WEBVTT - Lynch, Shanahan Preview 2024 Training Camp, Share Injury Updates | Press Pass 0:00:02.440 --> 0:00:03.480 Just help you guys out. 0:00:04.080 --> 0:00:09.039 Some players that we anticipate starting on the pup list. 0:00:09.560 --> 0:00:14.160 Ricky Purcell uh injured his hamstring away from here, he'll 0:00:14.200 --> 0:00:18.799 start on the pup list. Drake Jackson coming off the 0:00:18.800 --> 0:00:22.639 plateleton and surgery, Drake Greenlaw with his achilles, and Taalnoa 0:00:23.840 --> 0:00:27.600 all tracking well. But we will start training camp with 0:00:27.640 --> 0:00:32.080 those guys on p up and after that open up 0:00:32.080 --> 0:00:33.040 for questions. 0:00:34.159 --> 0:00:37.560 Righton that you will be report Are you reported. 0:00:39.720 --> 0:00:39.920 Well? 0:00:40.000 --> 0:00:43.000 The actual they still have another hour and change, you 0:00:43.000 --> 0:00:44.760 know until so. I don't know if he is here, 0:00:44.800 --> 0:00:48.400 but we expect all our players to report and be here. 0:00:49.280 --> 0:00:51.920 Any understanding with him that you will continue to negotiate. 0:00:53.080 --> 0:00:56.880 We've had great communication. You know, we started this really early. 0:00:56.880 --> 0:00:58.920 We made it a priority to try to get done. 0:01:00.080 --> 0:01:04.479 We've had excellent communication throughout. You know, really don't want 0:01:04.480 --> 0:01:07.000 to characterize we we haven't been able to and that's 0:01:07.120 --> 0:01:11.280 that's a shame. But uh, you know we're we're Brandon's 0:01:11.319 --> 0:01:14.080 a big part of our team and uh we expect 0:01:14.080 --> 0:01:15.080 that he will be this year. 0:01:15.800 --> 0:01:19.039 Is there possibility you do some sort of restructuring like 0:01:19.040 --> 0:01:20.720 you did with Hiems turned back in the past. 0:01:21.640 --> 0:01:22.920 Everything's a possibility. 0:01:23.040 --> 0:01:25.360 You know, we uh are not gonna not gonna get 0:01:25.400 --> 0:01:29.000 into negotiations and and you know there's a Kyle says, 0:01:29.000 --> 0:01:33.600 there's no absolute, so we're open to anything. And you know, 0:01:33.800 --> 0:01:35.640 like I said, Brandon's a big part of this team 0:01:35.680 --> 0:01:38.920 and we expect that he will be going forward. Yet 0:01:38.959 --> 0:01:43.880 whether he'll practice. 0:01:42.560 --> 0:01:44.360 We expect all our players to practice. 0:01:44.959 --> 0:01:47.680 John, last year, you gave us an absolute that would 0:01:47.680 --> 0:01:51.480 not be traded. You make that same statement about Brandon. 0:01:51.680 --> 0:01:53.720 Well, Kyle and I always you know, we kind of 0:01:55.880 --> 0:01:58.400 I did say that with Bosa and I felt that way, 0:01:58.520 --> 0:02:02.600 but you know, I I I think again, no absolutes there. 0:02:04.280 --> 0:02:08.040 We fully intend on Brandon being a Niner moving forward. 0:02:08.160 --> 0:02:12.640 We're always open to listen to things. But like I said, 0:02:12.639 --> 0:02:14.760 we expect Brandon to be an integral part of our 0:02:14.760 --> 0:02:17.640 team like he has been, and excited about that. 0:02:18.280 --> 0:02:21.080 Well, post have mentioned last year that he thought maybe 0:02:21.520 --> 0:02:24.560 obviously really long negotiation that did affect him during the 0:02:24.639 --> 0:02:27.920 season clause numbers go down. Deebo Aways mentioned, you know 0:02:28.000 --> 0:02:31.480 during his contractual offseason that that kind of threw off 0:02:31.520 --> 0:02:35.480 his season that followed. Are you concerned that this could 0:02:35.480 --> 0:02:38.840 happen with ayuk or anybody, but specifically ayuk Oh. 0:02:38.960 --> 0:02:41.240 Anytime you I mean don't get a practice like you're 0:02:41.320 --> 0:02:43.679 used to, and I mean the NFL season real hard, 0:02:43.720 --> 0:02:45.360 so anytime you don't really get to prepare the right 0:02:45.400 --> 0:02:47.880 wing in training camp. It's a challenge for all those players, 0:02:47.960 --> 0:02:50.639 and the tons of players have gone through it. Some 0:02:50.760 --> 0:02:55.080 have bigger challenges than others. Each one's different. You know, 0:02:55.240 --> 0:02:57.240 I don't remember Deebo missing much. I think we got 0:02:57.320 --> 0:02:58.480 him done the first couple of days. 0:02:58.960 --> 0:03:03.080 From what I remember. Bosa just you. 0:03:03.080 --> 0:03:04.639 Know the way a D lineman is. I think it's 0:03:04.680 --> 0:03:07.959 a little bit different. But then getting in football shape, 0:03:08.000 --> 0:03:10.799 no matter how hard you work out, it's tough. It's 0:03:10.800 --> 0:03:13.080 tough to catch up throughout the season. So both of 0:03:13.120 --> 0:03:16.160 those guys have their individual experiences with it. 0:03:16.160 --> 0:03:19.640 It never helps, but it's something that's not a new thing. 0:03:19.760 --> 0:03:22.280 Something I deal with people requested to trade. 0:03:22.320 --> 0:03:23.919 A couple of years ago, you were asked why you 0:03:23.960 --> 0:03:26.000 were confident would work yourself out, and you said that 0:03:26.080 --> 0:03:28.320 you have a personal relationship with him and you hadn't. 0:03:28.080 --> 0:03:28.959 Even talked to him yet. 0:03:29.280 --> 0:03:31.440 Why are you confident that you can work things out 0:03:31.440 --> 0:03:33.680 with if things get well? 0:03:35.000 --> 0:03:38.080 I mean, I remember exactly and knowing you, I don't 0:03:38.120 --> 0:03:42.200 know exactly said that, but I don't remember, but you know, 0:03:42.200 --> 0:03:45.240 I have a personal relationship with all our players, and 0:03:45.520 --> 0:03:46.960 you'd like to be able to talk with those guys, 0:03:47.000 --> 0:03:49.600 and usually when it does get close, it can work out. 0:03:49.800 --> 0:03:52.440 And I would feel the same with Brandon. Brandon here 0:03:52.440 --> 0:03:54.960 for four years. I'm going in our fifth year together 0:03:55.040 --> 0:03:57.839 and got a lot of love for ba. I think 0:03:57.880 --> 0:04:00.880 I'm close with them and hope that can't help, but 0:04:01.200 --> 0:04:03.480 only can help so much. There's also business side to it, 0:04:04.720 --> 0:04:06.680 but when you do have relationships with people, it helps. 0:04:06.880 --> 0:04:09.720 People have been able to work at these huge contracts 0:04:09.920 --> 0:04:12.800 for the star players like both and deep in the past. 0:04:12.840 --> 0:04:14.680 Has it's been one of the more challenging ones that 0:04:14.680 --> 0:04:16.560 you've since you've come, since you've. 0:04:16.400 --> 0:04:18.720 Come to Santa Clara, you know, I think, first of all, 0:04:18.720 --> 0:04:20.840 I think it's important to note we're fortunate to be 0:04:20.839 --> 0:04:23.120 in this position where we have a lot of talented players, 0:04:23.160 --> 0:04:27.480 so you have to have these conversations. This one has 0:04:27.520 --> 0:04:29.520 been challenging. As I said, we set it out, we 0:04:29.600 --> 0:04:32.720 started it earlier than we have in the past, made 0:04:32.720 --> 0:04:35.680 it a priority, and there's a lot of dynamics I'm 0:04:35.680 --> 0:04:37.400 not going to get into all of them, but there's 0:04:37.440 --> 0:04:39.680 a lot of dynamics as to why it's been challenging. 0:04:39.880 --> 0:04:45.680 And you know, uh, the fifth year option is something 0:04:45.680 --> 0:04:47.520 we all sign up for when you have a first 0:04:47.600 --> 0:04:50.400 round pick, and you know that's been out there. But 0:04:50.440 --> 0:04:53.440 we've tried diligently to get this done. We haven't been 0:04:53.440 --> 0:04:55.680 able to get there. That's you know, what I've learned 0:04:55.720 --> 0:04:58.920 from my past experiences for the last seven years going 0:04:58.960 --> 0:05:01.920 into our eighth is that sometimes when you think there's 0:05:01.960 --> 0:05:04.360 no way this thing's going to progress, they do. Sometimes 0:05:04.360 --> 0:05:07.120 when you think there's all right, this thing's done tomorrow, 0:05:07.200 --> 0:05:09.680 it's not. So you just keep keep going, You stay 0:05:09.720 --> 0:05:14.359 in communication, and you know, you understand that it's a business. 0:05:14.400 --> 0:05:16.240 I've been in their shoes. I know where they're at, 0:05:16.800 --> 0:05:19.400 I know the challenges. I take a lot of pride 0:05:19.480 --> 0:05:21.800 in having things done so that our team can focus 0:05:21.800 --> 0:05:24.960 on the job at hand, and it hurts me when 0:05:25.040 --> 0:05:27.000 that's not always done at this time of year. 0:05:27.040 --> 0:05:27.880 So I understand that. 0:05:28.080 --> 0:05:30.719 But again, I think we're in a forts We've We've 0:05:30.760 --> 0:05:33.560 got a lot of talented players and we've rewarded a 0:05:33.600 --> 0:05:36.520 lot so that it does become more challenging in time 0:05:36.560 --> 0:05:38.080 when you've when you've. 0:05:38.240 --> 0:05:39.479 Rewarded so many players. 0:05:39.480 --> 0:05:42.920 So but those that's also why this is a very 0:05:43.080 --> 0:05:47.039 good team that has such high expectations. Definitely be outside 0:05:47.080 --> 0:05:48.719 it would seem like the amount of receivers that have 0:05:48.760 --> 0:05:49.880 signed around the league. 0:05:49.800 --> 0:05:51.080 Would maybe make it easier. 0:05:51.120 --> 0:05:53.200 Has it? Has it in fact actually made it harder? 0:05:53.200 --> 0:05:55.880 And is there concern that this is pushing the price 0:05:55.920 --> 0:05:56.560 to a place. 0:05:56.320 --> 0:05:57.520 That you you aren't willing to go? 0:05:58.160 --> 0:06:00.200 No, I wouldn't say that, and I you know, again, 0:06:00.240 --> 0:06:02.080 I'm not going to get into the specifics. I think 0:06:02.120 --> 0:06:05.520 there's a privacy that has earned and and you know 0:06:05.520 --> 0:06:07.440 I always go back to I didn't like my business 0:06:07.480 --> 0:06:09.000 being aired out, So I'm not going to get into 0:06:09.000 --> 0:06:13.400 the specifics. There's certainly markets that happen, in developments that 0:06:13.440 --> 0:06:15.880 happened that effect. But you know, we also have our 0:06:15.920 --> 0:06:18.479 own roster, and like I said, we've rewarded a lot 0:06:18.520 --> 0:06:21.920 of players, so things do get more challenging. You know, 0:06:21.960 --> 0:06:24.880 we we've put our best foot forward, but you know, 0:06:26.680 --> 0:06:28.359 both sides have to come to great we haven't been 0:06:28.400 --> 0:06:28.760 able to. 0:06:28.720 --> 0:06:31.119 Do that yet, and so where that goes, we'll see. 0:06:31.720 --> 0:06:34.960 It's a good timeline to be for Ricky with that hamstringing. 0:06:36.760 --> 0:06:39.400 You know, I think we feel pretty confident he's in 0:06:39.440 --> 0:06:41.799 a good place. We kind of work in blocks. Our 0:06:41.880 --> 0:06:44.279 thought is that he go, he misses the first block 0:06:44.560 --> 0:06:46.640 and then you know, on that second block. 0:06:46.720 --> 0:06:48.160 But we're not going to put him out there. 0:06:48.480 --> 0:06:52.680 That's on our trainers, our performance staff, and we won't 0:06:52.680 --> 0:06:54.920 put him out there too early, you know. On that note, 0:06:54.960 --> 0:06:57.320 you know, Ben Peterson moved on to the Atlanta Hawks. 0:06:57.360 --> 0:07:01.919 We thank Ben for all his contributions. Well, we'll announce 0:07:02.720 --> 0:07:05.000 formally what their titles are and all that, but Dustin 0:07:05.040 --> 0:07:07.919 Little are head athletic trainer and Dustin Perry will be 0:07:07.960 --> 0:07:11.040 taking that kind of in a dual, dual role, and 0:07:11.080 --> 0:07:12.080 we're excited about that. 0:07:12.120 --> 0:07:15.120 Those are good people that we've got a good. 0:07:15.720 --> 0:07:17.880 System in place, and those guys will be taking the 0:07:17.920 --> 0:07:19.440 reins these extensions. 0:07:19.480 --> 0:07:22.160 It seems like you are comfortable taking your time with 0:07:22.200 --> 0:07:23.600 them as long as as it takes. 0:07:23.720 --> 0:07:26.480 Other teams seem to be doing them as as soon as. 0:07:26.360 --> 0:07:29.000 A player becomes eligible. Well, why do you like to 0:07:29.040 --> 0:07:31.440 take your time with these extensions? I don't. 0:07:32.200 --> 0:07:35.000 I'm impatient, you know, And that's h I like going 0:07:35.320 --> 0:07:38.680 and I think again, we've had a lot of really 0:07:38.720 --> 0:07:42.200 talented players, and it's you know, I think, you know, 0:07:42.320 --> 0:07:44.520 put our track record against anybody in terms of getting 0:07:44.520 --> 0:07:48.040 players signed. I wish it could happen quicker, you know, 0:07:48.320 --> 0:07:53.040 and you know, but I'm proud of our record. 0:07:52.320 --> 0:07:53.040 During now season. 0:07:53.080 --> 0:07:56.280 Was Christian McCaffrey. How important was it for both to 0:07:56.280 --> 0:07:57.480 make sure you have him around? 0:07:58.680 --> 0:08:00.240 He's a pretty good football player. 0:08:00.160 --> 0:08:01.560 Very important, you know. 0:08:01.920 --> 0:08:04.640 It's it's always tough with all this stuff, just any 0:08:04.960 --> 0:08:07.600 everything that the question guy has asked and pertaining contracts 0:08:07.640 --> 0:08:10.520 and stuff, and there's that's the whole challenge that you 0:08:10.600 --> 0:08:12.360 got to understand the market and how that works in 0:08:12.400 --> 0:08:14.080 the league, and you also got to understand what works 0:08:14.080 --> 0:08:16.040 for our team and how to build your own team 0:08:16.080 --> 0:08:18.320 with it. And there's two things that you're constantly weighing, 0:08:18.760 --> 0:08:22.400 and it's not easy to figure out. And there's never 0:08:22.440 --> 0:08:24.640 an obvious right way or wrong way. You tried to 0:08:24.640 --> 0:08:26.400 figure out the best way, and that's a lot of 0:08:26.400 --> 0:08:29.160 stuff goes into that. And to be able to get 0:08:29.240 --> 0:08:31.360 Christian here, with what he's done the last couple of 0:08:31.400 --> 0:08:32.880 years and what we plan on him doing for the 0:08:32.960 --> 0:08:36.240 next few years, we're really excited to get that done 0:08:36.280 --> 0:08:37.360 and felt great about it. 0:08:38.679 --> 0:08:40.360 From the outside, when a guy makes a trade of 0:08:40.400 --> 0:08:40.960 requests and. 0:08:42.600 --> 0:08:43.360 Comments, it's like. 0:08:43.320 --> 0:08:47.680 Oh, this is not going well. There's a real huge 0:08:47.679 --> 0:08:50.600 impast the fact that he appears to be going to 0:08:50.640 --> 0:08:54.000 be showing up and maybe just in that at least 0:08:54.040 --> 0:08:59.520 assigned to you, that is an optimistic sign where he 0:08:59.600 --> 0:08:59.959 might be. 0:09:00.200 --> 0:09:03.840 Yeah, I always want to be optimistic. Eric, You know 0:09:04.000 --> 0:09:05.880 that this has been a tough one. I think it's 0:09:05.880 --> 0:09:08.960 been been hard to find that coming, evidenced by us 0:09:09.000 --> 0:09:11.160 not not having a deal in place when we both 0:09:11.200 --> 0:09:15.200 have tried. You know, so I guess I'm you know, 0:09:15.920 --> 0:09:19.800 we're going to continue to work towards finding resolution and 0:09:21.120 --> 0:09:24.080 you know, not optimistic, not pessimistic, you know, just going 0:09:24.120 --> 0:09:26.640 to keep attacking it and trying to find the right 0:09:27.120 --> 0:09:31.000 the right endpoint for for each of us. And you know, 0:09:31.080 --> 0:09:31.600 leave it at that. 0:09:33.520 --> 0:09:35.719 Here's all you said, is it? 0:09:37.440 --> 0:09:40.120 Yeah, treated the same way as but because he did 0:09:40.120 --> 0:09:41.240 it away from here, ni fi? 0:09:41.840 --> 0:09:43.719 And how long is it? 0:09:43.800 --> 0:09:47.640 Block of prat It's really like the first four days 0:09:47.760 --> 0:09:49.440 everyone in the league has to do four days and 0:09:49.440 --> 0:09:51.480 then you get a day off and I'll be in 0:09:51.520 --> 0:09:53.360 there hopefully we'll be in there in the next three 0:09:53.559 --> 0:09:55.600 at least ease him into there. 0:09:56.280 --> 0:10:01.120 Our kittle uh travous word and Brendle coming. Will they 0:10:01.120 --> 0:10:02.320 have any restrictions of any. 0:10:02.200 --> 0:10:03.240 Kind, We'll be smart with them. 0:10:03.280 --> 0:10:05.160 But I mean, they're all one hundred percent healed and stuff. 0:10:05.200 --> 0:10:06.679 You just got to be careful how you get them 0:10:06.679 --> 0:10:09.559 back in and but they'll have some days off and 0:10:09.600 --> 0:10:10.920 stuff like that, but they're all good to go. 0:10:15.120 --> 0:10:18.319 And you said getting defensive lineman ready is a little 0:10:18.320 --> 0:10:20.280 bit different, how. 0:10:20.240 --> 0:10:24.400 Sor I mean, I think I think each team's differently, 0:10:25.240 --> 0:10:26.160 each team's different. 0:10:26.880 --> 0:10:29.199 But I would say, like I mean, i'd say a 0:10:29.280 --> 0:10:30.480 kicker if you. 0:10:30.400 --> 0:10:33.439 Want to worry about it all, because they're not tied 0:10:33.480 --> 0:10:37.000 to many other people. I think a D lineman especially, 0:10:37.040 --> 0:10:38.680 you know, with the four down scheme and the way 0:10:38.760 --> 0:10:40.479 we play it, it's a little. 0:10:40.200 --> 0:10:41.720 More individual based and stuff. 0:10:41.760 --> 0:10:43.480 Now you've got to get back into football shape and 0:10:43.480 --> 0:10:44.240 the movement and stuff. 0:10:44.280 --> 0:10:45.400 But as a as far as. 0:10:45.360 --> 0:10:48.120 An O lineman, when you're moving in combination with the 0:10:48.120 --> 0:10:50.679 guy next to you or sometimes both guys next year 0:10:50.679 --> 0:10:52.960 three people, you have to zone stuff off. It just 0:10:53.360 --> 0:10:55.560 it takes longer to build guys together and things like 0:10:55.600 --> 0:10:59.679 that at other positions, D line, not that any of 0:10:59.760 --> 0:11:02.480 them are good. I would say is I'd put probably 0:11:02.520 --> 0:11:03.640 behind kicker at that. 0:11:04.559 --> 0:11:07.439 John, do you have a date a time when you 0:11:07.440 --> 0:11:09.560 you would like to have brandon situation resolve? 0:11:11.440 --> 0:11:13.359 No date? You know, yesterday? 0:11:13.840 --> 0:11:18.400 You know, uh you know, but uh, you know, we'll 0:11:18.400 --> 0:11:21.040 continue communication and you know, keep working. 0:11:21.720 --> 0:11:22.360 As a coach. 0:11:22.559 --> 0:11:24.560 How does it affect to have a piece like Brandon 0:11:25.080 --> 0:11:27.560 not you not knowing if you're going to have what day, 0:11:27.760 --> 0:11:29.920 what to what capacity to see? 0:11:30.000 --> 0:11:32.240 I mean, it's a question mark. How does it affect 0:11:32.240 --> 0:11:33.040 you and your planning? 0:11:33.480 --> 0:11:35.640 I mean it's tough, I mean, especially a player like Brandon. 0:11:35.960 --> 0:11:38.320 But that's something like I mean, if I just found 0:11:38.320 --> 0:11:41.199 that out today, you probably see me a lot more 0:11:41.600 --> 0:11:45.199 of a panic. But it's something that you you understand 0:11:45.240 --> 0:11:47.600 what's going on. You've understood that the whole off season. 0:11:47.600 --> 0:11:49.360 It's something I hope that we don't have to deal with. 0:11:49.440 --> 0:11:51.960 But if you do, that's you got to deal with it. 0:11:52.040 --> 0:11:54.040 So you prepare for that and how you think, how 0:11:54.040 --> 0:11:57.000 you plan, and it's not something that you can. 0:11:56.960 --> 0:11:57.760 Let surprise you. 0:11:57.880 --> 0:12:01.120 In my situation, so it's definitely not ideal situation, not 0:12:01.200 --> 0:12:02.800 at all what you want, but it's something that you're 0:12:02.800 --> 0:12:06.040 prepared for as a coach and you playing your team accordingly. 0:12:07.280 --> 0:12:10.200 How you're going to split the quarterback rep or Bobs 0:12:10.200 --> 0:12:11.520 and Allen going to split the twos? 0:12:11.600 --> 0:12:14.240 Yeah, they'll keep splitting those reps compete for the two spot. 0:12:15.559 --> 0:12:19.240 A year ago, Brock was entering training camp not fully healthy. 0:12:19.280 --> 0:12:21.840 How different is the experience now coming with him full 0:12:21.920 --> 0:12:22.440 off season? 0:12:22.480 --> 0:12:22.840 Good to go? 0:12:23.280 --> 0:12:25.160 It's cool. I mean, it's nice. It's just there's a 0:12:25.200 --> 0:12:26.560 lot more uncertainty. You know. 0:12:26.600 --> 0:12:28.560 I felt good about him last year and just talking 0:12:28.600 --> 0:12:30.960 to him every day and watching his rehab that looked great, 0:12:31.080 --> 0:12:33.520 but it's still a scary injury and you got to 0:12:33.559 --> 0:12:35.640 be You're nervous when he comes back this year. Just 0:12:35.679 --> 0:12:37.160 being able to go through an off season that just 0:12:37.240 --> 0:12:39.040 wasn't in the film room that was the film room, 0:12:39.080 --> 0:12:41.560 and the football field was great. I know he had 0:12:41.559 --> 0:12:44.920 a good forty days away. Awesome that he got married, 0:12:45.280 --> 0:12:47.080 and I think he's in a great spot in his life, 0:12:47.120 --> 0:12:49.960 great spot physically, and I'm just pumped to start tomorrow 0:12:49.960 --> 0:12:50.280 with him. 0:12:50.760 --> 0:12:53.400 How was this off season different than the ones you 0:12:53.520 --> 0:12:56.200 had when you were so close? When you can you can. 0:12:56.160 --> 0:12:57.360 Win the win. 0:12:58.480 --> 0:13:02.320 It was a lot shorter last time that after the 0:13:02.320 --> 0:13:05.600 Super Bowl, you know, we got three weeks off and 0:13:05.640 --> 0:13:07.160 then you come back in and I think I came 0:13:07.200 --> 0:13:09.120 back in for two days before the whole world shut 0:13:09.160 --> 0:13:11.960 down and I went home and stayed in sweats and 0:13:12.000 --> 0:13:13.680 hung out with my kids for the next four months 0:13:14.320 --> 0:13:15.040 because of COVID. 0:13:15.559 --> 0:13:16.120 So it's different. 0:13:16.160 --> 0:13:17.199 And we weren't even sure if we were going to 0:13:17.280 --> 0:13:18.640 have a season, and then we just crammed in a 0:13:18.640 --> 0:13:21.640 training camp right before the season, so it was totally different. 0:13:21.720 --> 0:13:22.760 This one went a lot faster. 0:13:23.600 --> 0:13:25.640 I think that is the tough things about going to 0:13:25.679 --> 0:13:28.120 the Super Bowl and stuff, and whether you win or lose, 0:13:29.080 --> 0:13:30.360 how long it takes to deal with some of the 0:13:30.400 --> 0:13:32.160 things that you put off all the way to February, 0:13:32.280 --> 0:13:35.960 the recovery you need just mentally and physically. But when 0:13:36.000 --> 0:13:37.640 you get to this point, it all kind of feels 0:13:37.640 --> 0:13:39.719 the same. If you would ask me this forty days ago, 0:13:39.760 --> 0:13:42.319 I'd been like, oh, I need a little bit more time. 0:13:42.400 --> 0:13:45.120 But now that I've been away from this building and 0:13:45.480 --> 0:13:47.840 everyone really has and we've done forty days with our family, 0:13:47.880 --> 0:13:50.120 it's it's time to get back. And I know my 0:13:50.160 --> 0:13:53.760 family wants me back bad and here, and I'm ready 0:13:53.800 --> 0:13:56.280 to start doing some things besides going to the beach 0:13:56.320 --> 0:13:56.600 with them. 0:13:56.920 --> 0:13:59.679 What did you want and what aspect. 0:14:00.160 --> 0:14:02.840 About yourself as a coach, the season, the game? What 0:14:02.920 --> 0:14:04.720 did you learn these forty days about yourself? 0:14:05.120 --> 0:14:09.640 The forty days, I learned how much fun I can 0:14:09.720 --> 0:14:11.920 have before I need to go back, And it gets 0:14:12.000 --> 0:14:14.800 less and less each year as I get older. You 0:14:14.800 --> 0:14:16.440 start to realize how you got to balance more stuff 0:14:16.440 --> 0:14:18.120 out and did a lot more like going on morning 0:14:18.160 --> 0:14:20.760 walks and stuff with my family, which made me feel 0:14:20.840 --> 0:14:23.800 very old, but after doing it for about four days, 0:14:23.800 --> 0:14:25.840 maybe me feel a lot healthier. So like I enjoyed 0:14:25.840 --> 0:14:27.920 that stuff, got in a lot more routines. And it's 0:14:27.960 --> 0:14:30.320 really about I think as you go. I mean, it's 0:14:30.360 --> 0:14:33.400 my twentieth season, and you so know what it's about, 0:14:33.600 --> 0:14:35.560 Like you so know what you're doing every single day. 0:14:35.560 --> 0:14:37.680 You so know about the seventh month grind, and it's 0:14:38.120 --> 0:14:39.800 it's not at all coming back to the hours. 0:14:39.840 --> 0:14:40.720 It's coming back to. 0:14:42.160 --> 0:14:44.120 You're not gonna have a day off minus that by 0:14:44.200 --> 0:14:47.280 week until hopefully February, and so it's just you know 0:14:47.320 --> 0:14:48.920 what that takes. You know what you're going to go through, 0:14:49.000 --> 0:14:51.800 so you kind of know how to handle yourself the 0:14:51.840 --> 0:14:55.240 forty days away, you know, spiritually, mentally, physically, all the stuff. 0:14:55.280 --> 0:14:57.040 And players got to build their body up in a 0:14:57.040 --> 0:14:57.560 certain way. 0:14:57.960 --> 0:15:00.880 And guys who go to the Super Bowl, our vets 0:15:00.880 --> 0:15:03.800 who have been in the playoffs for the last few years, 0:15:03.800 --> 0:15:06.000 who always do that extra stuff. When you do that 0:15:06.000 --> 0:15:08.240 your first time, you're like, holy cow, I didn't know 0:15:08.280 --> 0:15:10.640 how hard this was. And then everyone kind of learns 0:15:10.680 --> 0:15:13.440 what it's like, and coaches, players, everyone. I think you 0:15:13.640 --> 0:15:16.280 kind of understand what you need to do for yourself 0:15:16.600 --> 0:15:18.080 to get through what you're expecting to happen. 0:15:19.160 --> 0:15:21.240 Facial hair experimentation. 0:15:22.120 --> 0:15:25.200 Worry, what the equation? 0:15:26.080 --> 0:15:28.720 I always experienced my off season because I'm out of boredom. 0:15:28.800 --> 0:15:30.560 But I got very used to it, and I liked 0:15:30.560 --> 0:15:33.000 it because my wife did. But I knew you guys 0:15:33.000 --> 0:15:35.440 would talk about it too much, so I had to 0:15:35.440 --> 0:15:36.280 shave it yesterday. 0:15:37.120 --> 0:15:39.000 You're going to create such a big store with it. 0:15:40.880 --> 0:15:42.480 Never know I thought it was gonna be more low key, 0:15:42.480 --> 0:15:44.080 and I'm as many people see, but that was probably 0:15:44.120 --> 0:15:44.520 dumb with me. 0:15:46.200 --> 0:15:47.480 Yeah, you do it the first week. 0:15:47.520 --> 0:15:49.480 But because I've never worn a mustache before, but once 0:15:49.520 --> 0:15:50.800 you wear it for a week, you get used to it, 0:15:50.800 --> 0:15:52.640 and it's not a big deal until you see someone 0:15:52.680 --> 0:15:54.280 who hasn't seen you yet, and then they look at 0:15:54.360 --> 0:15:58.280 you very Weirdly's I learned to demands respect. Whether it's 0:15:58.280 --> 0:16:01.960 good respect or bad respect, no respect, it still makes 0:16:02.120 --> 0:16:02.840 someone decide. 0:16:03.960 --> 0:16:05.040 But I can't care anything. 0:16:05.040 --> 0:16:06.560 He inspired some people in the process. 0:16:06.600 --> 0:16:09.560 I think some nice stashes in the in the in 0:16:09.680 --> 0:16:11.680 the early check ins the. 0:16:11.600 --> 0:16:14.240 Off season, you said to us, hey, you know, we 0:16:14.400 --> 0:16:16.000 really want to add some finishers. 0:16:16.960 --> 0:16:17.920 How do you define that? 0:16:18.080 --> 0:16:20.200 And now looking back at the off season, did you 0:16:20.320 --> 0:16:21.600 were able to add some finishers? 0:16:21.720 --> 0:16:23.800 Yeah, we always want I mean that's that's one of 0:16:23.800 --> 0:16:26.160 the things we are always talking about, adding finishers. 0:16:26.160 --> 0:16:29.240 And what is finishing meaning? It means finishing the day. 0:16:29.320 --> 0:16:32.400 It means finishing a meeting, a finishing that game, finishing 0:16:32.440 --> 0:16:36.040 a series, finishing a season. That's important in this league 0:16:36.080 --> 0:16:38.360 because this league is a grind and you need people 0:16:38.440 --> 0:16:42.440 that can close things out. And you know, I think 0:16:43.520 --> 0:16:45.480 as close as we come, I think you just keep 0:16:45.520 --> 0:16:47.920 adding those type of people and you give yourself a chance. 0:16:48.000 --> 0:16:50.160 Kyle and I I think kind of raised the same 0:16:50.160 --> 0:16:51.920 way my dad used to say in life. All you 0:16:52.000 --> 0:16:53.720 want is a chance and you have to earn that. 0:16:54.080 --> 0:16:55.800 His dad used to say that as a head coach 0:16:55.840 --> 0:16:58.560 all the time. I remember hearing that in my years 0:16:58.560 --> 0:17:00.800 at Denver. We have a chance. This him as a chance. 0:17:02.400 --> 0:17:05.840 It's a it's an awesome opportunity that we have going 0:17:05.880 --> 0:17:10.800 into camp. I'm really excited. Uh it's uh, I'm fired up, 0:17:10.960 --> 0:17:15.280 and uh I think, Uh, that's that's why you need finishers, 0:17:15.320 --> 0:17:18.320 to h to close everything you do, to finish everything 0:17:18.359 --> 0:17:20.560 you do, John. 0:17:21.880 --> 0:17:25.320 Agents, that's the best time to have your player pulled 0:17:25.320 --> 0:17:28.760 out is when you're playing for a team that is 0:17:28.800 --> 0:17:31.160 on the verge or close to winning a championship. 0:17:31.720 --> 0:17:34.000 That's the most pressure on its. 0:17:36.240 --> 0:17:38.400 How do you react to that on the other. 0:17:38.280 --> 0:17:42.760 Side of it, Well, I guess I understand that narrative, 0:17:42.920 --> 0:17:47.200 but you know, we we're trying to have success right 0:17:47.200 --> 0:17:50.359