Press Conference (Hero Kanu) Elite Edition September 3

0:00I'm making play when my number is called. It's what it's about. We get off the after half of the game and set our best. That's your option. Valleywick here. I was at the get off. I almost didn't even pray before you played. A lot. Just like a facade, you get a feel for it. The sheen was came in to replace it coming. If you know what's coming, hit up the neck and you're going to be able to anticipate what's coming. Which knows what's coming. I was just going to play after you. All that added up for you. I'm going to do it. I'm going to do it. So maybe you'll do it. So, honestly, in general, I was obviously my first sight. It was like, what? Did it just happen? So that was awesome. Obviously, it gave me the returning point to show the word that I should play. And then the one player in Wisconsin, he was like, we need to hear the volume. Play. It's about the narrative. You know, my poor actor. You definitely, I feel like, I mean, maybe it's just me, but you definitely kind of nervous when you're getting ready to it.

1:04But once, you know, whistle is blown, you just locked in. You can ride back on the practice, but you didn't practice. And then, you can do the life. So you can go happy in the game. What are your thoughts on having a screen game on a network? It's kind of wild in the game of the grandest, but your thoughts on that thing are positive. So notice respect to an Wikipedia or something, but honestly, I don't care. It's another practice we have as a team and the thing. I'm sure the rest of the team feels the same way. We don't care about the cameras. It's all nice and flashy, but we're about to grind. We're about to practice, you know, getting ready to a championship at the end of the season. And this Saturday, you're sticking practice to the appreciation. What's that they led you guys going to have a good run of time? So it's great. I've seen familiar faces, obviously. I mean, I don't get any pressure about it because it's just not. I don't know if I'm going to let it difference how I'm played or how I practice when I'm in the calendar. It's like the same as what it is the way I am. It's not years ago.

2:05It was played for the number one or one two teams. It was the fastest one in your play. You're stepping in six years. I've had it. I could not have that one a little. That was awesome. I don't know what would happen exactly, but I had a way for me. I followed him on the team. And he's out into the other hand. What did that path for him to do? So after his first scholarship, I was still in Germany. I was working for Gai Kruz. I was going to go to Ben and Collier. That was really like the turning point. He was like, hey, you got to figure something out. He was like, what's your thinking? He was like, hey, you might get to go to high school in America. Yeah, I do it, but I don't know how mom feels about it. But somebody saw me. This is so good of you. This was possible, right? Go ahead. Did you buy it at first? At first, I was like, how do you say English?

3:05Fabric acid? And I was honestly like, I was like, wow, this is real. It took me a couple of days through the process. And then I took a band of hay, whatever, and pigs. Went to America and I know a big amount of season there. And the rest is history. Yeah, I just want to go back to 55, you know, basically every place in boxing matches. Did you have to grow into that bringing the next to street? So it's made for the world. I feel like I always have that idea. I think I'm naturally like a nice guy. And Collier definitely had to pitch it a little bit. So I think he did a great job of it. Just bringing it out of me. He had time to work with me now for two years, even through recruiting. So I think he did a great job. What was your main sport? Soccer. How good were you? I was pretty good. I was really good. I was getting recruited by major teams there when I was young. So as a goalkeeper. So what got you interested in America football? You know, you kind of grow the sport. You're sporting like six, four, and you know, two, fifteen.

4:09So football is different in soccer. Soccer. I don't want to disrespect anybody here, but it's all that's softer. So it's been hit somebody. Somebody made fall. Oh, foul. I didn't like that because a lot of times it's fake. I didn't like the whole mentality. So I was like, I didn't something new. The same moment. Football came into my life. I've really come into your life. So I live in a small village, maybe 200 people, 400 people. There's one guy. He was in Heistman, went to Heistman, Oklahoma. He was in his favorite concollo. And he was with Ben in this month. So Ben called me to the African P.I. So he really got me into it. I lived right next to the soccer field. And he was throwing the football. I was just playing soccer. And I was like, let me try that and it's how I can fit into it. He connected me to Ben. Okay. Are we actually off the wall? Remains. You know the reason why I was here. You know the reason behind that name? How you got me Ben? So it was kind of like my family was like trying to figure out a name for me. Some people with deep, there's not others names David, my sister's name is Deborah.

5:11And my mom suggested like, Damien or something like that. And my dad, he's a very religious guy. He was like, some sort of a gentleman. And he didn't like it. He said, I don't read. The hook up in the middle of the night, he just said, hero. My mom was like, should we? I need to put it all in there. We're going to name our son, hero. I know it's kind of hard. It's hard when usually I feel like you look at the baby first and your baby is there. But it kind of came before. What do you think about it? What do you think about it? I mean, I like it. It's not my only name. My little name is Chini Merrema Koo. It's called... Chini Merrema Koo. It's called... Chini Merrema Koo. It's spelled in. I'm just sexy so somebody got to write it down. Okay. Now but I mean it's my guy who continued group for me and I, I mean, I just named it Chini. I'm half that G and half German. What is that look like once there? Yeah. We talked a lot about shutouts and I'm not going to say that that's an expectation. But we think that our defense is good enough to go out there and win the game for us. There's none we're almost saying that because that's why we all came back to be the best defense of the country.

6:12And I think that the expectations got your super high for us. We had a whole each other, a high standard which we have. And I'm just really excited to see if it all come together in a game for them and against somebody else other than our offense. We're a couple of you back there with me. They only have to feel where your position should have at that time. Yeah and that pissed us off too. They're getting them three points up. But you know we're a really excited for opportunity to hopefully get one of those this year. As you really feel. Yeah. Hey Jack, Jake Teak. How did you see Grown just in the last several months? What do you see about him from this Irish stand point? You know, I was asking him that he's kind of a boss last year to have a Penn State game every week. Yeah. I say so. So we're surprised. I mean, we're surprised that it differently I guess going into this season. Yeah. I mean, he's just, you know, JT's just, you know, he's taking that next step. He's super focused in, you know, this whole offseason. We've been really down and trying to pinpoint stuff that we can get better at, you know, and specifically attacking it and really trying to, you know, focus on and get better on those things. I think that he has. He looks great, you know, this whole fall camp leading up to this game.

7:12So far, this game prep week. So he's definitely taking, you know, huge strides. And, you know, I think a lot of people would give him unfair criticism too because they do all expect to have a Penn State game every game, which is, you know, it's one of the best defensive games I've ever played. So it's unfair to say that, but he's been consistently one of the best defensive games I've ever played. I've been called football if you turn on the tape. So I'm really excited to get out there with him this year and, you know, we're going to have a good fight. You move the expectations for both of you guys, you know, came in. Yeah. You feel like this is the year it comes to fruition from the standpoint of dominance. I don't know. I don't want to think of that word, you know, what's your sense of that? Yeah, I mean, no, that's something we talked about. I think that's something all four of us, and you know, really eight of us on the D-line talk about is, you know, being dominant. You know, there's no ceiling to how good we can be this year. And we know that it's all about us going out there and doing it. You know, we can talk about it all day, but until we go out there and do it, you know, it doesn't mean a damn thing. So, you know, we're all excited to get out there, man. We're hungry, and, you know, I've seen this at a different level of determination, you know, the chase greatness.

8:12And I've seen this in that bin here. So, you know, like I said, we're just, you know, we just can't wait for Saturday. I know the first thing that you never had in the past. Yeah. But you're playing a team here. If you play baseball like that, you get some more of the nut-covered scabies. You know, playing the other name is your gun, playing the thing that looks the challenge when you, you're not going to get the specific way for being in the team. You know, I think the challenge is that, you know, we're playing an opponent's coming into our house in the shoe this week. We only get eight shots left in the shoe, and we've got to make everyone of them count and Akron's a good football team. You know, good, good head coach. I believe he was the offensive coordinator for Oregon when they beat us here in my freshman year. You know, so they're going to be well coach. You're going to run their offense well and, you know, play good defense. So, to us, you know, in Coach Day always says, never about our opponents always about us. You know, if we're executing on the high level and playing fast and physical, then, you know, things will take care of itself. So, we've got to get a opponent Akron and, you know, works out of playing with Saturday. You're not here only on the side of the shoe, but it felt like there's a more clear, thick agent.

9:15It's more of an emphasis on our dynamic plays. You know, on the other side of the game, you guys playing a lot more sound, I guess. Yeah. This sort of thing, this year, General just talked about opening up and opening up and getting more and more形. It's not needed to help him, or playing along the defensive lines. It's there more of an emphasis on attacking the line of extremists playing the breath. Yeah, I know I think that, I think that, you know, a huge emphasis, this fall camp, and lead up to this season is to, you know, kind of let us play more downhill, more free with less thinking. So, I think that's been great, honestly, the last few weeks and, you know, in the camp as well. So, you know, I think that we are going to, you guys are going to see a more downhill team. And, you know, more of us coming off the edge, if we can have any guys all want to see. So, I think that, you know, we're really excited to go out there and, you know, and, and, and roll it out there in place. So, you know, we're really excited for that. Have you seen science theater yet? Did you walk that on that play? No, I haven't watched it yet. I got no comment on that. Where do you feel like you've grown the most personally from where you were in your year?

10:18I think that this fall season was big for me and, you know, give my body right. I think that, you know, I don't really like to talk about myself, but I think that I'm a little more exposed than I was maybe in years past. And, you know, I'm just really excited for the work that we put in. I think all of us have grown with so many different areas with our hands and hips across the defensive line. So, you know, like I said, just super excited for Saturday. What do you do more playing in the field line? I just want to get a little more leaner, you know, really work on that. And I just work on my technique, you know, my stance, my get off and stuff like that of that nature for the defensive line. So, I think that I have, and I'm, you know, I'm excited to put on, put on the field center. Jack, what's the big difference between the guy sitting in the chair right now, the fresh-faced kid that came in four years ago? It's not like on the field stuff that you learn, but off the field that maybe even translated it to on the field. Yeah, I think that when you come in here and, you know, you're an 18-year-old kid just leaving high school that there's a ton of things you can learn, you know, just as becoming a man and, and on the field and the woody as well.

11:19And that's why I tell all these young kids now that, you know, you gotta make the main thing, the main thing, make people the main thing, and, you know, everything else will take care of itself. So, I think that, you know, coming in, as we were all highly recruited to, you know, didn't help with our expectations and how it really, really goes into your first game here. So, I think that, you know, when you get, you're used to starting to plan 80-staffs of games since you were five years old when you first get here. You know, you don't really see the field much as a freshman kind of, it just kind of takes you back a little bit. But, you know, the growth that we've all had, you know, we were all just laughing about that actually. It's a great question because me and Tyler, you can JTB watch the field and bust from our freshman year, we're like, holy shit, we came a long way. You know what I mean? So, you know, it's been good. Being able to, you know, grow up with those guys and, you know, see the maturity level that we've all grown to from our freshman year on the football field. And, you know, it's funny that it comes full of circle. So, it's been awesome. So, it's been awesome. Thank you guys. How are you doing? Thanks for that.

12:24I mean, that coach Nick effect. Coach Nick works really hard and if you listen to him and you buy in, I mean, you'll definitely see results. You're taking the first summer and your second summer here. Katie, would you guys be in as deep as you are? Do you think there's a good possibility of quite a few of you seeing meaningful minutes on the field and not just kind of, you know, mop up, do the near the end? I know you're a guy who's probably going to be seeing some solid minutes because some of you may be younger guys. You think the group is deep enough to see maybe some platooning of sorts going on, like throughout the game, the progression, what not? My freshman year, we were really deep, too. So, I feel like this is definitely new. I feel like Coach J. knows how to handle it. I know I think he knows how to do it best. So, I mean, I'm definitely not worried or I'm not like anxious about it because I know he definitely knows how to work through. What's the biggest area in which you personally think you can take your day to a number of levels here? Just playing more free-minded, you know, kind of just doing my job and then when I can make that extra effort to go get the ball and make a play, I mean, I definitely want to do it. And I definitely want to be a trainer I got there.

13:26Exciting to have the opportunity to play with Jack and J.T. for a new year? Yes, definitely, I mean, I love those guys who are brothers to me and we definitely work every day and we always just learn new things together. So, I feel like kind of having them for this extra year kind of helps me kind of perfect what I want so the next year I can be at my highest level. So, I like Coach Simon and D. U.K. Coach Simon, I mean, that's everything. I mean, he definitely runs the whole show and he definitely puts everyone in the right place and he's one hell of a worker. I've nothing but good words for Coach Simon. Coach, yeah, we actually come to the guys and he got the ball here. No surprise. I mean, everybody saw it coming. Coach, he's a hard worker. Day in, day out, definitely puts the hours in and everybody respects him at the highest level. What's it been like to go through this camp? So many guys will be back with him around the game in the back. I mean, we're all healthy. None of us are taking those extra steps that we need and we're all kind of getting our legs under us and we're all playing out of our fastest and most violent levels.

14:31So, I think, I mean, if you can have more players and everybody's healthy and playing more violent, I mean, that's good for everybody. Coach, what's it like to have Mitchell Mountain play L.B.? Mitch Mountain is a really great player when he's healthy and I think he is always been really good at working hard and trying to just strive and be that next guy and he definitely will need him. Coach, Mitch, who's that pilot who's turned a couple times as well? Who's that? The highlighted board in your room in the first class? I mean, I wouldn't say it's being more highlighted. I just feel like as a unit, we know we need to play stronger to stop the run and definitely just using our hands and more violent pace and just to win blocks and you just want to win. It's all we want to do is win. You can see it being an ass like, why are you still here? I mean, definitely see that as the new and I owe world. I mean, I don't know. People kind of just considered me. Why not? I just take the money and go somewhere else. I mean, I'm bought in here and I've invested here and I want to see how I turn out.

15:33Oh, and a way to free the coverage. It's somebody that picked you up when I was running over to your house to make it to practice on time. It's somebody that built the confidence in you because they saw that you were that good or that you could do that thing. And in all of us, we're all human, right, at the end of the day, right? So the best coach for me, obviously, yes, at a certain level was my dad, but it was also those ones that pushed me to stretch my confidence, to be uncomfortable. And I happened here at Ohio State with Coach Straighten that happened with Coach Smith and even passed that, right? I mean, I could tell you, I killed here once I got to the then Washington Redskins now commanders. It's just that level of swag and some of these guys can just make you feel so confident and do it so easily. But really, it's just that working on you as a human being, right? And that's what's most important, at least in me as I look at coaching him and what's been most impactful to me. The coaches impacted me heavily here. They've been here, they've been here for me through my ups and downs. They've watched me grow since my freshman year of college. And I don't even coach hard because he's been an important person to me, impacting my life heavily. He's taught me how to be a better man, which is very important because not only football is not all my life.

16:39I have the world world about their experience. He taught me how to be a better man and how I go about that every day. All right, let's sort of the next question in the reversal or starting with you, Carmelo. How has football affected your life? Football means a lot to me. Football has given me my platform. Football has given me the way to go express other things of that nature. It's given me my platform to reach the younger people, even the older people. Yeah, and for me, I work as an entrepreneur, right? So generally speaking, it's the passion to wake up every day knowing that you have to have a slight bit of productive paranoia that somebody may be doing something better than you. Right, so for me, whether it's writing code, whether it's figuring out a way to look at a deal a different way, I know that what football did for me was be able to push the edge. I always think about something that I could be doing differently or better because of what started right here in this building. It was crappier turf or there was a ripple over there in the corner that we always had to run away from. But at the end of the day, that's what's really helped.

17:42Yeah, it's a loaded, loaded question. When you sit and really think about it, at least my perspective, not a little older. I think it's who I am, frankly. I think that it is a platform. There was a time of my life where I did it at a high level because I hated to lose and I was very competitive and I wanted to win and that was really a big part of it. And then I got kind of cynical to the sport. I hated losing. I hated being around guys that didn't think the same way I did at certain levels. And so I got kind of cynical with it and I try to get away from it. And then when I kind of put my guard back down and realized it's a blessing to be able to football player instead of being like a dumb jocke. And I was like, no, football is who I am. I'm proud of what it represents. I'm proud of the teamwork. I'm proud of the trials and tribulations. It's awesome. I am proud to be a football coach and try to impact others. And it's so quick to be a negative connotation to it all. There was a time where I had that.

18:48To see what it has provided the platform for me to chase my dreams, provided me my personal growth, exposed me to individuals. I never got to meet. I got to meet a travel places. I never thought I could travel to. You take care of my family and away. I never thought I could. I mean, I'm so thankful for the opportunity to be associated with the sport. And I just want others to feel the same gratification and excellence that I was blessed to witness. So what football means to me, I mean, frankly, it means everything from a platform perspective. I think that's, I think that's so good. I relate to it on so many levels, man. Like I throughout my career in football, I've learned so much about life in general. It teaches you lessons. The things that you go through on the field, the things that you do in the off season with your teammates, with your brothers, those are the things that you can take and put into your real life and learn. How to push through adversity. You may years down the line have a bad day at work and you learned during matrioles the six in the morning, how to push through hard times.

19:55These things that I've learned in football have grown me up and turned me into a man way sooner than I would have if I didn't have football. And, you know, the things that I've learned through this sport and through the people that have had an impact on me because of football, you know, I just feel so much more prepared to go tackle what's next in life. And I'm so blessed and fortunate. Like Coach Hart said, to be a football player and to be labeled a football player. It's not who I am. It's what I do, but at the end of the day, man, it is done so much for me. And, you know, I'm just thankful for the opportunity to have played football. And, you know, I think it's going to continue to bless me for years and years to come. And it's just, it's an honor. It's an unbelievable game. I think it's the most pure team sport. There's no sport like it. There's no sport that brings people together like football. I'm a gentleman a little bit on a lighter note. What is the funniest or craziest moment that you have had in football and will go start with Will and go on that line?

21:00Oh, man. Funniest or craziest moment? Cameras are on. Cameras are on. Shoot, man. Yeah. And a lot more recent memory than I was going to say. I mean, in the building out of the building, I know whatever you feel like you want to reveal. Yeah. You want to come back to it later. You want to think about it and come back to it later? We'll go. I mean, shoot. You know, I'll just, I guess I'll go surface level here. You know, pretty easy. You know, I guess last year throughout the whole playoff run, like there are some unbelievable memories. You know, some of my favorite, I would say one of my favorites was definitely the Jack Sawyer strip sack versus Texas man and going up to him afterwards. And you know, punching his chest and like, I think I said some like expletives and gotten his grill and the funny thing is is that if you ask him about it, he has no idea what I said to this day.

22:00He just saw that my mouth was moving and I was fired up. So that was like one of the craziest I've ever been going in my life. You know, I think I don't know what I was saying when he was running down the sideline, but I was losing my mind. So I guess that's that's mine. I don't know, man. I mean, I feel like all of these crazy moments come with like, hey, I was talking to you and you don't remember that. And it's all over ESPN and then you're like, hey, we read your lips and then, you know, did you say the right things? Football field. What are you talking about? But I mean, it's similarly speaking, right? There was so much adversity that we had in our season in 2014 going into the next national championship. And then once we did it, right, there were, you know, hey, are we beating the best defense in the country by 50 some odd points, right? So I mean, I feel like there's a lot of kind of like, you know, hitting giggle kind of stuff that we had really, but for us, it's just more about those moments, right? Like the ability to come over adversity and say, you know what?

23:00These are my brothers and there's no human on this earth that's going to take me away from my goal or my job. And that's to make sure that, you know, I block or capture whatever for for the next guy. So it's the fun memories. I can't put one out for you, but, you know, it's always a good right. Yeah, I would say there's a combination. There's magical memory. One that echoes with me for that entire year, frankly, sorry CT, was his, the game he had in Chicago. That's always sat with me. And I don't know why certain things linger with people, but that would always sat with me for him to go home and do what he did in that environment was special for me. The second one also involved Will. You know, sometimes we do some game planning and Will loves to come in and like game plan with us, sorry. And, you know, you know, and so we're just trying to pick his brain about what he likes. You know, I was like, you know, what do you like here? Like if you could pick anyone, I think we're getting ready to go to Oregon and go to the Rose Bowl. And he's like, you know, me, I just, I like a good pipe, a good pipe call.

24:07He said, you like what? He wrote with it. You know, he's like, yeah, man, just just call pipe. I'm like, okay, we got it. All right. So long story short, then we kind of get to the week and come to find out, you know, we got a tempo call. We call pipe just for Will. And he scored down the middle of field with a Meku, Buka at the Rose Bowl for a touchdown. So he likes a good pipe call. And that was his favorite. Pipes a damn good play. Carnell, I'll say the craziest moment. Definitely the Northwestern game back home. They were scored two touchdowns. Thanks to Will, that game. Been back home since my freshman year, playing in front of a family. I probably have 40 members there. So that was another, that was a crazy moment. They also just did not even experience that was like crazy. Like unbelievable. That's like a once in a lifetime opportunity and not like all the things that we've done to get there and all the preparation we put in it, like it's still crazy to the day. All right. Some individual questions for each of you.

25:07Comfortment. Greatest play you ever made. The completion, whatever completion it was. The one that echoes though in my brain is probably an opportunity to go to Arizona and Ryan Denihill was a rookie at the time. And I had a chance to break the all-time receiving record in yards per game for the Dolphins. Went for like 253 and I don't know, 13 catches, something like that. But there was the last one I remember because they were undefeated. They were six and L, I believe him. And we ended up not pulling out the game. So that's really what still sits with me to this point. But we had an exit call, which was two guys that basically crossed the middle of the field. We caught it on like the 20 yard line. So just two guys sprinting across the field in the foot race. I caught one over my left shoulder and got down the sideline. And there was another dude chasing me. I forget who it was. But I don't feel like the five to score. And I score. I remember hitting my back and thinking like, shit, I can't breathe.

26:10But like I didn't want to show it. I wanted to have tough. So I got up and I like, you know, had to cool. And then I'm walking back to the side. I'm like, oh, shit, I can't breathe. And, but yeah, that's probably the one that kind of echoes in my mind through those years. All right, Evan Spencer. One of the most memorable plays in recent years in all-Iastate history was a touchdown pass that Evan Spencer threw right before half time. Like to Michael Thomas in the semifinals against Alabama. What a lot of people may not realize. And Evan correct me if I'm wrong. I think you hit that same play called against Michigan State. But it didn't happen. But of course, if you would talk about what would what you thought when they called that play for you to throw the ball. Well, the the eternal coaches gave the first time decided not to throw it. That was too risky. Right? We went to conservative route 11 yards, first down. Let's keep it moving. And then I got so much SHIT from the entire receiver or math away as I said. There's nobody. I mean, you're going to have 20 people on you. I'm thrown into you next time. But honestly, that play obviously defined my career. I wish that there were some more moments like that.

27:14But ultimately, I think there were other moments in that game that I hold value in the most. Right? The block was eagerly. Earlier, why don't the block was one, but more the on-site recovery was one of the most specific ones. That was a perfect kick. And at the end of the day, those are the moments where it's like, hey, it's mono, it's mono, it's me versus you. I don't care what a 40 is. I don't care what a vertical is. It's how bad do you want it? And I think that's a theme that we'll probably talk about. And hopefully you guys can take back with your kids as well. It's how bad do you want this? I mean, I talked earlier about a productive paranoia. I can catch more balls in a day because I feel like you're trying to outnumber me. Similarly speaking here, once I get back to that on-site kick and then the kicker puts it on the opposite hash and it's coming to me. And it's like, hey, I'm here for a reason. Now it's time for me to do my job. For me, that was one of the most fulfilling because it had to come down to that. My teammates were relying on me. Everybody was relying on me. At the end of the day, it was a team-based goal.

28:16I didn't do it to catch it, touch down. I didn't do it to do anything else, but to secure the win for my brothers. Because we had to grind and already get there. So that's what's one of the most fulfilling me. Carnell, you talked a little bit about the national championship, but if you would, talk about what it was like when you guys came out onto the field at home against Tennessee. You saw a little bit of that orange, but you saw a lot of Scarlet Gray and what it was like to play in the first ever home game in December, though I was stadiumed. That game was very exciting. That was probably our first night game home game in the shoot. We knew they'd be cooked up something as far as the environment there. We were just ready to play. We were ready to go prove ourselves. All the preparation we had put in, we just came off a loss. We were just ready to go let it rip. And then the guys, we went out there high energy, we went up quick. They had these shirts off, but last week we going to say warms on your pre-games. I'm aware of my layers.

29:16Now, we'll give you the one I'm receiver sitting up here, but if remember from looking over your bio and getting rid of this season, you do have a career touchdown reception. Tell us about that. I do. It was my first game, my senior year last year, 2023 at Kansas State. I actually had a passing receiving and rushing touchdown on that game against Southeast Missouri. It wasn't a huge game, but I guess triple threat right there. It was like a, I gave the ball outside zone action and threw it back to me. It was like a screen. I ran it like five years ago. I stayed up this time. It wasn't that long, so I kept my feet, but that was fun doing that. That was the only time I did that. Oh, good. Lastly, for each of you and Will, we'll start with you and go down the line. What do you wish that your high school coach had demanded from you to help you get ready for the next level?

30:21That's a really good question, man. I think all I wish I would have been told when I was in high school is that, man, you never know what's going to happen. You may have a plan, especially if you're going on to the next level, or even in high school, you may have a plan for what's going to happen. But it's about how you're able to adapt and adjust and take coaching and take criticism that can make you great, and that can take you to new levels. If someone wanted to tell me that, as much as I wish I maybe would have listened to that, I don't know if 16-year-old me would have really understood that. But if there's some way that you can make these kids understand, like, man, you never know what's going to happen, but you just work hard, have fun believing yourself. At the end of the day, everything's going to work out, and just trust in your work and trust in yourself. I think I'm a believer in positive reinforcement, and pump these kids up.

31:26Yeah, you may have to get on them, but pump them up, man, at the end of the day. Make sure that they still love the game, because I saw that in my high school. I had a coach that was hard on guys, and some guys just didn't understand that. But there were other guys there to help pick them up, and I thought my coach did a really good job of establishing a staff that was guys of different backgrounds, like the Decket, you know, get along with different groups of players and coach from different perspectives. And I think, you know, I had a really good experience with my high school, and you know, I'm really thankful for the coaches that I had, but, man, just the more that you can reinforce, have fun, be flexible. Don't take yourself too seriously, man, this is a game at the end of the day, and you got to have fun playing it, you know, if you want to have any success. Yeah, I think through my experience, I changed positions. I was a receiver. Well, first of all, I ran track as a freshman. I was pretty good as a freshman.

32:28By the time I got to the freshman football, though, or that sophomore year, I didn't play. It wasn't ready to play. I was a sophomore, and so I had a decent head on my shoulders. My parents weren't crazy pushing me, and he has to play. I didn't earn it yet, so that was fine. My junior year, I started to play where I was the quarterback, though. We didn't have another guy at that time. The quarterback, I was playing quarterback. My brother, I ended up coming up and taking my job as a freshman, would be the quarterback. So I moved to my general spot as a receiver, and then my first game in my senior year, I broke my leg, so I lost my senior year. I stayed motivated when I went to run track that spring. So, and I had a lot of people around me motivated me to do so, and that was very beneficial for me. But I think when I look back, there wasn't a whole lot of motivation needed, I think for myself. I think that the one thing I wish they would have pulled out of me more is probably more leadership. I think that we had a good group of guys in our school at the time, that naturally wanted the best version of themselves,

33:28and they didn't need a lot of motivation, but I would have liked my coach to pull me aside and demand more leadership out of me with my peers. I think I probably did a decent job, so they kind of left me alone, but I know I had more in the tank. And I wish they would have seen that, challenged me on that, and then tried to quantify that, whether I was doing a good job, or not doing a good job. Give me a responsibility of a guy that really needed it, not another guy that was in a good spot, but a guy that really needed some leadership. Maybe, I don't know, like, file this home, or some kind of situation I could have helped, and I just didn't have that perspective of where I was to try to do that. I was great with everybody, I was friends with everybody, but I think I probably had more gas in the tank from a leadership perspective. Which my coach is going to push me to do that, and that's probably the one area that I kind of regret. That's great. It's a perfect thing. Leadership takes every team to success, and without it, you don't win at the end of the day. For me, I think back about what I wish the coach would have prepared me a little bit more for coming out of high school.

34:33It's just the focus on the relatability of the small things, right? Making it to training table five minutes early. Yes, everybody makes it on time, right? But are you the first guy at training table? Going to your tutor, sure, you may not need a tutor, but are you the first one to ask in questions? Why is this important? Well, working a muscle also means working the discipline muscle too. Are you disciplined enough to run around when you're tired and you can't think? Are you disciplined enough to know exactly that that's the coverage, even though they're tilting a new way, this guy's looking at me a very specific way, and every time I see him on film, he does this. And it's always covered too. You have to train your discipline muscle. And I think for me, that was something I really had to work hard on, right? I mean, everybody that steps foot in this room or room similar to it, are the best at their position in their area, a period. That's the only reason you get here, right? So once you get here, the ability, your ability to go do those things is not what's going to make you great. Your ability to push the edge, your ability to try to catch a thousand more balls than anybody else on your team.

35:34Your ability to go a perfect rate in attendance, tutoring, or training table, or mentoring, or what have you. Those are the things that apply. Yes, that means you may go for a million touchdowns. But guess what? You're going to be an awesome person when it comes to being a husband. You're going to be an awesome person in the boardroom, or at some company, or what have you. Training that muscle, I think, was one thing that I learned, but definitely could have been more refined coming out of high school for sure. For me, it's the next play mentality. I mean, I feel like a lot of us get too caught up in the moment that was going on. We may drop a ball like receivers and stuff. But it's like the next play that matters. You can't let the last play prevent you from going to make the next play. Life goes on, life goes on. So you can't let the past prevent you from going to succeed in the future. And then something that's always stuck to me is not even coach our preachers, and now I'm being uncommon amongst the common. I mean, we all at least receive a set of hearts, but it's like the little thing, like Spencer said, what separates us from each other.

36:36We all have the great playmaking ability, but it's like you have to be consistent in the room to stand out from each other. So those are the things that stuck with me. Gentlemen, thanks for sharing continued success and everything you do. Thank you. Thank you, Bill Walker, for saying it. He's a really good player. He's a lot of great contestic cast. He's a lot of events and everything. He's really nice, but he handles himself. You know, there are ways, like in particular, when someone's talking about it. You're seeing, I mean, you're a decent player. How's that? It's like a thoracia thing. We're back. Well, then we also know that it's a lot of time. I think I'll put it out in the middle. I always think for the reason why it's tighter. No, he's helping us get better. To make sure the runner is a chicken top player, I've seen a lot of time. It just depends on the side of the line. He's like trying to win one. Today, that's what happened. We have ways to adjust the pace of our loss before we reach the point. For your team, make your team make your team make your team. You have a quarterback, a big decision. Just got to point these other red ones. Now tradition, then it's written in the season last year. We're getting some guys from the past.

37:37We'll talk about pocket for two of you, you know, so it's not always a deep one. Just having folks seeking them. Back there sometimes. I mean, the DBG clouds, some times, these days, these are like, dogs, bad ones, you know. You know, we're really excited to have them on our team. And the other round, this pocket presence is amazing. And the player feels really comfortable back there. They said, I'm really excited. I guess they're really good because it's good. It's all helping them. How fun is it to be at practice or in games like this at BIA right now? It's really fun to be again like this. And it's kind of just like a little foreshadow with the season game title. It's really excited for all of us. We have all the tips in this year. Maybe we want to win it all in the best moment though. You've always been honest about your assessments and how things are going. What did you see from day one of practice or 15 for supporters and safety? Is that how it works? The offends, my hands, not really getting together. Sorry, you know, we have a new system. I knew seeing, we have to like a lot of the receivers, the line, the counterbacks, a lot more comfortable. They're making plays and getting better. That's what we want.

38:37You know, I'm really excited to see those stuff. I'm going to double it. The dear boys, the men, the leaders, they're up there. And we have a lot of new things. I think we're still installing a lot of new weapons. We're going to have four or five people on the field. But they're pretty wide different looks. I'm going to be excited. So what we're going to do is we're going to take off this. Yeah, I think in all rooms, the position coaches run in the meeting room, but obviously we always use assistance. There's sometimes where you give projects, hey, we're going in the meeting today. You got seven on seven. I'm going to take 11 on 11. So you can go back and forth with that. Yeah. I just want to ask, what's the attitude of first-hand players and you can see the making so well? Good unit, great unit. What's this? I think right guard? Yeah. I do see a making of a really good unit. I think the first thing that I notice is that whole group

39:41worked extremely hard with Mac in the summertime. So where they are physically, they came to camp ready to play and ready to compete. And again, the reps part for every position, not only quarterback, but whether it be right guard, right tackle, whatever it is. We're just trying to get as much film on tape. You know, you're here and you forget, you see, and you remember, you do and you understand. So how many reps can we get for our players so that they really truly understand what we're doing? And that's what we're really trying to push you right now. Knock on wood, we've been really, really healthy so that we continue to play at least three full groups right now. So everybody's getting a ton of reps and we're just rolling. And then we're going to run in there as quick as possible. Watch the tape as the coaches and then get ready for our afternoon meetings and then get ready for walk through at night. And then we, you know, kind of rinse and repeat. That's kind of the, that's what we are in this mode of camp right now. So, sure, what might you already do? I just mentioned it quite a bit today. It feels like your impact on your opponent has been largely to have a camp sparring in there. And then maybe the ideas you guys, different from the last time you guys worked together, I was here at the loss of being

40:42playing football at the last time. I think your philosophy is always built upon doing a player's arm. So the last time we were together, we had different personnel. You know, so you're just always trying to feature what do you do really well and then trying to mask what you don't do really well. So I think it's always morphed and sometimes you're, you know, you're more of a run RPOT, other times you're more of a spread them out. You know, throw the ball down the field and then you're running screen and draws. You know, it just really depends on your personnel. So I think maybe that's how it's changed a little bit. Our personnel has been different. So, you know, you get to learn some new things to adapt it to your personal. What is it because of this team? They do a lot. Well, let's think about this place. You know, I don't think there's one singular thing. I think there's a lot of talent running back when there's obviously a lot of talent in the wide receiver room. So I think there's going to be a good balance. Very similar. Yeah, a lot of the same things a lot.

41:44Most of it was just terminology. You got to change the terminology. We got to hear. And then I've learned the new terminology. But because he speaks the old language, he can say, hey, you call it this. We call it this. So it's more just that than anything else. This goes more to life. This goes more to work. We have made it to work for the academic stuff. And I think we've seen wheels actors. I don't know if anyone from New York who is watching the practice on things. How much are actors see? Is timing chemistry the same receivers? And how much of it needs to be acting in the side? Well, I think a lot of that would be knowledge. You know, so if I just got here and I've never run a play before live, I'm still trying to think X is here. The Z is here. BOSSNAP. You know, I think Will has done a really good job really working on the playbook and offseason, studying films so that he understands when there's a play called May. He knows where to go with the football. So a lot of the accuracy things that maybe a young quarterback doesn't have is that well, he looks like he's teneted.

42:44He may not really understand the concept or the routes that we're running right now. He's got a kind of an idea, but he probably got the Cliff Notes version right now. He's really studying it and understands it. I think that give Will that credit. He's really going to a great job of kind of putting himself in that position. Yeah, I think he moves better. I mean, obviously, like I said before, you're at 22 miles an hour at 237 pounds. So you can see that in his ability to not only run faster, but I think he's got a lot more stamina. He can last longer during the course of training sessions. So really a credit to him and credit to making those guys the way they did with all of our guys in the offseason.

43:46I think we're both trying to win. So I think when you're trying to win, I don't think you look at it. Like who's the mentor or who's the boss? You know, how do we put our players into position to make place? And that's the bottom line. And I think the good thing is that we know each other so well. Neither of us has any auto care. If it's his idea or if it's my idea or Brian Hartline's idea, I think Brian's really sharp. And really adds a lot to what we do or Justin or Carlos Lacko. And Kenan Bailey is a huge study of the game of football and has some real good ideas. So I think we have a bunch of people that we ask our players to be on the surface. I think it's coaches. You have to be the same exact way. And I don't care if I get credit for anything. I just want one of the games. And I think that's the way Brian feels the same exact way. And I think we're on the same page from that standpoint. So I don't think we look at it from that standpoint. You know what I mean? I mean, I think that's important.

44:47Obviously, I mean, that's a pretty big statement, but I feel the same way. You know, I think there's a long history. We grew up in the same old town. We've done each other for almost 40 years now. So it's not a, you know, we coached together in the NFL for two years. And then we got back together again. So there's, you know, when you go through it, it's the same element. You're school, the same junior high, the same high school, the same college. I recruited and coached them in college. I know his family. Well, I know his entire family, I think. And we're all products of the same hometown with the same coaches. They coached him in New Sports. Coach me in New Sports. So there's always going to be that connection. So I think that's a little bit different just because of that dynamic. From it's not just a history of two years together in the NFL. It's 40 years of, you know, going up in the same hometown. You should be doing a blindest thing. You're going to have ideally a quarterback, a starter named. And that's the best thing. Yeah. That's a great question, but you and I know exactly where you're going with that.

45:52So, um, I don't have an answer for you. That's a good question. That's a great way to phrase it. What does that have to do with the veterans? Well, I think it challenges the defense, you know, and I talked to Jimmy Nose. We spent a lot of time with our defense staff. They do a great job of what, what hurts you, you know, really what don't you want to see, you know. But when you have somebody that can be a dual threat, that's a really tough thing to defend sometimes. Because we're going to play two men and lock up these receivers and double, double the two best receivers and go. Well, if they've all turned their back to the quarterback and the four man rush doesn't get home and the quarterback now takes off, there's nobody left. You know, and it's not, I think obviously we know how fast we'll is. So it's not like if he runs it's a six yard game. Like if he takes off, it could be a 60 yard game. And he had a few of those.

46:52I think he went 60 against Texas. I mean, he said some really big runs in his career so far. So I think that's just another tool in your toolbox, but it makes you a little bit more multi-dimensional. You look at the trend that's gone in the NFL. A lot of those guys can they keep plays alive and can they extend plays because of their athleticism? You know, the more does that Patrick Mahomes does that Josh Allen does that. It was probably more like Josh just because he's a bigger guy. But it does add a dimension to your offense. Steve and then Cam. Yeah, Julian, every quarterback in our group runs over 20 and will runs 20. I think he went 22 one and he was the fastest. But Lincoln was 21 nine. Like Lincoln can go. Devon's definitely obviously we know he's got that and Julian was over 20 this summer. Air airs and air runs at 21. So all all of those guys run over 20 miles an hour. So we don't have anybody that's a statue back there. But we're also not going to run them 25 snaps again.

47:52They're not Tim Tibo now. So we're not direct snap into them and running quarterback power. They're just it's just another facet of what we can do and that you have to account for the quarterback. You want to get last two questions. Steve and then Cam. Chicago. My days as you trust you with. Trust you with this life. And here. That's going to be the only one compliment. Yeah, but I would say this that was not a surprise to me. So we've known that and as we've we've had a relationship that goes back a long long time. So and I feel the same way. So you know our families are really close and. You know we grew up in a in a great home town where that that sense of community and sense of loyalty and sense of love for one another is is always been fostering. So you know means a lot to do and say that but I feel the same is that way. Yeah. Sure.

48:53Sure. We're going to be here in New Orleans on the North 20s and different. Yeah, there's a lot of things you can do with B.I. And it was it was unfortunate that we didn't have them during. And it was most of the spring. You know so I didn't get to see him you know and I knew who he was. He was a highly critical to kick him out of high school. But to see him now. But I love his competitive nature. You know he's he he competes and it's and I think it it kind of brings a competitive level and I think it took really good competitive. Why do you see the room. It kind of takes it to another level so to have him back out there as another weapon. And now and JJ and those other guys and and Bryson and JB you know there's a bunch of really talented guys in that room. But you know to have him back healthy is a big really big plus for us right now. Great coach. Thank you very much. Thanks guys. Coach I'm going to bring you over here. I'm going to bring you over here.

50:48Well, I'm going to bring you over here. Next up is the next one. You can do this. You can do this. I'm going to bring you over here. This is a big deal. I'm going to bring you over here. And then you can do this. You can do this. So, once you have debentered on the south 25. You can do this. Yeah, you know, I was a tough process with the job process and everything like that. And I'm sure without that medical flag, I probably wouldn't have been a little bit higher. But I mean, honestly, it all worked out the way I was supposed to. I couldn't have asked for a better opportunity than to come here and to get that call from George and it was just awesome. And even looking back at that, it all worked out the way I was supposed to. So really not upset or mad about it, but just know that it's time to get back to work.

51:52I couldn't call it up on what you said. How much does it mean that this team believes in versus the economic, etc? How the word is that kind of stack up? This organization has that belief in you. So much. So I feel like that just gives me, you know, just humbles me to know that my work that I had to push forward has to be better. And I know I can be better and play better. I just try to where my mindset is. It's just like, how can I even exceed this? How can I show my appreciation after on that field? And, you know, the fact that they believe in me and my teammates just makes sure I don't ever want to let them down. And I know that with moving forward and stuff that I definitely won't. I definitely won't. Not won't, but just going to keep working and keep going. Just happy that they believe in me. No exciting is that you're locked up now for your attention, but you look at this young

52:55defense and a lot of these guys can be along for the ride as you kind of move forward with this solid effort. Yeah, we've got a lot of young talented guys on this defense. And I think we're only going to get better, you know, even just moving forward. The way we've been able to accomplish things this year. And I feel like we still haven't played our best defense, you know, as a unit as a whole. I mean, people have individual stuff, but I feel like just together we can grow and get even better. And I feel like that just comes with just more time. It's like you say we have a lot of young guys and I'm just excited to be a part of it. And definitely going to do all that I can to lead and help us get to wherever we need to go. Do you have any question of a part of your procedure? It's not the point that you're at. Yes. And you have a chance to reflect on what you have over a covenant. You told yourself back then that the X and the X are here and it's ready to believe that what's all that you have. I don't know. Honestly, I always believed in myself. And you know, my family helped me with that so much.

54:01Just always believing in me, always telling me what I'm capable of and helping me along. And I mean, like shout out to my mom for everything that she's done for me and getting me to this point. Yeah. I mean, I don't reflect too much. I only like to move forward because I feel like this is just like a starting point for me and I know I'm going to grow for this, but I mean, all to that credit, I reflect with my mom and I'm sure she'll help me out with that. What are the next steps that you want to take and see yourself? Yeah. Pro Bowl for one, being an all pro outside linebacker, being dominant and you know, really holding myself up to the standard that was set here. I feel like with Vine and the Marcus Ware and even Chubb and you know, just want to keep going and keep working. And yeah, I just, I have this new motivation, you know, to keep going now.

55:05So just really excited. Yeah. It's just getting back to work knowing that the things that we've done have been good enough to this point. It's just cleaning up the little small things. You know, this was going to happen as league. You know, you're going to get punching your mouth every now and then, but it's how you respond to it. And I feel like our team has definitely a good mindset to show that our response will be strong and solid and yeah, I got full confidence moving forward. And I think you're probably similar in what the challenges are. So both two top quarterbacks in our league, obviously, I mean, both MVP, Caliber, guys,

56:09we all know how decorated Patrick Mahomes is and easy as just a phenomenal competitor, you know, probably the best competitor in this league. And you know, that means every time we face against them, we'll go get some more Sunday, you have to have your best because you know, you're going to get that from him. And I know it would be ready to answer that. Yeah. Barren's been my guy for my teammate for eight years, you know, far past this, you know, I was really hurt and really sad to see him go, but I know it's a good opportunity for him. And I know he'll take full advantage of it. We all know how talented Barren is. Fantastic football player, fantastic dude, man.

57:12That's my brother. And you know, I wish him all the best. I talked to him before he went and I know he's going to go there and ball. So I'm just excited to see what he does. It's obviously, you know, if it's a quick game, you're not going to get there. So, you know, just get your hands up. I think it's just more of a feel thing. Zach, in particular, seems really good at that. Yeah, it's something that he does well in the area. No, yeah, Zach is definitely good at that. And I think that's something that the interior is very good as a whole, just even hands up. Barren, what's the bigger impression of Jonah Ellis now, a few months working with him? You know, Jonah got a lot of natural skill. I think his upside is very high, but I mean, like anywhere, you know, there's a learning curve from playing, coming from college and NFL. So I think he's just continue to develop and continue to get better. I mean, I'm happy what I've seen, but I mean, obviously I know he has high expectations for himself and not only him, but our whole unit. So I'm just like I said, excited to see him keep growing. What's the most challenging aspect of that learning curve for you and to come into the air? Or really, I guess you're too. I think the biggest thing was switching from inside to outside, I mean,

58:14inside, you five yards off the ball, kind of versus edge, you right there with somebody in your face. So just kind of learning how to just that change up. And I think just learning how to, you know, get off the ball, you know, inside, you have time to read outside. You don't have that much time to read. You have to be kind of very decisive. So just getting reps of that, you know, that was the biggest thing to have me. And I think that it would be something to help the students getting reps, some more reps to get the better you would get. Darren, can you talk to your relationship with Jonathan Cooper and how you guys, how you're from Rotterdam, kind of forms your relationship up front? Oh, yeah, that's my dog. I mean, I play with him four years in a high-o'-state. So I think just, you know, being in the place, like a high-o'-state together and going through that hard training and then making it out on the other side, you know. I think we just able to hold each other to that standard. And I'm afraid to hurt one another's feelings if we don't lift up to that standard. And he know how to push my buttons, I know to push this buttons. So, you know, I'm grateful to have him as a teammate and it's very rare to get to play somebody from your college. How much are experimenting do you need to do this at me, especially like with the defensive bands, just in terms of how you want to rough-trop each other, how you communicate and all that?

59:19I think this is the time you learn to rest as a dealer, you know. This is a perfect time for us just to learn how to rest together. You know, we meet together, you know, you ask the guy who's to your side, you know, what you're thinking on this play and feeling. So, you just kind of get a feel for it when that scenario pops up on the practice field or in the game. And just creating that dialogue is, I think, it's the biggest day. And asking questions. So... There any other back to screen drive on Sunday? Can you tell us a little more about it? Yeah, don't hold it against me if I can't say too much because I've been focused on training camp. So, my publicist and my agent's kind of been doing a lot of the legwork in my mom. But, yeah, we just, we're going to have a big event out here Sunday. I believe up there in the parking lot. We're going to have a cone of ice machines, some junk houses. We're going to be donating backpacks. I think over 150 backpacks for the kids for the upcoming school year, with supplies and a bunch of different things. But just trying to get the kids excited for going back to school and obviously helping out families who might not be fortunate enough to buy their kids and supplies any for schools. So just trying to do what I can to have my community here in Denver.

1:00:26Um, I definitely lose a good battle. I sleep better at night. But, Jaylen is very talented and getting a lot better day in day, like every single day I see him getting better. So for Jaylen, it's great. And I'm sure, I'm sure, I'm sure, I'll be back. But, and I'll get plenty of reps against him. But, Jaylen's tough, so it's a battle with him too. And I think for him, he's working his way into a position of being a starting caliber tackle for sure. You talked a lot about the conversations you have with Trent, kind of, chair and tips and things like that. Do you have some more conversations with Jaylen? A little bit, not as much I'd say. But, we're going at it every day. We have a good working relationship for sure. He's a great dude and him and McKibits both very solid players and fun to work against.

1:01:33Hey, Nick, how has Yeter Gross-Mautos fit into the rotation with you guys up front? He's doing great. We've been on him every single day. He's been Chris and the rest of the guys and he's starting to really buy into the scheme and play it the way it's supposed to. And he's got a ton of talent, so I think this scheme will bring the best out of him for sure. Chris Kassert yesterday about Leonard Floyd and when he's out there like in shorts and with a shirt cut off and you see how thin he looks, he looks almost like a basketball player. How does he hold leverage? Your observation on how he survives and not only survives, but thrives with that kind of build and do it some in. Have you seen him up close? I know. He's pretty built. He's about 245 shredded, probably like 5% body fat and you could run.

1:02:34I think it'll be just fine in this scheme and he's proved that he could rush the pass or so. It's good to have him. He's played a lot of 100 straight games. I know everyone in the NFL is tough and maybe you don't get a sense of guys tough and a straight camp or whatever. Does he have that reputation or is there stuff that you've seen from earlier that has explained how he's able to stand in the field? Well, for a guy at his age to work as hard as he does and then come in with a mindset of trying to get better every day is impressive to see. He doesn't like missing days. I think he had an off day today for the first time of camp and you kind of have to force it on him because he's that type of guy. But some guys are just more resilient and there's a lot of luck that goes into playing the sport.

1:03:35But it's good to have a guy who's reliable and really talented. A couple of times in camp where you look like a tweak something or something and you kind of went off to the side and then you look at him like 5 minutes later. He'd be back out there. I don't know if you were around him and then do you ever talk to him in those moments or kind of hear what his process is? You're always dealing with something and he's been in the league a long time so it's not like he's out there feeling amazing every rep you take. Nothing serious. That's good and he's very tough. Some of the coaches yesterday obviously were brand and coming in potentially mixing in 3-4 looks a little more obviously mostly stayed not dropping in the coverage. What would your perspective be and how comfortable would you be if you were asked to run some 3-4 looks? I'm liking our change ups that we're doing. I think in the NFL you have to evolve every year and we've had a lot of success with what we do and teams are starting to gain planet and have answers for us.

1:04:48We have to evolve and we're doing that and I think we have a lot of athletic defensive ends and I don't mind dropping. It's kind of fun. Not something I do often but it keeps him honest and it could end up getting you more sex by them not knowing exactly what we're doing. Thanks. Hey Michael we know you ended up at Streetsboro but I understand you started Benedict. Where were you born and how did you end up in Streetsboro? I'm born in Garford Heights originally and I lived there just about my title I was 15 and I was at the end of Benedict.

1:05:49I bought a Streetsboro that was a better pay so she decided it was better for us to move out there and Benedict was going to be our driver every day to get to school so it just wasn't beneficial to her. My last three years of high school out there Streetsboro my sophomore year senior. Hey Michael Tom with us on the AP we saw it on TV just a little while ago that you became a dad during the season last year what's fatherhood been like for you how's that changed you. Yeah I've been the best this has been a great addition to my life for sure you know teach me a lot of patience. You know just being a big role model my my my father and I mean it's just the best feeling for him to even be around this and witness and this. He's in all the videos and you know just give him something good and look back on like you know dang my dad did something real hard. Hey Mike Chris Eastman maniac and be conjournal you've talked about playing you know probably you know stayed in the same area and you know playing in your backyard.

1:06:55Do you feel like you know that puts I don't want to say poor put pressure but. The opportunity to sort of be you know be a role model be you'll be someone that hey look I like you say I came from here I can. Look where I can go how much do you sort of take that. You know take that mindset take you know you take that responsibility on. So I mean I'm not one of those guys is going to run away from the pressure I mean I went to it. I'm going to head on so you know it's going to be a lot of pressure on me playing in my hometown you know a lot of people going to have to buy. But you know at the end of the day as a player I still have demands that I have to be in position so I'm going to hold myself very you know high on that home I'm. I'm just going to be the best player that I can be a control of the program. Michael I'm sure you watched the the success that Dwan Jones had here last year as a rookie how excited are you to join Dwan and. And maybe kind of follow in his footsteps in getting off to a great start as a rookie.

1:07:59That's my dog you know Dwan he just called me right before this. I mean just we were talking about this the whole time you know even my portal in my my 30 days is you know. Like man if you get here it's going to be so it's always like you know the best duo like all of us you know off his defense wise and. We bring a lot of juice and practice even at a higher stage so I know it's going to be no 10 pounds more at the next level but really blessed to be able to play for my brother I put my brother for life. Hey Mike I guess your teammates started calling you baby Aaron Donald pretty early on is that true and I guess what did that mean to hear that from them. I feel like that's a you know that's a great you know that's a great experience for sure you know a lot of a lot of people can't just be compared to that so you know like I mean it just shows you know how how my teammates are. Are about me but you know just really appreciative of them and just be around around the black eyes notice top of the top best of the best you know the country.

1:09:02Hey Michael Ashley past act from Cleveland dot com again I think we ask every D lineman who gets drafted here about the opportunity to play with miles Garrett just how much does that excite you knowing the season he's coming off of and how excited are you to get a chance to pick his brain every day. Oh yeah not about me from day one I'm definitely going to be you know whatever he does and he just real you know where I'm like you know how does he get his body right what is he doing what is he doing after practice just you know those guys those that you know they're not that's for no reason they're not in this league you know playing multiple years back to back having these great seasons you know that's all so it's just it's just a great honor to be around somebody like that and you know it's just going to be like I got got to come in and put my heart on. From day one until you know whenever I leave. Michael how much interaction did you have with Jim Schwartz in this whole process either pro day or your visit here. Yeah it was just really just my visit here you know coach for just you know it was just where I'm the is all all throughout that.

1:10:08Hey where I mean but they were just you know surrounded by me throughout the whole day so you know just building a great relationship from the from the beginning it became genuine came after. Hey Michael I know obviously the Ohio State guys there's a bunch of guys that went back this this next year were you tempted all to to go back and try to chase a championship with those guys like how close did you actually come to that before you decided to go to the NFL. I kind of made my decision before the season started I was pretty sure on that you know especially been when I had my son late in the late in the year that's lit applied it you know it wasn't like I was tempted to go back I mean for sure I mean I feel like you know it's still I'm finished business but you know my car has to do what was was right for my family and it was just it's just better for that you know that way I got a can't think about it is just me a personal you know saying preference got to think about it as a. I'm running routes and you know try to try to understand the whole play the whole concept from a very deep level and try to try to find those holes in the defense as well and be on the same page with the quarterback.

1:11:17Do you ever see where back. No no so I actually played quarterback growing up until my junior year of high school so I was going to want to make the transition to tight end. There's just some things I was a tight quarterback battle and the coach knew I could play tight end so you know I kind of I kind of wanted to do it too. It was something that I was interested in so it's kind of how that came up. Do you think where 51 kind of last year. Right. I'm sure you had a lot of suitors why come to a place where that's not necessarily been the history in terms of production. Right yeah I think coach key I mean he hit on all the things I wanted to hear in in some things that didn't want to hear you know I mean that's that's real as a coach and you want to be in an environment that's going to push you in all aspects of the game. And being a tight end it's not just about past catching you know you got a block and you know I think that's something that I want to keep the belt and you know going against these guys every day. I mean running routes and blocking these guys every day I mean it's going to make you better so I think I have a you know a vision of where I'm going to be.

1:12:23I think this place gives me the best opportunity to do that. That's about getting production more about well-rounded yourself. Yeah I think so just whatever way I can help the team whatever they're asked for me to do I'm going to do. What did you want to hear from you? What did he say that you didn't like your coach? I like everything but like you know you know coaches like they sometimes just tell you what you want to hear. You know you don't always want that you want someone that's real and you get the real with me you know you show some things that like I need to improve on which I like to hear but not everyone wants to hear you know I mean stuff like that. I hope your notice is a really good route on which of the defenders so far it's been back to getting the best fight. Yeah I mean they're all great there's so many of them I mean I think you know honestly I'm not I'm so locked in on the plays at the time they like I don't really have time to see who's even across from me. So it's kind of hard to really think about who's giving me the most trouble at this moment.

1:13:23Keating was saying Keelos and Lathen kind of vouch for you or took all of the players from the from the crew game maybe you had a chance to talk to Keel over Lathen. Yeah Lathen's awesome got to know him a little bit before he went off and started training so he was awesome to be around awesome to talk to and same with Keelos they just great people. Yeah they've been great so far. How much do you just come here in January and having that opportunity to be with the team as they went on that national team? Yeah it was great I mean just seeing the culture they have here and how they run things you know they had they had that group of guys that really you know led the way and showed me what it looks like to win here so it was awesome. Alright guys thank you. Meet together let's train together to be able to groom these guys to be flexible in amount of packages and that helps your depth too right so it may not be like who's the next best defensive back of the game well may not just be the guy replacing a guy they got injured in that position right you may have to move pieces around and that flexibility you know helps us for sure.

1:14:35Yeah I think it's a good thing to be able to do that. Competition I want to see incredible competitiveness every single day right so I want to see consistency from the guys I want to see you know we want our guys to be consistently on the rise right it's not okay to like two days better than you're taking a step back like every day we need to be consistently on the rise so like those habits your consistency and then your competitive mentality that's what I want to see. We'll get him in the right spot I don't worry about that but I want to see that competitive mentality that hungry and that's what I've seen from the what it worked out so far I mean this morning it was it was a real one of years and that's you know what coach Mick has developed coach day breaches will be pretty young defense too I mean that competitive mentality I want to see for those guys. Yeah I think consistency for any young players the biggest thing right so you see flashes of talent but you want to be able to have over and over and over and over again I'm not saying that they have not been the way I'm actually really pleased with where those guys are right now but that's going to be the biggest thing is you know when you're when you're playing in situation you're playing in the right spot.

1:15:45So if you're playing in a position that's going to be a great thing to do but you can't be a professional type of things or packaging things like that it's different than maybe you're out there for 60 snaps in a game right that's a different type of feeling right so the consistency of performance is important in those because you're putting a lot of different ever situations right so that will be the biggest thing is responding to those pressure situations and being consistent in performance. Yeah our job is to put the best football players on the field so we you know lathe and roll was lathe and roll because that's what lathe did well. Caleb's roll was Caleb's roll because that's what Caleb did well right so then you say okay we have some search coming back we have a lot of new pieces right so we say okay what do these guys do holistically well and then let's highlight those things and put them in position to be successful that's all our job is coaches right so put the guys in position to be successful. And that was a lot of times the defense staff talking about that personnel conversations and that's our job is spring is to make sure that we're getting those pieces right. We had the slot Jordan had such a great year you guys last year who are some candidates to kind of replace them now and you called the nickel do you call it slot I don't need.

1:16:50Yeah nickel's what we've called the good yeah Lorenzo styles has done a bunch of awesome things at that position when you look at the germane Matthews and what he's been able to do playing on the outside but also the toughness he brings in the slot from that position. So there's a number of guys that that have those traits and it's a unique guy to be able to do that you know because you're not just a corner you're not just a safety. So you've got a linebacker sometimes too you know so that interchangeable piece has been really important Jordan an awesome job of that and then you know we're able to even grow the packaging last year because of the things that he was able to do. Coach they said about you the national championship celebration shirts things he's told you privately for him to say that at the championship same you're one of the rising stars in the industry one of the brightest young minds. I had me make you feel really good just your take away from I know your humble guy probably don't want to ask you about. No no you can ask anything. I think anytime that you get recognized for your hard work and your contributions also my pre-score today appreciate coach day saying it. I've got an awesome relationship with coach day and think the world of him. Yeah I try to just be up behind the scenes operator I don't mind the spotlight but I try to just be behind the scenes operator and put the guys in position to be able to shine.

1:17:55But I appreciate of him and the forward keep contributing. What are your thoughts so far coach Patricia we got chance to meet him for the first time very engaging personality just when you're fighting obviously very decorated just what your thoughts on. Yeah I mean first up when my Patricia walks in the room the room I mean speaks for itself right so but first of like a great great guy a great guy like just humble gracious. I've been very impressed with the person and I had no previous relationship with man also was also to be able to build that relationship over the last couple of weeks. The football intelligence is incredible IQ period is incredible this is a very very very smart guy what he's been able to do with defenses and the wealth of knowledge and experience that he brings is like he's operated as a GM and offense coordinator defense coordinator head coach pretty amazing when you start talking about the things that he's been able to do throughout his career. So I have a ton of respect anyways surface level but then to be able to know the man I can't say enough positive things but he's going to be an awesome awesome awesome.

1:18:57Last thing for me what do you think of the Bible yeah as you showed you the Bible so he has it here it's huge it's stacked up it's stacked up you know I've I've studied those New England teams for you know from afar from many years actually I've used some of the things that they've done with their safety's as teach tapes throughout the years. I especially when I was a younger coach on the profession I used NFL examples to teach guys earlier on my time at Duke and I still carry those two teach tapes and I so I've studied that defense you know from afar obviously without even knowing that and then you have to be able to be here and then take you through okay the history of why I got to that his background with you know a bit of all a check and all these things is pretty awesome but yeah I mean yeah the amount of detail is amazing like it's not a fluke why they've had the success you know what you say I hope you can see that. You know what you say okay let's talk about a coverage the amount of detail in the coverage where you take all this high level information you boil down to very simple so the player can go play functionally like that's it's a it's a it's a true talent that he has the freshman that you have here what are you going to be a boss that I'm going so far.

1:20:02Before you've been to field what kind of things do you look for for some practice starts to kind of let you know it's great question you know so we have the Fahim Cody in the show here right now. They've all been awesome like first off who they are as people has been fantastic like those guys show up early for everything their own point body weights you know every little marker that we look for academically how they're performing all that has been great. You know Fahim came in with a ready-made college body you know document through recruiting work excited about him. He's learning the ways to be a fuck I would it means to be a fuck I you know found the other guys and it's been his been awesome it's been awesome. Cody's been great. Cody's a worker. Cody's a worker he's been fantastic to have every single day he's made big time and improvements really excited about you know him as well and then the show is coming off that entry that he had you know his high school high school season and he's been great as well. He's been really good all the have been diligent workers bought in their hungry they want to get better you know so work side about all those guys.

1:21:09Is the show going to be able to practice and spring practice or? He'll be limited someone spring ball so we'll be small with him but he's progressing very well very well. With Fahim obviously you know he's probably a pretty body. He's really good for it so I'm in the DMV. Oh yeah what stood out about him? What's the food and what are you guys doing? Yeah he brings a physicality to his game you know you've been able to see him roll down the box blitz do some of the things that we've been able to do with safety but bring a physicality and mentality with him you know and then obviously when you get here that it's a totally different level right so everybody's as good as you know and but I think very highly of him and I have high expectations for him. When it comes to Kevin now. He's obviously on top of some right. How is that allowing you to relax your spirit with some of the things you can do? It feels like he could succeed in a lot of different positions and feel how much does that allow you to say okay we can do this we can do that and move some things around you by the other way. Yeah it definitely allows you to and as a coach you would say you have to be able to do that right so you've got essentially a very very unique chest piece that can like how many guys can really play the deep part or feel the shallow part or feel blitz.

1:22:18You know do the different things that we ask him to do at that level right guys can move around and do it but very few can do it to that level where he's elite at all of it. So it's keeping it simple enough to be able to go be functional with him and the pieces that are around him but that's a huge part of you know you see our successes past year. A lot of that was put in kill him in position to be successful you know that's especially like as we you know say from the half point of the season towards the end that was critical for us. So yeah I think it's a responsibility as a coach when you have a guy like this to make sure you're putting him in position. Elite played a good bit as a freshman last year and obviously room state healthier a little bit too but didn't get as much action but still you know what's first guy off the bench. What what have you seen from him where is he at his development? I've seen a big jump from Elite you're gonna see a different kind of guy when he takes the field to spring so he the mental mentality. It's all mentality so physically it's why you saw you know the flash the thing is a true freshman and he's always had that piece right there but the mentality the toughness the grit that he has I mean that showed a big time right now so I got big expectations for him.

1:23:30What does this spring look like for for Taylor Brian's hard about some of the guys who played a lot last year maybe a little skill back but defense and obviously second year in the system. What is what is it like for him? Yeah I think leadership is the biggest thing right now you know what I mean so when he's always been a leader but he's got even a bigger leadership role because you had a bunch of guys that had played a lot of snaps here at Austin right where you don't have as many guys playing snaps so I think you know this this off season he's been fantastic but transitioning that way it will work to the field now from a leadership standpoint is going to be critical for him. So we smart with like coach they say we'll be smart with how we manage reps and you know springs at time to build fundamentals to build schematics but really also find out what guys can do you know and we know some of what he can do and I like what we all do right so again continue to get him better but allow him to be able to influence the other guys to be able to grow. Are the players this is a little more of a nico spot? Yeah who are some of the guys who are sort of like we wrap it that spot.

1:24:31Yeah the Renzo styles remain Matthews and we've got some guys that you know have experience in there and yeah we've got some good candidates to be able to go into that spot but those are those of the guys that you'll be able to see operating there. Thanks guys, appreciate you. I think that our room definitely has a lot of great players but as far as playing time like that's a question for coach noise. I mean if you guys kind of been prepping for that though throughout the call camp maybe switching in and out and really kind of seeing a lot of room to action. And we're definitely we're all getting like reps at each spot so like it's not just a just our band anymore it's not just you're here you're there we're all playing different positions we're all learning different techniques so it's making each one of us more versatile. So you've been playing through the end and two. How comfortable do you feel about strong safety? I feel comfortable in any safety spot so it's I mean the more reps you take the easier it is and I played both safety spots last year so it's not really that big of a transition.

1:25:35What are the differences between the two spots that you have to be used to? Honestly this year they made it so they're kind of they're I mean they're both they're both you have to do each thing in both spots so like you have to come down and make tackles a band you have to come down and make tackles that adjust or obviously it's boundary and feel so that the space is a little different but I mean you have to do everything that both safes. What's different what's different this camp compared to last camp? For me personally I feel like I have I developed a better routine I feel like I'm more mature and what I'm doing and I feel like just go out there and play and have fun. I think that's the biggest thing for me don't don't get too caught up on the last play. What have you added or what have you improved to your routine? I think just getting here earlier and at times last year you know when it's hard to maintain that routine throughout the whole camp or throughout the whole year but this year it's easier to maintain that because I know what to expect.

1:26:42I know the requirements of me and I know that the team is kind of... What are the other guys and last year's for that influence do you to show up a little better? Yeah for sure I mean everyone is required BIA our standard is so high that we challenge everyone. It doesn't matter if you're going to play this year it doesn't matter if you're going to play two years from now it doesn't matter if you're a true freshman. You're going to come in early and you're going to put in the work just like everybody else because it's not just the starters that are held to this standard is everybody. It seems like Jaylen McLean when kind of a similar trajectory as you were last year where he's pushing for playing time right away. What have you seen from Jaylen and the team rest too? He's all over the field man I mean he runs to the ball every play he hits hard you know he's making plays on the ball so I mean he has like I said before he has a lot of potential and I'm excited to see what he does this year. What you talked about did you play with you in the 25th last year? Yeah. I mean I think I've got weight on and I think it looks like to be able to probably. So I mean through the season it kind of fluctuated but right now I've gained even more weight so I'm like like 195 now the plan is to get to 200 but it definitely builds confidence when you got to go down there and feel like that.

1:27:55Yeah I'm actually playing coach of the ball you see what he's playing for. Exactly yeah. You were obviously on the edge of a play in that Michigan game last year just what did you learn from that? I think that coach preaches competitive excellence and that means putting yourself in position to make a play and that means practicing harder that means that means taking each rep like it's that big moment in the game and that's definitely what I try to do this year. Is that something that you take a lot of pride in making plays on the ball? Yes it is. What's the key to that? To that just give back keep on quarter back watch your eyes and they'll make a play. So how are you doing now like safety is playing both spots this spring like how are you finding that to like? Yeah I'm adjusting really well to that because I just I can just do more than just like one play one to buy so it's just I just really like that. I said yesterday that how you guys said the prepping things on that even last week everything's out all too emotional can you give us an insight into how competitive this spring has been?

1:29:02Yeah you know we're all just we're all just women as well competitive and just you know one way and so. What have you been able to learn from Caleb down to the approach to the game how he plays what have you kind of been able to take away every single day? Really just like his mentality you know he has that dog mentality so I'm able to just you know pick up every single day you know mentally and physically from him. How much does it inspire you to come in last year see what Caleb did see what life then did and you know you have a chance to follow him or what's that? It's just it's really especially because you know I know I can be that great of athletes as well and maybe some men. What do you look out for this year is what do you need to do and give yourself a chance to get on field more here? Just really it's the more of my notes my playbook and hopefully just maybe you're in the top now. You said get bigger if you put on more weight in the last year. What are you up to right now? How much how do you think that will help your game? A lot because we know it's a physical game you know you gotta be in game and out.

1:30:04How is how is coach Gary help you to come better safe? He really knows his stuff so just being able to take in every piece of advice that he knows he's telling me that it's just what's a coach position like? He's good I like him a lot. He always talks to the guys he's really loving and knows about him. Actually talking to you talked to anyone the range personally is like just what does the hours look like for you? Actually me and my wife were just sitting at home and like the I guess 12 o'clock hit and we were like we thought it was going to be like immediate you know mayhem and kind of sat there for like 45 minutes of my age and was calling me. It was like what do you think of Los Angeles and I was like. I don't sound too shabby and we talked about it and you know that sounded like the right move good weather good place to be good winning culture great staff. And you know just everything overall was just a plus so we couldn't deny that.

1:31:06I know this kind of nature of business what is it like to make a decision like that or such a like altering decision like that and such short notice? Yeah I mean it is pretty crazy you know just the amount of timing you have but you know you kind of have a. I've been on the outside looking in at this place for a while so I kind of had a general idea what's going on and a lot of familiarity within our building like. Brad Holmes you know he was from here so I kind of got to feel the people that you know they they've been around and how they run things so I kind of got a good feel about how it be here. Thank you. Thank you. Stu. They showed us two Jackson from the Rams. I can't be the one you meant my fellow Jackson brother what's up man. Hey what's up listen that you spend most of your football career whether the you know college or obviously the NFL now and the Midwest or East Coast so now that you're here what's the light just being out here and you know being in Southern California now.

1:32:14I will say the weather is beautiful you know it's excellent and definitely going to miss the East Coast you know I've got a lot of roots there the Midwest you know I started a lot there but not like new beginnings and no better place to be here. And I guess what did you notice about just this offense from afar I know Jordan asked you about some of the specifics with schematic carry over but you know beyond that beyond that you staffer what it would appeal to you about being a part of this offense and being a part of this team beyond those things. Yeah just I mean a lot of similarities on what we do you know the gap scheme. Play action and you know having to drop back you know I'm a I'm comfortable in whatever we've had I've had eight this would be I think nine now nine different offense a coordinator since I started college so I'm comfortable on whatever it doesn't really matter but like I said the pieces to the puzzle were you know incredible whether it's the wide receivers to run it back the QB the online the defense you know it's a pretty good team over here so I'm excited to be a part of it.

1:33:16Thank you so much appreciate. Gary. Hi Jonah. Gary Klein from the last time. Sarah thank you Gary. I'm curious what was it like to be part of you know a lion. A lion. That's a good one. And what if anything are your memories of playing against the rounds and that wild part game. Yeah you know being a part of something you know and the trick were for so long the city was dying for a winner and being able to bring it there and you know. Change the trajectory of everything and bring some light to the situation it was awesome and there's nothing like it but you know when you when you face the LA Rams you know they got a special defense and you know up front they. They got the guys you know so being able to be on their team now makes it a lot easier.

1:34:16Sarah. We're happy to be here. And Jonah great to be with you. Congratulations. Thank you Sarah. Appreciate it. In free agency how did you weigh the opportunities in terms of second contract really important I mean that's your money you got to take care of that but you also. Talk about how you want to be in a winning culture you want to be a place where you could succeed with a team with a culture. How did you weigh those things and how grateful were you that the not true I guess arose with the team within this average winning culture with all this kind of stuff. I mean yeah once I heard the Rams were willing to you know do what they did and be and being able to go somewhere and potentially win it all I mean there was there was no denying it there was there was some teams you know maybe we could have done some more but I wanted the perfect balance of being able to you know set my family up for life and be able to win football games. You mentioned that the Rams have like you know they have a good reputation and what is that reputation that other players on other teams you know they don't have a direct connection with the Rams think about the Rams what is that what is that vibe. Well I mean you just see it from the outside you see the quarterback and he's second and none and you know just all like I said the pieces to the puzzle are just incredible and then you see coach McVeigh and how they run things and you know it's it's a it's approachable approachable place you feel and you feel like it's somewhere you can get settled and pretty fast and that's why I felt like it was a good fit for me.

1:35:39Before I moved here so I knew what to expect. What are some of the bigger cultural injuries we have? Just the way people speak to each other like joking around with each other showing here they can be pretty dry sometimes and even though I go home and see them I say something that sort of doesn't seem like a joke but it is so you're going to get used to that a little bit. Yeah, it's the biggest ones I suppose. A little bit more sarcasm and Australian saying. Yeah a little bit more sarcasm and the way we speak to each other is like the words we use for different things. I mean I was just an example last time like I was talking about gardening with Ronald mates and we were talking about using a whipers and a bath which is a weed wacker and like just little things like that and you guys have no idea what I'm saying. Yeah yeah yeah exactly. This is like a bunch of little words I'd say that I think in all of it but I don't realize that he's actually Australian. I have to go back on it. Yeah the guys are starting to learn that.

1:36:45One of the big things we it's selective for the one so you can't just sort of walk in you have to try out. But most of the guys go up hanging Australian football which the primary way to pass the ball is by planting it essentially. It's a little bit different but then we have a whole bunch of coaches that actually played a political ball and the Nathan Chapman played a few games at Greenbad. So he knows what to expect he knows how to keep on he still goes out and boots and he's old age 45. So yeah and then they sort of they pitch exactly what to expect that they don't give you any false hope really. They say you're going to go there this exactly what it's going to be like. It's sort of like a one two three years simulation of what it's going to be like over here. So guys are ready to go and they come. Two culture. It depends how good you are, how a lot of it's mindset as well. So it's very it's you know it's a unique off season we might get two weeks break and then we're into winter and then spring and then summer and then fall in the season. Yeah. Two culture questions. One, have you ever had a veg and Mike's sandwich?

1:37:45Yeah yeah. And two, I heard no real Australian would drink faster spirit. I've had my first foster in Nashville about two months ago. And? It's alright. Yeah it's fine. I won't be rushing back to it but it's it's easy. And then graduate? No I love that you might. It's awesome. Yeah I miss it a lot. I actually brought it over to Jarlos from Los Angeles in Australia. So yeah I love my Virgin Mart sandwiches. Have you tried to share it with anybody that has been necked? I've tried yeah I mean it doesn't mind it. I tried it with one of our kickers Casey Magger. He's pretty upset when he tasted it. Yeah it's been pretty good reactions out of the guys but yeah if you you know a four to one ratio with butter on some toast it's pretty nice. What's the biggest similarity between Australia and the Netherlands? To be honest the food is the food symbol. I mean we're very multi-cultural country, it's in America. I suppose we probably have more Asian influence whereas America has more latin influence. That's probably the biggest food difference but I mean we have a whole bunch of Italian. I'm from Melbourne has one of the biggest Greek populations outside the place.

1:38:47I think it's the biggest out of Greece. Yeah I mean you could go there. You'd be in the city, you'd be alright. Do you have to watch everywhere you step? No it's not that bad. Just every now and then you would sort of look up and there might be a spider there or something but... It's like the size of your pet. Sometimes I mean there's a lot of daddy long legs you know these little ones with big legs but they kill all the insects so they're nice to have around in corners. It's not too bad. Joe, you got class, thank you very much. Thank you. I always feel like it's one for improvement. Never feel like you just got it. That's one thing a lot of people mess up one feel like they have one good year or care. That's not any me. I'm a no-continent doing for years and years to come. I feel like to myself for sure. What do you know about this in Florida? Well because you're part of no big tourist even just like me. No just came and kept it set and I'm just working. My hype to see is future here at Ohio State probably gonna be no nuts one for sure. What's it like seeing all these like the national championship banner and seeing all the new signage

1:39:48you know and you played a huge role in it? I mean it's no sub-blessing, no disappointing, no role and no the nadi run that we had as a tourist freshman. But no it's time to move on. I mean that's behind us now and I can't wait for this season to come up. What kind of obligation do you feel to a guy like me to kind of take one of your way and show him how you work? I feel like he already got that. Just coming in he already got that hard work at the quiet just like me as I came in. Just all about Bar really. I mean he ain't here early. I mean spend the time on Coach Hartline meeting and everything. He's going there the right way I should say and he have a bright future here. Coach Hartline said he wants you to come up with a good game. Yeah. You should have a hard time bringing him up in the middle of the year to do it. Yeah. How much for a challenge that you are kind of a quiet guy? Yeah. It was a challenge. Just stepping out of my comfort zone. Something everybody wanted to see for me not just my coaches but players on the team as well. We have a leadership meeting. There's a lot of people call me out on just saying they want me to talk more.

1:40:48Working on it takes time. Not really the guy that's talkative or no. But lay by the time. But one thing I'm definitely working on is trying to talk more and get more of my comfort zone and just build it. It's just open. Yeah. For sure that's definitely the biggest challenge. I can say just stepping out of my comfort zone and leading the guys and leading the younger guys as well. Do you guys open with Texas next year going back to the playoff game? Do you think about that moving forward just kind of how you were taking out of that game? Yeah. I think not really thinking about it. That's behind me. Maybe we won the game. We ended up going to the national championship. We see it on week one. I just came way to no face a great opponent. What's your impression of Devin Sanchez so far? Yeah. Big long corner of the Corrine. Physical. He got it all. And I can't wait to see things he do here this year as well. What if you notice difference? Are you anything different about this defense of these first three weeks of spring that's caught your eye?

1:41:48They just fast. Physical and willing to hit somebody that's just saying they got the really changed for me. And guys still go no do they been doing over the last year and a half and so I should in the year and half. Coach, that makes the quarterback live like he did for a couple of practices last week. As a live receiver, right now, right? How do you think your quarterback responded to that? Over all three. I think they were spending pretty good. I did not expect the quarterback to be live in a scrimmage. That surprised me for sure. I could definitely surprise me with that. I feel like they handled it very well. They took hits. Something we need. They needed. I should say, you know, tough. Right. Why do you see those people like about quarterback seeing how they handle that since obviously not a norm to do that? Learn anything now, but it's definitely not known to see a quarterback get hit against his no defense. I should say, but no, guys, they was getting hit for sure, but they was getting right back up. So command. Who knows of them for that?

1:42:49Do you want questions? What's that you get? Definitely can't get better. No, I feel like I'm getting complacent. I always want to prove that. I'm just taking the day by day and just getting better each and every day. Why do you prepare for the sprued game? For the expectations you're going to get on an X2 season here off the season you just had. Not really focused on the espacation that I have coming up or the year after that. No, just focused on spring, spring and you know, just going to the fall camp and just getting ready for the season. I should say the expectations go be there and I really know something high. No, in my mind right now, I'm just, you know, being leader and just focus on the team. How much changes is right? How much changes? I don't really know. We haven't really spoken about that right now. I don't really know. What's that? Jeremy, a lot of guys have said that they want a lot of championship, got taken down.

1:43:49They don't want to see it. It's moving into the CS2 and the team. What is how important is that for you? And why do you think that's significant for the team? I mean, I said we came live in the past, the 2020-14, they won the national championship. This year we did it. So, I mean, we just took everything down and the weight room and everything. So, we could focus on being ourselves and this our season. Yeah, definitely. I did during that, but just now it's just like we're here now. Let's just go forward. So you've got to get what's next, right? Yeah, got to climb with the depth of your life. You obviously could have just tried now in the title of ball and what is that relationship that's been like with Tyler? It's been really good. I love Coach Bowen. The guys who came in with him too, Coach Dickie, Coach Johnson, Coach Fields. They're all great guys. Definitely great O'Line coaches. You get feedback from all of them and they're all on the same page every day. So it's really good having them. I'm really happy moments here.

1:44:49It's exciting for sure. What do you think of these last couple of weeks of spring ball and which workouts I guess are they going to work out? Where do you think your biggest growth has been? I'd say my biggest growth has definitely been, probably like a strength factor I'd say. It's definitely from the wincer, definitely a strength. I'm getting worked into spring ball more. Just being more focused, kind of like to being more calm. Kind of, if that makes sense, just not freaking out before the play. What am I doing? Just playing football. That's probably my biggest growth. How's practice different before offensive line coaches? Do you feel like it has changed the way that you're getting reps in on a reps? No, I mean, after every play, you're getting feedback from everyone. It's great because you'll have coach Bollin and coach Johnson still coaching the ones or the three of the twos. And then when you're running off the field, you got coach Dicky or someone else coaching you uptown, you want to do something. I think it's really awesome that we are capable to have four coaches in the room with us.

1:45:51That stuff is really great. Have you been strictly at center? Are you playing some guard? Play a left guard right now. Do you feel like there's a shift to center potentially down the road? I know. I don't know. I don't know yet. I mean, just left guard. That's what I've been taking reps there right now. That's just how it's going to go. As a freshman offensive lineman, it's an Asia. This is pretty important, just because of the developmental part of that decision. How do you, as a guy who was playing on high school, how do you develop that patient's knowing it might be a year or two before you're out of business? I take it as like, you know, you just got to keep just stacking days like you can't get down on yourself if you're not playing. You just got to keep developing. And like the guys we have in our room are awesome. Like all the, you know, uppercise, my glue, Josh, Austin, Austin, Carson, Taggart, all those guys, like they're great dudes. So it's really awesome being able to learn from them, like watch them, give them some reps of them every day to see what they're doing.

1:46:52And then just take that back and just use what they use. So I mean, it's definitely just like keep stacking days, just keep working, don't really pay attention about that. It's just work. It's really interesting. The interior of the offensive lineman, I just see a lot of guys played a lot of football. They played a lot of important football. Who would you kind of lead on to here? Who would you like to do something to try and learn very soon? How do I learn to all these things? Definitely, I'd say Luke Montgomery. That's a guy who I just, every practice, I'm just, when I'm not here, I'm just watching him take his life. I'm watching him take his life. See what he's doing when he has like a two-eye or a three-hundreds in front of him. What footwork he takes, what footwork he puts his hands and his head. So I definitely say Luke is a guy that I never watch. Close, just try that. I see what he does. Is that one of the biggest transitions to make even the jump from baseball to college on the offensive lineman? Just the small things. The steps and the hand placement. Yeah, that's definitely a huge thing when I first got here was like, there's different footwork, pretty much every block you gotta take.

1:47:52So that's like I think it's the most detailed position on the field. It's like, you just need, everything needs to kind of be perfect and mocked. You're taking steps and placement every foot. How do you feel about it? Oh, it's good. Yeah, I'd say it's good. I mentioned that for bars, you've got a position you see yourself sticking with or is that just kind of where it's starting? I mean, I could see my stuff sticking out of guard. But I mean, I could play pretty much anywhere. I mean, obviously interior. But yeah, but right now it's just been less guard. So it's pretty much time for me to be here. You've been at the top of the ball. Jake, you had the opportunity to watch those ball games first and kind of get that experience on what it's like to be part of a championship roster. What was kind of the biggest thing you took away from that whole couple of weeks experience? Yeah, I would say definitely like watching all those ball games and the national team, just watching the Cowdy guys carry themselves like how they, like the preparation it took to get ready for that.

1:48:54Just how they go about their days, like what they're doing when they're out here practicing, how they practice. So it was pretty much just like kind of just feeding off the moment what they're doing. Kind of, I kind of got a glimpse to see like what it takes to kind of get to a stage like that. Jake, thank you very much. Jake, I know you get to watch a little bit of video of Caleb and Nathan and Jordan. What stands out about that group from your vantage point? Oh, they're respected. They're relentless, man. I mean, Nathan, Caleb and I mean everybody in that BIA core. Yes, they can cover, but you know, when it's time to stop the round, they'll come down 12 yards out. However, however far off the front line, the scrimmage and coming, you know, throw the nose in there and I respect them for that because there's going to be times where we need them to make them tackles. I mean, they're displaying it this whole season. Yeah, how critical are they in a game of this magnitude? Obviously, everybody's critical, but you're going to mean that sort of the last line of defense, but sometimes the last line of defense is in the middle of it.

1:49:54Yeah, I mean, they play a huge role. I mean, like you said, it takes everybody from the front four. It's like a check reaction. The front four don't do their job, then you know, falls, you know, the back end. So we off to work as a collective unit. And I think there's a reason that there's 11 of us out there. And you know, it's crazy if one person is doing their job, then you know, something can go wrong. But if we just all continue to stay, communication with one another, continue to just lay each other up. We have each other's backs and just trust one another. And man, I think that performance is going to be off the charts. For the right, Kelly and Stitz, WSYF. DT, how would you describe the mentality of the defense right now getting this opportunity for a rematch in the warden? Yeah, hungry and thankful. I mean, we know how the last time when, you know, we had a chip on our shoulder. I mean, we were riding high before that game and we took that loss and we came back how to make a couple changes. But I think we understand what, you know, everything's at stake right now. You know, just fighting to where another house, stage, jersey for the next game. That's what's on stake. And just to be able to represent this state and this team.

1:50:55I mean, we understand what's on the line. And, you know, we're just hungry and blessed that we get this opportunity to play in the Rose Bowl. Right behind your Adam King, WBNS. What do you remember most about walking off the field in Eugene? What was kind of all your minds in that moment? I mean, there was a... I don't think anybody imagined it, imagined a solution. You know, I didn't, that's for sure. And I think after that it was a kind of head deep. I understand it that man, we still... There's still a lot of ball left to be played. I mean, you can let it sting for a little bit, but, you know, if you let it carry over too long, then, you know, there it goes. There goes your whole season. But I think we did a great job of just understanding, coming together in this room right here. Not being afraid of display or hold accountability from one another. And, you know, as that happened, we came back regrouped and, you know, we're just... Going right now, and I'm just blessed for those specific moments, you know, losing.

1:51:59I mean, no one wants to lose, but the testimonies and the things you're taught within those little situations speaks of all of you. After all of that, Vladimir Droll. Hey, Jay, what did you see from King? The last couple of weeks, was there like a push from him and then there were many conversations with him? You can see like he's playing since the best performance, and see... Yeah, I mean, that's my boy. He's in the R2X club too, but, you know, Kiyada. I mean, every time his numbers call, he goes out there and makes the most of it, no matter where we are in the game. When he goes out there, he's just hungry. He wants to go make plays, and, you know, we see it in practice, so it's not surprising to us. Bill, we're been on this for this match. Dylan gave us obviously very elusive and our talent, and he's not very tall. How important it could be to just kind of stay in your past rush lanes and neglect a lot of balls and kind of make it different that way? Yeah, I think it just comes out being disciplined. No one who you're playing against, like you said, Dylan, he's a... he's sharply very elusive.

1:53:01I mean, he can... he is making throws. I mean, he can't out the puck. He can do everything. So I think for us, we just have to discipline him and just continue to just meet with Coach Jay, me with the coach's nose, and understand how we can just eliminate that. One question about you and Jack. I mean, your personality seems to be a little different. More on the quiet side. He's... he's not... Yeah. You've played together four years, both five-star guys. Kind of describe your relationship with him, friendship with him, and just kind of how you complement each other. Man, that's my brother, like he said. We're different, but very alike. I think outside, like you said, he's louder and quiet, but, you know, once we're on that field, we're like the same person. We'll do anything for this team. You know, we'll die for our players, and we'll give everything we got. Room together for four years, correct? Yeah. Fall camps. Every room? Yeah. Sometimes, go over there. Sleep over there. There's the meet one who's the messy one. We have our share of days when we... when I'm neat, he's neat, or, you know, we might both be messy, but we do a good job.

1:54:06Yeah. I'd probably say I would better kick the jack, though. Tony Gertman, like I held. When you're playing a team for the second time, and that was almost a season to go by now, how much of... Are you at Square One with the scouting and preparation, or how much do you take from that game? How much do you avoid taking so that you don't have any preconceived notions of what you're going up against on the offense line? I say it's pretty 50-50, I mean, that game, like you said, it was a while ago, but at the same time, they elevated as a team, so did we, so we understand that they had... they made some changes for sure. You know, there's a certain tendency we can take back from that game, but we also understand that they went on a little run after that, and we can see that they elevated as an offense, so we just got to continue to watch those games, dissect other games, and just continue to see what stands out and what they changed from the past game. We got a couple calls on Zoom that we'll wrap up with. First, we have Nick Hamilton from Nightcast Media. Nick?

1:55:09I just wanted to ask you basically about the synergy of this defense and how you guys were able to not only celebrate the triumphs, but get through the adversity, be able to be this top-notch defense that you are in college football today. Here, Pete, the question one more time. Yeah, no problem. One to ask you about the synergy you are able to develop over the course of the season, obviously celebrating the triumphs, but also getting through the adversity to where you are all the top-notch defense that you are today. Yeah, I mean, like you said, we went through a lot of trials to trials, but there's also... there's a lot of things we can take away from all the wins and losses, and from those wins, we understood that, hey, we can be the best defense in the country, and from those losses, we understand that there's still things that need to be fixed, and I think when you take all that in, at once, they come down to the common goal or the common target, which is you can... there's always learning points everywhere, and depending on how we dissect those games or how we just continue to come as one and elevate,

1:56:13we continue to just collect all those learning points and just continue to grow from them. And one final question, Joey Coffin, Columbus Dispatch. Joey? JT, what have you guys done better in the Tennessee game, and just late in the season, you think about turning some of the pressures that you've got on the quarterbacks and the sacks and getting home in some of those situations? Yeah, I think it was more just understanding the defense as a whole, understanding everybody's job. I think as the season went on, we had to understand that, you know, we have to know what's going on in the backhand, we have to know what's going on with the linebacker crew to understand what plays we have, room of freedom, and I think once we understood that and got a better understanding of everybody's job, I mean, it showed this play, because everybody knows what each other's doing. It's not like the linebacker knows what they're doing. The corners and B.I., they know only their job. I think we all know each other's job, and we continue to ask each other questions on, you know,

1:57:14if they're blitzing how they can get to the quarterback, and, you know, if I'm dropping, playing quarterbacks, but I can ask Cody on how to open field tackle it. So, you know, we just kind of lean on each other's understanding, because, you know, like I said, like Denzel knows how to play corner-bedded, then I know how to play corner. So, you know, he has more wisdom at that position than I do. JT, thank you very much. Thank you. Thanks, man. Next coming year. We just have different year to year. You're more and just, you know, if you get a college student, you get a couple of, and that and all of a sudden, it just under, you feel like, I'm not good at this, it just can never be the goes of the movie, and it's the same thing. Yeah, I think you kind of realize that, you know, this is, you know, this is your life, you know, you got to, you know, come in here, go play single-highest day, like playing with the best ever-sune day. You know, you got the time in, you know, you got to, you know, make sacrifices, you know, to, you know, what you want to get out of it in the end. You know, long-of-life, you know, school, just, you know, live on your own, you know, it's, let's go for you to do a lot. And, you know, as you get, it just makes you better overall.

1:58:14Did you graduate from here, what you're doing? Yeah, you have got like Riley and he's the interview, and you looked up to, you know, guys, you know, I was like, I'm going to pick that role now, but now you have got to, you know, what kind of leaders and qualities you've got to do off the A&G Road, and those guys on that issue. Yeah, I mean, just kind of, you know, just shown the way around this building, you know, just, you know, how we do it here at the Highest Day, how we operate. You know, they, you know, I think all three young guys coming in have done a great job, you know, they've, you know, great work ethic, you know, I think, you know, for me, you know, the offseason, it was more like, you know, like, you know, for example, kind of thing, and sprinkling a little bit of, you know, vocal leadership in there as well, but, you know, just kind of work with them and, you know, kind of showing them how, you know, build a guy and how we do things in the room is, you know, definitely carried on to them. Being a part of that championship round last year, I guess, what did you learn from that one thing went on? You guys went on, I guess, what do you learn about, like, what do you think was this kind of problem?

1:59:14I would just say, you know, staying together, you know, our biggest thing was each week was just trying to keep that group together each week. You know, I think last year we had such a strong bond together, you know, with all the guys, so I think that was really the motivation, you know, just staying together and, like, like, a band of brothers. James has talked about the past, I think you have been deciding in our battle, you know, kind of made that too deep, but James has talked about the past, you're playing well, you're making plays, consistently, practice. You're going to play playing well, you're going to be seeing this, you're going to be doing a hard pressure descent that approach, you're not going to log down to Sky's and friends, you're basically playing, you're going to be doing a lot of things. Yeah, I mean, I think, you know, just start with, you know, coming out to practice every day, you being up with your head down, just making sure you're going hard every single play, you know, knowing what you're doing, you know, so you can build that trust. But I think, you know, just having the guys around, letting you know, like, sunny, R.V.L. Payton, you know, you know, you know, who's, you know, been in there, you know, playing in games, everything like that, you know, D'Lineon,

2:00:17I'm asking questions and stuff, so, so you're ready. Where you sit down? I'm like 227. What's the goal for Forty-Full? It's still 225 right now, I think, of a bump up to like 238. Can't get a little more. Great commercial. Do you want that to be a little sense of urgency to be part of that 2D to provide depth, or maybe more than that, this season, how can you go into your team? Yeah, I mean, I think, all right now, kind of focus on it, just getting better someday, I think that's kind of what it springs for, is, you know, individually just, you know, continue to perfect your craft every single day, before that's a second-eat or any more scheme or whatever it would be. But, yeah, I mean, I think that's, you know, definitely, you know, something in my head, you know, obviously, you know, can't get a play. So, I think that's definitely, it's not one big thing. I think Coach Gohan's really good at sets to receive, he's really good coach, really good person, and then obviously we got Coach Dickey, Coach Johnson, Coach Felix, we're all good at this.

2:01:17You know, it's kind of four coaches, yeah, how does that change? I mean, we're a lot more split up because we got more coaches to do, more drills and stuff, so it's a lot, it's more efficient stuff. Are you strictly aware of your duties? Right garden left garden. Can you just go a little bit more about where is it to? We've just talked about a couple of times, which is how it looks at the steering. Obviously, I need to be versatile because last year people went down and like, you gotta be ready with your numbers called, obviously, because we had Seth go down, get Jimmy go down, and like, you always, you gotta be ready 100% of the time otherwise, you just gotta be ready. I think you've got different spots you've got in the game right? We've seen that throughout all the guys on the list. I would say like half the line is doing that. Okay. Can you be coming from Michigan? I feel like that's not too common in a higher state player to come from there.

2:02:17What does that experience like? I would say, it's not, I wouldn't say it's that crazy because I grew up in Michigan State fan, but obviously I committed North Western. I never got, I never got really like looked at by the Michigan State coaching staff and then obviously they didn't have like a great, obviously. Now it's hard for you to get fired, so obviously, and then Ohio State called me, so I'm like, you can't pass it up, so obviously, now I'm here. What is your goal for this season in terms of your development and where do you want to be by the time fall camp ends and the season starts? My goal is to get better every day and just be what I need to be for this team to go when games. Where have you been primarily working this spring? Well positioned. Right guard left guard. Okay, let's get out of the change physically. Wait, are you up to your desire to change physically? I got here because I came, I was in summer and roly, so I came in at like 295 and now I just like consistently group a team. I imagine I try to deal with it. You play both guard spots, I think you're saying, right?

2:03:18It seems like everybody would talk to you as a multiple spawns as you were saying. You need to be, you guys learn last year, you have to be a person to go live. It's a good core about that if you would. Obviously, because it's not good when you're all American center going down last year, but obviously Carson was a really good asset, so he started the year before, so he's really good. It's not like we had a big drop off, so we always got to be ready when you ever come. If you obviously could lose your coach probably, you'd have a little relationship with him, if you had any year's come on campus, but then someone coached, but when he comes in, and he obviously coached John, he's coming in, who I know you knew from Purdue a little bit at least. Well, always a like to hear that he's coming in, but like, oh, this is familiar, maybe that kind of already. It's good seeing familiar faces, and yeah, obviously, I like both of them, so it's, I mean, it's not really drop off, it's right, so it's good. Especially a very deep set of moments. How are you, I call it, I just walk out, it just makes me busy over there and Jerry's gone. So is he going to say any other message to you? No, I think it's at the end. Did they tell you about the opportunity here in Asfari's, meeting a player of your sort at a position on the offensive line?

2:04:19Well, I mean, they see me at left tackling this, I'll be a good fit, you know, coming in. But I was, I think it was going to be all stressed, you know, they'll also have other great, all kinds of linemen in the portal that have lost the great scope, because they'll say that, fill wise on me, I'll be a good fit when it comes to, such as I would, what you guys do, but if this he does, then what is like the people here, you know, what's kind of the ultimate feeling now about that, you actually saw this big experience with them, what's kind of the feeling about them? Yeah, it's, it's a, there's definitely a good feeling, it's great. I'm glad that I was actually able to come down here, because I mean, Zoom calls and phone calls are nice, but you know, in person is a lot different. And this is, again, to know the staff, you're getting to know Coach Herb, it's, you know, Coach Noel, it was, it was a great experience, so overall. Who else have you checked out during this process, what other schools? I've talked to some others, so I've talked to a, how I say it in Iowa and A&M, really just, yeah, that's what we've been, I've tried to keep it short,

2:05:19tried to keep it sweet, I really need to be 200 bucks in schools, I mean, that's not the main priority, like it. Are you entering decision mode now, or do you intend to take some trips in early January? Yeah, I'm done with it, when do you want to decide? Sometimes before Christmas. What about? For those of us who only see maybe highlights of you, what are kind of your strengths and areas that you're looking to improve? So, shrink wise, I would say, prior to this movement, I mean, I've been told by Coach Herb, I would be very lawful for a 345 pound guy. If I ever done on film, this I've meant to got my stances, the big thing for me, so big, and just being able to move people. But at the same time, I'm also just being consistent and can't place any punch on a forward general to technique. So, I mean, if you're a big strong guy, then you can only do so much by when you don't have the right technique. That's a big reason why I want to have a good online coach to work with, just to refine that technique to be precise in everything.

2:06:25That's kind of like what I'm looking for to improve. I appreciate it, man. I appreciate it. Is this something that's inside of me? I always want to be better than I was the previous day, so. When you look at the speed in the room, what kind of view? And also John Ross, I mean, what if you noticed about that, especially, you know, you went to John Ross. Yeah. I mean, you can look out there on the field, man, and find around trying to make plays. And, you know, for me, and I'm sure John as well, every time you're on the field, you just want to put that speed on tape. No matter if you're number one reading the play or the last reading play, you always want to put that speed on tape. And obviously, the quarterback's to see that, the coaches to see that, and hopefully more opportunities come from that, which is always going hard. It's all around the NFL that they might want to ship the workouts to Lee Jr., which alive. I think about like injuries and prevention, was that what, and some, I've talked about how offseason's coaching for players, what are your thoughts on that?

2:07:27What do you consider? Yeah, to be honest, I haven't really put much thought into it. I feel like now, like I'm year six and a week, I kind of got a, not kind of, but I have a pretty good routine. I've been able to know how I've scheduled my offseason in terms of dates and report dates and all that stuff like that. But, shoot, they're willing to push it back, like I'm not going to be mad, because that kind of just gives us more time. Obviously, with our families, and kind of doing the same things, just working out, like the first two weeks of OTA is kind of just working out and training and stuff like that. Which, I mean, we're kind of doing already, you know what I mean? But then I see the side of it coming in when we do, because we've got a lot of new faces, guys that you sign in for agency, and then obviously the draft. So, I mean, it's not a bad thing that we come in when we do, because guys get to kind of be around each other and know each other and create that bond early on. Can you send a memory history to yourself? Do you think that's scheduled to help in terms of injury recovery and stream-winding after the season? I mean, yes and no. Speaking of personally, I feel like a lot of my injuries have been things out of my control.

2:08:30I feel like I've had a lot of freak injuries. You know, can prevent, I don't know. But I mean, more time off, more recovery. I mean, if you're doing it the right way, then it's definitely beneficial. You said you'd step around back in 19, the Eagles were very interested in you. What do you remember from that period, that process? Yeah, it's actually funny, because I took a top 30 visit here, and I remember my visit, vividly, coming in, like just really loving the place. Loving the staff, loving the people, especially like just having conversations with Howie and just kind of just being in the building. It felt right to me. And I remember going home after my top 30 visit, talking to my girlfriend, wife at now, but in my mom, I really liked the Eagles. And that was kind of one of my teams going into the draft, like I thought that I might be here. And I know that there's been talks that it almost happened or whatever. But I mean, in hindsight, things like things always work out how they're supposed to be.

2:09:30Now I'm here. So I don't know if that it was meant to be like that. Obviously it was, but you know, now I'm here. You're being installed here. Do you feel that levels of playing field for you with your competition at all? So I think obviously with Kelli, me and here, you know, at the end of the day for me, like football, football. And obviously, like I said, like being with a familiar face and Nick, so working with him and kind of like knowing what he's done in the past. And then obviously Kelli being a different dynamic. The good thing is like a lot of that stuff is similar to just different terms and different names. So for me, it's been very easy to kind of just be in here and get an offense and understand it. So yeah, I think that's a credit. So another reason why I came here just knowing Nick has some type of hand in the offense with Kelli. So it definitely helps me. Did that get a brand new jail hurts so far? Peace out again. And pressure was a jail hurts so far. Yeah. So I remember when I first like agreed to terms to come here, the first person I got a text with from Jalen. And he was basically just saying like excited to have you here. He said he kind of watched me from afar just knowing that I was a speedy guy, good player, whatever.

2:10:37But just know that that meant a lot to me for him to reach out during that time. And since I've been here, man, he's been nose down like this works hard. He's a great leader. Just kind of his presence is aura. It just speaks volumes of the player he is, the leader he is, the person he is, he is man. And he's grinding to get better each and every day. And you know, when you're in the building on a guy like that, you just want to play for them and want to get better with them. So I would say they are very, very, very detailed. Like Fernando and his team, they're like super, super detailed. Like even today, like we got these little things where we kind of rate our soreness from the prior practice and things like that. And talking with the with Stefan and chisholidist, just about plans and all that stuff, like they're very, very detailed. And I've been, I've been in places where it's been like that. But I think this is kind of a step up just how they're so intense with those things.

2:11:37And I think it's definitely been efficient to the players. And I think it's been a couple of times as far as fighting here, even Kevin and Jason, but haven't he changed the bot in that room as opposed to Steve or how does that sort of the day is getting a lot of 101. Yeah, man, to be honest with you, like looking at looking at the room, looking at the situation, it's like, like I'm blessed to be with two of the best servers in the game. And from the outside looking in, like the question is, oh, like why would you go there? They already got these guys. And I'm like, man, I want to, I want to be around greatness. Like I want to be in there and be with these guys and work with these guys and learn from these guys. Obviously me and AJ came in together, Devise came in to your after. And so I've known AJ prior because we trained together for the combine and all that stuff. But like to be in a room with those guys, like it's only room for opportunity to learn more. Like these are two of the best. And if you're in a room with that, like getting all the knowledge you can, like playing compete with those guys, like it's only going to make you better.

2:12:40So I'm blessed to be in this opportunity, blessed to be in that room. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. You talked about the personal diversity. What kind of personal diversity? Offield stuff. Yeah. Have you seen Bayern Murphy kind of progress and getting back on the field? Yeah, there's a lot of people here and what he can bring on the table for him. I'm just saying, I'm seeing his game continue to grow. I mean, he caught a little hiccup with the injury. He's off for a couple of weeks. And I'm still seeing this progression. He's even just to learn. He knows where to be and then he knows how to use his leverage personally. You know, he's a short guy and super strong. So he has all the potential in the world to be great. What is about this bill's offense makes them as dynamic as they are or the challengers they present to you guys this weekend? Starts with their 6-5, 250 pound quarterback. Virul has the one that gets the horse going. I mean, without them, I don't think they'll be the team they are and they know that.

2:13:40So right now he hasn't done any interceptions. So hopefully Russian coverage can work together so we can cause his first turn over the season. I know the guy, he's been a guy in the past that throws a lot of interceptions because he takes shots. Yeah, I know he's even thrown a ball as far as he can in front of our crowd. So you got to do a good job of plastering them. Statistically, the run defense was a lot better in the second half Sunday than the first half. Does anything really change there at all? Our aggression. You know, just to pick it back off that, we got to continue to be better. Personally for me, I don't like seeing the amount of yards on the board granted. You know, we did win. But you know, I don't want to be the hindsight guy and forget about the run game. Still, I think an issue for us, it's an issue for me. We got to be better. I don't want to be one of the last teams in the league in a run game. So we're doing a good job. You know, are my sets right? The coaches are emphasizing it and eventually he's going to get going. Obviously, you never want to have a teammate be treated away like your own. But with Ernst Jones coming in, he's highly touted. There's a pretty good run defense kind of linebacker. What does that do for your defensive room?

2:14:41I'm trying to bring my book out, but it does it. It does a. I can't really speak on it because I don't really know. Jones that well. I don't know his game. I've heard from others that I know that plays with Rams. I said he was good, but as far as that, I don't know. Hopefully this move works out for the betterment. Obviously, I mean, we all want that to, but we'll see how it goes. I feel like a positive thing obviously when John Schneider and your coach are working to get. An impact player and your team when the NFC is kind of this wide open. It can be viewed as a positive or negative thing. It depends on what window you look through. What's that process like for you in terms of having to learn guys and their tenancies and communicate with the new players that are coming in during the middle of the season? It's a big process. It's definitely not easy to rework your roster in the middle of the season. They're going to do what they're going to do regardless. And obviously I respect that. I'm forward. I believe in their system and what they want to do. But it's an adjustment for all of us to learn a new guy and kind of reestablish a new relationship and reestablish a new voice that you're going to hear making a call in the middle of the field, especially because he's the quarterback of defense.

2:15:47So it's just something you got to get adjusted to all of us. Playing at a different weight this season has that been any sort of an adjustment for you? It has been. Just getting comfortable with my body again and figuring out my strengths and weaknesses and how to make sure all my weaknesses are just completely strengths. So it's been a challenge in that aspect too. And I think I'm doing a good job at it so far. But in this past rush is going well. How much of it is guys playing off each other? Like I'm thinking a boy is sack force from was to collapse the pocket and then he's able to get them. Yeah, you're all in a... I would say last game was probably the best game. Surprisingly, it was all working together as good as we did. I think these past couple games prior before that game, it's been a lot of us just... We just went in and just happened to be like that. I feel like this Atlantic game was a good game of us communicating. The past game schemes, whether it's a game or just going to straight-worth, a straight rush and just reading off each other. And we had to get better at that. It's only been a couple games. Well, it's only been seven games.

2:16:47We have a lot more football to play to get better and get our relationship on that aspect. If you dropped in coverage as much as you thought you might have. Um... But I'm par. I've dropped a good amount of time so far this year. I'm not comfortable doing it now so... Should put me on... Oh, whoever, not put me on George Kittle. No. Have you seen Derek Hall grow in the last... For my season this year, being around him? I mean, he's the same type of player. Honestly, only thing that's been different is his mindset and it's applying to the field. And he has to continue. You and the organization... I was. Yeah. Jackson had a duck jersey on the week after. Did you have something that you had to do as well? I had to do something that was a little more personal. But, uh, I didn't make that bet. But... Speaking of that, I don't know why we didn't run the ball in the last extension of the game. So, talk to, uh, them boys down in Columbus and tell them to run the damn ball next time. And just... Trust the kicker. But it's a lot better. Did you get the penalty, the intentional penalty late in the game?

2:17:49Uh, I don't know if that was on purpose. I think Mike brought that up to me and asked me, do you think it was on purpose or they did by accident? I don't know. But... It was intentional. It was a very serious move. I didn't... I wouldn't expect that. So, I was actually, you know, big brain played by him. Did you think there should have been a second left? No. I'm being real. I don't want to be biased. No, we ran out of time. We just... My boy, my boy, uh, 18 was back there just too comfortable. But it's all good. He's going to learn. Uh, first game with Rarovetson Harris. Uh, what were your impressions at him? It was like 6-8. And it was crazy. Uh, he's super, super strong. Um, I've been watching him. I've been seeing this game from afar from a while. I shouldn't have been watching it above. And seeing I saw him in Chicago. I saw him in Jacksonville. You know, I just watched a lot of football and a lot of tapes. So, eventually you just see guys. You pay attention to who they are. Um, so, you know, it's been a unique process. So, just bringing them in. And he's picked up a defense pretty well. Um, very powerful guy. Uh, versatile as well. And I think it's going to add a lot of, a lot of good plays

2:18:51to our defense here soon. Did you, for the defensive lineman, have arms that long? Sure. Can nobody touch your chest? Are you in the ball game? That, like, you don't want big strong lineman grabbing you and trying to rough out you. Because they're already bigger than us in the first place, especially me. They, like, 6-8, 3-30. You know, I'm wherever my weight is. So, playing with extensions is very key for a D-Linda. There you go. Thanks, that's cool. Thanks, Jayla. His game? Uh, yeah. Man, I love Cogiro. Like, you know what I'm saying? Um, he's a great offensive mind. I truly believe that, you know, with the main thing is the main thing. And it was prayer. Like, the Lord led me here. Right? So, maybe the Lord led me here to be with G-Roh. But the reason I am here is because I prayed only so hard. And this is where I was led to. But G-Roh does, he can, I do believe in him. And I do believe that he will put me in the right positions at all times.

2:19:51What do you think about Gus' personality, like suits you or personality? Why don't you guys work together to work together? I don't, that's a tough question, no. I really know his personality, like, that will. Like, that's a tough one, like, how are... Hmm. Oh, no. I don't know how each other is personality is for each other. Do you guys, like, uh... What's he, do you guys hang out, like, off the field? Like, how well do you know him? How outside of football? I know, I know him pretty well outside of football, because, I mean, we're together in Baltimore for years, but... But, I, I, I, let's just put it this way. He's a good friend of mine, off the field, and he's a good friend of mine on the field. So, that one's a tough one. I like that one, I like that one. You're pretty out of knowing, is he the same or a... What do you think? What would you say about Gus? I would say it's difficult to be more outgoing. You think about going?

2:20:51Yeah, you come in, you smile, you know what I mean? Is it bad, they? No, you're not going to fall. You're a good person. You guys kind of seem opposite. It's a good personality. Like, Gus seems very, like, you seem very, uh... bubbly and then talkative, or Gus seems very, like... You know what I'm saying? So, I think I said we're trying to kind of get it. Like, what? Like, how does this work? Oh, okay. I was in a track. Look, look. Hey, look, look. Gus could be outgoing sometimes. He can be outgoing sometimes. But I mean, I just, I don't know, maybe God just gave me a gift to, you know, be a light, you know? Maybe, you know what I'm saying? Because even through like hard times, I'm still smiling though, you know?

2:21:53Because every day is a blessing, you know? And especially to do the job that I do, is a blessing. Especially after all the stuff that I've been through on the field, I got no reason but to smile, right? What do you think? Still here on the 53 man roster, after this stuff that I've been through on the field, but I often feel the same way. Hey, I hope, I hope it's not a bad thing. But look, let me tell you this though, when I'm losing, you will not see me smiling. There's only time, like one and only time you'll see that. The origin was to see the offensive line blocking and seeing those holes open up and kind of imagining how you could fit in with that scheme. You know, man, those guys are beast. You know what I'm saying? Like I said earlier, the camp, like, I got a little bit of experience under me. So like it's always chemistry. Like when you first get into camp, when you first put a whole line together and then you put the running backs with it,

2:22:55it takes chemistry always does. It's never going to be like, sometimes it is. You know, rarely it is. Like you just, like everybody's on the same, same track every, every time. You know, and the offense last year was nothing. I don't think it was anything like the offense we have this year, right? So you got these guys are trying to get their chemistry together and me with them. You know, I'm trying to get chemistry with them and we're seeing it, make sure we send it the same way. And now like what you're talking about, I think everybody's seeing it the same way. We have a chemistry, which is a beautiful thing in a C because it's going to keep getting better and better and better. And that's what you're going to be seeing like, you're going to be like, dang. This is different, you know, so I think that's, that's what it is. And I love seeing it. I love seeing it because all those guys are my guys. Even the years you were healthy. Was it, did you ever not play in a preseason before like this? Just getting up going in the week one. Yes.

2:23:56What was it? My third and fourth year, my third and fourth year. The one time I did play in a preseason because my rookie year, I didn't play in a preseason. We had COVID. So the one year that I did play in a preseason, we all know what happened. Nightmare. Nightmare, man, that was a nightmare. But maybe a better man, you know, so I appreciate that moment too. I can look back on it now and be in small about it because I made it through that storm. You know, you always got to make it through the storm. I ran into the storm like, well, this thing, I think it was, I want to say it's, bulls compared to cows, like cows run away from the storm, bulls run to the storm to get through it faster. You know what I'm saying? Have you ever heard this story? So yeah, my name is El Toro. You know what I'm saying? So if it's me, like they made it in Baltimore and like, I'm running to that. I'm running to the storm. Let's get this over with because I know I'm going to get through it. You know what I'm saying? So I mean, whenever, because I didn't know that, I really didn't know that.

2:24:59One set of cows, I guess you could say they run away from the storm and the bull runs to it. I didn't know that. Like that's pretty cool to know. And then my name so happened to be from Baltimore, El Toro. So, oh no man, some things I know be stacking up. This guy named David Andre. He's a reporter. I think yeah, he's a reporter. He gave me that name because I started speaking Spanish. So good. You know, but yeah. Just be a minute. No, bad. Look, look, look, I'm open. Look, me and this nice looking young lady right here. We were talking about how we like just learning. I love to, you know, be a learned people's cultures. You know, learn about people like you. I would love to learn about you.

2:26:00What makes you you? Right? We could, I bet you we can get it out of 15 seconds. Where are you from? Where are you from? You from here? Mostly with that me. I was born in Milwaukee. Was there a couple years? Fill it out there. Take the boy out of Philly, but you can't take the silly out of the boy. Okay. See, look, look, look. I already learned. I already know you, you a tough guy. You, you, you a tough guy, but you got a soft spot in you because you been living out here. Here, too, you've been on the 405. Yeah, but you got you got it. You got it, man. You got it. Coach, hard and coach Jordan, get better. All the other guys. Shuffle me up. So I feel like you have to get better. We've heard coach Jordan make about quite a bit. Obviously, Coach Hardly has been a bit different all this year. What kind of impact has he had for you? And maybe see the other guys who just stand there? Coach Hardly in the room. Coach Jordan stepped up and he helped us out.

2:27:02Everything we did, he's a big help. And I just like make sure we stand up and stuff. We're just talking brandy about stepping into a bigger role. Slime, how much do you watch? I like that everyday. Try and take things. Whether it's preparation, stuffy, those on the field. Just learning from a guy like that. Yeah, every time I watch him, I watch him. So I have to take some of this game and add it to my and Bryson Rogers too. I take some of this. All the receivers. Yeah, they always help me out. And I need to go. Is what's in life walking into this room to the city that we have to have staying with all of history? I mean, you already smile. I mean, you know what it means to be a part of this world? What's that? It's a big step. Definitely, it definitely holds a lot like a soldier. So you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta take quick. It's definitely a big dream for my team. It's never been to a lot of, I'm blessed to be here. You won that? Yeah, that's why you come. Yeah, that's why you come. Yeah.

2:28:02What's going to come and vice-eat-grat from some of the workers that has already even before spring-ball started to talk to the Domeca, some of those guys that you're off? Uh, like, try not to take everything personally. Like, I'll say, like, when you're on time with a colleague, when you're making comments and making that play, and I'll be looking forward to it every day. And I'll be standing up playing, but because that's going to get you to find your life and find your name. Yeah, like, yeah. Yeah, like, as you got pregnant, you was a guy who I've been waiting for the last two years to make a difference out of two years. How much is patient to require me to, obviously, you've got to get off the field. How much is patient to afford to buy out these three-year-old soldiers? I'm not everybody having the same amount. So, some people always have a written term, but you just got a, like I say, a native tongue, you just got to make that play. And it's going to go on from here. Awesome. Thank you. You heard that guy? I heard, yeah. What happened?

2:29:02I mean, you know, I, they said this up sometimes, I just try to keep going and not take it to my head, but it gets hard. I don't know how those governments say they're good, but I know we have to do much. No, no, I, I can't know how sick I am, but I love this place. You know, I wanted that to be a point of my career here, that I stayed for some while. I mean, I, I think, I'm definitely the new agent of God for all of you. You know, it's more money instead of, you know, the term royalty, I guess, but I love everything about our state. I love my way. That's one thing about our team, like we all ride for a minute. No matter what people make, I want to make it. I think that's the only way to make it.

2:30:03I think that's the only way to make it. I think that's the only way to make it. I think that's the only way to make it. No matter what people make, I want to be able to. And I, I feel so many good, like long lasting friendship. These guys have been part of this team. So I didn't know what I was going to change. I was shooting at a C-Five-Watt. I prepared like I was. I was also interested in God telling me. I knew that my time would come. And I'd be ready to attend. I was just going to be able to do something. I was just going to be able to do something. I had a lot of time with God. And I'd be ready to continue. I'd take what's happening at home. And I'm just happy to do that. And I'm still trying to clip it out of your WHA. Words were not possible. Words were a huge difference for me. I'm trying to get it into a strong way, it's amazing. Where is the, I don't know, a flagger? I've never read a word. And I'm just going to help pick it up for it. I don't know. I mean, they're a good team.

2:31:03I think our countries are going to love preparation. I don't actually get everything. I'm a little glass-look and a little detail we can. And I think Coach knows a really good job of that. And I think we need to continue to do that. Because everything that happened last week doesn't matter if you don't do this week, so our goal is to do better than we did last week and into a two-week control game we're going to give our big thanks. You've got to sing the real good song. I want to really get into that. Everyone's trying to be the next guy to make a... What's the best line-out there? And then, Coach, the clock was quick. Yeah, I mean, I think it's the biggest thing that football's meant to be a fun sport. When you're at the go-out there and make plays and have fun, you really be brothers with each other. So, you know, the only time you really make plays when you're having a fun, you know, I've been fun, you're not making plays. You really have those hands in hand. And we're just out there trying to make fun of me. We got here in the scheme and telling around and can change that. But did you see when you saw Emma? Yeah, actually, Will said if he gets to play at noon,

2:32:05he could complete 80% of his passes. LAUGHTER So, I think the controversy's over. So, you get a noon kickoff, he'll complete 80. So, I think we can all... I know a lot of people have problems with what we're doing, but if it means a quarterback can complete 80% of his passes, we'll take it. So, then, when you watched him, before you got to know him here, did you see a 74% passing that he is now? No, I just watched Highlights of Will when I got here. So, I wasn't recruiting him, but it was just... You know, I got everybody that was on offense. They put together a hit tape for everybody at every position. You know, I got a chance to kind of buzz that and then, you know, a week later, we were on the field. So, but I think with everything, his knowledge of the game continues to expand and the more he understands and has a real good feel for what we're doing. You know, Will has a lot of input in terms of what we do game plan wise. What do you like? What don't you like? You know, what do you feel comfortable with and as we get to know Will better and he gets to know us better, I think you're starting to see that kind of really mesh together.

2:33:05So... Are you sure he's surprised people? No, because I've seen it in practice. You know, the other thing that Will can do, he does two things really well. Number one, he can see because he's so big, he stands in the pocket really, really well and he's tough. You know, and I think that's one such an underrated quality for any quarterback. You know, the ability to stand in the pocket, well, people are literally trying to take your head off, you know, and not worry about the rush, but always keep your eyes focused down field, looking for receivers trying to get open at certain times or if it's an off schedule play, trying to keep off schedule plays alive. But I think that's part of Will's nature that I think is toughness as an ability to see the whole field while he's in the pocket are two big things in terms of his accuracy. All right, I'm very WBNF. Coach, this is kind of uncharted waters with the new playoffs system and everything from an offensive standpoint. How much of the offense is in? And are you holding things back because there's some poofy? I mean, how do you manage all that? Yeah, I don't think we hold anything back. I think our offense is always game plan specific

2:34:07in terms of who we're playing and how do we attack what they do. Each different, each defensive face is somewhat unique. You know, and so you can say, hey, this team's a little bit like this team, but not totally like that team. So I think it's not, hey, this is a really good play. Let's not run it because we're going to need it down the road. It's, you know, you have to win every game. And I don't think you can take that approach of let's save this for another game because you don't know how games are going to express themselves during the course of the game itself. So everything we do is just game plan specific, especially now that we've gotten into a conference play. Pretty much in. Yeah, I mean, we could add stuff that I think we may have done in the spring, but we haven't used yet just because we haven't faced that defense yet. Thanks for the whole work. Well, Chip, in 2022, your UCLA offensive line was a semi-finals for the Joe War award. Today, this offensive line was named semi-finals for that. Do you see similarities for the way that that unit was playing and the way that Justin had your guys playing right now?

2:35:10Do you make me think back? I think they're different. I don't really upset it before. I'm not into comparing one group to another group. I didn't know that that's pretty cool for those guys. That's a prestigious award. You know, those guys usually go unnoticed. That's the nature of the position. If you're an offensive lineman, they, you know, they're by their close of two value hardware. They don't really get a lot of attention. They're not the guys that are out in the limelight, let some of these other guys. But they work their tails off. You know, I think that's the gist of any team that's going to be a really good football team. It has to be strong on both lines. And that's the fact that they've been recognized for that. That's something that's pretty cool. But now we got to live up to that standard every day. You guys don't throw a sign to those awards. That's just to see the way that those guys have responded since losing Josh. That's because the player is in the leader of the offensive. How do you, did I wait at that? What do you think of the game in the way that's playing without you? I've been really impressed. And I think really Donnie and Seth have really stepped up in that leadership port.

2:36:11You know, and I think the two of those guys have really kind of led from the front to tough, hard-knosed physical players. Obviously Donnie being selfish and moving from left card to left tackle was a really big deal for us. And he continues to work in his craft every day because I think everybody just thinks all line. But all five of those positions are really different. And it's not easy to go from one position to another position. And the fact that Donnie's done that has been great. And I think Seth really, because he calls all of our identifications and directs what our blocking schemes will be, is really kind of fell into that leadership role force. And I think our guys are rallying behind those two. All right, Dave Holmes, WSYF. Ryan talked a little bit about his upbringing at Fenway Park and the store at baseball. And he's wanting to get your thoughts on playing a game in Riggly. Yeah, I think it's cool. I've seen just highlights of a football game in there. And I've been to a game at Riggly when I was out recruiting once. But the fact that you can play in settings like that is pretty cool. And I think it makes it unique. Obviously, they're refurbishing their stadium.

2:37:12So they got to be on the either build, the one that they did on campus, or go to Riggly. So the fact that we get to be the one team that plays in Riggly, I think it'll be pretty cool. And I think our players won't enjoy that. Awesome. One podcast. Chip, I know every game plan every week is different. Contention on the opponent. But it's felt like the last couple of game plans have leaned a little bit more on Will's over Russian threat. What's motivating that decision? The defense is that the people deploy. Sometimes they always have an extra guy in the box. And if you run the quarterback, then that evens numbers back out. It's as simple as that. Some teams don't do that. And other teams do do that. So it's just sometimes when you get, especially when you get in a conference play, I think there's a lot of people in this league that know how to stop the run. So you've got to be able to have a mobile quarterback. And it helps the Will has that mobility. Bill Landis, games of the North. Chip, do you ever interrate off the play or change something up just for the sake of doing it to break a tendency or put something different on film, or is it always opponent specific?

2:38:13No, it's always opponent specific. But you still self-scout yourself. And what are we doing out of this formation and what is our run pass ratio? And even within that, within out of this formation, all runs are this. And then that's always the fine line. Well, we should do something different. Well, what we're doing is working. Why would we do something different? So you kind of play that game and go back and forth with it. But we're constantly working on self-scout of ourselves and tendencies that we're trying to just understand. But some tendencies are good tendencies. You could be, hey, you're 90% run out of this formation. You're also 90% success out of this formation. So do you not call that ever again? Because you think that they think that you think this. You can get into that real dilemma of just, it's still about executing and still about lighting up and playing. But we do spend a lot of time on that. That's part of what our weekly game plan meetings are about. Any more emphasis on that in a college football season that can now be 17, 18 games where you want to make sure you're sprinkling in different things

2:39:13so that if you get a game 17 and a team as a pretty expansive football and you guys feel wise that they can't key in on something you've done all year or you want to make sure you have those changes. Yeah, there has to be some of those. But again, I think you can drive yourself crazy. Well, we put this on tape and they think that we can do this because they know that we can do that. They can't do that. And we do that. And I didn't make any sense what I just said. And that's what's going on in your head when you're starting to think about all that stuff, too. It's that process. I still think you have to part of being really good at it is what are we good at and how do we continue to be good at it so that everybody in the stadium doesn't know, hey, they're running the ball over the right side on this play because that's what they always do. I think you're still trying to mass some of those things but you still have to play to your strengths. Can you have a feedback on it? Shift, you can offer a question about what running. I think the community's last to get a couple of skills. You don't have to do that. You don't have to talk about it to be power all the time. But how have you seen Will's progression

2:40:16in understanding or reading what he does his want? And to do it when it comes to handing off to Hugh or Dre, pulling, or is that more when you guys only have a bunch of bulldozers or something more important? No, no, it's a good question. We don't tell him we want you to do this or want you to do that. It's totally a lot of that stuff is if it's a read play, it's he has to read it out and how he sees it. Just like we don't tell him where to throw. It's the place called to the Curl or the flat. But it depends, those are defender defend the Curl or defender flat. You can't tell him before the play. Throw the curl because I know the guy's going to chase the flat. Well, then he sits in the curl and you throw a pick. And it's coach told me to go there. No way that we told you to read this player. So it's the same thing with some of the read plays that we run. And I think he does a really good job. He was really well trained. I think Chris climate does a great job and Colin climate did a great job at Case Dayton. So Will's got a really, really good understanding of our running game. You know, it was more of just learning the terminology here as opposed to what it was like there. But I think he does a really, really good job of that. And when we put something in new, it may be new to this unit.

2:41:20But it's not new to Will. It's just, oh, yeah, we run this. And then we'll go back and actually look at Case Dayton with him and kind of pick his brain. How do you read it? And how was it presented to you? And what's the best way for us to present it so that we can execute? You're like, I've been told this is bad. What do you see as the advantage from huddling more and just sort of playing the slower pace of playing offense versus past couple of years, you have to remember where more plays prevented from your arm from now, pace a little slower. Just what's the advantage of that? Yeah, I think you can communicate better. So obviously the thing that's changed this season, and I think a lot of people have slowed down, is the ability for the quarterback to communicate with everybody before the play. You know, before it was just everything was driven by signals and everybody was looking to the sideline and then getting everybody on the same page. So there's some teams in some times when that's to your advantage. You know, I think more people do it to us because they don't want to mow in our hands so that I think the game has,

2:42:20we don't get as many possessions right now as we have in the past. Just because I think both sides are doing it a little bit more. But I think the communication thing, that you're allowed to talk to the quarterback up to 15 seconds on the play clock is one of the advantages of Huddling. You're not going to get to it, but you guys have also done it? You need more. Does it keep you in mind to be able to do the other team? It gives us an advantage again from being able to communicate. So what will can talk to the offensive line about, you know, and remain like normally you'd send a play in, but he couldn't give them like, hey, these guys are 85% twist and boundary corner on this place. So make sure that we're really high alert for that. You know, so there's a lot more that goes on. It's not a two-way conversation because he can't talk back to you. But, you know, we have a style of speaking in that situation so that we can communicate some different things. Before it was, you just called the play and broke. Now you can give them a lot more information, you know what I mean? There may be a player got injured, the play before. Hey, there's a new left corner in the number 15. We talked about him. We saw him on film. This is what he's susceptible to.

2:43:21Let's make sure we're attacking him when you know he's in. Instead of you waited till you get to the sideline between series and go, hey, there's a new corner and I didn't know he was in. But you can communicate that stuff now. Give me. Let him be around. Oh, thanks, Jerry. Paul and I pulled that a little bit or just on offensive plays. Do you ever have times in games where you have to say to yourself, I got to be disciplined here. I got to call some run plays. I know it sounds kind of stupid, but I mean, to have the balance when you look at this lineup with Jeremiah and Mecca and Carnail and, you know, you could throw them all 50 times a game and nobody would question that either. You're still on a same visit. Take discipline to also stay with the run game. I think it takes discipline to know what the defense is trying to take away from you. So, you know, for you to try to continue to throw it if they're going to play high safety and light boxes, you know, you should be running it more than, you know, and when people are loading up the box, take away your run and saying, hey, we're not going to let you run the ball in the situation. And you are still trying to run the ball in the situation.

2:44:22That's what I think the discipline is. So, sometimes it's not consecutive plays in a row or series, it's just kind of, what are they like? Because you take, say you're playing Northwest, you have nine game breakdown in Northwestern. This is what they've done for their last nine games. What, as you go into the really first, second, third series of a game, is what we saw in the last nine games actually happening in this game. And if it is, then we're pretty solid in terms of our game plan. If not, then you may have to morph a little bit towards run or a little bit towards pass based upon how they decided they were going to come out this week. Because they may have come out in the previous nine weeks and done this, but in your game, they're doing it a little bit differently. So, it's the ability to make those adjustments and kind of lean one way or the other, you know, I think is the discipline part you're talking about. Not just saying, well, we're just going to chuck it, you know, but if they're playing really deep and you're still trying to throw it deep, then that's not smart either, you know. How do we necessarily throw it deep every time? Okay. You just want us to throw it every time? Yeah, yeah. That's fine. I'm not the last one to win and down to air it out.

2:45:23But follow up, we'll win you. You're not a what he haze guy, then, huh? Yeah, and that one. Well, come on. You can't go both ways. I've never been out of wind of a Texas. Okay, see you're not a bear brank guy. Yeah, yeah, we've gone by that layer. When you walk into a place like Wrigley Field, you seem to have a feel for history and stuff. I mean, Gail Sayers ran there, you know, Dick Buck is playing there, you know. Most people know, they take their all played and so is your field and stuff. Do you think about that kind of where you are? I will Friday, because we're actually going to get to the stadium and get a chance to kind of look around and see what it looks like. But is that aimed at us? Oh, yeah. It always does. I mean, I love whenever we were wherever I've been when you get a chance to go play in some of these iconic stadiums and players that you saw when you were growing up and play here, that's always a really cool part about what we get to do. But yeah, that'll be fun. I think everybody's excited about playing this game. Great. Go, thank you very much. All right. Thanks, guys. So, energy hit on Brandon, bringing more energy.

2:46:23What do you thought of Brian Arleini kind of running this offence in the way he's still managed working with the receiver through him? I'm happy for him. He finally got the keys. Finally, go be able to probably tell us the ball more. And what else? Now, how do you see Jeremiah pushing himself to keep getting better after a year and a half last year? Oh, I'm just probably going to be more consistent. I mean, there's a lot of things he could probably be, he think he can improve himself and probably make the hard catches or probably just block it or like footwork, like little things like that. Do you guys see that just in practice here? Improvements with Navy? We're not seeing, but you guys see behind the scenes. Oh, yeah. We definitely see the improvement. We see him when he first came here until now. He's improved a lot anyway. He's only getting better. OK. So, I said that we become one of the people. We also said a lot of that. He's a big one. So, Becca, you know, we handled that. What about what a mechanism for you guys as a leader making a smile? You're like a bell on that one. Becca talked to us. He talked to each and every one of us. He had a relationship with connection with each and every one of us. We were able to come to Becca as a man before a player

2:47:25in the teammate. So, he allowed us to do that and open up our eyes. How's that going for you? I was going good. I'm able to talk to more players. I'm connected with other guys I've never talked to before or hanging around. Other groups I've never hanged around. And I'm also talking to the younger guys helping them make sure they're good. It's going to be tough for me. Do you really try to focus on? I think it's better to yourself. I'm pretty probably just being more vocal. That's me coming out of my comfort zone. I'm usually just a lead by example guy. So, being more vocal for the guys around me. Being heard more. What do they call you? It was always something that I could work on myself. And then they also just told me, you know, there's no leadership in the room now with a mechagon. There's like really no leadership on the team outside of what's probably with Sunny. And they're like the guys that play. So, like, they say when you talk people will listen. So, we need that from you guys. It's been like going up against these corners and practice just how talented is that group? Oh, it's been really well.

2:48:26They're all really good. So, you once on your loose, I'm every day competing to get better. Who's the best trash talker of the corners? And who's the best trash talker of the receivers? Corners, probably, IGB, receiver, Brandon. Brandon, I was talking to you, but you can ask this already. But how do you see Brandon in his step up this spring? Brandon's more and more vocal. He's obviously has a bigger role this year. But he's becoming more vocal. So, I love that for him. Is there any different physically with him? He looks like a bad guy. Yeah, Brandon slipped down. We think it's the jersey that we're going from 11 to 1. Yeah, he's slipped down and got faster. So, yeah. I bet it's in like World War II. Mine? Just probably you see the more the ball more often this year. I mean, you're absolutely right. I see the world from Shauna, like the two other. Yeah. Look at that person. They used to do it all. Yeah. I mean, it's only one ball. It's only like we got probably like six offensive guys. You got to get the ball to two right of backs. They're good receivers. Titans, a quarter back. So like it's only one ball. Maybe your impression is getting closer to the heart. Of course, he's a great guy.

2:49:27He's very determined. Like, probably one of the hardest work out that I've seen around. What's the biggest differences between chip y'all? What happened? Chip Coach Kelly was more laid back. He really, I mean, he wasn't in our position. Coach, we didn't really hear him. Talked to him. He probably just talked to the quarterback or Coach Hart. You can hear him on the field y'all in the screaming. It was the life that you thought about that. Chip was leaving and then that went up and down. I was happy for Chip, but I probably didn't say, I didn't think he'd probably go stay for too long. I mean, it's hard to turn down a job like that. Opportunity is like that. So I'm happy for him. I also very happy for Coach Hart, who's waiting his turn here and continue to be here. Stay here through the ropes. From Ryan Day, promoting from the office. I just learned Ryan Day believes in his guys. He wasn't keeping it within the end of the day. Jeremiah said, you're absolutely more open to it. That's not his part of the game. Obviously he's definitely been talking more and more, he's getting more comfortable with it. Because like guys like him, when he talks, people will listen and watch what he does.

2:50:29Chip, what question? Yeah. Oh, it's very special. Being back home, hometown. That's my first sound plan back there. It's in high school. So a lot to me being in Chicago and also to getting there for my family. Probably 30, 40. It was a blessing for me, definitely. I'm never, now I've never been a baseball guy. That was my first time at Riga. It was great. Riga is a very short fill. Hopefully I could catch you again this year. Yeah. Last year was one of those years where he really didn't care about maybe his status. No, no. And what he needs to do is to have been like now to see him step up as a waiter and kind of fill in and pick him in the end of the world. Mama, Brandon's always got his hand high. He always knew he had the way his operative, his chance and the opportunity to come in.

2:51:29When he'd get on the field, he made plays and took the make the best of it each and every opportunity. He's happy. He's a great mentor. He knows that he has a big role this year. He's over-expected a lot from him. So I'm happy for him. He's happy for himself. And I just can't wait to go show it. Can you play all the places? Who me? Yeah. I don't know. That's the coach's player. Yeah. I'm kind of just not trying to look still look up to Jack and JT and kind of have my own kind of leadership and be able to bring people into it. So I feel like we kind of have a lot of leaders on the B line and at the D in position. So we kind of all kind of just kind of talk to children and others. Has that been a tough challenge for you? I feel like we all just kind of bouncing off each other and seeing what one person does. And we kind of bled it into our actual box

2:52:30and we all kind of just kind of build one great thing. I think you remember last year when you got the shot and pulled back and pulled. And did they approach you that idea and you coached them? I mean, how did that come about? Because you heard Jack saw you were flopping. OK. You could have touched that. So I definitely did it in high school. I was pulled back and a little bit of tidied in. So I feel like it kind of saw what I could do there. And Coach Wilson, honestly, he loved watching it too, before he left. And he felt like he planned that seed and coach day's head and coach day kind of just went for it. And I tried to do the best I could to do it. Is that continuing now? I mean, do anything in the screen? New playbook. I did not know yet. I've got that far. Yeah, good day. How tough is that to do? Yeah, look at that. I like to think myself as a football player. I can really play any position on the field. You need me to just give me a weaker two to learn it and kind of perfect it and I'll try to do my best for you. Can Jack do the same thing? Oh, yeah. Well, what about him? Roughly, that's what I'm talking to Coach Johnson

2:53:30on Tuesday about some of the conversations and sort of sought you and got out to have some conversations after JT and Jack decided to come back. Just got to win into those from your perspective and how did that help you maybe get the right mindset I guess community is going? Definitely kind of seeing it all the way through. I feel like people kind of just see what happened and they don't know everything that goes into it, how long the season is now, what you got to do to prepare for and what's happening all that time from here to then. So I feel like we definitely just coached in, we kind of connected, we kind of just talked man or man and he kind of just sent it straight to me and I feel like we kind of both had been on the game. We know we're making it. We make it each other better every day. We got the four best DNs, five best DNs, honestly. And then college football and we're going to be one of the best DLines and college football. But you feel like a better player today at any work in this season. I feel like I've taken big steps in my roles of just being responsible and being more of a leader and kind of stepping up and taking a step to kind of get out there more on the team

2:54:32and kind of bring people in and I feel like we're kind of helping out more. How do you record in around the past to see the TKFC? Is it sound? I mean, it sounds bizarre, but I mean, the season goes by so fast already. So when you're kind of like week 10 in, you're like wow, it's already week 10. So now it's kind of, it gives you more time to kind of enjoy it and kind of savor it because you've come already in here for like, refreshments for a slice of crazy. But you don't want to spend all your powder in the first month of the year, right? I mean, there is a, that pace yourself there. But I mean, there is a mindset that I didn't know the season. Yeah, definitely, definitely gonna have to have the mental stability to handle all those weeks and all those practices. How much has Larry talked to you guys around the game? Last question right here. 2016, 2017, 4 NFL 2 Finch and then it's all in the same organization. How much does he talk to about that? I mean, he doesn't have to talk about it. We know about it. You've seen it every day. We watch the film. We see them all working together. We know what it could be. We know we could become. So we know we're at the same, we're at the right place at the right time. And God wanted us to be here.

2:55:32And he knew we wanted us all to come together and kind of play together and be able to bounce off and just perfect our craft together. And I feel like we all are just great individuals and we come together at something special. Great. You Caleb and Nathan groan through, especially the last half of the season, especially the way they've been using you, and that almost saved you whole stuff. How much is it grown that you can put your finger on? Yeah, I was growing immensely. I mean, Caleb, he makes a lot of checks. Nathan makes a lot of checks. I listen to them. Whatever they need, if I need to cover somebody, I'll go cover anybody. If they need me to do run support, I'll do run support. And it's really what Caleb does, what we do in Nathan. It just goes back to Coach G's preparation and everyone's preparation to give us more flexibility. And it doesn't matter who's in those positions. And we can all play every position whether it's covering somebody or running and tackling. Did you feel like that was the case before the Oregon game? You're saying what I'm saying? Is it something that's been added?

2:56:33It just, you know, rely on a little bit more. Go ahead. Yeah, it did. I've probably been a Brasca game, a meaghan and more safety reps. And we had a five week to prepare. So I really learned to play book a lot more. Even though I knew the playbook, I learned a lot more in-depth. So really just after the Oregon game, it helped me a lot to go back to safety, go to NICU everywhere. You guys had a lot of issues of giving up big plays in the passing game of the first game against Oregon. What do you feel like you guys need to do better just time around to make sure that doesn't happen? Just the same mindset. We got to challenge these receivers. You know, every dog has their day. Maybe some people didn't have their day that game. But we'll look out there and hopefully change the narrative. And we still play with the same confidence, same technique. And, yeah. Bill Rebellion, what's the problem with this patch? And Denzel obviously had a tough game.

2:57:34And that one. What have you seen from him and how he's responded? Do you get a sense of from him? How up do you use for this rematch? Oh, yeah. He's super stoked for this rematch. His preparation has been very good. He's always been preparing. Even though it didn't go the way he wanted to go that game. But he just always had his confidence. And we're going to see a big game out of him this week. And I know you guys wanted to play them in anapolis. But the fact that you get to play them at the Rose Bowl, get a second chance. And people have said, you don't get that very often. How determined are you guys to take advantage of it? We're super, super determined. We watched film. I mean, we've lost a lot of film. The first time we played them, now we've got another six games that they played up film to watch. And they've grown a lot as a team. Same as us. We've grown a lot. We're not the same team. We were when we played them week one or weeks six or whatever. But now we're out there and going to play fast, physical, and everything like that. All right, Jordan, we're going to jump to the Zoom question

2:58:36here from Joey Kaufman. Columbus, this match. Oh, my bad. Not too Joey. Cameron T. Robinson, the athletic. Hey, Jordan, you've moved around a lot in the second day and in your career. And now I'm kind of getting some many more safety reps. What is it like at this point when or Coach Mills comes to you and asks you to do some else? And just how much can you lean on the experiences you've had moving around when you're trying to learn something new in the middle of season? It means a lot. We always talk about this is if it's being on selfish, whether that's making plays or not making plays or doing your job so another person can make plays, that's kind of what we pride ourselves on. And it's just fun, me moving around, different positions. I'm always up for a new challenge. And a lot of people in the country can't do that. Just hold myself to that standard where I can play any position and excel at it. OK, if anybody else needs a question, let me know. But otherwise, we're going to ask them more of the podcasts.

2:59:37Jordan, when you were talking about watching film, Oregon, which one do you think is more valuable to you watching that against yourself seven games ago, even if you've changed, or the ensuing six games for Oregon, which one do you put more stock in? Kind of both. For me, I kind of watch what I did, things I did well, things I didn't do too well against them. And their team is changing, their scheme has changed. Some players have been out those stretch of games. So I really watched the past game we played. And I know they're going to go back to some of the stuff that they liked, of course. And different games like Penn State, maybe Illinois, they run a lot of men. So just watching stuff like that, every game matters. So yeah. Jordan, thank you very much. Thank you. Me and Lil are very vocal, even in practice a lot of times. Just things they go my way in the game, but even in practice a lot. Yeah, take care. I was very comfortable with Lil. More vocal guy.

3:00:37But working in that arm, I put it back down here doing a better job. Just put it into big sea loads. Taking our feedback, not more criticism, but just because we love it. And you were the best thing to do. Just doing that, and just keep rolling on that, all the way to far, and all the way to the first game. It's just Texas. You are doing some more outside for you. Your stuff is wrong. How's that going to feel? Yeah, I've been more, the more years you get under your belt, the more experience you get. You can start knowing this offense more and more, not just your position or what you're doing, but like everybody's out. What you're doing, how you're doing, and why you're doing it. So I mean, yeah, I've been rapping the outside ZXH. Anywhere coach on me is me, the James really. Be that guy and go make a play on me. What's the biggest difference for you between outside and outside? The pace. A route concept, you can kind of get the pace you can play within the slides more for next game in the slide. Something I got very comfortable with. Just the ways you can attack the defense, I think. Just you know, conceptually and also just actually replaced out.

3:01:38But I mean, just doing both and just making me a better guy for the NFL. And that's what Coach Hancock is. He's the time to produce it on the NFL, the time to produce it on the NFL. So I'm feeling very comfortable with it. Do you have to have a different mindset as a slide receiver? That's what's going on. Absolutely. I think it's more thinking. I think it's more of a yet to have understand another game a lot. In the slide, you've got to have a feel. This is natural. I feel like it's more natural position. And on the outside, it's just more, you know, get different things and see different congregations. You see different player types of corners and necklabats and safeties more in the slide. So just seeing how you can attack, knowing your person now and how you can attack some people, that's how I say the biggest difference. Do you have that more courage? Say what? Do you have that more courage in the slide? Oh, yeah, absolutely. Especially like being myself in the slide faster. Skinnier guy that want to put hands on and want to get physical with you. But you just got to match that and just let them know that you there too. You said about this question, whatever gets you on to go regardless inside outside.

3:02:39I'm not going to ask you. I'm just willing to make plays and show one one of the best receivers in America. So if that's in the outside, that's in the inside. Whatever coach I'm on in this team needs me. I'll post a link and show them one of the best receivers in America in the end. Thank you, sir. I'm really the end. I would say I'm not sure, but I know that we are the toughest here on the team with our crew. I know we don't know. We do everything. You got to take the screen and I'll wind it back. I would say we want to do that in the screen, but now we are. I don't know where that happened. I know that I'm in the mentality. I'll work with a brand Max along. I'm trying to keep his phone from running off of all and not with Medicaid. And he's picked that up. And he's done really, really well. So I think the whole unit now, we're tough and that's very, very, very important. I'm like, here you go. I'm going to do that.

3:03:39Yeah. How do you feel about that? Well, I would like to do a sidearm. And when you see the minus crew, and if you're going, if you're pushing the guy, pass last courage, it's a plus. If you're going back, come up the ball and hit the guy. And I would say I'm telling Max and other guys, the one that's out here without the off the ball and if there was a line there, I don't know. There was a little running field. It's hard with me. Through that very source. I would like to find this my missful state. You know, I'm not as big as that. I'm not as big as that. I'm not as strong as this guy. So we need to create our own momentum. And it turns like we're at the end of the month. And that's how it has to be. Before we can, I can't write my mind on my mind. I'm on your mind. But why do you have a number of things? What are the real terms that you want to know? I think you can go back to how you had an hour so very dear. So that would be a good chance in the last two. I hope you try that. I hope you do like your head pain. And you can go forward. Obviously. I would think so. I mean, if you watch the offensive line from the ball,

3:04:41it's been really, really good to see. It's just telling us right now. It's probably been playing ball. And we've seen some good strikes there. So this would be really physical downhill team. Besides, for the red issue, I don't know. That'd be very disturbing. I'm going to wait on my back. We want to see you. Just here, if we don't set a bad year, maybe I'll see a couple of that later. I mean, the ball. Yeah. Yeah. So last year, I was non-travel. Obviously, so I would come in and I would three hours before it's even been walking. I would set up a guy's back for a little walker. And I would send a satellite message on the water. And so I couldn't say it did. I have learned, like I've said before, I've learned from it. But like, man, when I have to be like set up like you guys, it's like, you don't take it for granted, really. And I think that that game-based experience, really just let me be thinking of the things that we've got.

3:05:43I think that, I think that, that's what I was thinking. I don't know how to put that in there. It's actually really smooth. I don't know, I don't know, I felt like that during the day. How do you use the album? You're working on your tech heroes as a partner. But also working on your tech heroes. Yeah. I mean, I've had to practice for a few hours because you've been doing 50-25 years. What about holding Simon on the money? A little boldest coverage. I, uh, I promise, I'll have a meal for a while here at the festival. I think that will be best prize in the past, and I'll write a little round to you. I'm really focused on building the tight end. I was off there, so... Thank you, Ben. Is there anything you need? Hard yet for the same time? Yeah, of course, but we're really coming out. I really think I'm... Some days, some days I have trouble, but I just, again, I've been on film for a long time. Can you play in Lack of Riders? Yeah, I'm gonna be down by. Yeah.

3:06:43Are you a tactical partner? Are you still working on... I was at... I've been in the protein. You haven't properly figured it out. I'll be... You can tie this one? I mean, I don't know. It really need me, I'll play. You bet. I mean, say you are the... You can iron back that thing, and you obviously said the goal last year was to be where you were in the sun and water. And now, you're in the sort of limbalag that the big, the big, the big, the big issue is in the water. You feel like you're still trying to carve out a goal, or is your goal just offensively? I think my goal is to be able to find a place of play, wherever it's left right inside of, I feel like I do a place for me to play. And I'm just trying to get better at the play, and I was like... Can you say, Tiger, strong? What makes that more fun? It's not the world that's like... It's like faster, like... I feel like something like that... Yeah, I usually... You can see what's going on. I feel like you know the higher... Yeah, you can talk to Donovan at all,

3:07:44whether it be during last season, or this whole season, just about what was it he for him to be able to move around and do different things? Yeah, he's been back here to practice, and then I will talk to him about some stuff, and he's really been helping me, like... like, pre-snap with the VN, how the shoulders turn, like what's expected to be passed, when he runs around. And I'm grateful for that. I'm going through it, and then helping me go through it. How do you think you did to hurt him? I mean, just how I was raised, I just know how to work. That's all I have to do. Just give him effort, and just go on each day of the day. I want to say this with full respect. When we see JJ and Sonny, it's like, that makes sense. When you're the third guy, were you surprised to be named? What puts you in that same category? I was a little surprised. I kind of have feelings, because I kind of like... I mean, I kind of could have guessed it, but I just knew that I was one of my goal to talk to him,

3:08:46be an iron bug guy, and I just couldn't work out anything. So what did you get in that was... What did you mean? How did you take that? It was really special, right after I texted my parents, and they really knew what it meant, until the video came out, and they pushed me to explain it to them, so that I had to wait until I had... That's really interesting. Back then, when I was playing football, I was then right behind the game. Did you just tell the difficulties of going back and forth? Not just like when we were learning, but actually having to play both of those five. Yeah, it's pretty difficult. Especially dirt and game, you have to put the whole mind around. It's a lot easier in practice, because it's not getting like seven down, but like going back to my game. It's pretty hard, but like in high school, it was every other player that I went back to football with the triple-out. So I knew it, and I was comfortable with it. And sometimes I just take a warm walk into my room, to put a warm smile on the screen, and I had like, say it to be the same playing game. Again, one more time, so I can put my head in.

3:09:47You bring in two tactics, and then you put your hands in the middle of the game. You put your hands in the middle of the game. You put your hands in the middle of the game. You put your hands in the middle of the game. You put your hands in the middle of the game. Yeah, so like, I got to set the example, and then like, my first two weeks here, I was like teaching them. I don't know what they're expecting these players, because I've seen some new players with them. And even near the against, they're like, like, technically, because I keep the same technique. But just helping them out, because we need to help them out. What did you like, what did you like, what did your idea of playing back? What kind of kind of coming about? What did you like, what did you like, what did you like about, what did you like, what did you like, what did you like, what did you like, what did you like about? It came close to springtime. They just want to have a good fight out there and they want to play the best so they can choose. What do you have to do all the time? They're awesome, they're great. A lot of eyes, it's awesome because everyone's watching something. It's not like someone's only watching this place so you know what's going on.

3:10:47I've got to beat back to you after the practice. All three off the world. It's awesome. They tell you everything because they know what's the best I had with Coach Johnson and Coach Dickie's watching 11 and Coach Oman and feels a lot of work. You know what's going on, it's both. How was the experience that you got at the big reps in the big games? All that helped. It was like coming into the side. It really boosted my confidence and I can lead the young guys too because I know it was going on because they really don't really miss this first time so I like to be on the level. My stuff's like just that leadership level. The ability has also been mentioned a lot. It's been all both sides of the ball playing in different spots. You know, I rate on that. Yeah, this is... Congratulations. Before this draft, Denzel Ward was asked about what buck eyes he wanted to have on the team. And your name was brought up and he said that would be a great addition for you to come on this team

3:11:47and join him on this roster and him to have said that about you before you were picked. What does that mean to you? I mean, you know, two or higher guys growing up here. You know, three or higher is just a great feeling. You know, we know that we're real familiar with the area and you know, to stay here our whole career. I mean, from top-oriented to highest school middle school or to college. I'll have to say, you know, Denzel still staying home at the top of the peak of the level so it's just great. Hey, Michael. We know you ended up at Streetsboro, but I understand you started Benedict. Could you... where were you born and how did you end up in Streetsboro? I'm so born and grew up at Heist originally. And then I lived there just about my entire life and then I got to A.H. It was at 15. That was like at the end of Benedict. And then my mom promised me I bought my Streetsboro. It was a better pay. So she decided, you know, it was better for us to move out there. And Benedict, he was going to be our driver every day to get to school.

3:12:48So I just wasn't beneficial to her. So my last three years of high school out there, she's where my sophomore year senior year. Hey, Michael, Tom, where there's some of the AP. We saw it on TV just a little while ago that you became a dad during the season last year. What's fatherhood been like for you? How's that changed you? Yeah, it's been a great addition to my life for sure. You know, teaching me a lot of patience. Yeah, you know, just being a big role model, my father. I mean, it's just the best feeling for him to even be on this and witness it. He's in all the videos and, you know, just giving something good to look back on, like, you know, dang. My dad did some real positive stuff. Hey, Mike. Chris Eastman. I can be conjournal. You've talked about playing, you know, probably, you know, staying in the same area and, you know, playing in your backyard. Do you feel like, you know, that puts, I don't want to say put pressure, but the opportunity to sort of be, you know, be a role model, be, you'll be someone that, hey, look,

3:13:55like you say, I came from here, I can look where I can go. How much do you sort of take that, you know, take that mindset, take, you know, you'll take that responsibility on. So I mean, I'm not one of those guys who's going to run away from the pressure. I mean, I went to it a little ahead on. So, you know, it's going to be a lot of pressure on me playing in my hometown. You know, a lot of people are going to have to buy a good nation. But you're not going to be in the debate as a player. I still have to manage that I have to be in the conversation. So I'm going to home myself very, you know, high on that home, I'm just a townable. And just got to be the best player that I can be at control of the trouble. Michael, I'm sure you watched the success that Dauwan Jones had here last year as a rookie. How excited are you to join Dauwan and maybe kind of follow in his footsteps in getting off to a great start as a rookie? Oh, yeah, that's my dog, you know, Dauwan. He just called me right before this. I mean, just we were talking about this the whole time, even, you know, even on my portal.

3:14:56My 30 days is, you know, they're just saying like, man, if you get here, it's, it's over. Like, you know, the best duo like all of us, you know, off his defense wise, we bring a lot of juicin practice, even at our high on stage. So I know it's going to be, you know, 10 times more at the, you know, next level, but really blessed to be able to play with my brother, I put on my brother for life. Hey, Mike, I guess your teammates started calling you baby Aaron Donald pretty early on. Is that true? And I guess what did that mean to hear that from them? I mean, I feel like that's a, you know, that's a great, you know, that's a great experience for sure. You know, a lot of people can't just be compared to that. So, you know, I mean, it just shows, you know, how, how my teammates are. About me, but, you know, just really appreciative of them and just be around the black eyes, you know, that's top of the top best of the best, you know, in the country. Hey, Michael Ashley, past duck from Cleveland.com again, I think we ask every D line men who gets drafted here about the opportunity to play with miles Garrett.

3:15:59Just how much does that excite you knowing the season he's coming off of and how excited are you to get a chance to pick his brain every day? Oh, yeah, no doubt. Me from day one, I'm definitely going to be, you know, whatever he does. He just real, you know, where I was like, you know, how does he get his body right? What did you do? What did you do? And after practice just, you know, those guys, those that they're not that for no reason. They're not in the league, you know, playing multiple years back to back having these great seasons. You know, so it's just, it's just a great honor to be around somebody like that. And you know, it's just going to be like I got to come in and put my heart on from day one until you know, whenever I leave. Michael, how much interaction did you have with Jim Schwartz in this whole process? See the pro day or your visit here? Yeah, it was just really just my visit here. Yeah, Coach Worsh was just, you know, Amy and Coach Jack were on me. It's all all throughout that. We were, hey, we're all home, but they were just, you know, surrounded by me throughout the whole day. So, you know, just building a great relationship from the beginning.

3:17:04We came, Jay, you came out true. Hey, Michael, I know obviously the Ohio State guys, there's a bunch of guys that went back this next year where you tempted it all to go back and try to chase the championship with those guys. Like, how close did you actually come to that before you decide to go to the NFL? I kind of made my decision before I to see you started. I was pretty sure on that, you know, especially when I had my son late in the year that has solidified it. It wasn't like I was tempted to go back. I mean, for sure. I mean, I feel like, you know, it's still unfinished business, but you know, my car has to do with what was right from my family. And it was just, it was just better for that, you know, in that way. You can't think about it as just a media personal, you know, saying preference. Got to think about it as a whole. Darius, Darren urban from AZ Carnals.com. I know that a lot of players these days aren't sticking in one school for a long time. You did it for five years. I mean, even Marvin did it for three.

3:18:06Like what went behind that? And why wasn't meaningful for you to stand one school? Yes, I'm a zero. You know, we had some tough seasons, but we were really built with an edge energy details, grit and emotional consistency. And I just find myself just trying to grow and get better each year. And also as a team, you know, win more games each year. And that was my, that was my home. That was my family. I was blessed to, you know, get two degrees as well. Off the field. And I just love Mizzou. Two degrees. Wow. Marvin, Bob McManum at Arizona Republic. Congratulations. Thank you to both of you. You're known as all business. And I want to know how that's going to serve you well in this league from personal standpoint. Your brand, everything you do, a daily preparation. There's a lot that goes into being all business. Tell me what that is to you. Yeah, I mean, yes, just being a pro. It's kind of raised and grew up to do. And keep the same mindset, same attitude that I've had throughout my whole career.

3:19:07Once I get here, continue to work hard, be consistent, disciplined, you know, and all that I do. So I'm looking forward to putting in the work. Hey, Marvin, Josh Wayne, trust ESPN. What were the best pieces of advice your dad gave you about being an NFL player? I mean, yeah, it takes a lot of work, a lot of preparation. No, from Monday to Saturday. It's all working. And then Sunday should be the easy part. I go out there, have fun, probably put the work in. So, I'm the source of the work first. And then once Sunday comes, it's really benefits. Hey, Darryus, Howard Balls are from Cardswire. I can't help but notice that ring on your fingers. Is that a cotton bowl ring? Yes, it is the cotton bowl ring. You showed it to Marvin very quickly. No, I just saw it to Marvin. I was telling Marvin, you know, he was glad he did play. The whole week leading up, you know, you see how I stayed, everybody said, okay, Marvin Harrison, and then he's like, is he going to play? Is he going to play? He didn't play. So, you know, we lucked out.

3:20:07Hey, Marvin, Paul Kelvici, Cardinals, broadcasting. Do you believe that receivers have to earn the trust of their quarterback? And if so, what does that usually require? Absolutely. You got to earn the trust of the quarterback. And they can start, you know, every day in practice, and being consistent, really. You can't just do it one day. You can't just do it for one week. Has to, you know, done over and over and over again. I think that's how trust has earned. So, no matter where you get picked, whether you're a first receiver, it's around seven. Doesn't really matter how to go in there and trust the quarterback. Your coach is, your teammates. So, it all starts in practice. What's going on, guys? Good to see you again, Tyler Drake. There's no sports systems for Darius. What's the feeling of just being able to represent your school as that first round pick? And what kind of impact can that have for those guys falling in your footsteps? Yes, awesome. I feel like I'm setting the standard going for it, but that's named was Zoo, is known as D-Line Zoo. So, I'm just added to the family, but now I feel like I'm setting the standard for my younger teammates. That this is attainable if you work really hard, be consistent, and really get the trust your strength coach.

3:21:10I feel like every program has built out the strength coach and develops all the habits, owning off the field. Darius Zachers, Mnasey Carnels.com right over here. JG mentioned that he loves the violence that you play with. You mentioned the different tendencies that you picked up, the emotional consistency is the great. How do you balance that? The violence with discipline on the field? I'm just through preparation and practice. I'm a big guy, I'm a big believer in inside hands, so that's why I'm always working my hand placement. And then I live weight, so that's all connected. So I'm just trying to be focused on my technique as much as possible. Hey, Marvin, over here, David Bramble, the Associated Press. You know, a lot of rookies come into the league and they get a little bit of leeway. It's like, oh, he's young, he needs to grow and stuff like that. But obviously you're going to be expected to be the guy here really quickly. How do you deal with that pressure? How do you go about just so much being expected of you so quickly? I mean, yeah, I've high standards for myself. But I'm just going to go in there and try to work. You know, the best I can.

3:22:12I just want to help the team win really, so with that role I play, you know, come September, let me do my best, you know, do that role. Now, this one's for both of you guys. The fans want to know who you guys are on the inside. I don't know how much you're willing to reveal to us today. A lot would be nice. Can you tell us what you like to do away from football? What pisses you off about things and, you know, what makes you roll? I'm pretty simple. I like to be in my apartment, watch the movie. If I go out and go to a restaurant, get some food. But I would not only do too much. And then I'm pretty easy going guys, so I'll try not to let nothing bother me too much. I say the same thing, a real chill guy. Just really obsessed with football. But outside of football, like I said, I got my two degrees. I got my undergrad, hospitality management, and a minor in business. I got my master's in a positive culture with emphasis, I play leadership. So just thinking about being well rounded. And then I do philanthropy work. I start my own nonprofit foundation.

3:23:16Derrick Robinson helping hands foundation, but really just football and then everything else, honestly. Congratulations guys. Welcome to the Valley and Robbie Baker with Fox 10. Derrick, this is for you after the draft last night you had a great response about how your process and preparing for a game. Just kind of wondering where your love for kind of the grind comes from and your love for that process comes from. I would say my junior year because I play literally ball off and on, but I got my junior year and I was playing high school. And my whole goal is just to earn a scholarship. But during that process, I really fell in love with the game, fell in love with working out, relationships with teammates. And now I was kind of like my vice and I can't let it go and just kind of finding ways to always get better, you know. Luke, and here with 12 sports, congrats both of you. Welcome to the Valley. This one's for you, Marvin. I'm curious your thoughts. Or what was that conversation like with your dad after your name was called and you were able to be drafted by this organization and how surreal is it for you to be following on your own father's footsteps, but in your own way.

3:24:17Yeah, I mean, it was very brief. Actually just in a second, congratulations. I walk up to the stage. Then I had to do a bunch of interviews at the word. I don't think it's hit both of us yet. And what's happened. I think one of my goals always make him proud. So I hope I did that. Marvin, Bob Rock, PhD next sports. When do you anticipate catching your first passes from Kyla Murray? I don't know. I don't know. I guess we'll see. Hopefully as soon as possible. Darry, as you mentioned philanthropy and I know there's been it's been talked about how you took some of the NIL and I L money to do a get back to school for the kids in Columbia. Where did that belief in doing those things come from? I say my family, my brother, my mom really instilled that into me, answer me at a young age, just give back your blessings to others. In my fifth year at Mizzou was the best year of my life. So why would I not share my blessings with others? So that's what really motivated me to do that. And now being an NFL, my goals are due three events each year.

3:25:17Just give back because you know it's life outside of football and bigger blessings out there. Marvin, you obviously played with a number of highly drafted receivers at Ohio State. What sort of feedback have you gotten about the NFL from them? And about making the transition and the league itself? Yes, it's a long season. I think going from the 12 game record season you have in college to was it 17 games now and you have three preseason. I think actually just the biggest challenge. The game stays the same. Obviously, never all skilled and very talented athletes. So the mental part is probably the biggest thing and the biggest change from college to pros. Marvin, what's your timeline for hiring an agent right over here on the way far right? You haven't hired an agent. Why is that? Is there a timeline the hiring one and are you going to sign the NFL P.A. Licensing Agreement? I'll continue talking to my team. We do what's best for me. I'm moving forward. We just take it one day at a time. I just got drafted. So I'm trying to enjoy the moment and be happy while I can at the moment. Hey, Marvin. I'll say Romero Arizona Republic. Welcome, man. Can you just kind of share a little bit about you touch on it briefly here, but just a little bit more about growing up with your dad and the experiences you had in Indianapolis and games and so on and so forth?

3:26:30Yeah, I mean, there's no better role model coach mentor that you can have as someone who's played the game and then he's actually a father too. So he means a lot to me. He's helping get to the point I'm at right now. And she's been very detailed and everything that I've done growing up with playing football. So we're thankful for him. I've got that he can be here with me today. Luke, looking again here with 12 sports is for Daria Starris. M-I-Z. Zero, you. Yes, sir. I'm a minor as well. Curious, what do you think you learn the most from your time at Mizzou that has helped you be ready for this moment? I'll say the biggest thing is not how you start is how you finish. I have to feel like me being drafted. That was the exclamation point on my career at Mizzou. But now I got started all over again and really earned respect on my teammates and coaches and they earned a role within our organization. But that's what I'll say. Marvin over here. What's it like being another buck guy out here in the desert having Paris in the front row and getting to reunite with your guy out here?

3:27:30It's awesome. I think this is kind of like two years in the making with Paris and kind of had his conversation going back to even before he got drafted from the Carlos. And I just get a chance to play with him again and hopefully my scorch and touch down so he raises me up in his arms like he used to do in college. So I'm super excited to play with him. I mean not only is he going to be great teammate but a great friend of half as well. Or if the tapes speaks for itself, but what would you say is the most underrated part of your game? I think just my competitiveness. I mean I mean I show it. I'm not much of an emotional guy on the field, but I'm very competitive. I think that's probably a very underrated part of my game. Yeah, it looks like that's it. So thank you so much. Of course. Thanks. And like he's really starting to mold into that role and really step into it. Is that been an adjustment? Obviously it's obviously that your brother, but also that somebody who is leading football team. Has that been an adjustment kind of separating those two things? I mean not really because like we always been on a team in our whole life and I've seen him being those leadership roles prior to this.

3:28:34I mean he was stepping into it already last year, but we got eight guys in the defense leaves. And now he has to really just elevate that. But yeah, not really. I've been seeing him. I knew he was going to mold in this for a while now. So what makes sense? I think he just knows how to talk to different players. Different players require different approaches. Some players you can rip them a little bit. Some guys you might need to pull them to the side. Some guys might need like they have some off the field things that like he just can give some insight. It just depends on the guy. Just being able to relate to each individual player and see the person connect. I hope that helps build trust with him as a leader. I was watching an interview with Nathan ransom recently. He called you the most confident guy in the world. What do you think he meant by that? When I came here, I was seven on the depth. I was nowhere where I knew to be at, but I always knew like you got to have that confidence to be able to play DB here at a high level. I think it's just going to show. I'm excited to go out here and ball this year.

3:29:35You got to be a little delusional. You got to be a little delusional coming into such a competitive place. I came here playing receiver. I want to show my boy, lay that really well. I wasn't delusional. So I'm going to put it all together this year. But I always just been a guy who's still talking trash. Even when I might not have it all together yet. Just still trying to get better every day. As you worked your way up the depth, sorry. You were doing a lot on special teams. The coaches have been making that a priority with lots of younger guys. What would your message be to some of those younger guys that are trying to find their way on special teams? Yeah, on special teams, like it's not a free play like that down. It's critical when it has a direct effect on winning and losing games. You see if we miss field goals or if we are our punt games, not right. We're not hitting 40 plus yards. Things like that has direct correlation on winning and losing football games. And really at the next level, I have some guys who have been there. We have a nickname, Ebner. He played 10 years and he has a special teams guy. So just especially for me being a guy in my role in my situation, special teams is the most important.

3:30:35And I want it to be a tool to keep me in that NFL for a while. And I think the other guy should look at it as a tool to do the same thing. At least and even get an opportunity on field. Give up to still do or be a part of the kick return unit as the return. Yeah, I'm trying to get back there and return some kicks for sure. But that's also me building the trust back there for allowing me doing it. I want to be on all four units. I know like playing nickel at the next level. You see guys you got to be on special teams and I just I hold a whole starting stand. Why go play so just being a set there will be this critical stuff in the team in the street. How much of a couple of years now? I mean, I don't know. I've been getting comfortable. I feel comfortable playing for a while now. I'm being honest. Be a guy in front of me who are good football players. But to me, it wasn't really really about that. I just continue to get on the rise. I feel like my skillsets are getting better, my games getting better. And as long as I'm playing football, I still want to keep getting better. You're a pressure that you're making back. Jermaine's a ball player. He's a energy, he's an energy giver. He's one of those guys who gets the team excited. He's talking a lot of tries. You know, he has to go sell his everything like that. But I think he's starting to really I've been with him since he first came in. So I've been seeing him mature, growing to more of a leadership role.

3:31:38And really, I think I'm going to be able to get back there. I think I'm going to be able to get back there. I think I'm going to be able to get back there. I'm going to be able to get back there. I think he's just continuing. He's a guy on the rise to get better every single day. He's a talented football player. He's a talented football player. Yeah, I think you have the chance to have a great year this year. Marzo, we've really made a food we think in this spring. The first half of this spring is culture. I want to give a shout to my guy Malik Hartford. But it's I don't really think it was just a spring like in the off season. He was going real hard. We have this thing we've read our champion and he holds himself to a high standard. And he did that. And then it's just translating the field. I've been that's who I've been watching a lot of my film with. I've been seeing my clients in the field and you getting better every day. Yes, because we see a late the grants of labor. Who's going to step into that spot here in May to mean that's the evolution of football? Well, I say this is a high of state too. So I mean, I know that's a late thing was a great player. Don't don't get me wrong, but they're kicking the ball off in a high of state.

3:32:40And they're sandwiched the standard. So we got to have players make plays. Who do you like? It's making people back whatever who's making some strides in that group. I was a lot of art. Okay, you guys enjoying the competition. But how would you describe it? Oh, yeah, I mean, we have a lot of guys. We're position flexibility is a big thing here. So we put a bunch of different guys in that position. So I think Bryce West has been playing well. And I think Miles is coming along too. I think the biggest thing for all of us is just really getting them to understand the defense, getting them to know what they're doing. And they all have the skill set. So really, as that mental part develops, the physical is already there. So just put it all together and they have the chance to be really good players here. When you got like theiva Sanchez, Walter, a five star, one of the top players in the country, is there an initiation process with players anymore? I could do a smart knock on Mark. I'm just thinking about that. Do they see a guy that grew up from your eyes? Yeah, I mean, I think that's what I'm talking about. I mean, I think that's what I'm talking about. I mean, I think that's what I'm talking about. I mean, I think that's what I'm talking about. Is it really a real upper-curricular ride? Yeah, I mean, the stars, like, yeah, it might show like the skills that you have

3:33:45or like the God-given abilities. But what I want to say about Devon is just the type of person he is. He's a real good guy. I think his ego is not crazy. He's a real, a little humble guy. And then he's trying to get better every single day. The stars and all that really don't matter. There's not really initiation process. You come here, you're freshmen. You got your black stripe on, you got to earn your way. And I think that's getting your teammates trust and getting the trust in your coaches. How do you see him just like, like, in terms of like competitiveness, like, equating himself so hard in his first spring? Oh, yeah, he's competitive. But if I'm being honest, I don't really want to. I mean, he has the hype. He's a five-star and all that. But like, Ohio State, like, the standard, the standard. So like, everyone in our room is held to the standard. And I think he's getting there, meeting that standard. Like, he's getting better every single day. He has to continually get better. But the traits that you want and the things about effort going hard, being a competitor, all those things that are not the technique, not the football part, he has that there. And I think when everything else comes along, it's going to be a great player as well.

3:34:46How is that standard helped you personally going into your third year now? Kind of your development over the last couple of years. I mean, yeah, I was challenged. I mean, it's either you, the sink or swim. I had guys in front of me. I had to make a choice. Like, do I want to continue to get better every single day or just be complacent? I could just sit in the air and be like, okay, like, this is just my situation or try to find a way. So, I mean, that's it. I made away on the field. And that was my goal. I had to go hard. I had to do certain things and how to go on special teams. And those things I want to do before necessarily in my freshman year playing on those special teams are, I don't know, trying to learn Nickelback. I came here to play corner. I'm out here playing Nickelback. So it's sink or sink or swim. So I think I think I did that. And now it's the time just to take it to another level and continue to get better. You mentioned the confidence earlier and said, you have to be a little bit delusional. Is it important to have that confidence, either before maybe you have everything figured out, have a position or rather. I mean, clearly, I mean, I would never play it if I didn't. I would have never played it if I didn't. I came here to play corner. We have a bunch of guys here at corner. Now I'm trying to get at Nickel. We have a dude starting at Nickel.

3:35:47I want to play. I have to get it on the third down package. I have to go do this on special teams. I haven't done something on special teams. So like, yeah, you got to be a little delusional. You got to be a little delusional. All right, Lorenzo. Thank you. Thanks for having me. Hi, O'Players. I have some pretty, a greedy player man in the living house. Nathan, I'm sure you're asked this about a Zillion times. I'm asking you to Zillion and one. Just you personally. Does it feel like just everything is kind of, I mean, this is just obviously the ultimate payoff and reward. But just for you personally going through some of the trials and tribulations you have here at a high state, what does this mean for you? I mean, without sounding too stupid by asking that kind of question. It means everything to me. I'm just so thankful. And God gave me an opportunity after facing so much adversity to put me in this situation to be with my brothers, my team, my family members. And God there and just played this game. I never take any game. Every meeting. Every practice for granted. I never take any for granted. I'm just so thankful. Did you ever get to a point where you just thought, I don't know if I can keep doing this or did that ever cross your mind?

3:36:49Never did. Never. I love football. I love football, man. Yeah, I love football. I thank God that he allows me to play this game every day. And yeah, I love football. What was it like after the game and you know, there was talk that you guys all had a meeting. Things got supposedly heated. Is there any truth to that as far as like the players and the coaches you guys talk with Ryan Day and just, I mean, just kind of had a hashing out like, hey, let's come, let's come full circle on this whole thing. And this and what happens behind closed doors stays behind closed doors, but whatever happened at me to help us with a national championship. So I want to change something for the way. Well, and there you go, right? So I mean, would you say in a stupid way, not that you guys obviously wanted to lose the game. But if you hadn't, do you think you would? You'd be sitting here where you're at. I don't know. I don't think about what if I think about that. How that ring would feel on my hand. That's a national team. Austin Ward, podcast. Cody, was that the first helmet you've ever cracked?

3:37:52I think so. I mean, I didn't even know at the time it was it was crack. I wish I brought my feet more in that play, but it was pretty cool. I mean, I've never seen that happen before. So, except for. Did you did you guys have any sense after it was such a physical hit? It was also a key tackle. Did you think that that sent any message, both for the rest of you guys on the defensive side or to Tennessee about what that game was going to be like? Yeah, I mean, we knew how important it stops. We're in that game and more so than the hit just to be able to get off the field. I think that was the huge part for us because we know if they can drive the ball and create big plays, it'd be tough. It's tough. It's a long day for us on defense. So, yeah, I would just I'm happy that we got those stops and we needed to get it. And that was one of them and you know, all those stops really propelled us to have a good game on defense. Bill Rabinovets, Columbus Dispatch. What changed the most after the order game and the reengineering of the defense? Was it mindset? Was it a schematic thing? What changed the most?

3:38:54I'd say the most prominent change is really this attitude in that mindset. I mean, we know we played good before that and we'd done a lot of things. But you know, sometimes you need a little like juice and a little bit of that. So obviously stuff has changed. Scheme has changed. Like attitude has changed. But I think we have that mentality that we have to be able to win games no matter what on defense and to be able to do that. I mean, we say it all the time in our meetings. It doesn't matter what the offense does. We should be out there and go out there and be able to win a game. So I think we brought back that mentality and it's just got to keep going. You know, you can't just stop it. Tennessee, you have to keep going to Oregon. You played so well before that. And then that kind of came out of nowhere. How about you, Rude Awakening? Was it how much did I make you realize, okay, we're not there yet? I know. We had, that was a rough two weeks for us after that game. We had to like really, we had a lot of tough conversations. We had a lot of overhaul and just, you know, really looking in words at ourselves and what do we have to change?

3:39:56And I think what we've done so far has been pretty well. And we have to keep that going because it doesn't matter. It's really what you've done lately. So you have to do that for this next week. Stephen, it means clip.com. If you were a coach, how would you grade a JT Snap with a linebacker against Tennessee? Snap is a linebacker. No, I mean, I give a lot of credit to, to, to, to Niko as a quarterback. I mean, he, he did this thing, moving around the pocket. It's not easy like trying to, oh, you said JT as a linebacker. For me, how would you, how would you grade a good, as a linebacker? I mean, some tough plays. I mean, that's football though. Sometimes you know, guys get juked, guys get whatever happens. But, you know, he always keeps coming. That's the best part about JT. Like, he'll never stop playing as hard as possible. So we're, I'm just, I'm happy he kept going and he made a lot more plays after that too. So it's very different talking and running. I'm going to go about just, you know, what's the main difference between you and the tackle those two?

3:40:56Yeah. What I've noticed is, I mean, when quarterbacks are, are scrambling and they're, particularly like good scramble threats, they, they use that ball fake a lot more. And it's, no matter what, even if they're passing line, it's still threatening like it's just the mentality like the, the playing defense. You're always worried about them throwing the ball. So they can, they have a little bit more wiggle, whereas running backs, you know, there's a certain amount of jukes moves that they could use or whatever moves they use. I mean, I think a lot of the things that we do is just trying to just treat quarterbacks, you scramble like running backs, you know, just try to stay down because, you know, your presence affects it no matter what. So if you're jumping for throw, you're probably going to be wrong. All right. We have time for a couple more. I think we just have one. Someone else wants to jump in, but we got Tim May, I'm in a row. I was trying to hold my hand up. What is your interaction been like with Caleb and Nathan, especially from standpoint of feedback, you know, maybe between plays, maybe on the sidelines after series and stuff.

3:41:56Is it, is it grown as the season has gone? And what do those guys, especially bring to the table in that regard? I mean, they've always been really good, really great problem solvers. So at this entire year, you know, our communication is strong in the team drives and everything. I think they do a wonderful job. Both of them just, you know, diagnosing what's going on. And then, you know, if we need to fix, they're always on top of this stuff. Our coaches are great at that too. They make sure that any little issue is being taken care of and we communicate with within the positions, but, you know, they really get that stuff. And one other thing with you, I'm just being honest, I thought from like the late and the fourth quarter on against Nebraska and then since then, you seem to have been a different player. I mean, I don't know if there was an epiphany there or whatever, but can you describe your drive or whatever from, you know, that was a close game. It was, you know, I think surprised a lot of people. You understand what I'm saying? But you seem to be a, you're personally seem to be a more driven, different player. Am I wrong about that?

3:42:59I mean, I don't, I feel like I've been taking, you know, the meetings to the field to practice everything. I want to say I've been consistent and, you know, I'm just being able to be in position to make more plays. And, you know, I'm thankful for that, but I mean, we're just really, just, you know, well, we're just trying to be consistent and, you know, doing what day in day out, not taking any day for granted and not doing anything that I wouldn't do if I wasn't playing well. So, I think it's a little bit of both. I mean, we definitely did not play to our standard no matter what. I mean, that's, that's number one. But they also, they also played a good game. And, you know, we're both a good team. That's why we're in the Rose Bowl and playing against each other. So, you know, it's going to be on us to be able to execute and do our job to the best of our ability. And, you know, that's what we're, that's what we're spending all this time practicing for.

3:44:12Like we're doing walkthroughs everything because, you know, we need to, when we get to that moment, we got to do it right. And it didn't get to the last game. So for whatever reason, we'll get those fix and we'll make the changes and just stare and go out there and get a win. Yeah, I feel like, Seth, he's definitely made a big impact on how I play the game now. I feel like I look at the, I look at like first and second down different because I feel like he's gave me a lot of information on how he sees the defenses, how they move and stuff like that. So I feel like Seth has become like a really good factor in my game and how I improved. For a guy like that, depending on Alabama, and maybe it's like a ratio itself to you guys to fit in like that. What do you, what insight you get into like what it needs to be? Yeah, in your group, you know, I feel like you know, Seth, when Seth came in, I knew Seth was a really good player at BAMMA. He's played in those big games. So, you know, just learning and everything he's done and how he like takes the next step. How he gives his features is something I took, took note. Josh, you guys obviously have quite a turning nucleus there. I'm into your line, you, Carson, you, Tecra, Austin, how have you seen just the chemistry of you guys growing up the last couple of years?

3:45:21Yeah, I feel like everything and just like, binding together. I feel like we're all just playing really good next to each other and everything's been going really well. Do you feel just, you know, physically stronger when you're messing with the interior? Yeah, definitely. I feel like it's a really big thing. Really, it's something I've noticed over the years is that I've improved on is definitely my strength and coach makes definitely got us going. How do you notice it? I feel like just over like these past summer, just getting strong as I can. And then like you just see it over and over and over. You like can stay in those reps. Those big time reps, you can just like stay. I'm just kind of learning from the staff and taking notes and things like that. How does that manifest itself in the heart before? Yeah, I feel like Seth, you know, what he's done, how he controls the offense, he makes the ID, gets everything going, makes sure it gets off and set. I feel like it's something I took no time. What's the way going back home after the national championship? You know, it was, it felt surreal. I mean, something that like you dream of as a kid, you know, as a kid you grow from Ohio, you always dream about playing for Ohio State.

3:46:28Which is great that I'm able to be here and play in a national championship. It's like you're wrestling experience still helps you as you're changing the body. Oh, yeah, I feel like definitely. I feel like my mentality still is something like wrestling has definitely developed my mentality and my natural, like I go out there and I try and like basically just choice all the other time. Anyone I go against, I feel like I'm trying to show him. What's going on here in question? Oh, yeah, Coach Bill on Coach Bill on his death, a great person. He definitely gets his going. He's a really good offensive anchor. I'm going to get the odds they aren't strong on the 20s. The odds they aren't strong on the goal line. Thank you. Good job. Good. Thanks, Seth. Thank you, Josh. I'd say it feels like a dream, but at the same time, I think you just take it day by day. You can't look forward to the game. You have to have a good Tuesday practice, have a good Wednesday practice, have a good Thursday practice and just make sure that those days are complete to where you can build up to that game and see how you're going to do in the game.

3:47:31What are the points this season this far is? I think it's more just mental, just seeing what the defense is, what their scheme is, and then also just making sure that you have the right technique for those defenders and stuff like that. Josh, don't talk to Josh when we're at the Dallas. Just talking about that. It has been a grind. Can you give me any insight on what's kind of hurt you before it happens to play in the blind game? Yeah, you'd say everything. I mean, we hit on a daily basis all the time. You could have knee pain, ankle pain, you could have headaches, you have shoulder pains, you have hands, wrist, thumb, anything. But I think it just shows that we're willing to do whatever to play. What's driving? What is it?

3:48:32What an asses championship. That's what's driving me more than ever because it's a memory that'll last a lifetime if you go and do it. There are a tie on, starting the pass here in the Teres of Fort on the English players and what are you doing? You're one game, you're one game, but how do you send your pitches to the table? I think it's paid off. Playing for a national championship. If you were to tell me that when I was 10 years old, being a starting right tackle out of how state, I'd say some cuss words at you and tell you to go away. Not that much, but yeah, it's Indiana. There are times in the state that you're playing on the one. I mean, how much can you do if you're setting set? I don't know, I guess you could say I'm gotten it out. I don't look at myself more than I'm just looking inside that huddle during the offense when we're calling to play.

3:49:35I'm like, I got to do it for these guys. Put so much in for them. Yeah. No, another name didn't recruit me when I was going out through high school, but I don't have any ill will against that. They didn't think I was a good enough football player, so I didn't the day. No, I don't think that's any motivation. I don't look at it like that. Maybe that they recruited different guys and classes, but I don't look at it as any ill will. Every single person who's by talks to this morning is like, oh my gosh, who's the guy? I don't know, I would toss that power in the world are you guys fighting the mental strength to rest and recover over and over again? What is this week then? One, eight, two days? Yeah, I think it's good. I think it just shows it's like an NFL style season. I mean, it's crazy to think what we were in week was at 16 or 17.

3:50:37And it's just I think it prepares you for the next level more than ever because it's basically I wouldn't say it's NFL, but the playoffs and all that stuff. It's kind of coming together as the NFL. How are you doing training? Sleep. Sleep going in the trainer room, spend hours in there. Then go in the film room with ice pack on or stem or something like that and start watching film. I think it's like a 20 24 7 thing that you always got to keep your body right to make sure that you're ready to perform at the level you want to perform it. Yeah, I explained that they do it. Where y'all come from that home? That day was an oh shit for me. It was just to see where he went from the winter time to being the guy who wouldn't talk anything and being all American, rimming to winter.

3:51:47Yeah, it was a it was a dark point and in this season for us as a line, but I had confidence in Carson right away. I mean, I he played 12 games and he did find I thought he did find those 12 games. So I had complete another confidence in Carson. It is a more of a. Yeah, I think it just shows that centers guards tackle they just need time. Time to I mean, you're not going to do amazing your first season and unless you're Michael Jordan or something like that. I don't know, but it's it shows that it's just a development and I mean are like our slogan is developed here. I mean, just to see him come from last season to this season. It's it's completely different. Yeah, I coach fries a great offense line coach. He knows what right what technique to use on every single play. He buses ask for us, even though people give him hate all the time. I don't understand. I don't see why he's a great human being.

3:53:05He just wants the best for us and I think that's what you see at him every single day is he's trying to push us to be the best for ourselves. Do you think the job. Yeah, I think they've done an unbelievable job and it just shows the selflessness of all three of those guys because Tegris starting for the season awesome is left guard and then Luke jumps in there. But those guys haven't complained one bit of oh, I want to get more playing time or something like that. They've been selfless and it's amazing to see. You're after the lot of Jackson said that Jack Sawyer called game and recruited trying to get some of these guys. What do you remember about Jack's goal and trying to get everyone to come back to the full more time? Yeah, I knew I was coming back. So that there was no no recruiting for me. I was kind of on the outside of that because it was only my first year playing or first year starting. But I just remember just a fire and Jack's eyes you see because Ohio native Ohio State guy literally the buck guy I call him and it's it's just a fire in his eyes of hey, we can do this.

3:54:14We can go to a national championship and play for it. We just have to have everybody come back and it was it was awesome to see. Yeah, obviously it looks easier than it probably is. It's a lot of pressure and the difference between a good hold and a bad hold is one inch. And then turning the laces hopefully I don't do that too much. John's pretty good with these laces. So just about finding the spot and getting the tilt right. So I would like to think I do a pretty good job. You could ask Jayden. But yeah, it's sort of a very refined skill once you get good at. Not too bad. Maybe a bit of mistakes. In the States of maybe just just under two years. Yeah. There's a lot of cold for different suspects, but we're very exposed in Australia to American culture. So sort of you were to expect a little bit. We get on your TV shows. We were sport, you know, sports centers there. He's been over there. So it wasn't too bad. And I've been lucky that I should travel over America before I moved here. So sort of you know to expect.

3:55:18What are some of the bigger cultural ways of acting? Just the way people would speak to each other, like joking around with each other. Showering human can be pretty dry sometimes. And even though I go home and see my mates, I'll say something that sort of doesn't seem like a joke, but it is. So you get to get used to that a little bit. Yeah, it's the biggest ones I suppose. A little bit more sarcasm in Australia saying. Yeah, a little bit more sarcasm. And the way we speak to each other is like the words we use for different things. I mean, I was just an example last time. I was talking about gardening with Ronald mates and we were talking about using a whipers in the bath, which is a weed wacker. And like just little things like that. You guys have no idea what I'm saying. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. He's exactly like. Yeah, this is like a bunch of little words I'd say that, you know, I think in order that I don't realise that he's actually Australian. I have to go back on it. Yeah, the guys are starting to learn. I hear that. One of the big things we, it's selective from the one.

3:56:24So you can't just sort of walk in, you have to try out. But most of the guys go up to Australian football, which the primary way to pass the ball is by punting it essentially. It's a little bit different. But then we have a whole bunch of coaches that actually played a coach football. And the Nathan Chapman played a few games at Green Bay. So he knows what to expect. He knows how to keep on. He still goes out and boots and he's old age. 45, isn't he? No, he, so he, so yeah. And then they sort of, they teach exactly what to expect. They don't give you any false hope really. They say, you're going to go there. This is exactly what it's going to be like. So it's sort of like a one, two, three year simulation of what it's going to be like over here. So guys are ready to go. Two culture. It depends. It depends how good you are, how a lot of your mindset as well. So it's very, it's, you know, it's a unique offseason. We might get two weeks, two weeks break and then we're into winter and then spring and then summer and then fall in on season. Yeah. Two culture questions. One, have you ever had a Vegemite sandwich? Yeah, yeah. And two, I heard no real Australian with drink, fast or spare.

3:57:26I've had my first foster in Nashville about two months ago. And? It's alright. Yeah, it's fine. I won't be rushing back to it, but it's, it's easy. And Vegemite? I love Vegemite. It's awesome. Yeah, I miss it a lot. I actually brought it over to Jarlos from Los Alamos in Australia. So yeah, I love Vegemite sandwiches. Have you tried to share it with anybody other than Nick? I've tried, yeah. I mean, Nick doesn't mind it. I tried it out. I'll, one of my little kids, Casey Magger. He's pretty upset when he tasted it. Yeah, it's been pretty good reactions out of the guys. But yeah, if you, if you, you know, a full-on ratio with butter on some toast, it's pretty nasty. What's the biggest similarity between Australia and the United States? To be honest, the foods seem like I mean, we're very multicultural country. It's in America. I suppose we probably have more Asian influence, whereas America has more latinian influence. That's probably the biggest, through different spartanian, we have a whole bunch of Italian. Where I'm from in Melbourne has one of the biggest Greek populations outside of Greece. I think it's the biggest out of Greece. Yeah, I mean, you could go there.

3:58:31You'd be in the city, CDR, right? Do you have to watch everywhere you step? No, it's not that bad. Just every now and then you'll sort of look up and there might be a spider there or something. Like the size of your pet? Sometimes. I mean, there's a lot of daddy long legs, you know, these little ones with the big legs. But like you'll be in six, so they're not sat around in corners. But it's not too bad. You got class. Thank you very much. Thank you, guys. Thank you, guys. I'm a little bit different under the other game playing against the other day of the game. Sure they play a letter personally over the weekend. They like to get the flow. They're like, have you seen the run? Don't you like to play between the ashes? Is it different in your game? Do you want to see some little bit of the world next time? Yeah, it's different. You know, I mean, you look at the last three games that we faced. Really, the offenses were different to what Notre Dame does well. So we have to make that adjustment because they'll be hard to handle. Right so coach, we're just talking with JTT. How disciplined the B.H.R.R.S.

3:59:31has to be knowing that Prilo's under did somebody expect the most third down in the country. He want to be aggressive, but they have to make sure that they keep them in the pocket as well. Yeah, I mean, you say, you know, past rush lanes or everything and, you know, caging him because he, he is exceptional at making those plays. But, you know, you also can't execute a past rush unless you execute a past rush move. You know, so it's like you can't get a hit unless you swing the bat. So it's really going to be a constant balance and knowing that he can make those plays. Everybody has to be aware of it. All right, thanks. Thank you. Thanks for your hard work. The defense is made. Unbelievable. Actually, I believe we'll kind of all year long. Well, we always talk about limiting explosive plays, you know.

4:00:45Guys know that they know that we talk about, you know, all the standard things that defenses do. But I think it's, I think the expectation is important, you know, that from the jump, you know, I talked to them about chasing perfection, even though it's not possible, you know, that we have the talent to do that. And we have to expect that from ourselves that we're going to be as close to perfect as we can. Yeah, and I think, um, you have veterans and guys who've been in the system and we spend a lot of time together and, you know, they start to understand how I think.

4:01:52Which is really important, you know, when you know what the guy, the guy who's calling the defense is why he's calling it and how it works. And, you know, because every call has strengths, but every call, every defense has weaknesses. So they just start to understand that the longer we're longer, we're longer around each other. Yeah, I mean, you, you can, um, tweak things week to week in the game plan and, uh, they pick it up seamlessly, you know, where at other times you have to be careful. But when you have a veteran group that understands the system, it works well.

4:02:56Yeah, that's been a constant, uh, pursuit of, of perfection, you know, I want, I, and up to me to put them in the right call, get them in the right places and, well, when they make good plays that's on them, you know, and they know when they, if something goes wrong, it's on me. So I think it's that continually, you know, investing in them and trusting, trusting them and let them go play. I grew up on the, on the mean streets of North Philly. That's why I came here.

4:03:56Yeah, it was raised by a Philly cop. So yeah, you know, there's an intensity that goes about that. Um, you spend time around them and, you know, it's my job to be hard, hard on them in practice. You know, to be detailed and on top of my game and have all the answers and drive them and motivate them, you know, because on game day, that's not the time, that's the time for them to play. But, uh, that's my job during the week. My, my job during the week is to be the bad cop and let all the other guys be the good cop. Thank you. I mean, that's a ton of additional pressure. Yeah. I mean, that's a, that's a guy who can beat you with his feet or his arm and that changes everything about the game. I mean, it's, it's a big deal.

4:05:03So, uh, Riley, he, he, he's really established his own mark in his own place because of his, not his athletic skill, but his toughness. I mean, he's really, really a tough minded person and player. I think it did, I think it really did, you know, um, the sooner you can get back to playing the sooner, um, you know, you can write a new script, you know, so I think that was, that was a good thing for us. Definitely.

4:06:07There was a feel bad for a little bit and then we got to get back to work, you know, and anytime you can get back to work, it helps you, uh, get over those things. I mean, even careers in Art, get helped, get great award white courseyห tighten, I mean, and then we don't need to be too stupid over there. Until you're taking off the tie there, I'm so happy. Losing at Ohio State is never a good thing. You know, you're expected to win every game. But if it does happen, that's the job as coaches is we have to find a way to get some benefit out of it. You know? And I feel like we did that.

4:07:07Thank you. I like the adjuster. That's why I named him the adjuster. I think it allows all the things you talked about in terms of disguise. It gives coverage relief to the other guys. I think he sees things, you know, even better from that position.

4:08:10You know, and so the results speak for themselves too. That's all theory until you get out there and do it. From the time we recruited him to the, you know, yeah. I always knew that he could do that. And it was just a matter of getting to it as the best thing for the entire defense. Yeah, it hit us hard. I mean, we put a lot of time into it and, you know, thought we put our best foot forward. But that's why you don't overreact in those situations that, you know, give him his respect for his decision and his family and say, hey, if you ever need us, we're here because those things come around.

4:09:15Absolutely. Absolutely. Yeah, we're, you know, still using a lot of Oklahoma State Film when we were trying to recruit him. And another year gave us the opportunity to put more stuff on tape to show him. Yeah, he's a very serious student, you know, so it's almost like if he sees something when you're teaching, he's not going to say it right then. He's one of those guys that'll come to you after class and, you know, like a, and then bring it up.

4:10:17You know, but he's very serious about the flow of teaching and, and, you know, not interrupting, but he picks up on it. He picks up on everything. You have to be on your toes. I don't know if it's differently. He picks up on everything. I think what you said when Coach Day and Chip did was we experienced the benefits of that, right, because of less plays, you know, and shortening game. But defensively, you also said it. You really don't have a choice in the matter. You know, you get, it's, it's whatever the other team throws at you. You got to react to it.

4:11:17Are there other ways that you can encourage in your night? No, not me. I mean, we have, that's Coach Day. He sets up the entire program to have all the nutrition people and, and the sports science and all that to do that. I don't treat it any differently. Our job is defensive. You got one job, stop him. It's it. And then do it again the next series. Yeah, I mean, there's luck involved. There's preparation. There's strength staff, nutrition, sports science, all that is a big deal. That's why we have great people who do it. And, and then you got to be fortunate.

4:12:30Yeah, I think it really started at Duke, be honest with you and it evolved. And you know, where Duke and you got great kids and maybe you're not quite as talented as your opponent. Sometimes you got to find ways to win. So it allows you to be more creative and then get to Oklahoma state and what you do at Duke doesn't work because the big 12 is different. You know, or was it the time, right? I mean, trying to score every play. So then you have to adapt to that. And then you get to Ohio State and, you know, you have the best players in the country. And that's an, that's an adaption too, right? Because, you know, things that maybe you had to do in the past. You don't have to do anymore. So you look for different ways to get an edge.

4:13:37You know, work, work and good kids, you know, put in the work, have the answers and then have good kids who want to be coached and listen. You know, it's really a big deal. I'm going to ask you for a secret training, but how do you do about that and how did that come to be? Work, same answer, it's work. Right? I mean, it's just you work. But you have to study yourself. And I think it's a big deal. You have to take accountability when something doesn't work. You know, we got to study all the ways that teams have beat you and have answers. But really, it's just a lot of study, a lot of time alone, a lot of work.

4:14:49I really try to take myself out of the equation. My job is to put the players in the right position to win and be successful and to serve the head coach. So, yeah, I mean, I would be thrilled for our players and for our head coach and realizing that Ohio State's a tough place and you're right, we have had our ups and downs. So I would be thrilled for them to be able to come out on top. When he was there at Virginia Tech, and when he first came in, I remember going out spring workouts and he kind of just gave the vibe like he's a great dude. He really wanted to build connections with us. So it's been amazing. What's been the biggest adjustment you've had to make since coming to Ohio State? The biggest adjustment I would have to say is just really buying in to the coach, because we're a big coach of program.

4:15:55We keep the coach, it no matter what's going on, we are going to be the same way. So just kind of buying in stuff like that. And you got to go to a couple of those bowl games and kind of see what that experience was like. What did that kind of do for you to help prepare you to do it yourself? It was crazy, because there's my first time actually watching games from the field. So I actually got to see steps. I got to see play call and I got to see coach Fry. I actually know those guys up on the sideline and actually forgot to talk that he's talking. For freshmen offensive lineman, patience is required. It's a developmental vision. As a guy who comes from high school where you're playing a lot, how do you kind of reset coming in as an offensive lineman knowing it may be a year or two before you start to get real fun? You know you kind of just want to learn from those guys that have been here because like you said it's kind of tough coming in and being a young guy and then going against different fronts you might never seen before. Or in talking different knowledge that you might not talk before. But for me, it's been kind of a learning process, but I'm picking up on it.

4:17:00I get very great coaching every day and the older guys do a great job of communicating. So it's kind of been really easy actually. Nine different guys started last year. Like what does that mean for this room in terms of you guys doing that? How do you prepare for that? Just coming every day ready to work and coming with that mindset that we all need each other. It's not just one guy there's one guy that knows five guys out there and those five guys that are going to be out there. We got to be able to trust their brother and the guys that are on the side, we got to be out there churning on our brothers. And when our names are called or whatever names call you got to be able to step up or just that early on like right now for you trying to still your teammates can trust you. Just coming every day with the mindset that I'm here to work like I come in the building I come in the Woody and they know that I'm here to work. They know that I'm not here to play around. They know that I'm coming in the meeting asked questions.

4:18:03Trying to figure out what's going on picking the older guys brain staying out the practice. Either in getting extra work. You talked about this kind of scene and proof it's already wherever you see nothing most in your games. I want to say knowing the game and football. That was the biggest improvement for me because you know coming out of high school is kind of a lot more simple. Coming to a place like Ohio State you got to know the start. And coach gives us a good look. I'm talking about Cusper. The deepest of court it gives great looks. Different looks and yeah. Is that through film work that you start to see that the most kind of the knowledge of the game going to set up on fields? Yeah, I want to say the film and on the field because you can work on it in the field where you can work on it in the world. But if you can't take it to the field none of that really matters. Thank you. Thank you. You can throw two of us in the world and you've got to start it all.

4:19:03What have you made of the quarterbacks of the three of them? Not too much. I feel like they all come in here working. I feel like everybody's making their throws, making their passes, everybody making their directions. Would it shoot the takeaway from last season? I feel really excited. So yeah. What did you take away from last season? You had to take the ball and take it from the field. Winning this game, that was it. Winning this game, go out there outside of the day, beat the man in front of you, and then came out with an extra championship and won the advantage. The spring ball is about the improvement that's the individual one who worked on this. I'm looking out every day, I'm trying to get my game as well as I was playing spirit. I'm trying to come out to fill it on. We hear about it. We meet our new heroes not just for this really bad set up of the team. You should get a step up who has started to step up and realize that they're facing the world. I feel like we've had leaders from last year that came back. I feel like we have new guys that stepped up into their roles and their roles and around the team. That would become leaders. Being a leader, you all always have to be vocal.

4:20:03You can have the same examples on the field. Or you can be vocal, or do both. It's not you, I mean, you have to be a lot of people. What was it like to have the same guy being born for the last couple of years, looking at that? I got a little bit of a mindset. I was happy for GD. I see him out here growing and I see him last year growing and getting an extra work. There's ball is ball. We come out here and play ball. He's out here doing a pro day yesterday. I just see him ready to go make some real money. What place do you feel like you're a different player now going into this year than maybe you were last year? I feel like every year I've just improved on my overall game. Blocking and catching consists of eyes. People used that word, but I feel like I'm just overall better. I came in here ready to go. How much does it push you when you're in a room with guys like Max and Will and Bennett that you know you've got to be on your game if you're going to get in the field? Man, I feel like Arya is starting to hire every day. You come in and work and they go push me every day to work. It's just like I'm a do-do. Why didn't I ask this before?

4:21:03It's now crowded room. You got Max first. What's the grade? I love the ball, honestly. Max, Claire, Max LeBlanc, both of them. I love them. What's... You're flashed anytime now? Is this the year where it all comes together? I feel like Arya was my year, but hey, you're going to see this year. I'm ready to come out here and put on a show for the Bug-Out Nation. I feel like everybody on the field is ready to come and put on a show. We're going to go back and back. You got to play quite a bit though last year, Tulane. What did you pick up from all of that, especially in a championship run? You know, and they were counting on you. Honestly, just be ready at any time, honestly. You can be thrown in at any time, just like I was. I probably had some rest while I was just thrown in and you've got to get it done. If you don't get it done, they're going to find somebody who has to do it. I think we asked you this every time we get it. It's huge on the way to the top. We're definitely seeing what you've progressed.

4:22:03It has a tight end, you know, the all of that means. Honestly, I'm even a year ago. Honestly, over the spring and some of this, I feel like I've told them I've body a lot. And I got stronger in the way we were. I've also got a little bit faster, so I can get in and out of the brakes a little bit. And just the mine part of the game. The middle part of the game, if you got an even better end, how would you describe that? I said it again. The mine part of the game, you know what I'm saying? Well, I feel like it's a lot more fun. I say the tight ends, we come in here. Five o'clock, every other day, we do a walkthrough, more fun. Which is more students at the game now. We're like that. Thanks, everyone. I wish it was for you. You wobbled it for like five o'clock. What do you remember about that block? I feel like it was just an exciting play. I was the last read on it. Like the very last read on it. I don't go out, I can't down with the kiss, so I'm going to get the first down. You know, if there wasn't a ball ball. Thank you. I'm not going to do that when the national team had a big goal.

4:23:04And when the national team took the top, which is that healthy one forward? It's a lot of help. Kind of knowing that I can always turn the shit no matter how rocky it gets. And you'll make it through no matter how bad it gets. Because if you truly believe in yourself and you have good support around you, and you can do anything. Looking back on the regular season, what do you think was the screw-up to make your career better? I was going through a little bit of it. I ended up turning one of my other doctors and my hips. So I was playing through that. Didn't make it to easy trying to keep it in those games. But I did my best to help the team out. When did you, you're going to continue to do that? That was our week through. I'm responsible. I've had it to go out, to the Chicago ball, and you know, to the block of the national team. To make a little kick, but you know, with the tonic. I wasn't really thinking about it, to be honest. I was like, I told my dad about this, and my dad asked me.

4:24:04It was like the quietest moment I've ever had in life. Because it was so loud and the moment was so big, and I was so focused. And it was just like, I was in a flow state. It's the only season. 46-year-old kid. Board. It's just the point. It's just the future back to you. Yeah. How much did that come true? Still, still, still, still, still. Yeah, still. Yeah, well, I've been doing it in practice as fond. And it's great for mental, but until you see it going in the game, it's a completely different feeling. So that was huge for me. I know that was huge for Coach Danny too. How much to earn his trust back in games? Through that. I feel like he's the reason he's in the center of the office. Trust me. It's a huge factor. Yeah, you know, I would hope so, but you never know. But it feels great for me knowing that he trusted me in that moment, even though I had the best past couple of games,

4:25:05even though practice is completely different to the game, to still put me out there and trust me to do my job. And I was just happy I could come through. How much do you feel about the average three in the last month? Really healthy right now. I feel great. It's probably the best I've felt in the eight or nine months. So yeah, it was rest and just recovery stuff. And therapy, physical therapy stuff like that. Just trying to get back to the first three. If this is the best, like, you know, what if you sound like you're in the light? The contact sounds the same, but you can just tell kind of what the ball flight. It goes a lot further. It feels a lot more pure cutting off my foot. How did you learn how to kick through that injury last year? Trial and air. Which I guess would explain my inconsistency last year. A little bit of just trial and error. And what would I could do? And so I think I finally figured out around organ of the playoffs and just kind of let it ride from there. Whether it be the kind of has a time to reflect on last season,

4:26:05but you kind of take away from those ups and downs, but maybe kind of change your process at all going into this year. Almost definitely. The process of me warming up is become a lot more. In depth and I go through multiple different stretches, exercises, that sort of stuff. So I'm going to carry that along with me. I feel like it prepared me better for the game. And also the mental aspect of it. Just believe in having confidence in yourself always and matter how much you've got to do it. Now we figure out how to move to the game. You should have had 50 or 20 minutes. I just started to feel a lot more comfortable than I guess I would say. A lot of the pressure that was coming towards me and from practice and the media and all that sort of stuff it was all kind of compiling. And I was like, I just kind of had to do something about it. So I figured it out. Whether it be the playoffs. It was my right. It was kicking right. Yeah. Whether it be the playoffs or the playoffs success you had, the health you feel now, just how much mentally in terms of confidence do you feel like you've improved going into this season?

4:27:07I always had confidence myself. But the level that I'm at right now is probably 10 times more than it was last year. Just purely because of showing myself I could do it. And then also showing Coach Day I could do it. Yeah, I just showed everyone that I could do it. What was your mindset with Coach Day since you out there against Tennessee to kick real long at the end of the half? You know, you've got there and you think you're going to make them all. You know, what were your thoughts? I kind of had to hit a perfect ball. And conditions weren't on my side that night, obviously. But you know, you're still expected to go out there and make the kick if you could see out there. So I know I kind of had to hit a good ball and just didn't end up having it before that night. But yeah, it's kind of hit. Thank you very much. Thank you, Gina, too. I want to say thank you to Gina. The rest of my teammates, receivers, going to be open. And a line doing her thing. Hopefully, you know, it's just the beginning.

4:28:07I want to be staying in this one because you're not a game coming up in a few days. Yeah, I mean, we're going to definitely look at it tomorrow, go over it, fix our mistakes. And it's good that it's an early week, early week, Thursday game. So, you know, we will have to flesh it and move on. I would walk at one of the state larger or before the game. Maybe hasn't been in the most productive season. What's he meant to you guys in terms of leadership and maybe helping the young receiver like you? I mean, it means everything to this organization, how you carry themselves. Just everything he's done for this organization in the city. You know, he's a leader and I appreciate him so much. You know, I feel like I'm in the best position possible, you know, having T-Lock and DK and all these other guys. You know, T-Lock, he's a special guy and I'm just just blessed to have his friendship and him be my teammate.

4:29:09How do you guys got back from this one, Jackson? Just where you guys arrived and everything? When, you know, when, when next week and a week after that, you know, that's the best bounce back. Anything else? Thank you. A year, you know, 100 total yards in the play-out game we lost, which I hate the most. It's not going to matter to me I want to win. But then come back to next year, hurt again, like 20 kills. So two really unfortunate injuries, but that's just a guy's plan. You know, and I think that the storm is now over, you know, and I do think that I'll be able to shine my light to the whole world. Are you concerned that you have that label that you can't stand with me? I could care less because I do, I know this out there because as it should be, it should be. I got hurt two major injuries back, not back to back years, but you know. So I haven't been on the field as much as I should. That's true, that is true, but it's not like I'm having these little, little, dinky injuries and sitting out.

4:30:13It's something I can't control, literally. So that's why I'm not bothered by it. Like, yeah, I am injury-poorn. You can say that, you know, but I do think that the chargers are getting a guy that's going to be healthy from now on, you know. God will it, and it's going to be great. And I do think that it's going to be a great however many years here. When you've been on the field, you've been highly productive. 5.8 hours of very average through career. Like, knowing that when you're out there, you're very productive. How much confidence does that give you that really all you need is not what you need? All the confidence in the world, you know, the way I work. I want to say just from the numbers, but just the way I work, my work ethic, you know, and my relationship with Jesus is like, I have the most confidence when I step out there. Because I do know like, if he grants me the health, it's over with. I don't think I'll be, you know, I think it'll be a great year or whatever, a couple of years. However many years he grants me great health, you know, and I think just the work ethic, my prayer, and all that stuff, that's what helps me have that confidence.

4:31:21With the numbers will be there and they might be higher after this year, you know, it's crazy to think about it because I had 6.6 yards per carry. You know, so we'll see. You listen to Paul do it behind this line that they put together. Oh yeah. Yeah, yeah, I play with Bradley. I play with him, you know, I know Slater, I know all the guys, you know, and I'm excited. I think, like I said earlier, it's a talented group. You know, we just got put together and win some games because that's what I came here for. Justin, don't you think you're a part of the year or? I wouldn't, I wouldn't say part of the recruitment, but like whenever I decided I was going to sign it, it was great to have him in the room. Yeah, we're great. We have a great relationship. He's like my brother. So, I think it's complicated to compliment each other very well. You know, he can do a lot of stuff too. You know, we got a lot of people think he's just power power power, but I think he has some other parts of the game too, which it'll be great because I feel like I can do everything.

4:32:24And when we wanted to get tired, we can roll it in and keep rolling and win some games. When you, the two of you get going, how do you think this is going to look? The work will be that partnership back there. I know. That's a hard question. How do I think I think it'll look beautiful? You know, a lot of people call this a passive league, but I think you got to run the ball to win a Super Bowl. You know, if you look at the team to win the Super Bowl, they can run the ball, they can control the clock. And so if we're both good, it'll look great. Beautiful. I would describe the bread growing offense. I would describe it as, you know, a great offense. I think he gives a quarter, he's going to give the quarterback a lot of options. He's going to give the running back a lot of options. He's going to give the receiver a lot of options, you know, and I think it'll be, I think it's going to be great. His offense is going to be amazing. One thing we talked about, you know, is like why are you going to build something good Russian offenses throughout your career?

4:33:27And you said that one part of it is just, you got to call the police, you got to call the run police. As a running back, you know, how much confidence, how much you say it is to give you, you know, you have a play collar that's going to stick with it and allow you and the offense on it to give you a better opinion. It gives me a lot of excitement, you know, it's going to be, like I say, it's fun to play his offense. You know, and I think he does have some good things in the pass game too. But like you said, he sticks with the run and that's that's the identity. You want to offensive has an identity, right? You don't want to be looking everywhere else to find your identity. You want to have it. And so I think his offense has that and the guy he builds and puts in there, it compliments that identity. So I think it's going to be great. You mentioned you're 100% now, so you'll be full go for training. That's the expectation. Well, I ain't going to answer any of the four if it's up to me. Yes. Look, because I had this problem like three two years, three years ago, I'm thinking I'm full go. I think I'm ready to go anything.

4:34:29Next you know, I'm on PUP. Like, hey, look, some stuff above my prairie, pay gray. So, but I don't know. Hopefully I can start. I think I'm ready to start, you know, the beginning training camp, but that's not up to me as I've learned. I wouldn't say that. I think I've been, I've been in some great organizations and I think this organization is a great organization. And the training staff is great. And so they just want what's best for me, you know. And they're taking care of me, which that's what you want in an organization. And so that's where that comes from, which I appreciate it. Like I really appreciate that. You know, because I'm a type of guy like I work really hard. So maybe sometime I'm blind to, you know, the danger of something, you know. So I appreciate it. But like I said, if it's up to me, yeah, I'm out there. But never know. Well, any frustration for you during the heading into pre-agency, you know, dealing with rehab and not, you know, having a full season of paid for the production to go out there.

4:35:35And as far as that, you're like, I like it. I like it. I like it. I like it. The hard way. But not you know, I like it the hard way. I like it. I like trial and tribulations. So I mean, the dice that I was giving to roll was I was coming off a third Achilles. And that was that was the Lord's plan. So it was beauty in that. Like I was comfortable. I was caught like there was multiple teams, you know. I wasn't it wasn't like I didn't have any other team. But I was comfortable in sitting back and just enjoying the process, letting myself get fully healed. So whenever that team whoever I would sign with who now is the Chargers is going to get the best me, you know. And I think people all around the league know that like, okay, this guy, okay. It's a high risk, high reward type thing, right?

4:36:42Not even a high risk of low risk because you it's a business, right? So I got hurt last year. So not as much money needs to be throwing that. But I think everyone around the league knows that whenever I am on the field, the numbers don't lie. And so they know that and a lot of teams were like, all right here, you can we give you this, but we want you to be healthy. So when I'm healthy, it's going to be great. This the chance that I've been giving here. I'm so grateful. And I know that's going to be they won't be they won't regret it. So you're going to have a person that likes to do people wrong. Like you've done a couple things like the high risk, high reward, injury from, you know, like are you the type of person that really tries to do people wrong? No. I hear it. I see it. It's pretty cool. Like you'll never see me unless I'm just like in a bad mood. You never see me like, oh, like if I have a great game or a great year, like I have this wonderful year, I ain't going to go back and you're like, yeah, yeah, what happened?

4:37:43No, because I don't care. Like you're eventually see like I'm like, I'm a guy that's really good. So I ain't worry about that. But I'm proving myself right that I am one of the best in the league. Right. So forget all the naysayers and people will talk about being injury prone. Because whenever I have this great year, it's going to be forgotten, you know, too. Why why give that energy? Yeah, I was, you know, we just with him. You know, he's a great guy. I mean, he was in my class. I remember seeing him on we were at an award show because I was a dope walker or finalist. And I'm like, I've seen him play, but I didn't know he was that tall. Like I didn't know he was like six. I won a first arm. This was years ago in college. And I'm like, am this is really tall. Like he's cool though. Like I like I never really got to hang on. I thought it would be kind of, you know, you know, nerdy. But he's cool dude. Very late. But no, it's to him.

4:38:49I think this defense. I think that number is 19 percent of time that number is a lot more than 30 something percent. I mean, how does that change the way you're not listening, but how does it change the way you're playing in a corner when you guys maybe that are back in the center. Oh man, but what I can't tell you. I know like one of my individual goals. Like I wanted to do. I wanted to get more picks. When you play man, it's kind of hard to get more picks. You're back back to the quarterback. No, especially like you plan to get scored by the air. Air literally is going to throw a ball at the back of your head. It was like a break up. P.I. something like that. Like, man, it's just a, it's just a heart. And it weight teams trying to keep us like runaways. And they just run away from this. You know, it's definitely a lot harder to get picks. But this is one of those things where it's like, hey, stop right there. If you get the catch in the ball. That's a tough process.

4:39:49Who are you as and theoretically someone like the son? What are the next two McDonald on the other side of the counter? It's got a second league in Sacks. Quinn and obviously we all need to do this theoretically. Like you guys get that one playing now. You have been a perfect two three. Yeah. Is there anything when you got stuff between lines? Can you give us a chance to go one of the best receivers on the league? Besides him being a great player and me being a competitor and wanting to help our teams win, you know, you know, you great dude. Someone that I've seen a couple of times just around in this off season. And you know, just the way your respect your opponent is playing your hard out doing your best to win your, to win your rep. And I feel like that's the best thing for me and him. And I feel like that will be exemplified on the weekend.

4:40:55Yeah, I do. I feel like step one of being better and playing the way you want to is being conscious and self-aware of what you did to put yourself in that position. And that's where it all started watching the film and being in tension on practice. So just catching up all with my body. Doing those type of things. I think I did a really good job at this week. I felt all year and now I'm just about going out there and making sure a chance like the Sunday was confident and will. Why are you giving a trip? Just said, you know, I'm afraid to put. Was that on your mind? Or on your human mind? I don't know how to put your player in your sore or anything like that. Wait on you. No, I wouldn't say wait on me at all. I wouldn't think about during the game. Yeah, well, not, you know, I'm not going to say that was the reason why I played better.

4:41:55Nothing, nothing. I wouldn't think about it. Will we hear a take away from the one face being true to the perceived the line of tension? Just that stuff like that is contagious. It's something that, you know, we've, you know, this is all I know. So all you kind of get used to something but the reality of it is it's not okay. And we got to figure it out. We got to figure out why we're not winning again. We got all the time in the world. We got all the pieces. So why are we winning when it matters? And then, you know, little things like that out of it. And that was my takeaway from becoming from someone that's been part of great coaches, great teams. And it's a great player himself. You know, when he talks, he's going to listen. So I know we all, you know, heard him and tried to go about it the right way this practice week. And as far as having energy and, you know, if you don't have the energy, make it so that it's, you know, it's going to be contagious. And that was my, my time to take away from that. I moved you all over the place, but I imagine what the bomb said. And with that, I'm going to say, but, like, you can line up a little bit more in the slot.

4:42:59And we've seen you be pretty ridiculous inside there. Is that a place that you feel at home? Is that something you would enjoy being in there more? Yeah, I mean, I don't mind being in slot. I don't mind being outside the truth of it is, you know, usually you get less of a, you know, a cover player in the slot. You get to see the defense show itself in a little different view as, you know, as opposed to being on the outside and just by the center corner. So there's ways to get into your rod a little faster and just break down the coverage and find that zone and that hole. So I like it. And I feel like being the type of player I am. It's, you know, it can seem a little easier in the slot to break things down, I'll say. But, but, uh, no, I like doing both of me. I ain't going to figure that out. I like doing both of them when we being in slot, being the slot and, you know, vice versa. But, you know, when you're in slot, can you get quick wins that are right in the quarterbacks? You have to be right in front of them. Is that an aspect of it that's positive? Are you doing it right or wrong? You know, it's a good point. Maybe, maybe, um, yeah, maybe that is, maybe that is something that goes into it.

4:44:05But, uh, you know, I think reality, but you got to make some tough guess. You're in this lot. I'll send you over the rid of the field. Got those big, uh, you know, the big backers and the stack monsters that you got to do it a little more. And that's what comes with it. But you are right in that sight line at the quarterback. So, um, yeah. Do you remember the feeling walking out of the stadium after feeding these guys? Let's go and, uh, yeah. Yeah. It was right in pretty high right there. Yeah. You know, can you get back to that with a win something? Yeah. You know, you got to, you got to start somewhere and this is who our next opponent is. So we got to go out and do what we got to do. Yeah. I mean, we want to get on the street. We want to get on. And if we're going to do it, it starts this weekend. So, um, you know, we got the Patriots and we got it. We got to, you know, handle everything. I believe the team of Raleas is where it needs to be. We got some adversity hit. Um, as a team, we all would agree that we then respond the right way with adversity.

4:45:10We had some people say some things throughout these past few weeks. We had people, you know, step up and have people show, show ways not to do those things. Um, so I think we in a life spot. I think everybody's missing a life spot physically. We are too. Because that's what it comes down to. Diversity hits just want to show me where they are. There's no matter how much they find back on the game. There's no matter how much they're being down the whole game, but spot their way to win it in two minutes. They're just showing who you really are. I think it's not for us to. For us to respond to right way when adversity hits the game, whether they open down there. We have to be the same team no matter what. I think this weekend is going to be the right time to show. What do you think it is? I think it was just what everybody needed. You know, whether he was talking to you or whether he wasn't. There was something I needed to say. You know, Brick talked to us.

4:46:10Talk to the whole team a few days later. Now, how it coming from him, you know, he hasn't been here at all. He's on the band with us a week. Playing one game with us and you know, he felt and saw that, which is real. As a team, the core group, you know, we've been in this situation a lot of times. And unfortunately, we came out on losing hands. So it can be easy to kind of fall in that trap of life. And here we go. But that's what I said. Like talking about adversity. Now we got to make it to be okay to think like that. But how are we going to change that? So when adversity hits again, you know it will. You know, what's going to be our reaction? And are we going to respond the right way? And if you do respond the right way, you see a player, a teammate, a coach, not responding that way. So make sure we all get on the same page. So, they coming from here was very good because everybody respects him. We have all the accolades in the world. He's definitely paid. But you know, that's the person that has a man. So I think that was really good to come from him. Have you gotten the sense that it's resonated or is that something you'll kind of see on Sunday?

4:47:13I mean, I hope he resonated right after he finished speaking. But obviously we're going to see this Sunday. Because like I said, you know, the versus you're going to come. You know, it would be nice to have a game like last time. But you know, you can't prepare for that. You just got to go out there and do our job. And when that moment comes, you know, listen to respond the right way. Somebody look at that and say, he's only been here for a few days. One thing he likes, one thing I want to make sure that I can export. That's a bad response. So if that was the talking the locker room or around, then that would get weeded out real quick. Because that's not when the football has not been a teammate. That's not holding your own stuff accountable with that. If you're thinking that way, then if you are thinking that way, it's probably what's talking to you. So hopefully that message whoever was in that locker room at the time was heard from top of bottom. And we can move forward with that. What's it been like seeing that go from, you know, he was only playing like he's been.

4:48:15He's just on the players of the event and running. How you've seen him handling that? I feel like he's handled with race. He's been humble about it. And he's been vulnerable about it. You know, he's opened up. You know, he's, you know, he was surprised just like everybody else was. So, you know, it really was a family effort to kind of, you know, cope with what happened. To obviously try to find a way to move forward the right way and productively. Honestly, it really feels like he's just been alone. If Jesse meet him, like just all the way through because, you know, he, he just sent the same things we're hearing the deepest of our own. You know, all the things he's preached to us these past few years that's made, made the deepest what it is. You know, to make us fight this hard in the love regard. My heart is all that he's now just bringing it to, bringing the light to everyone in here. So it's just been cool to see the office and especially teams. You know, here, those messages, you know, feel his passion, you know, here is speeches for the life of 40 games and watching a lot there of response. So it's been good. If you ever see him play, like, have you ever seen video, can playing?

4:49:16Oh, yeah. Yeah. It seemed like a very tough line. Yeah. If you, if you, if you want to cross the line back with a mohar, you know, he's crazy or he can hear it really hard. But, um, yeah, as a kid, I definitely remember watching a coach very play. I remember his name. I remember his face. I remember all that. So I respect him a lot as a person and obviously, you know, as an assent being a former player. You know, he'll play with Patrick Willis. I believe Ronnie Light, I'm not mistaken. Was, was like his mentor was, and I think coached him. Was, am I correct? I don't think it was it. Who was, who was the, you know, not Patrick Willis. He, he was the head coach for this. The Sanitary. Sanitary. And he was, you know, no both of them knew our separated. Also, bad eight knowledge backers will, so he knows a lot of bawling, seem a lot toозgo. I've got old school mindset, which I love, which that's who aren't even, uh now a lot respect for coach. You've a, Teeton about his back, growing technique.

4:50:18They just black throwing a challenge flag. Oh no. I'll just 30. play through our standard. You know, people getting saved, what's the reason they're in back then, the other day, we're the ones that cost the white lines, we're the ones that have to have the adversity, we the ones that have to step up when the time's good tough. So we got to reach out to ourselves to get back to our standard, just having fun out there, just running around hitting, executing, and turning over. So that's just what we have to do, because it's about to take us to work about this. As far as Jeff, you talked about the toughness of the player. He doesn't like Jeff. He doesn't like Jeff. Like Colin, that's Coach Brick. OK, clipped back there. Had the toughness as a player for what you saw and watched, how does that carry over to being a head coach? I think it's a massive, like his ability to take adversity with us good, a bad and turn it into something.

4:51:20And make it work something fighting for. Like I said before, him being vulnerable, him opening it up into the deep things. Like the day him opening up to the whole team, telling his story, telling his why, that builds character, that builds trust, and that builds love, and that builds the family. That makes you want to go out there and play hard for him. That makes you want to go out there and feed his family. That makes you want to go out there and do everything you can for him as a man, as a boss, or as a coach, because he would do the same thing, off the field. And if he could play, he would definitely be doing the same thing for us on the field. So I think that's just a respect there. He was jailing Mills. What have you seen from the Patriots offense so far with Drake May? Yeah. A guy who's trying to put the ball in the air. Of course, they are still trying to establish their run game. They got a good running back over there with Remonderry. But young quarterback, I said, is putting the ball in the air. He's also getting those third and fifth, third and sixth. He's converting those outsides with his leg as well.

4:52:20So we just have to be aware of that when he does want to take off scrambling and then those passing down situations, you know, covering down on those guys. As a former Patriot, do you see similarities in the defense or is it totally different without balla check there? Yeah, definitely similarities. A lot of those guys were there when I was there. I mean, DC, who is the DC now? We call him DC Coventon. He was there. He was the DeLine coach, of course, Mayo as well. So they are kind of running the same type of defense, little tweaks here and there, but for the most part the same. Is there extra meaning for you playing at Foxboro this weekend? I don't want to put a snap on that because at the end of the day, it's time to win regardless, whoever we are going against. When Sunday at 1 o'clock comes, you know, I'm pretty sure that I will be fired up and everybody will be able to tell. As of right now, just trying to stay focused, trying to stay calm throughout this process and when Sunday comes, just let it rip. Where do you feel like you are with this defense after coming here

4:53:22and quickly being integrated? I think the coaching staff, coaching him, did a really, really good job with me every morning. One-on-one meetings, you know, detailing the playbook for me throughout walkthroughs, the practice, like I said, meetings in the morning to the point where I feel like I pretty much got a good grasp of the defense. So how much more meat on the bone is there for you? Like what do you think your game plays well into this defense? Like what matches well? I think just the defense in general, as the safest to do a lot of communication, which I'm not afraid of, I've been a part of defense with, safety has to do a lot of communication, safety has to play man, we have to play in the middle, we have to blitz. So I think as far as that part, my versatility allows me to do a lot of that in this defense and I think it compliments me really well. Adding a guy like Hassan Radikin of the Fold, where you get some more pass rush juice to go along with Quinn and Will McDonald, what can that do for the secondary?

4:54:22Yeah. I mean, now whether it's man opportunities or our zone opportunities, we're talking about being able to get the quarterback, have his head to ball, get out of this hands quicker, faster, if not, you know, he's in trouble. You get a guy like Hassan, where the slide may go to him now, and you got a guy like Will 101, and you know how that goes, or they make chip both for those guys, and now Quinn gets the 101, and you know how that goes as well. So I think those guys complimenting us in the back end, I think it's going to be really, really good for what's going forward. You didn't overlap with him in Philly, I don't believe, but obviously have teammates, has anyone just, or either before this year, or since reached out to you about what kind of player and teammate he is? Yeah, hard worker. Guys are going to go out there and give it his all, and I mean, that's all we can ask for him. You know, I know he has big expectations for himself, and we have big expectations for him, but at the end of the day, he goes out there, beats himself, plays full tilt to the whistle, whether it's 60 snap, 70 snap, whatever it may be,

4:55:23that's all we can ask for him. I know you've only been here for a little bit, but the standard of this defense usually is not to let up 37 points like in Pittsburgh. What has been the focus in the meeting rooms behind the scenes this week, that's maybe a little more in the light than weeks past? The detail, and that detail comes one day at a time, one meeting at a time, one practice at a time. We, of course, were ready for Sunday. We want to get this nasty taste out of our mouth from last week, but at the end of the day, it's like I said, one day at a time, one practice, one practice at a time, one meeting at a time, and when Sunday gets here, you know, let the chips fall with it, awesome, Jaylen, appreciate the time, thank you. Thank you. As we are serious about, wants to be great, and we're just wasting time on Monday, so, I mean, do the probably not big free with the culture being, probably important to me. Being around the coach, handed a, well, it's kind of the things that you notice around him, just whether it's how he is, or just what your thoughts of him being around the atmosphere. He's an incredibly detailed guy, and I got that for sure from a sight-watching film,

4:56:25when he broke down, just like some game film with me, and he also had kind of broke down some of the guys that he's coaching the past that are similar to me. And, you know, that was, he really just showed how good a coach is, you know. Getting to know Coach Longville during this experience, wasn't that like, it was good. He's a very passionate guy, and I mean, I love that, like, the head coach should have that, and, you can tell how much he cares about, or what the guys want the program, and about just like being dedicated, being driven to win, to succeed. What did they tell you about the opportunity here in Asfari's, meeting a player of your sort at a position on Longville? Well, I mean, they gave me a lift tackling, this, I'll be a good fit, you know, coming in. I thought I was, I was a coach, no ball, stressed, you know. They lost it, other great, all kinds of linemen in the portal, that have lost the risk of you saying that, feel wise, I mean, I'll be good fit when it comes to, just like what you guys do. What, if you see does, and what is like the people here, you know.

4:57:26What's kind of the ultimate feeling now about FSU, I think, as long as they can experience it, then what's kind of the feeling about them? Yeah, it's definitely a good feeling, it's great. I'm glad that I was actually able to come down here, because I mean, Zoom calls, and phone calls are nice, but, you know, in person, it's a lot different. And this is, again, to know the staff here, and to know Coach Herb, and to know Coach Noel, it was a great experience, so overall. Who else have you checked out during this process? What are their schools? I've talked to some others, so I've talked to a house, say, in Iowa, in A&M, and really just, yeah, that's what we've been at. I've tried to keep it short, try to keep it sweet, or really needs to be torn up up to schools. I mean, that's not the main priority, like, is, are you entering decision mode now? Are you intent to take some trips in early January? Yeah, I'm done with it, with the business, when do you want to decide? Sometimes I'm a little Christmas. Good old. Good. For those of us who only see the maybe highlights of, you know, what are kind of your strengths

4:58:26in the areas that you're looking to improve on? So, shrink wise, I would say, prior to this movement, I mean, I've been told my coach, you know, I would very well for a 325 pound guy, you know, I fight, everything on the phone. It's like, you know, it's like, you have to get out of my stance is a big thing for me, it's still big, and it's been able to move people. But at the same time, also just being consistent, and can't place any punch on it, forward to general and to technique. So, I mean, if you're, I mean, if you're a big strong guy, then you can only do so much by when you don't have the right technique. So, that's a big reason why I want to have a good or want to go to the work of just to refine that technique to be precise in everything, and that's kind of like what I'm looking for to improve. Thank you. Off you go, man. Have a merry Christmas. But I think it's a good start. Jump over, man. It's like you were ready to go. I definitely ready to go. Can you say about likes if you need to get your guys ready to go? Yeah, I mean, just when you look at the schedule

4:59:28he asks for us and how he takes care of our body, you know, just the diligence and situation of football, Coach McCartney, man, he's a great coach. You see, by the day, just us being, being ready in this week, we went opener, and I'm just excited to build on that. Thank you. That's all I want to say. I feel like I always feel good, not always, but I mean, this week one, this week one, something definitely fresh, but, you know, just got to, you know, continue to, you know, build on that and take care of my body, and we want to be, feel good in December and January. I definitely feel great, you know, just going that touchdown, had a bunch of emotions, kind of had to lay there and, and soak it all in, but, you know, it's glad to be back. Did you guys feel the guy's in front of you? Did you feel like you were supposed to help him in front of you? How did you feel like everything happened? Very time in front, and for us to have two working Saturdays,

5:00:29I think those guys, you know, played their tell off day. I think it's a great thing to do, and we went out and executed it. When you were sitting on a fish in between play, what do you think about Mike's and Rich D-Face? Is it the way they put on the Tournament? Oh, wow, I mean, I think it was late in the second quarter, and I think they had like 30 yards, passing 30 yards, rushing down like, man these boys are out there playing, but, I mean, went against that defense all off season, know how difficult it is to play them, to prepare for them, but, you know, they stepped up and answered a call. Throughout the season, I know you had to run bit, and you took during the game, but coming out of that, you still have to hope that the faith in you had, that he's going to play like, yes, the line shared season as opposed to, maybe kind of things that happened in that game. Yeah, absolutely. Will is our quarterback. He's our leader. He didn't come here by accident. He's a player, he's a player, he's a player,

5:01:29he's a player, he didn't come here by accident. And you guys have seen the product, things put out there on the field, a week after week. So, you know, I don't necessarily think that he played bad in our last game, but, you know, moving away from that, we have full trust in him. He's putting together a great practice week, and we're excited to see what he puts out there all Saturday, and lead us. I'm going to have a vote just with a couple more. It's even me, it's clave it up, college. Yeah, it's good to celebrate. In your football life, when is the last time do you think you have ever been disfressed, frustrated with how games going in the game plan of some, is that good sense? I would say, you know, there's, there's rarely a Saturday that I'm not frustrated, you know, I mean, we can, we can be the team by 70 like I'm saying, but there's always a standard that I hold myself to, I hold my teammates to, I hold my coaches to. So, that's kind of the standard around the building. So, we've all cultivated a really good culture here, to where, where we're able to have tough conversations, hold each other accountable, not only coaches, the players, but players of coaches. So, there's always ways to improve.

5:02:29Any game Saturday, no matter if we win by 70 points, or, you know, we lose by 70, we're always looking for, for ways to improve. So, yeah. You, Cardinals and Jeremiah, very good speakers, obviously. But you guys don't tend to have the personalities at sometimes, even to protect your very good receiver, why? You know, I can't speak for, for those two, but I know for myself, you know, I just, I just look at my life, and I look at the ways God has blessed me, and it's hard for me, you know, not to bow before him and be humble in those moments. So, I'm not really one to talk to him of smack. I'm, I'm one to go out there and do my job, and I'm going to do at a very high level, you know, all the things that go on my head. I never really share all the time, but at my core, deep down, I'm a very real, indeed competitor. So, I think that I know when I capable of love, I know the type of caliber player I am, but there's no need to really bow-sat or anything like that,

5:03:29just put on the field and do what you're capable of. And find a question, Jeremy Birmingham, the podcast. One of your former classmates here plays a tendency now, a return time ahead. So, comments about why I was the EM, and about the crowd of big economists. Do you, you guys have, like, a message for why I was the EM, or for fans who are hearing that, and being told what the stadium does, is that it's not a loud or an arki-sauce, you know, a type of place to play. Yeah, I mean, you know, knowing Buck on Nation, I don't think I have to do too much motivation. We're going to come out there Saturday, and it's going to be an amazing environment. So, that's just the type of fans we have. I'm not going to feed too much into the stuff that Tennessee is saying, but we're really looking forward to this opportunity. We're glad that we're playing at home, just to be in front of our home crowd, and from our families. So, it's going to be an amazing environment, and I'm excited. I do have one more step. Yeah, we talked about the accountability on players, or players, coaches, players. But if you elaborate a little bit more on how the players kept their coaches accountable. Yeah, I mean, we've had, you know,

5:04:30tough conversations throughout the year, and coached challenges in the ways. How can I get better in week of them feedback? So, it's not really any different than the way they criticize us. So, you know, I think it's important to be able for coaches to be able to handle what players have to say, because it, in turn, makes them better coaches, just like they're able to coach us. So, that's really just that relationship that we have. That we have is very special, and I think it's unique to our program. You agree that good people are right for thinking it doesn't happen to stick to you that way, or is it like a good, good, good, good, good, good. I mean, you can tell you in any way you want. We have the best running backfield in the entire nation, and we have the best receiver unit in the nation. So, we kind of, we're kind of jack of all trades. So. You've been moved around the offense in the past, and different things, motions, different creative ways to get open. But has that increased any knowledge of telling us here, or is it kind of the same as the benefit of your history? Probably stay away from talking about scheme stuff. So, yeah. What was it that Jeremiah did that you think enabled you to be in?

5:05:33I am like, I do. Just coming in every single day and competing. That's really what we're challenged to do, as, as bug guys, when we walk into the way we're going to coach make you're supposed to be there and show out and show out every single day. And you're not allowed to have a step back and not allowed to have an off day. He took care of all his, you know, the non-negotiables of this program. He was never late. He made his way every single day. He gave his 100% effort. And at the end of the day, he was just winning a lot of competitions and just grinding. So, yeah. I'm like, what do you like, what do you like? That's great. You know, a lot about brand new. Yeah. Brandon didn't get a chance to do a lot this spring. What stood out to you, even when he was on the field, is it something that makes things like he could be a legit head back, fly for your own thing? Well, yeah. First and foremost, he got voted on by his peers to the leadership committee on our team, which is a group of about, you know, 16 to 20 of our guys who the team looks to as leaders. So obviously, you can see how people think of him on this team. They think highly of him. And he comes in every day as a very fiery competitive nature.

5:06:35And, you know, he puts in really hard work and days in and days out. So, even though he hasn't seen the field too much yet, we have no concern that when he does stuff on to the field, he's going to make a great impact. He's only been here here. Yeah. I got last summer about him. Like, he's done as a spectrified, he can be on a leadership committee. I have to prepare for 365 days. Yeah, just his ability to be able to, you know, talk a good game, but also back it up. Not in a sense of playing football, but more in a sense of, we're going to be the hardest working team on the field. We're going to go in day in day out. I'm going to beat you even when I don't feel healthy, even when I don't feel good, all that type of stuff. It's all mentality. From far away, it looks like violence, not just like violence, it kind of looks a little bit like young bear. Right. When we're here with him, like, you see that in him, like, I'm not trying to prepare for him. Like, I'm a 10-year-old, I think. Do you see that a little bit in the way that he can shift around? He definitely is very fluid about the way he moves and we see it in his routes and his releases.

5:07:38So, you know, when all the White receivers are in the film room and he's getting crapped, he's doing all this body movement stuff. It's like, okay, we could see he got a little sun to him. So it's just about bringing him along. You know, he wasn't, you know, he just got here. It's his first year here, kind of built on a long, there's steps you got to take, but he's definitely training in the right direction. And I remember a lot of teams get talent for whatever reason you guys seem to develop the receivers better than anyone. What goes on out there that somehow helps Ohio State keep placing guys in the NFL? We play Denzel, Davidson, Ibn Olsen, Germain Matthews, Jordan Hancock, Layton Ransom, Caleb Downs, that's really what it is. It's a BIA getting us better every single day. So, tremendous credit to the defense and the ability to be able to develop corners like that. It's just good, I'm good every single day. That's the way you get better. So, I like it would be difficult, isn't it? It's good, I like it. It's good. I mean, we definitely have a strong second there, I would say this year. But, you know, it's just, it's just, it's not just their talent that makes them special. It's their, it's their ability to go hard every single day.

5:08:39They show up every single day with a competitive nature. And, you know, we're going back and forth on the field every single day. They'll be bigger and spin at each other a little bit. But it's all love at the end of the day. We appreciate them for getting us better. Let's question the method you do a lot of things this is all that they have. You know, we're in and seeing that guy in so much. Whether it will move around, whether it's just being anything. You see kind of that same worst how-filled and brand is kind of something you do. Yeah, absolutely. Brandon, you know, he came up, played running back for a lot of his life, played a little quarterback here in the air. You know, now he's received very, he can do a lot of different things. So, we just try to put him in a position where he can be the most successful. And the position that makes him the most successful is just the ball on his hand. So, he tried to do that for him. And a bunch of other guys in the program who thrive with that. All right, I'm going to go that. So, right now he hasn't done any interceptions. So, hopefully Russian coverage can work together so he can cause his first turn over the season. I know a guy, he's been a guy in the past that throws a lot of interceptions because he takes shots. And, yeah, I know he's even a throw the ball as far as he can in front of our crowd.

5:09:40So, you got to do a good job of plastering them. To, statistically, the run game or the run defense was a lot better in the second half Sunday than the first half. Does anything really change there at all? All right, Greshan. You know, just to pick it back off that, we got to continue to be better. Personally, for me, I don't like seeing the amount of yards on the board granted we did win. But, you know, I don't want to be the hindsight guy and forget about the run game. Still, I think an issue for us is an issue for me. We got to be better. I don't want to be one of the last teams in the league in a run game. So, we're doing a good job. You know, are my sets right? The coaches are emphasizing it and eventually he's going to get going. Obviously, you never want to have a teammate be treated away like your own. But with Ernst Jones coming in, he's highly touted. There's a pretty good run defense kind of linebacker. What does that do for your defensive room? Terrier, Terrier, my book guy. But, it does it. It does a... I can't really speak on it because I don't really know Jones that well. I don't know his game. I've heard from others that I know that plays with Rams.

5:10:41It was good, but as far as that, I don't know. Hopefully this move works out for the betterment. Obviously, we all want that too, but we'll see how it goes. I feel like a positive thing when Johnson and I are in your coach are working to get an impact player and your team when the NFC is kind of this wide open. It can be viewed as a positive or negative thing. It depends on what window you look through. What's that process like for you in terms of having to learn guys and their tenancies and communicate with the new players that are coming in during the middle of the season? It's a big process. It's definitely not easy to rework your roster in the middle of the season. They're going to do what they're going to do regardless. Obviously, I respect that. I'm forward. I believe in their system and what they want to do. But, you know, it's an adjustment for all of us to learn a new guy and kind of reestablish a new relationship and reestablish a new voice that you're going to hear making a call in the middle of the field, especially, you know, because he's the quarterback of the defense. So, it's just something you got to get adjusted to, all of us. Playing in a different weight this season, has that been any sort of an adjustment for you?

5:11:41It has been. Just getting comfortable with my body again and figuring out, you know, my strengths and weaknesses and how to make sure all my weaknesses are just completely strengths. So, it's been a challenge in that aspect too. And I think I'm doing a good job at it so far. But, Miss Pathresh is going well. How much of it is guys playing on each other? Like, I'm thinking a boy is sack force from us. You know, two you collapse the pocket and then he's able to get them. Yeah, you're all in. Yeah. I would say last game was probably the best game, surprisingly, of us all working together as good as we did. I think this past couple of games prior before that game, it's been a lot of us just, we just went in and just happened to be like that. I feel like this athletic game was a good game of us communicating. The past game schemes, whether it's a game or just going to straight-worth, a straight rush and just reading off each other. And we had to get better at that. It's only been a couple of games. Well, it's only been seven games. We have a lot more football to play to get better and build our relationship on that aspect. If you dropped in coverage as much as you thought you might have.

5:12:42Um, but I'm par. I've dropped a good amount of time so far this year. I'm talking about doing it now. So, should you put me on, or whoever, not put me on George Kittle. No. Have you seen Derek Hall grow in the last, for my season this year, for the Interam? I mean, he's the same type of player. Honestly, the only thing that's been different is mindset and it's applying to the field. And he has to continue. You, if you were to have a big game. I was. Jackson had a duck jersey on the week after. Did you have something that you had to do as well? I had to do something that was a little more personal. But, not, I didn't make that bet. But, speaking of that, I don't know why we didn't run the ball in the last extension of the game. So, talk to the boys down the Columbus and tell them to run the damn ball next time and just get, trust the kicker. But, it's not good. Did you get the penalty, the intentional penalty late in the game? I don't know if that was on purpose. I think Mike brought that up to me and asked me, do you think it's on purpose or they did by accident?

5:13:42I don't know. But. I thought it was intentional. If it was intentional, it was a very serious move. I didn't, I wouldn't expect that. So, I was actually, you know, big brain played by him. Did you think there should have been a second left? No. I don't want to be biased. No, we ran out of time. My boy, 18 was back there just too comfortable. But, it's all good. He's going to learn. First game with Roy Robertson Harris. What were your impressions of him? It was like 6-8. It was crazy. He's super, super strong. I've been watching him. I've been seeing this game from afar for a while. I shouldn't have been watching it above. I've seen it. I saw him in Chicago. I saw him in Jacksonville. You know, I just watched a lot of football and a lot of tapes. So, eventually, you just see a guy that you pay attention to who they are. So, you know, it's been a unique process of just bringing them in. And he's picked up a defense pretty well. Very powerful guy. Versus was well. And I think it's going to add a lot of good plays to our defense here. Did you, very deep into the lineman, have arms that long?

5:14:44Sure. Can nobody touch your chest? You in the ball game. You don't want big, strong lineman grabbing you and trying to rough out you. Because they're already bigger than us in the first place, especially me. They like 6, 8, 3, 30. And I'm wherever my way is. So, playing with extensions is very key for D1. Thank you. You're a lot better. Like, I would say that he's got a lot smarter. And then he also write GB. Look, he's there about Calvin's intelligence, you know, where he's grown. Where specifically is it? The film room? Is it kind of picking up, you know, the playbook? Where have you seen that? The rain of a crab? I would say Calvin has gotten smarter just like his game knowledge, like expecting like a different kind of routes and stuff like that. What did everything start to click for him? So, last year was it in the soft season? When did you feel this company wanted to do that? I would say it in the spring, I started to get a lot more comfortable in our defense. We said you break up the past yesterday with the German name, though, sorry for your ass, but it's earlier.

5:15:44But what is like going up against him, do you? It seems like you enjoy it. He's tough. I like going against him a lot. He's really good. What have you improved in your game just from that, for example, those one-on-one matchups this preseason or whatever? You know how ball-a-hoo disgame is. So, Jeremiah, he forces me to play the ball, because if you don't play the ball against him, he'll go get it. Yeah, yeah. And you, Dave, how would you describe this defense now compared to this time a year ago from the standpoint of a confidence factor? You know what I mean? That you guys feel on the field? How would you describe it? It's different about it, I guess. I feel like everybody is a lot more smart than they are. Everybody's like, I would just say that we're going just smarter. Yeah, but when you look up and lay down some decided to come back and Caleb down, transfer it in. What did you feel about that? Did it just grow stronger in that one week span, two weeks span?

5:16:45You're still on up saying? I feel like those guys have played the day. The level of those guys have played that? Yeah, I would say that. Like, a down's coming and then, um, we'll play and say he was coming back, Zell said he was coming back, it just still like, I'm really happy to be the netty. Thanks, man. Of course. You can really feel the defenders around you. Like I said, if you can see three or four people around you can't really do it so much. Like I said, there's a lot more space with his offense, a lot more holes in the defense that you're trying to get the play records into. I'm excited to be able to work with that. You can't really do it as much in practice, you're not going to get hit, but more preseason and first couple of games, I'm excited to see what that looks like. Can you pick a bump, she eats the extension? I'm excited, man. Like I said, from jump, he's a special player. You don't really get that so many players like him that's so quick, so fast, at least speed and I ain't going to run routes too.

5:17:48So I'm excited to see what he does in the future, but I feel like that's the least they can do for him this year. How do you think he would get me on board with one another? It's just speed, man. Speed, you can't teach speed at all. Just having us on opposite sides, even to play on both sides. Just speed down a field. You can run 15, 20 yard end breakers, out breakers. And like I said, you're going to have to play two safes most of the time, or you can run the ball, you can get underneath routes. It's going to be a great compliment to the offense, so I'm excited. Chris, you said you hope this new offensive playmaker should make plays. What about you specifically, what's an area where you think you'll have more opportunity than fit your game? It's a lot of areas that you can see to look at, to improve my game, but yards out the cases are one I'm looking forward to. Just more opportunities with that, more space. Just to showcase my speed and my ability with the ball.

5:18:50So I'm excited to do that this year. Something that I really showcase the first two years, so I'm excited to be with it. If it's something that the quick game element of it just getting the ball in your hands. Yeah, quick game, play action, more over the middle routes. It's a lot of different things that you can say that this guy's going to help that, but I got set on the side of it. How would you describe the chemistry between you and Eric? We're getting way better, man. I mean, it was our first year last year, so it was kind of up and down, but that's what it comes with the game of football. We worked a lot this off season, OTAs, which was really good. And we got off to a good start these first two days of game, getting extra working. But that's not coming with time, so I'm not worried about that at all. We both competitors, we both want to be the best, so we got to do something to be good. Where do you kind of notice that difference? It's just like, feel on the ground. What do you kind of notice now that it's year two that gets more natural? What do you mean?

5:19:50What do you mean you just get to work? It's just like, it's more than that, man. It's NFL, everybody's good, so we just got to know what each other is thinking, pre-snap, post-snap, cover cheese, where the ball's going to go. Just read, what read I am in the progression, everything goes along with that. So just being on the same page, being, like I said, a chemistry is built with time. So just little stuff like that that turns into big things is going to be huge. You caught one from Spencer Routland at A2, what do you really impression? It's real talented, that's the first thing I've seen from him. His arm talent is out the charts, he's a real natural feel out there. He's going to be real good, I want to see him in action, but from my first impression, he's going to be a real good player. It's going back to the sheet that he talked about all the different stuff he's going to do. You think there's still a lot more there for that? Oh yeah, he hasn't really, I think this is the first year of being receiver two or really receiver.

5:20:52In my opinion, we both are receiver one, so I just be able to move around, run real routes. Feel like it's going to be a huge advantage for the saying. It's a special player and I can't wait to see him ball. I can't wait to see him get more opportunities and you're going to see what he can do. My run real routes, he's just like an opportunity to run. Yeah, just getting more, he hadn't really played too many plays in his first few years. He kind of just get thrown in there when he's getting the ball or when he's a decoy or something like that. But he's actually being involved in the offense, always being in, even on run plays. I feel like he's going to be a huge advantage for him to get a feel for the game and be more natural out there. How far does it for a receiver like that? The shed kind of, think of him as the deep threat label and then so people just think of him as a deep threat. But how hard is it to kind of shed that label or that perception? I mean, that's what life everybody is trying to label somebody as one thing or two things.

5:21:54But I feel like you can showcase, I mean, that's not really who you are, you know what I'm saying. As it gets more opportunities as you can see, you can see you can do more and more. That's what anybody on the team. I'm excited, like I said, and for his huge opportunity is going to get this year. And it's going to be a big one for the Saints. Does this scheme ask for more blocking from the receivers as ever more responsibility? Oh yeah, for sure. I mean, that's what I told you too. We both have to block. I know we're not the biggest guys or the strongest, but like I said, we want to be on the field. We got to be on the field for the play action plays, all those things. We both got to go block D-Line and block Lyonbackers, but that's what's coming football. So we both got to take that next step in our game. Is that somewhere there's like a payoff? Like you guys know you play from play action next time. Oh yeah, for sure. Yeah, it's going to be a huge payoff. Like I said, most of our office is based on play action, all the in-breakers, all the yards at the catch of a play. So we got to go in there and block.

5:22:56And like I said, take that next step and be able to be great for our team. Like you in here? Oh yeah, so. After I feel the weather out here, man, that's what I'm used to. I'm not using the war and it's out there trying to catch my breath. It's a great opportunity for us. Are you going to chance to see family and friends at all? So this is their football friend here? Not yet, but they're going to come by every song. Appreciate you all. Thank you very much. Bro. How much is the content that you guys are exploring against those BDs every day? And I'm seeing that sacri fourth back in the middle of the season. That defense, especially the BDs. What is that? What is that? It makes us better all over the field. Whether it's us inside or outside. We got a great second there. We got Jordan, IGB, Joe, Jermaine. So they're getting us better each and every day. We got the best DBs in the country. So I don't think there's going to be a game where we face better DBs than what we got here. Who's your favorite corner to do against?

5:23:57It depends on what type of day you have and stuff like that. If you know you to the boundary, you're going to get hands on from IGB. So you got to be ready in the zone. He's going to break. So you got to get in and out of your break with him real fast. Talks more trash than zone. No. You're going to feel one out there. You're going to feel him. You're going to hear him. You're going to feel him. So he made a play. You're going to feel him. Talks more trash. You were Brandon Dennis. Brandon talks to him more trash. But when you get me started, I could be a hothead. You just got to get me started. That's it. I don't know. What do you think of the mile under this? What's good? He's going to be good. He got the wiggle. He can do it all. He just got here. So it's just a lot being thrown out of him and stuff like that. So when he relax, get the ropes up. He's going to be really good. What do you get here as a freshman? I ask hard on the same thing. What's the easiest thing to pick up on right away? And what's maybe the most difficult thing for you guys now going to develop on? The easiest thing is to pick up on your profile by end. And the hardest thing is not getting in your head. We got great receivers all around. So you have a bad day.

5:24:57Another guy having a great day. You just can't get down to your stuff and lose confidence. What's the answer? What stands out the most people about? JJ's a dude. He goes about his business like a dude. He makes the play. You're going to get too happy. Mess up. You don't get too mad about it. He's just gone on. Next player. What's the answer? You're going to get a lot of hands. What stands out the most people about it? JJ's a dude. He goes about his business like a dude. He makes the play. You're going to get too happy. Mess up. He's going on like next player mentality. He's going on hard to talk to that guy. He's going to move around the entire field slot. What do you like about moving on in the last game? Oh, I like you. You can't really game plan for somebody like that because you go into slot. You can expect going thing, but he's outside. You got to expect to hold another thing. Kojo was just talking to us about his leadership role behind the scenes. How have you seen that? You started specifically about showing Jeremiah kind of the way. But for you or for anything guys, how has he been the leader it was? Who's JJ? Coach. Coach was good. He's been here longer than most of us. We're really unprepared to coach stuff like that. So whenever we need help, we ask Coach.

5:25:58He's a funny player. I think he probably won the funniest in the room. So when you look at him, you always can get a laugh. And he always gonna pick us up whenever we're down. Who are your favorite receivers to watch in Molo Giants? I like G5. I like Manligni. He's ballin right now. I like the Vantalla. I like Justin and Mar. And for people who are, I mean, you're talking like a guy who's ready to like pop off a little bit here. What are people gonna see from Cardinal Tade in 2020? They're gonna see me play ball and talk about trash, would it? I have two more questions. Oh yeah, definitely. What's your best advice for this Chicago player? Yeah, it's Chicago. I got my claim floored. I just went to school down there. What's your best advice to care about at this point? Cardinal? I'll tell him, play ball. Keep your head up. Keep your head up. I turn up and play ball. You go, how you up and you go how you down, but it's live.