Press Conference (JJ Smith) ELITE Mar 6 Massive Edition

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2:54Not really a guy that's talkative or no, but Leesburg is one thing that's definitely working on. It's trying to talk more and get more of my covers on and just build it. Yeah, for sure. That's definitely the biggest challenge. Like I said, just definitely not my covers on and leading the guys and leading the young the 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 taken 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. I mean, we see it on week one. I just can't wait to face a great opponent. What's your higher impression of David Sanchez so far? Yeah, big home corner, Corrine, physical. He got it all. And I can't wait to see things he do here this year as well. What if you know his difference? Are you anything different about this defense of these first three weeks of spring that's a culture ride? Oh, they just passed physical and willing to hit somebody.

3:55I should say saying they nothing really changed for me. And guys still got no doing. They've been doing over the last year and a half. And so in the year and a half was actually safe. Coach, that makes the quarterback's live like he did for a couple of practices last week. As a live receiver, right now, right? How do you think your quarterback is responding to that? Over all three. I think they responded pretty good. I did not expect the quarterbacks to be live in a scrimmage. That surprised me for sure. Coach, they definitely surprised me with that. But I feel like they handled it very well. They took hits. Something we need. They needed. I should say, you know, tough him up and go. Right. Why do receivers go all the way about quarterback seeing how they handle that? It's obviously not a norm to do that. Learn anything now, but it's definitely not known to see a quarterback get hit. It gets his no defense, I should say. But no, guys, they was, they was getting hit for sure, but they was getting right back up. So come in. Who knows what I'm for that? Two more questions. Definitely can't get better.

4:57No, feel like I'm getting complacent. Always want to prove that. No, I'm just taking the day by day. And they're just getting better each and every day. And why do you prepare for this movie? In the expectations you're going to get on an X2 season here. Off the season you just had. Not really focused on the expectations that I have coming up or the year after that. No, just focus on spring. Spring. And you know, just going to follow count and just get ready for the season as you say. Expectations go be there. Not really know something high. No. In my mind right now. I'm just no. Being leader and just focus on the team. How much changes is right? How much changes? How much changes? I really know. I don't really know. We haven't really spoken about that right now. I don't really know. What's that? What's that? Jeremy, a lot of guys have said that they want a lot of championships about taking down. They don't want to see it. It's moving into the team. What is how important is that for you? And why do you think that's significant for this team?

5:59I mean, like I said, we came live in the past. The club, the 2014, they won the national championship. This year, we did it. So, I mean, we just took everything down in the weight room and everything. So, we could focus on being ourselves and this is our season. Great. It's amazing. I really do. How's it been getting to know this guys? Obviously, you were going to classify where you came in early and you just thought I was trying. All of a sudden he's gone in and so it's been like getting to know the new guys. They made it pretty easy to get to know them through because Boa and he kind of recruited me at a high school a little bit when he was there at a Virginia Tech. And when he first came in, I remember going out of spring workouts. And he kind of just gave the vibe like he's a great dude. Like, he really wanted to build connections with us. So, it's been amazing. What's been the biggest adjustment you've had to make? You said it's coming to my understanding. The biggest adjustment I would have to say is just really buying in to the culture.

7:00Because we're a big culture program. We keep the culture. It no matter what's going on, we are going to be the same way. So, just kind of buying in and stuff like that. 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 it was 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 see coach knows guys up on the sideline and I actually forgot to talk that he's talking. For freshmen, offensive lineman, patience is required. It's a development. As a guy who comes from high school, we'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 popular? You know, you kind of just won a line from those guys that have been here because of, 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 and talking different knowledge that you might not talk before.

8:01But for me, it's been kind of a learning process, but I'm picking up on it. I 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 know you have to be prepared for anything. So, how do you prepare for that? Um, just coming every day ready to work and coming with that mindset that, uh, we all need each other. It's not just one guy this, one guy that knows it's five guys out there. And those five guys that are going to be out there, they got to be able to trust their brother. And the guys that are on the sideline, 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. Come forward to 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 into building, I come into Woody and they know that I'm here to work.

9:05They know that I'm not here to play around. They know that I'm coming in to meet and ask the questions. Trying to figure out what's going on, picking the older guys brain, staying out the practice, isn't and getting at your work. You talked about this kind of scene improvements already. Where have you seen that the most in your games? I want to say knowing the game and football. That was the biggest improvement for me. Because coming out of high school is kind of a lot more simpler. Coming to a place like Ohio State, you got to know your stuff. And coach gives us a good look. I'm talking to my coach for the deepest of court, he gives great looks, different looks. Is that through no more that you start to see that the most? Kind of the knowledge of the game going to set it up on field? Yeah, I want to say the film and on the field. Because you can work on it in the field where you mean 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.

10:05You're trying to morph everything together right? It's things that we've done. What he knows, it's a lot. But he's been incredible with, I think the staff, he's very organized. He's detailed. You'll have constant, clear communication. You know, I mean, hey, we're going to get together at this time and being like, you're just efficient in your role. And it's been a lot like when you're come from outside and you come back into it. And you have to try to catch him up on the recruiting board. It's it, you know, like you have a lot of these conversations. Okay, what are we looking for at these positions now? How do you see it? Because you don't under one coordinator. You have to have those conversations at every position. And you just kind of keep going through. And I'm just excited to learn. I think the more systems, I mean, luck. Play the system here in college. Play the system. Under Steve Spagnolo. Play the system. Tim Baldwin. Play the system under Greg Williams. Dennis Allen. Coach of Rallagold.

11:06And then Jim Nalt. Like, you know, you know, every one of those. There's like different terminology for everything. So you're just, you're learning a different language. You know, I mean, there's this concepts. And I think it was kind of collect over time. What you think is really good stuff. And how you do stuff. Maybe a little different. I'm just really excited to learn from Adam to have a ton of success. He seemed very excited over there talking really to me here. Yeah. Focusing college. Yeah. Whatever. So long. What's his person? How do you like it? How do you like it? How do you like it? How do you like it? What's his person? How do you like it with you guys? Yeah. He's been great. I mean, his energy is incredible. He's very, he is. He's authentically excited to be back in college football. You could tell there's like a yearning to get back to like the while you got in the coaching. Right? This impact young people. It's the impact. Teach the game of football. And so a few times he's been in front, you know, kind of like talking to the guys. He's like. He's excited to just teach more. You know what I mean?

12:06Kind of ironically like, you know, similar to a lot of things that chips that last year, right? Yeah. Get back and you're like, man, I'm just excited to. And so if he has that excitement, he's done a phenomenal job, I think of being the other players. Just kind of like walking around versus like popping in and making sure that he's in front of them and they get to know him and he gets to know them. And it's a lot that you can imagine when you come in and you have all these guys, right? And try to learn all these guys. I'm going to recruit him, try to learn his staff and learn dynamics. Like it's a lot, but he's handled it really well. You know, he's an old school ball coach. So he's a grinder. So he's really good job. James, I probably not going to need to do much this spring. How much more can you get done with the young guy? Let's tell him that. So you got to do a lot. But in terms of Ryan Darede said, you know, 50 percent, 75 percent or whatever. How much more can you get done with the young guys when they're not worried too much about the senior? Yeah. I think, I mean, you're always just looking for competition, especially like a spring ball. That's what it's all about, right? You're trying to have.

13:06It's so cliche, but it's true. Like the iron sharpens iron mentality of. You want your room to be super competitive. To where. Hey, the guy in front of me makes a play. My next set of four plays. I go out there. I have the point, right? And it's a constant driving of the room. Forward. And so, yeah, sunny gets 50 or how many reps, you know, reps off 50 percent. Rub a coach said. And that means more opportunity for somebody else to play, right? So that need more for our values that scheme flexibility with our value. We've paid Pearson round. We set TJ Riley. You like all these guys stove. We're all going to get more ruts. I think it's great. It's what you got to do at this point in season. But I think, you know, yes, there's still stuff that. The thing that I love about sunny is that he's going to be. Clon to try to get those reps. Because he's a he's a true pro. And. You know, that's been the most enjoyable thing about working with him is like.

14:07You get a kid who's played safety his whole life comes to the back yard. He just wants to learn the why behind everything. And. You know, very similar to the fact of Cody that we have guys who are that easy to work with. You're not trying to like not worried about texting anybody in our room. About coming over and trying to learn all, you know what I mean? Like were you at, you know, like. They're obsessed with the game of football. They're always around when they're at class. So it's like. It makes it really easy as a coach because they're passionate for the game. So strong. You mentioned TJ in terms of the higher with the map. Just looking sunny. Like what do you envision more with him with all of that stuff? I think. I think we just have a lot of guys with a lot of links. You talk about sunny styles. Long. Can run. Valries. Long. Can run. It's crazy. You see stunning. They're like, OK, this guy. Like. I wish I was built like that when I played. And then you see our Val stand next to Sunday. You're like. Those are those. You know what I mean? And so like.

15:07And then you look across the room. Like as the room warms up, you're like holy smokes. Like. We just have a bunch of guys. And that's a lot of credit to make. Coach made it as a phenomenal job. I was just. I'm talking to Burm about it. Like. To see even our meteor guys what they look like when they showed up. Like the bowl of the whole natty run. And they're kind of hanging out during practice. And see the high school bodies to see what they look like today before they go away. And like the shoulders are all like everything is just different. And they've been. And doctorated into the brotherhood. So I think you know there's just a lot to work with. And so what he's really good at right is like he's talked about it. One year he has junior say I will get a spike for able. You know Roosevelt Colvin and those guys. And a couple of years later he has brand of spikes. So he's like okay. But that's what it's brand of the middle of time. So it's 260 pounds and beast. He always says he was my best nose guard.

16:07And from my back. Right. And then the year after that gets you know got Jamie Collins and Dante high telling it. So now we can do a lot of stuff right so. There's not just like hey, this is what we're doing. We got plenty of them. Hey, here's what we got. Let's utilize it. So that's what strength will be. Well go in the lab and figure out what that means. I'm sure through spring ball. There will be like. Hey, here's what. We do really well as unit. Because this unit is going to be different. Right. You know, there's a lot of production. So you know will be different. So you kind of got to reform your own identity. And every earn that civil bullet. Big name and mantra. How many guys can look at our bell? Just like he's on a very good track. Is that it? What's the ceiling talking about? It's just a lot. And right now he's locked in. He's done a great job becoming a leader. Coming out of a shell. I think, you know, I think for Velley, it's all about consistency and just preparation. And I'm proud of our bell. You know, he's through the season.

17:07You got way better at. You know, a lot of it's like little things. Just note taking and stuff. Like sometimes these kids are always on their phones and stuff. Not like the meeting rooms or anything like that, but just naturally. So like to get out of pen and paper and like. You hear things. And I mean, yeah, I got it. What you do until your dog tired and then you forget. You know what I mean? But when you really understand it, you know what I mean? Like go play faster. You got so much better through the year. Just a lot of that's because of Cody. Like becoming a pro. And now it's like Sonny's pulling him along. He's pulling paint along. The paint is pulling TJ and Riley and Eli. So I can still like. So I kind of I love the competition room right now. And the way it's made up. Yeah. He's on a great path right now. How many different guys do you feel like can be in that Mike's spot? Three years. But that was obviously losing Cody and now having that. You know, I think that's something that's fluid as we kind of go. Because you know, week one, Sonny actually started out Mike for us. And Sonny's smart enough to play them all.

18:07Our Vel is smart enough to play them all. Painter is smart enough to play them all. And it's also like how did you like depends on what what scheme you're running. Where are they? How do they be utilized as well? You know what I mean? So. You can say my like my backer. You know, whether it's Tommy. I can very grow a real recent two different. People and Cody's different than those two. So. I challenged to like a lot of the guys that come in. And so you got the other both the more you understand about the scheme in general. The faster you will play. You know what I mean? Like if I just sit here and I say, Hey, I got a lot of Mike. My drop is this and that's all I need to know. Like. Well, no, football happens so fast and all the shifts and motions that like. If you're out there just playing and you're waiting for a call. And you're just reacting like you're so worried about what's going on on your side of the ball. You didn't recognize that the offense is telling you something's what they're doing. So. If I'm out there and also I'm not getting a call. I know what the call should be.

19:07It's like, Hey, are we playing? You know, let's go. Now is the new kid that you can look. I can see. Okay, here's what the tight ends doing. That's what the backs doing. Here's what plays are coming. You just line up the place where I pass every time. Like you know, stand a chance. You got to eliminate plays in your mind by seeing what the offense is doing. Like they tell you the story every time they line up. They just window dressing. People motion and chance to try. Okay, are they trying to do man's own indicators? Are they trying to make sure that. They're getting the same formation. They're in the same place. But they just shift the people in the emotion. And they move. And they don't want you to recognize. So we're always worried about what word you don't mean. So the more you know, faster you can play. You're not sitting there thinking, Oh, what do I have for you? You're reacting. So I know you have. So my challenge to guys like. There's always a no both. So I think a lot will just be on. On the depth of sure guys get, you know, if Sunnies only doing 15 to 75% of the plays. And probably more guys get more will reps than they had because we need. Well, bodies. That's technically where Sunnies started. But. We'll rotate them through. Let the production kind of show what it does.

20:07And sometimes, you know, you'll live with some mistakes just from. Did a new spot that you'll be able to judge to like who's actually. Getting in the book. You know, I mean, who's actually studying. How much of a great have you seen from Sunnies this time of year? You know, through the national championship game. And then what's next. Man, I mean. Definitely, I know, I know Sunnies big goals and you should. I do as well for him. And. To see how far he's come, you know, the first thing kind of stands out is just like his. His footwork has gotten so much better. You know, when you're in the boxes and linebacker, you got to be able to. Remember loop thickly to say it all the time. And you got to be slow until it's time to be fast. When you're twitchy like he is. A lot of times, you know, when you're about safety. You're used to pulling a trigger and rolling like you got to. You got to learn how to shuffle and not cross over it. He got so much better as a year or not. I think a lot of people question whether he'd be able to hold up physicality wise. And, you know, he was.

21:08He was great. You know, he's the season guy. He's really good with his hands. He's a really natural ability to snag. We'll keep challenging him. I think he should be a dominant guy in coverage. Like he needs to be a guy that we can put on a tight end and be like. He's not going to. He didn't catch the ball. He has that athleticism. I think we need to challenge him there. Challenge them. I think everything is just. It's not just sunny. It's everybody's urgency in zone coverage. I mean, the urgency with the three of the break on the football. To close that space. Not at the ball carrier. Have so much space on you to. To cut making this is critical. I think sometimes he's. He can be so athletic that, you know, you can get away some stuff. And he knows anything that I'm saying right now. He already knows. So the best part is a lot of times like he'll come to me. Before film and already said that man coach on that play. Actually, you know what I mean? Like he knows. And the best part is that he's humble enough. Our whole room is that they just want to be. They want to be pushed. And they want to be coached. And so. And he has to ask for right.

22:08Like. How is that? What do you need for me? Just just keep making sure like you're pushing it. Don't let me settle. Let me settle. So. He's probably the best. I'm going to run with them. You look at sunny in our bell. It's kind of your toughest guys right now. Yeah. I mean, I think going into it, you know, I think it's sunny our bell. Pain's right up there in that next. You know, your accurate there. And then it's like. Who else is going to emerge from really the fourth. The fourth guy. You know, I think it's a healthy way to put it. Yeah, I just. I think our. I think our backers are so competitive. So competitive that it's. You know, I know Peyton Pierce is chomping at the bit. I know that he's going to push, you know, Vell. And sunny. I know that you look at Riley and TJ and Eli and Stowe. Like those guys are going at it. These work guys, those guys are going at it. And it's constant competition. You know, I mean, they're trying to fight each other.

23:08Everything. So. The reality of it is they're fighting for reps, right? So. This game is hard. It's winter loser every single day. You know, a lot of the guys are going to make our break and start with the mental preparation to be honest with you. And that's where trust starts, right? If you don't know what you're doing, I can't put you out there. So. Who preps mentally as we get rolling and then. The physical part of that. But let's say it says it's sunny our belly and Peyton probably have. Probably the top three and then. But I can always say it's always fluid. It's always fluid. I haven't done this. I haven't done this. You know, it's funny. There's one coach who said that. I forget which NFL team it was. But he said that what he does is he has the depth chart. Sit in the front of the room. Like if you're a starter, you're the first to grow. You know, and then the second row. And he's like, it'll change weekly. Sometimes through camp. I'm like, I can't do that. Are you guys. I'm not sure they can handle that.

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25:09I didn't really have the volume as other people in my rookie year. But I still had a great rookie year. Six yards of carry, you know, things like that. I think it was like nine touchdowns, ten, including the playoffs. And so there's always been like, all right. You guys let me show my talent trying a little bit. Like, even when I had the knee. So I had the knee, right? A lot of people don't know. Like, I didn't get hurt again whenever I got, you know, got cleaned up. So I went down in 21, right? Had the injuries, the knee injury. And then came back later the next year. And I played the first few games. And I just feel there was a lot of scar tissue in there. So I had to get it cleaned up. I didn't get hurt again. I could have played the whole year. But I got it cleaned up so I can feel like me. And so after I got that cleaned up, I had the first two games back from the injury. I had over 120 yards rushing, right? And then went on. Had great, great ending of the year. You know, 100 total yards in the playoff game. We lost, which I hate the most.

26:09Styles don't matter to me. I want to win. But then come back to the 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 a light to the whole world. Are you concerned that you have that label? You can't stand it. I could care less. Because I do, 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. It's something I can't control literally. So that's why I'm not bothered by it. Like, yeah, I am injury prone. 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.

27:13When you've been on the field, you've been highly productive. 5.8 hours of very average for your 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 an opportunity? 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. With the numbers, we'll be there in there. They might be higher after this year. You know what I'm saying? And it's crazy to think about it. Because I had six-point yards per carry, you know? So we'll see. Is it forward to running behind this line that they put together?

28:15Oh, 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, win some games. That's why I came through for it. Justin, on the part of the year ago, I wouldn't say a 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 complements each other very well. You know, he can do a lot of stuff too. You know, a lot of people think he's just power, power, power, but I think he has some other parts of his game too, which it'll be great, because. I feel like I could do everything. And when we wanted to get tired, we can roll it in. We'll keep rolling. Win some games. When you, the two of you are going, how do you think this is going to look? Or what will be that partnership back there?

29:18I know. That's a hard question. How do 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 a Super Bowl, they can run the ball. They can control the clock. And so if we're both good, it'll look great. Beautiful. How do you describe it as a Greg Roman offense? I would describe it as, you know, a great offense. Well, what's up, foos? Men of the J. O'Sull here from the WWE. When it's just me between matches, it's day one-inch. That means it's Chumba time with hundreds of Casino style games and new titles arriving weekly. There's always something fresh to try at Chumba Casino. The daily booze make it even more fun. And have me about to get them all during my downtime. Ready for a fun way to chill out and enjoy a few minutes for yourself? Let's Chumba. No purchase necessary. VGW Group Void were prohibited by law, CTs and Cs. 21 Plus, sponsored by Chumba Casino. I think he gives a quarter.

30:18He's going to give the quarterback a lot of options. He's going to give the receiver a lot of options. You know, and I think it's going to be great. He's often going to be amazing. When we talk to him, you know, I was like, why are you being able to build something good Russian offense throughout your career? Whichever way you've been. And you said that one part of it is just, you got to call the police. You got to call the run police. As we're running back, you know, how much confidence, how much excitement does it give you? You know, you have a play collar that's going to stick with it and allow you any offense upon it. He gives me a lot of excitement. You know, it's going to be, like I said, it's fun to play his offense. You know, and I think he does have some good things in the past game too. But like you said, he sticks with the run. And that's that's the identity. You want an offense that 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.

31:20So I think it's going to be great. You mentioned you're 100% now, so you'll be full-go for training. And that's your expectation. Look, I ain't going to answer any of the four. If it's up to me? Yes. Look, because I had this problem, like, two years, three years ago. I'm thinking I'm full-go. I think I'm ready to go. And the next thing you know, I'm on PUP. Like, hey, look, some stuff above my pay-gray. So, but I don't know. Hopefully, I can start. I think I'm ready to start, you know, to begin a training camp, but that's not up to me as I've learned. I wouldn't say that. I think 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.

32:20Like, 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 getting into pre-agency, you know, dealing with rehab and not, you know, having a full season of aid for the production to go out there, was there any part of that where you were like, you know, had it for the public market with a different situation, you know? Nah. I like it. I like, how would I say this? 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 given, the role was, I was coming off an Achilles. And that was the Lord's plan.

33:21So, 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? Not even a high-risk, low-risk, because it's a business, right? So, I forgot her last year. So, not as much money in these, be throwing them. 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, like, are 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. 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.

34:23Are you the type of person that likes to improve people wrong? Like, you've got a couple things, like, a high-risk, high-reward, injury-prone, you know? Are you the type of person that really tries to improve 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'll 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, like, yeah, yeah, what happened? No, because I don't care. Like, you're eventually see, like, I'm a guy that's really good. So, I ain't worried 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 that talk about being injury-prone, because whenever I have this great year, it's going to be forgotten, you know? Tyler Reddick here from 2311 Racing. Another checkered flag for the books. Time to celebrate with Jamba. Jump in at JambaCasino.com.

35:25Let's Jamba. No purchase necessary. BTW Group. Boy, we're prohibited by law. CCNC, 21 Plus. Sponsored by JambaCasino. Why give that energy? Yeah. Talking just into the all-er, I got a chance to be in it all year. Yeah. I was, you know, just with him. You know, he's a great guy. I mean, he was in my class. I remember seeing him and we were at an award show, because I was a dog walker, a 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 years old. When I first saw him, this was years ago in college. And I'm like, damn, this is pretty tall. Like, he's cool, though. Like, I never really got to, I ain't going to lie. I thought he was going to be kind of, you know, nerdy. But he's, he's cool, though. Very laid back. No, we'll face to him. You know? Come here more and more. Can health similar, will you role be, you know, in terms of playing? What you did in Denver? I don't know that yet. I kind of just mentioned previously. I don't know my role. I don't know the engine out yet.

36:25So once we'll get, you know, through the protocols in NFOPA, we'll talk about, you know, the schemes and everything. Right? Hello, sir. Welcome. When you were in Denver in the three, four, where did you find yourself most comfortable, most effective in what role? I played a lot of different positions in Denver. I mean, early in my year, I played zero. I played three, two, one. I mean, I definitely more comfortable in a shaded position, mainly being a three technique and five technique. That's where I find myself to be more comfortable. Whether I'm standing up or I'm not, whether it's runner or pass. Those seem to be my best, my best fits. And what is your impression of Pete Carroll's defense in whole environment and Seattle from afar? From afar, it seems like he holds in on a defense a lot. I can't really say too much about that yet. I don't, I know Pete Carroll very little. So I'm just trying to figure out more and I'll give you a better answer later. What's the reputation around the league?

37:26Hard knows, hard hat type of team. Definitely on a little more laksight as opposed to being a stuck up or military style. Which is definitely good because this program is one of a lot of football games. It's been super successful for many years. As long as I've been alive and as long as I've been watching football. And definitely, this has been a good program. And Pete Carroll has been a hell of a coach for a long-sock remember. He and back in his college days. So I'm looking forward to experiencing that. I know you said you don't know yet what your role is going to be. But what kind of player are you that you don't understand who haven't watched the coming of them? But what kind of player does he have to get? Definitely a high motor. Definitely not a one-trick paring type of player. I like to attack. No, whether it's first or first before or now. I like to attack. I'm always trying to apply pressure. Definitely just a high motor guy. My opinion. Maybe.

38:26I'm pretty Anderson for me. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. Yeah, this is not a team that really makes big splash sign-in in pregnancy. Did you think going into it that Seattle would be in play? No, not at all. You just, it's kind of like being a kid at a candy store. You know, got a whole bunch of different options coming at you. You're hearing a whole bunch of different crazy things. And, you know, you only get to choose one. And this is the place that we both chose each other. I mean, I'm loving Seattle so far. I like these colors for real. What, what did you got to do in Seattle and see some season? Not much. Just kind of just drive around the city exploring. Get down to the market a little bit. I want to get on the Ferris wheel. Do some more like touristy type things, you know. I'm new to the city and I got a lot to learn about the city. Larry? Yeah, there's been a lot of comparisons of you to Michael Bennett. I'm wondering if you know Michael Bennett at all. And if you think those are actually... I know Michael Burr, then it like, I don't know nothing about it. But besides his style of play.

39:27But I'm honored to be considered in the same conversation as him. And a style of play. You know, he's a Hall of Fame type of deep lineman that I've known about since I was a kid. I mean, last time he played here, I was in high school. So, you know, it's cool to... It kind of came full circle a little bit watching him on TV. Now, I'm being kind of compared to him in a way. You know, I mean, I'm not touching the surface of Michael Bennett. You know, he's a Hall of Famer. And I'm not there yet. So, you know, I just have to keep doing my due diligence to be a better player. Carlton? Hey, dream out. Welcome to Seattle. I know you get to play several seasons for Vic Fangio in the three, four style defense. And Seattle's playing a similar system now dating back to last year. I think the defensive lineman, what do you think is most important to be successful in that system? Maybe fundamentals or just playing style to be successful? From what I learned, being gap sound and being patient has always been the biggest thing. And that's how we've been successful when I was in Denver. Just kind of like relying on each other. I know that sounds kind of cliche, but like this kind of like the realm of being in the three, four defense.

40:31You've got to really rely on the guys behind you and the guys inside of you to really make their... to do their job to make your job easier. Bob? At the end, dream up. You're a Ohio State finalist. You didn't start playing football till you were in junior high school. What did you play basketball till then? Did you know I get to try to go play football? And was that a hard decision at all to kind of move away from basketball? No, no. I've always loved football first. It was just kind of just time to play it out. You know, I let a hoop. But, you know, football was definitely my calling and given that was 265 pounds. I was like six, three, three, three, and so, you know, I kind of chose to route that guy gave me. No, I'm not six eight. My name is Gita. Yeah. And then I welcome to Seattle. And you've been quoted. You're looking at a couple of articles that you listen to in the dark story. And can you just talk a little bit about that? That enrollment.

41:31I think there's some of you that say, you know, four is kind of counted out. And you might wear it on that. Just from a standpoint, like I always get like over overshadowed over look, whether it's in something. You know what I'm saying? Like I feel like I do a lot more than what can be seen by the eyes of the inexperienced, you know, scout. And I do a lot of different dynamic things that help make place for others. You know, I'm definitely an active player. I'm always doing something whether in the run or pass game. So, you know, I think that goes on. Sometimes and I'm looking forward to putting people on notice. Brady. What do you like to do outside of football? Big gamer. I'm definitely I've been getting to a lot of chess lately. So, I just expand my brain. I'm trying to get into reading, but if it's not supported later, I really not interested in reading that much. But mainly just video gaming in chess. And then when we write and say your name, do you prefer gray or gray?

42:33Uh, I mean, you can say you can say Dre my Jones. I mean, but like just I'm like personally just call me Dre because it's easy because people like to f my name up a lot. Like a lot. And they call me Dre my day. I don't know why you put a Dre my day in my name or Dre my tea. Whatever you want to say. I just go by Dre to keep it simple. Thank you. Michael Sean. Hey, Dre. What specifically are you bringing to the CMOS as a past book? Some of the new era of the past question. You know, someone was on the little lighter side of the average three technique and bring that explosiveness that quickness. Someone was great with their hands. Someone was very extensible. And someone was a go getter when it comes to the run-and-pass game. Tyler Reddick here from 2311 Racing. Victory Lane? Yeah. It's even better with Chamba by my side. Race to ChambaCasino.com. Let's Chamba. Don't purchase necessary. VTW Group. Boy, we're prohibited by law. CTNC's. 21 plus. Sponsored by ChambaCasino. Appreciate it. Thank you. Child Boyle?

43:33Yep. Jerry Jones said that after the trade or after the signing that you're actually going to date, they wanted him to trade last year. And I still want to trade that. Denver said no. Was that something that time you were aware of at all? Yeah, I was aware. I mean, like, shit. They'd be flattered if they wanted to be even like that. Yeah, I am flattered. I mean, shit. They just traded me from the jump. But it was cool to, I guess, it kind of came full circle for Seattle a little bit. I was included into the trade and Denver said no. And then Denver kind of, I don't want to say that word, but Denver didn't pay my part respect. So I'm here because they respect me from the jump. All right. Anything else, guys? Thank you. Great water. And I ate a good size meal before the game. And none of it was food. So I think I may have been like bloated from water. I don't know. I'm trying to figure it out and play around with some things. But I know we're going to jump. Are you okay like anything served for you? No, no, I'm all right. Yeah, I'm all right. Just so unfortunate.

44:33You know, I've got to deal with it. But thank God, I think I got the got the got the got blocked. So it's all good. How much fun are you guys having like in that last game? Just run blocking. I know that's kind of like what linemen like the best and how much did you enjoy that game? Yeah, no, it's awesome. Especially when it's hitting like that, you know, just, you know, you can kind of see the defense get worn down and start getting tired. And that's what football is all about right there. It was defensive front though. It was a little bit different, obviously. And it goes Jefferson. It's one of the best defensive tackle. How do you kind of game plan for a guy like him? Yeah, well, we have to obviously make sure he doesn't wreck the game and keep him under control. It's not just him though. I mean, they've got a good big front across the board. Their linebackers play downhill. They're just a very aggressive defense. So we're going to have our hands full. It'll be a good game. For you as a lineman, just like that change or how do you approach that? Because it's two different sets of quarterbacks there. Where is it finally going to be a little different? Yeah. Well, just, you know, got to prepare and be ready for both.

45:35And no matter when we end up rolling out there, we just have to execute, you know, and communicate and not miss a beat either way. So that's the focal point for me right now. How much confidence do you guys have coming up with a performance way? That's such a strong version of performance. You know, you guys have elite health beans. You know, I think we proved to ourselves that we could do it. And I think that gives us a ton of confidence, you know. And well, and, you know, not just the rest of the team too. I mean, you're talking Malik and the confidence he has in himself and that we all have in him. So, yeah. I mean, I think we feel good. But, yeah, just, just a bit of... Like, what? Just, this is kind of just a general question. But what's your favorite part of playing safety? Hitting. I would say... It's coming down. I would just smash it by the way. That's pretty much the right look forward to. And just, you know, going out there and dominating my opponent.

46:35That's the exact answer I was expecting watching your tape. You're just such a physical downhill player, right? What does it feel like in a game to deliver, play the wood on top? It feels great. I mean, it's just, it's just domination. I said, that's the best feeling to be honest. Better than a big TPU. It's just physically putting yourself on the body. And at the point of the tag winning. And just, yeah. Do you think a lot of safeties would say the same thing? Or do you think a lot of safeties would prefer an interception to a big kid? I would say it definitely is a, it definitely differentiates. So, you know, some people would just like to get a pick and a flashy. But, you know, that's cool too. But everybody has their own. It's an opportunity for you with, you know, Nathan Ransom leaving to get on the 2D this year that you're to compete for the playing time. What are you doing to try and get to that point? Just maximizing myself every day. So, you know, taking coach G's advice and coaching and getting better every day. So, using what he gives me and creating a better version of myself each day.

47:35And if I keep doing that, I think I'll compete. Are you trying to model your game after? Is there anybody watched? You've grown up or you'll get it today? The college level. Uh, I really, I watched a lot. I like, like, uh, watch German, German James and Jesse Bates. Um, just take, like, boot a baker. Just piece out of everybody's game. So, um, and try to implement them in my game. And I really take anybody's game. But just take little bits and put them in like my version. And, like, my version of playstyle. You committed to a high school. You won a big class in junior. Yeah. I'm a high school student. Coach Hoerey talked about, especially for out-of-state kids. Relationships are very important in that time when you're committed. What was it about coach Hoerey and the relationship that you had with him? You know, kind of made you feel comfortable. Still thinking about the high school. Yeah, you know, coach G, he's, she's one of the smartest coach I've been around. You know, it's definitely my first year in college. But, you know, definitely just a very smart coach. Like, has a potential probably be a DC definitely.

48:37Maybe a head coach Monday. So, you know, when we have that, just that mental piece, you know, I think it adds to my game. It's like, out of the physical ability and he's a mental piece. So, I feel like it jails together. And I knew that in my recruitment to be the best safe, you got to be smart. So, having that piece, it made me want to come here and learn. So, having gone through that process, obviously. What advice would you give to somebody who is going through the process right now? Who does have a little bit to their commitment? What advice would you give them? Well, I'm just kind of weathering everything for their senior year. I would say pick the decision that's going to best maximize yourself personally wise and football wise. You know, you got a lot of different things. People are throwing at you, but at the end of the day, you got to keep them making the main thing. And becoming the best football player and being whatever your dream is, going to NFL for a smile. Just put that first. So, yeah. He asks for us, and how will he take care of our body? You know, just the diligence and a situation of football.

49:38Coach McCarty, man, he's a great coach. See you by the day, just us being ready. And this week went opener, and I'm just excited to build on that. I feel like I always feel good, not always. But I mean, it's week one. It's week one. Something definitely fresh, but you know, just got to continue to build on that and take care of my body. And we want to be feeling good in December and January. Oh, it definitely felt great, you know, it was going to touch down, had a bunch of emotions, kind of had to lay there and soak it all in, but you know, it's glad to be back. Very talented front. And first, I have two working starting the day.

50:39I think those guys, you know, played their tail off. They competed. I think we had a great plan, and we went out and executed it. 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 out, like, many boys are out there playing. But I mean, went against that defense all offseason. Know how difficult it is to play them, to prepare for them. But, you know, they stepped up and answered the call. Thank you. It took part in three months. That's the biggest thing. Having to compete, you know, these guys appear. They take winning and losing to heart. So, you know, my first week up here, when we did our competitions, you know, I was winning, then I actually, I got that first loss on my belt, and you know, it kind of opened my eyes, because like, these guys take it to heart. When they lose, they don't like it. So, you know, I kind of got that now where I don't like losing.

51:41You had the opportunity to be around the team for that, you know, CFP Ron. What did you learn from just those two weeks, seeing this team make that run? You know, being real tight with your brothers. You know, they're real tight. You know, they push each other. You know, it's a real brotherhood. They don't let nobody down. They always got each other back. So, I mean, it's a new team now. So, you know, we got to build that kimchi with each other. You know, just get tight. And I feel like, when I was there for that playoff running, and I practiced, when they were at the National Championship, you know, I just got to watch, you know, how guys are, you know, real locked in. They're close with each other. They're not letting nobody slack off. And, you know, I feel like we had the opportunity to do that with this team now. How did you handle losing? How did you handle that first lock? That first lock, you know, it kind of got to me. It was the IGB. You know, he, you know, he let me hear. So, after that loss, I was like, nah, I can't let this happen anymore. It's because it's like, now it's not high school where you used 17, 16 years old, and if you lose, you lose. Appearance is not. If you lose, the coach will see that. So, and they're going to see how you respond to it.

52:41So, I feel like I had to, you know, open my eyes. I had to go, go in there and lock them. Like, yeah, I can't let this happen anymore, you know. So, I got to go up. And, you know, these guys are counting on me too. So, it's really important that I don't lose. If you had to describe yourself as a competitor, how would you do that? I'm a great competitor, you know. I like winning. Who doesn't like winning? So, I mean, winning is, it's in my blood. You know, my parents taught me that at a young age, you know, going out there competing for anything that you want. And I feel like if you can go out there to compete for it, you know, it's yours. And if you compete for it all the time, who don't take it from? So, I mean, I'm a good competitor. I'm always going to go out there and try to take what's mine. If it's out there, then anybody can have it. And I'm going to be the one who's going to get it. There's some roles in your room, obviously. Are you a talker? What's your natural environment? Yeah, I mean, it could come out on me, you know. But I don't really know my game through the talker for this part. But, you know, if it gets there, it gets to that point. Yeah, I can bring it out. Because, you know, regardless, I'm not just going to let nobody just come out here and just, you know, catch balls on me. So, if I'm having a good day when I'm consistently doing TPUs,

53:43yeah, I'm going to talk. But, you know, being in that room, you kind of got to talk. You know, Jermaine, you got IGD, you know, those real talkers in that room. So, it kind of makes you want to bring it out. And, you know, when you bring that out, that just brings energy out of the whole defense. And when you got the whole defense clicking, I mean, you can see what's happening. Is there anyone that's kind of a competition you have? It was during the winter. We were doing, you know, just stuff on the field. We were just, just having the time of the field. Just a lot of competitions. So, I mean, he just kind of, it was a day where, you know, they had us going up against just the freshmen. And then they kind of threw us in there and fired against the older guys. So, we had to, you know, we had to wake up. And, you know, we all kind of lost. And it all kind of like, we all kind of came to get that professional group like, what are we going to do about this? Because, you know, they're kind of nice to step up in those roles. Yeah, definitely. Definitely. Yeah, definitely, definitely. Definitely my work in college moments. You know, you know, just, just showing that, you know, it's real now. A medal, Ohio State. I'm not in Houston Texas anymore in my school.

54:43Far from my family. You know, I got to wake up. I got to grow. I got to mature fast. And, you know, I just got to get ready for the next level. You've mentioned high school a couple of times. How did, you know, grow it up very in Texas, playing at that level. How do you feel like that helped you prepare a real house date? I feel like it prepared good. You know, I feel like I went to a power house in Texas. We obviously ran the Houston area. You know, we've been running the Houston area for a long time now. And I feel like, you know, we're a real college program. We live just like these guys who do the same lifts. You know, the level of ball I play. The highest level of ball in Texas, 6A. You know, we're going against guys like Dunkin' Bill, No Crowley, those top schools, you know, are receiving the podium where I go against them. I want to get some three times in my career. So, I mean, those that really prepared me for this level, you know, coming in like, okay, this is not where this is a little school where, oh, they don't believe that I can come here and make an impact. I came from big schools, so they're counting on me to make an impact because, you know, I think, I mean, everybody would say Texas is one of the highest football players

55:43in the country. You know, it goes us floated and they're probably Georgia. So, I mean, they're counting on me to be ready and that level of ball prepared me real, real well. How do you do against the Corey? You know, it was when lose, when lose. You know, I went some, he lost some. So, I mean, it's just getting better. I'm sharp and higher because, you know, he's the top receiver, obviously, in our class. You know, I feel like he's going to have a good impact at Oregon. So, I mean, it's just what's going to happen next. Looking forward to seeing him again? Yeah, definitely, definitely. And you know, I plan on planning against him. We don't, we want to see him this year. Hopefully, we'll see him in the big ten championships. So, you know, I want that rematch, you know. Devin, you committed super early in the process six months after that. You shut things down when, quite frankly, someone of your caliber didn't have to do that. You could have, you've seen kids play the game a little bit longer than that, but you chose to not do that. It's just kind of a lot getting here. Why? You know, because this was, this was what I felt. This was home. You know, I didn't really feel like, you know, standing Texas was a good thing for me.

56:44I didn't, I didn't feel like that was home for me. Up here, I just felt like it was home. You know, because of all, and because they, you know, they're making it, you know, making me feel important up here. And then, you know, like, you could ask, because what, how many times I came up here, do I, my high school career? I came up here 13 times. So, it got to the point where I was knowing the guys on the team. I had the numbers and stuff like that. When I come up here, you know, I don't got to always build the coaches. I can go chill with some of the guys on the team. So, it was just, just me, you know, knowing what I want to put in my college ball at, you know, knowing where I felt like it was home. And then, you know, it was also my parents too, you know. My mom being, you know, feeling safe that, you know, I'm up here, you know, I'm handling the business and not having to worry about me when she goes to sleep. Are you in the big 12, two-part question? When you look at what you've done, Jackson State, first year at Colorado, the accomplishments and the eyes and attention that you've brought, have you taken the moment to sort of sit back and appreciate? I know you've given a lot of love to your players and programs,

57:46but have you taken time to appreciate the worth and what you brought, part one, part two? Do you have one at a time? I'm 56. You can't do that. One at a time. Give me one at a time, all right? First of all, thank you. Thank you for just understanding and recognizing those things. I don't have time to sit back and watch what was done because I'm so busy doing what I do. So, I don't have time for, you know, even though my arms could reach that back to the pet myself on the back. I ain't got time for it. You don't like it anyway. Every once in a while, I do it because I know y'all ain't going to do it. So, I don't have time for it, but I appreciate it. And I'm thankful of the calling that God has on my life. I really am. Now, we go to part two. Part two, with what you brought to the programs in the historic Black Colleges and to Colorado, do you feel an obligation with whom you are to perform at a higher level or coach at higher level? Yeah. Like, I guess.

58:47Yes. I'm judged on a different scale. My wins are totally different than your wins. Your wins, you just judge in football. That's why I have to start out and give you education and academics and so forth. I have to give you those things so you understand there's a greater scope. I can't win nine games and our GPA suffers. Our GPA can't be high, but we lose another eight games. We can't not go and grab high school players and you got a bunch of guys in the portal out of the portal that's getting incarcerated. My wins are different. We have to win in every area. That's the way we're judged. I'm cool with that. Because we come a little different. So, the expectation is greater. But it's not just football. It's been like that all my life. I've always had a greater expectation for myself. So, the expectation you have for me would never outweigh the expectation I have for myself.

59:49Thank you. That was a wonderful question. All right. We'll go to the left side. Third row in the middle. Hey, Deon Collins-Willson with the action network over here. One question. What led you to the hiring of Robert Livingston come from the city? Oh, my God. They just the opportunity. I mean, we needed the defensive coordinator and I'm a pro, man. And that's nothing against the college coaches because we have some phenomenal college coaches, especially in this conference. But I'm a pro. So, I like the relationships and the thought process of a pro. And Coach Livingston was recommended to me by a few pros that I'm well familiar with in our trust. My gzimmer being one of them. And his interview process and his consistency and his thought process and his related ability just put place him well above the other applicants. I'm happy I made the decision.

1:00:49And when we look back on it, first of all, I pray to God that I can keep him because I feel like we're going to kick butt. We're going to win. And he's going to be a head coach and college or pros and whatever he endeavors because he's that good. So I'm thankful that I'm happy for him. But he is awesome. When I tell you, awesome, he is totally awesome. Okay, we'll go over here to the right side in the first row. We got another guy on the side of the ball named Pat Sharma that's pretty darn good as well. I mean, really good. And his compatibility and relationship with Shador is amazing and what they plan on doing this season. I can't wait to see it myself. Yes, sir. Coach Prime, my name is Arnie Beesmore with Vegas Sports today. Yeah. I want to officially welcome you to our amazing City of Las Vegas. Thank you. Now, my question is. I don't gamble, though. So you ain't getting that out of me. Okay. Okay. With respect to legacy and impact, what legacy and or impact do you hope to have on the world of sports as a player and or as a coach?

1:01:52Both, really, I don't care. Like how you see me, how you look at me, I'm more apt to understand how I see me, and how I look at me, and how God sees me, and how He looks at me. So really, I don't care how you see me. It's never going to be enough. Nothing I do is ever going to be enough. So I'm cool with that. I understand that that is life, and that's how life is going to be. But I plan on being a tremendous blessing to as many people that I can bless, especially those probably 120 young men that puts on this CU helmet and go out there and to the play for our school and our program. So the sum and all up, man, I just want to be known as a great dad. I think I had three sons here today, and I just want to be a great dad to them. That's it. Thank you, my man. I appreciate you. All right. We'll stay in the right side. We'll go about halfway back on the aisle. Coach Domizzo, WDAY in Fargo, North Dakota.

1:02:52You're opening up with North Dakota State, or a known CS killer. Tell me what you know about the bison. They're good. They're really darn good. And I'm mad at Rick right now if I put them on the schedule, open up with them. Like, can you give me a layup or something? Like those guys are wonderful. Their staff has always been amongst the best. Many people have matriculated from that staff to go to higher levels. Those kids play their butts off. They play tough. They don't make many mistakes. They're accustomed to winning. They don't give a darn about being at home on the road. That does not faze them whatsoever. We just can't wait to see it. I know it's a national television game. I believe it's a Thursday night game. Hopefully not too late. But we can't wait to see them. It's going to be a phenomenal game, phenomenal matchup. But that program is second to none. All right. We'll go to the left side. Sixth throw on the far left side. Stuart Mandel from the athletic. Going into your two.

1:03:52What are some of the things that give you confidence that this season can end a lot better than forwarding? When I see the offensive line and the way they train, the way they work, the way to go about their job, when I see the defensive line coaches and the way they're on their kids and the way they're demanding excellence and the way these young men are working and the athletes that they are and the bodies that they have and they've developed right now. When I see the receiving core standing out the practice to work with the quarterback, coming over quarterbacks, coming over there on off days to work with one another. When I see the running backs doing the same, led by a former walk on Charlie Allford Doll. You know, when I see the special teams, Mark Vesett is here right now. I think he's a darn pro in model that don't miss and Jayce Philly and those guys that they can't wait to their time. They understand special teams mean

1:04:52that we're special. You know, when I see those, the secondary shoot, and they get out of bed and want to play man-to-man coverage. I love it, man. Shall, okay, wait to hit somebody. You know, camselman. So many of the guys, the change made from safety to linebacker would Trevor, I mean. And I really think this young man is going to be the next Bryan Urlacker. I think he's going to make that transition from safety to lineback and be dominant. Like, I just see the won't and the fight and desire from our young men and I can't wait to you get an opportunity to see it as well. So I'm very optimistic on what we have on our plate this year. All right, we'll go to the right side, third row, right in the middle. Phillip Dukes, the five star flicks on on three. Coach Sanders. I don't, as the father of three to visual one football players,

1:05:52what did you learn during their process as a parent that's helped you formulate your recruited style as a head coach? Great question. First and foremost, I've set in all seats. The parent seat being recruited as the kid now being the coach that helps me tremendously when I'm recruiting. When I'm understanding what the parent is thinking, what the kid is thinking, now what the coach desires to want to know. It's been a tremendous asset for me to understand those facets of this new recruiting age that is impacted tremendously by NILs and collectives. So I love it. Sometimes I don't like it. But I love it. And I love that these kids are being compensated somewhat for what they bring to the table. I don't want them to put the bag before the game

1:06:53because if you have the game, the bag is going to come. I want them to understand that. But I just don't want to take away from the purity, the purity of this wonderful game that we have. Coach, football is phenomenal, man. This conference is phenomenal. Look at what we are. You've got to be kidding me. Now I'm a brother from Folk My Eyes Florida. And I'm sitting up here in the Dern Enzone in Las Vegas, talking to the whole Dern country about a childish game that I play when I was a shouting. Don't you understand how powerful and how wonderful this is? And I'm so darn thankful to be here. So I try to relate that to all our young men. This is a moment, man. You better maximize it. And let's go get it. Thank you. It's a wonderful question. All right. We'll send the right side. We'll go halfway back. All right. And if you have it, is right. I got you today, right? Okay. All right. We'll go back, calf, way back on the right side on the center aisle. Coach, Prime, Alex, Blackburn, College Football Dogs. With all the media attention surrounding your program,

1:07:54how do you stay focused on the main goal, which is winning games? How do you keep yourself and your team focused? Well, you keep the main thing, the main thing. The main thing never should transfer itself. Winning is what we're here for. As far as the focus and attention, I think every sense I step into Florida State in 85 has been like that for me. This ain't new to me. I'm not new to this. Like we say in the hood, I'm true to this. So this is new to some of you all. And you want us to change. We're not going to change. We're going to try to do things being smart, tough, fast, disciplined with character. That's what we're relating to all our young men. But the cameras and the lights, I think I haven't seen one kid here today that said he didn't like that. He may not like the process, but he likes the package that you wrap him up in and you put him out there. All these kids are excited about the EA sports game, right? There's scores and levels.

1:08:55They want attention. They want affection. They won't love. They want adoration. Adulation, I'm sorry. Yeah. We give you that. But you got to work first. So you can understand the consistency thereof. It's going to take you to where you want to go. Every time mom and dad, if that's what you please. I will stay over here on the right side. Third row right in the middle. Hi, coach. How you doing? Good. How are you? You go, girl. I know you. Nikki Edwards, you sports reporter. We talked during spring and throughout last season. The importance on stopping the run. Yeah. You get a guy like B.J. Green and your defensive line. Yeah. How is he going to be a leader in achieving that goal? B.J. Green is already a leader. Do you know that B.J. Green played for me when he was five through seven years old, with truth and Dallas and well South Dallas? So he's been a part of my life for a long time and they raised him right at Arizona State and for him to come over now.

1:09:55It's phenomenal. His work, I think, the way he approaches in the text of game. It's phenomenal. His want, his desire, his will. I just got to finish joining the interview and they say, well, you have two young men that projected probably to be the top five picks. I said, yeah, but we won't four in the first round. And the only way that's going to happen is we win and they're dominant. And I think B.J. Green could be one of those guys. And I think he will be one of those guys because he wants it that much. Shane, Round Deal, Amari McNeil. I'm just the name of a few, and Cwan is Tom Feeck, Chidosi, T.C. That's my dog from Arkansas. I mean, we have some guys inside there that can flat out do it. Outside, we have some guys that can go get the quarterback as well. We just want to be in the position to allow them to be the best they can be. And that's one thing that Coach Livingston is doing well. He's not coming in trying to remake everything

1:10:57and reinvent the wheel. He's like, let's find out what these guys can do well and let them do what they do. And that's what we're going to do. That's the formula. I've told you guys. That's what we do. Okay. That's how we come in. All right, final question. Far left side. About a big question. I'm just having a good time. Now you got to go right out of time. We got a shot. Pluck. Joy. Did they give you a shot? Pluck. How are you doing, Coach? How are you doing? On the American TG sports here. I have a quick question regarding building a winning culture at CU. What does that mean? What does a winning culture mean? I want to know what that means. Because you've got to be a winner to understand what that winning culture means. Everybody want to know about the culture, the culture. What is culture? To me, culture is day in, day out putting in the work. Life style. Life style. Yeah. So progressing in that general area right there, as far as the winning culture side, last year you guys started off strong.

1:11:57You did kind of feels a little bit towards the end of the year. But I remember you still talking about continuing to build that winning culture day in, day out. Do you feel the guys that you brought in this year are going to be able to help you build those gaps? I don't talk about culture that much. So that wasn't me. But I do talk about the consistency there of the goal. And being consistent in whatever you do. So if you have a team that's got to be a little more physically tough, you got to develop that. And you got to mentally tough, strategically satisfying and from the culture staff's point of view, you got to understand that. But culture, everybody's own this word, this word. And I don't understand this word one bit. And somebody got to help me understand what that word culture means. An environment, understanding of winning, you want that. I feel like I'm a winner. I know I'm a winner. So whatever I display, however I go about my job,

1:12:58my work, my business, my personal life, that's of a winner. That's all I know. I don't know anything else but that. So in due time and due process, we're going to reach that goal. Because if we're going to get there, because I know I'm going to get there. And I'm not going by myself. That'll do it. Coach, thank you for your time. Wow. God bless you. Bubble Wallace here from 2311 Racing. You know what's slower than a pace car? Waiting at the car wash. That's when I fire up Chamba Casino. It turns those slow minutes into fast fun. With new games every week, you'll never get bored. Next time you're stuck in the slow lane, speed up with Chamba.

1:13:59Play now at ChambaCasino.com. Let's Chamba. Sponsored by Chamba Casino. No purchase necessary, VGW GroupFord, where prohibited by law, 21 plus terms and conditions apply. Is that kind of easy to keep that at the back of your head? If you want to get Jeremiah and Carnell, and Brandon and Rebecca? Yes, that's my mindset. In practice the whole day, I want those birds to get me and everything that they have. So I go, up in them Saturdays, it's going to be easy for me, and I'll be prepared. What have you seen the growth of the young foreigners? Obviously, we saw that they're not at Jeremiah last year. They're germane, sorry. But cows and some of the errands and the young guys. How have you seen them come along? Um, and Scott has gotten completely better from his brain. Black, completely better. Is that just time in the program? I'm just getting used to the speed of Chamba, I would say. What about Calvin?

1:15:00He was obviously here last year. He was? Calvin has gotten a lot better. Like, I would say that he's gotten a lot smarter. Many else, right, G.B. Go ahead. These are Calvin's intelligence, you know, the, 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? I would say Calvin has gotten smarter just like, his game knowledge, like expecting, like, a different kind of routes and stuff like that. Perfect. When did everything start to click for him last year? Was it in the software? When did you feel really comfortable in this game? I would say it in the spring, I started to get a lot more comfortable in our defense. We say you break up the task yesterday with the Jeremiah name. I'm sorry if you were asked about this earlier, but what is like going up against him to you? It seems like you enjoy it. Yeah, I love 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, those one-on-one matchups. This preseason or whatever.

1:16:00You know how Ballihood is going. Yeah. So Jeremiah, he forces me to pay the back of the, if you don't pay the ball against him, he'll go get it. Yeah. And you, Dave's in there. How would you describe this defense now, compared to this time of year ago, from the standpoint of a confidence factor? You don't mean that you guys feel on the field? How would you describe it? It's different about it, I guess. I feel like everybody's a lot more smart in this area. Everybody's like, I would just say, just smarter. Yeah. When you look up and late and ransom decided to come back and Caleb Downs transferred in, what did you feel about that? Did it just grow stronger in that one-week span, two-week span? You're still on up saying? I feel like. Those guys have played at that level. Those guys have played at that. Yeah, I would say that. Like, a guy was coming in, a guy was coming back, a guy was coming back, a guy was coming back, a guy was just still like,

1:17:01a group of people going to play. Thanks, man. Of course. Say it again. We're looking for help. You like something, huh? It was a blown coverage on both of them. So we just got to be better. That's the biggest thing. When you say, though, that you could put it on me. I mean, are you covering for other people when you say that? I just know I could be better at, and whatever fast it is, I could just be better to a boy, a situation like that from happening. And so, that's all I'm doing in the future. And just got to be better. Got to be better to a boy, just leaving people wide open, and able to make a play. So you should get side with you and Juan on those touchdowns. So, say it again. It was to decide where you and Juan were on those ones. And it was just something different you were trying, or something that made that communication a problem. All the second three guys, or was it something they were doing? No, it was just, it was just, I don't even know.

1:18:01It was just a long time. I got to go back, watch the film, and just communicate. I said, just got to be better, and just can't have that out there on game day. Playing guys run for you. So, is there anything unexpected I mean, what they were doing? I mean, you guys have seen her over a couple of times, even though it's like a new offensive system. So, were there any surprises? Yeah, it wasn't really no surprises. They're a good team. A lot of stuff that hurt us was self-inflicted. I feel like, and we just got to be better on our end, and it cleaned up our side, and to be better. So, but like I said, they're a great offense, great team, but once we clean our own stuff up, I think it would be good. I would keep you pushing, and then, the second half of the outside of game, and then, two and seven start. Keep you going. Oh, just, me, I mean, I love playing this game football. So, just coming out here with my guys every day, I enjoy coming to work with them and playing with them every day. And, just trying to find ways to get a win each and every week. So, that's the main goal, trying to find a way to get a win, and, um,

1:19:01just enjoying playing a game with football. You've worried all about wasting your time. Hmm. Now, I don't consider, uh, wasting a year of my pride. I'm trying to get the best I can for this team, and this city, and, um, and whatever happens happens. That's, that's the biggest thing, but, I don't know if it's being wasted. Just to be clear, what, you were diagnosed with a concussion, from the last game. Hmm. I was in the protocol, but I feel great, and, um, I'm out the protocol, but, um, yeah, I'm, I'm good. So, there's nothing to do with mistakes out there today. Say it again. I'm, I'm, I don't have anything to do with the concussions. Um, I just got to be better on my end, and, and, um, make sure, we all in, um, same call, and, um, we're all we're supposed to be, so, uh, that's on me. Then, uh, what those stories, communications uses, is it more so, like, getting it from a little bot, to the rest of you guys, uh, yeah, I mean, all that stuff plays a factor. We got, uh, get the call from the green dot,

1:20:01and, uh, just spread the call around, and just make sure, we all in the same page, and, um, execute on all the assignment. You guys are, you guys are, better in defense, this isn't new to you guys. It's just, don't frustrate you. Is it, to have these, communication breakdowns that, ultimately, end up crushing you guys, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, doesn't figure out that it was really all year, and, uh, but we know we can get a fix and, uh, we know we can be a better, defense and better team out there and, uh, we definitely go work to get a fix. So, you guys, are always talking about rushing coverage. Yeah. For a lot of the first type, it seemed like it was either a sack, or they were complete, and, uh, chunk, wr algg bright, because that into the frustration you are getting that sack production from your, up, and we all get to figure it out, and playing up and be better and work together. Russian coaching work, do you feel like it's almost like a wasting performance by the

1:21:04past rushers of miles with three sacks, six sacks in the first hand, is that kind of sour? Yeah, it's sour coming because the main goal is to get the win, get the win in the game, but definitely he had a great personal performance, but it's definitely a sour feeling when I'm not able to pull the win out at the end. Since I know when we talked to you every week, the last concussion you had in August had been worried about you just because of the number, and you didn't seem to have any added concern. I guess after this week, you still feel that way, and everything, because you're helmet and your future and all that. Yeah, I feel great. I feel great. I'm glad to be a part of this team, and I just don't want to do what I can, so I hope it's a good win. That's the main goal. Since I was outside, if you were asked this, but what's your mindset, you know, obviously two and seven is not where you want to be, and you have a by-week, you're coming off a boss. Where's that mindset going into this week, and who's supposed to be the rest? Yeah, definitely. Still going into the by-week, get some rest, and get away for a little bit, but just to come back, refocus, and try to help flip this season around, and get a win, come next

1:22:07game. There's been a lot of stuff at the trade deadline coming up on Tuesday, some of it centered around your teammates and areas, and you just speak to what he means to you guys as a teammate here. One of my favorite additions to the team when he came on, so I say, he's a great player, a great guy in the locker room, and I definitely appreciate the various players he is and the guy he is. Thank you. Thank you. And I'm excited, like I said, to be able to play in space, be able to play in open holes in a defense, and make plays after the catch. Chris, is it a receiver, like, when you make a catch, and you're trying to make the determination of like, you don't want it to get somebody out, or not having a necessary hit, like, how do you make that calculation of like, when it's worth it, when it's not?

1:23:07Just, just all feel really, just seeing, you can really see a pre-snap from the coverage, all snap, see what they do, what the defense does, you can really feel the defenders around you. It's like I said, if you see three or four people around you, you can't really do too much. Like I said, a lot more space with his offense, a lot more holes in the defense that you're trying to get the playmaker into, so 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 pre-season and first couple of games, I'm excited to see see what that looks like. I think of, um, sheets, uh, especially. I'm excited, man, like I said, from jump, uh, he's a special, special player, you don't really get that so many players like him, that's so quick, so fast, uh, at least speed, and I ain't got a run route too, so I'm excited to see what he does in the future, but, uh, I feel like that's the least they can do for him this year. How do you think he, that you would get in the homelike one another?

1:24:07Uh, let's just speed, man, speed, you can't teach speed at all, uh, just having us on opposite sides, even to play on both sides. Uh, let's just speed down the field, you can run 15, 20 yard in-breakers outbreakers, and, um, 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 or else, uh, it's going to be a great compliment to the offense, so I'm excited. Chris, you said you hope this new offense will put the playmaker from the decision to make a good place. What about you specifically? What's an area where you think you'll have more opportunity than this year's game? Um, like, it's a lot of areas that you can see to, to look at, to improve my game, but yards out of the cases are one I'm looking forward to, just more opportunities with that, more space, just to showcase my speed and, uh, my, my ability with the ball, so I'm excited to do that this year. Uh, some of that really showcased the first two years, so I'm excited to be with it. It's something that, like, the quick game element of it, just getting the ball in your hands.

1:25:11Like, quick game, play action, uh, more over the, over the middle routes, uh, it's a lot of different things that, uh, you can say that this guy's going to help that, but, like I said, I'm excited. How would you describe the chemistry between you and the character and your own? We're getting way better, man. I mean, it, it was our first year last year, so it was, it was kind of up and down, but, uh, that's what it comes with the game of football. So, uh, 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 the game, getting extra working, but that's going to come with time. So, I'm not worried about that at all. We both, our competitors, we both want to be the best, so, uh, we got to, we got to, uh, do some to, to be good. So, where do you kind of notice that difference is just, like, feel on the route, or, like, kind of, what, what do you kind of notice now that it's year two that gets more natural? What do you mean? So, like, Derek, for you and you, uh, what do you, what do you kind of know? It's just, like, it's more than that, man. It's in a fail. Everybody, you know, everybody's good, so we just got to, uh, know what each other's thinking, pre-snap, post-snap, cover cheese, where the ball's going to go, uh, just reads how, uh,

1:26:15what read I am in an progression, uh, everything goes along with that, so, uh, just being on the same page, being, uh, like I said, chemistry is built with time, so, uh, just, little stuff like that that turns into big things is, it's going to be huge. You caught one from, uh, Spencer Routland at 8-2, whatever you heard early impressions from him. Uh, he's, he's real talented. That's the first thing I, I've seen from him, uh, his arm talent is out the charts. Uh, he's, he's a real natural, uh, natural feel out there. Uh, he's, he's going to be real good. I, I want to see him in action, but, uh, from, uh, from my first impression, he's, he's going to be a real good player. It's going back to the sheet that, you talked about all the different stuff you should do, you think there's still a lot more there for that? Oh, yeah. Uh, he hasn't really, I think this is the first year of being receiver two, or really receiver, we're, in my opinion, we both are receiver one, so, uh, I just be able to move around, run real routes, um, feel like it's going to be a huge advantage for, for the same. So, uh, it's a special player, man. I can't wait to see him ball.

1:27:17And I can't wait to see him get more opportunities. And you're going to see what he can do. By, by, by run real routes, he can just like get opportunities and all to run. Yeah, just, just getting more, you know, yeah, I really played too many plays as first years. He kind of just get thrown in there when, uh, when he's getting the ball, or, uh, when he's a decoy or something like that, but he's actually being involved in the offense, always being in, um, 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 hard is it for a receiver like that to, to shed kind of, you know, think of him as a deep threat label, and then, so, people just think of him as a deep threat, but they can do more, how hard is it to kind of shed that label or that perception like? I mean, that's, that's what life, everybody is trying to label somebody as, as one thing or two things, but I feel like you can showcase, I mean, that's, that's not really who we are, you know what I'm saying? Uh, as you get, as it gets more opportunities, as you, as you can see, you can see you can do more and more. Uh, that's what, that's what anybody on the team.

1:28:17So, uh, I'm excited, like I said, and, uh, for his, for his huge opportunities, I'm going to get this year, and it's going to be a big one for the Saints. Does this, does this scheme ask for, uh, more blocking from the receivers? Is there more responsibility? Oh, yeah, for sure. So, I mean, that's what I told you too, we both don't have to block. And I know we're not the biggest guys or the strongest, but like I said, we just want to be on the field, we got to be on the field for the play action plays, uh, all those things. So, uh, we both got to go block D-line and block linebackers, but that's what's coming football. So, we both got to take, take, 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, so, yeah, it's going to be a huge payoff. So, like I said, most of our office is based on play action, all the in-breakers, all the yards at the casual play. So, uh, we got to go in there and block, and like I said, take that next step and be able to be grateful for our team. Like, you in here? Oh, yeah. So, after, I feel the weather out here, and that's what I'm used to,

1:29:19not using the war, and it's out there trying to catch my breath, but it's a great opportunity for us. Did you get a chance to see family or friends at all? So, this is their football friend here. Uh, not yet, but they're going to come by every single day. Hey, it's Cole Swindell, and when I spend 200 days a year rolling down the highway, the bus can start to feel smaller than a guitar case. Everyone wonders how I stay chill while the hours crawl by. Truth is, one good luck spent on Chamba, and suddenly the trip does a whole lot shorter. Finding your space, even when there isn't much to spare. Need some chill? Let's Chamba. No purchase necessary. VGW Group Boyd were prohibited by law. 21 plus TNC supply. Sponsored by Chamba Casino. Appreciate you, Chamba. I didn't have to make sure other guys were, you know, feels the type of way when it came in here, because hump brought that. I'm not here, but I saw a winged in for a room. I want to be that guy to make sure it's an optical practice.

1:30:21Everybody's, we're taking a field team on period. You know, it's a low day or something. You know, it's a decision. But like, I want to make it feel like home time. You know, it pairs with the trip. I want to bring that, because that's what me and hump did to each other. We would hide each other and do something. It's probably a walk. We're lit. So I want to do that. I want to bring that energy. I want to make, bring more guys. You also do that, you know? Yeah. I want to do that from day one, you know. I kind of have. I want to do that from day one. I'm talking to them. And obviously it's the time I spend. And obviously it's the four OTA started. Just being myself just thinking about what the room needs. You know, because I don't know. I do rule as one of leaders. You know, my offense is that we need a guy like that. It's going to make sure the ORI is picked up. We're ready to go every day. Helping kind of little things are having a practice of people

1:31:21and saying anything and how I may leave maybe different than somebody else may leave. You know, I like to practice at least like the legal positivity. You know what I mean? So, but the energy I would be on just though, I'd have to be on. So it's kind of how I would be going on, living my whole life on the NFL. Team captain, like specifically, in the NFL, I wasn't a captain in high school. I wasn't a captain in college. But I'm going to make a joke on those in high schools. I feel like I'm not going to be a captain, like he's that I felt. But that would be awesome. You know, but, you know, if it happens, I'd be great. But not either way, I want to assume a role as a captain from the respect of the guys, to the individual words and get back to that word. I mean, I can't say that, I mean, I guess the biggest thing is that I felt like how it used to in the past,

1:32:24but it didn't take just the first LTAs and took training left and right once this season ended, because I didn't know what it was going to be. So, I took a lot of reps, just to get back to feeling like myself, for what they want LTAs. And that whole first week, but now, like, today specifically, just changing some small things with my feet, that they're talking about the long coach, about some things they're going to do with my feet, to get to that, to sell that traditional angle that I love to sit on. I thought I felt great already, but I felt even better out there. Sorry, the more excited tomorrow now, I'm getting my feet back, and how I like the right side, and the left side, so long side. I mean, obviously, when you leave, whether you're left or right, you're still going against premier guys. So, obviously, you're high expectations for your left and right tackle. But, definitely, like, the level of energy, and, like, the expectations,

1:33:25definitely take the human strength, because now, compared to blind side, that's the, that's the tackle world, you know? So, yeah, I would say, in terms of communication, as far as just, even outside of the facility, and stuff like that, like really creating that, but in tackle quarterback, bond even more often, feel it, I think, has been something that's, even, cool. I got a text one day, and I said, hey, you put it up, and I was like, you know? Yeah, I've been training both. I've been training both. You know, I, I asked after the season, they're like, honestly, you know, we'll talk to you, so play the season, and I just got a text one. I don't know what happens with the free agency. Then, so I was like, I don't know what, I had a whole season, right tackle. So, if I get the word, I'm going, I'm standing right tackle, and I just do what I did before. I'm built on that. But I saw, I was like, I might as well just train the left tackle now, as if I'm going to be left tackle. And I'd rather do that, than train the right tackle and get the call,

1:34:25hey, I'm going to be left tackle. How do you, how do you, how do you switch my feet? You know what I mean? So, I'm like, let me just prepare an advance. I was like, yeah, it was kind of, you know? I think, occasionally, I just thought, I was just not like, it's automatic, and I think, that was my mindset for like the first half of the season. Like, I didn't have to go once again with some problems, like, oh my gosh, they did that. I kind of figured, okay, like, this is, this is the type of rush, I mean, again, this is how this guy usually rushes. If I get the vibe, this is how the ends, like the rush, you know, tackles that, you know, versus your guys, you got the primary patch on, already, you know, what it was going to be, already, you know, it's kind of an advantage, too. So, you're not, you're not, you're not, oh, they brought the twist on my side again. It was never airtight, like, well, they've come up, and I was like, three plays in a row, and two minutes, I knew that, it was going to win. So, you know what I mean? So, I'm watching more, everybody else, and you rarely, you know, it goes out there, occasionally,

1:35:25a third down, I was like, you know what I mean? So, that effect, it's kind of, it's also kind of an advantage, in a way. But it's also exciting, okay, the hardest to look, you know, those are real, real reps, you know, the things, and, really out on our way to kind of process, and I was like, hey, when they tell me, they'll let me know, but I'm just going to train it. I was training all left, so TAs, I guess if I didn't hear anything about TAs, I would've came in like, so, you know what I mean? Because just like, I'm cool with training, both continue, I would've been cool with training, both continually, but I feel like, anybody, any position will feel like, okay, like, you want to, as soon as possible, give your feet, kind of, settle down, your hips, settle down, your hands, settle down, certain kind of that. Would it have been harder if they had to work both, or how do you? No. No. But they're definitely, but in terms of the

1:36:25development, it's definitely a lot faster to stay on one side, but I think having that, the weeks that we had to transition with the seasons over, I'd like to respond, you know, really good. I'm trying to get up, put up on the front, and weak things out of town right now, but when it comes back, I'm going to show them me on the house, so I've got a house not too far from, so I told them, I got that house, like, I got a yellow outside, a DJ, you know what I mean? So, yeah. Yeah, be a little. How was it feel on the Tewac's feeling? Well, when they knew this around, it was sort of the opposite last year, what would you buy for me? It just pushes you into a new role. Because you're the leader of the group now. It's a blessing to be in that position and be able to have guys looking up to you, asking questions. And it's a great feeling to be a part of, to know that, I mean, I can help

1:37:25develop younger guys that had the opportunity to play this year, next year, So it's harder to be in the position that I'm in. You feel like what you need to develop and act for playing with the other safes and to keep them from coming in with everybody's doing something for you? I feel like that's communication that comes at time. Yeah, we got, I used to play with late the last year. So that was a blessing to have them here and to have a year with them. But now, yeah, we got to learn to play with new people and continue to grow as a defense and have new people in different positions. OK, who's caught your eye in that secondary? It's kind of making them move this spring. It's going to be an out-to-eat. I think everybody's done a really good job. I'd like the lot, what Leroy Roker is doing. Done, he's stepped up a lot and got a lot of improvements that I'd love to see. Jalen and Malik have played extremely well. So just love to watch those two guys continue to compete, continue to grow. And then outside those guys compete every day.

1:38:27Malik just had a strike off and he's been playing really well. So proud of him and what he's been doing. But those are the people that I would say. Does David Sanchez look like what you would call a five-star? I mean, when he's out there and stuff. What, you know what I mean? The guy comes in with a little bit of target on his back to a certain extent, but living up to a billing. How has he lived up to it, I guess? At the end of the day, even when I got to college, it really doesn't matter about your stars. You walk in and you're at the same type of statues that everybody else. So it doesn't really matter in terms of how would you walk in here with. He's done extremely well. He's learned a lot. He's improved a lot from day one to now. So it's been great to watch him develop and watch him get better. And he's made some exceptional plays. And I hope to continue to see that. I do feel like McIrry is helping you grow as a player. What's kind of your relationship? How does that kind of develop at the time that you've been here with him? Very football intelligent, very football first mindset. And I respect that as a person just to be able to go

1:39:28and have somebody with the same mindset as me. Coach Wallen has been a really good help to me, and has helped me a lot on and off the field here. So I respect him for that. But Coach G is pushed me to increase and learn more football every day in our respect. Coach, did you always want to be in your process? Not when you guys, no, not before you got out of there. Did what about this new coordinator, baby, brings a new idea of stuff? How could your role change or evolve or do you care when you talk about it? I mean, just being in new positions, the ability to play multiple positions in the secondary, play Don and stuff like that, being put in different positions that I wasn't maybe put in last year to have different things on the field. I think that's a great thing. Always good to have versatility, as I said. And it's something I prime myself on, so I'm looking forward to it. Yeah, I think. Have you ever wanted to feel good while training? You've got the opposite touch on you.

1:40:29It's the only thing you can do more opportunities with your players this year. That's in coach day and coach hard times. So I don't really think about that. But if I get the chance to go back there, it'll be on, and I'll try to pick another play. It's a light walk thing every day. It's a light walk thing every day. It's been, it has been kind of weird to walk in here and see all the different pictures that they put up. Even the three from the playoff. So it's been great. And then they have different pictures inside and everything. So it's been good. It's been eye catching where you walk by, like they just accomplished that. But it's a great, it's a great situation to be in. You might have been asked for a few guys a couple of you kind of wanted some of the things that have taken them for this year because you have achieved anything. Yeah. One of the leaders that kind of, like that, kind of feel about them. I mean, I think that's, you have to reset at some point. And I think at some point, we had like, in the weight room, we had like, natural shape or stuff up there. And it was like, I mean, the new guys that walk in here, we haven't earned anything.

1:41:30We as the new 2025, 26 season, we haven't earned anything. So we can't really take credit for anything that is up on the banners. We can't take credit for winning anything at this point. We have to compete every day with the mindset of we have to get better to be able to put ourselves in a position to be how the opportunity to get to that point. Yeah, what is the lesson learned from an accomplishment like that, Caleb, that you do carry forward? I mean, the lesson learned is you have to continue to work. Last year, every day, we continue to stack bricks, like you said, and continue to get better every day. And I think that's why we came out to be where we were. And you can't just think about that from the moment that you get here in January and you start lifting in there. You have to continually push to be exceptional every day. And it's not really helping if you're just looking at stuff from the last year, every day. And you get the move passed, and you have to keep going. But I think the spring has been good for that because it's been able to be like, OK, we are turning to new leaf. We have different people in here, new faces and everything. And there's different people on the field.

1:42:31And we've got to make plays with who we are. Coach, Dave says you've been limited from a participation standpoint to a certain extent, right? I was asking while I go about the team, but what have you noticed about this team from a work standpoint of the catches your eye? Very competitive, I'll say. People are trying to compete and push themselves every day. And it gets chippy sometimes. That's always a good thing, especially on the defense, to have people that are willing to go there, willing to get to that edge, and willing to be physical. I really like to see that. I'd love to see it. And I mean, I think we just need to continue to be more disciplined until you can work on our skills and everything like that. Continue to strive to be better and be good. Did you see your last two shots back then? I mean, that's not what my eyes are. They ask, I'll do it for sure, but that's not what my eyes are. The team that has so much turnover, you guys step up into the big ones, helping them to have a guy like Sonny

1:43:32and how much if you've been to see an emperor as a leader in his last two or three months? Oh, it's been an honor to see just because we've had conversations about it and everything, about how both of us are going to have to step into bigger roles and everything like that. But to see where we had those conversations to where we're at now, it's just an honor to see the growth that he's been a part of, and a proud of him, and he's going to continue to get better, continue to be the person that he's supposed to be. If they need me to do run support, I'll do run support. And it's really what Caleb does, what we do, and 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? I mean, is it something that's been added? It just, you know, rely on a little bit more, go ahead. Yeah, it did. I've probably been a Nebraska game,

1:44:35a Megan 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, like in-depth, you know, 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 as 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. Tyler Reddick here from 2311 Racing. Victory Lane? Yeah, it's even better with Chumba by my side. Race to ChumbaCasino.com. Let's Chumba. No purchase necessary, VTW Group,

1:45:36void work prohibited by law, CTNCs, 21 plus, sponsored by Chumba Casino. Bill Rebellion, what's the problem with this patch? And TenZell obviously had a tough game and that one. What have you seen from him and how he's responded? Do you get a sense of, from him, how pumped he is 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 gonna see a big game out of him this week. And, you know, I know you guys wanted to play them in anapolis, but the fact that you get to play them at the Rose Bowl, I mean, 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? Well, 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 just got another six games that they played of film to watch. And it's just, 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

1:46:37or a week six or whatever, but now we're out there and going to play fast, physical, and everything like that. All right, Jordan, we're gonna jump to the Zoom question here from Joey Coffin, Columbus Dispatch. Oh, my bad, you're not too joint. Cameron T. Robinson, the athletic. Hey, Jordan, you've moved around a lot in the second day in your career, and now kind of getting some many more safety reps. What is it like at this point, when Walt 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 and moving around when you're trying to learn something new in the middle of the season? I mean, there's a lot. We always talk about what the Zeef is being on the surface, 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

1:47:38where I can play any position and excel at it. Okay, if anybody else needs a question, let me know, but otherwise we can go to Austin more of the podcast. Jordan, when you were talking about watching film, Oregon, which one do you think is more valuable to you watching it 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 watched 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 gonna 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. Being over here, just what do you how did all you feel

1:48:39call of that kind of helped mold you interview are now? Yeah, but it's definitely maybe tough, and not afraid of new change, and it's willing to just adapt to my environment. What was it like for you coming in here as a freshman and getting to see if it's team go win an national championship for those first few weeks here? It definitely was a high motivated, you know? Being a freshman, it wasn't really my team though, so I didn't really get it, so that makes like, pushed me like that once, when it's my turn. I got put in the word, I wanted the same position, but with a ring on my finger. What did you learn from those guys just about what you need to do to have a chance to go accomplish what they did? I so you just gotta, don't let the past affect you, and just, yeah, I'm relentless, you gotta be relentless, you gotta put in the word, it's not easy at all by any means, it's gotta be hard, but you gotta put everything into it. What do you view as like the best attributes of your game that you're gonna bring to this team? I'll just say my size, my speed,

1:49:39I can take the top off the defense, and I can play tough and physical, it's about that. What's the last year, and like, when you think back to all the rewards last year, what has the last kind of year been like for you, as you've got gone from the players, that was kind of calling me a process, too. And even when I was able to make a transition, I was just, how has this last year come to terms? That was definitely changed my mind, because I was always, my sophomore year, I was hurt, and my junior year, I got hurt during track, so I was able to, like, I was in high school or anything, and this time last year was like, when my recruiter really picked up, and it's just like, it's been crazy, like, must have another, like, he was just leaving me in my corner, in my coach's everything, and they should just give me the motivation to go. What's your relationship with like, with Tamiya, who said you guys, from two hits, they came in together, and they've been three more than they've been before. Oh yeah, that's a big good,

1:50:40before I even got a house they offered, and before I even, he was exactly, actually, through with them, a couple of times, they both, Bella, Bob's, she's trying to say, yeah, I was working with, I knew his head coach, and he invited me to come in and run routes, and I actually ran routes for Tamiya's riding, if we was exactly headed like two, we first came in here, we had a lot more, we got got together, I was the freshman class, and he's strong, he's working on everything, he's definitely got nice on. This corner back in two years, I think it was pretty talented, how has that kind of helped you with all of your refreshing? The corner back? The corner back? Yeah, yeah, yeah, and they're definitely talented at it, and say, as I always say, I just hope you're doing it, and they make it hard for you, and just, when you play this high level competition practice, and you go on a game, you're like, twice as easy as you do the practice, and he's really just builds on stuff. Is there gonna be more than a question?

1:51:41I think I'm gonna look down at it, oh wow, this is so difficult, this is so fun, you know. I guess I can walk from the top. I guess there's been kind of like a moment first, I realized, oh wow, these guys are really good at this, I think they're really good at this. Yeah, just like, I just first, like, I just feel like I would just take some reps and have a seat with this guy. Yeah, I just had past speed, I had catching abilities, like face separation, and I come to college as well, everybody's fast, everybody's big, so you gotta find new ways to get open, it's really good for yourself to hire your IQ. Now I was, but I just got more, more older minded than I was. How do you say I should play out over to the champions and the players? I say, just come in there trying to be the first guy to come in, like, I'm trying to come in before the older guy, you get in here, that's hard to take on being here, really. So really just sticking with them and going on the ride with them and trying to be them

1:52:43at the thing they're doing earlier than me. Where do you feel like you've grown the most from year one to year two? I would say learning a game more, like learning a concept and just knowing what the offense is gonna do before they do it. Is it feel different being out there of a spring than it was when it just came a year ago? Yeah, definitely. Everything was slower. Everything was lower in my fresh air. Like my high school defense, all we read was this man, so like, all this is real to me, especially with cognitive defense. And this year is like, everything's low now. How are some of the things that you can figure out? I'll say I just simple fly more. It's more simple fly, and coach is trying to get a lot more guys. Just see where everybody, it's pretty new skill. We still learning and working through it, but he's just trying to get the basics and figure out what guys are good at. You guys guys like Jeremiah, is that sort of stuff on like the field of real game? You guys think if we did any other than practice, would you give it that a little good? Yeah, it's all the guy, Jared, my partner,

1:53:43Brandon, Autumn, I feel like in the game it's definitely, I definitely do feel like it's easier. I feel like we got the best with him in the country. That's competitive, isn't it? Like, you know, I took you, I think it's a lot of it. I mean, I don't know what to talk a lot. What's the like in the room? It's very competitive. We all be going out of each other, we all be telling each other, I'm so glad you're being made. I'm gonna come try and come say, y'all as much, my time to take y'all seats. And they let me know they're not going to let me do that. So it's all, it's all love, man. You're talking about that? Yeah, it's all. Devin Sanchez is kind of the same role that you were in last time. It was a big time five-star recruit. What do you see in a dubbing circle? You're very competitive, very competitive. You got, how about an energy? They'd be talking to like a whole room kind of like, there's time together. We all got the same energy. So, but he definitely put a lot of energy in, yeah, that's it, but I'll. I just think you learned from the time I was last year. Really had to just approach the game, take a time, watch them work for him. It was really, they helped me slow things down. They helped me break things down

1:54:44and know what they expect from my children. It's coming. When you did play the action, how do you think it did? I feel like I did, I feel pretty good, man. And I feel like, what could you do, man? I played one play, I think it was against TNC. It was like, it was played. I could've just made it a bit in the area, but that's just. Listen, it's 6.8 and it looked all over me. Yeah, I'd probably like 6 more. I don't know, 6 more, I'll say 6 more. Talk to Jerry, man. Yeah, yeah. You talked about watching the film. How different is that now for you in high school and even coming here last year? Now, it's like you got a lot of more resources. So, you got coached actors just come in and help you. And like my main thing is, I'm trying to come in early and I'm getting with every coach I can. And really, you just, high school, you know, you watch the film, but Tyler thought you got to stay watch the film every day. I'm watching the practice three times, two three times a day in flight. That's it for you. It's being close to hard for looking out well for you or you just kind of stand in your bubble and what is that like? Yeah, stay at home is cool,

1:55:44but I don't really be going back home, ain't not back home for me, but my family come and come take it with me here and there. I day appreciate you. Yeah, for sure. Yeah, my mom, she loved that, plus, because I'm good. You're a rascal for the first four years. How do you build weeks? I'm not gonna tell you. I just heard, it needs some drop. Yeah, how many footwork? Mm-hmm. Please tell my. Flures wouldn't say that about me. Uh, I knew grow up. Yeah, I would. It's typical. I mean, can you back feel, I feel that way too? Uh, not so rare, but I honestly, but they said that I would just take that. I wouldn't take it. He was just, he's a typical cracker. Mm-hmm, it doesn't know what he doesn't know. Yeah, I feel like I knew a lot. I feel like I knew, I knew too much, much, but I felt like I'd help my home, but I definitely got to learn more. I didn't know too much coming out, I still feel good, because basically I'm our program, my high school, wasn't there. I think I have other skills there, I think. Thank you. Leonard on the other side. It was awesome. He was winning a lot, causing a lot of havoc. He had a couple good plays

1:56:46in the run. But this week, I think we're playing a better, honestly, a better team that's playing better football. It looks like, and they run the ball well, and we're going to have to be better in our techniques. We kind of got away with some things last week. So yeah, we have to hone in and not pat ourselves on the back. What's the potential for that? I haven't watched too much on him. He's stout. You can run a little bit. I mean, since he's been here, I know how his arm strength is and how he's a good processor of information and can get the ball out. So it'll be the same formula, try and make him one dimensional, and go for that. It's super great there, and it looks me. What makes him such a tough one? I think he's got a low center of gravity. He's athletic, so it's tough to power him, and

1:57:49he's, he's athletic enough to run nearby, and if he gets his hands, he kind of is able to replace him. Run nearby? Somebody like Leonard, he's got such a good high motor. Does that, you see that kind of carry over to the rest of the room when you're playing next to the guy that's given that kind of effort? Yeah, I think our effort was pretty darn good against the Jets, even from first play on. Sometimes it takes a little, a little time early in the season, because game speed is different, and that game wind is different, but I think we're flying around and, and Floyd's no exception. Aaron held the ball, the less amount, the least amount, than any quarterback in the league, last week, 2.33 seconds. How do you, as a past Russian who wants to get those sacks, how do you do that? I mean, there's obviously a positive that comes with that from the overall defense, but how do you do that there? Yeah, I mean, it's, it's tough. We kind of expected it though, and then they, they pulled

1:58:52them late, which was kind of surprising, but I think we were, we were causing some pressure. We weren't on the field much, and then you're going three and out, and he's getting the ball out, so it gets a little tough to keep your mind in it, but there was some ops at the end there, and we're just going to, I mean, games, it's good football. It's nine or football, if that's the type of games we have, and we don't have a lot of ups, but we have to go get them at the end, so we have to keep our mind in it. What kind of saying, the other night, that he came to miss in all the camp, he was, he said, I can't believe how laser focused everybody was. Nobody was doing, no joke got around, everybody was serious, he was really impressed. Have you had that feeling all along through camp, and did you feel that going into the game? Yeah, it's funny, because when I came in last year, I was talking to Trent about how, it's like high fives and hugs, right when you walk in, and then everybody's like, I, we've been here, we're working, and then I got, it's work, it's football,

1:59:53and that's just how it is here, and that's why we were able to have a good team year in and year out. Nick, what kind of pride do you've taken the fact that you were beating the Jets so bad they took out Aaron Rogers? Like I said, we're not patting ourselves on the back, it's one game, and we don't know how good we are yet, we don't know how good other teams are, so we just have to keep getting better. You ever had a backward ball rush like you had in the last game? That was a failed move, but I'll take it, I get a little pressure on him, so. After the game, what were you doing Patrick Willis kind of talking about it, Yeah, he was just asking me about some of my password plan, and I was just elaborating, and we were kind of going back and forth. As far as road environments, Minnesota's got a pretty unique family, do you enjoy playing there in Minnesota like stadiums, depends on that? It's a long flight, and it's field turf, but it is one of the cooler environments

2:00:54that can't lie about that. What makes you good in that area of good round? Where do you feel like you're able to succeed at the pass catcher? Yeah, I think I just have a good feel for the game when I'm running routes, and try to understand the whole play, the whole concept from a very deep level, and try to find those holes in the defense as well, and be on the same cage with the quarterback. Do you ever receive a back ground all over your play? No, no, so I actually played quarterback growing up until my junior year of high school, so I was kind of when I made the transition to Titan. Why do you switch? There's just some things as a tight quarterback battle, and the coach knew I could play Titan, so I kind of wanted to do it too. It was something that I was interested in, so it's kind of how that came about. Do you get to do this 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 type?

2:01:58Right, yeah, and I think a coach key, I mean, you hit on all the things I wanted to hear, and some things that didn't want to hear, you know what I mean, and 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 in Titan, it's not just about pass catching, you know, you've got to block, and you know, I think that's something that I want to keep developing, 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 want to be as Titan, and I think this place gives me the best opportunity to do that. That's about getting production and 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 was it? What did you say that you didn't like your coach? I mean, I liked everything, but like, you know, you know, a coach is 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,

2:03:00which I like to hear, but not everyone wants to hear, you know what I mean, so stuff like that. 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're 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. Keating was saying that Caleb and Nathan kind of vouched for you or told you that you were a good player from the, from the crew game or the other chance to bark the Caleb or lay the little bit. Yeah, I did. Yeah, Nathan'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 Caleb. They just great people. Did you think they were good players? Did you think they were good players in your corner? Yeah, yeah. Yeah, they've been great so far. How much did it help you just come as close here in January and having that opportunity to be with the team as they went on that national team? Right, yeah, it was great. I mean, just seeing the culture they have here

2:04:01and how they run things, you know, they had, they had that group of guys that really, you know, led the way and showed, showed me what it looks like to win you, so it was awesome. Thanks. Thank you. Thank you. I mean, this is like, you know, I know that from even being an NFL, but just, well, there's good players from the club. So I'm excited to be on this state. That is amazing. Matt, when you were on the, I think you were talking to Julian Edelman. That's when the only podcast we've had to refer to with recent interview, you know, we were talking about building schemes to fit the person down. Yeah. It doesn't seem like you're married to just one thing, so. Yeah. If you are a scheme flexible, what is the overall principle that guides you as a defensive opponent? Yeah. Yeah. And that's something that kind of developed, right? I think when I originally went to New England in the early 2000s, the game was different, you know, there was much more like two back sets and double tight end sets. And we were fundamentally at 314, as people would say. Now our 314 changed through the years. We always kind of were developing it, involving it. But the game changed.

2:05:01And one of the things that kind of happened to us at New England, luckily enough, fortunately, I'm all very lucky with the things that happened for a reason, but we would pick late in the draft because of our season. Our 314 scheme really expanded, you know, a couple of coaches laughed at Romeo Cornel left and Eric went to the jet. And so it became much more difficult to find the pieces to fit the scheme. So we had to take the reverse effect. Let's just get the best players we can. Let's bring them in and let's figure out how to use it. Let's figure out how to put them in position. And then with a loving personnel and no huddles and all those things that involved the game changed from a really heavy kind of like called base defensive packages to multiple sub packages. And that's something else that happened. And we just had guys that involved the defense through the years because they were on our team. So saying all that, I guess what I tell everybody is, you know, my whole goal is to try to figure out what do you do well? How do I put you in the best position to go get on the field and do that well? That job well.

2:06:01Invest your ability because if you can play fast, you can play aggressive because you know, you know, I have you in your skill set. Then you're going to be disruptive as a defensive player. You're going to help us win as a defense, win as a team. And we can put the pieces around where everybody goes, you know, in that court. And then go from there. So that's kind of like, you know, I'm, of course, all of it. Right? Of course, three, four, four, three, nickel, big nickel, dimes, all those packages, four down, four down, five down, all that space and, you know, just you kind of do it through the course of the year. So to me, it's all like, hey, that guy can do this or that guy can do this. And then I also think it creates rules. So it's not always like the same 11 on the field. So you can have a really good skill set and you can do something if it's in critical situation. Then, you know, we got to get you in that spot and help you be in that situation and win the game. That's a reliable. Yeah, yeah. That's what it's going to say. I'm always going to say it is. It is. Yeah, I actually have two of them right now. I brought them in and kind of like set them down. I was like, oh my gosh, what is that? I just don't worry about it. It's just just reference. That you look at this opportunity to come to Ohio State

2:07:02and become some of the talent that's coming back and the guys you'd be able to kill to shoot it out to you. It's like, hey, I want to go coach that guy. I would like to have an opportunity to put that guy in. Yeah. I mean, it's hard not to walk into building and try to find Caleb as fast as possible. I mean, he is unbelievable, amazing player, very versatile. You know, we can, there's a lot of like, you know, you look at a guy like that. We're going to be able to do some really fun things with him. He's super smart. And he's so such a great student in the game and his approach is amazing. Sonny styles. I mean, you know, you look at him. You know, our belt. I mean, those are guys. We always had big backers. I walked in and I was like, okay, I'm doing it. I'm like, this is like these guys are, you know, they're big. They're long. They can move. They eat up a lot of space. So now my brain just starts counting. I'm like, oh, we can do this. We can move here. We can put in there. We can move here and do all those things. But then you got, you got IGB outside, you know, germane. You got, you have so many great players to me. I know it's exciting. It's exciting.

2:08:02So you have a relationship with Timmy Wolfe. Yes. But basically this whole staff is here and you're coming in just to talk about that dynamic and how much work is there? Yeah. I mean, how lucky for me, right? To be able to come in a situation where these guys can really help bring me in, you know, and let me in. And so obviously I lean on Tim quite a bit because of our relationship going back. But coach Johnson and I have known each other for a long time, you know, going back to when I was at Syracuse University. The head coach there was Paul Pasco. We want to get played at Penn State. So we always kind of had a Penn State Syracuse, you know, kind of connection and obviously just admired him for the years. And always was talking to him because he's great players coming out wherever he's coached to come to our level. So you were always building those relationships. And so to be able to sit down and talk football philosophy with him is amazing. The cover stuff when we put Tim and I, it's like just like a natural conversation because again, Tim was in the NFL for a long time too. So a lot of those conversations are great Matt and James.

2:09:03I worked out James here. I'm probably pretty sure that I'm this field and I was yelling at him. But you know, super smart player, a guy that saw the game extremely well and was able to play fast because of it. And so all of that, those connections that's been, it's kind of really awesome. And I'm just, again, I just, my job's really to sit and learn and try to observe. And then, okay, where can I add? Where can we change? Where can we adjust? And, you know, and then we got to work it out of the system. Yeah, I was actually as a practitioner. I was rolling. You know what? I'm always thinking notes. I actually don't have mine, but I usually care like on a notebook. So even when our guys are working out, I'm probably walking around and just taking a little notes. And, you know, we're always drawing football. It's kind of just to have it at most points from being a young coach and breaking film. You know, I think I kind of feel the story. I'm a Julian's podcast or the show that Coach and I did. But, you know, as a young coach, we would break down film.

2:10:03I would draw every play in detail. All 22 guys, footballer, depth, alignments, all of it. It really was, you know, we hand-drawn. And, you know, the good old number two was the best thing to do. Nice and sharp. We got a nice clean point. And the lines were smooth. But it used to take us like 12 hours to break the game. You know, you're drawing as we play. So, when you're coaching all day long and then trying to break four or five games during the course of the week. If you had 10 minutes, I mean, care where you were in the building. You had your pads with it and you were like, boom, you know, let me start to draw. It kind of just went in the hat. I'm here because I was the safest place to put it. So, that's kind of where that is. But I'm always trying to take notes and stuff. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. I got some good notes and it's going in for sure. Yep. It's going back to school. Yeah. Did that impact you? Have you guys prepared notes at all? I mean, I don't know if you can do that. Yeah. Why he did that? Maybe that's what we showed you. Yeah. I would say this. I'm going to start to wrap it up for these first two.

2:11:04I'm actually very close. We talked a lot and we've spent great two decades together. A football conversation, too. But we were together every day this past fall. We did the coach show on YouTube, which was great. That was something I wrote last spring. And I just, you know, just a no way for you and I to get in the room and just teach football. Which we love to do. Thank you for asking. But we did have a lot of conversation about college football, you know, through the course of really last spring. Taking a look at how we really get fascinated with roster builds. So one of the things I think that was really interesting with college football was with the portal, with, you know, the two opportunities there, with recruiting. How fast can you build your team? How fast can you really, you know, get the good players in the building in the NFL is pretty, pretty rigid. You know, you knew your points when there was this free agency to the draft, to the 53 cut to the, to the trade deadline. Those are the four opportunities. Then with the contracts, you know, how many, how many, how many really big contracts can you sign? And we just, we got fascinated with the college model.

2:12:04So we really started studying a lot of the different schools and how they were building the roster. So we did have a lot of those conversations. And duties are different, but what did you learn in Detroit? There is so much you learn in that situation. I mean, obviously, you know, for myself. Going from being a coordinator to a head coach, it's, there's no book. It's really, you know, interior in that position. And that's why, you know, so many first-time head coaches. It's not easy, you know, and a lot of times when you go back, if you get in the second opportunity, you have more success. Because if you do take that opportunity, and my Detroit was, was great. I learned a lot, you know, great family, the poor families that owned it. So, you know, it was a great franchise. I wasn't my best version of my, of a coach. You know, that's something I certainly, I take responsibility for. You know, through the course of my years, of course, you know, that all of them are going to be perfect. You know, I'm trying as much as I can. But that first year was really hard, you know, and I was trying to learn a lot. And I didn't do a good job. You know, I reflected a lot too. I think one of the things that I really, that I kind of, I watched that Michael Jordan document.

2:13:08You see that? And something like triggered when I watched it. He was talking about, you know, his intensity. When they lost the championship and how told everybody that was coming in the building next year. Exactly how it was going to be like his focus. You know, we had lost the Super World. And we had been, you know, the Super World Championship. Super World Championship. It was like every other year. And so, we had one in 16. We went back and something and we lost. And I think that, that mindset when you lose that game. Like, all you want to do is go, you just want to go back. Like, it's just your, your level of where your intensity is. It's such a high level. And then do a good job of walking into a new building. Where they didn't lose this. You know, I mean, that was a, that wasn't it. That was my fault. That was my fault. And I never reset myself. I don't think well enough to like, hey, I'm in some place new. Like, these guys didn't have that dream last year. I got to, I got to start teaching Portuguese. I got to start to build the game. And I didn't do a bit of that.

2:14:08Matt, you mentioned that you have so many different packages that you've used. As you move to the college level. You look at the level. Where are we on the 10th? Yeah. I think the beauty of the football. And definitely something I learned at New England was, let's take the extremely complex. And let's try to boil it down to maybe three to five things. Really simple. So we can really detail that out as much as possible. I think that's a really cool thing to do. I think that in general, yes, we have lots of packages and all that stuff. But I always felt going into a game. I just want to make sure they can go play fast and play aggressive. So I don't want to have too much where they can't do that. I want them to be able to go play. They play, you know, I'm not playing. They play the game. So let them get on the field, let them play fast, let them play aggressive. And I think that is a good balance of making sure you have enough to defend what you're going to see. But also, you know, let the players go play free enough where they can be aggressive and have the tools on the field they need. Matt, they're going to be my job to make your job easier.

2:15:10Tyler Reddick here from 2311 Racing. Victory Lane? Yeah, it's even better with Chamba by my side. Race to ChambaCasino.com. Let's Chamba. No purchase necessary. VTW Group, voidware prohibited by law. CTNCs, 21 plus, sponsored by ChambaCasino. Darius, Darren Urban from AZCarnels.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. Like, what, what, what behind that? And why wasn't meaningful for you to stand one school? Yes, I'm azure. You know, we had some tough seasons, but we were really built with a 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, one 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 azure. Two degrees. Two degrees. Wow. Marvin, Bob McManum at Arizona Republic.

2:16:13Congratulations. 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 a raised and grew up to do. And keep the same mindset, same attitude that I've had throughout my whole career. Once 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 from 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'll start with the work first. And then once Sunday comes, it's really benefits. Hey, Darius. Howard Balls are from Cardswire.

2:17:14I 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 showed it to Marvin. You know, he was glad he didn't play. The whole week leading up. You know, you see how it stayed, everybody said, okay, Marvin Harrison. And then he was like, is he going to play? Is he going to play? He didn't play. So, you know, we looked out. So. Hey, 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. They can start 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 be 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 have to go in there. And trust the quarterback. Your coach is your teammates. So, it all starts in practice.

2:18:14What's going on, guys? Good to see you again, Tyler Drake. There's no sports. This one's 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 I 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 Mizzou is known as D-Line Zou. 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 of the strength coach. I feel like every program has built out the strength coach and that develops all the habits on and off the field. Darius Zachers, mnazykarnels.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 honestly just do 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, you know, that's all connected.

2:19:14So, I'm just trying to be focused on my technique as much as possible. Hey, Marvin, over here. David Brandt with 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. I just want to help the team win really. So, with that role, I play, you know, come September. I'm going to do my best and I'll 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?

2:20:15I'm pretty simple, I like to, you know, be in my apartment, watch the movie. If I go out and I go to a restaurant, get some food. But other than that, I don't really 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 of leadership. So, just thinking about being well rounded. And then I do philanthropy work. I start my own nonprofit foundation. Darius Robinson helped me hands foundation. But really just football and then everything else, honestly. Congratulations, guys. Welcome to the Valley and Robbie Baker with Fox 10. Darius, 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.

2:21:15But 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. I 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. Tyler Reddick here from 2311 Racing. Victory Lane? Yeah, it's even better with Chumba by my side. Race to ChumbaCasino.com. Let's Chumba. No purchase necessary. VTW Group, voidware prohibited by law. CTNC's, 21 plus sponsored by Chumba Casino. Luke Lynn here with 12 sports. Congrats to 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? Yeah, it was very brief. I actually just, you know, second graduations, I walk up to the stage and then I had to do a bunch of interviews afterwards. So I don't think it's hit both of us yet. I know what's happened.

2:22:15You know, I think one of my goals always make him proud. So I hope I did that. Marvin Bobrock, PHNX 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. Darius, you mentioned philanthropy. And I know there's been, it's been talked about how you took some of the N.I. 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. And my fifth year at Missouri 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 I've been at N.I.L. You know, my goals are due three events each year. I just 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.

2:23:16What sort of feedback have you gotten about the NFL from them? And you know, about making the transition and the league itself? Yeah, it's a long season. I think going from the 12 game record season you had in college to 17 games now. You got 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 a way far right? You haven't hired an agent. Why is that? Is there a timeline to hiring one? And are you going to sign the NFL P.A.L. 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 touched on it briefly here, but just a little bit more about growing up with your dad and, you know, the experiences you had in Indianapolis and games and so on and so forth?

2:24:18Yeah, 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 just he's been very detailed in everything that I've done. Growing up with playing football. So we're thankful for him. I'm glad that he can be here with me today. Luke, let me get in here with 12 sports. This is for Darius. M-I-Z. Zero. Yes, sir. I'm a moderate 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 as how you finish. And I have to feel like me being drafted. That was the exclamation point on my career at Mizzou. But now I got to start all over again and really earn respect on my teammates and coaches and then earn 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?

2:25:19It's awesome, man. I think this is kind of like two years in a making with Paris and kind of had his conversation going back to, even before he got drafted from the Cardinals. And I'm just getting a chance to play with him again and hopefully when I score some touchdowns, he raises me up and 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 a great teammate but a great friend and a half as well. Or if the tape 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 should. 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, looks like that's it. So thank you so much. Of course. Thank you. When they gave me the all clear to start that week. And then in the game, there was like a critical third down and I had to go make a play and I did that. So from there, I think my trust started to go with the program. I thought really, like, the longevity of my career.

2:26:19I thought it would be at cornerback. And I had a lot of trust in Coach Wall and I had a lot of trust. Like, what Ohio State does with DB? So I was just, I thought this would be the best fit for me. How much do you want to have in the game? A study being, I mean, being close to home, my brother here. That's definitely a plus. But I had to think about, like, the longevity of my career. Like, need playing with studies. Not necessarily going to help me get to the NFL. So I had to think about what was going to be best for me there. I think a lot about the program that there's a lot of similarities in between both programs. One thing that I really think about, or I was thinking about, like before coming doing this, we used to do, like, tug of war there. So going to get some of the guys that swung on matchups. And this game's kind of like that tug of war. There's going to be some of the metham swings. And we just, like, when they blow the whistle out there, we got to make sure we're pulling it to our side. It is Ryan C. Crest here. There was a recent social media trend, which consisted of flying on a plane with no music, no movies, no entertainment. But a better trend would be going to chumbacacino.com. It's like having a mini social casino in your pocket.

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2:28:22So I was there with him as well, so I'm excited to go with that matchup. I'm doing this when I really think about it, like legacies a bit, like really comes to mind. My dad being here, my brother being here. And then this team's growing. I think it's a really faith-based team. So I just want to give a lot of credit to G-Scratchers for giving me this opportunity to be on this team, be able to do this. I don't even want to talk about this season being honest. Me and Jack have been friends since we were seven years old playing basketball. And he helped my competitive edge really increase. When we were on the court, he always took that guy talking stuff, always getting our guys rallied up then. And then he helped me get better when I'm younger. Because when you're younger, the people you surround yourself with that really helps. Just help you form who you are. And he played a really big part in that.

2:29:23Just always pushed me to be the best self. And hopefully I did the same for him. I mean, yeah, it's more like an NFL season, a little bit less. But it starts to add up on your body. So good thing about Ohio State, we have death here. So when guys needed to step up, like when I had my opportunity to see the D-line multiple positions, they really need to step up. We've had the guys to do that. So they're staying healthy and really trying to take it over the whole season. I'm going to lift it up to Jack. He's not going to tie it to a dog. He's going to take it. You're going to have a real moment. Absolutely. I'm going to lift it for you. I'm going to count it. I'm going to lift it. I mean, it's a lot of picking. And we all played like childhood sports together. So I think it just goes like the community that I was surrounded and then type of parents. That mindset just like really pushing their kids to be great. And I hope that continues on a picking day. I would have to say either J.T. Sonny, I feel bad for him. I would jack with J.T. or Sonny. I mean, I feel like that's easy to say.

2:30:29Yeah, just because he was like the number one player in the country coming out of high school. So like the expectations have always been high. But it's hard as like an eight-year-old to even envision him being making that play that he did. But we always knew we were going to play at a high level together. And we talked about that since we were really young. Originally, we talked about playing at Ohio State together. And now we're here, though. So like my freshman year, when we both were freshman sophomore year, when we were getting crewed at Ohio State, we were meeting him or visiting like every other week together. So really just seeing the vision, seeing what he talked about and being a man of his word or just going to come to what he did. I honestly wasn't even thinking about Notre Dame because there was so much going on in the program at the time. Like the real focus was on being Tennessee. So to be here in this time, my girlfriend goes Notre Dame, a lot of my family, like just a lot of connections between Notre Dame and Ohio State for me. So I just know it's going to be a good matchup to everyone's excited for.

2:31:30I did talk to him, but those were conversations were short. Later, the total can't be talking to the enemy for too long. She went for Ohio State. We actually got a conversation about this. She should be in Ohio State if anyone sees it. It was a little difficult. It was a little bumpy, but we got our Ohio State side for sure. You already done this, though, but your parents are the first of you. Yeah, my mom and dad, they don't have to split. There's just anything like that Ohio State should be at this game. Yeah, I'm on the outside, but I've always kept in touch with my players there. Like some of my friends and current players there. So I want to credit a lot of that to coach Freeman. The program, like when I was there, they were some tough losses that were taken. So they were definitely needed some change to be made and he did that.

2:32:30And I think this formatting with the 12 team playoff helped us, but it really helped them as well. Hello, it is Ryan, and we could all use an extra bright spot in our day, couldn't we? Just to make up for things like sitting in traffic, doing the dishes, counting your steps, you know, all the mundane stuff. That is why I'm such a big fan of Chamba Casino. Chamba Casino has all your favorite social casino style games. You can play for free anytime, anywhere with daily bonuses. So sign up now at chamba casino.com. That's chamba casino.com. Yeah, another name was a little bit different just because it's already rooted in their tradition. So here are guys that really had to step up and really kind of be vocal about it. And I just think it was like the most important, just because in our sport,

2:33:30like you have to have a reference point. And if your reference point is just measured on your success on the field, how much NIL money you're getting, things of that nature. It's easy to go up and down. So find that reference point within the Lord. That's got this team study. Yeah, I mean, I feel like coaching. I said, let's say a lot of it is because we got a high estate roots. But now, honestly, coach Freeman, when he first came, the team, they really took him in when I was at Notre Dame. I remember him first coming in the locker room, vividly, and everyone in the team jumped up and there's another thing that sticks out to me before every single practice. He'd daped up every single player in line. So he's a really player coach. And I just want to say, he works real hard. I just saw the dedication he had, how much he cared about the program, the players, and being that Notre Dame man. So I have a lot of respect. And I'm a lot of their successes because of him.

2:34:34Yeah, I understand, but I'm not sure on that level on how much he's matured. But I saw the bricks being laid for sure while I was there. Yeah, I had a long talk with Algon while I was a defense coordinator. And he really wanted me to stay. But I kind of already had my mind made up and I was ready to enter the portal and find a better fit for myself. Yeah, that was the conversation as well. Appreciate it. I'm just about to continue to do that in a different moment. You know, you take a 4-3, everybody's huge confuses. I'm a 4-3 guy, but really, you know, you take a 4-3, you take the end and stand them up. You can slide to the 3-4 just like that. And that's multiple defense. But I'll change any person now. And so it's a 4-man brunch. But we can go to a 3-man, a 4-man, a 5-man, a 6-man, and the guys on the field. So I think that we've been multiple. But we keep saying it's a 4-man front.

2:35:35But it can be a hit of change before you have 4-man. Yeah, that's it. And so I'm glad it's a man. It's how you look at it. Everyone can say it's a 4-man front, a 4-man front. Not really when you can hide in certain pieces. The 4 guys can stay in the field. And you can pop JT or back to KJR. And I see a note that looks like a 3-4. But it's a 4-guys on the field playing. That's been in the game. And then I think that will kind of lose how you can play defense. Because you can't substitute every play to get a new person. So those guys can be the play for a 4-man, a 3-man, or whatever. You have to be ready to do that. Do you think you'll have more opportunities to coach CJA this year? What would you envision for a role for them? He's looking right now. So CJA is looking right now and trying to learn how to play the position. And then I want him to learn how to play the position as a defensive end stand-up. We get to that moment. And not as a linebacker. I think that's the transition he's mentally. He's got to go through. He's done an outstanding job thus far. He's bought in to what we're doing. And I think that's the key. When he got buy-ins like this is what I wanted to do. And he has a really good skill set. So we can use him in the model ways.

2:36:36But we don't want to use him just third down. Right? We want to use him first and second down. So my job is to get him ready to play to run from on the line. You're supposed to be in his space. That's different. And once we have confidence as we go. And I think we can give him a chance to give him some great depth. We're really doing some good things for us. I'm excited about him. Because he's really excited about the position change. Larry, when you talk about being multiple. How impactful can a guy like CJP? Because of his versatility about the stand-up? That's a bonus if you can do that. Because it stays on the field. And then you bring a guy from space. You can drop him from space. Or you can hold him. And I think that as we go forward, I think we'll try to build that. We just can't build it around one guy. You've got to build out what it came up with. You can do on the field. And so like I said, it's early stays. So it's hard to say this is what we're going to do. Because we're just putting it together. And I know that CJ is very happy where he's at. He's saying to have a really good time and understanding what we're doing. And so what do the guy goes from there? What did you see last year at that? What did you see from him last year?

2:37:36That make you think that he could be an impactful? Well, we know he can rush. He's got great speed off the edge. He really can get off the ball on that. We know that. Now, like I said before, he's can he play on a tight end in a six technique? And then stand it up in a two-feet point. That's the thing you have someone ready to do. Once he master that, they rush stuff will come easy. Because today is something to do. And that's what we try to work on. We can walk out of spring. Liam feels really good about playing a run and rushing faster. And we're going to focus. And that's the goal. If you're in camp last year, you mentioned Joshua. But the guy who's coming out and talking to you. Yeah. Where did he in the season and how close do you think he is? To be the guy who's going to factor in the season? I think as we move forward, I think he has some factor in it. I think every guy is factor in it. Because of the death, right? So we're doing some great players. And now we're going to get these young guys ready. And we're going to have a blast. And so we're going to hold hands and get them. Your room typically has guys who start to show it in your team. Yes. It seems like a trip. Start showing your two. And they have the first thing to see are the interviews. Without Jason. Stop talking to him a lot.

2:38:36I just didn't seem to come together in your two. How can he kind of make up for that? And get to where you need him to be. That's what I need for your three. He's probably more necessary. Yeah, I think Jason's got to play football. He's got to play more football. And life situation. Right? So he didn't get a lot of shots playing in games. And so this, all season, this is the biggest offseason. And I've said to him, you're a minute conversation. And this is a year. This is the time. The process is now built. Now he's going to go. And I think he's ready for that. So I'm looking for great things for him to go forward. He's seeing to be able to get space right now. I like where he's at. So we've got a lot of days to go to him. So I'm very confident. What do you guess the same thing when it comes to will? Is injured at the discretion of the game? Yeah. Has it really played a lot of football for you? What is it? Is it kind of the same thing with him? Or is it a little different? It's a little different. We changed the position a little bit. Trying to find the right fit for him. Give everyone three tech to have nose guards. I think we're going to flung a little bit one tech.

2:39:37I am really pleased where he's at right now. This guy's strong. He's got bigger eyes quicker on that one. And so I'm looking forward to as we go into the screen football. I don't know how he comes out. But so far so good. I mean, I think he has a chance to help us. Well, they got a Jackson played a good number snap. Yeah. You guys, again, last last year. But what does he need to do to be ready to take on a even bigger role? Well, you know, he's got to be a leader in a first of all. So that's a role for him. He has not been in. He's going to be the leader of the unit. He's so far. He's done a great job doing that. Now he's going to be the guy who's going to have to demonstrate a production force and move the sick force. The action force and I think he has a chance to do that. Now he's going to play for what he gets to play. So we'll see him more. And I think we'll see his talent come to front. What made you want to bring in Logan George? And how do you see him fitting into this? Well, you look for a fit, right? And what's the important thing? He fit. Doesn't fit our defense. He doesn't fit our scheme. That's all important. We are real guys and important. He's got to be a fit. And sitting, talking to him, talking to his family, talking to his coach,

2:40:37was really, really rare. And I raised him at him. That's a player. And then once we sit down in the man and talk, I felt like he fit our room. Great crowd. Can rush. It'll be plays hard. And everything you want to see, you've got to have he has. And so I'm looking forward to seeing where he goes from here. Does there any thing you can do? He's from the same hometown as Tommy Togi. Yeah, same high school. Yeah. Does there anything like the Togi eyes that helped you learn more about Logan? Well, not necessarily about Logan. But I know they had coached really well. And then after he took the phone and call him. I mean, he gave right ears and was a player. He's a person. And that was the end for me. Because you got to have some information. And a head coach was just going to love it. Because it's going to stop talking about it. It's a player and a person. And so my brother had to talk to him. And my dad had to send it down. It was pretty good. What do you need to see from a guy like him that knows if that can translate to a highest eight? This is like, let's actually point literally the top of the sport right now. So how do you know that that's going to translate from FCS? Based on what I've seen thus far. And skill set is there.

2:41:37He's going to translate. Good. He's going to translate. Even though I made a huge mistake. No, I was just saying. I was just going to translate. I know what you're saying. It's a big moment now, right? But he's still a great job. I can tell you that. I'm really looking forward to it. And he's been all business. And that's what you want. He's a great leader in a room. He's helping in young guys. But he goes on the field. He works. And that's what I want. Yeah. I think it's something that probably all of us. Yeah. I've talked about it in times over the years. So I'll just ask the drink. Yeah. Was there anything in Jim Gould's time here where his style of defense and your style of defense did not exactly mesh? No. No. Why do you think we think that? Because you guys think he's a 3-4. You guys looked at his system at Oklahoma. And thought that way is going to bring the jack thing here. I mean, that's what we thought. Right. And so when you looked at them, you might as well look for a 3-4 defense. Yeah. When you look at your memory, we have all these 4-3 guys here. And so you have to change the way you recruit. And you got to change the defense. It's game set, right?

2:42:37I think we tried jacksori demonstration. And then as the season went on, and teams were playing offensively, you know, he was predicated to more and having 4 guys in the field and changing up. So in every way, like, like, like, I don't chase stories and lies out there, because nobody's asking me this once in a year. I've heard of it. But Jim and I had really great conversations about what we were doing. There was never a moment where we were going, hey, I don't want the 3-4. There was never that. Is that what's the best fit for our players? How can we get them to come to the team? And that was always the conversation about us. To this day. The star was made of a ball. It was constantly. There was no conflict. Maybe because I said, well, I don't know what the jack, you know, I don't know about that time. I don't know what we're going to do with the jack. I knew that we thought jacksori, and to see the decision between coach and I, like, let's get jacksori back to team as event. And that's where, well, let's go to another jack position. Got to do it. But we never did it again. You know, we never got back to the shore of the defense. Because it changed what you do. Not, of course, about it. It's a different scheme and different thing we do. And you've got to look by it.

2:43:38Big 10 offense. And there's so many different ways. Formations. You can get that guy caught in the house trying to play that. So this is something. What did you bother you about? Did that story ask you? Did that story was out there? How much did it bother you? Did the story was out there that you and those works, you and I, etc. You didn't even fight it? Here's what I say to you. It doesn't bother me because I know who I am. It's a man. It's a person, right? And so I'm never going to chase the lies of people who talk about what I did. And I was amazed. And I'd be sitting tonight. I wouldn't choose to read it because that's not who I am. I mean, Jim and I had a great relationship and never came down to that. I don't have the ultimate. I was never that. The story got created, which is unfair. But you got created somehow with someone on a podcast. I guess trying to get clicks of something. I don't know. I don't read that song. But no, it didn't bother me because I'm not chasing a lie. I know who I am. It's a person. I used to be very high in my character. I mean, it's been so long time. And I don't know how to go through chairs or something by point, right? Yeah. I have a pin here.

2:44:38I give that a pin here. We agree. Walk on a room. What we're going to do. We go for it. I think you saw it this season. We played really well. Yes, we did. We played well as a staff. How much more? How much testimony do you need? Yeah. When you think about it, especially the way the defense played down the stretch second half of the year in a playoff, when you think about staff, players, talent, experience, coming in, just what's your evaluation of how the Ohio State defense played on the way to the national championship? I think to play light out. I think they played close as a unit. I thought they had a lot of pride about what we were doing. And they were on the mission. They really were out. The team went off day. You didn't know that it was going to change. I mean, I see some problems. As a coach, you see guys play the way they play. I mean, everything came to a time. And that's what you want. The greatest moment of all, it happened. A nice guy. And I couldn't be more proud of how they played down the stretch. And every day, they came to work. Every day, they came to work. Every day, they came to work. Never one moment where they coached. No, let's go. Let's go. Let's go. I mean, you have to be in a room to know and practice

2:45:39and see Zach was on on. Every day, those guys were preparing for every day. Right. That's why you keep doing that. That's why you... It's fun. And you're like, why stop something really long? Because you know that. It's a moment. Like, I said this before, I said to the young guys, talking about the four guys in front. We're doing this with them. They came back for a reason. And we have to give them everything we got to make sure they're ready to go. And that was every day in my media. Like, don't forget why we're doing this. It's why we have to go hard. Because these four guys here, they came back to do this again for us. I hope they win the championship. And that was my passion. I walked in every single day. I was not going to let those guys down. And that kind of came through our whole room. And that's where we approached. Every game, every season, every day. We talked about that. We're not going to leave that. We came personally. Because you felt a connection to these four guys. It gave you everything they got. And you felt like you had to give them something bad. And so every day I walk in the room and say, I'm not going to fill you. I'm going to give you everything I got. Everything I got. Every day. Because I want you to be so sensitive.

2:46:39And that last game, walking up to Shio. Tears all over our eyes. You felt they were going to leave like, wow. We didn't. They just looked at each other and said, we didn't. Because we believed in each other. Right? We talked a lot. A lot of guys just walked out the door. Yeah, the middle. The primary reason for why that 4-3-4-3-4. I made sense. With that black turnover and comment. So that's what you're going to be open to. The idea, maybe the front's changed a little bit more in the street. Based on where that might be this year. If that were the case. I'm always opening Chaise because it's all about winning. It's all about moving with our kids, and the best position to be. I don't know where this concept comes. That I'm holding things back. I don't have any way. You know what I mean? I just want to be a coach, right? And whatever you tell me or coach, I'm going to coach. That's the way I am. That's something. Just unfortunate that this 3-4-3 doesn't really matter. As long as we're successful in what we're doing, and put on players in the best position to be successful. That should be the bottom line. Where you're 4-3-4-3-5-6 doesn't matter.

2:47:41Our players are the best position to play and to win. That's it. That's really matter. Because you start getting caught like, we don't do this, and we don't have the personnel to do this, but we still plan it. The star is where the high state can't play the 3-4, because they're not going to. Right? It can't be that. Right? You know, I think you're a multiple defense, and that's what we are. We can find a way to use our players in the best position possible to be successful. I think you have to do that. And I think I've gone to what? 6-4-3-6 coordinate. Right? And so the change is always revolving. So you have to adapt to it. But I'm all in. It's going to go to the best position. And our players will play as fast as they can. Whatever you play, I'm all in. So there's no resistance from coach Johnson, like you've got to be a four-man trying. And we're going to be able to want to be into personnel fit what we're trying to do. So the last thing I'm going to say, it's not skiing. It's gym in the jokes. Right? And so we can talk skiing all you want, 3-4-3-4, where are we at? The end of the day. It's those guys up front. You guys have a back hat, or we're all on the same page.

2:48:42It's the best possible defense. Does that same approach relate to rotation? No, down. No. Never going to change. So you don't have to. Last question from coach Johnson. How much do you want to rotate? I do. I go into the game with the idea of Zach, what I want to do. Who's going to rotate? Who's ready? It's not necessarily rotating. Who's ready to rotate? You go into the game. Because you can't put a guy in a position where he's going to fail. Because you didn't get him ready. I'm really big in that. They're ready to go. Ready to play. Let's go play. Do you want to get him ready for the first year here? Yeah, 2014. Do you want to play with those guys? Yes. These guys, you did. It's more special because you've gone through four years. Yeah. I did. I had to talk to you about the time. Well, but I happened this year. It's really special. Because you've been a group of guys that we've been around. You brought in that. And all of a sudden, the ultimate goal. It's to try to win that national championship. I mean, we get it down with the same guys on your product. To me, that's what comes with it. That's a great thing. Coach, think when you've had it a weightier turn behind Shaq and JT,

2:49:43that now, it's finally going to work on it. Yeah. I'll say it told me it's a different. It really didn't hit me until, you know, first practice of spring. But, you know, it felt well. Yeah. What is that like over the way to tie? Especially in this. Telloretic here from 2311 Racing. Game night's fun until someone spends five minutes lining up one shot. Chalk, breathe, re-chalk, still aiming. While they figure it out, I fire up Chamba Casino. I can spin anywhere, anytime. And there's always a new social casino game every week. Spins happen way faster than that shot. Play now at chambacasino.com. Let's chamba. Sponsored by Chamba Casino. No purchase necessary. VGW group voidware prohibited by law. 21 plus terms and conditions apply. Hey, you could have gotten up to the left. Yeah. What's it like to weight your time? Is it paid off for you? I wouldn't say have paid off. Yeah, I really haven't done nothing yet. But, you know, God has a path for everybody.

2:50:43He's paving my path right now. So I'm just letting him control, you know, and pave my path right now. Would you discover that was your path? Would you think, oh, that's not gonna come to you. Yeah, listen to that. What I should do. I'll say, I won't say after sophomore year. That's when, you know, it was a lot of ups and downs. And, you know, even this past year, it was a lot of ups and downs. And, you know, mainly from last year, it was a lot of ups. And, you know, just like letting him control everything. You know, I tend to, you know, overtake and want to control things myself. But, that's not how God works. Like I said, God has a path for everybody. He's paving my path. What does it mean? It means you lost some job. It's a team that showed you how to lead this. Just say, consisting. You know, everybody, it's different leaders. You know, you've got the vocal leader. You've got the leader that said, by example. You know, it's different personalities in the group. So, I'll say, you know, just, I can't talk to Edward. I'll talk to, you know, Kevin Curry. I can't talk to, Kevin Curry. I'll talk to, you know. So, it's just, you know, it is, you know, stay consistent, you know, stay positive.

2:51:43And, you know, everything will, you know, take care of yourself. You made bloods last year. You know, I mean, you made the part of this thing for us, right? What's your sense of this defense coming back? We're placing eight starters. How quick are y'all to make another one? You know, everybody, you know, everybody's working. Like you said, we lost, you know, a lot of good players. I mean, a lot of good leaders, man. But, you know, the guys that stepped on up, we just got to step up. We just got to, you know, take on what the guys that, you know, left for us. Pretty much it. Well, it's definitely a good one. Good. The same mindset that we had last year. You know, the safety system, you know, on our toolbox, and trust in Coach Jay, whatever he, you know, got for us. It's a receiver. It's pretty polished. What do you have? What do you think maybe, like, during other wise, he's sort of a defensive player. Yeah, I don't know. I mean, probably he had good coaches. And obviously he's naturally, you know, a gifted athlete. He played a couple different sports in high school. Has a good feel for space and super athletic.

2:52:43But he's, he's really impressed me with how, you know, how dedicated he is. And he's always in my office. He was trying to get better. When you have a little receiver, as you guys have, how do you get the guy like him involved in the passing game as well? We saw Kate and G do it to some level. But he's a guy who caught 50-some passes last year. Yeah, no, I think, I think it makes it easier, right? You know, I show these recruits all the time. Because everyone says, oh, how is he just a receiver school? It's like, Marvin Harrison was the best receiver in the country. You know, and you know, who number two is in targets and receptions. And receiving ours was Kate. Yeah. Because, you know, you can go to the other schools and they don't have the receivers we do. And you're going to get doubled every game. Good luck. I don't know many, you know, great plays. If you're going to get bracketed. But no, you have the receivers at Coast Heartline. You know, if you spray an in here, we're going to have single coverage. And if my tight ends can't beat single coverage. And, you know, we're going to have issues about how I get another tight end we can. Like, we've got a lot of tight ends who are pretty good receivers. And excited to see them. And you mentioned the inline blocking. Yeah. I think if you take PFF grades and see what you will about that.

2:53:43They're not as high as other guys. Who? For Max. For Max, okay. Yeah, just how, how do you see that part of his game? Because I think that's been the knock that people have talked about. Yeah. I'm not sure. I mean, he checked that box when I watched the film. I'm not sure. But the nice folks at PFF are watching. But Wilkes Merrick didn't have many offers coming out. He's the best blocking tie in the country. So, I don't know what his grade is. Listen. Talk about the combine. He said that after the preview game, he came to you and said, Hey, this guy is a portable guy. What, what are you doing? Yeah. Yeah. Layton, Layton is trying to take all the credit. Caleb Downs is also, you know, kind of sure with me. I always have dinner with those two guys at DBs, really the safeties on Friday nights. And I always, every week, just asking about the opposing tight ends. And they were super high on Max, pretty weak. So, he went to the portal, layton and Caleb, like, see, oh, that's a guy. So, you know, I was watching. Obviously, you have to do your own evaluation. How much do you value that opinion? Do you hear that from guys who actually have to go on the field?

2:54:43No, hugely, hugely. And like, at this back to back, here's really because you have... I mean, I would have watched Max anyway. I'm not giving Playton too much credit over here. But, like, like, the year before, it was Sam Williams told me about Wilkes, America. So, no, if a guy knows our culture, and says, pushkey, he fits your room. Like, I gotta give Sam all the credit for finding cash. Is this the deepest tie-in room that you've had here? Yeah, it's gotta be. Just because, again, Dan, how many guys played in the natty? Then we had five. We had four or five tight ends. We had all six play-in-the-play-offs. And four of those six were back. So, yeah, I mean, we've got tons of guys in that room that have started college football games. And not just against the school down the street. Like, big-time moments and big-time games. So, yeah, we're super deep. How valuable is that to know what you have? You know, four guys that have all played a lot of football in your tight end room. Chugely. And I think the best part, Dan, is like, now I can challenge him even more. Like, we're past the stage of, okay, here's what it's gonna be like on Saturday. They've almost all the guys in that room have done it. You know, so now I can challenge him even more to go... You know, go be the best tight end room in the country. We're at a higher state.

2:55:43Like, if you're not up to that challenge, then go somewhere else. There are guys like Bennett and Jolani. What did they have to do to earn even more time this year? Yeah, I think everyone's different, right? Bennett's different than Jolani. And they go, for those guys, and we consistently, I said it, you know, last week, like, so it's hard to put the best 11th on the field. It doesn't matter if they're all running back to your receivers or tight ends. So, like, every day I tell them, every day you're competing against the other tight ends in the room. But we're competing against receivers and they're running back to... When we put two or three or four tight ends on the field, if that package is better than none, we're gonna live in that. So, every day's a challenge. Yeah, a lot. A lot. Obviously, all injuries are unfortunate. But he put in so much work. I was excited to see him have a full season. So, that was cut short. But, again, on the flip side, it's challenging to be more of a leader and to learn the offense, maybe, you know, taking a step back and help mentor a guy like Jolani. I think there was a huge opportunity for a guy like Bennett and Jolani.

2:56:45Like, we watched it this morning in my meeting when we went down. We went tempo in the next play. G-block to C-Gap. Then we hit Quinchon. Then the next play, we were, like, 14 personnel of 13. And it was three tight ends who had never done that. And we're on the road at Oregon and, like, we punched it in and scored. It's just a great story to tell the guys. Like, when Cade went down against Georgia, we played the game with Mitch Rossi. It's like, all the guys got to be ready. I don't know when your numbers had to be called. So, I know it was unfortunate, but it's such a good learning opportunity. What are you? Today is Dr. Bout. Jolani needing to be more consistent. Is that some of you have seen more of him? Yeah. Yeah. I mean, he's off the charged night and day. More mature. It's been really impressed with just his work ethic. He's in here every night getting extra work in. I'm challenged to learn every position on offense. Don't just be a Y. Be a Y. Be an H. Know what the C's got. And then also be a leader. He's not a young guy anymore. So, like, he's coaching Nathan or Blank and those guys in Max. You know, even harder. He was yelling at Max Claire. Not yelling at him. He was encouraging him to finish.

2:57:46Like, hey, you're obviously tight end. Like, we're going to be going harder than everyone on the field. And I was like, you're gets it. That's awesome. He's been a leader. So, super impressed with him. For you. I know you're wanting to defer to your guys and credit them. But you are kind of the staple of one part of life as a coach. And you build your way up through this program now. You're getting tired of this offseason. What's it been like to watch your journey here and kind of see where you are now? And I appreciate that. You know, I'm not going to take the bait there. That's total rap poison. But, no, I think every, every offseason out of high state, we have such good players and we win championships. Everyone around here is going to get opportunities to go somewhere. And that's a credit to those guys. It's also like, shows all the trust that Coach Day and Coach Hartlan have for me. And I've been, those guys have been my boss for the last nine years. Whether Coach Day or Coach Hart. So, like, nothing's changed but a title. And just, you know, super blessed to be here with those two guys. And I love those guys. And Kenan used to be talking about the message with your guys about being overlooked. He's talented group or in the rankings and all that.

2:58:46This group is now veteran. Oh, yeah. I have one of the most productive titles in the country joining the room. Do you have to change? I know it's still going to be hardest working. No, no. I can take that away. Is it a different message now? Different mentality? It is. It is. Yeah, Austin, you hit the nail on the head. Like, we're not changing our DNA. Like, you cut open a high state title and easy to be a bad dude. It was really freaking hard. And it's just gritty. It's all get out. But I'm not saying that we're going to be overlooked this year. At all. It's a 180. I told the guys, we should set the tone for the offense for the team. You know, nationally, like, with toughness and effort and all that. But production. And we should be a driving force. Like, I challenge them all the time. Someone comes to practice. You want to see what the Ohio State Buckeye fight culture is. A brother. Just go watch the Titans. Don't watch it. Like, that's who the Buckeyes are. So, I challenge them. You know, lead from the front now. We don't need to be, you know, the least kind of the sleeper unit. Oh, no. Like, set the tone. That's what I quickly, I mean, you've entered the will, trying to lead and courage through practice. He's been here two months now.

2:59:46Is he putting that much? No, he feels right. And I saw things to some things today. I'm like, all right. Yeah. No, he's going to be in the Ohio State tight end. Yeah. Now, I'm super proud of him. And the whole unit. Sorry. Did I miss anybody else? Good. Good. Thank you, guys. Thanks. I'm going to God for sure. I mean, Michael Thomas was talking to me before the game, or the Rose Bowl, and Chris Carter and after the game as well. I mean, just, I'm giving me advice. Just, you know, telling me to keep going first. You know, just keep doing what I've been doing the whole year. I mean, I'm God's bug out legend. So definitely look at them, guys, for sure. Major respect. It means a lot. Me just to care for Miami. Just be able to play an actual championship as a freshman. Something that I dream of as a kid. And I'm here now. And it's OK. OK. Can't wait to put on a show Monday. He said he got it.

3:00:52I mean, the tips, you know, like you said, is very crazy each and every week. But you know, can't let it get to my head. I should say, let me just football at the end of the day. But, you know, just have to be in this position. Oh, none of us think we could be covered, man. Oh, man. I mean, we're actually talking about this yesterday as well. But, you know, I mean, that's what they do. That's what they do. I mean, we should go God there, you know, play our game. And, you know, sort of reason why not to play men on men. Two. Four.

3:01:55Three. One. I'll go five. Let's go. No problem. My mom said, you know, just go out there Monday. Just dominate the person that's confronting me. You know, just do what I've been doing for the last two to three weeks, I should say. But, you know, they play men on men. So I'm just ready for the challenge. Yeah. I mean, feels good. Just say somebody going out there and play men on men. I guess Ohio State receivers is something crazy. But, you know, we just ready for the challenge. They say they're not chasing their game plan. But we gotta go out there and show them the reason why not to play men on men. Yeah.

3:03:01I mean, I don't really, if I be on a curve, I be on a curve. It's not really a big deal to me. It may definitely be a blessing for sure, just to be on a curve of a game. But, you know, it's not really a dream of mine. It's a dream of mine, but I don't really think too much of it. Yeah. I mean, no, not yet. Probably hit me after this season. No, just, no. Playing in the college football playoffs as a freshman. Playing in the Rose Bowl as a freshman. Playing in the Cardin Bowl, not in the National Championship. I mean, it's a blessing for sure, but they haven't hit me yet. I'm sure. My favorite catch, I would say we play Michigan State. The one I call about two defenders. Definitely probably my favorite for sure.

3:04:02Or you go the one from Iowa, I should say. And as a opponent too. I don't, I mean, yeah, like you said, it's pretty frustrating. I mean, having the game that I had in the Rose Bowl, and then coming to the Cardin Bowl, you know, just doing different things, changing their scheme up against me. But, I mean, like you said, whatever I could do to make, I mean, help the team win. It's not really a big deal for me. As long as we win, that's all I really care about. And it got us to the National Championship. It means a lot, we put a lot of work in this season.

3:05:10We have highs, we have lows, we have people cutting us out. But we hear now, we just ready to put on a show Monday. Oh, yeah. Yeah. First of all, the one that's a national championship, because that means a lot. I mean, you see everything that he's been through this year. People say he should be fired, and this is not the third. But, I mean, you see everything that he's been through this year. I mean, I see everything that he's been through this year. I see everything. People saying about him on Twitter. I wasn't here. He first got the head coaching job. But I know this year, for sure, we definitely got to win this for him. I mean, it's a lot of people in the league, I should say. I can't really say who, but I mean, you had guys like Odell.

3:06:13You had guys like Odell. You had Stefan Dicks. It means a lot of Michael Tom is Chris Carter. Just a lot of, you know, guys I played in NFL and stuff like that. But yeah, really them guys, for sure. Just keep going. You got it. You need stuff, for sure. Yeah, really that for sure. So, like physical defense, like people say, like they like to play men. They're not changing their skin. So, we're just ready for the challenge. Like you said, the best defense we probably go see all year. And we just got to be ready to go out there in Monday and just put on the show.

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3:08:18Them saying that because I'm just only a freshman. But I mean, it's a blessing for sure. People even say that. But I got two, three more years left for college. And I'm just focused on college right now. I'm not really worried about the NFL right now. It's very special for me. Just being the freshman and playing a national stage. A appear for a national title was something that I dreamed about. It's a very young kid. I'm just happy to be here. And I just can't wait to put on some Monday for you, God. here and I just can't wait to pull the show Monday for you guys I mean all the receipts we'll just sit on the bitch and we just see him hit the quarterback the ball come out and we all just got up and just started no jumping up and down we all decided happy for jacking that moment and we just knew that that moment like you know this we don't have to do that for sure

3:09:23so I'm going from high school or when a three-state championship Shamanama Donna then you know coming to Ohio State just competing for national charter right now me just showed that I picked two great schools but I'm happy to be here and I just came with you to pull the show Monday the coolest person I mean you got a lot I can't really say just a specific person you got a lot of great guys reach out and then lead like oh Dell you have guys like Stefan Deakes a lot of other players will just get cut off my mom but really really them two guys for sure oh Dell a step on

3:10:23yeah yeah I mean like they say they play man so I mean I'm just ready for the challenge is just get ready to go out there Monday and just no put on the show thank you the vice-geno had gave me I'll just keep going first I know the reason why I'm here I mean like you said just keep golfers and just no keep the main thing the main thing and the best corner I face this year I mean I face a lot of great corners I can't really say but yeah I face a great daughter good corners here really put a name on it my dream vacation is

3:11:38turns and cake goes I say both respect and frustration as well but I mean I thought they come out there and tribute to me and they say stick it to what they been doing our year and that's playing man covers which is ready for the challenge a pretty good group Christian Gary 29th a great corner 15 Lenard Moore two great guys are right there very physical but you know we all highest they receive us so we ready for the challenge I'll say just no understanding the defense

3:13:02understanding the game plan understand what coach Kelly is trying to get done I mean just coming in I felt I progress from our first game gets accrued to now feel like I better each and every week me being slowed down a lot for me but yeah really just no understanding Devices and no understanding what they're trying to do to me for sure I'm two guys great part of the best we go see all year for sure two two physical guys but you know we're ready we're ready for the challenge that they're coming with and that's the play man no man and you know we ready to go on Monday yeah I mean the environment is pretty crazy seeing all these cameras something I never thought I'd see them alive but it's a blessing for sure there's the in this position right now I mean we just had a prayer lit prayer lit meeting

3:14:16and you know we all they are the I mean we all discussed the issues because they discussed issues and you know we just want the work I mean not two and a half weeks we had off before Tennessee game and we just came out there on Tennessee game and we played with a chip on a chip on our shoulder all throughout the playoffs and we go continue to play with that chip on our shoulder and that's championship on Monday you know how that very impactful yeah the very impact on my career I should say you know just going to his games as a very young kid seven eight years old him playing Westfield West Virginia and they played Clemson Orange Bull down in Miami I mean just going that they're seeing his games it's like yeah I definitely want to play on his stage and I can't wait till I get to know that moment for sure there are you because they really just in his own his own love space he's just walking around trying to

3:15:25get his mind right trying to get his mind ready for the game but you know he just gave everybody hype in the locker room and you know just trying to get us ready to go to win the game oh yeah oh yeah for sure I mean you go play man against Ohio State receivers I mean just be ready because you know we definitely go come out there and know give our best and I mean they said not go change what they do so we just ready for the challenge not a year later definitely sometime my career college but not my first in college I should say I mean just to be able to be in this position right now is you know a blessing or just a yoke here from Miami to be here and I won't take up for a game and I'm ready to go out there man thank you for my role

3:16:26I mean I was watching my game against was a Georgia I was pretty sick myself because I was actually committed at that time so I mean yeah they left a bad nickname off but I mean we ready to go out there Monday to redeem myself and they'll just put a show Monday oh I mean me I just laugh but you know that's what they do they're not gonna change

3:17:32what they do just because we're Ohio State so you gotta go out there and put it no put it on why not to play oh man oh man it gets us so we just gotta go out there show them my day he said again I'm sorry oh my journey here to Ohio State prepared me a lot for not your championship me just going through everything that I've been through my first guy here all the uh Matt Jules all the hard workouts that we had all the hard practices um we just prepared all of us for this moment and no I'm just ready to go out there and give it up my all on Monday okay okay yeah we just squeezed this yeah one or nine

3:18:37200 me is big and strong yeah yeah I'll go yeah what's 20 yeah that's great yeah pretty good no problem you uh and why not part of like the most is the one against Michigan State when I caught over two defenders

3:19:37on on their side line put it out one or the one after that I should say or you go the one against Iowa probably them three probably my best ones for sure oh I mean just we'll put in the ball in my area and I just know how to make a play for them um even though somebody was grabbing my face I just know I still how to make a play because the ball touched my hand so I mean just when the ball is everything I have to make the play no matter how the ball comes at me after a big game um I mean we really they really feed us Chick-fil-A or piece after the game so it's really either Chick-fil-A or piece so yeah probably Chick-fil-A for sure

3:20:41yeah uh it went it went pretty good everybody just uh uh uh speaking with their thing is uh going right and what they think is wrong um which is a lot of the older guys forcing their opinions on what we need to do to uh come together as a team um but you know that meeting definitely uh helped us in a in a big way because it helped us want to feel as well because we planned a great football right now and we just got to do that one Monday yeah it definitely got emotional uh can't really say uh what really was said because that's no prayer prayers only and cultures only but it would definitely some stuff said that um people took uh people took and they uh went with it and that's the reason we planned it was right we planned right now

3:21:44uh yeah make helped me a lot this year um him being our older guy in the room um me help me and Cardinal as well and Brandon and it's in all the guys in our scene room as well me just a great guy as well it's very smart uh me and make just been a big part of the reason that I'm having seats that I'm having to work because he's been a big you know older guy been there being a lot of great guys in our room like Chris a lot of gay girl Wilson Marvin Harrison Jr. Jackson's making jibba so he's seeing all the grids I've been through there and he teaching us the right thing and the right way and in the buck out way for sure thank you so much thank you so much when you did next service along with it's much like what you might have seen the other way okay so it's the other options but did you feel on the way to this hospital? um no I felt like I was really you know right I mean coming out of there is just got me different not me and uh I just feel like uh I had all the offers I think I would not mean but obviously if I had to fuck down like hurting work sites but no it doesn't matter if you get here enough on the start or not what was it like to take that in the subject?

3:22:45you know I felt good you know I was feeling you know all the hard work and I on throughout the spring on the teaching and culture you gave me and I just paid off that and I was really playing the game taking the two deep as a true freshman outlaying of an opportunity to have a bigger role this year so what do you expect to go to in your second? uh you know I just worked to keep you know I mean obviously you know we won you know whatever with having the savings or whatever you know I'm just working just to keep you know work my tail laws you know make a role for my sanction how do you trade specifically with all of us? that's the truth um I got I would say like I've got a lot more aggressive and I gave you know I gave some weight now um pushing 200 pounds now you know coach Patricia what have you uh say for granted now I've got to spend like three with them you know he's a great guy you know I like him you know he's a great guy you know he cares about his players you know I'm so football wise he's a master in behind us he is my respect for football business the whistle means you know and it's time being an NFL so

3:23:47it plays a lot of fun to do so whether I'm whether it's like the starter or occasional piece of what you expect to see from this tail of the claim and and I expect you know just to add value you know for me for this team and just me players you feel a lot more I feel this year last year oh yes for sure and I feel like you know I'm starting to use to everything here and I feel like I'm just trying to pull off when I'm the last year with this you know like I say I'm going to make a roll with my players what I was going to say you know mindset at the beginning was ring starting to scratch in a way not letting too much of the shadow of the national team how was the team really embrace that mindset and stay competitive in that mindset you know you know we we have more ideas you know so far so you know we're trying to stay determined when I tolerate a cure from 2311 racing the rush of racing nothing beats it but chumpa casino comes close chumpa's got fast spins fun games daily bonuses and

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3:25:52incredible with I think the staff he's very organized he's detailed you'll have constant clear communication you know me hey we're gonna get together at this time and we're like you're sufficient in your wallet and it's been a lot like when you're come from outside and you come back into it and you have to try to catch him up on the recruiting board it's in you know like you have a lot of these conversations okay what are we looking for at these positions now and how do you see it because you know under one coordinator you might see a the Mike linebacker needs to be this and under this coordinator while I think the Mike backer needs to be this so you have to have those conversations at every position and you just kind of keep going through and but I'm just excited to learn I think the more systems I mean luck play the system here in college play the system under Steve Spagnolo play the system of tumble and play the system under Greg Williams that is talent coach of growl gold and then gym know like

3:26:54every one of those there's like different terminology for everything so you're just you're learning a different language call and think you know I mean there's his concepts and I think he's kind of collect over time what you think is really good stuff and how you do stuff a big deal different and I'm just really excited to learn from that and I'm telling you success he was seem very excited over there talking really to be here yeah coaching college which yeah whatever so long um what's his personality like with you guys and yeah he's been great I mean his energy is incredible he's very uh he is he's he's authentically excited to be back in college football um to tell there's like a yearning to get back to like the why you got the coaching right is that impact young people it's the impact and teach the game of football and so the future has been in front you know kind of like talking to the guys in a sense like he's excited to just teach ball you know what I mean and kind of ironically like you know similar to a lot of other things the chips that last year right you gotta get back and you're like man I'm just excited

3:27:54and so he has that excitement he's done a phenomenal job I think of getting the other players um just kind of like walking around versus like popping in making sure that he's in front of them and they get to know him and he gets to know them and it's a lot and then you can imagine when you come in we have all these guys right and trying to learn all these guys so I'm learning the recruiting trying to learn the staffs and learn dynamics like it's a lot but he's handled it really well and you know he's an old school ball coach so he's a grinder so he's really good job James son he's probably not going to need to do much this spring how much more can you get down to him that so you gotta do a lot but in terms of Ryan Dairty said you know thank you for saying 75% or whatever but how much more can you get down with the young guys when they're not worried too much about the senior yeah I think I mean you're always just looking for competition especially like a spring ball of mess what it's all about right you're trying to have it's so cliche but it's true like iron iron sharpen's iron mentality of you want your run to be super competitive to where

3:28:57hey the guy in front of me makes a play my next set of four plays I go out there I have the on point right and it's a constant driving of the room forward so yeah sonny gets 50 or how many reps reps off 50% rubber coach said then that means more opportunity for somebody else to play right so he's got me more for our val is that scheme flexibility with our val we're going to pay pierce around we it's that TJ Riley you like all these guys stove we're all gonna get more reps I think it's great so we gotta do it at this point this season but I think you'll yes there's still stuff that within that all of us sunny is that he's gonna be clawing to try to get those reps because he's a he's a true pro and that's been the most enjoyable thing about I think working with him is like you get a kid who's played safety his whole life comes the backer and he just wants to learn the why behind everything and you know very similar to the fact of Cody like we have guys who are that easy to work with

3:29:58you're not trying to like not worried about texting anybody in our room about coming over and trying to learn ball you know I mean like were you at you know like they're obsessed with the game of football they're always around when they're at class so it's like it makes it really easy as a coach because they're passionate for the game is so strong you mentioned CJ in terms of the the higher with the mattress what can sunny like what what do you envision more with him with all of that stuff I think I think we just have a lot of guys with a lot of length we'll talk about sunny styles long can run our velle reese long can run like it's crazy because you see sunny you're like okay this guy like I wish I was built like that when I played and then you see our velle stand next to sunny you're like you know what those you know what I mean it's like and then you look across the room like as the room warms up you're like holy smokes like we just have a bunch of guys and that's a lot of credit to to make coach made as a phenomenal job I was just

3:30:59talking to Burma about it like to see even our mid-year guys what they looked like when they showed up during like the bowl of the hole on Maddie Run and they're kind of hanging out during practice and we see the high school bodies to see what they look like today before they go red and like the shoulders are all like everything it's just different and they've been indoctrinated into the brotherhood so I think you know there's just a lot to work with and so what he's really good at right is like he's talked about it one year he has junior sail willing to get us Mike Vrable you know Roosevelt Colvin and you know those guys and a couple years later he has brand of spikes so he's like okay I was just by his blitz brand at the middle all the time so he's 260 pounds and a beast you know he says he was my best nose guard from Mike Vacker right and then the year after that he gets you know got Jamie Collins and Dante Hightower so now we can do a lot of stuff right so they're not just like hey this is what we're doing we got plenty of people into it hey here's what we got

3:32:00let's utilize it so that's what sprint will be walled on the lab and figure out what that means I'm sure through spring ball there will be like hey here's what we do really well as unit because this unit is going to be different right and in the unit there's a lot of production so unit will be different so you kind of got to reform your own identity and you're re-earned that civil bullet nickname and mantra how many other guys can look at our bell and just see if like he's on a very good track is that it? you're like it's just what's his ceiling? it's just a lot and right now he's locked in he's done a great job becoming a leader coming out of his shell I think I think for Valley it's all about consistency and just preparation and I'm proud of our bell you know he's through the season you got way better at you know a lot of it's like little things just note taking stuff like sometimes these kids are always on their phones and stuff not like in meeting rooms or anything like that but just naturally so like to get out of pen and paper and like

3:33:00you hear things and to me oh yeah I got it what you do until your dog tired and then you forget because you know what I mean but when you really understand it you know what I mean like go play faster you got so much better through the year just a lot of that's because of Cody like becoming a pro and then now it's like Sonny's pulling him along he's pulling pain along the pain is pulling TJ and Riley and Eli so I didn't still like so I kind of I love the competition and the way it's made up yeah bell's on he's on a great path right now how many different guys do you feel like can be in that mic spot free yet but that would obviously lose in Cody and now having that you know I think that's something that's the way that we kind of go because you know week one Sonny actually started at mic for us and Sonny smart enough to play them all our bell is smart enough to play them all pain pierce the smart enough to play them all and it's also like how did you like depends on what what scheme you're running where they how do they being utilized as well you know what I mean

3:34:01so you say my like my backer you know whether it's Tommy iKavera or a real research two different people and Cody's different than those two so I challenge to like a lot of the guys as I come in and so you know you all learn both the more you understand about the scheme in general the faster you will play you know what I mean like if I just sit here and I say hey I got to learn Mike my drop is this and that's all I need to know like well no football happens so fast and all the shifts and motions that like if you're out there just playing and you're waiting for a call and you're just reacting like you're so worried about what's going on on your side of the ball you don't even recognize that the offense is telling you something's what they're doing so if I'm out there and also I'm not getting a call I know what the call should be and it's like hey are we playing you know let's go now as an you get it you can look I can see okay here's what the tight ends doing that's what the back's doing here's what plays are coming if you just lie up and play as a runner pass every time like you know it's the you got to eliminate plays in your mind by seeing what the offense is doing

3:35:01like they tell you a story every time they line up they just window dressing my people motion a chance to try okay are they trying to do man's own indicators are they trying to make sure that they're getting the same formation they're on the same place but they just shift the people and then they motion and they move and they don't want you to recognize so for always worried about what work you don't mean so the more you know faster you can play because you're not you're not sitting there thinking oh what do I have for you I know you have so my challenge to guys like there's always a no both so think a lot I'll just be on on the depth of sure guys get you know if sunnies only doing 15 to 75% of the place then probably more guys get more will reps than they had because we need more will bodies is that's technically where sunnies started but we'll rotate them through let the production kind of show what it does and think sometimes you know you'll live with some of the mistakes just from fit in his spot but you'll be able to judge too like who's actually getting in the book you know I mean who's actually studying well how much a great thing you've seen from sunnies this time of year ago

3:36:03through the national championship game and then what's next man I mean definitely I know I know sunnies big goals and you should I do as well for him and to see how far he's come you know first thing kind of stands out is just like his his footwork has gotten so much better you know when you're in the boxes and linebacker you gotta be able to remember Luke Fickley said all the time and you gotta be slow till it's time to be fast and when you're twitchy like he is a lot of times you know when you're about safety you're used to pulling a trigger and rolling like you gotta learn how to shuffle and not cross over and he got so much better as a year or not think a lot of people question whether he'd be able to hold up physicality wise and you know he was he was great you know he's the season guy he's really good with his hands he's a really natural ability to snag will keep challenging him I think he should be a dominant guy in coverage like he needs to be a guy that we can put on a tight end and be like he's not gonna be in catching the ball you know me because he has that

3:37:03athleticism they've been in challenge in there challenge them I think everything is just this is not just sunnies everybody's urgency in zone coverage I mean the urgency with you have to break on the football to close that space not at the ball carrier have so much space on you to to cut making miss is critical think sometimes he's he can be so athletic that you know you can get away some stuff and he knows like anything that I'm saying right now here he knows so the best part is a lot of times like he'll come to me before film and already said man coach on that play I should have you know what I mean like he knows and the best part is that he's humble enough our whole glum is that they just want to be they want to be pushed and they want to be coached and so the heck of a russian diaspora right like so I always ask like what do you need for me just just keep making sure like you're pushing it don't let me settle don't let me settle so he's probably the best in the room with that do you look at sunny and our well it's kind of your top two guys right now yeah I mean I think going

3:38:05into it you know I think it's sunny or well paintings right up there in that next you're accurate there and then it's like who else is going to emerge for really the fourth the fourth guy you know I think it's a healthy way to put it yeah I just I think our I think our backers are so competitive so competitive that it's you know like I know Peyton Pierce is chopping at the bit and I know that he's going to push you know Vell and Sonny I know that you look look at Riley and TJ and Eli and stove like those guys are going at it at these workouts those guys are going at it and this constant competition you know what I mean they're trying to fight each other everything so because the reality of it is they're fighting for ups right so this game is hard it's winter loose or every single day and you know a lot of the guys are gonna make our break and it starts with the mental preparation to be honest with you and because that's where trust starts right if you don't know what you're doing I can't put you out there so

3:39:07who preps mentally as we get rolling and then the physical part of that but let's say it says it's Sonny Arbella and Peyton probably have probably the top three and then but like I always say it's always fluid it's always fluid I haven't done this you know it's funny I there's one coach who said that I forget what kind of felt he was but he said that what he does is he has the depth chart sit in the front of the room like if you're a starter you're the first to grow you know and then the second row and he's like it'll change weekly sometimes through camp I'm like I can't do that I got it I'm not sure they can do that good Brian two things one topic being available but not necessarily playing it there what happened with there and then also what was the evaluation will at halftime yep well it's good to go just took a shot there as you guys saw a tileeg was available he was going to be was available in emergency role we felt like we needed him we were going to put him

3:40:09in the game he was cleared but felt like one more week almost like the Donovan situation one more week of rest you know we'll get him to 100% which we felt like was the right thing to do if we needed to we could have put him in the game we decided we didn't need him yeah just a general overview of how you feel about this game you know first road game first big 10 game when about 38 7 and then of course the turnovers y'all forced and the stoppage there on a fourth down when they were deep in your territory just how much of those those loom huge oh yeah I mean the turnover battle was huge in this game and you know if we don't get those turnovers you know maybe it's a different game for sure but that's the game and you know we've got to make sure win in the situations so you know we'll take a look at the film and figure out where it's at but but I thought the atmosphere was was excellent early on I thought you know they came out and played really really hard I think again Jonathan's doing a really good job of you know putting his culture into this thumbprint on the program here you

3:41:12can see it going and that a lot of respect for him and his staff but but I thought our guys responded well and and had some really good boys that was something that we talked about coming into the game is having boys in the noise you know getting down in there some of those fourth down conversions are pretty clutch you talk about that boys will start off really well and maybe kind of hit a little rust by I had a couple passes and I'm sure he wants back one obviously that he wants back what was your assessment of just the points that he showed and kind of settled down on that following drive and answered back right back yeah I mean the the biggest one was the interception you know he knows I mean that was that was not a good play and it could have cost us so something to learn from you said to move on from it and you know work through his progression there but Tyler Reddick here from 2311 Racing another checkered flag for the books time to celebrate with chamba jump in at chamba casino dot com let's chamba no purchase necessary btw group boy we're prohibited by law cc and c 21 plus sponsored by chamba casino you know when when you're going through

3:42:12you know learning a new offense and everything's going to be some of these growing opportunities and learning from those opportunities so but overall I thought he was solid he was this poised made some big big big throws and then and then you know a couple runs a couple tough runs in there that you know you can see what a difference it makes when you have somebody who can run what has allowed Jeremiah to at least match the expectations that came in for him so far that's work ethic he does it every day in practice I mean just doesn't say a word but works is tail off discipline this humility he loves being a buckeye you can tell it just with the way he works with his teammates he's coming out of his shell a little bit too which is great to see but I mean the talent speaks for itself I just am impressed with the discipline and the hard work and being able to step in at such a young age the only way you do that is if you go in and put the work in and you know he came in with that work ethic Brian certainly taken it from there but this is especially not a man

3:43:13yeah Ryan we talk about Jeremiah Smith and how special he is but Caleb Downs on defense was just was pretty incredible yeah pretty impressive what's it like to have when things are a little clunky you've got a guy that can make NFL plays on both sides of ball yeah I thought Caleb played great tonight showed up in a big way on a bunch of different spots and you can see the acceleration how fast he plays and a part of that is his athleticism but another part is just the way he prepares I mean he prepares as hard as anybody on our team and you know he was he was all over the place tonight and huge he made a huge difference and you said and kind of turning that that point where they were moving the ball some and and he got it he got us going a little bit back there and uh no those are some big plays and then I think it kind of felt like it turned the momentum for us on defense Ryan what does it say I don't know you've already touched on a little bit what does it say about Devon to be able to come in and deliver that kind of pass that was a clutch play it was a clutch play put it there and you know we told them you know if if you have the opportunity to throw it rip it only throw where you know um you know the receiver can catch it you know we had a couple of

3:44:17different options there um if if if nothing was there just throw it out of bounds and kick the field goal and he did that he gave him a chance and um and so it was good it was good to see him make that play in that big spot Ryan two things on Trey I know he kind of limped up the field after he got hit there and pumbled well didn't know but just kind of how's he doing and then two just how much drove did you see from him specifically in the past front side of things he had some great pickups huge pickups the one on um the touchdown in Jeremiah and the touchdown to a mecca um and there was a couple more he did a really good job coming across I got to watch the film but I just like three of them in particular I he came across and then picked up some corner fires and did a nice job but that was big he's he's becoming that all-purpose back that you know we all know he can be and you know again I thought they ran hard but um yeah I mean you know I think where we are right now is is we're making progress but we got a long way to go you know and and I think that you know our guys have that mindset it was good to get this win on the road first road win good environment um but you know we know that the

3:45:20challenges are bigger ahead so we're going to get on this film it's stay hungry and and you know keep the journey going but um you know we're going to get back to work tomorrow and we know that we've got a really good Iowa team coming in here next week they have had a week off um just like always they're they're a very very good team uh play complimentary football and so we know we've got a big challenge ahead of us so we've got to have a great week of practice yeah coach just want to ask you uh the play calling a particularly there uh the end around uh to uh Jeremiah just feels like when you guys get into a bit of a spot you guys have a wrinkle you have something that's coming is this chip is this you collaborating just what would you say that one seemed to catch them really flat footed on that plug yeah no it's everybody on the staff there's this collaboration but but chips got a great feel for it for the game and calling the plays and um you know it was always you know have some wrinkles in there we've got a few other ones that we you know we we held a hoff on but um I think it's it's a balance of making sure that you have your fastballs where you're running downhill and you feel really good about them but having

3:46:22enough curveballs that you know we can create explosive plays and that's that balance you're constantly looking for um but we always want to try to find ways to get you know the ball to our playmakers in space and we're going to keep trying to do that responsibility uh getting everybody lined up getting the call um but knowing my assignment um it's like I didn't have high school but it's just like up to you have a little bit more so yeah I it's going to take um some getting used to but I know I know I'm really how much do you think that's going to help you in the ball uh what being I think it's going to be good um being able to being up and roam around and uh just taking charge of I'm definitely used to that comfortable with that so I feel like it's going to be good for me in the ball does it help you learn a defensive scheme faster to have that much responsibility? yeah yeah for sure um knowing knowing what everybody's doing uh and everybody's responsibility is getting to know how we play better normally what's the typical day like for a true freshman middle lineback and trying to learn the defense off the practice field off the practice field um just waking up and getting there early um probably probably watching

3:47:22watching the film you know we got we got uh practice or or weight so so we're not getting through that and we got meetings so more more uh the game knowledge and we got uh individual meetings so just learning to learn in that more and then after that after that we've got class and stuff so after class we definitely definitely got to uh stay on the film some more what what film are you watching? oh practice film practice film in the your film yeah yeah you know knowing what I day wrong what I can um improve on and and learn new installs all you change physically since it's enrolled uh definitely got a little bit stronger um for sure speed speed a little bit faster because you came in at what and you are at what now as far as weight I came and I had two good team I'm at two teams and what's the target weight you have a second all you're ready to get to uh right now uh two three doesn't take make long day for you guys where you want to be right so I'm uh what do you expectations for your pressure every every time you get to get some talk to James Lauren I say it's nice to say about what do your expectations for your first two um just get on a field and

3:48:24making plays I feel like I feel like that's a good you know I just want to get out there and make plays describe your game it's a linebacker um I think I think um I can do a little bit everything I can cover I can rest pass I can uh play the run too um I think I think I think those I'm I'm sorry I have those are all my strength um yeah I think I think I think I think that's usually a big Texas flavor on this team a lot of Texas guys guys it's been like here for like the last 10 years um that's got to make you feel kind of at home yeah talk more about that if you would um just take this guys you know you know football is really big in Texas so so uh with with that Texas Ohio Pipeline I'm knowing I got guys from Texas I'm I love I love it I love it you'll stick to the goal line because you opened up with a long horse start to play your career thank you Peter it's a little extreme dance and the thanks to that what does it just inspire you to see what Cody Simon was

3:49:28able to do here last year not only as a player but as a leader um that that that that that's definitely something I look forward to um becoming and um me and I've been able to do those things that that Cody did Cody did the way he played all the plays in the game my I feel like it's a good good aim for me what kind of example is sunny setting for right now uh sunny the um his position his switch from safety to my back I feel like um the way that he played last year being his first year of linebacker I feel like like I feel like if he could do what I could do with something so you know that's definitely good example you have a lot of experience playing safety uh yes I'm going to say my first year you know the next I mean we're all like I said we're all pretty much interchange well you know like if I need to go to left guard center whatever both needs to go to center look or however you know it's it's not really like a big shocker moment you know it's we we train for this we're prepared for this so when it happens you know we're able to execute to left guard um think half time well coming in as a rookie in the crowd in the noise and I know

3:50:37you said you guys all trained for this but what can you tell us about how yeah I mean he's he's a man you know he's he's he's he's he's built for this moment he's done it for his whole life so you know at the end of the day it's just a game and we keep on we care try to keep everybody calm collected and you know we're five is one we help each other out and whenever you know you need to we we do it so he was ready he was built for it you know he's gonna be a great player you're obviously no stranger to Matthew's toughness what was it like just seeing the way he loved this off that guy that guy's a warrior yeah 36 years old he's taking some hits and some things and some dance so and he's able to get back up and keep it rolling you know he's still got that fire to him and you know we love having them back there shot is always set after a loss going by the team beat you twice but to have the lead late in the game it's all the injuries and not when you describe that level of interest I mean it's the NFL comes down to seconds and inches and who've seen me all through past couple days and today you know it comes down to the the little

3:51:38things and you know we'll see them again and I apologize if you were asked this but what was it like for you personally to walk on to see what it is it was kind of surreal man it was it was nice a lot emotional seeing everybody know I wasn't a kid when I came here but you know I got grew into more of a man and these people here have definitely helped lay that blueprint for me helped me out big time you know I can't thank them enough for that you know you've looked at film yet for how you feeling about the D I feel really good you know I'm saying good because just everything careful all summer at OTAs it's showing up you know we said I ground we came sure came up sure a little bit but in that end day you know it's a lot of air from me I see a bright future for us I think that's been over time dry I mean you guys have been stopping them and they just seem to kind of get a role yeah you know you know just something I would just need work on you know gotta play around better on that and just kind of eliminate the big base that that's all that it comes down to but overall I just felt like we just just came up sure on that

3:52:39so that's the offense it's kind of struggling to find it's hurting early in the game what did you guys feel like you like to do it like we just need to step up you know I know they would come through and have our back so I just tell the office you know we got y'all back you know just keep going y'all doing what we gonna keep on trying to hold in the best we can we say are you you ready to pop up of bigger performance in this game yeah definitely I feel like you know as a whole everybody on the offense can contribute and you know we have a lot of great playmakers on our team and our coaches will definitely find ways to get us all the ball and get in the best Tyler Reddick here from 2311 Racing victory lane yeah it's even better with Chamba by my side race to chamba casino dot com let's chamba no purchase necessary vtw group void work prohibited by law ctnc's 21 plus sponsored by chamba casino grew up in a cc country did you have any interest did you think you could make it to the Rose Bowl one day and want to play the Rose Bowl one day I would say yeah definitely as a competitor that's something that you compete for to as especially as a team player you know

3:53:40to be at the top level to go to the playoffs and be in this position so I wouldn't say I would have guessed I would be here in this position now but uh definitely I wanted to be in this spot uh there were minutes on this match like we'll have the moment at the end of the game he thinks about uh Jeremiah same thing he ended the play early in the game in the fumble I mean great play by the defense of fire how much do you think about that what what how do you how do you think about that play will you replay it come on you know that's past us now you know that game is past us we're looking forward to how we can come up this week coming up and win this game and that's all that really matters you know as a whole as a team everybody has that same mindset that same grit and that same passion so that's all that matters that Murphy 24,000 fourth you guys had some pretty clear motivational factors coming out of Michigan going into Tennessee with three weeks of a lot of talk how do you keep that same kind of mental edge now going with this game or maybe there's more people talking positively without you things like that

3:54:41yeah definitely I would say everyone just keep the same mindset that we had going into where we are now uh we all have a big a big goal in mind and we know what that goal is so whatever it takes to stay focused that's what we're going to do. Awesome work podcast which on the way that you and trade bounced out the work will last week was that sort of the perfect environment of what you guys envisioned a year ago which you started looking at this opportunity. Definitely I would say you know our coaches do such a great job at that and just getting me him and they're in different positions on the field and just trade being the type of player he is you know whoever is on the field you know we're both going to do our job so I'm going forward to it. Tony Gerberman fuck I have it. Trying to do you've got games to focus on I have you thought about what's going to have to do next year where you're going to be. No as a right now I'm just looking forward to this next game and trying to win it all. Any help for Quint John? Kevin Noon. Fuck I hallowed. I know it's looking back we didn't have a chance to ask you what's going through your mind on the first private uh where your first touch on is when the the exchange between you and well we

3:55:43in the ball on your rear end. What's the thought there? I actually thought he was going to pull the ball and I kind of felt it and I just got an instinct so I just kind of grabbed it and just took my best. Any help for Quint John? Quint John thank you. I mean that there's there's always people that's going to be coming in and trying to do what you did in the past so I'm looking forward to it and uh like I said I mean we're just all excited to go out there and keep okay well anyway um the fact that the way that this defense has additions on every level talk about chasing of the people to mine and up a trampoline there you guys have willing into second level and the third level who they to go along with Sean and most of them how much pressure is on this defense to perform to the high level of expectation. Right I would say that last year was you know we we excelled in certain things but we're also trying to get back to where

3:56:46we were in in the past so we got some great additions and we're excited for that ultimately it's to use some of these guys to be the number one defense in the league and that's always going to be the goal so whatever we can do to utilize all the different talent that we have on this team to to be the best and play as a team and to build the best chemistry that we got that's what we're going to do. Yeah we're not used to going against the normal offense I have been the past three years so it's been a lot more moving moving pieces definitely have to use your eyes pretty well because if not then somebody's going to be open but I like what they're doing I'm very excited for it I just know it's making our defense a little bit better because we're having to do different things not just the normal offense we've been used to. I was going to say just because every other team has some variations of that we're going to miss you does that kind of do you think

3:57:50that kind of benefit because you've seen that more than the rest of it? I would say so I mean as the the league has changed over time I think they revert to certain offenses that do well in certain systems and I would say we're taking maybe a little bit pieces from other offense that we we see to do well so I like what we're doing I mean I don't know as much as some of these quarterbacks that we have on the team some of the offensive players but I just know it's tough to go against. Hello sack number last year but still one of the top two scoring defenses what do you guys really need to do to finish after the quarterback? Yeah I would just say place you know heavy emphasis in practice it always is going to start in practice with getting after the quarterback not touch him in practice but you know making some good moves and and I would just say rush rush more I mean there's so much that goes into it goes with the coverage everybody works together I would say that we had we had great numbers but we do we are trying to get that number up

3:58:53but the ultimate goal is always going to be the ball getting the ball taken away getting off the field we're putting our offense out there on the field and we're staying off that means that we're doing a good job. And you already asked about it from my competition standpoint before my electric standpoint having new wins or more we're going to be able to feel what kind of a tree you'll can do for a defense and this guy's limit with this group I do believe we have one of the most talented linebacker core groups and in the league so just excited what we're going to be able to do out there on the field I think we all compliment each other super well bigger guys that are explosive so I'm excited for it. And also I want to take a moment and and thank and show respect for coach fairness and what he's been able to do at Iowa it's unbelievable in some ways it's sad that 11 years has become the exception in college football what but what he's been able to do at the University of Iowa is super impressive and I wanted to congratulate him in all his

3:59:56success so open up to questions. We got first row on your right side. Kenneth Berry touched on the tangent say kind of how's it going good morning coach and all your years you look about at you know the Vanderbilt year where you guys had a wreck of breaking season you look at you you made it to the Rolls-Bull and with St. Juan and everything how close do you feel like this team is and how much do you feel like they mirror the character and the identity of those teams and this being your 11th year in the conference how good is the field seeing the influx of African-American head coaches not only just getting jobs across the landscape but the big 10 pretty much leading all of the conferences with the number of African-American head coaches that are currently present. Yeah I'll answer the second part first you know I love the fact that big 10 the big 10 is one of the leaders in this space I think that sends a very very clear and loud

4:01:03message that people are going to be judged by their work and their production and I think the big 10 is a great example of that obviously something that myself and Mike Loxley and a lot of the guys take a take a ton of pride and have done a ton of work on as well and hopefully that becomes more of the trend across college football as well as the NFL just spent some time the other day with Rahim Morris who's one of my best friends he was the defensive coordinator at Kansas State when I was the offensive coordinator and is now the head coach of the Atlanta Falcons getting a second chance which is also not common so I think that's that's powerful and then you know about our team and maybe some of the similarities to some of the teams that we had of Vanderbilt and over our time at Penn State as well I think it starts with the three gentlemen that we brought with us you know to to this event guys that are experienced guys guys that have had a ton of success on the football field they've handled themselves the right way academically

4:02:08on and off the field and have won a ton of games you know they're guys that embrace that were at a place like Penn State where we've been able to consistently for the most part win 10 to 11 games but that's not the expectation at Penn State they chose Penn State just like I chose Penn State to compete for championships and we embrace that but we are one of the few programs in the country you can win 10 or 11 games and people are unhappy so we embrace that we're excited about those opportunities and it starts for us at West Virginia in Morgantown which is going to be a challenging opening game first row here good morning coach Nick Hamilton nightcast media hey Nick how are you doing good once I ask you about Abdul Carter him changing positions linebacker to defensive and how much do you feel like that will strengthen your defense this season and also how does that placate as far as throughout the locker room as far as taking that type of

4:03:08role being a leader in the locker room yeah so I think first thing is he'll play both we have the flexibility to play him at both positions he's one of the unique athletes and that was playing linebacker 250 pounds and you never know how that transition is going to go playing in space at the linebacker position compared to moving up you know to the line of scrimmage and having to go against offensive tackles he made the adjustment you know pretty quickly and at the end of the day you're talking about one of the more explosive physical athletes in all of college football so we think he's got a chance to make a significant impact week to week we'll decide where he's going to have the most impact for us whether it's on the line of scrimmage at defensive end or in the linebacker position this this spring he's stayed mainly at defensive end to get comfortable with that and then after that we had a really good conversation he's open to doing both that'll also

4:04:12put us in a position where people can't gain playing and know exactly where he's going to be on the defense so we're excited about that but he's just he's really grown up I'm proud of him and his development academically as a as a student athlete as well as a football player and we need him and expect for him to have a huge year for us got a very very close relationship with him and his father and I'm proud of him and excited about what he's going to do this year. On your left side. James Bill Rabinowitz in the Columbus Dispatch. Hey Bill you got Julian Fleming as a transfer from Ohio State. How excited are you to have him? What kind of impact do you expect him to have for receivers unit of it? It wasn't all that exposed question. Yeah he's a veteran guy that's played in this conference he knows what it's all about obviously you know we got a ton of history with him and his family recruited them very heavily out of high school but he's thriving you know he's he's very comfortable he's very confident he really came

4:05:19got on campus like most guys should do kept his mouth shut worked earned everybody's respect through that first and I was really developing into a leader for us. His improvement from the end of spring to now he is healthy and and lean and explosive and fast right now and just from the feedback from the players over to summer has really done a nice job looking all all the metrics and the numbers from our strength staff is isn't a really good position I think he's got a huge chip on his shoulder and excited about the opportunity at Penn State and is really turned into one of the leaders in that wide receiver room so we're happy to have him and expect for him to do some big things for us this year and I appreciate the question. Last year on your right side. Coach Franklin Kyle Goliq Mike Ferrell sports. Hey Kyle. Hey how are you? Good. Hey. Tell Mike I said hi. We'll do. Hey you mentioned earlier about Southern Kyle, Oregon, UCLA, Washington, joining the league.

4:06:26After the 2018 Ohio State game you had your what I refer to as the epic good to great to elite grant. So with these teams coming in where do you feel Penn State stands in the pecking order and a follow-up if you don't feel Penn State's quite additively where do you what do you think the knitney lines have to do to achieve the elite status? Yeah I would describe it as a speech not a rant first of all but no I think you know again back to the comment earlier you're talking about a program that you can win 10 or 11 games and and and people are not happy or satisfied and that's inside the lash building and that's outside the lash building. We totally get that and and embrace that. I think our players understand that when we recruit them our staff understands that when we hire them and as the head coach I embrace all those things as well. I think weekend and week out

4:07:31the big 10 is arguably the best conference in all of college football. I've been fortunate to be a head coach in the SEC as well as the big 10 so I think I got good I got good perspective on that and then like you mentioned adding the four new schools makes it even more challenging so we'll have an opportunity to figure that out and figure that out real quick starting at West Virginia. We're fortunate to play most of those teams that we discussed. We want to play those teams that you discussed both that have been in the conference historically as well as that have been added. For us we got to play our best when our best is needed most in the biggest games at the biggest moments and I think if you look at us specifically last year did some phenomenal things that's the step that we need to take in having a returning start in quarterback obviously helps with that we're a quarterback driven game whether it's in the NFL college or high school and having

4:08:33a returning quarterback at that position that did some phenomenal things I think he was second in touchdown the interception ratio I think he broke the national record in in completions without an interception so did did some phenomenal things and we got a build on that and then I think the pieces that a puzzle around him tight end running back and then receivers been the big question mark really since last year we got a ton of confidence in that room those guys got a huge chip on their shoulder back to the question earlier about the addition of Julian Fleming as well as the guys in that room they've had a great summer and we got a ton of confidence of what they're going to do this year we're going to have to play well early on build confidence and carry that confidence throughout the season coach Franklin thank you so much for your time thank you sir does it really wow like you know it's impressive you know what he said that makes him like I guess it's just natural I got I don't know I just like how do you explain that yeah I mean I don't know scenarios that he chooses to practice doing that whether it's at home in the mirror something you

4:09:37know what I mean I don't know how he visualizes but he just gets it done you know Tyler Reddick here from 2311 Racing another checkered flag for the books time to celebrate with chamba jump in at chamba casino dot com let's chamba no purchase necessary btw crew boy we're prohibited by law ctnc 21 plus sponsored by chamba casino let me do that first drive in the second half when they drive all the way down the field you have that past the flexion and the end zone yeah what what's kind of going through your head I know you want to limit it to three if anything yeah are you limited to zero instead yeah well um just just just tendencies uh going going throughout the week uh being prepared um I kind of had a good feeling uh you know being a work on the field I kind of figured he was going to pick on me so I was high alert all week so do you know the last time that the Cardinals as an organization did not allow a touchdown in three straight home games and I didn't even know that's crazy not yeah I feel like man I just piece to the leaders that we have in our our demons of room and uh they really take this game series and uh I really appreciate that that was 1926 that was the last time

4:10:40that's the Cardinals and I used to it man we don't want to we you got some cooking out here man man I was just playing bar man it's kind of crazy because um games like this when you just leave the field and you're just like wow man like we're just playing bar so I can't even walk you through the play by a play man I was just you know locked in uh the the other guys playing on me today and I don't want to be the weakest league man uh jt was down and me coming in there should be no drop off and it wasn't so man it was crazy but I couldn't stop smiling in the locker room earlier when I found out so uh it's just a real moment man and uh my older guys got me ready for this moment so pass off to them man I bring I bring I bring violence to the game and they bring it with me man so uh I told my group before we went out to the day man we seeing red all day today and uh that's what we did man I had a great game of day feel so good man I'm not going like it's amazing

4:11:42man uh just the preparation we put in throughout the week the way we practice the way we take care of our bodies the way that we meet the way we communicate man it's like it's like it's one heartbeat out there man that's how it and that's how it should be every week I did have my spaghetti today too yeah so yeah I did I told you I got to have every game man right I don't feel the same it's like rabbit fuel man so it's preparation man um the superstitions man the people having for the game is just it's a mental thing at the end of days ball balls always going to be balls so I get the spaghetti they ain't had a pepper flakes for the pomegranate so I just had ranch today yeah but yeah forgetting and ranch man they'd be saying it's nasty but I think it's good yeah so I don't think everybody know it but somebody did ask I recommend you but you can't put too much ranch or too little ranch you gotta have a good proportion on it yeah so ranch on pizza oh ranch on everything ranch on everything if I'm at the house I'm putting ranch on my steak because I can't do that steakhouse but at the house I'm doing it yeah yeah it's like country boy man

4:12:46you know I've done some great things at Ole Miss and I've learned a lot but I think just for me in my third year you know you want to be somewhere like a place like Ohio State like I said great culture great teammates great coaches best players and best friend base so I mean just as far as just being a player you want to be around coaches that that puts you in a position to you know elevate yourself as a player and show more to your game so I think post game cultural Brown will do that just being a all-around back you know like just doing it all really you know not just being running the ball inside the tentacles or an outside like just giving me a ball in the passing game just showcasing everything I can do is play you know I've seen cultural Brown you know what he what he coached I played against Alabama in 2022

4:13:50so I played against him and how he used to make his and I've seen seeing a lot of that being those things and also his career with the Patriots as well so seeing how he's coaching you know as he talking about like his role the role that he sees he went from his offense all right yeah he he's came and he spoke to the team about you know him as a coach who he is and how he plans to involve everyone and what his role is so I think I run tough very elusive fast you know I have vision patience I can make people listen I run you over I can catch you you know it's very different I think just with Tradyon we're kind of uh I don't know how to explain it I would say I would say you know he's good at what he does and I'm good at what I do so yes sir I don't know I think uh just my will you know my will to want to win the determination

4:15:00beginning the end zone and just put my team in came out of high school you have envisioned to your full of appears online you know actually you know I did not you know as as you go through your journey through high school and through college you don't know where you where you'll end up as um I'm just blessed very thankful for everyone that has helped me to get through this you know this uh process to be here and I'm excited this is a positive side of the Trady oil and you go somewhere you have success there but you're able to then kind of another yeah definitely I feel like you know there's many things that are thrown out there as far as when players go into the portal and things that aren't true but you know it's actually more than that players just want to elevate their game and so just you know yeah

4:16:03it was it was crazy you know a lot of a lot of different things that were a lot of different emotions but it's it's it's it's a business so you understand it you know people won't always be happy for the decisions you make when it's best for yourself but like I said I'm just excited to be here and do what I can and I want to know I know definitely not a factor for me I think just me as a player I just played football at the end of the day I go out there and contribute to what I can what I can do for my team you know I did not know that it was this big of a factor you know you always see it on TV when they play games on Saturdays and it's big it's a lot of fans and like I said everybody's passionate but when you're hitting it it's a whole new football game so really exciting did you have to just get past that at all beside the pump to a big 10th school or you know with a part of the country like was that an adjustment no no not really I would say it was probably just only a little cold but but other than that

4:17:09those it was an awesome process I think that wasn't a factor for me I think real however it's a great quarterback you know it's a great player I see he has vision he can use his legs he can also throw as well he's very smart and just looking at his film and what he's doing at Kansas State is awesome it's very good to be in that position because not only will he open it up for you also but he also gives the receiver the chance to you know be able to be in the past it was well it was a big time I've always heard a lot about it but to be here and you see how big it is they got the clock in there with the countdown is serious so I'm excited to be the team up north and that's what we're working for yeah definitely a great player like I said everyone it was come there just this portal class great players from all around the

4:18:13different teams and Caleb personally you know he's done some great things at Alabama I'm excited to have right I think I think when we played a we more so we're trying we had a different fall game plan like we're trying to throw the ball and he's very successful there he's stopping it so I like I'm a Camara Christian McAfry I would say also I like Jimi again that Detroit as well so just those three guys right there I think it's definitely important especially where the game is going with run backs in today's game I think it's overall you have to showcase what you can do not just ask a running back in the back field but also on the in the slot or wherever the coaches

4:19:14put you they have to execute so that's definitely important as well too for me personally that's something you know that's important for me personally but because it's important as like I say like about NIL or or different things that don't pertain to everybody's situation you know it doesn't you know pertain to every single player but a lot of people get that speculation as far as when people want to make certain to see that you're in the portal but you know it's always not yeah you know just through this whole process you know this is my first time ever going through this and like I said many things were said you know just the rumors and all of those things but

4:20:15I think just throughout this process I've learned a lot I'm very thankful for the support I've had for my family because it's throughout this process and just to end up here at Ohio State it's been awesome I wouldn't say that I think it's just more so you know just the whole thing like I would say just do it that's what's important I have and I recently just got here so I haven't found too much like different places yet because I've been trying to move in and be acclimated but I'll for sure for us a couple spots what are your impressions of will I mean I know that stand you're gonna have a backfield potentially translate running back translate portal back at some of you guys talked about him I mean through this pretty not recruiting process but transfer uh yeah I mean when I got here you know me and will we've always been in contact you know I could

4:21:16just check on each other hanging out no matter what it is just having that personal connection with each other off the field and having that relationship so it's a great time like I said like I think with the time that I was in the portal it was such a shorter amount of time in the process so I think you know uh just trying to decide on where I wanted to go I wasn't really focused on contacting you but nobody wants but I've never been so yeah uh when everything I agree I think you know when everything's moving so fast you have to

4:22:18stay poised as a player and focus on the things that matter and that'll put you in the best position and I think um that's what it's really about for me in my process yeah you know that definitely plays a factor especially in today's game with uh by standing up on the backs and so I think that you know with them like I said the situation here just me being able to come here and contribute to this team and do what I can when it all which I you mentioned you know like I said any way that I can contribute to the team and do what I can show and execute that's what matters and as what he carries up there too you like that and do you think it's that part of the term you know you said from the outside to the other team yeah and not just that team as well it's many other teams that do the same thing you know and um I think it's just really special

4:23:22that what they've done together just seeing how they play together how far they come and see themselves really special you see and not just that but how much I'm going to carry the day in times last year having a quarterback that can run or two running bags and then is that how much does that expect you to have a factor with that option on the hook and it's very exciting just to know we have so many weapons and so many different ways to win the game so it's very exciting and I'm looking forward to it for sure I don't think it's something that you more so just specifically think of but I think it's something that's important in today's game that has to be valued as well did you feel like you were overused at Ole Miss? How would you describe it? I wouldn't really say overused I don't I don't think that's the word I think you know just when you're playing you don't focus on those different type of things but um you know like I say you don't really talk about it there there was much made though about used to play the

4:24:23having a meeting with Coach Kipney or something about the direction of the offense how much of that was true I'm not gonna say it was any of that true or just you know what was that all about? No just rumors yeah but I gotta say man a lot a lot like a lot of people they won't be happy when you make certain decisions for yourself but yeah just a sign of being in it did you enter it thinking Ohio State I just walked up here a second ago that probably went all over this but when did Ohio State get on your radar? Immediately when I got in the portal you know what what I think like I say this is the place that you want to go to you know a place where everyone's passionate and everyone wants to win here you know and it's a great culture and everyone is focused and doubted and and to do something that's bigger than themselves you know why wouldn't you want to do something like that? Love people saying you attribute on the same backfield and even have them down and there this might be the best

4:25:25running back for you some in the country. Do you feel that way also a lot? Definitely. I feel like you know with everyone in our room they contribute in their own way and everyone is a great player in our room so I definitely agree. I just want to go up something down and it wasn't just a problem. Yeah I think more so for me it wasn't about like this is where I want to go immediately but I think that I wanted to make my process pretty short especially when I got in at a later time because I had to be enrolled in school so I think just more so just figuring out where I wanted to go and you know making that decision so it's possible just like I say the meeting it's what caused day everything that I was showcased this is just a place that you want to be sure. Two quickies of the name Quinchon. What works that company? That was a big hand for my parents. Yeah I know but I mean what is there a background but I really don't know I've never asked my parents that question actually.

4:26:30Yeah and then number two is a hairstyle. What's that? I came up with this hairstyle in March of last year so I just decided one day I was like okay I wanted to have one so I just went with it. I got a lot of great company so I can't give it the same way. Blounts get more, Blounts have more fun or have more fun. I'll see you in more minutes. You know I embrace it well you know that's what everyone here works hard for and that is the end goal you know it's not to get a certain amount of wins but that's the goal that's what everyone here for to win the National Championship so I take it seriously everyone here is all in you know whatever it takes to get that in that's what everyone's trying to do.

4:27:48You know you don't focus on all things like I say the most important thing is playing football especially for me you know the NIL that was that wasn't like you know something that I was focusing on you know I was just going out there playing football and doing what I did. You know I think just more so the situation here like I said just coming here being not only with trade but just great players all around and being able to execute and contribute to the team and do what I can to help us win that was the most important thing. Was there any thought about like you know making some shred off your tires like knowing that you have had something carries in first two years? I think just like I said like in today's game that's something that is important for running back you know to be able to value and to think about as far as the shelf life and things like that but you know just in my situation come here that was the most important thing. What's wrong thank you thank you very much. The pig mentality of problem of instant ratification you know you can develop and grow

4:28:53so and sometimes you may be a and behind a guy that's a really good player is nothing wrong with developing and growing and playing when your time is right and if the time is right right now as a freshman like what's your name did you play early you know so we try to also sell that you know we care about him as people and try to prepare you for life after football so it's bigger than just football going to prepare you for life whether it's the NFL or on with a regular career in the in the workforce we want you to prepare he has a young man and we try to sell that and preach that to the parents. With domain having that in fact you mentioned rolling all these different spots do you anticipate you know there wasn't a lot of rotation among the cornerbacks last year when everyone was healthy do you anticipate maybe rolling him through the rough guys here with the longer season potentially? Yeah we play it by here you know I mean we see high goals by the time we get in the camp but you know obviously he's earning his stripes so you know I mean when you earn your stripes you know a lot of job to create opportunities for you you know I mean we have to see how it goes with all that other stuff you know once we get closer to the season and we're getting the game plan stuff

4:29:54but he's doing a great job and he's and he's taking a great step forward. Tyler Reddick here from 2311 Racing victory lane yeah it's even better with Jamba by my side race to chumpacacino.com let's chamba no purchase necessary VTW group voidwork prohibited by law CT and C's 21 plus sponsored by chumpacacino No it's been there for a while I've been doing that for a long time it's all about relationship if you develop real relationship and you're authentic in your communication and you have honest feedback and you have you know direct teaching the guys that have valuing character and they appreciate that stuff they're embrace that so but they have to know you care and you have to know that it's real and they have to know that you you're really concerned about there where being as a

4:30:55young man and when you get close to him it's been a lot of time with him off the field you could coach him hard and you can and you can you can say truthful things to him and then they'll embrace it and you have real conversation because you know the only goal is to help them get better as a young man yeah it's them balanced up a little bit now that goes with great competition we have the we go against the best receivers in college football so that helps escalate your growth process because if you don't figure it out real fast you're getting embarrassed so that competition but what happened with that I guys start competing I guys start growing I guys got better and I was even up a little bit so where you get really good work at practice today you know I mean so it's competitive it's fun those guys both on both sides of all care about each other so it's great competition and they all real close so you know I mean it's that stuff that gets us better that

4:31:56will prepare for Saturday no it's just it's gonna competitive man they got the best group in the country that you're going against every day so you have to bring it every day you know I mean so they they we got a great quarterback room we got a great receiver room running backs are really good so when you out there going against them it's deep so you have to be ready for it and obviously man we're seeing a lot of good stuff with with with stay in coach Kelly doing over there and so it prepares you a lot and it helps us grow yeah all that's because you know that's what you get better our shop is our so you know you get to see that every day of practice that helps you grow it's no better uh thing to go against every day then to see that on a daily

4:32:56basis we're just moving a lot of guys around we watch that practice we have a lot of guys in there right now you know we pop out there are four different guys in there obviously Lorenzo's in their germane is in their Caleb miles we have we have about four or five guys moving around right now we just try things out in spring ball see what a fit you know see what things work together so let's go probably some more guys in there you know we move it around to try to just get the right fit throughout the N and C how it goes by time we get ready start the season he can run any strong you know I mean he's fast very serious about his business he's big it's 200 pounds he can run he's strong he's conscientious not me and he's starting to grow and he's starting to get get better with it you know I mean so we look for big things for him to spring keep competing you know me now he's made the the transition um competing today you know I mean start going in that transition is all just like I'm in germane last year you throw them in the fire you let them go you compete you go by time we get out of the end of training camp you'll be them figured out

4:33:58yeah I want that but now you just throw it all at them compete continuing to grow continue to learn he has the skill set he has to length now you just got to put it all together and it takes time to do that um and hopefully you see that by time we get in the training camp seems like midway through springing kind of click for germane last year and you start to see and perform a little better in practice is that like a benchmark for where you want to be by the middle of spring does he have to be at a certain point where you want it to start clicking yeah by time you start getting about two weeks from now that last week you know because it takes time because there's a lot of stuff going on but you know by time you get into that last week of spring ball you you look to start seeing the things that you look for show up and then you know you get another evaluation again we'll get into training camp see if this stuff carried on to make sure we go up for starting in September what's your assessment of growth that he's made now that he's kind of got his feet under one defense and what do you like about him and that knuckles? he's very conscientious he's smart he can run he's tough um he's made the adjustment because he's out of Europe on his belt so now you can see he's not making a lot of mistakes he competes he's

4:34:59real conscientious and uh and he has a physical presence so the growth has been really good and we look to continue that uh throughout spring coach thank you very much but i can ask one more all the guys that came back like uh it's Denzel's a great example because that surprised you as you reflect on all these guys that came back late to land so they could have turned pro no the the the culture here is real uh coach day does a great job of building the culture um our room is close knit the guys on defense are real close those guys want to come back they have an agenda you know we want to come back they want to come back and and and and and and walk away with something so um it didn't shock me uh but but it's a good environment for them too you know i mean that's when you see those guys come back that's a testimony to the the the culture that's set here their brotherhood the environment and i coach day he runs the program for those dudes don't want to come back because we go at it it's hard it's not easy it's not easy but what what we do so the fact they come back and do that is a testament to how he runs the program thank you very much um i think my

4:36:01capability what i'm capable of and then like the personnel we have uh like i said i'm going to try and get the best level on the field uh whatever that may be so you're still trying to figure that out just like that the conversation was about it may have been hard for you to keep your weight down the stage uh do you look bigger how much have you changed physically are you allowed to just like finally eat now what's i mean last year i was eating regular like i was like two thirty to two thirty five the whole year last year i don't know if people thought i was two twenty five but i was like two thirty five sometimes last year like so it's just it's not really like anything changed you know obviously i'm a graduate against more weight you know i'm listening heavier weight uh it was different training to be a db than training to be a linebacker so you couldn't graduate with a little bigger do you are you embracing that different kind of training do you like yeah i love it i love to be with the linebackers uh i think with the dbs like sometimes in the especially in the weight room like i was expected to win so like when i won it was like all of sanny won but that was the linebacker now it's like it's more of a composition you know i'm saying

4:37:04not like not any hits of the dbs i'm i'm i'm two thirty going against someone who's two or five right what you know i'm saying so i'm expecting to win so i love the competition aspect of it yeah Cody said you came in it was like well he's already bigger than most of the linebackers see where you playing will and sim on how are some positions uh i've been working on both yes okay is there any like a little difference between the two in terms of i mean obviously the sanny more outside the box outside linebacker overhang uh you can be walked up on the edge on the tight end uh wills more inside the box uh i think the biggest difference from sam and will sam you just got to be more outsized sometime during the slot with two you know but i think it's similar concept because you just do the same thing in the boundary it's almost more like the samfers to the field and wills at the boundary so i think it's pretty similar honestly only difference is that sam last year i never really was an interior run fitter like in the a gap you know going a to b or whatever that whatever that might be so that's a little different but i mean i think i got some of that uh experience at safety just from a few yards back

4:38:09so like i said the only difference really is now just adjusting to the less time yeah coach most of you coming from where you coming from you have a better perspective of what's going on because you played safe yeah yeah i i feel like i have a great understanding of the defense um i think i safely i kind of already knew what the linebacks are doing so now what i'm really starting to learn is like exactly like every little detail with the these lines doing that's not really what i didn't know every little aspect of it i think i'm starting to learn that now because obviously linebacker got to be uh knowing that more so i i think when it's all said no i think i have a really really really good understanding of the defense and knowing exactly what everyone's doing you feel like you're uh warm enough they're more in the mix of the defense too and that linebackers have something that you can be dropping one minute pass russia that you are being uh yeah actually i think you can say it'll be in our linebacker in the play you're almost in every play yeah obviously the play can run away from you but you know the safety sometimes you're just back there playing every guest you take two two back pedals and it's a tackle so i think yeah linebacker you're in the play more more chance more opportunities to make

4:39:10tackles yeah i feel super comfortable with it like i say i think it's just gonna be adjustment you know obviously it's different playing from uh five than it was from playing from like 10 last year so i think it's an adjustment but uh i'm super comfortable with it oh yeah we watch uh we watch the table all the time uh watch practice you know he he was a high level linebacker you know i'm just getting started with this uh he gets a little shit with a little footwork and stuff like that but it's good i get good teaching him you know obviously coastal reunite is great player great teaching for him coach knows you know he's a super smart uh football mind so i'm getting great teaching all around linebacker everything happens quicker for you how much did the experience playing some of that sandwiched up rice you're helping with this um i think it helped a little bit let's just be like in terms of physicality like being in the box now down on the line but uh i do think uh the the run fit as as a will and the same can be a little different like

4:40:13in terms like i said like being an interior fitter like your 30 backer when a you get pools like you're gonna go spill it so things like that but i think i'm adjusting well i think i'm picking up on stuff pretty fast you know there's still going to be a lot of stuff to work on though yeah do you feel more pressure talking to the media with your brother sitting right there not at all what do you think has been the biggest change from linebacker safety i think the biggest change will probably be that that's 10 to 5 because it's a big adjustment because everything's happening faster and you got to react faster and like i said the waste the movement so i think footwork is huge i think you see the great linebackers soon to play happens are going they're not taking any wasted steps or not fall stepping things like that so i think wasting waste the movement and being able to see what's happening reacting fast it's been the biggest benefit of being on the same team with your brother um i mean you know you got someone out there that's uh it's more than a teammate you know how we call each other brothers but you know bloods bloods a little thicker so that's always pretty cool

4:41:17you know it's always it's never one on one yeah i think when you're blood like that i think uh he's not scared to tell me the truth you know saying you know obviously guys here we we have tough love but i think it's always going to be a little different when it's your brother because he's going to keep it 100% blood exactly what you need to hear now what you want to hear what's your advice on playing Dickel? oh for him yeah um i mean he just so i've let it he just keep trusting his instincts no i think he's going to be great uh that i think what's huge for him is like i said the athletic ability speed you know he blitz off the edge he's we he blitz and super fast and he's just great in covers too so i think it's going to be really good i think we'll be able to do a lot of different things kind of like you see a handcock obviously a little different body than a handcock but i think he's going to be really good at once a step on that feel he's needs he's needs his time thank you great good what have you seen for jade

4:42:18in his time we saw him on Saturday running with the ones with the two seems like he's making a little bit of his opportunity with what have you seen for him? yeah he's been a guy that's been on the rise you know to me from where he was when he started spring ball to where he is now he's made more plays at practice his eye discipline is better his understanding of the defense is better which allows you to be able to play free and be able to play fast so that's what i've seen so far and i can expect that to continue he's been great he's been great he first off we do a thing where we track how well you run to the ball every practice one of the things that we grade right so you can talk about all the schematics that you want coach knows has all that but if you're not running to the ball you're not playing good defense right so we track that and he's one of the guys that every single practice is one of our highest grade guys run into the ball so he's been awesome from an effort standpoint first attitude he's in early he puts the work in and he's made a bunch of plays out here so now i'm excited about jaylen McLean for sure we're talking about running to the ball do you mean like he's ball walking really well in the back end or is it a nose with the football running game or both yeah so we're really tracking effort and how hard a guy's playing

4:43:21from there is what we do but i would say this too he's been around the ball a lot right with his alley running and he's downing the ball and on a breakthrough run or fitting gaps things like that and then he's got really good range in the post for the half-two so he's done a good job of of both of those things i guess all the above yeah i do i do and you know it's been an opportunity for you have a couple guys that are out there so you're able to continue to grow the depth and be able to see what guys can do and you have increased reps from that standpoint so i do feel confident you know i feel confident in the guys that you know how they've performed so far the spring and the guys that haven't been out there i feel confident from what their abilities are what i've seen on film and then the mental preparation from that standpoint now i would go back to refer to you know what latin was like a couple years ago and taking that same blueprint yeah he's done i would say the mental side i would say if you took he has really good physical skills you see him when he walks on the field i mean he's

4:44:22a yeah no doubt um i would say the mental side of the game right really understanding what's the defense what's my eye progression where do i fit into this chess piece you know what what's my chess piece in this whole match that's happening and uh yeah i've been pleased with him and he's putting the work in to to make sure he understands what's going on as a coach what is it like working with i would say we're not say it's great right and uh because his preparation is so high level it challenges you as a coach to be an elite teacher right because he's going to be on his game it's like coaching a professional player right he understands the concepts in the game so well he's put so much time into it as a coach you better be matching or equaling that right going above and beyond that because if not he's going to be a step ahead of the coach right so that's uh it's been awesome to be able to push each other to make each other better um he's got a great understanding and feel for the game he's a great young man the work ethic

4:45:23is really high level so every value that you would look for not just for a skill or entangible seeing that but who he is the person i can't say enough about who Caleb Downs is it's been awesome what's the next step for me to wait a minute we'll talk about the preparation that Caleb has hmm yep yeah i think i think uh leadership is definitely something right he's a guy that's been there done that um has accomplished a lot but not the goals that he wants to yet so i would say from a leadership standpoint holding guys accountable and he's done that at a really high level um and then his own preparation i've been impressed with uh you know if you're not taking as many physical reps one of the mental reps that you're taking and he's done a really good job of having daily routine putting the time in making sure that he's caught up with me with everything so i would say the off the field stuff is uh you know a step in the right direction what did you what did you take away from your experience live here as a coach for me or that since we last saw you that you've been through multiple spring practices you're like what did you learn

4:46:26something in your time or whether it's just for you as a coach that you brought here to bring the safety mission yeah um i think that you learn different ways to be able to do things whether it's taking the ball away or tackling methods or you know the way that it's taught from other defensive coaches so to learn from a different tree and thought process and philosophy you know i try to i pride myself on being a teacher um which means that you better always be learning right are you getting behind so i would say yeah just different ways to be able to maybe do similar techniques or things that have to be done from a defensive principle standpoint and then you know bringing that to the table as you step back and you say okay here's how i've always done it or i've done it in the the gymnol system right and then you're in a different defensive system and how to how does that get executed and then uh you can blend some of those or pick what you know what you like from there so a chance to reflect that say did you feel like you accomplished what you wanted to away from the gymnol system to bring it back to the gymnol system yeah i mean i think anytime that you're no matter where you're coaching right you have principles of defense and

4:47:27a way to be able to play defense whether you're how you tackle how you play the red zone or different things like that and there's metrics to be able to track that and some improvement was made not enough of my opinion you know i'm moving there were strides from from that standpoint and then yeah when you come back into it you say okay the system here has developed in a year that i was gone right and then maybe i'm able to develop a little bit as a coach to and from a positional coach or a coordinator mindset things like that and then you're able to mesh ideas and come back and you learn hey what's the new that's happened over a year and then i was able to see the big 10 from a different lens as well you know so i think that's valuable man last question down a few safeties on Saturday kind of how do you feel about your depth of that position right now yeah it's something that um you know we've we've addressed and say hey here's the guys that have played here's the guys that haven't played who's taking the reps right now and how do we grow those guys you know me from mass standpoint so i think that's a a worker progress every single day so i've been pleased with the guys i think there's been a um on the you know steadily on the rise approach from everybody in the room you know so i've been pleased with the guys in the progress that they've made

4:48:29so i feel good about it and i expect that to continue throughout spring and then continue throughout summer and into fall camp you know from that standpoint yep or some of those guys and they haven't played much here but you're seeing they gonna move this spring yeah um jayden bonds is taking advantage of the opportunity that he's had jell and the claims taking an opportunity you know i've managed the opportunity in key had a really good day today you know it's taking advantage of the opportunity so the guys that you know have taking reps you know i'm pleased with watching those guys you know continue to progress you know and the Caleb i think is you know learned our system and and done really well and gotten better every day all right man thank you thanks appreciate it guys coach day's offense and chip kelly's offense is the same offense is it's kind of neat going back to the roots in the origin maybe understanding a new twist or why he called it how we did um and it's been great for the titans i'll leave it at that not to get too much in the scheme but we've definitely benefited and me personally learning every day do you look at the i guess what's it been experience for you dude it's actually uh

4:49:31coach compared to other years where you can see intensity like what you're talking about yeah i think uh you know awesome that's a great question i hope not right i think i think the energy was still there with a guy like k now again it might have been like i said earlier also it might have been you know the the three thousand level course with with Kate because he's ran that play for four years before i got him um right now it still might be the what do i got to do um and yeah now i mean i hope the guys feel that the energy's picked up because the urgency has i mean eight number eight's not in the room anymore great we're we're gonna play somebody in a couple months right and there's got to be a tie-down out there hopefully it's two hopefully three tie-downs out there so hopefully they feel the urgency's picked up next one better guy next one behind that's like does that mean you have to provide

4:50:33yeah i don't know i'm not gonna put it all on you right hey it's cold swindle and when i spend 200 days a year rolling down the highway the bus can start to feel smaller than a guitar case everyone wonders how i stay chill while the hours crawl by truth is one good luck spend on chamba and suddenly the trip does a whole lot shorter finding your space even when there is a much despair need some chill let's chamba no purchase necessary bgw group void were prohibited by law 21 plus TNC supply sponsored by chamba casino but again the leaders drive the culture now whether it be g or whether it be pat and who's been here for a long time and played a lot of football or whether it be will came in and say no this is what it should look like i mean i want those guys that take it around with it you know on saturdays i'm in the box i'm not i'm not i'm not cutting off the sea gap it's got to come from them now again my job is it coaches to make them here things they don't want to hear you know pushing to do things they don't want to do so i'm certainly going to do that at times and i'll keep doing it but they've done a great job of driving the culture do you and you were in the room with Kevin was in the office of eating room for

4:51:36so many years uh this this having chip kind of gets you guys back to where you guys were with Kevin i know that the room has an offensive staff you guys were kind of young last year and now to have chip with that experience is that kind of like what you guys have with Kevin you know some similarities and i think uh the comparison is that the we're talking about Kevin was and should kelly are two of the brightest you know minds and offensive football i'm in the last several decades so i think there's some similarities there but yeah i i i think it's a allowing coach day maybe to delegate you know to coach kelly and let him be the best version of himself and coach kelly's and uh an awesome leader right of driving us and listening and i'm on providing input so it's been great i don't know if it's exactly like it was with coach Wilson but it feels great however it is right now you know i don't i don't remember exactly what you know the expectation was he was going to help contribute um and certainly we wanted him to contribute from the jump and keep

4:52:36him in there contributing the game kind of uh started off uh uh you know not ideal and we had Kate in there and uh uh you know that was his last game as a buckeye so we felt comfortable riding out with him but i think jelani and everyone else is kind of focused going forward especially did you if you guys see him going through that during the the bull prep that was a step forward at all yeah oh yeah yeah he's definitely takes that forward for sure if you are painting an ideal situation for what does the depth look like in terms of how many guys you trust i think i got six seats in there so six of the toughest dudes on the team i'm not trying to just give you the coach speak but i mean however it shakes out hopefully we could play 13% or 14% now and i got guys out there that are going to go uh uh reach them happy but i don't know they're they're gonna make that sort of out right now i'm worried about whatever Thursday's practice i mean the toughest dudes on the field are you seeing enough of that just feel comfortable saying that that can happen by yeah yeah i mean we're taking strides we'll see about the end of spring and then hopefully fall camp it's a it's a long ways away from wherever we play week one yeah it's been great it's been great

4:53:45uh pump return kick return and uh again to coach other positions too right i mean i mean special teams comes down to a technique and effort right and that's the ultimate test of the brotherhood and no one no one signed up to be a buckeye to be on pump return did want to be first round this first round that so it's been awesome and involved in it oh yeah yeah we're working quite a few guys back there we we got some options so yeah we fun I mean he had more time right just because we have that whole month of kind of December for development and uh you know the bull preps a lot like spring ball and that he has those three or four weeks you know uh to get the reps he wasn't getting during the year because kade was taking it right i think good i think it just shows that you know next man in we trust you fully kade couldn't go no one better than i was g then it was pat

4:54:50period we call their offense there's no modified offense or anything like that so to put our trust in him then he went out and made a lot of plays and both this gets played really well i think that helps the confidence for him and awesome really good when you look at when you look at gene now do you and this may be a prestigious question lady but do you see a tight end man you're still what i'm saying from a couple years ago i'm a years ago he was a you know he moved over from wide receiver and all this kind of what we just jumped out at you about what he brings with the tight end spot i guess yeah i know what you're asking too i yeah i promise you i never like he's in the tight end where i didn't say oh but he's a receiver playing tight end he's a tight end yeah he's a tight end so easy to be greater like a tight end treat it like it so i never really but like kade would talk about when they you know first made the move you want to you want to get this got some confidence playing tight in uh meaning i'm not gonna say it gets lesser opponents but having some success out there you know like in the run game of the blocking aspect of things and stuff and he seems to progress big time from that i mean do you feel that way too oh yeah oh yeah he's got way better and again that practices he's on the left side he's against jt if he's on the right

4:55:53side he's against jack so i mean there's no this is Ohio state you're you're playing against the best every day so yeah he's definitely progress do you think that collaborative effort you guys are having a special team do you think that's benefiting you guys in terms of just how you're coaching that day the team yeah i think so dan as you know as far as ownership goes right like i mean i'm not saying i wasn't invested last year but shoot i'm pumped return kick return i i mean that's that's coach hardline and i's product out there and if there's not tight ends all over those units and they're not gonna play tight end in a high state and i bet your hardline feels the same way about the receiver so as far as the buy-in from the staff heck yeah heck yeah for me at least speaking for myself when cook when cook state broke that up what did you think about that change and number two what is he told you he wants that he wasn't getting from a special team two years ago no he never he never told me anything about last year it was all about okay how can we be this is again Ohio state yeah whatever the janitorial staff supposed to be the best in the country the tight end coach better be the best dynamic in the country same thing with quarterbacks same thing with pumper turn coach on the pumper turn coach i should be the best one in the country so i got to work with coach hardline and coach keys and everyone else learn in this game and techniques

4:56:57and now we got to put on the field you find yourself studying punt return like NFL teams things like that i mean how are you how are you doing your prep work oh yeah yeah yeah coach hard coach keys thanks gunner and i i mean we bought yourself in a room for a week there and i don't think i did any offense no yeah there's no starting from scratch day i mean it's it's all ball and that's the that's the coolest thing about special teams is if you're on special teams it's going to make you better tie down as you being a better db you're running back and it's like the technique and everything like that i think i had pretty pretty fair foundation and then maybe some tweaks and you know kind of we have to decide what our identity is going this season yeah what do you think yeah i think i think he proved it on special teams because he played on special teams before we played offense um and then just just reps up practice again against

4:57:57blocking the best linebackers in the country it doesn't matter if you're a five star or if you're a walk on uh but to that point i think sometimes there's a mentality of oh but he's just a walk on that does not exist with Pat it's went out the window to start he's when she started playing oh yeah oh yeah they know i think everyone in my room knows and you know guys i talked to on the recruiting trail cade went down and there was g and then pat was right in i didn't bad and i i'm going to put the toughest dude out there who goes the hardest right i don't i don't care if you're from oh oh your dad's a buck i if you're a walk on or a five star whatever should help us win you know yeah we can i mean with max and toe it's face times and it's encourage you gonna get here and watch practice so that when they get here right out your graduation um we could hit the ground running but yeah as much prep work as we could do on the front end with you know sending them tip sheets and that's what i think we're technology nowadays

4:59:01like i mean covid we had to do it so yeah we could get to work right now two more questions folks the with the special teams question the collaboration that you guys have it's three people in one room like how does that work semantically where you guys are all putting your heads together to get one idea just how does that play out in the room together yeah i mean luckily i mean it's coach heart and i and i mean that guy we worked every we see each other every day for the last eight years and luckily i worked four years with him so that's so organic heart and i just kind of bounce each other thoughts off each other we can read each other's minds by now i think that's how close we are so um it's really organic in there and then coach keys does a great job of kind of setting the direction uh giving us some uh expertise and we just kind of have a flow off each other okay i've seen the guys react to that so you're coaching but that's how she teams yeah i think i i think they like it because like the accountability again if my tight ends aren't on point return or take a drink they're not playing tight end and they know that so i think across the board it gives us a platform to coach other positions in a time when print transport is so big and the guy like jeek probably could have left multiple times if you wanted to what does that do

5:00:03for the room to have a guy who's a leader have just so set that's like i want to stay here i want to stay here and make an impact as he goes yeah i think it speaks volumes you hit the nail in the head not just for jeep but for the brotherhood i know it sounds cliche and people read it on twitter and kind of roll the rise of brotherhood it's why did think the entire defense came back for the brotherhood we got two goals here we haven't done them since she's been here he hasn't hit his two goals so he stayed for the brotherhood so i think it speaks volumes for jeez a leader in the room but also i mean you look around our roster how many guys could have either left for other opportunities in the portal or in the NFL so i think it speaks volumes to the brotherhood is it is it different at tight end with the transfer portal maybe because for some positions it's such a development position at tight end where you have to develop run blocking and you have to learn the passing game like is it different trying to keep kids around maybe in the portal area at tight end yeah maybe it is and i haven't i've really thought about that because it's still so new i think you got to be so honest in recruiting right if you think i'm going to walk into a living room and say come be my starting tight end actually you're crazy you're crazy now come prepared and get

5:01:05to work before you get here and you know i'm going to give you the opportunity to again i do a question earlier i don't care if it's a senior or a true freshman if you could play you could play period i can't wait give me a true freshman you could play tight end this is a Ohio State you get a block jack and jt and then your dog tired next play you're getting covered by gallons and latin and all those guys you kidding me is this NFL no it's a Ohio State right so yeah i think it's a little bit different but you got to be honest on the front end kina thank you very much thanks guys thanks coach thank you they're just you know circling back the way ahead natural maturation a little bit because he's been through a little bit of spring boys been through a little bit of camps so you're still learning to terminology you're learning new skill set but he just dove right in and wanted to be a sponge and wanted to learn he's doing a good job and he's improving every day you know so that's what's making the battle and the competition all these graded snaps really you know good for us is because they all have that mindset so from Seth awesome the unit in the group awesome because

5:02:06there was no combativeness to it it was let's get in let's go on this compete and then let the guys win just learning the same deal young guys you coming you got to learn how to play in friction so having you know three tech having a two i having those guys like right in front of you that every time you take one of those reps and you're out of your base or you're in your base you feel the good you feel the bad so being more consistent that way you know you can't make moves or shift guys if they're not mentally there and so for him he's got a pretty good football fq so he's continue he's growing every day he's working and he's getting beat every day too and he's learning from those you know so in the springtime you know we have saying in our room we're like in the spring it's yes and it's no and I know it's KNOW why didn't the rep work what happened and how do I make sure I don't repeat the same mistake and so whether he's coming in and watching the tape on his own and then come with questions he's grabbing me and watching tape with me or we're coming doing stuff as a unit he's learning so that same deal the game can slow down and he gets more comfortable

5:03:06there in friction so I mean he's his weights up his strengths up he's spending all season with Mick you know there's a lot of development that still has to be had obviously not a finished product but being able mentally for a guy to handle that you know helps a lot are there any good? Luke a leaner guy did you tell him that he paid you to say that? that might be the first time he ever heard that in his life no no you know like Luke Carson whoever maybe that that jump of 18 to 19 to 19 to 20 year old kid that plays a lot into it too being in a full year with Mick I mean all those guys you coming to mid you're like your Devo and Dion and Ian more right now you're keeping your head above water that's your whole first year now you can actually get and we can sit so when you sit and talk about

5:04:10a jam combo or a lock or whatever the call may be to Luke he registers that and not like something new because then there's paralysis by analysis so I think the middle part on top of another year natural maturity of getting bigger and stronger that's always going to help you are not going to guys here they're not going to regress it's going to keep adding progress and how fast can we get that going is what we're working on every day with him Josh said that he would have been all-guarded to this point and Coach Day has mentioned this several times that Josh could play guard too and you guys are trying to work through that fire he's I mean Josh could play off five I mean he snapped the ball in high school you know Josh had a great offseason but for you when you're going to your spring and it's fact-finding and experimentation how much do you want to just put them in different spots or not because you also have an eye on August to try and settle on five minute rotation what's the balance of that for you you have to get a really good gradeable set so that everybody has numbers of you know just like we said before how many times have we done a run blocking or pass blocking

5:05:13this situation so that that all evens out so that's the it's not experimentation it's just making sure that you get a good book of work to look at and grade that so as we you know work guys around the platoons and go just to make sure that everybody gets good gradeable reps so we can sit back by the end of spring and say all right this is you're comparing apples to apples and oranges oranges and not you know apples to oranges because it's completely different that way so that's kind of the thought behind that as you as you're going through the spring when you got here a couple years ago because of that you got to hold you two years from now to Kelly you're going to be here as office employee what would you say? not laughed you know but then I said you know it's college football so who knows right? what's that been like I'm sure you're enjoying it what's it been like? yeah I mean he just added to another piece of just good people here I mean you still you're coming to work here with guys every day you know with the kids we talk about a ton but then for us his coach is a staff so adding just another good dude that's in the room obviously as he says something and you know he might speak in old terms or terms that we had you know maybe be a

5:06:15little bit of a rosetta stone like no no this is this he's like yeah that's right because that happens to all coaches that happen to me when we got here first I was at what coach day some time what Ryan is like you know what do we call this because he was in a system like that before he saw this is this now so I think just the you know translation of a rosetta stone there help but just overall standpoint of adding a great guy that's a great coach that's been around that's he's going to supplement the room and every time you add something new to the room then that makes the room better it makes you individually better oh look how he does that maybe I could do that maybe I could bring that to my meeting room maybe I can bring that to communication to the staff or to the kids or whatever it's because he's he's done it for a long time and he's done a high level for a long time so it's good to add that guy to us and then continue as us to rest the staff for me and Brian and key and and and everybody just learning and growing with that what does he bring from a talent standpoint does he see things sometimes if others don't see I mean does he I mean what does he kind of brings from the chalkboard aspect

5:07:19well I mean what you're saying so what does he see it's good to have fresh eyes come in that maybe you know you get in a routine and you get in a rhythm and then all of a sudden they look for like certain aspects of like the running game it's like a football you know he's one of those guys that I think goes into categories forgotten a lot of football and some people have learned in their life but no his he I believe he coached every position on the field both sides of the ball through his whole career so as he looks up and he writes when he's talking about well this will linebacker's going to do that then he might have coached that at Columbia right or this is what the three-text going to read on a down block of a tackle because he's coached the offensive line and he's been a coordinator for a long time so just a really good vision of big picture understanding and you know the next step and not just being right now yeah

5:08:23if you know she think different about tech what do you see about tech yeah he's competing his butt off I mean he's kind of living that way you know that's why we have that the the the red line over there when you cross the line you know coach they talk about that here like that it's it's the game doesn't care you're off the field you got to come out and step out and do your job it doesn't care about anything off the field right that can sound really negative and harsh but then it also if you just spin your tone like isn't it beautiful that the game doesn't care it doesn't care your skin color your socioeconomic background where you've come from if you just want to do it the right way in the 53 and a third the game will love you back you know and so I think it's the approach mentally the guys take that way so yeah for Tegrit he's he's taking that approach like he he wants to come in and be a guy so he's fighting and clawing and scratching every day so when he makes a mistake he's trying to correct it when he does it well he's trying to enhance it and that's what competitive people do and that's what he's showed up to do so I you know that's good that he said that what's his comment on the field been like as a center it is that difficult when you're

5:09:27coming into a new offensive line to have that or is there something made about the center position if you've been experienced at it like he has where you kind of have that I guess command on field over with any offensive line starts to say it over it start over again you're saying the comfort of center with who now okay yeah I'm saying like how has his command of the field been and hasn't been difficult I guess to adjust for him if he's to have a certain level of on field command you know at that center yeah I mean if the on command is just great communication getting everybody on same page yes having a bunch of banked reps helps but then when you do come into a new offense just like we talked you know chip a little bit earlier you know he might have called it yellow and we call it green or something I don't just make it stuff up but the transition of that in your head to get going with that but yeah the comfort of having a ball in your hand having a guy I mean you talk about acclimatization of football like play one handed and have you know tie leak this far from your face you better have command of something you know and so you got to

5:10:27understand the communication and the technique and those things there so yeah I think him coming into a new place the game's not as fast as it probably would be for a younger guy but also there's mistakes there that he can learn from and grow from and in the same day he's you know the one thing we're not having concerns with or we're not driving right now is the guys just competing and trying to get better after a mistake or like we said with Tigray enhancing as they've done some stuff really well and he's he's adapted to that really well they both have been ripping its center yeah for the competition aspect could they roll out and play guard yet probably both of them could how do you assess it hey it's Cole Swindell after I give everything I've got to land a perfect vocal I usually take five before jumping into the next track and I've learned exactly how to recharge in that time some folks grab coffee I hit a quick good looks pin next

5:11:32thing you know the break is just as fun as land down the track a better break makes for a better take need a break less chumbo no purchase necessary bgw group void were prohibited by law 21 plus TNC supply sponsored by chumbo casino I just got to give them a bunch of guard reps but if you send guys out too much that way then that's not good coaching you know so we got a good plan with everybody those two guys included as we're moving ahead but yeah they've been they've been really working at center position right now both of them no I have it he obviously came after spring practice here how has he been this spring it kind of speak to how what the challenge must have been for him last year not having spring practice stepping in play that position yeah same you know he's been here not even a four year yet so coming in the summer do what he did coming into the fall and then now I mean the same with him sound like a broken

5:12:33record I think the game slowing down for him those mistakes that may have showed up or the questions that he had through the fall and as we got going through the season those are starting to erase a little bit which is good you know his communication level is just talking more that's probably the best thing that he's done so far he's a highly highly talented guy we're just developing that skills and discipline and and those are going to communication so as he communicates and talks that's probably the biggest thing I've seen from him which I think you know volume and communication equals confidence and so he's playing much more confident right now a bunch yes coach thank you very much thanks sir thanks guys thank you thank you all right folks we will come back when football to kind of understand like how do you think the line will work you know you want to get

5:13:36the best investment first day of it in the rest and so I think that's what I think you how can that chemistry be different from the quality of the training that you're having I think it's an even here like there'll be things like sometimes you won't even have to communicate so you just just know you know like you don't do a few of the ball together it was great spring I came in knowing that just about everything I mean like obviously I kind of I kind of feel like in terms of like physical attributes I can kind of like move and I'm strong and stuff like that but I think like there's a lot more to it than I need to work on even become close to what I can do to me being able to help a team like such as technique awareness just just everything definitely communication I think that's about the big thing like when you're in those big games but you got to be able to you know call it out like like the pressure might come

5:14:37and stuff like that so it's the way it's a ball I'm curious folks we have Dalin Hayden out of 20 yeah who wants just a hundred percent after it and just to work hard like obviously like there's more to it but those are things that he wants to do he wants to put that quite visible that's a semi I pick at every way coming out here this is it almost like all the stuff that was thrown in me all the stuff I had to adjust to definitely but I kind of like when I come here I knew Coach Fry and then staff like they were gonna they're gonna definitely like scope me into the player like yeah scope me into that yeah like they know that like scope yeah like just kind of make me into that type of player I mean

5:15:39the development factor from Coach Fry that I've been getting is like I didn't even it's like magic almost so I mean I'm just kind of keep keep going with him and keep riding with him uh I guess we'll see I'm gonna keep picking at it and I guess yeah I would say sure but I mean I can't really take credit for something like that you know I was going like that is you know the man above kind of put that in my dream so I'm just running game changing or nuance whatever you want to call it with Chip Kelly in charge what if you noticed his little bit little little nuances or stuff I mean maybe like little things I mean the little things add up to big things right I mean yeah I mean yeah well where do you think you guys were lacking at some point last year in certain some of those matchups I mean it was a whole new line so I mean like I know the site chemistry

5:16:43each other but other than that it was I mean it was a hard game nothing's gonna be like for sure what's going on you know you can have some part time yeah did Missouri test y'all about as well as anybody just about yeah yeah what did you know coming out of there y'all had to get fixed uh to be honest I felt like we just tried to go out there and just play hard like obviously you know number six was a really good player so we just try to make sure if you can either back to as much possible so that's really we can try to go to strike the game a little bit Josh wouldn't be well when he's going to work out for those just just grab your dancing yeah so as a left tackle like after like no more jobs and make sure nobody gets to the quarterback and that's something that I try to do make sure nobody kind of get around me or go through them or anything just keep the pullback thing out of here there's a lot more you gotta be able to be a well on the player and you know I'm all be doing the run and stuff like that but like that's probably one of the biggest things make sure it's for that it's for another useful one block whenever you uh I was essentially something I didn't know yeah so I mean we got I mean we have the main deal I'm going to go through it's always twisting and stuff like that so in the run no twist too so you just kind of like I guess you just got a

5:17:47really state technically sound that's somewhat I'm trying to do it. Josh if you if you're going to get uh Mitchell meltmuch this spring and stuff what what stands out about him obviously he came back from a couple of knee knee injuries and stuff and but what's just jumped out at you back yeah you wouldn't even know he had too many injuries I mean he's so like the way he rushes it's it's so like it's his signature rush like it's something that you can't you it's probably the heart it's probably like the hardest person I've got to block here yeah if I'm being honest like he's very twitchy great with his hands amazing get off and he has that sneaky power that if you're not really like setting for it he'll get you so in everyone to get your take you know you came here from San Diego State your center uh the guy's transferred in Seth McLaughlin whether he starts or not we'll see right or no he's from Alabama is it amazing you how college football teams are put together anymore I mean uh because he could be a key thing and it was just tell you about the game these days I mean yeah I mean it can go anywhere I mean like Seth is a great player I mean he tells me like you know stuff that they did differently

5:18:49about and stuff like that and I try to take some of like maybe some advice he has because he's been being a college football player longer than he so yeah he seems like a grown up then yeah yeah he comes across it way then yeah play fast play physical I mean there's obviously more that we're working on we're learning like each other to be honest I guess you know the right side is like kind of like going a little bit I mean not with fire but like you know we have like some people that compete I mean we're all competing I know I am and stuff like that so I just um we're just trying to play hard to play with amateur most of the way through it's pretty fast how helpful it's very helpful necessarily really a spray yeah I it's very necessary especially when you kind of got a new OC and stuff like that you can get it's best to kind of get you know comfortable with the steam now then maybe like post the camp is in like in like a few weeks and yet you've got one so I mean Don he's like dude I owe Don a lot like he's an amazing player he gives me like

5:20:00inside of him just but it's like Notre Dame I've never been like more nervous for a game for Notre Dame I just kind of talked to him he said we got it keep doing what you do and you got to it we got up to that one oh yeah especially so like I said you know just sort of been tough for me to leave this year and with opportunity we got you know you only got one more chance left to you know to go do something that not many people get to do you know in their lives so we're in a blessed position I just think that I was putting good positions just kind of let you know let loose we're not going to play ball like I know how to and you know my teammates played great too coaches called a big game defensively I mean you know we give a 14 total points or a 17 14 14 I mean 14

5:21:04it's a good offense like that great team I mean that's a good day so obviously we didn't get the results we wanted which is frustrating again but it's a whole different story yeah I mean I just think it was it was collectively a good day on defense and I happen to be fortunate to be in position makes me a good place you have to be the time for you guys to play well but no matter what you have the most that's not always necessarily meant we're in that but you kind of had all that a lot more starters can you feel when we're in a groove like that when you get back to the field that when you get back to the field yeah I know I think I felt like I was in a groove probably the whole second half of the season I felt like myself again and I was just out there playing and having fun with my teammates and you know I think that you know when you come here and you expect to get the feeling to be a certain way you know it's hard to get over that for a little bit and I think you can look at kind of this all of us on the D line as a front we all kind of had our own journey to how we how we're playing right now and now it's all about building and I'm looking back and playing how we know how to play and being confident out there

5:22:05and and using our abilities that God's gave us so I think that this whole next year you know you're just going to see a whole different level of play from all of us. Yeah you know I've knew all along what I was capable of and I know it's frustrating the first few years you know not being able to you know not playing for whatever reason on the field to what I was capable of but you know once you just put that that stuff to the side just got there and play ball like you know how it's just it's going to take care of it so. Yeah you know I think you said it you know with there's no talent issues here on this team I think if you look at our team across the board probably one of my talent teams in the country if not the most talented in the country and so you know that's God given though and uh

5:23:10what we can work on is our discipline or skill or technique I think if we become the most you know discipline and and sound team technique wise there's not going to be a team in the country stop so uh but it's you know it's a long process to get to that point and to get to that season so I just think that when Coach Day talks about that you know it's true uh we've got the talent just gotta go out there and work every day on the little things. What are you specifically working on this spring? I know I'm working on uh flexibility you know I'm working on bending the corner a little bit and uh hands you know at that D line you can kind of improve on everything and so Coach Johnson's is our emphasis is just you know just taking care of the little things hands hips uh foot placement so it's kind of a little bit every day in the spring. There's a lot to be excited for especially all the guys coming back on defense but how excited are you to play again with JD? I'm really excited about that you know it was cool really cool I mean him going back and forth the whole time deciding whether we're going to come back or not uh and you know when we you know I kind of knew I knew before you guys knew when he was coming back so you know I was excited uh he's a you know a hell of a player and uh you know a really good friend of mine so

5:24:13there's happened another year with him and you know if a moment we're gonna enjoy it and you know hopefully have some fun you know we can have a come support of us next fall. Even going back to your recruitment you know the first guy to come in and this will be fun. You had guys over for barbecues in your house what was it like I guess to see it kind of come full circle in a way that you could kind of almost leverage that relationship and you would prove guys to come back into the pool and run back on the run. Yeah you know it's it's unique you know I think it's a really unique position um got a great group of guys coming back man I mean you know it's just so exciting and I just wanted to you know for me you know and at the same thing same thing for those guys how much they care about this program and care about the team and coach day and and guys you want to do it for in the city and uh you know the chance we we all knew that you know we had great opportunities going in a fell and uh but we also had a great opportunity to put another one of those banners up here so and you know get some revenge on you know the guys up north all that stuff so um

5:25:16you know when you put in a nutshell you know it was a really simple decision for a lot of us and you know we thank God for being in this position and coming back you know I don't think any of us have regretted it and we're just really excited uh you know let's get back on the chase and and uh you know not miss a day. Jack you take a wide view of the defense with the additions made by Caleb coming in and now you see Sonny Wu posted a line of scrimmage when you just when you have an opportunity to like look at what's out there how does it change the capability with your defense how can it change the way maybe you deploy that you couldn't do a year ago? Yeah I mean you look at our you look at the defense one of the three like damn we're big you know corner we're big lineback we're big D line we're big safe through we're big fast uh you know we're just it's you know we're just got a lot a lot of weapons uh to say the least and so you know when you got when you know you got those guys behind you uh you know it just makes you play so much more free up front and and you know you you're dependent you can rely on those guys behind you

5:26:16and I think that you know if we take that approach and and everywhere on the field offense too that you know we're not really fun here. You know we're going to have a chance at the reception we're going to give you guys don't pay this like outside noise but also a lot for this and jeez got a lot of protection. Yeah I'd say um it starts off with like you kind of got to it starts off with tuning out the outside noise um and what other people have to say about it and it's really good for mindset I kind of look at it as it's like a drop in a bucket you know if I got a big bucket um there's no one thing I'm going to do to make these bucket full it's it's a daily thing where I put one drop it in a day and you look back over a year two years three years look back and be like man I've gotten a lot better and so like I said I'm just very thankful for the unit um the guys that I have around me pushed me very hard and I'm just thank you. Yeah I'd say um definitely the size component you know you can't you got to be someone that's

5:27:16you know when uh you got to be big you got to be strong you got to be fast there's a lot of jobs that you have to do um it's a very asking job you need to um block the big some of the biggest guys in the field um but also run routes off some of the smallest guys in the field and so I think it's just thankful just to be out here and do exactly that. What was it like to get that shot the other day for them the pros counts you know just run routes catch balls oh yeah show off yeah no there's a good opportunity um I think some of the big you know region behind it we're just giving those guys out there that we're at protein we have limited numbers so just get out there and give those guys a breather but any opportunity to get to go out there in front of scouts um I think that's a it's a pretty good deal and you're taking only a quarterbacks to this point the quarterback battle is going on what what what what's been your take on will for example get to know him yeah and uh and of course David I think the line said that we have body around here is um ironing sharpening iron so that's kind of like it's not just you know one room it's from top to bottom throughout this whole team um no matter what position you are we're here to work and I think we're all here to make each other better whether it's in a quarterback room a tight

5:28:17in the room we're running back in the room um offense for his defense coach for his coach it doesn't matter we're all just you know iron and sharpen iron especially this time the year in spring ball we're not doing too much game planning for next week um which we're really just spending this time to get better and uh build just build a good foundation for ourselves it's time to work on room forward if you've seen will will however fitting in more and more as the practices have gone on you know getting to know everybody and all like I mean I mean I know we've been spinner for a while yeah no I think I think I think I think I think I think it's time I think it's time goes no matter where you are you start to adapt and start to get used to the um what we have going on here and so it's good to have um thanks yeah what's it been like yeah I'd say um when it comes to that I think it's all the glory to the Lord and I decided to give my life completely to the Lord a little over a year ago and that kind of really changed my

5:29:17outlook on the way that I approach football um there's no longer something that I idolize it's just something that I do and I think from the time of my life where I stopped you know compartmentalizing who God was in my life God wasn't there's something that I do on Sundays or something that I do in a Bible study it was something it went from what I do to who I am and so now I embody that as who I am and so um some of the fruits of the spirit is uh peace patience and kindness and so those are kind of the things that I've started to embody on this uh on this journey I think it's easy to kind of compartmentalize football away from uh faith but ultimately it's all one it's all one so it's giving me a spirit of patience um peace and uh enjoy with the guys around me and so I'm just I'm thankful I'm thankful to be here um but I like just being quite honest I just I know for a fact I wouldn't be where I'm at right now and I know on the outside looking in you know I was like you know well where are you right now but I wouldn't be where I'm at you know right now if it wasn't for my you know relationship with the Lord um which really came into my life and you know changed around for the better G what did you see from Bennett Christian last year how do you know that suspension and how do you work through that

5:30:21yeah I think he did a great job a lot of perseverance um I think that's no matter who you are we kind of hear news like that that you're gonna be out for a year that's hard um no matter where you are um what I'm really proud of him because he you know he came up and he came to show up every single day and he got better he got better the easy thing to do in that kind of situation he's throwing the towel be like man you know you know forget this or I'll get better next year but um I saw the drive at him one thing I seen every day he showed up he got better and I'm proud of Bennett and I'm proud of this unit I mean yeah I don't know I don't really know how to answer that question because if you go from one unit to another unit the moment you trade units you're no longer in the unit you were initially in so you're you're now a tie down and so um I mean to answer that question I think the time that I went from in the receivariate to the tie-down unit is the moment I became a tie-down

5:31:26nah okay I kept in Wilson the coach Wilson was my coach um coach I was my coach and I was a receiver it's just different I mean it's it's two different roles I think I'd say to answer that question the moment that I decided to come to play tie-down is the moment I couldn't tie-down and so now over the years I've gotten better at playing the position but um the moment that I transferred over I've been a tie-down and you know I'm excited to be a tie-down by the position I'd rather play no buccas thank you jeep yep it is Ryan C. Crest here there was a recent social media trend which consisted of flying on a plane with no music no movies no entertainment but a better trend would be going to chumbacacino.com it's like having a mini social casino in your pocket chumbacacino has over a hundred online casino style games all absolutely free it's the most fun you can have online and on a plane so grab your free welcome bonus now at chumbacacino.com sponsored by chumbacacino no for just necessary VGW group void for prohibited by law 21 plus terms

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