September 1, 2025 • 18 mins
Jaguars HC Liam Coen speaks to the media after practice on Monday of Week 1 during the 2025 NFL Season.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Offensively, Trevor Lawrence, Robert Hainsey defensively, Foyer, Josh Heinz, Allen,
Jordan Lewis, specialist, Logan Cook. Those we are six captains
for the season. We'll probably do a game captain to
rotate in with those guys throughout the season, but those
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will be the six captains for the season.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Yeah. Yeah, we did a team vote.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
Before we left for the mini break there and all
of it. Nice thing is you didn't have to fudge
it to get kind of what you wanted.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
It was pretty clear, pretty clear based.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
On the votes and the ballots that these were the
six guys that got the most. There was a ton
of guys that you know, you could have bumped up
potentially just don't have enough spots, you know, you know,
you only have six of them. But it was cool
to acknowledge the amount of people that did receive votes
throughout the team, you know, that was that was nice
to see, especially some of the guys that maybe not
(01:06):
have ever been voted for in the past that did
receive some votes and kind of shows that that those
guys are making an impact. So it was it wasn't
hard to get to the six.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
Guys for a little bit he plays inside, he's at
full capacity.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
What defense, just the length alone is a is a
hard thing, you know to deal with as a guard,
especially in the pass rush and and then in the
run game when you you've got a three tech that
is can play with length and and kind of uh
shut blockers out in a lot of ways where that
(01:45):
can help the run defense. But you know he can
get an edge in the past game and when he's
rushing and moving the way he's moving, you know, he
can get an edge on people inside. So the experience
guy that's played a ton of snaps, ton of you know,
high level football, and you know he can be a
pain right for some guards that are going to try
(02:07):
to make first significant contact. And he does have a
little initial wiggle and he's got you know, multiple moves
that obviously allows him to have success.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
So yeah, we're we're we need a lot out of him.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
Wants your i mean, your first regular season game as
an NFL head coach chomping at the bid a little bit, Yeah,
you feel that energy kind of Yeah, I think so,
I mean, it was it's been a long kind of
I guess I don't know how many months has been
since I got hired, but you know, nothing else, like
obviously done so much work to get to this point,
(02:42):
and then now you're into the results truly matter, right,
And you know, we've talked so much about the process
that drives results that's got us to this point that
can't we can't.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
Lose sight of that process.
Speaker 1 (02:58):
And you know we used to kind of talk about
process over results. Well, those results matter, you know, So
the process in which we get to the games and
the way that we game plan, the way that we
operate throughout the week, the way that we communicate on
game day, that's the part that you're kind of anxious
to see how we handle a true game, right, Like
(03:22):
it was great to get some of those reps in
preseason and come out of it healthy because stuff showed
up that maybe if we wouldn't have played those guys
that you don't typically see.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
So I'm glad that we did it.
Speaker 1 (03:35):
You're definitely anxious as a head coach to kind of
get the ball kicked off and get into it. So
you're really just more so anxious and excited to see
how the guys go out and play, right, Like you
want to see perfect football. But we all know, it's football.
It's not perfect, right, It's an imperfect game, and you're
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striving for perfection, which is probably the chase obviously.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
But yeah, we're all excited.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
I'm excited to kind of get in that stadium and
see how much we can pack it.
Speaker 4 (04:07):
What is your relationship with Dave Canalis and knowing of
course you would be facing the Panthers week once since May,
but knowing that he was just the first year head coach. Yeah,
and because you succeeded him in Tampa, did you pick
his brain at all perhaps between January?
Speaker 1 (04:22):
Yeah, Dave is always you know, I don't know him
like super well, but like when I got the Tampa job,
he was you know, very you know, he was cool
to just be able to reach out to holler at
his wife was really kind to Ashley as well. And
and then when I got this job, you know, we
got to talk to the owner's meetings for a little
while and just kind of picking his brain on some
(04:44):
of the things that you know, he felt like he
could improve upon as a head coach or things that
he thought went well. And you know, Shane Waldron was
with Dave and Seattle for a number of years as well,
so there's a natural communication there. I got a ton
of respect for Dave. He helped so much with the
bridge in Tampa. Like you know, their offense, there was
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a lot of similarities. So when you get the Tampa job,
you're not starting from ground zero. And I've always appreciated
the energy and confidence that he gives to his players.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
I don't know how much. Don't you been able to
look at him? Of Bryce Young?
Speaker 1 (05:21):
But you know they sat Hi damn last year, brought
him back, played well, where do you see his biggest improvement? Yeah,
and we played against him twice last year, so I've
been able to see him a lot. I think you
see a guy that you know footwork that were really
trying to work on his lower half, you know, getting
him to play more in rhythm. But man, he can
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he can hurts you in a few different ways. I mean,
you let that dude out of the pocket. He can
be a problem because he uses his legs as a runner,
but also he remains a passer as he does scramble
and move around. I always kind of thought he had
some like Stefph curry ish ability as a quarterback where
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he can distribute it and when things are clicked. I
mean he improved a ton I thought last year over
the season. So you know, when they're able to run
it and establish the run game and get their mid
zone going and get him kind of on the move
and play in the position, you know, he can be dangerous.
So our rush plan has got to be extremely coordinated.
(06:25):
We've got to understand he wants to escape at times
and he does have a quick release, so we've got
to affect the quarterback in more ways than one. Playing
against the structured twice last year, can you go back any.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
Of that or just new year?
Speaker 1 (06:40):
Yeah, yeah, we definitely go back and look and and
because I don't think the overall structure will change, I
do believe that we will see some unscouted looks for sure,
whether it's a personnel grouping, whether it's a blitz or
a coverage or.
Speaker 2 (06:56):
Something along those lines. I don't think.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
They've probably altered their entire structure. So yeah, you definitely
go back and look at what was successful, you know,
twice last year playing those guys, and you know what
fits what we've done well up until this point that
we can kind of use those schemes or concepts, uh
to our advantage. But they've definitely added some players, you know,
(07:21):
VI a pro personnel pro free agency and in the
NFL in the.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
Draft as well, So you're just curious to see how.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
They're maybe going to utilize those players, if that impacts
and affects their defensive structure at.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
All as well.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
And maybe they don't know exactly what you guys are
going to do to get Yeah, I would think that
they probably have an idea watching the Tampa stuff that
it's you know, probably not going to go too far
off of that. You know, it's just more Okay, what
personnel groupings are we going to major in, especially early
on in the season in Game one, you know what
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that looks like for us so and then the personnel
is obviously a little bit different. But yeah, I think
that both teams are able to go and look at
some of the stuff from last year and be able
to use that either to the advantage or Man, this
is something that we didn't do well that they took
advantage of that we need to improve upon so that
it doesn't happen again.
Speaker 3 (08:19):
About Trevor, this game sometimes played in the gray.
Speaker 2 (08:22):
How is he in that area there?
Speaker 4 (08:24):
I mean, everything this structured game.
Speaker 2 (08:27):
It's the offensive.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
But yeah, yeah, it's it's hard to tell, especially when
the bull you know, they haven't fully uh, it hasn't
truly occurred, right. We can almost set it up a
little bit in practice, but you know, practice is typically
pretty structured, as you kind of mentioned.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
So I'm curious to see.
Speaker 1 (08:48):
I'm excited to see how he you know, just goes
through and plays within the game, because you can dial
stuff up that is intended to go in what direction,
to to, to whomever, but maybe the coverage changes or
dictates it. And I'm eager to see kind of how
he'll handle those situations and handle all right, well, this
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didn't work out exactly how we wanted it to.
Speaker 2 (09:14):
How do you just find a completion? Right? Like that?
Speaker 1 (09:17):
We have typically on each play five eligibles, right, and
so whether it's a check down, oh man, they give
us a completely different look. Wasn't what we wanted. Man,
just check the ball. Now we get four or five
yards and we keep the thing moving.
Speaker 2 (09:32):
So that'll be a really.
Speaker 1 (09:34):
Important for Trevor, especially in a week one where you're
you don't know what you're gonna get, right, we have
an idea you can go off the tape and the
stats and all that. It gets thrown out the window
at times, especially in week one, so it'll be very
important for him to be able to live in that.
Gray Man, This isn't exactly what we were hunting up.
How can we continue to find a completion and take
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care of the football?
Speaker 2 (09:59):
A is it playing the star?
Speaker 1 (10:00):
Travis? Yeah, we're still working through it right now. You know,
you obviously miss a lot of time there that you
know can impact playing anybody. Nonetheless, a rookie that misses
quite a bit of time. So what that usage looks like.
We're still working through.
Speaker 3 (10:18):
You mixed the match like every teams are camped. You
liked the five you got together and they created some coesion.
Speaker 1 (10:24):
Yeah, that's been the goal, is kind of for the
last ten days or so whatever. It's been to have
that the cohesiveness with those guys. And you know, at
the end of the day, those those five need to
play as a group, as a unit communicate more than
anybody else.
Speaker 2 (10:42):
And I have been pleased.
Speaker 1 (10:43):
You know, you're just you're never sure what you got
till you go play a game and people actually have
to tackle and tackle the ball carriers.
Speaker 2 (10:52):
And you have to go execute at a high level
snap in and snap out. So what does that look like.
Speaker 1 (10:56):
I'll be able to kind of say a little bit
more after week one, but uh, I've been pleased with
their continuity thus far.
Speaker 2 (11:02):
Right. Have you you talked about how he's not gonna
be able to catch you by surprise.
Speaker 4 (11:08):
Have you kind of seen him approach this season kind
of through training canters?
Speaker 1 (11:12):
Yeah, I mean I think we all saw that there
were some highs and lows throughout you know, training camp.
I thought obviously when he goes to the Miami Joint
and kind of did what he did there, and last
few practices, I thought last week, I thought he had
a really good week last week. So you know, it'll
be important to continue to be able to get him
involved early, especially so you know, for any skill player,
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you really want to try to get them a touch
early so that those guys can get into the game
feel like they're in the game and not kind of
being taken away, if you will. And obviously they have
a really good corner on defense over there and Horn,
so that's gonna be.
Speaker 2 (11:50):
A great matchup.
Speaker 1 (11:51):
And and you know, how do we get BT either
over there one on one with him or move them around,
whatever it is. But I think the last few practices
have been better for him.
Speaker 3 (12:02):
In the first game, you were kind of setting the tone.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
For the years.
Speaker 1 (12:05):
Yeah, you know, it's it is important for sure, like
we want to go in and set the tone one
hundred percent. I wouldn't say I want these guys to
put an all or nothing approach into the first game
just because, shoot, you don't know how any season is
going to play out, but it is important for us
to get the ball moving a little bit in terms
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of playing the way that we want to play. Whatever
the result is, we've got to live.
Speaker 2 (12:34):
With that ultimately.
Speaker 1 (12:35):
But if we show you know, coming out playing with
great energy, execution, playing tough, is it going to be perfect?
Speaker 2 (12:42):
We all know it's not.
Speaker 1 (12:43):
But it is important for those guys to be able
to get some confidence, okay in a game setting. All right,
these systems and these fundamentals that I've been getting coached
on for months now work right. I mean, ultimately it's
come comes down to when there's shown in provement and
you do execute in all three phases, it helps create
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more buy in for what you're trying to do. And
now they're listening and you have their attention. So it
is very important. I wouldn't say if you know, the
season's lost if we don't, you know, have the much
success that we would like to have. But you definitely
want to see that jump that we're talking about in
terms of the physicality, the toughness, the nature that we
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want to play the game. That's really what I'm looking for.
And to see how we respond to adversity, because there's
going to have something's going to happen in the game
that doesn't go our way, and I'm more so I
want to see how we respond to that, and that'll
help me as we move throughout the season seeing how
we do that, and that helps guys come together as
well as a team.
Speaker 3 (13:46):
People seeing games where call plays and then being head
coach the same time, anything changed for the first one
or the second one for.
Speaker 4 (13:53):
You, any issues, you know, any issues.
Speaker 1 (13:55):
That came up or anything like that. And now, yeah,
I mean I definitely enjoy calling plays, so it's it's
hard not to.
Speaker 2 (14:05):
So, yeah, I didn't.
Speaker 1 (14:07):
Nothing truly came up that was man like, this is
we can't handle this because I'm not on the right
headsets or you know, we've got an ability to speak
to people on all channels on the deals. So I
thought that part was good to be able to work
through some of those kinks and and get through it
where it's like, man, I'm calling plays. Then I got
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to flip over and be on the defensive side, which
was just different for me, like having ever been on
the defensive side.
Speaker 2 (14:35):
Of the headsets before.
Speaker 1 (14:36):
So to just be on that side not speak much,
you know, you want to let Campy and those guys
coach and call it and give them some space while
also being there for them in case we need timeouts,
in case we need to be able to communicate a
situation that could occur. So it's more just lending support
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when you aren't calling the plays and making sure that
you're on top of the clock management the time out.
So we're gonna go for two? Are they going to
go for two? Just getting ahead of some of those
situations when you're not calm plays that players always.
Speaker 4 (15:11):
Tell you about.
Speaker 2 (15:11):
You just here a break communicator.
Speaker 3 (15:13):
And then we get kind of a look at that
into high Where did.
Speaker 2 (15:16):
That come from? When did you kind of developed? Though
that's still not something every might have.
Speaker 1 (15:22):
Well communication major you mess you know, uh no, you
know it was at a young age. I think I
had a great example of it with my dad being
a coach, and I don't know if he was a
player's coach or not. I think he probably was in
a lot of ways. I mean, our players, his players
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were constantly at our house all the time, whether he
was coaching in high school or college, and kind of
getting to those relationships a little bit more on a
different level. And then obviously going to work for Sean
where you know, in twenty eighteen, I got in that
building and I saw an example of the coolest place
I'd ever been where you just saw everybody in the
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building we're working towards one common goal and there was
really very little to any people trying to pull at
that or bring people in a different direction. So I
thought that was a pretty cool example to see a
guy that did call plays as an offense a head
coach and still be able to get in with the
defense and with special teams and create relationships and bonds
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with guys to ultimately see, you know, show them you
care that you do care about them a little bit
more than just surface level conversation. So I think once
you do that for me, that's helped me be able
to communicate a little bit more honestly with them because
they know that there is a investment in the relationship.
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It's not just like, all right, hey, you didn't get
the job done. This isn't good enough. Leave it at that. Well,
it's like, okay, how can we get the best out
of each player, each coach, each staff member in order
to invest in that. Once they're invested, they typically will
let you coach them harder.
Speaker 3 (17:07):
Carolina, with Carolina trading feeling and placing Cocher on I R.
Speaker 2 (17:13):
Does that massively change how you prepare for the supporting
want of it? You know, I think you know t
Mac being a rookie. We know we liked him coming
out of the draft.
Speaker 1 (17:23):
We know what some of those trades are that he
can do with some of the one on one opportunities
as well. And then Laget can really run big, physical receiver.
And you know Hunter renfro Is won in the slot
here for years. So what does that look like? I
think they'll probably remain within what they do. Probably, I
don't know if it'll drastically change how they operate. Maybe
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we'll see a little bit more twelve thirteen, Just for
depth reasons alone for sure, So I don't think it'll
drastically change things for us.
Speaker 2 (17:57):
But you know, Coker is a good place.
Speaker 1 (18:00):
He did a lot for them in terms of the
run game blocking, but also he has some wiggle and
could run, So you know, Cocher and Hunter different players.
I think that's probably where you'll see a little bit
of a different unit usage out of those players. That
will and can affect how we play a little bit,
but I'm not sure it'll have a huge, drastic, you
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know issue on the game plan.
Speaker 2 (18:26):
Yeah, thank you guys.
Offensively, Trevor Lawrence, Robert Hainsey defensively, Foyer, Josh Heinz, Allen,
Jordan Lewis, specialist, Logan Cook. Those we are six captains
for the season. We'll probably do a game captain to
rotate in with those guys throughout the season, but those
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will be the six captains for the season.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Yeah. Yeah, we did a team vote.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
Before we left for the mini break there and all
of it. Nice thing is you didn't have to fudge
it to get kind of what you wanted.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
It was pretty clear, pretty clear based.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
On the votes and the ballots that these were the
six guys that got the most. There was a ton
of guys that you know, you could have bumped up
potentially just don't have enough spots, you know, you know,
you only have six of them. But it was cool
to acknowledge the amount of people that did receive votes
throughout the team, you know, that was that was nice
to see, especially some of the guys that maybe not
(01:06):
have ever been voted for in the past that did
receive some votes and kind of shows that that those
guys are making an impact. So it was it wasn't
hard to get to the six.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
Guys for a little bit he plays inside, he's at
full capacity.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
What defense, just the length alone is a is a
hard thing, you know to deal with as a guard,
especially in the pass rush and and then in the
run game when you you've got a three tech that
is can play with length and and kind of uh
shut blockers out in a lot of ways where that
(01:45):
can help the run defense. But you know he can
get an edge in the past game and when he's
rushing and moving the way he's moving, you know, he
can get an edge on people inside. So the experience
guy that's played a ton of snaps, ton of you know,
high level football, and you know he can be a
pain right for some guards that are going to try
(02:07):
to make first significant contact. And he does have a
little initial wiggle and he's got you know, multiple moves
that obviously allows him to have success.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
So yeah, we're we're we need a lot out of him.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
Wants your i mean, your first regular season game as
an NFL head coach chomping at the bid a little bit, Yeah,
you feel that energy kind of Yeah, I think so,
I mean, it was it's been a long kind of
I guess I don't know how many months has been
since I got hired, but you know, nothing else, like
obviously done so much work to get to this point,
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and then now you're into the results truly matter, right,
And you know, we've talked so much about the process
that drives results that's got us to this point that
can't we can't.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
Lose sight of that process.
Speaker 1 (02:58):
And you know we used to kind of talk about
process over results. Well, those results matter, you know, So
the process in which we get to the games and
the way that we game plan, the way that we
operate throughout the week, the way that we communicate on
game day, that's the part that you're kind of anxious
to see how we handle a true game, right, Like
(03:22):
it was great to get some of those reps in
preseason and come out of it healthy because stuff showed
up that maybe if we wouldn't have played those guys
that you don't typically see.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
So I'm glad that we did it.
Speaker 1 (03:35):
You're definitely anxious as a head coach to kind of
get the ball kicked off and get into it. So
you're really just more so anxious and excited to see
how the guys go out and play, right, Like you
want to see perfect football. But we all know, it's football.
It's not perfect, right, It's an imperfect game, and you're
(03:56):
striving for perfection, which is probably the chase obviously.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
But yeah, we're all excited.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
I'm excited to kind of get in that stadium and
see how much we can pack it.
Speaker 4 (04:07):
What is your relationship with Dave Canalis and knowing of
course you would be facing the Panthers week once since May,
but knowing that he was just the first year head coach. Yeah,
and because you succeeded him in Tampa, did you pick
his brain at all perhaps between January?
Speaker 1 (04:22):
Yeah, Dave is always you know, I don't know him
like super well, but like when I got the Tampa job,
he was you know, very you know, he was cool
to just be able to reach out to holler at
his wife was really kind to Ashley as well. And
and then when I got this job, you know, we
got to talk to the owner's meetings for a little
while and just kind of picking his brain on some
(04:44):
of the things that you know, he felt like he
could improve upon as a head coach or things that
he thought went well. And you know, Shane Waldron was
with Dave and Seattle for a number of years as well,
so there's a natural communication there. I got a ton
of respect for Dave. He helped so much with the
bridge in Tampa. Like you know, their offense, there was
(05:05):
a lot of similarities. So when you get the Tampa job,
you're not starting from ground zero. And I've always appreciated
the energy and confidence that he gives to his players.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
I don't know how much. Don't you been able to
look at him? Of Bryce Young?
Speaker 1 (05:21):
But you know they sat Hi damn last year, brought
him back, played well, where do you see his biggest improvement? Yeah,
and we played against him twice last year, so I've
been able to see him a lot. I think you
see a guy that you know footwork that were really
trying to work on his lower half, you know, getting
him to play more in rhythm. But man, he can
(05:43):
he can hurts you in a few different ways. I mean,
you let that dude out of the pocket. He can
be a problem because he uses his legs as a runner,
but also he remains a passer as he does scramble
and move around. I always kind of thought he had
some like Stefph curry ish ability as a quarterback where
(06:03):
he can distribute it and when things are clicked. I
mean he improved a ton I thought last year over
the season. So you know, when they're able to run
it and establish the run game and get their mid
zone going and get him kind of on the move
and play in the position, you know, he can be dangerous.
So our rush plan has got to be extremely coordinated.
(06:25):
We've got to understand he wants to escape at times
and he does have a quick release, so we've got
to affect the quarterback in more ways than one. Playing
against the structured twice last year, can you go back any.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
Of that or just new year?
Speaker 1 (06:40):
Yeah, yeah, we definitely go back and look and and
because I don't think the overall structure will change, I
do believe that we will see some unscouted looks for sure,
whether it's a personnel grouping, whether it's a blitz or
a coverage or.
Speaker 2 (06:56):
Something along those lines. I don't think.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
They've probably altered their entire structure. So yeah, you definitely
go back and look at what was successful, you know,
twice last year playing those guys, and you know what
fits what we've done well up until this point that
we can kind of use those schemes or concepts, uh
to our advantage. But they've definitely added some players, you know,
(07:21):
VI a pro personnel pro free agency and in the
NFL in the.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
Draft as well, So you're just curious to see how.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
They're maybe going to utilize those players, if that impacts
and affects their defensive structure at.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
All as well.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
And maybe they don't know exactly what you guys are
going to do to get Yeah, I would think that
they probably have an idea watching the Tampa stuff that
it's you know, probably not going to go too far
off of that. You know, it's just more Okay, what
personnel groupings are we going to major in, especially early
on in the season in Game one, you know what
(07:58):
that looks like for us so and then the personnel
is obviously a little bit different. But yeah, I think
that both teams are able to go and look at
some of the stuff from last year and be able
to use that either to the advantage or Man, this
is something that we didn't do well that they took
advantage of that we need to improve upon so that
it doesn't happen again.
Speaker 3 (08:19):
About Trevor, this game sometimes played in the gray.
Speaker 2 (08:22):
How is he in that area there?
Speaker 4 (08:24):
I mean, everything this structured game.
Speaker 2 (08:27):
It's the offensive.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
But yeah, yeah, it's it's hard to tell, especially when
the bull you know, they haven't fully uh, it hasn't
truly occurred, right. We can almost set it up a
little bit in practice, but you know, practice is typically
pretty structured, as you kind of mentioned.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
So I'm curious to see.
Speaker 1 (08:48):
I'm excited to see how he you know, just goes
through and plays within the game, because you can dial
stuff up that is intended to go in what direction,
to to, to whomever, but maybe the coverage changes or
dictates it. And I'm eager to see kind of how
he'll handle those situations and handle all right, well, this
(09:10):
didn't work out exactly how we wanted it to.
Speaker 2 (09:14):
How do you just find a completion? Right? Like that?
Speaker 1 (09:17):
We have typically on each play five eligibles, right, and
so whether it's a check down, oh man, they give
us a completely different look. Wasn't what we wanted. Man,
just check the ball. Now we get four or five
yards and we keep the thing moving.
Speaker 2 (09:32):
So that'll be a really.
Speaker 1 (09:34):
Important for Trevor, especially in a week one where you're
you don't know what you're gonna get, right, we have
an idea you can go off the tape and the
stats and all that. It gets thrown out the window
at times, especially in week one, so it'll be very
important for him to be able to live in that.
Gray Man, This isn't exactly what we were hunting up.
How can we continue to find a completion and take
(09:57):
care of the football?
Speaker 2 (09:59):
A is it playing the star?
Speaker 1 (10:00):
Travis? Yeah, we're still working through it right now. You know,
you obviously miss a lot of time there that you
know can impact playing anybody. Nonetheless, a rookie that misses
quite a bit of time. So what that usage looks like.
We're still working through.
Speaker 3 (10:18):
You mixed the match like every teams are camped. You
liked the five you got together and they created some coesion.
Speaker 1 (10:24):
Yeah, that's been the goal, is kind of for the
last ten days or so whatever. It's been to have
that the cohesiveness with those guys. And you know, at
the end of the day, those those five need to
play as a group, as a unit communicate more than
anybody else.
Speaker 2 (10:42):
And I have been pleased.
Speaker 1 (10:43):
You know, you're just you're never sure what you got
till you go play a game and people actually have
to tackle and tackle the ball carriers.
Speaker 2 (10:52):
And you have to go execute at a high level
snap in and snap out. So what does that look like.
Speaker 1 (10:56):
I'll be able to kind of say a little bit
more after week one, but uh, I've been pleased with
their continuity thus far.
Speaker 2 (11:02):
Right. Have you you talked about how he's not gonna
be able to catch you by surprise.
Speaker 4 (11:08):
Have you kind of seen him approach this season kind
of through training canters?
Speaker 1 (11:12):
Yeah, I mean I think we all saw that there
were some highs and lows throughout you know, training camp.
I thought obviously when he goes to the Miami Joint
and kind of did what he did there, and last
few practices, I thought last week, I thought he had
a really good week last week. So you know, it'll
be important to continue to be able to get him
involved early, especially so you know, for any skill player,
(11:35):
you really want to try to get them a touch
early so that those guys can get into the game
feel like they're in the game and not kind of
being taken away, if you will. And obviously they have
a really good corner on defense over there and Horn,
so that's gonna be.
Speaker 2 (11:50):
A great matchup.
Speaker 1 (11:51):
And and you know, how do we get BT either
over there one on one with him or move them around,
whatever it is. But I think the last few practices
have been better for him.
Speaker 3 (12:02):
In the first game, you were kind of setting the tone.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
For the years.
Speaker 1 (12:05):
Yeah, you know, it's it is important for sure, like
we want to go in and set the tone one
hundred percent. I wouldn't say I want these guys to
put an all or nothing approach into the first game
just because, shoot, you don't know how any season is
going to play out, but it is important for us
to get the ball moving a little bit in terms
(12:28):
of playing the way that we want to play. Whatever
the result is, we've got to live.
Speaker 2 (12:34):
With that ultimately.
Speaker 1 (12:35):
But if we show you know, coming out playing with
great energy, execution, playing tough, is it going to be perfect?
Speaker 2 (12:42):
We all know it's not.
Speaker 1 (12:43):
But it is important for those guys to be able
to get some confidence, okay in a game setting. All right,
these systems and these fundamentals that I've been getting coached
on for months now work right. I mean, ultimately it's
come comes down to when there's shown in provement and
you do execute in all three phases, it helps create
(13:04):
more buy in for what you're trying to do. And
now they're listening and you have their attention. So it
is very important. I wouldn't say if you know, the
season's lost if we don't, you know, have the much
success that we would like to have. But you definitely
want to see that jump that we're talking about in
terms of the physicality, the toughness, the nature that we
(13:25):
want to play the game. That's really what I'm looking for.
And to see how we respond to adversity, because there's
going to have something's going to happen in the game
that doesn't go our way, and I'm more so I
want to see how we respond to that, and that'll
help me as we move throughout the season seeing how
we do that, and that helps guys come together as
well as a team.
Speaker 3 (13:46):
People seeing games where call plays and then being head
coach the same time, anything changed for the first one
or the second one for.
Speaker 4 (13:53):
You, any issues, you know, any issues.
Speaker 1 (13:55):
That came up or anything like that. And now, yeah,
I mean I definitely enjoy calling plays, so it's it's
hard not to.
Speaker 2 (14:05):
So, yeah, I didn't.
Speaker 1 (14:07):
Nothing truly came up that was man like, this is
we can't handle this because I'm not on the right
headsets or you know, we've got an ability to speak
to people on all channels on the deals. So I
thought that part was good to be able to work
through some of those kinks and and get through it
where it's like, man, I'm calling plays. Then I got
(14:30):
to flip over and be on the defensive side, which
was just different for me, like having ever been on
the defensive side.
Speaker 2 (14:35):
Of the headsets before.
Speaker 1 (14:36):
So to just be on that side not speak much,
you know, you want to let Campy and those guys
coach and call it and give them some space while
also being there for them in case we need timeouts,
in case we need to be able to communicate a
situation that could occur. So it's more just lending support
(14:57):
when you aren't calling the plays and making sure that
you're on top of the clock management the time out.
So we're gonna go for two? Are they going to
go for two? Just getting ahead of some of those
situations when you're not calm plays that players always.
Speaker 4 (15:11):
Tell you about.
Speaker 2 (15:11):
You just here a break communicator.
Speaker 3 (15:13):
And then we get kind of a look at that
into high Where did.
Speaker 2 (15:16):
That come from? When did you kind of developed? Though
that's still not something every might have.
Speaker 1 (15:22):
Well communication major you mess you know, uh no, you
know it was at a young age. I think I
had a great example of it with my dad being
a coach, and I don't know if he was a
player's coach or not. I think he probably was in
a lot of ways. I mean, our players, his players
(15:43):
were constantly at our house all the time, whether he
was coaching in high school or college, and kind of
getting to those relationships a little bit more on a
different level. And then obviously going to work for Sean
where you know, in twenty eighteen, I got in that
building and I saw an example of the coolest place
I'd ever been where you just saw everybody in the
(16:06):
building we're working towards one common goal and there was
really very little to any people trying to pull at
that or bring people in a different direction. So I
thought that was a pretty cool example to see a
guy that did call plays as an offense a head
coach and still be able to get in with the
defense and with special teams and create relationships and bonds
(16:29):
with guys to ultimately see, you know, show them you
care that you do care about them a little bit
more than just surface level conversation. So I think once
you do that for me, that's helped me be able
to communicate a little bit more honestly with them because
they know that there is a investment in the relationship.
(16:51):
It's not just like, all right, hey, you didn't get
the job done. This isn't good enough. Leave it at that. Well,
it's like, okay, how can we get the best out
of each player, each coach, each staff member in order
to invest in that. Once they're invested, they typically will
let you coach them harder.
Speaker 3 (17:07):
Carolina, with Carolina trading feeling and placing Cocher on I R.
Speaker 2 (17:13):
Does that massively change how you prepare for the supporting
want of it? You know, I think you know t
Mac being a rookie. We know we liked him coming
out of the draft.
Speaker 1 (17:23):
We know what some of those trades are that he
can do with some of the one on one opportunities
as well. And then Laget can really run big, physical receiver.
And you know Hunter renfro Is won in the slot
here for years. So what does that look like? I
think they'll probably remain within what they do. Probably, I
don't know if it'll drastically change how they operate. Maybe
(17:47):
we'll see a little bit more twelve thirteen, Just for
depth reasons alone for sure, So I don't think it'll
drastically change things for us.
Speaker 2 (17:57):
But you know, Coker is a good place.
Speaker 1 (18:00):
He did a lot for them in terms of the
run game blocking, but also he has some wiggle and
could run, So you know, Cocher and Hunter different players.
I think that's probably where you'll see a little bit
of a different unit usage out of those players. That
will and can affect how we play a little bit,
but I'm not sure it'll have a huge, drastic, you
(18:23):
know issue on the game plan.
Speaker 2 (18:26):
Yeah, thank you guys.
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