 of optimistic when you talk to us back I think in March after being traded here but to be on the field in the OTAs even with the non-contact Jersey how how's things going and how good does it feel to be on the field right now feels good to be just out there with the guys learning this offense be out there and just build some chemistry with Ryan or other receivers and really just everybody in our huddle but it feels good just to be back playing football again I guess easing back into it but I'm just feels good to be on grass and just just be out there with the guys was just talking about how you know you have the choice first of all to be here for OTAs and then second of all to rehab here as opposed to anywhere else what made you rehab here and also choose to be here for OTAs too just getting acclimated kind of goes hand in hand if I'm gonna be here I might as well you know just be out here so being able to get with Todd who was able to just be one of the one of the top trainers in NFL being able to get me on track and where I need to be being able to rehab with Caleb another guy who's rehabbing his ACL and just being able to push each other and stuff like that but being able to like I said it's my first year with the team being able to pick up this offense as fast as I can since I'm not being able to be out there fully so when I am ready to go I'm ready to have that knowledge of the offense and just just be able to go full speed by then like mentally maybe when you're coming back from an ACL building confidence and what do you feel like y'all are from a confidence standpoint like making cuts doing things where you're feeling like hey this is feeling good I gotta try I feel like you gotta you gotta do it to to have that confidence and I feel like we're able to do these things at slower speeds and being able to build up as I go and I think that's just really the start of it being able to do these things in a jog through period an individual period of Rob I feel like that's the kind of stuff that allows me to have confidence and being able to pick it up and as we get to go full speed as I already made these cuts at a certain level and as we start picking up the speeds I feel like it just comes from being able to do the drills and translate it to the field you have a chance to talk with trailing to work with trailing what are your impressions of where he is as he's kind of seemingly had a difficult time getting started yeah I would say I mean it's the NFL this is the highest level of football it's not gonna be easy for any rookie to just pick up especially this offense now we run it's a it's a lot of learning a lot of studying and that's what I tell you know make sure you just stay in your book play fast you're gonna make mistakes as long as you make them full speed we just we just need you going and I think right now he's a he's always been quizzed you know by Rob Moore TD coach rapes always throwing out questions picking his brain so we always he's always kind of always on a on a hot seat and in the hot spot when when the questions come out but that's that's what every rookie everybody's gonna be challenged and we're just doing that so he could pick up his offense as fast as he can but a great player great athlete gonna need a lot from this season going back to the rehabbing with Caleb what's that like what's the dynamic like with the guy that's kind of just coming out of college football and a guy that's a veteran yeah really good I'll say the top corner elite corner being able to train with him he's strong he's fast I think that's really good for me to to have someone next to me and kind of gauge off of that but really I think just just a leap leap leap player and I guess with my me being a veteran being able to just we really just we just talk a lot I mean we we rehab and obviously but being able to just pick each other's brains of why I do a certain release or what is he prefer as a corner and press what's what's the range but like really just being able to get reps being on the side and being off the field but just it goes hand-in-hand I'm learning from him you're learning from me yeah I don't I don't think he he believes he's like been hurt a lot see injuries are a part of the game it's a hundred percent of every player is gonna get hurt playing football but he's confident in his ability trusting his trust in his body knowing what he can and can do and I think that's the biggest thing of being NFL players you're not trying to be somebody else you got to learn to be your best self and I think Caleb is he's learning that and being able to prepare like that being able to trust his speed trust his power and really just he's a confident player I think he just got to be able to get out here on the grass and and and be able to do it I think he has the the confidence to be a locked down corner communication Ryan Tanao wise with you guys after the plays is that something that's unique to what you've seen and also how is that development process you getting that chemistry that synergy with him yeah I'll say Ryan is a really good leader being able to not only talk out here on the football field but talk in the meeting room talk in between plays I think that's one of the biggest thing you expect from a quarterback in the leader is there's there's no time off really he's always leading he's I want to say interrupting coaches at a meeting but he's throwing in his two center and what he expect from the receiver and where he wants us to be and kind of what he sees and how he wants to throw the ball so I think like really just being able to pick his brain and being able to have that conversation in between plays in between reps in between meetings in between walking to a different meeting I think that's really good from your quarterback because the more you know about him the more you know what he's thinking I think we're able to play fast and have that anticipation out there on the field Robert beyond beyond the trainers giving you their advice and all a lot of guys who've had an ACL injury will consult with fellow players who've been through the same process and all is there anybody that you've kind of picked their brain and kind of ask them what the rehab process has been like as you go through it not as of now I feel like early on my rehab I did more so like kind of just getting to know what it was like I never had a serious injury so this is like my first my first one so really like when it first happened I was picking Odell's brain Cooper Cubs brain those who had experiences with ACLs but I think now at this point where I'm kind of along or in my recovery is more so about I guess me or my trainer is getting back to my top shape and even with Todd it's just like obviously we want to do everything that's correct and make sure the injuries come back but now it's more so let's get back to an elite level of playing yeah big time even just with him and Brandon cooks I got word from Brandon cooks when he was in Houston talking about it was a great coach in a passing game being able to have him out here when we're doing drills and phase one being able to pick his brain and talk about a lot of our route concepts and passing concepts and then even just hearing them speak in the meeting rooms being able to have that experience is really big for myself and and Hooper at the tight end position being able to play fast and be able to tag zones in the passing game since AJ was sorry since AJ was traded have you looked at your role coming into this team differently or have you maybe kind of approached it the same way how do you kind of look at that approach is the same way I came in attacking attacking this offense in this team trying to be the most dominant receiver obviously I'm always competing as every player should we have to compete and be at a high level my competition was AJ he got traded now my competition is trailing and all these other receivers but we need to compete and I know I'm a veteran and he's a rookie but it's like I need him to compete with me so I could you know better myself and everybody that's how you really become good it's a competition all around in every position and that's how you keep guys playing at an elite level you don't want guys to get complacent and comfortable so I think when you talk to the Super Bowl last year Robert I know you said you figured you'd be ready for for minicamp was that just talking optimistically at the time or did you really suspect that would be the case and do you have you impressed yourself when how things how quickly things have progressed here yeah I'm not sure if I said minicamp but it was minicamp I'm sure wasn't training camp all right well no time tables now and I'm here but really but really I'm just I'm just trying to get back to plan at a high level being able to be out here and do what I am doing is a really impressive me being able to run on a side with Frank and seeing certain speeds that I'm hitting being able to trust my my knee and some cuts or Rob I think I'm really good on pace being able to do some training on my own and really just being being confident and where I'm at and being prepared and being ready obviously we don't know how long it's gonna take or what could come up but I'll say like right now we're we're all on pace and doing really good to be ready for a camp but really just just just trying to be my best me and be ready when I can and whenever they need me to be on the field being able to be at my best when I'm out there but what do you already thought on Nashville after living in L.A. and kind of being born raised in L.A. yeah Nashville's way better than I expected and I thought I thought I was really just going to this country town and not gonna have anything but it really has a lot to offer whether it's food entertainment obviously a lot of music but really just I'm I know I'm from L.A. but I love experiencing different cultures and stuff like that having a different experience other than fast-paced living L.A. lifestyle so I've been loving Nashville being a getting acclimated with it the guys everybody's been welcoming not just a team even just around and in public my daughter sorry not not something I always wear but just every now and then I just put her on yes when you're out there doing you can do are you tempted at all to kind of push it a little bit more do you have to remind yourself am I in the yellow jersey you know just stay at the same pace and what's that like for you from a mental standpoint yeah I'm always obviously being smart and and what I can and do can and can't do but I would say I'm always gonna push it and try to fill it out like I said for me to get confidence I have to do it and know what I can and can't do but I'm gonna go out there until they tell me I can't or if I'm doing too much but other than that is just being smart and knowing my body know my limitations I do have that brace on to protect me but other than that is I got to experience it and feel what it's like the yellow jersey yeah oh I could yeah yeah I usually do forget it for the first now because I'm kind of switching periods and then I get a rep in and then go go grab the yellow jersey gotta be smart and be protected because these these guys are definitely coming after us on the defensive side