Klint Kubiak Presser - 11.2.26

Klint Kubiak (0:01)

All right, Rayburn, you guys are.

SPEAKER_2 (0:03)

We have a quarterback who's had his year of comebacks in the past. How does that help, or how does that, I guess, carry over to the rest of the office knowing that he's so much to be calm and confident?

Klint Kubiak (0:14)

Yeah, you know, he's got the greatest comeback in NFL history, right, with Vikings and the Colts. Yeah, I think just overall, just as an overall player, he's been a real blessing to our team, has played really good football, and we're right around that halfway mark, and we have a lot of football left to play, and none of us are satisfied with where we're at. We just want to keep getting better.

SPEAKER_3 (0:36)

What did you see from Mike that made him such a good fit for what you guys were trying to do yesterday?

Klint Kubiak (0:42)

Yeah, you know, I thought overall, outside of Mike, just offensive line did a really good job, tight ends, blocking well, Mike ran well.

So, you know, it gave us a spark in the run game, but I don't think it was a one-man show. You know, it was a group effort, and, you know, I think we were able to stay more balanced yesterday.

SPEAKER_4 (1:03)

What did you think of Trey Zun's first opportunity getting a start at right guard?

Klint Kubiak (1:07)

Yeah, I was, I thought Trey, you know, was calm in there. I thought he was well-prepared. That was not a surprise, but I thought he played well. I think there's things that he's going to want to improve on, but I was pleased along with the coaching staff with the effort that he put on the field and, you know, what his future looks like for us.

SPEAKER_5 (1:24)

Afton said after the game that it was communicated to him that he was going to have fewer carries in this game despite inclined the backfield share yesterday.

Klint Kubiak (1:32)

Yeah, you know, I stand by what I said that, you know, we're going to need Mike, we're going to need Afton, we're going to need Dylan.

They're all part of our success run and pass. And, you know, Afton made a huge place for us in the game yesterday in the pass game, in protection, phenomenal in protection, like he's always been. And, you know, just the way the game went yesterday, you know, Mike got got more carries and that's going forward. You know, it's going to be we're going to be counting on all three of those guys.

SPEAKER_5 (2:02)

You talked about in kind of OTAs about the great running backs not wanting to come off the field. You know, now you have three guys that you are counting on. Do you feel this is more of a shared backfield than initially coming in?

Klint Kubiak (2:15)

Yeah, I think it's always a moving target, you know, see where your team's at and, you know, who's who's playing the best ball at the time. And it's a it's a 17 game regular season where, you know, things change every week, you know, and they've been changing at guard, you know, they've they've changed upfront defensively, changed the corner and that's that's the NFL. And we have we have a young roster and we're going to give guys opportunities and see, you know, what fits us best. But, you know, you're you're 11, whether you're whether you're playing really well or not playing well at all, it's always going to change a little bit.

SPEAKER_6 (2:47)

Talk about obviously needing all three of those backs to have success, but Mike in particular, what's the biggest thing that you've noticed that he's improved on as to why you believe that he deserves those cares that he got?

Klint Kubiak (2:57)

Yeah, I think it just goes back to proving in practice, you know, having having solid practice days being, you know, being, you know, on point with his with his assignments. And, you know, he's just continued to improve and coming in as a young player, like all young players, there's a lot there's a lot to learn. And, you know, early, there's things you don't want to expose them to, you know, you want to learn the meeting room, you want to learn the hard way of practice so that you're not, you know, learning the hard way on Sunday. And everyone learns hard on Sunday, you know, coaches and players.

But it's been a development process to get him to this point.

SPEAKER_6 (3:29)

Back into that, also, Tim Keenan is a guy that's been getting, you know, got his first reps, got his first sack yesterday. What's been through the process of elevating him, you know, these last couple of weeks and how he's earned it?