Speaker 1: You're the connection with Sam Bradford initially, How did the
Speaker 1: idea come up to get Sam Bradford year? Do you remember, like,
Speaker 1: at what point you thought this might be a possibility.
Speaker 1: Did you bring it up to the ship. How did
Speaker 1: it all come How did how did you guys start
Speaker 1: thinking about Sam Bradford? There was no there was no
Speaker 1: really definite day. You know. I think in the offseason
Speaker 1: teams make changes, you do things that changes the roster.
Speaker 1: We just made some changes the guys that would be
Speaker 1: considered household names. But certainly I had experience with Sam
Speaker 1: in his first year in Saint Louis, so feel a
Speaker 1: great deal about him. And basically, you know, I was
Speaker 1: able to just give some insight to what Sam was
Speaker 1: all about as a player, and then all the other
Speaker 1: stuff kind of happened down the hall from him. How
Speaker 1: do you look to take um in his last three
Speaker 1: years when you worked with Saint Louis compared it too
Speaker 1: when you were working with him, Did you see anything different? Well?
Speaker 1: I watched him. He's the same players. He's the guy
Speaker 1: that's you know, he takes great pride in his work,
Speaker 1: from whether it's calling to play and making sure the
Speaker 1: guys get lined up to executing the cadence to you know,
Speaker 1: drop him back and throwing his ball, handling, you know,
Speaker 1: his decision making. So I saw, you know, the same
Speaker 1: the same player. Unfortunately, he just had some injuries and
Speaker 1: some of those things you just can't control. Just in
Speaker 1: terms of being a few years older and going through
Speaker 1: some of the hard times that he's gone through. I
Speaker 1: think experience makes us all better, you know, and he's
Speaker 1: had some you know, it's not it's not always pretty.
Speaker 1: You know, there's times when you gotta experience. You know.
Speaker 1: I like to think sometimes when um, you have some
Speaker 1: things go wrong, you know, it ends up being sort
Speaker 1: of a blessing because you you learned from him. And
Speaker 1: I think just in the time that we've been together
Speaker 1: here in Philadelphia, I think I think he's uh, he's
Speaker 1: gotten his body and his knee right and you can
Speaker 1: see executing out here at a high level. Speaking changes,
Speaker 1: this team has had a lot of change in the offseason.
Speaker 1: Nine new starters, maybe ten. If Kiko starts, Uh, what
Speaker 1: sort of challenges does that present and how's the team
Speaker 1: managing that process? Well, I think it would be a
Speaker 1: challenge if if you didn't train the way we did.
Speaker 1: You know, we had a great deal of reps in
Speaker 1: the spring. The way we practice and the way we train,
Speaker 1: you know, guys get a lot of reps, so new
Speaker 1: guys and you know, these guys have all played other
Speaker 1: places before. But the new guys that we brought in
Speaker 1: were able to get the reps they needed and they
Speaker 1: got up to speed quickly. What did you think about
Speaker 1: Ryan Matthews before he came here and has your perception
Speaker 1: of him changed now that you guys haven't. Well, I
Speaker 1: had a little smile on my face when when he
Speaker 1: came here. I remember when he came out of college,
Speaker 1: I thought, you know, coming out of Fresno, I thought
Speaker 1: he was an outstanding running back and we certainly weren't
Speaker 1: in a position to draft him, but I've always kind
Speaker 1: of appreciated what he is as a player, and um,
Speaker 1: you know, he's showing out there that he's a real solid,
Speaker 1: sturdy guy. He's I wouldn't call him a downhill runner,
Speaker 1: but I think because he has really good vision, and
Speaker 1: he catches the ball well and he does a good
Speaker 1: job in pass protection. So we're very fortunate to have him,
Speaker 1: I think. So. You know, again, you can't control all that,
Speaker 1: and you know, I've spoken to North Turner about him
Speaker 1: when we kind of interact at NFL functions, and you know,
Speaker 1: I know he had a lot of really great things
Speaker 1: to say, much like Mike McCoy, always a resturance to
Speaker 1: him when he was here at the same time as
Speaker 1: your treasurer reporting to Marco where he was kind of
Speaker 1: been a little there. I don't know manage when all
Speaker 1: that's going on. You know, I think, you know, we're fortunate.
Speaker 1: We've got some really fine players. We brought in guys
Speaker 1: that we're starting running backs and we have them here,
Speaker 1: and I think that's great. So um, I think when
Speaker 1: guys look at making changes or or or moving to
Speaker 1: another team, they look at the things that are good
Speaker 1: about an organization, and I think, you know, it says
Speaker 1: a lot about our organization when we have guys that
Speaker 1: that choose to come here. The battle of writing about
Speaker 1: getting I mean, I know, like Alan Barbie's probably even
Speaker 1: for do you see back, Well, we're we're working a
Speaker 1: bunch of guys in there, I should say a bunch,
Speaker 1: but a small handful, and it's going well, you know again,
Speaker 1: we're only into you know, really the end of our
Speaker 1: first week of competition out there, and so it's you know,
Speaker 1: it's a little too early to tell what's going to happen,
Speaker 1: but we feel good about the progress that the guys
Speaker 1: that could potentially play there are making. A new quarterback,
Speaker 1: new running backs, change the wide receiver. Could you just
Speaker 1: describe the level of on the same page this group
Speaker 1: is Yeah, I'll go back to the answer I gave
Speaker 1: a little earlier. UM, it's not a big concern for
Speaker 1: us because we get a lot of reps and they
Speaker 1: get to do it over and over and over. If
Speaker 1: we were in a different setting, like in a couple
Speaker 1: of my former lives, where you don't get as many reps,
Speaker 1: then that might be a bigger concern. But for us, UM,
Speaker 1: you know, I think these guys have picked it up
Speaker 1: pretty well. To credit to them, they're very professional. I
Speaker 1: think we have a system that can be learned in
Speaker 1: a way where they can pick it up quickly. In
Speaker 1: relation to Josh Hoff that he was going through a
Speaker 1: process of realizing that this is not an organ's offense,
Speaker 1: it's a different offense. Where is his development in terms
Speaker 1: of the offense and understanding, um the plays well, He's
Speaker 1: made huge improvements. Um, I think when you look at
Speaker 1: his game as a receiver, you know, he's done some
Speaker 1: really good things with his release technique. He's making more
Speaker 1: plays down the field, and he's kind of a quick,
Speaker 1: powerful type guy that does a nice job in a
Speaker 1: run game as well. So he's just developed his total
Speaker 1: game and I think from an individual kind of a
Speaker 1: fundamental basis to also being more familiar with what we do.
Speaker 1: So it's just kind of a well rounded improvement and
Speaker 1: we're expecting big things. You look forward on the fielding
Speaker 1: to show you that. Well, when he's out there playing,
Speaker 1: you know, the team drills are kind of uncontrolled in
Speaker 1: some ways. We don't hit the quarterbacks, but there's times
Speaker 1: when he you know, everything's always dropping, you know, designed
Speaker 1: to drop back and throw or play action and throw.
Speaker 1: He's had a handful of plays where he's had to
Speaker 1: scramble and make a play where it's a little bit
Speaker 1: uncontrolled both to his right end to his left, which
Speaker 1: he's done. And you know, we're just sort of checking
Speaker 1: off the boxes as we go watch and he's doing
Speaker 1: a good job with that reputation as an accurate thrower
Speaker 1: looks like an accurate thrower done. We're completion percentage maybe
Speaker 1: doesn't reflect that. I'm wondering why you think that is
Speaker 1: and maybe are the SASA coaches use that you know
Speaker 1: will be a better determined pay. Yeah, I can't speak
Speaker 1: to that, you know. There it takes two to tango
Speaker 1: when it's we're talking about completion percentages. Um, we do
Speaker 1: know he's a very accurate passer and in the progressions
Speaker 1: that we're running, he's displayed an ability to throw the
Speaker 1: ball accurately and on time for us. How's the progress
Speaker 1: he's making. He's doing terrific. Um. You know, he came
Speaker 1: in and a little bit of it's always a little
Speaker 1: bit of a slow start. You know, they're on the
Speaker 1: you know, when you're a high draft pick, you're sort
Speaker 1: of on the rubber chicken circuit, you know, up to
Speaker 1: the draft and then you're quickly thrown into competition where
Speaker 1: there's a lot going on. But he's actually done a
Speaker 1: really really good job. You can see he's becoming more
Speaker 1: and more comfortable out there playing end up blocking is
Speaker 1: a big part of the receiver scheme. How is he
Speaker 1: in that end of thing? Yeah, he's a tough, competitive guy.
Speaker 1: He understands angles and Um, I think he's done a
Speaker 1: good job with those. He wanted to jump out. Yeah,
Speaker 1: we really haven't. We really haven't decided at this point.
Speaker 1: As I mentioned earlier, they're they're just out there battling.
Speaker 1: It's too early to tell, too early to tell. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I guess the guys that we're all talking and writing about, um,
Speaker 1: they're all we are. We feel comfortable with them all
Speaker 1: being in there. So it's just a matter of us
Speaker 1: picking one. And that's sort of where we're at right now,
Speaker 1: at the right time. And I can't tell you exactly
Speaker 1: when that's going to be. Sam. He's had a lot
Speaker 1: of different offenses that he's had to learn. Is that's
Speaker 1: something that that's kind of stunted us throw to some degree?
Speaker 1: To No, I think, yeah, you certainly would like continuity,
Speaker 1: you know, it would have been nice to see what
Speaker 1: he could have done in the second year of the
Speaker 1: system we employed when we were first together. Um, But
Speaker 1: he's a very smart guy. Quarterbacks get used to learning
Speaker 1: new things and they take great pride in learning it.
Speaker 1: Um and Sam's done that. I think, I don't know.
Speaker 1: I think we're just moving forward with him and he's
Speaker 1: got all the things we need to get it going.
Speaker 1: J Kinney is a quarterback learning a whole new position.
Speaker 1: Um does he have the Has he done enough to
Speaker 1: giving himself a chance? He's learning two positions. You saw
Speaker 1: him at running back, We put him at receiver. He's
Speaker 1: like that utility infielder. You know, he's kind of Lou
Speaker 1: Whittaker and Alan tramall wrapped up, you know, in one um.
Speaker 1: But he's um. Now, he's done a really good job.
Speaker 1: And he's one of those unselfish players that will do
Speaker 1: anything to help us win football games. And he's one
Speaker 1: of those guys you know, we tell we tell all
Speaker 1: the players, we want you to make our team, and
Speaker 1: if you don't make our team, we want you to
Speaker 1: make somebody else's. And that's the way you got to
Speaker 1: approach your training. And I think he does that. When
Speaker 1: you look at Jordan Matthew's production last year and what
Speaker 1: waves to his size specifically, you know, create problems for
Speaker 1: opposing Nichols, Well it can be a problem. And you know,
Speaker 1: being a bigger guy and being a physical kind of
Speaker 1: released technique type guy, if he gets matched up on
Speaker 1: on a littler player, certainly, certainly, and it's an advantage
Speaker 1: to him, but he certainly is nifty enough to to
Speaker 1: be the guy his size, um so, but it does help.
Speaker 1: It's always good to be bigger, you know. Huh yeah.
Speaker 1: With one running back ahead of him, now there's potential
Speaker 1: to back ahead. And how do you get him on
Speaker 1: to feel more? Well, you've seen us, you know, you've
Speaker 1: had a chance to watch us. Now, we'll line him
Speaker 1: up in a lot of different places. We'll find a
Speaker 1: way to get him on the field. We just think
Speaker 1: that's a smart thing to do. So whether we're handing
Speaker 1: the ball or throwing it to him, well, we'll certainly
Speaker 1: make sure that happens. Like who you see, good day,
Speaker 1: Trey Burton has done a good job, you know. He
Speaker 1: he kind of burst on the scene as a guy
Speaker 1: that you know, kind of came here at the end
Speaker 1: of the draft and he did a great thing. You know,
Speaker 1: he's one of those guys that's really talented as a receiver.
Speaker 1: He's become a better blocker. He had the same kind
Speaker 1: of offseason mindset that hurtst did. He and Zach I
Speaker 1: think have improved their blocking. And then he he made
Speaker 1: such an impact on special teams that he's always going
Speaker 1: to be sort of relevant for us and he's done
Speaker 1: a good job and then looked like he added a
Speaker 1: lot of home too and a little bit bigger. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I think he just kind of reproportioned his body, you know,
Speaker 1: kind of a sports science thing. And yeahkw of a guy.
Speaker 1: John Moffat came along after ots and minicamping. I'm exactually
Speaker 1: about the other guy, the one. Um we're all getting
Speaker 1: a long here, yeah yeah, all right, yeah right, yeah,
Speaker 1: you know late, I mean, how is this progress? You
Speaker 1: see a guy that can potentially line up and start
Speaker 1: in at he's one of those guys that's in the
Speaker 1: mix there. I think for him, he's got to do
Speaker 1: extra on the side to catch up. You know, he's
Speaker 1: one of only really two players that didn't go through
Speaker 1: the whole process on offense with us. And uh, but
Speaker 1: he's a smart guy. He's been in other systems and
Speaker 1: you know, it's just a matter of kind of kind
Speaker 1: of converting what he knew. You know, what did they
Speaker 1: used to call inside zone that's what we call it
Speaker 1: now and some of the techniques and so uh and
Speaker 1: then certainly all the past protection stuff, which is critical.
Speaker 1: But he's done a good job. And the other tight yes, yeah,
Speaker 1: the young guys Yeah, we got Tomlinson, Twoks and Um
Speaker 1: and Glickert all guys. You know, that's um. They come
Speaker 1: out of each day and and it's kind of like
Speaker 1: one day, one day, one does a little better than
Speaker 1: the other and they're all just sort of in the mix.
Speaker 1: They're competing, and that's really a good crew of guys.
Speaker 1: We'll just have to see if somebody can pull out
Speaker 1: of that. Is it too early to see? You know,
Speaker 1: two petpactices to see if there's any big difference in
Speaker 1: zach ertzs blocking TECHNI you do. Let's get placement had placement. Yeah,
Speaker 1: we've seen we've seen a difference. You know, a lot
Speaker 1: of it. You know, a lot of it comes down
Speaker 1: to your initial footwork. You know, whether you hit the
Speaker 1: target the right way, and then once you hit your target,
Speaker 1: can you finish with your feet you know. I think
Speaker 1: that's the key thing for tight ends is to make
Speaker 1: sure they use the right footwork, hit the target and
Speaker 1: then then finish because a lot of times they're out
Speaker 1: man or out you know, the guy there blockin's got
Speaker 1: a little bigger you know, if you go into defensive
Speaker 1: line room, you know they're all bummed out. If a
Speaker 1: tight end whips them. So that's that's where you start,
Speaker 1: if you're working health fields exclusively outside him. No, he's
Speaker 1: got some slot work as well. Yeah. Um I think yeah,
Speaker 1: inside or out, it doesn't matter, jess are a preference
Speaker 1: with him? Um, where you think his skill sets better?
Speaker 1: I don't think so. I think he's gotten most of
Speaker 1: his work outside, but certainly through last year and now
Speaker 1: through the early camp, he's worked inside. No preference. I
Speaker 1: mean he's out. He was outsick and then the first
Speaker 1: day he ended up a couple of day drills through
Speaker 1: he was just a little bit under the weather yesterday.
Speaker 1: Yeah he's better. Yeah, he's here is he doing and outside?
Speaker 1: And how has he been doing it? Good? I mean
Speaker 1: I think he's I mentioned earlier, I think one of
Speaker 1: his strength is his ability to release the line of
Speaker 1: scrimmage because he's got some initial quickness and a good feel. Um.
Speaker 1: But yeah, he's worked both inside. Now what do you
Speaker 1: think so far? Boaster? Right, he's done it. He's fast,
Speaker 1: he's really fast, and you know he's caught our eye
Speaker 1: because he's caught the ball well. Uh, he's running the
Speaker 1: ball well. And he's one of those guys you know
Speaker 1: if you give it to him. I think he's got
Speaker 1: a chance to go to distance. So you know, that's
Speaker 1: that that's the type of speed that he has. And
Speaker 1: we'll just see how it plays out. And I'll tell
Speaker 1: you what, Matt, it's such a night and day difference
Speaker 1: from from when he got here, you know, when he
Speaker 1: came here a couple of years ago. He's throwing the
Speaker 1: ball much better. He's uh, he's playing with a great
Speaker 1: deal of confidence. And you know, he hasn't gotten in
Speaker 1: games you know, of late, and I think if he
Speaker 1: if he had, you know, we would have seen him,
Speaker 1: you know, produce um. But he's done a good job.
Speaker 1: And then Tim, Tim's uh. I think Tim's a little
Speaker 1: bit of a gamer, you know. Uh. These team settings
Speaker 1: which are a little bit uncontrolled, he gets out there
Speaker 1: and makes play so um. And we've seen great improvements
Speaker 1: in him from his ability to execute our offense. And
Speaker 1: then he's got out that skill set where if it's
Speaker 1: not right, he's willing to take off and run. And
Speaker 1: when he's running with it, he's like a running back
Speaker 1: down entirely back. You look at the other way to go.
Speaker 1: I think as we go through the preseason games, we'll
Speaker 1: kind of watch how they move, you know, and I
Speaker 1: think again, that's one of those things that's I'm sure
Speaker 1: we'll circle back on it here a lot this preseason,
Speaker 1: but um you know, that's still got to be played out.
Speaker 1: GJ really doing a lot of things at the link.
Speaker 1: I'm doing blitz, pick up, fullback stands yesterday, catch a touchdown.
Speaker 1: I think the outside of the guy was a quarterback
Speaker 1: is trying all these things. It's a little gimmicky. He's
Speaker 1: got no shot, are you Is it the plan to
Speaker 1: just try him and everything to see what he's best
Speaker 1: at or if you will already? I think we know
Speaker 1: he can play quarterback, you know. And then because he's
Speaker 1: a competitive guy, we're giving him the opportunity to learn
Speaker 1: and do other things. Um, so he has an opportunity
Speaker 1: to make the team. That's basically it. Does he have
Speaker 1: to have a strength somewhere at some position because you're
Speaker 1: you're moving around so much. Well, I think a guy
Speaker 1: that can become in display ability to be multiple makes
Speaker 1: you better. You know, We're good, all right, guys. Yeah,