June 12, 2025 • 9 mins
Head Coach Brian Daboll speaks to the media on Thursday June 12th at Quest Diagnostics Training Center.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Anybody of interest who won't be you know, normal stuff. Yeah,
normal stuff. Yeah, that's what Eliku doing with his toe. Good.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
We're gonna see him out there.
Speaker 1 (00:10):
He'll be doing he'll be doing similar thing that he's
done the last couple of times you've been out so rehab. Yeah,
he'll probably you know, he did a little bit of
walk through here, but he's he's progressing. It'll be okay,
same he's saying.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
What he's also had the temple practices this year as
supposed to previous years.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
Yeah. I think the guys are out there competing. I
think we're getting a lot of work done. I'm encouraged
by the progress that all three phases have made from
the beginning of since they've been here Phase one all
the way through. That's the process of of the off season. Again.
I like the way the guys are competing.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Well, sometimes it's a tendency to look at, you know,
guys who might be available around the league and you know,
well that guy is.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
Will be better than our guy. You know what I mean?
Speaker 2 (00:59):
What what is it about Slat you had? You know,
he came in, he was you know, you didn't embrace him,
play him right away on everything, and that he has
survived and these organizations put money into him and he
clouds believe it, and Russell wouldn't be out there thing.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
That's a good question. He's a pro first and foremost.
He never let any circumstance get in his way of
him continuing to try to improve and do his job.
And when he's hat opportunities, he's made place for us.
He has good leadership traits. He's been here a long
time in NFL years. He's good with the young guys
(01:37):
and the quarterbacks got a lot of trust him. I
certainly do. But I just appreciate his discipline and how
he goes about his job, his attitude whether things were good,
whether things were bad, his work ethic. He's That's why
we brought him back.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
Is that somebody that had to I mean, they all
had to prove something to you when you got here,
but he had been here ready, and you almost look
back and think, maybe I'd expect him to do all that,
you know what I mean, because like I said, he
was not a guy who just threw out there right away.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
You target sure. Yeah, my focus is on now how
he is now for us, But yeah, I think every
player evolves, but you know, I appreciate the way he is,
the way he's been for us. Again, all the things
that I mentioned, you know, he's been. He's been a
good player for us, he's been a good leader, he's
been a good person off the field for us. He
(02:25):
does things the right way and and you appreciate players
like that. Right. What is the overall morale like and
how do the veterans impact that? Yeah, it's been good. Again,
Like I said, Bruce, we've had a very competitive spring.
I think we've got a lot of work done. A
lot of things accomplished in terms of the installation of
our of our defense, special teams in offense, some of
(02:46):
the nuances and the new things that we put in.
The guys do a lot of things off the field together.
I like this group. What have you changed like spring lives,
like process wise, like the way you're going about it.
Like what as you noticed maybe last year that he
said that, you know, I would like to do more
of X. Yeah, I think again we've changed every year
(03:07):
from year to year and try to do the things
we think we need to do. Obviously, we've added some
more seven on seven reps. And here's something that Russell
feels really good about and you know you can do
it one of two ways. You can do a half
line to see coverages. You can do a full field
seven on seven. You know, we've we've added some competitive
periods and where they have to play the situations out.
Not that we didn't do that, but we've placed a
(03:27):
little bit more emphasis on it, and not just you know,
a third down situation, but maybe a quarter in a game,
time left the score. You know, we've done pretty bitch.
I'd say every day we've done a little.
Speaker 3 (03:39):
Bit of that.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
Russ is the suggestion. Yeah, I've talked to Russ. He
you know again, you see the it's good for the
defense too in terms of the back seven, just in
terms of how they match routes, their zone drops adjustments
instead of you know, you can't do one on ones
during this time. So seven on seve was something that
you know, we thought we'd add and we've done quite
(04:02):
a bit of that. But we've we've added a number
of reps I would say too, situational reps. So every
every year is a little bit different. QV has that
many years of experience, I guess change the way you
listen to him and take suggestions or kind of work together.
I know you, I'm sure. Yeah, No, I think it's
important to listen to the quarterbacks. They're the ones that
(04:24):
are touching the ball on every play. Certainly, he has
a lot of accolades behind his playing career and experience.
It's been good, and Jamis has as well, and and
de Vito and you know, even Jackson. You know, when
you're in that room and you're and you're talking to
those guys, you know, they see things from a wide
scope perspective and bring things up and there's a lot
(04:44):
of good communication. So I think it's important to really
to talk and communicate. Listen to any of the quarterbacks.
But Russ has been uh, you know, Russ has been
good for us, I'd say in a number of ways
since he's been out here.
Speaker 3 (04:56):
I cub is in you. I mean, he is a
thirty six year old quarterback and next year he did
get hurt at the start of the season. To give
him what he needs in the seven on sevens and
learn the offense, but also kind of realize it's a
long season and he's thirty six years old.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
Yeah, I think every everyone needs reps, particularly when you're
playing in a new system. So we've given him a say,
a lot of reps. You know, he needs them. He
needs them because he needs to be able to call
the plays and see things and be able to react.
So you know, we've we've divvied up the reps, you know,
i'd say pretty evenly. But he's had he's had his
(05:31):
fair share, he said.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
The most us talk to us about his relationship with
Jim High, just how he's like, his potential, what he sees,
what have you just seen from him?
Speaker 1 (05:38):
This this third man he can't drink, Uh, no worries. Yeah,
he's he's a he's he's done a nice shot for
us as camp. He's trying to improve the things that
you know, we set out for him to improve. And again,
just to go back to Russ, there's there's excellent communication
(05:59):
amongst the quarterbacks and I'd say the skilled players they
meet him quite a bit together. I think Rustin done
a nice job of developing a relationship with Jalen. You know,
they sit kind of Russ sits in the front, Jalen
sits right behind him, right next to the leak, right
next to Wandel. So there's a lot of good communication
(06:20):
flow with those guys, and he's done a nice job
of trying to improve the things that we asked him
to improve on. What was the focus for him. Obviously
last year was a tough year for him. Yeah, Look,
I'm not going to get into the details and the
specifics of what we talked to the guys about, but
he's done a nice job of coming out here working hard.
He's improved in really all facets of being a receiver
(06:41):
and we're going to need him continue to do that
in training camp. What have you seen from Russell in
terms of leadership that's been excellent, not just on the
offensive side of the ball, I'd say within the entire team, defense,
special teams. He's a very good communicator. He sees the
game well. Obviously he's done it at a high level.
(07:04):
The details of which he approaches his job with not
just his footwork and his eyes and mechanics, but also
the other positions, the communication with the line, it's really
been good. Brian, you mentioned a competitiveness of practices so
far as what was your reaction to the fight last
week and you like that intensity. Yeah, it was a
(07:27):
competitive period, so try to stay away from that. But
moved on pretty quickly from it.
Speaker 3 (07:32):
What do you guys working out the agenda drum practs
with the Jets again, you've been.
Speaker 1 (07:36):
A part of those. Just how do you feel about those?
Just kind of you know leading up to that preseason game,
was that atmosphere? Yeah, I have a good relationship with
ag known him for a long time. Obviously he was
with Detroit the last couple of years, and you know
him and I have good, a good working relationship, good
personal relationship as well. So it was good to sit
(07:58):
down and kind of iron through some of the things
that we wanted to get done. Logistics of it. We're
going to do one practice at their place, We're gonna
do a practice here. We thought that would be good
for both teams, kind of traveling a little bit, good
for the fan base. So it was you know, it's
really easy to work with a g and you know
those are competitive days. They're good for the team. We're
(08:19):
we're only doing the Jets. What have you seen from
a Devo so far? Yeah, he's been He's been a
good addition to our defense. Big long corner and run,
can cover, makes plays on the ball, has a number
of pass breakups, good in the room for the young guys.
There's been a good addition. Okay, how much is deck
when we come here? We don't see him in in
(08:39):
Tief Drews. Is that just yeah, I'd say everybody's got
him as a last year's injury.
Speaker 3 (08:43):
Is it just say.
Speaker 1 (08:45):
Everybody's got a different point. Everybody's at a different point.
Some guys that are doing some more, some doing less.
You know, we just do things, right. Was it turn
over chess?
Speaker 3 (08:53):
You're Rightea?
Speaker 1 (08:54):
Was it Bowen's idea? It was Shane's idea. Yeah, so
we had they talked about it, and yeah, you know
it gets pretty uh you know, the defensive meetings the
next day, after practice, after turnover, there's you know, excitement
and it's it's been good for him
Anybody of interest who won't be you know, normal stuff. Yeah,
normal stuff. Yeah, that's what Eliku doing with his toe. Good.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
We're gonna see him out there.
Speaker 1 (00:10):
He'll be doing he'll be doing similar thing that he's
done the last couple of times you've been out so rehab. Yeah,
he'll probably you know, he did a little bit of
walk through here, but he's he's progressing. It'll be okay,
same he's saying.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
What he's also had the temple practices this year as
supposed to previous years.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
Yeah. I think the guys are out there competing. I
think we're getting a lot of work done. I'm encouraged
by the progress that all three phases have made from
the beginning of since they've been here Phase one all
the way through. That's the process of of the off season. Again.
I like the way the guys are competing.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Well, sometimes it's a tendency to look at, you know,
guys who might be available around the league and you know,
well that guy is.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
Will be better than our guy. You know what I mean?
Speaker 2 (00:59):
What what is it about Slat you had? You know,
he came in, he was you know, you didn't embrace him,
play him right away on everything, and that he has
survived and these organizations put money into him and he
clouds believe it, and Russell wouldn't be out there thing.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
That's a good question. He's a pro first and foremost.
He never let any circumstance get in his way of
him continuing to try to improve and do his job.
And when he's hat opportunities, he's made place for us.
He has good leadership traits. He's been here a long
time in NFL years. He's good with the young guys
(01:37):
and the quarterbacks got a lot of trust him. I
certainly do. But I just appreciate his discipline and how
he goes about his job, his attitude whether things were good,
whether things were bad, his work ethic. He's That's why
we brought him back.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
Is that somebody that had to I mean, they all
had to prove something to you when you got here,
but he had been here ready, and you almost look
back and think, maybe I'd expect him to do all that,
you know what I mean, because like I said, he
was not a guy who just threw out there right away.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
You target sure. Yeah, my focus is on now how
he is now for us, But yeah, I think every
player evolves, but you know, I appreciate the way he is,
the way he's been for us. Again, all the things
that I mentioned, you know, he's been. He's been a
good player for us, he's been a good leader, he's
been a good person off the field for us. He
(02:25):
does things the right way and and you appreciate players
like that. Right. What is the overall morale like and
how do the veterans impact that? Yeah, it's been good. Again,
Like I said, Bruce, we've had a very competitive spring.
I think we've got a lot of work done. A
lot of things accomplished in terms of the installation of
our of our defense, special teams in offense, some of
(02:46):
the nuances and the new things that we put in.
The guys do a lot of things off the field together.
I like this group. What have you changed like spring lives,
like process wise, like the way you're going about it.
Like what as you noticed maybe last year that he
said that, you know, I would like to do more
of X. Yeah, I think again we've changed every year
(03:07):
from year to year and try to do the things
we think we need to do. Obviously, we've added some
more seven on seven reps. And here's something that Russell
feels really good about and you know you can do
it one of two ways. You can do a half
line to see coverages. You can do a full field
seven on seven. You know, we've we've added some competitive
periods and where they have to play the situations out.
Not that we didn't do that, but we've placed a
(03:27):
little bit more emphasis on it, and not just you know,
a third down situation, but maybe a quarter in a game,
time left the score. You know, we've done pretty bitch.
I'd say every day we've done a little.
Speaker 3 (03:39):
Bit of that.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
Russ is the suggestion. Yeah, I've talked to Russ. He
you know again, you see the it's good for the
defense too in terms of the back seven, just in
terms of how they match routes, their zone drops adjustments
instead of you know, you can't do one on ones
during this time. So seven on seve was something that
you know, we thought we'd add and we've done quite
(04:02):
a bit of that. But we've we've added a number
of reps I would say too, situational reps. So every
every year is a little bit different. QV has that
many years of experience, I guess change the way you
listen to him and take suggestions or kind of work together.
I know you, I'm sure. Yeah, No, I think it's
important to listen to the quarterbacks. They're the ones that
(04:24):
are touching the ball on every play. Certainly, he has
a lot of accolades behind his playing career and experience.
It's been good, and Jamis has as well, and and
de Vito and you know, even Jackson. You know, when
you're in that room and you're and you're talking to
those guys, you know, they see things from a wide
scope perspective and bring things up and there's a lot
(04:44):
of good communication. So I think it's important to really
to talk and communicate. Listen to any of the quarterbacks.
But Russ has been uh, you know, Russ has been
good for us, I'd say in a number of ways
since he's been out here.
Speaker 3 (04:56):
I cub is in you. I mean, he is a
thirty six year old quarterback and next year he did
get hurt at the start of the season. To give
him what he needs in the seven on sevens and
learn the offense, but also kind of realize it's a
long season and he's thirty six years old.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
Yeah, I think every everyone needs reps, particularly when you're
playing in a new system. So we've given him a say,
a lot of reps. You know, he needs them. He
needs them because he needs to be able to call
the plays and see things and be able to react.
So you know, we've we've divvied up the reps, you know,
i'd say pretty evenly. But he's had he's had his
(05:31):
fair share, he said.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
The most us talk to us about his relationship with
Jim High, just how he's like, his potential, what he sees,
what have you just seen from him?
Speaker 1 (05:38):
This this third man he can't drink, Uh, no worries. Yeah,
he's he's a he's he's done a nice shot for
us as camp. He's trying to improve the things that
you know, we set out for him to improve. And again,
just to go back to Russ, there's there's excellent communication
(05:59):
amongst the quarterbacks and I'd say the skilled players they
meet him quite a bit together. I think Rustin done
a nice job of developing a relationship with Jalen. You know,
they sit kind of Russ sits in the front, Jalen
sits right behind him, right next to the leak, right
next to Wandel. So there's a lot of good communication
(06:20):
flow with those guys, and he's done a nice job
of trying to improve the things that we asked him
to improve on. What was the focus for him. Obviously
last year was a tough year for him. Yeah, Look,
I'm not going to get into the details and the
specifics of what we talked to the guys about, but
he's done a nice job of coming out here working hard.
He's improved in really all facets of being a receiver
(06:41):
and we're going to need him continue to do that
in training camp. What have you seen from Russell in
terms of leadership that's been excellent, not just on the
offensive side of the ball, I'd say within the entire team, defense,
special teams. He's a very good communicator. He sees the
game well. Obviously he's done it at a high level.
(07:04):
The details of which he approaches his job with not
just his footwork and his eyes and mechanics, but also
the other positions, the communication with the line, it's really
been good. Brian, you mentioned a competitiveness of practices so
far as what was your reaction to the fight last
week and you like that intensity. Yeah, it was a
(07:27):
competitive period, so try to stay away from that. But
moved on pretty quickly from it.
Speaker 3 (07:32):
What do you guys working out the agenda drum practs
with the Jets again, you've been.
Speaker 1 (07:36):
A part of those. Just how do you feel about those?
Just kind of you know leading up to that preseason game,
was that atmosphere? Yeah, I have a good relationship with
ag known him for a long time. Obviously he was
with Detroit the last couple of years, and you know
him and I have good, a good working relationship, good
personal relationship as well. So it was good to sit
(07:58):
down and kind of iron through some of the things
that we wanted to get done. Logistics of it. We're
going to do one practice at their place, We're gonna
do a practice here. We thought that would be good
for both teams, kind of traveling a little bit, good
for the fan base. So it was you know, it's
really easy to work with a g and you know
those are competitive days. They're good for the team. We're
(08:19):
we're only doing the Jets. What have you seen from
a Devo so far? Yeah, he's been He's been a
good addition to our defense. Big long corner and run,
can cover, makes plays on the ball, has a number
of pass breakups, good in the room for the young guys.
There's been a good addition. Okay, how much is deck
when we come here? We don't see him in in
(08:39):
Tief Drews. Is that just yeah, I'd say everybody's got
him as a last year's injury.
Speaker 3 (08:43):
Is it just say.
Speaker 1 (08:45):
Everybody's got a different point. Everybody's at a different point.
Some guys that are doing some more, some doing less.
You know, we just do things, right. Was it turn
over chess?
Speaker 3 (08:53):
You're Rightea?
Speaker 1 (08:54):
Was it Bowen's idea? It was Shane's idea. Yeah, so
we had they talked about it, and yeah, you know
it gets pretty uh you know, the defensive meetings the
next day, after practice, after turnover, there's you know, excitement
and it's it's been good for him
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