Q: Now you'll see a divisional rival for the second time in three weeks. You did this with the Commanders in 2022 and the Eagles in 2023. Does it make the chess game that much more important and heighten every wrinkle?
Daboll: "They've got the same tape that we've got. The difference is you had a short week the last time you played them, so you do a lot of preparation and watch a lot of tape. During that short week, you're trying to cram everything into a couple days. There's plenty of things that you put on a call sheet that don't get called throughout a game. So, when you play that close, there's a pretty good baseline of things that, OK, we had this in and then you played them and maybe they played it a different way. But you can only do so many things. At the end of the day, it's going to come down to the fundamentals of the game. Then you make adjustments. And it's not halftime adjustments. It's drive adjustments, if you will. If they do this, you do this. How are they going to play you? Are they going to play you in this personnel, this personnel, normal football."
Q: Do you put things in, offensively and defensively, early in a game like this to see how they will respond?
Daboll: "There's definitely plays, I would say, and thought processes of, hey, let's give them this just to see what they're going to do. Then you have a few things off of whatever you're doing."
Q: Cam Skattebo is leading all rookies in scrimmage yards and scrimmage touchdowns. League-wide, the 2025 draft class has the most of both through seven weeks than any other draft class. Why is that?
Daboll: "They've got the right makeup. When you get guys that have the right makeup, that love football, that are smart, I think that's [important]."
Q: Are rookies more prepared coming out or are more ideas flowing between colleges and pros?
Daboll: "I think it goes to the situation that they're in – and them, in reality. When you get guys that have the right demeanor and have the right intelligence, that are mature for young players and that are talented, you use them. I'd say just their mindset and their toughness has really been a good thing for us. When you get guys like that, you use them. If they're not like that, you don't use them."
Q: National Tight Ends Day is coming up. You were once a tight ends coach. Have you dug into your bag with Daniel Bellinger and Theo Johnson? They both had 40-yard touchdowns last week.
Daboll: "You use the pieces that you think will give you opportunities to be successful. And you're missing your two starting perimeter receivers (Malik Nabers and Darius Slayton) for, I'd say, pretty much Jaxson's entire time. You have to try to figure out ways to move the ball and use the pieces that you have. Those guys have done a really good job."
Q: Brandon Graham has come out of retirement in Philadelphia. What have you seen from him over the years and are you expecting to see him Sunday?
Daboll: "A really good football player. Tough, instinctive, good in the run and the pass, leadership. So, I would assume he would play."
Q: You signed wide receiver Ray-Ray McCloud III to the practice squad. You had him in Buffalo. What does he bring?
Daboll: "Get him in here, get him on the practice squad. I haven't been around him in a long time but try to add some pieces to that room. He had a pretty productive year last year in Atlanta. Get him here, start teaching him and see where he's at."
Q: Is versatility his big thing?
Daboll: "Yeah, he's smart. Again, I was with him so long ago. He's been around the block. He's been a couple different places. Get him here, teach him our stuff. He's got good retention of some of the stuff from Buffalo and see where it goes."