because he has experience covering me and he knows a lot about me. |
Champ Bailey. He has it all. He's fast. He's quick. He can do it all. He's definitely the best I've faced so far. He's a lockdown guy. He's the guy their coach can say, 'You take him. I don't want to see him catch any balls.' I only caught two balls against him last year; it was a good challenge. There were some routes he covered me on that I hadn't been covered on the previous weeks. It was a challenge. Playing him makes me want to play better. |
Fresh legs, ... That's what 20 days off will do for you. |
He was a guy that a lot of scouts came out to see and I benefited from that because I ran routes with Freddie. You just have a smaller window of opportunity. You have to impress somebody that wasn't expecting to watch you at your pro day. |
He was using hand signals, which you're allowed to do, |
He'll get here when he gets here. |
I am a hands guy, but I can catch it with my body. I am sure it will change my catching philosophy just a little bit down the field. But when I get back I'll practice so I'll have to figure out which balls to catch with my body and which to catch with my hands when I am wearing (the cast). |
I am not going to beat myself up about it, but that is definitely a catch I should have made. Give me that chance again and I feel like I'll catch that ball. |
I don't know if I was ever apprehensive about how things would go. But I have definitely been sold on the system. I am confident going into the season with what he has brought here. |
I have no problem stepping in if they need me. I'd love to do it. There would be no pressure. |
I learned a lot from (Mason), watching how he practiced and his preparation for games. I think Mase is a guy that I don't know if I mirrored my game after, but I definitely mirrored my preparation and that kind of stuff after him, |
I talked to the guy who did the surgery, and he told me, `Yeah, it's probably a little bit weaker, but you'd still have to hit it at quite an interesting angle and with a lot of force to get it to come back out again,' ... So I probably have as good a chance of doing it as I originally did. |
I would say it was a pretty good battle over the years. I'd say it was a pretty good competition, |
I'm probably the only person in the NFL that was excited for the bye week to be over last week, ... I was like, `Man, let's get this thing over. I can't wait until practice is done and get the weekend through so I can play again.' |
It'll be good to see them. I definitely miss having them around here. |