Kevin O'Connell on Ivan Pace Jr.'s Big Day

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00:00 Kevin, with Ivan Pace Jr., I guess,

00:02 how have you seen him grow as a player

00:04 since he took over the green dots and shortens it up?

00:07 Yeah, I think it's, you know,

00:09 one of the things that jumps out at you

00:10 is just the communication,

00:12 'cause I'm able to, you know,

00:13 hear Flo and the dialogue he has with IP,

00:16 and then I'm able to then watch IP's dialogue

00:19 with the huddle.

00:20 He's got great command, you know, as a quarterback,

00:22 you're always looking at offense, defense,

00:24 who's ever running that huddle.

00:26 What's that command look like?

00:28 How is that information getting distributed

00:30 around the huddle?

00:31 And ultimately, he's answered the bell

00:34 and filled in a huge role,

00:35 especially in our defense,

00:37 where there's so much personnel variation.

00:40 What are they in offensively?

00:42 Making sure we add the proper checks

00:44 or alerts that we put on things.

00:46 And those are, it's an ebbs and flows moving

00:49 throughout the game,

00:49 and Flo can sometimes decide to make tweaks and adjustments

00:53 to try to stay out in front of things,

00:54 and IP handles it really well.

00:56 And then physically, I mean,

00:56 he played a fantastic football game today, 13 tackles,

01:00 you know, had the interception there at the end

01:03 to really kind of seal it for us

01:06 with where the clock was at at that point.

01:07 And, you know, just looking forward

01:10 to what's out in front of IP,

01:11 'cause he's, as an undrafted free agent,

01:13 he's doing a heck of a job for our team right now.