On Jordan Zumwalt if he practiced:
He did. We had him in the red jersey. He wore his helmet. We’re trying to keep his head out of there. Tomorrow he should be full speed. Yeah, he’s going to play. I don’t know how much or if he’ll start. You know we’re always trying to find the best use for our personnel. The fact he didn’t practice and was limited today, in my mind, knowing he’ll be a little limited on Saturday, but he can spell Damien, he can spell Anthony Barr. Jerry Johnson should be OK. He’s still a little bit sore, but he’ll be OK.

On Greg Capella:
He’s out this week. His head. He’s still got headaches. Like from the get go in spring, we have to be careful, especially with a guy that has a re-occurring problem. I’m not sure that this was a concussion, but it was an event. So we have to be careful with it.

On whether Keenan Allen is a player you have to scheme:
Sometimes you’re just preparing for a scheme and sometimes you’re preparing for a scheme and for a certain player within the scheme, and I don’t think he’s the only one. They have three really good running backs, but Keenan is a guy you better have an answer for. You can’t go in a game without a way to the best you can eliminate him on certain plays. He’s a guy that you scheme for, absolutely.

On the importance of having multiple receivers for the tempo:
It’s really important. We want to try to go fast. When we’re going fast and going the tempo we have to have a lot of players play just to spell each other a little bit. I think that’s two week sin a row we’ve had 11 (players catch a pass). We get eight, 10, 11 guys every week and spread it around. That way everyone can play fast and we can be fresh and be sharp.

On defenses not able to zero in on one particular receiver:
I think with us, I would imagine, that teams prepare for us just like we prepare for most people, which is the schemes first and individual players second. Johnathan Franklin is the guy that’s making the most noise out there. It’s hard to scheme for a running back. You have to play good, solid, sound, gap-control defense and tackle well.

On the importance of Johnathan Franklin:
I think it’s important that we have success running the football even though we’re a team that spreads it around and throw it. My general philosophy is you have to be able to run the football regardless. Johnathan and Damien (Thigpen) and Jordon (James) and those guys have to be able to make some tough yards. And we have to be able to block it up front because it’s a good defensive front we’re going up against.

On going up against guys he recruited, like Bryce Treggs and Chris Harper:
That was different last week seeing (Colorado running back) Christian (Powell) out there. I tried to find him after the game just to say hi. I think he got hurt a little bit. Bryce is a special kid. I had a great relationship with Bryce and his dad. As a matter of fact, still talk to his dad and him on occasion. When they decided on signing day or the night before they called us to say they were going to Cal, I said ‘We look forward to seeing you. Can’t wait to say hi to you, but understand that when we get on the field it’s going to be a battle.’ Bryce is a great kid, same with Harper. It’d be great to see them. Great to see them after the game and see how they’re doing.

To be honest I haven’t. Now I can actually look into it. Coach Mora told me a little bit about the quarterbacks between diving and sliding. I’m picking it up. You sort of get for a natural feel for whichever one feels best and you do it from there.

Opening remarks:
We had meetings this morning and we’ll have meetings this evening to start on Cal. As a staff we’ve been looking at Cal and preparing our game plan for them. They’re a team that’s dangerous. They give you problems. A lot of different things you have to prepare for. They’ve always played good defense because they’ve always had a really good defensive line. You know, going on the road two weeks on a row is a big challenge.

On what makes Cal dangerous:
They make you prepare for a lot. They do a lot of different things. So, you have limited preparation time so you really have to budget your time effectively, especially defensively. A lot of times when you face a team like Cal that gives you a lot of different looks it’s important to go back to basics on defense. And take care of your own shop. Sometimes you can get into trouble if you try to find an answer for every single thing that they do. Sometimes when you do that you come up with no answers. You have to really be guarded when you do that, and that’s a coaching issue, not a playing issue.

On the confidence boost from being 2-0 on the road:
I think it’s really important for the confidence. You go on the road and get a win it really boosts your confidence. The key is our players have just focused on the game. Not the environment, not the plane trip, not the hotel. We have a routine that starts Friday morning and we stick to it. Our players have been mature enough to avoid the distraction that could potentially be there.

On this being the first week players are in school:
I think it was really important that we started on our morning schedule last week to get them acclimated to that. It’s important that they balance and budget their time between school and football and rest and study and all the things they have to get done. It’s important as a staff we do a good job to help them budget their time. The reason we got the split day is to give them a chunk of time so they can focus on school. We get them early and we get them at the end. It worked well for them last week. If we have to make adjustments because of school we’ll do so.

On what he’s looking for from other receivers after Devin Lucien’s injury:
Jordan and even Logan Sweet, Tyler Scott and Jerry Rice Jr. those guys, their roles are going to increase a little bit. Jerry played really well the other night. He got extended playing time and did a heck of a job. Jordan Payton got extended playing time. He had that catch down the sideline where his foot was half an inch out of bounds. If he can make that play it’s a real good play for him. Jordan’s consistently getting better.

On Jordan Zumwalt:
I saw him this morning and he looked great, but nothing definitive yet. Hopefully by the end of the day or at the latest the end of tomorrow we’ll know if he’s going to be cleared or not. The swelling was gone. The would looked really good. He looked a lot better than he looked last Thursday. He still had some swelling last Thursday. His facial structure looks really close to normal. I don’t know that he has or not (tried to put on a helmet). Probably not. Probably not.

On whether Zumwalt will continue to play outside:
He’ll go back outside. I teased him this morning. I said, ‘You get healthy fast when the guy goes in your spot and gets three sacks, don’t ya?’ It’s just good for our team to have competition. It’s great to have multiple players who can do things outside. The thing that’s great about Damien is his versatility. He easily moves between inside and outside linebacker in a game. He’s very smart, so he can do both. We like Jordan right now more as an outside linebacker. That seems to be a better fit for him.

On whether Damien Holmes might be better suited at outside linebacker:
Well, he can do both. It’s probably an easier adjustment for him because he was a defensive end. He was used to looking at the ball out of his right eye, and I know that sounds really silly. But when you’re used to playing with the ball always on the right shoulder and then when you get in the middle of the defense and the ball can be on either side of you and your scope has to be wider it changes things for you. It’s not as natural. But I think he’s done a good job both inside and outside. I love the fact that he’s versatile. When you’ve got guys that play as hard as Jordan plays and as hard as Damien plays and as hard as Anthony Barr plays, you need some sort of rotation there. So, I think it’s good that those guys can play.

On Andrew Abbott being more involved:
He just made more plays. We really haven’t changed how we’ve used him, other than the Nebraska game where he played corner. But when we go to nickel sometimes he goes down and covers the slot because we bring Randall Goforth in. He just was active this week. The ball came to him a lot. He got to the ball a lot.

On Johnathan Franklin’s hand:
You teach guys to tackle the ball and he gets hit on the hand some. The same thing happened against Nebraska, but it’s nothing. He’s fine. I don’t believe he did anything but ice it after the game. He hasn’t been to treatment. He’s not on the injury report. He’s fine.

On continuing dropped passes:
You’re right. We had more drops this week than we’ve had in any games so far. We had by our count we had seven drops. I believe the most we had before that was five. So year, it’s a concern. It’s tricky. You don’t want to put so much emphasis on it that you start spooking guys. But you have to work on it.

On getting an impression watching Ellis McCarthy play guard:
Not enough happened. Not enough happened. And we still haven’t talked about what we’re going to do with regard to him this week. But he’s just a good football player. I think wherever you put him, whether it’s offense or defense he’s going to play well.He’s big. He’s physical. He’s very, very smart and he moves well. I think he can be outstanding on either side of the ball. He just has the characteristics you like in a football player.

On whether Greg Capella is going to be back this week:
I don’t think so. But I don’t want to rule him out yet, but I don’t think believe he will be.

Above: Rahim Moore is delivering big hits in the NFL as a safety with the Denver Broncos. (John Leyba/Denver Post

Jill Painter caught up with former UCLA standout Rahim Moore at the Raiders-Broncos game …

DENVER — Denver Broncos safety Rahim Moore was watching part of UCLA’s 42-14 win over Colorado and loving it.

“They’re improving,” said Moore, who played at UCLA from 2008-10 before being selected by the Broncos in the second round of the 2011 NFL draft. “I’ve seen growth. I’m happy. And I’m so happy for (Bruins running back) Johnathan Franklin.”

Moore is improving as well. He’s had his struggles and highlights and was fined $21,000 for his season-opening hit on Pittsburgh receiver Emmanuel Sanders.

“I’m progressing, and there’s good support guys here,” Moore said Sunday in Denver after the Broncos’ 37-6 victory over Oakland. “This is about all the hard work we put in in the offseason.”

Moore trains and works out in Florida in the offseason and hasn’t been back to Los Angeles in a while.

“I have to stay focused,” Moore said.

On when Brett Hundley will learn to slide:
I don’t want him to slide. I want him to dive, and I’ll tell you why. Steve Young taught me this a long time ago when I was fortunate enough to work on the staff when he was quarterback in San Francisco. He (Young) felt like he could get the extra yardage and protect his body and the ball better if he drove rather than slide. I don’t know that you’ll see a shot of Steve sliding. That’s what I’m trying to get Brett to do. It’s the next step in developing as a quarterback. There’s a fine line between exposing yourself to hits and being careful in getting extra yards.

On how Hundley looked on tape:
He got better. I think he understands exactly what we’re talking about. Just getting him to do in games. It’s not a huge concern for us right now. There’s other things that we’re more concerned but it’s something we want him to improve upon. It’s not something you can do at practice. You just have to go through with it.

On Devin Lucien:
His clavicle is broken. He’ll have surgery at some point this week. He’ll be out 8 to 10 weeks, potentially.

On the impact of losing Lucien:
I don’t know yet. I feel good about the guys we have. We’ll miss (Lucien) because he’s such a playmaker. But I feel good about the other guys. Jerry Rice and Jordan Payton, they played well. Shaq and Jerry are doing a good job. Logan Sweet got some time in there. We got our reserves. It’s not something that we have the luxury of worry about because it is wha tit is. Hopefully our developing young guys can step up and do a good job. It was good to see Marcus Rios go in there. It’s good for our overall development.Besides Devin we came away from the game real healthy again.

On what areas Brett Hundley needs to accelerate:
I don’t know if there’s any specifics. Knowing when to slide, maybe keeping his eyes up the field when he’s getting rushed. Those are things he’s going to learn and get better with experience. There’s always little things when you see film; maybe deliver the ball a little more faster here and there.

On Ellis McCarthy playing guard:
We had him in there last week in practice with the intial thought he could do some short yardage and goal line situations. When we didn’t know about Jeff we said let’s get him in there. He has the potential top lay in there. He played guard in high school. In the end we said let’s get him some snaps. We got him some snaps on offense and defense. I don’t know where we go from there. We haven’t talked about it if we’re gong to get him more snaps on offense.

On whether there’s any update on Jeremy Castro and Javon Williams:
I do not. I would like one if you can find one out for me, that would be great.

On UCLA’s 12 tackles for a loss vs. Colorado:
If we can get third and long situations because we create negative plays it’s going to help you get off the field. We try to play a penetrating attacking style. That doesn’t necessarily mean blitzes. When you see those tackles, it’s encouraging.

On whether the defense is mixing up when to bring pressure:
We haven’t changed anything at all. We can bring either outside linebacker or inside linebacker in. We typically rush four. One of the outside linebackers is the fourth rusher. It can be dependent on our call, it can be dependent on our rotation. When we bring one of those guys it’s not a blitz. That’s just kind of our fourth man. We mix it up. It was just last night that left tackle of theirs No. 53 or 59 on Anthony (Barr), he’s a really good player. Damien (Holmes) was having some success on their right side.

On whether Jordan Zumwalt will practice next week:
I don’t know yet. Hopefully. It’s just a matter of him wearing his helmet comfortably.

On going 7 of 15 in third-down conversions:
I’d be happy with 15 of 15 but 7 of 15 is an improvement. We’re always looking for ways to stay on the field.

On whether manageable third downs led to improvement:
Better execution, good decisions by Brett. Still, when you look at the film critically like we do we just left a lot out there. You see our potential.