1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,880 Speaker 1: And Eric, what was what was your reaction when the 2 00:00:02,920 --> 00:00:08,039 Speaker 1: team when the get traded for Ryan Clayty Well, I 3 00:00:08,119 --> 00:00:10,000 Speaker 1: was excited. You know, I played the Ryan for a 4 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:14,040 Speaker 1: few years out Denver, and when he was healthy he 5 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:19,239 Speaker 1: was I think one of the best. Um and you know, 6 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:24,560 Speaker 1: unfortunately seeing Brick retired, got all the respect the world 7 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:27,800 Speaker 1: for him. But um, you know, claty being with him, 8 00:00:27,880 --> 00:00:31,160 Speaker 1: I know he's a guy that works hard, consistent when 9 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:41,680 Speaker 1: he's healthy, and it can be a factor for us. Eric, 10 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:44,239 Speaker 1: had you been in contacting all with Ryan Fittastrick these 11 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:48,159 Speaker 1: last couple of weeks, I saw it to me. I 12 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:50,080 Speaker 1: mean I was stayed in touch with him throughout the 13 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:56,000 Speaker 1: off season and um, you know, more talking about family 14 00:00:56,080 --> 00:01:00,640 Speaker 1: stuff and what's going on. Obviously football has been a conversation, 15 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:04,919 Speaker 1: but that's something that you know, I let Ryan represent 16 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:08,760 Speaker 1: it was worked out. Was beaming hopefully you know, at 17 00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:13,440 Speaker 1: some point we'll get him back in the locker room. 18 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:16,800 Speaker 1: Have you kind of bobbied him or expressed to him 19 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:19,280 Speaker 1: while talking to him how important you you believe he 20 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:21,320 Speaker 1: is to the team and how much you kind of 21 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:24,920 Speaker 1: want him back. Of course, I mean I think Brandon, 22 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:26,840 Speaker 1: I you know, it's like today we were a joke 23 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:34,400 Speaker 1: around video and saying we'll keep you informed. But you 24 00:01:34,440 --> 00:01:37,920 Speaker 1: know that's that's that's a business side where it's uh 25 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:41,520 Speaker 1: not in our hands. And I think, you know, Mike 26 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:44,160 Speaker 1: and the fun offic will do the best thing for 27 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:48,360 Speaker 1: this organization. And I you know, I love fitz Patrick, 28 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 1: had a good fun year with him last year and 29 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 1: I would love to get to work you know with him, 30 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:58,440 Speaker 1: if he's going to be the quarterback of this team. 31 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:02,760 Speaker 1: Are you confident that he'll be the quarterback of this team? 32 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:05,120 Speaker 1: You have to be honest, I don't. I can't say 33 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:08,919 Speaker 1: that I foresee one being happy or another. I mean 34 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:13,000 Speaker 1: that's again something that it's such a business side of 35 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:16,720 Speaker 1: the game that that needs to be figured out. I 36 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:19,040 Speaker 1: think he's a right fit for what we do. And 37 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:21,919 Speaker 1: you know, he's had the experience of changel in the past, 38 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:26,040 Speaker 1: and he had a successful season in in some assets 39 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:29,240 Speaker 1: or aspects of the office last year and hope to 40 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:32,720 Speaker 1: continue that. But again, you know, it's out of my control, 41 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:35,600 Speaker 1: it's out everyone's control in this locker room, and uh, 42 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:38,480 Speaker 1: we got to focus on, you know, being the best 43 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 1: that we can be and hope that this uh we'll 44 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:44,480 Speaker 1: get resolved at some point, so again that we can 45 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:54,800 Speaker 1: just you know, focus on football and not the one 46 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:58,800 Speaker 1: how much you said you and you were granted cinema 47 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:02,480 Speaker 1: a joking video messes What did you guys say? So 48 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:07,440 Speaker 1: I missed you for a second. Now we're just were 49 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:11,560 Speaker 1: we were watching paper last year and self scaling ourselves 50 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:15,239 Speaker 1: throughout this phase and just kind of you know, talking 51 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 1: about what we can do better, what we need to 52 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:20,640 Speaker 1: correct and and brand and I are just kind of 53 00:03:20,639 --> 00:03:23,680 Speaker 1: messing with them. Sends the video that you know, we 54 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:28,160 Speaker 1: need to work on these things and intriguing him to 55 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 1: come back obviously so we can again work together in 56 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:42,640 Speaker 1: the same building. Eric, how much has the has a 57 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:45,240 Speaker 1: buffalo law at the end of the seas? Anything on 58 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:51,120 Speaker 1: your mind off season? I think now it's it's a 59 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 1: new year for me. You know, I've watched last year. 60 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:57,920 Speaker 1: Um yeah, I think watching the playoffs and that's the 61 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 1: super Bow. It was tough. No way that I thought 62 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:04,240 Speaker 1: we were, um, really coming together as far as the 63 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:06,920 Speaker 1: comaraderie in the locker room, and you know it's kind 64 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:11,080 Speaker 1: of come out and be flat that last game and 65 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:15,600 Speaker 1: not do enough, uh to get ourselves, you know, into 66 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:18,920 Speaker 1: the tournament. Was unfortunate at this point. You know, it's 67 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:21,800 Speaker 1: it's in the past, it's it's a learning experience. I 68 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:25,640 Speaker 1: think we got a new team, new look, new expectations, 69 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:28,240 Speaker 1: and just focus on, you know, what we can do 70 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:32,159 Speaker 1: to be better going into this season. Eric, How strange 71 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:35,240 Speaker 1: is it to to show up for workouts today and 72 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:38,240 Speaker 1: every other team in the league basically has their quarterback situation, 73 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:41,840 Speaker 1: almost every team set and you guys don't have presumed that, 74 00:04:41,960 --> 00:04:44,080 Speaker 1: you know, you figured by this point something would be 75 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:46,600 Speaker 1: done that it would not take us along. How strange 76 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:49,080 Speaker 1: is it then to have you know, have these questions 77 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:53,800 Speaker 1: today and not really now? Yeah, I mean this is 78 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:58,760 Speaker 1: this is because the quarterback position is such I guess 79 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:03,440 Speaker 1: the spotlight of most teams, it is the talking point. 80 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:08,160 Speaker 1: But again the teams have voids in all different areas 81 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:11,599 Speaker 1: and and again our focus is and none who's going 82 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:14,080 Speaker 1: to be the quarterback? I wouldn't get wrong that what's 83 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:17,680 Speaker 1: what's gonna happen. I think each individual has to do 84 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 1: their part to make themselves better. Um, watch film, you know, 85 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:25,320 Speaker 1: get get in the weight room, get bigger, faster, stronger, 86 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:27,840 Speaker 1: and focus on that. And again those things take care 87 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:30,279 Speaker 1: of itself. Obviously, like I said, I would love to 88 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:34,360 Speaker 1: have kind of this conversation figured out. So it's not 89 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:36,919 Speaker 1: what s came because this is this is something that 90 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:41,599 Speaker 1: would help we know, give our opinions, but in hindsight 91 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:44,599 Speaker 1: does not matter until you know the GM and the 92 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:47,760 Speaker 1: front office figure out what's gonna be best for us 93 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:52,680 Speaker 1: going forward. Eric, what was that Todd's main message to 94 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:58,880 Speaker 1: you guys this morning. I think the biggest it was 95 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:01,960 Speaker 1: too and joy this process. You know, I think he 96 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:06,880 Speaker 1: said the bar as far as what um his expectations 97 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:10,520 Speaker 1: are of us this offseason, of what it takes to 98 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:15,320 Speaker 1: be a championship team. UM and not really looking back 99 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:20,159 Speaker 1: at last year, but build enough what we have in 100 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:23,560 Speaker 1: this locker room right now and and and again just 101 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:26,599 Speaker 1: challenge the every one two if you're gonna show up, 102 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:30,200 Speaker 1: because it is voluntary, put put the work hard. I mean, 103 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:33,080 Speaker 1: you know that you've got and makes every day counts. 104 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:37,280 Speaker 1: So when training camp comes around, you know you know 105 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:40,720 Speaker 1: your assignment. Um, you're in good shape and and you're 106 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:44,760 Speaker 1: ready to expect the best set of each individual of 107 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:53,359 Speaker 1: this locker room. Eric, what do you believe this offensive 108 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:56,440 Speaker 1: papable of this year after what you gots accomplished last 109 00:06:56,480 --> 00:06:59,080 Speaker 1: year with the records between you, Brandon and Ryan. You know, 110 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:03,760 Speaker 1: if Brian as the I'm back, I think we have 111 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:06,440 Speaker 1: to you know, kind of build off some little things 112 00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:10,840 Speaker 1: and also expand as far as I guess that goes 113 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:13,480 Speaker 1: as far as our weapons and and spending the football 114 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:18,360 Speaker 1: out um, you know, getting the ball with tight end's hands. Uh, 115 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:21,840 Speaker 1: you know, fixing some things in the running game that 116 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:25,840 Speaker 1: are gonna make us, you know, a lot better football 117 00:07:25,880 --> 00:07:28,640 Speaker 1: team because that's really what you rely on, is your 118 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:31,640 Speaker 1: running game. And and if you can be successful at 119 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:34,200 Speaker 1: that and give ourselves one of the opportunities, you know, 120 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:36,720 Speaker 1: we're gonna do the best we can to get that 121 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:39,000 Speaker 1: time down and get the repetition so we can take 122 00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:41,920 Speaker 1: advantage of that. But I mean, we we want to 123 00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:44,360 Speaker 1: be a top five offense. I mean, that's always a goal. 124 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:47,480 Speaker 1: Is if you can be a top five category on 125 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:51,480 Speaker 1: any phase, defense, offense, total teams, that's when you allow 126 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:54,040 Speaker 1: yourself the best probability of one of the football game 127 00:07:54,080 --> 00:07:58,040 Speaker 1: of getting to know the destination that every team wants 128 00:07:58,080 --> 00:08:02,920 Speaker 1: to be in. And that's for our championships. So I 129 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:05,440 Speaker 1: can't say what you know, staffs are gonna be what 130 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:08,280 Speaker 1: numbers are gonna be that that stuff doesn't matter. I 131 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 1: think it's more about the winds of losses and we 132 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:12,920 Speaker 1: just gotta be efficient, you know. We gotta not turn 133 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:15,360 Speaker 1: the ball over and score the red zone and be 134 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:18,720 Speaker 1: good in in situational football. That's that's that's a focal 135 00:08:18,760 --> 00:08:21,240 Speaker 1: point for us M.