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Anthony Campanile – December 8, 2020 Download PDF version

Tuesday, December 8, 2020

Linebackers Coach Anthony Campanile

(Yesterday, S Eric Rowe talked a little about the calming presence of having LB Kyle Van Noy on the defense because he can effectively and confidently make the checks pre-snap. I was just hoping to get your thoughts on that and maybe talk about kind of the hidden value that presence provides.) – “I think that’s always extremely valuable when you have somebody who knows the system as well as Kyle (Van Noy) does and is as conscientious and works that hard at it throughout the week, based on what we’re trying to do with checks and stuff like that within the system. I think he does a great job with that and I would agree with Eric (Rowe), I think he’s a big help for everybody when he’s on the field.”

(One of your boys was saying that I messed up, that I didn’t ask you about your hair gel.) – “Ah, you know what, I’m more of a spray guy, though. (laughter) I’m more of a spray guy. I’ve got massive amounts of spray in my hair every day. (laughter)”

(I wanted to ask you – I’m asking all the defensive coaches – obviously the Chiefs are very, very talented as we all know, but what are some things that let you know that your guys on the defense have a chance to slow them down on Sunday?) – “I think we just have to do our part and focus on ourselves and play our best game like we talk about doing every week. That’s always been ‘Coach Flo’s’ (Head Coach Brian Flores) message, and I think he’s done a great job with that with our guys, just trying to get better and better every week. Each week, when you have a new challenge and every team has different personnel, you try to get the best plan together and the players have got to do their best to execute that plan. That’s honestly what we’re working on right now and what we’re excited to get working on with the players when they get back to the facility. It certainly presents a big challenge.”

(There were a couple games recently where we asked you about when LB Jerome Baker’s snaps were in the 20s. That changed last week. It was back to where he typically is. Did you and Defensive Coordinator Josh Boyer and Head Coach Brian Flores have any discussion about we need to make sure he’s on the field a lot? Was that any talk you had, and do you feel like he needs to be on the field a lot more with what he brings?) – “I think any time he’s out on the field like I’ve said to you before, I feel great. I think he’s done a great job for us – all the snaps that he’s been in and I talked about this a couple weeks ago, each game plan is different and then you just try to match up the personnel that’s out on the field. I think they did a really good job the other day. I thought the same thing in the game up in Jersey when we played the Jets. That’s really just – it’s basically the same answer I gave you two weeks ago, but he’s done a great job with the reps we give him and it’s usually just always based on what we’re seeing in that game.”

(I’m curious, obviously you spent a lot of time coaching in the collegiate ranks. Is there anything that you’ve seen from coaching in college that could maybe be implemented more, in your opinion, in the NFL?) – “I just think offensively, a lot of the college concepts are trickling into the NFL and they have been for years now. I think guys are always bringing ideas and you’re always kind of talking about those things because what you see on Saturday – like I said – is starting to creep into everybody’s game plan offensively on Sunday. And the more – we have so many great minds in this room, this defensive room – guys have some great ideas and guys have been a bunch of different places whether it’s (Defensive Backs Coach) Gerald Alexander or (Defensive Line Coach) Marion Hobby or (Outside Linebackers Coach) Austin Clark. You go down the list – Coach Boyer, Coach Flores; so we’re always kind of discussing ideas and every week, like I said, people have some great offensive game plans – certainly in this league – and they’re implementing some of the college stuff and it makes you work. It makes you gather ideas and discuss all that stuff.”

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