Grant and Danny
Dan Quinn's Presser After Roster Cut Down Day
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You're listening to Grant and Danny. - Good afternoon everybody. I think a lot of you might have viewed our initial 53 and actually even thinking that it's deeper than that, is a 70-man roster. And so there's a lot of work to get to that tomorrow. And so Adam and I, we look forward to meeting you with that tomorrow. So be glad to get started with some questions so we can get going. - Hey Dan, just curious, the decisions that Andrew on here releasing KJ Henry, but keeping came to Davis and Jean Baptiste. - Yeah, for sure, Ben. I think, honestly, when you're going into a new program, you're really looking at, you know, some things that will change. And, you know, scheme fits in what you're looking for. Sometimes when you're, you know, going into something new, you're looking for different schemes, different fits. But I think by and large, we've really been pleased with what we've seen from Jayman. And that certainly was part of the factor. - Hey Dan, thanks for doing this today. When you, one of the 20-23 draft class, five of the seven guys were cut today, and it kind of goes to what you were just saying, what's the challenge for you? When you come in, you have a class of draft picks, but you got your new guys too. How do you weigh all that consideration? Is it just scheme fit, is it just kind of, sometimes you just move on through the past a little bit? - Yeah, I think, once I took the job there, my guys too. And so I just, we're always gonna make what we think is the best decision for the team, John S.R.R. obligation. So there were ours or theirs or any of that kind of good stuff. Like, once I was here, man, I connected with lots of players here. And so, yeah, no looking at anything other than just, you know, what do we need to do best for the team? And really that's where it starts and ends. - Hi, Dan, thanks for doing this. You know, knowing that some of these players on this initial 53-meme roster could be off in this little, sort of six hours when you guys start to, you know, if you guys do make any waiver plans or whatnot, how do you frame it to these guys when you're meeting with them and letting them know that they did make it, but maybe just for now. - And that's a great question, Nicky, that on a day like today, I think we made 38 transactions, but we met with the players that we had to do a transactions with, not the ones that we did not. And so, as that goes, they do know, and I have told them that, you know, the first, you know, part of the roster, and likely into the first part of the season, it is fluid and it's not fine on that in that space. And so that's the conversation, you know, as a big picture was, Nicky, that I said yesterday, but we won't meet with each player to say that they made it, that will be reiterated again tomorrow, adding, you know, to get to that 70-man roster. - So for, as we meet tomorrow, you know, we'll talk about factor squad and waiver claims and that, but it's a fair question, but I'd say in the front end, we say, you know, it's not said here that we're starting this initial 53, so that's the marker, I guess, that we say at the beginning. - Dan, why keep three quarterbacks and why have that third quarterback beat Jeff? - Yeah, I think as you're going through it, you're just with them, Qodasi, we like, you know, this quarterback room and you just want as many guys in the building that are going through the process, understanding the system and working it out, it's such an important position. As you're going through it, you want as many guys in the building that are always developing and always pushing, so no other reason other than just, you know, the talent of the group. And we really felt like this, these group was really pushing it, and so that was the reason behind it. - Coach, Martavis, Brian, and Bryce and Tremaine were both part of the cut casualties today. What went into the decision to let them go and how do you approach building that wide receiver room? - Yeah, Liam, it's two different spaces, really. So, Martavis, getting here later, obviously, that's certainly out of factor, you know, proud of him for learning, you know, getting into the system to be ready to play, especially more extended playtime versus New England. And with Bryce and Manny's really putting in the work. And as a very role on special teams, obviously, to go. And so, a number of these guys, Liam, you can imagine, are way down that cuffs. And so that's, what you're looking to do is give them feedback about where it'll take to take the next steps. And it's a hard day for a coach or a general manager because we're all merchants, for guys that are absolutely going forward and love the game. And so, you know, we want to make sure we spend time with each player. So, it takes a long time, but it's really important and the players deserve it to give them that feedback. - Good afternoon, coach. A couple of undrafted guys, Tyler Owens, Colton Yankoff, and he was kind of talk about what they've been able to show you, this recent training camp and the decision to keep them on the actual roster. - Yep, I'd say both of them really, you know, have the professors absolutely go for it. You feel their intensity, you feel their speed when they play, work on special teams and on offense and defense, respectively. So, at the end of it, you know, when you're really trying to establish an identity that you've heard me use that word before, I think, those examples come back up, you know, the speed, the physicality, the effort, the training, those are things that are commander style, play, and I thought those two really represented that. - And you mentioned that the roster being fluid over the next couple of days and weeks, over the next 24 hours, the waiver of wire, how much of this roster do you think is still fluid and how active you expect you guys to be? - I think, as you're going through it, it's part of where your needs are, Steve, and that there are ways that you can do things to address, you know, some needs for the team. So, I think we have a bit of understanding of that tomorrow after we go through tonight, you know, as the wire comes back up today, obviously the scouting department, you know, is the key part of that, of assessing whether that may be on a routine that gets released in the current player on a routine. So, it's pretty normal around the week this year, at this time, that a lot of these conversations and things happen, and quite often you looked at some players that were end up making it on the waiver wire. So, I think we have a better assessment for that as we head into tomorrow afternoon in the days ahead. - Dan Quinn, with reporters in Ashburn, going over the roster, anything stand out? - How fluid this is. I mean, you heard his first words were the initial, it's not like I said the initial. He emphasized, he put the emphasis on initial, right? And the theme throughout, all the different questions that some good ones in there are from local folks asking the questions. These are all the answers reflected, hey, this can all change. Hey, this is minute to minute, hour to hour. And, you know, everything kind of goes from there, right? Where this is where we are now. This is only the first report. Nothing is due really finalized until next week before they get ready to play. - He was asked about keeping three quarterbacks and why Jeff Driscoll would be the third. I don't have any problem with either of those things. Number one, I think your quarterbacks are gonna run a bunch, especially Daniels, and he's very small, and there are questions about durability that he's just gonna have to answer. Hopefully, he answers them resoundingly by staying healthy and playing in 17 games, but no problem with third quarterback. And who else would you have kept? I mean, Trace McSorley over Jeff Driscoll? I guess you could do that, but Driscoll's a better thrower of the football, I'd imagine. Who else would you have kept? Would you have gone with Sam Hartman? You know, because you brought him in right after the draft, I think Jeff Driscoll's a better option than him and Hartman were McSorley, for that matter, could both stay in your building on the practice squad if you wanna go that route. So I was gonna keep three on my 53, and I had Driscoll in, I think that's kind of a non-story, but I have seen that some people were surprised that they went with two veterans instead of another younger project type, whether you view that as Hartman, who's actually a kid at a college, or McSorley, who's just younger than Driscoll would have been. So I just view things differently in general. I would almost never keep three, because especially if I've got somebody like Jane Daniels, the instant he's not playing, nothing I'm doing has any meaning anyway. - I thought last week you said you'd keep three this year. - No, I'm not a keep three guy. It rarely ever, what would I do it? There's gotta be an extreme circumstance. Like if Jane Daniels was dealing with a nagging injury, or something that could easily, you know, tenuously have a setback or something, like where he wasn't sure it wasn't full go, maybe I considered, but in general, it's just, to me, the plane crashes into the mountain, the instant my young quarterback can't go. If I'm good, like if I'm San Francisco, I might keep three, or if I'm a team that, you know, I might lose my starter for a little while, or something to that effect, and I need to be competitive right now. If I'm a contender, maybe I do it, but in a developmental portion, that's not for me. (upbeat music) - Dear Autumn Leaves, you won't be covering roads alone this season. Toyota's lineup of cool, colorful vehicles is ready to ride by your side. Take on fall in a trail tackling Tacoma, or go for the powerful Tundra. Head to toyota.com for more info, or visit your local Toyota dealership today. Toyota, let's go places. 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