Young talked about placing his energy and excitement into work ethic and preparation at practice ahead of Week 1.
May the 53 man are you excited and Shocked And in all seriousness uh you know it Definitely is a blessing and you know It's this was you know I was my first Experience CNN it is really sad to see That side of the business of you know I Feel like a lot of people on the outside You know just look at us as players and As athletes which is a part of us but Not all of who we are and it's a lot of People you know a lot of men with you Know who are Sons fathers um you know Husbands that you know have to go and Now uproot their life and change and you Know living with that you know being you Know unsure and you know just not know What's going to happen so you know to to Everyone on our team throughout the League who you know who isn't in the Same situation today as they were Yesterday Um you know heart goes out to them Hopefully everything you know everything Works out for reason for them hopefully You know things go well but I you know That I really am you know that that's You know it's again I'm new to this so Maybe you know you get desensitized to It over the years but it's just so weird Seeing the guys that I've been around The locker room for you know these last Couple years uh you know just now They're not here which is so I
Definitely wish the best for all the Guys on the team that aren't here Anymore and then throughout the league Uh same with everyone It's almost feel the heaviness as you're Describing it did it hit you differently Than you expected yeah um you know Everyone kind of kept saying like you Know half the team's not really going to Be here you know throughout you know in A couple weeks and you know I got it but You know it's just so weird when it Happens um again you know this isn't in Football that you know it doesn't happen Any other level so again it's my first Experience and I know it happens every Year but Um yeah it's just you know going out of Practice it's like you know 40 of the Team isn't there Um you're in the locker room there's a Bunch of blank you know lockers where You know the people that you've been Around for the past couple months and You know have been at so yeah like that Is it was I was I know again again it's not just Me I know everyone in the room feels it And you know we all kind of come Together and and form a Brotherhood and You know from everyone on the staff you Know they surround each other so much And you know it wasn't just me we all Were you know we all feel it and you
Know we all were talking about how much It sucks but again I get this business But it's just it's definitely the dark Side of it How excited are you now to get into the Intricacies of this Yeah I'm super excited um to be able to Go out and you know obviously now you Know going to game planning and to be Able to to do stuff that you know we Haven't necessarily shown on you know no Shown and um you know that we've been Practicing and you know do stuff that You know is new and also the stuff that We've been doing just trying to push That in and and go for it so you know There's there's you know it's great but At the same time you know whether it's Preseason to now we still you know it's Always been the goal to execute them It's the execution that's going to do it So whatever the X's are and those are Um whatever we we decide with and you Know we haven't installed everything yet So it's still up in the air you know we Still have some stuff but we don't know Everything yet Um so you know we're still working on That in progress but at the end of the Day Um you know it's going to be about the Execution um from RN so um you know Because of that um that's really what We're focused on
You and the offense out of the preseason Resembles what we're going to see in the Opener Um yeah I mean again we we don't have The full game plan in Um yeah you know we're we're slowly Building up with this being kind of a Regular week where we have kind of two Weeks so we're slowly building up and um Because of that you know we don't really Have it in yet so um you know as far as Front to back exactly what it's going to Look like so Um you know because of that you know Again we're it's still a work in Progress so um you know we'll we'll see When it gets put in with the regular Season like two weeks away as you're now Getting into regular season mode do you Feel a bit of excitement maybe a little Bit more anxiousness on your part to get The regular season started yeah it's Definitely a sense of excitement um you Know again it being right around the Corner actually being a part of it is Something you know it's you know now It's again it's real everything counts The regular season um and this is all New for for me being a rookie so I'm Definitely excited um but again you know You kind of have to funnel that Excitement or something productive and You know for me I try to push that into The energy and you know the experience
Of the day-to-day of going on practicing And you know giving my Give My All In The meeting room and the practice room On the film and all that and kind of Harnessing that energy and turning into A productive because you know especially This far out you know that's kind of all You can do for it so um yeah it's Definitely exciting for sure um but There's still a long way to go a lot of Um you know preparation to be had um From from our side so Um you know that's really where the Focus is right now Price um you're all three of the Quarterbacks taking the top five are Starting week one I'm just curious kind Of what I know you and TJ are close and I'm sure you got to know Anthony as well Just just what kind of Pride you take Representing the league as those first Round guys are going to get cut from Fire yeah no I'm I'm super super excited Um you know super excited for a CJ and Aunt um you know again just you know Great guys Um outside of this football great people Great guys Um you know guys that I'll always be Rooting for um you know through the rest Of of our careers and you know I think You know it it's you know we're all on Our you know we're doing things for for Our team and for our organizations and
Um you know that that's obviously what Comes first is trying to execute but you Know I definitely you know I think we All just you know we all want to put our Best foot forward for you know for for Our families for ourselves for we're Representing again you know I have you Know I'm a big fan of those guys as well As you know obviously being able to uh To know him and and know they are and You know I'm just I'm super happy for Them um you know I know they would they Would you know they're being they're Great guys they say the same thing for Me and you know really I think we just You know we we want what's best for each Other and we're kind of you know rooting Each other on throughout this process Um personally more of an unsweety uh That's just that's just me yeah um That's just me but Um yeah yeah Sugar Uh not necessarily Um not necessarily when when that Happens Um but sweet you know I feel like sweet Cheese is great it's like you know more Of I feel like it's like a special Occasion type of thing you know it's Like it's so good it's like you can't Have it every day so uh I guess that That's I guess that's that's my my Thought process
It's just I you know sometimes sugary You know sugary stuff and you know it's Not depending on where it's from and all That but you know sometimes sugary stuff Every day may not be the best but um you Know that's a case-by-case basis Yeah that's what I'm saying it's a Special occasion type of thing you know That's what I'm saying it's like you Can't just you can't have a birthday Cake every day like you gotta wait till It's your birthday so you know that's The thought process First you have a couple of days off with The Labor Day holiday what are you Planning on doing you staying around Charlotte just talk about your plans for Accepting Friday through Sunday yeah Still not sure still figuring it out um But you know again obviously with the Season being right around the corner I'll probably take a little time to you Know somewhat detach um just because you Know this is kind of the you know just Remember when it's kind of the last Little break until you know until the Bye week and then again you know they're Kind of feeling far in between when the Season starts so take a little time to Detach whatever that may may look like But you know of course with you know First game being around the corner um You know being next week it's you know You're you're still obviously your
Mind's gonna whether I wanted to or not My mind's gonna be on the game and we'll Still be looking over stuff and um so You know I think just you know not sure Exactly what it's going to look like but Take a little time to detach but Um because you know when we come back Obviously we're full steam ahead um so You know it'll be good and then it'll be Great to get back to work like a Detachment routine are you like a Meditator or music or anything like that Um I wouldn't say uh I wouldn't say a Routine um you know it's definitely Stuff that that I'll do but I feel like It's just being away from it in certain Capacities like Um you know sometimes just when you're In the building I'd imagine everyone Could relate when you're in whatever Building it is that you work at or Whatever it is your setting is you know Your mind kind of just goes into that Mode and being able to get away from That Um you know for here we're you know We're here almost all day we're here for Hours Um you know if I you know if I stop by Or I come for a little bit that's Nothing wrong with that but you know Obviously being able to be outside you Know away from it for as long as you
Normally do um I feel like that's a Pretty good refresher for me how are you Lessons going Okay stand for I'm a work in progress Obviously I started at a very low point So I have a lot to accomplish but it's a Work in progress still Are you studying this or what yeah I Have no excuse then because I'm Definitely not six foot five Um but it's Um yeah we've we've talked about it a Little bit and um yeah we'll we'll see How it how it turns out when opportunity Comes up Slip and slide down uh no I personally Don't have one yet but Um we'll see if it comes into play Appreciate you guys
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