 Yeah it's gone up tremendously you know the first day you know I was going with the ones a little bit of jitters here but each day you know been able to catch a couple balls and so I feel like I belong to feel comfortable and ready to play some football. You'll probably get a fair amount of opportunities on Thursday night. How much are you embracing that and what do you want to show? Yeah I'm just I'm real excited for and I just want to show that you know I'm a reliable receiver whatever the team needs I'll give it to them they want me to go block someone to go block them and you make some catches you know I'll go catch the ball. How is that part of your game blocking because you know you're not the biggest guy out there by any stretch? Yeah no it's a huge part of my game I feel like I kind of started back in college at UCLA the way the program was there is you know if you're not blocking you're not gonna be on the past place and it's exact same here you know here you got to be very fishing the run game if not they're gonna find someone else who is so. You have higher expectations obviously just the first pre-season game but when you walk out there in Baltimore on Thursday you're gonna have to take a moment and kind of absorb where you are. Yeah I think I'll take a little bit of a moment enjoy for a little bit but then it's you know time to lock in and play the game. Each rep you want to go against the best you want to come you want to test yourself and just get better and better. He said he loved it. The first time you did it what did he say? He said alright let's go Rook and he lined it up and unfortunately I didn't win that rep but you know it was a good experience and it was a good rep. What are you learning on a day-to-day basis that maybe you didn't know when you got here? I mean what are some of the small things you picked up for one? There's been a lot just from watching you know Robert Woods just how much he knows just about football you know in terms of the run game you know he knows defensive fronts backers where they're feeling everything and seeing how he's been really in his ear just trying to learn as much as I can you know it's details of everything. It's my first game you know so it's a big thing for me so you know I'm just just preparing to go out there and do it and do what I've been coached to do. Is there a balance between obviously you're focused on yourself out here making sure you're locked in for the training camp part of it but not thinking too far ahead to Thursday night? Oh yeah yeah well I mean I'm just taking it day by day you know I'm just trying to learn everything I can then you know go out in a game and play with what I've been coached to do. What do you think that moment's gonna be like when you walk out there? You know it's gonna be a little bit surreal you know because that's what you've been you know training and playing your whole life for so you know I'm just just gonna be something that you know I'll love forever. But once the ball gets snapped what do you have to do out there? Oh go play you know be that kid that you once was in the backyard. What's the main thing that you want to show on Thursday night here? I really just want to show that you know that you know competitive physical player you know like always been you know I'm just trying to keep that trend going. What's the balance between trying to make a play and doing what you're told? I mean we can't be robots you know because you got to go out there you got to know what to do you got to know where to be and then if a play comes your way you got to make it. You talked about that physicality. Is that what you want to stand out about you? Oh yeah of course. Because you know I got to send a message. You got a big crew getting ready to watch this one? I got a huge crew you know we got a little watch party. Getting back on their fields obviously I mean that's that was the goal from day one as we're getting closer here though can you feel it like man I'm almost there I'm almost to the top of the hill. I mean I feel like the top of the hill is a long way away but I definitely am excited for football season to be back I can feel it you know the butterflies excitement to play the joy just to be out here with the guys it's a humbling experience. Does it feel like it's been forever for you? Yeah yeah it feels like it's been forever to play in the game but not forever to practice. I feel like I've grown a lot I've learned a lot I've gotten in better shape and like I said I just focused on the little details and doing my assignment to the best of my ability. Oh yeah I just go out there and you know I think about my assignments and I'm not really thinking about my knee or thinking about anything like that I'm just playing football. How much do you expect to play in this first one? I really haven't sat down and talked with nobody about it so I'm not sure you know I'm just willing to do whatever you know they want me to do I'm sure that they have a good plan with doctors and everything else so I'm not we haven't talked about it. Having missed time I would assume you want to get out there preseason game or not? You know I just want to follow the regimen follow the plan and you know just listen to listen to the people that has put the plan together for me. Having been in camp for a few weeks and gone through the entire summer does it being a game week give you guys a goal to hit here or some juice to get to? I mean absolutely it's football season I feel like everybody's excited to go play and you know just see where we are as a team. Have you been able to tell a difference? You know be it having booked up a little bit when you get to practice kind of what you're able to do out there? Yeah just having a somewhat of offseason to train and getting shape and work out it's helped me a lot you know rather than last year coming in and pretty much just coming off a surgery into into the season it's a it's a lucid difference.