Speaker 1: Alan Barber was left hamstring gets just got tight on him. Um,
Speaker 1: and and therefore he couldn't he couldn't continue in the game,
Speaker 1: So that's why he saw Whiz in there. Jordan Hicks
Speaker 1: has an ankle sprain, but he obviously with the rest
Speaker 1: now he's gonna be fine for next week. Jalen Watkins
Speaker 1: is in the concussion protocol, so we'll know more next week.
Speaker 1: Ryan Matthews, Um, this one a little different. He's got
Speaker 1: a herniated disc and uh it's just C six and
Speaker 1: C seven and M so it looks like, uh that
Speaker 1: could couldn't miss obviously some some significant time with this.
Speaker 1: It's a pretty significant injury. So um, probably gonna miss
Speaker 1: him the rest of the obviously next week and the
Speaker 1: rest of the rest of the year. Uh. Yeah, the
Speaker 1: C six and C seven herniated disk, So that's a
Speaker 1: that's a pretty major major deal. Um. Jordan Matthew's ankle
Speaker 1: is gonna be okay, it's just sore. Isaac same way
Speaker 1: with his ankle, Um is fine. Sore. And then Big
Speaker 1: V who was inactive for the game, put him through
Speaker 1: an extensive workout prior to UH and he's he's fine.
Speaker 1: Uh with that, So we should expect a little more
Speaker 1: out of him next week? Is uh is Ryan Matthews
Speaker 1: When you talk about pretty major deal? Are you really
Speaker 1: talking to careers prightning. I don't think his career again,
Speaker 1: I don't have all the information, um right now, they're
Speaker 1: they're what I got from our doctors this morning is
Speaker 1: that it looks like surgery is in is in the
Speaker 1: near future. Um, but nothing that's uh just has to
Speaker 1: get fixed. Um. How would you evaluate Ryan matthews season
Speaker 1: now that it looks like it's over and it is
Speaker 1: he in the plans for the future with this team? Yeah?
Speaker 1: I think that Ryan you know, um, you know obviously
Speaker 1: got off to a good start and then there was
Speaker 1: a little bit of a low in the middle, and
Speaker 1: he's finished up strong. I mean that's that's kind of
Speaker 1: been the nature of the season for him. And he
Speaker 1: was really these last couple of weeks. It's kind of
Speaker 1: been our workhorse at the running back position and and
Speaker 1: I did some really good things for us and then um, um,
Speaker 1: this obviously is unfortunate now that he can't can't finish
Speaker 1: the season four US, But injury happened, you know what.
Speaker 1: I looking at it on film and the timing of it. Um,
Speaker 1: it was the one of the It was the third
Speaker 1: down goal line play before before the fourth down. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he stayed in on the fourth down play and was
Speaker 1: stopped obviously, but it appears that it was that third down.
Speaker 1: Is he someone who who's in your plans for for
Speaker 1: next year? I know the running back situations a little
Speaker 1: clouded right now, but yeah, and listen, I'm not going
Speaker 1: to speculate on any of that kind of stuff right now.
Speaker 1: I mean, we'll save all those for the offseason. And
Speaker 1: uh um, wait till wait, till that time to make
Speaker 1: any decisions. On the reverse you call to to Nelson
Speaker 1: if he plays after person he came back in. What
Speaker 1: is Carson's specific job on that plays? He's supposed to
Speaker 1: throw a block? Does he have the option of trying
Speaker 1: to block somebody if there's someone in front of him?
Speaker 1: What is he supposed to do? He is supposed to block. Uh.
Speaker 1: Most most double reverses, the quarterback is actually him and
Speaker 1: the tackle are actually um. In this case, Jason Peters, Um,
Speaker 1: we're both out in front and uh uh he is
Speaker 1: supposed to, you know, block if there's a guy to block,
Speaker 1: and um, he actually got the guy on the ground
Speaker 1: and actually took out our guy at the same time.
Speaker 1: Did you have any hesitation? I mean keeps five plays
Speaker 1: reproof from Yeah, I didn't. I mean, listen at you.
Speaker 1: There was no. I mean, he was cleared, he went in,
Speaker 1: came out. I mean, how many how many guys run
Speaker 1: into a you know, concussion deal or a banged up,
Speaker 1: you know, a head injury. They he ran in, ran out.
Speaker 1: We talked on the sideline, and we talked before the play,
Speaker 1: We talked before the series. He was he was good,
Speaker 1: he was cleared, and so I had no hesitation, concussion
Speaker 1: protocol and all that stuff. We've talked so much this
Speaker 1: year about the importance of him protecting his body. Um,
Speaker 1: he hesitated all to even put him in a situation
Speaker 1: where he has to block like that. He's the future
Speaker 1: of the UM. I don't know. We can speculate all day.
Speaker 1: I guess, um. You know, obviously, our goal and in
Speaker 1: everything we do is try to win a football game.
Speaker 1: And and UM, you know, I think I think the
Speaker 1: second that you sort of hesitate in any situation, UM,
Speaker 1: is the time you get beat. And again I had
Speaker 1: no I had no hesitation on on making that play,
Speaker 1: and putting him in that situation, do you change? Does
Speaker 1: you do you kind of evaluate on a curve based
Speaker 1: on you know, the meaning of the game. I know
Speaker 1: that these guys are trying to win last night and everything.
Speaker 1: You know, the playoffs work will kind we're out of
Speaker 1: the picture. There's a little less pressure on the guys.
Speaker 1: Does that Does that change things? As far as you
Speaker 1: know the performance wise? Guys played better sometimes when the
Speaker 1: running well. I think our guys have played well these
Speaker 1: last few weeks, right honest with you, we just haven't
Speaker 1: made enough play When last night was it was it
Speaker 1: was just a great team effort. You know, defense came
Speaker 1: up so so big for us, and and offense scored
Speaker 1: when we needed to, made some big plays in the
Speaker 1: passing game. I had the big long run in the
Speaker 1: in the on the first drive with with Darren, you know.
Speaker 1: And that's the thing is is um, these guys, as
Speaker 1: I mentioned after the games, a lot of pride in
Speaker 1: that locker room, and um, you know, our season's not over.
Speaker 1: You know, we still got games left. And that's the
Speaker 1: thing is We're going to continue to compete and we
Speaker 1: want to win every game obviously, and and um, so
Speaker 1: you know whether guys are more relaxed because there's nothing
Speaker 1: on the line. Maybe that's part of it. But at
Speaker 1: the same time, these guys, Uh, these guys want to
Speaker 1: win and and uh, you know, they want to go
Speaker 1: out with it with a good taste. In During the
Speaker 1: five game news, the Treaty talked decent mount about how
Speaker 1: you're playing. I mean, there's there's parts of the rebuilding
Speaker 1: year that you're playing certainly for the future. Um, and
Speaker 1: yet you've had seven games in which you've um, You've
Speaker 1: had one you know, it could have gone either way.
Speaker 1: Six of them you obviously lost to one score games.
Speaker 1: My question is which, I mean, which was this? Was
Speaker 1: this team built to contend? And do you think it
Speaker 1: was able to compete um for a playoff spot this
Speaker 1: year or do you feel like it's more of a rebuilding. Uh,
Speaker 1: we're building a rooster. You know. I approached the season
Speaker 1: as if we were gonna probably like every team in
Speaker 1: the National Football League that they're you know, we're gonna contend,
Speaker 1: We're gonna we're gonna do whatever we can to to
Speaker 1: to fight and scratch and claw for the NFC East
Speaker 1: and then put yourself in a position to make the
Speaker 1: postseason and everything was still right there in front of us.
Speaker 1: I mean even when you know you're you know, middle
Speaker 1: of your season, when you were you know, at that
Speaker 1: five hundred mark, everything was still kind of right in
Speaker 1: front of us. And and uh, you know, when you
Speaker 1: look back on the season, it's going to come down
Speaker 1: to about six or seve and plays that could change
Speaker 1: the outcome of your season and flip it for you. So, um,
Speaker 1: we were right there and the guys believed it. Um,
Speaker 1: by no means was anybody thinking rebuilding or retooling or
Speaker 1: or looking to next year, because you know, we're only
Speaker 1: guaranteed the next day, the next week, and that's all
Speaker 1: we were focused on really and and trying to win
Speaker 1: that next game. Say that, before the Giants last series,
Speaker 1: like we kind of designed a new defense or defensive
Speaker 1: strategy for that last series. Can you just kind of describe,
Speaker 1: you know, actually what was going on there and also
Speaker 1: like what that speaks of as Malcolm, you know, as
Speaker 1: a leader and stuff. Yeah, well, the thing as far
Speaker 1: as that goes, as far as design, I mean, that
Speaker 1: would have been something with the defense. I was engaged
Speaker 1: in in the in the game itself, so I wasn't
Speaker 1: involved in those discussions. But you know, you're always making
Speaker 1: game in game uh uh changes or whatever you can
Speaker 1: whether you know, and we we made some one offense
Speaker 1: in our blocking schemes and and you sort of redesigned
Speaker 1: some things based on what the offense or defense is presenting.
Speaker 1: And and obviously it worked, you know some of the
Speaker 1: changes that were made. And um, you know, guys, guys
Speaker 1: just took it upon themselves. I mean it was just
Speaker 1: it just came down to these last few games. It's
Speaker 1: just come down to the last play. I mean, it's
Speaker 1: come down to the last play of the game. And uh,
Speaker 1: you know, all the changes are usually things that we've
Speaker 1: either have worked on, you know, um, and or can
Speaker 1: be a combination of concepts or defenses that uh that
Speaker 1: Schwartz wanted to to to put together. And and so
Speaker 1: it was obviously beneficial worked and uh you know we
Speaker 1: got the win. Was that a real we wanted to
Speaker 1: make it? Was there? Yeah? I mean it's it's you
Speaker 1: never liked to throw late deep. But at the same time,
Speaker 1: you know, Bryce was open, you know, and Carson did
Speaker 1: everything he could to avoid the rush and the sack
Speaker 1: and he spun out of it. Um, you know, as
Speaker 1: a receiver, You're always taught to come back towards the
Speaker 1: ball and you know, things of that nature. But uh,
Speaker 1: you know drc Uh you know again he he just
Speaker 1: didn't He did a nice job. He just kept his
Speaker 1: momentum coming, you know. And and uh, it's a great
Speaker 1: two young players on our on our behalf. You know,
Speaker 1: things that they can learn from and and uh down
Speaker 1: the road, U you know, get better from and and
Speaker 1: uh we'll make we'll make a few of those. What's
Speaker 1: the he getting back mount? Uh? He's he plays every
Speaker 1: snap for you, he plays special team. You. I'll put
Speaker 1: it into perspective the seasons, I would tell you, Um,
Speaker 1: you know, obviously he's an alternative to the Pro Bowl
Speaker 1: and uh you know probably obviously deserving, I mean deserving
Speaker 1: of that for him to start the season at safety
Speaker 1: and really feeling comfortable he and Rodney back there and
Speaker 1: and two veteran guys, and and then with the injury
Speaker 1: to Rom Brooks, you know, we're asking him to go
Speaker 1: play nickel and and then back to safety. When you
Speaker 1: bring in more corn, you know, it just shows you
Speaker 1: the uh, the the type of player he is, the
Speaker 1: type of person he is. Um, you know, he sacrifices
Speaker 1: not only himself, but his position sometimes that safety positioned
Speaker 1: to to do whatever it takes for the football team.
Speaker 1: And uh, you know he's uh last night was no different,
Speaker 1: you know. And he the pick six was huge. He
Speaker 1: had another one on the sideline. I mean just time
Speaker 1: after time. It keeps making play after play and um
Speaker 1: gets those guys lined up and and um, you know,
Speaker 1: it's really really put together a good season, high volume
Speaker 1: number of fourth down tries that you've that you've had
Speaker 1: this this year. Do you anticipate that's going to be
Speaker 1: your style moving forward or is it dependent on circumstance
Speaker 1: in this season? I think it's circumstance, be quite honest
Speaker 1: with you. Um, I know, going into the game, we
Speaker 1: were like at twenty five something like fourth down attempts.
Speaker 1: I mean, that's that's a lot during the course of
Speaker 1: the season. But at the same time, we've we've kind
Speaker 1: of put ourselves in that position where we've kind of
Speaker 1: had to do it, you know. Um, I'm hoping that
Speaker 1: in the future we don't uh, we do better on
Speaker 1: a first, second, and third down, you know, where we're
Speaker 1: not putting ourselves in a lot of trying, you know,
Speaker 1: make about fourth downs, but at the same time, you know,
Speaker 1: if it if it benefits our team and and you
Speaker 1: know we can stay aggressive with it and it's smart
Speaker 1: and it's it's a good decision, then I'll continue to
Speaker 1: do that, you know, and go for those fourth downs.
Speaker 1: What goes through your head when you watch Carson Nothing
Speaker 1: when you watch Carson avoid all those hits, and he
Speaker 1: didn't get sacked once, but it looked like they had
Speaker 1: him dead a few times, and he was able to
Speaker 1: avoid all that pressure. I think what you're seeing with
Speaker 1: Carson throughout as the season's gone on is he's really
Speaker 1: he's really sort of let the game unfold, um things
Speaker 1: that things are beginning to kind of slow out for him.
Speaker 1: And what I mean by that is that you know,
Speaker 1: being able to use his legs, um, seeing the field
Speaker 1: a little bit differently, UM, checking the ball down, not
Speaker 1: hanging onto the ball. Those are all things that's that's
Speaker 1: the maturity of your quarterback and a young quarterback. And
Speaker 1: and last night, you know, UM very encouraged to see
Speaker 1: him use his legs, pick up some some valuable yards
Speaker 1: that kept kept some drives alive. And these are all
Speaker 1: things that you know, it's it's Uh, you talk about it. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, Um, some quarterbacks can do it. Obviously, he's
Speaker 1: very athletic and can move, and he's strong and can
Speaker 1: can break some tackles and and these are things going
Speaker 1: forward now that that we can we can utilize utilize
Speaker 1: the strength of his and um uh, it's just a
Speaker 1: big part of your offense whenever your quarterback and run
Speaker 1: and make plays that way. Do you have to caution
Speaker 1: him moving forward? Because he is getting more comfortable doing
Speaker 1: the news you know, he's got to have a spin
Speaker 1: moveing increasingly be increasingly added to his pert Do you
Speaker 1: have to caution him more about not becoming too depending
Speaker 1: upon that and too often holding the ball to you know,
Speaker 1: be you know, turning into that gun slinger. Um, well,
Speaker 1: you're always going to caution against it. Uh. But at
Speaker 1: the same time, I don't want to I don't want
Speaker 1: to harness it to the point where he can't be
Speaker 1: effective using his legs. You know. Um, Listen, there's gonna
Speaker 1: be time. Protection is not always gonna be the best,
Speaker 1: and you're gonna have to escape and do things that
Speaker 1: that to like sleight the Baltimore play, you know where
Speaker 1: he scores you know, inside the red zone. There was
Speaker 1: nothing there down the field. He backed or turned it
Speaker 1: and and uh you know, made a safety miss and
Speaker 1: he's in the end zone. So you know, those are
Speaker 1: things that, uh that that you you love to see
Speaker 1: from your quarterback m being able to pick up those
Speaker 1: types of valuable yards. At the same time, if you remember,
Speaker 1: earlier in the season, we were guarding against him being
Speaker 1: hit when he's out of the pocket, get out of bounds,
Speaker 1: thrown away, slide, So those all the things you're seeing
Speaker 1: now he's getting out of the the bounds, he's thrown away,
Speaker 1: and he's sliding. So you know that part of it
Speaker 1: is the maturity of him and where he's where he's
Speaker 1: uh come. You know from the beginning of the season,
Speaker 1: run back you survived his final league with with just
Speaker 1: two I mean these some other guys who were board
Speaker 1: the practice play players he signed last week. You see
Speaker 1: someone you want to play, I know it's uh, you know,
Speaker 1: it's tough. Um, we'll take a look at it. We
Speaker 1: got time obviously with the with the weekend and players
Speaker 1: won't be back till tuesday, so um we got time
Speaker 1: to evaluate it and see see if there's anybody else available.
Speaker 1: If not, then would by no means hesitate to bring
Speaker 1: Watson up and and have him as an emergency third
Speaker 1: third running back you know, uh, for next week. Okay,
Speaker 1: all right, thank you,