HEAD COACH TODD BOWLES
(On if any players can be ruled out for Thursday Night Football)
"For sure SirVocea [Dennis] and [Rashad] Wisdom."
(On if it is encouraging to have most players trending positively in terms of their injury status)
"It's definitely encouraging. We've got some decisions to make, obviously, of who's down and who's up and see who's the healthiest, but all the guys are in play."
(On if there are any players that are doubtful for Thursday)
"There's two doubtful [players] in there. That would be Tykee [Smith], obviously, and that would be Cade Otton."
(On how WR Mike Evans and WR Jalen McMillan looked in practice this week)
"[They] looked good, they looked fresh, they ran great routes, they looked like they never left. Obviously, they haven't been hit or anything yet, but they looked good in practice."
(On who will step up if TE Cade Otton is ruled out)
"Payne [Durham], [Devin] Culp, we have Tanner [Taula] on the practice squad…We [have] some decisions to make based off of other positions. Payne, we trust him playing, obviously, Culp has got to play a little bit more if Cade doesn't go. We'll make those decisions later on today."
(On if WR Mike Evans has shown enough in practice to potentially play on Thursday)
"Yeah, he has. He has."
(On how he plans to fill in the linebacker position with LB SirVocea Dennis being ruled out)
"We'll probably platoon that position, obviously, with [Deion] Jones and [Nick] Jackson and [John] Bullock. Depending on the packages, you'll probably see different guys."
(On the team's mentality heading into Thursday's game)
"It's a short week. We have an opportunity to win the ball game and still [have] everything in front of us. They understand that, they know what's at stake and they're looking forward to it."
(On if the Atlanta Falcons are a different team since they played in Week 1)
"I don't know if they're any different. If you're talking [Kirk] Cousins and [Michael] Penix [Jr.], Penix [Jr.] is obviously a little more athletic and [has] the deep ball. Cousins has obviously seen everything, [is] very intelligent, knows where to go with the ball and [can] still move the ball effectively, so they're pretty much the same from that aspect."
(On how he feels about where S Christian Izien is if S Tykee Smith is unable to play)
"Yeah, I feel good about where he is."
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