HEAD COACH TODD BOWLES
(On if DL Logan Hall is the only player that's confirmed to be out for Sunday's game against Washington)
"Yeah, he'll be out."
(On how close Hall was to being able to play)
"I hadn't seen him run, so I can't speak on his progress. He's walking better."
(On if the team will play with five or six defensive linemen on Sunday)
"We're still going through that process right now, seeing if we can elevate six or keep five [and] bring up another position."
(On new DL Ben Stille)
"He's tough, we know that. We've seen him on tape. He's tough, he's a good run stopper, he's very strong that way. I didn't get to see much of him in person in practice because he just got here, so we'll see how much he can learn before Sunday."
(On if he expects any players to wear Guardian Caps outside of their helmets on Sunday)
"[I am] not sure yet. We're still going through that process. Most of the guys I've talked to have elected not to – we'll see about the rest of them."
(On if he remembers his only game as a visiting player in Tampa)
"I remember the one in Washington – Vinny [Testaverde] was the quarterback, I got a pick there. I remember a preseason game here, I don't remember the regular season game."
(On how much the team is preparing for inclement weather on Sunday)
"Obviously, we've done the wet ball [drills] and you've got to bring longer cleats, just in case. We've kind of expected that."
(On if he's seen the team's energy level increase with the season opener on the horizon)
"I don't think you can flip a switch for Sunday. I think they've been consistent all through [training] camp and all through the last couple of weeks. We've just got to continue on that path and get better every day and I think they'll be ready to play."
(On the team not committing many penalties during the preseason and if that will carry over)
"Well, it's preseason – we'll see in the regular season. We've just got to be smart and we've got to try to be penalty free."
(On the illegal procedure penalties that were prominent in the Thursday Night Football game between the Chiefs and Ravens)
"We've been made very aware of that since the beginning of the preseason. We understand they're going to call it. We've talked to our guys about it countless times."
(On if he was surprised to see the amount of illegal procedure penalties called on Thursday)
"No."
(On if he's as excited today as he was the other day when he exclaimed that he was excited)
"I will give you my stoic excitedness today, so, I'm excited."
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