WEBVTT - Post-Game Show: Eagles Lose 26-15 vs Ravens 0:00:04.760 --> 0:00:07.680 Hey, they're welcome into the postgame show, presented by Rico 0:00:07.760 --> 0:00:12.560 Amy Campbell alongside Eagles Great Like Grease and Surprise. We're 0:00:12.600 --> 0:00:14.440 here a little bit earlier than we expected to be. 0:00:14.600 --> 0:00:18.320 The game canceled because of lightning. The score twenty six 0:00:18.440 --> 0:00:22.720 to fifteen, the Ravens leading in the fourth quarter, like 0:00:22.880 --> 0:00:26.279 a lot to take away from this are really unpleasant 0:00:26.320 --> 0:00:29.400 to watch first half and a really fun second half. 0:00:29.520 --> 0:00:31.760 Half of the second half to watch. Sloppy in the 0:00:31.800 --> 0:00:34.880 first half. You can get that sometimes in the preseason games, 0:00:35.320 --> 0:00:37.440 a lot of penalties. I'm sure one of the main 0:00:37.520 --> 0:00:39.720 coaching points to Doug will take away from this game, 0:00:39.800 --> 0:00:42.600 particularly in that first half, is the sloppy play. That 0:00:42.720 --> 0:00:46.680 one thing coaches don't like, pre snap penalties, false starts, 0:00:46.760 --> 0:00:49.080 things of that nature. There were a lot of those, yeah, 0:00:49.080 --> 0:00:52.360 and it really makes the offense sort of sputter. It's 0:00:52.400 --> 0:00:54.200 hard to get in the rhythm. It's hard to call 0:00:54.320 --> 0:00:58.120 plays when you're constantly behind the sticks, meaning first and fifteen, 0:00:58.240 --> 0:01:01.120 second and twenty. So I know Doug and the coaches 0:01:01.160 --> 0:01:03.880 won't be happy about the first half sloppy play, but 0:01:04.000 --> 0:01:06.920 they went in in the locker room at halftime and 0:01:06.959 --> 0:01:10.160 they came out regroup. Defense played much better than the 0:01:10.200 --> 0:01:13.560 second half. Offense started getting things going, particularly at the 0:01:13.680 --> 0:01:17.160 quarterback position. So the official message coming from the team, 0:01:17.280 --> 0:01:20.720 due to weather, the game has been terminated. Also, if 0:01:20.720 --> 0:01:23.000 you're watching us on Facebook, send us some questions, send 0:01:23.040 --> 0:01:25.240 us some comments. We'll be checking those throughout the show. 0:01:26.000 --> 0:01:28.200 Let's get to your takeaways. I know you always have 0:01:28.280 --> 0:01:30.560 your three takeaways. Let's get going with us with it. Well, 0:01:30.600 --> 0:01:32.960 it's hard not to take come away from this game 0:01:33.319 --> 0:01:39.160 and press with eighteen year vet now Josh mccow, recently unretired, 0:01:39.240 --> 0:01:42.440 just signed with the Eagles this week. Look looked like 0:01:42.520 --> 0:01:45.080 he had been retired early in practice, trying to knock 0:01:45.120 --> 0:01:47.440 the rust off. But I thought, tonight, man, after those 0:01:47.480 --> 0:01:49.960 first few plays where you had a fall star, you 0:01:50.000 --> 0:01:53.960 had a fumble snaff he settled down, the offense settled down, 0:01:54.040 --> 0:01:56.360 and he really did get into a rhythm. And you 0:01:56.400 --> 0:01:59.520 see why the Eagles were so high on wanting to 0:01:59.520 --> 0:02:02.480 bring in a guy like Josh mccow, who, like I said, 0:02:02.520 --> 0:02:05.360 he's in his eighteen season, forty years old, not going 0:02:05.440 --> 0:02:09.760 to be surprised or overwhelmed with the moment. Just needed 0:02:09.760 --> 0:02:11.680 to take time to get that Russ knocked off. I 0:02:11.760 --> 0:02:14.280 must submit, Amy. I was very impressed with the way 0:02:14.320 --> 0:02:16.280 he looked tonight. I was blown away by him. The 0:02:16.320 --> 0:02:18.600 man is forty years old. You mentioned going into his 0:02:18.680 --> 0:02:21.840 eighteenth season. I heard on the broadcast, I believe is 0:02:21.919 --> 0:02:24.640 Ross Tucker who said he's had a different offense every 0:02:24.720 --> 0:02:27.560 single year he's played. He's learned a different offense. He's 0:02:27.600 --> 0:02:31.000 been in Philadelphia for four days, and you could see 0:02:31.040 --> 0:02:33.240 that in the first series, and then all of a 0:02:33.240 --> 0:02:35.840 sudden looked like he knew exactly what he was doing 0:02:35.880 --> 0:02:39.040 out there. He went over three to start and then 0:02:39.080 --> 0:02:42.280 went seventeen of twenty one, one hundred and ninety two 0:02:42.320 --> 0:02:45.320 yards and two touchdowns. I am so impressed with his 0:02:45.360 --> 0:02:49.080 ability to learn offenses quickly and look so comfortable and confident. 0:02:49.240 --> 0:02:52.360 This man must be an absolute genius. Well, I tell you, 0:02:52.440 --> 0:02:55.080 being in the league for eighteen years, he's certainly seeing 0:02:55.240 --> 0:02:57.920 just about everything a defense can throw at you. And 0:02:57.960 --> 0:02:59.799 I know it's the preseason they are going to make. 0:02:59.840 --> 0:03:03.880 The scheme's complicated. The offense is something he's familiar with. 0:03:03.960 --> 0:03:07.919 He's played in enough offenses eighteen years, eighteen different coordinators. 0:03:08.040 --> 0:03:10.399 I'm pretty sure it just takes him a little while. 0:03:10.440 --> 0:03:12.520 Here's the thing I like tonight though, Amy, I thought 0:03:12.639 --> 0:03:15.880 Doug did a great job of getting him some easy throws. 0:03:16.160 --> 0:03:18.360 You know, you get the crossing routes, you get the 0:03:18.400 --> 0:03:21.240 screen passes. Once they got down to the red zone, 0:03:21.400 --> 0:03:23.560 they allowed him to throw the ball in the end zone. 0:03:23.720 --> 0:03:25.720 And that's what you need to do to help your 0:03:25.840 --> 0:03:28.799 quarterback so to find his rhythm. And I thought Doug 0:03:28.880 --> 0:03:31.800 did a great job calling He and press teller calling 0:03:31.840 --> 0:03:35.160 the game tonight for Josh McCown, putting him in positions 0:03:35.360 --> 0:03:37.840 so that he can be successful. Because here's the thing, 0:03:37.920 --> 0:03:40.400 Josh McCown's gonna make this team, right. We know they 0:03:40.480 --> 0:03:43.240 brought him in for a reason. He's not here trying out. 0:03:43.440 --> 0:03:45.960 He's probably going to be here. But it was important 0:03:46.240 --> 0:03:49.240 for those younger players that were playing with him to 0:03:49.400 --> 0:03:52.080 have a quarterback like that out there. So it allows 0:03:52.120 --> 0:03:55.040 those guys to shine. Which brings me to my next guy, 0:03:55.440 --> 0:03:57.640 which brings to my next guy's second round draft pick, 0:03:57.800 --> 0:04:03.720 jj Arthago Whitesidee his best performance as an Eagle to date, 0:04:03.920 --> 0:04:07.920 albeit in the preseason, eight catches over a hundred yards. 0:04:08.200 --> 0:04:10.520 Finally got in the end zone and probably we could 0:04:10.520 --> 0:04:14.440 have had several other catches with more yards added to 0:04:14.520 --> 0:04:16.960 it and possibly another touchdown. I thought this was a 0:04:17.000 --> 0:04:20.200 coming out sort of for JJ arthega Whiteside, and it 0:04:20.240 --> 0:04:23.120 helps him to have a guy like Josh McCown throwing 0:04:23.200 --> 0:04:25.360 him to football. When you get the younger guys out there, 0:04:25.800 --> 0:04:27.880 you know they don't necessarily know where the football needs 0:04:27.880 --> 0:04:30.599 to go at all times, and Josh McCown put the 0:04:30.640 --> 0:04:33.760 ball in places where his receivers and running backs can 0:04:33.839 --> 0:04:36.520 do some damage afterwards. And I thought jj did a 0:04:36.560 --> 0:04:39.440 great job of getting yards out of the catch. For 0:04:39.480 --> 0:04:42.640 those who didn't stay up late during his years at 0:04:42.640 --> 0:04:46.240 Stanford to watch him play, this is what he typically 0:04:46.279 --> 0:04:50.200 did every night. And he's a big receiver, loves contact, 0:04:50.360 --> 0:04:53.000 isn't afraid of contact, is never looking to go down 0:04:53.120 --> 0:04:55.760 or out of bounds, always looking for those extra yards, 0:04:56.120 --> 0:04:58.080 and tonight we got a chance to see him in 0:04:58.160 --> 0:05:00.440 that red zone. Is a big reason why the Eagles 0:05:00.480 --> 0:05:03.160 drafted and the contributions that he more than likely is 0:05:03.160 --> 0:05:05.520 going to make early to this offense will be in 0:05:05.560 --> 0:05:07.760 that area of the field where you can just throw 0:05:07.800 --> 0:05:09.880 the ball up and allow him to use that big 0:05:09.880 --> 0:05:11.880 body to come down with Ketch. You could see him 0:05:11.880 --> 0:05:14.599 at McCown really start to develop that rhythm as the 0:05:14.640 --> 0:05:16.880 game went on. And also Ross kind of joked on 0:05:16.920 --> 0:05:19.840 the broadcast like, I wonder if McCown even knows half 0:05:19.839 --> 0:05:22.600 the names of the guys he's thrown into. So he's 0:05:22.600 --> 0:05:24.359 getting that rhythm and the way he was able to 0:05:24.400 --> 0:05:27.680 do that so quickly, especially with JJ arthega Whiteside and 0:05:27.720 --> 0:05:29.919 then you talk about the yards after the catch, he 0:05:29.920 --> 0:05:32.480 had a couple of nice moves to really extend those 0:05:32.520 --> 0:05:34.720 plays that we're already pretty big places. He made them 0:05:34.720 --> 0:05:36.200 even bigger and that's going to be one of the 0:05:36.760 --> 0:05:38.520 valuable things that he can do for this team. Yeah, 0:05:38.520 --> 0:05:40.599 it's been a while since we had a receiver around 0:05:40.720 --> 0:05:43.680 here that can get you that yank the yards at 0:05:43.680 --> 0:05:46.880 the catch, and especially a big guy like JJ Young. 0:05:48.080 --> 0:05:50.320 I can't wait to watch him continue to grow in 0:05:50.360 --> 0:05:53.440 this offense, and the more that he learns about the offense, 0:05:53.640 --> 0:05:56.320 the more that the coaching staff figures out where they 0:05:56.360 --> 0:05:59.279 can use him At Man, you get that twelve personnel 0:05:59.360 --> 0:06:02.000 out there too, our receivers, two tight ends, and a 0:06:02.120 --> 0:06:04.440 running back. You're looking at de Shaun on one side, 0:06:04.480 --> 0:06:07.360 al Shan on the other Zach and Goddard as your 0:06:07.400 --> 0:06:11.120 tight ends. There's a lot of weapons, but you get 0:06:11.120 --> 0:06:12.960 these guys down in the red zone, it's going to 0:06:13.040 --> 0:06:14.640 be difficult to keep them out of the end zone. 0:06:14.680 --> 0:06:17.240 I think JJ will be a part of that as 0:06:17.240 --> 0:06:19.599 the year continues to grow on. And then another guy 0:06:19.680 --> 0:06:22.960 like a young player who's getting who's getting another shot 0:06:22.960 --> 0:06:25.599 at trying to to to stake his claim in his league, 0:06:25.760 --> 0:06:29.279 and that's tight end Alex Elex Ellis. I thought he 0:06:29.320 --> 0:06:31.400 did a good job in the offense. He called h 0:06:31.760 --> 0:06:34.960 Josh mccow's second touchdown down in the red zone bottom way, 0:06:35.120 --> 0:06:38.960 what a nice throw. McCown under pressure, put that ball 0:06:38.960 --> 0:06:40.919 in the only place to tight end could catch it. 0:06:40.960 --> 0:06:43.320 Ellis could catch a great job by a young fellow 0:06:43.360 --> 0:06:45.920 making sure he secured that touchdown. And then I love 0:06:46.000 --> 0:06:47.920 the fact that he has to go out there and 0:06:47.960 --> 0:06:50.480 cover the kick on the very next play and he 0:06:50.520 --> 0:06:58.400 goes and makes the tackle. Was quite a tackle, that impression. Yeah, yeah, 0:07:00.240 --> 0:07:02.760 that play. And he's a guy that has been flashing 0:07:03.000 --> 0:07:05.480 in practices and it was great to see him get 0:07:05.520 --> 0:07:07.880 a chance because they're down a couple tight ends to 0:07:07.920 --> 0:07:10.200 get an opportunity to show that he can do something 0:07:10.240 --> 0:07:12.920 in the office as well. I thought he did a 0:07:13.000 --> 0:07:16.360 nice job of at least putting his name on the 0:07:16.440 --> 0:07:19.160 board for those coaches to think about as far as 0:07:19.160 --> 0:07:22.120 a possible. You know, young player on your roster, a 0:07:22.200 --> 0:07:24.600 guy that can do multiple things. You know, when you're 0:07:24.680 --> 0:07:28.080 backup in this league, you're gonna have to play multiple positions, 0:07:28.280 --> 0:07:31.520 including special teams and offensive players that are willing to 0:07:31.520 --> 0:07:35.720 go down there and make tackles on coverage units. They're 0:07:35.720 --> 0:07:37.720 gonna always be welcomed. I like what I saw from 0:07:37.720 --> 0:07:39.280 the young tight end to night. So once again I 0:07:39.320 --> 0:07:42.160 want to remind everyone we are taking your questions on Facebook, 0:07:42.160 --> 0:07:44.600 your comments. Please send him in if you're watching them Facebook. 0:07:44.600 --> 0:07:47.280 If you're not, get on Facebook and send us questions. Comments. 0:07:47.280 --> 0:07:49.080 Will break it all down right here for you. I 0:07:49.120 --> 0:07:51.440 want to go back to Alex Ellison, that tight end position. 0:07:51.680 --> 0:07:53.400 This is a This is a tough team for a 0:07:53.480 --> 0:07:55.640 young tight end to come in here. Knowing that zach 0:07:55.760 --> 0:07:59.040 Ertz and Dallas Goddard are here, that's already established. But 0:07:59.080 --> 0:08:01.080 of course with the injury to Richard Rodgers as well, 0:08:01.120 --> 0:08:03.360 that leaves the group with a little bit of question mark, 0:08:03.520 --> 0:08:06.520 some opportunity for young guys like Alice Ellis will tie 0:08:06.560 --> 0:08:08.560 as well to kind of you know, have those nice 0:08:08.600 --> 0:08:12.240 moments in the preseason. You talk about that special team's contribution. 0:08:12.480 --> 0:08:15.160 How much does that put to tip the scale in 0:08:15.160 --> 0:08:17.560 a guy's favor when he shows these able to add 0:08:17.640 --> 0:08:20.560 value on special teams and isn't afraid of that contact, 0:08:20.600 --> 0:08:22.840 isn't afraid to, you know, put put his nose and 0:08:22.840 --> 0:08:26.200 put it put a hat on a guy. Yes, you're 0:08:26.240 --> 0:08:28.360 not allowing to stick your helmet in there anymore. So yeah, 0:08:28.400 --> 0:08:31.280 we got to be careful phrase, but you know, we'll 0:08:31.280 --> 0:08:34.199 metaphorically go with that. I'm with you there. I think 0:08:34.240 --> 0:08:38.040 it's big and for all young players and end backup players, 0:08:38.600 --> 0:08:41.160 you have to be willing to embrace playing that phase 0:08:41.200 --> 0:08:43.840 of the game and sort of biding your time to 0:08:43.880 --> 0:08:46.360 either play offense or defense. And when you're a young 0:08:46.400 --> 0:08:50.080 player sometimes that's difficult because we're we were all stars 0:08:50.080 --> 0:08:52.400 in college for our respective teams. You don't get to 0:08:52.400 --> 0:08:54.760 the NFL without being one of the better players. But 0:08:54.800 --> 0:08:57.760 a lot of us didn't play special teams during our 0:08:57.800 --> 0:09:00.400 careers in college, so it can be different, quote for 0:09:00.440 --> 0:09:02.880 young guys to adjust to that phase of the game 0:09:02.960 --> 0:09:05.440 and to be effective. And the sooner you do it, 0:09:05.480 --> 0:09:08.960 I think the better, the better chances you give yourself 0:09:09.200 --> 0:09:13.559 of making a squad because coaches love players that are versaile. 0:09:13.640 --> 0:09:16.280 Coaches love players that will do the dirty work that 0:09:16.400 --> 0:09:19.720 other guys won't do. I'm a living testament of it. 0:09:19.760 --> 0:09:21.960 I managed to stay in this league for nine years 0:09:22.400 --> 0:09:24.400 doing that, and it was a lot of guys that 0:09:24.440 --> 0:09:27.840 were drafted higher draft picks that weren't willing to do that. 0:09:27.960 --> 0:09:30.079 And so a guy like alex Ellis, he's going to 0:09:30.120 --> 0:09:33.640 seize that opportunity because he knows there's only fifty three 0:09:34.160 --> 0:09:37.840 roster spots on thirty two teams. And so if you're 0:09:37.880 --> 0:09:40.360 able to secure one of those spots because you're willing 0:09:40.360 --> 0:09:42.720 to do the dirty work that someone else isn't willing 0:09:42.720 --> 0:09:45.280 to do, than kudos to you. And you gotta have 0:09:45.360 --> 0:09:47.439 that mentality. Why do you think that is? This always 0:09:47.440 --> 0:09:49.360 sploils my mind when you say, you know guys who 0:09:49.360 --> 0:09:52.160 are willing to make the effort on special teams. If 0:09:52.160 --> 0:09:54.360 that's going to keep you employed, that's gonna keep you 0:09:54.480 --> 0:09:57.000 in the league, your paycheck coming in. Why is it 0:09:57.080 --> 0:09:59.720 that so many people aren't willing to do that? When 0:10:00.000 --> 0:10:01.920 it just seems like it's just an effort thing, isn't it. 0:10:02.000 --> 0:10:05.520 I agree for several reasons, right ay, And probably the 0:10:05.559 --> 0:10:09.080 first thing, we all think that we're too good to 0:10:09.120 --> 0:10:11.959 play special teams. Right. I talked about, you know, most 0:10:12.000 --> 0:10:14.920 players being stars of their college football teams and not 0:10:14.960 --> 0:10:18.000 having to play much special teams. So players tend to 0:10:18.080 --> 0:10:20.880 view it as a demotion. You know. I had a 0:10:20.880 --> 0:10:23.319 coach tell me and a player, Mike call Well, who 0:10:23.400 --> 0:10:26.360 was I have to let you finish later because oh no, 0:10:26.440 --> 0:10:28.559 I thought coach was ready to take the stand. But 0:10:28.640 --> 0:10:31.120 we're gonna we're gonna wait for that, so yes, keep 0:10:31.120 --> 0:10:33.200 telling your story. I was really into this. So you 0:10:33.280 --> 0:10:36.400 get veteran players who have made this made their their 0:10:36.400 --> 0:10:38.400 careers in this league by being a backup and the 0:10:38.440 --> 0:10:40.319 special team guy. I had a guy like Mike call 0:10:40.400 --> 0:10:43.960 Well who stressed to me the importance of embracing that 0:10:44.120 --> 0:10:46.960 role until you get your opportunity to start. And I 0:10:47.000 --> 0:10:51.560 think players, young players sometimes don't grasp that concept. They 0:10:51.559 --> 0:10:54.640 think they're too good to play special teams and so 0:10:54.920 --> 0:10:57.680 they never really truly put the effort in the time 0:10:58.000 --> 0:11:00.520 into being a good special teams player. And the other 0:11:00.559 --> 0:11:03.599 thing is guys are afraid they're going to get typecasts 0:11:03.720 --> 0:11:06.440 as a special teams player. Does that happen? Oh sure, 0:11:06.679 --> 0:11:09.520 Oh sure, I mean it can happen. But here's a thing. 0:11:11.640 --> 0:11:14.280 It's very literally you can do to change what a 0:11:14.320 --> 0:11:17.959 coach sort of perceives you to be in this league. Right, 0:11:18.000 --> 0:11:21.520 So at some point the number one objective is to 0:11:21.559 --> 0:11:24.480 be an NFL player, and then it's to be a 0:11:24.480 --> 0:11:26.600 player at a certain position, and that sort of the 0:11:26.640 --> 0:11:29.440 mindset I kept throughout my whole career was that my 0:11:29.520 --> 0:11:31.800 dream was to play in the NFL, not to play 0:11:31.920 --> 0:11:34.520 linebacker in the NFL, not to start in the NFL, 0:11:34.600 --> 0:11:37.400 but to play in the NFL. So I embraced that role. 0:11:37.760 --> 0:11:39.800 And the guys that are able to do that, they 0:11:39.840 --> 0:11:42.360 stick around for a long time because coaches love those 0:11:42.400 --> 0:11:44.240 types of players. Yeah, and it's just like you said, 0:11:44.280 --> 0:11:46.480 it seems like kind of that effort, that competitive fire 0:11:46.559 --> 0:11:49.160 that coaches love to see. I want to shift to 0:11:49.240 --> 0:11:51.680 another guy on offense who we saw for the first 0:11:51.679 --> 0:11:54.760 time in some preseason game action tonight for the first 0:11:54.760 --> 0:11:56.680 time in a long time, and that's Corey Clement, who 0:11:56.800 --> 0:11:59.000 we hasn't seen game actions since he was injured against 0:11:59.040 --> 0:12:02.160 the Cowboys indiscemb early December last year, had a couple 0:12:02.160 --> 0:12:04.319 of nice moments there in the first half. What did 0:12:04.360 --> 0:12:06.760 you see from him in terms of his rehab knocking 0:12:06.800 --> 0:12:09.160 the rust stop obviously just kind of getting his legs 0:12:09.160 --> 0:12:11.160 back underneath of him. I'd say the biggest thing I 0:12:11.240 --> 0:12:14.760 noticed Amy was he looked like he had a little 0:12:14.760 --> 0:12:16.840 pep in his step tonight. Well, you know, he was 0:12:16.920 --> 0:12:20.320 so excited. Saw some of the videos prior to the game. 0:12:20.400 --> 0:12:22.560 He was one of the ones that pregame warm up 0:12:22.640 --> 0:12:25.680 real excited, dancing around, and that's a good thing. He 0:12:25.679 --> 0:12:27.120 wanted to get out there and showed that he can 0:12:27.160 --> 0:12:29.840 still play in this league and be effective the offensive. 0:12:30.800 --> 0:12:33.640 The run blocking wasn't as good this week as it 0:12:33.760 --> 0:12:36.640 was last week, so none of the running backs saw 0:12:36.679 --> 0:12:39.520 a lot of daylight. But the seven carries that Corey had, 0:12:39.559 --> 0:12:42.240 he averaged three point six yards per carry. I thought 0:12:42.240 --> 0:12:45.560 he showed a quickness to the whole. He's always gonna 0:12:45.559 --> 0:12:48.719 be a tough runner who rarely goes down on first contact. 0:12:49.040 --> 0:12:51.920 And you talked about the running back position being a 0:12:52.000 --> 0:12:54.959 deep position on this team, and they're probably going to 0:12:55.040 --> 0:12:58.480 either release or wind up trading a good football player 0:12:58.559 --> 0:13:00.960 young running back on his because you just don't have 0:13:01.080 --> 0:13:03.920 enough roster spots. Yeah, I thought I thought it was 0:13:03.920 --> 0:13:06.040 a good step for Corey in the right direction to 0:13:06.080 --> 0:13:08.679 get some Russ knocked off. All right, let's shift to 0:13:08.720 --> 0:13:12.480 the press conference. Here's coach Duck Peterson. You know, uh, 0:13:13.080 --> 0:13:15.920 obviously whether to finish the game. Um, obviously we had 0:13:15.920 --> 0:13:18.800 to get league approval, you know, for you know, for 0:13:18.840 --> 0:13:21.360 them to determinate the game. But you know, we were 0:13:21.400 --> 0:13:23.000 just we just talked and just kind of hung out 0:13:23.040 --> 0:13:26.240 in the in the hallway here, um, just small talking 0:13:26.280 --> 0:13:28.240 and just talking about camp, talking about the regular season. 0:13:28.280 --> 0:13:29.480 But really we were just kind of waiting on the 0:13:29.520 --> 0:13:37.440 league's decision at that time. Josh. You know, I thought 0:13:37.440 --> 0:13:40.960 he did a you know, a really good job, you know, 0:13:41.120 --> 0:13:45.160 veteran player obviously, Uh, you know, the the game, the 0:13:45.200 --> 0:13:48.280 game plan. We just I had him just highlight players 0:13:48.320 --> 0:13:50.280 he knew in four days, you know, and then just 0:13:50.320 --> 0:13:53.600 called off of that, and um, he handled it extremely well. 0:13:53.920 --> 0:13:56.920 Um bounced back there in the third quarter and led 0:13:57.080 --> 0:13:59.400 led two touchdown drives and and kind of got us 0:13:59.400 --> 0:14:02.120 back in the game. So as uh, you know, obviously 0:14:02.200 --> 0:14:07.240 pleased with with the way he handled himself, but Carson 0:14:07.280 --> 0:14:09.800 didn't play. We went in the night. Yeah, I mean, 0:14:09.800 --> 0:14:13.439 obviously my decision not to play him. Um, you know, listen, 0:14:14.280 --> 0:14:16.200 there's a lot of we've We've had a lot of 0:14:16.200 --> 0:14:18.640 good work with him, uh in training camp, we had 0:14:18.640 --> 0:14:21.080 a lot of great work against Baltimore this week in practice, 0:14:21.120 --> 0:14:24.280 and and um, I'm really comfortable where where he's at 0:14:24.360 --> 0:14:27.080 right now, his his development, his growth with the with 0:14:27.120 --> 0:14:29.200 the team, with the offense. We also did you know, 0:14:29.240 --> 0:14:30.880 I did the same thing with deren Sproles tonight. I 0:14:30.880 --> 0:14:33.640 didn't Also, you know, Miles didn't get in there, Jordan Howard, 0:14:33.640 --> 0:14:35.440 there were a couple of other players we didn't. We 0:14:35.480 --> 0:14:38.760 didn't play, you know, on purpose. But um, you know, 0:14:38.880 --> 0:14:41.600 I'm comfortable where he is, how he's leading this football team. 0:14:41.840 --> 0:14:43.840 And I just felt like this was another opportunity, so 0:14:43.960 --> 0:14:46.680 to look at the other guys to play. You think 0:14:46.800 --> 0:14:49.680 Josh picked this up. And I know it wasn't a 0:14:49.720 --> 0:14:51.760 lot in the playball to pick this up so quickly. 0:14:52.640 --> 0:14:54.880 It's such a good job. Well, he spent a lot 0:14:54.920 --> 0:14:57.000 of time with with coach Taylor with press you know, 0:14:57.040 --> 0:15:02.200 earlier in the week and uh before practices at night. Um, 0:15:02.240 --> 0:15:04.600 just kind of cranking through the game plan and and 0:15:04.720 --> 0:15:06.720 really kind of fine tuned it just for him. It 0:15:06.800 --> 0:15:09.240 was just all about the game plan. We didn't give 0:15:09.280 --> 0:15:12.120 him the whole playbook, but uh just wanted him to 0:15:12.120 --> 0:15:15.040 be comfortable with a few plays and and uh, you know, 0:15:15.160 --> 0:15:17.400 my plan all along was to you know, let him 0:15:17.440 --> 0:15:20.160 go two plus quarters, you know, in this football game. 0:15:20.200 --> 0:15:22.680 And and uh kind of let him get his feedback 0:15:23.000 --> 0:15:25.560 back into the game. And um did a nice job. 0:15:29.640 --> 0:15:34.280 You know what is he shown you camp? He said, 0:15:34.600 --> 0:15:40.440 it's good, real good. You know, he he's really Um, 0:15:41.000 --> 0:15:43.360 I think it's from a leadership standpoint on and off 0:15:43.360 --> 0:15:46.840 the field, how he's how he's really uh taking charge 0:15:46.840 --> 0:15:49.240 of the team, not just the offense, but the team. 0:15:49.960 --> 0:15:51.680 Some of the things that I see I see him 0:15:52.280 --> 0:15:56.960 uh really um, you know, opening opening himself up to 0:15:57.680 --> 0:16:01.200 you know, um, the offense from the standpoint of of 0:16:01.360 --> 0:16:03.480 you know, letting the offense work. And that just comes 0:16:03.520 --> 0:16:06.040 from time with the system, you know, and and developing 0:16:06.920 --> 0:16:09.720 his his repertoire plays and what he likes and and 0:16:09.800 --> 0:16:13.760 getting comfortable and um, you know he's he's really done 0:16:13.800 --> 0:16:17.360 an outstanding job. And even physically from his rehab back 0:16:17.400 --> 0:16:21.120 in the spring, all the way through training camp. Um, 0:16:21.240 --> 0:16:24.040 you know, he's clicking on all cylinders. His mind is good, 0:16:24.120 --> 0:16:27.240 his body feels fresh, and and uh you know all 0:16:27.240 --> 0:16:30.200 the things that we've seen through camp have really for me. 0:16:30.440 --> 0:16:39.360 That was that was the deciding factor. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, 0:16:39.400 --> 0:16:41.360 he could go and and and you know, our our 0:16:41.440 --> 0:16:44.320 guys could guys could roll. I mean, you know, again, 0:16:44.560 --> 0:16:47.120 the thing with preseason two is we're here to evaluate 0:16:47.160 --> 0:16:49.760 and we're to evaluate some of the backup the role 0:16:50.000 --> 0:16:53.360 role players, the situational guys, and and we needed some 0:16:53.400 --> 0:16:58.320 answers from our backup quarterbacks. And obviously unfortunate and you know, 0:16:58.400 --> 0:17:01.320 Nate got hurt in week one. Um, otherwise he's taken 0:17:01.440 --> 0:17:04.800 a lot of these reps, you know. So, um, but yeah, 0:17:04.800 --> 0:17:07.719 I feel comfortable with with the guys, even Darren Sprowles. 0:17:07.760 --> 0:17:09.800 I feel comfortable putting him back out there, you know. 0:17:09.880 --> 0:17:13.919 And and just watching Jason Peters tonight and Isaac and Kelsey, 0:17:14.000 --> 0:17:15.600 I mean, these guys wanted to play, and they wanted 0:17:15.640 --> 0:17:18.000 to be out there and kind of feel the game, 0:17:18.320 --> 0:17:22.800 you know. So, uh yeah, I'm comfortable with that would 0:17:22.800 --> 0:17:26.040 take why said Jordan and Miles after playing in the 0:17:26.119 --> 0:17:31.600 first two games, well one we needed to see Corey 0:17:31.800 --> 0:17:33.879 a little bit more. He hasn't played in a while, 0:17:34.080 --> 0:17:36.440 so we needed to see some some more time. It 0:17:36.520 --> 0:17:39.560 felt like we had uh you know, uh, we had 0:17:39.600 --> 0:17:41.800 checked the boxes with Miles and Jordan a little bit 0:17:41.800 --> 0:17:44.479 in the first two games and obviously through camp, so 0:17:44.680 --> 0:17:46.960 it was really Corey's time, you know, to to play. 0:17:47.000 --> 0:17:48.440 And I thought he did some really good things out 0:17:48.440 --> 0:17:53.000 there tonight. I'm talking about about young players. JJ had 0:17:53.040 --> 0:17:55.520 a lot of trip, a lot of production tonight. What 0:17:55.600 --> 0:17:57.639 does that say about him that he's able to do 0:17:57.720 --> 0:18:01.400 that with a quarterback that's been here for a couple Yeah. 0:18:01.720 --> 0:18:04.960 I just think it's uh, you know, one of the 0:18:05.000 --> 0:18:09.600 things j JJ is a hard worker. You see it 0:18:09.600 --> 0:18:11.600 in practice every day. He comes to work every day. 0:18:11.640 --> 0:18:13.240 He wants to get better, he wants to be taught, 0:18:13.560 --> 0:18:15.359 he wants to learn. He's got a great mentor in 0:18:15.440 --> 0:18:17.719 al Sean in front of him, you know, and so 0:18:17.760 --> 0:18:20.960 he's learning from that and and then and then being 0:18:21.000 --> 0:18:23.360 able to talk to Josh or talk to Carson during 0:18:23.359 --> 0:18:26.359 the week, talk about routes, to talk about coverage, and 0:18:26.359 --> 0:18:28.720 and that's where that's where he really takes it over 0:18:28.760 --> 0:18:30.359 to the field. And I think that's what you're what 0:18:30.440 --> 0:18:33.439 you saw tonight with him and and his ability to 0:18:33.440 --> 0:18:35.399 make plays and and you know the red zone. We 0:18:35.480 --> 0:18:38.600 know he can be explosive, and um, he was able 0:18:38.640 --> 0:18:40.800 to do that really not only there but out in 0:18:40.800 --> 0:18:48.360 the field quarterback. Yeah, I mean it's it's a it's 0:18:48.359 --> 0:18:52.040 a challenging you know decision obviously. Um, you know something 0:18:52.040 --> 0:18:53.879 we gotta we still got beauty of this. We have 0:18:53.960 --> 0:18:57.920 one more game. We have one more preseason game to really, um, 0:18:58.080 --> 0:19:00.280 you know, see these guys in action one more time 0:19:00.359 --> 0:19:02.800 and and and make some hard decisions you know, next week. 0:19:02.880 --> 0:19:05.679 And you know that's that's the thing this week is 0:19:06.160 --> 0:19:08.040 you know, my message to all of those guys, not 0:19:08.080 --> 0:19:10.199 just qbs, but to all the backups, the guys that 0:19:10.240 --> 0:19:12.080 are fighting for jobs, is, man, this is your this 0:19:12.160 --> 0:19:14.760 is your this is your opportunity, you know, and and 0:19:14.800 --> 0:19:16.280 make the most of it. You know. I was. I 0:19:16.359 --> 0:19:18.000 was one of those guys and not so long ago, 0:19:18.040 --> 0:19:20.760 and so I understand what they're going through and um, 0:19:20.800 --> 0:19:23.320 and they want to put good tape out there, and uh, 0:19:23.320 --> 0:19:26.120 this is our this is our opportunity. The first game 0:19:26.160 --> 0:19:28.959 in a year or so was the mportance for him 0:19:29.000 --> 0:19:31.080 to be out there, I think again, just to get 0:19:31.119 --> 0:19:33.159 out there and feel the feel the game, you know, 0:19:33.200 --> 0:19:37.280 feel the energy, feel uh, feel that nervousness, that butterfly feeling, 0:19:37.359 --> 0:19:39.239