Speaker 1: Put on this morning, let's roll.
Speaker 2: Uh, you know, Chris McCaffrey running to the NFL rushing
Speaker 2: title last year maybe not an overlooked because you guys
Speaker 2: were in the midst of a Super Bowl run. Yeah,
Speaker 2: And how is that celebrated internally with you guys?
Speaker 1: And just.
Speaker 2: How much of it is an effort to repeat that
Speaker 2: because I don't reflect team's success.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think I think a lot of accomplishments of
Speaker 3: his might have gotten overlooked last year. You know, he
Speaker 3: had the touchdown record going on, the rushing title, he's
Speaker 3: in the MVP race, All.
Speaker 1: Pro Pro Bowl.
Speaker 3: You know, when when you got so many accolades going on,
Speaker 3: sometimes it's hard to acknowledge all of them. But we
Speaker 3: try to. We try to appreciate everything in that room.
Speaker 3: And that's that's something Christian and I talk about every day,
Speaker 3: even even now in training camp, just appreciating, uh, the
Speaker 3: opportunity that we have to be out here with one
Speaker 3: another and to all work towards a common goal and
Speaker 3: just you know, be the absolute best at we can.
Speaker 3: So we try to try to really appreciate that and
Speaker 3: not take for granted what, you know, what we've done
Speaker 3: and what we can do with him, you know.
Speaker 2: Not practicing for last week or so. I mean, he's
Speaker 2: freshening up, getting ready for the season.
Speaker 1: Still.
Speaker 2: I guess what's his mindset DC going into this year.
Speaker 3: He always is super determined. He's always striving for more.
Speaker 3: You know, it really is never enough for him. And
Speaker 3: you can see, you know, it's killing him not to
Speaker 3: be out there. Uh, he's always chomping at the bit.
Speaker 3: And uh he makes sure to remind me every day
Speaker 3: that he's getting a little bit closer and he's gonna
Speaker 3: have cleats on that grass here at no time.
Speaker 1: And you know he's gonna be Christian McCaffrey.
Speaker 3: He's gonna go do his thing and do one of
Speaker 3: the best players in the world.
Speaker 1: What why is Bobby turning?
Speaker 3: Because he's the best in the world of what he
Speaker 3: does and he loves it. I don't I don't think
Speaker 3: there's anything else that he would rather be doing. You know,
Speaker 3: he tells us all the time. He'll he'll wake up
Speaker 3: in the middle of the night, he'll just he'll just
Speaker 3: chuckle to himself about a joke that we've had in
Speaker 3: our room and all of us laughing together, and just
Speaker 3: how tight of a group we are and how much
Speaker 3: success we've had together. And I think that's just what
Speaker 3: drives him. And uh, I think he truly truly loves
Speaker 3: the game, and he loves coaching.
Speaker 1: You know that room. I mean Christian, I mean he
Speaker 1: coaches everyone. He's a Christian either you does it sometimes
Speaker 1: take guys like rookies, guys that just get here a
Speaker 1: second to as to it seems like a very old.
Speaker 3: For sure, It definitely does, you know, because not everybody
Speaker 3: coaches the same. And like you said, he coaches very hard.
Speaker 3: You know, he's he's gonna be very strict. He's gonna
Speaker 3: be making sure you're on top of every assignment. You know,
Speaker 3: he doesn't even he doesn't let Christian and I, you know,
Speaker 3: loosen up at any point, like you know, we got
Speaker 3: to be on our stuff.
Speaker 1: We're still my eighth year with him.
Speaker 3: I still do a running back test before every game
Speaker 3: and those are a good eight pages. And and that's
Speaker 3: just you know, that's how he is. But I, I
Speaker 3: really truly have grown.
Speaker 1: I've always I've always loved Bobby, but I.
Speaker 3: Each and every year I appreciate him even more because
Speaker 3: it is easy sometimes when you've done things for so
Speaker 3: long and you've done the same things to let up
Speaker 3: a little bit, to get just a little bit lackstaysical,
Speaker 3: but he makes sure that can never happen and that
Speaker 3: you are on top of it. And I've never gone
Speaker 3: into a game feeling unprepared. He is make sure you
Speaker 3: are always feel prepared.
Speaker 1: And confident in everything you do.
Speaker 3: Yes, you gotta you gotta turn it in the day before,
Speaker 3: the night before the game. It is a printed out,
Speaker 3: written test, typically right before we go on the plane
Speaker 3: when we travel, or Saturday morning and were at home.
Speaker 1: You know what, you don't get it back.
Speaker 3: You turn it in, but if there's anything alarming, he'll
Speaker 3: be sure to let you know. Yeah, having said all that,
Speaker 3: I realized there's injuries in cold But as a veteran,
Speaker 3: how much preseason time do you think, you guys that
Speaker 3: first team offense needs just to kind of feel comfortable
Speaker 3: going into week one. Yeah, you know what, it's a
Speaker 3: case by case basis. I really think that really is
Speaker 3: kind of like a player by player thing. I know
Speaker 3: it always, you know, it feels good for the first
Speaker 3: group to go out there and have a successful drive
Speaker 3: under your belt, and it just you know, you have
Speaker 3: that confidence that you already did it.
Speaker 1: But I'm quite confident either route that we go.
Speaker 3: If the starters play a little bit, great, If we
Speaker 3: don't take a single snap, great. It doesn't make too
Speaker 3: much of a difference to me. I think preseason that
Speaker 3: I think the biggest thing is for young guys, but
Speaker 3: there are there are veterans that needed to So it's
Speaker 3: very much case by case.
Speaker 2: Brandon's contract status.
Speaker 1: But Trent isn't here at all. What are you missing
Speaker 1: with him?
Speaker 2: Not only on the field but in.
Speaker 1: The locker room? Yeah, I mean, Trent's an incredible leader.
Speaker 3: You know, He's got this this aura around him that
Speaker 3: you know, obviously we all think so highly of him,
Speaker 3: and he's so talented, and you know, people love just
Speaker 3: people seem to gravitate to him. So when he's around,
Speaker 3: it just it builds a camaraderie. It definitely pushes other
Speaker 3: offensive linemen just you know, to meet that standard. But
Speaker 3: I really am confident that he'll be here soon and
Speaker 3: I think we'll get things figured out.
Speaker 2: Your mindset as a return guy with the new rules,
Speaker 2: and what do you think of like Grenda and Debo as.
Speaker 3: Returners it seems are Srader and Debos. Yeah, I think
Speaker 3: it's gonna be a really interesting play. I'm quite excited
Speaker 3: for it once the regular season starts. I don't think
Speaker 3: you're gonna see too much in preseason. Nobody wants to
Speaker 3: show anything, especially because it's you know, never been done.
Speaker 3: But guys like Deebo, like Grendo, like Schrader, they're gonna
Speaker 3: fit that role very well.
Speaker 1: Is it's very much like a wide.
Speaker 3: Zone run play in that you're kind of you know,
Speaker 3: you're catching the ball close. You know, those are almost
Speaker 3: you know, those are your offensive linemen. And when you're
Speaker 3: you're pressing it like a wide zone and you're kind
Speaker 3: of making one cut and those what That's what those
Speaker 3: guys do every single day. So I think they fit
Speaker 3: that role pretty good.
Speaker 2: Again, told us that he had a little bit of
Speaker 2: a rough start with him.
Speaker 1: Was there a turning point that you saw, Go ahead
Speaker 1: and give an example. I'm not.
Speaker 3: I'm not gonna put too much out there, but you
Speaker 3: know we talked about earlier. Sometimes it takes some getting
Speaker 3: used to, uh, you know, a certain style of coaching.
Speaker 3: And when JP came here, Bobby t wasn't here. He
Speaker 3: was on a little leave of absence, and he showed
Speaker 3: up I think around like week four or five that season,
Speaker 3: so you know, he hadn't Bobby T hadn't been JP's
Speaker 3: coach yet, and so he was kind of you know,
Speaker 3: he's being coached in a different style, and so it
Speaker 3: just took time for him to adjust.
Speaker 1: I think they've done a phenomenal job.
Speaker 3: I think what stands out with these rookies for me
Speaker 3: at least, is their intelligence and their understanding of the playbook.
Speaker 3: I think they do a really good job, especially in meetings,
Speaker 3: just understanding their assignment. And when they do make mistakes,
Speaker 3: which we all make mistakes we're in the heat of battle,
Speaker 3: even when you know what you're supposed to be doing,
Speaker 3: they do a great job of Like when we're watching
Speaker 3: the tape, before Bobby T can even get to the corrections,
Speaker 3: nine times out of ten they'll say exactly what they
Speaker 3: did wrong. And that's good. If if you make a
Speaker 3: mistake and you don't know you made a mistake, now
Speaker 3: you're you're in trouble. But if you make a mistake
Speaker 3: and right away you know, shoot.
Speaker 1: I wasn't supposed to do that, I was supposed to
Speaker 1: do this, it's a lot easier to clean up and
Speaker 1: move on. From there.
Speaker 2: Is a rookie, this guy and the other guys if
Speaker 2: or whatever. But is he is that grown more?
Speaker 1: I mean, does he have more advantage.
Speaker 2: To him or is he kind of stayed the same
Speaker 2: as far as.
Speaker 1: I think.
Speaker 3: I think it's kind of stayed the same because it was,
Speaker 3: you know, it was a pretty high bar from the beginning.
Speaker 3: I just love his understanding of the playbook has has
Speaker 3: really grown where he can point out when other.
Speaker 1: People make mistakes very very quickly.
Speaker 3: I love, like, you know, a third down, I'm in
Speaker 3: protection in the in the backfield, like he'll let me know.
Speaker 3: As soon as we get lined up, he's like, hey,
Speaker 3: you're gonna be hot, like you know, just like little
Speaker 3: things like that that you can just tell. Like he
Speaker 3: has a full understanding of what's going on there and
Speaker 3: it's not just what he has to know. Now he's
Speaker 3: kind of understanding what everyone else has to do.
Speaker 1: Yep. I think