call the signals

The unsettled atmosphere “tends to influence what I call the signals among the noise — the very few individuals who are not just talking, but are going to take action and are going to be politically violent,” said Reid Meloy, a forensic psychologist who has worked as a consultant to the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit.

As with the offense, the Chargers will be unveiling a new defense devised by Staley, who will call the signals to safety Derwin James.

But Staley will call the signals when the opposition has the ball, something he did a year ago in coordinating a Rams defense that finished the season ranked No. 1 in the NFL.

“Every one of the five or six men present, including Ernest, was busy getting his hands and his lab coat dirty. Every now and again they would go into a huddle, like a football team, to call the signals for the next play. But every man was a quarterback; a suggestion from the newest and youngest recruit would be considered and acted upon with as much respect as one proposed by Stan or Ernest. The whole scene was a far cry from my idea of scientific research.”

Mallett got the nod, and after his performance it became clear who would call the signals in the finale at Cincinnati.