Welcome to the From the Podium podcast, where we feature all of our daily press conferences rolled into one podcast to help you get ready for the 2025 regular season.

I'm Brock Dannehy, and on today's episode, you'll hear from

quarterbacks Shador Sanders and Dylan Gabriel, offensive coordinator Tommy Reese,

defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz, special teams coordinator Bubba Ventrone, and head coach

Kevin Stefansky. First up, rookie quarterback Shador Sanders talks about blocking out distractions

and focusing on football. So have you had like arm storned us before like that where you've had to take a day off?

Yeah, in college. Yeah, in college it was often. It's just adjusting to starting and stopping.

Honestly, that's all that's all truly is. You know, sometimes you're going hot, then you'll wait for a second, then you'll get cold, then get back hot, then get cold. And, you know, I'm just, my arm and body wasn't used to that, you know. So it's just an adjustment, like, within the body, you know, within my arm. So they're serious.

So they're going to back to 100% today?

Yeah. Yeah. So it's pretty mature of you. I guess maybe mature isn't the right word. But for you to self-report, what I know it's hard for you guys to take yourselves out of even one rep when you're in the middle of the competition. So did you have to debate that at all? or did you just know? No, of course you, of course, um, it's definitely something, you know, in your mind. And I always think about my, I always hear my dad voice in my mind, you know, all the time because it's always bone of blood. You know, you know, you know his motto and you know, you know, his slang with everything. So of course, I was definitely hearing his voice in the back of my head.

But at the end of the day, I want to be productive.

I want to give you guys the best work, and I want to be at my best at all times, you know.

Did you need an MRI?

The MRI for what?

I hope I didn't break anything.

Yeah. Should I do it break anything. Yeah.

Shudora, have you been told. Buddy, come on now.

Shadda, have you been told how you'll be used Friday in the Carolina game?

Not having been told that yet.

So what are you hoping to get from that game?

Reps.

I think that's pretty much it, it's reps.

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