Speaker 1: Yeah, Well, first of all, that's huge for us. You know,
Speaker 1: we get a lot of yards, we get a lot
Speaker 1: of short stuff, you know, kind of bubble screens, some screens,
Speaker 1: and um, when you got guys like like Darren Sprowles
Speaker 1: and Josh huff I can really make plays with the
Speaker 1: ball in their hand, We're gonna find ways to get
Speaker 1: it to them. Um. And so that's a big part
Speaker 1: of what we do. And those guys been great and
Speaker 1: real explosive when they get those opportunities. So what was
Speaker 1: the difference between Game three and the first two in
Speaker 1: terms of protecting yourself? You talked about how you were
Speaker 1: working on that. Why did it seem to click more
Speaker 1: in that probably starts with the guys up front. You know,
Speaker 1: they were unbelievable last game. You know, I don't think
Speaker 1: I went to the ground more one or two times
Speaker 1: just because they brought some pressures. But those guys did
Speaker 1: a great job, and you know, guys were getting open,
Speaker 1: so I really didn't have to hold onto the ball
Speaker 1: too long. And you know, there wasn't many really many
Speaker 1: plays made made outside the pocket where where that was
Speaker 1: really an issue. It really came up run where you're
Speaker 1: into the rant of stick. I mean, what are you
Speaker 1: thinking in your head? Is that's going? Uh, I want
Speaker 1: to get all bounced. I mean I know, um, like
Speaker 1: like I said, I think in one of the postgame pressors,
Speaker 1: I'm not I'm not a runner first, but if if
Speaker 1: it's there, I'm gonna take off. But you know, like
Speaker 1: like we've talked about, it's something I'm always working on
Speaker 1: learning how to protect myself. So that was that was prevalent.
Speaker 1: And um, right there about players on the back, I
Speaker 1: finally um a little bit. You know, I think everyone
Speaker 1: back home is just really excited about the success both
Speaker 1: of myself, the Eagles, um, the Bison. You know, everyone's
Speaker 1: just kind of um fired up back there. So it
Speaker 1: was a lot of really you know, well received. Um.
Speaker 1: I mean people back there support the heck out of
Speaker 1: me and support the heck out of um like I
Speaker 1: said here and the and the Bison. So um. But
Speaker 1: it was all it was all really good. And you know,
Speaker 1: I'm very cautious about taking too much praise. You know,
Speaker 1: I realized it's only three games and we got a
Speaker 1: long way to go. Person Earlier today, Coach Peterson said
Speaker 1: that you maybe later in the season he would hold
Speaker 1: more design runs. Is that something that you would like
Speaker 1: to see in the offense? Um? You know what kind
Speaker 1: of is what it is? You know so far? You know,
Speaker 1: I can't complain about the play call, you know, I
Speaker 1: think it's been tremendous and um, he's done a really
Speaker 1: good job of putting us in good situations to make
Speaker 1: plays and I trust that he will the rest of
Speaker 1: the year as well. Any of those did you get
Speaker 1: when you were at Nouth Dakota State design player runs? Um,
Speaker 1: it's probably about eight to ten a game, you know,
Speaker 1: usually it was probably pretty standard. So um, so yeah,
Speaker 1: there's so much excitement surrounding you and this team. The
Speaker 1: first two weeks you said you were able to stay
Speaker 1: focused because you're basically in the building, you're having some
Speaker 1: tunnel vision. When you get away from for the week
Speaker 1: and you go back home and you're around friends, family,
Speaker 1: other people, and then you try to come back. How
Speaker 1: much does it take and how much of a challenge
Speaker 1: is it for you to now refocus and get locked
Speaker 1: back into ball. For me, it's really easy. You know.
Speaker 1: We got that bye week, we got you know, kind
Speaker 1: of renew our mind to get away from the game,
Speaker 1: see some friends and family and UM. But you know,
Speaker 1: towards Sami, the week has kind of open, had a
Speaker 1: bit to get back here. You know, I was ready
Speaker 1: to go and UM for me, once we're here and
Speaker 1: once we're in football mode, it's real easy for me
Speaker 1: to be locked in a pretty legitimate play the first time. Now,
Speaker 1: how different off That's huge, you know, having arts back UM.
Speaker 1: I mean, you guys all know the way he can
Speaker 1: make some plays, in the way he gets open and
Speaker 1: Um traded a tremendous job stepping up for him and Sellek.
Speaker 1: You know, he's been the same guy for what eight
Speaker 1: nine years now, So UM, having all three of those
Speaker 1: guys being able to make plays and the things that
Speaker 1: they all kind of bring to the table, that's huge
Speaker 1: for us. You're not only just watching your own film,
Speaker 1: but also film up other quarterbacks when it comes to
Speaker 1: taking hits and avoiding hints and that kind of thing.
Speaker 1: Are they putting that on a reel for you to
Speaker 1: watch each week? Not really? You know, it's one thing
Speaker 1: you know that even goes back to pre draft and everything.
Speaker 1: It was something I was starting to kind of study
Speaker 1: a little bit myself. You know, you don't put a
Speaker 1: lot of time into it. But you know when you
Speaker 1: watch other teams, you watch tape, you're like thinking, Okay,
Speaker 1: how could he avoided that? How could he have um,
Speaker 1: you know miss made that guy miss or got out
Speaker 1: of bounds and those types of things. So it's something
Speaker 1: I've been been doing a little bit for a while now,
Speaker 1: particular that you've watched, because they have a similar type
Speaker 1: style in terms of how they handle that. Yeah, you know,
Speaker 1: I think I think Russell Wilson does a really good
Speaker 1: job of protecting himself. You know, he's he's obviously makes
Speaker 1: plays with his feet. Um, Cam Newton takes some shots
Speaker 1: here and there. But I thought, you know, last year
Speaker 1: he was a guy that um, I always thought he
Speaker 1: did a good job with all the design quarterback runs
Speaker 1: of just protecting himself and taking the shots, you know,
Speaker 1: very sparingly. Game manager is local pot as a negative
Speaker 1: thing by self, but I mean obviously part of his
Speaker 1: plaine e fishing football, which are doing keeping the ball
Speaker 1: out of arms way, taking what the defense gives you.
Speaker 1: You could take the deep shots. Do you think that
Speaker 1: term applies when someone watches your play? Yeah, I mean,
Speaker 1: you guys can call it however you want. You know,
Speaker 1: it's just about executing. You know, we got the plays
Speaker 1: that are called, and um, we're gonna take our chances
Speaker 1: when when they're there, and we're gonna you know, just
Speaker 1: chip away and stay on the field. And um, I
Speaker 1: think so far we've done a really good job of
Speaker 1: that really good balance of short stuff, underneath stuff, quick
Speaker 1: stuff and then taking shots when they're there solid photo.
Speaker 1: Uh yeah, you know, I just saw a bunch of
Speaker 1: friends and family. You know, it has spent some good time,
Speaker 1: got you know, a couple of workouts in and everything,
Speaker 1: and um, it was really it was just really good,
Speaker 1: you know, really good to be back there, see a
Speaker 1: lot of people and uh, um get out and go
Speaker 1: hunting and all that. So it was a good time. Yeah, Carson,
Speaker 1: what do you see reading back him as far as
Speaker 1: his comfort level with this offense, You know, he keeps
Speaker 1: getting better every day. You know, that's something huge ever
Speaker 1: since he came in. Obviously he was a little behind,
Speaker 1: um behind the playbook installation and everything coming in when
Speaker 1: he did. But you know, he's done a great job
Speaker 1: of just picking things up. I've been very pleased with him,
Speaker 1: and um, he's a guy that we keep getting more
Speaker 1: and more involved, whether you see it on Sundays or not,
Speaker 1: he's he's getting more and more involved, and he's doing
Speaker 1: a really good job picking everything up right back to
Speaker 1: him against Pittsburgh after the drop for a nineteen yard completion.
Speaker 1: I mean, was that important to to let him know that? Absolutely?
Speaker 1: You know, whenever there's a drop or a play like that,
Speaker 1: I always go right up to the guy and I say, hey,
Speaker 1: it's coming right back to you. You know I have
Speaker 1: I have a lot of belief and a lot of
Speaker 1: confidence in all of these guys around here, So I'm
Speaker 1: just keep it positive. You know, no one wants to
Speaker 1: drop a ball. They ain't doing it on purpose, so um,
Speaker 1: really just stay positive with them and tell them it's
Speaker 1: coming right back. And sure enough, that's what happened. The
Speaker 1: best Detroit to what you guys had here for you
Speaker 1: to see the laying tons that help you there. Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: it is similar. You know obviously going against our defense
Speaker 1: and OTAs and training camp. Um, we'll give us a
Speaker 1: big advantage there. But you know they're good d you know,
Speaker 1: they like to fly around, and we know we'll be
Speaker 1: in their building, they'll be they'll be playing fast. It'll
Speaker 1: be a loud environment. Um, so you know, we know
Speaker 1: they present some challenges and play fast, but we just
Speaker 1: got to execute. When you have a week off, did
Speaker 1: you have any moments during your off time where you
Speaker 1: set yourself. I can't believe what I've done to start
Speaker 1: in my career. I mean, this is pretty amazing. There's
Speaker 1: been awards coming in left and right for you. Did
Speaker 1: you have a moment like that at all? Not really, No,
Speaker 1: I mean I really just get away from the game
Speaker 1: and I don't think about those things. And like I said,
Speaker 1: I'm real cautious about all those things. You know, it's
Speaker 1: only been three games. You know, we got a lot
Speaker 1: of work to do, and um, coming back after the bye,
Speaker 1: we're basically around here're saying it's a new season. You know,
Speaker 1: we're zero and zero, and you know we've got to
Speaker 1: win every ruin every day, you know, to dealing with
Speaker 1: crowd Douay's, especially at the Dome. Yeah, it'll be the
Speaker 1: same approach as we took in Chicago. You know, we
Speaker 1: just we got to use some silent celt mix it in. UM,
Speaker 1: really be sharp on our rules and our communication up front,
Speaker 1: and UM, you know, I thought we did a really
Speaker 1: good job of that in Chicago, and I'm looking to
Speaker 1: do a good job of it in Detroit. What was
Speaker 1: your favorite down It's been very fun. You know, I'm
Speaker 1: playing ball and I'm you know, out there with these guys. Um.
Speaker 1: You know, I just love every part of this game,
Speaker 1: you know, the preparation coming in here, um every day
Speaker 1: and being around these guys. There's there's not many things
Speaker 1: that I'd rather do in the world. So, UM, it's
Speaker 1: been a lot of fun and I'm glad things are
Speaker 1: have turned out the way they have. What was your
Speaker 1: what was your favorite thing about the buy? What did
Speaker 1: you do back in North Dakota that you really have
Speaker 1: been hoping you could? Are you going hunting? You know,
Speaker 1: getting out there? My brother was with me. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: getting that buck with the bow. It was just a
Speaker 1: lot of fun. And it's doing that and you know
Speaker 1: seeing seeing some family and friends. UM, that's always huge.
Speaker 1: So so it was a lot of fun. And you know,
Speaker 1: now it's one of those things though it's it's thirteen
Speaker 1: straight weeks and hopefully more, um, and we're ready to
Speaker 1: go the game. Did people treat you differently, Um, you know,
Speaker 1: pretty much the same as always. You know, obviously people
Speaker 1: are aware of what's happening. I think I saw a
Speaker 1: few more Eagles jerseys in the crowd than I think
Speaker 1: I ever have. Um, but now everyone's real, real passionate about,
Speaker 1: you know, Eagles football myself and buysing football, so um,
Speaker 1: it was really cool to be back there, and especially
Speaker 1: for those guys to get that wins. Everybody