1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,680 Speaker 1: I mean no emotion. It's football, you know. Obviously we 2 00:00:02,800 --> 00:00:05,120 Speaker 1: all happy to see him back, happy to know that 3 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:09,040 Speaker 1: the surgery was successful. He's a hundred percent you know, 4 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:11,360 Speaker 1: more so than a teammate. He's he's a family member 5 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:13,880 Speaker 1: of us, so his health is always first. But yeah, 6 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:17,159 Speaker 1: I'll answer you a question. Everybody's excited when whenever we 7 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:21,439 Speaker 1: can get anybody back from injury. You know, I don't 8 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:23,400 Speaker 1: know how much you knew about that surgery he had, 9 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:25,639 Speaker 1: but were you surprised at all that he was ready 10 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:28,960 Speaker 1: to go at the opening camp? Uh? Now, I wasn't surprised. 11 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:30,920 Speaker 1: You know. I talked to him a little bit over 12 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:33,880 Speaker 1: the break, so I kind of kind of knew everything 13 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:38,840 Speaker 1: was looking looking pretty good. So what those states seemed 14 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:42,960 Speaker 1: like throughout the whole process, he seems like Brock. You know, 15 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:46,320 Speaker 1: Brock is got a rock solid mental you know, he's 16 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:51,200 Speaker 1: doesn't get flushed very easy. So he took the whole 17 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:54,440 Speaker 1: process like a champ. Nobody could tell if he if 18 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:57,080 Speaker 1: he was going through anything. We couldn't tell. I couldn't 19 00:00:57,080 --> 00:00:59,880 Speaker 1: tell personally at the other day that even a BRONC 20 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:01,680 Speaker 1: women that he's still gonna get a lot more reps 21 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:04,040 Speaker 1: during during this camp than he did did last year, 22 00:01:04,240 --> 00:01:05,960 Speaker 1: or you would treat to see you know, how much 23 00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:08,400 Speaker 1: better he could be with with getting those reps. What 24 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:13,040 Speaker 1: kind of do you expect from I mean, obviously he 25 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:17,120 Speaker 1: would think experience one year experience would play would play 26 00:01:17,160 --> 00:01:20,760 Speaker 1: a major role in in his development. So he got 27 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:24,480 Speaker 1: some I mean priceless experience, especially in some in some 28 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:28,200 Speaker 1: very key games, some big games. All season he played 29 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:33,119 Speaker 1: f fantastic. So uh, I think, yeah, we should expect 30 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:36,400 Speaker 1: better obviously, ef from every player in the year two 31 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:38,800 Speaker 1: that played a lot of football in the year one, 32 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:41,320 Speaker 1: you would expect them to take a jump because of 33 00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:45,080 Speaker 1: the experience. How did you spend your your forty break? 34 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:49,520 Speaker 1: Could you work with any of the year ago? Yeah? 35 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:55,000 Speaker 1: For sure. Yeah. Me and Leroy uh we, you know 36 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 1: we locked in. You know, he come to me for 37 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:00,720 Speaker 1: a lot, you know, we it definitely wanted those uh 38 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:02,880 Speaker 1: little brothers. You know he kind of got the same 39 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 1: you know, physical makeup. He's the athletic guy, you know, 40 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:10,440 Speaker 1: form a tight end, has a quick feet, so you know, 41 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:13,840 Speaker 1: I do spend a lot of time talking to him 42 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:19,040 Speaker 1: about a lot of things. Him Jalen uh obviously Colton Spencer, 43 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:20,799 Speaker 1: uh We spent a lot of time over the off 44 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 1: season like working out shoulder and shoulder, so you know, 45 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:27,240 Speaker 1: I expect him to to make a huge leap this 46 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:29,840 Speaker 1: year as well. So yeah, but you know, it's always 47 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:31,600 Speaker 1: a fun time for me to work with the younger 48 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:35,200 Speaker 1: guys and kind of keeps me engaged, especially during my 49 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:38,680 Speaker 1: off time. You know, it challenges me to be a 50 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:41,160 Speaker 1: better player, cause I obviously got to practice what I preach, 51 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 1: you know, and so I like it. I enjoyed it. 52 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:47,800 Speaker 1: Since obviously making that transition, or or has made that 53 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 1: transition from tight end to to tackle, what do you 54 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:54,360 Speaker 1: see from him in that regard? And you see the 55 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:57,239 Speaker 1: potential to be a a player in his sleep, Yeah, 56 00:02:57,280 --> 00:03:00,240 Speaker 1: of course, he his his ceiling is extremely high. Like 57 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:02,400 Speaker 1: you said, he he made the switch not but about 58 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:05,040 Speaker 1: a year ago, so he he's he's still new to 59 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:08,640 Speaker 1: the position, but he's an intelligent player. Like I said, 60 00:03:08,639 --> 00:03:12,239 Speaker 1: he has all the attributes. He actually, you know, put 61 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:15,360 Speaker 1: a put a little weight on this summer, so you know, 62 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:19,200 Speaker 1: he be a little bit more sturdy. You know, kind 63 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:22,320 Speaker 1: of had a slight frame last year obviously coming over 64 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:26,079 Speaker 1: from tight end. But you know, I think he's he 65 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:29,160 Speaker 1: he's He's used all this time to his advantage. He's worked, 66 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:31,760 Speaker 1: you know, and I'm excited to watch him, watch him 67 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 1: go out there and play Cleveland. Drake Jackson's what strikes me. 68 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:43,720 Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, Cleveland obviously, you know, he's a vet, 69 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:48,040 Speaker 1: played a lot of played a lot of football. Both 70 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:53,080 Speaker 1: of those guys are, you know, a very athletic, very 71 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 1: slippery guys. I think, you know, they should do big 72 00:03:57,080 --> 00:03:59,880 Speaker 1: things for us this year, especially, you know, obviously we 73 00:03:59,920 --> 00:04:03,040 Speaker 1: know what to expect out of Cleveland, but Drake, just 74 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:07,040 Speaker 1: seeing his transformation, seeing you know, the muscle he put 75 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:10,160 Speaker 1: on over the all over the all season, seeing his 76 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:13,320 Speaker 1: attention to detail, you know, you know, I think we're 77 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:16,560 Speaker 1: all kind of excited to see him going full speed, 78 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:19,520 Speaker 1: especially with ninety seven getting a lot of the a 79 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:23,839 Speaker 1: lot of the attention pretty much every play specifically is 80 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:28,400 Speaker 1: Spencer this year versus when you're working with his rookie season, 81 00:04:28,839 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 1: just mentally knowing what to do. Like I said, when 82 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:36,280 Speaker 1: you in this offense is very intricate, a lot of details, 83 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:42,200 Speaker 1: you know, this scheme is it's very very it's very 84 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:45,360 Speaker 1: hard to grasp for new players, and it takes the time. 85 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:48,279 Speaker 1: It took me three to four years my from my 86 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:51,080 Speaker 1: rookie year. You know, I didn't catch on til about 87 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:53,280 Speaker 1: my third or fourth year, and I thought I knew it. 88 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:56,599 Speaker 1: Come here I had to catch on again. So to me, 89 00:04:57,279 --> 00:05:00,960 Speaker 1: obviously his physical traits he's gonna get bigger, stronger every year, 90 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:06,320 Speaker 1: but the mental part him knowing what to do so 91 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:08,240 Speaker 1: then you can worry about what's in front of you. 92 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:10,560 Speaker 1: You know, when you're a young player, you're worrying about 93 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:13,360 Speaker 1: what you have to do. Then you know you can't 94 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:15,520 Speaker 1: even assess what's in front of you cause you don't 95 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:17,680 Speaker 1: even know. You know. It's kind of cause a lot 96 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:19,599 Speaker 1: of words, a lot of the player. It's really tough, 97 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:21,680 Speaker 1: you know, and it's to be able to come in 98 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:24,839 Speaker 1: and start as a rookie and play meaningful downs like 99 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:26,479 Speaker 1: he did. I think it's a hat off to him. 100 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:29,240 Speaker 1: But now you ask me the difference, I think it's 101 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:31,760 Speaker 1: the experience and and the know he know what he's 102 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:35,720 Speaker 1: doing so he can be more assertives. What do you 103 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:39,320 Speaker 1: learn from them on the mental side? Things the hunger, 104 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:42,360 Speaker 1: you know, just seeing how hungry they are to learn, 105 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:45,440 Speaker 1: seeing how hunger they are to get better. You know, 106 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:47,039 Speaker 1: it rubs off on me as all I said, I 107 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:49,800 Speaker 1: like to I like it because it allows me to 108 00:05:49,839 --> 00:05:52,359 Speaker 1: stay locked in and and it holds me to a 109 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:59,400 Speaker 1: higher standard. You've been complimentary role, that's your altual what 110 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:02,000 Speaker 1: you like about and what he needs to do to 111 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:05,240 Speaker 1: UH have success this shore. I think he needs to 112 00:06:05,279 --> 00:06:07,600 Speaker 1: do everything he's been doing. I think that's the reason 113 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:12,000 Speaker 1: he's in this position is because he's earned that trust 114 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 1: from the staff. You know, over the last few years. 115 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:19,760 Speaker 1: He deserves it. He deserves it. He's put in the 116 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:22,960 Speaker 1: work every year he's been presented with a challenge coming 117 00:06:22,960 --> 00:06:25,640 Speaker 1: into camp. You know, whether it was fighting to make 118 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:28,200 Speaker 1: the roster, fighting to make the practice squad at first 119 00:06:29,279 --> 00:06:32,160 Speaker 1: make the roster last year and then have to do 120 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:34,360 Speaker 1: two numbers, had to go in the practice squad for 121 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:37,400 Speaker 1: a few weeks, bring him back up, you know, start 122 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:39,720 Speaker 1: a few games, like he he he's been through it all. 123 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:42,360 Speaker 1: He's been through it pretty much every situation you can 124 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:46,160 Speaker 1: you can beat, you go through and except with starting, 125 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:49,640 Speaker 1: you know, being a day one starter, and he now 126 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:52,039 Speaker 1: that's his position. He's earned it. You know, we're proud 127 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:55,320 Speaker 1: of him. He's a he's a phenomenal player. You know, 128 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:59,000 Speaker 1: the confidence that he plays with. In my opinion allows 129 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:02,120 Speaker 1: him to play at a high of them. You talk 130 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:04,160 Speaker 1: about what you can learn from those guys, I think 131 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:07,000 Speaker 1: learning from him. What I learned from him is his 132 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:10,840 Speaker 1: confidence is unwaivering, the confidence in him, his ability to 133 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:14,520 Speaker 1: block whoever. You know, and when you play online, you know, 134 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:17,559 Speaker 1: your confidence can it's like a roller coaster sometimes because 135 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:21,080 Speaker 1: it's only one play, can define how people look at you, 136 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 1: you know, for the entire season. So it's it's a 137 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:28,400 Speaker 1: very you know, it's a very peculiar position to be 138 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:30,840 Speaker 1: in when you kind of skate on thin ice every 139 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:36,720 Speaker 1: play right. So to me, his confidence and his physical stature, 140 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:40,560 Speaker 1: his attributes, his ability, his lower body string, upper body string. 141 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:42,640 Speaker 1: I think it all plays a part to why he's 142 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:48,040 Speaker 1: in the position he's in right now, playing at a 143 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:51,680 Speaker 1: level maybe as good as you ever have the last 144 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 1: couple of years. I don't know if you'd agree with 145 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:56,560 Speaker 1: that or not, but when you look at your birthday, 146 00:07:56,560 --> 00:07:59,920 Speaker 1: it almost be cause it seems like that you how 147 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:05,080 Speaker 1: and gotten better at an advanced advanced football, just never 148 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:10,040 Speaker 1: settling right. You know, you make ten straight probos. You 149 00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:11,480 Speaker 1: know a lot of people would say, you know, I 150 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:15,000 Speaker 1: put together a good resume, but you know, for me, 151 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:18,480 Speaker 1: I never really look at never look at it past 152 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:20,360 Speaker 1: one year. You know, I look at last year, and 153 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:23,200 Speaker 1: then my whole goal is to be a better player 154 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:26,560 Speaker 1: than I was last year, and next year I'm go'a 155 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:29,160 Speaker 1: look at this year and wanna be better. And to me, 156 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:31,160 Speaker 1: that's the only way you can continue to as sind 157 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:34,080 Speaker 1: or continue to play consistent. You know, it's so easy 158 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:35,520 Speaker 1: to feel like you know it all, to feel like 159 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:37,520 Speaker 1: you got it all, and that's when you get humbled 160 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:40,760 Speaker 1: in this game. So for me, it's always been to 161 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:44,000 Speaker 1: keep going forward, not worry about the review, not worry 162 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:46,520 Speaker 1: about what I've done in the past, all about what 163 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:48,959 Speaker 1: I'm trying to do in the future. And to me, 164 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:52,000 Speaker 1: I think that's a simple blueprint to kind of keep 165 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:56,559 Speaker 1: yourself motivated and staying staying in the now. You know yesterday, 166 00:08:57,960 --> 00:09:01,240 Speaker 1: you guys are here for one or well aware of 167 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:03,319 Speaker 1: you know, the window may not last forever. Right to 168 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:05,520 Speaker 1: to get over the open and win that superwater? How 169 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:07,640 Speaker 1: wutch you do you guys talk about that? How how 170 00:09:07,679 --> 00:09:09,800 Speaker 1: does that kind of consume you? Uh? As your book 171 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:12,280 Speaker 1: a frenus, Well, how long the window last? Yeah, it's 172 00:09:12,320 --> 00:09:14,880 Speaker 1: just to get I don't worry about it. I mean, 173 00:09:14,960 --> 00:09:17,160 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl is at the top of everybody priority 174 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:20,920 Speaker 1: list right now. Worrying about when the window closed really 175 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:23,400 Speaker 1: does nothing for us right now. You know, it's like 176 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:25,280 Speaker 1: worrying about when you're gonna die, right, you know it. 177 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:27,959 Speaker 1: You know it's gonna close eventually, But what's the point 178 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:30,400 Speaker 1: of looking forward to it? Right I'm coming every day. 179 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:32,679 Speaker 1: It just work how I do, how it work, how 180 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:35,320 Speaker 1: I did yesterday, And just look forward to getting one 181 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:38,880 Speaker 1: percent better every every day, and eventually you wanna hold 182 00:09:38,920 --> 00:09:42,679 Speaker 1: up their trophy. And if it doesn't happen, you reset, recalibrate, 183 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:47,480 Speaker 1: approach it the next year with the same same mindset. Yeah. 184 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:48,000 Speaker 1: See