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“The first couple of days he was probably like: ‘I can’t deal with this guy.’ But I like to tell them: ‘I’m gonna be pretty hard on you for about two weeks and after two weeks you’ll get it.’

“I try to get on the same chemistry, get to know the guy, maybe go out for lunch with him. We’re gonna go through some things.”

Medlock always has compared the kicking unit to a battery in baseball. It’s important for long snapper Chad Rempel and the holder to be on the same page with the kicker.

Medlock admits he likes things done differently than most other kickers, which sometimes makes it a challenge to hold for him.

“Bennett was getting good at it,” Medlock said. “It took him a little longer to really get it going but once he got it going, he was great. He did a great job in the playoffs and toward the back end of the season we were rolling.

“Hopefully, I can get one guy and go from there. We’ll see how it all works out.

“It’s weird, cause I look at all the other teams and it’s like ‘They’ve had that same guy two years and I’m like: ‘Man, why can’t I get that?’ ”

Medlock thought he had a holder he liked to start last season, when Ross grabbed the job coming out of training camp. But he was injured in Week 1 after fumbling a snap and eventually was released.

So far, McGuire seems to be grasping things quickly.

“He’s always: ‘How am I doing at this? How am I doing at that?’ That’s the type of guy I like,” Medlock said. “He did it a little in college, but once he came and worked with me it was re-learning. I always tell people, even if they’ve done it, doing it the way I like it is way different.”