Speaker 1: Was your bye week, George. Yeah, we flew out to Jackson, Ol,
Speaker 1: Wyoming and got away and golfed and but yeah, it was.
Speaker 1: It was really nice to go out there and breathe.
Speaker 2: What's it been like just having a Christian back on
Speaker 2: the field this week?
Speaker 1: It's been awesome, man, just what he brings to the table,
Speaker 1: and and really just firing everybody else up around, you know,
Speaker 1: all of us coming off the bye week and and
Speaker 1: feeling good and fresh, and then you get two three
Speaker 1: next to you in the backfield. It's been awesome. Looks
Speaker 1: great moving around, and he's trending in the in the
Speaker 1: right direction. So we're excited to see what happens. Played
Speaker 1: together a lot, But do you need a little extra
Speaker 1: time just in terms of some of the past game stuff,
Speaker 1: getting back on the same page, getting timing.
Speaker 2: Do you do any of that this week?
Speaker 1: Yeah, just in the past game with you know, we
Speaker 1: do a lot of stuff where you know, he makes
Speaker 1: a decision based off a defender and then you know,
Speaker 1: just being on the same page and that kind of stuff.
Speaker 1: So it's you know, sinking back up into that kind
Speaker 1: of world. But obviously he's really smart and and it's
Speaker 1: been it's been a pretty good transition so far.
Speaker 2: Is preparing to face to the Buccaneers, How is it
Speaker 2: different than two years ago when you were going through
Speaker 2: that process for the first time against this defense.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, you know, two years ago, it was
Speaker 1: more of you know, I got approved my teammates and
Speaker 1: everybody that you know I can I can step in
Speaker 1: and do the role really well as a quarterback for
Speaker 1: this team and compete in that regard. Now it's like,
Speaker 1: all right, we're, you know, going into year three and
Speaker 1: and we've we all know what I've been able to
Speaker 1: do and what I can do for this team. And
Speaker 1: so now it's you know where we're at. We're four
Speaker 1: and four coming off the buy, and it's how can
Speaker 1: I continue to elevate my game and play at the
Speaker 1: standard that we need to be successful right now? And
Speaker 1: so that's the mindset. It's a little different. Obviously I
Speaker 1: was trying to prove and make a statement two years ago,
Speaker 1: but playing this defense now man personnel is a little different.
Speaker 1: But the scheme is there, and you know, they're they're
Speaker 1: a good team overall. So that's the mindset going into
Speaker 1: this week.
Speaker 2: A couple of times I'm curious why you think that.
Speaker 2: The almost seems like it's a starting cut for you
Speaker 2: guys going yeah.
Speaker 1: I mean it's nice that you know, we had to
Speaker 1: buy and get guys healthy and you get everybody back
Speaker 1: together and it's all right. We know how important the
Speaker 1: second half the season is, and it's it's all about
Speaker 1: one game at a time and and you know, stacking
Speaker 1: up wins and everything. So we've obviously known that from
Speaker 1: the last couple of years, but every year is different.
Speaker 1: That doesn't mean it's going to be guaranteed this year
Speaker 1: that we're gonna go and and do the things that
Speaker 1: we did the last couple of years. It's we got
Speaker 1: to put our heads back down and and just go
Speaker 1: to work one day at a time and and chip
Speaker 1: away at it.
Speaker 2: So what stands out to you about Todd Bowles's defense
Speaker 2: when you watch him.
Speaker 1: I think just the pressures and and all the variations
Speaker 1: of you know, coverages they do with guys blitzing and stuff.
Speaker 1: He does a really good job with that. He always
Speaker 1: has guys play together and they're gritty. You don't see
Speaker 1: anyone on the tape that gives up or anything like
Speaker 1: that against the Chiefs this last game. Man, they they
Speaker 1: brought it all the way into overtime. They played as
Speaker 1: a team really well, and so his defense is gonna
Speaker 1: bring it, and we just got to be on top
Speaker 1: of our stuff and play our standard and and compete
Speaker 1: for four quarters.
Speaker 2: Change against a team pots as much as they do.
Speaker 2: Having Christian how does that maybe sort of.
Speaker 1: Change how you can attack the Yeah, I mean, I
Speaker 1: think it's always nice knowing, you know, you have Christian
Speaker 1: obviously for checkdowns and stuff as a running back, and
Speaker 1: then they have to account for him for sure and
Speaker 1: can open up other guys in the past game. But
Speaker 1: more than anything, we have really good playmakers across the board,
Speaker 1: and we're gonna try to get the ball into all
Speaker 1: our all our guys hands at the right you know, time,
Speaker 1: in the right situation. And and uh so it's always
Speaker 1: nice though knowing that I can go through my read
Speaker 1: and come back down to Christian. But at the same
Speaker 1: time they blitz and stuff, so we're gonna have to
Speaker 1: have him in past protection and and other are the
Speaker 1: running back stepping up and doing their job as well.
Speaker 1: So but that's that's the name of the game. Man.
Speaker 1: You they're gonna pressure and try to get you off guard.
Speaker 1: And off schedule, and we's got to be on top
Speaker 1: of our assignments. So you mentioned a lot of man coverage,
Speaker 1: especially Christian, and how much do you think he maybe
Speaker 1: effects have teams preparing that way. Yeah, I mean, I
Speaker 1: think you know, years past, there's usually been defensive schemes
Speaker 1: where they usually that's a double Christian, have a guy
Speaker 1: play outside and a guy playing inside leverage and and
Speaker 1: uh just double them. And that's been you know, it's
Speaker 1: obviously tough because you want to get in the ball,
Speaker 1: but then you hit other guys like George and Debo
Speaker 1: and b A and JJ. So that's been that's been
Speaker 1: a thing. But at the same time, you never know
Speaker 1: going into each week it can be different and stuff.
Speaker 1: So but that is the blessing of having really good
Speaker 1: players across the board and a guy like Christian in
Speaker 1: the backfield, so.
Speaker 2: More an imposing guy to look across the line at
Speaker 2: his feat of veil when you ta get a snap
Speaker 2: from the center.
Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, he's definitely a guy that you got
Speaker 1: to know where he's at every play, every snap. He's
Speaker 1: very disruptive and a strong guy. He's been like that
Speaker 1: for however long he's been playing man, he's he's always
Speaker 1: a problem and we face him multiple times and he's
Speaker 1: had his moments, and so for us, it's like, how
Speaker 1: can we be smart both in the past game, run game,
Speaker 1: knowing where he's at and understand that he can change
Speaker 1: the game at any moment. Thanks, Thanks guys. M