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been in there, Dave, come on now.
Uh, the Brian. What about the, uh
, you can see a guy to arm strength,
you can see his mobility and stuff on film.
What about the nerves of steel that he showed in
that drive last night? Did you know that was
in him or did you have to see that?
And if you knew it was in him, how
do you know it was in him without actually seeing
it in a game? Was there something he showed
John film at Illinois or is it his personality?
How do you know he was going to be able
to do that before you actually saw it last night
? Uh, I mean, you don't, but
I certainly have, um, confidence in him.
That's why I was out there. He's, again
, he's done everything we've asked him to do since
he's been here, um, with his OTAs work
and, you know, leading up to training camp
, he knows what he's supposed to do. He's
like, we know he's got, you know,
he knows he's got stuff to work on, but
I think he sees the game pretty well. He
sees coverages. He's, you know, he's usually
one of those guys, not usually, he is
one of those guys and for a young player,
this is a particularly that position isn't always the case
or when he comes off the sideline and you're asking
him questions about why he did what he did,
what he saw. Uh he, you know,
you watch the tape the following day and it's like
, yep, that's exactly what happened. So,
um, you know, he's continuing to improve and
that's what we'll try to do this week. There's
14 quarterbacks drafted in, in this year. Why
do you think Tommy wasn't one of them in retrospect
? And what did you see that made you think
? Ok, we wanna, we wanna take a
shot on this guy. Uh The first question is
, I don't know. Um I can't give you
sometimes that happens. Um The second thing is,
you know, again, I, I, I've
talked about this, it started at the, you
know, pro day. I thought he did threw
the ball, well, the ball came out of
his hands, he was accurate, had quick feet
. Then, you know, as we progressed from
OTAs to mini camps to training camps, um,
you know, he has a good, good way
about them. I'd say one as a leader,
which I think is important. You can connect with
all of his teammates, you know, he's some
of the relationships he has and the things he does
during practice with a guy like, aha, you
know, there or then you're, he's over there
talking to the offensive lineman or then he comes back
, he's, he's a pretty personable, um,
personable guy that I think is, keeps his head
down. He did what he was supposed to do
again. He's, we're playing four games here,
so we're, we're a ways away, but I
think the players respect how he handles himself as a
person too. Um, and his personality and then
he's learned, you know, he's learned our offense
again. I give a lot of credit to Shay
and, and, and Mike and, and CJ
Christian Jones who spent time with him too, who's
been really important for him. So, um,
you know, we put a lot of resources into
this position. We need to, uh, he's
come along kinda at each step. Uh, there's
certain things the last three or four weeks that,
you know, we've made a little bit of improvement
on, but still gotta go, there's the more
he plays, the more he's gonna see as a
, a young quarterback you're gonna see a lot.
So, uh, it's not always gonna be perfect
. Um, but he's, you know, people
see him in here and, and working and now
he's really just done what we've asked him to do
and then he's, it's really important. He loves
the game of football. But I think when you
deal with a guy there's, I don't think he
makes it bigger than it is either football. Um
, obviously it's the highest level and there's different things
and coverages and he's gonna get tested and, you
know, one week you can be up, one
week you can be down and we try to try
to stay as steady as we can, um,
with his development.