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- 0:00Speaker 1: Press a just a. I know Brian did like too
- 0:02Speaker 1: many snaps, but from what you saw, what do you
- 0:05Speaker 1: think he accomplished And how much does that catch sort
- 0:07Speaker 1: of do for his confidence to move forward? Yeah, I
- 0:10Speaker 1: think that catch can go a long way. I mean,
- 0:12Speaker 1: I think you saw kind of the energy that he
- 0:15Speaker 1: had after the catch. And then what the cool part
- 0:17Speaker 1: was our sideline was everybody kind of kind of erupts
- 0:19Speaker 1: at that time, and you saw the guys go wild
- 0:23Speaker 1: for him, come on the field, to give him all
- 0:24Speaker 1: that type of deal because we've seen that partially. You know,
- 0:28Speaker 1: we see that skill set flash all the time. He
- 0:30Speaker 1: makes plays here and there. He's done it through spring,
- 0:33Speaker 1: done it through camp, and guys are just excited for him.
- 0:36Speaker 1: Anytime a rookie comes in, puts his head down, works hard.
- 0:39Speaker 1: Guys can root for that, and so everybody wants him
- 0:41Speaker 1: to have success and like all of our guys and
- 0:43Speaker 1: so when a guy makes a play like that, it's
- 0:45Speaker 1: a good thing for him moving forward, but for everybody
- 0:48Speaker 1: around him as well to see that and believe in him.
- 0:51Speaker 1: And it was your first time sort of being on
- 0:54Speaker 1: the field calling the place. How did that he sort
- 0:56Speaker 1: of go for you? Is there a big difference, in
- 0:58Speaker 1: your opinion, there's a difference just in terms of what
- 1:01Speaker 1: you see. You know, obviously up in the box it's
- 1:04Speaker 1: more sterile. It's just a calm environment. You can kind
- 1:07Speaker 1: of spread out your call sheet, look around a little bit,
- 1:10Speaker 1: and then on the field there's there's more emotion that
- 1:12Speaker 1: could be involved. Probably not in the preseason game, but
- 1:15Speaker 1: in the regular season games there's there's a lot more
- 1:17Speaker 1: emotion that goes into it. But it's nice to be
- 1:19Speaker 1: able to, you know, look guys in the eye when
- 1:21Speaker 1: they come off, talk to them on the on the side,
- 1:23Speaker 1: go sit next to other coaches as you get going
- 1:25Speaker 1: with things and hitting through your next run list, which
- 1:28Speaker 1: that's all stuff we did through the headset, but now
- 1:30Speaker 1: just going having that face to face interaction that's nice
- 1:32Speaker 1: as well. You're gonna be did you like it on
- 1:35Speaker 1: the field? I liked it on the field. We'll probably
- 1:37Speaker 1: do it again this week, I assume, and just keep
- 1:40Speaker 1: seeing how it goes. It's a work in progress for
- 1:42Speaker 1: everybody's coaching staff. Of Okay, now, who's providing down a
- 1:45Speaker 1: distance up top? Who am I going to talk to
- 1:48Speaker 1: between plays? Between series? How we get through things when
- 1:50Speaker 1: coaches over on defense during a defensive drive, How are
- 1:53Speaker 1: we getting his am I just going to go talk
- 1:55Speaker 1: to him directly? Do we wait for him to come
- 1:56Speaker 1: back and communicate our thoughts at that point in time.
- 1:59Speaker 1: So there's a lot that you know, as you work
- 2:01Speaker 1: through the preseason of who provides what in the communication
- 2:04Speaker 1: headset that you just continue to work through will change.
- 2:07Speaker 1: Maybe somebody else will do down in distance this week
- 2:09Speaker 1: as we go and change the order of communication in
- 2:12Speaker 1: between drives and things like that. But we're testing a
- 2:14Speaker 1: lot of things. Where were you in Philly and Injie?
- 2:16Speaker 1: Were you in the box throughout and Philly? I was,
- 2:21Speaker 1: I think three of my eight years I was on
- 2:22Speaker 1: the field, and then in India's in the box. Yeah,
- 2:26Speaker 1: there's park emotions and skills set different from some of
- 2:29Speaker 1: the other guys in the wide receiver room. Yeah, I
- 2:31Speaker 1: think all those I don't think any of those guys
- 2:33Speaker 1: are the same, which is cool, and that's kind of
- 2:35Speaker 1: what you want. You know, a lot of teams, a
- 2:36Speaker 1: lot of places I've been, we talked about building receiver room.
- 2:38Speaker 1: We talk about building a basketball team. You know, you
- 2:40Speaker 1: need your guy that has different roles within the offense.
- 2:43Speaker 1: That they can do things, but you also want a
- 2:45Speaker 1: little bit of blend to where if somebody can't do
- 2:47Speaker 1: something or to keep away from tendencies, this guy has
- 2:50Speaker 1: to have some sort of aspect. So I think they
- 2:52Speaker 1: all have their own unique traits and things they do
- 2:56Speaker 1: really really well, and then there's enough crossover that you
- 2:59Speaker 1: know it's not going to be this guy can only
- 3:01Speaker 1: run this. If we don't have that guy available, we
- 3:02Speaker 1: can't run these schemes, we can't run this route, whatever
- 3:04Speaker 1: that may be. So Parker is certainly one of those guys.
- 3:07Speaker 1: You know, he's got a lot of play strength, a
- 3:09Speaker 1: lot of good quickness, So we're kind of trying to
- 3:12Speaker 1: find the role he could play and maximize throughout the year.
- 3:15Speaker 1: You want everybody that's available to you on game day
- 3:17Speaker 1: to have some sort of role. So, you know, I
- 3:21Speaker 1: think we've tested him and we've been very pleased with
- 3:23Speaker 1: what we've seen so far of him playing out of
- 3:25Speaker 1: the slot necessarily, so I'm talking about outside receiver. He's
- 3:29Speaker 1: provided a role out there throughout camp that's encouraging to
- 3:32Speaker 1: see because you know, obviously we feel very good about
- 3:34Speaker 1: our slot receiver right now, and Evan working out of
- 3:37Speaker 1: the slot as well. So for Parker to have a
- 3:39Speaker 1: role and have something on game day, contributing outside is
- 3:41Speaker 1: gonna be another part of the game he can bring
- 3:43Speaker 1: to us and your three training camps. Is this the
- 3:46Speaker 1: deepest the offense has been, the most guys that can
- 3:49Speaker 1: do things out there. Yeah, that's probably fair to say. Yeah,
- 3:54Speaker 1: I think the back end of your roster really shows
- 3:57Speaker 1: in the preseason obviously, and we feel good about the
- 4:00Speaker 1: development we've had throughout the course across a lot of
- 4:03Speaker 1: position groups, you know, the back of the offensive line.
- 4:05Speaker 1: It didn't feel like there was much of a drop
- 4:07Speaker 1: off when those guys came in the game, which is
- 4:09Speaker 1: what you really want to see, and a lot of it,
- 4:12Speaker 1: which is cool to see, is just they're carrying things
- 4:14Speaker 1: that we've tried to emphasize since April over out into
- 4:17Speaker 1: the field and that's something that you know, you want
- 4:18Speaker 1: to go from the meeting room to the practice field.
- 4:20Speaker 1: From the practice field of the game, and we were
- 4:22Speaker 1: encouraged with what we saw. So for what you see
- 4:25Speaker 1: from Mack and CJ and I know obviously it's a
- 4:27Speaker 1: long week ahead and joint practices, but what are your
- 4:29Speaker 1: expectations in terms of we will see a lot of
- 4:32Speaker 1: in the game on Saturday. Yeah, I think I think
- 4:35Speaker 1: part of the success you see, or not quite the
- 4:38Speaker 1: drop off you see, is we have capable guys leading
- 4:42Speaker 1: the huddle. There guys that have played a lot of
- 4:43Speaker 1: football that have a lot of starts under their belt,
- 4:45Speaker 1: which is probably pretty rare for a preseason game. That
- 4:48Speaker 1: you have so many guys that have so much starting
- 4:50Speaker 1: experience in the NFL, and I think that's a big thing.
- 4:53Speaker 1: I think there's a lot of confidence when they call
- 4:54Speaker 1: plays in the huddle that guys know, they know what
- 4:56Speaker 1: they're doing, they execute really well. I think those guys
- 4:58Speaker 1: playing well helps a lot of guys play really well.
- 5:01Speaker 1: And you know, the joint practice is a really good
- 5:04Speaker 1: opportunity for us to put our quarterback in a lot
- 5:06Speaker 1: of situations without exposing them to to picking hits. So
- 5:10Speaker 1: we can work a lot of third and long type
- 5:11Speaker 1: things that you may have to hold the ball. We
- 5:13Speaker 1: can introduce some new concepts that we've been trying to
- 5:16Speaker 1: invest in a lot through camp, and now we get
- 5:17Speaker 1: a new defense to test him against. But maybe we
- 5:20Speaker 1: don't want them out there to the world yet, and
- 5:21Speaker 1: we're still working through some things. And then I think
- 5:25Speaker 1: as far as reps with those guys in the game,
- 5:27Speaker 1: I think there's a good chance. However, it sorts out
- 5:31Speaker 1: and I'll coach and make the final decision on it.
- 5:32Speaker 1: I think there's a good chance you probably see those
- 5:34Speaker 1: guys play a little bit more than you did the
- 5:35Speaker 1: other day. At least you learn about an offense or
- 5:37Speaker 1: enjoying well, that's a good question, I think. I think
- 5:42Speaker 1: a big part of it is for us, we want
- 5:45Speaker 1: our guys to see guys that they haven't played against
- 5:47Speaker 1: a lot. You know, you start to get you get
- 5:50Speaker 1: a derby against Brian Thomas, so many times, they have
- 5:52Speaker 1: a good feel for each other. You know, there's less
- 5:55Speaker 1: risk involved from both sides of what we're trying to
- 5:59Speaker 1: do here. They know it, we know it. We're trying
- 6:01Speaker 1: something different. You tend to play a little bit differently,
- 6:03Speaker 1: so it amps up the competitiveness. It amps up kind
- 6:07Speaker 1: of the unknown, which is the cool part that's football
- 6:10Speaker 1: for us. But there's still a protected environment, which is
- 6:14Speaker 1: a good thing. But I think for us, to the
- 6:17Speaker 1: offensive staff, there's a lot of things we want to
- 6:19Speaker 1: see if they're good, see if we're good at these
- 6:21Speaker 1: certain things. Maybe we need to see a new scheme
- 6:23Speaker 1: to test some of them. We're trying to build tapes
- 6:27Speaker 1: and learn about it and teach about teach it for
- 6:29Speaker 1: our guys as we get into this stuff, so there's
- 6:32Speaker 1: a lot to learn. I really enjoy it. I think
- 6:34Speaker 1: we get a lot out of it. And again it's
- 6:36Speaker 1: who you're working with and the environment they have on
- 6:39Speaker 1: their staff and the way they work and what you're
- 6:41Speaker 1: getting out of it. But I think it would be
- 6:42Speaker 1: a great experience, a chance to figure out just where
- 6:45Speaker 1: the offensive line is right now. Yeah, I still think
- 6:48Speaker 1: you know, there's no live periods in it, so I
- 6:50Speaker 1: think I mean, ultimately that's what it is. It's taking
- 6:53Speaker 1: guys the ground as football, so there's not that. But
- 6:55Speaker 1: I think you'll see just this has been a very
- 6:57Speaker 1: good defense for a really long time, so I think
- 6:59Speaker 1: we're sided for that challenge going against these guys stood
- 7:03Speaker 1: out about together. I think I think it's just a
- 7:09Speaker 1: continuation of the development we've seen from him and what
- 7:12Speaker 1: we expected. You know, as he got in training camp.
- 7:14Speaker 1: He runs hard. You know, he's very physical. Tank is
- 7:17Speaker 1: an appropriate name for him. So I think he's just
- 7:20Speaker 1: continued to grow and develop, and you see that confident,
- 7:23Speaker 1: just like all these second year players, they look like
- 7:24Speaker 1: different players. They're the same guy, but things slow down.
- 7:28Speaker 1: They're they're confident in the system. They're confident and the
- 7:30Speaker 1: things are asked to do. They're confident in their ability
- 7:32Speaker 1: to go play. And so you just you see a
- 7:34Speaker 1: little bit more looseness, I guess with the guys and
- 7:38Speaker 1: the way they operate in pregame, the way they play.
- 7:41Speaker 1: You know, it's not the big guys, it's it's kind
- 7:43Speaker 1: of they know they belong at this point in time.
- 7:45Speaker 1: So that was cool to see. As each quarter went on,
- 7:48Speaker 1: different guys made plays and had opportunities and so that
- 7:50Speaker 1: that was just fun to see. And you expect another
- 7:52Speaker 1: week of that now as we get into it, and
- 7:54Speaker 1: more guys to do that guy play last year. But
- 7:59Speaker 1: this first out of the football game in the NFL,
- 8:02Speaker 1: I think you should Physicality, which which across the board,
- 8:05Speaker 1: was something we were excited to see with our guys
- 8:07Speaker 1: coming off the football, putting their hands on people, finishing blocks.
- 8:11Speaker 1: You know, there's there's a lot to improve upon, which
- 8:13Speaker 1: is what we'd expect after preseason one, but it was
- 8:16Speaker 1: good to see Cooper out there being physical covering the
- 8:19Speaker 1: football down the field, and I thought he did a
- 8:22Speaker 1: good job. You said, for one of the things that
- 8:25Speaker 1: you want Trevor have is moral issued in the offense,
- 8:27Speaker 1: shape the offense. When is that process you really kind
- 8:30Speaker 1: of start taking place for this year? Is that more
- 8:33Speaker 1: like a game planning league type of thing, or is
- 8:35Speaker 1: that you know, turn OTAs he comes to you and says,
- 8:38Speaker 1: I hate this, Let's get rid of this, or let's
- 8:39Speaker 1: do more of this. How does that process work that's
- 8:41Speaker 1: been going on since I mean since we started the
- 8:44Speaker 1: offense of just and it's empowering your quarterback and we've
- 8:48Speaker 1: tried to make that clear to him from the get go,
- 8:50Speaker 1: and I would think he has accepted that and understands that.
- 8:54Speaker 1: But there is constant dialogue with all those guys. I mean,
- 8:56Speaker 1: whether it's text messages, face to face meetings, whatever that
- 8:59Speaker 1: may be. Of let's talk through this. I mean, as
- 9:01Speaker 1: we go through camp, we'll spend time meeting with We
- 9:04Speaker 1: might watch one concept for an hour and talk through
- 9:06Speaker 1: the details of it. When do we like it, when
- 9:08Speaker 1: do we not? What's our issue with this concept? How
- 9:10Speaker 1: do we change it? So they have a great deeper
- 9:13Speaker 1: understanding of what we're trying to accomplish. Well, we'll talk
- 9:16Speaker 1: through personnel, who's good at this, who's not? How do
- 9:18Speaker 1: you like this? What is it? Compliment what compliments it?
- 9:22Speaker 1: And then that just allows him to now he's fully
- 9:25Speaker 1: confident in a certain play or Hey, let's try this
- 9:28Speaker 1: with a different route, and then we'll go into camp
- 9:30Speaker 1: and try it against our defense with something else, and
- 9:32Speaker 1: it may be, hey, we have to ask Ryan for
- 9:34Speaker 1: a certain coverage, Hey can you give us this look?
- 9:36Speaker 1: And we want to see how something plays out. But
- 9:38Speaker 1: now as you get into Tampa, you try some of
- 9:40Speaker 1: those things. You're getting new defenses, you're getting new coverages,
- 9:43Speaker 1: and so you kind of test some of the things
- 9:44Speaker 1: you've been talking about since April, May, June, whatever that was.
- 9:48Speaker 1: Jale Jackson's been making a lot of plays on the
- 9:50Speaker 1: offensive side of the ball. What have you been seeing
- 9:52Speaker 1: from him? He's done a good job, like all these
- 9:54Speaker 1: young guys, just getting better every single day, understanding and
- 9:56Speaker 1: understanding or targeting the synchronation synchronized of some of the
- 10:00Speaker 1: combination blocks in the zone run scheme. And then all
- 10:04Speaker 1: these guys just things happen fast. You know, the game
- 10:07Speaker 1: the other night happens a little faster than practice happening.
- 10:09Speaker 1: Joint practice will be a little step up from some
- 10:11Speaker 1: of the looks we've had, and then they'll get an
- 10:13Speaker 1: opportunity to play in this game again. So you see
- 10:15Speaker 1: those guys all kind of settle in and understand that
- 10:17Speaker 1: you know, there, I go back to a wide zone
- 10:19Speaker 1: run we had earlier in camp. He makes one cut,
- 10:21Speaker 1: he makes another cut at the second level, and we're
- 10:24Speaker 1: trying to explain him you're probably not going to get
- 10:25Speaker 1: that second cut off. And then you get in a game.
- 10:27Speaker 1: You see him put his foot in the ground, get
- 10:29Speaker 1: vertical run behind his pads, and it's encouraging to see
- 10:32Speaker 1: the things that you know, maybe happened in week one
- 10:34Speaker 1: of training camp, and he improved in week two, and
- 10:35Speaker 1: then it carries over to the game field. And so
- 10:37Speaker 1: he's done a good job with the opportunities he's had
- 10:39Speaker 1: and we're excited to see his development moving forward.