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Outside linebackers coach Mike Smith
On Rashan Gary:
He's starting to feel things. He's starting to feel comfortable. Things are starting to slow down for him, especially the defenses. When the defense slows down, your alignment and assignment, now you can play football. As a rookie you're just trying to survive. His speed hurts a lot of people, so a lot of guys sit back in a vertical set, so that's one thing we immediately think is speed to power. It all depends on what he's getting. He's starting to open it up and he's trusting who he is.
On having different skill sets at the position:
Some coaches make a player into how you see them. I don't do that. You build a skill set off of who they are. We do a lot of the same moves, but they don't do all of them. You don't have to mold a player one way.
On potentially having three top-level edge rushers with Gary coming on:
Gutey sees the value of people affecting the quarterback up front. Some of these teams have only one pass rusher. It's easy to take out one. You start getting multiple ones, that's tough, and then you add one inside as well. You can't double everybody. Somebody's going to get a one-on-one and you've got to win that one-on-one.
Inside linebackers coach Kirk Olivadotti
On Christian Kirksey, the leader:
He is a guy that is very thoughtful in his words and very deliberate in his actions. It's easy to get behind because he really puts a lot of thought into everything that he does and he says. He's obviously a really good football player but he's a good person in a lot of different ways. It's easy to get behind him and he's fun. He's a guy. He's a dude. It's been fun to be around him and I think our players feel the same way.
On Summers:
He played a boatload in the preseason (last year). We were kind of laughing about that in the meeting about he went wire-to-wire in three of the four preseason games. So he played a lot of football for us in the preseason and then as the season went on there, he was allowed to focus on special teams. Coming into this year just the grasp of what to say, when to say and why to say it. That was his biggest thing, is to understand the whys of the defense. And Ty's done a nice job of understanding the whys of the defense.
Defensive backs coach Jerry Gray
On his message regarding officials:
Don't make it close for the official. Without them going through preseason, they're going to be throwing flags, they're going to be trying to protect guys. That's what their job is. Our job is to make sure we don't make it close for the official to throw a flag.
On his work with Kevin King:
With him being about 6-2 ½, big, long corner that run, God blessed him with long arms so my deal is use some of that length in order to help you. So we watched some Nnmadi (Asomugha) film when he was at Oakland, who I thought was one of the top-flight corners in the league when he was there for seven years. When you see a guy like that you can kind of mimic some of the things he does. I know a lot of the Pete Carroll system, pressure on the weak side, always get your hands on guys. I think Kevin can do that and disrupt a lot of the routes and not always be chasing guys down. Especially when you're a long corner and you can run.
Defensive line coach Jerry Montgomery
On Kingsley Keke:
I'm a stickler on the little things. So, he makes me really happy when he does things the right way. And there's days where he's still trying to play backyard ball and not play within the system and so those days, we just take a step back. But he's done some really nice things at times. He's being tougher at the point of attack. We all know he's a good athlete. We all know he's a kid that should be able to get after the quarterback, but absolutely you have to stop the run in order to get the quarterback to throw the football.
On Kenny Clark:
He's dialed in. He had a great offseason. He found a way to take care of his body, get bigger, faster, stronger. And he s also become better as a rusher. Even with is six sacks last year, the guy was second in interior tackles and pressures, which is crazy for a nose tackle. He gets labeled as a nose tackle but the guy can play multiple, different positions. I think he's done a tremendous job and we're excited to see where it goes. The guy gets stronger as the season goes. I mean, it's amazing.
On Tyler Lancaster:
He is an extra coach in the room. Unbelievable kid. Unbelievable person. He writes everything I tell him down, everything I tell another person, he writes down. When we're on the field, if I miss something, he's seeing it. He is another coach on the field. Love having him around. Outstanding kid, person. Leads by example. Willing to help anybody get better. If he's got to take time out of his day to help somebody prepare for the game, he'll do that. He's a team player. He's a great fit here in Green Bay. We love him.