Speaker 1: Several obvious he had planned to attend this week. He
Speaker 1: seemed very surprised about his release. Does that square with
Speaker 1: your perception? We were asked by his agent for a
Speaker 1: release on multiple occasions, so we weren't going to come
Speaker 1: to a conclusion in terms of a contract extension. We
Speaker 1: weren't gonna extend any contract or adjust any contracts, so
Speaker 1: we granted him what his agent asked for. So why
Speaker 1: I just asked him to contract That conversation I'd gone
Speaker 1: on for a long time so that it wasn't addressed
Speaker 1: to us that that was going to happen. So that's
Speaker 1: what That's what we did moving forward. So you don't
Speaker 1: think he would have played this season under that, I
Speaker 1: don't know. Men we went they obviously wanted a new contract.
Speaker 1: We weren't going to give him a new contract. They
Speaker 1: asked for the release or we released him. If you
Speaker 1: said that you hadn't received any offers two years for Evan,
Speaker 1: but was already forgiven towards holding him through August when
Speaker 1: maybe a team suffers an injury on the offense, and
Speaker 1: why didn't you be an asset? Maybe, but we discussed everything.
Speaker 1: We just felt if he did not he didn't want
Speaker 1: to be here. I want to. I want Evan to
Speaker 1: get whatever he can get and I hope it works
Speaker 1: out for him. And he was great for us in
Speaker 1: the two year as we have him, and um I
Speaker 1: like Evan a lot. If if he wants to get
Speaker 1: a release, to see if he can get what he
Speaker 1: can get better than what we released him. Change between
Speaker 1: this year and last year. He was asking for the
Speaker 1: trade last offseason as well, so why doesn't that They
Speaker 1: didn't ask for release or anything to that standpoint. So
Speaker 1: they were asking for release, So it's really release because
Speaker 1: initially he activity he's playing in over They asked for
Speaker 1: release on multiple occasions since the free agency started. To
Speaker 1: be honest with Ryant was either regotiate him release, So
Speaker 1: that's according to his agent, they they wanted to release
Speaker 1: or we release. Any concern about precedent for other players
Speaker 1: or may not be happy with it. Now we deal
Speaker 1: with every contract on individual basis, So but you don't steal.
Speaker 1: Other players might see what Evan does and try to
Speaker 1: pull our Other players could say they're going to hold
Speaker 1: out and get more money too. I mean there's there's
Speaker 1: a catch twenty two to both of those sides. Of it,
Speaker 1: So I haven't even around and packing back. We obviously
Speaker 1: are down a good football player, but I mean we
Speaker 1: were confident in the guys we have, and that's why
Speaker 1: we made the decision we may what if you see
Speaker 1: how the bar version of tobns that gave you more
Speaker 1: confidence that you could move forward down. I think Alan
Speaker 1: Barbar is an outstanding football part. He just got hurt
Speaker 1: at the beginning of the year. Last year or whenever
Speaker 1: he's had to play for us, he's played extremely well
Speaker 1: for us, and I know we're excited about moving forward
Speaker 1: with him, and then we'll see what happens at the
Speaker 1: other position. Ducks an issue for you guys on the
Speaker 1: offensive line last year. I mean I think that is
Speaker 1: an issue for everybody this week. So that's just part
Speaker 1: of the deal. So why did you choose the releasing
Speaker 1: Wayne new deal Because because we weren't coming to a
Speaker 1: conclusion in terms of him being here. So and why
Speaker 1: not wait until after the manage for the mini camps
Speaker 1: to see hopefully I was seeing if he could catch
Speaker 1: on with somebody for the mini camp so he could
Speaker 1: make a team. So I'm not going to hold guys out,
Speaker 1: And I mean that's just not to deal if he
Speaker 1: didn't want to be here and he wants to release,
Speaker 1: We granted him his release, so we moved on. They
Speaker 1: moved on. I hope things really work out for of him.
Speaker 1: Great discussion of releasing for creatives he started now because
Speaker 1: we were trying to see if we had draft options
Speaker 1: and I mean trade options, you know, and going through
Speaker 1: the draft and what conversations would happen then, and you know,
Speaker 1: went through the league meetings. Didn't have any conversations or
Speaker 1: no one had any conversations with us about offering us anything.
Speaker 1: So we we felt we waited as long as we
Speaker 1: possibly could to see if we could trade him. Were
Speaker 1: you concertain that he might hold out for training care
Speaker 1: Now that wasn't a concern at all. How would you
Speaker 1: says his play last year on the field, I think
Speaker 1: he played well, except he missed eight games, you know,
Speaker 1: so it's in the eight games he was here he
Speaker 1: played well. Do you feel like you're let a guard
Speaker 1: as you were last year with hermans Any We really
Speaker 1: did everything everything you want to do. We haven't changed
Speaker 1: any place games or how we approach things in terms
Speaker 1: of what we run for place and no wheler wheel.
Speaker 1: We just we need a sixteenth body in here. So
Speaker 1: we have sixteen offensive line and that's a number we
Speaker 1: have in our ninety and we've we've been down a
Speaker 1: body because Evan hasn't been here, but he was still
Speaker 1: counted in your nineties. So it's just adding another guy
Speaker 1: out there to add some depth to the guys that
Speaker 1: we have and see how he fits into the mix.
Speaker 1: Year obviously played some games and then wasn't it there
Speaker 1: us Again? What does he need to work on to
Speaker 1: make this? Just consistency? You know? At times, I think
Speaker 1: Matt's play played really well for us, but I think
Speaker 1: he needs to be more consistent, not just flash at times.
Speaker 1: And I think he understands up. But I think we've
Speaker 1: got some good competition going on there with him and
Speaker 1: Andrew Gardner and Dennis Kelly and Kevin Graft and the
Speaker 1: other guys that are at that position. Did the ankle
Speaker 1: sprain that he suffered from the previous finale last year
Speaker 1: kind of inhiboted starting off the year and when he
Speaker 1: did get in there was it still who's yeah, Yeah,
Speaker 1: he was behind you know, it was a significant injury.
Speaker 1: I think he actually came back a lot faster than
Speaker 1: we probably thought he was going to come back, but
Speaker 1: I think it uh speaks to his toughness. It was
Speaker 1: like Matthews and Jason Peters weren't a really good fit
Speaker 1: on the live side. That's but no, I mean no,
Speaker 1: the fact that that Barber has played left barb throughout
Speaker 1: the spring at Zach preparing for the possibility than that
Speaker 1: now he hasn't played left guard throughout the spring. So
Speaker 1: he's been the first team of coincidence. So I mean,
Speaker 1: you guys, look at it. I mean, we can go
Speaker 1: who's starting at corner today, and who's playing left guard today,
Speaker 1: and who plays right guard today. It's I'll say this.
Speaker 1: I know I say it over and over again, but
Speaker 1: maybe I get this point across It's June. Whoever lines
Speaker 1: up anywhere today is not an indication that they're going
Speaker 1: to be a starter where they line up and when
Speaker 1: we play in September. So I said that he is
Speaker 1: more comfortable on the left side. Do you notice that
Speaker 1: seemed to be a stronger point now, I mean, he
Speaker 1: played well for us last year. I thought when we
Speaker 1: played right tackle for lane, so we played all right
Speaker 1: tackle all last year during preseason and then in the
Speaker 1: first game and then obviously, but but he broke his
Speaker 1: ankle in that first game, So, um, I think he's
Speaker 1: comfortable and playing both sides. He may be a little
Speaker 1: bit more comfortable playing left. That's a you know, a
Speaker 1: conversation you can have with him. But I think he's
Speaker 1: comfortable playing both sides an offensive right Tobin's played some
Speaker 1: tackle that all those guys have Tobin as versatility they
Speaker 1: you don't, I don't like. I mean, we like guys
Speaker 1: like that, but you have to have that if you're
Speaker 1: not a starter. Wh when you we dress seven guys
Speaker 1: on game day, someone has to be a center guard,
Speaker 1: someone has to be a guard tackle because that's all
Speaker 1: you're dressing. So if you're not in the top five,
Speaker 1: you need to have versatility in terms of your ability
Speaker 1: to play. If you are only a one position guy
Speaker 1: and you're not the starter, it's difficult to make that
Speaker 1: game day roster just because we're going to take the
Speaker 1: guy who's more versatility over you because you don't know
Speaker 1: what you're what's going to go down on game day.
Speaker 1: So everyone's yeah, he should being so important for an
Speaker 1: offensive line. At what point was lately that side who
Speaker 1: those starters are going to be right the lift ard
Speaker 1: in order to build decomps, you should go in any year.
Speaker 1: We'll see how it plays itself out. But I don't
Speaker 1: I think our system lends itself to that. That's pretty
Speaker 1: cohesive group to begin with. So um, sometimes during training camp,
Speaker 1: you'd like to kind of narrow that down. What do
Speaker 1: you think about the carriers comments that maybe last week
Speaker 1: on to read I didn't really pay attention to the
Speaker 1: carrier's comments last week. I heard he made somebody I
Speaker 1: didn't listen to him or read him. So basically was
Speaker 1: saying that you you know, you thought the team was
Speaker 1: burned out at a kind of revisiting the comments he
Speaker 1: made last year. Yeah, I mean I talked to the
Speaker 1: rest of the players on our team. Malcolm Jenkins said
Speaker 1: he felt the best in his entire career after playing
Speaker 1: the most SAPs. So um, that's a minority opinion. There's
Speaker 1: the major already of our players, you know would tell
Speaker 1: you that they felt great at the end of the season.
Speaker 1: There's even one player things that well. Yeah, but I
Speaker 1: also know that you have to make your decisions based
Speaker 1: on the whole group, not just one player, because if
Speaker 1: I did it on one player, then the other guys
Speaker 1: would feel bad. So you guys change it all after
Speaker 1: you need of those comments that now practice changes because
Speaker 1: hein situated that kind of the practices, you backed off
Speaker 1: a little bit. Now we do the same thing every
Speaker 1: year in terms of what we do from volume. It's
Speaker 1: all based on science. So if you feel that way,
Speaker 1: then it was for that's what his perception of it.
Speaker 1: More than that was the real I don't know, you
Speaker 1: have to ask him. Only here would feel comfortable telling
Speaker 1: you if they felt we talked every day. I mean
Speaker 1: they fill out a questionnaire every day, so I mean
Speaker 1: it's something that we do on a daily basis. So
Speaker 1: is there a timeline for Bradford even or is that
Speaker 1: a training camp issue? Is there a timeline? Now we
Speaker 1: haven't said any timelines. Do this again that I didn't
Speaker 1: do it anyway, He's on the same type of schedule
Speaker 1: kind of make the seven Yeah, no, no, eleven on
Speaker 1: eleven th camp. Is there any difficult for the mini
Speaker 1: camp here in terms of training on the field. No,
Speaker 1: we just have afternoon sessions. We have a walkthrough in
Speaker 1: meetings in the afternoon. Yeah. The difference, the only difference
Speaker 1: is in the first part of OSPs. You have four hours.
Speaker 1: During ot as you have six hours, and during minicamp
Speaker 1: you have eight hours. But your time on the field
Speaker 1: doesn't change. So are you interested in at vetter in
Speaker 1: death at least someone on the offensive money, We're very
Speaker 1: comfortable in the ninety guys we have here right now. Question,
Speaker 1: you've talked about the need to reduce the X plays defensively,
Speaker 1: what were the problems that left to those lessons? If
Speaker 1: there's a million, I mean, sometimes it's just individual coverage.
Speaker 1: Sometimes it's a past rush not getting home. Sometimes it's
Speaker 1: a miscommunication. There's there's not There wasn't one specific thing
Speaker 1: that you can say, it's this. If we correct that,
Speaker 1: we'll be better at it. So do you think do
Speaker 1: you think Bradford will be ready for eleven on eleven
Speaker 1: and training can God? We hope. So