TE Rhett Ellison
August 9, 2017
Q: Are you excited for tomorrow’s game?
A: Friday’s game? Yeah, it’s going to be fun going out there and facing another opponent. It’s always fun to play an actual game.
Q: On the first depth chart that was released, you were listed as the top tight end. Does that make you more excited about the upcoming season?
A: It’s early right now; it’s training camp. Tight ends are very situation-specific when it comes to who’s out there and what play it is and stuff like that. But it is exciting.
Q: You’ve been working out at the fullback position. How do you think that situation is working out?
A: It’s good. All the tight ends… We’ve been getting in there at fullback. We want to be as versatile as we can be on offense. All of us should be able to play whatever role we need to play. It’s definitely progressing.
Q: Head Coach Ben McAdoo feels you have been underutilized in the passing game previously in your career. Do you use that as an opportunity to show that you can be a catching tight end?
A: Yeah, that’s part of it. Also, it’s whatever McAdoo asks me to do. You don’t get to pick what plays you do. It’s whatever the coaches want you to do. It’s whatever they think is going to put you in the best situation. That’s the situation I want to be in.
Q: What do you think you bring to the passing game?
A: That’s a question for McAdoo. He’s the one with the x’s and o’s. McAdoo and (Offensive Coordinator Mike) Sullivan.
Q: You were with one team for quite a while. What has it been like coming here versus your expectations of coming to a new place?
A: It’s definitely different. Like you said, I was with one team for a long time and with one college for a long time, so that shift takes some adjusting to. But everything has been positive since coming out here (to New York). I’m very excited to be out here.
Q: What are the biggest adjustments?
A: My wife and I are expecting our first baby, so that was number one. We had to get a new OBGYN and figure out where we’re going to have this baby. Then, it’s like, ‘Where are we going to live? What are we going to do with our living situation in Minnesota?’ And then it gets to the playbook, and that’s where we are at right now. So there are adjustments in every aspect of your life when you change teams.
