May 19, 2025 • 25 mins
Jaguars Head Coach Liam Coen, Offensive Coordinator Grant Udinski and Quarterback Trevor Lawrence speak to the media after practice on the first day of Organized Team Activities. 00:00 - 08:17 - QB Trevor Lawrence 08:18 - 18:43 - HC Liam Coen 18:44 - 25:06 - OC Grant Udinski
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It feels good just to be I guess we've been
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on the grass, but to compete a little bit. You know,
last few weeks has been trying to get everything in,
get the offense of the defense, in working separate, and
now get to compete a little bit. So that's what
so we all love to do. That's that's fun to
get the competitive you know, juice is flowing, and to
kind of see our offense come together and then also
see our defense which we haven't gone against yet. Is
it's always it's always good.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
What are your early thoughts on Travis Hunter? I mean
you haven't seen a ton of them.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
Just yeah, I got a lot of juice. Like he
can he can run all day, a lot of energy.
I love it. Good energy, always dapping guys up, just
bringing juice every day. And like I said, high motor
can just go. It's like a kid just runs around
all day. He doesn't get tired. It seems like so
you can't have enough of that. And then as far
as just talent, I mean kind of speaks for his self,
ball skills, run after the catch, he's very explosive. She
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didn't realize how exposive he was in and out of cuts.
You know, he's he's impressive to watch, and we've gotten
to connect a couple of times. It's not only gonna
keep getting better and better. You know, we've only worked
together for a couple of days now, so we got
some time to really dial in on the details.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
Ship with the receivers. How difficult is that done with
him split in time corner wide receiver? That a challenge?
Speaker 1 (01:07):
Yeah, I mean you work around all that. You get
as many reps as you can, you talk as much
as possible, you know, not just out here, but yeah,
out here after reps, after seven on seven team reps.
If I see how he did something and I think
he can do it a little different, or if he
likes to do things a certain way, he can kind
of voicet to me, you know, both of those things.
And then in the building, you know, in the meeting room,
watching tape, installing talking about kind of what I'm looking for,
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what coaches are looking for on certain concepts. Just to
get him up to speed, because obviously he's learning a
new system and he's super talented, really smartened, but it
takes some time to learn the system. So we're trying
to just get him up to speed and so he
can go and play fast and free and not have
to think about it today versus.
Speaker 4 (01:43):
B two a year ago to now.
Speaker 5 (01:45):
How would you evaluate?
Speaker 1 (01:46):
Yeah, just I think, you know, obviously the talent's always
been there, but I mean the confidence obviously, the off
the year he had and what he's done now he
has a full year on his belt where you know,
he's one of the top receivers in the league. I
think my confidence in him seeing him do his thing
for a year now and just you get that one
on one you feel really confident about about our guy.
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So just a lot of confidence in im. He's smart,
he's picking up it's another system he's learning. You know,
it's two years in two systems, and just been impressed
by how he carries himself. You know, the work he
puts in. You can tell your studies because he comes
in here, he knows this stuff. It's not an easy
system to learn, and he's done a really, really nice job.
Speaker 3 (02:22):
You missed the last six games, seven games, whatever it
was the chemistry between you and b T Is it
taken a second to kind of readjust to that chemistry.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
Yeah, you know, I think not a ton obviously, just
getting back into throwing. You know, I went for a
solid three and a half plus months without throwing, just
with the shoulder deal and so starting to throw a
little bit for OTA's and then working into I feel
real good now. I feel like my arm's back in shape,
feel like i'm i'm I'm getting sharper and sharper every day.
So I think it was more that than necessarily getting
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the chemistry back with BT. I felt like we were
just starting to get that last season and obviously went
down and we weren't able to finish the year together.
But just being able to even though I wasn't playing,
be able to watch his one on one reps, the
stuff we were doing with him last year and the
situation she was put in, and how he was able
to adapt and play the slot and move outside and
really take advantage of every matchup. I think that also
gave me a ton of confidence and seeing like, this
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is a guy where you can move him anywhere, you
can do anything, and he's gonna just find a way
to get the ball because he's act good.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
You make the system. Where are you at with that?
Speaker 5 (03:20):
What are you like that?
Speaker 1 (03:22):
I really like it? You know, it has a lot
of answers. You know, it's it's it's great. I mean,
it puts a lot of the players you have to
know your stuff, but it gives you all the answers.
You know, you're not you don't feel like you're stuck
in a play that's uh not set up for success.
You know. It gives us a lot of answers, and
uh we change the presentation a lot and make a
lot of things look the same. You know, there's there's
a whole lot of without going in too much detail,
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you know, there's a lot of things that I like
about it. And it's definitely unlike any system that I've
learned before. So it's been cool to learn and and
just pick the coach's brain and and try to get
it down as fast as possible.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
You have it, you have to take the test up
to the passive.
Speaker 1 (03:56):
Yeah, I mean we don't have we don't have everything
in yet. You know, we build up to that. But
from what we have in so far, yeah, i'd hope. So,
you know, that's what I've been working to try to,
you know, get it all, get it all down. I
feel good about it, you know, just got to now
take it from knowing it to second nature, you know,
to where you don't think about it. You hear the
play call, you split it out, you go play, and
you play fast and you're not thinking about it. You know,
that's always kind of a transition when you learn a system,
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you got to get it down to where you can
just react.
Speaker 6 (04:21):
Mentioned a few things that you knew you wanted to
work on as far as your footwork and things of
that nature early in the off season.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
How are you feeling with that progress.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
I'm believing.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
I feel really good.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
It was something I was able to work coming into
OTAs is just on my own when I first started
throwing for a couple of weeks before we started. It's
able to work the footwork and it was foreign to
me a little bit then, but now it feels more comfortable.
And then just having a ton of banked reps through
all the weeks that we've done of ot or Phase one,
Phase two and now into the OTA practices, so I'm
feeling more and more comfortable, and yeah, I think it's
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really gonna help me. I feel very confident and my
feet aligned where I want to go, and you know,
progressions and tying my feet to my progression and being
balanced and being able to get across the field quickly.
So I think it's been really good and just gotta
keep working it does It doesn't come overnight, it doesn't
come in four months either. It's gonna take a while,
so just keep working at this whole offseason.
Speaker 4 (05:13):
A couple of those you wish you could have back
out there today. I mean, what can you learn from
I mean passes like that at this time of years.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
Yeah, I really just sailed one at Travis over the middle.
He did a nice job. We had a cross route,
had him open and just sailed a little bit and
sav So I picked that one off he was behind him.
And then the other one just me and Parker being
on the same page at a curl route and trying
to throw it away from the zone defender underneath, and
we were just a little bit off on what each
other was thinking. So that's the time of year where
you worked that stuff out. Obviously, you never want you
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never want to have interceptions. You don't want to have
balls on the ground. You want to be clean. But
on the other hand, it's stuff you want to see,
the miscommunication or some of that, so you can fix
it now and not carry that over you know, later on,
so we'll fix that stuff and we'll get cleaned up
as we got.
Speaker 5 (05:56):
Time for two More, is the footwork stuff, stuff that
you had not worked on before.
Speaker 6 (06:00):
Is a specific to what Liam wants to do offensively
or was it just.
Speaker 4 (06:03):
Yeah, famental.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
It's more of a both. I'd say there's some fundamental
stuff that I agree with that we've watched kind of
throughout the off season and say that this is some
stuff that you know, I can work on to maybe better,
more accurate, a little bit more on time, and all
this stuff transfer my way a little bit better. Then
there's stuff that's just kind of system based that's different,
you know, as far as this the starting point of
my stance flipping that which changes how you drop, you know,
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so that was a big change. But that's more of
the system and kind of what the system prefers. And
I agree with a lot of that or all that stuff,
and I think it's helped me. But so it's a
little bit of both, if that answers your question. And
it's really specific as far as the concepts go without
work and the details and all that stuff is just
kind of knowing and drilling my feet. So when I
when I hear the call and I and I do it,
I'm not thinking, all right, what's my drop? It's just
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you've done it so many times you don't think about it.
Speaker 5 (06:49):
Do you wish you had more consistency and continuity than
you've had here conjackually? I mean, you're working on your
third center in three years, third offense, third o feed,
new receivers, new line.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
I mean, it's it's a situation we're in. I really
like what I really like the people we have here now.
I love the system. I love the staff, the players
that we brought in along with the guys that we're
already here. I feel very confident in where we're going
and the trajectory we're heading. Can't change the past. You know,
of course I would have loved to have a little
more success up until this point. To answer your question, yeah,
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of course, But you know the reality is, this is
where we're at, and I and I love where we're at,
and I got a lot of confidence in it, and
we just got to keep putting the work in out
here every day to prepare ourselves for the fall.
Speaker 5 (07:31):
You said they needed you needed juice here. You needed
more juice here. Do you feel like you guys have it.
Speaker 1 (07:37):
Definitely there's an energy on the practice field. I think
that starts with obviously Liam. He's he's a very energetic guy.
He's passionate, loves football, loves to be out here. I
think that's one thing I've noticed about him from the
beginning is a lot of energy, and that trickles down
through the staff, right, So I mean it's that and
then also the players that we have a big variety
of the guys that they brought in and free agency,
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they all fit what we're trying to do in the
in the I guess the culture and the energy, and
then even a guy like Travis bringing in who's just
full of energy and positive and you know, a playmaker,
all those things. It's cool seeing it all come together
and it seems like everything's well thought out about the
type of people that are here, not just the talent.
All right, guys, I appreciate it.
Speaker 7 (08:17):
Thanks.
Speaker 4 (08:18):
I'm not really as much judging that at the moment.
You know, it's definitely we got to get used to
practicing in these elements. We've definitely uh been working them
in terms of the conditioning piece, so I'm.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
Not exactly worried about that at all.
Speaker 4 (08:32):
I think that you know, day one off of a
you know, longer weekend and a little bit of energy
probably you know, up and trying to do all the
right things and do it at a high level, probably
lose some legs and a little bit of focus. And
I think that's kind of what happened today a little bit,
but good opportunity to turn it around tomorrow, Trevor.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
I mean, the.
Speaker 3 (08:52):
Offense and coming back from the shoulder.
Speaker 4 (08:54):
And not good, you know, not good. We're trying to
get better, right, I mean, we're not even close, you know,
we're working towards you know, playing in September obviously, and
so at this point it is strictly how much can
we actually learn from every day. We're not evaluating, you know,
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maybe some of the things that you would normally evaluate
in a game right or in the season. It's like,
how many mental errors do we have? How much can
we continue to be disciplined with our communication formations, alignment
assignment A we're going to catch every ball and throw
every ball out here in the first day at phase three,
I would assume not. But more in terms of the
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operation the communication, are we understanding what we're trying to
get accomplished out of the calls. It's a learning phase,
not necessarily a competitive phase. And do you want to
be cleaner?
Speaker 2 (09:46):
Absolutely? Do you want it to look perfect?
Speaker 4 (09:49):
Yes, we all do. That's just not the reality at
this phase, this time, in this phase. That's kind of no, No,
not at all, not at all. No. He's mentally that
he's done a phenomenal job, this guy in terms of
his work ethic, the what he's put into this thing,
and his own and his own time while he's here
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the play calls, handling, the load and all that stuff.
I've been very impressed with you said that.
Speaker 3 (10:14):
You were going to do this around having seen to
get all for the first time on the field, going
up against defense.
Speaker 4 (10:20):
Just what did it look like to me young? You know,
in terms of just hey we got it first day,
putting it all together. You know, it's not going to
be as clean as you'd like it to be, as
as I kind of already alluded to. But what's cool
is you do feel a little bit of an energy.
Saw Travis make a couple of plays when the ball
went his way. You see the hands that he does present.
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I thought Deanmi Brown had a really nice day prior
to kind of getting a little bit. I mean he
was feeling it. I mean these guys you could tell
talking to him. Yeah, they were feeling the heat. They
were feeling their legs a little bit. And ultimately, you know,
that's what this is all about, is trying to get
those back underneath ourselves, getting better into football shape. You
can run, you can do all these things all you want,
but until you start going out there in football and
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doing it, it's a different feel.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
What's your question at Tyson Gambell with the players.
Speaker 4 (11:07):
I thought he's done a nice job so far I have.
I mean, he has those fluid movements, long rangey. I
thought he had a nice day specifically today, but also
leading up into today. I just think he's done a
nice job stacking blocks. He's got good vision on the
quarterback right now, playing a little bit of a different
scheme than he's been playing over the last year and
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being a little bit more vision on the quarterback, patience,
playing a little bit of off man.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
You know.
Speaker 4 (11:35):
I just think that that's kind of where he's going
to be able to excel. He's got confidence right now,
which is always good from a corner. I've been really
pleased with Tyson thus far.
Speaker 5 (11:44):
What is your approach for handling ones like the starters?
Do you do you rotate that day to day, week
to week. It's day.
Speaker 4 (11:51):
I mean, it's rep to rep honestly, I mean it's
rack to rack. Is really kind of what we talk
about is Hey, getting guys in with the ones in
the first rack and then slide in with the twos
with the next rack, and trying to give guys opportunities
without like I said, knowing they're not truly getting judged
and graded on the you know, competition right now it is.
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We will always want to compete in everything that we're doing,
but ultimately it's about trying to create that continuity at
times within the system, within the offense and defense and
the calls. So there's really no like, hey, these are
the starters that are going to be out there first
game against Carolina. Do you have some ideas? Sure, But
ultimately there is a lot of competition that will occur,
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especially throughout this offseason and as we get in the
training camp.
Speaker 3 (12:37):
Speaking with Carolina, the schedule get drop just plug your
initial take on that and any obviously, every game is
important to any game that they look forward to.
Speaker 4 (12:45):
Yeah, I mean, I think ultimately you look at the
first one, right, and it's against a team that we
played twice last year, had you know, a couple of
good games against obviously Indivision opponent in Tampa, and obviously
a team that's you know, continuing to grow. Right, They're
a team that you know, new head coach last year
trying to get into it showed some really good signs
I thought at times last year's Dave's doing a great
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job with that team and that organization. So that's the
one that's obviously circled at the moment. And like you said,
they're all hard, right, they're all tough. Any given Sunday,
anything can happen, and we just have to kind of
take care of ourselves at the moment and get better
each day.
Speaker 5 (13:20):
You see groups running between drills, is that one of
your philosophies to really be keep moving and moving.
Speaker 4 (13:27):
Yeah, we're not out here all that long at the
end of the day, and so you know, the whole
thought process is just, hey, keep moving. You know, from
a conditioning standpoint, if we're going from the drill to
drill and we're buzzing around and we're not walking on
the field. Well, we don't have to sit here and
do extra conditioning after. They have to go with the
weight room staff and go do extra conditioning. You know,
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that is a philosophy thing for us as a team
and just keeping guys moving, keeping it going. Ultimately, do
we do need some breaks, We need to let them
kind of cool off and give give their thoughts a minute.
But I thought they you know, handled it for the
most part, well.
Speaker 5 (14:02):
Today all that young guys.
Speaker 4 (14:04):
Yeah, developmental, Yeah, that's kind of a developmental period that
we use towards the end of practice to kind of
get those young guys, the rookies specifically in those reps, right,
just getting them true full play calls in a jog
through setting where man, it's more about again the alignment,
assignment technique, fundamentals, and just trying to give those guys
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some more reps that maybe they're not getting in the
course of the normal practice.
Speaker 7 (14:29):
We through one or two joint.
Speaker 4 (14:31):
Practices, one as of right now, one as of right now. Yeah, Miami, Miami.
Speaker 2 (14:36):
Yeah, a lot about the progress of the offense so far.
Speaker 4 (14:38):
Just what are your thoughts that were things stand with
the defense So now they're taking them from.
Speaker 2 (14:41):
The classroom to the field.
Speaker 4 (14:42):
I actually thought they they did some really good things today.
I thought, just from a communications standpoint, punching the ball out,
doing it in the right way though, right, we had
a couple guys just trying to be intentional about getting
the ball out and getting their hands on the football,
something that we're you know, actively trying to be intentional
about this whole offseason. And I thought the defensive staff
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has done a great job of communicating that in the
meeting settings. Bringing it out to the practice field, I
thought that they did a nice job kind of setting
the line of scrimmage, playing with length on the D line,
and you know, the ball was out. I mean, the
ball was on the ground too many times for us offensively,
but hey, on the flip side of it, that's the
first time as a head coach you actually kind of
have to be very neutral in those moments where I'm
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kind of ticked off that the ball is on the
ground from an offensive standpoint. But ultimately, man defense did
a nice job of getting the ball out there today.
Speaker 6 (15:33):
For us, defense is ahead of the offense at this stage.
Speaker 4 (15:36):
At this I mean, I think always, you know, the
defense is typically always ahead you know, it's just it's
a it's a little bit more of a go line up,
reactionary kind of phase, if you will. Uh, there's a
lot I'm not you know, diminishing what they have to learn. Defensively,
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there's a lot of calls, a lot of different fundamentals
communication that has to occur. I think naturally you would
say offensively, there's a lot more that ends up maybe
slowing you down pre snap and post snap. But yeah,
I mean I would, I would hope that the defense
would be a little bit further ahead.
Speaker 6 (16:14):
Uh.
Speaker 4 (16:14):
To be honest with you, I think typically that's the
case as you go all the way through training camp
and as you go into the season.
Speaker 3 (16:19):
That's Travis under handling all the information, taking it from
classroom to field.
Speaker 4 (16:24):
Yeah, I think, so far, so good. I mean, he
had a couple missed assignments today that you know, he
knew right away. He came off the grass and took
accountability for him. The one thing he noticed is a
guy that hasn't played a ton of football or you know,
been out conditioning maybe for the last two months because
he was on a little bit of a tour. The
guy can run forever. I mean he just kind of
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goes runs are out runs, back runs. I mean, he's
you could tell he's in he's in football shape, and
he was you know, he's done a nice job. You know,
Edgar Barrett, the coaches, Ron Milis, those guys have done
a great job of meeting with him when they've had
time to do so. And Travis's worked all getting this
stuff right.
Speaker 3 (17:04):
Quickly and down day.
Speaker 4 (17:05):
Princeland here so you can please to see you know
what that ultimately gets if it's voluntary, right, and you
have to all we ask is ultimately, if you're not
going to be here, can you communicate to us in
a timely manner. And that's been consistently getting better as
we've gone, and it really has over the last few
weeks gotten so much better just from a clear communication
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on you know, what are the expectations if you're going
to be here. We're setting schedules, we're setting up individual
work that we want to be individualized for some of
those players and anybody. So I've been pleased with the
guys that have obviously been here and working. They've done
nothing but uh, you know, do what we ask and
that they've been doing it from day one, they've they've
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worked their tails off. They seem to have good energy
at all times, and it's not always easy to come
out and be buzzing around. Ultimately, these guys are it's
their jobs, but they've done their jobs to a high
level thus far.
Speaker 2 (18:00):
Host looking.
Speaker 4 (18:01):
Yeah, I think you put the ball on the ground today.
It kind of stands out. But I thought last week
as we were kind of getting more into the scheme
and he was getting a little bit more comfortable, I
thought he started to get a little bit more into it,
had a couple better runs of feeling the zone and
being able to stick his foot in the ground and accelerate. So,
you know, good learning experience. You know, first time in
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a live setting in the National Football League and your
first carry. Hopefully you learn something from that moment. But
I think all all together, that room, that running back
room has done a nice job in terms of the competition,
the acceleration, and the teaching for some of those young guys,
and also the veterans doing a nice job of trying
to help those guys out as well. Yeah, thanks guys.
Speaker 7 (18:44):
A lot of work has gone into it. So still
long ways ago, but it's awesome to get out.
Speaker 2 (18:47):
Here that speed of receiver with Thomas Brown and Hunter,
and how special.
Speaker 4 (18:50):
It can that be for you guys.
Speaker 2 (18:53):
I think.
Speaker 7 (18:55):
It tried too early to say right now how special
it can be or where that you know, metric is
to measure that. But I know that that'll be a
weapon for those guys individually and for us as a
unit to do the things that we want to implement
from a scheme standpoint or from an individual attacking routes,
building round trees, those types of aspects.
Speaker 3 (19:14):
For those guys are getting the work where crowd is
getting on them a little bit.
Speaker 2 (19:18):
Of the news last week. It's been a lot of fun.
It's been a lot of fun.
Speaker 7 (19:21):
I'm sure you guys see it him out here, the
dancing at the practice, the fun, the love of the game.
That's one of the cool things about not just him,
but all the guys we brought in. They're guys that
love football, and I think that's a parent the way
they practice. So it makes our job a lot of
fun to get out here on the grass with those guys.
Whether it's on the grass or it's in the meeting room,
it's that same energy and passion for the game or
passion for being around their teammates that they bring every day.
Speaker 4 (19:42):
Oh tough. It's a guy who's trun ale on the
offense and the defense at the same time. You have
to kind of utilize every second you have with them.
Speaker 7 (19:49):
Yeah, you're definitely going for maximum efficiency. You're trying to
optimize the time. So it's different. It's a unique challenge,
but it's a fun challenge. It's an exciting challenge, and
he's the type of guy because of the that passion
and the love of the game who's up for the
challenge and can do it. So it is definitely different
compared to the rest of the guys in his schedule.
But it's a unique skill set. It's a unique person
and a neat player. So that's been fun as well.
Speaker 4 (20:12):
Where Trevor Ettel and theaybe learning the playbook so far,
he said he probably could pass a test right.
Speaker 2 (20:16):
Now if he had to.
Speaker 7 (20:17):
He said he could pass the test. Well, I don't
know if the I don't know what these counts as
tests will necessarily qualify as tests.
Speaker 2 (20:25):
But he's done a hell sorry, heck of.
Speaker 7 (20:27):
A job studying and preparing for practices and meetings.
Speaker 2 (20:32):
It's a lot of work.
Speaker 7 (20:32):
It's a lot of work to learn the system and
to get to the point where it's second nature, where
he's out there playing and not thinking and he can
process things at that speed that he'll play at. So
it's still a work in progress. We have a way
to go and we have time to build that. But
he's done a great job putting in the effort, putting
in the time to get to where he is right now, do.
Speaker 5 (20:50):
You find crossover terminology for him? Where's that on him?
To learn the all the new terminology.
Speaker 7 (20:56):
It's a team effort and everything we do, so there
certainly is a meeting in the middle in terms of
trying to make things accessible for him and the easiest
way for him to consolidate information.
Speaker 2 (21:05):
We try to deliver it that way.
Speaker 7 (21:07):
But there is an element of learning a new language
because it is a new system.
Speaker 2 (21:12):
Now there are similar things that he's done.
Speaker 7 (21:13):
Before that will apply to what we do, but it's
a new way of doing it or a new way
of communicating that that is still going to bring some
element of new, regardless of it if it's the same
route or same scheme or concept that he's run before.
Speaker 3 (21:24):
Some of the industros, there's a lot of involved with
the quarterbacks. Just how intentional is that to kind of
simulate what they might see in.
Speaker 7 (21:30):
Their Yeah, I would say that I would hope that
all of our drills have some intentional element of it
in terms of practicing a specific skill or fundamental that
whether it's an individual guy wants to work on or
we want to work on and develop as a group.
Every day we step out on the grass, there's something
specific that guys are trying to work on, and everything
we do there's something deliberate that we're trying to practice.
Speaker 2 (21:52):
What do you learn that are first time or New
year communism? A lot, a lot.
Speaker 7 (21:56):
We probably spend the all day here if I listed
it all, but I think I've learn first and foremost
about the people that I'm doing it with, because a
lot of these guys I had interacted with but not
spend a ton of time working with. And it is
such a human element to it where there are different personalities,
there are different people, not just the players, but the
coaching staff. So kind of learning that workflow and the
dynamic and trying to find a groove between strengths weaknesses
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how to optimize that workflow. That's probably been the biggest
thing I know.
Speaker 4 (22:21):
It's what are your impressions of the OMNI so far?
Speaker 2 (22:26):
Yeah, helmets and short so we'll see.
Speaker 7 (22:28):
But he's been another guy where you look at Travis,
you look at BT, you look at the speed of
that group running off the ball. It's exciting to watch
those guys run off the ball, but more than anything,
the way they work. I think you see how intentional
and deliberate he is, not just in the individual periods
like you talked.
Speaker 2 (22:42):
About the receivers, but even in the team periods.
Speaker 7 (22:44):
His attention to detail, trying to do everything in a
way that expresses that everything matters for us, whether it's schematic,
his footwork, his hands, the way he's dropping his weight,
the way he's running routes. He's really deliberate with the
way he practices, and that attention to detail is kind
of contagious, not just in the receiver room, but hopefully
across the whole offense.
Speaker 6 (23:02):
Coach going touched on with that that this is the
learning phase. It's less about the competition and aspects. From
your point of view, how do you feel about any
mental errors or just getting in and out of the
huddle From that vantage.
Speaker 7 (23:12):
Point, yeah, I would echo his sentiment. We want our
guys to come out here with a growth mindset. We're
out here to improve, So of course we're trying to
win games come the fall, but the number one priority
right now is just to improve. And in order to
do that, you have to be willing to fail and
have that growth mindset.
Speaker 2 (23:27):
On plays that are going to be challenging, things.
Speaker 7 (23:29):
That guys haven't had a lot of time practicing or
walking through different looks that stress the guys mentally and physically.
So not only coaches, players, everybody is hopefully out here
with the growth mindset and focused on that improvement on
a daily basis.
Speaker 2 (23:43):
You got your feet last night in the community with
Tom Coughlin Day Fund. How was it seeing the community
come out to that in your first day fun event?
Speaker 7 (23:49):
That was really special? That was really special. First of all,
I was incredibly grateful that they even invited me. I
sat down at the table, and I think that people
thought I was at the wrong table because they put
a little a celebrity folded. He's a paper there and
they're like, A, so, somebody tell this guy, this is
reserved for a celebrity.
Speaker 2 (24:03):
But I was like, ah yeah, So I sat down.
Speaker 7 (24:05):
Everyone was super nice, super friendly, and everyone really across
the community, like the people I've run into haven't been
out of the facility too much, but when I bump
into people, super positive and I'm extremely thankful.
Speaker 2 (24:15):
To be here with the people of Jacksonville. Been amazing,
absolutely amazing.
Speaker 3 (24:19):
It's been asked yet, but have you made your mountain
hiking determination for the summer.
Speaker 2 (24:24):
No, I'm still trying to figure it out.
Speaker 7 (24:26):
I'm a little more impromptu than I probably should be
with some of these strips, so I'm thinking I'm kind
of going back and forth between South America and New Zealand,
but I kind of probably should get some stuff planned
right now. Any recommendations, I'm all ears in New Zealand. Yeah,
I'm all ears for any recommendations.
Speaker 5 (24:43):
In Minnesota.
Speaker 7 (24:44):
During practice really kind of in a similar setting the
way we did here when we do two spots or
the one offense, excuse me, the one defense is up
against the two offense and you split, so you go
over to a second field and have the opportunity to
call it and run the drill. So that was really
my opportunity to do that there, so mirrored pretty similarly
to what I was able to do here.
Speaker 2 (25:04):
Appreciate you guys, Thank you guys.
It feels good just to be I guess we've been
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on the grass, but to compete a little bit. You know,
last few weeks has been trying to get everything in,
get the offense of the defense, in working separate, and
now get to compete a little bit. So that's what
so we all love to do. That's that's fun to
get the competitive you know, juice is flowing, and to
kind of see our offense come together and then also
see our defense which we haven't gone against yet. Is
it's always it's always good.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
What are your early thoughts on Travis Hunter? I mean
you haven't seen a ton of them.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
Just yeah, I got a lot of juice. Like he
can he can run all day, a lot of energy.
I love it. Good energy, always dapping guys up, just
bringing juice every day. And like I said, high motor
can just go. It's like a kid just runs around
all day. He doesn't get tired. It seems like so
you can't have enough of that. And then as far
as just talent, I mean kind of speaks for his self,
ball skills, run after the catch, he's very explosive. She
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didn't realize how exposive he was in and out of cuts.
You know, he's he's impressive to watch, and we've gotten
to connect a couple of times. It's not only gonna
keep getting better and better. You know, we've only worked
together for a couple of days now, so we got
some time to really dial in on the details.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
Ship with the receivers. How difficult is that done with
him split in time corner wide receiver? That a challenge?
Speaker 1 (01:07):
Yeah, I mean you work around all that. You get
as many reps as you can, you talk as much
as possible, you know, not just out here, but yeah,
out here after reps, after seven on seven team reps.
If I see how he did something and I think
he can do it a little different, or if he
likes to do things a certain way, he can kind
of voicet to me, you know, both of those things.
And then in the building, you know, in the meeting room,
watching tape, installing talking about kind of what I'm looking for,
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what coaches are looking for on certain concepts. Just to
get him up to speed, because obviously he's learning a
new system and he's super talented, really smartened, but it
takes some time to learn the system. So we're trying
to just get him up to speed and so he
can go and play fast and free and not have
to think about it today versus.
Speaker 4 (01:43):
B two a year ago to now.
Speaker 5 (01:45):
How would you evaluate?
Speaker 1 (01:46):
Yeah, just I think, you know, obviously the talent's always
been there, but I mean the confidence obviously, the off
the year he had and what he's done now he
has a full year on his belt where you know,
he's one of the top receivers in the league. I
think my confidence in him seeing him do his thing
for a year now and just you get that one
on one you feel really confident about about our guy.
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So just a lot of confidence in im. He's smart,
he's picking up it's another system he's learning. You know,
it's two years in two systems, and just been impressed
by how he carries himself. You know, the work he
puts in. You can tell your studies because he comes
in here, he knows this stuff. It's not an easy
system to learn, and he's done a really, really nice job.
Speaker 3 (02:22):
You missed the last six games, seven games, whatever it
was the chemistry between you and b T Is it
taken a second to kind of readjust to that chemistry.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
Yeah, you know, I think not a ton obviously, just
getting back into throwing. You know, I went for a
solid three and a half plus months without throwing, just
with the shoulder deal and so starting to throw a
little bit for OTA's and then working into I feel
real good now. I feel like my arm's back in shape,
feel like i'm i'm I'm getting sharper and sharper every day.
So I think it was more that than necessarily getting
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the chemistry back with BT. I felt like we were
just starting to get that last season and obviously went
down and we weren't able to finish the year together.
But just being able to even though I wasn't playing,
be able to watch his one on one reps, the
stuff we were doing with him last year and the
situation she was put in, and how he was able
to adapt and play the slot and move outside and
really take advantage of every matchup. I think that also
gave me a ton of confidence and seeing like, this
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is a guy where you can move him anywhere, you
can do anything, and he's gonna just find a way
to get the ball because he's act good.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
You make the system. Where are you at with that?
Speaker 5 (03:20):
What are you like that?
Speaker 1 (03:22):
I really like it? You know, it has a lot
of answers. You know, it's it's it's great. I mean,
it puts a lot of the players you have to
know your stuff, but it gives you all the answers.
You know, you're not you don't feel like you're stuck
in a play that's uh not set up for success.
You know. It gives us a lot of answers, and
uh we change the presentation a lot and make a
lot of things look the same. You know, there's there's
a whole lot of without going in too much detail,
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you know, there's a lot of things that I like
about it. And it's definitely unlike any system that I've
learned before. So it's been cool to learn and and
just pick the coach's brain and and try to get
it down as fast as possible.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
You have it, you have to take the test up
to the passive.
Speaker 1 (03:56):
Yeah, I mean we don't have we don't have everything
in yet. You know, we build up to that. But
from what we have in so far, yeah, i'd hope. So,
you know, that's what I've been working to try to,
you know, get it all, get it all down. I
feel good about it, you know, just got to now
take it from knowing it to second nature, you know,
to where you don't think about it. You hear the
play call, you split it out, you go play, and
you play fast and you're not thinking about it. You know,
that's always kind of a transition when you learn a system,
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you got to get it down to where you can
just react.
Speaker 6 (04:21):
Mentioned a few things that you knew you wanted to
work on as far as your footwork and things of
that nature early in the off season.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
How are you feeling with that progress.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
I'm believing.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
I feel really good.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
It was something I was able to work coming into
OTAs is just on my own when I first started
throwing for a couple of weeks before we started. It's
able to work the footwork and it was foreign to
me a little bit then, but now it feels more comfortable.
And then just having a ton of banked reps through
all the weeks that we've done of ot or Phase one,
Phase two and now into the OTA practices, so I'm
feeling more and more comfortable, and yeah, I think it's
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really gonna help me. I feel very confident and my
feet aligned where I want to go, and you know,
progressions and tying my feet to my progression and being
balanced and being able to get across the field quickly.
So I think it's been really good and just gotta
keep working it does It doesn't come overnight, it doesn't
come in four months either. It's gonna take a while,
so just keep working at this whole offseason.
Speaker 4 (05:13):
A couple of those you wish you could have back
out there today. I mean, what can you learn from
I mean passes like that at this time of years.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
Yeah, I really just sailed one at Travis over the middle.
He did a nice job. We had a cross route,
had him open and just sailed a little bit and
sav So I picked that one off he was behind him.
And then the other one just me and Parker being
on the same page at a curl route and trying
to throw it away from the zone defender underneath, and
we were just a little bit off on what each
other was thinking. So that's the time of year where
you worked that stuff out. Obviously, you never want you
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never want to have interceptions. You don't want to have
balls on the ground. You want to be clean. But
on the other hand, it's stuff you want to see,
the miscommunication or some of that, so you can fix
it now and not carry that over you know, later on,
so we'll fix that stuff and we'll get cleaned up
as we got.
Speaker 5 (05:56):
Time for two More, is the footwork stuff, stuff that
you had not worked on before.
Speaker 6 (06:00):
Is a specific to what Liam wants to do offensively
or was it just.
Speaker 4 (06:03):
Yeah, famental.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
It's more of a both. I'd say there's some fundamental
stuff that I agree with that we've watched kind of
throughout the off season and say that this is some
stuff that you know, I can work on to maybe better,
more accurate, a little bit more on time, and all
this stuff transfer my way a little bit better. Then
there's stuff that's just kind of system based that's different,
you know, as far as this the starting point of
my stance flipping that which changes how you drop, you know,
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so that was a big change. But that's more of
the system and kind of what the system prefers. And
I agree with a lot of that or all that stuff,
and I think it's helped me. But so it's a
little bit of both, if that answers your question. And
it's really specific as far as the concepts go without
work and the details and all that stuff is just
kind of knowing and drilling my feet. So when I
when I hear the call and I and I do it,
I'm not thinking, all right, what's my drop? It's just
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you've done it so many times you don't think about it.
Speaker 5 (06:49):
Do you wish you had more consistency and continuity than
you've had here conjackually? I mean, you're working on your
third center in three years, third offense, third o feed,
new receivers, new line.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
I mean, it's it's a situation we're in. I really
like what I really like the people we have here now.
I love the system. I love the staff, the players
that we brought in along with the guys that we're
already here. I feel very confident in where we're going
and the trajectory we're heading. Can't change the past. You know,
of course I would have loved to have a little
more success up until this point. To answer your question, yeah,
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of course, But you know the reality is, this is
where we're at, and I and I love where we're at,
and I got a lot of confidence in it, and
we just got to keep putting the work in out
here every day to prepare ourselves for the fall.
Speaker 5 (07:31):
You said they needed you needed juice here. You needed
more juice here. Do you feel like you guys have it.
Speaker 1 (07:37):
Definitely there's an energy on the practice field. I think
that starts with obviously Liam. He's he's a very energetic guy.
He's passionate, loves football, loves to be out here. I
think that's one thing I've noticed about him from the
beginning is a lot of energy, and that trickles down
through the staff, right, So I mean it's that and
then also the players that we have a big variety
of the guys that they brought in and free agency,
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they all fit what we're trying to do in the
in the I guess the culture and the energy, and
then even a guy like Travis bringing in who's just
full of energy and positive and you know, a playmaker,
all those things. It's cool seeing it all come together
and it seems like everything's well thought out about the
type of people that are here, not just the talent.
All right, guys, I appreciate it.
Speaker 7 (08:17):
Thanks.
Speaker 4 (08:18):
I'm not really as much judging that at the moment.
You know, it's definitely we got to get used to
practicing in these elements. We've definitely uh been working them
in terms of the conditioning piece, so I'm.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
Not exactly worried about that at all.
Speaker 4 (08:32):
I think that you know, day one off of a
you know, longer weekend and a little bit of energy
probably you know, up and trying to do all the
right things and do it at a high level, probably
lose some legs and a little bit of focus. And
I think that's kind of what happened today a little bit,
but good opportunity to turn it around tomorrow, Trevor.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
I mean, the.
Speaker 3 (08:52):
Offense and coming back from the shoulder.
Speaker 4 (08:54):
And not good, you know, not good. We're trying to
get better, right, I mean, we're not even close, you know,
we're working towards you know, playing in September obviously, and
so at this point it is strictly how much can
we actually learn from every day. We're not evaluating, you know,
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maybe some of the things that you would normally evaluate
in a game right or in the season. It's like,
how many mental errors do we have? How much can
we continue to be disciplined with our communication formations, alignment
assignment A we're going to catch every ball and throw
every ball out here in the first day at phase three,
I would assume not. But more in terms of the
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operation the communication, are we understanding what we're trying to
get accomplished out of the calls. It's a learning phase,
not necessarily a competitive phase. And do you want to
be cleaner?
Speaker 2 (09:46):
Absolutely? Do you want it to look perfect?
Speaker 4 (09:49):
Yes, we all do. That's just not the reality at
this phase, this time, in this phase. That's kind of no, No,
not at all, not at all. No. He's mentally that
he's done a phenomenal job, this guy in terms of
his work ethic, the what he's put into this thing,
and his own and his own time while he's here
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the play calls, handling, the load and all that stuff.
I've been very impressed with you said that.
Speaker 3 (10:14):
You were going to do this around having seen to
get all for the first time on the field, going
up against defense.
Speaker 4 (10:20):
Just what did it look like to me young? You know,
in terms of just hey we got it first day,
putting it all together. You know, it's not going to
be as clean as you'd like it to be, as
as I kind of already alluded to. But what's cool
is you do feel a little bit of an energy.
Saw Travis make a couple of plays when the ball
went his way. You see the hands that he does present.
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I thought Deanmi Brown had a really nice day prior
to kind of getting a little bit. I mean he
was feeling it. I mean these guys you could tell
talking to him. Yeah, they were feeling the heat. They
were feeling their legs a little bit. And ultimately, you know,
that's what this is all about, is trying to get
those back underneath ourselves, getting better into football shape. You
can run, you can do all these things all you want,
but until you start going out there in football and
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doing it, it's a different feel.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
What's your question at Tyson Gambell with the players.
Speaker 4 (11:07):
I thought he's done a nice job so far I have.
I mean, he has those fluid movements, long rangey. I
thought he had a nice day specifically today, but also
leading up into today. I just think he's done a
nice job stacking blocks. He's got good vision on the
quarterback right now, playing a little bit of a different
scheme than he's been playing over the last year and
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being a little bit more vision on the quarterback, patience,
playing a little bit of off man.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
You know.
Speaker 4 (11:35):
I just think that that's kind of where he's going
to be able to excel. He's got confidence right now,
which is always good from a corner. I've been really
pleased with Tyson thus far.
Speaker 5 (11:44):
What is your approach for handling ones like the starters?
Do you do you rotate that day to day, week
to week. It's day.
Speaker 4 (11:51):
I mean, it's rep to rep honestly, I mean it's
rack to rack. Is really kind of what we talk
about is Hey, getting guys in with the ones in
the first rack and then slide in with the twos
with the next rack, and trying to give guys opportunities
without like I said, knowing they're not truly getting judged
and graded on the you know, competition right now it is.
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We will always want to compete in everything that we're doing,
but ultimately it's about trying to create that continuity at
times within the system, within the offense and defense and
the calls. So there's really no like, hey, these are
the starters that are going to be out there first
game against Carolina. Do you have some ideas? Sure, But
ultimately there is a lot of competition that will occur,
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especially throughout this offseason and as we get in the
training camp.
Speaker 3 (12:37):
Speaking with Carolina, the schedule get drop just plug your
initial take on that and any obviously, every game is
important to any game that they look forward to.
Speaker 4 (12:45):
Yeah, I mean, I think ultimately you look at the
first one, right, and it's against a team that we
played twice last year, had you know, a couple of
good games against obviously Indivision opponent in Tampa, and obviously
a team that's you know, continuing to grow. Right, They're
a team that you know, new head coach last year
trying to get into it showed some really good signs
I thought at times last year's Dave's doing a great
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job with that team and that organization. So that's the
one that's obviously circled at the moment. And like you said,
they're all hard, right, they're all tough. Any given Sunday,
anything can happen, and we just have to kind of
take care of ourselves at the moment and get better
each day.
Speaker 5 (13:20):
You see groups running between drills, is that one of
your philosophies to really be keep moving and moving.
Speaker 4 (13:27):
Yeah, we're not out here all that long at the
end of the day, and so you know, the whole
thought process is just, hey, keep moving. You know, from
a conditioning standpoint, if we're going from the drill to
drill and we're buzzing around and we're not walking on
the field. Well, we don't have to sit here and
do extra conditioning after. They have to go with the
weight room staff and go do extra conditioning. You know,
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that is a philosophy thing for us as a team
and just keeping guys moving, keeping it going. Ultimately, do
we do need some breaks, We need to let them
kind of cool off and give give their thoughts a minute.
But I thought they you know, handled it for the
most part, well.
Speaker 5 (14:02):
Today all that young guys.
Speaker 4 (14:04):
Yeah, developmental, Yeah, that's kind of a developmental period that
we use towards the end of practice to kind of
get those young guys, the rookies specifically in those reps, right,
just getting them true full play calls in a jog
through setting where man, it's more about again the alignment,
assignment technique, fundamentals, and just trying to give those guys
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some more reps that maybe they're not getting in the
course of the normal practice.
Speaker 7 (14:29):
We through one or two joint.
Speaker 4 (14:31):
Practices, one as of right now, one as of right now. Yeah, Miami, Miami.
Speaker 2 (14:36):
Yeah, a lot about the progress of the offense so far.
Speaker 4 (14:38):
Just what are your thoughts that were things stand with
the defense So now they're taking them from.
Speaker 2 (14:41):
The classroom to the field.
Speaker 4 (14:42):
I actually thought they they did some really good things today.
I thought, just from a communications standpoint, punching the ball out,
doing it in the right way though, right, we had
a couple guys just trying to be intentional about getting
the ball out and getting their hands on the football,
something that we're you know, actively trying to be intentional
about this whole offseason. And I thought the defensive staff
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has done a great job of communicating that in the
meeting settings. Bringing it out to the practice field, I
thought that they did a nice job kind of setting
the line of scrimmage, playing with length on the D line,
and you know, the ball was out. I mean, the
ball was on the ground too many times for us offensively,
but hey, on the flip side of it, that's the
first time as a head coach you actually kind of
have to be very neutral in those moments where I'm
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kind of ticked off that the ball is on the
ground from an offensive standpoint. But ultimately, man defense did
a nice job of getting the ball out there today.
Speaker 6 (15:33):
For us, defense is ahead of the offense at this stage.
Speaker 4 (15:36):
At this I mean, I think always, you know, the
defense is typically always ahead you know, it's just it's
a it's a little bit more of a go line up,
reactionary kind of phase, if you will. Uh, there's a
lot I'm not you know, diminishing what they have to learn. Defensively,
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there's a lot of calls, a lot of different fundamentals
communication that has to occur. I think naturally you would
say offensively, there's a lot more that ends up maybe
slowing you down pre snap and post snap. But yeah,
I mean I would, I would hope that the defense
would be a little bit further ahead.
Speaker 6 (16:14):
Uh.
Speaker 4 (16:14):
To be honest with you, I think typically that's the
case as you go all the way through training camp
and as you go into the season.
Speaker 3 (16:19):
That's Travis under handling all the information, taking it from
classroom to field.
Speaker 4 (16:24):
Yeah, I think, so far, so good. I mean, he
had a couple missed assignments today that you know, he
knew right away. He came off the grass and took
accountability for him. The one thing he noticed is a
guy that hasn't played a ton of football or you know,
been out conditioning maybe for the last two months because
he was on a little bit of a tour. The
guy can run forever. I mean he just kind of
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goes runs are out runs, back runs. I mean, he's
you could tell he's in he's in football shape, and
he was you know, he's done a nice job. You know,
Edgar Barrett, the coaches, Ron Milis, those guys have done
a great job of meeting with him when they've had
time to do so. And Travis's worked all getting this
stuff right.
Speaker 3 (17:04):
Quickly and down day.
Speaker 4 (17:05):
Princeland here so you can please to see you know
what that ultimately gets if it's voluntary, right, and you
have to all we ask is ultimately, if you're not
going to be here, can you communicate to us in
a timely manner. And that's been consistently getting better as
we've gone, and it really has over the last few
weeks gotten so much better just from a clear communication
(17:26):
on you know, what are the expectations if you're going
to be here. We're setting schedules, we're setting up individual
work that we want to be individualized for some of
those players and anybody. So I've been pleased with the
guys that have obviously been here and working. They've done
nothing but uh, you know, do what we ask and
that they've been doing it from day one, they've they've
(17:47):
worked their tails off. They seem to have good energy
at all times, and it's not always easy to come
out and be buzzing around. Ultimately, these guys are it's
their jobs, but they've done their jobs to a high
level thus far.
Speaker 2 (18:00):
Host looking.
Speaker 4 (18:01):
Yeah, I think you put the ball on the ground today.
It kind of stands out. But I thought last week
as we were kind of getting more into the scheme
and he was getting a little bit more comfortable, I
thought he started to get a little bit more into it,
had a couple better runs of feeling the zone and
being able to stick his foot in the ground and accelerate. So,
you know, good learning experience. You know, first time in
(18:23):
a live setting in the National Football League and your
first carry. Hopefully you learn something from that moment. But
I think all all together, that room, that running back
room has done a nice job in terms of the competition,
the acceleration, and the teaching for some of those young guys,
and also the veterans doing a nice job of trying
to help those guys out as well. Yeah, thanks guys.
Speaker 7 (18:44):
A lot of work has gone into it. So still
long ways ago, but it's awesome to get out.
Speaker 2 (18:47):
Here that speed of receiver with Thomas Brown and Hunter,
and how special.
Speaker 4 (18:50):
It can that be for you guys.
Speaker 2 (18:53):
I think.
Speaker 7 (18:55):
It tried too early to say right now how special
it can be or where that you know, metric is
to measure that. But I know that that'll be a
weapon for those guys individually and for us as a
unit to do the things that we want to implement
from a scheme standpoint or from an individual attacking routes,
building round trees, those types of aspects.
Speaker 3 (19:14):
For those guys are getting the work where crowd is
getting on them a little bit.
Speaker 2 (19:18):
Of the news last week. It's been a lot of fun.
It's been a lot of fun.
Speaker 7 (19:21):
I'm sure you guys see it him out here, the
dancing at the practice, the fun, the love of the game.
That's one of the cool things about not just him,
but all the guys we brought in. They're guys that
love football, and I think that's a parent the way
they practice. So it makes our job a lot of
fun to get out here on the grass with those guys.
Whether it's on the grass or it's in the meeting room,
it's that same energy and passion for the game or
passion for being around their teammates that they bring every day.
Speaker 4 (19:42):
Oh tough. It's a guy who's trun ale on the
offense and the defense at the same time. You have
to kind of utilize every second you have with them.
Speaker 7 (19:49):
Yeah, you're definitely going for maximum efficiency. You're trying to
optimize the time. So it's different. It's a unique challenge,
but it's a fun challenge. It's an exciting challenge, and
he's the type of guy because of the that passion
and the love of the game who's up for the
challenge and can do it. So it is definitely different
compared to the rest of the guys in his schedule.
But it's a unique skill set. It's a unique person
and a neat player. So that's been fun as well.
Speaker 4 (20:12):
Where Trevor Ettel and theaybe learning the playbook so far,
he said he probably could pass a test right.
Speaker 2 (20:16):
Now if he had to.
Speaker 7 (20:17):
He said he could pass the test. Well, I don't
know if the I don't know what these counts as
tests will necessarily qualify as tests.
Speaker 2 (20:25):
But he's done a hell sorry, heck of.
Speaker 7 (20:27):
A job studying and preparing for practices and meetings.
Speaker 2 (20:32):
It's a lot of work.
Speaker 7 (20:32):
It's a lot of work to learn the system and
to get to the point where it's second nature, where
he's out there playing and not thinking and he can
process things at that speed that he'll play at. So
it's still a work in progress. We have a way
to go and we have time to build that. But
he's done a great job putting in the effort, putting
in the time to get to where he is right now, do.
Speaker 5 (20:50):
You find crossover terminology for him? Where's that on him?
To learn the all the new terminology.
Speaker 7 (20:56):
It's a team effort and everything we do, so there
certainly is a meeting in the middle in terms of
trying to make things accessible for him and the easiest
way for him to consolidate information.
Speaker 2 (21:05):
We try to deliver it that way.
Speaker 7 (21:07):
But there is an element of learning a new language
because it is a new system.
Speaker 2 (21:12):
Now there are similar things that he's done.
Speaker 7 (21:13):
Before that will apply to what we do, but it's
a new way of doing it or a new way
of communicating that that is still going to bring some
element of new, regardless of it if it's the same
route or same scheme or concept that he's run before.
Speaker 3 (21:24):
Some of the industros, there's a lot of involved with
the quarterbacks. Just how intentional is that to kind of
simulate what they might see in.
Speaker 7 (21:30):
Their Yeah, I would say that I would hope that
all of our drills have some intentional element of it
in terms of practicing a specific skill or fundamental that
whether it's an individual guy wants to work on or
we want to work on and develop as a group.
Every day we step out on the grass, there's something
specific that guys are trying to work on, and everything
we do there's something deliberate that we're trying to practice.
Speaker 2 (21:52):
What do you learn that are first time or New
year communism? A lot, a lot.
Speaker 7 (21:56):
We probably spend the all day here if I listed
it all, but I think I've learn first and foremost
about the people that I'm doing it with, because a
lot of these guys I had interacted with but not
spend a ton of time working with. And it is
such a human element to it where there are different personalities,
there are different people, not just the players, but the
coaching staff. So kind of learning that workflow and the
dynamic and trying to find a groove between strengths weaknesses
(22:18):
how to optimize that workflow. That's probably been the biggest
thing I know.
Speaker 4 (22:21):
It's what are your impressions of the OMNI so far?
Speaker 2 (22:26):
Yeah, helmets and short so we'll see.
Speaker 7 (22:28):
But he's been another guy where you look at Travis,
you look at BT, you look at the speed of
that group running off the ball. It's exciting to watch
those guys run off the ball, but more than anything,
the way they work. I think you see how intentional
and deliberate he is, not just in the individual periods
like you talked.
Speaker 2 (22:42):
About the receivers, but even in the team periods.
Speaker 7 (22:44):
His attention to detail, trying to do everything in a
way that expresses that everything matters for us, whether it's schematic,
his footwork, his hands, the way he's dropping his weight,
the way he's running routes. He's really deliberate with the
way he practices, and that attention to detail is kind
of contagious, not just in the receiver room, but hopefully
across the whole offense.
Speaker 6 (23:02):
Coach going touched on with that that this is the
learning phase. It's less about the competition and aspects. From
your point of view, how do you feel about any
mental errors or just getting in and out of the
huddle From that vantage.
Speaker 7 (23:12):
Point, yeah, I would echo his sentiment. We want our
guys to come out here with a growth mindset. We're
out here to improve, So of course we're trying to
win games come the fall, but the number one priority
right now is just to improve. And in order to
do that, you have to be willing to fail and
have that growth mindset.
Speaker 2 (23:27):
On plays that are going to be challenging, things.
Speaker 7 (23:29):
That guys haven't had a lot of time practicing or
walking through different looks that stress the guys mentally and physically.
So not only coaches, players, everybody is hopefully out here
with the growth mindset and focused on that improvement on
a daily basis.
Speaker 2 (23:43):
You got your feet last night in the community with
Tom Coughlin Day Fund. How was it seeing the community
come out to that in your first day fun event?
Speaker 7 (23:49):
That was really special? That was really special. First of all,
I was incredibly grateful that they even invited me. I
sat down at the table, and I think that people
thought I was at the wrong table because they put
a little a celebrity folded. He's a paper there and
they're like, A, so, somebody tell this guy, this is
reserved for a celebrity.
Speaker 2 (24:03):
But I was like, ah yeah, So I sat down.
Speaker 7 (24:05):
Everyone was super nice, super friendly, and everyone really across
the community, like the people I've run into haven't been
out of the facility too much, but when I bump
into people, super positive and I'm extremely thankful.
Speaker 2 (24:15):
To be here with the people of Jacksonville. Been amazing,
absolutely amazing.
Speaker 3 (24:19):
It's been asked yet, but have you made your mountain
hiking determination for the summer.
Speaker 2 (24:24):
No, I'm still trying to figure it out.
Speaker 7 (24:26):
I'm a little more impromptu than I probably should be
with some of these strips, so I'm thinking I'm kind
of going back and forth between South America and New Zealand,
but I kind of probably should get some stuff planned
right now. Any recommendations, I'm all ears in New Zealand. Yeah,
I'm all ears for any recommendations.
Speaker 5 (24:43):
In Minnesota.
Speaker 7 (24:44):
During practice really kind of in a similar setting the
way we did here when we do two spots or
the one offense, excuse me, the one defense is up
against the two offense and you split, so you go
over to a second field and have the opportunity to
call it and run the drill. So that was really
my opportunity to do that there, so mirrored pretty similarly
to what I was able to do here.
Speaker 2 (25:04):
Appreciate you guys, Thank you guys.
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