You know, uh, obviously whether to finish the game. Um, obviously we had to get league approval, you know for you know, for them to determinate the game. But you know, we were just we just talked and just kind of hung out in the in the hallway here, UM, just small talking, just talking about camp, talking about the regular season. But really we were just kind of waiting on the league's decision at that time. Say about Josh, and he came in and you know, I thought he did a
you know, a really good job. Um, you know, veteran player obviously, Uh, you know, the the game, the game plan. We just I had him just highlight players he knew in four days, you know, and then just called off of that and um, he handled it extremely well. Um bounced back there in the third quarter and led led two touchdown drives and and kind of got us back in the game. So as uh, you know, obviously pleased with with the way he handled himself. But Carson didn't play.
We went in the night. Yeah, I mean, obviously my decision not to play him. Um, you know, listen, there's a lot of we've we've had a lot of good work with him. Uh in training camp. We had a lot of great work against Baltimore this week in practice, and and um, I'm really comfortable where where he's at right now, his his development, his growth with the with the team, with the offense. We also did you know,
I did the same thing with Darren Sproles tonight. I didn't Also, you know, Miles didn't get in there, Jordan Howard, there were a couple of other players we didn't. We didn't play you know, on purpose, But um, you know, I'm comfortable where he is, how he's leading this football team. And I just felt like this was another opportunity, so to look at the other guys to play. You think Josh picked this up. And I know there wasn't a lot in the playbooll to pick this up so quickly,
it's such a good job. Well, he spent a lot of time with with Coach Taylor with press you know, earlier in the week and UH before practices at night. Um just kind of cranking through the game plan and and really kind of fine tuned it just for him.
It was just all about the game plan. We didn't give him the whole playbook, but UH wanted him to be comfortable with a few plays and and uh, you know my plan all along was to you know, let him go two plus quarters you know, in this football game, and and uh kind of let him get his feedback back into the game. And um did a nice job, a pretty big decisions, Carson. You know what has he shown you? And training camp he said, it's time, good
work good. You know he's really um, I think it's from a leadership standpoint, on and off the field, how he's how he's really uh taking charge of the team, not just the offense, but the team. Some of the things that I see I see him uh really um, you know, opening opening himself up to you know, um, the offense from the standpoint of of you know, letting
the offense work. And that just comes from time with the system, you know, and and developing his his repertoire plays and what he likes and and getting comfortable and um, you know he's he's really done an outstanding job. And even physically from his rehab back in the spring all the way through training camp, UM, you know he's clicking on all cylinders. His mind is good, his body feels fresh, and and uh, you know all the things that we've seen through camp have really for me that was that
was the deciding factor. Yeah, yeah, yeah, he could go and and and you know, our our guys could guys could roll. I mean, you know, again, the thing with preseason two is we're here to evaluate, and we're to evaluate some of the backup the role role players, the situational guys, and and we needed some answers from our backup quarterbacks. And obviously unfortunate and you know, Nate got hurt in week one. Um, otherwise he's taken a lot of these reps, you know, so um, but yeah, I
feel comfortable with with the guys, even Darren Sprowles. I feel comfortable putting him back out there, you know. And and just watching Jason Peters tonight and Isaac and Kelsey, I mean, these guys wanted to play, and they wanted to be out there and and kind of feel the game, you know. So uh yeah, I'm comfortable with that particular. Why said Jordan and Miles after playing in the first two games, Well, one, we needed to see Corey a little bit more. He hasn't played in a while, so
we needed to see some some more time. Felt like we had uh you know, uh, we had checked the boxes with Miles and Jordan a little bit in the first two games and obviously through camp, so it was really Corey's time, you know, to to play. And I thought he did some really good things out there tonight. I'm talking about about young player. JJ had a lot of trip, a lot of production tonight. What does that say about him that he's able to do that with
a quarterback that's been here for a couple of days. Yeah, I just think it's, uh, you know, one of the things j JJ's and a hard worker. You see it in practice every day. He comes to work every day. He wants to get better, he wants to be taught,
he wants to learn. He's got a great mentor in al Sean in front of him, you know, and so he's learning from that and and then and then being able to talk to Josh or talk to Carson during the week, talk about routes, to talk about coverage and and that's where that's where he really takes it over to the field. And I think that's what you're what you saw tonight with him and and his ability to
make plays and and you know the red zone. We know he can be explosive, and um, he was able to do that really, not only there, but out in the field quarterback. Yeah, I mean it's it's a it's a challenging you know decision obviously. Um, you know something we gotta we still got beauty of this. We have one more game. We have one more preseason game to really, um, you know, see these guys in action one more time and and and make some hard decisions you know, next week.
And you know that's that's the thing this week is, you know, my message to all of those guys, not just qbs, but to all the backups, the guys that are fighting for jobs is, man, this is your this is your this is your opportunity, you know, and and make the most of it. You know. I was. I was one of those guys and not so long ago, and so I understand what they're going through and um, and they want to put good tape out there, and uh,
this is our this is our opportunity. The first game in a year or so was the boards for him to be out there, I think again, just to get out there and feel the feel the game, you know, feel the energy, feel uh, feel that nervousness, that butterfly feeling, you know, getting getting out there into the game and getting that first hit, that first tackle, hawd, he moved around well, Um, of course I'll evaluate the film, look at it in the morning and and uh and watch
him some more, you know, closely. But overall felt like he really settled in and did a nice job. Yeah, I mean you'd like to see, you know, some of those kicks go in. I've been a little inconsistent there. Um, he's a hard worker. Um, I have a lot of confidence in Jake. You know, the operation has been good between you know, uh, between Rick and Cam and and and Jake. They work hard doing that. But um, you know, yeah, you'd love to see a few more of those go
between the uprights. But uh, that's something he takes the heart, and he'll get better and he'll he'll he'll make him down the road. Okay, thanks