What exactly is Aaron been doing in practice and how
has he looked so far? Um, Aaron's been
, uh, like I said, he's going through
a rehab schedule and I'll be honest, rich when
it comes to the rehab stuff, uh, you
know, he's doing the drills, he's routes on
air, he does the flight school. Um,
um, so he's, he's doing a little bit
of everything, uh, what he does off the
field. I'm not quite sure that obviously they're in
a, his, his rehab schedule. But,
uh, but, you know, he's, he's
doing what a backup quarterback would do. I guess
Robert, there was a report on TMZ, um
, earlier today that the expectation was he'd be medically
cleared, uh, for Christmas Eve. Uh,
can you confirm if that's the case or have you
heard anything regarding that? Uh, you know,
Nick II, I don't, I don't have any
uh knowledge on that one if that's something that he's
had with his personal doctor out in L A.
Um I'm not privy to that yet. Thank you
. Z if you guys are still mathematically alive after
Sunday, is it conceivable that he could play the
24th? I I have no idea. Honestly,
uh Rich, I'm so focused on this one and
um just trying to make sure we uh put our
best foot forward on Sunday. The reason we're asking
is because that's his date, you know, that
Aaron circled on his calendar. So, I mean
, we're inching toward that and also the the closure
of that window coming up in a little over a
week. So, no, I get it.
I, I respect the, I, I respect
it all. Honestly, we um I, we
are approaching it as if he's in rehab and when
the doctor gives us his doctor's note uh to clear
him for the next stage, that's when we'll have
those discussions. But right now, the, the
only thing that we're focusing on are the guys that
are, are that we've got to prepare to play
on Sunday. How did he look at the tape
again? What, what impressed you the most about
his game? Uh He was, he was awesome
. II I felt like he was um ex extremely
decisive but he, he played fast. Um There
were a lot of uh old crap moments where uh
I felt like he stayed within the moment and uh
and, and made things work. Um You know
, he, he made a lot of things happen
on his own uh off schedule. Uh He was
, he was really, really good man. He
was, uh like I said, um I said
it after the game and just after watching the tape
and looking at it in more detail, it was
the best game that, that he's played, in
my opinion, Robert, when, when you look
at that, when you see that the film,
do you, the coaches say to Zach like,
hey, this is, this is what we need
, this is what we want from you, is
, is that kind of the message you sent to
him at this point. Uh He already knows.
Um uh And uh it's not like it's not without
trying. There's a lot of things that go into
play in terms of we, you know, I
thought, felt like the old lion played halfway decent
, uh gave him some protection. I thought our
receivers were winning their one on one battles. He
gave guys opportunity balls to go make plays like Conklin
on a couple of uh uh one on one shots
, uh Garrett on a couple of shots and um
you know, he was very decisive and getting to
the check down rather than trying to hold to let
things develop. He just, he was, he
was canceling and saying no faster getting a debris.
Um And uh when he had an opportunity to give
it to Garrett, he got it to Garrett and
he was just, he was moving the ball around
and uh um you know, uh like I said
, I, I thought he was, he was
extremely decisive and he played extremely fast. Robert,
a couple of weeks ago when you bench that,
it kind of felt like maybe his time here was
through. Um, but do you, do you
think, can he play his way into the plans
for 2024 in these last few weeks? Uh,
well, anything, anything can happen, um,
that's, uh, especially in, in this board
. It's like a New York minute, right.
Uh, swings from one pendulum to the next.
But, uh, um, you know, he
just needs to focus on week to week, just
putting his best foot forward and being the best version
of him. He can be. Um, you
know, like I said, yesterday was awesome.
Uh, one thing I think that gets lost in
the shuffle, you know, we had a,
you know, he, he did such a great
job on that drive following the fumble, a phenomenal
job, uh, the entire offense staying aggressive getting
into the end zone. And, uh, um
, and that was the first two score, I
think that was the first two score lead we've had
, um, uh, going into the fourth quarter
and it coincided with three consecutive four outs, you
know, defensively pinned our ears back and, uh
, not one first down was, was, uh
, um, given in that, in that fourth
quarter. So really good complementary football, but it
started with our offense staying aggressive in the way he
played, so to answer your question. Um,
we just got to take it one day at a
time there was a report Robert out of Utah,
um, Zach's home that you guys had already told
him the plan was to trade him in the off
season. Is there any truth to that? You
know, my, my conversations with him are to
do everything he can to get ready to play a
football game. Um, you know, as far
as all that other stuff is concerned, I,
I'll just, those are things I'll leave for Joe --> .