Matt Miller

So in part, they don't ask too much of rookies until they know they can trust him, right?

So that makes all the sense in the world, your Thanksgiving timeline.

That's the smart way to do it.

Instead of asking these guys to come in and drink from a fire hose, give them a straw.

Let them learn a little bit and then add on to it.

I think where we do make mistakes is by expecting way too much mentally, physically.

Especially a player like Holston Loveland.

Yeah, he has some injuries, but a lot of these guys are coming off a long college football season.

And like, so this year, Ohio State players played 16 games, Indiana players, 16 games.

So you've got that stretch and then you go straight into draft prep.

You're at the senior bowl, you're at the combine, then you have your pro day, you know, rookie mini camp, training camp.

You almost have like a year in change where you're just running nonstop.

And then, oh, by the way, now you're adjusting to life in the NFL where it's a job, you know, you're doing it.

24 hours a day.

The expectations are higher.

The playbooks quadruple the size of what you're used to.

You have lifts.

You have nutrition goals you have to hit.

And also, you're trying to be an adult at the same time.

So I just think... And we're going to see it this year because this next draft is really pivotal for Chicago.