WEBVTT - Chris Horton, Todd Monken, Mike Macdonald: Training Camp 8/17 Press Conferences 0:00:02.840 --> 0:00:06.239 Welcome into Raven's press Pass. Today we'll hear from the coordinators, 0:00:06.400 --> 0:00:11.360 offensive coordinator Todd Munkin, defensive coordinator Mike McDonald, and special 0:00:11.360 --> 0:00:15.840 teams coordinator Chris Horton. Let's start with offensive coordinator Todd Munkin. 0:00:17.520 --> 0:00:25.720 All right, everybody good, great, all right, that's it perfect, perfect, 0:00:25.800 --> 0:00:31.880 that's perfect. Yeah, Washington, Oh man, it was awesome. Awesome 0:00:32.640 --> 0:00:37.559 to compete against another team. Different looks kind of heightens 0:00:37.640 --> 0:00:40.640 the intensity of a practice. It reminds you of what 0:00:40.760 --> 0:00:43.040 this is all about. I mean, it's it's about winning. 0:00:43.080 --> 0:00:47.360 It's about competing and uh, winning individually and then ultimately 0:00:47.360 --> 0:00:48.160 winning as a team. 0:00:48.159 --> 0:00:50.239 But it was really not it was really great. It 0:00:50.280 --> 0:00:50.839 was great. 0:00:52.240 --> 0:00:54.680 To come into Frank camra the off season. It's like 0:00:54.680 --> 0:00:57.000 a very detail idea what you want to do. 0:00:56.960 --> 0:00:57.680 Offensive look like? 0:00:58.000 --> 0:01:01.040 How much did that picture kind of change all once 0:01:01.040 --> 0:01:03.560 you get working with guys at Steeple the Gray and 0:01:03.760 --> 0:01:06.240 you know see person and person. 0:01:06.560 --> 0:01:07.199 All the above. 0:01:07.240 --> 0:01:08.840 I mean, you have an idea what you wanted to 0:01:08.880 --> 0:01:12.759 look like. It's always a work in progress. We're always 0:01:12.840 --> 0:01:16.360 under construction. A player is an offense is as we 0:01:16.400 --> 0:01:19.600 still learn each other and strengths and weaknesses. 0:01:19.840 --> 0:01:22.080 And it's a little bit harder. 0:01:23.760 --> 0:01:25.680 When you don't play a game yet, right, you don't 0:01:25.680 --> 0:01:28.160 you don't know that what it'll look like Week twelve, 0:01:28.240 --> 0:01:31.080 thirteen fourteen, compared to what it will be to start 0:01:31.280 --> 0:01:32.280 that remains to be seen. 0:01:32.720 --> 0:01:33.840 I want to talk. 0:01:33.720 --> 0:01:36.800 About setting and sending you and team plays and ideas 0:01:36.800 --> 0:01:40.000 and plays of a scene, and then you're you know, 0:01:40.080 --> 0:01:41.160 receptive and hearing that. 0:01:41.040 --> 0:01:43.080 And that's something things you've always done. Talking about that 0:01:43.120 --> 0:01:44.000 process a little bit. 0:01:43.880 --> 0:01:46.160 Of your listening to your players and the ideas that 0:01:46.200 --> 0:01:48.920 they are played as a niche and running well. 0:01:48.960 --> 0:01:54.760 First off, if you empower your players, then I don't 0:01:54.840 --> 0:01:57.480 say this there they're more you're more receptive of their 0:01:57.520 --> 0:02:00.120 ideas and they put more time and effort into it, 0:02:00.200 --> 0:02:02.760 not just things that they see, but things that they 0:02:02.760 --> 0:02:06.040 may see on film or what's on their mind in 0:02:06.120 --> 0:02:08.400 terms of a better way of doing it. Because if 0:02:08.400 --> 0:02:10.440 they don't have confidence in what we do, you're really 0:02:10.440 --> 0:02:13.280 in trouble. So I think that's a step in the 0:02:13.360 --> 0:02:17.480 right direction. And when players have ideas or thoughts or suggestions, 0:02:18.520 --> 0:02:20.080 it's been my background of hey. 0:02:20.040 --> 0:02:20.920 Let's take a look at it. 0:02:21.040 --> 0:02:23.000 Let's take a look at what you see as long 0:02:23.040 --> 0:02:25.800 as it's well thought out and I think it fits. 0:02:27.200 --> 0:02:29.840 There does come a point where you can't have twenty 0:02:29.880 --> 0:02:31.320 eight suggestions for God's sakes. 0:02:31.360 --> 0:02:33.520 But the reality is you do want them involved. 0:02:33.560 --> 0:02:36.200 You do want them feeling good about the process how 0:02:36.240 --> 0:02:38.760 we go about game planning. And once they do that, 0:02:38.880 --> 0:02:40.880 then there's, like I said, a certain amount of empowerment 0:02:40.919 --> 0:02:45.520 ownership into what we do. And then they feel terrible 0:02:45.520 --> 0:02:47.400 when it doesn't work because it was their idea. 0:02:47.880 --> 0:02:52.320 They become the oc U. It was your idea. And help. 0:02:55.080 --> 0:02:56.919 Y'all you said that you kind of you think of 0:02:57.000 --> 0:02:58.680 what you say between sous to give you. 0:03:00.320 --> 0:03:02.720 A little more on Bluebell, Ba Nace and that Timestam. 0:03:03.080 --> 0:03:04.320 We're to see that right now. 0:03:07.080 --> 0:03:08.280 You're developing always. 0:03:08.320 --> 0:03:08.600 I mean. 0:03:10.800 --> 0:03:13.840 Years ago at the Manning camp, Peyton told one of 0:03:13.880 --> 0:03:15.880 our quarterbacks and it was Nick Mullins at Southern miss 0:03:15.919 --> 0:03:16.799 I said, what'd you get out of it? 0:03:17.160 --> 0:03:17.680 Said Peyton? 0:03:17.720 --> 0:03:19.919 Manning said, never get tired to run the same routes 0:03:19.960 --> 0:03:22.440 over and over and over. Don't ever get tired of 0:03:22.600 --> 0:03:24.960 being elite at the little things like don't ever get 0:03:25.000 --> 0:03:27.840 tired of That's how you build a certain chemistry, an 0:03:27.880 --> 0:03:29.160 idea of how they're going to come out of their 0:03:29.160 --> 0:03:32.400 breaks and win, their body language, what they put into 0:03:32.440 --> 0:03:35.240 their route. So I think that's always ongoing since we're 0:03:36.040 --> 0:03:39.760 Odell's new year, but Odell is an elite route runner 0:03:40.040 --> 0:03:42.000 does take pride in that. So I think as we 0:03:42.160 --> 0:03:44.920 continue to go and move forward, I think they'll continue 0:03:44.960 --> 0:03:47.320 to build suggestions. 0:03:47.520 --> 0:03:49.560 Do you like trick plays or a fan. 0:03:50.240 --> 0:03:54.160 Like plays at work? So if that works, then I'm 0:03:54.200 --> 0:03:56.840 into trick plays. So I don't I mean, I don't know. 0:03:56.920 --> 0:03:59.640 I mean, it's, uh, we'll see. I mean, you know, 0:03:59.720 --> 0:04:02.480 it's usually that's what the players come up with. You know, 0:04:02.560 --> 0:04:05.080 that's usually what they like. They've got like the triple 0:04:05.120 --> 0:04:07.720 reverse pass, you know, something like that, and they're usually 0:04:07.720 --> 0:04:08.400 the ones throwing it. 0:04:08.600 --> 0:04:13.240 Just just to say that, have you seen the hands 0:04:13.760 --> 0:04:16.040 up thats like there has been a better feel with 0:04:16.120 --> 0:04:18.560 memmore and I mean, has there been something like you 0:04:18.920 --> 0:04:20.000 did that you've seen the past? 0:04:20.080 --> 0:04:20.240 Think? 0:04:20.320 --> 0:04:22.520 So, I think so, I think with all of the guys, 0:04:22.640 --> 0:04:24.960 Odell's a part of that and the players that have 0:04:25.040 --> 0:04:29.240 been out there, I think that comes with reps like 0:04:29.320 --> 0:04:32.960 anything comes the same with offensively, the the things we 0:04:33.040 --> 0:04:36.160 do in practice that you have success with builds confidence 0:04:36.200 --> 0:04:39.320 into calling it. Same with players. The players that you 0:04:39.480 --> 0:04:41.720 keep and that you trust show it in practice. So 0:04:41.839 --> 0:04:43.920 when you see certain things in practice, it's easy to 0:04:43.960 --> 0:04:46.240 carry over and call it in the game. If not, 0:04:46.400 --> 0:04:48.320 then you're just guessing. So there's a lot of work 0:04:48.360 --> 0:04:54.800 that goes into it. With you just want to see 0:04:54.800 --> 0:04:56.080 it run around a little bit. You've seen it for 0:04:56.120 --> 0:04:56.840 a couple of days. 0:04:56.920 --> 0:04:58.800 Now, what do you see from you make? What do 0:04:58.800 --> 0:04:59.719 you make what you see? 0:04:59.720 --> 0:05:01.920 He Well, we're excited to have him out there, and 0:05:02.080 --> 0:05:07.120 so what we've seen so far is to me, a 0:05:07.200 --> 0:05:10.039 player that's eager to get going. He loves playing football, 0:05:10.160 --> 0:05:13.360 That's what I see. And he's he's being diligent in 0:05:13.480 --> 0:05:15.920 what he's missed from a mental standpoint, That's what I like. 0:05:16.320 --> 0:05:19.200 He's still building himself up to being able to go 0:05:19.240 --> 0:05:21.760 a full practice. But I see diligence. I see a 0:05:21.800 --> 0:05:24.839 guy that's eager to get going. He loves playing football. 0:05:26.040 --> 0:05:28.800 Be really dynamic out here in practice against the Ravens. 0:05:28.839 --> 0:05:30.400 To see him do it against the Commanders, to see 0:05:30.480 --> 0:05:32.000 him jut a guy in the first press game. 0:05:32.040 --> 0:05:34.840 What does that show in what we see every day? 0:05:35.040 --> 0:05:36.960 I mean that that's just it. You know, it's. 0:05:38.640 --> 0:05:43.080 Usually a player's elite skill set shows up. Right, That's 0:05:43.120 --> 0:05:47.040 a physicality of a player will show up. The ability 0:05:47.040 --> 0:05:48.960 to stop on a dime and make people miss. You'll 0:05:49.000 --> 0:05:52.120 see that show up. So now, uh, with that, that 0:05:52.360 --> 0:05:54.839 is a obviously a strength of his. Now we're working 0:05:54.880 --> 0:05:57.080 to refine some of the other things. Uh, that will 0:05:57.120 --> 0:05:58.119 make him a complete player? 0:06:03.760 --> 0:06:04.080 All right? 0:06:04.160 --> 0:06:09.400 Mark Andrew's highly competitive and astute learner. I mean he 0:06:09.560 --> 0:06:13.360 wants to know how we see a concept and he 0:06:13.520 --> 0:06:16.200 wants to do whatever he can to help us win. 0:06:16.520 --> 0:06:18.920 I mean to me, that's what he's always done. But 0:06:19.040 --> 0:06:21.840 you don't see that till you get around him. How 0:06:21.920 --> 0:06:25.720 he loves to compete, how you know how he approaches 0:06:25.800 --> 0:06:27.279 every day. Is one of the first guys in our 0:06:27.320 --> 0:06:31.800 offensive meeting. He's sitting right there, ready to go. He's 0:06:31.880 --> 0:06:34.400 wide eyed, he's taking notes and that's impressive. 0:06:35.480 --> 0:06:36.440 Back a JK for a. 0:06:36.480 --> 0:06:39.440 Second can get from the field and now you're able 0:06:39.480 --> 0:06:41.280 to up with them with the team. 0:06:42.240 --> 0:06:44.840 Is there a point where maybe like an idea pops 0:06:44.839 --> 0:06:47.640 into your head when you see JK running out there 0:06:47.680 --> 0:06:50.040 or a band, What do you see or how does. 0:06:49.960 --> 0:06:52.160 Your mind work there? 0:06:52.360 --> 0:06:52.560 Sure? 0:06:52.960 --> 0:06:55.200 I mean it's hard because it's early, but all players 0:06:55.240 --> 0:06:57.840 are like that, including JK. What you see on a 0:06:57.920 --> 0:07:02.880 daily basis builds us and do what you want to call. So, 0:07:03.360 --> 0:07:07.400 whether it's a matchup player at running back, tight end 0:07:07.520 --> 0:07:09.840 or receiver where you feel like they can win on 0:07:09.920 --> 0:07:12.880 their own, or you start to see how they run 0:07:12.960 --> 0:07:15.320 the football, their skill set I think adds to that. 0:07:15.840 --> 0:07:17.680 So with every day, I'll be able to see more 0:07:17.720 --> 0:07:19.840 of that. Not that I haven't seen film, but I 0:07:19.880 --> 0:07:27.520 haven't seen in person yet. Upstairs, much easier to spread out, 0:07:27.880 --> 0:07:29.400 much easier to stay calm. 0:07:29.960 --> 0:07:34.560 The emotional side of it is much easier. 0:07:34.640 --> 0:07:38.600 Because at the moment you feel like you can scream. 0:07:39.360 --> 0:07:41.120 No one's right there, even though you think they can 0:07:41.200 --> 0:07:43.960 hear you through the glass. But the reality is it 0:07:44.000 --> 0:07:48.640 allows you to stay a lot more focused and try 0:07:48.760 --> 0:07:50.840 to keep it as calm as you can. 0:07:51.160 --> 0:07:52.000 As calm as you can. 0:07:52.080 --> 0:07:54.160 I'm human, so it doesn't mean I don't get frustrated 0:07:54.240 --> 0:07:56.720 or I don't make mistakes, but it has always allowed 0:07:56.760 --> 0:07:57.720 me and I can see it better. 0:07:57.960 --> 0:08:00.880 You can see it better in person. 0:08:01.000 --> 0:08:05.760 Year carefully about problem, drac. 0:08:06.240 --> 0:08:09.520 Well, what we're trying to show is what our guys 0:08:09.680 --> 0:08:13.280 know and what we can go to the field and 0:08:13.360 --> 0:08:18.440 they can execute. So we're not playing everybody. So when 0:08:18.480 --> 0:08:21.520 you're not playing everybody, the group that's out there, what 0:08:21.720 --> 0:08:24.080 can they run and execute at a high level. 0:08:24.080 --> 0:08:24.760 Does that make sense? 0:08:25.320 --> 0:08:28.240 So we're showing what I think they can execute, if 0:08:28.240 --> 0:08:29.920 that makes sense at this moment in time. 0:08:31.960 --> 0:08:38.000 Next up, defensive coordinator Mike McDonald, How are you navigating? 0:08:45.400 --> 0:08:47.160 Yeah, you know, I've thought about it, and you know, 0:08:47.240 --> 0:08:49.400 I assumed that question was going to happen, but I 0:08:49.480 --> 0:08:53.640 think it's an opportunity to one just you know, give 0:08:53.679 --> 0:08:55.920 a shout out to Marlon and the things that he's done, 0:08:56.160 --> 0:08:58.280 you know, for our for our defense and our team. 0:08:58.320 --> 0:09:00.679 I mean, you're talking about a guy that, uh has 0:09:00.720 --> 0:09:02.280 been here in the off season, has taken on a 0:09:02.360 --> 0:09:05.760 leadership role. He's out there every day, he practices extremely hard, 0:09:05.800 --> 0:09:08.800 he practices the right way, and uh, you know, he's 0:09:08.840 --> 0:09:09.079 a teach. 0:09:09.240 --> 0:09:10.800 He's a teach tape every every practice. 0:09:10.840 --> 0:09:13.160 So you know, obviously, you know, we'll see, we'll see 0:09:13.160 --> 0:09:15.520 the length of time that he's gonna miss. We'll miss 0:09:15.600 --> 0:09:18.280 him absolutely, But you know, we do have we do 0:09:18.400 --> 0:09:20.800 have good players in our back end, and and you know, 0:09:20.880 --> 0:09:23.520 the expectation is to come in and and to uh 0:09:23.640 --> 0:09:25.679 and to produce and execute and and play the way 0:09:25.720 --> 0:09:27.960 that we play. So we'll take it one day at 0:09:28.000 --> 0:09:29.800 a time. I'm sure you know there'll be pieces moving 0:09:29.880 --> 0:09:31.599 from here from between now and the and you know, 0:09:31.640 --> 0:09:33.800 when we get kicked off and see where we're at. 0:09:33.920 --> 0:09:36.040 But I think right now we're just trying to figure 0:09:36.040 --> 0:09:37.480 out where to where to put all the spots. And 0:09:38.040 --> 0:09:40.000 I think he will come into clear focus as uh 0:09:40.080 --> 0:09:49.800 as the season approaches. Yeah, we have you know, with Kyle, 0:09:49.880 --> 0:09:52.240 it's it's a function of you know, how much how 0:09:52.320 --> 0:09:54.719 much we want to move him around on a on 0:09:54.800 --> 0:09:56.760 a per play basis. You know, it's not easy going 0:09:56.800 --> 0:09:59.800 from one one position to another. If you can package it, 0:10:00.559 --> 0:10:02.280 uh to make a little cleaner with you know, and 0:10:02.320 --> 0:10:04.280 someone whoever fills in for his role if we do, 0:10:04.440 --> 0:10:06.280 if and when we do move him, you know, that's 0:10:06.280 --> 0:10:07.959 something else that we're considering as well. So it's not 0:10:08.120 --> 0:10:10.559 just Kyle that we're you know, we're uh, we're considering 0:10:10.600 --> 0:10:11.800 when we're talking about moving him. 0:10:12.440 --> 0:10:14.599 You've had somewhere in cars from and I've seen a 0:10:14.600 --> 0:10:17.600 lot of Hardarius Washington that can nick that's something how 0:10:17.640 --> 0:10:21.520 do you think he's here that there's overall about the Yeah. 0:10:21.360 --> 0:10:23.000 Ur Darius has done a great job, and I think 0:10:23.000 --> 0:10:26.440 he really felt him in the game. He plays extremely fast, 0:10:26.520 --> 0:10:29.199 he plays decisive. You know, he's not the biggest h 0:10:29.600 --> 0:10:31.600 d B of all time, but he throws his body 0:10:31.640 --> 0:10:34.600 around and he doesn't play little. You know, he plays 0:10:34.640 --> 0:10:36.240 like he plays like a big player. So you know, 0:10:36.240 --> 0:10:37.880 I give him credit for that. He's a tough player, 0:10:38.480 --> 0:10:40.320 and uh, you know, he's very He's a lot more 0:10:40.360 --> 0:10:42.800 consistent this year, and I'd say that this time last year. 0:10:42.800 --> 0:10:44.959 I think he'd tell you the same thing. So H 0:10:45.320 --> 0:10:50.160 pleads with with AD's progress for sure, John Seymour, H, 0:10:52.200 --> 0:10:53.959 I think he's had a great camp. You know, I 0:10:54.040 --> 0:10:56.839 think you put him in the ar Darius conversation of 0:10:56.960 --> 0:10:59.800 just being more consistent. I think he's playing more confidently 0:11:01.000 --> 0:11:03.760 and especially as man de man techniques. But he's a 0:11:03.800 --> 0:11:06.240 guy that you know, he's just he's he's had a s's, 0:11:06.440 --> 0:11:08.360 he's kind of had been in a few places. He's 0:11:08.400 --> 0:11:10.839 been a great special teams player. And you know, I'm 0:11:10.840 --> 0:11:12.520 sure that you tell you that he's excited about having 0:11:12.520 --> 0:11:15.480 an opportunity to expand his role on defense. So you know, when, if, 0:11:15.520 --> 0:11:17.360 and when his opportunity comes, you know, I expect him 0:11:17.400 --> 0:11:19.280 to be out there making plays just like everybody else. 0:11:19.720 --> 0:11:21.520 Like maybe the the sip, the line of the quarterback 0:11:21.600 --> 0:11:21.880 death that. 0:11:21.920 --> 0:11:25.360 You get really the safeties and marks child, How confident 0:11:25.440 --> 0:11:26.400 are usual those guys? 0:11:26.440 --> 0:11:28.679 Sometimes the way to pick up the slider going you 0:11:28.760 --> 0:11:30.040 see the jor handed a quarterback. 0:11:31.640 --> 0:11:33.719 Yeah, I mean I would say I'm extremely confident for 0:11:33.800 --> 0:11:35.120 them to go in and play. 0:11:35.000 --> 0:11:35.680 Really good football. 0:11:35.679 --> 0:11:37.360 I wouldn't say they got to pick up any slack, 0:11:37.440 --> 0:11:40.520 you know. I just you start trying to do things 0:11:40.600 --> 0:11:42.559 outside of what we're asking you to do within this scheme. 0:11:42.600 --> 0:11:44.760 I think that's when you get when you get holes 0:11:44.840 --> 0:11:46.960 and and uh and in seams that you're not trying 0:11:46.960 --> 0:11:49.960 to create. So they're doing a great job. Uh, they've 0:11:50.000 --> 0:11:52.400 had both had great camps and have a lot of 0:11:52.440 --> 0:11:54.439 confidence in those guys. But I think it's gonna be 0:11:54.480 --> 0:11:56.400 exciting to watch them on the game. But the expectation 0:11:56.480 --> 0:12:00.719 is not to do anything extra but just do their jobs. 0:12:00.720 --> 0:12:06.880 Alid just kind of stood out kind of hand back. 0:12:13.360 --> 0:12:15.280 Well, I mean, like to your to your point, James, 0:12:15.320 --> 0:12:16.959 this is first camp. I mean he's really he really 0:12:17.080 --> 0:12:19.960 is a rookie, I mean in really almost every matter 0:12:20.040 --> 0:12:24.040 of the of the words. So we're preaching consistency, just 0:12:24.120 --> 0:12:26.480 like we did with with a DAFE last year, and 0:12:26.559 --> 0:12:30.920 focusing on day to day routine, Okay, the process, taking 0:12:31.000 --> 0:12:33.480 it snap by snap, no hide, don't get too high, 0:12:33.480 --> 0:12:36.319 don't get too low. It's a long season and and 0:12:36.440 --> 0:12:38.240 we want him out there, you know, for the long haul. 0:12:38.360 --> 0:12:41.839 So you know, the expectation is is that, uh, he's 0:12:41.880 --> 0:12:44.160 going to be able to produce for us, you know, consistently. 0:12:44.320 --> 0:12:46.680 So that's the message that we're trying to get get 0:12:46.800 --> 0:12:49.680 get towards him. And I think he's accepting it. And uh, 0:12:49.880 --> 0:12:51.480 you know i'd say, I'd say for being a rookie, 0:12:51.480 --> 0:12:57.520 it's a it's a good first good camp, you know. Yeah, 0:12:57.520 --> 0:12:59.319 I would just piggyback on my answer there. I think 0:12:59.360 --> 0:13:03.520 you do see a daily focus from him on what 0:13:03.640 --> 0:13:06.200 we're asking him to do within the defense. I say, 0:13:06.280 --> 0:13:09.320 his his rush is a lot more decisive. I think 0:13:09.679 --> 0:13:12.319 you see a more consistent plan on a down in 0:13:12.400 --> 0:13:15.640 and down out basis. And uh, you know, the message 0:13:15.640 --> 0:13:16.960 to him is you know I told the other day, 0:13:17.040 --> 0:13:18.920 is you know, let's can you do it for fifty 0:13:18.960 --> 0:13:20.760 five plays. Can you do it for sixty plays? That's 0:13:20.800 --> 0:13:23.640 a challenge and I and I think he's taken that 0:13:23.720 --> 0:13:25.440 on head on. So I'm proud of his approach there 0:13:25.480 --> 0:13:28.760 and his mentality. But we'll see that's that's the next step. 0:13:28.559 --> 0:13:30.440 For him yet. 0:13:32.520 --> 0:13:47.800 But give it a yeah. 0:13:47.840 --> 0:13:50.280 Well, it's the hand that we've been dealt, so you know, 0:13:50.360 --> 0:13:52.600 we got to take it on head on and we're rolling, 0:13:52.679 --> 0:13:52.800 you know. 0:13:52.840 --> 0:13:53.760 I mean, that's if you take it. 0:13:53.960 --> 0:13:55.679 If you have a different approach, then you know all 0:13:55.760 --> 0:13:58.560 you're doing is just wasting time. But to your point, 0:13:58.600 --> 0:14:00.240 you know, there's certain things that we wanted to get 0:14:00.240 --> 0:14:02.840 to at this point if you would have considered everyone 0:14:03.000 --> 0:14:05.079 was available, you know, so you got to kind of 0:14:05.080 --> 0:14:08.079 put your ego aside and table those things. And for 0:14:08.160 --> 0:14:10.160 certain guys, based on where their development is, you know, 0:14:10.200 --> 0:14:12.959 you have to evaluate that. And you know, now you're 0:14:12.960 --> 0:14:14.559 looking at hey, let's you know, let's make sure we're 0:14:14.559 --> 0:14:16.319 doing all the stuff and everybody's on the same page. 0:14:16.720 --> 0:14:18.199 We'll get to the stuff that we want to get 0:14:18.240 --> 0:14:20.200 to in time when it's the correct time. But right now, 0:14:20.680 --> 0:14:22.680 time is to get everybody, get everybody rolling up to 0:14:22.720 --> 0:14:23.360 speed for sure. 0:14:25.240 --> 0:14:28.000 And lastly, special teams coordinator Chris Horton. 0:14:28.840 --> 0:14:32.240 Good to see everyone today. Hope everyone's doing well. Just 0:14:32.320 --> 0:14:34.520 a quick little recap from the game. It seems like 0:14:34.600 --> 0:14:36.560 it was forever ago, but I'll just try to give 0:14:36.560 --> 0:14:38.040 you as much as I can remember. I thought, I 0:14:38.120 --> 0:14:40.280 thought all the guys went out there, they play well, 0:14:40.480 --> 0:14:43.440 they compete it. We gave him an opportunity to try to, 0:14:43.520 --> 0:14:45.600 you know, make some plays. We didn't really have that 0:14:45.800 --> 0:14:49.480 many opportunities in the part return game. You know, one 0:14:49.520 --> 0:14:51.240 of the glaring moments we did put a ball on 0:14:51.320 --> 0:14:54.600 the ground. Obviously we've been coaching our butt offs with that. 0:14:55.520 --> 0:14:58.760 James knows, you know, what we expect whenever he's back there. 0:14:58.840 --> 0:15:01.760 Ball security first. The last two days have been really 0:15:01.800 --> 0:15:04.480 good for us. I thought the commanders came in here 0:15:04.520 --> 0:15:05.960 and really did a good job and gave us a 0:15:05.960 --> 0:15:08.240 great look. I thought we got some really good punt 0:15:08.280 --> 0:15:10.800 and punt return work, which is what we look forward to, 0:15:11.560 --> 0:15:13.480 is what we needed, and we got some young guys 0:15:13.560 --> 0:15:15.800 doing some good things. Just really looking forward to seeing 0:15:15.840 --> 0:15:18.360 those guys go out on Monday night and perform at 0:15:18.400 --> 0:15:24.160 a high level. Questions you see, I'm keeping as you know, 0:15:24.320 --> 0:15:26.840 ke Keaton's doing a great job. We got him back 0:15:26.840 --> 0:15:29.400 there for a reason. He's got he's got elite speed, 0:15:29.920 --> 0:15:31.800 he's got great vision, and his ball. 0:15:31.720 --> 0:15:33.400 Security is outstanding. 0:15:33.560 --> 0:15:33.640 Uh. 0:15:34.040 --> 0:15:35.800 You know, so we're just gonna continue to give him 0:15:35.800 --> 0:15:38.720 opportunities back there. Uh. We got some other guys that 0:15:38.760 --> 0:15:41.200 will also put back there this week and give opportunities 0:15:41.200 --> 0:15:43.440 to But Keaton's doing a great job. We put him 0:15:43.480 --> 0:15:45.560 at gunner, We're letting him, you know, we're letting him 0:15:45.560 --> 0:15:47.840 play out there. We put him as an inside player 0:15:47.920 --> 0:15:51.160 on kickoff and just allowing him to utilize his skill set, 0:15:52.040 --> 0:15:54.680 you know, his speed, his physicality whenever he's out there. 0:15:59.040 --> 0:15:59.720 You know, Jeff I do. 0:16:00.160 --> 0:16:02.320 I thought Jordan came out. He punted the ball very well. 0:16:02.320 --> 0:16:04.640 He had great hang time on those punts. He gave 0:16:04.680 --> 0:16:07.960 our gave our coverage an opportunity to get down the field. Obviously, 0:16:08.080 --> 0:16:10.120 there's some things that we're going to continue to work on, 0:16:10.640 --> 0:16:12.280 uh as far as keeping the ball out of the 0:16:12.320 --> 0:16:15.000 middle of the field. But when the ball was in 0:16:15.080 --> 0:16:17.440 the middle of the field, he had hang times which 0:16:17.480 --> 0:16:19.560 allowed our guys to get down the field and uh 0:16:19.880 --> 0:16:20.520 and and cover. 0:16:20.680 --> 0:16:22.960 So I'm really pleased where Jordan is. And obviously we're 0:16:23.000 --> 0:16:23.920 going to continue to work. 0:16:24.360 --> 0:16:26.280 Christ you've spoken high. We have Tyler rots from them. 0:16:26.480 --> 0:16:28.520 He arrived with pretty pleased to see you've seen him 0:16:28.520 --> 0:16:29.720 practice carry over to the game. 0:16:30.040 --> 0:16:30.480 Did you see it? 0:16:30.560 --> 0:16:30.760 Kind of? 0:16:31.080 --> 0:16:32.920 You know, practice has carried over to the games. 0:16:32.920 --> 0:16:34.720 And again I thought, uh, you know, in the preseason 0:16:34.760 --> 0:16:36.560 games you don't really get as many rushes. 0:16:36.760 --> 0:16:38.920 But I thought, the last two days, what we got 0:16:38.960 --> 0:16:39.520 out of him. 0:16:39.440 --> 0:16:41.600 From the commanders and what we've seen from the commanders 0:16:41.920 --> 0:16:44.720 has really just really proven our proven ourselves right that 0:16:44.840 --> 0:16:47.720 this guy, this guy can get it done. And I thought, 0:16:47.760 --> 0:16:50.080 I thought his field goal snap on that sixty yard er, man, 0:16:50.160 --> 0:16:53.040 it was from snap to hold to the to the kick, 0:16:53.120 --> 0:16:53.880 it was outstanding. 0:16:55.840 --> 0:16:58.720 When contacts gonna get on limited at what are you 0:16:58.760 --> 0:17:00.840 looking for when you when you're value waiting young guys 0:17:00.920 --> 0:17:04.520 were good opera guys, you might work, you. 0:17:04.520 --> 0:17:05.399 Know, we're just looking for that. 0:17:05.560 --> 0:17:08.080 We're looking for guys that fly around, play with a 0:17:08.280 --> 0:17:11.000 play with high level of intensity, play with good effort, 0:17:11.160 --> 0:17:14.199 play with physicality, and just really see who could who 0:17:14.240 --> 0:17:17.479 could execute under pressure and not make the minimal mistakes. Uh, 0:17:17.680 --> 0:17:20.480 And then we will give those guys opportunities throughout the 0:17:20.520 --> 0:17:22.600 game to kind of really go cover some kicks and 0:17:22.680 --> 0:17:24.200 make some plays, and we just want to see guys 0:17:24.240 --> 0:17:25.000 play the raven way. 0:17:26.160 --> 0:17:28.520 Justin's sixty yards, it looks like it could have been 0:17:28.600 --> 0:17:33.040 further from significantly longer. You all messit measure exit velocity 0:17:33.280 --> 0:17:35.680 or how far kicks could have gone, where they could 0:17:35.720 --> 0:17:36.080 have been made. 0:17:36.160 --> 0:17:38.320 Like is there an analytics pression all that kind of 0:17:38.320 --> 0:17:39.000 stuff you take. 0:17:38.920 --> 0:17:41.320 It, you know Roun there probably is, But I don't 0:17:41.320 --> 0:17:43.480 think when when we're in the game, I don't think 0:17:43.560 --> 0:17:44.480 Randy's thinking about that. 0:17:44.600 --> 0:17:45.800 I think, uh, throughout the. 0:17:45.840 --> 0:17:49.040 Pregame, Randy knows Tuck's line and he's he's like, hey, 0:17:49.119 --> 0:17:50.960 we can we we can be good from here. And 0:17:51.000 --> 0:17:53.080 we line up there, we kicked the ball and you know, 0:17:53.400 --> 0:17:55.239 we put Tuck out there, he's gonna expect to make 0:17:55.280 --> 0:17:57.000 the kick. And it was a it was a great 0:17:57.080 --> 0:17:57.359 night for. 0:17:57.400 --> 0:17:59.160 It personally seen from. 0:18:03.200 --> 0:18:03.840 Tyler Walls. 0:18:10.520 --> 0:18:12.840 Again, all these guys are doing a really good job, 0:18:13.600 --> 0:18:16.679 specifically Thailand. You know, Thailand's in his third year, right 0:18:16.760 --> 0:18:19.040 and and if if we just remember when Tailand was 0:18:19.080 --> 0:18:21.679 a rookie man, he played, he played lights out for us, 0:18:21.760 --> 0:18:24.280