1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:02,519 Speaker 1: You know, I don't expect anything from anybody. We don't 2 00:00:02,520 --> 00:00:04,000 Speaker 1: go out there and run all offense and whatever the 3 00:00:04,120 --> 00:00:06,040 Speaker 1: defense they give us, We're gonna just off of that 4 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:08,720 Speaker 1: and and make plays off of that. Did you talk 5 00:00:08,760 --> 00:00:12,280 Speaker 1: to Odell after he got traded? Uh? I would just 6 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:14,440 Speaker 1: say this about Odell because I don't want this to 7 00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:18,560 Speaker 1: be an O'Dell uh uh question the answer session. O'Dell 8 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:23,160 Speaker 1: um was a great player for us with the Giants. Um. 9 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:25,759 Speaker 1: We all love O'Dell. We respect him as a player, 10 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:29,960 Speaker 1: wishing nothing but the best with the with the Cleveland Browns. 11 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:33,159 Speaker 1: And and I know that UH Coach Scharmer and Mr 12 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:37,599 Speaker 1: Gentleman have addressed all of the Odell questions. So I'm 13 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:39,600 Speaker 1: just gonna look forward to coaching the guys that we 14 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:42,920 Speaker 1: have in our room now, and any other questions about 15 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:47,840 Speaker 1: Odell moving forward, I'm gonna respectfully refer them to Coach 16 00:00:47,880 --> 00:00:52,639 Speaker 1: Shermer and Mr Getom. You mean you didn't walk into 17 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:55,720 Speaker 1: the office and say what the hell are you do? No? 18 00:00:57,320 --> 00:01:00,120 Speaker 1: What did you see from slayten at Camp Slayden? I 19 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:01,800 Speaker 1: saw what we saw on tape. I saw a guy 20 00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:05,360 Speaker 1: has some pretty good size looking run his first practice. 21 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:07,000 Speaker 1: You know, he was trying to figure a lot of 22 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:09,319 Speaker 1: stuff out, and the first half of the first practice 23 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:10,880 Speaker 1: he had a couple of drops, but the second half 24 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:13,200 Speaker 1: of that practice he made some good catches in traffic 25 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:15,840 Speaker 1: and had two good remaining days. So looking for a 26 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:19,600 Speaker 1: lot of explosive plays from Darres Slayton. He's an explosive player, 27 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:22,560 Speaker 1: made a lot of plays and twenty two yards of 28 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:25,000 Speaker 1: catch something like that in college, and looking forward to 29 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:26,560 Speaker 1: him bringing that to the Giants. Did I see on 30 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:29,000 Speaker 1: that video you guys put out that you were actually 31 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:31,480 Speaker 1: like said him. You said you were like waiting there 32 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:33,800 Speaker 1: for the pick, like seeing guys go off the board, 33 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:36,640 Speaker 1: and you were like kind of hoping he was kind 34 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:38,480 Speaker 1: of hoping he would slip a little bit to you. Well, 35 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:40,440 Speaker 1: I don't know a video you're referring to, but we're 36 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:42,120 Speaker 1: always in the in the room when it's time for 37 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:45,840 Speaker 1: us to pick, so you know, regardless of whoever we pick, 38 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:47,760 Speaker 1: we're all in the in the room ready for that pick. 39 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 1: So I was just fortunately it was Darris Slayton. Obviously 40 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:57,040 Speaker 1: you believe in your group that you have now a receiver, 41 00:01:57,200 --> 00:01:59,920 Speaker 1: but lose one of the guys who is one of 42 00:01:59,920 --> 00:02:02,840 Speaker 1: the best weapons in the entire league. How do you 43 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:05,280 Speaker 1: argue that this can be a better group or can 44 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:06,840 Speaker 1: you argue that this can be a better group with 45 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:10,680 Speaker 1: Odell gone? Well? I believe in the group that we 46 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:14,040 Speaker 1: have in the room right now. Um, I'm very, very 47 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:16,919 Speaker 1: very confident in my coaching ability, and I've coached grass 48 00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:19,799 Speaker 1: all different hands of the spectrum. And whoever we put 49 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:24,840 Speaker 1: in the field gonna be a contributing um player uh 50 00:02:24,919 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 1: for our offense. So it doesn't matter who's in the room. 51 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 1: We're gonna coach him up to get into to play 52 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:31,520 Speaker 1: the best your ability, and we'll be successful with the 53 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:33,120 Speaker 1: guys we have in the room. Do you believe that 54 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:35,640 Speaker 1: Sterling Shepherd can be the kind of guy who steps 55 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:37,920 Speaker 1: up and shows that he's a number one type receiver. 56 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:40,880 Speaker 1: I believe Sterning Shepherd is gonna be the best Sterterning Shepherd. 57 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:43,560 Speaker 1: He can be one to five sign of no matter 58 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:45,320 Speaker 1: what perceiver of numbers you put on it, He's gonna 59 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:47,120 Speaker 1: be the best Sterning Shepherd he can be. And that's 60 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:48,800 Speaker 1: how we want to approach it. Do you need that 61 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:50,960 Speaker 1: number one receiver though, somebody to pick up all of 62 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:55,480 Speaker 1: O'Dell's workload. Well, you know again, one to five. It 63 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:58,000 Speaker 1: doesn't matter. The receivers we put on the field are 64 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:00,200 Speaker 1: gonna be the guys that we're confident in can go 65 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:02,240 Speaker 1: out there and make plays when it's time to make plays. 66 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:04,320 Speaker 1: What number do you want to put on it. We're 67 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 1: going to play the best players at all positions, and 68 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:09,600 Speaker 1: I feel confident that whoever we put on the field, 69 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:11,840 Speaker 1: they're gonna be able to go out there and make 70 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:13,400 Speaker 1: plays and help us win games. You know, in the 71 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:16,240 Speaker 1: last months of the season, you know Dell was not playing, 72 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:18,480 Speaker 1: there seemed to be more of us to spread the 73 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 1: wealth kind of look to the offense, Um, do you 74 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:24,640 Speaker 1: see more of that this year without him? More of 75 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:26,360 Speaker 1: like you know, you don't know who the leading receivers 76 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:27,959 Speaker 1: might be on the game to game basis. I see 77 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:30,520 Speaker 1: us getting the ball to the best players at whatever 78 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:32,560 Speaker 1: time it is. You know, whether it's the backs, the 79 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:35,680 Speaker 1: tight ends, receivers, it doesn't matter who it is on 80 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 1: the field. I mean, we called plays based on you know, 81 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:40,080 Speaker 1: who's on the field, So where was on the field, 82 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:41,720 Speaker 1: those guys are gonna make players for us, you know, 83 00:03:41,720 --> 00:03:45,200 Speaker 1: whoever it is. Is a dynamic change, though, when when 84 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 1: a player of Odell's caliber leaves the room. No, not 85 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:54,600 Speaker 1: at all. No, Um, there's there's how you have the 86 00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:57,760 Speaker 1: offense tries to get the ball to certain players. Change 87 00:03:57,760 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 1: at all. I mean, obviously he's a guy you wanted 88 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 1: to force me to as much as possible. Well, I 89 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:05,880 Speaker 1: feel that all the guys who have on our team 90 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:08,000 Speaker 1: at this point in time, all the guys who have 91 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,240 Speaker 1: in the wire receiver room, and I'm the wire recuvit coach, 92 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:13,560 Speaker 1: I'm talking about the receivers, I feel like in those guys, 93 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:15,480 Speaker 1: they're in the game, they're gonna be able to make 94 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:17,719 Speaker 1: place regardless of who it is and we're position they're playing. 95 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:21,040 Speaker 1: I'm sure of that. It's a pretty um. I mean, 96 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 1: all the guys that we signed from last year. I mean, 97 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:26,600 Speaker 1: you know, you know, Golden is new, the rookie is new. 98 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:28,960 Speaker 1: But there's a lot of stuff that is familiar to you, 99 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:30,520 Speaker 1: isn't it with these guys. You have a bunch of guys, 100 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:33,280 Speaker 1: and I think that's one reason why we as the 101 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:36,200 Speaker 1: organization brought them back, because you know, they have a 102 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:39,480 Speaker 1: little familiarity with you know, the offense, with the special teams. 103 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:43,080 Speaker 1: I said earlier, these guys we're not only contribute on 104 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:45,960 Speaker 1: offense or would also contribute in the special teams role. 105 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:48,039 Speaker 1: And they all have a role, and they all play 106 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:50,040 Speaker 1: a role very well. They all work well together. So 107 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:52,880 Speaker 1: I think when you talk about the team and what's 108 00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:54,800 Speaker 1: best for the team, I think the guys who have 109 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:57,440 Speaker 1: no room is really good for our team. Moving forward, 110 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:00,920 Speaker 1: No Corey got here last fall. We were his fourth team, 111 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:03,680 Speaker 1: no matter three months. So now he's in the offseasons 112 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:07,599 Speaker 1: program um. He started from day one installed, So a 113 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:10,320 Speaker 1: lot of things we call in our offense. It was 114 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:12,440 Speaker 1: the same words and different in other offenses he was in, 115 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:14,919 Speaker 1: but it meant something totally different, So he got confused 116 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:17,000 Speaker 1: a lot of times. And the fact that he only 117 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:19,200 Speaker 1: played one position in other places. Here he's gonna play 118 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:21,320 Speaker 1: all the positions, so and then get used to the 119 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:24,279 Speaker 1: terminology playing all the positions. I think he'll fit in well. 120 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:26,200 Speaker 1: We love his skills set, we love his speed, we 121 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:28,320 Speaker 1: love his hands. So this to get him acclimated to 122 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:30,919 Speaker 1: being comfortable playing all the positions, and we feel like 123 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:32,080 Speaker 1: he'll fit right in with the group.