Speaker 1: A hit coach. I mean, you just try to tinker 234 00:12:55,960 --> 00:12:58,720 Speaker 1: a little bit with the schedule and try to, you know, 235 00:12:58,960 --> 00:13:01,520 Speaker 1: figure out when they the walkthroughs are going to be, 236 00:13:01,640 --> 00:13:04,480 Speaker 1: the morning meetings, what time do you want to make practice, 237 00:13:06,679 --> 00:13:09,120 Speaker 1: you know, providing enough time for them to lift and 238 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:13,720 Speaker 1: build a routine within that schedule, and then also trying 239 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:16,400 Speaker 1: to be efficient with the coaches time, you know, so 240 00:13:16,559 --> 00:13:18,880 Speaker 1: they can script it that night and be ready to 241 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:21,320 Speaker 1: go to next morning and still come in here with 242 00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:25,439 Speaker 1: some energy and have some excitement for when the players 243 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:27,760 Speaker 1: come in here ready to teach them. 244 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:30,240 Speaker 3: Has in contact when it comes to player health and 245 00:13:30,280 --> 00:13:32,160 Speaker 3: safety and getting them ready for the season, And how 246 00:13:32,160 --> 00:13:34,440 Speaker 3: do you strike that balance between ramping up the intensity 247 00:13:34,480 --> 00:13:35,160 Speaker 3: and not doing. 248 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:38,640 Speaker 1: So much that it's detrimenting well, I mean, anything that 249 00:13:38,679 --> 00:13:41,440 Speaker 1: we do on the football field has an element of 250 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:45,400 Speaker 1: you know, risk. It's a violent sport. It's played at 251 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:48,040 Speaker 1: a high rate of speed, and you can't sit there 252 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:50,720 Speaker 1: and walk through. But you can't sit there and go 253 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:53,040 Speaker 1: live to the ground every play and every day. So 254 00:13:53,640 --> 00:13:55,680 Speaker 1: there's just a balance that we strike and we have 255 00:13:55,760 --> 00:13:59,360 Speaker 1: to Again, part of that is preparing to win, being 256 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:03,120 Speaker 1: able to have the full complement of the playbook and 257 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:05,520 Speaker 1: being able to run the football, being able to throw, 258 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:10,400 Speaker 1: you know, play passes and run actions and get down 259 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:12,199 Speaker 1: to the red zone. You're gonna have short yardage. A 260 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:15,079 Speaker 1: lot of games are determined, you know, at low red 261 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:17,560 Speaker 1: zone and short yardage, and those are things that you 262 00:14:17,640 --> 00:14:21,440 Speaker 1: have to be able to do. Sometimes you have to 263 00:14:21,440 --> 00:14:24,120 Speaker 1: pull the you know, pull the reps back, and again 264 00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:27,040 Speaker 1: that gets evaluated every single day based on the health 265 00:14:27,080 --> 00:14:28,480 Speaker 1: of the team and where we're at and what I 266 00:14:28,480 --> 00:14:32,040 Speaker 1: think we need. We have an idea of what practice 267 00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:34,760 Speaker 1: is going to look like, but sometimes that gets adjusted 268 00:14:35,680 --> 00:14:36,640 Speaker 1: based on where we're at. 269 00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:40,760 Speaker 2: Like you said in January, do you guys just want 270 00:14:40,760 --> 00:14:41,960 Speaker 2: to be good enough to start to. 271 00:14:41,960 --> 00:14:45,080 Speaker 1: Take advantage of bad? And you weren't sure if you 272 00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:45,400 Speaker 1: went there? 273 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:48,920 Speaker 2: Do you have any more clarity whether you're close? 274 00:14:49,120 --> 00:14:51,440 Speaker 1: But more closer than where we were in March when 275 00:14:52,120 --> 00:14:54,080 Speaker 1: April when we got here, I think we are. I 276 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:56,880 Speaker 1: think the players start to understand. You know, we talk 277 00:14:56,960 --> 00:14:58,680 Speaker 1: about the good, the bad, and the ship to get 278 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:02,680 Speaker 1: your beat, and I think that they can they can 279 00:15:02,840 --> 00:15:06,480 Speaker 1: tell the difference between those three now, and you know, 280 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:09,560 Speaker 1: my job is to try to get them to We 281 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:11,920 Speaker 1: have to eliminate the stuff that get your beat, and 282 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:13,920 Speaker 1: we just have to correct the bad, and we have 283 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:16,840 Speaker 1: to continue and enhance the good stuff that we do. 284 00:15:16,920 --> 00:15:20,160 Speaker 1: So those are the three buckets of film, you know 285 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:22,440 Speaker 1: that we show them. And I can't just always just 286 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:25,560 Speaker 1: sit there and show them the stuff that gets your beat, 287 00:15:25,760 --> 00:15:27,640 Speaker 1: because that gets old. As a player, You're like, I 288 00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:29,400 Speaker 1: can't just see this all the time, and I can't 289 00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:32,200 Speaker 1: just show them all the good stuff because so I 290 00:15:32,320 --> 00:15:34,680 Speaker 1: just try to every time there's film, I try to 291 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:36,600 Speaker 1: show them those three buckets. 292 00:15:37,320 --> 00:15:39,920 Speaker 2: Moments of eye opening where they say, yeah, I didn't 293 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:40,200 Speaker 2: know that. 294 00:15:40,160 --> 00:15:43,840 Speaker 1: Was a bad thing to do. No, I don't think 295 00:15:43,840 --> 00:15:47,160 Speaker 1: we've gotten there yet. I mean, just from the way 296 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:49,880 Speaker 1: that the practices I guess have been structured in the spring. 297 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:55,000 Speaker 1: Right now, it's just being able to have an urgency 298 00:15:55,040 --> 00:16:00,880 Speaker 1: in which we do in operation, communication, all those little 299 00:16:00,920 --> 00:16:03,920 Speaker 1: things of ball security, which I think is probably the 300 00:16:03,920 --> 00:16:07,000 Speaker 1: most critical tailor when you talk about just you know, 301 00:16:07,240 --> 00:16:10,200 Speaker 1: having a ball on your body and pads and contact 302 00:16:10,280 --> 00:16:13,280 Speaker 1: and you know that's the biggest thing, is just our 303 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:16,560 Speaker 1: ability to be able to take care the football and 304 00:16:17,240 --> 00:16:20,200 Speaker 1: being able to create those types of plays defensively that 305 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:23,400 Speaker 1: that would lead to turnovers. So those those are that's 306 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:25,280 Speaker 1: one of the biggest reasons just to have pads on. 307 00:16:25,760 --> 00:16:29,560 Speaker 3: Like you called the five weeks over this summer, I think, 308 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:30,640 Speaker 3: you know, one of the most. 309 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:32,600 Speaker 1: Important parts in most support parts of the off season. 310 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:34,760 Speaker 3: Just now the guys are back at O there's ninety 311 00:16:34,800 --> 00:16:39,080 Speaker 3: of them, but generally speaking ninety one the international pathway, 312 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:42,360 Speaker 3: what how they do you know, how do you feel 313 00:16:42,360 --> 00:16:43,280 Speaker 3: about how to fasting back? 314 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:48,160 Speaker 1: I mean, whether you were in a coma when I 315 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:52,320 Speaker 1: answered Thom's question or typing on your phone or tweeting. 316 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:54,920 Speaker 1: I don't know, but I spent five minutes answering that question, 317 00:16:55,920 --> 00:16:59,200 Speaker 1: and I can go back through it, but i'd rather not. 318 00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:03,200 Speaker 1: We won't know. We did pretty good on the linear 319 00:17:03,280 --> 00:17:06,639 Speaker 1: run test, which they practiced. They know what it was 320 00:17:06,640 --> 00:17:10,600 Speaker 1: going to be. The big thing will come when they're 321 00:17:10,600 --> 00:17:12,720 Speaker 1: in line contact. I mean, and you're sitting there and 322 00:17:12,760 --> 00:17:15,560 Speaker 1: you're wrestling with a guy and then the D lineman's rushing. 323 00:17:15,560 --> 00:17:17,919 Speaker 1: He almost gets to the quarterback, or we're telling him 324 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:20,520 Speaker 1: to plant and run and go sprint to the football 325 00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:23,960 Speaker 1: and then go do it again. Or we're asking Kyle 326 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:26,360 Speaker 1: Williams to go run a post and he didn't get 327 00:17:26,359 --> 00:17:27,879 Speaker 1: the ball, but he wanted to get the ball, but 328 00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:31,560 Speaker 1: he didn't. Can he run back, get set, know what 329 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:34,320 Speaker 1: to do the next play. That's really where we'll see. 330 00:17:34,400 --> 00:17:37,000 Speaker 1: So I'll be able to answer that question again, hopefully 331 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:43,080 Speaker 1: only once in a few days. I thought you were 332 00:17:43,119 --> 00:17:46,360 Speaker 1: punking me. I'm like, Mike, how much. 333 00:17:46,240 --> 00:17:50,520 Speaker 3: Is a competition play into this phase now? 334 00:17:50,560 --> 00:17:51,520 Speaker 2: From when you were a player? 335 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:55,240 Speaker 3: Just what you going about on a daily basis seeing 336 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:56,879 Speaker 3: guys rise in competition. 337 00:17:56,920 --> 00:17:58,040 Speaker 1: What are some of the things you. 338 00:17:57,960 --> 00:17:59,199 Speaker 3: Look forward to do that. 339 00:17:59,359 --> 00:18:01,280 Speaker 1: I look forward to the first day of pads where 340 00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:03,720 Speaker 1: there's somebody that we really never saw, we never really 341 00:18:03,760 --> 00:18:06,280 Speaker 1: talked about that. Once the pads go on and they 342 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:09,640 Speaker 1: start to play football, they just have a contact balance, 343 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:12,879 Speaker 1: They have a will understanding of where the football is. 344 00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:16,560 Speaker 1: They tackle well, or they break tackles, or they play 345 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:19,840 Speaker 1: better in pads. That's that happens every year in training camp. 346 00:18:19,880 --> 00:18:23,119 Speaker 1: So that's probably usually, you know, my most exciting day 347 00:18:23,200 --> 00:18:24,600 Speaker 1: is who's it going to be? I don't know, It's 348 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:29,359 Speaker 1: a different guy every year. Hopefully there's a lot of them. 349 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:32,400 Speaker 1: But yeah, there's competition amongst you know. I mean we're 350 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:36,240 Speaker 1: competing against each other. Positionally, we're competing against the other 351 00:18:36,280 --> 00:18:38,520 Speaker 1: side of the football, you know, and then our job 352 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:40,600 Speaker 1: is to compete against the other thirty one teams that 353 00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:43,160 Speaker 1: have the same amount of time as us every day. 354 00:18:43,240 --> 00:18:45,200 Speaker 1: I mean, it is what it is. You have eleven hours, 355 00:18:45,240 --> 00:18:47,359 Speaker 1: you got to have this many days, you got to 356 00:18:47,359 --> 00:18:50,480 Speaker 1: have a day off every seven days. We got three 357 00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:54,560 Speaker 1: preseason games, so it's can we maximize our time versus 358 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:55,560 Speaker 1: what everybody else is doing. 359 00:18:56,160 --> 00:18:59,520 Speaker 2: There's a lot of optimism because you're here as a coach. 360 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:01,800 Speaker 2: You've been on both sides of it as a player 361 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:04,679 Speaker 2: and a coach. As a coach, how much can you 362 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:07,040 Speaker 2: impact winning versus the. 363 00:19:06,920 --> 00:19:10,880 Speaker 1: Players, Well, again, I have to continue to teach, develop 364 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:15,560 Speaker 1: and make connections with our guys and through that, you know, 365 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:19,159 Speaker 1: preparing them to win and the situations and getting them 366 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:21,920 Speaker 1: to understand that there's different ways to win a football game. 367 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:25,240 Speaker 1: There's a lot of ways to lose them. But we 368 00:19:25,280 --> 00:19:26,920 Speaker 1: want to focus on the ways that we're going to 369 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:29,000 Speaker 1: win and sometimes that's going to be different each and 370 00:19:29,040 --> 00:19:32,840 Speaker 1: every week with whatever that plan to win is each 371 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:34,399 Speaker 1: and every week, and I have to try to do that. 372 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:36,359 Speaker 1: I have to get our coaches to do that and 373 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:39,560 Speaker 1: get our players understand that. Thanks guys, thank you.