Raiders DL Coach Travis Smith Team's Versatile Players
Raiders DL Coach Travis Smith Team's Versatile Players
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We've been moving guys around at multiple positions, um, seeing who stands up, who improves, who gets better every day, from Tonka, he doesn't say two words, but the bottom line, he's one of the best listeners I've ever seen.
From if there's something that's said in a meeting, it doesn't matter if we're talking to an edge or an interior player.
You see it apply in individual and then on the field, so he's doing a phenomenal job.
As to Booker too, he's asked me to play multiple positions as well, things that he's done, but then some things that he hasn't done.
Um, the same thing , it doesn't matter what rotation, what group he's been with, he's competing his tail off too, so that's been exciting to see.
You, you have so many versatile players in that group.
Do you, do you try to categorize like who plays where, who fits where or is it just like a bunch of moving pieces that play?
Uh, it's definitely how it starts.
It's definitely a bunch of moving pieces.
Um, when you watch guys coming out, it's always, uh, it seems like it's a compliment, position flexibility, which to an extent it is, but if it comes back to the beliefs that we have is I much rather you do one thing a million times and do another thing 200,000 times.
And so that's where, that's what camp is for is to get in there and compete.
And show your disposition and challenge yourself to improve every day, but then too, right now as we're getting through camp and we're getting to our first preseason game, we're, we're, we're gonna start putting guys in positions where they're always going to be to make sure that we're constantly getting better every day and they're seeing the keys that they're constantly gonna see.
Brandon Cleveland, can you talk about his camp ?
I know he's a rookie and you don't have a lot of expectation on a rookie as far as, like a, like a first round guy, but your thoughts on his camp.
