Nathaniel Hackett on relationship of Aaron Rodgers and Garrett Wilson at Jets training camp | SNY

I give so much credit Aaron, you know the things that he's put himself through to be able to get back to you know, where he's at right now. I think we saw a little bit of it yesterday and he looks like he always has I mean he is a little bit older. So he's lost a little bit of the that Speedy used to have but just being able to work in that little area be able to get to some scramble drills run on a couple man coverage has things like that. I thought he did a really good job and it's great to see him progress so much to the training staff and everybody to help get him to where he is now. now Hey Nate, can you speak to how you probably have done this earlier in Camp and is my first time with you? Just can you speak to the challenge of last year when Aaron went down you you formulate so many plans in the offseason and all of a sudden for plays it's gone and you got to reboot and there's such a rotation of quarterbacks how difficult was that on you personally to try to to try to get you know, get what you wanted to try to get going. Yeah, I think. Things a learning experience and as coaches were always continually learning for us changes the norm. You're always going to have things people going in and out. It wasn't just the quarterbacks. It was quite a lot of people last year and that's why we set what we signed up for we try to do everything we can to try to put the guys in great positions and everybody does things differently and you want to give them the best opportunity to perform and that's what we try to do day in and day out and we learned a lot from last year. We're going to utilize that this year. Here, I mean you and arid we're so link from the beginning you coming in here how difficult was that on you personally to not have him around on the field. Obviously, he was around when he could be. Yeah, I think any time you lose a player of that magnitude. It's hard on everybody not just me, but from an entire organization and but in the end we have to keep moving forward and we try to do our best to continue to move forward and you have to be ready if anything happens to be ready to rock and roll. Nave with the the connection that Erin and Garrett have shown it seems like they just kind of picked up where they left off from a year ago. How encouraging is that? Just to see these guys like reconnect and and connect. Well at this point it is it's great to see Garrett's a very unique Dynamic receiver and you know Aaron's an elite quarterback. So to have those two guys get on the same page whether it's a check inaudible different things that we coach Want to have happen because if Aaron see something advantageous to be able to take advantage of Garrett skill set. We want to be able to do that. And I think just seeing those things naturally happen is great. And you know coach Sol has done a great job this year giving us even more practice for UPS than what we've had in the past. So that's able to come along even better. So it's good to see and it just continued to get better. It's not there yet, but we've got we're definitely going in the right direction. What is it about Aaron and you that clicked so so well, I mean, what is it about him that obviously aside from being one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time. But if you just almost personally because you guys seem to have you know, a bit of a simpatico curious what what it is about it, you know, I think that there's just people in this profession that you know, you're drawn to and I think that we've been very lucky because we have a lot of the same likes a lot of things that we start from A Sheen of on offense that we both grew up in for him being with coach Mike McCarthy who was with my father. And so we have this old background of offense and then you know off the field, you know, I just think the world of him. I think he's one of the best people I've ever met. And so I mean, it's you combine all that stuff and it just brings us together. Our sense of humor is the same all that stuff. So we're very lucky to have that and it's something that I'll cherish the rest of my life. What are some of the things off the field are in common. Do you like pyramids and stuff for now? We can put over I do I very much we both travel a lot. He travels my family and I travel quite a bit, you know, I mean just all the things from the books the conversations. We have all those things are in depth and that I love Can you speak to how far the offensive line has come over the past calendar year going back to Joint practices with Carolina last year? Yeah, you know we go back and look at some of that stuff when we're trying to get ready for this this ball game coming up and it's amazing to see the different faces the different people. So first and foremost, I give so much credit to Joe Douglas Roberts. Ah, you know, we've had a lot of changes up there just from the people that we brought in and they've been amazing additions and it starts with just the people that they are is And the way that they practice the way they push themselves the way they work together. So I think that's that. That's one of the best things you see. And then anytime you're in a second year, you know, everybody understands Coach Carter. They understand me they understand what for we can talk about the nuances the details and you see that in a lot of the game and we've had some different people playing in different spots and we haven't skipped a beat like the guys just do such a great job working together and they enjoy playing together and I think that's what you're always looking for with that group upfront those five. What's it been like in training camp having Robert a little bit more involved in the offense than last year and how does that how does that help the the operation and what ways I think it's been absolutely fantastic. I mean anytime you can have a defense of perspective in the room with you. It opens your eyes to some things that you know when you watch things on tape or you look and see how they react. Sometimes you think you got a great play but maybe the defense busted or maybe there's something we can just a little tiny. Though that we can do to make a play even more open. I think that's what Saul has brought to us is taking what we have in our foundation and then just making it a little bit better. So I think just having them around is great any time the head coaches involved in your meetings or with the offense. It shows a presence of caring and loving for that group. And I think it's the guys have felt that the guys appreciate that I appreciate that. It's been really great to have him around. What have you seen from Earth Charles in terms of development as a receiver? He's getting better every day. It's so great for him. You know, he came in as a rookie and then going into a second year because the whole system changed so to learn to systems is always difficult, you know, you look at all those wide receivers that were in there the young guys and go back to back years with the same system makes it so that you can go out there and play and I think that for our he's been able to get out their lineup and run his route not and not About where do I have to line up? But what is this concept? What am I trying to do? He already knows it. He's had two full years to fall off seasons in that. So obviously we know what kind of special teams player is we understand his physicality and now he has the ability to start expanding as a wide receiver, which we saw some of it yesterday did some great things and you know, he's continually developing. Indeed, obviously the job you're in a criticism was part of his part of what every coach deals with. I'm kind of curious as somebody who covered you're one of two people on this call the coverage your dad back in the day and watched how he handled it. It seemed to roll up his back pretty well. I'm wondering what you have learned from him or what he is imparted to you when you've gone through tough times and been criticized obviously Denver and 0 here a bit last year. You know that's part of the job and I think growing up in this profession with him as my father saying the things that he went through how he responded to it how he looked at it understanding truth verse, you know, sometimes that's not what gets out there. And I think that's what you have to focus on as a coach and that's what he's always taught me. He knows the truth. He knows what has happened out there. So do I and that's what you, you know, hold yourself accountable to those things. And I mean, he's always been so amazing for me just to Rob Entire career and just Eva be able to bounce off ideas and go through anything that you're going through as a coach because there are tons of things that you have to deal with and he's probably one of the best ever to just let it roll off his back like you said and so I try to do the same as he does. Thanks, take a couple of Coach couple more. Yeah another hole on that other old guy, by the way, so just more I want to ask you about oulu Nate because bearings obviously a moved him to right tackle and how do you balance? Science because he was making progress at left tackle. So how do you balance not wanting to impede that progress by giving him a totally new position now doesn't that risk throwing off his growth a little bit. I think it's there's still a lot of the same techniques, you know, wherever you are on the line, there's still certain things that we all practice and we all work together combinations. Just some are going left. Some are going right just depends where you are within the play call. And so I think that it is different for him. And I think it's That we want to experiment with because we always want to try to get you know, whoever is the best 5 out there and we want to give him that opportunity and I think it's something that he's been really excited about and it definitely has it was different a little bit yesterday, but he jumped right at that opportunity. So I think just to get any more reps you can get no matter where you are against the speed especially against a defense like we Face everyday is so valuable and I don't think it's going to stunt his growth by any means. I think it'll just make him better and more versatile and that's what you're looking for. Yeah. Obviously Aaron's had a great camp, but when you speak about the offense of line and you see what some of these young backs have gone so far this summer and you know, you got briefs all back there leading the way what's the potential for this Rush offense? I think one of the cool things that we have going for us right now is we don't have running backs that are very specific in one thing. We don't have a guy that you have to put in for a pass play a guy that you have to put in for protection a guy that you have to put in to run outside zone or downhill. I think the cool thing about that room and Coach dues is done such a great job with all those young guys and really getting them to come along is that when they go out we don't skip a beat and we can still do our entire offense. We can put them in on third down we can put them in a pass play and In the end, it's not a bad thing to check that thing down to those guys with space as we saw, you know, they're Dynamic with the ball in their hands and they're going to run by it. They're going to run you over there going to do a lot of different things. So it's a very versatile room, and that's what I love about it right now. Name with the tight end room. You have a bunch of guys in there. Now. It's pretty crowded brought in ferc's her and Neal Johnson, obviously with Conklin and record. You know, those guys are there and your boa to what are you looking for in that back end like some of these guys that you have in that room again. It's kind of like the running back room. I think that when you have a versatile group that can do a lot of different things you don't get pigeonholed in certain things that you can and can't do so, I think those guys were on Middleton's done a great job with them also to be able to give them an opportunity. Tuna to be able to pass protect to be able to run routes to be able to lead block to be able to do all kinds of different things. And that's what we're searching for who can be versatile and who can do different aspects of the offense not just one specific thing and those guys are like I said, they're doing a fine job and they're just getting better every day. Any more questions for Coach one last one. I was 22 the two young quarterbacks. What have you seen from them and like battling for that number three spot Martinez and Peasley. It's a great competition. I think we saw you know, both guys go out there this past this past weekend and really play at a high level and from that position, which you're looking for is one just their demeanor their demeanor on the sidelines how they operate when things go good when things go bad you want to be able to get a feel for them? And I'll tell you it was an absolute pleasure to call plays for those guys because they could go out there. They can call the play in the Huddle executed get people doing the right stuff. And then when they had their opportunities, they delivered or made plays happen. So I think both those guys I just I love how they are out on the field. I love how they look at the guys in the eye when they're talking to them and they're humble but but excited and fired up and know they can make a lot of different throws. I mean the who minute execution the peaslee had was awesome Adrian making plays at the end there I mean, The touchdown the Peasley through I mean they both are going back and forth and they support each other and I love watching them execute at a high level and just the operation went really well. I was I was really pleased with that.