It\u2019s always good. I feel like we did a really nice job in terms of what the roles were for everybody in terms of the amount of communication that was made to the quarterback, especially in the second half of the year when Zach came back from injury it was always Calabrese, he was the lead voice. Obviously, we had John (Beck) in the building who did a fantastic job eliminating noise for Zach from an external standpoint and (Matt) Cavanaugh who did a wonderful job, was really there to assist with Mike as a first-time coordinator. He did awesome. As the room sits now, it\u2019s less congested, it\u2019s probably a lot less hot with all the body heat. (joking) I really like the way the communication has been because it\u2019s been more direct. Where I think it is helpful is outside the quarterback room where the ideas that are being shoved into a meeting are not necessarily minimized but they\u2019re more direct, more refined, more concrete so when we do get in the quarterback room, there\u2019s a lot more conviction in what\u2019s being coached.<\/p>\n
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It\u2019s been good just to have just the two voices. In terms of what we feel that quarterback room needs now, last year was well documented that we went in with a plan and the plan changed. Out of everyone\u2019s circumstance and it sucked. We brought in Matt Cavanaugh, and he helped me in ways, and Zach, and the quarterback room, just having that experience playing in the league and coaching in the league. And then (John) Beck just being a familiar voice for him, but we got to all step back in January to think about what\u2019s going to be best for (Wilson), for Mike White, and obviously for Joe (Flacco). Its been really good. I have so much confidence in Rob Calabrese. We\u2019ll see what the results bring, but he is a really great football coach, communicator, and person. He\u2019s been phenomenal, he sees things really well.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
What do you see in Calabrese and what do you think his potential is?<\/strong><\/p>\nHe\u2019s definitely got coordinator potential. Keyword in your question was \u201cyet.\u201d I don\u2019t want to put his business on blast, but he was courted this offseason in terms of job opportunities and coordinator opportunities and he elected to stay. Very talented young man, very knowledgeable, played the position. He\u2019s young, he\u2019s a sponge and he\u2019s getting better every single day as a football coach.<\/p>\n
Mike LaFleur<\/strong><\/p>\nRobert Saleh, he described your quarterback as \u201cbeefy\u201d when he came back. What physical changes did you notice when he came back?<\/strong><\/p>\nHe looks like one year older of a man. Just being all the focus since January on his diet and his body to just put himself in the best situation from an athletic standpoint. He really bought into it. Everything he does, he is so fully invested into it, and you can see that it meant something to him. So, he hired the right people that they felt was going to put him in the bets situation to be that athlete that he wants to be from a physical standpoint. He looks good, you can see it in the lower half, especially in his legs, I don\u2019t want to use the word \u201cbeefy,\u201d but they are bigger and stronger. It\u2019s a cool transformation and I know he\u2019s happy where he\u2019s at physically.<\/p>\n
Aside from him looking like a bigger guy, have you noticed some changes in his performance and his play that you\u2019d hoped to see at this point?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nYeah particularly the processing. We had a laundry list after the season because you\u2019re emotional after 17 games, training camp, and OTAs, so you have a laundry list for every player. You take a few weeks after the season, you sit back and go through the process of evaluating the scheme and the players, you really start to pinpoint the two or three things that you want to focus on. It was good to be able to say, \u2018Hey, you know what, that was as big of a problem, lets focus on these two or three things.\u2019 And you\u2019re seeing that from a physical standpoint. From a mental standpoint and obviously all of these guys going into year two, whether it be the rookies or even a guy like Corey Davis when you\u2019re in an offense for the second year, you don\u2019t have to learn what words mean anymore. Now you just have to learn how can I be the most detailed with it and play the fastest I can to perform on Sunday\u2019s. That\u2019s been two really cool things. And last, just in the huddle. He\u2019s so comfortable before I give him a play, he\u2019s dapping up everybody else and talking to them as I\u2019m saying the play. That tells you right there he kind of knows what\u2019s being said and can relay it to the guys. It\u2019s been pretty cool from all those angles.<\/p>\n
Zach\u2019s completion percentage was like 55 last year? Give or take a point. How can you make him a more accurate passer? Or how can he make himself more accurate?<\/strong><\/p>\nI think I did say this in December too, a lot of his issues were maybe trying to see too much as opposed to this offense has turned into pure progressions, so you really don\u2019t even need to know what eight or nine guys on defense are doing. We kind of laugh at that now in the quarterback room, it really doesn\u2019t matter what they\u2019re doing over there, you just go through your progressions, read with your feet, and you get the ball out. So, if you\u2019re looking in the right spots, even last year when he was looking in the right spots, his body followed. He\u2019s an accurate quarterback and he has been his whole career. One of the biggest focuses was the eyes, getting your eyes in the right spot at the right time. That is a focus that we are going to continue through these last OTAs obviously and then throughout training camp to make sure that we are ready to roll in September.<\/p>\n
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