Press Pass: Chip Kelly

lot from a lot of guys. You know, the one thing you don't know about any of those guys or what are they gonna be like when until you get him into a game. And that's the encouraging thing. Sometimes the guys stand out in practice, um that's been history, and then all of a sudden you get in the game and they're not the same player. And then other guys that weren't so good standing out in practice stand

out in the game. But I you know, just from before you get a chance to look at the film, some of those guys I thought really stepped up and made some players. Eric Row had a big fumble cause on one of those receptions on the crossing. Now came in from behind, did a great job of stripping him. So um Nelson made it, you know obviously big catch on our bench and on their bench and you know, turn it into a touchdown and we had another catch. Um. You know, So we're excited about those guys. Uh, it's

just one step force. But we feel like we've got a lot of really good film to teach off of, you know, officials, legitimate down and distance, all those things, a lot of good situations that we can Uh, we can get a meeting room with those guys when they come back on Tuesday and and and really start to grow this team. Would the starting secondary, I mean they give up it's everything it's not. And again it's not just a secondary, it's what type of rush should we have?

You know, did we generate Russia on on them on those plays. There's a lot of different combinations when it comes to past defense. But we'll look at everything generally, look like the pretty quickly Matt, Yeah, Tim, you know ran for a touchdown. Yeah, is there one particular set of skills that you know they got to be able

to do it all? But you also have to look at who's in with who, you know, what I mean, I think there's different set of receivers that we're in where Matt than than when Timmy used than Timmy had and then you know, really a different line at times. So there's you know, you gotta have to take some of that into there's a couple of those where Timmy held the ball and it looks like, why is he

doing that? Well, the receiver in the wrong route. You know, he's looking for a receiver to run a shalla across. We didn't get any show across, so you know, we don't we don't get that a lot in training sessions where if the receiver doesn't run the right route, now what do we do. So there were a couple of bus out there. We have some young receivers that we think are going to be good, but we three of those guys just got here about a week ago. So

there were a couple of mental mistakes. Um whether it was up front or at the receiver's plot who thought I thought, uh, he did a real nice job. You know. We screwed up a little bit on that one naked where it ended up getting tipped, but that guy should have been blocked. You know, our tight end was lined up too tight. We should have had a pin block on him and got him to the corner and giving him an opportunity to throw it. But I thought, I thought he did a really nice job out there. Uh

hit a couple of high throws. You know, I think he's got to get his feet set a little bit. But I thought we played with good tempo um. You know, as a group, we were all on the same page. You know, guys were clicking and guys were hitting. But uh, I'm sure he'd want too a couple of those throws back just because they were a little high. Bring the game now. I did not talk with Cody during a guy.

I just talked to Flipper and now I would I will see the film and gets straightened out, you know, playing a different player this year, I could this uh birthday. You know, he's a year older. I think it's it's not all new for him. I think he's you know, been there, done that. This isn't this isn't his first preseason game, this isn't his first training camp. I just think there's a you know, there's a kind of a

common sense around him. I think, you know, he's he's got a better grasp of what we're trying to do um and he's really showed up in our training sessions and he showed up today, so we're encouraged with his growth. Today was suppressive. I just think there's just a different he's carrying himself in a different manner. You know, he was excited about going out and playing in the football game today, So you know, we're excited to see where

this goes, bringing into competition for Cody. And it's not why now we're not. I mean, he was an All Pro Bowl kicker last year. He missed in his first exhibition game, he missed an extra point in a field goal. So he's hit three from forty two. So I wouldn't I wouldn't put the panic button right now. So there's a couple of peoples practiced. Is he battling anything mentally right now? He made a mistake in practice. I mean,

let's not go crazy. Now. He's pretty good kicker, So hey, he's a Pro Bowl I've seen Pro bowlers miss kicks. I've seen Adam Adam's a Hall of Fame kicker. I've seen him miskicks before too, So let's let's just not hit the panic button on coded right now. When we're the first preseason game down. You know, a great catch and a great run after. Is that what you've seen

a lot of Dorian Camp? Yeah. I mean the one thing with Nelson when he gets the ball in his hands, he's real explosive, you know, so you're you're you're anticipating run after the catch with him, and that's what, um, you know, one of the things we knew about him because you could see it when you watch him playing college. He did that a ton in college. He was also a great returner in college, so you can see him when he has the ball in his hands. He's a

he's a dynamic player. And I think what you saw today is kind of what one of one of the reasons we drafted him so high. From the first team defense when they were up there against you just a little bit. I mean, I wouldn't put way too much into it. You know, just how many series you know, Andrew came out I think actual in the middle of that second series, and Matt came in, So, um, there's there's tape for us to coach off of, and that's

really what we're looking at. But we're not you know, making any predictions or you know, any lofty goals in terms of coming out of this. It's just it's just one step. It's our first preseason game. Was a good opportunity to go against another team. You get the live tackle to the ground. Um, we did miss a couple tackles on the defensive side of the ball, and we

need to clean that up. You know that one touchdown run, we should have had the back down, you know on the on the long third down that they ran in for the touchdown. But um, you know that's those are things that um, you know, Corey and the other coaches will get a chance to get into film room with those guys and and coach him up off of it. Yeah, he was, Yeah, what about this progress? I thought I

thought he showed up today. You know, he showed up not only these two interceptions, had a big kick on the big tackle on the kickoff return after that late in the game. I think he's he's uh, you know, he's a guy that's pushing to to to make the fifty three man roster and I'm happy for it right now. I think he's, you know, part of it. The big We put a big emphasis and how you playing the game. You know, it's not just our training sessions. Is how do you play when it's live, full go and let's go.

And I thought it did a nice job and put him put himself in a pretty good situation coming out of game one. So we'll see how he grows from the spot. He's obviously you for graduated the important one. If you have one of those seats, he's go down into the nickel. Um, how do you see that? I mean, woof, he hasn't playing, and um, how do you see who's ever plays? Are the guys we evaluate? So that's that's

what the deal is. You know, we've got a deadline coming up when um, you know, right after that Packers game that we got to make our cuts, and then we got another deadline coming up immediately right after the Jets game. We've got to make our cuts. But it's got to be based on who's playing, and who's out there and who's who's who's uh, who's putting on tape for us? So Ed's Ed's had a really nice camp. You know, I think he's he's a lot like Marcus

year two. You know, it's not all new for him. Um, he spent the entire offseason here you know, it was here every day, um, even when we weren't allowed to be with him until April twentieth, but he was in the building working on his own and I think it's showing right now. So this game a couple of mistakes, you know, a couple of miss assignments in terms of routes. Thought Miles had a big catch. Air did nice job bodying the receiver, showing you you know, whiley veteran, a

lot of guys maybe would to outrun the throw. Knew it was a little bit behind him, so slow down, let the defensive back kind of hang on his back, and then they made the catch over his shoulder. Jordan made a big catch coming across the middle, so you're happy with him. Nelson obviously was someone that kind of showed up today. So um, I've been pleased with our receiver so far in camp. We did have a couple of drops today though there's a few there, you know that we that we wish we kind of had in

Nelson Dad to drop in front of our bench. I think Sprawlsy had a drop. We had a couple other think Trey May had a drop. So, you know, a couple too many drops for us, But um, we'll get that corrected. Separated Gardner and hearned him to start today, he's just rotated. It wasn't a separation, it was just I think that's who had in there for the last day or so. So, um, it could be a new We're gonna give all those guys an opportunity before we make a decision on what's going to go on there.

In the beginning, there was there was an aggressiveness about your team. There was a sense of competition, energy, enthusiasm. Where did not all come from in this call game? Today? Death we got a lot of depth there and there's a lot of guys fighting for spots. So um, I think everybody's aware of that. You know, you don't really when like we're getting big Rod Ross speach before we went out in the the field, you know, but you're gonna we put a lot of emphasis because of how we

train on what goes on. When you get a chance to go in a game and it's live, you know, there's no excuses when you're playing in the game and you can't say, well, I would have had that guy, but you blew the whistle coach too quick, coach or you know, I pulled off because I didn't want to have a big collision. It was you know, this is this is live, this is real, this is going. So I think our depth has really um given us a

sense of urgency a lot of different positions. So um, we're excited to see that and that's what that's what we wanted from from those guys today. Corner into the puzzle here, I have to performance, but we if he continues to perform like that, we have to fit him in. So we'll you know, we're gonna find a way to keep the best fifty three players here. But you know, it's it's when you give you when you get an opportunity to do something, you step up and do it. So it's not a you know, well if I had

my chance, A lot of everybody gets their chance. A lot of guys played a lot of football today. So um, he continues to play like that, then he's gonna put himself in a mix. Last in the preseason, we got heard of you talking about the difference between him last year and this year. When you see last he did well in the preseason. We did get him late and then he got hurt in that last preseason game. So you know, we really it was. It wasn't a decision we could make in terms of keeping him on the

fifty three. He was hurt, so we waved him injured. Um. Then we had an opportunity after he got healthy to bring him back and put him on a practice squad. So UM, I think he's taken advantage of his opportunities now. So talk about the receiver drops where Shet Bailey seeing the catch. Yeah, yeah, two tough catches and I want to traffic just you know, we kind of had and he's been really good. You know, that's the one thing

about Rashid. He's got outstanding hands. You know, I don't he may not be as fast as some of those other guys, but I think he's a really good route runner, you know. And you talk about the jump that he made, you know, coming from Rocksboro High School and playing at Del Valle and then all of a sudden he's playing

in the link against the Indianapolis Colts. You know, that's a pretty big jump for anybody, and I was anxious to see what his response would be with you know, if there was any kid or any player on our team that could be a little story. It would have been him, but he wasn't. He was out there. It was all about business. We wanted to make plays and Um made a nice catch on our sideline on a

you know, a key out route. And then that catch he made coming down on the on the steam ball from Timmy and I thought him put it the only place he could put it because it was really good coverage. But friend to come up with it was a was a big time catch on his part. So did you watching tim tebo? I mean it seemed like he can you know, he's able to ron He was able to you know. I liked how Timmy threw it. You know, I thought, you know, that's the big concern with everybody

coming in is is has he really changed? And I think is, uh, he's sequencing better. You know, he's got his feet underneath him. And when guys ran the right routes and he had an opportunity to throw the football, I thought he threw the ball really well.