WEBVTT - Jets 2024 Training Camp Preview with Offensive Coordinator Nathaniel Hackett (7/9) 0:00:04.519 --> 0:00:07.640 Well, what's it been like year two as opposed to 0:00:07.880 --> 0:00:09.360 last spring coming out here? 0:00:09.760 --> 0:00:14.160 It's been great. It's anytime you're in a second year offense. 0:00:14.360 --> 0:00:16.799 It's a completely different feel from you know, when you 0:00:16.840 --> 0:00:21.160 first start your installing plays, you're installing alignments and you're 0:00:21.160 --> 0:00:24.000 talking about guys just trying to understand what they're doing. 0:00:24.360 --> 0:00:26.280 Now you can really detail it up. You can talk 0:00:26.320 --> 0:00:28.880 about the intricacies of the route. You can experiment with 0:00:28.960 --> 0:00:32.159 new plays, new motions, all kinds of different fun things. 0:00:32.200 --> 0:00:34.800 So it's been really good. I think the guys have 0:00:34.840 --> 0:00:35.479 really enjoyed it. 0:00:35.560 --> 0:00:38.280 Do you sense some of the veterans in the system, 0:00:38.479 --> 0:00:42.920 even like a young guy like Brice Hall, they feel 0:00:43.000 --> 0:00:46.560 more confident and they'll be able to move quicker because 0:00:46.560 --> 0:00:47.680 they have a better grasp of. 0:00:47.680 --> 0:00:49.960 The system without a doubt. I mean you look at 0:00:50.200 --> 0:00:52.760 you know, guys like Garrett, Guys like Breece. Those two 0:00:52.800 --> 0:00:55.760 guys came in the first year, had a whole system change, 0:00:56.200 --> 0:00:57.520 so I had to learn a whole new system. They 0:00:57.560 --> 0:00:59.240 didn't even have that same system two years in a 0:00:59.320 --> 0:01:01.400 row to now the their first time having the system 0:01:01.400 --> 0:01:04.960 two years in a row. Guys like Xavier, you know, 0:01:05.040 --> 0:01:06.600 being able to come in and have a second year 0:01:06.600 --> 0:01:09.319 in the same system. So he's not again learning what 0:01:09.520 --> 0:01:12.560 this route is. Now he's truly running the route. 0:01:13.480 --> 0:01:19.320 How does the system change because after four snaps last year, 0:01:20.480 --> 0:01:24.639 you had totally altered what you were doing because Aaron 0:01:24.760 --> 0:01:27.800 is a central part of what you were going to 0:01:27.840 --> 0:01:29.320 do in twenty twenty three. 0:01:30.080 --> 0:01:32.199 Yes, I mean when you have a guy like Aaron, 0:01:32.280 --> 0:01:34.560 you want to build everything around him. I think anybody 0:01:34.959 --> 0:01:38.000 would want to do that. And when he went down, 0:01:38.319 --> 0:01:40.920 we had to make adjustments. I still think about that 0:01:41.000 --> 0:01:42.560 game quite a bit, you know. I give so much 0:01:42.600 --> 0:01:45.360 credit to that group being able to come together and 0:01:45.360 --> 0:01:47.720 still find a way to win that football game. And 0:01:47.760 --> 0:01:49.200 but yeah, you have to make changes. You have to 0:01:49.200 --> 0:01:52.120 work with the guys that you have, and having Aaron back, 0:01:52.400 --> 0:01:53.720 we get to work with him. Have a guy like 0:01:53.720 --> 0:01:58.040 Tyrod Taylor, another veteran, experienced guy, it allows you to 0:01:58.080 --> 0:01:59.520 do a lot of those things you. 0:01:59.560 --> 0:02:02.560 Were just talking about here before, and I mentioned Breece. 0:02:04.080 --> 0:02:06.760 What does it say about like you were talking about 0:02:06.800 --> 0:02:08.880 that it was their second year in the National Football 0:02:08.960 --> 0:02:11.720 League and they were still able to produce like that. 0:02:12.160 --> 0:02:15.720 Garrett played with four different quarterbacks last year, becomes the 0:02:15.800 --> 0:02:19.519 first Jet ever in back to back seasons to start 0:02:19.560 --> 0:02:22.000 a career goal over one thousand yards receiving. And then 0:02:22.040 --> 0:02:26.160 he got bree who's playing in a new system, you 0:02:26.280 --> 0:02:29.880 have quarterback instability, and he still goes from more than 0:02:29.919 --> 0:02:32.600 fifteen hundred yards from scrimmage off in ACL. 0:02:32.960 --> 0:02:35.720 Yeah. No, it's impressive. I mean you look at Breee 0:02:35.760 --> 0:02:37.640 and just you know the amount of work that he 0:02:37.680 --> 0:02:39.680 put in to get back and be able to play 0:02:39.720 --> 0:02:41.280 at a high level. And it was a little slow 0:02:41.320 --> 0:02:43.360 to start as he was working himself back in, but 0:02:44.000 --> 0:02:46.240 watching him slowly get better and better as a season win. 0:02:46.320 --> 0:02:48.760 I mean that checked down versus the Giants that went 0:02:48.800 --> 0:02:50.919 for fifty. I mean, chose what he's capable of. You 0:02:50.960 --> 0:02:53.000 can throw him a two yard pass and they could 0:02:53.000 --> 0:02:55.360 go the distance. A guy like Garrett to have so 0:02:55.400 --> 0:02:57.359 many different guys in his first two years throwing the 0:02:57.360 --> 0:02:59.720 football and still be able to have the production that 0:02:59.760 --> 0:03:02.200 he as you know, to credit to those guys, and 0:03:02.760 --> 0:03:05.279 it's frustrating at times because you want to have consistency 0:03:05.400 --> 0:03:08.359 across the board. But they've you know, kept their heads down, 0:03:08.680 --> 0:03:10.640 they do their job, and they continually try to strive 0:03:10.680 --> 0:03:11.399 to get better. 0:03:11.280 --> 0:03:15.720 Different personalities, But can you talk about the similarities with 0:03:15.880 --> 0:03:19.560 Garrett and Breese. Breese was just talking before he said, 0:03:19.919 --> 0:03:25.440 you know, I probably had too few many drops last year, 0:03:25.560 --> 0:03:28.360 and Garrett's always talking about I haven't done anything in 0:03:28.400 --> 0:03:29.680 the national football yet. 0:03:31.240 --> 0:03:33.720 You know, Brice, I's crazy to think that those two 0:03:33.720 --> 0:03:36.120 guys were one and two in most receptions. I believe. 0:03:36.160 --> 0:03:38.120 I think it was right around there with Conklin in there. 0:03:39.440 --> 0:03:41.800 But you know, Breece is a humble guy, you know, 0:03:41.920 --> 0:03:44.480 I mean, both of them are humble guys, and but 0:03:44.520 --> 0:03:48.280 they're very fiery competitors, and uh, you know, there were 0:03:48.280 --> 0:03:50.280 a lot of opportunities that we could have taken advantage 0:03:50.280 --> 0:03:51.600 of it to get them the ball more, I think, 0:03:51.680 --> 0:03:54.520 and we need to take advantage of those and Garrett, 0:03:54.560 --> 0:03:57.000 you know, I mean just to be able to get 0:03:57.080 --> 0:03:59.960 the production that he has, Like I said, without that consistency. 0:04:00.080 --> 0:04:02.960 You know, when you get that consistency, it's going to 0:04:03.000 --> 0:04:05.040 be it's going to be fun to watch him out there. 0:04:05.160 --> 0:04:07.400 What's different about those guys because I don't think you 0:04:07.480 --> 0:04:10.800 get the sense just watching on TV as opposed to 0:04:10.920 --> 0:04:13.840 maybe coming out here and taking in practice, like we 0:04:13.880 --> 0:04:16.159 have the opportunity to you're coaching on the field, but 0:04:17.320 --> 0:04:20.479 Garrett just moves differently to other people. Can you speak 0:04:20.520 --> 0:04:20.719 to that. 0:04:21.920 --> 0:04:25.440 The thing with Garrett is is he truly wants the 0:04:25.480 --> 0:04:30.080 ball every play and whether you know it's it's there 0:04:30.200 --> 0:04:32.800 or not there, I mean it's whether you know we 0:04:32.839 --> 0:04:35.200 could do something different. I mean he wants I mean, 0:04:35.240 --> 0:04:36.800 he just wants to make as many plays as he can. 0:04:36.839 --> 0:04:38.880 I mean he is the ultimate ultimate competitor. I mean 0:04:38.920 --> 0:04:41.520 he switches, has this switch that he turns on once 0:04:41.520 --> 0:04:43.120 he walks out and it doesn't matter if it's practice 0:04:43.200 --> 0:04:45.840 or a game. And you got to love that. I 0:04:45.880 --> 0:04:48.000 mean that's what you want from a premier player. You 0:04:48.000 --> 0:04:50.440 want them to want the ball every second, no matter what, 0:04:50.839 --> 0:04:53.839 no matter what the period is, whether it's a walkthrough 0:04:54.000 --> 0:04:57.320 or a or a practice period or a game. And 0:04:57.760 --> 0:05:00.320 so I just love that about him. And you know 0:05:00.360 --> 0:05:02.160 he is a fiery competitor and it's gonna be fun 0:05:02.200 --> 0:05:02.839 getting him the ball. 0:05:02.880 --> 0:05:05.200 Can you talk about the connection that he has with Aaron. 0:05:05.279 --> 0:05:09.000 We saw it last year before Aaron going down, but 0:05:09.560 --> 0:05:12.080 you've seen it here throughout the off season as well. 0:05:12.320 --> 0:05:13.359 Just continue to grow. 0:05:13.600 --> 0:05:16.279 Oh, it definitely is, and it needs to grow even 0:05:16.320 --> 0:05:18.799 more as we get closer to the game, they still 0:05:18.880 --> 0:05:21.400 don't have a lot of game experience together. So it's 0:05:21.480 --> 0:05:24.680 one thing in practice to continually do it. But versus 0:05:24.680 --> 0:05:27.040 a very good defense that we go against every single day. 0:05:27.680 --> 0:05:29.279 But they got to get out there on the field 0:05:29.320 --> 0:05:32.240 and get that feel for each other and be able 0:05:32.240 --> 0:05:34.960 to from the different checks and different audibles that we 0:05:35.040 --> 0:05:38.080 love to do. If we have advantageous looks and just 0:05:38.080 --> 0:05:39.599 continually developed together. 0:05:39.520 --> 0:05:42.159 What kind of different looks do you expect from defenses 0:05:42.480 --> 0:05:45.680 after Priests put together that season. But now Aaron's coming 0:05:45.720 --> 0:05:50.640 back and he's healthy, you can't say to Aaron Rodgers, oh, 0:05:50.680 --> 0:05:52.560 we're just gonna load up the box, We're gonna stop 0:05:52.560 --> 0:05:54.920 them wrong, go ahead to you know, try to beat us, 0:05:55.000 --> 0:05:58.640 because we've seen how that has worked. Nobody is ever 0:05:58.680 --> 0:06:00.279 going to approach defund an. Aaron alle that. 0:06:00.880 --> 0:06:03.520 Yeah, you know, being with him those three years at 0:06:03.520 --> 0:06:07.440 Green Bay, it was it was fascinating because you know, 0:06:07.480 --> 0:06:09.360 as coaches, you do everything you can to try to 0:06:09.400 --> 0:06:11.599 find different ways to get guys the ball, and you 0:06:11.600 --> 0:06:13.680 look at all the tendencies, you look at all the analytics, 0:06:13.720 --> 0:06:15.960 you look at all the numbers, and you know, I've 0:06:15.960 --> 0:06:19.320 been in situations when you know, you tell tell Aaron 0:06:19.360 --> 0:06:21.560 that hey, this is this is what you're gonna get, 0:06:22.080 --> 0:06:23.600 this is what they're going to do, and they give 0:06:23.640 --> 0:06:27.719 you something completely different. So it really ranges by games. 0:06:27.760 --> 0:06:29.880 Some guys have philosophies that they're going to just do 0:06:29.920 --> 0:06:33.240 exactly what they know because I feel that's their best chance. 0:06:33.279 --> 0:06:36.479 Some guys wholesale change and they'll play completely different defenses 0:06:36.520 --> 0:06:39.320 than they've ever done, or go, you know, out of 0:06:39.360 --> 0:06:41.800 their comfort level just to try to mess with Aaron 0:06:41.800 --> 0:06:43.400 a little bit. So we have to be ready for 0:06:43.440 --> 0:06:45.360 anything and everything all the time with him out there. 0:06:45.520 --> 0:06:49.800 What's the luxury as a play caller if you're in 0:06:49.839 --> 0:06:53.560 a walkie talkie out here, or it's in game, you're 0:06:53.560 --> 0:06:56.760 in a booth and you call that play knowing that 0:06:57.400 --> 0:07:02.159 Aaron has seen everything defense could possibly throw at him. 0:07:02.320 --> 0:07:06.720 So there are times maybe you're sitting there up there 0:07:06.760 --> 0:07:09.400 as a play caller and you get cut off, maybe 0:07:09.440 --> 0:07:11.920 you don't like that play, but he has the ability 0:07:12.040 --> 0:07:13.480 to help you get into something else. 0:07:13.720 --> 0:07:17.000 Yeah, the great thing about Aaron is whenever we talk 0:07:17.000 --> 0:07:19.800 about a play, everything for us is about the intention 0:07:19.880 --> 0:07:22.720 of the play. You call it for a purpose, something 0:07:22.720 --> 0:07:26.440 that you're truly trying to attack, and not every play 0:07:26.480 --> 0:07:29.280 works for us. Everything otherwise everybody in the NFL would 0:07:29.280 --> 0:07:31.360 probably call that exact same play over and over again. 0:07:31.440 --> 0:07:34.160 So there's different ways to take things away. So Aaron 0:07:34.200 --> 0:07:36.640 gives you that ability that he knows why that play 0:07:36.720 --> 0:07:39.000 was called, so he can get you to something else. 0:07:39.200 --> 0:07:41.480 I think that's something that we're always pushing and striving for. 0:07:41.640 --> 0:07:45.080 Is we know we wanted this verse, whatever we were 0:07:45.080 --> 0:07:47.160 looking for. Hey, they didn't give it to us. They 0:07:47.280 --> 0:07:49.600 change it up. Okay, Aaron, let's get to something else 0:07:49.640 --> 0:07:52.440 and let those guys get used to that potentially changing 0:07:52.640 --> 0:07:54.520 so he can get a premiere play. 0:07:54.760 --> 0:07:59.080 Can you talk about his memory, the way he reflects 0:07:59.120 --> 0:08:03.200 on maybe something and that happened then eighteen or fifteen, 0:08:04.520 --> 0:08:08.560 like everything. As far as this is where data, I 0:08:08.760 --> 0:08:11.760 just rush or come free from the left side. The 0:08:11.840 --> 0:08:14.640 safety was sneaking up over here. I saw they. He 0:08:14.840 --> 0:08:17.280 talk about those conversations that you guys have in the 0:08:17.280 --> 0:08:23.040 meeting room, and it's isn't it something truly unique? As 0:08:23.080 --> 0:08:24.720 far as what he brings to the table from the 0:08:24.760 --> 0:08:25.360 mental part of. 0:08:25.360 --> 0:08:28.200 The game, it is, you know, as a coach, I 0:08:28.200 --> 0:08:30.680 feel like we memorize every single play that we've ever 0:08:30.720 --> 0:08:34.120 called or been a part of. Yeah, and some players 0:08:34.160 --> 0:08:36.920 have that ability. Some just kind of play each play 0:08:36.920 --> 0:08:40.280 and then you know, don't remember it. I mean, this guy, 0:08:40.720 --> 0:08:42.600 you know, anytime you're going to present him with something, 0:08:42.720 --> 0:08:44.679 you have to be sure you've checked it all the 0:08:44.679 --> 0:08:47.480 way back to when he first started playing, because you'll 0:08:47.480 --> 0:08:50.800 be sitting there and he'll say, you know, oh, I 0:08:50.840 --> 0:08:54.280 remember in twenty ten when I threw this ball to 0:08:54.360 --> 0:08:56.480 the right and had a sidestep left, and I mean 0:08:56.480 --> 0:08:58.280 you're just like, really, and then you always want to 0:08:58.280 --> 0:09:00.440 go back and check it. And the far this he'll 0:09:00.480 --> 0:09:02.560 be off is maybe the quarter you know from the game. 0:09:02.600 --> 0:09:04.600 He might have said second quarter, it was first quarter, 0:09:04.720 --> 0:09:05.720 but it is. 0:09:05.840 --> 0:09:11.040 It's uncanny what's he been like this time around coming 0:09:11.080 --> 0:09:13.920 off to Achilles, Because you guys talked about when he 0:09:14.000 --> 0:09:17.920 came back to practice last year. I know Brick was 0:09:17.920 --> 0:09:19.840 in here just a couple of days ago and saying, 0:09:19.880 --> 0:09:22.120 you know, he's slicing and dicing us up. Pisses you 0:09:22.160 --> 0:09:26.079 off when you're playing against him, but knowing that he's forty, 0:09:26.240 --> 0:09:28.640 knowing this is second time around, he's going to turn 0:09:28.679 --> 0:09:30.840 forty one in December and knowing a lot of people 0:09:30.880 --> 0:09:35.160 are counting them out this time. How different is it? 0:09:35.440 --> 0:09:38.520 I heard the new the forty was the new twenty. Yeah, so, 0:09:39.679 --> 0:09:43.120 and that's kind of his you know, how he's presented himself, 0:09:43.280 --> 0:09:47.079 you know, I mean he's young and spry and fired up. 0:09:47.160 --> 0:09:50.160 I think he's really enjoying himself. We're doing as much 0:09:50.160 --> 0:09:52.640 as we can to try to stimulate him, and because 0:09:52.640 --> 0:09:55.360 there's certain plays that he's done so many times, and 0:09:55.440 --> 0:09:57.079 so you want to try to find ways to spice 0:09:57.120 --> 0:09:59.520 it up for him, whether it's with different players or 0:09:59.520 --> 0:10:03.760 different or different personnels, different formations. And I think he's 0:10:03.800 --> 0:10:06.040 really enjoyed it and all the things that we're trying 0:10:06.080 --> 0:10:08.559 to do to just try to help him grow and 0:10:09.280 --> 0:10:10.040 enjoy himself. 0:10:10.520 --> 0:10:12.960 Have you been able to take a sigh of relief? 0:10:13.080 --> 0:10:16.400 Games Sam have been played. I know this, but that's 0:10:16.440 --> 0:10:19.320 awfully difficult for any play caller in the National Football 0:10:19.400 --> 0:10:23.040 League to not only lose your quarterback, but you had 0:10:23.120 --> 0:10:26.600 thirteen different offensive line combinations. Now, when you see Tyron 0:10:26.679 --> 0:10:29.360 Smith and you see John Simpson, you see Morgan Moses, 0:10:29.559 --> 0:10:32.599 you see Olu Fashion, you see these other duth pieces 0:10:32.840 --> 0:10:34.920 who've been able to get some good reps out here, 0:10:34.960 --> 0:10:38.440 like the Carter Warrens of the World or Wes or Max, 0:10:39.040 --> 0:10:44.679 and a list goes on. Does it get yet excited 0:10:44.920 --> 0:10:48.200 for the potential of this group up front after everything 0:10:48.240 --> 0:10:49.520 you guys endured last year? 0:10:50.240 --> 0:10:52.480 Yeah, no, I mean you're right, there were a lot 0:10:52.480 --> 0:10:54.640 of things that we had to It was a lot 0:10:54.640 --> 0:10:57.360 of adversity. Yeah, And I think with adversity build strength, 0:10:58.120 --> 0:10:59.920 And like you had said, I think some of that 0:11:00.120 --> 0:11:02.160 experience that the guys had, whether it was the young 0:11:02.200 --> 0:11:05.320 wide receivers, the offensive linemen that we're just coming into 0:11:05.360 --> 0:11:07.360 the building and starting right away or having to go 0:11:07.440 --> 0:11:10.240 right in, it's something that that is great for them 0:11:10.400 --> 0:11:12.440 to be able to grow and get that game tape, 0:11:12.480 --> 0:11:15.800 feel more confidence and for us, you know, you can't 0:11:15.800 --> 0:11:18.280 necessarily get excited yet. There's still long ways away. Like 0:11:18.320 --> 0:11:20.000 you said before that first game, we still have a 0:11:20.000 --> 0:11:21.679 lot of work to do. The guy's got to get 0:11:21.720 --> 0:11:23.520 on the same page. We need to have some consistency, 0:11:24.080 --> 0:11:26.360 and I think is that, you know, we slowly get 0:11:26.400 --> 0:11:28.560 closer and closer. I think that's when that excitement will build. 0:11:28.600 --> 0:11:30.240 What's the most impressive thing about Tyra. 0:11:31.120 --> 0:11:34.920 I mean, he's a very very big human being that 0:11:34.920 --> 0:11:39.040 can move well. I mean, it's that's probably the nicest way. 0:11:39.040 --> 0:11:40.880 I mean, you see him walk out there, and I 0:11:40.880 --> 0:11:43.720 mean he's a specimen. Yeah, and watching his body control 0:11:44.040 --> 0:11:46.240 his ability to run. I mean, he had a couple 0:11:46.679 --> 0:11:49.280 things he did today that I mean, just some moves 0:11:49.280 --> 0:11:51.120 that he was able to pick up with, you know, 0:11:51.280 --> 0:11:55.480 very elite quick twitch defensive ends that. I mean, it's unbelievable. 0:11:55.559 --> 0:11:57.560 He's so natural fluid, it's crazy it is. 0:11:57.800 --> 0:12:00.640 He doesn't lose a step, he doesn't waste step, and 0:12:00.800 --> 0:12:03.440 he's unbelievably talented. So you know, it's been fun to 0:12:03.440 --> 0:12:05.679 get to know him. He's really really good dude, and 0:12:06.360 --> 0:12:07.400 I'm excited to have him here. 0:12:07.440 --> 0:12:11.360 What about John Simpson, He really revitalized his career in 0:12:11.400 --> 0:12:13.760 Baltimore with a breakthrough. Now you guys bring him in. 0:12:14.040 --> 0:12:16.040 I'll tell you he had really great tape last year. 0:12:16.120 --> 0:12:18.000 I thought he did some really good things and we 0:12:18.000 --> 0:12:19.880 were so excited to be able to get him. And 0:12:20.080 --> 0:12:22.360 as another guy, you know, it's another just from a 0:12:22.360 --> 0:12:25.240 personality standpoint, I mean, it's such a great culture fit 0:12:25.600 --> 0:12:27.800 to go in that room, and you know, he's had 0:12:27.840 --> 0:12:30.360 a lot of success. He Morgan Moses playing together at 0:12:30.400 --> 0:12:32.920 Baltimore and the success that they had and be able 0:12:32.920 --> 0:12:36.080 to bring that leadership and that experience in there is great. 0:12:36.120 --> 0:12:39.360 And just watching John out there play and run around, 0:12:39.440 --> 0:12:42.720 I mean, another really big athlete that has a great attitude. 0:12:43.040 --> 0:12:46.040 Was it big for you guys to find a permanent home. 0:12:46.280 --> 0:12:49.559 I'm not going to put this in ink, but you're 0:12:49.559 --> 0:12:53.160 gonna penciling in Elijah Bearratt talker who Robert Salaz said today. 0:12:53.440 --> 0:12:55.760 We expect him to be ready to go for training camp. 0:12:55.800 --> 0:12:57.439 He's working off to the side, going to be a 0:12:57.480 --> 0:12:58.000 right guard now. 0:12:58.400 --> 0:13:00.280 It's going to be great for him, I think, just 0:13:00.280 --> 0:13:03.200 to be able to stay at one position, lock it 0:13:03.240 --> 0:13:05.840 in there and really try to develop him, you know, 0:13:06.000 --> 0:13:09.440 maximize all of his potential. I think he's excited about it. 0:13:09.440 --> 0:13:11.280 We're excited about it, and I just want him to 0:13:11.320 --> 0:13:13.320 be able to be back out there. It's been since 0:13:13.360 --> 0:13:15.400 I think like week five or so, so it'll be 0:13:15.440 --> 0:13:16.280 good to have him back. 0:13:16.240 --> 0:13:18.200 I know. And if you guys get the Broncos here 0:13:18.240 --> 0:13:19.959 so you don't got to worry about going to Denver 0:13:20.720 --> 0:13:23.960 this year. Unfortunately, each of his last two years and 0:13:24.080 --> 0:13:25.880 he had done for Broncos are coming here. We don't 0:13:25.920 --> 0:13:30.600 got to worry about that this year. Mike Williams, obviously 0:13:30.679 --> 0:13:34.280 he's working his way back from the ACLS. Probably similar 0:13:34.360 --> 0:13:38.160 plan that you guys had with Breese in terms of medically. 0:13:39.040 --> 0:13:43.120 What did you like about the tape that Mike has 0:13:43.360 --> 0:13:46.040 put forth throughout his career as a charger. 0:13:46.240 --> 0:13:48.240 I mean, he's been an elite player in this league 0:13:48.280 --> 0:13:50.199 for a long time. I mean his ability to get 0:13:50.240 --> 0:13:53.520 down the field, whether it's the contested fifty to fifty balls, 0:13:54.200 --> 0:13:56.559 routing people up, doing different things. I mean, he's shown 0:13:56.640 --> 0:13:59.240 that he can consistently win. And I think that's something 0:13:59.440 --> 0:14:01.319 you know, for a guy like Aaron, for Tyrod, those 0:14:01.360 --> 0:14:03.559 two guys, to have a guy like that out there, 0:14:03.880 --> 0:14:06.800 you know, a veteran guy that can stretch the field, 0:14:06.880 --> 0:14:08.920 can do some of those big body things. That's something 0:14:08.920 --> 0:14:09.840 all quarterbacks love. 0:14:09.960 --> 0:14:12.240 Do you like his personality seems like a fun guy 0:14:12.280 --> 0:14:14.320 to being around, and we can say that about a 0:14:14.320 --> 0:14:15.040 lot of these guys. 0:14:15.280 --> 0:14:17.360 It's a good group. It's a real good group, man. 0:14:17.480 --> 0:14:20.120 I mean, I'm really really excited to work with all 0:14:20.160 --> 0:14:22.120 of them, and adding Mike to it. I mean, he's 0:14:22.120 --> 0:14:24.200 been a great addition I mean he hasn't been able 0:14:24.200 --> 0:14:26.000 to be out there with us, but you see him 0:14:26.000 --> 0:14:28.400 on the side. He's working his tail off and that's 0:14:28.440 --> 0:14:30.080 all you can ask for, and he's picking up the 0:14:30.080 --> 0:14:31.360 system and getting ready to get back. 0:14:32.360 --> 0:14:35.960 How is the rookie Malchi Corley adapt into the league 0:14:36.360 --> 0:14:38.280 just in terms of practices and what you guys are 0:14:38.320 --> 0:14:41.440 asking to do because at wku to trying to get 0:14:41.480 --> 0:14:44.560 the ball in his hands, but you guys are going 0:14:44.640 --> 0:14:47.600 to do a lot of different things in terms of 0:14:47.680 --> 0:14:48.720 what you're going to ask him to do. 0:14:48.840 --> 0:14:52.120 Rob wise, Yeah, you know, he had a great college 0:14:52.200 --> 0:14:54.160 highlight tape. I mean we talked about him being the 0:14:54.240 --> 0:14:56.720 Yak King, and you know, when he gets the ball 0:14:56.760 --> 0:14:58.640 in his hands, he is dynamic. I mean, i mean 0:14:58.680 --> 0:15:00.960 it's all over the tape. I mean he's hunting up contact, 0:15:01.000 --> 0:15:04.400 he embraces it. But you know, he's a rookie and 0:15:04.760 --> 0:15:07.400 rookies need some time to develop and it's a new system. 0:15:07.440 --> 0:15:10.440 There's lots of formations, lots of routes, and we were 0:15:10.480 --> 0:15:12.440 trying to kind of throw everything at him and see 0:15:12.440 --> 0:15:14.200 what sticks and see where that goes. 0:15:14.600 --> 0:15:16.720 What's he like in the classroom because he seems like 0:15:16.760 --> 0:15:18.360 he's got a good way about himself. 0:15:18.520 --> 0:15:21.760 He does, he does. All the rookies got to work hard. Yeah, 0:15:22.200 --> 0:15:23.920 it's a big change once you get to this level. 0:15:24.000 --> 0:15:28.040 Speaking of big changes, you mentioned Xavier before you sent 0:15:28.200 --> 0:15:30.560 something different from him. Now that he's got a year 0:15:30.640 --> 0:15:31.320 under his belt. 0:15:31.800 --> 0:15:34.800 Oh, it's like we said, I mean that the experience 0:15:34.840 --> 0:15:38.080 that he got last year is priceless. I mean, we 0:15:38.120 --> 0:15:39.720 all know about his speed, we all know what he 0:15:39.760 --> 0:15:43.000 could do punt returning, and the confidence that he got 0:15:43.080 --> 0:15:45.440 last year. I think he had a touchdown on a 0:15:45.480 --> 0:15:47.840 sweep and had a couple of catches here and there. 0:15:47.880 --> 0:15:49.920 But you know, it was a brand new for him. 0:15:50.040 --> 0:15:53.080 You know, it's a long season, you know, seventeen game 0:15:53.120 --> 0:15:55.360 season for all the rookies. It's hard to kind of 0:15:55.360 --> 0:15:57.960 get used to that that first year. And now he 0:15:58.040 --> 0:16:00.760 knows and he got that experience. I mean, he's a tough, 0:16:00.800 --> 0:16:04.640 tough kid, awesome person. Love being around him, and you know, 0:16:04.920 --> 0:16:07.360 we just want to keep pushing him and let him 0:16:07.440 --> 0:16:08.440 utilize that juice. 0:16:09.000 --> 0:16:13.040 Let's talk about your tight end group. The guy keeps 0:16:13.040 --> 0:16:16.760 on popping on the screen to me, who hit an 0:16:16.880 --> 0:16:20.640 under the radar season? Last year's Tyler Conkla. I mean 0:16:20.680 --> 0:16:22.920 he had sixty plus catches last year, so that was 0:16:22.960 --> 0:16:27.320 a career high. I'm just wondering what his capabilities are 0:16:27.800 --> 0:16:29.960 playing with Rogers for a full year. But can you 0:16:30.000 --> 0:16:32.240 talk about the group as a whole, not just conk 0:16:32.960 --> 0:16:35.960 but Rucker. We see you bowl out there, Flash and 0:16:36.160 --> 0:16:37.720 Zach koons under near two. 0:16:38.160 --> 0:16:40.880 Yeah, all those guys. I mean they're such a versatile group. 0:16:41.320 --> 0:16:43.640 I think anytime you have a tight end position, you're 0:16:43.680 --> 0:16:45.320 always kind of searching for that guy that can do 0:16:45.360 --> 0:16:48.960 a little bit of everything, whether it's pass, reteched, run, block, run, route, 0:16:49.000 --> 0:16:52.800 stretch the field. And from that standpoint, those guys are 0:16:52.880 --> 0:16:54.720 really good. I mean you could put all three out 0:16:54.760 --> 0:16:56.120 there and you could throw the ball. You could put 0:16:56.120 --> 0:16:58.800 all three out there and pound the rock. So I 0:16:58.800 --> 0:17:00.640 think all of them, they all work well together. They 0:17:00.720 --> 0:17:02.880 all really cheer each other on, They support each other, 0:17:02.920 --> 0:17:04.760 they love working together, they love being out there with 0:17:04.800 --> 0:17:07.199 each other, and that's what you're looking for first and 0:17:07.240 --> 0:17:09.760 foremost so just to see them develop as a group. 0:17:09.800 --> 0:17:11.560 You know, Coach Middleton I think has just done such 0:17:11.560 --> 0:17:13.600 a great job with those guys. I mean Ruck's doing 0:17:13.640 --> 0:17:16.000 all kinds of different stuff. Tyler like you said, I mean, 0:17:16.600 --> 0:17:18.240 he's doing a lot of stuff in the past game 0:17:18.280 --> 0:17:21.359 and still excelling in the run game. So all of them. 0:17:21.400 --> 0:17:22.920 It'll be fun once we get the pads on to 0:17:23.280 --> 0:17:25.440 see how much farther they can go. But but it's 0:17:25.440 --> 0:17:26.320 a good group to be with. 0:17:26.560 --> 0:17:32.040 What's Conk's best ability receivings? What's that calling for? 0:17:32.200 --> 0:17:33.239 That secret? Come on? 0:17:34.520 --> 0:17:37.240 You know people have talked about contested catches. 0:17:37.640 --> 0:17:39.120 I'll tell you he had a couple of really nice 0:17:39.119 --> 0:17:40.840 ones last year. I mean when he had a guy 0:17:40.920 --> 0:17:43.480 draped all over him. He's able to jump, extend his 0:17:43.560 --> 0:17:46.520 hands out there and make those tough catches. But he 0:17:46.560 --> 0:17:48.600 has this natural savvy about him when he when he 0:17:48.680 --> 0:17:51.160 runs routes, whether it's the first level or second level, 0:17:51.600 --> 0:17:54.639 he has the ability to snap down shake some people ups. 0:17:54.720 --> 0:17:56.640 It's one of those things you don't know if he can, 0:17:56.680 --> 0:17:58.480 but he's just got a little bit of wiggle to him. 0:17:58.520 --> 0:18:00.560 So it's it's been fun to watch developed. 0:18:00.600 --> 0:18:01.960 Yeah, I think he could have a big year for 0:18:01.960 --> 0:18:04.919 you guys. How about a couple of new assistants on 0:18:05.000 --> 0:18:08.280 your staff Sean Jefferson leading up to the wide receivers 0:18:08.840 --> 0:18:09.119 O G. 0:18:09.480 --> 0:18:11.159 Yeah, I mean he's a guy. I mean, obviously he 0:18:11.200 --> 0:18:13.280 did it for a long time in this league. Uh, 0:18:13.520 --> 0:18:15.840