Speaker 1: Yeah, it's all it's all kind of part of that,
Speaker 1: you know, it's all kind of getting used to the
Speaker 1: routine of a game and everything. And obviously I don't
Speaker 1: know how much I'll play and how it'll all unfold,
Speaker 1: but um, I think we're all just excited to go
Speaker 1: up against somebody else. You see some of the young
Speaker 1: guys finally get that the first live action Um going
Speaker 1: to Lambo. That'll be pretty cool as well. So so
Speaker 1: we're excited for it. Years there's somebody you're lead for
Speaker 1: four Yeah, obviously things are a little different this year,
Speaker 1: but yeah, you don't want to get it. We'll hit
Speaker 1: out there, but just talk about that full speed game action.
Speaker 1: How much that kind of helps ere for you can
Speaker 1: do it for a couple of weeks. Yeah, I'm excited
Speaker 1: for it, you know, I love you know, obviously out
Speaker 1: here we're wearing red jerseys. You can't get hit. So
Speaker 1: um to finally just get that live action, kind of
Speaker 1: get used to it again. Um before week one comes around.
Speaker 1: It'll be good for for me and for everybody. What's
Speaker 1: that yourself? Just a little it was a from a snap.
Speaker 1: We're good, Yeah, yeah, we're good persons speculating you won't
Speaker 1: play off Thursday? Would you rather be there? Do you
Speaker 1: think you're good? Have seen this trend out? Were more
Speaker 1: of the top quarterbacks maybe, don't lady for Yeah, I
Speaker 1: guess I don't really know. Obviously I'm new to this,
Speaker 1: but um, I want to play, you know, obviously I
Speaker 1: want to play. So that'll be the coach's decision is
Speaker 1: how much and everything. But I'm excited just to finally
Speaker 1: get out there, to go to Lambeau, UM and have
Speaker 1: some live some live action. You give us the preseason
Speaker 1: pretty much all appreciated the last year year and you
Speaker 1: had you know, he came in. It's almost like you
Speaker 1: didn't miss the pre season. How much of these games
Speaker 1: drew to me? I think they're They're a big part
Speaker 1: of just development, you know. I think obviously last year
Speaker 1: UM as rookies, you know, to finally get that live action,
Speaker 1: get some kind of NFL opportunities. Um, I think it's big.
Speaker 1: Obviously I missed a lot of it last year. But
Speaker 1: I'm just for everybody to kind of get back in
Speaker 1: the swing of things, get used to the contact, get
Speaker 1: used to the routine, like we talked about earlier. UM,
Speaker 1: I think it's it's just a big part of it.
Speaker 1: Your offensive line is when you gethers the fall, the
Speaker 1: summer out right into the games of change with random
Speaker 1: and however, I think the good thing about what we
Speaker 1: did this offseason we got some depth. You know, we
Speaker 1: us some depth upfront, and so um, whoever it is
Speaker 1: that'll step up on on Thursday nights, you know, I
Speaker 1: know they'll be ready, and I know we're confident who
Speaker 1: can step up. And I think we're also confident that
Speaker 1: Brandon will be ready um in time. Up Well, Brett
Speaker 1: far Fan, what do you anticipate a feeling up playing
Speaker 1: a Lambo field that I'm excited for it. You know,
Speaker 1: obviously I grew up a far Fan, followed the Vikings
Speaker 1: a lot and never been to Lambo. So um, it'll
Speaker 1: be cool, a cool atmosphere. Um. You know for some
Speaker 1: of these rookies, it's we're talking to Dan Evans like, Hey,
Speaker 1: your first ever game action you're gonna be a Lambo field.
Speaker 1: That's pretty cool. So I'm excited to go up there
Speaker 1: and check it out as well. The closest you're getting
Speaker 1: the North Dakota all season or are you having family
Speaker 1: and friends come out for these people? I don't think so.
Speaker 1: I don't think so. Most of them full fly out
Speaker 1: for most of these home games and stuff, and uh yeah,
Speaker 1: I don't think we'll have many family and friends there
Speaker 1: feeling out in process. Anytime you have a new coach,
Speaker 1: I'm curious now that you're a year in with what
Speaker 1: you found. Um, you know, how it's been with him,
Speaker 1: and what you found sticks out most about It's been great.
Speaker 1: You know. I think the biggest thing is he's a
Speaker 1: player's coach. You know, you want to play for him. Um.
Speaker 1: He understands from our position, you know, obviously as a quarterback,
Speaker 1: which just as a player. You know, he was a
Speaker 1: former player, so he's been through it. Um, so he
Speaker 1: knows when to to kind of crank it up, when
Speaker 1: to tone it back. Um. And so he's he's definitely
Speaker 1: a player's coach. And then him and I, Um, I
Speaker 1: mean we meet up all the time and just talk
Speaker 1: about plays, concepts, different things, and um, we just have
Speaker 1: a really good relationship that's just been growing, you know
Speaker 1: ever since last year. How import is that to you? Yeah,
Speaker 1: definitely there's some you know, obviously there's a little give
Speaker 1: and take with that. Um, just like with any any
Speaker 1: quarterback any coach. So, um, that's definitely something that we're
Speaker 1: continually working through, talking through and where where is the
Speaker 1: right time to kind of take that freedom when when
Speaker 1: is it all right just just run the play that's
Speaker 1: called and no one when to when to take your
Speaker 1: chances and stuff. So um, but it's been good. We've
Speaker 1: been on the same page for the most part today
Speaker 1: with el Sean on the field behind us, and also
Speaker 1: we saw Nelson enjoying on the field to see how
Speaker 1: about the fighters were good. Yeah, these guys look good.
Speaker 1: You know, they look good. Um, I know we talked
Speaker 1: about it last week with just the competition, competition that
Speaker 1: you know, bringing in Alshan and Tory Um, coach grow
Speaker 1: has done a great job really um igniting some competition
Speaker 1: there as well. So um, bringing in those veteran guys
Speaker 1: has really just ignited everybody to just compete their tails
Speaker 1: off and and everyone realizes nothing's guaranteed. You got to
Speaker 1: earn it. And so the competition has been great and
Speaker 1: everybody's gotten gotten better from it. Is your warm up stretching,
Speaker 1: stretching your team than what you previously did. Um, it's different,
Speaker 1: but I mean I always had a warm up I
Speaker 1: always took you know, ten fifteen minutes before I ever
Speaker 1: threw um. It's kind of just something I've always done.
Speaker 1: You seek more stretch, stretching so you don't have to
Speaker 1: throw because it simulates throwing UM said um, I get.
Speaker 1: The biggest thing is just a lot of people think
Speaker 1: you you warm up by throwing. You know, you got
Speaker 1: to warm up your your shoulder, your elbow, everything before
Speaker 1: you throw. UM. You know, hopefully be playing this game
Speaker 1: for a long time, so I'm gonna do everything I
Speaker 1: can do to keep my arm um in good shape
Speaker 1: all the time. It seems like a lot of the
Speaker 1: quarterbacks that haven't taken that approach, it's like when they're
Speaker 1: a little older. Do you think there'll be an added
Speaker 1: benefit the fact that you're doing it now at the
Speaker 1: age of twelve twenty four? I hope, so hopefully that's
Speaker 1: kind of the goal for sure. Every season last year
Speaker 1: before the injury had a different context for you than
Speaker 1: it does this year. So so in in these three
Speaker 1: games you'll play, what do you hope to get out
Speaker 1: of a little bit? I think just get out there
Speaker 1: with with the kind of new faces in the huddle,
Speaker 1: you know, some different guys and UM just get used
Speaker 1: to each other and get us to these game game situations.
Speaker 1: I think situational football is a big part of UM
Speaker 1: just a big part of the NFL, you know, and
Speaker 1: being smart and in those situations. So I think that'll
Speaker 1: be big for us to get those game like situations,
Speaker 1: UM and kind of just get ready for for Week one.
Speaker 1: La Garrett had its back. Getting used to something as
Speaker 1: simple as to handle it's been good, you know, it's
Speaker 1: been good obviously sometimes turn around and handing it to
Speaker 1: La Garrett and then handing it to Darren UM a
Speaker 1: little different sizes and everything there. But UM, I love
Speaker 1: both those guys and getting La Garrett back obviously when
Speaker 1: when he was away, I'm getting him back. It's been
Speaker 1: good to just kind of get back on the same
Speaker 1: page with him. Top this quarterback and you've been up
Speaker 1: against the gamp so far. You know, I don't really
Speaker 1: pay a ton of attention to those guys, UM specifically.
Speaker 1: You know, I'm just really focused on our receivers and everything.
Speaker 1: So I'm not going to really go in depth on
Speaker 1: that obviously breath that I haven't followed it too much, honestly, UM,
Speaker 1: I know there's a lot out there and um, I
Speaker 1: try to not think about it too much and just
Speaker 1: just play this game. And UM, yeah, I don't. I
Speaker 1: don't have a ton to comment on that. He's he's
Speaker 1: a live pass rush And is that beneficial for you
Speaker 1: after after two weeks in the right jersey or is
Speaker 1: it a concern because of fat risk? No, I don't
Speaker 1: think it's a concern. You know, if you're scared to
Speaker 1: get hurt, you wouldn't play this game, you know, ultimately,
Speaker 1: But I think the live pass rush will be good, Um,
Speaker 1: to go out there and start feeling some things. You know. Obviously,
Speaker 1: in practice you try and make a game like you
Speaker 1: try and react in the way you would, but um,
Speaker 1: when when your live things are a little different. So
Speaker 1: I think it'll be good for me. How would you
Speaker 1: valuate we're kind of done the training camp, or at
Speaker 1: least up to the three prec how would you valuate
Speaker 1: how you performed over the last time. I thought it
Speaker 1: was okay, you know, I thought, um, just as an
Speaker 1: offense as a whole. I thought we'd you know, every day,
Speaker 1: one day we were up here, next day we're kind
Speaker 1: of down here. Um, that's kind of training camp, that's
Speaker 1: kind of how it is, and I would say myself
Speaker 1: personally was I was kind of similar, you know, and
Speaker 1: you want to be consistent, but that's training camp to
Speaker 1: some extent. So um, overall, I thought we we got
Speaker 1: better throughout camp. And obviously we're not done yet either.
Speaker 1: We still got a couple more weeks. Um, but you know,
Speaker 1: I think I think we've done some good things. I
Speaker 1: think it's going to call out of vand today one
Speaker 1: on one coverages to test the cornerbacks is the equivalent
Speaker 1: for for the offense where you can kind of book
Speaker 1: outs in situations to test that. Um, I guess I
Speaker 1: don't know. You might have to ask coach Peterson that one,
Speaker 1: but um, maybe to some extent, but um, yeah, I
Speaker 1: don't know. We thought able to focus on professional football
Speaker 1: expose of what you're going through last year. Did you adjust, um,
Speaker 1: the way that you trained at all? And haven't found
Speaker 1: any benefits as a result A little bit, you know,
Speaker 1: a little bit. UM just kind of did some different
Speaker 1: things in the weight rooms, some different things um out
Speaker 1: on the field, and I've definitely seen some some benefit
Speaker 1: from that. I feel I feel more refreshed, you know.
Speaker 1: I was I was smart with taking the time off,
Speaker 1: you know, doing extra recovery things and those types of things. Um,
Speaker 1: and so just taking some different approaches. You know, I
Speaker 1: sought out a lot of guidance from from older guys,
Speaker 1: from kind of everybody in the business, from my agents,
Speaker 1: from people in my agency to kind of just find
Speaker 1: the best thing that would be best for me. Um
Speaker 1: individualized for me as far as workouts and everything. So
Speaker 1: I definitely feel like it helped them as receiver kind
Speaker 1: of think. Yeah. I mean having a guy like Darren
Speaker 1: Um just creates a lot of mismatches. You know, we
Speaker 1: saw it last year over and over again. We'd flex
Speaker 1: him out in an empty set and he'd be on
Speaker 1: a I'm backer. You know, that's a mismatch. Will take
Speaker 1: that all day long. And I think pump Frey can
Speaker 1: do very similar things. You know, he's a very natural
Speaker 1: pass catcher can Um. Obviously he's been hurting a little
Speaker 1: bit so unfortunately he's missed some reps. But um, yeah,
Speaker 1: I think he can create some mismatches similar to Darren
Speaker 1: just you want him getting before last year, but him
Speaker 1: preting getting the other receivers. Guy walking toward Yeah, Jame
Speaker 1: has been great, you know, obviously missing some time in
Speaker 1: the spring a little bit. Um was tough tough on him.
Speaker 1: You know, he wanted to be out there competing, because
Speaker 1: that's the kind of guy he is. But he's been great.
Speaker 1: You know, I love that guy, and UM, he's definitely
Speaker 1: back out here competing his tail off. And UM, I
Speaker 1: don't want to say he's a leader in there, because
Speaker 1: there's a bunch of leaders in that room, but he's
Speaker 1: a guy that a lot of the younger guys look
Speaker 1: up to and respect, and UM, you know, I just
Speaker 1: love playing with that guy. Right cool, Thanks guys,