Speaker 1: All right afternoon. UM, let me update you real quick
Speaker 1: on injuries from this football game. UM. First of all,
Speaker 1: that uh one that he was deactivated, actually Terrence Brooks,
Speaker 1: he's still still nursing the hamstring. It's uh, we'll see
Speaker 1: where he's at actually later in the week to make
Speaker 1: a decision on him. UM. Nolan Carroll is in the
Speaker 1: concussion protocol. And then the ones that are are okay,
Speaker 1: and we'll actually practice this week. Alan Barbery, he'll he'll
Speaker 1: practice this week. Brent Selik with his with his rib,
Speaker 1: he'll he'll be okay to practice. Camu will be out there.
Speaker 1: He's been one that's been injury here the last couple
Speaker 1: of weeks. Jason Kelsey has a quad contusion from the game,
Speaker 1: but we'll be able to practice. He'll be fine. Benny Logan, Um,
Speaker 1: a little bit sore, but he's gonna be fine. Came
Speaker 1: through the game game okay, Uh, Leo with his hamstring
Speaker 1: got through it fine. And obviously you made a huge
Speaker 1: play at the end of the game. And then destiny
Speaker 1: uh left calf contusion was kicked. He'll be he'll be
Speaker 1: okay to practice. UM, and UH good to go this
Speaker 1: week's play in the three the last three games when
Speaker 1: he was filled in for Alan and yeah, how much. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's great to First of all, it's great to have
Speaker 1: a guy like like Wiz um veteran experience, played a
Speaker 1: lot of games prior to you know, joining our football team,
Speaker 1: and that's great to have that kind of backup guards
Speaker 1: center combination out of him. He's played, he's played well,
Speaker 1: you know, Um, he's been a solid addition in there.
Speaker 1: I've been real consistent. Um, you know, a little limited
Speaker 1: as an athlete, but but a very smart makes up
Speaker 1: for it with with his with his brain and and
Speaker 1: being in the right position in the protocol and with
Speaker 1: Leote still kind of had the hamstring injury. Do you
Speaker 1: feel the need to do anything different in terms of
Speaker 1: personnel at cornerback at this time now and it's too
Speaker 1: early in the week to make that decision. Well, it's
Speaker 1: one of those things. Well, we'll see later in the week.
Speaker 1: As they progressed the drive to go ahead in the
Speaker 1: fourth quarter, lots we made of the previous drives this
Speaker 1: season where we all didn't get them done. What did
Speaker 1: you take from those previous drives and what were you
Speaker 1: looking at what they were giving you? Could you take
Speaker 1: us through that drive a little bit. It looked like
Speaker 1: the second and ten run of scrolls was a real
Speaker 1: key to that. And what were you thinking that you
Speaker 1: went through that. You know, the biggest thing was coming
Speaker 1: out of this game and as opposed to some of
Speaker 1: those other games, was you know, we did a little
Speaker 1: bit better on first and second down yesterday than we
Speaker 1: did in those previous games where we kept ourselves in
Speaker 1: some third and longer situations. At least we were in
Speaker 1: some manageable down and distances there that gave us opportunities
Speaker 1: to stay on the field. The obviously the run to
Speaker 1: Sprolls was huge. And then you know, just our offensive
Speaker 1: line just taking control I think of the line of
Speaker 1: scrimmage and playing playing on their side of the ball
Speaker 1: was a big benefit. And uh, you know didn't have
Speaker 1: to necessarily um, you know, have to throw the ball
Speaker 1: as much. I mean, our running game obviously was was
Speaker 1: kind of taken over and wanted to continue that late
Speaker 1: in the game. The third team that likes to pack
Speaker 1: the box a lot, so second in ten they were
Speaker 1: probably they probably was showing a lot. But what's sprung
Speaker 1: that second and ten or what what did you think
Speaker 1: worked in that on that play. Well, you know, yeah,
Speaker 1: they're Atlanta, is they? They? They there are an eight
Speaker 1: man box defense. And uh, you know a lot of times, Um,
Speaker 1: sometimes by formation you can you can spread them out,
Speaker 1: but at the same time, you know you you're going
Speaker 1: to have to let one guy go. You just don't
Speaker 1: have enough blockers. And and um, you know we had
Speaker 1: a hat for a hat on the play except for
Speaker 1: the backside guys and allowed Darren to you know, get
Speaker 1: outside on that on the on the run, and and
Speaker 1: and and make a nice make a nice game and
Speaker 1: help us, you know, help us finish that football game.
Speaker 1: But UM, a lot of times it's it can be
Speaker 1: by formation or the design of the play that that
Speaker 1: helps you get that done. Peter said yesterday, he's kind
Speaker 1: of your year. How do you think he's playing this year?
Speaker 1: And how much time do you think he has? Um,
Speaker 1: I'll tell you what he's playing. He's he's playing extremely well.
Speaker 1: And UM, you know, the for me as a coach
Speaker 1: and and just knowing him as long as I have,
Speaker 1: I mean, the the proud thing for me is is
Speaker 1: where he is physically healthy, you know, and he's he's
Speaker 1: in a great position right now. And you know, we're
Speaker 1: managing managing him during the week to get him just
Speaker 1: enough reps during practice to get him to game day.
Speaker 1: And he feels he feels great. He's getting plenty of
Speaker 1: rest earlier in the week that helps him and and um,
Speaker 1: you know, I'd love to see him play, you know,
Speaker 1: as long as he can, you know, and and uh,
Speaker 1: but yeah, he's playing. He's playing extremely well right now.
Speaker 1: President to managing his time, did you have a player
Speaker 1: in mind? I mean, what he said yesterday was he
Speaker 1: feels pressured And was there a guy in your past
Speaker 1: that you said him going to try to do it?
Speaker 1: Like because Jason Peters, I mean, you know, because just knowing,
Speaker 1: knowing how we handled him in the past here, Um,
Speaker 1: you know, just looking back, he's such a dynamic athlete
Speaker 1: and powerful man at left tackle that you know, guys
Speaker 1: like that you want to because he works so hard
Speaker 1: during the week, you want to just again give him
Speaker 1: enough rest during the week that he's he's fresh and
Speaker 1: ready to go. And it's and it's a tribute to
Speaker 1: to us. The way he you know, prepares himself during
Speaker 1: the week and the way he um his hydration, his nutrition,
Speaker 1: all of that plays a part, especially this late in
Speaker 1: the season. How well these guys take care of their
Speaker 1: bodies off the field is a big part to their
Speaker 1: their recovery, UM, and their health, especially the older you
Speaker 1: get as as a football player, it's your confidence level enough,
Speaker 1: No one can't go this week, you know. In the
Speaker 1: backup guy corners, UM really inhesitant to use him in
Speaker 1: the game. And what you turn to first, you know,
Speaker 1: between Aaron Rive and CJ. Yeah, you know, obviously Jalen
Speaker 1: has done a great job in that in that in
Speaker 1: that position. Um, you know CJ right now has the
Speaker 1: most um probably the most experience or at least the
Speaker 1: most reps you know, playing at that corner position. Who
Speaker 1: who's been active and playing more special teams. Aaron is
Speaker 1: still kind of working into the system just a little bit.
Speaker 1: Um just you know, he's only been active a week,
Speaker 1: so we just got to keep keep bringing him along
Speaker 1: with some more reps. But um, you know, it's it's
Speaker 1: attribute though to uh. I think our defensive line with
Speaker 1: those situations when we talk about the corner position, because
Speaker 1: when we do put the pressure on quarterbacks like we've done,
Speaker 1: especially yesterday, UM allows our guys to kind of kind
Speaker 1: of free up a little bit and and and if
Speaker 1: you got to double a guy, you can double a
Speaker 1: guy and and and use that to your advantage than Jordan,
Speaker 1: not the other receivers I think for two catches for
Speaker 1: Santa CON's been back. Thus, what's kind of going on there?
Speaker 1: Like those guys getting no you know, yesterday it was
Speaker 1: just uh gosh, I mean, the running game just was
Speaker 1: so big yesterday that that we didn't have to throw
Speaker 1: the ball as much, you know, like we've done in
Speaker 1: the past. And you know I've said all along that
Speaker 1: if we can keep keep Carson too. You know, there's
Speaker 1: twenty five attempts, thirty attempts. I mean, it's it's it's
Speaker 1: a good day usually um. And and you know, the
Speaker 1: design of some of the there were some matchups we
Speaker 1: had with Sproles on their linebackers, you know, Earth's over
Speaker 1: the ball, some opportunities versus man coverage with Jordan and
Speaker 1: over the middle. Just just some design things that we
Speaker 1: had during the game plan that were not necessarily you know,
Speaker 1: a reflection on Nelson or any other guys. It was
Speaker 1: just a matter of the design, the contour of the
Speaker 1: play and who was who was the primary on that play,
Speaker 1: how well the defense is a point. Is there a
Speaker 1: measure that you've used, whether it's it's points allowed, doors
Speaker 1: all out door downs, what's what's the key step? We
Speaker 1: have one more point in them at the end of
Speaker 1: the game. You know, I don't and I think Schwartz
Speaker 1: is the same way. I don't put a lot of
Speaker 1: a lot of emphasis on on you know, points, yards
Speaker 1: and if we just go out and just execute the
Speaker 1: game plan and do our jobs and and which we've
Speaker 1: kind of said all along, those kind of things, they
Speaker 1: kind of take care of themselves. We knew, yes, we
Speaker 1: did know Atlanta. We know the explosiveness they have on offense.
Speaker 1: We knew the explosiveness that Pittsburgh had. We knew the
Speaker 1: firepower that that that Minnesota was bringing and their defense had.
Speaker 1: So but it's just it's just a matter of our
Speaker 1: guys just you know, embracing the game plan for that week. Um,
Speaker 1: it was great to get Benny back yesterday. I think
Speaker 1: that was a that was a key part of our
Speaker 1: our rush yesterday and not having to blitz as much,
Speaker 1: you know, and and and anytime you can rush for
Speaker 1: and not blitz and still put that kind of pressure
Speaker 1: on your quarterback. Um, it's a great it's a great day,
Speaker 1: and so it takes away all the other other stats
Speaker 1: if you just can do that, I know, the hit on,
Speaker 1: the hit on Julia, just the way you're acting on
Speaker 1: the side, which it's pretty inherent thought that would have
Speaker 1: been penally. Does the uncertainty nowadays NFL about what is
Speaker 1: a kind of leading? What is on? Does that have
Speaker 1: any effect on coaching? But it's strategy, teaching, technique, any
Speaker 1: sort of aspect because you may not have a real
Speaker 1: good idea of what exactly is confronting. It doesn't change
Speaker 1: anything on our our behalf as far as how we
Speaker 1: how we teach, how we how we go about our business,
Speaker 1: how we instruct our players. I would say this that
Speaker 1: a defensive player, Yeah, you have to lower your target,
Speaker 1: you know. And some of these things listen, some of
Speaker 1: these things happen so fast and their bang bang type plays.
Speaker 1: That that to the naked eye at the time, maybe
Speaker 1: it maybe it looks bad when really it's not. That's
Speaker 1: why all these SlowMo cameras and stuff you see. You
Speaker 1: see a bunch of different angles. But it doesn't change
Speaker 1: how we approach, how we game plan um or or
Speaker 1: how we you know, you know, teach our teach our
Speaker 1: players between you and the league. Yet regarding that bue,
Speaker 1: what when you went back and looked at it, and
Speaker 1: how do you feel like those things should be handled? Well?
Speaker 1: I mean, again we talk about player safety and players
Speaker 1: safety being the being the number one importance, and you know, um,
Speaker 1: I'm not going to get into a bunch of it here,
Speaker 1: but you know, defenseless receiver trying to make it play,
Speaker 1: all of that kind of stuff, and it happens so
Speaker 1: fast that you know, and and you know, um, these
Speaker 1: guys listen, the officials are are are working extremely hard
Speaker 1: every week. UM. You know they they they pride themselves
Speaker 1: and doing the right thing. And they don't they don't
Speaker 1: want to be the reason for wins and losses. You know,
Speaker 1: the best games are when you don't even know they're there. Um,
Speaker 1: so you know, give them credit. It happens extremely fast
Speaker 1: a lot of times. And and UM, you know, we
Speaker 1: could say the same thing about maybe defensive holding. I mean,
Speaker 1: the umpires now on the offensive side of the ball,
Speaker 1: so there's there's things there. I mean, but you know, UM,
Speaker 1: by no means does that UM can't let it affect
Speaker 1: us obviously, UM, I need to probably be a little
Speaker 1: more cooler in those situations and and you know, but uh,
Speaker 1: you're also looking out and protecting your player too. It
Speaker 1: was very accurate in particularly on third down. Um, there
Speaker 1: are a lot of good throws, the scrolls, other conversions,
Speaker 1: you know, I mean some of the shorter throws have
Speaker 1: kind of got gotten away from. What was the difference
Speaker 1: you thought in this this week one he was he
Speaker 1: was seeing the coverage, seeing the leverage, his target line
Speaker 1: with his feet. We've talked about mechanics. He you know,
Speaker 1: he's worked on that the last couple of weeks and
Speaker 1: he was a lot more accurate yesterday with those throws
Speaker 1: and just opportunity. Um, you know, Zach over the ball
Speaker 1: a couple of times, you know, sprowls in the flat,
Speaker 1: different things like that, taking advantage of some matchups. Um.
Speaker 1: But Carson working in practice and fixing his feet and
Speaker 1: target lines and all that have been been a big part.
Speaker 1: He did differently this week in practice. So it was
Speaker 1: anything you noticed, No, No, it's still just him drilling,
Speaker 1: you know with coach d Filippo and Frank just working
Speaker 1: the details and working the working the drill work in
Speaker 1: our individual periods in practice receivers. I know you said
Speaker 1: there were things you liked with Arts and Sprowls yesterday,
Speaker 1: but I mean it's really been an ongoing thing where
Speaker 1: Jordan has been the only receiver, uh that's really made
Speaker 1: an impact. DGB I don't think has a catch the
Speaker 1: last two weeks, strikes out the one, the one d ball.
Speaker 1: But I mean, are you getting enough from that position
Speaker 1: group rather than Jordan And can you win consistently with
Speaker 1: with one wide receiver making an impact? I think I
Speaker 1: think if And it's a it's a tough question because
Speaker 1: there's one football and like five skill guys, you know.
Speaker 1: I mean, it's a it's a it's it's something too
Speaker 1: that maybe by design of the play, it's not necessarily
Speaker 1: designed for Nelson on this play or DGB on this play.
Speaker 1: We do have plays intended for those guys, um, but
Speaker 1: this offense, keep in mind, this is a progression offense,
Speaker 1: and if one's not there, two should be there, three
Speaker 1: should be there. So that's how we teach the system,
Speaker 1: and that's how we teach our quarterbacks, and a lot
Speaker 1: of it's again by progression based on what they see,
Speaker 1: so the ball, you know, and again yesterday just by
Speaker 1: the nature of their defense just gave us, gave us Sprolls,
Speaker 1: gave us Ertz, gave us Jordan on specific on those
Speaker 1: specific plays, and and we were able to make those plays.
Speaker 1: And again it it kind of stems back to the
Speaker 1: run game a little bit. Being able to run the
Speaker 1: football alleviates some of that pressure on your quarterback and
Speaker 1: your receivers. Like seventy some snaps at some point, there
Speaker 1: wouldn't there be an opportunity to get the ball one
Speaker 1: of those other guys. Well, I mean, when you rush
Speaker 1: the ball for two hundred and some yards, it's it's hard.
Speaker 1: I mean, what are you gonna do? You're gonna give
Speaker 1: something to take something. And and I just felt yesterday
Speaker 1: that you know, our running game and Ryan the way
Speaker 1: he was attacking the defense and the way our offensive
Speaker 1: line you know, got after him a little bit. I
Speaker 1: just I just felt like that was the way to
Speaker 1: go yesterday. And didn't have to dial up many throws
Speaker 1: that that, uh, you know, if we didn't didn't need them.
Speaker 1: Do you want to be normally as long as you
Speaker 1: don't get knocked off your script like you did, you know,
Speaker 1: because the Giants or whatever. I think it's I think
Speaker 1: it's definitely a blueprint, you know, to to to winning
Speaker 1: games in the NFL. UM. You know, anytime you can
Speaker 1: you can rush the ball like that, it does, speaking
Speaker 1: from experience, it can. It can. It alleviates the pressure
Speaker 1: to make to always have to make that throw or
Speaker 1: that that that catch. UM, and you stay manageable first
Speaker 1: and second down is um. You know, it's so important
Speaker 1: to your success on third down. And we were able
Speaker 1: to do that yesterday. Um, you know thirty six percent.
Speaker 1: I think on third down, like to have one more
Speaker 1: third down and then and then you're you're even better.
Speaker 1: But um, that running game is so important. Two ball,
Speaker 1: it starts two to those teams, this procedures, it's the
Speaker 1: issue for focus and concentration usually. UM. You know, we
Speaker 1: we we do a lot with our snap count. You know,
Speaker 1: we ask Carson to change it up quite frequently, so
Speaker 1: we're not always going on the standard one. UM. And
Speaker 1: and we did that yesterday. And uh, it's just it
Speaker 1: just comes down to just each guy just has to focus,
Speaker 1: just listen in the huddle. And and uh you're so
Speaker 1: aggressive you you you know, especially on a well it
Speaker 1: doesn't matter run or pass. You want to come off
Speaker 1: the ball and anticipate the defender. Um. And sometimes you
Speaker 1: can lose lose focus on the on the count. But
Speaker 1: that's something that has to be a weapon for the
Speaker 1: offense as we're pretty successful rust the top of yesterday,
Speaker 1: Do you find out something that like one doll Sma
Speaker 1: especially kind of excels out. Yeah, I do. I think
Speaker 1: he's very similar to Ryan and the fact that he
Speaker 1: can do that between the tackles and and in fact
Speaker 1: a couple of those inside zones you saw actually bend
Speaker 1: back and and and jump outside. So both those guys
Speaker 1: have the ability to do that. Um. Wendell can do
Speaker 1: that for sure. Um. And uh, you know he showed
Speaker 1: that yesterday, the toughness that he has to get, you know,
Speaker 1: to mix it up inside those tackles. US mentioned that, uh,
Speaker 1: you know to having the extra offensive linement out there.
Speaker 1: Isaac get to you yesterday. Yeah, Isaac is Uh, you know,
Speaker 1: he's coming along and he's playing. It's a great way
Speaker 1: to get him on the field, you know. Uh, to
Speaker 1: play him in that position. It's just a bigger body,
Speaker 1: usually against a defensive end and nothing against our tight ends,
Speaker 1: but sometimes a matchup helps in our favor and it did,
Speaker 1: it did yesterday. It's something we can continue to grow
Speaker 1: with and in our in our whether it be a
Speaker 1: three tight end package or two tight end package like
Speaker 1: you saw yesterday. Um. But it's great to have guys
Speaker 1: that uh and he's so you know, he's so athletic,
Speaker 1: he's smart, puts himself in good position. Um, and it's
Speaker 1: good to have you know, that extra linement like that
Speaker 1: in that position. Yet how much you use that and
Speaker 1: that's the defense can generally disregard him as a receiver,
Speaker 1: whereas they can't necessarily do that with a tight end. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean you I guess the Tennessee is to to
Speaker 1: probably run the ball a little bit more. We did
Speaker 1: have the one play action pass with him in the
Speaker 1: game and and um uh so it's just something that
Speaker 1: as we go we just we just keep track of
Speaker 1: the numbers and make sure that we're mixing it. You know,
Speaker 1: we're a good good mix. Getting a lot of contributions
Speaker 1: from your rookies. Was that sort of wentz aside? I
Speaker 1: guess was that sort of the intention coming in was
Speaker 1: to was to get these guys involved. And is that
Speaker 1: of my deal situation out of the rookies playing so
Speaker 1: many snaps. Well, um, obviously we know with Big v
Speaker 1: uh and you know the lane situation that that uh
Speaker 1: you know in his case, it's it's it's tremendous to
Speaker 1: get Big v. Those types of reps probably wasn't going
Speaker 1: to happen. You know, if if lane we're still here. Um,
Speaker 1: and it's it's a listen, it's so valuable that these
Speaker 1: guys are playing this early in their careers, especially with
Speaker 1: Carson um and having a guy like Windell in the game.
Speaker 1: You know, with Carson and you know now you're now
Speaker 1: we're we're we're putting Isaac in there. Um. So it's
Speaker 1: just it's valuable experience for these guys. It's game game experience. UM.
Speaker 1: Something we can continue to build, you know, build each
Speaker 1: week you had front about defense that you wanted to exploit.
Speaker 1: You how do you build about it exploite? Well, the
Speaker 1: first thing is, you know, again they're an eight man
Speaker 1: front and you know, the one thing that uh I
Speaker 1: thought stout coach Stalin did a great job with designing
Speaker 1: was was same side runs mixed in with some some
Speaker 1: some backdoor runs and taking advantage of some linebackers, some
Speaker 1: fast flow linebackers that we talked about during the week
Speaker 1: that UM very aggressive to the to the ball, and
Speaker 1: and as long as you can stop the penetrators up
Speaker 1: front and get yourself up to the second level defenders,
Speaker 1: you got it. You got a chance. And we did
Speaker 1: a great job in that yesterday and managing that that
Speaker 1: eight man front. Okay, thanks guys. One