Raiders DE Patrick Johnson Elite Vision & Quick Learning
Raiders DE Patrick Johnson Elite Vision & Quick Learning
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Robbie just mentioned you play instinctual and watching you on film, your lateral vision is exceptionally good.
Is that something you had to learn, or is that just a God-given gift you've always had?
You know, I always, you know, I always give it to my coaches and stuff that I've had even in the past, even to like right now, um, you know, it's, it's all about the preparation, you know, understanding what coaches want from you and being able to execute at a high level with them, um, and, you know, for me, that's pretty much all I've, I've kind of thought through, um, while I've been out there.
I, I know you talked about some of the guys that helped you along the way, but you come in, you know, after everybody has a couple of months to get kind of acclimated, get the system.
What was, what was that process for you personally of performing on the field, but also kind of cramming everything, uh, in the system?
No, it's, uh, been a lot of long nights, um, a lot of extra studying, uh, with coaches.
That's why I've kind of, you know, went back, um, you know, Steve, Trav, and all that, they've been a huge help.
Um, you know, anytime I As for extra, extra time standing here in the building, um, you know, till 78 o'clock at night, just trying to, you know, study, go home, study some more, uh, so I can come back the next day and, you know, be prepared.
Um, but you know, that's, that's always, uh, that's pretty much, you know, what the professional level is, man, just being able to be prepared and being able to actually execute for them.
Cause if you can't do that, then, you know, it's a, it's a quick way to get out of the league.
How would you assess kind of your performance, not only on the practice field and the games, the, the practice, everything?
You've had since you've been here this month, how would you assess how you play?
You know, I feel like I've done some really good stuff, but I feel like there's also been a lot of things I need to improve on.
Um, but, you know, for me though, I'm just worried about how, how can, how can I, can I, can I help out the team get better, um, because, you know, I can't execute, you know, my calls, um, to the fullest if, you know, my D tackles aren't doing their thing or the, the linebackers.
So without them, you know, I can't do, you know, what I'm doing right now.
What is one part of your game this offseason that you wanted to, you know, improve on, and have you improved on it yet?
Yeah, um, personally, uh, I've, you know, really wanted to get stronger in this past offseason, put a little size on, uh, be able to play the run game a little bit better, um, you know, and then obviously, you know, coaches here are really helping me out, you know, with the technique and stuff like that to be able to do so.
