Wide Receiver Wan'Dale Robinson
Q. Can you talk about where you were at this point last year? Obviously still coming back from the knee and now where you are. How do you feel?
WAN'DALE ROBINSON: Yeah, I would say it's completely night and day. Last year around this time I wasn't running routes, barely sprinting. To come out here now and be able to go for a full practice and not worry about my knee at all, it's like I said, night and day.
Q. You talked a little bit at the end of last season about how you were finally starting to feel like yourself. How are you feeling right now? How much are you looking forward to entering a year fully healthy?
WAN'DALE ROBINSON: I feel like I'm kind of back to myself all the way. Having a full off-season to train and not have to rehab, so it was a really big deal to me just to be able to go back home and do everything I was able to do ask and get back to myself.
Q. How has it been having Dru (Phillips) on the practice field with you?
WAN'DALE ROBINSON: It's been pretty cool. I mean, he's a cool dude. Really calm out there. Not trying to do too much. It's been really nice.
Q. Did you anticipate your role growing in this offense?
WAN'DALE ROBINSON: I'm just there to do whatever I'm supposed to do. At the end of the day, whatever my role may be, just getting open, doing what I'm supposed to do, getting open on third down for Daniel (Jones) and just going out there to make plays.
Q. Obviously you're entering year three, you've seen the wide receiver room really turnover from where it was two years ago. Guys were coming from the practice squad and starting games to now where you're at. Can you put in perspective what you feel like you have in the wide receiver room now?
WAN'DALE ROBINSON: Obviously a really young group, we're still learning a lot of things, and each and every day just trying to go out there and get better. I think we all bring a little bit of a different skillset, but we can all do similar things, and that allows (Head Coach Brian Daboll) Dabs to move all around. I think it will be a really good group to be around.
Q. With that room being so young, Brian (Daboll) and Mike (Kafka) kind of called you a leader in that room. What's it like being 23 and looked at as a leader?
WAN'DALE ROBINSON: They kind of put that on me towards the end of last year, knowing I would be one of the older guys now. I've kind of tried to take it upon myself just to do whatever I can out there on the field, teaching the guys how we do things around here. It's nice for them to know that I can do that.
Q. How is that role for you?
WAN'DALE ROBINSON: It's kind of crazy. They tell you that whenever you're a rookie, after two years you're one the vets. I didn't really believe it. After being here whenever we got back, you could really see that, yeah, you're a vet now.
Q. Compared to last year, do you think this year you're going to be more explosive when you have your catches?
WAN'DALE ROBINSON: No question about it. (Laughter) I mean, especially for the first couple weeks of the season, I didn't feel anywhere near like myself. Obviously just being able to go out there and just do what I have to do and now just feeling all of the way healthy I feel like I can do everything I need to do.
Q. I would think that gives you a great sense of confidence, that you regained what you know you had.
WAN'DALE ROBINSON: Oh, yeah, there is no question about that. There would be times last year I wasn't all of the way confident in doing what I had to do out there. Probably until the Green Bay game I wasn't out there just really doing whatever it was and not thinking about my knee. Just really excited for this full year and being healthy.
Q. What is it in your game you really haven't shown?
WAN'DALE ROBINSON: I don't want to talk about that. We'll let the play do that (laughs).
Q. We saw the explosiveness yesterday. How much do the GPS numbers reflect that you're moving better than you were last year in the beginning, especially coming back from that injury?
WAN'DALE ROBINSON: I would say in this off season I hit some numbers that I hadn't hit ever, so it was pretty nice to see that. Hopefully being able to hit those numbers fully in pads and just show that explosiveness out there on the field.
Q. I know this group is not limited to you, Jalin (Hyatt), and Malik (Nabers). But it seems like you guys are having a party out there on the field. How much do you appreciate their talent and what they bring to the table and what that could mean for what you're able to do?
WAN'DALE ROBINSON: I mean, everybody helps everybody. The more Malik catches the ball down the field and Jalin catches the ball downfield, the more it's going to open space for me inside and underneath. The more I'm catching the balls underneath, they're going to have to bring guys down just to try to stop that, and they can get deep. Everything works hand in hand, so I'm excited with those guys. Like I said, we can all do a little bit of everything, too.
Q. I know your social media team had a little fun with the Spiderman meme. Was that the intention yesterday?
WAN'DALE ROBINSON: A little bit, yeah. We saw the meme. We were kind of like, that will be pretty cool little celebration – yeah, it was pretty fun.
Q. Have to be any better though?
WAN'DALE ROBINSON: Yeah, it'll definitely get better. That was just the first one right there. We've got until training camp and all of training camp, and then once the season rolls around, we'll be good with it.
Q. Have you noticed a difference in Coach Daboll calling plays this spring? Any difference?
WAN'DALE ROBINSON: I mean, I wouldn't say necessarily a difference. He's always kind of been the fun, joking guy. I think now that he's calling plays, he's a little bit more intense with us and making sure we're on top of everything. But he's been the same guy since I got here for the most part.
