1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,120 Speaker 1: So he talked about the progression that you've seen from 2 00:00:03,840 --> 00:00:10,920 Speaker 1: year to now with Gray and edom Eric Ray and Tommy. Yeah. Uh, 3 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:14,319 Speaker 1: two guys that do the right thing on and off 4 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:19,880 Speaker 1: the field. You know where Tommy came from rookie camp 5 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:23,800 Speaker 1: to where he was playing last year to understanding a 6 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:26,440 Speaker 1: lot of the nuances of of our offense. I think 7 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:30,760 Speaker 1: he's made strides and Gray's. I thought Gray's kind of 8 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:34,120 Speaker 1: got stronger as camp went on. So made a couple 9 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:40,080 Speaker 1: of nice plays tonight. Two young players, keep developing them, Brian, 10 00:00:40,159 --> 00:00:43,920 Speaker 1: how's Drew Locke? He came out and hit his dream. Yeah, 11 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 1: he's sore about the Johnson same he he was gonna 12 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:51,920 Speaker 1: come back, and he was talking about I think he 13 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:54,319 Speaker 1: got an ankle, But injury wise, I don't have any 14 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:56,360 Speaker 1: update I met with Ronnie or anything like that. So 15 00:00:57,040 --> 00:01:03,280 Speaker 1: show ghost. Yeah we'll find out tomorrow, but don't I 16 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:06,000 Speaker 1: don't foresee it being a long time. 17 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:08,200 Speaker 2: Dave's was that about Locke? 18 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:10,840 Speaker 1: I'm sorry it was about Lock? Yeah, how did you 19 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:15,240 Speaker 1: feel like the offense did was in there? Yeah? Again, 20 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:17,240 Speaker 1: some good things, some things that clean up in all areas. 21 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:18,800 Speaker 1: The thing I was proud of was controlled the line 22 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:21,759 Speaker 1: of scrimmage, ran the football, what you need to do. 23 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:25,800 Speaker 1: We almost had weather every game we played here last year, 24 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:29,920 Speaker 1: so it was good to get weather tonight. Went backwards 25 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:33,440 Speaker 1: some on a few holding penalties, but you know, had 26 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:36,920 Speaker 1: some lanes, ran hard, blocked force. It was going to 27 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 1: be an emphasis tonight to be able to run the 28 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:42,880 Speaker 1: football regardless if it was raining or not. Defensively, I 29 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:45,319 Speaker 1: thought did a good job stopped him. I think on 30 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 1: four fourth downs zero for three in the red zone. 31 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:52,559 Speaker 1: Thought Shane Shane was really good, just being the first 32 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:56,960 Speaker 1: time with him, very composed, very got the play in quickly, 33 00:01:57,320 --> 00:02:00,560 Speaker 1: good communicator with the signal callers, and I'd say same 34 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 1: thing with Goby. Very organized. They did a nice job 35 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:05,960 Speaker 1: of creating, you know, feel positioned for the first time 36 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:09,960 Speaker 1: out there. But the procedure, I was pleased with the 37 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:15,280 Speaker 1: procedure of the coaching staff and other players place in 38 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:17,720 Speaker 1: Buffalo Roy. Were you in the booth? Want to? I 39 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:19,520 Speaker 1: did both. I've been down the field and in the 40 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:23,640 Speaker 1: booth as a play caller, I've done both. It was good. Yeah, 41 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:28,360 Speaker 1: it was good. Yeah, I mean you always you not 42 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:31,320 Speaker 1: scoring every possession as a as an offensive play caller. 43 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:34,280 Speaker 1: But again I'm proud of you know, we established a 44 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 1: line of scrimmage. We're gonna need to do that throughout 45 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:41,320 Speaker 1: the season. Some things you always want back, but uh, 46 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:45,680 Speaker 1: communications that the coaches did a great job. You know, 47 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:48,640 Speaker 1: I'm I'm back over the defense. I give them some thoughts. 48 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:50,560 Speaker 1: They have their own thoughts. Mike had a lot of 49 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:55,960 Speaker 1: good thoughts tonight. But the communication, that's good. I was 50 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:58,480 Speaker 1: happy with the communication from the staff, you know, having 51 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 1: carm having TK, having Joe for the first time out there, 52 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 1: and then listening to the defensive guys, listening to the 53 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:08,240 Speaker 1: special teams guys. You know, I was happy with the 54 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:10,640 Speaker 1: communication aspect of it. Of all those guys. 55 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:13,240 Speaker 2: How much different isn't Because obviously when you're an offensive 56 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:14,559 Speaker 2: coordinator when defense. 57 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:17,120 Speaker 1: On the field, it wasn't different other than calling place 58 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:19,560 Speaker 1: during offense. I was on the defensive side of the 59 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:22,239 Speaker 1: ball when they were calling defense. I was talking to 60 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:26,680 Speaker 1: special teams. Different than when you're different. Oh, different than 61 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:29,639 Speaker 1: an ocry Yeah sorry I thought you met last year. Yeah, 62 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:31,520 Speaker 1: I mean other than you go and listen to the 63 00:03:31,520 --> 00:03:34,320 Speaker 1: defensive calls or give them reminders, Hey be alert here, 64 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:36,760 Speaker 1: possible hard count. We're going to go for it if 65 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:39,520 Speaker 1: we get forth whatever it may be. But other than that, 66 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:42,240 Speaker 1: not a not a whole bunching the deployment of some 67 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:45,600 Speaker 1: of you guys. You know, the starters on defense did 68 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:48,040 Speaker 1: not play other than Deonta. Each wanted to get him 69 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:52,720 Speaker 1: some reps. Yeah, yeah, get you know, Flat would have played, 70 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:55,840 Speaker 1: but he had a hit a quad. See how he 71 00:03:56,040 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 1: is the young defensive backs, you know, really you know 72 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:02,120 Speaker 1: Nick's had Nick had a lot of experience. You know, 73 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:06,480 Speaker 1: he's played a lot on special teams. We want to 74 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:09,040 Speaker 1: see some of these younger guys too. But yeah, we 75 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:12,280 Speaker 1: played banks, you know, I foresee you guys. We'll see 76 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:14,480 Speaker 1: where we're at, whatever it is when we play Houston. 77 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:17,760 Speaker 1: But you know, playing a little bit here, come up. 78 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:24,000 Speaker 1: He's rookie. That was just valuable for him to get 79 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:27,080 Speaker 1: out there tonight. Yeah, all the rookies played, most of 80 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:33,839 Speaker 1: all the second year guys played. So no, he's okay. 81 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:35,800 Speaker 1: We're just we're just making sure we're take care of him. 82 00:04:35,839 --> 00:04:37,440 Speaker 1: He's got a lot of running. Again, that was more 83 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:39,560 Speaker 1: of an individual plan. Plus he's played a lot for 84 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:43,680 Speaker 1: us in the kicking game, and we gave him, we 85 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:47,719 Speaker 1: gave him the night off. You know, his first round, 86 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:50,920 Speaker 1: like it was something there. Yeah, Drew thought he saw 87 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:53,160 Speaker 1: something with the safety coming down on the tight end, 88 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 1: so he pulled the trigger. Thought the guy was running 89 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:57,960 Speaker 1: out underneath him. So he's trying to make a smart decision. 90 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:02,599 Speaker 1: Play calling tent seemed to get a lot of attention. 91 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 1: You use something like that before the intent You used 92 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:09,360 Speaker 1: to shield the rain from your No, just it was 93 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:11,320 Speaker 1: coming down and I didn't. You know, I don't like 94 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:14,320 Speaker 1: the laminated one, so I just I used to put 95 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 1: a little cover on it. Yeah, yeah, we have we 96 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:23,160 Speaker 1: have another sheet that that's waterproof. But I guess I 97 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:29,040 Speaker 1: just I like the paper cardboards. About Tommy just he's 98 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:32,240 Speaker 1: getting better. I think he's got firm control of the offense. 99 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:34,440 Speaker 1: I think the guys have a lot of confidence in him. 100 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:38,720 Speaker 1: I have confidence in him. He's really come a long 101 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:41,240 Speaker 1: way since he's been here. It's good for him to 102 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:44,920 Speaker 1: play as much as he did, you know, so keep 103 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:47,839 Speaker 1: on developing him. You know, quarterbacks are hard to find 104 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:52,280 Speaker 1: in this league. And undrafted pre agent you know, won 105 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:55,599 Speaker 1: three games, played in some some games last year for us. 106 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 1: Still knows he's a long way to go, but smart, accurate, 107 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:04,160 Speaker 1: it makes good decisions, good young player to work with. 108 00:06:04,640 --> 00:06:07,560 Speaker 1: What do you think of the the way they practicing 109 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:11,360 Speaker 1: of testing first downs with the laser instead of the 110 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:14,840 Speaker 1: chains out there, and does it delay the game or 111 00:06:15,080 --> 00:06:18,880 Speaker 1: it seems yeah, whatever whatever it is, whether they're holding it, 112 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:22,600 Speaker 1: running out, or doing whatever it is, it's fine. You're 113 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:26,840 Speaker 1: sitting there based or is that something Mike's laying down 114 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:30,440 Speaker 1: or that process works. Yeah, So as soon as they 115 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:32,880 Speaker 1: come off, I mean you're always communicating Dan throughout the 116 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:36,360 Speaker 1: series too, like, hey, right down number twenty five, he's 117 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:38,080 Speaker 1: watched his safety what he's doing, or go to this, 118 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:40,280 Speaker 1: or what's the backside end doing, or how they're double 119 00:06:40,279 --> 00:06:43,840 Speaker 1: team's going. So you're communicating through the series. They come off, 120 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:46,039 Speaker 1: I might say, hey, I'm thinking about these three plays 121 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:48,760 Speaker 1: in the next series. You guys talk about it if 122 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:50,440 Speaker 1: there's something that you want to see or you think 123 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:52,440 Speaker 1: as good as you watch. I mean, tonight you're able 124 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:55,440 Speaker 1: to watch it on the tablets. So that was the 125 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:59,560 Speaker 1: one game where you can watch basically the game. So 126 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:02,600 Speaker 1: those guys communicate, they give it to me some of 127 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:04,440 Speaker 1: the things that they like to see. I kind of 128 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:06,240 Speaker 1: have a feel as I'm watching the game of what's 129 00:07:06,279 --> 00:07:11,200 Speaker 1: going on. But good, it was really good communication Mike 130 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:13,760 Speaker 1: kind of heads that all up, get back on with 131 00:07:13,880 --> 00:07:16,080 Speaker 1: him in between. But I got a pretty good sense 132 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:18,200 Speaker 1: of what I want to get to based on what 133 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:22,800 Speaker 1: I'm seeing during the series with Gray. 134 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:27,640 Speaker 2: Obviously last year with the experience, it's difficult for him. 135 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:30,640 Speaker 2: You know, he gets hurt, you know, out of you know, 136 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:32,640 Speaker 2: it didn't seem like he was ever in a comfort zone. 137 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:35,640 Speaker 2: The process to get him back to where he is 138 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:38,960 Speaker 2: tonight and obviously running the football, did you have to 139 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:41,360 Speaker 2: build back his confidence at all from last year to 140 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:43,320 Speaker 2: this year. I mean it was much talked. 141 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:45,560 Speaker 1: About or because he's getting more of an opportunity to 142 00:07:45,640 --> 00:07:49,000 Speaker 1: run the football, it's really not. Yeah, new season. I 143 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:51,360 Speaker 1: think everybody has more confidence when you go through a 144 00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:55,960 Speaker 1: season as a rookie, just expectations, all the things that 145 00:07:56,080 --> 00:08:00,200 Speaker 1: go along with it. Knowing the offense. So it was 146 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:01,800 Speaker 1: good to see him make a few plays out there tonight, 147 00:08:01,880 --> 00:08:04,080 Speaker 1: but that's you know, let's start with the offensive line, 148 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:06,600 Speaker 1: you know, creating holes. He had some good runs in 149 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:08,320 Speaker 1: open space. We made a couple of good plays on 150 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:11,480 Speaker 1: screen plays, but collective effort, we're gonna have to continue 151 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 1: to try to do that and establish a run game. 152 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:19,280 Speaker 1: Physical team, variety of run schemes. You know, that's that's 153 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:22,120 Speaker 1: something that's important to me as a play caller. I 154 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:25,760 Speaker 1: think it's important to our team to be physical, to 155 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:28,240 Speaker 1: be able to do that, and running backs will get 156 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:30,080 Speaker 1: plenty of opportunity. You know, you don't get it. You 157 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:32,959 Speaker 1: don't get a ton of that, you know during training 158 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:35,960 Speaker 1: camp practices. You know it's well, this guy was freeing 159 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:37,440 Speaker 1: a whole would have been a two yard loss. Well, 160 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:39,720 Speaker 1: I mean, really, nobody knows until you're out here tackling 161 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:41,320 Speaker 1: or it was going to be a sack. It wasn't 162 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:46,120 Speaker 1: a sack. That's that's why these games are so valuable. Yeah, 163 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:48,040 Speaker 1: I'll go back, and you know, I can't give you 164 00:08:48,040 --> 00:08:50,760 Speaker 1: a valuation on all these guys. We'll go back, we'll 165 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:54,880 Speaker 1: look at it. You know, I'm sure there's stuff to correct, 166 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:57,800 Speaker 1: but just the overall standard of which they played with, 167 00:08:58,000 --> 00:08:59,560 Speaker 1: you know, stopping them down there in the red zone 168 00:08:59,559 --> 00:09:02,400 Speaker 1: a few times. Is the level of energy that they 169 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:05,320 Speaker 1: had tackling you know, we had that pick, unfortunately they 170 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:07,320 Speaker 1: got it back from us. Will be a good learning experience. 171 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:11,000 Speaker 1: I thought we played physical, you know, and that's something 172 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:12,640 Speaker 1: that you know, we want to try to be as 173 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:15,240 Speaker 1: a physical football team in all three areas. Did you 174 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:19,800 Speaker 1: learn you know, Noah, I mean it's we'll go back, 175 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:21,439 Speaker 1: we'll look at it again. That I think that will 176 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:24,000 Speaker 1: be a work in progress. Uh. But I was pleased 177 00:09:24,040 --> 00:09:28,040 Speaker 1: with special teams tonight, just the organization of it, the 178 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:34,160 Speaker 1: way they played, physical, kicking the ball, the gunners. Again, 179 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:38,120 Speaker 1: we need to be a physical team, a couple more 180 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:46,400 Speaker 1: physic Yeah, I mean I thought, I thought we brought 181 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:49,319 Speaker 1: guys in that have some toughness, young players and some 182 00:09:49,480 --> 00:09:55,520 Speaker 1: veteran players and again to some physical sport. Uh, mental 183 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:58,880 Speaker 1: and physical, so you know, being mentally tough, being physically tough. 184 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:00,559 Speaker 1: I think you've got to train that do that in 185 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:03,679 Speaker 1: training camp. It's also the type of individuals you bring in, 186 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:06,880 Speaker 1: you know. I think go Bi does a great job 187 00:10:06,920 --> 00:10:08,599 Speaker 1: with that. I think Shane does a great job with that. 188 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:12,120 Speaker 1: The new coaches we brought in. So we're working progress, 189 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:16,800 Speaker 1: but we're going to try to be physical the team 190 00:10:16,840 --> 00:10:23,640 Speaker 1: of Joy. The physicality now tonight what we want. Yeah, 191 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:26,520 Speaker 1: I mean again, we're working progress. So we got a 192 00:10:26,559 --> 00:10:30,000 Speaker 1: long way to go. But the style in which you know, 193 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:33,199 Speaker 1: I expect us to play is a physical brand of football. 194 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:37,800 Speaker 1: Was it always perfect, No, But the effort, the attention 195 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:42,040 Speaker 1: to detail, the concentration, the focus on the sideline, the 196 00:10:42,080 --> 00:10:45,319 Speaker 1: communication from the coaches, the chemistry together, that's what you're 197 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:47,040 Speaker 1: trying to build. You know, we're not there yet, but 198 00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:50,400 Speaker 1: we're certainly trying to build it. I'm sorry that I 199 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:53,840 Speaker 1: missed what you said. Flood he had a quad towards 200 00:10:54,400 --> 00:10:56,960 Speaker 1: the end of last practice, so he would have played 201 00:10:57,000 --> 00:11:01,040 Speaker 1: if he was was able to play. That's why I 202 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:04,160 Speaker 1: think someone noticed McCleod out there. Was it you noticed 203 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:06,720 Speaker 1: McCleod out there. Yeah, so that was because of Flott 204 00:11:06,840 --> 00:11:08,880 Speaker 1: had had a little bit of a quad.