Austin James

And so this is one of the cases that for me as a person, I'm still not an East Coast person as far as when I live here long-term. Play football, grind it out during the season, yes. But I don't know if you saw that me, I had to swipe like four inches of snow off my car the other day. And I was like, you know what?

And so this is one of the cases that for me as a person, I'm still not an East Coast person as far as when I live here long-term. Play football, grind it out during the season, yes. But I don't know if you saw that me, I had to swipe like four inches of snow off my car the other day. And I was like, you know what?

west coast don't sound so bad uh i'm wondering how long it took before you realized like oh man i need some new clothes yeah it was uh it was 19 degrees this morning i'm like you know what the playoffs is about the only thing that makes me excited to be out here right now as far as you know like hey this is this is the reason this is worth it being out here other than this take me back to the warm weather and i'll come back out here in the in the summer you know

west coast don't sound so bad uh i'm wondering how long it took before you realized like oh man i need some new clothes yeah it was uh it was 19 degrees this morning i'm like you know what the playoffs is about the only thing that makes me excited to be out here right now as far as you know like hey this is this is the reason this is worth it being out here other than this take me back to the warm weather and i'll come back out here in the in the summer you know

Well, you don't really know the caliber of different until you get a few games in because you got to think when we're in training camp and OTAs, there's no full speed. So you don't know. Did they sack him? Did they not? We don't know. We blew the whistle because the defense got him, you know, like got him, you know, touched him or something like that.

Well, you don't really know the caliber of different until you get a few games in because you got to think when we're in training camp and OTAs, there's no full speed. So you don't know. Did they sack him? Did they not? We don't know. We blew the whistle because the defense got him, you know, like got him, you know, touched him or something like that.

And so you get into preseason, he gets some opportunities. He doesn't get many. He's playing in like the first quarter, you know, the first few plays and that's that's it. You're out because they're anticipating starting him for the for the first game. And so we kind of move through Marcus and him or Marcus is starting for a lot of training camp and OTAs. kind of just taking that leadership role.

And so you get into preseason, he gets some opportunities. He doesn't get many. He's playing in like the first quarter, you know, the first few plays and that's that's it. You're out because they're anticipating starting him for the for the first game. And so we kind of move through Marcus and him or Marcus is starting for a lot of training camp and OTAs. kind of just taking that leadership role.

And so then Jaden starts to, as we get closer to the first game, get to a position where he's starting to take some of the reps with the ones. And then we eventually get through preseason, get to the first game. And then the man is dynamic, running, sprinting for his life out there. I think it was just him being in his first game.

And so then Jaden starts to, as we get closer to the first game, get to a position where he's starting to take some of the reps with the ones. And then we eventually get through preseason, get to the first game. And then the man is dynamic, running, sprinting for his life out there. I think it was just him being in his first game.

He ran the ball like 19 times that game, you know, was just taken off.

He ran the ball like 19 times that game, you know, was just taken off.

And that's when it kind of came alive of like, okay, this guy is extremely fast. Like, like he's, he's running real fast and dodging and ducking and diving and all that. And then with him throwing the ball, I guess that's another thing where, okay, you're a runner, but now you run to throw. So that's one of the things that he's learned to do instead of run to run. Now he's running to throw. Okay.

And that's when it kind of came alive of like, okay, this guy is extremely fast. Like, like he's, he's running real fast and dodging and ducking and diving and all that. And then with him throwing the ball, I guess that's another thing where, okay, you're a runner, but now you run to throw. So that's one of the things that he's learned to do instead of run to run. Now he's running to throw. Okay.

Hey, You're the quarterback. Let it ride. Let these guys that are paid to run, run for you. Even though you can, now he's starting to kind of unlock some of these kind of tricks that he has. And so as he's been going through these games, we've seen that. We've seen him be a runner. We've seen him run to throw the ball. We've seen him... run and get out of scramble, make plays down the field.

Hey, You're the quarterback. Let it ride. Let these guys that are paid to run, run for you. Even though you can, now he's starting to kind of unlock some of these kind of tricks that he has. And so as he's been going through these games, we've seen that. We've seen him be a runner. We've seen him run to throw the ball. We've seen him... run and get out of scramble, make plays down the field.

And so now our offense is kind of taking the shape of, okay, let's get Jaden's legs activated. And then also, hey, he can sit in the pocket and throw it too. We've seen some amazing throws to Terry. So I think as time's gone on, it's been like, oh yeah, he's good. Oh, he's really good. Oh shoot, this guy's rookie of the year good. Like, oh, he's next level good. So it's been awesome, man.

And so now our offense is kind of taking the shape of, okay, let's get Jaden's legs activated. And then also, hey, he can sit in the pocket and throw it too. We've seen some amazing throws to Terry. So I think as time's gone on, it's been like, oh yeah, he's good. Oh, he's really good. Oh shoot, this guy's rookie of the year good. Like, oh, he's next level good. So it's been awesome, man.

It's been so cool.

It's been so cool.