Head Coach Brian Daboll

BRIAN DABOLL: Everybody is practicing except (punter) Jamie (Gillan).

Q: So (running back Tyrone) Tracy is in the final stage?

BRIAN DABOLL: Mm-hmm.

Q: Seeing the neurologists this afternoon?

BRIAN DABOLL: He will.

Q: Hopeful?

BRIAN DABOLL: Mm-hmm.

Q: (Guard Jon) Runyan popped up on the report.

BRIAN DABOLL: Foot.

Q: But anything to be concerned about?

BRIAN DABOLL: No. Sore foot.

Q: Jamie (Gillan) the only guy who's ruled out for Sunday at this point?

BRIAN DABOLL: Yes.

Q: And the other injured guys, would you say, you are mostly optimistic about the rest of them?

BRIAN DABOLL: I think today will be an important day for the ones that haven't practiced to see where they're at. (Wide receiver) Bryce (Ford-Wheaton), (wide receiver) Ihmir (Smith-Marsette), those kind of guys. We'll see how they do.

Q: (Cornerback Cor'Dale) Flott is trending in the play?

BRIAN DABOLL: Yep.

Q: Obviously, the offensive success hasn't been there at home so far this season, specifically. Anything this week, do you do differently? Do you change up? Do you try…

BRIAN DABOLL: No, we have our schedule. We've got to go out there and play and coach well.

Q: What do you think has allowed (Tyrone) Tracy to have so many explosive runs? I don't know what the definition of explosive runs is… Big runs? Like 7, 8, 9, 10 (yards) and more.

BRIAN DABOLL: He's a good player. He's got size. He's got speed. He's got power. He's got good vision. I think the plays have been blocked well, too. He's made plays when they aren't blocked. That's what good running backs need to do too. Where it's not perfectly blocked and he can squirt through even if it's two or three (yards). But I think some of his power and explosiveness has shown up running through tacklers or making a guy miss in space. He's done a good job. He's earned his playing time. And he'll continue to play. He's performing well, so he's earned what he's getting.

Q: As you've always said, you've been in this league a long time, you see a lot of guys. There are guys who are identified as traits guys, but that doesn't always translate into performance. Is there something you could point to for (Tyrone) Tracy? Why he's able to produce this soon when he was really a traits guy?

BRIAN DABOLL: I just think the type of guy that he is. He does have all the right kind of off-field traits. The way he prepares, his intelligence, his commitment to the team and his character. I think (Running Backs Coach) Joel Thomas has done a great job with him. He puts a lot of work into it. I think having (running back) Motor (Devin Singletary) be there for a sounding board has helped him. Then again, you have to go out there and do it. You work hard in practice, you do all the preparation, and that's important, it's very important, but the most important is how you perform on game day. And he's performed. And continues to perform like that.

Q: Will you have (tackle Chris) Hubbard at left tackle again?

BRIAN DABOLL: Yep.

Q: People look at that and wonder, the 7th pick, tackle (tackle Evan Neal) a couple years ago doesn't seem to be in the mix. Why is that the case?

BRIAN DABOLL: Well, I wouldn't say he's not in the mix. He's worked some jumbo stuff for us and based on how things are going, or an injury, he'd be one of the next guys in.

Q: You came into training camp with him (Evan Neal) as starting right tackle. Obviously, he wasn't ready. There's a disconnect there of how you went from there to him…

BRIAN DABOLL: Well, I would say (tackle) Jermaine (Eluemunor) went to right tackle and Jermaine (Eluemunor) has played well. So, we need can continue to play well, but Jermaine earned his spot.

Q: Given how (Chris) Hubbard played on Monday, I guess people would look at it and say, 'Why not move Jermaine (Eluemunor) to left tackle and put Evan (Neal) at right tackle?'

BRIAN DABOLL: What people?

Q: Us. Fans. People who are observing from the outside. So, just from your perspective, why not do that?

BRIAN DABOLL: (Chris) Hubbard's played 58 games or 59 after the Pittsburgh game. Has good experience and has some familiarity with what we do. I think he's improving as he learns the system and communicates with the guys. We'll see where we're at, but he's a true pro. He did a lot of good things and improved this week as we go.

Q: Have you changed the quarterback reps at all this week?

BRIAN DABOLL: No.

Q: When a guy typically plays well against another guy in one specific matchup… I'm talking about (cornerback) Deonte Banks against (Washington Commanders wide receiver) Terry McLaurin, he has historically played him pretty well. Does that give a guy confidence? Does that carry over from week to week? Does familiarity breed any…

BRIAN DABOLL: That's a good question. I think it's a better question for the players that are competing against one another. I think you have to be at the top of your game when you're playing a player like #17 (Terry McLaurin), who I got to evaluate him coming out of Ohio State and go to dinner with him. I have a tremendous amount of respect for him. Then you put the plays on tape that he's had here this year, but really all the years he's played, he's an explosive player and we're going to have our work cut out for us. All of us doing a good job of trying to create some negative plays and eliminate some of the big plays, explosive plays that he makes.

Q: How much stress does it put on you when a guy scrambles on third downs like (Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden) Daniels does?

BRIAN DABOLL: It puts stress on every down when you play a guy like that. I mean it's a challenge because he can do it. I think he can do it with three things. I think he can do it with his mind. He's a very instinctive player who has good anticipation, touch and accuracy. For a young quarterback, that's always a challenge, but you can see that he can do that. He can do it with his arm, arm angles, arc and pace, drive throws, and obviously he can do it with his legs. When you have a quarterback that can do all those three things and do it in critical situations, the play that he made to McLaurin against Cincinnati at the end of the game, and there's a free runner in his face and he throws the ball before McLaurin's four yards off the line of scrimmage and drops a dime in the end zone, that's hard to do. Or the play he makes to McLaurin when he scrambles out to the right, there's three guys on him, he lofts up a 40-yarder in stride and hit him. Those are tough players to defend. He's got all the traits of being an excellent quarterback.

Q: What have you seen from Deonte Banks this week in terms of how he's responding?

BRIAN DABOLL: He's had a good week.

Q: (Washington Commanders Head Coach) Dan (Quinn) has pretty active linebackers in (linebacker) Bobby (Wagner) and (linebacker) Frankie (Luvu). How are they complementing each other?

BRIAN DABOLL: I'd say they're very physical too. They are tough to block when they blitz. They're instinctive. (Bobby) Wagner, I saw him before the game last game. He's been in this league for a reason for a long time and he makes a ton of plays. He's very, very smart. (Frankie) Luvu is a hard person to block, wherever you want to put him. But he's a thumper. That hit that he had on (wide receiver) Malik (Nabers) chasing him down the field too, I think, is a great example of that. Great effort and toughness. Two good inside guys for Washington.