Speaker 1: Practice today.
Speaker 2: Jordan Mason hamstring won't practice, Ray Ray McLeod rib won't practice,
Speaker 2: Eric Armstead foot won't practice.
Speaker 1: Spencer Burford knee limited.
Speaker 3: Is Eric's foot injury something similar to what he deal
Speaker 3: with last year?
Speaker 1: I'm not sure exactly. Yeah, I know it's his foot. Sorry,
Speaker 1: how similar it is.
Speaker 4: You don't want it.
Speaker 5: To rain today or other provisions you're doing to prepare
Speaker 5: for what might be a.
Speaker 4: Pretty rainy game.
Speaker 2: No, I don't want it to rain today, and we'll
Speaker 2: deal with whatever happens Sunday, but rather be dry out
Speaker 2: there today, and I don't want to take our team
Speaker 2: in the bubble, so I'm enjoy being outside today.
Speaker 4: I'm sure you've ben asked about this Cleveland game. Definitely
Speaker 4: seemed to be some slippery stuff for BROP.
Speaker 5: Do you think there's any changes made there, any preparation then, No.
Speaker 2: I mean the web ball is makes it harder than everybody.
Speaker 2: I think Brock. I've had some guys who really struggle
Speaker 2: on the rain. I've been through some situations with Brock,
Speaker 2: not just a game, but practice. But I think he's
Speaker 2: as good as any quarterback I had in rain. He's
Speaker 2: dealt with it a lot at Iowa State, and I
Speaker 2: don't think there's much practicing and rain to doesn't get
Speaker 2: less slippery.
Speaker 1: So we'll just try to have a fishing one a
Speaker 1: day and deal with Sunday.
Speaker 4: You make your quarterbacks practice with a web practice.
Speaker 2: No you it's usually like that from how sweaty guys
Speaker 2: are though.
Speaker 1: Anyways, you practice that just question.
Speaker 2: Might We're gonna do like ten live reps of it today.
Speaker 2: See we've had anybody left after it.
Speaker 1: No, you don't practice it's to deal with that. It's
Speaker 1: such a big you just you coach it up and
Speaker 1: tell them where we want guys and stuff.
Speaker 2: And I'm not gonna spend a lot of time on it,
Speaker 2: but we're gonna talk about it, show it, and do
Speaker 2: as good as we can.
Speaker 4: What are the keys to stopping Jalen's he do?
Speaker 2: You want to try to keep him out of those
Speaker 2: situations first and foremost. I know it's possible to stop,
Speaker 2: but I think it's pretty proven that it's extremely hard.
Speaker 2: So you try to keep them out of those situations.
Speaker 2: And they do such a good job of balancing everything
Speaker 2: out with the dropbacks, the play actions, the RPOs, the
Speaker 2: quarterback run game, the regular run game, so it's really
Speaker 2: impossible to stay ahead of them in terms of who
Speaker 2: has the chalk last, and they got a lot of
Speaker 2: answers in their run game and stuff which can put
Speaker 2: him in some pretty good situations.
Speaker 1: So you got to be able to weather the storm.
Speaker 1: When they get you.
Speaker 2: Let it be a first down and not a touchdown.
Speaker 2: Play very disciplined, very sound, and when you get your
Speaker 2: opportunity to make plays, you can't miss them.
Speaker 3: Dallas game, being proud you were how they stayed in
Speaker 3: the moment and didn't make it bigger than it was.
Speaker 4: That apply this week too.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it applies every week, but I think
Speaker 2: it's always tough for when the moment's a lot bigger
Speaker 2: outside of the building, just because obvious ramifications and the history.
Speaker 2: But that's the moment is exactly what it is every Sunday,
Speaker 2: and you gotta make sure that's reality for our players.
Speaker 4: All you guys are the favorites going into this game.
Speaker 4: If they're the home team, they they've lost one game,
Speaker 4: but you're the favorites.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, it doesn't make a lot of sense
Speaker 2: to me, but I don't really know how that stuff works, so.
Speaker 1: I don't really know why it is random.
Speaker 6: You guys had some interesting cornerbacks at the trade deadline.
Speaker 6: Does the way Ambrey has played the last I guess
Speaker 6: three games make you feel any better about what you
Speaker 6: have back there in that situation.
Speaker 2: Uh, yeah, we just looked at opportunities that were available.
Speaker 2: But I think Ambrey he's gotten his opportunity here in
Speaker 2: the last month and that he's done a good job
Speaker 2: throughout all of it. And I think he's gotten better
Speaker 2: each week. So I've been really happy with him and
Speaker 2: him being ready for this and how he's improven as
Speaker 2: he goes about it too.
Speaker 6: I guess a homework of his career is a little inconsistency.
Speaker 6: Like you know, sometimes it was like, well, he's arrived,
Speaker 6: you know, and then maybe it takes a step back.
Speaker 6: Do you see something in him that would suggest maybe
Speaker 6: he's arrived.
Speaker 2: Maybe I've seen him every day throughout this whole season,
Speaker 2: and I think even going back to training camp in
Speaker 2: this offseason, I think a lot clicked for him.
Speaker 1: I think it's always tough.
Speaker 2: I go back to him a lot his first year
Speaker 2: when guys get thrown in positions their first year and
Speaker 2: stuff because injuries and things are not quite ready for
Speaker 2: and then they still have some success. I think it's
Speaker 2: always a little harder for the reality the next year,
Speaker 2: and I think he hit that step back. But I
Speaker 2: thought talking about this last year, he learned so much,
Speaker 2: and you could see him this offseason how improved and
Speaker 2: how much more mature he was in terms of just
Speaker 2: day in and day out and consistent. And I know
Speaker 2: he hasn't got all his ops throughout the year, which
Speaker 2: could be frustrating, but that's what's been so cool about
Speaker 2: him is he never felt bad for himself or anything.
Speaker 2: He's just kept working like he did in camp, and
Speaker 2: that's why he's a better player each and every week.
Speaker 4: How much Gamador handles, you know, kind of back and
Speaker 4: forth a little bit, and then you know just the
Speaker 4: way he's kind of accepted that challenge.
Speaker 2: I can't say enough about Demo. I mean, Demo has
Speaker 2: been so good on the outside, and when we asked
Speaker 2: him to go inside, he goes in there. Aaron plays
Speaker 2: the exact same way. Wherever Demo stays at. He always
Speaker 2: gets really good at it. And we need them in
Speaker 2: both areas, which puts a lot of stress on them.
Speaker 2: But I can't tell you how happy I've been with
Speaker 2: his style. Of play, and I know we've had to
Speaker 2: switch them for some key situations, but he keeps getting
Speaker 2: better and better at those spots.
Speaker 4: Like his reps inside.
Speaker 1: And out similar as everyone else's.
Speaker 2: I mean, you get have the plays at Nickel as
Speaker 2: a starter in our backup gets about half and so
Speaker 2: it's probably like four to two.
Speaker 4: So it's such a difficult thing to do. Play outside inside.
Speaker 2: Just totally different positions. One's basically a linebacker, another one's
Speaker 2: a corner, which is and when I say that, I
Speaker 2: mean one's inside all the time and the other ones
Speaker 2: usually outside. And there's just a lot of different combinations
Speaker 2: you can deal with. I mean, there's nothing different than
Speaker 2: a nickelback and a linebacker. If we take Juice our
Speaker 2: fullback and in the I formation and we move them
Speaker 2: out to the slot, you'll watch Dre or Greenlaw go
Speaker 2: out with them.
Speaker 1: And that's exactly what a Nicholas.
Speaker 2: If we took Juan and brought them back to the eye,
Speaker 2: then you'd see our nickel playing inside linebacker and so
Speaker 2: just the gaps and all the run stuff, and it's
Speaker 2: just a huge difference for them.
Speaker 5: Can you go back to last January at all or
Speaker 5: do you just throw out whatever you were doing that
Speaker 5: game plan and.
Speaker 4: Start from scratch.
Speaker 1: You throw it out and start from scratch.
Speaker 2: I mean you would if it's early in the year,
Speaker 2: but when you have this much tape, you don't like
Speaker 2: to watch what they were into last year. Or we're
Speaker 2: just both different teams, different styles. You evolve all the time,
Speaker 2: and you evolve each week, and I think a lot
Speaker 2: of that stuff can in my history, it hurts you
Speaker 2: more than it helps every challenge. I mean, they're both
Speaker 2: true number one receivers. They're both huge threats on the
Speaker 2: outside outside of the numbers in every route. They both
Speaker 2: can run a go route and a comeback. They both
Speaker 2: can run by you. They both can go up for it,
Speaker 2: and when they can do that vertically and drop their hips,
Speaker 2: that's tough on the outside. And they also can run
Speaker 2: slants and go over the middle. So the two of
Speaker 2: the better receivers in this league.
Speaker 5: Sure, when you guys lost your quarterback, they ran it
Speaker 5: forty four times that you guys, do you like have
Speaker 5: pushed around a little bit? What do you think about
Speaker 5: the way your defense looks run defense wise on film?
Speaker 2: I think we've I don't think we've done a decent
Speaker 2: job this year. I think we're ranked wise pretty good.
Speaker 2: But I really, I really think we've been going the
Speaker 2: right direction here these last few weeks, just getting better
Speaker 2: each week. And Philly is as big of a challenge
Speaker 2: stopping the run as anyone in the league, not just
Speaker 2: this year but over the last few years. So we're
Speaker 2: ready for the challenge, excited for the challenge, and it's
Speaker 2: definitely a challenge.
Speaker 5: I know you were impressed with Rock from the beginning
Speaker 5: of OTAs.
Speaker 4: Last season and in the training camp, but in scout sessions,
Speaker 4: was there anything that stood out about him?
Speaker 5: Did you like say, Okay, there's something happening here while
Speaker 5: he was running his scout team.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean that's when guys, I mean the same
Speaker 2: things that happened when he got three reps in OTAs.
Speaker 2: It's like you talk about all day, It's like, man,
Speaker 2: those three reps were pretty decisive and good and kept
Speaker 2: throughout training camp, and then you got him on scout
Speaker 2: team and you're doing other stuff. But at the end
Speaker 2: of the day, you're like, wow, did you see those
Speaker 2: couple of players that Brock made on scout team? And
Speaker 2: that's kind of how he's so I've it's always been
Speaker 2: the same with them. It was just everyone always players, coaches, personnel,
Speaker 2: guys like everyone always had good things to say about them.
Speaker 2: But it was how's it going to be when he
Speaker 2: gets in the game, And it's been just like it
Speaker 2: is in practice.
Speaker 4: Last year in the.
Speaker 6: NFC Championship game going back this year, is there any
Speaker 6: management mentally potential trauma?
Speaker 4: Not to be dramatic, but is there any of that
Speaker 4: with him?
Speaker 1: I don't think so. I mean, I'm not no, I
Speaker 1: want to think so at all.
Speaker 2: And it's I think all that stuff for guys when
Speaker 2: have big injuries, I think once I think the first game,
Speaker 2: the first hit, things like that. They're a little bit
Speaker 2: vulnerable too with post traumatic stress. But I think once
Speaker 2: you get through that stuff, I think it's over for
Speaker 2: the most part.
Speaker 4: Playing Jalen Hurts on scout team.
Speaker 2: This week, Sam Darnold, Brandon Allen, let think our quarterbacks
Speaker 2: are over?
Speaker 1: Said, yeah too?
Speaker 4: Is Eric arm said? Has he been? He and Hargrave
Speaker 4: played off each other better in these last few weeks too,
Speaker 4: I mean, how has that hand up kind of developed
Speaker 4: over these ten games?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think they've played really well off each other.
Speaker 2: That's kind of what I've been trying to. I know,
Speaker 2: are our production. Everything's gone up huge with our d line.
Speaker 2: That's kind of what I just mean by just the
Speaker 2: whole group has been doing really well together. It's never
Speaker 2: just one guy, and it's been one guy a lot
Speaker 2: here and there, all different guys, but all of them collectively,
Speaker 2: I feel like out of the top of their game
Speaker 2: right now. You go through EBB and flows throughout the year,
Speaker 2: and I feel like they've been at the top of
Speaker 2: their game last couple of weeks and get better worse.
Speaker 2: So hopefully we can get that keep that going.
Speaker 4: Specifically about hard Grave, that's kind of jumped out.
Speaker 2: I mean, I think Hardgrave's I think I think he's
Speaker 2: been real consistent all year. I thought, you know, I
Speaker 2: think the game he's struggled in the most was the
Speaker 2: Cincinnati game, and I think that he was a guy
Speaker 2: who looked like he needed rest more than anyone just
Speaker 2: at that time. And I think he got that. And
Speaker 2: I think he's looked is every other game since.
Speaker 3: Caris in here for the practice squad. He's got a
Speaker 3: lot of special teams experience. He's been a personal protector
Speaker 3: I think before and is he an option for the
Speaker 3: ODEM spot and now significant loss.
Speaker 1: That's a huge loss. I mean, George is one of
Speaker 1: the leaders on our.
Speaker 2: Team, one of the best players in the league to
Speaker 2: me on special teams, and he gives us great depth
Speaker 2: of safety because he was the next man up to
Speaker 2: help us out of safety, which already down with Hugh.
Speaker 2: So who's down special team is a big deal and
Speaker 2: our depth of safety is a big deal. So that's
Speaker 2: stuff we do. Got to be creative with a little bit.
Speaker 2: Everyone does have an opportunity. Hopefully we'll see how his
Speaker 2: practice week goes to who can help us out on
Speaker 2: special teams the most and who also do we feel
Speaker 2: comfortable with that safety?
Speaker 1: Kids, there's injuries.
Speaker 5: If you score the touchdown, the camera pan to your
Speaker 5: father in the end zone. He looked very pleased. He
Speaker 5: obviously was a great play scheme or play designer. Do
Speaker 5: you lean on him in any official capacity in big
Speaker 5: games like this to watch film or do anything and
Speaker 5: help you prepare.
Speaker 2: I mean, you know, my dad for a lot more,
Speaker 2: just not real schematically or anything like that. He he
Speaker 2: knows how much you got to put into that to
Speaker 2: give suggestions. I mean, anyone can give a suggestion if
Speaker 2: they watch one thing and that might be good for
Speaker 2: that one thing, but oh my god, it's gonna screw
Speaker 2: you for the other things that you watched for three days.
Speaker 2: So it's he's very careful of that stuff. But he's
Speaker 2: been through a lot and real close, so I mean,
Speaker 2: I just I get advice from him on everything.
Speaker 4: Moon.
Speaker 6: He said he was traveling with DK and it was
Speaker 6: your and John Lynch's, you know, suggested to the defensive
Speaker 6: staff that that happened if that attack. Is that unusual
Speaker 6: for John to weigh in on something like that.
Speaker 2: I mean, John and I talk about everything, so it's
Speaker 2: not really like that. John just knew how I felt
Speaker 2: about something, and he just relaid something to me that
Speaker 2: I heard about, and so I just went and talked
Speaker 2: about it and fixed it.
Speaker 1: Just that he wasn't sure if you were doing it every.
Speaker 2: Time, and which I understood why, and but I just
Speaker 2: wanted to talk about it, and that's I think.
Speaker 1: It was overblown a little bit.
Speaker 2: But I had an opinion on how I wanted to
Speaker 2: start it out, and so I just shared that with
Speaker 2: some of the guys and they agreed, and once the
Speaker 2: mooney was on board and made it pretty easy.
Speaker 1: All right, Thanks guys,