Speaker 1: All right, go ahead.
Speaker 2: Please some national reports or suggestions that Brandon I was
Speaker 2: going to practice today to your knowledge, is he going
Speaker 2: to be out there?
Speaker 1: We'll see.
Speaker 3: I think you'll see right with me. I know he's
Speaker 3: here today, and that's the expectation.
Speaker 4: When was the decision made and when was he examined
Speaker 4: to make to see if his back.
Speaker 1: We don't get into those details. That's medical stuff. And
Speaker 1: but he you know, he has been cleared and we're
Speaker 1: ready to roll.
Speaker 3: The only dynamic that's changed here that would make him practice.
Speaker 1: Today, yeah, in theory.
Speaker 4: Yeah, if he does not practice, chooses not.
Speaker 1: To, then we'll then we'll deal with that.
Speaker 5: You told us you're impatient, and this thing's really dragged on.
Speaker 5: Is he's just driving you crazy?
Speaker 1: Yeah?
Speaker 3: You you know, Fortunately, there's ninety players here, there's preseason games,
Speaker 3: there's the work of getting better, and that goes into
Speaker 3: putting a team together. But no question about it, when
Speaker 3: you've got some of your better players, two of them
Speaker 3: in particular, that aren't out there, you're you know, and
Speaker 3: and you know that's your job. Yeah, you take a
Speaker 3: lot of lot of pride in that. And you know,
Speaker 3: I think you know one thing, we got a lot
Speaker 3: of really good players, and we've rewarded a lot of
Speaker 3: good players and that makes things tougher at times, but
Speaker 3: you know, I I remain optimistic we'll find a way
Speaker 3: to put the best squad out there, and really happy
Speaker 3: with where this team's at. And uh, you know what
Speaker 3: we do have to offer. The players out here that
Speaker 3: have been here are working really hard. We got a
Speaker 3: lot of love for the two guys that aren't and
Speaker 3: we'll continue to work on that to try to bring
Speaker 3: that to a resolution. Now, there's no updates there. I
Speaker 3: mean there's good communication. We're constantly working thrown out ideas
Speaker 3: to try to have a breakthrough and it just hasn't
Speaker 3: happened yet.
Speaker 1: Conication between you and Brennan.
Speaker 3: Yeah, there's communication, and uh, it's a it's it's uh,
Speaker 3: it's been ongoing, you know, with with Brandon, with with
Speaker 3: his representative and you know on that one as well,
Speaker 3: we just haven't been able to break through.
Speaker 1: A couple weeks ago.
Speaker 4: This team is close to a Super Bowl, as you
Speaker 4: obviously were last year. Can you say that the franchise
Speaker 4: is putting up enough money or financial commitment to make
Speaker 4: sure you have the best chance this year?
Speaker 3: Yeah, Well, First of all, Tim, I don't think you
Speaker 3: can ever make an assumption that you're ready for a
Speaker 3: Super Bowl. You've got to earn that every year. That's
Speaker 3: nothing is given in this league. And we have a
Speaker 3: very talented team.
Speaker 1: We have a very.
Speaker 3: Proven team that's won a lot of games. But this
Speaker 3: is a new team. We like our team, we feel
Speaker 3: like we've improved, and yeah, this team has never fallen
Speaker 3: short on resources since we've been here. We've been one
Speaker 3: of the top spenders in the league. And I think
Speaker 3: there's reason for that.
Speaker 1: We've got a lot of good players.
Speaker 3: Our talent acquisition has worked, whether it be through the draft,
Speaker 3: whether it be through trade, and as a result, we've
Speaker 3: had a lot of top players in their leagues at
Speaker 3: their at their respective positions. That's a good thing, but
Speaker 3: it does make things tougher. Those are our challenges. Those
Speaker 3: are the things we have to deal with.
Speaker 2: Going back to Trent Williams, has he threatened to retire
Speaker 2: at any point?
Speaker 3: I'm not getting into I've always said that personal conversations
Speaker 3: and things like that aren't aren't never going to get
Speaker 3: told to to uh, you know everyone. Those are private conversations.
Speaker 3: So I won't get into private conversations that Trenton and
Speaker 3: I and Trent and our organization have had.
Speaker 4: I've given your friendship relationship with Braindon's agent. Have that
Speaker 4: changed the dynamical? Have you had to step aside at all?
Speaker 3: No, you know, you you never know how that's going
Speaker 3: to play out. You know, Ryan was my he's my
Speaker 3: marketing guy for a bunch of years. You know a
Speaker 3: lot of people say he's your agent. Well, my last
Speaker 3: couple of deals I've done with Jed directly. That's how
Speaker 3: I've handled my business. So that's worked well for me.
Speaker 3: You know, there is a friendship that but uh, I've
Speaker 3: got a lot of friendships in this league with agents
Speaker 3: and that that have developed over time.
Speaker 1: It seems like you saw this standoff with Brandon, I
Speaker 1: you coming a few months ago. Did this Did the
Speaker 1: Trent Williams situation surprise him? Uh? I don't know that.
Speaker 3: I I saw the standoff with Brandon. I saw a
Speaker 3: situation that, uh, we were gonna have to deal with.
Speaker 3: And and man, we've been trying for a long time. We
Speaker 3: don't get paid to try, we get get paid to do.
Speaker 3: And you know, I'll take accountability for anything that hasn't
Speaker 3: happened but I won't I won't stop continuing to fight
Speaker 3: to to find the best resolution, whatever that may be.
Speaker 3: That the Trent situation. Uh, you know, things come up
Speaker 3: and and this is you know, come up. Trent's a
Speaker 3: fantastic player. He's a tremendous leader on this team. I
Speaker 3: will never fall short on my praise to Trent and
Speaker 3: what he's meant meant to this place. Uh, it was
Speaker 3: a great day, you know when I got that call
Speaker 3: from Rivera saying that that they would do that trade.
Speaker 3: And he's been incredible since he's been here. So we
Speaker 3: value Trent, We love Trent, We want Trent here, and
Speaker 3: I'm hopeful that can happen soon.
Speaker 6: Brandon, he's gotten to a point of like you'res waiting
Speaker 6: to see if feel practice today. It sounds like it
Speaker 6: could be disciplined if he doesn't start practicing. It doesn't
Speaker 6: sound great.
Speaker 1: Are you disappointed? It's kind of level?
Speaker 3: Yeah, sure, But you know I've seen these things look
Speaker 3: dire before and they can quickly turn.
Speaker 1: So that gives you hope.
Speaker 3: You know that that we've been in these situations before
Speaker 3: and those things can quickly be forgotten.
Speaker 1: So you know, we'll remain hopeful.
Speaker 4: Communicated to Braindon's camp at any point, saying in a
Speaker 4: less of weeks that he would be expected to practice starting.
Speaker 3: I'm not going to get into our communication again, but
Speaker 3: you know there's.
Speaker 1: You know, at some point you got play down.
Speaker 5: There is the addition of Marshall in any way, are
Speaker 5: you insurance they play kind of boundary X receiver spots.
Speaker 3: That's just a good football player. We were very fortunate
Speaker 3: to get in the building. I don't know what went
Speaker 3: on Carolina, you know, I know that I got on
Speaker 3: the phone with Terrence along with Lennard Hankerson and Kyle
Speaker 3: and just told him about the way we do things,
Speaker 3: what we thought of him coming out of college, and
Speaker 3: that this could be a great landing spot for him.
Speaker 3: He's going to have to earn everything, but it's a
Speaker 3: fun place for receivers to come and and thrive and
Speaker 3: whatever your best is, I think you'll find it here.
Speaker 3: So we're excited for that opportunity, excited for our practice squad.
Speaker 1: It's tough to lose players.
Speaker 3: I think, you know Schrader Man, I love that kid
Speaker 3: and everything he represented and the way he attacked it.
Speaker 3: Sammy Womack had a really good offseason was proud of him.
Speaker 3: I think we're deeper than we've been at corner and
Speaker 3: so those are tough decisions that you have to make.
Speaker 3: One more Jared Kingston, you know, Jarrett was doing some
Speaker 3: really good things. You can't keep everyone really proud of
Speaker 3: this rookie draft class. You know, there's there's there's been
Speaker 3: some injuries, but I think we're getting healthy and we
Speaker 3: have the right type of people, the right type of
Speaker 3: players that are fits here. They're going to help us
Speaker 3: a lot, so a lot to be happy with with
Speaker 3: our roster. Will continue to work to get it complete.
Speaker 3: And uh, I can't wait for Levi's to be rocking
Speaker 3: here and what are.
Speaker 1: We ten days out, nine days out? It's coming.
Speaker 2: That's fight.
Speaker 4: It seems like when you drafted Cam Walkley last year
Speaker 4: you knew that he might be a.
Speaker 1: Bit of a project.
Speaker 5: Did that go more slowly than you expected? Why tied
Speaker 5: with him two years in?
Speaker 1: Yeah? Cam did a great job.
Speaker 3: Matt you know, had had two knee surgeries in his
Speaker 3: time here, but couldn't have asked for anything more in
Speaker 3: terms of his work ethic. I think we just kind
Speaker 3: of you fall into some some good player. Salbert is
Speaker 3: a guy that we went out and got in free
Speaker 3: agency really has been a nice fine for us, both
Speaker 3: at tight end and as special teams. Jake Tongis has
Speaker 3: has been really i'd say a surprise, and Uh played
Speaker 3: really well. So Braden Willis was a tough cut, but
Speaker 3: he's back on our practice squad, so I think there
Speaker 3: was just tough competition. And you know, Cam can do
Speaker 3: a lot of good things. I saw he landed in
Speaker 3: I believe Cleveland's practice squad, and I'm excited for him
Speaker 3: and his opportunities. I mean, the thing everyone liked about
Speaker 3: Cam coming in is he could do a little bit
Speaker 3: of everything, and it takes I mean I always tell
Speaker 3: players it took me till my third year to start
Speaker 3: in this league and things went pretty well. So it
Speaker 3: happens at different times for different players.
Speaker 1: You want to be able to hold on, but when.
Speaker 3: You've got a roster sometimes you've got to make tough decisions.
Speaker 3: And that was certainly a tough one because Cam gave
Speaker 3: us everything he had.
Speaker 1: I think we've seen.
Speaker 2: The final fifty three man moves yet today. But are
Speaker 2: you still planning on keeping Logan Thomas around that room?
Speaker 3: We'll see, you know, Logan's a guy that unfortunately had
Speaker 3: a hamstring injury during camp. And you know, we like
Speaker 3: what Logan brings to the table, and you know, we're
Speaker 3: in contact with him.
Speaker 1: We'll see what breaks.
Speaker 3: There's still a couple more fun I don't practice squad spots.
Speaker 5: Earlier today on kr Dante Winner said tonight he's going
Speaker 5: to watch film with molt Mustafa and trying to get
Speaker 5: him ready for week one. You know your Hall of
Speaker 5: Fame safety would you watch film with Mustafa? Could you
Speaker 5: can you help bring him along?
Speaker 3: I mean he's doing all right, man, he's uh, you
Speaker 3: know we it's always awesome when you think you see
Speaker 3: something on film and then you see the person that's
Speaker 3: even better. And uh, you know, Kyle talks a lot
Speaker 3: about something that I tried to live my career. You
Speaker 3: want to play with no hesitation. And when Malick sees something,
Speaker 3: he goes and gets it and he can go get
Speaker 3: it in a hurry. And it's not it's not perfect yet,
Speaker 3: it shouldn't be perfect. He's a rookie, but man, he's
Speaker 3: been impressive. He's going to make an impact on this team.
Speaker 3: I think we can all see that he plays fast,
Speaker 3: he plays physical, he's a Niner and we're really excited
Speaker 3: about what's to come. And you know he's got a
Speaker 3: long way to go. Malick knows that, but he's a worker.
Speaker 3: Danny Bullocks is doing a really good job. Love that
Speaker 3: guys like Dante are around. But I like Malex a
Speaker 3: historian too. You know, Ronnie was over here a couple
Speaker 3: of weeks ago, and man, he was like a kid
Speaker 3: in a candy store. Uh seeing Ronnie lot some of
Speaker 3: the guys embarrassingly enough to know who he was. Malick
Speaker 3: sure knew who he was.
Speaker 1: Yeah today nothing today.
Speaker 4: Yeah, feeling is to see poon he looks like Kyle
Speaker 4: basically said he's a starting record.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I leave that to Kyle, but he's been really
Speaker 1: good to him. Uh yeah, yeah.
Speaker 4: But this draft class kind of produced immediately.
Speaker 3: We thought we really hit on this draft class. And
Speaker 3: that remains to be I always tell people ask me
Speaker 3: a couple of years down the line, but yeah, I
Speaker 3: mean Ricky, Ricky is going to be a really good
Speaker 3: football player. He's had some health challenges. Ricky's a good player. Pooney,
Speaker 3: the way he stepped in Ernardo Green, He's everything we
Speaker 3: thought he would be. He gets up, he competes, he's sticky,
Speaker 3: you know, Poony stepping right in. What we loved about
Speaker 3: Poony was his versatility. He played a lot of different spots,
Speaker 3: played a lot of football. But man, that's a guy that, like,
Speaker 3: you know, I'd be lying if I haven't said he's
Speaker 3: better than what I even thought he might be, you know,
Speaker 3: because there's always our style, the way we get out
Speaker 3: and run. There's a little it takes a little time,
Speaker 3: but he just took to it. And he's still got
Speaker 3: a lot more in the tank. And so he's doing a.
Speaker 1: Really good job.
Speaker 3: Our three fourth rounders grindom staff and cowing, all of
Speaker 3: them explosive, you know, bring speed their playmakers. So these
Speaker 3: guys are all all doing really well. We're proud of
Speaker 3: this group, but they got a long way to go.
Speaker 2: And obviously not being able to keep them all fifty three. Man,
Speaker 2: was that a numbers issue up run or were you
Speaker 2: guys more focused on keeping experienced?
Speaker 3: We wanted to it just ran out of ran out
Speaker 3: of numbers. You play the waiting game and think maybe
Speaker 3: we can sneak through.
Speaker 1: It didn't work. So those ones hurt. Were you that
Speaker 1: you were able to bring back?
Speaker 3: The Drake's doing a really nice job. You know, he's
Speaker 3: shown that it's not too big for him.
Speaker 1: Uh.
Speaker 3: At this level, center is a tough position because there's
Speaker 3: a lot mentally put on him. Drake's done a really
Speaker 3: nice job there and he'll be on our practice squad,
Speaker 3: have every opportunity to get better.
Speaker 1: But we're we're happy to have him in the building.
Speaker 3: A trepidation to expose Mordecai the waivers and how does
Speaker 3: that quarterback discussion? Uh, yeah, we felt we feel like
Speaker 3: we have four really good ones and unfortunately, or maybe
Speaker 3: a good thing for us, Tanner didn't get as many
Speaker 3: reps in the preseason as we would have liked for
Speaker 3: him to get because I think those the two guys
Speaker 3: at uh, Dobbs and Brandon were fighting out that and
Speaker 3: so we wanted to let that play out.
Speaker 1: Tanner is a talented kid, and.
Speaker 3: Uh, we're we're happy that he's on our practice squad
Speaker 3: and we're we're excited to work with him.
Speaker 1: You guys have a.
Speaker 2: Time frame for when huff would be people going and.
Speaker 1: Played in a game, going to be judicious, going to
Speaker 1: be smart.
Speaker 3: He's he's done a fabulous job, you know with his
Speaker 3: rehab and uh, you know he's been doing everything he
Speaker 3: can to the side. Today's a big step. Get him
Speaker 3: back at practice. Uh, I think Kyle said earlier, we'll
Speaker 3: get him through individual won't throw too much. He kind
Speaker 3: of like to phase that in and uh, you know,
Speaker 3: will he be ready week one?
Speaker 1: Not sure.
Speaker 3: I think it's going to be tight, but uh, you know,
Speaker 3: I think it's telling that we made the decision not
Speaker 3: not to keep him on pup, bring him off and
Speaker 3: we expect him somewhere in those early in the season.
Speaker 3: So I'm real proud of huff And and his progress.
Speaker 3: He makes us a better team, So be great to have.
Speaker 1: Him guys on the roster.
Speaker 2: Kyle said, they think it was last week that he's
Speaker 2: dealing with some injuries, that it might be a couple
Speaker 2: of weeks that he might be I R designated.
Speaker 5: What went into the decision.
Speaker 1: To put him on the fifty three.
Speaker 3: Uh, well, when you when you do that, I are
Speaker 3: to return, you have to you have to put him
Speaker 3: on for a day.
Speaker 1: And so that's what we did with.
Speaker 3: John and uh, you know, we'll have that opportunity to
Speaker 3: bring him back at some point.
Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, guys, thank you very much.