Drue Tranquill, Los Angeles Chargers Linebacker

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I appreciate you jumping on today for a few minutes right before you guys get set to have little battle against the Texans this weekend.

I know you're talking about to call her today a big topic of conversation with the aftermath of what occurred last by the football game. Just tell me little bit about Q color will be another layer of protection of the book up going out there that I'm doing them both to protect my about the viability of an object, we would be very quick why what happened with you about that will be an honor and injury to happen in every day on the gridiron everything, but it certainly you know every time you know you out of school, college athletes are stepping on the field but we can do the most to protect our brain, I'm in the best equipment, you know that's always advantageous correctly. I know that more than a dozen ballplayers are currently playing with two color which is applying slight pressure devices for the jugular vein via the neck of the Q color gently increases blood volume inside the head producing the brain's movement. Upon impact, which is the primary cause of the brain injury had you come across this and why did you think it was the best thing for you to wear first word at Notre Dame back in 2016 when they were just coming out with the product and in God quickly equally work work testing it in our football team at Notre Dame was trying it out but I was aware of the Q color. I felt like from a performance they employed there were some needed improvement for you know I wanted to wear in the game and they certainly address those over the path your heading into the season. I was very interested in wearing the device and protecting my hat on the week from the Chargers here with us. How did you react to what we saw last night to it's on the bylaw and the Dolphins Bengals.

It's really know we all fall happen a week earlier and employer's perspective is difficult. Anytime a guy gets hurt you feel warm when we play a high impact game were you know injuries are inevitable but when it comes to the head talk to you that they let him go back on the field last week after what we saw as a player in the heat of the battle. Your instinctive butterfly you're gonna want to go back and you don't want to think I'm good but it's unfortunate that they let him go back and stand an obvious impact seeing them stumble around and then we see the aftermath you know what can happen when when that you know is left not taking care of you know and unfortunately went down last night supposedly the new gut feeling is extremely ill. Well about what our hopes are. But I you feel bad for the kid.

So Dr. obviously and I would never try to pretend to be one but as a fan and just watching this or just any human being like last week I was shocked when he returned to the game like what is it what you specially have to do to clear concussion protocol because I was shocked how quickly got back on the field last week where I am not familiar with the with the concussion protocol like youth medical expert either. I've never had to go through that again. From what I understand that you have, and there's a baseline test retake of players coming in with our entrance physical, and I think they you do a quick test in the compare that to your baseline.

I think the doctors look your eyes and the other dilating, and there's just a few standard probably balance that he went through a lot of it is when it comes to concussions is so subjective and so the player saying I'm good I'm good I'm good and the doctors plan wall between things seem to be checking out is not heaven upon us and delight right now and you can get players that you know enough going back in the game with managers. I know he returned last week like were talking about. He clearly played in the game last night on a Thursday night game we surprised that he played on Thursday last night I was back after watching the video, stumbling after didn't last week, I was surprised that I just not surprised that the defective do. It seems to be a really tough kid, and an obviously desires to be out there and and and be playing with his teammates, but I was surprised they will go to tranquil Veritas charges going up against the Texans this Sunday 1 o'clock in Houston, going back to last week what happened. How do you kind of look back on that loss to the Jaguars where vacuum is really one-sided in favor of Jacksonville. We we played really poorly really and all, all three phases. We had areas where we could've improved.

I thought we did anything. Well, I thought we kind of contained Agnew there. There were Turner among special-teams but I do look at oppositely defense of it would make more big plays Jacksonville Batesville plate look at the 50 yard touchdown run on third quarter you look at the forced turnovers. They had on and they really just dominated football game so we know what we can play a lot better, we certainly shown that we can practice and were looking forward to the opportunity to go get them on Sunday afternoon. Did you at all in the preparation may be the Jaguars a little bit you think that play a factor into think so. I think you come up to division game.

The atmosphere little bit different.

On Sunday I think at the end of the day. We knew Jacksonville had a great defense. We knew they had a good offense with an efficient quarterback that had been playing a lot better through Q games than he did last year and I think they just they expose that they played really really well. He played good football, we did not play well enough on defense or often when the ballgame with us for a few more moments I was a big believer in this team not to jump off ship after three games. I thought you guys really Nancy West this year.

That was my pick before the year was the mentality of this team right now since you're in that locker room after guys got that week one victory but then the last two weeks. It hasn't gone in your favor so I can really quote. Candace said he a couple place your couplet there and the movie looks completely different.

We we did not care about football last week, and we've certainly been battling some injuries.

Here we got guys you know planters stop we got guys that gone down or be out for a while, I know we got a resilient group and we got a deep group. When you look at, you know what to left going family of Donald building a roster.

We got up, and were overly optimistic about the guys you can have on the field this Sunday and in we like our chances to go out there and play a lot better football than we did last week. Some years team just get hit with an injury bog and we saw that last year with Baltimore. You talked about the injuries were Sean Slater is out for the year. Joey bonuses now get a miss a lot of time Herbert. I know we had a full participation practice the other day but he's been banged up Keenan Allen out this weekend is that all cross your mind that man, like maybe this is just the year that were that were getting hit with the injury, bog, and it could derail the season will know that your mindset is that the real reason you feel it when you have ballplayers like you mentioned you look at Cory Lindley Keenan Allen joy both. There were Sean Slater are no franchise quarterback over steel with something you definitely feel that as a team. But like I mentioned earlier I feel like we have a lot of debt, whereas maybe in your supplier, we would've felt a lot more. I think when you look at call landscape of the NFL. We feel left my wood to every team in some shape or fashion.

It is dealing with what we called injury bog is just inevitable kind of in the game of football so you know we like our chances we would like our depth in our locker room and I think you know to be ready to go. We certainly miss those guys in their big part of our team, but that's cool if you guys still out there practice something around poking up.

You know the next man in and were looking for the opportunity to sweep you don't get stuck, Brandon addressed defense this off-season and they were aggressive with some of the shortcomings that happened last year when he think this defensive unit can be the season to tranquil you know I think we have a ton of potential. When you look at how they've invested on the side of football were great at all three levels and I think when you can have your Russian your cover.

Working together, you can be a good football.

Certainly, you know were not happy with how we place it on third down the farm the season but you know were optimistic. There were three games. Then we have a lot of new guys playing together. There's a lot of continuity to have warm have to shake them. You know were developing on a weekly basis and will continue to be at inside your locker.

When it comes to the police level and in your head football coach because last year when the aggressiveness is working ever was. Love it when it didn't work ever was critical of it. Are you guys fully bought into your head football coach Brandon Saling and I think a great example of that. We have onboard so many new guys and you look at how they annoy. When you look at JC Jackson talking the side of the ball. Khalil Mack you know Alston Johnson, Sebastian Joseph day we brought in so many guys. It ended guys come in and they're like, man, just for a team meeting with me so polite and so I think guys really believe are kind of in his understanding of the game, how much he put into being a great football coach in the second year that coach is a young guy is figuring it out as he goes just like we are, but I think more than anything we can be of commitment, we can see his commitment to being a great coach investing in its players and it shows that on database so I think we talk about the belief that belief is very very high when it comes to what has been your impressions for the first two years of what we seen from Justin Harvard and what he's been able to do so far as now is in your number three in the NFL because man that you can't really say many negative things about the guy fantastic fantastic teammate and is an altar competitor. I think he's such a unique leader on and that you the guy you literally don't have to say anything and he has the full respect of the locker room before respect of the organization and the coaching staff you just you look at what is on the path two weeks with no banged up ribs in his youth out there.

He wants to be out there is battle and threw it and you just can't say enough about his toughness and is leadership, the player and in the intangible. He brings me all of the tangible. The arm strength his decision-making. But when you look at the intangibles and what you bring to your organization. It's unbelievable. Blasting Alaska before electrons are tranquil and I really appreciate the time. This team will likely be talking about loaded with talent big expectations this year and really the last decade decade plus the charges had a lot of talent and having gone with her supposed to go to some fans say disabled charges. Now with you guys getting off that wanted to start what you say to that band that is doubting that your football team is in to get the level you guys should get to this year great question. It's a valid question, think of the football team. We onboard it on a player thought and coats.

Dir. Kevin the team meeting this week got a lot of guys that have not played a lot of football together and so from a communication from a timing perspective from all the things that really really matter if you look at all the great teams over the course of history like you can look at the camp of 18 when they all boarded all those great players. They struggled early and then went on to win the Super Bowl.

You look at that basketball like the Miami Heat when I onboard Lebron James Chris bosh Elaine Wade all the guys like it took a while for them to learn to play together. I think were disfiguring outrigger and ironing out the wrinkle on the side of the football learning to play together.

You insert a work you there right guard found jocular figuring out continuity in the office of line Sean Slater going down Cory Lindley missing time, like there's a lot of continuity that have to be formed to execute all three phases and I think with feeling that early on but I like our progress in our looking on databases, and practice but I think you continue to seek a better and better football team.

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