On the fans being at practice:
"It's always good to have the fans out. I think they brought the energy that we were looking to see from them today. They seemed very excited. I think today we had a pretty great practice on both sides of the ball, both offense and defense made some great plays, and the fans seem very excited today."
On his excitement level with the fans chanting his name:
"Well, it definitely makes me excited and kind of getting me pumped up for the season. I know it's still early on in camp, but it's always exciting to have them out here and bringing that energy. And I was also here when there weren't any fans here cheering our names and supporting us. And to see all these fans come out now and support, it's amazing to see."
On the first padded practice tomorrow:
"Obviously, just not being in pads for a while, just bringing that physicality back and training myself to get low and get behind my pads and be physical and start bringing that part of my game out. For the first weeks of camp we just working fundamentals and stuff, not really being physical, but definitely when the pass come on it's definitely time to start working those physical traits."
On how his legs feel:
"I feel amazing. I feel better than ever right now, and I really can't complain about anything. So, I'm just doing everything I can to just build on to where I am now and that's it."
On the offensive line:
"I see them working, they collectively as a group coming together and getting to know each other better with some new guys and new faces in the room and just getting familiar with each other, getting familiar with working with each other. And I feel like they've been doing a great job of just paying attention to the details and just wanting to make sure that group is one of our best groups on the team. And I can feel it in their energy, and I expect them to just continue to build onto that."
On the team investing in the offensive line during the offseason:
"When coaches go out there and they go out there and want to buck up the O-line, it is going to put a smile on my face every time. You bring guys like LT [T Laremy Tunsil] in here to just help our unit be better, it's amazing. So, I'm excited for it, I'm always thankful when they try to go get me some pro bowl left tackle, so I'll never be against that."
On being in the second year of this offensive system:
"I think with it being my second year in this system, just kind of picking up where we left off. Already pretty much knowing what the coaches expect from us, knowing the playbook already. So, as it gets installed, I'm already familiar with it so I can be extra fast with it. I don't have to spend much time trying to learn the system and learn the playbook because I already know it. So, that's the thing that really helps the most, just going into the season not having to really learn a lot of stuff already, being familiar with it from last year."
On WR Ja'Corey Brooks:
"Yeah, Ja'Corey, he came in as a freshman, I was maybe a sophomore or junior when he came in. He was definitely one of the young guys that I was familiar with. We we're pretty close and just like I've been telling Ja'Corey, I've been telling him the same things I've been telling him since Bama, how we work and compete and show up to work every day. We cool outside of football, but I make sure he knows when we in the building, we working, we working, you know what I'm saying? And he understands that."
On the identity of the offensive line:
"I think that's an identity they can definitely build themself into, I definitely want this unit to be a dog group, but they also know that it takes steps to get there. And right now, I feel like they are on pace to do that, as long as they just stay focused on how they can continuously bring that group together and keep working together. I think there will be dogs by the end of it, for sure."
