1 00:00:02,640 --> 00:00:06,640 Speaker 1: A little low light turnout yesterday. Everybody had a good day. 2 00:00:07,480 --> 00:00:11,640 Speaker 1: Good Yeah. Um, well we're you know, pushing through it here. 3 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:14,840 Speaker 1: So um, obviously you know a a big challenge going down 4 00:00:14,840 --> 00:00:16,880 Speaker 1: to Houston. Good football team, do a lot of things 5 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:20,279 Speaker 1: while we've talked about that, so um, you know, kind 6 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:24,360 Speaker 1: of celebrate and put things together here today. Um, a 7 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:28,480 Speaker 1: couple couple left over items from yesterday and then you know, 8 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:30,720 Speaker 1: moving on to our normal Friday and day before the 9 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:35,479 Speaker 1: game type preparation. So get down there and let's try 10 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:41,559 Speaker 1: to be ready to go. Questions my first must over 11 00:00:41,680 --> 00:00:45,479 Speaker 1: items that the day after Thanksgiving we can certainly relates 12 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:52,080 Speaker 1: good m hm. How was um the kicker situation? Yeah, 13 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:57,720 Speaker 1: you guys just announced Nick releasing guy coming in, do 14 00:00:57,800 --> 00:01:04,240 Speaker 1: introductions and and get to know everybody. Yeah, yeah, let's 15 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:10,479 Speaker 1: say that goes. It's work out earlier this fall, three 16 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 1: or four weeks ago. However it was so so it goes. 17 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:18,039 Speaker 1: You often say it's a National Football League, you can 18 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:21,360 Speaker 1: visit player you know at any time. In this Kicker situation, 19 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:23,840 Speaker 1: how how would you just sort of describe it relative 20 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 1: to anything you've experienced in the past. It seems like 21 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:32,520 Speaker 1: it's been a challenging situation, says it has, but that's again, 22 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:35,600 Speaker 1: other teams in the league have gone through it. We're 23 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:38,120 Speaker 1: gone through it out the position, so you know, it's 24 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:41,240 Speaker 1: not what you want, it's not ideal, but we'll keep going. 25 00:01:42,959 --> 00:01:44,640 Speaker 1: Just to follow up on that, what do you think 26 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:47,920 Speaker 1: of the work that Nick did just coming in? Um? 27 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 1: What were you talking? Good? Hey, we're making progress, you 28 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 1: know in terms of the timing and m an overall operation. 29 00:01:54,560 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 1: But yeah, not bad. Is the attention to bring back 30 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:05,400 Speaker 1: Nick once he's healthy. Yeah, all right, now get down him, 31 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 1: you know, play Houston, try to shrugging, I'll beat Houston. 32 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:12,720 Speaker 1: That's that's the intention right now. That's our goal. So 33 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 1: worry about next week. Next week. Some of the guys 34 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:17,640 Speaker 1: in the little locker room said, some of the other illnesses, 35 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:19,960 Speaker 1: they've never seen anything like it. Where eight guys are 36 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:26,240 Speaker 1: someone day? Is that? Oh yeah, if that's some guys, 37 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:31,040 Speaker 1: miss um, so let's we'll see how they are today. 38 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:34,239 Speaker 1: Excuse me, see how they are today? I don't know 39 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:39,440 Speaker 1: reevaluate it after today. It would have been hard if 40 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:43,800 Speaker 1: we played yesterday. I'd say that it build when you 41 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:45,800 Speaker 1: are dealing with the situation like that is the is 42 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:50,320 Speaker 1: the tougher thing being able to get through a practice 43 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:54,280 Speaker 1: as you normally might, or is it making contingent contingency plans? 44 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 1: Not really knowing you know what the next few days 45 00:02:57,480 --> 00:02:59,240 Speaker 1: will hold for those players I have dealing with whatever 46 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:06,839 Speaker 1: they're dealing with. I mean, it is what it is. So, yeah, 47 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:08,799 Speaker 1: we have players on the practice squad, we have players 48 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:12,920 Speaker 1: on our roster, and so if we need somebody to 49 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:15,400 Speaker 1: step into a spot, then hopefully they're ready to do it. 50 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:21,639 Speaker 1: We'll see half the tourment kind a couple of cops 51 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:23,880 Speaker 1: that you just have there. You sick yourself. No, I 52 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 1: feel good now. I think just something kind of went 53 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:33,120 Speaker 1: down the wrong way now. I mean, look, there's kind 54 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:36,200 Speaker 1: of hit everybody a little bit. So you know, we'll 55 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:42,560 Speaker 1: see start doing as your reports on coaching staff. That'd 56 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:48,160 Speaker 1: be the next thing in terms of its about the 57 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:51,320 Speaker 1: way that Joe Cardona and Jake Bailey have handled the situation. 58 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 1: Just different guys coming in and working with those guys. Yeah, 59 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 1: they've been great. You know, Joe's got a lot of 60 00:03:57,120 --> 00:04:01,680 Speaker 1: leadership obviously more experience, but Chase mature beyond his years 61 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:06,680 Speaker 1: and he's handled everything um as well or better than 62 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 1: I could imagine anybody in his at his age and 63 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:13,240 Speaker 1: his experience level handling it from the punts to the 64 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:16,560 Speaker 1: field goals to you know, the holding to the kickoffs. 65 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:19,760 Speaker 1: I mean really it's it's done a great job for us. 66 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:23,960 Speaker 1: So they both vocally great. You have that just that relationship, 67 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:27,200 Speaker 1: in that chemistry that they can build with the kicker. Yeah, 68 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 1: it's uh yeah, it's you know, an important relationship. You know, 69 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:34,400 Speaker 1: we've been fortunate, We've had a lot of continuity through 70 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:37,120 Speaker 1: the years. We've been able to keep a snapper hole 71 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:39,839 Speaker 1: friend kicker together for you know, multiple years at a 72 00:04:39,839 --> 00:04:41,920 Speaker 1: time rather than you know, switching him out every year 73 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:44,320 Speaker 1: back and forth. And then we've had some transition. I'm 74 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:47,479 Speaker 1: not saying that, but you know, we've had you know, 75 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:50,680 Speaker 1: sustained periods of you know, four or five years where 76 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:53,680 Speaker 1: there hasn't done a lot of change. So unfortunately there 77 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:57,280 Speaker 1: has been this year. But um, you know, I think 78 00:04:57,320 --> 00:05:00,080 Speaker 1: those guys are doing a great job and minimizing the 79 00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:07,559 Speaker 1: amount of thenmout, minimizing the i'd say amount of movement 80 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:10,560 Speaker 1: and change. I'm suddenly having those two guys being consistent 81 00:05:10,640 --> 00:05:12,719 Speaker 1: makes it a lot easier for the kicker to you know, 82 00:05:12,839 --> 00:05:18,239 Speaker 1: come in execute it something you notice about Duke Bailey 83 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:23,320 Speaker 1: during you know, evaluation periods of mature beyond his years. 84 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:28,240 Speaker 1: I don't think you really know about any like those 85 00:05:28,279 --> 00:05:30,200 Speaker 1: type of things about players. Do you actually have them 86 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:32,240 Speaker 1: and you go through you know enough with them to 87 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:34,920 Speaker 1: get a full sampling. You know, you hear what other 88 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:38,800 Speaker 1: people say and so forth, but with all due respect 89 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:42,080 Speaker 1: to them, they don't know. Um, you know, what a 90 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:44,599 Speaker 1: person was in one situation, what he is another situation. 91 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:47,800 Speaker 1: It's not always the same thing, and sometimes the standards 92 00:05:47,839 --> 00:05:52,720 Speaker 1: are different. Sometimes the degree of difficulty of the situation 93 00:05:52,839 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 1: is more or less easy or hard, depending on how 94 00:05:56,800 --> 00:05:58,919 Speaker 1: it goes. So I don't think you really know. I 95 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:01,600 Speaker 1: think the I don't think people are trying to mislead 96 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:03,520 Speaker 1: in any play one one way or the other. But 97 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:07,880 Speaker 1: their view of the player and our view of the 98 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:10,240 Speaker 1: player may not be the same, just because of circumstances 99 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:14,599 Speaker 1: in the situation. So we kind of reserve judgment on that. 100 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:17,640 Speaker 1: I'm not saying we discount what's being told to us 101 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 1: to kind of take it with a grand assault. Out 102 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:27,679 Speaker 1: the last year speaking to you into players about Jackie 103 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:30,919 Speaker 1: should be there, very complimentary about what he did in 104 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:34,760 Speaker 1: terms of team building and things. Although like, and I'm 105 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 1: just curious this year how you guys have reacted obviously 106 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:42,200 Speaker 1: without him. Do you try to replace those same sort 107 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:44,120 Speaker 1: of elements or do you just kind of let things 108 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:52,200 Speaker 1: unfold naturally? How has I guess that that role kind 109 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:57,640 Speaker 1: of manifested itself this year without him? Yeah? Well, yeah, 110 00:06:58,080 --> 00:07:01,279 Speaker 1: without getting in a lot of specifics, you know, whenever 111 00:07:01,360 --> 00:07:04,080 Speaker 1: person has a job and they leave, then somebody has 112 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:07,520 Speaker 1: to handle those responsibilities. So it could be one person 113 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:11,160 Speaker 1: doing the same responsibilities, it could be a redistribution and responsibilities, 114 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:15,320 Speaker 1: It could be a reorganization of how responsibilities are handled. 115 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:20,720 Speaker 1: It could be some combination of the above. So depending 116 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:24,560 Speaker 1: on each situation, We've people leave here every year and 117 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:28,040 Speaker 1: new people come in every year, and so each year, 118 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:31,680 Speaker 1: depending on who those people are, what their experience level is, 119 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:34,880 Speaker 1: what the position is, or who the other people associated 120 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:40,000 Speaker 1: with those positions will kind of experience level, and you know, 121 00:07:40,320 --> 00:07:47,080 Speaker 1: competency and what they can do, then I would structure 122 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:53,080 Speaker 1: based on all those circumstances. A little bit different question, 123 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:58,000 Speaker 1: but maybe one of the same lines. Have you noticed 124 00:07:58,040 --> 00:08:05,200 Speaker 1: that room interactions have changed as people have gotten more 125 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:08,800 Speaker 1: and more involved with their phones. We droke with you 126 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:13,200 Speaker 1: about social media pretty frequently, but you know, talking to 127 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:16,200 Speaker 1: you know mail, for instance. He's somebody who when he 128 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 1: came into the league that wasn't necessarily a thing the 129 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:23,360 Speaker 1: way it is now, and he noticed some some changes 130 00:08:23,400 --> 00:08:25,080 Speaker 1: in the locker room in terms of how guys interact. 131 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:26,560 Speaker 1: I don't know if you've noticed the same thing or 132 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:30,680 Speaker 1: if that team howl do not notice it, I should 133 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:32,720 Speaker 1: have been on our rock for the last two decades. 134 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:37,480 Speaker 1: I don't though, be hard to miss it. The society 135 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:40,320 Speaker 1: we live in, I mean sorry, it doesn't make things 136 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:48,839 Speaker 1: like team building more difficult. I mean, look, it's two 137 00:08:48,880 --> 00:08:51,880 Speaker 1: thousand and nineteen. I mean, you can't turn o'clock ahead 138 00:08:51,880 --> 00:08:53,880 Speaker 1: ten years. It can't can't turn it back ten years 139 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:56,600 Speaker 1: like it is what it is. Two ten was two 140 00:08:56,600 --> 00:09:01,560 Speaker 1: thousand ten, nineteen ninety nine. I don't know. So you 141 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:04,440 Speaker 1: are where you are, You work with what you have 142 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:11,040 Speaker 1: to work with, and you're bill understand the result of 143 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:13,440 Speaker 1: any plays a function of a number of different variables. 144 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:16,200 Speaker 1: Tom has thrown the ball away more this season than 145 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:18,760 Speaker 1: any year before it except for one. And I don't know. 146 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:22,560 Speaker 1: If you see any trend, you're kind of seeler driving 147 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:24,760 Speaker 1: force behind the way he's just kind of throwing the 148 00:09:24,760 --> 00:09:29,640 Speaker 1: ball away. Yeah. I think we look at each play, 149 00:09:29,760 --> 00:09:34,480 Speaker 1: try to break it down individually and whatever the comments 150 00:09:34,520 --> 00:09:40,439 Speaker 1: are on that play, critiques, criticisms, um, you know, reinforcements 151 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:43,520 Speaker 1: of positive actions on the play, then that's what we do. 152 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:48,079 Speaker 1: So as far as you know, breaking down over all 153 00:09:48,080 --> 00:09:55,520 Speaker 1: trends and all that, each play is different, so I 154 00:09:55,520 --> 00:10:02,719 Speaker 1: wouldn't try to lun the ball into one category. Does 155 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:05,400 Speaker 1: the transition to Kai Sunday? Is it easier or more 156 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:11,079 Speaker 1: difficult because you're being indoors. I don't know wherever the 157 00:10:11,160 --> 00:10:13,560 Speaker 1: games are scheduled weekly on them, so we don't have 158 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:16,000 Speaker 1: been in control of that, whatever it is it is. 159 00:10:19,520 --> 00:10:23,199 Speaker 1: Last questions, what have you seen from John Simon's development 160 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:26,719 Speaker 1: since he's been here? Yeah, John's done a great job 161 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:29,480 Speaker 1: for us. Um, you know, came in, learned very quickly, 162 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:33,600 Speaker 1: got up to speed and a few days really played 163 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:36,319 Speaker 1: a lot of different roles for us defensively, and then 164 00:10:36,360 --> 00:10:40,959 Speaker 1: those roles have expanded this year quite a bit. I'd say, 165 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:43,200 Speaker 1: maybe a little bit surprisingly. I mean, because it looked 166 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:46,800 Speaker 1: like he had, you know, quite a few roles from 167 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:49,640 Speaker 1: last year and then starting this year. But as the 168 00:10:49,679 --> 00:10:55,280 Speaker 1: season's progressed and well, you know, we've emerged to wherever 169 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:58,240 Speaker 1: we've emerged a little bit too defensively schematically, you know, 170 00:10:58,280 --> 00:11:04,360 Speaker 1: his roles have what's they expanded, not contracted. So smart guys, 171 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:08,800 Speaker 1: a lot of different skills. It's very comfortable doing a 172 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:11,880 Speaker 1: lot of things, whether it be in line play, end 173 00:11:11,920 --> 00:11:17,959 Speaker 1: of the line play, coverage, special teams. It's a really smart, tough, 174 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:21,280 Speaker 1: dependable player shows up every day and it works hard, 175 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:23,440 Speaker 1: does a good job. Guy. I think, guy, you can 176 00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:25,720 Speaker 1: count on whatever you ask him to do, you can 177 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:28,160 Speaker 1: count on it. He's gonna give it to you every day, 178 00:11:28,240 --> 00:11:34,760 Speaker 1: whether it's Wednesday, Friday, or Sunday. That's a good thing. Okay, 179 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:36,600 Speaker 1: all right, great seeing Houston. Thank you.