Speaker 1: Yet stands out. Um. You know, they're just a solid group. Um.
Speaker 1: You know, I think if you look at him, you know,
Speaker 1: kind of position by position, you know, there's not a
Speaker 1: lot of weaknesses over there. You know. Obviously their front
Speaker 1: it's very disruptive, you know, they're linebackers, are aggressive, and
Speaker 1: then you know their secondary between Patrick and Matthew. I mean,
Speaker 1: they've got some of the elite cover guys that we've
Speaker 1: seen this year. So it's gonna be a big challenge
Speaker 1: for us this week. If you look at Carson, both
Speaker 1: you guys are number one day both your ACLS was
Speaker 1: if you see someone new track throughout his career or
Speaker 1: we were spoken to during this process? Um, to be honest,
Speaker 1: not really. Um. You know, obviously I've watched him. You know,
Speaker 1: he's been a great player for a long time. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, and I think it's been it's been pretty
Speaker 1: cool to see someone you know like him, you know,
Speaker 1: come back from the Aco and have the success he's had,
Speaker 1: you know, and just proved that you know, it can
Speaker 1: be done, you know, regardless of what people say or think. Um,
Speaker 1: But as far as talking to him, you know, I
Speaker 1: really haven't. You went on this journey though, of going
Speaker 1: to a second team and that's a similar situation to him,
Speaker 1: and he said he really struggled in the first year.
Speaker 1: They're adjusting to a new offense in every league. Do
Speaker 1: you kind of look at look to him as somebody
Speaker 1: where you can see where you can accel at that
Speaker 1: level in a new system like this. M Yeah, you know,
Speaker 1: I think obviously everyone adjust a different situation. Um, you
Speaker 1: know a little bit differently. I think it takes different
Speaker 1: people different amounts of time. But um, obviously you know,
Speaker 1: he's been a couple of places and he's had success,
Speaker 1: and obviously you know he's probably playing the best ball
Speaker 1: of his career right now. Um, you know, at what
Speaker 1: you're thirteen or fourteen, and so you know, Yeah, I mean,
Speaker 1: it proves that it can be done playing at it
Speaker 1: at a high level. It looks like we've been improving
Speaker 1: as you've been here, maybe more uncomfortable. Ship says, there's
Speaker 1: another level with you and everybody. Do you feel like
Speaker 1: as you're getting more comfortable, there is another level for
Speaker 1: you that you can get even better than you've been. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think so, Um, you know, I think hopefully, yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, I'll continue to progress, continue to get more
Speaker 1: comfortable and what we're doing. Uh. You know, like I
Speaker 1: said the other day, I think you know, as a quarterback,
Speaker 1: the more confident you are in the scheme and what
Speaker 1: you're doing, you know, the easier it is to go
Speaker 1: out there and just let it rip and trust yourself.
Speaker 1: And I think that, you know, the more that happens,
Speaker 1: you know, hopefully you know, that's what you'll see. Was
Speaker 1: not having the traditional sense of making checks the line
Speaker 1: in the Audibles, because that's something that you had to
Speaker 1: get used to. And is that part of the reason
Speaker 1: why we've seen more confidence and more comfort out of
Speaker 1: you over the last several weeks. As far as what
Speaker 1: having that long traded too, if you do that to
Speaker 1: make traditional checks the line, let the clock go down
Speaker 1: to you know, a certain amount of time. Yeah, um, yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm not sure if that really has a whole lot
Speaker 1: to do. Obviously, you know, that's something that we a
Speaker 1: lot in Saint Louis, and you know, it is a
Speaker 1: little bit of a different mentality here. Um, but you know,
Speaker 1: I think overall the past few weeks, like I said,
Speaker 1: I think it's just you know, getting more comfortable with
Speaker 1: what we're doing, you know, feeling more comfortable with the
Speaker 1: guys out there with me. You know, I think just
Speaker 1: developing that chemistry later day, that he would he brought
Speaker 1: me here with the idea that you would be here
Speaker 1: for longer than a year. I know you don't talk
Speaker 1: about your contract, but is that your sense as well?
Speaker 1: Do you do you assume that you're going to be
Speaker 1: here longer than this year? Um? You know, kind of
Speaker 1: like I tell you guys, every time you have something
Speaker 1: like that, Um, you know, I'll get into that in
Speaker 1: the off season. I'll think about that in the off season.
Speaker 1: But you know, I'm not too worried about what's going
Speaker 1: to happen, you know, three or four months down the line.
Speaker 1: We got a big game against Arizona this week, and
Speaker 1: that's really all I'm focused on. What was the challenge?
Speaker 1: Like you guys, the team that blitzen as often as
Speaker 1: the Cardinals, bil um. You know, I think one of
Speaker 1: the unique things about this defense is, you know, they
Speaker 1: run a lot of different personnel groups with those boots
Speaker 1: is too and so I think the communication you know
Speaker 1: between Kelsey, um, you know, between our tackles and our
Speaker 1: running backs and making sure that we have everyone properly
Speaker 1: identified will be you know, a real key to us,
Speaker 1: you know, protecting and blocking their bits is I think
Speaker 1: you can get in trouble against this team, you know
Speaker 1: when you start to misidentify people, um, you know, and
Speaker 1: you're not sliding to the right guys. The fact that
Speaker 1: that indicated that he would like have you here at
Speaker 1: home in term those does that mean anything to you
Speaker 1: or is that you hear that just kind of full yeah,
Speaker 1: I knew that, Um you know, obviously you know it's
Speaker 1: great to hear those things, but you know, I don't
Speaker 1: think that really means a whole lot, and it's not
Speaker 1: really going to change the way I approach things. So um,
Speaker 1: you know, I'm sure I'll pay more attention to that
Speaker 1: stuff in the off season. Contract with you getting more
Speaker 1: comfortable in this offense gets stuff about you know, the
Speaker 1: best quarterbacks in the league have been in their system
Speaker 1: for for several years. You kind of look at this offensive.
Speaker 1: I think that you had several years minute you'd be
Speaker 1: able to operate a high level. Um, I would hope
Speaker 1: so um yeah, but you know, I think if you
Speaker 1: look around, you know a lot of the guys, um,
Speaker 1: you know who are playing at a high level have
Speaker 1: been in their systems for you know, a while, and
Speaker 1: you know, I've gotten really comfortable with what they're doing.
Speaker 1: And you know, I would hope that, you know, if
Speaker 1: I were in the system for multiple years that you know,
Speaker 1: I would get more comfortable and you know, we could
Speaker 1: really kind of tailor it, you know, and get it
Speaker 1: nailed down to what we were really good at. He
Speaker 1: had a full spring, a full summer, uh in the offense,
Speaker 1: whereas you there's those more restrictions. Do you think that
Speaker 1: held you back? Olier, the shot, the fact that it
Speaker 1: slows you to group the pretty season? Um, you know,
Speaker 1: I'm not sure. You know, it's hard to answer that.
Speaker 1: You know, I think, you know, you'd always like to
Speaker 1: get more reps. I think, you know, the more time
Speaker 1: you have with something, the more comfortable you're gonna get.
Speaker 1: But you know, like I said, when we're going through
Speaker 1: this process, you know, in the spring, you know, I
Speaker 1: don't think it would have been worth me to go
Speaker 1: onto the field and tear my knee and set myself
Speaker 1: back physically. Um, you know, I'm sure there would have
Speaker 1: been some gains mentally, But if I wasn't full Gopher camp,
Speaker 1: then I'm not really sure how that trade off would
Speaker 1: have went Yeah, through another level. You believe it, shit
Speaker 1: believes it. What does that mean? What do you need
Speaker 1: to do to take it to a point where you're
Speaker 1: going to say, you know what, I'm I'm comfortable. I'm
Speaker 1: happy with this. Um, you know, just be more efficient, Um,
Speaker 1: you know, better in some of our situations. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: third down, red zone. I think are areas that you
Speaker 1: know we can improve and I can improve. And you know,
Speaker 1: I think you look at the really good offenses. You
Speaker 1: know they keep themselves on the field on third down,
Speaker 1: they convert in the red zone, and so I think,
Speaker 1: you know, just playing more efficient in some of those situations.
Speaker 1: You've been here along? Now? Do you like it? Do
Speaker 1: you like the area? How did you know? How would
Speaker 1: things are great? Right now? We've won two games in
Speaker 1: a row, so they're awesome. But you feel settles into
Speaker 1: Do you like it? Uh? Yeah, I did like it here.
Speaker 1: You know, obviously it's a lot different than anywhere I've
Speaker 1: ever been before, but uh, you know what, I really
Speaker 1: do enjoy it here. Did you envision you're still testing
Speaker 1: the free agent Organs, So you know that's like I said,
Speaker 1: that's a couple of months away. Um, you know, I'm
Speaker 1: really just worried about these next three weeks. Obviously this
Speaker 1: week first Arizona connection last week to Nelson for the
Speaker 1: fifty three yards score. Now that he has the first
Speaker 1: woman's books, are expecting more out of him score wise?
Speaker 1: M I hope, So, I mean hopefully you know, that's
Speaker 1: a connection that we can you know, build on. Um.
Speaker 1: You know, obviously it was a great play by him,
Speaker 1: a great catch, and you know, hopefully we can see
Speaker 1: some more of that. I know you don't worrying about
Speaker 1: it for the next few months, but is your preference
Speaker 1: to resign here? Listen, we are not. I mean, I've
Speaker 1: told you I'm not really worried about that right now,
Speaker 1: so I can't really give you an answer. A quarterback,
Speaker 1: by the nature musician is a leader, but they're also
Speaker 1: a difference between that and being a kind of a
Speaker 1: locker room leader. Last few weeks, you see, we've gotten
Speaker 1: more comfortable comfortable in doing that. Is that just the
Speaker 1: process for a guy in a new guy with the
Speaker 1: new team. Uh? Yeah, I think so. And you know,
Speaker 1: like I said, I think you know, over the past
Speaker 1: couple of weeks, you know, I've just kind of felt
Speaker 1: the need you know, to be a little bit more
Speaker 1: vocal um. But at the same time, I think it's
Speaker 1: just the fact that, you know, I feel more comfortable
Speaker 1: with saying things now, you know, after being around the guys, Um,
Speaker 1: you know, kind of going through battle with them. You know,
Speaker 1: I think they respect me a little bit more and
Speaker 1: kind of you know, take it to heart. I guess
Speaker 1: a little bit more now. Some of the biggest difference
Speaker 1: between places that you've made you said, obviously a lot
Speaker 1: of different spots would the previous ones. What are some
Speaker 1: of the most notable differences, Um, there's a lot more
Speaker 1: people here and uh, they seem to like football a
Speaker 1: lot more here. One that aston Nelson. Obviously there was
Speaker 1: a there's a comfort in the pocket the side a
Speaker 1: few times. What has made you know, I think it's
Speaker 1: obvious if you're more comfortable in the pocket. What has
Speaker 1: um you know? I think just getting out there and
Speaker 1: doing it, you know, I think, you know, after not
Speaker 1: playing for a year and a half coming off to
Speaker 1: knee injuries, I think, um, you know, there's only one
Speaker 1: way to really get that, you know, experience, and it's
Speaker 1: to get out there and do it. And I think,
Speaker 1: you know, just getting out there getting those live reps,
Speaker 1: obviously getting some reps in practice, working on pocket movement,
Speaker 1: but I think that's one of the reasons I've gotten
Speaker 1: more comfortable out there, all right, Thanks guys, Thanks, thank
Speaker 1: you guys,