Speaker 1: Oh this morning, it's not bad three thirty am, three
Speaker 1: forty five thirty when you lay down. Um, okay, just
Speaker 1: want to update you on a few injuries from the
Speaker 1: football game. As you know, Zach Ertz and uh leotis
Speaker 1: obviously no change with them. Michael Kendricks knows fracture quad contusion. Um,
Speaker 1: he'll be fine again day to day, but he should
Speaker 1: be uh, he should be okay for for this for
Speaker 1: this weekend's game against Pittsburgh. Isaac Ciamalo still has the
Speaker 1: peck strain um again day to day, and then everybody
Speaker 1: else is uh is healthy and good to go. I'm
Speaker 1: not really sure he took a took a shot to
Speaker 1: to the to the you know, the forehead helmet hand
Speaker 1: type of combination. Um is what I was told after
Speaker 1: the game. Any better sense of Earth's and a leotis
Speaker 1: for Sunday right now. No again day to day. Um,
Speaker 1: you know both of those guys are healing fine, but
Speaker 1: still you know we're still monitor it and and see
Speaker 1: whe're at game time day to day. Yeah, I mean
Speaker 1: it's still gonna be game time. You know. Before a
Speaker 1: decisions made and status was hurtless. Decision to go for
Speaker 1: the fourth and goal at two yard lineman and one
Speaker 1: that had nothing to do with his status. He was
Speaker 1: cramping during the game. UM My, my, my thought there,
Speaker 1: you know, fourth and goal at the one. If we
Speaker 1: don't get it there at the one yard line and
Speaker 1: they gotta go ninety nine yards um and uh and
Speaker 1: if we score, you know, we even we even separate
Speaker 1: ourselves even more. So that was the decision there. What
Speaker 1: specific normals do you look at and or is it
Speaker 1: more just kind of a feel things? Sometimes? Yeah, I
Speaker 1: mean listen, sometimes it is a feel thing. It depends
Speaker 1: on how your how your team is playing. I mean
Speaker 1: that's just a gut gut feeling that you have as
Speaker 1: a play caller. The other thing is when you talk
Speaker 1: about math, you're looking at where you are on the field,
Speaker 1: the actual distance that you know, the line to gain
Speaker 1: at that time. Um does a punt versus a field
Speaker 1: goal help you in those situations? So you're trying to
Speaker 1: do a quick little calculation on all that to make
Speaker 1: those decisions. And I felt that, you know, last night,
Speaker 1: all of those boxes were checked in order for us
Speaker 1: to you know, to go fourth on fourth. Now, I
Speaker 1: mean we we break you know, with our analytical team. Uh,
Speaker 1: guys that are always crunching the numbers for us, We're
Speaker 1: we're taking a look at all the fourth down scenarios,
Speaker 1: not only in the league, but just in general. And um,
Speaker 1: you know, having having some good information going into each
Speaker 1: football game. Jordan get the chine about that. Yeah, no,
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, they they just continue to work
Speaker 1: every day and and uh, um, you know sometimes sometimes
Speaker 1: things like that happened. They know, I mean, they understand it.
Speaker 1: They're they're professionals, and they they pride themselves obviously catching football.
Speaker 1: And you could tell last night that they were, um,
Speaker 1: they were mad at themselves. I mean, those are those
Speaker 1: are You're right? Those are big plays and and um,
Speaker 1: you know, we'll continue to you know, I'm not going
Speaker 1: to stop calling plays to them because I know they're
Speaker 1: they're they're explosive guys for us, and and we just
Speaker 1: we just got to continue to work quarterbacks. Quarterbacks every
Speaker 1: playing quarterbacks. When he sees guys having tough time to
Speaker 1: hang on the ball, run your mind in a game,
Speaker 1: yeah yeah, no, you know, usually in a game it
Speaker 1: doesn't because because you're so focused in the football game,
Speaker 1: it doesn't really matter. You're just looking at spots and
Speaker 1: targets and going through your progression as a quarterback, and um,
Speaker 1: you know that's one thing. And for me as a
Speaker 1: as a play caller and being in that position as
Speaker 1: a quarterback, I actually want to call plays to go
Speaker 1: right back to those guys and get them right back,
Speaker 1: right back catching the football and focused in and and
Speaker 1: uh letting those guys work. A lot of three scores,
Speaker 1: two touchdowns in the field goal, all three drives. There
Speaker 1: was a play of forty yards or more a pass play. Um,
Speaker 1: what has to be done to kind of clean up
Speaker 1: those ex plays against the defense? Well, I know the
Speaker 1: one last night too was uh was kind of a
Speaker 1: broken play. Um. And and again they you know, uh
Speaker 1: got in behind us and in color, you know, uh
Speaker 1: with a big arm that he has made made to
Speaker 1: play to to you know, jeffreies and and those are
Speaker 1: gonna happen. Those are gonna happen. And um, you know,
Speaker 1: especially on broken plays where uh the he there is
Speaker 1: just you just gotta stick with your guy. You know
Speaker 1: a lot of times your eyes end up in the
Speaker 1: backfield and you think the guy is gonna get sacked,
Speaker 1: and next thing you know, he's not. And and plays
Speaker 1: like that happened. Another one was on a screenplay and
Speaker 1: and we were just outleveraged. Um we were we were
Speaker 1: faking a blitz actually and didn't get back and got
Speaker 1: caught inside and and for the long second down, you know,
Speaker 1: run there. So you know, um, you look at the film,
Speaker 1: you make the corrections, you put yourself in those situations,
Speaker 1: and it's just uh, it's it's I know this. I
Speaker 1: mean we had opportunity. Carson had an opportunity hit Nelson
Speaker 1: on on a broken play and and uh it was
Speaker 1: unfortunate we didn't capitalize on that. But you know, you
Speaker 1: just continue to work those with those situations and put
Speaker 1: yourself in those game situations. Each week, there's a timeline
Speaker 1: with Lane Johnson and his possible suspension. How do you
Speaker 1: how do you attack it? How do you you know?
Speaker 1: Until I hear from the league office, lane's my starting
Speaker 1: right tackle, there's you know, there's an appeal that's coming
Speaker 1: up on on the fourth and you're gonna have to
Speaker 1: look for the life beyond that. Listen, So how do
Speaker 1: I know? Well, if if that's the case, then we
Speaker 1: go back to what we did in training account and
Speaker 1: and uh we but until that time, Um, you know,
Speaker 1: we're we're full go until then. Jason Kelsey right now,
Speaker 1: two penalties in the secret doog last night. And confidence
Speaker 1: is still still high with him. He's a he's a
Speaker 1: tremendous center. Um smart. Uh, he and Carson are on
Speaker 1: the same page. I mean, those things are going to happen.
Speaker 1: You're an allowed stadium, you're doing silent account. Guys are
Speaker 1: jumping account. I mean, there's a lot of things that
Speaker 1: go into playing center in the National Football League, and
Speaker 1: one of the biggest thing is snapping the football. He's
Speaker 1: an outstanding job in the last two games doing that. Um.
Speaker 1: And that's a tough position, and things are going to happen,
Speaker 1: and we just try to limit those and and uh
Speaker 1: you know, um come back next week and and uh,
Speaker 1: you know, you get another shot. But yeah, my confidence
Speaker 1: is still with him. Getting back to the fourth down thing,
Speaker 1: well down in general, okay, and both went. Usually the
Speaker 1: guys that do a lot of fourth downs they trying
Speaker 1: to com purpose. They did not win. But what what
Speaker 1: kind of what does that show too? What does that
Speaker 1: say about you played the game? What does that say
Speaker 1: about what are you saying to the players with that
Speaker 1: like that, You're going to be able to show confidence
Speaker 1: that you talk about that, yeah, one one that uh,
Speaker 1: it definitely shows confidence in the team. And and uh
Speaker 1: it just so happened last night when when we did
Speaker 1: especially that fourth and goal. Um, I mean the guys were,
Speaker 1: the guys were fired up that we number one we
Speaker 1: went for it and number two we scored. And uh,
Speaker 1: I mean defensively, those guys were jacked up on the sideline.
Speaker 1: They were they were excited, and um, you know, it's
Speaker 1: just it just gives your team an advantage I think
Speaker 1: when you can, um execute those plays and if you
Speaker 1: do it in a timely fashion, like we were talking
Speaker 1: earlier in in in a calculated manner. Um, it doesn't
Speaker 1: necessarily hurt your defense if they have to go back
Speaker 1: out on the field because field position is you know,
Speaker 1: pretty neutral at that time. Um. And so uh yeah,
Speaker 1: the confidence level for the guys, I mean, it's just
Speaker 1: the trust I have in them. And uh, um the
Speaker 1: execution is is something that's obviously, um, you know, top
Speaker 1: notch in those situations too. Arm strength, Yeah, what what
Speaker 1: you equated to? You know, they've obviously been around a
Speaker 1: lot of quarterbacks. Well, I mean number one, Yeah, he's
Speaker 1: he's got the length, the um, he's got the law,
Speaker 1: the long arm, kind of wind up that generates a
Speaker 1: lot of a lot of energy, great lower body. You know,
Speaker 1: he's got them in Canada. Tools to throw the ball
Speaker 1: extremely hard. Um. You know the times that he really
Speaker 1: sets his feet and steps into his throws, he can
Speaker 1: really he can really drive the ball to to anywhere
Speaker 1: on the football field. Um. He saw one last night
Speaker 1: with him on the run. You know that the deep
Speaker 1: ball to to Nelson on the run. I mean, those
Speaker 1: are just some of the things that he can do. Um,
Speaker 1: because of his size and and um so for me
Speaker 1: and and the offensive staff. I mean, it's it's not
Speaker 1: anything when you when you start looking at putting game
Speaker 1: plans together, you know, you don't shy away from any throw,
Speaker 1: you know, because he has the ability to do that.
Speaker 1: He's he's like a nine or ten year a bet
Speaker 1: with some of the conversations he has on sideline and
Speaker 1: things like that. Have you ever been around a rookie
Speaker 1: like that before, not at the quarterback position, not at
Speaker 1: the quarterback position. UM had Alex in Kansas City. You know,
Speaker 1: um seven eight nine year guy at the time, and
Speaker 1: and uh, Um he was that way. You know. Um,
Speaker 1: of course in Green Bay is far more veteran guys.
Speaker 1: But this is what I'm seeing out of Carson right
Speaker 1: now on the sideline, and he and I are dialogue
Speaker 1: on the sideline. He's he's constantly with Frank and with
Speaker 1: the guys, and and you know, he's he's he's constantly
Speaker 1: playing the game in his mind. And that's what that's
Speaker 1: what's given him, I think, and edge when he goes
Speaker 1: back out on the field, just understanding situations about some
Speaker 1: conversations though, will remind you of a veteran. Is it
Speaker 1: like the content or the way he's having that. I mean,
Speaker 1: it's number one is the fact that he's having them.
Speaker 1: You know, you don't see that all the time. And
Speaker 1: then number two is the depth and the um just
Speaker 1: the actual game plan, specific things that he's seeing out
Speaker 1: there on the field, what he's hearing out on the field,
Speaker 1: and and and coming to us and and and recommending.
Speaker 1: You know, he's he's asking me all the time, you know,
Speaker 1: what are you What are you thinking on the next series?
Speaker 1: What are you thinking on the next series? And and
Speaker 1: so I give him, I give him two or three
Speaker 1: passes a run or two in there and and you know,
Speaker 1: things that we're seeing. And then at the same time, UM,
Speaker 1: you know, I want to know what he's thinking, and uh,
Speaker 1: because he's the one playing the game, just because of
Speaker 1: the way a little bit, a little bit you know,
Speaker 1: he's uh obviously, Um, Carson has the ability to to
Speaker 1: to extend plays with his legs. Um. You know Ben
Speaker 1: has been as big, strong, physical in the pocket, hard
Speaker 1: to bring down, you know. Um, and and continues to
Speaker 1: have great vision down the field. I think I think
Speaker 1: that's one thing one of carson strength is he continues
Speaker 1: to have that vision down the field when things begin
Speaker 1: to break down. So yeah, there's a lot of similarities there.
Speaker 1: And uh, the fact that they're both very very good
Speaker 1: throwers outside the pocket, um is uh is a is
Speaker 1: a it's a you know, attribute to both of them.
Speaker 1: Scrolls in the Running Game early Why so much Sproles
Speaker 1: did the Running Game? I supposed to Matthews, Yeah, you know,
Speaker 1: just a just a change of pace a little bit. Um,
Speaker 1: It wasn't anything necessarily specific. We had a few specific
Speaker 1: runs for Darren in the game plan and and again
Speaker 1: wanted to get him some touches early. The other thing,
Speaker 1: you know, um, you know, Ryan all week was still
Speaker 1: kind of hampered with the ankle from from the week before,
Speaker 1: so I didn't want to necessarily put everything on his shoulders.
Speaker 1: Um you know, these first couple of weeks too, it's
Speaker 1: been it's been that running back by committee a little bit.
Speaker 1: But um, you know, Ryan such a workhorse. He saw
Speaker 1: it in the second half of the game. He kind
Speaker 1: of took it over a little bit and and made
Speaker 1: some made some nice, tough, tough runs. But anytime we
Speaker 1: can get Darren the ball early in the football game, UM, something,
Speaker 1: we'll try to do. His rushing numbers, the last Copers
Speaker 1: are got what they used to be. Bryant Darren Spoils.
Speaker 1: I mean, he's like in the three to six neighborhood
Speaker 1: since started last year. Um do you think that's misleading?
Speaker 1: Or do I mean, do you think he still could
Speaker 1: be a viable ten carrier game type of guy. I
Speaker 1: think he can be ten carries I think too. The
Speaker 1: other thing is team speed on defense. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: and and again, uh you know, teams that fly around
Speaker 1: like you know, Chicago had great team speed and and
Speaker 1: this team coming up has a good team speed on defense,
Speaker 1: and and um, they set the edge so well, they
Speaker 1: turn everything back inside. And this is what um sometimes
Speaker 1: with a speed a speed runner in Darren, that's what
Speaker 1: that's what teams know and and teams are going to
Speaker 1: try to do to Carson's first two games. But your
Speaker 1: first two days, UM, pretty pretty good. Um, you know
Speaker 1: I think that Obviously, the guys have worked extremely hard
Speaker 1: the first first two weeks. They've prepared themselves i'd like
Speaker 1: you want them to do. And in the a as
Speaker 1: a coach, you you know, it's something that I that
Speaker 1: I learned to is is Um. You know, it is
Speaker 1: my job to get the guys ready and prepared and
Speaker 1: only mentally, but physically for the football game. And um,
Speaker 1: that's one thing that I'll continue to pride myself in doing.
Speaker 1: And you know, make sure these guys are ready to
Speaker 1: go every week. And you know, it's a new set
Speaker 1: of challenges each week. And you got to put this
Speaker 1: one to to rest and move on. But but I've been,
Speaker 1: I've been, you know obviously, please you know, two and
Speaker 1: oh is is a good start to the season. And uh, um,
Speaker 1: you know it's still a lot of hard work and
Speaker 1: a lot of a lot of road left to ahead
Speaker 1: of us. Okay, thanks guys,