Yeah, hey Todd, thanks for doing this today. Can you just um give us the players who aren't playing because of injuries in this game that you know wouldn't be playing if it you know a good the players that aren't planning in this game that would be playing. Decks is still banged up. McDougald. Tompkins would play if he was healthy. Uh, that would be a wait and see warm up time. We'll see how he is, a pregame evaluation and see how he's feeling. Ah, maybe almost everybody.
Off the top of my head, Bruce Carter, if he's healthy enough to play, he'll play. How have you settled on a quarterback plan for Thursday? And so what do you planning? I settled on a quarterback plan for Thursday. Um, I'll probably play Petty and uh, well what each get a half? Uh that's on the side of Yet I'll try to even it out, and I want to see
how I'm not who was running the ball more. I like to get him a couple of passes then, so, but I'll try to even And that was the best I can had the decision to not play Jane on Thursday, I guess goes to the convention I guess, and that plan, Uh just just wanted to keep him healthy. I guess, yeah, I like mostly for you want to keep most of you guys healthy, but you still want to take a look at the other two guys as well. So how do you how do you characterize the quarterbacks? That was
the four guy? Is that is there's still competition for spots or you think you're leading quick keeping all four? Now, well, I wasn't laying until I letting all four go. When it started, I said there was a possibility that we might keep them all four good football players. We can keep all four, you know. I was just a matter of battling with the other positions. So that's still up for grabs, and we have to wait till after this game see how that plays out. Do you think Darren
Lee will get some time in this game? Let's just play something? Yeah, all the young guys a player. What do you hope you see from Hackenburg Thursday night? That was a second would be a second time plan. Just get some comfort level and the command the offense, and you know, make less mistakes and he made the week before. How is there any concern with Brandon's injury at all? The hips Oh, there's you wouldn't have any any additional questions. Yeah,
decision um that Gina wouldn't play on Thursday. I'd like to say more of the other two guys. So Lanzina were handed at sance, so I want to know two guys play a full amount of time. So it's to be a perfect up with something to do it. When did you decide? When did out of side? Probably after the last game. M how can you handle this week in terms of starting the Cincinnati work versus um, you know,
look at do with the young guys for Thursday. It's hard to kind of try to prepare for two games at once, and you give the vets and a certain amount of place, and then you give the rookies and the young guys another certain amount of place and trying to move forward from there and other game plans aren't very complicated this week, so they should be able to go out and play fast and see what we're gonna do.
At the same time, you've got to make sure those guys dance shape the vetrons that are gonna start next week, most of them that are some of them that aren't going to play, and make sure they're in safe and getting an early start on the game next week with a quick turnaround in week two. Does the coaching staff start looking at Buffalo yet? Or how do you handle that? We're digually turn around the second week. There was not some of that homework while we're in trying to camp
as well. Do you guys have tough decisions to make a wide receiver there? We do? I have a tough decisions, might go a few spots, A man swim, Sue plays well. Do you think you might get all the cut stuck? I'm sorry said it again. Do you think you might get them all all the cuts done on Friday? Or do you justicipate a two day process? I mean you like to, but I'm not gonna sit here and say we get them all down Friday. There may be some
on Saturday if you don't. Do you see a scenario TIW where you can keep the three rookie wide receivers Jalen, Robbie Atron. I mean it's possible they've all had there are flashes and games. It's possible Sheldon wouldn't play his game. Would you would be an anticipation of his distension to get more time? Now? M E.