Brian Daboll says Graham Gano may return for Giants-Eagles rematch

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00:00How's everybody doing? Good, how are you? Good, so I just played these guys a couple weeks ago.

00:08So you watch, obviously, the entire season, but you watch your game that you just played,

00:14and obviously the Minnesota game in which Jalen Hurts has 158.3 quarterback rating, so

00:23there goes that one, talking about him. Both receivers have 300 yards together, so I know

00:31they weren't, you know, look, it's an explosive offense. I said that the first time we played them,

00:36and it showed up in the Minnesota game against a really good defense, so they have a perfect

00:41quarterback rating. How many guys that can do that? Jalen certainly did. Defense and an interception

00:49for a touchdown. Good defense, a lot of good players. Jalen will be back, Carter, who's a problem

00:59to block, which wasn't there the first game. So it'll be a challenge to go to their place

01:06and play them another division game. In terms of our guys, these are the players that will

01:13not practice. They won't practice today. We'll see where they are on a day-to-day, if you will,

01:19Burns, Holland, Debo, and Golston. Burns, Holland, Debo, and Golston. And then we will open up

01:31Graham's window today.

01:35Are you, is there any concern at all, any of those four that aren't practicing or long-term

01:40things? Or are you more like day-to-day, week-to-week? No, like IR or those guys? No, no.

01:49You didn't say Slayton, does that mean he'll be proud to him today? He will be.

01:53Yep.

01:55Where do you stand at the kicker position?

02:01Where do I stand at?

02:03Yeah, where do you stand with the kicker position?

02:05We're opening up Graham's window. So, hopefully.

02:07So you intend for him to be able to kick this week?

02:09We'll see. That's why we're opening up his window.

02:12But I'm asking, do you have an open competition?

02:13If Graham's ready to go, Graham will be the kicker.

02:18How hard is it to have faith in him? Is it twice in the past two seasons where he's

02:21gotten injured either during or before a game? How do you get yourself to feel comfortable

02:25that if you put him out there on Sunday, he's going to be able to do the job?

02:28Yeah, I'd say we'll go through the week here, Dan, and it looks good.

02:33And hopefully he'll be out there. But he's done a good job for us.

02:38Couldn't do anything about the injury that he had.

02:40But it's a track record, isn't it? It's not like he's an older player.

02:43It's not like he had one office.

02:46Yeah, if he's ready to play and he goes through practice and he feels good,

02:49then he'll be the kicker.

02:51If he's healthy and active as a kicker, do you still have to have Kuhl on the roster for that game?

02:56Yeah, I'd say let's see how he does these next couple days here, Pat.

03:03But he's a kicker. He's been working. We're bringing him up for a reason.

03:08Hopefully he's progressing in the right direction.

03:12He is progressing in the right direction.

03:14So we'll see a couple days here how it goes and then make a decision what we need to do.

03:18So if Graham is activated, not to put words in your mouth,

03:23it sounds like you're leaning towards him, would not be interested?

03:25Yeah, I'd say today's Wednesday. Let's see how it looks on Friday after practice.

03:31What has Graham been able to do the last couple weeks?

03:34Working with the trainers.

03:36So has he been able to go outside and kick?

03:38Yeah, he does the stuff that he needs to do to be with the trainers.

03:41And I think he's ready to go.

03:44So it'll be good to have him out here.

03:45Have you seen him kick a free goal yet?

03:48I'll see today. I mean, the kickers have been, or the trainers have been working with him.

03:52So, again, I would say this is not like a defensive back or receiver.

03:57You know, they've been working with him.

03:58They feel comfortable about what he's been doing.

04:01That's why we're opening his window.

04:03You guys haven't added wide receivers since Malik went down.

04:08I'm just curious, why not bring anybody in?

04:12Well, I think LJ's done a good job.

04:13We brought him up.

04:15Wondell's really, you know, we've asked Wondell to do a lot of different things,

04:20not just play where he's, you know, played the last few years more slot related.

04:25He's done a lot of different things, and he's really done a nice job for us.

04:28You know, those guys have done a good job, and we've used, you know, more tight ends.

04:33You know, we've probably used more tight ends than we have in the past few years,

04:38and they've done a nice job for us.

04:40So spreading the ball around, you know, we'll see what happens here.

04:47Dave, what have you seen with Saquon, his yards per carrier,

04:51is down considerably from a year ago?

04:54I see him as one of the most talented backs in the league.

04:58Explosive, dynamic.

05:01I think he's a horrible player.

05:04If Debo can't go, what's your confidence level in Tay Banks?

05:09Yeah, he'll do everything he can to be as ready as he can be.

05:14Coaches will work with him.

05:17Get all those decisions, who can go, who can't go.

05:19Saying it on Wednesday, that'll be decided on Friday.

05:22So, you know, Tay's working hard, doing everything he can.

05:26Does he remain next in line with that spot if Paulson can't play?

05:30Yeah, again, we'll see where Paulson is.

05:32I'm not going to, we'll see where Paulson is.

05:36But I tell you, he's got to be ready to play.

05:38They all do.

05:39You didn't mention Jackson.

05:40Obviously, it looked like he had a little bit of an ankle on the game on Sunday.

05:43Good to go.

05:44What does it say about him that he's had a couple injuries the last couple games?

05:50It seems like when Wednesday rolls around, he's out here.

05:54You're downplaying it.

05:56He's downplaying it.

05:57I mean, is there something that you could do?

05:59I'd just say he's got a lot of good toughness.

06:03The good ones that I've been around are usually the toughest ones, too,

06:07both mentally and physically on the team.

06:12He's a tough guy.

06:14It's unusual to play a team twice in such a short period of time.

06:18Yeah.

06:18He's a rookie quarterback.

06:20How do you think he'll handle that,

06:22and do you think the Eagles will have a better understanding of him now?

06:25Again, I got a tremendous amount of respect for Vic.

06:28He's done a great job in this league for a long time.

06:30I can't answer what he would do or what he wouldn't do.

06:32You watch your game.

06:33You see how they played you.

06:34But Carter's back, does that make a difference relative to the scheme

06:38and what they want to do?

06:39I don't know.

06:40I just know Vic's a challenging coordinator to game plan against.

06:45Again, Jackson's played a good amount of football in his career.

06:50These last four weeks, he's got a routine down,

06:53and we do everything we can do to get him ready to play.

06:56I think that is like an offensive coach.

06:59What's your involvement in the defense during the week, during the games?

07:02Yeah, well, I know what they're calling.

07:05I know the plays.

07:07I listen to them.

07:09If I see something, I'll give it to them.

07:10But I want to let those guys do their job.

07:13I have a trust in Shane, the defensive staff.

07:15They work extremely hard to try to do the things we need to do.

07:18I thought there's been a lot of improvement the last few weeks.

07:20So I see something, I watch tape with them after practice,

07:26go through the practice, meet with those guys on what they're deciding to do,

07:30give them my two cents, but let them do their job.

07:34Is it fair to say you're more hands-on in the offensive game planning,

07:37that process on Monday?

07:40I meet with all three phases, Dan.

07:43Do I spend quite a bit of time with the offensive guys?

07:46Yes, certainly.

07:47But then I go and spend time with the defense,

07:50and then I go and spend time with Gobi and watch all the games,

07:55tell them what I see, ask them what they see,

07:58and have good communication in that regard.

08:00With the duel, obviously the sack numbers aren't where they are,

08:02but he's still getting pressure to the quarterback.

08:05So I guess seven games,

08:06how are you assessing the way he's brought on the field so far?

08:09I'm just glad he's on our football team.

08:10I'm not going to get into seven games.

08:13He's a good football player for us.

08:17He's productive in rushing the passer.

08:19He's good at setting the edges.

08:21He's a good player for us.

08:23Carter and Scadaboo limited at all?

08:25Absolutely.

08:27No, they're gone.

08:28Yeah.

08:29I would imagine you would agree that you would say that you're an aggressive head coach

08:34and you have an aggressive mindset.

08:36Does that – is your defensive coordinator of the same ilk, do you think?

08:41You know, is it important for you to be in a synergy with him

08:43as far as having an aggressive mindset?

08:46Yeah.

08:46Again, each week we sit down and these are the keys to this game.

08:52This is kind of how I see it.

08:53This is how you see it.

08:54I do the same thing with Gaff.

08:55I do the same thing with Gobi.

08:58Everybody's involved in it.

09:00All the defensive coaches, all the offensive coaches,

09:02try to work together.

09:03And then come up with the best plan we can

09:07and go out there and play as good and coach as good as we can.

09:09Do you think the more aggressive –

09:13you know, there's a talk about how aggressive your defense was

09:17in the fourth quarter and the play calls.

09:19Do you think that had a bearing on getting up 33 points

09:23or was it more about what happened on the field with the players?

09:26Yeah, I would just say this, Paul.

09:27Like I said the other day, everybody can be better.

09:30Not just one unit, not just one position,

09:31not just one good coach, everybody can be better.

09:35During the game – go ahead.

09:37During the game, how much are you able to give suggestions to him

09:41or specify specific –

09:43because I think what a lot of people are saying is on that

09:45when you decide to go rush three and drop eight, is that your call?

09:51Are you giving your input there?

09:52Like how does that kind of work in the moment?

09:54Yeah, well, I would say if you're on a headset and you're calling plays

09:57and it happens pretty quickly, that was after, you know,

10:01we scored a touchdown.

10:02Those are conversations we've had after Dallas,

10:06which was a completely different defense.

10:07They actually ran the same play at the end of the half

10:09that we were – you know, we worked on, to be honest with you.

10:14So we had two robbers there.

10:16They made a nice catch.

10:18I have confidence in Shane.

10:19I have confidence in the offensive staff.

10:21I'm moving on to Philadelphia.

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