Duke and Zac Combine Press Conference 2025

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(02-25-2025, 06:19 PM)pally Wrote: 1) No hedging, no caveats, no buts...he wants a deal done with the big 3 before free agency
2)  He agrees with his QB
3) Ja'Marr Chase WILL be the highest paid non-QB in the NFL
4) The hedging came with the other free agents include Mike G.  Love to have them back but we'll have to see
5) Mims will be an All-pro
6) hemming and hawing a bit on the guard situation.  

Tobin on guards: our offensive line gets beat on. We had a ton of injuries.

We score points like nobody’s business. The line is half of that group.

We can be a little better here or there. Our offensive is pretty good.

Can we improve some of those spots? Maybe. We’ll see.

— Charlie Goldsmith (@CharlieG__) February 25, 2025

7) Golden is very hands on and will be very involved.  He knows what he want
8) love Chase Brown
9) Dax Hill recovery on schedule
10) Jermain Burton gotta get his life together and show us he wants to play
11) best players will play rookier or vet

Zac
1) also love the emergence of Chase Brown..looking forward to utilizing him even more next season
2) Al Golden-looking for his evaluations...it is a place he excells at
3) dbs-young and getting better
4) would love to have Mike G back
5) Yoshi has a strong trajectory
6) improve the start of the season and do better finishing games
7) OL it is a work in progress..lots of evaluating going on
8) Zach Moss still working through neck injury
9) lots of coach speak..we're in alignment, great front office, etc

I was watching the replay on Facebook at the crippled gym while I was riding the exercise bike and was liking what I was hearing, even though I realize that a lot of it was just coach/fo speak.

Making Chase the highest paid non-QB is amazing and I love that we're not effing around or trying to play hardball. Duke knows that Burrow and Chase win us multiple Super Bowls if we treat them right and give them a bit of help.

Tobin's comments on the offensive line did worry me a bit but I'm glad Zac was a bit more realistic. 

I'm glad that Zac wants to use Brown more because I think he's perfect for our offense because he hits the hole so fast, even from shotgun, and is so explosive that teams have to cram the line to stop him, which they can't do when we have Burrow, especially if we can improve his protection.

I think our front office is going to go all-in because they know we just need to give our main guys some support and we'll be a dynasty!