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- 0:00Speaker 1: Where you thought we'd be at this hour after getting
- 0:03Speaker 1: that practice done.
- 0:04Speaker 2: Where we are, Yeah, I mean it was more just
- 0:07Speaker 2: getting some guys, you know, some reps. I would have
- 0:10Speaker 2: liked to see us execute some of the screens better,
- 0:14Speaker 2: which is an area that we're you know, continuously trying
- 0:16Speaker 2: to work on. But I thought we had some good runs.
- 0:20Speaker 2: I thought the guys ran hard. It's hard to tell
- 0:23Speaker 2: in this setting because we're not tackling right, but you
- 0:26Speaker 2: know it's nice to see, you know, Parker Jacoby b
- 0:29Speaker 2: team make some plays and you know, just getting the
- 0:32Speaker 2: guys trying to spread it around a little bit and
- 0:34Speaker 2: just go execute.
- 0:35Speaker 1: How do you think some of the young guys kind
- 0:37Speaker 1: of adjusted to a typical game day.
- 0:40Speaker 2: Yeah, I think he was probably a little. I thought
- 0:42Speaker 2: they handled everything pre game and and through that fine.
- 0:45Speaker 2: I think, you know, as we go, we got to
- 0:47Speaker 2: continue to get in shape. I think the guys felt
- 0:49Speaker 2: maybe you know that catch up on him and creep
- 0:52Speaker 2: up on him a little bit. You know, just a
- 0:56Speaker 2: couple of things down here in the red zone. Offensively,
- 0:59Speaker 2: you know, some motion pre snap stuff that we haven't
- 1:02Speaker 2: really had too many issues with shows up, and that's
- 1:06Speaker 2: young guys getting reps in front of human beings and
- 1:08Speaker 2: people that got to settle in and just go execute
- 1:12Speaker 2: the call. But I was pleased with some of the
- 1:14Speaker 2: younger guys and getting some of those reps.
- 1:16Speaker 3: Perform us today by both Dirty and bj Green.
- 1:21Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, they've continued to do that, you know, throughout
- 1:25Speaker 2: the course of the last few practices. And you know,
- 1:29Speaker 2: Dirf had a good rush the other day, backed up
- 1:32Speaker 2: it would have been a nine to nine yard touchdown,
- 1:33Speaker 2: ended up being probably a safety. So he's showing up.
- 1:36Speaker 2: Bjay's continue to show up in both the run and
- 1:39Speaker 2: the past. So I've been pleased with those guys.
- 1:42Speaker 3: Injury updates offensive line, I don't know, no Patrick, I
- 1:45Speaker 3: man was out there for warm up and then Walker Little.
- 1:48Speaker 2: Any update you have, I got nothing right now. I
- 1:50Speaker 2: just know that he had to come out. I'm not
- 1:52Speaker 2: sure exactly what's going on. He'll he'll get it looked
- 1:55Speaker 2: at tonight.
- 1:57Speaker 4: So braswell. In terms of what you expect Afar.
- 1:59Speaker 2: And him back, I got. I got no true updates
- 2:02Speaker 2: on any injuries Parker Washington. I mean the fact that
- 2:06Speaker 2: it seems like it's been every day, not on and off.
- 2:09Speaker 2: Was it say, just be that consistent. Who's that Parker? Yeah, yeah, uh,
- 2:13Speaker 2: you know, he's just he's a consistent dude, you know,
- 2:16Speaker 2: I mean you kind of know throughout the course of
- 2:19Speaker 2: a practice that it's like, okay, uh, you want to
- 2:22Speaker 2: get some other guys some work too, because you know
- 2:26Speaker 2: he's gonna it's gonna come right like that, that completion,
- 2:29Speaker 2: the connection is going to come throughout the course of
- 2:31Speaker 2: a day, and so it allows you to know that
- 2:34Speaker 2: you can maybe spread the ball around a little bit
- 2:36Speaker 2: knowing that when you come back to him, there's likely
- 2:39Speaker 2: to be a completion between the two of those guys.
- 2:42Speaker 5: Ian how would you.
- 2:43Speaker 6: Describe to von Hamilton's reliability.
- 2:45Speaker 2: And consistency, Yeah, I mean, consummate pro He just continues
- 2:50Speaker 2: to be a force inside no matter who's trying to
- 2:53Speaker 2: block him. When he gets one on one ops inside,
- 2:56Speaker 2: it's extremely challenging, never mind just trying to get a
- 2:59Speaker 2: double team on them. You know where he's able to,
- 3:03Speaker 2: you know, play that double team firm, hold the point,
- 3:06Speaker 2: and that allows other guys jobs to be so much easier.
- 3:09Speaker 2: But Devin's been extremely consistent really from the time that
- 3:13Speaker 2: we got here. I think he really is continuing to
- 3:16Speaker 2: get better with the.
- 3:17Speaker 1: Offensive line, A couple of young guys got some reps Wyatt, Yeah,
- 3:21Speaker 1: and we just kind of how do they looking then?
- 3:24Speaker 2: How to do it? See the line? Overall? Yeah, I
- 3:26Speaker 2: thought they are right, you know, I think we ran
- 3:28Speaker 2: it like fairly well. I thought there was some movement
- 3:30Speaker 2: and it didn't feel like there was a ton of
- 3:32Speaker 2: guys in the backfield, you know, with the two versus
- 3:35Speaker 2: the one offense, one defense. Excuse me, some of that's
- 3:39Speaker 2: going to happen, But I feel like for the most part,
- 3:41Speaker 2: there was movement at the line of scrimmage and opportunities
- 3:45Speaker 2: for the backs, Whereas you know, sometimes there's nowhere to
- 3:47Speaker 2: go right and that's not a fun movie to watch.
- 3:50Speaker 2: And I feel like, really consistently the last few days,
- 3:53Speaker 2: especially with the pads, we've we've been able to move
- 3:56Speaker 2: the line of scrimmage a little bit and the backs
- 3:58Speaker 2: are getting some opportunities.
- 3:59Speaker 6: How did you feel about to play at the dvport today?
- 4:01Speaker 2: So yeah, I really have felt like that group has
- 4:06Speaker 2: gotten better and better. I think that, you know, Rouge
- 4:10Speaker 2: and Perk and Drew Lascarry have done a great job
- 4:13Speaker 2: coaching those guys and working on some technique of maybe
- 4:17Speaker 2: being a little bit more, Uh, you know, being able
- 4:19Speaker 2: to challenge people a little bit more and be able
- 4:22Speaker 2: to play a little bit more man, you know, man
- 4:24Speaker 2: or just match coverages, and I think that only helps
- 4:27Speaker 2: the rush and how much those two are usually tied together.
- 4:32Speaker 2: But I've been very pleased. I mean, our dime packages,
- 4:35Speaker 2: I think very challenging for UH to go against as
- 4:38Speaker 2: an offense, and all those guys give you a little
- 4:41Speaker 2: bit of flexibility and diversity.
- 4:45Speaker 1: I know you're said nothing at injuries, but it is
- 4:47Speaker 1: Josh Okay, is he just gonna rest?
- 4:49Speaker 6: Yeah?
- 4:50Speaker 2: Yeah.
- 4:51Speaker 1: With the NFL Play Football theme this month, he can
- 4:53Speaker 1: just talked about the respect and admiration you have for
- 4:56Speaker 1: youth in high school coaches.
- 4:57Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean when you get your start in it
- 5:00Speaker 2: in youth football. I mean I was playing tackle football
- 5:02Speaker 2: at ten years old, remember winning a state championship that year,
- 5:06Speaker 2: and my, my coaches, those guys are you know, people
- 5:10Speaker 2: that are setting the tone for how you really see
- 5:14Speaker 2: your experience playing the game, and you're you're being taught
- 5:18Speaker 2: the life lessons throughout that whole journey as a as
- 5:21Speaker 2: a young kid, and you're going through pride and discipline
- 5:25Speaker 2: and details and being a team player. I mean, all
- 5:28Speaker 2: the core values that you really are looking for as
- 5:31Speaker 2: an adult. Those those coaches are teaching at a young age,
- 5:35Speaker 2: and so I have so much appreciation for the time
- 5:38Speaker 2: that they put in and the hours that they put
- 5:41Speaker 2: into it. I Nik your dad had a big impact
- 5:43Speaker 2: on you as a coach, with there any other coaches
- 5:45Speaker 2: that you know just throughout your youth kind of helped
- 5:47Speaker 2: you find that love of the game. Yeah, I think
- 5:50Speaker 2: you know, early on, my high school quarterback coach Jeff
- 5:54Speaker 2: Marcone was somebody that continue to instill confidence in me.
- 5:58Speaker 2: He taught me about the three calm, cool, collected, and
- 6:03Speaker 2: you know, just trying to be as positive while being
- 6:07Speaker 2: demanding as you can. Even from a young age, being
- 6:09Speaker 2: fourteen years old playing freshman football, You're you're learning so
- 6:14Speaker 2: much at that age about your body, about how you move,
- 6:17Speaker 2: about how the game's played, and so many coaches along
- 6:21Speaker 2: the way. I mean I had a basketball coach actually
- 6:23Speaker 2: that really kind of taught me so much playing AAU
- 6:26Speaker 2: hoops and it's it comes from whether you're playing football, basketball, baseball,
- 6:31Speaker 2: but especially football. It truly takes all eleven and I
- 6:35Speaker 2: think that's what's cool about the sport. Itself.
- 6:38Speaker 5: Do you remember the point if there was one when
- 6:40Speaker 5: you thought, Okay, Brian's different Thomas is.
- 6:44Speaker 2: Yeah. I think in the spring, very early on, honestly,
- 6:48Speaker 2: you could sense that he had really looked at things
- 6:54Speaker 2: in areas in which he thought he could improve upon,
- 6:56Speaker 2: and he was attacking those areas and not just like yeah,
- 7:00Speaker 2: it'll it'll fix, like it'll come like he I thought
- 7:03Speaker 2: he was extremely intentional about the things he wanted to
- 7:05Speaker 2: improve on, and the connection and relationship with Trevor and
- 7:09Speaker 2: the other receivers, and knowing as much as I mean,
- 7:13Speaker 2: Brian's very smart, Like you can move Brian around. He's
- 7:15Speaker 2: extremely smart. He can handle multiple different schemes and concepts
- 7:20Speaker 2: and things like that. And so I think that, uh,
- 7:23Speaker 2: he is extremely and he's playing confident right now.
- 7:27Speaker 1: In a couple of days, a couple of walkers before
- 7:28Speaker 1: going to New Orleans. Yeah, what's gonna be the main
- 7:30Speaker 1: emphasis going into the bat phase.
- 7:33Speaker 2: We'll do a walk tomorrow, like a you know, jog
- 7:35Speaker 2: through walk through a lot of corrections from today mixed
- 7:39Speaker 2: with some install Then we will we'll have an off
- 7:43Speaker 2: day coming up on Monday. We'll hit the pads again.
- 7:47Speaker 2: Excuse me, pads on Sunday. I believe we're gonna do
- 7:50Speaker 2: one more padded practice before we go to New Orleans.
- 7:53Speaker 2: So I'm excited to see that too, like to see
- 7:55Speaker 2: how they respond from you know, hitting a little bit
- 7:58Speaker 2: more running, a little bit more work, see how they
- 8:01Speaker 2: respond to that, get get them a little bit of
- 8:03Speaker 2: a refresher. Then we'll do New Orleans, which I think
- 8:06Speaker 2: will be a great opportunity for us to go against
- 8:09Speaker 2: another quality opponent, hit against somebody else. But we got
- 8:13Speaker 2: one more really quality practice here before we do that,
- 8:16Speaker 2: which I'm really looking forward to seeing how they respond then.
- 8:20Speaker 6: Near I in t early on, how did you feel
- 8:22Speaker 6: about that balance between crime and just see what's out there,
- 8:26Speaker 6: just testing your limitations versus protecting the ball you're in camps.
- 8:30Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean this is the time to do it,
- 8:33Speaker 2: is to challenge some of your concepts and timing. I
- 8:37Speaker 2: think that he probably wanted to get there a little
- 8:40Speaker 2: quicker when he did, you know. So it was one
- 8:44Speaker 2: of those plays that BT can go to the post
- 8:48Speaker 2: or you can go behind the defender and stay there.
- 8:50Speaker 2: And I think it was just a little bit of
- 8:52Speaker 2: a miscommunication from that standpoint and from the leverage and
- 8:56Speaker 2: technique that I think it was. Kni was playing at corner,
- 8:59Speaker 2: so yeah, I don't love the long foul ball, just
- 9:03Speaker 2: like toss it up and see what happens. And I
- 9:05Speaker 2: don't think that's what it was. It was more of
- 9:06Speaker 2: a miscommunication that those guys will get right. Thank you guys.
- 9:12Speaker 5: It works in terms of the mock game, tell you
- 9:17Speaker 5: about how the defense performs.
- 9:19Speaker 4: It was good.
- 9:19Speaker 7: Were just continuing to prove our physicality and U the
- 9:22Speaker 7: extras and those behind the games, because so then when
- 9:24Speaker 7: we know that and everybody can trust the communication, we
- 9:28Speaker 7: can all fly around. So I liked what I saw
- 9:30Speaker 7: in terms of being in the right spots and stuff
- 9:32Speaker 7: and kind of ramping up getting ready for a real game,
- 9:35Speaker 7: kind of get that energy behind it with the modern
- 9:37Speaker 7: game feel. But it's always good to see this guy
- 9:39Speaker 7: out there playing football, talking with each other and flying around.
- 9:42Speaker 1: This is your first chance for a lot of the
- 9:43Speaker 1: young guys to go through a game day operation with
- 9:45Speaker 1: you guys. Is there something that you guys say in
- 9:47Speaker 1: meetings or like at a little extra just hey, just
- 9:50Speaker 1: go be yourself out there.
- 9:52Speaker 7: Yeah, I think it's you got to be yourself because
- 9:53Speaker 7: I think you kind of go through ruteams that you
- 9:55Speaker 7: have for yourself in college and then different timing of
- 9:58Speaker 7: how the game is start and stuff in the NFL,
- 10:00Speaker 7: So you kind of got to find your way through that.
- 10:02Speaker 7: If they ask for some advice on what to do
- 10:04Speaker 7: pregame and stuff, you know, then then we'll give them
- 10:07Speaker 7: that advice. But for the most part, you know, they
- 10:09Speaker 7: know what they need, uh and if they feel like
- 10:11Speaker 7: they need some extra them, we'll be able to, you know,
- 10:14Speaker 7: chime in and tell them.
- 10:15Speaker 4: You know, this is what I do.
- 10:16Speaker 7: But for a young kid, they kind of get up
- 10:19Speaker 7: they're ready to go. Kind of mental for them. So
- 10:22Speaker 7: just trust what they who they are as a person
- 10:24Speaker 7: and what they need in their own bodies and then
- 10:26Speaker 7: get up there and be ready to mentally go.
- 10:28Speaker 1: When you're on the side and you're watching you're not
- 10:30Speaker 1: in with the team, what.
- 10:31Speaker 4: Are you watching it for? It's tough for me. I
- 10:33Speaker 4: really I do not like it.
- 10:36Speaker 7: I try to one put myself in the play since
- 10:38Speaker 7: every rep matters, every rep counts. Being able to go
- 10:41Speaker 7: through the communications and then make sure that everybody's eyes
- 10:45Speaker 7: on the right spots, like the two positions that I
- 10:47Speaker 7: would be at, and then making sure that the communication
- 10:49Speaker 7: is getting relayed, you can kind of see it early
- 10:51Speaker 7: if it is. And then then I look at their
- 10:53Speaker 7: formation with offense hatch on there and see if I
- 10:55Speaker 7: can guess.
- 10:55Speaker 4: The play that's gonna gonna occur.
- 10:57Speaker 7: Then I just watch and see if we make a
- 10:58Speaker 7: play on the ball, always there to get that energy
- 11:01Speaker 7: to the team. And if we make a play like
- 11:03Speaker 7: a member Busters, pick our first one on the field,
- 11:05Speaker 7: I feel like, but I feel like that's you know,
- 11:06Speaker 7: we need that energy when we may play.
- 11:08Speaker 4: We all got to celebrated as a team.
- 11:11Speaker 3: Many were surprised that you didn't add another bed for
- 11:14Speaker 3: an edge now that you've had seven practices, including certainly today,
- 11:18Speaker 3: Sure thoughts on some of these young guys like Green
- 11:20Speaker 3: and Durfy.
- 11:22Speaker 7: Oh, I mean we got what we need an edge.
- 11:26Speaker 7: I mean, I like the team that we have and
- 11:28Speaker 7: those are my boys. We roll out with. What we
- 11:30Speaker 7: roll out with. I know what they can do. They
- 11:32Speaker 7: can set the edge, you know, so that's important in
- 11:34Speaker 7: our defense. And then they have good pass rush moves
- 11:36Speaker 7: and coordinate the pass russ games for the rest of
- 11:38Speaker 7: the defense. So I like the kids that we have
- 11:40Speaker 7: out there now, and I really like their competitive edge.
- 11:43Speaker 4: That they have to them.
- 11:44Speaker 7: It's all about playing right in the scheme, and I
- 11:46Speaker 7: think they can all do that.
- 11:47Speaker 4: So you know, we rely on them play in, play
- 11:49Speaker 4: out to do what they're supposed to do.
- 11:51Speaker 2: Kim said the other day.
- 11:52Speaker 1: You think it's the competition the linebacker room's kind of
- 11:54Speaker 1: brought out in the best and everybody.
- 11:55Speaker 4: Is that kind of what you've seen from your point
- 11:57Speaker 4: of view, Oh for sure.
- 11:58Speaker 7: I mean even in me, like see the younger guys
- 12:01Speaker 7: getting better every day. I know that in order for
- 12:03Speaker 7: me to stay here and make my plays, I gotta
- 12:05Speaker 7: get better to show my value to the room.
- 12:09Speaker 4: I think.
- 12:09Speaker 7: I always say high water raisers all ships. So as
- 12:12Speaker 7: they get better and kind of as our room goes,
- 12:14Speaker 7: the rest of the defense go. So it's good to
- 12:16Speaker 7: see them growing and being able to trust themselves, trust
- 12:19Speaker 7: their athletic ability in order to make plays. And then
- 12:22Speaker 7: when you trust that, you can trust me as well,
- 12:24Speaker 7: and now we can play off of each other and
- 12:25Speaker 7: continue to rise as a room.
- 12:27Speaker 5: You guys have on defense.
- 12:29Speaker 1: In the NFL last year, how do you get better
- 12:31Speaker 1: from that?
- 12:32Speaker 7: It's a new year, and you know, going to see
- 12:34Speaker 7: maybe new runs to our scheme and stuff We got
- 12:36Speaker 7: to understand that it takes a lot in order to
- 12:38Speaker 7: have that top run defense. So it's not really building
- 12:40Speaker 7: off let's it's remaking ourselves to be the top run defense.
- 12:43Speaker 7: I think we have a lot of the same pieces,
- 12:45Speaker 7: so we know we can do it. But you got
- 12:46Speaker 7: to build yourself each and every year and come out
- 12:48Speaker 7: with the right energy in order to have it. You know,
- 12:50Speaker 7: you can't just rely on what you did last year
- 12:52Speaker 7: kind of you know, see who we are as a
- 12:55Speaker 7: team and find our way to scratching, claw and grind
- 12:58Speaker 7: out to stop the run.
- 13:00Speaker 1: Of lawn tie by yesterday, this team has added another
- 13:03Speaker 1: veteran presence to the linebacker room. Do you have any
- 13:05Speaker 1: prior familiarity with Jilani or his skill set just from
- 13:08Speaker 1: your time in the life.
- 13:08Speaker 7: I know he's a very versatile linebacker. I know he's
- 13:11Speaker 7: been in the league a long time, so we know
- 13:12Speaker 7: he's how to play different schemes. Just talking with him
- 13:14Speaker 7: on the sideline, he's just trying to pick up the terminology,
- 13:16Speaker 7: but he already knows basically what kind of defense we
- 13:19Speaker 7: are and and what the camp wants in this play,
- 13:22Speaker 7: that play, this play.
- 13:23Speaker 4: So it's good to see a.
- 13:24Speaker 7: Guy with experience like that, and I like, you know,
- 13:28Speaker 7: a veteran presence just to be able to bounce ideas
- 13:30Speaker 7: off of see how he played things in the past. Uh,
- 13:32Speaker 7: But I just know that he understands what it takes
- 13:34Speaker 7: to be successful in the.
- 13:35Speaker 4: League and how to be successful in the defense.
- 13:37Speaker 7: So I love, I love seeing him in the room,
- 13:39Speaker 7: and I know the young guys can learn from him
- 13:42Speaker 7: as well.
- 13:43Speaker 2: What has been like with Brentson Coomb Club? Just off season?
- 13:49Speaker 4: One more time, I'm sorry, what has.
- 13:50Speaker 2: Been like in camp with going into the second season?
- 13:53Speaker 4: Oh, it's it's good. You know.
- 13:56Speaker 7: I wouldn't say we had the exact same path coming in,
- 13:59Speaker 7: but I was the late round guy who was undrafted guy,
- 14:02Speaker 7: but kind of seeing his role giving the opportunity to
- 14:05Speaker 7: increase get some plays on the field, meaningful plays in
- 14:07Speaker 7: the field from the end of last year coming into
- 14:10Speaker 7: this year, giving him an opportunity to compete for some
- 14:12Speaker 7: more plays.
- 14:14Speaker 4: You know.
- 14:14Speaker 7: I love seeing his competitive spirit and he kind of
- 14:17Speaker 7: rises to the occasion no matter what he's put in,
- 14:19Speaker 7: he's coming back not making the same mistakes as before
- 14:21Speaker 7: and not letting his athletic ability show. So I just
- 14:24Speaker 7: love seeing him grow as a player, as a person,
- 14:27Speaker 7: but somebody who I can trust when he's next to
- 14:29Speaker 7: me as well. So very exciting. But the same thing,
- 14:32Speaker 7: more competition in the room. Everybody's getting better, So that's
- 14:35Speaker 7: why I love to see the most.
- 14:36Speaker 1: Yeah, next week for the first of ing joint practices
- 14:38Speaker 1: and kind of what can you gain from doing joints?
- 14:43Speaker 7: Making sure our stuff works. I think that's the most part.
- 14:47Speaker 7: But really how we're gonna come out and compete against
- 14:49Speaker 7: a different team. I think that's the most exciting part
- 14:51Speaker 7: for me. You know, another guys I don't know, so
- 14:54Speaker 7: I don't really gotta you know, worry if they're trying
- 14:56Speaker 7: to take it easier on me or this and that,
- 14:58Speaker 7: Like I gotta really go through my pro just of
- 15:00Speaker 7: studying the place, seeing my keys and all that, because
- 15:02Speaker 7: I haven't seen their plays for two weeks straight, and
- 15:05Speaker 7: then bringing the physicality, like can we impose our style
- 15:08Speaker 7: of play on them to where they kind of, you know,
- 15:11Speaker 7: relent before we do. So it's always exciting and it
- 15:14Speaker 7: kind of brings out the best competitive age in everybody
- 15:17Speaker 7: in order to make sure that we're coming on top
- 15:19Speaker 7: of the day.
- 15:21Speaker 4: But I like, I like joint practices a lot.
- 15:23Speaker 5: Actually, yeah, yeah, face was that your face cTnT and
- 15:28Speaker 5: whatever happened?
- 15:30Speaker 4: Haitian right, So yeah, at Chen probably did.
- 15:33Speaker 5: He never said anything you got five years.
- 15:36Speaker 7: We actually when he first got I looked at his
- 15:38Speaker 7: dam and said, you French, huh, because I knew he
- 15:39Speaker 7: was from New Orleans. And then we actually had a
- 15:41Speaker 7: little many conversations about it. So I would say excited
- 15:44Speaker 7: when he finally got up there and said his name.
- 15:47Speaker 4: That's my dog though, like that's really my guy.
- 15:50Speaker 7: We text all the time and the off season, so
- 15:51Speaker 7: I'm excited to see him and another guy who got
- 15:53Speaker 7: me better here and I feel like, you know, we
- 15:55Speaker 7: had a lot of conversations, especially that contract year, and
- 15:58Speaker 7: I'm happy to see he got what he got and
- 16:00Speaker 7: hopefully has success down there, but not against us, you.
- 16:02Speaker 1: Guess from the who's coming out on top.
- 16:05Speaker 4: Let's see what happens.
- 16:06Speaker 1: Man.
- 16:06Speaker 4: I ain't gonna but my god, that's my guy. But
- 16:08Speaker 4: I know I like to compete. Appreciate, yep, appreciate