Press Conferences (Garrtt Wilson) Elite Edition September 2

0:00I think this defense will be put in 18, every 19% of the time. That number's a lot more than you. It's like 30, something percent. I mean, how does that change in a way? I mean, you're not going to let me. But how does it change the way you're playing in the corner when the guys maybe that are back in the center. Oh, man. But what I can't tell you. I know like one of my individual goals, like I wanted to do, I wanted to get more picks. You play in man's kind of hard to get more picks. Back to the quarterback. Especially like you plan to get scored by the air. Air literally is going to throw the ball at the back of your head. It was the worst day of the average. Break up. P.I. Something like that. Man, it's just a hard and weight teams trying to skate months, runaways. They just running away from this. It's definitely a lot harder to get picks. But it's just one of those things where he's like, hey, you got to stop our man from catching the ball. That's the thought process.

1:01When you add in theoretically someone like Hassan, who are next to McDonald or the other time, McDonald's got the second leading in sax Quinn and obviously we all need to do this theoretically. Like you guys get that one playing now. You have been the first two, three, three, three. Yeah. Is there anything when you guys step between lines? Can you all think of us just getting a chance to go? One of the best receivers on the league or someone with the best corners in the world? Besides him being a great player and me being a competitor. And wanting to help our teams win. No, you know, you get great dude. Someone that I've seen a couple of times just around in this offseason. And you know, just the way your spectre opponent is playing your hard out doing your best to win your rep. And I feel like that's it for me and him. And I feel like that will be exemplified on the weekend. What you're hopeful about how you've talked about it. And how you've taken it in the morning, you're interested in it.

2:02So I can't just leave some. I have to make up a few things. You did those things for me, but like you came to. Yeah, I do. You know, I feel like step one of being better and you know, playing the way you want to is being conscious and self-aware of what you did to put yourself in that position that we previous. And then that's where it all started watching the film. And you know, being in touch and on practice. So just catching up all with my body. Doing those type of things. I think I did a really good job at this week up to, you know, it was confident that I felt all year. And now I'm just about going out there and making sure it turns out like the Sunday was confident and will. Before I get it, before the game, I'm going to have to adjust the acquired content. And teams have called the adjust about acquiring a new entry. The adjust said, you know, I'm trading with. Was that on your mind? I don't think you were. I had a major player. I'm a major player. You saw it or anything like that. I was just waiting on you. No, I wouldn't say wait on me at all. I went thinking about it during the game. Yeah, well, not, you know, I'm not going to say that was the reason why I played better.

3:06Nothing, nothing. I wouldn't think about it. What was your takeaway in the back base being true to receive the wider attention? Um, just that stuff like that is contagious. And it's something that, you know, we've, you know, it's all I know. So all you kind of get used to something, but the reality of it is it's not okay. And we got to figure it out. And we got to figure out why we're not winning again. We got all the time in the world. We got all the pieces. Um, so why are we winning, winning matters? And then, um, you know, little things like that out of it. And that was my takeaway from coming from someone that's been part of great coaches, great teams. And it's a great player himself. You know, when he talks, you're going to listen. So I know we all, you know, heard him and tried to go about it the right way this practice week. And as far as having energy and, um, you know, if you don't have the energy figure to you make it so that, you know, it's contagious. And that was my, my to kind of take away from that. Move to all over the place, but I imagine what the bomb saying.

4:06And then I'll end up like you can line up a little bit more in the slot. Um, we've seen you be pretty ridiculous inside there. Is that a place that you feel at home? Is that something you would enjoy? Um, or like, yeah, I mean, I don't mind being in a slot. I don't mind being outside the truth of it is, you know, usually you get less of a, you know, a cover player in the slot. You get to see the defense show itself in a little different view as, you know, as opposed to being on the outside and just by the center corner. So there's ways to get into your route a little faster and just break down the coverage and find that zone and that hole. So I like it. And I feel like it being the type of player I am. It's, you know, it can seem a little easier in the slot to break things down. I'll say, but, but, uh, no, I like doing both of me. I ain't gonna fake it. I like doing both. And when we being in the slot, being the slot and, um, you know, vice versa. We're hearing the slot. Can you get quick wins that are right in the quarterbacks? Yeah, I was being right in front of them. Is that an aspect of it that's positive?

5:07Are you doing it right in front of them? Uh, you know, that's a good point. Maybe, um, yeah, maybe that is, maybe that is something that goes into it. But, uh, you know, I think reality, but you gotta make some tough guess of being in this slot. I'll send you over the middle of the field. Got those big, uh, you know, the big backers and the stack monsters that you gotta do it a little more. And that's what comes with it. But you are writing that sight line at the quarterback. So, um, yeah. Do you remember the feeling walking out of the stadium after beating these guys? Let's go and, uh, yeah. Oh, yeah. It was right in pretty high right there. Yeah. You know, can you get back to that with a win something? Uh, yeah, you know, you gotta, you gotta start somewhere and this is who our next opponent is. So, we gotta go out and do what we gotta do. Um, yeah, I mean, we want to get on the street. We want to get on. And if we're gonna do it, it starts this weekend. So, um, you know, we got the Patriots and we got it. We got it. No handle, everything.

6:07I believe the team of Raleigh is where it needs to be. You know, we have some adversity hit. Um, as a team, we all would have agreed that we then respond the right way. With that adversity, we had some people say some things throughout these past few weeks. We had people, you know, step up and have people show show ways not to do those things. Um, so I think we in the right spot. Um, I think everybody's missing a right spot physically. My especially we are too. Which is why that's what it comes down to. A adversity hits just want to show you really are. There's no magic potion to be on touch. I'm gonna step back on again. There's no magic potion to bend down the whole game. But spot no way to win the team. That's just showing who you really are. I think it's time for us to respond to right way when it first hit the game. Whether they open down there and we have to do the same team no matter what. I think this this weekend is going to be the right time to show.

7:09What did they get to our knees to speak to you? I think it was just with everybody needed. You know, whether, whether he was talking to you or whether he wasn't. It was something that needed to be said. You know, Brick talked to us. Talk to the whole team a few days later. Now, how it coming from him, you know, he hasn't been here at all. He's on the band with us a week. Playing one game with us and you know, he felt and saw that. Which is real. As a team, the core group, you know, we've been in the situation a lot of times. And unfortunately, we came out on losing hands. So it could be easy to kind of fall in that trap like. And here we go. But that's what I said, like about adversity that we got to make. It could be okay to think like that, but how we're going to change that. So when adversity hits again, you know it will. You know, what's going to be our reaction. And I was going to respond the right way. And if you do respond the right way, you see a player, a teammate, a coach, not responding that way. So make sure we all get on the same page. So, they coming from here was very good because everybody respects him.

8:11We have all the accolades in the world. He's definitely paid. But you know, that's the person and of the man. So I think I was really good to come from them. Have you gotten the sense that it's resonated or is that something you'll kind of see on Sunday? I mean, I hope it resonated. Right after he finished speaking. But obviously we're going to see the Sunday. Because like I said, you know, the versus you're going to come. You know, it would be nice to have a game like last time, but you know, you can't prepare for that. You just got to go out there and do our job. And you know, when that moment comes, you know, let's respond the right way. Let's just be a look at that and say, he's going to be here for a few days. And like, what makes you like an expert? I don't think like that. Can you see how? That's a bad response. So if that was the talking the locker room or around, then that would get weeded out real quick. Because that's not when it pulled off. That's not being a teammate. That's not holding your own stuff accountable if that's you're thinking that way. And if you are thinking that way, it's probably what's talking to you.

9:13So hopefully that message whoever was in that locker room at the time was heard from top to bottom. And we can move forward with that. What's it like seeing that go from, you know, he was only playing like he's been. He's on the players of the event and running. I'll show like how you see him handling that. I feel like he's handled with race. He's been humble about it. And he's been vulnerable about it. You know, he's opened up. You know, he's, you know, he's, you know, he was surprised just like everybody else was. So, you know, it was really was a family effort to kind of, you know, cope with what happened. Obviously, try to find a way to move forward the right way and productively. Honestly, really good. Like he's been alone with Jesse meat and like just all the way through because, you know, he, he just sent the same things we're hearing the defense of our own. You know, all the things he's preached to us these past few years that's made, made the defense what it is. And you know, to make us fight this heart and the love in regard. My heart is, you know, all of that he's now just bringing it to bring it a light to everyone in here. So, he's just going to see the office and the special teams.

10:13You know, here, those messages, you know, feel his passion, you know, here his speeches. I like before the games and watching the run there and responding. So, he's been really good. If you ever see him play, like, have you ever seen video, or played with him playing? Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. If you, if you, if you want to cross the line back with a mohar, they, you know, he's crazy or he can hear it really hard. But, um, yeah, as a kid, I definitely remember watching a coach, a big play. I remember his name. I remember space. I remember all that. So, I respect him a lot as a person and obviously, you know, as an assent being a former player. And, you know, him playing with Patrick Willis. I believe Ronnie Light, I'm not mistaken. Was, was like his mentor was, and I think coached him, was, am I correct? I don't think it was it. Who was, who was the, no, not Patrick Willis. He, who was the head coach for the Santerbury. Santerbury, Santerbury. Santerbury, Santerbury. Santerbury. Also, a bad, a lot of backers, well, so he knows a lot of ball, he's seen a lot of ball.

11:14Has that old-school mindset, which I love, which I'm, that's who I am. So, you know, a lot of respect for Patrick Willis. You were, Tee, you know, about his black rowing technique? Just black throwing? Yeah, the challenge black. You just eat black. Oh, no, I just, I just eat that. I just eat that. Who do you think your deepest is played last couple of weeks? I think it's better to say we haven't played through our standard. You know, people are getting saved. What's the reason then? But at the end of the day, we're the ones that cross the white lines. We're the ones that have to, you know, handle the adversity. We're the ones that have to step up when the time's good tough. So, we got to, we got to challenge ourselves to, you know, get back to our standard, just, you know, having fun out there. Just running around here and, you know, executing and doing the timeovers. So, that's just what we have to do. Because, that's what we have to take first to win football, guys. As far as Jeff, you talked about the top this is player. He doesn't, he doesn't like Jeff. He doesn't like Jeff. Oh. Like Colin, like Colin's coach, Coach Burke.

12:14Okay, Colin, back here. The top this is a player for what you saw and watched. How does that carry over to being a head coach? I think it's more, I think it's a mindset. Like his, his ability to take adversity with is good, a bad and turn it into something. And, you know, make it work something fighting for. Like I said before, you know, him being vulnerable, him opening it up into the deep things. Like the day him opening up to the whole team, telling his story, telling his why. Like that, that builds character, that builds trust and that, you know, that builds love. And that builds the family. You know, that makes you want to go out there and play hard for. And that makes you want to go out there and feed his family. That makes you want to go out there, you know, do everything you can for, you know, for him as a, as a man, a boss or as a coach. Because, you know, he would do the same thing off the field. And if he could play, he would definitely be doing the same thing for us on the field. So I think that's just, just a respect thing. He was jailing Mills. What have you seen from the Patriots often so far with Drake May? Yeah. A guy who's, he's trying to put the ball in the air.

13:16You know, of course they are still trying to establish their run game. They got a good running back over there with Remind Jerry. But young, young quarterback, I said, it's putting the ball in the air. And he's also, you know, he's getting those third and fifth, third and sixth. You know, he's converting those outsides with his leg as well. So we just have to be aware of that when he does want to take off scrambling and then those passing down situations. You know, covering down on those guys. As a former Patriot, like do you see similarities in the defense or is it totally different without Belichek there? Yeah, definitely similarities. A lot of those guys were there when I was there. I mean, DC, who is the DC now? We call them DC Coventon. He was there with the DeLine coach, of course, Mayo as well. So they are kind of running the same type of defense, little tweaks here and there, but for the most part the same. Is there extra meaning for you playing at Foxboro this weekend? I don't want to put a snap on that because at the end of the day, it's time to win regardless. Whoever we are going against.

14:17When Sunday at 1 o'clock comes, you know, I'm pretty sure that I will be fired up and everybody will be able to tell. But as of right now, just trying to stay focused, trying to stay calm throughout this process and when Sunday comes, just let it rip. Where do you feel like you are with this defense after coming here and quickly being integrated? I think the coaching staff, coaching them, did a really, really good job with me every morning. One on one meetings, you know, detailing the playbook for me throughout walkthroughs, the practice, like I said, meetings in the morning to the point where I feel like I pretty much got a good grasp of the defense. So how much, how much more meat on the boners there for you? Like what do you think your game plays well into this defense? Like what matches well? I think just the difference in general. As to safety is to do a lot of communication, which I'm not afraid of. I've been a part of defense with safety, have to do a lot of communication, safety, have to play man, have to play in the middle, have to blitz.

15:18So I think as far as that part of my versatility allows me to do a lot of that in this defense and I think it compliments me really well. Adding a guy like Hassan Radikin in the fold where you get some more pass rush juice to go along with Quinnin and Will McDonald, what can that do for the secondary? I mean now whether it's man opportunities or our zone opportunities, we're talking about being able to get the quarterback, have the ball get out of his hands quicker faster. If not, you know, he's in trouble. You get a guy like Hassan where the slide may go to him now and you got a guy like Will 101 and you know how that goes or they make chip both for those guys and now Quinnin gets the 101. And you know how that goes as well. So I think those guys complimenting us in the back end. I think it's going to be really, really good for us going forward. You didn't overlap with him and Philly I don't believe, but obviously have teammates has anyone just but either before this year or since reached out to you about what kind of player and teammate he is. Yeah, hard worker. Guys going to go out there and give it his all. And I mean that's that's how we can ask him. You know, I know he has a big expectation for himself and we have big expectations for him.

16:27But at the end of the day, he goes out there, beats himself, play full tilt to the whistle, whether 60 snap seven snaps, whatever it may be. That's how we can ask him. I know you've only been here for a little bit, but the standard of this defense usually is not to let up 37 points like in Pittsburgh. What has been the focus in the meeting rooms behind the scenes this week that's maybe a little more in the light than weeks past? The detail and that detail comes one day at a time, one meeting at a time, one practice at a time. We of course were ready for Sunday. We want to get this nasty taste out of our mouth from from last week, but at the end of the day, it's like I said, one day at a time, one practice at a time, one meeting at a time. And when Sunday gets here, you know, let the chips fall with it, man. Awesome, Jaylen. Appreciate the time. Thank you. It's a beautiful, we're not serious about what to be great. We're just wasting time on money. So I mean, do the probably not big three with the culture being incredibly important to me. Being around the coach of hand today, well, it's kind of the things that you notice around him, just whether it's how he is or just what your thoughts at him being around him most.

17:32He's an incredibly detailed guy and I got that for sure from just like watching a film when he broke down with something, like a game film with me. And he also accomplished some of the guys that he's coaching the past that are similar to me. And you know, that was a, he really just showed how good of a coach he is. Getting to know coach from a bell during this experience, when has that been like? It was good. He's a very passionate guy. I mean, I love that. Like the head coach should have that. And you can tell how much he cares about the guys about the program, about just like being dedicated, being driven to win, to succeed. What did they tell you about the opportunity here in Asfari's meeting a player of your sort at a position on the offensive line? Well, I mean, they gave me a lift, tackling this, I'll be a good fit, you know, coming in. But I was, I think Coach Norval stressed, you know, they lost it all to great. All of us have lined up in the portal that have lost the great scope, you'll say in that. Too wise, I mean, I'll be a good fit when it comes to, such as I would, what you guys do.

18:34But if you see does, then put a site for people here. What's kind of the ultimate feeling now about that issue? I think some of the big experience with them, what's kind of the feeling about them? Yeah, it's definitely a good feeling. It's great. I'm glad that I was actually able to come down here because I mean, Zoom calls and phone calls are nice, but you know, in person is a lot different. And this is again to know the staff here, you know, Coach Herb, you know, Coach Norval, it was a great experience overall. Who else have you checked out during this process? What are their schools? I've talked to some others, so I've talked to a house in Iowa and A&M, really just, you know, that's what we've been, I've tried to keep it short, try to keep it sweet, I really need to be 200 bucks in schools. I mean, that's not the main priority. Are you entering decision mode now or do you intend to take some trips in early January? Yeah, I'm done with the business. When do you want to decide? Sometimes with the Christmas. Good, good. For those of us who only see the maybe highlights of, you know, what are kind of your strengths and areas that you're looking to improve on?

19:39So, shrink wise, I would say, probably just movement. I mean, I have a topical shirt, I would very well for a 300 or 45 pound guy. I've been done on film. This I've been able to got my stances and big things for being so big and just being able to move people. But at the same time, also just being consistent and can't place any punch on a forward general to technique. I mean, if you're a big strong guy, then you can only do so much by when you don't have the right technique. So that's a big reason why I want to have a good online commercial work, just to refine that technique to be precise in everything. And that's kind of like what I'm looking for to improve. Off you go. I'm a married friend. I think it's a good start. Jump over a man before you were ready to go. Definitely ready to go. Can you say about likes and feelings that you guys are great at? Yeah, I mean, just when you look at the schedule he has for us and how it takes care of our body, you know, just the diligence and situational football.

20:47Coach McCarty, man, he's a great coach. You see, by the day, just us being ready this week, we went open and I'm just excited to build on that. I feel like I always feel good, not always, but I mean, this week one, this week one, something definitely fresh. But, you know, just got to, you know, continue to build on that and take care of my body and we want to be feeling good in December and January. Oh, it definitely felt great. You know, it's going to touch down, had a bunch of emotions, kind of had to lay there and soak it all in, but you know, it's glad to be back. Very time front and for us to have two working starting the day, I think those guys, you know, played the tell off day, they competed.

21:51I think we had a great plan and we went out and executed it. When you were sitting on a bench in between play, what do you think about Mike's ever seen, back to the way that they put on the thumbnail? Oh, wow. I mean, I think it was late in the second quarter and I think they had like 30 yards, passing 30 yards rushing on my many boys or out there playing. I mean, one against that defense off season, you know, how difficult it is to play them to prepare for them. But, you know, they stepped up and answered the call. Throughout the season, I know you had to rough it that you took during the game, but coming out of that, you still have to hope that the faith in you and that you're going to play like, yes, the line shared season as opposed to maybe kind of things that happen. Yeah, absolutely. Will is our quarterback. He's our leader. He didn't come here by accident and you guys have seen the product. They put out there on the field week after week. So, you know, I don't necessarily think that he played bad in our last game, but you know, moving away from that.

22:53We have full trust in him. He's putting together a great practice week and we're excited to see what he puts out there on Saturday and lead us. Just a couple more. Stephen means, clave it up. In your football life, what is the last time you think you have ever been frustrated with how games flowing in the game plan? Up some, if that makes sense. I would say, you know, there's there's rarely a Saturday that I'm not frustrated. You know, I mean, we can we can be the team by semi-like I'm saying, but there's always a standard that I hold myself to. I hold my teammates to I hold my coaches to. So, that's kind of the standard around the building. So, we've all cultivated a really good culture here to where we're able to have tough conversations and hold each other accountable. Not only coaches, the players, but players of coaches. So, there's always ways to improve. Any game Saturday, no matter if we win by 70 points or you know, we lose by 70. We're always looking for ways to improve. So, yeah. I know, Cardinals and Jeremiah, very good receivers, obviously.

23:54But you guys don't tend to have the personalities that sometimes even approach them go very good receiver. Why? You know, I can't speak for those two, but I know for myself, you know, I just look at my life and I look at the way it's got its blessed being. It's hard for me, you know, not to bow before him and be humble in those moments. I'm not really one to talk to him with smack. I'm going to go out there and do my job and I'm going to do at a very high level. You know, all the things that go on my head, I never really share all the time. But at my core, deep down, I'm a very real and deep competitor. So, I think that I know when I'm capable of, I know the title of the caliber player I am. But there's no need to really bow-sat or anything like that. Just put on the field and do what you're capable of. And find a question. Jeremy Burmian, the podcast. One of your former classmates here plays a tendency now. Returns and I had some comments about why stadiums and about the crowd of big economists.

24:55Do you guys have like a message for why stadiums or fans who are hearing that and being told that stadium doesn't get loud or that Arkansas is a type of place to play? Yeah, I mean, knowing Bucket Nation, I don't think I have to do too much motivation. We're going to come out there Saturday and it's going to be an amazing environment. So, that's just the type of fans we have. I'm not going to feed too much into the stuff that Tennessee is saying. But we're really looking forward to this opportunity. We're glad that we're playing at home just to be in front of our home crowd and from our families. So, it's going to be an amazing environment and I'm excited. I do have one more step. The only 97.1. Yeah, we talked about the accountability on players to players, coaches players. But if you elaborate a little bit more on how the players kept their coaches accountable. Yeah, I mean, we've had tough conversations throughout the year and coached challenges in ways. How can I get better and we give them feedback? So, it's not really any different than the way they criticize us. So, you know, I think it's important to be able for coaches to be able to handle what players have to say.

25:57Because in turn, to make some better coaches, just like they're able to coach us. So, that's really just that relationship that we have is very special. And I think it's unique to our program. Do you agree that the people are right for thinking that they're supposed to help us fit me that way? Or is it like a good thing to have a super-eat-up? I mean, you can tell you that anyway. We have the best running backfield in the entire nation and we have the best receiver unit in the nation. So, we kind of jack of all trades. You've been moved around the office in the past of different things, motions, different trade and ways to get open. But has that increased any knowledge of kelting is here or is it kind of the same as the benefit of your business? Probably stay away from talking about scheme stuff. So, yeah. What was it that Jeremiah did that you think enabled you to be in? I'm just coming in every single day and competing. That's really what we're challenged to do as buck guys. When we walk into the way we were going to coach make you're supposed to be there and show out and show out every single day.

26:57And you're not allowed to have a step back and not let it happen off day. He took care of all his, you know, the non-negotiables of this program. He was never late. He made his way every single day. He gave his 100% effort. Not the end of the day. He was just winning a lot of competitions and just grinding. So, yeah. I'm going to do what you want to do. That's great. A lot about brand new part of it. And then get a chance to do a lot this spring. What stood out to you, even when he wasn't on the field this spring, that basically means he can be a legit impact player for your own. Well, yeah. First and foremost, he got voted on by his peers to the leadership committee on our team, which is a group of about, you know, 16 to 20 of our guys who the team looks to as leaders. So obviously, you can see how people think of him on this team. They think highly of him. And he comes in every day as a very fiery competitive nature. And, you know, he puts in really hard work and days in and days out. So, even though he hasn't seen the field too much yet, we have no concern that when he does stuff onto the field,

27:57he's going to make a great impact. He's only been here a year. Yeah. And he had last summer about him. Like, Darn has never specifies that he can be on the leadership. Maybe I have to check it for 306-5 days. Yeah, just his ability to be able to, you know, talk a good game, but also back it up. Not in a sense of playing football, but more in a sense of, we're going to be the hardest working team on the field. We're going to go in day in, day out. I'm going to beat you even when I don't feel healthy, even when I don't feel good, all that type of stuff. It's all an entirely... I'm not going to... From far away, it looks like violence, not just violence. I think it kind of looks a little bit like young bear. Right. You were here with Dick. Like, do you see that in him? Like, I'm not trying to compare to the number 10 overall thing. Do you see that a little bit in the way that he can shift around? Yeah, he definitely is very fluid about the way he moves. And we see it in his routes and his releases. So, you know, when all the White receivers are knowing the film room and, you know, he's getting crapped, he's doing all this body movement stuff. It's like, okay, we could see he got a little sun to him.

28:58So, it's just about bringing him along. You know, he wasn't... You know, he just got here. It's his first year here, kind of built on a long... There's steps you got to take, but he's definitely training in the right direction. And then, a lot of teams get talent for whatever reason you guys seem to develop... develop the receivers better than anyone. What goes on out there that somehow helps Ohio State keep replacing guys in the NFL? We play Denzel, Davidson, Ibnelson, Germain Matthews, Jordan Hancock, Layton Ransom, Caleb Downs. That's really what it is. It's a BIA getting this better every single day. So, tremendous credit to the defense and the ability to be able to develop corners like that. It's just good on good every single day. That's the way you get better. How much do you want the coaches to get open right now? You know, it's 10-R-E-E-9. I mean, we definitely have a strong second there, I would say this year. But, you know, it's just... It's not just their talent that makes them special. It's their ability to go hard every single day. They show up every single day with a competitive nature. And, you know, we're going back and forth on the field every single day. They'll be bigger and spin at each other a little bit.

29:59But it's all love at the end of the day. We appreciate them for getting this better. And, you know, this question, the method, you do a lot of things. This is all that to have, that you can hold rear. Brandon seems like a guy who do so much. Whether it will move around, whether it's just things or anything. You see kind of that same horse how-filled and Brandon is kind of something you do. Yeah, absolutely. Brandon, you know, he came up, played running back for a lot of his life. Played a little quarterback here and there. You know, now he's received very. He can do a lot of different things. So, we just try to put him in a position where he can be the most successful. And the position that makes him the most successful is just the ball on his hand. So, we try to do that for him. And a bunch of other guys in the program who thrive with that. All right, I'm going to go that. So, right now he hasn't done any interceptions. So, hopefully, Russian coverage can work together. So, we can cause this first turn over the season. I know he's been a guy in the past that throws a lot of interceptions because he takes shots. And, you know, I know he's eager to throw the ball as far as he can in front of our crowd. So, you got to do a good job of plastering them. To, statistically, the run game, the run defense was a lot better in the second half Sunday than the first half.

30:59Does anything really change there at all? All right, Russian. You know, just to piggyback off that, we got to continue to be better. I don't personally for me. I don't like seeing the amount of yards on the board granted, you know, we did win. But, you know, I don't want to, I don't want to be the hindsight guy and forget about, you know, the run game. Still, I think an issue for us has issue for me. We got to be better. I don't want to be one of the last teams in the league in a run game. We're doing a good job. You know, are my assets right? The coaches are emphasizing it and eventually he's going to get going. Obviously, you never want to have a teammate be treated away like Jerome. But with Ernest Jones coming in, he's highly talented. There's a pretty good run defense kind of linebacker. What does that do for your defensive room? Terrier, Terrier, my book guy. But, it does it. It does a... I can't really speak on it because I don't really know Jones that well. I don't know his game. I've heard from others that I know that place with Rams. I said he was good, but as far as that, I don't know. Hopefully this move works out for the betterment. Obviously, I mean, we all want that too.

32:00But we'll see how it goes. I feel like a positive thing obviously when Johnson and I are in your coach are working to get an impact player on your team when the NFC is kind of this wide open. It can be viewed as a positive or negative thing. It depends on what window you look through. What's that process like for you in terms of having to learn guys and their tenet season communicate with the new players that are coming in during the middle of the season? It's a big process. It's definitely not easy to rework your roster in the middle of the season. They're going to do what they're going to do regardless. Obviously, I respect that. I'm forward. I believe in their system and what they want to do. But, you know, it's an adjustment for all of us to learn a new guy and kind of reestablish a new relationship and reestablish a new voice that you're going to hear making a call in the middle of the field, especially, you know, because he's the quarterback of the defense. So, it's just something you got to get adjusted to all of us. Playing in a different weight this season, has that been any sort of an adjustment for you? It has been. Just getting comfortable with my body again and figuring out, you know, my strengths and weaknesses and how to make sure all my weaknesses are just completely strengths.

33:03So, it's been a challenge in that aspect too. And I think I'm doing a good job out of this so far. But, Miss Pasheresh is going well. How much of it is guys playing off each other? Like, I'm thinking of boys, sack force, from a two-year collapse of pocket, and then he's able to get them. You're all in a... I would say last game was probably the best game, surprisingly, of us all working together as good as we did. I think these past couple games prior before that game, it's been a lot of us just... We just went in and just happened to be like that. I feel like this athletic game was a good game of us communicating. The past game schemes, whether it's a game or just going to straight-work, a straight rush and just reading off each other. And we had to get better at that. It's only been a couple games. We have a lot more football to play, to get better and get our relationship on that aspect. If you dropped in covers as much as you thought you might have heard... Um... About on par. I've dropped a good amount of time so far this year. I'm talking about doing it now, so... She'll put me on...

34:03Oh, whoever, not put me on tour to Kittle. No. Have you seen Derek Hall grow in the last... from last season this year, at the Inter-End? I mean, he's the same type of player. Honestly, only thing that's been different is his mindset. And it's applying to the field. And he has to continue. You and the Oregon Fowl have a big game? I was. Yeah. Jackson had a duck jersey on the week after. Did you have something that you had to do as well? I had to do something that was a little more personal. But, uh, I didn't make that bit. But... Speaking of that, I don't know why we didn't run the ball in the last six sections of the game. So, talk to... Then boys down in Columbus and tell them to run the damn ball next time. And just... Trust the kicker. But... Did you get the penalty, the intentional penalty late in the game? Uh, I don't know if that was on purpose. I think Mike brought that up to me and asked me, do you think it's on purpose or they did by accident? I don't know. But... I think it was intentional. If it was intentional, it was a very genius move. I didn't... I wouldn't expect that. So, I was actually, you know, big brainplayed by him.

35:03Did you think there should have been a second left? No. Unbeatable. I don't want to be biased. No, we ran out of time. We just... My boy, my boy, uh, 18 was back there just too comfortable. But it's all good. He's going to learn. First game with Roy Robertson Harris. What were your impressions of him? It was like 6'8". It was crazy. He's super, super strong. I've been watching him. I've been seeing his game from afar from a while. I shouldn't have been watching him above. I've seen I saw him in Chicago. I saw him in Jacksonville. You know, I just watched a lot of football and a lot of tapes. So, eventually you just see guys. You pay attention to who they are. So, you know, it's been a unique process. So, just bringing them in. And he's picked up a defense pretty well. Very powerful guy. Versus was well. And I think it's going to add a lot of good plays to our defense here. So... Did you, for the defensive lineman, have arms that long? Sure. Can nobody touch your chest? You in the ball game. Like, you don't want big, strong lineman grabbing you and trying to rough out you. Because they're already bigger than us in the first place.

36:03Especially me. They like 6'8", 3'30". And I'm wherever my way is. So, playing with extensions is very key for a D1. There you go. Thank you. Thank you very much. I think a lot better. Like, I would say that he's got a lot smarter. Then he got a fry G.B. Go ahead. I think he's there about Calvin's intelligence, you know, where he's grown. Where specifically is it? The film room. Is it kind of picking up, you know, the playbook. Where have you seen that? The rain up a grab. I would say Calvin has gotten smarter just like... His game knowledge, like expecting like a different kind of routes and stuff like that. Perfect. When did everything start to click for him? So, last year was it in the soft season? When did you feel really comfortable with this game? I would say it in the spring. I started to get a lot more comfortable in our defense. Yeah, yeah. We said you break up the cast yesterday with the German name. I'm sorry to ask, but it was earlier. But what is like going up against him? Do you think it seems like you enjoy it? Yeah, I love it. He's tough. I like going against him a lot.

37:03He's really good. What have you improved in your game? Just from that, for example, those 101 matchups. This preseason or whatever. You know how ballad who disgain with? So, Jeremiah, he forces me to pay the back of it. If you don't pay the ball against him, he'll go get it. Yeah. And you, Dave, send it. How would you describe this defense now compared to this time a year ago from the standpoint of a confidence factor? You don't mean that you guys feel on the field? How would you describe it? It's different about it, I guess. I feel like everybody is a lot more smart than they are. Everybody's like, I would just say that we're going to just smarter. Yeah, but when you look up and Lathan ran some decided to come back and Caleb down, transferred in. What did you feel about that? Did it just grow stronger in that one week span, two weeks span? You're still on up saying? I feel that. Those guys have played the level those guys have played at? Yeah, I would say that like, a down's coming and a way of saying he was coming back, so he was coming back and just still like, moving after the Red and Lady.

38:15Thanks, man. Of course. You can really feel the defenders around you. Like I said, if you can see three or four people around you can do too much. Like I said, there's a lot more space with his offense, a lot more holes in the defense that you're trying to get the playmegers into. I'm excited to be able to work with that. You can't really do it as much in practice, you're not going to get hit, but more preseason and first couple games, I'm excited to see what that looks like. I think of the sheets. I'm excited, man. Like I said, from jump, he's a special player. You don't really get that so many players like him that's so quick, so fast, at least speed and I ain't going to run routes too. So I'm excited to see what he does in the future, but I feel like that's the least they can do for him this year. How do you think he would get me to accomplish one another? It's just speed, man. Speed, you can't teach speed at all. Just having us on opposite sides, even to play on both sides.

39:16Just speed down a field. You can run 15, 20 yards and breakers out breakers. And like I said, you're going to have to play two safes most of the time, or you can run the ball, you can get underneath your house. It's going to be a great compliment to the offense, so I'm excited. Chris, you said you hope this new offensive playmegers in the position of a place. What about you specifically? What's an area where you think you'll have more opportunity than finish your game? It's a lot of areas that you can see to look at, to improve my game, but yards have the kisses of when I'm looking forward to just more opportunities with that, more space. Just to showcase my speed and my ability with the ball. So I'm excited to do that this year. I'm not really showcased the first two years, so I'm excited to be with the ball. It's something that I think is the quick game element of it, just getting the ball in your hands. Yeah, quick game, play action, more over the middle routes.

40:17It's a lot of different things that you can say that this guy's going to help that, but I got set on this side of it. How would you describe the chemistry between you and Eric? We're getting way better, man. It was our first year last year, so it was kind of up and down, but that's what it comes with the game of football. We worked a lot this offseason, OTAs, which was really good, and we got off to a good start these first two days at camp, getting extra working, but that's going to come with time. So I'm not worried about that at all. We both are competitors, we both want to be the best, so we got to do something to be good. Where do you kind of notice that difference? It's just like feel on the routes, what do you kind of notice now that it's year two that gets more natural? What do you mean? It's like, Eric, for you and your dad's got your heart. It's just like, it's more than that, man. It's NFL, everybody's good, so we just got to know what each other is thinking, preaching that, posting that, cover cheese, where the walls won't go, just reads what read I am and in progression, everything goes along with that.

41:20So just being on the same page, being, like I said, chemistry is built with time, so just little stuff like that that turns into big things is going to be huge. You caught one from Spencer Routland at A2, what are your early impressions from him? He's real talented, that's the first thing I've seen from him. His arm is out of charge, he's a real natural feel out there. He's going to be real good, I want to see him in action, but from my first impression, he's going to be a real good player. It's going back to the sheet that you talked about all the different stuff you should do, you think there's still a lot more there for him? Oh yeah, he hasn't really, I think this is the first year of being receiver two or really receiver. In my opinion, we both are receiver one, so I just be able to move around, run real routes, feel like it's going to be a huge advantage for the saying. It's a special player and I can't wait to see him ball, I can't wait to see him get more opportunities and see what he can do.

42:23My run real routes, he's just like an opportunity to run. Yeah, just getting more, he hadn't really played too many plays in his first few years, he kind of just get thrown in there when he's getting the ball or he's a decoy or something like that. But he's actually being involved in the offense, always being in, even on run plays, I feel like he's going to be a huge advantage for him to get a feel for the game and be more natural out there. How far does it for a receiver like that to shed kind of a, you know, think of him as the deep threat label and then so people just think of him as a deep threat, but he can do more. How hard is it to kind of shed that label or that perception like? I mean, that's what life everybody is trying to label somebody as one thing or two things, but I feel like you can showcase, I mean, that's not really who you are, you know what I'm saying. As he gets more opportunities as you can see, you can see he can do more and more. That's what anybody on the team. So I'm excited, like I said, for his huge opportunity is going to get this year and this guy is going to be a big one for the Saints.

43:27Does this scheme ask for more blocking from receivers as their more responsibility? Oh yeah, for so. I mean, that's what I told you to, we both have to block. And I know we're not the biggest guys or the strongest, but like I said, we want to be on the field. We got to be on the field for the play action plays, all those things. So we both got to go block the line, the block linebackers, but that's what coming football. So we both got to take that next step in our game. Is that somewhere there's like a payoff? Like you guys know you play from play action next time. Yeah, it's going to be a huge payoff. Like I said, most of our office is based on play action, all the in-breakers, all the yards at the cash are a play. So we got to go in there block and like I said, take that next step and be able to be grateful for our team. Like being here? Oh yeah, so. I feel the weather out here, man. That's what I'm used to not using the war and then out there trying to catch my breath. It's a great opportunity for us. You got a chance to see family and friends and also this is their football friend here?

44:29Not yet, but they're going to come by here soon. Appreciate you all. Appreciate you, Salana. Thank you very much. How much is the benefit you guys are pulling against those B and Bs every day? And I'm sure not the sack is worth the match. Yeah. That defense, especially with the Bs. What is that? What do you think of your guys? It makes us better all over the field, whether it's us inside or outside. We got a great second there. We got Jordan, IGB, Zell, Jermaine, so they're getting us better each and every day. We got the best DBs in the country, so I don't think there's going to be a game where we play better DBs. What we got here? Who's your favorite corner to do against? It depends on what type of day you have and stuff like that. If you knew you'd say the boundary, you're going to get hands on one from IGB, so you've got to be ready in the Zell. He's going to break. So you've got to get in and out of your break with him real fast. Talk more trash than Zell. No, one. You're going to feel one out there. You're going to feel him. So he's going to feel him.

45:29He's going to feel him. Talk some more trash. You were Brandon Dennis. Brandon talks some more trash about when he gave me started, I could be a hothead. You just got to give me started, that's it. What do you think of the Milo in this bootcamp? Milo is going to be good. He got the wiggle. He can do it all. Once he just got here. So it's just a lot being thrown out of him and stuff like that. So when he relax, get the ropes up. He's going to be really good. When you get here as a freshman, I ask hard on the same thing. What's the easiest thing to pick up on right away? What's maybe the most difficult thing for you guys? The easiest thing is to pick up on your hothead by anus up like that. And the hardest thing is not getting in your head. Because we got great receivers all around. So you have a bad day and another guy having a great day. You just can't get down there yourself and lose confidence. You know my, I was a team enemy. You were freshman, I showed you a lot of hands. What stands out for most people about that? JJ's a dude. So he goes out, he goes about his business like a dude. He makes the play. You go get too happy.

46:29You mess up. You don't get too mad about it. He's just going on like next play mentality. He's going to talk to you about it. He's going to do around the target slot. I will. What do you like about it? I like it. You can't really game plan for somebody like that. Because you go on the slot. You can expect him one thing. But he's outside. You got to expect another thing. Koja was just talking to us about his leadership role behind the scenes. How have you seen that? You started specifically about showing Jeremiah kind of the way. But for you or for any of the guys, how has he been a leader in that role? Koja. Koja has been good. He's been here longer than most of us. We're really unprepared to Koja and stuff like that. So whenever we need help, we ask Koja. He's a funny player. I think you probably won the funniest in the room. So when you look at him, you always can get a laugh. And he always going to pick us up whenever we're down. Who are your favorite receivers to watch? I'm all your team. I like G5. I like my league neighbors. He's baller right now. I like the Vontail, like Justin and Marr. And for people who are, I mean, you're talking like a guy who's ready to like pop off a little bit here.

47:34What are people going to see from Cardinal Tade in 2020? They go to the people they ball and talk about trash, would it? I have three more questions. Which Chicago thing? Oh, yeah, definitely. Which are best advice for the Chicago thing? Yeah, it's Chicago. I'm playing Florida. I just went to school down there. What's your best advice for your mind at this point? Cardinal. I'll tell them, play ball. Keep your head up. Keep your head up. I turn up and play ball. You're going higher up. And you're going higher down. But it's life. You know, no, that you still care. And you still want to be a part of this. You know, just watch and practice. There's a couple of little things we're doing different. Whether I'm communicating with Gumbarr or other people. You know, so be it. So you're also talking with him. And you give him pointers during the off season. Just a constant communication. How do you see him grow as a person, you know, as far as how he's approaching things, how he getting ready for this season. Well, you know, I think the thing with Keanu is he's more comfortable. You know, it's nice first time around the track.

48:35It's actually like he can catch his feet under him. You know, I always think when you're in your rookie season, you're going from bowl game. I don't even know what's constantly in a bowl game. Sorry, Wisconsin. I don't even know. But, you know, personally, I just think when you go from bowl game to training for the combine to, you know, rookie minicamps, OTAs, the, you know, minicamps, I mean, the training camp, the regular season, you really don't get a time to really catch yourself. You know, you understand to play book now. You can be more vocal. You know, I think with my absence, the other guys' absence, you know, you need guys like that to step up and be ready for those opportunities. What do you think of the surgery you had in your office? You know, the same you had during the season. It was a more thorough, what was it? Just tightened down everything. You know, on my left side, because I was over-competing a little bit. But, you know, it was, it wasn't anything that lingers. You know, I'll say this, a growing is not like an ACL.

49:35It's not like anything's ever going to get affected again. And, you know, you know, feeling good, able to do everything, squat and heavy, with power and speed. So, you know, it feels good to get after it. What do you think of what the team was able to accomplish? It's not easy in terms of bringing guys like wrestling and things around each other. You know, I think they're all good acquisitions. But, you know, you never want to be known as a paper champ. So, you can't win the off season. I think the work gets done out here on the field. It's done in the classroom. It gets done training. You know, and then you see where you're at in training camp. And then you build on that. You know, I think we got the right guys in the building. It's just about putting a completely month-to-day field. Can you tell how difficult is it to separate the business part of the game and the actual football team? Oh, you know, you always want to, you always have to treat it like a business. Because, you know, one day it's going to end.

50:36And that's been a job. It's not like in college where, you know, you got four years guarantee. Well, now you don't even know what the NIL knows, but transfer portal. But, you know, you have to... I still have love for this game, and I still work my tail off. And I still put everything into it. And that's not going to change. But, you have to know what you bring to the team and what your value is. Can you want me to be able to be out there with your teammates today emotionally? Great, you know. We got a new training staff and still learning the warm-up. A little different. But, you know, I loved it. You know, just getting after it. Learning new guys. Going through the same drills I've been doing by myself. I actually like having more people around because, like, kind of go stir crazy when it's just you and another guy. You're like, damn, I got to go back up for another rep already. And so, you know, it's nice to be up here and get a chance to be with my guys.

51:40Can we confident that we'll get down with your emotion? Oh, I'm going to try to remain pretty neutral because, you know, I don't want to be too either way. All I know is I want to be here. But we'll see what happens. It's my last year here. I've had a great career here, but I look forward to playing next year. What that second surgery you said at this time was on the left side was the first time around on the right side? Right side during the season. Left side. And that was just tightened down my core muscle. It wasn't the same as my ad doctor. You know, you can ask Dr. Bradley, Dr. Zuckerbron, who did the surgery as well. You know, if anything, it's going to help me and make me a lot stronger from here on up. Can you say you were training with another guy who have you come from? Tyson, I've been training with him for the last eight years.

52:40We've always trained together. We've got a trainer up north, shout out Cole Haley. He's my guy. He's my guy. He trained a heat miller, a bread keel, a multitude of guys that I'll respect. And we've just been getting after him. Can you give very few guys historically, 35, they paid big contract? And who that held against you? I think there's not a lot of history behind it. But, you know, for me, I look as I'm not looking to be like anybody else. You know, my game is different from everybody else, honestly. You know, I like to think I can play the run in the past. And that's where I'm different. You know, I remember last year Mike T. He just brought to my attention, you know, the thing that's really cool is you watch powerlifters. And, you know, my game's built on power and technique. And those guys go into their 40s. And so, you know, that's what kind of research I'm doing behind the scenes. But, you know, we'll see what happens.

53:44There's not a lot of history, but I'm here to make history. And I'm here to, you know, win another Super Bowl of Air and, you know, have a great season. Do you have a set goal for yourself on how many years you want to play in the NFL? Or do you just take things here right here? You know, it was top answering that question right after the season. I will say this guys, I can't keep answering that question right after the season. That is not fair to the season that's not fair to my family. You know, but in my mind, I got three years. And I want to maximize them. I want to play at a high level. And I want to go deep into playoffs. And, you know, we got a good team. And I'm going to do my part to be ready for all those situations. You've played on practice in the New York Portola Church, or is it possible that you might fold in and enforce the issues? I have not even thought that far. I've taken a day. My day, you know, I told my agent and we talked about it. I mean, we were cool coming out here. You know, I'll be here for many.

54:46And then I'll be there for training. I don't know what the work entails, but when we get there, we'll cross that bridge. Why would a man have three or more remains to deal with these three years? You know, there was a conversation between me, Omar and Mike T. And there are certain guys that are one helmet guys. You know, and I want to be one of those one helmet guys. And, you know, there's a hunger and desire there. But that doesn't mean just hanging them up and calling a career. To me, I think, you know, I got more bullets to fire. And, you know, I'm excited to do that. What's the meaning of last one? You and Russell Wilson are going to be out there with Baltimore. What's paying men of the year, Pat? I saw Russ's social media. But I have an idea to see it. I like the surprise happens when it happens. But, you know, it's cool to have another Walter Payton man of the year winner.

55:47You know, I think it's an honor to be there. And I'll say one thing. I won't be here. I'm just telling you guys, so it's not a big deal. I won't be here because I have to do a Walter Payton man of the year thing on Thursday. So it's not like I'm skipping. But, you know, it's an honor to be with Russ. And, you know, it's an honor of doing things in the community. Doing great work. And, you know, the cool thing is, as much as we get honored and nominated for these things, the work doesn't stop. And I can see that with Russ's foundation, you know, we had an event for our foundation. And my mom was quick to, you know, tell Russ, hey, we need the partners around. And I was like, mom, let's just enjoy the event. But, you know, it's really cool to be a part of a league group. All right. Thank you. Thank you. This next season, kind of trying to push for a job. Is that like a confidence booster for you?

56:48I mean, I'll say it was a confidence booster. One reason I say that, because you get like good coaches who believe in you. And like, they give you the tools to go out there and just play with confidence. You know, not there doubting those stuff. Like, you got your teammates who got your back. Like, my first play when I got a third Tennessee, like when DeZel, the IGB and the Germain. Like, first thing they say is like, no, where you just go out there and play with confidence. You know, the tools, the usual tools, just go out there and make a play. And where about a play coming to you? Where you show time and show a job. And you just do it. And then like, the same goes for you. He gives me, he puts me in a position like, at the drills we put in, the work you put in, the one-on-one, so I just go out there and just perform at the highest level. And if you're better at you right now, then maybe last month, I force back to say. I mean, I got to lay better just because I've transitioned a little bit to the inside. Niko's father, so I'm like, now I'm actually just like catch technique. And it's often covers not always press at the line. So it's like, now I'm able to like move my feet, move my hands, like see, like what I got to do. Just in case I got to go back in corner, I can, I'm playing off now.

57:49I'm very confident out there. Do you think that Niko is a natural fifth of you or have you had to kind of convince yourself to transition around? I mean, I feel like it's natural fifth of me because I feel like me, individually, I'm a fast learner. A fast learner, like coaches help us learn fast. Like, because they're always honest about the techniques and stuff. So you like, you play down, like you pick up all the things you did. Like when we get out here, they coach us to like the techniques. So we used to go out there and play like fast spot. And it would like, like, reversatility, you're able to go out there and just compete. Is that where you kind of stuff, you're spring or do you get kind of mounted? So I've really been stuck there this spring a little bit, like whenever you get it, it's like other things. I just bounce out there every once in a while, just like have fun. See if I still got it every once in a while. So it's as good as going through to compete at most spots. You mentioned the technique. What technique, you know, tips and things that you had to pick up and learn from coach Walton from the beginning to the end. I mean, this is why I always say, you know, because what preaches are honest, you hang, you see it, you see it, move your feet, and then get your hands on the mat.

58:51So it's like when you get like, when you out there, you're able to like process like the way the receiver comes off the ball, looking at the hips and seeing like the way he moves. So you're able to pick up like the row concepts you can get out of that. So it's being like other coach walls for me, like as a player and just like him breaking out football to you like one on one. It's like very beneficial. What was the hardest part of making that transition from outside the inside? I really say like cornering, you got your cover two, you cover three, you cover one, it's easy. But then when you got nickel, you got so many responsibilities you got to see like the row concepts, you got to be able to process like diagnosed, roused faster then what you got to do out corner and just be able to like everything's quick like a transition. You got to like, you got to move fast, you got to learn to move fast. It's like game recognition. Where do you think maybe from the most since you got it? I would definitely say, I would definitely say yes because when you get to like college, it's a little bit different. High school, we don't got to worry about things like that. When you get to college in a school like this, like your recognition of plays,

59:54and like you know your jobs the way like the coverage is supposed to be played, understand all your teammates or questions you have when you feel like it's easy. What have your credit? What have you done? He's very talented. He's a great dude, he's a humble guy, great teammate, very supportive. He's like a guy that you don't want to rob because you can feed off your energy because you can see like when you make a play, he's like, he like IGB. It's like IGB 2.0 so he's like, when you get out there with guys like that, with good energy, it makes you play a little bit harder. And then when you make a play, it's out there and it's helping you. It's being out there with him, he's a good player. One of those guys, first question, ten full kids, a couple of higher students. I've said obviously over the last couple of years, you know, it's helping you through it now. What is it about Flunville that gets you through any play at Ohio State? That's a big question, I know. The question is, I'm just such a quick person because we have so many kids come out of Glibu and just play at Leeds, I'll lead like Leeds, schools,

1:00:54and they like, like tracks a big part of it because I mean, actually in a Glibu everybody that I run a track like it's made it to our, you don't really get a choice. You're able to just like get out here and like know how to compete and then like, G like, G and Bill's that mental toughness into you. So like, have you like, I heard now you got to be mentally tough because I mean, life's not going to be easy. So it's like being out here, being able to compete. And when you down, just pick yourself back up, I mean that's what G is down to me, that's what G is down to me. Beginning, like he played a quarterback in high school too and he hadn't made a transition to receiver at here at Ohio State. And this is helped me, it's going to be rough at first, but he has to push me to get me to where I need to be. When you think back and just like you're upbringing, you know, coming from, you know, Africa being over here, just what do you how did all you feel, call of that kind of helped mold you into who you are now? Yeah, I play definitely maybe like tough and like, not afraid of like new change. And he's like willing to just adapt to my environment. What was it like for you coming in here as a freshman

1:01:56and getting to see if it's team go win an national championship most first few weeks here? It definitely was a high motivated, you know. Being a freshman, it wasn't really my team though, so like I didn't really get it. So that makes like push me like that once, when it's my turn, I got put in the word, I want to be the same position, but with a ring on my finger. What did you learn from those guys just about what you need to do to have a chance to go accomplish what they did? So you just got to, don't let the past affect you like, and just, yeah, I'm a lemon, you got me a lemon, you got put in the word, it's not easy at all by any means, it's got to be hard, but you have to play everything into it. What do you view as like the best attributes of your game that you're going to bring to this team? I would just say my size, my speed, I can take the top off the defense, and I can play tough and physical. He's about that. What's the last year, and like, when you think back to the overboard this year, what has the last kind of year been like for you

1:02:59as you've gone from players that was kind of going through the process to make the progress and make the transition to the series? How has this last year come to terms with you? I was definitely changed like, because I was always, my sophomore year, I was hurt, and my junior year, I got hurt during track, so I was able to, I was a highly recruited athlete, and this time last year, it was like when my junior really picked up, and it's been crazy, like, must have another, like, he was just leaving me up in my corner, in my coach's everything, and they just give me the motivation to go. What is your relationship with like the team? You said you guys, you two, it's the team, you're in the other team, you've been through work with them before. Oh yeah, that's a big good. Before I even got a hostage offer, and before I even, he was exactly actually through with them a couple of times in both. Bella Fatt, she was a cross-chain. Yeah, I was working with, I knew it was at head coach,

1:03:59and he invited me to come in and run routes, and I actually ran routes for Tavis right, if we was exactly, and it like, we first came to the O. We had a lot more, we got together, us, the freshmen class, and he's growing, he's working on everything. He's definitely got nice on. This corner record, we're here, it's a great challenge, it's a calmness there, kind of, to go on a beautiful freshman. The quarterback? The quarterback. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, they're definitely childhooded, and you say, I always say, I should be buying it, and they make it hard for you, and when you play this high level competition practice, and you go on a game, you're like, it's twice as easy to do the practice, and he's really built on stuff. Is there been a moment on the question? I know that, but down at, oh wow, this is something that, you know, I guess I can walk on the call. I guess there've been, kind of like a moment first, I've realized, oh wow, these guys are, these guys are really good at this. Yeah, just like,

1:05:00I just first, like on high school, like I would just take some, like reps and, I would just go, yeah, I just had, had speed, had, had, catch-a-go-low-these, like, face-separation, and I come to college, and for everybody's fast, everybody's big, so you get to find new ways to get open, just really good. For sure, stuff to hire you, high school. Yeah, and like, Coach Lauren, I said though, you got to be who you are now. Yeah, you got to get out of the world, right? Yeah, you got to get inside of being, but definitely that's what you do. When did you feel like you've lost your last year, where they could, through the count of you, and stuff, I mean, you remember, how come you came alone? I think it started in like fall camp, just flashed, and then, got to like the first days, and then, I'm a Salah, I'm a Salah. So, I'm almost being great, I like, I like it personally. I like the more feel, and that's, it's a poor, so, yeah, and the life-affors, the times are ending,

1:06:00difference is responsibility is or, if this system were to get up into somebody's kind of state. Oh, we just, we just learned it right now. We just worked it out, we just working right now. We just learned it to you, so. What do you think about Suja Hex and what he can do I think C.J. Hakes said what he could do in his defense. Or just what he can do this season. We can do this season. I think C.J. gonna pop off this season for sure. I think this definitely gonna be one of his years for sure. Got to. What do you think is the biggest difference between the NAPT and the TREJU? To me, it's no different. They both coach you and they both like they hard on you but they want you to be great. So I don't think there's no difference. You're talking about how you're looking at what you guys can do and fitting it. Do you think C.J. is going to want to throw in a plug and touch you guys? Oh.

1:07:01No, I don't think so. What's the results for most of the few of you about the stuff you go on and off? What's the layer of something called? I think C.J. is a great year. First before anything, Sunday and great year. I feel like he like the voice. He can be thinking something Sunday and just can't wear it and out for the whole team to understand. So Sunday definitely a great year before anything. I think it's your magic that might as well be the magic for all I got for it. I think that people would be better. How does that show itself? Is it absolutely local? No. Yes, sir. What is it? There's something that you can see about that. On the field or when it's leadership? Whatever. I mean, like I said, he's just a great leader like you, you're a vocal guy. And like you said, it shows up on the field too. So he's, it's hard to follow up to a guy who says something don't own and like maybe not own their stuff. So Sunday, one of those guys who he's own his stuff. So when he leave, everybody listen. It's obviously been long string of linebacker success

1:08:02of a higher stage. I said it again. We've been a long string of linebacker success. I don't hire a state. I mean, you look at, you know, guy like Sonny Taken on the next step this year. How motivated are you to kind of be part of that linebacker? To be one of the great linebackers to play at a higher stage? Oh, I'm ready for it. I mean, that's what I'm hopeful. Please, I just know how to work. That's all I have to do. Just give him effort and just go on the stage today. I want to say this with full respect. When we see JJ and Sonny, it's like, that makes sense. When you're the third guy, were you surprised to be named? What puts you in that same category? Yeah, I was a little surprised. I kind of have a feeling because like, you kind of like, I mean, I kind of could have guessed it. But like, I just knew like, I was one of my goal to talk to him behind Buckeye, and I just put in the work that was in there. So what did you get in? What did you mean? How did you take it? It was very special. We're right after a text on my parents. And they really knew what it meant until like the video came out and the question explained it to us.

1:09:04So then, after what it's been, I guess, you guys. Back then, when you were playing football, back then, right, bar and games. Did you think you'd tell the difficulties of going back and forth? Not just like when you're learning them, but actually having to play both of those five. Yeah, it's pretty difficult, especially during the game. You have to put the whole mind around. It's a lot easier in practice because it's like getting like several down. But like, going left in my game. It's pretty hard, but like in high school, it was every other player I was in back then with the triple option. So I knew it. I was comfortable with it. And sometimes I just take it from one walk into my mind. Sometimes I'm going to have to say it to be the same playing in it. Again, I'm more time to get into my head. I can bring in two factors in the play. I can bring in three factors in the play. I can bring in three factors in the play. I can put in the hours of the game. Yeah, so like I got to set the example. And then like my first two weeks here, I was like teaching them.

1:10:08Like I don't know what they're expecting these players because I've seen some new players for them. And even new defense, like technique two, because I keep the same technique. But just helping them out because we need all of those. What's your idea of playing back what you're going to come about? About like Rath, the team that was going to go to going to the game, what you've been winning, how did that come about? It came close to springtime. They wanted to have, they just wanted to have a good fight out there. And they don't want to play the best so they just didn't get the chance. What's the other way out? They're awesome. They're great. A lot of eyes, it's awesome because everyone's watching something. It's not like someone's only watching this place, so you know what's going on. You're going to be back to get after the play, after the practice. All three off, you're all fine. It's awesome. They tell you everything. Because they know what's the left side ahead with coach Johnson, coach Dickie's watching left and coach the one who feels the right film. You know what's going on, it's funny.

1:11:10How was the experience that you got at the big reps in the big games? All that helped. It was like coming into the sun. It really boosted my confidence. And I can lead the young guys too. I know it was going on because they really don't really miss this first time. I'm so excited to do them. My stuff is like just that leadership of them. Versatility has also been mentioned a lot. It's been a lot of both sides with all playing in different spots. It's been a lot of right on that. Yeah. I think that's a question. Can you just talk about the versatility that coach has been talking a lot about that on both sides? Well, you guys in different spots being able to put them. Yeah, so like, you all see it in my eyes here. We lost two stars, all maybe starters. So like really guys need to stepped up and like going to season. I didn't know I was playing a start left guard. And I didn't really know I was going to bounce over the right. And what did Donnie know he's going to bounce out the tackle. So like, it really helps everyone. I think a lot of guys that season are playing multiple positions.

1:12:10It's going to help us in football. And if you learn from Donnie and jogger, satin all that way. Just like technique wise, they really helped me like pretty snap stuff. And I know one of my worst go was you guys. I can't play some of them. Thank you. Thank you. Nice to meet you. Thank you. Nice to meet you to stack another one. How do you manage your own expectations in the 14 pressures, but you're not putting in the sack numbers that you'd like to get? I think just staying the course and continuing to get better, which I think I've done. And then hopefully that day comes where the stats come. But I think I affected the game. A good amount last week. So that's good for the team. Nick, I'm sure you're going to see the whole of our plenty of plays you think about. And Dan, the fun way here we've done better there. But what it comes to, the fifth line on the home, the home's running over time. Is that one particularly, or it's worth one. So it's my guarantee you're going to stop them.

1:13:11But is that one particularly? Is that the whole of the ball to get over? Yeah, no, that was tough, especially because we have calls that could negate that. And we just didn't really, like they ran in the zone read a few times. I mean, just didn't find an answer to it. But yeah, I mean, I definitely thought he was going to hold it or keep it. But I got to do my job, especially in a big moment like that. You can't go out of your job. But we definitely have a plan for the zone read this time. So hindsight's 2020. You're glad that that is your job, right? That was, yeah. But then you like mid-player kind of like. Yeah. Did a shrug, but not a solid character. Yeah. He even depends on what should have happened. I mean, there's a couple of variables. I think the tight end came across,

1:14:12so that changes some things to the guys behind me. So I honestly don't know who it is, but I just tried to make it decisive for the guys. Is the idea that you're just watching in terms of how you try to attack from this time around from your experience? Yeah. Yeah. I mean, like any game that you played a team before, you watched the tape and learned from it. Does this often define the torres they get kind of less, I guess, less in trouble for holding, or is it just depending on the kind of stuff? Last year, for sure. Last year they had two of the top penalized guys in the league. But it doesn't look too bad this year, but we'll see. Do they're more cruised or are they referring cruised at, kind of, let it go more than others? I mean, it seems different every week, so let's see. Do you count your steps throughout the day? Is that why you use a scooter? Ah, that's kind of how it started. I don't count them, but I just take a little off the legs.

1:15:14It's a lot of walking from building to building. They've always been using your team, having Ricky Chris all back, having him break the neck. Good morale boost. Yeah, it's good to have him. And I say to watch him play. Recent history has been changed even in the summer to have for the game. What's it been like to go back and be looking at them? I'm sure you're out of there. And what kind of trip do you have? It's definitely a little emotional, but at this point, it's just a game. So we're just looking at the tape, trying to learn from it. A lot of similarities from last year. A few new guys, but really good defense and offense that obviously has 15 back there. So I'm always dangerous. You said it's a little emotional. Do you try to tap into those emotions, or do you kind of want to just put the distractions to the side and treat it like another football game? Yeah, the latter.

1:16:14Man, I try to prepare like him. He prepared when he prepared, he had tension. That's definitely something I try to do like him, but like you said, I'm leading. But when it comes to preparing and being an attention with studying and how I prepare for practice, I'm definitely taking that turn. Anything from the leadership team? No, I'll code you lead. I'll tell you a different type of person. Big chase, then. When you go on something else, I don't know. Where's that come from? Just being honest. You kept going on with those guys, what happened to you, trying to lie, and then you get your film rolling. Obviously, obviously lying here. How much of a good put is it that you don't know something? I can't live the last time that happened. So that's a good thing. Those big chase to fill the Cody down from a leadership standpoint. What is he taking out the door with it?

1:17:15Somebody got a feel in that slot. I think he's definitely some big scene to feel. Cody was a great player, a great leader. He's like with the quarterback and defense. He's definitely some big scene to feel. And like, Coach Lauren, I said, you got to be who you are or not. Yeah, you got to be who you are. Yeah, definitely that's what you're seeing. When did you feel like you've lost your last year or they could truly count on you and stuff? I mean, you remember how you came along? I think it started in like Fall camp just flashing there. I got to like the first games, weren't around, so I was home all night. I don't know what it was like with my concentration. I'm just being great. I like it personally. I like them all feeling that's a poor. Yeah, and the life backwards, what is there going to be any differences in responsibility and sorry in this system? Or is it going to be in its own heart and fantasy? Oh, we just learn it right now. We just work it out. We just work it right now. We just learn this to the side.

1:18:16What do you think about CJ Hicks and what he can do in this defense? I think CJ Hicks said what he could do in his defense. Or just what he can do this season. You can do this season? I think CJ will pop up this season for sure. I think there's definitely going to be one of his years for sure. That's it. What do you think is the biggest difference between French and French and French? To me, it's no different. They both coach you and they both, like, they hard on you, but they want you to be great. So I don't think there's no difference. What are you talking about? You're looking at what you guys can do and fitting in. Do you think Jitter's you want? So you're trying to plug in to have you guys do that? Oh. No, I don't think so. What's the exact proposal you know about the sun? You go on and off. It's a layer of sun. I think Sunni is a great leader. First before anything Sunni is a great leader.

1:19:17I feel like he's like the voice. If you think of Sunni, it just can't worry about the whole team I understand. So Sunni definitely a great leader before anything. I think that's your motto Sunni has been saying, you're not just four. Why bad person? Because I think you're a great leader. How does that show itself? Obviously local? And of course. What is something that suits you to be about? On to my own field or what is leadership? Whatever. He's just a great leader like you, you know, vocal guy. Like you say it shows up on the field too. So he's it's hard to follow up to a guy who says something don't own and like maybe not own their stuff. So sunny one of those guys who he's own his stuff so when he leave everybody listen. It's obviously been long string of linebacker success of a higher state. You've been a long string of linebacker success. I don't hire a state. Now you look at you know guy like Sunni taking that next step this year. I'm motivated. Are you going to be part of that? I'll be one of the great linebackers. It's a play to a higher state.

1:20:17Oh, I'm ready for it. I mean, that's what I'm hopeful. I think you talked about earlier than we could try to balance that but not getting too high under the motion. How does that motivation for you show up on an idea that basically is more preparation, more film? What does that look like for you? Yeah, it's just really an edge and everything you do I feel like. And you know carrying that kind of pissed off mentality. I mean obviously not letting it affect you in a negative way. But you know making it reminds you hey like I'm going to go the extra inch here. I'm going to see if I can find something extra on film late at night. I'm going to go over this sheet again. All the plays one more time. All these little things that I just you know we just can't let that what happened last not happened again. We're really really speaking about how you played back here football. He tended to be playing in the Rose Bowl. He grew up in big ten country. What does it mean to take part in this game? What does it mean to you to kind of grow them up? It's a tell man. It's crazy that you know that God has blessed me and put me in this position to be here and be the quarterback in the Rose Bowl.

1:21:22You know a game that I grew up watching every single year. Some unbelievable games that I've watched in the Rose Bowl. Some classics. And just to be a part of it is a blessing. And I think we're all humbled to be here. We're all understanding of how unbelievable this opportunity is and we're not taking it lightly. Because you know again it's a business trip. And you know the only thing that we're looking at is you know we win this game. We go on a playing top. So you know it's really exciting. It's you know crazy that we're here and on that we're part of this. But you know can't let it be too big. You know got to go out there play football. It was a fierce thing. It was just a few things. I think so. I think you know you go back and watch the film. And you know I just didn't think you know and I'm hyper critical on myself. And I think we all are here. You know but I just look at it and I'm like man I don't think anyone this year beat us.

1:22:22You know I think we beat ourselves every time. And you know you watch and you know we had to turn over you know in our own 20 yard line. And they got the kick. And that's where it's going to be our staff. And then obviously the way the game ended like and we're still one point away. And that's what what hurts and it was a you know a hostile environment in their place. No I'm just thankful that you know I said this. It was the other day but we're thankful that we get through that. Do you feel like you're looking back the two weeks ago from Tennessee. You feel like there's a confidence about this game. They may be one thing to show the you know what it all together. How does your sense of team from that aspect. Does it feel a little bit different. Yeah I think you know a game like that you know in stills confidence because it shows us we're capable of. But you can't be complacency and it can never be comfortability. It has to be confidence and drive. And that's what it has to urge us to be like man like we can do this.

1:23:22When we play it our best. It was anyone in the country that can hang with us. But we have to be on our game. We have to make sure that we can't let anything go. A lot of people take this. A lot of people take this. You're backing up about it. We can't make the evolution of this offense. We can't counter-toward it. What do you mean by this? The offense of my second. I just you know at the end of the day I just want to keep the ball moving down the field. You know getting in a rhythm I think it's going to be big for us. And I think we did a really good job of that in Tennessee game. We didn't storm a little bit early in the record. Early calls that we got the bell sound in that game. I kept this going but regardless we kept the drive going. For me keeping us on schedule take care of the football and making sure that we can burn on third down in our situation we good. We do all that stuff. Obviously for me and I want to be these guys. Drive the machine because we got when we're on our stuff we're on our stop. We just got to make sure that we finish our preparation right.

1:24:24These last few days and go out there and put our best reward. Thanks for all the good guys. You come on this way. I'm talking about this you know just recently. Talking about how what I want to do for the world is I want to bring that home energy behavioural. Right. So last year of course I'm sure you've been doing it for years but the year when I spent my own. He brought a lot of energy, excitement, happiness in the room which is his natural energy. To where I only had to focus on me. I didn't have to make sure other guys were you know feels the type of way when they came in here because hunt brought that. I mean I've a hunt's not here but I saw when you did for a room I want to be that guy to make sure that I'm not in that camp to go practice everybody's. I'm taking a team on period you know what's on the low day or something you know it's a disadvantage but I want to make it feel like home time.

1:25:24Like yeah, pairs of tricks. I want to bring that because that's what me and Hunt did with each other. We would have each other. I'm doing it like two, probably get one. We're lit. So I want to do that. I want to bring that energy. I want to make bring more guys. I want to do that from day one. I wanted to do that from day one, to start a continuum, and obviously it's that time I spend, obviously it's a before-to-day started, just being in my self-just thinking about what the room needs. Because I know I renewal as one of leaders, you know, on offense is that we need a guy like that is gonna make sure the O-line is picked up. We're ready to go every day, I was held accountable with things that happen at practice and people aren't saying anything and how I'd maybe leave maybe different than somebody else maybe not like at practice, at least like the legal positivity, you know what I mean. So, but he, the energy I would be on,

1:26:26just though, I'd be on, so I was kind of, how I would be, it's going on, living 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, I was in high school, so I feel like I'm not gonna be a captain like he's been, I felt. Yeah. But that would be awesome, you know, but, you know, that happens, I'd be great, but not either way, I want to assume a role as a captain from perspective, the guys, onto a visual world and get back in that way. Yeah, I mean, I can't say that, I mean, I guess the biggest thing is that I felt like how you used to move past, but it didn't take just the first LTAs and took training and left it right, once this season ended, because I know what was going to be the champion. So, I took a lot of reps,

1:27:28just to give back to feeling like myself, for what they want LTAs, and then now, over the week, but now, like, today specifically, just changing some small things with my feet, that I've been saying, talking about the long coach, about some things I can do with my feet, to get to that, to sell my traditional handle that I love to sit on, and tell you, I thought I felt, I thought I felt great already, but I'm okay, I felt even better, I feel good. Sorry, the more excited tomorrow now, get on my feet back, and how I like the right side, and I'm on the left side, so alongside each other. I mean, obviously, I feel like, in the league, whether you're left or right, you're still going against Premier Guy, so obviously, you're high expectations for your left, and on the tackle, but there's definitely, like, the level of energy, and like the expectation, definitely taking the humor stuff, because now tonight, the blind side, that's the, that's the tackle world, you know? So, yeah, I would say, in terms of communication as far as,

1:28:28just even outside of the facility, you just stuff like that, like really creating that, but the tackle caught back, body went off to the field, I think has been something that's, even the cool, I got a text one day, and I said, hey, thank you, well, I was like, you know, yeah, I've been training both, I've been training both, you know? I asked after the season there, like, honestly, you know, we'll talk to you, so please season, and I just got a text one, depending on how this went with the free agency, then, so I was like, you know what, I had an old season right tackle, so if I get the word, I'm going, I'm standing right tackle, I'll just do what I did before, I'm building on that, but I was like, I might as well just train the left tackle now, as if we're gonna be left tackle, and I'd rather do that than train the right time, we're gonna call that a, do the left tackle, I was like, I don't wish my feet had, you know what I mean? So, I'm like, let me just prepare an advance, I'll say, yeah, let's go. You know, I think occasionally, on third down, there'd be a lot of twists,

1:29:29I was just, like, it's on a magic, it's on a magic, that was my mindset for like the first half of the season, like, I didn't have to go into the game with some pros, like, oh my gosh, they did that, I kind of figured, like, okay, like, this is the type of rush, I mean, again, this is how this guy usually rushes, like, get the vibe, this is how the ends like the rush, you know, tackles that, first of your guys, you got the perimeter patch on, already know what it was gonna be, already know what would be every stunt, and honestly, just knowing that's kind of an advantage too, so you're not, you're not, oh, the problem's with my side again, it was never air-con, but, it's not gonna come out, I'm like, three plays in a row, and in two minutes, I do that, it was gonna win, it's so loud, you know what I mean? So I'm watching more everybody else, and he rarely goes out there on occasion, on third down, I was like, you know, I was like, all right, he's gonna pick me, you know what I mean? So, that effect, it's kind of, it's also kind of an advantage in a way, but it's also exciting, like, okay, I'm gonna get the hardest to look,

1:30:30you know, so it's a real, real reps, you know, the things, and really, I went into 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, so TAs, I guess if I didn't hear anything about TAs, I would've came in like, so, you know what I mean? I'm just like, I'm cool with training both continue, I would've been cool with training both continually, but I feel like anybody, any position will be like, okay, like, you wanna as soon as possible, give your feet kind of a settle it, your hips settle it, your hands, settle it, a certain kind of that. What have you been hard to hate to work both their hands? No, no, no. But they're definitely, but in terms of the development, it was definitely a lot faster, they're staying on one side, but I think having that, the weeks that we had to transition to season's over, and the bike goes fine, you know.

1:31:31Okay, I'm trying to get up, put them in the car, and we've got things that are down right now, but when it comes back, I'm gonna show them to you in the house, so I've got a house that's not too far from, so I told them I got that house, so I could yell outside, like DJ, you know what I mean? So, yeah. My mom says, you know, just go out there, my dad just dominated the person I was confronting me, you know, just do what I've been doing for the last two to three weeks, I should say, but you know, they play men on men, so I'm just ready for the challenge. What are you playing for? I'm talking about men on men on men on men, I guess Ohio State receivers are something crazy, but you know, we just ready for the challenge, they said they're not chasing their game plan, but we gotta go out there and show them the reason why not the play men on men. And then,

1:32:32for the reason you're now, we're the club for March 2016, and somebody's not going to run right now. I'm sure we're gonna be the conversation. Yeah. What do you think of Carson Bay? I feel like that's something that I think that states the case why he's really happy with. I mean, I don't really, if I be on a curve, I'd be on a curve, I mean, it's not really a big deal to me. It may definitely be a best of a show, just to be on a curve of a game, but you know, it's not really a dream of mine. It's a dream of mine, but I don't really think too much of it. I mean, no, not yet. Probably hit me after this season, no, just no, playing in the college football playoffs as a freshman, playing in the Rose Bowl as a freshman, playing in the Cardinals, not in the national championship. I mean, it's a blessing for sure, but I haven't hit me yet. Sure. Putting it right here. I don't know why you're playing in the national championship table.

1:33:32You know, you're not really happy with that. My favorite catch, I would say, we played Michigan State on the one I caught with two defenders, definitely probably my favorite for sure. Or you could go the one from Iowa, I should say, and then answer probably them too. Yeah. Uh, I don't I mean, yeah, like you said, it's pretty frustrating me having again that I have in the Rose Bowl. They're coming to the Cardinal, just doing different things, changing their scheme up against me. But, I mean, like you said, So whatever I could do to make the, I mean, help the team win. It's not really a big deal for me. As long as we win, that's all I really care about. And it got us to national championship.

1:34:46It means a lot. We put a lot of work in this, this season. We have, how's we have lows. We have people kind of out. But we hear it now, we just ready to put on a show Monday. First of when is national championship because there means a lot. I mean, you see everything that he bent through this year. People saying to be fired and this is not the third. But I mean, you see everything that he bent through this year. I mean, I seen everything that he bent through this year. I see everything. People saying about him on Twitter. I wasn't here. He first got the head coach and job. But I know this year for sure, we definitely got a win. It's for him. I mean, it's a lot, a lot of people in the league, I should say.

1:35:50I can't really say who. But I mean, you had guys like Odele. You had guys like Odele. You had Stefan Dicks. It means a lot of Michael Thomas, Chris Carter. Just a lot of, you know, guys I played in that field and stuff like that. But yeah, really them guys for sure. What did they say? You know, just keep going. You got it. You've messed up for sure. Really, I really that. Yeah. Like a physical defense. Like you said, like people say, like they like to play man. They're not changing their skin. So we're just ready for the challenge. Like you said, the best defense we probably go see. All year. And we just got to be ready to go out there Monday and just put on the show. I'm excited for will.

1:36:52Him first coming here in Ohio State January our first workout we had together. Just everything that we built through the season. I mean, I'm just happy for him to be in this position right now. But we got to finish the job and that's the winning out of you Monday. I mean, it's pretty funny. I'm just only a freshman. But I mean, it's a blessing for sure. People even say that. But I got two or three more years left of college. And I'm just focused on college right now. I'm not really worried about the NFL right now. It's very special for me.

1:37:53Just being a freshman and playing the national stage. Like a peer for national titles. Something that I dreamed of as a very young kid. I'm just happy to be here. And I just can't wait to put on show Monday for you guys. I mean, all of a sudden we just sit on the bench and we just see him hitting the quarterback and the ball come out. And we all just got up and just started jumping up and down. We all excited. Happy for jacking that moment. And we just knew that that moment like, yeah, we're going to the party for sure. So I'm going to have to take one of the state champions and thank you for that. Yeah. So like less than 40 people, they have to use the title for the national champions. How does that feel to have that one on the set? It's a good detection. It shows a lot going from high school or winning three state championships.

1:38:55Shamanamadana then coming to Ohio State. Just competing for national title right now. It just shows that I've picked two great schools. But I'm happy to be here and I just can't wait to put on show Monday. The coolest person. The coolest person. I mean, you got a lot. I can't really say just a specific person. You got a lot of great guys. We're trying to lead like, oh, Dale, you have guys like Stefan Dex. A lot of other players will just get kind of my mom, but really, really them two guys will show a Dale a step on this. When you're looking at Notre Dame, what's up in there? You got out of your mind. Trying to attack and kind of dominate. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, like they say, they play man. So I'm just ready for the challenge and just get ready to go out there Monday and just no put on show. Thank you. We're going to go back over there.

1:40:09The vice-geno had gave me. I said, just keep going first. You know, I know the reason why I'm here. Yeah, like he said, just keep going first and just don't keep the main thing and the best corner I face this year. I mean, I've faced a lot of great corners. I can't really say, but yeah, I've faced a great corner. I can't really put a name on it. I'm going to give you a name. I dream a case in this. Terence and cake goes. Okay. Who good are you?

1:41:13I say both respect and frustration as well. But I mean, I doubt they come out there and trip it to me and they say stick it to whatever door in our year. And that's playing man covers, which is ready for the challenge. Pretty good group. Christian Gary 29 is a great corner. 15, Leonardo Moore. Two great guys are right there. Very physical, but you know, we all have to receive it. So we ready for the challenge. I say just no understanding the defense, understanding the defense, understanding the game.

1:42:13Understand what Coach Kelly is trying to get done. I mean, just coming in, I felt I progress from my first game against Akron to now. I feel like I better each and every week. I mean, things slowed down a lot for me. But yeah, really just no understanding. Devices and no understanding what they're trying to do to me for sure. I'm two guys. Great part of the best we go see all year for sure. Two physical guys. But you know, we're ready. We're ready for the challenge that they're coming with. And that's the play man. Oh man. You know, we ready to go on Monday. I mean, the environment is pretty crazy. Seeing all these cameras. Suddenly, I never thought I'd see them alive. But it's a blessing for sure. This is the main position right now.

1:43:23I mean, we just had a prayer, prayer, prayer, prayer meeting. And you know, we all, they all, we all discussed the issues. Because they discuss issues. And you know, we just want the work. I mean, not true and a half weeks we had off before Tennessee game. And we just came out there on Tennessee game. And we play with a chip on our shoulder. All throughout the playoffs. And we go continue to play with that chip on our shoulder. And that's championship on Monday. Do you know how that very impactful. You know, you got a very impact on my career, I should say. You know, just going to his games. I was a very young kid, seven, eight years old. Him playing West Virginia. And they played Clemson, Orange Bull, down at Miami. I mean, just going there, seeing his games. It was like, yeah, I definitely want to play on this stage. And I can't wait till I get to know that moment for sure. Who are you?

1:44:29I'm close to getting it. Because they really just in his own, his own love space. He's just walking around trying to get his mind right. Trying to get his mind ready for the game. But you know, he just gave everybody hype in the locker room. And you know, just trying to get us ready to go to win the game. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah, for sure. Go play, man, guess Ohio State receivers. I mean, just be ready. Because you know, we definitely go come out there and know. Give our best. And I mean, they said not to change what they do. So we just ready for the challenge. Not a year later, definitely sometime my career college. But not my first in college, I should say. I mean, just to be able to be in this position right now,

1:45:30just to be able to be here. I won't take it for granted. I'm ready to go out there and give them my all. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I was watching that game against Georgia. I was watching that game. I was pretty sick myself because I was actually committed at that time. So I mean, yeah, they left a bad taste in the mouth. But I mean, we ready to go out there and Monday to redeem myself. And they'll just put a show Monday. Yeah. Yeah.

1:46:31Yeah. I mean, I just laugh. But you know, that's what they do. They're not going to change what they do because you're a higher state. So you got to go out there and put it in and why not to play? Man, no man. It gets us. So we just got to go out there and show them Monday. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You said you. Sorry. My journey here at Ohio State, prepared me a lot for National Championship. I mean, just going through everything that I've been through. My first guy here, all the Matt Jules, all the hard workouts that we had, all the hard practices. I mean, just preparing all of us for this moment. And I'm just ready to go out there and give it up my all on Monday. Okay. Okay. Yeah.

1:47:31We just squeezed this. 200. Me is big and strong. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. What's it now? What's 20? Yeah, that's great. Yeah. Pretty good. Up on it. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

1:48:31Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I like the most is the one against Michigan State when I quote over two defenders. over two defenders on their side line. Party Laughin, or the one after that, I should say, or you go the one against Iowa. Party them three, probably my best ones for sure. Oh, I mean, just will put in the ball in my area, and I just know how to make a play for them. Even though somebody was grabbing my face, I just know I still have to make a play because the ball touched my hands. So, I mean, just in the ball and the other thing, I have to make the play no matter how the ball comes at me. After a big game, I mean, we really,

1:49:34they really feel as Chick-fil-A or piece after the game. So it's really either Chick-fil-A or piece. So yeah, probably Chick-fil-A for sure. Yeah. It went pretty good. Everybody just speaking with their thing is going right and what they think is wrong. We just a lot of the older guys, what's in their opinions on what we need to do to come together as a team. But that means definitely helped us in a big way because it helped us on the field as well. Because we're playing a great football right now and we just got to cheer that on Monday. Yeah, it definitely got emotional. Can't really say what really was said, because that's not a player's only and coaches only.

1:50:36But it would definitely some stuff that I said that people took, people took and went with it. And that's the reason we're playing the way we're playing right now. Yeah, make helped me a lot this year. Him being our older guy in the room. Me and Carl are in the house as well. And Brendan is in all the guys in our city room as well. Me just a great guy as well. It's very smart. Me and make this been a big part of the reason that I'm having a season I'm having a work. Because he's been a big older guy. Been there, been a lot of great guys in our room. Like Chris Alive, Gary Wilson, Marvin Harrison, Jr. Jackson, Smith and Jim. So he's seen all the grids I've been through there. And he teaching us the right thing and the right way and in the buck out way for sure. I love it. That means they don't know what's coming out of the next. We got 12 personnel. We got 11 personnel. You get the 12 of us and the world is saying you got to stop it all. What have you made of the quarterbacks of our three of them?

1:51:39Not too much. I feel like they all come in here working. I feel like everybody's making their throws, making their passes, everybody making their directions. Wouldn't you take away the last season? I feel like it's been a big part of the season. So you get. What did you take away from last season? You got to take the world and get your first round. Winning this game. That was it. Winning this game. Go out there outside of the beaten man in front of you. And then came out with a national championship. I want to finish. Big balls about improving as a individual when you work on this. I'm looking out every day. I'm trying to get my game as well. I'm just playing spirit. I'm trying to come up to feeling on. We hear about the leaders and the key roles. I just feel this really good. You should get a step up who has started to step up and realize what plays for the world. I feel like we've had leaders from last year that came back. I feel like we got new guys that stepped up into their roles and their roles and around the team. That becoming leaders. Being a leader, you all always have to be vocal. You can have side examples on the field. Or you can be vocal. Do both.

1:52:39It's not you. You have to be working. What is it like to have the same guy being one of the last of years with that? I was happy for Gia. I see him out here, grind. I see him out here, grind. I see him out here, grind. Getting an extra work. There's ball is ball. We come out here and play ball. He's out here doing a pro day yesterday. I just see him ready to go make some real money. Do you feel like you're a different player now going into this year and maybe you were last year? I feel like every year I've just improved on my overall game. Blocking and catching, consistent wise. People used that word. But I feel like I'm just overall better. I came in here ready to go. How much does it push you when you're in a room of guys like Max and Will and Bennett that you know you've got to be on your game if you're going to get on the field? Man, I feel like Arya is sharp by Arya every day. You come in and work and they go push me every day to work. It's just like I'm a do-do. I don't know if anybody that asks this before, but it's now a crowded room. You got a mask for someone who's ready to go back.

1:53:40I love Ma'am. Honestly, Max, Max Claire, Max LeBron, both of them. I love him. What's... You've been flashed any time here? Is this the year where it all comes together? I feel like Arya was my year, but hey, you want to see this year? I'm ready to come out here and put on a show for the Bucket Nation. I feel like everybody on the field is ready to go put on a show. We're trying to go back and back. You got to play quite a bit though last year, Tulane. What did you pick up from all of that, especially in a championship run? You know, they were counting on you. Honestly, just be ready at any time. Honestly, you can be throwing in at any time. Just like I was, I probably had some rest while I was just throwing in. You got to get it done. If you don't get it done, they're going to find somebody who has to do it. I think we asked you this every time we get it. It's a few times when you try to tell you, where you can definitely see what you've progressed as a tight end, the all of that needs. Honestly, not even a year ago.

1:54:40Honestly, over the spray and some of this, I feel like I've told them I've body a lot. I got stronger in the wheel room. I've also got a little bit faster, so I can get in and out of the brakes a little bit better. And just the mind-wise part of the game, the mental part of the game, if you got an even better end to it, how would you describe that? I'd say it here. The mind part of the game, you know what I'm saying? Well, I feel like it's a lot more fair. I say the tight ends become here. Five o'clock every other day, do a walk through, more fair. Which is more students at a game now. We're like that. Thanks. You're welcome. What's your score? You've got a new Bobo-Lips for five. What do you remember about that block? I feel like it was just an exciting play. I was the last read on it. I was going to turn down with the catch, so I'm going to get the first down. You know what it was about? Thank you. You're welcome. You're welcome. But I still had a great rookie year. Six yards of carry, you know. Things like that. I think it was like nine touchdowns, ten, including the playoffs.

1:55:42And so, there's always been like, alright. You guys let me show my talent, trying a little bit. Even when I had the knee, so I had the knee, right? A lot of people don't know. I didn't get hurt again whenever I got cleaned up. So I went down in 21, right? Had the injuries, the knee injury. And then came back later the next year. And I played the first few games, and I just felt there was a lot of scar tissue in there. So I had to get it cleaned up. I didn't get hurt again. I could have played the whole year, but I got it cleaned up so I could feel like me. And so after I got that cleaned up, the first two games back from the injury were over 120 yards of rushing. And then went on, had great, great ending of the year. You know, 100 total yards in the play-all game we lost, which I hate the most. It's not going to matter to me I want to win. But then, come back the next year, hurt again. Like, torn Achilles. So two really unfortunate injuries, but that's just a guy's plan. You know, and I think that the storm is now over.

1:56:44You know, and I do think that I'll be able to shine a light to the whole world. Are you concerned that you have that label that you can't stand with me? I could care less. Because I do, I know this out there. Because as it should be, it should be. I got hurt two major injuries back, not back to back years, but you know. So I haven't been on the field as much as I should. That's true. That is true. But it's not like I'm having these little, little dinky injuries and sitting out. It's something I can't control. So that's why I'm not bothered by it. Yeah, I am injury-poant. You could say that. You know, but I do think that the chargers are getting a guy that's going to be healthy from now on. You know, God will it. And it's going to be great. And I do think that it's going to be a great however many years here. When you've been on the field, you've been highly productive. 5.8 hours of very average for your career. Like, knowing that when you're out there, you're very productive.

1:57:44How much confidence does that give you that really all you need is an opportunity? All the confidence in the world, you know, the way I work. I want to say just from the numbers, but just the way I work, my work ethic, you know, and my relationship with Jesus is like, I have the most confidence when I step out there. Because I do know like, if he grants me the health, it's over with. I don't think I'll be, you know, I think it'll be a great year or whatever, a couple of years, however many years he grants me great health, you know, and I think just the work ethic, my prayer and all that stuff, that's what helps me have that confidence. What the numbers will be there in there, they might be higher after this year. You know, Zen, and it's crazy to think about it because I had six point yards or six yards per carry. You know, so we'll see. You've been in Florida running behind this line, does it fit together? Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah, I play with Bradley. I play with him, you know, I know Slater, I know all the guys, you know,

1:58:44and I'm excited, I think, like I said earlier, it's a talented group. You know, we just got put together and win some games, because that's what I came before. I wouldn't say part of the recruitment, but like whenever I decided I was going to sign it, it was great to have him in the room. Yeah, we're great. We have a great relationship. I think it's a great job to be a part of my brother. I think it complements each other very well. You know, he can do a lot of stuff too. You know, a lot of people think he's just power power power, but I think he has some other parts of his game too, which it'll be great, because I feel like I can do everything. And when one's get tired, we can roll it in, we can keep rolling, win some games. And when you, the two of you get going, how do you think this is going to look? The world will be that partnership that is back there. I know. That's a hard question. How do I think it will look beautiful?

1:59:45You know, a lot of people call this a passive league, but I think you got to run the ball to win a Super Bowl. You know, if you look at the teams who win the Super Bowl, they can run the ball, they can control the clock. And so if we're both good, it will look great. Beautiful. I would describe it as a great offense. I think he gives a quarter back. A lot of options. He's going to give the running back a lot of options. He's going to give the receiver a lot of options. I think it's going to be great. His offense is going to be amazing. When we talk to him, you know, I was like, why are you going to build something good? Like I said, the one part of it is you have to call the players. You have to call the run the players. As we're running back, how much confidence, how much excitement is it giving you? You know, you play collar that's going to stick with it and allow you and the offense to run a table to a rhythm of rope. It gives me a lot of excitement.

2:00:46You know, it's going to be, like I said, his spine to play it is off. You know, and I think he does have some good things in the past game too. Like you said, he sticks with the run and that's that's the identity. You want to office that has an identity, right? You're going to be looking everywhere else to find your identity. You want to have it. And so I think his office has that. And the guy he builds and puts in there, it complements that identity. So I think it's going to be great. You mentioned you're on it for a second. Now, so you'll be full go for training. That's the expectation. Look, I ain't going to answer any of the four. If it's up to me? Yes. Look, because I had this problem like two years, three years ago. I'm thinking I'm full go. I think I'm ready to go. And then next year, you know I'm on PUP. Look, some stuff is above my pay grade. But I don't know. Hopefully I can start. I think I'm ready to start. I'll begin in training camp. But that's not up to me as I've learned.

2:01:51I wouldn't say that. I think I've been in some great organizations. And I think this organization is a great organization. And the training staff is great. And so they just want what's best for me. And they're taking care of me, which that's what you want in an organization. And so that's where that comes from. Which I appreciate it. Like I really appreciate that. Because I'm a type of guy like I work really hard. So maybe sometime I'm blind to the danger of something. So I appreciate it. But like I said, if it's up to me, yeah, I'm out there. But never know. Well, any frustration for you during the heading into the agency, dealing with rehab and not having a full season of paid for the production to go out there. Is there any part of that where you're like, I wish I had hit the open market with a different situation. Nah. I like it. I like how would I say this? I like it the hard way.

2:02:53But not you know, I like it the hard way. I like it. I like trial and tribulations. So I mean, the dice that I was given to roll was I was coming off a killer. And that was the lures playing. So it was beauty in that. I was comfortable. I was like, there was multiple teams. I wasn't like I didn't have any other team. But I was comfortable in sitting back and just enjoying the process, letting myself get fully healed. So whenever that team whoever I would, I'm with who now is the chargers. It's going to get the best me. And I think people all around the league know that like, OK, this guy, OK, it's a high risk, high reward type thing. Not even a high risk of low risk because it's a business, right? So I got hurt last year. So not as much money and he's be throwing that. But I think everyone around the league knows that whenever

2:03:54I am on the field, the numbers don't lie. And so they know that. And a lot of teams will be like, all right, here. You can give you this, but we want you to be healthy. So when I'm healthy, it's going to be great. The chance that I've been giving here, I'm so grateful. And I know that's going to be, they won't regret it. Are you the type of person that likes to prove people wrong? Like you've done a couple things like a high risk, high reward, injury from, you know, like are you the type of person that really tries to prove people wrong? No. I hear it. I see it. It's pretty cool. Like you'll never see me unless I'm just like in a bad mood. You never see me like, oh, like if I have a great game or a great year, like I have this wonderful year, I ain't going to go back. Yeah, yeah, yeah, what happened? No, because I don't care. You're eventually see, like I'm a guy that's really good. So I ain't worried about that. But I'm proving myself right that I am one of the best in the league.

2:04:57So forget all the naysayers and people that talk about being injury prone. Because whenever I have this great year, it's going to be forgotten, you know? Why give that energy? Yeah. Talk about Justin and all our guys chances. Yeah. Yeah, I was, you know, we just with him. You know, he's a great guy. I mean, he was in my class. I remember seeing him. We were at an award show because I was a dope walker or a finalist. And I'm like, I've seen him play, but I didn't know he was that tall. Like I didn't know he was like six. So when I first saw him, this was years ago in college. And I'm like, am this really tall? Like, it's cool though. Like I, like I never really got to, I know a lot of those would be kind of, you know, you know, nerdy, they're way is cool though. Very late. But, you know, we'll face to him. You know? But it's just because like the last three years, you've been disappointed at the end of the season. So I feel like we put more work in. I feel like that's what we're missing.

2:05:57We're just putting more work in. And you just got to do that throughout the summer, the spring fall. And then you just got to show it on the field. Tell the guys just ask, John. You take a, just like in a moment in your practice, and you look at it through all of the deep fits. And you look at the personnel chains, you're failed to come in with sunny moment up in the cultural line of spring, with all the guys in the kitchen coming back. What's your like view of what's out there on deep fits and how it may be allowed you to do some things. You didn't do that. I was kind of just like, I don't want to like, hype our heads so much, but I kind of look like a legendary defense kind of. I feel like we got playmakers everywhere. And then moving sunny down, I think that's a great move for him. You know, he's a big athletic dude. He can play in a box. He can play like safety thing that's just showing how like, versus how he is. And Caleb, you know, he's using Caleb how he plays. He's an animal. He's only a sophomore, I think. And I feel like the guys we brought back, you know, we all can, we're all dominant. So I feel like as a collective unit, we're going to be like unstoppable.

2:07:00So confident is a problem. No. Well, there's a part of that too. And as I mentioned, they're about pacing yourself. So if you, if there's that much self belief, then there's also that part of going to build depth. You know, in case you have interest, case of vision. So how do you look at spring in terms of getting the guys that are next in line as prepared to keep that standard high? I think you just got to set a great example for the young guys and just showing them how to, how to practice how to like watch them, how to take care of their body. Because those are the things you're going to need to like go on this deep run. And I think it's like 17 games or something that we're not. We add in games. So the young guys are going to have to play. We can't just play fit the games. The snap. That's not going to happen. So. How do you get? I can't get into a 70 or 80. I'm going to play. He's going to keep working. I'm going to keep running. Get in the shape. You played so many. You know, almost kind of surprised me that you said that. You said that. It was a joke. I'm sure.

2:08:01I was in the year that. It's a company snapshot. But that kind of take it to a new last year. Do you think that you need to push it even further getting better shapes so you can play all 16, 17 games? Yeah, definitely. I got to get way better shapes than I've been. And I feel like it was kind of like it was a joke. Of course, I needed those snaps because the years before I wasn't really playing as much. So I just wanted to get like more experience under my belt. So I can bring younger guys with me because I've been through a lot of the years. One of those younger guys, we're seeing it out here. It's the first time. It's heard all year long. It's the first time. What have you seen from Will? Because I kind of felt like last year we all forgot about him because he was hurt. Now he's running almost a second man off behind you and tied. What have you seen? What have you seen? Well, it was a workhorse. He goes, stay quiet. He goes work hard. And that's what I love about him. He focuses. He don't really talk much. He's just going to get a job done. Do a job right. He rarely has any mistakes. What would be a successful season?

2:09:01A national championship. I'm wearing, when, all the games we don't want to lose anything. We got a mindset that we can't beat. And we just got to go show it. That mindset different. It seems like you guys expect a national championship every year. This year even more so. You guys have all come back for this. You guys have all decided like enough is enough. Does that keep feeling different? It's probably any difference. It's just the same work. It's definitely a difference. Everyone working harder. We noticed our last run. Most of us don't have any years after this. So we got to go bigger, go home, then. We're not trying to go home. Finish 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? You were right there. Something goes a little different. You guys could have won that game against them. Does that tell you anything about like that, hey, you guys want to win a national championship. But you played to the 59th minute with the team that won the national championship last year

2:10:03like you're that close. So I'm saying we just like work harder. That's kind of coach makes a saying, you know, nobody cares. It's just work harder. Like those, you know, when we played Georgia, the same thing. Last play, you know, they went on the winning atty. 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 titles. Of course, as you know, it's frustrating, but you can't change the outcome. You can't really dwell on it. You just got to 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, but then you always find out there's a little more than you could have been doing. Yeah, definitely. I mean, that's what growing up is basically in college. And I thought freshman year I was working as hard as I could, but not look back at it. I really wasn't working hard at all compared to what I'm doing now. So just to learn anything. If the stamina is a 16, then the answer to like, what do you need it to be to be your best? Uh, 80, 85.

2:11:07I 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. Get the shape. Yeah, the idea of a potential is 16 and 17 and 17. I mean, I'm sad about that idea. Does it make you nervous about, can you last that long? You're in your worries. 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 it. We can't play 50 stamps again. That's just too much on our bodies. Uh, just everybody's like, online, be 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. Speaking of that, was that like playing that new snap to me last year because I don't know if any of us were really expected to play that next time? Uh, yeah, 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

2:12:10of games. Of course, I want to be, because I know I can contribute. I won't want to put that on anyone else when I know I can get the job done. Well, it stands out about Kaden McDonald and he got it. You guys, it was second. Oh, yeah, definitely. K-Mac is a K-Mac animal. Y'all, you haven't really seen it yet, but in practice, he shows all the time. He's just, he's growing right now. He has to work, I think. He just has to get, you know, into playbook and things like that. You guys are about the exact same size. Listen, you're both listening to 6th or you're 327, he's 326. Yeah, I kind of look at him like my junior, but you know, K-Mac, he's going to be a great player. He's got to develop more and get into playbook. So really a lot on you, older guy, there's that large group of young guys and then there's the seniors in the back. Is that part of your task for this year to bring those guys along as well? Yeah, definitely. We got to be leaders. Like I said, we got to have them play this year. We can't just play all the snaps. They got to get in there and get some work. And we got to get them right, they're in the offseason. So they can play. And I just played, they want to like contribute, like make plays, tackle the sex.

2:13:12It seems like these guys get bigger. Each one of the freshmen class is bigger or bigger. Those guys kind of, there's going to kind of why you want to solve the first. Yeah, they definitely some big dudes. And they all work hard. I'm only seeing much of some of the day too, I'm not a pass on. But throughout the workouts, they've been working hard, you know, they're determined. I can say that. And it looks like they're ready to work with me. I'm not going to support this, though. It feels like, you know, there's a lot of great defense that you have big athletic defensive tactics. You can eat up space, but also move, you know, right? That is that. Is that an inquire maybe for a great defense to have guys like you that have some balls, but also a great figure? I think that is definitely, I think if you look at the last couple of national championship winners, like see my birthday, you know, they got two bit of detaco, two athletic detacles. I think that's definitely neat if you want to go on that big run and beat those big teams.

2:14:14If you think about that, they were defined by the defense tactics. Like, what's Jordan Davis and Daniel Carter? What's Michigan? Chris Jenkins. Couple more questions. Do you mind if you think about how, I mean, you understand it because you play it, but I feel like sometime I don't know, are 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 more and more of these like freakiest detacles. Yeah. Like in the combine, just now, you see in like those guys, they're moving, we're in the 478s and things like that. So we'll see. And when you think about the freakiest defense attack on how do you think you fit into that ball 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 the combine. I watch it do the drills. I don't think. I have tape to you like looking like my film. So I think I'm going to be like a artist who comes to batting up classes.

2:15:16I think your legs can be things. I mean, you're going to spring practice. You're not doing as much a weapon of a weapon. How do you work on that? Do you have like a goal? I don't remember how many you have. You have a goal in mind. How many do you want to have? I mean, many of us can have. I think I have more than that, but I think they've counted. I think they've counted some of them and some of them were like just listed. 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 anywhere 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, so it's something that you really, really have to work on. You can do that with what you can have. It's a theory that's one of the things that you've made me work on the most. I think I just have like a, like, eye for the ball 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.

2:16:17I don't know. I hear it say to you, I say quarterbacks, but you're bad down passes. I mean, they get frustrated, but you know, we're a team, you know, we're just getting better. Yeah, right. Yeah, right. I mean, they get frustrated by, you know, we're a team, you know, we're just getting better. Yeah. Eight times a grow, you know, you don't have to have the, the pig mentality of problem, of, of, of instant gratification, you know, you can develop and grow. So, and sometimes you may be behind a guy that's a really good player is nothing wrong with developing and growing and playing when your time is right. And if the time is right right now, it's a freshman, like what was your main? You know, so we try to also sell that, you know, we care about them as people and try to prepare you for life after football. So, it's bigger than just football. We're going to prepare you for life, whether it's the NFL or on with a regular career in the workforce. We want you to prepare you as a young man and we try to sell that and preach that to the parents. With the remaining having that, in fact, you mentioned, rolling all these different spots.

2:17:19Do you anticipate, you know, there wasn't a lot of rotation among the cornerbacks last year when everyone was healthy. Do you anticipate maybe growing him through the rough guys here with the longer season potentially? Yeah, we play it by ear. You know what I mean? We see how goals by time we get in the camp, but you know, obviously he's earning his stripes. So, you know what I mean? You earn your stripes, you know, a large job to create opportunities for you. You know what I mean? We have to see how it goes with all that other stuff, you know, once we get closer to the season. And we're getting the game plan stuff, but he's doing a great job and he's, and he's taking a great step forward. Tim, when are you the way that you've been building the room? The way you kind of establish your room now, it seems like it's been, like, the centerpiece is kind of relationships and kind of building bonds. But I'm curious, is that something that you came in, put the, like, a couple years ago, with the intention of doing it, or is it something that you're like, that's kind of been cultivated over the course of your time as a physician, both here and the guys who? No, it's been there for a while. I've been doing that for a long time. It's all about relationship. If you develop real relationship and you're authentic in your communication and you have honest feedback and you have direct teaching, the guys that have a value and character and they appreciate

2:18:23that stuff, they're embrace that. But they have to know you care and you have to know that it's real and they have to know that you're really concerned about there where it being as a young man. And when you get close to him, it's been a lot of time with him off the field. You could coach him hard. And you can say truthful things to him and then they embrace it and you have real conversation because you know, the only goal is to help them get better as a young man. As you see a computer girl, the windows are telling us that the receiver room is so far ahead of the border with the kind of skewed at evaluations. How's that dynamic change in these two years as it's a scoop shot and older and you're better even more counting? Yeah, it's done balanced up a little bit now. That goes with great competition. We go against the best receivers in college football. So that helps escalate your growth process because if you don't figure it out real fast, you're getting embarrassed. So that competition, but what happened with that, I guys start competing. I guys start growing. I guys got better and now it's even up a little bit. So where you get really good work at practice today, you know what I mean? So as competitive, it's fun. Those guys both on both sides of all care about each other.

2:19:25So it's great competition and they all are real close. So you know what I mean? It's that stuff that gets us better that will prepare us for Saturday. I asked Denzel, kind of like that same idea. I said, first day of practice, actually the receivers kind of got them. It's like, you can call me if you're this. No, it's just competitive, man. They got the best group in the country that you're going against every day. So you have to bring it every day. You know what I mean? So we got a great quarterback room. We got a great receiver room. The running backs are really good. So when you out there going against them is deep. So you have to be ready for it. And obviously, man, we're seeing a lot of good stuff with Coach Day and Coach Kelly doing over there. And so it prepares you a lot and it helps us grow. So why are you playing kind of an associate for three and three? Is that? It's the one that you're recruiting. Or a wide receiver room kind of a part of your recruiting. It's like these are the guys you get to play against. Yeah, all that's because you know, that's where you get better. Our shop is our. So you know, you get to see that every day of practice that helps you grow.

2:20:25It's no better thing to go against every day than to see that on a daily basis. I'm also near room massage. We're looking at to play that. We just moving a lot of guys around. We watch our practice. We have a lot of guys in there right now. You know, we pop out for four different guys in there. Obviously, Lorenzo's in there. Jameen is in there. Kyle Miles. We have about four or five guys moving around. Right now, we just try things out in spring ball. See what it fit. You know, see what things work together. So it's going to probably be some more guys in there. You know, we move it around to try to just get the right fit throughout the N and C. How it goes by time we get really start the season. What's your name? Tim is out about Calvin Simpson. He can run any strong. You know what I mean? He's fast. Very serious about his business. He's big. It's 200 pounds. He can run. He's strong. He's conscientious. You know what I mean? He's starting to grow and he's starting to get better with it. You know what I mean? So we look for big things for him in spring. Tim, what do you want to see from here in spring? Keep competing. You know what I mean? Now, he's made the transition. Competing the day. You know what I mean? Start going in.

2:21:25That transition is all just like I'm in your main last year. You throw him in the fire. You let him go. You compete. You go by time we get out of the end of training camp. You'll be them figured out. Yeah, I want that. But now you just throw it all at him. Compete. Continue to grow. Continue to learn. He has the skill set. He has the length. Now you just got to put it all together. And it takes time to do that. And hopefully you see that by the time we get into training camp. It seems like it went through spring and kind of clicked for juvenile last year. And you start to see and perform a little better in practice. Is that like a benchmark for where you want parents to be? Yeah, by the middle of spring because you have to be in a certain point where you want it to start clicking. Yeah, by the time you start getting about two weeks from now, that last week. You know, because it takes time because there's a lot of stuff going on. But you know, by the time you get into that last week of spring ball, you'll look to start seeing the things that you look for show up. And then you get another evaluation again when you get into training camp. See if this stuff carried on to make sure we go up for starting in September. What's your assessment of the growth that we've made now that he's kind of got his few under one defense? What do you like about him and that next one? He's very conscientious. He's smart. He can run. He's tough.

2:22:28He's made the adjustment because he's out of Europe on his belt. So now you can see he's not making a lot of mistakes. He competes. He's real conscientious. And he has a physical presence. So the growth has been really good and we look to continue that throughout spring. Coach, thank you very much. I can ask one more. All you got to do is come back like Denzel's a great example. Does that surprise you as you reflect on all these guys that came back late for the reins? They could have turned pro. No, the culture here is real. Coach, they does a great job of building the culture. Our room is close knit. The guys on defense are real close. Those guys want to come back. They have an agenda. You know, we want to come back. They want to come back and walk away with something. So it didn't shock me. But it's a good environment for them too. You know what I mean? You see those guys come back. That's a testimony to the culture that's set here. Their brotherhood, their environment. And of course, today he runs the program for those dudes to want to come back. Because we go at it. It's hard. It's not easy. It's not easy. What we do. So, in fact, they come back and do that as a testimony to how he runs the program.

2:23:29Coach, thank you very much. As far as intensity, how would you evaluate your game tonight? Yeah. My goal was just to come out play as hard as I could. It was a little weird last week for the first time in my career playing a game that doesn't necessarily mean anything in terms of playoff. Contention and I kind of had to check myself. And this week come in with a mindset of every game matters. And we need to put the best product out there that we can. And that's what I try to do. Later now, it was a cool push. Or you looked at it, looking into your work and push up when you returned. You didn't seem shaken up right after you kind of just talked about what happened. Yes, Sam just tried to get it on it and caught me. It was more of like a stinger type thing. But the ref wanted me to go to the tent. So I had to go answer some questions.

2:24:30Founding your helmet? It was like jammed, yeah, my neck. You are helmet. I know that you've got a sort of a different helmet. Help you. Yeah, maybe when it hits the top like that, it's not as good. I feel like these guys 11 months ago kind of crushed their dreams. Do you get the sense they're kind of a different team? And also that they, this was a very important game for them to win? I don't think they're that different. I think they've had a ton of injuries on defense, which hurts them. But the mentality of the head coach, you could see it throughout everybody. It's really a cool team. I could just see from afar that it's probably a fun team to play for. And they come out and they play to win every game and I respect that. I've put so much emphasis on the ball, all meetings and takeaways. And I think you've got two since the five week.

2:25:30Is there any accounting for that? There's so many different things that go into a turnover or takeaway. How do you wrap your brand around there? It goes into every level of the defense. When you have your opportunity, I know we had two against Stafford. That could have made, I mean, if maybe if we get those, it sparks a bunch of other ones. So you just have to make your, make your plays when they're there. And just being the right spots. And I don't think we've done a great job of that this year. The last time I go since I've been to the pool is all pro. Would you think about that matchup? It's good. He's a really good player. Yeah, I wanted to see where I'm at against him. Have you ever seen anything like the Jameson Williams touchdown or his pop act to him? I was in the tent, so I had no idea that happened.

2:26:30There was a play in this game when we saw a kind of a misdirection sprinted all the way across the field to make the play. Did you see the play? I think it was, was it the one Gibbs cut back? Yeah. Yeah, I had like a 10-yard cushion and he ran by me like I was, didn't exist. And I tried to sprint and I just was just like, I don't have this. And thankfully, Mustafa is a heat seeking missile and he made the play. So. What was your mindset against Miami? I mean, I mean, I think we came in with the right mindset as a team. Just myself. It felt a little like dead energy wise. But yeah, it was a learning, a moment for me to learn and make sure that I come in with the right mindset every single week.

2:27:35There's a lot of plays where you guys get to the finals, pass breakups, and it'll be like a couple plays in a row. And then there's an explosive about what can you think they're on about the APS and systems? Yeah, I mean, we did, we did get them to the second, third and longs. And then yeah, they would make a big play. You definitely want to capitalize when you back them up like that. We didn't do that tonight and that's why they scored 40 points. I'm sure, yeah, I'm sure. Yeah, for sure. You had guys like Chris Carter, guys like Michael Thomas, really, them two guys for sure. Michael Thomas was talking to me before the game, with a Rose Bowl, in Chris Carter, and after the game as well.

2:28:39Just giving me advice, just tell them to keep going first and just keep doing what I've been doing the whole year. I mean, I'm God's bugger, I like it. So definitely look at them guys for sure. Make sure to respect. It means a lot. Just a kid from Miami, just being able to play an actual championship as a freshman, something that I dreamed of as a kid. And I'm here now and there's K-Wedding Pond in show Monday. He said he got him. I mean, the Tissues, you know, like he says, made crazy each and every week playing. But you know, you can't, can't let it get to my head, I should say. I mean, just football at the end of the day, but you know, just have to be in this position.

2:29:45Oh, none of us think we could be covered, man, oh man. I mean, we're actually talking about this yesterday as well, but you know, I mean, that's what they do. That's what they do. We just go out there and play our game and sort of reason why not to play, man, oh man. I don't know, man. Two. Four. Three. One. I'll go far. The problem.

2:30:48My mom said, you know, just go out there Monday and just dominate the person that's confronting me. You know, just do what I've been doing for the last two to three weeks, I should say. But you know, they play man on man, so I'm just ready for the challenge. Yeah, I mean, feels good. Just say somebody going out there and playing, man, I guess Ohio State receivers is something crazy. But you know, we just ready for the challenge. They said they're not changing their game plan, but we got to go out there and show them the reason why not to play, man, oh man. Yeah, I don't know the guy. States of case. I mean, I don't really, man, if I be on a cover, I'd be on a cover. It's not really a big deal to me. It may definitely be a blessing for sure, just to be on a cover of a game, but you know, it's not really a dream of mine. It's a dream of mine, but I don't really think too much of it.

2:31:59I mean, no, not yet. Probably hit me after this season. No, just no playing in the Carlos football playoffs as a freshman, playing the Rose Bowl as a freshman, playing a Cotton Bowl, not in the National Championship. I mean, it's a blessing for sure, but it haven't hit me yet. I'm sure. My favorite catch, I would say we play Michigan State on the one I call the two defenders, definitely probably my favorite for sure. Or you go the one from Iowa, I should say, and it ends up probably them two. I mean, I can say it's pretty frustrating me having the game that I had in the Rose Bowl, and then coming to the Cotton Bowl,

2:33:05doing different things, chasing their scheme up against me. I mean, like you said, whatever I could do to make the, I mean, hook the team win. It's not really a big deal for me. As long as we win, that's all I really care about, and it got us to the National Championship. Right here. It means a lot. We put a lot of work in this, this season. We have, how's we have lows. We have people kind of out. But we hear now, we just ready to put on a show Monday. Oh, yeah. Yeah. First of all, there's a national championship because there was means a lot.

2:34:08I mean, you see everything that he bent on this year, people saying he should be fine. There's not a third, but I mean, you see everything that he bent through this year. I mean, I see everything that he bent through this year, see everything. People saying about him on Twitter. I wasn't here, we first got the head coach on job, but I know this year for sure, we definitely got to win this for him. I mean, it's a lot, a lot of people in the league, I should say, I can't really say who, but I mean, you had guys like Odele, you had guys like Odele, you had Steph on Dicks. It means a lot of Michael Thomas, Chris Carter, just a lot of, you know, guys I played in NFL and stuff like that, but yeah, really them guys for sure. No, just keep going. You got it, you've messed up for sure. Really, I really, I really that for sure.

2:35:12Like a physical defense, like like you said, like people say, like they like to play man, they're not changing their skin. So we're just ready for the challenge. Like you said, the best defense we probably go see all year, and we just gotta be ready to go out there Monday and just put on the show. I'm excited for Will. I'm excited for Will. Him, first coming here in Ohio State, January, our first workout we had together. I mean, just everything that we did through the season. I mean, I'm just happy for Will for him to be in this position right now, but we got to finish the job and that's the winning at the O Monday.

2:36:12I mean, it's pretty funny. Them saying that because I'm just only a freshman, but I mean, it's a blessing for sure people to even say that, but I got two or three more years left of callers and I'm just focused on calls right now. And I'm not really worried about the NFL right now. It's very special for me. Just being a freshman and playing the national stage, like a peer for national titles, something that I dreamed of as a very young kid. I'm just happy to be here and I just can't wait to put on some Monday for you guys. I mean, all of us, we just sit on the bench and we just see him hit the quarterback the ball come out and we all just got up and just started jumping up and down.

2:37:12We all decided, happy for Jack and that moment. And we just knew that that moment like, yeah, we're going to the ad for sure. I'm just happy to be here and I just came with the Pooner Show Monday. Yeah, mine is the coolest person to reach out to. The coolest person. I mean, you got a lot. I can't really say just a specific person. He got a lot of great guys recharging the lead like, oh, Dale,

2:38:13you had guys like Stefan Deeks. A lot of other players in the world just came kind of my mom, but really, really them two guys, be sure, oh, Dale, that's the best. Yeah, yeah. I mean, like they say, they play man. So I mean, I'm just ready for the challenge and just get ready to go out there Monday. And just no Pooner Show. Thank you. We're going to go back with you. The Vice Geno had gave me, I said, just keep going first. I know the reason why I'm here. Like he said, just keep going first and just no keeping the main thing and the best corner I'm facing this year.

2:39:16I mean, I've faced a lot of great corners. I can't really say, but yeah, I've faced a great corner. I can't really put a name on it. It looks like a teammate from the other party. My dream occasion is Tgerson K at various goals. I'm not going to be a fan of the game. What are the words for the game? Good. Are you? Yeah. I say both respect and frustration as well. But I mean, I doubt they come out there and try to me and they say you stick it to what they've been doing all year and that's playing man covers which is ready for the

2:40:16game. Pretty good group. Christian Gary 29 is a great corner. 15. Minon more. Two great guys. Right there. Very physical. But you know, we all highest there. See if we're ready for the challenge. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I say just no. Understanding the defense. Understanding the defense. Understanding the game plan. I mean, just coming in. I feel I progress from my first game gets accurate. And now for like I better each and every week. I mean, things slowed down a lot

2:41:16for me. But yeah, really just no understanding the defense and no understanding what they're trying to do to me for sure. I'm two guys. Great part of the best we go see all year for sure. Two, two, two, uh, physical guys. Um, but you know, we're ready. We're ready for the challenge that they're coming with. And that's the play man. Oh man. You know, we ready to go on my day. Yeah. I mean, the environment is pretty crazy. Uh, seeing all these cameras. Uh, something that I never thought I'd see their my own. Um, and we just had a prayer prayer, uh, prayer meeting. And you know, we all they all just, we all discussed the issues

2:42:16because they discussed issues. And you know, which is one of the work. Uh, I mean, not two and a half weeks we had off before Tennessee game. And we just played came out on Tennessee game. And we played with a chip on a chip on our shoulder. All throughout the playoffs. And we go continue to play with that chip on our shoulder in a national championship on Monday. Uh, do you know how that very, uh, in fact, he had a very impact on my career, I should say, uh, you know, just going to his games as a very high kid, seven, eight years old, uh, him playing Westwood, Westwood, you know, they played Clemson, Orange Bull, Donda Miami. Um, he just go like they're seeing his games. It's like, yeah, I definitely want to play on that stage and I can't, uh, wait till I get to know that moment for short. Who are you? Uh, cause they really just in his own,

2:43:22his own love space. Uh, he's just walking around trying to get his mind right, trying to get his mind ready for the game. Uh, but you know, he, uh, he just gave everybody hype in the locker room and you know, just trying to get us ready to go to win the game. Yeah. Oh, yeah, oh, yeah, for sure. I mean, uh, you go play, man, you guess Ohio Stair receivers, I mean, just be ready, uh, cause, you know, we definitely go come out there and know, uh, give our best. And I mean, they said not to change what they do. So we just ready for the challenge. Here I go. Just kind of looks like you see this kind of situation. Uh, not a year later, uh, definitely sometime in my career college, uh, but not my first year in college, I should say, uh, I mean, just to be able to be in this position right now, it's, you know, a blessing, uh, just to be like here for Miami to be here and I won't take up for a grand and I'm ready to go out there

2:44:24and give them a round. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Uh, I mean, I was watching that game. It gets, was it Georgia? I was pretty sick myself because I was actually committed at that time. Um, so I mean, yeah, they left a bad testing them off, um, but I mean, we ready to go out there Monday to redeem myself and you know, just put, put a show Monday. Uh, I mean, I just laughed, um, but you know, that's what they do.

2:45:30They're not going to change what they do just because we're a higher state. So I'm just going to go out there and put it on, put it on, uh, why not to play, uh, man, no, man, it gets us. So we just got to go out there and show them my day. So. Yeah. He said it again. Sorry. Uh, my journey here at a higher state, prepared me a lot for the National Championship. I mean, just going through everything that I've been through. Uh, my first guy here, all, uh, Matt Jules, all the hard workouts that we had, all the hard practices, um, just preparing all of us for this moment. And I know I'm just ready to go out there and give it up my all on my day. Okay. Okay. We just squeezed this. One or nine.

2:46:32Two hundred. Me is big and strong. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. What's the one? Yeah. That's great. Yeah. Pretty good. No problem. Yeah. Uh, one I probably like the most is the one against Michigan State when I caught over two defenders on an airsoft line.

2:47:38So the one after that, I should say, or you go to one against Iowa, probably them three, probably my best ones for sure. Oh, I mean, just we'll put in the ball in my area. And I just know how to make a play for them. Um, even though somebody was grabbing my face, I just know I still have to make a play because the ball touched my hand. And just when the ball and everything, I have to make the play no matter how the ball curves at me. After a big game, um, I mean, we really, they really feed us Chick-fil-A or piece after the game. So it's really either Chick-fil-A or piece. So yeah, probably Chick-fil-A for sure. Yeah.

2:48:43Uh, it went, it went pretty good. Everybody just uh, uh, speaking with their thing is uh, going right in what they think is wrong. Um, which is a lot of the older guys, what's in their brains on what we need to do to uh, come together as a team. Um, but you know, that me and definitely uh, helped us in a, in a big way because it helped us on the field as well. Cause we played a great football right now and we just got to do that one Monday. Yeah, it definitely got emotional. Uh, can't really say what really was said because that's my prayer prayer is only and coaches only, but it would definitely some stuff said that, um, people took, uh, people took and they went with it and that's the reason we planned it was right we planned right now.

2:49:43Uh, yeah, make help me a lot this year. Um, him being our older guy in the room. Um, me help me and Carlisle as well and Brandon and all the guys in our city room as well. He just a great guy as well. Very smart. Uh, I mean, make just been a big part of the reason that I'm having a seat that I'm having a look because he's been a big, you know, older guy been there, been a lot of great guys in our room like Chris a lot of way. Garrett Wilson, Marvin Harrison Jr. Jackson, Smith and Jibba. So he's seeing all the Chris that I've been through there and me teaching us the right thing and the right way and the buck out way for sure. So long as it's a lot of work, right? Right. Do you feel upgraded? I feel like I was rated, you know, right? I mean, I don't know if there's got to be different. Not me and I just feel like I had all the offers. I think I'm not mean, but I'm saying I have fucked down like a hurting work size. No, it doesn't matter. You get hearing of all the stuff. What was it like to make that exception? You know, I feel good. You know, I'm actually feeling an auto-har work and I do that screen.

2:50:46I'm teaching that coach you gave me and I just paid off. I just know this right. I'm playing with a camera. They give me two deep breaths, a true freshman out of the late thing of the knowledge and opportunities and have a bigger role this year. So what do you expect to go into a second? You know, I just work to beat, you know, I mean, obviously you know, you know, whatever, what's happening to say these or whatever. You know, I'm just working just to beat, you know, work my tail off, you know, make it roll for my sake. I've been trained specifically with my students. I would say like, I've got a lot more aggressive. You know, I gave some weight now. I'm pushing 200 pounds now. You know, I'm not against Harvard. Coach Patricia, what have you seen for David? I've always been like real. He's a great guy. You know, I like him. He's a great guy. He cares about his players. You know, obviously football wise. He's a master in the behinders. He's a lover's spectator in his football business. You know, in his time being at a family. So it's like, I'm a fucking loser. Whether it's at the starter or occasional piece of what's he going to expect to see from him, failing and complaining and spilling?

2:51:53I expect you know, just to add value, you know, form a roof in his team and just make plays. You feel a lot more, I feel this year. Last year. Oh yes, for sure. I feel like I'm starting to deem to everything here. I feel like I'm just trying to be a lot more on the last year. I'm just like, I'm not going to make a lot more of my plays. What? I was going to say, you know, Ryan set up the beginning of the screen. He was starting to scratch in a way. Not letting too much of the shadow of the last year. How was the team really embraced that mindset and see competitive at that time? You know, you know, we have more ideas, you know, so far. So, you know, we're trying to stay determined. And I know just trying to dominate and we're not learning to pass anymore. It's like everything happened. We're just trying to get a little more. The coach has got to venture their head in the A and B rule. They're going to have to be a rule that we're going to roll in. Yeah, get some reps in another position. Well, obviously, you know, right now, playing Stony and Friessing, you're just trying to, you know, craft myself and just, you know, make myself more versatile for the team wherever I go. They get some more last play.

2:52:53That was kind of limiting his reps. Right, obviously, he's living in like a cropped base in it. I was mean to leave this, you know, empty he and leave. You know, I'm just working. I mean, skipping. Skating better. Thank you. Appreciate you. You know, they have to lie in. So, like, there's some stuff. At least we did over there in order to aim that we'll see if we're able to kind of implement for some of them here. I'm sure some, maybe not others, depending on what our guys do best. Friessing, I'm not seeing it because it's like, it's a fresh start. I knew I said, eyes on them. And I think it's an opportunity to be multiple and use him. And what he does best, you know, so that's the exciting thing. You know, when you really studied what coach Patricia has done in the past, is he likes to take like, who are, like, who are our players? And then let's build it around those guys. And I think CJ has had a helpful winter. I think he's one of those guys. So I'm excited to see how we get creative and use them to get to the sprint. That many, you see how to be like float is more of an edge defender.

2:53:54It's kind of different than you guys. I think, yeah, I think he has that, I think that's exactly what kind of like potential CJ has. It's the ability to, you know, get on the edge, move around. The nice thing about that is, is that you're not handicapped just with CJ doing one thing off the edge. You think you have the ability because he understands consensually zone drops, linebacker terminology, right? You can get really creative with how you use him. But I think he definitely needs to be utilized more as a just go after the heart attack, go, go be destructive. What about you? I don't know. I'm not on Monday. What about Matt? Is the leader of you guys just coaching? How are you? I see all the people, some guys and how are you seeing that? How do you feel about the higher foot? I love the higher. I've had a lot of respect for coach Patricia. I've never since he worked me a marketing sound back here.

2:54:54And what we were talking about that when he first was in the interview process is kind of how fast time goes. But I'm really excited just to continue to learn. Like I said, like there's some, it's funny because there's some terminology that when I was at Notre Dame, you can use. And I can at least speak some of his language with what he's called things before. And you're trying to morph everything together right with these things that we've done. What he knows will do like it's a lot. But he's been incredible with. I think the staff he's very organized, he's detailed. You'll have constant clear communication. You know, Mayay we're going to get together at this time of evening. Like here's a fish in your walnut. And it's been a lot like when you're come from outside and you come back into it and you have to try to catch them up on the recruiting board. It's it. You know, like you have a lot of these conversations. Okay, what are we looking for at these positions now? How do you see it? Because you don't under one coordinator. You might see a the mic line back and used to be this.

2:55:54And then under this coordinator, well, I think the mic back needs to be this. So you have to have those conversations at every position. And he was kind of keep going through. And. But I'm just excited to learn. I think the more systems to me and. Luck. Play in the system here in college. Play the system underneath. Magnolo. Play the system. Under Greg Williams. That is talent. Coach of Ralagold and Jim. Like. Every one of those. There's like different terminology for everything. So you're just you're learning a different language. Call and think you know, I mean, there's this concept. And. I think it was kind of collect over time. What you think is. Really good stuff and how you do stuff. A big deal of different. I'm just really excited to learn from that. I'm trying to success. He seemed very excited over there. Talking really to be here. Yeah. Coach of college, which yeah, whatever. So long. What's his personality like with you guys? Yeah. He's been great. I mean, his energy is incredible. He's very. He is. He's authentically excited to be back in college football.

2:56:54You could tell there's like a yearning to get back to. Like the while you got in the coaching right is the impact. Young people is the impact. Teach the game of football. And so. A few times has been thought, you know, kind of like talking to the guys. You can sense like. He's excited to just teach ball. You know what I mean? And. Kind of ironically like you know, similar to a lot of things that chips that last year, right? Yeah. Get back and you're like, man, I'm just excited to. And so he has that excitement. He's done a phenomenal job, I think of getting to know the players. Just kind of like walking around versus like popping in, making sure that he's. In front of them and they get to know him and. You get to know them and it's a lot that you can imagine when you come in. He said you have all these guys. Right? And. Trying to learn all these guys, I'm going to recruit and trying to learn to staff, I'm going to learn dynamics like it's a lot, but he's handled it really well. You know, he's a whole school ball coach. He's a grinder so. He's really good job. James, I probably not. Need to do much this spring how much more can you get done with the young guy?

2:57:55I'm not telling him that so I got to do a lot. But in terms of Ryan Dehrer, he said you know, 50% 75% of whatever, how much more can you get that with the young guys when they're not worried? Too much about the senior. Yeah, I think you're always just looking for competition, especially like at Sprimball, that's what it's all about, right? You're trying to have it so cliche, but it's true. Like the Iron Sharpens, Iron mentality of you want your run to be super competitive, to where, hey, the guy in front of me makes a play, my next set of four plays, I go out there, I have the on point, right? And it's a constant driving of the run forward. So, yeah, Sonny gets 50 or how many reps off? 50 percent? Rubber coach said, that means more opportunity for somebody else to play, right? So, that need more for our Val, is that scheme flexibility with our Val, we're going to pay pierce around, we set TJ Riley, you like all these guys stove, we're all going to get more reps, which I think is great, so we got to do it at this point in a season.

2:58:58But I think, you know, yes, there's still stuff that, within that level of the best Sonny, is that he's going to be clawed and try to get those reps, because he's a true pro. And that's been the most enjoyable thing about working with him, is like, you get a kid who's played safety, his whole life comes to the back, and he just wants to learn the why behind everything. And, you know, very similar in the fact of Cody, like, we have guys who are that easy to work with, you're not trying to like, not worried about texting anybody in our room, about coming over and trying to learn more. You know what I mean? Like, were you at, you know, like, they're obsessed with the game of football. They're always around when they're at class, so it's like, it makes it really easy as a coach, because they're passionate for the game, and so strong. You mentioned TJ, in terms of the higher-width map, just looking sunny, like, what do you envision more with him with all of that stuff? I think, I think we just have a lot of guys with a lot of links, like, we talk about sunny styles, long, conron, our Valries, long, conron.

3:00:00It's crazy, because you see sunny, and you're like, okay, this guy, I wish I was built like that when I played, and then you see our Val stand next to sunny. You're like, you know what I mean? And so, like, and then you look across the room, like, as the room warms up, you're like, holy smokes, like, we just have a bunch of guys, and that's a lot of credit to make. Coach Mate does a phenomenal job. I was just talking to Burma about it, like, to see even our mid-year guys what they looked like when they showed up, during the full of the whole Maddy run, and they're kind of hanging out during practice, and you see the high school bodies, you see what they look like today, before they go away, and like, the shoulders are all like, everything is just different, and they've been indoctrinated into the brotherhood. So I think, you know, there's just a lot to work with, and so what he's really good at right is, like, he's talked about it. One year, he has Junior Sayah, we'll let him get us Mike Vrable,

3:01:01you know, Roosevelt Colvin, and those guys, and then a couple of years later, he has Brandon Spikes, so he's like, okay, I'm just about as a blitz brand, at the middle all the time, because he has 260 pounds in the beast, and he always says he was my best nose guard, from Mike Backer, right? And then the year after that, he gets, you know, got Jamie Collins and Dante Hightell, and so now we can do a lot of stuff, right? So they're not just like, hey, this is what we're doing, we got plenty of people in there, and say, hey, here's what we got. Let's utilize it. So that's what strength will be, walled on the lab, and figure out what that means, I'm sure, through Spring Ball, there'll be like, hey, here's what we do really well, as a unit, as this unit's gonna be different, right? I mean, there's a lot of production, so the unit will be different. So you've got to reform your own identity, and you have to re-hearn that silver bullet, big name, and mantra. How many other guys can look at Arbel? It seems like he's on a very good track, is that it, what's his ceiling? It's just a start-up Arbel. It's just a lot, right now he's locked in.

3:02:02He's done a great job becoming a leader, coming out of his shell, I think, you know, I think for Velley, it's all about his consistency and just preparation, and I'm proud of Arbel, you know, that's through the season you got way better at, you know, a lot of it's little things, just note-taking and stuff. Sometimes these kids are always on their phones and stuff, not like, in meeting rooms or anything like that, but just naturally. So like, to get out of pen and paper, and like, you hear things, and to me, yeah, I got it. What you do until you're dog tired, and then you forget, you know what I mean? But when you really understand it, you know what I mean? Like, go play faster. You've gotten so much better through the year, just a lot of that's because of Cody, like, becoming a pro, and then now it's like, Sonny's pulling him along. He's pulling him along, he's pulling T-J, and Riley and Eli, so I didn't steal it. So I kind of love the competition right now, and the way it's made up. Yeah, Velley, is that a great pathway now? How many different guys do you feel like can be in that Mike's spot? Three? Obviously, losing Cody and now having that.

3:03:03You know, I think that's something that's slower than we kind of go. Because, you know, week one, Sonny actually started out Mike for us. And Sonny's smart enough to play them all. Our Vell is smart enough to play them all. Paying pay us a smart enough to play them all. And that's also like, how did you, like, depends on what scheme you're running. Where are they? How do they be utilized as well? You know what I mean? So, you can say Mike, Mike Backer, you know, whether it's Tommy, I could very grow up there on research. Two different people. Cody's different than those two, so I challenged to like, a lot of the guys that come in, and so you got the other of both. The more you understand about the scheme in general, the faster you will play. You know what I mean? Like, if I just sit here and I say, hey, I got a lot of Mike, my drop is this, and that's all I need to know. Like, or no, football happens so fast, and all the shifts and motions that like, if you're out there playing and you're waiting for a call, and you're just reacting,

3:04:04like, you're so worried about what's going on on your side of the ball. You don't even recognize that the offense is telling you something. It's what they're doing. So, if I'm out there and also I'm not getting a call, I know what the call should be. It's like, hey, are we playing? You know, let's go. Now listen, you get it. You can look. I can see, okay, here's what the tight ends doing. That's what the backs doing. Here's what plays are coming. If you just line up the play, it's rather passive every time. Like, you know what I mean? You've got to eliminate plays in your mind by seeing what the offense is doing. Like, tell you a story every time they line up. They just window dressing. People motion and share. They're trying to do man's own indicators. And they're trying to make sure that they're getting the same formation. They're in the same place. But they just shifted people. And then they motion and they do. And they don't want you to recognize that. So, for always worried about what work you don't mean. So, the more you know, the faster you can play. You're not sitting there thinking, oh, what do I have for you? You're just being reactive. So, my challenge to guys is like, there's always a no-bother. So, I think a lot of it would just be on, on the depth of certain guys and get, you know, if the sun is only doing 15 to 75% of the plays, and coming up even more guys get more will reps than the other players. And then, you know, you're not sitting there thinking, if sun is only doing 15 to 75% of the plays,

3:05:04then probably more guys get more will reps than they had. Because we need more will bodies. That's technically where sun is started. But, we'll rotate them through. Let the production kind of show what it does. And, think sometimes, you know, you'll live with some of the mistakes just from being in a new spot. But you'll be able to judge too, like who's actually getting the book, you know what I mean? Who's actually studying? How much of a break have you seen from sun? This time of year, you know, through the national championship game. And then, what's next for you? Man, I mean, definitely, I know, I know, I know, sun he has big goals and he should. I do as well for him. To see how far he's come, you know, first thing kind of stands out is just like his, his footwork has gotten so much better. When you're in the boxes of linebacker, you gotta be able to, remember Luke Fickley said all the time, and you gotta be slow until it's time to be fast. And when you're twitchy, like he is, a lot of times, you know, when you're about safety, you're used to pulling the trigger and rolling.

3:06:04Like, you gotta learn how to shuffle and not cross over. And he got so much better as a year or not. I think a lot of people question whether he'd be able to hold up his cowly wise. And, you know, he was, he was great, you know, he used to season god. He's really good with his hands. He's a really natural ability to snag. We'll keep challenging him. I think he should be a dominant guy in coverage. Like he needs to be a guy that we can put on a tight end and be like, he's not gonna be in catch on the ball. You know what I mean? Because he has that athleticism. I think we need to challenge him there. Challenge him. I think everything is just, this is not just sunny. It's everybody's urgency in zone coverage. I mean, the urgency with you have to break on the football, to close that space, to not let the ball carry or have so much space on you to, to cut making mistakes. It's critical. I think sometimes he's, he could be so athletic that, you know, you can be the way some stuff. And he knows anything that I'm saying right now. Here he knows. So the best part is a lot of times, like he'll come to me before film and already say that, man, coach on that play, I should have, you know what I mean?

3:07:04Like he knows. And the best part is that he's humble enough. Our whole goal is that they just want to be, they want to be pushed, and they want to be coached. And so the pain and heck of loss could be asked for, right? Like, so how he's asked, what do you need for me? Just keep making sure, like you're pushing it. You don't let me settle. So, and he's probably the best on the room with them. You look at the sunny and arvel, it's kind of your top blue skies right now. Yeah, I mean, I think going into it, you know, I think it's, just accomplished the, the plan and whatever play was called, whatever maybe, just go out there and execute it. One thing we appreciate is, execution is really the motive. You know, I think it may be called, but as long as everybody's mindset is, has one mentality, which is, just go get it and, you know, make sure there's no yard gain. I think that changes the mindset of everybody on the cerebral edifice. Did they feel like big changes to you all as they were ongoing? I mean, I first, like, you know, it was a tough loss.

3:08:04So, you know, I think it felt like everything was big, but then when you kind of just take your time and look at everything and analyze everything, it was just like, man, we just, we just need to keep everything simple, make everything and just, just about us and, you know, not like feel like we're, you know, making everything about damage, you know, we can dictate what they do. And I think that was the mindset. Did it make Letterman Raw? Yeah. JT, I know you get to watch a little bit of video of Caleb and Lathen and Jordan. What stands out about that group from your vantage point? Oh, they're respected. They're relentless, man. I mean, Lathen, Caleb, and I mean, everybody in that BIA Corps, yes, they can cover, but, you know, when it's time to, you know, stop the run, they'll come down to 12 yards out, however far out there from the line of scrimbers and coming, you know, throw the nose in there, and I respect them for that, because, you know, there's going to be times where we need them to make them tackles, and I mean, they're displaying it this whole season. Yeah, how critical are they in a game of this magnitude? Obviously, everybody's critical, but you know what I mean, that sort of the last line of defense,

3:09:04but sometimes the last line of defense is in the middle of it. Yeah, I mean, they play a huge role. I mean, like you said, it takes everybody from the front four. It's like a check reaction. The front four don't do their job, then, you know, the fall is, you know, they're going to back in, so we off to work as a collective unit. And I think there's a reason that there's 11 of us out there, and you know, it's crazy, if one person is doing their job, then, you know, something can go wrong, but if we just all continue to stay, communication with one another, continue to just lay each other, you know, we have each other's backs and just trust one another. And man, I think that performance is going to be off the charts. Well, for the right, come in, just this, WSYF. GT, how would you describe the mentality of the defense right now getting this opportunity for a red-match board in? Yeah, hungry and thankful. I mean, we know how the last time when, you know, we had a chip on our shoulder. I mean, we were riding high before that game, and we took that loss, and we came back how to make a couple changes. But I think we understand what, you know, everything's at stake right now. You know, just fighting to where another high-stage jersey for the next game. That's what's on stake, and just to be able to represent this state

3:10:06and 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 to play in the Rose Bowl. Right behind your Adam King, WVNS. What do you remember most about walking off the field in Eugene? What was kind of going through your mind in that moment? I mean, there is a... I don't think anybody imagined 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. I understand it. I mean, we still have a lot of ball left to be played. I mean, you can let it sting for a little bit, but, you know, if you let it carry over too long, then, you know, there it goes. There goes your whole season. But I think we did a great job of just understanding, coming together in this room right here. Not being afraid to display or hold accountability from one another. And, you know, as that happened, we came back, we grouped, and, you know, we're just going right now.

3:11:07And I'm just blessed for those specific moments, you know, losing. I mean, no one wants to lose, but the testimonies and the things you're taught within those little situations speaks of all of them. After all of that, I'm going to draw. Hey, Jay, what did you see in front of the kick-out? The last couple of weeks, was there like a push from him? Did there be any conversation with him? You can see like he's playing since the best performance. Yeah, I mean, that's my boy. He's in the R2X club too. You know, Keata, I mean, every time his number is called, he goes out there and makes the most of it, no matter where we are in the game. When he goes out there, he's just hungry. He wants to go make plays, and, you know, we see it in practice, so it's not surprising to us. Bill Rebino, explain this to us. Still on Gabriel's obviously very elusive and retellent, 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 out being disciplined.

3:12:08No one who you're playing against, like you said, he's sharply very elusive. I mean, he can, he is making throws. I mean, he can't out the pike. He can do everything. So I think for us, we just have to discipline him. Just continue to just meet with Coach Jay, meet with Coach Nose, and understand how we can just eliminate that. You're a question about you and Jay. I mean, your personality seems to be a little different. You're more on the quiet side. You play together four years, both five-star guys, kind of describe your relationship with him, friendship with him, and just kind of how you complement each other. Man, that's my brother. Like he said, we're different, but very alike. I think outside, like you said, he's louder and quiet, but once we're on that field, we're like the same person. We'll do anything for this team. We'll die for our players, and we'll give everything we got. We've been together for four years, correct? Yeah, fall camps. Every group? Yeah, sometimes go over there.

3:13:08So go over there. There's the neat one who's the messy one. We have our share of days when I'm neat. He's neat, or 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 have. When you're playing a team for the second time, and that was almost a season to go by now, how much of a... Are you at the square one with the scouting and preparation? How much do you take from that game? How much do you avoid taking so that you don't have any preconceived notions of what you're going up against on the offensive line? I say it's pretty 50-50. I mean, that game, like you said, was a while ago, but at the same time, they elevated as a team, and so did we. So we understand that they made some changes for sure. There's a certain tendency that we can take back from that game, but we also understand that they went on a little run after that, and we can see that they elevated as an offense. So we just got to continue to watch those games, dissect other games, and just continue to see what stands out

3:14:09and what they changed from 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-notch defense that you are in college football today. Here, Pete, 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-notch defense that you all are today. Yeah, I mean, like you said, we went through a lot of trials to trials, but there's also 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.

3:15:10And I think when you take all that in at once, that comes down to the common goal or the common talk, which is, there's always learning points everywhere. And depending how we dissect those games or how we just continue to come as one and elevate, we continue to just collect all those learning points and just continue to grow from them. And one final question. Joey Coffin, Columbus Dispatch. JT, what have you guys done better in the Tennessee game and just late in the season, you think about turning some of the pressures that you've got on quarterbacks and the sacks and getting home in some of those situations? Yeah, I think it was more just understanding the defense as a whole, understanding everybody's job. I think as the season went on, we had to understand that, you know, we have to know what's going on in the backhand. We have to know what's going on with the linebacker crew to understand what plays we have, room of freedom. And I think once we understood that and got a better understanding of everybody's job,

3:16:13I mean, it showed this play because everybody knows what each other is doing. It's not like the linebacker know what they're doing. The corners and B.I. they know only their job. I think we all know each other's job and we continue to ask each other questions on, you know, if they're placing on how they can get to the quarterback and, you know, if I'm dropping, playing quarterbacks, I can ask Cody on how to open field tackle it. So, you know, we just kind of lean on each other's understanding. Because, you know, like I said, like Denzel knows how to play corner-bedded than I know how to play corner. So, you know, he has more, more wisdom at that position than I do. JT, thank you very much. Thank you. Thanks, man. More and more. Can health similar, will you, will be, you know, in terms of playing with what you did in Denver? I don't know that yet. I kind of just mentioned previously. I don't know my role. I don't know the engine out yet. So, once we'll get, you know, through the protocols in NFOPA, we'll talk about, you know, the schemes and everything. Right? Hello, sir. Welcome.

3:17:13When you were in Denver in the three, four, where did you find yourself most comfortable, most effective in my role? I played a lot of different positions in Denver. I mean, early in my year, I played zero. I played three, two, one. I mean, I definitely more comfortable in a shaded position, mainly being a three-technique and five-technique. That's why I found myself to be more comfortable with whether I'm standing up or not, whether it's runner or pass. Those seem to be my best fits. And what is your impression of peak carols defense and whole environment in Seattle from afar? From afar, it seems like he holds in on a defense a lot. I can't really say too much about that yet. I don't know. I know peak carols very little. So, I'm just trying to figure out more and I'll give you a better answer later. What's the reputation around the league running the C-1? You know, hard-knows, hard-hat type of team. Definitely on a little more lack side, as opposed to being a stuck-up or military style. Which is definitely good because this program is one of a lot of football games.

3:18:16It's been super successful for many years. As long as I've been alive and as long as I've been watching football. And, definitely, this has been a good program. And peak carols have been a hell of a coach for a long-distance member and you're back in his college days. So, I'm looking forward to experiencing that. Tell him why. Yeah, Drew, I know you said you don't know yet what your role can be. But, what kind of player are you that you don't understand who haven't watched the C-1? What kind of player is he has to get me? Definitely a high motor. Definitely not a one-trip parking type of player. I like to attack. No, whether it's first or first to be fourth now. I like to attack. I'm always on the fly pressure. I'm definitely just a high motor guy, my opinion. Maybe. Oh, they're already understing for me. It's been nice to meet you. That's a good one. Yeah, this is not a team that really makes big splash sign-in in brand new seed. Did you think going into it that C-1 would be in play? No, not at all. It's kind of like being a kid at a candy store here.

3:19:17You know, got a whole bunch of different options coming at you. You're hearing a whole bunch of different crazy things. And, you know, you only get to choose one. And this is the place that we both chose each other. And I mean, I'm loving see how this is so far. You know, I like these colors. For real. What, what did you got to do in Seattle and see some season? Not much. Just kind of just drive around the city exploring, get down to the market a little bit. I want to get on the Ferris wheel. Do some more like touristy type things, you know. I'm new to the city and I got a lot to learn about city. Larry. Yeah, there's been a lot of comparisons that you did in Michael Bennett. I wonder if you know Michael Bennett at all. And he could go to the back. I know Michael Burr, Bennett, like, I don't know nothing about it. But besides his style of play. But I'm honored to be considered in the same conversation as him in a style of play. You know, he's a hall of fame type of deep lime and that I've known about since I was a kid. I mean, last time he played here, I was in high school. So, you know, it's cool. The kind of came full circle a little bit watching him on TV.

3:20:19And now I'm being kind of compared to him in a way. You know, I mean, I'm not touching the surface of Michael Bennett. You know, he's a hall of fame. And I'm not there yet. So, you know, I just got to keep doing my due diligence to be a better player. Hey, dream out. Welcome to Seattle. I know you get to play several seasons for Vic Fangio and the three four style defense. And Seattle's playing a similar system now to back to last year. I think the defensive line and what do you think is most important to be successful in that system? Maybe fundamentals or just playing style to be successful? Um, just from what I learned being gap sound and being patient has always been the biggest thing. And that's how we've been successful when I was in Denver. Just kind of like relying on each other. I know that sounds kind of cliche, but like this kind of like the realm of being in the three four defense. You got to really really rely on the guys behind you and the guys on side of you to really make their. To do their job to make your job easier. Bob. Um, yeah, dream up.

3:21:21You're a, you're a, you're going to have a day. Plants that you didn't start playing football to you or junior high school. You know, you played basketball so that next to it. What made you I get to play football and then with that, I heard it all the time away from basketball. No, no, I'll, I'll always love football first. It was just kind of just time to just playing it out. You know, I let a hoop, but you know, football was definitely about calling it given. I was 265 pound. I was like six, three, three, so you know, I kind of chose the route that you got gave me. And now I'm not six eight. My. Yeah. Yeah. My. I just. You. You. You. You. You. You. Just talking a bit about that. That. I. I. Just for a standpoint, like I always get like over overshadowed, over looked, whether it's in something, you know, I'm saying like I feel like I do a lot more than what can be seen by the.

3:22:25The eyes of the inexperienced, you know, scout. And I do a lot of different dynamic things that help make place for others, you know, I'm there. I'm definitely an active player. I'm always doing something, whether in a run or pass game. So, you know, I think that goes on notice sometimes. And I'm looking forward to playing people on notice. Brady. What. What do you like to do outside of football? Big gamer. I'm definitely. I've been getting to a lot of chess lately. So I just expand my brain. I'm trying to get into reading, but if it's not supported related, I really not interested in reading that much. But mainly just video gaming in chess. And then when we write and say your name, do you prefer Drey or Drey Mott? I mean, you can say Drey Mott Jones, I mean, but like just, I'm like personally just call me Drey because it's easy because people like to f my name a lot. Like a lot. And they call me Drey Mott. I don't know why you put a Drey Mott, Drey Mott, or Drey Mott, whatever you want to say. I was going to go by Drey to keep it simple.

3:23:25Thank you. Michael Sean. Hey Drey, what's the simple thing you bring to the C-Maw as a past book? The new era of the past question. You know, someone was on the little lighter side of the average Drey technique and bring nice postiveness, that quickness. Someone was great with their hands. Someone was very stingsual. And someone was a go-getter when it comes to the run-and-pass here. Appreciate it. Thank you. John Stadler said after the trade bit, or after the signing, that you actually got a date they wanted in the trade last year. And I still have two trades that Denver said no. That's the time you were aware of it all. Yeah, I was aware. I mean, like, shit. They'd be flattered if they wanted to be even like that. Yeah, I am flattered. I mean, should they just trade me from the jump? But it was cool to, I guess, a kind of painful circle for Seattle a little bit. I was included into the trade and Denver said no. And then, Denver kind of, I don't want to say that word, but Denver didn't pay my part respect.

3:24:27So I'm here because they respect me from the jump. Hi, anything else, guys? Thank you. What are things doing real learning? So it's been really good. How much were you talking to Kay as you got here and kind of going through that first year? Obviously, you're doing his own thing, but just what this is all like? Yeah, I think having him go through the whole process has been a big thing. You know, kind of having him in my corner just to talk to you or call him whenever I need. We still talk a lot and I have some questions whenever. So, you know, I first got here and he was still here in no training and everything, but he had a fail. So it's been like, I haven't been ever so so much better. What's it like watching you now in the NFL with the Texans? You guys not see you know pretty well doing, and living out his dream. Yeah, no, it's been a tough and super happy for him. You know, he's down there in Houston, you know, in the CJ and everything.

3:25:28You know, he really likes it. So I'm excited to see what he does this next time in here. Just how different your career was? You get a college student, you get a couple of all of that in all of the second. You get a hundred of students feeling that I'm not busy with just getting everything to go through. Yeah, I can think you kind of realize that, you know, this is, you know, this is your life. You know, you got to, you know, come in here and play single-highest day, like playing with the best ever single day. You know, you got the time in, you know, you got to make sacrifices, you know, to what you want to get out of it in the end. You know, along the fight, you know, school just, you know, live on your own. It's good for you to just do a lot and, you know, as you get it, it just makes you better overall. You graduate from here, what you're doing now, you have got like Riley and he's going to enter you. I mean, what does it, you know, guys, what do you know, what kind of players and players you have to do off the game and grow for those guys on that game? Yeah, I mean, just kind of, you know, just shown the way around this building, you know, just, you know, how we do it here at the high-stay, how we operate.

3:26:28You know, they, you know, I think all three young guys coming in have done a great job. You know, they've, you know, great work ethic. You know, I think, you know, for me, you know, the offseason, it was more like a lead by example, kind of thing, and springing a little bit of, you know, vocal leadership in there as well. But, you know, just kind of working with them and, you know, kind of showing them how, you know, build a guy's and how we do things in the room that's, you know, definitely carried on to that. Being a part of that championship round last year, I guess what did you learn from that one thing went on? You guys went on, I guess, what do you learn about, like, what do you think? What do you think? What do you learn from that? This is the kind of problem. I would just say, you know, staying together, you know, our biggest thing was each week was just trying to keep that group together each week. You know, I think last year we had such a strong bond together. You know, with all the guys, I think that was really the motivation, you know, just staying together and, like, like, I've been to brothers. James has popped it down the past. I didn't have the exciting R-Bell, you know, kind of made that two deep, but James has popped the past on the map.

3:27:32You're playing well, you're making plays consistently in practice. You're going to buy playing, not the same thing as you're doing. How are you fresh if you set that approach? You're not a belong to a guy you're prone to, you're making a play, and you're playing well. You're going to just make a lot of things. Yeah, I mean, I think, you know, just starts with, you know, coming out of practice every day, you know, and you're head down, just, you know, making sure you're going hard, ever should go play. You know, knowing what you're doing, you know, so you can build that trust. But I think, you know, just having the guys around, letting you know, like, Sunny, R-Bell, Payton, you know, you know, who's, you know, been in there, you know, playing in games, and everything like that, you know, to lean on and ask some questions and stuff. So, you're ready. Where you set that approach? I'm like 227. What's the goal for Bordeaux and how does it go? It's still 225 right now, but I think it will come up to like, 238, so, you know, get a little more. Great, this is original. I'm sure that, do you feel a sense of urgency to be part of that 2D to provide depth, or maybe more than that, this season?

3:28:33How do you go into your 2D? Yeah, I mean, I think, all right now, kind of focus on, just getting better or someday, I think that's kind of what it springs for. Is, you know, individually just, you know, continued to perfect your craft every single day. Before that second meeting, or, you know, scheme or whatever, I think we need to be. But, uh, well, yeah, I mean, I think that's, you know, definitely, you know, something in my head, you know, obviously, you know, came here and played. So, I think that's definitely, it's not one big thing. I think just saying I had the chance and getting past those third downs, converting on those third downs, I mean, that's what we got to be better at. Um, at the end of the day, we got to put him in zone, we're not doing that, we're not doing our job. Are you guys creating more explosive plays as an offense? Right, I think, uh, you stick with it. Um, you know, the explosive plays are going to come and now we just got to trust that and they'll be there for us for sure. Coach Sins has been here for, uh, high as Ann Lowe's over the many, many years he's been with this program now. What sort of his message to your group right now, or when you're turning to him, what is he saying as far as how to get through this?

3:29:37Yeah, so I think it's just really just coming and attacking every day as you would, um, regardless. And, uh, you know, staying, staying even, even through hardship and attacking it, attacking it the same way every day. That's really all you can do. And you just get a little better every day and see where it takes you. Based on the way things are already we're setting up, but then also the way, um, Jason Simmons was calling the game on Saturday seemed like tight ends are going to be a big part of this as you guys are trying to pull out. And what role do you think you guys are going to have in trying to get this offense? Yeah, I think we, I think the role is always try to help the offense move the ball and, um, whether they were called upon to do that in the past game or the run game, we just got to step up and do our job at a high level and, uh, whatever you ask from us, we just got to do it at high level and let the offense go. You're some of the leaders on the offense. Some of the leaders have to say Gus is a big leader. I mean, he's been doing it for a while and I, and it's someone that everyone trust, um, is going to do his job at a high level.

3:30:41Um, I think we have, uh, Hudson's a good leader too as well. Um, obviously is a quarterback. So he takes on that leadership role. And, um, I think we just have a good amount of leaders, uh, you know, throughout the offense. We were told George might be fairly close to getting back what we mean to get him back in the mix with the tight ends. Yeah, it'd be great. I mean, George is a great athlete. So having him out there can only help. Um, you know, we're really excited about him and what you can do on the field. Um, it'd be great. They don't care about that. So, you know, it's developing yourself to have a great mindset early, uh, you know, having that grown man mindset at 18 years old. It's, it's really important because like the period I don't really care about feelings. So it's about, you know, just coming up here, you know, being a man that you think you are, you know, having to go out there and, you know, prove it. David, what's been the easiest thing in the most difficult thing about your transition years and for the easiest thing? I would say, I mean, it's really not easy about this, uh, you know, coming to a top program, I think, you know, especially coming off from national championship.

3:31:43It's really not easy. You know, they're pushing for the same thing and trying to go back and back. So I mean, we just got to come up here. We got to step up. Uh, but the hardest thing I would say, uh, you know, just, just having to grow up, uh, you know, going from high school where, you know, I've been the man there for three years. So I mean, coming up here where you started the bottom again. So I mean, I told my parents, it's all the time. Like, you know, I think my history is repeating itself because when I went into high school, the high school, I went to her house. So I was at the bottom there and had to work my way up. And I still like that's just repeating so here. I met the bottom here. You know, I put myself at the bottom. So I have to work my way up to the top. And so, you know, just going to get these guys there competing every day. You're not going to get a day off where, you know, she was just coming out here just, just be essence. So I mean, you got to be a piece of cute all the time. When you see what a guy like, sorry, David keeps getting. When you see what a guy like JJ did last year coming in here playing immediately, is that inspired you to want to be able to do the same thing as a freshman? I mean, definitely, you know, just what he did last year is a true freshman. You know, him being able to play an impact team like that. Obviously, I want that for myself. So, you know, I'm going to push myself to that limit.

3:32:51You know, try to be on the field here when that's my plan. That's the biggest reason I came here because I have an opportunity to play here one. So me having that opportunity is good. And you know, I'm going to come out here and compete. Like I said, I'm putting myself at the bottom. So I'm working. I'm going to work every day like I'm at the bottom and I got to get to the top. What do you feel like it's going to take for you to get from the bottom of the top? You know, just discipline. They're big on discipline here and you know, competitive, so it's just staying consistent every day. Just doing the rights, having little to none, mental errors. That's going to give me on the field. I do what I'm supposed to do. That's going to give me on the field. How do you manage those expectations for people who think that you should be playing week one when the season comes around? How do you manage people? You know, I don't really let it get to my head because I'm here. I got dudes in the room that are like IGB. You know, he's three or three years old. I got to main first in all American. He's going to play this year too. So I can't let what people say on the net, you know, get to me because you know, anybody can say, oh, he's going to play this year.

3:33:55But you know, I actually got to prove it. So I just got to come out here, you know, work, you know, and that spot. What's the most important thing you've learned so far in your three months here? Competing every day. That's the biggest thing. Having to compete. You know, these guys appear. They take winning and losing to heart. So, you know, my first my first week up here when we did our competitions, you know, I was winning. Then I actually I got that first loss on my belt and you know, it kind of opened my eyes. Like these guys take it hard when they lose. They don't like it. So, you know, I kind of got that now where I don't like losing. You had the opportunity to be around the team for that, you know, CFP Ron. What did you learn from just those few weeks seeing this team make that run? You know, being real tight with your brothers, you know, they're real tight. You know, they push each other, you know, it's a real brotherhood. They don't let nobody down. They always got each other back. So, I mean, it's a new team now. So, you know, we got to build that chemistry with each other, you know, just just get tight. And I feel like when I was there for that player running and I practiced when they were at the national championship, you know, I just got to watch, you know, how guys are, you know, real locked in.

3:35:02They're close with each other. They're not letting nobody slack off. And, you know, I feel like we had the opportunity to do that with this team now. How did you handle Luke? You handle that first lock? That first lock, you know, it kind of got to me. It was the IGB, you know, he, you know, he let me hear. So, after that loss, I was like, nah, I can't let this happen anymore. It's because it's like, now it's not high school where you used 17, 16 years old and if you lose, you lose. Up here is not. If you lose, the coach is either. So, and they go see how you respond to it. So, I feel like I had a hacker, you know, open my eyes. I had to go and lock them like, yeah, I can't let this happen anymore, you know. So, I got to go up and, you know, these guys are counting on me too. So, it's really important that I don't lose. If you had to describe yourself as a competitor, how would you do that? I'm a great competitor, you know. I like winning. Who doesn't like winning? I mean, winning is, it's in my blood. You know, my parents taught me that at a young age, you know, going after a competing for anything that you want. And I feel like if you can go after a compete for, you know, as years. And if you can compete for it all the time, who don't take it from?

3:36:02So, I mean, I'm a good competitor. I'm always going to go after and try to take what's mine. If it's out there, then anybody can have it. And I'm going to be the one to get it. There's some role lockers in your room, obviously. Are you a talker? What's your natural environment? Yeah, I mean, it can come out on you know. But I don't really, I really don't like games that are talking for this part. But, you know, if it gets there, it gets to that point where, yeah, I can bring it out. Because, you know, regardless, I'm not just going to let nobody just come out here and just, you know, catch balls on me. So, if I'm having a good day when I'm consistently getting TPUs, yeah, I'm going to talk. But, you know, being in that room, you kind of got to talk. You know, the Jermaine, you got IGB, you know, those real talkers in that room. You kind of, it kind of makes you want to bring it out. And, you know, when you bring that out, they just bring it to energy out on whole defense. And when you got the whole defense clicking, I mean, you can see, you can see what happened. Is there anyone that's kind of, or a competition you're at? It was during the winter. We were doing, you know, just stuff on the field. We were just, just having the time of the field. Just a lot of competitions. So, I mean, he just kind of, it was a day where, you know, they had us going up against just a freshman.

3:37:05And then they kind of threw us in there and fired against the older guys. So, we had to, you know, we had to wake up. And, you know, we all kind of lost. And then we all kind of, like, we all kind of can't get that to a freshman group, like, what are we going to do about this? Because, you know, some of their kind of mess to step up in those roles. Yeah, come here. Welcome to college. Yeah, definitely, definitely, definitely, my work in college moments. You know, you know, just showing that, you know, it's real now, a metal high up state. I'm not in Houston, Texas, no more in my school. Far from my family. You know, I got to wake up, I got to grow. I got to mature fast. And, you know, I just got to get ready for the next level. You've mentioned high school a couple times. How did, you know, grow it up there in Texas, playing at that level. How do you feel like that helped you prepare for a real high state? I feel like you prepared good, you know, I feel like I went to a powerhouse in Texas. We obviously ran the Houston area. You know, we've been running the Houston area for a long time now. And I feel like, you know, we're a real college program. We live just like these guys who do the same lifts. You know, the level of ball I play, the highest level ball in the Texas 6A. You know, we're going against guys like Dunkin' Bill, no crowdly, those top schools, you know, receiving the Korean War against them.

3:38:08I want to get some three times in my career. So I mean, those that really prepared me for this level, you know, coming in like, okay, this is not where it's a little school where they don't believe that I can come here and make an impact. I came from big schools, so they're counting on me to make an impact. Because, you know, I think, I mean, everybody would say Texas is one of the highest football players bars in the country. You know, it goes us floated in the Polly Georgia. So I mean, they're counting on me to be ready and that level of ball prepared me real, real well. How'd you do against DeCory? You know, it was when lose, when lose. I went something, he lost something. So I mean, it's just getting better on Shabban Iron. Because, you know, he's the top receiver, obviously, in our class. You know, I feel like he's going to have a good impact at Oregon. So, I mean, it's just what's going to happen next. Looking forward to seeing him again? Yeah, definitely, definitely. I'm not planning on planning against him. We don't want to see him this year. Hopefully we'll see him in the big team championships. So, you know, I want that rematch.

3:39:08DeVa, you committed super early in the process six months after that. You shut things down when, quite frankly, someone of your caliber didn't have to do that. You could have seen kids play the game a little bit longer than that, but you chose to not do that. It's kind of a lot getting here. Why? You know, because this is where I felt this was home. You know, I didn't really feel like standing, taking things with a good thing for me. I didn't feel like that was home for me. Up here, I just felt like it was home. You know, because of law and because they, you know, they're making it, you know, making me feel important up here. And then, you know, you could ask, because how many times I came up here throughout my high school career? I came up here 13 times. So, it got to the point where I was knowing the guys on the team. I had the numbers just like that. I'm not coming up here. You know, I don't got to already build the coaches. I can go chill with something that guys on the team. So, it was just me, you know, knowing what I want to put in my college ball at, you know, knowing where I felt like it was home and then, you know, it was also my parents too. You know, my mom being, you know, feeling safe that, you know, I'm up here, you know, I'm handling the business and not having to worry about me when she goes to sit.

3:40:12I did practice. He had for you and I did see the other guys who just sent me. Coach Hardman in the room, Coach Droner and Stepup and he helped us out. Everything we did, he's a big help. And I just like, make sure we stand on time and all that stuff. We were just talking about stepping into a big home and slide. How much do you watch? I like that. I try to take things. Whether it's preparation, stuffy, those on the field, you know, just learning from a guy like that. Yeah, every time I watch him, I watch him. So I just, so I have to take some of this and I had it to my, and I brought some largest to take some of this. All the receivers. Yeah, they always help me out. Is what's in life walking into this room specifically? I'm tired of staying with all the history of the New Yorker's smile. I mean, you know what it means to be a part of this world. What's that? It's a big step. Definitely. It definitely holds a lot like a shoulder. So you got to, you got to, you got to get a big quick.

3:41:13It's definitely a big dream for my, you got to be a good job on, I'm blessed to be here. You want that? Yeah, that's why you come. Yeah, that's why you come here. What kind of advice you got from some of the workers that has already even before spring well started to talk to the Mecca, some of those guys that you're not? I try not to take everything personally. Like I'll say like, you know, time will come. We'll make a comment. I'm going to make that play. I'll be with you for it any day. I have a video playbook because that's going to get you to find your life and find your name. It liked it. Yeah. As you got pregnant, you was a guy who I've been waiting for the last two years to make a gift for someone to give you the honor. How much is patient to require me to obviously get off the field. How much is patient to have important time? Not everybody has the same amount. So some people always have a written term, but you just got a, you know, me and me. I can say, you know, maybe Tom, you just got me that play.

3:42:14It's going to go on from here. Awesome. Thank you. It's actually been a long time. I've never seen it just getting off of it from here on my lifetime just in Skyrim. I just wanted to say it. I mean obviously, we've got to come here for you. Did there? I'm curious about how you could show a high on stage. It's pretty, it's pretty. You started to do the class pretty good, but I mean, in terms of the guy who you want to join us. How do you wish to join us? I'm just here for our, we're not missing rocks or mud. We're just here for our control room, our campers and our future rocks mud. We're the campers here. It's something great, great. It's just what you want out of the corner back here. It's like a white bath at the beach. We're missing a test for our kids. We're not going to be allowed to go out for a walk. We're not made to go on a test. We're not going to go on a test.

3:43:15Oh, I see a josy tart. It's just been held inien. It's just starting to be nice for me. One of those. Hi Youtube. SirSir.? My pastor is really, it's like the double dark. The double dark inien, super dark in наблюд center. Thank you, brothers and sisters. Thank you very much. Thanks, guys. Thank you very much. First thing we did, thank you. Once again, your wishes are to be talked about. So, I tell you, about that, that you have to be in the role of the talker. I'm not going to talk about it. I'm not going to talk about it. I'm not going to talk about it. First time I met him, we just found it really good. What do you think he can bring to the talker? He can bring with the talker. He can bring with the talker.

3:44:16So, like, there's a lot to do. So, like, there's a lot to do. So, like, it ends. What's when, like, you just do an account, or you're being out of fun today? Well, this is what a lot of people do. Like, I'm really happy. I love how it's going to help you to just put it on. Yeah, it's just really good. Different being an out-of-state group here, there's a fun you are just a couple of long. It's definitely different. So, flying here. New generation of recruits where I don't think anybody outside of the community has questioned the strength of your commitment, like, you're locked in the last eight years, sent it over and over. But, you're making visits around the country. You see other schools. It's almost a totally different mindset. What's that code to be in the last decade? How do you approach those other visits? And how do you communicate with Ohio State about them? What's going to message them? I'm just looking forward to it. I'm always lucky, you know, I'm still enjoying buses.

3:45:17I'm just going to have one time. I'm going to be singing, enjoying. The other school that's out of line. Yes, I'm going to be really hard trying to get to this place. So, Ohio State is where I want to be. What is it that's made you want to take home? I'm not going to put out one specific element. You're going to need a killed guy to find yourself in the first three. Do you get frustrated at the moments like that in the ball time? Definitely, a little bit of both. Obviously, I just wanted the team to win. I think you got a chance to win. No, definitely towards it. And then it stretched out last drive. I was a couple of plays here, a couple calls that he made me should have gotten. But, I think the frustration is more so it just comes from wanting to win more or anything. What did you say he was a little surprised how much attention you got right away from the defense? How about you? Yeah, definitely. Maybe Gil, the more one-on-ones kind of how the game plan was set up. You didn't get a different coverage out of cloud to my side. I just kind of had to gain those games.

3:46:18What's the process been in the election time? Where, for whatever reason, just see that. Definitely. Especially in college, a lot of the game friends defensively were taking your leg. You know, we had a lot of success at a high-speed. One of the boys had a different, the weapons, they kind of still get the victories. And I was, you continue to do a good job doing that here. Why are you taking the chance? The process has been like post-game, getting on the same page with Kyler. You guys exchanged text, or you guys in the film? Yeah, film, definitely. Kind of asking what did I see there, kind of go over and play. Did I just try to get him when I saw, and kind of different feedback there? Just change words. Mark, I guess we're asking questions about the previous game. Are you the type of guy to let a game like that winger, or how do you flush it? You got to move on. Got to move on. It's a long season. Got like 16 more of them. Hopefully, you know, I can stay healthy throughout the year and just continue building to get better each week. You guys did so much work throughout the off season to get on the same page.

3:47:19How 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, inserts and shorts, and then you go out there and put practice and get pads on. You do like the point practice video of the Coles, but there's nothing like actually going out there in live action. I'm really trying to be on the same page. So I think that relationship will continue to develop and we'll get better. Did it just a matter of roughs then? Just a matter of roughs then. Yeah, definitely. Like I said, I was kind of my first live action together. So I can continue with it. What are your early impressions of it? I'm on the field together and I'm doing the increases in what's kind of... Yeah, but now obviously I have a deaf server spec, no JG's call or preseason. And obviously we all go really healthy. That's kind of the most important thing. And I was a deaf law healthy going forward. So... Marvin, 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. I think that's kind of where the strong suit is.

3:48:20Kind of a little different to Buffalo, come more of a little match coverage. So I'm excited to build this. Personally, when the belts take you one of them, how do you feel today? It wasn't many of them. It wasn't many of them. So I thought I needed to... I wish we'd think game versus just playing. You know, not getting any preseason game. I actually think it was preseason. It was definitely, definitely thinking a lot out there. And I think I'd come with reps. I think that thinking less, you just going out there and playing. Definitely come with reps. And it's something you're on, you're better at. But I definitely say I was thinking a lot out there. Is there anything you can do to prove that that's from coverage? Anything you can do to prove that? You're going to finish that a lot, obviously. Yeah, I mean, you just got to team, get open for yourself. Making yourself available. The one the ball does, can be made into a play. This, the people just taking you away. That means other guys are having a chance to get open. So that's kind of how I look at it. It's no longer since you know offense. It's the best thing of course. They're continuity with Tyler. Is this something that comes pretty quickly on a new game?

3:49:20Or something like that? I hope we're sooner or later. I think we'll continue to 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 just the live reps will continue to grow and show. So what's about life? Desires, they're helping us. Saying what cause of GM, cause what? Everything's not nice about ball with them. Focus on how you become a better man, a better player individually. So you played, you were here in 2017. I always did that. I hope you confidence wise heading into Chris Neck's season. Kind of trying to push for a job. Is that like a confidence booster? I mean, I'll say it was a confidence booster. One reason I'll say that because you get like good coaches who believe in you. And like they give you the tools to go out there and just play with confidence. You know, not there doubting those stuff. So like you got your teammates who got your back. And then you know, you know, you know, the tools, the tools, the tools, the tools that they make a play. And where about a play coming to you? You know, where is your time to show job? You just do it. And then like, the same goes for you. Like he gives me. He puts me in a position like at the drills we put in the work you put in.

3:50:22The one on one. So I just go out there and just perform at the highest level. How much better are you right now than maybe last month? I mean, I got way better just because I'm a better player. I mean, I'm a better player. I mean, I'm a better player. I mean, I'm a better player. I mean, I'm a better player. I mean, I'm a better player. I mean, I got way better just because I've transitioned a little bit to the inside. Nicholas Fawseye. I'm like, now I'm actually trying to like catch, catch technique in his. And often, Trevor's not always press at the line. So it's like, now I'm able to like move my feet, move my hands, like see, like what I got to do just like just in case I got to go back in corner. I can, I'll plan off now. I'm very confident out there. Do you think that that was a natural fifth view or have you had the kind of convince yourself to transition to that? I mean, I feel like it's a natural fifth of me because I feel like me individually on the fast learner, fast learner, like coaches help us like learn fast. Like, because they're always honest about the techniques and stuff. So you like, you play down like you pick up on all the things that you did. Like when we get out here, they coach us to like the techniques.

3:51:22So we used to go out there and play like fast spot and just be like, I would like, you're absolutely able to go out there and just compete. Is that where you kind of stuff this spring or you've been kind of out there? So I've really been stuck there this spring a little bit, right? Whenever you get this like other things, I just bounce out there every once in a while. Just like have, just have fun. See if I still got it every once in a while. So it's as good as going through the compete at most spots. You mentioned the technique. What technique, you know, tips and things that you had to pick up and learn from, because walking from the beginning to the end. I mean, this is always like, you're like, because what preaches are asking hands. You see it, you see it, move your feet and then get your hands on the mat. So it's like, when you get like, when you out there, you able to like, just process like the way the receiver comes off the ball, looking at the hips and seeing like, the way he moving. So you able to pick up like the row concepts you can get out of that. Like, so it's being like, under coach Walter, me, like as a player and just like him breaking out football to you. Like one on one, it's like very beneficial. What was the hardest part of making that transition from outside the inside?

3:52:26I really say like, cornering, you got your cover two, you got your cover three, you got your cover one. It's easy, but then you got nickel. Now, so many responsibilities you got to see, like the row concepts, you got to be able to process, like, diagnosed, rouse faster then what you got to do out corner and just be able to like, everything's quick, like, transition, you got to like, you got to move fast. You got to explain to move fast. It's like game recognition where you think maybe you've run the ball since you got it. I would definitely say, I would definitely say yes because when you get to like college, it's a little bit different. Like high school, we don't got to worry about things like that. When you get to college in a school like this, like your recognition of plays, like your loyal jobs, the way like the coverage is supposed to be played, I understand all your teammates are supposed to be having a feel. It's like it's easy. What have your pressure been? It's very talented. He's a great dude, he's a humble guy, great teammate, very supportive. He's like, God, that's what I want to rob because you can feed off your energy

3:53:27because you can see like, we make a play. He's like, he like, I do me. It's like, I do me a two-pointer, so he's like, when you get off there with guys, like that would get energy, it makes you play a little bit harder. And then like, when you make a play, it's out there, it's helping you. Like, it's being out there with him, he's a good player. One of those guys, first question, handful of kids, so obviously, I'm a lot of people here, so it's probably easier for him to figure it out. What is it about one build that gets you to play at a hot spot? That's a big question, I know. The question is, the level just starts in a temporary school because you have so many kids come out of the guild and just play at games, elite schools, and then like, like, track's a big part of it because I mean, to actually get a guild build, everybody that I run, track, like it's made it through, you don't really get a choice. You're able to just like get out here and like, know how to compete, and then like, geying builds that mental toughness into you, so like, have you like, I heard now, you got to be mentally tough, because I mean, life's not going to be easy, so it's like being out here, being out here, being out here, being out here, when are you down?

3:54:28Just pick yourself back up, I mean, that's what games down to me, and that's what games are going to be. I'm a good player for ever, you know, I mean, talk about his plans, so, you know, you as a transitions like one of those fairies hell, like, it's your time now, so you know what I mean? But again, either way, you know, we talk about it, you know, that's the, that's the, how it goes, you know, but obviously, you know, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's been one of the big supporters. Yeah, I think everybody leads, you know, not everybody's the, bro, guys, come around, let's go, like, that's not everybody, right? Like, I think for me, that's me specifically on game day, with the O-I, and after we do, we'll know what, like, that's my, like, well, I'm dead, like, that's my, like, big vocal time I feel like, I'm talking about this, you know, just recently, I'm talking about how, what I want to do for the role is,

3:55:29I want to bring that up energy, the he brought, right? So last year, of course, I'm sure he's been doing for years, but the year, I spent my own, he brought a lot of energy, excitement, and happiness in the room, which is his natural energy, to where I always have to focus on me, you know, I didn't have to make sure other, other guys, you know, feel some type of way when it came in here, because hump brought that. And I'm a hump not here, but I saw a way different room. I want to be that guy to make sure I'm on this amptical practice. Everybody's, I'm taking a built-in, more in a period, you know, it's a low day, or something, you know, it's a discipline, but like, I want to make it feel like hump's on. Like, you have to pair it as a trigger. I want to bring that, because that's what me and hump did in each other, we would hide each other, and do something to do, walk, we're lit. So I want to do that, I want to bring that energy on, make, bring more guys. You know, should do that.

3:56:29I want to do that from day one, you know, I kind of, I want to do that from day one, talking to them, and obviously it's that time I spent, obviously it's a before OTA started, just being in my self-esteem about what the room needs, you know, because I don't know, I knew OTA was one of the leaders, you know, on the law of funds, is that we need a guy like that, just to make sure the O-line is picked up, we're ready to go every day, I want to help a little things, don't have enough practice for people, and saying anything, and how I believe maybe different than somebody else may believe, you know, I like to practice, at least I could be, with positivity, you know, I mean so, but, he, the energy at, would be on just, like, hyperb-line, so I kind of, how I would be going on, really my whole life, I thought, yeah, I felt, team captain, like, specifically,

3:57:29and I felt I wasn't captain in high school, wasn't captain in college, but I want to make a joke, I was in high school, so I feel like I'm not going to be captain until I get there, I felt, yeah. But that would be awesome, you know, but, you know, if it happens, I'd be great, but not either way, I want to assume a role as a captain from the perspective of guys, until the visual world, and get back to that world. Yeah, I mean, I can't say that, I mean, I guess the biggest thing is that, I felt like I was, like, used to in the past, but it didn't take just the first ALTAs, it took training and left at the right, once this season ended, because I know what was going to be the champion. So, I've done a lot of reps, just to give back to feeling like myself, for the ALTAs, and then now, hopefully, but now, like, today, specifically, just changing some small things

3:58:30with my feet, that is it, talking about the long coach, about some things I'm doing, my feet to get to sell my traditional angle that I love to sit on, I thought I felt great already, but I felt even better today. So, I need to work more excited tomorrow, now I'm getting my feet back, and how I like the right side, and on the left side. So, I'm excited. I mean, obviously, I feel like, in the league, whether you're left or right, you're still going against Premier Guys, so obviously, the high expectations for the ALTAs, and the ALTAs cool, but there's definitely, like, the level of energy, and the expectations definitely take the human strength, because now, tonight, the blind side, that's the D tackle world, you know? So, yeah, I would say, in terms of communications, as far as just, even outside of the facility, and stuff like that, I didn't really create that, but I'm tackled, quarterbacked, body, the more off the field, I think, because there's something that's even cool.

3:59:31I got the tags one day, and I said, hey, thank you, so, yeah, I've been training both. I've been training both. You know, I asked after the season, they're like, honestly, we'll talk to you in some way in season, and I just got the tags one, I think I had this with the free agency, then, so I was like, you know, what, I had an old season right tackle, so, if I get the word, I'm going, I'm standing right tackle, and I'll just do what I did before I'm built on that. But I was like, I'm not as well as a trained ALTAq pal, as if we're going to be left tackle. And I'd rather do that than train on right tackle, or do the call A and do the left tackle. I was just pushing my feet. You know what I mean? So, I'm like, let me just prepare an advance. I was like, yeah, let's go. You know, I think occasionally, on third down, there'll be a lot of twists, I was just not like, it's an automatic outcome. And I think that was my mindset for the first half of the season, like, I didn't have to go into the game with some pros, like, oh, gosh, they did that.

4:00:31I kind of figured, like, okay, this is type of rush, man. This is how this guy usually rushes. If I get the vibe, this is how the ends, like, the rush, you know, tackles that, you know, first year guys, you got the premium patch on. Or, you know, what it was going to be. Or, you know, every step. And honestly, just knowing that's kind of an advantage to, so you're not, you're not, oh, the problem's with my psyche. It was never air-dough, but it comes out of my mind, like, three plays in the world. Two minutes. And I'm like, that goes away. You know what I mean? I'm watching more everybody else, and you really, you know, it goes out there occasionally. I'm like, you know, I'm starting to lose my mind. He's going to take me. You know what I mean? So, that effect, it's kind of, it's also kind of an advantage in a way. But it's also exciting, like, okay, I'm going to give the hardest look, you know, so the real, real reps, you know, the days, really out on our way to kind of process. And I was like, hey, when I tell me,

4:01:32let me know about what I'm just going to train it. I was training all the way to OTAs. I guess if I didn't hear anything about OTAs, I would have came to life. So, you know what I mean? Because just like, I'm cool with training both, I would have been cool with training both continually. But I feel like anybody in any position will feel like, okay, like, you want as soon as possible to give your feet kind of subtle to your hips, subtle to your hands, so then, you know, certain kind of that. Would it have been harder for you to work both, or are you going to use it? No, no. But, they're definitely, but in terms of the development, they're definitely a lot faster to stay on all one side. But I think having that week that we had the transition with seasons over, you've had to like respond. You know, you know, I'm trying to get up, put up on the front and wait things at a time right now. When it comes back, I'm showing you on the house. I just got a house tonight too far from,

4:02:33so I told him, I got that house, like a yellow outside. DJ! You know what I mean? So, yeah. Communication with the team. You know, I was communicating with guys left and right. You know, front office coaches, teammates, and all I care about is how I am with my teammates. I don't want them to ever think I don't care about them, or how I'm not in it. And, you know, you can say whatever you want about me, besides that, but I always dedicate anything I can to them. And I don't want that to every question. I think I said that it felt like sometimes you were holding up somewhere watching film, you texted me, and I was like, hey, you missed this, or you want to pick that? Well, like the first day, he was batting all of Russ's passes, so I had to let him know. You know, you got to take advantage of that. You got to make sure guys are, you know, know that you still care, and you still want to be a part of this.

4:03:33You know, just watch and practice. There's a couple of little things we're doing different, whether I'm communicating with Dumbar or other people. You know, so here. I'm also talking with him, and you get him pointed through the off season just to the cost of communication. How do you see him grow as a person, you know, and far as how he's approaching things, and how he getting ready for this season versus his rookie? You know, I think the thing with Kiano is he's more comfortable, you know. It's not his first time around the track. It's actually like he can, you know, catch his feet under him. You know, I always think when you're in your rookie season, you're going from bowl game. I don't even know what's going to play in a bowl game. Sorry with Scott's eye, I don't even know, but, you know, personally, I just think when you go from bowl game to training for the combine, to, you know, rookie minicamp, OTAs, the, you know, minicamp, I mean, the training camp, the regular season, you really don't get a time to really catch yourself. You know, he understands the playbook now.

4:04:33He can be more vocal, you know, and I think with my absence, and other guys' absence, you know, you need guys like that to step up and be ready for those opportunities. What do you, they're the surgery you had? You know, it's the same you had during the season. It was a more thorough one. Just tightened down everything. You know, my left side, because I was overcompensating a little bit. But, you know, it was, it wasn't anything that lingers, you know. I'll say this, a groin's not like an ACO. It's not like anything's ever going to get affected again. You know, you know, feeling good, able to do everything, squat and heavy, with power and speed. So, you know, it feels good to get after a gun. What do you think of what the team was able to accomplish? It's not a feat in terms of bringing guys like Russ and the thing that they're ending. You know, I think they're all good acquisitions, but, you know, you never want to be known as a paper champ. So, you can't win the off season. I think the work gets done out here on the field. It's done in the classroom.

4:05:34It gets done training, you know, and then you see where you're at in the training camp and then you build on that. You know, I think we got the right guys in the building. It's just about putting a complete team on the field. Can't have difficulties in separating the business part of the game and the actual football team. Oh, you know, you always want to, you always have to treat it like a business. Because, you know, one day it's going to end. And that's a good job. It's not like in college where, you know, you got four years guarantee. Well, now you don't even know what the NIL knows, but it's transfer portal, portal. But, you know, you have to, I still have love for this game and I still work my tail off and I still put everything into it. And that's not going to change. But you have to know what you bring to the team and what your value is. Can't be able to be able to be out there with your teammates today, am I, shall we?

4:06:35Great, you know, we got a new training staff and still learning the warm up. A little different. But, you know, I loved it. You know, just getting after it. Learning new guys, going through the same drills I've been doing by myself. I actually like having more people around because like, kind of go stir crazy when it's just you and another guy you're like, damn, I gotta go back up for another rep already. And so, you know, it's nice to be up here and get a chance to be with my guys. Can we confident that we'll get down to the chair motion? Oh, I'm going to try to remain pretty neutral because I want to be to either way. All I know is I want to be here, but we'll see what happens. It's my last year here. I've had a great career here, but I look forward to playing next year. What that second surgery you said at this time was on the left side,

4:07:36was the first time around on the right side? Right side during the season, left side. And that was just tightening down my core muscle. It wasn't the same as my ad doctor. You know, you can ask Dr. Bradley, Dr. Zuckerbron, who did the surgery as well. If anything, it's going to help me and make me a lot stronger from here on up. Can you say you were training with another guy who have you come to mind? Tyson, I've been training with him for the last eight years. We've always trained together. We've got a trainer up north, Cheryl Coheley, who's my guy. He trained a Heath Miller, Brett Kiesel, multitudin guys that I'll respect. And we've just been getting after him. Can you say very few guys historically, 35, they paid big contract? Do you think that's held against you? I think there's not a lot of history behind it. But, you know, for me, I look as, I'm not looking to be like anybody else.

4:08:39You know, my game is different from everybody else in the sleep. You know, I like to think, you know, I can play the run in the pass. And that's where I'm different. You know, I remember last year, Mike T. you just brought to my attention. You know, the thing that's really cool is you watch powerlifters. And, you know, my game's built on power and technique. And those guys go into the 40s. And so, you know, that's what kind of research I'm doing behind the scenes. But, you know, we'll see what happens. There's not a lot of history, but I'm here to make history. And I'm here to, you know, win another Super Bowl of Air and, you know, have a great season. Do you have a set goal for yourself or how many years you want to play in the NFL? Or do you just take things here right here? You know, it was tough answering that question right after the season. I will say this guys, I can't keep answering that question right after the season. That is not fair to the season that's not fair to my family. You know, but in my mind, I got three years.

4:09:41And I want to maximize them. I want to play at a high level. And I want to go deep into playoffs. And, you know, we got a good team. And I'm going to do my part to be ready for all those situations. You've been playing on the practice team when you were in fourth-telecharge or is it possible that you might hold in and force the issue? I have not even thought that far. I've taken a day. Okay. You know, I told my agent and we talked about it. We were cool coming out here. I'll be here for many. And then I'll be there for training. I don't know what the work entails, but when we get there, we'll cross that bridge. Why would a guy for you work? For a few more. Remain a steel worker who used for years. You know, there was a conversation between me, Omar and Mike T. And there are certain guys that are at One Helmet guys. I want to be one of those One Helmet guys. And, you know, there's a hunger and desire there.

4:10:43But it doesn't mean just hanging it up and calling it a career. To me, I think, you know, I got more bullets to fire. And, you know, I'm excited to do that. What's the meaning of the last one? The new in-rosal loads are going to be out there with welterman. What's paid men to be your pet shop? I saw Russ as, on social media. But I have an idea to see it. I like the surprise happens when it happens. But, you know, it's cool to have another welterpayment man here, winner. You know, I think it's an honor to be there. And I'll say one thing. I won't be here. I'm just telling you guys so it's not a big deal. I won't be here because I have to do a welterpayment man here thing on Thursday. So it's not like I'm skipping. So, all right. But, you know, it's an honor to be with Russ. And, you know, it's an honor of doing things in the community. Doing great work. And, you know, the cool thing is, as much as we get honored and nominated for these things,

4:11:47the work doesn't stop. And I can see that with Russ' foundation, you know, we had an event for our foundation. And my mom was quick to tell Russ, hey, we need the partners around. It's like, mom, let's just enjoy the event. But, you know, it's really cool to be a part of a lead group. All right. Thank you. Thank you. Oh, it's been good. I mean, just trying to, it's just a different way of play, different terminology, different, it's a whole different scheme. So just learning how they want things done compared to how you used to do things is really the... So, like being in that tight-knit room, everybody's got that with skills and things. Everybody's different, but you all do some of the same things. Yeah, no, it's a great room. A lot of really good guys have grown really close with a lot of those guys. So, everybody helps each other, a really nice learner from Dalton, breadin' those guys. Dalton's done it for a really long time, so he helps me a lot with things that really aren't coachable things, you know what I mean? I mentioned how the family is beginning, but what about working out here at this high school?

4:12:48Are you still in Ohio that you got to feel good and... I don't know if your high school is like this, man, they can't feel the focus, but it's a different name. I went to Lexington, how it's about the eighth of the size of this place. Yeah, this is not like my high school, but this is a healthy place. But it's super cool to be home and just be back and give you a little sense of comfort, I guess, for me, especially being my way for as long as I've been. So, I was a man in the kind of war around the city, and you've been there. Have you seen a bunch of black-eyed fans that have wanted to get your autographs and take a picture of you coming here? I don't get... I don't go out of the hole. I actually went home yesterday. I went back to the farm for a little bit, which was great for a couple of days. He did all my family and stuff and see my grandparents and everything, so it was good. But I really haven't been out enough to know, so I try and keep her inside. It's good, that's good. Yeah. Do you think it would talk a lot about... What do you think of your play and I really showcased it so far? Oh, that's a good question. I don't think that's... For me, I'm just trying to give. I mean, every time I think you can play this game for 50 years,

4:13:49there's always going to be something you leave the field with. Like, God, I wish I would have been better in that area. I wish I would have been better in some other... You know what I mean? Like, it's never going to be... This is absolutely perfect. So, like, to me, that's... Right now, the hardest part of this is just mental toughness of it all. I mean, physical toughness, I mean, you either have it or you don't, in my opinion. So, I mean, I've always felt like I was kind of bred in that area with things, and that's just kind of way happens naturally. So just play after the play, that's kind of how we roll it. Okay. Thank you, good job. Thank you guys. We are now. We're going to get you on the boat. I mean, immensely, I mean, KLAB makes a lot of checks. Latham makes a lot of checks. I listen to them. Whatever they need, if I need to cover somebody out, I will cover anybody. If they need me to do run support, I'll do run support. And it's really what KLAB does, what we do, and Latham. It just goes back to the Coach G's preparation, and everyone's preparation to give us more flexibility and it doesn't matter who's in those positions, and we can all play every position, whether it's covering somebody or running, and tackling. Did you feel like that was the case before the Oregon game? You're saying what I'm saying? I mean, is it something that's been added?

4:14:50It just, you know, rely on a little bit more. Go ahead. Yeah, it did. I've probably been a Brasco game, a meaghan and more safety reps, and we had a five week to prepare, so I really learned to play, but a lot more, even though I knew the playbook, I learned a lot more, like in debt, you know, so really just after the Oregon game, it helped me a lot to go back to safety, go to NICU, everywhere. Dan, what are you guys doing? You guys had a lot of issues of giving up big plays in the passing game of the first game against Oregon. What do you feel you guys need to be better this time around, so make sure that doesn't happen? Just the same mindset. We got to challenge these receivers. You know, every dog has their day. Maybe some people didn't have their day, that game, but we'll look out there and hopefully change the narrative, and we still play with the same confidence, same technique, and, yeah. Bill, we're middle-ish. What about this match? And Denzel obviously had a tough game,

4:15:51and that one. What have you seen from him and how he's responded? Do you get a sense of from him, how pumped he is for this rematch? Yeah, he's super stoked for this rematch. His preparation has been very good. He's always been preparing, you know, it didn't go the way he wanted to go that game, but he just always had his confidence, and we're going to see a big game out of him this week. And, you know, I know you guys wanted to play them in anapolis, but the fact that you get to play them at the Rose Bowl, I mean, get a second chance, and people have said, you don't get that very often. How determined are you guys to take advantage of it? We're super, super determined. We watched film. I mean, we've watched a lot of film. The first time we played them, now we've got another six games that they played up film to watch. And it's just, they've grown a lot as a team. Same as us. We've grown a lot. We're not the same team. We were when we played them week one, or weeks six or whatever. But now we're out there and going to play fast, physical, and everything like that. All right, Jordan, we're going to jump to the Zoom question here

4:16:53from Joey Coffin. Columbus, this match. Oh, my bad. Not too Joey. Can we T-Growinson? The athletic. Hey, Jordan, you've moved around a lot in the second A in your career and now kind of getting some many more safety reps. What is it like at this point when Walt or Coach Mills comes to you and asks you to do something else? And just how much can you lean on the experiences you've had and moving around when you're trying to learn something new in the middle of the season? It means a lot. We always talk about, and this is if it's being on selfish. Whether that's making plays or not making plays, or doing your job so another person can make plays. That's kind of what we pride ourselves on. And it's just fun, me moving around different positions. I'm always up for a new challenge. And a lot of people in the country can't do that. I just hold myself to that standard where I can play any position and excel at it. Okay, and anybody else need to question? Let me know, but otherwise we're going to go to Austin more of the podcast.

4:17:55Jordan, when you were talking about watching film Oregon, which one do you think is more valuable to you watching that against yourself, seven games ago, even if you've changed, or the ensuing six games for Oregon, which one do you put more stock in? Kind of both. For me, I kind of watched what I did, things I did well, things I didn't do too well against them. And their team, that life, their scheme has changed. Some players have been out those stretch of games. So I really watched the past game we played, and I know they're going to go back to some of the stuff that they liked, of course. And different games like Penn State, maybe Illinois, they're running a lot of men, so just watching stuff like that. Every game matters. So, yeah. Jordan, thank you very much. Thank you. Shoot myself the foot I had on a hand in the run game, how I had in the passing game, and really just stop getting it on my way. It's a CJ, first couple of weeks. It looks like you've been having more comfortable with off-script plays

4:18:57and taking more risks, which you're saying, is there something that's overdubbed this year for you? I mean, yes and no. I don't choose a run. I run when I have to. I feel like I am agile and I can't get out, but I definitely try to read the defense to get my guys the ball, because they're usually open every time. So it's just up to the pocket. And navigate and try to make my line arrive also. If I have to extend the play. CJ, you guys started going to last year and now you two know how much different the things feel this year and now you've had the whole season after your belt, would it be learned, where do you feel like you guys are going to win? Oh, it's too, oh, it's a lot worse than two, no. So, you know, I'm definitely grateful, definitely, you know, blessed we playing this great game. But, you know, it's definitely a lot of things we can clean up. I think around the league, you can see that, though, you know what I mean? A lot of sloppy ball, you know, some teams playing better than others, but I definitely know that, you know, section 4 was not what we put on the field today,

4:19:58but, you know, at least in the second half, and would definitely be better for sure. You and Nico connected on a couple of scrambled drill style plays. Is that something you guys work on actively? Is that a focus of yours? No, it's just two guys out there making plays. You know, we have a drill that we do at practice to, you know, it does help those things. But, you know, China just be two guys, be dynamic players. You guys think you're rolling, you're falling in that way, kind of mind-mouthed, so it's good to speak. Yeah, for sure. I think, I mean, Nico, we've always had a good relationship and always, you know, you're at each other well on the field, but I think even now, you know, we'll take the next steps. And you can see, you know, Steph getting involved more, Tank getting involved, Dalton, Brev, we're just trying to spread it around, you know, and we have so many dynamic players. So, you know, it's a good problem to have. You know, obviously, you know, all two are better than things in that nature. How do you balance, you guys have to win, but you said you like to put on Texans football. How do you kind of balance one of the correct order mistakes,

4:20:59but while also, you know, celebrating the win that you guys just had today? It's football. It's hard to win the NFL. I'm happy. Of course, I'm not satisfied. I'll never be satisfied. There's always things that you can point out. We're not going to let one half of football make us put our head, and we're going to stay confident, we're going to stay taking shots, we're going to stay, you know, betting on us. So, I definitely, you know, understand, you know, we need to be better, but, you know, like you said, winning is number one. So, we won, and now it's time to move on and get better. Can you tell a little bit about what Payne has meant to the team over these past two weeks? And as a quarterback, as an offense, does having a kicker that can hit from long range like that consistency, if you guys have a little bit of extra confidence, you know, once you get over 50, you got that? Yeah, any guys in his veins, man, I'm super happy and proud of him. And he broke a record today or something like that. So, you know, we definitely need him, you know, all points are big points.

4:21:59And I definitely think like the preparation and just who he is at practice, you know, you can, you know that he's going to knock it down just because how hard he is on himself there in practice. And, you know, it was a great job, I especially teams today blocking it. Also, you know, point, Tommy doing his job as well. So, you know, it takes three phases for water and for water. See that you missed it. All right, here's a little get those numbers. I promised it was not long. 4602, now through 17, career games. Remember, it's the couple a year ago due to that concussion. So, reaches his full quote unquote first season at least from a game standpoint here in week two of year two. Trout, when we're looking up at a few.

4:23:07It's different for me. I'm really like a ball player type of guy. Not very, not the most outgoing and vocal but we're not talking, I realize that people listen. So, just taking more of that type of aspect into my game and just, you know, making me more complete as a football player. I'm willing to do something. How have you seen maybe change a little bit with Coach Hardline in a bit different role? Maybe whether it be other coaches, coach Jordan or players stepping up to have a good time with me. I want to say a change much. He's still a super involved. He always tries to stay engaged with us guys. I mean, he's the OC now and he's more skimmed, schematically now, but he's still keeping that relationship strong with us. It's still really in there with the Cibacore and then shout out to Coach Jordan as long. Stepping up, taking a big little Coach Jordan as well. He's a huge factor in our learning since I've been here. So it's a big cross-exercise in everything. How do you feel like this spring's gone for you? Obviously you've done this now for just what have you taken from us?

4:24:07It's been a long time, so I'm so. It's certainly comfortable, super confident in my ability to do what I do. Just building that trust with my quarterback just pretty much what I came in when I do. Just let them know that they got it. They got to revive me off the number third, changing next time I'm just on the field. I was just establishing that, showing you, like I said earlier, to show my young guys a foundation, I was in for what to come in and do and what's the expectation. It wasn't. I'll give you a real value last year. What he did caught me. Yeah, obviously trusted you in a certain extent. How long have you felt yourself building that trust in thinking of Jordan? I think it's been good. Just being more vocal with them guys as well. Me and Will are very vocal, even in practice a lot of times. Just things they go my way in the game, but even in practice a lot. Yeah, I'm very comfortable with Will. More vocal guys. Working in that oboe quarterback's now and they're doing a better job. Just blowing to the ceiling. Taking our feedback, not for its criticism, but just because we love it.

4:25:07That's really what it's up to. Just doing that and just keep growing on that all the way to far and all the way to the first game in this station. You are doing some more outside for two years, top as well. The more years you get under your belt, the more experience you get. You start knowing this offense more and more and not just your position or what you're doing, but like everybody's what you're doing, how you're doing, and why you're doing it. So I mean, yeah, I've been rapping outside ZXH. Anywhere Coach Hunter on me is me that James really be that guy and go make a play on it. What's the biggest difference for you between outside and outside? The pace. The route concept you can kind of get, the pace you can play within the slides more for next game and the slide. Something I got very comfortable with. Just the ways you get to take the defense, I think. Just you know, conceptually and also just, you're placed down. But I mean, just doing both and just making me a better guy for the NFL. And that's what Coach Hunter on me is. I'm producing on the NFL talent and producing on the NFL guys.

4:26:09I'm feeling very comfortable with that. You can have a different mindset as a slide receiver because of what's going on in the NFL. Absolutely. I think it's more thinking. I think it's more of a, you have to have understanding of the game a lot. And the slide you've got to have a feel, you've got to have, this is natural. I feel like it's more natural position. And on the outside it's just more, you know, get different things and see different coverage and see more. You see different player types of corners and nickel bats and safeties more in the slide. So just seeing how you can attack, knowing a person now and how you can attack certain people, is I say the biggest difference. Do you have that more courage? Do you have that more courage in the slide? Oh, yeah, absolutely. It's basically like being myself in the slide faster. My skinnier guy, the one who put hands on it, want to get physical with you, but you just got to match that and just let them know that you there too. So you was in a balanced question, whatever gets you on to, regardless inside outside. I'm just wanting to make plays and show one one of the best for sure, that's what you see in America. So that's in the outside, that's in the inside. Whatever coach online in this team needs me help us land in the show more than the best for sure,

4:27:11that's what you see in America. Thank you, sir. At that time, you go back to zero, zero. The score, they scored a thing in a half. We knew they got the ball back. The defense wasn't quite happy that they gave that touchdown at the end. And we knew they get in the ball back coming out, but we was excited because we knew the job wasn't doing it. Bill Rebellion, call out to Stisbash. You were a five star guy, and that coming out, all these guys in the room almost were five star guys. And then there's Jeremiah. Does he like all you guys in the room? I mean, I'm not sure it's probably something you got to ask him, but Jeremiah has played with a lot of great guys throughout his career. He's seen a lot of talent you can see in the world, but I don't know if he's ever in all, but I mean... Oh, and I, oh, yeah. I mean, I'm not surprised at anything he does now. Like, I've seen him just out. We were nine years old, so anything he does, any one hand catch, I've seen...

4:28:13I'm not surprised at anything he does. When he was nine, do you know this is not a... this is something special we've been met at any of the nine? Oh, yeah. I mean, coaches were coming up to us complaining that we were... We were nine years old, like, can we get their IDs and stuff like that? So, I mean, I mean, there's definitely some footage that we got to go find, but the place we used to make when we were younger and just to see where he is now is amazing. And it seems very unaffected by all of the starter. Yeah. How did that happen? I think how he was raised. He's very level-headed. He knows his goals and what he wants to get done in life. And this is just one step of the way for him. Can I throw a back to Texas for a couple of questions on Zoom, Scotty? Yes, sir. We're going to start with Defond from Clemen.com. Go ahead. Brandon, I want to go back to what you were talking about with Coach Day earlier. You know, whenever he talks about this team's success, he says,

4:29:13all the credit goes through players. It seems like the players think that he deserves some of the credit. How big? How influential has he been during the turnaround you guys have had these last few weeks? He's been a huge man. Coming here after that team of Northwest, he knows heart breaking, of course. But we came in here. We had a leadership meeting. He was in here, I mean. And then we had a team meeting after that. Hearing the stuff he had to say and we had to say going back and forth, we just we knew we we have his back no matter what. I mean, there's a lot of stuff said about him and his family and stuff like that. But here we're brotherhood and we're family and we just we go stand by him no matter what. Our next question is going to come from Dan Hope Dan go ahead. Brandon, I mean, I'm sure you came in here to Ohio State thinking you'd probably be starting here in your second year. But it seems like you really embraced the growth process. Just what's kind of that process that like for you kind of embracing your role this season and continuing to develop?

4:30:14Yeah. In life, things doesn't go the way you exactly planted to and that just happened. You know, things happened to Mecca last year that allowed him to come back and that allowed me to learn more. And that's just how I see it makes me a better football player for the future. So yeah, I mean, yeah, that's it. Three more on zoom. Next one's going to come from Stefan Means. Go ahead. I'm steaming, but I'm sorry. Yeah, you're good. Brandon, there are a lot of clips of you this year where you're super, super excited after a block. And kind of showing your emotion there. What about blocking do you love so much as a receiver? Just being able to hit another guy with all my power. It's hard as I can without any consequences. Except if you hold, of course, but yeah, just bringing that power.

4:31:17I mean, I heard some of the defensive guys telling me yesterday they were like, bro, I hate to go against you. So knowing that from the defensive guys. So I know what the other defense guys are thinking like just keep bringing it to them. They're not going to like it for four quarters. That's my mindset. Next question is going to come from Danny Davis. Danny go ahead. Brandon, what are your impressions of these Texas defensive backs? And this kind of we've seen from them on on film. So far. Yeah, the last couple days we watched them. They're fast team. They don't give up many big plays down field. They're aggressive, but I actually know some of the DBs they have at corner there. I play with them. Well, I played with Malik Muhammad at SFE. So I might know him a little bit. And we have a watching them. They're fast team. They're physical. They're disciplined. But we just got to get the job. Give any Malik stories or any.

4:32:19You remember about playing with them? Yeah, but I'm not going to say them here. Yeah, what's this keep that? Our final question is going to come from Kurt Bulls. Kurt, go ahead. Hey, Brandon. One of the issues Texas has had the second half of the year is finishing. And what if you can speak to and they had a trouble obviously in the peach bowl. Blue was 16 point league. Can you talk about finishing and having a killer instinct? And you guys obviously seem to have that now. Yeah, I think that started in offseason training at Fall camp. We always say go plus two. If you're doing a 10 yard pro shuttle, you have to go plus two throughout the line. And that's just finishing as well. And then fall camp. We had these long two and a half hour practice. And then we came out and we had to do these finishers. We called them ask for games waiting a year like this.

4:33:19And we, I think Coach Day has a great job preparing all of us for these moments. And yeah, we just were ready to go. We have time for just a couple more questions and clumpets so we can wrap up with our other two guys. Bill Landis, Kings of the North. Brandon, maybe on the second touchdown run. It seemed like you took two players out of the play first with your release. And then with the guy you actually blocked. Is that how it's designed? Or was it just lucky to get the guy decided to take off inside of the release? It's actually designed for me to block the safety and lead the corner one on one with the running back. But I was surprised the corner actually came in so far in my lease. I think he thought it was a pass. But I think he was the edge of the defense. If you go watch that play, but I don't know why he came in so far. But it helped out for us. And I made my block and turned it off score. Are there any lessons there for like, even a young receiver watching that? Even if you know him a play, you're not getting the ball.

4:34:21You're intended to block. But you release has to be at all point as if you're going to go pitch pass. Yeah, definitely. Every little detail matters and then type of plays. We were in a red zone there. We are. So the block I made is just a testament to Kyle coach hardlines prep me throughout the week to make that block. And final question. Joy Conference, Columbus this back. And it will and then. It's been some of the ball deep well lately. Especially the way you guys have opened games. What do you think is this clip for you guys and for him and watching those buzz a lot more confidence. And I think that's the year. We were always there as offense. We had we didn't know we didn't quite know our identity. And now slowly but surely I think we found that. And we're going to keep on rolling. And he's made some great throws and. Yeah. I'm sorry. Brandon, I do have one more. Steve, that one. You do the 21st out of sport. Brandon, there've been opportunities for you to play a huge role on offense.

4:35:23And you know, the number plays you play in game can differ from one week to the next. But the opportunity is coming sooner rather than later for you to be in every down player. Just one of the things you need to do in your game to take it from where it is now to be in every down guy. I think there's a lot of things I could work on in my game. I would say continuing to be football smart by IQ. Just knowing what the defense is going to do before they do it. My routes always can get better. My hands always can get better staying in the jug machine. Work ethic, keep on top of it. Don't get satisfied with anything I do. And don't get too big. Don't get too low. Don't get too high. Don't get too low. That's what they say. You feel like a guy that the people follow, it seems like. Just in your mind, even the second you're guy that you're kind of working toward being kind of a leadership type guy. Yeah. I got to have guys that will take that role. Yeah. It's a great feeling, of course.

4:36:24The no guys are watching what you do and listening to what you do. But I just feel like we do that with a lot of players here and not just myself. But the leadership we have on this team is like no other. And that's why we got so far, I think. Brandon, thank you very much. Not knowing anything but to go hard and put his head down. I'm super, super proud of Will. And I think we can't feed off each other. He was a lowly or under recruited guy out of high school. So they always know this is to go hard and what that looks like. So I'm proud of him. What do you think Max is better at? Absolutely. A lot of skill. I mean, the guy, he fits the room, personality wise. Johnny will tell you that. He's fun to be around. He's an outstanding ground runner. And he wants to get better. He's hungry. So he's a great addition. We've got a lot of people from the outside. We've seen a new guy come to the end. You guys have two or five guys who feel like they can get reps to you. And maybe some people want to talk to you guys a week. Why would you guys say, why is this group so deep and steady

4:37:24even though you guys probably are another guy? Yeah, I mean, I think it's just a testament to how strong his brotherhood is. When Coach told us that we were bringing him in the bag, I thought it was a great opportunity for me to like, I can worship stuff and he's a great player. And I already have the visual ourselves and me and Will. I think now we have something really good guys in the room. We just say fresh. It was a lot of fun there and ultimately become the best players we can be. I think it was a late time. We saw that. Yeah, I saw that. Like take him. I'm not sure you're not watching for these offense, but you guys are getting ready. But how quick did you kind of realize that this guy's legit? You see the numbers, you see the number one, you realize that this guy is real good. What I bet on the first day, he was a class act. And for me, I think character is a big thing. I had a really medical football player. He doesn't have good characters. And I bet on the first day I knew that he was a hard worker. He came in here just grinding and then you know, it's showing right now in the field. It's going great. Do you have to do physical training to get better at these surface?

4:38:25Yeah, top time. Yeah, I mean, I'm not really focused on specific areas. I always say I want to become a more polished outrunner and to get better at vlogging and to get better at the past rotation. But I'm so real I'm just working on everything, man, hopefully. You know, going home this together. I think I have a really good year. Does it feel good to have the only touchdown catch from one of the quarterbacks around the game? Yeah, I do. Yeah, that was cool. I was a cool man with that within. How's that been working with Jordan and Lincoln? You guys were some close in the world. Yeah, it's great. I remember when Lincoln first got here, I was dragging him out to the fields, throwing with me. So, me and Lincoln go way back. I'm 41st got here. I love Julian. And even Tavy is coming in and he's impressed me. So, there's been a lot of talk. You know about the quarterback, the assistant and the leadership that Coach is going to see. I mean, how are you seeing those three guys having a marriage? You know, eyes leaders and is it at world?

4:39:25Yeah, I think they at first weren't nowhere near as vocal as Will was. We'll go here, but I think they're really stepping up in that role. And we're with the truly good sleep. All right, thank you. Awesome, thanks guys. Thanks a lot. I mean, just how I was raised, I just know how to work. That's all I had to do. Just give an effort and just going east out of there. I want to say this with full respect. When we see JJ and Sonny, it's like, that makes sense. When you're the third guy, were you surprised to be named? What puts you in that same category? Yeah, I was a little surprised. I kind of have feeling because I kind of like, I mean, I kind of could have guessed it. But I just knew that I was one of my goal to talk to him behind Buckeye, and I just couldn't work as an actor. So what did you get in that was, what did you mean? How did you take that? It was really special right after I took some parents. They really knew what it meant until the video came out and the coach made the plan into it.

4:40:27So then I have to wait until they get the parents to come. I was really surprised. It was playing football, not then right now in games. Did you think you'd tell the difficulties of going back and forth? Not just like we were learning them, but actually having to play both of those five. Yeah, it's pretty difficult. Especially dirt and game, you have to put the whole mind around. It's a lot easier in practice because it's like getting like several down, but like going left and right in the game. It's pretty hard, but like in high school, it was every other player I was in back football with the triple out. So I knew it. I was comfortable with it. And sometimes I just take it, but I'm walking to the line to my scrims. I had like, say it to be the same playing in it. Again, I'm more time to get into my head. I can bring into practice with a great, kind of fun with your home. I can bring you to my home. You set me by tag. I can tell you how it's like. You set me by tag. I can tell you how it's like. You set me by tag. You set me by tag. Yeah, so like, I got to set the example.

4:41:27And then like my first two weeks here, I was like teaching them. I don't know what they're expecting these players because I've seen some new players for them. And even the defense, like, I like technique two, three times, I keep the same technique. But just helping them out, they're being able to practice. What's your like, when did you idea of playing back what kind of kind of battle they do? About like, rap, the team members, the coach of bowling games, what kind of win they had a battle like that? It came close to springtime. They wanted to have, they just wanted to have a good fight out there and they don't play the best. So they just didn't get the chance. What's the option to play this one? They're awesome. They're great. A lot of eyes, it's awesome because everyone's watching something. It's not like someone's only watching this place, so you know what's going on. I got to feedback to see it. I got to play after the practice. All three off, you're all five. It's awesome. They tell you like everything because they know what's left side ahead with coach Johnson and coach Dickie's watching left and coach them.

4:42:28The one who feels the right from right. You know what's going on, it's funny experience that you got the big reps in the big games, all that helps. It really boosted my confidence. And I can lead the young guys too because I know what's going on. Because I really don't really miss this first time spring. So I like to do my stuff. Just that leadership of them. Resetility has also been mentioned a lot. It's been a lot of both sides of the ball playing in different spots. Can you elaborate on that? Yeah. This... Yeah, I can beat that question one more time. Can you start about the versatility that coach Jason's talking a lot about that up, as well? You guys in different spots being able to win? Yeah, so like, you all see it in last year. We lost two stars, all-maving stars. So I really got to be stepped up and going to season. I didn't know I was going to be playing a start left guard. And I didn't really know I was going to be bounced over the right. And what a Donnie knew is I'm bounced out to tackle. So it really helps everyone.

4:43:29I think a lot of guys this season are playing multiple positions. It's going to help us in football. But if you learn from Donnie and Jogger, you're all set. Just like technique wise, they really helped me like, pretty snap stuff. And my... No one was like, what's going to... What's your guys? I can play for myself this season. Thank you. Thank you. That's only going to motivate him more. So it's fuel to the fire, which I think is good for us having into this week. What was the first moment that you saw in the Tellas? This could be something. I would say probably just his mindset. Not even obviously he's a freak when it comes to his body and stuff like that. Just his physical nature. But I think just as mindset the way he approached the weight room, it didn't really seem like a way of freshman would. And he was our only freshman ever to receive an Iron Buck I reward, which is something I was pushing towards my entire time being here. But it takes another level of due to be able to receive that reward,

4:44:30especially as a freshman. So that's kind of what I knew. Steve, it means more on that. When you and Mara first got here, Garrett and Chris were adamant about the way that you guys even as freshmen were pushing two guys who were about to be first round ground picks. And then Mara kind of said the same thing about Carnail and Brandon last year. How did JJ push you guys when he first got here as the young guy and now you guys are the older guys? Yeah, I would say it's very similar. It's kind of the same exact thing. I don't know what it is about the coach and his own mistakes, but we keep bringing in these type of people you're in and you're out. That's what makes our room so great. But I think that something that JJ was able to push me in was just, he was able to push me in my leadership. I needed to grow in that aspect, but he also was able to challenge me when it came to the weight room and on the field. Because we were always paired together when it came to summer and when our workouts were always lifting together. I get a couple of wins, he get a couple of wins. So it was really that next level step of competitiveness that I needed and that edge that I needed.

4:45:34That Murphy 2474? You guys came into the Tennessee game with a lot of outside motivation with Michigan loss and kind of the three weeks of the talk. I know obviously there's still that motivation to go on and win a national championship, but how do you keep that kind of edge to lack of a better term mentally after that? Some of that stuff has kind of gone away probably the big one. I would say, kind of if you lose your edge, I wouldn't really call you a true competitor. I think that, you know, the way with the college football playoffs is structured, the intensity cranks every single week. So if you're not more intense than you were the last week, then something's wrong with you. I think that Tennessee was a great win, great for our momentum, but we have our full focus on Oregon, not worrying about anything in the past, nothing in the future, our full focus is the source of this game. And then, you know, we win this one, we go on to the next one, our full focus is going to be on that one. So it's just you can move it down a ladder like this. Step on Crackstake, please go to the dot com. Mike, there's been a lot of change in college football in the playoffs, and they took that nature.

4:46:35But the way in some of you and some of your teammates and coaches talk about the Rose Bowl seems like that's one game that's really maintained a lot of that tradition. You play the net, you know, what it's about. Could you explain it to, you know, also, you would never have a chance to play that why the Rose Bowl has maintained, you know, that level of respect from players and coaches. Yeah, I think, I don't know, they're just something about it, something in the air down there in the past of Dana. It's just a beautiful venue, especially that time of the year. Like you said, the tradition is held year in and year out, and it's kind of the game you dream of playing in when you're a little kid, you know, playing backyard football with your friends. The Rose Bowl is always one that tends to come up, so just having a chance of playing it is definitely very surreal. And this is going to be my second time, so I'm going to do my best to take it all in while also being fully focused on Oregon. Dan, let me worry. The match will still have 90 minutes about that first game in Oregon. What kind of drive you seem to him this week wanting to get back at this one? Yeah, Will is, he's a laser focused person. He goes about his business. He's very loose and he's very calm and he's able to rally the team, but you can see it in his eyes that this game means everything to him.

4:47:40So every single practice, every single huddle, making sure we're sharp, making sure we have a better practice than we had last. Then yesterday, a better practice in Oregon is having so his full focus is on being this team. And, you know, obviously it's hard not to think about the stuff of the past, but I know he's laser focused on what we got coming up. Tony, you're going to be a buck, I have no. Matthew, when you're a kid playing backyard, you're going to be about to gain what team we're playing for. Honestly, I wasn't, I was never really a buck I fan until, you know, I really committed here and I saw what it was all about. I was actually an Oregon fan growing up, especially on the Pacific Northwest. You know, my grandpa went to UW and stuff like that. So I like the Huskies too, but there was a legendary football player named Foto Liatto from my high school and he went to Oregon. And a couple of you all probably know that story. So I'm a couple of years back, but he tragically died in the car accident. And, you know, he was, he was someone I looked up to in high school.

4:48:40You know, I was relatively close with him even though he was a bit older than me in age, but I'm just seeing what he did at my high school and then going on to play big time football out Oregon. That was a school that I really dreamed of going to. They've been like, on the back. I think that's another Germanic question that I asked you. Is there one moment, one play, one something that made you visco? Oh man, I've never seen it before. That's just incredible. Yeah, I'll say it's happened multiple times. There's not really one. I can pinpoint, but the more he does it, the more I tend to react less. So I would say probably my earliest memories of it were in spring ball. Kind of getting the first glimpse of him when he's making all these ridiculous catches and he still does it time and time again even now. But it's just more common now for me. The land is one that keeps the north. But you had, I think, was 12 touches in the first game against Oregon Thunder. So I'm just two carries. Is there something about this matchup that favors you? And now that you have, where that productive, the first time you played this team, what kind of attention?

4:49:44Or I guess maybe different defenses are you expecting to see? Yeah, I mean, we're not entirely sure what their game plan is going to be, but we're paired for everything. You know, I'm not going to get too much into scheme and stuff like that. But we know that if the ball comes our way, we've got to make those plays. So whether I have 10 receptions again coming up this game where I have zero or one, we're just looking to get this win on the road. Because it's really a road game for us, you know, flying across two times zones. So I think that, you know, it's going to be a great matchup. Whether they tend to focus on me more or not, it doesn't really matter to me because I know our team has a great plan regardless. That time for a couple more questions, especially over a letter, you guys ever surprised when the game ended? You can kind of feel it throughout the game, I would say. You know, he's a true competitor. He wants to get involved, but at the same time, he's super selfless. I mean, he's really humble. So he's going to do whatever it takes for the team to get a win. But it's the competitor nature and then that wants to, you know, contribute as much as he can. So, you know, I try to be in his ear to tell him to be level head and stuff like that.

4:50:46I'm not that I need to. He's a very level headed and selfless guy like I'm saying. But, you know, sometimes that's just how the game goes. You know, I had a game this year where I only had one catch. But, you know, we ended up winning by lot. So I think that, you know, it's hard or it's easy to be focused on the personal attributes that you could have gaming and game out. But no one's really going to remember those if we're holding up the trophy at the end of the year. He could be a number one. 95% of the ball off the ground. He's like number three. You see his work that they all say. You guys ever from the height of the like, yeah, this guy can absolutely be a number one. Those guys, the ball off the ground. I would disagree with you. I think that he is a number one. I think that we don't have a number three receiver. I think we have three number one receivers out there. So whatever the defense, you know, if they want to put their attention on one guy or a couple of us, they're not really doing their selves any favor because we're going to have a favor. We'll match up on the other side of the ball. So that's never how we view ourselves. We know we're alpha dogs out there every single one of us knows we have the capabilities of being a number one receiver.

4:51:49And we are number one receivers. And final question. Steve Hellwang, 24.4. Yeah, McAthien to that game. He made one of the clutch plays that passed down the sideline. At any time when you make that play, you think, did you ever, your mind that we're going to win this game after we're now close to field goal range? I mean, did that play in your mind, say, my goodness, we've got a chance to get out of here with the win. Yeah, I definitely knew where I caught the ball and I knew we were, you know, close to being a field goal range. So, you know, there was a sense of, you know, I knew I knew I knew was a big play that I made. But in those moments, you have to finish out the game no matter what. You can't get a big head. You can't get complacent. You have to finish the game until the clock hit zero. So that's something we've been working on. You know, we work on too many every single Wednesday. So today we'll work on our two minute and we don't even call it two minute. We call it clutch because in those times, in those games, in those big moments, someone has to make a clutch play. So we're focusing on that every single game, knowing that we're going to have to make one of those plays coming down the stretch here.

4:52:50What would it mean if you're able to finish this one off and get to the final four of this playoff? Just what in your mind, just, would this be, you know, just the ultimate, I suppose, to be a team that's already beaten earlier this year? No, I think the ultimate would be winning the national championship. So, you know, we're focused on this. This just happens to be the next team in the way. We're not focused on, when we played them earlier this year, whether they got the win over us. They're just a nameless, faceless opponent. So we're going out there fully prepared, not worried about what's happening in the past. You know, we played them before. We felt them out. So it's all about who got better from that point in time until now. I'm happy to thank you. Thank you. We're a little bit by committee in the back, back in on top returning. Brandon and this is there. Mech is there. We'll have a few guys back there we can use. You know, I think they'll see a couple of them there. But in terms of kickoff return, Jay and Boud will do the first kickoff. We'll go for that. Well, again, you know, it's coach speaks for a reason, but it's true.

4:54:10It's about our standard. And what is our standard? We want everybody to grade out over 80%. You heard us talk about that, champions. And that's that's a big part of it. And then be the hardest playing team in the country. So if it's truly not about our opponent, and we really embrace that, then it shouldn't happen. You know, we have to respect everybody we play against. We have to respect the game. We have to respect the fact that we only have 12 Saturdays in the regular season every year. I mean, these are precious opportunities. Probably work that goes in, you know, to think that, you know, a game would be under value. I mean, that's not even, not anybody's radar right now. You know, we have a certain standard that we have to play with. We want to come into this game and, you know, set the tone for the season. That's our goal. And then we come in on Sunday and figure out what's right. But every season is different. You know, this season is what it is. But that doesn't change our approach into the first game. Other than, you know, you just have a different group of guys out there. And I think with this group, we do have some experienced guys that have played a lot of football.

4:55:13We also have some guys who are excited to see on the field. You've got guys like Wil Howard and Caleb Downs and Quinchon Junkins. And we have some guys that we haven't seen. Wil Kazmerich. So I think we're all excited to see what those guys look like in a game and see how they gel with the team. I don't think anybody forgot about what a great player, Michael Bukes. But seeing them out there healthy is just so exciting and so energetic for our entire offense. It just is. I mean, he's a warrior. He's a great player. And so not only do people feel his play out there, but they also feel his maturity. He's been like that since he's got here though. Now, this is not one of those things we just matured with last couple years. He came in the grown man and he's continued to have an impact on the entire team.

4:56:16And nobody was more frustrated than him last year, not being able to be 100%. So it was great to see him elected a captain, especially with a lot of guys that could have been captain, but great to see him elected captain by his peers. And I know he's excited to be 100% going on Saturday and start the season up the right way. It's three days to the opening. I'm just one. You've heard of bios remorse. I'm one of the few having higher orders to be more set. But they're both chipcally. You know what I mean? It's three days that he's going to be calling the boys. Yes, I'm saying. Yeah. Right. Are you still getting used to that in your brain? I'm different. I'm excited. I'm excited. It's. I'm. Again, we got a long way to go. There's a lot of storms coming in and you know, nothing's going to be easy. It just isn't. It's just the way the game football is, but I do like the way the offensive staff is coming together. I like the way they're working together. Chip has been great with the staff. You know, he's he's got ideas. He's got a different perspective. Things are going to look a little different, but he's also embraced who we are as an offensive.

4:57:17What we do, I think Brian Hartline has been unbelievable just in the day to day. What he brings and Justin Frye and you know, he and Tim Dredd, though they've done a nice job working together. I keep him Bailey. I call this lock one. I mean, I think it's a good group together. I think we all work together. But you know, it's going to be a long road. So that chemistry is going to be very important. But on the defensive side again, I feel that same chemistry. I think you know, the staff is strong right now. And it has to be because you know, we're in for a long road here. Last question. Cameron T. Roberts. Dr. Hainton. I know you've come to law. You know, you've got to get it to the left out of the play. I just don't think I've been far camped. No, you want to get it to the right. I've given you that. You know, it's going to be very, very self-explanatory. You haven't come to the point. It does allow you to step back and just perceive things differently. You just notice things different. You're able to put your arm around some players and have a conversation with them. Much more involved in the special team, which has been exciting.

4:58:18And that allows me to coach some of the guys on defense. I think the guys feel that part of it. Being able to sit in on other meetings. It's been good even if you know, I don't have a lot of input just to be in the room and give a little feedback here and there. Even on the defensive side to say, you know, here's how the offense is approaching this. This is this is that perspective. So that's been great. A little bit more time than myself where I can get my thoughts together on how I want to message the team and areas that I want to make sure I'm challenging the staff with and the staff meetings. So I think all that's allowed me to do that, which, you know, and I think it's helped the team out. I think it's helped the culture out. I think the coaches feel good about that part of it, but the chip has been great. No, there's a lot of input from everybody on that staff together. I think that's what makes the chip a great coach is. He trusted staff and the guys that are around them, but he also is firmly believes in something coach. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Okay, I'm a good.

4:59:18I'm a good. I'm a good. Need to be leader in defense and a leader of the team. How about you, personally? How do you feel like you've been able to step up that little leader? Just being a share my experience. I think being an older guy. A lot of the other guys look up to the older guys. So just being able to do share my experience and do to teach younger guys the past of the wisdom that I have in this big, other place. So it must be a better leader. Let's talk to Larry Johnson about your experience. How did you feel that time? I think it applies to me just pretty much. Just because I don't like it. I'll talk to him as well. I just let my play do what he does. So I had to see him as well with how you feel. What is it about the Hamilton brothers that don't talk about the best they've left their play? You either talk to him. Where's that coming from? I think it just comes from just demeanor. Talking a lot, really mess up with someone on it. It takes me to be something like that. So being able to just hone in and be able to play. And then doing less talking, let's play, let's make you feel happy. We'll have a bigger impact on what you see. What's the best advice you ever got from your big brother?

5:00:18Older brother. I mean, I think. Yeah, basically pretty much just like saying this is joy the day. I mean, every day is not promised you know, it could be over in the end. So being able to take myself from the Twitter, there's no day in the join. Every single day in the matter how hard it is or pain I have to start. I'm here. These days are. I know I've actually this couple of times in the last couple of years. Why is it that you don't come on? Not in the late, but you all work. You're in a major. In the fact that you stand for getting on the field. Why is it you don't care? Came on the lake. I think you just got a lot of time to guys here. So I mean, it's hard to be on the field. But like it's hard to understand like being here all the time with great players. Sometimes it's hard to remember what it was. Just get a understanding to your time and stuff. So I got my time to be able to take a badge of the players. And I'm here. I'm just being able to fully understand and take time. Really take the edge. I just think I can say that you get a feel for like the sheen. It's being like the place to come. If you know what's coming up, you can't really.

5:01:20I can't participate in anything. I know what is coming. But you know what's going to happen. So honestly, like in general was obviously my first say. It was what did it just happen? So that was awesome. That obviously gave me the returning point to that. Just show the word that I can play. And then the one player in Wisconsin. He was like, we need to hear a good word. Play. It's about. You definitely, I feel like, I mean, that may be just me. But you definitely kind of nervous when you're getting ready for it. Once, you know, whistle is blown. You just locked in. You ride back in the practice, which would impact this. And then you can do the life. So you can go happy in the game. What are your thoughts on a screen game and a network? This is kind of wild. The way the game is going. So notice respect to any TV or something that I honestly I don't care.

5:02:24It's another practice we have as a team and I think I'm sure the rest of the team feels the same way. We don't care about the cameras. It's nice and flashy, but we're about to grind. We're about to practice and get ready to change the shift at the end of the season. And decided that you're sick of practice, student appreciation. What's that they like for you guys? They're going to talk to you. So it's great. I've seen familiar faces obviously. I mean, I don't get any pressure about it because it's just not. I'm not going to let it influence how I play or how I practice when you're talented. It's like the same way it is the way I have it. It's not here to go. It's played for the number one or one or two teams. How does this vibe in your audience? Here's taking eight, six years. I think so. I think I had that in the middle of it. I don't know what happened exactly, but I had a way for me.

5:03:25I found it in the hall. I think it's out into the underhand. What did that pamphled here? So after this first scholarship, you know, still Germany is working for the guy who is trying to bend and call you. That was really like the turning point. He was like, hey, here I'm playing. I had to figure something out. What you're thinking was that? And you might get a good high school in America. I know what mom feels about it. It's something like something. This is something you think this was possible. Go ahead. Did you buy it at first? At first I was like, how do you say English? Fabric Astrid? And I was honestly like, I was like, wow, is this real? It took me a couple of days to get the process and then I was like, I'm going to head whatever it takes. I went to America and I don't think my season there was a rest of history. Yeah, I just want to go back to this by doing it basically every place in boxing matches. Did you have to grow into that bringing the next history?

5:04:28I feel like I was at that age. I think I'm naturally like a nice guy and I'm closer to that feeling. It's a little bit. So I think you did a great job. I was just getting it out of me and we got the time. We had time to work with you now for two years and even through recruiting. So I think you did a great job. What was your main sport? Soccer. How good were you? I was pretty good. I was really good. I was getting recruited by a major team there when I was a young man. So it was a goalkeeper. So what got you interested in America football? You know, you kind of grow the sport at like 6'4 and like, you know, 250? Football is different in soccer. Soccer. I don't want to disrespect anybody here, but it's all that's softer. So it's because somebody made it far. Oh, far. I didn't like that because I got a lot of times on the fake. I didn't like the whole mentality. So I was adding something new. The same moment. Football came into my life. How did you come into your life? I lived in a small village, maybe 200 people, 400 people.

5:05:30There's one guy who was in high school, went to high school for home. He was in his favorite comfortable home. And he was with Ben in this one. So Ben called me the refugee guy. So he really got me into it. I lived right next to the soccer field. He was throwing the football. I was just playing soccer. And I was like, let me try that. That's how I came into it. I connected it to Ben and... Let me ask you off the wall. Your names. You know the reason behind that name or how you got your name? So it was kind of like my family was trying to figure out name for me. Something with me, just like my brother's name is David, my sister's name is Deborah. And my mom is just like, dating and something like that. And my dad, he's a caring religious guy. He was like, the same sort of woman. And I like you. He said, I'm not over it. I woke up in the middle of the night and he just said, hero. My mom was like, should I? I need to go online. You're going to name my son, hero. And it's kind of hard to go. When I usually, I feel like, you look at the baby first.

5:06:30I think your name, but it kind of came before. What do you think about it? I mean, I like it. It's not my only name, my little name is Chilimera Mokou. It's probably Chilimera Mokou. Chilimera Mokou. It's going. I'm the sexist, so something got it right down. Okay. Now, but I mean, it's not got me continued group for you. And I, you know, it's just the name of Chilimera. And I have that Chilimera Mokou. It's kind of, I'm really seeing my dad, my father, a group of it. Especially my arm, my hands, my ears, so many tools that you can do. So, you know, it's just, you know, that's what I'm doing. What about coming? You know, that one, you know, it's just coming off the bar. You know, it's being made with a great space. Make that penetration. And you know, to build off of that, you know, something that we lose, that we feel we can do. And this is kind of hard. And I think it's going to be a good thing to do. And I think it's going to be a good thing to do. There's so many different moves that you feel we can do. And this is kind of our release. It's not just like talent, but it's a God giving it, it's kind of giving it.

5:07:33The Saturday of the student appreciation, is it fun? The difference is, is it weird having the guy next to you in biology, a biology class, a lot of graph also. What's that life when you're kind of working out front of here? I think it's a great event that we're having. You know, you love our students. You know, just like on game days, you know, they come to watch us these shoes. You know, it's a discussion feeling. So it's just kind of getting that feeling again, like how it was going to see, how it will be for the spring game. You know, we just happy that day to become a watcher. And also you have the spring game coming up this year, it's on Fox. Is that, say anything about the brand of a high-status group? The call is starting up a crack. I mean, more of my practices on network television, we've been up for 20 years. Yeah, I'm saying definitely something going. That's until we're doing for a spring game. I've never heard of that before. You know, that's a big thing. That definitely serves the brand that we have here. You know, it's different than a lot of different schools in the country. By way, definitely, it's kind of a really kind of thing. And this definitely is special for us to have our children.

5:08:35What's your view on the live show? Think your life plays on the issue of the world? I'm saying through all my history, I kind of read out my head. You know, due to the process, you know, post-Jays, you probably over post-Jays. It has a really, kind of something that I might go into again. It's just a few facts. And you know, that's years when it's by, you know, things worked out. And he was right. How much every year have you had out of the world? I believe I can't live in error. To move 835, I'm at 305 now. It's definitely, to me, I don't throw out a different, you know, I may make a difference. To me, I feel like I'm moving way faster, quicker, more supposed to be. I ever was in my life. What is your problem? I have no idea. I know this is one of the long term things for sure. Jason, you know from your size in high school, and just being able to kind of use your size and kind of dominate.

5:09:35So learning how to use more size, I was working with a big mature institution. This is huge, ain't it? I feel like it's not just size, what's your video? That's one thing I realized, it's just a long time and it's kind of process. We want to get to learn more about it, got to be a jackson in that job. That's way different than anybody in high school. And it's more than just size that you have here, it's kind of just past them. It's more technique, knowing the plays, knowing who's around with everybody's doing. So I think it's way more than just size. It's kind of a looking one for it. Well, is there like a moment for you? I've got to learn it into the size. Is there a moment less your practice working in the sound of air or the carcasses and all those guys on the inside? Is there a moment you point to, I think that's what I like. I'll say, finally, how I feel through this evening, you know, we've been all those reps and practice without you. Number one is to start as everything. And you know, that's just kind of open my eyes. This is the real thing, this is kind of where everybody knows the real game.

5:10:37And I really have to adjust, I want to do that with you. I'm just going to do that help you, you know, on the scale of the defense. Right now, Coach James, I have a treatment with an ideal free-tech. You're gaining some bones here from other guys around the program, you know, the screen. How much do you think you can do for this? The scale team? Yeah, that helped me prepare for possibly that before you got any of the points. That helped me a lot. I feel like, without being on the scale team, I wouldn't be lying down in the order to learn it. I went to the audience, physical, and I went to the staff. I want to be for heaven now there, trying to keep doing what you can do. They helped me, you know, kind of just ready for myself, you know, the win. Whenever my time is, it's coming in with a jump. So we're talking to you and David and here on today. How important is it for you three young guys to step up on the interior of this year? It definitely important, man. You know, we have our, I talk for guys, you know, them counting came this, and little pie. What they can do, obviously, because of what the draft is past year, but they want to come back. You know, you need to do what you have to do.

5:11:39And I go to see the team up north on the championship. And you know, you can't do it just with them. You know, we need guys to come in, kind of get the themselves, where they need it. So they can be the best, you know, the feel. And it will actually be able to come in and help the team. You know, I've already needed to do what I do. What was your reaction when Ty League said he was coming back? I was happy. Now I was so excited to make any of that, you know. That's my guy. I've been talking to you. Being able to take another year, just a laugh, you know. You know, that's for me, that's the kind of thing that I've been talking about. So I think a lot of people see it as everybody on the team wants to be older, kind of league. You know, but why is that wrong? Why is that outlook going? I said, you want to win. You know, I feel like that's what everybody here is well. You know, I would not really worry about anything else though. I mean, you know, guys who come back and help us win, you know, that's all we care about. That's all we want. Jason, I think it was a day that said that you guys are going to have to play 25-30 snaps to game.

5:12:40So, to help Ty League and Ty League, you know, you know, there's 25-30 snaps to game. You kind of up for grabs. What does that do for you? Obviously, like you just said, you've got those guys at the top. They're probably going to play here for a 40-50 snaps. You know that there's pretty good chocolate for you. Hey, it's all good. I mean, besides just looking at whatever snaps are available, we just want to do whatever things come that's win. And this means, you know, taking those types of snaps, that's what we need to do. And come to terms with, we're going to do that and do it the best we can. I just take pride in when I step on the field every snap. I just want to be a leader in that space because I'm starting with all four special teams. So, I'm going to contribute in every single way there. Well, actually, I think every guy has to take pride in that. How do you see what you're doing on special teams that translates to when you get out there at Nekker? I mean, I would just kind of say like that relentless effort, special teams. It's a longer play. So, you go on deep until only 46 seconds. So, being able to have relentless effort on special teams, it translates when you go on a defense.

5:13:40I'm going to play with the players. It feels good to be out there with my brother. I know we got a couple snaps together. So, being on the field with him, I know my mom, then I'll try to get the little pictures. And they see us on the field together, but it's been great. What do you think of the way that he's played so far, Alain Bagger? I think he's playing decent so far, but he has to keep you in continue to improve. He's doing his job, but I want him to take it to the next level and be really be that best lineback in the country. How much do you guys do that with each other, kind of, particularly each other's games? I kind of ask him a lot more questions because he's in the interior. So, with the nickel and stuff, I have to be in the run pits. So, I'm still understanding that with some of our new calls and stuff like that. But I really learned a lot from him, but his big snouts were really my dad. I know his teaching a lot about the game. Do you still, do you still follow it over the new to those drivers? Oh, yeah, definitely, definitely. And the switch from the C-River's corner back, obviously was your choice. Was it a difficult position for you to make or was it like a squeeze-cage? I mean, it wasn't really difficult.

5:14:40When I was that entertained, I started the transition there. So, once I got into it, I was like, yeah, I'm about to excel at this position. And I really just took it on. So, took it face on, and I'm just trying to excel. Be the best of me there. You've got two very experienced guys ahead of you. Yeah. What's the mindset of the obviously that you've experienced? Yeah. Yeah. I mean, as a man, as a football player, I just hold myself to a certain standard. Whether I'm starring, where I'm the backup, whatever it is, I just hold myself to a certain standard. So, the way I practice, the way I show up every single day is going to be the same. Whether I'm starring or I'm not. And when you get used to playing in college football, playing offense, how long do you take you there? It's just a side of defense. And I just kind of take it. I mean, it didn't take too long. I mean, you saw, once I get on defense, I was ready to go for my face on. I was ready to go hit. I think that's just a mindset. My dad, my brother, I grew up in kind of a defensive or a two family. So, I knew one was my time to go attack, and I got to go for my face on. What is that face? What do you mean? No slowing down, no hesitation. So, straight through contact.

5:15:40Would you give it to your mom? Everybody knows my story. Yeah. My mom, I think my mom has personality, like just connecting well with people. You see that with her job, you see that with all, she makes friends everywhere we go, go to the grocery store, go anywhere she's talking to somebody. So, I think coming to a new place, I was able to transition one, connect with the guys in my room, connect with my team, really come part of this culture. Can you explain a little bit about stadiums? So, think you had to pick up. What is it? What is it? What is it? It's a sensation. I feel like I did my job from being honest. Yeah, I was trying to do it every time I got a chance to go to my job. You guys have four guys in your defense who are all from the drinks and what kind of pride do you guys think of that? We take a lot of pride in that. Growing up, we grew up together. We were playing sports since we were young. So, we know that competitive, competitive spirit we grew up with and we were in so with our, our bads and the coaches around us. So, we're making that transit here as well. Thank you very much. Thank you. I'll go ahead up. What does it feel like, I mean, just in the off-line, I mean, how are you kind of keeping your face straight after something like that?

5:16:47Really just being the leader, supporting my teammates, making sure, you know, they're taking advantage of their play opportunities. And really just being that vocal leader on the sideline and lifting the energy up. It's awesome. It's awesome. It's awesome. It's awesome, man. You know, he's a great player. He's a dog. He's proven himself here at the Ohio University. So, it's awesome. Which day said that Melenza was earned the right and played more on defense? What have you seen from Melenza? It was a his bro this year. Oh, yeah. He's grown a lot, man. He's a player. And just to see where he's elevated his game, he knows he's been really awesome to see. It's guys who've been there. At least that happened first. I thought you wanted to miss any of the marks on it. Yeah, thank God. So, I'm really excited for that. And, yeah, you can play. And I think that's the change of the rule. You definitely have a lot to be able to stay on sideline and engage with your team, right? Oh, yeah. I didn't even know that was a rule.

5:17:47So, yeah, that's actually cool. It's actually cool that they changed it. I'm going to bummer if I would add a lead. And then miss actually the first half of the next game, even if you were in the first half. This game, so it's a cool, you do come in to see the new, you would have a new defense. There are two games. Nobody's for touchdowns. They have them gotten up. You know, it's hard to find. Yeah. I mean, how good is this defense and how much better. Don't go. It's pretty good. You know, we're chasing. We're chasing a lead in this. So, our job is to just take care of the problems that are still there and make sure when we're in with match-up games. You know, we got everything covered. And if you've not like. Especially since you got the watch. Um, I would just say. I cannot say this. Or so schedule was a little better going into the season, like the start of the season. Um, and another thing I would have to say is I feel like we could be more. Or if you run to the ball more and really just take it a little things and you know, I'll play to level our opponent sometimes.

5:18:51Is the schedule thing just because you want to play in a big game or because you want to get a real look at how good you guys are. Yeah. For me, I definitely want to get a real look where we're at. And just to be able to have a match of being early in the year, like these other teams around the country. It kind of just shows you where you're at. And it's a good start up to the season, especially if you want. And it does get you. I'm assuming you guys take a little bit more to right now. The team by 40 is probably the only time. Yeah, yeah, I definitely agree with that. I take two Zayn Wednesday really personal for me to be able to elevate my game to the highest level I can. And get 1% better every single day. And two Zayn Wednesday is good on them. And so I really take advantage of it. I'm very honest. Yeah, a hearty. But I'm not saying what you probably want to say about the party. Um, this really hard. It was was a bull crap crawl. I really didn't understand it.

5:19:52And it's kind of been going around around the country really. I seen one. I think it was Florida and what was the other team? And then that was that was a bad call to and then my call to it. It's kind of just getting out of hand. I think it was a good call to get out of the whole game. The players not even heard or anything like that. And I was kind of like the last one in. I guess I can see the perspective of the rest of looking at. But uh, yeah, it's up. And someone. You guys see on the film after the game. Aaron probably could have had that. What do you guys say to you guy like that? Man, we were we were happy for men to be able to be out there and make a play on the ball. And a little bit of a lot of time. There's all some men to be able to see him. And. And whenever his time to go on that field, we want to represent the I. I don't want to make. It's a good last for freshman. You see that come in and struggle early in spring and then start to make those strides. Are you seeing those things from Aaron that like, okay, like I see why he's here. I see why.

5:20:52You know, won't like them to. Most kind of face. Yeah, Aaron definitely has flashes and he shows that in practice. I feel like for me, he definitely has to be a little bit more consistent. You know, he has a lot of ways to go. I'm still young. But you know, the unit in order to not job to be able to show him on the field and show him off the field of what it means to be a week. How much of you guys talk about being consistent and some of that things and the young guys have to do? What does that mean? Does that mean he consistent in terms of I discipline that means being consistent and. After what is good, what does that mean? The system means being consistent in all areas of the game really. Especially in practice. You can't have ups and downs, especially at Ohio State. We have to instill that into the young guys because you never know when the opportunities are going to come. And they're going to have to, you know, live up to the moment and wall up. To help you guys as starters to have guys like your name like the ones like Aaron. It's awesome. You know, they're. They push the room. They make the room better.

5:21:53And just to be able to know that we have guys under us that are like a ball and play it just makes it even more better. This is the last question for play. A couple of questions around the country who are making plays up to the other ones. Whether it's a mentality thing or ability, what's the key thing to be able to form as a true freshman? Yeah, be consistent. All areas of your life on and off the field. Take care of the way we're going to take care of school. You know, ball that one long and football field and gain trust with your teammates. That's what's going to take you a long way and essentially, you know, start as a freshman. Thanks. Thanks. Thank you very much. You're on the right to be on the field, which I expect them to do. That's our job to make ways for them to be out there. With Jordan playing a lot of safety last year. Did that kind of creative blueprint for you guys and how you can do more pre safety. Yeah, Jordan was great from a flexibility standpoint. Right? So we were able to go from kind of traditional nickel type looks to three high safety looks.

5:22:54And a lot to put the Caleb in different spots. So that was critical for us, especially down the stretchers out of the playoffs. And for a number of weeks of. They didn't really know exactly how it was going to be deployed. So that flexibility is critically important to us. Flexibility going forwards is going to be great. And kudos to Jordan for taking that step to start against Nebraska high safety. You know, the different things that he was able to do last year. It was huge is going to help me the NFL. And then yeah, get me looking. Okay, who are the pieces that we have? How do we highlight those and how do we deploy them? But the flexibility will always be important. So ideally, one guy would need that Jordan play both that and they will have the safety. I think it always helps anytime that. Whoever you are, whatever position they can do multiple things. If you're a linebacker and you can rush off the edge, if you're in corner and you can bump to the inside and place lock corner and play high safety. So I think those flexibility things are critical. More than just like pinpointing a just that position has to be able to function that way. You know, but the flexibility across positions as defensive backs as part of coach wall, you know, you know, to my philosophy is the defensive backs. They're not just a corner or just a makeover or just a safety.

5:23:54Right. Let's meet together. Let's train together to be able to room these guys to be flexible in the amount of packages. And that helps your depth to right. So it may not be like who's the next best defensive back of the game. Well, may not just be the guy replacing a guy that got injured in that position. Right. You may have to move pieces around and that flexibility. You know, helps us for sure. Competition. I want to see incredible competitive miss every single day. Right. So I want to see consistency from the guys. I want to see, you know, it's one of our guys to be consistently on the rise. Right. It's not okay to like two days better than you're taking a step back. Like every day we need to consistently on the rise. So like those habits, your consistency and then your competitive mentality. That's what I want to see. We'll coach them again on the right spot. I don't worry about that, but I want to see that competitive mentality that hunger. And that's what I've seen from the what a workout so far. I mean, this morning it was it was a real one of years. And that's, you know, what coach Mick has developed with coach day breaches.

5:24:56We'll be prejunct defense to I mean that competitive mentality. I want to see for those guys.