WEBVTT - Publix Tailgate Show: WR coach Keenan McCardell

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<v Speaker 1>Cheg Wars wide receivers coach Keena mccardelli's with us. It's

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<v Speaker 1>week seventeen, coach. The losing skid continues, but here we go.

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<v Speaker 1>This would be a good chance to snap it today,

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<v Speaker 1>it would. I mean, uh, we gotta step up. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>it's great to be playing a team that's, uh, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>in the hunt for the playoffs. You know, we can

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<v Speaker 1>be the spoilers for these for these guys, So that

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<v Speaker 1>should give you some energy to go out and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>be a spoilers, make them sit at home with you,

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<v Speaker 1>you know. And plus we gotta break up. We got

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<v Speaker 1>break this losing street. I mean this, this is not

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<v Speaker 1>jag War football with this losing losing streets. So we

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<v Speaker 1>gotta we gotta snap out of this. I know you guys,

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<v Speaker 1>certainly the players have been working hard trying to get

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<v Speaker 1>on track and getting everything right during game day, but

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<v Speaker 1>the coaching staff too behind the scenes. I mean, this

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<v Speaker 1>is just seven day a week gig and you guys

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<v Speaker 1>just can't get that winning result at the end of

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<v Speaker 1>the week. But it's not for lack of effort. And

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<v Speaker 1>I know you guys put in the hours day after

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<v Speaker 1>day after day that has to be frustrated. It's very frustrating.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, as a coach, you know you you want

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<v Speaker 1>to win just as bad as the players. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>me being a former player and now a coach, it's hard,

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<v Speaker 1>uh for me because you know, you used to being

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<v Speaker 1>in control, being out there and being able to control

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<v Speaker 1>the actions out there, and now you gotta sit back

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<v Speaker 1>and and and let your guys control the action. And UM.

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<v Speaker 1>For a coach, you just gotta be able to put

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<v Speaker 1>that your mindset and your energy and those guys so

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<v Speaker 1>they can go out and execute the game play in

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<v Speaker 1>the way that we wanted to be executed. And Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>at our position, we understand that that we have to

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<v Speaker 1>go out and give maximum effort each and every week,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean each and every week. You you can't think

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<v Speaker 1>that you can just turn it on. I mean, I think,

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<v Speaker 1>uh this season is a true example of that. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>you you gotta go out each and if we can play.

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<v Speaker 1>If not, you know, it's every team is good in

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<v Speaker 1>this league. Ken card Ellis with a shake wars wide receivers. Coach,

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<v Speaker 1>let's touch on a few of your guys. Your d

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<v Speaker 1>J Truck on the injury report this week with a

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<v Speaker 1>shin issue. But big picture with DJ, towards the end

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<v Speaker 1>of another season for him, what did he do well

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<v Speaker 1>this year? Work could he improve his game moving ahead?

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<v Speaker 1>You know? DJ came out, came out in training camp

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<v Speaker 1>with a with a mindset to repeat the type of

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<v Speaker 1>year he had um at last year. And I think, uh,

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<v Speaker 1>it was a little surprising because people had to get

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<v Speaker 1>ready for him, and plus he moved from Z to

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<v Speaker 1>X and a little justin for him. But he came

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<v Speaker 1>out and took it well and started the season off

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<v Speaker 1>really high. And I think, uh, you know, he got

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<v Speaker 1>banged up a little bit through the middle of the

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<v Speaker 1>season and kind of slowed him down. But that's part

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<v Speaker 1>of being the go to guy. You know, when you

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<v Speaker 1>start faith, when people start to realize that you are

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<v Speaker 1>a number one, people tend to game playing a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit more. I think, Uh, that's the thing that he

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<v Speaker 1>has to get used to, uh, knowing that people are

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<v Speaker 1>going to game playing him. Uh. We as coaches also

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<v Speaker 1>have to try to figure out how to get in

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<v Speaker 1>the ball. But when we do get in the ball,

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<v Speaker 1>he has to go out and make those plays. And

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<v Speaker 1>I think, uh, he got banged up and kind of

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<v Speaker 1>slowed him down, so the looks that he got was

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<v Speaker 1>a little different for him. But as the season went on,

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<v Speaker 1>he starts to see it a little bit more and

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<v Speaker 1>understand what he has to do get open. And he

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<v Speaker 1>realized that, you know, our passing game goes with him

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<v Speaker 1>and uh, you know, like last week he came out

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<v Speaker 1>and made a big play early and then it opened

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<v Speaker 1>up everybody else. So you know, he just has to

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<v Speaker 1>continue to understand that he's a part of our scheme

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<v Speaker 1>that gets other people open sometimes and then when it's

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<v Speaker 1>time for you to get open and one on one,

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<v Speaker 1>you gotta go do it, I mean, and uh, that's

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<v Speaker 1>that's that's the good thing about having guys outside of

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<v Speaker 1>him like Colin Johnson, uh La Visca, Chris Connelly, Keith

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<v Speaker 1>and Cole that they can make place too. So you know,

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<v Speaker 1>he has to me, I think, to take the next step.

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<v Speaker 1>He has to demand the guy on the other side

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<v Speaker 1>of him to continue to make plays so that they

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<v Speaker 1>can stop rolling coverage to him. We saw that tandem

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<v Speaker 1>approach was you and a guy named Jimmy Smith, right,

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<v Speaker 1>and one guy would play well and then here it

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<v Speaker 1>opens up for everybody else, it does, I mean, uh,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's the thing that I kind of preached to

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<v Speaker 1>them all the time. I mean, you need to not alone.

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<v Speaker 1>If you can get three guys, it opens it up

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<v Speaker 1>for everybody, you know, and uh like I tend to

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<v Speaker 1>tell them the stories all the time. If they're rolling

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<v Speaker 1>and cover six and they're rolling to the X Z,

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<v Speaker 1>you should if you're playing Z, you're the guy that

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<v Speaker 1>should make the plays. And then now you even the

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<v Speaker 1>coverage up and make him play man and man on

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<v Speaker 1>both sides. And now the other guy goes out and

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<v Speaker 1>plays well. And then if they start playing cover two,

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<v Speaker 1>that means they're respecting the guys outside. And now we

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<v Speaker 1>used to always say, Fred, get the cover two off us,

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<v Speaker 1>and they should be talking to James and the huddle

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<v Speaker 1>like we used to talk to Fred, Hey, James, get

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<v Speaker 1>covered two off of us, start running the ball and

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<v Speaker 1>then we'll get eight men in the box and we'll

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<v Speaker 1>get one on one outside. So that's the thing about

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<v Speaker 1>you know, when you have guys that that understand how

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<v Speaker 1>this game is played, and you know Visca being a rookie,

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<v Speaker 1>he starts to understand that, and you know he's coming along,

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<v Speaker 1>Collins coming along, and the group is a group that

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<v Speaker 1>has a lot of potential. The next step for them

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<v Speaker 1>is to grow together. I mean they need to grow

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<v Speaker 1>together as a group and understand one one guy pulls

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<v Speaker 1>a string for the other and and vice versa, and

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<v Speaker 1>and it will get each other there, get each other

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<v Speaker 1>open McDill with us. Let's touch on one other guy.

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<v Speaker 1>And you mentioned his name a couple of times. La

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<v Speaker 1>Viscus Chenault Jr. He's been battling through some nagging injury things.

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<v Speaker 1>That's been the season for him. But here he is

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<v Speaker 1>in Week seventeen on the field contributing again. We've seen

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<v Speaker 1>throughout the year the way he uses his size and

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<v Speaker 1>physicality in the receiving game. We haven't seen that around

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<v Speaker 1>here in a little while. He's a different type of

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<v Speaker 1>body type, if you will, and he's starting to figure

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<v Speaker 1>it out. It feels like how to use that body

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<v Speaker 1>he is. Then he's starting to use it down the

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<v Speaker 1>field to as a receiver. I mean, I think a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of times, uh, we've used him a little bit

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<v Speaker 1>more as a specialty guy. But this week he called

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<v Speaker 1>a post or out for a touchdown. I think it's

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<v Speaker 1>probably one of his longest plays from scrimmage, Uh, down

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<v Speaker 1>the field I mean the more and more he understands

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<v Speaker 1>that you can use that same physicality down the field,

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<v Speaker 1>boxing out little little corners, catching the ball, being strong

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<v Speaker 1>after the catch. I think, Uh, he'll start to mature

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<v Speaker 1>even faster. I mean to be honest with you, I

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<v Speaker 1>I I really like what I saw from him as

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<v Speaker 1>growth wise, as a developing into it more of a

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<v Speaker 1>polished receiver. Uh, still got some things that he can

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<v Speaker 1>work on. His future is bright, man. I think, Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>he understands that he like he loves to play football.

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<v Speaker 1>He just doesn't like to play football. He loves to

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<v Speaker 1>play football. He wants the ball in his hands. He

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<v Speaker 1>wants to be a difference maker. And if you've got

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<v Speaker 1>a guy that's got that type of mindset that wants

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<v Speaker 1>to be a difference maker, you got a player in you. Kenden.

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<v Speaker 1>We appreciate your time all year long. Happy New Year.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's get a W. Let's get a W. I mean

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<v Speaker 1>we got one earlier. Let's get one that's against these guys.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's get one at the end. Also,