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- 0:00Speaker 1: Could you talk a little bit about the last pick
- 0:02Speaker 1: did you you had Brian was lined up on the
- 0:05Speaker 1: same side as Parker was. He did like a little
- 0:08Speaker 1: curl into the middle and it looked like he was
- 0:10Speaker 1: he was over. Did you did you see Brian or
- 0:13Speaker 1: were you just kind of thinking, uh, Parker was the
- 0:16Speaker 1: guy that you were going to go toward.
- 0:18Speaker 2: I'm gonna have to watch the film. Yeah, it's definitely
- 0:20Speaker 2: in the gameplay at that point. I think we had
- 0:23Speaker 2: like forty four seconds and we were on the plus fifty,
- 0:26Speaker 2: so usually it's a second of yard, so you kind
- 0:29Speaker 2: of got to get a chunk play, if that makes sense,
- 0:31Speaker 2: and Saus kind of baited me into it. I guess
- 0:34Speaker 2: that's what I saw, and Pukey peeled back on it
- 0:37Speaker 2: and made a good play. So I'm definitely gonna watch
- 0:40Speaker 2: the film and see what I can do different.
- 0:42Speaker 1: Did you talk a little bit about what Brian has
- 0:44Speaker 1: been able to do for this offense this year being
- 0:47Speaker 1: a rookie, he's, you know, only got about forty yards
- 0:50Speaker 1: left to get to a thousand.
- 0:51Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure. I mean I've been a rookie before
- 0:54Speaker 2: and he's he's a professional, and all the older guys
- 0:58Speaker 2: obviously have been a rookie before too, so they get
- 1:00Speaker 2: what he's going through. And it's just impressive that he
- 1:02Speaker 2: comes to work every day with a good attitude and
- 1:05Speaker 2: he's gonna be here for a long time, and I'm
- 1:07Speaker 2: really looking forward to watching him play here. He's a
- 1:10Speaker 2: great teammate and I'm gonna just keep building with them.
- 1:13Speaker 2: I thought he had a good rapport with Trevor and
- 1:15Speaker 2: and he's done a good job with me. So just
- 1:17Speaker 2: got to keep getting the ball. They're they're doing things
- 1:19Speaker 2: now to take them away clearly as you see during
- 1:21Speaker 2: the game. So we just got to figure out a
- 1:24Speaker 2: way to watch other teams and see what they do
- 1:26Speaker 2: and how to get them open more.
- 1:28Speaker 1: What kind of expectations do you have for him, not
- 1:31Speaker 1: just moving forward this year, but into the future.
- 1:33Speaker 2: Yeah. I think when you play well as a rookie,
- 1:35Speaker 2: you just you got to just start over your next
- 1:38Speaker 2: year and play well again and don't let any success
- 1:41Speaker 2: or failure carry over to the next year. You just
- 1:43Speaker 2: take every day one day at a time, and I
- 1:45Speaker 2: know he's gonna do that, and we got some some
- 1:47Speaker 2: good games to finish here, three games left, and he's
- 1:50Speaker 2: going to continue to fight like everybody else.
- 1:53Speaker 3: Uh, Mac, you've had a few games now to you know,
- 1:56Speaker 3: call the signals and and and pretty much take the command.
- 2:00Speaker 3: How close are the passes? I mean, I know, the
- 2:04Speaker 3: one pass that you drive to Ryan in the back
- 2:06Speaker 3: of the end zone kind of sailed on him. I mean,
- 2:09Speaker 3: how close is it to just the connections at this
- 2:11Speaker 3: point You're still trying to Yeah, tendencies at this point.
- 2:15Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean you watched NFL football and there's plays
- 2:18Speaker 2: that are made and plays that aren't. So as a quarterback,
- 2:21Speaker 2: you just want to get the game to the fourth quarter.
- 2:23Speaker 2: And we did. Last week, we got down there and
- 2:26Speaker 2: won it. This week we didn't, and that's on me.
- 2:28Speaker 2: So I know, I got to get it to the
- 2:29Speaker 2: fourth That was my plan all along. And Aaron played
- 2:33Speaker 2: a great game and the Jets defense did a great job.
- 2:35Speaker 2: So it's a Hall of Fame quarterback and you got
- 2:38Speaker 2: to go down there and score as much as you
- 2:39Speaker 2: can turn those threes into sevens.
- 2:41Speaker 3: And how important was it to get Brian involved early?
- 2:43Speaker 3: I mean, even if it was just short little passes
- 2:46Speaker 3: to get a going.
- 2:46Speaker 2: There, Yeah, for sure. I mean that's every offense who
- 2:49Speaker 2: want to feed your best player and Obviously we got
- 2:52Speaker 2: other great playmakers too, so I thought Brendan did a
- 2:54Speaker 2: good job. The running backs, the other wide receivers did
- 2:57Speaker 2: a good job. So obviously the offensive line, that's a
- 2:59Speaker 2: really good even it's the front, so they did a
- 3:01Speaker 2: good job. And really just comes down to me finishing
- 3:04Speaker 2: and making some better decisions. And we're in it at
- 3:07Speaker 2: the end, so just finish better and see where it
- 3:09Speaker 2: takes us.
- 3:10Speaker 4: Hey, matc Goold. I know you you would rather have
- 3:12Speaker 4: a win, but it seemed like you were comfortable out
- 3:14Speaker 4: there today. Just could you talk about your performance today
- 3:16Speaker 4: and just you know, it seemed like you were having fun.
- 3:18Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure, I appreciate you noticing that. I think
- 3:21Speaker 2: for me it kind of ruins it because we didn't win, right,
- 3:23Speaker 2: and I'm always about that. But at the same time,
- 3:26Speaker 2: I've been very hard on myself in the past, and
- 3:29Speaker 2: my goal is to finish this year strong and see
- 3:31Speaker 2: where it takes us. And I'm bummed. I'm disappointed because
- 3:34Speaker 2: we were in that game, and I'm looking at it
- 3:37Speaker 2: from a professional standpoint and what can I do better?
- 3:40Speaker 2: And I thought the coaches called a good game and
- 3:42Speaker 2: the players executed for the most part. I just got
- 3:44Speaker 2: to make a couple more plays and we'll be in
- 3:46Speaker 2: a different spot.
- 3:47Speaker 4: Did you feel more comfortable hitting into this week as
- 3:49Speaker 4: opposed to maybe the last couple of weeks when you're
- 3:51Speaker 4: coming in a little bit colder.
- 3:52Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure. I mean it's been up and down year,
- 3:54Speaker 2: but that's your job as a backup quarterback to be
- 3:57Speaker 2: in there get ready to play. You know, we had
- 3:59Speaker 2: some guys injured this year, and I felt like the
- 4:01Speaker 2: young guys have stepped up and made plays. And to
- 4:04Speaker 2: hang with a good team like that, I mean it
- 4:06Speaker 2: was good, but I want to win. Everybody wants to win,
- 4:08Speaker 2: and we're gonna find ways to do that these next three.
- 4:11Speaker 4: Last thing for me just it seemed like you and
- 4:12Speaker 4: Britain Strange already have a pretty good connection. Could you
- 4:15Speaker 4: talk about that and sort of what what he sort
- 4:17Speaker 4: of meant to you and and the team over the
- 4:19Speaker 4: last few weeks.
- 4:20Speaker 2: Yeah. I think when I first got here, just his toughness.
- 4:23Speaker 2: He's always training hard, running hard, blocking very well, and
- 4:27Speaker 2: then he's really improved in the past game. But yeah,
- 4:30Speaker 2: he stepped up with Evan being heard and I fortunately
- 4:33Speaker 2: got a lot of reps with them and OTAs and whatnot.
- 4:35Speaker 2: So we have a little bit of a chemistry and
- 4:37Speaker 2: we're just gonna continue to build. Mac.
- 4:40Speaker 4: Does it feel like, you know, even in the loss,
- 4:42Speaker 4: the offense took a step forward today.
- 4:44Speaker 1: Most points.
- 4:45Speaker 4: I think you guys scored since week nine.
- 4:47Speaker 2: I mean yeah, like I said, I mean, you want
- 4:48Speaker 2: to get it to the fourth and have a different result,
- 4:50Speaker 2: but at the end of the day, you got to
- 4:52Speaker 2: get there, and you got to put up points, and
- 4:55Speaker 2: I can turn some of those threes into sevens, like
- 4:56Speaker 2: I said, and it's a different game, so I'll learned
- 4:59Speaker 2: from it. And I thought the guys played well, fought hard,
- 5:01Speaker 2: and I really enjoy playing with this group and we're
- 5:04Speaker 2: gonna figure it out. Cool. Thanks,