1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:01,760 Speaker 1: How do you describe that guy? 2 00:00:02,160 --> 00:00:04,760 Speaker 2: Really good? He's a great player. 3 00:00:06,280 --> 00:00:09,200 Speaker 3: You know, when I was in Miami for a bunch 4 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:11,560 Speaker 3: of years, we would play him at least twice a year, 5 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:14,560 Speaker 3: so one season ever played three times. But he's a 6 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:17,479 Speaker 3: phenomenal player, you know, just every facet of what he 7 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:21,840 Speaker 3: does is elite. So he's elite in the pocket, elite grower, 8 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:27,560 Speaker 3: hard to tackle, you know, obviously in his career, but 9 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:30,639 Speaker 3: a smart guy too. He's kind of running the show 10 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:32,599 Speaker 3: up there, as you know. You know, he gets him 11 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:36,600 Speaker 3: into great plays. You know, I think he's got all 12 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:39,479 Speaker 3: the skill sets of any elite, elite player in this 13 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 3: league at that position, and he makes you stay up 14 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:44,840 Speaker 3: late at night to try and get it right, that's 15 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:49,400 Speaker 3: for sure. Facing the league's number one rushing offense with 16 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:53,000 Speaker 3: the number one rushing defense, what kind of opportunity does. 17 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:54,360 Speaker 2: That present for you guys? 18 00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:58,480 Speaker 3: I think it's just an opportunity for us to play 19 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:01,400 Speaker 3: with technique and our job. That's kind of the way 20 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 3: we're looking at it. That's the way the guys in 21 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:04,920 Speaker 3: the room we're looking at it. That's how I'm looking 22 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:08,840 Speaker 3: at it. They challenge it in so many ways with 23 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:11,880 Speaker 3: their run game. They make everybody tackle. They do a 24 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:13,679 Speaker 3: really good job in their combinations, do a good job 25 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 3: playing with their hands as an offensive line, really everybody. 26 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 3: I always say, I think their perimeter does a very 27 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:21,360 Speaker 3: good job blocking, and that's generated a lot of the 28 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:23,520 Speaker 3: big runs for them down the field. Even in the 29 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:26,040 Speaker 3: screen game, you know, they they've which are an extension 30 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:27,880 Speaker 3: of the run game. They've done a great job of 31 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:31,320 Speaker 3: the perimeter blocking. So it's a challenge at every level 32 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:35,040 Speaker 3: of the defense. And the running back obviously is elite. 33 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:37,120 Speaker 3: I think he does a tremendous job. Cook does a 34 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:39,640 Speaker 3: tremendous job of finding cracks. You know, you look at 35 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 3: some of the stuff on Tabam there's nowhere to go 36 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:42,240 Speaker 3: and he. 37 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:43,000 Speaker 2: Pops through there. 38 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:46,480 Speaker 3: So he's an elite back. And obviously the quarterbacks is 39 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:48,840 Speaker 3: an elite runner as well. But they have a bunch 40 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:52,120 Speaker 3: of good backs, you know. So they've they've really given 41 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:55,000 Speaker 3: everybody fits this point in the season in the run game. 42 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 3: So it's a great challenge for us here. What kind 43 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:01,760 Speaker 3: of challenges see with the extent, Yeah, he's a guy 44 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:03,680 Speaker 3: they move around quite a bit, but he's just so 45 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:07,720 Speaker 3: elusive and in my opinion, he's got great stop start 46 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:09,120 Speaker 3: you know, and that's what's really. 47 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:10,000 Speaker 2: Challenging about him. 48 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:12,399 Speaker 3: So and man the man, he's a challenge to cover, 49 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:15,280 Speaker 3: and you got to know where he is really every 50 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:18,799 Speaker 3: down because he becomes an issue in terms of them, 51 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 3: like you said, moving him around and them trying to 52 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:23,880 Speaker 3: get numbers issues in their favor in the run game two. 53 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:26,040 Speaker 4: You guys have been able to put Josh and Treevon 54 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:28,000 Speaker 4: next to each other in pass rushdowns a few times 55 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:29,919 Speaker 4: in the last couple of weeks just working happen to 56 00:02:29,919 --> 00:02:31,160 Speaker 4: you guys next to each other like that kind of 57 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:32,200 Speaker 4: market guys. 58 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:34,120 Speaker 3: Yeah, they work pretty well together, like even when we're 59 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:38,680 Speaker 3: running the pass rush games, and again sometimes that's just 60 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:40,480 Speaker 3: trying to find the right matchup that we want in 61 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:42,640 Speaker 3: the rush and I think that that's. 62 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:43,919 Speaker 2: Been pretty productive for us also. 63 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:45,959 Speaker 3: So they've done a great job with that, those two guys, 64 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:47,839 Speaker 3: and that's something I think they enjoy doing as well, 65 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:49,760 Speaker 3: you know, working together, working right next to each other. 66 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 1: I feel like we've asked you about Antonio Johnson quite 67 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:54,240 Speaker 1: a bit lately. 68 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:56,799 Speaker 2: Keep asking because every time you do, he keeps playing good. 69 00:02:56,840 --> 00:03:02,400 Speaker 1: So you like looking at your chest pieces, You've got 70 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:04,560 Speaker 1: a guy with his size and speed ball skills that 71 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:06,480 Speaker 1: you can put down in the box if you want. 72 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 1: You can move him around the defense, and he excel. 73 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:11,080 Speaker 3: He's done so much for us because of that, you know, 74 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:14,680 Speaker 3: because he has a very unique skill set, because he's 75 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:17,400 Speaker 3: a big guy, big enough to play on the line 76 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:20,280 Speaker 3: of scrimmage down on line scrimmage, like you said, has 77 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 3: really good coverage skills, so he can cover the skill 78 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:24,760 Speaker 3: guys and does a good job on tight ends as well. 79 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:27,320 Speaker 3: And he's got range when he plays in the post 80 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:30,880 Speaker 3: or plays in the half, so his football intelligence is 81 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:32,320 Speaker 3: really high. 82 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:34,639 Speaker 2: To be honest with you, I think I've said. 83 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:37,320 Speaker 3: In here before just how hard he's worked doing the 84 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 3: extra stuff, meeting with other guys on the team and coaches. 85 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:44,800 Speaker 3: He's really he's improved so much, and he really gives us, 86 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:47,240 Speaker 3: to your point, gives us a lot of options with 87 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 3: him in the game TV. 88 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:50,240 Speaker 1: This week when you go against a team like the 89 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:51,840 Speaker 1: Bills that has a couple of really good tight. 90 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:55,880 Speaker 3: Ends, Yeah, he's important every week, but their tight ends, 91 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:57,960 Speaker 3: they have a very good tight end room, as you know. 92 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 3: You know, I think Knox just had a tremendous has 93 00:04:01,320 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 3: had a tremendous career. 94 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:04,320 Speaker 2: Uh Kincaid's an elite athlete. 95 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:06,760 Speaker 3: You know, they're doing a great job in the run 96 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:08,800 Speaker 3: game and in the past game, so it's a challenge. 97 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:12,320 Speaker 3: And you know, Antonio's a guy throughout our season who's 98 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 3: helped us a whole lot in that way. Coaches said, 99 00:04:17,279 --> 00:04:18,920 Speaker 3: keep the main thing of anything at this time, you're 100 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:23,760 Speaker 3: with their calls and listen you throner career and there 101 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:30,320 Speaker 3: to keep that focus. I think, you know, a lot 102 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:34,760 Speaker 3: of people had a huge influence on me, you know, 103 00:04:34,839 --> 00:04:38,120 Speaker 3: I'd say recently, you know, obviously working with Jeff Affley, 104 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:42,080 Speaker 3: I thought we had a very similar belief system and style. 105 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:44,640 Speaker 2: We see things very similarly. 106 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:48,640 Speaker 3: And then Vic Fango is probably a guy who he 107 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:52,239 Speaker 3: had a tremendous impact on me just in seeing certain 108 00:04:52,279 --> 00:04:55,599 Speaker 3: things in the game and how you call the game, 109 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:59,479 Speaker 3: uh and even in terms of how you practice things. 110 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:04,240 Speaker 3: So he's been somebody that was has been a great 111 00:05:04,279 --> 00:05:06,600 Speaker 3: resource for me, was a huge help to me, and 112 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:08,240 Speaker 3: he definitely had a big effect on me as well. 113 00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:10,320 Speaker 3: Jeff's one of those guys and flow to you know, 114 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:13,479 Speaker 3: Brian coach Flores had a huge impact on me. 115 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:16,800 Speaker 2: And you probably see a lot of the things that 116 00:05:16,839 --> 00:05:18,880 Speaker 2: we do or. 117 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:20,880 Speaker 3: They may show up and for some of those teams 118 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:22,920 Speaker 3: as well. 119 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:25,720 Speaker 2: When you watch that tap, is that. 120 00:05:27,279 --> 00:05:29,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, you're always looking at that stuff where there's if 121 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:33,799 Speaker 3: there's any similarity, for sure. But you know, I've pretty 122 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:36,919 Speaker 3: much went through all the games, and that's that's usually 123 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:40,720 Speaker 3: what is my process, you know what I do. And 124 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 3: I think that our coaches have done a great job. 125 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:45,120 Speaker 3: Our assistant coaches have done a great job kind of 126 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:48,000 Speaker 3: raising points and looking at certain things that They've been 127 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:49,200 Speaker 3: a huge resource as well. 128 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:51,800 Speaker 2: But yeah, all the games, you know, usually you. 129 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:54,440 Speaker 3: Do that five game breakdown, you know, five most recent, 130 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 3: and then we kind of just have gone through everything. 131 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:00,480 Speaker 1: Liam mentioned yesterday that you made it hard on him 132 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:02,680 Speaker 1: to get you here just because of how close you 133 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:04,280 Speaker 1: were with some of your players up in Green Bay. 134 00:06:04,360 --> 00:06:06,479 Speaker 1: How important is that relationship with the guys in this 135 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:07,880 Speaker 1: locker room for you as a coach. 136 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:11,839 Speaker 3: Yeah, that was probably just more I struggle with that 137 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:14,599 Speaker 3: just in general, you know, which is probably maybe not 138 00:06:14,680 --> 00:06:17,800 Speaker 3: a good thing in coaching. I don't know, but that 139 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:19,800 Speaker 3: that was hard for me. I just made it hard 140 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:21,560 Speaker 3: on me, to be honest. I was really close with 141 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:24,880 Speaker 3: the guys in that room, but not just the guys 142 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:28,240 Speaker 3: in the room, the team and the coaches. You know, 143 00:06:28,279 --> 00:06:31,359 Speaker 3: you spend so much time together in this business. You 144 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:34,880 Speaker 3: spend more time with the people in the room than 145 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:36,560 Speaker 3: you do with your family throughout the season. 146 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:40,960 Speaker 2: So that is super important. That really is. 147 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:44,039 Speaker 3: I mean, for you to be great at something, I 148 00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:48,520 Speaker 3: think you really gotta almost have an obsession with making 149 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:50,520 Speaker 3: it right. And if you care about people, you're gonna 150 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:53,400 Speaker 3: want to see them be successful. And we have a 151 00:06:53,440 --> 00:06:55,159 Speaker 3: great group of people here too, so I was like 152 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:58,599 Speaker 3: super fortunate, you know, to leave, that was something I 153 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:01,840 Speaker 3: struggle with making that decision. But being here, there's been 154 00:07:01,839 --> 00:07:04,960 Speaker 3: so many you know, everywhere you go you meet great 155 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:05,920 Speaker 3: people in. 156 00:07:05,880 --> 00:07:08,320 Speaker 2: This game, you really do. But this place is special. 157 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:11,520 Speaker 3: We got a great group of guys, and this place 158 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:13,360 Speaker 3: has certainly made it easy on me, you know, our 159 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:15,960 Speaker 3: players and coaches, because they're hard guys not to love 160 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:16,520 Speaker 3: being around. 161 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:17,640 Speaker 1: So helpful? 162 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:19,800 Speaker 4: Can it be having a guy like Carter Brightley for 163 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:20,960 Speaker 4: a Scout team quarterback? 164 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:22,440 Speaker 2: He's awesome. 165 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:25,440 Speaker 3: I'm glad you asked me that because I cut you 166 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:29,160 Speaker 3: off for you and finish the question, I apologize, Yeah, 167 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:33,280 Speaker 3: that he's been so good for us in terms of 168 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:38,000 Speaker 3: giving us like the exact look, even the communication of things, 169 00:07:38,080 --> 00:07:39,360 Speaker 3: you know, at the line of scrimmage. 170 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:41,280 Speaker 2: He takes it so seriously. 171 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:44,760 Speaker 3: He's got great leadership qualities at the line of scrimmage, 172 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:47,200 Speaker 3: you know, and just you can see him driving the 173 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:50,679 Speaker 3: scout guys, you know, and he's a he's a great 174 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:53,080 Speaker 3: he's great help to me because I'm kind of like 175 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:55,320 Speaker 3: that in practice too. You know, we're want the thing 176 00:07:55,440 --> 00:07:57,720 Speaker 3: going on, everybody going flying around, and he really does 177 00:07:57,720 --> 00:07:59,760 Speaker 3: a great job of controlling the tempo of the practice 178 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:02,960 Speaker 3: and giving us such an accurate look of what not 179 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:05,240 Speaker 3: only the players are going to be, but the pre 180 00:08:05,320 --> 00:08:07,320 Speaker 3: snap process is going to be. 181 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:10,840 Speaker 2: He's been awesome. He's a stud. He's been awesome. I appreciate. 182 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:16,000 Speaker 4: Okay, all right, I assume that you had a little 183 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:18,240 Speaker 4: bit to do with Sean coming over here with you 184 00:08:18,280 --> 00:08:19,160 Speaker 4: from Minnesota. 185 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:21,040 Speaker 1: Was that kind of the way it evolved. 186 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:25,440 Speaker 3: Did we ask for input about an offensive line coach 187 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:26,720 Speaker 3: and didn't work. 188 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:27,120 Speaker 2: Out that way? 189 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:30,320 Speaker 5: Well, funny enough, the process actually happened at the same 190 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:33,199 Speaker 5: time where Lean was in the search for an offensive 191 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:35,040 Speaker 5: line coach while he was also in look for an 192 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:38,319 Speaker 5: offensive coordinator, so he actually came down together, well not 193 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:39,800 Speaker 5: together but we were down here at the same time 194 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:42,200 Speaker 5: we were both interviewing, so it worked out really well 195 00:08:42,240 --> 00:08:42,960 Speaker 5: where I was able. 196 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:43,440 Speaker 2: To talk about Seawan. 197 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:46,280 Speaker 5: I'm sure he asked questions to Sean about me during 198 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:48,959 Speaker 5: that interview process, and then Sean was brought on very 199 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:51,640 Speaker 5: shortly after I joined the staff, so I was super 200 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:54,040 Speaker 5: fired up to get to continue working with Sean. It 201 00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:56,120 Speaker 5: was great to have that experience in that background with him. 202 00:08:56,160 --> 00:08:58,840 Speaker 5: But he's done a phenomenal job working with the O line, 203 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:01,080 Speaker 5: working with our staff. Bunch of different things that he's 204 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:03,560 Speaker 5: managed and juggle. We've talked about the different guys at 205 00:09:03,559 --> 00:09:06,079 Speaker 5: different positions at the offensive line. That's not an easy 206 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:09,240 Speaker 5: task to have guys playing left tackle, right tackle, blocking 207 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:11,760 Speaker 5: run schemes that are gap scheme one week, wide zone 208 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:14,280 Speaker 5: the next week, tight zone the week after that. Handling 209 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:15,760 Speaker 5: all that stuff, he's done a great job along with 210 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 5: the rest of the offensive line. A lot of stands 211 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:21,760 Speaker 5: out about the Bills defense. You're not going to be 212 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:25,160 Speaker 5: number one in past defense without having really a great 213 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:28,520 Speaker 5: group across the board that's highly coordinated, plays hard, great technique, 214 00:09:28,520 --> 00:09:33,160 Speaker 5: great fundamentals, and they've really mastered that scheme. They do 215 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:36,640 Speaker 5: a great job matching route concept, passing different things off 216 00:09:36,679 --> 00:09:39,000 Speaker 5: making it challenging. Not only post snap, they make a 217 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:41,080 Speaker 5: challenging pre snap. They present a bunch of different looks 218 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:44,720 Speaker 5: for the quarterbacks and that causes different issues that show up, 219 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:46,560 Speaker 5: whether it's the pass game or the run game. So 220 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:48,600 Speaker 5: they present you a lot of issues. Then you get 221 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:51,559 Speaker 5: into the front. They do a great job attacking blocks. 222 00:09:51,559 --> 00:09:53,560 Speaker 5: They do a great job getting off the ball. They've 223 00:09:53,640 --> 00:09:55,280 Speaker 5: got guys that they can rotate in and out, so 224 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:57,120 Speaker 5: they're always fresh on the defensive line. And then you 225 00:09:57,200 --> 00:10:00,640 Speaker 5: see the athleticism the linebackers. They have great command of defense. 226 00:10:00,760 --> 00:10:03,920 Speaker 5: They're all sidelined to sideline guys. They all can cover backs, 227 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:06,160 Speaker 5: they can cover tight ends. Then they're out there. They're 228 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:07,880 Speaker 5: great in the zone. They make plays on the ball. 229 00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:09,720 Speaker 5: So it's a solid group across the board. 230 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:13,319 Speaker 2: McDermott, major and nickel. For a lot of years. 231 00:10:13,400 --> 00:10:16,160 Speaker 3: Are they playing more bass recently, Cardi or guys. 232 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:21,920 Speaker 5: They've certainly evolved in base this year and this just 233 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:24,679 Speaker 5: like anybody on offense, on defense, we've evolved as well. 234 00:10:24,679 --> 00:10:27,360 Speaker 5: Throughout the season. They continue to evolve. So they start 235 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:29,800 Speaker 5: to play some bass, they play some nickel. They're able 236 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:32,040 Speaker 5: to play both, and they've got the guys to play both. 237 00:10:32,040 --> 00:10:33,680 Speaker 5: They really have more than enough guys to play both 238 00:10:33,679 --> 00:10:36,120 Speaker 5: because they have more than three. They got five, five 239 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:39,320 Speaker 5: or more quality linebackers, so they play some bass. It's 240 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:41,120 Speaker 5: one of the challenges that they present is they could 241 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:43,120 Speaker 5: be in nickel versus certain personnels. They could be in 242 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:45,240 Speaker 5: base versus certain personals, So we have to have a 243 00:10:45,280 --> 00:10:45,880 Speaker 5: plan for both. 244 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:48,760 Speaker 1: A couple of offensive line guys on the injury report, 245 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:50,679 Speaker 1: I mean, if you look up and both of them 246 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:53,720 Speaker 1: can't go, how do you decide where you deployed Walker Little, 247 00:10:53,760 --> 00:10:55,880 Speaker 1: I mean, you've got a guy who's been playing at guard, 248 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:57,480 Speaker 1: but he historically a tackle. 249 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:02,360 Speaker 5: Yeah, the luxury is that he can play both. Chuma 250 00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:05,000 Speaker 5: has played both, Cole's played all over the place. These 251 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:08,120 Speaker 5: guys have gotten these reps starting at all these different positions. 252 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:10,800 Speaker 5: So it's unfortunate that we've had to be in those 253 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:12,880 Speaker 5: situations and get those guys certain spots. I would love 254 00:11:12,920 --> 00:11:14,160 Speaker 5: to be in here and say we had the same 255 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:16,520 Speaker 5: five offensive lines start every single game at the same 256 00:11:16,559 --> 00:11:18,600 Speaker 5: spot all year, but that's not the case, and it's 257 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:19,280 Speaker 5: probably never going. 258 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:19,800 Speaker 2: To be the case. 259 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:22,600 Speaker 5: So the luxury of that is or the benefit of 260 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:25,440 Speaker 5: that is now guys have reps on both sides. Walker's 261 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:28,200 Speaker 5: comfortable playing with Anton. He's played all year with ESRs, 262 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:30,640 Speaker 5: so he's played on both sides. He's played inside and outside, 263 00:11:30,880 --> 00:11:33,600 Speaker 5: and that's really really a really valuable trait for us 264 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:35,760 Speaker 5: to have and an asset to the offensive line of 265 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:36,640 Speaker 5: the offense as a whole. 266 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:40,439 Speaker 2: I've been asking you see the reponstrate. It's just in 267 00:11:40,520 --> 00:11:42,719 Speaker 2: terms of rob running, understanding the coverage is. 268 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:46,559 Speaker 5: Yeah, he's improved in all areas the game throughout the 269 00:11:46,559 --> 00:11:48,760 Speaker 5: course of the year. The one thing I wish maybe 270 00:11:48,840 --> 00:11:50,840 Speaker 5: we could have done a better job was to showcasing 271 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:52,920 Speaker 5: some of that talent earlier in the year. I think 272 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:55,400 Speaker 5: he's been talented even from the offseason, from the time 273 00:11:55,480 --> 00:11:58,040 Speaker 5: we got here. Now, it takes time for anybody to 274 00:11:58,120 --> 00:12:00,600 Speaker 5: learn the system and continue to understand and the timing 275 00:12:00,640 --> 00:12:02,360 Speaker 5: of routes, the space and the routes where guys are 276 00:12:02,360 --> 00:12:03,640 Speaker 5: going to be at certain times, and kind of the 277 00:12:03,679 --> 00:12:06,480 Speaker 5: little nuances of when a defense plays it this way, 278 00:12:06,559 --> 00:12:09,360 Speaker 5: I adjust the route slightly at a higher angle, or 279 00:12:09,400 --> 00:12:11,520 Speaker 5: I dive and go inside of a defender. And he's 280 00:12:11,559 --> 00:12:14,240 Speaker 5: done a great job continuing to mass through those nuances, 281 00:12:14,760 --> 00:12:16,760 Speaker 5: but he's had a lot of ability in the past 282 00:12:16,840 --> 00:12:19,120 Speaker 5: game in a one on one matchup zone or man. 283 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:21,679 Speaker 5: Really all year, I think we've just continued to try 284 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:24,440 Speaker 5: to build and find our stride at deploying improperly well. 285 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:26,240 Speaker 1: Brian Thomas, is he a guy you've seen kind of 286 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:27,480 Speaker 1: take those same steps. 287 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:28,160 Speaker 2: Over the course of the season. 288 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:31,440 Speaker 5: Absolutely. Absolutely, He's another guy a lot of physical talent, 289 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:33,600 Speaker 5: and he's had some injuries earlier in the year, banged 290 00:12:33,679 --> 00:12:35,640 Speaker 5: up here there, and he's fought through and played through 291 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:39,400 Speaker 5: that stuff. So I'm grateful for his commitment to sticking 292 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:41,800 Speaker 5: with us as we continue to try to find what 293 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:43,880 Speaker 5: he does best, what's our best way to use him. 294 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:46,040 Speaker 5: He's run a really wide route s Trean lined up 295 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:48,760 Speaker 5: at a bunch of different spots. He's played different positions, 296 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:50,360 Speaker 5: been asked to do multiple things, and a lot of 297 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:52,240 Speaker 5: those things are things that he hasn't done in the past. 298 00:12:52,720 --> 00:12:55,520 Speaker 5: So it's only natural that with time, as he continues 299 00:12:55,559 --> 00:12:57,319 Speaker 5: to get reps, continues to get practiced at those things, 300 00:12:57,360 --> 00:12:59,680 Speaker 5: he gets more comfortable and you see him playing faster, 301 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:01,839 Speaker 5: going off the ball, attacking the ball in the air, 302 00:13:02,080 --> 00:13:04,280 Speaker 5: and then making plays after the catch. I think that's 303 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:06,880 Speaker 5: just a product of hopefully our work continue to try 304 00:13:06,880 --> 00:13:08,960 Speaker 5: to improve things, but really his work on the practice field, 305 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:10,600 Speaker 5: continue to improve and be comfortable. 306 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:12,400 Speaker 4: I did receiver and tight end and call the pass 307 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:14,079 Speaker 4: last week. I mean, just what kind of benefit is 308 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:16,200 Speaker 4: that when you have a roster where you know, at 309 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:17,640 Speaker 4: some point everybody. 310 00:13:17,320 --> 00:13:17,960 Speaker 2: Kind of do something. 311 00:13:18,440 --> 00:13:21,480 Speaker 5: Yeah, it's a tremendous luxury. It's the same situation as 312 00:13:21,520 --> 00:13:24,559 Speaker 5: the offensive line in a sense, having that versatility of 313 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:27,040 Speaker 5: guys who can go in there and play and make plays. 314 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:29,040 Speaker 5: Dealli makes an awesome play on the slant at the 315 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:31,440 Speaker 5: end of the game. A contested catch. Guys are making 316 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:34,600 Speaker 5: catches outside the numbers down the field shallows catching and runs. 317 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:38,360 Speaker 5: So having a wide receiver room that can play different 318 00:13:38,440 --> 00:13:40,520 Speaker 5: positions and you can mix and match guys and line 319 00:13:40,559 --> 00:13:42,800 Speaker 5: up those guys at different spots, and then not only that, 320 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:45,679 Speaker 5: play with different groups of guys and complement their release 321 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:49,080 Speaker 5: patterns or complement their route spacing is a huge advantage 322 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:52,240 Speaker 5: for us. It's also a great testament that to their 323 00:13:52,920 --> 00:13:55,199 Speaker 5: preparation their work ethic throughout the course of the week, 324 00:13:55,360 --> 00:13:57,079 Speaker 5: because there are a lot of times guys go into 325 00:13:57,080 --> 00:13:59,319 Speaker 5: a week and they don't know necessarily, I'm going to 326 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:01,200 Speaker 5: get forty snaps? So am I going to get two snaps? 327 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:01,960 Speaker 2: And I get fifteen? 328 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:04,319 Speaker 5: What's gonna happen? But you're always a play away, And 329 00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:08,000 Speaker 5: that's a true test of a player's character, their preparation, 330 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:11,360 Speaker 5: their work ethic when they're not expecting to play. They're 331 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:14,240 Speaker 5: not going in there anticipating to play a certain letter position. 332 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:15,719 Speaker 5: They're not going to be the excitent, not gonna be 333 00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:17,680 Speaker 5: the Z this week. But they've done the extra work 334 00:14:17,840 --> 00:14:20,160 Speaker 5: just in case. There's no guarantee of a reward, but 335 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:22,160 Speaker 5: they stick to the process anyway. So that's the type 336 00:14:22,160 --> 00:14:24,480 Speaker 5: of stuff that really lights me up that I love 337 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:26,320 Speaker 5: to see what from those guys, and I'm glad they're 338 00:14:26,320 --> 00:14:27,480 Speaker 5: able to get a catch when they do that. 339 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:30,560 Speaker 4: Going back for a training camp more so than going 340 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:33,960 Speaker 4: against coach camps defense every day, Just how's that been 341 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:35,640 Speaker 4: and how's that going to influence you and help you 342 00:14:35,680 --> 00:14:36,440 Speaker 4: improve as coaches? 343 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:40,240 Speaker 5: That's a great question. I'm beyond fortunate to have. We're 344 00:14:40,240 --> 00:14:43,040 Speaker 5: all beyond fortunate to have camp here. Liam's done a 345 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:46,600 Speaker 5: phenomenal job of building not just an offensive unit and 346 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:49,800 Speaker 5: a defensive unit, especially since unit. He's really built a team, 347 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:52,000 Speaker 5: and he's built a culture of all of a sudden 348 00:14:52,120 --> 00:14:54,480 Speaker 5: here working together and all of us working towards the 349 00:14:54,520 --> 00:14:56,360 Speaker 5: same goal. We try to go out there and play 350 00:14:56,400 --> 00:14:58,760 Speaker 5: complimentary football every week. A lot of times they may 351 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:00,680 Speaker 5: pull their weight more than we do. Sometimes we're giving 352 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:02,640 Speaker 5: us the ball in great situations, but we try our 353 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:05,520 Speaker 5: best to compliment that. When you talk about the practice field, 354 00:15:05,920 --> 00:15:08,520 Speaker 5: I love the opportunity to go against such a variety 355 00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:11,240 Speaker 5: of schemes and such a challenge each week. Camp's not 356 00:15:11,320 --> 00:15:12,800 Speaker 5: going to make it easy on us, and I wouldn't 357 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:14,520 Speaker 5: want it either way. I want somebody who's going to 358 00:15:14,520 --> 00:15:16,400 Speaker 5: go out there and test your rules, who's going to 359 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:19,200 Speaker 5: try to force issues, force challenges, because it only improves us. 360 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:21,600 Speaker 5: Iron sharpening Iron is kind of one of those things 361 00:15:21,640 --> 00:15:24,040 Speaker 5: that we get to see every day out there, not 362 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:26,960 Speaker 5: only from a schematic standpoint, from what camp challenges, but 363 00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:29,640 Speaker 5: also from a cultural and an effort and a strained standpoint. 364 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:32,080 Speaker 5: He has those guys playing so hard that it helps 365 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:34,640 Speaker 5: raise the stand That's something that Liam's kind of created 366 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:37,040 Speaker 5: through the entire culture here, not just out there on 367 00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:39,320 Speaker 5: the Practiceld're talking about the weight room everybody's bought in, 368 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:41,920 Speaker 5: but the defense and the level they've played out in 369 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:44,280 Speaker 5: the effort that they've played at only elevates the offense.