Speaker 1: Injury status for today. UM. Connor Barwin has the right knee,
Speaker 1: the bone bruise. We're gonna we're gonna hold him from practice.
Speaker 1: Uh today. Ryan Matthews the same thing with the MCL spraying.
Speaker 1: We're gonna we're gonna keep him um down today from practice. UM.
Speaker 1: Leo still in the protocol. UM, so nothing nothing new
Speaker 1: to update you there, He's in the protocol. Darren Sprowles
Speaker 1: has that seventh rib fracture. Again. We'll hold him. But
Speaker 1: he's doing doing much better. And then a big V
Speaker 1: big V is is more significant. He's more week to week. UM,
Speaker 1: but obviously he won't he won't practice, Say everybody else,
Speaker 1: Terrence Brooks, UM, Zach and Malcolm, those guys that were
Speaker 1: injured in the game will Um, we'll play in Terrence obviously. Uh,
Speaker 1: we'll be out there for the first time. It's hard
Speaker 1: to say it is. Obviously it is week to week. UM.
Speaker 1: He's feeling better uh with uh with this um H
Speaker 1: MCL sprain. But I'm not sure exactly. You know, I
Speaker 1: can't tell you exactly how long it's going to be,
Speaker 1: but I know it's it's it's definitely a week to
Speaker 1: week injury. He can't play on Sunday Monday, Are you
Speaker 1: okay with just having two running backs up? It'd be
Speaker 1: it'd be hard, it'd be hard. We'd have to see
Speaker 1: where obviously, where Ryan is at health wise at that time.
Speaker 1: Um and and hopefully if if if, if that's worst
Speaker 1: case scenario. Um and, if Ryan could play, then he'd
Speaker 1: have to he'd have to be probably more of a backup,
Speaker 1: backup role there. Did you talk to Aga Laura about
Speaker 1: his comments post game and and what's your playing with
Speaker 1: him short term here? Yeah, Nelson and I have, we've talked.
Speaker 1: We've talked privately. I won't get into all the details
Speaker 1: there and then and then listen, he's got to get
Speaker 1: himself ready to play. You know, we got a game
Speaker 1: Monday night, and he's still a big part of the team.
Speaker 1: So uh, you know, business as usual and and uh,
Speaker 1: we need to get ourselves ready to go. Williams got
Speaker 1: to play on. I mean, I haven't made I have
Speaker 1: not made a decision yet on I mean, we brought
Speaker 1: Paul Turner up that I just gotta wait and see
Speaker 1: by the end of the week how our numbers fall out.
Speaker 1: So if I can carry five, I carry five, If
Speaker 1: it's four. It's four. So we'll see, we'll see when
Speaker 1: we get to the game if hypothetically again, I can't
Speaker 1: answer that today. I gotta see how the week plays
Speaker 1: out before I make that decision. Well, I just gotta see, No,
Speaker 1: I just gotta see from his standpoint, like, you know,
Speaker 1: how he handles now this week, this would be a
Speaker 1: big week for him, How how he handles it mentally, um,
Speaker 1: how he reacts with his teammate, how he reacts on
Speaker 1: on a practice field with the things that have sort
Speaker 1: of you know, uh fallen in his lap. So it's
Speaker 1: just it's just, um, just how well he responds, you know.
Speaker 1: And and h Kenny Kenny handle a little adversity uh
Speaker 1: in his career. And I know exactly where he sits
Speaker 1: because I sat there a few years ago, you know,
Speaker 1: as a quarterback, So I know about ninety nine. That's
Speaker 1: a few years ago. Um, so I know what he
Speaker 1: I know what he's going through, and I know he's thinking.
Speaker 1: So I can relate to him. But you know, you're
Speaker 1: an undrafted guy. He's a first round pick. I mean,
Speaker 1: is the additional pressure being being picked that high? You know?
Speaker 1: I think a lot of the pressure is outside more
Speaker 1: than internal. Quite honestly, Um, I think that's where the
Speaker 1: pressure stems. People put expectations on players, and I think
Speaker 1: some of it might be warranted, some of it's not.
Speaker 1: I think it's just a matter of you know, he's
Speaker 1: in a new scheme change, he's he's uh you know,
Speaker 1: he's learning some new techniques, learning some new plays, and
Speaker 1: and I think sometimes that's that's where a lot of
Speaker 1: the pressure is added. Is is external. Um, I still
Speaker 1: have confidence in him, and and uh, you know obviously, um,
Speaker 1: you know, we'll see it. We'll see as the week goes,
Speaker 1: you find to talk reassuring in any way, be talking
Speaker 1: with him, Oh for sure, for sure. I mean he understands,
Speaker 1: he knows where he's at, and um, he knows where
Speaker 1: I stand. And uh, um again, just looking forward to
Speaker 1: to getting out there on the field this week and
Speaker 1: seeing where he's at. Um. Well, dgb's played obviously the
Speaker 1: most and and Tragus is getting a little more work
Speaker 1: each week, and uh, well, we'll continue to increase his
Speaker 1: his workload. I think I think he's in a in
Speaker 1: a position to uh contribute more. Um, you know, his
Speaker 1: next his next you know, six games. I think Carson
Speaker 1: was a little late on a few post in the
Speaker 1: Seattle's willing to say, you think that's fair to say,
Speaker 1: b if so watch it was little Hey, it's fair. Um,
Speaker 1: you know there were there were some times where he
Speaker 1: was a little bit late or kept his eyes in
Speaker 1: a spot too long, and you know, could have gone
Speaker 1: other places with the Paul. I think too. It's just
Speaker 1: the speed of the defense that he was. He was
Speaker 1: facing on turf, crowd noise, all that is is huge.
Speaker 1: It does affect you, um and and then and then
Speaker 1: just uh knowing game situation, understanding you know, down distance,
Speaker 1: uh play call designed everything and what you're seeing on
Speaker 1: defense uh um, and things that he continues to process. There,
Speaker 1: you see Turner more as announced side receiver or a
Speaker 1: slot receiver, Like how do you see I see him
Speaker 1: more as inside. Yeah. And then you know, obviously you
Speaker 1: play Jordan a lot on the inside deside. Jordan's been inside.
Speaker 1: Jordan is also uh um, equipped to play outside as well,
Speaker 1: and and you know can move him around in some
Speaker 1: different spots there. Um, So both of them, you know,
Speaker 1: I do see, but I do see Paul more more
Speaker 1: of an inside receiver. Jordan can play both inside now
Speaker 1: running backs. You said, if Matthews and Sproles can't go,
Speaker 1: you have too. Would there be a chance, maybe a
Speaker 1: promoter saint Byron Marshall from the practice squad to make
Speaker 1: a roster move in that regard. Yeah, I mean there's
Speaker 1: always that possibility, you know, like we did with Aaron Grimes, um,
Speaker 1: and now we've done it with Paul Turner. There's always
Speaker 1: there's always that possibility. That's why you know, these guys
Speaker 1: don't practice squad. They can never um, they can never arrest,
Speaker 1: you know, like they've made it because they're they're one injury,
Speaker 1: one play away from being activated and possibly playing games.
Speaker 1: So clarify, it sounds like Ryan has a better chance
Speaker 1: to be ready to go Sunday than Darren. Is that No, No,
Speaker 1: Darren has a better chance of playing being being healthier
Speaker 1: than Ryan. Right now as we stand today at eleven
Speaker 1: h seven, it's Darren okay, just I mean, if he's
Speaker 1: okay just to do punts, maybe Darren's fine. I mean
Speaker 1: we're just holding him from practice today just just to
Speaker 1: keep the rib from you know, um getting sore on
Speaker 1: him and all that. And listen, he he doesn't need
Speaker 1: to practice. He's one of those guys. I mean, he can,
Speaker 1: he'll be fine with a couple of days. Rest guys
Speaker 1: got banged up in this game more than more than
Speaker 1: any other game. Um, it was just a physicality that
Speaker 1: the Seahawks brought. Yeah, it's a little bit of that.
Speaker 1: It's also a little bit of where we are in
Speaker 1: the season. You know, tenth game and a lot of
Speaker 1: a lot of ball. These guys have played a lot
Speaker 1: of ball. And this is everybody. You're seeing it around
Speaker 1: the National Football League, I think with injury and you
Speaker 1: know every team is faced with it each week. And uh,
Speaker 1: you know the challenge now is to um, from my standpoint,
Speaker 1: to be smart in practice, you know, rest guys like
Speaker 1: we're doing and uh, making sure that they're they're ready
Speaker 1: to go for obviously this Monday, but now you've got
Speaker 1: four of your last six at home at least to
Speaker 1: down the stretch, they'll have a chance to play off.
Speaker 1: Where's your message? But it was a good team. That's
Speaker 1: the message. That's the message. We we we we do
Speaker 1: have the home games coming up. We've played extremely well.
Speaker 1: Three of them are division games. UM, teams that we
Speaker 1: you know, even in our division take out with the
Speaker 1: Washington game, we've played these teams well, uh, just didn't
Speaker 1: close the games out and then and then uh, you know,
Speaker 1: two on the road. So yeah, we're sitting. You know,
Speaker 1: when you look at it, we're like the eighth ninth
Speaker 1: team in the NFC. NFC right now that that has
Speaker 1: it has a shot. Um, it's still a one game mentality.
Speaker 1: You know, we got to go win this game and
Speaker 1: this week and then we move on to the next one.
Speaker 1: But by no means are we out of anything. Still
Speaker 1: a good football team. Still gotta believe, still got to
Speaker 1: put in the hard work, um, and and I still
Speaker 1: believe good things are going to happen to this team.
Speaker 1: Point from not allowing him to get it out until
Speaker 1: get well, a couple of things. One, keep working with
Speaker 1: our guys, the four or five guys, you know, the
Speaker 1: four guys that we've had up each week, five guys
Speaker 1: now with with Bryce coming into the into the picture,
Speaker 1: keep working with them. And uh now just um, you know,
Speaker 1: it's that time of year where and you know, teams
Speaker 1: are other teams are looking at your rosters because it
Speaker 1: goes back to the injury question. Everybody's hurt, everybody's needing
Speaker 1: somebody and so you look at the practice squad around
Speaker 1: the National Football League and so is it a way
Speaker 1: to maybe protect a player that you like. Yeah, sure,
Speaker 1: bring him up, put him on your active roster. But
Speaker 1: it also gives us as coach, is a chance to
Speaker 1: um evaluate that person and evaluate that player in practice
Speaker 1: and see if he's ready to take the next step,
Speaker 1: which is to play in a regular season game as
Speaker 1: opposed to wait a position. Well, Um, good question. Um,
Speaker 1: I think too. Everybody has seen and I get questions
Speaker 1: every day about the receivers and uh, whether it's lack
Speaker 1: of production or whatever. I'm answering questions every single day.
Speaker 1: And this is another opportunity to bring a guy up
Speaker 1: and see see if he can help us in that position.
Speaker 1: So it's a give and take relationship with the roster,
Speaker 1: and uh, we feel like it's still uh in our
Speaker 1: best interest to make to make this move and do
Speaker 1: the things we've done. As I think DGB just needs
Speaker 1: to go play. He just needs to go play, you know.
Speaker 1: I mean again, don't listen to the outside noise. Just
Speaker 1: focus on your job. Do your job. Um, you get
Speaker 1: with Carson after practice and work on routes, detail some things.
Speaker 1: He's still a young player still learning our system. He's
Speaker 1: still learning how to run routes. We're teaching him every day. Um,
Speaker 1: And those are the things that any any young player,
Speaker 1: whether it's a second year or first year, third year player.
Speaker 1: That's what these guys need to do in order to
Speaker 1: one to help the team win, but obviously to increase
Speaker 1: the longevity of their careers slightly. Batt where the band
Speaker 1: is a part of the problem that you mentioned before.
Speaker 1: What's happening with them in Green Bay. Yeah, it's hard
Speaker 1: to speculate obviously internally what's going on there, but injury
Speaker 1: does play a factor. Um, you know with teams that
Speaker 1: are struggling, especially at this time of the year. But listen,
Speaker 1: Green Bay is still an explosive team. You know, Aaron
Speaker 1: Rodgers is still completing over sixty percent of his throws.
Speaker 1: He's having a he's having a good year. So you
Speaker 1: know they're they're doing some things right there too. Alan
Speaker 1: Barbur's gonna I've assuming he's moving out to right tackle.
Speaker 1: What's to say about to have a guy like that
Speaker 1: that can go from guard to tackle, left side to
Speaker 1: right side, that versatility to well when he's played tackle
Speaker 1: before in his past, so he understands that position. And
Speaker 1: and we experimented with this in training camp for a
Speaker 1: couple of weeks, which was you know, in in in
Speaker 1: So it's great to have guys like that even when
Speaker 1: you're putting your roster together, um, you know, through training
Speaker 1: camp or OTAs all the way back to OTAs, you
Speaker 1: want to find those versatile offensive lineman guards and centers
Speaker 1: that can play those positions and guards that can play
Speaker 1: tackles or tackles that can play both sides of the ball.
Speaker 1: And Alan's definitely one of those valuable players for us
Speaker 1: that can do both. Nelson's gonna play this this weekend. Um,
Speaker 1: we think about lessening his load and then maybe taking
Speaker 1: a little bit off his plate. I think that's a
Speaker 1: that's a that's a real possibility. Um. You know my
Speaker 1: concern you know with Nelson too is and I mentioned
Speaker 1: to this the other day, is him as a person
Speaker 1: and where is he mentally as a person, And um,
Speaker 1: I don't want to expose him to anything that will
Speaker 1: hurt him there, you know, as an individual, as a
Speaker 1: as a as a human being, because I know, you know,
Speaker 1: I just know that that this is this is is
Speaker 1: also about life, and it's about him as a person
Speaker 1: and it's not so much about football anymore. And I
Speaker 1: want to make sure that Nelson is right, um as
Speaker 1: as a as a as a person, as a human being,
Speaker 1: and so if it means lessening the load, then then
Speaker 1: all lessen the load and and try to take a
Speaker 1: little bit off of off of his plate. Nowadays for
Speaker 1: athletes to see a sports psychologist, do you guys have one?
Speaker 1: We have, Yeah, we have. We have a couple of
Speaker 1: guys that we uh that we use doctor Cristo and
Speaker 1: and um, you know it's been around. I mean there's
Speaker 1: there's guys that we use and and um every team
Speaker 1: has them and and uh, I think I think it's
Speaker 1: good too, whether whether they're going through stuff or not,
Speaker 1: to to keep talking to and talking through some some issues.
Speaker 1: Um he has he has, Yeah, last couple of weeks. Sure, thanks,
Speaker 1: thank you,