Sean McVay On Latest injuries, Expectations For Lions Matchup & Potential Impact Of Young Players

you guys go ahead I'm sure youve seen this already here okay well then I'll share it with you okay um puka and Jonah will be full today Rob will be limited Kobe Durant will be full and then we are going to put Darius Williams on temporary IR um he retweet this hamstring um you go back and you look at it I mean he's such a stud he's done a great job getting himself back ready to go um but when you look at some of the things off the MRI didn't think it was think the best thing for him is ultimately to be able to give him some time to get himself ready to roll and we'll be a better football team when we get him back but um he's handled it really well he want to do everything in his power to get ready to go um but wasn't the case and we'll still have a lot of opportunities to make big time contributions to this team you sound it relatively optimistic about him on Wednesday after the walk through um when did when did you guys sort of felt some you know it's really like the ability to the inability to really truly open up when you're a fast twitch athlete then you look at it and you're kind of feeling it and sometimes you're saying all right am I breaking up scar tissue or is there so still something there when the MRI revealed that there was still something there there'll be some different treatments that you know Reggie and his group will take you know and move forward and felt like giving him that month of time was was important and not put a unnecessary deadline on getting them back because he wanted to be back um but I think giving him those four weeks is is the right thing for him and you know for everybody do you anticipate when being ready after 4 weeks you know here's what I would say that's the Hope Sarah but uh again I I wouldn't have anticipated you know us to be having this conversation based on where we were at and so the MRI revealed some different things that um he had a real um legitimate hamstring injury into a fast twitch athlete it's it's something that you want to be really smart with but that is the Hope and anticipation is that he would be back week five so fortunately that clock can start um you know for this game to explore adding anyone to there's a possibility of that Gary you know that hasn't we've got some guys that have gotten opportunities in his absence um and really into Kobe's absence even though he's we expect him to be back and ready to go um so maybe down the road but that's not something that's been you know imminent for us right now you you anticipate like the loud noise bothering some the defensive player the young def for well here's the good thing I think uh it'll be quiet when the defense is out there and it'll be really loud when the offense is out there so um I think it's going to be really important for our have great verbal communication and our offense to have great non verbal communication um it was an unbelievable atmosphere it's a real credit to Detroit's fans and um expect nothing less especially on opening game but our communication uh verbally and non-verbally will be key and critical but it'll especially be with the non-verbal for our offensive guys all he's we'll see how today goes what are the pluses and minuses of you know taking every day you can I guess uh knowing that you have war in back but then also assess how healthy he thought really would be to F I think it's a unique circumstance because he's so experienced Jordan um you're certainly you know and and I like I said I've got a lot of confidence in Warren and and some reps that he's gotten in Rob's absence the Improvement the maturity the growth um you know and so we'll see but I think it wouldn't be a situation that you would even look into if it wasn't from an experienced player um so you know ultimately we'll we'll talk to him and the doctors end up really you know dictating you know what the right apprach coach is but very confident like I mentioned in Warren if that's the case AC just production snap in and snap out you know I think I want these guys to enjoy it but I I think really for our team has a whole Peak at the right time you know guys are excited it's going to be a long wait until Sunday night at whatever 8:25 or whatever it is on the East Coast um but I want these guys to just play the way that they're capable of Adam I want them to play within themselves understand where their playoffs are guys within the different calls and what the offense presents um but certainly and I think you guys know this I don't look at stats at all really in terms of what production is it's all right what's your responsibility within each given play I think the beauty of football is each play has its own individual story behind it um and a guy could make a great play but it ends up being statistically where hey I funnel it I set an edge back but now here comes Kobe Turner funneling down the line of scrimmage he ends up being able to cap it off but looking for just consistency and um those guys just playing their Gam game snap in and snap out and and enjoying the moment with the officiating emphasis on legal formation penalties especially what we saw last night the Chiefs Ravens game is that something you talk to the team about it will be you know you talked to the league about that stuff stu um really understand that is something in terms of just that alignment of that tackle um you know with regards to where he is located near the center that's something that's a a big point of emphasis that that they've made want to make sure that we have Clarity so that we're coaching it up the right way so you can avoid some of those things couple more said said that it is going to be a kind of a process of deciding who's going to ultimately wear the dot for free on defense have you made a decision there we have and who is it I'll share with you guys after the game use my binoculars to look there you go you'll find out quickly you know you're you're on that stuff but a lot of capable candidates like Chris said I'm sure too huh I know you I know that's annoying I'm sorry and I know you haven't played a game yet but what how you describe the mental makeup of your Mar right now so far you know here here's what I think um I think there's been a lot of things that we've really talked about the mental and the physical toughness um I think ultimately you really find out once you go on these Journeys um I'm really excited about this group um but we're going to really find out what people are made of when we experience obstacles and some sort of adversity um I want to see us act interact and respond the way that I believe that our guys um are capable of doing and that's you know being your best regardless of the circumstances and so I want to see these guys just I want to see consistent progression I want to see um loving the opportunities that this league presents in regards to what our opening game presents I want to see us have a great day of preparation today um but I do think that we've really been intentional Dennis about trying to identify our kinds of guys that you want to on board whether that's free agency the draft think we've got leaders in house that influence and affect positive change with those kinds of guys that's the type of people that we want to add to our coaching staff and I think the more that you get like that you know you become The Company You Keep while still having individual personalities that make up the whole um special and that's what I'm hoping this group is that's what I think it has been up to this point and then ultimately there's there's a lot of clarity that will continue to come as we have these learning opportunities and moments last two guys just correct me if I'm wrong cuz I could be wrong but since Co changed the way you guys travel and stuff it doesn't seem like you had a whole lot of these situations where you had a wait you've get to a city and you had to wait till the evening to play yeah other than the very last game we played against these guys right but no but you're right so how does that how have you adjusted that yeah you you have to here's the thing what we did learn in Co to your point Gary is that you can travel the very day before the games that I like the most honestly are the early kickoffs on East Coast you get there you have a snack your preparation's done you get up and you roll um the good thing is is that there'll be games on guys can kind of sit around watch it and then you go over to the Stadium 4 hours before kickoff but um I personally I the players are the most important thing um I think they'd be the best equipped to answer it but when we used to when I first got here we used to travel for these changes in time zones two days in advance and then you listen to The Players feedback you learn just based on you know what you were allowed to do during Co and you're saying you know what if you're ready to go when the game kicks off you're going to be ready to go you know you don't really adjust your circadian rhythm unless you have a few weeks different things like that and hey let's be ready to go and and there's a lot of different stats here's what I really think the team that plays better in the three-hour window wins the game um you know the team that that that does the things that are necessary most consistently usually They Come Away with the result um we look into a lot of different things and everything's important to try to be intentional about it but what we have learned I think the most important is our players staying in their normal Rhythm and routine on Fridays being able to get their normal you know some of these guys have you know specific body work just getting to be around their family spend another night in their own bed and then you leave as late as possible and you're spending as little time as possible in the new venue uh because we're going there to be able to try to get our work in and then get back home and and then started on another challenge the following week usually um you've joked a couple of times about Matthew like oh you know maybe he needs something to work through maybe you should punch mey you know kind of thing he uh laughs about says oh I disagree but you could see it kind of when he Clicks in but do you believe that he disagrees I don't believe that he disagrees but you can see it when he kind of clicks into that extra layer um do you remember when you saw that in person up close for the first time I think I saw you know I mean really the first time you get out on the field when he was just really you know it was important to earn the respect of his teammates in an OTA setting and um I think when you look at all these great competitors there's an internal dialogue that exists that gives them their Edge and when you're able to do it as long as he's done it at such a high level um they're the only ones that are equipped to answer it but I know what I've observed from afar from the really special ones they have that you look at even some of the documentaries on those special players that have done even you know in football in different sports there's an internal narrative there's a dialogue there's a challenge that um sometimes they create sometimes it's real sometimes it's not but uh that's part of uh what makes them special and they're only equipped to answer it but if he tells you he's not I say he's lying I me as a competitor yourself you do have experience of um you know sometimes Comfort within chaos not that it becomes a happy place but a place of clarity of problem solving um have you guys ever talked about that I in our own way you know I I think you know the biggest thing with him is is like modeling the way seeing better than you hear um and i' I see him model exactly what you're looking for I see him relish the challenges I think if you really do have a growth mindset you love the opportunities for these challenges that this game or professional sports creates because you know that's really where the only growth occurs and I think the people that are able to do it that have the mental stamina the fortitude the competitive stamina there's got to be something that you love those options instead of being overwhelmed by them and I think that's where people really separate themselves and and I do believe that's why Matthew is one of those people that fit in that uh you know that really special criteria okay thanks guys