00:00How good is it to have Shamar in camp?
00:02It's good.
00:02You know, get him back out of here, get him acclimated.
00:05It's great just to get him an individual and the fundamental stuff.
00:08We got him some reps.
00:09You know, he probably got over 10 reps in there.
00:11So, again, we'll watch the tape and keep building from there.
00:13But it's just good to get out here day one
00:15and get him back acclimated with the team.
00:16What's the primary objective when y'all want to get him out here?
00:19Just get him out here and get him going with our fundamentals
00:21and with Jerry and all the things we're teaching.
00:24And, you know, tomorrow we get a chance to put the pads on,
00:27to get a chance to feel what that feels like again.
00:28And so it's just good to go full speed with him.
00:31Is there plenty of time to get him ready for the opener?
00:33Absolutely.
00:33He ran a good number of reps with the first team.
00:35Why was that such a priority to go ahead?
00:37Just getting him in there.
00:37It doesn't matter who you're repping with.
00:39It's just getting him out there and getting him practicing.
00:40Zach, I know you focused on offense,
00:42but it looked like the defense had some pretty good reps in the low rep there.
00:45They did.
00:45And that's a key part of it.
00:46That's what we were talking about after practice.
00:48You know, those four-point plays down there could occur in the first quarter,
00:51second quarter, and you don't write a lot of stories about them,
00:53but they could be the difference in the game.
00:55And so there's some good plays in there.
00:56Do you have a update on Lucas Patrick?
00:58Saw him out today.
00:59Yeah, he's going to be a couple more days, you know, and that's unfortunate.
01:03So right now we've got Matt Lee.
01:06You know, hopefully we start working him in there in a couple more days.
01:08And Lucas Patrick is kind of in the same time frame.
01:11Is everything okay with Marco Wilson?
01:14He'll be week to week right now.
01:17Right before the low red, you know, the offense,
01:19I don't think the ball hit the ground maybe once.
01:22I mean, the way they look.
01:23They intercepted one on a naked, so it didn't hit you right.
01:26To your point, to your point, to your point, the ball hadn't hit.
01:29Yeah, you're right.
01:29No, I thought it was really sharp, you know,
01:31and right now we're focused on the whole unit,
01:34not turning the ball over, protecting the ball.
01:36We had a ball on the ground.
01:37We had a ball that was a turnover.
01:38So whether it's ones, twos, or threes right now, that unit is a hole.
01:41We're going to go into these preseason games,
01:42and that's the Cincinnati offense.
01:44And so we've got to do a better job protecting the ball all the way around.
01:46Zach, who did you say was week to week?
01:49Marco.
01:50Marco Wilson.
01:51What's he doing?
01:51Just he'll be week to week.
01:53What do you want to see?
01:54What is it that you are looking for,
01:56want to see from a guy like Shamar in his first few days out here?
01:59Improve every day.
02:00You know, just like any rookie, be a consistent guy.
02:03Don't make the same mistake twice.
02:05We know that there's going to be some mistakes.
02:07There's going to be some install overloads early on in the process.
02:12It's just making sure, okay, I made a mistake on this.
02:14I'm going to make sure it's corrected and I'm better there.
02:15And then, you know, plug the leak as it occurs somewhere else.
02:18So, again, he's got plenty of time.
02:20But, you know, it's great to get him now when we can because we haven't even put pads on.
02:25Put pads on tomorrow.
02:26He's got seven practices before we go play Philly.
02:28So, there's plenty of time to get him acclimated.
02:30What was your first reaction?
02:32What was your first reaction when you heard that he was signing and everything was done?
02:35I mean, you're kind of involved in it minute to minute.
02:37So, there's no overreaction there.
02:39But it's just good to get him over.
02:41Is that really hard at all to put?
02:42Go ahead, Mike.
02:42Did you mention anything about Cam Taylor Britt not being out there today?
02:46No, I mean, some guys will just continue to monitor through the days.
02:49Some of them, you know, over the course of yesterday and this morning are sore in an area.
02:53So, you've got to protect them.
02:54So, Cam's the guy.
02:55We'll just take him day to day right now.
02:57Given all the back and forth throughout the whole process, is it hard to put all that past everybody and move on?
03:02No, that's part of being professional.
03:03You know, he's just putting him behind you.
03:04He's part of our team.
03:05And so, we support him, you know, every step of the way now.
03:08And so, you just put all that stuff behind you.
03:10Have things gone as planned for Dax the way you want to rep him?
03:12Yes, it has.
03:13You know, today he got some team reps in there.
03:15It'll be incremental.
03:17There will be some days where we just pull him back just to make sure we're not going too far too fast.
03:21But so far, he has been on the pace that we had hoped he would be on.
03:25Dax the way you want to rep him.
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