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00:00 there for the next four games or so.
00:03 >> Yeah, Cam, aside from his play on the field, he's obviously a great player.
00:07 Can do a lot, really athletic, good in protections, all those things.
00:11 But just a lot of energy, he brings a lot of juice.
00:15 He's definitely one of the leaders up front.
00:17 So we're gonna have to fill that void, and Walker's gonna do a great job.
00:22 He's a heck of a player, he can do so many things.
00:24 I mean, obviously he's played guard, played left tackle, played right tackle.
00:26 He's played almost every spot on the line.
00:28 So very experienced, he knows what it's like to be a starter, but
00:33 also to have to fill in and come in and be the tackle if Cam goes down.
00:36 There's been some things in the past that he's had to do this.
00:38 So it makes you feel confident having a guy in there that's played a lot of
00:42 football that knows what he's doing, can kind of move around, can communicate.
00:46 But we're all gonna have to bring some juice and
00:48 kind of fill that cuz Cam does that.
00:51 He brings a lot of energy, plays with a certain swag about him that's just
00:55 a little bit different.
00:57 So he carries himself that way, and I think it's great for our team.
01:00 So we gotta continue to bring that in and play with that edge,
01:03 even if he's not out there.
01:04 And he'll hopefully be back sooner rather than later.
01:07 But yeah, we gotta find a way to do that.
01:09 But I don't have any concerns about how the guys are gonna play up front.
01:12 I think they're gonna do a heck of a job, Ezra and
01:13 Walker did a great job last week when we sent them.
01:16 >> Curious, obviously this is kind of a statistical anomaly, but
01:22 Evan Engle's a pretty good target of yours, and
01:25 yet he hasn't found the end zone yet this year.
01:28 How odd do you find that, that just for
01:30 whatever reason it just hasn't happened yet?
01:34 >> Yeah, I mean, we haven't really, I guess,
01:38 haven't thrown a ton of touchdowns this year anyway.
01:40 So there hasn't been a ton to go around.
01:43 We've had some unfortunate things happen on some plays and whatever it is.
01:47 I missed him on one in the game too, then I threw high in the end zone.
01:49 I don't know if that was first or second half, can't remember now, but
01:53 should have had one in the game for sure.
01:54 So I'll take that one, I told him, sorry man, I wanted to keep you out one more week.
01:58 >> [LAUGH] >> So he should have had one last week,
02:01 and that was on me.
02:02 But it's gonna happen, and it's just sometimes,
02:07 you always have a plan for everyone in the red zone.
02:10 It's never like, okay, this guy's the one that's getting the touches this week.
02:13 There's a place for everyone, and sometimes coverage takes that away and
02:16 dictates other things to happen.
02:18 Sometimes you get pressure, sometimes you have to move,
02:20 sometimes you miss a throw or whatever it is.
02:23 So it's hard to put your finger on exactly what it is, but
02:26 it would be nice to get him in the end zone soon.
02:27 I know Devin's not really a guy that cares about that, he just wants to win.
02:31 But of course, I know Ed wants to get in there too.
02:33 >> Also, what does it say just about your receiving court in general and
02:36 your vertical threats that you have that
02:40 your receivers have drawn so many pass interference penalties this year?
02:44 >> Yeah, those are things that obviously don't show up in the stats.
02:49 It's the DPIs we've been able to get, and those have been huge plays.
02:52 A lot of them have been on third down.
02:54 A lot of them have been on Calvin, usually Calvin and Zay.
02:58 Those guys kinda got a knack for it and have done a good job of just being
03:03 physical, running their routes in certain ways where it puts the DBs in a bind and
03:07 they have to either grab or hold or do whatever.
03:10 So they've done a good job, and that's something that doesn't show up, but
03:12 we understand how important that is and that a lot of times keeps drives alive.
03:16 So that's big, and the guys are really playing with a lot of confidence and
03:21 flying around right now.
03:21 You see, obviously, what Calvin's been able to do the last few weeks, and
03:25 we're in a great spot and like what we're doing right now.
03:27 >> All right, thanks, Jeff.
03:28 >> Thanks, Jeff.
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