WEBVTT - Interview: Wide receiver Chris Conley

0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:04.200
<v Speaker 1>Jaguar's wide receiver Chris Connolly with us after Monday's practice.

0:00:04.320 --> 0:00:08.760
<v Speaker 1>Let's start though, Chris with Sunday's practice, first day back

0:00:08.840 --> 0:00:13.200
<v Speaker 1>outside after the game last Thursday night. I know you

0:00:13.280 --> 0:00:16.920
<v Speaker 1>stayed late with Nick after practice, probably what thirty minutes

0:00:16.960 --> 0:00:19.759
<v Speaker 1>after practice? Why was that decision made? It? Would you

0:00:19.760 --> 0:00:22.479
<v Speaker 1>guys work on and how did it roll into Monday's practice?

0:00:23.079 --> 0:00:25.680
<v Speaker 1>I felt like we had a lot of talk about, UM,

0:00:25.760 --> 0:00:28.960
<v Speaker 1>we had a lot uh things to go through, uh,

0:00:29.000 --> 0:00:33.120
<v Speaker 1>just about dynamics in the huddle and and about how

0:00:33.159 --> 0:00:37.120
<v Speaker 1>the offense as a team responded to some adversity. We

0:00:37.159 --> 0:00:38.960
<v Speaker 1>had some things that we needed to talk about, some

0:00:39.080 --> 0:00:41.199
<v Speaker 1>things that we felt like we needed to clean up

0:00:41.200 --> 0:00:44.680
<v Speaker 1>personally between us, UH, some ways that we we needed

0:00:44.680 --> 0:00:47.720
<v Speaker 1>to approach it, and just really just talk about how

0:00:47.720 --> 0:00:50.760
<v Speaker 1>we could make our unit better, UM and how we

0:00:50.760 --> 0:00:54.120
<v Speaker 1>could grow and really fight through those those tough days.

0:00:55.240 --> 0:00:56.880
<v Speaker 1>Did the rest of the receiver stay as well? Or

0:00:56.880 --> 0:00:58.840
<v Speaker 1>is that just you and Nick was a combination of

0:00:58.920 --> 0:01:01.280
<v Speaker 1>guys and how did that bleed over into the entire

0:01:01.320 --> 0:01:03.480
<v Speaker 1>wide receiver room and then the offense as a whole.

0:01:03.880 --> 0:01:05.440
<v Speaker 1>It was just you know, Nick and I and we

0:01:05.440 --> 0:01:07.120
<v Speaker 1>were just talking about you know, what we were going

0:01:07.160 --> 0:01:08.800
<v Speaker 1>to talk to our groups about, Mike what he was

0:01:08.800 --> 0:01:11.600
<v Speaker 1>going to talk to the quarterbacks, the tight ends about,

0:01:11.680 --> 0:01:14.040
<v Speaker 1>and what I was gonna bring to the receivers and

0:01:14.040 --> 0:01:15.800
<v Speaker 1>and talk about in our meeting about how that we

0:01:15.800 --> 0:01:17.640
<v Speaker 1>were how we were going to approach it and watch

0:01:17.680 --> 0:01:20.800
<v Speaker 1>the film today. Um, I think that we responded. We

0:01:20.840 --> 0:01:23.280
<v Speaker 1>responded well to it today. You know, there's another hot day,

0:01:23.360 --> 0:01:25.720
<v Speaker 1>another day with a lot of reps um, but there's

0:01:25.720 --> 0:01:27.720
<v Speaker 1>still thinks that we gotta we gotta clean up. There's

0:01:27.760 --> 0:01:30.640
<v Speaker 1>still a lot of competition that's going on out there,

0:01:30.680 --> 0:01:32.760
<v Speaker 1>and you can't let the heat blind you to the

0:01:32.800 --> 0:01:35.920
<v Speaker 1>fact that you're competing. You have to be able to

0:01:35.959 --> 0:01:37.880
<v Speaker 1>fight through that heat, and you have to be able

0:01:37.920 --> 0:01:40.920
<v Speaker 1>to line up each snap when you don't feel right

0:01:41.080 --> 0:01:42.920
<v Speaker 1>and make it happen and make it work. And so

0:01:43.040 --> 0:01:45.679
<v Speaker 1>we got we still got some steps to take Chris

0:01:45.720 --> 0:01:48.960
<v Speaker 1>Connelly with a Jaguars wide receiver. You mentioned the reps

0:01:49.160 --> 0:01:52.360
<v Speaker 1>It seems like the first team is getting a lot

0:01:52.400 --> 0:01:54.760
<v Speaker 1>of reps in these practices during the week, because at

0:01:54.840 --> 0:01:57.120
<v Speaker 1>least last week, there wasn't any time in the game

0:01:57.160 --> 0:01:59.559
<v Speaker 1>for a lot of the first team offense. Here how

0:01:59.800 --> 0:02:03.040
<v Speaker 1>how different is that compared to other camps you've been in,

0:02:03.640 --> 0:02:05.720
<v Speaker 1>And like you said, that has to be has to

0:02:05.760 --> 0:02:07.280
<v Speaker 1>take a little bit of a mental tool for guys

0:02:07.320 --> 0:02:10.440
<v Speaker 1>who maybe not being used to that many reps. Yeah,

0:02:10.720 --> 0:02:12.200
<v Speaker 1>it's a little bit different. You know, I'm used to

0:02:12.240 --> 0:02:15.360
<v Speaker 1>playing in the preseason. Um, you know, I'm not questioning

0:02:15.400 --> 0:02:18.760
<v Speaker 1>the decisions that the coaches have made. Um. When you

0:02:18.880 --> 0:02:20.920
<v Speaker 1>when you don't play in those games and they elevate

0:02:20.960 --> 0:02:23.560
<v Speaker 1>them out of reps in practice, it's it's tough because

0:02:23.560 --> 0:02:25.640
<v Speaker 1>you know, in in a game, you at least have timeouts,

0:02:25.639 --> 0:02:28.320
<v Speaker 1>you have television, you have these breaks, and in practice

0:02:28.360 --> 0:02:30.880
<v Speaker 1>you're taking these racks of plays and there's not really

0:02:30.919 --> 0:02:32.200
<v Speaker 1>a break, and so you have to learn to push

0:02:32.200 --> 0:02:34.040
<v Speaker 1>through some things. You got to learn how to think

0:02:34.040 --> 0:02:38.240
<v Speaker 1>when you're tired and just recover even even more quickly. Um,

0:02:38.280 --> 0:02:40.520
<v Speaker 1>you know, these practices have been tough, but it's been

0:02:40.560 --> 0:02:43.120
<v Speaker 1>good for us. A lot of reps going in, a

0:02:43.120 --> 0:02:44.400
<v Speaker 1>lot of film for us to look at, and a

0:02:44.440 --> 0:02:47.200
<v Speaker 1>lot of things to learn from. How does the defense

0:02:47.200 --> 0:02:49.600
<v Speaker 1>help you, guys, it's a good, prideful group over there.

0:02:49.680 --> 0:02:52.120
<v Speaker 1>We know that. Yeah, we know they talk a good bit.

0:02:52.320 --> 0:02:55.000
<v Speaker 1>It doesn't seem like they were as chirpy today, but

0:02:55.639 --> 0:02:57.800
<v Speaker 1>they're still there and they're still very good on that

0:02:57.800 --> 0:03:00.040
<v Speaker 1>side of the ball. How does that adjustment go and

0:03:00.280 --> 0:03:02.000
<v Speaker 1>do you guys kind of flip side? Do you talk

0:03:02.040 --> 0:03:04.200
<v Speaker 1>to those guys some about what you'all are doing and

0:03:04.240 --> 0:03:06.080
<v Speaker 1>what the DBS can do better and how does that

0:03:06.080 --> 0:03:08.799
<v Speaker 1>work in the camps? I think yesterday, you know, um,

0:03:08.840 --> 0:03:11.120
<v Speaker 1>it was a little chirpy. We had some of the

0:03:11.200 --> 0:03:14.640
<v Speaker 1>receivers going back and forth with the DBS a little,

0:03:14.800 --> 0:03:18.520
<v Speaker 1>you know, talking fast making plays and talking to each other.

0:03:19.080 --> 0:03:20.480
<v Speaker 1>That's one of the things that Nick and I talked

0:03:20.480 --> 0:03:23.160
<v Speaker 1>about after practice was letting them do all the talking

0:03:23.160 --> 0:03:25.680
<v Speaker 1>and us just coming out and playing. So today there

0:03:25.720 --> 0:03:27.320
<v Speaker 1>wasn't a lot of back and forth going on. You know,

0:03:27.360 --> 0:03:30.200
<v Speaker 1>the defense was chirping, but offense really wasn't say anything.

0:03:30.200 --> 0:03:31.440
<v Speaker 1>They were just getting back to the hell of getting

0:03:31.440 --> 0:03:33.840
<v Speaker 1>ready to run the next play. Uh. Whether or not,

0:03:34.040 --> 0:03:37.120
<v Speaker 1>you know, coaches or people like the fact that we

0:03:37.120 --> 0:03:39.920
<v Speaker 1>didn't say anything today, you know, that's that's up to them.

0:03:39.960 --> 0:03:42.280
<v Speaker 1>You know, that's the choice that we made today that

0:03:42.400 --> 0:03:43.880
<v Speaker 1>we were just gonna line up and we were gonna

0:03:43.920 --> 0:03:45.520
<v Speaker 1>focus on the things that we had to focus on

0:03:46.000 --> 0:03:48.960
<v Speaker 1>um and and compete, and we gotta get better at that.

0:03:48.960 --> 0:03:50.800
<v Speaker 1>We gotta continue to get better at that. We gotta

0:03:50.840 --> 0:03:53.520
<v Speaker 1>let our play speak for us and not just not

0:03:53.600 --> 0:03:56.040
<v Speaker 1>just our mouths. All right, what's left for you this

0:03:56.120 --> 0:03:58.680
<v Speaker 1>week and uh in the next week or so of

0:03:58.760 --> 0:04:01.000
<v Speaker 1>camp after this step coming pre season game personally for

0:04:01.040 --> 0:04:04.480
<v Speaker 1>you to get done here personally, Uh, just continue to

0:04:04.480 --> 0:04:08.360
<v Speaker 1>hone in on what my part is in the in

0:04:08.400 --> 0:04:11.080
<v Speaker 1>this offense, being able to affect the defense from the

0:04:11.080 --> 0:04:14.920
<v Speaker 1>short side, really keeping my conditioning at a peak level

0:04:14.960 --> 0:04:18.080
<v Speaker 1>to where I can be a factor in these games.

0:04:18.120 --> 0:04:20.640
<v Speaker 1>And be ready for that first snap that we have

0:04:20.720 --> 0:04:24.080
<v Speaker 1>against Kansas City, you know, acclimating to this heat, um

0:04:24.120 --> 0:04:26.920
<v Speaker 1>and just being ready, being ready for anything uh any

0:04:26.960 --> 0:04:29.560
<v Speaker 1>looks that we can get on the outside and uh,

0:04:29.880 --> 0:04:32.760
<v Speaker 1>keeping keeping our offense focused and trained on the mission

0:04:32.760 --> 0:04:35.480
<v Speaker 1>of the day to day grind what we have to practice,

0:04:35.520 --> 0:04:37.880
<v Speaker 1>what we have to get better at daily. That's gonna

0:04:37.920 --> 0:04:39.920
<v Speaker 1>make us better in the long run. Good to see

0:04:39.920 --> 0:04:41.120
<v Speaker 1>you appreciate your time. Thank you