0:00

That do rehab going, rehab's going

0:02

well, making progress and

0:04

uh plugging along.

0:06

So it's going well so far, and just kind

0:08

of.

0:08

Keep keep doing the same thing, keep working hard,

0:10

working with the trainers here, and yeah,

0:13

keep making progress.

0:14

You expect to be ready to be a week one? Is that I do?

0:16

Yeah? I do? What have

0:18

they told you when we darts some timeline at this point?

0:21

I think we kind of take it, you know, one stage at a time

0:24

and uh, focus on what's right

0:26

in front of us. But definitely the goal

0:28

is to be back by by training camp. And

0:32

I feel like I'm making good progress.

0:35

Keeping your rehab here or will you be I'll

0:37

be rehaving here? What?

0:41

Uh what are you doing in your rehabit this

0:43

point? What are you able to do? What point are

0:45

you at? Yeah,

0:47

I mean I'm doing doing a good bit.

0:50

You know, mainly focus on strengthening my you

0:52

know, quad and hamstring and uh

0:54

the muscles surrounding my knees. So yeah,

0:58

squatting and uh you

1:00

know, yeah, a lot of exercises are

1:02

strengthen that area.

1:03

It's a competitor hard was to watch this

1:05

season. Uh yeah, it's tough

1:08

tough to watch.

1:08

Tough too, tough to watch

1:11

on TV and tough to watch on the sidelines,

1:13

But yeah, I think,

1:15

you know, yesterday it was fun to see those guys win

1:18

and how well we played as a group.

1:21

But yeah, as a competitor, you want to be on the field.

1:23

Joe said today that you're giving the uncertainty

1:25

with you. He will definitely, whether it's a draft, picked,

1:28

free agent, whatever, he'll be looking to add to the quarterback

1:30

room. I mean, do you understand

1:32

from his perspective the importance of that and

1:35

how well closely will you be watching that process?

1:38

Uh? Yeah, I mean I think that's that's

1:40

part of it. You know.

1:42

For me, I'm going to focus on on my rehab

1:44

and making sure I'm doing

1:47

everything I need to do there to get back healthy and

1:49

get back on the field, and then you

1:51

know, working on on what I can do to to

1:53

improve and same things I do every

1:56

off season, and uh, you know that'll

1:58

be my focus.

1:59

Expect Mike back. Is that good

2:01

for you in the sense of you don't have to learn

2:03

another system?

2:06

Uh? Yeah, yeah, I think. Uh,

2:08

you know, I've really enjoyed working with calf. Uh.

2:10

I think he's a he's a great coach, So.

2:14

Yeah, I think, uh you know, they'll definitely

2:16

be uh you know, for myself,

2:18

I'm looking you know, looking for areas

2:20

to improve and studying what we're doing, uh

2:23

what I'm doing, and uh

2:25

go from there. But yeah, I think CAP's

2:27

a great coach. I've enjoyed working with him.

2:29

How important is it in your mind to

2:31

keep that continuity because obviously

2:33

you can sort of build on, you know,

2:35

what you already have rather than recalibrate

2:39

and start over. Yeah, I think that's important.

2:41

I think that's important for uh, for

2:43

all of us, uh, you know, and

2:46

uh a lot of time goes into learning

2:48

a system and learning the ins and outs

2:50

and everybody getting on the same page.

2:52

So yeah, I think it's important.

2:54

What does that before the injury, the tough

2:56

start you had, affect your level

2:59

of confidence compared to where it was, you know, coming into

3:01

this year after the great year last year? I mean, where's

3:03

your head at just looking back at the season

3:05

that you did have.

3:07

Uh Yeah, I'm still uh, still

3:09

very confident, you

3:11

know, I think, uh, like I said,

3:13

like any off season, there'll be areas to work

3:16

to improve and see where you can take

3:18

a step forward. But I'm still

3:20

confident in myself. Confident in the group, confident

3:23

what we're doing.

3:24

Here, Daniel. Last

3:26

year at this time, obviously there was a lot of uncertainty

3:28

with the contract.

3:30

This year, it's do you feel is different uncertainty

3:32

this year or do you feel you have a pretty

3:34

good footing.

3:35

On where you belong here? Uh?

3:38

Yeah, you know, I'm just kind of focused on on

3:40

what I'm doing and focused on getting

3:43

healthy and getting back on the field and

3:45

playing well.

3:45

So, you know,

3:48

it's the NFL.

3:48

There's uh, you know, the off season

3:51

brings about, you know, new things every

3:53

year, so you know, I'll focus

3:56

on what I'm doing and focus on, uh,

3:58

what I can do to help this team improved.

4:00

Do you think this team needs to take a quarterback

4:02

or oly in the draft or do you think it's

4:05

your job and you know they could

4:07

look elsewhere to help you as a quarterback.

4:10

Uh, I'm confident

4:12

in myself.

4:12

I'm confident in my abilities. And yeah,

4:16

and what's your sense what they

4:18

have said to you? If

4:20

they've said anything to you about their you know, their

4:23

faith and deal moving forward.

4:27

Yeah, I mean I think anything

4:29

I've gotten from the coaches or management

4:32

has been uh, you know, kind

4:34

of belief and confidence in me and Like

4:37

I said, I'm focused on what I'm doing day to day

4:40

to get healthy and get back on the field

4:42

and play well.

4:43

Do you think they can trust

4:45

is the right one?

4:46

But you've had some injuries here you know two next

4:48

to me that they can count on

4:50

you to be healthy moving forward?

4:51

You're still a young guy us. Yeah,

4:53

I think.

4:55

Each of those injuries are different, different circumstances

4:58

and uh kind of situation, rational things

5:01

that they come up.

5:02

But yeah, I'm confident I'll

5:04

be I'll be healthy. And do you want to change

5:06

up how you're going to train this offseason since

5:08

you have to mix in the rehab?

5:11

Uh? Yeah, I mean I won't be able to do some

5:13

of the things I'm used to doing just because

5:15

I can't run or throw right

5:17

now. So yeah, it'll

5:19

be a little bit different from that aspect, but you

5:23

know, still things I can I can do and focus

5:25

on on those things, uh,

5:27

to work to improve.

5:28

You feel that you can be patient with this process.

5:31

I know it's a long world, but you also probably

5:33

want to get back to training.

5:34

And doing what you do. Yeah,

5:38

I think, uh, you know you have to be patient

5:40

and you hear about you

5:43

know a lot of guys who rush back too quick, or try to

5:45

do too much too early and that set

5:47

them back in the long run, or you

5:50

know, cause other issues for them. So uh,

5:53

you know, can't trust the process. Listen to the doctors,

5:55

listen to the trainers, and do everything

5:57

un capable of doing.

5:59

But you know not to not

6:01

to do too much too soon. Dane. Uh,

6:04

how do you go about while you're still having

6:07

the neck shoulder area?

6:09

How do you do that?

6:10

Is that a lingering concern for you when you do return?

6:14

Uh?

6:14

No, that's not a concern. I've

6:17

done my rehab with that. I'm

6:19

healthy in that regard.

6:21

Did you, like everyone else, enjoyed the v Dominia?

6:23

Did you get caught up in that when he

6:25

was playing and watching him? Yeah, I

6:28

was excited for him.

6:28

He played played well, and yeah,

6:31

excited to see Excy you see him

6:33

play well, seeing the team play well, and yeah,

6:37

he uh worked hard, had a great you

6:39

know off season, great training camp, and

6:41

it was no surprise to a lot of us to see

6:44

him play well.

6:44

Were you around him helping him any way? You could? I mean,

6:47

how did that work when you're injured? Could could you still be a voice

6:49

for him? Yeah?

6:50

I think, Uh, you know, in the meetings

6:52

when I when I could be uh. You know, that was

6:54

during the time of my my operations,

6:57

so I was in and out a little bit, but I

7:00

enjoyed being around him and helping

7:02

where I could.

7:03

And like I said, he worked already prepared well.

7:05

And if there's ever anything

7:08

I could do, you know, I try to help out