Speaker 1: You know, uh, obviously whether to finish the game. Um,
Speaker 1: obviously we had to get league approval, you know for
Speaker 1: you know, for them to determinate the game. But you know,
Speaker 1: we were just we just talked and just kind of
Speaker 1: hung out in the in the hallway here, UM, just
Speaker 1: small talking, just talking about camp, talking about the regular season.
Speaker 1: But really we were just kind of waiting on the
Speaker 1: league's decision at that time. Say about Josh, and he
Speaker 1: came in and you know, I thought he did a
Speaker 1: you know, a really good job. Um, you know, veteran
Speaker 1: player obviously, Uh, you know, the the game, the game plan.
Speaker 1: We just I had him just highlight players he knew
Speaker 1: in four days, you know, and then just called off
Speaker 1: of that and um, he handled it extremely well. Um
Speaker 1: bounced back there in the third quarter and led led
Speaker 1: two touchdown drives and and kind of got us back
Speaker 1: in the game. So as uh, you know, obviously pleased
Speaker 1: with with the way he handled himself. But Carson didn't play.
Speaker 1: We went in the night. Yeah, I mean, obviously my
Speaker 1: decision not to play him. Um, you know, listen, there's
Speaker 1: a lot of we've we've had a lot of good
Speaker 1: work with him. Uh in training camp. We had a
Speaker 1: lot of great work against Baltimore this week in practice,
Speaker 1: and and um, I'm really comfortable where where he's at
Speaker 1: right now, his his development, his growth with the with
Speaker 1: the team, with the offense. We also did you know,
Speaker 1: I did the same thing with Darren Sproles tonight. I
Speaker 1: didn't Also, you know, Miles didn't get in there, Jordan Howard,
Speaker 1: there were a couple of other players we didn't. We
Speaker 1: didn't play you know, on purpose, But um, you know,
Speaker 1: I'm comfortable where he is, how he's leading this football team.
Speaker 1: And I just felt like this was another opportunity, so
Speaker 1: to look at the other guys to play. You think
Speaker 1: Josh picked this up. And I know there wasn't a
Speaker 1: lot in the playbooll to pick this up so quickly,
Speaker 1: it's such a good job. Well, he spent a lot
Speaker 1: of time with with Coach Taylor with press you know,
Speaker 1: earlier in the week and UH before practices at night.
Speaker 1: Um just kind of cranking through the game plan and
Speaker 1: and really kind of fine tuned it just for him.
Speaker 1: It was just all about the game plan. We didn't
Speaker 1: give him the whole playbook, but UH wanted him to
Speaker 1: be comfortable with a few plays and and uh, you
Speaker 1: know my plan all along was to you know, let
Speaker 1: him go two plus quarters you know, in this football game,
Speaker 1: and and uh kind of let him get his feedback
Speaker 1: back into the game. And um did a nice job,
Speaker 1: a pretty big decisions, Carson. You know what has he
Speaker 1: shown you? And training camp he said, it's time, good
Speaker 1: work good. You know he's really um, I think it's
Speaker 1: from a leadership standpoint, on and off the field, how
Speaker 1: he's how he's really uh taking charge of the team,
Speaker 1: not just the offense, but the team. Some of the
Speaker 1: things that I see I see him uh really um,
Speaker 1: you know, opening opening himself up to you know, um,
Speaker 1: the offense from the standpoint of of you know, letting
Speaker 1: the offense work. And that just comes from time with
Speaker 1: the system, you know, and and developing his his repertoire
Speaker 1: plays and what he likes and and getting comfortable and um,
Speaker 1: you know he's he's really done an outstanding job. And
Speaker 1: even physically from his rehab back in the spring all
Speaker 1: the way through training camp, UM, you know he's clicking
Speaker 1: on all cylinders. His mind is good, his body feels fresh,
Speaker 1: and and uh, you know all the things that we've
Speaker 1: seen through camp have really for me that was that
Speaker 1: was the deciding factor. Yeah, yeah, yeah, he could go
Speaker 1: and and and you know, our our guys could guys
Speaker 1: could roll. I mean, you know, again, the thing with
Speaker 1: preseason two is we're here to evaluate, and we're to
Speaker 1: evaluate some of the backup the role role players, the
Speaker 1: situational guys, and and we needed some answers from our
Speaker 1: backup quarterbacks. And obviously unfortunate and you know, Nate got
Speaker 1: hurt in week one. Um, otherwise he's taken a lot
Speaker 1: of these reps, you know, so um, but yeah, I
Speaker 1: feel comfortable with with the guys, even Darren Sprowles. I
Speaker 1: feel comfortable putting him back out there, you know. And
Speaker 1: and just watching Jason Peters tonight and Isaac and Kelsey,
Speaker 1: I mean, these guys wanted to play, and they wanted
Speaker 1: to be out there and and kind of feel the game,
Speaker 1: you know. So uh yeah, I'm comfortable with that particular.
Speaker 1: Why said Jordan and Miles after playing in the first
Speaker 1: two games, Well, one, we needed to see Corey a
Speaker 1: little bit more. He hasn't played in a while, so
Speaker 1: we needed to see some some more time. Felt like
Speaker 1: we had uh you know, uh, we had checked the
Speaker 1: boxes with Miles and Jordan a little bit in the
Speaker 1: first two games and obviously through camp, so it was
Speaker 1: really Corey's time, you know, to to play. And I
Speaker 1: thought he did some really good things out there tonight.
Speaker 1: I'm talking about about young player. JJ had a lot
Speaker 1: of trip, a lot of production tonight. What does that
Speaker 1: say about him that he's able to do that with
Speaker 1: a quarterback that's been here for a couple of days. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I just think it's, uh, you know, one of the
Speaker 1: things j JJ's and a hard worker. You see it
Speaker 1: in practice every day. He comes to work every day.
Speaker 1: He wants to get better, he wants to be taught,
Speaker 1: he wants to learn. He's got a great mentor in
Speaker 1: al Sean in front of him, you know, and so
Speaker 1: he's learning from that and and then and then being
Speaker 1: able to talk to Josh or talk to Carson during
Speaker 1: the week, talk about routes, to talk about coverage and
Speaker 1: and that's where that's where he really takes it over
Speaker 1: to the field. And I think that's what you're what
Speaker 1: you saw tonight with him and and his ability to
Speaker 1: make plays and and you know the red zone. We
Speaker 1: know he can be explosive, and um, he was able
Speaker 1: to do that really, not only there, but out in
Speaker 1: the field quarterback. Yeah, I mean it's it's a it's
Speaker 1: a challenging you know decision obviously. Um, you know something
Speaker 1: we gotta we still got beauty of this. We have
Speaker 1: one more game. We have one more preseason game to really, um,
Speaker 1: you know, see these guys in action one more time
Speaker 1: and and and make some hard decisions you know, next week.
Speaker 1: And you know that's that's the thing this week is,
Speaker 1: you know, my message to all of those guys, not
Speaker 1: just qbs, but to all the backups, the guys that
Speaker 1: are fighting for jobs is, man, this is your this
Speaker 1: is your this is your opportunity, you know, and and
Speaker 1: make the most of it. You know. I was. I
Speaker 1: was one of those guys and not so long ago,
Speaker 1: and so I understand what they're going through and um,
Speaker 1: and they want to put good tape out there, and uh,
Speaker 1: this is our this is our opportunity. The first game
Speaker 1: in a year or so was the boards for him
Speaker 1: to be out there, I think again, just to get
Speaker 1: out there and feel the feel the game, you know,
Speaker 1: feel the energy, feel uh, feel that nervousness, that butterfly feeling,
Speaker 1: you know, getting getting out there into the game and
Speaker 1: getting that first hit, that first tackle, hawd, he moved
Speaker 1: around well, Um, of course I'll evaluate the film, look
Speaker 1: at it in the morning and and uh and watch
Speaker 1: him some more, you know, closely. But overall felt like
Speaker 1: he really settled in and did a nice job. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean you'd like to see, you know, some of
Speaker 1: those kicks go in. I've been a little inconsistent there. Um,
Speaker 1: he's a hard worker. Um, I have a lot of
Speaker 1: confidence in Jake. You know, the operation has been good
Speaker 1: between you know, uh, between Rick and Cam and and
Speaker 1: and Jake. They work hard doing that. But um, you know, yeah,
Speaker 1: you'd love to see a few more of those go
Speaker 1: between the uprights. But uh, that's something he takes the heart,
Speaker 1: and he'll get better and he'll he'll he'll make him
Speaker 1: down the road. Okay, thanks