1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,120 Speaker 1: Guys, I appreciate it. So we pushed back practice a 2 00:00:02,160 --> 00:00:04,080 Speaker 1: little bit. We had some important matters to talk about 3 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:06,320 Speaker 1: as the team. We weren't going to cut those shorts. 4 00:00:06,320 --> 00:00:08,880 Speaker 1: I want to make sure we took the time to uh, 5 00:00:08,920 --> 00:00:10,680 Speaker 1: you know, approach we had to, and then we picked 6 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:13,400 Speaker 1: up with football this say, afternoon after lunch. That carried 7 00:00:13,440 --> 00:00:17,000 Speaker 1: over into a situational walkthrough force. This is really leading 8 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:20,959 Speaker 1: into our inter squad game this Friday. We wanted to 9 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:23,600 Speaker 1: take the time today to really let the guys get 10 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:25,640 Speaker 1: the legs back under them, kind of have a good 11 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:27,360 Speaker 1: flow to our weeks right now far as far as 12 00:00:27,400 --> 00:00:30,120 Speaker 1: how we're training their bodies, and we kept on a 13 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:32,080 Speaker 1: normal pattern. Today is a Wednesday being a little bit 14 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:34,319 Speaker 1: a down day for the team, which means we keep 15 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:37,480 Speaker 1: the same mental energy and focus you know, within the situations. 16 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:39,920 Speaker 1: So at this time I open up any questions you 17 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:45,480 Speaker 1: guys have umberto. Hey, Joe, UM, I wanted to ask 18 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:49,440 Speaker 1: you about the two key injuries, but the conversations that 19 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:53,920 Speaker 1: were you have before practice with the team. Lenny Williams 20 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 1: just talked about kind of the activism that some of 21 00:00:56,120 --> 00:00:59,400 Speaker 1: the guys are taking part in away from the field. Um, 22 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:01,440 Speaker 1: were those some of the conversation that you guys have 23 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:03,959 Speaker 1: had and just your reaction to maybe with some other 24 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:06,199 Speaker 1: teams around the week have done, like the Lions canceling 25 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:08,360 Speaker 1: practice the other day. You know, I can't speak for 26 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:10,320 Speaker 1: any other team, Matt. I'm very proud of our team 27 00:01:10,319 --> 00:01:13,080 Speaker 1: and how they've interacted. We talked a lot back in 28 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:16,400 Speaker 1: the spring. Uh, we're not revealing everything we're doing internally 29 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 1: as a team. I would say that our guys have 30 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:21,040 Speaker 1: been very active in the community, very active as far 31 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:23,399 Speaker 1: as getting out there and making a difference. You know. 32 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:25,320 Speaker 1: Obviously we talked about a lot of the issues around 33 00:01:25,319 --> 00:01:28,240 Speaker 1: the country on a lot of different levels, and one 34 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:30,640 Speaker 1: thing we decided is the team is you know, we're 35 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 1: not really a bunch of talkers. It's not really our personality, 36 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:35,280 Speaker 1: and there's a lot of people making statements out there 37 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 1: and putting blanket things out there. We've talked Earli in 38 00:01:38,240 --> 00:01:41,000 Speaker 1: the process that you know, it's okay to say something, 39 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:43,280 Speaker 1: but you gotta back it up. So before we start 40 00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:45,280 Speaker 1: going out to make a bunch of blanket statements, we 41 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:47,440 Speaker 1: wouldn't be in a position that we're making a difference. 42 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:50,920 Speaker 1: We're helping people in everyday lives. We allowed the players 43 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:55,160 Speaker 1: to you know, really pinpoint some issues and some organizations 44 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:57,520 Speaker 1: that they wanted to work with. We have nine different 45 00:01:57,520 --> 00:01:59,920 Speaker 1: teams we called the Team of Teams project. We have 46 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 1: nine different teams within our team. They are split up 47 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:06,840 Speaker 1: and they work in different areas of the New York City, 48 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:10,880 Speaker 1: North Jersey, you know, and they work with different organizations. 49 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:12,600 Speaker 1: We allow them to pick the initiative they wanted to 50 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:15,919 Speaker 1: work with. They've got full speed ahead. We dedicate time 51 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:19,560 Speaker 1: on Mondays and Wednesdays and these initiatives. With being in 52 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:22,560 Speaker 1: touch with these organizations. It gives our players time to 53 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:25,120 Speaker 1: make sure we're organized. Our community resource partners a tremendous 54 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:27,720 Speaker 1: job of really setting the table for our guys during 55 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:29,840 Speaker 1: training camp that they can go ahead and stay active 56 00:02:29,919 --> 00:02:32,000 Speaker 1: and stay moving. These are things that we're going to 57 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:34,399 Speaker 1: continue throughout the season as well as seasons to come. 58 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:37,079 Speaker 1: This is not a short term project for us and 59 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:38,800 Speaker 1: not something we wanted to do to check the box 60 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:41,080 Speaker 1: and say, okay, we were involved in that, Remember how 61 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:43,440 Speaker 1: neat that was. We want to actually do something involved 62 00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 1: in this community. And for the time I took this job, 63 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:48,480 Speaker 1: it was very important me to express to the Marin 64 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:53,079 Speaker 1: Tish families and to the team that it's our responsibility 65 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:55,680 Speaker 1: to be connected to this community and the people who 66 00:02:55,680 --> 00:02:57,720 Speaker 1: show us support. We have to get out there and 67 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:01,720 Speaker 1: get them actual support. So we plan on building a 68 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:04,760 Speaker 1: top level football team with the right culture. We'll plan 69 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 1: on being a pillars in this community for a long 70 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:09,239 Speaker 1: time Acome and if I could just follow up real quick, 71 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:12,720 Speaker 1: especially losing somebody like Xavier this early in camp. You 72 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:16,120 Speaker 1: don't have preseason games to scout guys from other teams. Um, 73 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:18,839 Speaker 1: if you were to look outside the building, how much 74 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:23,480 Speaker 1: does everything going on this summer with the COVID protocols 75 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 1: and everything, how much more difficult does that make the 76 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:28,680 Speaker 1: scouting process? Well, it's our job in the league. So 77 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:30,959 Speaker 1: whether it's a young guy who's got college tape, we 78 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 1: have to have grades on him from the front end. 79 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:35,240 Speaker 1: If it's a guy who's got that experience in the NFL, 80 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:38,000 Speaker 1: we should know who the players in the league are. Uh, 81 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:40,160 Speaker 1: it's it's just a natural part of the National Football League. 82 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:41,800 Speaker 1: It's a small leag you've got to know who the 83 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:44,640 Speaker 1: people aren't really a people leg and that's what's about, 84 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:46,760 Speaker 1: you know. But we're really focused on developing out was 85 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:49,840 Speaker 1: on our roster right now. Guys working hard, guys making 86 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:52,560 Speaker 1: progress and you know our intention is give them every 87 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:55,320 Speaker 1: swing in the bat, to keep proving every day and 88 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:56,960 Speaker 1: give them an opportunity to compete for a job in 89 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:04,960 Speaker 1: his roster Bus Wars Joe, can you hey, Paul? Got 90 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:08,119 Speaker 1: you good? Um? Um, you know some of these things, 91 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:10,200 Speaker 1: like the social justice things are not things you can 92 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 1: look up in a coaching manual, but unfortunately, injuries are. 93 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:16,480 Speaker 1: You know you've seen it for years, did you, um, 94 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 1: you know, how did the news of of of Xavier 95 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:22,240 Speaker 1: hit you? Um? This is your first time around doing this, 96 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 1: not your first time around with injuries, but as a 97 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:26,800 Speaker 1: head coach what it means to the team and you know, 98 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:28,839 Speaker 1: do you you know, do you address that to the team? 99 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:32,000 Speaker 1: Things like that, Well, we keep our players up to 100 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:34,359 Speaker 1: date and everything going on on the roster, you know, 101 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:36,599 Speaker 1: any kind of roster moves we make, we make sure 102 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:39,080 Speaker 1: we keep them up to date through squad meetings. As 103 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:41,640 Speaker 1: far as every injury on a roster. We don't always 104 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:43,840 Speaker 1: specifically let everyone know what's going to everything, but the 105 00:04:43,880 --> 00:04:47,400 Speaker 1: players understand that when a players out, they're hurt. Um, 106 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:50,800 Speaker 1: everyone's individual health you know, we kind of let them. 107 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:54,120 Speaker 1: We respect that well, I'd say overall, I mean, listen, 108 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:56,240 Speaker 1: you don't want to see any player get hurt. It's 109 00:04:56,279 --> 00:04:58,880 Speaker 1: it's a part of the game. Injuries do happen. Yeah, 110 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:01,200 Speaker 1: these guys play, you know, collision sport. There's a lot 111 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:03,839 Speaker 1: of wear and tear in our bodies. Um, you know, 112 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:06,200 Speaker 1: Xavier's a guy for us who's making a tremendous amount 113 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:09,280 Speaker 1: of improvement. Um, look, we're still looking forward get him 114 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:11,240 Speaker 1: back out there on the field. I'm not a doctor. 115 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:13,200 Speaker 1: I don't at that timetable, and we'll let those guys 116 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:15,760 Speaker 1: handle that. Uh My only concerned this point is that 117 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:17,280 Speaker 1: he just continues to work as hard as you can 118 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:19,640 Speaker 1: to get back on the field, and that we continue 119 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:21,960 Speaker 1: to develop from as a coaching staff mentally, that he 120 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:25,160 Speaker 1: makes progress within the situational awareness and overall understanding of 121 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:27,960 Speaker 1: our schemes and the league tendencies in his time off 122 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:30,000 Speaker 1: the field. Does this have to be a hit to 123 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:33,880 Speaker 1: the defense, Joe, Any injury to our roster is it 124 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:35,920 Speaker 1: hit us? Because we care about every player on a roster, 125 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:38,880 Speaker 1: But it's all responsibility to have everyone developed and make 126 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:43,640 Speaker 1: sure the next man is ready to go. That. Hey Joe, 127 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:47,520 Speaker 1: Hey Zack. So, I know yesterday you ar asked about 128 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:50,640 Speaker 1: the idea of maybe getting the quarterbacks and Daniel like 129 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:52,480 Speaker 1: hit around a little bit or take off the red 130 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:54,640 Speaker 1: jersey ever was phrased. I'm just wondering if you could 131 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:57,920 Speaker 1: maybe elaborate on like what exactly that entails, Like what 132 00:05:57,920 --> 00:05:59,800 Speaker 1: what you're envisioning when you say, you know, we want 133 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:01,800 Speaker 1: to get them some contact that we can be ready 134 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:03,440 Speaker 1: for the season or whatever that is. Yeah, I've got 135 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:05,599 Speaker 1: the strength staff downstairs. Are not putting bars of soap 136 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:07,160 Speaker 1: in socks and we're just gonna take him out back 137 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:10,440 Speaker 1: and just will on them for a while. Now. You know, Look, 138 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 1: it's it's irresponsible to get every player and you know, 139 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:16,120 Speaker 1: ready to play, and you know with a quarterback, you've 140 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:18,200 Speaker 1: got to be smart about the contact. You know, we're 141 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:20,599 Speaker 1: putting them in a love tackling drilling though, Is there 142 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:22,400 Speaker 1: something gonna bang around a little bit with a pad 143 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:24,400 Speaker 1: of calculated time and paths to make sure his body 144 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:26,800 Speaker 1: at least feel some pressure on it? Yes? Is there 145 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:28,160 Speaker 1: a time you're gonna kind of bear hug him a 146 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:30,279 Speaker 1: little b lettle feel the gas? Yeah, these are things 147 00:06:30,279 --> 00:06:32,839 Speaker 1: you naturally have to do to get a player's body ready. 148 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 1: Remember this, it's not just the physical conditioning. It's as 149 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:40,120 Speaker 1: important for the players to be contacted and be tackled 150 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:43,279 Speaker 1: to prepare for the game. You can't get yourself ready 151 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:46,479 Speaker 1: mentally to be hit full speed. Your body has to 152 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:49,360 Speaker 1: learn how to absorb that hit, has to learn how 153 00:06:49,440 --> 00:06:52,880 Speaker 1: to adjust accordingly. You've got to learn the feeling. Again, 154 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:55,120 Speaker 1: I'm going to the ground. That's just something natural. Now, 155 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:56,960 Speaker 1: we're not gonna be foolish, but we do with any 156 00:06:56,960 --> 00:06:59,560 Speaker 1: of our quarterbacks. We're not gonna make them live in practice, 157 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:02,120 Speaker 1: but we may set up a drill here there. Let 158 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:04,039 Speaker 1: them feel a little bit of stress. They're gonna feel 159 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:06,279 Speaker 1: within the pocket, all right, but making sure that we 160 00:07:06,320 --> 00:07:08,520 Speaker 1: do it the right tempo that they're not gonna be 161 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:16,600 Speaker 1: at risk of injury. Thanks. All right. By Joe Um 162 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:19,120 Speaker 1: being in the stadium, we obviously noticed you guys all 163 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:21,480 Speaker 1: had the headsets and some guys up in the booth. 164 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:24,440 Speaker 1: Just curious how you thought it went. Uh, you know, 165 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 1: what were you trying to get out of it? Obviously 166 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:28,760 Speaker 1: I know Friday night is coming, but what were the 167 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:31,720 Speaker 1: what was the thinking today? Well, you know this isn't 168 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:33,880 Speaker 1: this the players first time going out together. It's it's 169 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:36,280 Speaker 1: us the coaching staff as well. So you know, we're 170 00:07:36,280 --> 00:07:39,040 Speaker 1: building an opportunities to talk to each other on the headsets, 171 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:42,360 Speaker 1: to start creating communication we're gonna have in a game situation. 172 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:44,280 Speaker 1: It's important for me to be able to talk to 173 00:07:44,320 --> 00:07:47,200 Speaker 1: the offense and the defense at different times and echoing 174 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:48,800 Speaker 1: what I'm looking for in a certain drive or a 175 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:51,760 Speaker 1: certain situation. Obviously a lot of two minute drives. Say 176 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:54,160 Speaker 1: we had a form minute drive simulated. You know, at 177 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:56,080 Speaker 1: that point, you know we're talking to each other, all right, 178 00:07:56,080 --> 00:07:57,880 Speaker 1: how much time do we have left to make timeouts? 179 00:07:57,960 --> 00:08:00,280 Speaker 1: I'm moving to call time out here, what's her align? 180 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:03,320 Speaker 1: Whatever the call may be. We're communicating the entire time. 181 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:05,960 Speaker 1: So the exercise today was to really build a communication 182 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:08,400 Speaker 1: from the booth down to the field, from me to 183 00:08:08,440 --> 00:08:10,480 Speaker 1: the coordinators and the position coaches and making sure we 184 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:12,520 Speaker 1: just get a feel for talking with each other. That's 185 00:08:12,520 --> 00:08:14,320 Speaker 1: something we can't take for granted. If we had done 186 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:16,320 Speaker 1: this on a game day for the first day, we 187 00:08:16,440 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 1: find out the hard way that there's certain levels of 188 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:22,040 Speaker 1: communication that we have to really practice as coaching staff. Thanks, 189 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:24,680 Speaker 1: I just wanted to just clarify one thing when you 190 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:27,200 Speaker 1: had said because the reason for practice being delayed and 191 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:30,520 Speaker 1: you had some things to discuss. Um, is it correct 192 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:33,520 Speaker 1: that you were discussing the social injustice and things that 193 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:35,200 Speaker 1: were going on or were there other things that you 194 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:38,600 Speaker 1: were also discussing. No, that was correct, Art, that's correct. 195 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:42,599 Speaker 1: With okay, social justice. We want to give our players time. Um, 196 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:44,920 Speaker 1: you know this wasn't a distraction mine means, but it's 197 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:46,600 Speaker 1: a conversation we want to make sure we had as 198 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:48,680 Speaker 1: a team. And you know, there's some things that are 199 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:50,800 Speaker 1: very important within the locker room, the culture and making 200 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:54,280 Speaker 1: sure the players understand that. You know, look, we're concerned 201 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:56,680 Speaker 1: about them. You know they're concerned about us as coaches 202 00:08:56,720 --> 00:08:58,000 Speaker 1: as well. We're gonna make sure that we're all on 203 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:00,320 Speaker 1: the same wavelength and that we want to make sure 204 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:02,959 Speaker 1: they know that we support them and that's important for us. So, 205 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:06,160 Speaker 1: you know, our guys made the decision. We talked about it. 206 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:07,760 Speaker 1: They didn't want to go ahead and miss any work. 207 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:09,800 Speaker 1: They want to keep practicing. That's look at a short 208 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:12,760 Speaker 1: and preseason, we all have to go out there and work. Um, 209 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:14,480 Speaker 1: our guys have been very intent a bout going out 210 00:09:14,480 --> 00:09:17,120 Speaker 1: there every day and working hard making improvement. Um. But 211 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:19,240 Speaker 1: as coaches we can be smart about how we structure 212 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:22,000 Speaker 1: meetings in determament what's absolutely necessary right now and what 213 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:24,200 Speaker 1: maybe we can build an install later on. You know, 214 00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:27,319 Speaker 1: just so happened today was a situational walk through day. 215 00:09:27,480 --> 00:09:28,959 Speaker 1: It's a little bit a lighter day. Force take a 216 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:31,640 Speaker 1: lot of time within certain meetings to watch game tape 217 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:34,160 Speaker 1: and talk through you know, league situations, rules, things that 218 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:36,120 Speaker 1: come up throughout the games and maybe you don't have 219 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:39,440 Speaker 1: through just the base installation meeting. UM. So I'm able 220 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:40,880 Speaker 1: as a head coach kind of push some thost things 221 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:42,960 Speaker 1: around a little bit of massage and and move them 222 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:44,400 Speaker 1: off to make sure we have time for whatever comes 223 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:49,280 Speaker 1: up with players. Ok. Thanks, you have time for three more? Jordan, 224 00:09:49,360 --> 00:09:53,120 Speaker 1: Dan and Rotten. Jordan's Hey, Joe, I know we're jumping 225 00:09:53,120 --> 00:09:55,480 Speaker 1: around a little bit because the zoom here, But first 226 00:09:55,480 --> 00:09:57,720 Speaker 1: can I ask you about that You said the guys 227 00:09:57,760 --> 00:10:00,800 Speaker 1: wanted to keep practicing. How to How did you come 228 00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:03,000 Speaker 1: to that conclusion. Is it's something that they come to 229 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:04,960 Speaker 1: you and tell you. Do you have a leadership group 230 00:10:05,320 --> 00:10:07,079 Speaker 1: that you talk about with that first or is it 231 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:10,840 Speaker 1: just a general sense of of the room. Yeah, you know, 232 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:12,960 Speaker 1: a real simple Jordan. I talked to the leadership group, 233 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:15,400 Speaker 1: which we have been working really kind of through, you know, 234 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:16,920 Speaker 1: the beginning of training camp together with a lot of 235 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:19,320 Speaker 1: the older guys on the team. I spoke to them 236 00:10:19,679 --> 00:10:22,160 Speaker 1: and we just kind of talked about some of the situations. 237 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:25,920 Speaker 1: You know, sometimes as coaches, if it's not on the 238 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:28,240 Speaker 1: practice tape, I'm not aware it's happening, all right. I 239 00:10:28,280 --> 00:10:29,560 Speaker 1: had to have someone reminds me that they to call 240 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:31,760 Speaker 1: my mom on her birthday because I don't realize the date. 241 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:35,080 Speaker 1: So sometimes you need to have someone draw awareness to 242 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:37,719 Speaker 1: what's going on the outside world. When that happens, you 243 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:39,680 Speaker 1: grabbed that group of guys and just a touch base 244 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:41,720 Speaker 1: because I know they're more connected with what's going on 245 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:43,040 Speaker 1: right now in the rest of the world than we 246 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:45,439 Speaker 1: are as coaches, you know, and sometimes we gotta be 247 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:46,920 Speaker 1: the ground hig and come up from the den and 248 00:10:46,960 --> 00:10:49,800 Speaker 1: kind of see, you know, what's going on outside. So 249 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:52,600 Speaker 1: you know, for us, it's we had a conversation, you know, 250 00:10:52,640 --> 00:10:54,080 Speaker 1: I kind of put a bunch of different things on 251 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:55,679 Speaker 1: the table for them to think about. In terms of 252 00:10:55,679 --> 00:10:58,440 Speaker 1: where they're at. They've always you know, pretty clearly right 253 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:01,240 Speaker 1: away that it was important to go out of practice, Um, 254 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:02,880 Speaker 1: that we're going to make an impact through you know 255 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:05,200 Speaker 1: what we did as a team, and we would make 256 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:08,199 Speaker 1: sure we have conversations which we followed with today and 257 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:10,160 Speaker 1: with the Xavier how did he hurt? How did he 258 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:12,880 Speaker 1: hurt the foot? And like how optimistic are you guys 259 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:14,360 Speaker 1: that you are? I mean, I know you said you 260 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:17,600 Speaker 1: can't have a timetable, and how optimistic argue that he'll 261 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:20,320 Speaker 1: be back at some point, you know, Jordan, to be 262 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:21,760 Speaker 1: clearly honest with you, I've got to wait and see 263 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:23,480 Speaker 1: what the surgeon. I'll say when they go ahead and 264 00:11:23,720 --> 00:11:27,160 Speaker 1: work on it, um, but you know, from what I understand, 265 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:29,839 Speaker 1: it's kind of, you know, two different options what it 266 00:11:29,880 --> 00:11:32,120 Speaker 1: could be. I'm holding out hope that you know, we 267 00:11:32,120 --> 00:11:34,280 Speaker 1: get all our players back from injury as fast as possible. 268 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:36,480 Speaker 1: So we'll see where that goes, and I'm sure we'll 269 00:11:36,520 --> 00:11:38,640 Speaker 1: have a timetable sooner than later. For you guys, I 270 00:11:38,679 --> 00:11:40,599 Speaker 1: would just say with all the timetable is important to 271 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:44,120 Speaker 1: be nimble. You know that every injury is different, every 272 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:47,319 Speaker 1: person is different, and the recovery time, you know, can't 273 00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:50,199 Speaker 1: be one size fit all, So what to see where 274 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:51,480 Speaker 1: he's going with this right here. I know he's gonna 275 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:53,400 Speaker 1: work hard to rehab and get his body ready. We 276 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:55,240 Speaker 1: gotta keep his mind sharp and move and keep him 277 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:58,600 Speaker 1: engaged with the team. He missed the scrimmage that I believe, 278 00:11:58,679 --> 00:12:01,160 Speaker 1: and then practice, yes, or did he try and play 279 00:12:01,240 --> 00:12:03,040 Speaker 1: through it? I mean, how did that sort of work out? 280 00:12:03,640 --> 00:12:06,080 Speaker 1: They're not all connected, Jordan, There's a lot of guys. Look, 281 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:09,760 Speaker 1: we've better monitor everyone's workload as a whole, so everything 282 00:12:09,840 --> 00:12:12,319 Speaker 1: is not connected to the one injury. Um. I'm not 283 00:12:12,320 --> 00:12:14,120 Speaker 1: gonna go into every kind of stretch out of detail 284 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:15,840 Speaker 1: on it, but we wouldn't put any player on the 285 00:12:15,880 --> 00:12:19,200 Speaker 1: field without believing it's a percent safe and that he 286 00:12:19,240 --> 00:12:21,679 Speaker 1: was that he was prepared for the game or practiced 287 00:12:21,679 --> 00:12:26,920 Speaker 1: in that situation. Okay, Hey, Joe, I gonna think of 288 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:30,800 Speaker 1: my fekus. Jordan asked my questions there. Um with David Mayo, Um, 289 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:33,160 Speaker 1: what's the what's the story of him? And you have 290 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:36,400 Speaker 1: any idea of timeline with him? You know? Again, very 291 00:12:36,480 --> 00:12:38,520 Speaker 1: much like Zay, it's uh, we gotta wait and see 292 00:12:38,520 --> 00:12:41,880 Speaker 1: what the doctors say after they go in. Um. You 293 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:43,680 Speaker 1: know I was told to you by Ronnie. You know, 294 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:46,760 Speaker 1: he'd been looking at his knee. There wasn't really anything 295 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:48,079 Speaker 1: that you know, we thought was an issue, and I 296 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:49,720 Speaker 1: guess I flared up on him a little bit yesterday. 297 00:12:49,840 --> 00:12:51,400 Speaker 1: Ronnie came into my office this morning kind of let 298 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:54,120 Speaker 1: me know where he's at. So they're taking a look 299 00:12:54,160 --> 00:12:56,160 Speaker 1: at him. They should have more news for me tomorrow. 300 00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:58,559 Speaker 1: We'll see where that's at. But uh, look again, he's 301 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:01,160 Speaker 1: a guy that you know, we respect a lot, and 302 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:02,959 Speaker 1: we're counting all for a lot of production this year, 303 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:04,960 Speaker 1: so you know, get them healthy, getting back out there 304 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:07,080 Speaker 1: soon as possible. And just to be clear with the 305 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:09,200 Speaker 1: I R Roads, you'd have to carry these guys on 306 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:11,240 Speaker 1: the original fifty three if you're gonna put them on 307 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:14,000 Speaker 1: and bring them back right. Yeah, there's several ways of 308 00:13:14,040 --> 00:13:15,600 Speaker 1: doing it, but that's correct. And how you're saying, yes, 309 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:21,439 Speaker 1: thank you last one here, Tom, Robin Joe, what struck 310 00:13:21,480 --> 00:13:23,960 Speaker 1: you about working in the stadium today? It was an 311 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:27,160 Speaker 1: empty stadium and uh, normally that would be something that 312 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:29,000 Speaker 1: you wouldn't have to face during the regular season, but 313 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:30,960 Speaker 1: this season is because that's exactly what you're gonna have 314 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:35,680 Speaker 1: to face relatively just having an empty stadium around us. Yeah, 315 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:37,920 Speaker 1: we've been doing that on a nightly basis really with 316 00:13:37,920 --> 00:13:40,640 Speaker 1: our walkthroughs anyway, So this hasn't been the first time 317 00:13:40,679 --> 00:13:42,640 Speaker 1: for us to be in the stadium just moving around. 318 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:46,880 Speaker 1: But to be honest with you, I love having fans 319 00:13:46,880 --> 00:13:48,400 Speaker 1: on the stadium of the players due to it brings 320 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:50,680 Speaker 1: a lot of juice to the environment, a lot of energy. 321 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:53,760 Speaker 1: But really the more heated the game gets, the less 322 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:56,600 Speaker 1: you notice the noise around you. So whether that's completely 323 00:13:56,679 --> 00:13:59,439 Speaker 1: quiet or there's you know, amplified artificial noise where you 324 00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:01,840 Speaker 1: have fans in there, you're so zero in the field 325 00:14:01,840 --> 00:14:03,839 Speaker 1: a lot of times you don't know the UM. That's 326 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:05,280 Speaker 1: not to say we don't want fans of the game. 327 00:14:05,280 --> 00:14:07,760 Speaker 1: We absolutely do. It's such a key part of the 328 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:10,880 Speaker 1: game to the energy the environment. But we just preach 329 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:13,640 Speaker 1: our players right now, Tom that hey listen, hopefully they're 330 00:14:13,679 --> 00:14:15,400 Speaker 1: full by the end of the year. Right now, it 331 00:14:15,440 --> 00:14:17,600 Speaker 1: sounds like we're gonna start out with the fans, you know, 332 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:20,160 Speaker 1: not in the stadium. We gotta play through whatever the 333 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:22,920 Speaker 1: situation is and play through the environment. Do you find 334 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:26,080 Speaker 1: that in an empty stadium like that, Um, you have 335 00:14:26,120 --> 00:14:29,360 Speaker 1: to adjust the volume of your voices because it could 336 00:14:29,360 --> 00:14:34,240 Speaker 1: tip off plays and things like that. Uh, you know, 337 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:37,960 Speaker 1: to degree, there's different ways of camouflaging what you're doing, 338 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:40,760 Speaker 1: having multiple words that mean one thing. Everyone be on 339 00:14:40,800 --> 00:14:43,680 Speaker 1: the same page with that vocabulary. Being smart about when 340 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:46,160 Speaker 1: you know, raise your voice and scream across the field, 341 00:14:46,760 --> 00:14:49,600 Speaker 1: using silent accounts, using signals, there's different ways you can 342 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:51,600 Speaker 1: go ahead and account for that. You know. Look, we'll 343 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:53,520 Speaker 1: get our first taste of what the game situation is 344 00:14:53,520 --> 00:14:56,000 Speaker 1: gonna really feel like on Friday when we have that 345 00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:58,760 Speaker 1: artificial noise, and that will really be our first sample 346 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:02,040 Speaker 1: as coaches and players of exactly how loud that's gonna be. 347 00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:05,160 Speaker 1: So the NFL operations will be over here. We had 348 00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:07,240 Speaker 1: a meeting on that this morning in terms of how 349 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:09,320 Speaker 1: we're gonna set it up. We're gonna simulate everything for 350 00:15:09,360 --> 00:15:12,760 Speaker 1: the game as it will be on September, all right, 351 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:17,000 Speaker 1: with a few exceptions obviously, um, but it's gonna be 352 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:19,440 Speaker 1: as closed to a game situation as possible. After that, 353 00:15:19,480 --> 00:15:21,080 Speaker 1: I'll have a lot more answers in terms of what 354 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:22,600 Speaker 1: that noise and the stadium actually is like.