00:00He got caught up in the mental part of it, too.
00:01Like, he hasn't processed a game in three years.
00:04So when I say process the game, it's like, okay, here's where we want to go.
00:07Where's the ball at?
00:08Okay, we're on our own 25.
00:09Here, we're going to go regular personnel.
00:10You get out there.
00:11Now you're going to sideline.
00:12Did we change the personnel group?
00:13Okay, I got my eye on a play clock.
00:15I can't hear him.
00:15What's the call?
00:16Oh, crap.
00:17We got a guy down.
00:17We got to bring this guy in.
00:19We're changing to this protection.
00:20Now I got to go back.
00:21What did he tell me this week in practice?
00:23All this processing.
00:24And then, okay, three and out.
00:25Now we go to sideline.
00:26Now I'm processing through the Microsoft Surface Band.
00:28I got this guy telling me this.
00:29This coordinator telling me this.
00:31My quarterback coach, Sean, coming over and talking to me.
00:33That becomes mentally exhausting.
00:35And for three hours, that wears on you.
00:38And if it ain't going well, that gets worse and worse.
00:41Spirals.
00:42Series to series.
00:43To the point you don't want to talk to anybody when he comes to the sideline.
00:46Because you're just complete.
00:47You want him to be overwhelmed.
00:48You're trying to block it out at that point when you get overwhelmed?
00:50It's great.
00:51Like, you're finding practice.
00:52Of course it's finding practice.
00:53You're just running plays.
00:54And we're out there moving around.
00:56Threatening the ball.
00:56Getting the timing down.
00:58And the bleep hits the fan at 3 o'clock on Sunday.
01:01It's real now.
01:02Now you hear the crack and body flying around.
01:05You're not used to getting hit.
01:06You're not used to having people at your feet in practice.
01:08Because everything's on cards.
01:10And you're just, you have a red jersey on.
01:11And you're just throwing the ball easy.
01:13Now everything's under duress.
01:15Everybody's out there trying to take your head off.
01:17Like Milton Williams.
01:19Caleb on chase on who we're going to talk to here in a couple minutes.
01:22Like, that guy's coming after.
01:23Barmore, yeah.
01:24Barmore.
01:24Milton Williams.
01:25Yeah, right.
01:27And you go, crap.
01:28He keeps looking.
01:29Don't.
01:29We don't want to do this.
01:30Where CJ Stroud, who's played a lot more football than you, gets hit.
01:33And he tries to throw it.
01:34Ball goes up.
01:35Pick six.
01:36Next thing you know, ball game's over.
01:37All you're doing is processing that.
01:39It's all you're thinking about.
01:40He's sleeping well this week.
01:42Is that right?
01:42No.
01:44He's calm, cool, collected.
01:45He's like, his feet underwater.
01:47He's probably going 800 miles a minute.
01:48Where on top of the surface, he looks calm.
01:51Been there.
01:52Done it.
01:53Yeah.
01:54It's not.
01:54If you haven't done it in a while, it mentally consumes you.
01:58For the AFC Championship game, would you rather know all week, though?
02:01Or would you rather have to get the call in the first quarter?
02:04You want to know all week.
02:04Yeah.
02:04Oh, God.
02:05First quarter.
02:05That's it.
02:06You did nothing.
02:07And that's where, like, they got no faith in you.
02:09At least you're able to get some confidence in stuff you do.
02:12And the team believes in stuff that the coach is going to call because this is what he runs well.
02:16Yeah.
02:17You want that all week.
02:18Absolutely.
02:18100%.
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