Speaker 1: With this game, and the practice is getta have with
Speaker 1: Miami and war that idea of where you are this campus.
Speaker 1: And because you get rid of the sea them, UM,
Speaker 1: you can maybe say that, you can maybe say that
Speaker 1: I think, um, you know, getting those couple of days
Speaker 1: of practicing against them, UM, that helped us gage kind
Speaker 1: of where we're at for sure as well. Got some
Speaker 1: really good situational work. And then coming out here tonight. UM,
Speaker 1: we weren't really sure how much we played, but we
Speaker 1: came out and UM did some good things. Obviously, the
Speaker 1: interception was unfortunate, but UM, aside from that, we were
Speaker 1: moving the ball well. So I thought I thought things
Speaker 1: were clicking pretty good. Good day. Where do you How
Speaker 1: do you feel about where you are after three? Dame
Speaker 1: was September ten, and stay, Yeah, I feel good, you know,
Speaker 1: I feel confident. I'm thankful that for the most part,
Speaker 1: everyone's pretty healthy too. UM, So I think this offense
Speaker 1: tonight was was a good showing for us. Like I said,
Speaker 1: the interception was unfortunate, but we moved the ball well.
Speaker 1: And UM, for the starters, it's excited to get start
Speaker 1: getting ready for Washington. You always get to these three
Speaker 1: passes the whole three preseasons, preseason games. Is that enough
Speaker 1: for you? Yeah? You know, I feel you know, that's
Speaker 1: kind of just the way it works. That's preseason football.
Speaker 1: UM got lots of work in over camp, you know, honestly,
Speaker 1: and UM, shoot, sixteen games last year I was healthy. So, UM, God,
Speaker 1: I think good work in in the preseason. I don't
Speaker 1: think it was overkilled, but it was a good a
Speaker 1: good number, and I feel confident going forward. I'm goad.
Speaker 1: You see on the Tori Smith touchdown pass, Yeah, they
Speaker 1: were trying to bluff coverage a little bit, and then
Speaker 1: the safety was trying to roll back, but he was
Speaker 1: kind of flat footed. And I know with a guy
Speaker 1: like Tori, if they're gonna sit flatfooted, he's gonna run
Speaker 1: right by them. So UM, just gave him a chance
Speaker 1: and he did the rest. Do you recognize or was
Speaker 1: that the playball going into it? Um? That was a
Speaker 1: play calls? I mean that's part of the design. Um.
Speaker 1: And then just the coverage. Um. Like I said, they
Speaker 1: were bluffing it, but they got back and uh, Tori
Speaker 1: did the rest. Obviously, the two touchdowns today one to
Speaker 1: al Sean to How does it feel to kind of
Speaker 1: get him the same page with those guys, you your
Speaker 1: two new weapons. Yeah, I mean it was great. You know,
Speaker 1: it was great to do it here, do it in
Speaker 1: front of the fans. Fans get to get really excited
Speaker 1: about that. So, um, that's that's really cool. You know,
Speaker 1: I've felt I've said it kind of all along. I
Speaker 1: felt really confident in our chemistry with with those guys, um,
Speaker 1: going back to even the spring, but to finally do
Speaker 1: it in a game like situation, it's it's really good
Speaker 1: to see. We got a lot of ones versus once
Speaker 1: during the days were the dolf. Yes, I've practice you
Speaker 1: see that kind of is a one of the recents
Speaker 1: he to play. That's much, Yeah, I think so, you know,
Speaker 1: I think that's part of it. Like I said, you know,
Speaker 1: we got such a good situational work during the week
Speaker 1: where we didn't have to go full fully live, but
Speaker 1: I've got to see some different looks. I think that
Speaker 1: was part of it. And then just coming out, you
Speaker 1: know and putting the other couple of drives that I
Speaker 1: think it was a ninety three yard drive we ended with,
Speaker 1: and um, I think I think we all kind of
Speaker 1: said we've seen enough and um, yeah, those coaches coaches
Speaker 1: decision at the end of the day, though, the way
Speaker 1: that protection protection has been game, that's um yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean the protection has been has been solid. You know.
Speaker 1: Some of the things that have happened are on me.
Speaker 1: You know, some of the nakeds and stuff. You know,
Speaker 1: that's just that's football. I gotta get rid of the ball. Um,
Speaker 1: So I'm not I'm not really concerned about that. I
Speaker 1: know those as will be rock solid all years. What
Speaker 1: do you have to do personally as well as with
Speaker 1: the first team offense heading into the opener in Washington?
Speaker 1: What do you guys think you need to do to
Speaker 1: get even better going into that that first game. I
Speaker 1: mean the biggest thing I mean I've been saying that
Speaker 1: kind of all week in all camp is just consistency.
Speaker 1: You know, we know we can be dynamic on offense.
Speaker 1: You know last week came out and we had three
Speaker 1: three and outs. You know that's not that's not our
Speaker 1: style of football. Um, you know, we know we can
Speaker 1: we can be dynamic. We just got to be consistent
Speaker 1: and say ahead of the chains, be disciplined. Last week
Speaker 1: with some penalties, I think we had a couple of
Speaker 1: the nights still Um, but those are the biggest things.
Speaker 1: We just got to keep keep honing in on goals
Speaker 1: throughout the summer and then obviously the one to night
Speaker 1: to Tory. How much bigger a part of the offense
Speaker 1: geam think that might be this season? Yeah, I think
Speaker 1: that can be a definitely big part of the offense. Um.
Speaker 1: You know, I think a guy like Tory that can
Speaker 1: run like that is going to open up some things.
Speaker 1: So whether we actually are completing deep balls or he's
Speaker 1: just kind of um stretching the defense for some underneath
Speaker 1: stuff to help out um like guys in the slot,
Speaker 1: to help out earths, roles, you name it. I think
Speaker 1: that's just a big part of the offense that we're
Speaker 1: gonna see kind of expanded on a little more holes,
Speaker 1: click shooting everything. You know, I thought we were moving
Speaker 1: the ball well, you know, we kind of gotten that
Speaker 1: that mock no huddle tempo again and as you saw
Speaker 1: last week, we were able to move the ball. Last
Speaker 1: week doing that, had had to fumble it, which was unfortunate,
Speaker 1: But tonight the same thing. You know, I think we're
Speaker 1: all just sometimes when you get in those modes, you're
Speaker 1: you're not thinking as much. You're just kind of playing
Speaker 1: um and sometimes that can be a really good thing
Speaker 1: for guys. And when we know we have the talented
Speaker 1: players that we have on the edges. UM. I think
Speaker 1: that's a big part of our offense. The interception is
Speaker 1: Phillips is running towards you did did you have second
Speaker 1: thoughts develop trying to make a tackle? Um? It was.
Speaker 1: It was interesting. I was trying to not get hurt,
Speaker 1: but UM, yeah, it was. I'm not my not my
Speaker 1: proudest moment trying to make that tackle. It just tiptoed
Speaker 1: right over me. So not my proudest moment. General to
Speaker 1: play like that had he balance obviously want to make
Speaker 1: a play and be co editor, but also be smart.
Speaker 1: You just gotta learn. I don't know. Um, at the
Speaker 1: end of the day, I wish I would have made
Speaker 1: the tackle. So that's UM, that's part of it. But
Speaker 1: you know once yeah, I don't know. You try to
Speaker 1: learn how to balance that in getting back that night
Speaker 1: to you are a tribe. When you went into tempo,
Speaker 1: he started to get some chunk plays. There was that
Speaker 1: because of tempo, you think or was it the play
Speaker 1: son um, some of both, some of both. I think
Speaker 1: the tempo definitely helps with with those chunk plays. Um,
Speaker 1: because defenses then are usually in kind of their generic looks,
Speaker 1: their base looks, and um, that's when just players go
Speaker 1: make plays. You know, it's um to some extent, they
Speaker 1: have an idea what we're doing. We kind of know
Speaker 1: what they're doing. It just comes down to players executing.
Speaker 1: And UM, I think that was a good thing tonight.
Speaker 1: It looks like you started to get more comfortable and
Speaker 1: that the crossers, how do you feel where do you
Speaker 1: feel you are as far as making those throws? One
Speaker 1: of those the area up the last year, I feel
Speaker 1: I feel really good with them, you know, I felt
Speaker 1: I say, I felt good with them. Last year. Things
Speaker 1: just happened, you know, sometimes things um and games, those
Speaker 1: things happen. So I felt really good all offseason. Felt
Speaker 1: good tonight. Um. You know, shoot, those guys are making
Speaker 1: some really good catches too. Um. They weren't necessarily great throws,
Speaker 1: but those guys give him a chance. And when you
Speaker 1: got playmakers out there, you just just gotta give him a chance.
Speaker 1: So that was good to see. How's the Blitz communication
Speaker 1: at this point, It's been pretty good. It's been pretty good. Yeah,
Speaker 1: there you good? Thanks, Thanks, guys,