 Hey, all right, Cordero, how's your off-season been? And how does it feel getting ready to start another season? It was great, man, coming in for my 10th season. 10th condition to test pass that, flying colors. Just feel good, be back with these guys out here. And what are some of your expectations for this season after having helped the team a lot last year? I mean, it's probably a lot of expectations for a lot of one. But me, just trying to finish the year off strong. Start to finish. Later in the year, it was banged up a little bit. I couldn't play the way I wanted to play. But this year, it's trying to finish the year off strong. Who's allowed to change this off-season? How did it look from your vantage point? Are you excited to get going with some of your new teammates? I'm here to play football, man, what I do best. Something I've been doing since I was a little kid. I'm just ready to get out there tomorrow and compete. I mean, at the end of the day, I can't really control the contracting situation that it is. Of course, I wanted to be here. And then the whole world knew that. It's a matter of the point and getting the contract done. And I'm thankful everybody in the organization that reached out to me and just that we got it done. I'm here. That's all that matters. What was it like to be ready to get going? I mean, I was on vacation at the beach. You should know it is like signing a contract at the beach. So I really ain't got to say much about that. You like running the water, then? Can't tell you, man. Only my family knows what happened. It's the same, man. I really, to come to Rurton every day with a smile on my face, I'm thankful, appreciative. Just coming out here to play football. Like I said, I've been doing since I was a kid. Just to do it for 10 years and then to fail, it's a blessing. Did you do anything differently this off-season because you ended last year banged up? Did you treat it any different? I mean, football is football. I'm sure you do your work the same as you did every day. I take my job seriously. I do the same thing every year. But did you change your state of over? No diet, any of that. It's the same, man. It's football, man. It's something you do, you love. You can't just keep going and changing stuff every year. That's when you mess up. So I just try to stick to the same thing and just keep doing it and continue to do it and just get that in my head. But you were used to it? Not really, man. I mean, just train it. Like I say, I do day in and day out, man. There's really no off-season, man. We train all year round for the sport. You know, it's something we love. And I'm just continuing to do it until the wheels fall off. What is the conditioning test here? You mentioned the conditioning test. What is yours? You've got to ask Arthur about that one. It's like Todd Segar, like everything else? It's not Todd Segar, man. If you ask Arthur, I'm sure he'll tell you. He won't tell us. He will. He won't say a word. I mean, the whole organization, man, it's just great, you know what? Coach Smith, you know, Terry got going on around here, man. It's really like, it treated me like I was a kid, man. Just having fun all over again. It's treating it like I was young in the backyard just playing football. And that's how they treat me the whole year. And I love it, man. Like I said, why not retire here in Atlanta, man? It's home. I found myself all over again. And I love to be here. Yeah, I mean, like I say, whatever Arthur wants, he's going to get it. He's the big dog in charge, man. And I'm just here. I'm thankful, man, to be here. You know, like I say, going on year 10 and just continue to keep playing. It got to be. I got a record to break, man. You know, I need one more before I can hang it up. Be him back there, man. I get one more. I'll stop doing it. Can you stop portraying it? I'll stop portraying it. If I get one more. How do you describe it? Oh, I get it. I woke up this morning and have it, man. One of my kids was up. I woke my girl up, told her I'm leaving. Come take videos with me. I mean, it's just fun, man. Like I said, a little kid, man. I'll just be happy as soon as I wake up, man. I know it's football right around the corner. Like I said, I'm thankful to be here with this organization and just get the ball rolling. I can't speak on what happened previously. It's love here. I can say that I really love it here a lot. I love it here a lot. After a year, where to start a play? I just want the ball. I'm a playmaker. Just give me the ball. That's all you got to do. And I'll do the rest. No matter where I'm at, quarterback. You know what I mean? I could play in a position, so it's not hard, man. Is there an ideal number for you? Targets, touches for you in a game? I mean, me and Coach, we talk about it a lot, but I mean, you and C. Is this number different from your number? Of course it is. How close, what's your number and what's his number? It's far apart. It's like from one year to year 10. So just, I mean, me and Keith, we talk like the whole off season, man, probably every two weeks, every other week, texting and calling. Talked to him two days ago. I told him, listen, I'm gonna be back there now. I mean, I don't know how much you want me back there, but I got to be back there. I know, like I said, I got a record to break. You get me, you get these playmakers involved. I mean, I'm a guy that, you know, I want to go make a play for my team any way I can. Like I said, no matter what position I'm in, I just want to go out there and make a play at him. I know he's going to continue to get all the playmakers, you know, the ball. He had a lot of guys, you know, at receiver at running back and at quarterback. So I'm sure it's going to be fun this year. I can't really speak on them that much because I wasn't here, you know, OTAs, but, you know, just going back and just watching, you know, a Marcus, you know, from the past. I mean, he a playmaker, man. He make plays, you know, he's a little savage out there. You know, he is just what he's doing, you know, and Riddle, you know, just seeing him in college. I mean, that's all I really seen. You know, he's he wanted, you know, he's he got, he's going to go out there and compete each and every day with Marcus. And, you know, that's what you need out of your quarterback. You want to compete and make them fight for it. I did. I mean, he's good, man. I guess you got to ask him. I mean, I can't tell you my personal stuff. I mean, it's Matt Ryan. I mean, he's one of the great Hall of Famers. So of course he's good. He's in he's in a good situation right now. What should they expect? Nothing less than they expected from him here. I mean, it's Hall of Famer. That's all I can really say. Like here coming into your fifth camp, what was the offseason like? And ready to go here? That's amazing. We had a great OTA period and exciting now to get back and get back to work and love the team, love the atmosphere and the competitive camp that we're going to have. Yeah. Coach talked about competition a lot over the off season. What's your mindset as the offensive line looks to be a lot of competition up there? I think first you always want to be accountable to the room. So improving individually and then improving as a unit, coming together as a unit and then playing the best of our ability so we can win as a team. And you're five for you. You got your option and so forth. Where do you feel you're at as a pro and what are some of your goals for for the season? Just I feel like I'm constantly getting better. I'm lucky to be a part of a great organization and have great guys around me. So took the off season to really focus on improving. And then everything goal oriented is as a team. So go out there and day by day, you know, have great practices and then try and win as many games as possible this season. Thanks, Chris. What have I told you? I haven't I haven't heard anything. So is that something you like? I really I'm not thinking about it. I'm just really focused in on every day coming in here. Be the best player I can be. And I love the Falcons. I love the Falcons organization. I'd love to be here forever. So but I just really every day is focused on coming in and be the best player I can be. I think I think it's it's it's a totally different feel. And I, you know, we're so comfortable with Coach Smith and the staff and year two of learning the offense. And it's exciting now to really be able to hit the ground running. And I think we felt it as a individually and then as a unit up front that we feel comfortable in the offense and that it's only going to continue to grow. So I'm really excited and looking forward to that now that we're going live in full speed. How much of that process of learning the offense and everybody being comfortable has to reset with somebody definitely in fact this year as opposed to. We're really lucky with those guys. I mean, Des and Marcus are, you know, I mean true professionals and they come in every day ready to work. And as soon as an offense alignment, as soon as you really hear their cadence and how the mode of operation is with, you know, how they command things. And then we go out there during OTAs and we had however many practices. I mean, feel super comfortable pretty much after just a couple of practices with those guys. And so again, it's going to be it's going to be exciting. I mean, it's definitely different, but you just embrace the change, embrace the environment and it's everything everything is great. I mean, the first day with with Mac on was definitely different and you could feel his presence, you know, him not being there was different. But you adjust everything and you love, I mean, love every guy in our building now and Marcus and those guys, it's fortunate to play with them. I think if there's a ton of excitement, I mean, you're really ready to go. Like so many guys have put so much work into preparing for the season and, you know, learn from what we, you know, good, bad and indifferent from last year and really trying to make those corrections. And you're excited at the opportunity to be able to come play football and be a part of the organization. I think it's very fortunate and really take the appreciation of that. And ready roll. I think with every every every practice you get done in training camp is one day closer to the season. So it's like, you know, you got to go through it and it's something to get better on to prepare. And, you know, it's there's it's a grind. You have a lot of hard parts to it. But you're excited and looking forward, you know, for the season, just my body posture and past protection is something that I tried to work on. And then just getting a better understanding of the offense, really trying to grow and not just, you know, you're never just trying to know your assignment. You're trying to know how and why everything works. I love Caleb. I'm fortunate I've been able to play with him now. It's going on four years and he's he I'm just so impressed with him the way he's come and worked this off season and how how great he looks. And I'm super excited for him to go out there and show that because he's he's really put the work in this off season. I think we're we have great cohesion as a unit. I think we have understanding or going to continue to grow understanding of the offense and we know what the standard is. We know what we need to improve on and we're going to try and go out there and, you know, be a hard nose group and go and always be a Simon sound and keep keep Marcus safe. So one it starts those guys are exceptional and they're they're you know, they're wanting to learn the wanting to get better and they're reaching out to us, which is awesome. And then making ourselves available to them. And we work post practice with those guys on whatever they need and any help that they need. But they've been they've been great in terms of, you know, putting themselves out there to want to, you know, get the work in. I especially with guard, I work with Schaeff a lot. He's a great kid and, you know, there's different things. He's always asked me questions all the time of, you know, either about the offense or technique stuff. And I was fortunate enough when I was a rookie to have and I still am like I utilize Jake all the time. But, you know, I just want to be a resource for them to have the best career that he can he can have and help the team. For sure. I mean, it's I just try and, you know, like I said, I was fortunate enough to have, you know, either role models or peers or however you want to look at it. Like those guys help bring me along and I want to be a resource for those guys. And so I think that part in it is it. And then now that, you know, I've been in it for a couple of years, it's getting the comfortability in it and anything I can help those guys just trying to pass that knowledge or thoughts or along to them. Yeah, for sure. And we were definitely comfortable with them. And it's it's just going to continue to grow. And I think that's the big part of the role of training camp is to continue to grow with those guys. My overall goal is, you know, to judge even closer as a unit, especially as a DB unit, get better with my guys, build that chemistry and just get better day in and day out. That's really my main goal, you know, focus on things one day at a time. Of course, be better than last season, stuff like that. Just constant being a constant state of improvement. So that's that's the main thing of what I'm trying to get out of it. Just to keep it. I just play, play ball, you know, I'm saying we need our hands on deck. Everybody who is on the team, you know, has a role. And whatever that role is, you know, if you go out there and execute that role, we need all 11 to win all 22. You know, I'm saying offense and defense plus some in some to win games. So yeah, that's how I think of I just go in there, do my thing, control, I can control, prepare and give my best. I got it in, man, really working out and stuff like that. Spend some time with my family, family and friends and loved ones. That's my main thing, you know, and whenever I have these breaks, I love to just, you know, spend the times with the, you know, the ones I love the most, you know, because you don't really get that much time. And then prepare and get ready for this upcoming season. I expect I'm going to do the ball just like him. I expect him to do his thing. And yeah, I expect my brother to do his thing. Can you notice that he's more comfortable with what he's doing? I mean, like, like, if you guys think about it, you know, coming in, you know, everything is new. It's like being a freshman in college, you know. So of course, you know, you got to get used to certain things, the system, how things are to league. And, you know, my boy just on the up and up, you know, I'm saying it's got a limit for him. So yeah, it makes you better, you know what I'm saying? If there ain't no comp, then it's just like it's kind of boring. You know, so competition is, is very important, you know, especially in our position group, because, you know, we all trying to get after it every single day. So, yeah, I like competition. How did you get into day one of training camp? What's, what's the feeling like? Is it the same thing every time for you? Man, I feel good. I'm not going to lie, like, feel good to be back out here. When you're going from the sport for a minute, you realize, like, there ain't football and being around your guys, coaches and stuff, really, there's a blessing, you know, and it, and it feel good to be back. Yeah, for so, man, he is my dog. He is the man of just wisdom, knowledge, leader, good dude, man, spiritually, for sure, as well as physically, obviously, on the field. But just a good all-around guy to have in the room for so. Were you happy to see him? Yeah, for so. Yeah, that's my dog, man. You know, playing with him last year, but in chemistry with him and stuff like that, that was really, it was really dope, man. And then he taught me a lot too, so it's cool. Yeah, my mindset, always, my mindset, always be the same. My mindset is just like, you know what I'm saying? Go out there, win the day, do my thing, handle my responsibilities, play ball, you know what I'm saying? With my team, win, be turned, stuff like that, you know what I'm saying? It's the same mindset, just a new year, you know? And like I said, we're in a constant state of improvement. That's the main thing. So keeping the main thing, the main thing with the team and just improving day in and day out. Yeah, it's crazy because I always be watching a lot of film. I always say, I always like to improve on my overall gameplay. You know, like I focus on specific things for sure. But overall, you know, coming in the new year, you know, I like to just improve on everything and keep leveling up. That's about it. Very smart, very smart, can run, talented, both got great arms, throwing dime bags. Good leaders, you know, may or may live very poised, you know what I'm saying? Good quarterbacks, that's what I see. I don't really know. I mean, I don't know, I don't really know. Yeah, I don't really know. I don't really, I haven't really heard much, but I know he a competitor just by the way he performs. So, yeah, I mean, OTA is kind of, you know, I mean, yeah, I guess, I mean, you know, from what I'm going off of what I see. So, you know, obviously we're going to play more football. So, obviously we'll see more. So, you know, I think my guys, you know, my guys are good. And I'll bet on my guys in the day. I mean, I just I just know my guys are out there and give it their every day. We compete against each other. Obviously they do some good stuff to us. We do some good stuff to them. So, you know, we look to do more of that as we get in the more competitive stuff and practice. So, yeah, get better one of the day. That's it. That's it. Every day, get better. One of the day, that's really, that's really, that's really my whole thing. Yeah, I would just say, you know, get better at, you know, the little things, detail and stuff, stuff like that. There's always something you could tune up. I mean, there's always going to be a play of practice where you could have done better. Also, practice is for. So, I'll go back, cut on the tape. Okay, see this. Damn, let's improve on that. Let's just keep building from that. Don't make the same mistakes twice, type thing. It's been a good time for us to really get into, get to know each other and come together as a group. When do you see them cycle through? For like every year, it's kind of the same, same for me as far as like my mentality is. I just know the business and the nature of it. And just every year is just kind of reinforced. Like, you can be gone just as fast as you're here. So, I always just have the mindset of just not taking anything for granted. And just working and just, you know, building that trust between me and the coaches every day. Will you raise your hand more for kick return, punt or kick off return duty this year? Is that something you lobby today? Whatever the team needs, I'm confident in all of it. I feel like I can do everything. So, whatever the team needs, team needs me back there and I'll go and do it. Do you have an expectation you'll get a shot or even do? I'm sure, I'm sure I'll get a shot. But, you know, whoever the coaches feel like is the best person they'll put out there. So, but something I'm confident in doing. Just the state of course, like, you know, things might not always look how you expect them to be. But, you know, everything happens for a reason. There's a reason for everything. I'm a firm believer in that. And, you know, just stay in the course and just always be prepared and be ready for anything. What are you thinking for a schematic? What do you think your role is in this new look around and see what everybody else has got to do? You know, I think one thing everybody looks at is the height. You know, just kind of being that faster, like shifter guy, I guess. I guess that's still to be determined. You know, just kind of see how it plays out in training camp. But, you know, I'm confident in what I can do and my capability. So, you know, we'll see how that plays out. Theoretically, you could have like 6'4", 6'5", 6'5", 6'3". Like, could you potentially get lost in the shuffle of the foundation among defenders? Like, is that possible? I mean, yeah, anything's possible. But like I said, I'm confident in what I'm able to do. You know, I feel like I play way bigger than my height. So, yeah, I mean, anything's possible to answer your question. But like I said, I'm confident. Whatever the unit of measurement you use to get comfortable with the quarterback, really be comfortable. You feel like I know where he's gonna throw this route, et cetera, et cetera. I don't think there's any set number. But I think it is important to continue to get those reps and to continue to put in that time. You know, if there was a set number, I'm sure everybody would strive to achieve that number. But it just, you know, comes with time, comes with reps, like you said. But I don't feel like there's any particular amount. What do you think about the new guys, Mario, then? I like them both. Both very humble, confident guys. You know, we're still building that chemistry. You know, it's gonna take time to take reps. But you know, I like what I've seen so far. And I'm ready to keep building with both of them. Yeah, I mean, it's different. It's different and not only just Matt, just, you know, the whole team. You know, there's a lot of new faces, new people that, you know, you just have to get accustomed to, you know, however they play, their play styles and stuff like that. And, you know, it's an adjustment for all of us. So it's been exciting just because it's, you know, it's new. And it's something that you have to work at a little bit more than somebody that you're familiar with. So, you know, it's, like I said, it's something new, but it's been exciting for me. How much change was that? Yeah, when I first walked into the locker room, it was just like, you see the different name tags and stuff, and it's like, okay. Like, this is my first time really seeing that in the league. So it was new for me. But like I said, it's exciting because you get to learn about new people, learn new things about new people. And you have to almost like reset and start over with these new people. And, you know, it's been going well so far. So it's exciting for me. Just, I'm excited. I'm happy, you know, where I'm at, you know, mentally, physically, you know, the conditioning test today. So not really doing too much, you know, just really just checking that off so we can get to the fun things. I should play in football. But yeah, just, you know, the real days are to come. Today's more so just, you know, checking things off, getting some paperwork done and stuff like that. So. You get into the grind over, day seven to eight, anything exciting about the military? Just like you said, the grind of it. Like, those are the days, like you really find out about yourself, find out about your teammates when, you know, you have your fourth practice in a row and, you know, things that you don't feel as good as you did at when you first got here. It's like, that's when you really find out about yourself and your teammates. So, you know, I'm excited for that. And, you know, the grind of it, the grind of it. It's always a part of everything. And especially this year, a lot of new faces, new people. What do you think you've grown the most as a receiver since you got here in the past? Definitely this past year. Obviously you said movement and round and stuff, but like this past year, just mentally, I've been, I've been really tapping into that. Just making sure, you know, I'm comfortable reading defenses, knowing how they, what their assignments are, how to attack certain, certain things like that. And I think that's been the biggest growth for me, you know, this off-season is just, you know, the mental aspect of it. What do you think about Drake London? Like I said before in OTA is like, he's a big body. He's a smooth, smooth athlete. And he's a big body and he's going to go up and get the ball. And like he's going to, he's going to do well. You know, I'm trying to help him up as much as I can, you know. But he's a rookie still, so he has things to work on as we all do. But, you know, he's going to come along and we're going to help him. I think the only question mark about him. He's fast enough. He's fast enough. Over the summer, he's new faces. What gives you that confidence and this to know much about it yet? Yeah, it's just everybody's, everybody's bought in. Like everybody knows we have new faces and everybody just wants to win. And everybody's doing, you know, they're putting their best effort in order to achieve this common goal that we want to achieve. And like I said, I feel like we're a playoff team. It's like, if we don't believe that, who will? So like we have to be the people to believe that. And I think that's when we will start to move that way and move as a playoff team and stuff like that. So yeah, that's just how I feel. I feel like I've always had it. But even more so this year, just a lot of moving parts, moving pieces, just a lot of new faces. And you can just, you can just tell about how people are moving. Like everybody is hungry. Everybody is hungry. Everybody wants to do well and be great. So not that we didn't have that before, but you can just, you can just tell what the new faces and the new guys here. What does building culture or establishing culture look like in the daily basis? In the building and on the practice? I think foremost is just being around each other. You know, that's how you build culture, being around each other and just having conversations about like, what are your goals? What are our goals as a team and stuff like that? And then just holding each other to that standard. That's really how you build culture. But like I said, this is the time to do it. You know, we're going to be around each other a lot. Doing hard things every day and we're going to have to do it again the next day. And then the next day, the next day, get off day and just keep doing that. So like I said, that's when you really learn about your teammates and stuff. So this is the time where the culture is really being built.