Here’s everything Houston Texans tight end Cade Stover said following Day 6 of training camp, including comments on Nick Caley’s offense, plus his thoughts on Dalton Schultz, life on the farm and the offseason workout sessions away from Houston.
Question: On how he approach the opportunity to compete in Training Camp
Cade Stover: “Just growing up, trying to see the game from a different lens. You played a year already now, so you know the speed of game a little bit better and just maturing in that aspect and seeing things a little bit faster.”
Q: On when he started seeing improvements in his game
Stover: “It really comes down to opportunities. You get opportunities, make a couple plays, then you start to realize that, ‘Hey, what you’re doing is kind of paying off,’ and then keep trying to find ways to enhance that.”
Q: On if he can see the difference in the way tight ends can be used in Offensive Coordinator Nick Caley’s offense
Stover: “Yeah, I think so. He’s got a good mind. We seem to really like playing in his offense so far. He puts us in good spots, I feel like, to be successful. I’m excited to see where it goes.”
Q: On if there is anything he emphasized in the offseason to get better at
Stover: “Nothing directly. There’s just a lot of overarching things that come together and make one and that was really just to be consistent. I think last year was flashes of good things and flashes of bad things, and I think this year my overarching goal is just to be consistent as can be every single play.”
Q: On what he did during the offseason
Stover: “I just go back to the farm, feed cows, work out, catch footballs and do it again the next day, probably.”
Q: On what he loves about the farm
Stover: “There’s a lot of things I love. I guess as I get older, the thing I love the most is that I can wake up and nobody tells me what to do. I can do what I want to do on the farm, how I want to do it and if it doesn’t work out I’ve got myself to blame. So, it’s just a good way to figure out, a good thing to learn, a good way to learn about life and just help yourself figure things out and just grow as a person there, I feel like.”
Q: On his connection with QB C.J. Stroud developing from college until now
Stover: “C.J.’s obviously a really good player. I think each practice we come out here, I see something that he’s working on each day, something better from him each day, a spot that maybe yesterday it was a spot of weakness and today it’s a spot of strength. So, he’s grown a lot and I think he’s a really great quarterback. He’s going to take us to a lot of good ball games.”
Q: On if there are any specific chores he does on the farm to stay in football shape
Stover: “There’s a lot. I run a lot of hills on my farm. Then overall, I carry a lot of five-gallon buckets full of feed and then you’re building pipe fence, you’re building all kind of stuff. I always say to everybody out there, like, if I could just do that all day long, run a couple of hills in the morning and then just work, you have the most natural strength in the world, I feel like.”
Q: On what it’s like having TE Brevin Jordan’s energy back in the building
Stover: “It’s good. Brevin’s a great guy. He was helpful to me last year. Having him back, it’s super cool to see him get healthy and do good things.”
Q: On how the different personalities of the tight end group fit together
Stover: “Yeah, we’re all very different. We all get along pretty well, but I think that’s why we get along is because we’re all extremely different people. So, I feel like, is a strength for us, to be honest with you.”
Q: On the area he feels he has improved most upon after the first few days of Training Camp
Stover: “Consistency. I think the game’s slowed down for me, so it allows you to really focus in on your footwork-wise and then just your top-end routes and see things a little bit better.”
Q: On if there is a competition in the tight end room to secure the starting spot
Stover: “That’s not my place to answer. I don’t know. I just do what I’m asked to do, and if it’s… That’s not me, I don’t know. I think that regardless of whoever it is, it’s just got to be your most consistent, dependable guy. Whoever it is, then awesome.”
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