Speaker 1: We'll see. I mean, you know, the goal, same thing.
Speaker 1: I mean, probably just put what I said the last
Speaker 1: couple of times on repeat right now. Your reaction to
Speaker 1: I guess stepping back not being in elevens any more? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean I think I kind of touched on it
Speaker 1: last time. Just I mean, it's frustrating. I mean, obviously
Speaker 1: getting the chance to get out there and everything. I
Speaker 1: mean I felt great. You know, it's fun to be
Speaker 1: out there, but again, just just trust what the doctors
Speaker 1: are saying, and um, I thought of doubt. It's it's
Speaker 1: tough to just sit there and watch I mean, did
Speaker 1: it all last offseason now kind of getting your feet wet,
Speaker 1: but kind of going in and out. Um, it's not
Speaker 1: what I'd like, but it's you know, I'm making the
Speaker 1: most of it as we go. Here. The difference between
Speaker 1: this time and last time's last time, at least for Ross,
Speaker 1: it seem more like a day to day thing. Now
Speaker 1: Doug has made it sound like it's indefinite until you're
Speaker 1: cleared for contact. So is this how you anticipate these
Speaker 1: next few weeks being until you're cleared. Yeah, we'll see.
Speaker 1: I mean I think for next week it's going to
Speaker 1: be the same type of routine and then um, kind
Speaker 1: of you know, keep talking with the docs coaches and
Speaker 1: the kind of make a plan as we go. But
Speaker 1: again just trusting what they say. Team drills that you
Speaker 1: have done, how do you think you played in? What
Speaker 1: are some things maybe you feel like you still want
Speaker 1: to work on and the rest of camp. I mean,
Speaker 1: the full team drills obviously were just those couple of
Speaker 1: days seven on seven, Um, that I've been able to
Speaker 1: do for a while. You know, it's it's not perfect.
Speaker 1: You know it's not perfect. And I kind of think
Speaker 1: back to the last couple of training camps and it
Speaker 1: really never is. You know, it never is. And um,
Speaker 1: you've got a bunch of new guys in new spots
Speaker 1: and you're not scheming things for your defense. So um,
Speaker 1: some days that it looks really ugly out there, but
Speaker 1: then we come back we're like, all right, well we'll
Speaker 1: get all that cleaned up. And so when I'm out there,
Speaker 1: it's not perfect, but um, I know physically I feel
Speaker 1: really good. Talk about football being a rhythm game, how
Speaker 1: is it difficult for you to get a couple of
Speaker 1: reps on seven on seven? Oh you got to go
Speaker 1: off to Who Starred Again, like kind of breaks everything out.
Speaker 1: I mean it can be a challenge, I mean, without
Speaker 1: a doubt. I mean it can be definitely a rhythm game.
Speaker 1: I mean you kind of get into a groove and everything.
Speaker 1: But um, that's the challenge I have right now, you know.
Speaker 1: And it's it's kind of like being on this idlined
Speaker 1: for a long period of time in the game, long
Speaker 1: drive from another team, something like that, and sometimes it's
Speaker 1: just tough to find that rhythm. And right now, I's
Speaker 1: got to make the most of it. Him. Boys. A
Speaker 1: couple of days the team announced the extinction of Doug.
Speaker 1: Obviously there's a lot of talk player too and hopefully
Speaker 1: long term and being you know, connected with another just
Speaker 1: curious your reaction to it, and you know how he's
Speaker 1: yea influence. Yeah, well I went up to him right
Speaker 1: away when I heard the news. I said, I can't
Speaker 1: wait to be a free agent. Um. Then I was
Speaker 1: kidding obviously, so, but no, I'm I'm stoked. I'm stoked
Speaker 1: for Doug and just he deserves it, you know, he
Speaker 1: deserves it him and how we both um but coming
Speaker 1: in with Doug at the same time and just seeing
Speaker 1: him as a leader and how obviously winning the Super
Speaker 1: Bowl and now seeing him now, he hasn't changed. He
Speaker 1: hasn't changed, and that's what I love about him. He's
Speaker 1: still the same guy. So I'm excited for God willing
Speaker 1: a long future with him. Last week we talked about
Speaker 1: him wanting to keep you to control of environment. So
Speaker 1: what do you need to show the Doctor's Doug deciusion
Speaker 1: makers to get back. I mean, I think I've shown
Speaker 1: what I need to show them. I think now it's
Speaker 1: just kind of a timetable. UM docs feeling comfortable with
Speaker 1: things and that's ultimately their call game. From twenty sixteen
Speaker 1: to seventeen, it seemed like you had added a lot
Speaker 1: of volume and variety. How key was that just during
Speaker 1: last year's run? Yeah, it was huge. That was huge. Obviously,
Speaker 1: our run game and mixing it up with different backs
Speaker 1: all last year was huge for us and we look
Speaker 1: forward to that being a big part of what we
Speaker 1: do this year. Obviously, UM the RPO game has kind
Speaker 1: of been well documented and how we mix that in
Speaker 1: and UM that's that's gonna stay a big part of
Speaker 1: what we do, and we feel we have the right
Speaker 1: guys to do that, the right receivers. But then the
Speaker 1: though line, I mean, we can just ride those guys
Speaker 1: and um, they open up space and those of those
Speaker 1: backs get to enjoy it. DROs today, you guys were
Speaker 1: down there, top two quarterbacks, top three receivers. How do
Speaker 1: you get that continuity you need when there's so much
Speaker 1: mixing matching? Maybe, Yeah, I mean early in camp, that's
Speaker 1: definitely gonna be tough. You know, this time, you're definitely
Speaker 1: gonna be tough to find that groove. I mean sometimes
Speaker 1: that's when the offseason thought as the summer workouts, whatever
Speaker 1: it may be, come to play. And right now it's
Speaker 1: just kind of the what we've been thrown, you know,
Speaker 1: it's kind of the way it is. And so you
Speaker 1: got to try and once once everyone is back out there,
Speaker 1: and to get extra work on the side and just
Speaker 1: keep keep growing that chemistry. But I thought, of doubt
Speaker 1: it can be tough this time last year. Now Dallas
Speaker 1: guard down there. Yeah, I mean, obviously we still have
Speaker 1: a lot of our big red zone weapons from last year,
Speaker 1: the guys that you know Hurts al Sean Nelson and
Speaker 1: those guys, and um, now adding a guy like Dallas,
Speaker 1: adding a guy like Richard Rogers down. They're just big
Speaker 1: bodies at our big possession guys. You know, I think
Speaker 1: that'll make us, make us tough defensive for YouTube play
Speaker 1: the preseason game to kind of you know me physical
Speaker 1: as well. We got rhythm and that game. I don't
Speaker 1: think it's a big hurdle for me, you know. I
Speaker 1: think again, what I'd love to be out there on Thursday. Absolutely,
Speaker 1: I'd love to play every day. But um, for me personally,
Speaker 1: I think I'll be fine. Um if I don't get
Speaker 1: out there for preseason, you can't go. What are you
Speaker 1: guys looking at Thursday night when you're watching the two?
Speaker 1: Obviously we're gonna help out the quarterbacks. But the thing
Speaker 1: I like to do is just watch the younger guys
Speaker 1: finally get a chance to go live. A lot of
Speaker 1: the running backs, especially they don't. You don't get to
Speaker 1: see them live and drills out here very often. So
Speaker 1: I'm just seeing how they react in those situations. I
Speaker 1: think it's just always fun to see, uh, see what
Speaker 1: they can do like it's there and obviously it's worked
Speaker 1: it with a quarterback us just you know, during the
Speaker 1: off season, how do you think you're philosophy compares you
Speaker 1: know this off season with previous trained us, I think
Speaker 1: it's very similar. Um. I'm not out there with the
Speaker 1: radar gun or anything, but I feel really good mechanically
Speaker 1: and everything. I feel very good. Arm feels strong, and
Speaker 1: I feel like again I can make all the throws
Speaker 1: and everything. So, um, I don't feel like I've I've
Speaker 1: lost a step with that because it be me Parson.
Speaker 1: You know, every practice we come out here, it's half
Speaker 1: with the band. The practice the other night can move about.
Speaker 1: What do you expect on Thursday? And what do you like?
Speaker 1: Where do you sit when fans? Yeah, I mean the
Speaker 1: fans sports been unbelievable. I mean I've said that since
Speaker 1: I got here, but uh now, coming off a Super
Speaker 1: Bowl run last year, Um, it's it's another level. I'm
Speaker 1: going over there the other night. Uh was it was incredible?
Speaker 1: You know it was I think thirty five thousand or
Speaker 1: whatever it was. But um, I mean a lot of
Speaker 1: you guys are probably there was not quiet at all, um,
Speaker 1: borderline annoying that time, trying to get some plays and
Speaker 1: guys like do we need silent count out here? Um?
Speaker 1: But but we love it, I mean we love what
Speaker 1: the fans are so passionate and I'm sure Thursday night's
Speaker 1: going to be an unbelievable atmosphere to see from the
Speaker 1: suffer from Nate. I mean it'll be it'll be big
Speaker 1: for him obviously, uh not being here last preseason and
Speaker 1: getting those reps and getting uh late season last year
Speaker 1: against Dallas. Um, but Nate's salt, you know, Nate's Nate's grade.
Speaker 1: He plays a lot like Nick and Ian we all
Speaker 1: we all kind of think similarly. Um, and so you
Speaker 1: can really kind of do a little bit of everything.
Speaker 1: And UM, I think he's sneaky athletic too and can
Speaker 1: make some plays with his feed. So I'm excited to
Speaker 1: see him live again and um really get a chance
Speaker 1: to start that game. I could follow up with that.
Speaker 1: Joe cal Lambs, another guy will probably play a lot
Speaker 1: on Thursday. What have you seen from him? Yeah, Joe
Speaker 1: looks right. You know, he's kind of a little bit
Speaker 1: of a gun slinger out there, kind of has that
Speaker 1: mentality a little bit. But he's fun to watch and
Speaker 1: he doesn't get rattled. I mean he doesn't get rattled
Speaker 1: by um, mistakes from receivers, mistakes from the line, from himself, whatever.
Speaker 1: He just keeps going keeps throwing it, and so that
Speaker 1: gunslinger mentality I see, and Joe, it'll be fun to watch.
Speaker 1: Doug told you about his time as a high school
Speaker 1: coach and kind of stories from that and how it's
Speaker 1: shaped him. It maybe been the foundation of what he
Speaker 1: is now. I'd love to tell you that I've heard
Speaker 1: all about it, but I don't think I've heard too
Speaker 1: much about it. Talked more about, you know, his playing
Speaker 1: days and everything and just kind of relating those things,
Speaker 1: but not a ton about his high school coaching. What's
Speaker 1: the difference in you're prepping heat versus cool. You're North
Speaker 1: Dakota guys, so today's sporting out it's different. I mean,
Speaker 1: I try and prep the same. You just sweat a
Speaker 1: lot more. Sweat a lot more, and obviously I like
Speaker 1: it a little bit more more cool, but you just
Speaker 1: get through. It'll be good. Guys. You're excited to see
Speaker 1: for the first time in preseason. Do you have anyone
Speaker 1: specifically that stands out to you? Um, you know, I
Speaker 1: think it's just a culmination of everybody. Really, A lot
Speaker 1: of the running backs you see out here. We got
Speaker 1: a handful of backs. I'm excited to see what they
Speaker 1: can do really every one of them. Um, receiver wise,
Speaker 1: you know, we got a couple of young guys there. Dallas.
Speaker 1: I'm excited to see him in a live action as well.
Speaker 1: And um, yeah, we just have a handful of guys
Speaker 1: both sides of the ball that I think we're all
Speaker 1: just excited see how they reacts.