1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:04,160 Speaker 1: All right, So I sort of talked about, um, some 2 00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:08,360 Speaker 1: of the injury stuff already. UM, but I forget any 3 00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:10,840 Speaker 1: any questions regarding any of that. I'll try to answer them. 4 00:00:10,960 --> 00:00:15,080 Speaker 1: There's nothing really nothing new other than this is a 5 00:00:15,120 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 1: good first day back. They've been gone for a couple 6 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:21,280 Speaker 1: of days. They practice fast today, which is good. Then 7 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:23,840 Speaker 1: they'll have their normal day off tomorrow, and then we'll 8 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:27,960 Speaker 1: be back to work, um officially, UM getting ready for 9 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:31,920 Speaker 1: Chicago on Wednesday. So thank your questions. Any of the 10 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:34,080 Speaker 1: guys that were in the protocol come out of it 11 00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:38,560 Speaker 1: throw a wing or no, I mean they're still they're 12 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:40,560 Speaker 1: still going through it. So we'll see what the week brings. 13 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:44,160 Speaker 1: But we're encouraged, you know that they'll make it through. 14 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:51,120 Speaker 1: He practiced today. Where's having that in this process? Yeah, 15 00:00:51,159 --> 00:00:53,360 Speaker 1: I mean he's out of the boot and he's just 16 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:57,040 Speaker 1: trying to get back get back going again. So at 17 00:00:57,080 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 1: that point we'll have to yeah a little bit. But UM, 18 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:02,760 Speaker 1: we'll just have to see what the what the week brings. UM. 19 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:07,640 Speaker 1: I really don't want to try to uh um guess 20 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:09,119 Speaker 1: on who's going to be here on some of these 21 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:11,039 Speaker 1: guys that are coming back from injury. You just have 22 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:14,639 Speaker 1: to wait and see. Obviously, injuries forced some lineup changes 23 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:16,959 Speaker 1: on the old line last game. Any of those potentially 24 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:19,520 Speaker 1: permanent or do you think just go back on soone's healthy. No, 25 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:21,480 Speaker 1: I think if you know everybody's healthy, they go back 26 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:26,160 Speaker 1: to their spots and um, but until that time, you know, 27 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 1: there'll be guys in their plans eating. Nick's kind of 28 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 1: showed you that he could start. Yeah, I mean started that. Yeah, 29 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:36,040 Speaker 1: he did. He did a good job. You know, if 30 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:39,800 Speaker 1: we we anticipated that he would go in in battle, Um, 31 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:43,240 Speaker 1: he's played guard and um he's played tackle for us 32 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 1: in the practice settings and and certainly the preseason games, 33 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:49,000 Speaker 1: and so you know, we felt like if if he 34 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:50,880 Speaker 1: went in he would he would battle like he did. 35 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:54,400 Speaker 1: If Nate doesn't clear, does Nick moved to the left 36 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:58,000 Speaker 1: side or do you one? Yeah, we'll wait to let 37 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:03,560 Speaker 1: that reveal itself. We'll see why not giving Nick a 38 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:05,720 Speaker 1: shot down if you if you will show you that 39 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:09,560 Speaker 1: he could do well, we'll just see. He may he 40 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:11,320 Speaker 1: may get a shot. You know, it's just let's just 41 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:15,400 Speaker 1: wait and see what the week brings. You know, did 42 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:18,120 Speaker 1: Daniel come back sharp from the bye? Did you put 43 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 1: him through anything to check that or to see how 44 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:25,359 Speaker 1: he's progressed or what he worked on. Heymy sharp, do 45 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 1: a good job in the meetings. He got completed a 46 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:31,160 Speaker 1: bunch of passes out here today, checked us in and 47 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:33,120 Speaker 1: out of a couple of runs. So yeah, he looked 48 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 1: he looked good. What did you see when you went 49 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:39,760 Speaker 1: back and beat yourself during the bye week? Well, I 50 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:43,000 Speaker 1: see what I've been talking about all all along. You know, 51 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:46,920 Speaker 1: there's there's stretches of games where there's a lot of 52 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 1: really good football that we're playing, and then there's mistakes 53 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:54,720 Speaker 1: that we make that you know, for a team like US, um, 54 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:57,280 Speaker 1: you know, mistakes that that cost you to lose games. 55 00:02:57,480 --> 00:03:00,720 Speaker 1: And so the challenges is to become more consistent in 56 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 1: all areas. And um, you know that's sort of what 57 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:08,360 Speaker 1: I when I saw. Do you anticipate making any change? 58 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:09,600 Speaker 1: You know, a bye week is a chance where you 59 00:03:09,639 --> 00:03:12,760 Speaker 1: can revisit schemes, personality, you just kind of keeping hold 60 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:15,960 Speaker 1: week up. Well, I think it's you never just keep rolling. 61 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:18,120 Speaker 1: You're always you're always trying to do the things your 62 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 1: players do well and do more of that and less 63 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:25,680 Speaker 1: of the other. I think that's that's fair to say. Um, 64 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:29,280 Speaker 1: as you watch trends in the league, or you're watching 65 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:33,120 Speaker 1: opponents against who you're going to play that that next week. 66 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 1: You can start to see the things that trend that 67 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 1: that um are good against that opponent, and then you 68 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:41,119 Speaker 1: just got to try to do the things that your 69 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:46,040 Speaker 1: team matches up well, um with that opponent. Doing what 70 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 1: is logistically reasonable to change up there on your bride 71 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 1: week regards to scheme and and even personality. Is it 72 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:58,800 Speaker 1: possible to make sort of overarching changes or sort of 73 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:02,320 Speaker 1: such a short period of time, Yeah, I mean big 74 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:05,120 Speaker 1: time changes. Let's let's think about it for a minute. 75 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 1: What what does a bye week entail. You come back 76 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 1: from your previous game, right, you clean that up, You 77 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:14,160 Speaker 1: have a couple of days of practice, right, and then 78 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:18,520 Speaker 1: the league mandates that they're off for four or five days, 79 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:21,960 Speaker 1: and then you get ready for your next opponent. So, um, 80 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:23,800 Speaker 1: the important thing is to go back and look at 81 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:25,599 Speaker 1: the things and try to clean up the things that 82 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:29,120 Speaker 1: you're not doing well, and um, you know, try to 83 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:31,560 Speaker 1: keep doing and keep building on the things that you're 84 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:35,440 Speaker 1: good at. Is there a thing that you so I 85 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:37,200 Speaker 1: guess my point is there's not as much time as 86 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:42,400 Speaker 1: everybody thinks to to make these wholesale changes that sometimes 87 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:45,800 Speaker 1: people I think may happen when you see the things 88 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:47,560 Speaker 1: that you're not doing well that you want to clean up. 89 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:50,159 Speaker 1: You can give us an example, specific one, seeing that 90 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:56,560 Speaker 1: you're looking at and all of a sudden you're done. 91 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:00,680 Speaker 1: Um well, I mean, I'll on the way. You know, 92 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:02,160 Speaker 1: you're playing good football and all of a sudden you 93 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:04,160 Speaker 1: give up a third down right, Or you're playing good 94 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:06,480 Speaker 1: football you give up a big play, or all of 95 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:09,760 Speaker 1: a sudden you're moving the ball and somebody misses a 96 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:12,000 Speaker 1: block and you gotta sack fumble. Those are those are 97 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:13,560 Speaker 1: the kind of things you've got to clean up. And 98 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:16,919 Speaker 1: that's just doing the same, you know, being consistently good 99 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:19,640 Speaker 1: throughout throughout. And I think those are the things that 100 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 1: when you look back on and you say, Okay, you 101 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:25,039 Speaker 1: know this. This is a handful of things that created 102 00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:27,000 Speaker 1: a bad situation for us, and then you do what 103 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:30,640 Speaker 1: you can to eliminate those. From your experience in the 104 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:34,000 Speaker 1: league five weeks, have you found it more all from 105 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:36,080 Speaker 1: they're not The teams are sluggist coming back out of 106 00:05:36,120 --> 00:05:38,320 Speaker 1: the bay. And if so, how do you guard against it? 107 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:41,960 Speaker 1: I I don't I don't know that. Um you know, 108 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:45,159 Speaker 1: I think each team is different and probably you know, 109 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:48,839 Speaker 1: I think it depends on the players. Um, you know, 110 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:51,359 Speaker 1: I think we we we obviously got to start faster 111 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:54,760 Speaker 1: in our games, you know, and um, you know we've 112 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 1: had a couple of games where we've gotten down in 113 00:05:57,560 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 1: the last month. We can't do that. Um, you know, 114 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:02,719 Speaker 1: I don't know if you guard against that, you just 115 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:06,599 Speaker 1: gotta come out and play better early. But I wouldn't 116 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:08,960 Speaker 1: say there's any trend after the bye, before the buyer 117 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:12,159 Speaker 1: and when you're dealing with it with a quarterback. When 118 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:15,400 Speaker 1: when does the rookie? When when does his rookie miss end? 119 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:18,159 Speaker 1: I guess you know Daniels had eight starts here. Do 120 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:20,560 Speaker 1: you do you still consider him a rookie to the 121 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:23,200 Speaker 1: next six games or yeah? I mean he's a rookie, 122 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:26,200 Speaker 1: you know, And I think, you know, I think he'll 123 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:29,279 Speaker 1: and he keeps fighting through it, and he keeps improving, 124 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:31,839 Speaker 1: and you know, I think he's doing a lot of 125 00:06:31,880 --> 00:06:35,279 Speaker 1: really good things. Um, they're just he's like everybody, and 126 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:39,040 Speaker 1: I gotta clean up the mistakes. Um. And he'll be 127 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:42,040 Speaker 1: a rookie throughout the season. You know. I don't think 128 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:44,760 Speaker 1: he'll be able to fully internalize what's happening to him 129 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:47,840 Speaker 1: until he's got time away here in the offseason and 130 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:49,800 Speaker 1: look back and say, wow, what was that? You know, 131 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:53,520 Speaker 1: I think I think all rookies go through that, and um, 132 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:56,840 Speaker 1: but at this point he's in it and he's competing 133 00:06:57,000 --> 00:07:01,560 Speaker 1: to help us win games. And yeah, I mean I 134 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:06,240 Speaker 1: guess chronologically he's a rookie, you know. So he's so 135 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:09,560 Speaker 1: big George out here and on the bike. Yeah. Yeah. 136 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:14,520 Speaker 1: Is any optimism that he could get later in the seasons, Yeah, 137 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:16,480 Speaker 1: I don't know. I mean, he's the first day back, 138 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:21,040 Speaker 1: so um, you know, he's he's making good progress. But 139 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:23,400 Speaker 1: we'll just have to see, you know, put him through 140 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:25,560 Speaker 1: the paces here and see how he does.