1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,880 Speaker 1: Jelani, your your rookie season. Obviously, it's a lot's been 2 00:00:02,880 --> 00:00:06,240 Speaker 1: thrown at you, right with training camp and the draft 3 00:00:06,320 --> 00:00:09,080 Speaker 1: and the draft process, and some things that you've had 4 00:00:09,119 --> 00:00:10,960 Speaker 1: to deal with off the field as well. I know 5 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:13,080 Speaker 1: this is a loaded question, but how do you think 6 00:00:13,119 --> 00:00:17,079 Speaker 1: you've dealt and performed in your rookie campaign here? Honestly, 7 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:20,160 Speaker 1: I felt like it went pretty good, just with all 8 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 1: the adversity, like you said, everything that happened, I felt 9 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:26,920 Speaker 1: I feel pretty good about the way I approached this year. 10 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 1: Of course, I know it's a lot of things I 11 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:30,880 Speaker 1: have to get better at. There's a lot of things 12 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:34,559 Speaker 1: I need to work on, but just to what, you know, 13 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:36,400 Speaker 1: just to get in the feel of your first year, 14 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:39,239 Speaker 1: you know, and just how to you know, just be 15 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:41,480 Speaker 1: a pro in general, I feel like I've been doing 16 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:44,880 Speaker 1: a pretty decent job over you know, trying to any 17 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 1: obstacle that come to me, trying to overtake that and 18 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:50,159 Speaker 1: keep progressing and keep moving and having a positive mindset. Honestly, 19 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:52,560 Speaker 1: as we near the end of your rookie season, where 20 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:55,920 Speaker 1: do you think you've grown the most and improved the most? 21 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:57,920 Speaker 1: Like I said, just like being a pro, knowing how 22 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:02,600 Speaker 1: to attack each day, uh, studying and learning and then 23 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:05,160 Speaker 1: just a grasp getting the grass. At the feel of 24 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 1: the game, I kind of felt very I feel very 25 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:10,959 Speaker 1: much adjustive now, Like I've been in the league for 26 00:01:10,959 --> 00:01:15,560 Speaker 1: a minute, you know, everything is way slow down now, 27 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:17,839 Speaker 1: Like now, I feel like I'm starting to be ahead 28 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:20,280 Speaker 1: of the game at times when I'm looking at certain 29 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:23,039 Speaker 1: stuff or doing certain stuff. So that's kind of like 30 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:25,760 Speaker 1: the positive I see in it. Three different quarterbacks, but 31 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:28,200 Speaker 1: really it's it's a change at quarterback or a move 32 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:31,240 Speaker 1: to a quarterback five different times on the season. For you, 33 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 1: when you look at Sam, what do you see in 34 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:37,200 Speaker 1: terms of the subtle differences with him at quarterback compared 35 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:41,000 Speaker 1: to a Nick Foles or Matt Ryan honsolutely pretty much 36 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:44,120 Speaker 1: all the same to me, honestly. They all literally are 37 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:48,680 Speaker 1: like big leaders. They all do the same technique stuff 38 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 1: like they're a little day day to day like routines 39 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:53,840 Speaker 1: they do. They all literally do it. And it's just 40 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:56,640 Speaker 1: funny because you know, I've never seen nothing like that before, 41 00:01:56,920 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 1: So being in this building watching them, you know, Sam 42 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 1: being the weight room doing his little acrobatic stuff or 43 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 1: a little small, little you know, therapeutic stuff and then 44 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:08,720 Speaker 1: Ryan is the same way. Ryan got his literally got 45 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:11,040 Speaker 1: his same routine he do every day, and Nick do 46 00:02:11,639 --> 00:02:15,600 Speaker 1: as well. So it's just like, um, you know, like 47 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:19,160 Speaker 1: you can pick different stuff apart that they all do differently, 48 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 1: but they pretty much all the kind of the same guy. 49 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:25,400 Speaker 1: You look at yourself in terms of a blocking tight end, 50 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:27,840 Speaker 1: You're a willing blocker, you get after it. Where do 51 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:31,040 Speaker 1: you think you've improved in that regard? I definitely would 52 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:34,359 Speaker 1: say the main thing would be just a little bit 53 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:38,519 Speaker 1: more technique. I gained way more technique, But consistency is 54 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:40,760 Speaker 1: the key that I need to you know, definitely get 55 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:44,120 Speaker 1: way better at. I do a good job, you know, 56 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:47,560 Speaker 1: initiating contact, being like you said, of willing it, but 57 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:50,079 Speaker 1: just being able to sustain it and keep my hat 58 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 1: placement right, feetwork right and everything like that, and just 59 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:55,800 Speaker 1: keeping it consistent. It's the thing I definitely need to 60 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 1: work on. Has this rookie season for you, I mean, 61 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:01,600 Speaker 1: has it has it felt like a longer season, a 62 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:05,000 Speaker 1: much longer season compared to what you're used to in college? 63 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:08,160 Speaker 1: I mean it's you've had the preseason plus the preseason 64 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:11,120 Speaker 1: games plus seventeen games. Does it feel like a grind. 65 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:14,560 Speaker 1: It definitely does, especially how hard we're going in practice 66 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:16,519 Speaker 1: and the way we are pressing the game, and it's 67 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:19,800 Speaker 1: the big mental aspect of it. Yes, it's definitely you know, 68 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:22,880 Speaker 1: you could feel the feeling like the tenus in it. 69 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:26,880 Speaker 1: But it's kind of it's kind of weird because it 70 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:29,480 Speaker 1: feels like it's a blink of an eye. But it 71 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:33,240 Speaker 1: feels long. Training camp felt like yesterday in some regards, right, 72 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:35,560 Speaker 1: and it feels like we just started playing not too 73 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:38,560 Speaker 1: long ago. But I can feel the season being long, 74 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:40,760 Speaker 1: and it's life physically, I can feel the season being long. 75 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:43,520 Speaker 1: I mean, is it just soreness or just just general 76 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:46,880 Speaker 1: achs and paints. You beat your body up every every day, 77 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 1: but you recover really well so by the time the game, 78 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:51,920 Speaker 1: you know, by the time Friday Saturday come, I feel 79 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 1: you know better. But at the same time, when that 80 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:57,520 Speaker 1: keeps tapping over every week, of course you get you know, 81 00:03:57,560 --> 00:03:59,720 Speaker 1: your body get decreases a little bit when it comes 82 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 1: to you know how fast you recover. So what's your 83 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:06,400 Speaker 1: general routine to recover and to feel better from the 84 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:09,640 Speaker 1: pounding of a work week in a game day, you know, 85 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:11,880 Speaker 1: what's your routine and what part of the next week, 86 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:16,680 Speaker 1: do you feel I guess normal again. So I typically 87 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:20,080 Speaker 1: feel better by Tuesday, like Tuesday meet Tuesday, Tuesday night, 88 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:22,120 Speaker 1: I kind of feel better. So Wednesday I'm ready to 89 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:26,840 Speaker 1: go again. But typically just cold tanks. Have my own 90 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:28,600 Speaker 1: like stem machines and stuff, so I kind of take 91 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:31,880 Speaker 1: care of my uh you know, muscle recovery and everything 92 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:34,840 Speaker 1: like that. Then I got these two massages a week, 93 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:38,160 Speaker 1: and then just of course the wait natural way to 94 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:41,200 Speaker 1: wait room that knocks out majority of swordiness off off 95 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:43,680 Speaker 1: the rep and then just doing some more joint and 96 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:46,880 Speaker 1: mobility stuff in the treatment room and things in that nature, 97 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:49,720 Speaker 1: and that kind of helps, uh, you know, keep up 98 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:51,919 Speaker 1: with the pace of everything. All right, last one for 99 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:55,520 Speaker 1: your Gilani, what's the how would you describe the urgency 100 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:58,720 Speaker 1: the mood of the team going into the off seasons, 101 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:01,360 Speaker 1: the last game coming up and you know this, this 102 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:04,560 Speaker 1: locker room won't be constructed the same way next year. 103 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:06,719 Speaker 1: There's going to be changes, you know. How do you 104 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:09,040 Speaker 1: describe just the sense of urgency for this team to 105 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:11,880 Speaker 1: close up the season strong and snap this losing skid. 106 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:14,359 Speaker 1: Oh it's high honestly, like you said, we are a 107 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:16,440 Speaker 1: family no matter what we go through. No matter what 108 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 1: happened this year, we are a family and we know 109 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:21,479 Speaker 1: that and we feel it like everybody you know, we 110 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:24,640 Speaker 1: still corral together, we're still happy to see each other, 111 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:27,400 Speaker 1: like you know, there's no negativity in the building. So 112 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:30,520 Speaker 1: no matter what happened, like we're still gonna do it 113 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:32,440 Speaker 1: for each other, do it for the guy next of us, 114 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:34,200 Speaker 1: and just play ball, like you know, it's a kid's 115 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:35,840 Speaker 1: game at the end of the day, no matter what 116 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:37,720 Speaker 1: it is, so we just try to play ball. I 117 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:40,479 Speaker 1: appreciate the time man, congratulations on a good rookie season 118 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:42,680 Speaker 1: and best of luck on Sunday. Thank you, Thank you 119 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:43,080 Speaker 1: so much.