Dan Campbell Camp Day 5 Press Event
- The Grey Manes Staff
- 8 hours ago
- 9 min read
Dan Campbell kicked off his Day 3 press event with no opening statement and dove straight into questions. He did drop a few new nuggets on Izien and nickel, Gibbs "back" injury and talked about Dortch and the OL.
Injury Summary
New:
Blake Miller - Will Roll today, held back yesterday should be ok
Kitselman - will be out for awhile
Derrick Moore - Strain, 7-10 days
No Changes:
Branch - Potentially Early September
Kerby - Likely will linger into the season on same timeline as Branch
Conklin - Calf in Spring, Two Weeks
Peyton Turner - Stiff back, nothing serious
Giovani Manu - Added to NFI/Injury List due to previously undisclosed injury form offseason
Gibbs - Campbell mentioned a "back" issue during conditioning test, but it isn't serious <wink>
Updates
Rolder injury is a Hamstring, be out for a while
Quick Hitters
Pads today, Campbell is excited as a coach, but was more excited as a player
Injury updates are Kitselman will be out awhile, Moore 7-10 days with a strain, Rolder injury identified as a hamstring and Blake Miller will be back full go, they slowed him down intentionally yesterday
Mentioned Milkes Frazier as being in the mix at RT and all OL spots. versatility is key.
CB 2 spot is between Ya=-Sin, Rakestraw, Whiteside and Dorsey. Pads going on will help separate the players
Jahmyr Gibbs on the field is a boost to teammates, they love him
WR Cedric Wilson is making a strong play with his Special team's skill and as a veteran WR
Cmapbell loves how Cade Mays is developing and learning everything being thrown at him. Is getting better every day
Dan Campbell Press Event Transcript
Opening Comment Okay, pads. So, here we go. First day. Um, you know, I thought we got really good work in yesterday. Um, it was the last day without pads. Uh, you know, red zone for us. Uh, got quite a few reps. Um, so we backed the reps down today. Um, won't be on the field as long, but the intensity goes way up naturally with pads. So, man, this this is uh this is good. I told the uh the players last night that by the end of this week, this roster will begin to separate itself. Um so this is where we'll find out. We're about to get really four really good days of pads. Uh and this is day one just to kind of break them in for the other three Questions.
Start with um injuries of you moved. your rookie class. Uh, you know, Blake Miller didn't do a lot of team yesterday and then obviously Derek Moore and Jimmy Roller, too. Just updates on those guys. Blake will he he'll be he'll roll today. Uh, we don't anticipate any issues. Um, and he wanted to do more. We kind of held him back. Um, just got him some individual and so feel good about that. So, we think he'll be okay for today. Uh, Rolder will be out for a while. Got a hamstring. Um and um uh Kitsman will be out for a while. Um uh Derek Moore um he we're hoping about 7 to 10 days here. So, you know, just kind of a minor strain. Uh which is good news. Uh it's all it's unfortunate for all the rookies though. You know, I mean these are these reps are valuable, man. You miss valuable time, but it also is what it is. So, good news is um that that you know, like I say with Derek, it won't be too long. It for Rolder, it's a little unfortunate, but at the same time, it's not a season ender, so that's good news.
And then the right tackle spot, um Blake's obviously taken most of the first team reps, unhealthy, and we all know what, you know, his future is. Does Larry Borham still have a shot to win that job? What does he have to do to you know, win that job? Well, there again, this is the first day of patch. So, we like where Blake we feel like has gotten a little bit better every day. And that's a good thing. Um Larry's played in this league. He's But now here we go. Now it's real, right? So we can talk about how good somebody looks, how much better they get without pads on. Well, now the pads are on. So yeah, anybody's got a shot. Um so we'll see what it looks like. You know, my gut tells me that Blake's going to continue to grow, but we'll see. Um that it goes back to what I said. I mean, we're about to find out a lot now. So, that's good news. Now, we've been Hank's been throwing Miles out a little bit, you know, Frasier some of this tackle work and uh you know, it's early, but it there's some good there's some good reps. There's some good reps. Look, he's played all the positions already in four days and some of spring. Both guards, both tackles. So, which is another reason why we liked him, why we drafted him, because that's what he did at LSU. He's left tackle. He's left guard, he's right guard, he's right tackle, he's back to left guard. So, um, so our eyes our eyes are open for him, too. I mean, there's don't sleep on him.
Where do you see things at in that CB 2 spot right now? It seems like it's Rock Ya-Sin vs Ennis Rakestraw, but maybe Nick Whiteside has a shot to elevate himself there. It's another position where um, man, Rock's making plays. We we've, you know, we've been with Rock. We know what he's about. Uh we know the way he competes. Um we got high hopes for Rakestraw, too. And there's been you see flashes with him, man. There's some good stuff. There's some just same thing, inconsistencies with him a little bit, but then I would say those are less and less every day, which is good news. Whiteside has made plays every day. Every special teams and on defense, every day. All right. There has not been a day yet. We've had four practices where he has not made plays. So, um, this is about to get interesting. It's going to be really interesting. The other is Dorsy. Dorsey looks good. Dorsy's making plays, too. I mean, we look that quarterback group is um we got a pretty good mix here. Young players and some guys that have had uh experience. McCra. So, look, I I'm I mean, this thing, we'll see. I mean, it's pretty exciting. I'm sorry.
I was just talking about Jahmyr. Just been a lot of talk, but just having him out there on the field yesterday, just what do you think that did for some of his teammates, just seeing him out there a little bit yesterday? Uh, I mean, I think it's good to see, you know, um, he got a little work inside and, uh, and to be able to come out and, you know, be around the guys. I think that's always going to be important, you know. Um, look, he's still part of us and the guys uh our players love him. You know, we love him and uh you know, he's a part of what we do. So, yeah, it's always good to see him.
Guys that make plays every day. Um Cedric Wilson's kind of come in here and popped seems like maybe has some chemistry with Teddy lingering from their overlap in Miami. Uh veterans like that come into rosters every year and kind of surprised. What have you um seen out of Cedric so far here in these early practices from Man, he's headsy heads. He's crafty. He's a different body type, a different type of receiver for us. You know, there's a um there he's smooth. There's um you know, uh there's a little slither to him, you know. Um he's a little slippery and he's got really good body control. I mean, you saw the back shoulder catch in the back of the end zone. was a hell of a throw by Teddy, but um man, he just gets it, you know? He gets it. He I There's nothing better than freaking vets, man. Pro true pros that get it. They know how to go about their business, man. They come in here, they compete. Uh they they're not they're not entitled. They just go work, man. And that's what he does. And by the way, his special teams reps are pretty good, too. I mean, for a receiver, he can do some stuff. And his tape says that, too.
So, um, like said, really quickly on what does he do on special teams? Like what are some of his areas where he fits? Well, I would say some of right what we've seen right now is um like some of the holdup stuff, right? Uh even some of the cover stuff. So, I mean, where does he fit? We're just kind of in drill work right now, if that makes sense, man. It's a hold up, it's cover, it's so whether that's kickoff, kickoff, return is that punt, punt, return, but just he's got a knack for getting to the ball. Uh, and he knows how to he knows how to get in body position, block guys. I mean, he just he kind of gets it and that's the essence of what our game is, man.
I came across um I came across an article, I guess the Bears are working on something that the end of half execution, not end of game execution. Is there anything situationally from last year that you have kind of are focusing on in this training camp that you really want to improve upon? No, we're doing it all. I mean, we're hitting it all. Um, you know, that's we did end the half the other day before uh everything was done and then yesterday was end of game, but different end of game, right? I mean, we haven't done this in a while. I love this. I I think it's great, man. Your four minutes are just under four minutes and its tie game or the offense is down three. We're gonna do another one of these later and then we're going to match up, you know, ones versus twos. Um, you know, one verse, uh, 2D or two offense verse 1D and so we're going to keep expanding this. We'll always have the two minute like here we go, 50 seconds left. Like we'll get those in. But I think just all-encompassing and to really get true like here we go, man. It it's like you saw what that was. The offense is down by one. Four minutes left. Both teams got three timeouts. Well, offense, you're trying to finish the game. You're not giving the ball back and you're going to finish the game. And defensively, you just got to get a stop here. So, I just think those are great, man. The way that you handle it, manage it, but the way you call it, too, is important on both sides of the ball. Oh, I mean it's tricky, you know. It's tricky.
Fourth down execution. Is there something that you um I mean kind of took a little bit of a step back, I think, last year. I mean, is that something that you guys anything new? I mean, I think you just continue to put them in that. We've done that, man. You know, since I've been here, I mean, we we've stacked so many fourth downs in practice games. I mean, it that'll always be what we do. And you just got to put your players in pressure positions and make them play. Make them play. Make them compete. Make them have composure. Um, just they need to feel it, right? And, uh, so we'll always continue to do that. The execution is make sure we've got the right call as right as it can be for our players, the right setup, and then and then it's about execution, you know. So, no, we just, man, you just put in the work.
You got uh more fired up for first day pass as a player and now as a coach? Oh, well, a player. I mean, because you get to do it, you know, now you're living through them. So, you know, it's still fun. Believe me, it is. But it's not the same because you know, but you also know if you go out there, you're just going to break, you know, you just break right in half.
Just how's uh Cade Mays settling in and how are you continuing to like that fit in in the middle of your Yeah, I like it. He's settling in nice. I thought yesterday he had some really good reps. Um just some things that showed up over the two days prior um that that Hank, you know, coached him up on that he knew he could be a little bit better at. Man, I thought it showed up yesterday. That's good. His um look, we're throwing a lot at him. You know, he he's got a lot on him. Um you know, the mic points, all of those things where we're going, we've got a lot of scheming right now. And then we're, you know, that we've had this system in place for four years now. Um, so it it's a lot, you know, and for golf, it's not a lot. For him when you just walk in the door, I mean, there's a lot going on here. So, but I feel like he's handling it well. And, uh, I think every day he gets more and more comfortable. So, I I like it. I like it. I think he's a good fit for us. Okay.
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