Speaker 1: Well, can you kind of take us through with what
Speaker 1: happened against Seattle and just what what's been going on
Speaker 1: off the shoulder.
Speaker 2: It was just throughout the game and all that kind
Speaker 2: of stuff. I'm not really sure when or what, but
Speaker 2: with where I'm at now, I feel good. So going
Speaker 2: into this game, I'm excited to be able to play.
Speaker 1: So when did you turn the corner?
Speaker 3: You thought we were out there earlier in the week.
Speaker 3: It looks like you weren't doing much, and all of
Speaker 3: a sudden today you were Was it yesterday or what?
Speaker 2: Uh? I mean yeah, just throughout the week and stuff,
Speaker 2: the different things that we did in terms of like
Speaker 2: a throwing program. I started feeling good. What was that
Speaker 2: our Thanksgiving yesterday? So like that's when I practiced and
Speaker 2: felt good about it. So and then today I felt
Speaker 2: really good at practice too.
Speaker 1: So was there to go.
Speaker 4: Back for a second in I was like we missed
Speaker 4: up there? I mean last week there's some are having
Speaker 4: some natural concernive like is this serious?
Speaker 1: What's going on here?
Speaker 2: Yeah? I mean anytime you go through injury and stuff
Speaker 2: like that, you want to know what's going on with
Speaker 2: your body and what you know, how long something could
Speaker 2: be or something serious or not if you're healthy or not.
Speaker 2: So all those things definitely ran through my mind. And
Speaker 2: but I'm glad everything was clean within the MRI, and uh,
Speaker 2: knowing that we had a plan to get ready for
Speaker 2: this week and I'm ready to go now.
Speaker 1: So yesterday practice reable to make all the throws.
Speaker 5: Yeah, yep.
Speaker 1: That it's got to be a relief. I mean, when
Speaker 1: the conditions win that you might have to deal with
Speaker 1: in Buffalo's is how important is it for you to
Speaker 1: have full arm strength ready to go.
Speaker 2: Oh for sure, if I'm out there playing, which is
Speaker 2: the plan, then I'll be able to make every throw
Speaker 2: that we have drawn up. So I wouldn't go out
Speaker 2: there playing, you know, not one hundred percent. Like I
Speaker 2: want to go out there feeling really good and have
Speaker 2: the confidence to make every throw. So that's the plan.
Speaker 1: I don't think.
Speaker 3: I think what fortyty eight games in college, I don't
Speaker 3: know if you ever missed a game and then here
Speaker 3: you played, including playoffs, I think thirty seven in a row.
Speaker 1: What was it like to not be preparing to play
Speaker 1: for a week.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it was, you know, it was tough going into
Speaker 2: the week. I had the mindset of I'm gonna see
Speaker 2: how I feel and and I want to play, And
Speaker 2: then obviously I wasn't able to and and wasn't ready.
Speaker 2: So for me mentally, it was like, all right, this
Speaker 2: is different. It's new because I've always been able to
Speaker 2: find a way come game time to to be ready
Speaker 2: to play for my guys, both in college and the NFL.
Speaker 2: So last week was definitely new, you know, going into
Speaker 2: it knowing that I can't play, and and then obviously
Speaker 2: supporting Brandon and getting him ready and stuff. It was
Speaker 2: all new. So but I'm glad, we're we're moved on.
Speaker 2: We're healthy and ready for this one.
Speaker 5: The last time that you were not able to start.
Speaker 2: Up yeah, uh maybe my junior year of high school
Speaker 2: the first three games due to mono, So I think
Speaker 2: that was the first time. Last year against the Rams,
Speaker 2: we just said at me or whatever, health, we like
Speaker 2: to stay healthy going into the playoffs. But the last
Speaker 2: time I missed because of you know, I couldn't go,
Speaker 2: I was yeah, high school.
Speaker 1: So did you have an opportunity to kind of just
Speaker 1: take a step back and take a view of just
Speaker 1: how the season has gone, because you know, once the
Speaker 1: season starts, years just grinding getting ready for the next opponent.
Speaker 1: Did you afford yourself that opportunity at all to just
Speaker 1: kind of see where things can go here for the
Speaker 1: final six games?
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, last week just you know, sitting on
Speaker 2: the sideline against Green Bay and stuff with you know,
Speaker 2: towards the end of the game, it was like, all right,
Speaker 2: you know, this is where we're at, and uh, you
Speaker 2: know what it's going to take moving forward, and how
Speaker 2: we have to look at it, you know, one day
Speaker 2: at a time. So for me, it was just a
Speaker 2: good reflection just how hard the NFL is. You know,
Speaker 2: a lot of games have come down to the last
Speaker 2: couple of possessions fourth quarter, and you know, it can
Speaker 2: either go one way or another, and so we've experienced
Speaker 2: both this year, and you can't take anything for granted.
Speaker 2: So started thinking about those kinds of things, and and uh,
Speaker 2: you know, more than anything, it's like you can't look
Speaker 2: too far ahead in the future. Still we have, you know,
Speaker 2: six games to play and and all all of our
Speaker 2: wants and desires and opportunity lies right in front of us,
Speaker 2: and so it's up to us. So it's really just
Speaker 2: you know, what I started reflecting on and where I
Speaker 2: was trying to get my mind at So you dove.
Speaker 5: For the touchdown against the Seahawks, and I think your
Speaker 5: dad is sitting the path at that's sort of your
Speaker 5: your calling cards, something that you've done your whole life.
Speaker 5: Do you have to sort of rethink that moving forward
Speaker 5: those types of plays? Uh?
Speaker 2: No, I mean, obviously I want to be smart and
Speaker 2: you know, when you're diving at the pylon, be smart
Speaker 2: with the ball and not having to get hit out
Speaker 2: and be a touch back or a turnover anything like that.
Speaker 2: But you know that's part of my game of you know,
Speaker 2: being able to move around and do what it takes
Speaker 2: to get in the end zone. And I've done that,
Speaker 2: you know, high school, college and the NFL. So yeah, obviously,
Speaker 2: be smart, protect myself kind of thing. But you know
Speaker 2: it's my competitive nature. I want to make it happen
Speaker 2: if I can so, and being smart about it.
Speaker 3: So go play. A team is daunting as Buffalo without
Speaker 3: the left side of your starting offensive line. How do
Speaker 3: you process that?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, obviously you'd love to have your guys
Speaker 2: that are starting play, but I mean that's the NFL,
Speaker 2: and I have all the trust in the world and
Speaker 2: the guys that you know we have behind our starters,
Speaker 2: and so uh Jayalen Moore I think has done a
Speaker 2: great job coming in. And then Ben Bartch. We know
Speaker 2: he's had history of playing as a starter in the NFL,
Speaker 2: So you know that's that's part of the part of
Speaker 2: the game. Guys get banged up, guys get thrown in.
Speaker 2: But with the unit that we've had, I think we've
Speaker 2: had guys that have a lot of reps and trusting
Speaker 2: them for sure. So it's got to go out and
Speaker 2: compete and get it done.
Speaker 4: Similar question, but not when you're not diving for a
Speaker 4: touchdown where there were against the Hawks and they were
Speaker 4: intences some decent.
Speaker 3: Heads maybe you know, second and eighteen.
Speaker 4: In the game four, I mean, are those things that
Speaker 4: you have to Like I realized you're drilling's going your
Speaker 4: competitive but like you have to if you rethink those
Speaker 4: type of situations.
Speaker 2: For sure, you know it's a long game, it's four quarters,
Speaker 2: it's a long season, and so you know when it's
Speaker 2: second and eighteen, just like you said, instead of you know,
Speaker 2: getting a game of four and lowering your shoulders and
Speaker 2: trying to get everything you get and being a competitor,
Speaker 2: I mean, I think it just comes down to the
Speaker 2: situation and being smart, not only just protecting myself but
Speaker 2: for my team, you know, like I want to be
Speaker 2: available to play and compete for my team and my
Speaker 2: guys around me. So definitely got to think about all
Speaker 2: of those things and uh, just be smart. You know,
Speaker 2: how can I check the ball down, get the ball
Speaker 2: into a tight end or receiver's hands, running backs hands
Speaker 2: as a checkdown. Definitely got to think about those things.
Speaker 2: So it's the NFL and and uh, you know, I
Speaker 2: have to learn, you know, as we go, and to
Speaker 2: be smart and protect my body for sure. Thanks you guys,