Tuesday Media Transcript: Head Coach Pat Shurmur

Head Coach Pat Shurmur -- August 13, 2019

Opening Statement: I know we’ve got an announcement to make organizationally. So, I will try to take your questions.

Q: Wayne Gallman, is his foot bothering him?
A: He has just a little bit of a sore foot. He’s fine. He just needed a day.

Q: We haven’t seen Big George (Asafo-Adjei) out there.
A: George, yes. He’s in the concussion protocol, and so he’s working through that behind the scenes. As he works through that protocol, there are stages. You can do work, the meeting room, then eventually progress to the field. He just hasn’t quite got there yet.

Q: Is that similar with Isaiah Searight as well?
A: Searight has a different injury. More of a hip kind of thing. But he’s here. They were both here today.

Q: Janoris (Jenkins) was okay after that little spill?
A: He’s fine. He’s fine. Just a boo-boo. He’ll be alright.

Q: Do you expect to see Darius Slayton this Friday?
A: I don’t know. We’ll have to reassess as we go here. He had another good day in practice. Each day, he looks a little bit faster out there. We’ll just have to see.

Q: What can he bring to you when he’s healthy?
A: Slayton? He’s a fine receiver. He has speed, obviously. Through the OTAs and the time he was on the practice field, he displayed the ability to go down the field and make a catch. We anticipate that he’s going to have a bright future. He just needs to get out there.

Q: Do you have different things that you look for from players in preseason games, depending on where they are in their careers? I’m thinking about Eli (Manning) and Daniel (Jones), and what their charge is when they go out there in these preseason games?
A: Everybody that you put on the field, it has to look like football. You want them to execute well within the amount of reps that they get. Am I looking for anything different? Probably not. What you want a quarterback to be able to do is keep drives alive, get completions, and help get the offense in the end zone. I think that’s what you’re looking for ideally, because they all just play a partial game. Some quarterbacks historically start off slower, so at the end of games, they play better. You just have to kind of judge it for what it is. I think they need to try to get the work they need. In most cases, except for the fourth preseason game, I like playing all four quarterbacks. I think the work they get in these games is meaningful.

Q: This is technically the end of your training camp period. It’s the end of the public part. Can you assess where you guys are at this point?
A: It’s not the end of training camp for us. We just won’t be doing it unfortunately in front of our fans. We have a long way to go. We have weeks of work to do before we play Dallas. That’s where we’re at. We try to get as much out of each practice session as we can.

Q: What are your thoughts on Ryan Anderson’s play so far in camp?
A: I think he’s done a good job in terms of he’s kind of caught our eye. He’s made plays. He’s worthy of the reps that he’s getting.

Q: How about Chad Slade? What have you seen from him playing more tackle lately?
A: He’s done a good job. He’s certainly been one of the guys that has caught our eye up front. You’re always looking for guys that can play tackle. I sort of feel like he can play guard as well. He’s actually made really good progress. He played well in the game the other night, especially in terms of his pass protection.

Q: I’m sure both of them can do it, but when you have two young linebackers like Tae Davis and Ryan Connelly, who do you like to make the call?
A: Connelly does, just by the nature of the defense. But Tae can do it.

Q: It looked like he did it a little bit today.
A: Sure. Oh yeah. They both can do it. Bill (LB Coach Bill McGovern) and Bettch (DC James Bettcher), they do a good job of working with them to… It’s obviously very important if you’re an inside linebacker to be able to communicate. They’re all working on being able to do it.

Q: Have you gotten any word on Golden (Tate’s suspension) yet?
A: No. I’m anticipating something, but that’s something that the league would announce, certainly. I certainly would not want to speculate ahead of time.

Q: Have you been told of a timeframe?
A: No, I’m just anticipating something is coming.