Speaker 1: Frank waiting to say about Ryan Matthews when he was
Speaker 1: last play a wourth a moment's herniated disc and did
Speaker 1: you guys have any idea, no, no idea that happened?
Speaker 1: You know, I mean we all know Ryan's that physical
Speaker 1: downhill runner, and um, you know, you put yourself in
Speaker 1: a little bit of danger, you know, But he was
Speaker 1: running hard as he always does, and you never know,
Speaker 1: I mean, something like that's just a freak accident and
Speaker 1: he's had a few of those. So h that was
Speaker 1: a tough break for for Ryan and for us. What
Speaker 1: does Carson's early in the year, he wasn't he didn't
Speaker 1: see if everybody runs, it just seems like he's seeing
Speaker 1: seeing the field better. His his pocket awareness is better.
Speaker 1: But is that part of his his evolution and manifesting
Speaker 1: himself in the runs and using his legs. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: think it's definitely part of his development and evolution. I
Speaker 1: remember it was about I can't remember the game, it's
Speaker 1: about a month ago or something like that, and he
Speaker 1: rolled out. It was a home game here and he
Speaker 1: rolls out to his left and he's being chased by
Speaker 1: a big defensive lineman who a nose guard who's no
Speaker 1: way going to be able to catch him. He gets
Speaker 1: over to the sideline and he feels him coming and
Speaker 1: he throws it out and bounds. And when we were
Speaker 1: watching the film the next day, I said, you couldn't
Speaker 1: have swung back around and just bought a little bit
Speaker 1: more time. And I was kind of kidding around with him,
Speaker 1: and he said, am I allowed to do? Is that
Speaker 1: free game? I said, yeah, it's free game if you
Speaker 1: can make the play and he said, okay, now I know.
Speaker 1: And so we've seen him. I'm not saying that's what
Speaker 1: triggered it. It was more of a fun moment. But
Speaker 1: he has that kind of ability, and we know he
Speaker 1: has that kind of ability. It's a fine line how
Speaker 1: much you want to use it. But he has a
Speaker 1: good sense and showed that showed up pretty well in
Speaker 1: the field compare as possible. But there's been a bit
Speaker 1: made this year Carson setting the team record for most
Speaker 1: of passing attempts in year two years in San Diego.
Speaker 1: Philibergers in the wall, I think more than any time
Speaker 1: in his career have been the eleven years. Can you
Speaker 1: kind of take the mentality of the year and look
Speaker 1: how it compared to what happened in San Diego it
Speaker 1: was two years is just how you know, do there
Speaker 1: any similarities and how that came to be. And I
Speaker 1: think one of the differences this year is, I mean
Speaker 1: we're in the top ten in rushing and so you know,
Speaker 1: he's throwing all these past attempts and has a chance
Speaker 1: of setting the rookie completion record and those aren't records
Speaker 1: you set out necessarily to get. But when you balance
Speaker 1: that with the fact that we're still a top ten
Speaker 1: team rushing, um, that's not all that bad and there
Speaker 1: have been some good developmental things from it. But over
Speaker 1: the long haul, you need to be able to you
Speaker 1: need to be able to run it consistently to win.
Speaker 1: When I play a getting back to Carson when he
Speaker 1: did spen around and ended up at interception, So does
Speaker 1: he have free rank or do you want to do that?
Speaker 1: At times? You know, I mean at times you know,
Speaker 1: I mean those are you know, those are gonna be
Speaker 1: uh those plays of the standard deviation on those plays
Speaker 1: that they were good and the bad that can happen
Speaker 1: for those plays really goes extreme on both ends. But
Speaker 1: you gotta trust the guy to do it. We gotta
Speaker 1: trust our receivers. You know, the angle of the receiver
Speaker 1: that was taking coming back probably wasn't the best angle.
Speaker 1: So um, maybe not the best decision, but the receiver
Speaker 1: could have helped him out by coming back more towards
Speaker 1: the ball. Do you think touchdown at Nelson cod you know,
Speaker 1: forty yard it's going to help him going forward. I mean,
Speaker 1: is that kind of like the breakthrough that he's kind
Speaker 1: of been looking for all year? You know, I mean,
Speaker 1: obviously it was. It was a it was a nice play,
Speaker 1: you know, shows his speed. He did a good job.
Speaker 1: I think the only way to get breakthroughs is to
Speaker 1: do something over and over again consistently. You know, this
Speaker 1: isn't this league's too tough just to be a flash
Speaker 1: here there. And I think we all know that Nelson
Speaker 1: knows that every player knows that you have to do
Speaker 1: it week in and week out, you know, play in
Speaker 1: and play out. Um, but you take every every positive
Speaker 1: step that comes along as a good step. And that
Speaker 1: was that was certainly a going It's you to give
Speaker 1: a working with cards and from the springs and now
Speaker 1: what are some of the things that's you want to
Speaker 1: see from him as a young quarterback? And have you
Speaker 1: seen all of those things as he maybe even exceed
Speaker 1: at your expectations and some of those yeah, I mean
Speaker 1: he's exceeded expectations in some ways. But I think when
Speaker 1: I think what you want to see is you want
Speaker 1: to see accuracy. You want to see good decision making.
Speaker 1: You want to see the ability to sustain success when
Speaker 1: things are going well, to maintain focus and concentration the
Speaker 1: next week in preparation. You want to see to be
Speaker 1: able to bounce back after a poor performance. You want
Speaker 1: to see to be able to when things are going
Speaker 1: bad in the course of a game, for him to
Speaker 1: not waver. And I think on most of those fronts,
Speaker 1: I think he's passed the test within both the game
Speaker 1: and then during the week. You know, after leaving him
Speaker 1: the next game, how do you dug kind of work
Speaker 1: together in terms of play calling and game and kind
Speaker 1: of leave you in things? How does that go? Des
Speaker 1: I don't want to be act as a check on
Speaker 1: the other in some way kind of Hey, I would
Speaker 1: have done this, Maybe you should consider this. That's what've
Speaker 1: you know? I mean during the week, Uh, you know
Speaker 1: we're game planning together. We kind of you know, we
Speaker 1: have our system in which we're you know, in which
Speaker 1: the inventory of offensive plays is available. You know, the
Speaker 1: way that we there is a process in which we
Speaker 1: go about start you know, the plays that we start
Speaker 1: with UM, and then how we narrow that down each week.
Speaker 1: You know, we work together on that UM as well
Speaker 1: as with the staff. UM. And then as far as
Speaker 1: play calling goes, you know, coach calls the game and UM,
Speaker 1: he takes input. You know, I'll suggest a few plays
Speaker 1: here and there. UM we'll talk in between series, but
Speaker 1: he's he's in charge, and you know, and has has
Speaker 1: really good control during the game. UM doesn't flinch. UM
Speaker 1: just seems in complete control. But what I really like
Speaker 1: about the dynamic is, hey, we're talking in between series,
Speaker 1: I might say, hey, this next series, do you like this?
Speaker 1: How do you feel about this? Was just talking to Carson,
Speaker 1: He likes this. Was just talking to Stout. These runs
Speaker 1: look good. He feels these runs look good. So there's
Speaker 1: a really good dynamic on game day. Nelson, you mentioned
Speaker 1: that a breakthrough happens when you're able to do something
Speaker 1: consistently like that. Is it frustrating that it hasn't happened
Speaker 1: for him this year that we haven't seen that growth
Speaker 1: that you probably wanted to see. Yeah, I mean, I
Speaker 1: think you're going into the year, every each one of
Speaker 1: us you have high expectations. You know you have high expectations.
Speaker 1: And I'm sure you know for all of us, and
Speaker 1: I'm sure for Nelson included, you know, we would have
Speaker 1: liked to won more games. We would have liked to
Speaker 1: done better as an offense in a lot of areas.
Speaker 1: I'm sure each of an individual player has goals that
Speaker 1: they want to me. I would guess that Nelson was saying, Hey,
Speaker 1: in these areas I've done well, would have liked to
Speaker 1: have had a few more big plays, a lot more catches.
Speaker 1: Some of that he has some say over some it doesn't.
Speaker 1: The ball just didn't go his way a ton. So
Speaker 1: those are things that you just you control what you control.
Speaker 1: You play hard, and one thing I can say about
Speaker 1: Nelson is he practices hard. He plays hard, and I'll
Speaker 1: still maintain that I think good things are going to
Speaker 1: come his way. Process like the one that you guys
Speaker 1: started with during the year, is it Is it exactly
Speaker 1: the same now or have you tweaked it a little bit?
Speaker 1: Have you added to it? Have you guys kind of
Speaker 1: talked about it and did it or um. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: think it's just you developed a trust in a relationship
Speaker 1: as it goes. Um. You know, early on, I think
Speaker 1: you know, coach was you know, as he begins to
Speaker 1: kind of trust us on the side and trust myself
Speaker 1: with assisting a few areas here and there, you know,
Speaker 1: in the game, especially situationally. Sometimes you know, we can
Speaker 1: be out, we can be out two or three plays
Speaker 1: in front thinking through scenarios while he's calling a player.
Speaker 1: We can already be thinking to a red zone scenario
Speaker 1: or a third down scenario. I think we're gonna end
Speaker 1: up in a third medium here, you know, so we're
Speaker 1: kind of thinking ahead maybe with a suggestion here and there.
Speaker 1: So I just think it's just been an organic, natural
Speaker 1: development and trusting relationship that's built. He's gonna be the
Speaker 1: first time here since two does and eight that if
Speaker 1: we're back started all six three games and from your career,
Speaker 1: you know how Fred left positions. The fact that that
Speaker 1: Carson's lasted the season is that something? Is that something
Speaker 1: you considerable or something you'd take it all? Yeah, I
Speaker 1: mean I think that's you know, that was another test.
Speaker 1: There was questions about his you know, would he be durable,
Speaker 1: you know, could he could he do that? Could he
Speaker 1: start sixteen games? Just because of a couple of the
Speaker 1: injuries that he's had. And I think he's done a
Speaker 1: great job of knowing how to get down, you know,
Speaker 1: and it was been a learning process. Um, it's been
Speaker 1: a learning process. Early on. We all know when he
Speaker 1: ran a couple he probably was a little bit too aggressive,
Speaker 1: took to you know, took the coaching, learned from it,
Speaker 1: and gradually has gotten to the point where he looks
Speaker 1: like a seasoned pro out there running now, knows when
Speaker 1: to slide, has a good sense for getting down. And
Speaker 1: there's no guarantees about staying healthy in this league, but
Speaker 1: we're certainly glad he's done a good job with that
Speaker 1: this year and stayed healthy. He's only been about twelve
Speaker 1: rookie quarterback started sixteen games. I mean, what does that
Speaker 1: say about him? Just his toughness and he's got this.
Speaker 1: I mean, he's going to end up playing whatever, twelve
Speaker 1: hundred snaps. I mean, he's seen everything and going into
Speaker 1: year two, how much will that benefit him? Just this
Speaker 1: vast kind of catalog of I think it says a
Speaker 1: lot about several things. I think it says a lot
Speaker 1: about his toughness. I think it says a lot about
Speaker 1: his preparation and protection area. I think it says a
Speaker 1: lot about how well the offensive line has played. And
Speaker 1: I think it says a lot about that he has
Speaker 1: a good internal clock that he wants to you know
Speaker 1: that he's not just a guy an a big, strong,
Speaker 1: athletic guy who's going to get back there and make
Speaker 1: plays with his legs all the time. He knows that
Speaker 1: to be great in this league, to be great and
Speaker 1: to take us where you want to go, you got
Speaker 1: to learn how to play quarterback from the pocket and
Speaker 1: then let your natural athletic ability take over when something
Speaker 1: breaks down. And you know, I think we've worked very
Speaker 1: hard at trying to develop and that into him and
Speaker 1: not let him just get back there and let his
Speaker 1: athleticism take over. Be systematic, be disciplined, you know, have
Speaker 1: a progression in mind, know what you're doing, have a
Speaker 1: plan on every play, and then when things break down,
Speaker 1: then react and let your instincts take over. So I
Speaker 1: think those speak to all those things about him this
Speaker 1: year and to the offseason. What's your philosophy on how
Speaker 1: you want your players to attack it you want them
Speaker 1: to take it? And how did it go for you?
Speaker 1: I mean, do you do you want them to just
Speaker 1: take a long break and not think about things, especially
Speaker 1: like Carson as you wanted to kind of reboot, or
Speaker 1: do you would you want these guys to have football? Yeah?
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, all the rules with the CBM
Speaker 1: A little bit old school, you know. I came into
Speaker 1: the league with Jerry Rice, and you know that's legendary.
Speaker 1: You know, after they win the super Bowl the next
Speaker 1: day he's running hills and routes, and you know, I'm
Speaker 1: probably a little bit old school like that. I do
Speaker 1: think quarterbacks need to give their arm rest. I do
Speaker 1: think it's good for players to take a break, especially
Speaker 1: a mental break for about a month. But physically, I
Speaker 1: don't think you can take off too long. I mean,
Speaker 1: you know, this is a very demanding job. It's it's
Speaker 1: physically you have to be at your peak. It's a
Speaker 1: very competitive job. So take a month off and relax
Speaker 1: mentally and physically, but you better get after a pretty hard,
Speaker 1: pretty quick state in weeks or so. Zach Ers as
Speaker 1: a birds is a legitimate threat in this passing game.
Speaker 1: But what would you say would be behind that outside
Speaker 1: of chemistry, And speaking of the chemistry going into next year,
Speaker 1: how much will that having Carson wentz back next year
Speaker 1: it will be a factor. Yeah. I think Zach and
Speaker 1: Carson have developed very good chemistry, and you know, Carson
Speaker 1: just has a lot of trust, you know in Zach,
Speaker 1: just a great feel for space, a great feel of
Speaker 1: how to create leverage, big catch radius. Um. You know,
Speaker 1: they've just developed a really good chemistry in relationship and
Speaker 1: zacally made a lot of plays so um. You just
Speaker 1: certainly that's one of the highlights of something to build
Speaker 1: on for next year.