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August 14, 2025 • 7 mins
Dave Canales speaks with the media following Thursday's practice.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hoon review.

Speaker 2 (00:06):
What an amazing day.

Speaker 1 (00:08):
First and foremost, just a class act. You know, Demico Ryans,
the Texans, their whole staff, they were so accommodating, and
then I think just the culture that they're building here,
their players. They got a talented football team. They played
so hard. There was physical hits, great effort all across
the field and done with class, and I just really

(00:29):
appreciated that part of it, and I was excited about
the work we were able to get in. I didn't
see any of the defensive side, so I was on
the offensive field over here. In the middle of the practice,
we got really sloppy. We had about five pre snap
penalties in one drive. We're looking at some you know,
first and fifteens, a couple of sacks. I thought it

(00:49):
got sloppy in the middle. Responded at the end with
two great two minute finishes for touchdowns at the end
of the practice over here, which was phenomenal.

Speaker 2 (00:58):
And I just keep convincing our that's who we are.
We finish.

Speaker 1 (01:01):
You know, games can get ugly in the middle. We
have to be able to refocus and rebound. So I
was really excited about that part. The specific price tutes
I guess a better grade and competition.

Speaker 2 (01:12):
I mean, those are some really good defensive players.

Speaker 1 (01:14):
What you say from him, mayor and what's kind of
the takeaways and Nedsick. Yeah, just our processes getting to
the line, using his tools, using his answers, reading coverages,
you know, and just being accurate with the ball, you know,
extending plays when he had to. And uh, the more
opportunities he gives our guys to make plays, they've come
through for him.

Speaker 2 (01:32):
And we gotta, we gotta.

Speaker 1 (01:32):
I think we got a big defensive pass interference that
actually flipped the field, so you can see how it
goes both ways.

Speaker 2 (01:38):
But he did a great job today.

Speaker 1 (01:39):
He talked about there step penalties after the pre season game.

Speaker 2 (01:43):
What is that?

Speaker 1 (01:43):
I mean, how do you how do you fix that? Yeah,
I just keep teaching the guys, you know, and and
they see it when we get into these situations. They're
our guys are very competitive, they want to win, and
all of a sudden, you're looking at you know, first
and fifteen, you're looking at second and twenty, and they
can feel how deflating those CITs situations can be. We've
overcome that at times, but it's hard, you know, it's
hard to get those explosives to get yourself back on track.

(02:06):
But it's something we have to keep teaching off of
and and ultimately to let them know, like the guys
that are repeat offenders, you're we're not We're not gonna
be able to play you.

Speaker 2 (02:13):
We're not gonna You're not.

Speaker 1 (02:13):
Gonna be able to help us if you keep putting
us in bad situations.

Speaker 2 (02:20):
And like you said, the text has some pretty diggy
beast but I saw good battles.

Speaker 1 (02:25):
Uh, they had, they had their works worth today with
the fantastic group, you know, with with Stingley and Lasseter
and Petrie and Bullock back there. I'm sorry if I'm
missing any other great players. They had a couple of
you know players out there that were covering us tightly
all day. That everything that we caught we had to
work for. It's such great work for us, you know,

(02:46):
to be in that kind of a competitive environment that way,
and you win some, you lose them, you gotta go
to the next play.

Speaker 2 (02:52):
So it was a great challenge for our guys. And
in the drafty Offensive Kid of Year Rice as the
good finished last year, did you study.

Speaker 1 (03:04):
I guess when he was coming out and what do
you see in their games that are similar to them? Yeah.
I think some similarities that both guys had is just
their their charisma, their leadership ability. You know, that was
very apparent in their college film watching that the accuracy,
you know, the ability to move off to pocket extend
plays is a bonus to.

Speaker 2 (03:24):
What they do.

Speaker 1 (03:25):
But I think it's really like you're talking about two
first class guys, you know, that are leaders of their team.
CJ came over and said hello and just wanted to
make sure he connected and you know, I really appreciate that,
and Bryce did the same thing. You know, these guys
have a lot of respect for each other. They've known
each other for a really long time. Both Southern California kids,
you know, the cradle of quarterbacks, you know, and so
they just they have that kind of you know, they

(03:47):
have that connection. They also have that competitive edge, you know,
like where they push each other I'm sure from Afar.
So it was really cool to have both of those
guys that are.

Speaker 2 (03:54):
Working, Dave. I know you've been kind of stay clear
about penalties of practice, like they're quite a few on
the office. Yeah, what did you take away from maybe.

Speaker 1 (04:03):
The disappointed fatigue, lack of focus. That's something that we
have to learn to do better. We have to be
able to fight through fatigue, fight through exhaustion. You know
it's gonna be hot. We're gonna go to Jacksonville week one.
It's gonna feel like this. Can we maintain that level
of focus play after play, regardless of what the last
play did. Can you breathe on your way back? And

(04:23):
then can you execute? And I saw I saw the
penalties pile up when we were tired. That's something that
we have to get better at.

Speaker 2 (04:29):
Did you, uh sorry, I gotta be late, but could
you give us an update on next morning?

Speaker 1 (04:33):
Yeah, Gordon just overheated, so they got him in the
They have a cooling trailer like we have, so they
got him in there try to get his core temperature
back down. You had to take some IV fluids and
we just didn't feel comfortable putting him back out there
to finish the practice. You get the hydrated, first thing
happens is you get soft tissue injuries and like of course,
you know, worst things can happen when you're when you're
overly heated. But they did a good job of catching that,

(04:55):
getting him in there, cooling him down we'll get him
some more fluids and hopefully we can get him turned
around so we can play uh in the game to watch.

Speaker 2 (05:03):
Yeah, in general, what's that Jones kind of addition that much?

Speaker 1 (05:07):
Just a physical style of play, you know, exactly what
we're looking for, to be disruptive on the edge, to
really blow stuff up, you know, that's that's it starts
with the run game and he does that for sure.

Speaker 2 (05:18):
And then in a past rush setting.

Speaker 1 (05:20):
You know, he's got a nice he's got a nice
speed to power move and he's got counters, you know,
so he kind of keeps tackles guessing and he can
rush inside. So he's doing a great job and he's
approach pro. The way he prepares and works is awesome.

Speaker 2 (05:34):
Jalen Coker And Uh, yes, good.

Speaker 1 (05:38):
So Trevin has a personal matter that I won't get into,
but he showed up. He actually flew in this morning,
so he's back with the team. Uh here and then
uh Cocher had a fever last night, swollen lyft notes
so there. They think it's some type of an infection
that so they're they're treating him antibiotics and all that,
and uh they said he's getting better he's at the
hotel right now, improving, and we hopefully we can turn

(05:58):
him around so we can play.

Speaker 2 (06:00):
Obviously, how JC will be held out Saturdays. Yeah yeah,
I would think so. You talked about this earlier.

Speaker 1 (06:08):
But how important was it to get some hot practice
before Jacksonville win?

Speaker 2 (06:13):
Charlotte's been a little unseasonably cool.

Speaker 1 (06:16):
I know we kind of been spoiled with the weather
a little bit, but I felt confident about our conditioning level.
I think that we're dosing the guys the right way,
pushing them, you know, pushing them a little bit beyond
their limits, you know, every day, and trying to increase
our workload.

Speaker 2 (06:30):
This was a crescendo of the hard work.

Speaker 1 (06:32):
I love that we were able to come out here
to play all the way through, finished with great two
minute drives over here on the offensive field, I got
to check out the defensive side, but I just kind
of was looking around, and you know, for the most part,
this is a very fit group that's ready to play football.
I love the fact that we got this heat. We
know we open up at Jacksonville, but again, guys is football.
You know we'll be prepared for it. You know, we

(06:53):
let the guys know, get go out there, give everything
you have. We see that your guests will get somebody
else out there, and that's where the depth that we're
building here is so important as we you know, continue into.

Speaker 2 (07:02):
The season for the game. That's that's the hope.

Speaker 1 (07:07):
I want to see how we come out of today
because I know, like right after the practice, Thank the Lord,
it feels like we came out pretty clean. But you know,
things kind of present themselves. Soreness will present itself tonight,
so we'll have to kind of, you know, kind of
reconfigure in the morning, see where we're at, to see
how long we want to play them, but they will
be playing
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