1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:02,840 Speaker 1: The nikkil How are you good? How are you doing? 2 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:05,960 Speaker 1: I'm doing all right, Um, Niki, what would you say 3 00:00:06,040 --> 00:00:08,160 Speaker 1: that the goal for you is just before the regular 4 00:00:08,200 --> 00:00:10,200 Speaker 1: season starts. What are you What are you working on 5 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:12,760 Speaker 1: right now through the next couple of weeks before it's 6 00:00:12,760 --> 00:00:15,520 Speaker 1: go time. You know, I'm just really working on stack 7 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:17,119 Speaker 1: in the days, you know, just getting out there on 8 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:21,040 Speaker 1: the practice field and making sure I'm making myself uncomfortable 9 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:23,479 Speaker 1: in practice so it could be easier in the game. 10 00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:26,200 Speaker 1: Just just trying to get my conditioning right. And you know, 11 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:29,640 Speaker 1: just just leaving down in the field every day. When 12 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:34,520 Speaker 1: you say uncomfortable, what do you mean by that? Um, 13 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:38,000 Speaker 1: really just making myself tired, you know, exerting a lot 14 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:41,879 Speaker 1: of energy. Um, you know, really just pushing myself to 15 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:44,599 Speaker 1: the to the edge just so on game day it's 16 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:49,400 Speaker 1: just it's just that much easier. Thank you. Next question 17 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:53,000 Speaker 1: Mike Reeve Fall by Evan Lazar Nikkiel. How are you 18 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:56,160 Speaker 1: doing today? I'm good? How are you doing good? Doing well? 19 00:00:56,520 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 1: Just catching it coming off the field. Um. What did 20 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:03,760 Speaker 1: you get out of that practice today? You know it 21 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:06,920 Speaker 1: was really good just for us to get in the 22 00:01:06,959 --> 00:01:10,280 Speaker 1: game situation. Um, go through a lot of different situations 23 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:12,960 Speaker 1: and make sure we're ready, make sure we're prepared for 24 00:01:12,959 --> 00:01:15,760 Speaker 1: for anything that could possibly happen out there on game day. 25 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:19,679 Speaker 1: And just to follow up, I think Cam was having 26 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:21,800 Speaker 1: a little fun the other day. You might have been 27 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 1: aware of it. He slipped in a little doughboy reference. 28 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:30,760 Speaker 1: Can you feel us in on the backstory there? I 29 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:34,720 Speaker 1: already know too much about it, Cam Cam has nickname 30 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 1: for everybody, So, um, that just ended up being mine, 31 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:42,520 Speaker 1: I guess. And are you accepting that with a smile 32 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:45,600 Speaker 1: or is that one year going to contest? No, I 33 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 1: saw jokes. It's all love at the end of the day. 34 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 1: Next question, Ev laz Are followed by Mike Giardi and 35 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:57,560 Speaker 1: to kill Ano this offseason, you were to ton on 36 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 1: your release work down with her Childwood than Houston. I 37 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:02,640 Speaker 1: was just wondering, you know, what was the goal of 38 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:05,120 Speaker 1: that work to you and time? Do you feel like 39 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:08,240 Speaker 1: you know it's it's Kaine dividends for you now? Yeah? 40 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:10,800 Speaker 1: You know the main goal was just, um, you know, 41 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 1: just kind of adding different things in my bag. Um, 42 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:17,560 Speaker 1: you know, working different releases at the line, and you know, 43 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:20,000 Speaker 1: trying to trying to be lighter on my feet and 44 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:23,400 Speaker 1: really get going and it definitely helped a lot. Um, 45 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 1: And you know, I'm just find a ways to incorporate 46 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:29,520 Speaker 1: it in my game. Uh. Moving forward, do you feel 47 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 1: like being able to release easier at the line of 48 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:34,239 Speaker 1: scrimmage for you is helping you use your size a 49 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:38,840 Speaker 1: little bit more downfield? Yeah? Definitely, definitely, definitely up thanks 50 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:47,239 Speaker 1: to kil I yep. I wanted to ask you first 51 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 1: of all, with the in stadium stuff, that's the first 52 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:54,639 Speaker 1: time being in there with the sound being pied. I'm 53 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:57,000 Speaker 1: just curious did it affect communication at all or did 54 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:59,680 Speaker 1: you Could you hear everything as clear as you needed to? Um? 55 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:01,720 Speaker 1: You know, they did a good job. Can did a 56 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:04,800 Speaker 1: good job getting the calls to us making sure we 57 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:07,160 Speaker 1: could hear everything. And you know, if it does get 58 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:10,320 Speaker 1: too loud, um, you know we have we have other 59 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:14,760 Speaker 1: other methods to help us work through that. Does it 60 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:17,280 Speaker 1: seem odd to you though, this is the notion of 61 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:20,120 Speaker 1: what we're about to enter with with likely no fans 62 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:24,240 Speaker 1: for very few fans across the league. Yeah, it's it's 63 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:27,840 Speaker 1: it's definitely different. It's definitely, um not gonna be like 64 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 1: a like a regular game day without the fans. We 65 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:33,440 Speaker 1: love having the fans out there, but at the end 66 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:35,000 Speaker 1: of the day, we got to go out there and 67 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:40,760 Speaker 1: take care of business regardless. Next question, Bob, so see 68 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:43,600 Speaker 1: fallow by love and read. Thanks Stacy. Hi, Nikkiel, how 69 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:46,320 Speaker 1: are you good? How are you doing? I'm doing well. 70 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 1: I'm curious how you feel you're developing a rapport with 71 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:51,440 Speaker 1: the different quarterbacks and if some of the work you 72 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:56,480 Speaker 1: did before training camp with the qbs has carried over 73 00:03:56,920 --> 00:04:00,160 Speaker 1: thus far in this camp. Yeah, you know, it's it's 74 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:03,680 Speaker 1: it's important for me to to just try to make 75 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 1: the quarterbacks as comfortable as possible. Um. You know, for me, 76 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:11,720 Speaker 1: it's more of doing my job and and like I said, 77 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:15,040 Speaker 1: just making them feel comfortable, just building the trust and 78 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:17,960 Speaker 1: making sure whoever's in there they have faith in me 79 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:21,640 Speaker 1: and they have faith that I get open and protect them. 80 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:25,800 Speaker 1: With Cam specifically, he's had a history in Carolina of 81 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:29,800 Speaker 1: succeeding with some bigger receivers Calvin Benjamin and Devin Funchis 82 00:04:30,200 --> 00:04:34,040 Speaker 1: is there anything in particular about the relationship between him 83 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:37,400 Speaker 1: and those guys that you've learned and do you feel 84 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:42,000 Speaker 1: that he's a quarterback who could do the same with you? Um, 85 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:44,320 Speaker 1: I don't really know. Too much about what having at Carolina. 86 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:47,440 Speaker 1: I wasn't there, so I can't really comment on that, um, 87 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:50,240 Speaker 1: but I definitely know that moving forward. Like I said, 88 00:04:50,279 --> 00:04:51,560 Speaker 1: you know, I just have to be at the top 89 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:54,200 Speaker 1: of my game just to make sure when I'm out there, 90 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:56,360 Speaker 1: I gotta I gotta perform to the best of my 91 00:04:56,360 --> 00:05:01,320 Speaker 1: ability and and and you know, just just grow with 92 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:08,920 Speaker 1: the quarterbacks. Appreciate, Thank you, thank your next question love 93 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:12,800 Speaker 1: and read Fall by Phil Perry any Kill. Thank you 94 00:05:12,839 --> 00:05:15,480 Speaker 1: for doing this again. Um, just real quick, how did 95 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:18,279 Speaker 1: it feel just to be in the stadium and get 96 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:21,160 Speaker 1: that different feel of the churf underneath your queets and 97 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:24,240 Speaker 1: kind of run around a little bit inside. No, it 98 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:26,920 Speaker 1: felt really good, just just getting back out there, getting 99 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:29,600 Speaker 1: to be in the stadium. It's something I've missed a lot, 100 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:33,840 Speaker 1: and you know, it was good just for us to 101 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:36,720 Speaker 1: be able to get out there and you know, just 102 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:38,840 Speaker 1: kind of simulate what it's like to be in a game, 103 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:43,040 Speaker 1: especially for the rookies. How different is that environment from 104 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:46,080 Speaker 1: the practice field to the stadium, whether it be the 105 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:48,360 Speaker 1: lights or even if with the fake crowd. No, it's 106 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:52,480 Speaker 1: just how different is that environment? You know, it's just 107 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:55,720 Speaker 1: a little bit of a different feels it's not too 108 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:58,560 Speaker 1: much of a difference when you're at practice just because, uh, 109 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:00,720 Speaker 1: you know, we got work to do at the end 110 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:02,480 Speaker 1: of the day, so you can't really get wrapped up 111 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:09,719 Speaker 1: in u where we're practicing or where we are. Next question, 112 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:19,640 Speaker 1: Phil Perry any quiel, I'm I'm curious how much pressure 113 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:24,440 Speaker 1: maybe you're putting on yourself to take that second year leap. 114 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:28,360 Speaker 1: That feels like we talk about a lot Bill belichecking 115 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:32,080 Speaker 1: with others just to help this passing game get to 116 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:34,800 Speaker 1: another level. Do you feel like a lot of that 117 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:39,239 Speaker 1: is on your shoulders. I would use excitement more than pressure, 118 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:41,480 Speaker 1: you know. I'm I'm I'm really looking forward to getting 119 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:44,200 Speaker 1: out there and doing my part to help the team. 120 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:47,560 Speaker 1: You know. I just want to do everything I can 121 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:49,720 Speaker 1: and I want to play to the standards that I 122 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:51,480 Speaker 1: know I could play at. So for me, it's it's 123 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:55,279 Speaker 1: it's more excitement than anything. Just to follow up to Kiel, 124 00:06:55,760 --> 00:06:57,800 Speaker 1: how much did it bother you to have to miss 125 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:00,920 Speaker 1: a little bit of time last week and this those 126 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:04,400 Speaker 1: reps that that are important the semi year, Yeah, it was. 127 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:07,440 Speaker 1: It was. It was definitely tough, just because, um, you know, 128 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:10,840 Speaker 1: we only have what two weeks now to the first game, 129 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:15,120 Speaker 1: so um, that's something that I never want to happen. 130 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:18,640 Speaker 1: But UM, no life, those things at you, so you 131 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:25,440 Speaker 1: gotta adjust. Thanks you kill, Thank you kil. I have 132 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:27,880 Speaker 1: no other questions, so we're done. Thank you very much. 133 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:29,800 Speaker 1: I appreciate y'all.