1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:03,440 Speaker 1: Special teams coordinator Kim Acorp joins us. Now we'll start 2 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:07,720 Speaker 1: with Mike recently go to Silk Perry. Good morning, Cam. 3 00:00:07,720 --> 00:00:10,399 Speaker 1: How you doing today? Doing well? Mike? How about self? 4 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:14,440 Speaker 1: All right? Doing well? Um? I actually was I want 5 00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:17,840 Speaker 1: to go back to one play from someday's game and 6 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:21,440 Speaker 1: then just sort of ask your about your expertise in 7 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:24,840 Speaker 1: this area. It was the punt that Denver had with 8 00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:27,840 Speaker 1: ten twenty nine left in the fourth quarter, and you 9 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:31,520 Speaker 1: had slate through the middle and it looked like a 10 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 1: you know, he was clean coming through and he came 11 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:41,839 Speaker 1: close to blocking it technique wise, everything like did you 12 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:43,519 Speaker 1: do everything he needed to do because he doesn't want 13 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:45,800 Speaker 1: to run into the punter, right like, So that's a 14 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:49,320 Speaker 1: it's not coming from an angle. So I was hoping 15 00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:50,760 Speaker 1: you could just sort of take me back to it 16 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:53,920 Speaker 1: and sort of how you'd coach that up. You know. Yeah, So, 17 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:55,840 Speaker 1: I mean there's a lot of different little things go 18 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 1: through any time you're you're scheming up a punt ros 19 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:01,480 Speaker 1: you're looking at a different way to attack a certain 20 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:04,480 Speaker 1: punt protection, you know, But it goes back to the technique, 21 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:06,840 Speaker 1: like you're saying, the guys, you know, they got to 22 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:09,800 Speaker 1: do a good job obviously staying off the punter, and 23 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:12,240 Speaker 1: that's coached by the block point. So anytime a guy 24 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 1: a person's punting the football, you gotta look at where 25 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:17,760 Speaker 1: he's finishing, so you know, when you're going through that 26 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:20,200 Speaker 1: you're studying that is it nine and a half? You know, 27 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:22,200 Speaker 1: depending on if the punter is a three step a 28 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:24,840 Speaker 1: two step punter, and if he's just one step, depending 29 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:26,720 Speaker 1: on the situation and getting it off, it may be 30 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:29,840 Speaker 1: a little bit further than you're anticipating. So we go back, 31 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:31,640 Speaker 1: we look at you know, is it nine and a half, 32 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:33,839 Speaker 1: is it nine? Is it ten? You know, it's usually 33 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:36,240 Speaker 1: somewhere between that nine to ten yard ranges where the 34 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:38,560 Speaker 1: punter is actually gonna make contact with the ball in 35 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 1: his foot. And then it's the level. So anytime a 36 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 1: guy is actually punting the football where you look at 37 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:46,399 Speaker 1: the contact you know is gonna be usually around If 38 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:48,440 Speaker 1: you're standing up, you usually run around your knee height 39 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:51,720 Speaker 1: to a your quality area. So as you're coming through, 40 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:53,960 Speaker 1: you know, you don't remember want to reach up to 41 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 1: block a punt, You want to go down. So as 42 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:58,360 Speaker 1: you saw coming through, we want to go down to 43 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:00,480 Speaker 1: the block point. Putting that hand at it, and you 44 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:03,040 Speaker 1: gotta do a good job knowing what's that angle of 45 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 1: injury to your point. You know, if you're coming in vertical, 46 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:07,960 Speaker 1: you want to really stay vertical. You don't want every 47 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 1: want to cross the punter right there. If you're coming 48 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:13,799 Speaker 1: into an angle, then you may have an opportunity to 49 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:16,360 Speaker 1: cross the punter right there through the block. So it 50 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:18,880 Speaker 1: goes back to knowing what down, what's the distance I 51 00:02:18,919 --> 00:02:21,240 Speaker 1: have to get to, and then what's my angle of 52 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:23,639 Speaker 1: point of injury. So as you saw there with him, 53 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 1: it was more vertical. That's why you end up running 54 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:29,600 Speaker 1: vertical right there past the punter and out one hand 55 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 1: or two hands cam on that. It depends in all, 56 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:35,880 Speaker 1: honestly on how clean you get. We work both because 57 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:39,960 Speaker 1: you never know, depending on your speed, can I twist 58 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:42,800 Speaker 1: my body and get both hands back across to the 59 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:46,200 Speaker 1: block point or is it just one? So depending on 60 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:48,959 Speaker 1: that and the blocking techniques that I get bumped off, 61 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:51,680 Speaker 1: you know a lot of different things as you're coming 62 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:53,840 Speaker 1: through line. Screamage determined if you go one or two 63 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 1: and we tell the guys were repetition, you know, every 64 00:02:57,320 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 1: look at it possible that way they know all right, 65 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:01,640 Speaker 1: I'm in this way and clean. I don't want to 66 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:04,239 Speaker 1: slow down because you can see he came pretty clean. 67 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:07,200 Speaker 1: But you know, it's hard to block punts in this league, 68 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:09,639 Speaker 1: so you have to do everything's got time up perfectly, 69 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:11,840 Speaker 1: all that type of stuff, so you know, you don't 70 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:15,000 Speaker 1: ever want to lose speed to redirect your body. So 71 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:17,480 Speaker 1: it all depends on the speed and the tempo he's 72 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:23,880 Speaker 1: coming through with. Next up, Phil Perry and Alex Barth. 73 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:30,840 Speaker 1: Hey Kim wanted to to ask you about kick returns 74 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:35,560 Speaker 1: because we saw Gunner take a few back the other 75 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:38,760 Speaker 1: day and a couple you know, you guys ended up 76 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:41,400 Speaker 1: being tackled, I think before your own twenty one of 77 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:44,240 Speaker 1: them he ended up with a good return. Is how 78 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 1: much goes into that, you know, in that moment, whether 79 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 1: it's Gunner or whoever's making the call to actually bring 80 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:54,760 Speaker 1: the kick out to make that decision, is it just 81 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:56,640 Speaker 1: how deep he is in the end zone or the 82 00:03:56,680 --> 00:04:00,040 Speaker 1: hang time of the kick, or the score of the 83 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:04,040 Speaker 1: game even does that Does that factor into it? You know, 84 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:06,440 Speaker 1: from the late person's point of view, it's hard to 85 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:08,800 Speaker 1: figure out when it's a good idea to bring it 86 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 1: out and when it's not. Yeah, I think it's all 87 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:14,200 Speaker 1: situationally based. Um. And that goes back to whether it's 88 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:17,120 Speaker 1: film study before the game, you know what you're seeing. Um, 89 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:21,280 Speaker 1: you have to factor all that in determinating whether the 90 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:23,880 Speaker 1: ball is the too deep, is it not too deep? 91 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:26,240 Speaker 1: Is it the hang time? You know, those are all 92 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:28,120 Speaker 1: factors and it's you know, they got to do a 93 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:30,640 Speaker 1: good job back there, Um, you know judging the hang 94 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:32,880 Speaker 1: and how long is the ball in the air, Um, 95 00:04:33,279 --> 00:04:35,800 Speaker 1: you know, anytime. But the biggest thing for us is 96 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:38,640 Speaker 1: we just got to keep repping that. Um, there is 97 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:41,200 Speaker 1: opportunities out there. Um, we've got to improve on that 98 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:43,800 Speaker 1: because our number one objective is obviously to put the 99 00:04:43,880 --> 00:04:46,360 Speaker 1: offense that's an offensive players the way we look at it, 100 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:49,600 Speaker 1: to put the offense in a good situation. Um, we haven't. 101 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:51,520 Speaker 1: You know, we got to continue to improve on that 102 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:54,080 Speaker 1: and then get better in the phase because there is 103 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:56,679 Speaker 1: going to be opportunities. UM. We got to take advantage 104 00:04:56,720 --> 00:04:59,279 Speaker 1: of when they do present themselves and when you determine 105 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:00,880 Speaker 1: when to come out not come out. That's just a 106 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:03,599 Speaker 1: situational and like you said, it's it could be the weather, 107 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:06,040 Speaker 1: it could be the hang time, it could be just 108 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:09,240 Speaker 1: the specific time and situation of the game winner winner. 109 00:05:09,279 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 1: We're not going to bring him out. Thanks, Kim checks up, 110 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:21,200 Speaker 1: Alex Barth than Nicole Malley. Hey, Camp, I'm wondering what 111 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:23,960 Speaker 1: you've seen different from Jake Bailey this year. I know, 112 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:27,120 Speaker 1: during training camp and there's Matthew Slater. One player said 113 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:29,560 Speaker 1: that he noticed he'd worked on his toolbox and built 114 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 1: up his toolbox in the offseason, and whatever he did, 115 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:34,160 Speaker 1: it's obviously working. He's playing very well. But I'm just 116 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:37,800 Speaker 1: curious what you've seen different from him. You know, he's 117 00:05:37,839 --> 00:05:41,680 Speaker 1: done a tremendous job, you know, taking strides from year 118 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:44,040 Speaker 1: one to year two, and I think it goes back 119 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:46,599 Speaker 1: and it's a credit to him to his focus and 120 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:48,800 Speaker 1: every day. The way he approaches every week is a 121 00:05:48,839 --> 00:05:51,640 Speaker 1: new week, you know. He definitely looks to every week 122 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:54,359 Speaker 1: is what I can improve and continue working on his craft. 123 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:57,200 Speaker 1: And he approaches every day that way, and he's really 124 00:05:57,240 --> 00:06:01,560 Speaker 1: attacking each day and getting better, and he's doing a 125 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:04,280 Speaker 1: good job of handling the situations that are presented in 126 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:06,960 Speaker 1: the game and communicating. You know, he's really made strides 127 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:10,840 Speaker 1: mentally as well as physically, you know, to improve himself 128 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:13,040 Speaker 1: and you know, you's got to continue that consistency. That's 129 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:15,080 Speaker 1: the biggest thing is it's a game of consistency, and 130 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:17,760 Speaker 1: we got to continue to improve on that and continue 131 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:20,480 Speaker 1: to get better and continue to path these on because 132 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:22,960 Speaker 1: he's definitely done been dependable and done a good job 133 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:25,200 Speaker 1: for us to this point. He's just got to continue that. 134 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:27,760 Speaker 1: And the way he's approaching every day and going about 135 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:30,680 Speaker 1: his business and everything, he's doing a really good job. 136 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:34,160 Speaker 1: And she continue doing that as we move forward. Thank you, 137 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:38,360 Speaker 1: thank you, and we'll go to Nicole Malley and it's 138 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:43,200 Speaker 1: Mike Reece Hi Camp. I wonder there was a lot 139 00:06:43,279 --> 00:06:46,400 Speaker 1: of takeaways from Sunday's game about the offensive defense, but 140 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:49,920 Speaker 1: I wanted to ask about your perspective as a special 141 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:52,440 Speaker 1: team's coach watching what was going on on the other 142 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:56,040 Speaker 1: sideline with the Broncos coming out and hitting six field 143 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:58,480 Speaker 1: goals and coming up to win the game. It's rare 144 00:06:58,640 --> 00:07:01,880 Speaker 1: that you see that special teams putting out the entire 145 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:05,680 Speaker 1: output of the scoring offense in a win. As a 146 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:08,560 Speaker 1: special teams coordinator, how was it watching a seeing a 147 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:12,160 Speaker 1: special team's unit come out and be the entirety of 148 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:16,720 Speaker 1: an a team scoring offense? In the NFL, you know, 149 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:18,840 Speaker 1: you know, credit to them, they did a good job. 150 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:22,280 Speaker 1: And obviously, and then anytime you put your units out 151 00:07:22,280 --> 00:07:24,880 Speaker 1: there or anybody puts their units out there on the field, 152 00:07:25,960 --> 00:07:29,040 Speaker 1: your your objective is to get points and or take 153 00:07:29,080 --> 00:07:32,600 Speaker 1: away points. So you know, um, the games, you know, 154 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:34,640 Speaker 1: that's what in this league, they're going to be decided 155 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:37,520 Speaker 1: by one to three points every game. So any opportunities 156 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:39,280 Speaker 1: you're given to put points on the board or trying 157 00:07:39,280 --> 00:07:41,080 Speaker 1: to take points away, you know, you gotta do the 158 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:43,880 Speaker 1: best you can to to prevent those points. Because when 159 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:46,520 Speaker 1: you look at you're really negotiating on a field goal, 160 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:49,960 Speaker 1: not three points. You're really negotiating a potential, you know, 161 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:52,280 Speaker 1: where you can make a block and now you're taking 162 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:53,760 Speaker 1: three away and then you go score. It could be 163 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:55,440 Speaker 1: a ten point, it could be a six point swing. 164 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:57,720 Speaker 1: So every time you go out there on the field, 165 00:07:57,840 --> 00:07:59,040 Speaker 1: you know, you got to look at it is, hey, 166 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:01,840 Speaker 1: we're preventing points or we're trying to get points out there. 167 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:04,560 Speaker 1: You know, and anytime special teen years do well, you know, 168 00:08:04,840 --> 00:08:07,200 Speaker 1: just gives you something. You know, it shows your production 169 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:09,040 Speaker 1: and everything. You got to just keep improving on it though. 170 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:13,280 Speaker 1: Thank you go back to Mike Crease and then to 171 00:08:13,640 --> 00:08:17,280 Speaker 1: Susy Kim, I would like to try to look ahead 172 00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 1: to get a perspective of what the next opponent is. 173 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:23,160 Speaker 1: Coach High Tower and their special teams. How do they 174 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:27,240 Speaker 1: sort of present some challenges to you. You know, they're 175 00:08:27,280 --> 00:08:29,320 Speaker 1: going to do a good job. You know, High Towers 176 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:32,200 Speaker 1: have been been doing a long time in this league. 177 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:34,679 Speaker 1: You know, it's been at seventeen. As the coordinator, he's 178 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:36,920 Speaker 1: done a really good job for them. Their units, they 179 00:08:36,920 --> 00:08:39,200 Speaker 1: play fast, they play aggressive. You know, they do a 180 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:41,600 Speaker 1: really good job. They've got some different guys, they use 181 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:44,400 Speaker 1: the returners back there, but you know they're consistent. That's 182 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:46,120 Speaker 1: the biggest thing. You look at them. They're consistent, and 183 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:48,280 Speaker 1: you know it's gonna be a good opportunity, good challenge 184 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:50,840 Speaker 1: for us to go out there and produce against a 185 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:57,559 Speaker 1: team that's been productive over the years. And last question 186 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:00,719 Speaker 1: to Bob Susy. Yeah, thank you, Mike welln Cam. This 187 00:09:00,920 --> 00:09:03,640 Speaker 1: is a piggyback off Mike's question. Robbie Gold has been 188 00:09:03,679 --> 00:09:06,000 Speaker 1: one of the best kickers in this league, like Brandon 189 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:09,160 Speaker 1: mcmadus from day one, a guy that the paths are 190 00:09:09,160 --> 00:09:12,719 Speaker 1: familiar with, fields familiar with first year general thoughts on 191 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:16,720 Speaker 1: him and number two in a game while you're watching 192 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:19,280 Speaker 1: your guys through warm ups and determining what their range 193 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:21,760 Speaker 1: might be in the conditions, do you have any input 194 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:24,680 Speaker 1: when it comes to the opposition, who has the eyes 195 00:09:24,760 --> 00:09:27,800 Speaker 1: on the opposing kicker and what kind of range he 196 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:32,280 Speaker 1: might have on that particular day, you know, Um, you know, 197 00:09:32,559 --> 00:09:34,560 Speaker 1: Robbi's obviously one of the going the bear kickers leagues. 198 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:37,200 Speaker 1: I speaks for itself. As he's going through you can 199 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:40,760 Speaker 1: see how productive he's been thou throughout his career and 200 00:09:40,760 --> 00:09:44,120 Speaker 1: on how quality he does and is it's a consistent basis. 201 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:46,040 Speaker 1: I mean, he's consistent year in a year out, and 202 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:48,400 Speaker 1: that's a credit to him and his work ethic. Um. 203 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:51,560 Speaker 1: As far as like the pregame the post gave, you know, 204 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:54,920 Speaker 1: I've seen it two ways, um, eyes on our guys. 205 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:57,000 Speaker 1: I've seen our guys, um, you know miss every kick 206 00:09:57,040 --> 00:09:59,080 Speaker 1: and they make everyone you know um in the game, 207 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:01,800 Speaker 1: So you you don't put too much stock in honestly, 208 00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:03,800 Speaker 1: in my opinion on the pregame, you know, it's more 209 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:06,080 Speaker 1: so what have you seen on the film going into 210 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:09,199 Speaker 1: the game, and then the conditions is the main thing 211 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:11,840 Speaker 1: you consider is where is the win factor? Is it 212 00:10:11,880 --> 00:10:13,880 Speaker 1: holding the ball up? Is it not holding the ball up? 213 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:16,200 Speaker 1: Is there a certain way that'll be the more of 214 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:18,840 Speaker 1: the judgments on game day than it is actually the 215 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:20,720 Speaker 1: leg strength and not the leg strength that comes more 216 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:23,080 Speaker 1: from the film, study and just knowing your players in general. 217 00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:28,160 Speaker 1: Thank you, Thanks well, okay, I think we'll end it there. 218 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:31,599 Speaker 1: Thank you very much, Camp, Thank you everyone.