Speaker 1: Playoff game.
Speaker 2: What are some of your takeaways from that game that
Speaker 2: could benefit you and going.
Speaker 3: Into this one.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean it was obviously a fourth quarter game.
Speaker 4: It was you know, a very physical game. They did
Speaker 4: a good job of, you know, of what they do
Speaker 4: up front, you know, stopping the run and and you know,
Speaker 4: getting in on some pass plays and stuff and disrupting
Speaker 4: just the rhythm of some of our concepts and and
Speaker 4: the rhythm of you know, myself and dropping back. So
Speaker 4: those are things you know, we saw and you know,
Speaker 4: they're a good defense. They do some really good things
Speaker 4: up front. Secondary is really good too, And so yeah,
Speaker 4: just looking at that that that that game and sort
Speaker 4: of just putting ourselves back in what was at stake,
Speaker 4: you know, as a playoff game, just the rivalry of
Speaker 4: you know, the organizations and understanding you know, what's that
Speaker 4: stake for this for the Sunday too.
Speaker 3: It's a big game.
Speaker 4: And yeah, so we've we've definitely gone back and looked
Speaker 4: at a lot of stuff in that game.
Speaker 1: Benefit to having gotten through that not only just the
Speaker 1: pressure of the situation, but this speed, you know, that defense,
Speaker 1: the challenges that they.
Speaker 3: Into the table.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean I think it's always good to be
Speaker 4: able to, you know, have some experience with a team
Speaker 4: that you're playing and stuff like that.
Speaker 3: I think it's huge.
Speaker 4: But you know, every year, obviously you got guys that
Speaker 4: leave to leave the team or they add on, and
Speaker 4: so it's a little bit different.
Speaker 3: Their style might be a little bit different.
Speaker 4: But in terms of like going against those certain guys
Speaker 4: and feeling that kind of pass rush and you know
Speaker 4: how they defend in the secondary, it's good. You know
Speaker 4: that I got some of that experience all the guys,
Speaker 4: you know with me, I got that experience, you know,
Speaker 4: really in January. So here we are months later and
Speaker 4: ready to go after him again.
Speaker 1: It was the only game that that you've gone beginning
Speaker 1: to end with the offensive scored less than twenty because
Speaker 1: they held you to four field goals. I guess do
Speaker 1: you remember that as being kind of a slog and
Speaker 1: a real tough game.
Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, I just remember every every play was you know,
Speaker 4: there's a lot of stick every single play and you
Speaker 4: had to be on point, you had to be detailed
Speaker 4: and everything. I feel like there was some of my
Speaker 4: progressions where I got off some stuff too quick, and
Speaker 4: and you know, looking back on it, it's like, man,
Speaker 4: just you know, stick to the progressions, don't overthink things.
Speaker 3: And so those are the things I saw on film.
Speaker 4: But to go back to your point, yeah, like every
Speaker 4: every possession and down it means a lot. And so
Speaker 4: in this kind of game, when you got really good too,
Speaker 4: really good you know, defenses on both sides of the ball,
Speaker 4: it's like, man, how can you eliminit eliminate the turnovers?
Speaker 4: Play smart and when you get in the red zone,
Speaker 4: execute and be willing to actually score touchdowns. Obviously the
Speaker 4: field goals are great and getting points are great, but
Speaker 4: to win these kind of games, man, we gotta score touchdowns.
Speaker 5: If you identify where Parsons is on every player, are
Speaker 5: you specifically looking for number eleven?
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean obviously I think he's a he's a
Speaker 4: game changer of a player, and so that's that's with
Speaker 4: every team that we go against, you know who the
Speaker 4: guys that can change a game in one play, one snap.
Speaker 4: So I'm obviously just always having mind tented up where
Speaker 4: he's at, where he's lined up. You know, it's the
Speaker 4: same thing in the playoff game last year. It'll be
Speaker 4: the same thing this Sunday. But they also have really
Speaker 4: good you know, players everywhere else too, So it's just
Speaker 4: being in tune and on point every snap before I
Speaker 4: snapped the ball.
Speaker 3: So first quarter against.
Speaker 5: The Conbos last year, you had a second goal and
Speaker 5: you had to pick screen to debot or quarterback draw,
Speaker 5: which is I don't think you've had many design runs?
Speaker 1: Was that?
Speaker 5: Were you excited about that play? And there besides a
Speaker 5: quarterback sneak? Have there been any other design runs that?
Speaker 4: I mean, yeah, it was just something that we saw
Speaker 4: in the scheme. So that's something you know, we drew
Speaker 4: up and thought it was gonna work at the time.
Speaker 4: You know, is it something that I love? Honestly? I
Speaker 4: love whatever helps our team win and move the ball,
Speaker 4: and if it takes a quarterback draw in a certain
Speaker 4: situation or scenario, by all means, let's do it. So
Speaker 4: whatever coach calls, I trust in and that's what I
Speaker 4: go with. But you know, going into a game, is
Speaker 4: it like we have all these quarterback runs and stuff
Speaker 4: like that. I mean, it's it just depends on the
Speaker 4: situation and stuff. But I'll just I'll do whatever it
Speaker 4: takes to help the team win.
Speaker 3: So so looking at.
Speaker 2: The numbers in the first month, Kyle's preferring not to
Speaker 2: have the tight end standard block in the full back block.
Speaker 2: He's getting five out in the pattern and making them
Speaker 2: defend the whole field and kind of putting it on
Speaker 2: you to get the ball out quick. Is that the
Speaker 2: way you like to play? Is that a Kyle preference?
Speaker 2: Do you have a preference? Do you want five in
Speaker 2: the pattern? Would you rather have the tight end blocking?
Speaker 2: How do you look at offensive football?
Speaker 3: Yeah?
Speaker 4: I feel like it just depends, you know, obviously against
Speaker 4: the team that we're going against, the situation where we're
Speaker 4: at in the game, but obviously with the playmakers that
Speaker 4: we have, you know, for you know, my sake. It's like, man,
Speaker 4: if everyone could be an option, you know in the
Speaker 4: past game in one play, Like I love that obviously,
Speaker 4: Like everyone is really good. You get the ball in space,
Speaker 4: they can make, you know, something crazy happen with it.
Speaker 4: So obviously it's nice as a quarterback to have really
Speaker 4: good players all be eligible in the pass play to
Speaker 4: get out and have an opportunity to get the ball.
Speaker 4: Depending on what the team's doing, if they're blitzing the
Speaker 4: lot or whatever. Do we have to have help and
Speaker 4: have guys stay in so be it so that's something
Speaker 4: that obviously Kyle goes over and he goes over it
Speaker 4: with us as quarterbacks and then we're ready to roll
Speaker 4: comes Sunday with what we're expecting and what our plan
Speaker 4: is and so but I mean, I think it'd be
Speaker 4: any quarterbacks dream to have, you know, all their guys
Speaker 4: out eligible for the pass play. But it just depends,
Speaker 4: like I said, on the situation.
Speaker 6: Obviously passer rating isn't and they'll be all you just
Speaker 6: want to win.
Speaker 3: But given that you have.
Speaker 4: Not lost a game that you started and finished, your
Speaker 4: lowest passer rating is what came against Dallas, obviously playoff
Speaker 4: game you win.
Speaker 3: Do you think that was your toughest game is as
Speaker 3: a quarterback? Yeah, honestly, I'd say so.
Speaker 4: You know, they were really good defense, and like I said,
Speaker 4: you know, there was times where you know, just the
Speaker 4: pass rosher, my rhythm something just felt off in that game,
Speaker 4: and they did a good job of just getting me
Speaker 4: off set with some little things and you know, just
Speaker 4: sort of just you know, maybe rushing things and and
Speaker 4: I feel like I didn't get in a good rhythm
Speaker 4: to process just what we had going on. So there
Speaker 4: was some some air, isn't there where I can definitely
Speaker 4: be better at. And so yeah, it's one of those
Speaker 4: games where I gotta be smart with the ball, like
Speaker 4: in the playoff game, had to be smart with it.
Speaker 3: I thought we did well with that, but at.
Speaker 4: The end of the day, I do expect more of
Speaker 4: myself to be able to you know, take the next
Speaker 4: step and you know, go through reads progressions even with
Speaker 4: the pass rush that might be you know a little
Speaker 4: bit more aggressive and and so that's where I'm at
Speaker 4: with that.
Speaker 3: But definitely one of my toughest games.
Speaker 1: Like the run game took hold in the second half.
Speaker 2: Was that a game one of the more heavy.
Speaker 1: Adjustment games that you guys had offensively based on on
Speaker 1: the struggles in the first half.
Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, I can't exactly remember just I say
Speaker 4: that because every game we have so many adjustments, you know,
Speaker 4: second half. So I do remember in the first half
Speaker 4: it was you know, a struggle to sort of get
Speaker 4: the run game going. But once we're able to do that,
Speaker 4: obviously the past game goes well and we're able to
Speaker 4: have a you know, a well balanced offense when we're
Speaker 4: able to obviously run in pass efficiently. So I feel
Speaker 4: like we the coach did a great job with making
Speaker 4: some adjustments in the run game, some tiny different little
Speaker 4: call and adjustments, and we were able to get things rolling,
Speaker 4: I remember in the second half. But it's just sort
Speaker 4: of how the game goes. You know, you see how
Speaker 4: the first half goes, and then you make adjustments from there.
Speaker 4: So we'll see how the Sunday goes.
Speaker 3: You alluded to it.
Speaker 4: Your teammates have said that Cowboys gotder saying it as
Speaker 4: week five games go.
Speaker 3: This is maybe a little more important than your normal
Speaker 3: early season from your perspective. Whyers in this game so
Speaker 3: so meaningful. I mean, yeah, just where we're at, what
Speaker 3: we're trying to do.
Speaker 4: You know, we obviously every single game is important, and uh,
Speaker 4: for this week, we got the Cowboys, so this is
Speaker 4: the most important game to us obviously if you go
Speaker 4: another step, you know, further than that, just the history
Speaker 4: with the two organizations, the playoff games, all that stuff
Speaker 4: the last couple of years. I mean, everyone knows, it's
Speaker 4: no secret, like it's a it's a big deal to
Speaker 4: both organizations, and we take pride and you know, obviously
Speaker 4: winning and things like that.
Speaker 3: So that's where we're at with that.
Speaker 4: But at the same time, man it's it's another Sunday
Speaker 4: for us, and we just want to take care of business.
Speaker 5: But to Bell, a few of your teammates have said
Speaker 5: that there's a different sort of focus in him on
Speaker 5: game day, the way that he locks in.
Speaker 3: Have you noticed that at all?
Speaker 4: From what I've noticed from Ronnie has man, he's just
Speaker 4: like sort of like a loose guy. I don't think
Speaker 4: he's like a tense guy. He likes to have fun
Speaker 4: and play football, and honestly, for me, I sort of
Speaker 4: feed off that and I like that just as a
Speaker 4: young guy who can come in and and sort of
Speaker 4: just play loose and have fun with the guys and
Speaker 4: sort of remind all of us that, man, we're playing ball,
Speaker 4: you know, and yes, you got to be locked in,
Speaker 4: do your job, do it right, you know, consistently. But
Speaker 4: Ronnie does a great job with you know, just bringing
Speaker 4: just a little bit more juice and energy with the guys,
Speaker 4: being that young body, that young mind. So I feel
Speaker 4: like he's a little different in that area, and I
Speaker 4: like it.
Speaker 6: We're kidding you, guys are connected for a couple of
Speaker 6: fourth downs, obviously, but when he's not getting big numbers
Speaker 6: game after game, is there any guilt on your part
Speaker 6: not getting him the bomb bar or you realize, okay,
Speaker 6: we're putting up another thirty points.
Speaker 4: It doesn't matter as.
Speaker 5: Long as the offense is gone.
Speaker 4: I mean, obviously I want to feed all my guys
Speaker 4: as best as possible, you know, across the board every
Speaker 4: single game. But yeah, at the end of the day, man,
Speaker 4: I'm just doing what I'm asked with an offense, trying
Speaker 4: to move the ball, move the chains, put up points
Speaker 4: and win. George has done a tremendous job obviously in
Speaker 4: the run game, the past game when the ball does
Speaker 4: come as way, and like I said, like the whole
Speaker 4: team says, and we say this all the time.
Speaker 3: Like there's no ego. Man, we want to win.
Speaker 4: We want to do whatever it takes. And you know,
Speaker 4: everyone has their big games. You know, it's just sort
Speaker 4: of how the play calls go and things like that.
Speaker 4: But I mean, if it were up to me, obviously
Speaker 4: I'd love to have all my guys, including George, go
Speaker 4: for one hundred and fifty every game in four touchdowns.
Speaker 4: But it's just the nature of the game and sort
Speaker 4: of how you know, every game is different.
Speaker 2: But yeah, after you scored, you and ball to an
Speaker 2: offensive lineman.
Speaker 3: Well, why do you do that?
Speaker 1: How do you pick out the offensive lignment? And what
Speaker 1: do you look? Kind of grade do you give Aaron
Speaker 1: Banks spike?
Speaker 4: I mean, I think the running backs really started that.
Speaker 4: You know, they score a touchdown and they give it
Speaker 4: to the guys who do the work, the dirty work,
Speaker 4: who don't get all the glue. So to be able
Speaker 4: to have them spike it and have the celebration and
Speaker 4: get the crowd and everyone going, it means a lot
Speaker 4: to us. And so yeah, when I got through, I
Speaker 4: got a I got a one yard sneak for a touchdown.
Speaker 4: Like to say that it was all me, that's crazy.
Speaker 4: So turn around and honestly, first guy see you right there,
Speaker 4: his Banks, and he gets juiced up. So his spike
Speaker 4: and everyone else's celebration around. Man, I'd give it an A.
Speaker 4: We get we work on it to get to a
Speaker 4: plus this week though, So all right,