WEBVTT - Jets Training Camp Preview with Offensive Coordinator Mike LaFleur (7/26) 0:00:04.160 --> 0:00:06.240 We were presented by wind Bet betting is a tea 0:00:06.400 --> 0:00:10.000 sport bet together it went beat. Eric Allen here in 0:00:10.039 --> 0:00:12.520 the studio on the eve of the two thousand twenty 0:00:12.560 --> 0:00:16.239 two training camp with Jets offensive coordinator Mike Lafleur. How 0:00:16.280 --> 0:00:20.000 is your summer? It was good. It was a combination 0:00:20.079 --> 0:00:22.759 of just kind of checking out and relaxing, but also 0:00:22.840 --> 0:00:25.440 just a ton of family time and um, you know 0:00:25.520 --> 0:00:27.320 it's uh, like I was telling you, we never got 0:00:27.320 --> 0:00:29.320 on a plane, which was nice, especially with all the 0:00:29.360 --> 0:00:31.720 air travel. We made everyone come out to us, which 0:00:31.760 --> 0:00:33.599 they had their own problems in the airport, but uh, 0:00:33.880 --> 0:00:35.720 it was good. We we had every single day we 0:00:35.720 --> 0:00:37.640 were with our kids at some point and just watched 0:00:37.680 --> 0:00:39.599 them run around and doing the stuff you don't get 0:00:39.600 --> 0:00:41.640 to do over the next six months. What is vacation 0:00:41.760 --> 0:00:45.400 like for an offensive coordinator? From the moment the end 0:00:45.880 --> 0:00:51.319 of mandatory mini camp before now, you know, everyone kind 0:00:51.320 --> 0:00:53.640 of does a little bit different, but I for for me, 0:00:53.680 --> 0:00:55.720 I mean, You're you're gonna be thinking about ball at 0:00:55.760 --> 0:00:58.800 some point right through that break, and that's sometimes that's 0:00:59.120 --> 0:01:00.760 you know, I think we're you're gonna come up with 0:01:00.800 --> 0:01:02.560 some of your your best ideas or what you think 0:01:02.640 --> 0:01:04.920 is gonna be your best ideas. But at the same time, 0:01:05.440 --> 0:01:09.200 I'm a big family guy, and um, I want to 0:01:09.200 --> 0:01:11.200 be present for my family, you know, so you just 0:01:11.920 --> 0:01:14.119 when you're there, you've got to be there because again 0:01:14.240 --> 0:01:17.119 for when we get back, you know, tomorrow and throughout 0:01:17.160 --> 0:01:18.600 training camp in the season, you don't get to see 0:01:18.640 --> 0:01:20.520 him very often, and we do see him, You've got 0:01:20.520 --> 0:01:22.840 a lot on your mind, you know, So in that month, 0:01:22.920 --> 0:01:25.360 I I we all as coaches, we owe it to 0:01:25.360 --> 0:01:27.280 our family, We owe it to our closest friends to 0:01:27.440 --> 0:01:29.800 to to be there, to be present, and uh, to 0:01:30.200 --> 0:01:32.080 just enjoy our our time that that we have with 0:01:32.160 --> 0:01:34.520 them in the summer. So after you enjoyed maybe a 0:01:34.600 --> 0:01:37.360 day on the water and you and Matt I put 0:01:37.640 --> 0:01:40.360 the kids to bed and maybe you're having an adult beverage, 0:01:41.240 --> 0:01:45.160 do you guys share some football stories and some football knowledge. 0:01:45.240 --> 0:01:48.520 We do, uh, probably not as much during the summer 0:01:48.520 --> 0:01:50.520 as what people would think. We we talk all the 0:01:50.560 --> 0:01:53.320 time during the season, and then we're obviously only basically 0:01:53.360 --> 0:01:55.400 talking about football, checking in on our kids, but but 0:01:55.600 --> 0:01:58.200 talking about football. But we had one um one day 0:01:58.400 --> 0:02:01.120 this uh this summer where we him and I put 0:02:01.160 --> 0:02:03.360 in quite a bit of time, you know, of of 0:02:03.440 --> 0:02:05.720 ball more so than we probably ever have in the summer, 0:02:06.160 --> 0:02:08.800 which was needed. We just were cross checking some things. Um. 0:02:08.840 --> 0:02:10.720 But also you know, we we we do play them 0:02:10.720 --> 0:02:13.480 a little bit in in mid season. Um. You obviously 0:02:13.560 --> 0:02:15.120 want them to win every single game except for the 0:02:15.160 --> 0:02:17.720 game that you have to play him and um, unfortunately 0:02:17.760 --> 0:02:19.440 but fortunately we get to play him this year, you 0:02:19.440 --> 0:02:22.320 know so, but it was good. We we again we 0:02:22.360 --> 0:02:24.560 don't try to talk too much football around the family, 0:02:24.600 --> 0:02:26.320 but we we did get sneak away for a good 0:02:26.320 --> 0:02:28.520 sixth dight hour sessions. So who set that up? The 0:02:28.560 --> 0:02:31.040 sixth date hour session? Was that coming from? You are 0:02:31.040 --> 0:02:32.880 a big brother? We we both. I mean you just 0:02:33.000 --> 0:02:35.239 kind of as as uh the off season when you 0:02:35.280 --> 0:02:39.399 when you get back going in January February after the season, Um, 0:02:39.560 --> 0:02:41.160 you just have a laundry list of stuff and you 0:02:41.240 --> 0:02:43.359 just kind of keep checking those boxes as the season 0:02:43.400 --> 0:02:46.040 goes or as the off season goes on. Um, and 0:02:46.240 --> 0:02:48.120 you know he's gonna watch us, We're gonna watch them, 0:02:48.120 --> 0:02:50.320 and then you're gonna have questions, but you'd rather do 0:02:50.360 --> 0:02:51.960 it in person as a post over the phone. So 0:02:51.960 --> 0:02:53.320 it was just kind of was one of those things 0:02:53.360 --> 0:02:55.400 that uh, you know, we both wanted to get together. 0:02:55.440 --> 0:02:57.639 We both had our questions, wanted to just cross check 0:02:57.720 --> 0:03:00.320 what you know, we've been studying, what they've been audience, 0:03:00.360 --> 0:03:03.200 and see what we could integrate within our offenses. Is 0:03:03.240 --> 0:03:05.360 that going to be agonizing for the family when you 0:03:05.400 --> 0:03:07.880 guys do match up in the regular season. Was different 0:03:07.960 --> 0:03:12.239 last year because hey, training camp practices and friendly stuff, 0:03:12.280 --> 0:03:14.120 we're learning from each other, and then we have a 0:03:14.160 --> 0:03:16.680 preseason game, right my Yeah, my mom that was the 0:03:16.680 --> 0:03:19.480 most relaxed she's ever been for for a game between uh, 0:03:20.000 --> 0:03:22.480 you know, with with Matt on one side and myself 0:03:22.560 --> 0:03:27.079 on the other. But it's, um, it's it's not real 0:03:27.120 --> 0:03:30.320 fun for the family. Um. Some people have a little 0:03:30.320 --> 0:03:32.000 bit more fun with it than others. My mom does 0:03:32.040 --> 0:03:34.600 not like it at all. But we're kind of getting 0:03:34.639 --> 0:03:36.840 used to it now. You know. In two thousands seventeen, uh, 0:03:36.920 --> 0:03:39.200 my first year in San Francisco, he was with the Rams, 0:03:39.400 --> 0:03:41.760 so we played him twice that year eighteen he went 0:03:41.760 --> 0:03:43.680 to Tennessee. We didn't have to play him, and then um, 0:03:43.800 --> 0:03:46.880 nineteen uh, we played him twice. We played him in 0:03:46.920 --> 0:03:49.080 the thick of the regular season, and then we played 0:03:49.120 --> 0:03:51.760 him in the NFC Championship and those were especially that 0:03:51.840 --> 0:03:54.520 NFC Championship game that was that was pretty rough on 0:03:54.600 --> 0:03:56.240 my on my mom and some of the people in 0:03:56.280 --> 0:03:58.760 the family. But it is what it is. It's it's 0:03:59.000 --> 0:04:01.520 you know, in this case, the jetspers the Packers and 0:04:01.720 --> 0:04:04.560 you know we're Um, you wouldn't want any other way, 0:04:04.640 --> 0:04:08.000 So it'll it'll be fun. Let's talk about this offense 0:04:08.040 --> 0:04:12.920 a little bit. You've always said anybody who talks, even 0:04:12.920 --> 0:04:15.360 going back to San Francisco and Kyle Shanahan, that it's 0:04:15.440 --> 0:04:19.960 predicated on running the football. When you hear that, how 0:04:20.040 --> 0:04:22.960 accurate is that? And why does it set everything up? 0:04:23.000 --> 0:04:24.880 Why does it set the wheels in motion? I mean, 0:04:24.920 --> 0:04:27.520 it just makes you not one dimensional, you know. So 0:04:27.600 --> 0:04:29.159 you always want to get the ground game going. You 0:04:29.160 --> 0:04:30.800 get the ground game going, you control the clock a 0:04:30.839 --> 0:04:32.480 little bit, you keep the defense off the field, you 0:04:32.560 --> 0:04:37.160 keep them fresh, and it's just playing playing team ball. Um, 0:04:37.240 --> 0:04:38.760 some weeks you're gonna be able to run the ball 0:04:39.240 --> 0:04:42.159 better than other weeks, a because the scheme be because 0:04:42.160 --> 0:04:43.800 maybe some of the players on the other side are 0:04:43.920 --> 0:04:46.360 pretty damn good at stopping the run. But um, like 0:04:46.400 --> 0:04:48.080 you said, it does set everything up. If you can 0:04:48.080 --> 0:04:50.000 get a run game going, all of a sudden, the 0:04:50.080 --> 0:04:51.720 defense has a trigger a little bit more. And now 0:04:51.760 --> 0:04:54.440 you're opening up that space, uh, you know, behind the 0:04:55.000 --> 0:04:57.200 linebackers in front of you know, the safeties in the 0:04:57.240 --> 0:04:59.880 corners to hit some of those explosive intermediate plays and 0:05:00.120 --> 0:05:02.120 you know, to get to get guys running out in 0:05:02.120 --> 0:05:03.719 space and you make a guy miss and that's where 0:05:03.720 --> 0:05:06.480 those exposives, you know, come about. It's kind of an 0:05:06.480 --> 0:05:09.400 old school philosophy though, right because I think when people 0:05:09.400 --> 0:05:13.479 think of this offense, they think passed first. Um, yeah, 0:05:13.640 --> 0:05:16.839 you have the ability to do yeah you you you 0:05:16.920 --> 0:05:19.600 never want to go in like we want to run 0:05:19.640 --> 0:05:21.599 the ball, we also want to throw the ball. We 0:05:21.640 --> 0:05:25.320 want to be explosive in both facets of it. Um. Again, 0:05:25.360 --> 0:05:27.680 it's just trying not to be one dimensional. You know. 0:05:28.240 --> 0:05:29.880 We all feel like we can get on the board 0:05:30.080 --> 0:05:32.520 and drop up and scheme up some really good place. 0:05:32.680 --> 0:05:35.520 It's but at the same time, when you're throwing the ball, 0:05:36.000 --> 0:05:38.400 the offensive line has to block a very good defensive line. 0:05:38.400 --> 0:05:42.000 The receivers have to separate, you know, against good secondary, 0:05:42.040 --> 0:05:44.240 the tight ends against safeties. A lot of things have 0:05:44.279 --> 0:05:47.760 to happen right. Uh, you know for a pass game 0:05:47.800 --> 0:05:50.080 to be successful in the run game, yeah, a lot 0:05:50.080 --> 0:05:52.880 of things have to happen right too. But uh, there's 0:05:52.880 --> 0:05:55.080 a there's a few variables that are taken out of it, 0:05:55.240 --> 0:05:58.520 you know, uh, because the backside might miss a block, 0:05:58.600 --> 0:06:00.440 but it's outside zone of the front side, and if 0:06:00.480 --> 0:06:02.440 the first combination gets are blocked, it really didn't even 0:06:02.440 --> 0:06:04.600 matter what happened on the backside, you know. So there's 0:06:04.600 --> 0:06:07.479 just uh, there's less variables, but equally as hard to 0:06:07.640 --> 0:06:13.120 uh have success. Zach Wilson's athleticism, How does that change 0:06:13.160 --> 0:06:15.919 what you do as a play caller because he's so 0:06:16.040 --> 0:06:19.960 comfortable on the move, Because you have coach guys who 0:06:20.000 --> 0:06:22.560 are a little bit less mobile, want to live more 0:06:22.640 --> 0:06:25.960 so in the pocket. But here's here's a guy who 0:06:26.000 --> 0:06:27.920 we saw that a little bit in his first year, 0:06:27.960 --> 0:06:29.479 and I know that we're going to continue to see 0:06:29.480 --> 0:06:33.120 that his career goes on. Yeah, you know, there's he 0:06:33.240 --> 0:06:36.000 there's no secret that when when he goes off schedule, 0:06:36.000 --> 0:06:38.200 he's pretty talented. And so you want to you want 0:06:38.200 --> 0:06:41.440 to be able to build um not necessarily going off schedule. 0:06:41.480 --> 0:06:43.840 You want him to do that organically, right, like I 0:06:43.960 --> 0:06:45.800 just want to play breaks down. If if I call 0:06:45.800 --> 0:06:47.440 a bad play, don't make a bad play worse. So 0:06:47.480 --> 0:06:49.120 if that means you go off schedule and go make 0:06:49.120 --> 0:06:50.800 a play, go make a play. If that means throw 0:06:50.839 --> 0:06:52.279 it away, throw it away. You gotta do what you 0:06:52.279 --> 0:06:54.960 gotta do in that moment. And that's that's just playing sports. 0:06:54.960 --> 0:06:57.760 That's playing quarterback. Um. But like you said, I mean 0:06:57.880 --> 0:07:00.719 you want to be able to also design plays. Obviously 0:07:00.760 --> 0:07:03.440 the easy ones are the keepers or the nakeds, the 0:07:03.440 --> 0:07:06.200 boots what people call them. But there's also different ways 0:07:06.200 --> 0:07:08.240 to get him on the edge. Um. You know, we 0:07:08.520 --> 0:07:10.800 uh we mess with some wrinkles this offseason and the 0:07:10.840 --> 0:07:12.360 o t as we did a lot of studying on 0:07:12.360 --> 0:07:14.400 on some things to to kind of, you know, get 0:07:14.480 --> 0:07:16.080 him off the spot a little bit, if you will, 0:07:16.480 --> 0:07:18.560 uh to to let him do some things that are 0:07:18.640 --> 0:07:20.800 very very natural for him. 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If 0:07:46.400 --> 0:07:48.000 you're someone you know has a gambling problem called one 0:07:48.040 --> 0:07:51.160 D seven zero seven one one seven what about up front? 0:07:51.440 --> 0:07:54.000 And we'll get to the skills of players here in 0:07:54.040 --> 0:07:56.680 a minute. But what do you think about that Gary 0:07:56.720 --> 0:08:00.520 combination Interior and lank In Tomlinson. Let's start with him 0:08:00.560 --> 0:08:03.080 because you were with him in San Francisco. Why why 0:08:03.280 --> 0:08:06.120 was that such a huge sign? He um because he 0:08:06.160 --> 0:08:08.800 shows up every single day. Uh, you know, it's there's 0:08:08.960 --> 0:08:12.280 it's known just the track record of of you know 0:08:12.320 --> 0:08:15.040 how he's out playing every single song. He doesn't miss. 0:08:15.320 --> 0:08:17.480 But what people don't see is, uh, he doesn't miss 0:08:17.480 --> 0:08:20.880 practices either. He is always available. And not only is 0:08:20.920 --> 0:08:23.360 he available, he's very talented at what he does. He 0:08:23.440 --> 0:08:26.320 brings the right mindset every day on and off the field. 0:08:26.360 --> 0:08:28.920 He's a great locker room guy. Um. And on top 0:08:28.960 --> 0:08:30.840 of it, you know, uh, when we got him in 0:08:30.880 --> 0:08:34.679 San Francisco, he's with Detroit before that, Um, he didn't 0:08:34.679 --> 0:08:36.839 have a ton of success in terms of a lot 0:08:36.840 --> 0:08:38.840 of wins. Detroit wasn't winning a lot, and then we 0:08:38.840 --> 0:08:41.040 got to San Francisco. We weren't winning a lot early on, 0:08:41.440 --> 0:08:45.040 and he saw a for lack of better term, or 0:08:45.080 --> 0:08:48.400 a rebuilding San Francisco from where we were to uh, 0:08:48.440 --> 0:08:50.360 you know where they've brought San Francisco. Now, he's been 0:08:50.360 --> 0:08:53.520 to two NFC Championship games. He's been to one Super Bowl. Uh. 0:08:53.640 --> 0:08:56.000 So anytime you can bring guys in like that that 0:08:56.040 --> 0:08:58.040 have that have one and been in those locker rooms, 0:08:58.120 --> 0:09:00.600 that have won at a high level, it's only going 0:09:00.640 --> 0:09:02.439 to help everybody else because he's been there and he's 0:09:02.440 --> 0:09:05.360 done that. How unique is it in terms of being 0:09:05.360 --> 0:09:09.400 a young player. Elijah Vera Tucker his attitude where he 0:09:09.520 --> 0:09:12.959 played pretty well first season. You guys said, hey, we're 0:09:12.960 --> 0:09:14.520 going out free Acacly, we're gonna bring it like in 0:09:14.559 --> 0:09:16.880 towns And oh, by the way, we wouldn't mind you 0:09:17.000 --> 0:09:20.240 moving over to right guard, and he says, yeah, I'll 0:09:20.280 --> 0:09:23.200 definitely move over. And what can I learn from him? Yeah, No, 0:09:23.320 --> 0:09:26.160 that's totally And that's you know when we when we 0:09:26.480 --> 0:09:28.440 kind of asked him, were brought up the idea, it's 0:09:28.600 --> 0:09:30.839 it's just a bt S mentality, just kind of yeah, 0:09:30.880 --> 0:09:32.800 I'm I'm good coach, whatever you need, you know, And 0:09:33.080 --> 0:09:35.720 it's true. And you know, you want to keep guys 0:09:36.160 --> 0:09:38.360 as much in the same position as possible, no doubt, 0:09:38.360 --> 0:09:40.920 just so they get comfortable. But that's that's not always 0:09:40.920 --> 0:09:43.160 the reality. There's so many injuries, there's so much stuff 0:09:43.200 --> 0:09:45.160 that happens that you are going to get shuffled around 0:09:45.160 --> 0:09:47.360 a little bit. And um, for the reason of moving 0:09:47.400 --> 0:09:49.120 him over the right to bring in Lake and Um, 0:09:49.120 --> 0:09:51.440 it just made sense. And you know, to to bring 0:09:51.480 --> 0:09:53.559 in a guy like Lake in and have a BT 0:09:53.720 --> 0:09:56.640 going in that second year, Um, you couldn't be I 0:09:56.679 --> 0:09:59.240 know myself and and John Benton, you couldn't be as 0:09:59.280 --> 0:10:01.959 excited to to have that that guard tandem there and 0:10:02.040 --> 0:10:04.000 kind of governing in the middle. I mean, it's it's 0:10:04.040 --> 0:10:07.240 as cool of a guard center guard combination that that 0:10:07.280 --> 0:10:09.320 I personally have been around. Yeah, and people are gonna 0:10:09.360 --> 0:10:11.679 be asking you a lot of questions this summer, especially 0:10:11.679 --> 0:10:15.400 early in the summer about what's happening at tackle. What 0:10:15.480 --> 0:10:18.360 do you think the competition is going to do for 0:10:18.400 --> 0:10:21.560 both of these guys. George Fan you know he wants 0:10:21.559 --> 0:10:24.760 to stay at left tackle. McKay Beckton was clear here 0:10:24.840 --> 0:10:28.559 in the spring that he wants he's hearing the criticisms outside. 0:10:28.600 --> 0:10:31.200 He wants people to eat their words. Yeah, no, it's 0:10:31.320 --> 0:10:34.040 um And I've I've answered this before in terms of 0:10:34.120 --> 0:10:36.240 you know, um kind of how that's all gonna play out. 0:10:36.360 --> 0:10:38.600 It'll play itself out just organically. We're gonna have a 0:10:38.600 --> 0:10:41.200 lot of practice out there. UM. You know, they'll be 0:10:41.280 --> 0:10:43.880 moving around. Uh. Like we've said, George's earned the right 0:10:43.920 --> 0:10:46.640 to uh to play some left tackle and to show 0:10:46.720 --> 0:10:47.720 what he can do. He had a he had a 0:10:47.720 --> 0:10:50.280 tremendous year last year. He only got better as the 0:10:50.360 --> 0:10:52.480 year went on. He was playing his best ball in 0:10:52.480 --> 0:10:55.040 that back half of the year. Um. He approaches every 0:10:55.080 --> 0:10:58.000 day like a true professional. UM. And you know, so 0:10:58.080 --> 0:11:00.520 he's earned that right and get McKay back will be 0:11:00.600 --> 0:11:03.559 will be huge. You know. Um, it was unfortunate how 0:11:03.559 --> 0:11:05.400 it went down last year in that first game and 0:11:05.440 --> 0:11:07.640 just you know, it's a that's a that's a large 0:11:07.720 --> 0:11:11.400 man with a lower body injury. It's you and I 0:11:11.480 --> 0:11:15.600 don't won't understand like he's he's he's that big, you know. Uh, 0:11:15.640 --> 0:11:17.880 so we don't know how it's gonna be coming back 0:11:18.160 --> 0:11:20.000 from one of those injuries when you're when you are, 0:11:20.360 --> 0:11:23.520 um the size he is. But he's feeling better. Um, 0:11:23.559 --> 0:11:27.080 just excited to get him going. You know. In August 0:11:27.160 --> 0:11:30.120 we talked in Mobile, Alabama at the Senior Bowl. Uh, 0:11:30.320 --> 0:11:34.880 totally different landscape now, especially for your young quarterback. Can 0:11:34.920 --> 0:11:38.200 you talk about what is around him some of the 0:11:38.280 --> 0:11:43.640 offseason additions and how that is going to possibly lead 0:11:43.840 --> 0:11:48.040 him to having maybe the mentality of that I don't 0:11:48.080 --> 0:11:51.040 have to do too much here, just play within the 0:11:51.120 --> 0:11:53.120 system because we got a lot of guys who can 0:11:53.160 --> 0:11:54.960 do things with the full totally you know. And that's 0:11:55.320 --> 0:11:57.440 that's how you want all quarterbacks to be. That. You 0:11:57.440 --> 0:11:59.320 don't want them to feel like they have to do everything, 0:11:59.320 --> 0:12:02.400 because once you start pressing and trying to do stuff, Um, 0:12:02.440 --> 0:12:04.200 that's when bad stuff a lot of times happen. Some 0:12:04.200 --> 0:12:06.240 good stuff will happen, but but a lot of times 0:12:06.280 --> 0:12:08.440 bad stuff will happen. Uh. You want him to play 0:12:08.480 --> 0:12:10.800 within the offense, whatever offense that is, and like I said, 0:12:10.840 --> 0:12:13.319 when you, um, when when I call the bad play, 0:12:13.440 --> 0:12:15.120 don't make a bad play worse. And so what does 0:12:15.160 --> 0:12:17.240 that mean? It means you go make the best play 0:12:17.240 --> 0:12:18.920 for the Jets at that time. And Zach, you can 0:12:18.960 --> 0:12:21.120 do that at a very high level. When I do 0:12:21.200 --> 0:12:23.320 call those bad plays. Sometimes hopefully I do call a 0:12:23.320 --> 0:12:25.679 bad play. So you can just go go do that. 0:12:25.720 --> 0:12:28.840 But like I said, just answer your question. He you know, 0:12:28.880 --> 0:12:31.360 he's got some pieces around him that that Joe and 0:12:31.480 --> 0:12:34.079 his staff it did an awesome job of of adding 0:12:34.200 --> 0:12:36.800 for for this organization, and um, you know it's only 0:12:36.800 --> 0:12:38.839 gonna help him on the field. What about the tight 0:12:38.960 --> 0:12:43.120 end position? Complete overhaul? There such an important position for 0:12:43.160 --> 0:12:47.120 you guys in San Francisco previously when you bring in 0:12:47.160 --> 0:12:52.839 guys like you, Zama, you mentioned Cockland before your draft Rocker. Uh, 0:12:52.920 --> 0:12:56.560 what can the tight end not only do for a quarterback, 0:12:56.600 --> 0:12:59.000 but do for a quarterback in your offense? Yeah, I 0:12:59.000 --> 0:13:00.839 mean it's you know, they the easy thing is the 0:13:01.120 --> 0:13:04.480 security blanket, right but uh uh, that's you know, you've 0:13:04.480 --> 0:13:06.320 got those bigger bodies kind of over the middle when 0:13:06.360 --> 0:13:08.120 you're when you're looking deep and then you're checking that 0:13:08.160 --> 0:13:10.320 ball down. Uh, you're getting it too, you know, some 0:13:10.360 --> 0:13:12.880 of these bigger bodies, they're surehanded. The cool part about 0:13:12.880 --> 0:13:14.600 the guys that we brought in, you know, starting with 0:13:14.640 --> 0:13:17.880 c J again very similar to Lake in Um, he 0:13:18.000 --> 0:13:21.240 saw it from the ground up in Cincinnati. Uh, you know, 0:13:21.280 --> 0:13:23.880 obviously going to the Super Bowl last year. So you're 0:13:23.880 --> 0:13:26.080 bringing in a guy that we've heard was a great 0:13:26.120 --> 0:13:28.760 locker room guy. That was probably an understatement. He is 0:13:28.800 --> 0:13:31.559 a phenomenal locker room guy. Um. So it's it's just 0:13:31.640 --> 0:13:33.600 been awesome to get to know him and and you know, 0:13:33.920 --> 0:13:36.760 to to watch him within this offense canna be pretty fun. 0:13:36.760 --> 0:13:39.200 And again, just being in a locker room that went 0:13:39.240 --> 0:13:41.320 to a super Bowl, bringing in that knowledge of of 0:13:41.360 --> 0:13:43.440 those big games and and what it's gonna take week 0:13:43.480 --> 0:13:46.040 in and week out. Um, that's gonna be so valuable 0:13:46.080 --> 0:13:48.959 for so many young guys that we have on this team. 0:13:49.000 --> 0:13:50.959 And then you look at Conklind to be able to 0:13:51.000 --> 0:13:53.480 bring into which was incredible by again by Joe and 0:13:53.480 --> 0:13:57.240 his staff. Uh. The thing about Conklind and Ill again, 0:13:57.280 --> 0:13:58.880 I'll relate it to the Lake and he he shows 0:13:58.920 --> 0:14:01.320 up every day, he's I think he's missed I think 0:14:01.440 --> 0:14:04.319 one game in four years. Uh, he was out there 0:14:04.360 --> 0:14:06.200 every single day in O t A s like he 0:14:06.200 --> 0:14:08.280 he doesn't get nicked up, you know, knock on wood, 0:14:08.280 --> 0:14:13.440 but like just his body, the way he trains whatnot. Um. 0:14:13.480 --> 0:14:15.400 I truly believe his best days are ahead of him too. 0:14:15.480 --> 0:14:17.920 You know, he saw his first two years it didn't 0:14:17.920 --> 0:14:20.400 play as much at tight end, and then the third 0:14:20.480 --> 0:14:22.240 year had a pretty good year. Then last year kind 0:14:22.240 --> 0:14:24.640 of exploded in terms of production and all that. I'm 0:14:24.680 --> 0:14:26.200 not going to put a number or anything like that 0:14:26.240 --> 0:14:28.480 on what his production will be, but I just I 0:14:28.480 --> 0:14:30.880 believe his best days are ahead. He just works too 0:14:30.880 --> 0:14:32.920 hard at it, he cares too much about it, and 0:14:33.000 --> 0:14:36.960 he's talented. Usama he played with the second year quarterback 0:14:37.040 --> 0:14:40.000 last year and Joe Burrow. I'm not comparents act to 0:14:40.080 --> 0:14:42.920 Joe Burrow, nor would that be fair, but is it 0:14:43.000 --> 0:14:45.760 kind of cool from your perspective that, Yeah, we got 0:14:45.760 --> 0:14:48.360 a veteran, we got a character guy, we got a 0:14:48.360 --> 0:14:52.360 guy with postseason experience. We've seen he's a guy who's 0:14:52.400 --> 0:14:55.480 seen it turned around from the last team he's at. 0:14:55.560 --> 0:14:58.360 And oh, by the way, he had experienced with he 0:14:58.480 --> 0:15:01.840 experienced success with a young core. Yeah, no, there's no 0:15:01.880 --> 0:15:03.560 doubt about it, you know. I mean, he's he's seen 0:15:03.600 --> 0:15:05.560 a lot of quarterbacks in these years there just being 0:15:05.560 --> 0:15:07.360 in the league as long as he has, not that 0:15:07.400 --> 0:15:09.600 he's been in too long, but he's you know, seeing 0:15:09.640 --> 0:15:12.200 the quarterback carousel there in Cincinnati a little bit. Now 0:15:12.240 --> 0:15:15.400 they got the stability they got with with Joe Um 0:15:15.600 --> 0:15:17.640 and I'm sure he saw the development from year one 0:15:17.640 --> 0:15:20.680 to year two. Um. He's a football guy. So even 0:15:20.720 --> 0:15:22.320 though he was with Cincinnati, he still knew what was 0:15:22.320 --> 0:15:24.600 going on with the Jets. He's just there's just guys 0:15:24.600 --> 0:15:27.040 that know what's going on around the league and so Um, 0:15:27.160 --> 0:15:29.640 albeit he wasn't in the in the in the building 0:15:29.720 --> 0:15:32.760 last year, he knows, uh what a rookie quarterback goes through. 0:15:32.800 --> 0:15:34.640 He knows what Zach went through. And you know, like 0:15:34.680 --> 0:15:36.240 you just said, I mean he saw what Joe did 0:15:36.240 --> 0:15:38.480 in the second year. Not trying to, like you said, 0:15:38.480 --> 0:15:41.920 compare or anything like that, but it'll be Um, he'll 0:15:41.960 --> 0:15:44.480 be a good sounding board and good guidance for for 0:15:44.600 --> 0:15:46.240 Zach in the second year. What do you think of 0:15:46.280 --> 0:15:50.560 the pieces that receiver if health is there, Corey Davis, 0:15:51.040 --> 0:15:54.560 Elijah Moore, we saw his production, you guys, draft Garrett Wilson, 0:15:54.920 --> 0:16:00.560 Uh Town overall, Brexon Burials resigns. Jeff Smith quietly really 0:16:00.560 --> 0:16:06.040 had a nice spring. Denzel Man's still here as well. 0:16:06.080 --> 0:16:08.760 I know you guys thought took some steps forwards throughout 0:16:08.800 --> 0:16:11.560 the spring, and we can go on a little bit. Yeah. No, 0:16:11.680 --> 0:16:14.520 it's uh, it's it's a cool group. It's a talented group. 0:16:14.840 --> 0:16:18.000 It's a young group. You know, outside of really uh 0:16:18.080 --> 0:16:20.480 Corey and Braxton. Uh, there hasn't been a lot of 0:16:20.480 --> 0:16:23.360 games played there, and that's uh, you know, at that position, 0:16:23.400 --> 0:16:25.920 coaching receivers for two years, there's there's something to be 0:16:25.960 --> 0:16:28.680 said about the amount of time spent on on that field. 0:16:28.960 --> 0:16:31.880 You just it's so different than the college game. Yeah, 0:16:31.920 --> 0:16:34.720 it's just it's so different that the amount of bump 0:16:34.760 --> 0:16:37.760 man and man covers that you're gonna see every single Sunday, 0:16:37.800 --> 0:16:41.360 it takes time and and just uh in reps um. 0:16:41.520 --> 0:16:44.560 So it'll be fun to watch these guys grow. Uh. 0:16:44.600 --> 0:16:46.800 We're gonna lean on Braxton and Corey in terms of 0:16:46.840 --> 0:16:49.080 just getting the young guys up to speed. Even though 0:16:49.080 --> 0:16:51.400 Elijah is going to a second year, he still missed 0:16:51.400 --> 0:16:54.040 a handful of games last year and we all saw, 0:16:54.200 --> 0:16:55.520 you know, how he kind of took off there in 0:16:55.520 --> 0:16:57.440 the middle of the year and it was unfortunate what happened. 0:16:57.600 --> 0:17:00.120 He's still a young football player, guarantee young football or 0:17:00.240 --> 0:17:03.480 mimsy's a young football player. Um, Jeff Smith was a 0:17:03.640 --> 0:17:06.080 he's a quarterback, you know, up until he gets to 0:17:06.119 --> 0:17:09.040 Boston College and you know he Um he played some 0:17:09.080 --> 0:17:11.840 good ball first last year and you're you know, alluded 0:17:11.880 --> 0:17:13.840 to it in the spring. I thought I thought he 0:17:13.880 --> 0:17:16.280 had the uh, the best spring out of probably anyone 0:17:16.320 --> 0:17:19.440 on our offense. Um. I'm excited to watch him carry 0:17:19.480 --> 0:17:22.760 that over into training camp. So um. You know again, 0:17:22.800 --> 0:17:24.800 it's a fun group. It's a young group. They're hungry, 0:17:25.320 --> 0:17:27.560 uh and uh it's it's gonna be fun to watch 0:17:27.600 --> 0:17:30.840 the girl. How would you characterize yourself as a play class? 0:17:32.440 --> 0:17:34.159 Try to put our guys in the best position to 0:17:34.200 --> 0:17:38.560 be successful. You know. Um, I'd like to think I'm aggressive. 0:17:39.840 --> 0:17:42.640 I want to be more aggressive, but again I've learned 0:17:42.640 --> 0:17:45.120 that through Um. You know the guy that's probably taught 0:17:45.119 --> 0:17:48.000