Speaker 1: Appreciate it. Uh, I mean yeah, I mean it's tough
Speaker 1: in the moment, Like, you know, what goes in my
Speaker 1: mind is obviously try to get him out of bounds
Speaker 1: and have our defense get good field position, you know,
Speaker 1: on on a turnover. You know, obviously you don't want
Speaker 1: to turn the ball over, but I don't want them
Speaker 1: returning it. So I feel like I had leverage to
Speaker 1: you know, get him out of bounds, and that's just
Speaker 1: what I tried to do. So yeah, obviously I don't
Speaker 1: want to be like tackling in the preseason, but you know,
Speaker 1: just it happened so quick and I was just trying
Speaker 1: to get him out of bounds. Yeah, yeah, I did.
Speaker 1: I mean it happened so fast, man. You know, the
Speaker 1: balls turned over, they're all hype. I'm on their sideline
Speaker 1: on the ground, and uh, you know, that's just where
Speaker 1: I was at in the moment. And I don't know
Speaker 1: if he could have done anything different or what, but
Speaker 1: you know, it's football, man, It gets chaotic, so part
Speaker 1: of it. Yeah, Yeah, I felt good to get out
Speaker 1: there with the guys and just move the ball. You know,
Speaker 1: last week obviously wanted to move it a little bit
Speaker 1: more efficiently and stuff. So to get out there and
Speaker 1: get some first downs and score and put the points
Speaker 1: up on the board felt good. So we were all
Speaker 1: in a rhythm. Obviously, throw down, get man coverage on
Speaker 1: on a on a slant, get the ball up in
Speaker 1: the air like it just it sucks. But before that,
Speaker 1: felt like we were in a pretty good rhythm. Yeah, obviously,
Speaker 1: Like you know, when you're starting out a game, you
Speaker 1: sort of have your openers, and you have an idea
Speaker 1: of like what plays you want to run, and you
Speaker 1: know who you want to try to get the ball
Speaker 1: to if it's the right look. And you know, sure
Speaker 1: enough we got we got some good looks and good
Speaker 1: opportunities to get the balls in Deebo's hands and and
Speaker 1: uh George's hands. So I feel like we did a
Speaker 1: good job of you know, sort of connecting and and
Speaker 1: just feeling that game atmosphere again, you know, for us
Speaker 1: as as starters. So yeah, man, he's he's come in
Speaker 1: obviously rookie year, chip on the shoulder, trying to make
Speaker 1: the team, undrafted guy. And you know, he and I had,
Speaker 1: you know, studied every day together and did our little
Speaker 1: walk throughs together. So to see him, you know, sort
Speaker 1: of come on the scene and and have success obviously
Speaker 1: through special teams the first couple of years, and and
Speaker 1: some crucial runs as well, and then this offseason you know,
Speaker 1: sort of sort of grow up and and just mature,
Speaker 1: you know as a as an NFL running back has
Speaker 1: been pretty sweet to see. So obviously, I think his
Speaker 1: knowledge with the playbook and understanding where he needs to
Speaker 1: be as a running back, with the gaps that he's hitting,
Speaker 1: and and obviously being able to be there for checkdown
Speaker 1: in the in the past game. You know, he's he's
Speaker 1: got great hands and and just overall, I just feel
Speaker 1: like he's become more of a professional, you know, as
Speaker 1: playing in the NFL, going to his third year. So
Speaker 1: I'm really excited for him. A year ago we were
Speaker 1: talking about that connection. He had an opportunity at all
Speaker 1: this off season in front. Uh, I have not, no,
Speaker 1: you know, it's just sort of how it had how
Speaker 1: it's gone. Every time I've thrown since being here in
Speaker 1: California with the team, it's been you know, the organized
Speaker 1: team activities and and obviously he hasn't participated in in
Speaker 1: the in those things, so we just haven't had a
Speaker 1: chance to throw so is there any talent in your
Speaker 1: mind that he joins the team? Uh I, I think
Speaker 1: I'd be confident in in us being able to pick
Speaker 1: up where we left off, you know, thrown to him
Speaker 1: for two years and and obviously going on three understanding
Speaker 1: our plays, our concepts, where he needs to be, where
Speaker 1: the receiver needs to be. I'd be pretty confident in
Speaker 1: him coming back and and us being on the same page.
Speaker 1: So yeah, him, Yeah, yeah, I mean, obviously it's a
Speaker 1: third preseason game, and it's like, man, we're so close
Speaker 1: to you know, our opening day and and being ready
Speaker 1: for the regular season. And so when you got a
Speaker 1: guy like that, you know that obviously we get in
Speaker 1: the off season you're excited about and then you see him,
Speaker 1: you know, go down. You know for all of us
Speaker 1: who were just like come on, man, like like dang it.
Speaker 1: But obviously he came back. You know, the the word
Speaker 1: is good. You know, just around that, you know he's
Speaker 1: feeling better, so you know, hopefully he's good to go.
Speaker 1: But you know, like I said, third preseason game and
Speaker 1: seeing one of our starters go down like that, it's
Speaker 1: always scary. So you all a little bit, But uh,
Speaker 1: I haven't like gone all in. I've just you know,
Speaker 1: sort of skimmed over some games and seen what they've
Speaker 1: done like last year, but I haven't really gone falling
Speaker 1: on it yet. Yeah, I mean it's I think it's
Speaker 1: on now, you know, just in terms of obviously trying
Speaker 1: to see where we're at as an offense myself, where
Speaker 1: I can continue to get better, but also know that
Speaker 1: you know, this is the team that we're gonna be
Speaker 1: playing week one, so uh now we have all this
Speaker 1: time to you know, sort of get healthy for one
Speaker 1: and then two, you know, attack just the scheme of
Speaker 1: things with how we expect the game to go and
Speaker 1: what we're gonna try to do. So we got a
Speaker 1: couple of weeks to go and excited for it this one. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, just driving into the stadium and
Speaker 1: then yeah, seeing the locker room and our lockers are
Speaker 1: for this game, at least they were in the different
Speaker 1: different spots, and then you know, just being on the sideline.
Speaker 1: It seems like yesterday we were just playing that game.
Speaker 1: So you know, obviously it sucks thinking about it and
Speaker 1: and how we just weren't able to finish. But it's
Speaker 1: twenty twenty four and we're excited for the season, so
Speaker 1: we're gonna have another opportunity at it, So thanks guys.
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