Speaker 1: He's Sam. Are you say fire away, let's go starting quarterback? Um?
Speaker 1: You know, I really haven't even thought about that. I'm
Speaker 1: still trying to process this whole move. Um. You know,
Speaker 1: I think I found out less than twenty four hours ago.
Speaker 1: You know, my main goal right now is to get healthy,
Speaker 1: and once I get healthy, to start learning this offense,
Speaker 1: and then when I'm ready to get on the field,
Speaker 1: whether that's OTA's training camp, is to compete for the
Speaker 1: starting job. You know, I don't want anything handed to me.
Speaker 1: I want to earn it, and that's the way I'm
Speaker 1: approaching this. Um. You know, it's kind of up in
Speaker 1: the air right now. Um. We really haven't sat down
Speaker 1: and talked about it. When I was in Saint Louis,
Speaker 1: that's where I've been rehabbing. We've been taking it kind
Speaker 1: of day to day, week to week. UM. You know,
Speaker 1: I'm sure when I get here to start rehab, I'll
Speaker 1: sit down with the training staff here and we'll come
Speaker 1: up with a plan. You know, I'm sure they want
Speaker 1: to look at me and see where I'm at in
Speaker 1: their eyes, and then we can go from there. A
Speaker 1: quarterback situation. Um. Yeah, I had the opportunity to talk
Speaker 1: to coach Kelly for probably ten minutes. It was great. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, we didn't even get into that. You know,
Speaker 1: he's just excited that I'm here. I'm excited to be here,
Speaker 1: and like I said, when I get back in the building,
Speaker 1: you know, and start to get healthy and then get
Speaker 1: on the field, we can talk about what my role
Speaker 1: is going to be. Excitement. Um, you know, it's one
Speaker 1: of those things. You know, this has been in the
Speaker 1: works for a while, and so it didn't catch me
Speaker 1: totally by surprise when it happened yesterday. You know, I
Speaker 1: think any quarterback in this league would love to play
Speaker 1: for Chip in his offense, it's extremely quarterback friendly. Um.
Speaker 1: You know, in the tape that I've watched, it just
Speaker 1: looks like it's a lot of fun to play in.
Speaker 1: I think it's similar to what I did in college
Speaker 1: at Oklahoma. So you know, I'm extremely excited to be
Speaker 1: here and ready to get rolling times. What exactly do
Speaker 1: you mean by that? And your system is quarterback threatening.
Speaker 1: The way they set up progressions, the way the ball
Speaker 1: comes out of your hands, the way they deal with protections,
Speaker 1: the run game. You know, like I said, I haven't
Speaker 1: got into too many details. It's only been from what
Speaker 1: I've seen. But from what I've seen, you know, it
Speaker 1: looks that everything goes through the quarterback. What do you like?
Speaker 1: How do you see things? And then they're going to
Speaker 1: tailor it from there. It's not They're never going to
Speaker 1: put you in a bad situation where you have nowhere
Speaker 1: to go with the football and you're standing back. They're
Speaker 1: holding onto it for you know, five seconds. It's part. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, obviously, I think that's one of the reasons
Speaker 1: I'm excited. Um. You know, when Pat was in Saint Louis,
Speaker 1: we had a great relationship. It was great to see
Speaker 1: him here today, and you know, I look forward to
Speaker 1: continue in that relationship with Pat. About this being in
Speaker 1: the film's world with a while, is that coming to
Speaker 1: the Eagles before the registrating coming to the Eagles? Yes?
Speaker 1: So how long did you know this was a possibility? Um,
Speaker 1: I knew this was a possibility probably three four weeks ago.
Speaker 1: That it wasn't so much San Luis Blue, We're trying
Speaker 1: to move you, but con and Santois insane? Hey, would
Speaker 1: you that's the way I'm looking at it. Yes, you know,
Speaker 1: I'm excited for the opportunity I think that, you know,
Speaker 1: Chip and the Eagles wanted me here and I'm excited
Speaker 1: to be here. Mentioned before that the Rehab twite to
Speaker 1: table you doctor rehab on that what had com there
Speaker 1: that expeage? Where were you then? Um, you know it's similar,
Speaker 1: you know, obviously it's a lot of the same exercises.
Speaker 1: Familiar with the process in itself. I think this time,
Speaker 1: you know, after talking to doctor Andrews and the training
Speaker 1: staff and Saint Louis, you know, we decided to take
Speaker 1: this one a little slower. Prayer doctor Andrews recommendations. Um,
Speaker 1: I believe that the team doctor here spoke with Doctor
Speaker 1: Andrews today and like I said, I'm sure that you know,
Speaker 1: the training staff here will talk to him myself. You know,
Speaker 1: we'll come up with a plan. But I would say
Speaker 1: it's been a little slower this time around. There was
Speaker 1: a guy yesterday and a local TV show who's a
Speaker 1: knee expert, who said the closeness that for two news reasons,
Speaker 1: very aliment saying that's that's old news and things check.
Speaker 1: How Um, that would be the first time I've ever
Speaker 1: heard that, So that's really not alarming to me. You know,
Speaker 1: I think you know, you've seen players come back from
Speaker 1: acls before. You've seen guys come from two even three
Speaker 1: a cls, So I'm not really worried about that. I'm
Speaker 1: just working hard every day to get back to healthy
Speaker 1: samel in the same spot. You know, with that obviously,
Speaker 1: it's like even athlete and can be damaged. Do you
Speaker 1: have any doubt that you can be able to come
Speaker 1: back from this and be the same same lad that
Speaker 1: led you to becoming the number one players? No, I
Speaker 1: mean I'd be lying if I said that. You know,
Speaker 1: I probably wasn't going to be a little nervous the
Speaker 1: first time I stepped on the field. You know, I
Speaker 1: think anyone who's gone through what I've gone through would
Speaker 1: be a little nervous to step back on the field.
Speaker 1: But I'm sure once I get out there and the
Speaker 1: bullets start flying, you know, when I take that first hit,
Speaker 1: I'll probably shake it off and I'll be just fine.
Speaker 1: Sort do you think it is more of a place
Speaker 1: of you know, I just think it's kind of one
Speaker 1: of those freak deals. You know, from everyone I've talked to,
Speaker 1: you know, our team docs in Saint Louis, doctor Andrews,
Speaker 1: you know, they just thought that it was one of
Speaker 1: those things that I got hit a certain way two times,
Speaker 1: and you know, regardless of whether my aco was an
Speaker 1: original a repair, it was going to tear. And so
Speaker 1: I think it just happened when you look at what
Speaker 1: you've accomplished up to this point, because as a pro quarterback,
Speaker 1: do you still feel you have something to prove? Absolutely?
Speaker 1: You know, I think I have a lot to prove.
Speaker 1: You know, I have a lot to prove to everyone
Speaker 1: in this building. You know, I think Coach Kelly took
Speaker 1: a leap of faith bringing me in here. Obviously he
Speaker 1: believes in me, and now it's my time to prove
Speaker 1: to everyone else in this building that I belong here.
Speaker 1: Offering a contract extension if you take it. Um. Like
Speaker 1: I said, I haven't got that far yet. I'm still
Speaker 1: trying to comprehend this um. You know. I'm sure that's
Speaker 1: something that will happen down the line. But you know,
Speaker 1: until that happens, I really don't know. A lot of
Speaker 1: people are skeptical about this, giving your injury history. For you,
Speaker 1: someone that takes that chance as a motivation, do you
Speaker 1: ignore it? How do you take that? I think it's motivation,
Speaker 1: you know, But I understand it from their standpoint. You know,
Speaker 1: I'd probably be a little apprehensive too, But you know,
Speaker 1: I know how hard I've worked to get back the
Speaker 1: second time around. Um, you know I'm ready to go,
Speaker 1: you know, as soon as they clear me. I can't
Speaker 1: wait to get on the field. And I don't think
Speaker 1: anyone should be worried. I think that once they see
Speaker 1: me on the field and they see how hard I'm
Speaker 1: gonna work to get back, I think all those doubts
Speaker 1: will be gone from their minds. I know you said
Speaker 1: that you don't know when you'll be ready. Will you
Speaker 1: be ready by training camp? Yes? Yes, yes, yes, yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 1: You know I've been trying my hardest. You know, I
Speaker 1: call them, my text them, I've done everything. You know,
Speaker 1: We've been in communication. You know. I think if we
Speaker 1: could somehow land to Marco would be a great pick up.
Speaker 1: You know, not only is he a great player, he's
Speaker 1: a great person. You know, he's a really close friend
Speaker 1: of mine too. But you know, I really think that
Speaker 1: he could help this ball club. Um, we'll find out.
Speaker 1: I hope so optimistic. It was doctor Randers. When you
Speaker 1: know it's a safety that got hurt and seems you
Speaker 1: believe it could be back strawer than you have been. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he does. You know, he was very optimistic. I mean,
Speaker 1: this isn't the first time that it's happened to someone.
Speaker 1: You know, he's seen people come back from two. You know,
Speaker 1: there's guys in this league that have torn their ECL
Speaker 1: three times. So he was very optimistic that I get
Speaker 1: bet could get back to the level that I was
Speaker 1: before the injury. A sign from the ECL they were
Speaker 1: injury in he or two with the Rams going back
Speaker 1: building on the why do you think Spain an ongoing
Speaker 1: I don't know. You know, I wish I had an
Speaker 1: answer for you. Um no one likes to be injured.
Speaker 1: No one wants to be injured. No one asked to
Speaker 1: be injured. I think it's something that just happens, and
Speaker 1: you have to deal with it and make the best
Speaker 1: of it. And that's what I'm trying to do with
Speaker 1: this fresh start right now. Did you three or four
Speaker 1: weeks ago that Eagles were interested did you get the
Speaker 1: sense there were I mean, where the possibilities other teams
Speaker 1: were interested in? Two other landing spots for you, Um, yeah,
Speaker 1: I think there were some other possibilities, but you know,
Speaker 1: I knew all along that this is the place that
Speaker 1: I wanted to be. I know, you just met ship,
Speaker 1: but he's kind of getting this reputation as a mad
Speaker 1: scientists going up a lot of things around here. What
Speaker 1: were your impressions both meeting him and what you thought
Speaker 1: you knew before? Had I love him? I mean just
Speaker 1: in you know, the ten twenty minutes we got to
Speaker 1: spend together today, and you know, I think the thing
Speaker 1: that I love about him is how much confidence he
Speaker 1: has in himself and his system. Um. You know, obviously
Speaker 1: there's a lot of people who've been in this league
Speaker 1: for a long time who think things should be done
Speaker 1: a certain way. You know, he's not one of those guys.
Speaker 1: He believes in his system, he believes in his ways
Speaker 1: of training, and he believes that they're going to be successful.
Speaker 1: And you know, you got to love someone who has
Speaker 1: that confidence. Tell you place, you know, big offensive guys
Speaker 1: who thought to do You know, we haven't even gotten
Speaker 1: into that. You know, again, I've been here for a
Speaker 1: couple of hours. I think I spent most of the
Speaker 1: day with the doctors today, so we really haven't talked
Speaker 1: a ton about that. It was to see, oh, absolutely
Speaker 1: I'm sure that's something will get into Even though you
Speaker 1: have been able to place since last summer, have you
Speaker 1: been able to throw it all and keep that aspects? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I have. Um, you know, I've started a throwing program,
Speaker 1: you know, I started probably two or three weeks ago
Speaker 1: in Saint Louis. You know, I've been able to throw
Speaker 1: for a while now, but just tried to come back,
Speaker 1: you know, at the same time that I would in
Speaker 1: a regular offseason. So throwing hasn't been a problems. Structure
Speaker 1: changes had effect they had on your period first. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, I'm not really sure I could answer that.
Speaker 1: You know, I think the key to any successful organization
Speaker 1: is stability, you know, regardless of whether that's a professional
Speaker 1: sports business, you know, whatever it is. Um, And that's
Speaker 1: something that we just didn't have a lot of in
Speaker 1: Saint Louis. But you know, I think there's a lot
Speaker 1: of other reasons that things have gone the way they have.
Speaker 1: Some people have mentioned maybe you weren't getting enough business
Speaker 1: offense probect during the biggest of injuries and struggles there too.
Speaker 1: Did you always look at me and you weren't getting
Speaker 1: a full full deck in terms of on offense, No,
Speaker 1: I mean, I'm not going to sit here and make
Speaker 1: excuses for you know, the way things are. Um, I'm
Speaker 1: just excited to be here, you know. I think I
Speaker 1: look at the opportunity ahead of me, you know, I
Speaker 1: think it's a great one. I'm looking forward to the
Speaker 1: fresh start and I can't wait to get back up
Speaker 1: here and just spend time with Coach Kelly, you know,
Speaker 1: and get to really dive into this offense. It's that
Speaker 1: you've seen some similaritious between what the Eagles doing you
Speaker 1: get in college. What about your skill set fits into
Speaker 1: those types of assistance? Just you know, I think making
Speaker 1: quick decisions, getting the ball out of your hand. You know,
Speaker 1: a lot of the run pass options are similar to
Speaker 1: what we did in college, you know, obviously not me
Speaker 1: running the football, but the running backs with some of
Speaker 1: the quick game and then pushing the ball down the
Speaker 1: field and play action. Um, there's just a lot of
Speaker 1: carry over and to what we did at Oklahoma. And
Speaker 1: I think my skill set fits that perfectly. In so much,
Speaker 1: do you feel like Saint Louis Gay up on you? Um? No,
Speaker 1: not at all. I think the way I look at
Speaker 1: it is the Eagles wanted me, they pursued me and
Speaker 1: they got me in this building, and I'm happy to
Speaker 1: be an Eagle and I'm ready to get to work,
Speaker 1: to compete for the job. And you were my number
Speaker 1: one Bit send me a million dollar quarterback, the franchise quarterback.
Speaker 1: How do you go into a situation with Sanchez and
Speaker 1: you kind of look at it as as as competing
Speaker 1: what you're used to be the number one guy? You know,
Speaker 1: I think you look at it anytime you enter a
Speaker 1: new workplace. When I came into the league, you know,
Speaker 1: I competed with a J. Feely who was a quarterback here.
Speaker 1: And I think that's the mindset that you always have
Speaker 1: to have, you know, whether you've been a starter for
Speaker 1: five years, ten years, twelve years, when you get the
Speaker 1: training camp every year, it's a competition. And that's the
Speaker 1: way I've always viewed it. And so I don't think
Speaker 1: anything's going to change in my approach Oklahoma and Sanfully,
Speaker 1: I would think that man and the immediate and fan intention,
Speaker 1: it's not quite philadelph and you understand that. Um I'm
Speaker 1: not sure, but uh, like I said, I'm up for
Speaker 1: a challenge. You know, I know that there's some days
Speaker 1: you guys are probably gonna love me. Some days, you
Speaker 1: guys are gonna hate me, and that's just part of it.
Speaker 1: And you know, hopefully there's more days of love than hate.
Speaker 1: But it's gonna be a fun ride. I know that.
Speaker 1: I wouldn't say. Yeah. I think any player when you
Speaker 1: come into this league, you know, everyone has the dream
Speaker 1: of playing, you know, twelve fifteen, whatever it is. You
Speaker 1: know that many years with the club that brought you
Speaker 1: into the league. But you know, like I said, I
Speaker 1: think this is a great opportunity. You know, if it's
Speaker 1: not in Saint Louis, I think this is the one
Speaker 1: place that a quarterback would want to be and this
Speaker 1: is where I want to be. And I'm an Eagle
Speaker 1: now and I can't wait to start this journey. Was
Speaker 1: it hard to because you had that second tier last
Speaker 1: se get yourself mentally ready to do that again? Yeah,
Speaker 1: it really was. You know, I think this second time around,
Speaker 1: I think it was probably harder mentally than it was physically,
Speaker 1: you know, to put all the work in to come
Speaker 1: back and to be ready, and you know, I felt
Speaker 1: like I was playing at a very high level in
Speaker 1: training camp last year. You know, to have that all
Speaker 1: taken away again, you know, there was a brief period
Speaker 1: of time where I really wasn't sure that I wanted
Speaker 1: to go through it again. But you know, I went
Speaker 1: home kind of cleared my head for a week and
Speaker 1: realized that there's no way that football cannot be a
Speaker 1: part of my life. Change. I mean, people addst is
Speaker 1: something change? Do you feel changed by experience? Is I'm
Speaker 1: harder than you to do a different guy today than
Speaker 1: I don't think so, you know, I think that's what
Speaker 1: you guys are going to find out, is you know,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna be the same guy up here, you know,
Speaker 1: day in and day out. And you know, I think
Speaker 1: I found that I truly love this game. You know,
Speaker 1: I've had it taken away from me, you know, twice
Speaker 1: in the past two years, and I think when something's
Speaker 1: taken away from you, you really realize how much you
Speaker 1: love it