Kwesi Adofo-Mensah on Rookie QB Jaren Hall

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00:00 Ultimately, you don't know that anybody's ready until they get out there.

00:03 But I can tell you the poise that he has,

00:05 every interaction I've ever had with him.

00:06 Obviously, we scouted him, I went to see him in person last year.

00:10 And everything you know about his background, his story, he is poised.

00:14 And we asked the players after the game when he came in the game,

00:19 what was it like?

00:20 And they were like, it was not too big for him.

00:22 I think that's the first test you always look for.

00:25 And look, your first snaps come backed up at Lambeau Field.

00:30 That's not, I wouldn't say the ideal situation.

00:32 On a third down, he stood in there and he converted a pass.

00:35 You always look for those small signs,

00:36 because sometimes the data is not gonna be large and you gotta make decisions.

00:39 But I know when we made this decision, I sat in my office,

00:42 I think I was gonna say this earlier.

00:43 I was listening to Creed, I was thinking about Kirk, I was listening to Creed.

00:46 And I watched my college cut up of him, I watched my preseason cut up of him,

00:50 I watched his practice cut up.

00:52 I've read all our reports, our analysis.

00:53 And look, it's not gonna look the same as Kirk Cousins, right?

00:56 Kirk Cousins is one of the best throwers this league has.

00:59 He's really experienced, but

01:00 I think there's a way that he can play that we can function.

01:02 I think there's a way that Nick Mullis can play that we can function.

01:05 And that's what I came to, conclusion wise.

01:07 I think this offense, this scheme, I think, I'd be remiss without talking about

01:10 Kevin and what he does for that offense and how he sets people up to succeed.

01:14 A lot of that's my confidence in him and the staff and Wes Phillips and

01:17 Chris O'Hara and everybody we have here.

01:20 So excited to go see it, just like you guys.

01:23 I'm gonna be watching on Sunday, learning.

01:25 That's what we do with this football season.

01:27 Those first four games of the year, you have projections, but

01:31 those things exist in your mind.

01:33 I'm learning about this football team the same way you guys are.

01:36 And what I've learned is something I really like, and I'm glad that we're gonna

01:39 be able to play some meaningful games and we'll see what happens.