Oh this morning, it's not bad three thirty am, three forty five thirty when you lay down. Um, okay, just want to update you on a few injuries from the football game. As you know, Zach Ertz and uh leotis obviously no change with them. Michael Kendricks knows fracture quad contusion. Um, he'll be fine again day to day, but he should be uh, he should be okay for for this for this weekend's game against Pittsburgh. Isaac Ciamalo still has the peck strain um again day to day, and then everybody
else is uh is healthy and good to go. I'm not really sure he took a took a shot to to the to the you know, the forehead helmet hand type of combination. Um is what I was told after the game. Any better sense of Earth's and a leotis for Sunday right now. No again day to day. Um, you know both of those guys are healing fine, but still you know we're still monitor it and and see whe're at game time day to day. Yeah, I mean it's still gonna be game time. You know. Before a
decisions made and status was hurtless. Decision to go for the fourth and goal at two yard lineman and one that had nothing to do with his status. He was cramping during the game. UM My, my, my thought there, you know, fourth and goal at the one. If we don't get it there at the one yard line and they gotta go ninety nine yards um and uh and if we score, you know, we even we even separate ourselves even more. So that was the decision there. What specific normals do you look at and or is it
more just kind of a feel things? Sometimes? Yeah, I mean listen, sometimes it is a feel thing. It depends on how your how your team is playing. I mean that's just a gut gut feeling that you have as a play caller. The other thing is when you talk about math, you're looking at where you are on the field, the actual distance that you know, the line to gain at that time. Um does a punt versus a field
goal help you in those situations? So you're trying to do a quick little calculation on all that to make those decisions. And I felt that, you know, last night, all of those boxes were checked in order for us to you know, to go fourth on fourth. Now, I mean we we break you know, with our analytical team. Uh, guys that are always crunching the numbers for us, We're we're taking a look at all the fourth down scenarios,
not only in the league, but just in general. And um, you know, having having some good information going into each football game. Jordan get the chine about that. Yeah, no, I mean, you know, they they just continue to work every day and and uh, um, you know sometimes sometimes things like that happened. They know, I mean, they understand it. They're they're professionals, and they they pride themselves obviously catching football. And you could tell last night that they were, um,
they were mad at themselves. I mean, those are those are You're right? Those are big plays and and um, you know, we'll continue to you know, I'm not going to stop calling plays to them because I know they're they're they're explosive guys for us, and and we just we just got to continue to work quarterbacks. Quarterbacks every
playing quarterbacks. When he sees guys having tough time to hang on the ball, run your mind in a game, yeah yeah, no, you know, usually in a game it doesn't because because you're so focused in the football game, it doesn't really matter. You're just looking at spots and targets and going through your progression as a quarterback, and um,
you know that's one thing. And for me as a as a play caller and being in that position as a quarterback, I actually want to call plays to go right back to those guys and get them right back, right back catching the football and focused in and and uh letting those guys work. A lot of three scores, two touchdowns in the field goal, all three drives. There was a play of forty yards or more a pass play. Um, what has to be done to kind of clean up
those ex plays against the defense? Well, I know the one last night too was uh was kind of a broken play. Um. And and again they you know, uh got in behind us and in color, you know, uh with a big arm that he has made made to play to to you know, jeffreies and and those are gonna happen. Those are gonna happen. And um, you know, especially on broken plays where uh the he there is
just you just gotta stick with your guy. You know a lot of times your eyes end up in the backfield and you think the guy is gonna get sacked, and next thing you know, he's not. And and plays like that happened. Another one was on a screenplay and and we were just outleveraged. Um we were we were faking a blitz actually and didn't get back and got caught inside and and for the long second down, you know,
run there. So you know, um, you look at the film, you make the corrections, you put yourself in those situations, and it's just uh, it's it's I know this. I mean we had opportunity. Carson had an opportunity hit Nelson on on a broken play and and uh it was unfortunate we didn't capitalize on that. But you know, you just continue to work those with those situations and put yourself in those game situations. Each week, there's a timeline with Lane Johnson and his possible suspension. How do you
how do you attack it? How do you you know? Until I hear from the league office, lane's my starting right tackle, there's you know, there's an appeal that's coming up on on the fourth and you're gonna have to look for the life beyond that. Listen, So how do I know? Well, if if that's the case, then we go back to what we did in training account and and uh we but until that time, Um, you know, we're we're full go until then. Jason Kelsey right now,
two penalties in the secret doog last night. And confidence is still still high with him. He's a he's a tremendous center. Um smart. Uh, he and Carson are on the same page. I mean, those things are going to happen. You're an allowed stadium, you're doing silent account. Guys are jumping account. I mean, there's a lot of things that go into playing center in the National Football League, and one of the biggest thing is snapping the football. He's
an outstanding job in the last two games doing that. Um. And that's a tough position, and things are going to happen, and we just try to limit those and and uh you know, um come back next week and and uh, you know, you get another shot. But yeah, my confidence is still with him. Getting back to the fourth down thing, well down in general, okay, and both went. Usually the guys that do a lot of fourth downs they trying to com purpose. They did not win. But what what
kind of what does that show too? What does that say about you played the game? What does that say about what are you saying to the players with that like that, You're going to be able to show confidence that you talk about that, yeah, one one that uh, it definitely shows confidence in the team. And and uh it just so happened last night when when we did especially that fourth and goal. Um, I mean the guys were, the guys were fired up that we number one we
went for it and number two we scored. And uh, I mean defensively, those guys were jacked up on the sideline. They were they were excited, and um, you know, it's just it just gives your team an advantage I think when you can, um execute those plays and if you do it in a timely fashion, like we were talking earlier in in in a calculated manner. Um, it doesn't necessarily hurt your defense if they have to go back out on the field because field position is you know,
pretty neutral at that time. Um. And so uh yeah, the confidence level for the guys, I mean, it's just the trust I have in them. And uh, um the execution is is something that's obviously, um, you know, top notch in those situations too. Arm strength, Yeah, what what you equated to? You know, they've obviously been around a lot of quarterbacks. Well, I mean number one, Yeah, he's he's got the length, the um, he's got the law, the long arm, kind of wind up that generates a
lot of a lot of energy, great lower body. You know, he's got them in Canada. Tools to throw the ball extremely hard. Um. You know the times that he really sets his feet and steps into his throws, he can really he can really drive the ball to to anywhere on the football field. Um. He saw one last night with him on the run. You know that the deep ball to to Nelson on the run. I mean, those are just some of the things that he can do. Um, because of his size and and um so for me
and and the offensive staff. I mean, it's it's not anything when you when you start looking at putting game plans together, you know, you don't shy away from any throw, you know, because he has the ability to do that. He's he's like a nine or ten year a bet with some of the conversations he has on sideline and things like that. Have you ever been around a rookie like that before, not at the quarterback position, not at
the quarterback position. UM had Alex in Kansas City. You know, um seven eight nine year guy at the time, and and uh, Um he was that way. You know. Um, of course in Green Bay is far more veteran guys. But this is what I'm seeing out of Carson right now on the sideline, and he and I are dialogue on the sideline. He's he's constantly with Frank and with the guys, and and you know, he's he's he's constantly
playing the game in his mind. And that's what that's what's given him, I think, and edge when he goes back out on the field, just understanding situations about some conversations though, will remind you of a veteran. Is it like the content or the way he's having that. I mean, it's number one is the fact that he's having them.
You know, you don't see that all the time. And then number two is the depth and the um just the actual game plan, specific things that he's seeing out there on the field, what he's hearing out on the field, and and and coming to us and and and recommending. You know, he's he's asking me all the time, you know, what are you What are you thinking on the next series?
What are you thinking on the next series? And and so I give him, I give him two or three passes a run or two in there and and you know, things that we're seeing. And then at the same time, UM, you know, I want to know what he's thinking, and uh, because he's the one playing the game, just because of the way a little bit, a little bit you know, he's uh obviously, Um, Carson has the ability to to to extend plays with his legs. Um. You know Ben has been as big, strong, physical in the pocket, hard
to bring down, you know. Um, and and continues to have great vision down the field. I think I think that's one thing one of carson strength is he continues to have that vision down the field when things begin to break down. So yeah, there's a lot of similarities there. And uh, the fact that they're both very very good throwers outside the pocket, um is uh is a is a it's a you know, attribute to both of them. Scrolls in the Running Game early Why so much Sproles
did the Running Game? I supposed to Matthews, Yeah, you know, just a just a change of pace a little bit. Um, It wasn't anything necessarily specific. We had a few specific runs for Darren in the game plan and and again wanted to get him some touches early. The other thing, you know, um, you know, Ryan all week was still kind of hampered with the ankle from from the week before, so I didn't want to necessarily put everything on his shoulders.
Um you know, these first couple of weeks too, it's been it's been that running back by committee a little bit. But um, you know, Ryan such a workhorse. He saw it in the second half of the game. He kind of took it over a little bit and and made some made some nice, tough, tough runs. But anytime we can get Darren the ball early in the football game, UM, something, we'll try to do. His rushing numbers, the last Copers are got what they used to be. Bryant Darren Spoils.
I mean, he's like in the three to six neighborhood since started last year. Um do you think that's misleading? Or do I mean, do you think he still could be a viable ten carrier game type of guy. I think he can be ten carries I think too. The other thing is team speed on defense. Um, you know, and and again, uh you know, teams that fly around like you know, Chicago had great team speed and and this team coming up has a good team speed on defense, and and um, they set the edge so well, they
turn everything back inside. And this is what um sometimes with a speed a speed runner in Darren, that's what that's what teams know and and teams are going to try to do to Carson's first two games. But your first two days, UM, pretty pretty good. Um, you know I think that Obviously, the guys have worked extremely hard the first first two weeks. They've prepared themselves i'd like you want them to do. And in the a as a coach, you you know, it's something that I that
I learned to is is Um. You know, it is my job to get the guys ready and prepared and only mentally, but physically for the football game. And um, that's one thing that I'll continue to pride myself in doing. And you know, make sure these guys are ready to go every week. And you know, it's a new set of challenges each week. And you got to put this one to to rest and move on. But but I've been, I've been, you know obviously, please you know, two and
oh is is a good start to the season. And uh, um, you know it's still a lot of hard work and a lot of a lot of road left to ahead of us. Okay, thanks guys,