1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,280 Speaker 1: Joe was saying last night that he thinks the center 2 00:00:02,320 --> 00:00:05,560 Speaker 1: competition is quote unquote scratch even. Uh, what have you 3 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:07,800 Speaker 1: seen from your perspective? And then what do you think 4 00:00:07,840 --> 00:00:09,399 Speaker 1: needs to happen for one of those guys to kind 5 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:12,520 Speaker 1: of pull away with the job. I think both guys 6 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:15,520 Speaker 1: have been doing a tremendous job there at center. Okay, 7 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:18,480 Speaker 1: Spencer is really smart. He's tough to play the position 8 00:00:18,520 --> 00:00:21,880 Speaker 1: for a while. Uh. Nick's also smart, tough right just 9 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:25,239 Speaker 1: learning the position. They growth are very physical football players, 10 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:27,600 Speaker 1: and they're battling for that starting job right now, and 11 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:30,360 Speaker 1: it can't be more happy with the competition that's going on. 12 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:32,839 Speaker 1: I love, I love what I've seen from both of 13 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:34,680 Speaker 1: those guys. They both bring a lot of strong traits 14 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:37,080 Speaker 1: to the table and they compete. And that's what we're 15 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:39,360 Speaker 1: looking to do ultimately around here is just keep competing. 16 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:42,320 Speaker 1: And one other thing noticed in the last coup of practice, 17 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:44,560 Speaker 1: you guys, uh, maybe you do it. Alllines noticed that 18 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:46,879 Speaker 1: a lot of work on stunts. Um, you're gonna have 19 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:48,840 Speaker 1: new guys playing next to each other, you know, don't 20 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:51,400 Speaker 1: have you know, continuity from the past. What's the key 21 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:53,920 Speaker 1: to to get on the same page with those Yeah, 22 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:56,600 Speaker 1: you know, just seeing multiple looks out there is really important. 23 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:59,040 Speaker 1: You know. Our defense is a great job with stunts 24 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:01,920 Speaker 1: so kind of you know, learning how to set properly, 25 00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:04,840 Speaker 1: learning how to train your eyes, learning how to get 26 00:01:04,880 --> 00:01:07,240 Speaker 1: proper depth. You know, you know, see what you see. 27 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:09,520 Speaker 1: And they've done a nice job with it. So it's 28 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:12,039 Speaker 1: really our job as coaches to keep giving them those looks. 29 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 1: It's hard. The harder we can make it on them 30 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:15,520 Speaker 1: right now, you know, the easier it's going to be, 31 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:17,480 Speaker 1: you know, come when we start these games here in 32 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:19,640 Speaker 1: a little bit. So you know, really our job right 33 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:21,840 Speaker 1: now is to keep showing the really difficult looks, and 34 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:23,959 Speaker 1: our defense is a great job of giving it. And 35 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:25,920 Speaker 1: we also give each other looks, you know, and went 36 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:28,600 Speaker 1: down there an individual period and again you're really getting 37 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:31,480 Speaker 1: those guys out there, you know, those uh, those young 38 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:33,959 Speaker 1: guys and making sure these looks are perfect all right, 39 00:01:33,959 --> 00:01:36,399 Speaker 1: so we can execute with speed and fast and really 40 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:39,040 Speaker 1: just train these guys to play next to each other, communicate, 41 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:41,040 Speaker 1: and that's what it's all about. As an offensive line, 42 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:43,960 Speaker 1: I've I've talked to line coaches and they've always said, 43 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:46,120 Speaker 1: for a lot of them say I'm gonna play my 44 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:49,080 Speaker 1: best five lineman. Doesn't make a difference if I have 45 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:51,840 Speaker 1: three guards a tackle in the center. I mean, the 46 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:55,440 Speaker 1: best five are gonna play. Do you have that theory 47 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 1: or do you want two tackles a guarden center. I 48 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:01,919 Speaker 1: think you know that that's that's really a strong theory. 49 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 1: You know, play your best players, um. You know, you 50 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:07,400 Speaker 1: look for guys that can play multiple positions. You know, 51 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:09,519 Speaker 1: you always looking for that. You know, the center only 52 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:11,960 Speaker 1: types don't really exist anymore. You know, all these guys 53 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:14,920 Speaker 1: can play multiple positions, and you're really trying to, you know, 54 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:17,840 Speaker 1: develop that continuity. So you've gotta be careful. There's a 55 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:22,239 Speaker 1: fine line there between playing your best five and create continuity. Um. 56 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:24,640 Speaker 1: But you know, we've done a nice job here, you know, 57 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 1: Coach Judge does a really nice job making sure, you know, 58 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:31,080 Speaker 1: we're getting certain reps and getting guys in different positions 59 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:34,080 Speaker 1: at times, but also at times making sure you know, 60 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:36,120 Speaker 1: we have a couple of lines in there and they're 61 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:38,240 Speaker 1: just compete and learning how to play next to each other. 62 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:42,120 Speaker 1: So you know, I think the best starting five, that's great. 63 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 1: But right now we're just trying, we're trying to find 64 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:45,680 Speaker 1: you know, the guys that are going to get in 65 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:48,639 Speaker 1: there really compete, really grind, you know, and so there's 66 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:51,800 Speaker 1: that balance between continuity and you know, getting that best 67 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:53,520 Speaker 1: five in there. So we're just trying to find that 68 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 1: balance right now. And you know, these guys are doing 69 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:59,000 Speaker 1: a really nice job competing now. It's about kind of 70 00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:04,360 Speaker 1: creating that continuity. Thank you, Tom rock Mark. What have 71 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:07,000 Speaker 1: you seen from Cam Fleming? It's a guy you're pretty 72 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:10,520 Speaker 1: familiar with. Yeah, Cam, Cam is an incredible worker. You know, 73 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:11,880 Speaker 1: you can watch him out there. You know, he's the 74 00:03:11,919 --> 00:03:14,400 Speaker 1: first guy out there at practice. You know, he's always 75 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:17,800 Speaker 1: working on his past sets, honing his craft. He's extremely smart, 76 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:20,920 Speaker 1: he's gritty, he's tough, He's playing a lot of big games. 77 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:23,520 Speaker 1: Um like what I've seen from him so far. You know, 78 00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:26,800 Speaker 1: obviously we just gotta keep pushing to get better. Up front, 79 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:29,400 Speaker 1: We're always looking for little things to to to work on. 80 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:32,280 Speaker 1: And Cam's that guy's constantly wearing me out. How can 81 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 1: I get better? And that's really what you want to 82 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:36,520 Speaker 1: look for in offensive lineman. And you know, I get 83 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 1: a lot of confidence. We have a lot of confidence 84 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:41,000 Speaker 1: in Cam Fleming. He's gonna give us everything. He has 85 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:43,520 Speaker 1: and that's just the type of player he is. And 86 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:45,040 Speaker 1: then the other thing I want to ask you that was, 87 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 1: we saw a lot of batted down passes in the scrimmage. 88 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:50,640 Speaker 1: We saw b J come up with an interception that 89 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 1: that way yesterday. Is that an offensive line floor or 90 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:57,120 Speaker 1: is that a quarterback floor? Is that somewhere in between? Yeah, 91 00:03:57,120 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 1: it's kind of you know, it's the whole unit, you know, 92 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 1: just talking from an offensive line perspective. You know, let's 93 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:05,040 Speaker 1: start get back a little bit. Okay. Our defense is 94 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:06,480 Speaker 1: a great job of getting their hands up in the 95 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:10,240 Speaker 1: throwing lane right there. Coached really well. They're big, they're physical, 96 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 1: they can push the pocket. It's a really great challenge 97 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:15,360 Speaker 1: for this offensive line. I feel I feel like we 98 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:18,200 Speaker 1: have to anchor sooner, you know. And really rule of 99 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:19,880 Speaker 1: thumb is, they try to jump up for a ball, 100 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:21,480 Speaker 1: you gotta stick your hands in your chest and you 101 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:23,839 Speaker 1: gotta dump it right. You put that on film a 102 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:25,640 Speaker 1: couple of times will keep them from kind of jumping 103 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 1: up there. But again, our defense done a nice job 104 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:29,960 Speaker 1: with that. You know, it's really about anchoring. Being a 105 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,840 Speaker 1: little bit more firm, uh in the middle. That a 106 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:34,760 Speaker 1: lot that will help that so they can't push the 107 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:36,880 Speaker 1: pocket actually get their hands up there in that lane. 108 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:41,880 Speaker 1: Going back to UH draft time, I recalled Dave Gentleman 109 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:45,720 Speaker 1: saying about Matt part that, in addition to the praise 110 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 1: that they talked about him as a player, said, the 111 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:51,160 Speaker 1: coach has really wanted to work with this kid. Now, 112 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:53,839 Speaker 1: presumably you were one of those coaches. I'm just kidding 113 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:57,520 Speaker 1: what you've seen from Matt, what you saw from him 114 00:04:57,560 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 1: that you wanted to work with, and where he is 115 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:03,279 Speaker 1: right now. Yeah, you know he's he's a smart kid. 116 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:07,240 Speaker 1: He's big, he's long, I mean tremendous length. He's a 117 00:05:07,279 --> 00:05:09,279 Speaker 1: good athlete. You know, he's got a lot of those 118 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 1: qualities you look for in a tackle, you know, starting 119 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:15,080 Speaker 1: with length. Um, MAT's done a nice job so far. 120 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:17,719 Speaker 1: All right, We're gonna keep pushing him to really grind 121 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:20,440 Speaker 1: it out, get better at every little detail. You know, 122 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:23,880 Speaker 1: that's really with these young guys, it's all about the details. Um, 123 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 1: Like what we're seeing so far. You know, him coming out, 124 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:28,240 Speaker 1: he just did a lot of nice things, all right. 125 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:30,440 Speaker 1: In college. You kind of can see, you know where 126 00:05:30,440 --> 00:05:32,520 Speaker 1: he's heading there. You know, he's he's doing a nice 127 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:34,919 Speaker 1: job again right now, so there's just a lot to 128 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:36,839 Speaker 1: work with. As an offensive line coach, you kind of 129 00:05:36,839 --> 00:05:39,120 Speaker 1: look at him and you say to yourself, that looks 130 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:41,800 Speaker 1: like a football player. It looks like a football player. 131 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:43,839 Speaker 1: And again, he's done a tremendous job, and we're gonna 132 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:46,000 Speaker 1: keep pushing him to get better. You know, get him 133 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:47,960 Speaker 1: on the right side, get him on the left again, 134 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:50,280 Speaker 1: multiple positions with these guys, got to be able to 135 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 1: play both tackles, so that, uh, that that's a big deal. 136 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:54,599 Speaker 1: And he's done a nice job with that so far, 137 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 1: and we just gotta keep pushing them. Hey, Mark a 138 00:05:56,880 --> 00:05:59,360 Speaker 1: quick too, parter. You said you wanted your offensive line 139 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:02,480 Speaker 1: to be now ste have they shown you they're nasty enough? 140 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:05,840 Speaker 1: And then Andrew Thomas frankly an eleven on eleven. I 141 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:09,200 Speaker 1: don't feel like I've seen him get beaten very often. Um, 142 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:12,359 Speaker 1: do you think he's doing extremely well early on for 143 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 1: a rookie. Yeah. The first first part of that, you know, 144 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:17,640 Speaker 1: we can always play more physical, you know, the first 145 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:19,960 Speaker 1: part of that is making sure we get into these 146 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 1: fits right in the run game. Um, physical in the 147 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:24,960 Speaker 1: past game with our hands. You know, we're still working 148 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:27,720 Speaker 1: on working those details out right now. You know, so 149 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:29,720 Speaker 1: we can really get out there and once we learn 150 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:32,160 Speaker 1: how to do it right, that's when you're cannpose your 151 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:34,800 Speaker 1: will on the defense that that we've done a good 152 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:36,880 Speaker 1: job at least with the physical nature of it. We 153 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:38,960 Speaker 1: need to clean up the technique part of it. Uh. 154 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:41,279 Speaker 1: In terms of Andrew, Andrew's done a lot of nice 155 00:06:41,279 --> 00:06:43,240 Speaker 1: things so far, right, but we have a long way 156 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:45,880 Speaker 1: to go. We have timing of our punch. You know, 157 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:48,839 Speaker 1: some of his sets, consistency and what he does, he 158 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:50,840 Speaker 1: competes a right. When he gets beat. You don't have 159 00:06:50,880 --> 00:06:52,880 Speaker 1: to tell him twice. He'll you know, he's one of 160 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:54,640 Speaker 1: those one of those guys. If you give him a 161 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:57,400 Speaker 1: coaching point, they'll take the coaching point and we can 162 00:06:57,440 --> 00:07:00,400 Speaker 1: move on really to the next thing. Um. So you 163 00:07:00,440 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 1: know that that's where you're looking for in these young guys, 164 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:05,480 Speaker 1: not making multiple mistakes, doing the same thing wrong over 165 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:08,320 Speaker 1: and over. And that's what's it's been really really fun 166 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:10,160 Speaker 1: to watch about Andrew. You can tell him one thing 167 00:07:10,640 --> 00:07:12,640 Speaker 1: right and next time he goes out there, he does 168 00:07:12,640 --> 00:07:14,920 Speaker 1: it the way you know you're looking for, and that's 169 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:16,920 Speaker 1: how you can get better really really as a group, 170 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:19,840 Speaker 1: as a tackle and he's done a nice job so far. Again, 171 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:21,960 Speaker 1: we've got a long way to go with these guys. Um, 172 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:24,640 Speaker 1: Consistency's really the key right now, you know, for these 173 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:26,960 Speaker 1: young guys coming out of college. We can see what 174 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:31,640 Speaker 1: we can see what Nick Gates can do, um when 175 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:34,920 Speaker 1: he snaps the ball. But what about after he snaps 176 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:36,480 Speaker 1: the ball? How are you going to know about his 177 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:40,720 Speaker 1: decision making and his ability to um um, where to slide, 178 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:42,760 Speaker 1: who to help, things like that, the stuff that he 179 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:45,520 Speaker 1: is never done before, and the stuff that you will 180 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 1: not be able to see in a preseason game. Yeah, 181 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:50,240 Speaker 1: you know, it's our job as coaches to give him 182 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:53,120 Speaker 1: those looks. You know. Again, our defense does a really 183 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:56,120 Speaker 1: good job changing up the looks, giving him all these 184 00:07:56,160 --> 00:07:58,680 Speaker 1: different things to think about and handle. And Nick's done 185 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:00,880 Speaker 1: a really good job with that. Um, we gotta keep 186 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:03,520 Speaker 1: pushing him, keep showing him, you know, everything, so it's 187 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:05,320 Speaker 1: not the first time he sees it. You know, we're 188 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:08,040 Speaker 1: out there playing a real game now, Um, you know, 189 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:10,920 Speaker 1: in these settings, these live pads stuff like that. All right, 190 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 1: it's really where you know, where some of his really 191 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:16,800 Speaker 1: good qualities his trade show up and we just again 192 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:19,320 Speaker 1: all right, just it's not seeing it for the first time. 193 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:22,400 Speaker 1: That's really the biggest deal with Nick right now, and 194 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:24,960 Speaker 1: when he sees it, just like the question with Andrew, 195 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:27,920 Speaker 1: He's able to correct himself right away, right So that's 196 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:30,040 Speaker 1: a big quality to have in the center, to be 197 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:32,200 Speaker 1: able to correct yourself right away, so we can move 198 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:34,439 Speaker 1: on and showing something else, so we're not stuck on 199 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:37,160 Speaker 1: the same exact coaching point over and over and over 200 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:39,160 Speaker 1: again that you see with some of these young guys. 201 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:41,800 Speaker 1: So you know, he's a guy that you know, love 202 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:44,040 Speaker 1: what we've seen for him so far. Again, Spencer pull, 203 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:45,760 Speaker 1: he has done a great job to these guys are 204 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:48,880 Speaker 1: battling it out all right. They both have tremendous qualities 205 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:52,079 Speaker 1: up there up front and just excited you know, in 206 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:54,679 Speaker 1: the future for h For Nick Gates, he's done a 207 00:08:54,679 --> 00:08:56,559 Speaker 1: really good job so far, and we'll keep showing him 208 00:08:56,559 --> 00:08:59,000 Speaker 1: those looks, keep pressing him to get better. The more 209 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:01,080 Speaker 1: difficult it is now, the easier it will be in 210 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:01,439 Speaker 1: the games.