1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:04,000 Speaker 1: Morning. Who's starting quarterbacks on? 2 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:06,840 Speaker 2: Uh? 3 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:09,440 Speaker 3: You know, I think coach says everybody's gotta be ready, 4 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:11,399 Speaker 3: So everybody's gotta be ready. 5 00:00:12,280 --> 00:00:15,160 Speaker 2: Do you feel like a starting quarterback switch could yield 6 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:16,320 Speaker 2: better results. 7 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:20,200 Speaker 3: For you guys? I think everybody will be ready. I've 8 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:22,720 Speaker 3: gotten a lot of reps with each guy, and so 9 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:25,320 Speaker 3: I know they're all taking advantage of each opportunity. 10 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:30,640 Speaker 2: Bailey smart you guys that first drive, Yeah, he was 11 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:34,760 Speaker 2: able to execute, make some good checks, get the ball 12 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:37,279 Speaker 2: and play maker's hands, and you know, did a good 13 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:38,360 Speaker 2: good job of executing. 14 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:41,559 Speaker 1: If that doesn't get the start on Sunday, how much 15 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:44,559 Speaker 1: do you feel for him? 16 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:44,800 Speaker 2: Uh? 17 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 3: You know, a maxic competitor and a leader, so you 18 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:50,360 Speaker 3: know he comes to work every single day. He'll be 19 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:54,000 Speaker 3: the same guy and he'll be ready for whatever opportunity comes. 20 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:55,800 Speaker 2: What are something. 21 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:01,440 Speaker 1: Quarterbacks that you need? 22 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:06,280 Speaker 3: Well, he plays so many different positions. I mean obviously 23 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:10,000 Speaker 3: he's played receiver here, quarterback. I mean it's some special 24 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:13,640 Speaker 3: team stuff. So the versatility is obviously what stands out 25 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:17,560 Speaker 3: to you. Speed as well, and so he's definitely dynamic 26 00:01:18,319 --> 00:01:19,840 Speaker 3: and definitely an add an element. 27 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:24,480 Speaker 1: Given your history. 28 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:27,959 Speaker 3: What does it mean to play a game against the 29 00:01:27,959 --> 00:01:32,280 Speaker 3: Boston was the Chokers. Yeah, it's always good to play 30 00:01:32,319 --> 00:01:35,120 Speaker 3: the former team. You know, still have a lot of 31 00:01:35,319 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 3: a good amount of guys over there that you know, 32 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:40,600 Speaker 3: you competed against, you played with, and so it's a 33 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 3: it's always fun to go against the former team. You know, 34 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:46,039 Speaker 3: it'll be exciting for sure, excited. 35 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:47,200 Speaker 1: When you think about your time. 36 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:53,480 Speaker 3: There, probably just the guys always, I mean, everybody always 37 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 3: talks about the locker room, the people, but really just 38 00:01:56,360 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 3: like the support staff, the trainers, the you know, the 39 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:02,560 Speaker 3: equipment guys, the guys behind the scenes, and then the 40 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 3: guys in the locker room that you spent a lot 41 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 3: of time with. I think that was, you know, some 42 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:08,880 Speaker 3: of the biggest memories you have. There's always just the 43 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:11,160 Speaker 3: people year around and the people that touch you kind 44 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:13,560 Speaker 3: of especially you know, getting drafted there and being young. 45 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:16,360 Speaker 3: It'll always hold a special place in my you know, 46 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:19,600 Speaker 3: just career and my life because it was a big 47 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 3: transition in my life and uh, you know, they kind 48 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:22,919 Speaker 3: of helped me along the way. 49 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:29,960 Speaker 2: Coast playing the market, the. 50 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 3: Weather is a little different, especially this time of year. 51 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:33,919 Speaker 3: It's uh, I bet it's I bet it's pretty nice 52 00:02:33,919 --> 00:02:38,320 Speaker 3: over there, right now, so it definitely weather, but you know, 53 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 3: it's it's it's nice over there. East Coast has its 54 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:43,760 Speaker 3: own you know, things like you get I kind of 55 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:46,800 Speaker 3: like missed the seasons when I was over there, you know, 56 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 3: the leaves changing and just kind of going through the seasons. 57 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:53,360 Speaker 3: Over there, it's kind of the same year round, which 58 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:55,360 Speaker 3: can be a good thing in a lot of ways, 59 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:57,600 Speaker 3: but so kind of missed the season. 60 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:01,120 Speaker 2: Sometimes give you guys an advantage because I say, playing 61 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:04,160 Speaker 2: in the arm that they come here. 62 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean maybe, I mean obviously we're we practice 63 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 3: in and we're in it. But you know, at the 64 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:12,240 Speaker 3: end of the day, they'll they'll be ready to go, 65 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:14,239 Speaker 3: I know, and you know at the end of the 66 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 3: day we're we're gonna line up and execute, and they'll 67 00:03:16,919 --> 00:03:18,480 Speaker 3: be ready to go no matter what the elements are. 68 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:22,040 Speaker 2: Challenging is good time, because did you came from West 69 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:26,320 Speaker 2: Coast to East cost you're one o'clock games West Coast 70 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:28,280 Speaker 2: challenge that. 71 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:31,320 Speaker 3: I mean, the more you do it, you kind of 72 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:32,480 Speaker 3: get used to it. So they have a lot of 73 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 3: guys obviously later in the season, you've done it a 74 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:38,560 Speaker 3: few times, so you get used to it. Honestly, at 75 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 3: this level man. You kind of just those early games 76 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:43,240 Speaker 3: you gotta get excited for sometimes just to get up 77 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:46,520 Speaker 3: and go, so there's not not much thinking and you 78 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 3: just get to go up out there and fly around 79 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:51,240 Speaker 3: and make plays and not have to think about it 80 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:51,920 Speaker 3: sometimes all day. 81 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 1: Take you first five years up there and three what theycule, Tom, 82 00:03:56,120 --> 00:03:57,880 Speaker 1: you haven't missed a game from here. You have knock 83 00:03:57,920 --> 00:03:58,440 Speaker 1: on wood. 84 00:03:58,280 --> 00:03:59,200 Speaker 3: Home for three years straight. 85 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:02,560 Speaker 1: Big for you. You know, has that been And what 86 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:04,360 Speaker 1: was it like to sort of like get get over 87 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:07,160 Speaker 1: that hurdle or any questions there you know around you. 88 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 1: That's a good question. 89 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:12,840 Speaker 3: Obviously, went through a lot out there young in my career, 90 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 3: a lot of injuries, especially like three years in a 91 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:18,280 Speaker 3: row and went through some major injuries and missed a 92 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:21,600 Speaker 3: lot of games. So I think I took a lot 93 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:23,839 Speaker 3: of pride, especially coming off my fourth year where I 94 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:27,800 Speaker 3: kind of had my last kind of big injury. I 95 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:29,800 Speaker 3: just took a lot of pride and trying. I mean, 96 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:31,880 Speaker 3: you know, I think that comes with a little luck 97 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:34,760 Speaker 3: too in a lot of ways. Obviously, you know, hard 98 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:37,680 Speaker 3: work and like taking care of your body and trying 99 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:39,560 Speaker 3: to build strength, trying to just do as much as 100 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:42,240 Speaker 3: you can to stay out there. I mean luck kind 101 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:44,240 Speaker 3: of goes with it a little bit. Just sometimes. I 102 00:04:44,279 --> 00:04:46,000 Speaker 3: mean there's just things that happen on the football pail 103 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:49,880 Speaker 3: you can't control. But yeah, that's I've tried to take 104 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:52,240 Speaker 3: pride in that and just being available for the guys, 105 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:56,200 Speaker 3: you know, in any capacity that could be and just 106 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:58,599 Speaker 3: being out there. I think that's that's been huge for 107 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:00,719 Speaker 3: me and something I'm will continue. 108 00:05:01,279 --> 00:05:04,800 Speaker 1: Got familiar with Keenan Allen having his best season over there. 109 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:07,320 Speaker 1: You know, what's it out to you about him? And 110 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:08,040 Speaker 1: he played with him. 111 00:05:09,279 --> 00:05:13,839 Speaker 3: Man, he's a He's a stud great player who was 112 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:16,680 Speaker 3: an honor every day to go to work with him. 113 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:19,839 Speaker 3: He's he's just a tremendous player. I mean I think 114 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:22,720 Speaker 3: he what did he break like ten thousand or ten 115 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:26,280 Speaker 3: thousand or eleven thousand yards or whatever that record was 116 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:28,040 Speaker 3: he broke a couple of weeks ago. He's having a 117 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:31,960 Speaker 3: career year. Just even like the things you guys see 118 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:33,359 Speaker 3: like on the field, but like a lot of the 119 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 3: things I saw on the practice field and just how 120 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:38,360 Speaker 3: he works is I think a testament to him. I mean, 121 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:41,120 Speaker 3: he puts a lot of work into his craft and 122 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:43,240 Speaker 3: once he you know, wanting to be the best, and 123 00:05:43,279 --> 00:05:46,760 Speaker 3: it shows up weekend week out, so you know, I'd 124 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:48,640 Speaker 3: be excited to compete against him this weekend and watch 125 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:49,200 Speaker 3: him from afar. 126 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 1: How if at all when it comes to serving as 127 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:55,960 Speaker 1: a pass catcher and at the same time dealing with 128 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:59,080 Speaker 1: maybe a little bit of instability in the quarterbacks? Sorry 129 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:01,400 Speaker 1: repeat that one, How much of a challenge is it, 130 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:04,440 Speaker 1: if at all? As a pass catcher? Wait, when you 131 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:07,200 Speaker 1: are dealing with some instability maybe at the quarterback. You know, 132 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:08,600 Speaker 1: I just controlled, I can control. 133 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 3: That's you know, running as good a rouse as I 134 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:14,679 Speaker 3: can to try to create separation, you know, take advantage 135 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:19,320 Speaker 3: of each opportunity, you know, just like I said, control, 136 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:22,279 Speaker 3: I can control, and that's uh, you know, each route, 137 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:25,880 Speaker 3: kind of separating each thing, trying to get open, trying 138 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:29,920 Speaker 3: to present myself. You know, work shows up on film 139 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:32,080 Speaker 3: so that we can see it, go back and hopefully 140 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:33,720 Speaker 3: hit it down the road. 141 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 1: Like just just kind. 142 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:38,159 Speaker 2: Of get have fun out there again for you guys 143 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:42,719 Speaker 2: because all this going on, you guys. 144 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:43,279 Speaker 1: Yeah, it'd be nice. It'd be nice. 145 00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:47,280 Speaker 3: That's what we're striving for and we definitely need it, 146 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:51,120 Speaker 3: especially here at home, and be nice. So you know, 147 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:55,280 Speaker 3: we're working hard every single day to improve, focus on 148 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:58,520 Speaker 3: the process right now and getting better day by day 149 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:01,359 Speaker 3: so that on Sunday we'll be ready to kind of 150 00:07:01,360 --> 00:07:02,800 Speaker 3: be our best and come out with a win. 151 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:05,000 Speaker 1: I guess