1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:02,440 Speaker 1: You always say how early it is when we ask 2 00:00:02,480 --> 00:00:05,160 Speaker 1: you certain things. Obviously you wrope. Sometimes you say it's 3 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:07,960 Speaker 1: only April. It's only April. Well, it is April fifteenth. 4 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:11,200 Speaker 1: This is the start of something. Sure, what do you 5 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:14,640 Speaker 1: feel this is the start of you know, is it 6 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:17,680 Speaker 1: first day of school? Do you give these guys a 7 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:20,840 Speaker 1: message or do you just kind of say hello, catch 8 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 1: up and let them go, you know, do the waight 9 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:23,360 Speaker 1: training and things. 10 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:28,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, well it's the start of phase one. So you know, 11 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:32,720 Speaker 2: what we had is a squad meeting today and talk 12 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:36,640 Speaker 2: a little bit about the expectations for Phase one, for 13 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:42,200 Speaker 2: this particular next two weeks. I have Strength and Condition 14 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 2: and speak. I have Doctor Lonnie our mental doctor speak. 15 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:51,080 Speaker 2: I have Ronnie Barnes, our head of the Athletic Training 16 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:56,560 Speaker 2: department speak. I have at Triggs speak on you know, 17 00:00:56,600 --> 00:00:59,639 Speaker 2: kind of the rules of what's expected for these next 18 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:04,000 Speaker 2: two weeks. So have a bunch of departments that I 19 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:08,240 Speaker 2: think are all important in terms of helping the players 20 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:09,800 Speaker 2: be the best they can be at this time of 21 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:12,440 Speaker 2: the year and make sure that if they have any 22 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:14,440 Speaker 2: questions they can kind of put a face with a 23 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:18,400 Speaker 2: name to get those answered, so that we're doing our 24 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:22,000 Speaker 2: job in terms of helping them in this first phase. 25 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:27,600 Speaker 2: Have you know, some of the new players stand up, 26 00:01:28,319 --> 00:01:33,880 Speaker 2: introduce themselves, some of the new staff members introduce themselves. 27 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:38,319 Speaker 2: So it's really, Paul, it's just an introduction meeting to 28 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:41,200 Speaker 2: the phase one portion of the off season program. That's 29 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:45,440 Speaker 2: where we're at, and it's good to see you know, 30 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:47,080 Speaker 2: it's good to see the turnout that we've had. 31 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:49,200 Speaker 3: Will you pleased with the turnout? 32 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:53,400 Speaker 2: Yeah? Yeah, yes, very good turnout. 33 00:01:54,560 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 3: Thank you? Ye. Dan dug In, Hey, Brian, Dan, how 34 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:01,920 Speaker 3: are you good? 35 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:02,640 Speaker 2: Are you doing good? 36 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 4: I know you evaluate the quarterback class every year, you know, 37 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:09,320 Speaker 4: in the draft, but twenty eighteen, you obviously are part 38 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 4: of a really extensive search, workouts, visits, all of that stuff. 39 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:16,360 Speaker 4: What did you take from that experience that you've been 40 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 4: able to apply to the process. You guys are gone 41 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:19,760 Speaker 4: through this. 42 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 3: This pre draft. 43 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:22,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I did that, then I did it 44 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:31,280 Speaker 2: in two thousand and ten, eleven, eleven. I think again, 45 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:37,960 Speaker 2: it's you know, when you're evaluating that position and you 46 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:42,000 Speaker 2: know there's you could spend hours upon hours talking to 47 00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:47,240 Speaker 2: those guys that play that spot. So you know, Joe's 48 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:50,080 Speaker 2: had some familiarity with it, and we just do our 49 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:52,120 Speaker 2: due diligence. We've done in other years too, it's not 50 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 2: just it's not just this year. So I think it's 51 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:56,640 Speaker 2: important to try to get a feel for that position 52 00:02:56,680 --> 00:03:01,160 Speaker 2: because you never know when they'll be available, so you 53 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:03,200 Speaker 2: get a chance to meet them and interact with them 54 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 2: and develop, you know, a relationship. I'll call for a 55 00:03:06,040 --> 00:03:08,760 Speaker 2: couple you a couple of weeks, maybe a month, but 56 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:11,120 Speaker 2: you never know how that's going to develop down the 57 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:11,840 Speaker 2: line too, So. 58 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:15,280 Speaker 3: You know, do you know, we. 59 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:18,079 Speaker 2: Spent a lot of time, you know, in that eighteen 60 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:22,519 Speaker 2: year of you know, doing a lot of different things, 61 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:25,200 Speaker 2: and you know, as you do with whether it's schematics 62 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:28,520 Speaker 2: or players, whatever it may be, you're always trying to evolve. 63 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:31,120 Speaker 2: So you know, it's been a good process. But it's 64 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 2: it's been a good process with a lot of other 65 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 2: positions too that we've been looking at, which is pretty 66 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:37,560 Speaker 2: much all of them. It's been a you know, between 67 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:40,600 Speaker 2: the visits and out on the road, you know, our 68 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:43,000 Speaker 2: coaches and scouts have done a really good job of 69 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 2: you know, trying to cross every T and dot every 70 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 2: I to get ready for preparation for you know, what's 71 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:52,520 Speaker 2: going to happen in a couple of weeks. 72 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:55,360 Speaker 4: And then where's Daniel stand in his you know, rehab processes, 73 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:57,520 Speaker 4: because he's able to be on the field today throwing 74 00:03:57,560 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 4: passes or receivers at that stage. 75 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:01,680 Speaker 2: Yet, Yeah, I know it's it's day one of phase one. 76 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 2: He's i'd say he's making progress. He's you know, I 77 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:07,920 Speaker 2: don't want to say further ahead behind, he's he's doing 78 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:10,800 Speaker 2: everything we need him to do, you know, hitting it 79 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:13,480 Speaker 2: head on, and you know he's making strides. 80 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:23,080 Speaker 3: Thanks yep Art Stapleton, Ay Daves, Good morning on Art. 81 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 2: How are you good? 82 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 5: Good when it comes to the you know, obviously he 83 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,720 Speaker 5: say phase one and uh, you know you're bringing in 84 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:33,560 Speaker 5: you know, Aaron Wellman is coming back, and obviously you 85 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:35,599 Speaker 5: guys hired a new strength and condition and coach. 86 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:38,520 Speaker 3: From your perspective, how. 87 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:42,440 Speaker 5: Much do you before this comes up work with them 88 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:44,919 Speaker 5: in terms of what their plans are and how important 89 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:47,279 Speaker 5: is it for them to kind of get all the 90 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:50,479 Speaker 5: players together here today because we know the issues in 91 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:52,520 Speaker 5: the past you guys talked about. At the end of 92 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:54,640 Speaker 5: the season, Joe made a big point about how you 93 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:57,440 Speaker 5: felt as though you know, there was a correlation between 94 00:04:57,440 --> 00:05:00,440 Speaker 5: on field and what the players have all the field 95 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:02,680 Speaker 5: in terms of injury prevention and stuff like that. 96 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:09,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, they've they've done, you know, as some of the 97 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:12,040 Speaker 2: other new coach has been very very pleased with of 98 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:16,240 Speaker 2: of the things that they've presented, how they want to 99 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:19,839 Speaker 2: do things, what they think can be better, been very 100 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:23,640 Speaker 2: easy to work with. Learn you know, have learned a 101 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:25,880 Speaker 2: good amount from from those guys as well in terms 102 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:29,560 Speaker 2: of what they think is important, not just developing the 103 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:32,800 Speaker 2: core strength and the quickness, but you know, the type 104 00:05:32,839 --> 00:05:34,640 Speaker 2: of things they're going to do with the players. You know, 105 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:36,839 Speaker 2: they got up and spoke today in the team meeting, 106 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:41,560 Speaker 2: you know, Aaron did, Frank and then the guys we 107 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:44,840 Speaker 2: retained from from last year that we're here. But we've 108 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:47,000 Speaker 2: we've met you I've met with them quite a bit, 109 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:50,360 Speaker 2: as you do to get ready for this particular phase one. 110 00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:55,120 Speaker 2: I've met with them, you know, often, about their structure, 111 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:57,359 Speaker 2: how they see things. We've done some different things to 112 00:05:57,400 --> 00:05:59,640 Speaker 2: the weight room and proved some things in there, I think, 113 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:02,760 Speaker 2: and they're you know, they've been getting after it all morning, 114 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:05,159 Speaker 2: which is which is good to see. But uh, you know, 115 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:07,840 Speaker 2: those two guys kind of heading up that area have done, 116 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:09,839 Speaker 2: have done a great job for a couple of months 117 00:06:09,839 --> 00:06:10,400 Speaker 2: they've been here. 118 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:13,520 Speaker 5: Is there anything that you could point to that might 119 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 5: be the biggest noticeable change for players that come in. 120 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:19,479 Speaker 2: Yeah, there's a there's a little turf area in the 121 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:21,640 Speaker 2: weight room, and the whole weight room is different too, 122 00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 2: so there's a different vibe in there. There's some things 123 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:25,920 Speaker 2: that we can do a little bit more in there 124 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:29,960 Speaker 2: for them. So you know, I haven't we've we've met 125 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:31,760 Speaker 2: here in the morning. They're out there working out right 126 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:34,520 Speaker 2: now when we'll get feedback and make sure we're trying 127 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:35,960 Speaker 2: to do everything we can do to help them be 128 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:36,719 Speaker 2: the best they can be. 129 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:40,040 Speaker 5: The turf for like movement within the weight room. 130 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:42,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, yep, Yeah, there's a little turf and why it's 131 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:45,719 Speaker 2: you know, they set up the weight rooms set up 132 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:47,800 Speaker 2: a little bit differently, the configuration of it, you know, 133 00:06:47,839 --> 00:06:50,680 Speaker 2: trying to maximize our space and you know, give those 134 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:53,560 Speaker 2: guys everything they need to do to perform, you know, 135 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:57,960 Speaker 2: their jobs. So credit to you know, the ownership for 136 00:06:57,960 --> 00:07:00,560 Speaker 2: for doing those types of things, for for the strength 137 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:04,240 Speaker 2: coaches and Joe and you know, it's a good start. 138 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:05,960 Speaker 2: It's good to get everybody back in the building. I 139 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:07,159 Speaker 2: know that there's a good vibe. 140 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:17,160 Speaker 3: Yep. Brian Dunleaby, Hey Daves, how are you good? 141 00:07:17,240 --> 00:07:19,160 Speaker 2: Ryan? How are you good? 142 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:23,119 Speaker 6: Certainly not going to ask attendants about every single player there, 143 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:28,720 Speaker 6: but given Darren Waller's unique circumstances, is he there today? 144 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:32,080 Speaker 6: And what's your expectation for him through the voluntary program? 145 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:35,800 Speaker 6: Because if you haven't seen, he said recently he's treating 146 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:39,200 Speaker 6: the end of OTAs as kind of his deadline. So 147 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:42,320 Speaker 6: do you expect him here at all for phase one 148 00:07:42,440 --> 00:07:44,400 Speaker 6: Phase two? What of your conversations been. 149 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:48,160 Speaker 2: Sure, understand the question completely. Ry, have nothing to add 150 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:50,440 Speaker 2: on that from what Joe talked about a couple of 151 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:53,559 Speaker 2: weeks ago in the ownership meeting, and you know again, 152 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:57,080 Speaker 2: I just go back to our attendance. Was very happy 153 00:07:57,080 --> 00:07:59,920 Speaker 2: and pleased with our attendants. But in terms of Darren's 154 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:03,080 Speaker 2: pacific situation, I'm going to keep that in house and 155 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:04,240 Speaker 2: nothing to add at this time. 156 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:15,720 Speaker 3: Okay, thanks? Yep. Jordan ran On, Hey Ryan, what's going on? Hi? 157 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:16,080 Speaker 2: Jordan? 158 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:19,200 Speaker 3: All right? Good? Are you good? 159 00:08:19,960 --> 00:08:22,960 Speaker 7: Joe had mentioned, you know, I think it was actually 160 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:28,040 Speaker 7: at the combine that Daniel could possibly get into spring, 161 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:29,440 Speaker 7: you know, into drills at some. 162 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:32,360 Speaker 3: Point in the spring. How much is that your expectation 163 00:08:32,559 --> 00:08:33,120 Speaker 3: moving forward? 164 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:35,320 Speaker 7: And what do you and what are you expecting him 165 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:36,920 Speaker 7: to do this spring or be able to do? 166 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:41,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, I appreciate the question. Uh, it's it's day to day, 167 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:44,680 Speaker 2: you know, with these injuries, So come in and be 168 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:47,319 Speaker 2: improved from where you were the day before. And you know, 169 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:49,560 Speaker 2: I don't think too far ahead with that. He's you know, 170 00:08:49,679 --> 00:08:52,240 Speaker 2: been in meetings, he's rehabbing, he's doing his stuff, and 171 00:08:52,280 --> 00:08:54,000 Speaker 2: tomorrow we'll see if we can do a little bit 172 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:55,520 Speaker 2: more and the next day we'll build off of that. 173 00:08:55,679 --> 00:08:58,920 Speaker 2: So more more of a day to day proposition for us, 174 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:02,080 Speaker 2: you know what's gonna happen two weeks, four weeks? You know, 175 00:09:02,080 --> 00:09:03,480 Speaker 2: I couldn't give you that answer right now. 176 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:07,520 Speaker 7: And then with your playbooks, and this is the first 177 00:09:07,559 --> 00:09:10,480 Speaker 7: time you can kind of give playbooks. But how different 178 00:09:10,559 --> 00:09:13,280 Speaker 7: is your defense to playbook one? And then even on 179 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:17,160 Speaker 7: the offensive side, obviously you guys go back there, and sure, 180 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:20,040 Speaker 7: I think, Mike, because you know we've been coming up 181 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:22,360 Speaker 7: and do things. How much change is there to the 182 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:24,920 Speaker 7: playbook that you know you give you guys now for 183 00:09:24,960 --> 00:09:26,520 Speaker 7: this year for the offensive side? 184 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:26,760 Speaker 3: Sure? 185 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:29,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, No, I think there's you know, every year there's change, 186 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:36,440 Speaker 2: whether it's personnel, scheme things, coaches, staff members, that's that's 187 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:41,000 Speaker 2: the NFL. So certainly there's there's some changes within the offense. 188 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:42,840 Speaker 2: The defense is obviously a little bit different with the 189 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:45,960 Speaker 2: new coordinator, same with special teams. So you know, we 190 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:49,559 Speaker 2: got again, it's it's day one. You know, those guys 191 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:52,320 Speaker 2: will have opportunity, will kind of build up slowly here 192 00:09:52,360 --> 00:09:54,360 Speaker 2: in these next two weeks to get ready for phase two. 193 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:56,480 Speaker 2: That's really the goal for Phase one is to get 194 00:09:56,520 --> 00:10:00,079 Speaker 2: them in here, really get the physical stuff going, and 195 00:10:00,559 --> 00:10:02,920 Speaker 2: you know that's that's where I want them to spend 196 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:04,800 Speaker 2: most of their time in terms of the weight room 197 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:07,520 Speaker 2: and with the strength coaches. But you do have a 198 00:10:07,559 --> 00:10:11,280 Speaker 2: little bit of time here to meet individually, so you 199 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:14,520 Speaker 2: know that'll be split up with groups and then position 200 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:17,839 Speaker 2: groups with the position coaches. But there's a lot to 201 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:20,520 Speaker 2: learn there. There always is every year, regardless of there's 202 00:10:20,520 --> 00:10:21,200 Speaker 2: someone here or not. 203 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:28,440 Speaker 3: Canaan, Hey, Brian, how you doing good time? 204 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:29,840 Speaker 2: How are you good? 205 00:10:31,280 --> 00:10:31,800 Speaker 3: I guess in. 206 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:34,400 Speaker 8: Two weeks we have a draft and I'm just wondering 207 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:37,160 Speaker 8: how much time is there in a day for you? 208 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:37,400 Speaker 3: Now? 209 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:40,040 Speaker 8: I mean, you have the ota is going on, you 210 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:45,120 Speaker 8: have you know, you probably deep into the drafts thought, 211 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:47,520 Speaker 8: I mean it's time you have to spend on. 212 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:52,960 Speaker 2: Both significant Yeah, I mean there's you know, there's the 213 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:56,120 Speaker 2: process of getting ready for this type of setting the 214 00:10:56,160 --> 00:10:58,800 Speaker 2: phase one and making sure everything's organized on that end. 215 00:10:58,880 --> 00:11:02,040 Speaker 2: But you know, you spend a lot of time. You know, 216 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:05,079 Speaker 2: you've got a lot of catching up to do. Season ends. 217 00:11:05,840 --> 00:11:09,360 Speaker 2: You know, you're starting to evaluate whether it's your roster, 218 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:12,560 Speaker 2: the things you need to do better, the free agents 219 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:14,360 Speaker 2: that are going to come available in the league. And 220 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:16,480 Speaker 2: then you know, you get to this college deal and 221 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:18,640 Speaker 2: you know there's a lot of you know, our college 222 00:11:18,679 --> 00:11:21,400 Speaker 2: scouts have done a fantastic job they have the three 223 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:24,320 Speaker 2: years I've been here leading it up by Joe and 224 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 2: Brandon and Tim and Hickey and those guys do a 225 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:30,560 Speaker 2: great job. So you're trying to catch up to you know, 226 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:32,520 Speaker 2: you're never going to fully catch up to them. They've 227 00:11:32,559 --> 00:11:34,400 Speaker 2: been on the road, they've seen them in person, They've 228 00:11:34,400 --> 00:11:36,760 Speaker 2: done a lot of different things, so their work is 229 00:11:36,840 --> 00:11:41,040 Speaker 2: really invaluable. And then you start evaluating players and meet 230 00:11:41,080 --> 00:11:43,400 Speaker 2: with them and maybe going on trips our coaches, our 231 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:46,840 Speaker 2: coaches have been out a lot this spring evaluating guys, 232 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:49,640 Speaker 2: whether it's private workouts, pro days, and that's the way 233 00:11:49,640 --> 00:11:52,440 Speaker 2: it's been for the last couple of years. So you 234 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:55,080 Speaker 2: you know, it's part of the off season. It's a 235 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:57,040 Speaker 2: good part of the off season, you know, but there's 236 00:11:57,320 --> 00:12:00,480 Speaker 2: there's definitely things that you were behind on. What's you 237 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:02,000 Speaker 2: end and you got to try to catch up on 238 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:06,920 Speaker 2: And that's what we're trying to do, is there. 239 00:12:07,880 --> 00:12:12,080 Speaker 8: I mean, the mock drafts all seem so quarterbacks go one, two, three, 240 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:14,640 Speaker 8: giants take whichever receiver is left. 241 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:15,960 Speaker 3: I mean, is it that simple? 242 00:12:17,160 --> 00:12:19,199 Speaker 2: Gona know, I think you should go back last ten 243 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:21,200 Speaker 2: years and look at all the mock drafts and see 244 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:23,920 Speaker 2: where everything was before the draft or then after the draft. So, 245 00:12:25,360 --> 00:12:27,280 Speaker 2: you know, I got a great appreciation for everybody that 246 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:30,120 Speaker 2: puts time in, whether they're in the building or outside 247 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:34,720 Speaker 2: the building, and people that evaluate players. You know, it takes, 248 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:38,480 Speaker 2: it's time consuming and those people that put those things 249 00:12:38,559 --> 00:12:41,520 Speaker 2: together do a great job. But I would say you 250 00:12:41,640 --> 00:12:44,600 Speaker 2: never really know until you're right in the moment tom 251 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:47,320 Speaker 2: of you know, the day of the draft, unless a 252 00:12:47,360 --> 00:12:49,600 Speaker 2: trade happens before the draft or whatever it may be. 253 00:12:49,679 --> 00:12:52,319 Speaker 2: So there's a lot of unknowns, a lot of uncertainties. 254 00:12:52,720 --> 00:12:54,560 Speaker 2: You do the best job to prepare for it. And 255 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:57,079 Speaker 2: you know, Joe, Joe's done a great job here the 256 00:12:57,120 --> 00:12:59,280 Speaker 2: last two years. He's you know, doing a great job 257 00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:01,920 Speaker 2: of leading the staff and the meetings that they have, 258 00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:04,920 Speaker 2: and you know, you just have a great appreciation for 259 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:06,640 Speaker 2: the work that people put into it, whether it's in 260 00:13:06,679 --> 00:13:09,080 Speaker 2: our building or outside the building, because it's time consuming 261 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:12,240 Speaker 2: and you might see a little bit something different than 262 00:13:12,280 --> 00:13:15,000 Speaker 2: I see. It's not that it's wrong, but that's that's 263 00:13:15,040 --> 00:13:18,000 Speaker 2: just the way it goes. So you know, the mock drafts, 264 00:13:19,360 --> 00:13:21,400 Speaker 2: you know, I look at them. I definitely look at 265 00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:23,960 Speaker 2: them because there's you know, there's probably some people that 266 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:26,520 Speaker 2: are communicating with other people and they think this, and 267 00:13:26,559 --> 00:13:29,439 Speaker 2: they think that, But I don't know if the mock 268 00:13:29,520 --> 00:13:33,480 Speaker 2: draft's ever been one hundred percent in terms of one, two, three, four, five, six, 269 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:36,559 Speaker 2: seventy eight, nine, ten. So you trust your work, of 270 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:40,679 Speaker 2: your evaluation of the people in your building, and then 271 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:42,200 Speaker 2: make the best decision for yourself. 272 00:13:44,880 --> 00:13:46,760 Speaker 3: We'll take three more. Tom rock. 273 00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:51,400 Speaker 2: Brian, you've been in the sort of the new guy 274 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:54,200 Speaker 2: in the building once or twice in your career, right, 275 00:13:54,480 --> 00:13:56,960 Speaker 2: So what what are Shane and Michael doing today? 276 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:57,480 Speaker 3: What's what? 277 00:13:57,720 --> 00:13:59,800 Speaker 4: How important is this for them to kind of set 278 00:13:59,880 --> 00:14:02,040 Speaker 4: up to for what excuse me for what. 279 00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:04,600 Speaker 3: They're what they have to do for their units moving forward. 280 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:10,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, really, it's an introductory meeting for the players, you know, 281 00:14:10,679 --> 00:14:12,720 Speaker 2: don't we don't play for a long time. We're really 282 00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:16,160 Speaker 2: focused on kind of this phase of what we're trying 283 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:18,360 Speaker 2: to get accomplished. I don't think you can get too 284 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:21,920 Speaker 2: far down the road. We you know, there's many money 285 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:24,920 Speaker 2: months before that happens. So I think meeting the players, 286 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:26,480 Speaker 2: being around them, letting them a little bit of them 287 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:28,480 Speaker 2: know about, you know, how they want to do things 288 00:14:28,480 --> 00:14:30,280 Speaker 2: in the meetings, and then you know, splitting it up 289 00:14:30,280 --> 00:14:32,240 Speaker 2: with the position coaches. Obviously we have a lot of 290 00:14:32,280 --> 00:14:35,040 Speaker 2: position coaches on the defensive side that we're here before, 291 00:14:36,040 --> 00:14:38,440 Speaker 2: I know. But Shane, we'll go ahead and get up. 292 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:42,280 Speaker 2: He's I think his meeting starts at ten thirty today, 293 00:14:42,520 --> 00:14:46,120 Speaker 2: so you know he's in there right now with the 294 00:14:46,160 --> 00:14:50,080 Speaker 2: guys and going through some things. But really it's an 295 00:14:50,080 --> 00:14:55,200 Speaker 2: introduction tom to him, to the new coaches, to some 296 00:14:55,280 --> 00:14:57,360 Speaker 2: of the philosophies and things that he's looking for in 297 00:14:57,520 --> 00:15:00,560 Speaker 2: terms of you know, meetings and things like that, but uh, 298 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:04,280 Speaker 2: you know it's not and same thing with Goebes. You know, 299 00:15:04,360 --> 00:15:07,680 Speaker 2: Goebs will will end up meeting with the guys, you know, 300 00:15:07,760 --> 00:15:09,240 Speaker 2: the whole team. He wanted to meet with the whole 301 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:11,560 Speaker 2: team just to talk about special teams. So that'll be 302 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:12,840 Speaker 2: that'll be tomorrow for him. 303 00:15:14,520 --> 00:15:17,280 Speaker 3: Do you find that you see a different side to 304 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:18,480 Speaker 3: the coaches. 305 00:15:18,080 --> 00:15:19,720 Speaker 4: And you know you've been working with these guys for 306 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:22,120 Speaker 4: a couple of months now, sure, and once the players. 307 00:15:21,760 --> 00:15:25,360 Speaker 3: Get building, does that change? Is it that change the 308 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:26,359 Speaker 3: coach's personality? 309 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:26,720 Speaker 9: Uh? 310 00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:29,680 Speaker 2: No, but it's always you know, it's it's a great 311 00:15:29,760 --> 00:15:33,760 Speaker 2: day to have the players back. You're you know, it's 312 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:35,960 Speaker 2: just you as a coaching staff and then other staff 313 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:38,000 Speaker 2: members and again a lot of people have been out, 314 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:40,720 Speaker 2: but when you know, it starts feeling like football a 315 00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:43,000 Speaker 2: little bit albeit I know, four or five months away, 316 00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:45,240 Speaker 2: but to have the players in to see him in 317 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:48,360 Speaker 2: the hallway or lunch room, uh, to interact with them. 318 00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:50,800 Speaker 2: I think all the coaches were, you know, are excited 319 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:52,680 Speaker 2: about you know, the start of the phase one. 320 00:15:54,640 --> 00:16:03,280 Speaker 10: Thanks yep, Peter Slendorio, Brian Is Peter Splendorio with The Daily. 321 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:05,120 Speaker 2: News, Peter, how are I I'm. 322 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:08,800 Speaker 10: Good with With Devin Singletary coming in, I'm interested to 323 00:16:08,840 --> 00:16:10,800 Speaker 10: know just what did you like about him as a 324 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:12,560 Speaker 10: player during your time in Buffalo? 325 00:16:12,760 --> 00:16:13,800 Speaker 3: Made him a good fit here? 326 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:15,880 Speaker 10: And I guess how has he kind of changed or 327 00:16:15,920 --> 00:16:17,360 Speaker 10: grown as a player in the year since then? 328 00:16:18,440 --> 00:16:21,120 Speaker 2: Well, I think he's you know, he's been a durable player, 329 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:25,000 Speaker 2: whether it was when I was in Buffalo last year 330 00:16:25,040 --> 00:16:30,560 Speaker 2: at Houston. He's smart. He handles his responsibilities like a pro. 331 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:34,480 Speaker 2: He's got good quickness and vision. You know, he's at 332 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:37,720 Speaker 2: a level of production every year that's been pretty consistent. 333 00:16:37,800 --> 00:16:39,840 Speaker 2: And that's you know, he's a consistent person. He's a 334 00:16:39,880 --> 00:16:44,160 Speaker 2: consistent player. You know, I'm happy we have him. He's 335 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:47,920 Speaker 2: got good leadership traits. You know, he's been a he's 336 00:16:47,960 --> 00:16:50,200 Speaker 2: been a good player for us. You know when I 337 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:52,360 Speaker 2: was at at Buffalo, he did a great job. Last year. 338 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:54,440 Speaker 2: I thought at Houston and thought he would be a 339 00:16:54,440 --> 00:16:56,480 Speaker 2: good piece to add to our you know, not just 340 00:16:56,520 --> 00:16:59,920 Speaker 2: our running back room, but to the offensive team in general. 341 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:02,040 Speaker 2: Thank you, you got it. 342 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:07,160 Speaker 3: Last on Patty Trainer, Hi, Brian, how you doing good? 343 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:08,720 Speaker 2: Patty? How are you good. 344 00:17:08,840 --> 00:17:12,440 Speaker 9: Thank you, Brian. I know you're always talking about evolving 345 00:17:12,520 --> 00:17:16,160 Speaker 9: the program, yourself, the players, and so forth. You've had 346 00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:19,080 Speaker 9: obviously year one was successful, last year was a little 347 00:17:19,119 --> 00:17:21,560 Speaker 9: bit bumpy. Can you speak a little bit about the 348 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:24,120 Speaker 9: lessons you pulled from the first two years and how 349 00:17:24,200 --> 00:17:27,480 Speaker 9: you expect to change and evolve the program going forward, 350 00:17:27,520 --> 00:17:28,360 Speaker 9: including yourself. 351 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:31,399 Speaker 2: Yeah, that could be. That's a long one. That's a 352 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:36,760 Speaker 2: great question. Look, you always self assess for the program 353 00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:40,520 Speaker 2: and for you know yourself, and for your coaches and 354 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:44,280 Speaker 2: for the players. That's something that you do, you know, 355 00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:47,160 Speaker 2: every year, and you spend you know, quite a bit 356 00:17:47,160 --> 00:17:49,879 Speaker 2: of time doing it. That's right when the season ends, 357 00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:53,600 Speaker 2: going into the evaluations, and then you sit there and 358 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:57,520 Speaker 2: you talk about schematic evaluations and that takes a long time. 359 00:17:58,240 --> 00:18:01,919 Speaker 2: And then you're talking about organizational structure and things that 360 00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:06,160 Speaker 2: you want to change or monitor based on scheduling, based 361 00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:08,000 Speaker 2: on what you can do to help the players be 362 00:18:08,119 --> 00:18:11,720 Speaker 2: more available. Then it goes into you know this phase one, 363 00:18:11,760 --> 00:18:13,320 Speaker 2: Phase two, how do we want to do this a 364 00:18:13,359 --> 00:18:15,560 Speaker 2: little differently, what do we like from it? What are 365 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:19,760 Speaker 2: the new ideas being brought in? Goes right into you know, 366 00:18:20,080 --> 00:18:22,720 Speaker 2: the training camp, aspect of it after the you know, 367 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:25,359 Speaker 2: and even even the OTAs you know, we spend a 368 00:18:25,400 --> 00:18:29,160 Speaker 2: lot of time on that relative to you know, there's 369 00:18:29,160 --> 00:18:31,000 Speaker 2: a certain timeframe that you have to do it in, 370 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:36,880 Speaker 2: but how you move things around. We discussed that when 371 00:18:36,920 --> 00:18:39,719 Speaker 2: to condition, when not to condition, how to do a 372 00:18:39,720 --> 00:18:42,840 Speaker 2: certain drill. Maybe it's an up tempo drill on one 373 00:18:42,920 --> 00:18:44,800 Speaker 2: day and maybe you cut it back a little bit 374 00:18:44,840 --> 00:18:47,080 Speaker 2: more where last year you did up temple up temple, 375 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:50,840 Speaker 2: up tempo. You know, you're you're really looking at every 376 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:54,080 Speaker 2: aspect of it. To training camp and you know, where 377 00:18:54,080 --> 00:18:55,960 Speaker 2: do we stay? Why did we stay there? Was that 378 00:18:56,040 --> 00:19:00,479 Speaker 2: the right thing? The vehicles from training camp up over here? 379 00:19:00,520 --> 00:19:02,960 Speaker 2: I mean, the details in everything that we do in 380 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:06,000 Speaker 2: every department, and you lean, you know, you have to 381 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:08,760 Speaker 2: lean on the people in those departments that are responsible 382 00:19:08,760 --> 00:19:10,800 Speaker 2: for those departments as well. You can give them direction, 383 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:13,320 Speaker 2: which is a job of a leader is to give 384 00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:16,120 Speaker 2: them direction and then make sure that you know they're 385 00:19:16,119 --> 00:19:18,560 Speaker 2: doing their job the way that they need to do 386 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:22,240 Speaker 2: their job to be successful. So the communication aspect of that, 387 00:19:22,240 --> 00:19:26,040 Speaker 2: that's always improving. Patty. You know, I think it's important 388 00:19:26,080 --> 00:19:30,679 Speaker 2: when you're you're at that you're at that seat. You know, 389 00:19:30,760 --> 00:19:32,679 Speaker 2: sitting in that head coach you have a lot of 390 00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:34,800 Speaker 2: things coming your way and and that's in nature of 391 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:37,920 Speaker 2: the position. And again, fortunately I've had twenty eight years 392 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:39,760 Speaker 2: this will be twenty four years in the NFL of 393 00:19:40,119 --> 00:19:42,880 Speaker 2: seeing it from a different perspective, the last two years 394 00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:46,800 Speaker 2: as a head coach. But when when someone comes into 395 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:49,639 Speaker 2: your room, you know you have so many things on 396 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:51,159 Speaker 2: your plate and you're trying to do this, you got 397 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:53,040 Speaker 2: to take a deep breath and make sure that when 398 00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:55,240 Speaker 2: they're in your room it's you know, that's the most 399 00:19:55,240 --> 00:19:57,280 Speaker 2: important thing to them. They wouldn't come in your room 400 00:19:57,320 --> 00:19:58,840 Speaker 2: for any other reasons. So you've got to take a 401 00:19:58,880 --> 00:20:00,960 Speaker 2: deep breath and make sure you become a really good 402 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:03,480 Speaker 2: listener in that regard. 403 00:20:04,359 --> 00:20:05,200 Speaker 3: Have you found it. 404 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:09,280 Speaker 9: Hard to make changes to adapt? You know you obviously 405 00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:10,920 Speaker 9: you do things a certain way for a number of 406 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:13,320 Speaker 9: years and if they don't work, do you find it 407 00:20:13,359 --> 00:20:14,080 Speaker 9: hard to adapt? 408 00:20:14,119 --> 00:20:14,320 Speaker 3: Well? 409 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:17,520 Speaker 2: No, I think Look, you're always adapting and adjustin. 410 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:19,399 Speaker 3: You have to. 411 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:21,440 Speaker 2: I mean you when you're a position coach, when you're 412 00:20:21,440 --> 00:20:25,480 Speaker 2: a coordinator, obviously, when you're a head coach, and look, 413 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:28,000 Speaker 2: we understand it's a results business, but there's a process 414 00:20:28,040 --> 00:20:29,840 Speaker 2: to it too, So there's a there's a process that 415 00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:32,760 Speaker 2: I strongly believe in. And you know, year one there 416 00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:37,600 Speaker 2: was a process, the process gave you these results. Year 417 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:40,400 Speaker 2: two there was another process, not really different from year 418 00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:44,400 Speaker 2: one too much, some little changes that gave you other results. 419 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:47,360 Speaker 2: So was it the process or what like? That's what 420 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:50,399 Speaker 2: you are always evaluating of. You know, what can you 421 00:20:50,440 --> 00:20:53,560 Speaker 2: do with that to try to yield different results? And 422 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:57,000 Speaker 2: you know, it's it's a it's a competitive, tough industry. 423 00:20:57,119 --> 00:21:01,480 Speaker 2: So each year is a different year and we're focused 424 00:21:01,520 --> 00:21:04,159 Speaker 2: on on this year. We're excited to be back and uh, 425 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:06,320 Speaker 2: it's been good to see uh everybody back in the building.