Speaker 1: Yeah, Rain last time. It's good. All right, We'll take
Speaker 1: questions whatever coach decides. Um, you know, whatever you decides,
Speaker 1: you know he'll make a judgment call on that, and
Speaker 1: we're just gonna go out there and play familiar, pretty
Speaker 1: familiar with the opponent. Um, you know, obviously you know
Speaker 1: it's a new season, new some new personnel. Uh. You know,
Speaker 1: everyone's installing different things at different times. So, uh, you know,
Speaker 1: it'll be fun just to be back on the field.
Speaker 1: Obviously is the last team we played, But just be
Speaker 1: excited to go up there and compete against him. No,
Speaker 1: I haven't. Um, you know, we both have a lot
Speaker 1: going on in our lives, so you know, in time,
Speaker 1: I could not. I have no idea. I have no
Speaker 1: idea how find out when I get there what it's
Speaker 1: gonna be like. So no clue this time ad comes
Speaker 1: out to you the chapter you know it'll have when
Speaker 1: it happens. I mean, we were just with the Patriots
Speaker 1: several years ago and I got to, you know, stand
Speaker 1: there and talk to Tom for quite a bit. He's
Speaker 1: a great guy. I mean I have all the respects
Speaker 1: in world for him. I think everyone's making a really
Speaker 1: big deal out of this and it's not a big
Speaker 1: deal at all. I've already talked to him before. Um.
Speaker 1: You know, as a guy, I've always looked up to UM.
Speaker 1: I mean you got to admire someone who's probably the
Speaker 1: greatest ever um and still going strong at you know,
Speaker 1: even at his age, he seems to get better and better.
Speaker 1: So I've already had conversation with him before when we practice.
Speaker 1: So if we have one in the future, we'll have one.
Speaker 1: It'll be cool. The fact that you are playing Patriots,
Speaker 1: I think that's a broad any memories kind of to
Speaker 1: the service. Uh, you know, not really. I mean we're
Speaker 1: we're so we're in training camp right now. We're grinding
Speaker 1: through it. Um. We we're growing as a team. We
Speaker 1: have new players, um, you know, guys rotating and now
Speaker 1: we're fine to in our offense. So I mean, you
Speaker 1: stayed pretty busy throughout the day. Um. Now that we're
Speaker 1: getting closer to game time, Uh, now we'll be honing
Speaker 1: in on you know, who they are, what they do,
Speaker 1: what coverages they like, what they like to do with defense.
Speaker 1: But you know, not not any reminiscent. You know, this
Speaker 1: is a new season, new people, new players. Obviously, we
Speaker 1: wear the same logos as last year. But you know,
Speaker 1: we both have a new identity that we have to
Speaker 1: you know, this is the time of year where we
Speaker 1: grow together as team. So that's all I'm really focusing about,
Speaker 1: focusing on what do you want to get out trying
Speaker 1: to I think just stepping back on the field. Um,
Speaker 1: you stepping in the huddle. Obviously you want to be
Speaker 1: cleaning your execution. But for me, it's just the field
Speaker 1: of the game. Um, just the you're gonna get emotions.
Speaker 1: You gotta get back up the speed. Just being out
Speaker 1: there in a stadium, playing against an opponent. Uh, just
Speaker 1: just feeling those emotions again and just getting the field
Speaker 1: for the game, because I mean we're coming out here
Speaker 1: and practice and compete every day, but you know, game
Speaker 1: day is a little different. I mean there's a lot
Speaker 1: more on the line. You're playing against a different opponent,
Speaker 1: you know, for us, a different defense than we're used
Speaker 1: to seeing in practice. So just stepping out there, stepping
Speaker 1: in the huddle, and just playing a game and getting
Speaker 1: that field again. What have you seen from Shelton gifts
Speaker 1: in the way he's improved or what's different maybe from
Speaker 1: last year to this year four? Yeah, you know, Gibby
Speaker 1: does a great job of coming out here every day
Speaker 1: and working, um, working on his craft. Obviously, we saw
Speaker 1: in the game his speed and you know what he
Speaker 1: can do with his routes. Uh, you know, he's a
Speaker 1: dynamic player. I think every day has come to work
Speaker 1: and he's come a long way since he was since
Speaker 1: he started as a rookie. So it's been awesome to
Speaker 1: see that progression week now with dal Nelson, three weeks
Speaker 1: with dal Alshon as a quarterback. How can you compensates
Speaker 1: a lack economy compey, you know as a quarterback. You know,
Speaker 1: I have great relationships, Um, you know with Aj and Nelly,
Speaker 1: we continue to talk. We played ball together. Now we
Speaker 1: understand how you know, they understand how I throw it.
Speaker 1: They understand how Carson throws it, how Night throws it,
Speaker 1: and I understand how they run routes and what they see.
Speaker 1: I think it practiced. The important thing is, you know,
Speaker 1: we might be running with other guys because we're trying
Speaker 1: to bring the younger guys up or the newer guys,
Speaker 1: the you know, Mike Wallace, um, you know Aiken, just
Speaker 1: trying to help them in our offense and what we
Speaker 1: see so there's a lot of talking, but then there's
Speaker 1: also talking you know with Nellie and al Shan and
Speaker 1: what you know, having them helped other receivers. So there's
Speaker 1: a lot of collaboration and I think that's the key
Speaker 1: to any team is commune. So we have a lot
Speaker 1: of that going on that helps us. When those guys
Speaker 1: cans get healthy, you know, we'll be on the same page. Obviously,
Speaker 1: they'll have to get their legs under them and running
Speaker 1: rats and playing the game in the field. But I
Speaker 1: think when it comes to like our mental state, like
Speaker 1: we understand like each other as players much Wallless, it
Speaker 1: seems like he's really come on the last week or so.
Speaker 1: Is it a matter of just more reps and getting
Speaker 1: comfortable in the offense or what do you see from it? Yeah,
Speaker 1: it just takes time. I mean you've come to a
Speaker 1: new team. You have new offense, new scheme, new players,
Speaker 1: new defense, new city. There's a lot of things that
Speaker 1: go on, so it does take a little time. But
Speaker 1: you know, Mike, he's another guy. We just continue to talk.
Speaker 1: We continue to have conversations. You saw an example of
Speaker 1: to day at practice. You know at ten ten ten practice,
Speaker 1: we're still getting a lot of great work, but it's
Speaker 1: a little different practice. You know, there's a play earlier
Speaker 1: in prict where he's like, hey, you know, I can
Speaker 1: beat the guy deep and I was like, hey, just
Speaker 1: keep talking to me. We ran a play that was
Speaker 1: very similar to it later and I threw it, and
Speaker 1: that's like, we're the growth going. We continue to talk.
Speaker 1: I want to know what the receiver's scene. At the
Speaker 1: end of the day, I'm gonna have to make the decision,
Speaker 1: but it helps me if I'm looking right and I
Speaker 1: can't see what's going on over here, to know what
Speaker 1: they see, so I have a better understanding letter later.
Speaker 1: And I think that every day we grow in that aspect.
Speaker 1: Was a lot more conversations going on, and I think
Speaker 1: you see it out here with how the receivers are
Speaker 1: starting to play and the growth they've made, like a
Speaker 1: new sort of game day dot com before you're with
Speaker 1: press and my uh is that one of the most
Speaker 1: important things too? You have that communication work first time? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think as a player, UM, you know, obviously last
Speaker 1: game I got it was our first experience with it all,
Speaker 1: and it was great. Um, you know, talking with Mike
Speaker 1: on the sideline. Um. Then you know, press on the phone.
Speaker 1: So I think that that. Yeah, absolutely, that's why these
Speaker 1: games are great. You get it's different, it is going
Speaker 1: to be different, it's different people. But I think this
Speaker 1: is a great time for us to grow together and
Speaker 1: experience this right now. Back and you know, you got
Speaker 1: Dallas here down all your you know, expect to have
Speaker 1: you know, and that should that's just in general. What
Speaker 1: was the last part with with all the guys tight
Speaker 1: and the dark back of the office, you expect to
Speaker 1: have just a little bit more dimension of the offense insurance. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, I mean last year we were very diverse
Speaker 1: as well. Um. I think our coaches do a great
Speaker 1: job of building the offense around the players. Instead of
Speaker 1: saying this is the offense you're gonna fit in and
Speaker 1: run it, they're saying, hey, we have a large database
Speaker 1: of plays, let's fit it to our personnel. So our
Speaker 1: coaches do a lot of great do the best job
Speaker 1: I've seen at doing that. And uh, you know, we
Speaker 1: have a lot of personnel, as you stated, um, and
Speaker 1: we're going to use them in different ways. That's what
Speaker 1: good teams do. And as a quarterback, you get really
Speaker 1: excited about that because you do have great matchups because
Speaker 1: of the personnel we do have. So I'm excited to
Speaker 1: see what you know, going in progressing through the preseating,
Speaker 1: getting ready for the regular season, what our coaches come
Speaker 1: up with. Much needs season yet ready one or two
Speaker 1: games play to be ready. I don't have like a
Speaker 1: mathematic mathematical formula for me. It's always more a feel
Speaker 1: like you'll you'll know as a player, like when you
Speaker 1: start feeling more comfortable. Um, you know, fortunately I'm in
Speaker 1: You know, sometimes when you go to a new team
Speaker 1: you need a little more time, um, just because you're
Speaker 1: running a new offense. So fortunately here you know, it's
Speaker 1: my second year in the system. Um, you know, we're
Speaker 1: growing every day in practice. You know. My hope is
Speaker 1: go out there, just get the field for the game
Speaker 1: and go and let and I'm gonna let coach Peter
Speaker 1: some me that and if he wants us to play
Speaker 1: however long, we'll play. However long. You know we're out
Speaker 1: there playing, we're together, we'll be in that huddle and
Speaker 1: you know it's it's what we do. Get No, it doesn't.
Speaker 1: I mean, I know, like I've said, like who I
Speaker 1: am as a player in person? Um, you know, I
Speaker 1: know why I'm here. I think the most important is
Speaker 1: I know why. I'm very fortunate to play this game,
Speaker 1: very blessed to be here. I'm obviously you know it's
Speaker 1: it's a very unique situation. Um. My career path has
Speaker 1: been talked about as a unique curve. Um. But at
Speaker 1: the end of the day, like I love the guys
Speaker 1: I work with, love the coaches and the guys, knowing
Speaker 1: this locker room that whatever this team asks me, I'm
Speaker 1: gonna give it. And if I'm not playing, I'm gonna
Speaker 1: help in any way possible. If that's running the scout team,
Speaker 1: I'll run the scout team and do give the defense
Speaker 1: the best look possible and be there to support the starter. So, um,
Speaker 1: that's what That's how I approach this game, and that's
Speaker 1: why you know I come out here and I can
Speaker 1: play loose and enjoy every moment you mentioned. Like he said,
Speaker 1: I can go deep on him when he got here
Speaker 1: at speed he's ten years in Still yeah, yes he does.
Speaker 1: All right, thank you for laughter.