Young spoke to the media about competing in OTAs and his approach to accomplishing the team’s goals.
Uh not at all um you know for me I was Just about attacking every day I try and Do everything I can Um you know to to get better for the Team um us as a team us as a unit Um you know pushing ourselves to Accomplish our goals so regardless of Where that's at you know that's up to The coaches it's out of my hands um so You know I just want to show up every Day and do what I can all I can to help The team that's really been the approach He said he had that conversation with You I guess at the end of last week tell Us how that went yeah Um you know coach is kind of just Updating me on you know what was going To happen just you know for the Continuity of practice the following Week and you know again I I trust the Coaching staff here coach Reich everyone Here has been been great to work with It's been it's been amazing playing for Them so you know really was just to make Sure that you know for things to go Smoothly and everything and Um again for me I just show up to show Up to work I trust the coaches and you Know the approach it's been the same Just trying to do everything I can to Help the team So far Uh yeah I feel like I'm I'm feeling more Comfortable I'm growing and you know
Really that's because of because of the Coach's staff we've done a great job of Um you know as as things are going on of Coaching um not just on you know on the Field Um in the meeting room everything the Players um accepted me pushing me um Helping me allow me to feel comfortable With this group so because of that you Know I definitely feel like I've grown Right so there are parts of the Playbook Or parts of practice that you just feel More comfortable in like you're a little Further ahead here as opposed to here uh I wouldn't say so I think it's all a Learning process um you know again for Me I'm taking it day by day I think Every single every single drill every Single period I think that it has a Purpose and you know for me I'm trying To attack it day in and day out I feel Like you know everything is you know It's newer and then every day I feel Like I'm I'm growing and again that's Great to the people around me um and you Know I wouldn't feel like there's one Period or a part that I'm necessarily Isolating or focusing on or feel one way About or the other um everything's Important so I think just day by day I'm Trying to take the the same approach First understanding this day was coming How valuable was that time playing Behind Andy and just seeing how how
We've worked and how he communicated With teammates yeah being able to learn From Andy and you know that's not Something that's that's done by every Single day I'm from standing right Behind them and watching him operate um In the meeting rooms him talking to me And talking to me in the locker room in The meeting rooms giving me advice about Everything you know on the field office Field how he handles himself you know How he conducts himself in the locker Room in the Huddle everything that's Something that has helped me a lot and Will continue to help me and he's been Amazing I'm just I've been able to throw All my questions at him bounce a bunch Of stuff off on me he tells me how he Processes things how he sees things so I've had a lot of conversations and you Know I definitely um you know I Definitely am grateful for him to be Here um to have him here and to have Learned from him and to keep learning From again day in and day out I learned Stuff from him every day whether it's me Room or the practice field so I'm super Grateful to have him here DJ said that He was not the look of the first look on That touchdown what took you to him Um you know it was a you know it was Based off coverage again something we Discussed in the meeting room so you Know I try to do everything I can to
Take the media rooms to the practice uh You know to the practice field and you Know that's correct to the coaches do a Great job coaching me up and on that Play DJ doing a great job of of making a Making a play making a great catch um And you know for me again it's just Trying to take stuff from the meeting Room you know it was coverage based so That's what you know took me to the read We talked about discussed it so trust my Coaches and you know it takes all 11. so Again that's the line giving me time to Make that play um you know all the other Receivers and running backs doing their Part so you know I'm just trying to do My part as well and then I also looked Like you were talking to Steve Smith After What was a conversation yeah you know He's been here a good amount and you Know having someone you know a legend Being able to be around every time I Every opportunity I get to be able to Pick his brain and hear his opinions About stuff Um you know tell me how he feels Um you know whether that's stuff that's About me and super applicable or just Other stuff you know whatever Conversations we have I definitely value Those a lot I'm grateful for you know Him being here again alleging in the Sport and for him to come here is not
His you know his first time he comes in Um and you know he's he's supportive He's doing everything to push us and you Know giving his opinion and again that's Something that we all value with him Being a legend that he is so I'm just Grateful that he takes the time to come Here and do that right so you're Obviously playing against your own Defense and we've talked about your Study habits but how much are you going To the defensive side of the bowl the Coaching staff the defensive players to Kind of get insight on what they see Yeah I'm a good amount you know for me Again obviously I'm new to this league Here and being able to play against the Defense like ours with great players Great scheme I want to learn as much About them their philosophy fees you Know because obviously that that Translates Um you know to Sundays and other teams And you know not all defenses are same But as much as I can learn Um you know about certain families and Systems and philosophies you know I feel Like that that helps me so I've been Able to talk to to coaches our coaching Staff obviously knowing guys like like Shaq leaders on the other team move who Have you know again come up to me even You know I've asked them stuff they come In and tell me stuff hey this will work
It's what we're looking at this will Work key and play off of this is how We're and you know again that just Speaks to to the team here of the locker Room um you know having leaders having Guys come up and you know want to Support me want to support the offense The unit you know that's going back and Forth you know hey this is what I'm Looking for you guys but Um you know they're looking for in me And the whole team you know I think That's that's great us to have that Collaboration for me as a young player It's great to have that knowledge and to Have people in the locker room that are Want to help me like they are sharks had Also said that you already had the Respect the entire locker room and they Expect you to take it to high places When did you sense that respect uh was Coming and to have that kind of Expectation for us on you immediately What's that like um you know I think for Me it's about Ernie I'm grateful to have The opportunity that I that I that I Have to be able to come here Um you know to be a part of this Organization and you know everything That's happened before this point you Know it's pointless so uh for me um you Know I want to do everything I can day In and day I still think it's a process You know I'm grateful to be accepted by
The team like I have been it's an Amazing locker room a great group of Guys um you know it's been great to be a Part of it um and you know I want to Continue with that I think that's not Something that you know is just you're Just entitled to and even if you know You have a certain level you know you Know that it's all you know it's a day By day basis you know you have to keep Doing that so I want to keep pushing Myself up keep leaning on my teammates Keep doing everything I can and prove to Them that you know I'm I'm dependable And I want to do everything I can to Help the team um so yeah again I'm Grateful for for all the guys that have Been so welcoming to me Um and you know I want to repay that Keep working and you know that that Doesn't stop now it's still a process Bryce you've been in Charlotte for a Minute now whenever you're not studying The Playbook or in the building what are You liking to do have you gotten around What's kind of like outside of us yeah Um it's been it's been pretty pretty Chill not too much to report um a lot of The the time does go to that and being Here I'm trying to do everything I can To you know to watch film you know get The Playbook down so Um not too much of it has been Um outside of just going back to where
I'm staying and I'm getting ready for The next day Um you know my family's been down here To visit and and help me out with stuff So that time has been been great that I've had with with family but outside of That Um sorry to be boring but I don't have Too much exciting news report and what's Your plan between the end of mini camp And getting to training camp it's like Four or five weeks yeah just just go Back to um you know go back and work out And train with the people that have been Um you know obviously there'll be some Some coordination we'll figure out Um you know times in that off off season To you know whatever that whatever it Has to be to to get work together you Know as a group but you know for the Duration you know just be going back and Working out and training and then you Know obviously we'll coordinate it and Find time to come together in California Yeah got it so you think you will host Like the skilled groups and maybe the Other quarterbacks for uh yeah we'll Yeah we'll figure it out um you know We're gonna work through the logistics Whatever makes makes the most sense but I mean obviously we're you know we're We're all hard-working individuals and We're gonna handle our business on our Own but you know we want to be able to
Come together and and you know do what It do what it takes to the unit so um You know and it's not just me so we're All going to make a decision as a group As you know what that looks like but We'll figure something out do you Anticipate that being in cataly Um we're not sure yet we'll figure it Out you just said you spend a lot of Time in the Playbook I'm just curious Outside of the facility like how much Time do you spend looking at the Playbook oh you know during your free Time yeah I mean I can't can't put a Number on it it's just whatever's Whatever's necessary um you know trying To Um you know I know where I want to be as Far as feeling comfortable when I go to Sleep at night and Um you know I kind of have individual Goals for me that that Vary from day to day of this stuff I Want to make sure I have understood to This level and feel comfortable in this Situations getting the stuff and seeing Things and you know it's a process so I Can't give a you know it's not really a Concrete amount of time that you know at This time I want to do this it's day by Day and it depends on what we're putting In we're installing you know what I'm Trying to focus on in that day so it it Varies but I just want to do all I can
To to feel comfortable um to put myself In position to help a team the next day At practice right I know that the PSO Holders work so yeah we go it's okay I Know the PSO holders were here I think Last week to for autograph session what Have your interactions been with fans Like even at the small amount that you Have been outside the building and you Know even then and then also just in the Excitement that you bring to the to the Area yeah I mean it's been great I'm Super super grateful for for everyone Who supported us as a team supported me Supported Um you know came out and you know Whether that was like you said coming Out um last week or you know supporting In just from watching from whatever it Is you know that's something that I Truly appreciate we Um you know we as a team appreciate um You know it to have the the community Kind of come together like it has for us To you know have the support that we Have that's something that means a lot To me and means a lot to us I'm super Grateful for for all the fans it's been Great interacting with them um whether Like you said it's been out around the City or it's been here um you know it's It's a great group of great group of Fans great group of supporters and you Know for me that you know that's
Something again we lean on we we rely on Uh you know something that's huge for us To have that support um so I'm just Super grateful for all those that do Support us we're finished with Phil Lynn And Jack on the Playbook and on your Studying Frank said he really wanted to Push you and stress you and test you was There a moment where you were maybe Overwhelmed a little bit or have you Kind of relied on on your process felt Comfortable yeah I think it's been for Me a lot about relying on that process Leaning on others on on the coaches on My players you know when when things Come in and you know it's a lot you know Figuring out trying to be a solution Driven on how to get that that done you Know how to process it again and I have Again great an amazing quarterback room That I'm able to be a part of that I Could ask questions you know rely on to Help me a great group of guys around me That can pick me up on you know everyone In the Huddle everyone in the unit that Also knows the the responsibilities and Knows how things are supposed to work And operate so for me in those times I Lean on them and you know I think the Coach has done a great job of you know How they've how they've approached you Know coaching me coaching quarterback Room you know challenging me when they Feel like it's appropriate dialing
Things badly feel like appropriate and Again I have complete trust in in them And you know I appreciate the challenge I love the challenge and I feel like Being able to have the coaching staff And players that I do around me is what You know pushes me and allows me to you Know process it and get through it and There's still a lot of growth that I Want to do but I'm excited for that Right nice to talk about having those Personal goals for your comfortability When you talk about doing a process and A progression as this week helped to Make it sort of a linear growth where You kind of go day by day with how Comfortable you feel yeah it's Definitely day by day approach um you Know I think every week has helped um You know every week every practice you Know there's ups there's downs and you Know I think that's that's all stuff to To learn from you know there's there's Good and bad in all these practices and All these reps and being able to watch It on film talk to talk to the culture Staff you know talk to my teammates and See what they're expecting for me from The position every single day day in and Day out I feel like there's been there's Been growth so I don't think one week or One practice has been any more than or Less than another I think it's been Steady and gradual and you know I'm
Grateful to have the people around me That I do A percentage if you Can put a percentage I I don't really Know a percentage it's just kind of just Every day just it's been able to get Better it's been consistent again as a Testament to the coaches and the players Uh but yeah I don't know if I have a Number for you all right thank you I Appreciate you guys
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