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Chiefs Parade, College Prospects, Interviews from Johnathan Gannon & Johnathan Franklin · NFL Now

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Speaker 1: It made me feel like, Oh, Nana, Nana. How about
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Speaker 1: those celebrating masterpiece catalog Union station at Kansas City. Welcome
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Speaker 1: to the the NFL Now, Patrick Claybon, Brian Baldinger, the Kelsey
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Speaker 1: brothers know how to put on performance. Okay. They give
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Speaker 1: him a microphone, give him a stage. They know what
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Speaker 1: to do. I would say that the off season officially
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Speaker 1: begins once the parade is over. By the way, it's
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Speaker 1: the parade over. They're still going. There are some people
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Speaker 1: still celebrating trevi Us, maybe one of us. But we
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Speaker 1: have officially moved to We've got one new coach and
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Speaker 1: Jonathan Gannon that we're set to hear from this hour
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Speaker 1: here on NFL Now. And speaking of Jonathan again, and
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Speaker 1: let's get a look at this introductory news conference coming
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Speaker 1: in Arizona, just days after his kid team came up
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Speaker 1: just short in Super Bowl fifty seven. Areas with the
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Speaker 1: owner Michael Bidwell as well as the new general manager
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Speaker 1: of the Arizona Cardinals, introduced today, described the hiring experience
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Speaker 1: and highlighted the fact of what got him here to
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Speaker 1: this job and why he chose Arizona. We're gonna be
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Speaker 1: very adaptable. This is I'm talking to Arizona Cardinals. This
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Speaker 1: is what our team is gonna be. We're gonna be adaptable,
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Speaker 1: We're gonna be violent, we're gonna be explosive, and we're
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Speaker 1: gonna be smart, and all three phases go into that,
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Speaker 1: and we will maximize the talents of the players that
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Speaker 1: we have, and that's how we're gonna win games. I
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Speaker 1: famously set a line back in when I first took
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Speaker 1: over as a defensive coordinator of Philly that I don't
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Speaker 1: have a scheme, and people were very uncomfortable with that,
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Speaker 1: and I was not because I don't believe in a scheme.
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Speaker 1: I believe in putting the players that we have in
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Speaker 1: positions to be successful. So we're gonna look different week
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Speaker 1: to week predicated on who we have playing and who
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Speaker 1: we are playing. Uh, the last four or five days
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Speaker 1: have been very normal for me. You know, you gotta
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Speaker 1: adapt as things come at your at your door, and
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Speaker 1: they've been exciting. Um. Obviously I have a lot of
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Speaker 1: energy and emotion that went into the game and then
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Speaker 1: losing that game, and then uh, stay in the night
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Speaker 1: here and not knowing I was going to stay the
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Speaker 1: night and interview for a head coaching job. But you
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Speaker 1: take everything in stride and you do the best that
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Speaker 1: you can. And uh, I'll say that it was a
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Speaker 1: fun four d eight hours. I'll say that because I
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Speaker 1: enjoyed myself. And so Jonathan Gannon there again, we'll hear
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Speaker 1: from him coming up here on the NFL now, also
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Speaker 1: a Super Bowl coach. This guy on the winning side,
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Speaker 1: Eric b Enemy visiting the Washington Commanders today with regards
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Speaker 1: to their offensive coordinator position. This again after scoring on
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Speaker 1: every possession and the second half against the Philadelphia Eagles
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Speaker 1: to win yet another Super Bowl championship with the Kansas
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Speaker 1: City Chiefs. Were more on Eric the Enemy's job prospect
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Speaker 1: for Britlin, Judy Batista and Mike gar A Folo. Good
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Speaker 1: afternoon to you, guys. Michael. Let's start with you. What
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Speaker 1: can you tell us about this visit in a would
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Speaker 1: be a lateral move for Errick by well, sort of
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Speaker 1: a lateral move. And I understand what you're saying, Patrick,
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Speaker 1: but Uh, I think Andy Reid made it clear that
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Speaker 1: he would love to see Eric B. Enemy become a
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Speaker 1: head coach or run his own show. Well, if he
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Speaker 1: goes as an offensive coordinator to Washington, right and there's
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Speaker 1: no Andy Reid over his shoulder, I think it's pretty
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Speaker 1: clear at that point. If he performed as well as
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Speaker 1: he has as an offensive coordinator the last couple of years,
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Speaker 1: then look, this is a guy that absolutely has the
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Speaker 1: credentials to take the next step. Right. I think that
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Speaker 1: that's part of what's going on here with Eric B Enemy.
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Speaker 1: And Ron Rivera certainly thinks highly of the enemy. Uh,
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Speaker 1: will give him all the opportunity in the world if
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Speaker 1: he is the higher for the Washington commanders to run
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Speaker 1: that side of the ball completely, uh and make his
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Speaker 1: case to say, hey, look, I know folks have tried
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Speaker 1: to make it clear the last couple of years, and
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Speaker 1: Eric the Enemy has been calling the plays, and Andy
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Speaker 1: Reid has even said that, and he's certainly a big
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Speaker 1: part of the game planning and everything right. It's it's
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Speaker 1: Eric the Enemy's offense as much as it's Andy Reid's offensible.
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Speaker 1: There's gonna be no question if he winds up being
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Speaker 1: the offensive coordinator of the Commanders and is successful in
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Speaker 1: that role. So wish you'll see if the Commanders and
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Speaker 1: Bien Me close it out duty well. Be Enemy has
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Speaker 1: really become the face of the league's diversity issues on
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Speaker 1: head coaching hires, and this was a very disappointing cycle.
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Speaker 1: Five jobs were open, only one went to a each
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Speaker 1: of color. That'sdamika Ryan's who went to Houston, and he
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Speaker 1: replaced a coach of color, so no ground gained there.
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Speaker 1: There is a feeling around the league that perhaps the
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Speaker 1: Enemy needs to get out from behind Andy Reid's shadow
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Speaker 1: in Kansas City and maybe that would enhance his resume. Um.
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Speaker 1: It has been a number of years now that Eric
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Speaker 1: the Enemy has been what everybody thought was in line
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Speaker 1: to get a head coaching job really stark this year
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Speaker 1: he was the offensive coordinator of the team that won
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Speaker 1: the Super Bowl, and both coordinators on the team that
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Speaker 1: lost the Super Bowl got head jobs and the Enemy
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Speaker 1: did not. The concern about Washington is there's quite a
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Speaker 1: bit of instability there. As you guys know, they do
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Speaker 1: not have an established quarterback and there could be an
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Speaker 1: ownership change in the next few months, and obviously that
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Speaker 1: would put everybody on the hot seat. So possibly not
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Speaker 1: the best environment to prove your metal if you're Eric
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Speaker 1: the Enemy, but certainly there is a sense that something
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Speaker 1: has to change to get the Enemy in line for
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Speaker 1: a head coaching job. I think this move, if it
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Speaker 1: happens with Ron Rivera, is a great move for Eric,
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Speaker 1: and I think the shadow that Andy cass is a
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Speaker 1: huge shadow. He constantly gives Eric the Enemy credit. He
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Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes constantly gives him credit. But if he was
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Speaker 1: to move to Washington where they're looking for that replacement
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Speaker 1: of Scott Turner with a ton of young talent, although
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Speaker 1: you know the quarterback that they say right now is
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Speaker 1: the starter to go into the off season and Sam How,
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Speaker 1: it's a great opportunity for Eric b enemy to to
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Speaker 1: really join forces right here with Sam How start to
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Speaker 1: start to uh install an offense right now to play
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Speaker 1: to his strengths. I think this can be in a
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Speaker 1: very exciting time. I think Ron Rivera gives this organization
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Speaker 1: some stability just from a leadership standpoint that they desperately need.
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Speaker 1: They've got a very good defense on that side of
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Speaker 1: the ball. Uh And so I think this is a
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Speaker 1: good opportunity for Eric, and I think if it's offered,
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Speaker 1: I don't think there's any chance that he won't take
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Speaker 1: this this position. It's been tough. Honestly. We went through
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Speaker 1: in the news room to try to find the total
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Speaker 1: number of jobs that Eric the Enemy has interviewed for
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Speaker 1: in these past five years, and it's a difficult undertake
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Speaker 1: because it's been so many. And we'll see if this
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Speaker 1: next step, which feels like something that you know he
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Speaker 1: has to do to get there, is a successful one
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Speaker 1: in his journey to be a head coach. But we
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Speaker 1: do have a a head coach that had his news
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Speaker 1: conference today is introductory news conference in Arizona from the Valley.
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Speaker 1: That's Jonathan Gannon and Michael Bitlow, his owner, the owner
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Speaker 1: of the Arizona Cardal speaking about the opportunity for coach
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Speaker 1: Gannon as well as Kyler Murray. I think he came
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Speaker 1: in with a vision and plan that the division aligned
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Speaker 1: with where we want to be about getting back to
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Speaker 1: the top of the NFC West and competing in January
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Speaker 1: and competing to get to the super Bowl and win it.
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Speaker 1: So that's number one with a vision. His plan he outlined,
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Speaker 1: some of which he'll get in today, some of which
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Speaker 1: we're not going to get into, but I'm excited about it.
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Speaker 1: It's the view that he had of our elite quarterback
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Speaker 1: and getting him back to being the playmaker that he
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Speaker 1: is and making sure we build around him and put
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Speaker 1: our players in positions, especially Kyler is our quarterback to
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Speaker 1: really get after it. And I was excited about what
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Speaker 1: his plan is in how he outlined it and joining
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Speaker 1: us now. The new head coach of the Arizona Cardinals,
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Speaker 1: Jonathan and And fresh off of his introductory news conference,
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Speaker 1: Thanks for spending time with this coach, because I know
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Speaker 1: it's a lot going on the combines coming up in
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Speaker 1: twenty eight days. I mean, on the excuse me, how
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Speaker 1: do you go about filling a staff? Yeah, we're we're
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Speaker 1: at it right now, Brian Baldi. You know. So that's
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Speaker 1: the next four or eight hours. I'm gonna talk to
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Speaker 1: the guys that are here and then get into some
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Speaker 1: some interviews that need to take place, some guys that
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Speaker 1: I want to talk to, and ultimately I want guys
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Speaker 1: that have high capacity, high character and they want to
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Speaker 1: be Cardinals. So, uh, we'll build this thing out as
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Speaker 1: we get going. But the other thing with that is
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Speaker 1: I'm not going to rush it just because of the timeline.
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Speaker 1: I'm more interested in finding the right people in the
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Speaker 1: right fit and just filling out of staff. So that's
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Speaker 1: what we'll do, Jonathan, I don't I don't think people
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Speaker 1: remember just two years ago when you and Nick and
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Speaker 1: Shane came on board in Philadelphia. That was a four
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Speaker 1: and eleven one team, a young quarterback in in Jalen
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Speaker 1: Hurts that was sort of unproven. It started a couple
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Speaker 1: of games at the end of the season the year before,
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Speaker 1: and this thing turned around pretty quickly. You got the
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Speaker 1: playoffs in the first year, you installed the brand new
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Speaker 1: offense defense. What can you take from those two years
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Speaker 1: in Philadelphia to help in this turnaround process with the
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Speaker 1: Arizona Cardins. Yeah, I mean, you know, you know what
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Speaker 1: I think about coach Sirianni. He laid out a very
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Speaker 1: specific vision of how to improve our players on a
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Speaker 1: day to day basis. And when you do that and
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Speaker 1: you do see the results of you know, we're process oriented,
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Speaker 1: but every day was, Hey, let's just get a little
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Speaker 1: bit better with what we're doing coaches, players, the strength, staff,
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Speaker 1: the psychological, the arenament, the player development plan. And when
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Speaker 1: you do that, then you'll you'll start improving everybody, you'll
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Speaker 1: start winning some games. So you know, it was a
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Speaker 1: very quick jump, you know, Nick, I don't know how
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Speaker 1: many guys ever went from there, you know, second year
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Speaker 1: to a Super Bowl. I think McVeigh was one of them.
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Speaker 1: But you know, he did an excellent job, and he
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Speaker 1: really gave me the brew plant of how to get
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Speaker 1: that done. But a lot of work to be done.
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Speaker 1: And I'm really not worried about that. You know, I'm
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Speaker 1: not worried about getting back to the playoffs, are making
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Speaker 1: the super Bowl. I'm just worried about getting the staff
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Speaker 1: together and improving our players and coach. You mentioned a
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Speaker 1: few times in your introductory news conference of growth mindset,
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Speaker 1: and I wonder how that applies for you and your
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Speaker 1: concept of that when everybody in this league is working
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Speaker 1: so hard to be where they are. Yeah, I think,
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Speaker 1: you know, you you got to be curious and you
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Speaker 1: have to have an open mind so you can learn
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Speaker 1: if if you think that you know the best way
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Speaker 1: or you're convicted on a certain methodology or a certain
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Speaker 1: uh scheme, I think you're gonna all to really get
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Speaker 1: passed by. And um, you know, I've always been around
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Speaker 1: people that have challenged you challenged me to you know,
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Speaker 1: keep growing and keep learning. Uh j G. You know
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Speaker 1: You've got a lot of success coaching the dB saying
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Speaker 1: it like this and doing it like this, but this
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Speaker 1: might be a better way. And I was very open
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Speaker 1: to that. And um, you know, every day I try
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Speaker 1: to learn something new, and that's about myself, about the coaches,
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Speaker 1: about the players, and when the code, when the players
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Speaker 1: have a growth mindset to as long as they understand
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Speaker 1: the why behind why you're doing things, they'll understand that, hey,
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Speaker 1: this can improve my game and I can become a
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Speaker 1: better player. And that's what you're ultimately trying to do
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Speaker 1: as a coach, is improve the players and make them
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Speaker 1: hit their ceiling. One of the things I liked what
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Speaker 1: you did in Philadelphia is you you played this game
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Speaker 1: if it's a game effort roulette, where you really allow
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Speaker 1: the players to take ownership with the defense by having
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Speaker 1: a guy stand up in front of the room and
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Speaker 1: really evaluate everybody's effort on a given play, and I
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Speaker 1: feel like when players talk in front of the room
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Speaker 1: about the other players and can not point fingers, but
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Speaker 1: saying this is how it has to get done, this
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Speaker 1: is the way it has to look, this is the
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Speaker 1: way we have to practice. I like that approach. Jonathan.
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Speaker 1: Can you explain just a little bit about your philosophy
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Speaker 1: with that. Yeah, so we you know, we had a
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Speaker 1: standard of how we wanted to play defense in Philly,
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Speaker 1: and that was obviously outlined to the guys, and we
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Speaker 1: showed him examples. This is what's acceptable, this is not
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Speaker 1: what's acceptable, and there's a grading scale and an outline
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Speaker 1: to that. But ultimately it's not the players memorizing that
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Speaker 1: or regurgitating that. It's them understanding that and if they
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Speaker 1: understand it, because hey, guys like this is if we're
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Speaker 1: about winning, this impacts winning football games, and if we
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Speaker 1: say it here we want to win football games, this
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Speaker 1: is a huge piece to that. So, um, that was
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Speaker 1: a tool that we used to a little bit of
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Speaker 1: fun in there, but some major, major accountability. And there
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Speaker 1: are some people that were uncomfortable because you didn't they
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Speaker 1: didn't know what play was getting was getting picked. But
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Speaker 1: some of the guys that did that. Fletcher Cox was
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Speaker 1: fantastic and I think you know Fletch the play that
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Speaker 1: I picked, he actually had a loaf and he had
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Speaker 1: to get up there and say, you know what, nine
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Speaker 1: one loaf and we're not attacking the person, We're just
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Speaker 1: attacking the action. We're trying to get better and improve
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Speaker 1: and um, that was always a cool thing. Our guys
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Speaker 1: enjoyed it and it's uh, it helped our defense. Yeah,
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Speaker 1: speaking of helping that defense, we look at some of
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Speaker 1: the stats here, coach. I don't know if you could
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Speaker 1: see it, but they were pretty good, especially that number
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Speaker 1: seventy sex first place, which is fifteen more sex than
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Speaker 1: the second place team had in two in terms of
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Speaker 1: duplicating that success. No, that's the goal. But looking over
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Speaker 1: on the offensive side of the ball, you said that
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Speaker 1: you have a very specific vision for the type of
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Speaker 1: offense that you're going to run. Could you give us
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Speaker 1: some some clarity on what that vision is. Yeah, you know,
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Speaker 1: we want to we want to be explosive an offense.
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Speaker 1: We want to protect the football, and we want to
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Speaker 1: maximize situations. And you know everything that we do is
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Speaker 1: going to be built the offense will be built around Um.
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Speaker 1: Kyler's skill set, and he has a very unique skill set,
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Speaker 1: and so we're going to use that because he can
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Speaker 1: put the defense in conflict by what he can do
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Speaker 1: to them, either running or throwing. Um. So that's how
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Speaker 1: we're gonna build the offense. But ultimately, it's just not
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Speaker 1: the quarterback position. It's everybody. There's eleven guys out there.
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Speaker 1: You know, we've got to make sure that the old
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Speaker 1: line is playing good football. We got playmakers for him
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Speaker 1: to get the ball to. We want to be able
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Speaker 1: to throw it down the field over people's heads, and
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Speaker 1: we've gotta be able to run it down people's throats.
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Speaker 1: So um, that's what you need to do. That's a
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Speaker 1: good pro style offense. But we're definitely gonna have elements
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Speaker 1: to where, you know, we let Kyler do his thing,
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Speaker 1: uh and put the defense in major conflict. I know
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Speaker 1: you had to defend Kyler this year against the Arizona Cardinals, Jonathan,
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Speaker 1: but you did have a chance to watch Jalen Herbs
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Speaker 1: day and day out over the last two years. And
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Speaker 1: as much as anybody at that position that we have seen,
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Speaker 1: I know Jayen pretty good. We we know a kind
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Speaker 1: of guy in the character that he has. What what
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Speaker 1: can you take from watching jail and day and day
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Speaker 1: out defending him in practice every day Jonathan and the
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Speaker 1: way he went about his business to Kyle to see
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Speaker 1: if Kyler can make similar type jumps. We see him
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Speaker 1: have success in this league, but I think we all
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Speaker 1: feel like there's another level for him to go. Yeah,
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Speaker 1: Kyler will understand that very clearly. You know, the quarterback
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Speaker 1: is the closest thing you have on the field to
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Speaker 1: a coach, and besides between Nick and Shane and Brian Johnson,
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Speaker 1: Jalen understood that. So he I think they did a
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Speaker 1: really good job with him of making Jalen understand the
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Speaker 1: why and how to play fast and efficient and problem
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Speaker 1: solving on his feet. You know, we we don't. We
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Speaker 1: didn't script a lot of practices. Guys like everyone has
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Speaker 1: carded periods and scripted things where people know what's coming.
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Speaker 1: Our head coach did not do that, and it was
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Speaker 1: because of the quarterback. He says, well, people, we don't
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Speaker 1: know how people are gonna play us, So you know
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Speaker 1: what we're gonna do to Jalen and practice, We're gonna
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Speaker 1: give him all kinds of on Scott looks he has
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Speaker 1: no idea what's going on, and he's got to be
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Speaker 1: able to function, and that's how they really improved his game.
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Speaker 1: And I look forward to doing that with our guy.
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Speaker 1: But um, you know, and and just my viewpoint of
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Speaker 1: how you have to defend him, what people are going
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Speaker 1: to try to do to defend him the right way.
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Speaker 1: He'll have a very specific vision of how teams are
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Speaker 1: going to try to play him and what we can
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Speaker 1: do to counterbalance that. Coach, how are you approaching because
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Speaker 1: we're not sure when Kyler will be available he still
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Speaker 1: in the process of recovering from that knee. How do
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Speaker 1: you approach roster construction when there is that question mark
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Speaker 1: on when he might be back. Yeah, we definitely have
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Speaker 1: to have a couple of trigger guys ready to go
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Speaker 1: until he gets ready to play, because I'm not gonna
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Speaker 1: rush it. We always do the best thing for our players.
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Speaker 1: Health always here, um, and that that will be new.
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Speaker 1: But you know, when he's ready to get back out
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Speaker 1: there and play, he'll play. But you know, we'll look
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Speaker 1: at all the different avenues that we have, um, from
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Speaker 1: the personnel standpoint, to try to build out the roster,
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Speaker 1: not just the quarterback position, to try to build out
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Speaker 1: the roster the best we can to put a competitive
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Speaker 1: team on the field and win football games. Um. And
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Speaker 1: then when he's ready to come back, he'll be ready
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Speaker 1: to go. Jonathan, you mentioned that you had unscripted practices, Um,
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Speaker 1: challenging jail in the offense. Uh. They have a new
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Speaker 1: coach in Indianapolis. Good buddy here, Shane Styke. And for
17:33
Speaker 1: fans of the Colts that want to know what they're
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Speaker 1: getting in change Styke, And what can you say about
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Speaker 1: their new head coach? Oh Man, he's a straight baller.
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Speaker 1: He is a straight baller. He just you know, how
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Speaker 1: he sees the game, his vision of how to play offense,
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Speaker 1: how to run a team. Uh. You know, obviously, I'm
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Speaker 1: I'm very close with Shane and we had a lot
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Speaker 1: of good conversations to the last two years of offense defense.
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Speaker 1: What's hard on the offense? What's hard on the defense? Hey,
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Speaker 1: this is what I'm gonna do to you when you
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Speaker 1: get in this spacing. Hey, this is what I'm gonna
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Speaker 1: do to you on third down when you show me
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Speaker 1: this look. So I've learned a lot from Shane. I
18:11
Speaker 1: value our friendship, our relationship, but that guy knows how
18:14
Speaker 1: to coach the quarterback, and he knows how to generate points.
18:18
Speaker 1: That's what I know about him. So that's what he'll do.
18:21
Speaker 1: And I'm rooting for him unless we play him and
18:23
Speaker 1: I'm going to stop him. Well, the the schedule doesn't
18:26
Speaker 1: line up that way, but we know that you guys
18:28
Speaker 1: will be able to have some conversations as you've got
18:31
Speaker 1: a lot of work ahead and as does he and
18:33
Speaker 1: coach will let you get to that work. But thanks
18:35
Speaker 1: for spending time with us. I appreciate Thank you, guys,
18:37
Speaker 1: big fans. Jonathan take here, buddy, appreciate your coach coming up.
18:41
Speaker 1: Coach Cannon says, not often you inherit the franchise quarterback. Well,
18:45
Speaker 1: some folks are gonna try to draft some franchise quarterbacks.
18:48
Speaker 1: How does Bucky Brooks have class rank? We'll find out
18:52
Speaker 1: next on NFL new Win Win Win Win back on
19:03
Speaker 1: NFL Now. Cej A. Stroud has has won the title
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Speaker 1: at least as far as one point out of the
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Speaker 1: top five quarterback prospects according to Buckey Brooks, which you
19:13
Speaker 1: could go to NFL dot com, slash Brooks and bred
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Speaker 1: right now. Set J. Stroud has that number one spot
19:20
Speaker 1: in Buckey's top five prospects at the quarterback position. Here
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Speaker 1: are the remainder It's Higsman Trophy winner Bryce Young, Hendon
19:28
Speaker 1: Hooker coming back from that knee injury, World Levis, and
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Speaker 1: Tanner McKee of Stanford. So we have a Stanford representative.
19:35
Speaker 1: We have Buckey's top five back now in the NFL.
19:37
Speaker 1: Now with Brian Baldinger on Batrick Clay Bond, let's talk
19:40
Speaker 1: about the top ranked quarterback prospects. According to Bucky Brooks,
19:43
Speaker 1: c J. Strould takes the spot over Bryce Young. Do
19:46
Speaker 1: you think that's heightweight, speed related both? Yeah, I think so. Uh,
19:50
Speaker 1: you know, I mean, look at brace Young is right there,
19:51
Speaker 1: Heisman Trophy winner, all that. Um, we're just beginning the
19:54
Speaker 1: process right now, Patrick Iman, These these lists that Bucky
19:58
Speaker 1: put out, that Daniel Jeremiah put out, you know, our guys,
20:01
Speaker 1: I mean it may change, you know, over the course
20:03
Speaker 1: of the next two months, but you know, it's are
20:05
Speaker 1: not to watch c J against Georgia in that playoff
20:08
Speaker 1: game and look at what he was able to do
20:10
Speaker 1: because you know, the movement that he showed, the ability
20:13
Speaker 1: to extend plays, the accuracy, I mean, it was a
20:16
Speaker 1: strong performance. Um, you know, and his best receiver wasn't
20:20
Speaker 1: out there on the field, although obviously Marvin Harrison racing
20:24
Speaker 1: pretty special. But like you know, it's it's hard to
20:26
Speaker 1: kind of pick him apart at this point with the
20:29
Speaker 1: way that he throws the ball, the accuracy, the touch
20:31
Speaker 1: right here that he has on the ball, and so, uh,
20:34
Speaker 1: you know, look, Bryce Young is probably a little more polished,
20:38
Speaker 1: He's a little more probably accurate with the ball. Uh.
20:42
Speaker 1: There's hard hardly anything not to like except for the frame,
20:46
Speaker 1: you know, And so Cayler Burry had to go through
20:48
Speaker 1: this process not that long ago. Patrick, you know, how
20:51
Speaker 1: tall is he gonna be? What's he gonna weigh? Is
20:53
Speaker 1: he gonna be a hundred ninety pounds? Is he a
20:54
Speaker 1: hundred and eighty two? Like all those it's gonna get
20:57
Speaker 1: you know, we're really gonna pick at a park here, Um,
21:00
Speaker 1: you know. So that's that's what he has to deal with,
21:02
Speaker 1: because we obviously know the NFL game, you're gonna get
21:05
Speaker 1: hit and can you keep getting up from the hits?
21:07
Speaker 1: And we've seen plenty of guys that can and a
21:09
Speaker 1: lot of guys they can, and so those are some
21:11
Speaker 1: of the issues. But you know, you look on the
21:13
Speaker 1: other side there, Hendon Hooker we were just talking about
21:16
Speaker 1: before the show. I mean, he's got everything that you want,
21:19
Speaker 1: except that he's coming back from an a c L
21:22
Speaker 1: all right, that he hurt November this year. He said
21:24
Speaker 1: he'll be ready in June, you know, for all the
21:27
Speaker 1: workouts and everything like that. Uh. And he's twenty five
21:30
Speaker 1: years old, and so you think, okay, is that a
21:32
Speaker 1: big deal? Well, I mean, Jalen Hurts is twenty four
21:36
Speaker 1: and he has his team in the Super Bowl, and
21:37
Speaker 1: we kind of know what Jalen is right now. We
21:41
Speaker 1: won't know that about Hendry. So that's gonna knock him
21:43
Speaker 1: down a little bit. Will Levis, you know Kentucky. Obviously,
21:46
Speaker 1: he's got tremendous size. He played a lot red shirt senior,
21:50
Speaker 1: very mature, I had a lot of big games. But
21:53
Speaker 1: maybe the the guy that is most intriguing to me
21:55
Speaker 1: is Anthony Richardson at Florida just because of his size,
21:58
Speaker 1: athletic a building. You watch him throw a football, I
22:00
Speaker 1: mean sixty yards, it's just nothing. It's just a flick um.
22:04
Speaker 1: You know, There's so much there, but it's pretty raw,
22:06
Speaker 1: and so who wants to work with them? And we
22:08
Speaker 1: were talking about like Jalen Hurts three years ago. Patrick,
22:12
Speaker 1: I mean, nobody thought that he could play at this level.
22:15
Speaker 1: But it's inside of him. It's in his d n A,
22:18
Speaker 1: it's in his maturity, it's who he wants to be.
22:21
Speaker 1: It's helps, he's son of a coach, all this stuff.
22:23
Speaker 1: But Jalen Hurts wanted to be the best quarterback in
22:25
Speaker 1: the NFL, and so are any of these guys. Is driven.
22:29
Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts has been and that's the that's the process.
22:31
Speaker 1: As you mentioned, it's Bucky's one point. Oh, and we're
22:33
Speaker 1: gonna get to see and start meet these guys. And
22:36
Speaker 1: I think once some coaches get in physical relations right,
22:40
Speaker 1: they're able to be involved in Anthony Richards and learned
22:43
Speaker 1: a lot. You'll see a lot and see what he
22:46
Speaker 1: can do, especially with the football from his hands. Let's
22:48
Speaker 1: go to some of these tight ends speaking of physicality. Uh,
22:51
Speaker 1: Bucky's got Michael Mayer, Dalton Kinkaid, Darnell Washington, a couple
22:55
Speaker 1: of great tight ends on the Georgia roster as well
22:59
Speaker 1: as last year Luke Musgrave and Tucker Crap. Let's focus
23:02
Speaker 1: in on Darnell Washington. Baldi, what do you see, Well,
23:06
Speaker 1: he's an oak tree. He's an absolute oak tree. I
23:09
Speaker 1: mean just his size. You know, he's very gifted. You
23:12
Speaker 1: can flex him out, you can run routes with them,
23:14
Speaker 1: but you can put him in line along with Michael Mayer.
23:16
Speaker 1: I mean, both these guys are inline blockers. We call
23:19
Speaker 1: those are why a true wy. There's Mayor right there,
23:21
Speaker 1: eighty seven Notre Dame. You put these guys in and
23:24
Speaker 1: you can you can run strong side runs with those guys,
23:28
Speaker 1: sealing the line of scrimmage. So I think that's an
23:30
Speaker 1: advantage right now between Mayor Washington. Uh. Mayor can get downfield.
23:35
Speaker 1: All these guys can run. Um and so I think
23:38
Speaker 1: there's a list. I think it's a very strong tight
23:40
Speaker 1: end group. I think we're gonna see quite a few
23:42
Speaker 1: guys go early in this draft, um, you know, and
23:45
Speaker 1: and guys that can step in and play right away
23:48
Speaker 1: and so uh and then you could always not on
23:51
Speaker 1: Buckey's list right now, but you can always go to
23:53
Speaker 1: Iowa and find you know, a tight end. Sam Laporta
23:55
Speaker 1: has been a very good player for Iowa over the
23:58
Speaker 1: last few years. You know, we have seen you know,
24:00
Speaker 1: whether it's Kittle or Kelsey. They were taken later in
24:02
Speaker 1: the draft, but look where they are right now. It's
24:05
Speaker 1: it's so much goes into evaluating the prospects and figuring
24:09
Speaker 1: out how to layer out your draft boarder. A big
24:11
Speaker 1: step in that is coming up on February the two
24:16
Speaker 1: thousand and twenty three NFL Scouting Combine again. If you
24:20
Speaker 1: want to free bucks one point oh position rankings, go
24:23
Speaker 1: to NFL dot com slash Brooks to read that. But
24:26
Speaker 1: twelve days from the kickoff of Scouting Combine Night team
24:31
Speaker 1: prospects invited to attend this year's event, tune in right
24:34
Speaker 1: here on NFL Network to see the future stars of
24:37
Speaker 1: tomorrow on February. What do they want to do? They
24:40
Speaker 1: want to get to this point when the hoisted beverage
24:43
Speaker 1: doesn't happen. A parade like Patrick Mahomes Another look at
24:46
Speaker 1: the Chiefs and what they did to hoisted Lombardi coming
24:49
Speaker 1: up next on NFL not They Can Stop Me. The
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Speaker 1: Rams celebrating Black History Month with the debut of a
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Speaker 1: powerful short film, Kingfish, The Story of Kenny Way Shington,
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Speaker 1: the first black player to be signed by an NFL
25:08
Speaker 1: team in the modern era. Kingfish, the Story of Kenny
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Speaker 1: Washington is live on RAMS digital channels including Rams dot Com,
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Speaker 1: Slash Kingfish Go watch it now, joining us Now on
25:21
Speaker 1: NFL Now. It is Jonathan Franklin, Bram's executive apart of
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Speaker 1: the team that produced this absolutely splendid short film, and
25:28
Speaker 1: it gives us a chance to think back to an
25:30
Speaker 1: NFL legend, the Jonathan we don't talk about enough. Yeah,
25:35
Speaker 1: it's absolutely been a story that's been undertowed and at
25:38
Speaker 1: the RAMS, we have been working on this for years
25:41
Speaker 1: and we're excited to give Kenny his flowers, right, and
25:44
Speaker 1: we've been very intentional to tell the story. We're excited
25:46
Speaker 1: about the premiere last night and to continue it beyond
25:49
Speaker 1: that moment as well. And Jonathan, I think for you personally,
25:52
Speaker 1: right as as the u c l A all time
25:54
Speaker 1: leading Russia a part of l A sports history, for you,
25:57
Speaker 1: you get a chance to do this when a lot
25:59
Speaker 1: of this current generation that's coming up might not necessarily
26:03
Speaker 1: be aware of Kenny's story. Yeah, being from Los Angeles
26:06
Speaker 1: going to us A playing running back, there were so
26:08
Speaker 1: many parallels between Kenny and I, and I was excited
26:12
Speaker 1: and learning about the story of Kenny Washington. There's so
26:14
Speaker 1: much hope of who he is, and he's a hero
26:17
Speaker 1: that we can all look to. Giving all the things
26:19
Speaker 1: and the traits that he's embodied as a leader, He's
26:22
Speaker 1: paved the way for myself and so many other individuals
26:25
Speaker 1: on the field, but off the field as well. And
26:27
Speaker 1: when we think about from nineteen twenty to nineteen that
26:31
Speaker 1: period where that you know that the headlines called it
26:33
Speaker 1: the gentleman's agreement among ownership to exclude black players from
26:38
Speaker 1: from this opportunity. What can the league do to not
26:41
Speaker 1: necessarily celebrate that, but to memorialize the fact that we
26:44
Speaker 1: have this period because we have legends like Jackie Robinson
26:47
Speaker 1: who integrated baseball that was the first, but it feels
26:51
Speaker 1: like the people who reintegrated football kind of get left
26:54
Speaker 1: out of bit. You know, this moment is the beginning
26:57
Speaker 1: of something different and and the the opportunity that we
27:00
Speaker 1: have to even talk about Kenny Washington today, right to
27:03
Speaker 1: have that premiere last night. We all have to do
27:06
Speaker 1: our part to celebrate. It was seventy six years now
27:09
Speaker 1: since the signing the nine six, and what an incredible moment,
27:13
Speaker 1: and that Kenny Washington legacy still lives on what he
27:16
Speaker 1: was able to do with himself with what he strode,
27:19
Speaker 1: what Shaq Harris, like so many people amongst the RAMS
27:22
Speaker 1: organization has been able to break barriers because of Kenny Washington.
27:26
Speaker 1: And this is an exciting moment. And I recall when
27:28
Speaker 1: when I heard about Kenny Washington, honestly was when I
27:31
Speaker 1: got to the RAMS UH and then I went out
27:33
Speaker 1: to the Kenny Washington Memorial game and was able to
27:36
Speaker 1: see so many communities come together, you know, seeing that
27:39
Speaker 1: Kenny Washington was a unifier the barriers that he had
27:42
Speaker 1: to overcome, not just in the NFL. He was an
27:44
Speaker 1: l A p D officer, He was a Hollywood actor,
27:47
Speaker 1: and Kenny knew he was always enough regardless of the environment,
27:50
Speaker 1: the opposition that he facing. Kenny is an individual that
27:53
Speaker 1: symbolizes so much for all of us that we can
27:56
Speaker 1: connect with. And I think that's the powerful moment that
27:58
Speaker 1: we all can share and tell in the platform that's
28:01
Speaker 1: so powerful right now. There's so much that he had
28:03
Speaker 1: to navigate. Of course, the decision has become a part
28:06
Speaker 1: of a system. There was a problem for for a
28:08
Speaker 1: lot of people after going through wars multiple surgeries as well,
28:12
Speaker 1: and you got to work with his family throughout this documentary.
28:15
Speaker 1: How was that? You know? Kisa Washington last night she's
28:18
Speaker 1: a granddaughter of Kenny, and she mentioned she was humble, proud,
28:23
Speaker 1: but very excited because this moment is going to inspire
28:26
Speaker 1: so much change. We were able to have you've you've
28:29
Speaker 1: come out and watched this and and the hope that
28:31
Speaker 1: they can look forward to to know that they are
28:33
Speaker 1: enough based off Kenny Washington a legacy again and that
28:36
Speaker 1: Kenny signed seventies six years ago, right and today we're
28:40
Speaker 1: still celebrating him. We're telling this story and it gives
28:43
Speaker 1: so much hope for many people and looking at what
28:46
Speaker 1: he meant and obviously the community as well, uh doing
28:49
Speaker 1: its part to even give Kenny Washington the opportunity had
28:53
Speaker 1: a chance to to watch the documentary, and it took
28:56
Speaker 1: all of Los Angeles essentially, especially the Black residence of
28:59
Speaker 1: Los Angeles, demanding that he'd be given an opportunity. Yeah,
29:03
Speaker 1: it takes all of us right to to g to change,
29:05
Speaker 1: to provide that hope and inspiration and to be able
29:08
Speaker 1: to have the RAMS organization again for years, come together
29:12
Speaker 1: and build this moment, to release this film and have
29:15
Speaker 1: the premier and it's not going to stop there. Our
29:18
Speaker 1: goal is finding ways to take this to schools. Two
29:20
Speaker 1: different communities were hosting the event on February and partnership
29:24
Speaker 1: with aver FI where we're inviting schools and within all
29:27
Speaker 1: thirty two NFL club cities to come out and view that.
29:31
Speaker 1: You know, we're looking to have over ten thousand students
29:33
Speaker 1: watch the film of Kenny Washington and not just watch it,
29:36
Speaker 1: but have a dialogue about the impact that Kenny had
29:39
Speaker 1: then but still today. Incredible to look at the opportunity
29:43
Speaker 1: that you have to reach out to the young folks
29:46
Speaker 1: and also celebrate the history and remind them of it,
29:48
Speaker 1: especially in a situation now where that history is being
29:52
Speaker 1: denied and a lot of other places, and the RAMS
29:54
Speaker 1: are doing their part to take a part of that job.
29:56
Speaker 1: Thank you so much for coming on. Thank thank you
29:58
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30:01
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