Mizzou Camp Interview: Brady Cook

focusing iniversity yeah definitely um you know I think it's always a fun transition moving from Fall Camp obviously and and uh you you get that off day and then you know now we're kind of into that game preparation you know everybody's kind of working out their game we schedules and we start to get some show team looks so it's exciting and you know we need to take it day by day what do you feel like was your biggest area of gr you know throughout this I think just explosive plays with my arm uh limiting bad decisions accuracy um and just finding ways to uh get our Playmakers the ball more um I think we did a pretty good job of that I did a pretty good job of that last year but um with the guys we have in that receiver room running back room tight end room you know just Distributing the ball to them as much as I can finding ways to you know let them make plays right it's not easy to replace an All-American left tackle and a threee start left guard but you guys brought in you know Marcus Bryan K green how do you feel behind those guys yeah I think they're in a groove right now um I think they're meshing really well I can tell their chemistry is increasing and um like you said hard to replace Javon and X um but uh I think we did a really good job for you personally at this point in time last year coming into the season a lot different than now in the offseason you had really kind of becoming almost a little bit of a local celebr would you say it all yeah yeah you know I think it's it's much different um you know obviously I think uh you know the fact of the matter is you know I have a lot more uh you know whether you want to call it respect or uh love towards my name you know whether it's missou fans or uh fans from St Louis and uh that's great you know it's great uh it's it's a part of it it's a part of coming off a great season and uh but just as quickly you know that can turn so I think it comes with a position good or bad and uh you know take it day by day and enjoy it when I can with Joshua Manion and Daniel blood what have you thought about the camps they've had and their growth and then your connection with them at this point they've had great camps uh Josh has gone up and made a ton of plays um you know 50-50 balls for Josh right now feel like more like 8020 um you know Daniel blood's route running has been amazing you he's been on a lot of option routes for us um and you know whenever I get reps to uh you know rep with those guys which isn't all the time you know I really enjoy it because you know it's going to show up they're going to be out there on Saturday at some point you know this year they're going to be having a chance to make plays so that chemistry is important you know to build that as much as I can when I get the opportunity uh they've had great camps you know just from last year to this year you know Josh and Daniel have you know it's is way different Brady last season you would know better than anyone Cody was such a Bel out in the back field how are you feeling right now about having so many different weapons from which to draw in the back this season yeah I think it's different you know Cody uh I mean Cody Took a ton of reps you know he would hardly come out of the game uh you know he's full go every single play so you know I always knew Cody was there in the back field so it it's a little different there's going to be uh obviously there's just there's more there's more faces in that room there's going to be more guys getting touches um but I mean that that room is explosive you know they had a great Camp um there's a lot of ball players so you know whoever's out there with me you know you know they're going to be prepared they're going to be ready they'll be ready to make plays what differents did Mar need bring to the running game you know you know it's hard to say you know I think I think we'll find out pretty quickly um I think by week four we'll kind of know exactly what kind of players they are but I know I know Nate's super fast you know he's Speedy um Marcus has a a bigger body and um he's he's physical um but you know Marcus is fast and he's Shifty and Nate has also played up to um you know pass blocking and making his body bigger than it looks so I mean those guys are talented man um but I'm sure we'll find out pretty quickly looking back before the cotton ball in hand of a couple days beforehand what do you remember about that Wilderness Brotherhood message that emerged from the both the team Chapel session and then what coach rinkus was saying you guys just in the locker room before you took the yeah you know that that was that was a special moment um obviously we got spoken to about it uh right before the game and I think it resonated with our team um just because our team's been in you know the Wilderness we've been through adversity uh we've been at the bottom together and then we kind of experienced some success together so um you know I think the message is the message it resonated with our team you know that uh the bonds we formed at the bottom the bonds we formed when we went six and six six and seven um and had some tough times you know that that paid off last year paid off in the cotton bow and and when drink gave that speech and and mentioned that pregame and at halftime I mean it it fired us up how much different is the quarterback room with with someone like Drew Pine who's experienced played at a big program and had a lot of success how has that helped you it's helped me a ton um you know having someone in that room that has like you said played at at high levels played a lot of college football I mean it's just it's another voice it's another person to help you prepare uh push you watch their reps practice see what they saw um it's really just another highle quarterback repping the same exact plays you're repping so you get to watch double now um and learn from him and uh you know as we move into the season I mean he's I mean he's he's going to be a huge help you know we just watched we just watched an inro to where stay together just went through all the clips um you know he gave me his thoughts you know I gave him my thoughts and you know just that collaboration is going to be huge this year talk to a lot of the St Lou guys about the Brotherhood you guys you have in the locker room that you know have you felt this St Louis toou kind of connection grow stronger and stronger over the years you know recruiting wise being more popular choice yeah 100% I think I mean it just kind of feels like uh just kind of feels like it is what it is like there's just always going to be St Louis guys now you know it feels like it's just an extension of our family extension of our home and um obviously coach drink has has recruited the crap out of St Louis um you know he's always taking trips to St Louis and and uh you know leaving our Le our print there and um I think that's huge I mean obviously I'm from St Louis um there's a lot of guys on this team from St Louis and uh I think it builds the hype it builds the you know just the fan base from St Louis it gets everybody excited you know whenever we go home or you know I go home you know fans are just excited um because they have people to root for people they've seen before in high school um and you know people are following stories so I think it's important I think it's important for mou the responsibility of being the quarterback that top 11 top 12 team coming into a season how much do you love kind of that responsibility I mean I love it you know that's that's why I play quarterback you know I I played quarterback since I mean really since I started playing football maybe first grade and I've never changed positions you know just to uh obviously be the leader of the team you know you touch the ball every play you control the game you control the speed of the game um you control where the ball goes um and you know that that's kind of what I love about football that's what I love about quarterback so now being in this position you know all of that has just been Amplified you know my responsibility um has been Amplified and you know I love it I'm leaning into it um you know the leadership aspect has been really cool I can see how you know the new class of freshman and uh you know the younger sophomores you know they really look up to me um and you know I remember that same feeling so uh it's really cool I'm leaning into it obviously the responsib um is a lot more but you know that's why I do it that's why I play quarterback reflecting on Cody's tenure just a little bit more even though he's obviously moving forward