1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:05,160 Speaker 1: Old guys. He to concerned about Cooper worst to performance 2 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:07,040 Speaker 1: after what you saw for to night and you need 3 00:00:07,080 --> 00:00:08,799 Speaker 1: a backup quarterback. Well, we knew it was going to 4 00:00:08,840 --> 00:00:11,159 Speaker 1: be challenging tonight with the combination of guys we were 5 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:14,120 Speaker 1: playing against the combination of guys they had in the 6 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:19,040 Speaker 1: ball game. Early. Obviously we're depleted on the offensive line 7 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:21,159 Speaker 1: and that's one of the reasons why Cooper got the 8 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:24,000 Speaker 1: opportunity to play. And uh, you know, they were playing 9 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:25,520 Speaker 1: the frontline guy, so we knew it was going to 10 00:00:25,560 --> 00:00:28,440 Speaker 1: be tough sledding in that situation. But again, that's a 11 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:30,360 Speaker 1: great opportunity to evaluate a guy, to see how he 12 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:34,240 Speaker 1: handles that adversity. And uh you know, unfortunately for him, 13 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:36,280 Speaker 1: you know, turn the ball over a couple of times. 14 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:41,239 Speaker 1: Uh you know, uh hurt us and uh you know, 15 00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:43,239 Speaker 1: to have eight turnovers in the ball game. I've never 16 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:45,239 Speaker 1: been a part of a game like that, but he 17 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:47,879 Speaker 1: was responsible for a couple of them. Uh you know, 18 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:50,879 Speaker 1: we gave them the one touchdown on offense, and then 19 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:52,520 Speaker 1: when we had an opportunity to go in and score, 20 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:55,200 Speaker 1: uh you know, he get, he get, he threw another one. 21 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 1: So um, you know, we'll evaluate his performance. I think 22 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:00,760 Speaker 1: the biggest thing you want to go back and look 23 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:02,800 Speaker 1: at it, just play by play and how he responded 24 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:05,240 Speaker 1: to the adversity. And you just don't want to get 25 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:08,240 Speaker 1: out of whack when when when you're struggling as a group, 26 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:10,120 Speaker 1: you got to maintain your polls. You gotta keep making 27 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:12,320 Speaker 1: good decisions. And we'll evaluate that when we look at 28 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:14,760 Speaker 1: the tape. Talk more about the turnovers. Reserve a theme 29 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:16,319 Speaker 1: there is, there's something you can put your finger on. Ors. 30 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 1: It's different things happening. Oh, I think we turned it 31 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:22,520 Speaker 1: over every possible way that you could. Right. The first 32 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:25,720 Speaker 1: one for Lance was challenging Byron Jones kind of comes 33 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:28,039 Speaker 1: into him. So you know, it's hard to put that 34 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:31,399 Speaker 1: on Lance Lenore in that situation. He made a bad 35 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:33,759 Speaker 1: decision on the second one. You know, at the end 36 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:35,520 Speaker 1: of that down, when that ball is over your head, 37 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:38,319 Speaker 1: you can't make that decision if you're in bad shape 38 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:41,119 Speaker 1: to stay away from the football. So those those are 39 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:43,560 Speaker 1: the two in the kicking game. Uh, talked about the 40 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 1: interception to Peterson. You know he's obviously a really good player. Uh, 41 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:50,680 Speaker 1: he saw it, he jumped on it. Uh, you know, 42 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 1: just understanding, Um, you know where that ball needs to 43 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:56,040 Speaker 1: go if you see him make a great break on it. 44 00:01:56,720 --> 00:01:58,200 Speaker 1: I think the one that he threw in the in 45 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:01,520 Speaker 1: the end zone, the play was there. I think he 46 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:02,920 Speaker 1: was as tick late with the ball and he was 47 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:04,920 Speaker 1: short with the ball and their guy made a good 48 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:09,000 Speaker 1: play on it. That's four of them, right. The other ones, 49 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:14,080 Speaker 1: you know, Mike White sacked in the pocket. You know 50 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:16,799 Speaker 1: the coaching point for him would be climb up in 51 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:18,360 Speaker 1: the pocket and get the ball out of your hand. 52 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:20,280 Speaker 1: I think he made a bad decision when we're in 53 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:23,360 Speaker 1: third and long. Don't throw that ball. Rod Smith had 54 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:25,400 Speaker 1: a bad one. When you get up in the air 55 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 1: of the ball can't come away from your body. Blake 56 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:29,440 Speaker 1: jar in the middle of the field, you gotta I 57 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:30,920 Speaker 1: know he's trying to make a first down. He just 58 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:33,240 Speaker 1: got to make sure you secure the football. How are 59 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:37,280 Speaker 1: when now? Is that about sevens at seven or eight? Okay, right, 60 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:40,160 Speaker 1: that's in a SEP. But get him back to Cooper. 61 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:42,840 Speaker 1: He hasn't had been as cleaning the preseason he's worth 62 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:46,120 Speaker 1: last year, and you know, obviously each game has been different. 63 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:49,080 Speaker 1: But have you've seen enough to make him your backup quarterback? 64 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:51,639 Speaker 1: Well again, I think you said it right. If you 65 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:53,880 Speaker 1: looked at how he played in the preseason last year, 66 00:02:53,960 --> 00:02:56,799 Speaker 1: he just moved the team. We scored points. He was 67 00:02:56,840 --> 00:02:59,400 Speaker 1: pretty productive with every drive. The thing you have to 68 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:02,880 Speaker 1: be careful love when you're evaluating quarterbacks in the preseason 69 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:04,880 Speaker 1: is the combination of the guys that you're playing with. 70 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:07,480 Speaker 1: And so that's why we kind of try to pull 71 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:10,280 Speaker 1: back and see how did he handle that situation, almost 72 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:13,800 Speaker 1: play by player in your evaluation, because sometimes the matchup 73 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:15,919 Speaker 1: is challenging. You're not going to move the ball, okay, 74 00:03:15,919 --> 00:03:18,480 Speaker 1: but within that environment, how do you handle yourself? And 75 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 1: I think at times he's handled it very well, other 76 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:22,920 Speaker 1: times now quite as well. And taking care of the 77 00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:25,840 Speaker 1: football is a big part of it, and certainly it's 78 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 1: line one for quarterbacks. We have the ball in their 79 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:30,600 Speaker 1: hand every play golf is in line and at least 80 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:32,200 Speaker 1: through those guys are out there tonight, they're gonna be 81 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:34,600 Speaker 1: out there with the deck when the season opened here 82 00:03:34,639 --> 00:03:39,800 Speaker 1: talking about the playoff front and how they managed themselves tonight. Again, 83 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:41,960 Speaker 1: we weren't able to control the line of scrimmage like 84 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 1: we want to running the ball and protecting the quarterback. 85 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 1: We were behind the chains a lot. We had a 86 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:49,440 Speaker 1: lot of third and longs, so didn't really play with 87 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:52,840 Speaker 1: the offensive rhythm that we wanted to. Obviously, the turnovers 88 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:54,440 Speaker 1: were a big piece of this thing, but I don't 89 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:56,720 Speaker 1: think we had great rhythm in the running game and 90 00:03:56,840 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 1: the passing game at different times. I thought we moved 91 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:01,680 Speaker 1: the ball fairly well and we made some plays, but 92 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:06,200 Speaker 1: it certainly wasn't consistent throughout the game. He shoulder, Yeah, 93 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:08,960 Speaker 1: I heard a shoulder, and uh, we'll evaluate him tomorrow. 94 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:11,720 Speaker 1: He'll get an MRI and we'll see how he is. Uh. 95 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:14,200 Speaker 1: They weren't overly concerned in terms of it being a 96 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 1: long term injury. Play hard to know right now, but 97 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 1: you know he's one of the leaders up there, and uh, 98 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:23,960 Speaker 1: you know he did. He did a good job controlling 99 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage. I thought his communication was good, 100 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:29,080 Speaker 1: his command was good. I think he's benefited from all 101 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 1: the snaps he's taken here the last few weeks with 102 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:34,960 Speaker 1: Travis out both in practicing in games, so he'll continue 103 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:39,839 Speaker 1: to get better and better. Interception. I was okay. I 104 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:43,400 Speaker 1: think I think he's gonna be okay. Yeah, Lawrence and 105 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:47,080 Speaker 1: Gregory out again. Nicholas just awesome when you saw yeah. Again, 106 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:49,440 Speaker 1: I thought our defense played well. I mean, I thought 107 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:51,640 Speaker 1: we defended the run well, we rushed the passer well. 108 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:54,400 Speaker 1: There were plays on the back end where where guys 109 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:57,760 Speaker 1: you know, knocked the ball out and we're competitive. I 110 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:00,640 Speaker 1: thought they showed poise at the catch to make the 111 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:02,839 Speaker 1: play on the back end. I thought the rush was 112 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:06,040 Speaker 1: pretty consistent throughout. So I thought we did a good 113 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:09,240 Speaker 1: job slowing their offense down. We just kept giving them 114 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:11,600 Speaker 1: the ball, and a few other times when we gave 115 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 1: him the ball, they actually scored on the particular play. 116 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:17,159 Speaker 1: So it's hard to overcome those plays in a ball game. 117 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:19,239 Speaker 1: We had to cycle on the third play at them 118 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:21,680 Speaker 1: on defense. He just talked about that play. He had 119 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:24,920 Speaker 1: another hit on the quarterback and highest played throughout camp. Yeah, 120 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:26,760 Speaker 1: he's just done a really good job, you know. Right 121 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:29,280 Speaker 1: from the start when we started practicing out in Knox NRD, 122 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:32,240 Speaker 1: he looked in good shape. I looked like he had 123 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:35,039 Speaker 1: his football legs underneath them. He's a very instinctive player, 124 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:38,240 Speaker 1: a very instinctive pass rusher. He got great quickness, speed 125 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:41,120 Speaker 1: and explosiveness and a real knack for getting to the quarterback. 126 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:43,120 Speaker 1: And I think I was just another example of it 127 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:45,359 Speaker 1: you have a game and it's such a quick turnaround 128 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:47,360 Speaker 1: Thursday nine. Can you manage it that way? No, One. 129 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:49,279 Speaker 1: Some of these guys are gonna have to play a 130 00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:51,280 Speaker 1: lot more, They're not gonna play as much tonight, or 131 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:54,640 Speaker 1: you just trying to get through one game at a time. Yeah, Again, 132 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:56,840 Speaker 1: this was a little bit of a different Game three 133 00:05:56,920 --> 00:06:00,799 Speaker 1: for us so the preseason, just because of our situation. 134 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:02,800 Speaker 1: So a lot of the guys who were going to 135 00:06:02,839 --> 00:06:04,680 Speaker 1: play a lot of snaps on Thursday played a lot 136 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:08,360 Speaker 1: of snaps tonight in the game. And typically your starters 137 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:11,320 Speaker 1: play more in this game, but that just wasn't the 138 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:13,480 Speaker 1: case for us this year. We did get a lot 139 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:15,920 Speaker 1: of work in week two, so I think we feel 140 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:18,520 Speaker 1: good about where we are going into the opener. But 141 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:20,920 Speaker 1: these next few days will be a lot about evaluating 142 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:23,120 Speaker 1: our team, to cut our team down from ninety to 143 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:26,680 Speaker 1: fifty three. Watching this tape, seeing how guys played, got 144 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:28,680 Speaker 1: a lot of competition and a lot of different spots, 145 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:31,040 Speaker 1: and then one last shot at it again on Thursday night. 146 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:33,320 Speaker 1: So it's a quick week. It's a quick turnaround for 147 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:36,200 Speaker 1: our players. They got to get themselves ready to go. Tao, 148 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:40,839 Speaker 1: Charlton and Joe Thomas really good play. Yeah. Again, hard 149 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:44,000 Speaker 1: for me to evaluate them individually without watching the tape, 150 00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:46,719 Speaker 1: but it certainly looked like they showed up. You know, 151 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:48,760 Speaker 1: Tacco was around the quarterback, you made some plays in 152 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:50,920 Speaker 1: the running game from what I could tell. And Joe 153 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:53,400 Speaker 1: Thomas certainly was very active, made a couple of big 154 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:56,400 Speaker 1: hits in the game, and seemed to be a factor 155 00:06:56,760 --> 00:06:59,600 Speaker 1: both in defending the run and in the past defense. 156 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:02,360 Speaker 1: So we like what he's been able to do. He's 157 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:06,840 Speaker 1: getting more and more confident and comfortable every week. Thank 158 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:08,159 Speaker 1: you all right, Good to see you guys.