 being gun shy. I thought they both did some nice things in the second half we obviously got to protect the ball better than we did tonight and that give us a chance to win. Coach Frabel does such an awesome job of setting the culture around here. There's a foundation and the expectation. We say it doesn't matter what players are out on the field it shouldn't matter what coaches are on the field either there's an expectation around here that he set very clearly and we got to live up to that. How good was it to see to get Taylor little on some game action before the regular season just to get him a couple of series to get back out there? Yeah obviously Taylor's a big piece for us and it was nice to see him back out there playing with some joy playing with some energy and you know hopefully we can we can pick up where we left off after a couple of his early plays tonight. Obviously got Dylan a lot of work in all these games in different spots. I know both those right spots but where do you see him right now and where do you see right tackle? Yeah I won't get any predictions or projections there. I just will credit Dylan for playing multiple positions for being able to handle the workload we threw at him. He's a resilient guy he's a high character player and you know he's got a long way to go but I think he's made the right stuff. Does this drop in the end zone that a concentration lapse there or what do you think when you saw it on the pool? Yeah I think I'd have to see it you know replay to see exactly what happened. Looked like a pretty good ball looked like some separation there so I'm not sure how it wound up on the ground be honest with you I was on to the next call as soon as I heard that it was incomplete so you know we expect guys to go up and make plays in one-on-one contested situations and that certainly was one of them. Still some time before the first game how concerning is it to you that you have gotten Tana Hill Hulio AJ on the field that much this whole preseason really? Yeah you know I prefer to focus on the stuff that we have accomplished instead of worrying about the things are out of my control and I think that the offense is taking strides each week in finding our identity doing things our way and you know we haven't been consistent enough at this point but we've laid the foundation of what we expect this thing to look like and regardless of who's in there how much practice time we get together that standards been set so we'll we'll take advantage of the time that we have between now and the opener and we've got a lot of work to do but I believe we'll accomplish it a lot of burst you know some good lateral quickness I thought he ran the ball tough you know he took care of the football so those are all really good things to say or to see he was in a similar system down there with Arthur before he came here so I think there was some carryover and verbiage there which helped you know but he's certainly got some talent and some good physical traits yeah I certainly have never written cam off I think he's made of the right stuff you know he's got that competitive spirit and that grit that toughness you know we have a talented receiver group and there's some depth there and obviously powers above me have some tough decisions to make but you know cam's gonna give you everything he has every time he lines up and we appreciate that you know I feel fortunate to work for people that will take my opinion into account you know but that's all I can do is give my opinion they'll do what's best for this team and you know I think history has shown that they've made some pretty good decisions it's nice to be in a in a spot where there is competitive roster battles and there are some tough decisions to make and I think that that's a testament to how hard all these guys have worked guys talked about how important it is for the backup quarterback you know to keep the ball to keep possession and so forth bark we had the one pick and there was one or two maybe that could have been picked as well could that hurt him in this in this competition here you know I think anytime you put the ball in harm's way it certainly is a demerit you know I'll have to look at the tape and get a full evaluation how both of them played and how often we did put the ball in harm's way you know but we're gonna hold those quarterbacks to a high standard and we expect that ball to be protected at all times particularly down there in the red zone when we have points on the board so you know red zone non-scores are unacceptable around here let alone turn over so yeah and I think you know stretches had so many conversations with Coach Brable over the course of the last few years that they think very much alike the communication is very streamlined and I was given a heads up that we might be in four down territory you know like to convert more of those four downs as we go there and certainly would you know like to not get the fourth down but you know it will stay aggressive as as we're given the opportunities and try to stay aggressive with the play calls as well we saw Elijah Molden doing a lot of directing and traffic cop kind of a roll there before before the snap so what can you say about how he's settling in and being able to do that yeah I think he's getting adjusted like kind of what we expect from that position the different things we asked that guy to do I think it's slowing down for him after last week again there's always going to be stuff that he's going to learn as we go you know new things are going to show up two weeks from now that we haven't really seen yet and that would probably continue throughout the season but I'm pleased with players that right now I think he's doing a good job being committed consistent learning every day out there any of them distinguishing themselves you feel like you've got some real competition yeah we brought those guys in I mean shoot they've been here two weeks now and they kind of fit right in they pick stuff up pretty quickly I mean it's been competitive like after the first two like it's been competitive and we're gonna have some tough decisions to make as this thing goes John and Mike just to kind of see where this thing's at but I mean right now it's a it's a pretty competitive group and it's going to be interesting how it plays out how much do you fight for guys as you as you knew your roster cut and what are those conversations like with you and Mike and maybe John try to make some of them yeah I mean they they do a good job of including us and asking our opinions on guys obviously it comes down to John and Mike and their vision for as this thing goes um but we did we have opinions as a DC as a position coach we kind of have a feel for these guys how they're going to fit the unit right like that's a big part of it not just necessarily the best player but how they're going to fit the unit the the piece that we need who might have some more versatility but might not be as talented right that all that stuff comes into play so it'll be interesting to see here in the next couple days call against borders kind of set what personal foul is there you think maybe a little hard yeah no I think I think that's the rules like you can't have unnecessary contact sling the guy down we've seen that called a lot throughout the past couple years yeah I mean I I think as the game when it kind of was what it was we we had an idea of how much we want to play him along with everybody else right and he got in got his work done and then we put some other guys in there how confident are you and how confident are you in the progress that Caleb is made yeah I think he's learning every day I do like these games are extremely valuable to him right going out there and actually doing it being able to take it from practice to the game and again he's a rookie we've talked about this before just he's learning every day he's trying to refine his techniques and fundamentals where he's not just going out there and trying to play ball I got this cat like it don't work that way here like they comes out in the technique fundamentals your eyes all those little details of doing your job and I think he's improving but it's an everyday thing how much pride had you taken in no touchdowns allowed and disappointed that you gave up a couple tonight yeah I mean I was encouraged with the way we've been playing not not necessarily the point points aspect of it but the way we've been playing the energy the flying around I was disappointed with a two-minute drive there at the end didn't think we execute very well and you get penalties in two minute it kills you we had two big penalties there stop the clock and chunk plays right so we gotta improve that it's good to get in that situation but it's got to be better but I've been encouraged up to this point with guys momentum that we're kind of starting to build confidence everything that goes with it yeah so we had a staff meeting this morning and it was status quo kind of go through the same deal make sure we're good operationally with everything with the adjustments we made I mean he's been engaged throughout the week with everything going on obviously just he wasn't here tonight and that was probably the biggest thing prior to the night is just making sure everybody's on the same page with kind of how things were going to operate with stretch and Ock and I'm sure he was watching like I'm sure I might have some text messages when I go back in the locker room but I'm sure he was watching so we'll see I mean he does a lot of that stuff him and Mike communicate a lot during the game anyway just in terms of game management and situations and all that type of stuff so I mean he's been involved in that throughout his time here so it was good to see him down there and kind of doing it better maybe not so much tonight but in general preseason it's been pretty good for you guys do you feel like that there's you know an increased sense of confidence going into the regular season after you know what happened last year yeah I hope so I hope so I mean that's what we've been preaching getting these guys to fly around play with confidence challenge right expect to win their one-on-ones across the board whatever it is any any call that's made like expect to execute and I think they're taking hold of it right I think they're accepting the challenge I think they're embracing it we just continue to do that continue to find success and hopefully it continues the bill for us yeah I think he's had a good camp I do I mean he's done some things I think he's grown up I think he's become more of a pro this year than he has been in the past and part of that maturity I mean they're young guys when they come out of college and now they're getting adjusted first time on their own all that stuff so I think it's been a process for him but I think he's he's matured right and I think it carries over in his day-to-day how he practices and then obviously that carries over to game day impressions of fields and was it good to be able to get some work against the mobile quarterback before the season starts yeah absolutely I mean you guys saw how Atlanta went wasn't great like we talked about that going into the game like we got to be better more disciplined more coordinated when we rush those types of players so I think it was good I think he made some plays with his legs he threw some balls up there guys did a good job playing back for it right so it was a good test for us it especially going into week one guy like Tyler similar skill set right so man I was glad we had the opportunity tonight thanks Shane real fast you have any idea who gave stretch the the challenge info from the booth you know who did that tonight no okay that was a really good try but the odds of an answer were below one percent open to have with side artfully that's right thank you Cal thank you Cal appreciate it it was not very well not 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