Q. How do you think you're doing in camp?
DAVIS MILLS: I mean, I think I've done pretty well so far. Obviously, there's still a lot to learn. It's a new offense for me. So I'm just trying to study as much as I can, learn from the older guys, and pick up and improve every day.
Q. When you have a day, a bad day, how do you kind of keep that in perspective with the transition into the NFL and being a challenging environment?
DAVIS MILLS: We're still early on in camp. Obviously, I'm still learning the offense. Something that always stuck with me is the little quote, it's never as bad as you think it is, and it's never as good as you think it is. I try to keep my head up and just continually improve.
Q. How much carryover is it from what you did in college to what you're doing now?
DAVIS MILLS: When you think of offense, a lot of core passing concepts carry over through every offense. A lot of that's the same. The reads are still the same. It's just kind of a transition on catching up to speed with this current system, all the different calls, the verbiage, and also getting used to the speed of NFL defenses.
Q. What do you hope to do Saturday to demonstrate on this offense?
DAVIS MILLS: I'm just happy if I get to play on Saturday, kind of obviously go out there and show what I can do. I'll have really talented players around me on the same team that I'm looking forward to going out there and playing with, and I'm looking forward to having a lot of fun.
Q. What's some of the advice you've gotten from the other quarterbacks?
DAVIS MILLS: A lot of it now, we're all kind of new here, so we're all trying to learn the offense. So we're just bouncing ideas off each other. Tim Kelly and Pep are both really open to ideas, and what we've kind of thought about in the past and how we think about different things to try to become universal in it. They're helping me out a ton. If I have any questions, it's kind of an open room where we're just bouncing around ideas and they're all helping.
Q. Day to day, working with the offense, what other things did you steadily learn like to become more consistent in this offense? Things like you learned to build on.
DAVIS MILLS: A lot of it is just kind of getting reps. It takes time to learn offense, learn the new concepts. Obviously, I had a little rough patch of a couple reps practices where I want to improve on. Obviously, I had some turnovers, but I know protecting the football is the most important thing in the NFL. So I've got to be better with that. I think I've done well the past week or so improving that. Like I said, just getting better every rep is the biggest thing.
Q. How do you approach that? I feel like you're free to make mistakes, you know, learn from those?
DAVIS MILLS: You have somewhat of freedom because it's early on, but it's a tough business. Obviously, I want to protect the football.
Q. What are some of the wide receivers who are helping you out?
DAVIS MILLS: Really the whole room. I've been working with a lot of them. A lot of the guys are sticking after practice, and they have a ton of experience in that room. It starts at the top with guys like Brandin Cooks, Chris Conley, and kind of goes throughout the room. We're all trying to get on the same page.
Q. Saturday, maybe before the game, take it all in and that kind of thing?
DAVIS MILLS: I'll try to, obviously, before or after. I think I'll have a lot on my plate going into it, but, yeah, afterwards. I've never been up to Lambeau Field before. I've heard a lot of good things about it, so I'm looking forward to it.
Q. Tim said that Deshaun messaged you guys in the room. Have you had any conversation with him? You mentioned some of the new guys. He's obviously been here. How has he helped out with the transition?
DAVIS MILLS: I have. He's helped out a lot with what he's done with me. Any questions I have, like the other guys too, he's an open book, and he's taught me a lot.
Q. Since you were drafted, take us through what it's been like coming into this team, even living here in this city. What's it been like the past few months?
DAVIS MILLS: It's great. I love the city of Houston from what I've seen so far. Fortunately, my middle sister, the middle sibling, she's lived out here for almost four years. She's kind of shown me around. And my girlfriend moved out here with me as well. Kind of taking on the city as a pair. From what I've seen of it, it's been great.
Q. When you have a tough day, does it affect you?
DAVIS MILLS: I mean, one of the things I've always tried to pride myself that I'm a confident person, and you kind of have to be as a quarterback. You can't let those little mistakes faze you. The biggest thing on my mind is the next play, and that's the only thing that matters.
Q. Did your sister tell you about fans, like kind of prepare you, this is how fans are out here and how Texans are?
DAVIS MILLS: Not a ton. We're from Atlanta, so we grew up Falcons fans. Making the transition into the new city, obviously, I know it's a huge football city, and I'm really looking forward to that first game in the stadium and NRG and seeing all the fans.
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