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Speaker 1: Late fifteen ten touched up What's Up, guys, Welcome into

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Speaker 1: a brand new episode of.

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Speaker 2: Chargers Weekly at the Bolt, as always, joined by the

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Speaker 2: voice of the Chargers, Matt Buddy Smith. The start of

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Speaker 2: OTA's This Week Money, I know you were there on Tuesday.

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Speaker 2: It was not observations, my friend.

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Speaker 3: Well, I think it was a lot one, you know,

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Speaker 3: start with just I think everybody saw the highlight Ladd

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Speaker 3: and Herbert and that beautiful toss down the left sideline

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Speaker 3: that he tapped to himself. That was fun to see.

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Speaker 3: I thought, Trey Harris, you know, a couple of his tart.

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Speaker 3: You know, the new guys are always fun to kind

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Speaker 3: of just put your eyes on him. For the first time.

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Speaker 3: I saw him catch a go ball that was kind

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Speaker 3: of cool. And then you know, the Justin Herbert to

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Speaker 3: Mike Williams reunion was fun to watch as well. I

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Speaker 3: don't want to leave anybody out and stuff, but you know,

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Speaker 3: Q was catching everything that was thrown his way. But

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Speaker 3: the one thing I think that probably stood out the

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Speaker 3: most to me was just how big the running backs

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Speaker 3: are when you see them clustered together. And it's a

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Speaker 3: different in Hampton and Sanders and it's just and Hassan, Like, dude,

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Speaker 3: these guys are all over two hundred and twenty pounds.

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Speaker 3: I mean, Naji's two forty. You know, Sanders is too thirty,

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Speaker 3: and you just you see it. You're like, man, that's

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Speaker 3: a big group of dudes. And then you see Makai

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Speaker 3: Beckeden and Joe Alt standing next to each other, and

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Speaker 3: it's like that's a big couple of dudes, and it

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Speaker 3: just kind of lets you sort of imagine what this

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Speaker 3: thing can look like, you know, this year with some

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Speaker 3: of the pieces they've added, and how physical, how this

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Speaker 3: team wants to play physical football, and like that's just

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Speaker 3: the nucleus of it. When you look at that group

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Speaker 3: right there, like, okay, yeah, that that should be able

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Speaker 3: to play in the world of physical football.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, it's it's hard to really see a

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Speaker 2: ton from OTAs.

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Speaker 1: But the theme at the press conferences was.

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Speaker 2: The defense, right and you from from Kim and Tarhebe

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Speaker 2: and coach Klink and Tony Jefferson. And the one thing

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Speaker 2: that kind of struck me through the forty five minutes

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Speaker 2: of press conferences was just Tarheb.

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Speaker 1: And his growth from year one to year two.

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Speaker 2: It seems like he's he's really kind of coach Klik said,

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Speaker 2: He's just a different guy from the end of the

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Speaker 2: season and now it's what it's end of May. Working

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Speaker 2: with Khalil Mack being in the weight room every single day,

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Speaker 2: it seems like Khalil has rubbed off on some of

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Speaker 2: the young guys.

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Speaker 3: I mean, that's you know, it's it's why when we

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Speaker 3: talked about the off season and Joey and Khalil and

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Speaker 3: money and how can you pay all.

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Speaker 1: These money and money?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's clear that like Mac means like what Mac

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Speaker 3: means to his team, and like that was just such

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Speaker 3: a cool story to illustrate it. Here's a guy that's

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Speaker 3: not even been here for a year, you know, that's

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Speaker 3: that's in the weight room and Khalil's like, why aren't

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Speaker 3: you in here on Friday? And it's like, why don't

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Speaker 3: you work out with me? And it's like that, you know,

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Speaker 3: talking about like I don't want to say a kid,

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Speaker 3: he's in his twenties, but you know what I mean,

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Speaker 3: like a second year player and now here's this future

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Speaker 3: Hall of Famer and one of the greatest players of

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Speaker 3: his era that's got his arm around you, and it's like, hey, man,

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Speaker 3: let's go. And I think that to what coach kling

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Speaker 3: Scale was talking about, that rubs off, right, and that

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Speaker 3: helps you become more of a professional. And like when

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Speaker 3: he said, tar Heep's kind of turning into a leader

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Speaker 3: in that room now, and it's like, yeah, that's that's

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Speaker 3: sort of the Khalil Mack effect. And based on the

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Speaker 3: way he played last year makes sense, Like yeah, I mean,

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Speaker 3: you know, I played his tail off, played great, has

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Speaker 3: some huge moments and some big games, and obviously you know,

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Speaker 3: feels like he's ready to do that based on how

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Speaker 3: he played. So it's you know, I think the one

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Speaker 3: thing I took away most from all those pressers was

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Speaker 3: just how tough it's going to be for some of

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Speaker 3: like to make the team like that is a competitive

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and you got to make the team on special

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Speaker 2: teams and coming up, we have a great conversation with

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Speaker 2: with Ryan Ficken.

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Speaker 1: You guys are not gonna want to miss that.

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Speaker 2: But it also goes back to just kind of having

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Speaker 2: vets in the room that you can lean on and

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Speaker 2: coach Klink talked about how Darwin James is the reason

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Speaker 2: he gets up in the morning to coach a guy

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Speaker 2: like that, to have coach herb in the weight room, Khalil.

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Speaker 1: Having a guy like Tony Jefferson, right.

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Speaker 2: I mean, you know, Tony is the consummate pro was

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Speaker 2: out of the game for a year. Talked about just

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Speaker 2: kind of getting his body back in shape, but also

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Speaker 2: being a scout slash coach and being a resource for

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Speaker 2: some of these guys in the secondary.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Tony said, best man. That was a really fun

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Speaker 3: presser just to hear his For those that didn't hear it,

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Speaker 3: you should check it out. Just watch it. And it's

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Speaker 3: tirety on the Chargers dot Com. He's such a great guy,

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Speaker 3: such a thoughtful person and someone who's been around the

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Speaker 3: game as long as he has. And you know, he

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Speaker 3: talked about what Ben Herbert meant him and we heard

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Speaker 3: this coming in, right, We heard that when when coach

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Speaker 3: Harbaugh was hired that he was adamant that that Herb

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Speaker 3: you heard from J. J. Watt, you know, and saying

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Speaker 3: what coach Herbert meant to him at the University Wisconsin

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Speaker 3: and how important he was. And then you hear Tony

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Speaker 3: Jefferson say, man, I was out of football. I wasn't

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Speaker 3: going to make this team. And now he's standing at

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Speaker 3: the lectern talking about how I'm in a completely different headspace,

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Speaker 3: like my body's different, I feel different, I'm I'm a

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Speaker 3: away from the game, and now he's like, dude, I

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Speaker 3: got to figure out how to make this team. And

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Speaker 3: because that's what he was talking about, how deep the

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Speaker 3: you think about what he meant and when he was

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Speaker 3: called upon how well he played in a couple of

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Speaker 3: when you draft, you know, Mickens now you've got Mickens, Molden,

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Speaker 3: that mix. Yeah, five in the safety room, man, And

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Speaker 3: that's that's a freaking tough nut to crack to try

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Speaker 2: But it speaks to Tony's perseverance too, because he admitted

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Speaker 2: he wasn't in shape in mini camp. He got of

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Speaker 2: worked himself into shape. That's why he played almost every

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Speaker 2: So it's about kind of being ready for your moment

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Speaker 2: and playing different positions. You're right, the presser was great

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Speaker 2: because he also said jesse Minch was a genius. And

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Speaker 2: I was put on to jesse Minzer before a lot

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Speaker 2: of you guys were because of their time in Baltimore.

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Speaker 2: So I do think that it's worth listening to every

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Speaker 3: You mentioned Bridges by the way for the corner room, Like,

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Speaker 3: think about that that's seven. That's seven dudes, you know,

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Speaker 3: and that's it's a great thing. Like I think about

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Speaker 3: just like the depth on this team you feel so

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Speaker 3: defensive line. It's like, yeah, you know, you unfortunately lose Poona,

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Speaker 3: but you draft cald Well, you bring in Jones, you

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Speaker 3: bring in Hand, You've got Tito, You've like you bring

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Speaker 2: Well, you know, a year ago, money we were we

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Speaker 2: were excited about Hayden Hurst because he did look good

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Speaker 2: Gadsden and Conklin to the Disleey room, it's just it's

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Speaker 2: if you told us on May thirtieth last year that

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Speaker 2: we'd be talking about cam Harten Tar, he's still the

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Speaker 2: way we're talking about them right now as potential starters

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Speaker 2: on a on a team that were, you know, their

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Speaker 2: fifth round picks last year. Cam Hart was was great

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Speaker 2: as well. You know, he kind of had an injury

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Speaker 2: if he can play seventeen games and he got a really,

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Speaker 3: Yeah, look, that's a big one and there's a reason

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Speaker 3: You know, he's a guy that dealt with injuries throughout

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Speaker 3: his entire time at Notre Dame. And no one's doubting

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Speaker 3: the talent. You see the size, I mean, my gosh,

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Speaker 3: know what coach Minner told us, you know he wants

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Speaker 3: to do and what he preferred to do. I mean,

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Speaker 3: cam Hart fits right into that. So him staying healthy

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Speaker 3: and that was something coach Clean Scales talked about as well,

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Speaker 1: All right, guys, has promised.

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Speaker 1: Always a pleasure. How is the opening week of OTA

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Speaker 3: It feels like, you know, with with young players, you know,

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Speaker 5: You know, I think it's just getting everyone on the

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Speaker 3: punt return? Is there one that that needs to be

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Speaker 3: specifically more technical?

434
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Speaker 4: You know, I think there's a bunch of nuances with

435
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Speaker 4: a lot of them.

436
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Speaker 5: You know, you could talk about from position specific with

437
00:19:03,480 --> 00:19:06,120
Speaker 5: the specialists, uh to the holder. I mean, the other

438
00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:08,600
Speaker 5: people just see the you know, the snap, the hole,

439
00:19:08,760 --> 00:19:12,080
Speaker 5: the kick and operation in one point three seconds. But

440
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Speaker 5: there's a lot of you know, details that those guys

441
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Speaker 5: you don't have to work daily. And that's why the professionals,

442
00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:19,160
Speaker 5: and they make it look seamless and easy out there.

443
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Speaker 5: But I think it's it's more of the situations in

444
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Speaker 5: terms of the phase of what makes them difficult in

445
00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:28,879
Speaker 5: the game flow, uh, that you have to deal with

446
00:19:28,880 --> 00:19:31,439
Speaker 5: because say field goal, you're dealing with, you know, different

447
00:19:31,480 --> 00:19:34,520
Speaker 5: type of athletes and that place happening one point three

448
00:19:34,560 --> 00:19:38,240
Speaker 5: seconds as opposed the punt pont return is going to

449
00:19:38,280 --> 00:19:41,439
Speaker 5: be a little bit you know longer obviously from snap

450
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Speaker 5: to pont to end of the play. But I would

451
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Speaker 5: say to answer your question, uh, just going off of

452
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Speaker 5: what the new rules are kickoff, kickoff return, learning that

453
00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:53,720
Speaker 5: because it's essentially you know, when I was on offense,

454
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Speaker 5: it's like say, hey guys, this is power right now.

455
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Speaker 4: This is gonna be a new run play.

456
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Speaker 5: Here, and just teaching a complete different scheme, different techniques

457
00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:04,440
Speaker 5: where you're learning on as you go and through experience.

458
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Speaker 5: So I would say a kickoff kickoff return to answer

459
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Speaker 5: your question. But they all have their you know, the

460
00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:12,960
Speaker 5: little piece that makes it difficult and challenging, which I

461
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Speaker 5: don't say difficult, but challenging, which I really enjoy.

462
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Speaker 4: You know that part of special teams.

463
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Speaker 2: You know, for us, it's been a joy to get

464
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Speaker 2: to know Cameron Dicker on and off the field.

465
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Speaker 1: You've been around a lot of kickers, it just.

466
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Speaker 2: Seems like when the stakes are the highest, he is

467
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Speaker 2: the most calm. What's it like being in a room

468
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Speaker 2: with Cameron Dicker and what attributes does he have as

469
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Speaker 2: a kicker that you think really separates him?

470
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Speaker 4: I think the biggest thing.

471
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Speaker 5: Obviously he's talented, we can see that with his leg

472
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Speaker 5: strength and his accuracy, but I think it's the mental part.

473
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Speaker 5: He's always willing to work. He has zero ego. This

474
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Speaker 5: guy attacks every day that he wants to get better.

475
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Speaker 5: But he's a true professional, and I think he is

476
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Speaker 5: a professional, you know way before he was actually a

477
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Speaker 5: rookie because he came in here so mature, understand understands

478
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Speaker 5: his craft, knows you know, he's going to continue to improve.

479
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Speaker 5: But I just love his mind makeup and the way

480
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Speaker 5: he goes ahead and approaches the game. How Again, like

481
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Speaker 5: I said that, he doesn't have any ego and what

482
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Speaker 5: he's out there, he's just trying to go ahead and

483
00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:17,840
Speaker 5: you know, help this team win by kicking those balls

484
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Speaker 5: to the field will post and then obviously on kickoffs

485
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Speaker 5: to help so with field position. But he's I learned

486
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Speaker 5: it every day from this guy. I mean, the way

487
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Speaker 5: he approaches the game. You know, it's been a true

488
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Speaker 5: blessing with that.

489
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Speaker 3: Do you do you have like an idea I would have? Again,

490
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Speaker 3: I feel like I'm asking the dumbest questions. Man, does

491
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Speaker 3: each stadium do you have a range? Like, Hey, we're

492
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Speaker 3: hit Arrowhead, this is where I think his range is.

493
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Speaker 3: Now we're at Ford Field, and now I think this

494
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Speaker 3: is what? Like what is it like? And how much

495
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Speaker 3: goes into all of that kind of determining where you

496
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Speaker 3: think the border is of where you're comfortable saying, yeah, coach,

497
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Speaker 3: let's let's go ahead try that field goal here. No.

498
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Speaker 5: No, that's a great question, and a lot of it

499
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Speaker 5: comes with situational football where you are in the game,

500
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Speaker 5: you know, because I know Dicker can go ahead and

501
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Speaker 5: make him from you know, where we go ahead him

502
00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:03,520
Speaker 5: out there and he's going to attack it like hey,

503
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Speaker 5: this might be other side of the ranch. He's he's

504
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Speaker 5: gonna attack and he's going to go ahead and you know,

505
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Speaker 5: put it through there. But yeah, it's all about the situation.

506
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Speaker 5: If you're outdoors, obviously, the wind, the type of wind

507
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Speaker 5: where it is in the game. If you know, if

508
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Speaker 5: you attempt a long field goal for so whatever reason,

509
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Speaker 5: it doesn't go through and you're given.

510
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Speaker 4: Up field position.

511
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Speaker 5: So I think the spread situation is going to depend

512
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Speaker 5: on how far you challenge them. And that was game

513
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Speaker 5: winning situations off. So you can go ahead and you

514
00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:28,840
Speaker 5: got the journaline going, and you can go ahead, and

515
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Speaker 5: the stress it a little bit more stretch. It's more

516
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Speaker 5: indoors obviously the flight. But uh, he hit such a

517
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Speaker 5: true ball and he does a great job with his approach,

518
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Speaker 5: and you just have so much confidence in him, you know,

519
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Speaker 5: with myself, but the organization and you know, so I

520
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Speaker 5: think he makes our g our jobs a lot easier.

521
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Speaker 2: You know, a special teams play can can flip everything.

522
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Speaker 2: And I just I go back to last year Thursday

523
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Speaker 2: night football, I guess the Denver Broncos right before the half,

524
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Speaker 2: when seemingly everything was going the opposite way, that one

525
00:23:00,440 --> 00:23:04,560
Speaker 2: moment which we haven't ever really seen happens. Take me

526
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Speaker 2: through that moment for you and just what that was

527
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Speaker 2: like for your unit in the team in general, and

528
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Speaker 2: how that kind of was a springboard to win that game.

529
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Speaker 5: No, I mean, first and foremost I was more excited

530
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Speaker 5: just because of it did help our team win a

531
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Speaker 5: game and it changed that momentum. And that's what we

532
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Speaker 5: talked about. One of our core philosophies is you know,

533
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Speaker 5: either be a momentum answer guy or a team or

534
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Speaker 5: you know, making sure we do a great job creating

535
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Speaker 5: momentum for our team and then that phase right there,

536
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Speaker 5: I think we did a great job creating a momentum

537
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Speaker 5: for our team going into halftime and coming out in

538
00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:35,480
Speaker 5: the second half and a completely different ballgame. But you

539
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Speaker 5: know that is our role where a one play series,

540
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Speaker 5: which we got to go ahead and do that. But

541
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Speaker 5: in that situation, it's always those situations we got to

542
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Speaker 5: make sure we always prepare for. We will talk about

543
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Speaker 5: o tas we'll hit it. We'll do it in training camp,

544
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Speaker 5: and then once a season hits we cover once a week,

545
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Speaker 5: and then we make sure we walk through those situations

546
00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:54,960
Speaker 5: once a week because you could do it where it's

547
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Speaker 5: every quarterly or once a year, like, oh, we already

548
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Speaker 5: covered it. But the way our roster changes now, as

549
00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:03,119
Speaker 5: with practice squad and how you can elevate guys, you

550
00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:05,280
Speaker 5: almost have to cover it every every week with a

551
00:24:05,359 --> 00:24:07,760
Speaker 5: walk through because guys might play different positions, and and

552
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Speaker 5: just the nuances, the little intricacies of that rule with

553
00:24:12,359 --> 00:24:14,919
Speaker 5: it's a different kind of alignment with the kickoff, you know,

554
00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:18,960
Speaker 5: different with the kickoff return. The clock start starts at

555
00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:21,720
Speaker 5: a different time, it doesn't start, you know, rymony catches it.

556
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Speaker 5: So it has to be a perfect, you know, situation

557
00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:27,399
Speaker 5: in which you know occurs. So in that situation, the

558
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Speaker 5: answer question was, you know it is a pun return

559
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Speaker 5: in which you know there's amount of time on the

560
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Speaker 5: clock in which if you go ahead and fair catch

561
00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:37,560
Speaker 5: right there, and you go ahead and go with the

562
00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:39,879
Speaker 5: free kick, you got to make sure that clock expires

563
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Speaker 5: on the free kick, so they don't have an opportunity

564
00:24:42,359 --> 00:24:44,840
Speaker 5: right there. So I just take my hats off to

565
00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:46,720
Speaker 5: all of our players because they are dialed in. They

566
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Speaker 5: were ready to go. It doesn't matter how much you

567
00:24:48,560 --> 00:24:51,119
Speaker 5: go ahead and talk about it, but they accept the challenge.

568
00:24:51,119 --> 00:24:53,000
Speaker 5: They knew about it. So all my hats off to

569
00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:55,720
Speaker 5: those guys and going out and executing, you know, with

570
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Speaker 5: starting with the part return part where d D fair

571
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Speaker 5: catching it and I know you got the pilody. However,

572
00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:03,600
Speaker 5: if he doesn't fair catch a certain that ball, or

573
00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:06,480
Speaker 5: if he tries to return it, that situation does not occur,

574
00:25:06,560 --> 00:25:09,640
Speaker 5: so him having an awareness, you know, that was gonna

575
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Speaker 5: be a fair catch situation. So then our guys going

576
00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:15,640
Speaker 5: out there and getting a ligne correctly for the kickoff,

577
00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:19,000
Speaker 5: and just the nuances where you're bringing JK. Scott out

578
00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:21,080
Speaker 5: there as the holder, which now you don't have a

579
00:25:21,119 --> 00:25:24,040
Speaker 5: holder on kickoff anymore because of you know, everyone's at

580
00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:24,920
Speaker 5: the forty yard line.

581
00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:27,680
Speaker 4: The holder will be the actual punter as a twelfth guy.

582
00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:29,800
Speaker 5: But in that situation, he's coming out there and now

583
00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:31,600
Speaker 5: you got to bump the number two and number three

584
00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:32,440
Speaker 5: outside of the number.

585
00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:34,000
Speaker 4: So a lot of different rules.

586
00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:37,480
Speaker 5: But if those guys didn't go ahead and take you know,

587
00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:40,840
Speaker 5: full responsibility, accountability throughout the weeks and the meetings when

588
00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:42,840
Speaker 5: we cover those and would have been able to be

589
00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:45,800
Speaker 5: successful because the guy would have been misaligned, and then

590
00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:47,520
Speaker 5: we would have been like, oh what if you know?

591
00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:50,480
Speaker 5: So I'm just happy for those guys to help our

592
00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:53,000
Speaker 5: team win. But what I love though the most thing

593
00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:54,560
Speaker 5: out of anything. I mean, we got the W but

594
00:25:54,880 --> 00:25:56,919
Speaker 5: you know, coach was fired up. He made sweatshirts for

595
00:25:56,960 --> 00:25:59,840
Speaker 5: the whole all the guys that are on the on

596
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Speaker 5: the field and the cartoon figure. So that was that

597
00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:03,280
Speaker 5: was pretty cool.

598
00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:04,080
Speaker 4: That was really cool.

599
00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:08,119
Speaker 3: You mentioned JK a long time ago. I'm not gonna

600
00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:10,359
Speaker 3: say names or years or anything, but there were some

601
00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:13,040
Speaker 3: complaints about the holder that that was maybe an issue

602
00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:15,199
Speaker 3: what what goes in and how hard is it to

603
00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:17,399
Speaker 3: be a good holder and what kind of work does

604
00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:19,920
Speaker 3: JK put in to do that, because it certainly seems

605
00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:21,800
Speaker 3: like that whole operation is just dialed.

606
00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:22,399
Speaker 4: No, they do.

607
00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:24,719
Speaker 5: I mean, we got three great guys, you know, veteran

608
00:26:24,760 --> 00:26:27,720
Speaker 5: guys that but they attack every day, you know where

609
00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:30,600
Speaker 5: it's They want to get better and they want each

610
00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:33,359
Speaker 5: other to have success too. So that's what I love

611
00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:35,720
Speaker 5: about these three is, you know Josh. Obviously, it starts

612
00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:38,720
Speaker 5: with Josh as being our leader for not just our specialists,

613
00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:41,640
Speaker 5: but he's the leader for our core special teams unit.

614
00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:44,840
Speaker 5: And uh so it starts with him. And but they

615
00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:47,280
Speaker 5: all want success for you know, for Dicker. They all

616
00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:49,720
Speaker 5: want success for JK when he's punning it, and they

617
00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:52,359
Speaker 5: all three of them are those two the punter Kickers

618
00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:54,679
Speaker 5: definitely want success for Josh as well. So that's what

619
00:26:54,720 --> 00:26:56,879
Speaker 5: I love about them. But going with the holding, I mean,

620
00:26:56,880 --> 00:26:59,399
Speaker 5: there's a lot of interacies to it in which h

621
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Speaker 5: JK does a great job.

622
00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:01,719
Speaker 4: He works at it.

623
00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:04,520
Speaker 5: Him and Dick are always working, you know, together and

624
00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:06,399
Speaker 5: making sure they go ahead and find tune and everything

625
00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:10,040
Speaker 5: and depend on the win until they're always over communicating

626
00:27:10,080 --> 00:27:12,720
Speaker 5: with one another, you know how they like it. And

627
00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:15,240
Speaker 5: I think JK is a really good holder and he's

628
00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:18,320
Speaker 5: been great and and that's that's part of his value.

629
00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:21,360
Speaker 5: Not he's not just a punter. But you switch out punters,

630
00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:23,080
Speaker 5: then you also got to switch out holders and you

631
00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:25,920
Speaker 5: change the whole dynamic of everything. And uh, and there's

632
00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:27,880
Speaker 5: some growing pains with some of that stuff. But that's

633
00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:30,320
Speaker 5: why he has such great tremendous value for this organization,

634
00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:32,760
Speaker 5: not because he can hit a five to six punt,

635
00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:35,280
Speaker 5: but also because he's a really good holder as well.

636
00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:37,600
Speaker 1: Money alluded to this at the beginning.

637
00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:40,840
Speaker 2: You know, during the off season in training camp, Man,

638
00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:43,600
Speaker 2: you're one of the most important coaches in this building

639
00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:46,560
Speaker 2: because all these guys are trying to make the team.

640
00:27:46,560 --> 00:27:47,560
Speaker 1: On special teams.

641
00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:51,400
Speaker 2: When you have so many players probably knocking on your

642
00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:53,800
Speaker 2: door trying to figure out how they can make the team,

643
00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:57,119
Speaker 2: how does your job and your role in the offseason

644
00:27:57,800 --> 00:28:00,800
Speaker 2: change versus the regular season. It seems like you're gonna

645
00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:02,439
Speaker 2: have so many guys that you have to talk to

646
00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:05,520
Speaker 2: in the offseason about potentially making the team versus then

647
00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:07,200
Speaker 2: you finally get the squad on the field.

648
00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:10,480
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think it's first and foremost is making sure

649
00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:13,800
Speaker 5: we lay that foundation, uh and understand what their expectations are,

650
00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:16,720
Speaker 5: how they're going to help our team win football games.

651
00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:19,240
Speaker 5: And that's the biggest goal, you know, and everything and

652
00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:22,000
Speaker 5: and just making sure that we put them in situations

653
00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:25,239
Speaker 5: to be successful, you know. So we want to make

654
00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:27,320
Speaker 5: sure that, you know, we call at that time to

655
00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:29,600
Speaker 5: meet with these guys they come up. You know, we'll

656
00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:31,280
Speaker 5: have a meeting here, coming up here with a bunch

657
00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:33,400
Speaker 5: of guys that just want to get some extra work

658
00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:36,000
Speaker 5: and just watch tape and just and a lot of

659
00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:39,240
Speaker 5: times when it's outside of the ours, you have accountability

660
00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:40,520
Speaker 5: within the organization.

661
00:28:40,640 --> 00:28:43,280
Speaker 4: Those leaders, leaders like Josh Harris, you.

662
00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:45,880
Speaker 5: Know, Lohi Gilman, it was Nick nam And and Troy Die

663
00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:49,000
Speaker 5: you know, where they'll run those meetings together, you know, together,

664
00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:51,000
Speaker 5: so they're all on the same page. So it's about

665
00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:53,760
Speaker 5: creating that foundation first and foremost, and right now we

666
00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:56,280
Speaker 5: are laying that foundation which we've got to make sure

667
00:28:56,280 --> 00:28:58,360
Speaker 5: we do a great job with and that starts with

668
00:28:58,440 --> 00:29:00,080
Speaker 5: you know, obviously us as the coaches, but the player.

669
00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:02,920
Speaker 5: But and then we got to build off that once

670
00:29:02,960 --> 00:29:05,640
Speaker 5: we get into training camp. If we can't be great

671
00:29:05,680 --> 00:29:07,640
Speaker 5: at something, there's no way we're going to go ahead

672
00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:09,520
Speaker 5: in advance like two point zero and three point oher

673
00:29:09,560 --> 00:29:11,040
Speaker 5: in terms of what we're trying to do. So we

674
00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:12,720
Speaker 5: got to make sure we're great at something so we

675
00:29:12,720 --> 00:29:14,880
Speaker 5: can hang our hat on it and then continue.

676
00:29:14,520 --> 00:29:16,560
Speaker 4: To build as we go in and put this thing together.

677
00:29:17,520 --> 00:29:19,200
Speaker 3: How does it work with you and the rest of

678
00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:20,920
Speaker 3: the coaching staff when it comes to a player that

679
00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:23,760
Speaker 3: might be elevated to you know, a starter and it's

680
00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:25,280
Speaker 3: going to be getting more. I think about tu Lee

681
00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:27,680
Speaker 3: and you know where he may end up and watching

682
00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:30,200
Speaker 3: in OTAs the other day saw him out there with you.

683
00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:32,600
Speaker 3: But but what is that conversation like and what special

684
00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:34,720
Speaker 3: team snaps might take out of somebody that may be

685
00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:38,320
Speaker 3: elevated to play in more snaps on either offense or defense,

686
00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:40,080
Speaker 3: and how that affects you and your squad.

687
00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:42,640
Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean that's a great question because what it

688
00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:44,680
Speaker 5: affects in different kinds of ways too. And now obviously

689
00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:47,280
Speaker 5: with say injuries, but you know, first and foremost is

690
00:29:47,320 --> 00:29:49,400
Speaker 5: we want to make sure we go ahead and develop

691
00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:51,800
Speaker 5: these guys where we want them to become starters, you know,

692
00:29:51,840 --> 00:29:53,840
Speaker 5: on offense, defense. And like I give a case in

693
00:29:53,920 --> 00:29:56,680
Speaker 5: point where we had Adam Thielen. He was a tryout

694
00:29:56,720 --> 00:30:00,000
Speaker 5: guy back in Minnesota. He wasn't drafted. He was now

695
00:30:01,080 --> 00:30:03,760
Speaker 5: a free agent signing. He came to a rookie mini

696
00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:07,240
Speaker 5: camp and tried out, and he stuck around on special teams.

697
00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:08,840
Speaker 4: He created his value on special teams.

698
00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:12,320
Speaker 5: First and foremost he developed, uh you know, he got

699
00:30:12,320 --> 00:30:14,480
Speaker 5: better as a wide receiver, allowed him and gave him

700
00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:16,200
Speaker 5: some time to continue to work his craft as a

701
00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:18,200
Speaker 5: wide receiver. And then once he got those opportunities as

702
00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:20,720
Speaker 5: a wide receiver, because special teams kind of gave him

703
00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:22,400
Speaker 5: that time to go ahead and get to that spot,

704
00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:24,080
Speaker 5: he took off. And we know what he is as

705
00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:25,920
Speaker 5: a wide receiver. I mean he was running the punt team,

706
00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:30,240
Speaker 5: blocking field goals and punts, you know, as on special teams.

707
00:30:30,280 --> 00:30:32,160
Speaker 5: And then now he's just an elite receiver and he

708
00:30:32,240 --> 00:30:34,400
Speaker 5: knows he'll and he'll tell you like I would always

709
00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:36,000
Speaker 5: have him. Talk to our special teams here and especially

710
00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:37,959
Speaker 5: the young guys. Hey, you know, here's a guy that

711
00:30:38,040 --> 00:30:40,320
Speaker 5: you know was in those seats and learned, and so

712
00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:43,000
Speaker 5: you know that that's the big thing in terms of

713
00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:45,680
Speaker 5: you know, developing, I think with those guys as we

714
00:30:46,080 --> 00:30:48,240
Speaker 5: you know, walked through and put these guys together. But

715
00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:50,480
Speaker 5: to answer your question in terms of like the two

716
00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:52,320
Speaker 5: of you, the starters, we got to be able to

717
00:30:52,320 --> 00:30:54,320
Speaker 5: adapt because once they get to the starter and that

718
00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:56,160
Speaker 5: it's like, all right, Mitt's take something off your plate,

719
00:30:56,240 --> 00:30:57,320
Speaker 5: maybe almost everything.

720
00:30:57,600 --> 00:30:58,240
Speaker 4: The role's changed.

721
00:30:58,240 --> 00:31:00,000
Speaker 5: And now these younger guys they've seen him do it,

722
00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:01,880
Speaker 5: they've seen how great of a job he's done it.

723
00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:03,760
Speaker 5: Now those it's time for those guys to take over.

724
00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:06,840
Speaker 5: And that's part of the foundation of having it. And

725
00:31:06,880 --> 00:31:08,320
Speaker 5: I know, again a long wind on this one, but

726
00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:10,640
Speaker 5: with ssayk injuries, they say, a running.

727
00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:11,040
Speaker 4: Back goes down.

728
00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:14,240
Speaker 5: Unfortunately, knock on wood, someone goes down and it's not

729
00:31:14,320 --> 00:31:16,000
Speaker 5: like the runn back room. But all right, the next

730
00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:18,719
Speaker 5: running backs up. You know, we'll go next guy, he's up,

731
00:31:18,760 --> 00:31:19,160
Speaker 5: he's going.

732
00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:19,520
Speaker 4: All right.

733
00:31:19,840 --> 00:31:22,520
Speaker 5: So with us, that's going to change about four different

734
00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:25,000
Speaker 5: depth charts because and that might be now a linebacker

735
00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:28,400
Speaker 5: fulfills his role on punt and maybe a safety fulfills

736
00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:32,200
Speaker 5: his role on kickoff. So different position groups that are

737
00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:35,360
Speaker 5: all interchangeable. But the end of the day, it's all

738
00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:37,400
Speaker 5: of them and guys collectively, what do we got to

739
00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:39,080
Speaker 5: do to go ahead and get the job done? And

740
00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:41,680
Speaker 5: all my hat, my hat's all off for these players

741
00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:43,320
Speaker 5: because they embrace that and they do a great job.

742
00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:47,160
Speaker 2: Mentioned the coaches that you worked for, but you also said,

743
00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:48,880
Speaker 2: you know, you learn from guys like Cameron Dicker and

744
00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:50,040
Speaker 2: you just mentioned Adam Thielen.

745
00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:52,560
Speaker 1: You worked with Adrian Peterson early in your career.

746
00:31:52,840 --> 00:31:54,800
Speaker 2: Who are some of the players that have really had

747
00:31:54,840 --> 00:31:59,560
Speaker 2: an indelible impact on your career that you've taken stuff

748
00:31:59,600 --> 00:32:02,640
Speaker 2: from you can really apply to, you know, some of.

749
00:32:02,640 --> 00:32:03,240
Speaker 1: The guys here.

750
00:32:03,320 --> 00:32:06,840
Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, I'll say one that comes off in

751
00:32:06,880 --> 00:32:08,880
Speaker 5: my mind right now was Marcus Shows as a punk returner.

752
00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:12,160
Speaker 5: I have' you know, worked with him extensively with him

753
00:32:12,280 --> 00:32:14,200
Speaker 5: being a punk return he's the you know, leading punk

754
00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:16,600
Speaker 5: returner and biking history right now, and he was a

755
00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:20,840
Speaker 5: tryout as well, was never drafted, but just talking about mechanics,

756
00:32:20,920 --> 00:32:24,120
Speaker 5: what he sees to say at Cordero Patterson, the way

757
00:32:24,120 --> 00:32:28,080
Speaker 5: he returns, you know, to Randy Moss when I was

758
00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:31,080
Speaker 5: working with wide receivers, and the way he approached the game,

759
00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:33,440
Speaker 5: the way he studied the game, how he could talk

760
00:32:33,480 --> 00:32:35,680
Speaker 5: about offense and defense of the opponent.

761
00:32:36,080 --> 00:32:39,720
Speaker 4: Uh, and just his knowledge of the game was was unbelievable.

762
00:32:40,800 --> 00:32:46,040
Speaker 5: But the Adrian Peterson's explosive this, but there will be

763
00:32:46,040 --> 00:32:48,720
Speaker 5: guys where I'll put while learning, like a Terrence Newman

764
00:32:48,760 --> 00:32:50,840
Speaker 5: on punk return. He was playing corner for us, and

765
00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:52,880
Speaker 5: there was this little step that made sense to me,

766
00:32:53,360 --> 00:32:55,480
Speaker 5: and we called it the Terrence Newman step. It's just

767
00:32:55,480 --> 00:32:57,720
Speaker 5: a quick little six inch step inside right there, just

768
00:32:57,720 --> 00:33:00,320
Speaker 5: to go ahead and you know, just make sure we're

769
00:33:00,320 --> 00:33:02,320
Speaker 5: still down the tempo and and right then and there,

770
00:33:02,360 --> 00:33:04,080
Speaker 5: I was like, all right, that's I'm not it's not

771
00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:06,680
Speaker 5: my mine more. It's the Terrence Newman step now. And

772
00:33:06,720 --> 00:33:08,440
Speaker 5: so that kind of carries way though then with these

773
00:33:08,440 --> 00:33:10,520
Speaker 5: other guys, when the young guys like, well now, I

774
00:33:10,520 --> 00:33:12,640
Speaker 5: got to kind of say, hey, maybe maybe they don't

775
00:33:12,680 --> 00:33:15,160
Speaker 5: know some of these guys now, but anyways they're like, hey, yeah,

776
00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:17,320
Speaker 5: Terrence Summan, he's all, you know, Hall of Famer.

777
00:33:17,360 --> 00:33:18,840
Speaker 4: He became late in his career.

778
00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:21,200
Speaker 5: Yeah, and just something if we can learn from these

779
00:33:21,240 --> 00:33:23,360
Speaker 5: guys because they've been in those positions, they've learned, and

780
00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:26,640
Speaker 5: I would be naive and ignorant if I didn't learn

781
00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:29,320
Speaker 5: from them. I don't think I'll be doing the players,

782
00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:31,360
Speaker 5: you know, the satisfaction tick, go ahead and approve them,

783
00:33:31,360 --> 00:33:33,240
Speaker 5: because I think that's my my job as well, is

784
00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:35,680
Speaker 5: you know, make sure we put him in those positions

785
00:33:35,680 --> 00:33:38,080
Speaker 5: to be successful. But you know we can go ahead

786
00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:40,120
Speaker 5: and help. Hey, if that works for you, let's see

787
00:33:40,120 --> 00:33:41,840
Speaker 5: how it might be able to work for other people too.

788
00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:44,960
Speaker 3: So we saw him a lot more returns last year,

789
00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:46,960
Speaker 3: but I think we you know, in my opinion, I

790
00:33:46,960 --> 00:33:48,480
Speaker 3: felt like we saw a lot more touchbacks and I

791
00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:51,080
Speaker 3: thought we were going to with it being at the thirty,

792
00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:54,120
Speaker 3: just with the new kickoff, with the dynamic kickoff, how

793
00:33:54,160 --> 00:33:56,840
Speaker 3: you assess giving a team the ball at the thirty

794
00:33:56,960 --> 00:33:59,840
Speaker 3: versus trying to drop that thing right in there to

795
00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:02,880
Speaker 3: be returned and you know the potential plus landing it

796
00:34:02,880 --> 00:34:04,680
Speaker 3: in the landing zone. And there's a lot that goes

797
00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:06,520
Speaker 3: into it of how you determine you want to attack

798
00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:08,400
Speaker 3: that has that changed it all from last year to

799
00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:10,960
Speaker 3: this year with them now tweaking the rules even further.

800
00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:12,520
Speaker 5: You know, absolutely, And I think you could see the

801
00:34:12,640 --> 00:34:14,880
Speaker 5: change in the way people attacked it in the philosophy

802
00:34:14,960 --> 00:34:17,520
Speaker 5: change midway through the year last year, just the way

803
00:34:17,640 --> 00:34:21,080
Speaker 5: they would approach the game and situations of it. The

804
00:34:21,160 --> 00:34:24,000
Speaker 5: drives start being almost average on the thirty and when

805
00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:27,520
Speaker 5: you include the touchbacks and at that as well. But

806
00:34:28,440 --> 00:34:30,000
Speaker 5: you know, I know it was slightly lower than the

807
00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:31,840
Speaker 5: thirty when you actually challenge them on the kickoffs, but

808
00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:34,520
Speaker 5: they also had the risk in terms of the big returns.

809
00:34:34,520 --> 00:34:36,640
Speaker 5: And that's for anything and everything. But I think this

810
00:34:37,040 --> 00:34:39,600
Speaker 5: rule is great for the game. I think it's great

811
00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:42,640
Speaker 5: for the players as well the fans. It's more exciting

812
00:34:42,719 --> 00:34:44,759
Speaker 5: now you'd be able to see these guys play. And

813
00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:46,440
Speaker 5: then these players get to have the opportunity to go

814
00:34:46,480 --> 00:34:48,960
Speaker 5: ahead and cover kicks or make plays on kickoff return

815
00:34:49,040 --> 00:34:52,160
Speaker 5: and you see that their value be like a nickname

816
00:34:52,200 --> 00:34:55,320
Speaker 5: in his you know, he had great value, adding nice contracts,

817
00:34:55,320 --> 00:34:56,719
Speaker 5: you know, coming out of here, and I was very

818
00:34:56,760 --> 00:34:57,319
Speaker 5: happy for him.

819
00:34:57,360 --> 00:34:59,239
Speaker 4: So you know, you like to you you.

820
00:34:59,239 --> 00:35:01,520
Speaker 5: Root for those guys those situations as opposed well, if

821
00:35:01,520 --> 00:35:03,160
Speaker 5: it's just touchbacks.

822
00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:04,080
Speaker 4: And it's kind of a dead play.

823
00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:06,920
Speaker 5: So I think it's an exciting for the NFL, you know,

824
00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:08,320
Speaker 5: as we go ahead and approach it, and yeah, I

825
00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:10,160
Speaker 5: think there will be there's definitely gonna have to be

826
00:35:10,640 --> 00:35:13,880
Speaker 5: posh philosophy. Uh, philosophy changes in terms of you know,

827
00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:16,000
Speaker 5: going into this year because of the drive start now

828
00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:18,799
Speaker 5: being the thirty five on a touchback, and so yeah,

829
00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:20,960
Speaker 5: you're going to have put more balls in play and

830
00:35:21,320 --> 00:35:23,719
Speaker 5: more challenging kicks that you may have. So you know,

831
00:35:23,840 --> 00:35:25,560
Speaker 5: Dick or being able to do the things that he

832
00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:28,319
Speaker 5: can do, you know, bry spreading the ball around and

833
00:35:28,520 --> 00:35:31,560
Speaker 5: different types of kicks increases his value, increases the coverage

834
00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:32,080
Speaker 5: guys value.

835
00:35:32,080 --> 00:35:34,040
Speaker 4: It's going to increase the third running backs.

836
00:35:33,920 --> 00:35:36,560
Speaker 5: Value in terms of you know, playtime that more tackles

837
00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:39,960
Speaker 5: they get the returners. So I think it's great for

838
00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:41,560
Speaker 5: the game, and you know it'll be exciting.

839
00:35:42,239 --> 00:35:44,480
Speaker 2: You know, you mentioned guys coming and going, you know,

840
00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:46,480
Speaker 2: Nick Nemeas, I hear. But you bring a guy like

841
00:35:46,520 --> 00:35:50,799
Speaker 2: Phillips Troy Dies back. How excited are you to to

842
00:35:50,840 --> 00:35:52,839
Speaker 2: get some of the existing guys back and then add

843
00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:54,040
Speaker 2: some some vets to the mix.

844
00:35:54,280 --> 00:35:56,799
Speaker 4: No, I think it's great, you know, and I appreciate.

845
00:35:57,120 --> 00:35:57,759
Speaker 4: And it's not just me.

846
00:35:57,800 --> 00:36:00,560
Speaker 5: I think our organization appreciates the way you know, Joe

847
00:36:00,640 --> 00:36:03,840
Speaker 5: Hortiz and his staff assembles this roster.

848
00:36:03,840 --> 00:36:06,080
Speaker 4: Along with you know, Coach Harborov. I mean, they do

849
00:36:06,120 --> 00:36:06,800
Speaker 4: a great job.

850
00:36:06,640 --> 00:36:09,640
Speaker 5: Because they have a vision and uh and they're you know,

851
00:36:09,880 --> 00:36:12,719
Speaker 5: always you know, eager to listen. But they got a

852
00:36:12,760 --> 00:36:14,640
Speaker 5: great vision in terms of how they're building this roster

853
00:36:14,719 --> 00:36:18,080
Speaker 5: and you know, so that's exciting and to find guys

854
00:36:18,239 --> 00:36:21,240
Speaker 5: to come in and compete. And that's what Coach's vision

855
00:36:21,320 --> 00:36:24,280
Speaker 5: is is it's all about competition. You know, competitors are welcoming.

856
00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:27,040
Speaker 5: So I think that's great just trying to bring in

857
00:36:27,080 --> 00:36:29,600
Speaker 5: the top guys as a matter you're seven year vet,

858
00:36:29,640 --> 00:36:31,719
Speaker 5: if you're a three year vet or a rookie, they're

859
00:36:31,719 --> 00:36:33,400
Speaker 5: going to bring in guys to go ahead and compete,

860
00:36:33,480 --> 00:36:36,640
Speaker 5: compete for the jobs. And you know, we're definitely blessed

861
00:36:36,640 --> 00:36:38,879
Speaker 5: to go ahead and get adult Sean Phillips in here.

862
00:36:39,640 --> 00:36:41,919
Speaker 5: Just what he brings to the table with his athleticism,

863
00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:44,560
Speaker 5: his length, and then his experience, like you mentioned before,

864
00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:46,960
Speaker 5: you know, things we can take from him that he's

865
00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:49,040
Speaker 5: been at different places. By all right, what worked for

866
00:36:49,120 --> 00:36:51,360
Speaker 5: you all right, that might work for uh, you know,

867
00:36:51,400 --> 00:36:53,479
Speaker 5: another guy on a roster, young guy. Let's go ahead

868
00:36:53,480 --> 00:36:55,120
Speaker 5: and see if we can implement some of this stuff.

869
00:36:55,120 --> 00:36:58,000
Speaker 5: And Troy's leadership, you know, while I was with him

870
00:36:58,000 --> 00:37:00,840
Speaker 5: in Minnesota, and I've always been fan of him, just

871
00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:03,839
Speaker 5: the way he plays the game, the way he approaches it, practices,

872
00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:05,080
Speaker 5: he practices.

873
00:37:05,040 --> 00:37:06,640
Speaker 4: You know, full throat all every play.

874
00:37:06,719 --> 00:37:09,719
Speaker 5: And so I knew when he was first available coming

875
00:37:09,719 --> 00:37:11,560
Speaker 5: out of Minnesota, I was like, we got to go

876
00:37:11,600 --> 00:37:14,000
Speaker 5: after this guy, just the way his makeup is. And

877
00:37:14,040 --> 00:37:16,319
Speaker 5: I was like, he's right, you know, exactly what coach

878
00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:19,120
Speaker 5: is looking for. And and then we you know, signing

879
00:37:19,160 --> 00:37:21,680
Speaker 5: another guy. Uh, you know, maga talking about that linebacker

880
00:37:21,760 --> 00:37:25,239
Speaker 5: room that Delshaun Phillips Maga, you know, I mean, we're

881
00:37:25,239 --> 00:37:28,040
Speaker 5: excited about that piece that he brings, the physicality, the

882
00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:31,160
Speaker 5: athleticism that brings. But to answer your question in terms

883
00:37:31,160 --> 00:37:33,520
Speaker 5: of Nick Neeman, I mean, it's never easy to replace

884
00:37:33,680 --> 00:37:36,439
Speaker 5: one specific guy, you know, uh, and that's why everyone

885
00:37:36,480 --> 00:37:38,080
Speaker 5: else got to pick up, you know, pick up the

886
00:37:38,080 --> 00:37:41,560
Speaker 5: torch and go ahead and make sure we collectively we

887
00:37:41,640 --> 00:37:43,920
Speaker 5: pick up you know, the misspiece. And I think this

888
00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:46,359
Speaker 5: this roster we have and what coach has built with Joe.

889
00:37:46,920 --> 00:37:47,040
Speaker 3: Uh.

890
00:37:47,120 --> 00:37:48,880
Speaker 4: It's exciting. I can't wait to go ahead and get

891
00:37:48,880 --> 00:37:50,319
Speaker 4: to some of the games with the.

892
00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:54,239
Speaker 3: New on side kick and just kind of well, it's

893
00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:56,759
Speaker 3: new in multiple ways, right since when you were doing

894
00:37:56,760 --> 00:37:58,600
Speaker 3: it where you can overload the one side and we've

895
00:37:58,600 --> 00:38:01,520
Speaker 3: seen the lack of success with it, But we'd love

896
00:38:01,520 --> 00:38:04,880
Speaker 3: to know your take on what we grew up watching

897
00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:06,719
Speaker 3: that on side kick, which is you know, pound it,

898
00:38:06,800 --> 00:38:09,279
Speaker 3: get that second bounce to Now I think we see

899
00:38:09,360 --> 00:38:11,399
Speaker 3: kind of young Way doing in Atlanta a lot where

900
00:38:11,400 --> 00:38:13,040
Speaker 3: you're kind of putting that thing on the ground and

901
00:38:13,080 --> 00:38:16,080
Speaker 3: trying to spin it. Have you noticed, like, is it's

902
00:38:16,120 --> 00:38:18,560
Speaker 3: weird to think of developments and on side kicks? You know,

903
00:38:18,719 --> 00:38:21,680
Speaker 3: is the game has progressed, But is there a way

904
00:38:21,719 --> 00:38:23,839
Speaker 3: that you think is more effective or is it just

905
00:38:23,840 --> 00:38:26,160
Speaker 3: a really hard play to execute because of how the

906
00:38:26,239 --> 00:38:27,799
Speaker 3: NFL has this thing laid out? Now?

907
00:38:28,239 --> 00:38:31,239
Speaker 5: You know, I think I think what is really important

908
00:38:31,480 --> 00:38:33,680
Speaker 5: the way the NFL has it, you know, mapped out,

909
00:38:33,800 --> 00:38:36,840
Speaker 5: is obviously player safety, which I think is very very important.

910
00:38:36,960 --> 00:38:40,880
Speaker 5: And so I get back I support that one thousand percent.

911
00:38:41,600 --> 00:38:43,719
Speaker 5: And in regards to that play, yeah, the success rate

912
00:38:43,800 --> 00:38:48,320
Speaker 5: isn't high, you know. But also this, you know that

913
00:38:48,520 --> 00:38:50,680
Speaker 5: the team you're trying to reward with the onside kicks

914
00:38:50,719 --> 00:38:54,400
Speaker 5: has been is losing too, So you know, so I

915
00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:56,879
Speaker 5: think the play will get better. We did a slight

916
00:38:56,960 --> 00:38:59,400
Speaker 5: rule change, you know, with that in which you're want

917
00:38:59,440 --> 00:39:01,600
Speaker 5: to move them up with yard and so again another

918
00:39:01,640 --> 00:39:03,320
Speaker 5: rule change with it. But they're going to be towing

919
00:39:03,360 --> 00:39:06,600
Speaker 5: that thirty that five that thirty five yard line to

920
00:39:06,680 --> 00:39:08,759
Speaker 5: be able to get a little bit closer to the ball.

921
00:39:08,800 --> 00:39:11,239
Speaker 5: But yeah, I mean in these kickers, they can do

922
00:39:11,280 --> 00:39:13,080
Speaker 5: a lot of great things in terms of the spinning

923
00:39:13,080 --> 00:39:15,040
Speaker 5: that you talked about, and you know Denver did that

924
00:39:15,360 --> 00:39:17,520
Speaker 5: to us a couple of times, you know, last year,

925
00:39:17,560 --> 00:39:20,320
Speaker 5: and it's a timing. But how can you go ahead

926
00:39:20,480 --> 00:39:23,439
Speaker 5: and attack you know, a weakness that you might see

927
00:39:23,440 --> 00:39:26,040
Speaker 5: on tape or buy our opponent, you know, are they

928
00:39:26,360 --> 00:39:28,719
Speaker 5: overloaded on a certain side, a type of ball of

929
00:39:28,920 --> 00:39:31,879
Speaker 5: personnel where they are All that factors in in terms

930
00:39:31,880 --> 00:39:33,480
Speaker 5: of how you can go ahead and get some of

931
00:39:33,480 --> 00:39:35,080
Speaker 5: those recoveries. And you know, we had a couple of

932
00:39:35,080 --> 00:39:36,920
Speaker 5: close ones, like you know against Kansas City, you know,

933
00:39:36,960 --> 00:39:38,719
Speaker 5: I think it was twenty two, and you know, ball

934
00:39:38,800 --> 00:39:40,759
Speaker 5: was free. It's just didn't have you know, didn't have

935
00:39:40,880 --> 00:39:42,360
Speaker 5: enough guys right there to go ahead and get it.

936
00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:44,520
Speaker 5: But it's just those opportunities where you get it free

937
00:39:44,600 --> 00:39:47,040
Speaker 5: to have guys, you know, buy that ball to make

938
00:39:47,040 --> 00:39:49,560
Speaker 5: the play. And you know that's all we're trying to do.

939
00:39:49,640 --> 00:39:52,160
Speaker 5: And and you know, I think they're you know, hopefully

940
00:39:52,160 --> 00:39:54,279
Speaker 5: not on our watch. Is not more recoveries maybe when

941
00:39:54,280 --> 00:39:56,399
Speaker 5: we're on the on side, but hopefully we have more

942
00:39:56,400 --> 00:39:58,520
Speaker 5: hands teams than anything that I was trying to kick

943
00:39:58,560 --> 00:40:00,600
Speaker 5: those on sides to go ahead and give another play.

944
00:40:00,680 --> 00:40:02,160
Speaker 4: But you know, it's just.

945
00:40:02,160 --> 00:40:05,080
Speaker 5: Also the hands team doing a great job defending against

946
00:40:05,080 --> 00:40:05,359
Speaker 5: it too.

947
00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:09,000
Speaker 2: So you're coaching every NFL stadium, but week one in Brazil,

948
00:40:09,719 --> 00:40:11,919
Speaker 2: it's it's a different animal. What do you know about

949
00:40:11,960 --> 00:40:14,880
Speaker 2: that stadium? The grass And I'm sure that you're already

950
00:40:15,080 --> 00:40:16,720
Speaker 2: h looking looking ahead.

951
00:40:16,840 --> 00:40:18,359
Speaker 5: Well I will say that, and maybe this is still

952
00:40:18,480 --> 00:40:20,400
Speaker 5: you know, there's a lot of full disclosure here and

953
00:40:20,440 --> 00:40:23,319
Speaker 5: I might be saying this out too much, but uh,

954
00:40:23,400 --> 00:40:25,560
Speaker 5: it's been I want to say, twenty years since I've

955
00:40:25,560 --> 00:40:27,520
Speaker 5: been to Brazil. I've been this actually some Paulo Brazil

956
00:40:27,600 --> 00:40:29,640
Speaker 5: coming out of college. Uh, some friends we took a

957
00:40:29,680 --> 00:40:32,640
Speaker 5: trip down there, so yeah, but yeah, so I have

958
00:40:32,719 --> 00:40:34,880
Speaker 5: to go ahead and brush up on my Portuguese.

959
00:40:35,600 --> 00:40:36,319
Speaker 4: Not very good with that.

960
00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:38,560
Speaker 5: But anyways, as the game, I mean, it's I think

961
00:40:38,600 --> 00:40:40,319
Speaker 5: it's great for the NFL and what they're trying to

962
00:40:40,360 --> 00:40:42,680
Speaker 5: do and just broaden this and you know, make a

963
00:40:42,680 --> 00:40:44,920
Speaker 5: worldwide sport because it is it's I think it's I

964
00:40:44,960 --> 00:40:47,880
Speaker 5: think it's the best game, uh in the world, in

965
00:40:47,920 --> 00:40:49,600
Speaker 5: all sports, and that maybe I'm biased, but I think

966
00:40:49,600 --> 00:40:52,840
Speaker 5: it's an unbelievable game and so much parody amongst the

967
00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:56,240
Speaker 5: talent level. But to be in such an amazing country

968
00:40:56,280 --> 00:40:58,120
Speaker 5: and my you know, my wife she's Colombian, you know,

969
00:40:58,160 --> 00:41:01,520
Speaker 5: South America down there, and so just being in that

970
00:41:01,520 --> 00:41:05,080
Speaker 5: that country will be amazing, especially bringing to the fans

971
00:41:05,120 --> 00:41:05,560
Speaker 5: down there.

972
00:41:05,800 --> 00:41:06,960
Speaker 4: I'm excited to be a part of it.

973
00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:09,360
Speaker 5: I'm very you know, very blessed to be able to

974
00:41:09,640 --> 00:41:11,680
Speaker 5: be fortunate to be able to go down there for

975
00:41:11,760 --> 00:41:12,239
Speaker 5: week one.

976
00:41:12,760 --> 00:41:12,840
Speaker 3: Now.

977
00:41:12,840 --> 00:41:15,600
Speaker 5: I've been to London twice, uh so going there, it's

978
00:41:15,600 --> 00:41:18,080
Speaker 5: gonna be a lot of fun. You know, the travel

979
00:41:18,120 --> 00:41:20,240
Speaker 5: will be you know different, so I know, the sleep

980
00:41:20,320 --> 00:41:22,320
Speaker 5: and all that. Making sure and they got this dialed

981
00:41:22,360 --> 00:41:24,440
Speaker 5: in in terms of when to sleep when not to sleep.

982
00:41:24,719 --> 00:41:26,080
Speaker 5: Uh So, so we can go ahead and get on

983
00:41:26,120 --> 00:41:28,120
Speaker 5: that that time zone quickly. And now you know, just

984
00:41:28,160 --> 00:41:30,040
Speaker 5: excited to get there, but it'll be there soon enough,

985
00:41:30,040 --> 00:41:31,359
Speaker 5: but it'll be a lot of fun.

986
00:41:31,440 --> 00:41:33,160
Speaker 3: Well, since you've already been there, I'm gonna put you

987
00:41:33,239 --> 00:41:35,080
Speaker 3: in charge of you know, hey, guys, why don't we

988
00:41:35,120 --> 00:41:36,560
Speaker 3: go down a couple of days early. You know, let's

989
00:41:36,600 --> 00:41:38,319
Speaker 3: maybe get down there four or five days early, just

990
00:41:38,320 --> 00:41:39,920
Speaker 3: to make sure we get settled.

991
00:41:39,520 --> 00:41:41,400
Speaker 4: And we get this.

992
00:41:41,640 --> 00:41:43,600
Speaker 5: We're gonna stay in that hotel because it will be

993
00:41:43,600 --> 00:41:45,799
Speaker 5: fun just to just to be down there and just

994
00:41:45,800 --> 00:41:49,040
Speaker 5: see the city. Absolutely, because we're going down there to

995
00:41:49,040 --> 00:41:50,879
Speaker 5: to do one thing, and that's to win that football game.

996
00:41:50,920 --> 00:41:53,400
Speaker 5: And you know it will be a great start to

997
00:41:53,440 --> 00:41:55,600
Speaker 5: the season, and you know, just to go ahead and

998
00:41:55,840 --> 00:41:59,399
Speaker 5: get that trajectory going, you know somewhere excited about last one.

999
00:41:59,480 --> 00:42:02,320
Speaker 3: For me, I got asked that it's one watching the

1000
00:42:03,120 --> 00:42:05,360
Speaker 3: highlights from what he was doing at Iowa State, but

1001
00:42:05,400 --> 00:42:07,880
Speaker 3: then two seeing coach Harbaugh just the way he says,

1002
00:42:08,280 --> 00:42:11,160
Speaker 3: Steve O. Klotz, just the name, and I think back

1003
00:42:11,200 --> 00:42:12,759
Speaker 3: to Derrek Watt when he was here with a great

1004
00:42:12,800 --> 00:42:15,120
Speaker 3: you know fullback, it's a great special teams player. Kind

1005
00:42:15,120 --> 00:42:18,719
Speaker 3: of your initial impressions of Steve O. Klotz and what

1006
00:42:18,760 --> 00:42:20,839
Speaker 3: he might be able to do for you.

1007
00:42:20,480 --> 00:42:23,320
Speaker 5: You know, I think the best for him is still

1008
00:42:23,440 --> 00:42:25,120
Speaker 5: in front of us about what he's going to bring,

1009
00:42:25,200 --> 00:42:28,560
Speaker 5: and that's the physicality, because he he is a hammerhead

1010
00:42:28,560 --> 00:42:30,440
Speaker 5: in terms of he is a physical hit and we

1011
00:42:30,480 --> 00:42:33,160
Speaker 5: can't obviously have paths on right now. So you know,

1012
00:42:33,280 --> 00:42:35,600
Speaker 5: watching him at I always stay. There was a coach

1013
00:42:35,600 --> 00:42:37,800
Speaker 5: that kind of put me on him early in the

1014
00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:41,480
Speaker 5: kind of evaluation process for the draft, and he was

1015
00:42:41,480 --> 00:42:43,360
Speaker 5: a four core guy and they you know, I know

1016
00:42:43,360 --> 00:42:45,120
Speaker 5: they're talking about port and all of them, which are

1017
00:42:45,280 --> 00:42:47,960
Speaker 5: you know, elite special teams players as well and as

1018
00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:50,920
Speaker 5: in respect to the position. But I think the one

1019
00:42:50,960 --> 00:42:52,919
Speaker 5: thing that he brought is like they're like, this guy

1020
00:42:53,040 --> 00:42:55,239
Speaker 5: was the captain, and you know, he kind of drove it.

1021
00:42:55,440 --> 00:42:57,799
Speaker 5: Just he set the tone, the tone setter for everything

1022
00:42:57,840 --> 00:42:59,200
Speaker 5: they do. And I was like, you know, I'd like

1023
00:42:59,239 --> 00:43:00,799
Speaker 5: to go ahead and get more of those guys, and

1024
00:43:01,080 --> 00:43:03,400
Speaker 5: you know, excited about that. And it felt that what

1025
00:43:03,520 --> 00:43:05,520
Speaker 5: he brings, he's gonna go ahead and just you know,

1026
00:43:05,600 --> 00:43:08,560
Speaker 5: mess right in with our guys, and so he's doing

1027
00:43:08,600 --> 00:43:12,480
Speaker 5: everything right out there, you know, the technique, the fundamentals,

1028
00:43:12,520 --> 00:43:16,160
Speaker 5: the mental part, learning from these guys, uh, coming in

1029
00:43:16,200 --> 00:43:18,719
Speaker 5: and wanting to meet extra But I'm looking forward to

1030
00:43:18,719 --> 00:43:20,960
Speaker 5: seeing him in training camp, preseason games where you get

1031
00:43:20,960 --> 00:43:23,839
Speaker 5: to see that physicality part uh take over. And that's

1032
00:43:23,840 --> 00:43:26,160
Speaker 5: where I think he's gonna go ahead and really flourish.

1033
00:43:26,480 --> 00:43:30,040
Speaker 2: Coach last one for me and for US eleven wins

1034
00:43:30,120 --> 00:43:35,240
Speaker 2: last year, year two with Coach Harball, what was your one?

1035
00:43:35,280 --> 00:43:39,000
Speaker 1: Like, you know, just meshing with a new coaching staff.

1036
00:43:39,360 --> 00:43:43,760
Speaker 2: And then how different is this time this year versus

1037
00:43:43,800 --> 00:43:44,600
Speaker 2: this time last year?

1038
00:43:45,080 --> 00:43:47,400
Speaker 5: You know, I think, you know, Coach Harbor, it is

1039
00:43:47,560 --> 00:43:50,279
Speaker 5: a true blessing to be around him and just watch

1040
00:43:50,360 --> 00:43:52,319
Speaker 5: the way he works because he's a mastermind and what

1041
00:43:52,360 --> 00:43:55,280
Speaker 5: he does and everything is so well thought of. Uh,

1042
00:43:55,400 --> 00:43:57,360
Speaker 5: you know, it's not he's not just thinking, all right,

1043
00:43:57,440 --> 00:43:59,319
Speaker 5: let's go ahead and this what this sounds good for today?

1044
00:43:59,360 --> 00:44:01,960
Speaker 5: I mean he's thought through this, you know several times.

1045
00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:05,160
Speaker 5: I Mean he's you know, with the schedule changes and

1046
00:44:05,280 --> 00:44:08,160
Speaker 5: he wants what's best for the players in the organization,

1047
00:44:08,239 --> 00:44:10,240
Speaker 5: But what is it going to give us that edge?

1048
00:44:10,320 --> 00:44:12,600
Speaker 5: And that's how he sees everything and everything we do.

1049
00:44:13,000 --> 00:44:15,640
Speaker 5: And when you have a coach like that and who's

1050
00:44:15,680 --> 00:44:19,239
Speaker 5: had success, uh, it's it's difficult not to go ahead

1051
00:44:19,239 --> 00:44:21,759
Speaker 5: and gravitate and just fall right in line and you know,

1052
00:44:21,960 --> 00:44:24,479
Speaker 5: just try and do your best so you can see

1053
00:44:24,560 --> 00:44:27,440
Speaker 5: him have success as well and see this organization have success.

1054
00:44:28,239 --> 00:44:30,279
Speaker 5: So I think it's you know, I'm learning a lot

1055
00:44:30,320 --> 00:44:32,680
Speaker 5: every day. You know, the way he goes I approaches

1056
00:44:32,719 --> 00:44:35,239
Speaker 5: the you know, the team, the way he approaches each

1057
00:44:35,320 --> 00:44:39,200
Speaker 5: player individually. You know, I think I'm I'm the I'm

1058
00:44:39,200 --> 00:44:40,759
Speaker 5: the lucky one in terms of being able to learn

1059
00:44:40,760 --> 00:44:41,920
Speaker 5: all that and being able to take a bunch of

1060
00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:44,480
Speaker 5: nuggets from him, and the way he uh tries to

1061
00:44:44,600 --> 00:44:46,360
Speaker 5: you know, set up the foundation for the team on

1062
00:44:46,440 --> 00:44:48,439
Speaker 5: what he wants and then just see that they take off.

1063
00:44:49,440 --> 00:44:51,279
Speaker 5: For the difference in terms of what it was last

1064
00:44:51,320 --> 00:44:54,319
Speaker 5: year and this year, I think, uh, I want to say,

1065
00:44:54,640 --> 00:44:57,480
Speaker 5: more comfortable. It's more we know what to expect, you know,

1066
00:44:58,440 --> 00:45:00,200
Speaker 5: not coming from Michigan with him being here.

1067
00:45:00,719 --> 00:45:03,279
Speaker 4: Uh. You know, so you know, for your you're one

1068
00:45:03,400 --> 00:45:05,200
Speaker 4: is like all right, this is how he likes some.

1069
00:45:05,320 --> 00:45:08,520
Speaker 5: Practice and everything, and and now having an understanding of

1070
00:45:08,560 --> 00:45:11,200
Speaker 5: that I feel we can continue to you know, give

1071
00:45:11,320 --> 00:45:14,920
Speaker 5: more and continue to do more and just continue to

1072
00:45:14,920 --> 00:45:17,200
Speaker 5: build off, you know, the success that we had from

1073
00:45:17,320 --> 00:45:19,839
Speaker 5: last year, but then knowing that there's a lot more

1074
00:45:19,840 --> 00:45:21,640
Speaker 5: work that we need to do as Special Teams wise

1075
00:45:22,360 --> 00:45:23,640
Speaker 5: to be able to get to where we want to go,

1076
00:45:23,719 --> 00:45:26,120
Speaker 5: and that's obviously to win a world championship.

1077
00:45:27,360 --> 00:45:29,000
Speaker 3: Loved it, really enjoyed it. Oh you know what we

1078
00:45:29,040 --> 00:45:31,080
Speaker 3: should do? Shout out Chris, what a heck of a

1079
00:45:31,120 --> 00:45:33,240
Speaker 3: coach you got as well on the on the staff.

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Speaker 3: I meant to do that earlier.

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Speaker 5: But Coach Gold, I would say that I've been finding ways,

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Speaker 5: but this he is, he is phenomenal. He is the

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Speaker 5: best coach around and been a part of very fortunate

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Speaker 5: to be. You know, I don't see him as an assistant.

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Speaker 5: It's him and I are linked on the arm and

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Speaker 5: this thing, and uh we would not have a success

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Speaker 5: you know for this uh Special Teams unit if it

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Speaker 5: wasn't for him. He's just a phenomenal football coach and

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Speaker 5: uh what he does and his families you know, just

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Speaker 5: class a you know Sam and and his little guy A.

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Speaker 5: So but very fortunate. You know, he's sticking around and

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Speaker 5: he just makes us all better.

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Speaker 1: It's great, big, great partnership be here before you know.

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Speaker 4: Brother, Oh, absolutely appreciate your time. I appreciate it. Thank

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Speaker 4: you very much.

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Speaker 1: Thanks good Well Monday.

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Speaker 2: Another gym Ryan Ficken, one of the coaches that I

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Speaker 2: just have so much appreciation for his longevity in the

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Speaker 2: league and just what he's done with this special Team's

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Speaker 2: gonna going into your four.

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Speaker 3: That's an important part of the team, you know. I mean,

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Speaker 3: how many big kicks have we seen Cam Dicker make?

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Speaker 3: How many big punts to pin a team deep? Have

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Speaker 3: we seen JK. Scott make? You know? And not to

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Speaker 3: mention him as an evaluator and helping construct this team.

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Speaker 3: And who's going to be that fifty second, fifty third

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Speaker 3: guy that can cured a tribute on special teams and

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00:46:42,880 --> 00:46:45,600
Speaker 3: then becomes a more integral part like he was talking

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Speaker 3: about Adam Thielen of the team Austin Eckler. You know

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Speaker 3: here we think about it's the one story we always

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Speaker 3: tell about special teams, and you know that then he

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Speaker 3: goes on to being you're you're starting running back and

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Speaker 3: a guy that's you know, leading the league in touchdowns

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Speaker 3: over the course of two seasons and a lot of

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Speaker 3: that goes into the special teams coordinator being to evaluate

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Speaker 3: and recognize talent and how they can contribute with limited

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Speaker 3: amounts of snaps not available to them for their particular position.

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Speaker 3: But they can stick on the team because of what

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00:47:12,680 --> 00:47:15,160
Speaker 3: you know, these guys seeing them and it's it's it's

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Speaker 3: a wildly underappreciated and underrated part of a football team.

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Speaker 3: And you know, the special teams coordinator has got to

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Speaker 3: know everybody and be able to tap into all of that.

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Speaker 3: And you know, three phases are three phases. It's not two,

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Speaker 3: it's three, and special teams is part of it. And

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Speaker 3: since coach Ficken has arrived, the charge has been one

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Speaker 3: of the best in the league at it year in and

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Speaker 3: year out.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, immediately, all right, guys, there's no offseason here at

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Speaker 2: the Bolt. We got OTAs next week, we got mini

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Speaker 2: camp coming up, a very brief break before an early

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Speaker 2: training camp as we get to the Hall of Fame game.

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Speaker 2: So it's gonna be a lot of fun here in

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Speaker 2: El Segundo over the next month or so.

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Speaker 1: Take a little break and then we'll be back and

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Speaker 1: then more interviews coming up to with.

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Speaker 3: U Roman having to coach Roman was pulling out a

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Speaker 3: second ago.

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Speaker 1: Was that was that him?

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Speaker 3: No, it was him right before that. Okay, so I

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Speaker 3: don't know who that was. They just waved, So I

1141
00:48:05,520 --> 00:48:08,560
Speaker 3: wrote that more coachy it was. I saw him walk

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Speaker 3: through his car was earlier too, Yeah, I was like,

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Speaker 3: I think that was I think it was. Yeah. So

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Speaker 3: we're gonna get everybody though. We'll make sure we get

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Speaker 3: everybody on and we always appreciate talking. Let me know

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Speaker 3: that people enjoy the content.

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Speaker 4: No question.

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Speaker 1: All right for money, I am Chris. This has been

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Speaker 1: charges weekly. We'll see you next week.