June 17, 2025 • 9 mins
Quarterbacks Coach Shea Tierney speaks to the media before practice Tuesday at Quest Diagnostics Training Center.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's quite a new and different room for.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
You, isn't it. Yeah, I mean I think I mean
every year is different. Every year I've been here, we've
had different quarterbacks coming in out where it's been Tommy
and then you know, Tyrod Leavin and having Drew come in.
So I think that's the National Football League. You're always
ready for guys to come in and out and just
(00:23):
you know, keep it the same every year as far
as how you approach them and teach and go from there.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
What have you learned about Jackson so far from being
you know, you knew about him, but now you're.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
Actually working with him, you know, day to day. Yeah,
I think.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
I did know this, but it was it's impressive to
see the last couple of weeks just how he's prepared
and you know, made the transition to becoming a pro.
We thought that about him, which is one of the
reasons why we liked them. But he's done a really
good job of coming in here and understanding what he's
(01:02):
got to do to make himself a pro and approaching
it the right way.
Speaker 4 (01:06):
What does that mean make himself a pro?
Speaker 2 (01:08):
But you know, there's always a transition for guys when
you go from college to a different environment where you know,
I tell every rookie this that we have when they
come in. It's the first time in your life where
you're really kind of on your own. You know, there's
not people there in a college atmosphere, which you know,
(01:30):
take more time and all that you're you're kind of
transitioning to adulthood, if you will. So that part of
it understanding that that it's it's regimented when you're here,
but it's not as regimented when you're away from the building.
You know, you're still on campus in college, you're still
around people that are in a routine of going to
(01:51):
class and things like that. So there's a transition period
that I think happens for rookies that you know, it's
kind of lost. You know, everybody talks about a football
part of it, but just the life part of it,
of living on your own for the first time, trying
to find a place to live in a different city.
All those things are part of becoming a pro. Not
just the football stuff. How about physically.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
I mean, you know, it's again you see everything, but
then when you see it on.
Speaker 4 (02:17):
The field, what have you seen in that regards.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
Just an instinctive player does a really good job of
knowing where you know to go with the ball, even
if he's not fully aware of what's going on yet,
just as a rookie has a really good spatial awareness.
All the things we thought we saw on tape, if
it's kind of shown up when you see it live
for the first time.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
We all kind of think we know Russell Wilson right.
For thirteen years in the league, you know kind of
who he is. I'm sure you did, even more so
in the profession. Is there anything of now that you
know from him or surprised you about him that you
just didn't know? You know, assumptions, but you just said, wow,
I didn't know that about Russ.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
So I've had kind of a unique experience with that
because I was with Russ for three years at NC State,
so I knew him as a young kid.
Speaker 3 (03:05):
I was a young kid. We both we joke all
the time.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
We kind of came up together, you know, our our
formative years in football were kind of side by side.
So Russ hasn't changed. He's the same guy he was
when he was eighteen years old. Still has a great
work ethic, prepares every day like its new form takes notes.
(03:29):
He is the definition of a pro. So I would
answer your question, I'd say, no, there's nothing I really
haven't I didn't know about him just because I knew him,
you know, way back then. He's mature now like we
all are, hopefully like hopefully I am now too to him.
But no, yeah, there's nothing really different than I haven't
seen from.
Speaker 4 (03:49):
Him before us to baseball practice anymore.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
What's that? No, he doesn't have to go to baseball
practice anymore.
Speaker 4 (03:55):
And Russell Wilson from from NC State had always had
some of the proof to people.
Speaker 3 (03:59):
Do you think I still the case with him? Even
more so now than maybe yea.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
I think that's the great thing about Russ is he's
always He's always done that. I think Russe will be
the first to tell you, you know, he's he's got high
expectations for himself, and I think he's more so just
trying to you know, prove it to himself than it
is to other people. Even when he was younger, Russ
did a great job of focusing on what he needed
(04:24):
to do, you know, his internal motivations rather than the external.
Speaker 3 (04:29):
The leadership has been a big highlight by teammates. What
have you seen from that?
Speaker 1 (04:32):
And not only the QB room, but when.
Speaker 3 (04:34):
You're working with the Yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
I think when you have a group like we have,
none of them are afraid to speak and say anything
that is on their mind. Russ, Jamis, Tommy, who's been
in the system longer than any of them, and Jackson.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
Two is getting comfortable with that.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
So I think when you have that group that's willing
to do that, it permeates throughout the rest of the
the offense.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
And we've seen that in our meetings. You know, guys.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
Are really willing to you know, have those discussions that
help in OTAs that lead to now we don't have
to have that discussion in training camp because we already
did it. So I think the leadership part of it
of just you know, being willing to get in front
of the guys and say, hey, is this good? Is
this what you want? No, then we have a discussion
(05:23):
about it. That might not necessarily be you know, leadership
and you know the definition of it, but it is
because it shows guys.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
That are willing to talk and bring up.
Speaker 4 (05:34):
Questions talked about, guys saying what's on their mind. Jamis's
case I'm sure you never know what that's quite gonna be, right.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
There's two or three things a day where you know,
just got to be ready for anything. He keeps it light,
knows Jamis does a great job of understanding when to
you know, throw in a good one liner and all that.
He definitely keeps it fun, and he's got a lot
of experience. He's, you know, nine ten years in the league,
so not only does he bring the fun and the
(06:02):
energy with those things, but a lot of experience in
a lot of different offenses. So he makes some great
points too.
Speaker 4 (06:09):
How is he handling this sort of sandwich role, you
know between Russ at the start and then Jackson below
him chasing up.
Speaker 3 (06:16):
Yeah, he's handled it great.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
I'd say that's the thing about the room that all
of those guys have handled all of their.
Speaker 3 (06:24):
Roles, if you will, really well.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
When one guy's up, the other three are back there
and they're hoping we hit a big one, you know, whenever.
The thing that I love to see is whenever we
have a good play at that spot, see all three
guys back there, their hands are raised, they're running in
there to give a high five or something like that.
So they've all handled it extremely well.
Speaker 1 (06:45):
Russ has had some rough patches here, you know, after
leaving Seattle, you know in Denver, certainly late in Seattle, certainly,
you know, up and down last year in Pittsburgh. What
do you see from him as a quarterback, And do
you see him kind of you know, just to show
that he's not that quarterback.
Speaker 2 (07:02):
Yeah, I see a guy who is still really accurate
with the football. He still makes really good decisions.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
He one of the best.
Speaker 2 (07:12):
This is going back to you know, when he was
a freshman in so he stays one of the great
deep ball throwers that there's been. None of that stuff
has changed. It's all been pretty consistent over his career.
I'd say, sometimes in this game, you know, things don't
bounce your way or don't go the way you want
him to, and you just got to be resilient with that.
(07:33):
And that's, you know, the biggest thing that Russ has done.
I think he'd be the first to tell you, Yeah,
the last couple of years might not have gone my
way how I completely wanted to. But he's ready for
the next challenge. And we're already right there.
Speaker 3 (07:47):
With OTAs in training camp. Mini camp rather goes by
so quickly. How have you seen the relationship between this
group of quarterbacks and the skill players evolve in establish chemistry.
It's been great.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
Like I said, those conversations they're all willing to have
is really helped. You know. Russ does a great job
of making sure those guys are on the same page. Uh, Jamis, Jackson, Tommy,
They're They're constantly talking with those guys, not just in practice,
but in the meeting rooms. And I think the more
and more we do that, the better off we're gonna
be in terms of hitting the ground running come August.
(08:20):
And they've they really have taken that without you know,
no pushing from us or anything like that.
Speaker 3 (08:26):
A guy like.
Speaker 2 (08:27):
Russ, who's been in the league for fourteen years kind
of knows, you know, what he wants, how he wants
things to be done. But he's willing to have a
conversation too. It's not just hey, do this, and it's
it's you know, the end of it. He's very open
with those guys. Those guys are open with him. So
it's been good to see.
Speaker 1 (08:44):
Might apologies, What have you seen from Jackson.
Speaker 3 (08:46):
Just as he arrived?
Speaker 2 (08:47):
Yeah, but instinctive does a really good job of just
knowing where to go with the ball. When you're a rookie,
you kind of you don't know what, you don't know yet,
and you're trying to figure everything out, and he just
does a good job of once the ball snapped, it's
just letting himself play football. So that's the biggest thing
(09:08):
I've seen with him. He's not letting it get too
big on him. He's just playing football and going out
there and enjoying it.
It's quite a new and different room for.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
You, isn't it. Yeah, I mean I think I mean
every year is different. Every year I've been here, we've
had different quarterbacks coming in out where it's been Tommy
and then you know, Tyrod Leavin and having Drew come in.
So I think that's the National Football League. You're always
ready for guys to come in and out and just
(00:23):
you know, keep it the same every year as far
as how you approach them and teach and go from there.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
What have you learned about Jackson so far from being
you know, you knew about him, but now you're.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
Actually working with him, you know, day to day. Yeah,
I think.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
I did know this, but it was it's impressive to
see the last couple of weeks just how he's prepared
and you know, made the transition to becoming a pro.
We thought that about him, which is one of the
reasons why we liked them. But he's done a really
good job of coming in here and understanding what he's
(01:02):
got to do to make himself a pro and approaching
it the right way.
Speaker 4 (01:06):
What does that mean make himself a pro?
Speaker 2 (01:08):
But you know, there's always a transition for guys when
you go from college to a different environment where you know,
I tell every rookie this that we have when they
come in. It's the first time in your life where
you're really kind of on your own. You know, there's
not people there in a college atmosphere, which you know,
(01:30):
take more time and all that you're you're kind of
transitioning to adulthood, if you will. So that part of
it understanding that that it's it's regimented when you're here,
but it's not as regimented when you're away from the building.
You know, you're still on campus in college, you're still
around people that are in a routine of going to
(01:51):
class and things like that. So there's a transition period
that I think happens for rookies that you know, it's
kind of lost. You know, everybody talks about a football
part of it, but just the life part of it,
of living on your own for the first time, trying
to find a place to live in a different city.
All those things are part of becoming a pro. Not
just the football stuff. How about physically.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
I mean, you know, it's again you see everything, but
then when you see it on.
Speaker 4 (02:17):
The field, what have you seen in that regards.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
Just an instinctive player does a really good job of
knowing where you know to go with the ball, even
if he's not fully aware of what's going on yet,
just as a rookie has a really good spatial awareness.
All the things we thought we saw on tape, if
it's kind of shown up when you see it live
for the first time.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
We all kind of think we know Russell Wilson right.
For thirteen years in the league, you know kind of
who he is. I'm sure you did, even more so
in the profession. Is there anything of now that you
know from him or surprised you about him that you
just didn't know? You know, assumptions, but you just said, wow,
I didn't know that about Russ.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
So I've had kind of a unique experience with that
because I was with Russ for three years at NC State,
so I knew him as a young kid.
Speaker 3 (03:05):
I was a young kid. We both we joke all
the time.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
We kind of came up together, you know, our our
formative years in football were kind of side by side.
So Russ hasn't changed. He's the same guy he was
when he was eighteen years old. Still has a great
work ethic, prepares every day like its new form takes notes.
(03:29):
He is the definition of a pro. So I would
answer your question, I'd say, no, there's nothing I really
haven't I didn't know about him just because I knew him,
you know, way back then. He's mature now like we
all are, hopefully like hopefully I am now too to him.
But no, yeah, there's nothing really different than I haven't
seen from.
Speaker 4 (03:49):
Him before us to baseball practice anymore.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
What's that? No, he doesn't have to go to baseball
practice anymore.
Speaker 4 (03:55):
And Russell Wilson from from NC State had always had
some of the proof to people.
Speaker 3 (03:59):
Do you think I still the case with him? Even
more so now than maybe yea.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
I think that's the great thing about Russ is he's
always He's always done that. I think Russe will be
the first to tell you, you know, he's he's got high
expectations for himself, and I think he's more so just
trying to you know, prove it to himself than it
is to other people. Even when he was younger, Russ
did a great job of focusing on what he needed
(04:24):
to do, you know, his internal motivations rather than the external.
Speaker 3 (04:29):
The leadership has been a big highlight by teammates. What
have you seen from that?
Speaker 1 (04:32):
And not only the QB room, but when.
Speaker 3 (04:34):
You're working with the Yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
I think when you have a group like we have,
none of them are afraid to speak and say anything
that is on their mind. Russ, Jamis, Tommy, who's been
in the system longer than any of them, and Jackson.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
Two is getting comfortable with that.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
So I think when you have that group that's willing
to do that, it permeates throughout the rest of the
the offense.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
And we've seen that in our meetings. You know, guys.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
Are really willing to you know, have those discussions that
help in OTAs that lead to now we don't have
to have that discussion in training camp because we already
did it. So I think the leadership part of it
of just you know, being willing to get in front
of the guys and say, hey, is this good? Is
this what you want? No, then we have a discussion
(05:23):
about it. That might not necessarily be you know, leadership
and you know the definition of it, but it is
because it shows guys.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
That are willing to talk and bring up.
Speaker 4 (05:34):
Questions talked about, guys saying what's on their mind. Jamis's
case I'm sure you never know what that's quite gonna be, right.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
There's two or three things a day where you know,
just got to be ready for anything. He keeps it light,
knows Jamis does a great job of understanding when to
you know, throw in a good one liner and all that.
He definitely keeps it fun, and he's got a lot
of experience. He's, you know, nine ten years in the league,
so not only does he bring the fun and the
(06:02):
energy with those things, but a lot of experience in
a lot of different offenses. So he makes some great
points too.
Speaker 4 (06:09):
How is he handling this sort of sandwich role, you
know between Russ at the start and then Jackson below
him chasing up.
Speaker 3 (06:16):
Yeah, he's handled it great.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
I'd say that's the thing about the room that all
of those guys have handled all of their.
Speaker 3 (06:24):
Roles, if you will, really well.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
When one guy's up, the other three are back there
and they're hoping we hit a big one, you know, whenever.
The thing that I love to see is whenever we
have a good play at that spot, see all three
guys back there, their hands are raised, they're running in
there to give a high five or something like that.
So they've all handled it extremely well.
Speaker 1 (06:45):
Russ has had some rough patches here, you know, after
leaving Seattle, you know in Denver, certainly late in Seattle, certainly,
you know, up and down last year in Pittsburgh. What
do you see from him as a quarterback, And do
you see him kind of you know, just to show
that he's not that quarterback.
Speaker 2 (07:02):
Yeah, I see a guy who is still really accurate
with the football. He still makes really good decisions.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
He one of the best.
Speaker 2 (07:12):
This is going back to you know, when he was
a freshman in so he stays one of the great
deep ball throwers that there's been. None of that stuff
has changed. It's all been pretty consistent over his career.
I'd say, sometimes in this game, you know, things don't
bounce your way or don't go the way you want
him to, and you just got to be resilient with that.
(07:33):
And that's, you know, the biggest thing that Russ has done.
I think he'd be the first to tell you, Yeah,
the last couple of years might not have gone my
way how I completely wanted to. But he's ready for
the next challenge. And we're already right there.
Speaker 3 (07:47):
With OTAs in training camp. Mini camp rather goes by
so quickly. How have you seen the relationship between this
group of quarterbacks and the skill players evolve in establish chemistry.
It's been great.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
Like I said, those conversations they're all willing to have
is really helped. You know. Russ does a great job
of making sure those guys are on the same page. Uh, Jamis, Jackson, Tommy,
They're They're constantly talking with those guys, not just in practice,
but in the meeting rooms. And I think the more
and more we do that, the better off we're gonna
be in terms of hitting the ground running come August.
(08:20):
And they've they really have taken that without you know,
no pushing from us or anything like that.
Speaker 3 (08:26):
A guy like.
Speaker 2 (08:27):
Russ, who's been in the league for fourteen years kind
of knows, you know, what he wants, how he wants
things to be done. But he's willing to have a
conversation too. It's not just hey, do this, and it's
it's you know, the end of it. He's very open
with those guys. Those guys are open with him. So
it's been good to see.
Speaker 1 (08:44):
Might apologies, What have you seen from Jackson.
Speaker 3 (08:46):
Just as he arrived?
Speaker 2 (08:47):
Yeah, but instinctive does a really good job of just
knowing where to go with the ball. When you're a rookie,
you kind of you don't know what, you don't know yet,
and you're trying to figure everything out, and he just
does a good job of once the ball snapped, it's
just letting himself play football. So that's the biggest thing
(09:08):
I've seen with him. He's not letting it get too
big on him. He's just playing football and going out
there and enjoying it.
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