on this morning let's roll you know Chris mcaffrey running to the NFL rushing title last year may have gotten overlooked because you guys were in the midst of a Super Bowl run yeah um I mean how was that celebrated internally with you guys and just um I mean how much of it is an effort to repeat that because it'll reflect team success yeah I think um I think a lot of accomplishments of his might have gotten overlooked last year you know he had the the touchdown record going on the rushing title um he's in the MVP race uh all pro pro bowl you know when when you got so many accolades going on sometimes it's hard to acknowledge all of them um but we try to we try to appreciate everything in that room and that's that's something Christian and I talk about every day even even now in training camp just appreciating uh the opportunity that we have um to be out here with one another and to all work towards the common goal and just you know be the absolute best that we can so um we try to try to really appreciate that and not take for granted what you know what we've done and what we can do you know not practicing for the last week or so um I mean it's he's freshing up getting ready for the season still I guess what's his mindset do you see going into this year he he always uh is super determined um he's always striving for more you know it it really is never enough for him and you can see um you know it's killing him not to be out there he's always chomping at the bit and uh he makes sure to remind me every day that he's getting a little bit closer um he he's going to have cleats on that grass here in no time and um you know he's going to be Christian mcaffry he's going to go do his thing and be one of the best players in the world what uh why is Bobby Jer still coaching at 75 years old because he's the best in the world of what he does um and he loves it uh I I don't think there's anything else that he would rather be doing um you know he he tells us all the time he'll he'll wake up and in the middle of the night he'll just he'll just chuckle to himself about a joke that we've had in our room and all of us laughing together and just how tight of a group we are and how much success we've had together and I think that's just what drives him and uh I think he truly truly loves the game and um he loves coaching you know that room I mean Christian I mean he coaches everyone hard either Christian even you does it sometimes take guys like rookies or guys that just good here a second adjust to it seems like a very old old school stuff for sure it definitely does um you know because not everybody coaches the same and like you said um he coaches very hard um you know he's he's going to be very strict he's going to be making sure you're on top of every assignment um you know he doesn't even he doesn't let Christian in our eye um you know loosen up at any point like you know we got to be on our stuff we're we're still my eighth year with him I still do a running back test before every game and those are a good eight pages thick um and and that's just you know that's how he is but I um I really truly have grown I've always I've always loved Bobby but I I each and every year I appreciate him even more um because it is easy sometimes when you've done things for so long and you've done the same things to let up a little bit to get just a little bit lack stastical but he makes sure that can never happen and that you are on top of it um and I I've never gone into a game feeling unprepared he he makes sure you are always feel prepared and confident in everything you do a Britain test yes you got you got to turn it in the day before night before the game you for that it's it is a printed out written test uh typically um right before we go on the plane uh when we travel or uh Saturday morning if we're at home was a passing grade you know what um you don't get it back but you turn it in um but I if there's anything alarming he'll be sure to let you know having said all that I realized there's injuries and whole V but as a veteran H how much preseason time do you think you guys that first team offense needs just to kind of feel comfortable going into week one yeah you know what it's a caseby casee basis I really think that really is kind of like a a player-by-player thing um I know it always you know it feels good for the first group to go out there and have a successful drive under your belt and it just you know you had that confidence that you already did it but um I'm quite confident either route that we go um if the starters play a little bit great if we don't take a single snap great um it it doesn't make too much of a difference to me um I think pre-season I think the biggest thing is is for young guys but there are there are veterans that need it to so it's very much Case by case has been made about Brandon's contract status but Trent isn't here at all what are you missing with him not only on the field but really in the locker room just his president's gener yeah I mean Trent's an incredible leader um you know he's got this this Aura around him that you know obviously um we all think so highly of him and he's so talented and um you know people love just people seem to gravitate to him so when he's around it just it it builds a camaraderie um it definitely pushes other offensive linemen um just you know to meet that standard uh but I I really am confident that he'll be here soon and I I think we'll get things figured out what's your minds set as a return guy with the new rules and what do you think of like gendo and Debo as returners it seems or shider and Deo as returners they really look comfortable back then yeah um I think it's going to be a really interesting play I'm I'm quite excited for it uh once the the regular season starts I don't think you're going to see too much in preseason nobody wants to show anything especially because it's you know never been done um but guys like Debo like gendo like shider um they're going to fit that role very well well cuz it's very much like a wide Zone Run play um in that you're kind of you know you're catching the ball close you know those are almost you know those are your offensive linemen and when you're you're pressing it like a wide Zone and you're kind of making one cut um and those what that's what those guys do every single day so uh I think they fit that role pretty good say it againt JP Mason told us that he had a little bit of a rough start with him was there a turning point that you saw and I go ahead and give an example of I'm not I'm not GNA put too much out there um but you know like we talked about earlier sometimes um it takes some getting used to uh you know a certain style of coaching and um when JP came here Bobby T wasn't here um he was uh on a little leave of absence and he showed up I think around like week four or five at that season so um you know he hadn't Bobby T hadn't been JP's coach yet um and so he kind of you know he's being coached in a different style and so it just took um time for him to adjuster Grand middle I think they've done a phenomenal job um I think what stands out uh with these rookies for me at least is uh their intelligence and their understanding of the Playbook um I think they do a really good job especially in meetings just understanding their assignment and when they do make mistakes which we all make mistakes We're In the Heat of battle even when you know what you're supposed to be doing um they do a great job of be like when we're watching the tape before Bobby T can even get to the corrections nine times out of 10 they'll say exactly what they did wrong and that's good if if you make a mistake and you don't know you made a mistake now you're you're in trouble but if you make a mistake and right away you know shoot I wasn't supposed to do that I was supposed to do this it's a lot easier to clean up and move on from there even Brock as a rookie had an edge to like guys were saying wow he's like this guy even yell guys if they wen't pay attention or whatever but um is he is that grown more I mean does he have more of an edge to him or has he kind of stayed the same as far as that goes throughout his career I I think um I think it's kind of stayed the same because it was you know it was a pretty high bar from the beginning um I just love his his understanding um of the Playbook has has really grown um where he can point out when other people make mistakes very very quickly um I love like you know third down I'm in protection in the in the back field like he'll let me know as soon as we get lined up he's like hey you're going to be hot like you know just like little things like that that you can just tell like he has a full understanding of what's going on there and it's not just what he has to know now he's kind of understanding what everyone else has to do than yep m