December 5, 2025 • 14 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
All right, we can get rocking with the our Friday program.
I thought, hitch on the captains who we had and
on offense gonna be Sam Cosmy. I thought, man, there's
been a lot of unseen work of the injury from
last January to everything put in to getting right back
through it. So I just thought, man line of Scrimmers Day,
and Sam's gonna be a big part of that. I thought,
even into last week, probably his best game. And so
(00:27):
you expect that from somebody coming off an injury. And
I thought defensively Will Harris and man, he brings a
lot to our building, not just the player, but who
he is as as the man, the communicator. And so
again a lot of unseen work that goes into these
spaces when a guy's injured before returning to play. And
then the other person on special teams, and I'm just
(00:47):
in the team is Jeremy McNichol and humility, dependability, and
we need something done like put j McK in like
he's gonna find a way, he's gonna get it done.
And so there's some big deal. I specifically brought him
up just oftentimes when there's a play to be made,
whether it's on offense or on teams. Uh J Max
(01:10):
usually somehow involved in some of these plays. A block,
a big play on a third down, you know, the
right read, you know, just those conversions. It's such a
big deal. We talked a lot over the last few
months about standards and we continue to push and chase that.
And I like think if you walked into yesterday's practice
or today's you wouldn't know what our team's record was.
(01:30):
And the effort, the intensity, that's not something that we're
looking to show up on Sunday. That's got to be
every day. And uh it says everything about our group.
You know that they continue to put into that work
to get ourselves ready to play. So you know, that's
that's what I was looking for from them. And so
that's going to be the case in a series of
weeks leading ahead of these types of practices. So there's
(01:53):
no doubt it'll it'll pay dividends for us over the game.
So thought Jaden threw a you know, a great week
of practice. He was full Thursday, full today, he's been
cleared to play and he will start Sunday. See how
I buried the lead right there? John, You like that
I was I was just trying to go so long
and wait it out. Yeah, I saw you getting ready,
(02:15):
so but he did. He really threw a great week,
you guys. And uh, like the other players, when you're injured,
there's a lot of work that has to go back
to it. I thought Jayden and the medical team like
put in many hours behind the scenes to get ready,
from treatment to rehab to specific bras to all of it.
And uh, that's what it takes, you know when you're
(02:35):
you know, finding your space to get back, and so
just gratitude for everybody, you know, pulling the same space.
Everybody here's aligned. And when was it that he felt
chances I felt good going into the practice through Wednesday,
(02:56):
just by the way he threw the ball, and that
kind of carried over into yesterday and then after they
did a lot of the post practice work with contact
and that, like the throwing part, you can tell like
he's been on that, you know, not just this week,
the throwing part, He's been on that the whole time.
So that looked as sharp as ever. So I thought
(03:18):
that part would come, but we wanted to see everybody
around him, you know, with the game plan of how
it would work. So I thought, just the whole week, Johnny,
he really he threw a hell of a week. Why
or how is important is it for him to give
back out there just to p Yeah, it's really important
for him, for his teammates, for you know, for for
any of the guys, honestly, and you know, looking into it,
(03:41):
with five games that's like thirty percent of our season,
you know, there's a lot all these matter. And uh,
you know, as he's developing, there's certain things he's working
on too to go ahead and be as competitive as
hell and you know, like taking care of things that
he can. And so it's really important, john And so
as the process for that begins, we're ready to get
wrong with that. Yep. So Bobby, I thought, I had
(04:06):
a really good practice today, Like no surprise. I wasn't
surprised that he would. And you know, coming back from
an injury, Like there's literally nobody tougher. He just wills
himself into that. It's a lot of it's just discipline,
how hard he works at things in his training, So
like there's carry over where like he's stronger than the
(04:27):
you know, average dude. He's definitely built differently. So I'm
encouraged for him. Uh and then Noah had a planned
day today where we rest him and he's done that.
Had also a really good week, Nikki. So we'll do
all the transactions and such tomorrow. But he threw a
really good week too. That would be the expectation. I said,
(04:48):
we'll have the transactions and meetings tomorrow, but he threw
a really good week.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
Thank to see from this team.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
Particularly, It's a good question. What I think now I've
seen is the ability to play really fast without the mistakes,
and so like there's a I've never questioned our team's effort.
So the speed, the effort good, but also in control,
(05:25):
you know where you can m be on that fine
line of going as fast as hard as you can.
But the practice habits and doing that allowed us, I think,
to go into the game ready to do that. So
when you can really nail it at practice, and you
know this as a former player, like it's n they
get to the game and like, I man, I just
did that. I just did that in practice. It did
at that speed. I know the look, I know the timing,
(05:46):
and so I think that's what I've seen from us.
You know, over the last two weeks, the practice and
the speed at it and the ability to do it
high speed but without spinning out and being out of control,
like doing it both. If you feel like you're going
too fast, you probably are, So it's like in control
but going really fast.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
And when you look at this year a little bit,
how did you see that team on both sides.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
Yeah, they've got experienced play callers, you know number one
with the flow and Kevin and so scheme wise, challenging enough,
like just at the very top of it. Defensively of
linebackers that can blitz and get downhill, different disguises, different
ways to play, so that's you know, a challenge in itself.
On the offensive side, they've got fantastic skill guys you know,
(06:40):
to make different plays in different spots. So combine those
two things with good play callers, you can see, you know,
easy challenge where to go. And on the team side,
good matchups. They've got good kick returner, pump returners. So
all over I see these good matchups that are going
to be you know, high level battles as far as
you know last year or this year, butocusing more honestly,
(07:01):
you know on the group for this year, Hey.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
Coach, so I secondary, what did you see from him
from last year to this year? Just how he is
handling there.
Speaker 1 (07:20):
Yes, yeah, there's definitely ups and downs. And I thought,
here's what I was proud of for last week. I
thought for the season. I thought that was probably his
best game. And uh, it may not have had an
interception or you know, like a big play, but in tackling,
just because it didn't go your way doesn't mean they
weren't trying you. And so that was I thought his
(07:43):
best performance. You know, when you just feel like you're
on it and you're on it, That's what I felt
like from him. There was a fantastic tackle over on
the sideline and a two minute drill, but that's where
I thought, like, I felt, here's his best and he
was like he had sight of that, you know what
he could look like and how it could be and
so that's a really important thing. Can we do that again?
Can he stay consistent with that? And so through the
(08:06):
ups and the downs, those are lessons that you know
you have to go through. It oftentimes are like really
hard because you know, why did that happen? And that
stresses you in leading, you know, when you're searching for consistency.
And so last game, you know, is proud of that
performance from him, Candy, and it was really consistent, may
(08:28):
not showing up on the stat sheet, but it was
very consistent. This week. Yeah, first off, the calls and
like in a game like this, this is really important
that the backs, the quarterbacks, you know, the old line
are all in sync together and being decisive about that.
And so a guy like Tyler the extra meetings, Hey,
(08:50):
let's bring the quarterbacks running backs together to go through
it even before they do it with the group. So
moments like that of like being prepared and being ahead,
that's one of the train It's that Tyler brings like
he's always ahead, he's thinking about it, what's next, what
are the things? So like I like that when he's
at the the center of it all directing it, that
he's put a lot of thought. He's not going to
(09:11):
get caught off guard and uh inside, just having that presence,
that's a big deal. This week. We have to do a
great job in our cadence. Our old line has their
ways and I'll be right in the middle of that
as well.
Speaker 2 (09:23):
A physically best availability for any course availability, what are
you trying to what do you hope to see if
anything different from him in terms of this mentality and
how we attack.
Speaker 1 (09:35):
The game consider or yeah, I think you said it right.
You want to attack first, like that's who he is
as a ballplayer and as a competitor, and you also
want to make those great decisions. You know, when is
the time that this play has to you know, get
extended to go down the field, which ones don't. When
can I throw it away? When's the slide? So all
(09:55):
of those are important parts then of the development. And
so that's why it matters, you know, the space to
do that to keep improving. That's that's a big deal.
And uh, that's what we're looking for for sure, of
those decisions, and uh you've got to be in that
arena in those fights to fully express it.
Speaker 2 (10:14):
And you guys elevated TJ off of practice as a
simple question about him going back to training campus played
What did you see decide him?
Speaker 1 (10:32):
Yeah, first off, I've seen the work in the development.
I thought Ryan Kerrigan and Darrell they put in the
work with TJ coming because we put him at DM,
we weren't exactly sure what was going to be the
best spot. We knew it was a nice athlete. OC
is in you know, charge of some of the development
stuff for the I P P. And of course he
plays d N. So like every good athlete had meant
(10:53):
he'll be a great d end. So was he gonna
be a tight end a d N? I wasn't sure.
And I knew just watching this film for rugby that
he had like unique traits about him. And oftentimes I
would show that to the team and they would get like,
all right, there's you know seeing him. But he really
has developed because of the speed, the quickness. I wanted
him in for last week just to add some more
(11:13):
pass rush to our group. Could he add a flash?
Could he do do that? And so it was great
to get his first action. That won't be his last one,
I wouldn't think. But he's a player that's developing, he's
as sending and he's gonna grow. I think you're gonna
continue to see like this when you know a year
ago he was not playing football and thinking about it, like,
(11:33):
think of the challenge of that, and you know, not
even a year's time to say I'm gonna give this
thing a go, and like, not many people get that up.
And so he's absolutely taken advantage of it afternoon. You
guys don't rush yours often just kind of.
Speaker 2 (11:50):
Curious theological.
Speaker 1 (11:54):
Sometimes when you do that, there's other, you know, exposures
you could get if you're doing zones. It makes it
somewhat easier if you're going to bring a nickel, you
know who's going to take the coverage of the slot
player if you want a safety into that space. So
sometimes we would, but I'd rather bring more you know,
closer to the line of scrimmage, you know often than
you know somebody that's further away. And then on the
(12:18):
cover side of things on those moments, can we keep
those guys in that you know, can guard and be
into that spot. So more just personnel driven. If there
was you know, somebody that had you know, blitz ability
than overcoverability, like I'd lean into that more too. In
the past that was Chin. I blitzed him a lot,
knowing that, you know, there's a big guy ripping off
(12:39):
the edge. And so I think it's kind of how
do you want to match the players and do that?
But we're equipped to do those. But I think you're
just trying to find the best matchups you can.
Speaker 2 (12:52):
A little bit less this year.
Speaker 1 (12:57):
Have you had any conversations with Clips about deploying him
differently you were adjusting giving ines. It's a great question.
Gonna really be very vanilla with you. Involves the game plan.
So we're gonna make great decisions. We're gonna make great decisions.
Speaker 2 (13:24):
I know that you will know for sure.
Speaker 1 (13:26):
It's okay. I can hear you, Brown, But do you.
Speaker 2 (13:31):
First off to me a long time to have free starting.
Speaker 1 (13:33):
Receivers out there? You know, Yeah, seeing those three at
practice that you felt energy, you felt playmaking ability, I
think you probably felt some of that would tarry back
into it where it opens up other things as well,
And so adding Noah back into that that would be
a really big deal for us. His physicality, the playmaking
(13:55):
ability is very experienced and like honestly going through like
getting back into the return to play, like in the meetings,
knowing it like he's always somebody that was on it
in that space. So I just love the competitor that
he is, and uh, yeah, we would certainly add a
lot for us. All Right, all right, you guys have
(14:15):
a going at the podium shortly, But locker rooms also
All right, we can get rocking with the our Friday program.
I thought, hitch on the captains who we had and
on offense gonna be Sam Cosmy. I thought, man, there's
been a lot of unseen work of the injury from
last January to everything put in to getting right back
through it. So I just thought, man line of Scrimmers Day,
and Sam's gonna be a big part of that. I thought,
even into last week, probably his best game. And so
(00:27):
you expect that from somebody coming off an injury. And
I thought defensively Will Harris and man, he brings a
lot to our building, not just the player, but who
he is as as the man, the communicator. And so
again a lot of unseen work that goes into these
spaces when a guy's injured before returning to play. And
then the other person on special teams, and I'm just
(00:47):
in the team is Jeremy McNichol and humility, dependability, and
we need something done like put j McK in like
he's gonna find a way, he's gonna get it done.
And so there's some big deal. I specifically brought him
up just oftentimes when there's a play to be made,
whether it's on offense or on teams. Uh J Max
(01:10):
usually somehow involved in some of these plays. A block,
a big play on a third down, you know, the
right read, you know, just those conversions. It's such a
big deal. We talked a lot over the last few
months about standards and we continue to push and chase that.
And I like think if you walked into yesterday's practice
or today's you wouldn't know what our team's record was.
(01:30):
And the effort, the intensity, that's not something that we're
looking to show up on Sunday. That's got to be
every day. And uh it says everything about our group.
You know that they continue to put into that work
to get ourselves ready to play. So you know, that's
that's what I was looking for from them. And so
that's going to be the case in a series of
weeks leading ahead of these types of practices. So there's
(01:53):
no doubt it'll it'll pay dividends for us over the game.
So thought Jaden threw a you know, a great week
of practice. He was full Thursday, full today, he's been
cleared to play and he will start Sunday. See how
I buried the lead right there? John, You like that
I was I was just trying to go so long
and wait it out. Yeah, I saw you getting ready,
(02:15):
so but he did. He really threw a great week,
you guys. And uh, like the other players, when you're injured,
there's a lot of work that has to go back
to it. I thought Jayden and the medical team like
put in many hours behind the scenes to get ready,
from treatment to rehab to specific bras to all of it.
And uh, that's what it takes, you know when you're
(02:35):
you know, finding your space to get back, and so
just gratitude for everybody, you know, pulling the same space.
Everybody here's aligned. And when was it that he felt
chances I felt good going into the practice through Wednesday,
(02:56):
just by the way he threw the ball, and that
kind of carried over into yesterday and then after they
did a lot of the post practice work with contact
and that, like the throwing part, you can tell like
he's been on that, you know, not just this week,
the throwing part, He's been on that the whole time.
So that looked as sharp as ever. So I thought
(03:18):
that part would come, but we wanted to see everybody
around him, you know, with the game plan of how
it would work. So I thought, just the whole week, Johnny,
he really he threw a hell of a week. Why
or how is important is it for him to give
back out there just to p Yeah, it's really important
for him, for his teammates, for you know, for for
any of the guys, honestly, and you know, looking into it,
(03:41):
with five games that's like thirty percent of our season,
you know, there's a lot all these matter. And uh,
you know, as he's developing, there's certain things he's working
on too to go ahead and be as competitive as
hell and you know, like taking care of things that
he can. And so it's really important, john And so
as the process for that begins, we're ready to get
wrong with that. Yep. So Bobby, I thought, I had
(04:06):
a really good practice today, Like no surprise. I wasn't
surprised that he would. And you know, coming back from
an injury, Like there's literally nobody tougher. He just wills
himself into that. It's a lot of it's just discipline,
how hard he works at things in his training, So
like there's carry over where like he's stronger than the
(04:27):
you know, average dude. He's definitely built differently. So I'm
encouraged for him. Uh and then Noah had a planned
day today where we rest him and he's done that.
Had also a really good week, Nikki. So we'll do
all the transactions and such tomorrow. But he threw a
really good week too. That would be the expectation. I said,
(04:48):
we'll have the transactions and meetings tomorrow, but he threw
a really good week.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
Thank to see from this team.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
Particularly, It's a good question. What I think now I've
seen is the ability to play really fast without the mistakes,
and so like there's a I've never questioned our team's effort.
So the speed, the effort good, but also in control,
(05:25):
you know where you can m be on that fine
line of going as fast as hard as you can.
But the practice habits and doing that allowed us, I think,
to go into the game ready to do that. So
when you can really nail it at practice, and you
know this as a former player, like it's n they
get to the game and like, I man, I just
did that. I just did that in practice. It did
at that speed. I know the look, I know the timing,
(05:46):
and so I think that's what I've seen from us.
You know, over the last two weeks, the practice and
the speed at it and the ability to do it
high speed but without spinning out and being out of control,
like doing it both. If you feel like you're going
too fast, you probably are, So it's like in control
but going really fast.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
And when you look at this year a little bit,
how did you see that team on both sides.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
Yeah, they've got experienced play callers, you know number one
with the flow and Kevin and so scheme wise, challenging enough,
like just at the very top of it. Defensively of
linebackers that can blitz and get downhill, different disguises, different
ways to play, so that's you know, a challenge in itself.
On the offensive side, they've got fantastic skill guys you know,
(06:40):
to make different plays in different spots. So combine those
two things with good play callers, you can see, you know,
easy challenge where to go. And on the team side,
good matchups. They've got good kick returner, pump returners. So
all over I see these good matchups that are going
to be you know, high level battles as far as
you know last year or this year, butocusing more honestly,
(07:01):
you know on the group for this year, Hey.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
Coach, so I secondary, what did you see from him
from last year to this year? Just how he is
handling there.
Speaker 1 (07:20):
Yes, yeah, there's definitely ups and downs. And I thought,
here's what I was proud of for last week. I
thought for the season. I thought that was probably his
best game. And uh, it may not have had an
interception or you know, like a big play, but in tackling,
just because it didn't go your way doesn't mean they
weren't trying you. And so that was I thought his
(07:43):
best performance. You know, when you just feel like you're
on it and you're on it, That's what I felt
like from him. There was a fantastic tackle over on
the sideline and a two minute drill, but that's where
I thought, like, I felt, here's his best and he
was like he had sight of that, you know what
he could look like and how it could be and
so that's a really important thing. Can we do that again?
Can he stay consistent with that? And so through the
(08:06):
ups and the downs, those are lessons that you know
you have to go through. It oftentimes are like really
hard because you know, why did that happen? And that
stresses you in leading, you know, when you're searching for consistency.
And so last game, you know, is proud of that
performance from him, Candy, and it was really consistent, may
(08:28):
not showing up on the stat sheet, but it was
very consistent. This week. Yeah, first off, the calls and
like in a game like this, this is really important
that the backs, the quarterbacks, you know, the old line
are all in sync together and being decisive about that.
And so a guy like Tyler the extra meetings, Hey,
(08:50):
let's bring the quarterbacks running backs together to go through
it even before they do it with the group. So
moments like that of like being prepared and being ahead,
that's one of the train It's that Tyler brings like
he's always ahead, he's thinking about it, what's next, what
are the things? So like I like that when he's
at the the center of it all directing it, that
he's put a lot of thought. He's not going to
(09:11):
get caught off guard and uh inside, just having that presence,
that's a big deal. This week. We have to do a
great job in our cadence. Our old line has their
ways and I'll be right in the middle of that
as well.
Speaker 2 (09:23):
A physically best availability for any course availability, what are
you trying to what do you hope to see if
anything different from him in terms of this mentality and
how we attack.
Speaker 1 (09:35):
The game consider or yeah, I think you said it right.
You want to attack first, like that's who he is
as a ballplayer and as a competitor, and you also
want to make those great decisions. You know, when is
the time that this play has to you know, get
extended to go down the field, which ones don't. When
can I throw it away? When's the slide? So all
(09:55):
of those are important parts then of the development. And
so that's why it matters, you know, the space to
do that to keep improving. That's that's a big deal.
And uh, that's what we're looking for for sure, of
those decisions, and uh you've got to be in that
arena in those fights to fully express it.
Speaker 2 (10:14):
And you guys elevated TJ off of practice as a
simple question about him going back to training campus played
What did you see decide him?
Speaker 1 (10:32):
Yeah, first off, I've seen the work in the development.
I thought Ryan Kerrigan and Darrell they put in the
work with TJ coming because we put him at DM,
we weren't exactly sure what was going to be the
best spot. We knew it was a nice athlete. OC
is in you know, charge of some of the development
stuff for the I P P. And of course he
plays d N. So like every good athlete had meant
(10:53):
he'll be a great d end. So was he gonna
be a tight end a d N? I wasn't sure.
And I knew just watching this film for rugby that
he had like unique traits about him. And oftentimes I
would show that to the team and they would get like,
all right, there's you know seeing him. But he really
has developed because of the speed, the quickness. I wanted
him in for last week just to add some more
(11:13):
pass rush to our group. Could he add a flash?
Could he do do that? And so it was great
to get his first action. That won't be his last one,
I wouldn't think. But he's a player that's developing, he's
as sending and he's gonna grow. I think you're gonna
continue to see like this when you know a year
ago he was not playing football and thinking about it, like,
(11:33):
think of the challenge of that, and you know, not
even a year's time to say I'm gonna give this
thing a go, and like, not many people get that up.
And so he's absolutely taken advantage of it afternoon. You
guys don't rush yours often just kind of.
Speaker 2 (11:50):
Curious theological.
Speaker 1 (11:54):
Sometimes when you do that, there's other, you know, exposures
you could get if you're doing zones. It makes it
somewhat easier if you're going to bring a nickel, you
know who's going to take the coverage of the slot
player if you want a safety into that space. So
sometimes we would, but I'd rather bring more you know,
closer to the line of scrimmage, you know often than
you know somebody that's further away. And then on the
(12:18):
cover side of things on those moments, can we keep
those guys in that you know, can guard and be
into that spot. So more just personnel driven. If there
was you know, somebody that had you know, blitz ability
than overcoverability, like I'd lean into that more too. In
the past that was Chin. I blitzed him a lot,
knowing that, you know, there's a big guy ripping off
(12:39):
the edge. And so I think it's kind of how
do you want to match the players and do that?
But we're equipped to do those. But I think you're
just trying to find the best matchups you can.
Speaker 2 (12:52):
A little bit less this year.
Speaker 1 (12:57):
Have you had any conversations with Clips about deploying him
differently you were adjusting giving ines. It's a great question.
Gonna really be very vanilla with you. Involves the game plan.
So we're gonna make great decisions. We're gonna make great decisions.
Speaker 2 (13:24):
I know that you will know for sure.
Speaker 1 (13:26):
It's okay. I can hear you, Brown, But do you.
Speaker 2 (13:31):
First off to me a long time to have free starting.
Speaker 1 (13:33):
Receivers out there? You know, Yeah, seeing those three at
practice that you felt energy, you felt playmaking ability, I
think you probably felt some of that would tarry back
into it where it opens up other things as well,
And so adding Noah back into that that would be
a really big deal for us. His physicality, the playmaking
(13:55):
ability is very experienced and like honestly going through like
getting back into the return to play, like in the meetings,
knowing it like he's always somebody that was on it
in that space. So I just love the competitor that
he is, and uh, yeah, we would certainly add a
lot for us. All Right, all right, you guys have
(14:15):
a going at the podium shortly, But locker rooms also
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