1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,120 Speaker 1: How would you describe here for how you thought about 2 00:00:03,160 --> 00:00:05,520 Speaker 1: it as a working versus going into your second year. 3 00:00:05,720 --> 00:00:10,159 Speaker 1: What are the things that progression right? Yeah, I mean 4 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:12,200 Speaker 1: it's kind of crazy standing here right now when the 5 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:15,840 Speaker 1: whole year has passed. My thoughts going into preseason are 6 00:00:15,840 --> 00:00:17,520 Speaker 1: a little different now. Last year is a little bit 7 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:20,120 Speaker 1: of nerves and you know, first NFL game, so there's 8 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:21,560 Speaker 1: a lot of excitement that went into it. But now 9 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:23,599 Speaker 1: I know kind of get the gist of it played 10 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:25,720 Speaker 1: in some actual games are a little different preseason, but 11 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:28,120 Speaker 1: you know, treat every game like it's a super Bowl, right, 12 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 1: so you go out there and try to play everything 13 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:33,000 Speaker 1: the best foot forward. For me, trying to avoid sacks, 14 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:37,040 Speaker 1: got negative plays, had one, really two negatives plays in 15 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:38,879 Speaker 1: my head today that I want to get back. One 16 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:42,760 Speaker 1: as a sack. The other one was sliding on third down. 17 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:46,280 Speaker 1: I got down early, that was pretty bad. Told Dave's 18 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:47,839 Speaker 1: give me the rock so I can make it right. 19 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 1: So I ended up converting on that fourth and one. 20 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:52,479 Speaker 1: So that was it those two. But yeah, really just 21 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:55,080 Speaker 1: trying to eliminate a lot of the negatives and keep 22 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:58,760 Speaker 1: the offense on pace. Moving forward to score points. Do 23 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:01,920 Speaker 1: you think you made a case for yourself to right 24 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:04,600 Speaker 1: h every day is a step in the right direction. 25 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:06,320 Speaker 1: Try to build off it every single time I go 26 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:07,640 Speaker 1: out in the field and have the opportunity to be 27 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:09,760 Speaker 1: on the field. Obviously, when like I said before, I 28 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:11,480 Speaker 1: had a couple that I've noticed from now, but I'm 29 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:12,640 Speaker 1: sure when I watch the film it's gonna be a 30 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:14,160 Speaker 1: couple more things that I want to correct and get back. 31 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:16,959 Speaker 1: But continueing to try to use these upcoming two more 32 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:20,920 Speaker 1: games to put my best foot forward. I did. Yeah, 33 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:22,520 Speaker 1: I love it. I appreciate all the fans for that. 34 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:24,040 Speaker 1: It's a lot of support. It means a lot to me. 35 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:26,880 Speaker 1: You felt you look very comfortable. How did you feel? 36 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:29,600 Speaker 1: I felt great, Oh, Ligne did a great job. Running 37 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:31,479 Speaker 1: backs did a good job protection, good job getting out 38 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:33,160 Speaker 1: if they were playing a lot of prevent you know, 39 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:34,679 Speaker 1: they only played a couple of coverages. A lot of 40 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:36,400 Speaker 1: it was trying to take away deeper passes to the 41 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:37,920 Speaker 1: running backs did a good job being able to check 42 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:39,679 Speaker 1: the protection and get out as well with it. So 43 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:41,600 Speaker 1: it's a big step up from last year. It's kind 44 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:43,640 Speaker 1: of been a big emphasis. But yeah, the lines of 45 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:45,920 Speaker 1: the great shot felt very comfortable. Your mindset this year 46 00:01:45,959 --> 00:01:47,720 Speaker 1: is different than it was a year ago, for sure. 47 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:51,880 Speaker 1: Could you elaborate like the whole thing that I just said, Like, 48 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 1: I mean it, I've been in here for a year. 49 00:01:56,160 --> 00:01:59,920 Speaker 1: It's not my first NFL game anymore. I mean, that's 50 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:01,880 Speaker 1: that's really what it was. I knew I've gotten hit 51 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:03,760 Speaker 1: in the NFL before, I've played, I've won, I've lost, 52 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 1: I've kind of dealt with a lot in the past year. 53 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:08,600 Speaker 1: So I felt comfortable being, uh in the situation again today. 54 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 1: So when when lack goes out and you come in 55 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 1: a little earlier, probably been expected, didn't flinch, did nothing? 56 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:18,640 Speaker 1: I mean no, I mean, backup job is pretty tough. 57 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:20,320 Speaker 1: It happened a couple times last year. It's happened in 58 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 1: you know, my career prior, in high school, college, whatever 59 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:24,680 Speaker 1: it may be. But yeah, to be in the situation 60 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:26,040 Speaker 1: that it was last year, you know where you have 61 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:28,160 Speaker 1: to always be ready to go, even if, like you said, 62 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:30,360 Speaker 1: it was a little bit sooner than I anticipated. Regardless, 63 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:32,560 Speaker 1: when I tell you your time to go, you got 64 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 1: to go. How much does it health in preseason there's 65 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:39,160 Speaker 1: no game planning or things like how much did it 66 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:42,680 Speaker 1: help to scrimmage against Detroit this week and then play 67 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:46,720 Speaker 1: them for real. Yeah, it definitely helps. I mean it's 68 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:50,160 Speaker 1: a little different in practice. You get some more exotic looks, looks, 69 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:52,520 Speaker 1: some crazier things like same thing with us. We run 70 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:54,040 Speaker 1: some different plays and then we get out here. It's 71 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:57,399 Speaker 1: a little bit more vanilla, if you will. But yeah, 72 00:02:57,440 --> 00:02:58,880 Speaker 1: to be able to go against them, see what their 73 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:02,280 Speaker 1: personnel is like, how they play certain things, it's definitely beneficial. 74 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 1: But you know, sometimes Proules is mine, Noawly's, It's like, 75 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:07,400 Speaker 1: just go out there and play. How was your communication 76 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:09,519 Speaker 1: different with Dable tonight with him being the play caller? 77 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:12,280 Speaker 1: Then last season it was very good. I mean me 78 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:13,919 Speaker 1: and him, as you guys know, used to have those 79 00:03:13,919 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 1: meetings once a week when I was on practice squad, 80 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 1: and then as time went up, we stopped meeting. So 81 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:21,600 Speaker 1: our communication from then to now has built up. So 82 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:23,840 Speaker 1: I'm when he calls a play on, nobody's thinking like 83 00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:26,800 Speaker 1: it's a very good, clean communication between me and you know, 84 00:03:26,919 --> 00:03:29,399 Speaker 1: directly with the head coach when whoever's calling the play. 85 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 1: So everything was really good tonight. We're going to continue 86 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:34,480 Speaker 1: to build off it. The touchdown drive, twenty four yard 87 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:37,920 Speaker 1: swing past to Eric and then what do you think 88 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:43,840 Speaker 1: of his move on the touchdown? Run? Man, the boy's 89 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 1: been in the lab work, and I mean anytime our 90 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:48,320 Speaker 1: basket oft to the second level, you usually see what 91 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:50,480 Speaker 1: you standing back there like this. Even when Turbo hit 92 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:52,080 Speaker 1: a crease on one of my sons in the corner, 93 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:54,560 Speaker 1: I was like, you know they have that, they have 94 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:56,400 Speaker 1: that ability, and you know they've all done such a 95 00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:59,280 Speaker 1: great job. But yeah, Eric, especially to have that that 96 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 1: screen go and then all of a sudden you get 97 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:02,320 Speaker 1: up to that second I'll make a miss and I 98 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:04,840 Speaker 1: was like, this, dude, better not get caught, and he 99 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:07,120 Speaker 1: did not, And yeah, he had a tremendous game and 100 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:09,080 Speaker 1: look forward to see him roll more. I know you're 101 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 1: a young guy also, but have you kind of seen 102 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:16,560 Speaker 1: Eric blossom a little bit? Yeah for sure. Yeah, I 103 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:21,000 Speaker 1: mean same situation. I think I feel for my rookie 104 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:22,920 Speaker 1: class as it was, we all came in together. There 105 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 1: was a million things throwing at us at once, especially 106 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:26,800 Speaker 1: with him in his situation where he was getting some 107 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:28,880 Speaker 1: playing time early, especially on special teams. So there's a 108 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:30,880 Speaker 1: lot going on in your head. So to have that 109 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:32,760 Speaker 1: one year under your belt and to have you know, 110 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:34,960 Speaker 1: ups and downs, everything that'll just make him a better player, 111 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:36,640 Speaker 1: as well as myself and everybody else is I'm sure 112 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:39,880 Speaker 1: moving forward. So I'm sure he was very comfortable going 113 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:41,880 Speaker 1: into this game, more than he was last year. I 114 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:43,440 Speaker 1: don't want to speak for him, that's how I was, 115 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:46,120 Speaker 1: but I assume its probably similar. Me. You played a 116 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:48,719 Speaker 1: lot of football and in your life so far. Are 117 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:51,640 Speaker 1: there things that you learned last year this year in 118 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:54,799 Speaker 1: terms of watching film and studying film that he didn't 119 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:59,480 Speaker 1: know before. Yeah, there's so many little intricacies. Basically, the 120 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:03,000 Speaker 1: biggest differ into the hashes and defenses. Like in high 121 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:05,120 Speaker 1: school and college, the hashes are really wide, so you 122 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:07,440 Speaker 1: can only get away with doing certain amount of things, 123 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:09,520 Speaker 1: and the NFL everything's so much tighter, so a lot 124 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:11,640 Speaker 1: of it can look similar. There's not so much of 125 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:14,640 Speaker 1: a boundary as there is in college or high school, 126 00:05:14,839 --> 00:05:17,480 Speaker 1: if you will, So that makes the biggest difference for defenses. 127 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:20,880 Speaker 1: So really just learning how defenders like cover two in 128 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:22,719 Speaker 1: high school used to or college used to be all 129 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:24,080 Speaker 1: the way because they have so much field to cork 130 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:26,640 Speaker 1: because the hashes, and obviously the NFL is a little different. 131 00:05:26,680 --> 00:05:29,360 Speaker 1: So just small things like that as far as alignments, 132 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:32,760 Speaker 1: and uh, that's all it is. Week's week. Well said 133 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:34,560 Speaker 1: before you came in, we should ask you about the 134 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:37,760 Speaker 1: fourth and one about slide. Yeah, yeah, that's what that 135 00:05:37,839 --> 00:05:39,600 Speaker 1: was about. He kind of gave me a heads as 136 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:40,640 Speaker 1: I was walking in here. I was like, yeah, I 137 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:43,120 Speaker 1: was gonna probably gonna hit it anyways. It's like, yeah, 138 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:47,599 Speaker 1: I messed that third down up pretty bad, slidterally, should 139 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:50,839 Speaker 1: not have slid knowing where the sticks are. But I 140 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:53,200 Speaker 1: told him as soon as he was kind of getting 141 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:55,440 Speaker 1: after me after that, I was like, dude, give me 142 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:57,640 Speaker 1: the quarterbacks. Think out. I'm gonna make it right. He's like, 143 00:05:57,640 --> 00:05:59,839 Speaker 1: you better, now, you better get that yard. I was like, 144 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:02,320 Speaker 1: got it, leaned down my offensive line, and we got 145 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:04,719 Speaker 1: it to convert to get back to first down. But 146 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:06,360 Speaker 1: should have never came to that. I should have handled 147 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:08,280 Speaker 1: it at the beginning. But uh, you know, knocking some roughsed off. 148 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:11,599 Speaker 1: That's good. I'm happy it happened right now than any 149 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:15,000 Speaker 1: other time. So is that something that will be repeated 150 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:17,840 Speaker 1: in the film session to slow it down and reinforce 151 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:19,359 Speaker 1: that Oh for sure. Yeah. I mean they're gonna hit 152 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:21,840 Speaker 1: me on a couple times, Like I'm sure shout, turn around, 153 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:26,040 Speaker 1: be like are you good on this now? Yes? Dive 154 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:28,280 Speaker 1: head first or just run the DUDEO over so or 155 00:06:28,279 --> 00:06:30,320 Speaker 1: make a mess, but yeah, I'll be good moving forward. 156 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:34,080 Speaker 1: Are you just different after the experience last year? Like 157 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:37,560 Speaker 1: just more confident, more sure of yourself, that kind of thing. 158 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:40,000 Speaker 1: I think I've always been pretty confident. I think that's 159 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:42,680 Speaker 1: kind of always how I've carried myself. But yeah, it 160 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:44,680 Speaker 1: certainly helps when you've been in the situation, you know, 161 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:47,200 Speaker 1: you've won a couple of games or been playing in 162 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:50,479 Speaker 1: like a real game atmosphere, that definitely helps. After they 163 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:53,280 Speaker 1: drew injury, did Dave's come up and say, you don't 164 00:06:53,320 --> 00:06:56,719 Speaker 1: worry which I can a penalty? No? I mean no, 165 00:06:57,279 --> 00:06:59,839 Speaker 1: I was out there. I was like, all right, we're rolling. 166 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:02,000 Speaker 1: And then he started calling it playing. He's like, actually, 167 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:03,479 Speaker 1: now we're gonna do this, and then we ended up 168 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:05,640 Speaker 1: taking it, taking it, But yeah, I mean I was, 169 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:06,520 Speaker 1: I was ready to roll.