Jalen Milroe Post Game: Western Kentucky

did you send me okay question jayen jayen what did you think the overall performance for yourself um I'll say there's a lot of growth that been made for our football team over the offseason and then transition for game one um definitely excited for what the future hold for our offense but we left some plays on the field we left some things that we can uh improve on and and when you can put put up those points um on offense that we did today you know it's very exciting for for our team but we acknowledge that there's a lot of growth that needs to be made um for us to be successful in the future what did you think about crit and how he did the left tackle on the short notice I'm proud of him I'm proud of him because of the work he's been doing in the offseason and the work he's been doing this this week he prepped really well this week and um it speaks volumes to how he played tonight so I'm proud of him for stepping up I'm proud of him for continuing to try to go one and0 try to get better and you know that's ultimately you know how you can improve and how you can get better when you have open mind what you think of ran Williams really good player really young player um people forget he's 17 years old um and then he's a guy that came in the summertime but I'm I'm super excited for him because he's a guy that came in the summertime put his head down and work you know constantly trying to improve as much as possible as a player and um he did a really good job for us tonight um but there's always you know room for um growth and room for our whole offense to keep on you know climbing the ladder but I'm but for right now man I'm proud of him did it ever turn into flow instead of think think think flow you know what I mean with new offense for you no absolutely you know and we got to credit the offseason you know one thing about the offseason no shot clock and so throughout the offseason you can you can separate into two pillars where you know strengths and weaknesses as a whole group so you know we got to acknowledge having Spring ball having summer summer One Summer two fall Camp then transition for game one and I can say that you know practice is very important you know and Coach Shar mentioned this to our team um he had someone on you know on our Squad he was like hey how many reps do you have today he like try to count his fingers on how many reps he had he said I'll stop you right there you had all mental rep and a physical rep and I think that's very important when it comes to um being successful on offense is just trying to keep on climbing the ladder and just acknowledge that we're not a finished prod ofct K how big was that relationship with you and D'Or you've been with them all offseason but your first game what was that feeling like with the two of you it was awesome um what made it so awesome is that all the work that was done in the dark is coming out to shine um today um and you know I'm super excited for our offense super excited for our football team um because we've just had so much growth that I've seen that's been in the dark you know you know and like I mentioned I keep on mentioning you know the offseason period you know when we have those four stages where we just pour so much into each other and it factors into the success that we can have on Saturday so um to take the take the field with coose the board today we also gave him the game ball today so I super excited you know after the game to um announce that for him and so just to enjoy these moments together Jaylen youve got a terion Arnold shirt on right now right how is it catching up with him and how is he just impacted you as a player in a person that's my brother that's my brother that's always my brother I don't care how far he is away from me um that's my dog I talk to him each and every day I give I give him pep talk he give me pep talks he actually gave me a pep talk before the game that was pretty funny you know I enjoyed that moment with him I get to see him on the sidelines but no that's my that's my brother man especially just the we both came in together same same class and so now just see the growth of our relationship and just see you know um the love and support he has for me and you know I love him to death that's my that's my bro can you share what was said in the pregame pep talk shoot a whole lot of cuss what said you after the first touchdown pass that's my dog that's my dog what you What did Coach the board said to you after the first touchdown pass um keep on going one and0 one and0 um because you know of course you know you got to flip the page you know whether it's a good play Bad play you know plays going to happen that's all it's all about playing football but it's all about wanting know going to the next rep leading the offense as much as possible keep on um improving keep on trying to watch the film just keep on um just climbing the ladder you know as we you know playing the game because you know as cliche as it is takes off four quarters and it's very important you know you know acknowledging that you know as more plays be made on the football field so I try to do that as much as possible and just to have that dialogue between me and Coach the board that's all it was about I'm Jaylen how can you attack this week of knowing that yall going against South Central Florida and things have just changed from this time last year just the benching to all that adversity you've overcome until now how can you just go into the week what will be your mindset and just things of that nature keep the main thing the main thing prepare um each and every day every day is an opportunity to seize that day and when it comes to film prep when it comes to prep preparing with the GU whether it comes to practice reps just seizing every opportunity you know because um as we have game prep it's so important to lock in and acknowledge that each day that goes by you learn so much more about the our football team and the team that're they're facing so um what a great opportunity to have now have another game for us um and then also just to put put in display all the hard work that we put in the dark and so now to have that on Saturday it's going to be very important for us to just attack each and every day have the 24-hour rule enjoy this win that we just had tonight and just constantly grow and improve Ryan R you mention how young he is he's the type guy's stay grounded you know it's not always going to be that easy made it look um you know one thing I can say about him he has a great head great support system around him great people around him and so when you have that that influences him you know he's done a really good job just improving getting better and I got to credit the the veterans in the room that that poured in to him and just acknowledging you know um you know how you can just pour information to other people and so I think I I got to credit the whole receiver room just how special they are and just how collaborative they are with every um every you know rep that they have and um just talking amongst each other and so um to have a guy like Ryan that's just has a Hungry Heart and just constantly wants to improve and constantly just want to do his best for the team you know that's that's something that's great for our offense what was your thought process as he was screaming wide open down the right side shoot go Ryan run go run run no but it was just all about you know executing a play that coach Shar and called and you know I read it properly and just was able to just display it to our playmaker he was able to run and score for us you have a pretty strong arm but is it is it even possible to overthrow a guy like Ryan or is he just you just Chuck it you know he's going to be at the end of it I got to make sure to warm up that boy could run no he he could run I got I got to make sure I warm up on the sideline before I get on the field but um no he's just he's a key resource for us this year just the um his speed his attention to detail um his instincts um just how you know how he just he's a playmaker on the field and so they just been you know great to have him and I got to say it again that man is 17 years old and he's balling so um just I'm just proud of him but I know he just want to constantly just get better constantly just want to improve and that's something that's just going to be evident when it comes to his success this year was not encouraging was it for you and the offense the defense had your back got the stop after the fumble that's right um one thing is for get about me I love you um I can definitely say we have a family um environment in our locker room Family Team um everything's about the team and when it comes to being a successful football team is going to take all 11 on offense defense special teams and we just want to come together as much as possible and play for each other um that's something that coach the board emphasized this offseason emphasized um prior to the game just playing together and so that's something that I've seen today was a togetherness you know everything wasn't perfect today but we had each other back when it comes to improving you know having that one and0 mentality and so um I can just say that you know I'm pleased with the guys's mentality when it comes to family when it comes to have being a team because that's what going going to catapult us to be successful this year what kind of happen on that that the the mistake that the snap was it a miscommunication thing or what was that it was just J Jitters you know it's the first game of the season you know and you know you getting acclimated into the game you know mistakes happen you know um of course you know it's a collaborative you know it's something that can both look and reflect on how we can improve but you know this is just a first game Jers you know and then and we just want to build and improve off of it