July 31, 2025 • 13 mins
Jacksonville Jaguars OC Grant Udinski & WR Brian Thomas Jr. speak to the media after practice at 2025 Training Camp, presented by Dream Finders Homes.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Expectations are there for that, you know, is it gonna
be tackled to the ground mock game for your thoughts.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Yeah, we're gonna take care of us.
Speaker 3 (00:07):
It's like a practice for us in terms of the
way the guys are approaching it. But it'll be good
to get the experience for the guys kind of going
through the pregame routine more so than anything in terms
of the mock game element of it. Kind of the
flow of it is mock game ish, but there are
guys that the turnaround is a little quick for you guys,
So we're trying to simulate the timing pace of a
game between series getting corrections. But every once in a while,
I'll be out there with the series, we punt and
(00:29):
then he's back out there again. So you can't simulate
it perfectly, but we try to make it as close
as we can for the guys to kind of get
that feeling of a game, the timing of a game,
the rhythm of the pregame warm up, that routine, so
that way the first time they go out there for preseason,
it's not something completely new.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
Live peries like live tackle.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
Well, I think right now that Liam's got the we'll
probably be able to talk to you guys on some
of that schedule stuff, but right now the plan is
to take the tempos just like we've done that practice, and.
Speaker 4 (00:54):
With Travis Kinder, he's gonna Liam Tutters is gonna be
on both sides. What do you need to see offensively
from him going into Condor tomorrow.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
Well, I think what we want to see is just
that continued improvement. I don't think that there's anything specific
that we would say we need to see tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
We have time to continue to.
Speaker 5 (01:13):
Work and progress.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
Excuse me, Hopefully you guys can still hear me, but
I think I'll just leave it like that. I think
it's just a continued progression of schematic understanding, the technique,
the chemistry with Trevor and the rest of the guys
that we want to see on that makingamore.
Speaker 4 (01:31):
And then you today you spent time one on one
with them during the special team seriod. Just how beneficial
are those, you know, extra minutes. We've talked about the
scheduling a lot, but just those extra minutes that you
can get with them.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
On yours We're trying to maximize the use of all
the time.
Speaker 6 (01:46):
For sure.
Speaker 3 (01:47):
The one on one time is great because it gives
you an opportunity to see what he knows, how he
sees things, how he feels about things. So the way
the schedule has been built to get those opportunities been phenomenal,
and it's impressive to see him switch back and forth.
It's not easy to do to go from here in
defensive play calls, practicing defensive techniques and drills, taking defensive
reps and team and then turn around and be able
(02:09):
to spit out his job and his responsibility on a
long offensive third down play call.
Speaker 5 (02:13):
It seems like the Armies had a couple of explosive
plays the last few days. What can you say just
about the way he's transitioning so far.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
I think that's kind of what you saw a little
bit from him last year.
Speaker 3 (02:22):
He has that ability, you know. I think the improvement
in some of the stuff that he's shown in the
run game and even with the different routes that we've
asked him to run, will only hopefully expand his ability.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
To create explosives. But last year, whether.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
It was running go balls or vertical routes or with
the ball in hand on screens in different plays, I
think that's something that's in his wheelhouse.
Speaker 7 (02:42):
You've got a lot of playmakers on offense. Brian Thomas Junior,
Travis Hunter, Tang you got Travis. How do you balance,
you know, getting all those guys enough touches, you know,
to kind of keep them happy at first?
Speaker 6 (02:54):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
Yeah, that's a great question. I think it's important to allow.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
The scheme and the kind of defense and the looks
and the different concepts get the guys the ball when
it's appropriate where we're not trying to force them touches.
But it's something that we're certainly conscious of in the
way we plan a practice or a period or even
a routes on air session to try to get each
guy an opportunity to.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
Touch the ball because we have those skill guys.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
So it's a good problem to have, but it just
takes a conscious effort to kind of be intentional with
the way we plan a practice or a game plan.
Speaker 7 (03:22):
And you have Travis and Bryan on both sides of
the ball, bull bustles the ball, that of player receiver
that went, how much pressure does that put on the defense?
Speaker 5 (03:32):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (03:32):
I think depending on the defense and the structure and
the down and distance will determine how much pressure it
puts on them because ultimately they're the ones that have
a decision to make on how they want to handle BT,
how they want to handle Travis. And as you guys know,
the more resources you allocate over there, you're taken away
from somewhere, so you're limited in something. So hopefully by
having those two guys together on the same field where
it's the same side or opposite from each other, we
(03:53):
force a little bit of the issue much more.
Speaker 5 (03:55):
Bit more, we are able to evaluate the running game.
Now that you know pads are on, it's a little
more closer to the real.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
Yeah, it certainly helps a bunch being able to see
the guys really come off the ball and be able
to strike and use their hands with that full speed
and strain and finish. I think we were able to
evaluate a little bit of it with the footwork and
the communication and targeting some of that, but the full
pads helped tremendously to really see guys not only what
they can do, but to see how they're processing some
(04:21):
of the coaching points and really the targets, aiming points,
all those things that you preach an individual drill that's
tough to sometimes show up in the less competitive, non
padded periods.
Speaker 6 (04:31):
What stands out about that running back room so far
through a week and a half.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
I would say the thing that really stands out about
the guys is their effort and embrace how much they've
embraced the opportunity to improve.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
I think all of those guys.
Speaker 3 (04:44):
Kind of had different areas that they've wanted to improve
individually or collectively even as a group. And the way
they've approached the protection scheme, the run game that's a
little bit different than some of the things they've done.
They've really embraced that and kind of approached it with
a growth mindset. So been awesome to see the young
guys step in and kind of have that and even
the older guys kind of fit right in with that
(05:06):
and set the tone with that type of growth mindset
to approach it where they're trying to buy into the
best of their ability.
Speaker 5 (05:11):
It seems like when the jackson is taking advantageers on
this opportunities, where have you seen from him so far?
Speaker 2 (05:16):
Are Yeah, he's taking advantage of his opportunities. I mean,
you kind of set it right there in the question.
Speaker 3 (05:22):
I think all the guys have really especially with some
of the injuries, and at back you're always going to
get some rotation because a guy's running seventy yards down
the field and the heat finishing the run, so you
got to have the next guy up.
Speaker 6 (05:33):
And ready to roll.
Speaker 3 (05:34):
So it's really been his understanding of what we're asking
to do and his understanding of the scheme. And then
I'll be excited to see when we go full pads
with live tackling when we're against an opponent, to see,
you know, what shows up after contact for him.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
What kind of group have you seen from ETN Since
you were talking about growth with the running.
Speaker 3 (05:52):
Backs, Yeah, like I said earlier, kind of his approach
to the way he studied the protection system, his approach
in the past game and the run game and racing
kind of the new Some of the new concepts or
different concepts that we're running, some of them might be
familiar from stuff he's done, whether it's in college or
with previous staffs, but his growth kind of week to week,
day to day, almost with an understanding of versus certain
(06:13):
fronts and certain structures where this run scheme is trying
to attack, where the landmarks are we're trying to attack.
You see that progression day over day, and that's what's
exciting about his growth, what.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
Makes him so compelling to use as a pass catching back.
Speaker 6 (06:27):
You know what is about him?
Speaker 2 (06:28):
Well, it's really comes down to ability.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
You know, he's a guy who has some natural ability
to do a lot of that stuff, whether he's lined
up in the backfield or whether he's lined up flexed
out and empty in the slot all the way out wide.
That versatility gives him a lot of options to get
the ball in different situations, get the ball.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
In space, which is where he's you know, he's suited best.
Speaker 1 (06:47):
Hey, gus Low's begat metchachs or breaks a successful screen game.
Speaker 2 (06:53):
Is there any like major does or do nots that
comes to mind?
Speaker 3 (06:56):
Well, there's probably there's a lot of variables for make
or break in the screen game. I think ultimately, what
we're trying to work on is getting the guys to
have a understanding of the rules and the concept and
the screen game will always be gray. So once they
have that firm understanding of the rules, what we're trying
to attack, where we're trying to attack, the timing with
what we're trying to attack on defense, then they can
(07:18):
understand the decisions within those rules, and how sometimes you
might have to not necessarily break the rules but bend
them a little bit in order to have that feel
for a defender triggered this way, or he fit a
different way, or this guy fit off the outside and
the receiver next to me took my guy. Now I
got to go on and get the next guy. So
there are little things like that that come with the feel. First,
you kind of have to develop that understanding of the rules,
(07:39):
and then once they develop that understanding, then you can
kind of practice it, get the feel down for it,
and that ultimately, in my opinion, will kind of create
that fruitful screen game for all areas of the screen
where it's receivers, backs, tight ends appreciate.
Speaker 6 (07:53):
Right, Thanks guys.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
You know how does that sort of motivate you moving forward?
Speaker 8 (07:59):
I mean I was saying a lot to me, just
being able to make that my friend and my rookie
year coming in, just me wanting to come out here
and show what I can do. I would say that
means a lot to me, and I mean I feel
like I could have been better. So that's what that's
what's that what motivates me to come out next year
and do even better.
Speaker 7 (08:16):
How'd you kind of like, just so I'm making that
top one hundred and now kind of I don't say
you have no target on your back, but like defense
is now knowing how good you are, Like, how do
you make that adjustment year two to make sure you
produce the thing where you did a year one.
Speaker 8 (08:27):
I wouldn't say as having a target on my back.
I would just say, I mean, I I just gotta
come out and prepare the right way, come out and
be ready for whatever defense throws at us, and just
come out and play team ball and just get the job.
Then that's my biggest thing, is getting the job done,
getting wins.
Speaker 1 (08:43):
What have you added maybe to your preparation now that
you had went through a whole season and you're now
going to your second season, what what have you maybe
added knowing what you have to face come regular season?
Speaker 8 (08:55):
Really just just getting more into the playbook, knowing the
ins and outs of it, just knowing like why we
run certain things with certain coverages, and what are we
trying to do with certain routes and stuff like that.
So I would say just being in the film room,
being in the playbook, I would say that's probably my
biggest thing I I've added to my game.
Speaker 6 (09:12):
How much work UNI have?
Speaker 3 (09:14):
Shit, do you feel like there's a higher ceiling for you?
Speaker 6 (09:17):
Yeah, I definitely feel like I can Uh, I can
do more. I feel like there's more in a tank
for me.
Speaker 8 (09:21):
So each and every day, Uh, each and every game,
We're gonna come out there and show show everything I
could do, Show what I can do, try to be
better than I was last year.
Speaker 4 (09:30):
That would have been I know you had half a
season to play with 'em, but now you have a
full off season with Trevor and kind of just continue
in that relationship.
Speaker 8 (09:37):
Like you said, we still continuing to grow our relationship. Uh,
just coming out here each and every day, just continuously
putting in work and just trying to be the best
that we can be.
Speaker 6 (09:45):
Just taking a step forward each and every day just
to get better.
Speaker 5 (09:49):
I have you guys that receive it, like Yafie Travis
to help push you and compete in practice. How much
has that kind of help to youse work?
Speaker 6 (09:54):
It helps a lot.
Speaker 8 (09:55):
It helps uh with like competition, that practice helps them,
Like we a m all motiv motivate each other, So
it helps a lot.
Speaker 6 (10:02):
Just being able to have them out here. Uh, each
and every day for sure, when.
Speaker 4 (10:07):
You're going up again, you guys just be fencing, you're
lined up against Tyson. Just how much better does that
make you? Kind of happen to see that every day?
Speaker 6 (10:14):
It makes makes me a lot.
Speaker 8 (10:15):
Better best, Like it's the best going against best, just
having Tyson, Jordan h Uh Jarring any one of those Busser,
all of them, anyone of the last. So like we
all push each other just to come out and be
better each and every day. We all gonna compete and
get the best out of each other.
Speaker 7 (10:31):
Uh, you in the league have really did a weekly
seasons from neighbors from LSU. Yup, you guys talk about
that at all, like you know, like a little friendly
competition at all.
Speaker 8 (10:40):
Uh Yeah, when we're around each other, we we messing
with each other about it. But I mean with us,
it's all work, our competition. We just come out each
and every day compete at the highest level. When we
were together at LSU practicing and we competing at the
highest level, whether it's seeing like seeing who win the
most one on one just like little things like that,
we always find a way to compete and whether me
(11:02):
being ranked sixty one and he sixty seven. Just little
things like that. So we're gonna compete and always that's
that's what's what we do.
Speaker 3 (11:11):
Where do you think.
Speaker 4 (11:11):
Profits has grown the most since he's got here. You've
got to spend a lot of time with him.
Speaker 8 (11:16):
Where I think he's grown the most just uh, probably
learning the playbook wise, is being able to go out
there and execute the plays and being knowing the ends.
And I was by just being in this playbook, learning
the playbook, knowing what you have, not having to his
second guess itself or think thinks twice about what he got.
Speaker 6 (11:34):
So I would say that's probably the biggest thing.
Speaker 1 (11:36):
Obviously, without giving too much detail, how does this often
sort of suit you? How does it maximize your abilities?
Speaker 8 (11:45):
I would say it's like just having a lot of
different routes, being able to run different things, being able
to run the full route tree, doing like little things,
whether it's playing inside outside, and just being able to
expand my routre. Just being able to continuously expand it
and run different routes. I say that's probably the biggest
thing for me. And having guys like Travis and Dianmi Parker,
all those guys on the other side.
Speaker 6 (12:06):
Just uh, it just helps out a lot too, Is
it true? That's at all?
Speaker 4 (12:10):
And you have to thay like today where Travis isn't
with offense, like does anything change or how's that kind
of Uh?
Speaker 8 (12:17):
I wouldn't say anything changes. It's just I mean, it's
just next man up for us. Like Parker know, he
gotta come in when Travis is on defense and give
it his all. We know we don't have in our room.
We wanna come in with no drop offs. We wanna
uh everybody to be able to execute the same way.
So I mean that's the biggest thing, just no drop offs.
When Travis go out or if I go out, somebody
else gotta step in and come, uh come, come ready
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to go.
Speaker 4 (12:40):
So yeah, And then kind of in that same since
I know you're going into your second year, but who
are some of the younger players who you've kind of
seen kind of grow.
Speaker 6 (12:48):
A little bit since they've been here.
Speaker 8 (12:50):
All of them really, whether it's Travis or all the
other uh, all the other rookies, they all come out
each and every day, push each other just to be
the best that they can be. They all work hard
and uh uh so I would say all of 'em,
all of 'em come out here, growing, and it's getting
better each and every day.
Expectations are there for that, you know, is it gonna
be tackled to the ground mock game for your thoughts.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Yeah, we're gonna take care of us.
Speaker 3 (00:07):
It's like a practice for us in terms of the
way the guys are approaching it. But it'll be good
to get the experience for the guys kind of going
through the pregame routine more so than anything in terms
of the mock game element of it. Kind of the
flow of it is mock game ish, but there are
guys that the turnaround is a little quick for you guys,
So we're trying to simulate the timing pace of a
game between series getting corrections. But every once in a while,
I'll be out there with the series, we punt and
(00:29):
then he's back out there again. So you can't simulate
it perfectly, but we try to make it as close
as we can for the guys to kind of get
that feeling of a game, the timing of a game,
the rhythm of the pregame warm up, that routine, so
that way the first time they go out there for preseason,
it's not something completely new.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
Live peries like live tackle.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
Well, I think right now that Liam's got the we'll
probably be able to talk to you guys on some
of that schedule stuff, but right now the plan is
to take the tempos just like we've done that practice, and.
Speaker 4 (00:54):
With Travis Kinder, he's gonna Liam Tutters is gonna be
on both sides. What do you need to see offensively
from him going into Condor tomorrow.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
Well, I think what we want to see is just
that continued improvement. I don't think that there's anything specific
that we would say we need to see tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
We have time to continue to.
Speaker 5 (01:13):
Work and progress.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
Excuse me, Hopefully you guys can still hear me, but
I think I'll just leave it like that. I think
it's just a continued progression of schematic understanding, the technique,
the chemistry with Trevor and the rest of the guys
that we want to see on that makingamore.
Speaker 4 (01:31):
And then you today you spent time one on one
with them during the special team seriod. Just how beneficial
are those, you know, extra minutes. We've talked about the
scheduling a lot, but just those extra minutes that you
can get with them.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
On yours We're trying to maximize the use of all
the time.
Speaker 6 (01:46):
For sure.
Speaker 3 (01:47):
The one on one time is great because it gives
you an opportunity to see what he knows, how he
sees things, how he feels about things. So the way
the schedule has been built to get those opportunities been phenomenal,
and it's impressive to see him switch back and forth.
It's not easy to do to go from here in
defensive play calls, practicing defensive techniques and drills, taking defensive
reps and team and then turn around and be able
(02:09):
to spit out his job and his responsibility on a
long offensive third down play call.
Speaker 5 (02:13):
It seems like the Armies had a couple of explosive
plays the last few days. What can you say just
about the way he's transitioning so far.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
I think that's kind of what you saw a little
bit from him last year.
Speaker 3 (02:22):
He has that ability, you know. I think the improvement
in some of the stuff that he's shown in the
run game and even with the different routes that we've
asked him to run, will only hopefully expand his ability.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
To create explosives. But last year, whether.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
It was running go balls or vertical routes or with
the ball in hand on screens in different plays, I
think that's something that's in his wheelhouse.
Speaker 7 (02:42):
You've got a lot of playmakers on offense. Brian Thomas Junior,
Travis Hunter, Tang you got Travis. How do you balance,
you know, getting all those guys enough touches, you know,
to kind of keep them happy at first?
Speaker 6 (02:54):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
Yeah, that's a great question. I think it's important to allow.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
The scheme and the kind of defense and the looks
and the different concepts get the guys the ball when
it's appropriate where we're not trying to force them touches.
But it's something that we're certainly conscious of in the
way we plan a practice or a period or even
a routes on air session to try to get each
guy an opportunity to.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
Touch the ball because we have those skill guys.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
So it's a good problem to have, but it just
takes a conscious effort to kind of be intentional with
the way we plan a practice or a game plan.
Speaker 7 (03:22):
And you have Travis and Bryan on both sides of
the ball, bull bustles the ball, that of player receiver
that went, how much pressure does that put on the defense?
Speaker 5 (03:32):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (03:32):
I think depending on the defense and the structure and
the down and distance will determine how much pressure it
puts on them because ultimately they're the ones that have
a decision to make on how they want to handle BT,
how they want to handle Travis. And as you guys know,
the more resources you allocate over there, you're taken away
from somewhere, so you're limited in something. So hopefully by
having those two guys together on the same field where
it's the same side or opposite from each other, we
(03:53):
force a little bit of the issue much more.
Speaker 5 (03:55):
Bit more, we are able to evaluate the running game.
Now that you know pads are on, it's a little
more closer to the real.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
Yeah, it certainly helps a bunch being able to see
the guys really come off the ball and be able
to strike and use their hands with that full speed
and strain and finish. I think we were able to
evaluate a little bit of it with the footwork and
the communication and targeting some of that, but the full
pads helped tremendously to really see guys not only what
they can do, but to see how they're processing some
(04:21):
of the coaching points and really the targets, aiming points,
all those things that you preach an individual drill that's
tough to sometimes show up in the less competitive, non
padded periods.
Speaker 6 (04:31):
What stands out about that running back room so far
through a week and a half.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
I would say the thing that really stands out about
the guys is their effort and embrace how much they've
embraced the opportunity to improve.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
I think all of those guys.
Speaker 3 (04:44):
Kind of had different areas that they've wanted to improve
individually or collectively even as a group. And the way
they've approached the protection scheme, the run game that's a
little bit different than some of the things they've done.
They've really embraced that and kind of approached it with
a growth mindset. So been awesome to see the young
guys step in and kind of have that and even
the older guys kind of fit right in with that
(05:06):
and set the tone with that type of growth mindset
to approach it where they're trying to buy into the
best of their ability.
Speaker 5 (05:11):
It seems like when the jackson is taking advantageers on
this opportunities, where have you seen from him so far?
Speaker 2 (05:16):
Are Yeah, he's taking advantage of his opportunities. I mean,
you kind of set it right there in the question.
Speaker 3 (05:22):
I think all the guys have really especially with some
of the injuries, and at back you're always going to
get some rotation because a guy's running seventy yards down
the field and the heat finishing the run, so you
got to have the next guy up.
Speaker 6 (05:33):
And ready to roll.
Speaker 3 (05:34):
So it's really been his understanding of what we're asking
to do and his understanding of the scheme. And then
I'll be excited to see when we go full pads
with live tackling when we're against an opponent, to see,
you know, what shows up after contact for him.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
What kind of group have you seen from ETN Since
you were talking about growth with the running.
Speaker 3 (05:52):
Backs, Yeah, like I said earlier, kind of his approach
to the way he studied the protection system, his approach
in the past game and the run game and racing
kind of the new Some of the new concepts or
different concepts that we're running, some of them might be
familiar from stuff he's done, whether it's in college or
with previous staffs, but his growth kind of week to week,
day to day, almost with an understanding of versus certain
(06:13):
fronts and certain structures where this run scheme is trying
to attack, where the landmarks are we're trying to attack.
You see that progression day over day, and that's what's
exciting about his growth, what.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
Makes him so compelling to use as a pass catching back.
Speaker 6 (06:27):
You know what is about him?
Speaker 2 (06:28):
Well, it's really comes down to ability.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
You know, he's a guy who has some natural ability
to do a lot of that stuff, whether he's lined
up in the backfield or whether he's lined up flexed
out and empty in the slot all the way out wide.
That versatility gives him a lot of options to get
the ball in different situations, get the ball.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
In space, which is where he's you know, he's suited best.
Speaker 1 (06:47):
Hey, gus Low's begat metchachs or breaks a successful screen game.
Speaker 2 (06:53):
Is there any like major does or do nots that
comes to mind?
Speaker 3 (06:56):
Well, there's probably there's a lot of variables for make
or break in the screen game. I think ultimately, what
we're trying to work on is getting the guys to
have a understanding of the rules and the concept and
the screen game will always be gray. So once they
have that firm understanding of the rules, what we're trying
to attack, where we're trying to attack, the timing with
what we're trying to attack on defense, then they can
(07:18):
understand the decisions within those rules, and how sometimes you
might have to not necessarily break the rules but bend
them a little bit in order to have that feel
for a defender triggered this way, or he fit a
different way, or this guy fit off the outside and
the receiver next to me took my guy. Now I
got to go on and get the next guy. So
there are little things like that that come with the feel. First,
you kind of have to develop that understanding of the rules,
(07:39):
and then once they develop that understanding, then you can
kind of practice it, get the feel down for it,
and that ultimately, in my opinion, will kind of create
that fruitful screen game for all areas of the screen
where it's receivers, backs, tight ends appreciate.
Speaker 6 (07:53):
Right, Thanks guys.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
You know how does that sort of motivate you moving forward?
Speaker 8 (07:59):
I mean I was saying a lot to me, just
being able to make that my friend and my rookie
year coming in, just me wanting to come out here
and show what I can do. I would say that
means a lot to me, and I mean I feel
like I could have been better. So that's what that's
what's that what motivates me to come out next year
and do even better.
Speaker 7 (08:16):
How'd you kind of like, just so I'm making that
top one hundred and now kind of I don't say
you have no target on your back, but like defense
is now knowing how good you are, Like, how do
you make that adjustment year two to make sure you
produce the thing where you did a year one.
Speaker 8 (08:27):
I wouldn't say as having a target on my back.
I would just say, I mean, I I just gotta
come out and prepare the right way, come out and
be ready for whatever defense throws at us, and just
come out and play team ball and just get the job.
Then that's my biggest thing, is getting the job done,
getting wins.
Speaker 1 (08:43):
What have you added maybe to your preparation now that
you had went through a whole season and you're now
going to your second season, what what have you maybe
added knowing what you have to face come regular season?
Speaker 8 (08:55):
Really just just getting more into the playbook, knowing the
ins and outs of it, just knowing like why we
run certain things with certain coverages, and what are we
trying to do with certain routes and stuff like that.
So I would say just being in the film room,
being in the playbook, I would say that's probably my
biggest thing I I've added to my game.
Speaker 6 (09:12):
How much work UNI have?
Speaker 3 (09:14):
Shit, do you feel like there's a higher ceiling for you?
Speaker 6 (09:17):
Yeah, I definitely feel like I can Uh, I can
do more. I feel like there's more in a tank
for me.
Speaker 8 (09:21):
So each and every day, Uh, each and every game,
We're gonna come out there and show show everything I
could do, Show what I can do, try to be
better than I was last year.
Speaker 4 (09:30):
That would have been I know you had half a
season to play with 'em, but now you have a
full off season with Trevor and kind of just continue
in that relationship.
Speaker 8 (09:37):
Like you said, we still continuing to grow our relationship. Uh,
just coming out here each and every day, just continuously
putting in work and just trying to be the best
that we can be.
Speaker 6 (09:45):
Just taking a step forward each and every day just
to get better.
Speaker 5 (09:49):
I have you guys that receive it, like Yafie Travis
to help push you and compete in practice. How much
has that kind of help to youse work?
Speaker 6 (09:54):
It helps a lot.
Speaker 8 (09:55):
It helps uh with like competition, that practice helps them,
Like we a m all motiv motivate each other, So
it helps a lot.
Speaker 6 (10:02):
Just being able to have them out here. Uh, each
and every day for sure, when.
Speaker 4 (10:07):
You're going up again, you guys just be fencing, you're
lined up against Tyson. Just how much better does that
make you? Kind of happen to see that every day?
Speaker 6 (10:14):
It makes makes me a lot.
Speaker 8 (10:15):
Better best, Like it's the best going against best, just
having Tyson, Jordan h Uh Jarring any one of those Busser,
all of them, anyone of the last. So like we
all push each other just to come out and be
better each and every day. We all gonna compete and
get the best out of each other.
Speaker 7 (10:31):
Uh, you in the league have really did a weekly
seasons from neighbors from LSU. Yup, you guys talk about
that at all, like you know, like a little friendly
competition at all.
Speaker 8 (10:40):
Uh Yeah, when we're around each other, we we messing
with each other about it. But I mean with us,
it's all work, our competition. We just come out each
and every day compete at the highest level. When we
were together at LSU practicing and we competing at the
highest level, whether it's seeing like seeing who win the
most one on one just like little things like that,
we always find a way to compete and whether me
(11:02):
being ranked sixty one and he sixty seven. Just little
things like that. So we're gonna compete and always that's
that's what's what we do.
Speaker 3 (11:11):
Where do you think.
Speaker 4 (11:11):
Profits has grown the most since he's got here. You've
got to spend a lot of time with him.
Speaker 8 (11:16):
Where I think he's grown the most just uh, probably
learning the playbook wise, is being able to go out
there and execute the plays and being knowing the ends.
And I was by just being in this playbook, learning
the playbook, knowing what you have, not having to his
second guess itself or think thinks twice about what he got.
Speaker 6 (11:34):
So I would say that's probably the biggest thing.
Speaker 1 (11:36):
Obviously, without giving too much detail, how does this often
sort of suit you? How does it maximize your abilities?
Speaker 8 (11:45):
I would say it's like just having a lot of
different routes, being able to run different things, being able
to run the full route tree, doing like little things,
whether it's playing inside outside, and just being able to
expand my routre. Just being able to continuously expand it
and run different routes. I say that's probably the biggest
thing for me. And having guys like Travis and Dianmi Parker,
all those guys on the other side.
Speaker 6 (12:06):
Just uh, it just helps out a lot too, Is
it true? That's at all?
Speaker 4 (12:10):
And you have to thay like today where Travis isn't
with offense, like does anything change or how's that kind
of Uh?
Speaker 8 (12:17):
I wouldn't say anything changes. It's just I mean, it's
just next man up for us. Like Parker know, he
gotta come in when Travis is on defense and give
it his all. We know we don't have in our room.
We wanna come in with no drop offs. We wanna
uh everybody to be able to execute the same way.
So I mean that's the biggest thing, just no drop offs.
When Travis go out or if I go out, somebody
else gotta step in and come, uh come, come ready
(12:39):
to go.
Speaker 4 (12:40):
So yeah, And then kind of in that same since
I know you're going into your second year, but who
are some of the younger players who you've kind of
seen kind of grow.
Speaker 6 (12:48):
A little bit since they've been here.
Speaker 8 (12:50):
All of them really, whether it's Travis or all the
other uh, all the other rookies, they all come out
each and every day, push each other just to be
the best that they can be. They all work hard
and uh uh so I would say all of 'em,
all of 'em come out here, growing, and it's getting
better each and every day.
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