(East Los Angeles, CA) [From The Editor’s Desk]: Rams fans will find this transcript valuable because it includes three coaches and two well-respected veteran players who participated in an extensive media session on Monday. It offers useful insights into each coach’s and player’s perspectives, as well as their thoughts on the NFL 2026 season’s first week, just two days before the team departs for its opener versus the San Francisco 49ers in Melbourne, Australia.

This might be a lengthy read since the questions and answers are detailed. As always, we suggest you settle into your favorite comfy chair, enjoy a cool drink or your preferred coffee or tea, and have a tasty snack nearby. Use this time to get more familiar with this group of coaches and players.

Rams Transcripts: Offensive Coord. Nate Scheelhaase, Defensive Coord. Don Shula, Special Teams Coord. Bubba Ventrone, DE Aaron Donald, and WR Puka Nacua, 9/7/26, Monday

[OC Nate Scheelhaase]

(On the preparation for Australia)…
“It’s been good. I’ve appreciated how our guys have come to work. It’s been the consistent message throughout training camp, but really being able to follow in and see that happen in a game week. Obviously, there’s a level of urgency and just excitement for those guys to finally be headed into the season, and you felt that on the field. But the execution has stayed at a high level, which is what you want. As much as that excitement starts rolling, they still want high-end execution. Those guys have come to work, done a really good job on the practice field so I’m encouraged by that.”

(On Assistant Wide Receivers Coach Robert Woods’ transition from player to coach)
“I wasn’t around here, obviously, during his time as a player. But even being here and the people who were around him, who experienced him, it doesn’t surprise you that a guy like that was able to transition into coaching as seamless as he was. He cares about the game. He cares about the guys. He wants to do things right. That was who he was as a player. It’s translated to who he has been as a coach. He’s able to give those guys tidbits, things that he’s seen, things that he’s come across during his career. I really appreciate the way he’s come to work. He’ll have a bright future in front of him as a coach.”

(On the improvement from camp to now)
“There are so many areas. When you get started in camp, you have so much that’s out in front of you. You’ve sat there and you’ve thought about it and planned it out as a coaching staff, but you only have so many reps, so many minutes per day that you actually get out on the field. I think the thing that I’ve enjoyed the most about our group is despite them being a veteran group who have had a lot of continuity, they’ve tried to find the little ways to continue to get better. We’ve been pushed by our defense, I feel like day in and day out, to be at our best. I feel like it was as challenging of a camp with ones against ones throughout the majority of camp as I’ve experienced. It’s calloused those guys in a cool way. You saw them just grow, their familiarity and continuity, what we’re trying to get done. I’ve been excited about the competitive spirit of the group overall. I think offensively and defensively, you’ve seen that day in and day out.”

(On whether he’s worried about ‘rust issues’ from not playing the starters during the preseason)
“ I would feel that way if camp wasn’t as competitive as it was. There wasn’t a day that you could show up out on our practice field and not be at your best. You’d get exposed. That was person to person, offensively, defensively. I know those receivers talked about it every day. They had to be at their best. There were days that they felt like they had bad days. There were days the DBs felt the same way. The O-line against the defensive line. It was a challenging camp and you never felt like you could take a breath out on the field. That’s obviously what you’re trying to create with your practice rep is that game-like reality. But the competition on the field brought that about as much as possible. So naturally, yeah, have we tackled guys and taken them to the ground? No. There are some of those parts that you certainly have to experience on the football field. But I feel encouraged about where we’re at from the competitive spirit and the nature that we had throughout the course of training camp.”

(On the growth of WR Jordan Whittington)
“From day one, he was super mature so you knew that growth was going to be in front of him. He was going to chase down every nook and cranny of how he could improve as a player. I think he’s been versatile from the very first season he was with us. Philly game, in the playoffs, the last game of that season, his rookie season, he literally played every single position for us. He was playing in there at F. He was backing up [WR] Puka [Nacua] at Z, jumped in there at X late in the two-minute drive. So he has a great feel for our offense, a great feel for what we’re trying to do. I think his confidence has grown because he’s seen himself make a number of different plays in a number of different ways. I’m excited about where he’s at right now headed into the season. He’s a guy that we will rely on a ton in a ton of different ways.”

[DC Chris Shula]

(On his reaction when DE Aaron Donald announced his return)
“Extremely excited, just a great football player. What’s been cool about the last week or so, it’s honestly what a great person and a worker he is. Extremely coachable, he really trusts his coaches. [Run Game Coordinator/Defensive Line Coach] Giff [Smith] has already developed a great relationship with him. Just another vet in the building to go out there and work extremely hard and obviously one of the best defensive linemen of all time. I’m extremely happy to have him.”

(On whether it’s been a challenge to figure out how to fit Donald into his defensive scheme)
“It’s a challenge I’ll take anytime. No, we’re taking it day-by-day and we’re just trying to get him acclimated to the defense. At the end of the day, football is football. I know it’s been about two years, but we expect him to hit the ground running and we’ll see what happens.”

(On whether Donald has participated in 11-on-11 drills)
“I’ll leave that for… You can ask [Head Coach] Sean [McVay] that. I’m not exactly sure what’s been disclosed, but he’s working extremely hard and we’re excited to have him.”

On whether he’s noticed a change in energy since Donald’s return)
“It was definitely exciting the day he came. Now he feels like one of the guys. We’ve got a group that’s extremely locked in, that loves playing football, that loves solving problems out on the field, that loves playing hard. I don’t think the standard changed in anyway with ‘AD’ coming, but [I’m] obviously extremely excited to have him.”

(On whether the plan is to ease Donald into games)
“We have a lot of different thoughts, but we truly are taking it day-by-day. We’ll have a plan for him going into the game, but we want to see how it goes today with him. We want to see how it goes tomorrow. Then, we truly believe by the time we get to Australia, we’ll have a plan for this game and figure out the rest of that.”

(On whether Donald’s status for Week 1 has been decided)
“Everything’s day-by-day. As I said, we’re ready for him if he does, ready for him if he doesn’t. We’ll have a plan for however many plays he feels like he can go and we’ll go from there.”

(On the excitement of coaching this defense with the offseason acquisitions)
“You always want to coach great players. It’s extremely exciting, and especially, it’s not just the great players. It’s great players that work extremely hard. It’s the [Cornerback] Trent McDuffie’s, the [Outside Linebacker] Myles Garrett’s, the [Safeties] Kam Curl’s, the Quentin Lake’s, the [Inside Linebacker Nate] Landman’s. All of those guys are like coaches on the field. ‘AD’ falls right in line with that. Obviously, he’s a huge part of what built this culture over Sean’s tenure. Now, we’re excited just to add to what we have right now.”

(On Curl re-signing with the team and what he means to the secondary)
“He’s been our silent leader, so to speak. He’s just one of the most consistent guys you’ll ever be around. He’s a leader on the field. Guys look up to him, the way he plays, the way he communicates. He can do a lot of different things for us. We’re really excited to have him. He’s done an awesome job, and I think over his two years, it’s been really cool to see the growth. To see [from when] he came here from Washington, and how we utilized him, and then in that first year, you felt a ton of growth. You just felt him to continue to get better and better next year. So, we expect him to take that next step, and part of that is being a leader of the defense and that’s exactly what he is.”

(On whether a ‘switch flips’ when transitioning from preparing for the season as a whole to focusing solely on the 49ers)
“Definitely. At some point in that training camp, you’re sick of going against good-on-good or ones-on-ones every single time and every single day. You start to manipulate your defense or what you want to do with foresight of exactly the team you’re going to play. Whether that’s the personnel that they do, whether that’s the schemes that they present. Obviously, the Niners have a lot of problems based off the personnel and the schemes and stuff that we’ve got to be able to use our personnel and use our defenses to defend them. That might be a little bit different than when you’re trying to get camp rules for a whole season. So [you’re] exactly right where you might start introducing stuff a little bit earlier but obviously these three days, we’re fully in the game plan.”

(On whether it helps that the first opponent is the 49ers or whether he understands that the 49ers’ gameplan will look different this time around)
“You’re exactly right. I think for the first game, everybody would say that. They have a receiver group that’s pretty much new. Obviously, some of the guys we’ve seen before and we’re familiar with, but we’ll wait and see how they deploy them and we’ll adjust accordingly.”

(On having Garrett back as a full participant in practice and whether it’s been a problem getting him acclimated with his limited practice reps)
“No, he’s been around. He’s been doing a ton of walkthroughs on his own with [Outside Linebackers Coach] Joe [Coniglio] and with Giff [Smith] and with [Pass Rush Coordinator] Drew Wilkins. He’s fully immersed as far as knowing where to line up and what to do exactly in the defense. [You’re] exactly right, now we’re excited to go out and just play 11-on-11 football with him and continue to see exactly what he does well and mold our defense to it.”

(On having continuity within the inside linebacker room with Nate Landman and Omar Speights and their development alongside one another)
“It’s huge and that’s a great question. I think Nate is starting to take the next step, and Omar, those guys playing together. Those are two guys that are really, really physical. They’re always in the perfect spots. They’re guys [that] you feel as a coach, you can communicate with them exactly. ‘Hey, how do you see this? How do you want to play this?’ And having guys that have been in the defense [with] Landman going on his second year here, but he really feels like a huge veteran presence for us. I remember Omar starting his first game, whatever it was. I think it was that Thursday night against the Vikings in ’24 as an undrafted rookie. And really, he started playing really well right away, but to see the growth that he’s had, and I think having Landman in that room has really helped him. Those guys know exactly how to play off each other, exactly how to communicate, and they know what we want out of that spot. I think Greg Williams, our LBs coach, does an excellent job with that group.”

(On the safety room remaining the same over his three seasons as defensive coordinator)
“It’s the core four guys. Obviously, you got the two Kam’s [Kam Curl and Kamren Kinchens], ‘Q’ [Quentin Lake] and ‘Tank’ [Jaylen McCollough] have been rolling. Those guys have played a ton of football for us. We’ve had ups and downs together. You talk about four guys that just have the right mentality. Some of them have different skill sets than others, whether it’s playing in the middle of the field or moving around. [Those are] guys that all love football, love to compete, great tacklers, that play extremely hard. We’ve been fortunate to have them going on our third year. I know I have.”

(On whether anything has surprised him throughout training camp other than Donald unretiring)
“I don’t know if anything is surprising. It’s just more confirmed. It’s been really cool to see how the DBs have embraced, like we just talked about, the four safeties and how they’ve really embraced Trent [McDuffie] and [CB] Jaylen Watson. And really seeing how close those guys are, not just talking about on the field, but you see them always interacting and talking in any setting not on the field. And just how they communicate on the field and really how seamless that transition’s been for those guys. [I’m] not surprised at all because those are two guys that love football. Typically, with our culture here, if you do, you’re going to fit in great, but that’s been cool to see.”

(On whether there was a specific player that has surprised him throughout camp)
“The guy that really stuck out to me was Ty Hamilton. I thought he did an awesome job where in camp, it was Giff [Smith], his position coach, who really challenged him to play physical, play fast, play tough. As a rookie, we thought he was thinking and hesitating a little bit too much and you saw that show up on the tape. He was definitely a pleasant surprise for us for sure.”

[Special Teams Coordinator Bubba Ventrone]

(On how he feels overall about the special teams group so far)
“I really do like the group that we’ve been able to work with since I got here and in the spring. I think these guys have really bought into what we’re trying to do. I feel like we’ve improved a lot from when we first got here. You can see the strides the guys have made with their techniques and things have really followed through well.”

(On how he gets his regular season special teams unit prepared throughout the preseason when rookies get the majority of the reps)
“We did a good job in training camp. We obviously had the joint practice with the Cowboys. I honestly think that the way that we practice here is so game-like that it enables you to get those types of looks that you’re going to have with the groups that you’re going to be using in games. I feel like it has really been a good thing. Our practice settings have really emulated game settings for us.”

(On whether he feels more pressure to succeed on special teams with the success of the offense and defense)
“No, I think honestly my mindset was, whenever I got here, every season is a different year, every season is a different season, every team is a different team. Yeah, there’s been a lot [of] similar personnel I would say to last year, but every team is different. My goal is to just improve. Teach the techniques, apply them every day, make the corrections, and that way we are getting better every day, day in and day out. Ultimately, I feel like when you do that and you have really good fundamentals and technique, that’s going to carry over and get the results that you want.”

(On whether there was anything that stood out over the course of camp and preseason)
“No, I would say this. I think [HC] Sean’s [McVay] done a tremendous job, he and [General Manager] Les [Snead], of truly building the culture here to where the guys that are involved in the kicking game, for me specifically, have bought in and are willing to do whatever you’re going to teach them to do. I feel like we’ve had a lot of guys be able to play multiple spots and have thrown a decent amount of multiples at these guys and they’ve handled everything well. The adjustments have gone well. I’m hoping you’re going to see a good product with clean play in the kicking game for us.”

(On whether WR Tutu Atwell is a player he might look too in the return game)
“Yeah, he definitely gives you value as a ball handler. He’s got extremely natural hands. I evaluated him when he was coming out of Louisville. I really like the kid. I like his demeanor. He’s super instinctive in terms of that. Excited to work with him. But he’ll definitely factor as a ball handler for us in that area.”

(On starting his first year with the Rams and if he’s bringing over philosophies from other coaching stops and incorporating them into the Rams special teams unit)
“I think that there’s definitely a lot of areas that I feel like I can improve with the unit. But it ultimately starts with laying the foundation, the techniques, the fundamentals, and all those things carry over into the scheme and the schematics of everything. You can’t do anything unless you have good fundamentals. We talk about you really build your core group through the punt unit and having great footwork there. If you don’t have good footwork, you can’t protect against the most simple rushes let alone the most complex ones and things of that nature. Just being able to harp on that…we’ve stressed the fundamentals. We’ve stressed the technique. Sean has reiterated to the players how important these things are and I think that those things have shown up for us.”

(On his impressions of WR Xavier Smith and his approach to the punt return role)
“Those guys have all done a good job, the ball handlers. [WR] ‘X’ [Xavier Smith] has put in a lot of time. He, [Running Backs Coach] ‘Ron’ [Gould], [Assistant Special Teams] Kyle [Hoke], those guys go out pre-practice. I’m out there, [Assistant Wide Receivers] Robert Woods. All those guys have really embraced that position for us as key and critical for our success. The entire team understands that as well. He’s done everything he can to put himself in a good spot so I feel confident in him and the other guys we have in that role.”

(On Long Snapper Joe Cardona’s leadership role)
“[LS] Joe Cardona epitomizes what you want in a leader. Everything he does from being vocal in the meetings to how he trains. Whenever we get into the season, he does individual drills with the linebackers. He’s a real dude and I think the team really respects him. Obviously, he has the background with the Navy and all that. Really have a lot of respect for Joe. We drafted him whenever I was in New England in ‘15. Great relationship with he and his family. I have all the trust in the world in that cat and really excited that we were able to get him here. He’s a great leader. He’s been really good for our team.”

(On practices being ‘game-like’ here and how that might be different from where he’s been before)
“I don’t want to give away too much. No, I really do. I think our head coach does a tremendous job. Our guys are prepared from top to bottom. I will say this, it’s easy to be a coach whenever you have guys that love football. Everyone in this building loves football, so that’s important.”

[DE Aaron Donald]

(On whether being back is what he thought it would be)
“It’s been good. It’s better than what I thought it would be, honestly. Things are clicking a little faster. I’m feeling good, knocking the rust off. I thought I’d be a lot more rusty then I was, but taking it day by day. It feels good to be back around the guys, in the building, on the grass, playing football so things are clicking. I’m feeling good, just keep going.”

(On building chemistry with the other players and translating it to the field)
“Just being here, being around the guys, talking, building a relationship. Me asking questions, them asking me questions. The more you’re around somebody, you just naturally grow, get to know each other. Obviously translating that, being on the field, learning how I play, how they play, how we play off each other. I think that’s important. It’s been fun to be with this group. I think it’s a really good group, definitely this front seven alone. Definitely the interior guys alone. Obviously, I played with [DE] Kobie [Turner], [DE Braden] Fiske, a young guy. [NT Poona] Ford, I watched him when he was in Seattle and was a fan of his. So to be with these guys and out there working with them and seeing where they’re at from a football standpoint and smart guys. It’s definitely a fun group to be around and play with.”

(On if he feels good enough to play in Australia)
“I’m feeling good. We’re going day by day, come up with a game plan and see what’s going on. But feeling good, feeling really good.”

(On whether he’s traveling to Australia)
“I’m feeling good, feeling really good. Going to come up with a game plan and see. But honestly, I really do feel good. Like I said, things are clicking faster than what I thought it would be. Even with my first day out there with 11-on-11, I thought things would be a little all over the place, but I settled in. A couple plays I was a little rusty. It isn’t where I want to be, but it’s pretty damn good, if you ask me. To not play football in two years, to be moving how I’m moving, like I said, it’s really no drop off. It’s not where I want to be because I can see it and I know there are things that I want to clean up and I’m going to clean up. The more reps I do, the more I play, it’ll get there. But he’s still there.”

(On whether he feels certain about playing Week 1)
“I’m feeling really good. I’m feeling great. Coming up with a game plan and will see what’s going on, but I’m telling you, I feel great.”

(On how the defensive depth impacts his role and playing time)
“Whatever my role is, I’m going to go out there and play at a high level, do my part. It’s a team sport. That’s the best thing about it. I don’t have to worry about playing 70, 60 snaps when you have a group like this. There’s no pressure on me. I can just go out there, play free, play ball. Let the game come to me, play with the guys around me. Help them, they help me. Hopefully we have a lot of success this season.”

(On getting back to 11-on-11 speed of play)
“I think the best thing was getting back around the guys, getting in the meeting room, obviously learning the playbook, doing some walk-through stuff, slowly getting myself gravitated before I got to the 11-on-11. Even that first day was like… and then I settled in. I went from not playing football to being out there, all the cameras around, like, what the hell? Now I’ve been here for two weeks now, whatever it’s been, and it’s more realistic. I feel like I never left, feel good, comfortable, confident. Things just start clicking, start slowing down for you. You get out there, you start seeing things, and now it’s hitting, holding a double team, flipping your hips on a pass rush. ‘Okay, it’s still there.’ Just going day by day and going to continue to work.”

(On what he might miss being back with the team)
“Being away from my kids, I didn’t miss that. It feels good to be back here. I would never have thought, in two years being retired, that I’d be back playing football. You never know what the future holds. Here now and enjoying every moment of it and just going to embrace it, take it all in and enjoy it. This is a kid’s game we get to play. We got to play in the rain, practice in the rain yesterday. That was fun. It’s better than sitting on two-hour Zoom meetings and doing this. You get to play recess. It was fun, enjoying it. I’m just taking it all in.”

(On what he has to feel confident in before getting back to 11-on-11)
“For me, I think it’s just continue to play 11-on-11, cleaning some things up that I want to clean up, that probably nobody else can see, but I can see, getting back to where I want to be. But it was a long grind, long process, and each phase was my phase that I felt like I needed to do. The last phase was going on the grass, playing 11-on-11, playing football, and we checked out all feeling good. Now it’s just continue to get better, continue to clean up things I want to clean up and get myself to that top tier that I want to be at. I never do anything to be average. I want to be good. Everything I do I try to be great. That’s my mindset. That’s the way I go about my work. That’s the way I’m built. I can’t help that.”

(On whether today was an off-day for him)
“Yeah, cardio workout. I’m 35, I didn’t play football in two years so you have to be smart. Even if I feel good, you still have to be smart. Recovery day, I guess a ‘vet day’ you call it, and back on the grass tomorrow.”

(On whether he’s sat down with DE Myles Garrett to talk strategy)
“We talk. We have some stuff. It was good to be on the grass with them and do some stuff, get a feel. I think the chemistry of playing with each other, learning how each other rushes, how each other plays. Not just Myles, just the whole front guys alone. It’s exciting. I think this is a special group. Obviously, it looked really good on paper, but you have to go out there and play every day, week in and week out and earn it. Nothing was ever given to me. All I know is to go get it and earn it. It’s going to be fun.”

(On whether he’s thought about the 16-hour flight to Australia for Week 1 when coming out of retirement)
“I wasn’t thinking about a 16-hour flight. I didn’t want to. I just thought about playing ball, that’s it. Whatever the travel is going to be, get out there and play ball and find a way to try to win the game.”

(On whether he’s playing in the game Thursday)
“I’m feeling really good, come up with a game plan and see. I feel great, really good.”

(On whether he thought about the affect he would have on other teams when coming out of retirement)
“I didn’t really think about that. I really wasn’t. I was trying to get myself in a position to potentially be where I’m at today and see if I felt like I can do it, see how my body was holding up through this whole process and everything checked off. I didn’t think about what other teams were thinking. That’s not my job to do. I just decided to be here with this team, with this organization. Here to try to do some special things, go day by day, week by week and go get it and go earn it.

[WR Puka Nacua]

(On preparation for the season opener)
“It’s been going great. Nice to get back into our ‘normal-ish’ rhythm and flow. But the feeling of, alright, we got our normal down distance going into third down and preparing for red zone and stuff like that so it’s nice to have that rhythm and flow. Understand and be able to break down some of the tape and some of our play calls so there’s an understanding that we can have our clarity and go play fast.”

(On when he injured his psoas and how it feels now)
“It feels great. Being out there on the field just being able to move around, especially with some of the isolation and not being able to participate in all of the team drills, lifting and things like that. Being around the guys I think has got some of that energy and blood flowing in the body, and then also being excited to have that preparation of coming into game one. It’s been great. [Senior Vice President, Sports Medicine and Performance] Reggie [Scott] and the crew in there, especially [Associate Director, Athletic Trainer/Return to Play Coach] Mark [Dydasco] that I work with have been great every day. Just constant communication about how we’re feeling and what’s the best way for us to move forward.”

(On how the wide receiver room continues to build chemistry)
“I think by some of the standards that we have in that room. I think there’s a mentality and mindset that was here and it’s pretty cool to have [Assistant Wide Receivers Coach] Robert Woods in the room and that being the person that I came in and watched a lot of [his] tape. I felt my identity in that toughness and that style of play that he showed here. So to have him in the room, I think is an extra chip on our shoulder like, alright, we see what you put on tape and it’s time for us to do the same. Then especially in the receiving aspect of the game, I’m constantly learning from [WR] Davante [Adams] at all times. Obviously, asking the right questions for [QB] Matthew [Stafford] so he can feel confident that we’re going to be where we need to be. Being able to watch Davante every day where there’s always something new that he puts out there, things that he’s constantly working on so the improvement, for I think everybody individually, is really cool to be able to chase that every day.”

(On whether the energy in the room is different given the outside expectations and the way last season ended)
“I think so. I think there’s an understanding that the goal wasn’t completed last year. There’s only one team that gets to walk away from the season happy. So the understanding that there’s still more for us to improve on and feeling like the communication and the continuity that we have between our group feels really good [and] that we’re all chasing the same goal. There’s a similar mindset on both sides of the ball. We’re playing at a high level, but there’s always some more to chase and all of our coaches do a great job of holding us to that standard every day.”

(On whether he had any anxiety surrounding a potential suspension by the league office)
“[I was] definitely feeling an emotion on some of the things that… I’m just trying to handle that in the ways that I can and what’s in my control. But also having a realistic understanding of the consequences of some of the things that I put myself in this offseason, but I feel like I’ve been able to feel grounded and feel present when I step out there on the football field. That’s been one of the positive things. Every time I step on that football field, never taking that moment for granted and then also feeling really grateful to be out there with a group of guys and to go out and compete. It’s been a while, obviously working through injury and not being out there so when the feet touch the grass, it feels really good.”

(On the value of having continuity in the wide receiver room)
“I think the trust and communication. That’s something that Coach McVay preaches all the time, but I think in the positive and the negative. Obviously, last year, [I was] feeling like we were able to move really well and feel like we’re firing on all cylinders but this year, every play is its own entity. Coach mentions it all the time. I’m trying to take that ‘one play [at a time]’ mindset, but then also being honest in the communication. ‘Hey, this is what I saw,’ holding each other to the standards that we know that we’re capable of. Especially from Davante, his cues on the field and off the field are something that we live for in the wide receiver room and then obviously Matthew [Stafford] is as close to Coach McVay as you can get so that all-seeing eye is pretty cool to hear from every play.”

(On traveling to Australia for the first game of the season)
“I’m looking forward [to it]. Obviously, it’s the first game, but [after] not being able to play last year due to injury, I’m excited to go have this international travel, similar to what we did last year when we traveled to London. I’m excited. I have some extended family who lives out there in Australia and look forward to being able to be embraced by our friends out there. Then also the Polynesian culture that’s out there in Australia. I’m looking forward to it.”

(On whether he has a game plan for the long flight)
“I don’t really have anything. I know they said not to nap so I’ll be ready to sleep on that flight and sleep as much as I can. Until they’re getting ready to serve breakfast, I probably won’t peek an eye.”

(On having depth in the tight end group and how it affects the way he looks at the offense)
“I think it’s pretty cool to see the different ways that we [can] put them in our game plan and move them all over the field, and the knowledge that those guys have. Obviously, ‘Big Rig’ [TE Tyler Higbee] being the veteran of that room who has been doing it at such a high level for a long time. But to see the different skill sets that each one of them has and us finding ways to amplify their skill set is really cool. I think they’re a really close group. I think that ‘Young Davis’ [Allen] being the enforcer of the group, ‘The General’ is what we call him [laughter]. I think it’s pretty cool. Guys from that ’23 draft class, there’s a toughness mentality I think we’ve all adopted so it’s cool to see that, especially live through the tight end room.”

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