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Thank you everyone for coming. Mr. Espeeyeeseetee will be answering questions today until 6 PM PST.
EDIT: Thank you everyone for your wonderful questions. Mr. Espeeyeeseetee has had a full day in pre-draft workouts and preparing for the Prospect bowl. We appreciate the interest my client has been shown and look forward to posting answers tomorrow.
EDIT2: Here's the full presser:
Why WR?
I gotta go back to when I still lived in Korea to explain. See, where we lived in Seoul had a lot of lights and was pretty urban, so it was hard to see any stars in the sky at night because of the light pollution. Well, my parents used to tell me stories sometimes when the nights were particularly bad, of when they still lived in the North. My mom used to tell me about nights so dark you could barely see in front of your face, and they would sit in the fields at night watching meteor showers. I used to pretend I was there instead of the alleys we used to sleep in, and the bright city lights were the stars falling from the night sky. I'd reach out and try to catch them, but never could. I never saw an actual meteor shower, not til after we left Seoul. My mother and I had snuck aboard a cargo ship heading to the US, and one night she took me up from where we were stowed away to watch some real shooting stars. Man, I'll tell ya I'd never seen nothing like it. I reached out to try and catch them like I was back in Seoul, before my dad got taken away, and I dunno. It just sort of hit me on that ship I'd never see him again. And I think my mom, she sorta felt like I needed to know that's how it was going to be, and that's the only way she knew how to tell me. But to a little kid, man, it killed me. I don't think I looked at the sky the entire first year I was in Pittsburgh, like, I didn't want to see those stars and feel that way again. Anyways, it was a little after my mom died, I was sitting in the bleachers at Pine-Richland, and it was pretty late out at night. I used to sneak in and sit in the bleachers at night and dream about playing there someday. And man, that night I was sitting out there in the bleachers and I dunno, I just sort of broke down. And I look up and the sky is just lit up with the most intense meteor shower I could imagine. And I sorta just took that like a sign, you know? Sometimes the coaches at Pine-Richland used to leave the jug machines out if they had practice early the next morning, and they had these sort of self feeder things all set up with the footballs already? You know what I'm talking about? Anyways, that night I hopped down on the field and started catching balls of the jugs, and man. All the sky's full of stars falling down around me and each ball coming down is like a fireball from the heavens. And I'm catching every one. Like, man, I'm running six, seven machines and catching every ball. I was so focused. Because to me, I wasn't just catching footballs. I was sitting back in an alley with my parents, reaching for the lights of the city. I'm sitting with my mom back on that freighter. But this time, when I reach out, I'm catching those stars, and it feels like I'm back with them. I couldn't let those balls drop. I couldn't let that feeling stop. So I went back the next night to do it again, but they didn't have the jugs out. I hopped all over the city for two weeks trying to find other high schools that did that, left their machines out. And eventually I had a schedule. I'd hop to Pine-Richland on Mondays and Wednesdays, St. Joseph's on Fridays, and Tuesdays and Thursdays I hit up a little private school near the Smithfield Bridge. I did this for six months before Coach found me and asked me to play for him. I guess the choice to be a wide receiver was just a natural one. Although... they did try me out at DB and I hated it.
Man, thanks for asking that, that was a really great question. Football means a lot to me, it's more than just a game.
Any DSFL teams you like so far?
You know what? I'm really liking what they're doing down in Palm Beach building up the hype for that new squad. I know they're looking for some solid contributors still, so I know I could make that immediate impact. But I ain't trying to skirt around any competition. I was born to compete. Tijuana's got a good squad of WRs, I know I can elevate everyone and we would be unstoppable in the DSFL. It just really depends on what teams need me for, I can be an everyman, I'm versatile. Hard work on the field translates to success no matter what they draft me for.
NSFL teams you'd prefer to land on a season from now?
Aw man, I ain't even thinking about that yet! I'm just working as hard as I can to impress the scouts at the Prospect Bowl. Like, I know they've already been watching my high school stuff, but this is my chance to show them I can do it on the same level as these guys coming out of college. I know I can, I just gotta show them this week. After that? Who knows. I'm just gonna keep working hard and whoever wants me I'm gonna give them everything I got no matter who it is. I ain't gonna avoid the question either! Lemme think for a second, if there was one team I could land on, it would probably be... I don't know, I think it would be pretty sweet to win the whole thing as a rookie. Yeah, put me on the Otters if I had to choose, they've got some good wide receivers down there, I'm sure we could learn a thing or two from each other.
If you could change one thing in the NSFL, what would it be?
I ain't even played a game in the DSFL, let alone the NSFL, I don't know nearly enough to start proposing changes. Except one thing though, their abbreviation is awfully similar to something I might tag something inappropriate for certain viewing audiences. I'd hate to be the guy that has to explain what he was looking at for work was just stats for his favorite team. But given how big the NSFL is, I guess it would be hard to make that misunderstanding.
What NFLS WRs would you like to replicate in the NSFL game?
I'm a big, big fan of Larry Fitzgerald under Bruce Arians and Todd Haley back in the days of the Arizona Cardinals. I think what they were able to do to the slot position revolutionized the passing game we see today, fifteen years later. I love how long JuJu Smith-Schuster was able to play after Antonio Brown got traded to the Raiders in 2019, and the dominance he and Mason Rudolph imposed on AFC North defenses following Big Ben's retirement in 2023. But I also love the classics, man, Jerry Rice was the man. Just smooth, he was the master for such a long time. If I could be anyone from the old NFL, I'd be Jerry Rice. You just can't put a price on his production for how long he did it.
How well do you see yourself performing in the DSFL?
I'm going to be the best. There's no question in my mind. I'm ready to outwork anyone, I've been doing it my entire life. It's just a matter of time, and being one of the youngest prospects in a while, I know they like how much time I have to give and how much I've already shown I've given. And it's not just what I can give, but what I haven't had to endure either. Most of these guys have years more getting wailed on, teams know I can give a few more miles before my engine runs out. I can keep going for a long, long time. And there's no questions about my dedication. Football means more to me than most people can understand, and I'm ready to put every last ounce of blood and sweat I have on that field.
Any prospects you're looking forward to playing with/against?
Oh man, I'm super excited to catch balls with Gimmy Jaroppolo this week. I heard he's got pretty sweet touch and puts the ball right in the perfect spot, so I'm pretty pumped the get working with him. That whole Grizzlies team is looking great though, top to bottom we've got one of the strongest squads out there. I'm pretty sure we could come away taking the whole thing. But we just gotta focus on working together, and that starts this week.
Do you think people will ever find out what it means to you?
I really hope so, like man, I'm out here trying to tell them, that's for sure. I guess it's really just hard to impress just what it means to me, like, if you really get what it means to me or if that's just something they'll never understand. But I ain't gonna stop trying to tell them, to show them. It means the world, everything. And until they're ready to accept that, I'm gonna keep working to show them exactly what it means to me.
Special thanks to question askers
@White Cornerback
@YoungTB
@terriblehippo
@AdamS
Thank you everyone for coming. Mr. Espeeyeeseetee will be answering questions today until 6 PM PST.
EDIT: Thank you everyone for your wonderful questions. Mr. Espeeyeeseetee has had a full day in pre-draft workouts and preparing for the Prospect bowl. We appreciate the interest my client has been shown and look forward to posting answers tomorrow.
EDIT2: Here's the full presser:
Why WR?
I gotta go back to when I still lived in Korea to explain. See, where we lived in Seoul had a lot of lights and was pretty urban, so it was hard to see any stars in the sky at night because of the light pollution. Well, my parents used to tell me stories sometimes when the nights were particularly bad, of when they still lived in the North. My mom used to tell me about nights so dark you could barely see in front of your face, and they would sit in the fields at night watching meteor showers. I used to pretend I was there instead of the alleys we used to sleep in, and the bright city lights were the stars falling from the night sky. I'd reach out and try to catch them, but never could. I never saw an actual meteor shower, not til after we left Seoul. My mother and I had snuck aboard a cargo ship heading to the US, and one night she took me up from where we were stowed away to watch some real shooting stars. Man, I'll tell ya I'd never seen nothing like it. I reached out to try and catch them like I was back in Seoul, before my dad got taken away, and I dunno. It just sort of hit me on that ship I'd never see him again. And I think my mom, she sorta felt like I needed to know that's how it was going to be, and that's the only way she knew how to tell me. But to a little kid, man, it killed me. I don't think I looked at the sky the entire first year I was in Pittsburgh, like, I didn't want to see those stars and feel that way again. Anyways, it was a little after my mom died, I was sitting in the bleachers at Pine-Richland, and it was pretty late out at night. I used to sneak in and sit in the bleachers at night and dream about playing there someday. And man, that night I was sitting out there in the bleachers and I dunno, I just sort of broke down. And I look up and the sky is just lit up with the most intense meteor shower I could imagine. And I sorta just took that like a sign, you know? Sometimes the coaches at Pine-Richland used to leave the jug machines out if they had practice early the next morning, and they had these sort of self feeder things all set up with the footballs already? You know what I'm talking about? Anyways, that night I hopped down on the field and started catching balls of the jugs, and man. All the sky's full of stars falling down around me and each ball coming down is like a fireball from the heavens. And I'm catching every one. Like, man, I'm running six, seven machines and catching every ball. I was so focused. Because to me, I wasn't just catching footballs. I was sitting back in an alley with my parents, reaching for the lights of the city. I'm sitting with my mom back on that freighter. But this time, when I reach out, I'm catching those stars, and it feels like I'm back with them. I couldn't let those balls drop. I couldn't let that feeling stop. So I went back the next night to do it again, but they didn't have the jugs out. I hopped all over the city for two weeks trying to find other high schools that did that, left their machines out. And eventually I had a schedule. I'd hop to Pine-Richland on Mondays and Wednesdays, St. Joseph's on Fridays, and Tuesdays and Thursdays I hit up a little private school near the Smithfield Bridge. I did this for six months before Coach found me and asked me to play for him. I guess the choice to be a wide receiver was just a natural one. Although... they did try me out at DB and I hated it.
Man, thanks for asking that, that was a really great question. Football means a lot to me, it's more than just a game.
Any DSFL teams you like so far?
You know what? I'm really liking what they're doing down in Palm Beach building up the hype for that new squad. I know they're looking for some solid contributors still, so I know I could make that immediate impact. But I ain't trying to skirt around any competition. I was born to compete. Tijuana's got a good squad of WRs, I know I can elevate everyone and we would be unstoppable in the DSFL. It just really depends on what teams need me for, I can be an everyman, I'm versatile. Hard work on the field translates to success no matter what they draft me for.
NSFL teams you'd prefer to land on a season from now?
Aw man, I ain't even thinking about that yet! I'm just working as hard as I can to impress the scouts at the Prospect Bowl. Like, I know they've already been watching my high school stuff, but this is my chance to show them I can do it on the same level as these guys coming out of college. I know I can, I just gotta show them this week. After that? Who knows. I'm just gonna keep working hard and whoever wants me I'm gonna give them everything I got no matter who it is. I ain't gonna avoid the question either! Lemme think for a second, if there was one team I could land on, it would probably be... I don't know, I think it would be pretty sweet to win the whole thing as a rookie. Yeah, put me on the Otters if I had to choose, they've got some good wide receivers down there, I'm sure we could learn a thing or two from each other.
If you could change one thing in the NSFL, what would it be?
I ain't even played a game in the DSFL, let alone the NSFL, I don't know nearly enough to start proposing changes. Except one thing though, their abbreviation is awfully similar to something I might tag something inappropriate for certain viewing audiences. I'd hate to be the guy that has to explain what he was looking at for work was just stats for his favorite team. But given how big the NSFL is, I guess it would be hard to make that misunderstanding.
What NFLS WRs would you like to replicate in the NSFL game?
I'm a big, big fan of Larry Fitzgerald under Bruce Arians and Todd Haley back in the days of the Arizona Cardinals. I think what they were able to do to the slot position revolutionized the passing game we see today, fifteen years later. I love how long JuJu Smith-Schuster was able to play after Antonio Brown got traded to the Raiders in 2019, and the dominance he and Mason Rudolph imposed on AFC North defenses following Big Ben's retirement in 2023. But I also love the classics, man, Jerry Rice was the man. Just smooth, he was the master for such a long time. If I could be anyone from the old NFL, I'd be Jerry Rice. You just can't put a price on his production for how long he did it.
How well do you see yourself performing in the DSFL?
I'm going to be the best. There's no question in my mind. I'm ready to outwork anyone, I've been doing it my entire life. It's just a matter of time, and being one of the youngest prospects in a while, I know they like how much time I have to give and how much I've already shown I've given. And it's not just what I can give, but what I haven't had to endure either. Most of these guys have years more getting wailed on, teams know I can give a few more miles before my engine runs out. I can keep going for a long, long time. And there's no questions about my dedication. Football means more to me than most people can understand, and I'm ready to put every last ounce of blood and sweat I have on that field.
Any prospects you're looking forward to playing with/against?
Oh man, I'm super excited to catch balls with Gimmy Jaroppolo this week. I heard he's got pretty sweet touch and puts the ball right in the perfect spot, so I'm pretty pumped the get working with him. That whole Grizzlies team is looking great though, top to bottom we've got one of the strongest squads out there. I'm pretty sure we could come away taking the whole thing. But we just gotta focus on working together, and that starts this week.
Do you think people will ever find out what it means to you?
I really hope so, like man, I'm out here trying to tell them, that's for sure. I guess it's really just hard to impress just what it means to me, like, if you really get what it means to me or if that's just something they'll never understand. But I ain't gonna stop trying to tell them, to show them. It means the world, everything. And until they're ready to accept that, I'm gonna keep working to show them exactly what it means to me.
Special thanks to question askers
@White Cornerback
@YoungTB
@terriblehippo
@AdamS