 It's nice to be back kind of normal, see you guys and hopefully fans are here tomorrow so it should be good and it's awesome to be back out here competing and ready to go for the season. Do you feel like you're on pace at a good comfortable level right now? Yeah, we're just trying to grow every single day and keep learning the scheme, fine tune it and be the best that we can be every day and the great part about training camp and coming from OTAs, you're constantly trying to grow day in and day out and I think we're doing a good job of that. There is similarities, there's always changes, but as you progress through your career I've gotten advice from great veterans who always said you have a toolbox and every year and every experience that you ever have you kind of add those tools to that toolbox and so I just keep trying to grow as a player and keep learning the offense and the system but there is similarities as you progress through your career. And how important is the continuity up front as you got the spots on both sides or up for competition for you? We're just learning how to play with each other, learning how to do our fits, learning how to play within the offense and so just and that comes with reps so the more reps we can get with each other the better all that continuity will be. What are some of the differences guys have had at OTAs but what are some of the differences between coaches style and some of the things you've seen in the past and what are some of the things you like about the way practice is running without pants? The way we practice today just loved it, it's high intensity, we're getting after it and understanding the purpose of every single drill and then trying to maximize it and when we get these team reps it's full go and so there's full understanding of what we're trying to get out of every drill and then attacking that as a player. Both Caleb and Matt they're both guys that I love and have played a lot with but you continue to grow year in and year out and this is a great opportunity and I think it starts with personal relationships outside of the football field and I think we have a great room of guys and so we're able to talk and communicate and have a good time outside of the field which only makes it easier on the field and so when on the field it's just reps but we have that personal connection I think now where we can really communicate with each other of what we expect or what we want from each other and we just got to continue to grow through it with reps on the field. We're still a few days away from this but putting pads on for the first time then you know work straight or however it's going to work out. Is that a circle of a day on the calendar moment for an offensive lineman and what kind of benefits? Yeah always I mean I think the the first day of pads and any football players and the coaching staff you know career is like you know you always circle that day where it you know it's real out there now but that's you know it's full go it's no holding back on that and you just you love to compete you love football and this is what we want to do and so getting back to that and thankful to be here this year and to to be able to do that in a normal training camp is really exciting so I think that is something you you look forward to as a player but you got to take everything day by day and we'll get there when we get there but just attacking attacking everything. I think the the team and the league is giving guys the much information so they can make their personal decisions and I think we as at least myself personally I got vaccinated I thought it was the best decision for me and I think coach Smith just tries to inform guys on on on what's going on and that's really it just I think for me my personal decision I got vaccinated and I think there's always discussions discussions about everything you know outside of football with life and I think vaccinations and day-to-day experiences is is something that's brought up but it's more it's very conversational-based and that's the the great thing about being a football player in a football locker room is that you can have conversations with guys and really it's never heated as a you know social media and stuff like that can get really toxic the great thing about a locker room is everybody can talk and work with each other it's one of the great things. What are your impressions on the running back group and the possibilities of the differences that you see that you get to feel when you guys compare to each other? I mean those guys are working hard we're working hard with each other just trying to get better but you know they're a really talented group and they're attacking it every single day and as an offensive lineman it's it's cool to get in the huddle with those guys and know we're all on the same page and have a common goal and just when when we have great relationships with those guys it just makes you want to do your job better play harder their success is our success and vice versa and that's something just to take pride and you know I always love watching those guys go out there and compete they're in practice they break off a big run or you know finish a run hard that's always that's always something cool to as an offensive lineman because you just want to block harder for them. Awesome he's a great locker room guy first and then out here on the field every day he's coming in working and doing his thing and it's he's a great person to be around. What's the difference in that in a C year one versus year two? Matt's confident I think understanding of you know every and I went through the same experiences as a rookie like you're trying to learn you don't quite know how your routine and everything is and once you kind of work through that get your routine know what to expect I think you get comfortable in that and then you can really grow. Yeah I mean it's it's nice not having a you know not wearing a mask and you know having you guys here instead of zoom calls I know I did enjoy those but this is this is definitely way better and just seeing the I live close by and just seeing like the signs and stuff out front no one fans are coming tomorrow I think there's an excitement of buzz that you know football is kind of back and you know moving on from last year. Cool guys.