Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay talks about developing wide receive Konata Mumpfield and his future with the Rams while quarterback Matthew Stafford and wide receiver Davante Adams recap how they spent their bye week.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
As far as injuries are concerned, guys that'll be listed
as limited. Rob Havenstein, Pooka Nakua, Cam Kitchens, and Darius Williams.
Rob and Pooker are making great progress. Expect them unless
they have setbacks. You know, it's really more limited, but
they'll just take you know, limited reps to what they're
accustomed to, but trending in the right direction. Same thing
with Cam d will We'll have him go through individual
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with his shoulder.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
We'll see how his status looks as the week progresses.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
There's the entire kind of just being four different.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
That's what I think it'll be.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
You know, because we we really talked about it at him,
it was like whatever that fourth game would be, you know,
Edgie's like, maybe you get back for that.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
But this also just provides some clarity and.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
Especially just you know, it's one of the first times
that he's ever dealt with kind of a soft tissue
of this magnitude, and so our expectation is after the
four games he'll end up being back.
Speaker 4 (00:48):
Who are Jordan putting ten steps into that role or
how do you see a combination?
Speaker 2 (00:54):
You know, I feel really good.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
You know, it's nice, you know you get so you
get Pooka back and then you know, I think, really
what you've looked at that is Jordan Whittington's done an
excellent job at Xavier Smith. All he does is just
do an excellent job with the opportunities that he's granted,
whether that's on special teams, are on offense. You know,
it was really cool to be able to get Mumfield
going a little bit. He's a guy that can play,
you know, different locations in spots. And then obviously you've
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got Davante. So you know, with those five receivers, you
feel like, you know, you got a really good group
that I think they compliment each other, you know.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
Really well. And we'll miss too too.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
It's a bummer, but you do feel confident in the
guys that'll be asked to step up.
Speaker 5 (01:27):
What do you like about the way Mumfield's developed so
far this year?
Speaker 1 (01:30):
You know, and I think he's just so conscientious, you know,
he's a I think one of the things that I've
seen really with the last two draft class, we've got
a lot of mature rookies. You know, they're grown men
even though they're young guys, and they have a professional
approach there's a rhythm, there's a routine, there's a willingness
to ask a lot of questions but also have the
awareness of knowing how to do it the right way.
And you can see he's always in you know, DeVante's
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back pocket. Think that, you know, there's a lot of
you know, respect he has really for a group as
a whole, but mature. He's obviously really talented too. You know,
he can work edges and separate, compete without the ball.
I'm really excited about what he's going to continue to do.
He's going to be a big factor for us, you know,
for years to come. You know, really, I think more
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than anything, Adam, it was just saying he respected your
game from Afar.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
You know, it's cool.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
Aubrey has some experience with him coaching him when he
was coaching the senior bowling Roger was coming out of Auburn,
and really.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
Just excited to get him comfortable with his teammates.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
You know, just you know where to go is just
talking to him a little bit, you know, before the
special teams walk through, and so we're excited to be
able to have him and to continue to get to
know him. But I think more anything put his put
arm around him, try to be able to get him
up to speed as quickly as possible, with the expectation
that he'll help in some form or fashion this week.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Expect to make any other moves that you.
Speaker 1 (02:44):
Know, I wouldn't say no, It's not something that we've
really talked about. I think, you know, if certain opportunities
arise that you feel like it gives you a chance
to be able to significantly upgrade your football team. But
I feel really good about our group and you know,
the growth that I still think can be had from
us in spite of you know, doing some good things.
And that's really in all three phases. So it hasn't
been something that we've really talked about, but I certainly
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would never rule that out.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
You guys had a lot of success given from the
quarterb actually last two games.
Speaker 6 (03:09):
What it stood out to about that pass.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
Rushings, I think, you know, I think they're rushing as one.
I think they understand the intent of what we're trying
to get done, Sarah, and I think the best part
about it is they're earning the right to get into
those spots. You have to be efficient on early downs
to be able to present some of the different things
that Chris, our coaching staff and then ultimately our guys
are being able to bring to life. But I just
think there's great collaboration. I think there's great you know,
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strain through the echo of the whistle. A couple of
the sacks that we had, you know in London, which
seems like it was three years ago, a lot of
that is Russian coverage working as one and only on
one of those seven sacks that we had where we
bring in five rushers, you know, we had one of
them that Quinn Lake had that was you know, it's
still a four man rush where you're playing loaded zone
behind it, but you're bringing a dB and the other
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ones were just great effort, great guys playing eleven as one.
And you know there's a couple where it's just you know,
great understanding of how to be able to rush and
rush off with one another. You know, you look at
Josiah Stewart's sack that he had, it's great effort by him,
but it's also an amazing job by Poona Ford to
be able to understand the rush Land integrity to be
able to cover him, and then that prevents Lawrence from
being able to escape contain and now he's got to
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stay in the pocket and there you go for a sack. So,
you know, I think Gifsmith does such a great job.
He and Joe Conniglio and Drew Wilkins, their collaboration, their understanding,
and you know, we're rushing well.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
As a union.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
That's the best defenses that I've ever been around are
gone against, and I'm excited about where we can continue
to go.
Speaker 5 (04:29):
After the Jaguars game, you mentioned how it was a
reminder of how many playmakers you have on your team.
When you get Puka back. What's I guess the challenger
opportunity of kind of blending that all together, knowing there's
also just one ball.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
I think he just said it, you know, I think
it's really making sure that you still capitalize on Puka
and what he can do, but also making sure that
you take advantage of the skill sets of the total group.
You know, and that's and that could be reflected in
a lot of different ways. But having different guys as
some of the primaries and being able to you know,
I think it's more difficult to defend. You know, you
certainly don't want to not take advantage of getting the
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ball to some of the guys where you know, we've
talked a lot about Pooka and DeVante getting rightfully sol
a lot of targets, but there's also places and opportunities
for some of those guys that I was answering with
Gary's question earlier, that can make plays our tight ends.
It was great to get them involved, and so these
are positive or champagne problems for us as coaches.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
But I think, you know, being able to.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
Make sure that you're creating value and giving opportunities for
everybody to feel.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
Like, you know, they can make it more difficult for
you to be defended.
Speaker 4 (05:26):
Traveling quite a bit in the first part of your schedule,
we didn't trump the second part. You know, you go
to Carolina and Atlanta, but otherwise, say on the West coast,
What does what if any advantage do you think that
might give you guys.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
Going You know what I think, I think it's good.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
You know, what I do know is is that we're
at home a little bit more over the next month.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
And you know, I think you know this by now too.
I think it's good.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
You know, for some of the reasons, I don't really
try to make too much of it, because whatever the
schedule is. I don't have control over are we away,
are we home? What time are we playing at? So
we maximize the opportunities that we have and and try
to do the best job of controlling the controllable. So
if you said, do the players probably appreciate that being
able to be in a little bit more normalized rhythm
and routine. Of course, that's the most important thing to
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me is how do we put these guys in successful
situations and have an atmosphere and environment that really continuously
cultivates that. As far as the travel, you know, I'm
I don't, you know, love jumping on a plane for
six hours, but shoot, I don't have that choice.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
So I think our guys have handled that part of
it really well.
Speaker 1 (06:29):
And I think it'll be nice to be at home
a little bit more and we're excited play in front
of our home crowd this Sunday.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
Okay, thanks guys, I'm.
Speaker 6 (06:35):
Going to shore. It was good. Good.
Speaker 7 (06:39):
You got to take a little time off, let the
body rest a little bit, and yeah, but like like
a lot of us, came back a little better.
Speaker 2 (06:47):
How did you spend your bye week?
Speaker 5 (06:49):
And you know, how is your approach to that kind
of evolved during your career.
Speaker 7 (06:54):
Well, I was extremely relaxed, extremely relaxed, and uh in
Cabo out there, spending some time with the family and
just kind of, uh just taking a load off and
and detaching from football a little bit. And uh yeah,
it was it was real low key played a little
golf and that's pretty much it.
Speaker 6 (07:13):
Longer you've played as the Pats kind of shaved them,
say that, how.
Speaker 5 (07:17):
Long were you played as the fake you kind of
you shave them before.
Speaker 7 (07:22):
Yeah, especially the last few years, I've been less fortunate
with the time end of the bar, so I think
kind of happened in mid season. And what that it
was is it timed up good with obviously splitting up
the season pretty good. Think I've had one couple of
years ago really early, and then last year I think
we had it like week thirteen or something like that.
So it's, uh, it's you know, letting a lot more
things accumulate on the body before you get a little
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bit of break to kind of separate the two. So
uh yeah, definitely as you go longer, especially if you've
had some unfortunate you know, bi weeks in the in
the past, I think times like this you appreciate them.
Speaker 6 (07:52):
Sure two two.
Speaker 5 (07:53):
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structurally screen mm.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
But now is there any like me enjoys kinds of
things to put it out on this space?
Speaker 7 (08:04):
And not necessarily man, I mean, we we got such
a versatile group where anybody can step in there and
do anything.
Speaker 6 (08:11):
So obviously it's it's a hit.
Speaker 7 (08:13):
To us cause he's a you know what, we know
what he brings, and you know he's he's such as
a threat downfield being able to you know, mix in
some of the downfield stuff with some deeper routes because
they got such a respect for a speed. So yeah,
it's it's obviously something we got to adjust to. But
we we got depth in that room and a lot
of guys that are ready. And good thing is we
don't really have anybody that just sits on the bench
that plays receiver.
Speaker 8 (08:33):
You know.
Speaker 7 (08:33):
We we get a lot of guys that that get
meaningful snaps and go in there playing thirteen personnel you know,
the last game, you know, aks getting in there making
some play. So really anybody you can just kind of
pick who you want and they can go in there
and and pick up the slept.
Speaker 4 (08:46):
As much as you enjoyed the bye week. Is there
any part of you when you come off a game
as productive as that one was for you? Y touchdown?
Why is it you just you don't want that break?
Speaker 8 (08:55):
You just wanna get.
Speaker 6 (08:55):
Oh hell yeah.
Speaker 7 (08:56):
I told shot Man, I was like, I wish we'd
keep rolling at this point, like and then the other
part of seeing that people keep playing and then you
know they keep doing this and you're like, damn, I
just had.
Speaker 6 (09:04):
To sit around for a week.
Speaker 7 (09:05):
So but yeah, I mean it's it's the the mature
thing to think is that you know, you we we
would appreciate it regardless, but the competitor and me definitely
wants to keep going sometimes, especially when the body feels good.
Speaker 6 (09:18):
So you can to a.
Speaker 5 (09:19):
Competitor and you how you evaluate your say and your
experience being around about how much the season's a part.
Speaker 6 (09:27):
Yeah, I mean I think a lot of positives for sure.
Speaker 7 (09:32):
I I think that we haven't been able to truly
maximize it, just because you know, missing time with Matthew
and camp Instill trying to get on the page throughout
the season, and me dealing with the hamstring. I wasn't
necessarily practicing every day before and so right now, trying
to make sure, you know, the better we feel being
available out there on the field, so we can continue
to work on that. But yeah, overall, I mean, I
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I don't think anybody's disappointed.
Speaker 6 (09:54):
But it's you know, me.
Speaker 7 (09:57):
Being who I am and Matthew being who and just
having a team that we do. My expectations are really
high and standards are really high for what you know,
I should bring in, what the team should be able
to do. So definitely not satisfy with what we've done,
but but happy with where we are.
Speaker 6 (10:11):
No, go ahead, you good?
Speaker 8 (10:13):
So you said like you know, you wish like after
you got such good game and answer people going.
Speaker 9 (10:17):
Yeah, and you spoke after the game to how muchfield
has such a good game and you see yourself.
Speaker 6 (10:22):
And him were younger.
Speaker 3 (10:23):
You Yeah, do you ever really give.
Speaker 9 (10:25):
Advice or say any kind of thoughts to youthay like
that after your hoss such a good game, but they're
a break and then how do they stay hot?
Speaker 7 (10:33):
Like any certain as you well, I mean typically I
think with a normal young group that's you'd have a
lot to say. Come in and you know you might
have some things you hit 'em with. But with this room,
I mean they've they've taught me some stuff. Like I
even made mention. I don't know if I told you guys,
but I I went in and and had a conversation
with or not had a conversation, but I kind of
broke up the meeting for a minute just cause we
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were looking at the tape. I forgot what game it was,
but these dudes were flying around, you know, making blocks
on the backside, doing a lot of stuff, and it
made me kind of evaluate, you know, my performance as
far as how much I'm able to give and the
things that I could be pressing on and you know,
straining a little bit more in the run game and
things like that. And I let them know, I said, look, y'all,
motivate me, man. Like they laughed, thinking that I was joking,
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but I let the jokes calm down for a minute,
just let them know, like I'm dead serious. Like seeing
the way you guys as young people, like we obviously
had great coaches in here, but they're not in here,
you know, on our butt to the un degree trying
to make sure that you know, you got strained on
the backside and all this. It's just really just you
know what's in them and you can see it in
the way that they go about it, and you know
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that the outlier is the person that's that's not gonna
be you know, flying around.
Speaker 6 (11:37):
So yeah, it's not really much you got.
Speaker 7 (11:39):
To say to a lot of these guys out here,
you gotta you know, as it comes, as things come up,
you can you know, mention whatever. But day to day,
I mean, they they they're pros, and they understand how
it goes, and they continue going.
Speaker 4 (11:50):
No hookahs in the hands of the training staff and whatnot.
But as a veteran who's played through all kinds of things,
I'm guessing, is there anything that you onto him as
he's kind of navigating this in terms of advice or
anything regarding how you navigate through that?
Speaker 6 (12:08):
I mean not so much. Really. The these dudes know
their bodies.
Speaker 7 (12:11):
I think when it comes to certain injuries, a lot
of these guys will come to me and ask too
if they do have something, So I don't just walk around,
you know, just throwing out unsolicited advice. But you know,
as it takes to an ankle, I think something like that,
it's a little easier to work through because you know,
it's not like a handstring where it'll you know, or
you know, you mess up, you break a bone in
your wrist or something like. Those things can be detrimental
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to your health overall and you know later in life.
But with an ankle, that's kind of something that you
can gauge and feel based off your comfort, and it's
not really something that somebody training room can tell you
like you can't go today. But you know, a knee
or something like that, they can tell you like, look,
your knee is not healthy enough to go out there
run and play football. But I just basically just kind
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of ask him where he's at, basically and try to
comfort them however I can, but you know, not too
much just unsolicited. I just kind of take it as
a company.
Speaker 5 (13:00):
You talked, sorry, you talked after the last game aout
how you wish you could go out and score three
touchdowns every game, but it obviously doesn't always go to nobody.
But looking back, do you feel like you did you
find something that you guys as an offense, find something
that that you can kind of build on just looking
back at that three touchdown game that that maybe wasn't
there before that game.
Speaker 7 (13:20):
Yeah, I mean, I we'll see, we'll see what the
red zone targets look like this week and then we'll
be able to fully tell you on that. But I mean, definitely,
it's it's it's not a secret that you know, I've
I've been able to make plays in the in the
red zone. So I think a lot of it was
just getting on the same page, just filling each other out,
coming up with a good plan and and you know,
the coaches did that and we're able to connect. And
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I think the more you make plays, the more you
build that confidence, and then you know, you stop straining
and and and pressing and make plays and then you
just be yourself and go out there and be natural.
Speaker 6 (13:48):
That's the way.
Speaker 5 (13:49):
That's the coaching stop besides the black, super different stops.
Speaker 7 (13:59):
I would say, yes and no, it's been it's been
a pretty big emphasis. I just think here it's a
little bit more seamless. And yeah, I mean, honestly, I've
been places where they talk about the way we're gonna
do the run game even more than what we do here.
But I think we just kind of less talking, just
more about being about it here. And you know that's
something to that as well.
Speaker 8 (14:20):
Thanks, thank you.
Speaker 5 (14:21):
You stayed for the full eighteen innings.
Speaker 8 (14:23):
The other night, I did not.
Speaker 10 (14:25):
I gave it my best effort, but I knew I
was gonna have to get up and get some kids
ready for school the next day. So I left after
after ten, I think, went had dinner, drove all the
way home, got ready for bed, got in my bet
in the game still on, so I did watch the
entire thing.
Speaker 8 (14:41):
I was glued to a phone or a TV. So
good dub that was? That was wild? Mm after five? Yeah, no,
I feel I I feel pretty good.
Speaker 10 (15:01):
Obviously, I do a lot to try and make sure
I stay feeling as good as I possibly can. So
just daily maintenance and you know, just trying to do
everything I can to make sure that I'm feeling as
good as I possibly can. But coming off the BUYE
feel pretty sold.
Speaker 4 (15:15):
How was that plane right home with a back pie?
We're just generally speaking, do you get up and walk
around and keep moving or just.
Speaker 8 (15:24):
The plane ride home?
Speaker 10 (15:25):
I was out because we had you know, interesting Friday
to Saturday. There wasn't a whole lot of sleep, and
then my Saturday sleep was all messed up, and or
Saturday night and then so after the game, I was
pretty tired. I think that flight was like ten and
a half eleven hours, and I think I slept for
probably the first six six and a half of it.
Speaker 8 (15:43):
Slept pretty good.
Speaker 10 (15:45):
Got here, got to my house at two am, went
back to sleep until like five am, got up at
five and then I've been feeling pretty good ever since.
So it was not too bad. But yeah, it felt
it felt fine after that trip.
Speaker 5 (15:57):
How do you go about handling the buye a week
just at this point you're or how much like what
kind of things you do to reset or step away or.
Speaker 10 (16:03):
Yeah, I mean, obviously try to stay you know, feeling good, physically,
move around.
Speaker 8 (16:07):
I don't want to just sit on the couch, So.
Speaker 10 (16:10):
Do as much as I can and make make sure
that when I come back here on Monday, that I'm
feeling as good as I can. And then, I mean,
I'm spending as much time as I can with my family,
taking my kids to school, picking them up, going to
soccer games. Got to see a couple of soccer games
this past weekend and and spending time with them. Kelly
and I got away for a little bit for like
twenty four hours and came back and back at it.
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So it's uh, it's great. It's good to be just
to be home and be dad for a little bit.
Speaker 2 (16:37):
Much better do you feel, you know, today after the
bye week compared to you know, like a Monday where
you would be coming in after a game.
Speaker 8 (16:45):
Yeah, I mean better.
Speaker 10 (16:45):
Obviously I didn't take any hits last week, you know,
so that that definitely feels better. But to be honest
with you, our guys have been doing such a great
job of keeping me clean. I mean I I I
felt pretty good knock on wood.
Speaker 8 (16:58):
Uh, you know most weeks coming into coming into the week.
Speaker 4 (17:02):
Go ahead, Well, I was gonna say, Sarah reminded me
last year you had a streak the longest of your
career of five games without an interception. You're playing efficiently
again this season.
Speaker 8 (17:18):
I've just wanted to talk about somebody's theme.
Speaker 4 (17:22):
No, but the efficiency that you have played with over
the last four games is that? Are you in a groove?
Is that just a lot?
Speaker 8 (17:31):
No?
Speaker 10 (17:31):
I hope it's not luck, But no, I think you
got to go out and prove yourself every single week.
And you know, certain games shake out certain ways, and
sometimes the ball bounces your way, and sometimes it doesn't.
So I'm just trying to go out there as make
make as many good decisions in a row as I
possibly can. That's both with where the football is going,
how I'm throwing it, all those kind of things. Those
are all decisions you have to make in a certain play.
So just try to make those decisions. Go out there,
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trust myself, I trust my teammates, and and go let it.
Let it hang out. And if there's a turnover, are here,
there are bad play here there, move on, find a
way to impact the game in a positive way sooner
rather than later.
Speaker 9 (18:05):
It looks like to you the most about just the
possibilities with this offense the rest of the season, especially
with you know what came out of the last game
with tight ends and you know progressive with the connection
with Davonte as Phocas now expected to go back.
Speaker 10 (18:18):
Yeah, I mean, I think the you know, the more
people we can get involved in the game, the better
we are. Obviously we have a couple of like extremely
talented players of quite quite a few you know that
are that are difference makers in this league. But when
we can spread the ball around and make everybody defend
all the guys, all the eligibles, every blade of grass.
Speaker 8 (18:38):
That's when we're not our best.
Speaker 10 (18:39):
So continue to try and do that and let the
the big games for certain guys just happen. And frankly,
I try to play that way all the time. Sometimes
it shakes out a little bit different, but I'm doing
everything I can to throw the ball where the covered
sholls me to throw the ball and give our guys
opportunities to go do what they do best.
Speaker 2 (18:58):
To this offense really sweet in the process of learnings.
Speaker 10 (19:04):
I don't think so, you know, I think we have
guys that can do it all, and Too is one
of those guys. Yes, he runs, you know, uh faster
than I do. But uh, but he's got a whole
lot of other skills too that are valuable to our team.
Speaker 8 (19:16):
So he's like everybody else.
Speaker 10 (19:18):
We find ways to put him in the best position
to help them succeed and let them go out there
and use their talents. So, I mean, obviously you miss
a guy like him with his ability to do some
of the things that he's able to do, but find
ways to, uh to be effective and explosive in other ways.
Speaker 4 (19:34):
You mentioned, you know, you watched the end of the
Dodger game the other night, and Freddy Freeman, who has
done that before. Obviously, what is it about guys like him?
Guys like you in those moments are able to you know,
what sets what sets you guys apart from the average
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yeah player.
Speaker 8 (19:55):
I don't know, I think, uh, I don't know Freddie
all that well.
Speaker 10 (19:58):
I know him decent, but I feel like, you know,
he's a kind of guy that embraces those moments, wants
that moment. Surely doesn't want to be sitting in the
on deck circle and hoping the guy in front of
him or behind him does it. So he seems to
have that attitude, seems to have had that attitude his
whole career.
Speaker 8 (20:13):
He's been fun to watch, man.
Speaker 10 (20:14):
It was awesome being there, and I mean the first
time he stepped up the home plate, everybody in the
stadium's chanting his name. I mean, it's awesome what he's
been able to do for this city and for that team.
So obviously I'm a big fan. But yeah, I think
I think just wanting and embracing that moment, right, not
shying away from it, and not shining away from the
fact that failure is an option too. You know, you
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got to go out there and shoot your shot, and
and you know, I'm sure he had I think he
had chances earlier in the game, probably to get a
base hitting and end it with guys in scoring position.
Speaker 8 (20:42):
Didn't happen. Okay, Well, got.
Speaker 10 (20:44):
To, you know, trust myself the next time I go
up there, and you know, he did a hell of
a job.
Speaker 8 (20:49):
So it was fun to watch. I think that's that's
the biggest thing.
Speaker 10 (20:51):
Can't be can't be afraid to go out there and
fail and just trust yourself.
Speaker 3 (20:56):
After you're one of the longest tenured guys in the sport,
your career is kind of paralleled. As we've seen changes
to the rules regarding gambling and it's become more widespread obviously,
as have you noticed change in what you hear from
fans or your relationships as gambling has become more prevalent.
Speaker 10 (21:14):
Nationally, Not not me personally, you know, I haven't. I
haven't had too many interactions where I've thought anything about
I don't really talk to people about that or anyone
in my circle that you know it's interested in that.
Speaker 8 (21:26):
To be honest with.
Speaker 10 (21:27):
You, I think probably fantasy football is the thing I
get asked about the most, and whether or not I'm
doing enough for their team. But other than that, no,
I don't. I don't feel any questions like that. Luckily,
I can imagine that certain guys get involved with that
or have that you know, brought to them, and you
got to find ways to make sure that you're doing
everything you can to stay out of that
As far as injuries are concerned, guys that'll be listed
as limited. Rob Havenstein, Pooka Nakua, Cam Kitchens, and Darius Williams.
Rob and Pooker are making great progress. Expect them unless
they have setbacks. You know, it's really more limited, but
they'll just take you know, limited reps to what they're
accustomed to, but trending in the right direction. Same thing
with Cam d will We'll have him go through individual
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with his shoulder.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
We'll see how his status looks as the week progresses.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
There's the entire kind of just being four different.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
That's what I think it'll be.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
You know, because we we really talked about it at him,
it was like whatever that fourth game would be, you know,
Edgie's like, maybe you get back for that.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
But this also just provides some clarity and.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
Especially just you know, it's one of the first times
that he's ever dealt with kind of a soft tissue
of this magnitude, and so our expectation is after the
four games he'll end up being back.
Speaker 4 (00:48):
Who are Jordan putting ten steps into that role or
how do you see a combination?
Speaker 2 (00:54):
You know, I feel really good.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
You know, it's nice, you know you get so you
get Pooka back and then you know, I think, really
what you've looked at that is Jordan Whittington's done an
excellent job at Xavier Smith. All he does is just
do an excellent job with the opportunities that he's granted,
whether that's on special teams, are on offense. You know,
it was really cool to be able to get Mumfield
going a little bit. He's a guy that can play,
you know, different locations in spots. And then obviously you've
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got Davante. So you know, with those five receivers, you
feel like, you know, you got a really good group
that I think they compliment each other, you know.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
Really well. And we'll miss too too.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
It's a bummer, but you do feel confident in the
guys that'll be asked to step up.
Speaker 5 (01:27):
What do you like about the way Mumfield's developed so
far this year?
Speaker 1 (01:30):
You know, and I think he's just so conscientious, you know,
he's a I think one of the things that I've
seen really with the last two draft class, we've got
a lot of mature rookies. You know, they're grown men
even though they're young guys, and they have a professional
approach there's a rhythm, there's a routine, there's a willingness
to ask a lot of questions but also have the
awareness of knowing how to do it the right way.
And you can see he's always in you know, DeVante's
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back pocket. Think that, you know, there's a lot of
you know, respect he has really for a group as
a whole, but mature. He's obviously really talented too. You know,
he can work edges and separate, compete without the ball.
I'm really excited about what he's going to continue to do.
He's going to be a big factor for us, you know,
for years to come. You know, really, I think more
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than anything, Adam, it was just saying he respected your
game from Afar.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
You know, it's cool.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
Aubrey has some experience with him coaching him when he
was coaching the senior bowling Roger was coming out of Auburn,
and really.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
Just excited to get him comfortable with his teammates.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
You know, just you know where to go is just
talking to him a little bit, you know, before the
special teams walk through, and so we're excited to be
able to have him and to continue to get to
know him. But I think more anything put his put
arm around him, try to be able to get him
up to speed as quickly as possible, with the expectation
that he'll help in some form or fashion this week.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Expect to make any other moves that you.
Speaker 1 (02:44):
Know, I wouldn't say no, It's not something that we've
really talked about. I think, you know, if certain opportunities
arise that you feel like it gives you a chance
to be able to significantly upgrade your football team. But
I feel really good about our group and you know,
the growth that I still think can be had from
us in spite of you know, doing some good things.
And that's really in all three phases. So it hasn't
been something that we've really talked about, but I certainly
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would never rule that out.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
You guys had a lot of success given from the
quarterb actually last two games.
Speaker 6 (03:09):
What it stood out to about that pass.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
Rushings, I think, you know, I think they're rushing as one.
I think they understand the intent of what we're trying
to get done, Sarah, and I think the best part
about it is they're earning the right to get into
those spots. You have to be efficient on early downs
to be able to present some of the different things
that Chris, our coaching staff and then ultimately our guys
are being able to bring to life. But I just
think there's great collaboration. I think there's great you know,
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strain through the echo of the whistle. A couple of
the sacks that we had, you know in London, which
seems like it was three years ago, a lot of
that is Russian coverage working as one and only on
one of those seven sacks that we had where we
bring in five rushers, you know, we had one of
them that Quinn Lake had that was you know, it's
still a four man rush where you're playing loaded zone
behind it, but you're bringing a dB and the other
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ones were just great effort, great guys playing eleven as one.
And you know there's a couple where it's just you know,
great understanding of how to be able to rush and
rush off with one another. You know, you look at
Josiah Stewart's sack that he had, it's great effort by him,
but it's also an amazing job by Poona Ford to
be able to understand the rush Land integrity to be
able to cover him, and then that prevents Lawrence from
being able to escape contain and now he's got to
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stay in the pocket and there you go for a sack. So,
you know, I think Gifsmith does such a great job.
He and Joe Conniglio and Drew Wilkins, their collaboration, their understanding,
and you know, we're rushing well.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
As a union.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
That's the best defenses that I've ever been around are
gone against, and I'm excited about where we can continue
to go.
Speaker 5 (04:29):
After the Jaguars game, you mentioned how it was a
reminder of how many playmakers you have on your team.
When you get Puka back. What's I guess the challenger
opportunity of kind of blending that all together, knowing there's
also just one ball.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
I think he just said it, you know, I think
it's really making sure that you still capitalize on Puka
and what he can do, but also making sure that
you take advantage of the skill sets of the total group.
You know, and that's and that could be reflected in
a lot of different ways. But having different guys as
some of the primaries and being able to you know,
I think it's more difficult to defend. You know, you
certainly don't want to not take advantage of getting the
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ball to some of the guys where you know, we've
talked a lot about Pooka and DeVante getting rightfully sol
a lot of targets, but there's also places and opportunities
for some of those guys that I was answering with
Gary's question earlier, that can make plays our tight ends.
It was great to get them involved, and so these
are positive or champagne problems for us as coaches.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
But I think, you know, being able to.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
Make sure that you're creating value and giving opportunities for
everybody to feel.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
Like, you know, they can make it more difficult for
you to be defended.
Speaker 4 (05:26):
Traveling quite a bit in the first part of your schedule,
we didn't trump the second part. You know, you go
to Carolina and Atlanta, but otherwise, say on the West coast,
What does what if any advantage do you think that
might give you guys.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
Going You know what I think, I think it's good.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
You know, what I do know is is that we're
at home a little bit more over the next month.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
And you know, I think you know this by now too.
I think it's good.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
You know, for some of the reasons, I don't really
try to make too much of it, because whatever the
schedule is. I don't have control over are we away,
are we home? What time are we playing at? So
we maximize the opportunities that we have and and try
to do the best job of controlling the controllable. So
if you said, do the players probably appreciate that being
able to be in a little bit more normalized rhythm
and routine. Of course, that's the most important thing to
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me is how do we put these guys in successful
situations and have an atmosphere and environment that really continuously
cultivates that. As far as the travel, you know, I'm
I don't, you know, love jumping on a plane for
six hours, but shoot, I don't have that choice.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
So I think our guys have handled that part of
it really well.
Speaker 1 (06:29):
And I think it'll be nice to be at home
a little bit more and we're excited play in front
of our home crowd this Sunday.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
Okay, thanks guys, I'm.
Speaker 6 (06:35):
Going to shore. It was good. Good.
Speaker 7 (06:39):
You got to take a little time off, let the
body rest a little bit, and yeah, but like like
a lot of us, came back a little better.
Speaker 2 (06:47):
How did you spend your bye week?
Speaker 5 (06:49):
And you know, how is your approach to that kind
of evolved during your career.
Speaker 7 (06:54):
Well, I was extremely relaxed, extremely relaxed, and uh in
Cabo out there, spending some time with the family and
just kind of, uh just taking a load off and
and detaching from football a little bit. And uh yeah,
it was it was real low key played a little
golf and that's pretty much it.
Speaker 6 (07:13):
Longer you've played as the Pats kind of shaved them,
say that, how.
Speaker 5 (07:17):
Long were you played as the fake you kind of
you shave them before.
Speaker 7 (07:22):
Yeah, especially the last few years, I've been less fortunate
with the time end of the bar, so I think
kind of happened in mid season. And what that it
was is it timed up good with obviously splitting up
the season pretty good. Think I've had one couple of
years ago really early, and then last year I think
we had it like week thirteen or something like that.
So it's, uh, it's you know, letting a lot more
things accumulate on the body before you get a little
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bit of break to kind of separate the two. So
uh yeah, definitely as you go longer, especially if you've
had some unfortunate you know, bi weeks in the in
the past, I think times like this you appreciate them.
Speaker 6 (07:52):
Sure two two.
Speaker 5 (07:53):
Goots such a bringing such y'all right, tip SI sport
structurally screen mm.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
But now is there any like me enjoys kinds of
things to put it out on this space?
Speaker 7 (08:04):
And not necessarily man, I mean, we we got such
a versatile group where anybody can step in there and
do anything.
Speaker 6 (08:11):
So obviously it's it's a hit.
Speaker 7 (08:13):
To us cause he's a you know what, we know
what he brings, and you know he's he's such as
a threat downfield being able to you know, mix in
some of the downfield stuff with some deeper routes because
they got such a respect for a speed. So yeah,
it's it's obviously something we got to adjust to. But
we we got depth in that room and a lot
of guys that are ready. And good thing is we
don't really have anybody that just sits on the bench
that plays receiver.
Speaker 8 (08:33):
You know.
Speaker 7 (08:33):
We we get a lot of guys that that get
meaningful snaps and go in there playing thirteen personnel you know,
the last game, you know, aks getting in there making
some play. So really anybody you can just kind of
pick who you want and they can go in there
and and pick up the slept.
Speaker 4 (08:46):
As much as you enjoyed the bye week. Is there
any part of you when you come off a game
as productive as that one was for you? Y touchdown?
Why is it you just you don't want that break?
Speaker 8 (08:55):
You just wanna get.
Speaker 6 (08:55):
Oh hell yeah.
Speaker 7 (08:56):
I told shot Man, I was like, I wish we'd
keep rolling at this point, like and then the other
part of seeing that people keep playing and then you
know they keep doing this and you're like, damn, I
just had.
Speaker 6 (09:04):
To sit around for a week.
Speaker 7 (09:05):
So but yeah, I mean it's it's the the mature
thing to think is that you know, you we we
would appreciate it regardless, but the competitor and me definitely
wants to keep going sometimes, especially when the body feels good.
Speaker 6 (09:18):
So you can to a.
Speaker 5 (09:19):
Competitor and you how you evaluate your say and your
experience being around about how much the season's a part.
Speaker 6 (09:27):
Yeah, I mean I think a lot of positives for sure.
Speaker 7 (09:32):
I I think that we haven't been able to truly
maximize it, just because you know, missing time with Matthew
and camp Instill trying to get on the page throughout
the season, and me dealing with the hamstring. I wasn't
necessarily practicing every day before and so right now, trying
to make sure, you know, the better we feel being
available out there on the field, so we can continue
to work on that. But yeah, overall, I mean, I
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I don't think anybody's disappointed.
Speaker 6 (09:54):
But it's you know, me.
Speaker 7 (09:57):
Being who I am and Matthew being who and just
having a team that we do. My expectations are really
high and standards are really high for what you know,
I should bring in, what the team should be able
to do. So definitely not satisfy with what we've done,
but but happy with where we are.
Speaker 6 (10:11):
No, go ahead, you good?
Speaker 8 (10:13):
So you said like you know, you wish like after
you got such good game and answer people going.
Speaker 9 (10:17):
Yeah, and you spoke after the game to how muchfield
has such a good game and you see yourself.
Speaker 6 (10:22):
And him were younger.
Speaker 3 (10:23):
You Yeah, do you ever really give.
Speaker 9 (10:25):
Advice or say any kind of thoughts to youthay like
that after your hoss such a good game, but they're
a break and then how do they stay hot?
Speaker 7 (10:33):
Like any certain as you well, I mean typically I
think with a normal young group that's you'd have a
lot to say. Come in and you know you might
have some things you hit 'em with. But with this room,
I mean they've they've taught me some stuff. Like I
even made mention. I don't know if I told you guys,
but I I went in and and had a conversation
with or not had a conversation, but I kind of
broke up the meeting for a minute just cause we
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were looking at the tape. I forgot what game it was,
but these dudes were flying around, you know, making blocks
on the backside, doing a lot of stuff, and it
made me kind of evaluate, you know, my performance as
far as how much I'm able to give and the
things that I could be pressing on and you know,
straining a little bit more in the run game and
things like that. And I let them know, I said, look, y'all,
motivate me, man. Like they laughed, thinking that I was joking,
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but I let the jokes calm down for a minute,
just let them know, like I'm dead serious. Like seeing
the way you guys as young people, like we obviously
had great coaches in here, but they're not in here,
you know, on our butt to the un degree trying
to make sure that you know, you got strained on
the backside and all this. It's just really just you
know what's in them and you can see it in
the way that they go about it, and you know
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that the outlier is the person that's that's not gonna
be you know, flying around.
Speaker 6 (11:37):
So yeah, it's not really much you got.
Speaker 7 (11:39):
To say to a lot of these guys out here,
you gotta you know, as it comes, as things come up,
you can you know, mention whatever. But day to day,
I mean, they they they're pros, and they understand how
it goes, and they continue going.
Speaker 4 (11:50):
No hookahs in the hands of the training staff and whatnot.
But as a veteran who's played through all kinds of things,
I'm guessing, is there anything that you onto him as
he's kind of navigating this in terms of advice or
anything regarding how you navigate through that?
Speaker 6 (12:08):
I mean not so much. Really. The these dudes know
their bodies.
Speaker 7 (12:11):
I think when it comes to certain injuries, a lot
of these guys will come to me and ask too
if they do have something, So I don't just walk around,
you know, just throwing out unsolicited advice. But you know,
as it takes to an ankle, I think something like that,
it's a little easier to work through because you know,
it's not like a handstring where it'll you know, or
you know, you mess up, you break a bone in
your wrist or something like. Those things can be detrimental
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to your health overall and you know later in life.
But with an ankle, that's kind of something that you
can gauge and feel based off your comfort, and it's
not really something that somebody training room can tell you
like you can't go today. But you know, a knee
or something like that, they can tell you like, look,
your knee is not healthy enough to go out there
run and play football. But I just basically just kind
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of ask him where he's at, basically and try to
comfort them however I can, but you know, not too
much just unsolicited. I just kind of take it as
a company.
Speaker 5 (13:00):
You talked, sorry, you talked after the last game aout
how you wish you could go out and score three
touchdowns every game, but it obviously doesn't always go to nobody.
But looking back, do you feel like you did you
find something that you guys as an offense, find something
that that you can kind of build on just looking
back at that three touchdown game that that maybe wasn't
there before that game.
Speaker 7 (13:20):
Yeah, I mean, I we'll see, we'll see what the
red zone targets look like this week and then we'll
be able to fully tell you on that. But I mean, definitely,
it's it's it's not a secret that you know, I've
I've been able to make plays in the in the
red zone. So I think a lot of it was
just getting on the same page, just filling each other out,
coming up with a good plan and and you know,
the coaches did that and we're able to connect. And
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I think the more you make plays, the more you
build that confidence, and then you know, you stop straining
and and and pressing and make plays and then you
just be yourself and go out there and be natural.
Speaker 6 (13:48):
That's the way.
Speaker 5 (13:49):
That's the coaching stop besides the black, super different stops.
Speaker 7 (13:59):
I would say, yes and no, it's been it's been
a pretty big emphasis. I just think here it's a
little bit more seamless. And yeah, I mean, honestly, I've
been places where they talk about the way we're gonna
do the run game even more than what we do here.
But I think we just kind of less talking, just
more about being about it here. And you know that's
something to that as well.
Speaker 8 (14:20):
Thanks, thank you.
Speaker 5 (14:21):
You stayed for the full eighteen innings.
Speaker 8 (14:23):
The other night, I did not.
Speaker 10 (14:25):
I gave it my best effort, but I knew I
was gonna have to get up and get some kids
ready for school the next day. So I left after
after ten, I think, went had dinner, drove all the
way home, got ready for bed, got in my bet
in the game still on, so I did watch the
entire thing.
Speaker 8 (14:41):
I was glued to a phone or a TV. So
good dub that was? That was wild? Mm after five? Yeah, no,
I feel I I feel pretty good.
Speaker 10 (15:01):
Obviously, I do a lot to try and make sure
I stay feeling as good as I possibly can. So
just daily maintenance and you know, just trying to do
everything I can to make sure that I'm feeling as
good as I possibly can. But coming off the BUYE
feel pretty sold.
Speaker 4 (15:15):
How was that plane right home with a back pie?
We're just generally speaking, do you get up and walk
around and keep moving or just.
Speaker 8 (15:24):
The plane ride home?
Speaker 10 (15:25):
I was out because we had you know, interesting Friday
to Saturday. There wasn't a whole lot of sleep, and
then my Saturday sleep was all messed up, and or
Saturday night and then so after the game, I was
pretty tired. I think that flight was like ten and
a half eleven hours, and I think I slept for
probably the first six six and a half of it.
Speaker 8 (15:43):
Slept pretty good.
Speaker 10 (15:45):
Got here, got to my house at two am, went
back to sleep until like five am, got up at
five and then I've been feeling pretty good ever since.
So it was not too bad. But yeah, it felt
it felt fine after that trip.
Speaker 5 (15:57):
How do you go about handling the buye a week
just at this point you're or how much like what
kind of things you do to reset or step away or.
Speaker 10 (16:03):
Yeah, I mean, obviously try to stay you know, feeling good, physically,
move around.
Speaker 8 (16:07):
I don't want to just sit on the couch, So.
Speaker 10 (16:10):
Do as much as I can and make make sure
that when I come back here on Monday, that I'm
feeling as good as I can. And then, I mean,
I'm spending as much time as I can with my family,
taking my kids to school, picking them up, going to
soccer games. Got to see a couple of soccer games
this past weekend and and spending time with them. Kelly
and I got away for a little bit for like
twenty four hours and came back and back at it.
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So it's uh, it's great. It's good to be just
to be home and be dad for a little bit.
Speaker 2 (16:37):
Much better do you feel, you know, today after the
bye week compared to you know, like a Monday where
you would be coming in after a game.
Speaker 8 (16:45):
Yeah, I mean better.
Speaker 10 (16:45):
Obviously I didn't take any hits last week, you know,
so that that definitely feels better. But to be honest
with you, our guys have been doing such a great
job of keeping me clean. I mean I I I
felt pretty good knock on wood.
Speaker 8 (16:58):
Uh, you know most weeks coming into coming into the week.
Speaker 4 (17:02):
Go ahead, Well, I was gonna say, Sarah reminded me
last year you had a streak the longest of your
career of five games without an interception. You're playing efficiently
again this season.
Speaker 8 (17:18):
I've just wanted to talk about somebody's theme.
Speaker 4 (17:22):
No, but the efficiency that you have played with over
the last four games is that? Are you in a groove?
Is that just a lot?
Speaker 8 (17:31):
No?
Speaker 10 (17:31):
I hope it's not luck, But no, I think you
got to go out and prove yourself every single week.
And you know, certain games shake out certain ways, and
sometimes the ball bounces your way, and sometimes it doesn't.
So I'm just trying to go out there as make
make as many good decisions in a row as I
possibly can. That's both with where the football is going,
how I'm throwing it, all those kind of things. Those
are all decisions you have to make in a certain play.
So just try to make those decisions. Go out there,
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trust myself, I trust my teammates, and and go let it.
Let it hang out. And if there's a turnover, are here,
there are bad play here there, move on, find a
way to impact the game in a positive way sooner
rather than later.
Speaker 9 (18:05):
It looks like to you the most about just the
possibilities with this offense the rest of the season, especially
with you know what came out of the last game
with tight ends and you know progressive with the connection
with Davonte as Phocas now expected to go back.
Speaker 10 (18:18):
Yeah, I mean, I think the you know, the more
people we can get involved in the game, the better
we are. Obviously we have a couple of like extremely
talented players of quite quite a few you know that
are that are difference makers in this league. But when
we can spread the ball around and make everybody defend
all the guys, all the eligibles, every blade of grass.
Speaker 8 (18:38):
That's when we're not our best.
Speaker 10 (18:39):
So continue to try and do that and let the
the big games for certain guys just happen. And frankly,
I try to play that way all the time. Sometimes
it shakes out a little bit different, but I'm doing
everything I can to throw the ball where the covered
sholls me to throw the ball and give our guys
opportunities to go do what they do best.
Speaker 2 (18:58):
To this offense really sweet in the process of learnings.
Speaker 10 (19:04):
I don't think so, you know, I think we have
guys that can do it all, and Too is one
of those guys. Yes, he runs, you know, uh faster
than I do. But uh, but he's got a whole
lot of other skills too that are valuable to our team.
Speaker 8 (19:16):
So he's like everybody else.
Speaker 10 (19:18):
We find ways to put him in the best position
to help them succeed and let them go out there
and use their talents. So, I mean, obviously you miss
a guy like him with his ability to do some
of the things that he's able to do, but find
ways to, uh to be effective and explosive in other ways.
Speaker 4 (19:34):
You mentioned, you know, you watched the end of the
Dodger game the other night, and Freddy Freeman, who has
done that before. Obviously, what is it about guys like him?
Guys like you in those moments are able to you know,
what sets what sets you guys apart from the average
(19:55):
yeah player.
Speaker 8 (19:55):
I don't know, I think, uh, I don't know Freddie
all that well.
Speaker 10 (19:58):
I know him decent, but I feel like, you know,
he's a kind of guy that embraces those moments, wants
that moment. Surely doesn't want to be sitting in the
on deck circle and hoping the guy in front of
him or behind him does it. So he seems to
have that attitude, seems to have had that attitude his
whole career.
Speaker 8 (20:13):
He's been fun to watch, man.
Speaker 10 (20:14):
It was awesome being there, and I mean the first
time he stepped up the home plate, everybody in the
stadium's chanting his name. I mean, it's awesome what he's
been able to do for this city and for that team.
So obviously I'm a big fan. But yeah, I think
I think just wanting and embracing that moment, right, not
shying away from it, and not shining away from the
fact that failure is an option too. You know, you
(20:35):
got to go out there and shoot your shot, and
and you know, I'm sure he had I think he
had chances earlier in the game, probably to get a
base hitting and end it with guys in scoring position.
Speaker 8 (20:42):
Didn't happen. Okay, Well, got.
Speaker 10 (20:44):
To, you know, trust myself the next time I go
up there, and you know, he did a hell of
a job.
Speaker 8 (20:49):
So it was fun to watch. I think that's that's
the biggest thing.
Speaker 10 (20:51):
Can't be can't be afraid to go out there and
fail and just trust yourself.
Speaker 3 (20:56):
After you're one of the longest tenured guys in the sport,
your career is kind of paralleled. As we've seen changes
to the rules regarding gambling and it's become more widespread obviously,
as have you noticed change in what you hear from
fans or your relationships as gambling has become more prevalent.
Speaker 10 (21:14):
Nationally, Not not me personally, you know, I haven't. I
haven't had too many interactions where I've thought anything about
I don't really talk to people about that or anyone
in my circle that you know it's interested in that.
Speaker 8 (21:26):
To be honest with.
Speaker 10 (21:27):
You, I think probably fantasy football is the thing I
get asked about the most, and whether or not I'm
doing enough for their team. But other than that, no,
I don't. I don't feel any questions like that. Luckily,
I can imagine that certain guys get involved with that
or have that you know, brought to them, and you
got to find ways to make sure that you're doing
everything you can to stay out of that
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