Speaker 1: Really get on and finish the walls all right in
Speaker 1: the morning. Uh. Practice will be inside today with the
Speaker 1: weather coming in, so just you know, will tighten there,
Speaker 1: ninety guys and give me a little snug, give me
Speaker 1: a little snug yess it is. We'll make it work. Doug.
Speaker 1: Have you have you had any um, I mean obviously
Speaker 1: practice super voluntary, but um have do you expect what
Speaker 1: do you expect the numbers to be? Like? Uh? And
Speaker 1: have have you gotten in? Numbers? Are gonna be great? Uh? Really?
Speaker 1: All but two guys. Uh so you know Sprowls and
Speaker 1: Michael Benner are the only two really that that that
Speaker 1: aren't here. But we've communicated with them. We'll stay in
Speaker 1: touch with them and and um, you know, um sound
Speaker 1: like a broken record, but it is a voluntary program,
Speaker 1: you know program and uh, two guys that I don't
Speaker 1: um have a lot of concern as far as you know,
Speaker 1: their their ability to help us, you know, win games
Speaker 1: because they're veteran players and they know how to get
Speaker 1: themselves ready to go with the veterans who are here.
Speaker 1: Do you have to manage them a little bit this
Speaker 1: spring based on the short layout? Yeah, I mean we'll
Speaker 1: do our best to to manage guys. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: we have a we have a list of of injured
Speaker 1: players and guys that that we want to make sure
Speaker 1: we you know, we kind of um rest during during
Speaker 1: this time. UM. You know, you got to understand that
Speaker 1: we're you know, we're a month later. Um and and
Speaker 1: so our full recovery time has been less. So that's
Speaker 1: something you got to understand. And so from that standpoint,
Speaker 1: I've got to do my job and and and be
Speaker 1: smart with uh, how we handle some of our veteran players.
Speaker 1: When do you expect to have Brandon Graham back? And uh,
Speaker 1: you know, what what did he have done to well?
Speaker 1: I think that we I mean obviously had had his
Speaker 1: ankle cleaned out. You know, I'm I'm no medical experts
Speaker 1: that don't quote me on that one, but um, you know, listen,
Speaker 1: he's a he's another one that uh you know, we uh,
Speaker 1: we just gotta we gotta manage. Obviously, when you see him,
Speaker 1: he'll you know, he's in the cast. So we can't
Speaker 1: do much with him right now and hopefully we get
Speaker 1: him back, you know before before too long. He almost
Speaker 1: said you were good to be a starting, talable player
Speaker 1: in that basic well, I think, uh, definitely in the mix. Um.
Speaker 1: You know what he did towards the end of last
Speaker 1: season and had a chance to get in that that
Speaker 1: last game there with Dallas. Um really I think boosted
Speaker 1: his confidence going into this offseason. Now that he's had
Speaker 1: a full off season now worth uh with coach onlin
Speaker 1: and and Schwartz's defense. So he's definitely gonna be in
Speaker 1: the mix, um, and it's gonna be it's gonna be
Speaker 1: good for him and a lot of our young players.
Speaker 1: You know, the next ten practices, you can tell how's
Speaker 1: Carson feeling that last fair way to put him up
Speaker 1: his place in both the team, the locker room and
Speaker 1: all that kind of stuff. And just because the circumstances
Speaker 1: he's a little bit on the outside of the game
Speaker 1: from last year. How does that change things now? Well,
Speaker 1: you know, listen, I think I think with any injury,
Speaker 1: you feel like you might be on the outside looking him.
Speaker 1: But but he's he's not that type of guy. He's
Speaker 1: right in the mix. He's in that quarterback room, he's
Speaker 1: in the offensive room. Uh, he's in my office. We're talking.
Speaker 1: We're still talking about you know, plays and situations and um.
Speaker 1: So he's very much involved. UM, just not you know,
Speaker 1: just not going through the actual practice at this time. So, UM,
Speaker 1: with all the injured players, I want to make sure
Speaker 1: that they're out there with their guys, they're communicating. They're
Speaker 1: veteran players obviously, so they can they can help some
Speaker 1: of the younger guys and uh, be a part of
Speaker 1: the be a part of the football team. But UM, yeah,
Speaker 1: he's still he's still leading the team and and and
Speaker 1: doing everything that that he can. At this time last year,
Speaker 1: Doug third down in the red zone. How important was
Speaker 1: this time of year? And Willaye mcgrown worked for that improvement.
Speaker 1: I think he's extremely important. Hum, and I think it
Speaker 1: did help us by by uh, you know, situationally, me
Speaker 1: setting up practices designed to hit those specific areas. And
Speaker 1: those are things that we're going to continue to do
Speaker 1: throughout you know, this whole Ota process now these next
Speaker 1: few weeks. So UM, exposing our guys to those situations
Speaker 1: obviously helps um, you know, offensively, defensively, plays defenses, UM,
Speaker 1: things of that nature. As coordinators, as play callers, UM
Speaker 1: work just working on that and coming up with the best,
Speaker 1: the best plan going forward. But definitely helped us. You know,
Speaker 1: going into camp and obviously the season. So Michael Bennett,
Speaker 1: it's his absence related at all to the legal stuff
Speaker 1: or what you're you're out at all again voluntary program,
Speaker 1: so nothing nothing about that at all, new to the
Speaker 1: to the system. I mean, you know, what are your
Speaker 1: thoughts on on him being able to act on me
Speaker 1: given that he's missing some time earlier. I really don't
Speaker 1: have any concern, you know, going forward with him, you know,
Speaker 1: acclimating himself to the defense. I mean it's you know,
Speaker 1: you've been around long enough to understand Jim style and
Speaker 1: what we teach and and it fits his strength and
Speaker 1: has roll off the ball, you know as a D lineman.
Speaker 1: So um, it's just a matter of getting him in
Speaker 1: here and getting around his teammates. There's a whole last
Speaker 1: such of these voluntary workouts. There's been a lot of
Speaker 1: talk about keeping the culture the same. How was that
Speaker 1: still doing some of the new guys? Well, you know,
Speaker 1: it's it's it's really about the communication, you know, for
Speaker 1: me when when I stand up here and address the
Speaker 1: team every morning and then and then it's the veteran
Speaker 1: players that were here a year ago and really have
Speaker 1: been with me the last two years. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: just bringing them along and and them fitting into what
Speaker 1: we're doing. And that's the thing is being consistent with that,
Speaker 1: you know, with the messaging, with the way we uh
Speaker 1: you know, handle our business when we're in the when
Speaker 1: we're in the building. Um, and then the ownership of
Speaker 1: putting it back on the players, the veteran players, and
Speaker 1: and and letting them, letting them control the environment a
Speaker 1: little bit. And um, you know obviously starts with me.
Speaker 1: But but I, but I do rely on the players
Speaker 1: quite a bit to keep that culture going. So many
Speaker 1: guys who are recovering from injuries and whatnot, Like how
Speaker 1: important I mean, Zach mentioned Sidney Jones, Like how important
Speaker 1: are these ots for a lot of your young guys
Speaker 1: such as Sydney. Um, you know, the guys you drafted
Speaker 1: this past you know, this past month. There everything we're going,
Speaker 1: you know, I'm excited really going forward these next next
Speaker 1: few weeks to see some of our younger players, Guys
Speaker 1: that were on our practice squad you know a year ago,
Speaker 1: Guys that were maybe roll or situational players a year ago.
Speaker 1: To to our draft picks, to our undrafted free agents,
Speaker 1: to the new free agents on our team. I mean,
Speaker 1: I'm excited to watch them. Um, you know again practice,
Speaker 1: We've we've got some young talented guys that we need
Speaker 1: to we need to find out, we need to get
Speaker 1: some answers on some players and this is the time
Speaker 1: to do that. Last pressor that Parson hasn't been fared
Speaker 1: to do anything, what did you mean exactly by that?
Speaker 1: Because he's been you know, we've seen video into knowing
Speaker 1: and all that stuff. All that you're seeing is part
Speaker 1: of his rehab. So it's part of it's part of
Speaker 1: his process of of getting getting back, you know. So
Speaker 1: what you're seeing is is is all part of his
Speaker 1: process and his rehab process. Um, you know, each day
Speaker 1: and a change, it changes each day based on what
Speaker 1: you know, our our medical staff and doctors want him
Speaker 1: to do and and um. But but he you know,
Speaker 1: with with injuries like that, obviously you know, not being
Speaker 1: clear to to participate in a practice setting, you know
Speaker 1: right now. But at the same time, he can he
Speaker 1: can maintain that uh, that rehab conditioning part to be
Speaker 1: here for any of the OTAs. Uh I do, I do. UM,
Speaker 1: So I'm not I'm not again, I'm not concerned, but
Speaker 1: I do expect him here? Yes, right, you guys had
Speaker 1: a close relationship. You got COEs right of course, right, Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know you had the meetings before games and things
Speaker 1: like that. Now you have might grow here this point
Speaker 1: in time. You know, how are you guys come along
Speaker 1: with that relationship and how important is this time time
Speaker 1: Frank for him to lay that foundation to replace. Yeah,
Speaker 1: our relationship Mike and I mean it's it's really it's
Speaker 1: really a good one. Obviously started last year but carried
Speaker 1: over to this offseason and what we did through our
Speaker 1: scheme evaluation, um, you know, going back through our offense,
Speaker 1: and and he and I am meeting, you know on
Speaker 1: several occasions. Um, just just to kind of go through
Speaker 1: everything in my expectation obviously of him and and what
Speaker 1: he's what he what he's going to bring to the table.
Speaker 1: And you know, he worked closely with Frank, so he
Speaker 1: he saw firsthand exactly how Frank and I interacted and
Speaker 1: things we did. So I'm encouraged by by where he's
Speaker 1: at and what he's doing is doing an outstanding job
Speaker 1: right now. And and uh, you know the key is
Speaker 1: just he and I staying um, having that open dialogue
Speaker 1: and that open communication. Uh, you know, much like Frank
Speaker 1: and I had. And that's something that uh, you know,
Speaker 1: if he has questions or if I have questions, we
Speaker 1: we we bounced a lot of stuff off each other
Speaker 1: and and ask a lot of questions and and uh,
Speaker 1: that's that's what you got to have in order in
Speaker 1: order for this to work so much. This is the
Speaker 1: first time you've had the whole group together, veterans, rookies.
Speaker 1: Do you have any big message to them at this coin?
Speaker 1: Was that something that comes later in office? It comes
Speaker 1: a little bit later, you know. This is this is
Speaker 1: a time to to really, um, kind of get back
Speaker 1: into football a little bit, to see again the young
Speaker 1: the young talent that you have developed those guys, Um,
Speaker 1: you know, the the you know. The thing is with
Speaker 1: with some of your veteran players, you know what you got.
Speaker 1: You know with them, you don't necessarily need to see
Speaker 1: a ton of a ton of work out of those guys.
Speaker 1: But at the same time, UM, you want just enough
Speaker 1: so that when they get come back for training camp,
Speaker 1: they're they're also ready to go with the trip to
Speaker 1: the White House. If you talk to the players or
Speaker 1: the team or any individuals the trip feeling UM, well,
Speaker 1: right now, obviously June fifth is the day we're going
Speaker 1: to go and and you know, excited to be going, Um,
Speaker 1: be honored as world champions. You know, I think it's
Speaker 1: a it's a it's a great honor. Um. We're still
Speaker 1: working through some logistics right now, so we don't have
Speaker 1: all the details of the day, but but excited to
Speaker 1: be going. Okay, I mean that up to them and
Speaker 1: you leave that it's an individual basis. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: it's it's one of those things that uh again we're
Speaker 1: we're working through a ton of things, but but at
Speaker 1: the same time we understand that it's an individual, individual decision.
Speaker 1: You want to bring UM, you know if if it
Speaker 1: if it works out, would love to have him. His
Speaker 1: veteran leadership, uh brings a brings a you know, a
Speaker 1: level of not only competition, but depth to the to
Speaker 1: the safety room. So if it works out, be great.
Speaker 1: So someone like Nelson agl Are thrive in the spring
Speaker 1: and you had an injury to Jordan Matthew Chat obviously
Speaker 1: had a lot of injuries here. What's the message to
Speaker 1: players who are maybe a little lower in the depth
Speaker 1: chart in terms of the importance of this period well, again,
Speaker 1: it's it's kind of their in their their behalf. It
Speaker 1: kind of. Um. It benefits some of the younger players
Speaker 1: because of you know, some of the some of the
Speaker 1: injuries and some of the things we're gonna do with
Speaker 1: managing players where now this time of year, they're gonna
Speaker 1: get a ton of a ton of practice reps you know,
Speaker 1: on the next next few weeks. So my message to
Speaker 1: them is just just to you know, come to work
Speaker 1: every day, ready to ready to go, and be prepared. Um.
Speaker 1: It'll be a big, great opportunity for them. Players last
Speaker 1: year who had chips on their shoulders and they used
Speaker 1: it as a motivation. Now that they're coming back after
Speaker 1: winning a Super Bowl, how do you kind of manufacture
Speaker 1: that Well, you know, we also have a couple of
Speaker 1: players with chips on their shoulders because they weren't in
Speaker 1: that final game, you know. Uh, And that's a motivating
Speaker 1: factor and only for them, but but it can feed
Speaker 1: to the rest of the football team. Talking about the
Speaker 1: Jason Peters, that Carson Wentz, that Chris Maragos as those guys,
Speaker 1: Darren Sprowles who you know sat on the sideline with
Speaker 1: me and watched that game. So there's motivation right there, So, um,
Speaker 1: you know, and that, uh, that's gonna fuel I believe
Speaker 1: some of the emotion as we as we get closer
Speaker 1: to training camp and towards the regular season. So you know,
Speaker 1: I want to lean on that. I want to embrace
Speaker 1: that and and um, you know those guys are going
Speaker 1: to bring a level of energy and excitement to the
Speaker 1: rest of the teams throughout the season last year. Are
Speaker 1: Are you going to manage his rest throughout these next
Speaker 1: few weeks to see what meats Updill? I'm you know,
Speaker 1: I'm not. I'm gonna manage him, but not because the elbow.
Speaker 1: You know. Um again, I do want to see Nate.
Speaker 1: I want to see see him, you know, a little
Speaker 1: bit more, a little more extensively with the offense. So
Speaker 1: um yeah, well, I'll make sure that that Nick gets
Speaker 1: just enough work to make sure he's ready to go
Speaker 1: for camp. But at the same time, I want to
Speaker 1: see see Nate and Joe and see what they can do. Thanks.
Speaker 1: Thanks guys,