1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:08,239 Speaker 1: Yet us see what this little girl, how we're doing. 2 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:14,360 Speaker 1: Guys started by talking about a decision to bringing Randy 3 00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:17,279 Speaker 1: off and on football list and what he did to 4 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:20,360 Speaker 1: day and what you're playing is for here. Yeah, it's 5 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:22,239 Speaker 1: really just an opportunity for us to get him out 6 00:00:22,239 --> 00:00:24,240 Speaker 1: on the practice field and the team on the grass 7 00:00:24,239 --> 00:00:27,960 Speaker 1: sessions in the morning. And uh, you know, we're still 8 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:30,600 Speaker 1: going to be very deliberate with him, uh in terms 9 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:34,040 Speaker 1: of getting him back into a full speed practice. He's 10 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:36,360 Speaker 1: been away from football for a long time. He's doing 11 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:39,320 Speaker 1: very well. He did a good job keeping himself in shape. 12 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:41,400 Speaker 1: He's done a good job since he's been here, so 13 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:44,599 Speaker 1: he's making progress. But again, we don't want to compromise 14 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:47,959 Speaker 1: him early on here and and and put him, uh 15 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:50,120 Speaker 1: you know, a couple of weeks behind where he should be. 16 00:00:50,159 --> 00:00:54,600 Speaker 1: So we're gonna we're gonna progress deliberately here. But taking 17 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:56,680 Speaker 1: the NFI off of him allows him to go out 18 00:00:56,720 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 1: to the to the team on the grass sessions, to 19 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:01,200 Speaker 1: walk through sessions, if you will, and start to get 20 00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:05,240 Speaker 1: some work working him in after your first preseason game. 21 00:01:05,319 --> 00:01:07,800 Speaker 1: As smart as I think, that's getting ahead of ourselves, 22 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:09,679 Speaker 1: but we certainly want to get him back out there 23 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:12,399 Speaker 1: at some point, but we're just gonna watch him. We're 24 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:14,119 Speaker 1: gonna watch him and see if he's able to handle 25 00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:16,280 Speaker 1: the different things we're asking him to do. It'll be 26 00:01:16,319 --> 00:01:18,560 Speaker 1: a deliberate process, but we're certainly hopeful to see him 27 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 1: at some point in the preseason. That's like, you have 28 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:23,680 Speaker 1: to see what he has, but you don't want to 29 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:26,560 Speaker 1: risk an injury. I mean, he said it's just not balance. 30 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:28,920 Speaker 1: And again, he's progressing and doing everything we ask him 31 00:01:28,959 --> 00:01:31,839 Speaker 1: to do. Without getting into the specifics of the workouts, 32 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:34,880 Speaker 1: He's continues to build day by day by day. Again, 33 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:37,160 Speaker 1: we're gonna get him acclimated into the football stuff in 34 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 1: the morning. That'll be a good thing for him, just 35 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:42,680 Speaker 1: to get his football movement down in addition to his conditioning. 36 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:45,399 Speaker 1: And then we'll progress and see where he is as 37 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:48,520 Speaker 1: we go, but certainly optimistic about where he is and 38 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:52,560 Speaker 1: where he's going. Now. You've been deliberate with Sean Lee 39 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:55,920 Speaker 1: kimps the expectation that he probably don't play at all 40 00:01:55,960 --> 00:01:58,240 Speaker 1: the preseason. It we'll just see a week one. Yeah, 41 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:00,840 Speaker 1: I think that's getting ahead of ourselves as well. You know, 42 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:03,880 Speaker 1: Sean does a great job getting himself ready to play 43 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:08,160 Speaker 1: in every aspect, and sometimes we have to protect him 44 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:09,959 Speaker 1: from himself. So that's a little bit what this is 45 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 1: all about. And we'll give him some time here, he'll 46 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 1: he'll start to practice on a more regular basis as 47 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:18,360 Speaker 1: we get going a little bit more. Haven't talked about 48 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:21,080 Speaker 1: who's playing and when they're playing in preseason games yet, 49 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:24,120 Speaker 1: but suffice it to say that we're doing everything we 50 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:27,440 Speaker 1: can to get him ready for week one. You have 51 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:29,880 Speaker 1: very young team this year is the one of the 52 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:32,760 Speaker 1: biggest challenges for those guys, especially in the first week. 53 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:35,240 Speaker 1: Fountuation Choman, you know, I think the biggest thing is 54 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:37,919 Speaker 1: just understanding how we do things, and we're fortunate that 55 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:40,800 Speaker 1: we have some really strong leadership here, guys who have 56 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:43,760 Speaker 1: been around our team for a few years now and understand, 57 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:45,799 Speaker 1: you know, how we go about things, how we meet, 58 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:48,600 Speaker 1: how we walk through, how we practice, and ultimately how 59 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 1: we want to play. And we certainly preach that as 60 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:53,680 Speaker 1: a coaching staff. And then to have those guys be 61 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:56,600 Speaker 1: able to carry that mantle of leadership to the rest 62 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:59,760 Speaker 1: of the group is really good and their receptive group. 63 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:02,680 Speaker 1: They want to do things the right way. We're off 64 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:04,600 Speaker 1: to a good start where We're far from where we 65 00:03:04,639 --> 00:03:09,160 Speaker 1: need to be, obviously, but we're going about the right ways. 66 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:11,200 Speaker 1: Why did you use their last week to sefect both 67 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:13,120 Speaker 1: starboard and what do you hope he brings to this 68 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:16,120 Speaker 1: team out of Alabama? We like bo. You know, when 69 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:17,639 Speaker 1: you get down on the bottom of the draft, you're 70 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 1: really looking for the best players available, and I guess 71 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:23,840 Speaker 1: you're probably doing that throughout the draft, but literally you're 72 00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:25,840 Speaker 1: looking up at your board and you're saying, boy, that 73 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:27,799 Speaker 1: guy sticks out. We have a high grade on him. 74 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:30,919 Speaker 1: And Bow was highly regarded coming out of high school, 75 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:34,000 Speaker 1: going to Alabama and really did some great things there 76 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:36,840 Speaker 1: at different times in his career, and we just felt 77 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:38,840 Speaker 1: like he had a chance to come in here and 78 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:41,040 Speaker 1: compete for one of those running back spots. I did 79 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:43,600 Speaker 1: talk to coach Saban about him. He endorsed him very 80 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:47,120 Speaker 1: highly as a player and as a person, and that 81 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:48,960 Speaker 1: means a lot to us. He obviously has a tremendous 82 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:51,760 Speaker 1: amount of credibility, and Bows come in here and really 83 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:54,760 Speaker 1: demonstrated that right from the start. He works very hard 84 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:57,080 Speaker 1: and you definitely see some talent and he'll get some 85 00:03:57,120 --> 00:04:00,400 Speaker 1: opportunities in the preseason. Says he's very comfortable with this 86 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:04,080 Speaker 1: setting camp because he's very per bigger with a lot 87 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 1: of terminology. He goes a lot of it from Alabama. 88 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:10,880 Speaker 1: Is that might design well? Obviously Coach Saban had a 89 00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 1: big influence on me our time together for a couple 90 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:17,480 Speaker 1: of years. And you know, whether it's the offensive system 91 00:04:17,520 --> 00:04:19,680 Speaker 1: or the defensive system, or just simply how we do 92 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:24,320 Speaker 1: things in general. You know, we and I believe a 93 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:27,000 Speaker 1: lot and what I learned from him, and we've tried 94 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:30,120 Speaker 1: to instill a lot of that here. Obviously in college football, 95 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:33,359 Speaker 1: there as good a program that's ever been assembled and 96 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:35,479 Speaker 1: h and coach Saban has has so much to do 97 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:37,960 Speaker 1: with what they've built down there at Alabama. And again, 98 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:40,640 Speaker 1: he had a strong influence on me. And you know, 99 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:43,239 Speaker 1: it's good to see the Bows comfortable with this environment. 100 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:45,960 Speaker 1: He certainly responded well to it. What do you think 101 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:48,920 Speaker 1: of Byron Joe's performance in camps so far? Bars off 102 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:51,080 Speaker 1: to a good start. He had a good spring and 103 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:54,719 Speaker 1: you know, moving back to the corner position, and you know, 104 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:56,560 Speaker 1: we talked about this the other day. You know, he 105 00:04:57,040 --> 00:04:59,160 Speaker 1: played corner in college for a couple of years. He 106 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:01,720 Speaker 1: played safety and for a couple of years even when 107 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 1: he was playing safety for us, we put him in 108 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:06,760 Speaker 1: situations where he was covering, so this isn't completely foreign 109 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:09,320 Speaker 1: to him. But I think he's responded well to what 110 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:11,720 Speaker 1: we're doing on the back end with Chris Rashard and 111 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:13,720 Speaker 1: he's off to a good start. He's making some plays. 112 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:16,040 Speaker 1: It looks like he's playing with confidence. We're gonna keep 113 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:19,880 Speaker 1: trying to challenge him every day. Hec coach shard By 114 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:23,520 Speaker 1: is vocal and is animated as he was yesterday. What 115 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:29,719 Speaker 1: are your thoughts? Well, that's the way he approaches everything. 116 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:32,479 Speaker 1: He's a very passionate guy. He's an excellent teacher in 117 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:36,159 Speaker 1: the classroom and on the field, very passionate about about 118 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:39,200 Speaker 1: football and about helping players get better. And he's a 119 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:41,919 Speaker 1: competitive guy and that's one of the things we like 120 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 1: about him. We feel like he he brings a lot 121 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:46,920 Speaker 1: to our team and he's doing a really good job 122 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:50,080 Speaker 1: instilling those ideas into our players. It's been a good 123 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:52,920 Speaker 1: environment for them, and again, I think they're responding the 124 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 1: right way. Did you like that yesterday, I mean you 125 00:05:56,880 --> 00:06:00,400 Speaker 1: got even a little involved with some of the fist 126 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:05,520 Speaker 1: or George Lewis, Yeah, I think it's great. Uh, you know, 127 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:08,160 Speaker 1: there's so many different things you're trying to accomplish in practice. 128 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:10,600 Speaker 1: As you guys know, the early part of practice is 129 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:13,760 Speaker 1: more individual technique oriented and and then you're doing some 130 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:18,040 Speaker 1: system stuff as you go. But we believe in making 131 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:22,520 Speaker 1: sure the practice is competitive. It's competitive and everything that 132 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:24,840 Speaker 1: we do and uh, and part of that competition is 133 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:27,640 Speaker 1: guys competing for jobs at the same position, but part 134 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:29,360 Speaker 1: of his going against the guys on the other side 135 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:31,480 Speaker 1: where there's one on one or eleven on eleven, and 136 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:34,440 Speaker 1: you try to create situations that are real life for 137 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:37,440 Speaker 1: our players and see how they respond. And if you 138 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:39,560 Speaker 1: get the right kind of guys on your team, they'll 139 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:41,640 Speaker 1: respond the right way. So that's the environment we're trying 140 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:43,960 Speaker 1: to create. I just says to chat of the games 141 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:51,400 Speaker 1: before and day to play is from the amerateur a certainly. Oh, 142 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:53,919 Speaker 1: I think it's probably like what training camp typically is. 143 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:57,479 Speaker 1: You can pull back every day and say, boy, that 144 00:06:57,560 --> 00:06:59,279 Speaker 1: was a great day for the defense, and over the 145 00:06:59,279 --> 00:07:01,760 Speaker 1: offensive room said we had a rough one. And then 146 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:03,919 Speaker 1: you flip it around and the defense is is not 147 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:07,279 Speaker 1: feeling real good about it, and the offense is bouncing 148 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:09,240 Speaker 1: around with a spring in their step because of what happened. 149 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:11,160 Speaker 1: And that's really what again, what you're trying to create 150 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:13,320 Speaker 1: on your team. You're trying to create that throughout practice 151 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:17,560 Speaker 1: where it's competitive. This side wins, that side wins. It's 152 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:19,440 Speaker 1: kind of ugly. They're making it hard on us, we're 153 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:22,320 Speaker 1: making it hard on them. That's how you grow. I'm 154 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:24,240 Speaker 1: not a tennis player, but you know that that old 155 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:27,240 Speaker 1: adage of you want to play tennis with someone who's 156 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:29,600 Speaker 1: equal or better than you are. That's how you get better. 157 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:31,640 Speaker 1: And so that's what we're trying to create in our team, 158 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:34,600 Speaker 1: where everybody's challenging each other all day long. That it's 159 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:36,600 Speaker 1: not clean. You just don't go out there and go 160 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:39,640 Speaker 1: sixteen for sixteen. Nobody's getting better when you're doing that. 161 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:42,160 Speaker 1: And uh, and again, I think our guys are responding 162 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:44,240 Speaker 1: the right way. I think the offense has done some 163 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:46,080 Speaker 1: good things in the passing game. Obviously we have a 164 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:49,600 Speaker 1: long way to go as well. You have your four 165 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:53,360 Speaker 1: better in offensive linement. Do they make you guy like 166 00:07:53,440 --> 00:08:00,360 Speaker 1: Connor earn his way into the club so to speaking, Yeah, yeah, 167 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:02,240 Speaker 1: you know again, we try to create an environment where 168 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:04,480 Speaker 1: everybody has to earn it every day, regardless of how 169 00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:06,280 Speaker 1: much football you've played for us, or if you just 170 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:10,600 Speaker 1: showed up. And so that's an environment we try to create. 171 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:13,600 Speaker 1: We try to instill that in our team, that idea 172 00:08:13,640 --> 00:08:15,200 Speaker 1: they got to come out here and earn it. The 173 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:17,200 Speaker 1: nature of the National Football League as you do have 174 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:19,440 Speaker 1: to earn it. The guy crossed from he's really good. 175 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:22,480 Speaker 1: I don't care where he came from, what school he 176 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:25,360 Speaker 1: played out, how long he's played. He's a pro football player. 177 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:26,920 Speaker 1: So he's gonna make you earn it every day. The 178 00:08:26,960 --> 00:08:28,800 Speaker 1: coaches on the other side are gonna make you earn it. 179 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:30,920 Speaker 1: And then when you're talking about a position group like 180 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:34,880 Speaker 1: you are, there's a standard that's been set and certainly 181 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:37,559 Speaker 1: all players, the guys who have been here, have to 182 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:39,440 Speaker 1: continue to earn it, and certainly a new player has 183 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:42,320 Speaker 1: to understand it and then then live up to that standard. 184 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:45,240 Speaker 1: So it's a growing process. But Connor goes about the 185 00:08:45,320 --> 00:08:49,840 Speaker 1: right way. We like him a lot. Thank you all right, 186 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:50,800 Speaker 1: Good to see you guys.