 Absolutely. Hi, Mike. How are you? I'm good. How are you? What is the challenge at this rookie mini camp maybe compared to past ones with limitations in numbers or is it just maybe tweak a few things here and there to you know to get the work in that you need to and I guess just after last you're not having a rookie mini camp. Nice to be able to have these guys in here to get started working with them so quickly. Yeah I mean it's very exciting which we said to be able to work with a group of players that you know we evaluated you know for for quite some time to get them in here to to get them to understand our program things that we believe are important begin to teach them get into a schedule get into a routine install our begin to install some of our offensive and defensive and special teams terminologies and plays and then as far as the numbers go I mean it's it's kind of different every year this year we've got a decent nice group of offensive linemen but unfortunately only one defensive one so a lot of the stuff has been group work and individual but I do feel like there's been a lot of great teaching and there was a lot of really good energy out there today I feel like we we were better today than we were yesterday. Mike, we were talking to Dylan earlier. How did Buck get so high up in the batting order? You tell me man I'm just I'm just waiting for the uh waiting for the opportunity. It just came it just threw me off a little bit. Well listen I can I can stick around or I can ask him now. No absolutely. Oh Buck you're batting batting behind you. You better bring it. All right Dylan was talking to us earlier about you've been preaching to them that they their objective is to make an impression over the course of this rookie mini camp. I know it's individualized but are there ways that you can like cite examples of guys that have made impressions on you so far? Well I think the message and and and I've tried to continue to preach to our veteran players and our rookie players is his coaches everybody is coming and try to make a daily impact and make an impact on this organization make an impact on this team and you know I think the easiest way for them is to to do that is by by being coachable learn learning what to do not making the same mistakes twice uh trying to take the coaching from the meeting rooms to the field and then the coaching that they receive on the field um translating that to the next player the next time that they get the opportunity so that's really the way that they can um I think make the biggest impact each day to this team. Harry? I'm kind of following up on Unbuck's question and I know it's a long process because this is just the first step but is there a quality or two or trait that is kind of universal when you start knowing when it's time to put some of these young guys in the lineup and see what they can do? Well they're all going to get an opportunity Terry. I think that the lineup questions uh at rookie minicamp are are a little premature but we talk about um you know being in a position to take advantage of your opportunities and that opportunity may be this week for for some players and maybe this weekend if they're a tryout player um you know we've had those players that made an impact on us over a couple days and we've added them to the roster but as but as far as the lineup I think that that's a little premature I think that these guys are trying to be great teammates, learn our system, learn each other, and appreciate the work that they do each and every day and you know we'll see what it looks like when we we get with our veterans and see how they develop that way. Ron? What's up coach? Hi Tomas. We see Coach Bowen really moving around to the different different units uh for you when you kind of made that transition from being focused on one point to moving around how much did that help you just kind of put your stamp as a defensive coordinator on the defense? I think it's important for for the head coach to to be visible I think it's important for for our coordinators um and I think that that's the same thing that everybody's trying to do is is continue to try to make an impact and work their way around and evaluate and try to help coach wherever we can. Rex, Ron? Yeah Mike just wondering if you can let us know what's going on Elijah Molden why he was not there today? Elijah did a little bit of work towards towards the end and again you know Joe we've been through this for a few years everybody each day has a different plan and so part of Elijah's plan today was to do the walkthrough and then do some of the group and and some of the seven on seven at the end. Okay so yeah so injury related then in some form. Joe he did some of the practice and and did some of the walkthrough so if there was an injury report which there's not I think Robbie would probably come together and say that he was limited. Jim Wyatt? Mike do you challenge some of uh you know the the draft picks maybe some of the guys to take on a leadership role even in a rookie camper do you want some of that to come naturally? Yeah I mean I people make a bunch of money about trying to develop leaders by selling books and you know infomercials I think it's probably the most overrated thing I've ever heard of in my life. You either are going to be a natural leader and you can improve or you're going to be somebody that you know isn't quite a leadership role but but can certainly excel at at their role. We ask these guys to take care of each other I think that's the biggest thing. I think leaders will kind of come out. My point to these guys is they're all sweating like I've been there everybody else has been in a new position where they feel like they're by themselves and they've got other guys that are working through this process of learning new terminology and and things that are happening quick and changing out there so the biggest thing that to me is trying to help the guy next to you communicate help them do his job better but you know as far as trying to challenge anybody because they were drafted to be a leader we didn't draft them to be a leader we hopefully drafted them or sign them so that they can work hard and be a great teammate and develop a role in this football team. Eve Layman. Hey Mike after not having the opportunity to have this weekend last year do you have a different level of appreciation for being back out there with the rookies and how important is it for them to have these couple days just on their own with you and the coaching staff to really get off on the right foot? Well one I'm always appreciative of the opportunity to coach this team Steve and on the football field in meetings it's an honor and a privilege to be a part of this league to have played in it to have been lucky enough and fortunate enough to coach in it and I do think it's important I think it's I think it's critically important that they do have this time by themselves veterans aren't here they'll be plenty of time for that you know when we get moving on into phase two and what phase three would look like and the other thing I really noticed is the fundamentals you know these guys were away from their colleges for a while as well and maybe some of them opted out maybe some of them had a shorter season maybe some of them didn't have a very long training camp or a ramp-up period before their season no spring practice and that was the one thing that I really tried to impress upon these guys is that we got to get going teaching and coaching technique and fundamentals Luke? Mike we know you guys hold your guys to a high standard of character learning what you have about Rashad Weaver do you still believe that he fits within that model that you all have? Well man I think we're all held to a high standard you know by the national football league you know by the organization and everything I've seen from you know Rashad here in person has been one that's been attentive wants to try to be a good teammate and is taking coaching we're certainly we understand the severity of the the accusations we take them very seriously but we're also going to allow the legal process to play its part and run its course. Did you know about the charge when you drafted Rashad? I think we've made a statement on that Luke I think we became aware after I think it was Monday when we put the statement out. Gentry? Yeah Mike when you when you look back at you know some of the the guys that have come through tryouts or undrafted guys who have made it what's what's kind of stood out what are you looking for out of those guys to to impress enough to to be able to to make a run at it that way? There's always just kind of something Gentry it's you know whether they go out there and and like Jim mentioned they excel in a leadership role that maybe we didn't see maybe they picked up the the offense or defense to a level that would allow them to not only know their job but also you know help the guys around them I think they're they have to exhibit some sort of skill set. You know I guess just looking back at Robert Spelane he was a tryout guy who who came and was athletic he's much more athletic than I think we recognized on tape and his ability to pick up the system and I think there's just a combination but you kind of just you kind of know you kind of see it it's either there or it's not. Paul. Micah the numbers that you have you talked about having the offensive lineman not having the defensive lineman do you like that shape some of what you did like did you have a run period today with maybe working on run fits because you could stack coaches and equipment guys on the other side and had had a almost a full cast of characters for that? Well we refer to them as as the look team not cast characters but you know all our practices I think are just trying to be structured based on who we have who's available and I thought that was some really good teaching you know that's that allows those offensive players those offensive linemen to get a look at what that half of the line may look like make their calls based on is that a shade is that a three is that a five where's the safety a lot of those things when you put the installation in there's there's a million adjustments based on fronts so I thought that that was a very efficient drill I thought it was run at a pace that that allowed the players to to take a lot of reps to to give a look at it but then not have to go against or not be against the defensive player which we know in rookie mini camp can can get competitive and you know you end up with guys on the ground we're not trying to do that we're trying to teach and and get these guys to understand our technique and and then what their job is sticking with the the great coaching you're talking about naquan jones gets a real treat these three days in terms of being he had three coaches with him at one time just just with him he's getting some special treatment out of that huh in a good way in a good way um you know we we were excited to be able to add you know connect you daisy who was a former player who somebody that I met a few years ago in a in a scouting process and he was coaching and kept a relationship up with him and an opportunity to add him to that room and you know I know that he'll he'll assist T who we've got a lot of respect for um as a defensive line coach and um you know we were excited to be able to add naquan in the post draft process and you know it is a little unique with just just the one defensive lineman and uh but I just was cutting out some of his clips today and I'm going to be excited to show the team about what he's improved on tomorrow morning. Ben Arthur. Hey Mike what would you say to you know some of those on on the outside who may you know kind of have have concerns or questions about you know y'all's um you know scouting process just having the rashad weaver situation sort of come out of the blue like straight from left field what would you kind of say to those people well man I think we uh we stand by our process Ben you know we uh again the the allegations we take very seriously but but I think that I haven't talked to John and met with John as much as I have and you know his scouts and our coaches you know we stand by the process and you know of evaluating players and there's always going to be things that come up and we'll do our best to do everything we can to to avoid those and and then work through them uh when they happen. Couple more Chris Harris. Hey Mike how encouraging is it just from a team standpoint that safety protocols and stuff are loosening it up you know relative to what the CDC has said we're out there with no masks on today and you guys are able to have more contact in person just how encouraging is that for you guys? I think it's exciting for everybody it's exciting for you know our country it's exciting for our city you know that we can we can hope that we're playing in front of a lot of fans and our fans at home fans on the road it's great for our league but our families you know obviously the health and safety of everybody involved but that is encouraging and it's you know we try to follow the protocols exactly as they give them to us. Luke? Mike how have you seen Caleb attacking the work he's been doing with Todd and then inside with the playbook and in meetings? I think that that's uh we we and we try to talk about when we're not available to focus on the things that we can do and not not the things that we can do and he's doing everything that we're asking him to do he's studying he's been conscientious he's answered the questions that I've had for him in our team meeting as it relates to his assignments he's answered them with with Shane and he's trying to stay focused with with Anthony Anthony Midget and then all the reports that I've gotten from Todd is that he's he's working hard and doing everything that they're asking him to do. Last question Jim Wyatt. Mike what's the plan for the rookies uh when rookie many campaigns tomorrow? Uh the plan is to try to get some rest and and they have a program ready for them on Monday that will allow for them to to grow on this process and continue to develop as we add more things and then we'll probably get them with the with the veterans they'll be in with the veterans after about a week but as far as my plan is I'd like to keep them separate for another week so that we don't slow down the the installation and the teaching that we've had with veterans and also not to to waste the the rookies time and and speak over them but they've got a week to catch up to where our veterans are on the 24th but we'll be on the 24th. All set. Thank you coach. Great to see you guys out there. Thank you.