1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:04,200 Speaker 1: What did the change in offensive line coaches? How did 2 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:08,280 Speaker 1: that impact you? What was your reaction to that? And um, 3 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:10,600 Speaker 1: you know, how how has it impacted you specifically on 4 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:13,080 Speaker 1: the field as far as what technique you're using and 5 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:17,079 Speaker 1: how you're playing, if at all. Um, for me, Um, 6 00:00:17,079 --> 00:00:19,400 Speaker 1: it definitely, UM, you know, it was a difference having 7 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:22,680 Speaker 1: a different coach, but my approaches to take you know, 8 00:00:22,720 --> 00:00:25,599 Speaker 1: everything I can from whoever is leading us, whoever is 9 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:28,080 Speaker 1: getting us right for the game. UM. Technique wise, there 10 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:30,640 Speaker 1: are a few minor details, but the place game all 11 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:32,839 Speaker 1: that is the same. Um, it's a few minor details 12 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:35,800 Speaker 1: that are different, and the play wise, I think, Um, 13 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:38,080 Speaker 1: I've just been continuing to work the technique that I've 14 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:40,400 Speaker 1: been taught. Um, I think it's starting to click more. 15 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:42,000 Speaker 1: But I'm still you know, working every day to get 16 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:46,839 Speaker 1: better and just as an offensive lineman and as a rookie, 17 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:48,600 Speaker 1: you know, trying to find your flitting Early in a 18 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:51,040 Speaker 1: rookie year, you get to a game where you guys 19 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:55,480 Speaker 1: really control the game on the ground. How satisfying is 20 00:00:55,520 --> 00:00:58,040 Speaker 1: that for you personally? You know, to be a part 21 00:00:58,040 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 1: of an an effort like that, I mean, it's a 22 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:02,720 Speaker 1: a feeling being a run the ball whenever you want 23 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:05,920 Speaker 1: to UM against a pretty good front. UM. It's good 24 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:07,480 Speaker 1: in the old line room because we worked hard to 25 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:09,400 Speaker 1: get where we are. UM. But like I said, a 26 00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:11,399 Speaker 1: lot of things we can still improve on to be 27 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:16,440 Speaker 1: you know better. Thanks, Hey, Andrew, And you said you 28 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:19,319 Speaker 1: just did minor technique changing with the new online coach. 29 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:21,520 Speaker 1: So like from the start of the seasons now, is 30 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:24,840 Speaker 1: it more a factor you're just getting better or you 31 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 1: may change. I think it's a little bit of both. UM. 32 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:32,120 Speaker 1: I took coaching points from from both coaches and UM. Obviously, 33 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:35,280 Speaker 1: you know, not having a preseason, UM, not having you know, 34 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:37,320 Speaker 1: O t as and things like that had an effects. 35 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:39,840 Speaker 1: So playing my first couple of games, it took a minute, 36 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:42,840 Speaker 1: UM to grasp. And I'm still getting better. I'm still working, 37 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:44,800 Speaker 1: you know, trying to trying to fix some things. But 38 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:46,800 Speaker 1: I think it just takes you know, times and repetitions 39 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:50,720 Speaker 1: to get better. Well, you didn't drastically change the techniques, 40 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:53,400 Speaker 1: You're just better at them. Yeah, I'm just getting better. 41 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 1: It's not not a drastic change. I wanted to ask 42 00:01:56,160 --> 00:02:01,160 Speaker 1: you sort of a big question. You mean, the change 43 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:06,400 Speaker 1: in offensive line coaches, UM, the slow start, you had season, 44 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:08,960 Speaker 1: you know, compared to the way you're playing now. Plus 45 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:11,600 Speaker 1: you know the team going one in seven and winning 46 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:15,799 Speaker 1: four straight. What have you really learned about yourself and 47 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:19,120 Speaker 1: about the NFL? You know through this, uh, through the 48 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 1: season so far, just that you have to keep a 49 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:25,480 Speaker 1: level head. UM. Coach talks about ignoring the noise, and 50 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:28,080 Speaker 1: that's a big thing that I've learned to do. Whether 51 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 1: you're performing well or not performing so well, you have 52 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:32,799 Speaker 1: to keep a level head, continue to work, um, I 53 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 1: guess your first day, UM, and then eventually things may 54 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:37,000 Speaker 1: work out for you. But even if they don't, you 55 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:39,080 Speaker 1: have to continue to work hard, and you know, trying 56 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:41,160 Speaker 1: not to pay attention to outside things. What do you 57 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:43,920 Speaker 1: think is the biggest difference in regards I know you 58 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:45,919 Speaker 1: mentioned like you know some of its technique and some 59 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:47,480 Speaker 1: of it, but if you have to like ten point 60 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:50,400 Speaker 1: one thing, you know, I mean that Andrew Thomas maybe 61 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 1: the first five or six weeks, and Andrew Thomas the 62 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:55,440 Speaker 1: last four or five weeks. What's what's the one thing 63 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:59,919 Speaker 1: that stands out to you? I mean, for me, the 64 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:02,000 Speaker 1: thing that stands out the most will probably be the 65 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:04,440 Speaker 1: inside move. UM. Obviously, in the beginning that was something 66 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 1: that I really struggle with with oversetting, and that's been 67 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:09,360 Speaker 1: something that you know, I've been working over the last 68 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:11,600 Speaker 1: you know, a few weeks. I'm trying to get better, 69 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:13,960 Speaker 1: and I think that's made the biggest difference. But there's obviously, 70 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:19,360 Speaker 1: you know, other things too, kinda what's the key to 71 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:23,120 Speaker 1: stopping the inside move? Um, it's just lagging on the 72 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:26,400 Speaker 1: defender the right way. UM. I would overset a lot 73 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:28,600 Speaker 1: of times and put myself in a bad position. UM, 74 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:31,320 Speaker 1: but you have to trail the defender. UM, trust your 75 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 1: you know, athleticism to push the guy around the pocket. 76 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:38,040 Speaker 1: So you don't, you know, give up the inside. Andrew, 77 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:42,440 Speaker 1: I'm curious what you've learned, uh going against Leonard Williams 78 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:44,720 Speaker 1: and what you make of him as as a force 79 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:47,320 Speaker 1: on the other side of the line. He's a great, 80 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 1: great defensive lineman. UM. I get to go against them 81 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:51,720 Speaker 1: every day. UM. A lot of times you see in 82 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:53,880 Speaker 1: the game he rushes on tackles, so you know, in 83 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 1: practice I get to go against something. It's just, um, 84 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:58,400 Speaker 1: a great opportunity for me playing against event like that 85 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:00,600 Speaker 1: that's you know, very talented. I think has like seven 86 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:03,720 Speaker 1: eight secks this year. UM, so plan against some you know, 87 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:07,120 Speaker 1: every every day and practice makes me a better player. Thanks, 88 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:12,080 Speaker 1: I don't leave me, Andrew. I want to follow up 89 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 1: on what ED was asking and where you said you've 90 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:18,080 Speaker 1: learned to block out the noise. Was there a time 91 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:20,880 Speaker 1: where you didn't block out the noise earlier this season? 92 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:23,400 Speaker 1: Did you? Did you find that it was starting to 93 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:26,080 Speaker 1: bother you in September when people were knocking you and 94 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:28,640 Speaker 1: have you had to learn not to or you know 95 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:30,279 Speaker 1: what I'm trying to say. If you learn to block 96 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:32,719 Speaker 1: it out, there must be a point where you weren't 97 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:35,120 Speaker 1: blocking you know, Yeah, I see, I see what you're asking. Um, 98 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 1: I wouldna say it was like a like a certain 99 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:39,600 Speaker 1: point where I learned, But that was something that close 100 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:41,560 Speaker 1: just you know, talked about from the beginning. And I 101 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:44,160 Speaker 1: knew it coming into you know, playing for the New 102 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:46,680 Speaker 1: York Giants. You know, a huge media market, there's a 103 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:48,960 Speaker 1: you know a lot of things. Obviously there's social media, 104 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:51,440 Speaker 1: all those things. I knew, you know, I wasn't unaware, 105 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:54,520 Speaker 1: but um, actually being in it, it's definitely a different experience. 106 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:56,880 Speaker 1: But like I said, just learning how to you know, 107 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:59,560 Speaker 1: be a pro um block out the noise just continue 108 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:03,640 Speaker 1: to working every day to get better. How similar techniques 109 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:08,280 Speaker 1: your youth and now Andrew at Georgia, UM, I would 110 00:05:08,279 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 1: say a little bit different far as like my hands placement. 111 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:14,760 Speaker 1: That's been something that I've been working on. But UM 112 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:16,919 Speaker 1: and then set wise a little bit. At Georgia, I 113 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:20,880 Speaker 1: was always on a straight hard M forty five angle UM, 114 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:23,560 Speaker 1: but recently been working a little bit more vertical UM 115 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:25,600 Speaker 1: to an angle set just depending on the alignment of 116 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 1: Rusha's Thanks, We'll take two more ton rock Andrew, Andrew, 117 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:36,760 Speaker 1: was there a game where it felt like things clucked 118 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:41,520 Speaker 1: for you? Did? I would say, um, Temple Game. I 119 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:43,520 Speaker 1: think that was my first game that I felt, UM, 120 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:45,920 Speaker 1: you know a lot better. UM. Throughout the game, obviously 121 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:48,000 Speaker 1: you know, gave up a pressures UM, things that had 122 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:49,800 Speaker 1: to work on. But I think that was the first 123 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:52,000 Speaker 1: thame where I felt, you know, I looked on tape 124 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:54,680 Speaker 1: and I felt like, you know, I had a good performance. UM. 125 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:57,120 Speaker 1: But like I said, just continue to build on that, 126 00:05:57,279 --> 00:06:01,280 Speaker 1: continue to work. And then you faced Marcus a lot 127 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:05,159 Speaker 1: in training camp. You think that this week? Yeah, definitely, 128 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:08,520 Speaker 1: I'm excited UM to go against mg uh he you 129 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:10,560 Speaker 1: know he was only here for a short time with me, 130 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:13,760 Speaker 1: but it was a good vet. Um. He always, you know, 131 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 1: try to give me pointers and things like that, so 132 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:19,360 Speaker 1: you know, I'm excited to go against them. That's one here, 133 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:24,200 Speaker 1: Pat Leonard andrew the oversetting and letting guys inside. Was 134 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:26,680 Speaker 1: that something you struggled with in college at all? Or 135 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:29,039 Speaker 1: did that have to do with a mental thing of 136 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:32,400 Speaker 1: the guys at this level being bigger and faster, because 137 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:35,200 Speaker 1: I know, you know in the sec you're playing at 138 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:37,680 Speaker 1: that top competition, so I would think that it was 139 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:41,280 Speaker 1: something you were probably did not struggle with. It was 140 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:43,320 Speaker 1: a little bit of both, I would say, Um, like 141 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:44,880 Speaker 1: I said that Georgia, I was on that forty five 142 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:46,679 Speaker 1: set a lot, but we did a lot of slap protection. 143 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 1: So you know, if I did overset, um, you know, 144 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:51,520 Speaker 1: the guard a lot of times will be right there. Um. 145 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:53,839 Speaker 1: But we run a little bit different protections, um, you 146 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:56,120 Speaker 1: know here than the way we we spot and said. 147 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:57,320 Speaker 1: It was a little bit of different. So I had 148 00:06:57,360 --> 00:06:59,440 Speaker 1: to break that habit. And obviously, you know, going to 149 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 1: get some more talented Russias has an effect on that too. 150 00:07:02,520 --> 00:07:04,680 Speaker 1: Like they read your hips, they read your in soft 151 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:08,840 Speaker 1: way things like that. M