Raiders HC Klint Kubiak Wide Receiver Challenge & Fernando's Development
Raiders HC Klint Kubiak Wide Receiver Challenge & Fernando's Development
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Put you had uh challenge your wide receivers this week to step it up a little bit.
From at first glance, do you feel like they did that today, or what was your assessment of the wide receivers?
Yeah, you know, we didn't score.
So receivers, running backs, tight ends, uh, all around, we gotta, we gotta find ways to get the ball in the end zone.
It goes, what words can you say, uh, about Mattie's performance and also, um, was it your decision to not have Mazuzawa play today?
Yes, it was.
Uh, Matt did a great job, 4 for 5, you know, missed a long one, but I was pleased with Matt, pleased with his whole training camp.
Hey, Clint, uh, over here.
When it comes to Fernando and his performance, how important is it for him to have a, uh, an outing like that in, in terms of getting his development going?
Yeah, I mean, he, he needs another 3 preseason games, you know, all those rookies do.
And, uh, now that the season's starting, you know, that, you know, the, the practice reps get smaller and that's just, that's just life.
But, um, us as coaches, we got to get them ready to play, keep developing them.
Then what do you make of how the defense performed on 3rd down tonight, Rob Leonard said that was a focus going into the.
Yeah, you know, Rob, the whole staff did a great job.
The guys played hard, you know, I'm not sure if they converted one in the first half.
I don't remember, but, um, defense came out fire and they played a great game.
Would you say the extended time at practice on special teams showed up today?
Uh, again, you know, that, that was just our in-season schedule, so.
Um, I thought the discipline improved.
Clint, can a night like tonight for someone like Fernando that watches the film and internalize it, actually just a rookie preseason be a, a blessing in his learning curve?
Yeah, it is, it is.
It's, it's his reps , it's learning from, from Kirk's reps, from Aiden's reps, you know, um.
Very valuable for him to get all those reps, you know, I wish he, I'd love to play in the whole game, um, but, you know, there's other guys that we want to get looked at and, and I thought overall this preseason that, you know, we got him plenty of time and I'm, I'm, I'm happy where he's at, but we just got to keep pushing to be better.
