Speaker 1: All right, um, before we get started, just want to
Speaker 1: update you on our injuries again for for this game.
Speaker 1: Vinny Curry, I's got the left knee sprain. If we
Speaker 1: had if we had a game like a you know,
Speaker 1: a regular in season game, he would be Um obviously
Speaker 1: okay to play. Taylor Heart the same way with his
Speaker 1: knee and also the ankle, so he's he would also
Speaker 1: be able to play. Um Leo McKelvin yesterday just had
Speaker 1: a had a hamstring strain. It's it's it's nothing again.
Speaker 1: If it were a game week, he'd be okay to play.
Speaker 1: So we'll get all these guys back next week. Obviously,
Speaker 1: Isaac with his peck again day to day, I fully
Speaker 1: expect him to go as well. And then Wendell Um
Speaker 1: still in the protocol and and uh um going through
Speaker 1: going through that. So again he's day to day for
Speaker 1: next week. Yeah, next week, we're gonna hold him out
Speaker 1: of this game. Isaac to be the guy. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: mean you know he has and whether he is or isn't,
Speaker 1: I mean he's shown us enough that that gives us
Speaker 1: a lot of depth at that position and some versatility
Speaker 1: up front. Yes, yes, try to get lane lane little work.
Speaker 1: Uh rational, Well, you know, in that situation, first of all,
Speaker 1: he uh you know, UM loved everything about him. You know,
Speaker 1: he's a good player, and it's just unfortunate you have
Speaker 1: to make those tough decisions, you know, and and um
Speaker 1: and in his situation, and plus with the injury and
Speaker 1: the extent of the injury, um, um, we felt we
Speaker 1: felt that at this time we could um, you know,
Speaker 1: we could we could release him. And you never know,
Speaker 1: he does also have practice squad eligibility, so there is
Speaker 1: a chance that that he that he could come back
Speaker 1: on practice squad. So um, it's not that he's completely removed.
Speaker 1: Even though he's not on the team at this time.
Speaker 1: By the first week that it would not have been
Speaker 1: healed for the first game in case, no suspension has
Speaker 1: been living yet. At what point you need to plan
Speaker 1: for the possibility he could be here before? I mean
Speaker 1: a great question, And this is something that we wrestle
Speaker 1: with every day, and and uh, you know, the conversations
Speaker 1: are such that that we got to have and especially offensively,
Speaker 1: you know, just have a plan ready to go if
Speaker 1: if I'll tell you this, if or whatever the league
Speaker 1: to say, if he is if he's ready to go then,
Speaker 1: and he's our he's our guy, you know, I mean
Speaker 1: you just go, you just go that because he's got
Speaker 1: plenty of reps in training camp too, and that was
Speaker 1: part of the reason why, you know, getting Allan over
Speaker 1: there and and you know, getting Big V some reps
Speaker 1: and all that. But um, you know, we just gotta
Speaker 1: we gotta cover all our bases one way or the other.
Speaker 1: And and uh, um, just have a plan when when
Speaker 1: we get when we get to that point right now,
Speaker 1: he would go back, you know, to left guard. I
Speaker 1: think he had a tremendous camp at tremendous offseason a
Speaker 1: left guard and and you kind of put the pieces
Speaker 1: back back in place. We've seen an enough from the
Speaker 1: Isaac's and was new skis and and Alan over there
Speaker 1: at right tackle that we know we've got, We've got
Speaker 1: the combination of guys and Big V got a plenty
Speaker 1: of plenty of reps to to to sustain this thing
Speaker 1: through the through the duration. Seem like we can go
Speaker 1: somewhere you were expecting. Mike Black plays Mike Martin. Mike Martin, Yes,
Speaker 1: I caught happen between that and you know, say, I'd
Speaker 1: tell you it's again. It's unfortunate with the situation that
Speaker 1: he was in. You know, the knee just um, it
Speaker 1: just never came back and just never bounced back. And
Speaker 1: and it is hard. It's tough, and players, veteran players
Speaker 1: like that because it's you're making decisions you know that
Speaker 1: that are kind of out of his control. And um,
Speaker 1: you know, if we also felt like it doing it,
Speaker 1: doing it early enough that if there's an interest out
Speaker 1: there from another team that that they could pick him
Speaker 1: up and try to give him that opportunity. And plus
Speaker 1: we had some young guys to play well, so you know,
Speaker 1: all in all, it was it was the right thing
Speaker 1: to do for the team. He said that then he
Speaker 1: never bounced back in me, like he didn't look like
Speaker 1: the same player after the injury. Well, I mean the injury,
Speaker 1: it's it's not it's not the same, you know it. Um,
Speaker 1: that was that was the reason why he was missing
Speaker 1: so much time. And you know, it's unfortunate in that situation. Um.
Speaker 1: And I know from from being around enough guys and
Speaker 1: enough enough players too, you know, especially veteran players, that
Speaker 1: the wear and tear on their bodies in this in
Speaker 1: this day and age, in this game. I mean it
Speaker 1: takes a toll on everybody and and um, you know
Speaker 1: it's just unfortunate. And that's just where we are. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's the quarterback locations. There's uh, Chase will start and
Speaker 1: can't exactly tell you how many number of reps would
Speaker 1: In a perfect world, it'd be Chased the first half
Speaker 1: and uh McLeod the second half. Um, and that's in
Speaker 1: a perfect world. But but you know, we'll see how
Speaker 1: the game goes. And and uh, um, if there's an
Speaker 1: opportunity to to to let McLoud play more, I'll let him.
Speaker 1: I'll let him play more. You want to bring him important, well,
Speaker 1: I tell you what. I love his length, size, Um,
Speaker 1: he's got good athleticism. He's coming right off of a
Speaker 1: championship season, so he's in shape and he's ready to go.
Speaker 1: And and uh, you know obviously we needed with um
Speaker 1: uh you know, with Alex and McCalister going down, we
Speaker 1: needed some depth there. And he gives us. He gives
Speaker 1: us that uh, that rotation that we're looking for up front,
Speaker 1: and it gives him an opportunity to get himself on film.
Speaker 1: He standing around national anthem something. If the subust with
Speaker 1: the team. I have a policy community I have you
Speaker 1: know what, I don't necessarily have a policy per se.
Speaker 1: I mean I addressed it with it with the team
Speaker 1: and and listen, I can I can appreciate everybody's opinions,
Speaker 1: and I respect everybody's opinions. But at the same time,
Speaker 1: I feel that it's important and it's obviously out of
Speaker 1: respect for the men and women of our country that
Speaker 1: sacrifice in order for us to uh coach and play
Speaker 1: this great game. So, um, I get it, I understand it.
Speaker 1: But at the same time, I I encourage everybody to
Speaker 1: stand obviously well, incorporating the players and everything like that. Um,
Speaker 1: when you were here before, you know, with Dandy is
Speaker 1: the last couple of years, it seemed like you guys
Speaker 1: are trying to do the same thing. Why is it
Speaker 1: so difficult to just try to win now while also
Speaker 1: building for the future. Well again that that is a
Speaker 1: fine line. I mean, you know, as coaches, we fully
Speaker 1: expect to win right now, and that's my job to
Speaker 1: instill that into the players, that that we have a
Speaker 1: good football team here and we're very capable of winning now.
Speaker 1: But at the same time, you know, you're looking down
Speaker 1: the road and you're trying to put pieces together for
Speaker 1: the future. I just don't I can't get caught up
Speaker 1: in the speculation game. I gotta worry about this this team,
Speaker 1: you know obviously Thursday night, but but just going into
Speaker 1: week one, and we just take it one game at
Speaker 1: a time, one day at a time, and and we're
Speaker 1: going to coach our players up you know who we have. So, um,
Speaker 1: that looks fun. That's what you want, that's what you
Speaker 1: want to see right there right there, that you're looking
Speaker 1: at it this last game. But you still have a
Speaker 1: lot of decisions to make it a game. But we've
Speaker 1: got some young guys in the back end of the secondary,
Speaker 1: you know, we're still taking a look at receivers are
Speaker 1: the same way. And then we've got you know, our offensive.
Speaker 1: I mean, really, this is a great challenge for all
Speaker 1: the players in this football game, you know, to get
Speaker 1: one last uh substantial amount of reps um and to
Speaker 1: really put themselves on on tape. And it's something that uh,
Speaker 1: you know, I've made it known to the team that
Speaker 1: you know, it's not just our team that's watching, it's
Speaker 1: it's it's it's the rest of the National Football League
Speaker 1: that's also watching. And um, I want them just to
Speaker 1: go out there and play, play, care free, play, you know,
Speaker 1: play fast and have fun doing it. And you know,
Speaker 1: at the end of the day they can hold their
Speaker 1: head up and said they gave everything that they that
Speaker 1: they had at that time. All right, thanks guys,