SPECIAL TEAMS COORDINATOR HEATH FARWELL
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2025
(On K Cam Little) “It’s not his best, would obviously love to have some of those kicks back. I
think the cool part—we love him here. We love what he’s done. He’s saved us a million
times over the years. And we get an opportunity, the BYE Week came at a perfect time for
him, for me, for everybody, all our players and coaches to kind of reset, get back to what
you do. Cam strikes the ball as good as anybody in the league. So, to get back to that, he
was able to go home to his hometown in Oklahoma City and kick on his old goalpost. He
was able to kind of reach back and kind of do the things he does, and we’ve had some great
conversations, it’s been really good. This is part of his process as a young kicker, a young
specialist. You hate to see it happen, kind of this little rough patch a little bit, but that’s just
part of it. I told him, ‘You’re going to have three or four of these probably, over the course of
your 15-year career. So, this is how we’re going to manage it, this is how we’re going to work
through it,’ and we’re going to work through it with him. It’s a cool time for him to kind of
work through it with the BYE Week, get extra time to do it and I’m excited. I’m fired up to see
him kick on Sunday. It’s going to be really cool to see where he’s come and like I said, we
love him to death.”
(On if he has to check in with Little about his confidence) “He’s very confident, and we’re
confident in him. As he should, he’s super talented. He has the right mindset, the work
ethic. He does all the right things to have that confidence and so we love it. That’s what
makes him a great kicker, and nothing wavered with him or with us. It’s something, the
organization, starting from the top. Liam [Head Coach Liam Coen] down to me, we love him
to death, nothing but confidence. We’ve all had plays this year we’d love to have back and
I’ve had stuff I’d love to have back. Even within that game against the Rams, there’s things
I’d love to have to back and wouldn’t you know, some of our players will save me. Montaric
[CB Montaric Brown] makes an open-field tackle on something that I didn’t put the guys in
the best position. But they’ve saved me, just like Cam. We’ve got Cam’s back the same
way.”
(On if his patience with Little is in part because other teams have moved on from kickers
too early) “That’s football. I think that’s all of our players. You love them, you work with
them and sometimes you’re not going to have your best plays out there or your best kicks
but what do we do? We coach them up. We work with them. We help them. We love them
up and get them better at whatever position that is. That’s not going to happen here. I think
he’s a guy that takes as much accountability on himself as anybody and so that, the work
ethic he has—he’s going to be great. I’m excited to watch him on Sunday. He’s going to have
a spectacular game. He’s going to help us win a ton of games this year. He’s a big part of
what we’re going to do for the next bunch of years here in Jacksonville.”
(On DB Rayuan Lane III’s contributions on special teams) “Ray’s been unbelievable. He’s
had an exceptional year. His ability to cover kicks, not only on the punt and kickoff group is
spectacular. Whether he is facing a double team or a vice, his contact balance, his speed,
his strength, his toughness. And then I think probably the best thing about him, he’s an
animal on Sundays, the guy we see in the meeting rooms, the guy we see out here, in the
halls and on the practice field is not the same guy that we get out on the game. And he
plays at a motor, a relentless effort and speed that you don’t see a lot of players play with.
The knack to get to the football, he’s having a unbelievable year and he’s a special player.
He’s exactly what we were hoping he would be when we drafted him, and he may be even
better. He’s an exceptional player in the coverage groups, but I think what really kind of
separates him too is his ability in the return game. He is a key part of some of those key
blocks. Anytime we have a big return, whether it’s Parker [WR Parker Washington] or our
kick return guys, he’s a big part of it. He always is. Has great matchups and he wins a lot of
them. He wins most of them. So, he’s a special player, a talented player that works at it with
great effort.”
(On WR Parker Washington’s decision making as a punt returner) “Parker’s been great.
Obviously, he had the big return against San Francisco. Love to have that one against the
Rams. But he’s been a great player, whether he is catching the ball clean, making great
decisions back there and then he’s a dynamic returner that opposing teams have to be
aware of. So, he’s been spectacular and the guys blocking for him. I want to give a lot of
credit to those guys. We have a bunch of young players that have played unbelievable. We
have a ton of rookies and young players that have stepped up that are a big part of our core
group, besides Rayuan, but we have a bunch of them. Danny’s [DL Danny Striggow] been a
big part of it. BJ’s [DL B.J. Green II] been, Jack [LB Jack Kiser] has been good. So, we’ve got a
bunch of good players that have kind of stepped up at that young role as a core group and
really bonded together as a great group.”
(On Raiders Coach Pete Carroll) “Pete, Coach Carroll is a great mentor of mine. I think he’s
a guy that I learned a ton from as a player and then obviously working under. He kind of took
me under his wing that first year in coaching and I was out there for two years. And a lot of
the stuff, my coaching philosophies and techniques that I teach now, it comes straight
from Coach Carroll. So, it’s a guy that I respect. Looking forward to seeing him pre-game or
post-game. Again, I love him to death. I think he’s an exceptional coach. The motivation, the
teaching, everything he did as far as philosophy and details, it was such a big part of what
we did out there in Seattle and I incorporate a lot of my coaching of what I learned from
him.”
(On the emphasis that Carroll put on special teams) “Yeah, Coach Carroll sat in a lot of
those meetings. It was very important. I believe you’d probably have to ask him, but I
believe I was probably out there as one of those guys of just, ‘Hey, he’s here just to play
special teams.’ I played a little bit of linebacker, but I was there to play special teams and to
be a leader and it was important to him. It was a big part of what we did. We had some
great, fantastic players. Some Hall of Fame players on some of those teams on offense and
defense, but those special teams groups were some of the top in the NFL over the years
and we had some big time plays and big time games, whether it’s fake punts in the NFC
Championship game, to the Super Bowl kick return with [Seahawks WR] Percy Harvin. So,
we had some great plays that were just as important to the offense and defense, was that
special teams groups.”
(On if Little tweaked anything in his kicking motion) “No, that’s the best part. I think the best
part is get back to what he does, striking the football and then the reset. I think just going
with a clean slate, get back to what we do, watching film, getting details and then the break.
We all needed a break, and we come back and we’re refreshed, we’re ready to go. We’re
excited about this week. It’s going to be a great matchup. So yeah, I’m excited to watch
him.”
(On the kickoff returner switch in the Rams game) “Dyami [WR Dyami Brown] did great. I
thought he did a great job. Obviously with the Rams and their ability to kind of put the ball
on the ground, their kicker did a really good job with that. I thought Dyami would handle the
ball really well, especially with the wet game down out there in London. And he handled it
well, and I love the way he hit the return, was able to break some tackles. He’s a talented
returner, just like the rest of our guys. We got two young rookies that have filled in nicely and
they’re coming along great. They’re improving each week. Those guys, they’re bought into
special teams and they’re a part of it. So, we got a good group beside Parker, we got a good
group that all can return and we’ll kind of rotate them through as we see matchup fit.”
(On his confidence in P Logan Cooke) “Yeah, absolutely and I think you’re right. He’d
probably love to have a few of those punts back as well and that’s part of part of football. I
think the best part is we got a lot of season left. At the end of the day, we’re all going to get
better as this season goes on. Logan will be fine. Logan will punt great, and he’ll end up
being one of the top punters in the league. We’ll keep covering for him. Our guys are doing a
really good job covering. So yeah, there’s not a concern about Logan. He’s right where he
should be. We’ll be okay.”
(On the challenges that come with the new kickoff rules) “I think the sweet spot is probably
the best word for it. It’s a matter of, if we’re on kickoff, it’s obviously great to put the ball on
the ground. You’re kind of playing with fire because all of a sudden you leave one short and
you’re getting a penalty before the play even starts. And then also if they catch it clean right
off the bat and it’s a short kick, that’s also a problem. So there’s kind of a mixed bag of do
you do some missile kicks? Do you just do the old drive balls? Back to inside the five is
ideal. But that’s kind of something, those are game time or game plan decisions we have to
make of what is best fit, how is our matchup for each week? But that’s the sweet spot of it,
is what do we think is our best way to cover and to pin them deep and then in the kickoff
coverage group or kickoff return group to get those short fields.”
DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR ANTHONY CAMPANILE
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(On the value of the bye week) “Yeah, it was super valuable. I think just in a lot of ways,
physically for our guys just recovering, and then for us kind of collectively as a staff, every
year that’s a great opportunity to sit back and look at what you’ve been doing well, what you
haven’t been doing well, where you’ve got to improve and then where you can grow, where
you can add on from stuff that you’re already doing. So, it was really super valuable for us. I
thought our coaches did a great job just coming back with the reports, and as a staff, for us
to sit down and look at every little nuance of our system and where we can improve, it was
useful.”
(On if he found anything about the defense in the self-scout) “Yeah. I mean, you always do,
without giving away a competitive advantage, but you definitely do. You look at where
you’ve got to improve. I always kind of lean toward that more than anything. Where do we
have to improve? How can we improve there? And I said a few times in here, because it’s a
long season in this league, you really start to learn right about this time, I would say, as you
start to roll in through November, what your team really does do well, and this is really
when real football starts.”
(On Raiders TE Brock Bowers) “Yeah, what we did with him also was we really did a deep
dive, even last year, just watching him. He’s an elite-level player; he’s really, really
explosive, obviously for a guy at that position. But I think his acceleration after the catch is
really impressive. So, just top to bottom as a player, as a tight end, he really gives them a lot
of—honestly, he’s got a lot of skills that some guys at that position don’t have. I think he’s
an elite-level player.”
(On how much he misses a fully healthy DE Travon Walker) “Yeah, he’s gutted it out
through—Tra [Walker] had a surgery there and played, I think, about as fast as you can get
back from a surgery. He’s a total team guy and is trying to contribute as best he can. But I
thought he had a really good week this week. It looks a little bit different to me, just kind of
flying around and getting closer back to his normal self. So, he had a really good practice
yesterday, which we’re excited about. So, like I said, appreciate everything he’s done. He’s
given us great effort for all the reps that he’s in there, but he’s bounced back pretty quick.”
(On the challenge of rotating the secondary) “Yeah, anytime you have injuries – obviously, in
this league it’s going to happen – that’s always a challenge. But the guys have done a great
job with the rotation, and then obviously Greg [CB Greg Newsome II] coming in two games
ago, and he’s done a good job stepping in and starting to learn the system, and more and
more I think he’s becoming more and more comfortable with the more opportunities he has
out there in practice. And then like you said, with Buster [CB Montaric Brown] being out
throughout pretty much the entire camp and then coming back, I wouldn’t want to say,
what, week three really getting back rolling again. He’s done a great job, too. It’s a great
atmosphere in that room. Those guys have a great collective spirit about pushing each
other and next man up. So, it’s been a lot of fun working with those guys.”
(On if building trust with the secondary takes more time because of the different pieces) “I
wouldn’t necessarily say that. I think just getting used to playing with each other and
communicating together. I think Eric [S Eric Murray] is a really good communicator, and I
think [S] Antonio Johnson’s done a really good job stepping in when he had to come in for
Eric last week. I thought he did a really good job. If you watch him in the game against the
Rams, he had a pretty good game for us, and he’s done a good job stepping in.”
(On what stands out about Raiders RB Ashton Jeanty) “Yeah, he’s a tough kid. I mean, he
runs the ball hard as hell, and you watch him, he brings it running through contact. He runs
with great pad level, and I think he has really good contact balance. That’s the one thing
that jumps out to me. It’s really got to be a team tackling mentality. You’ve got to clamp the
guy because you see guys sliding off him. You can’t just go throw in there and cut tackle, it
isn’t going to work against this guy. And he’s had a lot of runs where you look at him this
year and obviously through college, it’s impressive. So, I’m not shocked that they put a load
on him, asking him to carry the load because he’s a tough physical kid.”
(On what is clicking on third down for the defense) “I think anything—a lot like you were
asking about your self-scout and all that, and as the season goes on, you’re constantly
looking at those things, and what are we good at? Where can we take advantage of it? I
talked about it, I think, the week before, maybe when we played Kansas City, we had a lot of
third-and-two situations in that game. There were maybe five of them, I think, third-and-
twos, and to be in really more third and defensively manageable situations is critical. So,
winning first down, winning get back on track situations, getting yourself to an
advantageous position on third down and competing. I know we may not have had a ton of
production in terms of sacks in the rush, but guys have gotten a bunch of hits on the
quarterback, and I think that’s changed some of the trajectory of some of the throws on
third down as well. So really just rush and coverage working together.”
(On the challenges with producing sacks thus far this season) “I wouldn’t say it’s a concern.
It’s something you’re always working at and part of what we were looking at during the
break, how we can get better there, how we can generate more pressure. I think people
have said, we’ve had a bunch of pressures, yeah, that’s great, but at the end of the day, I
agree, you want to get production, you want to get sacks, you want to get guys on the
ground, and that’s really just working at it. I think our guys are doing a really good job of
being aware of where we can get better with that, where we can finish getting the guy in the
grasp, and finally, getting him down on the ground. So that’s certainly a point of emphasis
for us and something we’re working our ass off on.”
(On LB Ventrell Miller) “He’s been doing a good job, man. He’s a physical dude. I know I’ve
said that about him before, but he gives you a presence in there in the interior, in terms of
especially in the early down run game, I think he’s done a good job. I thought he did a pretty
good job overall in the pass game in the early down stuff the other day. Made some open
field tackles that his break drive technique was pretty dang good when the quarterback was
taking his front hand off the ball and all that stuff. So, he showed up in a bunch of ways for
us, and I think he’s continued to progress for us. So, I think he’s done a good job.”
OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR GRANT UDINSKI
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(On how to get the run game going) “Really goes back to the same things Liam’s [Head
Coach Liam Coen] probably talked about since the spring and we’ve talked about since the
spring, it’s going to take all 11 and really more than that because it’s players and coaches
included. So, it’s a commitment to the way we practice, the way we prepare, the way we
game plan, the way we approach our technique and fundamentals. So, it’s going to take
everybody, all position groups, all coaches to just commit to doing the things we do at a
high level. And then it’s going to take us as coaches to try to find those things we do best
and focus more on those and find new and creative ways to do things that are similar or
things that fit within what we do well and use those on Sunday.”
(On if the offense has been growing) “I think in areas. Now it didn’t show in the last game or
the last two games from a final result or in total, but I think there are pieces that you can
see from certain individuals, certain groups or at certain times in the game of progress. And
I think what we ultimately have to get to, is putting all those things together where you don’t
always have time to wait for everything to piece together perfectly. In some games it’s not
going to all fit together perfectly, where it just so happens that a guy misses a play on one
play and another guy misses a play on another play. Or we put the guys in a bad situation
one play and it kind of adds up to a negative result. But the more consistent we can be in
terms of when guys are on schedule doing the things that they’re supposed to be doing on
their assignments, on their tasks, on their technique and fundamentals, the more likely we
are to be able to put together positive drives, and then positive drives turn into positive
games. So, I do think that guys are making progress. I think we need to continue to keep
working it and continue to make that progress and keep pushing and keep having a sense of
urgency to get all 11 playing well together at the same time and that will ultimately drive
that result.”
(On if the offensive roles are shifted throughout the season) “Absolutely, I think we’re
moving closer and closer to that. Even over the course of the spring, things change and
evolve because you’re finding out what routes a guy’s good at, what blocks a certain
offensive lineman is good at. And then you get into the games, and you get more live action,
full speed reps against different competition, against different schemes. And you find out
what our guys are good at, what schemes our guys are good at, what formations, personnel
groups, shifts, motions, all of those things. And the more we do of that, the more these guys
grow together, learning how to play together, so they get better playing together and we get
better at game planning for them. So, there’s a whole bunch of things that hopefully we
continue to improve if we continue to learn each other and learn what we’re all good at.”
(On the balance between big picture responsibilities as coordinator and coaching players
hands on) “Yeah, that’s a great question because that’s certainly been a learning process
for me and I’m sure everybody goes through the same thing where you’re so used to
working on the day-to-day with just one position group or one specific player or one group
of guys and you kind of get into the routine of just working with those guys every day.
Tuesday I do this and Wednesday I do this and Thursday I do this, but taking this role and
having to work with different guys at different times based on what’s needed and having to
adapt to the different situations is something that I’ve continued to try to evolve over the
course of the year and being flexible and adaptable, like I said, to be able to help whoever
needs it wherever I’m needed, where I’m most useful. It’s been a lot of fun being able to get
to work with different guys in a more expanded capacity where previously you may only
work with the offensive line in small situations. Like for example, if you’re with working with
quarterbacks, you might only work with the offensive line when you’re talking about
protections, but you don’t really get to talk to them about the run game that much. It’s been
a lot of fun to be able to talk to each group about all different phases of the offensive game.
So, I’ve loved that element of it. You lose a little bit of the one-on-one or individual time that
you love, but what you get back the ability to work with truly everybody across the offense.”
(On WR/DB Travis Hunter and his performance against the Rams) “Well, the great part
about it was you see first and foremost the effort and the resiliency. We’re down, things
aren’t going well for the team and he’s in there still playing as hard as he can, doing his job,
competing, attacking the ball, attacking the run game, attacking the pass game. So that’s
first and foremost what stands out for you, and we appreciate that. And that’s really who we
want to be as an offense from that identity standpoint of the way we play the game. Then
you see his ability to make plays, make things happen after the catch, has a great
understanding of space and defense and where guys are around him, can make guys miss,
can find lanes to run, can find lanes to get open in the pass game and then his ability to
make plays on the ball. When you throw the ball and put the ball in the air, you feel great
about his ability to track it, go up and get the ball and then make something happen after
the fact.”
(On OL Wyatt Milum’s progression) “He’s still working hard with those guys out there. It’s
been good to see him continue to progress and get some opportunities here and there at
practice to go in there with that group. I think that one of the big things for him coming back
is being a rookie already, there is a learning curve not only of the offense but learning to
play with the guys around you. Offensive line is such a co-dependent position where you
need to be able to work with, if I’m at guard the tackle, if I’m at tackle the guard, if I’m at
center I’m working basically with everybody. So, him learning the way those guys
communicate, those guys work, the way they take their footwork or they take their pass
sets is such a huge part of his progress. And I think as we were able to continue to get him
back, that will continue to grow and grow and that will help his ability to grow not only as a
player but with this unit or this group, this offensive line group specifically.”
(On if Raiders DE Maxx Crosby alters the offensive gameplan) “A ton. He’s a guy, I probably
have said this for probably one or two players each week, but he’s another guy who can
impact every single play. He’s all over the field. You see the effort, you see him in the pass
game affecting the quarterback or affecting the ball, tipping up. He’s making plays on the
ball. You see him in the run game, plays blocks in a bunch of different ways and has a great
way of finding his way to the ball. He’s never out of the play. So he’s a guy that like some of
these other guys, even though he might be on one side on one play and another side on
another plays to one side, you have to really account for him across the entire offensive
play because even if he’s on the left, he could be making plays on the right. If he’s on the
right, he’s making plays on the left. So his effort, his range and his ability make it make it a
challenge to attack.”
(On how to get the offense off to a faster start) “Well I think, like we talk about with the run
game, it starts with how we prepare and how we practice and making sure that we find
things that we feel really confident about and really good about. And then putting those
together in a sequence where we’re able to go out there and execute and stay on track. I’m
sure Liam talked about it a little bit where the results of the offense when we’re off
schedule and it’s first-and-20, make it a real challenge on the play caller to find something
to go to at that point and to stick with whatever plan you may have set out. Now you try to
prepare for everything, but if you have repeated penalties or repeated negative plays, it
makes it much more difficult to stick to that plan. So if we’re able to execute those things
early at a high level, I think that will pay dividends throughout not only that drive, but
throughout the rest of the game because you’re able to set up sequences of plays,
sequences of drives and different things that you want to get to that you might not get to
when you’re always behind the chains or off schedule.”
(On if learning the players and what they do best can contribute to faster offensive starts) “I
think so. I think that that’s always part of the process on figuring out what guys really need
early to do well through the rest of the game. I suppose what I’m trying to say, like you’re
saying, certain guys get into certain situations, and they feel really comfortable with certain
schemes or certain alignments or certain spots on the field. And if you can get them into
that, that gets guys into a rhythm. As much as people like to say, there’s not really such a
thing as getting into the zone or getting into a certain feeling like they’re in that state where
like they can’t miss. We want to get them into that true flow as much as possible. So, what’s
the way to get that? It’s getting them do something they do well or getting them to do
something they’re comfortable with or have confidence that they’re going to be able to go
out there and execute correctly.”
