 What's up? What are some errors maybe early on? I know it's still early in the offseason, but errors you've already seen this team maybe make strides from when you first started. Yeah, coming together, learning a new offense right now. So that's our number one objective as an offense is to master this offense. Take advantage of every rep we get. A lot of new stuff, a lot of new terminology, concepts, blocking schemes, the whole thing. So taking in a lot of information, learning from every rep, a lot of mistakes being made. But they're good mistakes because we're growing from it. We're learning from it across the board from receivers, tight ends, O-line, quarterbacks, running backs to everybody. So just taking advantage of this time, making sure that we grow from our mistakes and soak up as much information as we can because this is the time we have to do it. How have the young guys kind of responded to that? Yeah, young guys are coming. They're hungry. You can tell that they're jumping in with both feet and learning just like everyone else. So obviously, being their first time in the league, it's even more to take in. But I think we're pushing them with that and want to keep doing that as we move forward. Jake talked about one word play calls in this system, one word of short. How much does that alone increase the possibilities of tempo and efficiency? Definitely, it opens up doors. Not everything's going to be like that. But I want to be efficient in and out of the huddle, want to put pressure on the defense with different looks with moving people around and being able to get to the line of scrimmage and see what's going on. So definitely a part of what we want to do. In terms of this type of offense as a quarterback, how much do you like the faster pace and that sort of thing that goes into it? I love it. I've always liked getting on the ball. But there's some really good things that you're able to do in the huddle as well. So just being able to be multiple in that and not being stuck in one way, being able to jump in and out of it, different personnels, different tempos, all those things can help put pressure on the defense. With that, this offense is going to be so QB centric, you can can it and change it. Is that something that seems like it's going to be more open to you being able to do than previous? Yeah, we'll see as we move forward. But Tim's done a great job of allowing us to try to get a good play. We want to run efficient plays, we want to be positive whenever we can. Sometimes defense makes a good call and you get stuck in a bad play, but we want to try to limit those situations where we're running a play into a bad look. So some of that's on the quarterback, some of that's on the blocking schemes and the players are executing it, but it all works together. How much of a difference have you seen in Traylon Berks from year one to year two? Traylon's grown a lot. I'm really excited about what I've seen from him. He's flying around, he's moving fast, he's moving efficiently, he's coming out, he's working, he's in shape, all great things obviously. He's been able to catch the ball and get open his whole time here, but all the little things that go along with playing the position, being able to see the field, understand the full concept as opposed to just a route and how he fits in the whole picture, all those things. And I think he's playing with a lot of confidence right now, so just want to keep him going, keep him growing. He's doing a lot of really, really good things right now. I'm really happy with his growth and want to keep pushing forth. Can you tell anything when a position like Corner has a new coach who's a lot different? Chris Harris is a lot different than his predecessor and the energy over there is different. Can you pick up on that on your side of the ball at this stage or is it too early for you to get a sense of something like that? Energies, no. I'm not watching too many coaches' energies on the defensive side, but yeah, techniques. You see some guys are coaching techniques just a little bit different. So you see that on the practice field, but become more familiar with that, the deeper we get into the singing and into training camp, for sure. Have young receivers like Traylin or Kyle or even new guys like Chris, what do you feel like is the most important role you have as a quarterback in bringing those guys along? Those are a lot of things that go into that. Setting the tone, setting the tempo for everyone, steps in the huddle, know what's expected, holding them to that standard, then pushing them and encouraging them to get the best out of them. I think all those things are important and all play a role in us going out executing and winning football games. How has it benefited you guys having so many of your veterans here for OTAs while they are technically voluntary? You've got their care, you're here, especially on the offensive side? Yeah, it's been great. I think, like I said, with a new offense, just so much new information and new thoughts. So just taking so much information in, just having the reps, being able to talk through all the different looks. There's a lot of nuances that go into all these plays. Being able to see the looks against the defense, talk through them, all get on the same page is huge. Bruff does good mistakes. Are those kind of standard this time of year, or are there more this year with the new offense than usual? Just kind of how has that influenced them? Yeah, I think it's standard, but I think more obviously, just everyone's learning something new. So little more growing pains at this time of year, only being five practices into a new offense, right? And it's not something that's going to happen overnight. It's going to go into training camp as well. So we just want to limit that and shorten that as much as we can. All get on the same page and keep pushing ourselves forward. If we can get through this earlier on by having most of our guys here and being able to work through some of these things in the spring, it's really going to help us in the fall move forward. How helpful has Chris Morbin coming in as the veteran? Yeah, Chris has been great. I love the way he moves, the way he works. He's out here kind of setting the tone in the receiver room. He's been in this offense before. So he understands what we're asking them to do and the concepts and everything. So having his presence, veteran presence, a guy who's been in this offense before has been huge. Physically, Ryan, where are you at this time of year versus what 12, 13 years in now? What's it like this time of year for you preparing to be where you need to be? I feel great this time of year. I'm not getting hit. That's the beauty of it. Obviously, when you start getting hit and everything, that's when you got to really take care of your body and try not to get hit as much as you can. But this time of year, even being 12 years in, I feel really good. Ankle feels good. The rest of the body feels good. And take advantage of these days where you're not too sore from being hit for sure. I don't think anything you could have done to maybe prevent the ankle last year. But I mean, do you change your approach or what you do for one off season next to prevent entries or you get to stay in your career where you're just sticking with what you've been doing and hope you get some good luck? I mean, you do preventative maintenance and mobility stuff and strengthening stuff. But you're always doing those things to take care of your body. So injuries, contact injuries like that, there's not a whole lot you can do, just getting hit in an awkward position, whether it's an ankle or knee or shoulder, there's not a whole lot you can do to prevent that. Just kind of luck with the jaw and playing a physical game, it's gonna happen. So I'm gonna make sure and try to make sure your body is in good shape, you're strong, your joints are strong, you're able to have the strength to withstand hits, the normal type of hits and just try to avoid the freak ones where you get caught in a bad position. When you consider the injury plague that's hit this team the last two years or where you guys are BSing about it, you see anything there? I mean, is it just a string of bad luck? A lot of people outside, we're trying to explain when they're asking us, it's gotta be the conditioning staff or it's gotta be this, we've run out of answers for them, they want us to ask you like, is it just a string of bad luck? The people that are asking us questions regularly and want stories, the fans, the fans, general. I don't like to bring fan questions here generally but that's one of the number one questions that we get all the time is, why aren't they doing more to fix whatever's going on? I don't know what that would be, I imagine you don't but is it mostly bad luck? Yeah, I think a lot of it is luck. I've been in two organizations now, several different regimes and head coaches and strength coaches, strength programs, training staffs, the whole thing. And our group does just as good a job as any of preparing us strength wise, rehab wise, the whole thing. So I definitely don't think it's anything particular in this building that's going on. I think unfortunately that's kind of the luck of the draw sometimes, sometimes you stay healthy and your team stays healthy and you play 60 guys the whole year and sometimes as it's been the case for us the past couple of years, you play 90, which is not ideal but like I said, it's a physical game, physical sport. The way we play is very physical on both sides of the ball and that's just kind of the way it's crumbled. So do you feel like you did for a good run? I would love that to happen. I feel like we paid our dues the past couple of years with the injury bug. Hopefully we can not have that again this year. Given that you dealt with that early on in your career when guys are dealing with injuries, younger guys and stuff like that, is there words of advice that you could tell them when they're trying to work through it and maybe they're getting frustrated at things like that? Yeah, of course. I was there last year. I've been there a couple of times in my career when you're hurt, you don't want to be hurt and you want to be back out there. You're doing everything you can. It's easy to go to a bad place mentally because you're frustrated and you don't really understand why things happen but just try to take a step back and understand everything happens for a reason and do everything you can. Sometimes that's the cards that you're dealt and you just have to do everything you can to get yourself ready to get back out there whenever the time comes. You feel like you're as mobile and speed-wise as you ever were when you were 22? Yeah, no question. I wish I was 22 again. But just working with Frank in the off season and coming back from the ankle injury and doing all the metrics and everything and everything is looking really good lining up with what I'm used to. So excited to keep going. You talked about Traylon earlier. What have you just seen, I guess, from your group of receivers so far this off season? They're working hard. I think Traylon, obviously, is the guy that stood out. We talked about Chris, the guy who stood out. Kyle coming back from the injury bug last year just couldn't get back out there but seems to be moving really well, excited with his progression and what he can add to the offense. We just have a bunch of young guys who are trying to step in. Mason's done a good job. Bunch of young guys who are stepping in and they're hungry. Nick, obviously, a guy who's been here, just steady and you know what you're getting from him. So as we all learn this offense, we're gonna learn more and more every day but excited from the growth from that group. How much growth did you see out of Nicholas Petite-Ferrero over the course of his rookie season and how much more into, as far as knowing what to do, does it look like he is in year two? Yeah, we're gonna need Nick to go out and play well. Obviously, he has all the tools in the book that you want him to have as a right tackle. Just like every player that we have, we wanna keep growing and keep progressing. Talked about trailing and talked about some of the other rookies that are here and they're trying to take in new offense, new situation, what's the NFL like, what's it about. In your second year, all that's not new. You're kinda able to just focus on the task at hand and you kinda know what to expect. So, he's done a great job for us so far this spring. I think he's playing with confidence and like I said, just wanna keep pushing him and moving forward. As your chemistry with Aaron developing at center and how are you kinda seeing him take over the reins after Ben? Yeah, Bruce done a great job. He's in there in the meetings at 7 a.m. with us with the QBs. He was coming out in the spring when we were thrilled, he'd come out and snap. So he's hungry. He's a guy who obviously is talented. He's quick, his quickness, his strength, his mobility, being able to move at center and mentally, he's on top of everything right now. So, I'm really excited on his growth and his excitement and focus as he steps into that center role. Leadership, really. I mean, he's setting the tone for that room and I love to see it. What's your finale of succession? Your what? Your finale of succession. I have no idea what you're talking about. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Am I missing something? Go ahead here. You're first came aboard, what's it been like kind of fitting into a new team and kind of seeing the culture here? Oh, it's good. I feel it right in. They do a lot of different things than other teams around the league do, like sledge, the conditioning test that's over here, just the whole conditioning, strength and conditioning thing over here, it's a lot different. What's the past rust wind mean in a team setting with the limited contact against offensive linemen and no pads, no shells? The same thing as it is in the game. You beat them clean, then you write to the quarterback, just veer off. But when you watch them, then you know that you got the set. For you being out here, you obviously not in pads. So what is it that you're working on and trying to improve during this time? It's just different, like my footwork changing up my footwork in different like base sub packages, it's different with the footwork. Getting that down pack, I'm switching a lot of sides. So trying to get the footwork down as a left defense in or outside linebacker. But all in all, it's just footwork in hands right now. How do you like working with Coach Ryan Crow and Coach Lowelocus? I love them. Crow, every individual is meant for something used in the game. And other places, it always wasn't like that. But here, everything, every individual is used for something in that game. And that's what I love about it. And an energy guy that likes to talk on the defensive side of the ball, you seem like that guy. How's that been received here? And how are you fitting in like that? Oh, it's good. I think me and Jeff is racing to be the most energetic guy. But I like it, especially outside on practice. If I'm on the field, you're gonna hear me. If I'm out the field, you're gonna hear me. I'm always encouraging the guys on the field. And that's what I feel like I'm best at, encouraging guy. What's it like when you were obviously a fierce competitor against this team? When you're in Jacksonville, now your teammates with these guys, how has that transition been? And getting no players and guys maybe they didn't like before actually becoming friends with? Oh, no. There's no player on this team right now that I didn't like before coming here. And then just getting used to the players and getting around the players. I mean, it's a process. Coming in, being a new guy, trying to understand the coach here and how they operate over here. But a lot of those guys welcome me with open arms. Is there anyone you surprised to you? You thought you knew them from tape beforehand, but then you got here and there, somebody you didn't expect? Uh, no. Nah, uh-uh. What do you tell the rookie guys? It looks like your team came to Murphy a little bit. What do you tell those guys is they kind of embark on their career? Just let it go, let it loose. I mean, you're a rookie, so we all know you're gonna make rookie mistakes. But just go full speed, go all out. You can't coach effort. You can't coach running to the ball. All that has to come in, come within. And a lot of those guys are doing it, but I just stay on them. What do you think about him in particular, as far as personality, willingness to get better? Caleb? Oh, I love Caleb. Caleb is a young guy who's willing to learn. He always asking questions, coming up to me or Harold, or coming to both of us at the same time. But he's a guy that's seeking knowledge and he's doing what coaches are asked of. And he's taking what he learned out the field and trying it on the field. Harold isn't out there yet with you on the field, but you've got to know him inside. What's your impressions of Harold and what type of dude he is? Me and Harold, me and Harold been knowing each other. We trained together, coming out of college. We was at XO, at Phoenix. So me and Harold's relationship been going. And I got here, it was just kicked off like it never left. Okay, so he's a little bit different personality, at least in front of the camera. What is he like off the camera? Is he loosened up a little? Harold is actually goofy. I guess you have to get to know him in order for him to get comfortable with you and stuff like that. But Harold is a goofy guy. He likes to take tail jokes and he laughs a lot in an individual meeting room. He didn't laugh a lot at XOs, probably because of the draft and it was kind of a serious thing. But now he's just loosened up. Coach, just with this week, the focus kind of for you guys. Come right in there, Kayla. Hey, I need some mini campers. Well, what do you want me to sit back? Yeah, no, no I don't. Okay, anyway, do you want me to repeat that? No, I didn't even hear what you said. Oh, okay, with this being a week before mini campers, what's the focus this week for these guys to kind of clean up some things? It's really, nowadays, it's really kind of just the same. It's all four weeks of on-field stuff that would somehow, at times, look like football and really trying to stick with the installation, first, second down, add third down, work into the red zone, same thing kind of with special teams. So nothing's really gonna change. I think it's just about improvement. It's about conditioning and about all those fundamentals that we're gonna need to use once we get to the season. It's probably more specific to the individual, but how do you keep young guys from overthinking things when they're out there trying to execute on the field, trying to get it as best as they can? Well, again, we've tried to talk to them and everybody around here that will continue to coach the mistakes, but demand the effort and we understand that mistakes are gonna happen. You just can't stand there. We have to train them out of that. Hopefully, that they're new mistakes and that the reasons that they can answer why maybe the mistake came or they just need to get it again in installation or walk through. So we'll just have to work through those different things and kind of take each of them as they come up. Do you guys have any interest in beyond your happenings? You know, I think our focus has always been about the players that we have here and we'll keep you updated as we continue to add players to the roster. That guy like that available, is that kind of what you were touching on when you had mentioned how there's another phase of free agency, how it's not finished? Well, players come available at different times of the year all the way up until the trade deadline and then some of those veteran players that may be out there, that sign throughout the off season and training camp and even into the season. So player acquisition is always gonna be something that you can try to add to your roster at different times. How do you like the contribution you've gotten from Chris Harris, Charles London, to very highly sought after coaches? Well, they've been good additions. Glad that they wanted to be a part of us and excited to work with them. And it seems like they've come in and help their groups and continue to help their sides of the ball and try to put together a staff that our players feel like they teach, they can develop them and obviously make a connection and try to help them, give them confidence to do their job. So those guys are, sorry, Jimmy, those guys are, you know, hadn't known Chris, you know, but I've enjoyed getting to know him on a personal level, professional level. I know the chain has really valued his input here in the off season that we've gone through and I like where Charles is at and the dialogue that he brings. Go ahead, Jimmy. And then out and I guess working with Derek. I mean, how much did he benefit? Obviously Tony did a great job with him and he's got a different voice. Maybe teach him some different things. How much could he benefit from that at this stage of his career? Well, Justin's also brought, you know, really good knowledge of the run scheme and what, you know, the multiplicity that maybe we can do a little bit and stuff that he's done in Green Bay and Denver. Another good football coach and, you know, I think it's kind of been good for Derek to kind of learn, you know, maybe just some different things and maybe different ways to do them. And Tony certainly did a great job with that position group since he's been here. Is there a challenge? Yeah, we all know guys learn in different ways. So as you're trying to teach them but you don't yet know them, what's the challenge kind of? Well, the challenge is trying to get to know them as quickly as possible, ask a lot of questions and we try to tell our guys not to, not to go through an answer. If you don't know, just say I don't know and we'll stop right there and teach them or correct them. And we also have, you know, I feel like a great staff that can provide for guys to get some, you know, we have different coaches that may take new players or younger players off in some one-on-one settings in the morning. And that happens with, you know, look at Jalil, for example, Jalil Johnson, I walk into the D-line room and, you know, Big T's got the guys that have kind of been here and Clint has taken, you know, Jalil and started to get him brought up to speed. So that happens throughout the positions. And as many players have come in in midweek in the middle of the season, you know, we've been able, you know, we've had to do that. You have plans to have host the Patriots here, the way you're going to see the Vikings? Yeah, we're excited to go see Minnesota and get to work against a, you know, great skill group, a great scheme offensively and what Brian will bring defensively, continue to talk to, you know, to the Patriots and, you know, we'll get something out once that's cemented. How beneficial are those to your team as you get ready for the season? Well, it's always great to practice against, you know, other players to try to get, you know, a feel for a different scheme or even, you know, most importantly, just different players. You know, you kind of, the only team that we can game plan against right now or kind of figure out, you know, a skill set of a receiver or a pass rusher or an offensive lineman is ourselves. So during the season, we'll have to do that on a quick turnaround, you know, have Tuesday and Wednesday, Thursday, Friday to kind of study those guys, figure out what the scheme it is, a game plan, you know, how certain players may play what their skill set is, what their play style is. And I think one thing that the, those summer practices can do is give you a little bit of that when it's done well and there's respect on both sides and, you know, competition, but also we're trying to at the end of the day take care of each other. You mentioned, Julia, what does he add to your defensive line group? Well, he's a veteran player that's played inside, played some snaps in this league and, you know, just gives us another guy with, you know, competition and some, you know, presence that has played, big body that, you know, played both spots inside. We've seen trailing a couple of times out here now from just from our perspective, I guess, at least mine, he looks so much more comfortable now than obviously a year ago and even at the beginning of some year, how would you gauge kind of how has he's progressed in the last year to where he is now? You know, I think it's just important that we continue kind of in this progression of where he's at, he's, you know, I think he's much more confident in his self and his body and how he feels, what he's doing, what this league is like, what the routine is like, the daily approach, his attitude has been fantastic. So we have to continue to do those things between year one and year two. When Rice going into his third year, what would you like to see out of him? Who was that? Monnie, Rice. Yeah, I just, you know, consistency, you know, Monnie's, you know, when he played, you know, he played with a lot of speed. I think just some of the small details, but he certainly showed up around the football. I had, you know, there was a play speed to him that we saw, you know, and some of those things with consistency maybe weren't always Monnie's fault. There's just things that come up, whether it's an injury here in training camp early on or then the Achilles. So, you know, we just have to continue to work with him. He's, you know, comes in with a great attitude and, you know, excited to see where he can go. Chance missed so much time last year, just kind of how is he progressing now heading into I guess year two, even though he didn't have much of a year one? Yep, he missed a little bit more than some. He missed the entire season. Looks good, worked hard to come back physically. Looks good, you know, so I know that he's excited to be back out. Looks like it from his communication. He can, you know, know both inside linebacker spots. So, certainly add to the competition inside. Well, the team for rare, be it. Go ahead, these guys, you just got to jump right in. Going back to Will, or to the young guys, Will Lovis, what have you noticed about his approach so far and how pleased are you with his progression? You know, I think Will is competing. He's working hard, you know, trying to take care of those rookie guys. It's a lot for the receivers and the skill players. So, you know, that's part of the job of the quarterback is to make sure that everybody knows where to go, where to line up, what to do. So he's trying to do that when we work with the rookies in the afternoon. You know, and then come out here in practice and try to carry it over to the practice field. He taught himself out of smashing his helmet when he fumbled the snap late. Is he good at kind of contextualizing, compartmentalizing? Yeah, he would just payroll deduct him if he breaks all the helmets and the speakers and stuff inside. So, just frustrating, I'm sure that that's something that they, you know, we talked about yesterday and it, you know, came up here again today. So, we'll have to focus on that and make sure that, you know, when five different guys snap to the quarterback or potentially the quarterback, you know, everybody's gonna snap it a little differently or based on the play, you know, center's moving in one direction, you know. So, we'll just have to make sure that that's taken care of. Dave Rear had a full season to start last year as a rookie. Where do you wanna see him take his game in your tune? Continue to get better, continue to block his guy, continue to understand some of the nuances and the details and, you know, so much of O-line play, you know, they've got their own little bag of tricks, you know, and I think once you can understand, you know, maybe what your job is and you're comfortable with that, sometimes those little tricks of the trade can kind of come out or you can start to learn them as opposed to just being overwhelmed with what the play is, maybe. You know, you look at a veteran guy and they get, you know, sometimes you gotta, you know, do little things and have little tricks that hopefully he can, you know, continue to learn here going into the second year. When you see the gambling suspensions and investigations around the league, is there something you say to the team? Do you address that at all? Or is that something you kind of trust them to have no right from wrong? Well, you know, I think that right from wrong is probably the wrong way to put it. We talked to the team, I try to talk to the team about a number of things, you know, how we act away from the building, try to explain to them what the personal conduct policy is, what the gun policy is, what the gambling policy is and that sometimes, you know, we're held to a higher standard based on, you know, what we do and who we do it for. So certainly something that we've tried to talk to the players about and explain to them, you know, what their responsibility is and to know whether the drug policy, you know, being responsible for anything that goes in your body, whether it's a supplement at GNC or, you know, maybe they knowingly took something that's not up for the league to determine or the drug policy to determine. It's just that we're all responsible for what goes in our body.