Stanford Football: Troy Taylor Fall Camp Update | Week 3

coach how do you feel about the team's progression from practice one to where we are now good great strides um you know great job of the details of our assignment uh young guys are are growing uh in both their understanding the offense and their development skill-wise so and the veterans are getting better so I've been very pleased like you got in the stadium and didn't do some scrimmaging on Saturday is any takeways from that you can check yeah no it was good it was uh yeah we did a little bit of little bit of live action which was good and uh most of it was reg practice but the guys did a great job it's great to get in the stadium get get used to it it's always a great venue just general kind what what is kind of the benefit of of the stadium kind of practice is it just simply being in a different environment comfortable yeah getting getting comfortable being being out there especially for the young guys that's the first time they've ever practiced or you know played in it so um getting used to seeing it and kind of going through those and just just that's really it um and then for coaches kind of get a feel for being on the sideline all that are there some particular position group players that you've especially noticed progress over the three weeks yeah I mean the young running backs are doing a great job they're they're being uh you know pushed in terms of getting lots of reps and and and they have uh they've done a really good job just just as far as Klay Patterson's concerned what what can I talk the growth that you've seen from him from beginning of Camp through now he's been been huge I mean he's he's just such a big physical player brings a lot of maturity and physicality uh it's going to really help us out this year and he's a great fit in our team as well just an awesome kid great team player U we feel very fortunate to have him on our team yeah no they've done a great job they they're uh you're right they had couple turn a few turnovers today which was great they work at it really hard in their drills um flying around to the ball emphasizing punching out and and getting hands on the ball on the defensive line of course the DBS are always always looking to get picks but it's been uh definitely impr look like that first line has maybe shuffled a little bit more than anticipated what are you seeing from some of the different combinations well we're just trying to find the best combination so we you know we got some pieces that we like now we're just trying to to find what the best mixture is you're going to have to have good flexibility uh to be able to move around position by position just because throughout a year you know people are going to get dinged up it's a physical physical game so uh some of it we we do just to get them work in case it has to happen and then while we're doing that we're just trying to see what's the best combination for us as a team you played a few freshman last year looks like you got a few on the second team right now how close are they good yeah no they're going they're competing I mean there's freshman they come here to compete and and if they're the best players they will start doesn't matter that they're a freshman like I said uh we got guys that are that are freshman that are that are definitely competing for a job looks like eler BR had a couple nice touchdown passes towards the end of practice there in the Red Zone just talk about continuing his progression yeah I mean he's Way Beyond his years you know he's was here in Spring football which helped but his demeanor is really good he's really accurate he's got incredible anticipation and he's just uh his demeanor is always the same he's just he's not super high low guy he has fun but uh he kind of stays kind of right in that area which is which is what you how do you kind of manage that like Playbook installation during this period because you got some some some true fres that we here in the spring how do you kind of make sure those guys how do you just kind of manage play but great question I think at the the start when they first get here you bring them along slowly and now they're they got to keep up because we're getting to the point where we're going to play so they got to know the whole Playbook now they're going to make some mistakes and as a coach you just got to be tolerant that you know there's going to be a bust every once in a while just because they're saturated with how much you know in our case on offense or on the defense it happens the same thing defensively uh so you just got to be tolerant of making understand they're going to make mistakes but the only way to learn is to get in there is there a point training camps where the coaches kind of go God I really wish we could start hitting guys with in different jerseys and other folks reach that point now it was probably today for the the players for sure um you know our guys are are feisty and they're tough and they're not backing down and we love that uh but you know you you do get tired of going against the same guys they know the plays that we're running we know the defenses they're in and you're getting tired of blocking the same guy over and over again you get a little testy happens to every in every camp and in the country so uh but the reality is we got to be a great team that practices well together we're we got to be physical but we got to take care of each other and that's just the way it's going to have to be for another week can half Jackson Harris missed quite a bit of the spring able to do he's had a great Camp he really has uh you know disappointed that he wasn't able to do much really in the spring but um he's really come alive uh he plays the ball really well in the air he's getting more familiar with the offense so we're really excited about Jackson just uh one point checking on Fisher Anderson just kind of what we see from him and his kind of progression yeah fish has played a couple different positions for us you know guard and tackle and fish is one of the best team guys you're ever going to be around he's an unbelievable leader loves his teammates loves football and he gives us a lot of flexibility be able to play guarding time just with Mel for talk about kind of his experience playing quarterback and how that maybe helps him as a running back and do he ever joke about switching positions with you guys overall yeah well I mean I was talking to him and he's and I'm like can you you throw the ball a little bit and he's like coach I I played quarterback in high school I'm like yeah mik I've recruited you in high school I've seen your highlight tape like 20 times anyway uh Micah has had an unbelievable Camp um he is it's tough for R young running backs to come in and they can always run the ball but the protections and the complexity of the scheme is always something that the young backs can struggle um he's learned it very well his physicality his protection how he catches the ball his ability obviously to run through tackles and he can throw the ball which is always an added benefit when you're coming up with trick plays just a do you have one or no I was just going to ask about Jay Green at safety how's he kind of progressing acclimated to the defense really happy that to have Jay you know he um he's a big physical guy that can run came to us he was a corner at Washington um and we're playing him at safety and he's done a really nice job of adjusting he's physical like I said big and a hitter um he's going to he's going to really help us out