Press Conference (Pete Werner) Elite Edition September 2

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2:04you long to realize in this league that you're always going to compete going to be competing no matter what you're doing. It takes me back to my career at Ohio State where I was one of the lowest recruited compared to all those five stars coming in and finding a way to go out there and start and it's it just carries over. It's just the name of the game that's football so it does make you it does make you you know open your eyes and and realize that what you're doing is is always going to be you know at a high emphasis knowing 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 like I said I mean we're just all excited to go out there and compete. Okay well anyway the fact that the way that this defense has additions on every level talk about chasing the people to find another draft you there you guys have willing to second

3:08to second level and the third level to go on with Sean and both of them how much pressure is on the state defense to perform to the high level of expectation and the last time. Right I would say that last year was you know we excelled in certain things but we're also trying to get back to where we were 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. What's hands out about this offense? Just early this early in the game. 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

4:10then 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 one and this is is that kind of do you think that'll kind of benefit because you've seen that more than versus way. 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. Lowest that number last year but still one of the top 10 school and defense and what do you guys really need to do to finish getting it 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

5:13the quarterback not touching 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 but 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 if we have my competition but from what I like to stand point having you wins a mark and we're going to feel kind of a trivial kind of a deep and this guy's limit with this group I do believe we have one of the most talented linebacker core groups 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. You can have a nice one now. Appreciate it. Yeah. People basics the simple techniques and just the the things we work on every day you know we

6:19read a book called chop wood carry water and that's that whole book is all about doing the mundane things every single day and doing them perfectly. And if we're talking to Austin you guys didn't really know each other growing up but he has much arrived in high schools. Yeah. You know but you guys didn't really know each other growing up just get into that. Well actually we didn't know this but we played on the same literally team. We both played on the Westchester outlaws and he ended up going to Lakota East I want to Lakota West so we always knew of each other but we didn't really know each other and I guess it's just funny how it works out now that we're. That sounds like a pretty good little league. Oh yeah. Yeah now man it was really cool as data his dad was one of the coaches yeah it's really cool going through that. Oh yeah oh yeah he's um he's a guy that challenges himself a lot um he pushes himself to be better he's never satisfied and he's always um looking for different ways to grow.

7:22Sayger you're kind of a veteran leader in this room now what have you thought about the young guys like Carter and Jake and Jay Vomita? Lots of talent those guys are really really talented and those guys come with a lot of different tools and different techniques that I'm not sure I really had them I was just a big strong guy these guys are very talented they they got some learning to do some more experience to go through this is their first um fall camp so I mean yeah but those guys are really talented. It's like we're picking up a strength. Wow how big factor not only in your level that's an athlete development of your um as a matured don't I don't think a part of what that is coach make. Oh huge huge uh coach make puts you in the hardest most most challenging environments in order for growth mentally physically and the guys that buy in which is mostly everybody they they don't you don't really know where it's going to take you until you're already there

8:26that's why like some of you some uh people that aren't in this building they see guys pop up out of nowhere and they're superstars but those things do not happen out of nowhere and a lot of those things are credited to coach make. What would you say is a specific example as to why that works why the method works is like science profinder community building behind it what what produces that talent. Um examples as in just I mean challenging guys calling guys out getting in guys faces you know I'd say the biggest example of that is I'd say the biggest example of that is sunny styles he's a guide that coach make was on very hard the last two years and sunny um he struggled at first but when he bought in I mean like look at player he is right now look at all these these things are being said about them they're not just being said just because oh these guys are very good and it's it's a lot different from last year I mean we had to

9:32best these titles in the country in my opinion but these guys all come with something different and they're all come with a different skill set and just going up against these different guys it teaches you how to play the season because you're not going to go against the same the same front you're not going to go up against the same guys so it's good. Um yeah he's taking huge steps and honestly he's taking huge steps every single season he's been here and um he's um he's a guy that also challenged himself a lot challenged himself a lot to be more vocal to um you know push the younger guys and by him teaching these younger guys that helped him and coach himself to help him learn more. If I have a question you committed in sign that there were no offensive line coach he wasn't here that stayed you in a role Justin Fry comes in he he's now gone you're entering into year four

10:35with three different coaches ostensibly now three new coaches that you didn't know in in market in Johnson and and Dickie and bow and like have you been able to wrap your head around everything that it's taken for you to get here and what it means to you as a as a Ohio kid? Yeah it's um definitely something that's been um a little tougher to go through but I mean it's it's preparing you for the pros honestly you know you never know what's going to happen the next year you whichever coaches they got in you buy into the method and you work extremely hard at these different things I mean it there's not very many different ways to play offensive line these guys are a lot of the time with coaching the same thing so it doesn't really matter who's mouth it's coming out of this how much can you take it how much can you use it to grow as a player. You gonna stand up here? You can go to mama if you need to. You say hi to all the people? I'm TZ. You tell them what alliance is?

11:42So this is a lot. She just wants to go run the hell. She will be two October 18th so um was that two 18 21 months? Yeah You want to go see mama? Yeah you want to go see mama okay okay What's that? So we were talking on the side and you just get a day about how much father you're gonna sit you. Oh yeah it's I feel like it's one of those things where I don't know how much you're gonna pour yourself into until it happens like I thought it would be a good dad um but then you just like you have that that that baby and it's yours and you just like I don't know you just over you're overwhelmed with emotion and love and all that stuff and um it's a really good

12:46perspective I think I've said that before it's good just like perspective on life because like football is all like it's high intensity and it's very serious um but you know when you got a a little you know cute daughter like that to go home to who just wants to you know play it's just really good perspective and keeps you grounded yeah You know what I'm all that you've been through with this organization and to have now the extension and to know that you're going to be part of the future so really potentially great things ahead how much does that mean um It's not lost on me on uh on the fact that A lot of guys don't get a get a spend their whole career with one team and uh you know Hopefully that's in the cards for me and and you know from from the contract extension that that seems like it's in the cards um and I'm very fortunate and I've had to have um some good luck along the way but there was also a lot that went into it um sacrifices for myself and and

13:51from those around me so um it just feels good it just feels special to be able to stay here and and and be with my friends and um get to work with people that I care about and that I love It's just really special and and I'm fortunate and and I'm glad that the uh The Lions continue to see the value that I can add to this team um moving forward um because I'm excited to just just see it through like you know I've you know been this will be nine years I've been here now and there's been highs and lows and you know it seems I've grown an upswing right now and um I'm gonna get to see it through and uh I can be happier about that closer to to realizing that goal like do you do appreciate how rare and kind of

14:52unbelievable that is in the league and just to stay in one place for this contract for right just three three perfect maybe just uh to see that that kind of consistency ability to stick um I mean I don't know if I'll be able to fully appreciate it's all I'm done um because like when you're in the thick of it and you're in the day to day it's kind of hard to have that you know outside looking in perspective on on your career and longevity um so I feel like I I I think I can appreciate it but yeah just from a day to day perspective it's hard to do and I think one thing that's that's huge is like you just have to continue to add value you know as as you get older there's going to be an influx of new players every single year that are gunning for your job or guys that you are playing against um and and that's something that I've really tried to strive to keep myself um at a level where I can maintain my level of play if not get better um and I think

15:58I think I'm in my prime I think I still I still think I am and I think I'll be able to play as long as I want to knock on wood barring any freak accidents um so I just you know I want to be here I want to be a part of this team and you know when you when you when you want to and you have passion to add value uh that makes it a little easier to get up and do the workouts in the offseason um you know whether you're 22 or or going to be 31 um so yeah I mean it's it's definitely special they have always had this work there's a reputation of rewarding the players you see this off season same brown golf you know peney not yourself what does what does it say about the organization that you know you feel like it's changing the reputation a little bit we're we're in the guys like this well first and foremost those three guys absolutely deserving of every penny they got um incredible and you know me being in the room with peney every single day like I I was you know ecstatic for him um and of course the other guys but peney's he's my line he's my guy um

17:01um I think it speaks to a good culture that's been built um and it's not built on sand it's it's genuine it's real um you bring certain guys in because of what they can add not just as players but as people um and like I said it's it's a genuine thing that the that the staff is looking for and it's not oh we're just gonna bring this guy in and then get rid of him and try to find something cheaper um I just think it speaks to the culture we find guys that fit we find guys that represent what we're about not only are they phenomenal players um but they represent us they represent the city um and to be able to keep a core group of guys around I feel like more and more in the NFL you guys guys coming in and out um and it's hard to develop kind of some cohesiveness and especially us on the offensive line we got to play together for a long time now um that's valuable I mean it's that's big time and then you think even the quarterback position uh where his drops are

18:06how he moves in the pocket things like that and then Jared and his familiarity with with Saint um and I think it speaks to they want to win but we want to win this is what we're here to do we're here to win so we're gonna keep our guys they can help us win um yeah express your desire to stay but didn't sound like anything was skimminate can you just take us through how this came together from your perspective um so I bring I've been going back and forth a little bit for probably about a year and a half now with the organization because I knew like I want to be here um there was no no questions for me like this is the place I want to be I want to stay here um and then there's just a lot of moving parts I'm not the only person in this organization I'm not the only guy that wants a contract extension um and then I think

19:06coming off two surgeries I think they probably wanted to see how I was moving around a little bit and then in OTAs I actually went up and I had a conversation with them I was like where where we at I you know I hear things from my agent um and you know from our our salary cat people and they're talking and I'm getting that kind of second hand information I want to hear it like to tell me where we're at just so I know I just want the information so it's communicated well um and pretty much what he told me was to it to you what happened um and I just basically had to stay patient and and for me it was never going to be hold out of training camp oh if it comes to the season we're not going to play games like that that's just not me um I'm going to show up and I'm going to play um because that's what I do and that's what I'm here to do um so I think it was pretty seamless uh I just I just talked to Charlie and Disneyer upstairs they said it was super smooth I think it happened in a day um which was pretty much all my my second one happened and my third one happened uh as well pretty quickly so I think there's uh

20:10I think there's value in just showing up and and going to work and uh I think the team knows that I'm not going to change if just because I'm not getting what I want when I want it um and then ultimately we both got what we wanted um so for me it was just I got the information that I wanted from Dan and when we communicated man to man and it was very amicable and since that conversation I felt like it was promising that it would happen I didn't know when exactly I had a ballpark idea and then it all worked out you know I showed up to camp I went and played and the agents and the salary kept people do their thing and now you know moving forward I can just focus on playing football going through camp day to day I don't have to have any of that hanging over my head and this pretty good feeling Taylor all I'm doing a really thankless job but it's not here um what does it

21:12mean to play for a team that the values that side of the game when did you first sense that from Brad and Dan? You know there's there's a couple times every single camp where Dan will come into the offensive line room and he'll say I need to see it today um and I've never had a uh head coach come in our room and say say something like that and he would pop in every now and then and just say like today I need to see it from you guys not that we're not out there working hard every single day but he's like my eyes are on you guys today um and it seems like a lot of those times they're kind of some ballbuster practices that are they're going to be kind of a grind it out and that's what offensive line is um and I think you see it with the way they draft they draft guys and the trenches and even dating back to before they were hired this organ is it I was drafted grand was drafted

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24:18only restrictions and eligibility applying trading involves risk not available at all jurisdictions prices values and markets need to for from those mentioned for more ccalshi.com slash regulatory away and we had some pieces and then uh Brad and Dan just continued to build on that um and i think it's paying dividends and i can't speak enough to you know going back to the culture fit of the quality of people that they bring in and how when you get along i don't know just people's play flourishes even more um and that's that's another big reason like this is where i wanted to be like i had pretty much no interest in going to any other team i wanted to be here and a big factor of that is the guys that i get to play with and i want to continue to play with them because they're important to me and i think you know the offensive and defensive line based on how the drafts have gone and based on the quality of player that they've brought in i mean you can see that it's uh uh it's it's definitely of importance to the organization

25:18kind of along the same lines given where the roster is given the success of the the team's ahead recently is there something extra validating about getting your first contract extension under this specific regime yeah 100 percent um not that i didn't think that they wanted me here because if they if they didn't want me here i wouldn't be here um but i had gotten my second contract from a from you know a previous regime basically um it's not like i never felt like i was like one in here but it's just like that little extra hey we we want you here and we want you to continue to add value um because because we were a young team and i'm not getting any younger but i still think i can play and i think i can play for as long as i want um and that's kind of kept me young and i feel like that's kept me um motivated to kind of have that edge but yeah i mean it's just that that little extra where just kind of reconfirmed some

26:22in it when dan was hired he he called me that same day so it's not uh an instance of oh i'm not wanted here they just kind of doubled down with this contract we we love you we respect you we want you here we think you can play we think you can continue to add value and and let's get this thing going thanks guys games both on the field but also i think it's just as important to play that in your head you know we talk to those guys all the time that we're laying around a bed and and maybe watching some film and you know looking at a clip and okay what would i do here on this play what would i do here on this play and constantly challenging your mind to play with an imagination even when we're not out there on the field doing it um it's an opportunity to grow it's an opportunity to get better and and maybe somehow mentally i can put myself in that position so if i do get a look that hadn't shown up on tape all year long but they give us a different look on defense than maybe they've shown i'm ready for that moment what's that well number one um you know you use an iron

27:29bucket so which is pretty incredible obviously we know that's a big deal around here and um his work in the way room is tremendous um so as as an athlete we've definitely seen that and then you know on top of that we've seen him grow as a leader um he's more vocal um his presence has felt i think he's playing with with it a little bit of an edge to him um which is good to see i think you have to play that position with a little bit of an edge without you know ever getting too higher too well um and that's contagious um so we're seeing that right now from Lincoln and then you know as far as mechanically it goes um you know we're definitely seeing Lincoln get the ball out quick i think he's accurate um you know i think that his base has improved um there's been you know a couple of things that in the spring he was working on with his footwork um and we've seen some drastic improvements that way you know that he's at the black jersey a lot of things that love some probably this uh take it away by well and play day and things like that how do you see him as an athlete in that regard while also not being able to see it as much on the practice

28:31field since he's not alive yeah i i mean you know you definitely can't see it to the full extent as though you go live um but we still see it you know we still see it you know there's times when he's extending plays or stepping up through the pocket and and taking off and going and and um you know there's no question Lincoln's a great athlete and and that's gotta be something that he plays through his strengths you know that's gotta be something that his game has in it um which which he's shown to do a great job of you know he's made a couple plays throughout spring where he's extended the play and kept his eyes down filled and made some great throws um so you know that's although we can't see that uh quite as well because we're not going live uh there's still definitely a feeling for that you know you can't ignore that when it says and you go and kind of sure there are things that do really him does really well how do you make sure that those guys are trying to win the competition on what they do well but also making them get out of their comfort zone so they're being thrust into positions that maybe they're not super comfortable with to show you guys what they can do with these things yeah I mean you know as we as we script practice and we go through it we try to be extremely detailed um in the in the different reps that everyone's getting

29:31and it's not like you know we would ever script a certain play on purpose because it fits someone's strengths better you know we want them to run the offense um you know the offense is always going to adjust uh to the skill set of the players that are in the entire offense but at the end of the day you know the the offense is going to be the offense so from a decision-making perspective from a throw perspective um those guys are going out there and getting those reps and competing in it so yeah I assume this one training camp here not really thinking in terms of who's ahead at what point do you need to start thinking that way uh are you just right now just through the element yeah right now we're just we're just taking a day by day um and really period by period on the field meeting by meeting off the field um you know and you know the one thing that's pretty cool is those guys are very competitive and they push each other hard and they're you know they're ultimately really good for each other because they both make each other uncomfortable because you know they're both very good players um you know and and Tavians right there with them

30:33included in that mix and and above all that they're still friends you know I think it's pretty cool right now is just you know you walk into that quarterback room and you've got a bunch of really really good guys um that all get along well and and you know we're willing to help each other out and give each other pointers and tips of AC something and um you know it's it's a it's an enjoyable environment to be around every day but but ultimately those guys are competing you know they're going out there and they're trying to win the job and I think they realize that every moment is important and and every period is important and they're going out they're trying to get done. When you talk about a quarter back getting the ball out quicker how much of that is no efficiency of mechanics and how much of that is mental like how how quickly they see something to get the ball out that's definitely a combination of both you know um I think when you look at a concept you know how quick can I process the information I'm getting from the defense and the way that I can process that information quickly is or where my eyes are my eyes in the

31:33right spot if I'm looking at the right thing and I can um anticipate what that defender is going to do and make a decision and get the ball out right that's that's a major major factor in it and then there's also a piece of it right that comes down to the mechanics as well um but I think more than anything you know it's it's about making sure my eyes are in the right spot um making sure that I'm trusting what my read is and making sure that I'm getting the ball out and making a great decision with football coach wrestler thank you very much thanks guys thank you really playing as much so I just wanted to get like more experience under my belt so I can know bring younger guys with me because I've been going one of those younger guys we're seeing it like the first time it's hurt all year long here it's working like what have you seen from well because I kind of feel like I should have real forgot about it because he was hurt and now he's running you know almost a second man out behind you and tie what have you seen from well as a workhorse he he's going to stay quiet he's going to work hard and that's all I love about him he focuses he don't really talk much he's going to get the job done do a job right

32:34rarely has any mistakes what what it would be a successful season uh a national championship I ring when all the games we don't want to lose anything uh we've got a mindset that we can't be beat and we just gotta go show it seems like you guys expect the national championship every year this year even more so you guys have all come back for this you guys have all decided like an opposite way because that is to keep feeling different or is there not really any difference it's the same work oh it's definitely a difference everyone working harder um we noticed our last run like we most of us don't have any years after this so we got to go go bigger going home and we not trying to go home finished big we know what you guys think of Michigan but when you look at what they did they won the national championship and you guys took them down to the final minute right you know what I mean I mean you you were right there something goes a little different you guys could have been one that game against them does that tell you anything about like that hey

33:34you guys want to win a national championship but you played to the 59th minute with the team that won the national championship last year like you're that close this home sand uh we just like work harder that's that's kind of coach makes uh saying you know nobody cares just work harder like those you know won't play Georgia the same thing uh last last play you know they went on the win in 90 so we just got to get over that hump at the end of the season I think we'll be fine how frustrating is that you're that close against the last two national title uh of course as you know it's frustrating but you can't change the outcome you can't really do uh do it on it you just got to you know come back and work harder do things better than you did last year and hopefully the outcome will change is that as you get older you kind of learn I thought I was working hard and you always find out there's a little more you could have been doing yeah definitely I mean that's how that's what growing up is basically in college and I thought freshman year I was working as hard as I could but now I look back at it I really wasn't working hard at all compared to what I'm doing now so just to learn anything

34:38it's a B to be your best 80 85 I mean I can it's all on me I just I think it's a little higher I was just trying to be funny but I mean it's all on me I just got to run harder in shape I think I think I think we I definitely can last I was just you know we got to get the young guys to come along with us we can't play 50 snaps again that's just too much on our bodies uh just everybody like online D line we got to get those younger guys to play you know get that pieces on the D line and the online and everywhere else so we can last that long run.

35:38Yeah I did unless we were like winning by like a lot uh I thought like there are no moments you know I can go sit down or something but we're playing them big games like you know Notre Dame too or North those kind of games I of course I want to be because I know I can contribute and I won't want to put that on anyone else when I know I can get the job done. What stands out about Taden McDonald is he got a team of you guys in the second year? Oh yeah definitely K-Mac is a K-Mac's animal y'all you haven't really seen it yet but in practice he shows all the time he's just he's just he's growing right now he has a work ethic he just has to get you know in a playbook things like that you guys are about the exact same size listen you're both listen six three you're three twenty seven he's three twenty six yeah he's I kind of look at him like my my junior but you know K-Mac he's going to be a great player he's got to develop more and getting a playbook. It's really a lot on you older guys there's that large group of young guys and then there's the seniors in your back is that part of your task for this year to bring those guys. Yeah definitely we got to be leaders like I say we've got to have them play this year we can't just play all the snaps they got to get in there and

36:41get some work and we got to get them right during the all season so they can play and not just play they want to like contribute like make plays tackles sex. Yeah they're definitely some big dudes and they all work hard I'm really seeing much just only day two and I'm passing on but throughout the workouts they've been working hard you know they they're determined. I can say that and it looks like they're ready to work. I'm supporting this dude. It feels like there's a lot of great defenses that you have big athletic defensive tackles who can eat up space but also move you know right that is that. Is that an inquire that maybe from the great defense to have guys like you that have some balls but also a great feature? I think that is definitely I think if you look at the last couple of national championship winners are like team of Northean and they got two good

37:44detaco two athletic detacles look at Georgia two athletic detacles so I think that's definitely need if you want to go on that big run and beat those big teams. If you think about that they won't defied by the defense attackers like what's Georgia Jordan Davis and Daniel Carter let's miss again it's Chris Jenkins. You understand because you play it but I feel like some time I don't know about people realizing how important defense tackles are a little bit more than they used to. I think so I think they're starting to develop to develop more and more of these like freakiest detacles. Like in the combine just now you see in like those guys they're moving four to four seven eights and things like that so we'll see. And when you think about those freakiest out there you think how do you think you fit into that mold of that kind of player? You watch that and say yeah that's me. Yeah definitely I think I'm top notch when it comes to detacles but I don't want to you know get a big head but you know watch it come on I watch it do do the drills I have tape here you like you're looking like my film so I think I'm up there

38:48with all these guys. Do you become like a artist who comes to the bad guy with passes? I think your legs have your things. When you're going to bring practice you're not doing as much a weapon on the left. How do you work on that? Do you have like a goal in mind? I don't remember how many bad last you're like you have a goal in mind? How many do you want to have it? I mean as many as I can have I think I have more than that but I think he said it on me. I think they didn't count some of them and it's some of them where I like just missed it so but I think we work on drills matching the hand I think that's uh goes big and uh what we do is a D line you know just affecting the quarterback is anyway you can it's just great for the defense you know just that little thing covering his eye you know he might throw it a little bit to the left to our players. So it's something that you really really have to work on. It's one of the things that you maybe worked on the most during your time here because there are a few guys that I've seen like oh that pass through the back of the day and we don't have to ask this style. I don't know if we've got to kind of expect it for the second.

39:50I think I just have like a like a eye for the ball kind of I kind of just look at the quarterback and just I see him like load up I just try to get in his ways and sometimes he just throws it to me. I mean they get frustrated but you know we're a team you know we're just getting better. I should lot of a lot of different backs man they just learn to grow for them. If you want to pick your top three backs you have to go right now. I don't really have a top three but I'll give you I'll give you one. I would say say quan Gibbs and I like McCaffrey. Auto he was injured this year. I like McCaffrey. Best back in this draft. I'll lead that up the yard. That's y'all that's y'all decision. Playing well Howard when I'm going to remember most. We're a Howard man he's just such a great leader. Such a great leader man. It's just like

40:54in moments where you know usually a lot of players they fold man he was just always calm and relax man he just the leader that he was man that's one thing I'm going to remember about him. Yeah he's shoot he's going to be really good man. He's on Coastal lock. I think he got the transfer in as well from West Virginia. Just that one two punch with them both as well. They're going to be really good backs and so James people's man he's smart the way that he goes about his business man he's mature and so man he's growing you know just as a person in as a player and so man yeah definitely Ohio State you know that running back room is in great hands. Yeah coach coach hard line man he's full of energy man and he's creative as well you know I'm just learning from him as well you know I'm trying to run more outside the backfield was being able to learn from coach hard line and so he's definitely creative at what he's he does and he brings a lot of

41:55energy to the team as well and so I think that would do really good. Just intensity man then sensitivity out of playoffs every game and it's like the intensity got you know higher and higher and so you know being able I know in the lead it's the same thing even if it's not the playoffs just every every game and then sensitivity keeps getting higher and higher and so yeah you just I know you got to bring it you know each and every day and come in and work just like Ohio State you know I definitely feel like Ohio State they definitely do a good job of preparing us for that you know I just remember even before going through this process I'll I'll talk to a lot of players before then and they told me a lot of just about how much Ohio State prepared them you know for the NFL and so yeah yeah yeah I know I took a couple days off after the national championship and then shoot right after that I'm writing right in Tampa Florida and I'm

42:57right to it and so yeah I think while trained I trained at your birth performance I think it's called the House of Athlete or the compound now they did a good job man they're just bringing us in and the way they went about training us man they really did a really good job. The bucket near know what I haven't. Tampa a Tampa nice this is nice it's a nice city man really nice. The 40 to broad and avert. The three is an awesome locker. Do you speak to your mentality of like when you've got a linebacker or the gap you know the bigger than you and you're getting ready to swear a love letter. Yeah yeah no man it's really all about technique and then it's about mindset as well and so I say you know it's for the love of my brother it's for the love of will highway it's for the love of the receivers who I got on the perimeter just making sure you know first of all my quarterback doesn't get sacked and I told will I think it was before the first game I was like I got your brother

43:58it's I said man I'm not going to let you get hit you know and so I don't know if I don't know if I gave up a sack I'm not sure that but I know if I did I haven't given up too many and so man it's for the love of my brother's though man making sure the ball get in their hands you know the guys on the outside and making sure they get fed. You had to hit the practice field later today. In my game uh you can't really work on this you know in all season I feel like it's more so you know you got to put the pads on you got to go through some inside run you know maybe uh it's really just continuing run through tackles and so that's I feel like that's one of the areas in my game you know I want to continue to get better I feel like I did a good job of that my senior year and so I just want to continue to build on that. So you know what I mean? Hey this is Kevin this is Joe and Nick Jonas from Hey Jonas this episode of Hey Jonas is brought to you by the all-new drink lineup at McDonald's. I don't have to tell you that there are already so many great drink options at McDonald's but the new drink lineup I mean it takes

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47:03better faster every home needs at least one medical emergency kit 40 years online in minutes and it's shipped to your door and say 45 dollars with promo code blue at urgent care kit.com slash blue that's promo code blue at urgent care kit.com slash blue I did meet with New Orleans as well I never got that comparison actually I know I've been command sure yeah man I've been command great great back man just what he does and knows 101 matchups he's dangerous man and he's so smooth he's so smooth as well I'm not going to lie he's smooth yeah inside zone from stack being able to hit that thing downhill and I say the next one it's probably just an option route out of the backfield you know and man and man

48:05coverage you're getting on that line backer and so yeah I say the man the biggest thing is the way that he carries himself man in a way that man he approaches the game he comes in with the mindset you know he's gonna work every single week you know every practice you know he's working hard you know even shoot I don't know every good I think he had every game was a good game for him man and so but still man he always has the mentality to mindset that you know he's gonna come in each and every day he's gonna continue to work and get better man and so he's definitely man he's gonna be a special player man he really is I think I know you look like on your last game yeah but we were on Star Kid you know some injuries man a lot of ups and downs man it's just how you respond to adversity and I feel like that's something that God has definitely helped me to do better it's just I'm not having something

49:08to lean on now you know I remember before I met him you know going through those adversity I had nothing to run to you know you can run to people but they still can't it's not too much they can't truly help you you know I feel like you know I feel like the only person that can truly help you is your relationship with Jesus Christ and so being able to lean on him you know he gives you in those moments where it's tough you know where it's low and when you're behind the scenes and you're going through things that people don't know about he gives you he gives you that peace and comfort you know even in those moments man where it's so hard that you can't you can't explain it's like man I'm going through this but like how am I still filled with this internal joy you know how do I have so much peace in this situation and so that's something that only Jesus Christ can give you and so um man eight those guys have such a great mentality man I might just really love their mentality

50:11especially um Q as well you know I talked about Will Howard his leadership but Quinch I'm a mentality man um that boy just yeah that boy just gifted you know you see you know sometimes he put in a situation where he looked like you know he should have a negative five yards and as soon as you know it you know he that running through somebody still farming somebody and she was just gaining a 10 it's uh shoot I think yeah man I think it's just like he's just gifted man to be honest he's just gifted you know he's he's a big back you know he's strong and so um you know he's he's able to do he's able to do those things and so yeah man it's definitely you know I look at his game and I want to you know at the same time I want to learn from Quinchon you know I want to look at this game is like man where where can I get better at as well you know that's the type of player I am I'm always looking to get better man I'm always looking to grow as a player Julian San oh yeah he's gonna be a great but he's gonna be a great quarterback man he's so

51:11so accurate and so um he's definitely man I know Coach Dez definitely going to get him right just you know um container grow as a leader container grow as a player and so he's going he's gonna be really good for high state uh he's uh I know just the quarterback position um I feel like you know the quarterbacks in the past they've they've definitely been vocal and so I feel like that's something that they're definitely going to um ask him Julian San as well it's to be that vocal leader and lead the um and lead the offense and lead the team shoot man he has he has a build like JK Dobbins and um I kind of see them you know similar similarities in their game as well and I know JK Dobbins he was a great running back um I feel like he's not talked about his none um a lot but man his career here you watch his highlights is is great I remember um before I recruit before I committed here I remember watching JK Dobbins highlights like every every um one of his years here like four or five times and so man he was such a great back and um I feel like you know um when I see JK Dobbins when I see um James people I

52:16see similarities to both of their games I feel like they play the same and so appreciate you all

54:22well I got coming in last I knew the role so I just attacked Eric they really the same way it's taking advantage Eric physically different are you weight wise body wise on that from the year I'm I think I got a lot bigger I'm like 240 you know like 244 right now last year I played it like 236 to 37 what does it feel like a 244 or a value you feel like almost a different machine out there yeah what's it what does it feel like to be running around out there like you are but with more more back I just feel like I'm like like like like more downhill like stronger like I'm taking all blocks better it's bigger yeah is it daunting uh maybe that's not the correct term but to think you're going to be playing much more than you did even last year and you played quite a bit last year and stuff what do you have to get straight in your head about being on the field that much more this is got to get ready to just play 30 more snaps so but are you are you how would you

55:26describe how much you're looking forward to it from an eight then yeah I'm looking forward to it I'm ready for it I'm ready for it I'm ready for it the text is open it's a rematch so to speak but it's not really two different teams compared to the last time you all played and stuff how does that enhanced this camp for you and this team getting ready for the where an opener of that magnitude yeah with an opener like that we've been with the emphasizing in a lot and we know we got coming so we know we got to do we've prepared for it I think Riley ready to play right now he he advanced freshman like he in the he in the book he stood in like he advanced and his measurements was crazy like he saw like the saw line too or like you said you're ready like you know you're ready what was that process like during last season could you feel yourself becoming more and more ready yeah because that's pretty much what my role was just whenever I was needed I had to step up so I feel like that's what built me into me being able to say I'm ready for this year when you say

56:26ready is it more a physical thing is it a mental thing when I say ready I think it's pretty much like everything physically mentally mostly I think I'm there oh I still want one time how different is that responsibility all that you know you know you know I feel like it's a uh it's a way bigger responsibility with me having to step up this year but I kind of go about it the same way like last year I was attention over everything I did I feel like this year it's gonna be the same thing it's probably a little bit more somebody you it won't work I was buddy where do you want you uh I say describe my game I say like when you think of me you would think of like a like a bully like a

57:28silver bullet I don't really a bullet I'm always on the ball that's how I like to play a thing no I ain't got to be my nickname but oh yeah yeah yeah yeah oh think it fit me because I don't know I just like the defense I feel like we got like you say we got a lot of freedom and we're moving around a lot a lot of the terms is like you know I don't know I don't really know how to answer that that's okay does it you can go on your instincts a little bit more baby it's not so thinking of too much I don't even know if I say that because there's a lot of thinking going on but it's like I just like it's deep I like other pretty deep because I like what you got going on uh now I wanted to much sad I was kind of like happy for you like yeah that's what you want no no no that's my dog so yeah kind of missing a little bit but

58:36yeah I'm happy for you don't thank you go ahead one last but coach days talked a lot about the guys who played some last year but maybe weren't the starters and the hunger for that wasn't maybe your national championship you guys will win your own yeah how much do you feel that as a guy who certainly contributed last year but will be in this bigger role and along with some of your your classmates yeah I do feel like um yeah I do feel like I did win a national championship but like you said my role wasn't same as how's going to be this year so yeah I definitely want to want to go get another one experienced that like feeling with me be on the field a lot more place I said oh well thank you very much I built my own legacy but I don't want to just credit his own legacy you know this is my name so yeah will the virtue of you that played in double clock this is the version of who you are right now how different are those people I'd say pretty different I mean I was playing ending at double clockman and now I'm snacking in the middle of the line so it's like I've gotten a lot stronger a lot bigger and I'm a lot smarter

59:38in the game football when you go back to you know when you think about my boy a guy you talk they have very you know grand visions of what that's going to look like but we give you there's so much work you can you explain that process of how dedicated you really have to be to make that physical transition to really be able to play for sure I feel like I mean I mean it's it's like a in high school it's like a dreamy like we work towards it and then when you actually get here it's almost like a little like smack in the face like like oh shit like we're here to work you know it's in it but you know I got to give all my props to coach Mick like he was able to transform my body and that why I'm the day and all the strength steps so I feel like I can't take all the credit as mostly just like them just and I'm just I just follow what they tell me to do and it's in the eye of now so it seems like training part is important but it's not a whole thing they're getting bigger to our dear it's like the culture of the part of the game the mentality of how much of the fact is that in a part it took your change

1:00:39that's it's also it's a lot and I mean it's and I feel like you can't be able to transform your body like I like I have like people here come and do that without having that mentality part with it it's like we we always talk about competitions here and our our culture is fight so we're always here to compete and I feel like that is just that's what gets you in this mindset when you talk about that transformation you just give us a little sense maybe with numbers or body fat or what do you know the weight group how big is that transformation definitely I don't have really specific numbers but I just like it's more just like I can just I feel like feeling when I'm playing like I remember how I felt to play when I just got here and out I know how how it feels to play like like like just today like it feels physically different on my body and it's like just it's I'm getting used to that makes sense I can't imagine feeling like that

1:01:42Kadea also said about you that you are just completely different from last year we're to work this year so let's get it done yeah look so you're here do you feel like you weren't at that place mentally I think I was but I think I had some uh I would say like kind of like confidence issues like I was just but you know I mean I work past it and I know I can I know who I am and I know I can be here so if you have confidence issues how do you get through is it yourself it's teammates through someone in your family but make sure that you can do it I know I can do it it's like that's those are those are all it's on the past now did the past of play time is very obvious opportunity guys had the stuff up to be able to be on the business that helped you to get over that confidence issue there because it's now a memory so it's your opportunity so kind of it's just like um

1:02:52just I mean it's just just being here like I feel like being here every day working with the guys every day it's just like you know you become this person that you might not have like you might not have like felt like you were before that but like coming here working every day stacking these days like like you know I mean I just feel like I I realized who I am and I know what I can do now well I want to maybe I'm gonna have a person in this world but are you this is the second time I feel like you've been to yourself but you actually belong here you can I knew I knew I could play here I mean it's just it was like the like I just I don't know how to explain I just like I've always known I could play here it's just I'm just like let's go like I'm ready like I'm ready to attack with our guys the room to help you to figure that out which is a point first shot think KJ was a big influence tie Hamilton tie league they all they all helped me a bunch last year kind of just pushing through you know all right well we look at things very linear

1:03:59I wouldn't say it's that linear you know and that goes back to my first comment you know there there aren't there is some depth and certainly those two guys are a part of it but we got to start honing in on where guys can can help us and play it in elite level and those are just two examples so I don't know if it's just you know a battle between them I think we've still got ever evolving battles within the group with guys that can you know play tackle play guard we can mix things around but we got to figure out that combination of the best five pretty quick what stands out about those two fill up in those two transfers yeah yeah I mean you talk about Ethan big powerful guy you know he's been repping it both his primary and secondary on the left side right side interior exterior fills more of a tackle bring some power we got to get him play him with you know with Ben better things like that but he's got some length on the edge those are the two things that I've seen from those guys great dudes come out and work they picked up things really well and we got to continue getting them going in that direction how does Ethan's weight loss I guess kind of kind of change the way that changes sort of things he can do out there

1:04:59yeah I mean you you see it in the way he moves he's just a leaner more in shape you know I wasn't here when he first got here when he first showed up on campus you know I probably got to see a little bit more of the finished product of that as we went in the spring but he did a lot with his body you know when you see it show up every day just a stamina I think it's the biggest thing I see it's still able to maintain the power aspect of his game in a way that you think is satisfactory when he's playing I think it's like 30 pounds later with a new one no I do I do I mean he's still got a lot of lean muscle mass so you see you see that show up when he's anchoring things like that we just got to continue getting them better technically good understanding playing with his eyes and that that could go for all the guys spring it looked like still was a little come behind but lost them in Ethan there wherever you see Phil take the biggest lead in his progression through the summer yeah I think just acclimate into the culture you know that's a big deal for any guy that's coming in this program whether you're a freshman or a transfer you see some more flexibility you know I think you worked I think you worked diligently on this hip and ankle flexibility

1:06:02which was a big point of focus we got to continue keeping that going and you know you see it in Passbro just with his length and his bend and being able to protect on the edge he's doing some nice things at times all of the guys that we talked to kind of talk about his new streak and see his dog where do you see that show up I see it show up all the time I see it show up all the time but he you know the big thing with him is he's learning to be a really good practice player you know we've got to be able to play with an edge and we want it like make no mistake what we want to do that we will do that up front but there's a time in a place for it and I think he's really learning coming here how to practice how to protect your teammates and still get your work done Tyler how set is the middle three are your guards in your center I mean obviously a lot of talking about tackles but how comfortable are you with Luke Carson Tegra or is there wiggle room in there still as you look to be slow well I think that's where you you have some depth as well whether that's Ethan you know transitioning in there and getting reps Josh Badea as a guy that's doing a nice job he just keeps getting better and better so I wouldn't say anything set yet it's all still a working progress I

1:07:05will obviously guys you guys see him they're up in certain positions and some guys are bouncing around a little more than others but this is this is a big week you know coming out of this week a lot of practices we should have a better idea after their grades on kind of what direction we're trending and we got to do that quick because I'll say it like it's great to have all this depth you know that's great there's depth there's guys that can plan a game but like what five guys what six guys what seven guys are going to rotate in that game and play it in a league level at a level that that Ohio state that's Ohio state standard. Hey this is Kevin this is Joe and Nick Jonas from Hey Jonas this episode of Hey Jonas is brought to you by the all-new drink lineup at McDonald's I don't have to tell you that there are already so many great drink options at McDonald's but the new drink lineup I mean it takes things to another level they've got delicious caffeinated refresher's like the strawberry watermelon refresher crafted sodas like the spriteberry blasts and now the all-new red bull dragonberry energizer we're talking about a total game changer made with

1:08:08red bull it's mixed with blue raspberry flavor and topped with freeze dried dragon fruit. Oh McDonald's has given us a refreshing new boost for your day and the red bull dragonberry energizer is arriving just as you're heading back to the dorms for the fall semester it's got a boost of energy and a kick of flavor when you need it the most you know powering through those lectures and studying sessions you're gonna need it kicking the afternoon slump or rallying for the weekend try one of the many new drinks like the red bull dragonberry energizer also available with red bull zero now at McDonald's Hi this is Dave Roberts heading into summer without a medical emergency kit that's a risk summer colds can linger and getting sick on vacation can derail everything that's why everyone needs a medical emergency kit it includes doctor prescribed medications to treat common and serious illnesses so if you wake up sick at home or on the road you already have what you need it's like having an urgent care and pharmacy at home say 45 dollars with code blue at urgent care kit.com slash blue urgent care kit.com slash blue pro football is back in sore predictions

1:09:15trade yours on CalShi America's number one prediction market platform new England is currently trading at 39% to beat Seattle meaning a hundred dollar trade pays out 246 dollars if they win download CalShi use code hard to get 20 dollars when you trade 20 KALSHI CalShi trade on anything 18 plus only restrictions and eligibility applying trading involves risk not available in all jurisdictions prices values and markets native from those mentioned for more see calShi.com slash regulatory yeah I don't know I don't know we're not there yet I'm not ready to answer that question are you opposed to that uh certainly been a part of doing it before it all depends on your route right if guys it really comes down to the guys deserve to be in the game if guys deserve to be in the game and they've earned that right then there's a chance to rotate if you have it then yeah I'm closer you you think having four tackles who could be in the game um I think it's I think we're closer you know it's still a working progress but I think we're closer with Ethan he's been a career tackle uh I know you guys are cross-trained the guys different positions what about his skill set when you guys were choosing to maybe rep him at guard at all that you

1:10:18see that maybe he could be a fit in there give it this time yeah I mean you you look at him right he's a big powerful guy um you know he can he can move people I think one of his big strengths is in the run game like being able to create movement so it's been fun to see him get in there he's getting a little more comfortable learning a little bit better and you know the other thing too is getting him on the right side you know and get them in a different spot he played you know he played on the right side at rice for the two years prior to moving the left so that's something that you know he's looked good and and you know he's a guy that's got some flexibility for us that's how do you think about the primary and secondary stuff you mentioned how many reps does a guy need at the primary and how many do you want them to have it in somewhere that's a good question um I think a lot of the secondary work starts off um when you're in summer um when we're in our OTAs when we're in spring being able to be a little more flexible when you when you're getting down to the wire here in Paul camp we're a little bit more primary and then some guys are rep in secondary to give them opportunity to compete and take a job or to provide flexibility for us for depth I don't know I don't have a number on that yeah yeah yeah I kind of I try to keep counting the reps of what we're doing at

1:11:23each position and you know move things around on the day-to-day basis from there if you watch how we practice you know we'll have different guys you know repping with each group depending on the team here you know we might have a guy bump within a team period so that that's all things remind love and we make sure to prepare them you know you want to be in a position where you can go out on a day and put a guy on a spot and hey this day's gonna play this spot he can kind of mentally soak into it and be ready for it you know jade at all and what were your thoughts on his game I used to tremendous player he's played really well this year um watching his film he's made a lot of plays and they do a really good job on their defense but I don't I don't know personally thank you our next question is going to come from Donovan Bridgeport Donovan go ahead I think he went through his question we will go to Kurt Bowles hey Caleb I just could ask you about the Michigan saying Texas obviously went up there

1:12:25in Harvard beat them and and you know had your issues with them you put his stock in that or was that Texas Michigan game just so long ago it doesn't doesn't matter at all I mean at this point this season it's one to go home so really whatever happens in the past that's not having any stock or anything doesn't mean anything so we're we have to play on Friday and that's really all that matters we're gonna take two more from zoom before turn it back our first one's gonna come from Stephen from Cleveland.com go ahead well it's the fun I'm sorry hey Caleb we've seen you were talking about the Ohio State Office the success that they've had obviously Jeremiah has been a big part of that what's it been like this year going against him in practice and you know after doing that there's a surprise at all to see him having a success he's had as a freshman no it doesn't bring surprises it was pretty pretty easy to see the talent that he has and the blessings that God has put on his plate but it's always a it's always a challenge going against Jeremiah and the other receivers and

1:13:29Mecca and Carnival practice and even guys like Brandon and his impression Rogers they do a great job bringing looks for the defense and create a lot of obstacles. I'll find a question from zoom is gonna come from Dan Hope go ahead Dan. Caleb you Quinn had a lot of success against you guys when you played him at Alabama last year just what do you remember from going up against him last year and what can you learn from that game. Really smart quarterback knows how to operate their offense post the ball in the right places and then Coach Narkeeson does a great job putting him in position to win. All right back to you. Yep thank you Rob Aller Columbus Dispatch Caleb GT and Jack planned opposite sides and they is opposite off the field as they are on in terms of personality and just the people they are. They're offices but they are also like one of the closest people I know they spend a lot of time together they've come from different sides of the country so

1:14:31they're different people for sure but they're both really great people are really great men I'm sorry I respect both of them. How did you do that? I'm not going to do that I'm sorry I'm not going to do that. It's about off the board podcast. Throughout the season we would always see you on Wednesday nights you and Nathan would be some of the last people off the field. For the things that you're working on after a practice always the same is it a routine what are the things that you're hoping to get out of those extra moments after practice? It's a routine pretty much the the keys that we need to go into the game with and then also changes week to week on based on what our jobs are going to put us into doing so every week we go through the same things and then we add certain things that we do for the what the team that we play is going to ask us to accomplish. Bill we've been doing a lot of challenges for defense in order to see if it's runner pass and see

1:15:54because that's when they're going to take their shots too as well so really just having great eye discipline seeing the line and seeing what is telling us so that's what it does. Deep right Nick Walker Letterman role. Hey you guys had a pretty good in-game plan for Tyler Warren when you guys played him you guys have another Texas weather good side in and Gunnar Mountain. What do you guys going to have to do to limit him and how do you think about his game? He's a really good player he makes a lot of plays and he has a lot of receiving hours this year so really just do the same thing we've done all year just be discipline in our responsibilities and if you're on him you got to make the play when it comes. Right from Andrew Gildes. Clamond.com when you think their receivers is kind of a whole you know they spread ball around seems like a lot of what stands out about you know the way that they can spread ball around those different guys. A lot of really good athletes I played with Isaiah Bond last year who's a really great receiver a lot of speed and then all the receivers have made a lot of plays so I mean

1:16:58everybody has to be on their peace and cues if we're going to stop them and have a do a really good job. Trevor Roe here with Tim May Letterman role. Yeah Kale but you moved up here and I don't have to get to tell you when you moved but basically a year ago and so it was a little bit of a leap of faith because you know you know how many athletes are on this team get athletes to stop but why don't you really feel this defense come into its own and then then pass that man watching you in the Rose Bowl you're recognition of what was coming seem to be on point did it feel like that I mean you personally. I think the defense has played really well throughout the season. I think we've had games where we played better and games where we haven't put it all together but I think that's how all defenses are so I can't say there's a certain moment where I think we put it together but what's your second part of your question. You seem really on point against Oregon about recognizing what was what was coming I mean you were really active out there

1:18:00directing and things like that did it feel like that I guess. I feel like as Luke said earlier the preparation that we put in goes into that and just feeling comfortable and what we're doing comfortable and what we're seeing with the other teams I feel like that's a that allows us to play fast and can me and Laketon to communicate to everybody else. Did I miss anyone for questions here Steve how long and twenty-four years before? Yeah Caleb but you came to Ohio State to play for national championship and there were a lot of ups and downs throughout the season just to be in this position the last four teams still live just you feel validated by that and did you always have faith that this is how it was going to turn out? I came to Ohio State to become a better player and to help the team be as good as it can be not to win a national championship not like that wasn't the only goal for me coming here really just wanted to be in the team and be with the brotherhood but it's a great feeling being in the final four and being with the team and everything that comes

1:19:00with that but it's a blessing to be here. And one final question Bill Reben what's the club that's this guy? Yeah I did want to follow up when I talked just at that time of the game you say when they scored their first and second touchdown you were really hot on the sidelines what was what was your message to the team and you know that's a good offense they're going to score against most of you so why were you so hot? Really just because we didn't execute which let them score so we've done that a lot which is something we can't do in these big games and these games where it's winter go home so we got to make the plays when they come and get our competitive excellence as Coach Dases make the play where your numbers call. Caleb thank you very much. I'm just expecting to be passed right in the corner and for that beat I'm going through it and then helping me go through the corners and then you did it to hurt me. I was just how it was raised I just knew how to work in this whole area. I had a view of just giving effort and just going you stay there. I

1:20:04want to say this with full respect. When we see JJ and Sonny it's like a big success. But you're the third guy where you surprised to be named what puts you in that state? Yeah I was a little surprised. I kind of have feeling it was like we kind of like I mean I kind of could have a guest too but like I just knew like basically I was one of my goal this awesome behind Bucket and I just put in the work that was in the back. So what did you get at this? It was really special right after I texted my parents and they really knew what it meant to do like the video game on the coach and explain it to them so then I played it to me. Did you tell the difficulties of going back and forth? Not just like we were learning that we actually have to play from the top. Yeah it's pretty difficult especially dirt and game you have to put the whole mind around. It's not easier in practice because it's getting like several down but going back to my

1:21:05game is pretty hard but like in high school it was every other way I would like to go to the triple out there. So like I knew I knew it I was comfortable with it and sometimes I just take a moment to walk into the mindset of my scrims. I had like say it to be the say of playing in it again one more time so getting to the fifth in my head. Yeah so like I got to set the example and then like my first two weeks here I was like teaching them like I don't know what they're expecting these plays because I've seen this new place with them and even new defense like technique two because I keep saying technique but just helping them out because we need all of this. What did you like when did the idea of playing back what kind of come about? Did the ball like rafting? Did the ball like rafting? Did the ball like rafting? What was the going game? What did the wind and how did the everybody come about?

1:22:06It came close to springtime they wanted to have they just wanted to have a good five out there and they don't play the best so they just didn't get the chance. What's the deal? They're awesome they're great a lot of a lot of eyes and it's awesome because everyone's watching something it's not like someone's only watching this place so you know what's going on. I got to feedback to get like after a play after a practice and all three off the world. It's awesome they can they tell you like everything because they know like what's the less I had with coach Johnson and coach Dickies watching left and coach Owen feels a lot from right so like you know it's going on but how has the experience that you got the big reps and the big games all that helped like coming into the side? It really boosts my confidence and like and I can like lead the young guys too because I know it was going on because they really don't really miss this first time spring so I like to do my stuff like just that leadership. Where's the utility has also been mentioned a lot. It's been all both sides of all playing in

1:23:07different spots. Can you elaborate on that? Yeah um this yeah I think that question is on. Can you just talk about the versatility that coach Jason talking a lot about that up? Well says a lot of you guys in different spots being able to win. Yeah so like I mean you all see it in last year we lost two stars all maybe started so like really guys can you step up and like go to season I didn't know I was playing the start left guard and I didn't really know I was going to bounce over the right and what a donny news and bounce out the tackle so like it really helps everyone like I think a lot of guys in season are playing more positions and it's going to help us in football. What have you learned from donny and jogger? Exactly and all that. Just like technique wise they really helped me like pretty snap stuff and like no one in my life was cool was you guys started to play in front of me. I'm in a good place. Thank you. How would you describe the mentality of the defense right now? It's opportunity for Greenhouse and Jordan. Yeah hungry and

1:24:10thankful. I mean we know how the last last time when you know we we had a chip on our shoulder. I mean we were riding high before that game and we took that loss and we came back had to make a couple changes but I think we understand what you know everything's that stick right now. I mean you know just fighting to where I know the house stage jersey for the next game that's what's on stake and just to be able to represent this state and this team. I mean we understand what's on the line and you know we're just hungry and blessed that we get this opportunity playing the Rose Bowl. Right behind your Adam King WBN has what do you remember most about walking off the field in Eugene? What was kind of all your lines in that moment? I mean there is a I don't think anybody imagine it imagine us losing you know I didn't that's for sure and I think after that it was a kind of head deep but I understand it that man we still there's still a lot of ball left to be played. I mean you can let it sting for a little bit but you know if you let it carry over too long then you know there there goes there goes your whole season by I think we did

1:25:14a great job of just understanding coming together in this room right here not being afraid to display or hold accountability for one another and you know as as that happened he came back regrouped and you know we're just going right now and I'm just blessed for those specific moments losing I mean no one wants to lose but the testimonies and the things are taught within those little situations speaks of all of them. After all right Vladimir Drone. Hey Jay what did you see in from Kenya the last couple weeks that was there like a push from him and then there were many conversations with him he seemed like he's playing some special moments and see. Yeah I mean that's that's my boy he's in the R2X club too but you know Kiyada I mean every time there's his numbers call he goes out there and makes the most of it no matter where where we are in the game when he goes out there he's just hungry he wants to go make plays and you know we see it in practice so it's not surprising to us. Bill Rebino,

1:26:17let's play this back. Dylan gave us obviously very elusive and he's not very tall. How important it could be to just kind of stay in your past rush lanes and neglect a lot of balls and kind of make a difference that way. Yeah I think it just comes on being disciplined knowing who you're playing against like you said. He's a he sure but he's very elusive. I mean he can he is making throws I mean he get out the pike and do everything so I think for us we just have to discipline him and just continue to just meet with Coach Jay, meet with the coach knows and understand how we can just eliminate that. Question about you and Jeff I mean your personality seems to be a little different you're more on the quiet side he's how well you play together four years both five store guys kind of describe your relationship with him friendship with him and just kind of how you cop on each other. Man that's my brother like he said we're different but very alike I think outside like you said he's louder I'm quiet but you know once we're on that field we're like the same person we'll do anything for this team you know

1:27:22we'll die for our players and we'll give everything we got. Room together for four years correct? Yeah fall camps. Every room. Yeah sometimes go over there, slip over there. There's the meat one who's the missing one. We have our share of days when we when I'm neat he's neat or you know we might both be messy but we do a good job. Yeah I'd probably say I would better kick the jack though. Tony Gertman like I felt when you're playing a team for the second time and that was almost a season to go by now. How much of are you at square one with with this scouting preparation or how much do you take from that game? How much do you avoid taking so that you don't have any pre-disease notions of what you're going up against on the offensive line? I say it's pretty 50-50 I mean that game like you said it was a while ago but at the same time they elevated as a team so did we so we understand that they they had they made some changes for sure you know there's team there's a certain density we can take back from that game but we also

1:28:22understand that they went on a little run after that and we can see that they elevated as an offense so we just got to continue to watch those games dissect the other games and just continue to see what stands out and what they change from the for the past game. We got a couple calls on zoom that will wrap up with first we have Nick Hamilton from nightcast media Nick. I just wanted to ask you basically about the synergy of this defense and how you guys were able to not only celebrate the triumphs but get through the adversity be able to be this top-knife defense that you are in college football today. Here you have the question one more time. Yeah no problem. I wanted to ask you about the synergy you are able to develop over the course of the season obviously celebrating the triumphs but also getting through the adversities to where you go all the top-knife defense that you all are today. Yeah I mean like you said that we went through a lot of trials to trials but there's

1:29:23also there's a lot of things we can take away from all the wins and losses and from those wins we understood that hey we can be the best defense in the country and from those losses we understand that there's still things that need to be fixed and I think when you take all that in at once that comes out to the the common goal or the common talk which is you can there's always learning points everywhere and depending how we dissect those games or how we just continue to come as one and elevate you know we continue to just collect all those those learning points and just continue to grow from them. And one final question Joey Coffin Columbus dispatch. Hey this is Kevin this is Joe and Nick Jonas from Hey Jonas this episode of Hey Jonas is brought to you by the all-new drink lineup at McDonald's. I don't have to tell you that there are already so many great drink options at McDonald's but the new drink lineup I mean it takes things to another level they've got delicious caffeinated refresher's like the strawberry watermelon refresher crafted

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1:31:25It's like having an urgent care and pharmacy at home. Say 45 dollars with cold blue at urgentcare kit.com. Slash blue. Urgentcare kit.com. Slash blue. The ocean moves us surfing a wave or savoring the view. The ocean delights us as playful otters restore coastal kill for us. The ocean connects us. Visit monoraybayacquarium.org slash connects. JT what have you guys done better in the especially in the Tennessee game and just late in the season you think about turning some of the pressures that you've got on a quarterbacks in the sacks and getting at home in some of those situations. Yeah I think it was more just understanding the defense as a whole understanding everybody's job. I think as the season went on we had to understand that we have to know what's going on in the back and we have to know what's going on in the linebacker crew to understand what plays we have a room of freedom and I think once we understood that and got a better understanding of everybody's job.

1:32:27I mean it showed this play because everybody knows what each other is doing. It's not like the lineback is not what they're doing. The corners and BI they know only their job. I think we all know each other's job and we continue to ask each other questions on if they're listening how they can get to the quarterback and if I'm dropping and playing quarterbacks I can ask Cody on how to open field tackle. So we just kind of lean on each other's understanding because like I said Denzel knows how to play corner-bending and I know how to play corner so he has more wisdom at that position than I do. Definitely a little bit of both. Obviously I just wanted the team to win. I think we got a chance to win. No, definitely towards it and then to stretch that last drive. I was a couple plays here, a couple calls that he made me should have gotten but I think the frustration more so it just comes from no one's going to win more than anything. True. You said he was a little surprised how much

1:33:28attention you got right away from the defense. How about you? Yeah definitely. We maybe killed a more one-on-ones kind of how the game plan was set up. We didn't have like no different coverage like the cloud to my side and this is kind of how the game goes. What's the process been? I don't know like sometimes we're whatever reason just just to see that. Yeah definitely. Especially in college a lot of the game fans defensively were taking your leg. You know we had a lot of success at a high-altitude. One of the boys having different the weapons they're kind of still get the victories and I was yeah you continue to do better jobs doing that here. Why are there so many things in the process been like post-game getting on the same page with Kyler you guys exchanged tax terms. Yeah, I filmed them definitely kind of asking what did I see there or kind of go over and play and I just kind of give him what I saw and kind of different feedback there. I guess we're asking questions about the previous game bar. You the type of guy to

1:34:30let a game like that winger or how do you flush it. You got to move on got to move on some long season guy like 16 more of them. Hopefully you know I can stay healthy throughout the year and just continue to build and get better each week. You guys did so much work throughout the off season to get on the same page. How different is it when you get into that regular season? Yeah it's totally different it's totally different. You can do a lot of things you know in shirts and shorts and then you go once you go out there put practice and get pads on. You do like the point practice we do with the colds but there's nothing like actually going out there and live action and really trying to be on the same page so I think that relationship will continue to develop and it will get better. Is that it just a matter of reps then? Just a matter of reps then. Yeah, I think definitely definitely. Like I said I was kind of my first live action together. So okay, continue with your early impressions. So time on the field together and the increases in what's the cause? Yeah but now obviously I have a definite respect. No JG's call or preseason and I always see me all go really healthy. That's kind of the most important thing. I was a debt-wall healthy going forward so um

1:35:34Marvin what are your early impressions of the Rams? What do you think of the Rams? Yeah I mean they're a good team they're good physical team. I got a new lot of new guys up front I think that's kind of where the strong suit is. Kind of a little different to Buffalo, Cormorvalo, Match coverage so I'm excited to go get some. Personally when the belts take taking one of my opportunities how do you feel today? Wasn't many of them. Wasn't many of them so I thought I maybe could. I'm just what you think versus just playing. You know not getting a preseason game actually. I think it was three season. It was definitely definitely thinking a lot out there and um you know I think I'd come with reps. I think to think and last and just going out there and playing definitely come with reps and it's something you're on you better at but I think definitely I was thinking a lot out there. Is there anything you can do to prove that that's your coverage anything you did in the past because you're you're going to fix that a lot. Yeah I mean you just got to team you get open for yourself making yourself available uh and when the ball does go away making the play um this the heat that's just taking you away that means other guys are having chance to get open so

1:36:35uh that's how kind of how I look at it is no longer still succeeding in offense. That's the best thing of course. That kind of thing would be with Tyler. This is something that comes pretty quickly in a new game or something like that. Hopefully sooner or later I think um I'll look and see we'll see. I don't think we're in a bad place right now at all. Obviously I don't really think that but uh just a live reps will continue to grow and show. I think how I believe maybe different than somebody else may believe. You know I like to at practice at least like a legal positivity you know I mean so but he the energy yeah would be on just though hyper the beyond so I just kind of how I want to be going on um literally my whole life on again I felt team captain like specifically and I felt I wasn't a captain in high school wasn't a captain in college but I want to make a joke in high school so 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 that happens I'd be great but not either way

1:37:41I want to assume a role as a captain from the perspective of guys onto the visual world and and get back to that one. Yeah I mean I can't say that um I mean I guess the biggest thing is that I felt like it has felt like how you used to in the past but it didn't take just the first day LTAs it took training and left and right once this season and because I know what was going to be the champion so I think a lot of yeah reps um just to give back to feeling like myself for the one LTAs and then now unfortunately but now like today specifically just changing some small things with my feet that did say I'm talking about the long coach about some things I'm doing my feet to get to that to sell my nutritional angle that I love to sit on and I thought I felt I thought I felt great already but I'm okay I felt even better. Sorry the more excited tomorrow now I'm getting my feet back and how I like the right side and I'm on the left side so I'm excited.

1:38:45I mean obviously I feel like um in the league whether I left the right you're still going for me or guys obviously the high expectations for your left and right tackle but um there's definitely like the level of energy and like the expectations definitely take the human stuff because now tonight the blind side that's the as the tackle well you know so um so yeah I would say in terms of communication as far as this even outside of the facility you just stuff like that like really crazy that but tackle quarterback and bond even more off to feel what I think has been something that's even the cool thing. I got a text one day and I said hey I keep put it left 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 you some playing season and I just got a text on depending what happens with the fragency then so I was like you know what I have Oseason right tackle so if I get the word I'm going I'm

1:39:50standing right tackle I'll just do what I did before I'm built on that but I saw I was like I might as well as training a lot of tackle now as if we're going to be left tackle and I'd rather do that than train on right time with the color there you know what I mean so I'm like let me just prepare an advance I'll say yes you know I think occasionally on third down there'd be a lot of twist 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 into game with some pros like oh my gosh they did that I kind of figured like okay like this is this is the type of rush you want to get this is how this guy usually rushes if I get the vibe this is how the ends like the rush you know tackles that first year guys we got the premier patch on already you know what it was going to be already you know we're every stud and honestly just knowing that's kind of an advantage to so you're not you're not you're not oh they brought the twist on my side again it was never air dog but they come out the hot like three plays in a row and two minutes I do that you know what I mean

1:40:57I'm watching more everybody else and you rarely you know it goes out there occasionally third down I was like you know he's gonna take me you know what I mean so effect it's kind of it's also kind of an advantage in a way but it's also exciting like okay I'm gonna get the hardest to look you know those are real real reps you know the things really out on our way to kind of process and I was like hey when I tell me let me know about I'm just gonna train it I was training all left to TAs I guess if I didn't hear anything about TAs I came in like so you know what I mean because just like I'm cool with training both continue I would have been cool 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 subtle in your hips subtle in your hands so then certain kind of what would have been harder they had to work both very how to use no but they're definitely but in

1:42:02terms of the development it was definitely a lot faster to stay on all one side but I think having that the weeks that we had the transitional seasons over and like was fine you know good we're trying to get up what I'm gonna try to do and we think is that a time right now but when it comes back I'm gonna show them to you on the house I've got a house not too far from so I told them I got that house like I could yell outside that's doesn't have any stock or anything doesn't mean anything so we're we have to play on Friday and that's really all that matters we're gonna take two more from zoom before turning it back our first one's gonna come from Stephen from Cleveland.com go ahead it's the fun I'm sorry hey Caleb we've seen you were talking about the

1:43:02Ohio State Office the success that they've had obviously Jeremiah has been a big part of that what's it been like this year going against him in practice and you know after doing that there's a surprise at all to see him having a success he's had as a freshman no it doesn't bring surprises it was pretty pretty easy to see the talent that he has and the blessings that God has put on his plate but it's always a it's always a challenge going against Jeremiah and the other receivers and Mecca and Karnel and practice and even guys like Brandon and his impression Rogers they do a great job bringing looks for the defense and create a lot of obstacles. I found a question from zoom is gonna come from Dan Hope go ahead Dan. Caleb you couldn't have a lot of success against you guys when you played him at Alabama last year just what do you remember from going up against him last year and what can you learn from that game. Really smart quarterback knows how to operate their offense puts the ball in the right places and then Coach Narkeeson does a great job putting him in position to win. All right back to you. Yep thank you Rob Aller Columbus Dispatch Caleb GT and

1:44:10Jack Landopson's side so they is opposite off the field as they are on in terms of personality and just the people they are. They're offices but they also are like one of the closest people I know they spend a lot of time together they've come from different sides of the country so they're different people for sure but they're both really great people are really great men. I'm sorry I respect both of them. I'm not gonna do that I'm sorry I'm not gonna do that. It's about to ask the war and podcast throughout the throughout the season we would always see you on Wednesday nights you and Nathan would be some of the last people off the field. For the things that you're working on after a practice always the same is it a routine what are the things that you're hoping to get out of those extra moments after practice. So routine pretty much the keys that we need to go into the game with and then also changes week to week on based on what our jobs are

1:45:14gonna put us into doing so every week we go through the same things and then we add certain things that we do for the what the team that we play is gonna ask us to accomplish. Bill we've been doing this. Yeah I already got one. Okay. Joey Gopman called us this bad. Kelvin. Take those uses play action and they use play action to prepare. Bill what's what do they do well in those spots and what's the key for you guys in those moments with Quinn. They do a really good job with I candy and it creates a lot of challenges for defense in order to see if it's runner pass and see because that's when they're gonna take those shots too as well so really just having great eye discipline seeing the line and seeing what it's telling us so that's what it does. Deep right Nick Walker Letterman role. Hey you guys had a pretty good game plan for Tyler Warren when you guys played him you guys have another Texas has a good tight end and Gunnar Hound what do you guys gonna have to do to limit him and what do you think about his game. He's a really good player

1:46:18he makes a lot of plays and he has a lot of receiving yards this year so really just do the same thing we've done all year just be disciplined in our responsibilities and if you're on him you got to make the play when it comes. Right one of the mandrel dealers. Play them dark out when you think their receivers is kind of a whole you know they spread ball around seems like a lot of what stands out about you know the way they think they spread the ball around just different guys. A lot of really good athletes I play with Isaiah Bond last year who's a really great receiver a lot of speed and then all the receivers have made a lot of plays so I mean everybody has to be on the peasy cues if we're gonna stop them and have a do a really good job. Front row here Tim May Letterman role. Yeah Kale but you moved up here and I don't have to tell you when you moved basically a year ago and stuff it was a little bit of a leap of faith because you know you know how many athletes are on this team get athletes to stuff but why didn't you really feel

1:47:18as defense come into its own and then then pass that man watching in Rose Bowl you're your recognition of what was coming seem to be on point did it feel like that I mean you personally. I think the defense has played really well throughout the season I think we've had games where we played better and games where we haven't put it all together but I think that's how all defenses are so I can't say there's a certain moment where I think we put it together but what's your second part of your question you seem really on point against Oregon about recognizing what was what was coming I mean you were really active out there directing and things like that did it feel like that I guess. I feel like as Luke said earlier the preparation that we put in goes into that and just feeling comfortable and what we're doing comfortable and what we're seeing with the other teams I feel like that's a that allows us to play fast and can me and Laketon to communicate to everybody else. Did I miss anyone for questions here Steve how long and 24

1:48:20seven sports? Yeah Caleb you came to Ohio State to play for National Championship and there were a lot of ups and downs throughout the season just to be in this position the last four teams still live just you feel validated by that and did you always have faith that this is how it was going to turn out? I came to Ohio State to become a better player and to help the team be as good as it can be not to win a national championship not like that wasn't the only goal for me coming here really just wanted to be in the team and be my be with the brotherhood but it's a great feeling being in the final four and being with the team and everything that comes with that but it's a blessing to be here. And one final question Bill Reben went to club this time. I did want to fall when I talked just back to the game you said when they scored their first and second touchdown you were really hot on the sidelines. What was your message to the team and you know that's a good offense they're going to score against most people. Why were you so hot? Really just because we didn't execute which let them score so we've done that a lot with. Hey this is Kevin this is Joe and Nick

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1:51:33go home so we got to make the plays when they come and get our competitive excellence as coach Dazza's make the play where your numbers call. Caleb thank you very much. I feel like they're definitely picking up quick I mean I was in their shoes one time and I had Zach Harrison, Javonte and Tyler Friadow on front of me so I feel like I'm just trying to be able to kind of one of those peers that they work for me and kind of just giving them the steps to get there and I feel like they're definitely picking up quick and they're definitely going to be one of the great Russian. I feel like all the camps I've definitely got my big course word and I love that so I asked Coach J4 I love getting more reps because I just like affecting my craft so I mean some people may not need it some other people needed but I mean I just like to give me reps like you have

1:52:36I mean for me it's always just kind of getting my little details perfectly like my steps my footing kind of just perfecting my toolbox is what we call it my craft and just trying to be a it's like a win every place we try to do. We're going to take our biggest steps and we're going to do that. You see the football set up in the audience? Yeah definitely just getting stronger faster everything all the above but one of my big things is being a leader and kind of just not trying to look still look up to Jack and JT and kind of have my own kind of leadership and be able to bring people into it so I feel like kind of have a lot of leaders on the B line and at the B in position so we kind of just kind of talk to each other and I'm not sure. We all competitive people we all love to fish each other and I feel like the springing and the best side of all is we're all just kind of bouncing off each other and seeing what one

1:53:39person does and we kind of split it into archival box and we all kind of just kind of build them one great thing. You remember when last year you got the shot of full backing and they approach you with that idea and two coach them I mean how did that come about? Because you heard Jack saw your floppy. You get to test that. So I definitely did it in high school. I was pulled back and a little bit of tidying so I feel like it kind of saw what I could do there in Coach Wilson honestly. He left watching it too before he left and I feel like he planned that seed and coach day's head and coach day kind of just went for it and I tried to do the best I could to do it. Is that continuing now? Is there anything in the spring? New playbook I did not know yet. Yeah, I've got that far. How tall percent? I like to think myself as a football player. I can really play any position on the field you need me to just give me a week or two to learn it and kind of perfect it and I'll try to do my best for you. Kid Jack, do the same thing. I'm a great athlete that's why.

1:54:40Kid is talking to Coach Johnson on Tuesday about some of the conversations and sort of sought you and you got out to have some conversations after the JT and Jack decided to come back. Just got to wait into those from your perspective and how did that help you maybe get the right mindset I guess we need to do this for him. Definitely kind of seeing it all the way through. I feel like people kind of just see what happened and they don't know everything that goes into it. How long the season is now. What you got to do to prepare for and what happened and all that time from here to then. So I feel like we definitely just coached in me kind of connected. We kind of just hawks, man oh man. And he kind of just sent straight to me and I feel like we kind of both are going on. That's what I'm saying. We know we're making it yada. We make it each other better every day and we got the four best DNs, five best DNs, honestly. And we're in the college football and we're going to be one of the best DLines in college football. How do you feel about your playbook today at any work in this season? I feel like I've taken big steps in my roles of just being responsible and being more of a leader.

1:55:40And kind of stepping up and taking a step to kind of get out there more on the team and kind of bring people in. And I feel like I'm kind of helping out more. How do you record your head around the past 17th grade season? Is it sound? I mean it sounds bizarre but I mean the season goes by so fast already. When you're kind of like week 10 and you're like wow it's already week 10. So now it kind of gives you more time to kind of enjoy it and kind of savor it. Because you've been in here for like a freshman's first place. But you don't want to spend all your powder for the first month of the year right now. Oh yeah. There is a mindset in that season. Yeah definitely definitely going to have the mental stability to handle all those weeks and all those practices. How much has Larry talked to you guys around the field? Last question right here. 2016 2017 4 NFL 2 Fetchers Awards on San Diego. How much has he talked to about that? I mean he doesn't have to talk about it. We know about it. You've seen it every day. We watch the film. We see them all working together. We know what it could be. We know we could become.

1:56:40So we know we're right at the same, we're at the right place at the right time. And God wanted us to be here and we knew we wanted us all to come together and kind of play together and be able to bounce off and just perfect our craft together. And I feel like we all are just great individuals and we come together. It's something special. Great. Doing it? What were the deliberations? I'm surprised it's even a conversation. Like it should always be live. Let's tell you. Tell you. Tell you play football. So obviously there's a proximity to the season which is a little reckless. I understand that. But in spring, when you're competing for jobs, I mean if I'm a quarterback, I'm asking to be live so I can show him how I'm different than you know. Anyone that can't be live. You know what I mean? You're always trying to find an edge. And if you're never fully live, I don't think you fully give guys opportunity to be who they want to be or who they can be. So that being said, I will cast my votes but that will not be my final decision on that. But I will cast my vote. The guys that hang out at the well, it was good for all parties involved.

1:57:44And more we can do that, the better, but I'm sure that is coming to a close here very quickly. So. That would be 24-7. Right. Jeremiah off the field. We saw after practice on the Saturday that the mob that came to get autographs and things. When you're working with him on all these things you're talking about, but also dealing with the life of being one of the biggest names in college football, how do you help mentor him in that aspect? Yeah, I mean, it's a blessing to be able to be in a position where you know can provide insight or I wouldn't say recommendations, but just give perspective. Well, he chooses to receive the first perspective or not one and an I mean he always does, but which is fine. But to be in that position is really humbling. That being said, he does a really good job on his own. He doesn't need checked on too much. He's really done a great job. Again, the way he was raised and his morals and humble would always sign and taking pictures.

1:58:46I'm always trying to be the bad guy for him because he's not going to be and just says again more about his character. But he's not the only guy. Any guy would kind of do that. We have a group full of awesome young guys, but Jeremiah has done a great job with it, handling it. And it's definitely growing at an exponential rate to say the least. But I think he's built for it and he's been handled at a high level. But those around them were trying to help him out a little bit. What made Chris see the first freshman to do this black strike mission? Uh-huh. Yeah, I mean, that's a good question. I think that, uh, you know, frankly, you know, I don't, I don't, I'm not really fully involved with that. So I can be, but I wasn't. You know, I think that people on the outside, whether it be defense or even coach day or anybody brought it to my attention. You know, we're kind of just going about practice and that's our expectation to make plays, not make mistakes.

1:59:50And he was starting to make a lot of, a lot of plays consistently. I think the consistent level that he's been as a person, uh, being on being on time and doing what his job description on each play and the ball is going your way and making some big plays. And, uh, you know, it starts, it starts being seen by your peers and your peers started asking for they start barking, getting a stripe off all those kind of things. That's the ultimate sign of respect. I think when your peers, you know, go to your bat and he's not going for his bad. I want to, people are bringing it to your position coach. I think it speaks volumes of the general respect that you're earning through the process. So I think it's something like that happened and, you know, as well as served based on his peers and other coaches. Step on creation. Cleveland.com. Ryan Day was talking about how impressed he's been this spring with Austin Servo, all that he's been able to do and Tyler Bones talking last week about the importance of the cross training and all that that goes into that. How much have you seen Austin benefit from this spring and everywhere that he's been and how big of a piece do you think he's going to be regardless of where he fits on this offensive line?

2:00:55Yeah, I think Austin's been awesome. I mean, he literally, I mean, I don't want him to say, he played every spot, every position, we just move around, you know, and handles it. And, you know, he's one of those guys that feel like he watched film over and over again day after day. And his name never really gets brought up, you know, in a good way, like he on the online, your name gets brought up when. Usually not going as well, you know, I mean, they're literally at the point of the tack on every single play. So there's nowhere to hide. And so, but Austin, when his name is brought up, it's like, man, that was a good job. A good job. Pass off that combo. Whatever. It's always positive and been really impressed with him. You start in the winter. Did a great job through the winter again, continue to build their respect for his peers. And then he's going to good job, really good job just being very consistent through spring. Are you left, Jeff Gilbert? Press pros. Brian, since you've been working more with the whole offense, when it comes to quarterback play, what has grown in your, I don't know, appreciation in that position, and what those guys have to do and go through? What do you think more about those guys versus maybe what you thought before is just a wide receiver guy?

2:02:00Yeah, I mean, I mean, there's no just a wide receiver guy. If you are just wide receiver guy, you won't be a very later on. It's all about quarterback play, you know, so I think in that same world, though, to the point is that, you know, in order to be a great receiver or a great receiver or receiver guy, whatever you want to call it, there's only one page, just a quarterbacks page. So everything is based off them. There, whether it be their progression, their timing, the stresses they have is what we're trying to minimize. So if you don't fully understand the quarterback play, it's hard to maximize receiver play, I think. That being said, yeah, I mean, I'm still always learning. I think that I can't stand these jumped out massively right now, but I would say that, you know, I guess I would say that the preparation level, I mean, the what is required to execute and play at a high level, it's just not capable in the a lot of time, right? I mean, there's only so much time where I'll be with players.

2:03:02If you're not willing to spend, you know, your own time getting prepared for practice to be to maximize one's ability, there's a good chance you're not going to maximize your ability. So, you know, other positions, I mean, aligns the same thing. I mean, receiver play sometimes can, you know, get away from it. We do a great job studying and being in the room extra for sure, but the requirement of a quarterback to know, the fixed protections, the BR run game coordinator based on the calls, you know, to get us in different checks. I mean, there's so much to know. And frankly, you know, the online is good as the quarterback, the receiver is going to the quarterback, they're often silly as good as the quarterback. And it's our responsibility to put guys in position to maximize with their capable of maximizing, but their inability to notice that they can just spend extra time outside the a lot of time. I think it's critical. And the amount that it takes, I guess that was maybe a little naive to, but the guys are doing a great job doing it. Just a couple more coaches got a meeting, Rob Aller, Columbus Dispatch, Brian, you know, get reached the mount top.

2:04:05You got a banner out there, national champs. I keep these guys grounded, being in the moment, looking ahead, not back. Are you tougher on them? Because, no, I think that. I mean, I think we have a lot of guys, you know what? I think it's understanding that we were trying to build the map to get to where you wanted to get to, but now that we have the map doesn't mean we've traveled the path. So like we know what it looks like, the guys that are here know what it's supposed to look like. The guys before us, say unbelievable example of how to get to where you want to get to. So the focus is on trying to replicate what they just did and how they operated. Can't say we've done that right now. So it's very easy to stay motivating because they already know it's not good enough, frankly. And so the last thing they want to do is put in a ton of effort and then not reach their goals. So motivation, I don't think is needed. I think there is a catching up of those maybe aren't quite sure what it takes, you know.

2:05:08But overall, motivation is not what we've needed. A clarity of message is definitely what we've been focused on. And I think the message is being received. So not concerned about, you know, motivation and the looking back, if you will, I think everyone's pretty, pretty focused on being forward and knowing we haven't accomplished anything. Steven me. Who would you say is the leader of your YBC room right now? I would say Cornell Tate, Brennan, in this. Probably done the most, the most outspoken, you know, in the room. Yeah, I would say they're doing a good job. Those are probably the two guys that would jump out my room. Yep. I mean, Brennan, he's been vocal, obviously. Cornell taking on that role, more and being more vocal. He's a good football player. Obviously, he's going to do that. But that process for him and becoming a more vocal leader took three to say that on him. What was the question? What do you think like the growth of it? I mean, he's I think he's pulled guys aside, you know, had one on one conversations with him.

2:06:14He's locked in, you know, just I think he saw the impact that a mecha made and the role he played and to think that we're going to lose that and then be a better group. Part of the math math really makes sense to him. So someone's got set up in that role and one, I don't respect them too. You know, he's capable of it. And it's just the desire and the appreciation, I think, to be at the older table now, the older head. And and appreciate the way I met. Probably went about his business. And so he probably valued that appreciated that. And he's just making sure we still have that. Final question. Bill Rebellt, what's the bonus this back? Could you assess the running back room? I think it's pretty much assumed both as running back to CJ and James. I think that's hand in systems probably the way that it go again. How do you think it's working and you see third and maybe fourth guys up in there? I think that, you know, in college football, NFL football, any football really, you got to have depth in the running back room. I think that very apparent in the NFL.

2:07:16It's usually a two back system, you know, very very rarely is it one guy. But in college, I think we saw the benefit of that last year. The ability to compliment each other is really important. The ability for us to identify what they do great and put them in good positions to be what they are. What's our best that I should say is really important as a coaching staff. I've been very impressed with even the younger guys Sam and and bow and the way they've come along. Consistencies, so what you're chasing, right? You're always able to. That's why you're here. But how often you do it ultimately dictates how much you play. But overall, I think locksmen on them, they understand the standard and in past pro and not being a guy we got to sell out because you can't pass protect. So we were blessed, especially with tray last year and and quenchon. So, but no, these guys have done a good job. They're competing. They've been very coachable. It's shown a plot on film. But yeah, I mean, it's always hard on the backs. I mean, every opportunity you get to go live and and break tackles really gives you the most feedback on what these guys are capable of.

2:08:22If you're just playing tag out there, you never get any art. At least you shouldn't. But the running backs, you know, on contact days, I've done a good job. James has done a really good job growing, really excited about him. Everyone's really excited about him and CJ. So, you know, I think ultimately, you know, how group the, how will I'll go with the group B was probably based on, you know, the top, the bottom rising, right? And you're gonna have some guys at the top, but, you know, where's the floor? And so I think, uh, bow and Sam has done a really good job. And maybe some more guys to get healthy. More guys on campus, but very encouraged. Hey, this is Kevin. This is Joe and Nick Jonas from Hey Jonas. This episode of Hey Jonas is brought to you by the all new drink lineup at McDonald's. I don't have to tell you that there are already so many great drink options at McDonald's, but the new drink lineup, I mean, it takes things to another level. They've got delicious caffeinated refresher's like the strawberry watermelon refresher crafted sodas like the Spriteberry blasts.

2:09:24And now the all new Red Bull Dragonberry Energizer. We're talking about a total game changer made with Red Bull. It's mixed with blue raspberry flavor and topped with freeze dried dragon fruit. Wow. McDonald's has given us a refreshing new boost for your day. And the Red Bull Dragonberry Energizer is arriving just as you're heading back to the dorms for the fall semester. It's got a boost of energy and a kick of flavor when you need it the most. You know, powering through those lectures and studying sessions, you're gonna need it kicking the afternoon slump or rallying for the weekend. Try one of the many new drinks like the Red Bull Dragonberry Energizer also available with Red Bull zero now at McDonald's. Hi, this is Dave Roberts. Heading into summer without a medical emergency kit, that's a risk. Summer colds can linger and getting sick on vacation can derail everything. That's why everyone needs a medical emergency kit. It includes doctor prescribed medications to treat common and serious illnesses. So if you wake up sick, at home or on the road, you already have what you need. It's like having an urgent care and pharmacy at home. Say $45 with code blue at urgentcare kit.com.

2:10:30slash blue urgent care kit.com slash blue. The ocean moves us surfing a wave or savoring the view. The ocean delights us as playful otters restore coastal kelp forest. The ocean connects us visit Monterey Bay Aquarium dot or slash connects. And you saw him improve. And then McLean I think is a great plus. I mean, he is a guy that has football intelligence. He's picked it up. You know, he's kind of of of those incoming freshmen who still should be in high school. He's a guy. I think you're going to point to and you can see right now. He's going to be a player over to the right. Austin Ward, the podcast. What is a healthy Mitchell Melton? How does he fit in for your defense? What does he bring to it? Yeah, he's, you know, Mitch is that combination player, you know, in our four down. You know, he's a guy that can do a lot of things, drop, fold in there and make plays.

2:11:34You see some of that all the time. Really athletic. So we're kind of loaded at that end position. So he's going to play there. But like I said last year, we haven't needed it. But he's a guy you would point to along with CJ Hicks. You know, for the long season, people get injured. You get a little light inside. It's always hard on the defensive tackles. But if you're going to play with three ends, you know, that's Mitch is a guy who definitely can do all that. He has that over to the left. Joey Kaufman, Columbus Dispatch. Jim, you've talked about this before, but I think in past years where you're going up against a really talented receiver group offense to encourage your players to, it's not okay if they give up the play and to go nearly almost the first half today where you the offense didn't get them the end zone until the late in the second half. And you guys have guys down the second area. Just what did you think of that sort of trend and how it's evolved in the way you guys almost shut them out of the first half?

2:12:38Yeah, I think it's become an expectation now. You know, our DB's, you know, our BIA, Best in America, we led the country in past defense. Right. I think there's 96 what I got here and it was number one last year. So they've taken that spirit. So it's a competitive spirit. It's an expectation now. It doesn't matter who we're going against. It's, they view it as a standard. So that was good to see in the first first half. Over to the right Spencer Holbrook, Letterman Ro. We've talked about safety changing the way that you play defense in the Leo and the linebackers, but how much does having the depth that you guys have a defensive tackle changed the way that you can do things defensively? Yeah, I mean, you're going to play to your strengths, you know, and that's that's my job is to what do we have and what do we do best? And when you have defensive tackles, but I've said it before, it helped our defense so much last year when you have defensive tackles that actually make tackles, which is what we have right now.

2:13:49It changes the way you call a game, you know, it certainly helps you be in better shape on explosive plays on the back end. You don't have to do a whole lot to help those guys out because they're making tackles. So you got to go, you got to go with that, you know, you got to let those guys play and and they're good. So you can't get too far away from the scheme of having those defensive tackles make place because they're doing it and it works. Over to the left Tony Gurdman, Buck Eyhuddle. Jim Ryan talked about the quarterback run being more of a thing with the offense. You're during the season, how much of when you're facing a team like that, how much does that impact your day to day throughout the week preparing for that? Yeah, it's a ton, you know, it I think it changes everything you do on defense. You see it everywhere from the NFL on down if you have a quarterback who can make plays with his feet, your scheme better be designed that, you know, to take that away into account for it. So it changes the way you look at everything when you're game planning.

2:14:52Thank you, Donovan. Over here to the right, Tim May, the Tim May podcast. Yeah, Jim, you might be the interviewer when I asked Ryan about just for example Calvin Simpson Hunt, but the corner seemed to be playing almost with the chip owner shelter to a certain extent. I mean, Davis and Nick Benosin took today personally, it looked like you know, to make us some of the hype going into the game, but what do you see from that group in particular that? Who is you going into this off season? Yeah, when you can when you have corners that you can count on again, just like having defensive tackles in the run game, when you have corners, you can count on that are going to compete all the time no matter what the situation is. And we've developed that again, it changes the way you call the entire game. I mean, you you're able to leave those guys on an island. You're able to switch up converges and they know what they're doing and they take great pride in it. So having those guys out there in the development, it's a big deal. It really is.

2:15:53And it's not just a picture of it or I just came in late back here. Yeah, I mean, he's he did come in late and you know, he compete, he's one of those guys that just competes every day, doesn't say much. You know, he's trying to live up to the standard of the other guys and you see him coming along, you know, you see him step by step coming along and you know, put him in a competitive atmosphere. Same step up, that's a great sign. And final question for coach Knowles, Dan Hope, 11 Warriors. You mentioned CJ Hicks a few minutes ago. Have you seen him take the strides you need to see the spring to trust him as a guy who could be a potential starter on his defense? Yes, I mean, I think CJ has shown that he has talent and I think it's my job to put him in the best situations for him because he can be a force. You know, he's much better when he's bloodsing or he's directed because he's able to use his athletic ability, but he has certainly shown that he's going to be able to help his defense coach.

2:17:03Thank you very much for your time. All right. And we will bring offensive coordinator and quarterback coach Chip Kelly to the podium now. We'll open up the questions over to the left bill Rebenowitz Columbus dispatch. Chip, what are your general impressions of the offense coming out of spring, especially quarterback? Hey, this is Kevin. This is Joe and Nick Jonas from Hey Jonas. This episode of Hey Jonas is brought to you by the all new drink lineup at McDonald's. I don't have to tell you that there are already so many great drink options at McDonald's, but the new drink lineup. I mean, it takes things to another level. They've got delicious caffeinated refresher's like the strawberry watermelon refresher crafted sodas like the spriteberry blast and now the all new red bull dragonberry energizer. We're talking about a total game changer made with red bull that's mixed with blue raspberry flavor and topped with freeze dried dragon fruit. Oh McDonald's has given us a refreshing new boost for your day and the red bull dragonberry energizer is arriving just as you're heading back to the dorms for the fall semester.

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2:19:11The ocean teaches us how our everyday choices impact even the deepest places. The ocean moves us where they were riding a wave or so can in its breathtaking beauty. The ocean connects us find your connection at monoraybe aquarium dot org slash connects. We'll look at all 15 so I think you know this day is is a big part of it. You know because it was the first time they were going to play some of those guys that were going to play in front of a crowd. And it was an amazing crowd and you get 80,000 for spring game. Now you can see some of the young guys kind of looking around like wow this is different than the indoor. But that's what they have to get ready to play it. So we got better from practice one practice 15. You know it's still an evaluation through the whole process but it's not something in the players to the will we're not making a decision walking off the field today saying hey this is the direction that we're going in will will be very authentic and look through everything and make sure that we get a really good feel for what it all looks like and then who will best move this offense. That's what our decisions can do.

2:20:15I do I think we got a lot of guys there. That parts tough I think because you got it you there's guys that deserve reps you know when they're all competing for it so you know sometimes you'd like to be sometimes when you had a guy who was an initial starter well he's going to get the boat to the reps to get him better but they capitalize on we really rolled him you know if you were at some of our spring practices you're watching all those guys rotate and rotate out. And as we talk about all the time you know the old adage is don't count your reps make your reps count you know when we'll put it all together and really come up with you know which guy do we really feel is going to make going to help us move this offensively. Over to the far right bill landis the podcast Kings of the North. Hey Chip you said we first talked to you that the the basis of a lot of your success running the football just kind of figuring out what your guys do best and then leading into that over 15 practices now how good of a field do you think you have for that and then what did the next few months look like as you try to piece that all the way. Really good question it's it's interesting because the one thing that I think sometimes makes tough and evaluation is what a good front we want to get.

2:21:18You know so for 15 practices those guys on the other side of the ball were pain you know Jack and JT and Tileek and those guys but I know come fall there's not going to be anybody more happy that we have those guys on the defensive side of the ball because of what they can do so I still think we'll have to really evaluate that what we're going to what we're not what we got to get better on what we got to work on but I think the work we got against such a quality defense was really key for us. Over to the far left Nathan Barrett Cleveland dot com. So you're ago at this time came out of the spring with still a lot of question marks about the offensive line and even I guess that last season came out with question marks. What have you seen that progress in the time that you've been here and what's your confidence level that that offensive line is going to allow this offense to do everything it wants to do this fall. Yeah I mean I've been here short amount of time so I didn't know I really don't have anything to compare to so I kind of tabula rassa come in with the blank slate and just observe it and I think we're really athletic. I think Donnie and Seth and those guys inside are really smart and really intelligent.

2:22:22They allow you to to be able to make adjustments in game just talking football some of those guys it's like well these guys are wired the right way and a lot of those guys have played a lot of football so they can bank on their experience there you know I think we we've got about four guys that have played significant amount of snaps and we've got to make sure we can find out who the fifth guy is but that's similar to where the quarterbacks spot is I think. And I also think of the offensive line you you're not going to play a 16-17 game season and just play with five guys you really have to develop your depth there. There's going to be a number two center that's going to play a lot of football it's going to be a number two guard whether it's on either side of the ball it's going to be a third tackle I think you're going to get tested especially with this new in this new playoff format you really have to think that way so you're not looking for five starters you're really looking for 10 starters because you're going to have to you're going to have to probably play 10 guys to get when you get through a 16-17 game season. Over to the right Austin Ward the podcast. I think it was the first play of the game the T formation and then the reverse I don't know spin move with Will Howard under what's the inspiration for that package and that sort of wrinkle with the quarterback.

2:23:26Mr. Hayes. There's a there's a looming figure around this whole program you know we get to go to work every day and the Woody Hayes athletic center so it was good enough for Woody we're going to stay with we we're going to do it we ran some last year I think we took 21 snaps at UCLA and T in a short yardage formation for us and we've done some different things with it but I also I think our players had a lot of fun you know practicing that and doing some different things so it's a small part of our offense you know we will not be in the T 21 times in one game but you know we may get it in some short yardage situations and I think it's come back there's a lot of schools right now that are starting to do that you know it's really just you're trying to you got a half a yard to get you're trying to get your big guys in the game and I think we use three tight ends and two running backs in our formation today with Packard being the fullback in that situation so there's a lot of different things you can do in short yardage but a little bit of a tribute to coach coach Hayes and and what he means to this program.

2:24:27Joey Kaufman Columbus dispatch over to the left chip as you look back now you've been here two months 15 spring practices or something you feel best about what you've been able to accomplish with this offense well I haven't accomplished anything because I didn't take a snap but I think the most impressive things since I've been here is how close close this football team is. You know some programs talk about a brother there this is really brother with our practices as we talked about how good our defense is it's they're highly competitive but they're not combative and those guys. Hey this is Kevin this is Joe and Nick Jonas from Hey Jonas this episode of Hey Jonas is brought to you by the all new drink lineup at McDonald's I don't have to tell you that there are already so many great drink options at McDonald's but the new drink lineup I mean it takes things to another level they've got delicious caffeinated refreshers like the strawberry watermelon refresher crafted sodas like the spriteberry blasts and now the all new red bull dragonberry energizer we're talking about a total game changer made with red bull it's mixed with blue raspberry flavor and topped with freeze dried dragon fruit.

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2:27:01Home but it felt like it was a whole different world and I'm thinking this is exactly what I needed so just go to resort past calm choose your resort choose your day luxury resort day passes start at just $25 once you post your daycation people are going to ask where you are good resort past calm slash almost famous and use the promo code almost famous to get $20 off when you spend $100 that's code almost famous at resort past calm slash almost famous. It's really work very well together both the old line and the D line the secondary receivers the competition is the but it's got to be the best there is in the country you know and that makes you better but I think sometimes competition you know guys can lash out and it gets really combative and then all of a sudden the fight breaks out and the fight breaks out and we're trying to accomplish and get football them but I think the way these guys cooperating work together as a group is a special bond and I think you're going to need the closest team in the most connected teams are the ones that win. Over to the right here Andy Baxter letterman or obviously there's been a lot of talk about Jeremiah but a mecca is the big return this group he kind of reminded everyone what he can do today what's it been like working with him and what kind of weapon can you be for you guys good point and a mecca has reminded me and the other 14 practice sessions of what he can do special player you know and and J. J. is a really talented player also but you know I think I think all of the whole group carnal tape that's some really good things watching him this spring in for all of them you know I mentioned it with the often spline

2:28:29I came in with the blank slate and I had no opinions formed not that really just why I didn't just observe them but you know that I think that white receiver is really special and I think there's a bunch of guys in there and again you have to play multiple multiple games after the regular season is over you're going to make sure you're going to need depth like that and the fact that it's you feel a little bit comfortable right now that we got some guys there that can make some plays in the perimeter and that really dictates how people are going to defend you you know so you got a couple really good running back you know so really going to load the box you really going to load the box and leave those guys in one on one coverage well then it's the quarterback's responsibility to decipher that and get the ball of those guys so or do they at least a double coverage they list a double coverage and now it's a little bit lighter boxing you can run the ball so having too many weapons is a good problem to have. Second roll left Pat Murphy 24 seven sports chip we've talked a lot about kind of the quarterbacks maybe fine for the starting spot but some of the younger guys what have you seen from them we got an opportunity to see more of them today and we probably have what's your assessment of them as they kind of get in this.

2:29:36I always am so impressed with young guys that enroll early in watching how they get acclimated and what they do you know when you look at Julian and air and and JJ you know they should be in the hot lunch line of their high school and they're out here playing in front of 80,000 people and they've really progressed when you watch them in meetings and listen to them and they interpret you know so basically the whole concept is we throw them in the deep end and see if they can swim. You know this we didn't baby anything we don't put the install in with hey you guys are in style we're an install this with the older players and then you guys you know go sit at the kitty table and we're just going to do the really simple things with you know we're they get it all in the more they can digest the more when you're in a room when you're checking for understanding and asking questions and they can spit back to you the more confidence you have when they get in there with the plays that you can call form so. Those guys have been impressive they're still learning you know they were the the guys today that we're kind of looking around saying why there's like 80,000 people here along with the offensive coordinator in the quarterback coach because I was kind of looking around because I'd actually never been in the stadium until yesterday when we had our 14th practice in there so I played Ohio State once when I was at Oregon but that was in the Rose Bulls I had never been actually in the stadium until yesterday so I caught myself when I went into the stadium today looking around saying.

2:31:0180,000 for spring and that's impressive. Got time for just a few more folks over here to the right Dylan Davis Delaware Gazette given what you just said about throwing them into the deep end what stood out the most about Julian's progression through 15 practices and where he is as you guys head out of spring. Julian is a very fast processor you know he he really thinks very very quickly on his feet like he he makes really quick decisions he doesn't stick on and read he can progress and any ceasing is really well for for a young player you know what I'm saying. I'm not having been exposed to a lot of college defenses and especially what Jim does you know Jim Jim can make Jim can make a young freshman quarterback cry with some of the stuff he does but you know I never saw that with Jules and I that's been in press of his his ability to retain and you know him and JJ the compliment I would say to him is if you got here and you didn't know what class they were and you wouldn't say that those guys were freshmen in terms of how they've picked things up and you know what I'm saying. I'm not having a lot of things up and you know sometimes freshmen at like freshmen but the guys who are special they don't act like freshmen you know they act like football players and those are two guys that are examples of that far left Cameron T. Robinson the athletic you on the topic of freshman James people

2:32:17yeah yeah yeah you talk about how deep you need to be in this era of college football but as you search for our B3 what did you see from them today and what is what is their growth been like in the spring. Yeah James really flashed early for for me not knowing again kind of let's just take don't worry about what the background is where they're from who they are. The this guy of this stars that's guy of that stars it's they're all back ice and this is how they do it I think James is got really good feel and vision he can hit things I thought sanded some really good things today. T. C. is another guy who really came along during the spring and work constantly talking in our staff meetings about depth were very cognizant of the fact that the playoff situation has changed so you have to develop that depth you know used to be maybe have a parent affair was what everybody says but I I think you may have to have more than that you're talking about 16 17 games. You're really going to be tested that way so I was really happy with how those young guys have come along here in the 15 training sessions that we've had.

2:33:19Oh here to the right Tim made the Tim May podcast. Thank you Jerry you have your own podcast yeah like these guys all have like a name next to their. You're name show okay let's work cool. You must have some juice if you got you got your name in your podcast definitely okay. I like it it's not just the lunch last hot lunch last. Well it's a hot lunch. Yeah just too quick he's number one do you feel compelled to let these quarterbacks know where they stand here you know it's coming up Tuesday you know to me they're yeah you know where does that go I mean in your mind yeah we're all sit down as a staff and visit me don't mind maybe he does an unbelievable job of I think all our players understand where they fit and what what the picture is and we'll give him our assessment this isn't you know we're not going to come back but we do it after everything. They know where they stood after practice one after two after three after four we grade everything they're getting constant feedback in terms of where we are and then after 15 which we had today but we can't do it unless you watch the film and can can really look at the things because you may see something but you're on the sideline.

2:34:24You know why did he make that decision well I couldn't really see the field safety from where he was okay now I understand why you made that decision so you know what what the well meetings with all our players and that's that's always a good thing. It's always been the method so this week during you know between Monday through Friday we're all scheduled no one's going on the road recruiting until after that but we're all a player meeting said every position you know offensive line defensive line linebacker safety is everybody everybody's going to sit down with their position coaches and know where they fit and we see them. But do you feel a pressure with with the transfer portal looming I mean you've been a head coach for a long time I mean is that on your mind at Tuesday yeah I think we're all aware of it and 100% and I don't think it's pressure but I think you just open lines of communication and everybody knows you know which what your evaluation was through the training sessions that we have. Guys we've got to have we've got real quick good last two questions Dan Hope and then Rob all are. I feel like you need to have a starting quarterback named by and whatever biggest things you're going to be looking for between now and then and determining who that guy's going to be.

2:35:27Well between now and whatever then is we're not allowed as coaches to go back out and practice with him you know in college football you get 15 training sessions in the off season and then they'll go back to work and with Mick in the weight room and getting bigger getting faster getting stronger they'll have organized activities themselves and they they do a really good job of that but once there's a football out like we're not allowed to be there to evaluate and even assess. So they're really from a football standpoint on their own until August so you always want to do it earlier but I also believe every time I've been involved in this is that it kind of happens organically and authentically you know because the players know and if you say we decided we're going to be with Joe and they all think it's Tim you know they know they're in the locker room with them every day. Players understand you know who they'd feel is the guy and most of the time it is Kevin this is Joe and Nick Jonas from Hey Jonas this episode of Hey Jonas is brought to you by the all new drink lineup at McDonald's.

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2:37:57This is Ashley I can Eddie from the almost famous podcast you ever notice you and your spouse keep saying we need to get away but you never actually plan anything that was us until we did something fun and spontaneous we went to resort past calm there are hundreds of hotel resorts pools and spots and private beaches that you can enjoy you can spend the day at a luxury resort pool spa massage without booking an overnight stay and listen I may have only been a 15 minutes from home but it felt like it was a whole different world and I'm thinking this is exactly what I needed so just go to resort past calm choose your resort choose your day luxury resort day passes start at just $1.5 once you post your daycation people are going to ask where you are good resort past calm slash almost famous and use the promo code almost famous to get $20 off when you spend $100 that's code almost famous at resort past calm slash almost famous the decision is very obvious you know when you just say this is where we are with it you know but there's that timetable thing I don't I can't give you an exact timetable on that so Rob chip you talk about Julian but typically in your experience you've done again like

2:39:17Tim said a long time long does it take for the game to slow down for a young QB I think it depends on the individual you know I've had some kids where early you know you're like wow Marcus my realtor was like that remember vividly second practice and he got to the fifth reading the progression and threw it out here in this big game and I asked him why I do it all I ask why because I just want to understand it and I said why did you do that because I don't know what we call that defense but there was like a lot of guys over there and they didn't seem like there was anybody over there but for him to process that that was right and he came back the other day that was cover 60 other day coach I learned what you guys call the coverage is but it all happens differently I've got guys that for two years seem like they're just you know they're really struggling and then the light bulb goes off and you won't like they got it so everybody has different learning styles you know our job and the evaluation process is to identify those learning styles so you know they cognitive learn they an auditory learner you know do they do they learn by feel is it is it more a feel guy you know a more film guy you know it's all different and I think we have to keep poking and prodding and in in in for us as coaches that's the challenge to is what is their best learning style and how can we convey it because education basically is just a transportation knowledge but it really doesn't matter what I know or what Ryan knows it matters what they know so

2:40:43that's that's always kind of what we're working on and study it and thinking about and kind of where we are and how much can they handle and then how much is too much you know because this may be a great play I agree 100% but if you don't feel it's a good play then then why is it in you know I mean and that's that's this whole feeling up process that we're all they're learning us and we're learning them so they have identities so to coach is really running quarterbacks and something you've always sort of lean toward or is it year by year case by case what advantages do you like about because all your guys can run a little bit. Yeah I think a running quarterback causes problems for defense so when when plays break down the unscheduled plays you know if you just go back to the recent Super Bowl on that last drive the two big plays room a home home runs run but Patrick my home is not a runner and he's not calling design quarterback runs for Pat but when the defense matches up and plays two men and turns their back to the quarterback well maybe the best decision is to take off you know the second one he took a lot he may score you know a lot of guys go and they want a hook side you know and and there's times where you have to

2:41:54run in quarterback we talk about the best of the best ability is availability you know you're not low on your shoulder and taking people on but we are always looking for quarterbacks that have the ability to run we're not looking for running backs that can throw you know so you're not going to see us. Twenty times a game we're running the quarterback there are people that run it offensive styles and are really successful with it but with this group we have right now that's not now they can hurt you with the feet will did it when he was a case date you know obviously north we're driving we're driving Benton to a couple times a day air to cover some of today Lincoln's really really good athlete. Julian can run but you know we're not callin design quarterback runs with you know you're not gonna see that you're an I'm in quarterback ISO and quarterback power. But it is another weapon. It also keeps defense is honest. If your defense event is going to continue to bend from the quarterback pleasant, he's on the edge,

2:42:55and he's gaining first downs. Well then the defensive event has to stay outside and contain the quarterback. Well then we can run the ball off and hand the ball off. Sometimes in our running game, our quarterback really is a blocker. He's responsible for a defender. If the defender was cheating and fitting in on the run, well then his responsibility is to make the defense be honest. And that's really, Eric did that a couple times today. We had a block that safety was sticking its face in there. So Eric took off from around the edge. What happens in next play, the defense is wider. Then what do we get to do? We get a chance to hand the ball off to the running game. Coach, thank you so much for your time. And thank you for being a buck eye. Thanks. It was definitely addressed here this pretty season. I think Austin Saribel stepped up in a big way with Donnie being out. And then Carson can play both guard end center, which is good. And we've actually seen it's done a nice job as well. But it was good to see Austin. He moved from guard to tackle a couple times. And even with the ones, he was in there battling his tail off. So I think we have built some depth there.

2:43:56But again, we've got to go play some games and see what we're going to do. Rob Aller, time, what's the main thing you want to see out of your line? Are you talking to me to see it last year? Yeah, you know, again, whether it's whatever happened last year or last year. But I know that the message to our offensive line is we want to play. We want to be the hardest playing offense line in the country. Now, we've got to play with technique. But at the end of the play, like knock the line of scrimmage back and play with your hair on fire as hard as you possibly can. There's a lot to go with the playing in the offensive line. It's all the communication. There's a lot of things that have to get into place. I think Seth has done a nice job of communicating. He understands the offense better now. He takes control up front and brings everybody together, which is great. But to me, like that's it. Now, we could list a bunch of other things. But to me, we've got to move the line of scrimmage. We've got to be just playing with our hair on fire and knocking people back and playing physical. And that's the start to game. That's the end to game. This is a destination spot for why we see what we can do. What I have to do is maybe not for a line. You see that differently and how do you get over that? No, I don't see it that way at all.

2:44:57I think we'll see what we've got this year. But I feel like we've got some really good young players in the system. I think that we should have the best offensive line in the country. That's the standard here. It has been for a long time. And so we'll keep pushing towards that this year. And I think everybody in that room will tie the same thing. Tony Gervin. Brian, how's the situation in the real linebacker? Are you sure you can write that right now? Let's see if I go over. So Sonny has really stepped up and played well. He's made this transition from safety to linebacker very well. I think he did a nice job in the spring. But you could definitely see as he went into the summer, just bigger, stronger, being more comfortable closer to the line of scrimmage. It's different when you're closer to the line of scrimmage. He's doing a better job getting his hands on offense alignment and getting off of blocks. He's doing a better job with his hands. That he understands the communication.

2:45:58The linebackers always have to be involved at the front. They can be involved and fit into the back end. He's doing that. I think he's looking forward to playing in a game and getting an idea of what it all looks like. But I can tell you in practice, he's playing fast, he's playing violent. And I think he's a nice job of taking the meeting to the field, being very intentional about his work, but playing really hard. Is he the number one right now? Yeah, I haven't talked to Jim because we'll make that final decision here over the weekend. But he's certainly the leader in the club thus. Can you tell Ryan, I mean, Seth McLaughlin. Can you tell he's been there, done that? Is he projected that to the offensive line? You're still, when I'm saying from a leadership standpoint, a grown man. How does that just come up? How does it show up? A bunch of ways. It just poised. It's not getting rattled when coach parks at you. It's, OK, I got this. Let me get it under control. It's seeing something in practice

2:46:59and being able to adjust on the move. It's being prepared when you walk on the field. It's recognizing how hard you have to play at the position. It's all of those things into one. But he's got great communication up front. He talks to the guys. He's moving quickly in there. And when you have experience like he has, the game seems to slow down at times yet. He seems to be playing it at a fast level. I expect you're over. You see that in front of you. You see how many of the players take a step in there. Or you tell them, I think about this from off. And there was a point where you got a black stripe off. And I feel like it took a step in the right direction. When you come in in the summer, it is very difficult to get on the field, especially early in the season, whether he does or not, I will see. But if he continues to practice the way that he's been practicing, then he'll give himself a chance to be in the rotation midway through the season

2:48:02or later in the season, which is similar to some of the water seevers we've had before. You've seen some of those guys get some reps really in the season, but then make an impact later in the season. I think that's probably more his path right now now. He shows up and starts doing great. And we'll give him the reps he deserves. Or like Jeremiah is in a different situation because he came in here in January. And it was a little bit ahead. Anybody comes in in January to me. I don't look at them as a freshman anymore. They've been here, they're in the program. Are we expecting the concordial? We're using state games. I've been looking at a lot of the shreds for skirmishes. You've got to probably succinct about the other side as well. Now, you're not going to have to take it. How do you see these little skidding with time? You're going to know the shredding kill and then you're thinking about what the living view on noticing you for just about your clear idea and how to make the whole thing complete. You're still in there, right there. Talking and communicating. But in the skirmishes we've had, it's

2:49:04been offense versus defense. So I've mostly been in the offensive side still kind of going through all those types of things. And there's a lot to work through this year just with the play clock. And then it's going to mean by that is you know, the close play communication inside of 15 goes off. There's a lot of things that go on there. We don't really get notification on that. So I'm trying to, you know, just help chip with that. And some communication that we're a person now. But I'm going to be very much involved with special teams. I think with the two minute warning, there's some strategic things that are going to go on again and again that you know, I really be involved with. But to your point, just overall just looking guys in the eye and making sure that, you know, they got to right looking their eye, you know, that they understand, you know, with the situation, what's going on in the game. You know, I think that happens sometimes with young players, you know, they're just like playing the next play. And that's not just how it works. And we'll get to win the situations. And so all those things will come into play and make it in game adjustments. You know, be involved with all three phases, you know, watching the game on the table to try to identify what happened

2:50:06in the last series. I think all those things will be happening. Right now, Nick is going to be the starter. And you know, that competition will go into next week. But right now as we head into the weekend, he is the starter and the plan is ready to go first. I'm going to go up and go inside against hacker. He's got a strong leg. He's made it a good transition into the country, but also just playing football and not Australian football, which is very, very different. The snap to kick has really improved. You know, that was one thing as he's a taller guy. So the ball has to get out of his head. You know, that was foot faster. I think he's done that his hang time has been good. And he's been more consistent. You'll see, you know, he'll kick a few that will just go right out of the stadium. They just have a strong, strong leg.

2:51:07So we're looking for that consistency. He's shown that here most recently. So he's got the upper hand right now. And last question, Jeremy. Ryan, I don't know if it's because Will maybe took a little bit longer to make a decision than December than some of the other top of the line. quarterback was due or because maybe there was a thought he wasn't going to be the starter against the state this year. But it seems like people have viewed him kind of as a game manager type of quarterback. After eight months with him, where do you see his ceiling? What what is Will's special trait to you? Where do you see him taking this off? I see a bunch of traits there. I think the first trait is size. There was big. He can stand in the pocket and see he's strong. So I mean, that's the first thing you notice about him. Again, whether it's standing in the pocket with poise, I think that's another trait that he has that's excellent. He he feels the rush. But he stands right in there. I think the next trait is just, you know, his top end speed. And he can run 22 miles an hour at that size, which there's not a lot of guys

2:52:10who can do that. So I think that's an extraordinary trait. And I would I would say his overall leadership commands in the huddle is is another, you know, something that he's he's really, you know, grown into in the last few months when he's been here. And then his accuracy, he's been very accurate since he's been here. And when he knows what's going on and he can anticipate what's happening, I mean, it looks right. Just feel and he can hurt you, you know, a bunch of different ways. So, you know, his ceiling that that's that's going to be kind of, you know, up to how he plays this season. But I see a player who has a lot of great skills that, you know, translates well to the next level. So we'll see, but I know his first focus is on winning games around here. Please. Hey, this is Kevin. This is Joe and Nick Jonas from Hey Jonas.

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2:56:15I mean, I was telling Jimmy and says, like, why are you? Flash? I'll be emotional. What's that? That's a guy from Ohio. What does it mean? They started the game. It was always my dream to come here and play and start and having that like me. I just keep going keep building those days. Those games keep building. What a much younger Austin. Don't you have no, not I don't think even I told like me. I asked my younger self, even committed. I wouldn't believe that now having a couple of starts. Yeah. Awesome. Has this happened faster than you? I guess you're technically a soft one. Play as a richer. No, I knew that you two. I was going to see you some playing time. Now starting week one year two, I didn't see that, but like I was ready in spring ball. I knew I was going to play some soft games.

2:57:15But what does it mean to you to not only get the opportunities to play, but it's like you play well enough now. And coaching staff trust you. They put out there, whatever the situation was. But that earned that so early on the year. I guess it shows like my preparation, my hard work and just everything I put into this. I went showing up on a field. There are moments of season in the end of the spring. I kind of realized that you could play at this high level. I was with the ones. You know, if you knew you did. Yeah, the definitely was in a training camp. I mean, blocking highly can tie every day. Like it feels, it feels a lot of confidence and doing it well and not like getting balled or anything. So there's defense attack wasn't that easy. Hero and Jason Moore and Taiwan, all those guys. Pretty much anyone on the deepened line gets a little time. So okay, Mack as well. So yeah.

2:58:22He helped me a lot and I'm proud that he's our starting center. Not someone else's, but I mean, he's like the captain of the line. He's another voice on the line with guys like Josh Fryer and Josh Simmons dining Tiger. That means another voice and that a captain. I look ways of having that and I'm with this much experience. In the middle of me a lot. He can tell you like before the play was going on like how to block someone like we need to do. And it helps a lot. Tiger talking about how calm he is. How much does that benefit you have a guy who's kind of been there and. It makes us us more calm like especially me and Dave does our first start. So like we were up here with what's said like he brought us down. I mean, we were like five like our emotions weren't high. We were selling. Is that like something he tells you? Is that something you pick up on by how he's acting? How do you kind of sense what?

2:59:23It's by how he's acting and what mean him. We're on the side of him. Both Josh Donnie like he was telling us like a cool like we got it. But it's pretty much like everyone. Oh cool group. How much do that as a first time starter? How much of the end that mean a lot? That was my first time ever using high pads. We didn't use the iPads in high school, but. I mean, you can say like try to remember the defense. You can just come on a silent bring up. We'll play and help. Probably the first or second, but after that, I thought we'd say all right. Awesome. Thank you very much. That's why we're here. That's the part we settle in the garden. That's um, I want to say maybe I don't know, but I mean, when I when I'm sure you got the job, I was really excited because I'm one of those guys who's the tempo. I can run with the tempo. I mean, I'm playing basketball all life in 7 football and I feel like just the fast pace

3:00:26often so we're running really fits the guys we have right now. I'm really excited for that. I know you can throw a football like 65 guys, but can you kick a football? 75 yards like Lincoln. Probably question Lincoln. What was your question? How is your your room after being. He's a blessing man. I can't complain. He's a great guy. What's his name? His name's Lincoln. He's a clean hoes. Oh, he's a cleaner. I think we're both really clean. That's why we kind of picked each other's roomies because we're very clean and we don't like our burdens really messy. Well, it's true though. It's the truth. They're both pretty clean. Luke, are you still a cross training at tackle some or have you just been all guard this break? Oh, so far I've been all guard. I really don't know. Like I said, I'm taking it practice by practice. I could end up being back at tackle, I could not, but I'm just really focused in on this past practice and connection. What do you mean? You know what I mean? You know what I mean? Yeah. Oh, that mean a lot.

3:01:26You know, you put a lot of work in to play here. It's been a dream just for being an Ohio kid. I'm from a Ohio kid's perspective. I mean, that's the biggest switch possible. I would say that's going to be pretty cool. What was it like just last year at first game getting on the field for the first time? It didn't feel like, it's going to be a weird answer, but it feels like I was playing a game yet that that makes sense. I was pretty locked in. I felt like just no anxiousness, no stress, no nothing. I just went in that first game and was like, shoot out here now. It's time to roll. You know, it didn't really hit me. I was like, it didn't even hit me after. But my mom was like, what'd you feel there? And it's like getting out there in the end. I just like, honestly, I don't know. I felt less nervous than I did in high school and it makes no sense. What is it like to see the atmosphere? A lot. I mean, I'm learning from Josh Ann Austin. I think, Fryer's been one of my biggest role models here. He's my bigger brother in my first game. So I'm up with Dia. I don't know. Dia, okay. Yeah, no.

3:02:26Yeah, yeah. So, yeah, Pedian Austin, those are my guys, man. I mean, even Miles too. I mean, all three of them. Those are my roommates and they're progressing every day as well. And I'm excited to see where they can get to. I'm excited to plan and feel with them. Oh, yeah, you know, it's been really helpful. You know, just keeping my mind just settled and straightforward on the next blood. What do you think the biggest step is? It's a great question. Like I said, I mean, I just need to stay consistent in my work. I think that's the biggest thing for me is just staying consistent and worried about the next blood. I guess there's something that connects you to about the big ones. You guys started turning out. The 10 plus year ago. Did it beat off each other? Absolutely. I mean, when you see defense over, when you see defense, you start arguing with each other and things like that. I mean, that makes it a lot easier. You know, I'll have those 10, 11 plays out. What was that like? It's the ones for which we started feeling like you guys were feeling like that. Like, the first game on a good play, good model.

3:03:26They think that's been the same. I mean, it feels good at the rip off to this race because I mean, we put on so much work. I was in practice. You know, seeing a product, you know, that hard work. That's an interesting question. Tech Reserves since the disoffice of line wise is you'll prepare this week with Donald Duck in there. The Joe and the whole first half of the league this season. You know, it's not particularly in Austin. It's just more of Donald Jackson, preseason all-American, etc. I mean, enjoying the group. Donald Jackson is a very good football player. When he's on the field, he makes his presence tough. I mean, we've all been training on my home. There's no tomorrow. Just go through. I mean, you know, we know it can be. Yeah, there's a secret being. There was a sense of watching you guys last week. You know, even more of a course, it felt like watching the guys. Maybe even any help. Did it feel like that? Yeah, I mean, we put in the work during practice. We practice really hard. Coach Day really challenged us to practice hard.

3:04:26I mean, that was just a result of it. When it's rolling like that, what does it feel like being in the mix? It's a long way. It's us. It's. When you work hard for something and you're able to see, like, what comes out of it, like, there's no better feeling in it. Hey, Graham. Can you hear me? I'm going to be in the middle of the car. And I'll be in the middle of the car. Can you just read it? Can you just read it? Ah. Can you just read it? No, I mean, I was really funny to see. Thank you, guys. Thank you. Thank you. You're welcome. Take a look. What has Seth been up for? You brought some of you guys for the first few games. What's it been like playing XNM for the last two? He's. You know, he's really calm and stormy. You never see real panic and having a guy like that next to you. And you know, you're having really played as many meetings for snaps. I mean, there's no one else that would rather have to my left and to my right.

3:05:31You know, for our end set. Those guys, they do so much for this offensive line. People talk about his intelligence really kind of showing up in the film room and on the field. Where have you noticed that intelligence and how has that helped you? Yeah, like I said, and crunched him, you know, when things aren't exactly looking like how we practice it, you know, having a guy like that, like we'll do this, this, this, and then we execute having a guy like that like this. There's none better than that. You wrote? What you got? I'm there, you're from different. What's my favorite cake? Well, I've read it. Oh, no, I almost came back with a couple of sun to get some more.

3:06:31Take a look at it, Marshall. They got a couple guys with a deep into the bread that has big tin bodies. Absolutely. What do you see when you look at their tape and see 15, 7, a couple of those guys are pretty big. Those guys, they're real players. They're real players. You can sell their coach well. They go hard, you know, they're real players over at least. We've been practicing to the best of our abilities, you know, and spectacular for that. You see, they mean Virginia Tech and last year, the other day, they're taking the... Yeah, they play a good ball over there. And, you know, their defense plays hard. They challenge teams, you know, sometimes they might be overlooked and they still challenge teams. And so they come out there with the mentality like no matter who's in front of us. I'm not going to go out. What has been the biggest challenge?

3:07:33I mean, the actions right there, right in front of you right now, which is kind of a good thing and kind of a bet. And you should shut off the rest, you know, hitting back in it. Inside... You talking to your... Yeah, I mean, I hear from Paris every once in a while trying to not sit by there too much, but it's always good to hear from guy like that, guys like the one. Even Matt Jones returning back. All right, Tiger, thank you. And for this year, just be able to continue that job. I think it's a lot, my weight, my height, my... Just for my height, this is more of a guard height. But I'm fast on my feet and I just didn't use it that you need to try to... And sometimes I'm still like basketball, I want to be on that just like defend, but you know, you got to stay in the stitch going or something like that. Exactly.

3:08:40Yeah, that's a great question. I mean, I feel like these two can answer that for the year right now. I think KJ and Hero can answer that. I don't know what to say about that. What do you guys think? I don't think I'm going to say every day, you know, this man is strong. I'm talking about like, you get the basketball fear, you know, it's not like you can just do a thing. He recover really fast, just the whole way I was shanked as he had. And he got the grip, right? He doesn't give up on the play and like you said, it's going to go away and watch the film. He's doing it every day, but better than that. You should see it on the field, man. But I just want to knock out this night, consider improving at the game. Hero, can you just follow us around or I'll be making that game? He's not like a coach, man. He's not like a coach. Chip Kelly's influence changed your mind about maybe like the idea of tack over his star. Because obviously his offensive predilection was for like the offensive blind play. Is he the part of you settling in the guard?

3:09:42I want to say maybe I don't know, but I mean, when I'm pretty sure you got the job, I was really excited because I'm one of those guys who's the tempo. I'm playing basketball all life instead of football and I feel like just the fast pace often so we're running really fits the guys we have right now. I know you can throw a football at 65 yards, but can you kick a football? 75 yards, I think. Lincoln, what's your question? How is your room after view? He's a blessing, man. I can't complain. He's a great guy. His name's Lincoln. Clean hoes. Oh, who's cleaner? I think we're both really clean. That's why we kind of pick each other's roomies because we're very clean and we don't like our rooms really messy. Well, it's true though. It's the truth. They're both pretty clean. Luke, are you still cross-training at Tag Bullsom or have you just been all guard this break? So far I've been all guard.

3:10:43I really don't know. Like I said, I'm taking it practice by practice. I could end up being back at Tag Bullsom, I could not. But, you know, I'm just really focused in on this past practice and the next one is so. What do you mean? Yeah. Oh, that means a lot. You know, you put a lot of work in to play here. And it's been a dream just for being in Ohio kid. I'm from a Ohio kid's perspective. I mean, that's the biggest switch possible out of it. I would say that's going to be pretty cool. What was it like just last year at first game getting on the field for the first time in America? It didn't feel like, this is going to be a weird answer. But I feel like I was playing a game yet. That that makes sense. I was pretty locked in. I felt like just no anxiousness, no stress, no nothing. I just went in that first game. I was like, shoot out in here now. It's time to roll. You know, it didn't really hit me. I was like, it didn't even hit me after. I was like, no, I'm like, what'd you feel there? And if like, getting out there at Indiana, I just like, honestly, I don't know. I felt less nervous than I did in high school and it makes no sense. What is it? What did you see?

3:11:47A lot. I mean, I'm learning from Josh Ann Austin. I think prior to one of my biggest role models here, my bigger brother, my first major. It's all about Padea. I don't know. Padea, okay. Yeah, no. Yeah, yeah. So, yeah, Padea and Austin, those are my guys, man. I mean, even Miles too. I mean, all three of them. Those are my roommates and they're progressing every day as well. And I'm excited to see where they can get to. I'm excited to plan and feel with them. Oh, yeah, you know, it's been really helpful. You know, just keeping my mind just settled and straightforward on the next play. It's a great question. Like I said, I mean, I just need to stay consistent in my work. I think that's the biggest thing for me is just to stay consistent and worry about the next play. And I was like, whoa, I never had that happen. No other school, like just Ohio State Phil's 10th of my year. And I was like, wow, that's crazy. Do you like, I mean, you're quiet, but also do you like that? Do you want everything that comes with me? I do, but at the same time, I just like to be a normal person.

3:12:51I don't really like to take that. So, I'm going to feel, are you a showman? I mean, how does he describe his kind of like your art form? Yeah, I mean, yeah. I want to feel, I'm a little bit more chipier a little bit, but sometimes I still be quiet on the field. What's the competitive part of you? What did that, what did you notice out about yourself? Oh, I've been having that, I mean, since I was like eight, nine years old, I mean, happens. I mean, just how I am, how is it just to be competitive? That's the reason why I chose to come to Ohio State. Just to compete each and every day, gets to go, gets the best DB group in the country. That's all I'd say is it been enhanced in the last several months. I mean, you want to get in the nuts and then intel for it, etc. Oh, yeah, for sure. Just going to get them two guys, the best two DBs in the country. I mean, that's the reason I came here. Just going to get God just going to make me better each and every day. Yesterday, you know, what now playing the red zone? Yeah. Yeah. You didn't say a word, and then the two plays later, you called where it is. I wouldn't have started out like this. You didn't say word that. I said, I said, I said, well, he said, when he defed little boy, he said, I'm here.

3:13:55I said, okay, I'm going to be back. And that's something to be back at the moment. I'm going to be the play. I just walked off. When you talk about the ball, you say, I told you I'm coming back, right? What's it like being back to car now, say, being back to the back? It feels great just us three to be on the field together. We don't make a lot of plays this year. What did you learn from that? I learned a lot, especially from Cardinal, because we both play outside. So, me just learning from him, and you know, the things he learned, he just teaching me. And you know, he was behind Marr, and stuff like that. So, he just teaching me the game for sure. What specifically did you got better at that in your camp when you first got here? I sent my footwork. That's the biggest game. My coach at Lawn was looking at that's one thing I need to get better on. So, I mean, I just worked on that in all season and just got better over time. What, what can still be a work ethic in here? What can still be a work ethic in here? I mean, just, I really don't know. I can't really answer that. But it just, it's just in me like, I just want to work.

3:14:55That's one thing. I think I say, I get it from my dad. My dad really the reason why I worked so hard, because since I was like eight years old, he just wanted me to just work and be the best at what I do. So, I mean, I really, I said get from my dad. Why is he in the club of blinds day? You know, like on tiny day, when he's on the show, he got a bubble. Yeah, yeah, sitting. How close did you come? I wasn't flippin' out of, I don't know why. We made a scene when I gave it to dad. I was a bugger. And that's it. How did you dad set me table? He said a big example. Me, me just, I ain't go say it was only just my dad. It was me. I have a cousin's name. You know, it's maybe played for the Seattle City Hall. So, I looked at him as well. I mean, seeing what he was doing, I was Virginia would tell him, I was in a statement, Bailey. Something he was a motivation for me. And just old the guys that grew up before me in a Miami-Guarded area, a brown area for sure. I mean, just looking at those guys. Guys, like, I say Brandon and his for sure, he was class ahead of me. So, I seen a beans, he was doing an 8th grade.

3:15:56And I was just like, whoa, I mean, that's something I want to do. What do you think about the expectations for you? I mean, Chris Carter on my podcast a few weeks ago. He thinks you'd be a factor from the first play, first day, first game, et cetera. Those are big expectations. You have bracelets? I really don't. I mean, I know it's big, especially for me because, you know, no one playing the country coming in and all the hype around me. So, I mean, I just try to block out all that stuff and just focus on the main thing, just the team and I receive a room and a locker room. And, you know, just first game come, if I don't, you know, see the expectations that you have for me. I mean, I don't really care. I just want to go out there and win a game. How much of a confidence do you have for you when people like Chris Carter, Marvin Harrison Jr. are saying, this guy can be the next great receiver to have a stage? I mean, it's something great. I mean, I just got to go out there and on the field and just show you guys that I could beat and that's part of the great, the highest they've received when they come through here.

3:16:57So, I mean, it's a blessing and know how that, but I mean, I got to go out there and play and show you guys. What do you think about that? I mean, it's a lot for me to be, was it the first freshman? Yeah, I mean, just, that's a blessing for me for sure. Just, you know, shows all the hard work that I put in and out the, I mean, on the way to the room. Mr. I want to say how much of a shirt is coming out of the room. My dad early, I mean, the maturity, you know, just be older than, don't act my age. I go to my age. I mean, a lot of people tell me that I don't act my age. I'm way, way beyond my, way beyond my years. I mean, just, it just gotta be mature and, you know, act, don't act like a kid. What is the more questions for Jeremiah? What is the about 50-50 ball? 70-30. 70-30. It's a funny thing to say. It's just, you know, when I see a 50-50 ball, I mean, just, I just think it's, I gotta make the play. It's on me, you know, no matter how the ball is, if it's a ball ball, I just feel like I gotta make that play.

3:18:00What the certain sense of this, you know, matter if it's a bad ball, I feel like the ball is mine, no matter who I'm fronting me or no, no matter. Where's that guy getting between the ball and the fender come from, though? I mean, that kind of sets you apart in my opinion in a lot of ways. Is you always has that neck? Oh, yeah, I did. Always has that neck, because I was like, since I started to parents year, like eight or nine years old, I just found the way to, you know, make sure that ball is mine when it's in the air. And I just, I always find a way, you know, find a way to make my quarterback look good. So I was looking at it and talking about it. I can't, Ryan or Sam will have it look more difficult. Oh, yeah, for sure. He definitely made a big jump from industry. I like his confidence. He's starting to talk more, talk a lot of mess on the field. And I like that about my quarterback, but I love quarterback. So like the talk and, you know, just get around his pairs and make him feel good about it. He talked on the field, you know, just, you just said a lot of stuff. I can't say, but he'll talk for sure. Jeremiah, thank you very much.

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3:22:12What does this say about the trust? He tells me a lot each and every day that you know, single, single covers 101 going to you don't matter who or you don't matter. Just don't it up. I just got to make a play. I said, I say fall camp. That's really when he was just trusting me just throwing it out and I'm just going to go get it. Yeah, I should have cut my split. Now I think I was, you know, like bottom of the numbers. I should have been like numbers plus numbers plus two. I believe yeah, something like that. So that's the reason why he just played over top. That's the intersection. We look at our numbers. We've made history as a high school. This is the whole coach program.

3:23:12You feel like a normal parchment. I mean, you're an acceptable freshman for this universe. I mean, I love it. I still feel like I'm just a regular freshman, but you know, a lot of people say I'm not, but I mean, just the role that I have just coming in is just, it's been a blessing. I just can't think. Can't say it's on me is on God and just the coaches for just me to put a freshman out there and just to go out there and make plays and just do what I do. You're hearing from your teammates and the golf and confidence in you, but you said you didn't expect to have playing time. So what did you actually expect? How much do you think you would have gotten? Not that much, because you know, you got you got a car. You got mecha, Google. I came back. You got bringing in that big. You're all Jayden ballot. All of them guys. So really, my mentality is just coming in just working, learning and just no play special teams and make plays on special teams. A lot of monetize was. I mean, just watching them, they were better team than last three teams in place. So I mean, it's going to be a better team that I heard last couple years that we played a higher state play them as we could.

3:24:29They said, so I mean, it's going to be a big game. You got to go to be a higher state as always better be. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Oh, yeah, for sure. We hungry right now. I can see everybody. Everybody in office office along quarterback will how we're receiving. We definitely hungry for sure. We had to go out there and pass it in and just put on the show. Awesome. More of the podcast. I have to bet it, but what would it know you more? Being interfered with not getting the call or not being able to catch you? Well, I say be able not to make the catch anyway. I fly everybody. I'm storing me. I have to catch it no matter how the defender on me or not. I just feel like I have to make a play no matter what. I mean, I play Saturday. I feel like I could record it, but you know, it was a pass in the friends, but it touched my hands. I should record it. Dan, hold on. Jeremy, there's a lot of discourse from fans this week about you not winning the Sean Alexander freshman year award. Just what's your thoughts on that? I mean, me calling is a great player as well. I can't really not kill no Sean is a great guy. Talk to him two weeks ago. It's a great guy learned a lot of things from him outside of football as well.

3:25:40So I mean, I really can't focus on that. I'm just worried about beating Oregon and just going out there to pass it. And just put on the show. And what else is the question? Tom Moore, fuck I don't mention getting bragging is like mission. Is that frustrating? We see that in the bottom teams. Is that frustrating? Is that you know, you and it feels like you always think you're open? Are you still open when you're bragging? Oh, yeah, for sure. I'm still over no matter if I'm bragging or not. I mean, they just came out with a good game plan to break it me and a mecca. And you know, I mean, just you know, things didn't go as planned as we thought it would, but just got to keep moving on just move forward. Steven, how late did 24 seven sports? Did you mind that the two touchdown plays that you had with Wil Howard? How many times do you think you guys rep that to get? You know, those were perfect throws, perfect patterns. And you beat your guy off the line of scrimmage just how many times do you think? And what does it take to perfect that? I think we read the lease. Hey, this is Kevin. This is Joe and Nick Jonas from Hey Jonas. This episode of Hey Jonas is brought to you by the all new drink lineup at McDonald's.

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3:28:51That's code almost famous at resort pass calm slash almost famous. I don't know how many times and practice over the weeks that we had off. I mean, just came down to, you know, they press me. We taking a shot. That's what they told me the weeks we was off. And he told me before the game in the locker room, I just got to give you a shot. That's what he did. I just made a play. The first game against Oregon, just how tough was that challenge against their secondary? I know you have to get the end of the game, but you guys make place all day long against them. Just what what your thought about the challenge. Those guys gave you. I say the challenge is going to be a good challenge. They have some great global guys there. Jabbar Muhammad number seven, a Niko Rhee, other corner of my nine over there. They are great global guys. I mean, probably the best we go see all year for sure. We just got a good. You know, be Ohio State. Tony. I mean, I'm always open for me for sure. Let me just know. The ball in my area. I'm going to find a way to make a play.

3:30:32I'm going to do all I know and that's all I really want to do. Like I live, breathe, sleep football. Like that's all I really care about. Don't care about everything outside of football. Like football is all I know. And I just want to play football. Rest my life. Thanks for all of our lettering. We're all seem like you have a role where we tried to collect on some of the balls throughout the year. We'll be able to finally do those in that moment. That's kind of carried that forward. Was it the same about the way that you guys have been able to continue to progress? I mean, just you know, the weeks that we had all we were just working on deep deep shots because they tell us immediately that we have we got to take shots down. Feel me just got to connect on them and know will tell me before before the games like I said. You got to throw the ball out then just give me a chance and I'm going to make a play for you. That's what that's what you told me and I just got to make a play for. At the game WBMS. We can all joke we can all talk about the expectations and the start of this become you know you were just 13 games. How do you handle that? I mean, just a freshman. How do you take all these expectations?

3:31:33Know when you step on the field that you're always open and still go out there and play? I mean, expectations. I mean, I can't know how you stay for a reason. That's what I wanted. When it be challenged, I wanted the espacitation. Espacitation, I should say. I mean, Coach Hotline just helped me throughout the whole year just preparing me for each game, each week. A mecha, a booker, a carnival tape, Brendan Enders, really the whole receiver on just helped me. Stuff I don't really know about. It just helped me throughout the whole week. You know, I can't really say it's all on me because my talent is, but they really been a big part of the reason I'm having the season that I'm having for sure. Andrew Gillett, Cleveland.com. Jeremiah, over a thousand years, 12 thousand years, when you look back at your freshman year, what was the most of Gumpart about adjusting to the college game? What was the part that you had the hardest part about trying to train this one? Learning that playbook. A playbook is something else. Just coming in spring ball. Mecha's new plays in every week. I'm like, what is this?

3:32:35This new play is every day in Coach Hotline. You're going to be good. We got summer fall camp. You're going to be great. So, I mean, just, you know, that's it. That's definitely what's the hardest part of just learning the playbook and a lot of other things. How long did you try to get that down? How long did you take these days to come? I'm pretty sure I got it down a part right now, but next season I really want to learn everything, the HC. Yeah, I really want to learn everything in the playbook for next year, for sure. That might be 24-7 sports. You mentioned how many guys it might take for you to not feel ill. So, when you are one-on-one and Will's talking about what EC's you be one-on-one. What is going through your mind as you wind up and realize there's one guy covering you? Wind, that's all I could say. I mean, as Coach Hotline, we do something like in a hotel Friday night before the year. He asked me like, a question, like, you get one-on-one, something like that. He asked me, what do you do? I say, wind.

3:33:35Everybody just start laughing. I don't know where I be like, it's true. You got a wind, you're one-on-one, up, out of the blue. Are you from the right, Bill Landis? Kings of the North. Chair, may I move you around? So, I'm going to send a seat to the point where you get a couple matchups against linebackers. Yeah. What goes through your mind when you find yourself matched up against a linebacker? I just start laughing in my head a little bit. I mean, linebackers can't really cover receivers like that, so I just know like it's most likely to be open. But, you know, they just try to move me around a lot because you know, people try to bracket me when I'm outside just alone by myself. So, that's what it is moving me around a lot. Or less, Bay Levent Horn, the Lansford. Jeremiah, you mentioned the most difficult part of your freshman campaign as they learn in the playbook. What has been the best part so far? My way is going to rub off on people eventually. And I would also say that, you know, you kind of have to understand who you're talking to. You know, people, certain stuff makes different people tick. So, you kind of got to know your guys. You know, if you got to get harder on somebody to make them go or if you got to kind of relate to them, you know, pull them aside, have it talk.

3:34:40So, I think that all goes into leadership and you have to be able to, that has to be a skill that you have to be able to develop. What's been there for a bunch of Coach Day now, these are true head coach, you know, he's given public college duties. What's been different about that? I want to say, you know, too much has necessarily changed, but you can tell he has tremendous trust in Coach Kelly. And what he's, what he's going to do in the kind of the schemes and everything that he's brought into our program. So, the fact that, you know, he has such confidence in him and his play calling ability makes us tremendously confident. So, Coach Day has always been coached in the, continue to stay that way, but I'm glad he's able to, you know, focus more on winning as a focus on. He's kind of a field general in a sense, kind of the quarterback on that side. A lot of people may think it's, you know, the Mike linebacker, and we have Cody Simon who does that as well, but. Caleb's kind of that for our secondary, kind of make sure things are clicking on all cylinders. And he's just a very cerebral kid, very smart.

3:35:41And he's able to kind of take control of the defense. So, make the right calls, make the right checks. So, he's definitely annoying for the office to deal with, but it makes us better. Is that this impacts you in a little way, wherever you are, just, you know, the way you're going to be using that one. I would say impacts the entire offense. It's not like, you know, we're not oblivious to the fact of the caliber player he is, but, you know, as an offense, you come out and you expect to execute on anybody who's lined up a costume. Thank you for your first catch. It was the entire frame of that branch. Yeah. I never really thought about it like that, but we definitely come a long way since my freshman year. They fall to the lower days, come here all these years, and come ahead on straight and allow me to, you know, develop into the person that I am now. But, so, you know, coming full circle, it is really surreal moments to be in my senior year playing against, you know, the people I got my first catch. I mean, it's so cool. I remember Kyle getting yelled at.

3:36:41He was a ball. He was not supposed to throw, and I also remember getting pushed out at like the one or two year online. So, that's kind of a bittersweet memory, but it was a great memory. I mean, I have to say yes. If I don't think I should score it, I don't think I should be playing football. What do you think about this game so far? Who's that? Yeah, my, yeah, my only came in. He kind of has all the intangibles of his senior year. You can tell he just loves the game the way he goes about his business. He runs every route to perfection. He's a, he's a very cerebral kid. And every time he gets on the field, he expects perfection. So, he's just got to continue to develop, continue to work. And I'm really excited to see what he's able to do for us. How has your senior year by now, you know, been able to grow over camp to be able to put this opportunity starting the other day? I think, you know, it's no secret that he has all the physical capabilities that you would want. I received a really any position. He could play any position on the football field with his athletic ability.

3:37:41But so a lot of it for him was putting together the mental piece of the game. You know, not just understanding what he has on a specific play, but the whole concept. Understanding defense and all that type of stuff. So, there's nothing really that can get you ready for that moment for your first snap of college because it is different in high school. But, you know, once he, once he gets acclimated gets used to it. I don't know. I have no doubt it's going to take off for us and do tremendous things. And I'm using faith continuing to bring the team together. Yeah, I mean, it's been a huge part of everything that we've done. Been a huge part of a lot of the reasons why the students came back and everything like that. So, we have a team Bible study that we continue to do and continue to grow. I'm kind of just preaching the truth of the gospel to the guys on the team. And it's definitely permeated throughout the team throughout the years because, you know, looking back a couple of years ago, there wasn't that many people on the team heavily into their faith. And along came a couple of special people who really changed the dynamics of our program. But, you know, the Bible says one man plans the other man, the walkers, but God ultimately brings an increase. So, we're just trying our best to stay obedient to the Lord and he's done tremendous things.

3:38:42Who does two special people you just mentioned? I would say kind of the the the founders. I would say of the teams faith. We're definitely master team for one Cameron Bab and Xavier Johnson. So, those guys. What do you view as your responsibility as a captain? Really, what I view my responsibility as a captain is just as a person in general, so push everybody closer to Christ. And, you know, by doing that, I try to walk as close to Christ as I can myself. I'm kind of be that example and be that life where people look up to. And I think all the basic principles that are found in the Bible and you're trying to pursue Christ when naturally make you a better leader, a better person, better football player in the sense. So, I just try my best to anyway him.

3:39:51Yeah, I mean, we have specific goals going into every single week. Some of our goals for this week is, you know, things can get sloppy in the week one. You see it all across the country. You know, false starts, penalties, all these type of stuff. So, we're really just trying to be clean. Go out there, play a fast, complete football game. Clicking on and firing on all cylinders. So, by no means are you under estimating it and you opponent, we go out there on the field every Saturday, expecting to blow out whoever lines up across from us. So, that's just our mentality. So, we're going to hold true to that. Yeah, very, very un-series guy, very funny guy. Kind of lines the room when he walks in. And he's a true joy to be around. You can kind of throw will into any setting and he's going to get along with everybody there. So, definitely up the team chemistry locker room. We love having him around. So, we're super glad he's part of his team. A line they were getting back there, looked pretty good and filled with it.

3:40:52And we also expected them to play, oh, come out with an edge. We knew that they were in the team that played in the honor. Like you mentioned, there were some past attack issues. A fraud and some things that maybe rushed a little on some plays. But when the ball didn't come out, you guys were efficient in the passing game. 13 at 16, 13 at 20, 20, or at 10, just went aloud with the passing attack. You stay, that prolific as even the off-and-the-fly will make you stronger. The ball just had to come out quicker and throw a play. There we have to see everything. It goes in the wide eyes. It has to do that. It's getting in there and they're running faster and quicker. How much do you feel like that game can be a building block for you in terms of continuing to be a big, big, and better party off-hand? I feel like each game of building play was a stack each game and stuff like that. So, I just made bigger plays and games and stuff like that. So, I just felt like it's another building block from the mad. Do you have an offensive line been working so far in the stadium? They've been doing pretty good. They've been doing stuff like that. New guys, new places and stuff like that. We're all trying to pick up from the injuries and stuff. And you guys have been playing games with this one the last couple of games.

3:41:53How can you put wide receivers help in that? We just got to get in the box. I don't know why we got to get in there. Probably get the safety. Get live backers or at the end. So, like that, whatever they need us to do. On your touchdown catch, do you see if I can take the ball a while to come down? They came. I thought it was so easy. They're throwing into the wind. Yeah. Yeah. I had that little gun. What's your like? Like I asked you earlier, Victor. Did you figure the ball was going to be coming in sooner or later this year to follow my graph? Meaning, you know, they'll get three big time lives receivers maybe four or five. Did you figure it eventually? It would find you insignificant and significant times. Yeah, I knew the ball would come my way. Each and every week, we have plays for each and all of us and stuff like that. It just really depends on what the difference gives us. Like, if it gives us one thing, then it's not a ball goes away from me or goes coming to me and stuff like that. So, ultimately, this is not in my decision with ball goes. And yet, you're blocking a state of point. So, like, your blocking is on point. Yeah, our blocking from the White House has been a big emphasis this year and stuff like that.

3:42:53Because we liked that pretty much all last year. But they've been in those big emphasis on blocking it here from the White House. And when you look at Penn State on the video, what just stands out about there and maybe they're passing past what you're going to be personally up against them. They are pretty good select points as they play Man and the Lions and stuff like that. So, we got to win our 101. So, I'll talk about it on the perimeter. How similar to today, I know you got an opportunity to get in the game last year. How similar is there a partnership of cornerbacks for what you maybe saw last year? I'm pretty much the same. I'm married covered all around. They got a little size on them. And stuff like that. They all probably pretty much the same size all around. Thank you guys. Thanks, guys. Thanks, guys. Thanks, guys. Hi, guys. I'd say Bennett Freshman, who is the walk away. He kind of brings some good energy. Jason Middleton right there, too. He kind of oversees Max and Bronke a little bit. So, that's pretty fun. And then, catching. We all have some pretty good opportunities for catching.

3:43:53Especially in practice, we're going to meet some good-bye coaches. Very competitive for fish here. Yeah. Oh, never, never. Definitely competitive, but in a good way. We're all there, supportive. We all know our strength and weaknesses. And we're all going to have to practice. We're working with each other. We hope we totally get better. We all know that we're going to meet each other. But let's see, it's going to be awesome. There we are. You know, he just dropped his phone off. Did he have a posture for one of us here? I went to the other point where he pushed. Okay. I'm part of it. I need to be like, you know. If you're not feeling how, how can people be? How are you? I'm speaking with a time ago, right there. I have a coach here that gets feedback on that. I was saying, something that's taught a little round. So, I mean, it was before that there was one I knew. I mean, the records was just one of those opportunities.

3:44:55I mean, I mean, that's what our unit is. We're talking about the toughest thing you know. That's what we're talking about. I mean, I want to really say it's real in the toughness. That's real in the toughness. That's real in the toughness. That's real in the toughness.

3:46:00I mean, I'm not really talking about the toughness. I mean, I'm not talking about the toughness. Do you ever go back for a very high school event? Yeah. Do you want to schedule for that?

3:47:00Yeah. You play for me at byweach or this week I can go back. When things ramp up from school on the 100-dollar span, do you know what's the problem with the point? I, yeah, it does. Especially when the skinny starts to manifest. You really have to try and stay in both of the classes for the area. You really have to do it now. Now that we're under so much time, what, what excites you about getting on the field and playing meaningful football? You know, brothers, seeing the brothers succeed. You just know them all the work that we put on and do. That's awesome. Are you a big guy that had on my taking in the environment and you've used all business once you got out of the house and found us here? I probably said to my whole business, I kind of just kind of went out and I go out there and play ball. But there's moments that we had a big run it another day and I'm taking out all of that. That was awesome. There's moments like that we just kind of have to look at it and run it.

3:48:02Well, I'm glad you're happy about that. When you were at the hospital and getting a lot of things, what snacks? How can you prepare for that for everything happening? Is there a way that you can get right in that moment? Practice. You know, breaking the gears, practice a hundred percent here. So back in the day, I mean, you know, you can't do that. And then after you've been to the stadium, you know, you can work on it. The game means just what you're about to practice as well. When you're getting that experience, that's what you're talking about. The DDS, you know, is tied up and working again with that satisfaction. How do they push you as to how you better improve? A little quicker than me. So I'd like to get my hands on them a little bit. I can just kind of break off of that for that. That, you know, their quickness kind of helps me get my feet on the ground. And I can't help but pay for how down that everybody can.

3:49:02And we are in product. That's the kind of thing that you get. Both of you can get as well, and you can get your feet in real life. And then it's fighting for that new goal. What if there might be the top program? I mean, you've seen a lot of those best roles. So I'm pretty much with that. I mean, I can't really talk about this activity. Where I am, the exact same stuff that I've seen. I've been able to bring that along. I've been able to see how many of you guys have had a new impact on my life. I've had a lot of my life. I've had a lot of people that I've been able to help. People don't know what I had. I think it's good. Well, you've never made this year. That's a lot of things. I know that I've had a lot of things. So, I mean, it's good. I'm really, really proud of that. How important is the relationship of the development of the law? Good. Yeah. We're close with the talk a lot.

3:50:02I would have seen Moban and also see this. Thanks for having me. Absolutely, but I would say during mid-Spring, I would say I said, okay, I'm going to do better this. I've had a really good summer, really good fall camp. I grew up on a dream team. What's like that on Rehash? Yeah, I mean, again, I've been a year ago. I'm way past it. So, I'm ready for this year. What do you feel like your role can be? Whatever the name of the year. I'm on self-employed. I can provide a lot of block man and person. So, it's been great. I feel something perfectly with all the guys. I like them a lot. I feel like I'm going to be a good summer. Yeah. I feel like I'm going to be a good summer. Yeah. I feel like I'm going to be a good summer. Yeah. I mean, again, I mean, we bounce off the start.

3:51:03So, sometimes we're watching film, I don't know. That's me or someone. It takes you a second. Okay, okay. You don't feel, you know, like, it's great that you're prepared. Yeah. I mean, like I said, there's a pretty good fishing country. There's a fisherman. He and the young, he's there. We're working on his technique, my handplates, my feet, for a year. I think, not for not being able to play, not able to develop that really, really. Yeah. It did, but at the same time, we were different skins. You know, we were gaped down 26,000 points, just in counter plays. The year is more than, we do do gap runs, that's more so. And so, it's different footballers than different bar musicians. I think two years ago, they go when they do it.

3:52:05I don't see you feel like there's just an opportunity for all of you in the tight end, or, you know, with Cade now. Yeah. We're at this Cade this year, but, you know, we're, I hope, giving them, we're making to the 30s. 251. Spray food. We're in the highest state. And I know we're fortunate enough to have a program. I mean, a game on national program. I think it shows the power of the program. This week, until Cody said maybe that started last week before Iowa, do you hear thoughts on how you guys move back? I think going back to this foundation, I think, as a team, we believe that we're, you know, we're built on toughness. It's one thing to say, but I believe that we show up weekend, we got when we showed toughness. But to your point last week, I believe, you know, there was position groups that were challenged, not necessarily taking a personal, but just challenged to practice harder than let's see.

3:53:08How hard can we practice? And so I think ever since then, there has been another step that we've taken. But that's the whole goal. I mean, I hope in two, three weeks from now, there's even another step that we take forward for where we are now. That's just the evolution of getting better as a team. And I think one thing I've noticed with this football team is I think every single week we play, we continue to get better. But I mean, that's just life, right? I mean, I mean, that you continue to do. You have the hopes to continue to get better at it. But I think we're seeing that here with the football team as well. I think when we talked to you in camp, you said you were excited about how you guys are going to run the ball this year. And obviously, you've done that. But at what point did it become clear to you guys were going to be able to kind of hang your hat in front of the ball the way you are now? I just think we're such a balanced offense. I think it's kind of going against our team, especially in specificity against our offense. I think there's just too many things you have to respect. You've got to respect the perimeter and you have to respect the run game. You have to respect the stretch and the inside zone, all the different things that we can do, putting the ball over the field in perimeter or even taking a shot down the field.

3:54:09You have to respect some of the things that just leaves gaps in the ability to catch the ball for six and seven and eight yards. So I guess to answer your question, the more dynamic we're ever to be on the perimeter, the more we're able to connect when we hit on shots. I think the better it's going to be able to open up the run game as well. But I think Coach Kelly and Coach Day, they do an amazing job just putting us in the right position and we don't have to think about that kind of stuff. We just awful minds that is 4-6-8-B plus 2 to play as hard and as violent as we can. And we'll look at the score where at the end of the game is the where we are. Is that balance the best you've had in the game? How would you guys characterize the balance of the ball? Yeah, I just think I don't know, I don't want to sum up, I don't want to compare. But I think we're just a very balanced team. I don't, it's not much weakness. Now, when I say that, we still have the humility to know that we must continue to be better weekend and week out. But when I just look at our team as a whole, I don't just see like, let's go pick on this guy because this guy can't do X-1-Z or we can leave him.

3:55:14I think we have 11 guys on both side of the ball that are able to be dynamic and the physical and strong players. And I think we're just a complete team. But again, I say that with humility. We want to continue to weekend and week out, be the best team. We know we have to show up because on any given week you can lose. So we show up every week with the intentions that it's a national championship. Let's say about a lot of us, you know, it's been a few days about us. And you're going to have this team for the Iowa game. Yeah. And group men. What's going to help you grow as a leader? And what's going to help you grow more comfortable, I guess, as being kind of a voice in my team? I would just attribute that to my faith. In my words, David, do you describe it? I think before you can lead anybody else, you have to have a sense of the foundation of who you are. Having a sense of self, an idea of self. And I think before that I've been able to be strong in my faith, the more confidence it has given me into being leaders to other people, being able to be a leader to other people. But I think that's where it starts. How can you lead people if you're not really sure of where you are?

3:56:16And then also when it comes to, you know, practicality of football, I think the more you have an understanding of the offhand, the more vexing you are in the offhand, the more that you know, the more ability you can then hand-know into the next group of younger guys coming behind you. So that all helped the leadership. But I would attribute that to my faith, my strong foundation, and, you know, no one who I am. Maybe some of the better instrumentalized years that you kind of were able to learn from as well, I know that they were pretty good leaders as well. You asked who were some? There were so many. I mean, this is being my fifth year. I've seen many, many leaders always going back to my freshman, just in and pass bowl and Jonathan Cooper, those guys to then the next group of guys with Chris and, they are all the different guys going up coming through here. I've seen many great leaders. And I think there's something I would definitely say there's something special with the leaders on this team.

3:57:16I would say there's not the leaders that we have on this team, but not just leaders due to seniority, due to it's just my turn. But I would look at the leaders that we have on this team and say there are some fairly leaders, not just by leaders, but it's not as Hamie down. They're truly, we have great leaders on this team. The first question, Brandon was saying that he feels like Will is just built in the moment. Do you kind of feel that way too? Yeah, I feel like he never gets too high, he never gets too low. He's always locked in and focused. And that's the kind of, I don't know, temperament is the right word, but the right attitude, if you will, for like a better word, that's the right attitude that you want from the quarterback. No matter what spot we are in the game, we can look to Will and we'll be able to lead our huddle. And we have confidence in that. Really many tough practices, you know, hard camp and so far and tough practices. So really just coming in each and every day, man, it's just trying to get better.

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4:00:18So just go to resort pass calm choose your resort choose your day luxury resort day passes start at just $1,000. Once you post your daycation, people are going to ask where you are. Go to resort pass calm slash almost famous and use the promo code almost famous to get $20 off when you spend $100. That's code almost famous at resort pass calm slash almost famous. Man is very important. The coaches, you know, they stress that a lot. You know, we got to run the boss after running, especially in these matchup games. You know, these big thing games. So, you know, we've definitely been working, you know, to try to do that. So what's the most intense memory you have the most lost lock. I ain't going to lie. It's so many. It's so many fall count down. Fuck count man. I got so many there. Fuck count. But yes, it's a lot. Okay, what was the first impression when you when you went shot and all you guys first met. I think when he first got here, he came, he came in the room. And man, he gave, he gave us this speech. He's like, I'm a dog. I'm a dog.

4:01:27And man, that's right. The idea. I was like, I we in it. We in it. We in it. But now I mean, I love Coach like man. It's out of the deep. We're in there. Man, I thank God for bringing him here. Man, he's a man. He's been amazing. You know, in this room on the same man. He's been a huge part of the same. So I was talking to you around. Have you ever had a coach quite intense as what Carlos is? Oh, yeah, man. Coach, coach, I was that way. You know, he, he coached me that way. And you know, Coach, like, Coach, like does it as well. And so, yeah, man, both, both of those guys, man, I'm so thankful. You know, that got up has allowed us to cross pass. You know, they, they both been really helpful in my life. Maybe on whether, whether it's that stuff, I'm not the sole of the other thing or we just kind of generally keeping you balance sometimes. I was born as a for running back to work on stuff with the kind of off hand man you're not carrying this over. I mean, I feel like it's just a tool. You know, you can use, you know, sometimes that comes out. And so one thing that coach, like, help us work on it, just using different tools.

4:02:29And so it definitely, it definitely comes to show on Saturday. You know, sometimes. So, man, that's, yeah, it's really important to just try to work on those tools as a running back. What about contact now? And so I'll do the perfect over the course of the group. It seems like that's going to scream for you earlier this season. Yeah. Um, she really man, uh, just like the part of this program is getting developed. And so really just getting developed here, you know, on the coaches here. They've been doing a good job of helping me, you know, grow and become, you know, a better running back. And so, especially having coach a lot here, you know, he's been a huge part of, you know, the success. I'm praise God, you know, first and foremost, but, you know, with him bringing coach lock here and leading coach lock here. Man, he's been a huge part of that. So, with, with coach on, you know, we talk so much, you guys have talked about it. You know, split carries, but now that you're actually in the season, you feel you're in for a drive and the coach comes in, you want that hard drive. You feel that defenses are more worn down where you're not just having to go in the air. You split back, those before, but you've always been a feature back. Now you're kind of split carries. Do you feel like, you feel the defenses are a little more worn down than you are when you get in there.

4:03:37First, first quarter or early second quarter? Every now and I mean, it really depends on team. You know, there's some teams that play hard, you know, four, four quarters. And so, yeah, it really depends on team to be honest. You think split carries, what kind of help you at all in any way? Yes, it has helped me in so many ways. And I, you know, it's a long season for real. And so the biggest thing is just helping, you know, with the wear and tear. And I'm just building off each other moment of two. So it's helped in so many ways. And you can't live anymore in here. Does it even help getting down up like you could tell you're not maybe getting the volume. It's like some unharder or something that doesn't have it helps at all. Coach, they actually talked about that to be honest. Um, the C-spress to the team, you know, if you get tired, you know, we got, we got, we got definitely the same, you know, guys who can come in and make plays. And so he actually expressed that. Bigger tests are common, but what's impressed you about the offends and why in the world? Man, really the work they've been playing in, you know, during practice. I mean, I know y'all see it, you know, during on Saturdays, but man, really the work that they've been in during practice.

4:04:41You know, it's, it's hard, man. It knows guys do a good job of, you know, just coming in each and every day and trying to get better. So you talk about your thinking, getting off from Sean. He comes out with a step arm. You got speed off that mentality. I want to, one of another, one of another. Uh, yeah, man. Like I said, man, there's definitely, um, we build momentum, you know, off each other and I'll definitely build momentum off my shine, man. When Sean is a great running back, I believe the shoot of best running back in the country, man. That boy, talented man. And, um, you know, I'm so thankful, man, to have him here, man. He's going to be a huge part of the scene. Thanks for joining us together. I was glad on the field and executed. I thought it was just amazing to see. So as it's team, you know, I gave him the arms and the props and we got to the end of my bro. That's a hell of a lot, but is this good? Did you hear him yell from the side of my? No, it was so loud. You could hear it on TV microphones. No, actually, I did. I just seen the blitz pick up. I would make you want to go out there and get one for sure. Yeah, for sure. How was your past program center?

4:05:43Oh, I thought definitely, you know, I didn't get a lot of blitz is as far as I think on that like, hey, this is Kevin. This is Joe and Nick Jonas from Hey Jonas. This episode of Hey Jonas is brought to you by the all new drink lineup at McDonald's. I don't have to tell you that there are already so many great drink options at McDonald's, but the new drink lineup, I mean, it takes things to another level. They've got delicious caffeinated refresher's like the strawberry watermelon refresher crafted sodas like the Spriteberry blasts and now the all new red bull dragonberry energizer. We're talking about a total game changer made with red bull. That's mixed with blue raspberry flavor and topped with freeze dried dragon fruit. Wow, McDonald's has given us a refreshing new boost for your day and the red bull dragonberry energizer is arriving just as you're heading back to the dorms for the fall semester. It's got a boost of energy and a kick of flavor when you need it the most, you know, powering through those lectures and studying sessions, you're going to need it.

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4:07:55And I'm thinking this is exactly what I needed. So just go to resort pass calm choose your resort choose your day luxury resort day passes start at just $25. Once you post your daycation, you're going to ask where you are. Go to resort pass calm slash almost famous and use the promo code almost famous to get $20 off when you spend $100. That's code almost famous at resort pass calm slash almost famous. Yeah, I didn't have any pressure on Saturday. So definitely want to share. You know, I just got coach Kelly yesterday. Is he called things differently when you're in the game when he sees you're in the game or in when he sees crazy. He says no, you feel like that too, because the packages the package you all just run the planes. Yeah, I think that's just the biggest thing, you know, like I don't totally don't draw anything else because I just got there and just executing my name. Yeah, I know y'all are trained the same. You know, you look at a guy who see physically he's a little bit different from that guy. Yeah, how do you like this package?

4:08:58You know, it's only the first game. So I wish I could say, yeah, definitely how much I like so far, but I think as we continue throughout the season, we get to showcase a lot of different. Yeah, that's why it's how does it compare to what you can go mess stuff in the variety of plays. I think just starting off the season at the point that we're now like we haven't really done too many crazy things just right away. But still practice. Yeah, you know, this it feels pretty deep to you. Oh, yeah, definitely it's going to be fun. It's time to share. Which one is it feel like you guys are close in the run game. The bus is you open. Yeah, I definitely think so. Like I said, we see on the fan, you know, how everybody has collected the weekend come together and improve things that were missed or love like that. But I think we definitely Well, I'm sorry I got that big. Well, Brandon. No, What was your point of view of that? We're watching back on film. What's every action for you and how much of an emphasis is that?

4:09:59Thank you, man. Yeah. Definitely, definitely a big emphasis, especially at our position, super important. And I think it's really important to see what we do in practice together in the equal S.B. What was the reaction to seeing that block for the day? I mean, at the moment, I just like, Danny and Mike, we are. Coach Kelly was talking about you, Jamie on James Peoples. Doesn't matter who's in the game. They call it the same way. And James, like, what did you see in his first performance? You see some similarities that all between you guys. I think in James, man, just saying, I got there and be super excited with the performance, like, go out there for his first game and see him get the run and get the dude out. Just see him get the experience like his first game. Me and Tray both just enjoy it. Are you surprised at all the sea teramising happen first ever game? I think just as a team and like, we're so talented and everybody just worked so hard since we've been here. And you get to see what each of your teammates can do.

4:11:00So it's like when they go out on Saturdays, it feels so fast. Great. Which one? Thank you very much. Thank you guys. Thanks for watching. It's been a long time. It's been a long time. It takes step on, just walk towards the locker room if you don't mind. Really just coming in each and every day, man. It's just trying to get better. It's so good. How important is Navajo and the run, especially now in taking time for it? Man, it's very important. The coaches, they stress that a lot. We've got to run the ball and stop the run, especially in these match-up games. You know these big team games. So we've definitely been working to try to do that. What's the most intense memory you've had with Carlos Lachlan? I ain't going to lie. It's so many. It's so many. Fall count down. I got so many there. Fall count.

4:12:00It's a lot. What was the first impression when you went down all of your matches? I think when he first got here, he came in the room. He gave us this speech. Jesus was like, I'm a dog. I'm a dog. That's right. I knew I was like, I'm weird. I love Coach Lachlan. It's out of the deep. Thanks God for bringing him here. He's been amazing. In his room, on his same man, he's been a huge part of the same. I was talking to you about that. Have you ever had a coach quite intense as with Carlos? Yeah, coach Ophor was that way. He coached me that way. Coach Lach does it as well. Both of those guys, I'm so thankful that God has allowed us to cross paths. They both have been really helpful in my life. I think that's the far more to solve the other day. We just kind of generally keep you balanced sometimes.

4:13:02I was born as a for running back to work on stuff with a kind of off hand. And you're not carrying this over. I mean, I feel like it's just a tool. You know, you can use sometimes that comes out. And so one day in that coach Lach helped us work on it. It's just using different tools. And so it definitely comes to show on Saturday. You know, sometimes. Yeah, it's really important to just try to work on those tools as a running back. Hey, this is Kevin. This is Joe and Nick Jonas from Hey Jonas. This episode of Hey Jonas is brought to you by the all-new drink lineup at McDonald's. I don't have to tell you that there are already so many great drink options at McDonald's. But the new drink lineup, I mean, it takes things to another level. They've got delicious caffeinated refresher's like the strawberry watermelon refresher, crafted sodas, like the Spriteberry Blast. And now the all-new Red Bull Dragonberry Energizer. We're talking about a total game changer made with Red Bull. It's mixed with blue raspberry flavor and topped with freeze-dried dragon fruit.

4:14:03Wow. McDonald's has given us a refreshing new boost for your day. And the Red Bull Dragonberry Energizer is arriving just as you're heading back to the dorms for the fall semester. It's got a boost of energy and a kick of flavor when you need it the most. You know, powering through those lectures and studying sessions, you're gonna need it. Kicking the afternoon slump or rallying for the weekend. Try one of the many new drinks like the Red Bull Dragonberry Energizer, also available with Red Bull Zero. Now at McDonald's. The ocean moves us, surfing a wave or savoring the view. The ocean delights us as playful otters restore coastal kelp forest. The ocean connects us. Visit monoraybayacquarium.org slash connects. This is Ashley Akinetti from the Almost Amos Podcast. You ever notice you and your spouse keep saying, we need to get away, but you never actually plan anything. That was us until we did something fun and spontaneous. We went to resortpass.com. There are hundreds of hotel resorts, pools and spots and private beaches that you can enjoy.

4:15:06You can spend the day at a luxury resort, pool spa massage without booking an overnight stay. And listen, I may have only been like 15 minutes from home, but it felt like it was a whole different world. And I'm thinking this is exactly what I needed. So just go to resortpass.com, choose your resort, choose your day, luxury resort day passes start at just $25. Once you post your daycation, people are gonna ask where you are. Go to resortpass.com slash almost famous and use the promo code almost famous to get $20 off when you spend $100. That's code almost famous at resortpass.com slash almost famous. What about contact now? I'll be the proof of that over the course of your period. It seems like that's going to shrink me really. Yeah. Um, she really meant just like the part of this program is getting developed. And so really just getting developed here. You know, um, the coaches here, they've been doing a good job of helping me, you know, grow and become, you know, a better running back.

4:16:07And so especially having coach a lot here, you know, he's been a huge part of, you know, the success. Um, I praise God, you know, first and foremost, but you know, with him bringing coach a lot here and leading coach a lot here. Man, he's been a huge part of that. So We've been showing you, we've talked so much, you guys have talked about it. You know, split carries, but now that you're actually in the season, you deal, you're in for a drive and coach comes in. You go over that nerve drive where you feel that defenses are more worn down where you're not in first half of the year. You split back those before, but you've always been a feature back. Now you're kind of split carries. Do you feel like you feel the defense that are a little more worn down than you are when you get in there and, you know, first, light first quarter or early second quarter? Uh, every now and I mean, it really depends on the team. You know, there's some teams that play hard, you know, four, four quarters. And so, um, yeah, it really depends on the team to be honest. You think it's putting carries on my kind of help to you at all anyway? Uh, yes. It has helped me in so many ways.

4:17:07And I, you know, it's a long season for real. And so, the biggest thing is just helping, you know, with the wear and tear. And I'm just building off each other moment of two. So it's helped in so many ways. And kind of looking anywhere in here doesn't even help. You know, like, you know, you're not maybe getting the volume, you're just like, it's not harder. Because I don't have any helps at all. Coach, they actually talked about that too, be honest. And I think that's the best thing to see, you know, if you get tired, you know, we got, we got, we got definitely the same, you know, guys who can come in and make plays. And so he actually expressed that. Your tests are calm, but what's impressed you about the offense and why? Uh, man, really the work they've been playing in, you know, during practice. I mean, I know y'all see it, you know, during on Saturdays, but man, really, uh, the work they're playing during practice. You know, it's hard, man. And those guys do a good job of, you know, um, just coming in each and every day and trying to get better. And then, you know, you're just getting, you know, you're just getting off from Sean. And he comes out with a step arm. You come out with a step arm. You guys, you guys feed off that physicality. I want to, one of another, one of another. Uh, yeah, man.

4:18:07Like I said, man, there's definitely, um, we build momentum, you know, off each other. And I'll definitely build momentum off when Sean, man. When Sean is a great running back, I believe the shoot of best running back in the country, man. That boy talented man. And, um, you know, I'm so thankful, man, to have him here, man. He's going to be a huge part of the scene. Thanks for having me. Yeah, man. He's been working really hard, man. Even before this season, um, he had a great spring, great summer, especially throughout fall count. Um, he took a lot of reps and went against the top players, taught defense in the country. So I think, I think he's ready to have a bit. As a bad game, if you recognize what changes happening, whether they bring Austin in as they go over, then coming in. Are you aware of those things? I'm not going to lie. Sometimes I'm too locked in. I don't really notice it. Um, but it went down. It was good. That is in came in. And so this is trying to motivate you. You know, he can do it. He's in as a great battle. We have the team. I'm trying to. I think the biggest thing, you know, is just continuing to encourage you. I think that's the biggest thing.

4:19:20I think there's a lot of time. You know, you can get selfish. I think that's something that got to be helping me work on this is. I know it's tough times. You know, to not be selfish, you know, at all and really encourage the guys around me and spread his life. Is that when you've seen throughout the team here, almost half way going to happen? Yes, definitely seen that. We definitely been listening each other up and encouraging each other. You know, just really trying to put the pace and focus on the rascal. We'll talk yesterday about how this lost and positive in the United States. You have an out a lot of chances. How do you feel like you guys are turning the page of the game? I think really that was the biggest focus when we came in after the loss. I met a team. It's just like Coach Day. Really did a good job with that. You know, it's just like, man, we all kind of own up to the mistakes that were made.

4:20:20But you know, one thing I love and respect about Coach Day is that he took upon himself. You know, he called himself out. It was like that's on him. But it's really it's on all of us, you know, in the team. And so that's one thing I really love about Coach Day is that he was willing to check himself. What was the last week's practice like specifically for the Northland game? It was tough. It was a great week of development, you know, getting better and cleaning up the little details of things. I think that we continue to strive on the little things, the little details, you know, we can really go forward. What's different about coming off the loss early out of this season here to coming up that first loss later in the year? I think the biggest thing is it just it humbles us. You know, it keeps us focused on the right thing. Like I believe this is a test of our faith, you know, in the Lord. I think this, I believe, you know, he wanted it to go this way, you know, and test our faith. We're we can see and trust him even when things don't go our way.

4:21:21And you know, he's helping us pass that test. You said Coach Day called himself out. What did he call himself out on? What kind of things do you say? Really just as a head coach, you know, this is his team, you know, he's like the guy. And so he was just like it really starts with me. And so we love that, you know, I think a lot of times, you know, coaches will pinpoint it on everyone else with Coach Day. Man, he just took the fun of stuff and like that's only, you know, he's going to get it big. And you know, he's definitely been pushing us man and pointing us in the right direction and helping us clean up things. Try to punch on it usually to the ball and then have any fun with this career. What do you see from him kind of found the back of that this week? How did this week pass we have to let it procedure down as well? Where did he add in terms of responding to that? Quashon man, he's been responding to that virtually really well. Yeah, he's definitely not used to putting the ball on the ground. And so he's definitely been working hard in practice to get that to get that face man. Quashon is a really great player and he's definitely going to bounce back.

4:22:24If you've been kind of guy, you have to go over to right after that happens and give him some motivation and comfort. You kind of leave it well. Yeah, I mean, we always go to the bench and we encourage each other man Quashon. He encourages me, I encourage his hands. Like we just sharpen each other and then and therefore each other when we meet him. So you're going to the 2014 title team getting in common Saturdays and they're 10 day in a virtually. Do you remember watching Zekin and those guys as a kid and having a day putting your memories of them? I'm not going to lie. I did not watch it at the kids. Have you gotten to know them now or just what's your sort of like you with that team? Yeah, that team was loaded. That's what I heard about the team. Like it was really loaded. I see highlights every now and then I think leaping off to like the champions. But they can't sell them, right? Yeah, he had like four. Right? Four touch. Yeah, I think so, but I know that team with Pac-Man was loaded.

4:23:25So a lot of great guys on the team. Thank you, baby. I think that's why you know just coming in, you know with the right mindset, trying to put it in the work you see in every day and get better as a team. So what are some ways that you and Genesharon trying to contrast the complement one of the things that you may not be able to do as well as him and vice versa? Shoot, I don't know. We'll see. Where is Genes step down the course of the play? Man, James has been so good. Man, he's a really good person and a good player. And he comes in every day, you know, just trying to get better. You know, he kind of reminds me a lot about myself as a way. And this is hunger and everything is coming in. He's going to be a great player to him. He's continuing to buy it. You know, to where we're going here and you know where we're trying to go. And you know, he's going to be a part of this offense.

4:24:26He said good person, too. What's the doubt about this caring all of it? Man, he just brings so much joy. So he's a funny dude. And man, yeah, I just love him as a brother. I got this chance. I knew James when he was recruited. And so we talked a little bit. And just like being here, man, just being there, you know, helping him in search and doing what he's doing. It's been done and the conversation that we have, you know, just off the field. And so just being able to be there for him, you know, when he when he used it. And I'm just saying for that. They tried to fill up dollars every situation set of bills. How does the impact affect the money run again? Yeah. How does it go? I got like, you know, he's a good player, man. I was so glad, you know, he's here, man. He's been really good for the defense, man. And yeah, man, he's all around the field, you know, making plays in the ranked game, past game everywhere. He shows up everywhere.

4:25:27What is your view as your response to that? As a captain, Jesus teaches greatness to serve him. And so I just, you know, I think for me, you know, I just want to be, you know, the Lord's humble servant and just be able to serve others. You know, the players on my team, you know, how I reckon do so and be the captain that the Lord wants me to be. And so, you know, it's a big responsibility. You know, the biggest thing is just like that I pray on it and that the Lord helps me to remember that, you know, I'm trying to please him and not others. And so, you know, just keep it my eyes on the Lord and continue allowing them to work on my heart to be a better team captain for my team. I think that's, it's going to be really good. That's like it was a goal for you when you got here. The leader of the captain that I was seeing. Uh, you not really, man, it's just, yeah, not really, man. I'm just so thankful, you know, that God has placed me in this position and my teammates, you know, they pick me to be in this position. Yeah, I'm just so thankful, man, and just being in this position, like I just want to be able to bring the Lord to the Lord's name.

4:26:31And so, like I said, man, just leaning on him, you know, it's tough, man. It's tough being a captain because every day, you know, you got to come in and people are looking at you, the new things, right? And so, um, there's been days where I struggle and, um, just gotten in the secret place with the Lord and just asking the Lord to for help, you know. And he, he bought me through, man, and he's continuing to make me a better person, a better team. What have you told Quenchingon to expect in his first Sunfair Saturday in one of the City of Erie game, man? Uh, I don't even think we talked much about that yet. Yeah, I don't know how much we talked about that. We so locked in there right now, man, it's just, when that time comes, the calm, man. What would you tell them about, you know, the atmosphere of the weather going on on Saturdays, you can keep on fast and fast? Uh, it's a side of, man. It's a side, especially first game, being back in the shoe, um, the walk and seeing a fans and everything. You know, it's, it's a huge environment. So, yeah, I'm, man, I know he's going to be so excited.

4:27:31You guys are bringing up two in the country. You're loaded. People expect y'all to make a run all the way to the championship game. Who knows what happens in. I legit is that in your game as a player in your city, in more of your city. I'll trade you on about this team. Yeah. That's a huge issue, man. Um, you know, it's a long season. And so I think the biggest thing is that we're trying to do as a team, you know, this year, it's not lived too far ahead. Just taking one game at a time. You know, I think that's the biggest thing right there, man. Let's, like, let's just focus on hacking and martialing the next game, the next game. And then eventually, like, we'll get there, man. We'll get there. But just every day, just trying to focus on one day at a time, putting in the work. And I'm preparing for the opponent. You know, we have each week. Alright, right. Thank you. Thanks for having me. Appreciate you, John. So, you know, it's been great. And the more that I just throw to these receivers and just get, you know, get around these guys, you know, the more. Or we're coming together and becoming a team and it's cool to see and we just got to keep, keep doing it and keep practicing as hard as we as men.

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4:31:44Doing things like that is something I want to continue to grow in for my team. Because at the end of the day, all 11 guys have to do their job every single play. And being the quarterback, you have to facilitate that a little bit and help those guys and make sure that we're being the best team we can be. I think that's what you're talking about. Yeah, yeah, I felt fast. It was nice to get out and run in a little bit. You know, I, I, we made a little, a little QB call on that play and got out and ran and it was fun. You know, obviously it's, it's nice to compete with those guys and running, you know, trying out runs and some, some BBs that are really, really fast. But yeah, it was a good play. No way, no one you're in your youth. You want to do it as a whole with the past, you know, with the big, fire, if you come in your youth, feel like you're like, just not enough to use it. Oh, yeah, absolutely. That's a big part of my game and it's going to need to be a part of our game as an offense.

4:32:47You know, whether that's in the re-game and in the scramble game, whatever it may be. You know, I just want these guys on my team to know that, you know, I'm willing to run the ball and go get that extra yard when I need to, you know, because at the end of the day, that's what really, that's what it really comes down to. You know, are we going to run some quarterback, you know, run place, sure, but, you know, at the end of the game when it's third and five and everyone's, you know, everyone's covered down the field. Am I going to be able to tuck the ball down and go, you know, go get six yards and run someone over. That's one of the bigger things and I think, you know, I want those guys, you know, they're out there with me to know that, you know, I'm going to go get that extra yard. I've been part of the day because some quarterbacks are able to run but not willing to. I mean, folks are allowed to do that. Yeah, as a visitor, Peewee, I mean, I've always, I've, yeah, I've always definitely, you know, when I was a young kid, I was a pretty good runner when I got to high school. I was a tall, you know, skinny pocket passer kind of. And I wasn't really known for my running ability. I ran it, you know, from time to time. But when I got to K state, I put on a little weight.

4:33:49You know, I started to get a little stronger in the, you know, in my, in my, my leg areas and, you know, I'm actually my first start against TCU third play of the game. I ripped off like an 80 yard QB draw, which I surprised myself a little bit. Like, you know, I had had some good runs in camp and people knew I was good athlete. I was like, man, I just really just do that. From then on, you know, it just kind of became a part of my game. And, you know, I just got more and more confident with it. And, you know, the more you do it, the better you get at it. You know, throughout my whole career there, I obviously, I ran the ball. I get a mountain. I enjoy running the ball. I think, you know, people always ask me, is it more fun to run the touchdown or throw a touchdown? I like to run it. I think it's pretty, pretty cool to, you know, run in there and celebrate with teammates. You know, yeah, it's definitely been a bit of a part of my game. It's a need to be. Well, the guys that said it. That's a good question. Everything is, everything's heightened here. You know, I think, you know, you know, you feel, you feel the eyes a little bit and you feel,

4:34:54I think, I think that, you know, the one thing I would say is that I don't feel like I have to be a hero here. And I feel like I have the guys around me to where I just need to facilitate and just get them to ball and make good decisions. And at the end of the day, I don't have to go out there and do anything super, super human. You know, I just have to be myself and trust the guys around me. And, you know, in going through camp and through spring ball, like, they was talking to you earlier at them, like, going against his defense every single day is a, is a blessing. And like, I know it, it sucks at times. And I'm sitting here like, geez, like, you know, in a, in a game, like, that guy's not going to be guarded like that, you know, that's just in Zelda being a dude or RGB, you know, making a really good play, but like, that's real. And that is going to happen. And we're going to play some really good defenses, but like, I think we're playing, you know, one of if not the best defense in the country every single day. And that's just making me and us better. And, you know, for, for me, you know, it's just, it's elevating my game. And I love the competition and we, we all do.

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4:37:57Choose your day, luxury resort day passes start at just $1,000. Once you post your daycation, people are going to ask where you are. Go to resort pass calm slash almost famous and use the promo code almost famous to get $20 off when you spend $100. That's code almost famous at resort pass calm slash almost famous. I think they're doing a really good job. I think they hear in this offense, they're doing a lot of different things. They're moving around a lot. They're blocking their catching. They're doing a lot of different things and they've shown some really good flashes so far in these first couple days of practice. I'm excited for this group. I think G is doing some really good things. Obviously he's one of those alpha dogs in the offense. Everyone looks to him. He's one of those guys. And Will Kazmaryk's doing some really good things. So Lonnie's doing some really good things.

4:38:57Everyone's stepping up. It's been cool to see. I think that tight end room is definitely bringing the juice. Coach, he's got him going. I'm excited to see what they do. You feel like you're the number one quarterback. You approach practice. You're the starter. You're mindset wise. How do you go about that? Because obviously it's still a competition. I'm just trying to be the best version of myself every single day. That's all I'm trying to do. And you know, whatever whenever I get thrown in there, I'm going to go in there and make the best out of my reps and show this team that, you know, I'm. I'm going to fight for them and do everything that we need to do to win. That's all that matters to me. It's getting better and the best team that I can be. This is the first year that you know, this coach guy is trying to see tricks of Billy. You guys know, you're helping out the other teams. Are there new offers? Has that been valuable? It's been awesome. Yeah, I think it was long overdue. I think, you know, we've had these guys that have ton of knowledge. You know, and had all these weird rules that they couldn't coach.

4:39:57But now being able to, you know, have Riley and Billy and coach Kelly and coach Kelly. And coach day all coaching us. We got really two quarterback coaches on either field when we're doing like two spot like it's invaluable. And I think Billy's been awesome for the room. You know, I think Riley, Arkansas, really good things. Obviously coach Kelly and coach there, you know, some of the best in the in the country. You know, I've been looking for her back. And you know, the coaching that we're getting is awesome. And I think having the analyst be able to be out there on the field has been really big and long overdue. Well, tips that there is no front line. There's a point you guys look into. We're talking all the rest. At what point would it be helpful to know who the starter is and then be able to get those reps to be the leader more fortunate? Yeah, you know, I wish I could say I don't really know. And you know, that's not up to me. That's not my decision. I am I'm just going to be myself. You know, keep fighting to be the best version of myself every single day.

4:40:58And you know, try to make the make the most out of my reps and show this team that, you know, I'm going to I'm going to give them my all. And that's all I can do, man. And we're just going to keep competing, keep making each other better and have fun. It looks like you're passing. You feel like a different pastor. You work a state in law. Yes, I do. I think I've I've tweaked some things in my mechanics. And you know, I think the coaching that I'm getting here is not not mechanic wise, but read wise and feet wise. And all these different things. And you know, I'm just I'm getting a different deeper level of coaching than I ever have before. And you know, I have a deeper understanding of the offense and what the defense is doing. And you know, my movement keys, my pre snap checklist, my post snap reads like everything's just been faster. And obviously, you know, my experience helps with that a little bit. But I think, you know, my work with my with my quarterback coach has helped a lot Jeff Christiansen. You know, he's he's helped me a ton. And you know, I've I feel like I've just gotten stronger.

4:41:58And that's helped me a lot too. So I think I'm throwing the ball with a lot more confidence going ball a lot better. And a lot of that has to do with the coaching I've gotten. And you know, that's a great for those guys for getting me ready and, you know, making sure that, you know, I develop myself in the off season. And, you know, I've become the best version of myself going into football. Thank you. Thank you guys. I appreciate it. Well, like whisper, you know, the quarterbacks they've had just the past five years, uh, shown the kind of great numbers. And I've just done things the right way. And I've wanted to come this off. And because my coach Kelly, uh, you know, make adjustments. Why? That was definitely. I had pretty much contact with them. You want me to. I didn't know that. I was doing one of the things that Coach Bates says is you don't like to have your hands held. You can't process. Now you've played up an age a lot of time in your football. What is it about you to drive you to want that much coaching? I would say, you know, in high school, I had a coach that, you know, he was doing a lot of responsibility.

4:43:00And I heard, you know, a lot of, a lot of responsibility. I mean, making sure on me. And so I just, you know, I want to do the best for what I can be. And take the need with you. Do things the right way. And just do things the right way. I love Washington, Joe Burrow. He makes that adjustment line. He's a really good decision maker. I like Justin Burrow very much. I try to do something. I watch him play. I was going to play some of those guys in the back. I was just, you know, give us your makers who make things. I would say I'm a little more flat. I'm working on the Michael Salle. You know, Coach Bates tried to get me to do both. I was going to do both. I was going to do both. I'm a little bit more flat. I'm working on the Michael Salle. You know, Coach Bates tried to get me to do both. I'm a welcome leader up there with the guys. I think I'm going to be a professional striker. I'm going to be a leader for him. That's why it's definitely quite confident. That's why I'm confident in your ability to play. I know a lot of people have been playing. Actually, I think I've only been here once in a few months.

4:44:01I've been here for all of a sudden. I love him. Really good food, good places to be. I know a friend. A friend, a buddy with a friend. I think I've visited maybe freshman or sophomore year. What do you think? Yeah, just for the camper and visit just to see the scene of these songs. I know it was only a few days. But being in the Alabama program, especially as they prepared for a ballpoint front, what did you take away from that short period of time? Yeah, it was really good with the coach of recent give-saving. The coach of players are hard and I saw the work that takes to get to the playoffs. I'm coming here to see the older guys putting their work in the air. Throughout the winter, I see older guys and older leaders putting their work in the show. How much of a relationship did you have with air? Obviously. He had been committed. You come in, you're both freshmen. What was it like before and what's your relationship exactly? We didn't have much relationship prior. We measured it when we were 11. I knew each other a little bit.

4:45:01And then come in here. We're back room. Everyone here is really close. So we're all pushing each other to do better. We're all taking push points from each other trying to get better. I would say we are top-class advice. Come back from the game and there's a little bit high experience because of the team that you're turning. It's high-class advice. How did you feel when you were playing on air? There was definitely a lot of emotions. I'm not going to be on air. They helped me through it. They helped me through it. I made the right decision. I'm not here. I'm not here. I'm not here. I have the true question. What do you think is the potential of your career? I can't really explain how that had out of me. I'm just trying to develop. I'm going to take push points from Coach Day. I can have a great quarter-mech risker. I'm going to take push points from Coach Kelly.

4:46:02I just want to develop and run the offense when they want it. I'm going to take push points from the right-hand window. You look at your speech. I think that I can be a really good decision maker. The offense and some of the absolute making trust. It's a great quality. You think that's a good thing? I think it's kind of a lot of things. I was always around football. My bow was a quarterback at Penn. He used it quarterback and eighth and I was in high school. I was in football and his speech kept going. I was in football and then I just spent a hell of office at high school. I really just had an honor. Who do you want to thank? Good one. Who's your favorite Tayden? Tagger. What are you saying?

4:47:02I'm a paper-sale. I'm going to show. From a coaching standpoint, yeah, it feels a lot better when you're not looking around. You put your head in down there. Now it gets a sickness going back around. You slide outside in. You're going to two-patuons go both-arts today. You got a coach. That was good for both parties. As a coach, we can so practice and then for the kids getting really good reps that way. How much does it take? It's just what the calendar of an offensive line unit anyway. You're going to take the criticism. I think the maturity of these guys is probably what sounded or showed the bottom of it. I wasn't over there, but like... You had to hold his hand. That's our position. That's who we are. That's what you want to coach, just position or play this position. You're going to take those.

4:48:03I think the maturity and the growth of those guys understanding what they need to do, why they need to do it. It's going to pay dividends when we get on the field and start playing in the games. We're playing more and continue to play more like linemen and not lines on a page. I think as young guys and new guys you get in, you're kind of like, I put a half. Oh, I got burned. Okay, I'm going to go get the burn. No blocking you. I don't want to block you. You're right. I don't want to block you. Okay. Thanks, guys. But just trying to not screw it up or get there, figuring it out, you know, schematically or whatever. We're now the ownership and we're going to burn. And this is how we're getting here and this is the tech ECM using. That's showing up a lot more than that. And like I said, that starts burning food because we're not... You're not blocking a pop up them. Like we do pods. We do individuals. Larry's guys and you got good on good and it's showing.

4:49:06That's the positive. As a coach now I'm sitting there feeling like, you're feeling better about it because we're doing it. And they're doing it because they understand it. And they're not just saying, I'm aligned on the page. I got to go block the news. You mentioned Larry's guys. How much is it almost shining a light if you see a weakness on your line going against those guys? I would think it would expose it pretty well. You get a good read on what you have. Yeah, it's another proof though of when you're in a match-up game, Brian talks about this all the time. It's you versus you. If you don't take the right step, if you don't communicate or get the right fit to the right identification, then really good teams and really good players are going to take advantage of that. If you give them something that way. So you're playing you. So for us to answer your question, yeah. They expose like, why did I get beat right there? Did he beat me or did I give it to him and he took it? And then Larry's guys can do the same. And whatever the technique may be on a zone player or a gap player or whatever it may be. And we hit something big. He can watch us say, hey, did you miss their fit? Did they miss their hands?

4:50:06So that good on good that we're getting to go is going to expose a lot of things. Not necessarily how good you are, but when you don't play as good as you are. If that makes sense. Hey, can you just explain to you general question, but how would you see your, I guess, improving approach, improving pitch, most change over the post-reasonry? It's still all about, in my mind, or in my next evaluation. Like you have to be a guy that can come here and grow and perform and play. The changing has really been with the NIL landscape. And so figuring out what that piece really is, how vested and how far you have to be in that. What's their priorities? So I think that's always, that's going to be a fluid thing. But at the end of the day, like, you know, I'm sound boring and cliche, right? But like if the kid loves to fall, it wants to be great, wants to get developed, wants to be around and play against Larry's guys and those guys in practice. And we feel like we've evaluated with the camp or through tape and we've offered those guys that we want to go get those guys. Is that 40 is that 60 is that 90? I mean, that's, that's off our evaluation of what we have.

4:51:08So from a, you know, the game football hasn't changed recruiting change. Yeah, I know that, but you still got to take guys that you can go and develop because that day one ready made guy in the offensive line set. Point of mind if you're finding four. Yeah, because they're feeling far between. You see a roster full with, you know, five stars, you know, four back. Cornel, whatever. And it seems like there's been a little bit of a struggle to get those hot guys. Do you feel like you're approached with NIL as a part of it? Do you feel like it's working? Do you feel like the pitch at the highest eight here? Yeah, because we're not done yet. I mean, you know, keep your head on the swivel here. I mean, December the long way away and weekends coming up soon. You know, where guys are where they get recruited, what position before me? That's what we have to do. That's, that's my job. That's, that's coach's job as we go together. It's like evaluating guys that we feel can come here and develop and play and help us to continue to win. And so, yeah, stars matter share my wife could point out. That's a, that's a really good guy, right?

4:52:08But as I said, those, that pool lineman is not as big as some of the other. I mean, we shouldn't go get him. It doesn't mean we're not working to go with those guys. And like I said, it doesn't mean that we're done either. And that's a long way to December too. So, I'm having a few questions. A couple of questions. There's one super star guy that's on the line. Is that you start a pipeline or is it hard to really get this to be a place where you're getting this guy to send a pass to the arena? Yeah, I mean, I think you just look at the recent history all the way through or all the stickers on the wall in there. Yeah, we had Paris. He was a national five star guy, right? But then we had other two other draft picks there that the one was in a five star guy, right? Luke was in a five star guy. They're good players and they got developed. You know, those guys before. I got here all the guys on the wall. I mean, yeah, that's, you'd love to go get all of those guys. But do they fit the next up round guys of the four star guys?

4:53:10Are they really a four star? Do they really want to do that? No, it's more pipeline online. You just look on the wall in the room and we've seen all those guys that have come from all different levels. How would you say you're in the evaluation style when you're dealing with so many people wanting to hear before they even play the game of the junior. I need it off of tomorrow's day. It seems like the process is just kind of lost. It's the way of being about a valuation, right? It's about a touch in the bottom cases. But how much harder does that make you think you're looking at a kid who's gotten the sizing that you're looking for? But maybe the former's in there. Maybe the camp performance wasn't what you wanted to see. How do you get him to understand? Yeah, I think you got to feel through the relationship of what the kid, maybe the relationship with the coach. And just being frank and honest with him. I mean, I'm not smart enough to tell this guy one thing, this guy the other and circle back and then all of a sudden you come back and it's like, what was the message you gave here? Just trying to be as straight and communicative as you can.

4:54:13I still don't think though you get into early junior year first two or three games, which we're going to do on guys that we feel like right there. You need to see that's when the next wave of offers and recruiting stuff goes into. If it keeps just looking for a check mark on the internet. Yeah, I've probably failed at that my entire career early on until you know that they're a bug. To be clear, you said I'm not a pop up dummy. Can I have a stomachache? You? Yeah. I would love to block you, but with one leg or both. Just a few inches. Just a few inches. Got you. You got three guys. Last question for coach. It could be depend on the day. Like you're in the dull germs and the grind of camp practice 12, 13, 14.

4:55:16That veteran guy that kind of grabs a guy is like fellas, we've been here. Let's go. This is the laptop. We got to pick it up. We got to go. Could be in a situational field. It's going to be nowhere. It's like a case. We're going to third down period. Well, it's not just another play. Hey, it's just third down now. They come over walls or butts in, watch the picks, watch the twists, whatever the patterns may be. I think they'll show them in the games. When we hit the first real adversity through whatever game or whatever quarter or whatever drive it shows up. Then that's the next time we'll show up because they, as you said, there's there's gamesmanship there. They've been in and they know now it's not the first time. Whoa, what's happening? Hey, this is happening. Here's how we get through it. I thought I was super smart. There's no way. That's something that you think that you guys could just imagine this in the last year with a brand new set of two examples. Obviously, I don't know. Can you guys think you're missing a little bit of that? Yeah, you just a veteran experienced guy. You know, you had Matt there, played a lot of ball. Yeah, Donnie was coming into it, but then you're replacing them with three new guys.

4:56:18You know, one coming from across the country and then you're going to have the two guys that were coming into it. So yeah, an experience helps a ton in what's the experience you've said. I've started this many games, which means he's played this many thousand reps. I've started this many games. I've had this many reps in the red zone or this many in whatever situation it may be. Right tackle my freshman year. You know, six three right tackle, trying to block Jack. That's fun. But going to guard, you know, obviously helps your drafts, talking to everything like that. But you know, you don't have to snap the ball. That's pretty sick. You get both hands back. That's been kind of interesting. I know kind of like at the end of spring a little bit when I was going in with their eye. I literally didn't know how he's going right hand for a while. I come out of the ball. But obviously we developed them. We're good with that. So it's been a good experience. I don't like me, Luke. You know, take as well. I'll play in some right. I'll play in some right guys. So I ask you new questions, asking Donny questions on the other side of the ball. I don't know.

4:57:18I love it. I mean, I just love playing football. So I'm capable with whatever. So good. What's different with Chip Kelly is the office coordinator right now. What you know is with the run game. What do you feel is different? We run the rock. We pound the rock man. It's isn't really fun this year. What does that mean? Now, when you say that, what pound the rock? What does that mean in your vernacular? I just think the way we run out the ball and the schemes we're going to implement this year. It's been very, very difficult for teams to combat that. I think the amazing offensive minds of Coach Kelly, of Coach R. Obviously, Coach Day and Coach Rye. I think they've come together and made some really, really fun plays. Not only, you know, obviously like really good schemes, but there's some cool plays in that as well. I know we've loved to run. I remember I met freshman year and last year. Our defense has been number one defense in the country. And now we've been able to really not, obviously, we're not going to beat him up or anything like that.

4:58:19We've been able to move a little bit, so it's been fun seeing that. And seeing the guys really get into it. And I think Coach Kelly has been awesome and effective. He's a very open-minded coach. He's been kind of a sub-eat-tries. So we'll be reading the script or reading whatever we're like. This is what we're going to run this up into this. And we're like, okay, it hits like 40 yards. And this is the coolest thing ever. So I'm really excited for this year. I think everyone should be too. Thank you. Thank you. Coach, are you six five on the roster? Yeah, no, I got a little full on the floor. Yeah. Amazing. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Cool. Perfect. Thank you. Territati ends in two running backs. Our formation today, we've had her being the whole backing up situation. So there's a lot of different things you can do in short-term. But a little bit of tribute to Coach Hayes and the teammates of the sport. Joey Gottman, Columbus Dispatch, over to the left.

4:59:19You know, you're two months, 15 spring branches. You feel best, though. You've been able to accomplish this on this. A lot of times, I didn't think it was anything. But I think the most impressive thing since I've been here is how we're closest for both teams. You know, some programs talk about a brother. This is really a brother. Our practices, as we talked about, how there are differences. They're highly competitive, but they're not from that. And those guys were really very, very well together, both the old line of the D line and seconder and their seniors. The competition is probably the best there is in the country. That makes you better. But I think sometimes competition, you know, guys can lash out and get really competitive. And then on some of the fight points, I was like, we're trying to accomplish it with the problem. I think the way these guys cooperate and work together as a group is especially important. I think you're going to need to be the closest team. Hey, this is Kevin. This is Joe and Nick Jonas from Hey Jonas. This episode of Hey Jonas is brought to you by the all-new drink lineup at McDonald's.

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5:04:47You can go to the Kiti table and do some simple things. They get it all. The more they can digest, the more you're in a room and you're checking it for understanding and asking questions. They can spit back to you the more confidence you have when they get in there with the place that you can call for. Those guys have been in process. They're still living. The guys today that were kind of looking around and saying, my other stuff, that's the people here. Along with the office coordinator, the quarterback coach, because I was got lucky with them. I'd actually never been in the stadium until yesterday when we had our 14th practice in there. So I played with Ohio State Months when I was at Oregon, but that was in the Rose Bulls' High Neverbidden. Actually, in the stadium until yesterday. So I taught myself when I went to the stadium today, the Grand Rounds in 80,000 first-fringed animals in person. Got to have a few more folks over here until the right Dylan Davis. Dylan, where is that given what you just said about throwing them into the deep end? What stood out to most people at Joanne's progression through 50 practices where he is?

5:05:47Did you guys get out of the spring? Joanne is a very fast processor. He really, thanks very, very quickly on his field. He makes really quick decisions. He doesn't stick on it and really takes it to progress. Any seasons really well for a young player. And not having to expose a lot of college defensively. And especially what June does. June can make the young person more like a cry with some of the stuff he does. But I never saw that with Joanne. It's been a process of his ability to retain him and JJ. The compliment I would say is, if you got here or you didn't know what class there was, there was no question about how they picked things up. Sometimes freshmen act like freshmen. But the guys you were special, they don't act like freshmen. They act like people at ball points. Those are two guys that are on the table. Far left, Camel T. Robinson, the athletic.

5:06:48You, you, you, you, you, on top of a freshman, James People's exam. Yeah. That was the second half of that. You talk about how deep you need to be in this air cause of a ball. As you search for Army 3, what did you see from then today? What is what has their growth been like in the spring? Yeah, James really flashed early for me. Not knowing again. It's just a, don't worry about what the background is. Where they're from, who they are. The this guy, the stars, the stars, the stars. And they're all black eyed. And suddenly, when I came James, this kind of really good field of vision. He can get things. My thoughts, and it's really good things today. T.C. is another guy who really came along during the spring. And in work constantly talking in our staff meetings about that, we're very cognizant of the fact that the class situation has changed. So you have to develop that gap, you know, used to be maybe having a pattern of spare. It was what everybody says, but I think you may have had more than that. And you're talking about 16-17 games. You're really going to be tested. And that way, stars are really happy with how well you know what I'm going to say.

5:07:50And you guys, if you have come along here within the 15-20 sessions of time. I hope you're to the right. Tim May, Tim May podcast. Thank you, Jerry. You have not owned podcast? Yeah. If this guy's all at the end next to the next one, you're not sure. You're not sure. You're not sure. You must have some juice if you have your name. Definitely. I like it. It's not just the last time. It's the last time. It's the last time. Yeah. Just do quick. I think the number one, you feel compelled to let this go or back and over they stand. You know, it's coming up to you. You know what I mean? Where's that go? I mean, in your mind. That will sit down as a staff and visit me. And mind me. He does a little bit of the job. I think all our players understand where they fit and what the country is. And what we want to do is assessment. This isn't, you know, we're not going to come back. But when we do it after every day, they know where they stood after. They're about to start up to do it. The three after four, we greet everything. And we're going to come back and see where we are and then after 15, we're going to do it. But we can't do it unless you watch the film.

5:08:52And you can really look at the things. Because you may see something, but you're on the sideline. Now, why did you make that decision? I couldn't really see the field safety from where he was. I understand why you made that decision. So, you know, a little, a little meetings with other players. And that's always in the mouth. So this week during, you know, between Monday through Friday. We're all scheduled. No one's going to want to recruit you because we'll have to. We're all ready to set up a position. You know, offensive line. You can't set up line. My understanding is you're going to have to set up a position. You know, when you see them. When people approach you with the transfer portal looming, you're going to hate those for a long time. Is that what you're mind? Do you see that? Yeah. I think no words were out of word. One hundred percent. And I don't think it's pressure. But I think it just open lines of communication and everybody knows. You know, which one of your evaluations was to the training sessions we had. Guys, we got to have, we got real quick. The last two questions. Dan Hope and then Rob Alder.

5:09:53When do you feel like you need to have a starting quarterback named by and what are the things you're going to be looking for between now and then in the term of you that guy's going to be? What between now and whatever that is. We're not allowed as coaches to go back out in practice. You know, in college football here, 50 training sessions in the middle. And the obviously, you know, we're back to working with Mac in the way from getting bigger, getting faster, getting stronger. They'll have organized activities themselves. They do a really good job of that. But once there's a football out, like we're not allowed to be there to evaluate and even assess. So they're really from a football center on their own until August. So you always want to do it earlier. But I also believe every time I've been involved in this, it kind of happens organically and authentically. Because the players know. You say that we're going to be in jail. They all think it's tail. You know, they're under lock rooms every day.

5:10:53Players understand who they feel is the guy. And most of the time, the decision is very obvious. You know, you just say this is where we are with it. But that timetable thing I can't give you an exact timetable on that stuff. Rob, she had talked about you really. But typically in your experience, you've done it again, like Tim spent a long time. How long does it take for the game to slow down for a young to be? I think it depends on the individual. I've had some kids. They were early. Marcus Murray always had that number. Fifth, second practice. He got to the fifth reading of the progression we were out here in the beginning. And I asked him, what did you do that? Because I don't know what we call that defense. But there was like a lot of guys over there. They didn't seem like there was anybody over there.

5:11:54But for him to process it, that was right. I don't know if I got to go to college. But it all happened to me. I've got guys that for two years, you know, they're really struggling. And the light bulb goes off and you go, well, they got it. Everybody has different learning styles. Our job is the evaluation process. They kind of fight those learning styles. So they're kind of learning, they're an auditorium learner. And it's a few guys. A more film guy, you know, it's all different. And I think we have to keep hoping you're prodding. And for us, his coaches, that's the challenge too. What is it that's learning style? How can we do that? Because education basically is just a transportation knowledge. But it really doesn't matter what I know or what I know. It matters what they know. That's always kind of what we're working on to study. And to think about kind of where we are and how much can they handle. Because this may be a great time.

5:12:54I agree one on the side. But if you don't feel it's going to be fine, then why are we rising in? And that's this whole film we got process that we're all learning. Awesome. The office has that identity. So the coach is running. Running quarterbacks. And something you always sort of lean toward or is it your by your case by case? What advantages do you like about it? Because all your guys can run a little bit. Yeah, I think a running quarterback causes problems for events. So when plays break down, the unescapable plays. If you just go back to the recent Super Bowl. On that last part, the two main players from a home's run. Protection of a home is not about our own. And he's not calling the design quarterback runs for a path. But when the defense matches up in place to your man in terms of the backs of the quarterback, well, maybe the best decision is to take off. The second one is the moment you make score. A lot of guys go and they want to look side. And there's times when we have time to say you do a running quarterback.

5:13:55When we talk about the best of the best of abilities available, you're not going to be shoulder to take people on. We are always looking for quarterbacks that have the ability to run. We're not looking for running backs that you've brought up. So you're not going to see us 20 times a game. We're running a quarterback. There are people that run off and see styles that are really successful with it. But with this group we have, right? Not that's not. Now they can't work too quickly. They've lived in it when he was at case date. You know, obviously they don't talk about the couple of times today. They talk about the couple of times today. Lincoln's a really, really good athlete. Julian can run. But you know, we're not calling design quarterback runs. You're not going to see, you know, I think tremendous amount of the back for coaches and the ladies seem to be out here. The straight T is run as far as you go. We are not going single way. So we are not going to snap it and run the quarterback. I saw the quarterback now. But it is another weapon. It also keeps defense amongst you know, three defense fans. You have to continue to mend in the quarterback closing beams on the edge and

5:14:55is being first down. Well then the defense of an outside and defense in the quarterback. Well then we can run the ball up and the end of the ball up. Sometimes in our running game our quarterback really is a blocker. He's responsible for a defender. The defender was cheating and fitting in on the run. And then his responsibility is to make the defense be honest. And that's really there to that a couple of times today. We had a block that seems to be sticking his face in there. So we're going to check out where on the edge. What happens the next bit of defense is white. And when we get through it, it gets handled off for many minutes. Coach, thank you so much for your time and thank you for being a bucket. All right, thanks. Great. Thank you. So maybe 42 whatever against Youngstown State. I'd be so upset coming out of the game. But seeing how violent this game is from this perspective. Now you have to say, hey, okay, not only within games, can we keep guys fresh? Right. But can we do that so that when you get to the last few games in a season that act that are the big ones? Right. The ones that you're judged off of. When you get to the game, are we healthier? I think that's it's kind of a full full fan.

5:15:56Right. So I'm still confident with five guys. And that's going to be a week to week. You know what I mean? Like these guys know, I think honestly, who start to be week to week? If you display during the week of practice that you're locked in and somebody else has a bad mental week. Well, I can't reward you with starting if you have six mental errors during the week. You know what I mean? Just because you started last week. So I think it's got to be that iron sharpens iron constant complications due to the whole fall. That was something that you would have to do with it. What kind of a view is he just alluded to? But is that part of which one has to drive you then? Was it driving you then? You just assumed that was kind of the case when you played anyway. I always felt when I was here that they were trying to out-root me, which is the reality, right? Yeah. Which is why it prepares you so well for the National Football League. That's why Ohio State prepares you so well for the League because now it's like they're trying to out-draft you. And so I used that as fuel. But I also thought firsthand, you know, like there was a season where it was John Kerr, Marcus Freeman, certain guys rotating week to week.

5:16:57And so I thought like, should it have happened to them that could happen to me? So I just tried to be a certain way in practice. Like, I tell the guys all the time, you have to control the things that take no talent. You have to eliminate all loves. Like if you, if you loaf on the field, you're a traitor. Like you should just go play for the other team. Like that can't, you can't be coaching effort. And then you can't have mental errors because if you have a mental error, then you can't trust you. So those are the two things I always had the player was like, all right, you're not going to catch me loafing and you're definitely not going to catch me not knowing what I'm supposed to do. I might get beat and that's inevitable. It's football, everyone's got scholarship, right? But those two things you can control every single day. What's the next step in the summer? I think it's just, you know, we haven't, we haven't done like any of my series. You know, we know he can tackle and all that. But I think it's just the repetitive grind of a football game from in the box, the constant. And he's been, he's been willing so far, you know what I mean? As far as his hand placement has been good, you've been rolling the strike. He's tough. So it's just continuing to, to have him challenged to,

5:18:00there's plays right now where he's seeing it from the first time from the will backer. So the next time he sees it, maybe throw catch tackle is at the intersection. You know what I mean? Because he's seen it before from that perspective. Everything he's seen before this has been from top down off the shelf, right? So now it's dropping back, that'll be exciting. So he's made great progress and I'm really happy with how son he's done. James, look at recruiting. This is like it's really well for you. Obviously you can't talk about specific recruits, but just overall how you feel like that's going in. Are you enjoying your feed? I am. I am enjoying it. I think it's, it's fun to build relationships and get to know so many different types of kids, you know? Ohio State presents opportunity, right? And so many different ways. You're not going to get developed better anywhere else in the country. You have the largest fan base, the largest alumni, and there's this opportunity everywhere, right? So you try to just explore, like explain your passion for the school that did so much for you, you know, especially being an out of state kid, not being from Ohio.

5:19:06And then realizing how much Ohio State changed my life. And so now you communicate that to other young kids who kind of see it and try to tell them the vision, like where you can get to. I think the fun thing for me is that most of the kids I'm recruiting are way more athletic than I ever was. It's like I tell them if I can, the only way I survived in the NFL eight years was the fact that I had football intelligence, like I knew where I was going. You know what I mean? I knew where I was fitting. And so now if I can impart that information on kids who are extremely athletic, well now you're, now you got something special, you know what I mean? How much of you guys have this staff already talked about the long season and the heat and play more guys? Well, I think yeah, you're going to have to have depth. That's just a reality, right? It's a longer season. There's more games and there's no excuse at a place like here. Like if you're all on playing with a maybe a guy who was third or fourth, that doesn't matter. You know, like you got to be ready to go. So I think depth is crucial at all of the vision.

5:20:09Because injuries are going to happen. There's part of football, you know, you never want to wish it upon anyone and you're certainly not. But it's just you can't be naive to think that you're just going to have every single starter healthy for the whole season. You talked about your mentality as a player and then you're recruiting different players than you were. How do you, how do you marry that when they may not have the same mentality that you need it, but you want them to happen? Well, you figure that out when you get to know them. And there are certainly some kids that you start to recruit to where you see like, you know what? Ohio State might be too big. It might be too big for them. You know what I mean? And so it's not for everybody. You have to want to come in and compete against the best and realize that you have to win every single game and be the best in the world of what you do. That's the expectation. That'll have state. And that's certainly not for everyone. And that's okay. But you have to through the process kind of find out who has that mentality, who really craves football. You know, like who craves football versus a lot of the other fluff that kind of comes with it? Who craves ball?

5:21:12Because when they craves football, then the other stuff will take care of itself, right? And we'll just keep getting better and better and better if they want to be the best. You said you were two more questions for games. Yeah, that's I mean, I think that's your job as a recruiter is you got to figure out what's the mindset of the kids. And are they are they serious about football? And you have to talk to the people that are around them and you got to figure out how to talk to coaches. You just got to try to figure out like who loves ball and the NFL they do the same thing, right? Now they're attending the massive amounts of money and they're saying, okay, we're going to get this person money as a change their motivation or they still love ball. So now it means in college it's the same thing. Like who actually wants to be the best or who just likes the attention that comes with playing football? James, I've known as a VRT talk about him like he's a little bit of the elevations from our bell from end to class. Obviously, missing time last year with the injury, but where he's at now versus the expectation that he had came in this spring. Our bell is I mean, showing a lot of progress. You know, most importantly, you know, mentally with the playbook and everything.

5:22:14I think our bell last year there was a couple things, right? Because of injuries on the D line and camp. So he moved to end for a little bit and then we bought him off the ball and then he had an injury and he kind of missed some time. He wasn't an early mid-year, you know, so he comes in right in the summer and so he missed some reps there. So to see where he's at right now is extremely impressive. And for a guy of that size and that much power and his ability to run, he's a special athlete. And so our bell is at a good spring. He's got to continue to dive into the playbook and got to continue to learn all the little things. As you go, right? Like week one, week two, you start seeing new schemes, new schemes, things build and it becomes kind of a lot. He's the guy who continued to comb through it all because athletically, you know, he's one of the most gifted guys that we have in the room. I know, and I have a problem with these ways, but what is change? You've been recruited to now that you're visiting, like, are there other differences you've noticed in your home? No, I think it still comes down for the most part. Like, NIL is certainly an aspect for some.

5:23:17For some, it could be the most important thing. It's always a factor. But I think you still just need to find out who are the kids that love football and they want to be developed. And it's about the relationship to an extent. Like, a relationship gets you to the final stretch. For some kids, I don't know, might be the thing that pushes them over the top. I mean, I don't know. Like, every kid is so different, right? I try to view it as you're just building relationships and are you going to get a young man to trust you to develop them into not only the player that they want to be, but the person that they want to be in the future. And you can convince mom and dad that you're the right person to do that, you know what I mean? So I think one of the things that is helpful is my playing experience. I think, you know, when you've played and you've done it and the drills that you're doing, you know that they work. You're not going to waste your time on stuff that doesn't work. And then the fact that, you know, I am blessed to be at my alma mater. You know, so there's no sense of trying to leave here. You know, and they have the question, I get a ton. What do you see yourself in five years? I'm like, where I'm sitting? It's my alma mater.

5:24:20You know, my kids love it in Columbus, obviously. I love Ohio State. Hey, this is Kevin. This is Joe and Nick Jonas from Hey Jonas. This episode of Hey Jonas is brought to you by the all-new drink lineup at McDonald's. I don't have to tell you that there are already so many great drink options at McDonald's, but the new drink lineup, I mean, it takes things to another level. They've got delicious caffeinated refresher like the strawberry watermelon refresher crafted sodas like the Spriteberry Blast. And now the all-new Red Bull Dragonberry Energizer. We're talking about a total game changer made with Red Bull. That's mixed with blue raspberry flavor and topped with freeze-dried dragon fruit. Oh, McDonald's has given us a refreshing new boost for your day. And the Red Bull Dragonberry Energizer is arriving just as you're heading back to the dorms for the fall semester. It's got a boost of energy and a kick of flavor when you need it the most. You know, powering through those lectures and studying sessions, you're gonna need it.

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5:26:23Pool spa massage without booking an overnight stay. And listen, I may have only been like 15 minutes from home, but it felt like it was a whole different world. And I'm thinking this is exactly what I needed. So just go to resortpass.com. Choose your resort. Choose your day, luxury, resort day passes. Start at just $25. Once you post your daycation, people are going to ask where you are. Go to resortpass.com slash almost famous and use the promo code almost famous to get $20 off when you spend $100. That's code almost famous at resortpass.com slash almost famous. I think those are things that can kind of be in the van. I don't even work with you. You know, we pick off and put teams as well as what's bound for you and get involved with that. Yeah, it's awesome. I love it because it gives you an opportunity to coach the whole team. You know what I mean? Special teams in a spot where the whole team probably minus the quarterbacks, right? Is all in one team room and one meeting room.

5:27:24So you get to actually directly impact other positions and just your own. And I think it also gives. It gives a little bit of urgency to your own room like when you're in there every single time you better be making an impact on pun. If you're a linebacker, you better be making an impact on kick return or kick off kick off return. Punt return all those things. You better be making an impact, right? Because your coach is in there all the time. So it's been nice and there's a lot of stuff that I think our coaches have done to kind of push that. That sense of team when you're in special teams that we every position matters. You're just someone who's been a VNFL. What do you think? What VNFL is doing to kick off now? And even if it could be good for college? I mean. The thing that states it takes away like the surprise on side, you know what I mean? But all these rules are changing so much for the safety of the game. I mean, I think it's only a matter of time before it trickles down. It seems like everything's trickles down. So we'll see. As of right now, we'll keep things going the way they are.

5:28:24Thank you. Thanks, guys. Everyday. Oh, I mean, we had this finisher at the end of practice where I had to make five in a row and going all the way back to 50. It was actually the people who came to end it. Yeah, I just had to make five in a row where we were running. And so we got it. We ran. But we learned one. I did one time. Yeah. Yeah, I feel a little bit, you know, you always been a performer in those kind of moments. And, you know, I felt like I got the team down. But at the same time, I knew that those guys had confidence in me and I actually talked with my teammates, Jack and GTE and those kind of guys really really got around me. It really helped me.

5:29:24But as a kicker, you kind of just got to wipe it clean and go to the next play. But yeah, you definitely want to make those kicks. Is that something that you have to process like a week's after or is it just something that you got over a kick game? It's something you have to get over mid game as a kicker. You can't let their last kick affect you. So just trying to get through it and get through the game. I could have made that kick. It's just one of those ones that got away from you. You always look forward to the next one and you always have to correct your mind and get ready for that. I probably say the same as last year. I feel just as confident as I did last year, even though I didn't get too many attempts from deep to show that. But still feel just as confident as last year. 55, 60. Yeah, right around there. Right in there. I think you have to have a way to kick. That's every kicker's story. That's every kicker's story. I mean, you saw the guy from FSU a couple of weeks ago. That's my buddy, Ryan Fitzgerald. Really, really great kicker.

5:30:24But everybody wants that opportunity to show everybody what you can do. What are the estimates? What do you mean from year to year? Trying to become more consistent always. You can always become more consistent. You're going to miss every once in a while. But just trying to limit the mistakes and the misses that you do have. To just so that you can become as perfect as possible. I guess it's the way I would put it. I mean, the standard is the standard here. Even we didn't live up to it last year. So you got to correct it and get better. Do you have that consistent season? What were your first season? It's a lot of things. It's a ball contact. It's confidence in your teammates. It's trusting that the ball is going to be there when it's there. It's getting more down the field on your follow through. It's not falling through straighter. Yeah, but some of that really worked on us falling through straighter this past our season. So a lot of my balls were going left towards the end of the year. So I had to correct that. And some of you can't really correct it this season. You want to mess with it. But yeah, I corrected that this season. Coach, is Coach Dave said he's going to have a really good experience?

5:31:26Especially since now, that guy is like, like, really good. You have to follow the best of the three. Do you have a special team? I have. And I really like it. I like Coach Dave being around the specialist and all the special teams. It's just was more involved. It feels of a higher importance this year. I think you guys saw that in the first game. He's done a great job. Him and Coach Keys and Gunner Danners. They've done a really good job. So yeah, I feel I feel it. It's good. Where do you specifically feel now? Like, where does that show up do you think you have a coach name and a higher coach? I think the fact that he's paying more attention to special teams. He's seeing the good things that we do. And so he has more confidence in us to put us out there. And give guys like Joe a chance. And you know, he pays more attention to things like that. So it's better for us so that we can thrive in those situations that we didn't thrive in last year. And he has the ability to put us out there because his call is a final call. So yeah. With Joe, your folder or your ball camp always got the guys who started plunder is also the starting point.

5:32:28Me and Joe got a lot of work over the off season to get him there. And it's not always who the starting plunder is. It's just that he's the best at holding. So we got the job. So you're done every good job. Second year and second year and second year. Exactly. You see better than all of us? I mean, me and John are like I said, me and John and Joe are like three best friends off the field. So we work a lot on stuff on the field and nobody's around. And so yeah, we've definitely built a good camaraderie between the guys. And yeah, I love John. Great guy. How does it make a difference for you guys when you stay at the other position coaches? I don't know what it's really about. It just it makes you feel like he has more confidence in you when he's putting you out there because he's watched it a lot more. I know for sure on the kickoff reps, he watches kickoff coverage all the time. He loves to see the guys running down the field. And we actually made that a really big point of emphasis this past game to run through the goal lines. I joined my teammates run through the goal lines. It was pretty fun. I'm not sure that helped you guys, but now there's only their coaches in Rob and Gunner from the other side.

5:33:30I mean, Gunner was out there last year, but he couldn't give us coaching technique critiquing on the field. But at halftime, he would he would talk to us and Gunner played at BC. He was a long snapper. So he provides really good insight into kind of like a, I would compare him to like Brad Robinson. My freshman year gives you good insight. It's kind of like a veteran guy. So like when, when things aren't going your way on the field or you're not playing up to the level that you want to, he's kind of there to calm you down and tell you like, hey, like I've been there before, like the veteran guy, even though he's a coach yet. So yeah, it's very nice. What is last question you guys? Rob brings a lot. Man, he's, he's one heck of a coach. He brings a lot of pressure to it. He makes, he makes you feel that every kick really matters. He's really good. He, um, he definitely helps with the coverages. The covers has been much better this season than they were having to have the cover kick yet. But you can just tell from the guys running down. They're a lot more passionate about it.

5:34:30There's bigger emphasis on it. Thank you, Jake. Thank you. Thanks, guys. Thank you. It was just the, um, the first two weeks this season, yeah, like I just said that, um, it probably was investment in the play. It didn't take back from my want to be out there in the game, like, but you know, guys stepped up, it's competitive excellence, guys executed. And so now I'm just grateful to be back and doing what I can. Friday, it's just important to reach your heart to be able to fight you throughout. Oh, yeah. What would I like to do? Um, it's just a frustrated player and a coach who knows what's best for him. Now I, I thought I was good to go and a lot of people told me I wasn't. I was like, what do you mean I'm fine? And then coach said, you know, talking off the cliff a little bit, but, um, it's just, uh, trying to protect, protecting me for myself. No, I have a, uh, blessed for the opportunity to play a lot of ball this year. And so it was just like, look, man, let's calm down for these, these weeks and we'll get you back out for the buy.

5:35:35But, uh, I wasn't the most happy camper in the world for a good minute there, but it is what is reprintable again. How special was this play? It was amazing. You know, as a senior, I know I only have a limited amount of opportunities left to play in the horseshoe. So just running out of the tunnel, you know, I've never, never said I'd take the game for granted, but, you know, knowing that I like the number of times I have to do that's way to lay down, kind of way to wait on me those first few games. And so just, uh, playing the game to the highest levels, fast as I can and just, uh, you know, taking it all in in the moment. I have to move that one more jacks and one more time to go to some more entries that way in your mind. I'm dealing with it in August and in the end. I'm just trying to keep it in the coming back. Maybe you didn't know that. I mean, uh, I mean, when it happened, um, I've been lying about it, I said, I mean, I wasn't going to take the route, uh, heated off these races. But like, um, but like I was like, oh my gosh, like what happened?

5:36:35And it was a kind of a moment of like, okay, like how long is it going to take? And then everyone's like, it's an arm training to do like, like, we don't, we don't know like everyone's body heals differently. And so just, uh, just trying to, you know, put good things in my body. So, um, I heal as fast as I can and trying to get like, I've been rest doing everything to train, I've done it to do everything. I think Coach Ryan, Coach Day told me to do to try to, um, heal as fast as I can and we're about on the field. Did you, you know, moments of uncertainty? You definitely remember that. Everyone's feeling differently. I don't know. What are you talking about? What are you feeling now? But I think you're supposed to come back and you're going to be thinking about the other hard and the first few ways. And then you have to be with that. You don't know what's my deal. Yeah, no, there, there were definitely moments of frustration. I'm not going to lie about that, but, uh, our training staff, uh, you know, Stu, Solo, Sean, Tyler, um, Karla Kelly, always came in there to tell me to trust the plan. They said that they've seen this type of thing happen numerous times and they know that it's going to take a lot.

5:37:37But like, you're going to be going on the top of the field. And so it's, it's, you know, think of it now. It's kind of funny. But in the moment, I was like, don't tell me that. It's, uh, you know, it is. It's no joke. What do you think of it? Awesome. I think it played great. You know, um, it's a competitive excellence that we talk about here. You know, making plan, you know, was called and Austin. Some of us called and he didn't look as fast as you are. No, it's always great seeing young guys as a single thing. But, um, Austin going out there and doing this thing. You know, we all know we could do it. There was not a doubt in my mind. He was going to go out there and show us the other. But it was great seeing 67. You got a way to being his ear, you know, leading up to those games. I don't know what it mean, you know, giving tips. What do you mean by college? Yeah, I know. I would, you know, make my voice known here and there. But he's already on his stuff. You know, I do like little new on things that I can't make. Like, like, if he does this, he might do this because learning from my mistakes.

5:38:38I was like, hey, like, he can do this. So you don't make the same mistake I do. But Austin's a fantastic athlete. He knows strong as not. And so he did fantastic doing what he does. Well, the key to you, it is much time between, you know, who's offering your little malady and coming back because time heals all. I mean, it was it was at the thinking without hard to grasp it. Sitting out with the maybe tough and the long run, the right thing. Yeah, those those are difficult concepts from the grass. You know, I've always been a stubborn kid. You know, my mom, but, um, you know, patients, patients hasn't always been, uh, my thing. So when it happened, I was like, I'll be back in two weeks. And in two weeks, Canada, I was like, it's the hurts. But, um, but, uh, it was just, you know, trusting the process and knowing what the, the, our, our chain of staff knows what they're doing. And they knew they're going to be back on the field. And so now that I'm on the field, just keep on going. Yeah, a hundred percent last week. I feel happy. Feel happy. So great. God, what do you guys have a lot of experience on this line when you add a guy like,

5:39:38um, with that level of experience? How much does that help? And that's the center position when he has so much. Yeah. Yeah, you know, I'm very, very sad. You know, Seth is, uh, I would say that the tip of the spear of our offense, I would say, they'll be, like, if teams play us, they're not going to come out and exactly what we think they're going to do. Because that's just, you know, game plan. But, um, Seth, Seth communicates throughout the entire, almost down to the snap count. What we have to do to make sure all guys on the same page, there'll be times where, um, well, it was in this cadence and he, like, he yells at me like, hey, we're going over here. And so I know that just follow what he says and then we're going to make a good play out of it. What do you make last question? What do you make of rotation and take rest and off to your experience? How does, what are the pros and cons? Maybe you rotate the national division? Well, um, it's a great coach for our question. Um, we don't get it. I just play a left guard. Um, I know that, I know that both guys are, are very talented.

5:40:40And I know that when they're in the game, they're trying to prove themselves. And so just having to compare the five guys getting after it. And, uh, as long as we move the ball and get to the end zone, and I don't think anyone cares who plays who doesn't. All right. Thank you. Thanks, Donald. Go ahead. Go ahead. Go ahead. Go ahead. Go ahead. Go ahead. Sure. We definitely want to be more disruptive and get more sacks. But, you know, if anyone's going to get to Ohio State, they get the ball off fast. They're not going to let us rush them because they know that was going to happen. So teams are just smart. They know not to hold the ball. You know, they quick screens, quick passes. But if they hold the ball, it will be a completely different story. Tap, tap, tap. Tell me. You're going to have to go quick and get the ball. It's frustrating, but, you know, it is what it is. You know, we cut out half their game plan just by being explosive. DeLine. Like, explosive. Like, what would like he's come on for time in the last couple of years? You know, he's been around him and stuff.

5:41:40What's different about him is approach, etc. I say, Ty is definitely more of a leader now. Um, he leads the whole D line, the whole interior. He's, he's that, hey, guy, you go to if you need advice for anything. And he leads as a great example for the young guys. Yeah, he's almost like this silent partner a little bit, you know, but he invests here especially. He seemed to be in the right place at the right time along the right. That's not a trick. I mean, it's what you call it. A maturity. I mean, why would you call him? I'll say it's just his dedication to the game. He takes things serious, the way he room, you know, his diet, his everything. He's top of the notch on recovery. Yeah, everything you need is a player. And then for you, what's different about you for three years ago? You know, I think the whole D line has it and I'm just ready to show it next time. Yeah, and how much you over this day, like, is it veterans across the board? I mean, where are you going to be known for? I think we're going to be the most destructive group in the nation.

5:42:42And yeah, I think that's the most important thing. I think it's the most important thing to do. I think that's the most important thing to do. I think that's the most important thing to do. I think that's the most important thing to do. The most important thing to do is to get the best out of the group in the nation. And yeah, I think what we've just talked about is how consistent you set the long distance. Is your pain on what do you see in your battles with sets that you're going to want to set? I said, definitely knows what he's doing. He has a high IQ, you know, strong, like he's stout. He's not like a pusher or nothing like that. He's a great player and glad we got him. How do you kind of see him lean that line? Is it better to come in and let him experience it? I said he knows what's going on. He tells other people what's going on. If you don't know the play, ask him. He's kind of that guy. Like he knows everything. He studies with a lot of strong fast. It's a big deal, but you know it's good work. I think of the day I'm glad. Glad he's that guard. I think it's a better position for him.

5:43:42And he'll be a great guard in the future. I think it was a great job to be a coach. I think it was a great job to be a coach. Mitch is playing basketball in grass. He has a unique style that cannot be reciprocated. He's a different athlete when he comes to the thing.

5:44:43Are you taking a close in the middle? I'm not going to stand here. He's a beautiful player. Yeah, he's asking. Yeah. And there he goes. There he goes. That's one of the right ones. So it's back to back here. It's the ACL teams. Something crazy. That's the piece of cake coming back. Oh yeah, it's easy, really easy. What is it like to be a person? I mean, you were identified. And Leo got used to be like, you know, you know about a global state. Yeah, yeah. I think it's a big place for you, right? Did you get used to that? Yeah, definitely. It's awesome. Like this to my ability to be a day and a year. So I definitely was excited to get into that position and do what I could do best. I'm excited to be able to do my ability. Of course, those things change. You never know what to expect this much to do in the house. So I'm just going to say a bit of rhyme over there. We got to watch you excited. We'll be helping watch your experiences. We'll see you be playing on a hot level. You feel like that's Saturday. You're going to be in a very exciting situation. What did you feel going really right? Yeah, I think for the majority of us, bring up and feel more confident in myself and my feelings.

5:45:44Even with everything that's happening in the past, I feel like I have a lot to give and a lot to give in these programs. So I think that kind of showed us how to do it. Where I just let loose a little bit of display to the rest of my feelings. Can you take time with me? Can you walk up the board? Can you show me after me? Yeah, I'm here for sure. I think it definitely took a second to just trust myself in that line. It's been a past couple years of getting over the back. It's been helped me out in the best way. Obviously, but yeah, I mean, it's just like, it is very mental. I just don't have a phone just like every day. Just like counteracting the fear or then like doubt and like normalizing a little bit. I think my mental health right now is a little different. You feel all of my feelings today. What's that? Your hair style, what else is it? Yeah, I know, it's another side of it. Yeah, I do feel at home. I think this past two years, I've definitely been learning her, but I think now, more than ever, I'm definitely comfortable. I don't want to have that, what I need to do, and like, what skillset I've been talking to patients about what it looks like for me

5:46:45to be the best possible version of myself in these musicians. Yeah. I think the biggest thing in our group is leadership. We have a lot of guys like you said in that room. In battle tests, it's not a speech. I think, especially coming up and bringing in to this hall, we just need to be the anchor, as defensive unit, and we need to show up every day, game down. Yeah, we've got a good coach Johnson. He always likes to play a lot of guys last year in the night, right? Rotation, we think, feel like it's your own. Just keeping your breath in and out. I mean, it's pretty much the same thing you're working on. It's pretty much the same thing as the last year. You want to play in the middle of the night. Yeah, I think that's the same thing as the last year. I think that's the same thing as the last year. I think that's the same thing as the last year. I think that's the same thing as the last year. I… Yeah, that comes players around the lineup pretty well, particularly when they are giving up for it. Yeah, that happens a little.

5:47:47Yeah, that's really amazing. People can start running, if it's like right now, and I don't think they need to start playing or anything. It's definitely a process at times, but I think the love we share in that room is very very strong and with that I think it helps us get to anything and any challenges that will be coming as well It's a It's a blessing A lot of guys in my position have the same injuries as I came back I'm just thankful that I'm here in the best university in the world and the best training staff and they got me to this point where I can be back to healthy and even better to healthy because I feel like I've better than what I was It was humbling, I think, as you're anyone's for me I just, because I remember coming on how the state is talking about a dream I had the dreams of being the best version of myself doing all the things you know I think it's a big surprise, I think it also gave me a lesson that I really needed

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5:52:00I think it's hard to trust it but I still think my body is at a hundred percent All right, but for thank you Thank you I think what Tyler you have to preach it what Tyler he can kind of get last season in the middle You know, by going on to be your take those guys that have a great job of managing And so what you want to get out that bad you want to get past So you don't want to take those guys out and be like you know, tell me you can't rush it And I'm gonna tie it and get tied to rest of the kind of sauce So that's the thing that makes you point You can find a guy with a rest of the past play the one And you got to throw this in third half and leave that big guy with the sauce

5:53:12Yeah, we're not chasing sex, we just chased on the two big double parts of our But I think it was the point thing the contents of our defense We have to play a good fine with defense You can do it and try to make well You know Because when he games on a chain of fact When he ball He said Those are the You're never satisfied You never get satisfied when you're at the beginning I think our guys have done a great job This spring, we're then standing this fall And standing exactly what we got in that question But they really did tend to lose their offense They're in offense, they're in offense again So you know, we're not gonna let these guys run But football, I think, control What the team goes, control the track They're just nasty and probably better shot Or you're the tear is so vulnerable So it really depends on you And you can get going and I think you have the chance to get past this What is the joy of coaching a veteran defensive front and what is the challenge

5:54:14I think the joy is the fact that those guys are over guys now Have some of them look up to A year ago, we didn't have that They had a guy that sent the ball And now the jacks and jeans and the tie They're ready to bring jobs I'm sending the ball to you That's the bonus point So now you play in the veterans' shop And then the guys Now the key is the stick consistency It's a unit, it's a group And that's the biggest thing for me Can we stick consistent, can we play our really hard And can you say we have talent And played our energy top of the whole arrive Tally and then I just heard it believe that And so now they get those guys up like they are And once we fall, every time I hear this thing And that's what we're trying to write And we're trying to understand what it's like You know that the match that came good A lot of money is being put in You see my Tally could that probably more Except for most of the players that have been put in How much of that is like a natural ability And the hours versus like the stuff that you got Well we do ball, you know he's got a knack for it But we do train that and call it match Every Tuesday take a break

5:55:14That's part of our train of small fights But he's got a good sense of eye hand coordination How many balls are going out and sometimes that's the best To me there was a size and he's effective All of the training to them is so successful But yeah that's something we train And he's got a great, great field We keep challenging, it's not easy It's hard to get a bad job at training It's not easy to see when you can do that And just say that Tally and Tally are obviously Yeah, to do it in a well We challenge them all We don't train just on guard We train all four or 16 To the same concept So I think everyone has some good passwords We don't take time to the side We're just going to let him be supportive And I think he's proven to be strong He's powerful He just comes into his two blocks What makes him more effective as well He's got a tough position to rest in the past And for those who are in those He's going to get a slide and get double lots So he gets lost in this He's getting a slide and he's going to be a KJ And help each other as well So I think we really can help each other

5:56:14And push each other It's been from the White Spokes practice practice They plan a real high level I think they get KJ and KJ And hold different players But they plan to get in KJ And also a slide and a slide and KJ is right behind So I think they got a bond And they're really built together as two players Going through the same thing Now they have a chance to make an impact I don't know how to make an impact Yeah, I think they're one as well I don't tell those guys or two They're one as well They got to be able to tell us They're going to be able to make an impact And it's the same both We have five men as I think Really, we'll walk in and play We're not worried about this We think we should trust them We mentioned Mitchell's weight gain Is there a difference now The main last year No doubt about it You could only actually throw your balance You could use a 6-0 play And he's going to play on the 6-0 Play on top of the top

5:57:14And that's the thing I think is the improvement And that's when the strength And he feels really confident He's a bond He's a great job Very interesting for a win Oh no doubt Russian and college work together You've got a very secondary playman And a vulnerable opponent Certainly that's a lot of it It's important that you guys in the back Does that change any of your messaging Or coaching points And camp or is that more of a Are we creating an incorporation tech? No, it's every day I'm saying every day process We've got to rush the pass over And we try to know if we're getting there And it's really tough And we can fact change the throw Make any such as an impact And we try to make sure eyes focus on what we can do We never turn around All we call a ball That's what I'm saying I'm looking for a first quote I actually just can spring a little bit But in a different way

5:58:14What is it about the Hamilton brothers They come on as they're the longer they stay in college What did you put together That's common between the two Nothing different, it's just a process Everybody goes through a process And I think the lawn end tie Different, let's say They're gone to big Both great students They understand the importance of that They want to do that And I think the tie king has realized that I guess I'm finished with this There's a mark on that He's still there He's done great job What is the much we have had with two deep ins and tackles And played a lot Like colleague Tower and TNT for the Florida It's better every day It's right, it makes us better You could stop the run from the inside out And you have to change speed Indeed, so those guys do great job with hats And physicality and wine That makes it different It makes our ends drop easier You have to get the energy in it

5:59:14You say? I'm not so into TNT I still like the rushments The job he made It's happening how heavy he can He's been different I can say a lot of ways He's focused He really liked it and he wants me to be a great part And every day he's secure this way of practice So to be a captain you have to be able to go That's very special How does it work to be a brother? Yeah, that was pretty sweet I realized there are chances of time to show That a lot of people understand how important it is That happens People cry, the emphasis is still unbelievable Real great But yeah, what a great, what a good honor Bill Landis, last question I heard you mentioned his past brush on the style It's kind of crazy How would you describe that? We call it plan basketball address That's what he has He has that in a crossover movie basketball I was just saying that You can put your seat in it

6:00:14Just have his move and his head move So his head move and his head move It's a great time I'm looking forward to it You guys are probably the way you're always putting it You can tell if you have that brush on the spot How much have you come to the guy you like to have So you can't take it all in that Well, it is what deepest of steam we're in We'll add them to that all of it We're going to try to let them do that To get that to the surface of the pool So we can let them go and come in those spots And then we'll do a little bit of that And let them discuss what we're doing Coach, thank you very much Thank you very much Appreciate it I think you know we had our moments where We kind of got selfish If anything about wanting to make a play That we kind of got out of our You know defensive line mentality And the Russian mentality This is you know rushing four guys kind of cays the pocket And keep that quarterback in there with us out But other than that you know I think you did a great job And I think you showed him the stats And we saw a lot of things that improved on the pool

6:01:14Yeah, maybe we're good And then we're going to have a flash hero Get in games and flash And about the fact that it was good Is it just the matter if you're not getting it Or if you take it, have you worked for a physical year ago And it seems like you could do it in short-field Yeah, I think yeah Some of it was like you know it was kind of like my freshman year Coming back We didn't really know how much I could handle Like how many plays I could handle at a certain amount of time So it was just like kind of trialled by air Just seeing what I could do Sort of an amount of time that I had it But I definitely think there was more trust to be had On the coach's side with me So I think that definitely came into Is spring into this fall camp you know Doing all the plays and doing a lot of repetitions Those plays and getting you know really Home doing all my play with them I'm talking about feeling healthy now Maybe you don't have to hobby those kind of sessions Is that still ongoing with the trains that is nearby Yeah, it's really good As much as I can I've been in there

6:02:14I believe I leave the facility with like five different body places But yeah, I think the biggest thing is just same consistent That's probably my biggest challenge going into this fall camp I'd have moments like that where you said I'm flashing But it's like where I stay consistent in every single play I'm doing my job every single place where I can do the biggest thing Trying to continue to work on it It's just the depth of deep and the bend And you're technically a back up Taking very spittingly back up And then you get the start of the jacks lawyer And JT just to get the deep and the bend to be really good for the guys Yeah, I personally took it one of the best team or best groups in the country So I think it's great to have so many guys Because you know it's going to be a very long season And we're going to leave a lot of rotations So I guess even when jack and jt came out of the game I said it's nice to be upheld So that's really what me, Kaden and I'm KJF are finding to do every day How bad are you right now? He's going great I'd say he's very, I feel like he's found himself in a humble kind of space

6:03:14You know what I'm saying? Where he's kind of took a step back and just like put his head down and worked I think that's the same could be said for a lot of the freshmen here That's really cool to see him motivating to see from the young guy like that We think this deep fits in front We'll be known for in October and November We think that will be people who will be saying that Thanks coach Nolts I know JT is just kind of hard to frame because I'm not there yet But I just hope that we're known for doing our job and playing at a violently high level You should never stand, don't want this hard as you can You should know you stand If that's what we are then I think we can hang our hat on there for sure How much more do you think every time you stand by day? Oh gosh man, who can tell me now? It's definitely like those injuries like I said it's probably one of the more humbling experiences of my life And it kept me grounded You know I really realized like this is not something that is going to be here forever And I'm not going to be playing this sport forever so I just really got to be blessed and thankful that I'm even in this position right now coming back from those injuries And so the opportunity to play at a high level which I am

6:04:14So I think I definitely find myself really trying to stay in the present as much as I can Because it's not always guaranteed but I'm going to be able to do what I can do I think it's up to you to say you can do it Yeah It was definitely hard I definitely had a lead on some of my loved ones, my family members, my parents Just to like really understand if this is what I wanted to do and of course it is now But yeah it took a second to really just like I had to understand what it really took to get my body right How to recover, how to rest right, do everything I can So that I can stay healthy for long too Thank you Thank you, I want to get some lead in the middle So like 5 or 16 years I have a big picture of you from this roster And you got here, everyone did Yeah What is that that's still me to you and then go forward like how do you instill this is how you want to be for change Because you watched everybody's riddering Yeah I think it turns into motivation if anything

6:05:16Knowing that a lot of the guys who came before us, guys at that point, they succeeded and stayed there So that level of excellence has to be like solidified in each rep that we do And I think that the leaders of this team have really tried to hone on that Every rep and every practice we're trying to like understand why we're doing it And what we're doing is for us I think keeping that on the forefront of our minds and every day and every practice is the things part again, back there I mean yeah we understand what's happening in the past couple of years And all the things that we haven't done So I think this year is definitely like kind of a redemption in that right? Understanding that you know we've fallen short and we haven't met our expectations And you know it takes a lot to get there we understand that and it takes more than what we've done So I think finally you know taking that next step and doing everything we can intentionally I'll be the biggest thing in this world That's what I'm talking about What did you think guys? Thank you guys

6:06:16You're a great guy, don't you? Thank you very much He brings us Saturday and you know he's putting a lot of hard work You know super team first guy and excellent player from a lot of teams So I'm really excited for him to be able to play on Saturday Yeah finish last season the way you feel How much confidence do you think you've got this year? Yeah I think it gives me a lot of confidence I think for a lot of guys that we start playing you know our best ball Especially on the defensive side of the ball That's second half of season And so we're just all excited like I said you know You know just chomping up the bed to get the Saturday You know we can't wait to put the pads on And being in the shoe with the you know 100 plus thousand fans And you know put on a good performance Yeah you know when you said that You know the year 3 is a defector chase of perfection What does that look like on Saturday? Yeah you know we talked a lot about shutouts And I'm not going to say that you know that's an expectation But you know we think that our defense is good enough to go out there You know when we win a game for us You know there's not really saying that because

6:07:16That's why we all came back to be the best defense of the country And I think that you know the expectations Got your super high for us We got a whole each other a high standard which we have And I'm just really excited to see you know It all come together in a game for a medic and somebody else other than our offense You know we're a couple of you But I'm really excited to hopefully get one of those this year As you move it Yeah and that pissed us off too They're getting them three points up But you know we're really excited for opportunity to hopefully get one of those this year As you move it Jack JT How did you see growing just in the last several months What do you see about him from this dire stand point You know I was asking him He's kind of a boss last year I have a Penn State game Everywhere that I have But we're surprised I mean we're surprised And definitely I guess more in the season Yeah I mean he's just you know JT is just you know He's taking that next step He's super focused in you know this whole this whole off season And we've been really downed in and trying to pinpoint stuff that we can get better at you know Specifically attacking in and really trying to you know focus in and get better on those things I think that he has

6:08:16He looks great you know this whole fall camp I'm leading up to this game so far this game prep week so He's definitely taking you know huge strides And you know I think a lot of people will give him unfair criticism too Because they do all expect to have a Penn State game every game which is you know I just want the best defensive game to ever played So it's unfair to say that but he's been consistently one of the best defensive And to call the football if you turn on the tape So I'm really excited to get out there with him this year And you know we're some having a fight You know you move the expectations for both of you guys You know you feel like this is the year it comes to fruition From the standpoint of dominance I don't know I don't know what you're since of that That's something we talk about I think that's something all four of us and you know really eight of us on the D line talk about is you know being dominant You know there's no ceiling to how good we can be this year and we know that It's all about us going out there and doing it You know we can talk about it all day but until we go out there and do it you know it doesn't mean a damn thing So you know we're all excited to get out there man we're hungry and you know I've seen this a different level of determination

6:09:18You know the chase greatness and I've seen this as I've been here so you know like I said we're just you know we just can't wait for Saturday I know the question Yeah Yeah Right You know I think the challenge is that uh you know we're playing an opponent's coming in our house in the shoe this week We only get eight shots up in the shoe and we gotta make everyone a little count and accurate to go football team You know good good head coach I believe it was the offensive coordinator for Oregon when they beat us here my freshman year You know so they're gonna be well coach you're gonna run their offense well and you'll play good defense So uh the us you know in coach day always says never about our opponents always about us You know if we're executing on the high level and playing fast and physical then you know things will take care of itself So we gotta get a opponent an acronym you know works out of playing the Saturday

6:10:44I think that uh you know huge emphasis this fall camp and lead up to this season is uh you know kind of let us play more downhill more free with less thinking So I think that's been great honestly the last few weeks and um you know in the camp as well and so you know I think that we are gonna you guys are gonna see a more downhill team You know more of us coming off the edge and we can have you guys all want to see so um I think that you know we're really excited to go out there and you know and and and roll it out there and play so you know we're really excited for that Have you seen science either yet that you walked out on that plan? No I haven't watched it yet I got no comment on that Where do you feel like you've grown the most personally from where you were in your year? Um I think that this off season was big for me and uh you know give my body right um I think that you know I don't really like to talk about myself But I think that I'm a little more explosive than I was maybe in years past and uh you know I was really excited Um for the work that we put in I think all of us have grown so many different areas with our hands and hips uh across the defensive line so um you know like I said just just super excited

6:11:48What do you want to do more training in your life? I just want to get a little more leaner uh you know really work on that and uh just work on my technique you know my stance my get off and stuff like that of that nature For the defensive line so I think that I have and I'm you know I'm excited to put on put on the field center Jack what's the big difference between the guys sitting in the chair right now and the fresh face kid that came in four years? It's not like on the field stuff that you learned but off the field that maybe even translated to on the field Yeah I think that when you come in here and you know you're an 18 year old kid just leaving high school that There's a ton of things you can learn you know just as becoming a man and and on the field in the wood he is well And that's why I tell all these young kids now that you know you have to make the main thing the main thing make people the main thing and uh you know everything else will take care of itself So I think that uh you know coming in as we were all highly recruited too you know didn't help with our expectations and how it really how it really goes and the first get here So I think that uh you know when you get you're used to starting to plan 80 staffs of games since you were five years old when you first get here and

6:12:52You know you don't really see the field much of the freshman kind of it kind of takes you back a little bit um but you know the growth that we've all had you know we're all just laughing about that Actually it's a great question because me and Tyler you can JT we're watching the film bus from our freshman and you're like holy shit but we came a long way you know what it means Hey it's Ryan C. Crest for Albertsons and Tom Thumb now through September 29 Save on all your favorite personal care essentials and earn four times of points shop in store or online for items from your favorite brands like native Pantene crest always Gillette oralbee and Tampaks and earn four times the points points can be redeemed for discounts on future purchases on groceries and gas Get these deals before they're gone. Offer and September 29 restrictions apply offers may vary visit Albertsons, vans or pavilions.com for more details The ocean moves us surfing a wave or savoring the view the ocean delights us as playful honors restore coastal kill for us the ocean connects us visit monoray by aquarium dot or slash connects

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