Speaker 1: What has it been like getting acclimated to life in
Speaker 1: the NFL and getting to know your rookie class. I'm
Speaker 1: still getting acclimated, honestly, learned from all the Vets and
Speaker 1: the guys in the room, Pat Gentury, Radar, Um Jays,
Speaker 1: They've all taught me a lot. Coach Fredo has been
Speaker 1: really good at hands on and teaching us a lot
Speaker 1: of different things. And you know, really make sure you
Speaker 1: know he's on me because I'm the youngest in the
Speaker 1: room and uh, I had to learn everything and no
Speaker 1: multiple positions. So I've honestly just been trying to soak
Speaker 1: everything in and um, the rookie class, I think all
Speaker 1: of us have gotten really close and we're still getting
Speaker 1: close to another and still finding out, um what everybody
Speaker 1: likes to do, what their interests are, and you know,
Speaker 1: their hobbies, you know. But I think we're mentioning really well,
Speaker 1: and you know, I'm I'm just glad and looking forward
Speaker 1: to continuing that. Does draft night feel like it was
Speaker 1: like years ago or does it feel like it just
Speaker 1: happened that you got the call from coach Donalin? It
Speaker 1: feels like years ago, honestly, with all the installs and
Speaker 1: everything else. It feels like I just forgot about that.
Speaker 1: I'm just here to work and that was a really
Speaker 1: great moment, something that I'll never forget. Um, But it's
Speaker 1: time to get to work, and I'm forever thankful for
Speaker 1: the Sailor's organization trusting me and my abilities and hopefully,
Speaker 1: you know, I can show that on display here. Does
Speaker 1: everybody in the building treat you as Connor Hayward not
Speaker 1: Cam's little brother? Is that something you feel like you
Speaker 1: kind of have to shake off? Everybody trust me as Connor? Um,
Speaker 1: Cam's a great leader, great player, Uh, and everybody knows that.
Speaker 1: But I'm my own man, and and they've treated me
Speaker 1: like I'm my own man, and I thank them for that. Obviously.
Speaker 1: I know the Hayward name has a lot of you know,
Speaker 1: pressure here, but the more pressure the better, and um,
Speaker 1: I'm used to that. But um, I think it's it's
Speaker 1: really cool to play with my brother and learn a
Speaker 1: lot of things. And I played with my brother Corey before,
Speaker 1: but never Cameron because the age or the gap difference
Speaker 1: in our age. So he's Cameron to you, so we
Speaker 1: shouldn't call him Cam anymore. I call Cam Camera Camera,
Speaker 1: Cameron's more like what my mom calls him? Okay, what
Speaker 1: he's getting yelled at? Yeah she, I mean she doesn't
Speaker 1: yell at him anymore, but she would always say Cameron
Speaker 1: when we were young. She still says camera. They'll still
Speaker 1: to this day. Another one of his names is clamps.
Speaker 1: Uh good hands, bad hands. What do you think I'll
Speaker 1: give him good hands? I still have better hands to him.
Speaker 1: But I mean he has two interceptions. I have no interceptions. Uh,
Speaker 1: I mean I play offense. But when when he had
Speaker 1: to make a play, He's made a lot of plays,
Speaker 1: you know, deflecting the ball. His hands are always on
Speaker 1: the ball, and uh, he's come down with two. I
Speaker 1: know he had the one against the Giants and then
Speaker 1: one against Sheston Fields. This year he has said, you know,
Speaker 1: training camp, all bets are off, and I think it's
Speaker 1: fair for any rookies or young guys that come on
Speaker 1: the team. Do you think he's serious about that when
Speaker 1: it comes to you or is it all talk. I
Speaker 1: know he's not gonna, you know, take it easy on me,
Speaker 1: and I don't want him to take it easy on me.
Speaker 1: I don't want people to be like, oh, he's just
Speaker 1: taking easy on his brother. Um. But He's always been
Speaker 1: hard on me. All my all my siblings are hard
Speaker 1: on me. My brothers, my sisters, my mom. They just
Speaker 1: expect so much for me, and I expect a lot
Speaker 1: from them, So I wouldn't want any other way. I
Speaker 1: know it's really early, but where do you think you
Speaker 1: fit in on this offense? Wherever the coaches want me
Speaker 1: to fit in? Um, you just got to be able
Speaker 1: to know your role and uh succeed at your role. UM.
Speaker 1: That's how you make a team, you know, and that's
Speaker 1: how you keep a job. I really don't care. I
Speaker 1: obviously we want to be out there every play. But
Speaker 1: whatever my role is, I'm going to do the most
Speaker 1: with it and you know, make the most of my opportunities.
Speaker 1: Knowing you know O t A is mini camp that
Speaker 1: it's kind of a break before training camp. What's one
Speaker 1: thing you want to accomplish before you get to that point?
Speaker 1: Be in the best shape possible going to the year. Uh,
Speaker 1: that's something that the coaches can't coach, but they like
Speaker 1: a player that's in shape. And the more in shape
Speaker 1: you are, the more you know you're gonna be out
Speaker 1: there and more opportunities will come your way.