1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:01,639 Speaker 1: Hey, Joe, when we asked it earlier in the week, 2 00:00:01,639 --> 00:00:03,400 Speaker 1: you said you don't want to announce the center the 3 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:05,720 Speaker 1: Starry Center at that point. Do you have a decision 4 00:00:05,720 --> 00:00:08,639 Speaker 1: at this point? Uh, you know what, We're gonna give 5 00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:10,280 Speaker 1: it another day or so. It wouldn't be much fun 6 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:12,000 Speaker 1: for you guys if you just knew the answer right away. 7 00:00:12,039 --> 00:00:14,520 Speaker 1: So we're gonna see how today's practice goes and hopefully 8 00:00:14,560 --> 00:00:16,520 Speaker 1: we got an answer about tomorrow. Hey, I had a 9 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:20,119 Speaker 1: general question regarding players who come into camp late or 10 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:24,239 Speaker 1: who will be joining the roster now, specifically on defense. Obviously, 11 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:25,960 Speaker 1: it's gonna be kind of hard for them to go 12 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:29,080 Speaker 1: back and recapture everything that was taught over there, you know, 13 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:31,319 Speaker 1: going back to April. So I'm kind of wondering what 14 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:34,360 Speaker 1: is the approach with those guys. Do you have them 15 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:37,239 Speaker 1: focus specifically on the game plan and then give them 16 00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:40,640 Speaker 1: a reader's digest version of, you know, the concepts behind it, 17 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:43,440 Speaker 1: or how exactly do you guys approach that. You know, 18 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:45,520 Speaker 1: you actually just summed up right there, Patty, it's really 19 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:47,960 Speaker 1: you've got to focus on things that are specific to 20 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:50,519 Speaker 1: what they have to do that week, and then you 21 00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:52,159 Speaker 1: want to go ahead and make sure you bridge that 22 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:55,000 Speaker 1: with the background of the concepts were running. You can't 23 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:57,280 Speaker 1: give everyone in the entire playbook on a weekly basis 24 00:00:57,320 --> 00:00:59,320 Speaker 1: when they first get there. Now, to be honest with you, 25 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:01,120 Speaker 1: you know, from a dream of Ryan Lewis, they at 26 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:03,960 Speaker 1: least have a background in the system, both working under 27 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:05,840 Speaker 1: Pad at different times. I was with Ryan in New 28 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:07,959 Speaker 1: England for a short period as well, so they at 29 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:09,520 Speaker 1: least have a little bit of jump start on what 30 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:12,319 Speaker 1: we're doing in terminology and some recall there. But if 31 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:14,160 Speaker 1: it's any other player where they're just off the street, 32 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:16,520 Speaker 1: we have no background with them. We can't go and 33 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:18,840 Speaker 1: start from you know, square one and build them up. Now, 34 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:21,800 Speaker 1: you've got to build that vocabulary over time. But really 35 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:23,560 Speaker 1: the first thing you start with is what is a 36 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:26,320 Speaker 1: priority to that player on that week, and just make 37 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:27,880 Speaker 1: sure that's what they're focused on work and so they 38 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:30,160 Speaker 1: can go out there and have success and get the 39 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:32,280 Speaker 1: repetition and feel confident going into what they have to 40 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:34,560 Speaker 1: do in the game. That was a great summer right there, 41 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 1: Patty is perfect. Great Callaha, Hi Joe, how are you 42 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:43,320 Speaker 1: doing today? Summing? Good? Look at the past five and 43 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:46,160 Speaker 1: six months, how challenging has it been getting this team 44 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:50,720 Speaker 1: ready during a global pandemic an overview. They've come to 45 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:53,480 Speaker 1: work every day urgent, with great, you know, effort and 46 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 1: a tenderness. Look, they've been a pleasure to work with. 47 00:01:56,600 --> 00:01:58,360 Speaker 1: And when you have guys who come to work every 48 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 1: day to get better, you make progress. And I've seen 49 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:03,240 Speaker 1: a lot of progress in our team so far. We've 50 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:05,880 Speaker 1: got another big day right for the Steelers today, and 51 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 1: then obviously we'll tie it up with a couple of 52 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 1: quick days on the field the next couple of days. 53 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:10,960 Speaker 1: But they've made a lot of progress. I'm very proud 54 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:15,720 Speaker 1: of how they've worked. Thanks Tom Rock. Can you just 55 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:18,760 Speaker 1: talk a little bit about using starters and and important 56 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:21,280 Speaker 1: players on offense and defense on special teams? I know 57 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 1: that's something that you obviously did it at the England. 58 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 1: Seems like it's something something you're bringing here. We saw, 59 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:28,280 Speaker 1: you know, obviously Jabrille was named a special teams captain. 60 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:31,000 Speaker 1: That's uh, you know, not the first role that jumps 61 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:32,880 Speaker 1: out in a lot of people's minds when you think 62 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 1: about him. You know, I think one thing just specifically 63 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:38,240 Speaker 1: Underbrill is the versatility he brings to you. You know, 64 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:40,839 Speaker 1: he's a guy that obviously plays a large umber roles 65 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:44,480 Speaker 1: for some defense. He's also handled you know, core roles 66 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:46,600 Speaker 1: on coverage units. He's been a returner in the past. 67 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:49,400 Speaker 1: He's a guy that loves football and really what he is. 68 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:51,120 Speaker 1: He's kind of that kid in the classroom and won't 69 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 1: sit still. He keeps wigland, so you gotta keep them 70 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 1: busy all the time else otherwise he gets disruptive. So 71 00:02:56,639 --> 00:02:58,480 Speaker 1: you know, he's involvement in special teams a lot of 72 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:00,160 Speaker 1: times is just to make sure he stays out of 73 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:02,440 Speaker 1: the other coach's hair for about you know, ten minutes 74 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:04,679 Speaker 1: of each period. But you know, he's definitely got it, 75 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:07,280 Speaker 1: comes to work every day. Um, the guys see his 76 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 1: passionate love for football. He's willing to do anything the 77 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:11,800 Speaker 1: team asks of them. So I think that's reflective when 78 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:14,440 Speaker 1: the team voted on captains, why he got such a 79 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:17,799 Speaker 1: large number of votes, you know, and really in special teams, 80 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:19,720 Speaker 1: that's a great way of really showing that it's not 81 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:22,040 Speaker 1: just the offense and the defense, but that bridges across 82 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:24,680 Speaker 1: all avenues of the team and all the units. Now 83 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:27,959 Speaker 1: specifically on using starters on special teams, I'm a firm 84 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:30,560 Speaker 1: believer in using the best players for every situation possible. 85 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:33,280 Speaker 1: So hey, look, I don't care if you're playing sixty 86 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 1: plays on defense or sixty plays on offense. If we 87 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:37,720 Speaker 1: need you on a unit for special teams and that's 88 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:39,520 Speaker 1: best for the team, then that's where you can make 89 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:42,720 Speaker 1: an impact. T Mac talked a little bit about how 90 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:45,960 Speaker 1: LT used to play on special teams. This Giants team 91 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:49,600 Speaker 1: that also knows about Jason Shorn's history with special teams, 92 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:52,160 Speaker 1: and how how do you balance those two the sort 93 00:03:52,160 --> 00:03:55,800 Speaker 1: of risk reward there. Yeah, I mean, I think it's football. 94 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 1: I think we just have to understand you only take 95 00:03:57,200 --> 00:03:59,800 Speaker 1: forty six guys to a game, right, so when you 96 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:02,200 Speaker 1: have limited numbers, everybody has to play. That's kind of thing. 97 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 1: Everyone always asked me about starters. To me, in the 98 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:07,480 Speaker 1: National Football League, you don't have starters, You just have players. 99 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 1: Everybody has to play. Everybody has a role. So whether 100 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:14,000 Speaker 1: you're playing in the dime package on third down on defense, 101 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:16,240 Speaker 1: or you're playing on you know, the goal line offense 102 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 1: as the extra block and tight end, maybe you're you know, 103 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:21,640 Speaker 1: an offensive linement has got to fill that role. Everybody 104 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:24,159 Speaker 1: has a key, significant role to the game plan and 105 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:26,720 Speaker 1: for success and whether that's playing on the punt team, 106 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:29,760 Speaker 1: the hands team, you know, playing seventy snaps on defense, 107 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:31,919 Speaker 1: every snap is critical. We want to make sure that 108 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:33,920 Speaker 1: we have the best players in place to give our 109 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:36,240 Speaker 1: team the best chance for success. But I'll be honest 110 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:38,599 Speaker 1: with you know, Lawrence Taylor playing on field goal protection 111 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:41,120 Speaker 1: and play on punk protection. These are things I've used 112 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:43,560 Speaker 1: in the past on different teams. Sometimes you get a 113 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 1: guy from a college program where you know he didn't 114 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:48,120 Speaker 1: have to play on special teams because that was something 115 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:50,080 Speaker 1: to let somebody else do, so they get a varcy letter. 116 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:52,920 Speaker 1: You know, Lawrence Taylor played that because he loved football 117 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:55,000 Speaker 1: and he made an impact for the team. When you 118 00:04:55,080 --> 00:04:56,960 Speaker 1: kind of point out like, okay, you think you're too 119 00:04:56,960 --> 00:04:58,680 Speaker 1: good to play on any unit whatever the team needs 120 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:00,760 Speaker 1: to do, you know, Lawrence tayl he wasn't too good 121 00:05:00,760 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 1: for that. He was out there to win and he 122 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:04,320 Speaker 1: had a lot of success doing it. So kind of 123 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:08,000 Speaker 1: really there puts teams in perspective. Um, There's been different 124 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:10,800 Speaker 1: illustrations I've used in the past of great teams, you know, 125 00:05:10,839 --> 00:05:13,400 Speaker 1: and some of their better players playing on multiple units 126 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 1: as starters and special teams. Again, to me, it's football. 127 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:19,400 Speaker 1: Football players who love the game will play on any 128 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:22,760 Speaker 1: phase with the same amount of passion and effectiveness because 129 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:25,600 Speaker 1: they want to win the game. Hey, Joe connected to Jabril? 130 00:05:25,839 --> 00:05:28,840 Speaker 1: Would you use him on offense as well? I mean, 131 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:30,760 Speaker 1: he handled the ball a couple of times last year, 132 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:32,680 Speaker 1: and every time he did either scored or made a 133 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:35,320 Speaker 1: big play. He's obviously done in his whole life, and 134 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:37,320 Speaker 1: that's part of the reason you have him on punt return. 135 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:40,320 Speaker 1: Would you use him on offense? Yeah, I wouldn't limit 136 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:42,279 Speaker 1: anything we would do with Jabrill, to be honest with you, 137 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:44,960 Speaker 1: if he can add something to our team, whether it's 138 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:47,920 Speaker 1: a situational play, whether it's you know, a full time 139 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:50,559 Speaker 1: player in a certain area of the field. Absolutely, anyone 140 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:52,240 Speaker 1: who can help the team I have no problem doing. 141 00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:54,599 Speaker 1: And again I kind of came up in this, you know, 142 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 1: this label with certain players who played both ways on 143 00:05:57,560 --> 00:05:59,680 Speaker 1: football and whatever the team needed. They had a lot 144 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:01,520 Speaker 1: of six tess doing it. You know, guys like Troy 145 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:03,960 Speaker 1: Brown and played both ways of football, or you know, 146 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:06,200 Speaker 1: I was able to coach Julian Edelman for a few years. 147 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:08,719 Speaker 1: You know, Jules played you know, the nickel on the 148 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:10,760 Speaker 1: defense in the last drive the a C Champion game 149 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:12,720 Speaker 1: in two thousand eleven, you know, and then he went 150 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:15,240 Speaker 1: over flipped over and played receiver on offense. Is U 151 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:17,799 Speaker 1: punt return and recovered kicks. It's kind of whatever it takes, 152 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:19,920 Speaker 1: you know. You know, one of the phrases we use 153 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:21,920 Speaker 1: the players all time is the more you can do. 154 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:24,040 Speaker 1: You know, the more you can do, the more valuable 155 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:26,160 Speaker 1: you are of the team, more chances you have to 156 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:27,800 Speaker 1: get on the field and make an impact and help 157 00:06:27,839 --> 00:06:30,800 Speaker 1: this team win. Joe, you've had an opportunity now to 158 00:06:30,880 --> 00:06:33,520 Speaker 1: sort of look at your team on the field and practices, 159 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:36,599 Speaker 1: padded practices. What do you view as the strength of 160 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:40,880 Speaker 1: these teams? You know what I really view the strength 161 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:44,039 Speaker 1: of the team right now, Jordan's okay, as their passion 162 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:45,760 Speaker 1: for the game and the way they can play together 163 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:49,000 Speaker 1: through adversity. We've gone through a lot of situations this offseason. 164 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:52,120 Speaker 1: I've heard one parleyer complaint. I've never heard any two 165 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:55,000 Speaker 1: players have a disagreement that carries over and affects the 166 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:57,040 Speaker 1: way they work the rest of the day. I think 167 00:06:57,040 --> 00:06:58,599 Speaker 1: the strength of our team right now is we have 168 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:01,160 Speaker 1: a team that's something be proud of. There's a lot 169 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:02,400 Speaker 1: of There's a lot of teams out there with a 170 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:04,680 Speaker 1: lot of talent that are split in different directions. I 171 00:07:04,760 --> 00:07:06,240 Speaker 1: like when I see our guys and see every I'm 172 00:07:06,279 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 1: moving in the same direction. There's been a lot of 173 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:10,440 Speaker 1: things we have to progress on improve on throughout the year, 174 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 1: but right now, I'm proud of the way our guys 175 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:15,600 Speaker 1: come to work every day and work together to get 176 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:18,480 Speaker 1: better and support each other and challenge each other on 177 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:19,240 Speaker 1: a daily basis.