1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:06,120 Speaker 1: I said, Okay, a quarterback again. We'll see, we'll see. Uh. 2 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:08,039 Speaker 1: You know, we had kind of a walk through type 3 00:00:08,039 --> 00:00:12,200 Speaker 1: practice yesterday and Daniel observed most of it. Mike got 4 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:14,320 Speaker 1: a lot of those reps and we'll see what Daniels 5 00:00:14,360 --> 00:00:16,520 Speaker 1: able to do today. He seems like he's doing fine 6 00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:19,159 Speaker 1: and he seems like himself, So we'll just take a 7 00:00:19,239 --> 00:00:21,119 Speaker 1: day by day. When he played with Daniel her on, 8 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:22,960 Speaker 1: he just has the freedom to check that. It seems 9 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:26,400 Speaker 1: like I don't want to get into too many details, 10 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 1: but we do give him some freedom on some on plays. Uh, 11 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:31,680 Speaker 1: if he sees something to take advantage of it. What 12 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:34,760 Speaker 1: does when you put Cadarius as like a wildcat quarterback, 13 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:36,839 Speaker 1: what does he bring like? What? What? What do you 14 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:40,080 Speaker 1: like about that? Well, obviously he's a very dangerous athlete. 15 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:42,000 Speaker 1: We've seen him in a short period of time do 16 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:44,760 Speaker 1: a lot of different things. Uh. He's dynamic with the 17 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:47,160 Speaker 1: ball in his hands, and he has a quarterback background, 18 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:50,760 Speaker 1: so he seems very comfortable doing those things. It's not like, 19 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:53,680 Speaker 1: hey do this because you're a really good athlete. I mean, 20 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:55,800 Speaker 1: he has a feeling an instinct for those things. He 21 00:00:55,840 --> 00:00:58,440 Speaker 1: has some history with that, so you know, I think 22 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:00,160 Speaker 1: he's proving that. You know, when you get at the 23 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:02,040 Speaker 1: ball in his hands, he can do some real positive 24 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:03,960 Speaker 1: things for you. That's just another way to do that. 25 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 1: And you can throw it pretty far too right, It's 26 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:08,600 Speaker 1: got a good arms. What's the fine line for you 27 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 1: guys with wanting to take advantage of Daniel's athleticism but 28 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:15,440 Speaker 1: then seeing times like Sunday where he runs and it 29 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:18,360 Speaker 1: has a negative resolve. Yeah, I think it's that. I 30 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:20,880 Speaker 1: think there is a balance there. I think we'd be 31 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:23,680 Speaker 1: foolish if we didn't, uh, you know, use his ability 32 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:25,560 Speaker 1: as a runner. Uh. You know, it's been such an 33 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:29,880 Speaker 1: asset for us, both him making play spontaneously by moving 34 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:32,800 Speaker 1: in the pocket, but also some design stuff. Those have 35 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 1: been good plays for us. But at the same time 36 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:37,039 Speaker 1: you have to be certainly aware of that. You don't 37 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:39,640 Speaker 1: want to overdo that and and put him in harm's way. 38 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:41,759 Speaker 1: And you know, I think he were understanding more and more, 39 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:44,520 Speaker 1: He's understanding more and more the balance between those. Is 40 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:47,000 Speaker 1: there anything he could have done differently on that play 41 00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:51,760 Speaker 1: to put himself less at risk of getting hurt? I 42 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 1: don't know that I can get into detail on that. 43 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:55,600 Speaker 1: I mean, you know, as pro football guys go out there, 44 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 1: he's trying to make a play. They're trying to make 45 00:01:57,240 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 1: a play, and unfortunately didn't work out for us. We 46 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:05,000 Speaker 1: want to not in some way like would you gather 47 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:07,920 Speaker 1: him run towards the sideline, run out of bounds rather 48 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:11,200 Speaker 1: than putting his head down. Knowing that it's your quarterback 49 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:13,720 Speaker 1: and it's such an important position, how do you, as 50 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:16,720 Speaker 1: a coach coach that up. Yeah, I think it's important 51 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:19,840 Speaker 1: to understand that. Obviously, sliding is important for quarterbacks, but 52 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:21,639 Speaker 1: you know, we're in your situation like that, when you're 53 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:23,600 Speaker 1: write down by the goal line, you're probably not going 54 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:26,239 Speaker 1: to slide and give yourself up unless you have no chance. 55 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:29,040 Speaker 1: He thought an opportunity to score, and he's proven that 56 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:31,240 Speaker 1: he can. He can be a tough, competitive player and 57 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:33,679 Speaker 1: make some of those plays for us, and again, unfortunately 58 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:37,560 Speaker 1: that didn't work out for us. And Jason, we're always 59 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:40,400 Speaker 1: here to talk about trusting the process from coaches, but 60 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:43,920 Speaker 1: when you have so many injuries, especially on offense, how 61 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:47,799 Speaker 1: much does the process have to change or would be bolder? Oh, 62 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:50,280 Speaker 1: I think it probably reinforces the process and and you 63 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:52,799 Speaker 1: know that probably goes a lot to what we ask 64 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:55,000 Speaker 1: of our players every day to come in and be prepared. 65 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:57,120 Speaker 1: And if you look at our offense this year, like 66 00:02:57,200 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 1: you said, we've had a lot of moving parts. A 67 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:00,400 Speaker 1: lot of guys have been in out of the line up, 68 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:02,560 Speaker 1: and you know, the next guy up has to step 69 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:04,200 Speaker 1: up and be ready to go. And that goes back 70 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:07,639 Speaker 1: to his preparation. Uh, you know, our belief and confidence 71 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:09,400 Speaker 1: in him and putting him in situations where he can 72 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:11,639 Speaker 1: have some success. And we have a number of examples 73 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:13,679 Speaker 1: of that on our offensive line the other day in 74 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:15,760 Speaker 1: the game, the receiver, the quarterback, the running back, the 75 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:18,240 Speaker 1: left tackle, all of that, and I thought the guys 76 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:21,040 Speaker 1: who went in responded well, they were prepared and ready 77 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 1: to go. Jason, looking at what he's done the last 78 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:28,799 Speaker 1: two and a half games, do you wish that you 79 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:31,160 Speaker 1: got Cadarius more involved in the first too and a 80 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 1: half games. There was that he just not ready at that. Yeah. 81 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 1: I just think it was a function of missing all 82 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:36,760 Speaker 1: the time. You know, he missed all the time in 83 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:40,400 Speaker 1: the spring and then really virtually all throughout training camp. 84 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:42,760 Speaker 1: You practice for about three days before that first game, 85 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:44,800 Speaker 1: so you know we had talked about it. You know, 86 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:47,080 Speaker 1: we're four and we like him a lot as a 87 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:48,840 Speaker 1: guy and as a player, and it was just a 88 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:51,720 Speaker 1: matter of getting some practice time, getting him comfortable doing 89 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:54,120 Speaker 1: some different things. And he's responded really well. What have 90 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 1: you learned about him that maybe he didn't know the 91 00:03:56,480 --> 00:03:58,800 Speaker 1: past two weeks now that he had like when you 92 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:01,080 Speaker 1: see him in the game, that maybe you know, you 93 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:04,280 Speaker 1: couldn't tell until you got him in a game, you know, 94 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:06,320 Speaker 1: you know, I think you're optimistic when you draft the 95 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:08,920 Speaker 1: player that high that he has everything that you want, 96 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:11,560 Speaker 1: but until you see it, uh see it in a 97 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 1: practice setting and then a game setting, it's never really verified. 98 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:17,159 Speaker 1: You know. I think we felt good about his athleticism 99 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:19,800 Speaker 1: coming out. I mean that the numbers were well documented, 100 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 1: the players he made on tape were you know, we're 101 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:25,080 Speaker 1: obvious to everybody to see. I do think his instincts 102 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 1: in his field and how smart he is as a player, 103 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:31,359 Speaker 1: just early on in this this whole process has been impressive. 104 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:33,200 Speaker 1: And again I go back to the time he missed, 105 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:36,000 Speaker 1: you know, he missed, He missed virtually all the training camp, 106 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:38,599 Speaker 1: and to be able to transition as quickly as he 107 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 1: has without without that much work has been impressive to 108 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:43,440 Speaker 1: all of us. How much easier does it make it 109 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:45,520 Speaker 1: on a quarterback and a coordinator when you have a 110 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:48,720 Speaker 1: guy who can do that yards haveing to catch wise, 111 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:52,080 Speaker 1: you know, past three yards downfield, and it's such a 112 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:54,480 Speaker 1: big part of the game as we all know. Uh, 113 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:57,120 Speaker 1: you know, the game has become a lot more about space. 114 00:04:57,600 --> 00:04:59,280 Speaker 1: And when you get a guy in space who can 115 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:01,799 Speaker 1: who can make p will miss and make plays for you, 116 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:04,800 Speaker 1: you know, that changes your offense. So it certainly helps protection, 117 00:05:04,839 --> 00:05:07,520 Speaker 1: it helps the quarterback, It just helps your team in 118 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:11,920 Speaker 1: so many different ways. Given Daniel's status is giffy, he's 119 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:15,919 Speaker 1: Brian a possibility to move up this weekend off the practice. Again, 120 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:17,560 Speaker 1: we just have to get him ready. You know, we'll 121 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:20,000 Speaker 1: take these situations day by day and you know, whatever 122 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:22,120 Speaker 1: the player is able to do, you know, we'll let 123 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:23,760 Speaker 1: him do that and then the other guys have to 124 00:05:23,839 --> 00:05:25,480 Speaker 1: kind of fill in the gaps. And you know, Brian's 125 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:27,839 Speaker 1: part of our team. He's someone you know, we're excited 126 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:29,800 Speaker 1: about having on our team, and you know, whatever work 127 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:31,680 Speaker 1: he gets here the next few days and he has 128 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:35,800 Speaker 1: to take advantage of we know can obviously do exactly 129 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:39,360 Speaker 1: what Quan does. What does DeVante Booker do what can 130 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:41,159 Speaker 1: he bring to your offense? Yeah, but books just a 131 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:43,919 Speaker 1: good football player. He's demonstrated that. You know, I remember 132 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:46,920 Speaker 1: evaluating him coming out in the draft and felt really 133 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:49,120 Speaker 1: good about him. And he had success with the opportunities 134 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:50,800 Speaker 1: that he has had up to this point. And you know, 135 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:52,720 Speaker 1: I think the other day was a good example of it. 136 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 1: He showed that he can run inside, he can catch 137 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:58,680 Speaker 1: the ball, he's tough, he's competitive, and uh, you know, 138 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:01,200 Speaker 1: I just think he's been a deductive guy. So really 139 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:03,680 Speaker 1: impressed with how well he played in the game, how 140 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:06,080 Speaker 1: how he was prepared for that opportunity and took advantage 141 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:08,719 Speaker 1: of it. What what did Matt Matt Parrots show you? Uh, 142 00:06:08,839 --> 00:06:11,320 Speaker 1: I guess the Cowboys. Yeah, same thing with Matt. You know, 143 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:15,560 Speaker 1: he didn't play that much leading up to this to 144 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:17,720 Speaker 1: this game, but but I had an opportunity to play 145 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:21,240 Speaker 1: and responded well against a good front and they got 146 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:24,080 Speaker 1: good guys up there, and uh, you know, they come 147 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:26,200 Speaker 1: off the ball, and I thought Matt responded well to 148 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:27,960 Speaker 1: that both in the run game in the past game 149 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:31,400 Speaker 1: was far from perfect, but but he he settled in 150 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:33,560 Speaker 1: there and he battled, and he fought, and he scratched 151 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:35,479 Speaker 1: and Claude did a good job keeping his guy away 152 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:38,560 Speaker 1: from the ball. Jason, you mentioned um, okay, ariston practice 153 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:40,320 Speaker 1: very much. I think there's a sense that he needed 154 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:42,160 Speaker 1: like refinement as a route runner, Like where is he 155 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:44,080 Speaker 1: in that process? He impressed you with you know, how 156 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:47,360 Speaker 1: he's run. He really has. Uh you know, all receivers, 157 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:51,000 Speaker 1: you're constantly working on refining your routes and making them better, 158 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:54,720 Speaker 1: particularly young receivers. But again, he's a smart player. He's 159 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:57,279 Speaker 1: an instinctive player. So you asked him to do something, 160 00:06:57,560 --> 00:06:59,440 Speaker 1: Hey pushed that a little bit farther, take that in 161 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:02,080 Speaker 1: a little bit or uh, you know, flatten that angle out. 162 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:03,800 Speaker 1: He kind of nods and says all right, and he 163 00:07:03,839 --> 00:07:05,760 Speaker 1: does it the next time, which, you know, the best 164 00:07:05,760 --> 00:07:07,600 Speaker 1: players I've been around and been able to do that. 165 00:07:07,839 --> 00:07:10,800 Speaker 1: He's receptive to coaching and he takes advantage and learns 166 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 1: from his experiences. We come your quarterback comes back from 167 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:19,400 Speaker 1: a concussion. Uh, do you as a play caller have 168 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:22,000 Speaker 1: to change the way you approach that with him because 169 00:07:22,120 --> 00:07:24,320 Speaker 1: you've been calling a lot of you know, designed runs 170 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:26,640 Speaker 1: and how do you handle that when he did Whenever 171 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:28,200 Speaker 1: he does is that he can come Yeah, you know 172 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:30,320 Speaker 1: I think the biggest thing is we would never put 173 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:32,720 Speaker 1: a player back out there if he wasn't healthy enough 174 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:35,600 Speaker 1: to play, and certainly in a situation with a concussion, 175 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:38,480 Speaker 1: we certainly wouldn't do that as an organization, as a 176 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:40,880 Speaker 1: coaching staff, we care too much about these guys to 177 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:43,360 Speaker 1: put him in a situation where they weren't right. So, 178 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:46,200 Speaker 1: if he's back and ready to go, we're gonna play football. 179 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:48,239 Speaker 1: We're gonna ask him to do what we need to do. Again, 180 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:50,920 Speaker 1: we talked about it earlier. You don't want to constantly 181 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:53,080 Speaker 1: put your quarterback in harm's way. We have other guys 182 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:55,679 Speaker 1: who can make plays for us, but you know, DJ 183 00:07:55,840 --> 00:07:58,400 Speaker 1: running the balls has been a positive thing for us. 184 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:00,080 Speaker 1: So we'll try to find what that balance we to 185 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:02,560 Speaker 1: minimize hits though, I mean, obviously you can't get rid 186 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:05,840 Speaker 1: of him, but is minimizing them coming off? Yeah, we 187 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:08,559 Speaker 1: don't like our quarterback ever getting hit. What we really don't, 188 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:11,040 Speaker 1: So we'll try to find what that balance is there 189 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:14,680 Speaker 1: for you in terms of I know you're calling a game, 190 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:17,560 Speaker 1: but your quarterback goes down, your running back COO gets down, 191 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:20,000 Speaker 1: your receiver goes down, your next receiver goes down. Have 192 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:21,920 Speaker 1: you ever been part of that before and is there 193 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:23,360 Speaker 1: a point in the game where you're like, is this 194 00:08:23,400 --> 00:08:25,840 Speaker 1: ever gonna stop? Yeah? You know, the biggest thing is 195 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:27,600 Speaker 1: you just have to respond to the situation. And we 196 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:29,800 Speaker 1: talked about players being prepared. We have to be prepared 197 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:32,120 Speaker 1: as coaches, and you know, I believe strongly in the 198 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:34,760 Speaker 1: next man up philosophy. We work hard on the practice 199 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 1: field to get our guys ready and if these situations happen. 200 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:39,320 Speaker 1: But when you talk about it, who's in? What are 201 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:41,560 Speaker 1: we doing? What can't we do? Okay? What should we 202 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:44,240 Speaker 1: do more of? And again, I thought our coaches responded 203 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:46,280 Speaker 1: well and I thought our players really responded well. And 204 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:48,199 Speaker 1: it just is what it is, and you try your 205 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:50,679 Speaker 1: best to make the whole thing work. And I was 206 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:53,040 Speaker 1: proud of how our guys fought in battle throughout that game. 207 00:08:53,480 --> 00:08:55,920 Speaker 1: Did you learn anything about an areas Um in terms 208 00:08:55,920 --> 00:08:58,760 Speaker 1: of this competitiveness? He just seems to be a guy 209 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:01,560 Speaker 1: who has an intend city that kind of gets next 210 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:05,480 Speaker 1: level when he again, you'd like to think that we 211 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:07,640 Speaker 1: saw that when we watched the tape and talk to 212 00:09:07,679 --> 00:09:09,560 Speaker 1: the people down to Florida. You know, we felt like 213 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:11,240 Speaker 1: that was in him. You saw that in a lot 214 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:13,240 Speaker 1: of his game, but when you're up close with him 215 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:15,480 Speaker 1: and you see him in these situations time and time again, 216 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:18,320 Speaker 1: it's certainly been impressive. And the best players I've been 217 00:09:18,360 --> 00:09:20,959 Speaker 1: around have that they have that stuff inside of them. 218 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:23,720 Speaker 1: They compete, they scratched their claw, and he's showing that, 219 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:25,520 Speaker 1: you know, beyond just his playmaking ability.