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Speaker 5: All right, so one of the big things, and it
happened after we got off air on Friday. Obviously, Jordan
c obviously always in forever, the number one offensive lineman
in the portal, one of the top players overall in
the transfer portal, is now signed with the LSU Tigers.
Speaker 1: And had we had got over here, get over here,
how's that? It was pretty good.
Speaker 5: I appreciate that he is going to be the anchor
of the offensive line. And we went around the room
right before the portal opened up, and we all gave
a position that we wanted and needed to see LSU
thrive that when adding players in the portal, and I
don't remember which order we went in, but we said quarterback,
offensive line, edge, rusher, and I think somebody said receiver.
Speaker 4: If I'm not because at the time you didn't have any,
I'd say, check, check, check, and check.
Speaker 5: You got the number one edge, the number one offensive lineman,
plus a lot check that's right, check plus with the
five star plus and then you've got like ninety seven receivers.
So for what we were talking about, like wanting to
see LSU do in the portal, to what they got
in the portal, I know you got to play ball.
I know of the ball has not been snapped yet,
but for the needs that you had in the portal.
Speaker 4: It could not have gone better for LSU.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 6: No, after eight hundred foot home run, Lane hit with
this portal class and so the recruiting they did the
job that they did, you know, not taking no for
an answer a lot. Yes, people leave a town and
Lane getting on a plane a minute. Kudos to you know,
the private jet fuel team of keeping the plane fueled up,
ready to roll at all times. Kudos of the pilots
the plane itself. Kudos the Lane for taking those necessary
steps and doing whatever, literally whatever it took to get
the people that they identified as who they wanted. They
identified a quarterback, got it, They identified the line and
they got it. Identified all these players and they got
them no matter what it took, dollar figures, the recruiting,
the message that they were sending, the game plan, what
they presented to them on how they fit into the team,
what kind of system they were going to run, all
these things, it all worked out and absolute danger of
a home run by Lane, Lane Kiffen and his staff
because man, they not only filled the needs, but they
filled with the best. I think what three of the
top five kids in the transfer portal.
Speaker 1: Class number one three four overall. Yeah, pretty decent. Don't
know what happened to number two, but.
Speaker 4: Whatever cam Colevin receiver went to Texas.
Speaker 6: Well, you probably saw that we had thirty eight receivers.
We got a lot of them. Yeah, so I'll bet
somewhere in there are some goods.
Speaker 5: So let's go over kind of what LSU was able
to do. Okay, so you didn't have a scholarship quarterback
and now you have three. You go, you know, you
get your starter, a guy in Sam Levitt, it's been
to the playoff, and that wasn't going to be enough
because you still had other needs.
Speaker 4: You go get Long Street from.
Speaker 5: The USC, somebody that hasn't played but highly touted, has
had some action and you see a bright future for him.
Speaker 4: And then you go get a quarterback from.
Speaker 5: The FCS level that has had a lot of success
on the field a year ago. So you get a
little bit of everything. So that's how you rebuild the
quarterback room. And then for the running back room, well
you retain your players. You get Harlan Bearr, you get
Cayden Durham to come back for another year at LSU.
Speaker 1: And those are two players that I think.
Speaker 5: Were underutilized that they couldn't really show their talents behind
the scheme and all the situation we talked about with
the offensive front in front of them.
Speaker 4: For both of those.
Speaker 5: Players to still average over four and a half yards
per carry, I tip my cap to them because I
don't know where to tell them to run on the
film that we watch. And then now you bring in
a bunch of receivers as well, you bring in multiple
tight ends, you bring in multiple offensive linemen, including the
top offensive lineman, and so yeah, it's bringing players in.
It's the retention that you had at the running back position.
Now to play Devil's advocate, there's going to be a
lot of new and you've got to try to figure
out how to integrate all the new and how it's
going to work together. And you got to get everybody
up to speed pretty quickly here. Now it is not
like when we played where we don't have the option
and ability to get onto the field. You know, during
this time of year, they can actually go out there,
they can meet, they can be you know, I think
it's twice a week. Maybe they can go through what
we would consider kind of ota ish mini Campush type
situation where we didn't have that we had.
Speaker 1: It's actually there's actual rules they have they have to follow.
Speaker 5: Yeah, they do, but they're they're way more lenient than
what we had.
Speaker 1: My god, well, yeah, who's enforcing these rules though, I.
Speaker 4: Don't know who's in charge. That's that's a silly question.
Speaker 5: Nobody knows who's in charge. But so they at least
can get time on task with the new.
Speaker 6: And that's the trickiest part with all these with all
this turnover, new guys, new faces, is how you integrate
them into your program, into your system, teach them the culture.
Speaker 1: But you know, everybody's new. The whole coaching staff is new,
so everybody's learning together.
Speaker 6: So like, just to re emphasize Lane Kifvin and his staff,
they go out, they find the best available, they get
the best available. Some of that best available was already
wearing an LSU helmet and they retained it as some
of the biggest moves that were made in the portal.
Speaker 1: We're retaining a lot of these guys.
Speaker 6: And look those guys are if you keep them out
of the portal or you sign them back from in
the portal, even though they played on LSU last year.
We all know in college football, you're on one year deals.
These are one year free agent deals, and just because
they didn't enter the portal doesn't mean that they finished
the season and said, oh yeah, I'm coming back for sure,
no matter what I believe Purple and Gold. No, you
had to recruit them to keep them out of the portal.
So that is a win in and of itself. So
before we even signed our first person from another school,
some of the biggest moves were made by retaining and
talking about Katon Durham Harlan Berry, like I'm so excited
to see what these guys can do in this lane
Kiffin offense with real run plays, with great quarterback play,
with a great system in place. Because last year at
this time we talked about Katon Durham, like we're talking
about Harlan Berry like he had that type of first
year at LSU. Like these don't get it twisted, Kat
and Durham is a hell of a running back with
the freshman in the league. Yeah, it's like just like
two years ago, and he's had a great average per carry.
This year, he just didn't he didn't have like some
of the flashes I think that Harlan Berry kind of had.
But you know, those flashes come when big holes are
presented in the running game, and that just wasn't presented
a lot.
Speaker 1: So excited to see what.
Speaker 6: Both these guys can do because we got we got
to two war daddies. I think at running back that
can really you look at what Lacey did up in
Ole Miss this year. I think that they can they
can do that. Plus that's how much I believe in
those two.
Speaker 5: So you get Jase Brown from Kansas State at receiver,
You get Trey Wilson from Florida at receiver. You get
Watkins from Old Miss, you get Trey Brown from O Du.
I mean, the list goes on and on. You get
Jackson Harrison. Know a lot of people are excited about
him coming over from Hawaii. So you're gonna have candidates
and they're all a little bit different. For Jackson Harris
he is six three, two hundred pounds, Trey Brown six
y two, one hundred and eighty five pounds. Watkins is
a five to nine guy, all right, Trey Wilson five
to ten guys. So you've got a little bit of
mixture of everything kind of Jase Brown's like that in between.
He's six' one one. Seventies so you got a little
bit of everything. Too you didn't just get like a
bunch of What jordan called him for The, saints the little,
receivers liw, boys little small, boys small, boys small boys
at receivers What jordan caught him the other day for The. Saints,
no you got a little bit of a mixture of.
Everything and so like for the, defense it's a lot
of familiar. Faces it's a lot of guys that you
know because they were here a year, ago and so
you did a great job retaining players over.
Speaker 4: There now you, Did.
Speaker 5: Adam we'll get to the defense a little bit later,
on but this offense is completely.
Speaker 4: Revamped it is going to.
Speaker 5: Be all new now, again having all of that gel
and mesh. Together we'll see how that plays. Out the
tight end position is going to be one THAT i
am going to be Watching. Thomas you get him over
from A pitt and the tight end position IS i
think crucial and the Link kiff And Charlie white junior,
offense like you're gonna be asked to make plays time
and time. Again you go back to THE lsu game
and the tight end might have been the difference in the,
game like you go to The georgia, game tight end
might have been the difference in that.
Speaker 1: Game and so tight end is not going to be just.
Speaker 4: Used as a. Blocker he's not gonna be used just
as a.
Speaker 5: Receiver and like you got Trade Eds, green you got
THE x factor at tight, end but you're going to
need other players to step up In Malachi thomas coming
over From pitt six'. Four, now he's not a two
hundred and sixty pounds tight. END i mean he's like
two fifteen to twenty type tight. End SO i guess
the one question if you do want to get a
little bit of a bruiser at the tight end, position
like how's that going to play out FOR?
Speaker 1: Lsu and you got.
Speaker 5: Some other guys obviously you recruited coming out of high
school that are in the in the through the ranks
and on the roster right now.
Speaker 6: Too, yeah we talked about like you, know you could
tell you can tell what somebody's building by the tools
that they that they, own the tools that they, buy
and certainly they bought all sorts of tools and in
this transfer, port but we saw the tight, ends we
saw the running. Backs we, like we see what he
wants To Lane kiffin wants to run the. Ball now
it might look like a. Spread it might look like
he's trying to spread it out and throw it every
down and go fast and faster the, better but they
want to run the. Football but, Man i'm so excited
to see what This Lane kiffin offense can do with
Trade Eds. Greed you talk about the tight, end but,
like let's be, honest he's a, receiver, Right he's basically a.
Receiver he's just a big.
Speaker 1: Body now he's, willing like he'll try. Willing he's, willing
not necessarily.
Speaker 5: He's facing there and block and do the things that's
really all you gotta. Do but, no it's never gonna
be something on the highlight tape that starts.
Speaker 6: The Highlight, no, no, no, no it's not gonna be
those you, know those highlights we see Of George, kittle
like just rolling people on the in the or. Anything
but he's the receiver and a damn good. One So
i'm so. Excited, like what a weapon to have for
an offense and any quarterback that has to be had
to be one of the big selling points for the
three quarterbacks that ended up deciding to come, here because
you give somebody like that a target and say you
think how many touchdowns can you have in the red
zone with this.
Speaker 1: Guy in the reports.
Speaker 6: Wild look what we did At Old miss with these small,
BOYS i tied.
Speaker 5: End you look At Old miss last year and they
threw the ball five hundred and twenty three. Times they
ran the ball five hundred and seventy six. Times so
To matt's, point to the point we make all the,
time they go, fast it Is nascar, pace but they
want to run the football more than they do anything.
Else and their offense is set up through running the.
Football so excited for. That and also you have a
quarterback who can run the. Football that's something that you
didn't have over the last couple of. Years and, look
you can win games with. That but in this, Offense
Trinidad chamblis last year one hundred and thirty three carries
five hundred and twenty seven yards eight touchdowns on the.
Ground so it is going to be a lot OF
q runs as, well some, design some because the play
breaks down and you got a guy that can go
make you a first. Down all, right we'll take a
break more ON lsu kind of the portal class and
hopefully we can catch up with some of THE lsu.
GUYS i, know obviously throughout the week we'll have that for.
You but LIKE i, said it's kind of in and
out a little. Bit we'll see what the next wave
of players looks, like and we'll do it right.
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right we are here again at The Panini Senior. Bowl
it's a big week for all of these players out
there trying to achieve their dream of playing in The
National Football. League and it is a NERVE i don't like,
Wrecking like it's hard to, explain like the because you're
excited for the, opportunity but your nerves are at all time,
HIGH i think because you understand like what's at stake,
yep and so like you're excited to be, here but
it's like you don't want to make the, mistake and
so like everything is heightened in every. Drill so like
the players that usually perform best here just forget about
where they're, at what it, is and just go out
there and do what they've done their whole, life which
is just playing football at a very high. Level it's
easier said than.
Speaker 1: Done.
Speaker 6: Yep this is The this is the moment that they're
probably the most nervous coming into. It it's kind of
like before big, game right the lead, up the build
up's always the from a nerve, standpoint the worst. Part
but once they get on the practice. Field someone asked
me this yesterday AND i can't. Remember they're, like they're, asking,
like how did you handle the nerves in a big,
game like with a, crowd noise and all this stuff,
Happened And i'm, like, well as a, quarterback you don't get
a lot of, contact of, course BUT i always like
to get hit on the first. Drive because ONCE i got,
hit they was, like all, right this is a football.
Game like there's a lot of stuff happening before the,
game the lead, up the media, coverage there's a lot
of people in the, stands but at the end of the,
day like once you get, hit you're, like all, Right
i'm in a football.
Speaker 1: Game this is a football. Game i've done, This.
Speaker 6: I'm good at, this so let me go compete now
AND i can for kind of forget about everything. Else
that's gonna be the same way with these kids this.
Week there's a lot of build, up there's a lot of.
Nerves they've been training for, this they've been thinking about
this their whole. Lives but once they step on the
practice field and practice starts and they're, like, oh, OKAY
i got to hit a, bag NOW i gotta do
it one on, ONE i got to take a center
quarterback exchange. Rapily once they get, in that's gonna be
their comfort. Zone it's doing all this stuff that's out
of the comfort, zone having to come to you, know
the media. Obligations they're going to be in, Interviews they're
going to be in meetings for the most, part all
most of the time is going to be in a meeting,
room and they're going to be breakout sessions with different.
Teams how you handle, it but they have to get
used to being uncomfortable and they have to get. Used
for the next six months of their. Lives every move
they make is going to determine whether they get their
real opportunity to play in THE, nfl and especially at
a long term. Rate so it's going to be it's
gonna be. Interesting it's it's gonna be what's.
Speaker 1: Happening how are, you, hey what's going?
Speaker 5: On how you? Doing, yeah good to see.
Speaker 4: You ABSOLUTELY i appreciate.
Speaker 1: It that's, right that's. Right, hey you the head man this,
week the head man this week.
Speaker 5: Last. Year, yeah you can, say we're all say hello
to the fine people In. Louisiana Joel thomas going to
be the head coach here this week at The Senior,
bowl joins.
Speaker 4: Us, now what's.
Speaker 1: Up let's everybody doing doing?
Speaker 5: Well glad to have you On saints well represented this.
Speaker 7: Week, yeah, no we between Myself Peter scott as, coordinators
and we've got a couple of assistants as.
Speaker 1: Well.
Speaker 7: Yeah really excited for the opportunity to get out here
and evaluate this this upcoming draft.
Speaker 5: Talent. Yeah, man its season ended well for The saints as,
well going out there and you, Know Tyler shut playing,
well all the veteran players too out there and And
cam playing.
Speaker 1: Well found the fountain of youth there at the end
of the. SEASON i tell you what it. Is it's
been being Around cam uh ten years.
Speaker 7: Total here with The. Saints it was one of the
most impressive Seasons i've seen. THEM i mean just just
the way you know, him him and To, mario the
way they, led the way they, performed the way they
went out and they just they brought this team along
and the really excited uh for what's going on in the.
Future obviously you Mentioned. Tyler, UH i think we found
the right.
Speaker 1: Guy yeah you think? So, Yeah, yeah you.
Speaker 7: Know the cool thing, is, UH i think it was
like five or six of the rookies this.
Speaker 1: Year they were here In.
Speaker 7: Mobile a YEAR i Had Devin neil hands. ON i
got good experience with him obviously playing against Sank er
Or tyler on the other, team so really really great.
Speaker 1: Exposure.
Speaker 6: Yeah one of the coolest THINGS i saw this, season
like in all THE, nfl was some of the post,
game The saints post Game i'm gonna say speeches About Kellen,
moore but just everybody talking giving the game balls out
that like even that stuff happened and not.
Speaker 1: The best results earlier in the, year but the way
we the.
Speaker 6: Way y'all finished, up and to keep that, mindset especially
with the veterans, there like the veterans staying in it
and leading the. Way, man those are some cool. Moments
they all had some really good moments in that.
Speaker 7: Locker i'll tell you, WHAT i can't agree with you more.
There it's it's a mindset. Mentality it's one that everything's
not going to go your. Way you gotta you gotta
keep you, know you guys have all been a part
of sports and whatever. Level but if you start to
listen to what's going on the outside, noise that that
pulls away from your team and your.
Speaker 1: Group AND i think our group did a good.
Speaker 7: JOB i Think Kelling kellen did an excellent job as
far as keeping us. Focus, hey it is what it.
Is whatever, Happened let's deal with, it and let's keep
on forging. Forward like you talk about great moments like
when we Beat carolina at. HOME i was playing with
two guys that weren't on the, roster you, know they
weren't Active, november and just you, know as a.
Speaker 1: Coach that's Why i'm so proud of just our our,
group our.
Speaker 7: Team they ain't care who was out. There they, battled they,
battled they, battled and we found a way to win a.
Game and, uh you know that's why you get into.
Speaker 1: It, yeah, yeah, no questions are.
Speaker 6: GREAT i was like beating my chest just watching those
watching those clips of.
Speaker 1: It so that was. GREAT i gotta do it, morey that's. Right, yeah,
Yeah And i'm so glad that. Y'all you, know treat
The Senior bowl like y'all.
Speaker 5: Do The saints are always represented as well as anybody
to look at the closest. TEAM i get, that but
still just what you can. Learn and you talked about
like you got to work hands on with a guy
that y'all selected last. Year what do you look for
this you're going to be the head coach this? Week
like what are you looking?
Speaker 1: For?
Speaker 5: Maybe and potential guys that you are going to drive.
Speaker 1: Well my goal is.
Speaker 7: Obviously to float around the entire team and get, uncomfortable
like not just be around the running backs or be
around the offense, personally that's my goal as far as
a personal goal. There but then at the same, time
trying to find the right the RIGHT, dna the right.
Fit obviously the athletic, talents that's the stuff we watch
on film, evaluate but you don't you don't get that
all the time on. Film as far as like like the,
grit the pit bull mentality that they love, football, right
they love, Football and we've all been around guys that
are great at. Football they like, football, right so we
got to find the ones that love. It they're willing
to do everything they can possibly to go help us
win games and at The saints. Better and if we
can come away from this evaluation and find guys that
are going to make us, better we win.
Speaker 6: There, so, coach how about, you you have you have
a week with these. Guys, so being the head coach
for one of the, teams how much can y'all how
much do y'all put in from an x's AND o?
Standpoints it's got to be pretty, basic right because they
all is? It is it a wristband type? Situation how
do they learn everything? QUICKLY i know it's a lot
of meeting. Time ACTUALLY i. DID i did last. NIGHT
i presented to.
Speaker 1: HIM i, go.
Speaker 7: LISTEN i showed him the final play of last year's. Game,
uh throw it To Jack. Bash, yeah THEN i. GO
i know a game plan can come together and have
a winning. Formula, however we have nine hours of meeting
time and six hours of practice maybe a little bit.
Speaker 1: Less so it's not a lot of nine.
Speaker 6: Hours that's not that's not as much thought that it
feels like we're here for a.
Speaker 1: Week uh. Huh you.
Speaker 7: Know but the main deal is you got everybody. Has
we have the same. Place it's just the language where
we're all just trying to get on the right, page
so you, know whether it's the one word to on
the offensive, lead to make it simple for. Everybody something
tell you the, right something tell you, left good to.
Go but we just try to dumb it. Down you,
know the, quarterbacks you, know they drive this. Thing and
fortunately one of these Quarterbacks i've known since he's about
six years, old okay with, Us.
Speaker 1: Yeah there.
Speaker 7: Teammates in college are together At, Washington so, yeah these
quarterbacks will drive it pretty. Well and then obviously we're
trying to figure out who fits where and roll from.
There but we try not to make it over. Complicated
put in a few stressful, situations mainly more in, practice
and then maybe dialop a couple of trip plays for
you know the.
Speaker 5: GAME i love a week like this for a guy
like Garretts meyer, though, because like we know What garrett's all.
About like we've seen tape Of garrett go throw for
four thousand yards in the, Seccene like things didn't Go
there are ways a team this. Year there's a lot
of different, reasons but like this is a week Where
garrett can come in here and show the country you,
know what he's all. About and LIKE i, said he's
known for four thousand yards in AN sec, season and
like this is a great opportunity for him to go
out there and. Shine AND i don't think any of
us are going to act like he's not going to
Crush like all the other parts of, it like the
interviews and all the other.
Speaker 7: Stuff, yeah, no it and this is for all these guys.
Here it doesn't matter how you got. Here, yeah you know.
Here you could be From Bamigi state up In, MINNESOTA,
lsu could be from Watching it doesn't.
Speaker 1: Matter you're.
Speaker 7: Here and LAST i, CHECKED i saw a stat ninety
nine of the participants last year we're drafted or they
were signed free.
Speaker 1: Agents so it's a good, chance is, yeah the future
of our.
Speaker 7: Class you, know the guys aren't here obviously they got
opportunities as.
Speaker 1: Well but Like.
Speaker 7: Garrett once, again it's it's the next, chapter you know,
That like we get. Them it's our FIRST nfl experience
that's driven obviously college it's a whole other game as
far as money and all that, stuff but different, ball
different dimensions on the, field all this. Stuff it's the
FIRST Nfl, like, hey let's let's go play and find
out what you're.
Speaker 6: About, yeah we're excited, because like we, say we we
of course tell us you, guys we we want. Them
we're cheering on them always, enough we've, seen we've seen
the talent.
Speaker 1: There how much emphasis.
Speaker 6: You'll put on the there's a lot of meeting, time
not football media, time but man in time with teams
just it's the interview, process, Right so as, coaches when
you look at this is IT i know it's a
combination of.
Speaker 1: EVERYTHING i get, that.
Speaker 6: But, like how much can you learn from a kid
in that inn is that five to ten minute and.
Speaker 7: The way they have it now it's it's close to twenty, minutes,
okay and it's.
Speaker 1: Not it's a little more than speed.
Speaker 7: Dating but for myself as a, coach like If i'm
not coaching this, game it's my first interaction with the,
Player so, like all, right what's this guy?
Speaker 1: About? What you know you're going to say something of
them off a little?
Speaker 5: Bit, yeah and you.
Speaker 7: Know you try to find common grounds to start off.
With and Now i'm to the point WHERE i got
players that are here That i've, coached their coaches and.
Everything that's you, know you're starting to get. There but
it's it's A i always enjoy. IT i, mean this
game keeps us young because we're always, around, yeah twenty
two to twenty five year olds and all that.
Speaker 1: Stuff so it's a great opening exposure for the.
Speaker 7: Players and obviously we're always trying to find the, nugget
the one answer or something that's going to put them
over the top or or it's going to separate themselves
from somebody else to, hey maybe we need to go another. Direction,
yeah and then, obviously, yeah can they? Play can they
Make that's what they're trying to avoid, too that they're.
Speaker 6: Anything we usually know the answer.
Speaker 1: Before you just want to. Reaction you get a chance
to get them on the board at.
Speaker 5: All in the in those twenty, MINUTES i, know like
WHEN i was coming, out like everything was a little bit.
Different every team had a little bit different. PROCESS i
Remember Old jack Del rio like he was trying to
confuse me on the, board like he wanted to see
how much he could challenge me in past. Protection not
everybody gets you on the. Board is that is that by?
Design is it like how much time do we? Have
is it like maybe we have a question about a
guy coming, in so we want to get that. Answered,
well part of the deal. Too now a lot of
these kids it's all. Digital it's all taught, differently not.
Necessarily you, know they're they're, coaches me be on the
board all the, time so you got to find out
how they. Learn i'm usually a video. Guy like we'll put,
video you, Know i'll have things pop. Up, hey you,
know tell me who the sam mic and will are
based off of strength, formation flip it all, right tell
me where they're.
Speaker 1: At see if they know how to flip.
Speaker 7: It or they still calling it directional the way that
that we install.
Speaker 1: It then you get into, fronts all, right what do
you call? This what do you call? That you, know
why do you do?
Speaker 7: That you call us? Out so we're getting the same
kind of response. There like Like i've had guys to
draw x's and o's very very.
Speaker 1: Poorly but they can. Run they can run very. Well
i'm not great on their. PENMANSHIP i MEAN i was
more penmanship.
Speaker 7: Guy see you right, there you got pretty good.
Speaker 1: Handwriting you pass right.
Speaker 4: Right man front and all this.
Speaker 5: Stuff many teams don't run like as much odd front
as like WHEN i got when we were playing, IT
i swear everybody like it was in both. Favor everybody
loved odd, fronts and you those guys rushing off.
Speaker 4: The edge like a bat out of. Hell there's three four,
backers the jack who's the?
Speaker 1: Way, yeah who's? Rush?
Speaker 7: Like and then like we make football complicated by everybody
calls it something, different that's.
Speaker 5: Sure so, yeah he's kind of got away from some
of the odd front stuff, though because everybody on offense started.
Speaker 1: To spread it out a little bit more and. More eleven, personnel.
Speaker 5: The twelve still unfortunately twenty one, personnel twenty two kind
of has gone.
Speaker 1: Away are.
Speaker 7: Unicorns there's a couple of. LEFT i, Know i'm trying
to bring one. Back, okay hey if they, do you
heard it.
Speaker 6: Here we always argue because he's like a number route
guy And i'm like A west coast, Guy so like
what so when you Get i'm sure you're gonna get
an amalgamation of, That like you're gonna get guys at
our number system here and it's, like did.
Speaker 7: You guys with the run flip with the? Formation so
they called the? Run yeah it was for. Me so
it wasn't even. Knots it was running strong or. Weak
and if that blew my mind the first TIME i got,
Around i'm like, whoa.
Speaker 1: Yeah right evens, yeah, YEAH i got. It.
Speaker 5: Yeah and then as you, know like every code where
gets bastardized and like it starts as something then it
turns INTO i mean WHEN i WHEN i played In denver's,
offense like Where Peyton manning was our offense. Coordinator, sure
basically it was like he'd be on there be like you,
know we said this code word on A tv copy
in two thousand and. ONE i think they probably got.
It so we got to change the code. Word it's
going to mean this this week and you're sitting there, like,
man what that military base was this three weeks? Ago
is this this?
Speaker 1: Week and so it's, uh the different offenses can be.
Speaker 7: Challenged the ONE i was in last year it's called
THE nascar. Package there were roughly four hundred terms that
that either it run a pass and play action include
the protection in the. Formation, yeah, yeah it.
Speaker 1: Was it was study time for the Most it's so
GOOD i got.
Speaker 5: Get right, Coach, hey thanks for, Stopping. Bob we appreciate.
HOT i asked for a couple of. Minutes best luck
this week and we'll see on the. Field absolutely can't
wait to get out. There absolutely you See. Flynn they
put the running back coaches in. CHARGE i guess he
knows the.
Speaker 1: MOST i get. It oh that's all, right we are.
GOOD i appreciate, you.
Speaker 5: Coach all, right they save the Cels, yes we saved.
It all, right we're, good see, you.
Speaker 4: Coach that was.
Speaker 5: Fun that was.
Speaker 1: Great, YEAH i mean he was coaching there WHEN i
was with The.
Speaker 4: Saints, yeah he noticed, you he recognized.
Speaker 1: You well he judged you for.
Speaker 4: That but he did say he listens to the, show
did he he?
Speaker 5: Did he didn't hear him at the? Beginning not big, deal,
said he, said, hey listen to all, Sometimes WELL i.
Speaker 4: Did the back end of the season was, going, well.
Speaker 1: Yeah we. Didn't you, know we just call it like
we see. It sometimes you might not like. It sometimes
you appreciate that he. Knew sometimes you might kind of like.
Speaker 5: It, look, guys AND i, know like we offered, him like,
really here he goes hits that LIKE i, know he's
in front of the, camera but the audio is the.
Audio and so, yeah you saw the back of his.
Jacket but it's a head coach this. Week it's a nice.
Speaker 1: Jacket so you saw the back of his. Jacket that Was,
yeah he's been doing a long.
Speaker 6: Time really good, coach really good, person and has always
been very highly respected from ALL nfl.
Speaker 1: Folks so, yeah excited to see what he can.
Speaker 6: Do great opportunity for him as a coach, too to
have the Experience scott told, him being a quarterback, coach
getting a chance of being a coordinator for a.
Speaker 1: Week it's.
Speaker 6: All it's a good auditioning tape for them as well
as they look to continue there their coaching careers as.
Speaker 1: Well what WHAT i? Do? Taylor so?
Speaker 4: Mad, TAYLOR i get, it you're the video. GUY i
get while you're.
Speaker 5: Mad but he might have knocked over the, light but
he saved the energy dream AND i think more than
anybody here you can appreciate, that.
Speaker 1: Right, yeah, SURE i am looking at her. YouTube we
are kind of dark on. Me, yeah we're.
Speaker 4: Shadows but it's, Okay.
Speaker 6: Falenso's sunny here and beautiful, mobile beautiful this sun of.
Speaker 1: Year.
Speaker 5: Yeah, well, MAN i really wanted to like bring him
back and just sit and talk.
Speaker 6: Offense, YEAH i wanted to. Start can you put me
on the, board, Coach?
Speaker 4: Coach CAN i show YOU i can STILL i want
to do. IT i can still do, It.
Speaker 1: COACH i can.
Speaker 4: Draw he, said he actually gave me an ata boy
on my.
Speaker 1: Penmanship that's the. MARKER i, look he didn't see my.
Right apparently there's.
Speaker 4: A REASON i was able to steal six years in THE.
NFL i got you on that.
Speaker 1: Board got you got you for me to come.
Speaker 5: IN i got ten plays in me, coach might as
well using for the hometown. Team.
Speaker 6: Dude so someone just said in the, chat Watching matt
try to grab for the chair that wasn't, there it was, incredible,
like so it's been it's been right, here But jake
moved it at some point AND i went like.
Speaker 8: This.
Speaker 1: And they're, like, Well i'll play that. OFF i was,
like hopefully no one saw. That yeah she. Did i'm
kind of grateful that you. Did, yeah that was pretty. Good,
jake don't move that. Chair it's my arm.
Speaker 5: Rest i'm reading some of this incredible comments inside that.
Speaker 1: Side the, Chat so, yeah we appreciate.
Speaker 4: That, uh that was.
Speaker 5: Up that was.
Speaker 1: GREAT i really.
Speaker 5: Agree, yeah he was literally walking by and it was, like,
HEY i listen to. Y'all WELL i did in the
back half of the season when it was going, well
said that and they're, like, well you're, Here you're talking with.
Speaker 4: US i don't know that you know we're on. Air
the headset.
Speaker 5: On so, yeah again you didn't get to see, him
but you saw his. Bag but we appreciate his time
as he's going to be the head coach here this.
Week all, right we do need to take a. Break
look At. Flink keep his clocks to take eight minutes.
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Speaker 4: Second we'll just.
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Speaker 5: HERE i, mean the guy who's the head coach this,
week he stopped. BY i don't know that he knew
that we were ON tv as. Well we offered him a.
Seat he acted like he didn't hear, us so he
stood tall and.
Speaker 1: Did the interview and we thank him for. It he's,
fantastic very.
Speaker 6: Well respected, man great, coach great running backs coach for
a long, time being the headman this week and, man
we almost went down a rabbit hole of x's and
o's that and forgot about the radio part of this. Thing,
yeah it's easy to. DO i love talking to coaches
and gives me a little. Flashback, yeah tripped them memory.
Speaker 1: Lane.
Speaker 5: Yeah can you, imagine like how many offenses like that
man's probably been.
Speaker 1: Through, yeah four HUNDRED nascar. Terms when he said, that
that means like four hundred code. Words, yeah code.
Speaker 6: WORDS i mean like you say one word lightning or
whatever it, is and it means an entire play.
Speaker 1: Motion, yeah.
Speaker 5: EVERYTHING i mean we had that WHEN i was In,
denver but it was like. Fifteen, yeah of those it
was like a whole. Play it was by quarterback jersey
number Like Farv Young Moon La Monica brister For Bobby.
Speaker 4: Brister Bobby, brister.
Speaker 5: He had a.
Speaker 4: Play we had fifteen of those, things not four.
Speaker 1: Hundred Bobby brisler got one to. Fifteen, yeah we played In.
Speaker 5: Denver i'm From, Louisiana Patron.
Speaker 6: Louisiana so those are the page we had they had
those three different types of. Terms there was the long
play call that was you, know wordy twenty twenty words.
Whatever then there was like a shortened version of that
where it was like a four or.
Speaker 1: Five word code where it was.
Speaker 6: Shortened but then there was the one WORD nascar thing
where he had to memorize the one word and it
meant a twenty word play and there was a decent.
Amount that's WHEN i. Figured at that, POINT i was,
like all, Right Rob, goronkrawski he kind of puts on
this this dummy. Persona, yeah but he's got this down
like he's not a, dummy because nobody.
Speaker 1: Can be a dummy and be in this.
Speaker 6: Offense was that was the most challenging OFFENSE i ever
had to, learn, because like you, said it's been bastardized
over twenty, years and if you're in it over, time
it's easy to learn that stuff because you've seen it all,
progress and you've seen the terminology, change and you've seen
why these things have been, added and you've been a
party of that and been a part of. That but
just learning it from thin air makes no. Sense so
you're just literally. Memory you're not learning. Anything it's absolute,
memorizing and you, know anybody learned, anything memorizing is not
how you want to, learn that's how you had to do.
Speaker 5: It the best part about The Tom brady roast IS
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Speaker 4: Even gro me know that not real, money real.
Speaker 5: Money so, yes that's what you, know the ole, thing
but yet to learn that all.
Speaker 4: To learn that offense is pretty.
Speaker 1: Incredible so all, right we are going to play catch.
Speaker 5: Up Joel thomas was he was with us and he
was very gracious with his time and so we appreciate that.
Time and probably a fun week for him and a
great week for The. SAINTS i mean the fact that
they're able to be, here and AGAIN i know they
are the, closest so it's. Easy they, can you, know
really drive. Over they don't even have to get on a.
Plane but he said it like five of the guys
that they took last year in a very good. Class
REMEMBER espn dot com ranked that the top. Class well
they came from the senior Ball so The saints a
little bit of a cheat sheet here on some of the,
players and we'll talk about that and maybe what they're
looking at here this week endmobile when we come.
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at the twenty twenty Six Panini Senior. Bowl shout out
To Matthew Clayton flynn just took care of the. Crew
there wasn't coffee, here but he made it. Happen, YEAH
qb one moves, yep my finger point at me and
not have a question, earlier but he totally redeemed.
Speaker 1: Himself no, yeah not a shout out of The senior
bar right.
Speaker 6: Now if for not having coffee for, us sorry to
get a little caffeine, headache sleepy, eyes but it's. Okay
we got coffee now and we got little sandwiches all,
right let's just try.
Speaker 1: It does this? Work does this? Help?
Speaker 4: You got your flashlight on your? Phone i'm telling a ghost.
Speaker 1: Story it's.
Speaker 5: Okay we're just like you ever seen Like first forty
eight when they're about to snitch on. Somebody that's. Us
we're just about to snitch on somebody right. Now so
like we can't show you our whole. Face oh, Yeah i'm,
right we're in the confession. Room, yeah we need like
one of those voice changing boxes, Though, hey, coach, UH
i do want to in the next hour SINCE i
went almost two. Hours we went long with Super. Fast
well we had three. Interviews that's not like. Us but
we did Have Joel thomas on and he made a
great point about them drafting five guys from this game
a year. Ago, LOOK i Had Devin neil in this,
game SO i knew WHEN i was drafting like WHAT
i was. Getting AND i kind of want to look
at the roster and The saints have more coaches than
anybody here, obviously and try to find out like where
they would, lean like what position group they're looking, at
and if it is, receiver is their receiver here in
this game that we feel like it fits the mold
for what The saints are looking, For so we'll have
that come in your way to kick off hour number.
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Speaker 5: WHAT i thought that, was you got me. TOO i
thought that was the cart the. Coffee is that WHAT
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Speaker 1: Earlier?
Speaker 6: Yeah, no someone yelled at. Earlier, oh they yelled At
So i'll do some. Scout i'm gonna do some receiver scouting.
Speaker 5: For the Same SO i was trying to think if
THEY'RE i know their quarterback coach, IS i know the
running back coach. Is i'm trying to, think, Oh Peter,
sermon but that's gonna be on the defensive. SIDE i
know special. Teams so they don't have the receiver coach.
Here but that's, okay we just need a. Receiver that's.
Speaker 6: Right they got. Me i'll be on the. Lookout i'll
be at all the. Practices i'll actually be in the
stands watching the. Practices you're gonna be doing like a.
Speaker 5: Job, yeah But i'll like we do it from outside
on the terrace there so we can watch.
Speaker 1: Practices, yeah gonna be focused, then like, man we have a.
Notebook it is so like
Speaker 5: There's literally players like, yesterday we got to go to
a break, yesterday like accepting their offers all, right full,
door off the