Matt Eberflus describes the significance of the number 200 to Justin Fields and why he assigned his QB this goal.
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00:03 So we have a meeting once a week.
00:21 Him and I will sit and visit.
00:22 At the end of the week, certainly we talk.
00:24 I'm in quarterback, breakfast club,
00:26 and all those types of things.
00:27 But at the end, I want to have just one last meeting
00:29 with him and talk to him.
00:31 And that was when he was coming back from injury.
00:33 So that was several weeks ago.
00:35 And just really what coaches--
00:38 the good coaches I've been around
00:39 have the ability to image in people's minds what they want
00:44 and what they want to do going into the future
00:48 or leading into the performance.
00:50 So we always do that with the players.
00:52 So the image, the word picture, so to speak, is just 200.
00:57 And that's just really simple.
00:58 It's, hey, score two TDs, zero takeaways, turnovers,
01:03 and zero sacks.
01:05 And he's improved on those numbers.
01:06 I talked about him.
01:07 He cut those in half.
01:08 He's only had one interception.
01:10 That was last game.
01:10 And since he's been back, count the ones
01:14 that were thrown into the end zone for the Hail Marys.
01:16 And the sack number has been way down.
01:18 He's done a good job of getting rid of the ball
01:20 and really looking down the field
01:22 and delivering the ball down the field for some big strikes.
01:24 It's really important for the quarterback of the franchise,
01:29 a quarterback of any franchise, to be close to the head coach.
01:33 Because those are the two guys that really, let's face it,
01:37 get a lot of criticism.
01:38 And that's all part of the biz.
01:41 And you have to stay steady, be confident,
01:46 be clutch when it matters, and be consistent.
01:50 And that's really from--
01:52 that's Cairo's motto.
01:53 I just use it as it's a heck of a one.
01:55 And I think it's important that the quarterback and the head
01:57 coach have that.
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