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Jalen Milroe: "We Have Some Talent On Offense And It Showed Today" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Was it like just that jersey by getting helped at that.
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  Speaker 2: Time, it was a great feeling.
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  Speaker 3: When I walked on the field, I really just acknowledged
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  Speaker 3: where I was at. My parents made a joke, it's
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  Speaker 3: like this first day of class today, you took my
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  Speaker 3: bunch of picture out the practice, but now it's it's
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  Speaker 3: definitely cool to be NFL quarterback. To get my feet wet,
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  Speaker 3: get acclimated with everything, and so definitely a dream come
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  Speaker 3: true for sure.
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  Speaker 4: Jaalen.
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  Speaker 1: You know, the Senior Bowl was a ways away, and
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  Speaker 1: then you have the Combine after that. You've obviously been
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  Speaker 1: working with Jordan Palmer. Was there stuff that you were
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  Speaker 1: working on during the Senior Bowl and you're throwing motion
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  Speaker 1: that maybe farther along with further along with now than
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  Speaker 1: you were then.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Absolutely.
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  Speaker 3: So the biggest thing is everything worse from the ground
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  Speaker 3: up at the quarter position. Understanding the lower half mechanics
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  Speaker 3: of how I operate. Every quarterback is different, and so
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  Speaker 3: doing a really a deep understanding of how my body
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  Speaker 3: functions at the corey position with throwing a ball, and
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  Speaker 3: so understanding how to distribute my body when it comes
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  Speaker 3: to the lower half mechanics and things like that. And
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  Speaker 3: it's been a focus for us. And so with that,
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  Speaker 3: it's all about being a fishing pastor. And so the
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  Speaker 3: more you work, the more you understand your body, you're
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  Speaker 3: gonna be more of efficient passor so you know, that's
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  Speaker 3: something that we work on and continue to work on
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  Speaker 3: so I could be the best quarterback I can be
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  Speaker 3: as a quarterback.
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  Speaker 5: Train everybody out there on the field was learning everything
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  Speaker 5: in the first day to day like that's it's pretty
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  Speaker 5: unusual and even in college, like somebody knows what's going on,
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  Speaker 5: like to to try to put all that on your
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  Speaker 5: plate and leave that kind of know as much you
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  Speaker 5: can about what's about, what's what's that challenge like for.
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  Speaker 2: You, you gotta be smart. You gotta be smart the
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  Speaker 2: core position.
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  Speaker 3: You gotta prepare, you gotta emphasize how much you love
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  Speaker 3: football and how much you care. Because you care, it's
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  Speaker 3: gonna it's gonna wear off on other guys because you
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  Speaker 3: know your presence and the and the and when you
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  Speaker 3: you know, communicate with the guys around. We communicate a
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  Speaker 3: play call, also understanding the operation, understanding the schemes when
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  Speaker 3: n maneuvers, because you know we're playing in an NFL
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  Speaker 3: now you gotta pay on time, you gotta understand your assignment,
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  Speaker 3: and so it's so important and so having that opportunity
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  Speaker 3: today and in the scene in that, I think that
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  Speaker 3: was something that was definitely evident when it comes to
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  Speaker 3: performing today.
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  Speaker 5: We'ding coaching.
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  Speaker 2: I did, Yeah, I did, Yeah, I did. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Last year talking we started using UH virtual reality. Had
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  Speaker 1: said doing any faster speed to help work on progressions
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  Speaker 1: and timing. Not something you've talked about maybe working on it.
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  Speaker 1: Have you used any of that technology or tried it out?
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  Speaker 3: So it's funny you just mentioned that because me and
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  Speaker 3: new and my new head coach we talked about, you know,
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  Speaker 3: doing that, and so from now it's in game one,
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  Speaker 3: I'm gonna utilize that.
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  Speaker 4: How long have you been training with UH, George Palmer
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  Speaker 4: and what does that happen?
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  Speaker 2: Year and a half and it happens in San Clementi, California.
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  Speaker 1: I know it's really early. Are there similarities between what
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  Speaker 1: the Sea offs and they ask you to do and
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  Speaker 1: with Alabama in terms of the offense of the scheme
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  Speaker 1: and things like that.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, So, like I had three different coordinators while I
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  Speaker 3: was at school at Alabama. With that we saw football
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  Speaker 3: and different lenses with each coordinator, but of course you
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  Speaker 3: know you have different terminology, you have different formation adjustments,
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  Speaker 3: and so seeing now and the lenses of coach Kubiak
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  Speaker 3: and seeing how he calls plays and how you know
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  Speaker 3: your your footwork and you know your timing, all those
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  Speaker 3: things are maybe different. But system as a whole, you
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  Speaker 3: know everything you know correlates for sure, But you know
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  Speaker 3: it's the details and understanding that you know all of
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  Speaker 3: us as a group, as a team, you know the
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  Speaker 3: correct room all should be flown together.
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  Speaker 2: We've been going back to just your presence.
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  Speaker 4: How do you balance the patience for your teammates to
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  Speaker 4: understand the play and get the energency to.
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  Speaker 2: Execute the play.
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  Speaker 3: I think that's a really good question, really good question,
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  Speaker 3: because I think that's so important because we should all
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  Speaker 3: flow in the same according on offense. And one thing
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  Speaker 3: that's evident on offense is unique because you know, we
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  Speaker 3: need all eleven guys a click. You know, if ten
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  Speaker 3: guys do the right assignment but one guy does not,
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  Speaker 3: you know, we all fail as a group. And so
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  Speaker 3: I think it's so important at the core position that
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  Speaker 3: we emphasize everyone's responsibility, be assertive and understand, you know,
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  Speaker 3: pushing the tempo, pushing everyone's assignment and also understanding takes
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  Speaker 3: all of us. And so I understand that when it
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  Speaker 3: comes to me performing at my best is understanding that
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  Speaker 3: we need a whole group and it takes all of us.
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  Speaker 2: You know, eleven on offense?
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  Speaker 5: Do you want eleven minute drive?
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  Speaker 2: Last nine on the offensives?
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  Speaker 5: Like the fall, there's a chance that as a group,
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  Speaker 5: you guys can grow together here. What what is that
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  Speaker 5: kind of opportunity present you.
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  Speaker 3: Gas, It's so exciting, especially having practice today, like we
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  Speaker 3: had some talent on offense, like and then showed today
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  Speaker 3: like we are really really good dudes in each room.
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  Speaker 3: A lot of talent, a lot of guys that love football,
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  Speaker 3: that care. You know, just it's funny, like m seeing
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  Speaker 3: how much everybody loves football, like communicating before we even
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  Speaker 3: had practice, doing walkthrough, doing install preaching the reads, what's
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  Speaker 3: my footwork? Talking to little different guys because they care,
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  Speaker 3: they wanna know how they can be their best at
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  Speaker 3: their particular j uh position, and so you know, it's
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  Speaker 3: definitely cool, you know, just to see the the amount
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  Speaker 3: of talent we have in our draft class.
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  Speaker 5: Like growing up two military parents.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, so like having two military parents, you definitely emphasize determination, grit, goal,
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  Speaker 3: short term goal, long term goals, and understanding that it
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  Speaker 3: takes a team, you know, and never I don't believe
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  Speaker 3: in the word it self made at all. It takes
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  Speaker 3: a team and did accomplash anything that you want to accomplish.
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  Speaker 3: And so, you know, my team was here today at practice.
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  Speaker 3: They definitely emphasize you know, love and so they were
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  Speaker 3: here today. But I think that's something that I'll take
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  Speaker 3: with them being in the military.
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  Speaker 1: What you want the season, I mean, just get on
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  Speaker 1: the field in any way.
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  Speaker 3: Or Yeah, my goal honestly is to come in and
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  Speaker 3: be the best version of myself, be better than I
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  Speaker 3: was the day before, and earn the trust and respect
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  Speaker 3: everyone in the organization, everyone from the top down. Earn
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  Speaker 3: the trust and respect. You know, with that it comes
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  Speaker 3: other things. But that's number one. You know, any guy
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  Speaker 3: that comes in, no matter where you're selecting in the draft,
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  Speaker 3: the first pick in the draft to the very end
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  Speaker 3: of the drag, you're miss irrelevant, it doesn't matter. You're
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  Speaker 3: trying to earn the respect and trust everybody in the
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  Speaker 3: locker room and an organization. And so with that, it
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  Speaker 3: comes with being a good teammate as well. And being
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  Speaker 3: a good teammate the Sam Donald, Drew Locke, everyone in
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  Speaker 3: the room, the coaches showing that I care. I'm studying,
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  Speaker 3: so you know, other goals come with that. But the
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  Speaker 3: niche of everything is that.
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  Speaker 1: The number of choice.
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  Speaker 3: I didn't select the number. I didn't select the number.
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  Speaker 3: I know there's vets on the team. I'm gonna pay
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  Speaker 3: respect to them. They've been here before me, and so
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  Speaker 3: when the time come, I will select the number bright.
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  Speaker 2: Now ain't gonna check, I ain't gonna choo the umber.
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  Speaker 4: You mentioned that the trust aspect of that's critical play
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  Speaker 4: the quarterback position. But you live in here a few days.
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  Speaker 4: How much easier is it to develop trust though, in
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  Speaker 4: the players that you have around you. When you have
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  Speaker 4: receivers that also have played special teams and clearly loved
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  Speaker 4: the game, offensive linemen that pretty much played every position
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  Speaker 4: that are in front of you. How much easier is
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  Speaker 4: it to develop that trust when you have all these
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  Speaker 4: guys that you know love the game and they just
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  Speaker 4: willing to do whatever it takes to help their team.
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  Speaker 3: So one thing that's key before we touch the field,
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  Speaker 3: we have a bunch of walkthroughs. We'll walk throughs, we
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  Speaker 3: have schedules where we're all online. So with that you
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  Speaker 3: have communication. I think with communication you are more effective
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  Speaker 3: as a group. And so with that it come with
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  Speaker 3: the time and a course in the passing game and
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  Speaker 3: the running game, understanding the mic point where we're going
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  Speaker 3: as a whole group, and so it's communication. Communication the
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  Speaker 3: biggest thing when it comes to offense, and so I
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  Speaker 3: think as the corposition, it starts. It starts number one
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  Speaker 3: there emphasizing that we're all on the same accordion and
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  Speaker 3: it takes practice for us.
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  Speaker 2: But for practice one, that was a really good day.
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  Speaker 3: Like when it comes to timing, everyone flowing the tempo
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  Speaker 3: that we played with everyone caring, appreciated when you make
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  Speaker 3: a good play, everybody celebrating and congratulating that person no
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  Speaker 3: one was knowing was selfish in that sense. Everyone was
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  Speaker 3: carrying about each other because you know, we're trying to
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  Speaker 3: reach the same goal no matter where you were at
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  Speaker 3: on the depth chart, trying to all be successful. So
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  Speaker 3: I think that was something that I saw that I'm
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  Speaker 3: really happy about cause we have a good lot of
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  Speaker 3: good dudes.
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  Speaker 2: That that was on the football field, the day.
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  Speaker 1: So you were the best quarterback of the drive, sir.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah they did.
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  Speaker 5: You got jeffs.
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  Speaker 2: Did you get a chance to get the playbook?
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  Speaker 3: It's funny, So as soon as I celebrated the next day,
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  Speaker 3: I got the playbook. So, uh, it was quick turnaround
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  Speaker 3: for sure, you know, definitely, Now this is is my job,
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  Speaker 3: you know. Now you know I gotta now I know
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  Speaker 3: where I'm gonna be. It's a long process for sure,
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  Speaker 3: So now I know where I'm at now. But yeah,
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  Speaker 3: it was, it was a quick turnaround.
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  Speaker 2: Been studying.
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  Speaker 5: The skip.
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  Speaker 3: So my early impressions is you gotta be prepare. You
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  Speaker 3: gotta prepare, You gotta study. You gotta knowing like the
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  Speaker 3: back of your hand, and you gotta study. You gotta
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  Speaker 3: get extra time in with the coaches. And one thing
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  Speaker 3: that's for certain, the meeting time and not enough for
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  Speaker 3: grasping the offense. You gotta take extra time aside when
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  Speaker 3: you're not around the coaches, whether you're with your teammates,
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  Speaker 3: whether you're at home, always time to grow and learn
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  Speaker 3: the system. Because when you know the system, when you
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  Speaker 3: have great preparation, you play even better. And it and
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  Speaker 3: and it wears off and the other guys at the
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  Speaker 3: core position. How much do you.
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  Speaker 4: See playing in Alabama already paying off with this process
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  Speaker 4: and being in a program that consistently kicks.
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  Speaker 1: Out a lot of NFL players.
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  Speaker 4: There's the expectation that we're and be a pro program
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  Speaker 4: or how were you see that already playing out here
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  Speaker 4: coming to the league and may be making the acclvation
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  Speaker 4: acclamation process a little easier for sure.
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  Speaker 3: Like Number one, like the center of excellence. No matter
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  Speaker 3: what we're doing, no matter to walk through, everybody's getting
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  Speaker 3: a rep. Like whether you're on the field or you're
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  Speaker 3: off the field, you're getting a rep.
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  Speaker 2: You know something that was emphasized while at school.
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  Speaker 3: I never forget with that spring practice and one of
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  Speaker 3: our coaches called the whole group up. He called one
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  Speaker 3: of one of our players on the team, said, hey,
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  Speaker 3: how many RECID did you get? So of course he
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  Speaker 3: sat there scratched his head trying to think how many
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  Speaker 3: reps he got.
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  Speaker 2: He's not gonna stop you right there, you got all
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  Speaker 2: of them. If you did it right, you got.
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  Speaker 3: A misser rep and the physical upt And so I
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  Speaker 3: think that's important for all of us, you know, as
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  Speaker 3: we're trying to achieve success and achieve greatness and whatever
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  Speaker 3: we want to do on the field. I think that's important.
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  Speaker 2: Eliah Royo today, big target.
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  Speaker 3: I threw him some nice balls today and he wanted
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  Speaker 3: to go get that ball and I was happy. But
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  Speaker 3: now he's a he's a dude, and it's fun. It's
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  Speaker 3: so funny, you know how this process is. You know,
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  Speaker 3: we all don't know where we're going during the process.
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  Speaker 3: But me and him went on a couple of visits together.
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  Speaker 3: We communicated, you know, we just talked about how great
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  Speaker 3: it would how great it would be if we were teammates.
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  Speaker 3: And I remember getting a text from him saying, Man,
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  Speaker 3: we're gonna be teammates.
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  Speaker 2: So it was definitely exciting. And now to get back
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  Speaker 2: on the field with him, it's it's been really cool.
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  Speaker 1: You're an academic heisman, And I asked Robbie, it's about.
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  Speaker 5: Like, how did you do that?
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  Speaker 1: And athlete? What are you gonna spend all that time
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  Speaker 1: you were doing in class? Where is that time going
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  Speaker 1: to be dedicated?
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  Speaker 5: Now?
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  Speaker 3: Take care of my body. Biggest thing is when you
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  Speaker 3: take care of your body, you're available on the football field.
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  Speaker 3: So the time frame that I'm not preparing mentally with
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  Speaker 3: the playbook, with the guys in the room, different rooms.
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  Speaker 3: It take care of my body, taking care of my
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  Speaker 3: body so that I can be available for the coaches,
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  Speaker 3: my teammates.
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  Speaker 2: So I think replacing that schoolwork is gonna.
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  Speaker 3: Be more about taking care of my body and also
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  Speaker 3: watching film and you be in my playbook everything else.
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  Speaker 5: Thank you, thank you, thank you.