Speaker 1: I believe this is the first time you fed three times.
Speaker 1: So having prepared for them place already, albeit last year,
Speaker 1: does it make this week a little bit more easy.
Speaker 2: I mean, I don't think so. Obviously, it's a new year.
Speaker 2: The situation of this game is a little different. Uh,
Speaker 2: the personnel is a little different. They had they have
Speaker 2: guys that we haven't faced. So there's all that in
Speaker 2: the in the in the in the play. So I
Speaker 2: think it's different for sure. And so that's how I'm
Speaker 2: looking at it. And I think that's really the reality
Speaker 2: of it. And so they're they're a good team. So
Speaker 2: you know, we're not going in thinking, oh, we beat
Speaker 2: these guys however many times before. It isn't like that.
Speaker 2: You know, this is a new game, new team, and
Speaker 2: that's how we're looking at it.
Speaker 1: I don't describe your.
Speaker 2: Man. Yeah, I have all the confidence in the world
Speaker 2: in the NBA. He you watched the film, The separation
Speaker 2: that he creates. You know, you get the ball in
Speaker 2: his hands obviously, the second gear that he has to to,
Speaker 2: you know, pull away from DB's or whoever's on the field.
Speaker 2: He does it all and I think he's just one
Speaker 2: of the most underrated receivers. I think in the NFL
Speaker 2: we have so many playmakers like kid Old, McCaffrey, Debo,
Speaker 2: But Ba and what he's done and his production as
Speaker 2: a as a receiver, he's got it. And so I
Speaker 2: have all the confidence in the world and him man,
Speaker 2: and and he's always where he needs to be and
Speaker 2: as a quarterback, that's all you could ask for.
Speaker 3: So he feels like you feel that have a really
Speaker 3: good feel for how he's going to run every route.
Speaker 3: How do you get to that place with the receiver,
Speaker 3: and how did you make it work with him specific?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I know people say this all the time,
Speaker 2: but it's his reps on reps, you know practice. It
Speaker 2: started out I think in camp for us when I
Speaker 2: got back, it was just you know, studying how Ba runs,
Speaker 2: how he breaks in and out of breaks. You know,
Speaker 2: he's different from Debo, he's different from George, and so
Speaker 2: sort of just take note of that. And then Ba's
Speaker 2: just got length, man, he's got range, and so knowing
Speaker 2: I know where where he can get to and where
Speaker 2: I shouldn't throw the ball and where he's not going
Speaker 2: to be. So and then obviously the games and stuff
Speaker 2: and the experience that we had last year together. We
Speaker 2: we've built on that. I feel like, but throwing with
Speaker 2: anticipation is huge for me, and so he understands that.
Speaker 2: And when I let the ball go, he gets to
Speaker 2: where it needs to be and and we've made it happen.
Speaker 4: So how he runs? What do you mean exactly that?
Speaker 2: Yeah, like certain breaks. You know, there's receivers that run
Speaker 2: up and chop, chop and then break out, so it
Speaker 2: may take another you know, hitch or so with BA,
Speaker 2: I feel like he can cut on a dime and
Speaker 2: get in and out of things pretty quickly. And you know,
Speaker 2: and then just his speed, his explode, his explosion off
Speaker 2: the line gets DB's to push back and and that
Speaker 2: makes it easier too for to create separation. And as
Speaker 2: a quarterback, I can sort of see where he's going
Speaker 2: to be. It makes it easier for me. So those
Speaker 2: are the little things. I mean, as a quarterback, what
Speaker 2: you look and study for on film at in your recovery.
Speaker 3: Did you feel like you could throw a fifty yard.
Speaker 4: Passive year right where you want?
Speaker 2: Man, I'd probably say, you know, a couple of weeks
Speaker 2: before camp started, you know, there was times where I
Speaker 2: was ripping it around fifty yards to where I wanted
Speaker 2: it to be, you know, to do it consistently. I
Speaker 2: feel like that was you know, during camp, I was
Speaker 2: still trying to get to that point, build up that
Speaker 2: arm strength and everything and and and sort of work
Speaker 2: out the fatigue kind of thing. So yeah, it's been
Speaker 2: it's been a work in progress, you know, starting back
Speaker 2: to camp, but for once the season hit, I was
Speaker 2: able to do it.
Speaker 4: So, yeah, it feels stronger now than last year and then.
Speaker 3: We really refresh.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I do feel like, Yeah, just my pre
Speaker 2: and posts, you know, routine of throwing has allowed my
Speaker 2: you know arm to get stronger. Just in general. You know,
Speaker 2: I've after the surgery, it was recover, but just my
Speaker 2: habits and stuff of what I've done, you know, in
Speaker 2: the NFL compared to college, like it's a night and
Speaker 2: day difference, and I feel like it has helped my
Speaker 2: arm you know, get stronger and so and then obviously
Speaker 2: with the bye week two that that was huge, you know,
Speaker 2: just to let my arm rest up and feel fresh again.
Speaker 2: So all of those components added in, I feel like
Speaker 2: my arm has yeah, gotten stronger.
Speaker 4: For between series. What do you like to do or
Speaker 4: what's an essential part of what you do between the
Speaker 4: series on the.
Speaker 2: Sideline, he said again, sorry, like.
Speaker 4: Like between series and you're on the sideline watching the defense,
Speaker 4: what kinds of things do you like to do during
Speaker 4: that time to prepare you.
Speaker 1: For the next series.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean you come off and obviously look on
Speaker 2: the iPad of the pictures that we get, just like
Speaker 2: any other team, and we're going over you know, what
Speaker 2: we think they're doing and what our plan of attack is.
Speaker 2: And then you know, sort of just talk to the
Speaker 2: quarterbacks greasy of what they're thinking and what they're seeing
Speaker 2: in real time, not just on the iPad, picked their
Speaker 2: brain a little bit, and so to just regroup, breathe
Speaker 2: a little bit, and take breathing like pretty seriously. And
Speaker 2: so from that moment on, just getting back into a
Speaker 2: state of mind of you know, going back out and
Speaker 2: making consistent decisions, the right decisions consistently. So that's what
Speaker 2: I do, is try to get my mind right and
Speaker 2: not try to be so consumed with how the other
Speaker 2: team is doing or anything. Just what what am I doing?
Speaker 2: What do I have to do on this next drive
Speaker 2: against the defense? So breathing pretty seriously, team and meditator
Speaker 2: or yeah. I mean, like here within our team, we
Speaker 2: work with Ian and doctor Royer. You know, they do
Speaker 2: a great job with just teaching us, you know, how
Speaker 2: to breathe pretty consistently, and it sort of just helps,
Speaker 2: you know, with our heart rates and and being able
Speaker 2: to be in the present, you know, not getting caught
Speaker 2: up in what's going on around us, but being where
Speaker 2: we're at and there's like a you know, they just
Speaker 2: sort of teach us how to breathe and have consistent breath.
Speaker 2: So that helps me.
Speaker 3: The off season that you guys want to really add
Speaker 3: the deep ball that was a kind of a priority
Speaker 3: for you. Why would why was that important and how
Speaker 3: do you think it may be has helped as offense
Speaker 3: kind of take another.
Speaker 2: Step forward from Yeah, I mean, I think it's just
Speaker 2: another component you know, the defense you know, has to
Speaker 2: be aware about and respect in a sense. You can
Speaker 2: obviously open up a lot of other things when there's
Speaker 2: a threat of going deep, and that's just what that's
Speaker 2: what it is. You know, we we have a personnel
Speaker 2: where we can go deep and we have some speed,
Speaker 2: and so there's opportunities when the defense gives the right
Speaker 2: look for us and when we have the right play on.
Speaker 2: Let's let it rip and let's take a shot. Let's
Speaker 2: take an opportunity. Even if it's not a completion, it's
Speaker 2: it's showing them like, hey, we can stretch the ball downfield.
Speaker 2: So yeah, something that we've obviously looked at on film
Speaker 2: and be like, we can do it. We have the
Speaker 2: personnel to do it. Let's take it serious and give
Speaker 2: it a go. So something that we looked at in
Speaker 2: the off season, and I mean we've always had, you know,
Speaker 2: a plan every game, you know, dating back to last
Speaker 2: year and stuff. It's always been a thing. So we
Speaker 2: just got to be aggressive and take the right shots
Speaker 2: at the right time.
Speaker 3: Are you seeing that, especially her recently since you've started
Speaker 3: very consistently.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I think our offense has always done
Speaker 2: a good job within the short the quick game, the
Speaker 2: intermediate game. But to be able to hit some deep balls, yeah,
Speaker 2: I think it definitely does. Puts in the back of
Speaker 2: the minds of dbs like, man, they can they can
Speaker 2: go deep, and we got to respect it. And then
Speaker 2: it has opened up some things that I think, you know,
Speaker 2: we've seen the last couple of games the intermediate game
Speaker 2: looking looking pretty good, just in terms of the defense
Speaker 2: respecting our deep ball. So I think it's true very
Speaker 2: early in your starting career, and what would the atmosphere
Speaker 2: like and how has that helped.
Speaker 1: You prepare this week?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it's a great, great environment, hostile environment,
Speaker 2: and so it's just more about you know, being on
Speaker 2: top of your the details, the the pre snap operation,
Speaker 2: you know, speaking clearly in the huddle, breaking the huddle
Speaker 2: on time, making sure we're all on the on the
Speaker 2: right page with the snap points and not stuff. So
Speaker 2: it's it's crucial, especially when you're in that kind of environment.
Speaker 2: There's a lot of easy ways to get distracted, and
Speaker 2: that crowd is obviously gonna do what they can to
Speaker 2: you know, try to get us off you know, off beat.
Speaker 2: And so yeah, it's it's one of those games where
Speaker 2: every single play matters. Every everybody has to be paying
Speaker 2: attention to detail because if not, you'll slip up and
Speaker 2: and it won't be pretty.
Speaker 4: So yeah, throws, what kind of did you say you can't?
Speaker 4: I'm just due to your entry. Let you know, there
Speaker 4: are certain things you just couldn't do.
Speaker 2: You I mean, you know anything that just you know
Speaker 2: made me really coil up and absolutely rip it you know,
Speaker 2: I feel like the quick game, the intermedia, all that
Speaker 2: kind of stuff I was able to do, but you know,
Speaker 2: to to really launch a ball or to I think
Speaker 2: roll left roll rolling left was sort of tough. And
Speaker 2: throwing on the run going to my left just the
Speaker 2: way I positioned my body and then it tweaking on
Speaker 2: that rib. So that was something that we sort of
Speaker 2: accounted for. But you know, outside of that, I felt
Speaker 2: pretty good with the adrenaline of the game and stuff
Speaker 2: and was able to make it happen. So yeah, thanks guys,