1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:01,800 Speaker 1: How hard is it you got to prepare for two 2 00:00:01,840 --> 00:00:05,399 Speaker 1: quarterbacks that are like on separate sides of the spectrum. 3 00:00:06,320 --> 00:00:10,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's it's a challenge. It's both really good players 4 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:13,920 Speaker 2: and both present a different challenge. You got a guy 5 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:15,840 Speaker 2: who's played a ton of football over his career and 6 00:00:16,239 --> 00:00:18,560 Speaker 2: won a lot of football games, and get another guy 7 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:21,279 Speaker 2: is starting out who's a phenomenal athlete and can throw 8 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:25,280 Speaker 2: the ball a mile. So it's a it's a good test, 9 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:27,120 Speaker 2: you know. And so we've got to be sound and 10 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:30,040 Speaker 2: have a couple of different calls for both guys up 11 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:33,440 Speaker 2: and be able to execute those calls. And if we 12 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:36,440 Speaker 2: see both with possibility too that we're preparing for that, 13 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:39,120 Speaker 2: you know, may they both may play. So we have 14 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:40,600 Speaker 2: to adjust a game plan accordingly. 15 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:43,440 Speaker 1: When you went back and looked at the tape, just 16 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:45,720 Speaker 1: how well did Ventrum play? How much I get you 17 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:49,160 Speaker 1: excited knowing that was his first start, his first really extended. 18 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:50,760 Speaker 2: It was good, It was good. He made a lot 19 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:53,720 Speaker 2: of plays. He was all over the place, inside the box, 20 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:57,560 Speaker 2: outside the box, and pass game, a couple of disruption passes, passes, 21 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:00,600 Speaker 2: a lot of tackles like he was. He's a good tackler. 22 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:03,680 Speaker 2: And uh, when he sees the ball and he can go, 23 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:06,400 Speaker 2: he can get there quickly. Uh. He made the play 24 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:08,319 Speaker 2: on that stretch play in the third quarter. You know 25 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:10,160 Speaker 2: he's got it was like shot out of a cannon. 26 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:12,480 Speaker 2: You know, it's awesome to see. So we'll just continue 27 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:14,640 Speaker 2: to build on that and and build this week and 28 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:16,720 Speaker 2: and hey, just take one more step forward and and 29 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:19,000 Speaker 2: you know, continue to do that and let's punch the 30 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:23,440 Speaker 2: ball out when we get there. Good a lot, right, 31 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:25,520 Speaker 2: I mean, you see guys do things. And but but again, 32 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:27,880 Speaker 2: like he's been playing this, that's not his first game. 33 00:01:27,959 --> 00:01:29,840 Speaker 2: Like you know, he started back in Miami and playing, 34 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:32,840 Speaker 2: so we knew that, you know, through the process of 35 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:35,200 Speaker 2: putting him out there and having confidence in him. Matt's 36 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:37,080 Speaker 2: done a great job with him. And you know those 37 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:39,520 Speaker 2: two guys work really good together. And and uh, you 38 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:41,480 Speaker 2: see him go out. He's made some plays before, so 39 00:01:41,959 --> 00:01:43,960 Speaker 2: it wasn't even you know, we didn't bad and I 40 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 2: knew he's gonna go out and play. Well. Yeah, it's 41 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:52,080 Speaker 2: playing pretty good and pretty good. Uh, his confidence is 42 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 2: is through the roof, you know, and he plays here's 43 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:57,640 Speaker 2: a guy you love the player. You know what he 44 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:00,240 Speaker 2: puts on tape is you know exactly what Chris cor 45 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:04,160 Speaker 2: coach them like, play press, use your hands, step kick, 46 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:07,760 Speaker 2: you know, challenge, you know, it's everything that you know, 47 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:10,280 Speaker 2: you watch him and he's a good tackler. You know, 48 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:12,079 Speaker 2: he's making plays. He made the second play the game 49 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:15,640 Speaker 2: in the box, you know, on the tackle and it 50 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 2: was you know, it's just it's really good to see 51 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 2: you know, you see him all over the place, and 52 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:24,320 Speaker 2: you're you're you're excited that the guys out there playing 53 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:28,400 Speaker 2: football for us, and and just the progression of you know, 54 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:30,360 Speaker 2: game one, the game two, the game three, you know, 55 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:32,160 Speaker 2: and he went in there, you know, in the first 56 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:34,320 Speaker 2: game when he had to and had success and and 57 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:37,680 Speaker 2: continue to play like that and so and he's playing 58 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:40,160 Speaker 2: all the all of the coverages really well. He's playing zone, 59 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:42,679 Speaker 2: he's playing press man, you know everything. He's doing a 60 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:44,560 Speaker 2: really good job. So just got to keep it going, 61 00:02:44,919 --> 00:02:45,440 Speaker 2: you guys. 62 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:49,880 Speaker 1: Punch it out. We're talking about trout turnovers. I know, 63 00:02:49,919 --> 00:02:52,600 Speaker 1: it's always the theme, more the theme how. 64 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:55,960 Speaker 2: You approach it and game sure, that's it is. It's 65 00:02:56,120 --> 00:02:57,960 Speaker 2: it's we have to start doing it. We have to. 66 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:01,040 Speaker 2: I mean, it's we're talking about it and we're practicing it. 67 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 2: You know, our players are talking about it, you know, 68 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:05,880 Speaker 2: those type of things. And it's there's a fine balance 69 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:08,360 Speaker 2: of not pressing too hard, you know, and and but 70 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:11,400 Speaker 2: staying positive with it, and you know, stay in the course, 71 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 2: you know, like that's the thing. You know, we need 72 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 2: to stay positive, stay the course, you know, continue to 73 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:20,960 Speaker 2: build this the right way, you know, you know, year one, 74 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 2: you know, this is our coming up on our fourth 75 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:25,400 Speaker 2: game together, you know, and just stay that, you know, 76 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:28,560 Speaker 2: build the foundation and and stay positive and stay the 77 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:30,120 Speaker 2: course of course with what we're doing. 78 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:30,960 Speaker 1: Uh. 79 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:34,000 Speaker 2: Again, and once one happens, and you know, then it 80 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:36,520 Speaker 2: leads to two. And sometimes they just come in bunches. 81 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:38,640 Speaker 2: And so it's not how you start, it's how you finish. 82 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:41,400 Speaker 2: And that's what the important thing is. So but we're 83 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:44,080 Speaker 2: we're staying positive with it and and uh we're working 84 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 2: on getting on this week. 85 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:48,200 Speaker 1: You've seen some good things from the guys who have 86 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:50,160 Speaker 1: had to come in for the injured players. But just 87 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 1: how difficult has it been not having Savage, Campbell, Voyer, 88 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:56,600 Speaker 1: Devin last week, maybe hind zwn this week? 89 00:03:56,640 --> 00:03:58,160 Speaker 2: I mean, how how challenging. 90 00:03:57,840 --> 00:03:58,560 Speaker 1: Is that for you guys? 91 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 2: You never want to lose a player you know, on 92 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:03,720 Speaker 2: your on your team. You want everybody to play. But 93 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:06,120 Speaker 2: it's the business that we're in. It's the game, you know, 94 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:08,520 Speaker 2: and and those things happen, and so we prepare for that, 95 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:11,080 Speaker 2: you know, way back from OTAs you know, and next 96 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:14,320 Speaker 2: man up mentality, But it doesn't make it any easier, 97 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:18,080 Speaker 2: you know, it does present a challenge, but we coach 98 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:20,240 Speaker 2: all those guys. There's no depth chart, you know, next 99 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:23,920 Speaker 2: man up mentality, Uh, same fundamentals, same technique. We don't 100 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:25,919 Speaker 2: change the calls or anything like that, and we just 101 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:28,560 Speaker 2: go out and play ball. We want all those guys 102 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:30,160 Speaker 2: to be out there, you know. Hopefully, you know, we'll 103 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:32,960 Speaker 2: get a few back this week and get them back 104 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:35,559 Speaker 2: in the fold of the plan and getting going to play. 105 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:38,919 Speaker 2: But you know, we're just staying the course and and 106 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:40,760 Speaker 2: one day at a time and next Man up. 107 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:45,279 Speaker 1: Lad one down League two. What you've seen from him. 108 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 2: Since then, a positive attitude, work practice is a lot better. 109 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:55,160 Speaker 2: He's been playing better, you know, rookie. You know it's 110 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:58,560 Speaker 2: that you know, first game, second game, third game, continue 111 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:00,720 Speaker 2: to keep them going. Yeah, we might. 112 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:05,320 Speaker 1: Before, but the the no depth chart and the in 113 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:08,039 Speaker 1: how you guys ran OTAs with the starters and the 114 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:10,840 Speaker 1: backups being mixed in. Was that something that you took 115 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:13,560 Speaker 1: from something else you know, in the past, or was 116 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:16,600 Speaker 1: that something new that you implemented here. And just obviously 117 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:19,040 Speaker 1: it's had some interesting returns where you got so far. 118 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:23,279 Speaker 2: Sure, it's it's just part of the game. You know it. Again, 119 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:27,360 Speaker 2: injuries happen, right, and so sometimes if you put something 120 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:30,560 Speaker 2: up and could be an undrafted free agent or a 121 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:33,599 Speaker 2: guy that you know is a late round pick, and 122 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:36,040 Speaker 2: all of a sudden he sees his name on fourth 123 00:05:36,120 --> 00:05:38,919 Speaker 2: underneath and he's buried, and you know, it could create 124 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:43,479 Speaker 2: a negative image, you know, mindset type thing. And so 125 00:05:44,279 --> 00:05:46,400 Speaker 2: we simply say that our guys are staff done great 126 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:48,479 Speaker 2: job of Hey, here's your reps. It's what you do 127 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:50,640 Speaker 2: with those reps that matter. We don't know when you're 128 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 2: gonna get in there. You know it. You could be 129 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:55,280 Speaker 2: on the field first, second, or third in the team period, 130 00:05:56,080 --> 00:05:58,279 Speaker 2: but we evaluate what you do. It doesn't matter who 131 00:05:58,279 --> 00:06:00,560 Speaker 2: it's against, it's just what It's just what that player 132 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:03,719 Speaker 2: does when he so he can take advantage of those reps. 133 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:06,040 Speaker 2: So if something like this happens and the same thing 134 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:08,400 Speaker 2: in the games, you know, they have to earn, you know, 135 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:10,440 Speaker 2: the right to play. You know, they have to show, Hey, 136 00:06:10,440 --> 00:06:14,400 Speaker 2: they're doing the right things. You look at Chad and Ventrel. 137 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:16,600 Speaker 2: You know, they played ten snaps in Miami and now 138 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:18,280 Speaker 2: here they are they're starting, you know, and so you 139 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:20,520 Speaker 2: just you prepare for that. You never know when it's 140 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:22,360 Speaker 2: going to come, and it might not come, but you 141 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:24,880 Speaker 2: just stay the course. And we're doing the same thing 142 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:27,320 Speaker 2: with practice today. You know, hey, here's your reps. You know, 143 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:28,919 Speaker 2: are the guys are going to go out and play, 144 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:31,360 Speaker 2: and you know, let's let's do the make the most 145 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:34,720 Speaker 2: of it when we have our reps. You got enough, America, 146 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:39,640 Speaker 2: I'm said, well, yeah, I mean he's some of the 147 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:42,400 Speaker 2: things with Eric is that you don't the behind the scenes, 148 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:44,359 Speaker 2: the leadership, you know, things like that. You know, we 149 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:46,800 Speaker 2: obviously we all want to play better. You know, I've 150 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:51,159 Speaker 2: got a coach better, you know. But what he's doing 151 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:54,560 Speaker 2: for our team, you know again, is the foundation, the 152 00:06:55,080 --> 00:06:56,919 Speaker 2: you know, the culture and the things like that. I mean, 153 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:58,560 Speaker 2: he's a huge part of that, you know. And so 154 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:00,600 Speaker 2: and then also when he comes, you know, he's playing 155 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 2: some end, you know, and he hasn't played in in 156 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:05,080 Speaker 2: a while. So he's growing, you know, back into that role. 157 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:08,279 Speaker 2: And so you know we're gonna stay positive and stay 158 00:07:08,279 --> 00:07:11,280 Speaker 2: of course, yes, everybody, every every player, every coach, you know, 159 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:13,040 Speaker 2: we all got to do more to get get this 160 00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:15,200 Speaker 2: thing going in the right direction. I mean, and it is, 161 00:07:15,240 --> 00:07:17,640 Speaker 2: it's going right. It's just getting us over the hump 162 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:20,240 Speaker 2: like that's you know, we've been in three of these games. 163 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:25,120 Speaker 2: We just got to get one. Awesome, Thanks guys, appreciate it.