A Conversation with Jets WR Corey Davis (6/28)

feels good. Um. Obviously the first year was you know, not like I didn't go how we planned it or how I planned it obviously, but it's a good year just to get out of my boat, come out there and you know, go out there, ball out with the guys a little bit. But um, like I said, it was a little bit unfortunately got injured. Um, you know, in the season went the way it did. But um, that was good to have that first year when you were thinking about it and you signed your contract here,

how did you envision year one? Goal Man, I don't visited going good. Um. Definitely not getting injured, that's for sure. But um, I learned a lot. Um. You know, the guys learned a lot as well. So we've just taken it one day at a time. At this point, what did you learn? Well, we're the most significant lessons and UM, you gotta say I learned a little bit about my body. I learned to just stay in it mentally, Um, you know, because you know, obviously after the injury injury, I was

a little down on myself, a little depressed. But um, I just learned a little mental toughness and you know, I had to break through that a little bit, but it was good. I came out the other side and I'm better for it. So can you talk about the injury? When people are saying core muscle surgery, how do you explain it? Yeah, I mean it was a pretty pretty serious injury. It's probably um it's more so like a growing, growing core UM. And I had to have both repaired

and it was tough. I mean I couldn't lift my leg um and I was fighting, fighting through it for a few weeks, but it just, you know, it just kept getting worse. UM. Ended up having to just shut it down and getting it repaired. But I'm glad I did. Yeah. I've had a few hernia surgeries and those were difficult. Um. How tough was it for you to battle through at

and try to play? It was tough? I mean just knowing that you have something that's that doesn't feel right in the back of your head kind of handles you a little bit. Um. But like I said, I was just trying to break through that mentally and just try to stay in it and not think too much about it. But I mean I can only do so much, you know with that injury. Um. Like I said, I was just fighting three or four weeks with it, um and just ended up setting it down so early on. How

did you become Zack Wilson's guy? Because I don't know if people for remember this, but if we go way back in Week one, you're coming out of the gates, you got two touchdown receptions in Carolina. No, I mean it was just that trust and that that you know, we were working on it a lot this this past offseason, I mean before my first year here, um, as well as this year. Um. You know, we're still building that chemistry.

But you know, we had a lot of trust and we still you know, we're we're working on it every day, and I'm definitely glad that we have that guy on our side. Man, he's a great talent and great quarterback and man, real good people. Yeah, but it's that's the expectation. You had for yourself even come to a new team. Is that When Zach went back to throw last year, Oftentimes people will say, well, the security blanket is the tight end. I thought the security blanket early on in

his professional career was eighty four, no doubt. I mean, and that's what you want, you know, you want that in the quarterback to to have that trust in and you and and you know it's just my job to you know, be at the same spot and you know, get that timing down, um, each and every time, so you know he knows where I'm gonna be and trust to put it there. Joe Douglas reminds people as far as the receivers are concerned, when your name is mentioned,

Corey Davis was on pace for a thousand yards. That would have been in your first thousand yards season in national football. You think you get there if you're not hurt, no question. I think so. Um, Like I said, I was on pace. I felt really good about the year. Um, you know, and we were getting better each and every week um. And you know that was the main focus of just improving each and every weekend. You know, that's what we were doing before that injured. So take me

through the off season obviously. Did you have to do any rehab once January started? Are you in good shape right to go? You're ready and rolling? I mean I was in great shape. Um, just as far as you know, the surgery that the doctors did a really good job, and you know, the training staff here did a really great job of you know, just kind of keeping me in shaping. Um. You know, just trying to you know, keep trying to move and trying to keep doing stuff too,

you know, prevent it from getting really stiff. Um. But I was down bad for a little bit. Um ended up, you know, working back in around January and I started to run. Um. But it was good. Man. I'm healthy now. I was rehabbing. I got right. So I'm ready at the ground running. Okay. So take us to Nashville. Uh, Zach Wilson is out there thrown? Do you? We're seeing this on social media? How did that all come about? Man? He was on tour this offseason. That's the thing about him. Man,

He's gonna find you and he's gonna work regardless. Um. You know, he's a workhorse, and he he loves to work and you know, getting work with his guys and that's what he did this all season. Um, he went to Callie Arizona, he came to Nashville and man, that that just says a lot about who he is and the type of leader he is. You know, he came down to Nashville and we got a couple of days in really good work. Um. I'm glad he did it. Man,

it's gonna pay off. What can you do when you're throwing against air, when it's just you and him out there? We gotta just visualize that, you know, there's a defense out there, Um, and you know, go through that progression and you know, make it as real as we can. You know, did you spend any time with him away from the field. He's down there for a couple of days. Yeah. I mean we're we done a few things off the field.

We definitely got to do more. Um. I got a little girl now, so that's where most of my time goes. But um, we definitely got to do a lot more off the field. I think we're gonna play something this weekend though. Awesome. So when you heard that he was making the trip across the United States, he starts with you, I think in Nashville. Now he's down in Florida with Braxton and maybe a couple of other guys. And he's on the West coast and there a zone. What's what's

going through? Man? He's serious about it, you know. And the fact that he's hopping up getting on a plane and going all the way across the country and you know, traveling to different guys. Um, that just says how serious he is and the type of leader he is. What do you like about his game? He's a competitor and he's gonna work regardless. Like he's a he's a perfectionist. If the ball isn't exactly where he wanted to be, he's going to run it back, you know, and get

it again. And um, I mean that's what you wanted a quarterback, you know what I'm saying. And like I said, I mean, he's a work course and he's gonna go get it. What is that game against the Titans mean for you? Man? I mean I can't even lie and say that it didn't really mean much. Um. Obviously, this is a game and it's all business, you know, it's it's not it's not too personal at times. But um, I mean that one definitely meant something to me. Just to go out there and and you know, to beat

them the way that we did. Man, I felt good. A lot of love for for for Tennessee and the people there, but man, that felt good. So where were you in terms of progressions on the long touchsdown? Man? I think I was third in the progression. Yeah, at what point are you like? I think we got a chance here? Um? Once I saw him do this, that's coming to me and he go in a position and he put it, Man, he put it on a rope, perfect ball, and you know we made have him. Yeah,

what is it? What does it mean to you? Young team beaten clubs like that at home last year? Tennessee obviously a playoff team, Cincinnati, a team that advanced to the a f C well to the Super Bowl. I mean they take down the Kansas City Chiefs, so perennial UH contender and a couple of minutes away from beating the Rams in the Super Bowl. So what did it say to you as far as those experiences for the

young club, specifically those couple of games. I mean, we could play with anybody, and we can compete with anybody on any doing Sunday, Um, and I truly believe that we've got a lot of talent in this locker room. We got a really good group of men um, high character men um, and man, it just shows that we could play with anybody. Those are really good teams that we beat, you know at home. Um, it just proves

our potential. Was it better? Sweet? Watching that Tampa game? Like, from one side of spectrum, I gotta imagine you're like, hey, this is all coming together and it looks like this is Zach's best professional game. But on the other side, a little ledger or the other side of the spectrum, I should say that you weren't out there on the field. Yeah it was a little tough, but man, I love to see the guys do well and go out there and you know, hand out business. But it's not live

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Jets office up to the change. In terms of conditions that went bet dot Com must be twenty one the older at president of New Jersey. If you're someone you know has a gambling problem, called on seven zero seven one one seven. What's building here right now? Good stuff, some real good stuff. Like I said, we've got some great men, man, and and most importantly they're their high character man. Um, So that's gonna take us a long way. We just gotta, you know, put the piece together and

go do it. What's going on with this wide receiver group? How much did you see it developed last year? And then you add Garrett Wilson in an equation here in the off season? Man, it's uh, we can be dangerous and we can you know, we got a lot of weapons, um, a lot of different guys who can do different things, you know, adding Garrett um, you know, bringing be back now, those are those are added weapons. And like I said,

they bring different things to the table. And I'm extremely heavy that we got gee um Man, that dude can do it all. He's I'm just out there watching and run routes and then like, man, I don't know how you move like that, and he's sticking in and out of brakes and I'm like, yeah, he's special. He's got it, um like I said, And I'm glad he's on our side. He's gonna be a great wide out. Totally different body types.

But do you see similarities between him and Elijah in terms of short area quickness, the versatility, and also the explosiveness to get down the field and run past people. Yeah? Yeah, all like you said, Um, you know they're similar in that way. Is the way they can get in and out of brakes real quick and you know, create a lot of separation. Um. Man, that's gonna be really good for us down the road. What's he been like? You are a soft spoken guy, takes the game very seriously.

Elijah's ultra competitor. And then you add g. Garrett to the equation. He seems like much like yourself, saw spoken, big time competitor and a guy just wants to get it man, And he's he's a little laid back, but he's you know, he's chill, but he's a competitor. Like you said, um, and dog, it's like I'm trying to I'm trying to paint the picture for you. But man, he's a great competitor and he's a he's a real good dude. Um, you know, just walking around the way

he talks, the way he interacts with everyone around the building. Um, you know, he's got a lot of leader of characteristics and man, he's gonna be great greatness league for sure. What's the potential for this group when you're talking about you three and Braxton back and people shouldn't be sleeping on Denzel because he's still on the Micks and Jeff Smiths and other sub four four guys we can go on the list. Yeah, we got a lot of weapons, a lot of potential. We just gotta go do it,

you know. And it's all on us to just go out and put the work in. Um, put ourselves in the best position to to go out there and you know, take this division. What changes from your perspective with the tight ends the equation now with C G A C J is Ama Tyler Conklin, your draft, Jeremy Rockert, Um, can you talk about the multiplicity that you potentially have offensively? Man, we got a lot of weapons and I just thinking

about the tight ends. We've got conk we got we added Cager Cage to the to the tight end tight end mix. Um, he was moving around pretty well there. Man, he looked good, didn't he. Yeah. I was pride. I ain't gonna lie, but man, we got some weapons. Um. Like I said, we just gotta go out there and put it together and do it. What's the next stup for you? Working? Working, Um, you know, just taking it one day at a time, not getting too overwhelmed. Um, taking care of my body and in leading what I can.

But how can you get better as a receiver to take health and put it away. And we're gonna say Corey's healthy throughout the season. Honestly, put my head down and working jugs, doing all the extra stuff that I can to to you know, put myself in the best position to went on catch the ball and not only win, but win big. You know what I'm saying. And you know I want to prove to this league that I can do that for sure, each and every day, each

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out of college. And when people talk about the speed on this wide receiver group, obviously to talk about the lives is some four four talk about Garrett sub four four, You talk about Braxton, who was a four four guy. You talk about Denzel, who's a sub four four guy. What do you think you would run or three for three? Now I'm just playing maybe I don't know four or four or four or five. And I was training my first week training, I ran a four or five, So I felt like I would have got to four four

or maybe the high four four. Yeah. Yeah, for being honest, Michael Fleur, mattal For you've played under both of them. Yeah, okay, So what's the biggest difference? Dog, They have a lot of similarities. I'm not gonna lie. I think Mike got a little more to him though, Um, what do you mean? I don't know. I just think he got a little more grit to him, a little tougher than his brother. Yeah,

I think so. I think so. You know, they're both really good, really smart man, really good offensive minds, um, really creative in the way they do things. But yeah, I would just say you got a little more grit to him. Our guys, so and you say toughness, you say grit, And how does it come out? I mean the shows, Um, he's aggressive play caller, he's not afraid to to, you know, take the shot, you know I'm saying,

and that's that's something that you want. And that just shows that he has a lot of trust in us. What changed for him last year when you guys got more plays? Because I know early on in the season he's getting a lot of heat. People are like, what are you doing? And then finally start converting on through down or having some success early on, and then people are like, well, this is totally changed. Man. Yeah, I

mean it was the same guy. The same guy honestly, is just how people are and you know how it is. But um, like I said, I'm happy that he's R. O. C. And he can do a lot with us and and move guys around different spots and you know, just be really creative and his play calling and man, I'm glad we got him number one out there, the cornerback, the rookie out of Cincinnati, Maud Gardner. What have you seen from him? Because he continues to pop on a practice field.

I know it's early, hasn't played in the NFL game yet, but there's something to him. No, man, just out there while don't go up against him in the the first few days. Yeah, I see why he's you know, the first big throkeing ball. He's physical, he's fast, he can open up UM, and he's always locked in. That was the thing about him. He's locked in each and every play that we're doing

the walkthroughs out there, and he's locked in during that. Um. You know, that's good to see in a rook you know, just to come in and and have that laser focus like he does. Um on top of all the athleticism that he has just shows all specially he's gonna be Do you teach him because you're a guy who played a number of seasons on the other side of the ball. He's gonna be facing Corey davis Is every week in

the NFL. Yeah, I mean, whatever I can do to help him, Um, you know, just kind of give them different looks or tell them how the mindset of a white out and and you know what he should look for. But um, yeah, just whenever I can, I definitely know, just shoot him a little advice every now and then. But you know he's got he's got great coaches and um, you know he's gonna be great. What about DJ Read

He's a dog. There's a dog man Is transition is insane and he's another guy that's always locked into, like super locked in and um man, he's gonna be great. How much does it help you guys now? Listen, Yeah, Bryce Hall last year, he's back, So the depth is there. You got Brandon Accles who's working on the side right now throughout the spring, but he's gonna be back. For

training camp. Valuable experience Michael Carter, Javelyn Gidby. How much will help you guys on Sundays going against this group when you add a gardener and a read to the equations, it's huge. I mean those are all different, different type of dudes, different sized dudes. Um, Each and every one of those guys bring something different to the table. So

it's good for us to see and goping. It's all those guys, um, and they're all competitors, each and every one of the great players man, and it's only gonna help us in the long run. Keep going up against those dude and Iron Sharpen and Iron I saw that. Is Anything surprised about Robert Solo last year? M hmm, not really. I mean he's a chill. He's a great coach, real chill coach, you know, real chill. I didn't. I didn't.

No use that show by Hill who'll get on you every now and then, you know, just to make sure that that you're on your stuff. But no, nothing really surprised me. He's a he's a really great coach, really laid back, family family guy. UM. Obviously high character, you know, just you can tell by the guys he brings in the locker room. But man, I'm glad I'm playing for him. That's legit, isn't it in terms of the character. Because I think a lot of teams right now, this is

the season, the spring season where Hope springs eternal. You're gonna go to thirty two headquarters throughout that and I found people are going to be feeling pretty good. But there's something here in terms of the character, the quality guys in that locker room, isn't it. Yeah? You can feel it. You can feel it. And that's I mean, I've mentioned it a few times and you know why

as we're sitting talking, because it's something they we truly believe. Um. You know that character is going to get you a take you a long way. Um. You know sil was always talking about that. We got c j um M c Eve. We've got a lot of dudes with with really good character. Um, and that's good for this locker room. What do you think about coming to the Northeast playing for a fan base that is tremendously hunger hungry, who is passionate? Um, well, what do you think about your experience?

I love it, man, I mean all it is is there. Passionate, extremely passionate. Um. And it's a great fan base. You know what I'm saying. It's it's nothing bad. It's just they're passionate and they want to win just like we do. And um, I'm glad we've got that type of fan base, to be honest with you, jameson Crowder's and Buffalo, Now, man, what's up with him? Crazy? So but for three years you've been here, the last one that was your first year with the grand and what so he was the

leading receiver for the Deaths the last three years. How different is the slack? And I look this year, it's gonna look a lot different. Man, it's gonna look a lot different. I'm definitely coming for that. You know, that lead receiver spot. Um, it was as all these other guys. Who gotta group of competitors. Um, But it's definitely gonna look a lot different. Yeah, how about we talked about it before, but the versatility in terms of the slot.

Robert was specifically asked about that today and people think about, Okay, we can put Aaron inside, we can put a live inside. We know we can put practice inside. Even mentioned your name. Do you like playing the slot ocase, I love it. I mean it's just a mix up. You know, every one of the guys that we have in the room can play anywhere, and I truly believe that UM slot outside. You know, we got a group of dudes that can do it all. And the way that our offense is is,

you know, you want that. You want guys that can move around, going to slot, play outside, UM, and that's what we have. So sometimes Mike's gonna say inside, You're good with that? Yeah? What what's how's the mentality change in terms of you going outside and numbers playing accident playing slot? It changes a little bit. I mean you're gonna gets backers, um, maybe playing between the hashes a little bit. So you gotta gonna get thick, you know,

get your mind right. But um, I love it, man, I love playing between the hashes, playing in the slot, outside, inside, wherever you need me, I'm gonna go get it. So you just signed as a free agent last year. But what did you think about the way the wide receiver market exploded this offseason, most notably Tyreek Hill. Yeah, man, I love it. I love to see the market go up. Man, And those are two dudes who deserve every penny. You know those are I know a little bit a little

bit about Davante. Talked him a few time, never talked to Tariq, but um man, he definitely deserves that, and I'm happy for him. You said you talked to Dante a few times. What do you like about his game? Everything? Dude, in and out of his break his releases are probably my favorite. Just to watch him getting in and out of his breaking, in and out of his releases. That's something that I study a lot from him. But man, it's crazy to see he's a great, great white That's

what I wanted to ask you. Who do you study in the leak man? I try to study dues that are kind of my size. Um, are similar to my size, Like I try to look at Julio, look at Davante, some old score watched Brandon Marshall. Yeah, that's my guy. He's a He's a great ride out man, physical, and I try to take a little bit from from each and every one of those guys. I watched a little bit of a B two. I know he's a little guy, but he's got a lot to his game. He's got

a great game, man, And um but yeah. I try to take each and everyone, each one thing from each and every one of those guys and you know, apply to my game. It's interesting you mentioned Julio Um playing in Atlanta, playing in the system, right, what do they do in Solid mentioned him today? Too? Is that? Yes? In theory Julio is on the field, you can double team him, but we can put you in a spot where you don't know where he's gonna be at and

you can't double him. And that's how it is with us, Like, that's why you gotta move guys around slot inside outside, um, you know, so defense can't really get a beat on you. What's your summer looking like? Looking good? I mean I don't got any vacation plans right now. It's just all work, um chilling. My little girl, she's seventeen months, almost eighteen months. He's getting big. Is it your first first little girl? What's her name? Xavier? Xavier? Xavier? Yeah? Man, A little

girl sees my everything. How has that changed? You exchanged me a lot? Man? Like, I mean, even having a little girl, I feel like it's a lot different obviously than having a little boy for your first child just tugs at your heart. Stage a little bit different, you know what I'm saying. And Um, she's gonna be spoiled for sure. She's always gonna be daddy always, you know. Yeah, she's got a different s part in my heart for her. Man, But I love being a dad, love being a girl.

Dad is everything. I'd agree with that. My daughter's almost three and there's nothing like, nothing like it. Corey, thanks for coming up. Enjoy your summer. We gotta get you back. I appreciate s