WEBVTT - GM Nick Caserio checks in from Training Camp | Texans All Access 0:00:00.240 --> 0:00:03.240 Hello Texans, Welcome to the program. Mark Vandermin and John 0:00:03.320 --> 0:00:05.920 Harris with you. Training Camp day two in the books. 0:00:05.960 --> 0:00:09.320 We've got an open practice tomorrow at the Houston Methodist 0:00:09.360 --> 0:00:12.160 Training Center at a big show for you. Tonight you'll 0:00:12.160 --> 0:00:15.320 hear best of Nick Cassario or visit with him, and 0:00:15.400 --> 0:00:17.520 usually Thursday nights we have the General, but we'll have 0:00:17.520 --> 0:00:19.440 a little bit of the best of General from this 0:00:19.520 --> 0:00:21.520 morning and we'll catch up with him tomorrow morning as 0:00:21.560 --> 0:00:25.320 well at eight point thirty at the field fifty yard 0:00:25.360 --> 0:00:26.000 line seats. 0:00:26.040 --> 0:00:26.640 So nice. 0:00:26.840 --> 0:00:31.000 And also Alex Bachman Turner overdrive. I added the turner 0:00:31.080 --> 0:00:34.280 over drive. It's Alex Bachman with Johnny Harris tonight, Jacob 0:00:34.320 --> 0:00:38.200 Martin with deep bcity tonight and m J Stewart little 0:00:38.200 --> 0:00:41.560 appearance from him as well as we get rolling here. Johnny, 0:00:41.600 --> 0:00:42.919 I know you had a chance to watch a ton 0:00:42.920 --> 0:00:43.600 of practice. 0:00:43.960 --> 0:00:46.159 Am I seeing things? 0:00:46.400 --> 0:00:50.240 Or is there more team work meaning eleven on eleven 0:00:50.320 --> 0:00:52.519 done in this camp than maybe any other camp we've 0:00:52.560 --> 0:00:53.400 ever seen as far. 0:00:53.240 --> 0:00:54.920 As through two days. 0:00:55.360 --> 0:00:58.560 So I tracked yesterday just kind of time just looking 0:00:58.600 --> 0:01:01.160 at practice and when will when we would get off 0:01:01.200 --> 0:01:03.240 the air, and what I could see in practice, and 0:01:04.600 --> 0:01:08.479 yesterday being Wednesday, they started seven on seven. I looked 0:01:08.560 --> 0:01:10.880 up and we were in the middle of Landry's camp questions. 0:01:11.520 --> 0:01:13.080 I was like, okay, all right, let's get through these, 0:01:13.080 --> 0:01:14.880 so I can I can get over there, and so 0:01:14.959 --> 0:01:16.600 I was able to see kind of the last three 0:01:16.640 --> 0:01:18.600 or four reps seven on seven that saw all the 0:01:18.600 --> 0:01:21.040 team stuff today. When we got off there, I mean, 0:01:21.080 --> 0:01:23.640 I'm watching and I'm like, okay, it's time for seven 0:01:23.640 --> 0:01:26.319 on seven. Well, they went a few extra minutes with 0:01:27.120 --> 0:01:29.360 special teams and then they went right to team and 0:01:29.440 --> 0:01:30.640 do any seven on seven today. 0:01:30.680 --> 0:01:31.840 So they did four. 0:01:33.360 --> 0:01:35.840 Four as I kind of four team sessions, so that 0:01:35.959 --> 0:01:39.240 team one, team two or periods team one, period team two, 0:01:39.400 --> 0:01:41.520 team three, team four. Then they had a special teams 0:01:41.520 --> 0:01:46.120 in there, and coach got smart. Well, coach is smart. 0:01:46.520 --> 0:01:50.200 The entire organization is smart, because he had I think 0:01:50.200 --> 0:01:51.720 ten minutes for e shows team periods. 0:01:51.960 --> 0:01:53.680 Yeah, he shut him down after like eight and a half. 0:01:53.720 --> 0:01:56.120 Well, I found out why they got all the reps 0:01:56.120 --> 0:01:59.840 in they've been working quickly and efficiently. 0:02:00.160 --> 0:02:01.520 Was to help with the heat. But either way, say 0:02:01.560 --> 0:02:04.560 they could he was per team period. 0:02:04.680 --> 0:02:06.760 Yeah, if they get them done with eight thirty on 0:02:06.800 --> 0:02:09.280 the clock or one thirty left or whatever it is, 0:02:09.520 --> 0:02:12.240 they'll just shut down the period it has not ended early. 0:02:12.800 --> 0:02:14.640 So that's what went down today, And I thought that 0:02:14.680 --> 0:02:16.440 was pretty cool that they're working efficiently. 0:02:16.560 --> 0:02:18.040 I thought that was for the heat, but either way, 0:02:18.080 --> 0:02:21.480 it's good. It's good that they're doing things efficiently. So, yeah, 0:02:21.520 --> 0:02:24.080 it was a lot of team stuff, but but that's fine. 0:02:24.080 --> 0:02:26.760 I mean, it's kind of the sexy stuff that we 0:02:26.800 --> 0:02:29.840 all like to see. The nuts and ultimate start on Sunday. 0:02:29.840 --> 0:02:31.320 When you put the pads on, now you can really 0:02:31.360 --> 0:02:33.200 do You can do your inside stuff. You can do 0:02:33.280 --> 0:02:35.680 nine and seven, you could do seven on seven with pads. 0:02:36.760 --> 0:02:38.920 You know, you can have receivers doing stock block trails. 0:02:38.919 --> 0:02:41.280 You can do one on one and be physical with 0:02:41.400 --> 0:02:43.840 the wide receivers and the dB. So that that kind 0:02:43.840 --> 0:02:46.400 of stuff I think will be more on on Sunday. 0:02:46.680 --> 0:02:48.840 And they've kind of been at this this type of 0:02:48.880 --> 0:02:55.040 practice since what or mid May? Yeah, late May, so 0:02:56.320 --> 0:02:58.040 you know, get through some team stuff, you work on 0:02:58.080 --> 0:03:00.440 some stuff. I feel like the offense bounce back today. 0:03:01.080 --> 0:03:03.600 Draw Johnson, you know, walked out the field and we 0:03:03.600 --> 0:03:05.320 were talking a little bit as he was leaving the 0:03:05.320 --> 0:03:07.360 field and He's like, we got better today, and it 0:03:07.400 --> 0:03:09.239 was true they did. They got better today. I thought 0:03:09.240 --> 0:03:12.080 the quarterbacks do the ball better. I still think the 0:03:12.120 --> 0:03:14.920 secondary had straps. I mean they just they were strapping 0:03:14.960 --> 0:03:15.360 the whole day. 0:03:15.400 --> 0:03:15.760 They had. 0:03:16.560 --> 0:03:19.959 This secondary could be really, really good. And I start 0:03:20.080 --> 0:03:25.320 my my Harris hits with the throw that CJ. Stroud 0:03:25.400 --> 0:03:29.679 makes are made to to Noah Brown on our sideline, right, Yes, 0:03:30.000 --> 0:03:32.919 I mean that throw is yeah, it's unbelievable. I break 0:03:32.919 --> 0:03:34.560 it all down so you can you can see that. 0:03:35.120 --> 0:03:37.840 But to me, the story of today, and really I 0:03:37.880 --> 0:03:40.480 think could be the story of the season. I'll just 0:03:40.520 --> 0:03:43.040 put it as one in five. I think Jimmy Ward 0:03:43.080 --> 0:03:46.920 with Jaylen Petrie is gonna be outstanding. I cannot I 0:03:47.000 --> 0:03:50.360 cannot wait to watch those two together. The very first 0:03:50.360 --> 0:03:52.720 playoff team Jimmy came out of the middle of the field, 0:03:52.720 --> 0:03:54.880 the middle of the field coverage. He saw where I 0:03:54.880 --> 0:03:57.080 think it was Davis at quarterback at that point, I believe, 0:03:58.080 --> 0:04:00.120 but swore Davis want to throw the ball, made a 0:04:00.200 --> 0:04:01.600 break for it. I mean, he's ten years in the 0:04:01.680 --> 0:04:03.920 league and he just looks. Spry gets over there. He 0:04:04.040 --> 0:04:06.360 ended up dropping the interception. But the fact that he 0:04:06.440 --> 0:04:08.200 was there, the fact that he was there. 0:04:08.000 --> 0:04:08.760 Making those plays. 0:04:08.840 --> 0:04:12.080 Jalen Petree broke up a hitch route in man coverage 0:04:12.080 --> 0:04:12.839 against Tank Dell. 0:04:12.840 --> 0:04:13.960 I mean, come on, those. 0:04:13.760 --> 0:04:16.880 Two guys are just They're around the ball. They can interchange, 0:04:16.880 --> 0:04:19.599 they can play up, they can play down. There's so 0:04:19.800 --> 0:04:23.400 much that those two can do. I think I think 0:04:23.440 --> 0:04:27.000 the identity is team up front. You know, those guys 0:04:27.080 --> 0:04:29.440 you know talk trash. They're not boisterouster, not out going, 0:04:29.480 --> 0:04:31.039 you know, all that kind of stuff. You know, linebackers 0:04:31.080 --> 0:04:32.919 just do their work. Not saying that. Jimmy and Jalen 0:04:33.040 --> 0:04:34.760 you know, do that. But I think there's gonna be 0:04:34.800 --> 0:04:36.880 a ton of leadership coming from those two safeties. 0:04:37.160 --> 0:04:39.800 Okay, I've got a guy for you that's gonna go 0:04:39.839 --> 0:04:42.000 into bubble rep after Sunday's practice. 0:04:42.320 --> 0:04:44.000 As far as I'm concerned. 0:04:43.800 --> 0:04:47.200 If he has a great practice on Sunday, I might 0:04:47.440 --> 0:04:49.839 shut him down into bubble wrap. Now that's not literally 0:04:49.839 --> 0:04:52.280 gonna happen because Demico won't listen to me on this one. 0:04:52.880 --> 0:04:56.560 But Damian Pierce is a very good football player, and 0:04:56.640 --> 0:05:01.440 he had this just ends breaking news. You cannot get 0:05:01.440 --> 0:05:03.000 this kind of information anywhere else. 0:05:03.480 --> 0:05:05.640 He had all right, so there are no paths. 0:05:05.640 --> 0:05:07.880 He had a run today though, where I thought that 0:05:08.000 --> 0:05:09.599 was gonna be a good run no matter what the 0:05:09.640 --> 0:05:14.000 situation was. And then he had a couple of catches Johnny, 0:05:14.200 --> 0:05:17.280 and I thought, I even said to you during the practice, 0:05:17.440 --> 0:05:18.720 they need to throw the ball at Piers. 0:05:18.800 --> 0:05:19.520 Yeah, they do. 0:05:19.680 --> 0:05:22.120 I know that third down back and we talk about 0:05:22.120 --> 0:05:25.200 this with first and second down backs versus third down backs. 0:05:25.240 --> 0:05:27.200 And I love Devin Singletary and I want to see 0:05:27.200 --> 0:05:29.320 plenty of them, but I want to see the ball 0:05:29.360 --> 0:05:31.960 in Pierce's hands any which way you can get the 0:05:32.000 --> 0:05:34.000 ball there. And I think they're gonna be throwing a 0:05:34.040 --> 0:05:37.080 Piers sometimes because he made a couple of catches off 0:05:37.279 --> 0:05:39.320 throws that were not errant, but there were just tough 0:05:39.360 --> 0:05:43.040 catches out of traffic, out of a traffic pocket situation, 0:05:43.640 --> 0:05:46.839 and he made a one hander I thought showed a 0:05:46.880 --> 0:05:48.720 lot of his ball skill ability. 0:05:49.040 --> 0:05:50.479 That's gonna upset the Florida. 0:05:50.200 --> 0:05:52.880 Gators fans even more, who already complained that they did 0:05:52.920 --> 0:05:54.920 not use him enough when he was there. But I 0:05:54.960 --> 0:05:58.200 love seeing him today. Let's get to CJ quickly because 0:05:58.240 --> 0:05:59.760 we have some interviews to get to. But what do 0:05:59.800 --> 0:06:02.440 you say think of what you saw from number seven today. 0:06:02.480 --> 0:06:04.359 I thought Mills had a nice practice as well. For 0:06:04.440 --> 0:06:05.360 the bulk of it. 0:06:05.520 --> 0:06:08.880 Yeah, I thought Davis threw it well until he threw 0:06:08.880 --> 0:06:10.520 an interception and it was a decision he'd like to 0:06:10.560 --> 0:06:12.160 have back, and he kind of struggled little bit after 0:06:12.160 --> 0:06:14.200 the interception, but then he got it back at the end. Well, 0:06:14.200 --> 0:06:16.680 the really nice started Brevin Jordan, but CJ made a 0:06:16.760 --> 0:06:19.480 throw early in the team session. So they would go 0:06:19.960 --> 0:06:22.520 one of the quarterbacks, Mills or Stroud to start, then 0:06:22.520 --> 0:06:24.800 they would go Mills or Stroud after that. Then in 0:06:24.880 --> 0:06:27.520 case then they would circle back and go back to 0:06:27.920 --> 0:06:31.920 the same order, and so they were going back to CJ. 0:06:32.040 --> 0:06:33.320 So it was one of the last plays of the 0:06:33.320 --> 0:06:36.160 first team session. And so from my angle as I'm 0:06:36.200 --> 0:06:40.000 watching the play, I can't see CJ. He's basically getting 0:06:40.080 --> 0:06:42.880 developed by the rush in the pocket and all of 0:06:42.880 --> 0:06:44.560 a sudden you just see a right arm come out 0:06:44.560 --> 0:06:48.080 and this ball just I mean you. 0:06:47.960 --> 0:06:50.200 Could hear it. It's like a you. 0:06:50.120 --> 0:06:52.440 Know when you put a ball through a pitching machine. 0:06:52.839 --> 0:06:56.440 It just rocketed out. I was like, and I'm like, 0:06:56.480 --> 0:06:58.320 where's he throwing this? And I look and there's Tank 0:06:58.360 --> 0:06:59.839 in the middle of the field, run the dig rot 0:06:59.839 --> 0:07:01.920 and he hits him right between the one and the three. 0:07:02.320 --> 0:07:04.760 And that's one of those where I'm like, yo, I mean, 0:07:05.440 --> 0:07:07.240 I mean on the sideline, you know me, I talked 0:07:07.320 --> 0:07:08.520 a lot of times. I talked to you all the 0:07:08.520 --> 0:07:11.120 game's going on, but on the sidelines, I'll talk to 0:07:11.160 --> 0:07:13.720 myself like, oh, that's a throw. I mean, like I 0:07:13.760 --> 0:07:16.280 get excited about it. I mean, that was he ripped it. 0:07:16.920 --> 0:07:20.120 Not perfect today, but I thought he was much better 0:07:20.120 --> 0:07:23.600 than he was on Wednesday and again one percent every day. 0:07:23.640 --> 0:07:25.480 We talked about that this morning, right, I think he 0:07:25.520 --> 0:07:27.400 did that. But man, he made a couple throws no Brown, 0:07:27.440 --> 0:07:29.520 the one at the end the throat to Dell Early, 0:07:29.880 --> 0:07:31.760 the throw to Noah Brown on the sidelines where we 0:07:31.800 --> 0:07:33.880 were standing ball. We were right in line with it, 0:07:34.080 --> 0:07:36.080 and it's in a six inch spot. It's got to 0:07:36.120 --> 0:07:38.200 be in six inches because Sting is in great coverage 0:07:38.200 --> 0:07:41.040 on Brown and it's in that six inch spot. It 0:07:41.120 --> 0:07:42.800 is the only spot where Brown could have caught it. 0:07:42.840 --> 0:07:44.680 For to catch it and get his toes in about 0:07:44.720 --> 0:07:45.320 it was incredible. 0:07:45.440 --> 0:07:45.880 My throw. 0:07:46.040 --> 0:07:49.119 My observation is it's tough get to get completions against 0:07:49.160 --> 0:07:52.480 this defense. Yes, right now, early in camp, this time 0:07:52.520 --> 0:07:55.320 of year. They've seen you for all those weeks in 0:07:55.360 --> 0:07:57.640 OTAs in mini camp. They I don't want to say 0:07:57.640 --> 0:08:00.960 they know what's coming, but they know the personnel right, 0:08:01.080 --> 0:08:05.520 so it's difficult. He ended practice with some nice throws 0:08:05.720 --> 0:08:08.120 the Wonder Brown like you mentioned a couple of others. 0:08:08.320 --> 0:08:10.560 He had a really nice look, really nice checkdown. I 0:08:10.560 --> 0:08:12.520 don't know, but he scanned the field. 0:08:12.600 --> 0:08:13.440 I saw him. Look at it. 0:08:13.720 --> 0:08:17.280 You the head's whipping around, look at different receivers, covered, covered, covered, 0:08:17.360 --> 0:08:18.120 I'll check it down. 0:08:18.240 --> 0:08:18.400 Yeah. 0:08:18.600 --> 0:08:21.360 I tutimation Shrek that one time. Yeah, on the far side, 0:08:21.360 --> 0:08:22.000 that was a good one. 0:08:22.040 --> 0:08:24.400 I want to go see, all right, what was there? 0:08:24.480 --> 0:08:25.080 Somebody open? 0:08:25.120 --> 0:08:27.200 But I'll take his word for it or his actions 0:08:27.200 --> 0:08:30.200 for it, and I think that's cool. He has these 0:08:30.280 --> 0:08:33.439 moments where that's not a rookie. That's not a rookie. 0:08:33.720 --> 0:08:36.360 So I'm sure there's rookie stuff going on behind the 0:08:36.400 --> 0:08:38.600 scenes we don't even know about, you know, who knows 0:08:38.600 --> 0:08:40.559 what the play calls are or whatever. But I think 0:08:40.559 --> 0:08:42.319 he's progressing nicely, and that's what you want to see. 0:08:42.360 --> 0:08:44.880 And I think Mills is improving as well, and Keenum 0:08:44.920 --> 0:08:47.160 when he's out there. He has some nice throws today, 0:08:47.720 --> 0:08:50.400 the crafty veteran not going away. 0:08:50.679 --> 0:08:53.600 Okay, So there's like there must be like a button 0:08:53.720 --> 0:08:56.480 on case Keenum right now, I got quarterbacks and it's like, 0:08:56.559 --> 0:08:58.720 you know, kind of kind of learning the game, do 0:08:58.760 --> 0:09:00.960 what the game plan says, and you know kind of 0:09:01.040 --> 0:09:02.960 you know, feeling yourself a little bit. And then there's 0:09:02.960 --> 0:09:05.800 this far button that says gunslinger mode. He is in 0:09:06.040 --> 0:09:10.640 gunslinger mode. He is firing, I mean, just ripping it. 0:09:10.760 --> 0:09:13.360 He threw a slammer out to Hutchinson today that was 0:09:13.440 --> 0:09:16.480 just full on. I mean, just let it fly this, 0:09:17.080 --> 0:09:19.200 I mean, I love it. He's in total gunslinger mode. 0:09:19.200 --> 0:09:21.480 I think it's great. And you never know, you never 0:09:21.600 --> 0:09:23.680 know what you might need from Keenum this year. 0:09:23.760 --> 0:09:25.200 He looks pretty good. He looks good. 0:09:25.440 --> 0:09:30.360 Absolutely also looking good out there. Nick Cassario, the general manager, 0:09:30.440 --> 0:09:33.079 we visited with him this morning, right across the table 0:09:33.120 --> 0:09:35.520 from us, is the general manager of this organization. 0:09:35.640 --> 0:09:36.200 Nick Assario. 0:09:36.480 --> 0:09:38.679 Is this gatorade sponsorship or is this want to make 0:09:38.679 --> 0:09:41.400 sure we have we're hydrated. 0:09:41.000 --> 0:09:44.040 In case you need hydration. But yesterday you were, you 0:09:44.080 --> 0:09:46.000 were walking across the field. I hate to you know, 0:09:46.040 --> 0:09:48.840 bring up these observations. You were eating something. We're gonna 0:09:48.880 --> 0:09:51.280 have a whole segment. What is Nick eating actually here 0:09:51.320 --> 0:09:51.600 with me? 0:09:51.880 --> 0:09:57.040 Oh? Really? Yes, stinger honey. Oh, it's like a healthy 0:09:57.920 --> 0:10:00.439 that's very good. That's fas what it is. 0:10:00.640 --> 0:10:02.760 It's my kind of mid morning snack to make sure 0:10:02.760 --> 0:10:06.280 I have I'm fueled for practice o'clock or something like 0:10:06.400 --> 0:10:09.560 my athletic gree Yeah, there. 0:10:12.960 --> 0:10:13.680 Mean not so much. 0:10:14.840 --> 0:10:16.240 We were talking about we were joking about this a 0:10:16.240 --> 0:10:19.600 little while ago, two years ago when when Omar came 0:10:19.640 --> 0:10:23.160 to you had said, Hey, these two jokers over there 0:10:23.160 --> 0:10:25.000 on Texans Radio wants you to come on and talk 0:10:25.080 --> 0:10:27.160 during training camp, like two years ago. 0:10:27.200 --> 0:10:28.680 What are you thinking about that? 0:10:29.160 --> 0:10:35.400 Joining us and talking about position groups and things like flashbacks. 0:10:34.720 --> 0:10:37.520 New England Tommy Brady. 0:10:38.120 --> 0:10:40.280 No, I mean, I think training camp is an exciting 0:10:40.440 --> 0:10:43.160 time for everybody. So it's kind of the start officially 0:10:43.240 --> 0:10:45.839 the start of the season. So there's always intrigue, there's 0:10:45.840 --> 0:10:48.599 always interest, and there's a lot to talk about, and 0:10:48.679 --> 0:10:50.440 there's gonna be a lot of things that happened between 0:10:50.440 --> 0:10:52.480 now and kind of the end of training camp in 0:10:52.520 --> 0:10:55.200 the beginning of the season here. So but that's why 0:10:55.240 --> 0:10:55.600 we're here. 0:10:55.880 --> 0:10:58.240 Let's mention John Mechi right off the bat here because 0:10:58.240 --> 0:10:59.560 it's such a terrific story. 0:10:59.600 --> 0:11:01.080 I mean, no matter what happens. 0:11:00.800 --> 0:11:02.640 From here, but it's so great to see him running 0:11:02.640 --> 0:11:05.360 around catching passes nick after everything he's been through. 0:11:05.520 --> 0:11:08.880 Sure, really, there's always a human element to the players, 0:11:08.880 --> 0:11:10.800 and sometimes I think we kind of lose sight of that, 0:11:10.840 --> 0:11:13.480 and I think in John's case, it was certainly heightened 0:11:13.520 --> 0:11:15.360 because of everything that he had to go through on 0:11:15.400 --> 0:11:18.000 a personal level, but I would say it just speaks 0:11:18.000 --> 0:11:20.840 to who John is as a person. Our medical staff 0:11:20.960 --> 0:11:22.959 from start to finish has been great. There's been a 0:11:23.000 --> 0:11:25.400 lot of people that have been very supportive, you know, 0:11:25.840 --> 0:11:28.920 from the Technans organization, even from ownership, because I would say, 0:11:29.480 --> 0:11:31.240 what he had to go through last year, there were 0:11:31.280 --> 0:11:34.680 some things that you know, we were responsible for. But 0:11:34.880 --> 0:11:36.439 you know, our job is to serve and help the 0:11:36.440 --> 0:11:38.360 players as best we can on any level and be 0:11:38.400 --> 0:11:40.480 there for them because once we draft them, once we 0:11:40.520 --> 0:11:42.120 bring them into the building, they're part of who we 0:11:42.160 --> 0:11:45.079 are and what we're about. So you know, I think 0:11:45.160 --> 0:11:47.960 John's as excited as anybody, but I think he's probably 0:11:48.040 --> 0:11:50.560 trying to take it just one step at a time. 0:11:51.080 --> 0:11:52.800 The first step was to be out in the field 0:11:52.800 --> 0:11:54.960 there yesterday, so I mean, get a lot of days 0:11:54.960 --> 0:11:57.040 in front of us here. So now it's about stacking days. 0:11:57.080 --> 0:11:59.040 And you know, it's about football, but it's really not 0:11:59.080 --> 0:12:01.920 about football. It's really human being and their life and 0:12:02.000 --> 0:12:03.559 kind of what they had to endure and go through. 0:12:03.800 --> 0:12:04.360 Nig I don't know. 0:12:04.360 --> 0:12:07.719 If you know this, but this offseason you extended not one, 0:12:07.840 --> 0:12:10.400 not two, but three offensive linemen. 0:12:10.440 --> 0:12:12.080 I mean I'm breaking news to you. 0:12:12.000 --> 0:12:16.760 Of course, but the importance of extending those veterans Larry Tunsel, 0:12:16.800 --> 0:12:19.280 Shack Mason and now Titus Howard. Why was it important 0:12:19.400 --> 0:12:22.120 a to get that done now, but to actually do 0:12:22.200 --> 0:12:24.120 the extension with those three players. 0:12:24.760 --> 0:12:26.000 Yeah, I mean number one there. 0:12:26.000 --> 0:12:28.080 We think they're good players and we think they can 0:12:28.120 --> 0:12:31.400 help our football team. So the contractual element, let's say, 0:12:31.480 --> 0:12:33.160 is always kind of a little bit of a separate 0:12:33.240 --> 0:12:35.760 endeavor and you have to go through that. But you know, 0:12:35.840 --> 0:12:38.800 we were very it's diligent and conscious about making a commitment. 0:12:38.840 --> 0:12:41.520 We've talked from the beginning, your football team is built 0:12:41.520 --> 0:12:43.440 in the inside out. I mean we believe that, and 0:12:43.480 --> 0:12:45.680 that's how we're building their team. So I'd say those 0:12:45.720 --> 0:12:50.840 actions certainly reinforce that idea. Those are players that have 0:12:51.040 --> 0:12:53.120 even though they're younger players, they have a certain level 0:12:53.160 --> 0:12:55.839 of experience. You know, we had a background with Shack 0:12:56.320 --> 0:12:59.360 from our time in New England. Shack's been a good player, 0:12:59.480 --> 0:13:02.800 So starts the offensive line. Everything you do offensively starts 0:13:02.800 --> 0:13:05.440 with the front. So you know, we felt that was 0:13:05.440 --> 0:13:07.360 the right thing to do for our team given where 0:13:07.400 --> 0:13:10.360 we are. So now it's about performance. So you know, 0:13:10.440 --> 0:13:12.520 we can talk about contracts and everything else, but now 0:13:12.520 --> 0:13:14.880 it's about going out there and doing the work and 0:13:14.920 --> 0:13:17.360 playing at a competitive en level. But whether you're going 0:13:17.400 --> 0:13:19.200 to be effective running the ball, throwing the ball like, 0:13:19.240 --> 0:13:22.000 everything is going to start with the offensive line, So 0:13:22.240 --> 0:13:23.920 I mean that's a good place to start relative to 0:13:23.960 --> 0:13:24.720 those three players. 0:13:25.400 --> 0:13:27.960 How do you evaluate what you see out there, especially 0:13:27.960 --> 0:13:30.360 in the early going of training camp because we always 0:13:30.360 --> 0:13:32.760 talk about iron sharpening iron, but it just seems so 0:13:32.800 --> 0:13:36.040 difficult to get things done buying large, especially on the 0:13:36.080 --> 0:13:38.160 offensive side of the ball. Is it true that the defense, 0:13:38.200 --> 0:13:41.120 since they're destroying something rather than creating something, they might 0:13:41.120 --> 0:13:41.880 be a little ahead. 0:13:41.880 --> 0:13:42.880 How do you see all that? Nick? 0:13:43.080 --> 0:13:45.680 The offensive football is really about timing and precision, So 0:13:45.920 --> 0:13:47.959 how do you get to that endpoint just takes a 0:13:48.000 --> 0:13:50.360 lot of work. You're working in different combinations of people. 0:13:50.559 --> 0:13:53.840 Different quarterbacks arewing with different skill players, so we're gonna 0:13:53.880 --> 0:13:56.880 work with everybody, but the timing and the accuracy and 0:13:57.000 --> 0:13:59.319 there's Look, the reality is in training camp, one day 0:13:59.360 --> 0:14:01.320 the offense is probably gonna be able to in defense. 0:14:01.360 --> 0:14:02.760 Some days the defense is going to be a little 0:14:02.800 --> 0:14:05.840 better than the offense. Are you improving, are you making 0:14:05.960 --> 0:14:08.760 progress as an overall group, are you making the corrections? 0:14:08.800 --> 0:14:11.640 Are you actually moving in the right direction? So early 0:14:11.679 --> 0:14:13.800 in the year of defense is probably going to be 0:14:13.800 --> 0:14:15.720 a little bit ahead of the offense. But as an 0:14:15.760 --> 0:14:18.000 offensive football team, you just want to try to figure 0:14:18.000 --> 0:14:19.520 out what do we do well, who are some of 0:14:19.560 --> 0:14:22.080 the things that who are some of the players that 0:14:22.120 --> 0:14:24.000 we're going to be able to utilize in different roles, 0:14:24.000 --> 0:14:26.320 and then just go out there and practicing. And offensive 0:14:26.320 --> 0:14:28.600 football is about timing, It's about execution. And Tamiko and 0:14:28.600 --> 0:14:31.760 Bobby have talked about this. Our offensive i'd say team 0:14:31.840 --> 0:14:35.280 or identity was going to be built on precision. So precision, 0:14:35.520 --> 0:14:37.000 how do you get to that point? Comes a lot 0:14:37.000 --> 0:14:41.960 of work. So hopefully we can improve each day. Football. 0:14:42.000 --> 0:14:45.160 Offensive football is throwing, catching, running, and blocking. So how 0:14:45.160 --> 0:14:48.320 do you improve those areas? You work on them? Establish 0:14:48.320 --> 0:14:50.680 your fundamentals, You put a good foundation in place, and 0:14:50.720 --> 0:14:53.600 then you have those that you can build on as 0:14:53.640 --> 0:14:55.040 you work through the course of the season. 0:14:55.240 --> 0:14:57.120 Nick, as far as the timeline for you know, it 0:14:57.280 --> 0:14:59.840 talks about install by the time you get the training camp. 0:14:59.880 --> 0:15:01.920 Do you want to have both sides of the ball 0:15:02.000 --> 0:15:03.960 have everything they're gonna do install. I know there're gonna 0:15:03.960 --> 0:15:05.560 be some game plan things that you do week to week. 0:15:05.600 --> 0:15:08.160 You're gonna do this against Baltimore and maybe this against Indianapolis, 0:15:08.160 --> 0:15:10.680 et cetera. But for the most part, do you want 0:15:10.720 --> 0:15:12.960 to get the training camp having all of that installed? 0:15:13.080 --> 0:15:14.440 Or do you use kind of the early parts of 0:15:14.440 --> 0:15:16.120 training camp when you're not in pads these first three 0:15:16.200 --> 0:15:18.200 days to install even more of the training camp? 0:15:18.240 --> 0:15:19.520 How does that kind of go for both sides of 0:15:19.520 --> 0:15:19.800 the ball. 0:15:19.880 --> 0:15:22.400 Yeah, really, it's kind of the second opportunity to sort 0:15:22.440 --> 0:15:25.080 of reinstall I would say the foundation and the base 0:15:25.160 --> 0:15:28.960 elements of your offense, defense and special teams principle. So really, 0:15:29.040 --> 0:15:32.240 what we're doing in an expedited fashion is going back 0:15:32.280 --> 0:15:34.840 through what we did in the spring, so we had, 0:15:34.840 --> 0:15:37.240 however many OTA nine or ten, whatever it was, plus 0:15:37.280 --> 0:15:39.920 the mini camp. You go through the same thing. So 0:15:40.400 --> 0:15:43.160 yesterday we started with day one, and when you set 0:15:43.240 --> 0:15:46.520 your training camp schedule, you go through and say, okay, 0:15:46.600 --> 0:15:50.200 day one, day two. Typically after day eight, you probably 0:15:50.240 --> 0:15:55.200 have seventy five eighty percent of your core system in place. 0:15:56.120 --> 0:15:59.040 When you get to the season, you're making some tweaks 0:15:59.040 --> 0:16:02.000 and adjustments to who you're playing again, so there might 0:16:02.040 --> 0:16:04.520 be some things you look at and say, this is relevant, 0:16:04.560 --> 0:16:06.880 We're gonna or this is not, we're gonna throw this out, 0:16:07.440 --> 0:16:09.440 and you're just kind of building on what you've put 0:16:09.480 --> 0:16:12.240 in place from the beginning. So after about a week 0:16:12.320 --> 0:16:15.560 eight to ten days, you probably have your system in place. 0:16:15.640 --> 0:16:17.400 Then you go out there and practice it, and then 0:16:17.680 --> 0:16:21.000 after that what you're gonna focus on are the situational elements. 0:16:21.040 --> 0:16:23.880 Maybe it's more of a rhetitary emphasis or two minute 0:16:24.080 --> 0:16:27.240 or short yardage or four minute or end of game. 0:16:27.800 --> 0:16:29.920 Those are some things that are very specific to the 0:16:29.960 --> 0:16:32.520 actual situation that's gonna take place in the game. So 0:16:33.120 --> 0:16:35.360 you typically have kind of an early down. Here are 0:16:35.360 --> 0:16:38.240 the calls on early downs here's our third down calls. 0:16:38.280 --> 0:16:41.200 Here are red zone calls. Kind of the basic core 0:16:41.280 --> 0:16:44.200 elements in those areas, and then continually rep them and 0:16:44.240 --> 0:16:45.760 practice them and you might find, you know what I 0:16:45.760 --> 0:16:47.760 mean a little bit more work of this during practice. 0:16:48.040 --> 0:16:50.360 So that's the focus that day, and then once you 0:16:50.400 --> 0:16:53.480 start playing games in the preseason, you're probably just gonna 0:16:53.560 --> 0:16:56.720