All right, good after starting Falcons? How are the first team pulling backs to us snatch going to be sporting? Well, we're not into next week. We're into the Jets, so I'm not worried about that. Ye right now, Jets? So are you doing any any key camp? So? I mean we're we're practicing today and getting guys ready for the Jets game. That's what did you think from his workout
before the game on Thursday? You know what? I didn't see it didn't it maybe the start or would be not obviously under tay before the Falcons game, but clear if he gets cleared, we'll see what are the what are the doctors looking for at this point? Where do they want to see happen in order to clear the Probably have to punt that question to the doctors. Doc with with week one it's an early week. Has that change,
as we say, for seven days we're playing. We're playing a Thursday schedule all through preseason and it's like a Sunday duh, So schedule doesn't change as during my lot of progress the kind of the way you thought he would when you guys drafted him. Please all right, yeah, day by day getting better, he got to see the
full team this week of incorporation. That just really just but as you I think, just uh, get some continuity with the guys, you know, Um, try to get a little rhythm next couple of days and get ready for next week. About worry about climbing and pizza list. Yeah, well you can't control injury obviously, um, and we just asked the next guy to step up and make play. So you know, we wear the sea on our hat and we got to coach them all at the same time.
That was the um. When you watch back the game, particularly the offensive side of the ball, was it as bad as it looked to live? Uh? It actually wasn't bad at all. I mean the worst thing about it obviously was the turnovers and they missed opportunities, But we had some really good things in the game. How do you create that rhythm for the first team, especially offense, in practice when usually they can find that rhythm better in a game like environments. We just got to continue
to keep working. Um. You know, the way I can struct the way I structure practice this week is the so called penciled in guys. We'll get some work. Um. However, we're still evaluating evaluating some some younger guys, and we still have one more preseason game to go before things really begin to heat up. I've got never any closer
to returning. Have you heard anything about is nothing you've expressed that you've been pleased with the way that the players have kind of flipped forward, have left the Super Bowl in the rear view and they're focused. And do you do you still feel like at another we're getting closer and you have a you know, more product that you've seen. Do you still feel that way? And Yeah, I really feel like their sense of urgency and their attention to detail these last couple of weeks is really
sort of picked up. Knowing that you know they're getting ready for the start of the year. You said, he's sell some good things from the game on Thursday. How do you kind of look at that and also realize that you were worth out a lot of starters and how tough is that going to be to kind of get that rhythm going once all of them are back together. Well, we evaluate um preseasons a little different because it's it's
tough to evaluate wins and losses. Obviously, you want to evaluate individual performance and then collectively as units, offense, defense, special teams, and you know, there were some really good
individual efforts, um, you know, in the game. But at the same time, you know, there's another great opportunity this week for a lot of young players to showcase their abilities one last you know, one last time, and then I just got to make sure that the guys that are you know, going to play in the Atlanta game
get some attention this week as well. Dark part. And I mean he's obviously gotten a lot of chances to be you know, BG being out and everything, and you expect to like rely on him a little bit more like as a season starts, well BG works himself back in the shape. Um, I do. I think he's had a really good, really good offseason, you know, really good training camp. Um. You know, as you know, we rotate a lot of guys you know, up front with the
D line to keep guys fresh. But he's gonna get his his share of reps in there, um and really look forward to some big things from from him this season. Anybody as far as that D line goes. I mean, Michael Bennett is a guy that obviously can move inside on passing desket can he do that on running downs too if you need him, Yeah, he can. And it's you know, um, I think sometimes some of his best
work is probably inside quite honestly. Um, but he's he's one of those versatile D linemen that we can move around and uh, I think creates some some matchups for offensive lineman you know, to know where like where he is and Fletcher put him on the same side whatever it might be. Um and and you know he's still he's still learning our system, still learning gym system and how how the scheme fits and and uh, but he is, he's he's done a nice job inside. I don't know,
a really good job with a small one. How much of the evaluation is just seeing him stay healthy, be there for every rap because obviously it's been a big issue with him. I think it's part of it. I don't think it has to be you know everything. You know, he's uh doing a nice job on special teams obviously, and he's you know, he's he's running, running tough, he's running hard, not making all you know, very few mistakes in games and in practice and and it's it's shown
up and uh, it's done a nice job. Concerted effort bringing Moller veteran players. Mike Wallace hooding out of Michael Bennett. Why is that? Why do you want don't want that type player? Well, you know a couple of reasons. One veteran player, a lot of experience at all. Three of those guys added depth, added talent to a position that we know might be of need obviously. Um. And it allows your younger players to develop, you know, over over a two to three maybe even a four year period,
you know, before before they take over. So it's a it's an opportunity for the veteran player to come in and obviously contribute right away, and then at the same time, it allows the younger player to to watch him and and grow and learn and be ready when his time comes. When Carson's ability to make checks at the line of scrimage and gets you in the right books. What have
you seen from him this offseasons? Yeah, I mean, you know, part of our run pass options, you know, not necessarily RPOs, but runs to pass pass two runs and pass to pass checks that we do. Um, you know, he's real comfortable with it. He's very smart. I think all our quarterbacks are kind of well educated in that area. Um,
he's done a really good job with that. Part of his uh you know, continued growth and improvement is to just keep getting better with it, you know, each and every each and every year, and um, you know still very much so on top of the game, you know mentally and uh, he and I continue to dialogue and talk about you know, situational football and can you can
continue to grow there too. So the concept of Carson being cleared is he does he get examined regularly and the doctors are like, he's he's not ready or is it? Is there a date between now and the opener where he'll go in and they'll look at him, And I mean, what's that process? Like? I don't know how many times I can answer this question when when they clear him. When they clear him, he'll be cleared, But idea when that might be. I'm gonna I'm not gonna put you
I'm not gonna put myself in a box. I'm not gonna put my quarterback in a box. I'm not gonna do that. And I'm not gonna go on a limb and I'm not gonna say that. So either either ask in a different way or otherwise I'm you're gonna get the same answer. I think his question is is there like a is it a weekly thing that he gets looked at? Is there a plenty he's getting every day. If that's what you want, That's what I'm asking our metal. He's part of the he's part of the rehab process.
He's getting evaluated to practice, He's getting evaluated by the medical team. He's getting treatment, just like Jason Peters, is just like Darren Sproles as you guys won't ask me about those guys, Jordan Hicks, Chris Maragos, those guys are in the same boat and they're getting evaluated every day. Do you have a plan to play Chris Nackerberg in this game? You talked about some of the better players and the receiver. I have some other veteran guys who
haven't been able to be out there. Marcus backed up a little bit U as far as the evaluation, How does that affect them to kind of know what they can do or does it they need to be out there? Well, they need to be out there. Um we should, Um, Marcus should work back a little bit into into practice this week, and we'll see where he is each each
day and evaluate him each day. So I'm hopeful that he'll get a chance to play in this game he talked about that would be like to see from this week in UM, I just think, just continue, continue what he's doing. U. You know, we'll obviously when we when the time comes. Um you know, as far as we
build game plans things of that nature. But you know, for him, it's just consistency, just over and over and over seeing the same things, making the same throws, um and and just keep working and building towards you know, the seasons. The preseason is different obviously, how does it affect how you assess these mistakes? Knowing the game planning is different, it's a different situations some the regular stid
Well again it's it's all about the evaluation. You're trying to evaluate the player, um and and see if the player can eliminate his mistakes, you know, mentally the mental errors you know, during a game, and see like an offensive line for instance, if four guys are going left and one is going right, well we got to fix the guy that's going to the right, and and so
we got to figure out why that's happening. Is it is a communication breakdown, say with the center guard, or is it just he didn't hear the call, or you know, so we're evaluating all of that and how well our players can process information quickly in those in those environments. Compe