WEBVTT - Press Pass: Frank Reich

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<v Speaker 1>Are you doing good? How are you? Yeah, Carson's in

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<v Speaker 1>a stretch where obviously he's scuffling a little bit. Where

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<v Speaker 1>do you start with him? And you know he's taken

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of hits this year. How much of a

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<v Speaker 1>factor do you think all that is in in what

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<v Speaker 1>we're seeing on the field? You know? I mean, I

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<v Speaker 1>think the quarterback position is such a unique position in

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<v Speaker 1>that you're so dependent on the play of everybody else.

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<v Speaker 1>So I think we go up and down together a

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<v Speaker 1>quarterback central of it. I think by and large, Carson's

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<v Speaker 1>still doing a lot of really good things, still a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of positive even in a bad stretch. Two people

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<v Speaker 1>can look at the same thing and see different results,

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<v Speaker 1>and we have to own the negative results, but still

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<v Speaker 1>feel good about a lot of the things that he's doing,

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<v Speaker 1>even in the adversity and in the bad stretch we're in. However,

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<v Speaker 1>do you feel he is one coverage of recognition in

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<v Speaker 1>terms of he sees a guy's he's beating his man,

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<v Speaker 1>he's got a window, but doesn't either see the linebacker

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<v Speaker 1>or the safety or wherever else it might be. In

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<v Speaker 1>secondary coverage. I think Carson's vision is coverage recognition is

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<v Speaker 1>way beyond his years. There's very few plays where he's

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<v Speaker 1>fulled in coverage. You know, Um, you've seen that. You

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<v Speaker 1>see that time and time again. Quarterbacks get fulled by disguise.

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<v Speaker 1>I think he has really good vision. He's shown good vision. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>every quarterback is going to make a bad decision every

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<v Speaker 1>now and then, you know, throw the ball down the

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<v Speaker 1>middle and cover two when maybe you should have come underneath.

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<v Speaker 1>That happens all the time. I mean all the time.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not acceptable. You don't want to do it, but

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes you're trying to make a play and it happens.

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<v Speaker 1>But I think overall, his his vision, his recognition, his

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<v Speaker 1>recognition of coverages has been very good. Now you watch

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<v Speaker 1>mechanically Elliott, Yeah, I mean, you know, as a as

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<v Speaker 1>the offensive coordinator and helping out and trying to help

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<v Speaker 1>in that regardless a lot Again for every player, mechanics

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<v Speaker 1>technique fundamental, critically important. You're always working at it. The

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<v Speaker 1>higher level you get, the more you work on it.

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<v Speaker 1>I think he's still completing a very high percentage of

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<v Speaker 1>his passes. You know, when you look at it in

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<v Speaker 1>the big scope of things. Am I ever satisfied with it? No?

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, but I've never satisfied with myself as a quarterback.

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<v Speaker 1>I've never been satisfied with any quarterback I've ever coached.

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<v Speaker 1>You're always pushing them to get better. You gotta get better.

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<v Speaker 1>You got And as long as a guy has the

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<v Speaker 1>mindset that he's trying to get better, that's the key.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think he and he has that mindset and

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<v Speaker 1>he's proven that time and time again. What's been the

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<v Speaker 1>common thread at all the interceptions that when you look

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<v Speaker 1>at them, you know, I think it's a mixed bag.

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<v Speaker 1>A couple of them are could be a decision, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>like the one going down the middle of this last week.

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<v Speaker 1>Every now and then it's a bad throw, same for

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<v Speaker 1>every other quarterback. And I'm not trying to defend the guy,

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<v Speaker 1>but just trying to have a realistic perspective about what

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<v Speaker 1>happens playing that position with everything going on around you.

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<v Speaker 1>So you have to you have to learn from it.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, you know, you got to take it hard.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, it's got to hurt because it hurts the

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<v Speaker 1>team when we make it. You know, when you're a

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<v Speaker 1>quarterback and you make a mistake, it's amplified. It's not

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<v Speaker 1>just like you missed a block or drop the balls.

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<v Speaker 1>When you play quarterback, you understand that it's the mistakes

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<v Speaker 1>are amplified. So you've got to have thick skin fight

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<v Speaker 1>through it, but very happy in a lot of respect,

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<v Speaker 1>but also still have a sense of urgency to keep

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<v Speaker 1>working with him to get better pass This thing has

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<v Speaker 1>been kind of common theme that we've seen since the

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<v Speaker 1>spring rookie quarterbacks. I guess go I'll go through this.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean Pete Mane through like twenty interceptions in this

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<v Speaker 1>first year. But what's the expectation of when that needs

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<v Speaker 1>to stop? I mean, you know when does that need

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<v Speaker 1>to stop? Do you need another full off season? You

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<v Speaker 1>stop now? I mean, you know, as far as you know,

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<v Speaker 1>you need to have the mindset that it needs to

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<v Speaker 1>stop now. It can't go another game. I mean there's

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<v Speaker 1>no and as far as the past sailing, um, I

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<v Speaker 1>guess it's true with every player has a you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I like I like golf, so you watch golfers and

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<v Speaker 1>everybody has a miss. You know that, you know I

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<v Speaker 1>tend to miss right you know you tend to miss

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<v Speaker 1>with a little bit right of the fairway. And you know,

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<v Speaker 1>right now, if Carston's miss is a little bit of

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<v Speaker 1>a high ball, Um, is it? I don't think it's

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<v Speaker 1>anything out of the acceptable range. You guys still playing

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of good football and completing a lot of passes. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>do we need to work on it? Do we need

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<v Speaker 1>to get it corrected? Yeah, and we are doing that

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<v Speaker 1>and he is doing that. It seems like earlier in

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<v Speaker 1>the year though, those high passes weren't really happening to

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<v Speaker 1>unt the first three games especially, I mean like it

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<v Speaker 1>might have been a problem like during the summer and everything,

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<v Speaker 1>but it seemed like you got fixed and then and

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<v Speaker 1>now it's happening on How to explain that maybe to

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<v Speaker 1>some degree? I mean, you know, I still see the

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<v Speaker 1>practice always, even even during the hot stretch, you know

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<v Speaker 1>where there weren't very many missed Um, you know there's

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<v Speaker 1>still balls in practice. I mean, just go through a

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<v Speaker 1>good stretch, you get in the zone. I mean, you

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<v Speaker 1>get even the great players get in the zone and

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<v Speaker 1>get even better. So I don't discount it at all.

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<v Speaker 1>I really don't. Um, there's a sense of urgency to

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<v Speaker 1>get better. But he has that. We all have that

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<v Speaker 1>really responsible guy, like he takes responsibility for what's going

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<v Speaker 1>up there. Is there any extent that you are concerned

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<v Speaker 1>that he says to himself, I might not have my

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<v Speaker 1>best receiver, I might not have my best running back.

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<v Speaker 1>My offensive line is patched up a little bit, that

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<v Speaker 1>he takes more responsibility on himself to make things happen.

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<v Speaker 1>Then you know it as a kid, if they do

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<v Speaker 1>that sometimes, can you see anything? Yeah, there's no question.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I think that's why we got to stick

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<v Speaker 1>together as a team, and that's why we you know,

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<v Speaker 1>we have to and he trust me. This guy's a

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<v Speaker 1>mentally tough guy and and very mature guy. He's mentally

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<v Speaker 1>and physically very tough, and he's very mature. So that's

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<v Speaker 1>a good formula for us because you got to be

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<v Speaker 1>to play the position and certainly to play you know

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<v Speaker 1>here in this city. And he well, and we welcome that.

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<v Speaker 1>We're glad we have them. So, but do you still

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<v Speaker 1>have a sense that you know, you want to protect

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<v Speaker 1>your teammates, you know, and you have a sense that

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<v Speaker 1>he could take on you know, you hear it so much. Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>you I've seen the best of them get broken down.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, the most confident quarterbacks in the world lose

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<v Speaker 1>their confidence and get battered. Okay, so that you don't

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<v Speaker 1>take it for granted. You know, these are these are

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<v Speaker 1>our guys, these are our team. That's why we have

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<v Speaker 1>to stick up for each other. Um, you know, especially

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<v Speaker 1>inside this building and we stay we all stick together

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<v Speaker 1>here with our fans and that whole deal. But inside

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<v Speaker 1>in that locker room, it's it's a special bond. And

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know any other way to do it. Was

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<v Speaker 1>I guess I didn't state it's properly. Was Is he

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<v Speaker 1>translating that into trying to do too much on the

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<v Speaker 1>field himself occasionally? Yeah? Probably, at times, every quarterback tries

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<v Speaker 1>to do too much, especially when you know you're not

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<v Speaker 1>generating the points that we want to generate. Um, are

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<v Speaker 1>there going to be times where you try to do

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<v Speaker 1>too much? Yes? Absolutely? MS. Has it happened yet, But

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think it's happened as much as it could have.

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<v Speaker 1>To be honest with me, I think he's handled it

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<v Speaker 1>pretty well. I mean, I think during this past game

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<v Speaker 1>on the sideline, when you when you get down points,

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<v Speaker 1>you know you've got a head coach who's played a

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<v Speaker 1>lot and coach d Filippo, we've all been around the

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<v Speaker 1>block a few times. You get behind him, we're on

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<v Speaker 1>the sideline time, Okay, one play at a time, don't

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<v Speaker 1>let's not go crazy here. We can't get it all

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<v Speaker 1>back in one play. Those things were all being talked

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<v Speaker 1>about it on the sidelines. We've all been around the block,

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<v Speaker 1>m But when you're out there doing it, it's it's hard.

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<v Speaker 1>It's that's a hard position to play. And I think

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<v Speaker 1>he's handled it very well. He's already experienced more losing,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, on this level than he did in college. Essentially,

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<v Speaker 1>how is he What have you noticed behind the scenes

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<v Speaker 1>in that respect of kind of absorbing, you know, repeated

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<v Speaker 1>defeat for the first time. Well, you know, for for

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<v Speaker 1>a while, I thought he seemed, you know, totally unflappable.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean I know, I mean it was like there

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<v Speaker 1>was you know, now in some of the more recent losses,

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<v Speaker 1>do I sense that this is okay, he's feeling this one.

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<v Speaker 1>He's feeling this one. Yeah, I mean we're all feeling it.

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<v Speaker 1>And uh, you know, I think he was that that

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<v Speaker 1>young naive in a good sense, but still very mature

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<v Speaker 1>guy who came in and it was like, nothing's going

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<v Speaker 1>to get this guy down. But even you know, but

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<v Speaker 1>it wears on you, It wears on you. Losing wears

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<v Speaker 1>on you in this league, and you get that's why

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<v Speaker 1>you got to have the mental toughness. You got to

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<v Speaker 1>have the mental toughness because it's a grind, and especially

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<v Speaker 1>a grind when you're not winning the games that you

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<v Speaker 1>want to win and you lose close games. You have

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<v Speaker 1>to have the tenacity to fight out of it and

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<v Speaker 1>not get too down. And he has that. Let's be

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<v Speaker 1>made about Zach Hurtz. Is failure to block on that

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<v Speaker 1>one backside playing that Lissa Gramvill will lead to thank

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<v Speaker 1>on it is he trying to avoid a penalty there?

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I have learned over the years to trust

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<v Speaker 1>the player's instincts um you know, I look back on it,

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<v Speaker 1>you know after you know, it didn't really jump out

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<v Speaker 1>of me honestly the first time, but because Carson was

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<v Speaker 1>so near to the sideline, it was a non fact.

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<v Speaker 1>The block was a non factor in the play. Sometimes

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<v Speaker 1>you get a shot like that and you take it.

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<v Speaker 1>Other times, to be honest, I played with a guy

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<v Speaker 1>Hall of Fame, Barry Sanders, who was famous for avoiding hits.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, that's why he played all the time. It

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<v Speaker 1>was never hurt and you saw when perfect hit DGB.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, he got as hurt almost as DGB did.

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<v Speaker 1>And so there was a side of me when I

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<v Speaker 1>look back when I won Zach plant last four games,

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<v Speaker 1>so did he. It was a non factor in the play.

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<v Speaker 1>You want to you want to tell the player, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>go ahead and knock him out. But sometimes you have

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<v Speaker 1>an instinct as a player, and over the years I've

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<v Speaker 1>just learned to trust the instinct as a player. It

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<v Speaker 1>seems like you guys are like in a ten nothing

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<v Speaker 1>forteen nothing at all, a lot. What can you do

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<v Speaker 1>to get the rhythm back in the offense that you

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<v Speaker 1>had late and get it in the first quarter. There

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<v Speaker 1>was no other answer than to execute one play at

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<v Speaker 1>a time. I mean, it's there's no magic formula. I

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<v Speaker 1>think we've had good energy at practice. I like the

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<v Speaker 1>way we practice. I feel like we're putting together good plans.

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<v Speaker 1>We're showing flashes of being a good football team. We

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<v Speaker 1>need to be more consistent. We need to make more

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<v Speaker 1>big plays. It's hard to sustain four team play drives.

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<v Speaker 1>We've missed a few plays here and there. We just

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<v Speaker 1>all coaches, players together, just need to make it work

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<v Speaker 1>one play at a time. Ye