 Yeah, no, you just like made that sound like we were Hopefully we're focused as we can be every single day that we go out there come out here and make a left on rows of parks and Hopefully we get into the parking spots get them down a loading dock Check you know make sure they know we're out of getting the locker room and then just try to make sure it's a normal practice It's not gonna be anything outrageous But we got to get some speed in tomorrow and we're just gonna do it there and we're excited to be able to see our fans I hope there's hope the weather holds down. I hope there's a bunch of people there Yeah, I mean that's always you know, I mean we have to I mean, but you I just was answering a question that that's a competitive room and You know you have to and everybody does you know We have to all earn the right to be here each and every day and earn and prove our value to the football team and There there are always small victories along the way and you know whether that's you know getting in there and blocking and being positive and blocking and You know, we didn't we didn't throw the ball much, you know, I mean in the second half So it wasn't like you know, there were a lot of guys that we were targeting in the second half of that football game you know, we wanted to see see some of these backs run and You know, I'm hopeful that that does will continue to develop and continue to work and keep fighting and try to earn a spot It's like everybody else You know when you make a comment like that is there a little bit of calculation No, I was just you know, if I really we got to inspire him to do their job better We don't have to to motivate him. You know, this is Pro football so we're gonna try to teach to develop and inspire him to do their job better And I know that we're doing that work. We're teaching them, you know, what's required of us I think that he's got a lot of guys that are showing them what's expected of Our football team and the players and staff on our football team I mean, I think that we can you know Have the ability to move them around we haven't you know, I mean so I'm not gonna say that we won't but Right now He's played, you know predominantly on the inside I know that we asked all those guys that that can handle it to learn it and to know it and You know, so hopefully If we're moving guys around and we get guys healthy that we could put take a look at Christian in there right now You know going down a Tampa I think we would you know like to see him and evaluate him against you know Some of those guys that are that they have that that are very very good And you know see how he can can play a compete against them on the outside Yeah, so Well, I think you know we ought we want to we talked about you know big verse little, you know out on the edge and and I guess What we're hoping for was that guys as much like you know the kickoff You know when you went down there and that you couldn't go low on a wedge and you can't go low on a off or Turner That you can avoid, you know, you have the ability to avoid you know We're hoping that an offensive lineman is trying to block a DB in space You know without being able to cut is probably gonna slow his speed down a little bit so that he doesn't just get slipped and If there is a collision, it's it's because the bigger players slow down And if the bigger players is just going full speed and trying to run him over My guess is that the corner in the national football he could dip and slip or you know make a miss so You know what we're gonna work through it. I know that that was done You know for health and safety and start to adopt those rules and making sure that we're teaching it properly and that You know one of those perimeter plays of those mobile blocks that that everybody's staying up Farley wasn't quite ready to be in game action last week Are you hoping to ramp him up a little bit this week in the joint practices and maybe get him a little closer to being able to go? Yep See where he is and see if we can keep progressing See if we can see if we can keep adding stuff on to hit what he's done and Hasn't been any setbacks. It's been out here. He's been doing the reps that The predetermined, you know amount of work that we've asked him to do Is it more a case of not ready physically after coming off the NFI list or not ready from this standpoint of Still learning the playbook and all just not ready In all phases just not ready, you know main again. He hasn't had as much practice as everybody else has and There's been you know some really bright spots and quick learner corrects things and But for some of these young guys you have to be out there practicing and getting everything And then he's focused and locked in and he's doing everything that we asked him to do it Just you know, we'll see where he's at After these practices and hopeful that that his reps could could increase from what they were, you know here in Aaron national How do you decide maybe who goes in the proxies who goes in the game maybe what's You just made the most important work then I think anybody that's healthy is gonna hopefully practice or whoever You know is able to practice will practice and then you know, we'll make a decision on the game based on how much work those guys got in practice and Who needs work and who we want to take a look at? But You know, we got to practice tomorrow. We got to focus on that and then we'll travel and then Todd now meet We'll see and we'll make a plan for Wednesday, and then we'll do the same thing on Thursday. No different than what we would do here So it's gonna be a great challenge. I'm excited, but I want to focus on tomorrow these meetings this afternoon and then tomorrow's Practice in the stadium Periods out here and then actual game what what's hot down and how would you explain or categorize? Play calling process As far as like the relay, you know to the quarterback We've gotten it in Very efficiently and the communication and You know, I've heard the conversations on the sidelines with the coaches and the adjustments that we're trying to make and You know good, you know, I mean no different than than anything else I mean hope everything that that we talk about here in St. Thomas is that That we're finishing, you know that we're able to stay on our feet that we're playing fast You know be some team periods and you know all the stuff that we do here and just the efficiency and urgency in which we run practice I think is important That there's that there's a good flow to practice and they'll see that You know, I hope that our players recognize that the way we practice is very similar to the games and that Situations that we cover in practice Do in fact come up in the game Some of those DB's around a little bit earlier, would you like to get Elijah some snaps at that safety as well as that? I'd like to get Elijah just snaps Wherever they are goes down What are some of the things that you like that you've seen from him, you know in this time? I think he's well-prepared. I think he's think he's intelligent. I think he's got a good relationship with the quarterbacks I've watched him and Keith work together, you know Keith's an integral Keith Carter's an integral part of our Run game and how we you know plan that and how we design that I felt like they've worked well together You know, I think everything that I've asked him to do that that he's relayed that message on to To the offense or he's carried that message over or to the coaching staff, you know today was you know a different day for us We kind of broke up individual and I'd asked those coordinators to to make it an emphasis that those drills were about conditioning and fundamentals and You know, I felt like after those periods those guys were you know going pretty good You know, they were they got out what I what I asked him to get out of it Sergeant so far in camp to give him the look you gave him on Friday, and then how did you kind of rate how he played the game? well because You know he goes hard, you know He went so hard the first day to a point of exhaustion and you know He was cramping up and everything else and so we we lost him for a couple days and We'd asked him like we asked you to go hard, but you don't have to go, you know that hard You're the only running back that was that was here. So He takes coaching he runs hard he hit the whole hard, you know cover to kick off and did well and That's kind of what I felt like he deserved the right to get carries just like all those other guys I Make takes running down on a kickoff and running over somebody and making the tackle on 16 yard line That's a good place to start you guys got no juice on a Sunday What's that well ask a good question and maybe I'll tell you something good maybe that neon hat might need a change, huh? We can all see it Paul Taylor With what Derek has done the last couple years what though you guys on the line have done to help him get there the last few years What's the expectations of what might be achievable in a 17 game 17 game season with Derek this year? My job is not to give predictions You know the last two years three years the success that Derek's had says a lot about him Says a lot about the progress of our offensive line, but at the end of the day Like this is 2021 now like things could go the exact opposite direction We want him to go it's our job to make sure that when we're in practice we take us the beaches down there Like what that it's a joint practice man. It's an absolute bloodbath down there Yeah, JPP the first day of practice a couple years ago put an absolutely blistering move on me and one-on-ones I think they posted it right after I went one way he went that way and then he I was caught a damn blender for a second But no those guys I mean they're they're Super Bowl champions for a reason. They're extremely talented team Everywhere at every position. It's gonna be it's gonna be a good time to go down there and engage where we're all at And what we need to work on and rely on the things that these coaches have taught us and what we pride ourselves in Yeah, I think Dylan's done a good job of taking the coaching and come in here It's hard like I think I said my last press conference. It's hard to practice here This is a hard place to come in and do with these coaches expect a lot of us when we step on the practice field It's not you know this walk-through type of thing we we go and especially an individual and I know that's a bit of a shock For anyone any any school they came from and Dylan The way he started and the way he's going now. He's made a lot of leaps I mean he's had a better camp than I than I probably had my rookie year and I think he's done it. I think he's done a good job We all got to grow and improve and I did that goes for me Roger Ben everybody and Dylan's one of those guys too I think you know, he's he's done some good stuff and he's just got to continue to keep going This is a you know, it's hard to play in this league But it's really hard to play a full season and you get late especially your rookie year You're getting that week 13 14 those types of things Now your body thinks I should be done now, you know Usually guys are getting ready for a bowl game or whatever and you know, that's um It'll say a lot about him as being a pro and how developed he can be and taking care of his body How that's gonna go throughout the season, but I think I think Dylan's in a good job That's the banger you came out with Paul huh the knee brace question. I'm not I don't like knee braces I mean, I think you know these John and Ray will have us wear the knee braces because they want us to be safe and You know, we're gonna do that. I mean we they want us to be safe and that's a If that's what they want, that's we're gonna do it They're there are boss and so I mean, I'm not gonna go out there in the game and play with the knee brace unless I have to But it is it is definitely You know, you don't want something to happen in practice that you could you know, maybe handle with the knee brace So I understand why they do that. It's it's it's definitely a good thing that they put us in that but you know It's tough knee braces can be hard, especially when you're you know, you don't wear them all the time We wore them all the time in college don't really notice it and you come here and I remember my first practice I'm wearing knee braces to the first practice and Michael Rue starts laughing at me and just goes Hey, if it's gonna go, it's just gonna go and so I think that was the last time I wore knee braces until I was man it was mandatory for me Yeah, you know, I mean, it's all just an excuse right like I could sit here and say it's awful and it's this and but at the end of the day It's you got to get out there. You got to block the guy Jeff's very very athletic three technique and cutting him off And me braces is a little tougher than without knee braces, but I mean if you can do it knee braces You probably do without them Well, I mean during the season we'll have them if we do go pads It'll be on one specific day and then you take them off. So You know, you want to be your fastest on Sunday Yeah, but he's extremely athletic physical outside linebacker I think I talked about this in the last time when I was up here was when we were watching film with the Steelers Before we had to postpone that game You notice that bud plays the place through the whistle and follows the ball and it plays extremely hard if he's got very violent hands and He's gonna be a great player for our team the way he plays He knows what Vrable wants and these coaches want and I think it's gonna show and I'm really excited for him To start integrating back into whenever he does or whatever he starts doing more. I'm excited to go against him It's only gonna make me better This year What would you like about Todd and also I mean is that a job that comes with some pretty high expectations given what this offense has done? I think regardless of what we did in the last few years I think it's there's a lot of I mean if you're an offense coordinator in the NFL There's a lot of high expectations on you Todd's been through that before and One thing that I love about Todd is he he's you know, he's told us he's gonna stick to what we are as an offense He's not gonna you know You've had guys go in either on this team Franchise in the past or other franchises say, you know, this is the offense that I run This is what we're gonna do and it's you know The guys that come in and see the skill set that we have and kind of tries to tailor to that It seems like he's really that's what he wants to do and So we're we have embraced Todd as our OC Miss our obviously because he's a good guy and we love him super happy for him to be the head coach the Falcons and But yeah, we love Todd Disappointed not to get a couple snaps in the first preseason game. No, I was under it was understandable I mean, I went the hole last year without a preseason game And you know these practices are hard and you you practice here in Tennessee those games are a little bit easier You know, so it'll be fun to go down to Tampa and practice against those guys that that level In a practice situation Whether it's one-on-one some team peers or whatever that'll be fun but you know the game it's the preseason is awesome because you get to watch the guys that work so hard and You know, you're rooting for all your guys to make the team and obviously the way it works out is You know, you got 95 guys or 93 guys in the team and it's not gonna be 93 So you hope every guy out there that is out there can either make this team or make another team and you're rooting for him the whole entire time Yeah, no, I love the fans being there man, I think I Like that we're getting back to normal a little bit I love that I love that the fans will be there and I know there's a lot of excitement in this city around this team right now And it'll be cool to go out there and show them we've been working hard and hopefully not let them down I mean look at the talent on on in Tampa Bay JPP is Yeah, he's an outstanding pass rusher. He's got a barrage of move shack shack Barrett has been Electric even when he was at Denver as a backup He was a guy that could really rush the passer and does does a great job They have a bunch of guys in the middle, too that are that are very talented those linebackers Levante and Devin are extremely fast. It'll give me give me an opportunity to get up to the linebacker level and see that speed I mean their defense, you know, there's a reason why they're a super bowl champs And I think we're lucky to go down there and go practice against them Another day about how he already feels like that chemistry with you is kind of back. That's beautiful What's your thoughts were on that and when how do you know that it's back? You know, I think he mentioned maybe like hitting guys at the same time that could what in your mind Yeah, I saw his answer on that when he's talking about us hitting in combination blocks and hitting at the same time Not him hitting and me hitting or vice versa Being on the same page of that Roger and I have our own language that we use whether it's a pass player or run play Whether I'm making a fake call or a real call Roger knows what I'm doing and those are the types of things He's talking about passing off games is a very difficult thing to do in the NFL especially when you're not when you're on the man side and You know Roger's an extremely athletic and strong individual and he brings a lot of energy to practice So it's great to practice with him But you know the more individual the more reps we get together the better we're gonna be and I think he and I are very excited to Play a full season together finally, and it's I've definitely not helped out with that the last two years