TEMPLE POSTGAME PRESS CONFERENCE: Jackson Arnold

Jackson looks like uh you and Dion have developed a pretty good rapport what's uh what stands out just about what he's able to bring to the offense for you guys yeah Dion's just a playmaker um a guy that you know I can trust to get open no matter what um plays his butt off very physical um very gifted Runner um route Runner and just I think he showed tonight he has the ability to get open at all times and yeah that connection is real the fact that you've got Nick on the sidelines obviously uh losing Jalil tonight just the pressure was kind of on a guy like Dion to perform being a veteran did you sense him you know sort of feeding off that in any way I mean not off of those injuries but more so Dion I mean he's he's getting certain looks he's telling me on the sidelines like throw me the ball in these looks and sure enough you know in the goal line or in the Red Zone whatever it was I threw that slot Fade to him that's the one of the looks he wanted um he's just competitive player um wants the ball at all times and that's what I love from a receiver how did that first throw feel just to get settled in and take us through that a little bit that 47 yard pass yeah it hurts so good I mean they um they gave us what we wanted in the back end um gave a ball to Jalil made a great play felt good that was that was your only chunk play through the air but Brent was saying you know it was kind of a vanilla game plan on purpose what's that like as a quarterback when maybe you want to air it out a little bit more but you're kind of doing what's called I mean it's fine I mean take what the defense gives you and and to be fair I mean with the the field position we had tonight I mean we get turnovers and they're in the plus 30 like there's not going to be very many shots to be taken you know alongside that there's not going to be very many yards to gain with that but I mean coach I trust coach LR and his play calling and if it wasn't time to take a shot then it wasn't time and we also we had shots on we uh we had the false start we would have hit a big one on um just didn't happen tonight and who cares we won 51 to three you know Jackson what was happening on third down you guys had some struggles converting on third Downs today what was the question on third Downs you guys had some struggles today what what was happening um I think it's just us getting behind this getting behind the chains early on and and getting into a third getting into third and long situations um I think for us I think like for most OC is like 30% is like really good for completion percentage on Third and say 10 plus um so I think getting behind on the chains early on really hurt us and um um alongside that too you know there's a bunch of third down fourth third down play fourth down situations so we were I think we were 100% on fourth down conversion tonight and that's Parts the reason why some of those third Downs weren't converted chance ear how tough is it after the offensive line lost Branson just kind of get some chemistry momentum back again with that grp yeah it's tough um obviously was a centerpiece um in the center um as Branson um but I'm I'm proud of Garen um I'm proud of Josh for stepping up tonight and just going out and playing position that they're not used to and going out and balling how you the leadership foro uh that that boy how do you replace that you don't replace it but you you you know Dam damn well hope that guys step up and and really take over is that voice in the room um and that that player on the field it'll be it'll be nice having Nick back whenever we do get Nick back did it feel like any other night or were there any nerves tonight you know honestly I I felt I mean there was obviously some nerves whenever I play a game I always get a little nervous but tonight felt I felt really good felt really comfortable um yeah it felt good tonight yeah you get off to the fast start you guys scored like your first couple times you think you complet like your first five six passes yeah for sure I mean getting off to the start like that will boost anybody any QB's confidence um any offense's confidence and scoring those first couple drives was huge for us for what about throughout the preseason but how it was it just to see him go out there and kind of prove that in initially game one get that rolling awesome man I'm so proud of bower um that's my guy I'm so happy we stole him from the transfer portal um but I mean for him to come in and his first every game and a soon uniform be a captain and score a touchdown you know that that speaks for itself you know so we're proud of him he's been a great leader for us um yeah what do that what does that tight end pass game bring do you feel like to the offense how can that round you guys out a lot more I say a lot more you know being Dynamic within the offense um being able to spread the ball around to different um receivers and different tight ends I mean like I feel like tonight we utilized the tight end a lot more than we did last year um even used um 12 personel sets with two tight ends on the field um things like that were things that we might not have been able to do last year and so definitely brings a whole new Dynamic to our offense two back SE to what that kind of do for you getting those Playmakers on the field yeah I mean it's it's a unique set that you know we knew that last year um Temple hadn't seen and we thought it'd be something that'd be beneficial for us and and it it proved well for us tonight you talked about a field position earlier having six takeaways on the game from the defense how much easier does that make it on you the offense makes a lot lot easier um getting the ball and the plus territory of the field I mean it makes our job so much easier a lot less pressure off of us to to go out and instead of doing a 90 yard Drive you're doing like a 45 yard drive and that makes it a whole lot easier for the offense we have a lot more lot more play calls we can have at the 45 um maybe not shots but a lot more things Red Zone calls that we can we can expand and and really um execute out there Jackson brunt was telling us about the rpos and saying you guys had some struggles there from your perspective what went on on some of those I think for us it was miscommunication and drops um I mean obviously there's there's some balls I want back on rpos too but I feel like for us just get on the same page of on our rpos what routes we're going to run and just little things like that you know I I think that was one part of our game that was sloppy tonight um and even like not getting the signal sometimes there some some things were sloppy tonight and things that we definitely need to get fixed before next week same with Coach Trail chart just how much different easier that kind of communication trust everything from last time out with Co Trail yeah I mean having a whole offseason to to really know Coast Trail um knowah his office know how his coaching style and how he coaches um really helped uh you know us create chemistry and create connection um for this game tonight you know I loved all the plays he called tonight and obviously called it good enough for to score 51 points so our guess 40 44 how cool is it to see a guy like Taylor Tatum not only get some some time in his first game but to also get a to to score yeah it was awesome um I think really highly of Taylor um you know he's going to get to see a lot more action throughout this year too um I thought he played fantastic tonight was really good in the open space and um you know when we were using those two back sets early on you know he knew what he was doing and that's what I appreciate the most is those guys they those young guys he came in in the summer he comes in he knows what he's doing he's locked in he's died in he goes out makes the right plays any adjustment with the communication system was it tough not tough at all it actually made things a whole lot easier just I just cut my ears and he coach the trail sometime it's kind of funny cuz you know last year years prior I you can't hear like coaches stuttering trying to call a player you know like now I'm here in Coast to Trail like try to say a play he's kind of messing up a couple times but uh no it's been uh seamless um it's been very beneficial for us in our offense especially with checking plays um there are any plays that I need to check um him being able to talk to me and give me tips it's been really beneficial for us