Latest / Press Pass / Press Pass | Doug Pederson: "Obviously a tough guy, he wants to play."
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- 0:00Speaker 1: So try we're going to practice today. Yeah, yeah, we
- 0:02Speaker 1: should get him out there today moving around, see how
- 0:04Speaker 1: he feels. Do you think that'll be enough for him
- 0:06Speaker 1: to be available on Sunday? Yeah, you know, it just
- 0:09Speaker 1: depends on how he feels today. Um. You know, look,
- 0:13Speaker 1: he's he's studied all week. He's uh a tournamental reps
- 0:17Speaker 1: out there on the field. Um, you know he's played obviously,
- 0:21Speaker 1: you know a lot of football already this year. So yeah,
- 0:23Speaker 1: I think if you can get out there and move
- 0:25Speaker 1: around and feel comfortable, should be fine. What about the
- 0:27Speaker 1: availability of movement Cisco, same thing. You gotta just we
- 0:31Speaker 1: gotta get through today, you know, today and tomorrow really
- 0:34Speaker 1: uh to see where to see where you know, chatted,
- 0:36Speaker 1: We'll get him mot. Cisco has been practicing and been
- 0:38Speaker 1: doing well. He's obviously training in the right direction. And
- 0:41Speaker 1: Chad's another one. We gotta get up and see where
- 0:43Speaker 1: he's at. You know today with day Jones, is his
- 0:48Speaker 1: chest issue that he was dealing with last week? Is
- 0:50Speaker 1: that almost all gone or how is that sort of Yeah,
- 0:53Speaker 1: I think he's feeling better. Um, you know, talking to
- 0:56Speaker 1: him yesterday, he had a good day yesterday and and
- 0:59Speaker 1: just keeps again keeps so you know, heading in the
- 1:01Speaker 1: right direction. So, um, you know, we just try to
- 1:05Speaker 1: try to limit any kind of touches or contact you know,
- 1:09Speaker 1: around him right now. But he's been feeling good. His
- 1:13Speaker 1: toe doesn't feel a page ball. Is that the thing
- 1:16Speaker 1: where you go, well, we gotta wait until Sunday to
- 1:18Speaker 1: see you again? Or is it you kind of feel
- 1:20Speaker 1: like he's going to play and you just want to
- 1:22Speaker 1: kind of see how the toe is. You know what
- 1:24Speaker 1: I mean, we're talking about a toe here that was
- 1:31Speaker 1: that for the game? Um? You know yeah, I just
- 1:35Speaker 1: think it's just it's it's gonna be his his kind
- 1:37Speaker 1: of peace of mind, you know, quite honestly. Um, and
- 1:40Speaker 1: can he can he play through it? You know? Um,
- 1:43Speaker 1: you know it's gonna be sore, just like anybody's injuries
- 1:45Speaker 1: this time of year. And um, he's obviously a tough guy.
- 1:49Speaker 1: He wants to play, he wants to be out there.
- 1:50Speaker 1: And I think these next couple of days old, Um,
- 1:54Speaker 1: I think for him, well, probably ease any kind of
- 1:58Speaker 1: tension that he might have, you know it into the game.
- 2:00Speaker 1: How often do you toast times a quarterback? Again? I mean,
- 2:03Speaker 1: it happens, It's not often, but you can get a guard,
- 2:06Speaker 1: maybe a center that steps back and and um step
- 2:10Speaker 1: on it. That's it's obviously a possibility and and uh
- 2:12Speaker 1: it could happen. The coaches and players have talked this
- 2:15Speaker 1: week about feeling like last week they went out on
- 2:17Speaker 1: the field and it felt flat from the very beginning.
- 2:19Speaker 1: How do you make sure that on Sunday the energy
- 2:21Speaker 1: is at a higher level? You know, I just think
- 2:24Speaker 1: the nature that's this game? You know, um ANFC South
- 2:28Speaker 1: Tennessee Titans on the road. We haven't you know obviously
- 2:30Speaker 1: played there, played well there, I should say. And you know,
- 2:34Speaker 1: if you can't get up for these games, it's, uh,
- 2:37Speaker 1: you need to find something else to do. I think, um,
- 2:40Speaker 1: these are these are the ones you love to play in. Okay,
- 2:46Speaker 1: come down? Is it