Speaker 1: A little more aggression out of his fam on on
Speaker 1: Sunday in terms for example, or was he just taking
Speaker 1: what what was he giving film? I think he was
Speaker 1: taking what was given to him, what we thought we
Speaker 1: could take advantage of za za yeas twenty last years,
Speaker 1: it's about one hundred past years. Yes, he's doing a
Speaker 1: lot of block, more blocking. You see his role in
Speaker 1: the offense. Well, I think he started slow coming off
Speaker 1: the injury. You know, he didn't have preseason camp, obviously
Speaker 1: had surgery so um, and really didn't get cleared. We weren't.
Speaker 1: We weren't sure until the week of the Atlanta game
Speaker 1: if we were gonna have him for that game. So UM.
Speaker 1: I think he's progressed nicely. You know, we were um
Speaker 1: happy that we got him back. He's obviously a weapon
Speaker 1: for us. He is doing a better job blocking, you know,
Speaker 1: and I think that's part of um, what he's really
Speaker 1: wanted to improve on so he can be on the
Speaker 1: field more. And he has been on the field more. Um.
Speaker 1: But I think the numbers for every on offense or down,
Speaker 1: just because we haven't been successful the offensive side, the
Speaker 1: rain game obviously hasn't been where you wanted to be.
Speaker 1: But it seems to have been a little bit better
Speaker 1: when Ryan has got the ball DeMarco has. Is that
Speaker 1: just chances? No? I mean I thought DeMarco did a
Speaker 1: nice job. Had popped I think a thirty yarder. And
Speaker 1: when you look at the numbers overall and Steady Moore
Speaker 1: four games, you also have to remember DeMarco didn't play
Speaker 1: versus the Jets, So you know, I think that's part
Speaker 1: of it that there was a game that he missed
Speaker 1: in there. So we need to get we need to
Speaker 1: get all those guys going to be honest talking just
Speaker 1: the aggregate bill, I'm talking about you yards were carried,
Speaker 1: that sort of thing. Yeah, again, I think there's not
Speaker 1: enough data for you to just say that this is
Speaker 1: better than that because one of them didn't play in
Speaker 1: the one game where we had success running the football.
Speaker 1: So you guys that have said this week did they're
Speaker 1: gonna try to play through injuries and um, you know,
Speaker 1: I mean, given the state of the team, are you
Speaker 1: gonna just trust them or will you have to see
Speaker 1: something in warm up? We gotta see through through trading
Speaker 1: this week and what goes on on the practice field
Speaker 1: and then where we are on Sunday. In terms of
Speaker 1: that and make a determination on who can go and
Speaker 1: who can't go, because if you can only go for
Speaker 1: you know, we had a couple of guys, it just
Speaker 1: went for a couple of plays on Sunday. You can't
Speaker 1: then reseb and say hey we need to activate somebody else.
Speaker 1: You got to live with it. So we'll have to
Speaker 1: make some determinations as we get to Sunday. What's that
Speaker 1: you talk to Alan about that move? Maybe now we
Speaker 1: don't anticipate in that right now? On third downs? What
Speaker 1: do you see are the issues on third downs and
Speaker 1: how to correct I think a lot of it goes
Speaker 1: to first and second down, you know, and I think
Speaker 1: would not lack us success on first and second down. Um,
Speaker 1: I gotta do a better job play call and put
Speaker 1: us in better situations. So we've got, um, you know,
Speaker 1: we got a little bit manageable third down situation in
Speaker 1: terms of always being in third and long percentage wise,
Speaker 1: you're just not gonna You're not gonna convert as much
Speaker 1: as you are going to convert on third and short
Speaker 1: and third medium. So I think it's a it's an
Speaker 1: effort for us to do a better job on first
Speaker 1: and second downs that was illeble to go. A handful
Speaker 1: of snaps. Yeah, somebody who said it arguably Hall of
Speaker 1: see career to this point. What have you seen from
Speaker 1: him in first four weeks that he's been struggling through injury. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I just only got injured in the last game, So
Speaker 1: I think he played well, um against Atlanta and in
Speaker 1: uh in the Dallas and the other one in the
Speaker 1: Jets game. It's just didn't We couldn't get what we
Speaker 1: needed from him because he's hurt, you know, and that's
Speaker 1: just you know, he's as tough a guy as we've
Speaker 1: I've been around here in the three years I've been here,
Speaker 1: and if he can go, he will go. But um,
Speaker 1: he's a guy we really got to kind of take
Speaker 1: a real good look at this week in terms of
Speaker 1: what he can give us. Hell, Jay Z's sharing right
Speaker 1: yard and in fact of left tackle, which Jason uncertain,
Speaker 1: how do you managed to will be during the week. Well,
Speaker 1: it depends could be laying at left tackle. You know,
Speaker 1: we got a couple of combinations that we can work there.
Speaker 1: We just we've got to get through. Today's our big
Speaker 1: Today and tomorrow are two big work days. UM during
Speaker 1: the week and then Friday and Saturday, we'll take a
Speaker 1: look at where we are, and we've got, you know,
Speaker 1: really four four days to take a look at kind
Speaker 1: of the combinations we can have him there if if
Speaker 1: Jason can't go, scramble Senior scramble to sell it. You know,
Speaker 1: when he when he scrambled, I ran himself as they
Speaker 1: were just in tune. We caught him in a coverage.
Speaker 1: They were in two man, They rushed four guys and
Speaker 1: they didn't have a contain rusher on the right side,
Speaker 1: so everybody had their back to him. You know what's
Speaker 1: happened to us a couple of times. I think when
Speaker 1: you do play two men or that type of coverage
Speaker 1: and you don't have anybody responsible for the quarterback, then
Speaker 1: you have to be very conscious of where your rush
Speaker 1: lanes were. In the rush lane on the on the
Speaker 1: right side got collapsed, so he kind of got flushed
Speaker 1: to that side because it was pushing the pocket. And
Speaker 1: then as he looked as he came out and he
Speaker 1: was looking to throw the ball, everybody was in coverage
Speaker 1: and had their backs turned to him, so obviously he
Speaker 1: felt like he could pick it up with his legs,
Speaker 1: and he did so good smart decision on his part.
Speaker 1: Lane to lift tackle if he can play in Jason
Speaker 1: camp is an option. Yes, it is Lane going to practice.
Speaker 1: What's that? Were they going to be able to practice? Yeah?
Speaker 1: I mean we're not going to just do it if
Speaker 1: he doesn't practice. US practice. He hasn't. He didn't practice
Speaker 1: yesterday now, but we still have Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and
Speaker 1: Saturday too we practice, so we'll be limited today. Could
Speaker 1: Mat too. But in what you saw him, he had
Speaker 1: to put him outside. Yeah. Um, he's played both and
Speaker 1: I think to be a backup in this league you
Speaker 1: have to have versatility. So he's a guard tackle for US.
Speaker 1: Josh Shanders is a center guard for US, and as
Speaker 1: Kelly as a guard tackle for US. UM. He I
Speaker 1: thought he competed, you know, he competed really well. Um.
Speaker 1: When he went out there, he had limited number of
Speaker 1: snaps because you're really training your ones when you get
Speaker 1: into the season, so he had limited number snaps at tackle.
Speaker 1: UM had a lot more snaps to tackle in the preseason. Um.
Speaker 1: But when when we we had to kick him out
Speaker 1: there after I think it was six plays that Jason played. Um,
Speaker 1: he competed when he was out there, and that's the
Speaker 1: one thing you'll get out of madis he'll fight when
Speaker 1: he's in there. So, Shi, how do you explain these
Speaker 1: slow starts? And is it Sam working with this new
Speaker 1: player's new offensive line, the offensive line? How do you explained?
Speaker 1: I think a lot of that's on us coaching wise.
Speaker 1: We've got to put him in better situations and plays
Speaker 1: and specifically mayn't play calling, so we gotta do a
Speaker 1: better job. For a sad point, do you feel like
Speaker 1: him throwing those deep balls, getting those touchdowns, having a
Speaker 1: pretty good game himself will help him gain confidence get
Speaker 1: going here now? Yeah, it's a good question for him,
Speaker 1: But I don't think. I don't look at Sam that
Speaker 1: he has a lack of confidence, So I don't I
Speaker 1: don't see it that way. Going back on first and
Speaker 1: second down, Yeah, you're playing behind the downs about thirty
Speaker 1: six percent of the time in a negative place. So
Speaker 1: what are some of the ways after your review this
Speaker 1: week that you think you can fix that? Again, it
Speaker 1: depends you're gonna review what you did against another team,
Speaker 1: But then the next Tippona that you have is going
Speaker 1: to play in a different style when you're there. But
Speaker 1: you know, I think we got to put ourselves in
Speaker 1: a little bit more downhill situation so that we're we're
Speaker 1: not good, We're not We're not going to be in
Speaker 1: a negative situation. We got to make sure we've got
Speaker 1: some quick throws. Maybe we can get the ball out
Speaker 1: of quarterbacks hands that are nice easy throws to get
Speaker 1: ourselves kind of get going. I think with this group,
Speaker 1: won't you kind of establish and can get into a
Speaker 1: rhythm where we get we can be pretty good. And
Speaker 1: we did that. I think in the second half we
Speaker 1: established a little bit of a rhythm against the Redskins
Speaker 1: and resulted in a couple of Touchdownd drives. But the
Speaker 1: key is I just starting to get these guys into
Speaker 1: a rhythm. About some of the similarities between DeMarco and
Speaker 1: Ryan in terms of their north south running, but they're
Speaker 1: not exactly a life What are some of them? What
Speaker 1: are some of the different dials. I don't see much difference,
Speaker 1: to be honest with you. I think they're both tough, hard,
Speaker 1: those physical guys that are gonna take one make one
Speaker 1: decision on their cut and stick their foot in the
Speaker 1: ground and go, you know, And I think, um, that's
Speaker 1: why I say they are similar I don't. I don't.
Speaker 1: I think they're a lot more similar than they are different.
Speaker 1: To be honest with you, you said you questioned some
Speaker 1: of your play calling. Are you have whatever you Well, yeah,
Speaker 1: they have to they're not successful. I mean you can't
Speaker 1: sit there and say it's working. I mean we're not
Speaker 1: successful on first and second down. We haven't been successful
Speaker 1: in the first half a game. So it's part of that.
Speaker 1: Maybe use of personnel or different personnel that you could
Speaker 1: use in those situations. Nah, I just think it's us
Speaker 1: putting our knowing what our players can do and putting
Speaker 1: them in better situations. I think we have the right
Speaker 1: personnel here, no question about that. And the use of
Speaker 1: the personnel that you're using the situation. Do you think
Speaker 1: that's been fine or I don't understand what you're saying. Well,
Speaker 1: could you use different personnel in different situations? Yeah, the
Speaker 1: forty six guys available to a show, I mean that's
Speaker 1: what we're doing. So, I mean it's it's it's putting
Speaker 1: them in situations where they can make plays. Though, did
Speaker 1: you keep them from having a figure he was hurt,
Speaker 1: you know, he didn't play versus the Jets and didn't
Speaker 1: practice until later in a week last week, So it's
Speaker 1: just an injury that hurt him, and I think when
Speaker 1: he's back full speed. Before that, he was playing thirty
Speaker 1: plus and napps a game and uh was good. But
Speaker 1: you know, he went down the Saturday of the Jets
Speaker 1: game in training, you know, when we were up at Monmouth,
Speaker 1: and didn't play in that game. So I mean it's
Speaker 1: tough to be it's tough to be productive when you're
Speaker 1: not on the field. So yeah, but he didn't practice
Speaker 1: during the week. So if he got recovered towards the
Speaker 1: end of the week, you already have your game playing
Speaker 1: and other guys have practice those situations. So we can
Speaker 1: get a full week of practice out of him this week,
Speaker 1: and um see where he is from that standpoint. We
Speaker 1: need him to be a big contributor for us, but
Speaker 1: you also have to be healthy to be a contributor
Speaker 1: for us, so kind of having to learn, like you
Speaker 1: know last time they Honestly, I think Nelson's like most rookies.
Speaker 1: You know you're gonna get some real good plays at him.
Speaker 1: I thought that he made a hell of a catch
Speaker 1: on that uh, you know, on the post route that
Speaker 1: that Sam through. Um, but he also made some mistakes,
Speaker 1: you know, I think that's part of the maturation process
Speaker 1: that goes along with it. He's certainly very talented, highly
Speaker 1: skilled player. Um, that we're excited about. But um, you're
Speaker 1: gonna have some ups and downs as you go through
Speaker 1: as a rookie in this league. Was high Barber coming
Speaker 1: into the year. What's been holding him back? First quarters?
Speaker 1: I guess Alan Barber. Yeah, yeah, And I think Alan
Speaker 1: actually for US has actually graded up pretty good as
Speaker 1: at an offensive guard for US. So, um, he's been better,
Speaker 1: a little bit better in pass pro than in in
Speaker 1: the run game. His pass grade is probably a little
Speaker 1: bit her than his run games. But I think he's
Speaker 1: been consistent and we're pleased with Alan right now. Um, Offensively, obviously,
Speaker 1: it starts with the quarterback. You know, he's got he's
Speaker 1: been there for so long and has such a good
Speaker 1: grasp of what they're doing. They've changed a lot of
Speaker 1: parts around him, but Drew doesn't seem like he's missed
Speaker 1: a beat. Uh. Extremely accurate pastor, one of the more
Speaker 1: accurate pastors to ever play in this league. Um, there's
Speaker 1: a lot of times where you'll say, boy, that guy,
Speaker 1: it's covered and he throws it exactly where a lot
Speaker 1: of quarterbacks in those situations would say he's covered and
Speaker 1: move on to another guy. And he'll say he's covered,
Speaker 1: but he's not covered on his back left shoulder and
Speaker 1: actually throw it to his back left shoulder. So you
Speaker 1: know you're dealing with a different type of quarterback than
Speaker 1: than a lot of guys you see in the league.
Speaker 1: He's in that Aaron Rodgers category where he can say, hey,
Speaker 1: we got pretty get coverage on this play, but we
Speaker 1: don't because of where he exactly can play the football,
Speaker 1: and there are on a lot of guys that can
Speaker 1: do that. They rotate three backs. I think the addition
Speaker 1: of CJ. Spiller has really helped them. You know, he
Speaker 1: obviously had an eight yard touchdown and overtime against them
Speaker 1: on a wheel route where they caught him in a
Speaker 1: matchup where a linebacker was on him and the linebacker
Speaker 1: couldn't run with him. They've always admired away CJ played
Speaker 1: because he's he is one of those tough matchups. He's
Speaker 1: got a lot of sproles characteristics to him. He's gonna
Speaker 1: be a returner, and then defensively, they give you so
Speaker 1: many different looks they're very multiple in what they do.
Speaker 1: You know, you're gonna see Tampa two one play, then
Speaker 1: you're gonna see a zero blitz with everybody in pressed
Speaker 1: man across the board on the next place. So, um,
Speaker 1: there's a lot of multiplicity of what they're doing. And
Speaker 1: they seem like they got a lot of guys that
Speaker 1: are role playing. So on one play, this guy's a
Speaker 1: sam linebacker, on the next play he's playing the defensive line,
Speaker 1: and then on the next play he's out and coverage.
Speaker 1: So you know that you don't have a lot of keys,
Speaker 1: especially with only four games that you got a chance
Speaker 1: to look at, and the fact that they're all young players,
Speaker 1: and the fact that three or four of the guys
Speaker 1: in the second we just got back last game, so
Speaker 1: it was the first time he had Bird, first time
Speaker 1: he had Keenan Lewis back. So what packages are you
Speaker 1: going to get from Rob Because his packages on the
Speaker 1: defensive side change week the week you'll see a blitz
Speaker 1: and week one that you don't see again. You know,
Speaker 1: it seems like he has a new package for each
Speaker 1: team he's playing, So you can prepare for those, but
Speaker 1: you also got to be ready that he's going to
Speaker 1: give us some things on Sunday that we haven't seen
Speaker 1: yet from him. Nice question, guys, correctly from wrong. But
Speaker 1: I think he used Drew as an example in the
Speaker 1: aftermath to trading for Sam the idea of you got
Speaker 1: you're gonna get a franchise quarterback. One way is to
Speaker 1: find one who's been hurt and they can trade one.
Speaker 1: How deeply did you examine Drew's career both before and
Speaker 1: after his injury before deciding, hey, maybe you could try
Speaker 1: is for the same REGI say, hey, there's an example.
Speaker 1: Now we studied it, and I think, um, you know,
Speaker 1: when you look at his injury, and that's really a
Speaker 1: credit to him. No one has ever come back from
Speaker 1: what he came back from. So you can see the
Speaker 1: case where people would say don't take them, you know,
Speaker 1: and and why that existed. And I'm sure and you've
Speaker 1: heard coach Aban has even commented on what would his
Speaker 1: career have been by Miami had been like if they
Speaker 1: had taken Drew as opposed to not taking Drew. And
Speaker 1: then you look at what the impact that he had. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, it's a specific case, but you know, I
Speaker 1: think it's the impacts he's had not only in this league,
Speaker 1: but you know, in terms of what he's done, He's
Speaker 1: won them a super Bowl. He's he's he's really he's
Speaker 1: a Hall of Fame quarterback, you know. And I think
Speaker 1: that the reason he was available is because of the
Speaker 1: injury is really what we kind of looked at. But
Speaker 1: I still think you have to look at the individual
Speaker 1: injuries and what they can come back from and what
Speaker 1: they can't come back from, and what he came back from.
Speaker 1: From our understanding of what that injury was and how
Speaker 1: they repaired that shoulder, there's I don't think I think
Speaker 1: he's the only guy that's ever come back from that.
Speaker 1: So and that's that's kind of what you're facing. You've
Speaker 1: got an unbelievable competitor that that's going to give us
Speaker 1: a huge test in here on Sunday. Thanks. Yeah,