Raiders CB Eric Stokes Presser Confidence and Leadership on Field

Man, just the confidence that he showed, the growth and all that stuff. He's becoming inferior in a lot of different things. This is only his second year playing corner, I want to take it. He played one year at Iowa State and he moved on to one year. Just figuring out, like, okay, I can actually do this and all that stuff. And just be able to be confident in everything that he does. And he's showing up constantly for it. He's being able to be more confident with his press work and getting out the breaks and all that stuff. So, this will be a good year for D.P. You said you wanted to grow more. For sure. It's just a growing pace, like I always say. I'm going to try to help you out in any way possible. Because I've been through a lot. From first round pick, to not even playing my last year in Green Bay, to working my way back, to everything I did. So, personally, man, I've seen both ends of it. So, I'm just trying to help you out for any little thing that can go. So, I'm just trying to let you know, like, this is how the game goes. This is what you want to do and this is what you don't want to do. Just dropping little gems on them and all that stuff. Just keeping them up. And pretty much up to date with everything. So, like, even with the walkthrough, don't even take that for granted. Like, go back there. Steal a rep. Be behind the person. Just go ahead and do the smaller things. I'm going to have to show you that I can build confidence for any little thing. So, like, the biggest thing for me is just the walkthrough. So, that's the easiest way to build confidence with your technique, with your schemes and anything. So, like, you treat that like a game. Because, man, you may not get this rep any time during the practice, but you got to go and walk through it. I treat it just like the game rep. So, when I see it during the game, oh, man, I already did this multiple times. I already did this process. I already did this rep. I already did everything so many times. So, when the game comes, it's like, man, it is what it is. I go in there and let go of everything and just play free. It was something that was brought up to me about my third year in the league. I always say, appreciate that for Gene. I will always appreciate him for that. So, he just started teaching me the brand of walkthroughs. So, I'm like, man, these are free reps. These are free things just to steal that people just take away from me and all that stuff. So, once he changed my mindset about my third year in the league, it's just something that I take forever and I just want to pass it on because I've seen how much that helped me grow and all that stuff. So, by the time it came to game time, man, I done did this same little foot and this same little break multiple different times during walkthroughs. So, I know exactly how my feet are supposed to be. I know everything. So, when it's not, I know exactly what I'm thinking. I know why it was that or why that would be like that. Everything is on me. Pretty much, that's what it is.