Watch Head Coach Frank Reich give his thoughts about the Panthers’ loss to the New York Giants and the final week of the preseason.
Obviously big day of football yesterday And here in Bank of America Providence Day and Northwestern so congratulations To Providence day exciting exciting Times so I'll open it up from there Is there any update on Dante or Cuba I Know Yeah I mean no updates on any of the Guys really you know with it still being Preseason just trying to kind of Just take it day by day I knew you said you don't want to focus On anything and jump to conclusions About it but from an operational Standpoint is there anything you've Learned from the first two games that Maybe you want to switch out moving Forward into the regular season I don't think so not at this point you Know I think we made good uh You know I think the operation of how we Communicated new staff you know in all Three phases listening to the Communication on the phone very uh it's A very good process you know I was Talking to coach Caldwell about it you Know he's kind of on the sets he kind of Made a similar comment like for us all Being new together seemed pretty Seamless You seem to indicate you kind of I don't Know if it's how this week went whether You played the rest of your some of your Starters this week if you kind of got
Preliminary thoughts on where that might Be right now Um haven't totally nailed it down I'm Still talking to the coaches about that Scott you know Scott and I visited for a While last night you know just talking About the plan for for this game so Getting closer to finalizing that plan But I would anticipate You know I would anticipate it'll be Similar to what we've done the last two Games but again we'll kind of work out The details here in the next 24 hours Come include the quarterback position Probably so How much do you take in player you know Response and player like hey I feel like I need to play in this game sort of Thing Um listen this is a this is a Collaboration all the time Um You know always open to opinions Suggestions Um you know as coaches I think we have a Great relationship with our players you Know they they know there's there's got To be a chain on one hand there's a Chain of command you know coaches are Running the show but on the other hand It's a collaboration and Um I think that we've communicated that Well I think we've uh displayed that and They've they felt the collaboration and
That will talk through stuff but they Hopefully have also felt like oh these Guys know what they want and what They're doing so it should feel like Both those things Success work where the team is at Three-week out point S it's kind of closing in on game week Yeah absolutely we're not going to Really know until we get to the regular Season but I feel uh good about every Step of the process about what we're Doing in practice in our meetings In every phase in every area feel like We've made good progress as far as Cleaning up details of what it takes to Play winning football You know but until you get to the Regular season and you don't really Fully know until you're tested in every Way Right and just with the importance of The quarterback position and when you Have one young and on under contract Does that all play into the decision You'll make with with Matt and Potentially Um Yes I mean right I mean every decision As as we say is kind of multifactorial Um Premium on that position You like to be able to develop guys I Think Matt's done a good job and has
Continued to develop so feel good about His you know the steps he's taken With the when you have a replacement Kicker there and we've talked about it Before with Eddie Um and you have him out there I guess The upside for him is getting stuff on Film Um how much do you kind of weigh that Potentially I mean there are Kicker Problems around the league you have two Guys how much do you weigh that with Like how you handle the roster the next Couple of days yeah oh no I mean having Eddie's our kicker right I Mean we know that I've said that from The start out he's our kicker he's Earned that he's proven it um So but it's a great you know right's Done a great job you know had a good Game I mean we obviously had to kick out Of bounds but Other than that he kicked well so it's a Great opportunity for him Um and then right you'd never want Eddie To have a reoccurrence of of this injury But if he does at least you know we have A better idea And did you see it Um you know I think we made progress for Sure Um I don't know if we can say you know Big jump I don't know you know we didn't Play our starters I don't think long
Enough to really Tell too much other than that we made Progress in some areas you know made of You know made a key third down or two Um protection the one-on-one protection Was better you know we still had you Know going back over the tape there were Still one or two mishaps or Miscommunications and protection but our One-on-one pass blocking was was better So Um Again you know we'll see how long guys Play this week you know even whatever Plan we have will be adjusted and Flexible once we get in the game One of those miscommunications the sac Uh Thibodeau and if so can you explain What happened Um Yeah it was a commis communication there Was a line call made and he thought we Heard one thing in two words that sound Similar and two words that sound similar In the Heat of the battle uh we heard The wrong word You evaluate again what he's done at Left tackle the first two preseason Games kind of where are you with that I Mean It seems like he's allowed at least one Or two pressures every game yeah A lot of confidence in Nikki I mean he's You know I have no concerns about him
Playing winning football and being one Of the true anchors to our offensive Line and what he's you know the year he Had last year the training camp that He's had I think not only is he going to Be a really good player for us I think He's going to be a good leader you know We have had a couple You know we had had a couple miscues That he's been involved in but you know Those things will get worked out There is this kind of expected or how do You evaluate the position Still want more Yeah I mean that That's always you're exactly right That's always going to be the case um You want you always want more Um But that's the NFL right guys get hurt During the year you never it's rare to Have the same combination all the time So it's good to put stress in every area Of the team we've talked about that this Whole off season this training camp You know being under stressful Situations makes us grow it brings out The best in us if we approach it the Right way if we learn from our mistakes So you know we have those opportunities In preseason to stress test everything We're doing and to get better from it On the line calling Scribe plays changed along with the
Plays themselves I mean you and Thomas Have talked about kind of blending the Playbooks have you changed what you call Things since the beginning of this Process Well no I mean it's changed from last Year obviously and then as we've gone in You know we've tweaked a few things like We'll now tweak those words you know We'll use different words Um those words have been used for a long Time and that you know not a long time They've been used before with that Mistake not being made but uh This is almost like I can just tell you In my time uh coaching offense this Happens every couple years you know Something like this happened and you Think wow okay I can see how that would Happen but it just hasn't happened in The four previous years but it just so Happened once so let's not even why even Take a chance of a 100 Miscommunication when all you have to do Is change the words up to make it a Little bit more clear so that's what We'll do right what did you Shy the other night and then how would You assess his Camp body of work Shot you know Shaw's Shaw's very Talented I thought he made a couple Really nice plays Um you know the off schedule catch was a Big catch you know between him and Matt
And I think that's shown consistently I Think there's been you know I think he's Made Um you know a bunch of plays in practice As well making progress you know he and Everybody this isn't just shy but Um you know we still have things to Clean up you know shy has things to Clean up and you know we're always Shooting for consistency we want the big Play but we also want the consistent Play so Um it's always a reminder at every Position as as you continue to evaluate That's really what we're looking for We'll do a couple more what did you see From uh Chandler Zavala in that first Game well you know first of all that he Got through well you know and and uh and Looked pretty good looked pretty good Um you'll have another opportunity to You know get some more reps but it was a Good first step Certain is or you may not have your top Two backs for the opener Um I'm not the injury thing I'm not like That's not even Computing in my head yet As far as You know yeah we have a meeting this Morning with with our medical staff and You're talking a little bit is he gonna Is so what's his Pathway to week one and Um
You know so right now I'm not You're thinking about those things I'm I Feel confident we're going to have the Guys there and if we don't I'm still Confident I'm still confident I mean That's that's what we're getting the Rest for the guys that have been hurt I Think the guys that have stepped up and Have done well I don't want anybody I Don't want anybody to miss any time But obviously but listen in this league I I just don't Flinch it doesn't concern Me because he's just next mentality Right do you and Scott plan to take 90 Right up to the Um Probably probably so I mean it just Makes sense I mean there could be an Exception or two to that Um but it just makes sense to have all Those bodies for right up to the Deadline People's from getting reps with the Offense during the preseason games I've Seen like he's gotten special teams now So I want to know what's on Um no just it's just been the rotation That we that we take camstone he's you Know he's done a good job Um you know hopefully he'll get a little Bit this this weekend or this Friday Um but you know he's continued to Progress all right thank you thanks Everybody
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