![]() But the beauty of this whole thing is every one of those guys were taught. So, when you think Maxx Crosby, he's a spinner. Dwight Freeney did what? I'm schooling y'all, right? But, so now, after this year, when you see Odafe, you're going to know his signature pass rush move. ![]() If I think of Suggs, I think of a long arm with power, right? If I think of Von Miller, all you guys can say he does a what? Spin, right? Reggie White does a what? Exactly, right? Lawrence Taylor did power. The all-time greats who get sacks and are productive use moves. The best players in the NFL who use moves have success. With OLB Odafe Oweh, what is the point of emphasis for him to take his game to the next level? _(Cordell Woodland) _"The first thing you want to do is teach him to understand that if you use moves, you'll have success. That's kind of how my life was as far as with the pass rushers." There weren't even iPhones, so you get no clients. _(laughter) You had to put out flyers. I wasn't welcomed because it was a different culture with coaches. That's kind of how it happened, but when you're like the second person, it's hard to visualize back in those days. I went back to Atlanta and I started training pass rushers. There was no skill trainers, so right then, 2001, I went on injured reserve. You've been doing that, too.' I had already been doing it because a lot of people, they didn't believe that you could train, because everything was about lifting. He's the first guy to really do it with NFL players for money, and so I was sitting there because I had already been doing that in the 90's. Greg Gumbel was like, 'Well, there's a new trend going on of – there's these NFL players who are working with trainers and it's changing the game.' It was this guy Steve Clarkson, from California. I was coming to the end of my career me and my wife were sitting on the couch in South Park, – anybody who knows Charlotte – sitting in Charlotte on injured reserve and we were watching Inside the NFL. ![]() Then, when I got to the NFL, I was watching Inside the NFL I was at Carolina. People kind of looked like, 'Man, that's kind of weird,' because it was a run first offense. ![]() So, getting the blessings of playing with Reggie White, learning from Reggie White, learning from Derrick Thomas, playing with great coaches, watching great, different defenses, I always had a passion for pass rush. ![]() As far as that, because there was a void there, and I just had a love of pass rush from back in 1978 I think when Jack Youngblood – or 1979 – when he broke his leg, watching him and then watching LT being the first person going through … Being from the south, we like college players, growing up loving Derrick Thomas, Wilber Marshall, guys that were in the SEC. When you were playing, did you know then that you would feel like you could have something to offer as a coach, as a trainer? When did that enter your mind as the next step?_ (Childs Walker) "I always knew I the early 90's that I wanted to train pass rushers because there was no one really doing it. So, it's going to be quite a fight for that spot." Then Sala is doing a nice job in there you may have noticed that. Ben Cleveland has been working both sides, but we've got him working right tackle now – you saw that. I would also say that John Simpson has done a great job in there. He could stay a little more square and things like that, but his feet look good, his hands look good – he's able to punch quickly with his hands and react pretty quickly in there – so I wouldn't rule him out as a potential left guard. I wanted to see what he looked like – before we got out of the minicamp and the OTAs – at left guard, and he looked good. What do you see in his development now heading into Year Two? (Luke Jones)"Yes, we're just going to try to give him every opportunity to see kind of where he flashes. You mentioned earlier in the offseason about T Daniel Faalele potentially being a candidate at left guard. ![]()
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