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The Chargers 2023 first-round pick caught a pair of touchdowns to help the Bolts get to 2-0 under Jim Harbaugh

The defense used a relentless approach to overpower the Raiders and are looking for the same result against Carolina

The Chargers quarterback spoke Wednesday about Jim Harbaugh's game day ritual and getting fired up in his pregame speech

The first-year Bolts running back rushed for 135 yards and a touchdown Sunday against the Raiders

"I'm feeling good. My legs are good, I did a lot of work this offseason to be able to navigate the road bumps. That's kind of what it was."

The Chargers Head Coach recapped a busy week that saw the Bolts add Taylor Heinicke, Elijah Molden and Hassan Haskins to the 53-man roster

"Every year, every week really, it's a brand new start. We got a lot of work ahead of us and we're really excited about it."

The Bolts rookie third-round pick has thrived at linebacker after missing roughly half of training camp

"I think where we're at is good. Obviously we want to continue building that as we go into Week 1, but just getting on the same page, that's the biggest thing."

"Particularly the young guys, get them ready to make a big jump from Week 1 to Week 2. Excited for another opportunity to go out and play this week."

"For a guy who's been here [since Tuesday], pretty outstanding. Now we want more. But he's attacking it. He's here early, staying late. Doing everything in his power."

"It's real, real now. Practice, put yourself in that game mindset ... That ramping up of that intensity, that urgency."

"Nothing is official, but I think the biggest part for me is the next step. I want to earn that spot, I want to earn that trust. Not only from the coaches, but from my teammates."

"This process right here, we're putting on the ankle weights a little bit. We're working hard, working hard on all the different concepts."

"The transition has gone pretty smoothly actually. Put a lot of time and effort into it and I'm feeling very comfortable on the right side."

"It was competitive and something different. You're at that point of training camp now where … the meat of it is in so [the benefit is] going against somebody else."

"Right now we're feeling good in terms of that technique, laying that foundation, continuing to work the fundamentals, the timing of everything."

"When those guys get into training camp, you can sense that that switch goes off. Now we're 40-something days away from playing a game, we're getting ourselves ready."

"What an unbelievable person and legacy he left with the Chargers organization. It was an honor to have his address us."

"It was really a reflection of the whole practice. It was good give and take on both sides."

"When you get a guy like Coach Harbaugh ... he has a strategy that he knows that works and I think it's easy to buy in when you have a guy like that."

"It's been valuable to me and like I said, I feel amazing. I feel like everything is slower. I missed a whole year, and everything is slower."

"Great to start. Great to have the start. I was thinking it was first day of school, homecoming, like Christmas Day all wrapped into one day."

"One and a half practices in, way back in April, it was clear to be like, 'Derwin James, Jr. Okay guys, do whatever Derwin James is doing.'"

"If you had told me four months ago, we'd be in this spot right now, I'd say, 'I'll take it.' We got a lot of work yet to do, but really happy with how the guys are working."

"It's like the first coat of paint, second coat of paint, we're at like the third or fourth coat of paint right now. Feels good that we're getting better at football."

"I'm throwing a lot at them technique-wise; I demand a lot of them, and they have been really good about trying their hardest to implement the techniques along with learning all the offense."

"I think going into the offseason, I had a good idea of what I needed to work on. I don't think it was that hard to figure out what I needed to work on."

"It feels good to be back, back where it all started. Like I'm back home. Obviously, there's a lot of different faces in the locker room, some familiar faces ... it just feels good."

"I felt like it was just a great opportunity just to get a fresh start. I wanted to go somewhere where the coaches have the same mindset to win."

"I knew what they were about. I knew what they wanted accomplished. I knew they wanted to play high-caliber, winning football here. That's exactly what I want to do."

"I'm just happy to be back with him. I went to Michigan for a reason, he was that reason. He picked me again."

"I felt like I had a really great interview during the Combine. I had a good time with Coach [Jim] Harbaugh and the staff."

"As much success as we've all had in different places doing different things, none of that really matters. All that really matters is right now and creating that here."

"It's the players though, they're the ones that bring the operation to life and really giving us a lift. Just feeling like there's a new lift and energy in the building."

"When I get the ball in my hands, I'm able to do tremendous things with it."

"I just want to go to a place I'm wanted and be used and hopefully have a good rookie season."

"You know they're committed to winning. It makes it easy to go from one great organization to another organization that you believe is going to be great."

"I report to the Spanos family and ownership. I also feel like I report to the fans. I report to the players. I'm accountable to all those in the organization."

"It's fun. Especially when you're up, it's fun knowing that they're going to throw the ball. You can get after them a little bit."

"You've got to have fun with it. We work too hard to not have fun. We want to win, but winning is fun. When you have fun on game day, it can give you momentum and a little bit of life."

"He really plays the receiver position as an art form, and I think when you play it like him, what makes Keenan special ages well. The older you get, his physical gifts aren't what makes him special, it's how he plays receiver."

"He's such a complete player. That's when he's most dangerous, when he's running the football, catching the football in the screen game."

"You can look at the stats and it'll show you, but it's just all the guys buying into what we're trying to do here, and you can see the results in how we've stopped the run."

"It's on us to be more consistent. It's a tough situation but we've got the guys and are continuing to work. We just have to find a way to make it work."

"I just expect for him to bounce back. There's going to be some tough games for players. I think it's noticeable for Justin because he doesn't have very many of them."

"I spent eight years there so there's a lot of relationships you love and appreciate there, a lot of people you're close to and you'll be close to for a long time. It'll be fun to see all those people."

"Whether I was running the ball or throwing the ball, I felt pretty comfortable out there. There's so much going on during the game that you're not going to be worrying about it too much."

"This guy is one of the best edge players of a generation and he is still that guy, he is still that guy ... he's one of the elite players in the game. He always has been and he always will be as long as he is playing."

"That won't be the last hostile environment we play in, that won't be the last blitzing team we play ... just being able to communicate is probably the most important thing you can do."

"He's a guy that we trust. I think he's made a lot of plays these last two weeks. I'm really proud of his performance."

"Tuli is a baller, man. He's a gamer. When the lights cut on, he's ready to go. And that's all we can ask for from a guy that just turned 21 a couple weeks ago."

"He was just fantastic... It was one of those complete performances. Part of Chargers history today."

The Bolts hit the practice field Wednesday in advance of Sunday's road matchup in Minnesota

"I thought there were some really good things we did offensively. Still room for improvement, still things to correct."

"It's a long process of OTAs to training camp to preseason ball and now you finally feel like you're here and ready to roll. I'm really excited."

"Mentally and physically, I'm feeling good ... I'm not putting any limit on my knee. I'm ready."

"The body of work with what Cameron has done ... our faith and belief in him and his consistency with it. Moving forward, we thought he was the right guy for the opportunity."

"Every year, I want to play great. I want to help my team. I think that, more than ever, I just want to win some games."

"We've been able to, in all three phases of our team, kind of engineer it the way that we want it. I think we've teamed up in a good way and really have gotten better every single season."