Speaker 1: So that's a great thing, uh going into uh, going
Speaker 1: into this football game, I'm going to have happy no
Speaker 1: weak go off and getting guys kind to the back
Speaker 1: to to see signs and yeah, the biggest thing, um well,
Speaker 1: there's really a couple of things. One you you kind
Speaker 1: of want them to get away and get rest and
Speaker 1: and and sort of get healthy, which I think they did,
Speaker 1: um a lot of times. They getting their football legs
Speaker 1: back a little bit. This week can be I'd be
Speaker 1: a little bit of a struggle. That's why I bring
Speaker 1: them in and do some stuff on Monday and excuse me,
Speaker 1: and get them get them refocused again mentally as well,
Speaker 1: and then and then just just reiterating to them that, um,
Speaker 1: you know, it's another really in my opinion, our season
Speaker 1: starts now, you know, and and and we've what we've
Speaker 1: did already is great and we're in a good position,
Speaker 1: but but we need to we need to buckle down
Speaker 1: and prepare um as if this is week one and
Speaker 1: go go one game at a time. Was arrested in
Speaker 1: Miami for counting still weapon. You know, obviously it's my messaging,
Speaker 1: uh the week before is you know, be smart, be careful,
Speaker 1: protect each other away from the building and obviously it
Speaker 1: was away from here, and um, you know, guys have
Speaker 1: got to make better decisions when they're when they're away
Speaker 1: from the building. And um, you know, it's unfortunate. It's
Speaker 1: obviously outside of my hands. Now it's still a legal matter,
Speaker 1: but um, you just gotta just gotta use your head,
Speaker 1: be smart. No situations that he was carrying a loaded weapon.
Speaker 1: But I don't know why anybody would do that. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, obviously I don't. I don't know all the
Speaker 1: circumstances around it. Um. And and you know it's obviously, ah,
Speaker 1: it's big. It's a big deal, you know, to do that.
Speaker 1: And um obviously you know he hasn't registered from that standpoint.
Speaker 1: He you know, listen, I have rifles and I like
Speaker 1: to hunt and do that same thing. But um, you know,
Speaker 1: we just have to be smart. But it is it
Speaker 1: is a little surprising that he that he carried it.
Speaker 1: Any any discipline coming down from the league, and will
Speaker 1: you uh discipline him for any of his actions until
Speaker 1: until the whole you know, legal process you know, pans out.
Speaker 1: Obviously from the league, they got to look at it
Speaker 1: the same way I gotta look at it. Um, you
Speaker 1: know right now, nothing's been said. Um, and and and
Speaker 1: we'll go forward as much like the Lane Johnson thing,
Speaker 1: until we hear something further. Both those guys will play
Speaker 1: and and uh we go from there yesterday that you
Speaker 1: might use by time to be a tackle in place,
Speaker 1: but Johnson wants you if he does get suspended, is true.
Speaker 1: It is true. It is true. It's something that we've uh,
Speaker 1: you know, talking with coach Stotlin and and and watching
Speaker 1: Big V closely, not only through preseason, but you know,
Speaker 1: in in in practices these last couple of weeks. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, again, we want to exhaust all the possibilities.
Speaker 1: And and you know, Alan Barbie has been playing great
Speaker 1: at left guard. And if you if you don't have
Speaker 1: to disrupt two positions and just do one, I think,
Speaker 1: you know, there's some conversation there that we got to have.
Speaker 1: But but yeah, he's definitely definitely in the mix. Scott,
Speaker 1: about the first three weeks there one player where a
Speaker 1: couple of players that really stood out as exceeding expectations. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, right right now, I just feel like as
Speaker 1: a group collectively, the offensive line has played has played
Speaker 1: extremely well. They they've protected Carson. Uh, in in throwing
Speaker 1: situations and obviously done a nice job in the run game.
Speaker 1: So as a group collectively, I think that that group
Speaker 1: has stood out. And then you look at the defensive
Speaker 1: side and the way they've created turnovers in the way
Speaker 1: our pass rush. Um. You know, it's one thing I
Speaker 1: challenge both both offense and defensive lines each week that
Speaker 1: that's where that's where you win and lose football games,
Speaker 1: in my opinion, is up front, and those two groups
Speaker 1: have really stood out. You know in these first three games.
Speaker 1: Do you need to talk to Nigel at this point
Speaker 1: or have you? Or are you just going to kind
Speaker 1: of wait and see what happens. I'm gonna wait and see. Um.
Speaker 1: You know, listen, he's been talked to by a lot
Speaker 1: of people already and and um, um, he understands, And
Speaker 1: I'm just gonna wait and see what happens. And and
Speaker 1: uh um, you know, I'll keep talking to him like normal,
Speaker 1: all the guys and just keep reminding them that we
Speaker 1: got to make got to make good, smart decisions away
Speaker 1: from the building. That now this is his second arrest
Speaker 1: and in a few months ago. I mean, it's it's
Speaker 1: it's obviously a concern. Um you know again, it just
Speaker 1: both of these were incidents. Is they're away from here,
Speaker 1: and when they're they're out of your control that way.
Speaker 1: And and this is where guys need to, um, just
Speaker 1: be smart about it. There there there, it's their livelihood,
Speaker 1: it's their families. Um. In everything that we do, it's
Speaker 1: no different. You know if if I'm away from this building,
Speaker 1: and then the things that i do as a as
Speaker 1: a uh, when you're not the head football coach, you know,
Speaker 1: and you're you're you're with your family. You just got
Speaker 1: to make those smart choices and and um, you know
Speaker 1: it's easier obviously when they're in town because you can
Speaker 1: kind of control the environment a little bit and protect them.
Speaker 1: But but uh, you know they've got to they've got
Speaker 1: to be a little smarter away from the building of
Speaker 1: a defensive he become to this team. I mean it
Speaker 1: overshadowed by those things is kind of what he's done
Speaker 1: on the fields, means he's played well, he's played well.
Speaker 1: He's been one of the one of the you know,
Speaker 1: the bright spots on defense and uh, um you know, um,
Speaker 1: it's he's also had a had a role on special
Speaker 1: teams and and you know when when when Ertz was down,
Speaker 1: he kind of had to fill in a little bit
Speaker 1: on teams and and and and pick up the slack there.
Speaker 1: So yeah, he's been a he's been a valuable part
Speaker 1: too to what we've done defensively and as a whole
Speaker 1: as a team. Gelved as a head disappointed. Well, I
Speaker 1: mean again, it's to me, it's a fine line, um,
Speaker 1: because if if if I can talk to him, tell
Speaker 1: I'm blue in the face, I'm tell I'm blue in
Speaker 1: the face. And and you know I could, I could
Speaker 1: sit him down, I could suspend him, I could do
Speaker 1: a lot of different things. Um. But at the same time,
Speaker 1: because it is a legal matter and you know the
Speaker 1: league could potentially step in in these situations. Um, until
Speaker 1: I get all the information, Um, we we go as
Speaker 1: we go as business as usual, and I'll continue to
Speaker 1: talk and mentor these guys as as I've done all along.
Speaker 1: Very highly of Carson's follas level. With him having a
Speaker 1: week off and his new found success and fame, how
Speaker 1: do you think he has handled things now coming back
Speaker 1: and getting back in the floor. We'll find out, really,
Speaker 1: we'll find out. Um. You know, he was in here
Speaker 1: again this morning five thirty the quarterbacks, and he was
Speaker 1: back on back on track, studying the Lions, and and um,
Speaker 1: you know he's doing the same things. He came in,
Speaker 1: had a good, good, good workout on Monday, and um,
Speaker 1: it doesn't seem to to bother him right now. We'll obviously,
Speaker 1: you know, as we go this week, well we'll see
Speaker 1: more and more, um and then ultimately on Sunday how
Speaker 1: he plays. So you know, we just keep him focused,
Speaker 1: We keep the main thing the main thing, and and uh,
Speaker 1: get just get ready for the Lions each day. If
Speaker 1: Brian Matthews is one hundred percent healthy, Um, will you
Speaker 1: still use him as the Premier League back or would
Speaker 1: you kind of gradually working back eas him back into
Speaker 1: the rotation. Yeah, you know we're going to continue or
Speaker 1: I'm going to continue to use him like we've been. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, the all four backs have really I played
Speaker 1: a played a big part in the success early. Obviously,
Speaker 1: Windale had a big game, you know against Pittsburgh the
Speaker 1: other day, and um, you know Ryan is still our
Speaker 1: our primary guy. He's our he's our go to guy. So, um,
Speaker 1: you know he's one hundred percent and and and we
Speaker 1: go with Ryan and we mix the other guys in
Speaker 1: according to according to play or game plan. So he's
Speaker 1: all the way back, Doug from his side, Yes, yeah,
Speaker 1: he's there. There's a little soreness still with him, you know,
Speaker 1: with it with that ankle. Um. But but he worked
Speaker 1: on Monday and looked good. So yeah, we go business
Speaker 1: as usual bringing back I'm about thirty snaps and and
Speaker 1: go to the last two games. Where is he as
Speaker 1: far as he grasped with this offense right now? And
Speaker 1: have you been pleased with what you've seen South partner. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he's getting he's getting better, uh mentally. Uh. And and
Speaker 1: you know, Greg Lewis and I spoke last week and
Speaker 1: wanted to actually increase his load even more and uh
Speaker 1: and give him a few more a few more plays
Speaker 1: each week and put him in, uh, in more situations.
Speaker 1: And and he's done a nice job. He's really uh
Speaker 1: grasped the offense and understood his role. Um. And and
Speaker 1: you know we have things in the game plan each
Speaker 1: week designed for him and and UM you know it's
Speaker 1: my job to um to call those plays and and
Speaker 1: you know, UM put him in that situation. But yeah,
Speaker 1: he's he's right on track and doing doing well from
Speaker 1: him that he's given you compience where he can pass,
Speaker 1: we come in and play right tackle and him, have
Speaker 1: you been giving him reps with the first team offense
Speaker 1: that increparation for that possibility of the second part. We
Speaker 1: have not given him first team reps yet. Uh. He's
Speaker 1: been going against our starting defensive line all of you know,
Speaker 1: the regular season so far. So the work he's done,
Speaker 1: UM in that capacity against a good defensive line. UM,
Speaker 1: you know, gives us confidence that if that if we
Speaker 1: had to make that decision, we could we could do that, UM,
Speaker 1: and and not not bad an eye. UM. So just
Speaker 1: from that standpoint, and then and then going back and
Speaker 1: evaluating even his preseason games and uh, looking at that
Speaker 1: and where he is physically mentally, UM, puts him in
Speaker 1: a good position to potentially be be that right tackle.
Speaker 1: Was injury a factor and all that, No, not at all, um.
Speaker 1: And Isaac is healthy too now, so you know, UM,
Speaker 1: it's a good thing to be in this position again. UM.
Speaker 1: But but the way it's the way it's sort of
Speaker 1: working out. UM. You know, Isaac uh doesn't doesn't necessarily
Speaker 1: factor in with the way even the way Wiz has
Speaker 1: been playing in some goal line situations, warrior. You just
Speaker 1: stands out well. You know, I still think you know,
Speaker 1: I like watching Stafford play. I think he's uh, he's
Speaker 1: a good quarterback. Um. Uh you know Golden Tate and
Speaker 1: and you know, uh an Quon Bolden is a smart
Speaker 1: veteran guy. Um, they've they've um it can be it
Speaker 1: can be a situation where they get on a little
Speaker 1: bit of a role. Um it's hard for it's hard
Speaker 1: to stop them, you know, and in their run game
Speaker 1: obviously with any team, becomes really important. Um. Defensively, very
Speaker 1: similar style of defense, like like we we play, you know,
Speaker 1: with those wide defensive ends, and and it's a it's
Speaker 1: a get up the field, it's an attack mentality. And
Speaker 1: the benefit to it is that we see it every
Speaker 1: day in practice, so we're used to this style. But
Speaker 1: at the same time, they're they're uh they're aggressive and
Speaker 1: uh um that you know, and it it's something you
Speaker 1: see from them every week. In fact, last week, I
Speaker 1: mean they had they had chances to uh to potentially
Speaker 1: win that football game and and uh being a better situation.
Speaker 1: But um, you know, we've got we've got our work
Speaker 1: cut out for us again and and we just got
Speaker 1: to go to work today. Smart, did you go through
Speaker 1: started to see it started again? No? No, Um, you know,
Speaker 1: UH asked him a couple of questions about crowd noise. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, for someone that's that's been there and things
Speaker 1: like that. But um, I haven't really you know, he's
Speaker 1: focused on our defense and getting them ready to play
Speaker 1: and and uh, you know, so really haven't focused on that.
Speaker 1: Your film review, did you go back as far and
Speaker 1: your film review, did you go back as far as
Speaker 1: like Thanksgiving scheme? Thanks given a day game with the
Speaker 1: Eagles and how they how they effectively? Uh watched a
Speaker 1: few plays of it. Um Again, I told the team
Speaker 1: this morning, you know, not to get caught up in
Speaker 1: that game. You know, we played him last year, The
Speaker 1: Chiefs played him in London last year and it was
Speaker 1: a different outcome as well. I don't get caught up
Speaker 1: in that. We're different, they're different this year. We just
Speaker 1: gotta understand that this is our next game, you know,
Speaker 1: on our schedule and and uh, um, you know the
Speaker 1: best way to erase that memory is to is to
Speaker 1: put together a good performance on Sunday. Tight ends what
Speaker 1: is that in for your offense? And the options would
Speaker 1: play calling and packages yeah. You know, Um, in the
Speaker 1: first couple of games, you've noticed that Matt Tobin has
Speaker 1: kind of taking the role of a tight end and
Speaker 1: this this way, it kind of gets back to what
Speaker 1: I envisioned us being early in the season, obviously in
Speaker 1: training camp, with three tight ends. Um, you know, I
Speaker 1: love using all three of our guys. I think I
Speaker 1: think number one, I think Selk's playing extremely well. Trey
Speaker 1: Burton had has been playing consistently, and now now is
Speaker 1: that getting back and what he did you know in
Speaker 1: that Cleveland game. Um, really, it just kind of opens
Speaker 1: up a few more things out of that package run
Speaker 1: and pass for us, and and uh looking forward to
Speaker 1: you know, this week and and and hopefully you know,
Speaker 1: future weeks with those with those three guys. If Lane
Speaker 1: does get suspended, are you definitely gonna go vi tire
Speaker 1: right tackle and leave Alan? Is that is that the
Speaker 1: plan or is that just something youres It's something we're considering.
Speaker 1: We still have the original you know, like we talked
Speaker 1: about before you move Alan out and possibly wiz you
Speaker 1: know it left. But um, I got to take in
Speaker 1: all the information again. It's a situation where if I
Speaker 1: can just tweak one spot and not two. Um, it
Speaker 1: could be better for us that way, same time those
Speaker 1: teams ducation I do, I do, and again, you know,
Speaker 1: it's just it's been that way. It's kind of a
Speaker 1: it's a strange deal. But uh, you know, week to
Speaker 1: week we just we just go that route and and um,
Speaker 1: uh you know Big v or Alan or whoever we
Speaker 1: end up putting over there, excuse me. Um, you know
Speaker 1: we'll be ready to go. But but right now it's
Speaker 1: it's Lane Johnson and right right tack. He's gotten he's
Speaker 1: gotten a little better each week. Um, there's still some
Speaker 1: things on film that that uh that he can even
Speaker 1: do better at and progressions and reads, but you know, um,
Speaker 1: he's doing a better job with communication with with Kelsey
Speaker 1: and and Mike points and protections and adjusting and and
Speaker 1: and doing that. And then um, you know he's done.
Speaker 1: He's done a great job of just protecting the football,
Speaker 1: which is obviously the ultimate goal. But um, yeah, he's he's,
Speaker 1: he's he's slowly each week getting better with more more
Speaker 1: reps and more time. Any think the biggest thing you've
Speaker 1: done to coach his dad to enables as he's you know,
Speaker 1: I think I think just you come out of training
Speaker 1: camp with a volume of plays in your playbook that
Speaker 1: you know, UM, you kind of go into the season
Speaker 1: using plays that we've got a lot of time invested in.
Speaker 1: Players know him, the quarterbacks know him. And and obviously
Speaker 1: you know, he missed, he missed some time there in preseason,
Speaker 1: and so I felt like it was important, uh game
Speaker 1: planning that we kept things very familiar to him, and
Speaker 1: then utilizing his strengths, UM in the in these first
Speaker 1: three games, and and UM it's it's obviously uh it's
Speaker 1: been successful. UM. But at the same time, you know, UM,
Speaker 1: I'm going to continue just to coach him up, coach
Speaker 1: him hard, try to put him in the best possible situations,
Speaker 1: you know, on Sunday, UM, where he's not having to
Speaker 1: hold the ball a long time. UM, utilize the run, game,
Speaker 1: play action pass, all that stuff that that we've that
Speaker 1: you've seen in the first three games. Just keep keep
Speaker 1: that formula. Play great defense, play good special teams. UM,
Speaker 1: protect the football, take away the football. UM so far
Speaker 1: has been has been a good formula. Do a better
Speaker 1: job of protecting himself. In the third game versus the
Speaker 1: first two, well, UM, you know, he ran out of bounds,
Speaker 1: a couple of times in that in that Pittsburgh game,
Speaker 1: once on a scramble. The second one he obviously made
Speaker 1: the great play to Darren, And you know, he's just
Speaker 1: he's just seeing himself on film and understanding and then
Speaker 1: and then really just watching watching around the NFL, just
Speaker 1: watching highlights and clips and seeing you know, some of
Speaker 1: the quarterbacks that are that are being hurt or in
Speaker 1: the pocket, which is going to happen others, you know,
Speaker 1: whether they get out of bounds or slide or whatever.
Speaker 1: He's seeing that sort of thing, you know, throughout the week.
Speaker 1: So um, he learns not only from his mistakes, but
Speaker 1: he also learns from from other other teams around the
Speaker 1: league just by watching and observing, observing what they're doing.
Speaker 1: Now to call many designer runs for him without giving
Speaker 1: away the game plan, no, I'm not. Now it's weak
Speaker 1: for us. It's our fourth game of the season, and
Speaker 1: obviously as a staff, we got to be extremely smart
Speaker 1: on how we handle that aspect of the game. Probably
Speaker 1: the deeper as you go into your regular season and
Speaker 1: if you have a if you're in a position to
Speaker 1: make the postseason, you might increase that a little bit.
Speaker 1: You know, one of the things that I think defenses
Speaker 1: sometimes forget not I mean, I'm not saying they forget
Speaker 1: it completely, but it's the quarterback and the ability to run.
Speaker 1: And I think that was an advantage to us in
Speaker 1: Kansas City with Alex Smith and his strength was the
Speaker 1: ability to run the football, And as we got deeper
Speaker 1: into the season, we dialed up a few more of
Speaker 1: those h for him and and and I think it
Speaker 1: could be the same type of formula with Carson. You know,
Speaker 1: obviously you want to protect him and you want to
Speaker 1: get through a full sixteen game schedule, but I think
Speaker 1: the deeper you go, you increase it a little bit more. Yes, yeah,
Speaker 1: he's he's full. Yep, he's full. Yep. Yes, thanks guys,