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As far as injuries are concerned, everybody should be good.
(00:02):
Davante will be the only one with the game status questionable,
but would be very surprised if if he wasn't ready
to roll. And that's what his mindset of mentality has
been all week and excited about, you know, great challenge,
but we want to be able to finish up, you know,
our week of work with a good day to day.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Well, Devonte, you practice today, he will, yeah, thank before.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
You know, I think it'll be listed as limited, but
for all intents and purposes, I don't know what the
hell limited means with a few amount of reps, but
he's going to take the reps that that matters. So
he'll be a full participant in our mind limited maybe
in regards to the actual participation. Friday injury report there,
oh what.
Speaker 3 (00:41):
So what ultimately went into the decision to active? I
assume to too will be activated?
Speaker 2 (00:47):
He will, yeah. I think you know a lot of it.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
You know, you look at just some of the roster
semantics had to make a you know, a tough move
on a guy that really it was a pure numbers
thing with Nick Campton earlier in the week, and so
we're always creatively trying to be able to figure out,
all right, how do we get our forty eight up?
Speaker 2 (01:01):
What does that look like?
Speaker 1 (01:02):
Not exclusive to offense to defense, but also in the
kicking game some of the different contingency plans. If you
were to lose guys, who's that backup at key spots
where they have to play significant amount of snaps and
so guy that we wanted to be able to get up,
it's obviously a good problem for us to figure out
how to utilize his skill set because there's been an
emergence of a lot of guys, you know, not exclusive
(01:23):
to just receivers since he's gone out, you know, but
he's a guy that can influence and affect the game
in a positive way and be a good to get
him back out there.
Speaker 3 (01:31):
How has he handled that because obviously I can imagine
that being a difficult.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
Situation really well, you know, I mean, he's he's so smarty,
so aware, and you know, I think the most important
thing is as long as there's communication throughout and clarity
for him, and he's been a pro about it. You know,
I've got you know, a lot of love for two too.
As you continue to build the relationship over these years,
and I know he's chomping at the bit. He wants
to get out there and compete and contribute and be
able to positively help this team.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
He's done that in.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
A lot of ways that maybe isn't all always reflected
in some of the you know, the games that you
guys have seen. But he's making an impact and it'll
be good to be able to get him out there
and you know, see how the game unfolds. You talk
about good problems to have.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
I guess how nice is it to have a guy
like two team when you are evaluating Davante and you know,
managing what.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
He's going through. It's really good, Nate, you know, and
that's a part of it. You know, Davante's made really
good progress. But the earlier parts of the week, going
back to Gary's question, you're really saying, all right, let's
see give him every single day that he needs to
be able to give you the feedback on how his
body's feeling, what that's going to look like for his
performance ability on Sunday, and so being able to have
too too is.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
A real luxury.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
In addition to the other guys that have kind of
stepped up, whether you're talking about, you know, the Jordan Whittington's,
the Xavier Smith, Cannade Monfield have been really impressed with
just his overall maturity, growth and the way he's capitalized
on his ops.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
So it's been really good.
Speaker 3 (02:48):
Well see the five teams with at least nine wins,
lions and the equals with.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
A like is this is wide open as the conference
as we.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
Well, I think there's a lot of really good teams
in this conference, you know. So I think that's I
think that's safe to say in terms of there's a
lot of good, high caliber teams, you guys know, and
it's the truth, and it's the boring answer for you.
But my sole focus and concentration is on our group
and trying to be able to play as well as
we possibly can with the opportunity that we have this
Sunday at one twenty five against a damn good football
(03:19):
team that's really good in all three phases. They've obviously
been at their best in some of these critical games,
which this is critical for both teams because of because
it's our next game, and so I think it is,
you know, a tremendous credit to the depth in this conference,
you know, but you know, you see, you know, teams
that maybe don't have those records beat some of the
you know, the teams that have better records week in
(03:39):
and week out.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
That's why humility is only a day away in this league.
Speaker 4 (03:43):
Where have you seen growth from the outside.
Speaker 3 (03:45):
The truth of them?
Speaker 1 (03:47):
I think, you know, just natural growth in terms of
just when you have the right kinds of guys experience.
You know that repetition becomes a mother of learning, So
they're being able to apply previous experiences the right way,
whether you're talking about verse, whether you're talking about be
Why I've seen Josiah Stewart continue to improve really cool
to see Des Johnson, you know, a guy that had
transitioned from playing inside the last few years, earning a
(04:10):
role on the outside and really making a positive impact
on the game. Last week, Joe does such a good job,
Sarah of being able to lean in. I think they're
also having an understanding of you know, we talk about
eleven as one all the time, but all right, where
are those play opportunities on any given snap? You know,
this might be an opportunity to set somebody else up
in a rush pattern, or all right, in a defensive structure.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
Can you be a little bit more aggressive.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
Because somebody can kind of clean it up on the
second or third levels.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
And I'm just.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
Seeing guys understand, you know, how do I play my
role to the best of my ability, but also understand,
you know, the concepts and the different things that I
can anticipate, not necessarily guess, but anticipate to be able
to make, you know, my impact for our group as
a collective. And that's what I've seen those guys do
a great job of, jo.
Speaker 4 (04:53):
Said me wid a conversation they off said about being
important insistent on the redout.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
Yeah, where have you seen?
Speaker 1 (05:01):
Well, I just think the mental and the competitive stamina,
you know, and I think the understanding you know of
of really Okay, what are the things that he does
really well? What I think Joe does a great job
of he identifies, Hey, here's what you are at your best.
The players have an inclusion in that. And then what
are those key focal points that allow me to be
able to continuously take steps? Sometimes you give somebody so
much now it's like you water things down. It's like,
(05:22):
what are those key things you know that allows you
to be you? And I think both b Y and
Verse are excellent players for us, and there's some crossover,
but there's also some different things that I think they
compliment each other well.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
But I've seen a consistent player.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
I've seen a guy that can really understand some of
the concept recognition, you know, whether it's you know, the
preparation throughout the course of the week and some of
the normal down and distances or some of the known
past situations. I'm just seeing them apply a lot of
the different things that they do, and then obviously physically
the way they work, they're naturally going to improve because
of the way they go about that.
Speaker 4 (05:54):
Let's remember what's your boy about last year's Week one
game against Detroit and how the guys grew from that performance.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
Yeah, I mean that seems like that was an eternity.
Speaker 1 (06:07):
You know, the coaching years are like dog years, so
that seems like that was about sixteen years ago for you,
what is it eight years or seven years? That is
a bad, bad deal right there. For me, all right,
either way, it feels like it was forever ago. What
I remember is a hard fought battle back and forth.
Our guys gave themselves a chance and then swore down
a little bit and they did a great job in
the overtime period of being able to make a drive.
(06:28):
But you know, every opportunity is a chance to be
able to learn from. I think with a lot of
the guys that were a part of each of the
last two seasons, there's a mental resilience. There's a capacity
built up for staying inside out, not worrying about the
external narratives, whether that's good or bad, you know, just
continuing to lean on the things that we can control.
Speaker 2 (06:47):
But it seems like that was a long time ago.
Speaker 1 (06:49):
There's some similarities, but there's a lot of differences in
you know, both of our groups since that game's taken place.
Speaker 3 (06:55):
Remember a few years ago when you guys scrimmaged with
the Chargers, you were talking with Philip ri Yeah, so
what and he's you're not going to face them, he
is going to face the Seeds and whatnot. So what
do you think of that whole situation?
Speaker 2 (07:08):
And how do you I think it's cool. I mean,
he's a guy you mentioned it.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
I mean like he's like the only guy that can
talk so much good smack without cussing that I've ever
seen in my life.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
It's amazing.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
But total command I mean, like, you know, we talk
about Matthews command and capacity and control over whether it's
run game protections, timing and rhythm, you know, coverage contours
and where the ball should go, moving and manipulate and
changing your arm slot. This guy loves football, you can
see by the way that he plays. You know, as
a football fan, I think it's great, you know, and
you want to root for.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
Guys like that.
Speaker 1 (07:39):
He's obviously, you know, had an incredible career, but as
a fan of this game, I think it's great.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
And shoot, I hope he does a hell of a
job this weekend.
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