1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,720 Speaker 1: If what was that man, I would say, professional wise, UM, 2 00:00:04,840 --> 00:00:07,200 Speaker 1: it just sucked. Um, you know, it was a low 3 00:00:07,720 --> 00:00:11,160 Speaker 1: It's a low point when you feel like you can't 4 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:14,200 Speaker 1: be in person with the team. UM. I thought everyone 5 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 1: on the support staff and everyone on our staff really 6 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:20,119 Speaker 1: chipped in to make my experience as good as it 7 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:22,560 Speaker 1: could be in terms of meetings. I was still able 8 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:24,480 Speaker 1: to do all the meetings through zoom and handle all 9 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:28,040 Speaker 1: that stuff. UM. You know, Nick Williams was kind of 10 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:30,480 Speaker 1: like carrying the iPad around and then Ryan was carrying 11 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:32,199 Speaker 1: around in practice, and so I really got to be 12 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:35,400 Speaker 1: involved in everything from the confines of the room. But 13 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:37,440 Speaker 1: it was you got a little bit of cabin fever 14 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:40,240 Speaker 1: doing that. But those guys who were awesome and letting 15 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:43,159 Speaker 1: me do that stuff and let me really be a 16 00:00:43,159 --> 00:00:45,440 Speaker 1: part of it, and then it really hurt. It's just 17 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:47,479 Speaker 1: you know, it hurt when you found out that I 18 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:49,520 Speaker 1: didn't get negative in time to be at the game. 19 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:51,440 Speaker 1: So that was really tough to take. That was tough 20 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:54,200 Speaker 1: to handle, but it is what it is and move forward. 21 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:57,240 Speaker 1: You know, it was hard watching a game on TV. However, 22 00:00:57,320 --> 00:01:00,760 Speaker 1: you're feeling like I felt pretty good. I Um, I 23 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:03,800 Speaker 1: would say that I was a little congested, but you know, 24 00:01:04,240 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 1: this time of the year, it wasn't anything majorly or serious. 25 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:09,000 Speaker 1: I just thought, maybe it's a plane ride, maybe it 26 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:13,119 Speaker 1: was the dry air. And then um, I tested positive. 27 00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:15,720 Speaker 1: And then the next morning, when I was in the shower, 28 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:18,280 Speaker 1: I got the shower, I realized I couldn't smell like 29 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:20,520 Speaker 1: the deorder and you know, and I was like, Okay, 30 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:22,800 Speaker 1: it's definitely true. So that's when I knew for sure. 31 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 1: But it was just a few minor, little congestions, a 32 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 1: little bit of minor stuff, But I felt okay, So 33 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:32,800 Speaker 1: that you had deal mate, I have no idea, to 34 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:35,280 Speaker 1: be honest with you, Yeah, no clue. So you made 35 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:38,920 Speaker 1: service seven days in a row. Is that they were Yeah? Yeah, 36 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:42,120 Speaker 1: they were well. They were great. Steve Smith, our nutritionist, 37 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:44,920 Speaker 1: sent me a bunch of water and they were great. 38 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:48,040 Speaker 1: Failing everybody made sure they were sending I had more 39 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:50,080 Speaker 1: food than I needed. I could say that, you know, 40 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:51,920 Speaker 1: I felt bad that I wasn't able to even eat 41 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:53,480 Speaker 1: all of it, but they took it care of me 42 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:57,400 Speaker 1: in that regard. Could you Eventually I flew home yesterday, Yeah, 43 00:01:57,600 --> 00:01:59,760 Speaker 1: flew home yesterday morning. I was able to get here 44 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:01,360 Speaker 1: for the afternoon. Did you have to go through any 45 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 1: extra steps? So? What was the game on TV in 46 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 1: the hotel? Like? How did this carry locally? How did 47 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:12,639 Speaker 1: you watch it? I used my dad's um uh, I 48 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:17,880 Speaker 1: borrowed from my dad. Let's just back. I watched it. 49 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:20,760 Speaker 1: I watched it on my iPad. I was gonna say 50 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:23,600 Speaker 1: I didn't the TVs at the hotels are like local TV. Yeah, 51 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:25,880 Speaker 1: they had the they didn't have the game on on 52 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 1: at the hotel, so I had to borrow it. So 53 00:02:28,639 --> 00:02:31,240 Speaker 1: you flew you and West flew private. Then no, we 54 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:34,600 Speaker 1: just flew on a commercial. Yeah, yesterday morning, did you 55 00:02:34,639 --> 00:02:37,960 Speaker 1: actually test out like test negative? Or did the ten days? 56 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:39,760 Speaker 1: I had at least to wait till I would have 57 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:42,000 Speaker 1: flown home today. But we we both have tested out 58 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:43,720 Speaker 1: the same time, and so we're able to get back 59 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:46,760 Speaker 1: yesterday morning and make it here for I think we 60 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:49,280 Speaker 1: got we landed about one, and we're able to get 61 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:52,919 Speaker 1: back here around too to play driving. Did you content 62 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:56,360 Speaker 1: play driving back at some point? I did not. I 63 00:02:56,400 --> 00:02:59,120 Speaker 1: think West did. Um if it was if it was shorter, 64 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 1: I think I would of. But you lose, you know, 65 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:04,080 Speaker 1: work wise, you really do lose a lot of time. 66 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:07,240 Speaker 1: In the car and then you really in the meetings. 67 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:09,080 Speaker 1: And so I felt the best thing for me to 68 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:11,320 Speaker 1: do and for work wise and all that was to 69 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:13,200 Speaker 1: be there, to be able to be a part of 70 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:15,639 Speaker 1: all the meetings, to do everything I could and get 71 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:18,240 Speaker 1: prepped for you know, once that was done and those 72 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:21,239 Speaker 1: guys were on to the chargers in the game, that 73 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:22,760 Speaker 1: I could kind of get ahead a little bit on 74 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 1: Dallas and all that stuff. And you know, it was 75 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:27,920 Speaker 1: a lot other than missing three you know, I don't know, 76 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 1: two or three days of driving would have been crazy. 77 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:32,360 Speaker 1: But what was it like being the floating face on 78 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:34,320 Speaker 1: the iPad and having to try and coach that way? 79 00:03:34,639 --> 00:03:37,000 Speaker 1: You'd have to ask those guys. But I would say 80 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 1: the fact that we did a lot of stuff through 81 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:40,840 Speaker 1: Zoom last year, and then the fact that we're still 82 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:42,680 Speaker 1: doing stuff through Zoom like this morning and all that. 83 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:46,000 Speaker 1: With the players, it really wasn't much different. Um, I 84 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:48,920 Speaker 1: was probably a pain and everyone because I was like, hey, Nick, 85 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:50,560 Speaker 1: you know, make sure I'm good on this iPad, make 86 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:52,160 Speaker 1: sure I'm set up, you know on that. So they 87 00:03:52,160 --> 00:03:55,800 Speaker 1: were great with me, and quarterbacks are great. Those guys 88 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 1: were awesome. Um. Yeah, it just it's hard not being 89 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:01,280 Speaker 1: there in person, and then the game. The game was 90 00:04:01,320 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 1: really the hard part. You know, you get through the 91 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:05,520 Speaker 1: Zoom meetings and all that stuff, but the game was 92 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:08,960 Speaker 1: the hard part. Uh. My wife said, you know, it's 93 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:10,760 Speaker 1: too bad. You went at home we could watch it together. 94 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:13,080 Speaker 1: And I was like, yeah, I don't know, I don't know. 95 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:18,360 Speaker 1: I don't know. My thing. My thing cut out like 96 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:21,279 Speaker 1: the after the first drive, and so I was trying 97 00:04:21,279 --> 00:04:24,120 Speaker 1: to get it on. So I I FaceTime her and 98 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:26,000 Speaker 1: was like, hey, hey, turn on the game. She's like, 99 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:29,120 Speaker 1: oh hey, And I'm like, turn on the game. The 100 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:33,480 Speaker 1: game you got, you got the real fan experience. Yeah, 101 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:35,880 Speaker 1: I'm like, we'll catch you up later. I just wouldn't 102 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:37,560 Speaker 1: show the game right now, real quick till I get 103 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:42,839 Speaker 1: this just for like two minutes, three minutes. We're on 104 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:46,000 Speaker 1: defense at the time, so it wasn't anything offensively. Every 105 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:48,239 Speaker 1: day you had to stay how long in a hotel 106 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:51,120 Speaker 1: room without leaving six well, it was in uh. I 107 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:53,920 Speaker 1: was in Tucson there, and then when the team left 108 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:57,240 Speaker 1: on Saturday, West and I drove to Phoenix to a 109 00:04:57,279 --> 00:05:00,680 Speaker 1: different hotel because it was close to the airport. So 110 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:02,560 Speaker 1: then as soon as like we tested out then we 111 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:05,360 Speaker 1: can get going. And so then you so besides being 112 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:08,640 Speaker 1: in the car, you're in a hotel room for like yeah, yeah, yeah, 113 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:11,160 Speaker 1: where's you know, we're able to get some fresh air 114 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:13,520 Speaker 1: outside and you know, get outside and walk around a 115 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:16,640 Speaker 1: little bit stuff. But I wasn't just totally surquestioned in there. 116 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:21,080 Speaker 1: But um, for the meetings and all that stuff. Yeah, 117 00:05:21,640 --> 00:05:24,000 Speaker 1: obviously weren't around, like you're talking to him and whatnot. 118 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 1: How close is Jake from to being ready to play? 119 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:30,120 Speaker 1: If you know? Yeah, I think he's he's inching closer 120 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:32,400 Speaker 1: and closer. He's done a nice job. I've been really 121 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:36,000 Speaker 1: impressed with him. Um, he's a great kid. He's really mature. 122 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:37,800 Speaker 1: I think we knew that coming out in the draft 123 00:05:37,839 --> 00:05:41,839 Speaker 1: with him. UM, really smart. Uh Again, I think early 124 00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 1: on a couple of weeks ago, when I was talking 125 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:46,680 Speaker 1: to you guys, he was really just learning the terminology 126 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:50,520 Speaker 1: of everything, and so UM it helps a little bit that, Um, 127 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:54,119 Speaker 1: I have some familiarity I think with how um he's 128 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:56,159 Speaker 1: used to in that system, and so I could relate 129 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:58,480 Speaker 1: a few things to him. Um. But he's done a 130 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:01,200 Speaker 1: great job picking everything up. Um, he's growing by the 131 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:05,080 Speaker 1: week and you know, getting better and better. How difficult 132 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:06,960 Speaker 1: is it for a kid like that? You know, fans 133 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:09,159 Speaker 1: are already clamoring for him to play because you're just 134 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:11,880 Speaker 1: in the back off him all that, but you know 135 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:13,480 Speaker 1: you've got a lot of other guys that depend on 136 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:16,440 Speaker 1: the quarterback. How difficult is it for a kid to 137 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:19,480 Speaker 1: come in and pick it up in two or three weeks. Yeah, 138 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:21,440 Speaker 1: it's a pretty good challenge, but it's just it's part 139 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:23,280 Speaker 1: of the deal, you know, It's part of the profession. 140 00:06:23,279 --> 00:06:25,320 Speaker 1: I don't think Jake is certainly not the first and 141 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:27,440 Speaker 1: won't be the won't be the last to do it. 142 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:30,240 Speaker 1: Um we do it on every position. It's it may 143 00:06:30,279 --> 00:06:33,040 Speaker 1: be a little more difficult for a quarterback just because 144 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:35,360 Speaker 1: of so much as on your plate and you really 145 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:38,279 Speaker 1: have to know so much at that position. But um, 146 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:41,039 Speaker 1: I think you know, he has a foundation in place, 147 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:44,080 Speaker 1: even if it was from a previous system, and so 148 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:46,320 Speaker 1: it's just a matter of relaying that information to him 149 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:48,479 Speaker 1: and then him learning our terminology and doing it. So 150 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:50,360 Speaker 1: it's a challenge for sure, but he's done a good 151 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:55,960 Speaker 1: job with it. Frustrations is Daniel handling his frustrations? Um? 152 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:57,800 Speaker 1: I think he's doing a pretty good job with it 153 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:01,000 Speaker 1: um you know, it's good as he can. I don't 154 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:04,120 Speaker 1: think any of us like being you know, really, I 155 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:05,960 Speaker 1: don't like being a part of it. I may make 156 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:08,160 Speaker 1: sure I stay in contact with him even last week, 157 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:10,120 Speaker 1: just calling him on the side and seeing how he's 158 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:12,440 Speaker 1: doing and stuff, because you couldn't be there in person. 159 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:16,080 Speaker 1: But he's done a good job. I'm impressed with him. 160 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:19,800 Speaker 1: He's taken on, like continuing on that leadership role of 161 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:23,280 Speaker 1: really trying to stay um in all the younger quarterbacks here, 162 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:26,520 Speaker 1: whether it's Jake or Brian or even helping Mike. I 163 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:28,160 Speaker 1: think during the game a little bit with some stuff 164 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:30,760 Speaker 1: that he sees. So I think he's frustrated. He wants 165 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:32,640 Speaker 1: to get out here. He's a really good competitor, but 166 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:35,000 Speaker 1: he's doing the best he can with the situation he has. Right, 167 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:37,640 Speaker 1: how do you for a guy like Michael Parsons, how 168 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 1: do you prepare for that? Yeah, it's a great challenge. 169 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:43,080 Speaker 1: He's a great player, and I think their defense is 170 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:46,160 Speaker 1: great in general. Dan Quinns done a great job with him. 171 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:50,000 Speaker 1: Those guys are physical, relentless, they attack, they get on 172 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:53,080 Speaker 1: your real tight and coverage. They're really good across the board. 173 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:56,200 Speaker 1: And I think going along with Parsons, they've done a 174 00:07:56,280 --> 00:07:59,040 Speaker 1: nice job. He's a unique guy. Um, he could play 175 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:00,680 Speaker 1: in the middle, he could play on the edge, he 176 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:03,360 Speaker 1: could play lined up over the center. Uh, he could 177 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:05,480 Speaker 1: line up over the three techniques we saw a last 178 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:07,640 Speaker 1: game and run the pick games and the stunts and 179 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:10,400 Speaker 1: just straight rush guys. And so he's a real challenge. 180 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:12,120 Speaker 1: You gotta know where he's at on every play. But 181 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:14,720 Speaker 1: they've got so many good players too that helps him 182 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:16,480 Speaker 1: get isolated a little bit too. So it's it's a 183 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:17,880 Speaker 1: challenge all the way across the board.