Coach Brian Daboll gives an update on Malik Nabers

SPEAKER_1 (0:00)

What did you learn about Malik today, and how much does that hurt that you're not going to have him for the rest of the year?

Brian Daboll (0:09)

Well, yeah, he's one of our better players, and I think one of the better players at his position in the league. So, he has an ACL, so he'll be out. You know, we'll have a tremendous amount of support for him and his family. That's obviously a tough loss for our football team, but we'll regroup and we'll get the guys ready to play that are here and be as good as we can be on the perimeter. I know those guys will do everything they can do to be as good as we can be. But certainly, when you lose one of your better players, that's a big loss.

SPEAKER_1 (0:45)

What's the concern level that is there's any additional damage in the knee aside from just the ACL?

Brian Daboll (0:51)

Yeah, I know it's an ACL, so, again, we're here for Malik. He'll go through, you know, whenever the surgery is, the rehab, but that's, you know, it's the day after the injury.

SPEAKER_1 (1:04)

And how's Jackson feeling today? Like you mentioned yesterday, even then, he was probably going to be pretty sore. He took a lot of hits. How's he doing?

Brian Daboll (1:12)

Yeah, he's doing good. Yeah, he's doing good.

SPEAKER_1 (1:15)

And so you anticipate him being able to practice tomorrow, whatever Wednesday?

Brian Daboll (1:19)

I do.

Brian Dumbleby (1:20)

OK.

SPEAKER_1 (1:22)

Thanks, Brian.

Pat Leonard (1:22)

Yep.

SPEAKER_1 (1:24)

Paul Schwartz.

Paul Schwartz (1:25)

Hey, Brian.

Brian Daboll (1:27)

More important.

Paul Schwartz (1:28)

Morning. How much would you say it looked like the offense looked considerably different yesterday from what you ran the first three games? How much was it different? And how much of a effort is there with you and Mike and the whole offensive staff to make it different, to cater to a new quarterback?

Brian Daboll (1:50)

I think you always try to cater to your quarterbacks. Again, we did what we thought we needed to do for this week against the Chargers and their defensive scheme and how they played. I thought we controlled the game well and that helped.

Over 40 rushes in a game always helps a young quarterback. But again, we just did what we thought we needed to do for this week.

Paul Schwartz (2:12)

And one more.

You've talked about how much you like Jackson and even though he's a rookie, confidence and everything about him. When in your mind, and it's only one start, is it a situation where you say, okay, we gave him this, we gave him this, we give him more, we can give him more? I'm thinking about the interception after Dex ran it back to the three. There were three runs there which didn't really get much. You know what I mean? And then later in the game, he threw on third down and hit Theo. Is there going to be more of that? You know, how do you balance that? Because you always say it's a rookie quarterback. We got to be careful with him, but you have great confidence in him as well.

Brian Daboll (2:52)

Yeah, well, the decision to run the ball didn't matter if he was a rookie quarterback or a 15-year quarterback. We thought they were the best team in the league in red zone defense. We thought we had a chance to control a line of scrimmage. We missed out on a few things down there in the red zone. You know, we had scat one-on-one with a corner. The guy made a good play. We had a kind of a scramble play to Wandell. So, yeah, I have a lot of confidence in Jackson and the guys around him. So, in that situation, you know, with the third and five at the end of the game or the red zone, that really was, you know, part of the plan going in of what we wanted to try to do down there. You know, we still got a lot of work to do, obviously. But we need to make some of those plays when we get down there to, you know, get the ball into the end zone. Yep. Dan Duggan.

Dan Duggan (3:40)

Hey, Brian. You obviously added a lot of talent up front, or have a lot of talent up front on defense. How much, you know, it's four weeks in, has it been just trying to figure out how the pieces fit together and where you're going to play, guys? Because obviously, they were there versatile, but they had weaknesses.