Kevin O'Connell on Justin Jefferson
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00:00 - Hey Kevin, I just wanted to check in and see
00:02 what's the plan with Justin Jefferson this week
00:04 and does the loss create any urgency at all to get him back?
00:08 - Well, you know, just with his impact for our team,
00:13 I mean, there's been some real urgency, you know,
00:16 throughout this whole process, but also with, you know,
00:19 a mindset on being smart and making sure that, you know,
00:23 he feels as good as possible, as good as we can to him
00:27 feeling 100% when he comes back.
00:30 I know he had a really good week last week.
00:33 We'll have, you know, an extra day this week
00:35 of kind of time for him to turn over.
00:37 We'll continue to push him more.
00:40 As of right now, I look at him as questionable
00:42 for the football game through a little, you know,
00:45 more work throughout the week and see where he's at,
00:48 you know, come the weekend as far as his availability
00:51 for Monday night, but he's progressing, you know,
00:54 really well and doing a little bit more,
00:56 a little bit more, and I think he's gaining, you know,
00:59 the confidence that, you know, when that time comes,
01:02 he's going to be ready to roll.
01:03 - Yeah, Kevin, how along those lines,
01:07 how tempted are you to take advantage of the buy
01:10 that comes after this game to give him,
01:14 I don't know if you call it a free week or an extra week
01:16 or whatever, just to really lock down his health
01:20 before he does come back?
01:21 - Yeah, Kevin, I think that will definitely go in
01:24 to the decision-making process.
01:26 Like I said, it's an injury that I think we're, you know,
01:31 right at that six-week mark or so,
01:33 and, you know, he's really attacked his rehab,
01:37 and I think when that time comes, we'll feel comfortable
01:40 with, you know, with Justin being out there.
01:42 I know Justin will as well.
01:44 It's one of those things that knowing you have the buy
01:47 and knowing, you know, five critical opportunities
01:50 to come after that buy, we do have to be smart.
01:55 We do want to be, this is a player that means a ton
01:58 to our organization, both for these, you know,
02:01 this home stretch to try to, you know,
02:03 solidify our positioning in the playoffs
02:05 and still, you know, try to compete to, you know,
02:09 in the division as much as we possibly can.
02:11 But, you know, Justin means a lot more
02:14 than just these five or six games, as critical as they are.
02:18 His long-term career here is the priority,
02:21 but that doesn't mean that he's gonna be any less likely
02:26 or more likely to play this week.
02:27 I think it's based upon the day-to-day response
02:30 to the workload and how he's feeling to truly go out there