September 30, 2025 • 6 mins
Mike and Coach Mora on Chris Freeman's kick and progression at UConn
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Back with Jim Morrow. The Yukon Football Coaches Show continues
here on lear Field Coach. We have Chris Freeman a
little bit later on on the show. I want to
talk about him for a moment eight of nine on
the season. You know, I was looking back at his
career here his first year. Yet last year he missed
the field goal on each of his first three games,
and since then he's twenty eight to thirty two. So
(00:23):
I mean it's safe to say he's improving at his craft.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Yeah, and even when he missed a couple early last year,
I never had any doubt about who he was and
what he would what he would end up doing here.
He's just a very mature, thoughtful, conscientious, serious person. You know,
he really works hard at his craft. I've been fortunate
to be around, you know, some pretty good kickers. I
(00:49):
was able to twice coach a guy named Morton Anderson,
you know, had him in New Orleans, had him in Atlanta.
Who's the leading scorer in NFL history, is in the
Pro Football Hall of Fame. And I'm not saying that,
you know, Chris is headed to the Hall of Fame.
But their approach to their craft is very very similar.
You know, the intention that they had and what they
did on a daily basis to make sure that they
(01:11):
are mentally and physically prepared to go out there on
a Saturday is very, very similar. So he's impressed me
since day one. He impressed me on his visit, just
his approach to not only football but his personal life.
He's just a hell of a good kid.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
Yeah, right now, you mentioned Morten Andersen. I just think
of him and every time I'd see him trot on
the field, I'd say, well, there's three points, didn't matter
where they were. That guy was amazing. He was Let's
talk about Joe Ferinnano for a moment here. Now. He's
had a good season obviously, but the last game he
(01:48):
ran six times for sixty four yards, coach a thirty
eight yarder, which was fabulous, and he's been doing that
a little bit more of these last two games. Has
that been a designed thing? Are you trying to get
more involved in that level or is it the way
people are playing against you.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
It's a combination, Mike. I mean there's some plays that
he you know, there's kind of a handoff run pass option,
and then there's a couple of plays where things weren't
there and he scrambled. And then I think the most
important thing is that Joe has a really great understanding
in space of when to get down, how to absorb
a hit, you know where the opening is going to be.
(02:29):
You know, he doesn't run reckless, and I'm not gonna
say he runs carefully, but he runs very smart and
he does a good job of protecting the ball. If
you watch him, anytime someone comes near, he's getting to
five points of pressure and he's protecting the football. So
those are very important things. But anytime your quarterback can
be a threat as a runner, it makes your offense
harder to defend. And that doesn't mean he has to
(02:51):
run every down. But if it presents itself and he
can go get us five or six yards or seven
yards and break a big one like he did, then
then we'll take it. We'll take it.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
Yeah, it's just another thing for defenses to have to
be concerned with. I want to mention Oliver Lundberg Coleman.
He's been getting a few reps lately. The running back
from from Europe five carries thirty one yards, he had
an eleven yarder. He runs hard. This guy, I mean
I was, you know, he seems like the kind of
guy that is a real football player, and obviously you
(03:25):
want as many of those as you can find.
Speaker 2 (03:27):
Yeah, he's like a he's a battering ram, he's a
bowling ball. He's a great kid. He loves football. He's sweetish.
You know, you just don't, you know, you know, stereotypically
you think, you know, sweetish, really really nice, and he
is really really nice when he gets the ball in
his hands. He runs violent and he he tries to
run through people. And you know when you have backs
(03:47):
like that, which we have a bunch of them, it
energizes your team, you know, I mean it really does.
It's just you know, you see him run over a safety,
run over a corner man. The next rep that corner
doesn't want to hit him again. So you know, having
Cam having victor having MJ having having Alie. I mean,
(04:07):
those are you know guys that they're not easy to tackle.
They're big, physical guys.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
Yeah, and you're not going to get you know, one
hundred and twenty yards every game from Cam Edwards. So
you'd like to get that, but sometimes you don't. And
then I mean when you throw a kind of a
curveball at the other team, and that's kind of a positive.
I would think you got a few options that the
defense has to be concerned with.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
Yeah, in the old days, you know, you could play
with one really good running back, but with the tempo
football and the number of plays that you're running now
in modern football, you've got to have you know, you've
got to have a pretty good stable of running backs,
and we're fortunate to have that. You know, we lost
mel who obviously has you know, been a damn good
player around here, so, you know, feeling comfortable with the
(04:54):
four I mentioned, and then also being able to put
Terrence back in there, you know, and let him to
carry the ball once in a while as a speed
change up has been a good thing for us.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
Yeah. On the wide out scene, Skyler Bell continues to
do great things. Six catches in that game, thirty yards
after catch, that's the part I like. And that touchdown
he scored. When you when you made the completion, Joe
Finano made the throw, you figured it, okay, that's a slant. Well,
you know, we'll move it down the field a little bit.
But he turned that into six and with a burst,
(05:26):
and that was impressive.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
Yeah, you know the way he caught it, and the
way he caught it, you thought, hey, he's gonna he's
gonna get tackled. But you know, besides him being a
really elusive oatenfield runner, Juice got down and made a
really nice black block. Schamar got down and made a
really nice block. Cam got down and made a really
nice block. So that, to me is just an indication
of unselfish players. You know, guys that are saying, hey,
(05:48):
I didn't get the ball, but let me go get
my friend into the end zone. And to me, that's
really good team football. You love him when the ball's
in Skyler's hands, and you love it even more when
guys like Cam and Juice are down there and making
sure he gets into the end zone unhit.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
Yeah, and Jamar porter at three catches in the game too,
a thirteen yard are included. All right, we'll be back
quick time out. Jim Morrow with Us is the Yukon
Football Coaches show on Learfield.
Back with Jim Morrow. The Yukon Football Coaches Show continues
here on lear Field Coach. We have Chris Freeman a
little bit later on on the show. I want to
talk about him for a moment eight of nine on
the season. You know, I was looking back at his
career here his first year. Yet last year he missed
the field goal on each of his first three games,
and since then he's twenty eight to thirty two. So
(00:23):
I mean it's safe to say he's improving at his craft.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Yeah, and even when he missed a couple early last year,
I never had any doubt about who he was and
what he would what he would end up doing here.
He's just a very mature, thoughtful, conscientious, serious person. You know,
he really works hard at his craft. I've been fortunate
to be around, you know, some pretty good kickers. I
(00:49):
was able to twice coach a guy named Morton Anderson,
you know, had him in New Orleans, had him in Atlanta.
Who's the leading scorer in NFL history, is in the
Pro Football Hall of Fame. And I'm not saying that,
you know, Chris is headed to the Hall of Fame.
But their approach to their craft is very very similar.
You know, the intention that they had and what they
did on a daily basis to make sure that they
(01:11):
are mentally and physically prepared to go out there on
a Saturday is very, very similar. So he's impressed me
since day one. He impressed me on his visit, just
his approach to not only football but his personal life.
He's just a hell of a good kid.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
Yeah, right now, you mentioned Morten Andersen. I just think
of him and every time I'd see him trot on
the field, I'd say, well, there's three points, didn't matter
where they were. That guy was amazing. He was Let's
talk about Joe Ferinnano for a moment here. Now. He's
had a good season obviously, but the last game he
(01:48):
ran six times for sixty four yards, coach a thirty
eight yarder, which was fabulous, and he's been doing that
a little bit more of these last two games. Has
that been a designed thing? Are you trying to get
more involved in that level or is it the way
people are playing against you.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
It's a combination, Mike. I mean there's some plays that
he you know, there's kind of a handoff run pass option,
and then there's a couple of plays where things weren't
there and he scrambled. And then I think the most
important thing is that Joe has a really great understanding
in space of when to get down, how to absorb
a hit, you know where the opening is going to be.
(02:29):
You know, he doesn't run reckless, and I'm not gonna
say he runs carefully, but he runs very smart and
he does a good job of protecting the ball. If
you watch him, anytime someone comes near, he's getting to
five points of pressure and he's protecting the football. So
those are very important things. But anytime your quarterback can
be a threat as a runner, it makes your offense
harder to defend. And that doesn't mean he has to
(02:51):
run every down. But if it presents itself and he
can go get us five or six yards or seven
yards and break a big one like he did, then
then we'll take it. We'll take it.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
Yeah, it's just another thing for defenses to have to
be concerned with. I want to mention Oliver Lundberg Coleman.
He's been getting a few reps lately. The running back
from from Europe five carries thirty one yards, he had
an eleven yarder. He runs hard. This guy, I mean
I was, you know, he seems like the kind of
guy that is a real football player, and obviously you
(03:25):
want as many of those as you can find.
Speaker 2 (03:27):
Yeah, he's like a he's a battering ram, he's a
bowling ball. He's a great kid. He loves football. He's sweetish.
You know, you just don't, you know, you know, stereotypically
you think, you know, sweetish, really really nice, and he
is really really nice when he gets the ball in
his hands. He runs violent and he he tries to
run through people. And you know when you have backs
(03:47):
like that, which we have a bunch of them, it
energizes your team, you know, I mean it really does.
It's just you know, you see him run over a safety,
run over a corner man. The next rep that corner
doesn't want to hit him again. So you know, having
Cam having victor having MJ having having Alie. I mean,
(04:07):
those are you know guys that they're not easy to tackle.
They're big, physical guys.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
Yeah, and you're not going to get you know, one
hundred and twenty yards every game from Cam Edwards. So
you'd like to get that, but sometimes you don't. And
then I mean when you throw a kind of a
curveball at the other team, and that's kind of a positive.
I would think you got a few options that the
defense has to be concerned with.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
Yeah, in the old days, you know, you could play
with one really good running back, but with the tempo
football and the number of plays that you're running now
in modern football, you've got to have you know, you've
got to have a pretty good stable of running backs,
and we're fortunate to have that. You know, we lost
mel who obviously has you know, been a damn good
player around here, so, you know, feeling comfortable with the
(04:54):
four I mentioned, and then also being able to put
Terrence back in there, you know, and let him to
carry the ball once in a while as a speed
change up has been a good thing for us.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
Yeah. On the wide out scene, Skyler Bell continues to
do great things. Six catches in that game, thirty yards
after catch, that's the part I like. And that touchdown
he scored. When you when you made the completion, Joe
Finano made the throw, you figured it, okay, that's a slant. Well,
you know, we'll move it down the field a little bit.
But he turned that into six and with a burst,
(05:26):
and that was impressive.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
Yeah, you know the way he caught it, and the
way he caught it, you thought, hey, he's gonna he's
gonna get tackled. But you know, besides him being a
really elusive oatenfield runner, Juice got down and made a
really nice black block. Schamar got down and made a
really nice block. Cam got down and made a really
nice block. So that, to me is just an indication
of unselfish players. You know, guys that are saying, hey,
(05:48):
I didn't get the ball, but let me go get
my friend into the end zone. And to me, that's
really good team football. You love him when the ball's
in Skyler's hands, and you love it even more when
guys like Cam and Juice are down there and making
sure he gets into the end zone unhit.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
Yeah, and Jamar porter at three catches in the game too,
a thirteen yard are included. All right, we'll be back
quick time out. Jim Morrow with Us is the Yukon
Football Coaches show on Learfield.
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