Speaker 1: I mean it's been a lot of surprises obviously, but um,
Speaker 1: you know, he's second round pick. Guy, has been played
Speaker 1: real well for us last year. But you know it's
Speaker 1: a he's he's in a competitive room. Uh So the
Speaker 1: same thing with you know, Sam is things that all
Speaker 1: of our control. Um, you know, you just kind of
Speaker 1: roll with the punches madly. How much different is it
Speaker 1: when the previous staff view him as a as a
Speaker 1: long time potential starter and obviously he's traded now, how
Speaker 1: much different is this? S commatically for the defensive backs. Um,
Speaker 1: it's not it's not much different. I think, you know,
Speaker 1: I think the biggest difference in our room compared to
Speaker 1: the last two years, it's a lot more competitive. I
Speaker 1: think guys, you know, whether it be free agents we
Speaker 1: brought in or guys who've been here for a while, um,
Speaker 1: have all really stepped it up and in a competition.
Speaker 1: All camp and all season has been really really close
Speaker 1: and really hard to call. And I think, you know,
Speaker 1: Eric kind of found itself on the bottom into that.
Speaker 1: I'm at you prepare for this offense. Obviously you watch
Speaker 1: Hugh from Cincinnati, but they have a totally different quarterback
Speaker 1: than you had. Yeah, in Cincinnati. I mean it's a
Speaker 1: little bit of both, you know. Um, you know, you
Speaker 1: go off of what they've shown on tape, what are
Speaker 1: some of their core concepts. Um, But there's there's guaranteed
Speaker 1: to be some stuff that you know that we haven't
Speaker 1: gone over that that will be new and specifically for
Speaker 1: us we've seen you know, even in Cincinnati, they do
Speaker 1: a lot of stuff, um to get you sidetrack, get
Speaker 1: you confused, whether it's split in lineing out our receiver
Speaker 1: or doing some of his z own read stuff, shifts
Speaker 1: and motions that you know almost every play. UM, So
Speaker 1: we know we'll get some of that stuff. The kid
Speaker 1: is just handling it, UM, staying settled, getting getting the
Speaker 1: flow of the game, communicating. But you know, we can't
Speaker 1: be shocked if you see something that we ain't seen
Speaker 1: on tape. You guys expect RG three to be the
Speaker 1: RG three so a few years ago or what do
Speaker 1: you mean by that? Um? Do you expect him to
Speaker 1: be as dynamic as he wants? Was? Um? You know,
Speaker 1: we don't know. I mean, so far we've seen in
Speaker 1: preseason he's still got a big arm. Um. You know,
Speaker 1: he's got to roll prior and the outside that they
Speaker 1: can stretch the field with UM and when given time,
Speaker 1: he throws one of the better deep balls in his league. Um.
Speaker 1: You know. So I think the keys is going to
Speaker 1: be to not get him comfortable. And obviously, when he
Speaker 1: does decide to use his mobility, we got to be
Speaker 1: able to contain that. And I think that's when he's
Speaker 1: at his best, when he's got a clean pocket, UM.
Speaker 1: And when he does get get loose, um, you know,
Speaker 1: there's there's space and defense for him to run. So
Speaker 1: those are the two things I think we need to
Speaker 1: take away, um to stop him from looking like the
Speaker 1: RG three of old. I think the defense as your
Speaker 1: defense is supposed to the world was last year, how ahead,
Speaker 1: how how aheaded it with a new new concept that
Speaker 1: killed in terms of where you wanted the schemes and
Speaker 1: everything else. Uh yeah, I guess we'll probably figure that
Speaker 1: out Sunday. You know. Um, nothing we've done so far
Speaker 1: as counted UM. So it's been good too. I think
Speaker 1: everybody's happy with the start. We've had some good practice
Speaker 1: runs and good drive runs. But you know, well, we'll
Speaker 1: see you after Sunday. Candid that you like playing in
Speaker 1: the squad, do you think you'll get that opportunity to
Speaker 1: see I'm not sure, um, probably not right now to
Speaker 1: start out, but I think it's basically, um mostly to
Speaker 1: be game playing, depending on what our matchups are. UM,
Speaker 1: like I said, you know, like I said at the beginning,
Speaker 1: it's been a really tight competition in our room. A
Speaker 1: lot of guys that can play, and so far right now,
Speaker 1: it's just figuring out what what are the best five
Speaker 1: dvs and what positions as those In the best two years,
Speaker 1: you've taken on a heavy special team's responsibility for a starter.
Speaker 1: Is that still the case or do you want to
Speaker 1: scale back in that area now? I see it still
Speaker 1: be in the case. I mean, we don't have likes
Speaker 1: our depth and the way our roster filled out, there's
Speaker 1: gonna be a lot of starters that are gonna probably
Speaker 1: have to play a lot of special teams. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: so we're getting ready for that. I don't think that
Speaker 1: role will change what your reaction to the trade of
Speaker 1: Eric Row, Um, you know, it was surprising. I mean
Speaker 1: at you know, once you after the same things, like
Speaker 1: nothing was really good? That surprising. Um, you know, it's
Speaker 1: just it's just one of those things you hate to
Speaker 1: see a teammates teammate go, especially somebody like Eric Um.
Speaker 1: You know who's played some good ball for US, promising
Speaker 1: young UM player, but you know he who has success
Speaker 1: Um in New England or wherever he ends up. It's
Speaker 1: just been it's been a competitive, competitive offseason in that
Speaker 1: dB room, a lot of guys fighting for position new
Speaker 1: and old Um. You know. Unfortunately he was on the
Speaker 1: back end of that. What do you think the biggest
Speaker 1: challenges for a rookie head coach? How do you think
Speaker 1: Douggas handled to whatever challenges? Yeah, I mean I think
Speaker 1: that the challenges are, you know, endless. You can make it.
Speaker 1: You can look at every aspect of the game, from
Speaker 1: just what you do from a day to day standpoint,
Speaker 1: logistics and all the way to the exits and those.
Speaker 1: I think it's a lot of um, a lot of
Speaker 1: unknown things that he's never had to do before as
Speaker 1: a coach that now he has to do. And I
Speaker 1: think the biggest thing is just a supporting cast. And
Speaker 1: I think that's that's one thing he's done as a
Speaker 1: head coach. He hadn't tried to tackle everything on his own. Um.
Speaker 1: He knows he's not a defensive guy. So he allows
Speaker 1: the defense to kind of do their own thing and
Speaker 1: let Jim run that side of the team so he
Speaker 1: can focus more on offense. He delegates stuff so so
Speaker 1: that he doesn't have to, you know, trip up, trip
Speaker 1: himself up and doing everything. But I think he's done
Speaker 1: a good job of keeping his messages consistent so that
Speaker 1: everybody kind of knows how we're being evaluated. We know
Speaker 1: what is being an act of the players, acts of
Speaker 1: the coaches. And that's the biggest thing from a young,
Speaker 1: young head coach is just delegating and then keeping the
Speaker 1: messages consistent so that everybody can buy into what you're selling. Well,
Speaker 1: I'm getting back to RG three, Robert Griffin. He's a guy,
Speaker 1: one of the better quarterbacks that pushing the ball down
Speaker 1: the field. Do you look at Corey Coleman, Terrell Prior,
Speaker 1: how important is it for you to be able to
Speaker 1: stay at home and not fight on those teas or routes,
Speaker 1: the need to not give up the big Yeah, I
Speaker 1: mean that's you know, especially this preseason, they did a
Speaker 1: really good job of getting the ball downfield. Uh, they'll
Speaker 1: get into some max protection looks and and and let
Speaker 1: them throw it and like I said, he's probably one
Speaker 1: of the better deep ball throwers in the in the
Speaker 1: in the league, when you know, when he's got a
Speaker 1: clean pocket. Terrell prior as deceptive speed. You know on
Speaker 1: tape he doesn't look like he's moving fast, but he's
Speaker 1: consistently running by guys. So they've got the speed to
Speaker 1: stretch the field. And I think those are that's the
Speaker 1: area that we will have to shut down because their offense,
Speaker 1: you know, thrives off of those big plays. They've got
Speaker 1: a lot of vertical routes down the field. Um, just
Speaker 1: trying to get a chunk play and get them get
Speaker 1: the drive going, put themselves in position to the school.
Speaker 1: Even considered a leader here since she arrived, do you
Speaker 1: see some little same leadership characteristics and Carson Um, I mean,
Speaker 1: it's it's yet to be to be seen. You know.
Speaker 1: It's a little different than my situation where you know,
Speaker 1: I came here and was pushing into a leadership role
Speaker 1: that was kind of expected on me. Uh. He's he
Speaker 1: came in and not much was really expected of him
Speaker 1: this year, and I think and all in the matter
Speaker 1: of a couple of days now he's leading his team
Speaker 1: in the battle. So I think you know from a
Speaker 1: leadership standpoint, that will come, you know, as as he develops,
Speaker 1: and that's not something you want to try to fabricate,
Speaker 1: you know. If I think those those qualities will start
Speaker 1: to show as the season goes on going on with
Speaker 1: Sam being traded and the very being traded, one of
Speaker 1: the changes that remain, you know, by and how is
Speaker 1: a veteran group just how confident are you et cetera
Speaker 1: are yet about the season. As a group was to
Speaker 1: consensus some of us, the betters about how the team today.
Speaker 1: We're still excited, you know. Um, you know, luckily all
Speaker 1: of that stuff happened before today, which is really our
Speaker 1: first work day, so you know, nothing's really changed. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, it's it's obviously shocking news when you see
Speaker 1: it come across as the sports ticker, but you know
Speaker 1: after that is still status quo. You still got the
Speaker 1: same goals and same agenda when you come into come
Speaker 1: into the building. Guys are still excited. You know, it's
Speaker 1: still the season opener, so nothing's changed. Of course with
Speaker 1: a rookie starting the quarterback, how does that impact the
Speaker 1: defense your team? Students? Yeah, I mean I think you know, selfishly,
Speaker 1: we we feel like, you know, it's a little bit
Speaker 1: more on our plate, like we need to um, you know,
Speaker 1: the small things matter, just eat a little bit more,
Speaker 1: you know. So penalties that that oakstend to drive matter,
Speaker 1: field position matter, third down is going to be crucial
Speaker 1: for us to get off the field, keep field position. Um.
Speaker 1: And then you know we've we've harped on takeaways, but
Speaker 1: now you know those takeaways need to need to turn
Speaker 1: into scores. You know, we need to be as devastating
Speaker 1: as we can on defense to give our opportunity to
Speaker 1: give our team the best opportunity to win. Not that
Speaker 1: we got to go out there and winning on our own,
Speaker 1: but we're gonna have to set an environment that that
Speaker 1: gives our offense, um, you know, a little less stressed.
Speaker 1: We can't go out there and tell Carson to win
Speaker 1: this game, and that's that's not fair for him. So
Speaker 1: I think you know, some of the veterans on the
Speaker 1: on the defense kind of already had that mentality, but
Speaker 1: you know, it's probably a little more emphasized now. Obviously
Speaker 1: with all the moves may be a dangerous thing though,
Speaker 1: like maybe some one's trying to do a little bit
Speaker 1: too much. After I don't know. I mean, we're still
Speaker 1: only gonna make the plays that come, you know, but um,
Speaker 1: the the ability to take advantage of those opportunities and
Speaker 1: sometimes create your own opportunities, um, you know, or just
Speaker 1: at a premium, like I said, you know, getting off
Speaker 1: the field on third down. You know, we don't need
Speaker 1: you to make a play that's not yours. Just just
Speaker 1: make the one of these yours and get off the field.
Speaker 1: Um you know. So all of those things are not
Speaker 1: nothing new. Nobody has to do anything extraordinary in order
Speaker 1: to win us a game. Is just do your job,
Speaker 1: you know, to a t and then that I hope
Speaker 1: it's one. Two more persons, guys, do you ever anyone?
Speaker 1: Do you know anybody in the vacans them? So, did
Speaker 1: they call you say what are we getting? In saying?
Speaker 1: Did you ever? I don't know anybody on the team.
Speaker 1: I mean they got they got a veteran quarterback who
Speaker 1: can throw the ball, who's probably got the biggest ship
Speaker 1: on the shoulder out of any quarterback in this league
Speaker 1: right now. So I think they're getting a good, you know,
Speaker 1: a good quarterback. I think he's going to be in
Speaker 1: a good situation, um you know, So I I think
Speaker 1: they'll be excited, especially after losing their staughter. Cool, no problem,
Speaker 1: yeah h