Detroit Lions coordinators meet with the media | September 5, 2024

Aaron Glenn um good morning um there no better way to uh open up a season for us um being on national TV and playing against an opponent um a head coach that I highly highly respect um and you see exactly how they've uh how they reinvented themselves the way that they play the game and um to really see us as a team like where we're at and how we match up against this team so uh this going to be exciting to play against this we we've seen alen and Hutch on the practice field looking like they're ready to take another step forward they're already good players but what what is your expectation for those two guys um my expectations is just like you just said um every year I expect those guys to get better um listen uh Hutch has had a tremendous off season uh he had a tremendous uh training camp um and now he's at that point that he needs to set his sights um at being if not the best player defensively in this league to one of the best players which he is right but now it's time for him to look at himself as the best player um when it comes to Mack um man listen he was going he was growing at a at a rapid Pace last year until he got the injury when he was out for like four games or whatnot and then he came back and played uh I think the Minnesota game for a couple of reps and then he played in this this game in the playoffs um and you saw those flashes of him being a dominant player player so I look at him the same way I look at Hutch me I expect him to be a dominant player in this this season you play Corner in this league I'm just curious um the challenge of the weits Terry on on Sunday and what are your expectations for him um my expectations for him is to be a damn good player in this defense because it fits who he is um and as a corner I mean things happen in this a league and I will tell you this that's probably one of his better traits is he can move on to the next play and I'm talking good or bad um the one part in training camp that really stuck out and a situation happened with um I think it was him and him and CD cartton and he was the first one as a young player to say hey man let's forget about that let's go to the next one when I heard that that let me know everything about who he was I mean good or bad he's ready to move on to the next play and that's a really good trait for a corner that but your secondary you got a bunch of new you know pieces out there and guys branching in a new spot they haven't played much together just injuries and whatnot so what have you been trying to accomplish the last week or what do you need to accomplish the next couple days to get them ready for for just get those guys as many reps as you can and then try to put them especially in our walkthroughs as many difficult situations as you can because the communication part is the part that they got to get down and listen they're got listen we have great vets as far as when I say vets I mean talking about Kirby and like Branch he's a vet now you know so he has to understand he has to be a leader in that back end also and then with CD coming from from a Super Bowl team in Tampa me I expect those guys to communicate at a high level listen there there're going to be some ups and downs absolutely right but that's the NFL but the thing is those guys have been working their ass off to be the best communicators they can be what is the challenge of their passing game I know they did you know sort of change a little bit of what they did Midway through last year but the you know the Personnel that they have I guess well obviously the two uh the two receivers are pretty damn good um with poing cup um and then their other skill positions pretty good um I think they running back a hell of a player um obviously we know the one that was drafted from Michigan I mean he's going to be a good player but the way they challenge you with all the the pre- snap movements and then they get to a simple play I think he's the epitome of man listen make everything look complex but we just doing Simple plays um and I think that's great for an offense and he does that so the thing that we got to be good with is don't get caught up in all the eye candy understand exactly who they are how they uh how they run their plays and go make those plays how does it help them be you talk about the alter approach obviously adding cor to the mix like they're going to commit to that downhill running game just how does you were their last game how's the fact that you have seen that help you for this week onest well the thing we got to be good in that downhill running game you know and that's what we're good at so we expect to be good at this year too so we're not afraid of that we heard a lot of uh positive things about Jack kind of through the spring period I'm just curious what further development you saw from him during training camp and the pads came on and stuff like that um leadership skills for the most part especially as a Mike backer and I've talked to ja back on a number of occasions about that because being a leader is not just being vocal being a leader is about how you influence everybody and that's the one thing that he's doing a better job of and I'm not just talking about um in practice I'm talking about walkthroughs in meetings in games how are you operating right that's what leadership is how you influencing everybody on this defense and he does a good job with that with his ability to to push the pocket set the edge in the Run game just how much does Marcus DAV for help other guys around him listen this uh this man fits exactly who we want to be on defense um especially playing outside of Hutch he's a violent he's a physical he's an athletic big man um that plays the game the right way so you're absolutely right if you got a guy like that that can bull rush and that can condense the pocket that allows Hutch and other guys to go to work and we expect that like you said um Brian branch is is a vet at this point how have you seen him in summation now that you can look back on Camp handle that move to safety obviously we know it opens up so much for you but now that it's go time how do you think he's done with that Journey well he's always been a safety you guys just haven't seen much safety a lot you know he's been getting those reps in practice quite a bit even last year um the thing is he we just needed him at that spot and he did a really good job at the nickel spot and that doesn't mean he's not going to play nickel so I want to get that out of everybody's head right now you know he's going to play safety he's going to play nickel he's going to play dime so he's going to be all over the place and the reason why we're doing that cuz he's a damn good player soz we're going to put him in position to make plays but I will say this um you talking about meeting room you talking about practice you talking about a man that's like upped his communication that upped his leadership skills as far as influencing guys he's done that and he's done it at a um at a high rate in my opinion can you explain why he's more valuable to you in that role like playing everything or maybe starting at safety rather than just anchoring to life say that one more time why is he more valuable to you in the defense playing everywhere playing he can do so much and when you have an instinctive player like him you want to allow him to be to move around and he's a smart player so he can play in the box at the nickel right and be to make plays down low he can play deep safe and be able to intercept balls if you watch him at Alabama he's done that he did that quite a bit you watch him at our practice he did that quite a bit he's made a good amount of plays in the back end that you want to see from that player and the thing is we know that he can do it so we're going to put him those position to be able to do that the defense doesn't know snap to snap what you're going to do is that part of it too what defense I'm sorry the off I'm opposing offense they don't know snap to snap what you may do with him I guess does they give you that well that's what everybody I mean even with iy I mean iy is going to play some nickel he's going to play Down In The Box he's going to play deep safety and we try to do that with guys that can handle that we have guys that can handle those roles you look at comparison to last year at this point you know with your secondary we made a big Point obviously this offseason and all the additions but do you feel like after watching them that they've improved like with the new additions y'all brought in overall well I would say this cuz they haven't played together a a lot I think we just got damn good players and when you have players like that it's up to us as coaches to make sure we put them in positions and Coach them to communicate at a high level so um I'm excited about the guys that we have I'm excited about our linebackers I'm excited about off front that's I expect us to be a damn good defense and the guys expect that too more than about just your starters up front particular you need to have guys who can rotate in trust um bal's entering his his third season he talked a little bit about what kind of Terell Williams helping him find an identity where have you seen you know Josh row as as he's coming into this third year when you watch him in the preseason I think the one thing that stands out about him is he's starting to understand exactly who he is and how he has to play to be successful um and T has done a really good job of uh helping him understand that you see the power he's a big man that can play on the edge you see the power in that aspect of him being a collapse the pocket you see the quickness when he's playing inside to be able to win those one-on-one situations does he still have room to grow yes he do all right but that's what we got T for to be able to help unlock those things that's in him so he has done a really good job we have other guys um man bnes um Rodrigo like all these backup guys that we have that we're going to try to put in special situations man those guys are really growing and we have some depth now with our defense and we look forward to playing those guys where does he have room to grow and what are your expectations for him the same um that I have with branch cuz when you have two young safeties man they have to be on the same page and um and he's been a stter for us for quite a bit so um the one thing that we do know he can do he can go get the ball he's going to continue to do that but now is the other things that he has to do a good job of sometimes he needs to be down and play Man coverage on the slot sometimes he needs to be Play Zone in the low part of the field so those are things that he's been working on this whole offseason in training camp and he's done a good job of that I know he's not in your room but do you have any thoughts on J's offseason and just how he's been developing on the other side of the ball listen iron sharp is iron in this business you know so the guys that we have as Corners right going against J Mo I think it made both guys better you know so um I expect J Mo to uh to do what J will do and that's run past people and make plays in in the Deep part of the field so um listen I'm a huge fan of that player um me and him have a really good relationship um and I try to push him just as much as I push anybody else cuz he has the talent to be able to do it so I look forward to watching him operate this whole season just after uh singing and practice a little bit what what excites you the most about the possibility of getting DJ reader back in the coming weeks here um I would say this he's a um he's a man's man and when you talk about leadership man he's the epitome of leadership um he's a guy that's able to open up um lanes for linebackers because it's going to take two to stop that man and he's sneaky athletic like he's sneaky athletic as far as pass R is concerned so um he's worked his butt off to get to where he needs to get to be um to be a part of his defense and man it's just a joy to watch him in walkthroughs a joy to watch him in meetings and just see how he operates cuz he's a he's a true Pro and I'm excited to have that player thank you now I feel big Dave Fipp how you doing outstanding are you going to kick into the end zone every time with these new kickoffs I mean it seems like I don't know it feels like it's already trending that way so I'm just curious you're your perception of the new kickoff the value of of the changes yeah um well we'll find out soon what we do um but I would say in general I think the League's done a great job honestly of like trying to come up with a play uh speak positives first um come up with a play that um can play out play out more frequently has less injury rate and I think the injury news that we got back from the preseason sounds like it's trending in the right direction which for me honestly is probably the most positive thing um I've always said that I really like the play there's a lot of things about the play um I really like I think uh on on one side of the ball you like it more than the other side of the ball if you're on the return side I think you you feel real good about the play if you're on the cover side it's it's a challenge um I think the biggest challenge with the play just in general is it's a volatile play so um the easiest way I could explain it is if you place a $100 bet not that we like talking betting here but uh if you place a $100 bet and you broke even if the ball went to the 30 that's where the Touchback goes um well for every yard you stop in front of the 30 you get a buck back I would say it's hard to get 10 bucks back on that play and Tackle them at the 20 but there's 70 yards that way that you might give up if it goes the other way so it's like this risk reward thing um and the biggest challenge with the play is like if if you were asking me would I love to play every one of them out I'd love to play every single one of them out um but at the end of the day our job really is to try to win a football game so when you have the team approach in mind then I think that changes your decision making a little bit so um we'll see I think you know there's still like a lot out there on you know uh the whole play in general number one is if it's a Touchback and we're kicking from the 20 the play is going to play out so everyone's going to see that that'll be positive um if there's a penalty and we're kicking off from back there deep the play will play out for sure that's a positive and then I think you'll see some of like what we saw a year ago a year ago we saw some like okay let's hit some touchbacks and some returns if you're on the kickoff team well I think now you're looking at it probably from the other side of well maybe let's take some touchbacks and let's return some of these if the play is not advantageous for the kickoff team then maybe it's more advantageous for the return team so it works both ways when you're coaching both sides of the play um so we'll see I think there's going to be a combination of things maybe like catch them off guard maybe you have a special return for a special situation that you're saying we're going to bring it out no matter what uh if you're looking at the end of the half you definitely like your odds at coming out with the ball um so I think there's going to be it's going to depend a little bit on who you're playing and what how you match up with that group also who their returners are all that stuff so I think there's a lot still in play with the play but um yeah they're definitely I think the league said the numbers were like on average the drive start was the 28.8 so you're talking about fighting for 1.2 yards with a chance to give up a lot um so that makes it more of V just for the return side and less likely for the kick team to be kicking a million returns so we'll see how it plays out um not totally sure but that would be my best guess for you guys how much you do you actually like know versus your sort of you know like was talking to Jaylen about it and he was he said we've got Decades of of data from the old kit right and this is 3 weeks of data so how much is still on them yeah and I I yeah it's a good point because the data is really not great um like in the the preseason everyone's returning some of that data says you know there's guys who are returning the ball Five Deep In The End Zone just because they said hey we want to play the play out and the preseason and get a feel for what it looks like well in the regular season they might not do that um there's teams that are obviously hitting shorter kicks in the preseason in the regular season they may not do that um there's teams like us trying to hit every kick and try to find out every way we can try to cover the kick and really that was our goal in the preseason was is can we come up with a way cover it and get them tackled down there deep um so that we can kick off throughout the course of the year and justify doing that and our approach is really like let's swing at it as hard as we can go outside the box if that opens us up and makes us vulnerable to something bad happening who cares it's a preseason we can feel it out so I think there was a lot of different agendas in the preseason the preseason some guys are playing their players some guys aren't playing their players I mean there's just so many different agendas in the preseason so it's hard to tell with the data but I think you get the general idea did you come up with something come up with the way that you can cover the kick off you uh I mean we we have we have our way that we feel great about going into this game for sure um but yeah it's a challenge to get the guy tackled deep is what everybody's found out I think how did you see in in bats throughout camp and just your comfort level with him heading into week one yeah I feel great about Bates you know um he's definitely a young player um he's going to have some ups and downs I think when you're playing that position uh that it's a difficult position to play because everybody jumps on the oh my gosh this guy's incredible oh my gosh he had a miss and he's the worst ever um and when you're a great player at that position you have Tucker on the back of your jersey or Elliott on the back of your jersey and you miss a kick everyone's like oh yeah but he's fine you know he's but when you don't have that on the back of your your jersey and nobody really knows your name or and you're getting into it it's you know live and die by all those kicks I mean that the one way I say it is like two years ago um bucker Kansas City Chiefs are playing in the Super Bowl and bucker missed a kick but nobody talks about it because they won the game you know so um sometimes when you play on a great team that position goes less noticed um because it the game's not every game in this league ends up being close um so when you're not on a great team and you end up losing some of those close games and you pin it on the kicker more or it's more likely to be pinned on that guy when in Truth uh the numbers on most of these guys are very close uh they all a lot of them hit you know High 80 something per low 90% um and some of those numbers are skewed speaking of data some of those numbers are skewed because one team had to kick 50s something yard at the end of the half with two seconds on it on the clock just because it was their best shot at getting points on the board before they went in the locker room at halftime uh and one kick one miss makes a big difference on the percentage because you're talking about whatever 20 to 30 kicks on a season um so anyway uh I feel great about him I'm really excited about him he's one of the most talented players I've been around at that position I think all the all the guys on the other teams in the preseason watch them warm up and are like oh my gosh you know this guy's incredible um so he has a tremendous upside which if you're going to invest in a player and uh take a chance you definitely want to do with a guy who can who can turn out to be a really good player for you I think uh you know we got to be patient with him um at that position there's a lot of a lot of history that says a bunch of those guys end up making it on their second team or their third team like Carlson or those guys and it's like man they maybe Minnesota shouldn't have given up on him so fast um and just hung in there and be patient now that being said I would also say that he's got to do his part too too um and you got to make enough kicks and do a good enough job to to stick around but I certainly feel really good about him I think uh in the preseason we had two Snappers we were working I think it'll help him to settle down with one one player there and help those guys get into a rhythm I think that's an important part of the position um so I think that'll help them we obviously play indoors 14 times this year that'll help um so anyway I'm really excited about him I think he's a really talented player he's obviously got improved the other thing I love about him he's very self-aware and I think that's probably one of the best qualities you could have in this building if you're a player is knowing exactly who you are and I think he knows he's a young developing player that's got to continue to improve uh he doesn't think he's there yet um but I also think he's confident himself and knows who he is and he's got a lot of talent and believes he can get there you shared your you shared your comfortable level clearly with Jake I'm just wondering clearly the decision ultimately Falls with Dan whether to go for it or kick the field goal do you weigh in are you going to weigh in a little bit more to say hey this is what Jay can accomplish to potentially try more field goals as opposed to going forward on fourth down yeah I I would say he makes those decisions for sure um do we have conversations we have conversations a lot throughout the course of the week throughout the course of the offseason just general philosophy and then I think the other thing that happens is he develops confidence uh or his opinions based off watching him at practice and seeing what he can can't do and what he's done what he did in the preseason you know the kick of the Chiefs at the end of the game was good um to see obviously a pressure situation which is another thing about that position there's there's some kickers who are great players who you all would think are great players who missed a lot of kicks but they made the big ones and there's a little bit of that at that position too got to make them when they count Elliot you know as one of the the great this league and I think it was last year you told us that he had down year and you had to exhibit um you know that that patience patience is is kind of a weird thing this league you don't get a lot of it very often and you probably get less of it when Super Bowl contention is is in play so you know where did you I guess learn that you know there is a time for for patients there is a time for development with you know a position as as critical as kicker well yeah I think I think what often happens at that position is it's perceived like he did a great job or a terrible job based off one kick but when you look at the whole body of work you're like okay wait a minute maybe it wasn't quite so bad or maybe it was worse or you put it in really in a better comparison with a bunch of players you realize like oh he is about the same as all those other guys um so I I don't know that's kind of how I see it is it's not I mean yeah patient but patient doesn't mean like you're missing a million kicks but patient means you know you miss a kick here and there that's going to happen he's probably not going to go 100% sent this year um but what happens with the media and all that to me is it gets skewed and it's like oh this guy was incredible oh this guy was terrible and the truth is probably somewhere in between and that's how it usually is with most of these guys um the truth somewhere in the middle and uh so anyway I don't know I hope that answers it a quick word about Hogan before you go just you know since you made a team yeah um I I would first say this like that was probably I mean cut days never easy for a coach in this league you love these players I mean I can't tell you how much joy that these guys bring me being around this game uh being around these players being in the meeting room with them going through the offseason with these guys incredible um I love it it's my favorite part of the whole thing and uh and Dy was a great player for us and he really stepped up at a time where we needed a guy to step up um you know mu was on his way out and uh he might not have been totally ready to play at that time but he elevated his game found a way to get the job done which is a big part of this business and uh he got the job done for us for a bunch of years and so I love him to death um and it was hard to see him go obviously but at the end of the day I think our decision as a coach I've always said that the thing I can guarantee I'll do is I will say whoever I think is best for this football team and Hogan did a great job he came in here we knew we were getting a little bit more athletic body type guy who' kind of been a positional player in high school recruited that way to go to college not just a snapper um had played some defense there at Idaho and uh he came in and he really just earned the job I mean he did a great job executed and everything we asked him to do showed up in coverage down the field which is an element that his game's a little bit different then and did a great job in protection and and uh everything else and the snaps and everything else we asked him to do so he really stepped up won the job which I'm definitely happy for him thank you all right how we doing good Dave good to see you I don't think I said hello to you all right we Ben Johnson go ahead and open it up no Aon Donald on that side anymore um just kind of what do you see from them in the early stages they got a couple young guys over there and I guess what what are the differences that you're expecting to wish wish I knew the answer to that that's that's the the challenge we have I mean that's a challenge for every team right now this time of year is um different defensive coordinator so sure schematically they'll they'll have some tweaks in there um and then personel wise it's it's a completely different crew up front and on the back end so it it uh with the lack of tape that's out there um certainly from from La we're going to have to be creative in terms of trying to find out how to isolate players and and attack them obviously this is year three for you I'm just curious how you feel entering leag one um Now versus how you did maybe a couple years ago when was all kind of new for you uh yeah I mean I my comfort level's High because of the guys around me so the coaching staff gives me a ton of comfort um second year that this whole group's been together which is which is really special I think I mean we are we can read each other's minds now and we're a lot more efficient um I wouldn't confuse that with getting more sleep but we were we were definitely more on the same page and we're able to to get to point B A lot quicker than what we've done as a coaching staff and then our players I mean there's a lot of continuity there Jared's been here Saint's been here a lot of that offens Line's been here so I think we We Are all uh very comfortable with each other and so that's where year three for me I just I feel really good about the group that I'm around we talk about the continuity a lot but you've got you know a pretty young group in in Gibbs leaport and and even J just given the the repsy head so far career that you know seemingly are all going to be making that year one to year two or in J's case year two to year three jump you know what what kind of compass does that give you that there's I guess more more juice you know to squeeze here out of what you've you've been able to accomplish so far yeah I think I think that's usually the biggest jump for for most guys in this league is going from year one to year two they're they're not their heads aren't spinning as much and so hopefully we'll see that from from that group that you just talked about um they they certainly had good rookie years as well so to if we can pick up where we left off from last year then then certainly uh we'll be cooking but uh they've had good camps when they've been available I know both those guys Gibbs and laporta have missed a little bit time there in training camp but um from what we've seen as of late we we feel really good with where they're at's your confidence level wi Jameson right now though man we talked to you about he asked him you about him all the time in in training camp but just going into the regular season where's the confidence level in them as high as it's ever been you know and and continuing to climb the more reps the more time we get together on the field um the better I feel about him he's grown in so many ways on and off the field as a as a player as a route Runner um as a receiver and then off the field just his preparation how he's taking care of his body um his his demeanor with his teammates and interactions with them he's he's come a a very long way and so he's just going to continue to grow and the more reps he gets he's going to make mistakes and he's going to learn from him and and that's the best thing most encouraging thing we've seen is since he's been out on the field he he rarely makes the same mistake twice about you know statistically what what it means but just um schematically what does it mean like that deep speed that he has like we saw it at times last year but the way that he opens things up I guess for the offense yeah we'll see hopefully hopefully teams are sleeping on it a little bit here early early in the season so um I I think he he's got that rare ability in this league to take the top off the coverage and so um if we can get him over the top if the if it presents itself those opportunities I think Jared is a lot more comfortable in knowing where he's going to be and how he needs to throw those balls down the field to to take advantage of that but um we'll see what what the coverage dictates sticking with that that position group it seems maybe like the the number three or number four wide receiver battle didn't shake out the way you guys anticipated uh through through Camp um as they obviously made it but um you know Brad said we're not going to just put a guy in there because he's the next guy we're not going to put a guy in the 53 man you went got two new pieces in Tim petrick and Alan Robinson guys that have accomplished a lot in this leag you're you're just getting familiar obviously with them on on a personal level but what have you seen from them in your early meetings early practices and and what maybe one or both of them could contribute for you down the road yeah uh both those guys really impressive from uh T off the field in the meeting room in the walkthr that we just had extremely diligent taking notes constantly you can tell that they are professionals which you know when you get these young players in this league they're they're learning how to do that these guys already know so I think that they'll be able to grasp this offense a lot quicker because of that um on the field you can tell both those guys have a lot of ability long uh huge catch radius guys I mean Allen's got arms all the way down to the floor it seems like and then and then Tim is is the tallest receiver I've been around I think in my time in the NFL so both those guys uh certainly give that big body uh catch radius appeal for for Jared and and uh we'll see how far we can push him and uh really encouraged with what we've seen so far I know it's the other side of the ball but I'm just curious your assessment of tyon Arnold and the compete level that he shown and the work that he's done against your receivers yeah he's sticky he's sticky as all get out so um he's given us some issues there during during training camp one-on ones and uh you know we we've tried to we've tried to pick on him a little bit and and it has been super super successful so I'm encouraged to see where he's at you know he uh he certainly lets you know he's out there so it's in more ways than one it's good radar I was curious what you like about Parker yeah uh we we talk about that third tight end spot um being able to wear a lot of different hats and he might not have the same pass catching appeal as some but everywhere else we feel really good about his versatility he's excellent in line very strong very physical you could see this during training camp there uh preseason games we had him at some fullback so we liked his ability to come down and isolate linebackers um and then he's been really smart and dependable whether he needed to be the Y the F or in our our heavier packages move him around a little bit so I think that's what really tipped the scales in his F in his favor in terms of making the 53 um but like I said during training camp we felt really good about the six guys that we had and kudos to to Brad and and that staff finding a way to get five of those six back in this building in some capacity because the two that are on practice squad are going to help us out at some point this year it's tough to read too much into preseason sometimes but you know baky seemed kind of like a special playmaker and the opportunities that he got I think we all understand you know it's a a long road for him to get fully acclimated to a position change but when when you see I guess the the playmaking ability that that he showed in those limited reps do you you know do the Gear start churning of trying to find ways to get him into involved in the offense in some way shape or form early sure I mean the message to the guys particularly the ones that haven't been here is we've tried to the last two years anybody that we see active on Game Day finding a role for on offense we we don't want to come out of a game and and guys have zero snaps on offense um and so if he's on Game Day absolutely we' love to love to find a package for him to get out there and and whether some carries or some some routes whatever that is um that'd be great feel the same way about Craig Reynolds as well he's been he's been flying under the radar now for for the last three four years and he's he's just been steady Edy and and super reliable also couple more when we talk to Jared earlier in the week he praised your ability to evolve the offense each year make sure you're not kind of standing still I'm just kind of curious what that process looks like when when you start adding new things or self scouting and and making sure you're not doing the same thing you were last year it is really starts when we are watching ourselves and uh we talk about as a staff maybe a playoff a play and and how we can attack a certain look that we're seeing um and then it goes another step further once we start evaluating some of the pro guys around the league free agents and then certainly the college tape that pops up come draft time there that's when the wheels really start turning and I I think I mentioned it last year I got this stack from uh Chris Spielman just I got index cards just that that big that he still sitting on my desk and he's already started to feed me some from this year now that the college game's going so um we are always looking everywhere that that we can find a little Edge something a little bit different um and that's that's the benefit of having such veteran guys and Smart Guys is we we can take little things and incorporate them and and really not miss a beat with Gibs we go we talked to him early in the summer he was working on his rout Tre he was working on his release and stuff like that how much did that time mest impact what you would like to do with him in the past who was that Gibbs Gibbs yeah uh shoot when he came back in the springtime you could tell that he hadd been he' been working on some of that route running stuff and um unfortunately we the availability hasn't been there consistently so um probably didn't get to explore that as far as as we would have liked but we certainly feel really good about where he was at in the Springtime what he's shown here in Camp and uh from the back field from the slot from out wide it's it's certainly more than we felt comfortable with a year ago you came back in part because you know you felt like this was the team in the roster to have a chance to Wi a Super Bowl just very big picture wise like how you feel about where you guys are right now heading into the season what you like best about what you guys have accomplished to this point awesome yeah I feel I feel great we had had a great camp and now uh now we can focus on one game at a time which is which is really where our sweet spot is you know our our guys are all dialed in nothing but LA right now and what gives us the best chance to win this one ball game thank you