Speaker 1: Again. Updates here with the with these injuries. Alan Barberie
Speaker 1: again with his hamstring. Um, we're still we're still on
Speaker 1: a weekly basis with him. I won't practice today. Terrence
Speaker 1: Brooks also has the hamstring. He will not practice. Brent Sellik,
Speaker 1: who as I mentioned on Monday, has the rib. We're
Speaker 1: gonna hold him today, but should be good for the game.
Speaker 1: And then Camu same thing with his hamstring. Uh well,
Speaker 1: we'll hold him from practice. Everybody else will be good,
Speaker 1: good to go. Do you have a roster rub yet? Uh?
Speaker 1: Not yet? Well, what's the hold up there? You have
Speaker 1: someone here? Further, Well, we got we got some guys,
Speaker 1: you know, we're we're evaluating, uh, on our practice squad.
Speaker 1: I mean you know, I mean you know Paul Turner,
Speaker 1: you know Aaron Gron. We got some guys that were
Speaker 1: just kind of you know, we don't have to make
Speaker 1: a move right now. You know, there's there's no hurry.
Speaker 1: I don't know that, but we're looking at those guys though.
Speaker 1: Right now. Jason Kelsey has been in the sort of
Speaker 1: the mix on a couple of failed plays, sort of
Speaker 1: out in space, so it's easy to see him not
Speaker 1: getting the job done in that moment. How has he played,
Speaker 1: especially the last couple of games, and how much do
Speaker 1: you think is sort of lingering foot issue if it
Speaker 1: all has affected that flint Well, first of all, I
Speaker 1: don't think the foot has been an issue. Um, he's
Speaker 1: he's still playing at at at a high speed. Um,
Speaker 1: he's obviously the kind of the glue of that that
Speaker 1: offensive line. He makes all the calls he and carsenter
Speaker 1: on the same page. Um, you know, the last couple
Speaker 1: of weeks, he's really he's really played. He's played well.
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, he's probably not the UMU as
Speaker 1: far as the size. I mean, I'm probably not the
Speaker 1: biggest guy in the world. But he gets by with
Speaker 1: his smarts and as an athleticism and and he's a
Speaker 1: very tough individual. And so these last couple of weeks
Speaker 1: he's he's really settled into to playing that center spot.
Speaker 1: As far as that intelligence going making the right calls
Speaker 1: and having a rookie quarterback, is that ample five When
Speaker 1: you have a rookie quarterback knowing that Jason Kelsey has
Speaker 1: that kind of intangible skill set, I think as a
Speaker 1: rookie quarterback, you you rely on him, you know, as
Speaker 1: a veteran center to make some of the calls in
Speaker 1: the protection. But the one thing with Carson, he and
Speaker 1: uh Jason do a do a great job during the
Speaker 1: week of watching film together so that they're making the
Speaker 1: same calls together and they're seeing the same thing. So
Speaker 1: they they've been on the same page that way, which
Speaker 1: is which is unique to have a rookie quarterback and
Speaker 1: a veteran center to be as as tight as they
Speaker 1: are in making these calls during the game. Doug, you
Speaker 1: talked Monday about the danger in trying to have Carson
Speaker 1: think that he has to do too much, having him
Speaker 1: do too much. So this week, you've got the most
Speaker 1: prolific offense in the NFL coming up against you. They're
Speaker 1: going to score point. That doesn't seem to be an
Speaker 1: ideal situation to kind of move things off of Carson's shoulders.
Speaker 1: He's going to have to do an awful lot fore
Speaker 1: to win this week, right, Yeah, He's gonna have to
Speaker 1: continue to make, you know, make the plays that are
Speaker 1: there to be made. But at the same time, I think, uh,
Speaker 1: I think your run game becomes a little more important
Speaker 1: in games like this. I think, uh, you know, um, yeah,
Speaker 1: you're right. Atlanta's offense is uh, you know, one of
Speaker 1: the top offenses in the National Football League obviously, and
Speaker 1: they're playing extremely well. So anytime you can sort of
Speaker 1: play keep away in time of possession and things like that,
Speaker 1: UM can help you. UM. You know, Um, does it
Speaker 1: work out that way all the time? No, it doesn't,
Speaker 1: but those are those are things that uh, um as
Speaker 1: we put our game plans together and the personnel and
Speaker 1: everything we look at, you know, we take into that consideration.
Speaker 1: They're with the midpoint of the season. I'm wondering, what
Speaker 1: do you think some of the most important things that
Speaker 1: Carson has learned about life in the NFL through sort
Speaker 1: of eight games. I think I think one is you know,
Speaker 1: learning learning the speed of the game. UM. I think
Speaker 1: he also learns that each game is different, it's unique,
Speaker 1: has its own set of circumstances. UM. I also think
Speaker 1: he realizes how hard it is to win and National
Speaker 1: Football League, and when you do win, how rewarding it
Speaker 1: is um due to the fact that the preparation that
Speaker 1: goes into the week. UM. I think Two, he's learning
Speaker 1: learning situational football a little bit, you know, UM, where
Speaker 1: maybe in college you don't have to consider as much
Speaker 1: of that where here it's it's everything, and um it
Speaker 1: can it can uh uh really really affect you offensively.
Speaker 1: So he's learning about situations and and um, you know,
Speaker 1: just just how to how to manage everything. He's done.
Speaker 1: One thing he has done well is is the things
Speaker 1: that we've asked him to do from managing our offense
Speaker 1: during the game, he's handled extremely well. And so from
Speaker 1: that standpoint, um, you know, very comfortable going forward with
Speaker 1: the things he's learned and the things we've been able
Speaker 1: to give him, you know, going going forward the next
Speaker 1: eight weeks, Y bringback four times Candida one of those
Speaker 1: passes to hear what you can get a handle? What
Speaker 1: were you able to assess when looking at them and
Speaker 1: talking to both of them, bus doesn't disconnect there that
Speaker 1: they weren't even promoting the closed Yeah, you know, those
Speaker 1: are those are situational things where we need to you know,
Speaker 1: as coaches and myself, we need to make sure that
Speaker 1: they're working those things in practice, those types of routes
Speaker 1: in practice, whether it be a back shoulder throw or
Speaker 1: a fade over the top throw, putting our guys in
Speaker 1: those uh in those unique situations, uh to be able
Speaker 1: to handle that during the game. Some of it is uh,
Speaker 1: just just those two again just working together. I mean
Speaker 1: that's the bottom line, Um, understanding the leverage or the defender,
Speaker 1: whether I need to make that back shoulder throw or
Speaker 1: I can throw it over the top, or if it's covered,
Speaker 1: I look for my second and third you know option
Speaker 1: on the on the route. So again, continue to U
Speaker 1: as coaches, we continue to teach it. I teach it.
Speaker 1: I teach it in a way that's understandable, and uh
Speaker 1: we try to we try to correct it during a weekend.
Speaker 1: Not Ryan. You know, two gentleman's coats at them. Yeah,
Speaker 1: well obviously they're both playing extra uh extremely well right now.
Speaker 1: And Matt's uh, he's done an outstanding job this whole season. Um,
Speaker 1: just the way he's allowing the game itself just to
Speaker 1: kind of come to him and let things unfold. You know.
Speaker 1: They they may not start out necessarily fast, but to
Speaker 1: gain that momentum as the game goes on and then
Speaker 1: making play after play and it just shows up on film.
Speaker 1: But you know, it's one of those deals where, um,
Speaker 1: you know, kind of like the Pittsburgh game, whether you
Speaker 1: whether you try to double the guy or you put
Speaker 1: you know, we know sometimes he's probably gonna be singled up. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, Matt's extremely smart and he's playing he's playing
Speaker 1: well that way, understanding matchups. And the other thing too,
Speaker 1: is he's not always having to look for for Julio.
Speaker 1: He's got other weapons on that offense that he's utilizing
Speaker 1: and and that's what's making that team explosive right now.
Speaker 1: When you guys have struggled the way you have over
Speaker 1: the last month as a coach with a rookie quarterback,
Speaker 1: how import and how challenging is it for you guys
Speaker 1: to keep things positive that you know what, we are
Speaker 1: a good football team. A lot of players, yourself, even
Speaker 1: Carson has spoken to the last couple of days about
Speaker 1: we are still a good football team. How much, how
Speaker 1: andfulant is that message going forward here this Well, that's
Speaker 1: important to the entire football team, not only just to
Speaker 1: the quarterback position. But again, you know, I evaluate myself
Speaker 1: more than anything, and I want to make sure that
Speaker 1: I'm I'm presenting that message of positiveness, of of you know,
Speaker 1: bringing the energy, bringing the juice every day. And at
Speaker 1: the same time, I also want to make sure that
Speaker 1: that that I'm doing my part in teaching the offense.
Speaker 1: When when we get a chance to teach and to
Speaker 1: where the guys can understand and if they have questions,
Speaker 1: we have answers for him. And and so that obviously
Speaker 1: starts with me, and you know, I'm very critical to that.
Speaker 1: But at the same time, I want to make sure
Speaker 1: that the message is positive. We still are. I truly
Speaker 1: believe we're still a good football team. And uh, you know,
Speaker 1: eight games to go. We'll see what happens when you're
Speaker 1: preparing for Atlanta. Obviously, Carson Wentz is focused on the defense.
Speaker 1: Is there any thing he can take away from from
Speaker 1: seeing Matt Ryan play from? I mean, is there in
Speaker 1: terms of development? I was like, yeah, I think I
Speaker 1: think guys like Matt Ryan and you know, Ben Roethlisberger
Speaker 1: and Flacco and these guys that have their season veterans,
Speaker 1: even Brady and you know Breeze and all these guys
Speaker 1: that have had are having good careers and great careers.
Speaker 1: I think I think is as quarterbacks, we tend to
Speaker 1: look at those guys and we study and we don't
Speaker 1: want to become that person, obviously, but at the same time,
Speaker 1: we want to see how how they handled game situations,
Speaker 1: how they manage the game, how they utilize their personnel
Speaker 1: on offense, and and just just see see how that
Speaker 1: person operates. And and I believe it's a little bit
Speaker 1: harder obviously in season to do that. It's a little
Speaker 1: easier out of season. But um, yeah, I think as
Speaker 1: quarterbacks we tend to try to look at those guys
Speaker 1: that are having success and see see how they're doing it.
Speaker 1: You faced him two or three times, I think, Um,
Speaker 1: what have you seen on tape now this year, Matt Ryan.
Speaker 1: I'm talking about what have you seen in terms of
Speaker 1: his development? You know, technically as a passer. Yeah. The
Speaker 1: one thing I mean just he's very mechanically sounded, balls
Speaker 1: out on time and rhythm throws and you know, um,
Speaker 1: that's that's the key. And and of course these guys
Speaker 1: are are are creating space for him, you know, in
Speaker 1: the in the back end, and they're getting open. He's
Speaker 1: utilized in his backs and tight ends true, um, which
Speaker 1: are very effective for him, play action pass obviously, the
Speaker 1: run game. I mean, there's a lot of things that
Speaker 1: factor into a quarterback success. But he's allowing that stuff
Speaker 1: to kind of happen and take place, and then you
Speaker 1: see his games, um go on like like the one
Speaker 1: you know, Tampa Bay game, It just everything just sort
Speaker 1: of sort of clicking and then just you know, kind
Speaker 1: of for them offensively, it just snowballs and they gain
Speaker 1: they gained momentum the direction. Um yeah, no, I mean
Speaker 1: I don't necessarily would like to drop the any quarterback
Speaker 1: back that many times. You know. Um again it goes
Speaker 1: back to being a run the football and and uh
Speaker 1: and and kind of hanging your hat there first and
Speaker 1: then the play action stuff and um. So no, to
Speaker 1: answer the question, I wouldn't like to see it. But
Speaker 1: I've also said too that sometimes we're gonna have to
Speaker 1: do that. We also put ourselves in a little bit
Speaker 1: of a bind, you know, these last couple of games.
Speaker 1: So the passing game kind of catches you up a
Speaker 1: little bit, but you know, still still want to stay
Speaker 1: within the game plan manage it that way, and and uh,
Speaker 1: you know, use that run game to your advantage for
Speaker 1: a moment. When you talk about improving the offense and
Speaker 1: in um in a sense of improving over the path
Speaker 1: to division laws and what are your biggest takeaways to
Speaker 1: fix and change offensively to hopefully come out when we
Speaker 1: win against atlant Ups. You know, the one thing that
Speaker 1: I look at, Um, I want to make sure that
Speaker 1: that that things are are are uh, we're not doing
Speaker 1: too much. We're not as coaches, we're not asking our
Speaker 1: players to do too much. Uh during the game. I
Speaker 1: also want to make sure that that I'm I'm putting
Speaker 1: our guys in the right situations, making good decisions, um,
Speaker 1: calling the right plays at the right time, you know,
Speaker 1: And and and evaluating myself that way. Again, it starts
Speaker 1: with me, and I want to make sure that I'm
Speaker 1: I'm holding myself accountable as well as the players and
Speaker 1: and um, you know, it's just a matter of of
Speaker 1: of just doing that and then and then if we
Speaker 1: got to scale back on a game plan and keep
Speaker 1: things simple for our players, we're going to do that
Speaker 1: too and make sure that they can play fast. Getting
Speaker 1: back to DGB for a moment, is he using his
Speaker 1: size and strength effectively? Is that something he has to learn?
Speaker 1: Maybe I just see yeah, yeah, right, he's a young player.
Speaker 1: He's a young player. He's also learning. You know, again,
Speaker 1: remember we got him late in the late in the
Speaker 1: deal here, so so he's he's been kind of behind
Speaker 1: the teaching curve Uh, you know, he hasn't had a
Speaker 1: full offseason yet under our under our system, so you know,
Speaker 1: so we gotta again it falls back, you know, we
Speaker 1: we got to make sure that we're doing the right things,
Speaker 1: putting him in the right right situations. Um. You know,
Speaker 1: understanding his strength. He's a great slant runner, he's a
Speaker 1: he's an in cut guy. UM, big and powerful, and
Speaker 1: just want to keep developing his talent because I think
Speaker 1: he can be a dynamic receiver. How do you teach that?
Speaker 1: How do you teach a big guy to learn how
Speaker 1: to use his size better? I think I think it
Speaker 1: goes back to the quarterback question. When when you're watching
Speaker 1: guys like Matt and Ben and these guys, I think
Speaker 1: his receivers. You look at guys like Julio Jones, and
Speaker 1: you look at the Antonio Browns of the world, and
Speaker 1: you look at guys that are that are you know,
Speaker 1: go back and look at the t os and and
Speaker 1: study them and see exactly how how they run routes.
Speaker 1: I think I think, but again, we're in season, it's
Speaker 1: a little bit harder to do that. So we just
Speaker 1: have to continue to as coaches, just teach it every
Speaker 1: day and and Uh, you know the you know, I
Speaker 1: tell the guys all the time. I mean, you can't
Speaker 1: substitute the hard work in preparation, and that's part of
Speaker 1: the preparation and getting yourself ready to go. Personal didn't
Speaker 1: have much luck with the zone reads he ran Sunday,
Speaker 1: What do you seeing? I mean? Was it just JPP
Speaker 1: a lot of times making great reads? Wait, he's obviously
Speaker 1: a great defensive end. And some some of it is uh,
Speaker 1: you know again, it goes back to the quarterback, you know,
Speaker 1: trying to trying to do a little bit too much
Speaker 1: and just allowing the run game to happen. Some of
Speaker 1: it's that um and and you know again we uh
Speaker 1: as coaches, Uh, we have to make sure that we're
Speaker 1: teaching that right and make sure that he's seeing the
Speaker 1: right things, and so falls falls on us to make
Speaker 1: sure our guys are prepared that way. Thanks guys,