August 2, 2025 • 23 mins
On today's episode of From the Podium, hear from QB Kenny Pickett, DT Shelby Harris, rookie TE Harold Fannin Jr, and head coach Kevin Stefanski.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
Welcome to the Front of the Podium podcast, where we
feature all of our daily press conferences rolled into one
podcast to help you get ready for the twenty twenty
five regular season. I'm Brock Danny he and on today's episode,
you'll hear from quarterback Kenny Pickett, defensive tackle Shelby Harris,
tight end Harold fannin Junior, and head coach Kevin Stefanski.
(00:29):
First up quarterback Kenny Pickett discusses his return to practice
from injury and ramping up for the preseason.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
That's coming along.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
Just trying to take it a day at a time,
you know, frustrated and not being able to you know,
be out there competing, but trying to do my best
to listen to what the doctors and trainers are saying
and trust everything in the process.
Speaker 4 (00:51):
You know, you might be tempted to push it.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
I'll not do that, you know, just going yeah today
tell me now, you know I would be out there
trying to push through it it. You know, more that
staying in the pocket and stuff. I try to plete
my case. But you know, everyone has a.
Speaker 5 (01:05):
Job to do.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
They're looking out for me and I I appreciate that,
but we're also fighting the battle to get out there.
So it's tough if you were a touchdown on the
West play, did it happen before that or that?
Speaker 2 (01:15):
Yeah, having a couple plays for that, Run, Run.
Speaker 6 (01:20):
I mean, Lebron's really like your mobility and that's part
of your game. So do you feel like when you
come back you're gonna be that same guy You're gonna
have to manage for them?
Speaker 2 (01:27):
No, I have to manage it whenever I'm.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
Back, probably a few weeks after, based on uh the
injury and where I'm at. But I think it gives
me a great opportunity just to work from the pocket,
you know, find checkdowns. It really improved my game from
the pocket. Uh So I think if I look at
it with that, with that lens, you know, it could
be a real positive.
Speaker 5 (01:43):
Is it your targeting girl?
Speaker 7 (01:45):
Run?
Speaker 2 (01:47):
I can't say that's the target or not. I want
to be out there.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
I think there's there's ways that I could be able
to get out there really just taking a day at
a time.
Speaker 7 (01:56):
You are out the amst.
Speaker 8 (02:00):
With some harm.
Speaker 7 (02:01):
You know, Joe and Dylan take all the keen reps
that seem like you're you know, kind of an odd practice.
Speaker 5 (02:08):
To have to see it like that.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
Uh, I don't think so.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
I I think it's you know, next man up, and
when you're not in a competition, I think you're losing ground.
I think that's just the the nature of the business,
the nature of the game. So it's great for those
two guys to get extra reps and you know, being sure,
I gotta get back out.
Speaker 9 (02:22):
There, Kenny, when you are not agent, you know, out there,
what what person do you still stay involved?
Speaker 4 (02:27):
You know TV ter room in those.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
Meetings to really just stay Yeah.
Speaker 3 (02:32):
I just go about it as if I'm practicing, you know,
studying the uh, the script for the day, the you know,
and and like Tommy says, we're kind of treating each
practice like a game plan, you know, getting it the
night before, being able to study to go out there
and prepare, and then every rep they get, ill just
get a mental rep behind them. So there's ways to
steal it, you know with uh some film reps too.
I got to do some one on ones at the
end of the day, which was great, you know, and
(02:52):
it felt great doing stuff in the pocket. So, uh,
a lot of positives, just trying to keep my mind
frame there.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
Okay, sure are those reps, especially see.
Speaker 3 (03:00):
In this Yeah, they're everything for me right now. It's
all that's all I'm able to get. So, you know,
trying to learn from you know, what they do, what
what went, what went well, what didn't go well? So
when I get back out there, you know, I don't
make the same mistakes, you know, and I could do
the same positive that those guys are doing.
Speaker 7 (03:15):
Has yourmination to win this sturt?
Speaker 5 (03:17):
Your job?
Speaker 7 (03:17):
Is it exactly the same as it was before this injury?
Speaker 3 (03:20):
It is, yeah, one hundred percent it is. I'm trying
to get back out there, you know, as fast as possible.
I've never had, you know, a soft tissue injury like this,
so really a first time experience in my career. I
felt like I came in in great shape, was hitting
numbers speed.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
Wise I've never hit before.
Speaker 3 (03:36):
So it's it's frustrating that it happened, but you know,
turn the page and just trying to be, you know,
as good as I can be when I do return.
Speaker 5 (03:42):
I don't think it just said.
Speaker 4 (03:43):
You've never had like a soft tissue thing like this.
BEFO can be so finicky and you have to manage that.
I'm very carefully like because that created any extra pressure or.
Speaker 3 (03:51):
Anything like that a little bit, because you just can't
push it too much because you could really set yourself back.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
You know.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
It's not one of those injuries that you can just
go play on and not really think about it as much.
So just constant communication with the trainers and really listening
to them because, like I said, it's my first time
having it, you know, I don't really don't know what
to expect going through the process. Just really listening to
the doctors and the trainers.
Speaker 5 (04:12):
Do you feel like this effects.
Speaker 4 (04:13):
On them like an utry like that?
Speaker 2 (04:15):
What is it treatment?
Speaker 5 (04:17):
Treatment?
Speaker 2 (04:18):
Uh?
Speaker 5 (04:18):
I think you know.
Speaker 3 (04:19):
I've been doing stuff pretty much twenty four to seven,
like you know, getting in at like six thirty, stretching,
strengthening ice stem, some heat before I go out here,
stretching h then a lot of recovery stuff on the
back end, some more strengthening. I go home and I
have some equipment at home that I could use. So
it's really twenty four to seven, just trying to stay
on top of it, do the best I can to
(04:40):
get back as fast as possible.
Speaker 5 (04:41):
Do you feel like.
Speaker 6 (04:42):
This affected the competition and do you like feel like
it's been a setback.
Speaker 4 (04:46):
You can have had to miss time.
Speaker 3 (04:47):
Oh yeah, if you're like I said, if you're not
out there, I think it's a setback. You know, you
have to be out there playing and competing to win
a job. And I fully fully understand that. That's why
I'm pushing to get back, you know, as fast as possible.
Speaker 7 (04:58):
It is possible be a silver lining. I know you
mentioned some of the positives, but could there be a
silver lining for you just in terms of what you
have to learn.
Speaker 3 (05:08):
Mentally or could this have a Yeah, I'm happy it
happened early in camp, you know, and not three or
four weeks in, So I think that's a that's a
positive way to look at it. And like I said,
just getting the mental reps, you know, working more from
the pocket, so trying to spin in all those positive
ways that I could really come out better on the
other side of it.
Speaker 5 (05:29):
Kind of off of.
Speaker 10 (05:29):
That, is it a positive that you know, you've been
into the league now this is your fourth year that
it happened. You know, you have experience, you've been through
this a few years then compared to be it happened
like a rookie as a rookie, is there a difference there.
Speaker 3 (05:43):
Yeah, I would say that too, you know, having experience
and having you know a lot of game snaps, you
know under my belt, a lot of practice reps under
my belt. I think it's definitely better that it happened
to a more veteran, a guy that has a little
bit more experienced versus a rookie.
Speaker 2 (05:55):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (05:56):
You know, that would make life even harder as a rookie.
But I'm glad I do have that aparents I can
kind of fall back on.
Speaker 6 (06:01):
So you haven't been told when you can't go back
to King Jills, No, not yet.
Speaker 7 (06:05):
In terms of your mobility that we already talked about
a little bit, But when you have a hamstring issue
as a more quarterback and that's kind of your superpower
in those competition, it seems to me that makes it
even trickier than if, say, like Joe.
Speaker 3 (06:18):
Suffering has Joe can move a little bit, give me
give him some credit. No, yeah, it's like I said,
it makes it tougher. But that's the you know, it's
the game. Uh, it's it's part of the game. So
I think work in the pocket, move and stuff, you know,
staying in the pocket, going through redes hitting checkdowns. I
know I have the instinct to create players outside the pocket,
but you know, I just can't do that, you know,
(06:39):
as soon as i'd like to.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
Next defensive tackle Shelby Harris talks about being a dad
and getting ready to send his daughter to college.
Speaker 4 (06:48):
I don't know if it was the first or second
day of practice.
Speaker 9 (06:49):
He came out, he got almost there, and you said, yeah,
so how do you feel two weeks?
Speaker 11 (06:56):
You know, I feel like I'm about to be thirty four.
Uh but like honestly, like I feel the good. You know,
it's just I enjoy being out here with the guys.
I enjoy you know, that's the thing you love the most,
is just like the team and being around all the
guys and putting in that work. You know, training camps
the time where you're supposed to be bonding with everybody
and like getting to know all the young guys. But
then also you like you go out there and you
gain respect your like, you know, you earn that respect.
(07:17):
You know, you're watching people run full speed, making plays
and and it's just it's a time where you really
get close to your teammates. And that's really I think
the main part. Obviously, you want to get in shape.
But this is the main part of training camp is
really just building that bond with your teammates.
Speaker 6 (07:31):
Shelby, what do you with the defense you have to
do to be better overall as a unit.
Speaker 5 (07:36):
Than it was.
Speaker 11 (07:38):
I say, eliminate the big play. You know, we would
like I look at a specific game like that Chargers game.
You know, you have a bunch of positive plays, and
then you have a couple where it's a big, big,
broken play and they scoring those and and that's the
difference between win and losing. So for us to take
the next step of the defense and to get back
on track, we got to really eliminate the big play.
(07:58):
But then also just you know, leaving each other go
out there play. You know, it should look like there's
thirteen guys on the field even though it's eleven. You know,
d line getting out of stack, running to the ball,
linebackers cleaning it up, and just everybody just you know,
playing a part.
Speaker 5 (08:11):
Shelby, I'm sure you remember when you were a rookie.
Speaker 10 (08:14):
As you're looking at Mason, what do you notice out
of him that you know he's picked up maybe faster,
you know than than the average rookie, and where do
you feel like he's at right now?
Speaker 11 (08:24):
You know, I think there's a learning curve for anybody
that hasn't played this type of defense. You know, Mason's
coming from a redefense, and so what I and what
I do appreciate about him is he's putting in the
work to make this more of a second nature of
this coming off the ball, because it takes a lot
of work coming from a guy like me.
Speaker 5 (08:42):
I was in a three four for eight nine years
of my career.
Speaker 11 (08:45):
I come here year ten, and I have to teach myself,
you know, the differences and the nuances of this defense.
I think Mason's doing a good job staying in the playbook,
asking questions, you know, coming out early, getting the extra work,
you know, just pretty much just being a sponge and
taking everything you know, in his year and really just working.
Speaker 9 (09:01):
There's sort of been I mean, I guess you've got
a little bit of a youth movement on that defense,
so you sort of embracing you being that leader and
helping helping these young guys come along.
Speaker 11 (09:09):
Man, I'm young too, Like you know what I mean,
and you know what I'm thinking about, Like at the
end of the day in life. Being thirty three about
to turn thirty four. That's young and you know what
I mean, So this football stuff ages us. But you know,
I just think it's cool because you gotta think, I
got a daughter about to go to college and these
dudes just got out of college. So it's just a
it's a hold, it's a it's a full circle moment.
But I embrace it though. They keep me young. You know,
(09:31):
I love it because you know, I hear music I
don't hear all the time, and it's stuff. It's just
little things like that where you know, you appreciate what
the young what the young players can bring to the table.
And you know, I just think that, you know, everybody
brings something a little bit unique and a little bit
different and it's all welcomed.
Speaker 9 (09:48):
Yeah good, I was gonna say, doesn't help kind of
keep you at least some football football years?
Speaker 5 (09:52):
Yeah, football years. It keeps me young.
Speaker 11 (09:53):
And then I'm telling you, like having an eighteen year old,
I'd be listening to stuff and I'm like, bu what
the hell did that come from? But you know, and
that's why I just think it's it's cool, becau because
we always talk about it like me and my wife will,
but like they'd be like half these kids are closer
to my daughter's age thing of my age, and so
I just think that it's a cool moment where like
I can go up there and still kind of be,
(10:14):
you know, one of the guys even though I'm older,
and then I gotta go home and be dad to
put someone pretty much the same age.
Speaker 2 (10:20):
So gonna be a freshman this year.
Speaker 11 (10:22):
Yeah, Fort Hayes State. She's playing softball, Kamaya, Yeah, watch
out for us. She's gonna be she's gonna be cold.
Speaker 4 (10:30):
Might be able to introduce her to something she hasn't
heard of it.
Speaker 11 (10:33):
No, that's not the goal. I'm not trying to sit
here and I I Here's the thing. It's the coolest
part about it is like you know, especially with my
music taste or whatever, I don't really listen to anything new.
But then when they show it to me, I'm like, okay,
I can I can rock with this a little bit.
And then I come in here and I hear it,
and here I'm like, see I heard that before.
Speaker 4 (10:55):
I didn't know all that go on? Do you feel
extra discussion, extra question for you?
Speaker 11 (11:02):
But yeah, like even with without everything that's going on.
Is my job as an NFL PA rep of the
team to keep the keep the guys informed, have these
conversations even like like I said, even when there's not
big things going on with all the all the stuff
happening with the PA, it's we need to do a
better job, I guess, of just keeping that that that
are to talk going all year round of what's going
on with the PA, what's coming up next. And you know,
(11:25):
I do like what it has done because it's made
us have to talk more and more with the players
about what's going on with the PA. I think that's
the most important thing, is just more player involvement and
just you know, really just communication with the everyday player
and to keep them to have a more informed player.
Speaker 7 (11:42):
When you look at when Mike Paul gets back and
you're in there and the nation's in there, Sam, I mean,
just you guys have a pretty formidable defensive capital or to.
Speaker 5 (11:54):
Stay in towns.
Speaker 11 (11:55):
Yeah, I think, you know, everybody brings something different and
I think that's the best part about it. Like you
have guys like Maleiku who proven pass rush but underrated
run stopper in this league. And then you got a
guy like Mason, who who has a lot to prove
in this league coming in obviously has a lot behind them.
Speaker 5 (12:11):
Number five.
Speaker 11 (12:11):
Overall, you got to come in there and improve it.
But I just think in our dtackle room, you have
guys from all walks of life, guys that you know.
You have first round picks, you have mid round picks,
you have undrafted guys. You have guys fighting for rosters,
and you have guys that are gonna be here. So
I just think the best thing that we can all
do is the d line room is it's worked hard,
push each other, you know, be an open book, be
a sponge, and then you know, celebrate when the next
(12:34):
guy does something. My biggest thing, always like hype and
harp to like a lot of the young guys, is
we're down in competition with one another. The only competition
you have is with yourself. And if you keep it,
if you keep the main thing, the main thing, you
won't have being problems with all the other stuff. So
you got to go out there and just play your game.
You can't be worried about what somebody else is doing.
You can't be worried about all that stuff. The only
thing you can worry about is yourself. Go out there
(12:55):
and make little improvements every day and then you know
the craziest thing I always try to tell people, you know,
you are auditioning for thirty one other teams also, so
you have to make sure you put your best foot
forward every time you step on that practice field, every
time you step on onto the game. You gotta go
out there and and and do you and be the
best you you can be.
Speaker 4 (13:16):
Obviously, music is a part of news culture.
Speaker 3 (13:18):
But so it's like the the the language onan eighteen
year old fader and you know, being teammates with all
of these young college guys.
Speaker 5 (13:24):
So have you heard of the term complay unk?
Speaker 2 (13:28):
Yeah?
Speaker 11 (13:29):
They called Hey, I'm big, I'm unk man. You know,
they call me uncle o G. You know, big shell,
you know what I mean. Like I I I embrace
it all. But yeah, I have offered unk and I
just think it's cool because it's it's more of like
a sign of respect, you know what I mean. It's like, alright,
like you've been here, You've been around, you know what
I mean, Hey, go ahead, unk, do your thing, And
so I appreciate it, and I I just I love
(13:51):
you know, this is always the best part of the
time of year when you're learning a bunch of new
stuff that you had no clue about, you know what
I mean.
Speaker 10 (13:57):
Last year you were going.
Speaker 7 (13:59):
Out the Clouder's Club, you know, one of the thirty somethings.
Speaker 4 (14:03):
With you know, you're right for any days.
Speaker 7 (14:05):
Yeah, uh, but you've lost most of your uh club,
you know.
Speaker 4 (14:08):
Right, I'm you're one of the only ones life.
Speaker 11 (14:10):
Yeah, you know, I got my k my kids over
there are you know this uh chiller, but yeah, it's ah,
you know that was like always the coolest part to
me is like, cause I want them to be able to,
like my kids, to be able to grow up with
other kids that have had this experience and to be
around it. So you know, obviously the sad part about
losing Obo, losing Jordan Hicks, and you know, losing guys
that that that have kids, but you know it it's
(14:32):
more guys coming in and it's just it's a it's
a it's a great experience to be like, you know,
to have kids, my th my kids age like my
oldest eighteen, my youngest is four, and for them to
be able to live this life with me, to grow
up through this with me and and to be around this.
I just think it's uh, it's nothing I'd rather have
because you know, eventually it's all gonna end, and so
(14:55):
you just hope that you were able to do enough
to leave an impact on their life and and to
really uh you know, set your family up and and
and and put your best foot forward. And that's all
I try to do every day.
Speaker 5 (15:07):
Tight end.
Speaker 1 (15:07):
Harold fannin Junior talks about his availability to line up
anywhere on the field.
Speaker 9 (15:12):
Harold, going back a few days to one of you
guys online, how much do you love that opportunity to
really hit and get tato when you've been all that.
Speaker 12 (15:19):
Yeah, you know, obviously a great opportunity for us to
get better things like that. And obviously it feels good,
you know, finally get some contact back, you know, especially
for me, it has been a long process to combine
than Mini camp.
Speaker 4 (15:30):
But yeah, feel great.
Speaker 5 (15:35):
Appreciate it man. Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's going pretty good.
Speaker 12 (15:38):
You know, we all coming out here just working, just
trying to you know, just keep getting better.
Speaker 4 (15:43):
What's been the biggest adjustment for you so far?
Speaker 12 (15:46):
Do you think, uh, probably just say learn a new playbook.
I definitely say that that would probably be the biggest thing, just.
Speaker 9 (15:53):
More complicated or just yeah, I guess how does it
compare to what you guys are doing for?
Speaker 7 (15:58):
Uh?
Speaker 5 (15:58):
I mean not really different.
Speaker 12 (15:59):
It's just you know, people got different lingo, how they
say stuff, how they want stuff, things like.
Speaker 6 (16:03):
That catching Paz with from these guys black or Kenny
b Oh, yeah, different from you from Boling you too.
Speaker 5 (16:13):
Yeah. Uh.
Speaker 12 (16:15):
Obviously these guys got a lot of experience, so they
know where they want the ball, they know when to
throw up, you know, definitely I definitely just say it's
the time and things definitely on point.
Speaker 5 (16:24):
Or just what's his coaching style?
Speaker 2 (16:27):
How does he help you learn to mark?
Speaker 11 (16:30):
Yeah?
Speaker 5 (16:30):
Uh?
Speaker 12 (16:31):
If you know CJ, he uh here a very outgoing person.
You know, you can definitely feel his energy. You can
tell he loved football and I kind of just try
to pick up after that.
Speaker 4 (16:38):
Well, what are you gonna talk to Kevin this morning?
He said, you're right where he expects him, he wants
you to be. Do you feel that you're right where
you expect him where.
Speaker 1 (16:47):
You wanna be right now?
Speaker 4 (16:48):
And this sport to you?
Speaker 12 (16:49):
Uh, I probably say not. You know, every day I'm
just trying to keep getting better. You just keep getting
used to playing his offense.
Speaker 4 (16:56):
When you say you're not where you expect? Where are
you expecting to be? Not only you camp but this year?
But what can you do for this team?
Speaker 7 (17:03):
Uh?
Speaker 12 (17:04):
You know I got high expectations, especially from uh my
last season, So you know, I'm you know me personally,
I expect to do a lot. You know, that's kind
of what I have planned, you know, kind of set
for myself.
Speaker 2 (17:14):
It needs to be in the same position or miss.
Speaker 4 (17:16):
Game that you kind of what's that to be playing?
Speaker 5 (17:18):
Yeah, Like like CJ. You know, they they're very outgoing people.
Speaker 7 (17:22):
Uh.
Speaker 12 (17:22):
You know obviously you could tell very experienced guys, so
you know you can kind of pick his brains on
things like that, and like he know the playbook inside
and out, So anything I wanna ask I could ask
him kind of picking up is in there trying to Tamaritan?
Speaker 5 (17:35):
Uh like that yourself? Yeah, most definitely. Man. You you
probably talk to him.
Speaker 12 (17:39):
You know, hear him scream, you know what I mean,
trying to you know, be more vocal with things like that.
Speaker 5 (17:43):
I definitely the coach.
Speaker 8 (17:45):
Like this keep in line up anymore?
Speaker 5 (17:48):
Uh?
Speaker 4 (17:48):
Back for you fucking style or whatever side.
Speaker 12 (17:52):
Yeah, cause yeah, uh yeah, I d I did a
little bit of everything, so you know, it's kind of
kind of playing along.
Speaker 5 (18:00):
Yeah, I like it.
Speaker 4 (18:02):
We asked the Titans about the blocking part of it.
Speaker 9 (18:05):
All the time you've gotten a chance to have to
help out on Miles Garrett or anything like that.
Speaker 12 (18:10):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, you know, it's definitely definitely different
from college.
Speaker 11 (18:15):
You know.
Speaker 12 (18:16):
You know, obviously y'all y'all know about Miles Garrette.
Speaker 5 (18:18):
He can do.
Speaker 12 (18:19):
So you know, if I keep blocking, you know, you know,
keep trying to block him, I think it's definitely gonna
better me when the time come in the game, you know,
slow everything down.
Speaker 9 (18:26):
I mean, I for guys say like you can see
it on filming until you actually see it in person,
feel that you don't understand it.
Speaker 5 (18:32):
Yeah, pretty accurate.
Speaker 12 (18:33):
Yeah, Like you see him on tape, you're like, ah,
But then like in the game, when you hike, he
get up on you.
Speaker 5 (18:39):
It happened quick, you were quick on his feet. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (18:41):
Do you enjoy the blocking part of the game.
Speaker 11 (18:44):
Yeah?
Speaker 5 (18:44):
Yeah.
Speaker 12 (18:45):
I love everything about football. You know, I'm kind of
just a guy. Whatever it takes to win. I just
like winning.
Speaker 1 (18:49):
Finally, head coach Kevin Stefanski provides updates on Miles, Garrett
and Kenny Pickett.
Speaker 5 (18:55):
Okay, good to see everybody.
Speaker 8 (18:56):
Uh, it gonna be a beautiful day out here, obviously
a good day to get some work in. And Greg
will not practice. He's really day to day with that shoulder.
I'm gonna hold Miles out of today's practice, just precautionary rest.
But should be a good, good group of guys pushing
each other today and then we got a day off
tomorrow and then start talking about Carolina next week. But
with that, I'll take any questions.
Speaker 5 (19:16):
Is it with Miles? Is it something injuried precautionary?
Speaker 4 (19:21):
Yeah, just.
Speaker 5 (19:23):
Taking care of him.
Speaker 8 (19:26):
Not yet, yes, more of what he did yesterday?
Speaker 10 (19:30):
And can you comment on the offense in general yesterday
and in particular Gabriel A day as sloppy as it.
Speaker 8 (19:40):
Uh, you know, it's is the old adage that it's
never as bad as you think, or never as good
as you think. As a coach, when you go in
to watch the tape, I would tell you, with any
of our players, in particular Dylan, who's wants to be
great and wants to be great at practice, there's times
that you're gonna go through a tough period out here
at practice, a tough seven on seven, a tough team period,
whatever it may be, and then you really try to
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learn from those reps.
Speaker 10 (20:04):
Kenny, how did you just in general, see you know
everything kind of see the answer this one in you.
Speaker 8 (20:12):
Yeah, he's pushing himself to get back to full team
periods as soon as possible. We're also going to be
you know, smart and and be appropriate with where he is.
Speaker 5 (20:22):
But I thought he did a.
Speaker 8 (20:23):
Nice job yesterday and we'll continue to, uh, you know,
work that day to day.
Speaker 5 (20:27):
Kevin looked like.
Speaker 4 (20:28):
Jerome might have rolled the ankle in there. One is okay,
he's okay.
Speaker 6 (20:34):
Would your try and Troyka, I know he's switching from
the three four to four to three thin.
Speaker 4 (20:39):
What do you guys think that can unlock it?
Speaker 5 (20:42):
Yeah?
Speaker 8 (20:43):
I think you see the skill set Scott, you see
big long speed. I mean he can really run, he
can really bend, and he's got great length.
Speaker 5 (20:51):
So, uh, those are great traits.
Speaker 8 (20:53):
To have when you're talking about coming out of a
three point stance or a two point stance. But I
think it's for us as just understanding the player, understanding
where you can move him around to maximize him. But
football's football, whether you're in a three four scheme or
a four down scheme.
Speaker 5 (21:07):
He's really he's a good football player.
Speaker 12 (21:08):
What do.
Speaker 8 (21:10):
Yeah, great, he's you know, he's around a lot in
the spring. Teammates really like him. You know, he practices
very very hard, which I appreciate. Doesn't say a ton,
he's quiet, but uh yeah, it gets along really well.
Speaker 5 (21:22):
With this group.
Speaker 4 (21:25):
Carolina.
Speaker 8 (21:26):
It's hard to say, Jeff, I'm really just focused on
today with a guy like Carold fan And.
Speaker 4 (21:31):
Do you learn more about him once the pads go
on and what's guys concerned him a little bit?
Speaker 8 (21:36):
I think you honestly, Dan, I think you learn about
everybody when the pads go on and there's and it's
more physical. Like we've talked a lot, in the offseason,
you have to take everything in the offseason with a
huge grain of salt because there's no contact. And then
once you finally get out here and you can have contact,
I think there's you make better evaluations of your players.
But also, for instance, Harold, you had a lot of
college tape to go off of, so you know what
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the player is, uh, and then you want to see
how that translates to the to the field.
Speaker 4 (22:03):
Because Harold's so young and it's still new to the position.
Would you say he's a head of schedule. Really hard
for me to say.
Speaker 8 (22:11):
He's right where where I need him to be, right
where he should be, and we'll continue to grow, you
know with him, he'll earn, he'll earn a role. It's
we're not giving those things out just yet.
Speaker 4 (22:22):
Like most scene for this world camera, just in general offensive.
Speaker 8 (22:29):
Again, I think it falls under the category of the
guys are doing everything we're asking them to do. I
think they're practicing hard. I think they're understanding some of
the nuance in our scheme. They're certainly understanding some of
the new techniques that are being taught by their coaches.
So really have a pretty narrow focus when it comes
to where we are as a football team, just in general,
(22:50):
but certainly offensively, just focusing on making sure that they're
getting in understanding of the schemes and the techniques. In
the pastry guys on the fifties bradies, going back to.
Speaker 5 (23:00):
That this year, I have no idea.
Speaker 8 (23:02):
I think we're too far away to think about that.
Speaker 1 (23:05):
That does it for today's from the Podium podcast. You
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to the From the Podium podcast.
Welcome to the Front of the Podium podcast, where we
feature all of our daily press conferences rolled into one
podcast to help you get ready for the twenty twenty
five regular season. I'm Brock Danny he and on today's episode,
you'll hear from quarterback Kenny Pickett, defensive tackle Shelby Harris,
tight end Harold fannin Junior, and head coach Kevin Stefanski.
(00:29):
First up quarterback Kenny Pickett discusses his return to practice
from injury and ramping up for the preseason.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
That's coming along.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
Just trying to take it a day at a time,
you know, frustrated and not being able to you know,
be out there competing, but trying to do my best
to listen to what the doctors and trainers are saying
and trust everything in the process.
Speaker 4 (00:51):
You know, you might be tempted to push it.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
I'll not do that, you know, just going yeah today
tell me now, you know I would be out there
trying to push through it it. You know, more that
staying in the pocket and stuff. I try to plete
my case. But you know, everyone has a.
Speaker 5 (01:05):
Job to do.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
They're looking out for me and I I appreciate that,
but we're also fighting the battle to get out there.
So it's tough if you were a touchdown on the
West play, did it happen before that or that?
Speaker 2 (01:15):
Yeah, having a couple plays for that, Run, Run.
Speaker 6 (01:20):
I mean, Lebron's really like your mobility and that's part
of your game. So do you feel like when you
come back you're gonna be that same guy You're gonna
have to manage for them?
Speaker 2 (01:27):
No, I have to manage it whenever I'm.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
Back, probably a few weeks after, based on uh the
injury and where I'm at. But I think it gives
me a great opportunity just to work from the pocket,
you know, find checkdowns. It really improved my game from
the pocket. Uh So I think if I look at
it with that, with that lens, you know, it could
be a real positive.
Speaker 5 (01:43):
Is it your targeting girl?
Speaker 7 (01:45):
Run?
Speaker 2 (01:47):
I can't say that's the target or not. I want
to be out there.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
I think there's there's ways that I could be able
to get out there really just taking a day at
a time.
Speaker 7 (01:56):
You are out the amst.
Speaker 8 (02:00):
With some harm.
Speaker 7 (02:01):
You know, Joe and Dylan take all the keen reps
that seem like you're you know, kind of an odd practice.
Speaker 5 (02:08):
To have to see it like that.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
Uh, I don't think so.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
I I think it's you know, next man up, and
when you're not in a competition, I think you're losing ground.
I think that's just the the nature of the business,
the nature of the game. So it's great for those
two guys to get extra reps and you know, being sure,
I gotta get back out.
Speaker 9 (02:22):
There, Kenny, when you are not agent, you know, out there,
what what person do you still stay involved?
Speaker 4 (02:27):
You know TV ter room in those.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
Meetings to really just stay Yeah.
Speaker 3 (02:32):
I just go about it as if I'm practicing, you know,
studying the uh, the script for the day, the you know,
and and like Tommy says, we're kind of treating each
practice like a game plan, you know, getting it the
night before, being able to study to go out there
and prepare, and then every rep they get, ill just
get a mental rep behind them. So there's ways to
steal it, you know with uh some film reps too.
I got to do some one on ones at the
end of the day, which was great, you know, and
(02:52):
it felt great doing stuff in the pocket. So, uh,
a lot of positives, just trying to keep my mind
frame there.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
Okay, sure are those reps, especially see.
Speaker 3 (03:00):
In this Yeah, they're everything for me right now. It's
all that's all I'm able to get. So, you know,
trying to learn from you know, what they do, what
what went, what went well, what didn't go well? So
when I get back out there, you know, I don't
make the same mistakes, you know, and I could do
the same positive that those guys are doing.
Speaker 7 (03:15):
Has yourmination to win this sturt?
Speaker 5 (03:17):
Your job?
Speaker 7 (03:17):
Is it exactly the same as it was before this injury?
Speaker 3 (03:20):
It is, yeah, one hundred percent it is. I'm trying
to get back out there, you know, as fast as possible.
I've never had, you know, a soft tissue injury like this,
so really a first time experience in my career. I
felt like I came in in great shape, was hitting
numbers speed.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
Wise I've never hit before.
Speaker 3 (03:36):
So it's it's frustrating that it happened, but you know,
turn the page and just trying to be, you know,
as good as I can be when I do return.
Speaker 5 (03:42):
I don't think it just said.
Speaker 4 (03:43):
You've never had like a soft tissue thing like this.
BEFO can be so finicky and you have to manage that.
I'm very carefully like because that created any extra pressure or.
Speaker 3 (03:51):
Anything like that a little bit, because you just can't
push it too much because you could really set yourself back.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
You know.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
It's not one of those injuries that you can just
go play on and not really think about it as much.
So just constant communication with the trainers and really listening
to them because, like I said, it's my first time
having it, you know, I don't really don't know what
to expect going through the process. Just really listening to
the doctors and the trainers.
Speaker 5 (04:12):
Do you feel like this effects.
Speaker 4 (04:13):
On them like an utry like that?
Speaker 2 (04:15):
What is it treatment?
Speaker 5 (04:17):
Treatment?
Speaker 2 (04:18):
Uh?
Speaker 5 (04:18):
I think you know.
Speaker 3 (04:19):
I've been doing stuff pretty much twenty four to seven,
like you know, getting in at like six thirty, stretching,
strengthening ice stem, some heat before I go out here,
stretching h then a lot of recovery stuff on the
back end, some more strengthening. I go home and I
have some equipment at home that I could use. So
it's really twenty four to seven, just trying to stay
on top of it, do the best I can to
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get back as fast as possible.
Speaker 5 (04:41):
Do you feel like.
Speaker 6 (04:42):
This affected the competition and do you like feel like
it's been a setback.
Speaker 4 (04:46):
You can have had to miss time.
Speaker 3 (04:47):
Oh yeah, if you're like I said, if you're not
out there, I think it's a setback. You know, you
have to be out there playing and competing to win
a job. And I fully fully understand that. That's why
I'm pushing to get back, you know, as fast as possible.
Speaker 7 (04:58):
It is possible be a silver lining. I know you
mentioned some of the positives, but could there be a
silver lining for you just in terms of what you
have to learn.
Speaker 3 (05:08):
Mentally or could this have a Yeah, I'm happy it
happened early in camp, you know, and not three or
four weeks in, So I think that's a that's a
positive way to look at it. And like I said,
just getting the mental reps, you know, working more from
the pocket, so trying to spin in all those positive
ways that I could really come out better on the
other side of it.
Speaker 5 (05:29):
Kind of off of.
Speaker 10 (05:29):
That, is it a positive that you know, you've been
into the league now this is your fourth year that
it happened. You know, you have experience, you've been through
this a few years then compared to be it happened
like a rookie as a rookie, is there a difference there.
Speaker 3 (05:43):
Yeah, I would say that too, you know, having experience
and having you know a lot of game snaps, you
know under my belt, a lot of practice reps under
my belt. I think it's definitely better that it happened
to a more veteran, a guy that has a little
bit more experienced versus a rookie.
Speaker 2 (05:55):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (05:56):
You know, that would make life even harder as a rookie.
But I'm glad I do have that aparents I can
kind of fall back on.
Speaker 6 (06:01):
So you haven't been told when you can't go back
to King Jills, No, not yet.
Speaker 7 (06:05):
In terms of your mobility that we already talked about
a little bit, But when you have a hamstring issue
as a more quarterback and that's kind of your superpower
in those competition, it seems to me that makes it
even trickier than if, say, like Joe.
Speaker 3 (06:18):
Suffering has Joe can move a little bit, give me
give him some credit. No, yeah, it's like I said,
it makes it tougher. But that's the you know, it's
the game. Uh, it's it's part of the game. So
I think work in the pocket, move and stuff, you know,
staying in the pocket, going through redes hitting checkdowns. I
know I have the instinct to create players outside the pocket,
but you know, I just can't do that, you know,
(06:39):
as soon as i'd like to.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
Next defensive tackle Shelby Harris talks about being a dad
and getting ready to send his daughter to college.
Speaker 4 (06:48):
I don't know if it was the first or second
day of practice.
Speaker 9 (06:49):
He came out, he got almost there, and you said, yeah,
so how do you feel two weeks?
Speaker 11 (06:56):
You know, I feel like I'm about to be thirty four.
Uh but like honestly, like I feel the good. You know,
it's just I enjoy being out here with the guys.
I enjoy you know, that's the thing you love the most,
is just like the team and being around all the
guys and putting in that work. You know, training camps
the time where you're supposed to be bonding with everybody
and like getting to know all the young guys. But
then also you like you go out there and you
gain respect your like, you know, you earn that respect.
(07:17):
You know, you're watching people run full speed, making plays
and and it's just it's a time where you really
get close to your teammates. And that's really I think
the main part. Obviously, you want to get in shape.
But this is the main part of training camp is
really just building that bond with your teammates.
Speaker 6 (07:31):
Shelby, what do you with the defense you have to
do to be better overall as a unit.
Speaker 5 (07:36):
Than it was.
Speaker 11 (07:38):
I say, eliminate the big play. You know, we would
like I look at a specific game like that Chargers game.
You know, you have a bunch of positive plays, and
then you have a couple where it's a big, big,
broken play and they scoring those and and that's the
difference between win and losing. So for us to take
the next step of the defense and to get back
on track, we got to really eliminate the big play.
(07:58):
But then also just you know, leaving each other go
out there play. You know, it should look like there's
thirteen guys on the field even though it's eleven. You know,
d line getting out of stack, running to the ball,
linebackers cleaning it up, and just everybody just you know,
playing a part.
Speaker 5 (08:11):
Shelby, I'm sure you remember when you were a rookie.
Speaker 10 (08:14):
As you're looking at Mason, what do you notice out
of him that you know he's picked up maybe faster,
you know than than the average rookie, and where do
you feel like he's at right now?
Speaker 11 (08:24):
You know, I think there's a learning curve for anybody
that hasn't played this type of defense. You know, Mason's
coming from a redefense, and so what I and what
I do appreciate about him is he's putting in the
work to make this more of a second nature of
this coming off the ball, because it takes a lot
of work coming from a guy like me.
Speaker 5 (08:42):
I was in a three four for eight nine years
of my career.
Speaker 11 (08:45):
I come here year ten, and I have to teach myself,
you know, the differences and the nuances of this defense.
I think Mason's doing a good job staying in the playbook,
asking questions, you know, coming out early, getting the extra work,
you know, just pretty much just being a sponge and
taking everything you know, in his year and really just working.
Speaker 9 (09:01):
There's sort of been I mean, I guess you've got
a little bit of a youth movement on that defense,
so you sort of embracing you being that leader and
helping helping these young guys come along.
Speaker 11 (09:09):
Man, I'm young too, Like you know what I mean,
and you know what I'm thinking about, Like at the
end of the day in life. Being thirty three about
to turn thirty four. That's young and you know what
I mean, So this football stuff ages us. But you know,
I just think it's cool because you gotta think, I
got a daughter about to go to college and these
dudes just got out of college. So it's just a
it's a hold, it's a it's a full circle moment.
But I embrace it though. They keep me young. You know,
(09:31):
I love it because you know, I hear music I
don't hear all the time, and it's stuff. It's just
little things like that where you know, you appreciate what
the young what the young players can bring to the table.
And you know, I just think that, you know, everybody
brings something a little bit unique and a little bit
different and it's all welcomed.
Speaker 9 (09:48):
Yeah good, I was gonna say, doesn't help kind of
keep you at least some football football years?
Speaker 5 (09:52):
Yeah, football years. It keeps me young.
Speaker 11 (09:53):
And then I'm telling you, like having an eighteen year old,
I'd be listening to stuff and I'm like, bu what
the hell did that come from? But you know, and
that's why I just think it's it's cool, becau because
we always talk about it like me and my wife will,
but like they'd be like half these kids are closer
to my daughter's age thing of my age, and so
I just think that it's a cool moment where like
I can go up there and still kind of be,
(10:14):
you know, one of the guys even though I'm older,
and then I gotta go home and be dad to
put someone pretty much the same age.
Speaker 2 (10:20):
So gonna be a freshman this year.
Speaker 11 (10:22):
Yeah, Fort Hayes State. She's playing softball, Kamaya, Yeah, watch
out for us. She's gonna be she's gonna be cold.
Speaker 4 (10:30):
Might be able to introduce her to something she hasn't
heard of it.
Speaker 11 (10:33):
No, that's not the goal. I'm not trying to sit
here and I I Here's the thing. It's the coolest
part about it is like you know, especially with my
music taste or whatever, I don't really listen to anything new.
But then when they show it to me, I'm like, okay,
I can I can rock with this a little bit.
And then I come in here and I hear it,
and here I'm like, see I heard that before.
Speaker 4 (10:55):
I didn't know all that go on? Do you feel
extra discussion, extra question for you?
Speaker 11 (11:02):
But yeah, like even with without everything that's going on.
Is my job as an NFL PA rep of the
team to keep the keep the guys informed, have these
conversations even like like I said, even when there's not
big things going on with all the all the stuff
happening with the PA, it's we need to do a
better job, I guess, of just keeping that that that
are to talk going all year round of what's going
on with the PA, what's coming up next. And you know,
(11:25):
I do like what it has done because it's made
us have to talk more and more with the players
about what's going on with the PA. I think that's
the most important thing, is just more player involvement and
just you know, really just communication with the everyday player
and to keep them to have a more informed player.
Speaker 7 (11:42):
When you look at when Mike Paul gets back and
you're in there and the nation's in there, Sam, I mean,
just you guys have a pretty formidable defensive capital or to.
Speaker 5 (11:54):
Stay in towns.
Speaker 11 (11:55):
Yeah, I think, you know, everybody brings something different and
I think that's the best part about it. Like you
have guys like Maleiku who proven pass rush but underrated
run stopper in this league. And then you got a
guy like Mason, who who has a lot to prove
in this league coming in obviously has a lot behind them.
Speaker 5 (12:11):
Number five.
Speaker 11 (12:11):
Overall, you got to come in there and improve it.
But I just think in our dtackle room, you have
guys from all walks of life, guys that you know.
You have first round picks, you have mid round picks,
you have undrafted guys. You have guys fighting for rosters,
and you have guys that are gonna be here. So
I just think the best thing that we can all
do is the d line room is it's worked hard,
push each other, you know, be an open book, be
a sponge, and then you know, celebrate when the next
(12:34):
guy does something. My biggest thing, always like hype and
harp to like a lot of the young guys, is
we're down in competition with one another. The only competition
you have is with yourself. And if you keep it,
if you keep the main thing, the main thing, you
won't have being problems with all the other stuff. So
you got to go out there and just play your game.
You can't be worried about what somebody else is doing.
You can't be worried about all that stuff. The only
thing you can worry about is yourself. Go out there
(12:55):
and make little improvements every day and then you know
the craziest thing I always try to tell people, you know,
you are auditioning for thirty one other teams also, so
you have to make sure you put your best foot
forward every time you step on that practice field, every
time you step on onto the game. You gotta go
out there and and and do you and be the
best you you can be.
Speaker 4 (13:16):
Obviously, music is a part of news culture.
Speaker 3 (13:18):
But so it's like the the the language onan eighteen
year old fader and you know, being teammates with all
of these young college guys.
Speaker 5 (13:24):
So have you heard of the term complay unk?
Speaker 2 (13:28):
Yeah?
Speaker 11 (13:29):
They called Hey, I'm big, I'm unk man. You know,
they call me uncle o G. You know, big shell,
you know what I mean. Like I I I embrace
it all. But yeah, I have offered unk and I
just think it's cool because it's it's more of like
a sign of respect, you know what I mean. It's like, alright,
like you've been here, You've been around, you know what
I mean, Hey, go ahead, unk, do your thing, And
so I appreciate it, and I I just I love
(13:51):
you know, this is always the best part of the
time of year when you're learning a bunch of new
stuff that you had no clue about, you know what
I mean.
Speaker 10 (13:57):
Last year you were going.
Speaker 7 (13:59):
Out the Clouder's Club, you know, one of the thirty somethings.
Speaker 4 (14:03):
With you know, you're right for any days.
Speaker 7 (14:05):
Yeah, uh, but you've lost most of your uh club,
you know.
Speaker 4 (14:08):
Right, I'm you're one of the only ones life.
Speaker 11 (14:10):
Yeah, you know, I got my k my kids over
there are you know this uh chiller, but yeah, it's ah,
you know that was like always the coolest part to
me is like, cause I want them to be able to,
like my kids, to be able to grow up with
other kids that have had this experience and to be
around it. So you know, obviously the sad part about
losing Obo, losing Jordan Hicks, and you know, losing guys
that that that have kids, but you know it it's
(14:32):
more guys coming in and it's just it's a it's
a it's a great experience to be like, you know,
to have kids, my th my kids age like my
oldest eighteen, my youngest is four, and for them to
be able to live this life with me, to grow
up through this with me and and to be around this.
I just think it's uh, it's nothing I'd rather have
because you know, eventually it's all gonna end, and so
(14:55):
you just hope that you were able to do enough
to leave an impact on their life and and to
really uh you know, set your family up and and
and and put your best foot forward. And that's all
I try to do every day.
Speaker 5 (15:07):
Tight end.
Speaker 1 (15:07):
Harold fannin Junior talks about his availability to line up
anywhere on the field.
Speaker 9 (15:12):
Harold, going back a few days to one of you
guys online, how much do you love that opportunity to
really hit and get tato when you've been all that.
Speaker 12 (15:19):
Yeah, you know, obviously a great opportunity for us to
get better things like that. And obviously it feels good,
you know, finally get some contact back, you know, especially
for me, it has been a long process to combine
than Mini camp.
Speaker 4 (15:30):
But yeah, feel great.
Speaker 5 (15:35):
Appreciate it man. Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's going pretty good.
Speaker 12 (15:38):
You know, we all coming out here just working, just
trying to you know, just keep getting better.
Speaker 4 (15:43):
What's been the biggest adjustment for you so far?
Speaker 12 (15:46):
Do you think, uh, probably just say learn a new playbook.
I definitely say that that would probably be the biggest thing, just.
Speaker 9 (15:53):
More complicated or just yeah, I guess how does it
compare to what you guys are doing for?
Speaker 7 (15:58):
Uh?
Speaker 5 (15:58):
I mean not really different.
Speaker 12 (15:59):
It's just you know, people got different lingo, how they
say stuff, how they want stuff, things like.
Speaker 6 (16:03):
That catching Paz with from these guys black or Kenny
b Oh, yeah, different from you from Boling you too.
Speaker 5 (16:13):
Yeah. Uh.
Speaker 12 (16:15):
Obviously these guys got a lot of experience, so they
know where they want the ball, they know when to
throw up, you know, definitely I definitely just say it's
the time and things definitely on point.
Speaker 5 (16:24):
Or just what's his coaching style?
Speaker 2 (16:27):
How does he help you learn to mark?
Speaker 11 (16:30):
Yeah?
Speaker 5 (16:30):
Uh?
Speaker 12 (16:31):
If you know CJ, he uh here a very outgoing person.
You know, you can definitely feel his energy. You can
tell he loved football and I kind of just try
to pick up after that.
Speaker 4 (16:38):
Well, what are you gonna talk to Kevin this morning?
He said, you're right where he expects him, he wants
you to be. Do you feel that you're right where
you expect him where.
Speaker 1 (16:47):
You wanna be right now?
Speaker 4 (16:48):
And this sport to you?
Speaker 12 (16:49):
Uh, I probably say not. You know, every day I'm
just trying to keep getting better. You just keep getting
used to playing his offense.
Speaker 4 (16:56):
When you say you're not where you expect? Where are
you expecting to be? Not only you camp but this year?
But what can you do for this team?
Speaker 7 (17:03):
Uh?
Speaker 12 (17:04):
You know I got high expectations, especially from uh my
last season, So you know, I'm you know me personally,
I expect to do a lot. You know, that's kind
of what I have planned, you know, kind of set
for myself.
Speaker 2 (17:14):
It needs to be in the same position or miss.
Speaker 4 (17:16):
Game that you kind of what's that to be playing?
Speaker 5 (17:18):
Yeah, Like like CJ. You know, they they're very outgoing people.
Speaker 7 (17:22):
Uh.
Speaker 12 (17:22):
You know obviously you could tell very experienced guys, so
you know you can kind of pick his brains on
things like that, and like he know the playbook inside
and out, So anything I wanna ask I could ask
him kind of picking up is in there trying to Tamaritan?
Speaker 5 (17:35):
Uh like that yourself? Yeah, most definitely. Man. You you
probably talk to him.
Speaker 12 (17:39):
You know, hear him scream, you know what I mean,
trying to you know, be more vocal with things like that.
Speaker 5 (17:43):
I definitely the coach.
Speaker 8 (17:45):
Like this keep in line up anymore?
Speaker 5 (17:48):
Uh?
Speaker 4 (17:48):
Back for you fucking style or whatever side.
Speaker 12 (17:52):
Yeah, cause yeah, uh yeah, I d I did a
little bit of everything, so you know, it's kind of
kind of playing along.
Speaker 5 (18:00):
Yeah, I like it.
Speaker 4 (18:02):
We asked the Titans about the blocking part of it.
Speaker 9 (18:05):
All the time you've gotten a chance to have to
help out on Miles Garrett or anything like that.
Speaker 12 (18:10):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, you know, it's definitely definitely different
from college.
Speaker 11 (18:15):
You know.
Speaker 12 (18:16):
You know, obviously y'all y'all know about Miles Garrette.
Speaker 5 (18:18):
He can do.
Speaker 12 (18:19):
So you know, if I keep blocking, you know, you know,
keep trying to block him, I think it's definitely gonna
better me when the time come in the game, you know,
slow everything down.
Speaker 9 (18:26):
I mean, I for guys say like you can see
it on filming until you actually see it in person,
feel that you don't understand it.
Speaker 5 (18:32):
Yeah, pretty accurate.
Speaker 12 (18:33):
Yeah, Like you see him on tape, you're like, ah,
But then like in the game, when you hike, he
get up on you.
Speaker 5 (18:39):
It happened quick, you were quick on his feet. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (18:41):
Do you enjoy the blocking part of the game.
Speaker 11 (18:44):
Yeah?
Speaker 5 (18:44):
Yeah.
Speaker 12 (18:45):
I love everything about football. You know, I'm kind of
just a guy. Whatever it takes to win. I just
like winning.
Speaker 1 (18:49):
Finally, head coach Kevin Stefanski provides updates on Miles, Garrett
and Kenny Pickett.
Speaker 5 (18:55):
Okay, good to see everybody.
Speaker 8 (18:56):
Uh, it gonna be a beautiful day out here, obviously
a good day to get some work in. And Greg
will not practice. He's really day to day with that shoulder.
I'm gonna hold Miles out of today's practice, just precautionary rest.
But should be a good, good group of guys pushing
each other today and then we got a day off
tomorrow and then start talking about Carolina next week. But
with that, I'll take any questions.
Speaker 5 (19:16):
Is it with Miles? Is it something injuried precautionary?
Speaker 4 (19:21):
Yeah, just.
Speaker 5 (19:23):
Taking care of him.
Speaker 8 (19:26):
Not yet, yes, more of what he did yesterday?
Speaker 10 (19:30):
And can you comment on the offense in general yesterday
and in particular Gabriel A day as sloppy as it.
Speaker 8 (19:40):
Uh, you know, it's is the old adage that it's
never as bad as you think, or never as good
as you think. As a coach, when you go in
to watch the tape, I would tell you, with any
of our players, in particular Dylan, who's wants to be
great and wants to be great at practice, there's times
that you're gonna go through a tough period out here
at practice, a tough seven on seven, a tough team period,
whatever it may be, and then you really try to
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learn from those reps.
Speaker 10 (20:04):
Kenny, how did you just in general, see you know
everything kind of see the answer this one in you.
Speaker 8 (20:12):
Yeah, he's pushing himself to get back to full team
periods as soon as possible. We're also going to be
you know, smart and and be appropriate with where he is.
Speaker 5 (20:22):
But I thought he did a.
Speaker 8 (20:23):
Nice job yesterday and we'll continue to, uh, you know,
work that day to day.
Speaker 5 (20:27):
Kevin looked like.
Speaker 4 (20:28):
Jerome might have rolled the ankle in there. One is okay,
he's okay.
Speaker 6 (20:34):
Would your try and Troyka, I know he's switching from
the three four to four to three thin.
Speaker 4 (20:39):
What do you guys think that can unlock it?
Speaker 5 (20:42):
Yeah?
Speaker 8 (20:43):
I think you see the skill set Scott, you see
big long speed. I mean he can really run, he
can really bend, and he's got great length.
Speaker 5 (20:51):
So, uh, those are great traits.
Speaker 8 (20:53):
To have when you're talking about coming out of a
three point stance or a two point stance. But I
think it's for us as just understanding the player, understanding
where you can move him around to maximize him. But
football's football, whether you're in a three four scheme or
a four down scheme.
Speaker 5 (21:07):
He's really he's a good football player.
Speaker 12 (21:08):
What do.
Speaker 8 (21:10):
Yeah, great, he's you know, he's around a lot in
the spring. Teammates really like him. You know, he practices
very very hard, which I appreciate. Doesn't say a ton,
he's quiet, but uh yeah, it gets along really well.
Speaker 5 (21:22):
With this group.
Speaker 4 (21:25):
Carolina.
Speaker 8 (21:26):
It's hard to say, Jeff, I'm really just focused on
today with a guy like Carold fan And.
Speaker 4 (21:31):
Do you learn more about him once the pads go
on and what's guys concerned him a little bit?
Speaker 8 (21:36):
I think you honestly, Dan, I think you learn about
everybody when the pads go on and there's and it's
more physical. Like we've talked a lot, in the offseason,
you have to take everything in the offseason with a
huge grain of salt because there's no contact. And then
once you finally get out here and you can have contact,
I think there's you make better evaluations of your players.
But also, for instance, Harold, you had a lot of
college tape to go off of, so you know what
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the player is, uh, and then you want to see
how that translates to the to the field.
Speaker 4 (22:03):
Because Harold's so young and it's still new to the position.
Would you say he's a head of schedule. Really hard
for me to say.
Speaker 8 (22:11):
He's right where where I need him to be, right
where he should be, and we'll continue to grow, you
know with him, he'll earn, he'll earn a role. It's
we're not giving those things out just yet.
Speaker 4 (22:22):
Like most scene for this world camera, just in general offensive.
Speaker 8 (22:29):
Again, I think it falls under the category of the
guys are doing everything we're asking them to do. I
think they're practicing hard. I think they're understanding some of
the nuance in our scheme. They're certainly understanding some of
the new techniques that are being taught by their coaches.
So really have a pretty narrow focus when it comes
to where we are as a football team, just in general,
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but certainly offensively, just focusing on making sure that they're
getting in understanding of the schemes and the techniques. In
the pastry guys on the fifties bradies, going back to.
Speaker 5 (23:00):
That this year, I have no idea.
Speaker 8 (23:02):
I think we're too far away to think about that.
Speaker 1 (23:05):
That does it for today's from the Podium podcast. You
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YouTube dot com slash Browns for the latest news from
the off season. I'm Brock Danahy. Thank you for listening
(23:26):
to the From the Podium podcast.
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