Speaker 1: Yeah, we we looked at the tape. You know, after
Speaker 1: we looked at the tape, he didn't have the greatest year,
Speaker 1: but he played with a lot of injury. To his credit.
Speaker 1: You know, Comarti is one of the closest and one
Speaker 1: of the finest players I've ever played or coached with,
Speaker 1: or coach for or haven't coached. And you know, it
Speaker 1: was a hard decision, but we need to upgrade a
Speaker 1: little bit at that position, and that's why the decision
Speaker 1: was made. No, I mean, there's a chance he could
Speaker 1: come back, so we'll see how it goes down the line.
Speaker 1: But there's a chance. We haven't made that decision yet.
Speaker 1: We still got a couple of days ago Ohio State
Speaker 1: tackle Taylor Decker podium c. I said, we haven't made
Speaker 1: a decision yet. We got a couple of days ago
Speaker 1: for that m Well, that's open right now. Obviously you've
Speaker 1: got Buster, you got d you got Marcus. We've got
Speaker 1: a couple of guys there that can play. So it's
Speaker 1: an open competition. We'll see who wins out how much
Speaker 1: Brandon stays in phenomenal shape. So he came back. He
Speaker 1: came in shape this year and played great for us,
Speaker 1: and we look forward to do it to the same
Speaker 1: next year. You know, we'll see how long he goes.
Speaker 1: We're optimistic and we're working through it, so hopefully something
Speaker 1: had become of it. But we know it's a business
Speaker 1: at the same time, and we have certain plans in place,
Speaker 1: but our plans are to keep them. M well, we
Speaker 1: gotta get him back first, and you know, once we
Speaker 1: get them back, then we can work from there. He'll
Speaker 1: go in as a starter and we'll go from there.
Speaker 1: We're working on it. You know, We've got a couple
Speaker 1: of days to work on it, and we'll see how
Speaker 1: it goes. You know, me and Mike we've been talking
Speaker 1: about it and everything else, so we're not gonna devote
Speaker 1: that in public. We'll just keep working at it all
Speaker 1: right now, general's our backup quarterback, running back. She goes
Speaker 1: obviously all of more free agents, and you know, like
Speaker 1: I said, me and Mike, we're working on that and
Speaker 1: we'll have something. We have plans in place for the
Speaker 1: next coming couple of days and we'll work towards that.
Speaker 1: I'm sorry, can you repeat that again? Developed here? I
Speaker 1: think he's developed. I think he's still developing, you know,
Speaker 1: We'll see when preseason and camp rolls around next year
Speaker 1: how much he's developed and whether the game has slowed
Speaker 1: down for him a little bit. We know he's a talent.
Speaker 1: He can throw, he's bright, and he's learning and he
Speaker 1: will keep progressing forward towards the Yeah, he got a
Speaker 1: lot of scout team rests, but they got some regular
Speaker 1: reps too. Well. That'll be determined in preseason and how
Speaker 1: well he doesn't summer camp in spring. I think we
Speaker 1: need help everywhere. You know when you're going to a draft.
Speaker 1: After the season, we had a lot of chances, and
Speaker 1: we had a lot of positions that played well, but
Speaker 1: we need to upgrade. At the same time, we know
Speaker 1: we're an older team. We want to get younger at
Speaker 1: almost every position, and we'll try to do that. Bruce
Speaker 1: has meant everything from my career. Obviously, he's coached me
Speaker 1: in college and he brought me along from the seventeen
Speaker 1: eighteen year old and then we were together in Cleveland
Speaker 1: as well, and bringing me to Arizona and give me
Speaker 1: a chance to be a coordinator, which brings me to
Speaker 1: where I am today as well as becoming a man.
Speaker 1: Bruce has almost everything to do with that. Uh. The
Speaker 1: staff we had in Cleveland, me pegana coach, arians Poage
Speaker 1: phase Ill, Keith Butler, Terry Robiski. We had a lot
Speaker 1: of good guys on that staff that coach Davis had acquired,
Speaker 1: and you know, we had some fun times back then.
Speaker 1: I'm here longer, uh, but you know it doesn't change much.
Speaker 1: You just add a couple of days on and you
Speaker 1: gotta get familiar with the offense and the offensive lineman
Speaker 1: and place kickers and punters and those type of things.
Speaker 1: So you just here long and you gotta do more
Speaker 1: work all right. Now. He's still gotta be rehabbing right now.
Speaker 1: We're not allowed to talk to the players, so we
Speaker 1: gotta see when the spring comes. He's been hurt all year,
Speaker 1: so at the same thing, we got to see how
Speaker 1: it comes out in the spring. I'm not sure yet. No,
Speaker 1: he's a rookie, and a lot of rookies get hurt,
Speaker 1: a lot of vets get hurt. You know, we'll just
Speaker 1: be ready for when he comes back. It wouldn't be
Speaker 1: difficult if he was to play outside and inside. He's
Speaker 1: done it when Cormarty got hurt, and he's played in Cleveland,
Speaker 1: So I'm fine with him playing outside or inside. He's
Speaker 1: in the competition for the starting job. The spots open.
Speaker 1: What's your valuation. Though he had a good season, he
Speaker 1: got better as the season went on. He played hard.
Speaker 1: You know, he's a talent. He's a big talent. He's
Speaker 1: a big part of what we're gonna be doing going forward.
Speaker 1: And I was happy with him. He's on our team
Speaker 1: right now, like until we hit free agency and make decisions.
Speaker 1: Currently is part of our team. Yeah, that's what we
Speaker 1: have right now. We got the same starting offensive line.
Speaker 1: They did a good job. They held down the sacks
Speaker 1: and they ran the ball. But again, we want to
Speaker 1: upgrade it every position. No, he's injured right now. But
Speaker 1: maturity is the first thing that got him on the field.
Speaker 1: Is relent with effort. Uh. He got better at taking
Speaker 1: on blocks and reading blocks. As the season went on,
Speaker 1: he became more explosive. Well, I just thought there was
Speaker 1: a disconnect. Nothing against Bobby. I thought Bobby did the
Speaker 1: best he could and Bobby is a good coach, and
Speaker 1: it was a tough decision to make, and we gotta
Speaker 1: get better there. We had to get better players as well.
Speaker 1: I thought it was both mixed and it just felt
Speaker 1: like it was a disconnect to me and something had
Speaker 1: to be done. That's something that me and Bobby discussed
Speaker 1: and I'll keep that between us. See no, and I'm
Speaker 1: moving on O. It's bright, guys played. He was a
Speaker 1: special teams player for about ten years with Jacksonville and Cleveland.
Speaker 1: Right coached him in Cleveland for a couple of years.
Speaker 1: He went on in Indianapolis and became assistant special teams
Speaker 1: coach for four years. Very bright, very energetic, understands the game. Uh,
Speaker 1: probably has a lot of fire in them for what
Speaker 1: I'm looking for and getting things done and how I
Speaker 1: think the connect can be made between him and the players.
Speaker 1: So going forward, that's what I went with. All right, Now,
Speaker 1: we got Cumberland and we got Kellen Davis, who I
Speaker 1: understands the free agent. Uh. We got a couple of
Speaker 1: people hurt that we got to deal with, and it's
Speaker 1: a decision we try to upgrade and if we can.
Speaker 1: Arkansas artists actually a big part of our offense because they,
Speaker 1: you know, they became blockers for what we were doing.
Speaker 1: You have the ball throwing the decker, you had the
Speaker 1: ball going to Marshall. There's only one ball. You can't
Speaker 1: give it to everybody, But you know, Cumberland and Kelln
Speaker 1: did a great job blocking and cutting off the back side.
Speaker 1: They were a big part of our running game. We
Speaker 1: didn't assess the spot as a weakness in the passing
Speaker 1: game because we had the guys outside that were getting
Speaker 1: open and squared a bunch of touchdowns. No, it changes.
Speaker 1: It changes every year. You have a different team, you
Speaker 1: have a different scheme. So we have a different scheme
Speaker 1: going into this year, so we'll be looking for some
Speaker 1: different things as well as those things as well. Yeah,
Speaker 1: we got some young guys and we're gonna put them
Speaker 1: in the pot and see if they can play. Obviously,
Speaker 1: Balden's coming back. We signed Bishop from the CFL, and
Speaker 1: we got injuries with Catapon all that we gotta come back,
Speaker 1: so the spots open, but we have young guys that
Speaker 1: were confident that can play, not to the point to
Speaker 1: make a decision. They got hurt early and Randy came
Speaker 1: into an adequate job going forward, but we know he's
Speaker 1: a fridgent as well, and it's something we're still discussing.
Speaker 1: We want all our guys back, but we understand it's
Speaker 1: a business. We ain't gonna be able to afford them all,
Speaker 1: and they're gonna have other opportunities, and we want guys
Speaker 1: that want to be back, but at the same time,
Speaker 1: we gotta be able to afford them without sacrificing the team.
Speaker 1: It's not difficult. These things work themselves out. I mean,
Speaker 1: it's just a question before it all starts, that work
Speaker 1: themselves out. Once it starts. What's your getting all those?
Speaker 1: Like I said, we're working on it, and we're dealing
Speaker 1: with that behind closed doors, and we'll keep working on it.