I always knew Carl had the game to play on tour. But I wasn't too sure about myself.

Going into every game we look to play well individually and collectively,

[Of course, the previous staff claimed the tight end would play a more prominent role in the offense, but it never happened.] Most of the stuff I caught was when I was facing the ball, ... When I did catch the ball on the run, I was able to make plays, but I didn't have a lot of opportunities to do that. Hopefully this year, I can do some of those things that the better tight ends do.

I see you're wearing glasses. I never saw you play with glasses before.

They're arguably one of the best teams that we'll play.

I was kind of excited about it. I wanted to play a good game knowing they were out there watching.