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Trevor Davis – December 5, 2019 Download PDF version

Thursday, December 5, 2019

WR Trevor Davis

(How have you grasped the playbook so far? Do you feel like you can pick it up?) – “I’m learning it day-by-day. I had to do that when I moved to Oakland quickly and had a quick turnaround as well, so I’m kind of used to different offenses and some things are similar, some things are different; but at the end of the day, the offense is offense. You need to learn the concepts by themselves as well as the formations, so it shouldn’t be too bad.”

(Did anyone here – Head Coach Brian Flores or anyone – say they remembered you in a particular game either for Oakland or earlier in your career?) – “No, I haven’t gotten to talk about that. I haven’t been able to meet everybody yet. I’m getting there.”

(Does your head spin the first 24 hours on a new team? What’s that experience like?) – “I’m kind of used to it now after having the situation once going from Green Bay to Oakland. You’ve really just got to dive into everything, learn all the names you can and then really dive into the playbook as much as you can (and) try to get ready to play.”

(How late were you up studying the playbook the last couple nights?) – “I didn’t even sleep before I got here because it was a redeye flight, so I got in in the morning. I tried to get as much sleep as I possibly could before coming in here.”

(Did you go right from the flight Tuesday night to practice Wednesday morning?) – “Yeah.”

(How was practice Wednesday on no sleep?) – “It’s football. People have pulled all-nighters before. I might’ve got some (sleep), a little bit on the plane, but it wasn’t too bad. Take a little – whatever those little shot energy things are – and you’ll be good.”

(What’s the volume of material you have to learn this week? Is it 20 pages, 30 pages? I know a lot of it could be on an iPad, but how big is it?) – “Man, it is on the iPad, so I don’t even know. I’ve just been scrolling, so I don’t know. (laughter)”

(Is it a lot?) – “Yeah. Offenses are, they’re intricate; but at the same time, also you have packages that are just for certain weeks so at the end of the day, it’s not the full offense. Right now I’m trying to learn the whole thing and kind of learn things conceptually, but when it comes down to a specific week you’re in, it’s a lot less so hopefully you can hone in on that and then go learn the full offense after that.”

(Any skill guys you know on the team that you’ve sort of asked them for any input?) – “Of course (Patrick) ‘Patty’ Laird. I’ve played with him (at Cal). That’s one familiar face I have and then the other receivers in the room help me as well.”

(Is RB Patrick Laird the only guy you had the previous connection with?) – “Yes, when it comes to playing-wise. Yeah.”

(As far as the return game goes, that’s probably not as much the material that you have to know, you just do what comes natural to you. Do you feel like that might be where you can make more of an immediate impact come Sunday?) – “Yeah. Like you said, the special teams playbook is normally a lot easier than the intricate offense. Being able to do that would be nice; but I don’t know come this week, the next week – I have no idea on what’s going on yet.”

(Besides sleep, what’s the other thing about just day-to-day life that’s most impacted when you join a new team that week? Is there anything else that you just have to put aside, can’t do – talking to family? Anything like that?) – “Oh you mean like you can’t do?”

(Yeah, things you can’t do basically.) – “(laughter) Oh yeah, you’re locked away in your hotel room basically every night and just trying to learn as many plays as you can – just sitting on an iPad and looking at the time and setting your alarm clock. That’s really your life for the next couple weeks until you really get everything down (and) feel comfortable.”

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