| 24 April 2010
Gah! There's no audio! FIXITFIXITFIXIT! Okay, it's there, and it's live...
Okung: Personally I think Coach has a lot of passion for the game, for football and the NFL. I love the game, whether it's runblocking or pass blocking, I love it. I'm the type of game, you can hold me accountable.
Thomas: I'm just very competitive, I love to win everything, I hate to lose, whether it's bowling or football or anything. I want to learn from the veterans, see how they made it this long.
Okung: I came in second place (in Bowling), I beat John, I don't want to say my score (Pete: 63), but I'm getting better!
Thomas: My family has taken care of me my whole life, it makes me feel great to give back and get them a house, cuz we don't have a house right now, we are all living in my Grandma's house. [About VMAC] Oh man, it doesn't get better than this, right here on the lake. I visited a lot of other NFL teams, and this is the best there is.
Okung: I got to agree, I went to a lot of teams, and I never saw anyplace quite like this, it is state of the art.
Okung: I wasn't recruited by a lot of schools, I was a lower tier prospect. If it was up to everything they said, I wouldn't be here right now. [Is there a lot of pressure?] I'd say it's a responsibility, you want a chip on your shoulder, you want a monkey on your back. I'm good with that, I want that.
Okung: I saw Walter Jones' locker, if I can ever be as good as him, I know I can help this organization. Just seeing his locker, that's somebody I definitely want to be like some day.
Thomas: I'm not really feeling any pressure, I love this game, I'm just here to play the game. Once I learn the defense, everything is gonna take care of itself.
Okung: As soon as I get that playbook, I'm gonna get after it. I'm gonna stay after my game, I'm gonna try to be the hardest working player, if not person (Carroll challenges him to try to outwork him, heh). That's my goal. If they're gonna give me the opportunity, I'm gonna take it, I'm gonna run with it.
Schneider: I'm extremely proud, especially the character of these guys. You're talking about two individuals who have high expectations of themselves who are going to do what it takes to be tops in their profession. For us to be in a place to draft them, for us, it's a blessing.
Carroll: I think a key about these guys is when we talked to everyone at their schools, equipment guys, coaches, players, we just were blown away by how everyone talked about them, how central they were to their programs. ... We couldn't hope for better guys to illustrate our approach.
Earl Thomas reminds me a bit of John Carlson... not an impressive press conference, but then, he's only 20 years old. Said he doesn't really look up to anyone, but he said yesterday that he looked up to Nathan Vasher. Oh well.
Thomas' grandfather is in ICU right now, the whole family is there. "As soon as I leave here, I will be right back down there with him."
Thomas: Yeah, me and [Okung] have met before, I tried to blitz and he caught me... he grabbed me right under my shoulder pads and just held me there. I said "Please don't throw me down," and he didn't, so we're good. I'm glad he's on my team now.
Okung: [Why didn't you throw him down?] I don't know, I don't know why I didn't. I kinda regret it now. [haha]
The end! Not sure why Golden Tate couldn't be introduced, but oh well.
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