Speaker 1: Yet how could you guys get Um, you know, I
Speaker 1: like Paul. I liked uh like his competitiveness. He definitely
Speaker 1: brings the element of surprise because when you look at him,
Speaker 1: he doesn't look too assuming, but he can go out
Speaker 1: there and make play. So I like that about him
Speaker 1: and just his uh. Like I said, he comes in,
Speaker 1: he works hard every single day, and he can catch
Speaker 1: the ball. He can go out there and make some
Speaker 1: spectacular catches. He made one in the preseason, so I
Speaker 1: hope he can duplicate those same uh, that same playmaking
Speaker 1: ability when he comes out of place where his Monday night,
Speaker 1: we talked to you after the game in the locker room.
Speaker 1: You're pretty emotional talking about Nelson and I know you
Speaker 1: guys are close. Uh what are these last few days been,
Speaker 1: Like have you kind of tried to spend some extra
Speaker 1: time with him? How's he doing? And um, you know,
Speaker 1: what do you expect from him this week? He's doing okay? UM,
Speaker 1: you know his uh, his his girlfriend's been in town.
Speaker 1: She's been spend time with him. He's been with uh
Speaker 1: some of the guys. We've actually went to carson S
Speaker 1: house Monday night, spent some time there and then um,
Speaker 1: on Tuesday night. We always have a couple of Bible
Speaker 1: study at Chase Daniel's house. So the last two days
Speaker 1: we've just been at the Quarterbacks House fellowship and then
Speaker 1: spending time. And you know, he's been great. Like I said,
Speaker 1: Nelson's a positive guy. So I know that he's you know,
Speaker 1: maybe this might be a tough time, but at the
Speaker 1: same time, he is going to understand. He's gonna get
Speaker 1: better from him, and he's gonna learn how to grow
Speaker 1: from him forever. Maybe the pressure of being in the NFL,
Speaker 1: the mentalist end of the game, you gotta get a
Speaker 1: little too much. What was that moment and how did
Speaker 1: you find yourself and getting over Um? Well, I think, yeah,
Speaker 1: the reason why I don't ever worry about Nelson too
Speaker 1: much is the same reason why it was kind of
Speaker 1: like the same thing to happened with me. I think, Um,
Speaker 1: you know when I was at Vanderbilt, he got to
Speaker 1: a point. Uh it was my freshman year. I mean,
Speaker 1: I was like, dude, I was I want playing. I'm
Speaker 1: like dad, if I can't play a bandage, but I
Speaker 1: can't play anywhere. You know, it's a joke to Joe.
Speaker 1: I love you guys, but um. But at the same time,
Speaker 1: I just wasn't playing that much, and I got really
Speaker 1: discouraged and I was like, Dad, you know, I think
Speaker 1: I want to transfer somewhere else, want to go somewhere else,
Speaker 1: because I'm not even playing here and I really think
Speaker 1: I should be getting more reps and stuff. And my
Speaker 1: dad was like, look are you going out and are
Speaker 1: you working hard every sole day? And I'm like, yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm working hard. He say, you just keep doing that.
Speaker 1: He said, if you have a standard of work, then
Speaker 1: that's what you hang your hat on. You know, a
Speaker 1: hard working man does the right thing. Whether the right
Speaker 1: thing comes about, you know, that's you can't control that,
Speaker 1: but you can't control doing the right thing. And so
Speaker 1: that's what I always hung my hat on. So even
Speaker 1: when I felt like last year, when I struggle a
Speaker 1: little bit, I said, am I doing the right thing?
Speaker 1: And when I looked at mirror, I could tell myself, yes,
Speaker 1: I'm coming in, I'm working every day. I'm trying to
Speaker 1: focus on the details. So at some point it's going
Speaker 1: to get better, and I feel like it has. And
Speaker 1: then mentally, you are you don't put yourself in a
Speaker 1: situation where okay, you're trying to live up to a
Speaker 1: certain label, Like you don't have to live up to
Speaker 1: your name, you have to live up to an earthly label.
Speaker 1: And that's why I think Nelson's realized something I realized.
Speaker 1: You know, people start saying, oh, your second round pick,
Speaker 1: your number one receiver or your first round pick. Well,
Speaker 1: that's what the earth and that's what people tell you.
Speaker 1: But you're Nelson Aglore. You gonna be the best Nelson
Speaker 1: Aglore you can be. And that's what's going to help
Speaker 1: us side the team, and that's what's going to keep
Speaker 1: you at peace. And that's something that I think he's
Speaker 1: going to realize. That's something I've been telling him. But
Speaker 1: at the same time, um, I think he's gonna definitely
Speaker 1: grow from this, and I think he's gonna be a
Speaker 1: much better player afterwards. You think that the media market
Speaker 1: that he plays in as a factor. Yeah, it's like
Speaker 1: you said, the media market. That's like you you know
Speaker 1: what I'm saying. So, um, I like I told you guys,
Speaker 1: um I I don't sugarcoade anything this this it's a
Speaker 1: hard place to play receiver, you know. Um, I think
Speaker 1: any receiver who's ever played for the Eagles would definitely
Speaker 1: come and tell you that. You know, Um, like I said,
Speaker 1: we make mistakes. We don't make mistakes like in the
Speaker 1: trenches where it takes you guys like six games to
Speaker 1: figure it out. Now it's like wide open and there's
Speaker 1: nobody else but us the ball in Jesus, So you know,
Speaker 1: everybody's gonna know, like, Okay, you made that mistake. And
Speaker 1: like I said, you guys got to do your jobs.
Speaker 1: So this's just it's just a bigger media market, so
Speaker 1: there's more people doing the same job, so it's not
Speaker 1: just one guy writing in one article is seven So
Speaker 1: then therefore it seems worse than it is. And then
Speaker 1: it's in a heavily populated city that loves their football,
Speaker 1: so then that makes it seem worse than it is.
Speaker 1: But what are the where the co effects is are
Speaker 1: you playing well or are you not? And so I
Speaker 1: think that's something where if you're not playing well and
Speaker 1: you guys are on top of somebody, then it's like Okay,
Speaker 1: now they're telling the truth and I'm internalizing it because
Speaker 1: I haven't been playing well. But like I said, for
Speaker 1: Nelson's case, I think he's played extremely hard. I know
Speaker 1: that he hasn't played as well as he wants to.
Speaker 1: But you know, just from talking to him, I don't
Speaker 1: think that the media or the outside stuff has been
Speaker 1: what's like, literally made him as up says he is.
Speaker 1: I think he just feels like he's worked his butt
Speaker 1: off and he hasn't seen the fruits of his labor yet.
Speaker 1: But yeah, definitely answer your question. Yeah, it can be
Speaker 1: harder on some guys to play in a place like this,
Speaker 1: but you just can't worry about it. Playing more outside
Speaker 1: for almost so I would love it. I mean, like
Speaker 1: I said, I've I've talked about before, whenever you don't
Speaker 1: have to be like one dimensional and teams can't gain
Speaker 1: plan for you in one area, it's so much better
Speaker 1: because I think too many people make too much of
Speaker 1: a you know, a thing about being an outside receiver
Speaker 1: solely or inside receiver. If you switch it up, which
Speaker 1: most teams do, then it's more of an element surprise
Speaker 1: that you can attack teams with. So I'm all for it.
Speaker 1: Active pizza specifically a slot too pluck and you've done
Speaker 1: both that would just apartmentbe a little more outside. Yeah,
Speaker 1: like I said, we're gonna see that we got we
Speaker 1: still got to see how goes. I know Coach Peterson
Speaker 1: said earlier that we still got to evaluate some stuff
Speaker 1: through the week. Um, and I know we're going to
Speaker 1: do that. I thought we did some of that today,
Speaker 1: So we're gonna see. I like PT a lot inside.
Speaker 1: I think he's very dangerous in there, and like I said,
Speaker 1: if I do do more outside, I'm going to embrace
Speaker 1: it and go ahead and do it the best I can.
Speaker 1: And the media, because you're seeding the numbers, yeah, you gotta,
Speaker 1: like I've something I've said all the time is one
Speaker 1: not just playing better, but two we have to take
Speaker 1: more attention to detail when it comes to practice. And
Speaker 1: it's something that Jake and I spoke with each other about.
Speaker 1: And so now that Coach Peterson's helping us out with
Speaker 1: reps as far as you know, less reps in practice
Speaker 1: now Jenk and Rodney and meals knowing some of those
Speaker 1: guys are actually gonna start helping us as far as
Speaker 1: going on scout team and giving us a couple of
Speaker 1: looks there. So say, it's got to be competitive all week.
Speaker 1: You know, it's got to be competitive all week. We
Speaker 1: can't have guys just reading the card and saying oh,
Speaker 1: jump on this double move, and now we have this
Speaker 1: illusion that we're just going to be getting open on Sunday,
Speaker 1: and now we have to go against a real corner.
Speaker 1: So it's like, Okay, we gotta go into six game
Speaker 1: win streak. Then let's make the same game day every
Speaker 1: single day. And Jak and those guys committed to it.
Speaker 1: We did a little bit of it today, and then
Speaker 1: that's also us going over to scout team offense and
Speaker 1: helping them out a little bit and just keeping the
Speaker 1: competit in this high. That way, you're not just going
Speaker 1: through the motions during the week and then expecting something
Speaker 1: to happen on game day that you haven't worked on.
Speaker 1: And so now for all those guys DGB, Bryce, PT Nelson,
Speaker 1: you're not going to just be going against a third
Speaker 1: team guy and then have to go and perform against
Speaker 1: Josh Norman on Sunday. No, you're gonna be going against you,
Speaker 1: No Nolan, Jalen, Rodney, Jink. And now you're a little
Speaker 1: bit better, We're more prepared, I should say, to go
Speaker 1: out there on Sunday and do your job. So I
Speaker 1: think it's definitely gonna be something that helps us out well.
Speaker 1: It's more so the defense like handles it like Jen's
Speaker 1: gonna handle like it's not something that you know, Coach
Speaker 1: Peterson went out there in the seconds. He wants to
Speaker 1: save our legs, you know, as much as possible. He's
Speaker 1: not about to make anybody do anything that's on jink.
Speaker 1: Like he came over, he did the first two plays
Speaker 1: against me, and then he was out. So guys are
Speaker 1: still going to save their legs, you know. Coach Peters
Speaker 1: is not going to go out there and kill us.
Speaker 1: He's big on us taking care of our bodies, but
Speaker 1: he's also big on us taking hold of the team
Speaker 1: and figuring out how we're going to go get this
Speaker 1: thing fixed, how we're going to win games, and the
Speaker 1: only way we know how to do this through work, work,
Speaker 1: and then creating a competitive environment. That's what we plan
Speaker 1: to do last year. Correct me if I'm wrong, but
Speaker 1: I think there was a couple of games there where
Speaker 1: you're kind of going through a difficult time and like
Speaker 1: some people's suggested, maybe you know, ease up on hinting
Speaker 1: the jug machine, you kind of lighten your level a
Speaker 1: little bit of stuff. Do you think that's kind of
Speaker 1: like a similar situation what Nelson's going through, and do
Speaker 1: you think maybe that might help them as far as
Speaker 1: you know, not work. I mean, you know, obviously it
Speaker 1: works hard, but maybe I think it only is a
Speaker 1: problem once you internalize it. Like when if we're talking
Speaker 1: about just catching the ball, you know, as far as
Speaker 1: like drop balls are concerned, whenever a ball is pull
Speaker 1: on the ground, then you also like you don't want
Speaker 1: to make excuses. But at the same time, you can
Speaker 1: go back and watch the film and say, okay, yep,
Speaker 1: right here, I was worried about this linebacker. Right here,
Speaker 1: I coach, I thought about turning up field before I
Speaker 1: caught the ball. Okay, right here, I turned my hands wrong.
Speaker 1: I gotta just catch it. I gotta stand So you
Speaker 1: can know that. But at the same time, it's still
Speaker 1: external things and you just got to go make sure
Speaker 1: you or detail the next time it happens. But once
Speaker 1: you internalize it and you're like, I don't think I
Speaker 1: can catch anymore, that's when there's a problem. That's when
Speaker 1: you got to step back from the jug machine and
Speaker 1: step back from everything and say, okay, hold on, when
Speaker 1: I got to work this out mentally, nothing physical I'm
Speaker 1: gonna do is going to get me prepared to have
Speaker 1: that confidence to go back into a game and do
Speaker 1: what I need to do. Does that Does that make sense?
Speaker 1: So if it's if it's external things, then no, like
Speaker 1: stay on the jug machines, keep your standard, because if
Speaker 1: you don't keep your standard of work, then you don't
Speaker 1: have anything. Then you throw that out the window, and
Speaker 1: then what's next? Then how you know what? I really
Speaker 1: don't got to practice because all that matters is the game,
Speaker 1: and now you're really out of luck and now you
Speaker 1: have no type of preparation. But if you've internalized the
Speaker 1: fact that you just aren't a good player, I'm saying
Speaker 1: Nelson has. I don't think he has, but that's the
Speaker 1: problem somebody's dealing with, then yeah, that's definitely you know
Speaker 1: a situation where I would say, hey, it's time to
Speaker 1: step back a little bit. We gotta just regain your confidence.
Speaker 1: Maybe have you talked to somebody, have guys be positive
Speaker 1: with you, and then hey, now let's go back and
Speaker 1: attack it. Get back to the work and then find
Speaker 1: the way to go out there and make plays. It's
Speaker 1: also one year at the time, of course, and you
Speaker 1: need the team understands, you know, just the margin of
Speaker 1: error right now is it's not great at five and five.
Speaker 1: And this is something you guys talk about. It is
Speaker 1: something you guys all understand. This is something we all
Speaker 1: definitely understand. Um. I mean, it's cut and dry. We
Speaker 1: gotta win them all and we gotta win every single
Speaker 1: one the next six and that's something we all know
Speaker 1: and that's something that we plan to do. Um. We've
Speaker 1: played a lot of these opponents already and we've been
Speaker 1: competitive against all of them, so we know how to
Speaker 1: handle those games. But we've we've got three other opponents
Speaker 1: who they're going to come out and they're fighting for
Speaker 1: their lives too. You know, we could play Green Bay
Speaker 1: and I know people are saying, oh, well, green Bay's
Speaker 1: kind of down. Green Bays fight for their lives and
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers gonna let his team just bat out. The
Speaker 1: Ravens are a team that have played competitively. They're not
Speaker 1: going to let their team bout. Cincinnati Bengals, they've been
Speaker 1: a playoff team for years. They're not gonna let their
Speaker 1: team just check out. And then we know what the
Speaker 1: division games are going to be like, so we know
Speaker 1: it's going to be a competitive stretch for these last
Speaker 1: sixty games. But at the same time, we're like, do
Speaker 1: we feel like we're the best of a bunch? Of course,
Speaker 1: have we played all the teams? Especially once we played
Speaker 1: all right competively? Of course, So now we're like, Okay,
Speaker 1: what are we doing those games wrong? Fix it? But
Speaker 1: we definitely know we gotta win the next six. That's
Speaker 1: we can't sugarcoat it, can't beat around the bush. We
Speaker 1: gotta win the next six. We want to make a
Speaker 1: run of this thing. No Nosen comments after the game
Speaker 1: seemed to indicate that maybe he did and he has
Speaker 1: internalized this thing and it's kind of lost a little
Speaker 1: bit of confidence or lost some kind of an edge.
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know what you heard from that,
Speaker 1: but how do you help them to that part of it?
Speaker 1: And what do you need to take your step back
Speaker 1: in that case? Yeah, well, if that's the case, then
Speaker 1: it's honestly just letting them understand that. Hey, bro, I
Speaker 1: think whenever, like you said, you do internalize it and
Speaker 1: your confidence is going away. You got to realize that
Speaker 1: your confidence can be in labeled something I mentioned already.
Speaker 1: You know, I think the pressure comes in when you
Speaker 1: think you have to live up to first round picks.
Speaker 1: That's where the problem is. If you're living up to
Speaker 1: being Nelson Agalore and you're just going and you're working
Speaker 1: your butt off and you're doing the best you can,
Speaker 1: then who's the only person who knows if you're doing
Speaker 1: that is Nelson. So if you're doing that, you can
Speaker 1: have peace with it. If you guys go to work
Speaker 1: every single day, you don't have a million people watching you.
Speaker 1: But at the end of the day, if you're not
Speaker 1: working hard, you're not going to be a piece with it.
Speaker 1: But if you guys do your job, you guys in
Speaker 1: the home and say, Okay, you know what I did
Speaker 1: my best, I'm good, that's the same thing Nelson has
Speaker 1: to feel. He's got it. He can't worry about all
Speaker 1: the other things, whether it's the media, whether it's fans,
Speaker 1: whether it's this first round pick label. No, because once
Speaker 1: you start trying to do that, then you're trying to
Speaker 1: live up to something that was never a burden meant
Speaker 1: for you to bury anyway. And so he just got
Speaker 1: to kind of share that away, take a little bit
Speaker 1: of time, you know, mentally, and then come back and
Speaker 1: getting the game. Because the kid works hard. I mean
Speaker 1: he works extremely hard. If we're talking about a dude
Speaker 1: who doesn't have a good attitude and doesn't give good effort,
Speaker 1: I have nothing to say on the subject, because attitude
Speaker 1: and effort, that's two things. Where it's like, you don't
Speaker 1: bring that, then I don't even want you. Like you
Speaker 1: deserve everything you get. Nelson's a classic case right now
Speaker 1: of a kid who's not getting exactly what he deserves.
Speaker 1: He puts in the time, but he hasn't seen the
Speaker 1: fruits of his labor yet. So what does that say
Speaker 1: about it? Hey, maybe it's just not his time yet,
Speaker 1: but that doesn't mean that he's gonna stop working. And
Speaker 1: that doesn't mean that I think he's not a good
Speaker 1: football player. I think he's a great football player. I
Speaker 1: know he's gonna help this team out, and we want
Speaker 1: him to help this team out, and we want to
Speaker 1: stick by side. Um. I've definitely seen, you know, teams
Speaker 1: have gone vertical. Um, I've got to watch a little
Speaker 1: bit more film, but I know the Redskins, you know,
Speaker 1: for example, they weren't vertical. And if I would have
Speaker 1: told you somebody called a deep post, I mean you
Speaker 1: would have always DJ. But it was actually gar Song
Speaker 1: and then I go and then I watched the the
Speaker 1: Coach game Cowboys game. You know, Bryce Butler's catching d
Speaker 1: balls Dante Moncrie. So you know, I think right now
Speaker 1: teams have you know, made an emphasis to go vertical,
Speaker 1: you know on them. They do have some young corners
Speaker 1: out there that are getting better as I've watched games,
Speaker 1: they are improving. Um At the same time, we have
Speaker 1: to go out there and you know, confidently and say, okay,
Speaker 1: when we have these chances to take shots, we gotta
Speaker 1: you know, roll the dice. But we gotta go make them.
Speaker 1: This can't. This can't. This has to be the last
Speaker 1: game where we go out there and it's a fifty
Speaker 1: fifty ball that we're not coming down with. We gotta
Speaker 1: go out there and make plays, build confidence, make Carson
Speaker 1: feel confident, make coach Coach Peterson feel confident, and then
Speaker 1: just get the ball rolling. But they've got some guys.
Speaker 1: I think anytime you gotta got like twenty one back
Speaker 1: there though, you know in Haha, he's going to always
Speaker 1: help out, like he's he's going that's where the buck stops.
Speaker 1: Like if there's you know, I'm just going through a
Speaker 1: little bit of film. There's been some plays that could
Speaker 1: have been made for Haaha's breaking it up and then
Speaker 1: obviously thirty three high. He's played a lot um so
Speaker 1: they've got some bettering guys back there, but we definitely
Speaker 1: need to take advantage of you, all right, Oh guys,