Speaker 1: All right, So a couple of things that before we
Speaker 1: get started the question. So, first of all, Um, a
Speaker 1: little shout out to the Philadelphia Soul uh weekend, Ron
Speaker 1: Dwarski and the guys. I wish him best to luck
Speaker 1: and bring home a championship, pulling for them and and uh,
Speaker 1: this is a great, great opportunity for them as well. Um.
Speaker 1: The other thing I'll give you, give you an injury
Speaker 1: report real quick on who's on who's out for this game? Okay,
Speaker 1: who's who's out? So obviously Aaron Grimes, Jordan Matthews, Alex McCalister,
Speaker 1: Hunter Sharp, Joe Walker Carson is out he will travel,
Speaker 1: and then Mike Martin is out as well. And then
Speaker 1: the uh, the newest one on the list is Isaac
Speaker 1: will be out for this game. He has a strained
Speaker 1: uh a peck muscle that is day to day, and
Speaker 1: so we feel best best for his interest to to
Speaker 1: keep him out of this football game. Let you do it?
Speaker 1: How do you do it? Who asked the question? Oh
Speaker 1: you did? Okay? How did it? Just? In practice two
Speaker 1: days ago? Um felt it a little strain, uh blocking
Speaker 1: and so we we we evaluated him and just decided
Speaker 1: to keep him out of this game. So left guard
Speaker 1: now is wiz Newski. Yep, Whizz will go. Barbara will
Speaker 1: be at the right tackle spot again. Yeah. In terms
Speaker 1: of the rotation out deep into the game, will Sam Redding. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I want to see the starters come out of the
Speaker 1: dressing room, you know. I I talked to them about
Speaker 1: three fold quarters um and and want them to feel
Speaker 1: that that that intensity coming out of the dressing room.
Speaker 1: Second half. So so at least at least a series
Speaker 1: maybe two in the third quarter, depending how the game
Speaker 1: is going. We're happening to uh strain Calf, Yeah, strang Calf.
Speaker 1: He again, he's day to day and uh keeping him
Speaker 1: out of this game. That happened two days ago as well,
Speaker 1: the same day that Isaac got interested. Ray Johnson did
Speaker 1: Non did today. He was out here today. He actually
Speaker 1: went in just just with his low back, you know,
Speaker 1: still evaluating that, but but he he is up for
Speaker 1: this game. So how much people greed back in the play.
Speaker 1: You know, we've we've put a couple of plays in
Speaker 1: for him this week, expanded his role obviously from from
Speaker 1: a week ago. Uh, a full week of practice. He's
Speaker 1: comfortable with what we're doing with him. So I can't
Speaker 1: tell you how many number of snaps he'll get, but
Speaker 1: he'll definitely play and he'll play with the first group.
Speaker 1: Does you know he's looking he's looking good. Yeah, he's
Speaker 1: looking good. You know again, it's uh, the terminology is
Speaker 1: a little bit different. You know, we're not moving him around. Uh,
Speaker 1: So he's lining up in one spot, one position, which
Speaker 1: is good for him right now. Um, but he but
Speaker 1: he's playing fast and that's that's what we ask him
Speaker 1: to do. And he's being decisive with his routes um
Speaker 1: and and then you know, obviously in the block, he's
Speaker 1: such a big, big body that they're just covering guys
Speaker 1: up in the run game. Be a big benefit for
Speaker 1: us as well. Jason Peters doun since coming back from
Speaker 1: the quad and you guys kind of selectively choosing, he's done.
Speaker 1: He's done really well, really well. He's one of the
Speaker 1: guys that you know, you you just gotta kind of
Speaker 1: almost kind of gotta back him down from time to time.
Speaker 1: So he wants to take every rep and he wants
Speaker 1: to be out there with the guys. And uh, since
Speaker 1: coming back from that that early injury, he's had no
Speaker 1: no issues, no problems and and uh he's healthy and
Speaker 1: then ready to go for only for this game, but
Speaker 1: for the regular season. It's a short week necessary where
Speaker 1: Carson wentz what is he need to practice play that
Speaker 1: point this season? You know, It's it's interesting because next
Speaker 1: week we only got really two days of practice, and
Speaker 1: and uh, we'll see, we'll see, We'll evaluate him through
Speaker 1: the weekend, you know, take him on this trip and
Speaker 1: work him out a little bit, you know, when we
Speaker 1: get get to Indy and and then again next next
Speaker 1: Monday and Tuesday, so you know, we gotta at least
Speaker 1: get a day's you know, a day's work with him
Speaker 1: in order for for him to go, you know, in
Speaker 1: the game next Thursday. Johshon Norman's comments about Sam Bradford
Speaker 1: that he's not he's not the top twenty quarterback and
Speaker 1: he can't wait to play him twice a year, Listen,
Speaker 1: I don't get into that. You know, I'm not gonna
Speaker 1: get into it. I'm not gonna not going to comment
Speaker 1: on it. Um. I think Sam Bradford is a is
Speaker 1: a great quarterback. He's doing everything we've asked him to do,
Speaker 1: and and uh, I'll just leave it at that. I'm sure,
Speaker 1: he'll probably see it somewhere. I'm not going to point
Speaker 1: it out to him, though. Is that a shot at
Speaker 1: like the organization too, because you guys have said that,
Speaker 1: you know, Sam is a good really good quarterbaan Yet
Speaker 1: I don't know. I listen, I don't, I don't know.
Speaker 1: I see what I see. What's happening, you know around them,
Speaker 1: you know, with with what he's been saying here lately.
Speaker 1: And again, I'm he's a great player. Listen, he's a
Speaker 1: great player. And Washington got a great player and we're
Speaker 1: just happy to you know, play him twice a year
Speaker 1: and listen, just see what happens. So Gear's top three
Speaker 1: running backs right now, or or a guy that's averaged
Speaker 1: nine carries a game the last two years, another guy
Speaker 1: that you're probably gonna use more as a receiver being
Speaker 1: a runner, and another guy we just got a twenty
Speaker 1: eight or thirty four career carries. Are you okay with
Speaker 1: your running back group right now? I am? I am um.
Speaker 1: I just go back to our days in Kansas City
Speaker 1: when you know, we had Jamal Charles there and we
Speaker 1: kind of limited him throughout camp and his touches through
Speaker 1: the regular season. He was a very explosive guy for us.
Speaker 1: And at the same time, we took a couple of
Speaker 1: young players and you know, they got they got the
Speaker 1: majority of the work after week six. So um, I
Speaker 1: like we're at with the running running back position. Um,
Speaker 1: and and you know, we'll see as as it goes.
Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's hard to it's hard to say
Speaker 1: that one guy is going to get more touches than
Speaker 1: the other because I think they're all dynamic in their
Speaker 1: own unique way. Saturday, he will get he will get
Speaker 1: a good look. This is his first opportunity to play,
Speaker 1: and so we want to make sure that he's he's
Speaker 1: ready to go. So we want to uh, we're gonna
Speaker 1: be smart with it at the same time, but definitely
Speaker 1: want to see him some gets him work in that
Speaker 1: first half. We want to see starting offense on Saturday,
Speaker 1: we're going to be comfortable regular you know, you definitely
Speaker 1: want to see you want to see points, you know,
Speaker 1: number one, you want to see execution. We got to
Speaker 1: eliminate the penalties you know from last week. That's that
Speaker 1: kind of hurt us there at the end of the half,
Speaker 1: even though we got the three. Uh, it's sort of
Speaker 1: stimy that drive before you know, before that that one,
Speaker 1: so execution. Um, this has been the first time we've
Speaker 1: we've practiced the starters all three days, um with with
Speaker 1: sort of an inn season type mentality. So, uh, the
Speaker 1: mistakes should be at a minimum. The guys will be
Speaker 1: ready to go, and and you just want to see that, uh,
Speaker 1: that cohesiveness with the offensive line, Um, Sam lead the
Speaker 1: way and and then and then you know obviously score
Speaker 1: touchdown receiver. Well it it's it's it's hard, you know.
Speaker 1: I mean, any time a good player is not not
Speaker 1: in your offense or defensive structure, it's it's difficult because
Speaker 1: you're working on some timing things and different routes and
Speaker 1: combinations you know, during the course of the week. But
Speaker 1: these guys have played together now the last uh you know,
Speaker 1: last year and and and really have sort of have
Speaker 1: a good understanding with one another. So um, you know,
Speaker 1: when we get to that regular seas in game, they
Speaker 1: will get a lot of a lot of work during
Speaker 1: that first week, you know, and try to catch themselves up.
Speaker 1: So I like they keep four tight ends. Is that's
Speaker 1: the case? If it is, and I was crystal, yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, and the fourth one for us has kind
Speaker 1: of been in that fullback position. Um, and he's looking
Speaker 1: looked looked well. You know, he's looked well that Um,
Speaker 1: you know, he's really he's really come on these last
Speaker 1: couple of weeks. He's he's it's a new position really
Speaker 1: back there for him. And he's a tall guy. He's
Speaker 1: he's a lanky guy with length, so you know, for him,
Speaker 1: it's a matter of keeping his pad level down, bending
Speaker 1: at the knees and the waist and and uh and
Speaker 1: maintaining that leverage. And he's done. He's done a good
Speaker 1: job here in the last week we are we're going
Speaker 1: to see more of that, and a lot of it
Speaker 1: is a lot of it is game plan specific um,
Speaker 1: based on what the defense presents throughout the course of
Speaker 1: the week. You know, some some teams are will scheme
Speaker 1: our regular personnel differently, but uh uh, it'll fluctuate a
Speaker 1: week to week. Thesive looks like the one in the opener.
Speaker 1: They but we will only really have one to start together.
Speaker 1: I mean concern a little bit. Well, I again, I
Speaker 1: lean I lean back on the fact that we've got
Speaker 1: some veteran guys there. You know, Kelsey does a great
Speaker 1: job keeping those guys together. Really, all those guys, you know, um,
Speaker 1: they've they've played a lot of snaps. Maybe not a
Speaker 1: lot of snaps together, but they've played a lot of
Speaker 1: snaps in the National Football League. You know, Brandon Brooks
Speaker 1: in Houston, and of course JP Kelsey and and and
Speaker 1: Barbarie there at right tackle. And you know Isaac could
Speaker 1: be the obviously the one that that um there is
Speaker 1: the new the newbie in the group. But I think
Speaker 1: they've jailed really well. I mean they've come together, and um,
Speaker 1: I go back to our again. I leaned back to
Speaker 1: our you know days in Kansas City where we lost
Speaker 1: you know, we lost Jeff Allen for the season and
Speaker 1: and had to plug in guys and love Donald Stevenson around.
Speaker 1: So you know, it can be done. It can be done.
Speaker 1: You keep your scheme simple for him, allow him to
Speaker 1: play fast and and uh get as many reps during
Speaker 1: the week as you can. Which the week one starter
Speaker 1: CM Luke was news. He can't win it with the
Speaker 1: way he plays. I mean, I'm not saying you can't
Speaker 1: win it, but I'm saying right now, I mean I'm
Speaker 1: not going to let an injury, you know, Uh, keep
Speaker 1: Isaac out of the out of the starting rotation. Frank
Speaker 1: was to say, touch our yesterday to about feet of
Speaker 1: stuff in the real great players. How far is he
Speaker 1: away or for a number one in terms of assimilating
Speaker 1: every day? Yeah, I mean he's not. You know, he's not.
Speaker 1: He's not where you want him to be. Obviously with
Speaker 1: the with the terminology of the offense. That's why we're
Speaker 1: gonna We're gonna keep it very simple and keep it
Speaker 1: to one position for him, you know as a receiver. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, put a little package together, two, three, four
Speaker 1: plays and just just let him go play. And then
Speaker 1: and then as he understands that we can, we can
Speaker 1: expand we can expand the role because he's coming in
Speaker 1: basically right here at the end of camp, trying to
Speaker 1: learn a system. So I've been there as even as
Speaker 1: a player, you know, in ninety and really in two
Speaker 1: thousand when I left here and went to Cleveland, it
Speaker 1: was a totally new system that you're trying to learn. So, um,
Speaker 1: you keep it small, you keep it simple, and allow
Speaker 1: him to use his skill set. This is three games
Speaker 1: that Michael Martin won't play. Is there enough of an evaluation? Yeah,
Speaker 1: there there is, there is And again he's a veteran
Speaker 1: guy that that understands, you know, how to play, how
Speaker 1: to get himself ready to play. He's also in the
Speaker 1: position where you know, you're probably not going to lean
Speaker 1: on him for uh, you know, more than fifteen twenty
Speaker 1: twenty five snaps a game, and and and that's what
Speaker 1: you want out of him, and and just getting him
Speaker 1: getting him to the gate on Sundays is obviously where
Speaker 1: you want to be and what you want to do.
Speaker 1: But yeah, we've we've seen enough and and he's done
Speaker 1: enough in his his past to to you know, uh,
Speaker 1: for us as coaches to feel comfortable with that. Questions
Speaker 1: the team running two better receivers on the one year
Speaker 1: Pruven Deals and Chris Gibbons and rut and Randol, have
Speaker 1: they've proven anything to you so far? Well, both of
Speaker 1: them have really really have come on. I mean, you know,
Speaker 1: I think I think you know, with Chris's skill set, Um,
Speaker 1: you know, got the speed guy. He's done a nice
Speaker 1: job catching the ball this week, because all of them
Speaker 1: have done. Um Rubens the kind of the veteran, the
Speaker 1: savvy guy, the smooth more of the silky runner Um
Speaker 1: and and really two veteran guys that lead that young
Speaker 1: receiver group. And the other one too is Nelson. Nelson's
Speaker 1: really stood out, you know these last last couple of practices,
Speaker 1: So both of those having that veteran leadership is good
Speaker 1: for that room. And as far as the preseason, what
Speaker 1: do you take because there have been times a day
Speaker 1: in this organization, but it put great in preseason struggle
Speaker 1: in the regular season. Yeah, I mean, yeah, I mean
Speaker 1: it's uh, that's a good question because it happens around
Speaker 1: the league. You know, teams start oh and four and
Speaker 1: end up winning twelve games, or you go four and
Speaker 1: oh and win four games. So, um, you know, it's
Speaker 1: it feels good to win games. But at the same
Speaker 1: time too that you also understand the dynamic of preseason.
Speaker 1: You're playing a lot of guys. Um, we'll get a
Speaker 1: better field obviously this week and and and see where
Speaker 1: our guys are at. And you know, you get to
Speaker 1: the regular season, things things turn up a notch. Um,
Speaker 1: the intensity level goes up. Um. You know as coaches too,
Speaker 1: you know you're you're game planning a lot more specifically
Speaker 1: for your opponent and and really putting your guys in
Speaker 1: positions to be successful. So kind of works hand in hand,
Speaker 1: but um, you know, wins and losses in the preseason
Speaker 1: don't really matter until you get to week one. Okay, yeah, yeah,