1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:02,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, we're certainly excited to you know, all the things 2 00:00:02,480 --> 00:00:05,080 Speaker 1: we've worked on since we got together in April, of 3 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:08,360 Speaker 1: trying to put that, you know, into action and see 4 00:00:08,360 --> 00:00:10,080 Speaker 1: how that applies to all our guys, see all our 5 00:00:10,080 --> 00:00:13,280 Speaker 1: guys play together. You know. It's from our standpoint, it's 6 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:15,000 Speaker 1: just fun as coaches to get to watch our guys 7 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:17,079 Speaker 1: go out and compete, stakes on the line, all that 8 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:18,959 Speaker 1: type of stuff. So we're certainly excited. 9 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:23,160 Speaker 2: Interesting journey, has been a long time since he's been 10 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:26,360 Speaker 2: to start a game one of the season. Do you 11 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:28,680 Speaker 2: worry about some nerves with him at all or have 12 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:31,360 Speaker 2: you seen enough that you're comfortable with them. 13 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:34,080 Speaker 1: We're certainly ready to roll with him. We're very comfortable 14 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:36,440 Speaker 1: with you know, Walker's process and kind of how he 15 00:00:36,479 --> 00:00:39,040 Speaker 1: gets himself prepared to play. I'm sure all our guys 16 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:41,520 Speaker 1: face kind of the first game jitters. I think that's 17 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:44,360 Speaker 1: just a natural thing of being off for so long 18 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:46,160 Speaker 1: and then get an opportunity to compete again in front 19 00:00:46,159 --> 00:00:49,120 Speaker 1: of fans and on TV and all this type of stuff. 20 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:51,120 Speaker 1: So that's certainly something we understand. We'll deal with, but 21 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:54,800 Speaker 1: we're confident that our process prepares the guys to have 22 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:57,920 Speaker 1: that confidence ready to go perform. How much you learn 23 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:01,800 Speaker 1: about just one week or does it you know, multiple 24 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:05,080 Speaker 1: weeks to really understand how well I think you certainly 25 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:07,400 Speaker 1: evolved as the season goes on, and that that's a 26 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:09,840 Speaker 1: big thing of you know, how long does it take 27 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:11,759 Speaker 1: somebody to kind of figure out who the who they are, 28 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:15,280 Speaker 1: what skill set they have available to them, and then 29 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:18,000 Speaker 1: that kind of changes each each week as you deal 30 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:20,920 Speaker 1: with injuries, you deal with certain situations, you played certain defenses. 31 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:23,720 Speaker 1: Uh So that's kind of the the fun process of 32 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:26,560 Speaker 1: a year of a season of the ebbs and flows 33 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:30,080 Speaker 1: and how your offense turns and pivots and changes to 34 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 1: do whatever you need to do to be as successful 35 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:32,280 Speaker 1: as possible. 36 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:36,280 Speaker 2: Names. 37 00:01:37,880 --> 00:01:39,680 Speaker 1: I mean, we were confident in our rundown last year. 38 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:42,200 Speaker 1: You know, certainly we have the ability to create explosive 39 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:45,039 Speaker 1: plays throughout the year. We also had you know, far 40 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:48,240 Speaker 1: too many negative plays in those situations, so it felt 41 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 1: like we were a little volatile at times. Uh, But 42 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:53,200 Speaker 1: we knew we were capable of rattling off some explosive 43 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 1: plays when it was necessary. And you know, I think 44 00:01:57,160 --> 00:01:59,440 Speaker 1: I'd like to think now that we've kind of eliminated 45 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 1: the number of negative runs that come up, but things 46 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 1: are gonna come up, and we'll kind of see where 47 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:06,280 Speaker 1: we go from there. 48 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 2: Better than you guys expected. 49 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:13,560 Speaker 1: You know, I don't know necessarily that we put expectations 50 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 1: than anybody who have We we really want him to 51 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:17,519 Speaker 1: just come in here. We know what we're drafting in 52 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:20,160 Speaker 1: terms of the character we think we know, you know, 53 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:22,000 Speaker 1: obviously don't spend every single day with him like we 54 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:24,960 Speaker 1: do now. Uh So he's certainly been impressive in the 55 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 1: way he approaches his work and his professionalism, and that's 56 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 1: been exciting for us to see. But that was also 57 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:32,160 Speaker 1: something that I think we felt like we were getting 58 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:35,080 Speaker 1: when we drafted the players. So I don't know in 59 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:36,920 Speaker 1: terms of the expectations you put on a guy and 60 00:02:36,919 --> 00:02:39,280 Speaker 1: what you end up seeing from him, but we're we're 61 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:43,519 Speaker 1: happy we have him been around for a while, not 62 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:46,280 Speaker 1: as much mystery of what you might see a defense as. 63 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:48,240 Speaker 2: That might be in some other League One games. 64 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:51,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, I think they kind of he's pretty 65 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:53,840 Speaker 1: true to who he is and what types of defenses 66 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:56,240 Speaker 1: he plays and stuff like that. The coverage elements of it. 67 00:02:57,080 --> 00:02:59,520 Speaker 1: Now it's week one, they've had months off, they have 68 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:01,800 Speaker 1: a new head coach, So maybe there's some new mandates 69 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:05,120 Speaker 1: out there to try something different. Obviously Jim Bob being 70 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:09,399 Speaker 1: there understanding how we attack this defense last twice last year. Uh, 71 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:11,840 Speaker 1: you know, there's certainly those elements that come up in 72 00:03:11,919 --> 00:03:14,280 Speaker 1: any game. A lot of it comes down to the 73 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:17,120 Speaker 1: unscouted looks of you know, us presenting things to them 74 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:19,080 Speaker 1: they haven't seen from us, or them presenting things to 75 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:22,240 Speaker 1: us that we haven't seen, and how we handle those situations, 76 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:24,679 Speaker 1: and a lot of times that comes down to your quarterback, 77 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 1: your offensive line, what the communication process is. So you're 78 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:30,800 Speaker 1: hoping when those unscottered looks show up, everybody kind of 79 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:33,680 Speaker 1: falls back on their standard operating procedure and we figure 80 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:36,680 Speaker 1: it out as things go on. And that's the as 81 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:39,760 Speaker 1: you grow through an offense through the years, the continuity together, 82 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:41,560 Speaker 1: you hope you can handle those situations a little better 83 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 1: each year. Just opening, I mean, there's obviously just a 84 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:51,240 Speaker 1: lot of excitement and week one and then the fact 85 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:53,000 Speaker 1: that it's a team we've seen twice, the team that 86 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:55,560 Speaker 1: we know in our division. We know the personnel, we 87 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:58,560 Speaker 1: know the people on the on their roster, the schemes 88 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 1: they like to play defensively, you know that it makes 89 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:03,680 Speaker 1: it I think it amps it up a little bit 90 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:05,280 Speaker 1: just for the fact that it's a divisional game. But 91 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:07,080 Speaker 1: I don't know that our guys need much extra just 92 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:08,960 Speaker 1: we get an opportunity to go play and they that's 93 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:15,200 Speaker 1: what excites some of the most a bunch of guys 94 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:23,800 Speaker 1: that we're about winning from you that focus of league. 95 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:26,520 Speaker 2: Televisions. 96 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:29,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's one of the things we've talked about in 97 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:30,839 Speaker 1: front of our guys. We talk about as a staff, 98 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:32,560 Speaker 1: but we talk about it to our guys. We believe 99 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:35,560 Speaker 1: that character is a competitive advantage. We have guys that 100 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 1: have high character. We have guys that have high football 101 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:40,279 Speaker 1: character as well, and that our guys love to prepare, 102 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:42,920 Speaker 1: They love being in meetings, they love meeting on their own, 103 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:46,160 Speaker 1: they love practicing, and so we think that gives us, 104 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:49,000 Speaker 1: in a league of parody, some of an advantage of 105 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:51,280 Speaker 1: we know how these guys prepare and what they do. 106 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:53,679 Speaker 1: So we've invested in that, and we we spend money 107 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:56,400 Speaker 1: to bring in guys. We spend time to research these 108 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:58,400 Speaker 1: guys character, like we were talking about with Tank earlier, 109 00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 1: to research their football character, their personal character, because we 110 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:03,799 Speaker 1: feel like that adds to our building as a whole 111 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:07,039 Speaker 1: of the energy in the room, the energy and the building, 112 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:08,760 Speaker 1: and then the way these guys approach in the preparation 113 00:05:08,839 --> 00:05:10,599 Speaker 1: they put in to get ready to play on a Sunday. 114 00:05:10,839 --> 00:05:13,039 Speaker 2: We love a comeback story, but how do you build 115 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:14,200 Speaker 2: early leads this year? 116 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:20,359 Speaker 1: If you score early and they don't, you build early leads? No, 117 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:23,120 Speaker 1: I mean you always go out every drive you're thinking 118 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:26,280 Speaker 1: you're gonna score. So that's certainly a big part of it. Now, 119 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:27,880 Speaker 1: last year we felt like there were times we could 120 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:30,000 Speaker 1: move the ball early and we turn the ball over. 121 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:32,080 Speaker 1: That happened through the preseason as well. I mean, our 122 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:34,720 Speaker 1: starters had two drives to start the preseason. We turn 123 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:36,520 Speaker 1: the ball over on both of them if through an interception, 124 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:39,320 Speaker 1: we fumbled at the one. Now they built the confidence 125 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:41,239 Speaker 1: that we move the ball down to the one yard line, 126 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:44,320 Speaker 1: But we obviously want to finish with points, and so 127 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:46,520 Speaker 1: that's a big part of it. But really it's it's 128 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:49,640 Speaker 1: just understanding our plan, who's doing what, making sure we 129 00:05:49,680 --> 00:05:51,960 Speaker 1: have the right plays, making sure everybody is prepared for 130 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:54,600 Speaker 1: the moment and as confident as possible in executing their 131 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 1: job at a high level. There's no secret Sauce I 132 00:05:56,880 --> 00:05:58,679 Speaker 1: think every team tries to go out and score early 133 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:02,600 Speaker 1: is generally the ultimate goal. Garrison is about to make 134 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:08,800 Speaker 1: his first start. How did you see him develop? Similar 135 00:06:08,839 --> 00:06:10,600 Speaker 1: to all our young guys, you just saw him get 136 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:13,159 Speaker 1: better every day. Obviously he dealt with the shoulder injury 137 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:15,880 Speaker 1: early on and missed some days here and there, but 138 00:06:16,279 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 1: he's really taken to Phil's coaching, the guys around him, 139 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:22,919 Speaker 1: buying into the room, and the culture of the offensive 140 00:06:22,960 --> 00:06:26,120 Speaker 1: line room has itself, and it's it's got to bring 141 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:27,920 Speaker 1: some comfort to him. Know when you're standing there next 142 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:30,400 Speaker 1: to Brandon Sheriff and you know the comfort of the 143 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:32,839 Speaker 1: communication from the guy next to you and relying on 144 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:34,719 Speaker 1: a guy to do his job so you know you 145 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:37,320 Speaker 1: can do your job. There's not there shouldn't be any 146 00:06:37,320 --> 00:06:39,520 Speaker 1: doubt in Anton's mind about the guy next to him 147 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 1: knowing his job, doing his job at a high level. 148 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:43,400 Speaker 1: So you know, we just want Anton to go out 149 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:45,760 Speaker 1: and play and and do what we think he's capable 150 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:54,159 Speaker 1: of doing. Go through playing against well, I mean, you 151 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:57,799 Speaker 1: know they don't need much introduction to particularly the defensive tackles. 152 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:00,720 Speaker 1: You know, they're they're well established players. Uh quit. He 153 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:02,840 Speaker 1: pays a great edge Rusher. I think he's done a 154 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:05,360 Speaker 1: great job for them so far. I know Dio was 155 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:07,560 Speaker 1: there when we drafted Dio. Dio's got a ton of 156 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:10,600 Speaker 1: potential and he's a long, rangy guy, very different build 157 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:13,560 Speaker 1: than Quitty itself. So there's certainly just the matchups of 158 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:16,600 Speaker 1: you know, you're playing different players and different snaps, different 159 00:07:16,640 --> 00:07:19,720 Speaker 1: situations come up, different pass rush situations come up where 160 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:21,400 Speaker 1: you got to handle this guy. We're on the road, 161 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:24,600 Speaker 1: we're using cadence, which these guys coming from college, a 162 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:26,320 Speaker 1: lot of these guys have not played with cadence to 163 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:28,520 Speaker 1: begin with, So now there's a lot of different factors 164 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:30,480 Speaker 1: that come in. Plus it's just the first game, you know, 165 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:33,600 Speaker 1: it's his first NFL start. Getting the ability to settle 166 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:36,360 Speaker 1: into a game early is certainly key for all our guys. 167 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:39,040 Speaker 1: Cool thanks guys,