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Julius Thomas – September 4, 2017 Download PDF version

Monday, September 4, 2017

TE Julius Thomas

(Talk about the chemistry you guys have been building with QB Jay Cutler here in this short time. He has only been here four weeks, but it seems like you guys are already gelling as pass catchers.) – “I think it really helps that he’s very confident in what he has to do as a quarterback. To have that advantage, to have the advantage of him being in this offense before, it really has (decreased) the time that it normally takes to get good rhythm, but it’s still going to take more time. We’re every day going up the mountain. We have to continue to keep working on things and keep on detailing it. We’re not where we want to be yet, but we’re on our way.”

(You always hear that cliché you want to get off to a fast start, but it seems like you might have to get off to a faster start if the game might get changed and you guys get moved up to Thursday rather than Sunday or whatnot.) – “We could play the game on Thursday, it would be fine with me. Whatever is safest for everybody, especially (because) a lot of guys have families. That’s a big, heavy concern on their hearts. If we were able to play Thursday, I’m sure everybody here would be okay with it, and we’d be ready to go out there and put some good tape on there.”

(I know you probably have an idea of what this offense is going to look like. I know you and a bunch of guys are new. Are you anxious yourselves to see what it’s going to be like for real when you get out there?) – “Yes. We come practice every day, but you never really know what it’s going to be like. You never really know each season what those plays are, what those schemes that you’re going to do to really affect the defense. We’re really looking forward to coming out there and playing. We have a lot of dynamic athletes. We’ve got some guys that are very explosive. We feel like we’re able to stretch the field, we’re able to run the ball and we’re able to attack the middle of the field. We’re just going to do our job to make it as tough as we can on defense and execute to the best of our ability.”

(A lot of hype on this Tampa team. They’ve been talked up a lot. What do you expect out of those guys?) – “I think that every team in this league is going to bring their best, especially when you’re a playoff team and you’re coming and everybody has respect for you, and they’re going to give you their best shot. I expect Tampa to come in with a great game plan. They’ve had a really long time to prepare for us. Usually going into that first week, teams get that extra time to prepare, so you’ve got to be prepared for them to be very sound. There’s going to be a lot of energy, first week. Everybody should be feeling pretty fresh, not too banged up yet. We know we’re going to get their best shot.”

(What do you think of the possibility playing either Thursday night or Friday night?) – “I like it. Let’s do it. Let’s play when it’s the safest for everybody involved. Not even a little bit of a worry from me in that area.”

(How would you describe Head Coach Adam Gase the play caller?) – “Competitive. A lot of people probably don’t think that when you’re calling the plays, you can be very competitive. He’s extremely driven to put us in the best position each and every play. If there’s something that he’s thinking about before he goes to bed at night, it’s how can he put us in the best positions, how well does he know that defense and what do we have to do to execute at a high level.”

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