OFFENSIVE LINEMAN ROBERT HAINSEY
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AUGUST 8, 2026
(On training camp so far) “Camp’s been great. It’s been a really good first week. We got,
what, seven practices in with the scrimmage? So, a lot of opportunity to get good looks, just
remembering that these are the times where not everything’s going to be perfect. That’s
what we’re working on, picking out the things that we can improve on and trying to take
them into that next day of practice and put them to work on the field.”
(On the mock game) “It was good. It was a little different than last year being in the stadium
and stuff. This was nice being here. Ultimately, it’s a good chance to get quick, live reps
pretty much versus the different looks on defense that our defense is going to give us
because we know we’re going to get a ton and that we have to adjust and be ready to go
with whatever we’re going to get.”
(On if he notices when the rest of the offensive line shuffles) “Yeah, just doing your job. I
think everyone who comes in and out has done a great job. Everyone’s getting better,
everyone’s improving, everyone’s working together, and it’s been super helpful for all these
guys to get all the reps, because you never know when you’re going to need them. You never
know when you’re going to need to lean on that experience so it’s a great opportunity for all
the guys that have come in to get those live reps next to different guys, myself included.
Whenever we figure out how things are going to shake out, then I’ve had reps with everyone
that could be there, so that’s helpful.”
(On if he feels a difference going into his second year in the system) “Yeah, absolutely.
Things are quicker, communication’s better, communication’s even a little bit less because
we have a better understanding of what we’re doing. So, that makes things smoother on the
field, for sure.”
(On if learning the playbook and calls is easier) “Yeah, I think so. Kind of like I was saying,
there’s a better understanding of everything we need to get done. So, from checking in with
the tackles, like, ‘Hey, when I say this, what are you thinking?’ Their answer has been what I
think they’re thinking, if that makes sense. So that’s good knowledge for me to know how
I’m saying things, what I’m doing is translating to them, and we’re all on the same page.”
(On running routes in practice and whether he could be an eligible receiver) “Per the rules
of football, I doubt it. Unless we get in a really weird formation, but that might be a
giveaway.”
(On when the last time he played tackle) “Practice in 2024. In a game, the Rose Bowl.”
(On if he could play tackle if needed) “I could do it if the team needed me to. If we get to
that point, I think we’ve got problems.”
(On QB Trevor Lawrence) “Trevor [QB Trevor Lawrence] has been doing great. I was telling
him the other day, like two days ago, I was like, I think this was one of our best days. Best
day at camp so far, for sure. Just communication, rolling, getting up to the ball, knowing
what we’re doing. He’s done a great job leading and commanding, and his understanding of
the offense is so much deeper than it was at this time last year, and that’s just the nature of
it. He’s got a lot of snaps under his belt playing in this offense, and we all have a lot of
snaps together in this offense. So, like I was kind of even mentioning with the O-line, it
translates to the tight ends and the quarterbacks too, and even the running backs having an
understanding of what we’re doing. So, it definitely shows, it makes things feel smooth,
gives us a lot of confidence to keep growing and keep getting better.”
DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR ANTHONY CAMPANILE
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AUGUST 8, 2026
(On what he saw out of the young players in the mock game) “I thought the young guys
played really hard. The most important part or the most difficult part, I would say, for a
collegiate guy coming up and playing pro ball is there’s probably just a little bit more
communication. So that was something that, taking away from the scrimmage, some of the
young guys got to do a little bit better job with that. But I thought a lot of guys went a
thousand miles an hour; some guys in the front really did a good job, some guys at the
second level. So, we were pleased with them.”
(On the growth from CB Jarrian Jones) “I love Jarrian, man. Love coaching him. He’s a really
sharp football player. He constantly is working at it away from the field. And that’s helped
him kind of branch out and play different spots. You see, like, he’s in there as a nickel, in
there as a dime, and in there as a corner, and I’ve said to you before, like, he’s even taken
reps in here in some settings as a safety. So, he’s a really sharp football guy, and he’s
constantly working at his craft. I think him working with Mat [Defensive Pass Game
Coordinator Mathieu Araujo], just watching that, his process has been a lot of fun to
watch.”
(On the trust from the coaching staff to put Jones in different roles) “I think it shows a lot of
trust. We have a few guys like that. And as guys are growing, sometimes that can help a
guy; it’s different. Like sometimes, hey, that’s a lot to process, but sometimes it can help a
guy because you’re learning all the spots. You basically know why you’re doing everything in
these different positions. So, to learn some of those linebacker roles as a DB I think is a
good thing, and it just kind of broadens your horizons and understanding of everything. So,
it definitely shows a lot of trust, but he’s really handled it well.”
(On if Jones is playing more like a veteran) “I think he is. I think that’s where our goal is to get
everybody there and that a lot of times does develop with communication. Defense, great
defenses, they all trust. And that trust is built when you’re around guys who constantly or
consistently do their job. In our room, we say trust is gained in drops, but it’s lost in
buckets. Being a guy that’s out there that doesn’t do his job or doesn’t communicate,
doesn’t make a call, that can really diminish trust amongst the players around you. And I
think what we have right now is a good level of trust amongst all those guys, and he’s
developed that amongst his teammates at different positions.”
(On how the defensive backs have improved since Araujo arrived) “Yeah, I think that
definitely shows up in the aggressiveness of their play and their ability to make plays on the
ball in camp so far. And a lot of that comes from the pre-snap communication, meeting
together. And he has a great process. He’s super detail oriented. You guys have been at
practice and watched him in individual. There’s a process to everything. And like you said,
we have a history, and there’s kind of like years behind that, things that you believe, in that
position that you have to achieve and get better at. And he really does a great job of going to
work on that every day with all of them, having an action plan for each individual guy.”
(On if he communicates with the Saints coaching staff for joint practice) “Usually, I mean,
most of that is more so just layout of the facility, personnel groupings, what it’s looking like
and then, getting an idea of what that practice schedule looks like. Usually those
conversations kind of revolve around that, but there is a degree of that, ‘Hey, this is stuff we
want to see, this will be good for us.’ But yeah. Each experience is different, I guess, is the
best way to say it.”
(On if the players will treat the joint practice with the Saints like a game) “I think the best
thing is just getting the opportunity to go out there and compete against other people.
We’ve been going at it here against each other for quite a while in OTAs and camp now. It’ll
be good, it’ll be exciting, something new, something fresh. So, we’re excited to get down
there.”
(On what he saw from DE B.J. Green II in the mock game) “Point blank, I think he played
really hard. And, you can have all the calls, all of this, all of that. That stuff pales in
comparison to the effort and energy level that your team plays at. That’s really how you
should be judged. I think as a player, as a coach, as a unit, do your guys give everything they
got? I think he did that yesterday. He gave us everything he had. He hustled his ass off. Even
when the ball wasn’t around him, he was getting around the ball. So, yeah, I thought he did
a great job with that top to bottom yesterday.”
(On Green II’s potential) “Yeah, I think BJ, he’s a hungry guy. He’s worked himself into that
position. He has fought for everything that he’s earned and achieved to this point, but I
think there’s, like I said about somebody the other day, he still feels like there’s a gap to
close, and I think that’s true of everybody here. And if you don’t take that approach, it’s hard
to get better. But he has taken the right approach in that regard.”
(On signing LB Jahlani Tavai) “Obviously, we’ve had some injuries in camp, but I’ve seen
Jahlani play over the years and some guys who I know really well have coached him, been
around him, so there’s definitely a familiarity with him and the way he plays. He’s been in a
system that has a lot of the same tenets as ours. When he was in Detroit and in New
England, we played very similarly in Miami when I was there. So, there’s a lot of carryover,
even just the verbiage to everything. It’s an easier transition for him. But he’s a big physical
guy who’s played multiple roles. And he’s also a guy that can play on the line of scrimmage,
off the ball, and on third down, have rush value. And like I said last year, there’s guys who
were kind of three-down guys. And to me, that’s his three-down value. As a third-down
rusher, he can bring something, knows the pass rush games, and has done a good job with
that where he’s been. So that’s what was exciting about him for us.”
(On what he has seen from LB Jalen McLeod, LB Yasir Abdullah and LB Dennis Gardeck)
“I’m glad you asked that because McLeod and Gardeck, those are guys who basically
played on the line of scrimmage. If you look at McLeod’s career in college, that’s what he
was. To me, it’s really hard to do what those two guys have done. Dennis was very similar in
Arizona, predominantly in an end type of role, edge role, and has trained himself to be an
off-the-ball guy. So, both of those guys have done a great job. Dennis has done a great job, I
think, working with Jalen and Jalen stayed around him, and they did a great job this
summer, and Jalen knows the system, so he’s been able to play off the ball and play pretty
well. He had a good day yesterday. And again, he still gives you third-down rush value. So,
both of those guys are very similar in that regard. And some guys have that third-down
value of, they’re really good cover guys, so they stay in the game at linebacker on third
down. So, they give us a little bit of variety and give us a chance to do different things with
them in the game. Yasir’s very similar. He’s an edge guy, now knows how to play on his feet.
He’s done a lot of good things for us too, so that’s been a great kind of battle to watch and
watching them all work together. It’s been fun. They’re all great dudes to coach, though,
too. They’re all physical, tough-ass kids, and they’re really good kids. They’re great guys, I
should say.”
(On if he likes what he is seeing so far) “Yeah, I do. I think there’s a lot of room for growth
though. I think everybody in our room would tell you that. Never really satisfied with any of
that. There are things, from my position, I got to look at what we got to get better at, and
there’s definitely a lot of things we got to get better at. And we’re trying to focus on that right
now. Worry about us, how we develop: one, communication, consistently running the ball,
taking the ball away, whipping blocks and how we tackle. And as you get into these kind of
the meat and potatoes of camp, when you’re getting away from that acclimation period,
you get the op[portunity] to tackle a little bit more. And that’s something that we got to be
drilling the hell out of in our individual periods: block destruction, tackling, being frontal
with people and running to the football. Those are things that you’re never going to stop
working on.”
(On the next step he wants to see from WR/CB Travis Hunter in training camp) “Just like
everybody else, just fundamentals. I think Mat does a great job with that, being detailed
with them, being hard on them about that every day and critiquing it and watching the
individual. So just from that perspective, he just, like everybody else, needs repetition. I feel
that way about everybody.”
(On Jones saying he can be used at corner, nickel and safety) “He’s done a good job with
that. We’re trying to get him in there, moving him around. And he’s taking it to heart. It’s
important to him. He’s doing extra to learn everything, all the inner workings, all those
spots. And it’s a lot. It is. But he’s done a really good job, proud of his effort that way to this
point. And hopefully he’ll continue to progress, which I really do believe he will.”
(On what the workload will look like for Jones when Hunter is at cornerback) “Yeah, I mean,
for everybody, the good problem there is we got a bunch of guys that could play, can run
and cover. I mean, as far as corners, I don’t know if I’ve been around a room that has that
many guys that are really good players. And getting them all on the field at the same time
has been fun. And just watching them battle has been fun. So, they’re all really good about
working together and, they’re all starting to progress, I think, to a level that we were hoping
they would get to.”
(On balancing special teams value when forming the roster) “Yeah, it’s always if you’re not a
starter, you’ve got to be a contributor on special teams. And, you know, it’s a team game.
So, you’re always in constant communication about that, and that’s a huge part of it for us,
right? We’ve been great on special teams because I think they have a great culture in that
room. I think Heath [Associate Head Coach/Special Teams Coordinator] and [Assistant
Special Teams Coach] Luke Thompson do an unbelievable job of getting those guys to fly
down the field and in every phase of special teams. So, I have so much respect for what
they’ve done, and they’ve got it right; we’re getting the right guys out there. So, it’s always a
battle that way in camp. And, if you’re not a starter, you got to contribute there.”
(On evaluating the safety position) “Yeah, I think AJ’s [S Antonio Johnson] done a good job
too. And then I think Caleb [S Caleb Ransaw], Rayuan [S Rayuan Lane III], Jalen [S Jalen
Huskey], all the young guys, they’re all doing a good job battling it out. So, these next few
weeks will tell us a lot, and they’re all competing really, really hard. So, it’s a race to see
who progresses the quickest.”
(On Johnson’s role) “He’s awesome, man. He’s an awesome guy to coach. You guys have
been around him. He’s a great human being. He’s a really tough kid. And he loves football.
So, like, he’s one of those guys, why is he able to be versatile? He loves football. He’s
thinking about football when he’s not here. It’s important to him. And I think the way he
represents himself as a player, you can see that it’s important to him. So yeah, I’m always
rooting for him, and I really appreciate AJ. So yeah, he’s a fun guy to coach.”
