Speaker 1: It's been. It's been both your wins. Now what stands
Speaker 1: out about that group down there? Gosh, it's a it's
Speaker 1: a group that just you know, they bow their neck
Speaker 1: when I have to um and uh, I think it's
Speaker 1: what two for ten, two out of ten last you
Speaker 1: know for the Atlantic game and at home anyway, Um
Speaker 1: that our defense has stopped. So it's a um, they
Speaker 1: understand sense of urgency down there. You know, they understand
Speaker 1: that things things can happen faster, balls out faster. Um.
Speaker 1: You know, the space is obviously limited down there, so
Speaker 1: it's an advantage defense a little bit. And and they
Speaker 1: they they play well. I mean it's been, it's been
Speaker 1: one of the one of the positives on defense. Guys,
Speaker 1: it's on your first drive and your left drive. And
Speaker 1: a couple of players in there said that there's a
Speaker 1: magic when when Carson's in there. I'd to denigrate when
Speaker 1: Nick has done. But what was it like having him
Speaker 1: back and what did you think of his performance? Well,
Speaker 1: it was exciting to to get him back out there,
Speaker 1: and and uh, you know a week really started back
Speaker 1: in on Tuesday, you know with our walk through and stuff,
Speaker 1: and then the whole week just seeing him you know,
Speaker 1: just how he got in the huddle, talking to the guys,
Speaker 1: communicating with them, you know, the skill guys, um throughout
Speaker 1: the game today and just kind of getting back to
Speaker 1: his old self. Um. You know, and again like always,
Speaker 1: you know, we will evaluate. I know he would probably
Speaker 1: have want want to get the fumble back, he'd want
Speaker 1: to pick back and things like that, and and those
Speaker 1: are things that can't happen, especially you know when our
Speaker 1: backed up on our end of the field. But I
Speaker 1: thought overall, he did some nice things. Moved around well,
Speaker 1: extended extended some drives for us um whether he was
Speaker 1: running or you know, escaping the pocket and making some
Speaker 1: plays down the field. But um, I thought for the
Speaker 1: first first time back, not too bad. There seemed to
Speaker 1: be several plays where maybe a year ago or two
Speaker 1: years ago, Carson might have tucked it and run as
Speaker 1: opposed to like hitting Dallas Goddard a couple of times,
Speaker 1: hitting the running back a couple of times. Do you
Speaker 1: think the knee has anything to do that to think
Speaker 1: that's natural maturity? Do you agree with that? I don't
Speaker 1: think it's the need at all. I think it's just
Speaker 1: maturity of playing the position, and and and seeing the
Speaker 1: field and and it comes from playing, you know. And
Speaker 1: and uh um he did that several times today. Um,
Speaker 1: dumped it off into the flat, got got positive, you know,
Speaker 1: eight yards, ten yards whatever, and that that just comes
Speaker 1: from playing and just the maturity of playing the position.
Speaker 1: Over time. He's your quarterback diving into the sideline for
Speaker 1: that first down. What's going through your mind in the
Speaker 1: second quarter? Um, Well, for me, I was standing right there.
Speaker 1: I mean, it's definitely obviously a safe as a safe dive.
Speaker 1: You know, there was no contact other than him hitting
Speaker 1: the ground really and um, that's just him, you know.
Speaker 1: I mean that that's the that's the aggressive nature that
Speaker 1: that he plays with. And those are types of plays
Speaker 1: that you know, you just you know, um, you just
Speaker 1: make you just do. It's just it's just instinct, you know,
Speaker 1: and and something you don't you don't coach and and
Speaker 1: uh um, you know it just it was a great,
Speaker 1: great play, great way to get a first down and
Speaker 1: keep us on the field. Didn't appear that obviously he worried,
Speaker 1: didn't even think about the injury. How important is it
Speaker 1: for a quarterback who comes off an injury to go
Speaker 1: out there and just be who he was before it
Speaker 1: seemed that way. Any Yeah, I mean I think it's important.
Speaker 1: I don't want to, you know, I don't want to
Speaker 1: put you know, restraints on him at all, and and
Speaker 1: and put him in bubble wrap. And it's not that's
Speaker 1: not how we play the game. It's not how he
Speaker 1: plays the game. And he wants to be you know,
Speaker 1: just as aggressive on the field too, and and so
Speaker 1: I don't think about it that way. I just want to,
Speaker 1: you know, do us right for obviously him, but for
Speaker 1: the offense and the other guys out there that are
Speaker 1: that are strained in their bodies to to just execute
Speaker 1: one play. But I thought he you know, protected himself
Speaker 1: pretty pretty well today the game. I think Carson's first
Speaker 1: seven targets or sou we're at tight ends and he
Speaker 1: played a lot of thirteen. What may you think that
Speaker 1: was the way to go going into the game, Um,
Speaker 1: just by scheme, you just uh, we felt like with
Speaker 1: our three tight ends, that gives us a little bit
Speaker 1: of a personnel advantage. Teams want to play, you know,
Speaker 1: a base defense. They eventually went to nickel defense and
Speaker 1: we still had some success to on that and then
Speaker 1: we began to run the ball just bigger people, athletic
Speaker 1: people on the field. Really worked for us on the
Speaker 1: you know, the opening drive and and just wanted to
Speaker 1: get the quarterback in a rhythm too, you know with that.
Speaker 1: But um, part of the plan, part of you know,
Speaker 1: this game plan was was to do do some of
Speaker 1: that in this game. Spoke after the last game about
Speaker 1: wanting big plays on offense. You had to really get
Speaker 1: together a long drive. I think the final drives a
Speaker 1: sixteen play drive. Is that good enough for you or
Speaker 1: do you want to have more exposive plays? Well again,
Speaker 1: well we'll take a look at the film. I mean,
Speaker 1: you definitely want more. I mean, you know it goes
Speaker 1: out so you love to score you know, five play
Speaker 1: drives and put yourself in the end zone. But um,
Speaker 1: sometimes it doesn't happen that way. And again without evaluating
Speaker 1: the tape and seeing if whether we miss somebody or
Speaker 1: you know, protection breakdown whatever stuff we can fix, then
Speaker 1: then we can we can continue to uh you know,
Speaker 1: stay aggressive. There. We had some opportunities, we made some
Speaker 1: plays down the field. Um, you know, Urs had a
Speaker 1: couple of nice ones, Dallas had a couple when Dale
Speaker 1: had a nice long pass in there. So you know,
Speaker 1: we're getting them. We just got to make sure that
Speaker 1: we continue to stay aggressive. And obviously, as a play caller,
Speaker 1: you know, I gotta I gotta call to play. Drive
Speaker 1: was the key. Just the resiliency of the offense, quite honestly, Um,
Speaker 1: offensive line began to dominate a little bit at that point.
Speaker 1: Um And and uh, gosh, you know when Dale Corey
Speaker 1: running extremely hard and then and then we were fortunate
Speaker 1: a couple of penalties went our way and and extended
Speaker 1: a couple of those drives. But um, you know, it's just, uh,
Speaker 1: I had just a team effort at that particular time, Right.
Speaker 1: Were there things that you didn't do you thought he
Speaker 1: might diagnose? Were there things that you think he diagnosed
Speaker 1: today that you know, sort of blew up for you?
Speaker 1: What was it like basing a guy that you've been
Speaker 1: so close to the last couple of years. And yeah,
Speaker 1: it was a lot of fun, a lot of fun
Speaker 1: getting chance to visit with him before the game. And um,
Speaker 1: you know, we were aware of of a couple of
Speaker 1: things that that he might pick up on, whether it
Speaker 1: be by formation or personnel, and kind of vice versa
Speaker 1: with us, you know, with with their offense, and and
Speaker 1: really quite honestly, once you're into the you know, the
Speaker 1: heat of the battle, you're into the game, you know,
Speaker 1: you just you're just focused on calling the next play
Speaker 1: and executing that next play and and uh and trying
Speaker 1: to trying to score. And I know he was the
Speaker 1: same way. But he's got a good football team. He's
Speaker 1: got a great quarterback obviously, Um, they're gonna win a
Speaker 1: ton of games. And then it was it was fun
Speaker 1: to play against building on a death chart after the
Speaker 1: trade last year. What made you trust him today? In
Speaker 1: that situation with with with two guys out Darren Sproles
Speaker 1: on JG, I weren't playing no, um no, I mean listen,
Speaker 1: Wendell has always has always impressed me. I mean, he's
Speaker 1: he's worked extremely hard. He um, he's really improved it's
Speaker 1: craft and put himself in a position to help us.
Speaker 1: And and he did it again in training camp this
Speaker 1: year and in the first part of this season. And
Speaker 1: you gotta have guys like that, you know, might might
Speaker 1: be role players, but you know what their role is
Speaker 1: pretty big in games like this when you know your
Speaker 1: two top guys are down in the backfield and along
Speaker 1: the same lines. I thought, Josh stepped in and made
Speaker 1: some nice runs too, you know. So, UM, we continue
Speaker 1: because they also play you know, special teams. Um, we
Speaker 1: continue to rotate guys and make sure they're fresh throughout
Speaker 1: the game. Had a big game. Was that because you
Speaker 1: saw matchups, because of necessity considering the injuries that you're
Speaker 1: dealing with in the depth issues, or because he's earned
Speaker 1: it because he's progressive to this degree. I really think
Speaker 1: it's a little bit all that what you just said. Um,
Speaker 1: he's earned it. Obviously, he's smart, he's talented. We see
Speaker 1: it in practice. Um, you know, And and it's it's
Speaker 1: it's just time to play, you know, and cut him
Speaker 1: loose a little bit, and and and don't keep him
Speaker 1: back and and so it was part of the game
Speaker 1: plan again to to do that with two tight ends,
Speaker 1: three tight ends. But at the same time, UM, as
Speaker 1: he gets more and more comfortable with the offense and
Speaker 1: and and find um specific plays for him, he's just
Speaker 1: gonna get better and better. And Uh, it's it's a
Speaker 1: combination really of all those comments you mentioned. The committee
Speaker 1: at running back without Jay and darn Darren, what gives
Speaker 1: you the competence Other coaches might shorten their bench show
Speaker 1: to speak, but you still went with the three guys,
Speaker 1: went Donald, Josh, what gives you the competence and those guys,
Speaker 1: you know, I I trust Deuce during the week to
Speaker 1: make sure that those guys are prepared, trust the players
Speaker 1: that they're doing their jobs to UH to make sure
Speaker 1: they understand the game plan. And really, you know it,
Speaker 1: I talk a lot about it takes all fifty three,
Speaker 1: you know, and and then of course it takes the
Speaker 1: forty six. On a game day, whoever dresses is going
Speaker 1: to play. And um, you know, these first three games,
Speaker 1: it's it's really come down to everybody's had to play.
Speaker 1: And you know, this is the National Football League, and UM,
Speaker 1: you know again, I'm not going to hold a player
Speaker 1: back just because you know he's a rookie or he
Speaker 1: doesn't have enough experience. UM, it's our job as coaches
Speaker 1: to UH to coach him up, you know, and to
Speaker 1: get him, get him ready and prepared. And so the
Speaker 1: next time Josh is in this situation, you know, each
Speaker 1: each time gets a little better and better. So, um,
Speaker 1: whether he's a rookie or a you know, twelve thirteen
Speaker 1: year vet, and we have to make sure that they're
Speaker 1: all coached up the same involved in another big I
Speaker 1: think with Derek Barnett involved in another big you know,
Speaker 1: strip sack bumble. What has his progress been like since
Speaker 1: you since you guys drafted him? And where is he
Speaker 1: right now? That was one of the big plays that Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, great play. Um, this kid just keeps getting
Speaker 1: better and better. UM been pleased with how he how
Speaker 1: he works in practice. UM, you know, he's he's an
Speaker 1: unselfish ball player. I mean he'll play special teams if
Speaker 1: you ask him, he'll rush the pastor if you ask him.
Speaker 1: I mean, he just he does some so many great things.
Speaker 1: And we're so excited to have a player like Derek
Speaker 1: and a young player like Derek who who who can
Speaker 1: who can play extensively and and and work in the
Speaker 1: work in the rotation. Um just seems like, you know,
Speaker 1: somewhere in the game ninety six is gonna show up,
Speaker 1: you know and make him play. And he did that,
Speaker 1: you know several times. Today. It was the message to
Speaker 1: both Carson and in the locker room. UM, I just
Speaker 1: can congratulated Carson just on the win, you know, UM,
Speaker 1: nothing further than that really, just uh, you know, we
Speaker 1: found a way, you know, make it work, and we won,
Speaker 1: and it's to be proud of, you know, and you know,
Speaker 1: for the team, it's it's a matter of just we
Speaker 1: got to just learn from our mistakes. I really feel like,
Speaker 1: you know, good football teams find ways to win and
Speaker 1: and we've we've been able to do that in tight,
Speaker 1: close ball games. We've been able to you know, figure
Speaker 1: it out and and win and that and that's a
Speaker 1: tribute to the guys in the locker room, and so
Speaker 1: that was kind of my thoughts after the after the
Speaker 1: game to them, and you know, to enjoy it um
Speaker 1: and we're right back to work on Tuesday. Thanks