OPENING STATEMENT: “Alright as far as injuries go, Mike Edwards ankle swole up, foot and ankle. It looks good off x-ray and all that, just got stepped on. Nic Jones, I mentioned he had a hand fracture. He’s at a specialist right now, so we’ll see how he does. (Anthony) Witherstone we talked about with the toe. The toe is sprained, right toe. And then today we had a couple receivers go down. Nikko Remigio went down with a shoulder dislocation. (Ihmir) Smith-Marsette went down with a groin (injury). And (Justyn) J Ross knee/hamstring. He’s being checked out now. Anyways had a chance to go back and look at the tape. Some good things, and then there’s plenty of stuff we need to work on. But it was good to get the young guys as many reps as we did, everybody got to play which is good for evaluation purposes. Like I said there was some good and then there was some things we got to clean up. Anyways with that, time’s yours.”
Q: What was the Justyn Ross injury?
REID: “It’s a knee, hamstring, shin, something down there? We’ll just have to see what it is.”
Q: You mentioned after the game the tempo out of your ones was not what you wanted to see. What did you notice going back and watching the tape?
REID: “Yeah so again there are no excuses, but we don’t game plan for these really but with that you’ve got to keep the tempo rolling. I wanted it better than what we had it. Again, they (the Saints) presented a better tempo than what we did. I expect us to be able to get off the field and continue to drive on the offensive side.”
Q: Fans get worried about short yardage plays. How much have you worked on that this offseason and how do you work on that?
REID: “That’s what I said after the game – we’re trying something there with the QB sneak – you really can’t work on in these practices here but you can in the preseason. We tried it, we’ll go back to the drawing board on it. It obviously didn’t work and stalled the drive, but it’s good to get it on tape and to see it.”
Q: What kind of camp has Nikko Remigio had?
REID: “He had a nice game and did some really good things both special teams wise and in the throw game part of it, the catching part. We’ll just see how this thing goes, the shoulder’s back in and all that, but we just have to see how he does.”
Q: How did Richie James do? He didn’t really work with Patrick Mahomes in the game.
REID: “He’s been working in with (Patrick) Pat (Mahomes) in the practices. We tried to get some of the young guys some reps we have a pretty good feel for him, he’s a good player. We’ve got good tape in this offense of him. There was a little more emphasis put on four (Rashee Rice) and eight (Justyn Ross) in the game and get some work with him (Patrick Mahomes).
Q: Do you have any more of a long-term prognosis on Nic Jones?
REID: “I don’t. I don’t have any more on him. I’ll find out today a little bit more on what direction they are going to go with it.”
Q: In a small sample size how do you feel about Donovan Smith and Jawaan Taylor?
REID: “I thought they did a nice job. Our pass protection was good with the (first string) offensive line. They did some good things with the run game. We just had the stall. You can’t do that, got to take care of business with that. Then (Patrick) Pat (Mahomes) didn’t play a whole lot of plays.”
Q: Based on what you saw in the first game, what more do you want to see from Deneric Prince?
REID: “Right now the legs are tired. He’s getting a lot of reps, he’s kind of battling through himself right now. He’ll pop through it, if he just keeps pushing, he’ll pop through all this and be able to put his pad level down and his eyes up and go. He’s got some more opportunities here. I think he’ll be alright.”
Q: Nick Bolton is going into his third year. What have you seen from him in camp and in the first game?
REID: “Well I like his leadership. Obviously, he’s got a good feel for what we’re doing. He’s a good football player all the way around. I don’t know what to add to that other than he does a nice job. Really last year I thought he played at an All-pro level and people know who he is now, he’s going to have to step up obviously. He’s always been willing to do that.”
Q: Is there any under rated part of Nick Bolton’s game that he does not get enough credit for?
REID: “Yeah, I think last year helped that though. I think there was enough that you guys (he media) wrote about his production and that, which was great. People have taken – he’s a quiet guy, he’s not outspoken, flamboyant or any of that. He just goes and plays. Same way in college, he did a great job in college, so phenomenal tackler, great feel for the game.”
Q: On the roster moves this morning?
REID: “Yeah we brought in a linebacker (Olakunle Fatukasi) and a corner (Duron Lowe).”
Q: What was the second move along with the Anthony Witherstone injury settlement to open the other roster spot? Was anyone placed on IR?
REID: “Jody Fortson yeah. Jody (Fortson) is having his shoulder done.”
Q: Any communication or update on Chris Jones?
REID: “No.”
Q: Are you going to get L'Jarius Sneed back soon?
REID: “Yeah, he will. We’re just – again taking that slow, but yeah we’ll get him back sooner than later.