GT Football - QB Zach Pyron talks about the Yellow Jackets QB Battle - Fall Camp 8-5-23

I guess the the big question is how are you feeling now with a lot of time uh between the the collarbone and now I'm feeling great you know uh Mark and the whole training staff did a great job getting me ready to be where I am right now um I probably feel better now than before Dr Jackson Dr X did a great job during the surgery and everything and you know everything went good so you know I'm feeling about as good as I can get right now and you know new Strength stuff and Coach artists and all of his guys got me feeling good got me added uh adding some weight muscle so I'm feeling really good feeling a lot better right now than this time last year so are you comfortable knowing that you may not find out whether you're going to start or not until right before the the first game and you know how does that affect the way you or maybe it doesn't affect the way you practice no I'm perfectly comfortable with that you know I prepare every day as you know as if I'm going to be a starter and you know that's the expectation coach winky sets in the quarterback room is no matter where you are in the depth chart you prepare every game and every practice has if you're the starter so you know I'm kind of just taking it one day at a time focus on how I can get one percent better every day and sustain over the course of fall Camp to become better quarterback and you know put myself in the position to perform and hopefully lead this team and just focus on taking up one practice at a time and you know letting my work speak for myself and all that so more questions Chad hey Zach Chad from the AJC anything specific you worked on in the summer in the off season mechanically or anything like that or do you work with any specific coach over the summer in that regard oh yeah I just worked on you know accuracy wanted to be a lot more accurate you know putting that ball in the Tight Windows like it needs to be just becoming more of a pro and you know having the right mindset you know trying to study the game a lot better Master the offense and just kind of work on everything become a better overall quarterback right now um you know I'm not to the point yet where I feel like I need to focus on one thing I need to get a lot of things better to become a better player and better quarterback so you know between coach winke and Coach Faulkner and all the guys and everybody in the room we collectively work together as a group to improve overall everything and you know all the receivers you know we did extra work throwing on days where we didn't have to and all that so just becoming a better quarterback collectively overall can you talk a little bit about I noticed something obviously I saw you in high school and then here in person as well it seems like your throws to the numbers kind of those out routes those quick NFL throws across your body there's more velocity and strength there is that something you worked on and kind of what did you do to improve that those throws I think that's just a testament to coach artists and his staff in the weight room you know getting me bigger stronger faster doing a bunch of a rotational core work power you know to become stronger overall in the weight room uh throwing more the older I get the more I mature the stronger the ball is going to come out faster the ball is going to come out so I think it's just all the work in the weight room I'm putting in all the extra throwing I'm doing and you just trying to put more weight on and getting stronger in that aspect is what's helping you know I'm not doing really anything extra I think it's just you know the new staff that came into the weight room and all the stuff and the philosophy they're bringing in is really helping been back there yeah I know it's early but how's this competition kind of helps you guys push each other and what do you think you have to do to win this job can you repeat the question I'm sorry I was saying you know I know it's early but how's this competition push you guys in different ways and what do you think you have to do to win the job oh you know it's pushing us you know coach winky says you know you know the team goes as the quarterback goes and you know in that room we know only one quarterback can play and we all understand that so we all push each other together to be better you know because we want this team to be the best it can be and you know only one quarterback can play so we want the best quarterback out there so um you know we're just pushing each other you know and every day it's making me come on top you know come come ready to practice and everything and you know just keep doing the small things you know it's the little things in the quarterback room you know being able to operate the offense conduct it we eat it you know Master the offense is everything you know you know just be a better quarterback is what I got to do you know just operate the offense put everybody in the right right place make the throws and I need to make the throws and know what I'm doing every play right do you feel like the the guys that are playing around you this year do you feel that's you know the receivers running backs offensive line do you feel like that's been upgraded over what you had last year you know the guys we had last year were great you know you know between Malachi and DJ Hassan and all the guys that were there and you know now the guys that we brought in you know everybody's really stepping up this year um you know they're a lot different in their play style we're a lot faster this year than we were last year um you know they're working really hard I'm glad to see offensive line wise coach Wade came in and you know between him and you know coach key also is still often some background and you know uh offensive line is working really hard running backs with Coach coach McKenzie's a new running back coach you know you know Dante's leading that good really well and showing all the younger guys the ropes and you know I think it's just everybody's working really hard this year because we have a goal that we want to achieve as a team and we know what that goal is and I think everybody's working hard to be as good as they can be and you know we're not really looking at last year of who was here last year versus this year this year it's kind of like you know it's a new team new fosting we're trying to set a standard as a team I didn't make a identity as an offense and just trying to figure that out through the course of fall camp and you know everybody's working really hard to achieve that after a couple more I was just curious we've heard from some of the other kids you've taken quite the leadership role um just kind of what has it been like for you and I know you were nervous I guess maybe last year with that being a Freshman and stuff and I guess just have you embraced kind of taken that leadership role as the quarterback and trying to lead guys yeah that's something coach winky also expects from us in the quarterback room is to be a leader everybody in there to be a leader no matter if you're the starter or you know somebody else you know everybody in that room's got to be a leader you know the team goes as the quarterback will go and you know we got to have energy every single day the team is influenced by our energy so I'm just trying to push everybody in the right direction and that's what a leader is a leader is able to bring people along to have the same end goal and you know bring people to where they didn't know they could be you know that's just what I'm trying to do you know I want to win a lot of games this year I want to win a lot of games and you know I think the team sees that so it's easy to lead a bunch of guys that are wanting to be followed and it's you know the team is working really hard this year and uh you know that's just something coach Winky he's really helping all the quarterbacks with is learning how to be a leader and um you know coach key also is doing the same thing and then with the championship mindset classes we've been doing the off season it's really helping the whole team learn how to you know change their mindset to be a win a football team anything else yes sir