Latest / Press Pass / Press Pass | Lawrence: "I feel really comfortable, I feel really confident."
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- 0:00Speaker 1: I've been, you know, super happy with obviously the group
- 0:02Speaker 1: that we have from the talent standpoint, but even just
- 0:04Speaker 1: the communication and the work ethic and the way those
- 0:07Speaker 1: guys practice, it's really awesome. You know, those guys want
- 0:10Speaker 1: to want to prize every day, they want every rep,
- 0:13Speaker 1: they want to run every play, they want to be
- 0:14Speaker 1: out there like that's that mindset is gonna help us
- 0:17Speaker 1: a lot, especially come late in the season.
- 0:20Speaker 2: The dynamic between Chad Paul and those guys, it's great.
- 0:23Speaker 1: I think Chad does an awesome job. I mean, he's
- 0:25Speaker 1: he's definitely unique and the way he coaches a position,
- 0:27Speaker 1: and I've it's been cool to see his perspective and
- 0:29Speaker 1: the way he does it. I think he has an
- 0:31Speaker 1: amazing relationships with all the with all the guys. I
- 0:33Speaker 1: think that's why he's able to, you know, have those
- 0:36Speaker 1: great relationships, is because he gets deep, gets to know
- 0:39Speaker 1: him and I've I've seen that firsthand, and just the
- 0:41Speaker 1: way he coaches him. I think he's really passionate about it.
- 0:43Speaker 1: The guys can see that he played the position, he
- 0:46Speaker 1: has experience, he's been doing it for a while and
- 0:48Speaker 1: he's coached some great ones. So I think those guys
- 0:49Speaker 1: have a lot of respect for him. I do as well,
- 0:51Speaker 1: and I think he's doing a great job.
- 0:53Speaker 3: Wide receiver has surprised you, pleasantly.
- 0:55Speaker 4: Surprised you the most.
- 0:58Speaker 1: Surprise. I don't know if i'd say some prize. I
- 1:00Speaker 1: think I think Kevin's having a great camp. Kevin Austin obviously,
- 1:05Speaker 1: all of our all of our our guys right now
- 1:07Speaker 1: is a Christian. Calvin and Evan ag all those guys
- 1:10Speaker 1: that have been doing a great job. I think tight ends.
- 1:12Speaker 1: You look at Garrett Prince has looked great. I mean,
- 1:14Speaker 1: he's had an awesome camp so far, so I'm excited
- 1:16Speaker 1: for him. Just to see him getting better and better,
- 1:18Speaker 1: that's awesome. He's gonna help us a lot.
- 1:21Speaker 2: You know.
- 1:22Speaker 1: I think Elijah Cooks and Jacob have looked have looked great.
- 1:25Speaker 1: All of our guys really from top to bottom, we
- 1:27Speaker 1: have a really good group, really smart. They know the system,
- 1:29Speaker 1: they know what they're doing, and you know, it's not
- 1:31Speaker 1: always like that. You know, I've been on teams where
- 1:33Speaker 1: some of the guys that might not be starters or
- 1:35Speaker 1: second string guys, they don't necessarily know all the stuff.
- 1:37Speaker 1: They don't know what they're doing. They're not making the plays.
- 1:39Speaker 1: And it seems like every time you turn around, someone's
- 1:41Speaker 1: making a play, no matter which group's in there. And
- 1:43Speaker 1: I think that's encouraging for us to see and just
- 1:45Speaker 1: to have so many guys that are that are playing well.
- 1:48Speaker 4: I'm much if this is kind of figuring out some
- 1:50Speaker 4: of your guys catch radius, put the ball in different
- 1:52Speaker 4: places to figure out if a guy can go make
- 1:54Speaker 4: that play.
- 1:55Speaker 1: Yeah, it's definitely getting to know you know, my guys.
- 1:58Speaker 1: Obviously I know Christian and Zay and and ag you know,
- 2:01Speaker 1: we played played together last year or two years, some
- 2:04Speaker 1: of those guys, but I know them, but still learning
- 2:07Speaker 1: more and more, putting them in different positions. Maybe they
- 2:08Speaker 1: didn't run some of these routes last year. Maybe we
- 2:11Speaker 1: kind of you know, formation things a little bit different
- 2:14Speaker 1: or whatever it may be. And now we're trying to
- 2:16Speaker 1: give them some new plays, some new routes, whatever it is.
- 2:18Speaker 1: And then obviously Calvin, like every day is a learning
- 2:21Speaker 1: you know, just a learning experience of you know, how
- 2:23Speaker 1: to throw a certain ball, when to trust him on
- 2:25Speaker 1: this route? When does I mean with him it's like
- 2:27Speaker 1: sometimes he looks covered and he's not. You know, he's
- 2:29Speaker 1: just got that ability to go up and make a
- 2:31Speaker 1: play and really great route runner. When do I trust
- 2:34Speaker 1: him to win on certain routes? Like I think we're
- 2:36Speaker 1: still learning all that. It's still early, but I love
- 2:38Speaker 1: how our relationships coming along and our chemistry is growing
- 2:42Speaker 1: every day. I think today we had some some nice plays.
- 2:45Speaker 4: Do you feel like you have of the offense at
- 2:46Speaker 4: this point than maybe a year ago? Is this something
- 2:48Speaker 4: like you're fully have the whole thing under your belt.
- 2:51Speaker 1: Yeah, I feel really comfortable, feel really confident. I feel
- 2:54Speaker 1: like that's me, But that's also the other guys. We've
- 2:57Speaker 1: We've had so much experience together and so many different
- 3:00Speaker 1: situations we've seen. It's nice to be able to lean
- 3:02Speaker 1: on those when you come out, you know, for your
- 3:04Speaker 1: second camp in this system, to lean on some You
- 3:06Speaker 1: can go back to week whatever fourteen last year and
- 3:09Speaker 1: I remember checking this play against this team and this coverage,
- 3:11Speaker 1: and so the call comes up again and you see
- 3:13Speaker 1: the same thing.
- 3:13Speaker 2: It's like, all right, remember when we did this, and
- 3:15Speaker 2: you can just get to it quick.
- 3:16Speaker 1: So I think that is that's so valuable when you
- 3:20Speaker 1: think about an offense and just being able to do
- 3:22Speaker 1: that and get yourself in the play that you want
- 3:23Speaker 1: and as a quarterback that I feel confident and I
- 3:25Speaker 1: can just go play free because I know what I want,
- 3:27Speaker 1: I know what I like, and I know what my
- 3:28Speaker 1: guys are good at.
- 3:30Speaker 4: Play in a certain amount of preseason coming up these
- 3:33Speaker 4: next couple of games.
- 3:34Speaker 2: And what do you need to see here and in
- 3:37Speaker 2: there to feel good? You asked, Do I do I
- 3:40Speaker 2: need to play?
- 3:42Speaker 4: You feel like you've got to get out there in
- 3:43Speaker 4: these game situations.
- 3:45Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean that's something we're going to talk about.
- 3:48Speaker 1: And you know, it's kind of whatever whatever coach wants
- 3:49Speaker 1: to do. And obviously I think it's valuable to get
- 3:51Speaker 1: some reps, and especially you got a few new pieces,
- 3:54Speaker 1: get some get some live game reps where it is
- 3:57Speaker 1: full speed, it's full contact.
- 3:58Speaker 2: You know there's something on the line. You know. I
- 4:00Speaker 2: think that's definitely valuable.
- 4:01Speaker 1: You know, who knows how much that'll be, whatever it'll
- 4:03Speaker 1: whatever it is, I'll be ready. And uh what, you
- 4:06Speaker 1: just want to be clean. You want to execute, you
- 4:07Speaker 1: want your offense to look sharp, you want to you
- 4:10Speaker 1: want to make the plays, you want to be smart,
- 4:12Speaker 1: do all that stuff, and just be clean. I think
- 4:14Speaker 1: that's the main objective obviously, to play well too. But
- 4:16Speaker 1: that's the same thing for whether it's a starters or
- 4:18Speaker 1: whoever's in there, to play well and execute our offense,
- 4:21Speaker 1: you know, just like we're doing out here. Just carry
- 4:23Speaker 1: that over to a different opponent and go win the game.
- 4:25Speaker 1: So you know, however much that is, we don't. I
- 4:27Speaker 1: don't know the details in that yet, but we'll be ready,
- 4:29Speaker 1: I need.
- 4:31Speaker 3: Twitter has been asking have you even approached about the
- 4:34Speaker 3: Quarterback series on Netflix?
- 4:37Speaker 2: Yeah, I was. I was approached.
- 4:38Speaker 1: I you know, I didn't decided to not do it
- 4:41Speaker 1: this year, but you know, that was just something where
- 4:43Speaker 1: I feel like, but just not the right time for me.
- 4:46Speaker 1: Who knows, maybe in the future, but you know, I
- 4:48Speaker 1: think it's a really I watched the show though. The
- 4:49Speaker 1: show was great. I think they did a great job.
- 4:51Speaker 1: So but yeah, that's pretty much it there.
- 4:56Speaker 2: Yeah, certain questions for you to hear about guys on
- 4:59Speaker 2: the white Coaches. We got good handwritings, bad handwriting, thanks Gyda.
- 5:04Speaker 2: Question like who offensive coaches? It's kind of your right,
- 5:12Speaker 2: well now, I mean, yeah, yes and no.
- 5:14Speaker 1: When now we have so many different everything's printed off,
- 5:17Speaker 1: it's done in a program like it's on.
- 5:20Speaker 2: They're doing a computer.
- 5:21Speaker 1: So everything's straight lines, it's type, so it's not you know,
- 5:24Speaker 1: the handwritten stuff isn't as big now obviously, like you
- 5:26Speaker 1: talk about notes and just drawing stuff up on the
- 5:28Speaker 1: board real quick to you know, kind of brainstorm stuff
- 5:31Speaker 1: is different. But now I got you got everything that's
- 5:33Speaker 1: done on a computer.
- 5:34Speaker 2: So that's that's nice.
- 5:35Speaker 1: But so I've had good and bad handwriting, or coaches
- 5:39Speaker 1: with good and bad handwriting.
- 5:42Speaker 2: It's all right. It's it's not the best, but it's
- 5:44Speaker 2: it's legible. Somebody you came in with. Just what kind
- 5:49Speaker 2: of growth have you've seen from him, especially having the
- 5:51Speaker 2: last year. Yeah, he's he's done a great job.
- 5:54Speaker 1: You know last year and our rookie year, he's he
- 5:57Speaker 1: was kind of thrown into a spot where maybe not
- 6:00Speaker 1: expected necessarily, but had to go in and start and
- 6:02Speaker 1: play with And that's a I mean every position is
- 6:04Speaker 1: tough to just to not expect it and have to
- 6:06Speaker 1: go in there and play the rest of the season,
- 6:07Speaker 1: but especially left tackle. I mean that's that's probably one
- 6:10Speaker 1: of the harder ones. So he's done a great job
- 6:12Speaker 1: and he's always been ready. That's something that I think
- 6:14Speaker 1: we has been cool to see as a guy that's
- 6:16Speaker 1: not a starter, wasn't a starter, but has been ready
- 6:19Speaker 1: every week like he is, and then when he gets
- 6:21Speaker 1: the opportunity, there's there's no drop off. And I think
- 6:23Speaker 1: that's what you look for and guys in our team,
- 6:25Speaker 1: and he's been a perfect example of that. And I
- 6:27Speaker 1: saw he's ready for this opportunity. I think he's gonna
- 6:29Speaker 1: do great. Got a lot of confidence in him. He's
- 6:31Speaker 1: worked really hard. I think you've seen him, you know,
- 6:34Speaker 1: get more and more confidence over the last two years
- 6:35Speaker 1: as he's played more and proven himself.
- 6:37Speaker 2: So I'm excited for him.
- 6:42Speaker 3: Oh he's not amate, but Justin Ross has made a
- 6:46Speaker 3: few plays over in Chiefs camp.
- 6:48Speaker 2: Have you seen that?
- 6:49Speaker 3: Just How does that make you feel knowing that that's
- 6:52Speaker 3: a guy who you know he's had to fight for
- 6:54Speaker 3: a spot in the winter.
- 6:55Speaker 2: Yeah, it makes me.
- 6:56Speaker 1: It makes me feel happy for him. Just uh, you know,
- 6:58Speaker 1: I played with him, I know him really well. We
- 6:59Speaker 1: can't been together at Clemson. I mean, a great player,
- 7:03Speaker 1: a great player and just the person he is. He's
- 7:05Speaker 1: got a great work ethic and to see obviously the
- 7:07Speaker 1: battles he's had to go through, some of the adversity,
- 7:10Speaker 1: it's cool to see him kind of getting his opportunity,
- 7:12Speaker 1: and I hope he, you know, just continues to play
- 7:14Speaker 1: well and takes it and runs and the Chiefs use
- 7:16Speaker 1: him well.
- 7:16Speaker 2: I think they will. So, you know, it's been awesome
- 7:19Speaker 2: to see from him.
- 7:20Speaker 1: Obviously, I've seen that a million times in practice, so
- 7:23Speaker 1: I'm not surprised at all, but see him get that opportunity,
- 7:25Speaker 1: it makes me happy and I'm just excited for him.
- 7:28Speaker 3: You mentioned the knowledge of the oppers. Do you see
- 7:31Speaker 3: that any speed unique decisions in speed and teams?
- 7:36Speaker 2: Definitely? I think.
- 7:36Speaker 1: You know, we still gotta this is the part of
- 7:40Speaker 1: camp where we start, you know, starts becoming full speed
- 7:42Speaker 1: contact longer days. We gotta do better of getting in
- 7:45Speaker 1: now the huddle, you know, playing a little faster from
- 7:47Speaker 1: that standpoint. But once we get into what we want
- 7:49Speaker 1: and we get the checks or whatever whatever it is,
- 7:51Speaker 1: we get the changes done. We're playing really fast at
- 7:53Speaker 1: the snap and so that's good to see. We need
- 7:55Speaker 1: to get a little bit better pre snap, but that's
- 7:57Speaker 1: gonna come. You know, you're playing with a couple of
- 7:58Speaker 1: new guys. You gotta get all the kinks worked out.
- 8:01Speaker 1: But I think we're playing really fast. I feel like
- 8:03Speaker 1: my decision making has been, you know, much quicker than
- 8:05Speaker 1: a year's past, especially at this point in training camp.
- 8:08Speaker 1: And that's, like I said, just the confidence and my
- 8:10Speaker 1: guys knowing what they're going to do versus different looks,
- 8:12Speaker 1: and also being able to get to really the right
- 8:14Speaker 1: play for for me, for us, for what we want
- 8:16Speaker 1: to do.
- 8:17Speaker 2: Thank you, guys,