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Speaker 1: How's the heat today?

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Speaker 2: It wasn't bad today, It's like eighty. It wasn't that hot.

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Speaker 2: So nice little work day. I got to run around

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Speaker 2: not sweat too much.

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Speaker 1: In what ways have you seen the communication and the

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Speaker 1: secondary improve from where you start in the spring where.

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Speaker 2: You are now? Yeah, a lot of the guys have

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Speaker 2: got really comfortable within these past what two weeks, And

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Speaker 2: you know, it just takes time around people, but a

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Speaker 2: lot of times now we're just flowing and we know

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Speaker 2: what to call. So these past two weeks, it's been

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Speaker 2: got comfortable, and especially bringing in Vond and Debo there,

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Speaker 2: you know, have the check starts gonna having pre snaps,

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Speaker 2: so you kind of just play along and it's it's

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Speaker 2: flowing a lot better right now.

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Speaker 1: How much advantagers has been having those two guys in.

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Speaker 2: There with this secondary except out a lot. You know,

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Speaker 2: you bring in veteran presence in both of them, and

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Speaker 2: they're really impressive in the classroom as well as out here.

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Speaker 2: And you know for guys like me and KNU that

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Speaker 2: are still in your going into year two, Uh, we

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Speaker 2: need to stop the guys still around us and they

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Speaker 2: help guide us every day a.

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Speaker 1: Lot about the communication on the back end.

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Speaker 3: Obviously it's a big part of what you guys do.

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Speaker 3: But how is it different right now than it was

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Speaker 3: last year?

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Speaker 2: I would say the biggest difference, Well, it's kind of

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Speaker 2: hard for me to speak because last year I was

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Speaker 2: part of the problem in communication. I was so young.

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Speaker 2: I didn't feel like I was that confident in it.

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Speaker 2: So we've all grown. But then when you bring those

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Speaker 2: two guys in, it's just like the level of knowledge

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Speaker 2: in the room feel like it's way more than we

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Speaker 2: had in the past. I mean, like these guys they

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Speaker 2: played ball at high level. They know balls at a

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Speaker 2: really high level, so you know, like it's all the

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Speaker 2: people that know it. So communication makes it easier.

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Speaker 3: What do you know about the position that you play? Yeah,

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Speaker 3: that's kind of inside linebacker and cornerback, you know, whatever

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Speaker 3: it is. What do you know about that job now

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Speaker 3: that you didn't know a year ago?

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Speaker 2: A year ago in camp last year, shoot everything. I mean, like.

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Speaker 1: There's time.

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Speaker 2: It was times last year I was just playing with

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Speaker 2: my head on fire, like I didn't know I was

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Speaker 2: just running to the ball. I mean, but throughout the

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Speaker 2: whole last season, you know, I had my ups and downs.

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Speaker 2: I learned and build off that coming this year, I

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Speaker 2: feel like I've taken a step and I've seen a

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Speaker 2: lot more So now when I go and practice, it's

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Speaker 2: not like I don't know. I know it's probably gonna

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Speaker 2: come the scenarios third and short from third and long,

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Speaker 2: like I can play ball instead of guessing out.

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Speaker 3: Was there ever a time last year where it slowed

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Speaker 3: down a little.

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Speaker 2: Bit kind of towards the end, but it was really

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Speaker 2: towards the end like it was nowhere early It took time,

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Speaker 2: but debby towards the end of the season, I was like, Okay,

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Speaker 2: they come out in an extra tight end shot or

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Speaker 2: third and long condensed like all that type of stuff.

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Speaker 2: So how was that?

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Speaker 3: Obviously it's gonna help you this year. Keep being aware,

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Speaker 3: you know, how much of a jump can you make?

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Speaker 2: I feel like Skuy's a limit for me. I mean,

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Speaker 2: I just keep on stepping and building blocks. But from

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Speaker 2: last year, this year has already been huge steps. I

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Speaker 2: feel way more comfortable. I'm taking control of defense, our

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Speaker 2: defense and ways of how to set up and stuff.

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Speaker 2: So it's one of those things where I'm just keep

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Speaker 2: taking steps each day and I don't know where I

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Speaker 2: can end up.

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Speaker 1: In a week like this where you know, you guys

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Speaker 1: knew once the pads went on it was gonna be

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Speaker 1: a run, heavy, physical two days of practice, and then

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Speaker 1: you get into today. Today's a little bit more lights,

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Speaker 1: a lot more coverage. How is that from an approach

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Speaker 1: standpoint for you, because you're involved in both, But I

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Speaker 1: would imagine it's different techniques and really different psychology from

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Speaker 1: the jump.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, definitely. So earlier we first put paths on,

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Speaker 2: it was short distance, like you got what was it

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Speaker 2: like third, like third and one or something like that,

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Speaker 2: and it kept going those really short downs, And that's

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Speaker 2: a different mindset you gotta take on because you're taking

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Speaker 2: on teams like Philly and d in which some short

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Speaker 2: down distance really important. So you gotta buckle up, especially

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Speaker 2: for me, be tighter down. And but then you go

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Speaker 2: out here today you got to kind of attack with

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Speaker 2: the same mentality because I could still be in that

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Speaker 2: run fit, but you gotta treat the past just as

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Speaker 2: important has to run, So I kind of keep them

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Speaker 2: hand in hand.

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Speaker 1: They've been moving a bunch of different receivers in and

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Speaker 1: out of the slot this spring and summer.

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Speaker 2: How does that help you be able to go against

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Speaker 2: really guys with completely different body types and skill sets

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Speaker 2: given you know whatever down im. Yeah, that's really fun

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Speaker 2: for me, especially because, like you know, you get used

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Speaker 2: to going against one day and he's like, he's amazing

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Speaker 2: in the slot in my opinion, But then you get

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Speaker 2: to go against different guys like I've had my Leak

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Speaker 2: in the slot a lot, which gives a different look.

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Speaker 2: I've had Jalen just was in the slot today for

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Speaker 2: a rep. You have so many different guys and you

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Speaker 2: gotta you can't play everybody the same. You gotta give

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Speaker 2: everybody something different. So it's one of those things gets

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Speaker 2: me ready for the season and just prepare for the

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Speaker 2: different body types I'll see did we see so season?

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Speaker 1: You had a laser surgery?

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Speaker 2: Yes?

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Speaker 1: How was that?

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Speaker 3: What was that process?

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Speaker 2: Like? It was cool. It's kind of like blind before.

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Speaker 2: I hated wearing contacts and it's one of those things

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Speaker 2: made life a lot easier for me in that sense.

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Speaker 2: I could see a lot better now, and this procedure

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Speaker 2: was easy. It's like fifteen minutes, but it was quick.

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Speaker 2: Slept for like two days and I woke up My

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Speaker 2: eyes were great, So not too much.

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Speaker 1: How much does that help you think just you know,

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Speaker 1: being out here, you've seen.

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Speaker 2: These differently, or does it make it a little bit

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Speaker 2: easier than last season for your or last camp. I mean, yeah,

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Speaker 2: it's one of the things you've seen. The ball in

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Speaker 2: the air, that was one of my biggest problems based

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Speaker 2: back a long time ago, but especially this camp. I'm

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Speaker 2: tracking the ball a lot better. With the ball in

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Speaker 2: the air, I can go attack more. I can just

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Speaker 2: see the ball. So heus me in here and and

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Speaker 2: you know, outside life like driving and stuff, it makes

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Speaker 2: it a lot easier.

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Speaker 1: Did anybody recommend it or.

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Speaker 2: Already thought about doing? Dude? That was a talk from

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Speaker 2: before I got drafted here with the upstairs people. It's

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Speaker 2: one of those things they're like, you can't see. They

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Speaker 2: were the only team that cared about it, you know.

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Speaker 2: It's one of those things. I'm glad that they pointed out,

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Speaker 2: because I probably still wouldn't have had it if no

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Speaker 2: one said anything. But it helped me out on an

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Speaker 2: everyday basis. I was just I was just blind.

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Speaker 3: Obviously, You and one day I'll see each other a lot.

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Speaker 3: What what how does he make you better?

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Speaker 1: How do you think maybe you make him better?

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Speaker 2: Dude? Wando I mean through all the slots I played

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Speaker 2: last year, by far, he has the most work in

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Speaker 2: the slot within, especially on third down where you know

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Speaker 2: the ball's coming. He sets you up. He's a baller

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Speaker 2: down there. So I love competing. And he kissed me.

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Speaker 2: I'm going against him. I'm on my best game because

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Speaker 2: I know he's coming with it, and uh, I feel

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Speaker 2: like it's back and forth me and him. It'll talk

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Speaker 2: to me. He's just like, you're the guy I want

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Speaker 2: to go against. Every rep in the slot. We just

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Speaker 2: get good work and it's you know, it's just grind.

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Speaker 2: Were just every single day just getting better.

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Speaker 3: There's one over the middle today, I think, right that

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Speaker 3: was that you Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I always forgot about that already. Yeah it

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Speaker 2: was uh yeah, short down slot inside. It was a

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Speaker 2: good rot by him. People to your score on that

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Speaker 2: or do you think no I would attack on