HEAD COACH TODD BOWLES
(On G Cody Mauch's status)
"He just has spasms right now, so we will see how he feels on Sunday. I don't know how that's going to be.
(On how Mauch's injury happened)
"It didn't happen playing football. He [was] just bent over in the stance and went down."
(On what will happen if Mauch cannot play in Sunday's game)
"(Guard) [Aaron] Sinnie probably."
(On OLB Anthony Nelson's hamstring injury)
"It will be a game time decision Sunday, but he is moving around better every day."
(On DL Calijah Kancey's calf recovery)
"He practiced today fully for the first time, but it was just one practice, [so] that will be a game time decision, as well."
(On S Antoine Winfield Jr.)
"Winfield is fine."
(On if defensive line is a position in which it's easier to rotate guys in for limited snaps as they work back from an injury)
"You want your first team guys to be every down players. It never gets easier when you take out one of your starters, so it's not easier depending on the injury, what the game plan is, and how they recover. You can't make that decision today, you have to wait until Sunday."
(On where DL Calijah Kancey is at from a conditioning standpoint)
"It's like you said, nothing replaces football practice, [and] he had one day of practice. He's been conditioning, but football conditioning comes from playing."
(On RB Ke'Shawn Vaughn's unexcused absence)
"He has come back. He's dissatisfied. I would be pissed off if someone demoted me, but I wouldn't leave the building. He's over it, and we've moved on from it."
(On playing the Vikings' 'SKOL' chant at practice)
"Noise is noise. Baby noise, crowd noise, [and] car noise is noise. It's loud, and I don't worry about whether it's terrifying, happy cheers, or sad cheers, we play ball."
(On coaching in a stadium that he has never coached in before)
"I didn't notice it at the time. I just coach the game."
(On WR Mike Evans' contract situation)
"Like you said, first, we are focusing on the game."
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