Speaker 1: Let mean update you on these on these injuries. So
Speaker 1: the only two that we have that won't practice today
Speaker 1: and they're they're really still kind of week to week.
Speaker 1: Or our Camu with the hamstring strain and Benny Benny
Speaker 1: Logan with the with the left groin strain. So both
Speaker 1: of those will not practice today. UM. Michael Kendricks, Jordan Matthews, Leotis,
Speaker 1: Jason Peters, the guys I mentioned on Monday, UM, they
Speaker 1: will both all four of them will practice today and uh,
Speaker 1: and we'll be obviously available for the game. You should
Speaker 1: film a defensive line's opposed to a defensive again, all
Speaker 1: right now with the injury to Benny and and you're
Speaker 1: down to three and uh, um as much rotating as
Speaker 1: we do UH with that group, UM, we felt the
Speaker 1: need to bring it fourth in both you and Dallas
Speaker 1: are at the top with regard to rushing attempts per game, uh,
Speaker 1: and at the bottom of the league in passing attempts.
Speaker 1: Just with respect to your team, do you think that
Speaker 1: would be any different if you had a veteran quarterback?
Speaker 1: I mean, how much of it is is Carson related?
Speaker 1: You know what? I don't think so, I don't think
Speaker 1: so and I say that is because both teams have
Speaker 1: the ability to run the football. It just helps it
Speaker 1: helps your passing game. And and I think both teams
Speaker 1: know that they you know, we both have young quarterbacks
Speaker 1: and and uh, we've got to rely a little bit
Speaker 1: on defense. You got to rely on special teams, and
Speaker 1: that running game becomes so important. Uh. The challenges obviously
Speaker 1: on the on the offensive line and the runners. So
Speaker 1: you know, um, it's also been a formula league wide.
Speaker 1: You know, you're seeing you're seeing teams that are having
Speaker 1: success because they're running the ball. And and that's okay,
Speaker 1: that's okay. Uh. You know, as long as you can
Speaker 1: do that and you still find a way to win
Speaker 1: the game, then then I'm okay with that too. From
Speaker 1: a system, or at least a coach of a system
Speaker 1: that generally didn't run the ball very much. Um, it
Speaker 1: was more pass first. Um. Is this where you stray
Speaker 1: from from Andy? I think I think a little bit.
Speaker 1: I do. But at the same time, I think too,
Speaker 1: the sometimes games, games dictate that the personnel dictates that
Speaker 1: I've played the quarterback position. I know how important the
Speaker 1: run game can be your friend, and uh and and
Speaker 1: and it just opens up so much. It opens up
Speaker 1: your drop back game, it opens up your play action
Speaker 1: pass games. So I just think that that uh you
Speaker 1: know where we are right now. Um yeah, we're going
Speaker 1: to continue to to to pound the football and and
Speaker 1: uh um you know, um utilize our our passing game
Speaker 1: where where we where we see fit and how how
Speaker 1: you know, how we're also protecting during that game. Prescott,
Speaker 1: Do you see any similarities between those two and what
Speaker 1: are some of the differences between all the similarities. Number one,
Speaker 1: they they they're they're they're proven, the proven winners. I mean,
Speaker 1: they know how to win, they know how to lead
Speaker 1: their teams. They they nothing seems to be too big
Speaker 1: for either one of them. You know, they take it
Speaker 1: in stride. Um. The ability to check the football, um,
Speaker 1: you know, I think is and if through these first
Speaker 1: you know, six seven games like this has been has
Speaker 1: been crucial. Um. You know. Differences I think you know,
Speaker 1: Carson could be a little bit bigger. They're both very
Speaker 1: athletic though that's a similarity, um, you know, and just
Speaker 1: and not really knowing him personally and just knowing our guy, Um,
Speaker 1: you know, I think they both prepare extremely well. Um.
Speaker 1: Definitely utilize their strength of their team and and um,
Speaker 1: you know, two good offensive lines too, you know, good
Speaker 1: run games. Um, I mean there's they're they're very They're
Speaker 1: probably more similar than they are not, you know, in
Speaker 1: my opinion, And Jack, why are they more ready for
Speaker 1: the NFL where they came from the minds, it seems
Speaker 1: more young quarterbacks are more ready when they come in
Speaker 1: the NFL. I just think I just think these guys
Speaker 1: are are are They're they're coming out of school, out
Speaker 1: of college, a little more more NFL ready, a little
Speaker 1: more NFL prepared, you know, to handle number one, the
Speaker 1: rigors of an NFL season. These guys come out of
Speaker 1: I know, Carson, you know North Dakota State, and you
Speaker 1: know versus SEC or Pac twelve or whatever. But they
Speaker 1: they've they know how to handle success, they know how
Speaker 1: to handle media, they know how to handle fans, and
Speaker 1: I think I think they're just genuinely more prepared coming
Speaker 1: to us at this level. And then to their credit,
Speaker 1: it's how well they've prepared themselves to be in this position. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, they they they all strive to one day
Speaker 1: play in the National Football League and it's their goal
Speaker 1: to play in the National Football League and Um, you know,
Speaker 1: these guys are vowed and determined to to one day
Speaker 1: get there, and so they set goals for themselves. And
Speaker 1: then when they're here, they want to see the field
Speaker 1: and and and when they do, it's just, uh, it's
Speaker 1: how well they they handle it all. And both guys
Speaker 1: are are I think that you know, in our case,
Speaker 1: how well he prepares himself during the week. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: his leadership ability and all that is just taught at
Speaker 1: an early age and you kind of just have it
Speaker 1: and some guys have it, some guys don't. Both of
Speaker 1: these guys have it. On what you just said about
Speaker 1: Prescott and arm are you surprised that he lasted into
Speaker 1: the fourth round? I mean, and is that something you
Speaker 1: kind of it's all right away about a quarterback, like
Speaker 1: you know how he has it round? I mean, you
Speaker 1: don't really in a quarterback situation, You're not going to
Speaker 1: really know until you get him in your building and
Speaker 1: you start working with the kid, and and uh and
Speaker 1: get him introduced to your system. You know, Um, it
Speaker 1: depending on where you fall in the draft. I you know,
Speaker 1: it's all based on what a team needs obviously at
Speaker 1: that time. And and uh, you know, I mean Tom Brady.
Speaker 1: I mean you can go down the list of guys
Speaker 1: that that that got passed up and are you know,
Speaker 1: over over time and UM, I'm not surprised, you know
Speaker 1: that Dak is having the success he's having. I think
Speaker 1: he's that type of guy. We had him here this
Speaker 1: spring in our building and and I really liked him,
Speaker 1: liked everything about him. Um as a quarterback, I think
Speaker 1: you know, you do your due diligence on all the
Speaker 1: quarterbacks in the draft, those that are you know and
Speaker 1: saying the upper half of the board, and um, you
Speaker 1: just want to make sure that you're you're exhausting everything
Speaker 1: about him and um, and so wherever you end up
Speaker 1: and uh, you know, you just have to once you
Speaker 1: get there and make the most of that opportunity. And
Speaker 1: he's obviously done that defense also are they light now?
Speaker 1: Which how fullible are they doing? You'd be as good
Speaker 1: as they go down the line. Yeah, I mean both
Speaker 1: these guys are are are playing extremely h extremely well
Speaker 1: at a high level right now. But it's that offensive
Speaker 1: line that that that is really kind of taking it
Speaker 1: upon themselves to number one, protect Dak and then open
Speaker 1: up the lanes for for Zeke and you know, Um,
Speaker 1: we all know the type of runner that that Elliott
Speaker 1: is and um, you know, it's it's no surprise that
Speaker 1: he's having the success either that that he's having, you know,
Speaker 1: based on his ability and what he can do out
Speaker 1: of the backfield run in and catch the ball. But
Speaker 1: it really starts with that offensive line and then um,
Speaker 1: you know obviously Dak protecting the football and not not
Speaker 1: hurting that team. Coach, how do you how do you
Speaker 1: approach a rivalry week like this? I know that every
Speaker 1: game is supposed to be the same, but what do
Speaker 1: you tell some of the young guys maybe we don't
Speaker 1: know a lot about it and how much it means
Speaker 1: to the city. Yeah, I think I think you just
Speaker 1: you know your approach. Your approach, um for me is
Speaker 1: it's not going to be really any different than than
Speaker 1: previous weeks. It's a division game. We know that, you know,
Speaker 1: we we slipped up earlier in a division You know,
Speaker 1: you remind the team that you know, if you want
Speaker 1: to be one of the teams at the end of
Speaker 1: the year, you got to handle your division opponents all that,
Speaker 1: and coaches around the league are telling their teams that
Speaker 1: when it comes to division games, you can you can
Speaker 1: also you know, visit it a little bit of the
Speaker 1: history of this game and you know the times that
Speaker 1: I played here and you know, coached here before and
Speaker 1: just talk about it's it is a little bit different.
Speaker 1: But um, you know, our guys have just got to come,
Speaker 1: come ready to play. And and uh, it's it's a
Speaker 1: road game. Obviously we lost, you know, to Washington on
Speaker 1: the road there, and we got to make sure we
Speaker 1: handle that. And and uh, you know it's Sunday night football.
Speaker 1: The pressure of that and playing and and you know
Speaker 1: we can lean back on the Monday night experience a
Speaker 1: little bit there. And but but you just try to
Speaker 1: keep it as as business as usual. You know, as
Speaker 1: you go through the as you go through the week,
Speaker 1: you've had all three tight ends back, you've continued use
Speaker 1: tobing in terms of the jumbo package. Um, but generally
Speaker 1: you've run out of those sets. Um. There's a disadvantage
Speaker 1: when you do that because teams generally know with what's
Speaker 1: what's coming or or do you feel like just the size,
Speaker 1: well we'll generally get Yeah, you know, it's it's funny.
Speaker 1: Uh I say it's funny. I mean, you know, teams
Speaker 1: teams that do that tend to run the ball a
Speaker 1: little bit more in those situations, and and and just
Speaker 1: even the other day against Minnesota. Um, you know, they
Speaker 1: knew exactly where we were going to run. And it's
Speaker 1: still an eight yard game. So I don't put a
Speaker 1: lot of emphasis really on personnel on the field. Um,
Speaker 1: does it give us a little leg up sometimes in
Speaker 1: the run game, yes, does it tip our hat probably,
Speaker 1: But at the same time, we also have throws that
Speaker 1: we could design and have up in those situations to
Speaker 1: kind of counteract that you would have ever used had
Speaker 1: you know, I had injuries at the tight end position
Speaker 1: or you know, did those injuries kind of breathing in
Speaker 1: the season. The injuries obviously kind of led into us
Speaker 1: having that extra you know, tackle play play those positions.
Speaker 1: And the Monday night Chicago game we had both Whiz
Speaker 1: and Tobe on the field at the same time. And um,
Speaker 1: it's something that we utilize every week. UM, we're putting
Speaker 1: we're putting things in in the run game and in
Speaker 1: the past game a couple of times. In fact, you know,
Speaker 1: last week we had a couple of throws with with
Speaker 1: Tobin in the game, we just didn't get to them.
Speaker 1: Just didn't call him. So, UM, it's something we're going
Speaker 1: to continue to work. Um. It's great in short yard,
Speaker 1: is great in goal line situations obviously, and and uh,
Speaker 1: you know, the ability to run the football with a
Speaker 1: bigger body can can help me. These dns or these
Speaker 1: dns are pretty good players. So UM, bigger body on
Speaker 1: them as well. Carson wentz Iss against the Kings. Were
Speaker 1: you and John and Frank doing this week in terms
Speaker 1: of coaching points of emphasis for your looking quarterback? Well,
Speaker 1: it starts with fundamentals and it starts with mechanics. He
Speaker 1: missed a few throws to his left, some wide open
Speaker 1: throws to his left. Um, Trey Burton, zach Ertz, to
Speaker 1: name two. So we gotta get him, we gotta get
Speaker 1: him refocused on just a fundamentals. You know, right handed quarterback, hips, shoulders, eyes,
Speaker 1: all of that feat working to the left. That's an
Speaker 1: ongoing Um goes all the way back to what we
Speaker 1: mentioned even in training camp with the fundamentals and the
Speaker 1: mechanics we're constantly every day working on with him. And
Speaker 1: you know, and then the other thing is that we're
Speaker 1: seeing and that that we're getting him. Um, situational football
Speaker 1: just knowing down in distance, how, how how if it's
Speaker 1: third down, if it's second down, first and second down,
Speaker 1: what our defense is trying to do. Who do we
Speaker 1: have in the game personnel wise. Those are all things
Speaker 1: now that that we're trying to bring Uh into his game.
Speaker 1: And he understands, and he understands that it's just now
Speaker 1: sort of we have to magnify it just a little bit.
Speaker 1: He has to know if Darren Sproles is in the
Speaker 1: backfield as opposed to you know, Ryan Matthews or Wendell
Speaker 1: and because angles change on the run game and things
Speaker 1: like that. So we keep constantly talking about about these
Speaker 1: these issues each and every week because every week is
Speaker 1: a little different. When he's strong to the left, what's
Speaker 1: specifically we're talking specifically is his target line, meaning his feet,
Speaker 1: his shoulders, eyes being in line with his target and
Speaker 1: and when he doesn't open up his front hip, he
Speaker 1: tends to and most quarterbacks would say, and this happens
Speaker 1: to him if he doesn't open up his left hip.
Speaker 1: Let's say he's going to throw the ball behind um.
Speaker 1: If he overstrides, the ball is going to sail. So
Speaker 1: those are all things that we keep working on in practice.
Speaker 1: And try to put him in in game like situations
Speaker 1: in our in our drill work to help him just uh,
Speaker 1: sort of eliminate some of that stuff to his left.
Speaker 1: Us are looking to trade for a receiver prior to
Speaker 1: the trade deadline, turning legitimate legitimacy to that, and are
Speaker 1: you happy with your current players? No legitimacy to that,
Speaker 1: And I'm I'm thrilled with the guys we have and
Speaker 1: going to work with him every day. Your tight ends
Speaker 1: have kind only passes in the last three games, just
Speaker 1: three of them for first downs. He said, A concern
Speaker 1: is just the way things have gone in those games.
Speaker 1: It's a little both, but I'll tell you this, it's
Speaker 1: more it's more just the way things have gone. And
Speaker 1: this kind of goes back to Sala's question on on
Speaker 1: you know, getting Carson familiar with with who's on the
Speaker 1: field and knowing concepts and knowing coverage and things like that,
Speaker 1: and you know, um, we're constantly as quarterbacks, we're constantly
Speaker 1: learning um every single week and every week different um
Speaker 1: and and so sometimes it's just, uh, it's just understanding
Speaker 1: the design of a play and knowing what the defense
Speaker 1: has given us. So um, it's not. It's not a
Speaker 1: scheme thing. It's not you know, um, a personnel thing
Speaker 1: or anything like that. It's just now we've just got
Speaker 1: to make sure that we're, um, we're all on the
Speaker 1: same page offensively with some of the some of the
Speaker 1: things that we're doing. Clear, you guys aren't trying to
Speaker 1: upgrade at the wide receiver position in front of the
Speaker 1: trade deadline. Well, look, I mean you say upgrade. I
Speaker 1: mean I think every team's trying to upgrade every position
Speaker 1: if you could, but not at this time. Though stretches
Speaker 1: the field. Nelson can stretch it, Josh can stretch it.
Speaker 1: But I think I think I think it's uh um,
Speaker 1: I think it's uh protection design of the play. When
Speaker 1: when I when I think of stretching the field, I
Speaker 1: mean a guy can run fast and I can be
Speaker 1: stretching the field, but who can really take the top off.
Speaker 1: I mean, those two guys are two that can do
Speaker 1: that kind of keeping rests. Sorry, it's kind of keeping
Speaker 1: guys like Nelson and Josh from being more consistent, you know,
Speaker 1: getting like wow, thanks, Josh was pretty efficient last week.
Speaker 1: I mean he caught some nice balls, you know, the
Speaker 1: a couple in the red zone, and a couple of
Speaker 1: bubble slant combinations that we do with him, and that
Speaker 1: that's kind of what what who Josh is and the
Speaker 1: kickoff return obviously, I mean, you know, these are these
Speaker 1: are things Josh can do. And and uh, he's another
Speaker 1: one much like DGB that you try to find every week,
Speaker 1: just more opportunities. And you know, when you have twenty
Speaker 1: two twenty three pass attempts and another twenty six or
Speaker 1: so running attempts, there's just there's not too many plays,
Speaker 1: and so we have them in every week, you know,
Speaker 1: we just it's my job, I guess, to call them
Speaker 1: in situations where where we can utilize them. But um,
Speaker 1: sometimes it's just the circumstance of the game, the running game,
Speaker 1: as well as the best we had a big part
Speaker 1: of the former. Would you say, is accward to use
Speaker 1: the term game managers when you talk about Press, Scott
Speaker 1: and Wains and then why is the term game manager
Speaker 1: not the negative way to describabilities? Yeah, I obviously don't
Speaker 1: think it's a negative way to describe any quarterback. If
Speaker 1: if number one, if they're efficient with their throws, high
Speaker 1: hiper you know, high completion percentages, say in the upper
Speaker 1: sixties mid upper sixties. They're not turning the football over. Um,
Speaker 1: I think play play callers can help in that. In
Speaker 1: that situation, you take more calculated risks than than uh,
Speaker 1: just winging the ball, you know, or just trying to
Speaker 1: attempt at a throwin. There's a little more calculation involved
Speaker 1: there from from play callers and design and and the
Speaker 1: way I think the way they in our case, the
Speaker 1: way he manages our run game, Um, we do we
Speaker 1: do ask our quarterback to to you know, put us
Speaker 1: in run left, to run right or things like that
Speaker 1: based on front and coverage and everything that that teams do.
Speaker 1: So he manages the game from from that standpoint. Sometimes
Speaker 1: that that helps us. So you know, if you're efficient
Speaker 1: throwing the ball again completion percentage, you're not turning the
Speaker 1: ball over, and you're converting on third downs, then then
Speaker 1: that's a that's a pretty good way to manage the game.
Speaker 1: He endorsed on on Sunday night. Um, the last time
Speaker 1: you played the verse communication and how do you set ready?
Speaker 1: But besides just to you know, just checking out the
Speaker 1: crowd les and practice. Yeah, we just got a you know,
Speaker 1: point of emphasis this week with the silent cadence and
Speaker 1: then we gotta obviously iron out some issues with with
Speaker 1: you know, Kelsey and Carson that we saw in the
Speaker 1: in the game the other day, and we'll fix those,
Speaker 1: but um, we just gotta keep keep hammering away, you know.
Speaker 1: And and uh, I'll have an opportunity this week to
Speaker 1: go indoors and and crank the noise up again and
Speaker 1: and and uh and just keep just keep chiseling away
Speaker 1: at it and and uh and go from there. Okay,
Speaker 1: So thanks h