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I'll be discussing 0:01:45.200 --> 0:01:47.840 training camp with my broadcast partner Dave Lapham on a 0:01:47.880 --> 0:01:52.040 regular basis, but rather than simply sharing our observations, I 0:01:52.040 --> 0:01:54.760 thought it might be fun to add some of the 0:01:54.800 --> 0:01:58.520 most interesting things we've heard coming out of the locker room. 0:02:00.080 --> 0:02:01.840 All right, lap, We're going to do something a little 0:02:01.880 --> 0:02:04.640 bit different. As we discussed the first several days of 0:02:04.680 --> 0:02:07.560 training camp, I've compiled some of my favorite comments from 0:02:07.560 --> 0:02:10.120 players and coaches that we are going to drop in 0:02:10.320 --> 0:02:12.440 as we discuss some of the big stories so far. 0:02:12.600 --> 0:02:15.160 So let's start with the biggest story of all, and 0:02:15.200 --> 0:02:18.320 that is Joe Burrow as he returns from risk surgery. 0:02:18.680 --> 0:02:21.960 They gave him day three off, but they certainly haven't 0:02:21.960 --> 0:02:24.560 babied him On the first couple of days, he threw 0:02:24.600 --> 0:02:27.040 to all levels of the field. His passes had zip. 0:02:27.320 --> 0:02:29.640 I think everybody agreed that he looked pretty darn good. 0:02:30.040 --> 0:02:35.440 Here are t Higgins and andre Yosi Vash describing Joe's throws. 0:02:35.720 --> 0:02:42.359 He threw me a ball so deep today. I was like, man, man, 0:02:42.400 --> 0:02:45.040 he looked good. Man, he looked good and excited for him. 0:02:45.600 --> 0:02:48.280 He looks like, you know, did Joe? 0:02:48.280 --> 0:02:50.440 We went, Joe. They'll see in the Super Bowl. 0:02:50.360 --> 0:02:53.720 Run is a burrow overthrow a good thing at this point, 0:02:53.880 --> 0:02:55.000 just seeing him married out like that. 0:02:55.080 --> 0:02:56.400 Yeah, Yeah, that's what I like. 0:02:56.440 --> 0:02:56.600 Man. 0:02:56.639 --> 0:02:58.240 I was, I had to get my legs back. Man, 0:02:58.360 --> 0:03:00.359 I'm gonna put that one on me. He put it 0:03:00.360 --> 0:03:01.480 out there where I can go get it, and I 0:03:01.639 --> 0:03:06.360 just sure I couldn't get there. 0:03:06.400 --> 0:03:09.799 But man, it's nice to see. Every ball was very catchable. 0:03:11.160 --> 0:03:12.600 He was launching that thing down the field. 0:03:12.639 --> 0:03:14.800 You've seen it a couple of times, so I think 0:03:14.840 --> 0:03:17.880 that you know that that period after Ota is really 0:03:17.919 --> 0:03:21.520 just chilled and rehabbed, and he came back fiery for sure. 0:03:21.880 --> 0:03:22.160 All right. 0:03:22.240 --> 0:03:25.440 Lap Joe says his passes are basically going where he 0:03:25.480 --> 0:03:28.359 wants them to. Sometimes they don't spin quite the way 0:03:28.360 --> 0:03:30.480 he wants them to, at least not yet, but overall 0:03:30.520 --> 0:03:33.440 he's very happy. How would you describe the Joe Burrow 0:03:33.480 --> 0:03:34.359 that you've watched so far? 0:03:35.120 --> 0:03:37.600 I describe him as the ball's come out coming out 0:03:37.640 --> 0:03:40.960 of his hand exceptionally well, and it's coming out accurately. 0:03:41.440 --> 0:03:43.080 I do agree with him. I think he's putting the 0:03:43.120 --> 0:03:44.880 ball exactly where he wants to. I think he's putting 0:03:44.880 --> 0:03:48.960 the ball uh there with power and velocity. I do 0:03:49.040 --> 0:03:51.480 think the workouts that he that he had where he's 0:03:51.520 --> 0:03:54.840 put on ten or fifteen pounds of muscle, has definitely 0:03:55.360 --> 0:03:59.280 shown in not only his physical stature and maybe ability 0:03:59.280 --> 0:04:01.360 to absorb kind intact and all that sort of thing, 0:04:01.680 --> 0:04:03.920 but in a strowing arm. I think I think he's 0:04:04.000 --> 0:04:07.880 just he's stronger, and I think he's I think he's 0:04:08.520 --> 0:04:10.720 ready for a big season. I do agree with Tea. 0:04:10.720 --> 0:04:14.160 I mean, I think his deep ball is deeper and 0:04:14.160 --> 0:04:17.919 and he's he's added some added some length to that 0:04:17.960 --> 0:04:20.320 deep ball for sure. And I do agree with t 0:04:20.520 --> 0:04:22.960 that wide receivers now are getting their football legs back 0:04:23.000 --> 0:04:25.520 because he can run sprints all day, but getting in 0:04:25.560 --> 0:04:27.680 and out of cuts and doing football things are are 0:04:27.720 --> 0:04:30.479 a little bit different, and tracking deep balls, you know, 0:04:30.600 --> 0:04:32.360 takes a little bit of time as well. It doesn't 0:04:32.680 --> 0:04:37.039 just happen overnight. But I'm I'm encouraged by what I 0:04:37.080 --> 0:04:40.080 see with Joe and his receivers. And I mean Jamar 0:04:40.160 --> 0:04:42.599 hasn't even hit the field yet, and Tea has been 0:04:43.040 --> 0:04:46.040 you know, on and off the football field, and then 0:04:46.080 --> 0:04:49.159 Joe himself has been off the football field. So it's 0:04:49.160 --> 0:04:52.520 a small sample size. There's miles to go before everybody rests, 0:04:53.080 --> 0:04:55.800 but the initial stages of the journey looked pretty good. 0:04:56.480 --> 0:04:58.599 While most of the world is focused on Burrow for 0:04:58.640 --> 0:05:01.039 obvious reasons, I know you paid a lot of attention 0:05:01.160 --> 0:05:04.040 to first round draft pick of Marius Mims. He's wearing 0:05:04.040 --> 0:05:06.520 the number seventy one. He told me he chose it 0:05:06.600 --> 0:05:08.800 because that was Willie Anderson's number when he played for 0:05:08.839 --> 0:05:11.600 the Bengals, the most dominant right tackle in team history. 0:05:11.800 --> 0:05:14.839 Here's Big Willie on what he saw the first time 0:05:14.880 --> 0:05:16.200 he watched a Marius Mims. 0:05:16.279 --> 0:05:19.800 The tall, big guy with great feet, basketball player, feats 0:05:19.800 --> 0:05:22.640 strong ass hands. I mean he put his hands on 0:05:22.760 --> 0:05:25.400 you can either stop or you go backwards, which is 0:05:25.400 --> 0:05:28.400 always a good thing. At tackle. But the most impressive 0:05:28.400 --> 0:05:30.360 thing I like about him is his athletic ability to 0:05:30.440 --> 0:05:34.440 be that big. You can see his legs, its athletic legs. 0:05:34.880 --> 0:05:35.760 It's impressive to watch. 0:05:36.240 --> 0:05:38.640 Here's my take on a Marius Mims. He was the 0:05:38.720 --> 0:05:41.680 eighteenth pick in the draft. Six quarterbacks went in the 0:05:41.720 --> 0:05:45.039 top twelve. There were eight offensive tackles taken in the 0:05:45.080 --> 0:05:48.840 first round. In a normal year, Marius Mims looks like 0:05:48.880 --> 0:05:51.120 a top ten, maybe even top five pick. To me, 0:05:51.200 --> 0:05:52.440 do you agree totally? 0:05:53.120 --> 0:05:57.480 I mean, his size and movement skills are almost beyond words. 0:05:57.680 --> 0:05:59.880 Can't find right words to describe it. It is ra 0:06:00.640 --> 0:06:03.600 It is so unique. I mean, his his skill set 0:06:03.640 --> 0:06:08.599 is off the charts. He has he has traits that 0:06:09.720 --> 0:06:12.919 could lead to greatness for a number of years. I 0:06:12.920 --> 0:06:17.120 mean this, this guy is so special physically, it's remarkable. 0:06:17.160 --> 0:06:19.400 And we've talked about this many times before. In any 0:06:19.440 --> 0:06:21.400 athletic endeavor, it starts with your feet and ends with 0:06:21.440 --> 0:06:24.680 your hands. And like Willie says, he's he's got like 0:06:25.040 --> 0:06:27.320 dancers feet. He called it basketball feet. I mean he 0:06:27.440 --> 0:06:29.919 is he is so light on his feet, but not 0:06:30.040 --> 0:06:31.920 light to the point where he can't get that foot 0:06:31.920 --> 0:06:34.320 in the ground and anchor on you right now, he's 0:06:34.480 --> 0:06:37.599 just gifted. And then when he when he that's that's 0:06:37.600 --> 0:06:39.640 to start the process. And then to finish it. You 0:06:39.680 --> 0:06:42.200 have to have strong hands, and he will finish you 0:06:42.520 --> 0:06:45.240 with those big old myths. Man. When he clamps on you, 0:06:45.240 --> 0:06:47.640 you're done. It's it's like he's got you. He's you're 0:06:47.640 --> 0:06:48.480 as prisoner. Man. 0:06:49.640 --> 0:06:52.159 You see things when you watch offensive line drills that 0:06:52.200 --> 0:06:56.400 I would never possibly see. Is there anything in particular 0:06:56.480 --> 0:07:00.000 with him that you just say wow? That is on you? 0:07:00.440 --> 0:07:00.640 Yeah. 0:07:00.920 --> 0:07:03.320 For a guy his size Dan, you know, six eight 0:07:03.360 --> 0:07:06.839 plus or whatever, for him to be able to bend correctly, 0:07:06.880 --> 0:07:08.960 you know, bended his knees, not bended his waist to 0:07:09.040 --> 0:07:11.400 get that body down and get the pad level down 0:07:12.000 --> 0:07:15.880 is pretty spectacular, you know. And yeah, and has change 0:07:15.880 --> 0:07:18.800 the direction again. He did get Sam beat him inside. 0:07:19.200 --> 0:07:22.440 And it's not like, you know, every single time he's 0:07:22.480 --> 0:07:23.520 not going to get beaten inside. 0:07:23.560 --> 0:07:24.360 It will happen. 0:07:24.760 --> 0:07:28.560 But boy, can he change direction and get inside as 0:07:28.640 --> 0:07:31.880 well as just about anybody. And and the other thing 0:07:31.920 --> 0:07:34.160 about him, those are all the physical things. The other 0:07:34.200 --> 0:07:38.560 thing about him, he's a sponge man. He's he's right 0:07:38.600 --> 0:07:40.800 on with his eyes are locked in on his coaches. 0:07:41.040 --> 0:07:44.080 He's asking questions to the veterans, And when I asked 0:07:44.120 --> 0:07:47.280 the veterans, what kind of questions? Really good questions? Man, 0:07:47.440 --> 0:07:50.880 It's obvious that he's been studying and he's asking, you know, 0:07:51.120 --> 0:07:54.600 advanced questions, advanced plays, some questions, not you know, questions 0:07:54.640 --> 0:07:56.600 like what that's a dumb ass question, you know, not 0:07:56.920 --> 0:07:57.680 that type of thing. 0:07:58.880 --> 0:08:01.520 So he's getting rapped with the first team at tackle 0:08:01.560 --> 0:08:04.160 because Trent Brown is on the non football injury list. 0:08:04.440 --> 0:08:06.720 He's been working out on the reheab field every day. 0:08:06.800 --> 0:08:09.920 What's your concern level there, if there's any concern at all. 0:08:10.200 --> 0:08:12.120 I don't. I don't think there's a huge amount of 0:08:12.200 --> 0:08:16.760 concern missing. What he's missing isn't isn't pivotal. He's going 0:08:16.760 --> 0:08:19.120 into his tenth year. He's the only guy in the roster, 0:08:19.240 --> 0:08:21.360 by the way, that is going into his tenth year. 0:08:21.680 --> 0:08:25.040 Everybody else is a single digit player on this football team. 0:08:25.200 --> 0:08:27.679 Is a young football team that's got a lot of talent. 0:08:27.760 --> 0:08:30.400 Duke Tobin and his folks are put together another very 0:08:30.480 --> 0:08:34.120 very good roster. There's no question, but he knows what 0:08:34.360 --> 0:08:37.600 he needs to do. It's early and I don't have 0:08:37.640 --> 0:08:42.160 any huge concern right now. Worst case scenario for him, 0:08:42.200 --> 0:08:45.480 he's an insurance policy. I mean, if Mims comes on 0:08:46.120 --> 0:08:49.360 and plays really well and they decide to start him 0:08:49.400 --> 0:08:52.360 the last tackle to start his first game as rookie, 0:08:52.360 --> 0:08:55.360 as the legendary Anthony Munoz. If Mims is that good 0:08:55.800 --> 0:08:57.800 and he can start at the tackle position in the 0:08:57.880 --> 0:09:01.200 NFL his first, you know, regular season game as a rookie, 0:09:01.640 --> 0:09:04.079 you got a heck of an insurance policy there. And 0:09:04.600 --> 0:09:07.599 you know, and Trent Brown can still play at a 0:09:07.640 --> 0:09:10.040 high level. So I think they're in a pretty good, 0:09:10.160 --> 0:09:12.520 pretty good situation. They're at that right tackle position. 0:09:13.320 --> 0:09:16.080 After the third practice of camp, I tweeted out that 0:09:16.240 --> 0:09:19.319 my most impressive players so far, admittedly in a tiny 0:09:19.360 --> 0:09:23.000 sample size, has been wide receiver Andre Yosi Vash. He's 0:09:23.040 --> 0:09:24.920 been spending a lot of time in the slot. He's 0:09:24.960 --> 0:09:28.400 been making catches all over the field. Here's Jake Browning 0:09:28.679 --> 0:09:33.200 comparing Yosi Vosh's year two jump to t Higgins. 0:09:33.360 --> 0:09:34.959 I see a guy that's going to do a second year, 0:09:35.000 --> 0:09:39.120 and it's a really hard worker. And so I wasn't 0:09:39.120 --> 0:09:44.079 here for Tea's first year or second, But I don't know, 0:09:44.160 --> 0:09:47.920 a lot of people have said like his whatever development 0:09:47.960 --> 0:09:50.600 from year one to year two is really big, and 0:09:50.679 --> 0:09:54.079 so you know, I wasn't here for that, but I 0:09:54.120 --> 0:09:56.120 would say it's something that where you have a guy 0:09:56.160 --> 0:09:59.520 that played in IVY League kind of gets thrown in 0:09:59.559 --> 0:10:02.720 there good amount, probably more than you would have anticipated. 0:10:03.240 --> 0:10:05.480 Plays well as battling, but then he gets a whole 0:10:05.480 --> 0:10:08.320 offseason to go train like a pro, and you know, 0:10:08.360 --> 0:10:11.280 he's not worrying about his forty time, he's worrying about releases, 0:10:11.440 --> 0:10:14.719 not worrying about a shuttle, He's worrying about receiver training. Look, 0:10:14.880 --> 0:10:18.360 and so you know it is it's just day three, 0:10:18.679 --> 0:10:21.400 but he has had a very good camp up till now, 0:10:21.440 --> 0:10:23.000 and I'm excited to see what he can do. 0:10:23.520 --> 0:10:27.040 Tyler Boyd has gone, Jamar Chase hasn't practiced yet. What 0:10:27.200 --> 0:10:29.560 have been your impressions of Yosi Vash and the other 0:10:29.640 --> 0:10:31.480 receivers that have been out there. 0:10:32.160 --> 0:10:37.240 I think very impressive. Yosi Vash to me, like you know, 0:10:37.360 --> 0:10:40.600 Jake's talking about from year one to year two, particularly 0:10:40.640 --> 0:10:44.079 going from the IVY League competition to the National Football League, 0:10:44.080 --> 0:10:45.679 that had to be like WHOA. That had to be 0:10:45.720 --> 0:10:47.960 a big adjustment, even for a guy as smart as 0:10:48.000 --> 0:10:53.240 Yosi and he he is extremely intelligent, not just raw 0:10:53.240 --> 0:10:56.840 intelligence Princeton, but I mean he's got very good football 0:10:56.880 --> 0:10:59.360 like you as well. And two guys that I thought 0:10:59.760 --> 0:11:02.760 have really done a really big time job in the 0:11:02.760 --> 0:11:06.520 off season improving their route running, Chase Brown and Yosi, 0:11:06.840 --> 0:11:10.840 and I think it's showing. And I think he sees 0:11:10.880 --> 0:11:16.559 things faster. He's running very very good routes. He's always 0:11:16.600 --> 0:11:20.040 been an incredible athlete. He's got six for three inch height, 0:11:20.120 --> 0:11:23.200 long arms, he can high point a ball contested catch, 0:11:23.600 --> 0:11:25.560 he can separate, he can run after catch. I mean, 0:11:25.600 --> 0:11:28.959 there's really not much that he can't do. So I 0:11:29.320 --> 0:11:32.600 think that as a as a football player, year one 0:11:32.640 --> 0:11:35.719 to year two, you look to make big gains. I 0:11:35.760 --> 0:11:38.480 mean that's when, man, I didn't know what I didn't 0:11:38.480 --> 0:11:41.000 know last year. Look at it in the offseason, when 0:11:41.000 --> 0:11:42.839 you're looking at a tape, when you're thinking back on things, 0:11:42.880 --> 0:11:45.160 you're like, oh my gosh, man, what was I doing? 0:11:45.200 --> 0:11:45.839 What was I thinking? 0:11:46.080 --> 0:11:46.280 Oh? 0:11:46.320 --> 0:11:48.960 I really didn't know what to think. And now you 0:11:49.000 --> 0:11:51.160 come back in year two, you have all those experiences 0:11:51.240 --> 0:11:54.280 under your belt and you go through another off season 0:11:54.320 --> 0:11:56.760 where you're not training to get drafted and all that 0:11:56.800 --> 0:11:59.000 sort of thing. It's a much different offseason, the pace 0:11:59.080 --> 0:12:02.360 of it, everything. You can just settle into your work 0:12:02.440 --> 0:12:06.880 routine and he worked. Chase Brown worked a lot of 0:12:06.920 --> 0:12:09.680 these first year guys going into the second year worked man. 0:12:10.040 --> 0:12:12.120 And it's it's shown your. 0:12:11.960 --> 0:12:16.080 Mention if Chase Brown is the perfect segue because he 0:12:16.280 --> 0:12:19.400 and andre Jo Sivas trained with the same well known 0:12:19.480 --> 0:12:22.439 wide receivers coach in the offseason. Chase Brown is obviously 0:12:22.480 --> 0:12:26.520 a running back. Here's Chase on the benefits of that training. 0:12:26.640 --> 0:12:28.520 Went all in on, you know, trying to be the 0:12:28.520 --> 0:12:32.280 best version of myself as far as receiving. 0:12:31.960 --> 0:12:33.120 The ball and protection. 0:12:33.600 --> 0:12:37.480 And you know, I really want to upgrade in that 0:12:37.559 --> 0:12:40.319 aspect of my game, especially if I want to take 0:12:40.360 --> 0:12:42.440 a step forward in this offense in this league. So 0:12:42.880 --> 0:12:46.760 that's where I focus on this entire offseason, dedicated. 0:12:47.800 --> 0:12:49.800 Countless hours to it, and you know, I'm just looking 0:12:49.840 --> 0:12:50.560 forward to putting in on. 0:12:50.960 --> 0:12:53.640 Chase averaged four yards per carry as a rookie, more 0:12:53.679 --> 0:12:56.240 than eleven yards per catch as a rookie. Where do 0:12:56.280 --> 0:12:59.560 you see that improvement after his work with the wide 0:12:59.559 --> 0:13:00.320 receivers coach. 0:13:01.000 --> 0:13:06.080 Yeah, I mean his his route running ability is much improved. 0:13:06.120 --> 0:13:09.520 Markedly improved. You know, he's always been a burner. I 0:13:09.520 --> 0:13:13.440 mean he can just he can outrun anybody, but changing speeds, 0:13:13.480 --> 0:13:16.120 you know, accelerating, decelerating at the proper time, seeing your 0:13:16.200 --> 0:13:19.800 hipskin and then out of cuts, getting separation. And he's 0:13:19.880 --> 0:13:21.760 always been a decent catch of the football. I don't 0:13:21.760 --> 0:13:24.719 think people really knew or expected that. But I like 0:13:24.800 --> 0:13:27.719 the other thing he talked about, let's pick up. I mean, 0:13:27.840 --> 0:13:30.480 he's five to eleven, well over a two hundred pounds. 0:13:30.640 --> 0:13:32.040 He can. He's a stout guy. 0:13:32.120 --> 0:13:32.480 He can. 0:13:32.840 --> 0:13:35.840 It's it's you can't have a situation where every time 0:13:35.840 --> 0:13:37.920 he's on the football field. Oh, they're never gonna ask 0:13:38.000 --> 0:13:40.600 him to pick up blitzes. You know, that's that's not 0:13:40.679 --> 0:13:42.440 part of his game. All he's going to do is 0:13:42.440 --> 0:13:44.480 get out of the backfield and run routes. You might 0:13:44.520 --> 0:13:46.120 as well just line him up on the slot at 0:13:46.120 --> 0:13:50.120 that point, you know. So I think I think he 0:13:50.320 --> 0:13:55.120 has the proper mindset to attack everything and improve on 0:13:55.160 --> 0:13:58.760 your strengths and make your weakness's strengths. That's what you 0:13:58.880 --> 0:14:01.920 try to do as a professional athlete, and I think 0:14:01.920 --> 0:14:04.920 he's really done a pretty good job of it. His 0:14:05.000 --> 0:14:05.840 first off season. 0:14:06.240 --> 0:14:08.760 Let's turn to defense and another member of last year's 0:14:08.840 --> 0:14:12.800 draft class, DJ Turner. He had three pass breakups on Friday. 0:14:13.160 --> 0:14:15.800 I heard some of his teammates calling him mister PBu. 0:14:16.040 --> 0:14:19.080 Now that's not necessarily a compliment, because they'd like to 0:14:19.080 --> 0:14:21.440 see him intercept some of those passes and not just 0:14:21.480 --> 0:14:24.120 break them up. But in any case, here's Mike Hilton 0:14:24.440 --> 0:14:27.280 on the improvement that he sees in DJ Turner a. 0:14:27.320 --> 0:14:29.880 Year two jumping that people expect it, you know, year 0:14:29.920 --> 0:14:33.680 one being a rookie houstone to substituations. Obviously, Chido comes 0:14:33.680 --> 0:14:35.840 back from his injury and him pretty much starting his 0:14:35.880 --> 0:14:38.280 whole rookie year and it's took but he that was 0:14:38.320 --> 0:14:40.160 great experience of for him and now he's going to 0:14:40.200 --> 0:14:43.360 year two with a lot more confidence and belief in itself. 0:14:43.400 --> 0:14:45.560 So we expect him to be on our top guys. 0:14:45.800 --> 0:14:48.520 As we do this interview, Cam Taylor Britt hasn't practiced 0:14:48.600 --> 0:14:52.000 yet after having his tonsils taken out. DJ Turner has 0:14:52.040 --> 0:14:54.040 made a bunch of plays he has. 0:14:54.280 --> 0:14:57.200 I mean he's taken advantage of advantage of his opportunities, 0:14:57.200 --> 0:15:00.120 and I mean when when a guy is out for 0:15:00.160 --> 0:15:03.040 an extended period and he's like the number one corner. 0:15:03.120 --> 0:15:05.640 And that's what Cam Taylor brid is going into this 0:15:05.680 --> 0:15:09.200 training camp. When you're number one guy is out, everybody 0:15:09.240 --> 0:15:12.120 else ratchets up. I mean, it's next man up. So now, 0:15:12.240 --> 0:15:16.760 not only additional reps come additional reps against a higher 0:15:16.760 --> 0:15:21.520 caliber player, also comes from a matchup standpoint. So when 0:15:21.560 --> 0:15:24.600 you get that opportunity, you want to capitalize, you want 0:15:24.600 --> 0:15:26.560 to make good on it. And he is I mean, 0:15:26.600 --> 0:15:29.760 he's he can, he can put his foot in the ground, 0:15:29.840 --> 0:15:31.920 change direction. I mean, he's a burner. I mean, he's 0:15:31.960 --> 0:15:34.840 one of the fastest guys in the league probably, but 0:15:34.920 --> 0:15:39.400 he can also you know, change direction. That that's that's 0:15:39.560 --> 0:15:44.720 that's a rare combination. And you know, it's interesting you 0:15:44.760 --> 0:15:47.840 look at contested catches. Well, every time there's a contested catch, 0:15:47.920 --> 0:15:51.080 that means the defender covered him pretty damn well. There's 0:15:51.080 --> 0:15:55.160 no separation. So in the contested catch situation, what's happening 0:15:55.320 --> 0:15:58.120 is the receiver high point making a play on ball. Now, now, 0:15:58.360 --> 0:16:00.440 now you got to work on something to get the 0:16:00.480 --> 0:16:03.640 ball off of them. Are you getting you're sure of 0:16:03.680 --> 0:16:04.440 past breakups? 0:16:04.440 --> 0:16:05.000 Which he is. 0:16:05.080 --> 0:16:08.120 Okay, that's the next step. The final step is catch 0:16:08.160 --> 0:16:11.360 the bad boy yourself, you know. So he understands that 0:16:11.840 --> 0:16:15.000 and when when he's in those kinds of situations, he's 0:16:15.240 --> 0:16:17.440 come down with some of those some of those takeaways, 0:16:17.440 --> 0:16:20.560 some of those turnovers, Louis and Arrumo, all his defensive 0:16:20.560 --> 0:16:23.400 buddies will be carrying them off the field on their shoulders. 0:16:24.440 --> 0:16:27.400 DJ is competing with Dax Hill for the starting outside 0:16:27.400 --> 0:16:30.200 corner spot on the opposite side of Cam Taylor Britt. 0:16:30.600 --> 0:16:34.840 Dax played slot corner at Michigan. He rarely played outside corner. 0:16:35.120 --> 0:16:38.480 Here's lou Ana Arumo on why they are trying him 0:16:38.800 --> 0:16:39.600 in that spot. 0:16:39.800 --> 0:16:44.080 Well, I think he's got traits that some of the 0:16:44.080 --> 0:16:46.880 best that have ever done it have. And then when 0:16:46.880 --> 0:16:51.560 I say that, I mean length, speed, athleticism. You know, 0:16:51.560 --> 0:16:54.240 if you're gonna draw up an outside corner he had. 0:16:54.280 --> 0:16:57.479 He hits all the check marks on the on the dimensions. 0:16:57.480 --> 0:17:00.680 Now going to do it playing and play out as 0:17:00.720 --> 0:17:04.359 you know, as you said, he played slot corner in 0:17:05.040 --> 0:17:10.160 at Michigan. But you know, I'm really anxious to see 0:17:10.200 --> 0:17:13.080 him do it, and he's embraced it. He's a great, 0:17:13.240 --> 0:17:17.200 great guy and wants to do well, and so we're 0:17:17.240 --> 0:17:18.920 excited to see him, It's gonna be fun. 0:17:19.040 --> 0:17:21.560 There's a pretty strong words from lou Ana Romo. I 0:17:21.600 --> 0:17:27.280 think Dax can always move inside. Maybe he will eventually 0:17:27.359 --> 0:17:31.120 replace Mike Hilton as the slot corner, hopefully somewhere down 0:17:31.160 --> 0:17:33.000 the road, quite a bit down the road, because Mike's 0:17:33.040 --> 0:17:34.919 got a lot of good football left in him. But 0:17:35.160 --> 0:17:38.040 if Dax Hill proves to be good on the outside, 0:17:38.680 --> 0:17:42.439 that is such a valuable spot that it would be 0:17:42.440 --> 0:17:46.280 an enormous positive for the team. That's why they're playing 0:17:46.359 --> 0:17:47.200 him outside. 0:17:46.920 --> 0:17:51.479 Right absolutely and DJ Turner one year difference at Michigan. 0:17:51.600 --> 0:17:54.360 I mean, there were teammates in that back end at Michigan. 0:17:54.480 --> 0:17:57.040 So when you're playing with a guy that you played 0:17:57.080 --> 0:18:00.800 with in your collegiate career, there's just a the familiarity 0:18:00.800 --> 0:18:04.080 aspect of that is something that shouldn't be discounted. I 0:18:04.160 --> 0:18:07.800 mean that that's a that's a scenario I think that 0:18:07.880 --> 0:18:10.080 people take for granted or don't even really think about. 0:18:10.840 --> 0:18:14.480 But it just gives your comfort level and your surroundings 0:18:14.520 --> 0:18:17.520 kind of thing. But he has all the traits. I mean, 0:18:17.560 --> 0:18:19.760 he can flip his hips. That's what I was wondering about. 0:18:20.680 --> 0:18:23.919 I wanted to see him, you know, on a deep ball, backpedal, 0:18:24.080 --> 0:18:28.320 flip his hips and rum guy man smooth, very smooth transition. 0:18:28.440 --> 0:18:34.720 I think he's making now, you know. Will there be roadblocks? Yeah, 0:18:34.800 --> 0:18:38.440 I mean everybody, everybody has problems. Everybody, you know, nobody's 0:18:38.480 --> 0:18:42.359 perfect doing anything in this game of football. The key 0:18:42.560 --> 0:18:46.320 is when something does go wrong, the guys that have 0:18:46.400 --> 0:18:50.959 successful long period of time can compartmentalize it, learn from it, 0:18:51.280 --> 0:18:55.440 get over it, and move on. And and at that position, 0:18:55.960 --> 0:18:59.000 at the cornerback position, like they say, one trait you 0:18:59.040 --> 0:19:02.679 have to have is amnesia. I mean, if you do 0:19:02.720 --> 0:19:06.119 get beaten badly, you can't harbor it. You can't you know, 0:19:06.240 --> 0:19:10.320 dwell on it. You can't wallow in it, because then 0:19:10.359 --> 0:19:12.720 one bad play will turn into two, R three or 0:19:12.800 --> 0:19:14.720 four and at that point it's over. 0:19:15.600 --> 0:19:18.760 Defensive line is one of the key positions we're all watching. 0:19:18.800 --> 0:19:21.920 They signed Sheldon Rankins, They drafted Chris Jenkins and McKinley 0:19:21.960 --> 0:19:24.520 Jackson in the second and third rounds. But the guy 0:19:24.520 --> 0:19:26.960 who's caught my eye and the early portion of camp 0:19:27.000 --> 0:19:29.960 has been Sam Hubbard. He had ankle surgery just days 0:19:29.960 --> 0:19:34.800 after the season ended. He looks reinvigorated. He would have 0:19:34.840 --> 0:19:36.639 had a sack of Joe Burrow the other day. If 0:19:36.640 --> 0:19:40.520 you're allowed to hit the quarterback. Here's Sam and being healthy. 0:19:40.680 --> 0:19:41.720 I'm feeling great, you know. 0:19:41.840 --> 0:19:44.160 I just being an athlete again, moving how I want 0:19:44.160 --> 0:19:48.199 to move, running at top speed and cutting. You know, 0:19:48.400 --> 0:19:50.520 Joe got out of the pocket and I was chasing them, 0:19:50.760 --> 0:19:53.720 you know, making cuts and tracking his hip like I 0:19:53.760 --> 0:19:56.399 couldn't in the past. And it just feels good. You know, 0:19:56.440 --> 0:19:58.040 you never know how it's gonna feel until you get 0:19:58.040 --> 0:20:00.959 out there doing football full speed again. And with two 0:20:01.000 --> 0:20:03.359 of days under my belt, I'm really feeling great, getting 0:20:03.400 --> 0:20:07.960 confidence and you know, looking good on film, which is excited. 0:20:08.040 --> 0:20:10.600 But I want to have the best year of my 0:20:10.640 --> 0:20:12.600 career this year, so I'm just getting started. 0:20:13.200 --> 0:20:15.640 Was it hard to watch film when you worked yourself 0:20:16.200 --> 0:20:17.480 trying to gut it out last year? 0:20:17.600 --> 0:20:21.639 Yeah, no doubt. I don't want to watch that. You 0:20:21.680 --> 0:20:23.880 can't protect yourself. So I was just getting thrown around 0:20:23.920 --> 0:20:26.280 out there. But you know, when you're on one leg, 0:20:26.320 --> 0:20:28.440 you do what you can, and I think I fought 0:20:28.480 --> 0:20:30.760 pretty well. But I want to play at a high 0:20:30.840 --> 0:20:32.359