Speaker 1: Super quiet, nice. It is great.
Speaker 2: Earlier and he was talking about Dominic Cooney and he
Speaker 2: said how intelligent he was, And I'm just wondering whether.
Speaker 1: That's something that you notice on the field when you're
Speaker 1: when you're lining up next. Yeah, I think what Dom
Speaker 1: does great coming in as a rookie already is he
Speaker 1: understands the playbook one and then second of all, he
Speaker 1: communicates really well at the line of scrimmage. I think,
Speaker 1: you know, some of the rookies that come in, you know,
Speaker 1: they're quiet or shy or you know, a lot of
Speaker 1: things going on and they don't communicate. They missed that part.
Speaker 1: But I think what Dom's done really well is, you know,
Speaker 1: first day, as soon as he got in there, communicated
Speaker 1: really well of where we're going, numbers and that kind
Speaker 1: of thing. So I think that's really helped. And obviously
Speaker 1: knowing what he's doing is has been a huge impact.
Speaker 1: You know, he's a strong athletic, you know guard. I
Speaker 1: think he's just taking and run with it and playing
Speaker 1: really well right now. So it's nice. Nice to have
Speaker 1: a rookie in there, you know, contributing already like that.
Speaker 2: Rookie, especially in the system that you guys run challenging
Speaker 2: and compete.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a learning curve. You know, colleges they don't
Speaker 1: run what we're running. You know, his own fast paced
Speaker 1: run getting on backers. So, you know, I think he
Speaker 1: came in and obviously you have your first few hiccups,
Speaker 1: and what he did was he learned from his mistakes.
Speaker 1: And that's the hardest thing in offensive line is just
Speaker 1: you know, when you do make a stake, it's not
Speaker 1: repeating it. So for him to come in and put
Speaker 1: you know, the mistakes he did make in the wrong
Speaker 1: game with footwork and hands, you know, he's moved along
Speaker 1: really well. And I think that's the biggest you know,
Speaker 1: attribute to his game right now is is he's putting
Speaker 1: things that he's messed up behind him and he's not
Speaker 1: made that same mistake. So you know, I think he's
Speaker 1: just learning really quickly and he's playing really well.
Speaker 2: Like not having Trent Williams in camp for almost two
Speaker 2: weeks now in terms of on and off the.
Speaker 1: Field, yeah you miss him, but you know, at the
Speaker 1: end of the day, that's that's between him and upstairs.
Speaker 1: You know, it's hard to comment on contract stuff, and
Speaker 1: you know what where he's at in his position, but
Speaker 1: obviously you know you miss him in the room in
Speaker 1: his presence, but you know, at the end of the day,
Speaker 1: Jalen's getting great work. You're seeing him get better every day.
Speaker 1: And then you know, having Nick back this this camp
Speaker 1: has been a big help for me in Jalen's well.
Speaker 1: So it's just been great having him there. So yeah,
Speaker 1: hopefully silver Back will be back, but you know that's
Speaker 1: that's his deal, and you know, we're just getting better
Speaker 1: where we're at right now.
Speaker 2: You're the need to be more vocal this year in
Speaker 2: the room, the meeting room because there are so many
Speaker 2: you know, young guys in that room this year.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's kind of crazy, you know, it is your five.
Speaker 1: You know, I never thought, you know, maybe I'd be
Speaker 1: here year five, but you know, to be here, to
Speaker 1: be in that leadership role, to be vocal, I think
Speaker 1: that's something that you know, I'm kind of ready for
Speaker 1: to take control of that, you know, with with Trent
Speaker 1: now being here right now, that's kind of something that
Speaker 1: you know, hopefully me and Jake will take take control
Speaker 1: of and communicate with the younger guys and how we
Speaker 1: want the room to look and how we want the
Speaker 1: line to play and you know, reciprocating what FIRS the
Speaker 1: wants us to do. So, you know, I think it's
Speaker 1: a big role that we need to step up into.
Speaker 1: Just you know with those young guys. You know, it's
Speaker 1: it's crazy to me and trender now you know, the
Speaker 1: oldest tenure guys in the room. We signed the same
Speaker 1: day during COVID saw him at the hotel. So to
Speaker 1: have that length here is you know, that role is
Speaker 1: just waiting to be taken. I think, you know, employees
Speaker 1: and a great spot to do that this morning. And
Speaker 1: if you ask him a question, he'll give you a
Speaker 1: five minute answer. Is he the same way as a coach?
Speaker 1: Like what's unique about him as a coach? I think
Speaker 1: I'd die for him, you know first, or you know,
Speaker 1: we all respect him the heck out of him, the
Speaker 1: just the the career he's had in the NFL and
Speaker 1: the way he coaches us. It's hard, you know, he's
Speaker 1: on us all the time. But the one thing he
Speaker 1: does is he makes it easy to understand. I think
Speaker 1: the one one thing a lot of coaches they can
Speaker 1: communicate to a room, but they can't communicate to individuals.
Speaker 1: I think that's what he does really well, is you know,
Speaker 1: if some guys struggling to get it one way he's
Speaker 1: saying it, he can communicate that another way to get
Speaker 1: them to try and understand that, and then you know,
Speaker 1: to make us responsible for our jobs. I think that's
Speaker 1: the one thing that he does really well, is you know,
Speaker 1: he respects that's a lot and expects a lot out
Speaker 1: of us, and you know we kind of do the
Speaker 1: same for him. So you know, it's the NFL. You're
Speaker 1: a professional, and he expects that. So, I mean he's
Speaker 1: a really, really great coach and we love playing for him.
Speaker 2: You said, I'm sure maybe a lot guys like you know,
Speaker 2: will play ten years or whatever. Did you When did
Speaker 2: you obviously suggests maybe you didn't enter the NFL with
Speaker 2: just tons of confidence. Is when did you I don't
Speaker 2: feel comfortable and say like I belong here and I
Speaker 2: can last a long time.
Speaker 1: Heck, last year, I mean, you know I was cut
Speaker 1: and all that and everything, but you know I moved
Speaker 1: past that now. And I mean last year, he couldn't
Speaker 1: start the year any worse with with TJ. And then
Speaker 1: just you know, by the end of the year in
Speaker 1: the playoffs, you know, I was thinking I was playing
Speaker 1: some of the best ball of my career as young
Speaker 1: as it is, playing wise not length, but you know,
Speaker 1: I just look at this is another year to really,
Speaker 1: you know, take a huge step in my game in
Speaker 1: my career, and it could set me up for the future,
Speaker 1: you know, the extension this year it's been great with
Speaker 1: security and that kind of thing. But I think there's
Speaker 1: a whole other level of game that that I'm ready
Speaker 1: to leap into. And I think that's just something that,
Speaker 1: like you said, five years, who knows the NFL not
Speaker 1: for long. So you know my goals ten and you know,
Speaker 1: and beyond that, you know trnd's thirteen fourteen years in
Speaker 1: so you know that's that's the goal. Man. There's a lot,
Speaker 1: there's a lot of good ball for me to play.
Speaker 2: Really sorry, you know, I think publicly after a week
Speaker 2: one you're like, yo, you know, it happens, I'll get better,
Speaker 2: But I mean more maybe now you can tell us.
Speaker 2: I mean, were there more emotions going on there and
Speaker 2: feelings of like do I belong? Can I do this?
Speaker 2: Can I be a starter?
Speaker 1: I think it's just a big trust thing. You know,
Speaker 1: I could get pulled that kind of thing maybe is
Speaker 1: where my head was at and then the next week
Speaker 1: was in there no problem. So I think that was
Speaker 1: just the biggest thing is that trust that the front
Speaker 1: office and Kyle had me to keep going under in
Speaker 1: the season and then they're like here, dude, like this
Speaker 1: is your job, Like take it. And I think that's
Speaker 1: the biggest thing I learned was not playing you know,
Speaker 1: kind of hesitant on you know, I'm not gonna get
Speaker 1: pulled of this, like no, this is my job and
Speaker 1: now it's mine. And that's kind of the biggest mind
Speaker 1: shift that I've had towards you know, being the right tackle.
Speaker 1: Here is is there's a lot of talk about left
Speaker 1: tackle and run and how great you know Trenty is
Speaker 1: obviously he'll be the best, but there's gonna be some
Speaker 1: good football coming from the right this year. What did
Speaker 1: you think about Isaac? Yeah, I mean he's a good
Speaker 1: addition to the room, to the room man, and he's
Speaker 1: got good, strong hands. He approaches you know, the game
Speaker 1: with a lot more as they think he's a little
Speaker 1: farther ahead. He wants to learn. I think that's the
Speaker 1: biggest thing with Isaac. Man's strong hands plays you know
Speaker 1: a lot faster, So I think He's a great edition
Speaker 1: of the room. Talk to your teammates or if we
Speaker 1: talk to your UH coaches, they're all very complimentary of you.
Speaker 2: Yeah, but there's people in the media and a lot
Speaker 2: of fans who drag you.
Speaker 1: Yeah. Do you block that out? How do you How
Speaker 1: do you do compartmental? Oh? I think last year, I
Speaker 1: think it I let it get to my get to
Speaker 1: my head a little bit. You know, it's hard to
Speaker 1: hear bad, bad things talk about you and how people
Speaker 1: you know, rag right, But I think at the end
Speaker 1: of the day, like you know, I'm the one coming
Speaker 1: to work every day and the one going out there
Speaker 1: every day to play on Sundays, and it's just got
Speaker 1: to be kind of my world. You know, people are
Speaker 1: gonna say things regardless, you know, that's just how it is.
Speaker 1: But you know, my play will speak for itself, you
Speaker 1: know down the road. That's kind of the big thing.
Speaker 1: So not giving people permission to say things like that
Speaker 1: to drag you, and then also you know, not letting
Speaker 1: letting yourself feed into that and see that. So I
Speaker 1: think it's just been a huge mind shift for me
Speaker 1: this offseason with my mindset and how I'm gonna approach
Speaker 1: this year and and kind of you know, I focus
Speaker 1: more on the mind this year than I have in
Speaker 1: the past, so different way of thinking and really excited
Speaker 1: for the season. A commercial with Ron Party, Yeah yeah,
Speaker 1: John Dear, I think, uh, people were you know, kind
Speaker 1: of wild, big eyed and wild. I had to see,
Speaker 1: you know, a John Deere eight R on duels sitting
Speaker 1: up in San Francisco, so I was gung ho about it.
Speaker 1: You know, maybe have more lines. Who knows th Brock,
Speaker 1: but uh, you know he's saving people from coyotes and
Speaker 1: you know, all that crazy stuff. But it was a
Speaker 1: really cool thing. You know, obviously I'd love to do
Speaker 1: it again, but it was very cool to see a
Speaker 1: John Deere sitting up in San Francisco and seeing people's faces.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, honeon dep man, you get it was pretty funny. Actually.
Speaker 1: So the week we're leaving, we drove back from Ohio
Speaker 1: and our neighbor brought me a bag of Ladys chips
Speaker 1: and a thing on you did for our road trip.
Speaker 1: So it was great, man, commercial did it all. And
Speaker 1: you know, just small town folks, they are awesome.
Speaker 2: On the defensive end side, what have you seen from lenderployd.
Speaker 1: And Leonards just as fast as what he was in
Speaker 1: twenty one I remember playing him, so he's a great
Speaker 1: challe with speed. I think that's one thing. It's gonna
Speaker 1: be a great addition for Nicks some speed off the edge,
Speaker 1: and Beal's gotten a lot better, I think as well.
Speaker 1: And then having the Eater I think i'd say it,
Speaker 1: but I think he's a great, powerful rusher. I think
Speaker 1: that's gonna be good for us, a good addition and
Speaker 1: just you know those role guys. I think another one
Speaker 1: to watch is Alak on the inside. I think he's
Speaker 1: great on B blocks. He's been real tough for for
Speaker 1: some of our guards, and the obviously hard Gray has
Speaker 1: been there. But I think if we had some great
Speaker 1: additions on a D line this year after losing Eric,
Speaker 1: so you know, you lose one, but I think we
Speaker 1: gained a couple four or five really good players that
Speaker 1: are they're going to help this team. So a road trip, Oh,
Speaker 1: Jake Brendle, we'd be arguing the whole time. Thanks guys,