1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,240 Speaker 1: Who do you think your first brief outing as a 2 00:00:03,279 --> 00:00:05,040 Speaker 1: giant in the stadium. 3 00:00:05,559 --> 00:00:07,640 Speaker 2: I thought it was a productive drive for like a 4 00:00:07,720 --> 00:00:11,160 Speaker 2: lot of people touched the Rock Office movie efficiently got 5 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:15,160 Speaker 2: a touchdown. I don't think you ask for anything better 6 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:18,200 Speaker 2: than that. On through either side, do you realize that 7 00:00:18,200 --> 00:00:20,680 Speaker 2: you were the only reason Daniel didn't have a perfect. 8 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:21,239 Speaker 3: First chort. 9 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:26,840 Speaker 2: Hey, I'll make it up to him. 10 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:30,960 Speaker 4: Yeah, you and Daniel, how do you explain the chemistry 11 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:32,160 Speaker 4: you guys already have built? 12 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:35,239 Speaker 2: So really, just a lot of reps, a lot of 13 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:39,599 Speaker 2: reps that take place since April with the OTAs and 14 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:43,279 Speaker 2: then you know, throwing sessions that nobody else was at 15 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:46,960 Speaker 2: except us in a couple of receivers, just continuing to 16 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:51,000 Speaker 2: get reps, in knowing where each other is, the timing 17 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:53,440 Speaker 2: we want, where they we expect each other to be, 18 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:55,320 Speaker 2: where I expected Ball to be, where he expects me 19 00:00:55,360 --> 00:00:56,480 Speaker 2: to be when he releases something. 20 00:00:56,560 --> 00:00:58,880 Speaker 3: So just a lot of time on task. 21 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:01,520 Speaker 4: There is just you know, obviously the first drive of 22 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:04,320 Speaker 4: the of the preseason here and so there's not a 23 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:05,920 Speaker 4: lot to take away from it. But what what do 24 00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:08,760 Speaker 4: you guys take from it? I guess in terms of confidence, 25 00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:10,800 Speaker 4: in terms of just moving forward with its mate. I 26 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:12,160 Speaker 4: don't know if you're gonna get a chance to play 27 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:14,400 Speaker 4: even next week, so it's maybe the last time first 28 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:16,759 Speaker 4: and last time you're on the field together until September. 29 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:20,600 Speaker 2: I just see the opportunity for great balance, you see, 30 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:25,039 Speaker 2: Like I said, seeing Isaiah Paris Belly, like a lot 31 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:27,039 Speaker 2: of guys that can touch the football and make things happen, 32 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:30,160 Speaker 2: and you know you add take one to the mix. 33 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:31,840 Speaker 3: You know. 34 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:34,240 Speaker 2: I feel like Chep's been Chep's been looking great at practice. 35 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:36,399 Speaker 2: There's a lot of guys like Slay like have been 36 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:39,679 Speaker 2: consistent throughout this whole process this year that I feel 37 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:41,279 Speaker 2: like I can make plays like an impact games. 38 00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:43,839 Speaker 3: And I'm just excited about the balance we have as offense. 39 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:46,320 Speaker 5: This is the first game you played with Games as 40 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:50,000 Speaker 5: your quarterback. I mean your short sample was it did 41 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:53,080 Speaker 5: anything impress you about? You know, just it's a game, 42 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 5: it's not a practice. 43 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:56,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it's just like for me, I know, 44 00:01:56,920 --> 00:01:58,640 Speaker 2: for my process getting ready for a game, I like 45 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:02,120 Speaker 2: to make like my day and you know, you know 46 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:05,160 Speaker 2: my personality how to carry myself be the same every day, 47 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:06,400 Speaker 2: like from practice to a game. 48 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:07,800 Speaker 3: And I see that in him. 49 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 2: It's like there's nothing really different from a practice to 50 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:12,480 Speaker 2: a game, like he has to get more hype or 51 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:15,680 Speaker 2: more intense. He's just like he's just himself and confident 52 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:17,720 Speaker 2: in what he brings to the table, and his performance 53 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:22,000 Speaker 2: is consistent as well, and that's why we love him. 54 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:25,160 Speaker 1: How unusual isid for an opening drive to be that 55 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 1: on target? 56 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:29,280 Speaker 5: I mean, everything looked perfect. 57 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:32,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's not an easy thing to do. Everybody preaches 58 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:34,320 Speaker 2: starting fast, and that's what you want because when you 59 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:36,800 Speaker 2: start fast, odds are you're gonna, you know, win the 60 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:38,760 Speaker 2: first half, and win the first half, you're gonna win 61 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:41,080 Speaker 2: the game. So he usually has a you know a 62 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 2: lot of it brings a lot of momentum, but it's 63 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:44,160 Speaker 2: a difficult thing to do. 64 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:45,800 Speaker 3: A lot of guys got to be firing. 65 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:48,640 Speaker 2: Guys gotta make big plays and situations where you gotta 66 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 2: have it, and we do that. We stress that in 67 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:53,960 Speaker 2: practice and we get put an uncomfortable situation so that 68 00:02:53,960 --> 00:02:56,720 Speaker 2: when we get into the game, you know, we feel 69 00:02:56,720 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 2: like we can do whatever whatever hand we get dealt. 70 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:03,960 Speaker 2: Learning process for your new city, new offense, new teammates 71 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:04,440 Speaker 2: and everything. 72 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:07,840 Speaker 3: You just share what's it been like for yourself? It's 73 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:08,520 Speaker 3: been a lot of fun. 74 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:10,720 Speaker 2: Uh when you talk about a new city, Uh, I 75 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:14,799 Speaker 2: like to do things that that locals do. Go get 76 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:17,840 Speaker 2: pizza where there's a good pizza at or whatever. So 77 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 2: just like immerse myself in the city, allow myself to 78 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:23,080 Speaker 2: to be there and find a home, and starts with 79 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 2: my teammates. Just you know, somebody told me, like if 80 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:28,080 Speaker 2: you if you want a friend, be a friend. So 81 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:30,120 Speaker 2: it's like, try to just connect with those guys and uh, 82 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 2: just show them who I really am and let them 83 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:34,320 Speaker 2: know that, hey, I'm in it with you guys. It's 84 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:37,680 Speaker 2: not about me coming here to try to turn my. 85 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:39,680 Speaker 3: Career around or you know, get things for me. 86 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 2: It's about you know, me being a part of what 87 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:44,640 Speaker 2: you guys have going and uh just being an experience 88 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:45,040 Speaker 2: for us. 89 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:47,560 Speaker 3: So, uh, it's been fun. It's been Uh it's. 90 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 2: Been a challenge, but I feel like I respond well 91 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:51,440 Speaker 2: to challenges I have my whole life, and I feel 92 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:51,960 Speaker 2: like this. 93 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:54,160 Speaker 3: Is gonna be no different pizza place. 94 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:58,240 Speaker 2: So also in the House of the av in uh 95 00:03:58,440 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 2: in Clifton with before I found my spot over in Weehawking, 96 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:05,960 Speaker 2: So I was over at Clifton Family Village. Pizza you know, 97 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:07,520 Speaker 2: a few more slices of a week than I probably 98 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 2: should have been. But uh, I mean I love pizza. 99 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:15,640 Speaker 5: Yeah you look you look you. 100 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:18,080 Speaker 1: When you were with the Raiders, you kind of grew 101 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 1: into their go to guy. 102 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:20,880 Speaker 3: The guy was all the attention. 103 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:23,360 Speaker 5: But when you arrive here, you're kind of showing up 104 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:24,360 Speaker 5: with additional hype. 105 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:28,160 Speaker 1: Does it feel any different compared to when you're building 106 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:30,400 Speaker 1: into a player convenitor here where you're you're arriving with 107 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:31,040 Speaker 1: the hype at all? 108 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:33,039 Speaker 3: Uh? Yeah, yeah it is. 109 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:34,919 Speaker 2: Uh, it is a real thing because when with the 110 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:36,880 Speaker 2: coming up with the Raiders, it's like, you know, it's 111 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:40,920 Speaker 2: pressure free, like nobody was expecting me to uh really 112 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:43,360 Speaker 2: make the team much less start or really make an 113 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:45,480 Speaker 2: impact the way that I did. So it's kind of 114 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:47,480 Speaker 2: pressure free. But you come here, you know, the pressure 115 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:49,600 Speaker 2: and the noise is available for you if you're if 116 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 2: you're looking for it and you give access to it. 117 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:54,400 Speaker 2: I try to keep the same mindset, same habits, same 118 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 2: approach that I did back then as I do now. 119 00:04:56,680 --> 00:04:58,160 Speaker 2: It's like this is a this is a new environment, 120 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:01,760 Speaker 2: new opportunity for me. The way that I show that 121 00:05:01,839 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 2: I'm worthy of this or ready for this is the 122 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:04,960 Speaker 2: way that I work, the way that I prepare, and 123 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:07,280 Speaker 2: whether I you know, set an example each and every 124 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:09,680 Speaker 2: day that is worthy of following and allow it to 125 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:10,440 Speaker 2: take care of itself. 126 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:13,520 Speaker 4: Not knowing the team is its own pressure though, I 127 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:16,279 Speaker 4: mean that's a pressure on you. It wasn't an external pressure. 128 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:20,039 Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, no, definitely, yeah, more so in the head 129 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:22,039 Speaker 2: and in the hamster wheel in the brain more than 130 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 2: it is outside. You've seen this offense sound, you know, 131 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:26,760 Speaker 2: throughout the summer, spring, summer. 132 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:28,320 Speaker 3: Now you see it in a game. 133 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:30,480 Speaker 4: How do you view the ceiling for. 134 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:31,800 Speaker 3: What this group can be? 135 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:35,680 Speaker 2: I mean, like I said before, just like incredibly balanced, 136 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:39,080 Speaker 2: whatever the situation may ask for. There's certain days where 137 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:41,359 Speaker 2: you know, certain elements may impact the game where you 138 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:42,960 Speaker 2: may have to run football, or there may be some 139 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:45,040 Speaker 2: days where it's like, okay, like this is the day 140 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:46,839 Speaker 2: we may throw more. And I feel like we have 141 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:49,400 Speaker 2: the balance and the playmakers that can do a diverse 142 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:52,279 Speaker 2: amount of things to that whatever flow, whichever way the 143 00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:54,279 Speaker 2: game is trending into, and a way we have to 144 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:56,280 Speaker 2: find a way to win is something that we can 145 00:05:56,279 --> 00:05:56,800 Speaker 2: get done. 146 00:05:57,480 --> 00:06:00,719 Speaker 1: Seeling like Giants fans are really excited by prospects, but 147 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:04,440 Speaker 1: also just wondering, as we're gonna say, healthy the season. 148 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:08,000 Speaker 1: I mean, at this stage of your career, have you 149 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:10,680 Speaker 1: changed up in anything as far as your body maintenance 150 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:12,520 Speaker 1: or feel like you need to do more maintenance to 151 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:13,200 Speaker 1: really make. 152 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:14,160 Speaker 4: Sure that you can stay up. 153 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:17,320 Speaker 2: Uh, yeah, there's a you know, as there's a lot 154 00:06:17,320 --> 00:06:20,640 Speaker 2: of information more available to us now and before. I 155 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:22,160 Speaker 2: feel like as far as like especially with like my 156 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:24,120 Speaker 2: lower body lifts, I would do like a lot more 157 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:26,040 Speaker 2: like the you know, traditional things with not a lot 158 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:29,159 Speaker 2: of focus on areas that I had imbalances in my 159 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:31,719 Speaker 2: bodies that could have led to more injury. And so 160 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:33,760 Speaker 2: now it's just like gathering that information and having a 161 00:06:33,760 --> 00:06:37,680 Speaker 2: more detailed hamstring plan, a more detailed glute activation plan, 162 00:06:37,839 --> 00:06:41,200 Speaker 2: core activation plan before practice, and uh, sticking with those 163 00:06:41,279 --> 00:06:43,360 Speaker 2: routines because those are things like you know, when you 164 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:45,480 Speaker 2: get into the routine of camp and you get into season, 165 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:47,760 Speaker 2: it's like those are parts of your routine where you're like, man, 166 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:48,760 Speaker 2: like I don't want I don't want to do this, 167 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:49,880 Speaker 2: you know, I just want to show up and play. 168 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:51,560 Speaker 2: But I'm about to be thirty one. I can't just 169 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:52,680 Speaker 2: show up and play no more. I used to be 170 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:54,600 Speaker 2: able to touch my toes and run out there, but 171 00:06:54,880 --> 00:06:56,840 Speaker 2: now I gotta make sure I'm on top of all 172 00:06:56,839 --> 00:07:00,800 Speaker 2: the details and making sure that routine states consists, because 173 00:07:01,360 --> 00:07:02,880 Speaker 2: that's what's going to keep me healthy, and that's what 174 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:04,960 Speaker 2: the fans want, so my teammates want, that's what the 175 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:06,960 Speaker 2: organization needs, and I want to give them a return 176 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:07,599 Speaker 2: on their investment.