Press Pass: Chip Kelly

we watch him in practice, he's really sound mechanically. UM. So we felt, you know, in terms of our situation after losing a great one in Cody when he came in. I think he's done everything we've asked him to do. Um And when you watch kind of the kicks he's missed, there some reasons for its snap hold, some of those things that weren't always just Caleb, it's the whole operation.

I think we've got that straightened out. But he's done a really nice job and we've got a lot of confidence in him and hit a big one against Dallas. That fifty three yard was a huge one for us at that point in time. I'm sure he had a rough start. How about the fact that he was able to cut it. Yeah. Again, like I talked about, sometimes it's the whole operation. I think a lot of the

blames sometimes just goes on the kicker. But you know, if the snap isn't exactly what it needs to be, or if we don't get the laces out of the way, sometimes it's not always on the kicker. And I think we cleaned up some things in the operation aspect of it, and he's kicked the ball really well in the last couple of weeks. So along those lines. Last year, Petendant six, a lot of it had to do with special teams early partinularly, you guys were exceptional this year. Now so much,

what do you see? I disagree. I think our special teams are playing very well. What I see right now is people aren't kicking the ball to us, so we haven't had returns because we've played some kickers that are kicked it. We really I can't remember the last time we took a ball out. You know, we took one out in the Saints game for four year game and

then we didn't get any other after that. And I think people have kicked away from Darren, so we Darren hasn't got an opportunity to get going from that standpoint though. But I think our coverage has been pretty good with it, except from the one on the kickoff turn. But I think our punk coverage has been outstanding. And we had a block way back in the Dallas game in game too, so one film. Has the coaching change for the Dolphins

been apparent? I knew it, um. I think they played harder when when Dan Dan took over early in those first two games. You know, when you watch him against the UH in the Texans game, you know when the Tennessee game, Um, you know. And I think there's just been some subtle changes, but nothing really drastically. You look at what they were doing in the games before that happened. She watched their offense, so maybe crossly over watching them. But how much is Billy from from here? I don't

think very much. You know, I think Bill has his UM offense. It's probably more similar to what he was doing when he was at Virginia than what he was doing when he was here. He thought that two years was best player in the draft. Would you think of the old teammate there playing? Yeah, we were high on Jarvis suit though. I think he's an outstanding receiver and um done a really nice job, catches the ball extremely well as a dynamic returner as well, does a really

good job on puny returns for them. But who really hired him? Also? How much is running two tight ends over the last couple of weeks helped ignite the running game and create balance on the offense in general? Um, I don't know if it has to do with running two tight ends. I just think a lot of times and we get that question all the time. We run certain things because it elicits certain things out of the defense. So what we're trying to get out of the defense

is really kind of based on what they do. So you watch and do they match, don't they match? And kind of how that matches up? Jason Peters will practice today? What percentage of the time do they use Landry in the slot? A lot? You know, they move him around because he's a versatile player, but you know he's he's primarily um, you know where he's most dangerous. I think he's in the slot. Nelson's good, you know again, it's

it's how does he progress through the whole week of training? Um, he did good yesterday and he'll go back out today. But well, he's somebody we have to monitor in terms of where he'll be. Um, you know, he was good last week early and then you know, I think kind of the being out on the field kind of warmed down a little bit. But he was good yesterday, says he feels good today. So we want to see how

that Cosey always he knows that. I mean, that's what That is a very admirable quality with Nelson and we love him for it. But um, you know, we have to kind of watch him with our eyes to be able to say where he is. But you know, the same thing after he got injured, he said he was going to play that Monday. You know that. But it's an awesome quality for him to have. But we got to be um smart in terms of how we handle him on the run on the ground too. They kind

of need the life that week. Well not really, No, I think he may have had a reverse or two, but not I mean it's not a couldn't I don't think he has any doesn't have double digit carries or anything like that. I mean, they've got a real good back in Lamar Miller that that they run him. That's the guy you gotta really focus and concentrate on we Last week, UM coach Schmer said Demarcat Orry wasn't as healthy at the beginning of season is he is Now's

the same thing he said about earths too well. I mean Zach came off an injury, and I think what Sherman was talking about his DeMarco missed a game against the Jets, So obviously he missed a game for US, you know, early in the season. UM. But obviously Zach coming off the core muscle injury, hadn't had an operation during preseason and you know, really didn't get cleared until the Wednesday or Thursday or even Friday. I don't remember

exactly what day was of the Atlanta game. So I think Jack's just starting, you know, we mentioned that last week, is starting to get back, UM kind of to where he was before the injury. So last week last week, Jordan Matthew said that if he was in Sam shoes, he doesn't he doesn't know how much he would trust himself after having a few years dropped. But how much does a game like Sunday helped really young receiver being

confidence wise? I guess I think that's a question for Jordan but I think Sam has never not had confidence in Jordan. That's why he continues to throw the ball to him. Nor do we That's why we didn't, you know, we continue to play him. I think Jordan's a heck of a player. He's worked very hard at UM, you know, addressing you know, a couple of drops there. I thought he played a really good game against Dallas, and hopefully he can build upon that. UM because he's a duel threat.

I think there's it's a little bit different than facing like an Eli, you know what I mean. Obviously he lies so talented throwing the football, but you're focused on that part of him. You're not worried about Eli taking and tucking it and running on you. With Ryan, you have to I mean, he he actually played receiver before. He wasn't when he was biding his time. He went

into Texas A and M as a quarterback. But then while the other starter was playing, they got him on the field because he was so athletic as a receiver, then brought him back and continue to play him at quarterback. So that the fact that he can do both. Um, you gotta be real conscious of where you are in the rush lanes. And they actually have design quarterback ground similar to play in Carolina with Cam It's it's more like going in against a CAM than it is against

going against an ELI. What quality do you think about Jordan Hicks running as fast as he did? What quality I got Hicks alloted to hit the ground running as fast as he did this year? You know I've said it before. He's there's just a maturity to Jordan when you're around him. Um. You know, the compliment I gave him and is that he never acted like a rookie. He came in here, you know, with the mindset of, you know, not starry eyed, like hey, what's going on

and where am I supposed to be where? You know, he just had a maturity to him, and you didn't know he was a rookie the way he kind of carried himself. He just, you know, was very purposeful in his work ethic and his preparation in terms of what he wanted to do. Um didn't look at it and say, hey we got Demiko and Michael and Keiko and all these other guys I'm never going to get on the field.

It's he prepared like he was going to be on the field and when he got his opportunity, he ran with it to the Jordan Atthews last year, and you see some of the same trades, the same qualities, and those two guys and how they approach things in the rookie years I do, I mean, and the Jordan's another guy that never acted like a rookie. I think Walter Thurman when he got here in the off season, was surprised that Jordan was a rookie because of how he

carried himself. He is, I didn't know that guy was a rookie. He goes like he's only been every year. I mean, the way he carries himself. They both act like veterans. There's a maturity to both those guys. Both real smart guys. Both really just kind of have everything in order, both on the field and off the field. So and it shows in terms of their play. So Hi less buddy, got buddy, what's the setup at safety with an Alcolm Jenkins not practice today? Um Marigos? Who

else play safety? Walter Thurman, whoever is in there. It's no big deal. I think he should be back tomorrow, So I'm not We're not concerned about that. So um, yeah, he's playing inside defensive tackle playing the three technique form. I think, yeah, you know they're using him as an inside kid. He's obviously the guy we gotta you know, there's two guys you gotta know about him, and you got no bove urn. You know that there are two dynamic players, one on the edge and in one inside,

but um using them in a similar manner. Gain, I don't be honest with it. I mean, he had seven seven sacks. He was playing at a really really high level. It's it's it's obviously tough when anybody gets injured. UM, but when you watch tape of those games when he was playing, he was, he was playing, he was outstanding. He was as good a pass rusher I think in the first seven games of the season as there was in the National Football League. So I would think they

would lose him. Uh, they would miss him a little bit. He was he was cameras playing at a really really high level. And it's it's an awful injury when you see it. Um, you know we've had one with Demiko doing it and it's just tough. But you respect players like that that play so hard. That's one thing about Cameron Wake When you turn film on how hard he

plays the game. There's a lot of respect there. But um, I think anytime you lose someone that's that's dynamic, there's there's gonna be a little bit of a drop out there when American I haven't compared them to where they are in the past, and really, you know, our concentration has been on their last four games, and I think they, um, you know, we we have the utmost respect in terms of what they can do run defense wise. So I

don't know where they were coming from before. We haven't faced him before, so I don't have anything to compare to what it used to be like. So us about fundamentals. He's been working on him practice. What are you seeing with him and Ryan Davy behind this year? I see them working on the fundamentals every day, just like every

other position coach does with the players. Is there any specific observation you've had no Sam and some of the other guys on offense coming like the second half of the movie obviously, didn't you know that there's a chance that it struggles out of the gate where at least it is a well oiled How did you weigh that when you're making the decisions to make significant changes on offense.

So short term versus long term versus thing. I might struggle early, but ultimately I think that it's worth a long term And I'm sure that was something that you think just exactly like that way. We may struggle early, but we're thinking long term. So how about for the actual season. I mean, did you have the thought that maybe that the season could be compromised because of No, I don't think our seasons compromise. Hip. With today being Veterans Day, how is your respect for the military influence

your coaching career? Well, I think it should influence not just your coaching career, should influence everybody's lives in terms of we're allowed to do what we do right now because the men and woman that made sacrifices to defend

this country and what this country stands for. And I think not only them, I think it's their families also that you know, the ultimate sacrifice a lot of them make in losing the love one or having a level one being stationed overseas while they're back here in the States. But I think we're all fortunate to day like this, and honestly, to me, I don't think it should be one day that we recognize the military in terms of the sacrifices they make, but it should be on a

daily basis. When you get an opportunity, they just say thank you for what they do because they've done made a choice in their lives to do something, so they were allowed to do this. So average averaged about four and a half yards will carry after contacts to cows. Why do you think he's so successful in that category. Well, he's just a big, physical runner and I think you notice that on film, and one of the reasons we

were attracted to him is his style of running. I think fits in terms of what we want to get accomplished offensively. Both him and De Marco or physical runners that you know, if the old adage, if the line can get us two yards, then the back can get us two yards, and then now we're second and six and we're moving in the right direction. So fits in our model, big physical back, tough, hard nose runner and doing a nice job hours