Speaker 1: I was just in here and saying, you have a
Speaker 1: certain confidence that it's clear that you know you're good,
Speaker 1: but I assume it's a rookie.
Speaker 2: You don't want to get too carried away, and you
Speaker 2: know people like say, dude, you're just your rookie.
Speaker 1: Where is the line for you or.
Speaker 3: Is it just being yourself?
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean I think it just goes back to
Speaker 4: all the work that I put in. I think that's
Speaker 4: what comes with my confidence, is my preparation at the
Speaker 4: end of the day. But yeah, you always gotta stay
Speaker 4: grounded and stay humble within yourself. So you know, just
Speaker 4: being me, what.
Speaker 2: Happened before camp that led to the injury and how
Speaker 2: are you feeling now?
Speaker 4: Yeah, it was just a worker that you know, I
Speaker 4: was working on and it just happened, you know, out
Speaker 4: of nowhere. But right now I'm just trying to stick
Speaker 4: to the plan that they had me on in the
Speaker 4: training room and get better and get right.
Speaker 1: Have you had a welcome to the NFL movement yet?
Speaker 5: Against any of the guys.
Speaker 3: Really every day honestly just battling against them.
Speaker 4: You know, they're one of the top defenses in the
Speaker 4: entire nations, So you know, going against them each and
Speaker 4: every day.
Speaker 3: Is it would making me better?
Speaker 5: On a radio interview that it's how everybody knows how
Speaker 5: what a difficult offense this is for a rookie receiver
Speaker 5: to step into. But that you've done it pretty seamlessly
Speaker 5: so far, he's pretty pretty impressed by what is your
Speaker 5: head been swimming or if you grasped it pretty easily,
Speaker 5: how would you describe the process?
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think I've took big strides since I've got here.
Speaker 4: In the beginning, yes, it was a little difficult, you know,
Speaker 4: coming into an offense like this that's very complex. There's
Speaker 4: a lot to it, and trying to you know, learn
Speaker 4: it all in one day is impossible. So I just
Speaker 4: kind of told myself that over and over again and
Speaker 4: just you know, each day how I can get better
Speaker 4: and improve and you know, knowing the playbook, and I
Speaker 4: think that I've made a big stride to this point.
Speaker 1: You're not getting a pass throw on to you like today,
Speaker 1: you still follow through on the play like your your
Speaker 1: yards after somebody else catches it. You're going after guys.
Speaker 1: So is that something that has always been with you
Speaker 1: or is that something you developed the last couple of
Speaker 1: years to play.
Speaker 5: Through the play.
Speaker 3: Yeah, at this point, it's just muscle memory.
Speaker 4: Man. Luckily, I've had a lot of good coaches, you know,
Speaker 4: in the past, and then obviously coach Hank Now he's
Speaker 4: just always stressing about finishing the play. So you know,
Speaker 4: whatever I can do to show that, you know, if
Speaker 4: it's somebody else catching the ball, going up and lead
Speaker 4: blocking for them, or just honestly just acting like I
Speaker 4: got the ball and making somebody miss and imagine it
Speaker 4: in my head so when it does come my way,
Speaker 4: then you know, second nature.
Speaker 1: So he makes a lot of anticipatory throws, and you're
Speaker 1: a great route runner. It seems like you guys are
Speaker 1: almost made to play together. What's it been like this
Speaker 1: summer wrapping it on the field.
Speaker 4: With him, You know, it's been a pleasure. Obviously he's
Speaker 4: one of the top quarterbacks in the league right now,
Speaker 4: so you know, going into a you know, a system
Speaker 4: with a quarterback like that, it's a great blessing for myself.
Speaker 4: It's made everything easier, you know, just chopping it up
Speaker 4: with him each and every day. His locker's actually right
Speaker 4: next to mine, so I get to talk to him
Speaker 4: each and every day, and you know, going up to
Speaker 4: him and just having a normal conversation like what can
Speaker 4: I get better at and then just ask some questions
Speaker 4: about the playbook and getting feedback from the quarterback. So
Speaker 4: because once you start seeing it through a quarterbacks lands
Speaker 4: and it just becomes that much easier for a receiver.
Speaker 4: So just to continue to develop that trust and that
Speaker 4: connection with him.
Speaker 5: Does your background with you make him the guy that
Speaker 5: you sort of go to to ask questions about wide receiver?
Speaker 5: What's your interaction with him been like this summer?
Speaker 3: Yeah, I definitely asked some questions.
Speaker 4: You know, he's, like I was going back to, he's
Speaker 4: one of the best receivers in the league, so you know,
Speaker 4: any kind of information I can get from him, you know,
Speaker 4: it's gonna only benefit my game. And obviously we played
Speaker 4: together in college, so he was a guy that I
Speaker 4: got to look up to as a freshman coming in
Speaker 4: and being like, that's what a pro looks like. And
Speaker 4: now kind of just you know, wrap lay back around
Speaker 4: and now we're here together.
Speaker 3: So being able to like look what.
Speaker 4: He does throughout his entire day and ask some questions about,
Speaker 4: you know, what it's like to be in the league
Speaker 4: and the system and some things I can work on
Speaker 4: in my game that he may see in the film room.
Speaker 1: So you made a catch the other day with de Winters,
Speaker 1: was on your back. You got both feet down, and
Speaker 1: I want to describe that play.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I definitely think I got both feet down. I
Speaker 4: think so going back on film and watching it, I
Speaker 4: think I was in. But it was a good competitive rep.
Speaker 4: He had inside level on me. So it was a
Speaker 4: player where I had a two way go and obviously
Speaker 4: I didn't want to lose my levers, so I broke
Speaker 4: out and try to make a play. He almost broke
Speaker 4: it up, so I had to come down with the
Speaker 4: juggling catch.
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, absolutely absolutely got to stay with.
Speaker 6: It his wide receivers. Do you enjoy that pressure? Does
Speaker 6: that is that something where.
Speaker 4: You Yeah, I just always say that honestly, that I
Speaker 4: put more pressure on myself than anybody can have on me.
Speaker 3: So you know, at this point I'm used to it.
Speaker 4: But that that's, you know, what all great coaches do
Speaker 4: to their you know, players coming in especially you know
Speaker 4: guys like myself that you know are welcoming that pressure.
Speaker 3: So you know, I'm I'm up for the job. I'm
Speaker 3: excited to get started.
Speaker 5: You learned.
Speaker 6: What's something that you've learned from him? Just you've been here?
Speaker 4: Yeah, man it I mean I sit right there and
Speaker 4: I'm just you know, eyes glued onto what he's talking about,
Speaker 4: and just you know, seeing how complex our offense is
Speaker 4: and him talk through it, and him break down the
Speaker 4: entire play even run plays. You know, it's the impressive
Speaker 4: just trying to soak up all the knowledge from him too.
Speaker 4: You know, obviously he's a super super smart guy and
Speaker 4: knows the system ins and outs of it. And that's
Speaker 4: the level I want to be on. So you know,
Speaker 4: any information I get from him.
Speaker 2: A lot of guys have been around here for a
Speaker 2: long time to get you know, workload manage, get VET days,
Speaker 2: things like that. One guy that is in his debo,
Speaker 2: what what kind of tone does it set knowing that
Speaker 2: every day Number one is going to be out there
Speaker 2: and given you know, everything he's.
Speaker 3: Got in practice.
Speaker 4: Yeah, he's a tone setter, man. He's he's obviously an
Speaker 4: experienced VET. He's had a lot of success in his
Speaker 4: years here, and you know, being a young guy coming
Speaker 4: in and seeing that, you know, that's important for me
Speaker 4: because you know, obviously he's set in the tone for
Speaker 4: the room and being able to see that and going
Speaker 4: out there and attacking each day like he is, and
Speaker 4: you know, it just makes him that much more fun
Speaker 4: when you're out there, you know, seeing a vet guy
Speaker 4: right next to you and you're just having fun with
Speaker 4: him and going out there and being competitive each and
Speaker 4: every day.
Speaker 2: Or his style is kind of lead by example rather
Speaker 2: than you know, talking.
Speaker 3: You know, he's got both. He's got both for sure. Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 3: he talks.
Speaker 5: Going against various warrior in particular, he faced.
Speaker 1: The corner like him before.
Speaker 4: No, I haven't, to be honest, I mean I've I've
Speaker 4: gone against a lot of good corners in my career,
Speaker 4: I say, being in the SEC and then obviously the
Speaker 4: years before that being in the PAC twelve. But you know,
Speaker 4: the corners out here a little bit different for sure.
Speaker 4: They've had a lot of success and you know, the
Speaker 4: best the best. So going against a guy like that
Speaker 4: is definitely gonna make me better.
Speaker 5: Man.
Speaker 4: I'm excited at each and every day I see him
Speaker 4: walk up on me when we're out there and to play,
Speaker 4: I get excited because I just know, you know, this
Speaker 4: is an important rep for me. You know, I got
Speaker 4: to give it my all and improve this level.
Speaker 1: To maintain the separation throughout the entirety of the route.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it gets harder for sure.
Speaker 4: You know that separation definitely gets closer and closer the
Speaker 4: more uh you know, obviously, the better pros you you
Speaker 4: go against and getting the league like this, it's just
Speaker 4: going to be that much tighter. But obviously a guy
Speaker 4: like me, though I'm a perfectionist, I try to get
Speaker 4: as much a separation as I can on each route.
Speaker 3: So it's difference for you as.
Speaker 2: Far as like study, having sleep schedule, just in general.
Speaker 1: Going from the College.
Speaker 5: Of the Bros.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think they put a lot of people in
Speaker 4: this building that's you know, been harping out a lot
Speaker 4: and getting your system, getting your daily routine together, and
Speaker 4: that's something I'm still trying to, you know, learn from
Speaker 4: some of the vets around here and get my routine together.
Speaker 3: I think I got a good one going right now.
Speaker 4: But you know, that's super important for all the guys
Speaker 4: to have that during camp.
Speaker 3: For sure.
Speaker 6: Brandon had a really friendly but very serious rivalry during
Speaker 6: the past couple of training camps. Have you had that
Speaker 6: initial interaction with Fred yet.
Speaker 3: As far as rivalry, I don't know.
Speaker 4: You know, I think today was like day three from
Speaker 4: you or something like that, so, you know, I'm still
Speaker 4: trying to get acting made to back into practice. But
Speaker 4: Fred is that competitive guy for sure. You know, you
Speaker 4: you always know where he's at on the field. He
Speaker 4: just has that that presence. So I've had multiple conversations
Speaker 4: with him, obviously trying to get as much knowledge from
Speaker 4: him and how to maintain your body and things like
Speaker 4: that and just being a pro.
Speaker 3: Yeah, thank you guys.