Play. I haven't made that decision yet. Brandon Brooks right now has an ankle sprain. I what's that. I'm gonna check with the docs here when when we get done, I'll find out. Again, I haven't set that. Um, we're gonna have meetings this afternoon actually to decide that offensively and defensible series of Oh for sure. Yeah, he's gonna start the game. Yeah, we get out of the first season. The first thing is I, uh, you know, UM, I
want everybody to play. I want to see uh. I want to see our our veterans, uh, you know, play and execute and pick up kind of where they left off at the end of the season. But yet, you know, we continue to evaluate our our roster. So um, now the evaluation really really picks up now in these games. And and UM, I just want to see execution. Uh. You know, obviously you go in it, you want to you want to win the game. But but obviously that's uh, um,
that's something that everybody, everybody strives to do. But but the overall execution and uh, and watch our watch our players develop. Last year, when Ron Rooks got hurt, Malcolm had to play a lot more. He had incorporate channel and maybe both Janelon and jailing a little bit more. What was the trickle down effect to your defense? Listen to a guy like Ron Brooks, who you know kind of seems like an afterthought, but if it affects Malcolm Jackets,
it seems to affected everything. Yeah, it effects affects a couple of positions obviously, and and uh, you know, leading up to that point, Malcolm and Rodney McLeod, we're having a really good start to the season. Great communication back there. Um, you know, it's it's it's a lot like Lane Johnson on offense. You know, it disrupts several positions. Uh, you have to move some guys around. But the thing is
these guys are professionals. They're pro Malcolm's played that spot before. Um, you know, Jalen has played some corner obviously safety and getting a good chance at uh getting in there. Um, and I thought, I thought overall didn't did a nice job. And it's great to see Ron back again this year as Yeah, yeah, yeah, Ron is ron is uh is looking really good in practices. He's competing and I'm excited to watch him play in these next couple of games. Certain players who said I had it over thirty. I
never had an over thirty. I've never I've never said I haven't over thirty. Um, it's just my Yeah, it's just my discretion. I rested Chris Long last week. Fletcher Jason Peters gets time. He even though he dresses, he gets time, you know, during some of our live periods. So it's just it's just my discretion. Um. Listening to the guys, listening to the players, and uh, I want to keep them ready, ready to go for Washington. Figure
out the first four or five white receivers. But have you ever seen a group of young guys fighting for a spot talent? You know what? I I love watching that position. I mean it is there are young guys are competing and and that's what that's what we've said all along, Right, they're competing as a group and competing as a whole, and it's exciting to see the uh uh these young guys really step up and and uh and and perform and so again these these games are
going to be huge for them. From from that standpoint and just the overall evaluation the game. He is healthy enough to play the game, yes, And in the determination whether the playing or not it's just my discretion. Um. And and again I'm not concerned. We don't play Washington for a few weeks and and that's really the bottom line. Just made a free agents coming in and can they build the chemistry quick enough? Year one. Where does that
stand with Carson? Well, obviously it started, uh you know way back when we you know, back in the spring, back in the winter, when when when we signed all Sean and Carson started building that relationship, in that chemistry then and then it carried over into OTAs and you saw how how how they worked during OTAs, those ten practices that we had, and and then early early here in camp and and you know you saw him again
today working together. So um, that chemistry is going to be there, it continues to develop, and uh you know, um, I gotta get both of those guys you know, to Washington and and that opening day. That'll be me decision, yes, yes, yeah, that same with same with Fletcher, same with Chris, same with Jason Peter, same with Denis Proles. It's been it's been my decision so extreme. Why again, it's just my discretion.
You know, there's nothing other than than trying to keep him healthy and and keep him, keep him focused on on Washington and where we need to go. You've seen him practice, he was there yesterday, he's been in, he's been in our group install periods. Um, you know, it's it's with any player, it's it's an individual basis and uh, and I'll continue to use discretion in that area. I haven't made that decision. But the question was he's healthy enough to play? I said, yes, he is healthy enough,
but it's my discretion whether or not he plays. Come back where he looks good. He had a good day today. Again, he's another one that will evaluate later on today and then see where he's at for the game. Excuse me, Uh, day to day, Um, he's he's he's working hard obviously with the misstime. Um, you know, it's a it's it's um a situation where again he's one that he kind of goes in that that that all shan boat for me.
I just want to make sure that he's ready to go, and uh, you know, we'll see where he's at in the next couple of days. I'd like to be about reps Carson's getting because I know, like at one point you say you kind of want to pitch count see him. Yeah, well, and and let me let me pitch count is is is we got a clicker out there, and you know, we'd say, okay, you only get twelve throws. We're not on a pitch count per se. I mean, he finishes all the practices, he takes all his reps. Do we
monitor how many throws he gets? Yes, we do, um, but we don't pull him out after he gets an X amount of amount of throws. So it's not necessarily a pitch count. Um. But the one thing that uh, you know, yeah, it's gonna it's gonna stress all three guys, you know, because they're all getting But at the same time, it helps Dane and it helps Matt because they're getting more reps um and helps them helps them learn our system. He's doing well, he's doing well. He's he still has
you know, he's got a lot to learn. He's still learning a sort of the intricacies of the details of route running. So he's still getting better there. Uh, it was great to see him out here today working and and uh, I'll be exciting in these games. He's filling in for Brandon Brooks right now, a right guard. What is he done Matt, what do you get me started branding of a Um, yeah, Chance is another one that's
in that in that mix. You know, he's he's done a great job with uh you know Wiz and Isaac and the guys that have been rotating at the at the guard spot, and UM be a great opportunity, you know. UM got to see where Brandon is at obviously, but uh, he's you know, he's worked himself in in the mix and and that's that's where he's at right now. Again, UM just gonna evaluate his performance and and uh see you've got to make that decision. You know in a
couple of weeks. Guards like back up left guard, back up break guard, and you have like a swing guard, it would not really most of these guys can swing either side. UM and and he's one of the guys that can do that a reduced role. I don't foresee that. No, how do you get a galoreduce? But one thing about Nelson that that that I like and what I've seen is he's obviously he can he can play inside and outside, you know, so you can get him some touches, you know,
on on on the outside. You can get him some touches on the inside. And it goes back to what I've said many times with our offense, we move these guys around by position that they have to know inside and outside. So Nelson's gonna get get his touches. Um. I'm excited to watch him him perform again and and uh, you know, get his confidence level back to where to where it needs to be. All right, thanks guys,