Caleb Downs on the Speed of the NFL and Facing an Elite Cowboys Offense | Downs 2 Business Ep. 25

Caleb, OTAs just wrapped up.

Tell us about, you know, from rookie minicamp to phase three minicamp.

Just tell us what you learned, how it was competing against the guys.

I mean, just your first taste of being a Dallas Cowboy.

Yeah, I mean, that's been the biggest thing for me.

I've just been wanting to compete, wanting to see where I'm at for real.

And it was an honor to go against everybody that we got on the team and get my first real experience.

Every phase is a little bit different.

Rookie minicamp, we didn't really do too much, but it was good for learning the system and everything.

OTAs, that was fun, honestly, just being able to go up against guys like CeeDee Lamb that I've watched since I was a kid and now I get to play against him.

learn from reps against them so it's a it's a it's an honor to be on the field with everybody but um it's a big learning experience for me

yeah facts tell me about the the speed difference between college and NFL I know when I came in um the speed wasn't that much it was definitely faster but it was the the tempo of practice like how you move in between drills and go from here to there and then the amount of meetings during the day how how did you see it was different

Yeah, I would say speed.

I mean, it's the same, honestly.

Football is football.

I mean, it's just a different viewpoint.

So that's the only really difference.

Playing against individual guys may be the difference, but I wouldn't say, like, the full field speed.

But, yeah, I would say the first couple days of practice, I was definitely – I was waiting for the air, waiting for the brakes, trying to get my breath back.

But that was a big thing.

And once you got past those first day or two, it became normal.

Yeah, and the OTAs are good.

You get your first... taste of what you know can't maybe like practice um but probably yeah you're right them breaks and trying to get the air between those like i don't do special teams right now so hey when they go to special teams i'm taking my time to get my air back because when team come around like i'm not really coming out so it's like you got to go five six plays in a row or Don't let two-minute be happening because if two-minute happens, you might do 12 plays in a row and the coach don't care.

So it's a little different.

But obviously, y'all don't do a camp in Texas.