NFL Updates: Training Camp Tour with Insider Adam Caplan

SportsGrid

Watch NFL Updates: Training Camp Tour with Insider Adam Caplan - SportsGrid on Dailymotion

Transcript

00:00So, Adam Kaplan is our NFL insider and you can follow him on ExitKaplanNFL and he's leaving

00:09after this show today to go to, I believe, Los Angeles.

00:14He's flying from Philadelphia to Los Angeles tonight and he's going to be covering all

00:20these camps out in Southern California.

00:24It sounds pretty stacked, your schedule.

00:26Yeah.

00:27I've got the Raiders and Saints tomorrow and then I've got the Chargers hosting the Rams

00:33at the vault, the Chargers' new facility in El Segundo near LAX.

00:38Then I'll come to you after I...

00:41You and I will be back together on Monday.

00:43We should...

00:44It's either going to be Monday or Tuesday, but I'll have been to Jets and Commanders

00:48later in the week.

00:49On Monday, it's the Giants hosting the Lions and then I fly Monday night to see the Dolphins

00:56hosting the New Look Falcons, man.

00:59That's what it's all about.

01:00A lot going on these next five or six days.

01:03Wow.

01:04That is just incredible.

01:05So let's talk about some things today.

01:07Why don't we start with the kid May up in New England.

01:13They've been giving Brissette the majority of the QB1 reps, but now they're going to

01:18let May do his thing a little bit.

01:20Yeah.

01:21We need to talk about this because I think what happens sometimes, people overreact.

01:25Yes.

01:26Overall, Jacobi Brissette, barring something unforeseen, will be the start of week one

01:30when they play the Bengals.

01:31However, however, Drake May has yet to get work with the ones.

01:36And Gerard May, our other head coach, did say this week the plan is soon to get Drake

01:40May, the third pick overall, reps with the first team offense because that's when you

01:44really know where he is.

01:47You and I talked about this before the draft.

01:49I told you he'd be a top 10 pick, but he's a project.

01:51You don't want to rush it when you're an NFL team and you inherit a player you know is

01:55a project.

01:56You don't want to rush it.

01:57But at some point, he's going to play this season and they want to see what it looks

02:01like this coming week with the practices because right now, you get to the third week of training

02:08camp then.

02:09Okay.

02:10The following week, you got the first preseason game.

02:12They play the Eagles, right?

02:14They also have a joint practice with those Eagles in Foxborough and that's when you really

02:19know when you ratchet it up.

02:21Practice to practice to practice.

02:22You get them reps with the first team.

02:26That's when you know.

02:27But before that, you're not going to know quite where he is.

02:29You know from the practice tape and being with him every day, you kind of get a general

02:32idea.

02:33But you want to see this great arm strength.

02:36He's a pretty good athlete, by the way, but he's very raw and he needs more work.

02:39But I'm very interested to see how he does with this first team offense.

02:42And by the way, a revamped wide receiver group with the Patriots.

02:47When he came out of North Carolina, whatever, when we were watching him in college, he was,

02:53you know, a top five quarterback that was going to be drafted in the NFL and everyone

03:00talked about how big his arm was and how he could get out of the pocket and throw on the

03:06run and that he could take off running and started doing more of that his last two years

03:12in Chapel Hill.

03:14What changed from like him being so talented and so automatic to hearing you say raw?

03:22All right, let's take the latter of what you talked about.

03:26You talked about him able to roll out and throw on the run and make great throws.

03:29The problem was accuracy, bailing from the pocket when he shouldn't, staying in there.

03:35He's got enormous arm strength.

03:36Yes, he's an athlete.

03:37Sure.

03:38Certainly when you get pressure, he can run.

03:40You know that going.

03:41He could do that.

03:42But he's got to hang in there.

03:43He just had some habits.

03:44When I talk about being wrong, he had some habits that need to be cleaned up.

03:48They've got you Kobe Brissett there as an insurance policy, one of the best backup quarterbacks

03:53of the National Football League.

03:54Remember when he had to fill in for the Colts when Adler luck suddenly retired, he did a

03:58very good job.

03:59This guy's been there and done that.

04:00He's also been drafted by the Patriots, so they know him very well, that organization.

04:04This is the perfect guy to mentor.

04:06Drake May, who's got a lot of work ahead of him.

04:08And the other thing is, look, they've revamped their receiver core.

04:12It's going to take them a while to develop chemistry, but the earlier they get him in

04:15there, Scott, and develop that chemistry, the better off they're going to be for the

04:19long term.

04:20Big things are expected from Jamison Williams in Detroit this year.

04:24Yeah, we need to talk about this because, look, the first two years, not great.

04:29First year, remember he's come out from the ACL injury, didn't do much.

04:32Only one catch last year, 24 receptions.

04:35But he was playing a ton of snaps to end the season.

04:37But third year, former first round pick.

04:40At some point, the light's got to go on, and what I'm told is, the light's going on.

04:45What I was told with him was, route running needed to improve, maturity needed to improve.

04:50He had to take a big step this offseason.

04:52He felt what I was told is the urgency, and then Ben Johnson, the Lions offensive coordinator,

04:56talked about it this week.

04:57And he basically talked about the next step.

04:59He's doing all the right things.

05:01This kid is super gifted.

05:03You saw in the playoffs, he came on a little bit.

05:06And this is his season.

05:07You got Aman Ra, St. Brown opposite him, who signed that extension.

05:10You got Sam Laporta, the excellent tight end.

05:12If you like fantasy football like you and I do, this is the season for him.

05:16By the way, he's going late in drafts.

05:18He's going the second half of drafts because people don't, they're not sure whether to

05:21trust him because he didn't have that great season last season.

05:24But this is the year from what I understand, the maturity is hitting, the light has kind

05:28of went on.

05:29I'm expecting a big year for him.

05:30I'm expecting 60 catches or more from Jameson Williams.

05:33I can't wait to see if he takes his game to another level.

05:36What about King Henry, how's it going so far with him and the Ravens?

05:40All right.

05:41I was there yesterday and I could tell you, Scott, I could tell you, as one person said

05:46with the Ravens, how are teams going to defend us with Henry, as you mentioned, Lamar Jackson,

05:51his ability to throw and run, those two excellent tight ends and Mark Andrews and Isaiah Likely.

05:57They've got so much going on here.

05:58And just watching practice, watch the defense to react, whether Lamar's going to hand it

06:03off to Henry or is he going to roll out or run or throw the football?

06:07I'm so looking forward to what this offense looks like this season and what that division,

06:12how the AFC North is going to handle it, man.

06:13I get why they try to trade from a trade deadline.

06:17Henry still has something left.

06:18There's no question.

06:19And I can't wait to see what this offense looks like.

06:21It's going to look different though, because they've got a big time power back in Henry.

06:25I think one of the exciting things will be to see the same look as before is that the

06:29Steelers beating him twice, beating him in Baltimore, beating him in Pittsburgh.

06:34I think I'll go to the game in Pittsburgh.

06:35What a rivalry.

06:36Adam, have a great trip out to Los Angeles.

06:40Have a safe flight.

06:41We look forward to your reports again on Monday from Adam's summer circuit around the NFL.

Category

Transcript

Recommended