WEBVTT - Press Pass: Frank Reich 0:00:11.520 --> 0:00:14.159 Frank waiting to say about Ryan Matthews when he was 0:00:14.840 --> 0:00:20.239 last play a wourth a moment's herniated disc and did 0:00:20.239 --> 0:00:23.440 you guys have any idea, no, no idea that happened? 0:00:23.560 --> 0:00:25.400 You know, I mean we all know Ryan's that physical 0:00:25.440 --> 0:00:28.720 downhill runner, and um, you know, you put yourself in 0:00:28.760 --> 0:00:31.320 a little bit of danger, you know, But he was 0:00:32.080 --> 0:00:34.640 running hard as he always does, and you never know, 0:00:34.720 --> 0:00:36.559 I mean, something like that's just a freak accident and 0:00:36.600 --> 0:00:38.479 he's had a few of those. So h that was 0:00:38.479 --> 0:00:40.839 a tough break for for Ryan and for us. What 0:00:41.159 --> 0:00:44.400 does Carson's early in the year, he wasn't he didn't 0:00:44.440 --> 0:00:47.320 see if everybody runs, it just seems like he's seeing 0:00:48.120 --> 0:00:50.920 seeing the field better. His his pocket awareness is better. 0:00:50.960 --> 0:00:54.800 But is that part of his his evolution and manifesting 0:00:54.840 --> 0:00:57.080 himself in the runs and using his legs. Yeah, I 0:00:57.080 --> 0:00:59.640 think it's definitely part of his development and evolution. I 0:00:59.680 --> 0:01:02.440 remember it was about I can't remember the game, it's 0:01:02.440 --> 0:01:04.200 about a month ago or something like that, and he 0:01:04.280 --> 0:01:06.080 rolled out. It was a home game here and he 0:01:06.200 --> 0:01:08.280 rolls out to his left and he's being chased by 0:01:08.680 --> 0:01:11.959 a big defensive lineman who a nose guard who's no 0:01:12.080 --> 0:01:14.559 way going to be able to catch him. He gets 0:01:14.600 --> 0:01:16.560 over to the sideline and he feels him coming and 0:01:16.600 --> 0:01:18.640 he throws it out and bounds. And when we were 0:01:18.680 --> 0:01:22.040 watching the film the next day, I said, you couldn't 0:01:22.040 --> 0:01:25.039 have swung back around and just bought a little bit 0:01:25.040 --> 0:01:28.400 more time. And I was kind of kidding around with him, 0:01:28.560 --> 0:01:31.800 and he said, am I allowed to do? Is that 0:01:31.840 --> 0:01:34.240 free game? I said, yeah, it's free game if you 0:01:34.280 --> 0:01:37.160 can make the play and he said, okay, now I know. 0:01:37.240 --> 0:01:39.320 And so we've seen him. I'm not saying that's what 0:01:39.400 --> 0:01:43.440 triggered it. It was more of a fun moment. But 0:01:43.560 --> 0:01:45.520 he has that kind of ability, and we know he 0:01:45.600 --> 0:01:47.760 has that kind of ability. It's a fine line how 0:01:47.840 --> 0:01:49.440 much you want to use it. But he has a 0:01:49.440 --> 0:01:52.720 good sense and showed that showed up pretty well in 0:01:52.720 --> 0:01:59.160 the field compare as possible. But there's been a bit 0:01:59.200 --> 0:02:02.200 made this year Carson setting the team record for most 0:02:02.200 --> 0:02:05.120 of passing attempts in year two years in San Diego. 0:02:05.160 --> 0:02:08.200 Philibergers in the wall, I think more than any time 0:02:08.200 --> 0:02:10.520 in his career have been the eleven years. Can you 0:02:10.560 --> 0:02:12.560 kind of take the mentality of the year and look 0:02:12.560 --> 0:02:14.760 how it compared to what happened in San Diego it 0:02:14.840 --> 0:02:17.000 was two years is just how you know, do there 0:02:17.040 --> 0:02:19.560 any similarities and how that came to be. And I 0:02:19.560 --> 0:02:21.800 think one of the differences this year is, I mean 0:02:21.840 --> 0:02:26.760 we're in the top ten in rushing and so you know, 0:02:26.800 --> 0:02:29.160 he's throwing all these past attempts and has a chance 0:02:29.160 --> 0:02:33.320 of setting the rookie completion record and those aren't records 0:02:33.320 --> 0:02:37.840 you set out necessarily to get. But when you balance 0:02:37.880 --> 0:02:39.480 that with the fact that we're still a top ten 0:02:39.520 --> 0:02:42.400 team rushing, um, that's not all that bad and there 0:02:42.400 --> 0:02:45.480 have been some good developmental things from it. But over 0:02:45.520 --> 0:02:47.520 the long haul, you need to be able to you 0:02:47.560 --> 0:02:49.280 need to be able to run it consistently to win. 0:02:50.480 --> 0:02:52.440 When I play a getting back to Carson when he 0:02:52.480 --> 0:02:57.120 did spen around and ended up at interception, So does 0:02:57.200 --> 0:02:59.120 he have free rank or do you want to do that? 0:03:00.040 --> 0:03:02.000 At times? You know, I mean at times you know, 0:03:02.040 --> 0:03:05.280 I mean those are you know, those are gonna be 0:03:05.639 --> 0:03:08.400 uh those plays of the standard deviation on those plays 0:03:08.440 --> 0:03:09.920 that they were good and the bad that can happen 0:03:09.960 --> 0:03:14.520 for those plays really goes extreme on both ends. But 0:03:14.560 --> 0:03:16.119 you gotta trust the guy to do it. We gotta 0:03:16.120 --> 0:03:18.040 trust our receivers. You know, the angle of the receiver 0:03:18.120 --> 0:03:20.400 that was taking coming back probably wasn't the best angle. 0:03:20.720 --> 0:03:23.520 So um, maybe not the best decision, but the receiver 0:03:23.560 --> 0:03:25.400 could have helped him out by coming back more towards 0:03:25.400 --> 0:03:29.240 the ball. Do you think touchdown at Nelson cod you know, 0:03:29.360 --> 0:03:32.200 forty yard it's going to help him going forward. I mean, 0:03:32.520 --> 0:03:34.240 is that kind of like the breakthrough that he's kind 0:03:34.280 --> 0:03:36.520 of been looking for all year? You know, I mean, 0:03:36.600 --> 0:03:39.000 obviously it was. It was a it was a nice play, 0:03:39.120 --> 0:03:41.000 you know, shows his speed. He did a good job. 0:03:42.520 --> 0:03:44.400 I think the only way to get breakthroughs is to 0:03:44.480 --> 0:03:47.320 do something over and over again consistently. You know, this 0:03:47.440 --> 0:03:50.720 isn't this league's too tough just to be a flash 0:03:50.760 --> 0:03:52.880 here there. And I think we all know that Nelson 0:03:52.880 --> 0:03:54.600 knows that every player knows that you have to do 0:03:54.640 --> 0:03:56.720 it week in and week out, you know, play in 0:03:56.760 --> 0:03:59.880 and play out. Um, but you take every every positive 0:04:00.040 --> 0:04:01.720 step that comes along as a good step. And that 0:04:01.760 --> 0:04:04.280 was that was certainly a going It's you to give 0:04:04.320 --> 0:04:06.480 a working with cards and from the springs and now 0:04:07.000 --> 0:04:08.560 what are some of the things that's you want to 0:04:09.200 --> 0:04:11.840 see from him as a young quarterback? And have you 0:04:11.880 --> 0:04:14.320 seen all of those things as he maybe even exceed 0:04:14.320 --> 0:04:17.320 at your expectations and some of those yeah, I mean 0:04:17.360 --> 0:04:20.120 he's exceeded expectations in some ways. But I think when 0:04:20.160 --> 0:04:23.039 I think what you want to see is you want 0:04:23.040 --> 0:04:25.840 to see accuracy. You want to see good decision making. 0:04:26.480 --> 0:04:31.000 You want to see the ability to sustain success when 0:04:31.000 --> 0:04:33.640 things are going well, to maintain focus and concentration the 0:04:33.720 --> 0:04:36.279 next week in preparation. You want to see to be 0:04:36.320 --> 0:04:39.400 able to bounce back after a poor performance. You want 0:04:39.400 --> 0:04:41.120 to see to be able to when things are going 0:04:41.160 --> 0:04:43.839 bad in the course of a game, for him to 0:04:44.080 --> 0:04:47.320 not waver. And I think on most of those fronts, 0:04:47.360 --> 0:04:50.280 I think he's passed the test within both the game 0:04:50.320 --> 0:04:52.680 and then during the week. You know, after leaving him 0:04:52.680 --> 0:04:56.000 the next game, how do you dug kind of work 0:04:56.080 --> 0:04:58.760 together in terms of play calling and game and kind 0:04:58.760 --> 0:05:00.440 of leave you in things? How does that go? Des 0:05:00.480 --> 0:05:02.400 I don't want to be act as a check on 0:05:02.440 --> 0:05:04.200 the other in some way kind of Hey, I would 0:05:04.200 --> 0:05:06.200 have done this, Maybe you should consider this. That's what've 0:05:06.600 --> 0:05:08.560 you know? I mean during the week, Uh, you know 0:05:08.600 --> 0:05:11.640 we're game planning together. We kind of you know, we 0:05:11.720 --> 0:05:14.760 have our system in which we're you know, in which 0:05:14.800 --> 0:05:17.760 the inventory of offensive plays is available. You know, the 0:05:17.800 --> 0:05:20.120 way that we there is a process in which we 0:05:20.320 --> 0:05:22.760 go about start you know, the plays that we start 0:05:22.800 --> 0:05:26.600 with UM, and then how we narrow that down each week. 0:05:27.000 --> 0:05:29.480 You know, we work together on that UM as well 0:05:29.520 --> 0:05:32.160 as with the staff. UM. And then as far as 0:05:32.160 --> 0:05:35.400 play calling goes, you know, coach calls the game and UM, 0:05:35.400 --> 0:05:37.880 he takes input. You know, I'll suggest a few plays 0:05:37.920 --> 0:05:40.760 here and there. UM we'll talk in between series, but 0:05:40.800 --> 0:05:43.480 he's he's in charge, and you know, and has has 0:05:43.600 --> 0:05:48.120 really good control during the game. UM doesn't flinch. UM 0:05:48.279 --> 0:05:51.839 just seems in complete control. But what I really like 0:05:51.880 --> 0:05:55.039 about the dynamic is, hey, we're talking in between series, 0:05:55.160 --> 0:05:57.840 I might say, hey, this next series, do you like this? 0:05:57.920 --> 0:06:00.720 How do you feel about this? Was just talking to Carson, 0:06:00.800 --> 0:06:04.559 He likes this. Was just talking to Stout. These runs 0:06:04.600 --> 0:06:07.839 look good. He feels these runs look good. So there's 0:06:07.839 --> 0:06:11.359 a really good dynamic on game day. Nelson, you mentioned 0:06:11.400 --> 0:06:14.000 that a breakthrough happens when you're able to do something 0:06:14.440 --> 0:06:18.119 consistently like that. Is it frustrating that it hasn't happened 0:06:18.160 --> 0:06:20.240 for him this year that we haven't seen that growth 0:06:20.320 --> 0:06:23.279 that you probably wanted to see. Yeah, I mean, I 0:06:23.279 --> 0:06:25.920 think you're going into the year, every each one of 0:06:26.000 --> 0:06:29.080 us you have high expectations. You know you have high expectations. 0:06:29.240 --> 0:06:31.520 And I'm sure you know for all of us, and 0:06:31.560 --> 0:06:34.320 I'm sure for Nelson included, you know, we would have 0:06:34.360 --> 0:06:35.880 liked to won more games. We would have liked to 0:06:36.839 --> 0:06:39.200 done better as an offense in a lot of areas. 0:06:39.800 --> 0:06:42.920 I'm sure each of an individual player has goals that 0:06:43.000 --> 0:06:45.520 they want to me. I would guess that Nelson was saying, Hey, 0:06:45.720 --> 0:06:47.920 in these areas I've done well, would have liked to 0:06:47.920 --> 0:06:50.480 have had a few more big plays, a lot more catches. 0:06:51.160 --> 0:06:53.400 Some of that he has some say over some it doesn't. 0:06:53.400 --> 0:06:55.640 The ball just didn't go his way a ton. So 0:06:56.400 --> 0:06:59.919 those are things that you just you control what you control. 0:07:00.080 --> 0:07:01.680 You play hard, and one thing I can say about 0:07:01.800 --> 0:07:05.840 Nelson is he practices hard. He plays hard, and I'll 0:07:05.839 --> 0:07:07.640 still maintain that I think good things are going to 0:07:07.720 --> 0:07:12.400 come his way. Process like the one that you guys 0:07:12.400 --> 0:07:14.880 started with during the year, is it Is it exactly 0:07:14.880 --> 0:07:16.880 the same now or have you tweaked it a little bit? 0:07:17.160 --> 0:07:19.160 Have you added to it? Have you guys kind of 0:07:19.280 --> 0:07:22.800 talked about it and did it or um. Yeah, I 0:07:22.840 --> 0:07:25.840 think it's just you developed a trust in a relationship 0:07:25.880 --> 0:07:29.080 as it goes. Um. You know, early on, I think 0:07:29.720 --> 0:07:32.760 you know, coach was you know, as he begins to 0:07:32.800 --> 0:07:34.880 kind of trust us on the side and trust myself 0:07:35.040 --> 0:07:38.240 with assisting a few areas here and there, you know, 0:07:38.280 --> 0:07:42.560 in the game, especially situationally. Sometimes you know, we can 0:07:42.640 --> 0:07:44.679 be out, we can be out two or three plays 0:07:44.720 --> 0:07:47.720 in front thinking through scenarios while he's calling a player. 0:07:48.120 --> 0:07:50.240 We can already be thinking to a red zone scenario 0:07:50.320 --> 0:07:52.160 or a third down scenario. I think we're gonna end 0:07:52.240 --> 0:07:55.120 up in a third medium here, you know, so we're 0:07:55.200 --> 0:07:58.080 kind of thinking ahead maybe with a suggestion here and there. 0:07:58.120 --> 0:08:00.480 So I just think it's just been an organic, natural 0:08:00.520 --> 0:08:03.160 development and trusting relationship that's built. He's gonna be the 0:08:03.160 --> 0:08:04.800 first time here since two does and eight that if 0:08:04.800 --> 0:08:08.040 we're back started all six three games and from your career, 0:08:08.120 --> 0:08:10.640 you know how Fred left positions. The fact that that 0:08:10.720 --> 0:08:14.760 Carson's lasted the season is that something? Is that something 0:08:14.840 --> 0:08:17.720 you considerable or something you'd take it all? Yeah, I 0:08:17.720 --> 0:08:19.560 mean I think that's you know, that was another test. 0:08:19.600 --> 0:08:22.480 There was questions about his you know, would he be durable, 0:08:22.600 --> 0:08:24.160 you know, could he could he do that? Could he 0:08:24.200 --> 0:08:26.280 start sixteen games? Just because of a couple of the 0:08:26.320 --> 0:08:28.840 injuries that he's had. And I think he's done a 0:08:28.880 --> 0:08:32.200 great job of knowing how to get down, you know, 0:08:32.240 --> 0:08:34.800 and it was been a learning process. Um, it's been 0:08:34.840 --> 0:08:36.880 a learning process. Early on. We all know when he 0:08:37.120 --> 0:08:39.800 ran a couple he probably was a little bit too aggressive, 0:08:40.280 --> 0:08:44.080 took to you know, took the coaching, learned from it, 0:08:44.200 --> 0:08:46.560 and gradually has gotten to the point where he looks 0:08:46.600 --> 0:08:49.200 like a seasoned pro out there running now, knows when 0:08:49.200 --> 0:08:51.880 to slide, has a good sense for getting down. And 0:08:52.240 --> 0:08:54.520 there's no guarantees about staying healthy in this league, but 0:08:54.559 --> 0:08:57.000 we're certainly glad he's done a good job with that 0:08:57.080 --> 0:08:59.160 this year and stayed healthy. He's only been about twelve 0:08:59.200 --> 0:09:02.280 rookie quarterback started sixteen games. I mean, what does that 0:09:02.360 --> 0:09:05.520 say about him? Just his toughness and he's got this. 0:09:05.559 --> 0:09:07.560 I mean, he's going to end up playing whatever, twelve 0:09:07.679 --> 0:09:10.040 hundred snaps. I mean, he's seen everything and going into 0:09:10.120 --> 0:09:12.679 year two, how much will that benefit him? Just this 0:09:12.880 --> 0:09:16.600 vast kind of catalog of I think it says a 0:09:16.600 --> 0:09:18.440 lot about several things. I think it says a lot 0:09:18.480 --> 0:09:20.920 about his toughness. I think it says a lot about 0:09:20.960 --> 0:09:23.760 his preparation and protection area. I think it says a 0:09:23.760 --> 0:09:26.679 lot about how well the offensive line has played. And 0:09:26.720 --> 0:09:28.880 I think it says a lot about that he has 0:09:28.920 --> 0:09:30.920 a good internal clock that he wants to you know 0:09:30.960 --> 0:09:33.000 that he's not just a guy an a big, strong, 0:09:33.080 --> 0:09:34.920 athletic guy who's going to get back there and make 0:09:34.960 --> 0:09:37.040 plays with his legs all the time. He knows that 0:09:37.360 --> 0:09:39.679 to be great in this league, to be great and 0:09:39.720 --> 0:09:41.640 to take us where you want to go, you got 0:09:41.640 --> 0:09:43.720 to learn how to play quarterback from the pocket and 0:09:43.760 --> 0:09:46.760 then let your natural athletic ability take over when something 0:09:46.800 --> 0:09:49.160 breaks down. And you know, I think we've worked very 0:09:49.160 --> 0:09:51.960 hard at trying to develop and that into him and 0:09:52.080 --> 0:09:53.840 not let him just get back there and let his 0:09:53.880 --> 0:09:57.680 athleticism take over. Be systematic, be disciplined, you know, have 0:09:57.720 --> 0:09:59.679 a progression in mind, know what you're doing, have a 0:09:59.679 --> 0:10:02.240 plan on every play, and then when things break down, 0:10:02.559 --> 0:10:05.679 then react and let your instincts take over. So I 0:10:05.720 --> 0:10:07.920 think those speak to all those things about him this 0:10:08.000 --> 0:10:11.960 year and to the offseason. What's your philosophy on how 0:10:12.000 --> 0:10:14.080 you want your players to attack it you want them 0:10:14.120 --> 0:10:15.920 to take it? And how did it go for you? 0:10:15.920 --> 0:10:17.200 I mean, do you do you want them to just 0:10:17.240 --> 0:10:19.720 take a long break and not think about things, especially 0:10:19.800 --> 0:10:22.120 like Carson as you wanted to kind of reboot, or 0:10:22.120 --> 0:10:24.200 do you would you want these guys to have football? Yeah? 0:10:24.200 --> 0:10:26.360 I mean, you know, all the rules with the CBM 0:10:26.360 --> 0:10:28.440 A little bit old school, you know. I came into 0:10:28.440 --> 0:10:30.720 the league with Jerry Rice, and you know that's legendary. 0:10:30.760 --> 0:10:32.400 You know, after they win the super Bowl the next 0:10:32.440 --> 0:10:35.400 day he's running hills and routes, and you know, I'm 0:10:35.440 --> 0:10:36.960 probably a little bit old school like that. I do 0:10:37.000 --> 0:10:39.400 think quarterbacks need to give their arm rest. I do 0:10:39.480 --> 0:10:42.000 think it's good for players to take a break, especially 0:10:42.000 --> 0:10:44.640 a mental break for about a month. But physically, I 0:10:44.679 --> 0:10:46.480 don't think you can take off too long. I mean, 0:10:46.600 --> 0:10:49.960 you know, this is a very demanding job. It's it's 0:10:50.200 --> 0:10:52.120 physically you have to be at your peak. It's a 0:10:52.200 --> 0:10:55.240 very competitive job. So take a month off and relax 0:10:55.320 --> 0:10:58.680 mentally and physically, but you better get after a pretty hard, 0:10:58.679 --> 0:11:02.200 pretty quick state in weeks or so. Zach Ers as 0:11:02.200 --> 0:11:04.959 a birds is a legitimate threat in this passing game. 0:11:05.040 --> 0:11:07.440 But what would you say would be behind that outside 0:11:07.440 --> 0:11:11.200 of chemistry, And speaking of the chemistry going into next year, 0:11:11.240 --> 0:11:14.000 how much will that having Carson wentz back next year 0:11:14.200 --> 0:11:16.640 it will be a factor. Yeah. I think Zach and 0:11:17.840 --> 0:11:21.000 Carson have developed very good chemistry, and you know, Carson 0:11:21.040 --> 0:11:23.760 just has a lot of trust, you know in Zach, 0:11:23.880 --> 0:11:26.920 just a great feel for space, a great feel of 0:11:26.960 --> 0:11:30.880 how to create leverage, big catch radius. Um. You know, 0:11:30.920 --> 0:11:33.800 they've just developed a really good chemistry in relationship and 0:11:33.400 --> 0:11:37.040 zacally made a lot of plays so um. You just 0:11:37.200 --> 0:11:39.520 certainly that's one of the highlights of something to build 0:11:39.520 --> 0:11:40.240 on for next year.