1 00:00:01,320 --> 00:00:05,560 Speaker 1: Hi, everyone, Thanks for having me, you know through too 2 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:10,600 Speaker 1: preseason games. We're excited about really where we're at as 3 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:11,879 Speaker 1: a team. We have a lot of work to do. 4 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:14,760 Speaker 1: This is a big week for us, just kind of 5 00:00:15,840 --> 00:00:19,360 Speaker 1: operationally being on the road night game. You know, roster 6 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:22,880 Speaker 1: cuts our Tuesday, and we played the last game of 7 00:00:23,360 --> 00:00:26,960 Speaker 1: any team, so we're we're cognizant of that. With the 8 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:29,200 Speaker 1: injury situations, it's going to be a challenge for us, 9 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:32,159 Speaker 1: but we're excited about it. Can you can you walk 10 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:33,080 Speaker 1: us through the process? 11 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:35,040 Speaker 2: We heard a little bit on the preseason broadcast, but 12 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:37,519 Speaker 2: can you walk us through the process when it came 13 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:39,760 Speaker 2: to Matthew and the decision to part ways. 14 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:41,839 Speaker 1: With Yeah, like I said on the broadcast, all these 15 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:45,360 Speaker 1: decisions are difficult. We have to weigh now the future, 16 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 1: what's best for the team, what's best for the player, 17 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:50,680 Speaker 1: And it was something that we just felt organizationally and 18 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:54,280 Speaker 1: for Matthew was probably the best for both parties. How 19 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:56,920 Speaker 1: sudden was that, Like, was that something that came up 20 00:00:56,920 --> 00:00:58,600 Speaker 1: at the last minute, or was that something that had 21 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:00,560 Speaker 1: been ongoing for a while. You know, teams have been 22 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:03,920 Speaker 1: calling to check in. He had voiced a little bit 23 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 1: of displeasure with his contract at different times. So whenever 24 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:09,800 Speaker 1: that happens, teams always check in on players, and so 25 00:01:10,319 --> 00:01:12,600 Speaker 1: it's just kind of something that came to fruition there 26 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:16,680 Speaker 1: at the end. Elliott, back in April, we asked you 27 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:19,640 Speaker 1: if the roster was in the position to support a 28 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:22,959 Speaker 1: rookie quarterback, and at that time you said you thought 29 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:26,399 Speaker 1: it could. Do you still feel that way And is 30 00:01:26,440 --> 00:01:30,320 Speaker 1: there any concern now about the offensive line? Well, we're 31 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:33,680 Speaker 1: concerned about every position. We're always looking to improve and 32 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:37,400 Speaker 1: get things good. So whoever the quarterback is, I mean, 33 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:39,440 Speaker 1: it's not like if Jacoby's the quarterback, we just want 34 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:42,200 Speaker 1: to throw them at the wolves. So we're excited about 35 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:44,679 Speaker 1: our offensive line group. We're still working to find that community, 36 00:01:45,440 --> 00:01:48,640 Speaker 1: the correct combination in there, and I think we have 37 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:50,920 Speaker 1: the pieces in place to be able to compete. So 38 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:54,480 Speaker 1: you're confident that you can support any quarterback with the 39 00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:55,680 Speaker 1: pieces you have in place. 40 00:01:55,880 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 2: Yes, Elliott sort of are related to that. Girod indicated. Actually, 41 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:05,640 Speaker 2: he said that part of the reason Drake only played 42 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:08,960 Speaker 2: six snaps in the first preseason game was because of 43 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:11,920 Speaker 2: the state of the offensive line. Isn't that an indictment 44 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:15,960 Speaker 2: on what you've done going into this season at those positions, Like, 45 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 2: I mean, you went in saying A corpor four was 46 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:20,360 Speaker 2: going to be your left tackle, A Winning was the 47 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 2: best tackle in free agency, Wallace would play left tackle. 48 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:26,120 Speaker 2: Not a lot of that stuff has happened. 49 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:29,240 Speaker 1: Which one of those hasn't happened? 50 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 2: Well, I mean we didn't see Michael Winning would right 51 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:34,280 Speaker 2: tackle until yesterday. 52 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:37,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, or four played left Wi hasn't played left tackle 53 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:40,399 Speaker 1: of pads, gotcha? So yeah, A corps four has taken 54 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:43,000 Speaker 1: reps on both sides. On wh who took some represent 55 00:02:43,040 --> 00:02:45,200 Speaker 1: tackle yesterday? Again, I think we're just trying to find 56 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 1: the right combination. We feel confident in all these players, 57 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:51,680 Speaker 1: and we're we're just working to find the best group 58 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:54,280 Speaker 1: rather than the best five individuals. 59 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:54,239 Speaker 3: Are you guys? 60 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:54,440 Speaker 4: Well? 61 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:56,920 Speaker 1: Ok, on Mike, what does that free agent market look like? 62 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:00,160 Speaker 1: And is that something you're interested in? It? Offense of 63 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 1: line to the free Asian market, Like you know, again, 64 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:07,320 Speaker 1: we're we're pretty comfortable with our group right now. Obviously, 65 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:09,640 Speaker 1: we're gonna look to upgrade on the offensive line or 66 00:03:09,639 --> 00:03:11,840 Speaker 1: at any position if we feel like I feel like 67 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:14,560 Speaker 1: we can. But you know, I think we gave up 68 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:16,840 Speaker 1: one sack the other night. Again it was Phillies Tues, 69 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 1: but you know it was an improvement to the practice 70 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:21,760 Speaker 1: on Tuesday. So again we're just looking to see how 71 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:24,440 Speaker 1: these guys respond to the adverse situations. Hell, you want 72 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:28,800 Speaker 1: I envision yourself carrying four quarterbacks? That that's Those are 73 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:31,079 Speaker 1: conversations that we'll have moving forward. I think we're we're 74 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:33,440 Speaker 1: going to try to carry the best fifty three whoever those. 75 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 3: Guys are, Elliot. History history shows that uncut down Day 76 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:41,680 Speaker 3: there were some good football players from talented teams that 77 00:03:41,720 --> 00:03:45,240 Speaker 3: are released, especially along the line. The fact you pick third, 78 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:47,200 Speaker 3: how much of an advantage is it? And we take 79 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 3: advantage of that, you know, pick to have the third 80 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:51,080 Speaker 3: pick coming around. 81 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:53,800 Speaker 1: Yeah. Absolutely, Our our scouting department right now is all 82 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 1: they're doing is just grinding through the preseason film, watching players, 83 00:03:57,080 --> 00:04:00,280 Speaker 1: talking to other teams, see who might become available. Having 84 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:03,080 Speaker 1: the third claim spot is it is a good advantage, 85 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:05,280 Speaker 1: and uh, you know, we'll we'll be aggressive. 86 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 3: I think that you guys ended your pursuit of Brandon 87 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 3: Auk or Brandon Ayuk. 88 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:13,000 Speaker 1: What went into that decision? How would you describe the negotiation? 89 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:17,000 Speaker 1: What what went into the decision? To and the to 90 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 1: stop purceeding. Yeah, just just kind of a feel. It 91 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:21,960 Speaker 1: was sort of a situation where you know, he's still 92 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,360 Speaker 1: in San Francisco and and you know that hasn't been 93 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:27,760 Speaker 1: worked out from their standpoint yet, but we just felt organizationally, 94 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:30,200 Speaker 1: you know, our our young receivers had a really good 95 00:04:30,200 --> 00:04:32,840 Speaker 1: week and and they're continuing to progress. So we're we're 96 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:35,880 Speaker 1: excited about those guys. Closed the door, I trading for 97 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:39,960 Speaker 1: Brandon I. Uh yes, at this point, Elliot, tell us 98 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:42,040 Speaker 1: what you seems from from Drake May from the star 99 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:44,400 Speaker 1: of training camp until now. Yeah, Drake, it was good 100 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:46,080 Speaker 1: to see him get in there the other night. It 101 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:48,440 Speaker 1: was really good to see how calm and collected he was. 102 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:50,640 Speaker 1: He got, you know, headbutted at one point by Nolan 103 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:52,440 Speaker 1: Smith and you know kind of made a nice play 104 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:56,000 Speaker 1: on that one. But he's he's steadily improved. He's just 105 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:57,919 Speaker 1: kind of put his head down and worked. He's a 106 00:04:57,920 --> 00:05:00,960 Speaker 1: great teammate and uh, you know, we're kind of excited 107 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 1: to see where his development can go. You a billion 108 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:04,880 Speaker 1: dollar question, how close do you think he is to play? 109 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:07,520 Speaker 1: We'll have to see again. You know, he didn't get 110 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 1: a lot of snaps like Greg said in the first game, 111 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:11,800 Speaker 1: and he did pretty well in his snaps the other night, 112 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:14,080 Speaker 1: and it's all about building on those successes and kind 113 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:14,840 Speaker 1: of seeing where it goes. 114 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:17,200 Speaker 4: Ellie, you've been around young quarterbacks so trying to make 115 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:19,280 Speaker 4: their way into the league. At times it looks like, 116 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:22,479 Speaker 4: I don't know, maybe he's over processing, overthinking. We've seen 117 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:24,880 Speaker 4: a lot of double clutching. Just is that, just, in 118 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:26,880 Speaker 4: your view, part of the process of being a twenty 119 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 4: one year old quarterback learning a new system. 120 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:31,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, Drake's very conscientious. He takes all the 121 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:35,120 Speaker 1: coaching points. He's trying to do everything perfect, and it 122 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:36,800 Speaker 1: was really nice to see him the other night kind 123 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:38,240 Speaker 1: of go out there and just kind of play ball 124 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:40,400 Speaker 1: rather than trying to think about those things hard. 125 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:45,480 Speaker 2: Stroud make it difficult for you guys with patients shown 126 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:47,320 Speaker 2: to these quarterbacks. 127 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:48,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, kind of if you go look at it, 128 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 1: like c J. Stroud was sort of the anomaly in 129 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:54,599 Speaker 1: that regard. But you know, again, it's it's really it's 130 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:56,560 Speaker 1: not about one person or one player. It's about where 131 00:05:56,560 --> 00:05:58,839 Speaker 1: the offense is and where Jacoby is and where the 132 00:05:58,839 --> 00:06:00,480 Speaker 1: team is, and so we're just we're just kind of 133 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:02,520 Speaker 1: focused on that. Elliot Drodd told us that he sees 134 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:04,600 Speaker 1: a dramatic drop off from the top offensive line to 135 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:06,520 Speaker 1: the second third string Unit's as far as knowing what 136 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:08,040 Speaker 1: to do first of all, do you agree with that 137 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:10,320 Speaker 1: and how could you remedy that if at all? From 138 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:14,839 Speaker 1: the front office, again, I think just creating competition. I 139 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:17,840 Speaker 1: think our second offensive line again, they're moving around a lot. 140 00:06:17,839 --> 00:06:19,200 Speaker 1: There's a lot of pieces. We had a couple of 141 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:22,560 Speaker 1: guys out yesterday, so the pieces were moving even more so. Again, 142 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:25,280 Speaker 1: I just think it's about developing that consistency and it's 143 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:27,359 Speaker 1: less about an individual not knowing what to do, but 144 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:29,200 Speaker 1: it's more about having trust than the guy next to you, 145 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:31,520 Speaker 1: and just kind of like if you trust the guy 146 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:34,360 Speaker 1: next to you, it's easier for you to do your job. 147 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:36,960 Speaker 2: You mentioned that when teams know there's a contract situation, 148 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:39,839 Speaker 2: they generally check in if they were interested, without getting 149 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:42,400 Speaker 2: into specifics beyond Yuke, have you guys. 150 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:46,120 Speaker 1: Checked in on other receiver situations? We make calls on 151 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:48,200 Speaker 1: all positions, on all players that we think might be 152 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:50,000 Speaker 1: able to help us, and you know, sometimes it's just 153 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:52,160 Speaker 1: to try to gather information from other clubs and kind 154 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:53,640 Speaker 1: of see what they're thinking about their own roster. 155 00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:56,559 Speaker 2: Helly, was there not as gap with Matthew Judon? 156 00:06:56,680 --> 00:06:58,800 Speaker 4: I mean, you guys were able to do new contracts 157 00:06:58,800 --> 00:06:59,560 Speaker 4: with a lot of other guys. 158 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:00,960 Speaker 1: Was there no an old ground with him? 159 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:01,240 Speaker 3: Uh? 160 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:03,440 Speaker 1: You know again, I told you guys in February, I'm 161 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:05,440 Speaker 1: not going to get into any contract type stuff here 162 00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:07,200 Speaker 1: that that's between us, the player and the agent. 163 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:09,720 Speaker 2: When it comes to very Low, what is it that 164 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:11,520 Speaker 2: gives you confidence in him as a top lift tackle 165 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:13,440 Speaker 2: and if you always viewed him as a potential starter? 166 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:15,280 Speaker 1: Is that more of a development that happened this season? 167 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:18,080 Speaker 1: You asked me about Low? Sorry, this is the start. Yeah, 168 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:21,520 Speaker 1: Vdarian's done a really nice job. He steadily improved. We 169 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:23,600 Speaker 1: said it last year like if he could just learn 170 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:25,440 Speaker 1: to like he has really good length to get his 171 00:07:25,520 --> 00:07:28,520 Speaker 1: hands out, then he would have a chance to ascend 172 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:31,960 Speaker 1: to that starter level. And he's really started to do 173 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:34,240 Speaker 1: that this year and it's been it's been impressive to 174 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:38,360 Speaker 1: watch him progress and we're excited to continue working with him. 175 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:40,360 Speaker 1: Thank you. Already figures make