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Everyone has a little butterflies in their stomachs, whether it’s me entering a new team or someone else who is making a new step in their life. I think there are butterflies, but that’s more the excitement than anything else
launches Bergeron in a press briefing, a few hours before taking the plane.
Barely 36 hours after being chosen at 38e rank in total, the Victoriavillois was back in California to train for eight days with former San Francisco 49ers offensive lineman Joe Staley. The goal was to be ready for the mini rookie camp which opens this weekend in Atlanta.
focus.”,”text”:”The next day [du repêchage], I picked up the phone, I called Joe. I said: “are you free next week?”, he says. We trained together and then it was just really cool to get back to football. To know where you are going, to know where to put your attention… The stress has also fallen, so it’s really just focus.””>The day after [du repêchage], I picked up the phone, I called Joe. I said, “Are you free next week?” he says. We trained together and then it was just really cool to get back to football. To know where you are going, to know where to put your attention… The stress also fell, so it’s really just focus.
He now devotes almost all of his time to learning the Falcons playbook.
Confident in his abilities
The Syracuse University product therefore leaves for Atlanta without pressure. He wants to show what he is capable of doing, but is aware that he will have good and bad working days.%. Then, at the end of the day, all I want to do is give my best effort. […] There will be errors, there will be good practices or bad practices. The important thing, for sure, is to get up and then build in 100%.”,”text”:”I will give my 100%. Then, at the end of the day, all I want to do is give my best effort. […] There will be errors, there will be good practices or bad practices. The important thing, for sure, is to get up and then build in 100%.”}}”>I will give my 100%. Then, at the end of the day, all I want to do is give my best effort. […] There will be errors, there will be good practices or bad practices. The important thing, for sure, is to get up and then build in 100%.
In a post-draft press conference, Falcons head coach Arthur Smith confirmed that the 23-year-old offensive lineman will be employed as a limited guard in the roster as a tackle. A change that does not unduly destabilize the main interested party.
e draft pick). So no matter where I play on the offensive line, as long as I can help the team and as long as I can be on the field, already there, I’m really pampered”,”text”:”I played guard at Senior Bowl. I had very good comments. I’m really not stressed. Like I said, I want to win games, I want to help run the ball with Bijan Robinson (the 8th pick in the draft). So no matter where I play on the offensive line, as long as I can help the team and as long as I can be on the field, already there, I’m really pampered””>I played guard in the Senior Bowl. I had very good comments. I’m really not stressed. Like I said, I want to win games, I want to help run the ball with Bijan Robinson (on the 8e draft pick). So no matter where I play on the offensive line, as long as I can help the team and as long as I can be on the field, already there, I’m really pampered
he continues.
This change of position, which could allow him to secure a starting position in the squad as of his rookie season, and the trade made by the Falcons during the amateur auction to ensure his services give confidence to Matthew Bergeron.
And even though Smith asserts that there is no pressure, but there are expectations when you invest like that in a player
the 1.96 m and 146 kg (6 ft 5 in, 323 lb) colossus believes his experience with the Syracuse Orange will serve him well.
« When I arrived in Syracuse, there were no expectations. When I became a starter, for four years I had to be the best player on the offensive line, and then I handled that really well. »
I don’t sleep well at night, because Arthur Smith, he invests a lot in me
laughs Bergeron.
The latter says he is comfortable in the event that he has to wait a little longer before making his professional debut. If it works out it’s a slower development, […] that’s gonna be it. But my goal is to help the team win.
Never mind, Matthew Bergeron touches a little more on his dream as the stages follow one another. In the last days, he chose to wear the number 65. A gesture that may seem trivial, but which materializes the work of a lifetime.
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