Speaker 1: Oh, you know, I tell you what I'm anytime in
Speaker 1: my opinion that you can have a playmaker like Bings
Speaker 1: goals and you can, you can you can keep him
Speaker 1: locked up for a couple of years makes you feel good.
Speaker 1: And uh, I'm just so happy for him and his
Speaker 1: family and the fuck you know, the fact that, uh,
Speaker 1: the work of how he put in to make sure
Speaker 1: this thing got done. I'm just so excited to have
Speaker 1: him here and look forward to working with him as
Speaker 1: training camp and obviously during the season. How long do
Speaker 1: you have put him out rant? How long you expect?
Speaker 1: It's day to day with him, Um, and obviously the
Speaker 1: same in Brandon Brooks. Both of them are day to day.
Speaker 1: We're we're anticipating next week sometime getting them both back
Speaker 1: on the field. What exactly man is an ankle ankle sprain?
Speaker 1: He did it. He did it working out in California. Um.
Speaker 1: Actually so uh has that ankle. We're just treating it
Speaker 1: day by day. That's getting better and again, anticipate next
Speaker 1: week at some point. Well, gives you the confidence that
Speaker 1: sprowls over the ze player. You know he's thirty four
Speaker 1: next year, that he isn't deren Sproles is a is
Speaker 1: a pros pro. He knows how to take care of
Speaker 1: his body in the offseason. He's very very intelligent running back.
Speaker 1: He's been around this game a long time. It's guys
Speaker 1: like that you don't worry about. He's gonna he does
Speaker 1: everything right. He does what you what you coach him
Speaker 1: to do, and um, you know again, it's just the
Speaker 1: way he prepares and the way he attacks every day
Speaker 1: gives you the confidence that he's going to be around
Speaker 1: for a few more years. How can you see the
Speaker 1: running back duties this season? Maybe you can bind it
Speaker 1: up more with what you have and considering Gararon's age
Speaker 1: or what we're see him so far, well, I mean,
Speaker 1: you know, right now the running back is we got
Speaker 1: a lot of talent right there. We got some young talent.
Speaker 1: You know. Kenyon Barner is a kid that has shown
Speaker 1: some some good strides this offseason and picking up the offense.
Speaker 1: And you know, you get Ryan out there, you got
Speaker 1: Darren and then you got the young kids Wendell who
Speaker 1: who we picked up and Byron Marshall and said O'Neil,
Speaker 1: I mean we got some guy as it have some talent. Um.
Speaker 1: I love, you know, playing with two tight ends. I
Speaker 1: like playing with a couple of half backs in the game,
Speaker 1: so it's a chance to get all these guys some
Speaker 1: revs going down, going down the stretch. Now, this hard
Speaker 1: kind of this tough time of training country, Matthews. Can
Speaker 1: you just talk about the pressure you face it's a
Speaker 1: first time head coach, but also the expectations to say
Speaker 1: a little more time, the pressure you're under as a
Speaker 1: first time head coach, not just that, but as it is,
Speaker 1: you know, the expectations. Well, I mean I think you
Speaker 1: just approached it day by day and um, you know,
Speaker 1: one thing for me, I get here in the morning
Speaker 1: and I spend I spend thirty minutes just thinking about
Speaker 1: my day, sort of a quiet time a situation. And
Speaker 1: then uh, you know, being a man of faith, I
Speaker 1: think that's that's important in situations like this, and you
Speaker 1: just sort of you just sort of turn the day
Speaker 1: over and you just let things unfold. And so that way,
Speaker 1: that way it keeps me, It keeps me grounded, um,
Speaker 1: and and uh, it gets me through each day. And
Speaker 1: then I just I just I can't worry about tomorrow.
Speaker 1: So it takes Peters and said yesterday he felt that
Speaker 1: you had respect you respect the veteran and I'm wondering,
Speaker 1: you know, like I guess the message the fact that
Speaker 1: you plan on resting him once once a week he's
Speaker 1: at is at the plann maybe Well, I wouldn't. I
Speaker 1: wouldn't put a time limit. I wouldn't put a day
Speaker 1: on it. Um. You know, it's it's something, listen, It's
Speaker 1: something with with veteran players, um that the longevity of
Speaker 1: the entire season, especially offensive and defensive lineman that you
Speaker 1: I think you had to be smart with those guys.
Speaker 1: I think you have to give them time to rest
Speaker 1: throughout training camp. Um. Obviously the style of camp is
Speaker 1: going to be a little bit different, um than than
Speaker 1: what they've been used to. And so I think with
Speaker 1: all of that in his recovery and the way he
Speaker 1: takes care of himself once he's offered football field during
Speaker 1: the day will really help him in his longevity of
Speaker 1: the season. But yeah, I'm gonna I plan on giving
Speaker 1: these guys, um, you know, rest throughout and only training camp,
Speaker 1: but throughout the season's important to keep the that's happy
Speaker 1: to I don't think at this point. Well, number one,
Speaker 1: I know I know what they're going through. I was
Speaker 1: one of those guys for so long, and even though
Speaker 1: I was in a different position, UM, I see the
Speaker 1: wear and tear and the grind that these guys go
Speaker 1: through every single day. That's a physical game and it
Speaker 1: takes them an entire week to recover sometimes. So you know,
Speaker 1: the more you can, the more you can. You know,
Speaker 1: it's not when they get to this stage of their career,
Speaker 1: it's not about the physical rep anymore. It's it's about
Speaker 1: the mental rep and and um, you know these guys
Speaker 1: are are are professionals at what they do. They understand
Speaker 1: their roles, and uh, you just give them the time
Speaker 1: and the rest to be ready on game day. Nick
Speaker 1: Foles got released earlier restarting and you get a guy
Speaker 1: and Alexe Smith who while he always in Kansas City,
Speaker 1: probably played at a level but he didn't approach most
Speaker 1: of his career. How much do circumstances play in quarterback
Speaker 1: success or you believer that there are just guys that
Speaker 1: you can put in any kind of situation get they'll
Speaker 1: be productive and play well. How does that balance? It's
Speaker 1: there's a fine line. There's a fine line. The quarterback
Speaker 1: position in the National Football League UM has changed over
Speaker 1: the the last the course will say the last ten
Speaker 1: to fifteen years. UM. I mean by that is there
Speaker 1: these guys are getting a little more athletic, UM, bigger bodies, Um.
Speaker 1: You know, guys that are smart coming out of call.
Speaker 1: They're highly you know, intelligent guys. And and you know,
Speaker 1: sometimes I think you could take a Pro Bowl quarterback
Speaker 1: and put him on an average team and it becomes average.
Speaker 1: It also depends on the talent around who that that
Speaker 1: really makes or breaks that quarterback. And something we did
Speaker 1: in Kansas City with Alex is surrounding him with talent,
Speaker 1: the talented guy and then utilizing his strength of his athleticism,
Speaker 1: his brain, UM, very accurate passer doesn't turn the ball over.
Speaker 1: And it became became a recipe for ass for us
Speaker 1: in Kansas City. And and it's just unfortunate and knick situation.
Speaker 1: And I think he's a talented guy, and he's put
Speaker 1: the right clouds around him, he can be a very
Speaker 1: successful quarterback. You talk about the dynamic play of a
Speaker 1: daring scrolls, but the age does coming to the the fact
Speaker 1: of the clay point of what that says, do you
Speaker 1: have to concern yourself as the season progressive, look at
Speaker 1: how many touches he will get in the game to
Speaker 1: try to keep keep him pressure and or long run. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he's another one that kind of goes in that in
Speaker 1: that boat. But at the same time, I think, um,
Speaker 1: he's a he's a he's a freakish athlete. And and
Speaker 1: I don't going into it right now. I'm not gonna
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna limit him. I want to see how
Speaker 1: much I can give him. I see much, I see much,
Speaker 1: see how much he can handle um, and then and
Speaker 1: then we go kind of go from there. There are
Speaker 1: specific things that he'd like to see. Sam Brodford and
Speaker 1: Free going good throughout training camp. You know, he's done it.
Speaker 1: He's done a great job already through his leadership ability,
Speaker 1: the way he's communicating with his players, He's you know,
Speaker 1: he's still learning the system. He's just picking up the
Speaker 1: nuances of the offense and progressions. But his dialogue with
Speaker 1: with me, with Frank, with John, with his teammates is
Speaker 1: something that, uh that I've been I've been really pleased
Speaker 1: to see. And then and then his ability to throw
Speaker 1: the football accurately on time and with them has really
Speaker 1: has really stuck out. And he's done a great job
Speaker 1: this spring and then the beginning of camp. So we
Speaker 1: continue to do that with him. He's just going to
Speaker 1: continue to grow, you know, each and every day. It
Speaker 1: seems like there's been a heavy rotation map for what
Speaker 1: you seever, Doug, what he's the other guys there, good question,
Speaker 1: you know the rotation thing. You're seeing it not only
Speaker 1: at receiver, you're seeing it at at corner. You're seeing
Speaker 1: an offensive line. We're so early in camp right now
Speaker 1: that we just want to get guys reps and so
Speaker 1: there's no rhyme or reason for any of it. We
Speaker 1: just want to get, you know, everybody the opportunity right
Speaker 1: now to get to get on films so we can
Speaker 1: begin our evaluation process. Because anyone has stood out there,
Speaker 1: any of those receivers um. You know, Rubin came back
Speaker 1: after the surgery, had in a spring, he came back healthy,
Speaker 1: ready to go. He's had he's had a good start
Speaker 1: to camp. I think Nelson's done a nice job been
Speaker 1: and Josh huffle too and Jordan and Jordan. I think
Speaker 1: is has really come back in a good good set
Speaker 1: of or a good mindset um and you know it's
Speaker 1: got we got good depth. Then Chris gibbons you throw
Speaker 1: Chris and there and again a veteran guy that knows
Speaker 1: how to practice and play, and and we just want
Speaker 1: to get them all as many reps as we can,
Speaker 1: Thank God,