Liam Coen

A little less frantic, I guess you could call it, in terms of just how fast everything happened last year and getting not just the scouting staff onboarded, but the coaches then onboarded to new procedures and modes of operation.

So I think just some of the familiarities really helped just the flow.

And the way that we operate on a day-to-day basis, the schedule, the routine, what the coaches expect, that's been very clear and concise throughout the process.

And I think it's just allowed us to maybe get to different or deeper dialogue maybe a little bit quicker on some of the guys that we're really honing in on.

Yeah, that's a tough one.

It's like what you're projecting with both Y and F. It's like, okay, what Y has enough athletic movements and athleticism and hands and ball skills and feel.

to be able to run the route tree and then what F essentially with so much of the spread offense and some of those guys not being in a lot of those situations that you're projecting a little bit.

Can they do it?

Can they block maybe at the second level and linebacker safeties?

What do those matchups look like for the player that we're talking about?

And so, yeah, there's a little bit of a projection, especially at that position, because you're seeing so many different ways they're being used.

And then you look at how much the tight ends were used or the extra alignment were used in the NFL this year at the Y position, but also what the F or the U could be in some of those multiple tight end personnel groupings.

Yeah.

I've always enjoyed watching tape.

I've watched a lot of evaluations of when my dad was recruiting D3 players in New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, watching all positions.

You gain an appreciation for the game as much as anything, and so you gain an appreciation for all that comes with it.

Now, is it easier or more fun to watch some other positions at times that have a ball?

Usually, I tend to lean that way.

But

No, I think it's cool to see the impact and effect that the other side of the ball has, what that player can maybe do to help truly our team, not just in defense, but also on teams and special teams and what that looks like, and trying to have an open mind to some of those nuances that a defensive player could possess a little bit more or different value than a tight end, right, or a different position that we're talking about on offense.