Speaker 1: The performance of the first teams and the relationship between
Speaker 1: how they play in the preseason and regular season as
Speaker 1: far as your experience, right well, Um, in reference to
Speaker 1: last week, I think, you know, we want to get
Speaker 1: off to a faster start, and we're accustomed to doing that,
Speaker 1: and uh, you know that's part of going through the
Speaker 1: preseason process. And um, we've pointed that out and the
Speaker 1: guys understand that, and and no, we want to try
Speaker 1: to get done here this week seem like how do
Speaker 1: you balance value? Right? Well, We've got a lot of
Speaker 1: confidence in v as our left tackle, and we know
Speaker 1: what he's capable of doing and how well he can play.
Speaker 1: And like you said, he admitted that, Um, you know,
Speaker 1: last Thursday night was not his best game, and we're
Speaker 1: certainly confident that he's going to bounce back might with
Speaker 1: Carson back in the team drills U splitting the first nights,
Speaker 1: how difficult is that to try to get somebody right
Speaker 1: for September six? A certainty to try to get somebody
Speaker 1: ready In terms of splitting with Nick right now, Um,
Speaker 1: you know, fifty fifties pretty easy to split. So those
Speaker 1: guys are splitting the reps and it's good to have
Speaker 1: Carson back in the huddle. Uh, for sure. And it's
Speaker 1: just part of the plan that you know, coach and
Speaker 1: um everybody in the building has laid out and everybody's
Speaker 1: on the same page with it. I think it's it's
Speaker 1: good to see Carson in there, and I think, you know,
Speaker 1: particularly in light of Thursday night's good for Nick um
Speaker 1: to uh to be able to share those responsibilities right
Speaker 1: now too. UM So right now and preseat, you know,
Speaker 1: getting ready for our third preseason game, UM doesn't present
Speaker 1: any conflict or any particular challenge in terms of getting
Speaker 1: those guys ready to play. UM. Nick's got in a
Speaker 1: lot of reps the course of training camp happened, and
Speaker 1: like I said, it's just kind of introducing Carson back
Speaker 1: into the team work perspective. Carson says, it's why you know,
Speaker 1: right well, you make a good point. I don't think
Speaker 1: we're gonna push it. We're gonna listen to the doctors
Speaker 1: and the medical team and they'll make that determination. So uh,
Speaker 1: if he's clear, he's clear. And uh, you know, once
Speaker 1: you say you're cleared, you're cleared, you're ready to go.
Speaker 1: It's not like you're cleared butt um. You know, so
Speaker 1: until when they give us a green light that he's cleared,
Speaker 1: then then uh, you know, we know that it'll be
Speaker 1: time to really get him, ramp it up and get
Speaker 1: him ready for the games. I assume that it has
Speaker 1: very as far as you're having a quarterback coming back
Speaker 1: from from the injury. I mean, if the doctors have
Speaker 1: said he's ready to play, I mean, it doesn't restrict
Speaker 1: you at all. No, I wouldn't know. I think, you know,
Speaker 1: like like we said, when he's clear, he's ready to go.
Speaker 1: He's out there practicing. You know, all our plays that
Speaker 1: we don't have any restrictions in the play calls um
Speaker 1: in practice. So he's doing the things that we'd asked
Speaker 1: him to do and in the games, and and he's
Speaker 1: getting ready to do that. We're talking about chemistry, a
Speaker 1: love between the quarterbacks and receivers haven't been able to practice,
Speaker 1: also been market A bunch of guys have pic is
Speaker 1: do we overvalue that at this point where it would
Speaker 1: be hard to put an exact value on it. But
Speaker 1: certainly that's one of the reasons why we're out there,
Speaker 1: is so that everybody can can work together and find
Speaker 1: that continuity and um, you know, that's been challenging with
Speaker 1: with different guys missing time here and there. So you know,
Speaker 1: we just that's not an excuse. So we just you know,
Speaker 1: guys are out there, the guys that you know, we're
Speaker 1: expecting a lot of a lot of good things from
Speaker 1: and they got to raise the level of their performance
Speaker 1: and that you know there's opportunities that come with that, right. UM,
Speaker 1: I don't think there'll be a learning curve. You know,
Speaker 1: they've worked together a lot. Just we have to get
Speaker 1: everybody back integrated in the offense and um, it'll be
Speaker 1: it'll be exciting to see everybody in that first team
Speaker 1: model again. Well, you know, Shelton's made some place for
Speaker 1: us the last couple of weeks, which is exciting to see.
Speaker 1: It's good for him, Um, certainly good for his confidence
Speaker 1: and uh, you know he knows what we're asking him
Speaker 1: and continue to work on and continue to improve on.
Speaker 1: So he's focused on those things and UM, you know,
Speaker 1: please with his progress really throughout this training camp, he's
Speaker 1: been diligent and come come to work each and every
Speaker 1: day and needs to content excuse me, to continue to
Speaker 1: work on the things that we've asked him too. And
Speaker 1: if you'll do that, then you know, I think he'll
Speaker 1: continue to show up in the games. Um, I guess
Speaker 1: you would probably have to ask those guys. But you know,
Speaker 1: like I said, it's nice to see him back out
Speaker 1: there for sure for all of us. UM. You know,
Speaker 1: he certainly brings an energy to practice and and even
Speaker 1: in the rain yesterday, it was it was good to
Speaker 1: see him out there throwing and that was a good
Speaker 1: situational deal for us on offense, I have to have
Speaker 1: the products out there in the rain. Hadn't happened very often. Um,
Speaker 1: so that was good for us to have to experience that.
Speaker 1: Earlier this summer was talking about the offense and the approach.
Speaker 1: They said, when you want to do as many multiple
Speaker 1: things as you guys do, you need to look similar
Speaker 1: You seem to have the kind of team versatility offensively
Speaker 1: to do that. I mean running backs that can do
Speaker 1: multiple things, seeps that can do you can line up anywhere.
Speaker 1: I mean, how much of a challenge is that and
Speaker 1: how much how helpful is it with this route to
Speaker 1: be able to not to well, yeah, we have to
Speaker 1: have plays off plays to protect you know, the core
Speaker 1: things that we like to do each and every week. Um,
Speaker 1: you know that's part of the challenge, like you guys
Speaker 1: have asked already, is um in order to do that,
Speaker 1: the guys need to be out there. So UM, you
Speaker 1: know that that's part of the challenge that we face
Speaker 1: right now if guys missing time. But UM, you know,
Speaker 1: we're very aware of what we want to get done
Speaker 1: and the things that you know, we think that we
Speaker 1: need to be able to do to present different looks
Speaker 1: to the defense, and um, try to get the guys
Speaker 1: in the spots where they do things really well and
Speaker 1: uh and remain multiple and continue to challenge of defense.
Speaker 1: So UM, there are some things that you have to
Speaker 1: balance obviously when when guys aren't out there, and um,
Speaker 1: we're just hopeful that they'll be back soon. You know,
Speaker 1: some of I think are close to being back. A
Speaker 1: lot of guys body back as well, especially for how
Speaker 1: important easy to get a live reps at that position
Speaker 1: because there's not a lot of a lot of periods
Speaker 1: of training camp, right, that's a fact. Well, I think
Speaker 1: that you know, they're getting the bulk of their live
Speaker 1: reps in the games. Um, we only have a couple
Speaker 1: of live periods for other courts of training camp. So
Speaker 1: the bulk of that stuff is coming in the games
Speaker 1: and you know, if they're not out there, they're missing
Speaker 1: that time. And really you just got to emphasize the
Speaker 1: ball security aspect for him. Um, they know the plays,
Speaker 1: they know the keys that they're reading and how to fit.
Speaker 1: So uh, they're getting those looks in practice and we
Speaker 1: just got to emphasize the ball security, which they've been
Speaker 1: good with. Dus does a great job of that. Uh.
Speaker 1: He's got great short area quickness, he really does. And
Speaker 1: he instinct that rail Ronnery as strong hands and um,
Speaker 1: you know he's he's Uh he's picked up the system
Speaker 1: quickly and uh and and earned the trust I think
Speaker 1: of the quarterbacks and being where he's supposed to be
Speaker 1: when he's supposed to be there. So, um, he's worked hard.
Speaker 1: He got back to we talked about for obviously Jason
Speaker 1: reserve reason played that much or anything. Um, I'm sorry
Speaker 1: with somebody injured. You asked Jordan, No, Jordan wasn't injured.
Speaker 1: Jordan got at the end of the game played you
Speaker 1: know that last series. Um, it was just a decision
Speaker 1: that we made to keep those guys in there. And um,
Speaker 1: you know Bee was taking the first end of the
Speaker 1: second team reps. So you know, he did, Like you said,
Speaker 1: he did end up playing a lot more plays in
Speaker 1: the game, but felt like it was valuable playing time
Speaker 1: for him. Jordan's progress, we're pleased with his progress. You know,
Speaker 1: two weeks ago, play his first football game, so we're
Speaker 1: really pleased with his progress. Uh, you know, he's he's
Speaker 1: doing everything that Stout's ask him to do. Um some
Speaker 1: of these things. You know, the first time is the
Speaker 1: first time for him, and uh, you know, he's got
Speaker 1: to learn from those experiences and then just continue to
Speaker 1: bank him and continue to get better each and every day.
Speaker 1: But his technique's gotten better, and it's not for lack
Speaker 1: of want to or try, and he really is a
Speaker 1: tentip to every detail and it's just trying to catch
Speaker 1: up to the game. Does V play the whole game? No,
Speaker 1: we haven't determined that right now. Not like I said,
Speaker 1: we haven't had that discussion right now. Nice guys,