1
00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:09,039
Speaker 1: And welcome to the From the Podium Podcast. I'm Jason Gibbs,

2
00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:12,799
Speaker 1: and we've reached the midway point in game week number one,

3
00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:16,080
Speaker 1: itching to get to Huntington Bankfield for the first time

4
00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:20,000
Speaker 1: this season. But first we'll recap installation day here at

5
00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:23,640
Speaker 1: the Cross Country Mortgage Campus in Berea. On today's podcast,

6
00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:27,360
Speaker 1: you'll hear from head coach Kevin Stefanski, quarterback Deshaun Watson,

7
00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:31,480
Speaker 1: offensive tackles Jedrick Wills and Jack Conklin, tight end David

8
00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:36,159
Speaker 1: and Joku, cornerback Denzel Ward, defensive ends Adaria Smith and

9
00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:40,199
Speaker 1: linebacker Jeremiah Owusu Cora mooa. We'll kick things off with

10
00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:44,360
Speaker 1: coach Stefanski, who provided insight on the planet tackle and

11
00:00:44,479 --> 00:00:47,360
Speaker 1: plenty more ahead of Sunday showdown with the Dallas Cowboys.

12
00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:51,360
Speaker 2: Okay, great challenge this week at home against the defending

13
00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:55,520
Speaker 2: NFC's champions. Looking forward to that challenge, looking forward to

14
00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:58,480
Speaker 2: being at home for the home opener. You know how

15
00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:01,480
Speaker 2: important our crowd is to our success at home. It

16
00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:05,760
Speaker 2: was certainly true at moments you just last season. I

17
00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:08,520
Speaker 2: can think about how our team feeds off the energy

18
00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:11,479
Speaker 2: of our crowd. I can think about how miserable our

19
00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:15,199
Speaker 2: crowd can make it for the opposing offense. They've done unbelievable.

20
00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:17,520
Speaker 2: So excited to be at home for this one. But

21
00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:21,319
Speaker 2: looking at this game, like I mentioned, the defending champs

22
00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:24,480
Speaker 2: of the NFC is really good football team. They have

23
00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:28,480
Speaker 2: talent up and down the roster, outstanding coaches, coach McCarthy

24
00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:32,880
Speaker 2: does a great job with that team. Certainly offensively as

25
00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:34,959
Speaker 2: you look at them, it's Dak Prescott. He is in

26
00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:37,400
Speaker 2: total control of what they do. He does a really

27
00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:41,160
Speaker 2: really good job and all their schemes, makes great decisions,

28
00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:42,600
Speaker 2: very accurate.

29
00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:43,880
Speaker 3: Ceedee Lamb.

30
00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:48,000
Speaker 2: Outstanding player, I think the most targeted wide receiver last year.

31
00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:53,440
Speaker 2: Just a good talent across the board. Defensively, you know,

32
00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:57,920
Speaker 2: starts with Michaeh Parsons. Very good player. I know you

33
00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:02,800
Speaker 2: guys see that tape. He's outstanding, But talent across the board. Uh,

34
00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:05,919
Speaker 2: special teams are sounds so really good players, really good coaches,

35
00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:07,480
Speaker 2: and it's gonna be quite the challenge for us.

36
00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:13,400
Speaker 3: But with that, I'll take any questions practice, Yes, good

37
00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:19,840
Speaker 3: chance he plays something. Yes, let's get through today.

38
00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:25,480
Speaker 4: Have jed back after all this time and we've been

39
00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:26,680
Speaker 4: asking about him every single day.

40
00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:28,320
Speaker 5: So now you've got Jed, You've.

41
00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:31,720
Speaker 2: Got Jack, and yeah, I think, as you know, with

42
00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:35,880
Speaker 2: any injuries, you're always just leaning on the medical staff

43
00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:37,079
Speaker 2: and when when they're ready, they're ready.

44
00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:38,840
Speaker 3: And that's kind of how we've approached it.

45
00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:44,120
Speaker 6: I'm Jed Kevin when when he was first injured and

46
00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:48,080
Speaker 6: you expected him to be back before last season ended.

47
00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:53,520
Speaker 2: So yeah, I kind of mentioned it the other day, Jeff.

48
00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:56,639
Speaker 2: I think every injury is different. Every injury if to

49
00:02:56,720 --> 00:02:59,520
Speaker 2: treat as as it comes up and as a guy

50
00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:03,320
Speaker 2: goes through. Jeed has worked very, very very hard throughout

51
00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:06,840
Speaker 2: this entire rehab. He wants to be out there. You

52
00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:09,399
Speaker 2: just have to make sure that you're taking every day

53
00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:11,760
Speaker 2: and taking in the information and how he's feeling those

54
00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:13,519
Speaker 2: type of things. But he's working very hard and wants

55
00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:15,200
Speaker 2: to be out there, and we'll be out there today.

56
00:03:15,919 --> 00:03:18,520
Speaker 7: So today is the first day you've got everybody practice

57
00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:21,880
Speaker 7: in first day of the work week of the new season.

58
00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:23,799
Speaker 8: So would you say your.

59
00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:27,120
Speaker 9: Your management of training camp did exactly what you wanted.

60
00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:30,239
Speaker 3: I wouldn't put it that way, Tony.

61
00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:32,399
Speaker 2: I just think you know, some of these injuries, this

62
00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:34,880
Speaker 2: is the natural time of when they were coming back.

63
00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:37,360
Speaker 2: I mean, think about Greg Newsom. I get a text

64
00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:40,640
Speaker 2: in the summertime that he needs surgery and his hamstring,

65
00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:44,120
Speaker 2: and just naturally this is the timeframe of when he's back.

66
00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:46,600
Speaker 2: So I think it's really just based on think about

67
00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:49,520
Speaker 2: dal and having surgery back in July. It's just really

68
00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:54,040
Speaker 2: based on where these guys were in their injury rehabs.

69
00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:58,760
Speaker 10: For you, I have that defensive front complimented skill set.

70
00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:01,200
Speaker 10: How have you seen the cow Boys defense? Are front

71
00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:03,600
Speaker 10: really compliment Michael Parsons?

72
00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:06,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it's a good front across the board.

73
00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:08,880
Speaker 2: Like you mentioned, he's he can line up anywhere, he

74
00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:13,000
Speaker 2: can line up on the edge, interior, linebacker. Really, there's

75
00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:15,000
Speaker 2: no shortage of things that they can do with him.

76
00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:18,120
Speaker 2: And then there's talented players across from number nineties as

77
00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:21,159
Speaker 2: good as there is, I mean, heavy hands, disruptive guys

78
00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:21,640
Speaker 2: in the middle.

79
00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:24,640
Speaker 3: So it's a really tough group. But again, he can

80
00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:25,280
Speaker 3: line up all over.

81
00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:29,600
Speaker 11: His role to change given the new system.

82
00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:30,880
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think it's a good question.

83
00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:33,080
Speaker 2: I don't think anybody or we don't know obviously, I

84
00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:36,280
Speaker 2: know they know, but I think every team in Week

85
00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:38,159
Speaker 2: one you go into it trying to have a feel

86
00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:40,920
Speaker 2: for where they may line guys up, what type of

87
00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:44,760
Speaker 2: scheme are they gonna run. Obviously Coach Zimmer's an outstanding

88
00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:48,400
Speaker 2: defensive mind. To say we know exactly what they're gonna do,

89
00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:51,320
Speaker 2: I don't think is fair. You know, you obviously study

90
00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:53,720
Speaker 2: what they've done in the past, both in Dallas and

91
00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:58,000
Speaker 2: what coach did in Minnesota. But schemes change, schemes evolved,

92
00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:00,960
Speaker 2: so exactly how it looks we are just like a

93
00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:01,840
Speaker 2: lot of teams in week one.

94
00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:03,159
Speaker 3: You're gonna figure it out on Sunday.

95
00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:06,599
Speaker 12: Very complimentary to Shawn in terms of just the work

96
00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:08,359
Speaker 12: that he's put in to get him back to this point.

97
00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:10,960
Speaker 12: Was there any was there a juncture, Was there a play?

98
00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:13,479
Speaker 12: Was there anything he said that may have, you know,

99
00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:15,640
Speaker 12: kind of eased any concerns you may have had about

100
00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:17,480
Speaker 12: him getting back to who he is.

101
00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:19,240
Speaker 3: I wouldn't say so, Tom.

102
00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:23,280
Speaker 2: I just think I've had total trust both in him

103
00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:27,120
Speaker 2: and in our medical team to every step along the

104
00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:31,159
Speaker 2: way getting him back, So rehabbing through that injury, just

105
00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:33,720
Speaker 2: watching him work in the training room and watch him

106
00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:37,040
Speaker 2: throw in the indoor, get him back out there to practice.

107
00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:39,760
Speaker 2: I think he's just taking it every step by step

108
00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:41,240
Speaker 2: in and done a nice job with it to this

109
00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:44,600
Speaker 2: point where I just feel very confident in where he is.

110
00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:50,040
Speaker 5: But Tyler Gut and the left tackle for them, what

111
00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:52,800
Speaker 5: what do you seen on film of him? What do

112
00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:56,280
Speaker 5: you know? How is he seemed to adjust at least

113
00:05:56,320 --> 00:06:01,039
Speaker 5: in the very small sample size to to the NFL

114
00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:03,919
Speaker 5: level And how much of a matchup advantage can that

115
00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:04,760
Speaker 5: be for you guys?

116
00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:06,240
Speaker 3: You know Miles going against world.

117
00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:09,560
Speaker 2: Well, I think with any young player are young players,

118
00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:13,240
Speaker 2: they're young players. There's certainly an adjustment period as you

119
00:06:13,279 --> 00:06:15,560
Speaker 2: get into regular season mode, if you will, and those

120
00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:18,000
Speaker 2: type of things. So it remains to be seen. And

121
00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:21,560
Speaker 2: obviously they'll have a plan like every team does going

122
00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:22,799
Speaker 2: into a game for Miles.

123
00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:25,120
Speaker 3: So how that how they do it.

124
00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:27,240
Speaker 2: I'm not exactly sure, like we talked about earlier, but

125
00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:31,359
Speaker 2: we'll certainly have a plane Jack last week, you.

126
00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:33,400
Speaker 10: Know, he told us, as he put it, he had

127
00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:36,080
Speaker 10: the whole shebang on a the AC O, p C, L,

128
00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:39,280
Speaker 10: SCL meniscus all that based.

129
00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:40,720
Speaker 3: On just what you see from him.

130
00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:43,080
Speaker 11: Do you think he's he's ready to go?

131
00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:44,320
Speaker 5: Right to have him?

132
00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:49,880
Speaker 2: Yeah, again, we'll worry about today Wednesday. He's worked very,

133
00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:52,120
Speaker 2: very hard. And I know I've said that, but I've

134
00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:55,560
Speaker 2: seen him in this building at all hours through every

135
00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:59,359
Speaker 2: month here getting his body back ready. I think he

136
00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:01,560
Speaker 2: looks good. But we'll worry about today and see how

137
00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:02,320
Speaker 2: he gets out of today.

138
00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:06,520
Speaker 13: I ask you again about your management of preseason, and

139
00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:11,360
Speaker 13: now that you're here, you're frustrating to fans to not

140
00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:14,360
Speaker 13: see players play and to read about them practice. And

141
00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:17,480
Speaker 13: was it frustrating to you and the coach extap or

142
00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:19,080
Speaker 13: did you know it would end up like this all

143
00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:19,400
Speaker 13: the long?

144
00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:20,000
Speaker 3: Yeah?

145
00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:22,960
Speaker 2: I think, honestly, Tony it So it's case by case.

146
00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:26,160
Speaker 2: You look at each player, whether they're coming off of

147
00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:28,640
Speaker 2: an injury, maybe not coming off of an injury, and

148
00:07:28,640 --> 00:07:31,240
Speaker 2: you're trying to prepare them for a seventeen game season,

149
00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:34,680
Speaker 2: and if you earn more and more, so that goes

150
00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:38,640
Speaker 2: into every decision we make in how we practice, how

151
00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:43,600
Speaker 2: we structure practice, how we maybe limit guys in certain practices.

152
00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:46,880
Speaker 2: All those factors go into making decisions based on each

153
00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:49,239
Speaker 2: individual player, zero.

154
00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:50,520
Speaker 11: Film anywhere of this offense.

155
00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:52,240
Speaker 8: Do you consider that an advantage?

156
00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:55,520
Speaker 2: I think it goes back to the previous point about

157
00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:59,760
Speaker 2: their defense, and this is true of a lot of teams.

158
00:07:59,880 --> 00:08:02,280
Speaker 2: Lot of different sides of the ball in the NFL.

159
00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:07,400
Speaker 2: Week one is a feeling out period, certainly as you

160
00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:11,680
Speaker 2: see a new scheme on tape. Now we go into

161
00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:13,480
Speaker 2: it thinking certain things about how we're going to play.

162
00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:15,840
Speaker 2: I know they're doing the same, but exactly how it

163
00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:18,320
Speaker 2: all looks in Week one? I think it is an unknown.

164
00:08:18,640 --> 00:08:19,320
Speaker 8: Right at the time.

165
00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:21,480
Speaker 14: But now that it's kind of gone away, do you

166
00:08:21,520 --> 00:08:24,920
Speaker 14: think at Mari's name being mentioned in those trade reports

167
00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:26,720
Speaker 14: bothered him or affected him at all?

168
00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:27,200
Speaker 3: Yeah?

169
00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:29,160
Speaker 2: I don't, As you know, I don't get wrapped up

170
00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:31,040
Speaker 2: in reports, so I don't know.

171
00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:34,080
Speaker 14: I mean, how have you seen him throughout training camps?

172
00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:38,360
Speaker 2: Look the same amount we've talked about Amri over the

173
00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:39,440
Speaker 2: years and over the months.

174
00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:40,880
Speaker 3: I mean, he's about his business.

175
00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:44,120
Speaker 15: This receiving corp hasn't gotten a ton of reps together

176
00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:47,440
Speaker 15: during his camps. How confident are you that they're going

177
00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:49,120
Speaker 15: to be able to mash come Week one.

178
00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:50,079
Speaker 3: Against the kind of list.

179
00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:53,880
Speaker 2: I feel confident in our team. I feel confident in

180
00:08:54,440 --> 00:08:57,280
Speaker 2: really all those positions and getting all their work done

181
00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:00,560
Speaker 2: to get ready for a Week one. Kind of to

182
00:09:00,559 --> 00:09:02,480
Speaker 2: Tony's point, you'd love to have everybody out there for

183
00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:06,000
Speaker 2: every practice. That's just not the reality as it is, so,

184
00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:07,720
Speaker 2: but I feel confident in their preparation.

185
00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:12,560
Speaker 4: Two rookies on their offensive line. Is that something that

186
00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:15,240
Speaker 4: you guys are really looking at or do you feel

187
00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:17,440
Speaker 4: like Dak is so good and so experienced that he

188
00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:18,360
Speaker 4: can overcome them.

189
00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:20,800
Speaker 2: Well, they're starting two good players in those rookies. Those

190
00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:23,480
Speaker 2: guys are good players, so they'll have a plan like

191
00:09:23,520 --> 00:09:25,560
Speaker 2: they do. You mentioned the quarterback. Dak does do a

192
00:09:25,679 --> 00:09:27,280
Speaker 2: very good job agetting the ball out of his hand.

193
00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:31,480
Speaker 2: He's difficult to corral. He can extend plays and make

194
00:09:31,480 --> 00:09:34,080
Speaker 2: plays down the field, as we've all seen over the years.

195
00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:36,320
Speaker 2: But they have a good offensive line.

196
00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:40,360
Speaker 9: Those of us who were at the Greenbriers saw you

197
00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:44,160
Speaker 9: practice things that you didn't use in the game, and

198
00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:47,800
Speaker 9: you're probably practicing them now. So how confident are you

199
00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:51,840
Speaker 9: that they could just recall those things that you introduce.

200
00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:52,040
Speaker 8: Back at the Green.

201
00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:55,400
Speaker 2: I think that's part of getting your team ready for

202
00:09:55,559 --> 00:09:59,480
Speaker 2: week one is having confidence in your installation schedule, as

203
00:09:59,480 --> 00:10:03,000
Speaker 2: you put things. But it's not as if you practice

204
00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:06,000
Speaker 2: it once and don't revisit until now, So you practice

205
00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:09,720
Speaker 2: various schemes offensive defensively doesn't really matter you very practiced

206
00:10:09,760 --> 00:10:13,720
Speaker 2: various schemes throughout training camp. You're right in that you

207
00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:16,400
Speaker 2: don't show certain things in the preseason. But to say

208
00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:19,000
Speaker 2: that you're gonna run all those plays in week one,

209
00:10:19,120 --> 00:10:20,880
Speaker 2: that's not really true. It's really that first month of

210
00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:23,959
Speaker 2: this season where you start to unveil really all of it.

211
00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:26,400
Speaker 3: Just hard to get all of it in a given

212
00:10:26,480 --> 00:10:27,199
Speaker 3: in the first week.

213
00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:32,120
Speaker 14: What is about him that makes him as good as

214
00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:34,120
Speaker 14: he is and the way they use him is as

215
00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:36,199
Speaker 14: something that will test all from your cornerback.

216
00:10:36,440 --> 00:10:38,439
Speaker 2: Yeah, he lines up all over, he really They move

217
00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:42,280
Speaker 2: him around the formation, put him in motion, runs all

218
00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:46,440
Speaker 2: the routes in the route tree. Great body control, excellent hands, obviously,

219
00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:47,959
Speaker 2: great speed burst.

220
00:10:48,679 --> 00:10:49,720
Speaker 3: He's outstanding.

221
00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:55,360
Speaker 6: It seems like such your job as all as partly

222
00:10:55,760 --> 00:11:00,480
Speaker 6: wrapped up in managing these guys playing time and rest

223
00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:03,199
Speaker 6: time consuming.

224
00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:07,120
Speaker 2: Is I think it's just part of it, Jeff. Part

225
00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:09,240
Speaker 2: of getting your team, like we mentioned, getting your team

226
00:11:09,280 --> 00:11:12,840
Speaker 2: ready for a seventeen game season is managing each player

227
00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:15,480
Speaker 2: and understanding what they need to get ready for the season.

228
00:11:16,320 --> 00:11:19,120
Speaker 2: We work hard, the guys work very hard on the

229
00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:21,199
Speaker 2: practice field in the weight room, but you got to

230
00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:23,520
Speaker 2: be mindful of each guy and that's just part of

231
00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:24,680
Speaker 2: part of my job.

232
00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:29,320
Speaker 4: Do you feel even though we didn't see very much

233
00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:32,199
Speaker 4: of your skill players together on the build at the

234
00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:34,880
Speaker 4: same time, have you had enough time to get it

235
00:11:34,920 --> 00:11:35,880
Speaker 4: looking like you wanted to do.

236
00:11:36,160 --> 00:11:36,360
Speaker 3: Yeah.

237
00:11:36,520 --> 00:11:38,720
Speaker 2: I have confidence in our group, Mary Kay. I think

238
00:11:39,200 --> 00:11:44,600
Speaker 2: they've worked very hard throughout this entire offseason, preseason, you

239
00:11:44,679 --> 00:11:47,200
Speaker 2: name it. So we feel really confident in that group.

240
00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:48,480
Speaker 3: Okay, thanks you.

241
00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:51,880
Speaker 1: Us Time for QB one Deshaun Watson. He knows this

242
00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:54,720
Speaker 1: season as high of stakes as any, but he's up

243
00:11:54,760 --> 00:12:00,120
Speaker 1: for the challenge that may come his way.

244
00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:01,360
Speaker 4: And it's fine here or Can you just describe your

245
00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:04,480
Speaker 4: emotions of what it feels like to be preparing for

246
00:12:04,520 --> 00:12:05,680
Speaker 4: the Cowboys this week?

247
00:12:07,520 --> 00:12:10,120
Speaker 16: Yeah, I think the emotions is is super high, just

248
00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:12,199
Speaker 16: like everyone else, just you know, getting back for the

249
00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:15,320
Speaker 16: first game, the start of the season, getting out there

250
00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:17,960
Speaker 16: and just you know, letting all the hard work that

251
00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:20,800
Speaker 16: you put in in the off season, you know, show

252
00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:24,200
Speaker 16: on the field, and I think just be back in

253
00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:27,680
Speaker 16: the locker room, just be prepping again. Is uh, you know,

254
00:12:27,920 --> 00:12:31,120
Speaker 16: one of my biggest wins this off season just to

255
00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:34,439
Speaker 16: be able to make it back to Week one and

256
00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:36,600
Speaker 16: be in a position I am to go out there

257
00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:38,480
Speaker 16: and compete Sunday to help this team win.

258
00:12:39,360 --> 00:12:42,480
Speaker 14: Outside the locker room and seeing it in this offense operate.

259
00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:44,680
Speaker 11: So is that an advantage for you guys heading to Sunday.

260
00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:48,679
Speaker 16: Some people can say it is. Some people can say

261
00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:49,080
Speaker 16: it's not.

262
00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:50,360
Speaker 3: For us.

263
00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:52,959
Speaker 16: We gotta go e secute regardless if it's new or

264
00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:55,920
Speaker 16: if it's old. You know, I think Week one is uh,

265
00:12:56,559 --> 00:12:58,760
Speaker 16: you know, every every team has a lot of ideas,

266
00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:00,720
Speaker 16: a lot of different things that they want to put in,

267
00:13:00,800 --> 00:13:02,720
Speaker 16: but at the same time, you don't know what the

268
00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:06,200
Speaker 16: defense is going to do. Also, uh, you know, especially

269
00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:08,400
Speaker 16: with Dallas, so it's kind of a unique deal where

270
00:13:08,440 --> 00:13:10,640
Speaker 16: they have a new defensive coordinator, we have a new

271
00:13:10,720 --> 00:13:14,120
Speaker 16: offensive coordinator, So uh, two new systems going ahead ahead.

272
00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:16,520
Speaker 16: We just kind of gotta figure it out and adjust

273
00:13:16,559 --> 00:13:17,040
Speaker 16: as we go.

274
00:13:17,280 --> 00:13:20,640
Speaker 6: Where you where do you can getverybody's ways?

275
00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:22,360
Speaker 8: Wish the offense the mount.

276
00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:22,960
Speaker 3: Of the students.

277
00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:27,200
Speaker 16: Everyone's super confident. I thank Kevin and Ken did a

278
00:13:27,320 --> 00:13:30,440
Speaker 16: heck of a job this camp of you know, making

279
00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:33,560
Speaker 16: sure we we dial in everything that we're you know,

280
00:13:33,640 --> 00:13:37,720
Speaker 16: super good at everything that we're you know, very efficient

281
00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:40,000
Speaker 16: at and just put out there and then get the

282
00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:43,120
Speaker 16: guys in the right place to you know, make those plays.

283
00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:46,840
Speaker 16: So everyone's super confident in what they're the game plan

284
00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:50,160
Speaker 16: is going in this week. You know, today is day

285
00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:53,480
Speaker 16: two one of that game plan. So you know, we're

286
00:13:53,520 --> 00:13:56,000
Speaker 16: just putting it all in and and just making sure,

287
00:13:56,440 --> 00:13:58,080
Speaker 16: you know, we win. The week before we get out

288
00:13:58,080 --> 00:13:59,640
Speaker 16: there Sunday, out of.

289
00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:03,400
Speaker 15: Are tart of talk about you know, question marks around

290
00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:06,600
Speaker 15: this offense and expectations, and no one really knows what

291
00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:11,000
Speaker 15: this is going to look like this year. What for

292
00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:14,920
Speaker 15: you is your expectation for this offense as you kind

293
00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:16,680
Speaker 15: of like lead wide, just.

294
00:14:16,679 --> 00:14:19,640
Speaker 16: Tell you when we get a time execute, go out there,

295
00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:21,760
Speaker 16: score as many points as we possibly can to help

296
00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:23,920
Speaker 16: this team win. And at the end of the day,

297
00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:26,800
Speaker 16: we have more points than the opponent, and then that's

298
00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:28,560
Speaker 16: the biggest thing. If we can do that each and

299
00:14:28,640 --> 00:14:31,680
Speaker 16: every week, we can you know focus on you know,

300
00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:33,280
Speaker 16: the games down the road.

301
00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:34,640
Speaker 3: Or what we want to be at.

302
00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:36,840
Speaker 16: You know, we have our you know, personal goals and

303
00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:38,960
Speaker 16: obviously we have the big ultimate goal. But at the

304
00:14:39,040 --> 00:14:42,000
Speaker 16: same time, you know, with the new system, with everyone

305
00:14:42,080 --> 00:14:43,960
Speaker 16: trying to you know, gel together, it's a new year.

306
00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:45,320
Speaker 16: We got to take it one week at a time,

307
00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:46,880
Speaker 16: one game at a time, and if we can do

308
00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:51,200
Speaker 16: that and focus on the game plan that Kevin and

309
00:14:51,280 --> 00:14:54,120
Speaker 16: can't put together, then we can go out there and

310
00:14:54,320 --> 00:14:56,760
Speaker 16: be a you know, high power offense that we expect.

311
00:14:57,440 --> 00:14:58,520
Speaker 8: Look back or when you.

312
00:14:58,640 --> 00:15:01,440
Speaker 17: As you look ahead to this this week one game,

313
00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:03,280
Speaker 17: what do you kind of take from the six starts

314
00:15:03,360 --> 00:15:04,360
Speaker 17: that you made last year?

315
00:15:04,360 --> 00:15:06,800
Speaker 18: And I'm saying like I want to continue to do.

316
00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:08,720
Speaker 19: That or something that you know you want to kind

317
00:15:08,720 --> 00:15:10,640
Speaker 19: of leave in the past in terms of your your play.

318
00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:11,720
Speaker 3: On the field and those six starts.

319
00:15:12,600 --> 00:15:14,920
Speaker 16: Honestly, man, I don't even look at those six starts.

320
00:15:15,080 --> 00:15:17,080
Speaker 16: It's a new year. It's a new season, regardless if

321
00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:19,480
Speaker 16: you want MVP or if you didn't play last year,

322
00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:21,760
Speaker 16: it's a new year. Every year is different in the NFL.

323
00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:23,920
Speaker 16: So you can't go out there focusing on what happened

324
00:15:23,960 --> 00:15:26,920
Speaker 16: last year Week two, Week four. You got to focus

325
00:15:27,040 --> 00:15:29,640
Speaker 16: on Week one. And in this system, in this league,

326
00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:31,600
Speaker 16: if you're focusing on last year, then you're gonna get

327
00:15:31,640 --> 00:15:35,280
Speaker 16: left behind. So you know, our main focus, especially mine,

328
00:15:35,320 --> 00:15:38,040
Speaker 16: is focusing on Dallas and what I can do on

329
00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:39,040
Speaker 16: Sunday to help this team.

330
00:15:39,080 --> 00:15:39,240
Speaker 3: Win.

331
00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:42,080
Speaker 4: We looked out, or at least when I looked out

332
00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:45,080
Speaker 4: in practice during training camp and saw you with all

333
00:15:45,120 --> 00:15:47,880
Speaker 4: of your skill players out there at the same time,

334
00:15:47,920 --> 00:15:50,360
Speaker 4: you know, either Jerry was out or Mari or David

335
00:15:50,440 --> 00:15:51,240
Speaker 4: or someone.

336
00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:54,240
Speaker 20: Now that you finally have everybody back, how do you

337
00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:57,280
Speaker 20: feel about how it's coming together? And have you had

338
00:15:57,360 --> 00:16:00,880
Speaker 20: enough time to really you know, time on task pulled

339
00:16:00,920 --> 00:16:02,000
Speaker 20: all together with those guys.

340
00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:04,400
Speaker 16: It's been good to have all those guys out there.

341
00:16:04,520 --> 00:16:07,120
Speaker 16: I mean, each one do a little bit of something

342
00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:09,360
Speaker 16: different with their skill set, but all of them are

343
00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:12,640
Speaker 16: capable of making big plays and just having the whole

344
00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:14,040
Speaker 16: crew out there is definitely fun.

345
00:16:14,040 --> 00:16:14,840
Speaker 8: It's definitely uh.

346
00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:17,640
Speaker 16: You know, we only have one football, so you know,

347
00:16:17,800 --> 00:16:19,800
Speaker 16: as I tell them, the open guys gonna get it first.

348
00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:22,640
Speaker 16: And if if we can all have that approach of

349
00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:25,520
Speaker 16: everyone want to win their route when their comes up

350
00:16:25,560 --> 00:16:28,440
Speaker 16: and win their matchup, then you know, wherever the ball

351
00:16:28,560 --> 00:16:31,000
Speaker 16: finds that that receiver it and is your opportunity to

352
00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:34,880
Speaker 16: make that play. So you know, it's it's super cool,

353
00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:36,760
Speaker 16: and you know, we just got to go out there.

354
00:16:36,840 --> 00:16:38,600
Speaker 16: Like I said before, it's it's week one, so a

355
00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:42,160
Speaker 16: lot of people are trying to adjust, you know, to

356
00:16:42,560 --> 00:16:45,160
Speaker 16: the new systems. Are you know, going out there playing

357
00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:47,640
Speaker 16: in a new year, and I think we got to

358
00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:49,200
Speaker 16: just go out there, take one play at a time

359
00:16:49,240 --> 00:16:50,600
Speaker 16: and let the game come to us.

360
00:16:51,680 --> 00:16:54,080
Speaker 11: Never beat you most of this in your career.

361
00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:56,520
Speaker 16: Uh, just being the best I can be, Just being

362
00:16:56,560 --> 00:16:59,680
Speaker 16: the best that Sean Watson can be for myself and

363
00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:02,560
Speaker 16: then for the team. And I think that's that's what

364
00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:04,400
Speaker 16: it is. It's just self motivation.

365
00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:06,040
Speaker 11: Highest level of Clempson.

366
00:17:06,119 --> 00:17:09,000
Speaker 12: Then and then again in the NFL, do you feel

367
00:17:09,040 --> 00:17:11,359
Speaker 12: like you still are among them, you know quarterbacks in

368
00:17:11,359 --> 00:17:11,639
Speaker 12: this leg?

369
00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:15,439
Speaker 16: Of course, no doubt.

370
00:17:15,960 --> 00:17:18,439
Speaker 14: After you since that day where you stopped throwing in

371
00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:20,600
Speaker 14: at one practice and then it came back the next day.

372
00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:22,879
Speaker 14: But did you have any concern when you had the

373
00:17:23,160 --> 00:17:25,399
Speaker 14: what Kevin called soreness in the Europe?

374
00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:29,400
Speaker 16: No, it wasn't even I could have finished the practice,

375
00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:32,359
Speaker 16: but they it was the medical decision where they just

376
00:17:32,359 --> 00:17:34,840
Speaker 16: told me any type of you know, soreness or anything

377
00:17:34,840 --> 00:17:37,840
Speaker 16: you feel in then just you know, we're gonna take

378
00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:40,360
Speaker 16: the high role and and and not you know, try

379
00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:42,960
Speaker 16: to push anything to make anything further. You know, the

380
00:17:43,040 --> 00:17:46,280
Speaker 16: key is to to play seventeen plus games, not not

381
00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:49,200
Speaker 16: finish training camp and and try to be you know,

382
00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:53,159
Speaker 16: superhero at the time. So that was pretty much it.

383
00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:55,720
Speaker 16: But so far I've been been well and just taking

384
00:17:55,760 --> 00:17:56,480
Speaker 16: them one day at a time.

385
00:17:57,200 --> 00:17:59,280
Speaker 8: Limitations on the arm, No, it's.

386
00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:01,120
Speaker 16: Never been any livents.

387
00:18:01,160 --> 00:18:03,359
Speaker 12: We've watched you progress since May and you've been.

388
00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:04,200
Speaker 8: Getting better and better.

389
00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:06,879
Speaker 12: Was there a juncture there where you felt like like

390
00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:09,680
Speaker 12: kind of a crossroads where I gotta make this throw,

391
00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:11,320
Speaker 12: I get to do such and such to know that

392
00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:12,480
Speaker 12: I can get back to who.

393
00:18:12,320 --> 00:18:12,800
Speaker 8: I can be.

394
00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:15,640
Speaker 16: The biggest was in May.

395
00:18:15,680 --> 00:18:16,479
Speaker 3: It was in spring.

396
00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:18,560
Speaker 8: That was my goal.

397
00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:22,200
Speaker 16: You know, when we first had the surgery back in November,

398
00:18:22,920 --> 00:18:24,960
Speaker 16: no one knew exactly where it was gonna, you know,

399
00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:27,680
Speaker 16: lead to. It could have been now as be sitting

400
00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:29,919
Speaker 16: here today, or it could have been you know, a

401
00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:31,640
Speaker 16: whole year, which would have been in November.

402
00:18:32,320 --> 00:18:33,880
Speaker 8: So it was very broad.

403
00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:37,440
Speaker 16: But I challenged myself to get back to this moment

404
00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:39,119
Speaker 16: right now, and I want to make every throw in

405
00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:41,800
Speaker 16: the spring, and I did that. I was able to

406
00:18:41,840 --> 00:18:44,360
Speaker 16: make every throw that doctor Oltrash you know, put out

407
00:18:44,359 --> 00:18:45,960
Speaker 16: there on the table for me, and I was able

408
00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,480
Speaker 16: to do that. Before spring broke, and so going into

409
00:18:48,520 --> 00:18:51,040
Speaker 16: the summer and training camp, you know, everything else was

410
00:18:51,080 --> 00:18:53,280
Speaker 16: just kind of just building the strength and just building

411
00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:54,919
Speaker 16: an endurance with with the shoulder.

412
00:18:55,560 --> 00:18:59,199
Speaker 4: Can you talk about just the excitement it's you know,

413
00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:03,520
Speaker 4: dak Is is starting obviously for the Cowboys. You versus

414
00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:05,800
Speaker 4: dak I know you're not pilling each other, but the

415
00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:10,600
Speaker 4: magnitude of the game uh nationally televised Tom Brady in

416
00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:14,320
Speaker 4: town at home? Uh. Can you just kind of describe

417
00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:16,600
Speaker 4: the emotion and the magnitude of what you're about to

418
00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:17,359
Speaker 4: base on Sunday?

419
00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:18,480
Speaker 3: Uh?

420
00:19:18,560 --> 00:19:20,280
Speaker 16: I mean for me, it's just going out there just

421
00:19:20,280 --> 00:19:23,159
Speaker 16: playing football. I mean all that outside stuff is for

422
00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:25,680
Speaker 16: pretty much for the fans and everybody like that. So

423
00:19:26,119 --> 00:19:27,600
Speaker 16: but for me, it's just going out there and just

424
00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:31,000
Speaker 16: playing football and focusing on how can I execute against

425
00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:35,800
Speaker 16: the Dallas defense. Out the outside noise and outside magnitude stuff.

426
00:19:36,119 --> 00:19:38,159
Speaker 16: I don't get into any of that, So I just

427
00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:40,240
Speaker 16: lock in on my my my duties and what I

428
00:19:40,240 --> 00:19:40,600
Speaker 16: gotta do.

429
00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:43,280
Speaker 4: A shoot If you have to get into a shootout

430
00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:45,880
Speaker 4: with with uh with dak do you feel are you.

431
00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:46,320
Speaker 21: Fucked for that?

432
00:19:46,440 --> 00:19:50,240
Speaker 16: In your I'm up for any challenge, so I'm not

433
00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:51,120
Speaker 16: afraid of anything.

434
00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:55,639
Speaker 22: See you mentioned this all that he thought this was

435
00:19:55,680 --> 00:19:58,800
Speaker 22: an off season where you are all you worked in

436
00:19:58,840 --> 00:19:59,480
Speaker 22: a way.

437
00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:01,160
Speaker 7: That you were more Apparently maybe you've been.

438
00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:02,880
Speaker 22: In a while coming in from like an all season

439
00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:03,560
Speaker 22: into a season.

440
00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:04,800
Speaker 11: Just do you agree with that?

441
00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:08,200
Speaker 22: Maybe what was different about when you attack the Saw season?

442
00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:09,840
Speaker 22: I know the rehab was part of that, but just

443
00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:12,160
Speaker 22: what was different that make that a lot into kinds

444
00:20:12,119 --> 00:20:13,960
Speaker 22: of feel like you're in a really good spot, you

445
00:20:14,080 --> 00:20:15,440
Speaker 22: betther than your bas that you've been beating.

446
00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:18,000
Speaker 16: Yeah, we just locked and went back on the went

447
00:20:18,040 --> 00:20:22,080
Speaker 16: back to the basics, started from scratch. Like you said,

448
00:20:22,119 --> 00:20:25,000
Speaker 16: the injury definitely helped, just because you know, I had

449
00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:28,720
Speaker 16: to start over throwing motion mechanics, taking care of my body,

450
00:20:28,760 --> 00:20:33,120
Speaker 16: eating right, getting with with Billy, getting with doctor Rob Quincy,

451
00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:35,919
Speaker 16: all those guys, and just focusing on, Okay, what do

452
00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:37,800
Speaker 16: I need to do to get back to the elite level,

453
00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:39,800
Speaker 16: and and feeling good each and every week.

454
00:20:40,080 --> 00:20:41,120
Speaker 8: And I think we.

455
00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:44,440
Speaker 16: Really, you know, locked in on on that. We sat

456
00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:46,359
Speaker 16: down together, we put out a plan, and we we

457
00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:49,119
Speaker 16: followed that plan in that process, and you know, I

458
00:20:49,160 --> 00:20:52,719
Speaker 16: feel really really well, I feel you know, very exposive,

459
00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:55,880
Speaker 16: you know, locked in on on my tasks, on on

460
00:20:55,920 --> 00:21:00,440
Speaker 16: the game, endurance, everything. So you know, I'm decided to

461
00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:02,800
Speaker 16: go out there and show what I got on Sunday

462
00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:04,480
Speaker 16: and with all the hard work that I put in.

463
00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:06,000
Speaker 8: So I definitely agree with you.

464
00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:08,760
Speaker 16: We all on the same page, and like I said,

465
00:21:08,920 --> 00:21:10,720
Speaker 16: just really just going back to the bases and start

466
00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:12,720
Speaker 16: from the bottom and just building up from there.

467
00:21:13,359 --> 00:21:16,920
Speaker 15: A lot of uncertainty at the left tackle position. Has

468
00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:19,960
Speaker 15: coach shared a plan with you on you know, who

469
00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:22,040
Speaker 15: is going to be protecting your blind side?

470
00:21:23,240 --> 00:21:25,120
Speaker 16: Yeah, I mean we got a couple of ideas. Of course,

471
00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:28,479
Speaker 16: it can be James, it can be Jack. You know,

472
00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:31,520
Speaker 16: whoever's in is gonna play at a high level. You know,

473
00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:34,120
Speaker 16: I have trusting both of those guys and whoever else

474
00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:37,440
Speaker 16: is is in that rotation. And yeah, we would have

475
00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:39,520
Speaker 16: to see with Sunday who who we roll out there

476
00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:41,680
Speaker 16: with and whoever we roll out there with is gonna

477
00:21:41,680 --> 00:21:43,399
Speaker 16: play at a high level with the other four guys,

478
00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:44,840
Speaker 16: and we're gonna be ready to roll.

479
00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:48,280
Speaker 3: Stally done a guy that that takes a lot of

480
00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:51,080
Speaker 3: hits and has been Your sack numbers in Houston were

481
00:21:51,080 --> 00:21:51,560
Speaker 3: pretty hot.

482
00:21:51,720 --> 00:21:52,560
Speaker 11: Why do you think that is.

483
00:21:54,119 --> 00:21:54,399
Speaker 8: All right.

484
00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:56,320
Speaker 16: I get where you're saying that. I think the SAT

485
00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:59,000
Speaker 16: number was high my first first year, first two years,

486
00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:00,879
Speaker 16: so I guess if you count that outside of that,

487
00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:03,840
Speaker 16: I think the last two years in Houston was wasn't

488
00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:07,000
Speaker 16: as high and then the last two years. I mean,

489
00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:08,560
Speaker 16: it just it comes with the game. It comes with

490
00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:10,400
Speaker 16: part of the game of standing plays. I'm the type

491
00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:12,880
Speaker 16: of quarterback that a stand plays, just like a lot

492
00:22:12,880 --> 00:22:15,920
Speaker 16: of other quarterbacks around the league. And I think that

493
00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:20,600
Speaker 16: my you know, ability to be able to stand plays

494
00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:22,440
Speaker 16: can can be be a shot. So it's the risk

495
00:22:22,520 --> 00:22:25,640
Speaker 16: you take within the offense, and sometimes you just gotta

496
00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:27,679
Speaker 16: pick your spots, and you know, the defense getters and

497
00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:29,840
Speaker 16: sometimes we get the defense well.

498
00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:34,480
Speaker 22: Sack responsibility goes on a quarterback versus an offensive line, Like,

499
00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:35,640
Speaker 22: what's the blame high there?

500
00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:36,960
Speaker 3: What's the blame?

501
00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:41,240
Speaker 16: I mean, as a quarterback, you always take the blame,

502
00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:43,800
Speaker 16: so you know, you pit the blame for me. It's

503
00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:46,280
Speaker 16: one hundred percent quarterback. You know, I don't never put

504
00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:49,280
Speaker 16: the blame on the old line or any of those guys.

505
00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:50,760
Speaker 3: So I gotta get rid of the ball.

506
00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:51,960
Speaker 8: I gotta throw the ball away.

507
00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:54,000
Speaker 16: I gotta make something happen, make the first guy miss

508
00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:57,840
Speaker 16: make a throw or something like that. But yeah, I mean,

509
00:22:58,080 --> 00:23:00,719
Speaker 16: we don't really lock in too much on that. We just,

510
00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:03,040
Speaker 16: like I said, try to execute a play in and

511
00:23:03,119 --> 00:23:05,399
Speaker 16: get the ball out into our skilled guys and let

512
00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:08,200
Speaker 16: them go make place to gore rankings.

513
00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:10,560
Speaker 4: To seawan where I think ESPN has you guys middle

514
00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:13,520
Speaker 4: of the pack. A lot of projections don't have you

515
00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:17,439
Speaker 4: guys making the playoffs this year. We've already talked about

516
00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:20,840
Speaker 4: how your rankings from all the experts are very low.

517
00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:23,119
Speaker 4: So I'm just wondering, how do you feel about the

518
00:23:23,119 --> 00:23:27,760
Speaker 4: whole national world really not buying into the Cleveland Browns

519
00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:30,840
Speaker 4: this seasons as a Super Bowl contender.

520
00:23:31,400 --> 00:23:34,119
Speaker 16: It's found with us, it's perfect. We're just gonna go

521
00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:36,359
Speaker 16: under the radar work. That's all we can do. We

522
00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:39,600
Speaker 16: don't get into all the power rankings and people opinions.

523
00:23:39,640 --> 00:23:44,840
Speaker 16: So it's the NFL. Things change, teams change, rankings change.

524
00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:47,760
Speaker 16: So you know, it's week one. You know, the key

525
00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:50,880
Speaker 16: is to be the best team in Week seventeen. Each

526
00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:52,680
Speaker 16: week you got to get better. And I think that

527
00:23:53,320 --> 00:23:55,639
Speaker 16: the teams that do that, you see them, you know,

528
00:23:55,760 --> 00:23:58,760
Speaker 16: rise to the top and end up in that final game,

529
00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:00,200
Speaker 16: and that's what we got to take.

530
00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:02,120
Speaker 3: That approach, put.

531
00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:03,520
Speaker 6: The outside noise to the side.

532
00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:06,040
Speaker 11: Whether Tom Brady's calling this game, are you are you.

533
00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:07,879
Speaker 5: At all interested to see what you might have to

534
00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:08,879
Speaker 5: say about how you're playing.

535
00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:12,000
Speaker 16: Uh, as far as just like I mean, I won't

536
00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:15,480
Speaker 16: get to see him, I talked to him Friday, but uh,

537
00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:17,760
Speaker 16: of course, I mean I'm always I've always been a

538
00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:20,840
Speaker 16: big fan of Tom Brady since I came into the Lee,

539
00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:22,560
Speaker 16: before I even came into this league, but when I

540
00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:25,639
Speaker 16: came into the league, the relationship that we had, you know,

541
00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:28,440
Speaker 16: through Bill O'Brien and and and uh, you know kind

542
00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:31,680
Speaker 16: of New England Field. We used to uh during training camp,

543
00:24:32,359 --> 00:24:34,840
Speaker 16: have joint practice with those guys, send me this book

544
00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:38,920
Speaker 16: that he wrote, his jersey, all that type of stuff.

545
00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:42,000
Speaker 16: So it's definitely outside of all the outside knows. Yet

546
00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:45,680
Speaker 16: that's the pretty cool thing about it is his first game,

547
00:24:45,840 --> 00:24:47,560
Speaker 16: you know, its been our game, So I think that's

548
00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:49,000
Speaker 16: pretty dope awesome.

549
00:24:50,520 --> 00:24:52,320
Speaker 23: Throughout the off season, the plan that you guys have

550
00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:54,320
Speaker 23: kind of places for your retab in your recovery.

551
00:24:54,600 --> 00:24:56,960
Speaker 11: But I think to this point, as you attended into

552
00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:58,520
Speaker 11: the season, how has that.

553
00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:02,440
Speaker 4: Plan the falls Now that you are, you know, getting into.

554
00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:05,920
Speaker 16: The regular season, we just have to just adjust the schedule,

555
00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:08,399
Speaker 16: but the plan is still the same. Just continue, you

556
00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:11,480
Speaker 16: know at this point going into the season, yes, nine

557
00:25:11,480 --> 00:25:13,160
Speaker 16: to ten months, whatever it is.

558
00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:15,320
Speaker 3: You know, I'm feeling really good.

559
00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:17,560
Speaker 16: But that's the time where you really build that strength

560
00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:19,960
Speaker 16: and you continue to work at it and then you know,

561
00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:22,159
Speaker 16: you get it back even better than it was before.

562
00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:25,439
Speaker 16: And I think that's the key to it. And you know,

563
00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:28,120
Speaker 16: me being disciplined to stand on top of that that rehab,

564
00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:30,480
Speaker 16: in that process and each and every day I'm doing

565
00:25:30,520 --> 00:25:31,400
Speaker 16: something to make you better.

566
00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:31,720
Speaker 13: Good.

567
00:25:32,320 --> 00:25:32,639
Speaker 3: Thank you.

568
00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:36,480
Speaker 1: Up next is tackle Jederick Will's. He spoke on his

569
00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:40,600
Speaker 1: journey through recovery from injury and how he's preparing to

570
00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:42,200
Speaker 1: start the football season.

571
00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:48,800
Speaker 19: But then discovered something and that yeah, the leading you

572
00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:51,560
Speaker 19: having to get a scope later on you And how

573
00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:52,359
Speaker 19: do you feel.

574
00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:56,840
Speaker 18: Like metal It's been a frustrating summer for Yeah, it

575
00:25:56,880 --> 00:25:59,320
Speaker 18: was pretty frustrating, but I mean I'm doing all right mentally.

576
00:26:00,119 --> 00:26:03,160
Speaker 19: It's pretty tough, but you know it's tough and you

577
00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:04,600
Speaker 19: gotta push through yourself there.

578
00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:05,680
Speaker 21: Out have any pactors.

579
00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:09,720
Speaker 11: Do you feel a confident that you did. Just step

580
00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:13,080
Speaker 11: right in there and start like you didn't before the injury.

581
00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:15,000
Speaker 19: Oh no, I won't be st I'm not starting this

582
00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:16,640
Speaker 19: uh this week. I'm just going out there for Indian

583
00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:18,560
Speaker 19: just seeing how it feels and get back into things.

584
00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:21,480
Speaker 24: They talk about mental reps, you know, with the new

585
00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:23,960
Speaker 24: offense and everything, you know, this will be your first

586
00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:28,000
Speaker 24: reps on the field, and how much do you feel

587
00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:31,080
Speaker 24: like you benefited from what you know, from just seeing

588
00:26:31,240 --> 00:26:33,520
Speaker 24: you know, being in the media room watching you know,

589
00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:34,560
Speaker 24: watching it out.

590
00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:36,399
Speaker 19: There on the field or yeah, whenever you I mean

591
00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:38,520
Speaker 19: whenever you can't practice, make mental reps or everything. So,

592
00:26:39,440 --> 00:26:41,159
Speaker 19: I mean it's it was a little transition like it

593
00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:42,960
Speaker 19: was new, you know, not being able to go through

594
00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:44,960
Speaker 19: camp and practice and stuff like that. But I don't

595
00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:47,040
Speaker 19: feel like I've been left behind. It down for a

596
00:26:47,080 --> 00:26:47,560
Speaker 19: purpose farm.

597
00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:50,160
Speaker 9: So there were times where you played through high ankle

598
00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:54,879
Speaker 9: springs you tried and turn out to make it worse.

599
00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:59,440
Speaker 18: Yeah, there are some people who think, uh, gort side

600
00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:00,879
Speaker 18: Shire being in their.

601
00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:03,440
Speaker 8: Practice and dude, do you hear that? Do you care?

602
00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:05,600
Speaker 8: I don't care at all.

603
00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:07,399
Speaker 19: I'm not gonna be honest, I don't really care a

604
00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:10,600
Speaker 19: question whether you wanna play and all that. Yeah, I mean,

605
00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:13,520
Speaker 19: everybody's gonna have their own opinion. It's just thing that

606
00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:15,320
Speaker 19: you hear with every If it was easy, everybody would

607
00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:17,040
Speaker 19: do it. I mean, I'm sure everybody's heard that before.

608
00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:20,080
Speaker 8: What it is.

609
00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:21,560
Speaker 18: I mean, if it was tough, if it was easy,

610
00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:23,239
Speaker 18: everybody would do it. But it's tough. That's really why

611
00:27:23,280 --> 00:27:24,040
Speaker 18: I'm doing anything for me.

612
00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:25,880
Speaker 25: Have you grown in that way a little bit since

613
00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:27,480
Speaker 25: you've gotten pros pline you guys.

614
00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:28,720
Speaker 8: Like, yeah, see, you guys.

615
00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:30,240
Speaker 18: Are just never mis Yeah.

616
00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:32,800
Speaker 19: I mean it's unfortunate when you have an injury like

617
00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:34,360
Speaker 19: that where you can't control what happens.

618
00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:35,240
Speaker 8: Uh.

619
00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:36,520
Speaker 19: But as old line, you kind of have to push

620
00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:38,000
Speaker 19: the injury. It's not like any of the position group

621
00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:39,600
Speaker 19: where you can sub somebody in for a couple of

622
00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:41,320
Speaker 19: players and then you know what I mean, or for

623
00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:44,520
Speaker 19: a game. So, uh, chemistry is everything, and uh, sometimes

624
00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:45,840
Speaker 19: you gotta play the injury and that's just how it.

625
00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:46,320
Speaker 8: Happens, you know.

626
00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:48,120
Speaker 11: Do you send me to that again? Did you say

627
00:27:48,280 --> 00:27:50,720
Speaker 11: originally you were not gonna a need surgery.

628
00:27:51,119 --> 00:27:53,040
Speaker 19: Yeah, originally I was not gonna be surgery. It's gonna

629
00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:57,280
Speaker 19: be rehabed. I don't remember this that timeline. But at

630
00:27:57,280 --> 00:28:00,359
Speaker 19: first I wasn't gonna have surgery. And then later on

631
00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:02,520
Speaker 19: they found it out that they need to scope in

632
00:28:02,520 --> 00:28:04,640
Speaker 19: an MC al or was it more than an MC

633
00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:05,800
Speaker 19: It was more than NCL.

634
00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:08,240
Speaker 8: Yeah, yeah, but what's scope?

635
00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:10,200
Speaker 18: Yeah, it's the scope that end up getting December.

636
00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:13,800
Speaker 5: Yet you said you you don't expect to start on Sunday.

637
00:28:14,119 --> 00:28:16,000
Speaker 5: Do you expect to play at all? Or is that

638
00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:20,760
Speaker 5: in the air. Yeah, that's kind of up in the air. Really,

639
00:28:20,840 --> 00:28:22,359
Speaker 5: is just trying to get through today, see what I

640
00:28:22,359 --> 00:28:24,399
Speaker 5: can do, and move forward from there with anything.

641
00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:27,879
Speaker 17: So, so, if it's Jack replacing you on some day,

642
00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:29,159
Speaker 17: how do you think they'll hold up kind.

643
00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:30,080
Speaker 18: Of out for the last Uh?

644
00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:31,520
Speaker 19: I think he'll do good. I mean he took some

645
00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:33,000
Speaker 19: reps in their practice. From what I saw, he was

646
00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:36,280
Speaker 19: perfectly fine. I know he's playing left tackle before in

647
00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:36,800
Speaker 19: the past.

648
00:28:37,119 --> 00:28:38,920
Speaker 18: Uh So I think I think.

649
00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:39,160
Speaker 8: You do right.

650
00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:42,880
Speaker 7: So you're in starting your fifth year as left tackle.

651
00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:45,920
Speaker 11: If there's a new position and you think of this team.

652
00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:49,080
Speaker 18: Do you feel totally comfortable now in that position after

653
00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:49,680
Speaker 18: four years?

654
00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:52,400
Speaker 19: Yeah, I mean eventually it becomes second nature, but at

655
00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:54,360
Speaker 19: first it was it was a little bit foreign, but

656
00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:55,640
Speaker 19: it's definitely gotten easier.

657
00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:56,920
Speaker 11: To yeah good.

658
00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:02,160
Speaker 1: From one tackle to another. Jack Conklin also spoke with

659
00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:04,560
Speaker 1: the media today regarding his off season comeback.

660
00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:06,720
Speaker 8: What Dallas.

661
00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:09,480
Speaker 5: You know, guy, especially with the guy like Mike, you know,

662
00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:11,120
Speaker 5: how much how much do.

663
00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:13,160
Speaker 8: They move him around? How much? You know, does it

664
00:29:13,320 --> 00:29:15,000
Speaker 8: left versus right? That sort of time?

665
00:29:15,400 --> 00:29:16,680
Speaker 23: You know, only see him all over the places. You

666
00:29:16,680 --> 00:29:18,160
Speaker 23: know he's a great player, and you know they try

667
00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:20,760
Speaker 23: to get him all over the places give everybody problems.

668
00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:23,200
Speaker 18: So you know, you know where they're just gonna prepare.

669
00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:26,000
Speaker 23: You know, it's hard to say about you know he's

670
00:29:26,040 --> 00:29:27,480
Speaker 23: a great player and you give him a lot of credit.

671
00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:29,760
Speaker 6: Given your injury history.

672
00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:31,800
Speaker 11: Does that to make kids said the past? Does to

673
00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:34,240
Speaker 11: get porter three game trust and then get an injury

674
00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:34,520
Speaker 11: like that?

675
00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:40,840
Speaker 23: No, I've done it before, like you said, injury history.

676
00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:44,040
Speaker 18: I have ever been there out there for Do you

677
00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:45,400
Speaker 18: feel comfortable heading into.

678
00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:46,480
Speaker 8: That Sunday play?

679
00:29:46,880 --> 00:29:48,920
Speaker 23: Yeah, I mean taking the day by day, but it's

680
00:29:48,920 --> 00:29:49,760
Speaker 23: feeling better and better.

681
00:29:51,360 --> 00:29:54,480
Speaker 20: Jack, You've been at the football teams just.

682
00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:57,400
Speaker 4: Wondering when you look out at the talent within bounds

683
00:29:57,440 --> 00:29:59,200
Speaker 4: this year, what do you see out there?

684
00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:00,480
Speaker 25: Just in terms of how you guys.

685
00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:02,880
Speaker 18: Oh, I mean, we've down it everywhere.

686
00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:05,280
Speaker 23: It's it's a you know, it's a credit ab coacher

687
00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:08,920
Speaker 23: of the two unbelievable roster. And we got a bunch

688
00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:10,560
Speaker 23: of players that work really hard and you know, want

689
00:30:10,560 --> 00:30:13,240
Speaker 23: to be a great team and great teammates, and you know,

690
00:30:13,240 --> 00:30:15,320
Speaker 23: I'm just excited to see how everything was cold and

691
00:30:15,720 --> 00:30:16,920
Speaker 23: it's very exciting.

692
00:30:17,520 --> 00:30:20,080
Speaker 11: Last week about just stepping in and go out to

693
00:30:20,120 --> 00:30:22,120
Speaker 11: tackle side.

694
00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:24,040
Speaker 23: It's it's not difficult.

695
00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:26,160
Speaker 6: Will that be in a game situation?

696
00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:28,280
Speaker 23: Well, you know it's different, but you know I did

697
00:30:28,320 --> 00:30:30,680
Speaker 23: in college. You know, it's definitely just uh, you know,

698
00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:33,160
Speaker 23: getting the mentality mostly of just verbage. You know, I've

699
00:30:33,280 --> 00:30:35,040
Speaker 23: thought of everything one way. It's just flipping it in

700
00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:38,000
Speaker 23: your head. So you know, it's just it's again, it's

701
00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:39,560
Speaker 23: maybe it's just a little second more thought when I

702
00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:41,120
Speaker 23: hear the play, just to make you know, make sure

703
00:30:41,120 --> 00:30:43,800
Speaker 23: I'm thinking of it as out of the left hand

704
00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:45,600
Speaker 23: left side compared to a right.

705
00:30:45,480 --> 00:30:47,120
Speaker 18: But that's just what Well, how do you ever go

706
00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:48,640
Speaker 18: back as a rookie to go.

707
00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:50,200
Speaker 23: To the right side the same you know, the same

708
00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:52,680
Speaker 23: type of thing. You know, it's so again, like luckily

709
00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:54,880
Speaker 23: I've had I've done it before, so it's uh.

710
00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:56,120
Speaker 26: That's what it means here.

711
00:30:57,160 --> 00:30:59,560
Speaker 23: Yeah, exactly, it's not it's not as foreign as it

712
00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:03,200
Speaker 23: was to never, you know, never playing right, so recond.

713
00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:04,440
Speaker 12: You get excited about that.

714
00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:07,440
Speaker 17: That's the potential of the you know, a new challenge,

715
00:31:07,440 --> 00:31:08,160
Speaker 17: so to speak.

716
00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:10,640
Speaker 23: And you know you have that interview years definitely, No,

717
00:31:10,760 --> 00:31:12,920
Speaker 23: you know, being able to you know, do both. You know,

718
00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:14,240
Speaker 23: it just helps team and you don't want to be

719
00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:17,080
Speaker 23: able to help the team anyway I can. So you know,

720
00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:18,680
Speaker 23: it's like you said, it's it's a fun thing to

721
00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:20,800
Speaker 23: have the challenge to you know, learn both and be

722
00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:21,240
Speaker 23: able to do it.

723
00:31:21,360 --> 00:31:23,720
Speaker 17: How much plans onday in this in this prime window

724
00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:24,640
Speaker 17: for twenty five?

725
00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:26,640
Speaker 11: You guys are the net you know the game.

726
00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:28,520
Speaker 17: Everybody's you know, got to be watching.

727
00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:31,080
Speaker 11: Tom Brady's gonna be in the boot for the first time.

728
00:31:31,240 --> 00:31:33,600
Speaker 17: Just you know, what's your thoughts on just some of

729
00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:37,240
Speaker 17: the hype and the incitement of before this playing the Cowboy.

730
00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:39,000
Speaker 23: No, you know, it's just it's exciting, you know, it's

731
00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:41,120
Speaker 23: exciting for the city. But have that primetime game for

732
00:31:41,280 --> 00:31:43,120
Speaker 23: twenty five, get back in front of the fans and

733
00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:43,840
Speaker 23: on the lake and.

734
00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:46,120
Speaker 18: Uh, it's gonna be blast.

735
00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:48,120
Speaker 23: You know, we're excited for the opportunity and you know,

736
00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:52,240
Speaker 23: we're very hard for him just being craft. It's just

737
00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:55,720
Speaker 23: Caroline that matters, right, Yeah, that was just excited to

738
00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:57,520
Speaker 23: be back out there and have normal see me playing

739
00:31:57,520 --> 00:32:00,760
Speaker 23: football again in that inside in.

740
00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:02,560
Speaker 27: The class of not being able to practice for you know,

741
00:32:02,640 --> 00:32:03,680
Speaker 27: so long from training camp.

742
00:32:03,760 --> 00:32:06,040
Speaker 23: How much does that allow you to kind of feel

743
00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:06,680
Speaker 23: more confident?

744
00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:09,000
Speaker 19: And that's that switch over to Burbiage and knowing that

745
00:32:09,080 --> 00:32:09,880
Speaker 19: the playbook in the.

746
00:32:09,840 --> 00:32:12,120
Speaker 23: Chambers you know a lot, you know, because you know,

747
00:32:12,520 --> 00:32:14,680
Speaker 23: we talk a lot, especially in football nowadays, the guys

748
00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:16,760
Speaker 23: practices are becoming less and less because they're you know,

749
00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:18,360
Speaker 23: about injuries and stuff. So it's a lot of just

750
00:32:18,360 --> 00:32:20,640
Speaker 23: getting those mental reps and you know that goes along

751
00:32:20,680 --> 00:32:22,640
Speaker 23: ways more than people think.

752
00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:24,920
Speaker 4: Like this new offense is coming together.

753
00:32:25,520 --> 00:32:26,239
Speaker 3: You know, it's great now.

754
00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:29,280
Speaker 23: Everybody's excited and confident and uh, you know, I'm excited

755
00:32:29,320 --> 00:32:30,760
Speaker 23: to get out there and then and show everybody what

756
00:32:30,800 --> 00:32:31,120
Speaker 23: we can do.

757
00:32:31,280 --> 00:32:32,920
Speaker 6: It'll be super explosive.

758
00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:35,960
Speaker 23: I mean, you never know, but you know, you hope.

759
00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:38,200
Speaker 11: So it comes down to us at that point, what.

760
00:32:38,280 --> 00:32:41,160
Speaker 5: Have you seen Delon just the maturation and growth out

761
00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:42,960
Speaker 5: of him from last year to now.

762
00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:45,120
Speaker 23: You know, it's just it's great to see, you know,

763
00:32:45,120 --> 00:32:47,800
Speaker 23: I feel like he's taking a step and understanding. You know,

764
00:32:47,840 --> 00:32:49,600
Speaker 23: it takes a week and week in and week out

765
00:32:49,640 --> 00:32:51,880
Speaker 23: to prepare and everything, and you know, the guy's.

766
00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:54,680
Speaker 1: Lennupround pro Bawl tight end. David Njoku was a key

767
00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:57,920
Speaker 1: part of the Browns offense last year. He's looking forward

768
00:32:58,320 --> 00:32:59,880
Speaker 1: to building on his career.

769
00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:03,360
Speaker 11: Do you feel any differently going into this season, David

770
00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:04,520
Speaker 11: than in.

771
00:33:04,440 --> 00:33:08,880
Speaker 28: The Yeah, every year is different. Uh, the start, the

772
00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:12,959
Speaker 28: excitement that that the jitters, But yeah, we're all very

773
00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:14,080
Speaker 28: excited to get this thing going.

774
00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:16,920
Speaker 8: Hey, David, this.

775
00:33:16,880 --> 00:33:19,640
Speaker 26: Is the first time, uh the whole team is practicing.

776
00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:22,960
Speaker 9: Everybody's healthy beginning of the Dallas week at all.

777
00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:27,520
Speaker 7: What was it frustrating during the course of training.

778
00:33:27,240 --> 00:33:32,000
Speaker 8: Camp not to have everybody out there frustrating? First rating though,

779
00:33:32,120 --> 00:33:33,160
Speaker 8: I don't think it was frustrating.

780
00:33:33,160 --> 00:33:36,000
Speaker 28: I think it gave people the opportunity to, uh compete,

781
00:33:37,280 --> 00:33:39,640
Speaker 28: and yeah, we gotta just you know, play the cards

782
00:33:39,680 --> 00:33:40,239
Speaker 28: that we're dealt with.

783
00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:42,600
Speaker 8: Do you fear the thing that is in.

784
00:33:42,560 --> 00:33:45,160
Speaker 26: The best place I could be right now at the start.

785
00:33:44,960 --> 00:33:49,240
Speaker 8: Of the season, I like to think. So, yeah, what's.

786
00:33:49,040 --> 00:33:49,760
Speaker 6: The next step for you?

787
00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:51,800
Speaker 8: I guess we'll find out.

788
00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:53,960
Speaker 3: Well, I mean, what what have you been?

789
00:33:54,120 --> 00:33:55,520
Speaker 11: What has changed the last couple of years.

790
00:33:55,640 --> 00:33:56,840
Speaker 8: Is you've really taken.

791
00:33:56,600 --> 00:34:00,800
Speaker 28: Those let's say, just the m maturity I guess, you know,

792
00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:03,320
Speaker 28: uh more so not me trying to be great for

793
00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:08,200
Speaker 28: helping my teammates be great as well. So yeah, see

794
00:34:08,239 --> 00:34:14,480
Speaker 28: when we tied to your original Ken Dorsey's fans electric

795
00:34:14,560 --> 00:34:15,200
Speaker 28: this could be.

796
00:34:15,239 --> 00:34:17,720
Speaker 11: So what kind of things will receive different?

797
00:34:19,120 --> 00:34:20,759
Speaker 8: I can't tell, man, you got me have to watch

798
00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:21,560
Speaker 8: the game and find out.

799
00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:25,800
Speaker 11: It will be dramatic, dramatically different.

800
00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:29,319
Speaker 8: We'll see, man, I don't even know. You know, it

801
00:34:29,360 --> 00:34:31,359
Speaker 8: all depends on what we call on game day, you know.

802
00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:34,360
Speaker 28: So, like I said, I'm excited just like you, and

803
00:34:34,400 --> 00:34:35,520
Speaker 28: we're all gonna find out soon.

804
00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:39,200
Speaker 7: But those of us who were at Green Brier probably

805
00:34:39,320 --> 00:34:40,920
Speaker 7: saw a little bit of.

806
00:34:40,880 --> 00:34:43,960
Speaker 8: Everything, a little glimpse exact where everything was in school

807
00:34:44,239 --> 00:34:50,239
Speaker 8: pretty much. So yeah, introduced she said, correct, did you pick?

808
00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:52,879
Speaker 7: Everybody could pick up what you were doing?

809
00:34:52,920 --> 00:34:54,640
Speaker 8: Absolutely absolutely.

810
00:34:55,120 --> 00:34:58,120
Speaker 28: I feel like it's it's uh, it's it's not just

811
00:34:58,160 --> 00:35:00,040
Speaker 28: one dimensional. So you're gonna you gonna expect it a

812
00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:01,160
Speaker 28: lot of things.

813
00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:04,120
Speaker 17: What impact do you think that the relationship you developed

814
00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:07,879
Speaker 17: with Mike Rabel and a lot of that one on

815
00:35:07,880 --> 00:35:12,040
Speaker 17: one coaching that he has given you will have on you,

816
00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:14,759
Speaker 17: not just for this season, but just you.

817
00:35:14,719 --> 00:35:18,000
Speaker 28: Know in your career, maybe a bit more physical. His

818
00:35:18,080 --> 00:35:20,560
Speaker 28: physicality is second to none, you know, because he's a

819
00:35:20,640 --> 00:35:23,200
Speaker 28: very hands on coach. So it was it was awesome

820
00:35:23,840 --> 00:35:26,880
Speaker 28: working with him throughout summer and we just got to

821
00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:28,400
Speaker 28: take it off to this season.

822
00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:30,719
Speaker 11: Is that unique for you to see?

823
00:35:31,800 --> 00:35:31,960
Speaker 8: Yeah?

824
00:35:32,160 --> 00:35:33,560
Speaker 11: Sure, who's a player.

825
00:35:33,640 --> 00:35:37,600
Speaker 28: As hands on? Yeah he's not afraid, but she should

826
00:35:37,640 --> 00:35:39,160
Speaker 28: be afraid sometimes, but he's not afraid.

827
00:35:42,080 --> 00:35:43,360
Speaker 11: Why did you get that cool hat?

828
00:35:43,840 --> 00:35:45,200
Speaker 8: I had it for a while. Man, it is worth

829
00:35:45,239 --> 00:35:48,840
Speaker 8: today like it? Thanks, that's it.

830
00:35:49,600 --> 00:35:52,799
Speaker 1: Thanks to the defensive side of the ball, where Pro

831
00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:55,880
Speaker 1: Bowl quarterback Denzel war discussed how to slow down a

832
00:35:55,920 --> 00:35:57,400
Speaker 1: talented Cowboys offense.

833
00:35:57,640 --> 00:35:59,319
Speaker 25: How does it feel to finally do you hear week

834
00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:01,440
Speaker 25: one and game? Obviously we tald to you last week

835
00:36:01,480 --> 00:36:02,840
Speaker 25: about that.

836
00:36:04,880 --> 00:36:07,120
Speaker 27: Ah, yeah, I'm excited, excited as we want ready to

837
00:36:07,120 --> 00:36:09,040
Speaker 27: get to it, get to the game and uh try

838
00:36:09,040 --> 00:36:10,239
Speaker 27: to find a way to get that first one of

839
00:36:10,239 --> 00:36:10,640
Speaker 27: the season.

840
00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:13,200
Speaker 5: What makes such a quarterback?

841
00:36:13,280 --> 00:36:15,560
Speaker 27: Yeah, he's a special quarterback, able to stretch the ball

842
00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:19,920
Speaker 27: down the field, accurate quarterback on the move, got targets

843
00:36:19,920 --> 00:36:21,520
Speaker 27: that he's able to get the ball to and uh

844
00:36:21,600 --> 00:36:24,440
Speaker 27: they helped make him make a play out there. So, uh,

845
00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:27,840
Speaker 27: talented quarterback and he's gonna bring a challenge that I

846
00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:28,960
Speaker 27: think we're all for what.

847
00:36:29,120 --> 00:36:31,120
Speaker 17: CD lamb just such a weapon for them.

848
00:36:31,160 --> 00:36:32,960
Speaker 14: I know they like to move him around.

849
00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:35,799
Speaker 17: What challenges that presents for you and the.

850
00:36:35,680 --> 00:36:36,680
Speaker 14: Rest of the second area.

851
00:36:36,840 --> 00:36:38,680
Speaker 27: Yeah, he's a receiver that could play in the slot

852
00:36:38,760 --> 00:36:40,600
Speaker 27: or play outside, So like you said, they move him

853
00:36:40,640 --> 00:36:44,319
Speaker 27: around a lot. Great hands, good route runner, and uh

854
00:36:44,400 --> 00:36:45,719
Speaker 27: we know the ball is gonna be going to him.

855
00:36:45,760 --> 00:36:47,560
Speaker 27: That's gonna get him the ball, so it gets targeted

856
00:36:47,560 --> 00:36:48,239
Speaker 27: a lot out there.

857
00:36:48,680 --> 00:36:50,000
Speaker 3: But uh, yeah, he's a great receiver.

858
00:36:50,080 --> 00:36:52,359
Speaker 2: Though, Is this a matchup when you would almost gonna

859
00:36:52,360 --> 00:36:56,480
Speaker 2: travel with him.

860
00:36:54,880 --> 00:36:55,680
Speaker 8: Something wanna do?

861
00:36:55,840 --> 00:36:57,759
Speaker 27: Yeah, I'm I'm always excited to go against the number

862
00:36:57,760 --> 00:37:00,600
Speaker 27: one guys on uh other teams, So I'm looking forward

863
00:37:00,640 --> 00:37:02,480
Speaker 27: to that match up and uh ready for the game.

864
00:37:02,719 --> 00:37:04,840
Speaker 18: Which Cook said, did their res I mean, does that

865
00:37:04,920 --> 00:37:05,600
Speaker 18: receiving for it?

866
00:37:06,520 --> 00:37:09,040
Speaker 5: What I mean what specifically, I mean does he does

867
00:37:09,040 --> 00:37:12,759
Speaker 5: he give to that burd maybe they don't have with.

868
00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:15,480
Speaker 27: With with your c Yeah, he's definitely a faster guy,

869
00:37:15,560 --> 00:37:16,600
Speaker 27: able to stretch the field.

870
00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:18,360
Speaker 11: Like I said, Dak's able to uh shresh.

871
00:37:18,120 --> 00:37:18,799
Speaker 18: The ball down the field.

872
00:37:18,840 --> 00:37:20,280
Speaker 27: He's one of the guys that can run up underneath

873
00:37:20,320 --> 00:37:22,400
Speaker 27: it and go get it. So we definitely gotta keep

874
00:37:22,400 --> 00:37:23,359
Speaker 27: an eye out for him as well.

875
00:37:23,640 --> 00:37:26,080
Speaker 26: The whole team is now able to practice for like

876
00:37:26,080 --> 00:37:32,000
Speaker 26: the first time since three right, fans were frustrated not

877
00:37:32,040 --> 00:37:35,360
Speaker 26: to see the guys playing about him practicing.

878
00:37:35,040 --> 00:37:35,560
Speaker 8: Right, was it?

879
00:37:35,640 --> 00:37:38,400
Speaker 7: Was it a frustrating training camp in that regard.

880
00:37:38,120 --> 00:37:41,080
Speaker 27: For the team or No, not necessarily, but I mean

881
00:37:41,080 --> 00:37:43,720
Speaker 27: we we we we all together now. So the season started,

882
00:37:43,760 --> 00:37:45,719
Speaker 27: you go see us all out there, and uh, we're

883
00:37:45,760 --> 00:37:48,680
Speaker 27: definitely excited to all be back together and uh looking

884
00:37:48,680 --> 00:37:51,360
Speaker 27: forward to everyone being out there. Uh coming week one, it's.

885
00:37:51,239 --> 00:37:54,960
Speaker 11: One hundred more alright, den teal than it was last year.

886
00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:56,520
Speaker 11: After coming off to the season.

887
00:37:56,640 --> 00:37:58,680
Speaker 27: You guys have yeah, I mean we still got we

888
00:37:58,719 --> 00:38:00,680
Speaker 27: got a lot to prove out here. Well, I mean

889
00:38:00,680 --> 00:38:02,440
Speaker 27: we just narrow on our focus though, so we focus

890
00:38:02,520 --> 00:38:04,000
Speaker 27: on week one and trying to find a way to

891
00:38:04,040 --> 00:38:04,399
Speaker 27: get a win.

892
00:38:05,600 --> 00:38:05,920
Speaker 11: Thank you.

893
00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:09,640
Speaker 1: Afterward, it was j Okay who took the stand to

894
00:38:09,680 --> 00:38:12,359
Speaker 1: talk through the approach of the linebacking corps heading into

895
00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:14,160
Speaker 1: Sunday's matchup with Dallas.

896
00:38:14,160 --> 00:38:14,799
Speaker 8: Finally here.

897
00:38:14,920 --> 00:38:16,759
Speaker 26: It seems like it's been a long time coming, this

898
00:38:16,840 --> 00:38:17,680
Speaker 26: first game, doesn't it.

899
00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:19,920
Speaker 29: Yeah, you know, we wait for the great things. You know,

900
00:38:20,080 --> 00:38:22,560
Speaker 29: great things take a while to get here. But we

901
00:38:22,640 --> 00:38:26,399
Speaker 29: are here, we are present, we are active, So it's

902
00:38:26,400 --> 00:38:27,000
Speaker 29: good to be here.

903
00:38:27,320 --> 00:38:27,720
Speaker 11: CEREMONI.

904
00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:30,959
Speaker 17: You guys have a gauntlet of quarterbacks that you're gonna

905
00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:33,680
Speaker 17: face this year. The first one is Dak Prescott. Just

906
00:38:33,760 --> 00:38:37,759
Speaker 17: your thoughts on him and what you expect from him

907
00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:38,680
Speaker 17: on Sunday.

908
00:38:38,880 --> 00:38:41,200
Speaker 29: Oh, well, we expect what he's been what he's been

909
00:38:41,239 --> 00:38:44,560
Speaker 29: doing right, you know. Number one, I believe in completion rate.

910
00:38:45,160 --> 00:38:45,440
Speaker 8: Uh.

911
00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:47,799
Speaker 29: He's a guy that you know, uh knows is one

912
00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:50,480
Speaker 29: of the best quarterbacks against the Blitz. He's a guy

913
00:38:50,480 --> 00:38:53,240
Speaker 29: that has a great i Q, can move his feet,

914
00:38:53,880 --> 00:38:56,680
Speaker 29: you know, does well with check check downs, communicates well

915
00:38:56,719 --> 00:38:59,239
Speaker 29: as an anchor for their offense. And he's been a

916
00:38:59,280 --> 00:39:01,399
Speaker 29: great quarter back for them and we're looking to see

917
00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:02,200
Speaker 29: that great quarterback.

918
00:39:02,320 --> 00:39:05,600
Speaker 11: So when is your let when you just watch it.

919
00:39:05,680 --> 00:39:07,080
Speaker 11: An atmosphere around the opener.

920
00:39:07,320 --> 00:39:09,719
Speaker 17: You know, it's the Cowboys, Tom Brady's gonna be the

921
00:39:10,320 --> 00:39:12,000
Speaker 17: you know, it's really the only.

922
00:39:11,840 --> 00:39:13,759
Speaker 11: Showing town at the time you guys are watch Is

923
00:39:13,760 --> 00:39:15,279
Speaker 11: that kind of excited to think about?

924
00:39:16,239 --> 00:39:18,080
Speaker 29: Yeah, of course, Like, don't let nobody get up here

925
00:39:18,080 --> 00:39:20,439
Speaker 29: and tell you know, they're not. Oh, it's just another game,

926
00:39:20,440 --> 00:39:22,239
Speaker 29: and it's no like it's it's a game that we

927
00:39:22,680 --> 00:39:25,200
Speaker 29: uh holding chairs because it's the next game, right. Uh

928
00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:26,719
Speaker 29: So a lot of the times, you know, when things

929
00:39:26,760 --> 00:39:28,680
Speaker 29: are going on, we try to, of course, try to

930
00:39:28,719 --> 00:39:30,960
Speaker 29: focus on what's present, try to focus on the game plan,

931
00:39:31,320 --> 00:39:33,480
Speaker 29: focus on how we can be closer as a team

932
00:39:33,560 --> 00:39:35,319
Speaker 29: as we're going into this game. But of course we

933
00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:37,719
Speaker 29: hear the noise. Uh, but our task is to block

934
00:39:37,719 --> 00:39:40,080
Speaker 29: out the noise. Of course, we uh know who's gonna

935
00:39:40,080 --> 00:39:40,319
Speaker 29: be there.

936
00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:42,080
Speaker 8: You know, we we we know all of these things.

937
00:39:42,120 --> 00:39:45,000
Speaker 29: But again the mission and and the objective uh is

938
00:39:45,040 --> 00:39:46,080
Speaker 29: to block those things out.

939
00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:46,600
Speaker 6: Uh.

940
00:39:46,640 --> 00:39:49,359
Speaker 8: While a getting focusing on the game plan, as I'm saying, hen.

941
00:39:49,320 --> 00:39:53,480
Speaker 21: When watching film on the Cowboys shaking.

942
00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:56,080
Speaker 11: When did you start watching film on well.

943
00:39:56,080 --> 00:39:58,080
Speaker 29: The off season? Actually, yeah, the off season. I mean

944
00:39:58,120 --> 00:40:00,160
Speaker 29: we have film from last year. We already knew that

945
00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:02,480
Speaker 29: it was our first game, so uh, at least for

946
00:40:02,560 --> 00:40:04,360
Speaker 29: me and my teammates and the linebackers.

947
00:40:04,400 --> 00:40:06,600
Speaker 8: We tried to get bits and pieces on the offseason.

948
00:40:08,040 --> 00:40:11,040
Speaker 7: Tony Pollard and zinc being at the stage of his

949
00:40:11,120 --> 00:40:14,520
Speaker 7: career after Cowboys become one dimensional offensive.

950
00:40:13,880 --> 00:40:16,080
Speaker 29: Like well, I actually think that they, you know, do

951
00:40:16,160 --> 00:40:19,359
Speaker 29: well and and balance out the running the past from

952
00:40:19,360 --> 00:40:21,960
Speaker 29: a standpoint of you know, uh, setting up the pass

953
00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:24,640
Speaker 29: by running or setting up the the pas or setting

954
00:40:24,719 --> 00:40:25,920
Speaker 29: up the run by passing.

955
00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:27,960
Speaker 8: So I think that they have a pretty balanced to offense.

956
00:40:28,160 --> 00:40:30,879
Speaker 25: Ceremike Kevin was talking about with ced Lamb how they

957
00:40:30,920 --> 00:40:33,000
Speaker 25: use him in so many different ways and put him

958
00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:34,960
Speaker 25: in motion all the time. Like what what have you

959
00:40:34,960 --> 00:40:37,440
Speaker 25: guys seen from him on film? And what makes him

960
00:40:37,440 --> 00:40:38,720
Speaker 25: so unique as receiver?

961
00:40:39,040 --> 00:40:40,560
Speaker 8: It's a shifty guy. You know, he can get the

962
00:40:40,600 --> 00:40:44,239
Speaker 8: point A to point Z R real quick. Uh. You

963
00:40:44,280 --> 00:40:45,960
Speaker 8: know he's a guy of course, you know he just got.

964
00:40:45,800 --> 00:40:47,520
Speaker 29: Paid so and you see the value that they have

965
00:40:48,120 --> 00:40:50,520
Speaker 29: especially you know and when you in that contract says

966
00:40:50,560 --> 00:40:53,400
Speaker 29: they evaluing everything. So if you're getting that type of money, uh,

967
00:40:53,480 --> 00:40:55,359
Speaker 29: you know you are a player that you know, they

968
00:40:55,400 --> 00:40:58,000
Speaker 29: not only think that can lead them, uh to winning games,

969
00:40:58,000 --> 00:40:59,640
Speaker 29: but also to winning a championship ultimately.

970
00:40:59,680 --> 00:41:01,399
Speaker 8: So he's a a great competitor too.

971
00:41:01,480 --> 00:41:05,320
Speaker 17: So you talk about you guys, here are the noise,

972
00:41:05,360 --> 00:41:08,000
Speaker 17: but your job is to block it out right, and

973
00:41:08,160 --> 00:41:10,719
Speaker 17: you know, the expectations for you guys from fans or

974
00:41:10,840 --> 00:41:11,680
Speaker 17: are pretty possible.

975
00:41:11,880 --> 00:41:12,080
Speaker 8: Yeah.

976
00:41:12,120 --> 00:41:15,920
Speaker 17: So but just internally, what do you feel, uh I

977
00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:18,960
Speaker 17: as a team, are your expectations for the season.

978
00:41:19,200 --> 00:41:22,319
Speaker 29: Well, our expectations for the season is to focus on now.

979
00:41:22,520 --> 00:41:24,560
Speaker 29: Like I know, we kind of like everybody thinks the

980
00:41:24,560 --> 00:41:27,359
Speaker 29: expectations and they think of maybe something that's uh two

981
00:41:27,440 --> 00:41:29,799
Speaker 29: months from now or you know, six months whatever it

982
00:41:29,800 --> 00:41:33,719
Speaker 29: may be now. But our expectations we said every day, Okay,

983
00:41:33,760 --> 00:41:35,120
Speaker 29: how can I be the best player? How can I

984
00:41:35,160 --> 00:41:36,680
Speaker 29: be you know, the first one in, last one out?

985
00:41:37,040 --> 00:41:37,200
Speaker 4: Uh?

986
00:41:37,200 --> 00:41:38,640
Speaker 29: How can I do those things that uh, you know

987
00:41:38,719 --> 00:41:40,880
Speaker 29: help me a better be a better teammate, focus more

988
00:41:40,880 --> 00:41:43,319
Speaker 29: on the game plan that's at hand. So our expectations

989
00:41:43,360 --> 00:41:45,120
Speaker 29: is to focus on every day and to focus on

990
00:41:45,400 --> 00:41:46,600
Speaker 29: uh than now ultimately.

991
00:41:46,719 --> 00:41:49,719
Speaker 7: So this might be a better question next week cause

992
00:41:49,760 --> 00:41:52,120
Speaker 7: you go on the road. But it's about the difference

993
00:41:52,200 --> 00:41:54,640
Speaker 7: between the defense at home last year and on the road.

994
00:41:55,080 --> 00:41:57,960
Speaker 7: Was there a lot of conversation with Schwartz about that

995
00:41:58,160 --> 00:41:59,440
Speaker 7: during the build up to.

996
00:41:59,400 --> 00:42:02,480
Speaker 8: This Yeah, I mean we'll yuh, I mean we see it. Right.

997
00:42:02,480 --> 00:42:04,640
Speaker 29: There's obviously some things that need to work on in

998
00:42:04,719 --> 00:42:07,800
Speaker 29: tr in transitioning, whether it's you know, being you know,

999
00:42:07,920 --> 00:42:10,959
Speaker 29: rural warriors or whether it's defending uh our home.

1000
00:42:11,239 --> 00:42:11,359
Speaker 5: Uh.

1001
00:42:11,440 --> 00:42:13,239
Speaker 29: And we focus on those mistakes and we you know,

1002
00:42:13,320 --> 00:42:14,480
Speaker 29: do our best to correct them.

1003
00:42:14,560 --> 00:42:15,920
Speaker 8: So you'll you'll see some shifts this year.

1004
00:42:16,239 --> 00:42:18,279
Speaker 25: I know when Jim talked to us, you kind of

1005
00:42:18,280 --> 00:42:22,040
Speaker 25: alluded to maybe not wanting guys to get caught looking

1006
00:42:22,040 --> 00:42:23,960
Speaker 25: at the baths too much at last year. But guys

1007
00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:25,879
Speaker 25: have also talked about obviously last year the way things

1008
00:42:25,920 --> 00:42:28,200
Speaker 25: ended up being a motivation for this defense. So what's

1009
00:42:28,239 --> 00:42:31,120
Speaker 25: the balance with, yeah, finding that motivation but doing the

1010
00:42:31,120 --> 00:42:33,200
Speaker 25: things you were doing and staying focused.

1011
00:42:32,800 --> 00:42:35,799
Speaker 29: On the next to Yeah, Well, it's not about it's

1012
00:42:35,800 --> 00:42:38,239
Speaker 29: not about not looking back to the past at all.

1013
00:42:38,840 --> 00:42:38,960
Speaker 3: Uh.

1014
00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:41,960
Speaker 8: It's about looking back to the past and reference to uh,

1015
00:42:42,160 --> 00:42:42,520
Speaker 8: you know.

1016
00:42:42,480 --> 00:42:45,360
Speaker 29: A critique and evaluation and audit. We wanna see the

1017
00:42:45,440 --> 00:42:48,040
Speaker 29: things that we can do better to move forward, versus

1018
00:42:48,120 --> 00:42:50,040
Speaker 29: maybe getting stuck in the past on things that may

1019
00:42:50,080 --> 00:42:52,640
Speaker 29: have uh been something to cherish.

1020
00:42:52,360 --> 00:42:52,640
Speaker 8: Or you know.

1021
00:42:52,680 --> 00:42:54,600
Speaker 29: Oh there's number one is that you know, well, th

1022
00:42:54,760 --> 00:42:56,640
Speaker 29: that's not what we wanna do. But what we do

1023
00:42:56,680 --> 00:42:58,480
Speaker 29: wanna do is to look in the past for mistakes

1024
00:42:58,680 --> 00:43:00,960
Speaker 29: to see how we can better ourselves moving into the future.

1025
00:43:01,120 --> 00:43:03,759
Speaker 7: Last year, you spent the off season uh, trying to

1026
00:43:03,760 --> 00:43:05,319
Speaker 7: get stronger to stand the field.

1027
00:43:05,560 --> 00:43:08,520
Speaker 30: Mission accomplished last year. You know what was the mission

1028
00:43:09,000 --> 00:43:11,799
Speaker 30: this year? Well, same thing. I mean, you know, it

1029
00:43:11,800 --> 00:43:14,360
Speaker 30: really doesn't really really change. I think in the NFL,

1030
00:43:14,400 --> 00:43:15,840
Speaker 30: once you find something that works for you.

1031
00:43:16,200 --> 00:43:16,319
Speaker 5: Uh.

1032
00:43:16,360 --> 00:43:17,879
Speaker 29: You talked a lot of the vests, you know, Jordan

1033
00:43:17,960 --> 00:43:20,279
Speaker 29: Hicks uh or Rod they always say, okay, if you

1034
00:43:20,280 --> 00:43:22,080
Speaker 29: find the plan, if you find something that works.

1035
00:43:21,840 --> 00:43:23,600
Speaker 8: For you, continue to do it. And that was really

1036
00:43:23,600 --> 00:43:24,640
Speaker 8: the mission this off season.

1037
00:43:25,040 --> 00:43:25,160
Speaker 4: Uh.

1038
00:43:25,160 --> 00:43:27,000
Speaker 29: What's the you know, focus on the smaller details, the

1039
00:43:27,000 --> 00:43:29,800
Speaker 29: connective tissues. You know, some of the minor uh ways

1040
00:43:29,840 --> 00:43:32,200
Speaker 29: that I work out are not doing too much weight, uh,

1041
00:43:32,200 --> 00:43:33,480
Speaker 29: but also not doing too less.

1042
00:43:33,920 --> 00:43:34,040
Speaker 8: Uh.

1043
00:43:34,120 --> 00:43:36,000
Speaker 29: Just finding the balance with you know, the off season,

1044
00:43:36,120 --> 00:43:38,359
Speaker 29: but also spending time of family also you know.

1045
00:43:38,360 --> 00:43:40,640
Speaker 8: Traveling, you know, gaining some wisdom, et cetera. Et cetera.

1046
00:43:40,760 --> 00:43:43,840
Speaker 6: So gre Man, a lot of guys have great years

1047
00:43:43,840 --> 00:43:45,120
Speaker 6: in their contract years.

1048
00:43:45,320 --> 00:43:46,480
Speaker 11: Here's what was really one?

1049
00:43:46,560 --> 00:43:47,640
Speaker 3: But it was it?

1050
00:43:47,880 --> 00:43:50,880
Speaker 11: So how do you keep that hunger to play as

1051
00:43:50,920 --> 00:43:52,000
Speaker 11: well as you did last journey?

1052
00:43:52,200 --> 00:43:52,719
Speaker 8: Better? Yeah?

1053
00:43:52,719 --> 00:43:54,000
Speaker 29: I mean it was the same thing that I I

1054
00:43:54,120 --> 00:43:55,919
Speaker 29: just spoke on. When you find a recipe that works

1055
00:43:55,920 --> 00:43:57,960
Speaker 29: for the cake, uh, you continue to make it the

1056
00:43:58,040 --> 00:44:00,960
Speaker 29: same way. Uh have it of course a vegan, but

1057
00:44:01,080 --> 00:44:02,759
Speaker 29: you know you continue to make it the same way

1058
00:44:02,800 --> 00:44:06,400
Speaker 29: and followed the same metrics in which you did before.

1059
00:44:06,480 --> 00:44:07,480
Speaker 8: So good.

1060
00:44:08,040 --> 00:44:11,560
Speaker 1: Finally, Zadarius Smith spoke on the defensive line's approach to

1061
00:44:11,640 --> 00:44:12,880
Speaker 1: handling Dak Prescott.

1062
00:44:12,920 --> 00:44:15,239
Speaker 25: What about Dak and what challenges does he kind of

1063
00:44:15,239 --> 00:44:17,359
Speaker 25: presented knowing he's playing in the contract here and all

1064
00:44:17,440 --> 00:44:17,919
Speaker 25: that too.

1065
00:44:18,440 --> 00:44:21,600
Speaker 21: Dak man great quarterback, man strong, you know, can move

1066
00:44:21,640 --> 00:44:24,359
Speaker 21: around in the pocket. I haven't played him a couple

1067
00:44:24,400 --> 00:44:27,319
Speaker 21: of times, but out of my three out of four

1068
00:44:27,560 --> 00:44:30,000
Speaker 21: times out and sacking. So hopefully we can get some

1069
00:44:30,040 --> 00:44:33,160
Speaker 21: more this weekend, for sure. Their nice birthday gift.

1070
00:44:33,840 --> 00:44:37,200
Speaker 5: How was you know the last couple of weeks, the

1071
00:44:37,239 --> 00:44:40,520
Speaker 5: week couple of weeks the defense sort of solidified.

1072
00:44:40,520 --> 00:44:42,120
Speaker 8: More is more of you guys have sort of been

1073
00:44:42,160 --> 00:44:43,520
Speaker 8: able to come back for me injury.

1074
00:44:43,640 --> 00:44:48,400
Speaker 5: Maybe you feel like it's helped. You know, things have

1075
00:44:48,600 --> 00:44:51,120
Speaker 5: come together, you know, better for this defense. Now you

1076
00:44:51,120 --> 00:44:52,680
Speaker 5: guys all back on the field.

1077
00:44:52,719 --> 00:44:54,680
Speaker 21: I mean I told them agree, May you get guys

1078
00:44:54,719 --> 00:44:58,600
Speaker 21: back like Mohurst Newsom a lot of guys man who

1079
00:44:58,680 --> 00:45:01,120
Speaker 21: was injured throughout that whole the camp. Uh, well, getting

1080
00:45:01,120 --> 00:45:03,520
Speaker 21: them back. So it'll be good man if we alls

1081
00:45:03,520 --> 00:45:05,080
Speaker 21: can players won as a defense.

1082
00:45:06,120 --> 00:45:10,320
Speaker 8: Cow work keep refree. No, we just talked about that. Okay, No,

1083
00:45:10,400 --> 00:45:11,480
Speaker 8: go ahead, go ahead ect me.

1084
00:45:13,920 --> 00:45:18,480
Speaker 21: Yeah, yeah, you know he's drawing up something special. Man,

1085
00:45:19,400 --> 00:45:21,880
Speaker 21: possibly to the right side, uh, with the younger guys.

1086
00:45:21,920 --> 00:45:23,520
Speaker 21: But you know who's gonna be on the right side.

1087
00:45:23,560 --> 00:45:26,960
Speaker 21: So man, hopefully you know we'll have fun to have

1088
00:45:26,960 --> 00:45:28,520
Speaker 21: a party in the backfield all game.

1089
00:45:28,960 --> 00:45:29,200
Speaker 18: Sure.

1090
00:45:29,360 --> 00:45:33,840
Speaker 5: How often do referees call holding versus how often they shouldn't?

1091
00:45:34,440 --> 00:45:36,920
Speaker 21: You know what, I ain't even gonna get in. I

1092
00:45:36,960 --> 00:45:40,120
Speaker 21: feel like the referees is gonna see this interview and

1093
00:45:40,239 --> 00:45:40,880
Speaker 21: he's gonna.

1094
00:45:40,680 --> 00:45:42,920
Speaker 8: Get mad at it. But nah, man, all the good man.

1095
00:45:42,960 --> 00:45:44,640
Speaker 21: You know, I always talked to him before the game

1096
00:45:44,760 --> 00:45:46,520
Speaker 21: just to watch out for that. You know what, I'm saying,

1097
00:45:46,560 --> 00:45:48,960
Speaker 21: especially for it's a guy who like hold him. You

1098
00:45:49,000 --> 00:45:50,640
Speaker 21: know what I'm saying. I let the rep know before

1099
00:45:50,680 --> 00:45:51,080
Speaker 21: they play.

1100
00:45:51,400 --> 00:45:52,440
Speaker 11: Do you put 'em word in.

1101
00:45:54,320 --> 00:45:56,440
Speaker 21: Ninety five? Yeah for sure? Yeah, we both go to

1102
00:45:56,480 --> 00:45:59,240
Speaker 21: the reps. Yeah, before the game for sure.

1103
00:45:59,320 --> 00:46:05,000
Speaker 15: You think different, Uh somewhat, I think so.

1104
00:46:05,239 --> 00:46:07,320
Speaker 21: But you know you always as a defender, got to

1105
00:46:07,360 --> 00:46:10,160
Speaker 21: play your role too of throwing your hands up, hey

1106
00:46:10,320 --> 00:46:15,680
Speaker 21: rough doing the play. Yeah, nah, that's my guy.

1107
00:46:15,680 --> 00:46:18,719
Speaker 8: I ain't gonna uh but nah, Man, for sure. Man.

1108
00:46:18,760 --> 00:46:20,400
Speaker 21: Hopefully, uh, we can get out there and have some

1109
00:46:20,480 --> 00:46:22,080
Speaker 21: fun this weekend and come out.

1110
00:46:21,920 --> 00:46:22,239
Speaker 8: With a win.

1111
00:46:22,520 --> 00:46:26,239
Speaker 20: See, it seems like at least nationally, you know, when

1112
00:46:26,239 --> 00:46:29,440
Speaker 20: I look at ESPN's power rankings and different things, they've got.

1113
00:46:29,280 --> 00:46:31,000
Speaker 4: You guys in the middle of the pack, they see

1114
00:46:31,000 --> 00:46:31,399
Speaker 4: a lot of.

1115
00:46:31,719 --> 00:46:35,200
Speaker 8: Cause a team or defense as a key Okay, I think.

1116
00:46:35,040 --> 00:46:37,480
Speaker 4: Thee is fourteen percent okay, And then I see a

1117
00:46:37,480 --> 00:46:40,080
Speaker 4: lot of projections that don't even have.

1118
00:46:40,120 --> 00:46:41,760
Speaker 23: You guys making a playoffs.

1119
00:46:41,440 --> 00:46:42,360
Speaker 8: Right, And I'm just wondering.

1120
00:46:42,400 --> 00:46:46,799
Speaker 4: It just seems like nationally people have Browns experience for

1121
00:46:46,880 --> 00:46:47,320
Speaker 4: this season.

1122
00:46:47,520 --> 00:46:48,200
Speaker 27: What do you make of that?

1123
00:46:48,320 --> 00:46:48,360
Speaker 5: It?

1124
00:46:48,600 --> 00:46:50,319
Speaker 21: Well, I mean that's the future man and people got

1125
00:46:50,360 --> 00:46:52,200
Speaker 21: their own thoughts, but you know, we're gonna take it

1126
00:46:52,239 --> 00:46:53,160
Speaker 21: one game at a time.

1127
00:46:53,239 --> 00:46:55,560
Speaker 8: You know, we can't worry about what the outside people say. Man.

1128
00:46:55,920 --> 00:46:58,040
Speaker 21: As long as these guys in this locker room are

1129
00:46:58,040 --> 00:47:00,719
Speaker 21: close together, man to have that team bond. Hopefully we

1130
00:47:00,760 --> 00:47:03,160
Speaker 21: can win uh all the games this year. But you

1131
00:47:03,200 --> 00:47:04,920
Speaker 21: know it's a football game. You gonna win and you

1132
00:47:05,000 --> 00:47:07,520
Speaker 21: gonna lose sometimes too, but hopefully we could be up

1133
00:47:07,520 --> 00:47:08,520
Speaker 21: in the rankings this year.

1134
00:47:08,760 --> 00:47:11,960
Speaker 25: You're gonna get reference your your birthday coming out. But

1135
00:47:12,000 --> 00:47:13,520
Speaker 25: this game is a whole like it's one of the

1136
00:47:13,520 --> 00:47:14,360
Speaker 25: only games.

1137
00:47:14,080 --> 00:47:16,920
Speaker 23: On in that time.

1138
00:47:15,520 --> 00:47:18,719
Speaker 21: Yeah, yeah, they been talking about that.

1139
00:47:18,920 --> 00:47:20,560
Speaker 11: It's like, just what do.

1140
00:47:20,480 --> 00:47:22,440
Speaker 25: You think about the pape works around this same four

1141
00:47:22,440 --> 00:47:23,240
Speaker 25: A season opener?

1142
00:47:23,480 --> 00:47:23,560
Speaker 4: End?

1143
00:47:23,640 --> 00:47:25,719
Speaker 21: I mean, I'm already amped up, man, I getting I'm

1144
00:47:25,719 --> 00:47:27,799
Speaker 21: getting the chills already just talking about it.

1145
00:47:27,840 --> 00:47:29,120
Speaker 8: But uh, it's gonna be big man.

1146
00:47:29,160 --> 00:47:30,640
Speaker 21: Like you said, it's gonna be the only game that's

1147
00:47:30,640 --> 00:47:32,360
Speaker 21: gonna be on at the time, so the world is

1148
00:47:32,400 --> 00:47:33,040
Speaker 21: gonna be watching.

1149
00:47:33,480 --> 00:47:36,040
Speaker 8: So you gotta show up and show out for sure.

1150
00:47:36,320 --> 00:47:38,000
Speaker 25: And how you feel just about.

1151
00:47:38,080 --> 00:47:40,840
Speaker 4: Uh practicing with this defense.

1152
00:47:40,480 --> 00:47:41,280
Speaker 23: All all awesome?

1153
00:47:41,480 --> 00:47:42,760
Speaker 21: How do you feel about how.

1154
00:47:42,600 --> 00:47:44,560
Speaker 16: Good is this football team gonna be this year.

1155
00:47:44,560 --> 00:47:46,479
Speaker 8: You feel like, uh yeah, I feel like we're gonna

1156
00:47:46,480 --> 00:47:48,000
Speaker 8: be good. I feel like we're gonna be great. You know,

1157
00:47:48,360 --> 00:47:49,279
Speaker 8: it's the second year.

1158
00:47:49,360 --> 00:47:51,920
Speaker 21: You know, we get all our guys back, majority of everybody. Well,

1159
00:47:51,960 --> 00:47:54,640
Speaker 21: I think we're only missing with two guys from linebacker

1160
00:47:54,640 --> 00:47:58,719
Speaker 21: and d D tackle, So we getting everybody back second year.

1161
00:47:58,719 --> 00:47:59,680
Speaker 8: In Jym Short's.

1162
00:47:59,440 --> 00:48:02,000
Speaker 21: Defense, I feel like it's gonna be big for it, man,

1163
00:48:02,000 --> 00:48:04,399
Speaker 21: because everybody now is starting to click, and like you said,

1164
00:48:04,400 --> 00:48:06,680
Speaker 21: we're getting everybody back, So it's gonna be big, man,

1165
00:48:06,719 --> 00:48:09,760
Speaker 21: and hopefully it's gonna be a show identity em for sure.

1166
00:48:11,320 --> 00:48:11,880
Speaker 8: Yeah.

1167
00:48:12,320 --> 00:48:15,440
Speaker 1: That will wrap up things for this midweek edition of

1168
00:48:15,680 --> 00:48:18,200
Speaker 1: From the Podium. We'll be back tomorrow with more. Be

1169
00:48:18,280 --> 00:48:20,800
Speaker 1: sure to like and subscribe to the From the Podium

1170
00:48:20,840 --> 00:48:24,640
Speaker 1: Podcast wherever you get your podcasts. Stay dialed in on

1171
00:48:24,680 --> 00:48:27,719
Speaker 1: the Brown social media channels and Cleveland Browns Daily for

1172
00:48:27,800 --> 00:48:31,279
Speaker 1: continued coverage from the Cross Country Mortgage Campus right here

1173
00:48:31,280 --> 00:48:34,520
Speaker 1: in Berea. I'm Jason Gibbs. Thanks for listening to the

1174
00:48:34,600 --> 00:48:36,160
Speaker 1: From the Podium podcast.