1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:03,000 Speaker 1: How are you feeling? You get sickly? The weekly question, 2 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:09,479 Speaker 1: you know, just to start yeah, um still uh, same model, 3 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:11,920 Speaker 1: just taking one day at a time. Um, keep trusting 4 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:16,520 Speaker 1: my body. Every week. I fought I'm getting more comfortable. Um, 5 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:20,960 Speaker 1: like I felt way better from playing week one two 6 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:25,000 Speaker 1: week two in a game. What's that noise? Uh? Somebody 7 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:27,000 Speaker 1: when someone from the team comes to every one of 8 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:30,760 Speaker 1: us from week one a week two, Um, I lost 9 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:33,680 Speaker 1: my train thought, but the body. Yeah, take you one 10 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:37,440 Speaker 1: day time. Um, still still getting better every single day. 11 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:42,440 Speaker 1: After fifty whatever snaps in week two, then you did 12 00:00:42,479 --> 00:00:45,080 Speaker 1: after twenty whatever snaps in week Yeah. Um, that's kind 13 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 1: of gonna be the thing for me this year. Every 14 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:50,920 Speaker 1: week gonna get better. All of everyone that's ever you 15 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:52,519 Speaker 1: know toward the a cl You don't realize how many 16 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:55,040 Speaker 1: people actually toward the knee until you tell your knee. 17 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:58,360 Speaker 1: And whether it's teammates, old teammates, Um, you know guy's 18 00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:01,520 Speaker 1: uh the ap did the Elmans of the world. Um, 19 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:04,000 Speaker 1: get in contact with them and and and you know 20 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:06,000 Speaker 1: they tell me wet every week is gonna continue to 21 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:07,600 Speaker 1: get better, continue to get better, and you know it's 22 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:10,880 Speaker 1: gotta continue to trust it and continue work. We saw 23 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:14,959 Speaker 1: one yard run? How did that feel? And then all 24 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:17,000 Speaker 1: the other runs? Are you just kind of waiting for 25 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:19,440 Speaker 1: the ten and twelve yard runs to come? It seems 26 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:22,280 Speaker 1: like it's either been five, four or five or the 27 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:25,760 Speaker 1: big one. Um. Yeah, you know four or five. I 28 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:28,440 Speaker 1: gotta keep doing better job of, you know, eliminating the 29 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 1: negative place. Uh felt good to you know, open up 30 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:34,440 Speaker 1: break a big one. Um. But at the end of 31 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 1: the day, you know, no points came out at Uh. 32 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:39,720 Speaker 1: You know, myself and us at the offense, we got 33 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:41,720 Speaker 1: to do a better job with capitalizing on on our 34 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 1: big plays. But you know, the four and five just 35 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:46,560 Speaker 1: keeps sticking with it. Um, the ten and twelves that 36 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:49,800 Speaker 1: they're gonna come. But I think you know last week 37 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:52,120 Speaker 1: what we're in for like a hundred six rs. Um. 38 00:01:52,360 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 1: We've got a nice little little little package going on 39 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:57,559 Speaker 1: scheme where where Dan was able to use his feet. Uh. 40 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:00,640 Speaker 1: So it definitely gives the defense. Is um something else 41 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:04,920 Speaker 1: to account for in our run games last week? I'm 42 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:09,120 Speaker 1: limited opportunity in a week one? So how how are 43 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:11,480 Speaker 1: you with that? Right now? We're getting rid of rust 44 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:14,959 Speaker 1: and finding rhythm. Um, That's that's just kind of gonna 45 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:17,480 Speaker 1: continue to happen at the season goal uh not playing 46 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:20,920 Speaker 1: football for the year. Uh. Last week I could like 47 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:23,440 Speaker 1: felt like you know, my I know it's gonna sound weird, 48 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:25,600 Speaker 1: but like my eyes and my feet were moving at 49 00:02:25,639 --> 00:02:27,960 Speaker 1: the same pace. Um, I was seeing things and making 50 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:30,480 Speaker 1: cuts like as a game gout on, especially towards the 51 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 1: end of the game a lot better. So I just 52 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:35,800 Speaker 1: continue to try to continue to watch film when I 53 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:37,960 Speaker 1: when I come out hand out practice, UM, you know, 54 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:40,160 Speaker 1: get them, get the most out of my reps. Uh, 55 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:42,840 Speaker 1: and those are things gonna help me, uh to continue 56 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:46,400 Speaker 1: to grow throughout season. So is it also a feel 57 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 1: for this offense? I mean I've forgotten until hit me 58 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:52,800 Speaker 1: this morning that you had one game in this offense 59 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:54,920 Speaker 1: last year to get us feel. I know you put 60 00:02:54,919 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 1: in all the work to know that. It's not about 61 00:02:56,320 --> 00:02:59,520 Speaker 1: knowing the plays. But from your perspective, are you still 62 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:03,440 Speaker 1: getting a feel for the scheme, what they're asking you 63 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:05,400 Speaker 1: to run, how they're asking you to run. Is that 64 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:07,480 Speaker 1: old part of it or No? I wouldn't say that. 65 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:10,639 Speaker 1: I think the coaches do a really good job of explaining, uh, 66 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 1: you know, the scheme and what's to be done in 67 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:15,200 Speaker 1: the scheme, what's my role? You know what I got 68 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:18,480 Speaker 1: accomplished throughout the plays. Uh, So I wouldn't say that, 69 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:21,600 Speaker 1: but I was allude to kind of going back where 70 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:23,360 Speaker 1: you say I only played one game in the scheme. 71 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:25,720 Speaker 1: I guess you're saying, meaning only played one or two 72 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:28,799 Speaker 1: football games last year and not playing for a whole 73 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:31,000 Speaker 1: year definitely takes a part. But I don't want to 74 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:33,040 Speaker 1: use that as an excuse at all, And that's what 75 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:35,120 Speaker 1: I'm not saying at all. Um. I'm just going to 76 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:37,640 Speaker 1: continue to keep going and keep trusting in and just 77 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:40,520 Speaker 1: having fun out there. Obviously, you know seasons start off 78 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:43,000 Speaker 1: on and two. Um, but you know we have a 79 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:45,040 Speaker 1: great mindset when our within our team, with our locking 80 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:47,600 Speaker 1: up with our coaches and um, you know, excited to 81 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 1: go out there and try to get double in front 82 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:51,680 Speaker 1: of home fans and get this thing wrong. How valuable 83 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 1: days for you? Um, definitely big h you know, especially 84 00:03:56,280 --> 00:04:00,360 Speaker 1: I think I said last week, I'm not ideal or 85 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 1: someone someone coming off of a major knee injury to 86 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:06,120 Speaker 1: play two games in five days, but it is what 87 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 1: it is. So I'm happy I was able to play 88 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 1: those two games, and like I said, I got confidence 89 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:12,840 Speaker 1: out of it. For like, it grew up, grew um 90 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:15,800 Speaker 1: like throughout those two games from one to two, and 91 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:17,760 Speaker 1: you know, having those ten days to to get my 92 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:19,960 Speaker 1: body right, um, to see family, to to go home, 93 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:22,599 Speaker 1: go to Penn State, see familiar faces. Uh, definitely just 94 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:25,600 Speaker 1: helped the mental part of it too. How does running 95 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:27,840 Speaker 1: games all goes hand in hand? How do all the 96 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:32,120 Speaker 1: changes across affect you? Like you weren't working with Predicon 97 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:34,520 Speaker 1: and Price when you work it would walk throughs in 98 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:37,440 Speaker 1: training camp. If I go back the last season, you 99 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:39,400 Speaker 1: know or the season before that, you really only have 100 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:42,280 Speaker 1: experience running behind Hernandez and Solder. So how does that 101 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:44,600 Speaker 1: all affect you? The idea that the offensive line has 102 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:49,720 Speaker 1: never really been stable, Um, that's that's a great, great one. 103 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:52,720 Speaker 1: Never thought about it that way, but uh, you know, 104 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:55,800 Speaker 1: those guys are stepping up, um into the roles, and 105 00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:59,000 Speaker 1: I'm gonna continue to get flow with them and continue 106 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:02,040 Speaker 1: to grow with them throughout the year. Um. You know, 107 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:03,599 Speaker 1: did they come out here and they worked their butts 108 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:05,919 Speaker 1: off every single day, and you know they had beliefs 109 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:07,200 Speaker 1: in the run game, and I have belief in the 110 00:05:07,279 --> 00:05:09,440 Speaker 1: run game, and they believe in me, and I believe 111 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:12,400 Speaker 1: in them. So that's that's key. And um, you know, 112 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 1: obviously we would love for it to happen week one, 113 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:18,080 Speaker 1: week two, but you know, it's a seventeen week season 114 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:20,800 Speaker 1: for a reason. Um. You know, I'd rather not be 115 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:22,680 Speaker 1: hot in the run game week two and in the 116 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 1: middle of the season and the season they fall off, 117 00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:27,640 Speaker 1: So we gotta get this thing going. Uh with the 118 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:30,920 Speaker 1: run game, I think we found a new, um new 119 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:32,599 Speaker 1: part of it were I don't think it's new because 120 00:05:32,640 --> 00:05:35,159 Speaker 1: the DJ showed up last year. But uh, even with 121 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:38,240 Speaker 1: this on Thursday and pulling and and the r p 122 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:40,200 Speaker 1: O s Um, make sure you have to respect something 123 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:42,240 Speaker 1: else in the run game, so that naturally gonna help 124 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:46,160 Speaker 1: the run game out a lot to finals, it was 125 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:49,320 Speaker 1: too wrong? Did you leave the yards out there? Uh? 126 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:51,560 Speaker 1: Or did you take what was given to you there? 127 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:53,800 Speaker 1: Like do you feel like if you're do you do 128 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:57,320 Speaker 1: more there? Do you game more yards there? Um? You 129 00:05:57,360 --> 00:05:59,040 Speaker 1: know I don't. I don't look at it that way. 130 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:02,200 Speaker 1: Always feel like, no matter what, even if I break 131 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:04,760 Speaker 1: a four yard run, Um, if it's not a touchdown, 132 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:07,400 Speaker 1: my mind sets what could I have done to to 133 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:09,360 Speaker 1: got into the end zone? So I wouldn't say, I 134 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:12,680 Speaker 1: left yards out there, but uh, you know I gotta 135 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:14,080 Speaker 1: I gotta do a little bit more to place in 136 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:17,480 Speaker 1: a brad position, whether that break more tackles or you know, 137 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:21,000 Speaker 1: uh fill it out, read it out better. Um, those 138 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:23,080 Speaker 1: are things that's gontinue to come. And you know, just 139 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:25,240 Speaker 1: as the offense, we gotta find a way to to 140 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:29,160 Speaker 1: capitalize on a big play by James there and um 141 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:33,119 Speaker 1: but you know for me personally, uh, those two runs 142 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:37,599 Speaker 1: gotta be better for my team anything running again, it's 143 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:39,360 Speaker 1: the ball to you or how all right? I shouldn't 144 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:41,400 Speaker 1: say that. How do you look at it as a 145 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:44,760 Speaker 1: quarterback leading team in Russian? Is that? Um? As? I 146 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:47,359 Speaker 1: mean as a competitor obviously you you you want to 147 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:49,880 Speaker 1: be leading the team in Russian, leading the league of Russian, 148 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:51,160 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. But at the end of 149 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 1: the day, you want to win games. And you know, 150 00:06:54,279 --> 00:06:57,360 Speaker 1: we put ourselves in a position, uh to to win 151 00:06:57,400 --> 00:06:59,599 Speaker 1: the game and we sent finished and you know that 152 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:02,200 Speaker 1: that came on DJ playing a great game for us 153 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:04,760 Speaker 1: with throwing the ball and run the ball, and um, 154 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:06,400 Speaker 1: you know I look at it. You know it's like 155 00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:09,200 Speaker 1: I said, a seventeen game we uh season for a reason, 156 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:11,440 Speaker 1: and I look at it, that's gonna help me. Uh, 157 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:13,720 Speaker 1: you know, there's gonna be times team is not gonna 158 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:15,880 Speaker 1: just continue to let him pull in and take it 159 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:18,040 Speaker 1: for six eight yard runs, which they show you can do. 160 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:20,120 Speaker 1: There's gonna be time with that defensive end is going 161 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:22,480 Speaker 1: to sit and play DJ two and then that that's 162 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:24,720 Speaker 1: when I get my opportunity to make things happen, to 163 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:27,120 Speaker 1: make things shake so um, and not only with that, 164 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:29,640 Speaker 1: with me running the ball, with him pulling and throwing 165 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:32,480 Speaker 1: over top, you know, safety is coming down, uh, trying 166 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:34,720 Speaker 1: to stop the run. It's gonna leave people. It's gonna 167 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:37,520 Speaker 1: leave our wars was open over the middle and running 168 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:40,120 Speaker 1: stanton and getting open. So we just got to continue 169 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:42,000 Speaker 1: to do those things. Um. You know as a offense 170 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:44,160 Speaker 1: were to put up twenty one points, but wasn't enough. 171 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:46,440 Speaker 1: We gotta find way to finishing and finished games and 172 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:49,560 Speaker 1: find a way to come out with a wit. That 173 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:52,040 Speaker 1: opening for you was a rookie coming into the NFL 174 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:54,960 Speaker 1: as far as on the field off and feel how 175 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:59,080 Speaker 1: to fee a pro um, was there a transition that 176 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:02,360 Speaker 1: you go you need I mean I had great great 177 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:06,080 Speaker 1: vets um Jonathan Stewart was here, Uh did with a 178 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:08,480 Speaker 1: good job of you know, seeing what hell he took 179 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:10,920 Speaker 1: care of his body and the way how he operated 180 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:14,800 Speaker 1: Eli manning um snacks. There's a lot of great rats 181 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:17,480 Speaker 1: that we had here, but for me, and you know, 182 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:20,480 Speaker 1: I think, uh what Coach Off and Coach Franklin did 183 00:08:20,480 --> 00:08:22,240 Speaker 1: a really good job of when I was at Penn 184 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:25,000 Speaker 1: State and knowing my goals and all my my dreams, 185 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:27,000 Speaker 1: what I want to do and what I'm accomplished of 186 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:29,880 Speaker 1: helping me preparing me getting ready for uh the NFL. 187 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:31,400 Speaker 1: And you know, I think I've been doing a really 188 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:33,720 Speaker 1: good job that so far on off the field of 189 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:37,880 Speaker 1: you know, handling being in New York, um, uh, taking 190 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:42,080 Speaker 1: care of my body, handling ups, handling downs, um. And 191 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:44,440 Speaker 1: you know it's only been in the NFL going on 192 00:08:44,559 --> 00:08:46,480 Speaker 1: year four right now, so there's gonna be more of 193 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:48,800 Speaker 1: that too. And you know, I'm just gonna take to 194 00:08:48,880 --> 00:08:51,719 Speaker 1: myself be who I am and uh just go by 195 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:55,160 Speaker 1: that way. Last one what you have to give chef 196 00:08:55,280 --> 00:09:01,440 Speaker 1: to uh stage, Um, you know he wanted he wanted 197 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:03,280 Speaker 1: to wear a pencil. He wanted to wear a two 198 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:07,599 Speaker 1: six jersey. I gotta final with it, get out there, Uh, 199 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:11,240 Speaker 1: I had to show him what real college football look like. Uh, 200 00:09:11,520 --> 00:09:14,960 Speaker 1: the big white the white out. I wish I could 201 00:09:14,960 --> 00:09:17,760 Speaker 1: took all my team, especially my SEC teammates. You know 202 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:21,480 Speaker 1: that they have this this opinion that you know, their 203 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:25,200 Speaker 1: their crowds and student sections is is different and I 204 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:27,400 Speaker 1: just keep trying to tell them that, you know, and 205 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:31,000 Speaker 1: that that dayn't heavy Valley and when it's all white, Uh, 206 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:33,960 Speaker 1: it's a whole different scene. And uh, he got to 207 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:37,280 Speaker 1: see it for himself. But it was fun to go 208 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:39,320 Speaker 1: back out there and you know, see familiar faces, see 209 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:41,800 Speaker 1: coach Franklin, and um also that they got the job 210 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:43,959 Speaker 1: done and they got double What do you think of that? 211 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:52,000 Speaker 1: Huh uh yeah, I mean they only really put my 212 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:56,480 Speaker 1: bad shots up. But uh that that comes with it. Um. 213 00:09:56,559 --> 00:09:58,079 Speaker 1: I think it's a good thing that I'm not good 214 00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:01,880 Speaker 1: at beer parm right now typical play, honest, So I'll 215 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:04,360 Speaker 1: take with that. It was fun. Um on social media 216 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:05,840 Speaker 1: was fun. Like I said, it was good to get 217 00:10:05,880 --> 00:10:07,920 Speaker 1: back there and see a lot of people. Um, but 218 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:09,480 Speaker 1: you know that that was a little breaking and that 219 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:10,440 Speaker 1: it was time to get back to work.