Press Conferences (Parris Campbell) Elite Edition September 2

0:00And it shows, man. He's a skill for player, smart, instinctive. He's got all the athletic ability in the world. And I think he'll hear a big, great piece to the team. Harris, your opportunity on this thing is I think 13, right? And how do you view this opportunity one year contract? How are you looking at your situation? Yeah. To be honest with you, man, my career to this point has been a lot of ups and downs. I tend to harp on the downs more than the ups. But another opportunity is all I need. At the end of the day, that's all I want it. I'm just a guy that's going to try to make the most of the opportunity. Whenever it comes, whenever it shows, and you're not taking pride in that, obviously, you know, the number of opportunities, wherever you are, may be limited. But that's why I say you got to make the most of them. And each and every day, man, I'm just trying to get better, better at my craft, better teammate, better person, all the intangible things.

1:00Like I said, when I'm going to make the most of it. Along those downs instead of the ups, is that a conscious decision? Or is that something that just kind of happens? I think a little bit of both. I think just the guy that I am, my competitive nature. Obviously, I love it to compete with others in this game, in this sport. But I compete with myself a lot. And obviously, some of my downs have been things I hadn't been able to control. Obviously, talking about injuries and things of that nature. But some of the other things, on a day-to-day basis, I think, just being the competitive guy that I am, is just something that's inside of me. I always want to be better than I was the previous day. There's a talk about the look at the speed in the room with you. And also John Ross. I mean, what did he notice about that, especially, you know, if you went to John Ross. Yeah. I mean, you can look out there on the field, man, and find around, trying to make plays. And, you know, for me, and I'm sure John, as well, every time you're on the field,

2:00you just want to put that speed on tape. No matter if you're number one reading the play, or the last reading play, you're always just going to put that speed on tape. And obviously, the quarterback's to see that, the coaches to see that, and hopefully, my opportunities come from that, which is always going on. There's a talk around the NFL that they might want to ship the workouts to Lee Jr. to live, thinking about like injuries and prevention towards that. And some have talked about how offseason's coach for players, what that was like. What are your thoughts on that? What do you consider? Yeah. To be honest, I haven't really quit much thought into it. I feel like now, like I'm a year six and a week, I kind of got to, not kind of, but I have a pretty good routine. You know, how I schedule my offseason in terms of dates and, you know, report dates and all that stuff like that. I'm not going to be mad because that kind of just gives us more time. Obviously, with our families, and kind of doing the same things, just working out, like the first two weeks of OTA is kind of just working out and training and stuff like that.

3:02Which, I mean, we're kind of doing already, you know what I mean? But then I see the side of it coming in when we do because we got a lot of new faces, guys that you sign up for agency, and then obviously the draft. So I mean, it's not a bad thing that we come in when we do because guys get to kind of be around each other and know each other and create that bond early on. Any second memory history for yourself, do you think that schedule should help in terms of injury recovery and streamlining that to the ceiling? I mean, yes and no. Speaking personally, I feel like a lot of my energies have been things out of my control. I feel like I've had a lot of free injuries. And, you know, can prevent, I don't know. But I mean, more time off, more recovery. I mean, if you're doing it the right way, then it's definitely beneficial. Except around back in the 19, the Eagles were very interested in you. What do you remember from that period, that process? Yeah, it's actually funny because I took a top 30 visit here. And I remember my visit, vividly, coming in, like just really loving the place, loving the staff, loving the people, especially like just having conversations with how we just

4:08kind of just being in the building. Like it felt right to me. And I remember going home after my top 30 visit, talking to my girlfriend, wife at now, but in my mom, I really liked the Eagles. And that was kind of one of my teams going into the draft that I might be here. And I know that there's been talks that it almost happened or whatever. But, I mean, in hindsight, things always work out how they're supposed to be. Now I'm here. So I don't know if that meant to be like that, obviously it was, but now I'm here soon. You want me to be installed here. Do you feel that levels of playing field for you with your competition at all? So I think obviously with Kelley being here, at the end of the day for me, like football is football. And obviously, like I said, like being with a familiar face and Nick. So working with him and kind of like knowing what he's done in the past. And then obviously Kelley being a different dynamic. The good thing is like a lot of that stuff is similar to just different terms and different names. So for me, it's been very easy to kind of just be in here and get an offensive understanding.

5:10So yeah, I think that's a credit. So another reason why I came here is just knowing Nick has some type of hand in the offense with Kelley. So it definitely helps me. Did that get a fraction of the jail hurts so far? Keep saying it again. In presence of jail hurts so far. Yeah. So I remember when I first agreed to terms to come here. The first person I got a text with was from Jalen. And he was basically just saying like excited to have you here. He said he kind of watched me from afar just knowing that I was a speedy guy, a good player, whatever. But just know that that meant a lot to me for him to reach out during that time. And since I've been here, man, he's been knows down like this works hard. He's a great leader. Just kind of his presence is aura. It just speaks volumes of the player he is, the leader he is, the person he is, he is man. And he's grinding to get better each and every day. When you're in the building, when a guy like that, you just want to play for them and want to get better with them. I'm saying for my take some more. Do you notice that the way that they do things here is different than the other places

6:14you have said? Yes. I would say they are very, very, very detailed. Like Fernando and his team, they're like super, super detailed. Like even today, like we got these little things where we kind of rate our soreness from the prior practice and things like that. And talking with the staff and the nutritionists, just about plans and all that stuff. They're very, very detailed. And I've been in places where it's been like that. But I think this is kind of a step up just how they're so intense with those things. And I think it's definitely been a fish trip to the players. And that's in a couple of times as far as why you came here, even Kevin and Jason, but having a change of botan in that room as a fellow receiver, how does that sort of get a lot of 101? Yeah. To be honest with you, like looking at the room, looking at the situation, it's like I'm blessed to be with two of the best receivers in the game. And from the outside looking in, like the question is, oh, why would you go there? They already got these guys. And I'm like, man, I want to be around greatness.

7:16I want to be in there and be with these guys and work with these guys and learn from these guys. Obviously me and AJ came in together, Devonce came in a year after. And so I've known AJ prior because we trained together for the combine and all that stuff. And I like to be in a room with those guys, like it's only room for opportunity to learn more. Like these are two of the best. And if you're in a room with that, like getting all the knowledge you can, like playing competing with those guys, like it's only going to make you better. So like I'm blessed to be in this opportunity, blessed to be in that room. For sure. Thanks guys. You guys are welcome. Thank you. Thank you. Right now, he hasn't done any interceptions. So hopefully Russian coverage can work together so we can cause his first turn over the season. I know the guy, he's been a guy in the past that those lots of interceptions because he takes shots. And I know he's even at the ball as far as he can in front of our crowds. So you got to do a good job of plastering them. Statistically, the run against was a lot better in the second half Sunday than the first half. Does anything really change there at all? Our aggression.

8:17Just to piggyback off that, we got to continue to be better. Personally for me, I don't like seeing the amount of yards on the board granted. We did win. But I don't want to be the hindsight guy and forget about the run game. Still, I think an issue for us. It's an issue for me. We got to be better. I don't want to be one of the last teams in the league in a run game. So we're doing a good job. Are my assets right? The coaches are emphasizing it and eventually he's going to get going. Obviously, number one, have a teammate be treated away like Jerome. But with Ernest Jones coming in, he's highly touted. There's a pretty good run defense kind of linebacker. Does that do for your defensive room? Terrier in my book, I. But it does it. It does. I can't really speak on it because I don't really know Jones that well. I don't know his game. I've heard from others that I know that plays for the Rams. I said he was good. But as far as that, I don't know. Hopefully this move works out for the betterment. Obviously, we all want that too. But we'll see how it goes.

9:17I feel like a positive thing obviously when John Schneider and your coach are working to get an impact player and your team when the NFC is kind of this wide open. It can be viewed as a positive or negative thing. It depends on what window you look through. What's that process like for you in terms of having to learn guys and their 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. And obviously, I respect that. I'm forward. I believe in their system and what they want to do. But it's an adjustment for all of us to learn a new guy and kind of reestablish a new relationship and reestablish a new voice that you're going to hear and make a call in the middle of the field, especially because he's the quarterback of the defense. So it's just something you've 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 my strengths and weaknesses and how to make sure all my weaknesses are just completely strange.

10:18So it's been a challenge in that aspect too. And I think I'm doing a good job out there so far. But in this past rush is going well. How much of it is guys playing off each other? I'm thinking a boy his sack force from was, you know, two U collapse of pocket and then he's able to get them. Yeah, you're all in a, yeah. I would say last game was probably the best game. Surprisingly, it was all working together as good as we did. I think these past couple games prior before that game, it's been a lot of us just, we just went in and just happened to be like that. I feel like this Atlantic game was a good game of us communicating. The past game schemes, whether it's a game or just going to straight, straight rush and just reading off each other. And we had to get better at that. It's only been a couple games. Well, it's only been seven games. We have a lot more football to play to get better and build our relationship on that aspect. If you dropped in coverage as much as you thought you might have or. Um, but on par. I've dropped a good amount of time so far this year. I'm talking about doing it now. So she put me on whoever not put me on George Kittle.

11:19No. Have you seen Derek Hall grow in the last from last season this year, being around him? I mean, he's the same type of player. Honestly, only thing that's been different is mindset and it's applying to the field. And he has to continue. You were a, you were in the last game? I was. Yeah. Jackson had a duck jersey on the week after. Did you have something that you had to do? I had to do something that was a little more personal, but not I didn't make that bit, but speaking of that, I don't know why we didn't run the ball in the last extension of the game. So talk to them boys down the Columbus and telling them to run the damn ball next time and just get trusted kicker. But it's not good. Did you get the penalty, the intentional penalty late in the game? I don't know if that was on purpose. We 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. It was intentional. It was a very serious move. I didn't I want to expect that. So I was actually, you know, big brain played by him. Did you think there should have been a second left?

12:20No, I'm be real. I don't want to be biased. No, we ran out of time. We just my boy, my boy 18 was back there just too comfortable, but it's all good. He's going to learn. First game with Roy Robertson Harris. What were your impressions of him? It was like six eight and it was crazy. Super, super strong. I've been watching him. I've been seeing this game from afar from a while. I shouldn't have been watching it. I've been seeing I saw him in Chicago. I saw him in Jacksonville. You know, he 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 it's been a unique process of just bringing them in. And he's picked up a defense pretty well. Very powerful guy. Versus was well. And I think it's going to add a lot of a lot of good plays to our defense here. So you can do for the defensive lineman have arms that long. Shoot. 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, especially me. They like six, eight, three, thirty.

13:20And I'm wherever my weight is. So playing with extensions is very key for a D-Lime. It's a desire that can be addicted for people. I think I fell into that, not a younger age, but supercurses that that's not what I am. And so again. I watched the last episode of the LAN band on the plan. I downloaded it to the direction. What do you think of it? I don't know that. His wife seems to be a little playful. I don't know how he handles it. It's a good show. It seems to be coming on the film up. It's been a while right. So I'm excited to see how it goes. What did you like about Jared? I thought he'd been a good child. I was surprised. Honestly, he seemed like he knew what he was doing. He was cool. He was cool. So you put it in question.

14:22You say you hit your mom in the salary. Yes, win it all. Does mommy get a pay raise or? I don't know what to talk about that. Just sure you'll have a meeting or something. You can see it. I'll figure it out. Everybody seems to have a good band trust. People are going to be a piece. I don't know. So I'm going to put two of them in the spotlight. I'm going to get a real attention. I guess so. I'm just going to help you. As other people have, that's fine. I'm fine about you. Yeah, well, I mean, first off, I think I'd be doing this service to my teammates. You know, me even think about what's the next. I think it's what's right in front of us is an overlaid. And that's another thing I got as home. So much grew is just being present in every single room that I'm in. You know, not looking too far ahead because I'm tripping on what's right in front of me. So, again, I just, that's too so a part of the thing. It's a media thing about what's next to me.

15:22Are you at least aware that there's a lot of speculation out there that people are going to throw a huge number and going forward all the time. I mean, right now I'm just not worried about all that stuff. I mean, people can say all they want to say, but you know, I'm just focused on focus on Friday. When you talk about service. Nervous? I mean, I still get nervous for sure, but I just don't think. I think I do a good job just understanding that at that moment, whatever moment it is that I'm nervous about. It doesn't define who I am as a person and it doesn't define who I am and God's eyes. And understanding and knowing that has just kind of put like this force field of peace around me that I think gave it allows me to be able to be calm in certain situations. But it doesn't, that's not good. What makes you nervous?

16:22I mean, I just love the game so much. And if you don't get nervous or a little bit of butterflies, I don't think you have that same love. I mean, I've got butterflies since, you know, going into football games since I was, you know, five, six years old. So I don't want that feeling. I just don't know. You know, football just doesn't mean as much as it did to me back then. I want it to always be that much. I'm really playing as much. So I just wanted to get like more experience under my belt. So I can know bring younger guys with me because I've been through a lot. One of those younger guys we're seeing right here, it's the first time in a sport like this. What have you seen from well? We've been playing as much. So I just wanted to get like more experience under my belt. So I can know bring younger guys with me because I've been through a lot. One of those younger guys we're seeing right here, it's the first time in a sport like this. What have you seen from well? Because I kind of felt like my son, we all forgot about him because he was hurt. Now he's running, you know, almost a second man out of the human tie.

17:24What have you seen from that? Well, as a workhorse, he, he's going to stay quiet, he's going to work hard. And that's all I love about him. He's going to get the job done, do a job right. He rarely has any mistakes. So what, what would be a successful season? A national championship? A ring. When all the games we don't want to lose anything, we got a mindset that we can't be 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 that up as an obstacle. Does that feel the difference? Or is there not really any difference? It's just the same work. It's definitely a difference. Everyone working harder. We noticed our last run. Like we, most of us don't have any years after this. So we got to go, go bigger, go home, and 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?

18:26You know what I mean? 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 won a winner national championship. But you played to the 59th minute with the team that won the national championship last year. Like 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, we'll play Georgia. It's the same thing. Last play. You know, they went on the win in 90. So we just got to get over that hump at the end of the season. I think we'll be fine. How frustrating is that? You're that close against the last two national 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, you know, come back and work harder. Do things better than you did last year. And hopefully the outcome will change. Is that as you get older, you kind of learn. I thought I was working hard and then you always find out there's a little more that you could have been doing? Yeah, definitely. I mean, that's how that's what growing up is basically in college.

19:26I thought, freshman year, I was working as hard as I could, but now I look back at it. I really wasn't working hard at all compared to what I'm doing now. So just to learn anything. The stamina is a 16. And the answer to like, what do you need it to be to be your best? Uh, 85. 80, 85. I mean, I can, it's all on me. I just, I think it's a little higher. I was just trying to be funny. But I mean, that's all on me. I just got to run harder in shape. It's been a thing. The idea of a potential to 16 or 17 or 17. I mean, I've said about that idea. Does it make you nervous about, can you last that long? Where are you? I think, I think we, I definitely can last. I was just, you know, we got to get the young guys to come along with us. We can't play 50 snaps again. That's just too much on our bodies. So just everybody, like, online, online, we got to get those younger guys to play, you know, get that pieces on the D-line and online and everywhere else.

20:28So we can last that long. Speaking of that, let's get my dog and the snap. Did you like playing that movie snap again? Not a year because I don't know. I don't know if any of us were really expected to play that movie. Uh, yeah, I did. Unless we were like winning by like, online. Uh, I thought like, there are no mommies, you know, I can go sit down or something. But we're playing them big games like, you know, Notre Dame, too, or North, those kind of games. Of course I want to be, because I know I can contribute. And I won't want to put that on anyone else when I know I can get the job done. What stands out about Kaden McDonald? He got the game. You guys, it was second. Oh, yeah, definitely. K-Mac is a K-Mac's animal. Y'all, you haven't really seen it yet, but in practice, he shows all the time. He's just, he's grown right now. He has to work ethic. 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 six, three, you're three, twenty-seven, he's three, twenty-six. Yeah, he's a 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 guys, there's that large group of young guys, and then there's these seniors here back.

21:31Is 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. We can get in there and get some work. And we got to get them right during the all season so they can play. And I just played, I don't want to like contribute, like, make plays, tackle sex. It's a state that I work this freshman. It seems like these guys get bigger. Each one of the freshmen class is looking bigger and bigger. Do those guys kind of, does those kind of while you're in the cell? Yeah, they're definitely some big dudes. And they all work hard. I've only seen much of some of the day too when I'm passing on. But throughout the workouts, they've been working hard. They're determined to actually, and it looks like they're ready to work with me. How important this dude feels like. There's a lot of great defenses that you have big athletic defensive tactics who can eat up space, but also move, you know, right? That is that. Does that have an inquire that may be through great defense?

22:31To have guys like you that have some balls, but also have great feet? I think that is definitely, I think if you look at the last couple of national championship winners like Team up North, they got two good, uh, detaco, two athletic detacos. Look at Georgia, two athletic detacos. I think that's definitely neat if you want to go on that big run and beat those big teams. If you think about this, if they want to fight by the defense attack, it's like, what's Georgia? Jordan Davis and Daniel Carter and what's Michigan? It's Chris Jenkins. Couple more questions. You might as well ask how, I mean, you understand it because you play it, but I feel like some time 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 there's started to develop more and more of these like freakiest detacos. Yeah. Like in the combine, just now, you see in like those guys, they're moving four to four, seven, eights and things like that. So we'll see. And when you think about this freakish athletic defense attack, how do you think you fit into that mold of that kind of player?

23:34You watch that and say, yeah, that's me. Yeah, definitely. I think I'm top notch when it comes to detacos, but I don't want to, you know, get a big head, but you know, watch the come on. I watch the dude do the drills. I have a tape here. You're like, look at my film. So I think I'm up there with all the time. Tyler, can you become like a artist who comes to the bad down classes? The figure of the legs have your things. When you're going to spring practice, you're not doing as much a weapon or the weapon. How do you work on that? Do you have like a goal in mind? I don't remember how many ad lines you're like, you have a goal in mind? How many do you want to have? I mean, as many as I can have, I think I have more than that, but I think they've counted. I think they've counted some of them and it's some of them where I like just missed it. So, but I think we work on drills matching the hand. I think that's goes big and what we do is a D line, you know, just affecting the quarter of that is anyway you can, it's just great for the defense, you know, just that little thing covering his eye, you know, he might throw it. A little bit to the left to our player. So, it's something that you really, really have to work on.

24:36You can do that with what you've been doing. It's really, that's one of the things that you've maybe worked on the most. You can do it in your time here because there are a few guys that I've seen. Like, oh, that pastor is bad at that. We don't have that. Tyler, you kind of kind of expect it for the people. I think I just have like an eye for the ball comment. I kind of just look at the quarterback and just, I see him like load up. I just try to get in his ways and sometimes he just throws it to me. I'm irritated if you like to be a high state quarterback. I'm getting a bad dumb passes. I mean, they get frustrated, but you know, we're a team, you know, we're just getting better. I've got you a lot of different backs, man. They just learn to grow for them. You got to pick your top three backs and you got to go right now. I don't really have a top three, but I'll give you one. I would say, say, Juan Gibbs and I like McCaffrey. Although he was injured this year, I like McCaffrey.

25:36Who's the best back in this draft? Best back in this draft. I'll lead that up to y'all. That's y'all decision. Playing well with Howard, but I'm going to remember most. We're a Howard, man. He's just such a great leader, man. It's just like in moments where, you know, usually a lot of players they fold, man. He was just always calm and relaxed, man. He just the leader that he was, man. That's one thing I'm going to remember about him. Yeah, he's, he's going to be really good, man. He's on Coach Lock. I think he got the transfer in as well from West Virginia. And just that one, two punch with them both as well. They're going to be really good backs. And so James people's, man, he's smart. The way that he goes about his business, man, he's mature. And so man, he's growing, you know, just as a person and as a player. And so, man, yeah, definitely Ohio State, you know, that running back room is in great hands. I was right there looking at the UFC spot and I was talking about his personality and the approach of the federal.

26:39And so I'm saying that. Yeah. Coach, Coach Hartline, man. He's full of energy, man. And he's creative as well, you know, just learning from him as well, you know, trying to run more outside the backfield. It was being able to learn from Coach Hartline. And so he's definitely creative at what he does. And he brings a lot of energy to the team as well. And so I think that would do really good. So what's your intensity, man? Just intensity, man. And intensity of the playoffs. Every game, man, is like the intensity got, you know, higher and higher. And so, you know, being able, I know in the lead, it's the same thing. Even if it's not the playoffs, just every game and intensity keeps getting higher and higher. So, yeah, you just, I know you got to bring it, you know, each and every day and come in and work just like Ohio State. You know, I definitely feel like Ohio State. They definitely do a good job of preparing us for that. You know, I just remember even before going through this process, I'll talk to a lot of players before that. And they told me a lot of just about how much Ohio State prepared them, you know, for the NFL.

27:39And so, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I know I took a couple of days off after the National Championship. And then, shoot, right after that, I'm writing sample Florida and I'm right to it. And so, yeah, I think where I trained, I trained at Yo-Murth Performance. I think it's called the House of Athlete or the Compound now. They did a good job, man. They're just bringing us in and the way they went about training us, man. They did a really good job. The Bucking Nears, no, I haven't. Temple, temple, nice. It's a nice city, man. Really nice. The 40, the broad and the vert. I'm trying to, you've been on races in awesome locker. Do you speak to your mentality of like when you've got a linebacker, so you're in the gap. You're bigger than you and you're in ready to swear a lot of it. Yeah. Yeah. No, man.

28:39It's really all about technique. And then it's about mindset as well. And so, I say, you know, it's for the love of my brother. It's for the love of Will Howard. It's for the love of the receivers who I got on the perimeter. Just making sure, you know, first of all, my quarterback doesn't get sacked. And I told Will, I think it was before the first game. I was like, I got your brother. It's like, I said, man, I'm not going to let you get hit. You know, and so I don't know if I gave up a sack. I'm not sure that, but I know if I did, I haven't given up too many. And so, man, it's for the love of my brother's, though, man, making sure the ball get in their hands, you know, the guys on the outside and making sure they get fed. You had to hit the practice field later today. What is something you've been working on right now? In my game. You can't really work on this, you know, in all season, I feel like it's more so. You know, you got to put the pads on. You got to go through some inside run, you know, maybe. It's really just continuing to run through tackles. And so that's, I feel like that's one of the areas in my game. You know, I want to continue to get better at it. I feel like I did a good job of that my senior year.

29:40And so I just want to continue to build on that. So you know what I did? Yes, I did. Yes, I did. So people say you look like, I'll let you borrow out there. You get back in person. I think that would be more. I did meet with New Orleans as well. I never got that comparison. Actually, I know I have a Camera shoe. Yeah, man, I have a Camera great, great back, man. Just what he does and those 101 matchups, he's dangerous, man. And he's so smooth. He's so smooth as well. I'm not going to lie. He's smooth. So I mentioned play around. You know, you don't get a transition. You see what I'm saying? Yeah. Inside zone from stack, being able to hit that thing downhill. And I'll say the next one is probably just an option route out of the backfield. You know, a man and man coverage. You're getting on that linebacker. And so. What do you want to do? What do you mean to be here? Make a couple of years. Jeremiah. You have to turn the course a little bit. Just how you're doing. You always have to do that.

30:41And that pressure is all over. You're going to get to your focus like that. Yeah. I say to man, the biggest thing is the way that he carries himself, man. And the way that man, he approaches the game. He comes in with the mindset, you know, he's going to work every single week. You know, every practice, you know, he's working hard. You know, even shoot it. I don't know. Every game was a good game for him, man. And so, but still, man, he always has the mentality to mindset that, you know, he's going to come in each and every day. He's going to continue to work and get better, man. And so he's definitely, man, he's going to be a special player, man. He really is. I think it's a match that's going to be going back on him. But the stand-down is going to be good. Man, a lot of ups and downs, man. It's just how you respond to adversity. And I feel like that's something that God has definitely helped me to do better. It's just, I'm not going to have something to lean on now. You know, I remember before I met him, you know, going through those adversity. I had nothing to run to. You know, you can run to people, but they still can't. It's not too much.

31:41They can't truly help you. You know, I feel like, you know, I feel like the only person who's going to be there, you know, I feel like the only person that can truly help you is your relationship with Jesus Christ. And so being able to lean on him, you know, he gives you, in those moments where it's tough, you know, where it's slow. And when you're behind the scenes and you're going through things that people don't know about, he gives you that peace and comfort. You know, even in those moments, man, where it's so hard that you can't explain. It's like, man, I'm going through this, but like, how am I still filled with this internal joy? You know, how do I have so much peace in this situation? And so that's something that only Jesus Christ can give you. And so... You know, the back of the front of the entrance of power and judgment is through our back. Which aspect of each of those other individuals that you run to come from being around power and... Um... Man, those guys have such a great mentality, man. I just really love their mentality, especially Q as well. And I talked about Will Howard, his leadership, but Quincham and TalliD, man.

32:42That boy just... Yeah, that boy just gifted. You know, you see, you know, sometimes he put in a situation where he looked like he should have a negative five yards. And as soon as you know it, you know, he, that running through somebody, stiff arm, and somebody, and she would just gain a 10. And so... You some of the things that he does, he just realizes two different things actually. Yeah. Shoot, I think... Yeah, man. I think it's just like... He's just gifted, man, too, beyond. He's just gifted. You know, he's a big back. You know, he's strong, and so... You know, he's able to do those things. Yeah, man, it's definitely... You know, I look at his game, and I want to... You know, at the same time, I want to learn from Quincham. You know, I want to look at his game and it's like, man, where can I get better at as well? You know, that's the type of player I am. I'm always looking to get better, man. I'm always looking to grow as a player. What are your last two to be in San? Julian San. Oh, yeah, he's going to be a great... He's going to be a great quarterback, man. He's so... So accurate, and so... He's definitely, man. I know Coach Dez is definitely going to get him right. Just, you know, continuing to grow as a leader, continuing to grow as a player.

33:42And so he's going to be really good for a high state. Thanks for the fight, guys. I was just trying to get him to the service. He's... I know just the quarterback position. I feel like, you know, the quarterbacks in the past, they've... They've definitely been vocal. And so I feel like that's something that they're definitely going to ask of Julian San as well. So it's to be that vocal leader and lead the offense and lead the team. Thanks, guys. Thanks, guys. Shoot, man. He has a build like JK Dobbins. And I kind of see them, you know, similarities in their game as well. And I know JK Dobbins, he was a great running back. I feel like he's not talked about his none. A lot, but man, his career here, you watch his highlights is great. I remember before I recruit... Before I committed here, I remember watching JK Dobbins highlights like every... Every one of his years here, like four or five times. And so, man, he was such a great back. And I feel like, you know, when I see JK Dobbins, when I see James people, I see similarities to both of their games.

34:43I feel like they play the same. And so... Appreciate you all, y'all. You can go back. This...

36:27Will I got come in and... last shirt, I knew the real. So, I just attack Eric Dai. Really the same way. It's technically very rough. It's technically very different. Are you weight wise, body wise on that from the year ago? I think I got a lot bigger. I'm like 240. I'm like 240 for right now. Last year I played at like 236 to 37. What does it feel like at 240 for? Or maybe I can feel like almost a different machine out there. Yeah. What does it feel like to be running around out there like you are? But with more, more back. I just feel like I'm like like more downhill, like stronger like I'm taking all blocks better.

37:27It's a big. No. Is it daunting? Maybe that's not the correct term. But to think you're going to be playing much more than you did even last year. And you played quite a bit last year instead. Would you have to get straight in your head about being on the field that much more? This is going to get ready to just play 30 more snaps. So. But are you? How would you describe how much you're looking forward to it from an 8-statement? I'm looking forward to it. I'm ready for it. I'm ready for it. The text is open. It's a rematch. So it's big. But it's not really two different teams compared to the last time you all played and stuff. How has that enhanced this camp for you and this team getting ready for the where an opener of that magnitude? Yeah, with an opener like that, we've been emphasizing it a lot. We know we got coming. So we know we got to do. We've been preparing for it. Already just broadly with you. I think Riley ready to play right now. He advanced freshman. He ended up here in the book. He studied in like he advanced. And his measurements was crazy.

38:27He saw it like the saw it like to him. Or you said you're ready. You know you're ready. What was that process like during last season? Could you feel yourself becoming more and more ready for whatever the team needed for you? Yeah. Because that's pretty much what my role was. Which is whenever I was needed, I had to step up. So I feel like that's what built me into me being able to say I'm ready for this year. When you say ready, is it more a physical thing? Is it a mental thing? When I say ready, I think it's pretty much like everything physically, mentally, mostly. I think I'm there. A different feeling this year of the analyze. Because it's possible to be back there. Asked out one more time. How different is that response to? That's what he said. This is the emotional story we call that. If it was last year, he knew you were a role player. Oh, I feel like it's a way bigger responsibility with me having to step up this year. But I kind of go about it the same way. Like last year, I was intentional with everything I did.

39:27I feel like this year is going to be the same thing. It's probably a little bit more. For somebody who's somewhere in the neighborhood, I was a couple of times. And what word? How's everybody's words you watch? Uh, I say, describe my game. When I say, when you think of me, you would think of like a bullet, like a silver bullet. I don't really know bullet. I'm always on the ball. That's how I like to play a thing. No, I ain't got to be my nickname, but. So I'm saying that the thing to beat that. Oh, yeah, yeah. You want to be a body? Yeah, yeah, yeah. I was just. A couple of questions for Patricia's style and how it's free. I mean, how does that fit you? And what are you enjoying about? Who laying in that kind of style? I think it fit me because I don't know. I just like the defense. I feel like we got, like you said, we got a lot of freedom. And we're moving around a lot. A lot of the terms is like, no, I don't know.

40:27I don't really know how to answer that. That's OK. You could go on your instincts a little bit more, maybe. And it's not so thinking of too much. I don't even know if I say that because there's a lot of thinking going on. But it's like, I just like it's deep. I like her Patricia's deep because I like what he got going on. But that was it sad when CJ left the way. Yeah. Uh, now I wanted to much sad. I was kind of like happy fun. No, miss him. That's what you want. Don't miss him in that? No. No. All right. No, that's my dog. I'll say yeah. Kind of missing a little bit. Yeah, I'm happy fun, though. Well, don't thank you. Go ahead. One last question. Coach Daze talked a lot about the guys who played some last year, but maybe weren't the starters and the hunger for that wasn't maybe your national championship you guys will win your own. How much do you feel that as a guy who certainly contributed last year, but will be in this bigger role and a lot of some of your classmates? Yeah, I do feel like, um, yeah, I do feel like I did one in that year, but like you said, my role wasn't same as how's going to be this year.

41:29So yeah, I definitely want to want to go get another one experienced that, like, feeling maybe on the field, a lot more place. I said, great. Oh, Bill, thank you very much. Thanks for having me. I'm using you, you know, and that almost at safety role of stuff. How much is it grown that you can put your finger on? Yeah, I was growing immensely. I mean, Caleb, he makes a lot of checks. Latham makes a lot of checks. I listen to them, whatever they need. If I need to cover somebody, I'll go cover anybody if they need me to do run support. I'll do run support. And it's really what Caleb does, what we do and Latham. It just goes back to Coach G's preparation and everyone's preparation to give us more flexibility and it doesn't matter who's in those positions. And we can all play every position whether it's covering somebody or running and talking. Did you feel like that was the case before the Oregon game? You're saying what I'm saying? I mean, is that something's been added to just, you know, rely on a little bit more? Go ahead. Yeah, it did. I was probably playing Nebraska game, Megan and more safety reps. And we had a five week to prepare.

42:30So I really learned the playbook a lot more. Even though I knew the playbook, I learned a lot more. I'm not in the amount 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. 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 if you guys need to do better this time around to make sure that doesn't happen? Just the same mindset. We got to challenge these receivers. You know, every dog has their day. Maybe some people didn't have their day that game, but we'll look out there and hopefully change the narrative. And we still play with the same confidence, same technique and, yeah. Bill Rebellion, what's the problem with this batch? And Tenzele obviously had a tough game and that one. What have you seen from him and how he's responded? Do you get a sense of, from him, how he's for this rematch? Oh, yeah, he's super stoked for this rematch.

43:30This preparation has been very good. He's always been preparing, even though it didn't go the way he wanted to go that game. But he just always had his confidence and we're going to see a big game out of him this week. And, 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 lost a lot of film. The first time we played them, now we've got another six games that they played up film to watch. And 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, to assume a question here from Joey Kaufman. What's this batch? Oh, my bad. Not to join. Cameron T. Robinson, the athletic.

44:31Hey, Jordan, you've moved around a lot in the second day in your career and now kind of getting some many more safety reps. What is it like at this point when Walt or Coach Mills comes to you and asks you to do some else and just how much can you lean on the experiences you've had moving around when you're trying to learn something new in the middle of the season? Measard, a lot. We always talk about, and this is 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. Okay. If anybody else needs a question, let me know. But otherwise we're going to go to Austin or the podcast. Jordan, when you were talking about watching film Oregon, which one do you think is more valuable to you watching that against yourself?

45:33Seven games ago, even if you've changed or the ensuing six games for Oregon, which one do you put more stock in? Kind of both. For me, I kind of watched what I did, things I did well, things I didn't do too well against them. And their team is, they're like, their scheme has changed. Some players have been out those, those stretch of games. So I really watched the past game we played. And I know they're going to go back to some of the stuff that they liked, of course. And different games like Penn State, maybe Illinois, they run a lot of men. So just watching, watching stuff like that, every game matters. So yeah. Jordan, thank you very much. Thank you. I'm going to be doing this one as much. So I just wanted to get more experience under my belt. So I can bring younger guys with me because I've been through a lot. One of those younger guys, we're seeing it out here. It's the first time I've scored all of your last years. What have you seen from Will? Because I feel like I should have real forgot about him because he was hurt. Now he's running, you know, almost a second man off the human tide.

46:34What have you seen in the memories of Williams? Will is a workhorse. He goes, stay quiet. He's going to work hard. And that's what I love about him. He focuses. He don't really talk much. He's going to get the job done. Do a job right. He rarely has any mistakes. What would be a successful season? A national championship? A ring. When all the games we don't want to lose anything. We got a mindset that we can't be beat. We just got to go show it. That mindset different. Seems like you guys expect a national championship every year. This year, even more so. You guys all come back for this. You guys have all decided like that. That's a lot of things. You can feel the difference. There's not really any difference. It's just the same. 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. 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?

47:34I mean, you. 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. Like you're that close. So I'm saying we just like work harder. That's kind of a coach makes of saying, you know, nobody cares. Work harder. Like those, you know, when we played Georgia, it's the same thing. Last, last play. You know, they went on the win and had a lot of fun. Last, last play, you know, they went on the win and had a lot of fun. 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, you know, come back and work harder. Do things better than you did last year. And hopefully the outcome will change. Is that as you get older, you kind of learn. I thought I was working hard and then you always find out there's a little more work that I could have been doing. Yeah, definitely.

48:34I mean, that's how that's what growing up is basically in college. I thought, freshman year, I was working as hard as I could, but now I look back at it. I really wasn't working hard at all compared to what I'm doing now. So just to learn anything. 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. I mean, I can, it's all on me. I just, I think it's a little higher. I was just trying to be funny. But I mean, that's all on me. I just got to run harder. Yeah, the shape. It's been a thing. The idea of potentially 16 or 17 or 17 years. I mean, I said about that idea, there's a make you nervous about, can you last that long? You really need to work with some vision, right? I think, I think we, I definitely can last. I was just, you know, we got to get the young guys to come along with us. We can't play 50 snaps a game. That's just too much on our bodies. Just everybody like online, D line, we got to get those younger guys to play, you know,

49:34get that pieces on the D line and the online and everywhere else so we can last that long. Speaking of that, we're like playing that new snap to me last year. I don't know if any of us were really expected to play that next time. Ah, yeah, I did. Unless we were like winning by like a line. I thought like, there are no mom's, you know, I can go sit down or something. But we're playing them big games like, you know, Notre Dame, too, or those kind of games. Of course, I want to be, because I know I can contribute. And I won't want to put that on anyone else when I know I can get the job done. What stands out about Keaton McDonald, is he got it? You guys in a second? Oh, yeah, definitely. He came back as a, came back as an 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 the work ethic, he just has to get, you know, in the playbook and things like that. You guys are about the exact same size. Listen, you're both listening to six, three, you're three, twenty-seven, he's three, twenty-six. Yeah, he's, I kind of look at him like my junior, but, you know, Keaton, he's going to be a great player.

50:34He's got to develop more and get into playbook. So really a lot on you, older guys, there's that large group of young guys, and then there's these seniors in your 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 during the all season. So they can play. And not just play, they want to like contribute, like make plays, tackle, sex. Yeah, there definitely some big dudes, and they all work hard. I've never really seen much of some of the day too when I'm passing on, but throughout the workouts, they've been working hard, you know, they're determined. I could say that. And it looks like they're ready to work with you. How important this dude feels like, you know, there's a lot of great defense that you have big, athletic defense attacks

51:35who can eat up space, but also move, you know, right? That is that. Is that an inquire that maybe for a great defense, to have guys like you that have some fault, but also a great feat. I think that is definitely, I think if you look at the last couple of national championship winners, like Team up North, they got two good, two athletic, two athletic, two athletic, two athletic, two athletic, I think that's definitely neat if you want to go on that big run and beat those big teams. If you think about this, they won't defied by the defense attack. What's Jordan Davis and DL Carter and what's Michigan? Chris Jenkins. Tell them more questions. What is it like to how, I mean, you understand it because you play it, but I feel like some time 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 four to four, seven, eight, and things like that.

52:36So we'll see. And when you think about this freakiest attack, how do you think you fit into that mold of that kind of player? You watch that and say, yeah, that's me. Yeah, definitely. I think I'm top notch when it comes to detacles, but I don't want to, you know, get a big head, but you know, watch it come on. I watch it do the drills. I have a tape here, you like to look at my film. So I think I'm up there with all these. Tyler, can you become like a artist who comes to the bad guy on passes? I think your legs have your things. When you're going to spring practice, you're not doing as much a weapon on the left. How do you work on that? Do you have like a goal in mind? I don't remember how many bad lines you're going to have. I mean, as many as I can have, I think I have more than that, but I think they're counting. I think they're counting some of them. And it's some of them where I like just missed it. But I think we work on drills matching the hand. I think that's, uh, goes big. Uh, what we do is a D line, you know, just affecting the quarter of the against.

53:37Any way you can is just great for the defense. You know, just that little thing you cover in his eye, you know, he might throw it a little bit to the left to our player. So it's something that you really, really have to work on. You try that with what you do. It's a theory that's one of the things that you've maybe worked on the most. You can bring your time here because there are a few guys that I've seen. Like, oh, that pass through the bad guy. We don't have to ask. I kind of kind of expected for the. I think I just have like a, like, uh, I for the ball kind of, I kind of just look at the quarterback and just, I see him, I load up. I just try to get in his ways. And sometimes he throws it to me. Oh, no, you're a team. If you want to be a high state quarterback, you can get a bad dog passes. I mean, they get frustrated, but you know, we're a team, you know, we're just getting better. I should lot of, a lot of different backs, man, they just learn to grow for them. You gotta pick your top three backs. You gotta go right now. Uh, I don't really have a top three, but I'll give you, I'll give you one. I would say, say, Juan Gibbs and I like McCaffrey.

54:44Although he was injured this year. I like McCaffrey. Best back in this draft. I lead out of the yard. That's y'all, that's y'all decision. Playing well, Howard, what I'm going to remember most. Uh, we're a Howard, man. He's just such a great leader, man. It's just like in moments where, you know, usually a lot of players, they fold, man. He was just always calm and relaxed, man. And he, just the leader that he was, man, that's one thing I'm going to remember about him. Yeah, he's, shoot. He's going to be really good, man. He's going to be a good guy. Um, Coach Locke, I think he got the transfer in as well from West Virginia. Just that one, two punch with them both as well. They're going to be really good backs. And so James, people's man, he's smart. The way that he goes about his business, man, he's mature. And so man, he's growing, you know, just as a person and as a player. And so, man, yeah, definitely Ohio State. You know, that running back room is in great hands. I was right.

55:44I'm looking at the UFC spot and put on this. I'm amazed. And the coach helped keep that up until they did the same. Yeah, Coach, Coach Hartline, man, he's full of energy, man. And he's creative as well, you know, I'm just learning from him as well. You know, I'm trying to run more outside the backfield. It was being able to learn from Coach Hartline. And so he's definitely creative at what he does. And he brings a lot of energy to the team as well. And so I think that would do really good. Straight away, he's going to play off cards. That's what he was trying to say to us. Just intensity, man. And since he did the playoffs, every game, man, it's like the intensity got higher and higher. And so, you know, being able, I know in the lead, it's the same thing. Even if it's not the playoffs, just every game and the intensity it keeps getting higher and higher. And so, yeah, you just, I know you got to bring it, you know, each and every day and come in and work just like Ohio State. And I definitely feel like Ohio State, they definitely do a good job of preparing us for that. You know, I just remember even before going through this process, I'll talk to a lot of players before that.

56:44And they told me a lot of just about how much Ohio State prepared them, you know, for the NFL. And so, yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I know I took a couple days off after the National Championship. And then, shoot, right after that, I'm writing sample Florida and I'm right to it. And so, yeah, I think where I trained, I trained at your morph performance. I think it's called the House of Athlete or the Compound now. They did a good job, man. They're just bringing us in and the way they went about training us, man. They did a really good job. The Bucking Nears, no, I haven't. Temple, a temple, nice. It's a nice city, man. Really nice. The 40 to broad and avert. Yeah. Yeah, no, man. It's really all about technique and then it's about mindset as well.

57:54And so, I say, you know, it's for the love of my brother, it's for the love of Will Howard, it's for the love of the receivers who I got on the perimeter. Just making sure, you know, first of all, my quarterback doesn't get sacked. And I tell Will, I think it was before the first game. I was like, I got your brother. I said, man, I'm not going to let you get hit, you know. And so, I don't know if I gave up a sack, I'm not sure that. But I know if I did, I haven't given up too many. And so, man, it's for the love of my brother, it's the man. Making sure the ball get in their hands, you know, the guys on the outside and making sure they get fed. You had to hit the practice field later today. What is something you've been working on right now when you need to start? You're in my game. You can't really work on this, you know, in all season, I feel like it's more so. You know, you got to put the pads on, you got to go through some inside run, you know, maybe. It's really just continuing to run through tackles. And so, that's, I feel like that's one of the areas in my game, you know. I want to continue to get better at it. I feel like I did a good job of that in my senior year. And so, I just want to continue to build on that.

58:54Yes, I did. Yes, I did. I didn't mean to look like LLDR out there. You get back in nursing, you have to be met with him tomorrow. I did mean with New Orleans as well. I never got that comparison, actually. I know I have a Camera shoe, yeah, man. I have a Camera great, great back, man. Just what he does and those 101 matchups, he's dangerous, man. And he's so smooth. He's so smooth as well. I'm not going to lie, he's smooth. So, I mentioned playroom on the top lane. You don't have to see the ball. Yeah. Inside zone from stack, being able to hit that thing downhill. And I'll say the next one is probably just an option out of the backfield. You know, a man and man coverage, you're getting on that linebacker. And so. Yeah, I say the man, the biggest thing is the way that he carries himself, man.

59:58And the way that man, he approaches the game. He comes in with the mindset, you know, he's going to work every single week. You know, every practice, you know, he's working hard, you know, even shoot him. I don't know, every good, I think he had it. Every game was a good game for him, man. But still, man, he always has the mentality to mindset that, you know, he's going to come in each and every day. He's going to continue to work and get better, man. And so he's definitely, man, he's going to be a special player, man. He really is. Man, a lot of ups and downs, man. It's just how you respond to adversity. And I feel like that's something that God has definitely helped me to do better. Is this, I'm not having something to lean on now. You know, I remember before I met him, you know, going through those adversity, I had nothing to run to. You know, you can run to people, but they still can't, it's not too much, they can't truly help you. You know, I feel like, you know, I feel like the only person that can truly help you is your relationship with Jesus Christ. And so being able to lean on him, you know, he gives you, in those moments where it's tough, you know, where it's low.

1:01:04And when you're behind the scenes and you're going through things that people don't know about, he gives you that peace and comfort. You know, even in those moments, man, where it's so hard that you can't explain. It's like, man, I'm going through this, but like, how am I still filled with this internal joy? You know, how do I have so much peace in this situation? And so that's something that only Jesus Christ can give you. And so... How are you doing? Um, man, those guys have such a great mentality, man. Am I just really loved their mentality, especially Q as well. You know, I talked about Will Howard, his leadership, but Quenchon mentality, man. That boy just, yeah, that boy just gifted, you know, you see, you know, sometimes he put in a situation where he looked like, you know, he should have a negative five yards. And as soon as you know it, you know, he, that running through somebody, stiff arm and somebody, and shoot, it's a game to 10.

1:02:06And so... Yeah. Shoot, I think... Yeah, man, I think it's just like, he's just gifted, man, to be honest. He's just gifted. You know, he's a big back, you know, he's strong. And so, you know, he's able to do those things. Yeah, man, it's definitely, you know, I look at his game and I want to, you know, at the same time, I want to learn from Quenchon. You know, I want to look at his game and it's like, man, where, where can I get better at as well? You know, that's the type of player I am. I'm always looking to get better, man. I'm always looking to grow as a player. Julian Sand, oh yeah, he's going to be a great, but he's going to be a great quarterback, man. He's so, so accurate. And so, um, he's definitely, man, I know Coach Dez is definitely going to get him right. Just, you know, um, continue to grow as a leader, continue to grow as a player. And so, he's going to be really good for our state. Uh, he's, I know just the quarterback position. Um, I feel like, you know, the quarterbacks in the past, they've, they've definitely been vocal. And so, I feel like that's something that they're definitely going to, um, ask Julian Sand as well.

1:03:09It's to be that vocal leader and lead, um, and lead to offense and lead to steam. Thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks. Shoot, man, he has, he has a bill like JK Dobbins. And, um, I kind of see them, you know, similar, similarities in their game as well. And I know JK Dobbins, he was a great running back. Um, I feel like he's not talked about his, not a lot, but man, his career here, you watch his highlights is great. I remember, um, before I recruit, before I committed here, I remember watching JK Dobbins highlights like every, every, um, one of his years here, like four or five times. And so, man, he was such a great back. And, um, I feel like, you know, um, when I see JK Dobbins, when I see, um, James people, I see similarities to both of their games. I feel like they play the same. Thanks a lot. Appreciate you all. Yeah, I'll be going. You get that. This.

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1:05:16Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Well, I got coming in last round, the world, so I just tacked every day really the same way. Vans very rough physically different are you weight wise body wise on that? I think I got a lot bigger. I'm like 240 you know like 240 for right now last year I played it like 236 to 37

1:06:22You feel like almost a different Machine out there. Yeah, what's it? What does it feel like be running around out there like you are but with more More bad. I just feel like I'm like like Like more downhill like stronger like I'm taking all blocks better. It's big Is it daunting? Maybe that's not the correct term, but to think you're going to be playing much more than you did even last year And you played quite a bit last year and stuff What do you have to get straight in your head about being on the field that much more? Just got to get ready to just play there. He more snaps. So Are you are you how would you describe how much you're looking forward to it from an eight-stand point? Yeah, I'm looking forward to it. I'm ready for it. My I'm ready for it The Texas opener. It's a rematch But it's not really two different teams compared to the ones that I'm gonna play stuff How's that enhanced this camp for you and this team getting ready for the We're an opener of that magnitude Yeah, what an opener like that we've been um, we've been emphasizing it a lot

1:07:23We know we got coming so we know we gotta do we look prepared for it I think Riley ready to play right now. He he advanced freshman like he in the he in the book He stood in like he advanced and his measurements crazy like he saw like the saw line to Said you're ready What was that process like during last season? Could you feel yourself? Becoming more and more ready The team needed Yeah, cuz that's pretty much what my role was just whenever I was needed I had to step up So I feel like that's what built me into me being able to say I'm ready for this year when you say ready Is it more a physical thing? A mental thing when I say ready. I think it's pretty much like everything physically mentally Most of me I think I'm there That Oh

1:08:26Oh I feel like it's uh It's a way bigger responsibility with me having to step up this year, but I kind of go about it the same way like last year. I was intentional with everything I did I feel like this year it's gonna be the same thing It's probably a little bit more And what work I say Scrub my game I say like when you think of me you would think of like a like a bully like a silver bullet I don't really a bullet. I'm always on the ball. That's how I like to play a thing What No, I ain't got to be my nickname, but Oh

1:09:26Oh think it fit me because I Know I just like the defense. I feel like we got like you said we got a lot of freedom and we moving around a lot A lot of the times is like no, I don't know. I don't really not answer that I don't even know if I say that because there's a lot of thinking going on, but it's like I just like his defense. I like how to put it to defense. I like what you got going on Uh No, I wanted to much sad. I was kind of like happy for you Yeah, that's what you want No, that's my dog. I don't see it kind of missing a little bit. Yeah, I'm happy for you All right, well, thank you. Go ahead one last question. Coach Daze talked a lot about the guys who played some last year But maybe weren't the starters and the hunger for That wasn't maybe your national championship you guys will win your own Yeah, how much do you feel that as a guy who certainly contributed last year?

1:10:29Will be in this bigger role and Yeah, I do feel like um Yeah, I do feel like I did win a national championship, but like you said my role wasn't same as how's gonna be this year So yeah, I definitely want to go get another one experienced that like feeling maybe on the field a lot more place Oh, Belle, thank you very much Sometimes like basketball want to be on that just like the fed, but you know, you gotta stay in the stage playing some balls Exactly Yeah, that's a great question. I mean, I don't they I feel like these two can answer that for the beer right now I think KJ and hero can answer that Well, I don't know what to say about that. What do you guys think? You小go

1:11:34I Said Keep Always This Oh change your mind about maybe like the idea of tackle versus garbage because obviously his offensive predilection was for like offensive blind player. Is you part of the settle in the guard? I want to say maybe I don't know but I mean when I'm pretty sure you got the job I was really excited because I'm one of those guys is the tempo I can run with the tempo you know I mean I'm playing basketball all life in the set of football and I feel like just the fast pace often so we're running really fits the guys we have right now I'm really excited for that. I know you can throw a football like 65 yards but can you kick a football? 75 yards like Lincoln just.

1:12:34What's your question? How is your room amp? He's a blessing man I can't complain. He's a great guy. His name's Lincoln. He's a cleaner. I think we're both really clean that's why we kind of picked each other's roommates because we're very clean and we don't like our rooms really messy. Well it's true though it's the truth it's a real pretty clean stuff. Luke are you still a cross-training at tackle some or if you just been all guard this break? Oh so far I've been all guard. I really don't know like I said I'm taking it practice but practice I could end up being back attacked like that but I'm just really focused in on this past practice and the next one. Yeah I mean a lot you know you put a lot of work in to play here and it's been a dream just for being in Ohio kid is I'm from Ohio kid's perspective. I mean that's the biggest wish possible I would have I would say that's going to be

1:13:35pretty cool. What was it like last year at first game getting on the field for the first time in the year? It didn't like it's gonna be a weird answer but it feel like I was playing a game yet if that makes sense I hit. I was pretty locked in I felt like just no anxiousness no stress no nothing really I just went in that first game was like shoot out here now it's time to roll you know it didn't really hit me I was like it didn't even hit me after but no mom was like what would you feel there and if like get out there in the end I'm just like honestly I don't know I felt less nervous I didn't high school and it makes no sense. What is it? What did you see in the end? I learned a lot I mean I'm learning from Josh Ann Austin I think Friars is one of my biggest role models here is my bigger brother my first game in here. So I'm up to Dia? I don't know. To Dia okay. Yeah no. Yeah so yeah to Dia and Austin those are my guys man I mean even Miles too I mean all three of them that's those are my roommates and they're progressing every day as well on and I'm excited to see where they where they can get to I'm excited to play on the

1:14:35field with them. Oh yeah you know it's been really helpful you know just keeping my mind just settled and straightforward on the next play. What do you think the biggest stuff is? It's a great question like I said I mean I just need to take consistent in my work I think that's the biggest thing for me is just ain't consistent and worry about the next play. So you got it from the guy you were in the play? Yeah. Wow that's weird. Yeah I mean I guess they didn't want to get my nerves up but like I was ready I mean I did I took most of the ones that solved camp and I mean I was already I was pretty much said. Yeah I wasn't really nervous to start the game. What was his advice to you? Yeah. He said you got it you mean you're going against Ty League and Tyall every day and practice and I mean it's not different. Almost different are you now both two weeks into the two starts into the game as a player you know having that under your belt? I mean I'm more confident. I know what's going on. I can see like I can see what's going on with the defense.

1:15:38I know what's going on. I know what's coming. I mean I understand the game's a lot better than what it was. I don't say that actually. Which adds up to what? Fast and sharp. Yeah. Yeah. You playing with that dust for a while? I mean we get out early. It's get the defense change in place. It's changing their defense. You start fast and they're trying to get the call in the play but you start fast and I'm not going back and you trust a lot of touchdowns. Yeah of course they is pretty much said though. You deserve to play man. You know in some formal fashion. What were you expecting this week in terms of your role? Where they need me if it's left right. Wherever I need to go in I'm going to talk to you in front of me. I like playing tackle. Took me back to high school days but I was back in high school and really ran the ball a lot really into and passes but it was fun. Changes got my made my feet better I would say. How confident do you feel like you could play there if you need? They want me there I guess I'll play there.

1:16:39I mean they need me they need me. Also in the illness that swept through the office of the line room. A lot of times coaches and players just said that that was still relying for the terms you know getting you experience among others. What was that like for you and double dipping playing some tackle playing some guard the same practice. It was based like a group effort like for me. We had guys out and we just had to go back practice. All five guys is wherever they were playing we just got to go. How much of that accelerate your development like that time with the ones you were actually getting? They really did. I was jumped in there. I didn't really know. I mean like one or two practices with practices but like after those I was like you're out of the good. My confidence grew. Yeah. It seemed like there was sort of a settling in process for you and the Akron game maybe play got better if the game went on and it really took especially in the ground game things seem to take off. Was there a moment when it clicked on the field for you like was there nerves and then

1:17:41a time of settling in I guess how. Taking you through kind of that first game mentally. Yeah. First game obviously you can have nerves be the first time starter but then like after the first couple of plays meaning you have nerves naturally. So that's the first couple of play that was good and I was just rolling. Also there's a weird mean first time. The first time you played in Ohio State was also the first start. Yeah. You yeah. It's like I prepared well and camp and practice all week and I was I was ready. I have two multi year starters. I did a lot. I mean I could ask them what we got here but I was prepared well. I mean I was telling Jimmy and said it's like a way our blocks were. Probably emotional side of it. What is it guys in Ohio? What does it mean to start it? It was always my dream to come here and play and start and having that played mean.

1:18:44I was going to keep going and keep building those days and those games and keep building. What a much younger Austin though. Do you have people from you with that? No. I don't think. I don't think. Even I told my like I asked my younger self even committing and I wouldn't believe that now I have a couple of starts. Yeah. Awesome. Has this happened faster than you? I think we're going to come here with the players. I guess you're technically a sophomore. I didn't know that I would play as a Richard. No, I knew that year two. I was going to see some playing time. Now starting week one, year two, I didn't see that. I was ready in spring ball. I knew I was going to play some soft games. What does it mean to you to not only get the opportunities to play but like you play well enough now. I think coaching staff trust you. I guess it shows like my preparation, my hard work and just everything I put into

1:19:46this and I just finally show up on a field. There are moments, the top season, the end of the spring, and I'm going to realize that you could play at this high level with the ones. You know, if you knew you'd get the. Yeah, the definitely was in a training camp. I mean, it's like I can highly can tie every day. Like it feels a lot of confidence in doing it well and not like getting balled or anything. So there's defensive tag wasn't that easy. I was a guy with easy. Hero in Jason Moore in Taiwan. All those guys. Pretty much anyone on the deepened line gets your face out of time. And Kay and Mac as well. So yeah. I'm also going to put a lot of my hard work like the power of office ability. That was great. How much can he help you? He helped me a lot and I'm proud that he's our starting center not someone else's. But I mean, he's like the captain of the line. He's another voice on the line with guys like Josh Fryer and Josh Simmons dining and Tiger.

1:20:49That means another voice and another captain. Look, ways of having that. And I'm with this much experience. Help. And I mean a lot of people tell you I before to play what's going on. Like how to block someone like we need to do. And like. That's a lot. Tiger talking about how calm he is. How much is that benefit? You know the guy who's kind of been there and. It makes us us more calm like especially me and Dave. That's our first start. So like we were up here. What what said like he brought us down. I mean, we were like fine. Like our emotions weren't high. We were so in. Is that like something he tells you? Is that something you pick up on by how he's acting? How do you kind of sense what he's trying to do? It's by how he's acting. And what. I mean him when we're on the side of him, both Josh and Donnie, like he was telling us like, Hey, cool. Like we got it. But it's pretty much like everyone. Old group. How much do that?

1:21:49As a first time starter. How much of the end that? Me and a lot. And that was my first time ever using iPads. We didn't use the iPads in high school. But I mean, you can say like try to remember the defense. You can just come on a silent bring up. We'll play and get help. Really. Probably the first or second after the. I thought we say. I was. Great. Awesome. Thank you very much. It seems like training part is important. But it's not the whole thing. They're getting bigger and stronger. Yeah. It's like the culture. Yeah. How much of the fact is that in a part? It's also it's a lot. I mean, it's I feel like you can't. Be able to transform your body like I like I have with like people here come and do that without having that mentality part with it. It's like we we always talk about competitions here and our. Our culture is fight so we're always here to compete and I feel like that is just that's what gets you in this mindset.

1:22:52When you talk about that transformation, can you just give us a little sense maybe with numbers or body fat or like. What do you do in the weight group? How big is that transformation? I don't have really specific numbers, but I just like. It's more just like I can just I feel like feeling when I'm playing like I remember how I felt the play when I just got here and out. I know how how it feels to play like like like just today like it feels physically different on my body. It's like it's just it's I'm getting used to it. That makes sense. I can't imagine feeling like that. Could you also said about you that you are just completely different from last year? You're here to work this year. Just get it done. So you're here. Do you feel like you weren't at that place mentally? I think I was, but I think I had some. I would say like kind of like confidence issues like I was just but you know, I mean.

1:23:59I work past it and I know I can I know why I am and I know I can be here. So if you have confidence issues, how do you get through it? Is it yourself as your teammates? Is there someone in your family that makes you believe that you can do it? I know I can do it. It's not like that's those are those are all it's on the past now. Did the past play time in a very obvious opportunity? Guys had the stuff up to be able to be on the business. That helped you get over that confidence issue there because it's now an ever since your opportunity. Kind of is just like. Just I mean it's just just being here like I feel like being here every day working with the guys every day. It's just like you know you become this person that you might not have like. You might not have like felt like you were before that but like coming here working every day, stacking these days like.

1:25:02Like you know, I mean I just feel like I realized who I am and I know what I can do now. Well I want to be able to have a better relationship with this role but are you? This is the second time that like convince yourself that you actually belong here and you're good. I knew I knew I could play here. I mean it's just it was like the like I just I don't know how to explain it. It's just like I've always known I could play here. It's just I'm just like let's go like I'm ready like I'm ready to attack. What are guys the first shot? I think KJ was a big influence. Ty Hamilton and Ty League they all they all helped me a bunch last year kind of just pushing through. We plan 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 good. One of those younger guys we're seeing it like the first time I've heard all these last years. What have you seen from Lil? I feel like I should have real forgot about it because he was hurt.

1:26:03Now how he's running you know almost a second man up behind you and Ty. What have you seen in the middle of the day? Well as a workhorse he he goes stay quiet you go and work hard and that's what I love about him. He focuses he don't really talk much. He's going to get the job done do a job right. Really has any mistakes? What would be a successful season? A 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 the lids we 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 as a month. You can feel the difference or is there not really any difference? It's just the same word. 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 go bigger going home and 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.

1:27:09You 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 won a national championship. But you played to the 59th minute with the team that won the national championship last year. Like you're that close. So I'm saying we just like work harder. That's kind of coach makes a saying. You know, nobody cares. Just work harder. Like those, you know, we'll play Georgia. It's the same thing. Last, last play. You know, they went on the win in 90. So we just got to get over that hump at the end of the season. I think we'll be fine. How frustrating is that? You're that close against the last two national 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. As soon as you get older, you kind of learn. I thought I was working hard and then you always find out there's a little more you could have been doing. Yeah, definitely. I mean, that's how that's what growing up is basically in college.

1:28:10I thought, freshman year, I was working as hard as I could, but now I look back at it. I really wasn't working hard at all compared to what I'm doing now. So just to learn anything. The question is, what do you need it to be to be your best? Uh, 85. 80, 85. I mean, I can, it's all on me. I just, I think it's a little higher. I was just trying to be funny. But I mean, it's all on me. I just got to run harder in shape. So I was standing up to you. You got to be on the hot air. It's been a pleasure. The idea of a potential is 16 or 17 or 17. I mean, I said about that idea. Does it make you nervous about can you last that long? Do you really hear a word? You're nervous about that? I think, I think I definitely can last. I was just, you know, we got to get the young guys to come along with us. We can't play for the snaps of the game. That's just too much on our bodies. Just everybody. Like, online, D-line. We got to get those younger guys to play, you know. Get depth pieces on the D-line and online.

1:29:10And everywhere else. So we can last that long. Speaking of the light playing in the dark, let me know. Of course. If you like playing that new snap to game last year, because I don't know. I don't know if any of us were really expected to be playing that next time. Uh, yeah, I did. Unless we were like winning by like a lot. Uh, I thought like, there are no mom's you not can go sit down or something. But we're playing them big games, like, you know, in order to end two or north, those kind of games. Of course, I wouldn't be in because I know I can contribute. And I won't want to put that on anyone else when I know I can get the job done. What stands out about Kaden McDonald and the C-Guy that came up with you guys in a second. Oh, yeah, definitely. K-Mac is a K-Mac's animal. Y'all, you haven't really seen it yet, but in practice, he shows all the time. He's just, he's growing right now. He has to work ethic. He just has to get, you know, in the playbook, things like that. You guys are about the exact same size. Listen, you're both listening to six three, you're three 27, he's three 26. Yeah, he's kind of look at him like my junior, but you know, K-Mac, he's going to be a great player. He's just got to develop more and get into playbook.

1:30:10So really a lot on you older guys. 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. We can't get in there and get some work. And we got to get them right during the all season. So they can play and not just play. They want to like contribute like make plays tackle six. It seems like these guys get bigger. Each one of the freshmen class is looking bigger and bigger. Do those guys kind of, it doesn't kind of allow you to solve the first? Yeah, they definitely need some big dudes. And they all work hard. I've only seen much of some of the day two, and I'm not bad at all. But throughout the workouts, they've been working hard. They're determined to have a say that. And it looks like they're ready to work with me. How important this notes feels like. Because a lot of great defense is that you have big athletic defense attacks that you could eat up space.

1:31:10But also move, you know, right? That is that. Is that an inquire that maybe from a great defense to have guys like you that have some faults? But also a great senior. I think that is definitely, I think if you look at the last couple of national championship winners like Team of North, they got two good, two athletic detacles. Look at Georgia, two athletic detacles. I think that's definitely need if you want to go on that big run and beat those big teams. If you think about this, they don't define by the defense with actors. Like, what's Georgia? Jordan Davis and DL Carter and what's Michigan? It's Chris Jenkins. Tell them more questions. You find it funny like how, I mean, you understand it because you play it. But I feel like some time 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 forward to 478s and things like that.

1:32:10So we'll see. And when you think about this freakish attack attack attack, how do you think you fit into that mold of that kind of player? You watch that and say, yeah, that's me. Yeah, definitely. I think I'm top notch when it comes to detacles. But I don't want to, you know, get a big head, but you know, watch the comment. I watch it do the drills. I have tape here. You're like, you're looking like my film. So I think I'm up there with all those guys. Do you become like a artist when it comes to bad young passes? Yeah. I think the way I understand your things. When you're going, you're not doing as much a level. I mean, I mean, as many as I can have, I think I have more than that. But I think he said it. I think it counts some of them. And it's some of them where I like just missed it. So, but I think we work on drugs matching the hand. I think that's goes big. And we do as a D line, you know, just affecting the quarter. And the quarter that is anyway you can.

1:33:11It'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 player. So, so it's something that you really, really have to work on. You can do that with what you can do. It's one of the things that you can maybe work on the most. You can do your time here because there are a few guys that I've seen. Like, oh, that passed me about. We don't have to ask this. We're kind of, kind of expected for the people. I think I just have like a, like, an eye for the ball, kind of. I kind of just look at the quarterback and just, I see him like load up. I just try to get in his ways. And sometimes he's those who tell me. I'm your teacher, if you want to be a high state quarterback. You can make a bad dumb pass. I mean, they get frustrated by, you know, we're a team, you know, we're just getting better. I should lot of, lot of different backs, man. They just learn to grow for them. If you got to pick your top three backs, you got to pull right now. I don't really have a top three, but I'll give you, I'll give you one. I would say, say, Juan Gibbs and I like McCaffrey.

1:34:17Although he was injured this year, I like McCaffrey. Who's the best back in this draft? Best back in this draft. I'll lead that up to y'all. That's y'all decision. Playing well with Howard, but I'm going to remember most. We're Howard, man. He's just such a great leader, man. It's just like in moments where, you know, usually a lot of players, they fold, man. He was just always calm and relaxed, man. He just the leader that he was, man. That's one thing I'm going to remember about him. Yeah, he's, he's going to be really good, man. He's on Coach Lock. I think he got the transfer in as well from West Virginia. Just that one, two punch with them both as well. They're going to be really good backs. And so James, people, man, he's smart. The way that he goes about his business, man, he's mature. And so, man, he's growing, you know, just as a person and as a player. And so, man, yeah, definitely Ohio State, you know, that running back room is in great hands.

1:35:24Yeah. Coach, Coach Hartline, man. He's full of energy, man. And he's creative as well, you know. I'm just learning from him as well, you know, trying to run more out of the back field. It was being able to learn from Coach Hartline. And so, he's definitely creative at what he does, and he brings a lot of energy to the team as well. And so, I think that'll do really good. Straight line is what I was going to play on for. That's what he was like when he was doing training. Just intensity, man. And intensity of the playoffs. Every game, man, it's like the intensity got, you know, higher and higher. And so, you know, being able, I know in the lead, it's the same thing. Even if it's not the playoffs, just every game and intensity keeps getting higher and higher. So, yeah, you just, I know you got to bring it, you know, each and every day and come in and work. Just like Ohio State, you know, I definitely feel like Ohio State. They definitely do a good job of preparing us for that. You know, I just remember even before going through this process, I'll talk to a lot of players before that. And they told me a lot of just about how much Ohio State prepared them, you know, for the NFL. And so, yeah.

1:36:24Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I know I took a couple of days off after the National Championship. And then, shoot, right after that, I'm writing sample Florida and I'm writing to it. And so, yeah, I think while I trained, I trained that, your performance. I think it's called the House of Athlete or the Compound now. They did a good job, man. They're just bringing us in and the way they went about training us, man. They did a really good job. I mean, that would be funnier. The Buccane Mirs, no, I haven't. Do you think it's a city Tampa? Tampa, Tampa, nice. It's a nice city, man. Really nice. I think it's a city. The 40, the broad and the vert. You've been on races in Austin, Walker. Do you speak to your mentality of like when you've got a linebacker, so you're in the champs. What's the bigger than you when you're in the race? Yeah. Yeah, no, man. It's really all about technique and then it's about mindset as well.

1:37:27And so, I say, you know, it's for the love of my brother. It's for the love of Wil Howard. It's for the love of the receivers who I got on the perimeter. Just making sure, you know, first of all, my quarterback doesn't get sacked. And I told Wil, I think it was before the first game. I was like, I got your brother. It's like, I said, man, I'm not going to let you get hit, you know. And so, I don't know if I don't know if I gave up a sack. I'm not sure that. But I know if I did, I haven't given up too many. And so, man, it's for the love of my brothers, though, man, making sure that the ball get in their hands, you know, the guys on the outside and making sure they get fed. You had to hit the practice field later today. What is something you'd be working on right now when you need to? In my game. You can't really work on this, you know, in all season, I feel like. It's more so, you know, you got to put the pads on. You got to go through some inside run. You know, maybe I was really just continuing to run through tackles. And so, that's, I feel like that's one of the areas in my game. You know, I want to continue to get better. I feel like I did a good job of that in my senior year. And so, I just want to continue to build on that. So, you know what I did?

1:38:28Yes, I did. Yes, I did. So, people say you look like no one is more out there. You get back in nursing and you've been met with people around. I did meet with New Orleans as well. I never got that comparison. Actually, I know I have a Camera shoe. Yeah, man. I would come here great, great back, man. Just what he does and those 101 matchups, he's dangerous, man. And he's so smooth. He's so smooth as well. I'm not going to lie. He's smooth. Yeah. Inside zone from stack, being able to hit that thing downhill. And I'll say the next one is probably just an option out of the backfield. You know, man and man coverage, you're getting on that line backer. And so. What he needs will be here in a couple of years. Jeremiah Sinovich. You have the perfect person who will sit down and just how much pressure is going to be. And you have pressure. So, what you get to do is like a statement.

1:39:28Yeah, I say to man, the biggest thing is the way that he carries himself, man. And the way that, man, he approaches the game. He comes in with the mindset, you know, he's going to work every single week. You know, every practice, you know, he's working hard. You know, even shooting. I don't know. Every good, I think he had a, every game was a good game for him, man. And so, but still, man, he always has the mentality to mindset that, you know, he's going to come in each and every day. He's going to continue to work and get better, man. And so he's definitely, man, he's going to be a special player, man. He really is. I'm starting to get into the middle of the military. I'm starting to get into the middle of the military. I think he's a master's in the middle of the backfield. But, what's the standout? Man, a lot of ups and downs, man. It's just how you respond to adversity. And I feel like that's something that God has definitely helped me to do better. Is this, I'm not having something to lean on now. You know, I remember before I met him, you know, going through those adversity, I had nothing to run to. You know, you can run to people, but they still can't, it's not too much. They can't truly help you. You know, I feel like, you know, I feel like the only person that can truly help you is your relationship with Jesus Christ.

1:40:31And so, being able to lean on him, you know, he gives you, in those moments, where it's tough. You know, where it's slow. And when you're behind the scenes and you're going through things that people don't know about, he gives you that peace and comfort. You know, even in those moments, man, where it's so hard that you can't explain. It's like, man, I'm going through this, but like, how am I still filled with this internal joy? You know, how do I have so much peace in this situation? And so, that's something that only Jesus Christ can give you. And so, you know, the backfield firm means to power and judge and experience that good. Which aspect do you do those other individuals that you want to follow and from being around power? Um, man, those guys have such a great mentality, man. Am I just really loved their mentality, especially Q as well. You know, I talked about Will Howard, his leadership, but Quincham mentality, man. That boy just, yeah, that boy just gifted. You see, you know, sometimes he put in a situation where he looked like, you know, he should have a negative five yards.

1:41:34And as soon as you know it, you know, he, that running through somebody, still forming somebody and shooting this again to 10. And so... You some of the things that he does, he just realizes two different things actually. Yeah. Um, shoot, I think... Yeah, man, I think it's just like, he's just gifted, man, too, beyond it. He's just gifted. You know, he's a big back. You know, he's strong. You know, he's able to do those things. So, yeah, man, it's definitely, you know, I look at his game and I want to, you know, at the same time, I want to learn from Quincham. You know, I want to look at his game and it's like, man, where can I get better at as well? You know, that's the type of player I am. I'm always looking to get better, man. I'm always looking to grow as a player. What's your last experience in your life? Drueling San. Oh, yeah, he's going to be a great back. He's going to be a great quarterback, man. He's so, so accurate. And so, he's definitely, man, I know Coach Day is definitely going to get him right. Just, you know, continue to grow as a leader, continue to grow as a player. And so, he's going to be really good for a high state. Thanks, Coach. I know just the quarterback position.

1:42:35I feel like, you know, the quarterbacks in the past, they've definitely been vocal. And so, I feel like that's something that they're definitely going to ask them to truly say in this well. It's to be that vocal leader and lead the offense and lead the team. Thanks, Coach. Shoot, man. He has a build like JK Dobbins. And I kind of see them, you know, similar, similarities in their game as well. And I know JK Dobbins, he was a great running back. I feel like he's not talked about his none. A lot, but man, his career here, you watch his highlights is great. I remember before I recruit, before I committed here, I remember watching JK Dobbins highlights like every, every one of his years here, like four or five times. And so, man, he was such a great back. And I feel like, you know, when I see JK Dobbins, when I see James people, I see similarities to both of their games, I feel like they play the same. And so, appreciate you all. Yeah, I'll be going.

1:43:47Yeah. Yeah.

1:44:47Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, I got coming in last round. I knew the role. So I just tacked Eric Dave really the same way. He's taking advantage. Very rep physically. How different are you? Weight wise body wise on that from your. I think I got a lot bigger.

1:45:47I'm like 240. You know, like 244 right now. Last year, I played at like 236 to 37. What does it feel like at 244? I feel like almost a different. Machine out there. Yeah. What does it feel like to be running around out there like you are, but with more, more back? I just feel like I'm like. Like, like more downhill, like stronger. Like I'm taking all the bloods better. It's bigger. Yeah. Is it daunting? Maybe that's not the correct term, but to think you're going to be playing much more than you did even last year and you played quite a bit last year instead of what you have to get straight in your head about being on the field that much more. Is it going to get ready to just play 30 more snaps? But are you, are you, how would you describe how much you're looking forward to it from an 8-stand? Yeah. I'm looking forward to it. I'm ready for it. My, I'm ready for it. I'm going to be able to rematch and so to speak, but it's not really two different teams compared to the last time you all played and stuff. How is that enhanced this camp for you and this team getting ready for the, we're an opener

1:46:51of that magnitude? Yeah, with an opener like that, we've been, we've been emphasizing it a lot. We know we got coming, so we know we got to do, we've been prepared for it. I already did broadly with you. I think Riley ready to play right now. He advanced freshmen, like he in the, he in the book, he studied in like he advanced and his measurements is crazy, like he saw like the saw line too. Or like you said, you're ready. You know, you're ready. What was that process like during last season? Could you feel yourself becoming more and more ready for whatever the team needed for you? Yeah, because that's pretty much what my role was, just whenever I was needed, I had to step up. So I feel like that's what built me into me being able to say I'm ready for this year. When you say ready, is it more a physical thing? Is it a mental thing? When I say ready, I think it's pretty much like everything physically, mentally, mostly. I think I'm there. I asked one more time.

1:47:59I feel like it's a way bigger responsibility with me having to step up this year. But I kind of go about it the same way. Like last year, I was attention over everything I did. I feel like this year is going to be the same thing. It's probably a little bit more. Somebody who, some reason, I was a little bit surprised. And what word? Somebody worked your watch. I say, describe my guy. When you think of me, you would think of like a bullet, like a silver bullet. I don't really know what it is on the ball. That's how I like to play and think. No, I ain't got to be my nickname, but. Oh, yeah, yeah. Yeah, that's it. Yeah, that's it. How does that fit you? And what are you enjoying about the whole thing in that kind of style?

1:49:00I think it fit me because. I don't know, I just like the defense. I feel like we got, like you said, we got a lot of freedom and we moving around a lot. A lot of the terms is like, you know, I don't know. I don't really not answer that. That's okay. Does it? You can go on your instincts a little bit more, maybe? That's not so thinking of too much. I don't even know if I say that because there's a lot of thinking going on, but it's like. I just like his defense. I like how the pressure deep is. I like what he got going on. I don't know. Was it sad when CJ left the ring? No, I wanted to say that I was kind of like happy for him. No, that's what you want. No, no, no, no, no, that's my dog. I'm going to say yeah, kind of missing a little bit, but yeah, I'm happy for him. Well, they'll thank you. Go ahead one last question. Coach Daze talked a lot about the guys who played some last year, but maybe weren't the starters and the hunger for. That wasn't maybe your national championship you guys will win your own. Yeah. How much do you feel that is a guy who certainly contributed last year, but will be in this bigger role and along the summer year, your classmates?

1:50:06Yeah, I do feel like, um, yeah, I do feel like I did win a nattie last year, but like you said, my role wasn't same as how it's going to be this year. So yeah, I definitely want to want to go get another one experienced that like feeling maybe on the field, a lot more place. Great. I think it's a very, very, very important answer. You need to offense compared to NFL, especially with the way he uses receivers. How do you anticipate your role changing and how do you view the offense from a receiver perspective specifically? Yeah. I mean, I think he likes to really push the ball down the field. He likes to be balanced. He likes to give different looks to a difference. You know, we're going to not to try to get too much into it, but you know, we're going to use some motion, move some guys around and things of that nature. I think for myself, I feel comfortable playing any of the positions that is that is asked whether it's the slot, the outside positions and unique part about our offenses. I don't think necessarily you play the X or the Z because the pit on the formation of the hash, you can be the opposite. You could be the X, but then you're to the field now you're the Z.

1:51:07So you got to really learn the entire concept and know where you're out in the field, which I think makes everybody smarter players because you don't pigeonhole yourself. I just play X, you know, I'm only know this position. Like you get in two minutes, you're the Z. Now you got to know what to do. You may have the clear out router. You may have the backside dig. Like you got to know what you're doing. So I think he doesn't just say like we're going to do this offense. He's really trying to create an offense that fits our personnel really well. That that field boundary thing. Yeah, that's a thing in college, but it seems like it's more unique to clip. Is that something you're used to seeing in other offenses? Yeah, definitely. I mean, I think if I'm on the left hash, like technically I'm on the X, you know, I'm in the boundary, but if we're on the right hash, I'm still on the left side. I'm really the Z in the concept because I'm to the field, I'm to the strength of the tight end. So I've been in offenses like it's similar like that before. And you know, I just think he one thing I think that's really stood out as the compliments of our routes that we have so far.

1:52:09I feel like we have a chance to really run similar stems, but there's different routes off those stems and things like that, which I think for receiver like myself who you get, you know, a really good look at DBs and they study your film, they study your splits, like having routes that look the same, but break off at different, different angles is extremely important because it feels like you have some versatility in your bag to go out with versus like you got this hit you again, your backside, like that's all you got, you know what I mean. So, yeah, he's just been a really good player's person to work with and he's been really communicative with the leaders and how we want this offense to look like and some of the ideas that we may have as well. So it's been a really cool transition. You talk about the transitions, your third offense in three years, probably your fourth and sixth years. Yeah. How do you not kind of build up some barriers? Yeah, man, I got to do this again. I think, you know, human nature is always a factor in whatever you do in life, but I think I try to make a conscious choice of coming in with a new year mentality each and every year.

1:53:17And I think it's easy because we've had so many changes and it's been great working with Marcus and Jaden and Jeff and Sam, all of everybody, like it's been great with working with all the quarterbacks. I just have a mentality of not really being complacent, like I try to really focus on the things that I can come back better at this year and I've been working my butt off to do that. So I think the easy thing and when I was younger, you're like, dang, like you just want that consistency, you know what I mean? You want that something you could depend on, but like life isn't, life isn't always like that. So I've been reinvigorated because of just the energy that DQ brings into our building each and every day and the coaches as well. Like it's fun competing, you know what I mean? And sometimes I could get lost in the grind, but I think the reason why you make it here at this level is because you fall in love with the competition of it. I think the competition breathes the success because that is really where you, the iron truly sharpens iron.

1:54:24So you know other guys are going to make plays, but you get excited to go in there and know that the next day we're going to go right back after the defense. So for myself, I'm just looking forward to continue to grow with the quarterbacks that we have. I'm in year six now, which is extreme blessing and leader, one of the leaders in our room and I just try to take the bull by the horns with that. And so that's really been my focus and you know I'm excited for another year. So us, it's looked like you're being more vocal on the sideline, so help young guys. Definitely. Something you decided this offseason or? I think that's been a part of my maturation process as a leader. I've always seen myself as somebody that was a leader by example, but from coaches and other teammates I've had over the years, guys like to hear what I have to say for whatever reason sometimes. You know, and I think the biggest thing where I've tried to figure out where I fit in with my vocal leadership is I never wanted to be like a dictator. You know what I mean? I never wanted to tell guys what to do or be a yellow or things like that.

1:55:27Like when I say something, I wanted to have power. I wanted to have meaning. And I hope, you know, the guys would feel the same way if they were to ask them that question. Because I want to see all these guys win, man. Like it's hard to make it in this league and stay in a career. And so anyway, I could help the receivers, the DBs. I'm talking to some alignment. Johnny, who's who's rehabbing his foot. You know what I mean? I'm just saying everybody has a role and everybody has a different story and path. And so if I could share what I've been through my testimony to help them or do things that kind of slow down the process, I'm going to try to do that because we need everybody from the rookies to the 10 year vets to make this thing work. So I try to speak to what I know and really those honest conversations that I try to have with guys, what they know I'm coming from a good place. And I think I'm not the type of guy where I'm just going to talk at them. Like if they see something, like I could take a coaching point from Luke McCaffrey. I could take a coaching point from Deami from Jahan from Marcus from anybody.

1:56:31You know, like I think that's what makes you a great player when you can really be coachable from anybody and not take it from a personal standpoint. Hi. How are you doing? Good. Going back to what you were saying about Cliff and the offense, how is he as a teacher in teaching all of us? Yeah, I mean, I think he does a really great job of making things simple, first and foremost. He doesn't overcoach. And I think that's the trust that he has in our group and his coaches, our position coaches to fill in the detail. So we'll have an install meeting. And it'll be a good amount of time. But then our position coaches will have time and we'll make it specific to that position. And so then we'll come in and have a walk through. And then after that, we'll have another walk through. And so I don't think there's been a time where I've come out here and I'm kind of worried about what I got. You know what I mean? And when you get into certain offices, there could be so many details where you could be overwhelmed. And I think then it forces it kind of separates guys in a sense that like one guy may study more than another guy.

1:57:33But when you have these these sessions that we have where we're having an installs in the morning, we're having two walkthroughs and then we're coming on the field and doing it. Like I think you notice a lot of guys are playing a lot faster and more confident because he's keeping it simple. But also he's very particular in what he's expecting, but it's not a lot. So there's not a pressure of to get it right. But at the same time, you know, it's expected of you and you know you're going to have the tools given to you to be successful out there on the field. And this is offseason just the totality of change from front office players coaches, the turf field. What is that been like for you just to see what's going on? It's been fun. You know, I think from Mr. Harris and the entire ownership group down to Adam Peters down to DQ down to Jada who we drafted and bringing in Marcus and Jeff and all those guys and down to leaders. We have on our team. I think it was extremely specific on the way they tried to build this thing going into this year. First of having the right people bringing in leaders, bringing in guys who love to compete.

1:58:35First thing that DQ said when he came here was in his first meeting like if you love to compete, this is going to be the place for you. And I love it. You know, I mean, I love bags and going at it with the DBs every day. Like the little mundane stuff can seem a little boring, but that's I think that was the where you make the gains during the offseason where you're really focused on. Hey, like I'm a I'm a give all I got for this day and I'm a get better and then I'm a I'm a learn from the film and come back tomorrow and ready to do it again. And he also understands like the benefits of having breaks like he's giving us breaks. We've had you know weeks off here in the other week and compose ourselves but then come back and give it all we got. You know what I mean? And when you got a coach that understands the physicality of an entire season where you guys do need breaks by the same time we're going to get after it. It makes it fun as a leader because you can take that to your room and be like, yo, we got these we got this week. You know, I mean that's extremely important, but you know, we have this little break coming up where you're going to get your your mind and your body and your soul right.

1:59:35So coming into this season, I'm really optimistic of what we can be this year. And I think it started with the foundation that the ownership group and the entire staff has built. And now it's on myself as a leader to continue to hone that in into the locker room. But I think it's great because we have so many great leaders from all across the league who have won and we got Bobby Wagner in there. You know what I mean? I asked a hall of fame or so like, you know, being able to have kind of guys like that that you can lean on that can sometimes take over that leadership role where it doesn't fall on one person. I think it's extremely refreshing and knowing that everybody's on the same page and the message is the same allows you to go out there with confidence and always expect to know you. Terry, you seem to spend many of your off seasons learning about things beyond football, hobbies, what have you doing in this off season so far. And so hobbies are increased your knowledge of this the world around you. That's a good question.

2:00:35Play a lot of golf. That day just keeps my competitive juices flowing. Planting a wedding. That's going well. And I've just been grinding like honestly, you know what I mean? I've been hungry this all season. Like I started working out, you know, pretty early and you start to see guys like coming back and it's just fun to like to be here and compete and feel like every day. And I'm competing and feeling like everybody's on the same page, you know what I mean? And so for me, I'm a grind every off season, but just this one just feels like it's the start of something new and special. And the foundation of is extremely important to be a part of that to have a hand in that. You know, it's an honor, you know, and I put a lot of expectation on myself to come out here and be the guy that I know I'm capable of. So like taking the next step and being somebody that our quarterbacks that can trust and believe in. So this all season was pretty simple for me.

2:01:38It was just really about, you know, working and grinding and getting better. He talked about Jayden before. And so far, I know we haven't seen everything. But in terms of his arm strength, the throws he's making anything surprising so far about the types of his ability in that regard. I think after the second or third crosser that he threw, I started telling receivers like, hey, you got to get your head around. You know what I mean? Because again, each quarterback throws the ball differently and sees the field differently. So sometimes on crossers, a lot of quarterbacks may like to see you cross the ball and get into that open zone over there. Or if it's man flattened off, they like to see you get open with him. He has a really good anticipation over the middle of the field where he can make those throws and give you a chance to catch and run. And he's really accountable too. Like we had to play the day where he felt like he missed me and, you know, it's not a big deal at all. You know what I mean? Him and I can talk to those things. And there's been a play that I've talked to him about. I could do a better job. But again, like that open former communication from a rookie, I think is very rare. And I think it speaks to the confidence he knows who he is.

2:02:40But he's also not afraid to say when he's wrong. And he knows he needs room to improve. His touch on the deep balls is amazing. You know, I love getting extra reps after practice with him. We're just catching the top end of a deep ball. As big for me, you know, I mean, I get to track the ball over my shoulder and as big for him to be able to get used to dropping the ball in the bucket. But he just naturally has an ability to throw the ball. He sees the windows really well. And now he's just, you know, continue to get adjusted to the speed in the past rush. I think he's these reps that he's getting are unbelievable during 11 on 11 because he's getting to feel pain and Allen and DA and Cleveland Farrow. Like we got some dogs up there who are going to come after him. You know what I mean? And we got some great guys up front who are going to protect them. And so these reps, I feel like are even better than just seven on seven. Seven on seven. I think he could do in the sleep to be fair. Like he throws the ball really well. But when you get this 11 on 11, two-minute drill, you're putting them in game like situations. And I'm looking them in his eye. I'm like, we play a real ball now. Like we, we, we plan. You know what I mean? And you just see no, no, anxiousness in his game and his demeanor, which is extremely exciting.

2:03:44And then, you know, he's extremely lighthearted and he's always smiling. So he's joking with lime and D line. He's just cool with everybody. And like I said, like for a rookie quarterback to come in like that where guys are gravitating to him and he's not afraid to be who he is. That's dope. I think he has a bright future for himself. The tough losses, the tough seasons can weigh on a player. You're entering the prime of your career. J.A. kind of mentioned it last year. All he cares about is winning. He wants to win now. Is there a sense of urgency? You obviously always want to win. Knowing that, you know, you're getting to the prime of your career. Like you want to win now. Yeah, I think that's a fair question. I think, you know, you start to evaluate when you, I mean year six and you know how fast it goes. And I try not to put the cart before the horse were looking too far ahead by the same time. You do want to win. You want to be a part of a winning culture and have a chance to win the Super Bowl and the playoffs and all those things. That's why we do this personally. And I'm just excited with being a part of an organization in an environment where now like everybody's on the same page in the message is uniform.

2:04:55And it speaks from the top down. And it reflects the guys that they're bringing in. You know, all the guys that they brought in are guys who are hungry, who are competitors, who not only fighting for spots, but are going to help us win games. And when you're around an environment like that, like that, that makes you excited, makes you hopeful. And, you know, you don't know how it's going to turn out until we start playing games. But the foundation is extremely important. I think this off season, we've really done a great job of building that. They have. And then when a coach Quinn guy here building with this team. So I feel like we're going to be going into this off season really knowing we all got to do individually become ready for camp. But the message is clear to come back to camp ready to compete and be ready to win. Thanks, Derek. Appreciate you guys. Yeah, we should. Appreciate it.

2:05:56One of the funniest guys on the team right now. I'm 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. One of those younger guys we're seeing out here. It's the first time it's heard all year. It's the first time. What have you seen from well because. I'm kind of like last year we all forgot about it because he was hurt. Now he's running you know almost a second man up behind you and tied. What have you seen? What was the workhorse? He he goes stay quiet. You go work hard. And that's all I love about him. He focuses. He don't really talk much. He's going to get the job done. Do a job right. Really has any mistakes. What would be a successful season? The national championship. I ring when all the games we want to lose anything. We got a mindset that we can't be beat. We just got to go show it. That mindset different. Seems like you guys expect the national championship over here this year even more so. You guys all come back for this. You guys have all decided like that.

2:06:56Is that this is a good feeling difference or is there not really any difference? It's just the same work. It's definitely a difference. Everyone working harder. We notice our last run. Most of us don't have any years after this. So we got to go go bigger. Go home and 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 been one that came 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. Like 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. Just work harder. Like those, you know, we'll play Georgia. The same thing. Last, last play. You know, they went on the win in 90. So we just got to get over that hump at the end of the season. I think we'll be fine. How frustrating is that?

2:07:56You're that close against the last two national titles. Of course, 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 harder than you always find out there's a little more you could have been doing? Yeah, definitely. I mean, that's what growing up is basically in college. I thought freshman year I was working as hard as I could. But now I look back at it. I really wasn't working hard at all. I'm doing what I'm doing now. So just to learn anything. If there's a 6 key in the answer to what do you need it to be to be your best? 80, 85. I mean, it's all on me. 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.

2:08:59I think I definitely can last. I was just, you know, we got to get the young guys to come along with us. We can't play 50 snaps again. That's just too much on our bodies. Just everybody. Like online, D line. We got to get those younger guys to play. You know, get that pieces on the D line and the online and everywhere else. So we can last that long. Speaking of that, let's get my dog. Did you like playing that means after that last year because I don't know if anyone has more expected these play that next time? Yeah, I did. Unless we were like winning by like a lot. I thought like there are no moments you know I can go sit down or something. But we're playing them big games like, you know, Notre Dame too or North. Those kind of games. Of course, I want to be in because I know I can contribute. And I won't want to put that on anyone else when I know I can get the job done. What stands out about Kaden McDonald and see you guys in a second. Oh, yeah, definitely. K-Mac is a K-Mac's animal. Y'all, you haven't really seen it yet, but in practice, he shows all the time.

2:10:01He's just, he's growing right now. He has to work ethic. He just has to get, you know, in the 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, he's very often. I kind of look at him like my junior, but you know, K-Mac, he's going to be a great player. He's just 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've got to be leaders. Like I said, we've 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've got to get them right, earn all season so they can play. And not just play, they want to contribute, like, make plays, tackle his sex. It seems like these guys get bigger. Each one of the freshmen class is bigger or bigger. And those guys kind of, those are going to kind of allow you to solve the person. Yeah, they're definitely some big dudes. And they all work hard.

2:11:01I've only seen much of some of the day too when I'm passing on. But throughout the workouts, they've been working hard, you know, they're determined. I just say that. And it looks like they're ready to work with me. How important is this? It feels like there's a lot of great defense. You have big athletic defense attackers who can eat up space. But also move, you know, right? That is that. Is that an inquirement maybe for a great defense to have guys like you that have some balls? But also a great team. I think that is definitely. I think if you look at the last couple of national championship winners, like team of North, they didn't know they got two good, uh, detaco two athletic detacles. Look at Georgia. Two athletic detacles. I think that's definitely neat if you want to go on that big run and beat those big teams. If you think about this, they're going to find why the defense was acting. It's like, what's Georgia? Jordan Davis, deal harder. Let's miss again. It's Chris Jenkins. Couple more questions for you. I mean, you understand this was your play. But I feel like some time. I don't know.

2:12:01Are people realizing how important defense tackles are? A little bit more than they used to? I think it's a little bit more than they used to. I think it's a little bit more than they used to. I think it's a little bit more than they used to. I think so. I think they're starting to develop to develop more and more of these like freakiest detacles. Yeah. Like in the combine, just now, you see in like those guys, they're moving forward to 478 and things like that. So we'll see. And when you think about those freakish out there, how do you think you fit into that old, that kind of player? You watch that and say, yeah, that's me. Yeah, definitely. I think I'm top notch when it comes to detacles, but I don't want to, you know, get a big head, but you know, watch it come on. I watch the dude who drew the movie. I have a tape here. You're like, look at my film. Yeah. So I think I'm up there with all those guys. Do you become like an artist who comes to band up passes the figure wags and your things? I mean, you're going to spring practice. You're not doing as much a weapon on a weapon. Yeah, I'm just asking. How do you work on that? Do you have like a gold one, Mark?

2:13:01I don't remember how many ad livestreams you have. You have a gold one, Mark. I mean, as many as I can have, I think I have more than that, but I think they're counseling. I think they're counseling some of them. And some of them were like just listed. But I think we work on drawing the match in the hand. I think that goes big. And what we do is a D line, you know, just affecting the quarter of Vegas. Any way you can is 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 player. So it's something that you really, really have to work on. And what happens is that you've maybe worked on the most. You can bring your time here because there are a few guys that I've seen. Like, oh, that past few guys. We don't have to ask. We kind of kind of expect it. I think I just have like a eye for the ball, kind of. I kind of just look at the quarterback and just, I see him like load up. I just try to get his ways. And sometimes he's throws it to me. I don't know how your advantage is to do it to the Ohio State quarter. Backstab.

2:14:01I mean, they get frustrated by, you know, we're a team. We're just getting back. I should lot of a lot of different backs, man. They just learn to grow for them. You got to pick your top three backs. You got to go right now. One, two. I don't really have a top three, but I'll give you. I'll give you one. I would say, say, Juan Gibbs and I like McCaffrey. Auto. He was injured this year. I like McCaffrey. Who's the best back in this drive? Best back in this drive. I'll lead that up to y'all. That's y'all decision. Playing well with Howard. What I'm going to remember most. We're a Howard, man. He's just such a great lead. Such a great leader, man. It's just like in moments where, you know, usually a lot of players they fold, man. He was just always calm and relaxed, man. And he just deleted that he was, man. That's one thing I'm going to remember about him. What do you think James P?

2:15:03Yeah, he's shoot. He's going to be really good, man. He's on Coach Lock. I think he got the transfer in as well from West Virginia. Just that one, two punch with them both as well. They're going to be really good backs. And so James P.P.P.O. is, man. He's smart. The way that he goes about his business, man. He's mature. And so, man, he's growing, you know, just as a person and as a player. And so, man, yeah, definitely Ohio State. You know, that running back room is in great hands. Right. I'm looking at the UFC spot. I'm just having a race and personality. And I'm just looking at it. I'll keep that up until the end. Yeah. Coach Heartline, man. He's full of energy, man. And he's creative as well. You know, I'm just learning from him as well. You know, I'm trying to run more outside the backfield. I was being able to learn from Coach Heartline. And so, he's definitely creative at what he does. And he brings a lot of energy to the team as well. And so, I think they'll do really good. The straight way to play off-hand, like the way to. That's what we want to transcend to. Just the intensity, man. And the intensity of the playoffs.

2:16:04Every game, man, it's like the intensity got, you know, higher and higher. And so, you know, being able, I know in the lead, it's the same thing. Even if it's not the playoffs, just every game and the intensity, it keeps getting higher and higher. And so, yeah, you just, I know you got to bring it, you know, each and every day and come in and work. Just like Ohio State. You know, I definitely feel like Ohio State. They definitely do a good job of preparing us for that. You know, I just remember even before going through this process, I'll talk to a lot of players before that. And they told me a lot of just about how much Ohio State prepared them. You know, for the NFL. And so, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I know I took a couple of days off after the national championship. And then, shoot, right after that, I'm writing sample Florida. And I'm right to it. And so, yeah, I think while I trained, I trained at your birth performance. I think it's called the House of Athlete or the Compound now. They did a good job, man. They're just bringing us in and the way they went about training us,

2:17:06man, they did a really good job. I mean, have you played in the NBA? The Bucking Nears. No, I haven't. What do you think of the city of Tampa? Tampa, Tampa. Nice. It's a nice city, man. Really nice. I think of the city as well. The 40, the broad and the vert. You've been on races and awesome blocker. Do you speak to your mentality of like when you've got a linebacker or something in the jazz, you're bigger than you and you're in ready to score a blocker? Yeah. Yeah, no, man. It's really all about technique. And then it's about mindset as well. And so, I say, you know, it's for the love of my brother. It's for the love of Will Howard. It's for the love of the receivers who I got on the perimeter. Just making sure, you know, first of all, my quarterback doesn't get sacked. And I told Will, I think it was before the first game. I was like, I got your brother. It's, I said, man, I'm not going to let you get hit, you know. And so, I don't know if I gave up a sack. I'm not sure that. But I know if I did, I haven't given up too many. And so, man, it's for the love of my brother's, though, man.

2:18:07Making sure that the ball get in their hands, you know, the guys on the outside and making sure they get fed. You had to hit the practice field later today. What is something you've been working on right now? In my game. You can't really work on this, you know, in all season. I feel like it's more so, you know, you got to put the pads on. You got to go through some inside run, you know, maybe. It's really just continuing run through tackles. And so, that's, I feel like that's one of the areas in my game. You know, I want to continue to get better. I feel like I did a good job of that in my senior year. And so, I just want to continue to build on that. So, you know what I'm saying? Yes, I did. Yes, I did. So, people, you look like, I'll let them borrow out there. You get back in there and say, I can mail them to you tomorrow. I did meet with New Orleans as well. I never got that comparison. Actually, I know I have a Camera shoe. Yeah, man, I have a Camera. Great, great back, man. Just what he does and knows, 101 matchups, he's dangerous, man. And he's so smooth. He's so smooth as well. I'm not going to lie. He's smooth. Yeah.

2:19:13Inside zone from stack, being able to hit that thing downhill. And I'll say the next one is probably just an option out of the backfield. You know, a man in man coverage. You're getting on that line backer and so. Yeah, I say to man, the biggest thing is the way that he carries himself, man. And the way that man, he approaches the game. He comes in with the mindset, you know, he's going to work every single week. You know, every practice, you know, he's working hard. You know, even shoot, I don't know. I think he had it. Every game was a good game for him, man. And so, but still, man, he always has the mentality to mindset that, you know, he's going to come in each and every day. He's going to continue to work and get better, man. And so he's definitely, man, he's going to be a special player, man. He really is. Man, a lot of ups and downs, man.

2:20:20It's just how you respond to adversity. And I feel like that's something that God has definitely helped me to do better. Is this, I'm not having something to lean on now. You know, I remember before I met him, you know, going through those adversity, I had nothing to run to. You know, you can run to people, but they still can't. It's not too much, they can't truly help you. You know, I feel like, you know, I feel like the only person that can truly help you is your relationship with Jesus Christ. And so, being able to lean on him, you know, he gives you, you know, his moments where it's tough, you know, where it's low. And when you're behind the scenes and you're going through things that people don't know about, he gives you that peace and comfort. You know, even in those moments, man, we're so hard that you can't explain. It's like, man, I'm going through this, but like, how am I still filled with this internal joy? You know, how do I have so much peace in this situation? And so that's something that only Jesus Christ can give you. The back of the firm means to power and justice through our effectiveness. Which aspect could be to those other individuals who want to follow the game from being around power and justice?

2:21:23Um, man, those guys have such a great mentality, man. Am I just really loved their mentality, especially Q as well. You know, I talked about Will Howard, his leadership, but Quincham mentality, man. That boy just, yeah, that boy just gifted, you know, you see, you know, sometimes he put in a situation where he looked like, you know, he should have a negative five yards. And as soon as you know it, you know, he, he's running through somebody, still farming somebody and shoot us again to 10. And so, Yeah, I think, Yeah, man, I think it's just like, he's just gifted, man, too, beyond it. He's just gifted, you know, he's, he's a big back. You know, he's strong and so, um, you know, he's, he's able to do, he's able to do those things. And so, um, yeah, man, it's definitely, you know, I look at his game and I want to, you know, at the same time, I want to learn from Quincham. You know, I want to look at this game and it's like, man, where, where can I get better at as well? You know, that's the type of player I am. I'm always looking to get better, man. I'm always looking to grow as a player.

2:22:24What's your last sentence of dreams? I'm just going to be a great, a great, a great quarterback, man. He's so, so accurate. And so, um, he's definitely, man, I know Coach Dez is definitely going to get him right. Just, you know, um, container, grow as a leader, container, grow as a player. And so, he's going to be really good for how I stay. Uh, he's, I know just the quarterback position. Um, I feel like, you know, the quarterbacks in the past, they've, they've definitely been vocal. And so, I feel like that's something that they're definitely going to, um, ask them, Julian, saying as well, just to be that vocal leader and lead, um, and lead the offense and lead the team. Thanks, Craig. Thanks for having me. Thank you. Thanks, Craig. Sure. Man, he has, he has a bill like JK Dobbins. And, um, I kind of see them, you know, similar, similarities in their game as well. And I know JK Dobbins, he was a great running back. I feel like he's not talked about his, not a lot, but man, his career here, you watch his highlights is, is great. I remember, um, before I recruit, before I committed here, I remember watching JK Dobbins.

2:23:24I remember watching JK Dobbins highlights like every, every, um, one of his years here, like four or five times. And so, man, he was such a great back. And, um, I feel like, you know, um, when I see JK Dobbins, when I see, um, James people, I see similarities to both of their games. I feel like they play the same. And so, appreciate you all. Yeah, I'll be going. You can go. This.

2:24:24Yeah. Yeah.

2:25:24Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. All I got coming in last round, I knew the role. So I just attacked Eric Dave. Really the same way. It's taking advantage. Very rare. Basically, how different are you? Weight wise, body wise on that from the year. Oh, I think I got a lot bigger. I'm like 240. You know, like 244 right now. Last year, I played it like 236 to 37. What does it feel like a 244 or a belt? You feel like almost a different machine out there. Yeah. What does it feel like to be run around out there like you are? But with more, more back. I just feel like I'm like, like, like more downhill, like stronger. Like I'm taking all the bloods better. It's a big.

2:26:24No. Is it daunting? Maybe that's not the correct term, but to think you're going to be playing much more than you did even last year. And you played quite a bit last year and stuff. What do you have to get straight in your head about being on the field that much more? Is it got to get ready to just play 30 more snaps? But are you, are you, how would you describe how much you're looking forward to it from an 8 stand point? I'm looking forward to it. I'm ready for it. My play. I'm ready for it. The Texas opener is a rematch. But it's not really two different teams compared to the last time you all played and stuff. How has that enhanced this camp for you and this team getting ready for the, where an opener of that magnitude? Yeah, with an opener like that, we've been, we've been emphasizing it a lot. We know we got coming, so we know we got to do, we've been prepared for it. I already did this probably work today. I think Riley ready to play right now. He advanced freshmen like he in the, he in the book, he studied in like he advanced and his measurements was crazy. Like he saw like, saw like to.

2:27:25I'll tell you, you said you're ready. I didn't know you're ready. What was that process like during last season? Could you feel yourself becoming more and more ready for whatever the team needed for you? Yeah, because that's pretty much what my role was. Just whenever I was needed, I had to step up. So I feel like that's what built me into me being able to say I'm ready for this year. Can you say ready? Is it more a physical thing? Is it a mental thing? When I say ready, I think it's pretty much like everything physically, mentally, mostly. I think I'm there. A different is that feeling this year than last year? That's possible. That's possible. I think that's one more time. How different is that response? Bill should be ready to just be emotional. Call that. If you want to ask you, you knew you were a role player. I feel like it's a way. It's a way bigger responsibility with me having to step up this year. But I kind of go about it the same way. Like last year, I was intentional with everything I did. I feel like this year is going to be the same thing.

2:28:25It's probably a little bit more. Is somebody who's somewhere in here? I was in the same place. And what word? How's everybody working? I say... Scrabbing. Can I say... When you think of me, you would think of like a bullet, like a silver bullet. I don't really a bullet. I'm always on the ball. That's how I like to play and think. No, I ain't. I ain't got to be my nickname, but... Oh, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. I've got a more inquisitious style and how it's free. I mean, how does that fit you? And what are you enjoying about it? Hulling in that kind of style? I think it fit me because... I don't know, I just like the defense. I feel like we got... Like you said, we got a lot of freedom and we moving around a lot... A lot of the terms is like, you know, I don't know. I don't really know how to answer that.

2:29:25That's okay. You could go on your instincts a little bit more, maybe. And it's not so thinking of too much. I don't even know if I say that because there's a lot of thinking going on, but it's like... I just like it's defense. I like how it's pretty defense. I like what you got going on. What was it sad when CJ left the ring? Now, I wanted to say that I was kind of like happy for him. Yeah, that's what you want. No, no. No. That's my dog, I'll say it. Kind of missing a little bit, but yeah, I'm happy for him though. Well, don't thank you. Go ahead, one last question. Coach Daze talked a lot about the guys who played some last year, but maybe weren't the starters and the hunger for... That wasn't maybe your national championship, you guys will win your own. How much do you feel that is a guy who certainly contributed last year, but will be in this bigger role and along the summer year, you're a plastic player? Yeah, I do feel like... Yeah, I do feel like I did win a national match, but like you said, my role wasn't the same as how I was going to be this year.

2:30:26So, yeah, I definitely want to go get another one experienced that feeling with me being on the field, a lot more place. That's it. Great. Oh, Bill, thank you very much. So, I feel like we kind of have a lot of leaders on the D line at the D position, so we kind of all kind of just count off each other and go. It's been a tough time, you should be able to look at the guys playing with them all. You're on the field, you're just kind of getting to know each other. And you're trying to... Just be like, so you need to face guys, how's that transition going? It's very competitive, and we love it. We're all competitive people, we all love to fish each other. And that's the way we're bringing the best side of all of this. And I feel like we're all just kind of bouncing off each other and seeing what one person does. And we kind of build it into our toolbox, and we all kind of just kind of build one great thing. Hey, do you remember when last year when you got the shot at the full back in the boat? And the day before you, that idea and two coached him, I had to get him up out. Because you're a jackson, all your clubbie. Oh, yeah. You get to touch that. So, I definitely didn't high school. I was pulled back in a little bit of tidying.

2:31:27So, I feel like it kind of saw what I could do there in Coach Wilson. Honestly, he left Washington too, the poor he left. And I feel like he planned that seed in Coach Day's head, and Coach Day kind of just went for it. And I tried to do the best I could to do it. Does that continue now? I mean, I'm really stupid. Do you have anything to spring back in? New playbook, I did not know you, I've got that far. Are you having a good day? Thanks. How tough is that? You're a little tackler. I like to think myself as a football player. I can really play any position on the field. You need me too. I can really give you a weaker two to learn it and kind of perfect it. And I'll try to do my best for you. Kid Jack, you're the same thing. Oh, yeah. But don't laugh. We're athletes, that's why. Okay, he's just talking to Coach Johnson on Tuesday about some of the conversations and sort of sought you and got out to have some conversations after JT and Jack decided to come back. Just got to win into those, perspective, and how did that help you maybe get the right mindset I guess when it gets going. I'm definitely kind of seeing it all the way through. I feel like people kind of just see what happened and they don't know everything that goes into it,

2:32:28how long the season is now, what you got to do to prepare for and what to happen in all that time from here to then. So I feel like we definitely just coached in the kind of connected, maybe kind of just talks man or man. And he kind of just said it straight to me and I feel like we kind of both are going on. Nice question. We know what we're making. We make each other better every day. We've got the four best DNs, five best DNs, honestly. And college football and we're going to be one of the best DNs in college football. How do you feel like the better player today at any more event you see? Well, I feel like I've taken big steps in my roles of just being responsible and being more of a leader and kind of stepping up and taking a step to kind of get out there more on the team and kind of bring people in and I feel like I'm kind of helping out more. How do you record your head around the past 17th GFC? Does that sound good? I mean, it sounds bizarre but I mean the season goes by so fast already. So when you're kind of like week 10 and you're like wow it's already week 10. So now it's kind of gives you more time to kind of enjoy it and kind of savor it because

2:33:30you're in your career career and feel like you're in freshman's first place. But you don't want to spend all your power in the first month of the year, right? I mean, there is a pace yourself that I mean there's a mindset that I did the season after. Yeah, definitely. Definitely going to have the mental stability to handle all those weeks and all those practices. How much has Larry talked to you guys around the field? Last question right here. You've seen 2016, 2017, 4 NFL D-Fetchers, what is all in the same location? How much has he talked to about that? I mean, he doesn't have to talk about it. We know about it. You see it in every day, we watch the film, we see them all working together. We know what it could be. We know what we could become. So we know we're at the same, we're at the right place at the right time and God wanted us to be here and He knew we wanted us all to come together and kind of play together and be able to bounce off and just perfect our craft together. And I feel like we all are just great individuals and we come together at some special. We plan as much so I just wanted to get more experience under my belt. So I can bring younger guys with me because I've been here a lot. One of those younger guys, we're seeing it out here.

2:34:30It's the first time it's hurt all of your life. What have you seen from Will? I've kind of got a question, we all forgot about him because he was hurt. Now how he's running, you know, almost a second man out of the eye. What have you seen from the television? Well, it's a workhorse. He's going to stay quiet, he's going to work hard. And that's what I love about him. He focuses, he don't really talk much. He's going to get the job done, do a job right. He rarely has any mistakes. What would be a successful season? A national championship? A ring? When all the games we don't want to lose anything. We got a mindset that we can't beat. We just got to go show it. That mindset is 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, an opposite monopoly. Does that just keep killing difference? Or is it not really 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.

2:35:30So we got to go bigger, go home, and 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. 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. Like you're that close. So I'm saying we just 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, it's the same thing. Yeah. Last, last play, you know, they went on the win in the 90s. 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, it's frustrating. But you can't change the outcome. You can't really dwell on it. You just got to, you know, come back and work harder.

2:36:31Do 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 that was working harder than you always find out there's a little more. Yeah, definitely. I mean, that's how that's what growing up is basically in college. I thought, French me, I was working as hard as I could, but now I look back at it. I really wasn't working hard at all compared to what I'm doing now. So just to learn anything. But the stamina is a 16. And the answer to what is, what do you need it to be to be your best? Uh, 85. 80, 85. I mean, I can, it's all on me. I just, I think it's a little higher. I was just trying to be funny, but I mean, it's all on me. I just got to run harder. You get the shape. It's been a thing. The idea of a potential is 16 and 17 and 17. I mean, I said about that idea that's a make you nervous about. Can you ask that more? Do you have words? I'm just worried about that. I think, I think we, I definitely can last. I was just, you know, we got to get the young guys that come along with us.

2:37:33We can't play 50 snaps a game. That's just too much on our bodies. Uh, just everybody like online, D line. We got to get those younger guys to play and, you know, get that pieces on the D line and the online and everywhere else. So we can last that long. Speaking of the light play and the snap. If you like playing that knee snap again last year, I don't know if any of us were really expecting this by that next year. 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 2 or Notre Dame 2, those kind of games. Of course, I wouldn't be because I know I can contribute. And I won't want to put that on anyone else when I know I can get the job done. What stands out about Taden McDonald? You got it. You guys, it was second. Oh, yeah, definitely. It came back as a came back to 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 ethic. He just has to get, you know, in the playbook and things like that. You guys are about the exact same size.

2:38:33Listen, you're both listening to six three, you're three 27. He's three 26. Yeah, I kind of look at him like my junior, but, you know, came in, he's going to be a great player. He's got to develop more and get into play. It's really a lot on you older guys. 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? 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 during the all season. So they can play. And not just play, they want to like contribute, like make plays, tackle a sex. Yeah, they're definitely some big dudes. And they all work hard. I'm really seeing much of some day too when I'm passing on. But throughout the workouts, they've been working hard. You know, they they're determined. I have to say that. And it looks like they're ready to work with me.

2:39:35I'm for this. It feels like there's a lot of great defense. You have big athletic defensive tactics. You can eat up space. But also move, you know, right? Because I have an environment maybe for great defense. To have guys like you that have some balls, but also a great team. I think that is definitely I think if you look at the last couple of nice and champion, some winners are like see my North. They didn't know they got too good. Detackled to athletic detackles. Look at Georgia. Two athletic detackles. I think that's definitely need if you want to go on a big run and beat those big teams. If you think about this, if they don't define by the defense attack, there's like, what's Jordan Davis and James Carter? Let's miss again. It's Chris Jenkins. Couple more questions. You might as well. How, I mean, you understand this as you play it, but I feel like some time. I don't know. Are people realizing how important defense tackles are? A little bit more than they used to. I think so.

2:40:35I think they're starting to develop more and more of these like freakiest detackles. Yeah. Like in the combine, just now you see in like those guys, they're moving forward to 478s and things like that. And when you think about this freakish attack, 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 detackles, but I don't want to you know, get a big head, but you know, I watch the combine. I watch the dude to do the drills. I have tape theory like in my film. So I think I'm up there with all these times. Do you become like a artist? You know, it comes in bad young passes. The figure wags can be cleaned. I mean, you're going to bring practice. You're not doing as much a weapon or the weapon. That's the thing. How do you work on that? Do you have like a goal? I don't remember how many I've last year. Like, you have a goal in mind. How many do you want to have? I mean, as many as I can have, I think I have more than that. But I think they've counted. I think they've counted some of them. And it's some of them where I like just missed it.

2:41:36So, but I think we work on drills matching the hand. I think that's goes big. And 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 you cover in his eye, you know, he might throw it. A little bit to the left to our player. So it's something that you really, really have to work on. You just have to work with that. It's really that's one of the things that you've maybe worked on the most. You can bring your time here because there are a few guys that I've seen. Like, oh, that pass rate is down. It takes a little bit. We don't have to ask for this. We're kind of kind of expected for the people. I think I just have like a eye for the ball kind of. I kind of just look at the quarterback and just, I see him like load up. I just try to get in his ways. And sometimes he just throws it to me. Oh, no. I'm irritated if you want to be a high state quarterback. You're a bad dumb pass. I mean, they get frustrated, but you know, we're a team. We're just good. I should lot of a lot of different backs, man. They just learn to grow for them. You got to pick your top three backs. You got to go right now. One, two, three. I don't really have a top three, but I'll give you one.

2:42:41I would say, say, Juan Gibbs and I like McCaffrey. Although he was injured this year, I like McCaffrey. Best back in this draft. I lead out of the yard. That's y'all decision. Playing well, Howard. What I'm going to remember most. We're a Howard, man. He's just such a great leader, man. It's just like in moments where you know, usually a lot of players they fold, man. He was just always calm and relaxed, man. He, just the leader that he was, man. That's one thing I'm going to remember about him. You know, I'm going to remember what he was doing. That's one thing I'm going to remember about him. Yeah, he's, he's going to be really good, man. He's on Coach Lock. I think he got the transfer in as well from West Virginia. Just that one, two punch with them both as well. They're going to be really good backs. And so James people's man, he's smart. The way that he goes about his business, man.

2:43:42He's mature. And so man, he's growing, you know, just as a person and as a player. And so man, yeah, definitely Ohio State. You know, that running back room is in great hands. Yeah. Coach, Coach Hartline, man. He's full of energy, man. And he's creative as well. You know, I'm just learning from him as well. You know, I'm trying to run more outside the backfield. It was being able to learn from Coach Hartline. And so he's definitely creative at what he does. And he brings a lot of energy to the team as well. And so I think that would do really good. Just the intensity, man. And the intensity of the playoffs, every game. And it's like the intensity got higher and higher. And so, you know, being able to, I know in the lead, it's the same thing, even if it's not the playoffs, it's every game and the intensity keeps getting higher and higher. So, yeah, you just, I know you got to bring it, you know, each and every day and come into work, and just like Ohio State, you know, I definitely feel like Ohio State. They definitely do a good job of preparing for the playoffs. And so I think that's the only thing that's going to be able to do

2:44:44and I definitely feel like Ohio State, they definitely do a good job of preparing us for that. You know, I just remember even before going through this process, I'll talk to a lot of players before then. And they told me a lot of just about how much Ohio State prepared them, you know, for the NFL. And so, yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I know I took a couple of days off after the National Championship. And then, shoot, right after that, I'm writing Sample Florida and I'm right to it. And so, yeah, I think while I trained, I trained at YoMurf Performance. I think it's called the House of Athlete or the Compound now. They did a good job, man. They're just bringing us in and the way they went about training us, man, they did a really good job. The Bucking Nears, no, I haven't. Tampa, Tampa, nice. It's a nice city, man. Really nice. The 40, the broad and the vert.

2:45:55Yeah. Yeah, nah, man. It's really all about technique. And then it's about mindset as well. And so, I say, you know, it's for the love of my brother. It's for the love of Will Howard. It's for the love of the receivers who I got on the perimeter. Just making sure, you know, first of all, my quarterback doesn't get sacked. And I told Will I think it was before the first game. I was like, I got your brother. It's, I said, man, I'm not going to let you get hit, you know. And so, I don't know if I don't know if I gave up a sack. I'm not sure that, but I know if I did, I haven't given up too many. And so, man, it's for the love of my brother's, though, man, making sure that the ball get in their hands, you know, the guys on the outside and making sure they get fed. You had to hit the practice field later today. What is something you've been working on right now? In my game, you can't really work on this, you know, in all season, I feel like it's more so, you know, you got to put the pads on. You got to go through some inside run, you know, maybe. I was really just continuing to run through tackles. And so, that's, I feel like that's one of the areas in my game.

2:46:55You know, I want to continue to get better at it. I feel like I did a good job of that my senior year. And so, I just want to continue to build on that. Yes, I did. So, people say you look like a little tomorrow. You get back in nursing. I can tell you what I'm doing. I did meet with New Orleans as well. I never got that comparison. Actually, I know I have a Camarra. Sure, yeah, man, I have a Camarra great, great back, man. Just what he does and those 101 matchups, he's dangerous, man. And he's so smooth. He's so smooth as well. I'm not going to lie. He's smooth. So, I mentioned that you played the ball. You played the ball, you played the ball. You played the ball. You played the ball. You played the ball. Yeah. Inside zone from stack, being able to hit that thing downhill. And I'll say the next one is probably just an option out of the backfield. And man and man coverage, you're getting on that linebacker. And so. Yeah, I say the man, the biggest thing is the way that he carries himself, man, and the way that, man.

2:48:07He approaches the game. He comes in with the mindset, you know, he's going to work every single week. You know, every practice, you know, he's working hard. You know, even shoot him. I don't know. Every good, I think he had a, every game was a good game for him, man. And so. But still, man, he always has the mentality to mindset that, you know, he's going to come in each and every day. He's going to continue to work and get better, man. And so. He's definitely man. He's going to be a special player, man. He really is. I know you were flustered. I know you were a little girl last year, but we were a lot stuck in. You know, some injuries. And then he's a master's injury. And he's back running. What do you want to stand down? Man, a lot of ups and downs, man. It's just how you respond to adversity. And I feel like that's something that God has definitely hope. It's definitely helped me to do better. It's just, I'm not having something to lean on now. You know, I remember before I met him, you know, going through those adversity, I had nothing to run to. You know, you can run to people, but they still can't. It's not too much. They can't truly help you. You know, I feel like, you know, I feel like the only person that can truly help you is your relationship with Jesus Christ. And so being able to lean on him, you know, he gives you, in those moments, where it's tough, you know, where it's low.

2:49:11And when you're behind the scenes and you're going through things that people don't know about, he gives you that peace and comfort. You know, even in those moments, man, where it's so hard that you can't explain. It's like, man, I'm going through this, but like, how am I still filled with this internal joy? You know, how do I have so much peace in this situation? And so that's something that only Jesus Christ can give you. And so... The back of the firm, you mentioned power and judgment, and you mentioned power and judgment. Which aspect, for each of those other individuals, you mentioned power and judgment, and from being around power and judgment? Um, man, those guys have such a great mentality, man. I just really love their mentality, especially Q as well. You know, I talked about Will Howard, his leadership, but Quincham mentality, man. Um, that boy just, yeah, that boy just gifted. You know, you see, you know, sometimes he put in a situation where he looked like, you know, he should have a negative five yards. And as soon as you know it, you know, he, he's running through somebody, step on him somebody, and shoot, it's a game of 10.

2:50:14It's a... You know, someone thinks he does, he just realized it's too different to God. Yeah. Um, shoot, I think... Yeah, man, I think it's just like, he's just gifted, man, too, beyond it. He's just gifted, you know, he's a big back, you know, he's strong, and so, um, you know, he's able to do those things. So, um, yeah, man, it's definitely, you know, I look at his game, and I want to, you know, at the same time, I want to learn from Quincham. You know, I want to look at his game, and it's like, man, where, where can I get better at as well? You know, that's the type of player I am. I'm always looking to get better, man. I'm always looking to grow as a player. What's your last interview? Jule and San. Oh, yeah, he's going to be a great, but he's going to be a great quarterback, man. So, so accurate, and so, um, he's definitely, man, I know Coach Dez is definitely going to get him right. Just, you know, um, container grow as a leader, container grow as a player, and so he's going to be really good for a high state. Uh, he's, I know just the quarterback position. Um, I feel like, you know, the quarterbacks in the past, they've, they've definitely been vocal.

2:51:14And so, I feel like that's something that they're definitely going to, um, ask them Jule and San as well, is to be that vocal leader and lead the, um, and lead the offense and lead the team. So, I'm going to ask you a last track. Shoot, man, he has, he has a bill like JK Dobbins, and um, I kind of see them, you know, similar, similarities in their game as well. And I know JK Dobbins, he was a great running back. Um, I feel like he's not talked about his, no, um, a lot, but man, his career here, you watch his highlights is, is great. I remember, um, before I recruit, before I committed here, I remember watching JK Dobbins highlights like every, every, um, one of his years here, like four or five times. And so, man, he was such a great back. And, um, I feel like, you know, um, when I see JK Dobbins, when I see, um, James people, I see similarities to both of their games. I feel like they play the same. And so, appreciate you all. Yeah, I'll be going.

2:52:21Yeah. Yeah.

2:53:21Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

2:54:32Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. What does it feel like to be running around out there like you are, but with more, uh, more back. I just feel like I'm like, like, like, more downhill, like stronger. Like I'm taking all blocks better. It's bigger. Yeah. Is it daunting? Uh, maybe that's not the correct term, but to think you're going to be playing much more than you did even last year. You have to get straight in your head about being on the field that much more. Is it going to get ready to just play 30 more snaps? So, but are you, are you, how would you describe how much you're looking forward to it from an eight. Yeah. I'm looking forward to it. I'm ready for it. I'm ready for it. The Texas opener. It's a rematch. But it's not really two different teams compared to the ones that I'm going to play. How has that enhanced this camp for you and this team getting ready for the, we're an opener of that magnitude? Yeah, we're an opener like that. We've been, um, we've been emphasizing it a lot. We know we got coming. So we know we got to do. We've been prepared for it.

2:55:34Already this probably worked today. I think Riley ready to play right now. He, he advanced freshman like he in the, he in the book. He stood in like he advanced and his measurements is crazy. Like he saw like the saw line to him. Or like you said, you're ready. You know, you're ready. What was that process like during last season? Could you feel yourself becoming more and more ready? Yeah. Because that's pretty much what my role was. Just whenever I was needed, I had to step up. So I feel like that's what built me into me being able to say I'm ready for this year. When you say ready, is it more a physical thing? Is it a mental thing? When I say ready, I think it's pretty much like everything physically, mentally, mostly. I think I'm there. A different is that you want to do your bad last. I asked one more time. How different is that responsibility? All that was last year. I feel like it's a, uh, it's a way bigger responsibility with me having to step up this year.

2:56:41But I kind of go about it the same way. Like last year, I was intentional with everything I did. I feel like this year is going to be the same thing. It's probably a little bit more. Somebody who's some reason. And what word? How's everybody working? Uh, I say. Scrabbing. Now I say, like when you think of me, you would think of like a like a bully, like a silver bullet. Like I'm really a bully. I'm always on the ball. That's how I like to play a thing. No, I ain't got to be my nickname, but. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. How do you like to play the trickiest style? And how it's free? I mean, how does that fit you? And what are you enjoying about? You're playing in that kind of style? Um, think of fit me because. I don't know, I just like the defense. I feel like we got, like you said, we got a lot of freedom.

2:57:43And we're moving around a lot. A lot of the terms is like, you know, I don't know. I don't really not answer that. That's okay. Maybe that's not so thinking of too much. I don't even know if I say that because there's a lot of thinking going on, but it's like. I just like his deep, I like how the pressure deep is. I like what he got going on. What was it? Sad when CJ left the room. Uh, now I wanted to much sad. I was kind of like happy for him. Like, yeah, that's what you want. No, no. No, that's my dog. I go. So yeah, kind of missing a little bit. But yeah, I'm happy for him. Go ahead one last but coach days talked a lot about the guys who played some last year, but maybe weren't the starters and the hunger for that wasn't maybe your national championship. You guys have been in your own. How much do you feel that is a guy who certainly contributed last year, but will be in this bigger role and a lot of some year. Yeah, I do feel like, um, yeah, I do feel like I did win in that last year,

2:58:45but like you said, my role wasn't same as how's my beaters here. So yeah, I definitely want to want to go get another one experienced that like feeling we need to be on the field. A lot more place. Great. Oh, Bill, thank you very much. I'm so happy. The championship in New York and you know, before and everything like that, and also need to get your teeth knocked in, you know, first game and you can't have that happen. Because then you know, really doesn't mean anything. And so just the concept mindset to continually get better. But on the forefront of my mind and forefront of anyone here, you can ask. Yeah, yeah, I know we look at the class sets every now and then I can be like, oh man, they're gone. They're gone. No, it's been. It's been good. I mean, the guys who are still here, I must have definitely kind of bonded together. Pretty good. So. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, you know, Mark came in at a day is like, in a class of 21 best class ever.

2:59:48And like, yes, you're okay. You know, I can't really can't really even, you know, just sitting to that. You know, not much left, but. Yeah, I mean, to do what we can and do what we can for this team has been really important for all of us. And I think us now realizing where the veterans, you know, with all guys now in the group has been kind of strange. At least to begin with, you know, because you go from all those guys, you like Donnie and Josh and those guys and all of a sudden, it's Sunday. We have a team meeting after the. Like the celebration, the shoe and all of a sudden the next day that was gone. And you know, it's just very different. So I think us being able to step up as, you know, leaders and as as vets to help bring out, you know, along the team, our units and this program has been really important. And overall, just a try. But then you were just like, you're first. Luke so that you get to be so far. Yeah. Somebody who went through that, what have you been impressed by the Jake.

3:00:53No, it could spend doing really well. I mean, I could go to the New York work. He's extremely athletic, extremely flexible. You know, he's a young kid, obviously. He's a lot of a lot of development, a lot of. He's a little adversity. All of us do. And I think he's going through that right now, but he's been coming out on the better end of it so far and excited to see what he can do because he's very impressive at this young stage. So I steer overall level of excitement just to be back with the rest of this interior off the line. What do you guys have in so much experience back then? Yeah, extremely excited. Trying to just build that culture back up again, you know, like what we had last year. I'm trying to do a little stuff here and there and I can know I think we're going to Rayrays, barbecue. I think tomorrow. So shout out Rayrays. But, um, but yeah, just trying to get that brotherhood back, get that, you know, that oblock spirit back. Sure it's coming soon. Hopefully. But just to kind of get those.

3:01:53Not those same faces, but those same kind of mindsets back and our group is important right now. And it's been fun to meet new guys from different backgrounds and stuff like that and try to figure out how to, you know, build that and mend that together. It's been pretty cool. Now as you are one of the most experienced veterans on this team, how much do you feel like you have to be a leader for the students here? Yeah, for sure. I think that comes. It's obviously, I don't feel like it's natural to anyone to immediately step up and that's something I've been working on every day and talking to God about. But I obviously understand that and that's something I want to continue to work on. I want to be able to be a guy that people can fall back on and like coach just saying before like we're going to have highs and lows, but the great players, the ones we can set our clocks to. I want that's my goal is to be one of those people that you can do that. And I think for especially a very new set of eyes in the Woody, not only coaches but players. I think it's very important to kind of keep that steady mindset.

3:02:55And I think for me, learning how to be a leader has been important just to not be too hard on myself, but also not let myself kind of slack off in some departments to try to keep steady. Just your story itself though is testament of what it means to like for perseverance and stuff too though. I mean, you don't have to stand up from somebody to say that, right? What do you think you've shown more than anything else in every card? Yeah, I mean, I've been blessed. I've been blessed with a lot of adversity. I think that's definitely maybe better on the back end. Coach, Coach Dei always talks about it. You don't, you know, great leaders aren't, you know, they can show it. But you know, a lot of people can show it. A lot of people can just talk about it. But to be about it is important. And I think to me now I've went through a lot of that adversity. I went through a lot of that stuff and my testament has been written in an interesting way. But I think for me to take that next step is really important for not only for this team but for myself personally.

3:03:55What's your question to be? Yeah, he's been doing great. He came in big, freaking strong. He's fun to be in the weight room with. He's kind of quiet. Like that's kind of my first impression on him, but he's actually pretty funny, dude. He and his dad come over and they kind of joke around. So he's been doing a great job. I can't talk. He's been a great job for his size. He has like freaky athletic feet. Like I watched him do the ladders and that's a lot of massive over on those things. You know, doing a little itch shuffle. But I mean, he was killing it. And so he's been doing a great job. I can't wait to see how he kind of continues to develop throughout this summer and throughout this fall camp. First thing I know is that I'm not that weird. What it all is to be. That's why. Yeah, Piggy's been doing great. I mean, he stepped up. Piggy, yeah, everyone refers to him as Piggy. It was his username one time. Nice. Everyone's Piggy. Yeah. Anyway, you know, Pig's been doing great. He's been able to step up and kind of bring around along those younger guys.

3:04:55You know, everyone's kind of trying to figure out their new roles. And I think he's been. He's been doing a lot of things. Big body guy that he catched by. He can run between the tacos. His feet are quick. And once you think for a big guy, you have really good feet. You get balanced. So that's what makes him good. That's what I saw. Is that a comment for a bigger back like in the past? For the utility? No, I said. Probably good play coming. We're in back. I don't know many with that type of background, but when he's high school, we see that they try to play as an H back. Well, really good. When you look in the portal for running action, we want to try to bring her back. Does it matter to you if you have two different styles of running back to me. One guy can do certain things better. One guy can do something. Or is it you'll just say the best running back to find you? I want to have different styles. I want to say the same thing. You don't take the same thing. You don't take the same thing. You don't take guys with different skills. Whether they're big guys, small guys, past catchers, in between the type of runners.

3:05:58No, I don't want to take the same thing. They're all different. Different types. You guys have built a wheel and a blue shot with a lot of that. I'm sure we're going to red zone this morning for you guys. Is it important to find the back of the badger size, like CJ has? Probably not. I have my own opinion on the size thing in the coming of the brands. I had Jordan James out of order. And he's my brand zone running show yards. He's a freshman. He probably waited two, ten, twelve, five. Which is not very big. But they ain't got anything to do with him. Some guys you got to know, sticking the bottom of his own. And you play with a lot of aggression down here running. That could be CJ. That could be James. Or it could be the freshman, though, Jackson. There's this blue has a nose for giving his own. That's where I'm going over here. You don't have to be six, two, or two. No, just because you're being there, I don't make you talk. We need to get it, obviously, you know, freshman running back from it in the boat.

3:07:01It's there here, but what do you need to see from a freshman to feel comfortable with that plan? In the first thing, what they're on about, what they do, they know small detail. Take care of the ball. The second thing will be how good they pass for them. Because it's the hardest thing for high school backs. Because they're not really hearing high school. But you have to understand the pass, but by all their files are hoot. So, like Chris, they say, I'm the main person in my heart. So, that's why I need to see first, everything, Jackson. I will understand to be this. I'm looking to put it in here. Do you feel comfortable with Bo and Isaiah, where they're at, or at least, you know, where their time is at? Yeah, I think they're gonna be fine. Like I said, I tell all the young guys, he's a marathon, that was fun. The first thing, the first thing you've been to earn a spot on a specialty. You earn a spot on a specialty, then you earn the right to be a buck out, I'll be. So, they'll get that down in the field. So, I think they're training the right way. This is your first practice.

3:08:03I think it's a good job. It wasn't bad. It's something to build off of. I couldn't have stuff to work on. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Long day. I've just seen some of the younger guys in your room develop. I think about like, Patrick Houston is coming in this year. I've seen him working with you guys. Joshua and Megan, how's he coming up? I feel like they're definitely picking up quick. I mean, I was in their shoes one time and I had Zach Harrison, Javante and Tyler Freidel in front of me. So, I feel like I'm just trying to be one of those peers that they work for me. And kind of just giving them the steps to get there. And I feel like they're definitely picking up quick. And they definitely need to be one of the great Russian players. I think that doesn't seem like it. So, we got Joshua talking about it. JT and Jack probably have made a ton of their experience. Same as some of the opportunities for me. Is there a difference in the work going to be getting a new, happy camp in Alaska? I feel like all the camps I've definitely gotten a big course learned.

3:09:04And I love that. I asked Coach Jay for it. I love getting more reps because I just like protecting my craft. So, I mean, some people may not need it. Some people need it. But I mean, it's like you have made up. What do you think of this deep on that course learning? I don't know what you're talking about. I mean, for me, it's always just kind of getting my little details perfectly. Like my steps, my footing, kind of just perfecting my toolbox. It's what we call it, my craft. And just trying to be a, it's like a win-everybody play. It's what it's what it's kind of does. What are you taking to make this just so you know what I'm doing? What are you doing? You see what I'm doing? You see what I'm doing? I'm just trying to be a little bit more honest. Yeah, definitely just getting stronger faster. Everything all the above. But one of my big things is being leader. And kind of just not trying to look at the steel look up to Jack and JT. And kind of have my own kind of leadership and be able to, bring people into it. So I feel like we kind of have a lot of leaders on the D-Mine. We had to be in position. So we kind of all kind of just bounce off of each other and others. It's definitely tough for me to be able to open up these guys.

3:10:04Just saying what they're all doing right in the field. And just trying to keep them from moving. And just trying to keep them from moving. I'm so competitive and we love it. We all competitive people. We all love to fish each other. And definitely just bringing the best out of all of us. We feel like we're all just kind of bouncing off each other. We see what one person does. And we kind of build it into our toolbox. And we all kind of just kind of build one great thing. You're going to last year and you've got to get the shot of full back in the world. And they approach you with that idea and two coach's deal. My other kids come up out. Because you're a jacks are your sloppy. You get to test that. So I definitely did it in high school. I was pulled back in a little bit of Titan. So I feel like it kind of saw what I could do there in Coach Wilson. Honestly, he loved watching it too. Before he left. And he played in that seat in Coach Day's head. And Coach Day kind of just went for it. And I tried to do the best I could to do it. Is that considering now? I mean, do anything in the screen? New playbook.

3:11:04I did not know you haven't got that far. But yeah, good. How tall is that? Yeah, look at that. I like to think myself as a football player. I can really play any position on the field. You need me to just give me a weaker two to learn it and kind of perfect it. And I'll try to do my best for you. Kid Jack need the same thing. Oh, yeah. What's your athlete? That's what I... I was talking to Coach Johnson on Tuesday about some of the conversations. He sort of sought you and got out to have some conversations. After JT and Jack decided to come back. Just got to win into those from your perspective. And how did that help you maybe get the right mindset against going into the screen? I'm definitely kind of seeing it all the way through. I feel like people kind of just see what happened. And they don't know everything that goes into it. How long the season is now. What you got to do to prepare for it and what's happening all that time from here to then. So I feel like we definitely just coached in me kind of connected. And we kind of just talked man-to-man. And he kind of just sent straight to me. And I feel like you kind of both are going on.

3:12:05I mean, you know what I mean? Making each other better every day. We got the four best DNs. Five best DNs, honestly. And then college football. And we're going to be one of the best DLines in college football. I feel like a better player today than you were again this season. I feel like I've taken big steps in my roles. Just being responsible and being more of a leader. And kind of stepping up and taking a step to kind of get out there more on the team. And kind of bring people in. And I feel like I'm kind of helping out more. How do you record in when you're in the past season? The TDC? Is it sale? The DTC? I mean, it sounds bizarre. But I mean, the season goes by so fast already. And you're kind of like week 10 and you're like, wow, it's already week 10. So now it's kind of getting more time to kind of enjoy it and kind of savor it. Because I'm already here for you. I feel like I'm freshness, I'm still used to this crazy. But you don't want to spend all your time in the first month of the year, right? Oh, yeah. You're not patient yourself that way. I mean, there is a mindset that I did that season. Yeah, definitely. Definitely going to have the mental stability to handle all those weeks and all those practices.

3:13:07How much has Larry talked to you guys about? The last question right here. The 2016-2017 4 NFL D-French Awards, all in the same age. How much has he talked to about that? I mean, he doesn't have to talk about it. We know about it. We've seen it every day. We watch the film. We see them all working together. We know what it could be. We know we could become. So we know we're right at the same, we're at the right place at the right time. And God wanted us to be here. He knew we wanted us all to come together and kind of play together and be able to bounce off and just perfect our craft together. And I feel like we all are just great individuals. We've come together at some point in the game. Great. How did your expectations, like, as you'd up with how do you feel, you've played up to this point of guess? I feel like I've made the plays that came to me. And that's where the Ockman control. I've had more opportunities as a years progressed and been in spots to be around the ball. But the expectation was to come here and contribute to the team and try to help find a way to push the team

3:14:07to win games at high level and to be better than they were latching from me to play better than I was latching. So really just coming to try to grow with myself and with the team. So that was my big goal. And I feel like I've done a good job and the team has done a good job progressing through the year and getting better. So yeah, that's all I can say about that. Okay, to the right, to the main, let him in. Yeah, I feel like you're standing here right now. Does it feel like a different season? What does it feel like for you to go in and play out? You know, you don't get the feeling you wanted necessarily to make your season, but here you are. I mean, what is that sense that you have right now that's different, right? About the rigging season. I mean, everybody wants to say it's a new season in terms of, because if everybody's 0-0 right now, when you keep going, if you lose, you're done. So I mean, but generally, that's how you get to play every game. You know, to play every game, it's your last game. So for me, I don't think it's really any difference. You know, to play at a high level every game, that can't be based at home.

3:15:11It's a playout game. You know, so you don't go play every game like it's the same thing. So I would say in terms of that, no, you just have to play the game. Play the game is there. What feels different about this defense right now going into this? No, you don't feel even more. You know, the type of me close together. What is that? I mean, what is your sense of the brotherhood, so to speak, of the defense? I feel like we progressed throughout the season. We didn't make a team chapter game six, because we lost and we didn't play well again. And I feel like we've grown from that and got into a better place. And over these past two weeks, off just realizing, okay, these are the things that we messed up throughout the year. These are what we need to face. These are what this team is trying to exploit on us. So just really going back to everything, seeing what we can do better for this kind of game or for the next coming year. Let's have a question. Deep, Tony, you heard me, fuck out, how does the Tennessee's wide split with their receivers impact you as a Thunder?

3:16:16I feel like it makes the game more, more, more, more game. It makes your receivers more DBs at the place, at the game, than the guys up front. And it makes it, truthfully, like those guys have to do their job, and these guys have to do your job. You've got to be able to stop the run, with the people that you have in the run fit, and you have to be able to stop the pass with the people that you have out there. So that's what they do, and they do it at a really elite level. So it's going to be tough to go in. And finally, what's the joy of having fun on this discussion? The professionals are talking about the speedy, which you guys are up to call in and play. This is built for 10-year visits to the top facts, and you can play call in. What is a player kind of band is it that gives you just the speedy, which is called in? It allows you to get your clean senator, and I said earlier just a ability to see the formation and see what keys that you have before the play. I've knowledge of your job, and not really thinking. Being able to play and not think during the games is a really big thing. So whenever you can get to call it faster and play at a high level, and play without thought, that's a really good thing for your team.

3:17:23Thank you very much. Appreciate you all. Did you ever do a Jackson call? You were sloppy. You could get to touch that. I definitely did it in high school. I was pulled back and a little bit of tidied in. I feel like it kind of saw what I could do there in Coach Wilson. He left Washington to Port-E-Left. He played in that seat in Coach Day's head, and Coach Day just went for it, and tried to do the best I could to do it. Is that your chin going down? Do you have anything in the spring? New play, but I did not know yet. I haven't got that far. How tough is that? You're looking back. I like to think myself as a football player. I can really play any position on the field. You need me to just give me a weaker two to learn it and kind of perfect it, and I'll try to do my best for you. Can you check me the same thing? Oh yeah. What about you? Graphically, that's what I... I was talking to Coach Johnson on Tuesday about some of the conversations and sort of side you, and we've got to out to out some conversations after JT and Jack decided to come back. I've got to win into those, respect to him, and how did that help you maybe get the right mindset I guess we need to discuss.

3:18:27Definitely kind of seeing it all the way through. I feel like people kind of just see what happened, and they don't know everything that goes into it, how long the season is now, what you got to do to prepare for, and what's happening all that time from here to then. So I feel like we definitely just coached getting me kind of connected, and we kind of just talked to the man or man, and he kind of just sent it straight to me, and I feel like we kind of both had a good time together. We're making it together. We're making each other better every day, and we got the 4 best Dn, 5 best Dn, honestly, and then coach football, and we're going to be one of the best D lines and coach football. How do you feel about the better player today at any more games in the season? Well, I feel like I've taken big steps in my roles of just being responsible and being more of a leader, and kind of stepping up and taking a step to kind of get out there more on the team, and kind of bring people in, and I feel like I'm kind of helping out more. I ain't record anywhere in the past, so the TKFC, zip sound, and gift box. I mean, it sounds bizarre, but I mean, the season goes by so fast already, so when you're kind of like week 10 and you're like, wow, it's already week 10, so now it's kind of getting more time to kind of enjoy it, and kind of savor it, because I'm already in here for a really freshness for this crazy.

3:19:40But you don't want to spend all your time on the first month of the year, right? Oh yeah. There is a mindset, and I think that the season has been. I definitely, definitely going to have to have the mental stability to handle all those weeks and all those practices. How much is Larry talking about you guys right now? Last question right here. The 2016-2017 4 and the 5-2 Finch events are all in the same location. How much does he talk to about that? I mean, he doesn't have to talk about it. We know about it. We've seen it every day. We watch the film. We see him all working together. We know what it could be. We know what we could become. So we know we're at the same place at the right time, and God wanted us to be here. He knew we wanted us all to come together and play together and be able to bounce off and just perfect our craft together. I feel like we all are just great individuals and we come together. Great. You get like good coaches who believe in you, and they give you the tools to go out there and just play with confidence. You know, not out there doubting those stuff. You got your teammates, you got your back. Like, my first play when I got up there to the seat, like when DeZel, IGB and Jermaine.

3:20:40Like, first thing they say is like, no, where you just go out there and play with confidence. You know the tools, it's usual tools. You just go out there and make a play. And where about a play coming to you? Where is your time and show your job? You just do it. And then like, say what Coach Warren is like, he gives me, he puts me in a position like the drills we put in, the work we put in, the 101 Tons, so just go out there and just perform at the highest level. How much better are you right now than maybe last month in forceburg? I mean, I got way better just because I've transitioned a little bit to the inside. I'm nervous by sound like now I actually can like catch, catch technique and it's often prevers not. It's not always press at the line. So it's like not maybe 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 plan off now. I'm very confident out there. Do you think that was a natural fit for you or have you had to kind of convince yourself to transition around? I mean, I feel like it's natural for me because I feel like me individually on the fast learner, fast learner, like coaches help us like learn fast.

3:21:40Like because they're always honest about the techniques and stuff. So you like you write down like pick up all the things that you did. And they coached to like the techniques always go out there and play like fast spot. And it would like reverse until you were able to go out there and just compete. Is that where you kind of stuff is spring or do you get kind of mountain? So I really been stuck there this spring a little bit right whenever you get us 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 go out there to compete at most spots. So I just want to show you some of the technique. What technique tips and things that you had to pick up and learn from what you're from. I mean, this is why I was like, you know, because what coaches ask you hands like see it. You see it. Move your feet and then get your hands on the man. So it's like when you get like, when you out there, you able to like process like the way the receiver comes off the ball, looking at the hips and seeing like the way he moving. You able to pick up like the row concepts you can get out of that like so it's being like under coach walls.

3:22:40I mean, 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 in sense? I really say like cornering you got to cover two you cover three each cover once. I mean, it's easy. But you got nickel. There are so many responsibilities. You got to see like the row concepts. You got to be able to process like dying those routes faster than what you got to do at corner. And just be able to like everything's quid like your transition. You got to like you got to move fast. You got to learn to move fast. It's like game recognition. Anything from the most since you got. I definitely say I definitely say yes because how you get to like college is a little bit different. High school. We don't got to worry about things like that when I when you get to college in school like this. Like your recognition of plays and like you know your jobs the way like the coverage is supposed to be played. Understand all your teammates. What's the shape of you feel? It's like it's easy. What if you're proud of that?

3:23:42It's very talented. He's a great dude. He's a humble guy. Great teammate. Very supportive. As I got that you don't want to wrong because you like you feed off your energy because you can see like we make a place. He's like he like I.G.B. It's like I.G.B. 2 point. So he's like maybe I'll throw a guy like that with good energy. I've made you play a little bit harder and then like you make a place out there and I'm just helping you. Like it's being out there with him. He's a good player. One of those guys question handful kids. Obviously. I'll just call me so you're first now. What is it about one bill that gets ready to play at a high school? It's a big question. I'm just trying to prepare for it because we have so many kids come out of the blue and just play at games. I'll leave like the league schools and they like like tracks a big part of it because I mean like actually in a good everybody that I run a track like this minutes right you don't really get a choice. You able to just like get out here and like know how to compete and then like G like game builds that mental toughness into you.

3:24:44So I like have you like I've heard now you got to be mentally tough because I'm not like. Life's not going to be easy so it's like being out here. You know we could be when you down just pick yourself back up. I mean that's a being is done for me. That's a good. How would you describe the mentality of the defense right now being this opportunity for a rebound for Jordan? Yeah hungry and thankful. I mean we know how the last last time when you know we we had a chip on our shoulder. I mean we were right and high before that game and we took that loss and we came back and had to make a couple changes. But I think we understand what you know everything's at stake right now. You know just fighting to where another house they judge for next game. That's what's on stake and just to be able to represent this this this state and this this team. I mean we understand what's that what's on the line and you know we're just hungry and blessed that we get this opportunity playing the Rose Bowl. Right behind your Adam King WBNS. What do you remember most about walking off the field in Eugene? What was kind of all your minds in that moment? I mean there was a I don't think anybody imagined it imagine a solution.

3:25:50You know I didn't that's for sure and I think after that it was a kind of head deep. Understanding that man we still there's still a lot of ball left to be played. I mean you can let it sting for a little bit but you know if you let it carry over too long then you know there there goes there goes your whole season by thing. 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 as that happened we came back regrouped and you know we're just. Going right now and I'm just blessed for those specific moments you know losing I mean no one wants to lose but the testimonies and the things are taught within those little situations speaks of all of you. I'm going to throw over a letter in the wrong. What did you see from Kenya last couple of weeks? Was there like a push from him? Do you know what I mean? You can see that he's playing some of the best football in Tennessee?

3:26:51Yeah I mean that's my boy he's in the R2X club too but you know Keata I mean every time his numbers call he goes out there and makes the most of it no matter where we are in the game. When he goes out there he's just hungry he wants to go make plays and you know we see it in practice so it's not surprising to us. Bill Rebino, it's a bonus this back. Dylan gave us obviously very elusive in our talent and he's not very tall. How important it could be to just kind of stay in your past rush lanes and neglect a lot of balls and kind of make a difference that way? Yeah I think it just comes out being disciplined. No one who you're playing against like you said Dylan he's a he's sharply very elusive. I mean he can he is making throws. I mean he get out the puck he can do everything. So I think for us we just have to discipline and just continue to just meet with Coach Jay. Me with the coach knows and understand how we can just eliminate that. I should have about you and Jack. I mean your personality seems to be a little different.

3:27:53You're more on the quiet side. Yeah. How about you play together four years both five store guys kind of describe your relationship with him, friendship with him? Yeah. Just kind of how you cop with each other. Man that's my brother like he said we're different but very alike. I think outside like you said he's louder I'm quiet but you know once we're on that field we're like the same person. We'll do anything for this team you know we'll die for our players and we'll give everything we got. We'll do something together for four years correct? Yeah. Fall camp. Every group. Yeah sometimes go over there. Is there go over there? We have our share of days when we when I'm neat he's neat or you know we might both be messy but we do a good job. Yeah. I'd probably say I'm a better coach 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 are you at square one with with the scouting and preparation or how much do you take in that game?

3:28:57How much do you avoid taking so that you don't have any preconceived notions of what you're going up against on the offense. On the offense. I say it's pretty 50-50 I mean that game like you said it was a while ago but at the same time they elevated as a team so did we. So we understand that they they had they made some changes for sure. You know there's there's a certain density 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 offense. So we just got to continue to watch those games dissect the other games and just continue to see what stands out and what they change from the for the past game. We got a couple calls on zoom that will wrap up with first we have Nick Hamilton from night cast 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 a college football today.

3:29:59Here you have the question one more time. One to ask you about the synergy you are able to develop over course of the season obviously celebrating the triumphs but also getting through the adversity to where you are all the top notch defense that you are today. Yeah I mean like you said that we went through a lot of trials to trials but there's also there's a lot of things we can take away from all the wins and losses. From those wins we understood that hey we can be the best defense of the country and from those losses we understand that there's still things that need to be fixed and I think when you take all that in at once they come down to the common goal or the common talk which is you can there's always learning points everywhere. Depending on how we dissect those games or how we continue to come as one and elevate we continue to collect all those learning points and 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 the quarterbacks and the sacks and getting home in some of those situations.

3:31:11Yeah I think it was more just understanding the defense as a whole understanding everybody's job. The thing as the season went on we got to understand that we have to know what's going on in the back can we have to know what's going on to align back recruit to understand what plays we have room of freedom and I think once we understood that and got a better understanding of everybody's job. I mean it showed this play because everybody knows what each other is doing. It's not like the lineback is no what they're doing. The corners and be 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 they're listening 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. So you know we just we just kind of lean on each other's understanding because you know like I said like Denzel knows how to play corner better 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. Chris Strasley, you know it's like that in the ball time.

3:32:13Definitely a little bit of both. Obviously I just wanted the team to win. Maybe I have a chance to win. No death he towards it and then stretch that last drive. I was a couple of plays here a couple calls and maybe you should have gotten but I think the frustration more so it just comes from no wanting to win or anything. What was he said he was a little surprised how much attention you got right away from your defense. How about you? Yeah death it always we maybe killed him or one of ones kind of how the game playing with set up. You didn't have a lot of different coverage out of cloud to my side and this is kind of how the game goes. What's the process then? Sometimes where whatever reason just just see that. Yeah definitely. Especially in college a lot of the game friends defensively were tick me away. You know we had a lot of success at a high up state obviously one of the ball had a different weapons and kind of still get the victories and I was going to do better jobs in here. My last recommendation the process been like post game getting on the same page with Kyler.

3:33:16You guys exchange text or you guys can film. Yeah film definitely kind of asking what did I see there kind of go over and play and I just kind of give him what I saw and kind of different feedback. Mark I get it we're asking questions about the previous game bar 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 some long season guy what 16 more of them hopefully know I can stay healthy throughout the year and just continue building to better each week. You guys did so much work throughout the off season to get on the same page how different is it when you get into that regular season today? Yeah it's totally different it's totally different. You can do a lot of things you know in shirts and shorts and then once you go out there put practice and you got pads on. You do like the point practice we do with the colds but there's nothing like actually going out there in live action and 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 rocks then this month? Yeah definitely definitely.

3:34:16Like I said I was kind of my first live action together so I can continue with. When you're early impressions of your time on the field together and when the crisis was with cows? Yeah but obviously I have a death respect you know JG's call or preseason and obviously be all for a really healthy that's kind of the most important thing. Obviously that's all healthy even going forward so. Marvin what are your early impressions of the Rams? Yeah I mean they're a good team they're good physical team I got a new lot of new guys up front I think that's kind of where they're strong suit is. Kind of a little different to Buffalo come over a little match coverage so I'm excited to build this. Personally when the belts did give you one of my opportunities I didn't feel too good. Wasn't many of them. Wasn't many of them so I thought maybe I'm just where you think game versus just playing you know not getting a preseason game action. I think it was three. Definitely definitely thinking a lot out there and I think I'll come with reps. I think to think and less and just going out there and playing definitely come with reps and it's something you'll argue better at but definitely say I was thinking a lot out there.

3:35:23Is there anything you can do to prove that that's for all coverage and I think you did it in the past because you're going to face that a lot on obviously. Yeah I mean you just got to team you get open for yourself make yourself available and when the ball does get away making the play. This is 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 the season of offense the best thing is for us. That kind of thing would be with Tyler. Is this something that comes pretty quickly and you mean there's something like that? Hopefully sooner or later I think I'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 a live reps we'll continue to grow and show. I think how I believe maybe different than somebody else maybe you know like to practice at least like to be positive you know I mean so. But the energy yet would be on just like I feel like I'm so I was kind of how I would be going on. Really my whole life I felt like I felt team captain like specifically and I felt I wasn't captain in high school.

3:36:30I 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 like he's there. I felt but that would be awesome you know but you know that happens I'd be great but not either way I want to assume the world as a captain from perspective the guys. I think the visual words and get back to that point. Yeah I mean I can't say that I mean I guess the biggest thing is that I felt like how you used to in the past but it didn't take just the first LTAs and took training left and right once this season because I know what was going to be shared. So I think a lot of regrets just to get back to feeling like myself for day one LTAs and then that whole first week but now like today specifically just changing some small things with my feet that is it talking about the long coach.

3:37:31I've got some things I'm doing my feet to get to that but to sell my nutritional angle that I love to sit on. I thought I felt great already but I felt even better. Sorry the more excites tomorrow now I'm getting my feedback 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 I left the right or still going against premier guys obviously the high expectations for the left angle and tackle but definitely the level of energy and the expectations definitely take the human side because now connect the blind side that's the tackle world. So yeah I would say in terms of communication as far as this even outside of the facility and stuff like that I really create that tackle quarterback. Bond even more off the field I think has been something that's even cool. I got the text one day because I had to put it left and I was like you know I've been training both.

3:38:38I asked after the season they're like honestly you know we'll talk to you so please season and I just got a text and I'm like having what happens with the free agency. So I was like you know what I had a whole season right tackle so if I get the word I'm going I'm standing right tackle. I did what I did before I'm built on that. I was trying to let tackle now as if we're going to be left tackle and I'd rather do that than train on right time with the company. You know what I mean so I'm like let me just prepare in advance I was like yeah it was good you know I think occasionally on third down there be a lot of twists I was just not like it's automatic and I think that was my mindset for like the first half of the season. Like I didn't have to go into game with surprise like I said did that I try to figure out okay like this is this is the type of rush man 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 year guys you got to print your patch on already know what it was going to be already you know every stud and honestly just knowing that's kind of an advantage to so you're not you're not you're not oh the problem twist on my side.

3:39:53It was never air job but it's not the most like three plays in a row and two minutes I do that. You know what I mean I'm watching more everybody else and he rarely goes out there occasionally third down I was like you know I'm sorry he's going to pick me you know what I mean so. That's kind of it's also kind of an engine away but it's also exciting like okay I'm going to get the hardest to look you know so the real real rest you know the day some really out on our way to kind of process and I was like hey when I tell me let me know about I'm just going to train it I was training all left so TAs I guess if I didn't hear anything about the days I came in like so you know what I mean. Because just like I'm cool with training both continue I would be cool with training both continually but I feel like anybody any position will feel like okay like you want as soon as possible to get your feet settled in your hips settled in your hands so then certain how that would have been hardly any work both very good to you.

3:41:03No but they're definitely but in terms of the development. It's definitely a lot faster if you're staying on one side but I think having that the weeks that we had the transitional seasons over. I'm like it was fun you know. It was good trying to get up for the month and week things that I tell right now but when it comes back I'm going to show them to you on the house so I got a house not too far from so I told them I got that house like I could yell outside. DJs. You know I mean so yeah. That's doesn't have any stock or anything doesn't mean anything so we're we have to play on Friday and that's really all that matters. We're going to take two more from zoom before turning it back a first one's going to come from Stephen from Cleveland dot com go ahead. The fun I'm sorry.

3:42:05Hey Caleb we've seen you were talking about the Ohio State Office the success that they've had obviously Jeremiah has been a big part of that what's it been like this year going against him in practice and you know after doing that this is a surprise at all to see him having a success he's had as a freshman. No it doesn't bring surprises. It's pretty pretty easy to see the talent that he has and the blessings that God has put on his plate but it's always a it's always a challenge going against Jeremiah and other receivers and mecca in car now in practice and even guys like Brandon and his impression Rogers they do a great job bringing looks for the defense and create a lot of obstacles. So I have a question from zoom is going to come from Dan hope. Hey love you Quinn had a lot of success against you guys when you played him at Alabama last year just what do you remember from going up against him last year and what can you learn from that game. Really smart quarterback knows how to operate their offense. Puzzle ball in the right places and then coach Narkeeson does a great job putting him in positions to win.

3:43:11What's the impact to you. Thank you Rob all our Columbus dispatch. JT and Jack land opposite sides and they is opposite off the field as they are on in terms of personality and just. People they are. They're offices but they are also like one of the closest people I know they spend a lot of time together. I think that's because of the country so different people for sure but they're both really great people a really great man. I'm sorry I respect both of them. Yeah, the personality. How did you do that. I'm not going to do that. I'm sorry. I'm not going to do that. It's about to ask the war and podcast throughout the throughout the season we would always see you on Wednesday nights you and late and we'll be some of the last people off the field. Are the things that you're working on after a practice always the same is it a routine. What are the things that you're hoping to get out of those extra moments after practice.

3:44:12It's a routine pretty much the the keys that we need to go into the game with and then also changes week to week on based on what our jobs are going to put us into doing. So every week we go through the same things and then we add certain things that we do for the what the team that we play is going to ask us a comment. Bill we've been on this. Yeah, I already got one here. Okay, Joe and Kauffman call this this bad. Killing. When. Texas uses play action and they use action. What's what do they do? And those spots and what's the key for you guys in those moments with Quinn? They do a really good job with I candy and it creates a lot of challenges for defense in order to see if it's runner pass and see. Because that's when they're going to take their shots to as well. So really just having great eye discipline seeing the line and seeing what is telling us. So that's just what it is. Deep right. Nick Walker, Letterman role.

3:45:12Hey, you guys had a pretty good game plan for Tyler Warren when you guys played him. You guys have another Texas has to do a tight end and gunner. What do you guys kind of have to do to limit him and how to what do you think about his game? He's a really good player. He makes a lot of plays and he has a lot of receiving hours this year. So really just do the same thing we've done all year just be disciplined in our responsibilities. And if you're on them, you got to make a play when it comes. Right. One of the mandra bill that's played in dark. I don't know if they're receivers. It's kind of a whole, you know, they spread ball around. It's like a lot of what stands out about the way that they can spread the ball around. A lot of really good athletes. I played with Isaiah Bond last year who's a really great receiver. A lot of speed. And then all the receivers have made a lot of plays. So I mean, everybody has to be on their peasy cues if we're going to stop them and have a do a really good job. Are you on your 10 May letterman role? Yeah, Kel, you moved up here and I don't have to tell you when you moved.

3:46:13Basically a year ago. And stuff. It was a little bit of a leap of faith because you know, you know how many athletes are on this team. You can get athletes to stuff. But why don't you really feel this defense come into its own. And then then pass that man watching in Rose Bowl, you're recognition of what was coming. It seemed to be on point. Did it feel like that? I mean, you personally. I think the defense has played really well throughout the season. I think we've had games where we played better and games where we haven't put it all together. But I think that's how all defenses are. So I can't say there's a certain moment where I think we put it together. But what's your second party question? You seem really on point against Oregon about recognizing what was what was coming. I mean, you were really active out there directing and things like that. Did it feel like that? I feel like as Luke said earlier, the preparation that we put in goes into that. And just feeling comfortable and what we're doing, what we're seeing with the other teams.

3:47:15I feel like that allows us to play fast and can me and Laketon to communicate to everybody else. Do I miss anyone for questions here? Steve, how long have you been playing in front of the sports? Yeah, Caleb. But you came to Ohio State to play for National Championship. There were a lot of ups and downs throughout the season. Just to be in this position, the last four teams still live. You feel validated by that. And did you always have faith that this is how it was going to turn out? I came to Ohio State to become a better player and to help the team be as good as it can be. Not to win a national championship. Like that wasn't the only goal for me coming here. I really just wanted to be in the team and be with the brotherhood. But it's a great feeling being in the final four and being with the team and everything that comes with that. But it's a blessing to be here. And one final question, Bill, where Ben wants to play this back? I did a lot of follow up when I talked to you at the back of the game. You said when they scored their first and second touchdown, you were really hot on the sidelines.

3:48:16What was your message to the team? And you know, that's a good off. They're going to score against most people. Why were you so hot? Really just because we didn't execute which left them score. So we've done that a lot, which is something we can't do in these big games and these games where it's winter go home. So we got to make the plays when they come and get our competitive excellence as Coach Dases make the play where your numbers call. Caleb, thank you very much. I feel like they're definitely picking up quick. I mean, I was in their shoes one time and I had Zach Harrison, Javonte and Tyler Friedell in front of me. I'm just trying to be one of those peers that they were for me and kind of just giving them the steps to get there. And I feel like they're definitely picking up quick and they're definitely going to be one of the great rushmen. So we got Josh's on the ball. JT and Jack probably didn't need it. It's on their way to the team. So you have some real opportunities for you. Is there a difference in the work going to be getting through Apple Camp in the last couple?

3:49:17I feel like all the camps I've definitely got in a big course load and I love that. So I asked Coach J for it. I love getting more reps because I just like protecting my craft. So I mean some people may not need it. Some people need it. But I mean, I just like to give me a rough idea. What do you think about that course load? What kind of thing? I mean, for me it's always just kind of getting my little details perfectly like my steps, my footing. It's kind of just perfecting my toolbox and what we call it and my craft and trying to be a... It's like whenever every place you kind of do. Where do you find the biggest things that you've ever had in your life? You've seen what the first thing I've had in the audience was. Yeah, I'm definitely just getting stronger and faster, everything all the above. But one of my big things is being a leader. I'm kind of just not trying to look, still look up to Jack and JT and kind of have my own kind of leadership and be able to bring people into it. So I feel like we kind of have a lot of leaders on the B line and we had to be in position. So we kind of all kind of just kind of talk about the children and kind of others.

3:50:17There's been a tough time. We've been able to help those guys play with their role. We've been able to help the children and just let them know. And it's kind of a difficult task to do. But you need this place guys. How does that transition be to? It's good competitive and we love it. You know, competitive people, we all live the fish together. And I feel like the springing the best side of all is. We're all just kind of bouncing off each other and seeing what one person does. And to kind of build it into our toolbox and we all kind of just kind of build one great thing. Hey, do you ever roll last year when you got the shot at the full back in the club? And did they approach you without adhering to a coach's deal? I mean, how did that come about? Because you're a good ejection, you're a sloppy. Okay. You get to test that. So I definitely did it in high school. I was pulled back in a little bit tight in. So I feel like it kind of saw what I could do there in Coach Wilson. Honestly, he left Washington too, before he left. And I feel like he planned that seed in Coach Day's head. And Coach Day kind of just went for it. And I tried to do the best I could to do it. Is that the chin ring now?

3:51:18Do anything in the screen? New playbook. I did not know you hadn't got that far. How tough is it to be a looking back? I like to think myself as a football player. I can really play any position on the field. You need me to just give me a weaker two to learn it. And kind of perfect it and try to do my best for you. Kid Jack, do the same thing. Oh yeah. And what about what? Graphically, that's what... Kid is just talking to Coach Johnson on Tuesday about some of the conversations and sort of sought you and got out to have some conversations after JT and Jack decided to come back. Just got to win into those, perspective and how do that help you move in the right mindset I guess when it needs to play. I'm definitely kind of seeing it all the way through. I feel like people kind of just see what happened and they don't know everything that goes into it, how long the season is now, what you got to do to prepare for and what could happen in all that time from here to then. So I feel like we definitely just coached in me kind of connected. And we kind of just talk man-to-man and he kind of just straight to me and I feel like we kind of both have been on the same team.

3:52:21We know we're making it. We're making each other better every day and we got the four best DNs, five best DNs, obviously. And coach football and we're going to be one of the best DLs and coach football. How do you feel like a better player today at any work in this season? I feel like I'm taking big steps in my roles of just being responsible and being more of a leader and kind of stepping up and taking a step to kind of get out there more on the team and kind of bring people in and I feel like we kind of helping out more. How do you record hand-around in the past that you're seeing with TKFC? That sounds bizarre but I mean the season goes by so fast already. So when you're kind of like week 10 and you're like wow it's already week 10. So now it's kind of getting more time to kind of enjoy it and kind of savor it because I'm already in here for years. But you don't want to spit on your powder for the first month of the year right? Oh yeah. I mean there's a light signal that I did in the season. Yeah definitely definitely going to have the mental stability to handle all those weeks and all those practices.

3:53:23How much has Larry talked to you guys around the game? Last question right here. We've seen it in 2016, 2017, 4 and 5, 2, 5, 2, 1, $1 and so much. Does he talk to that guy? I mean he doesn't have to talk about it. We know about it. We've seen it every day. We watch the film. We see him all working together. We know what it could be. We know we could become. So we know we're right at the same, we're at the right place at the right time and God wanted us to be here and be new. We wanted us all to come together and kind of play together and be able to bounce off and just perfect our craft together. And I feel like we all are just great individuals and we come together at something special. Great. Doing it, what were the deliberations? I'm surprised it's even a conversation. Like it should always be live. Let's tell you. Tell you. Tell you play football. So obviously there's a proximity to the season, which is a little reckless. I understand that. But in spring, we're competing for jobs. I mean, if I'm a quarterback, I'm asking to be live. So I can show him how I'm different than, you know, anyone that can't be live. You know what I mean?

3:54:23They're always trying to find an edge. And if you're never fully live, I don't think you fully give guys opportunity to be who they want to be or who they can be. So that being said, you know, I will cast my vote, but that will not be my final decision on that. But I will cast my vote. I think I said, hey, how did it go? Well, it was good for all parties involved. And more we can do that better, but I'm sure that is coming to a close here very quickly. So. Right. General Maya off the field. We saw after practice on this Saturday that the mob that came to get autographs and things. When you're working with him on all these things you're talking about, but also dealing with the life of being one of the biggest names in college football, how do you help mentor him in that aspect? Yeah, I mean, it's a blessing to be able to be in a position where, you know, can provide insight or. I wouldn't say recommendations, but just give perspective.

3:55:25What he chooses to receive the first perspective or not one and not me. He always does, but which is fine. But to be in that position is really humbling. That being said, he does a really good job on his own. He doesn't need to check on too much. He's really done a great job. Again, the way he was raised in his morals and humble would always sign and taking pictures. I'm always trying to be the bad guy for him because he's not going to be and just says again more about his character. But he's not the only guy any guy would kind of do that. We have a group full of awesome young guys, but Jeremiah has done a great job with it. He's handling it and it's definitely growing at an exponential rate to say the least. But I think he's built for it and he's been handled at a high level. Those around him were trying to help him out a little bit. What made Quincy the first freshman to do this black trade issue? Yeah, I mean, that's a good question.

3:56:27I think that, you know, frankly, you know, I don't, I'm not really fully evolved with that. I can be, but I wasn't. You know, I think that people on the outside would be defense or even coach day or anybody brought it to my attention. You know, we're kind of just going about practice and that's our expectation to make plays, not make mistakes. And he was starting to make a lot of plays consistently. I think the consistent level that he's been as a person, being on time and doing his job description on each play and the ball is coming your way and making some big plays. You know, it starts, it starts being seen by your peers and your peers start asking for it. They start barking, getting a stripe off all those kind of things. That's the ultimate sign of respect. I think when your peers, you know, go to your bat. And he's not going for his bat. No one, no, people are bringing it to your position coach. I think it speaks volumes of the general respect that you're earning through the process. So I think it's something like that happened. And, you know, as well as there based on his peers and the other coaches.

3:57:32That's Devon Crisney, Cleveland.com. Ryan Day was talking about how impressed he's been this spring with Austin Sareville. All that he's been able to do and Tyler Bohn was talking last week about the importance of the cross-training and all that that goes into that. Just how much have you seen Austin benefit from this spring and everywhere that he's been and helping with peace to think he's going to be regardless of where he fits on his offense of life? Yeah, I think Austin's been awesome. I mean, he literally, I mean, I don't know what I'm saying. He played every split, every position, which is the move around, you know, and handles it. And he's one of those guys. I feel like you watch film over and over again day after day. His name never really gets brought up, you know, in a good way. Like he on the old line, your name gets brought up when usually not going as well, you know, I mean, they're literally at the point of the attack on every single play. So there's nowhere to hide. And so, but Austin, when his name gets brought up, he's like, man, that was a good job. Pass off that combo, whatever. It's always positive and been really impressed with him. He started in the winter to a great job through the winter again, continuing to build their respect for his peers.

3:58:34And then he's going to a good job, really good job just being very consistent to spring. Are you left, Jeff Gilbert? Press pros. Brian, since you've been working more with the whole offense, I've come to the quarterback play. What has grown in your, I don't know, appreciation of that position and what those guys have to do and go through? What do you think more about those guys versus maybe what you thought before is just a wide receiver guy? Yeah, I mean, I mean, there's no just a wide receiver guy. If you are just wide receiver guy, you won't be a very later on. It's all about quarterback play, you know, so I think in that same world, though, to the point is that, you know, in order to be a great receiver or a great receiver or receiver guy, whatever you want to call it, there's only one page, just the quarterbacks page. So everything is based off them. There, whether it be their progression, their timing, the stresses they have is what we're trying to minimize. So if you don't fully understand the quarterback play, it's hard to maximize receiver play, I think.

3:59:37That being said, yeah, I mean, I'm still always learning, you know, I think that I can't say anything's jumped out massively right now, but I would say that, you know, I guess I would say that the preparation level, I mean, the what is required to execute and play at a high level, it's just not capable in the a lot of time, right? And there's only so much time where I'd be with players, if you're not willing to spend, you know, your own time getting prepared for practice to be to maximize one's ability. There's a good chance you're not going to maximize your ability. So, you know, other positions, I mean, online same thing, I mean, receiver play sometimes can, can, you know, get away from it. We do a great job studying and being in the room extra for sure, but the requirement of a quarterback to know the fixed protections, the BR run game coordinator based on the calls. You know, to get us in different checks. I mean, there's so much thing you know, and frankly, the, you know, the online is good as the quarterback, the receiver's lines goes the quarterback, the offense is going to the quarterback and it's our responsibility to put guys in position to maximize with their capable of maximizing, but their inability to notice that they need to spend extra time outside the a lot of time, I think is critical.

4:00:52And the amount that it takes, I guess, self, maybe a little naive to, but the guys are doing a great job doing it. Just a couple more coaches got a meeting Rob all our Columbus dispatch Brian, you get reached the mount top. You got a banner out there national champs. I think you keep these guys grounded, being in the moment, looking ahead. Not back. Yeah, you tougher on because no, I think that I mean, I think we have a lot of guys, you know, I think it's understanding that we were trying to build the map to get to where you wanted to get to. But now that we have the map doesn't mean we've traveled the path. So like we know what it looks like. The guys that are here know what it's supposed to look like. The guys before us, say unbelievable example how to get to where you want to get to. So the focus is on trying to replicate what they just did and how they operated. Can't say we've done that right now. So very easy to stay motivating because they already know it's not good enough.

4:01:53Frankly, and so the last thing they want to do is put in a ton of effort and then not reach their goals. So motivation, I don't think is needed. I think there is a catching up of those and maybe aren't quite sure what it takes. You know, and but overall motivation is not what we've needed. Clearly of message is definitely what we've been focused on and I think the message is being received. So not concerned about, you know, motivation and the looking back, if you will, I think everyone's pretty, pretty focused on being forward and known we haven't accomplished anything. Steve, who would you say is the leader of your wide receiver right now? I would say Cornell Tate, Brandon and his pride done the most most outspoken, you know, in the room. Yeah, I would say they're doing a good job. Those are probably the two guys that would jump out my room. Brandon, he's been in trouble. Obviously, Cornell taking on that role, more and being more vocal. He's a good football player. Obviously, he's the only thing that's going to do there.

4:02:59But that process for him and becoming a more vocal leader took for you to say that on him. What was the question? What do you think like the growth of it? Yeah, I mean, he's, I think he's pulled guys aside, you know, had one-on-one conversations with them. He's locked in. You know, just I think he saw the impact that a mecha made and the role he played and to think that you're going to lose that and then be a better group. Part doesn't mathematically make sense to him. So someone's got to step up in that role and one, I don't want to respect them too. He knows he's capable of it and it's just the desire and the appreciation, I think, to be at the table now, the overhead and appreciate the way I met him probably went about his business. So he probably valued that, appreciated that and he's just being assured we still have that. Final question. Bill Rebellt, what's going on with this guy? Could you assess the running back room? I think it's pretty much assumed. Both those running backs to CJ and James think that tandem system is probably the way you're going to go again.

4:04:00How is it working and you see third and maybe fourth guys up in the mirror? I think that, you know, college football, NFL football, any football really, you got to have depth in the running back room. I think that very apparent in the NFL, it's usually a two-back system, you know, very rarely is it one guy. But in college, I think we saw the benefit of that last year. The ability to compliment each other is really important. The ability for us to identify what they do great and put them in good positions to be what they are. What they're best at, I should say, is really important as a coaching staff. It's been very impressed with even the younger guys, Sam and Bo, and the way they've come along, consistency, so what you're chasing, right? You're always able to, that's why you're here, but how often you do it ultimately dictates how much you play. Overall, I think locksmen on them, they understand the standard in pass pro and not being a guy we got to sell out because you can't pass protect. We were blessed, especially with Trey last year in Quenchon.

4:05:04But no, these guys have done a good job. They're competing. They've been very coachable. It's shown a plot on film. But yeah, I mean, it's always hard on backs. Every opportunity you get to go live and break tackles really gives you the most feedback on what these guys are capable of. If you're just playing tag out there, you never get any art. At least you shouldn't. But the running backs on contact days have done a good job. James has done a really good job growing. Really excited about him, everyone's really excited about him. Amcj. I think ultimately how good the group be is based on the bottom horizon. You're going to have some guys at the top, but where's the floor? I think Bo and Sam has done a really good job. Many more guys to get healthy. Many more guys on campus, but very encouraged. And you saw him improve. And then McLean, I think, is a great plus.

4:06:07I mean, he is a guy that has football intelligence. He's picked it up. You know, he's kind of of of those incoming freshmen who still should be in high school. He's a guy. I think you're going to point to and you can see right now he's going to be a player over to the right. Austin Ward, the podcast. A healthy Mitchell Melton. How does he fit in for your defense? What does he bring to it? Yeah, he's, you know, Mitch is that combination player, you know, in our four down. You know, he's a guy that can do a lot of things, drop, fold in there and make plays. You see some of that all the time. Really athletic. We're kind of loaded at that end position. So he's going to play there. But you know, like I said last year, we haven't needed it, but he's a guy you would point to along with CJ Hicks. You know, for the long season, people get injured. You get a little light inside.

4:07:09It's always hard on the defensive tackles. But if you're going to play with three ends, you know, that's Mitch is a guy who definitely can do all that. He has that over to the left. Joey Kaufman Columbus dispatch. Jim, you've talked about this before, but I think in past years where you're going up against a really talented receiver group offense to encourage your players to. It's not okay if they give up the play and to go nearly almost the first half today where you. The offense didn't get them the end zone until the late in the second half just. And you guys have guys down the second area. Just what did you think of that sort of trend and how it's evolved in the way you guys almost shut them out of the first half? Yeah, I think it's become, you know, an expectation now. You know, our DB's, you know, our BIA, best in America, we. Let the country and past defense. Right. I think it was 96 what I what I got here and it was number one last year. So they've taken that spirit. So it's a competitive spirit. It's an expectation now.

4:08:14It doesn't matter who we're going against. It's they view it as a standard. So that was good to see in the first first half. Over to the right Spencer Holbrook, Letterman role. Jim, we've talked about safety changing the way that you play defense in the Leo and the linebackers, but how much does having the depth that you guys have defensive tackle change the way that you can do things defensively? Yeah, I mean, you're going to play to your strengths, you know, and that's that's my job is to what do we have and what do we do best? And when you have defensive tackles, but I've said it before, it helped our defense so much last year when you have defensive tackles that actually make tackles, which is what we have right now. It changes the way you call a game. You know, it certainly helps you be in better shape on explosive plays on the back end. You don't have to do a whole lot to help those guys out because they're making tackles. So you got to go, you got to go with that. You know, you got to let those guys play and they're good.

4:09:20So you can't get too far away from the scheme of having those defensive tackles make place because they're doing it and it works. So you can go over to the left, Tony Gurdman, Buckeye Huddle. Jim Ryan talked about the quarterback run being more of a thing with the offense here during the season. How much of when you're facing a team like that, how much does that impact your day to day throughout the week preparing for that? Yeah, it's a ton, you know, it I think it changes everything you do on defense. You see it everywhere from the NFL on down. If you have a quarterback who can make plays with his feet, your scheme better be designed that, you know, to to take that away into account for it. So it changes the way you look at everything when you're game planning. Thank you, Donovan. Over here to the right. Tim May, the Tim May podcast. When I asked Ryan about just for example Calvin Simpson, but the corner seemed to be playing almost with the chip owner shoulder to a certain day. David, the big but no sin took today personally look like you know, to make is some of the height going into the game. But what do you see from that group in particular that?

4:10:26Who is you going into this off season? Yeah, when you can when you have corners that you can count on again, just like having defensive tackles in the run game, when you have corners, you can count on that are going to compete all the time, no matter what the situation is. And we've developed that again, it changes the way you call the entire game. I mean, you you're able to leave those guys on an island. You're able to switch out couverges and they know what they're doing and they take great pride in it. So having those guys out there in the development. It's a big deal. It really is. I'm not just a little bit more. I'm just giving it like that. Yeah, I mean, he's he did come in late and you know, he compete. He's one of those guys that just competes every day, doesn't say much. You know, he's trying to live up to the standard of the other guys and you see him coming along, you know, you see him step by step coming along and you know, put him in a competitive atmosphere, same step up.

4:11:33That's a great sign. And final question for coach Knowles, Dan Hope, 11 Warriors. You mentioned CJ Hicks a few minutes ago. Have you seen him take the strides? You need to see the spring to trust him as a guy who could be a potential starter on his defense? Yes, I mean, I think CJ has shown that he has talent and I think it's my job to put him in the best situations for him because he can be a force. You know, he's much better when he's bloodsing or he's directed because he's able to use his athletic ability, but he has certainly shown that he's going to be able to help this defense coach. Thank you very much for your time. All right. And we will bring offensive coordinator and quarterback coach Chip Kelly to the podium now. We'll open up questions over to the left bill Rebenowitz Columbus dispatch. What are your just general impressions of the offense coming out of spring, especially quarterback?

4:12:36We'll look at all 15. So I think, you know, this day is is a big part of it, you know, because it was the first time they were going to play some of those guys that were going to play in from the crowd. And it was an amazing crowd. You know, 80,000 for spring game. Now you could see some of the young guys kind of looking around like, wow, this is different than the indoor. But that's what they have to get ready to play it. So we got better from practice one practice, 15, you know, it's still an evaluation through the whole process, but it's not something in the players, though, too, that we're not making a decision walking off the field today saying, hey, this is the direction that we're going in. We'll be very authentic and look through everything and make sure that we get a really good feel for what it all looks like and then who will best move this offense. That's what our decisions can do. I do. I think we got a lot of guys there. That part's tough. I think because you got it. There's guys that deserve reps, you know, when they're all competing for it. So, you know, sometimes you'd like to be sometimes when you had a guy who was an initial starter, well, he's going to get the bulk of the reps to get them better, but they capitalize on. We really rolled them.

4:13:37You know, if you were at some of our spring practices, you're watching all those guys rotate and rotate out. And as we talk about all the time, you know, the old adges is don't count your reps, make your reps count. You know, we'll put it all together and really come up with, you know, which guy do we really feel is going to make, going to help us move this offensively. Over to the far right, Bill Landis, the podcast, Kings of the North. Hey, Chip, you said when we first talked to you that the basis of a lot of your success running the football just kind of figuring out what your guys do best and then leading into that over 15 practices now. How good of a field do you think you have for that? And then what did the next few months look like as you try to piece that all together? Really good question. It's interesting because the one thing that I think sometimes makes tough and an evaluation is what a good front we want to get. You know, so for 15 practices, those guys on the other side of the ball were paying, you know, Jack and JT and Ty Lee can those guys. But I know come fall, there's not going to be anybody more happy that we have those guys on the defensive side of the ball because of what they can do.

4:14:39So I still think we'll have to really evaluate that, what we're going to do, what we're not, what we got to get better at, what we got to work on. But I think the work we got against such a quality defense was really key for us. Over to the far left, Nathan Barrett, Cleveland.com. So a year ago at this time, it came out of the spring with still a lot of question marks about the offensive line. And even I guess that last season came out with question marks. How have you seen that progress in the time that you've been here and what's your confidence level that that offensive line is going to allow this offense to do everything it wants to do this fall? Yeah, I mean, I've been here short amount of time. So I didn't know. I really don't have anything to compare it to. So I kind of tabulated Rasa, come in with a blank slate and just observe it. I think we're really athletic. I think Donnie and Seth and those guys inside are really smart and really intelligent. They allow you to be able to make adjustments in game. Just tucking football with some of those guys. It's like, well, these guys are wired the right way. And a lot of those guys have played a lot of football. So they can bank on their experience.

4:15:39I think we've got about four guys that have played significant amount of snaps and we've got to make sure we can find out who the fifth guy is. But that's similar to where the quarterback spot is. I think. And I also think of the offensive line. You're not going to play a 16-17 game season and just playing with five guys. You really have to develop your depth there. There's going to be a number two center that's going to play a lot of football. There's going to be a number two guard, whether it's on either side of the ball. There's going to be a third tackle. I think you're going to get tested, especially in this new playoff format. You really have to think that way. So you're not looking for five starters. You're really looking for 10 starters because you're going to have to probably play 10 guys to get when you get through a 16-17 game season. Over to the right. Austin Ward, the podcast. I think it was the first play of the game, the T-Formation and then the reverse center spin move with Will Howard. What's the inspiration for that package and that sort of wrinkle with the quarterback? Mr. Hayes. Do you have a there's a looming figure around this whole program. You know, we get to go to work every day and the Woody Hayes athletic center.

4:16:40It was good enough for Woody. We're going to stay there. We're going to do it. We ran some last year. I think we took 21 snaps at UCLA and T-Metishort yardage formation for us and we've done some different things with it. But I also think our players had a lot of fun, you know, practicing that and doing some different things. So it's a small part of our offense. You know, we will not be in the T-21 times in one game. But, you know, we may get in in some short yardage situations. And I think it's come back. There's a lot of schools right now that are starting to do that. You know, it's really just you're trying to, you know, you got a half a yard to get. You know, you're trying to get your big guys in the game. And I think we use three tight ends and two running backs in our formation today with Packard being the full back in that situation. So there's a lot of different things you can do in short yardage, but a little bit of a tribute to Coach Hayes and what he means to this program. Joey Kaufman, Columbus Dispatch, over to the left. Chip, did you look back now, even your two months, 15 spring practices? Is there something you feel best about what you've been able to accomplish with this offense?

4:17:42Well, I haven't accomplished anything because I didn't take a snap. But I think the most impressive thing since I've been here is how close close to football team is. You know, some programs talk about a brotherhood. This is really a brotherhood. Our practices, as we talked about, how good our defense is. They're highly competitive, but they're not combative. And those guys really work very, very well together, both the whole line of the D line and the secondary and the receivers. The competition is the best, it's got to be the best there is in the country. You know, and that makes you better. But I think sometimes competition, you know, guys can lash out and it gets really combative. And then all of a sudden the fight breaks out and the fight breaks out. And we're trying to accomplish and get footballed on. But I think the way these guys cooperating work together as a group is a special bond. And I think you're going to need the closest team and the most connected teams on the ones that win over to the right here. Andy Baxter, Letterman, or all. Chip, obviously there's been a lot of talk about Jeremiah, but Ameca is the big return in this group. He kind of reminded everyone what he can do today. What's it been like working with him and what kind of weapon can he be for you guys? Good point. And Ameca has reminded me and the other 14 practice sessions of what he can do. Special player, you know, and J.J. is a really talented player also.

4:18:50But, you know, I think I think all of the whole group of Cornell tape did some really good things watching him this spring. And for all of them, you know, I mentioned it with the offensive line. I came in with a blank slate. You know, I had no opinions formed. Not that really just wide eyeed and just observed them. But, you know, that I think that wide receiver is really special. And I think there's a bunch of guys in there. And again, you have to play multiple multiple games after the regular season is over. You're going to make sure you're going to need depth like that. And the fact that it's you feel a little bit comfortable right now that we got some guys there that can make some plays in the perimeter. And that really dictates how people are going to defend you. You know, so you got a couple really good running back. You know, so are they going to load the box? Are you really going to load the box and leave those guys in one on one coverage? Well, then it's the quarterbacks responsibility to decipher that and get the ball to those guys. So, or do they at least a double coverage? They list a double coverage. And now it's a little bit lighter box and you can run the ball. So, having too many weapons is a good problem to have.

4:19:50Second roll left, Pat Murphy, 24-7 sports. Chip, we've talked a lot about kind of the quarterbacks maybe vying for the starting spot. But some of the younger guys, what have you seen from them? We got an opportunity to see more of them today than we probably have. What's your assessment of them as they kind of get in this? I always am so impressed with young guys that enroll early in watching how they get acclimated and what they do. You know, when you look at Julian and Air and JJ, you know, they should be in the hot lunch line of their high school. And they're out here playing in front of 80,000 people. And they've really progressed when you watch them in meetings and listen to them and they interpret. So, basically, the whole concept here is we throw them in the deep end and see if they can swim. You know, this, we didn't baby anything. We don't put the install in with, hey, you guys are in install. We're in install. This with the older players. And then you guys, you know, go sit at the kitty table and we're just going to do the really simple things with you. You know, they get it all. And the more they can digest, the more when you're in a room, when you're checking for understanding and asking questions.

4:20:55And they can spit back to you the more confidence you have when they get in there with the plays that you can call for. So, those guys have been impressive. They're still learning, you know, they were the, the guys today that were kind of looking around and saying, while there's like 80,000 people here along with the offensive coordinator in the quarterback coach, because I was kind of looking around because I had actually never been in the stadium until yesterday when we had our 14th practice in there. So, I played Ohio State once when I was at Oregon, but that was in the Rose Bulls. I had never been actually in the stadium until yesterday. So, I caught myself when I went into the stadium today looking around saying 80,000 for spring. Again, that's impressive. Got time for just a few more folks over here to the right Dylan Davis Delaware Gazette. Given what you just said about throwing them into the deep end, what stood out the most about Julian's progression through 15 practices and where he is that you guys head out of spring? Julian is a very fast processor. You know, he really thinks very, very quickly on his feet. Like he makes really quick decisions. He doesn't stick on and read. He can progress and any ceasing is really well for a young player.

4:22:01You know, in not having been exposed to a lot of college defenses and especially what Jim does. Jim can make a young freshman quarterback cry with some of the stuff he does. But, you know, I never saw that with Jules. And I, that's been impressive his, his ability to retain and, you know, him and JJ, the compliment I would say to him is if you got here and you didn't know what class they were in, you wouldn't say that those guys were freshmen in terms of how they've picked things up. And, you know, sometimes freshmen, act like freshmen. But the guys who are special, they don't act like freshmen. You know, they act like football players. And those are two guys that are, are examples of that. Far left, Cameron T. Robinson, the athletic chip. You on the topic of freshmen, James Peoples and Sam, got on the second half. Yeah. You talk about how deep you need to be in this era of college football. But as you search for RB3, what did you see from them today and what is, what has their growth been like in this spring? Yeah. James really flashed early for me, not knowing again, kind of. Let's just take. Don't worry about what the background is, where they're from, who they are. The this guy of this stars, this guy of that stars. It's the raw bakai.

4:23:12So there's how they do it. I think James has got really good feel and vision. He can hit things. I thought Sam did some really good things today. T.C. is another guy who really came along during the spring and work constantly talking in our staff meetings about depth. We're very cognizant of the fact that the playoff situation has changed. So you have to develop that depth, you know, used to be maybe have a parent of spare was what everybody says, but I think you may have to have more than that. You're talking about 16, 17 games. You're really going to be tested that way. So I was really happy with how those young guys have come along here in the 15 training sessions that we've had. Over here to the right. Tim May, the Tim May podcast. Thank you, Jerry. You have your own podcast. Yeah. Like these guys all had like a name next to their. That's cool. He must have some juice if you got your name in your podcast. Definitely. Okay. By the way, it's not just the lunch last hot lunch last night. It's a hot lunch. Yeah. Just two quickies. Number one, do you feel compelled to let these quarterbacks know where they stand?

4:24:17Yeah. Coming up Tuesday. You know, to me there. Yeah. You know, where does that go? I mean, in your mind. Yeah. We're all sit down as a staff and visit me. I mean, he doesn't unbelievable job of I think all our players understand where they fit and what the picture is and we'll give him our assessment. This isn't. You know, we're not going to come back. But we do it after every day. They know where they stood after practice. One after two after three after four. We grade everything. They're getting constant feedback in terms of where we are. And then after 15, which we had today, but, but we can't do it unless you watch the film and can really look at the things because you may see something, but you're on the sideline. You know, why did he make that decision? Well, I couldn't really see the field safety from where he was. Okay. Now I understand why you made that decision. So, you know, what, but they'll meetings with all our players and that's that's always been the method. So this week during, you know, between one day through Friday, we're all scheduled. No one's going on the road. We're recruiting until after that. But we're all a player meeting said every position. You know, offensive line defensive line linebacker safety is everybody. Everybody's going to sit down with their position coaches and know where they fit. We see them.

4:25:23Do you feel a pressure with the with the transfer portal looming? I mean, you've been a head coach for a long time. I mean, is that on your mind at TST? Yeah, I think. Or whatever. I'm 100% and I don't think it's pressure. But I think you just open lines of communication and everybody knows, you know, which what your evaluation was through the training sessions that we have. Guys, we got to have we got real quick. Last two questions. Dan Hope and then Rob all are. I feel like you need to have a starting quarterback named by and whatever biggest things you're going to be looking for between now and then and determining who that guy's going to be. Well, between now and whatever then is we're not allowed as coaches to go back out and practice with him. You know, in college football, you get 15 training sessions in the off season. And then they'll go back to work and with Mick in the weight room and getting bigger, getting faster, getting stronger. They'll have organized activities themselves. And they do a really good job of that. But once there's a football out, like we're not allowed to be there to evaluate and even assess.

4:26:24So they're really from a football standpoint on their own until August. So you always want to do it earlier. But I also believe every time I've been involved in this is that it kind of happens organically and authentically. Because the players know that if you say we decided we're going to be with Joe and they all think it's Tim. They're in the locker room with him every day. Players understand who they'd feel is the guy. And most of the time the decision is very obvious. You know, when you just say, this is where we are with it. But there's that timetable thing. I don't I can't give you an exact timetable in that. Rob. Chip, you talk about Julian. But typically in your experience, you've done it again, like Tim said a long time. How long does it take for the game to slow down for a young QB? I think it depends on the individual. You know, I've had some kids where early, you know, you're like, wow, Marcus Murray, I was like that.

4:27:28Remember vividly second practice. And he got to the fifth reading the progression and threw it out here in this big game. And I asked him why I do it all. I asked why. I just want to understand it. And I said, why did you do that? And he goes, I don't know what we call that defense, but there was like a lot of guys over there. And they didn't seem like there was anybody over there. But for him to process that that file, and he was right. And he came back the other day, whether that was cover 60 other day coach, I learned what you guys call the coverages. But it all happens differently. I've got guys that for two years seem like they're just, you know, they're really struggling. And then the light bulb goes off and you know, whoa, like they got it. So everybody has different learning styles. You know, our job in the evaluation process is to identify those learning styles. So you know, they cognitive learn, they an auditory learner, you know, do they do they learn by feel? Is it is it more a feel guy, you know, a more film guy? You know, it's all different. And I think we have to keep poking and prodding in in in for us as coaches. That's the challenge too is what is their best learning style?

4:28:31And how can we convey it? Because education basically is just a transportation knowledge. But it really doesn't matter what I know or what Ryan knows, it matters what they know. So that's that's always kind of what we're working on and studying and thinking about and kind of where we are and how much can they handle and then how much is too much, you know, because this may be a great play. I agree 100%. But if you don't feel it's a good play, then then why is it in you know, I mean, and that's that's this whole feeling of process that we're all they're learning awesome. We're learning them. So have identities so to coaches really running quarterbacks is that something you've always sort of lean toward or is it a year by year case by case? What advantages do you like about? Because all your guys can run a little bit. Yeah, I think a running quarterback causes problems for defense. So when when plays break down the unscheduled plays, you know, if you just go back to the recent Super Bowl on that last drive to two big plays where my home's run.

4:29:32But Patrick my home is not a runner. Andy's not calling design quarterback runs for Pat. But when the defense matches up in place two men and turns their back to the quarterback, well, maybe the best decision is to take off. The second one he took off, he may score. You know, a lot of guys go and they want a hook side. And there's times where you have to understand if you do have a running quarterback, we talk about the best of the best ability is availability. You're not low on your shoulder and taking people on, but we are always looking for quarterbacks that have the ability to run. We're not looking for running backs that can throw. You know, so you're not going to see us 20 times a game or running the quarterback. There are people that run offensive styles and are really successful with it. But with this group we have right now that's not. Now they can hurt you with the feet. We'll did it when he was at case date. You know, obviously, Devon took off a couple of times today air took off a couple of times today. Lincoln's a really, really good athlete. Julian can run, but you know, we're not calling design quarterback runs. You know, you're not going to see. You know, I tremendous respect for coach Hayes and the legacy that he left here. This straight T is about as far as we go. We are not going single wing.

4:30:37So we are not going to snap and run quarterback ice on quarterback power. So. But it is a it's another weapon. You know, and if it also keeps defenses honest, you know, if your defense event is going to continue to bend from the quarterback, closing the edge and he's gaining first downs, within the defensive and has to stay outside and contain the quarterback. Well, then we can run the ball up and hand the ball off sometimes in our running game. Our quarterback really is a blocker. He's responsible for defender of the defender was cheating and fitting it on the run. Well, then his responsibility is to make make the defense be honest and that's really air did that a couple of times today. We had a block that safety was sticking his face in there. So we took off around the edge. What happens in next play the defense is wider than what we get to do. You can't stay in the ball off the running game coach. Thank you so much for your time and thank you for being a buck. I was definitely addressed here. You know, this pretty easy. I think Austin Saribel stepped up in a big way, you know, with the money being out. And then, you know, Carson can play both guard and center, which is good. And, you know, we've actually, you know, said it's done a nice job as well.

4:31:42But it was good to see Austin, you know, he moved from guard to tackle a couple times and even with the ones he was in there battling his tail off. So I think we have built some depth there. But again, you know, we've got to go play some games and see what. Rob all are. What's the main thing you want to see out of your life? Yeah, you know, again, whether it's whatever happened last year is last year, but I know that the message to our to our offensive line is we want to play one of the hardest playing offense line in the country. Now, we've got to play with technique. But at the end of the play, like not going to scream into that can play with your hair on fire. It's hard as you possibly can. There's a lot to go with the playing in the offensive lines. All the communication is a lot of things that have to get into place. I think chef has done a nice job of communicating and it's going to offense better now. Who takes control up front and brings everybody together, which is great. But to me, like that's it. Now, we could list a bunch of other things, but to me, we've got to move the line of scrimmage. We've got to be just playing with our hair on fire and knocking people back and playing physical. And that's the start to game. That's the end of the game.

4:32:42This is a destination spot for wide receiver. We can do it. We'll see that. No, I don't see it that way at all. I think we'll see what we got this year, but I feel like we've got some really good young players in the system. I think that we should have the best offensive line in the country. That's the standard here has been for a long time. And so we'll keep pushing towards that this year. And I think everybody in that room will take the same thing. So, Sonny has really stepped up and played well. He's made this transition from safety to linebacker very well. I think he did a nice job in the spring, but you could definitely see as he went into the summer, just bigger, stronger, being more comfortable closer to the line of scrimmage. It's different when you're closer to the line of scrimmage. I was doing a better job getting his hands on, you know, on offense alignment and getting off of blocks.

4:33:50He's in a better job, going a better job with his hands, or he understands the communication. The linebackers always have to be involved with the front. They can be involved and fit into the back end. He's doing that. I think he's looking forward to playing in a game and getting an idea of what it all looks like, but I can tell you in practice, he's playing fast, he's playing violent. And I think he's, you know, he does a nice job of taking the meeting in the field, being very intentional about his work, but playing really hard. Yeah, I haven't talked to Jim because you know, we'll make that final decision here over the weekend, but he's certainly leader in the club. Can you tell Ryan, I mean, Seth McLaughlin, can tell he's been there, done that. Is he projected that to the offensive line? You're still, when I'm saying, from a leadership stand, a grown man. Yes. How does that just come up? How does that show up? Not a bunch of ways. It just poised. It's not getting rattled when, you know, coach parks at you. It's, you know, OK, I got this. Let me get it under control.

4:34:53It's seeing something in practice and being able to adjust on the move. It's being prepared when you walk on the field. It's recognizing how hard you have to play at the position. It's kind of all of those things into one, but he's got great communication up front. He talks to the guys. He's been there very quickly in there. And when you have experience like he has, you know, the game seems to slow down at times yet. He seems to be playing it fast. He's got a potential over. There was a point where you got a black stripe off and I feel like he took a step in the right direction. When you come in in the summer, it is very difficult to get on the field, especially early in the season. Whether he does or not, I will see. But if he continues to practice, the way that he's been practicing, then he'll give himself a chance to be in the rotation, midway through the season.

4:35:58Or later in the season, which is similar to some of the wider series that he had before. You know, you've seen some of those guys get some reps really in the season, but then make an impact later in the season. I think that's probably more his path right now, now, you know, shows up and starts doing great. And, you know, we'll give him the reps he deserves or like Jeremiah is in a different situation because he came in here in January. And he was a little bit ahead. Anybody who comes in and January to me, I don't look at them as a freshman anymore. They've been here during the program. And we expect them to contribute. Obviously, it's just a new tie. I'm still in there right there talking and communicating, but in the scrimmages we've had, you know, it's been offense for his defense.

4:37:01And I've been in the offensive side still kind of going through all those types of things. And there's a lot to work through this year just with the play clock. And then it's going to mean that it is, you know, the cost by communication inside of 15 goes off. There's a lot of things that go on there. And we don't really get notification on that. So I'm trying to, you know, just help chip with that and some communication that we're a personnel. But I'm going to be very much involved with special teams. I think with the two minute warning, there's some strategic things that are going to go on. And then we're going to have to have a game that I really be involved with. But to your point, just overall, just looking guys in the eye and making sure that, you know, they have to right look in their eye. You know, they understand, you know, with the situation, what's going on in the game. You know, I think that happens sometimes with young players, you know, they're just like playing the next play. And that's not just how it works. We'll get to win the situations. And so all those things will come into play and making and game adjustments, you know, be involved with all three faces, you know, watching the game and a tablet to try to identify what happened in the last series.

4:38:03I think all those things will be happening. Right now, Nick is going to be the starter. And you know, that competition will go into next week. But right now, as we head into the weekend, he is the starter. And the plan is ready to go first. I want to go up and go on Saturday against anchor. He's got a strong leg. He's made it a good transition into the country, but also just playing football and not Australian football, which is very, very different. The snap to kick is really improved. You know, that was one thing. He has a taller guy. So the ball has to get out of his, you know, get off his foot faster. I think he's done that his hand time has been good. And he's been more consistent. You'll see, you know, he'll kick a few. I'm just going right out of the stadium. And they just got a strong, strong leg.

4:39:03So we're looking for that consistency. He's shown that here most recently. So he's got the upper hand right now. Ryan, I don't know if it's because Will maybe took a little bit longer to make a decision in December of them. Some of the other top of the line quarterback, who was dead or because maybe there was a thought he wasn't going to be the starter. Can't stay this year. But it seems like people have been kind of as a game manager type of quarterback. After eight months with him, where do you see his ceiling? What, what, what is Will's special faith to you? Where do you see him taking something? You know, a bunch of trades there. I think the first trade of size. I was big. He can stand in the pocket and he's strong. So I mean, that's the first thing to notice about him. Again, whether it's standing in the pocket with poise, I think that's another trade that he has. That's excellent. He, he feels a rush. But he stands right in there. I think the next trade is just, you know, his, his top end speed. And he can run 22 miles an hour at that size, which there's not a lot of guys.

4:40:05I think that's the extraordinary trade. And I would, I would say his overall leadership command and the huddle is is another. You know, something that he's, he's really, you know, grown into in the last few months and he's been here. And then his accuracy, he's been very accurate since he's been here. And when he knows what's going on and he could anticipate what's happening, I mean, it looks right. He's still and he can hurt you, you know, a bunch of different ways. So, you know, his ceiling, that's, that's going to be kind of, you know, up to how he plays this season. But, you know, I see a player who has a lot of great skills that, you know, translates well to the next level. So we'll see. But I know his first focus is on winning games around here. Coach, thank you very much. I'm sure. Hopefully I'm temperate, some more. The goal line and down to the Jackson. I think. Please, meaning I'm nerves naturally.

4:41:05The first complaint that I was good, I was just rolling. Also, isn't it weird. The first time a striker played on that stage was also the first start. Yeah. Yeah. I prepared well and camp and practice all week. And I was, I was ready. I have two multi-year starters. I did a lot. I mean, I couldn't ask them, hey, what we got here, but I was prepared well. I was telling Jimmy and said, hey, we play our blocks. I'm not going to be emotional. What is it mean to start a game? It was always my dream to come here and play and start. And having that, like, I mean, I just keep going, keep building those days. And go games and keep building. What a much younger Austin. No, not, I don't think.

4:42:06Even I told my life, maybe I asked my younger self, even committed. I wouldn't believe that now having a couple of starts. Yeah. Awesome. Has this happened faster than you had been building these are coming up to play as a player? I guess you're technically a soft one to play as a Richard. No, I knew that year two, I was going to see you some playing time. Now starting week one, year two, I didn't see that, but like I was ready. Didn't spring ball. I was going to play some soft things. What does it mean to you to, it's not only get the opportunity to play, but it's like you played well enough now. And coaching staff trust you. You've been playing for the other day. But I'm in a situation where I'm going to earn that. So where are we going to be doing it? I guess it shows like my preparation, my hard work, and just everything I put into this. And I just finally show it up on the field. There are moments, the top season, the end of the spring. And I'm going to realize that you could play at this high level,

4:43:08with the ones, you know, 18 or 18. Yeah, the definitely was in training camp. I mean, blocking highly can tie every day. Like it feels, it feels a lot of confidence in doing it well, and not like getting balled or anything. There is defensive tag wasn't that easy. Hero and Jason Moore in Taiwan. All those guys, pretty much anyone on the defensive line gets your face all the time. And Kay and Mack as well. Yeah. We've heard a lot about it. I would have more collected how about the stability of that in the green line. How much can he help you? He helped me a lot. And I'm proud that he's our starting center, not someone else's. But I mean, he's like the captain of the line. He's another voice on the line with guys like Josh Fryer and Josh Simmons, Donnie and Tiger. That means another voice and another captain on the look-ways of having. And I'm with this much experience. I mean, you're in the middle of the line.

4:44:09I mean, a lot. He can tell you, like before the play was going on, how to block someone. Like, what you need to do, and it helps a lot. Tiger is talking about how calm he is. How much does that benefit of you? You have a guy who's kind of been there and seen a lot of us. It makes us more calm. Especially, me and Tay, those are the first stars. So, like, we were up here with Seth. He brought us down. We were like five. Our emotions weren't high. We were selling. Is that something he tells you? Is that something you can pick up on by how he's acting? How do you kind of mean sense what he's trying to do? It's by how he's acting. And what I mean, him, when we're on the side of him, both Josh Donnie, he was telling us, like, hey, we're cool. We got it. But it's pretty much like everyone. I said, how much do you do that? As a first time starter, how much did you add in that? Me a lot. That was my first time ever using iPads. We didn't use the iPads in high school. But, I mean, you can say, like, try to remember the defense.

4:45:10You can just come on a silent and bring them up. We'll play and get help up really soon. Probably the first or second after the, I thought we'd say all right. Awesome. Thank you very much. Thanks, Blanc, for the weekend. Best evening, a part of you, settle again to go? That's, um, I want to say maybe I don't know, but I mean, when I first heard you got the job, I was really excited because I'm one of those guys who's the tempo. I can run with the tempo, you know what I mean? I'm playing basketball all life in a set of football and I feel like just the fast pace often, so we're running, really fits the guys we have right now. I'm really excited for that. I know you think they're all footballing 65 guys, but can you kick a football? 75 years of Lincoln. I probably question. Lincoln, what's your question? How is your, um, your roommate at the community? He's a blessing, man. I can't keep playing. He's a great guy. What's his name? His name's Lincoln. Teen Hoes.

4:46:10Okay. Who's cleaner? Oh, he's cleaner. I think we're both really clean. That's why we kind of pick each other's roomies because we're very clean and we don't like our rooms really messy. Well, it's true though. It's true. It's a real pretty clean stuff. Luke, are you still cross training in Taggol Sam or have you just been off guard this break? Oh, so far I've been off guard. I really don't know. Like I said, I'm taking it practice by practice. I could end up being back attack going good and on, but you know, I'm just really focused in on this past practice and connection. Yeah. I've got a lot of work to play here. I spent a dream just from being in Ohio kid. I'm from Ohio kid's perspective. I mean, that's the biggest wish possible. I would say that's going to be pretty cool. What was it like last year of post game getting on the field for the first time? It didn't fly me. This is going to be a weird answer, but it feels like I was planning to be in it. If that makes sense. I was pretty locked in.

4:47:11I felt like just no anxiousness, no stress, no nothing. I just went in that first game and was like, shoot, I'm here now. It's time to roll. You know, it didn't really hit me. I was like, it didn't hit me after, but my mom was like, what'd you feel doing? It's like getting out there at the end of the game. I was like, honestly, I don't know. I felt less nervous. I didn't know high school and it makes no sense. A lot. I mean, I'm learning from Josh Ann Austin. I think, prior to one of my biggest role models here, my bigger brother in my first game. I'm up for the end. I don't want to say this. You do, okay? No. Yeah, yeah. So, yeah, for the end of Austin, those are my guys, man. I mean, even Miles too. I mean, all three of them. Those are my roommates and they're progressing every day as well on. And I'm excited to see where they can get to. And I'm excited to play on the field with them. Oh, yeah, he's been really helpful. You know, just keep in my mind, just settled and straightforward on the next play. What do you think, Vegas? It's a great question.

4:48:13Like I said, I mean, I just need to take consistent in my work, I think. That's the biggest thing for me is just ain't consistent. I'm worried about the next play. I think it's actually about those big runs and you guys started turning out. It's half plus there, but did it beat off each other? Absolutely. I mean, when you see defensive, when you see defensive start arguing with each other and things like that, I mean, it makes it a lot easier, you know, to have those kind of 11 play drops. What does that mean? It's a nice one. It's starting to feel like you guys are feeling out there. They're feeling full of them. First game on, I couldn't play good enough. They didn't have to do the same. I mean, it was really good to rip off these runs because I mean, we put them so much work on those. And we're active. You know, seeing the product, you know, that hard work. You know, these guys are just. Tech reserve since that just off its line, why does he all prepare this week? The top of the back in there. They tell our hope for the first time really this season. It's not particularly in Austin.

4:49:13It's just more of a down-to-jacks of preseason all-American, etc. I mean, enjoying the group, you know. Dunn and the Jackson's a very good football player in there. When he's on the field, he makes his presence tough. I mean, we've all been training on that. If there's no tomorrow, just go through and you know, okay. It's in, we know it can be. Yeah, there's seat to be. There was a sixth, watching you guys last week. You know, or even more of a force. It felt like watching you guys. Maybe even if you know, did it feel like that? Yeah, I mean, we put in a work during practice. We practice really hard. Coach, they really challenge us to practice hard. Positions, coaches really challenge us to practice hard. I was just a result of it. But when it's rolling like that, what does it feel like being in the mix? It's going to be a long time. It's us. It's. When you work hard for something and you're able to see like what comes out of it, like that's, there's no better feeling in there. I grab. Can you do it? I can do it. I can do it.

4:50:13Can you do it? Can you do it? Can you do it? Can you do it? Can you do it? No, I mean. I was really funny to see. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. Maybe I'm not going to be a lead. I'm not going to be a lead. Take a look at what has been offered, brought to you guys for the first few games. What's it been like playing next end of the last two? He's. He's. You know, he's really calm and stored in what you never see real panic and having a guy like that mess you know, you're having really. Play it as many meetings as an app. I mean, it's. There's. There's no one outside rather absent my lift and so am I right, you know, for our answer. and set those guys, they do so much for this offensive line. People talk about his intelligence really kind of showing up in the film room and on the field. Where have you noticed that intelligence and how has that helped you? Yeah, like I said, and crunch time, you know, when things aren't exactly looking like how we practice it,

4:51:14you know, having a guy like that, that will slow down, will do this, this, and then we execute having a guy like that like this. There's none better than that. You wrote? What you got? What's my favorite cake? Right brother. And now I'm standing. I almost came back with a couple of suns and some more. Tell you, looking at Marshall, they got a couple guys on the D-Pix and Red that have big 10 Roddings. Absolutely. I mean, what do you see when you look at their tape and see 13, 7 and a couple of those guys are pretty, pretty big, decent sized guys. Yeah, those guys here, they're real players. They're real players, you can sell their coach well, you can sell, they go hard, you know,

4:52:15they're real players over there. We've been practicing to the best of our abilities, you know, and respectful, and I'm prepared for that. Maybe when we see David and your G-Tech last year, the other day, they take the look. Yeah, they play good ball over there, and you know, their defense plays hard. They challenge teams, you know, sometimes they might be overlooked, and they still challenge teams, you know. And so they come out there with the mentality like, no matter where you're in front of the cell, and they love our team. And they're in the house, just cheering them on the school. And they're good. Okay, let me ask you. What have been the biggest challenge? I mean, the actions right there, right in front of you right now, which is kind of a good thing, and kind of a bad thing, which should, you know, should go off the rest, you know, hidden back in it. Inside. You talk to your veterans, and you know, you know, that's not what it means. Yeah, I mean, I hear from Chris, every once in a while, I'm trying not to bother him too much about, you know. It's always, it's always good to hear from guy like that,

4:53:17guys like the one, even Matt Jones returning back. All right, Patrick, thank you. Appreciate it. Thank you, Patrick. Thank you, Patrick. This is really awesome. Real, special. Thank you. Patrick, you've been in for this year, just be able to contend for that job. We're going to go scale stuff. Thank you, Patrick. Thank you, thank you. Um, I think it's a lot of things. I mean, I'm just a little bit more of a guy like my weight, my just my height, this, more regard height. Um, when I'm faster, my feet and I'm just saying, you need to take me kind of, sometimes like basketball, or want to be on that just like defend, but you know, you're going to stay, stitch away or something else. Exactly. Yeah. Yeah. That's a great question. I mean, I feel like these two can answer that for you right now. I think KKN Hero can answer that. I don't know what, I don't know. I don't know. I just want to say that. I don't know. I don't know. I didn't. I don't know, I don't know what to say about that. What do you guys think, bro? What are you talking about? Man, I didn't understand that. Man, I was talking about the clown.

4:54:18I'm going to enjoy every day. You know, this man is strong, ready? I'm talking about, you get the basketball here. He's so lunch, you can just do a things like that. He is very kinder around you. Just to oh, my shirt gets the hanged. And he got the grip right here. He doesn't give up on a playing like you said. He's gonna go anywhere and wash the film. He's doing another day or another pattern. I'm not going to have to say I'm considering proving it again. If you were to follow us around, we're all being like, You sound like a coach, man. You sound like a coach. Chip Kelly's in full exchange. You were mine about maybe like the idea of tackle versus driving. Because obviously his offensive predilections were like, yeah, the offensive line for a win game. Has he been a part of you settling in the guard? I want to say maybe I don't know, but I mean, when I'm pretty sure you got the job, I was really excited because I'm one of those guys who's the tempo. I can run with the tempo. You know what I mean? I'm playing basketball all life and set up football and I feel like

4:55:19just the fast pace often so we're running really fits the guys we have right now. I'm really excited for that. I know you can throw a football like 65 yards, but can you kick a football 75 yards? I think it's probably question. Lincoln, what was your question? How was your, your roommate at the field? He's a blessing, man. I can't complain. He's a great guy. What's his name? His name's Lincoln. Keen Holtz. Oh, he's cleaner. I think we're both really clean. That's why we kind of pick each other's roommates because we're very clean and we don't like our rooms really messy. Well, it's true though. It's true. They're both pretty clean, so. Luke, are you still cross training at tackle some or if you just been all guard this way? Oh, so far I've been all guard. I really don't know. Like I said, I'm taking it practice by practice. I could end up being back attacked by good and not, but I'm just really focused in on this past practice and the next one. What do you think? Yeah, oh, that mean a lot.

4:56:21You know, you put a lot of work in to play here. I just spent a dream just from being in Ohio kid, I'm from Ohio kid's perspective. It's, I mean, that's the biggest wish possible. I would have, I would say. That's going to be pretty cool. What was it like last year at first game getting on the field for the first time? They're kind of after that. It didn't, like, this is going to be a weird answer, but it didn't feel like I was playing a game, if that makes sense. I was pretty locked in. I felt like just no anxiousness, no stress, no nothing really. I just went in that first game. I was like, you shoot out here now. It's time to roll. You know, it didn't really hit me. I was like, it didn't even hit me after. Like, I'm all the like, what would you feel there? And if like, getting out there at the end of it, I'm just like, honestly, I don't know. I felt less nervous that then I'd go in. I'd make some no sense. What is it? What is it? What is it that you're going to say? I mean, I'm learning from Josh Aniston. I think Friars was one of my biggest role models here. He's my bigger brother in my first game ever. Tell him about Padea? No, I think this is the idea. No.

4:57:21So, yeah, Padea and Austin, those are my guys, man. I mean, even Miles too. All three of them. Those are my roommates and they're progressing every day as well. They can get to outside the planet and feel the same. Oh, yeah, you know, it's been really helpful. You know, just keeping my mind just settled and straightforward on the next blood. That's a great question. Like I said, I mean, I just need to be consistent in my work. I think that's the biggest thing for me. It's just ain't consistent in worrying about the next blood. It's my game. And I was like, whoa, I never had that happen. Like no other school, like just Ohio State Fair's Canaan, that was like, wow, that's crazy. Do you like, I mean, I'd be quiet, but also do you like that? Do you like everything that comes with it? Do you like that? I do, but at the same time, I just like to be a normal person. I don't really like that. What's your feeling? Are you a showman? I mean, I was either described as kind of like your art form. Yeah, I mean, yeah.

4:58:21I want to feel, I'm a little bit more chippy a little bit, but sometimes I still require them to feel it. What's the competitive part of you? What did that point that you know to say about yourself? About... Oh, I've been having that, I mean, since I was like eight, nine years old. I mean, happens. I mean, just high-end house rate, just to be competitive. That's the reason why I chose to come to Ohio State. Just to compete each and every day, just to go against the best DB group in the country. That's what I was going to say is it been in hands the last several months. I mean, you want to get in the next and then, then there's no burn, etc. Oh, yeah, for sure. Just going against them, two guys, the best two DBs in the country. I mean, that's the reason I came here. Just going against God just going to make me better each and every day. Yesterday, you said you played later, you called while I was at the morning, it's far down. Yeah. You said you were dead. I said, well, he said, when he defed little boys, I'm here. I said, okay, I'm going to be back. And that's something to be back.

4:59:21I just walked off. When you're in the corner, the ball was disabled. I said, I told you, I'm coming back, right? What's it like getting back to the car now, saying, you're in the hands, clear as it needs to be back to you? Okay. It feels great just us three to be on the field together. We're going to make a lot of plays this year. What are you learning from that? I learned a lot, especially from Cardinal, because we both play outside. So, me just learning from him and the things he learned, he just teaching me. And he knows he was behind Mar and stuff like that. So, he just teaching me the game for sure. What specifically, you got better at that? And compared to what you've heard, Scott. I said my footwork, that's the biggest game. Me and Coach La La was looking at that's one thing I need to get better on. So, I mean, I just worked on that in all seasons and just got better over time. What can still be a work ethic in here? I'm still my work ethic in. I mean, just, I really don't know. I can't really answer that. But it just, it's just in me, like, I just want to work. That's one thing. I think I say, I get it from my dad.

5:00:21My dad really good reason why I worked so hard, because since I was like eight years old, he just wanted me to just work and be the best at what I do. So, I mean, I really, I say get from my dad. Why do you see the clip of my day, you know, like on sunny day, when I'm on show. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, see. And how close did you come to the picture? I wasn't, I wasn't super out of, I don't know why. I could have made a scene like it was that I was a bugger. That's it. How did your dad set me, table? He said a big example. I mean, just, I ain't going to say it was only just my dad. It was, I mean, I have a cousin's name. You know, it's very pretty for the Seattle Seahawks. So, I was, I looked at him as well. I mean, seeing what he was doing at West Virginia, would take my Austin and Steadman Bayley. So, I mean, he was a motivation for me. And it just, all the guys that grew up before me in a minor-guarders area, a brow area for sure. I mean, just looking at those guys. Guys like, I say Brandon Enders for sure. He was class ahead of me. So, I seen the things he was doing in the eighth grade. And I was just like, whoa, I mean, that's something I want to do.

5:01:21What do you think about the expectations for you? I mean, I Chris Carter on my podcast, T-Wigs, he's actually the big, he gets to be a factor from the first place, first game, et cetera. Those are big expectations. Do you have breaks folks? I really don't, I mean, I know his big expectations for me and no one playing the country coming in and all the hype around me. So, I mean, I just try to block out all that stuff and just focus on the main things, just the team, and I receive a room and I lock on them. And, you know, just first game come, if I don't, you know, see the expectations that you have for me. I mean, I don't really care. I just want to go out there and win the game. How much of a confidence do you have for you when people like Chris Carter and Marvin Harrison Jr. are saying, this guy can make the next break of the C-Virtual House days? I mean, it's something great. I mean, I just got to go out there on the field and just show you guys that I could beat it, and that's probably the great Ohio State receiver to come through here. So, I mean, it's a blessing and know how that, and that's got to go out there and play and show you guys.

5:02:23What do you think about that? I mean, it's a lot for me to be, was it the first freshman? Yeah, I mean, just, that's the best of me for sure, just shows all the hard work that I put in and out the main on the way to the way to the room. What is your maturity? My dad really, I mean, the maturity, they'll just be older than, don't act my age. I'd go to my age. I mean, a lot of people tell me that I don't act my age. I'm way, way beyond my years. I mean, just, you just got to be mature and, you know, don't act like a kid. I'm just going to work with my wife. What is it about? 73. It's about the same age as your dad. It's just, you know, when I see a 50-50 ball, I mean, just, I just think it's, I got to make the play. It's on me, you know, matter how the ball is. If it's a bad ball, I just feel like, I got to make that play. You don't matter what the certain sense of this,

5:03:23you know, matter if it's a bad ball. I feel like the ball is mine. It's no matter who I'm fronting me or, no, no matter. We're getting that, I got to get in between the ball and come from the, I mean, that kind of sets you apart in my opinions a lot of ways. Do you always have that net? Oh, yeah, I did. Always had that net. Because I was like, since I started to play with C-R, like eight years, nine years old, I just found the way to, you know, make sure that ball is mine when it's in the air. And I just got to always find a way, find a way to make my quarterback look good. Can you explain how your team's playing with the same ball Howard's looking more, thinking so more confident? What do you say to him? Oh, yeah, for sure. He definitely made a big jump from him in the spring. I like his confidence. He's starting to talk more, talk a lot of mess on the field. And I like that about my quarterback, about my quarterback, about his quarterback to talk. And, you know, just get around his players and make him feel good about himself. He talked on the field, you know, just, you just said a lot of stuff, I can't say, but he'll go talk for sure. Okay, Jeremiah, thank you very much. Thank you guys.

5:04:29I was on me, my split was too wide. He wanted me to come my split down. So that I was on me, that wasn't a good idea. There was also that play inside. Clear that will, the offense recognizes if you're single about 401, Brown's man, they're willing to take that shot to you every time. And were you expecting to have this bigger role in the offense? Not at all. Just coming in, you know, this is a Ohio State. And just all the receivers that been here before I got here. So I did not have no expectation that was having the role that I had right now. So I mean, I just get all the things that go and they would have been this position right now. Is that surreal to you then? To be putting up kind of numbers you already have? Oh, yes, for sure. I mean, but no job, not still got to be finished to him. What does this say about the trust that you have? He tells me a lot, each and every day that, you know, single, single covers 101, going to you, no matter who or you, no matter this. Don't let me just go, I just got to make a play. I don't realize if you press the U.S.

5:05:29Because there's a moment in the spring or this in the trinkamp or... I say, I say fall camp. That's really when he was just trusting me, just throwing it out and I'm just going to go get it. Yeah, for you. On the play saturday with the, then they said you're supposed to do it. Yeah, to why, yeah. I should have cut my split. No, I think I was, you know, like bottom of the game. I should have been like, numbers plus, numbers plus plus two, I believe. Yeah, something like that. So that's the reason why he just played over top. And that's, which is the only great thing. In a session. When you look at your numbers, you've made the history as a partial amount of highest days. This is the goal coach to go and program. You feel like a normal parchment? I mean, you're an exceptional parchment for this universe. Yeah. I mean, I love it. I still feel like I'm just a regular freshman, but you know, a lot of people say I'm not, but I mean, just the role that I have just coming in.

5:06:31It's just, it's been a blessing. I just can't think, uh, can't say it's on me, it's on God. And just the coaches for trusting me, they have to put a freshman out there and just they go out there and make plays and just do what I do. Hearing from your teammates, the goals of confidence in you, I didn't expect to have playing time when you came in. So what did you actually expect? How much do you think you would have gotten? Uh, not that much, because you know, you got a card to take. You got mecha, Google I came back. You got Brandon, is that big of your all? Uh, Jayden Ballet, uh, all of them guys. So really my mentality is just coming in and just working, learning and just, you know, play special teams and make plays on special teams. A lot of my mentality was, uh, you expect this to be different, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big. What do you expect to be different about big, big, big, big, big, big, big? Um, me just watching them, they, uh, we've been attending last three teams in place. So I mean, it's gonna be a better team than I have in the last couple years that, um, we played, uh, higher state play them as we could they said.

5:07:33So, I mean, it's gonna be a good game. You gotta go to, uh, deal higher state as always. Better be, as a, uh, better. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Oh, yeah, for sure. Uh, we hungry right now. Uh, everybody in office always a long quarter back with our, uh, receiving, uh, we definitely hungry for sure. We gotta go out there and have a dinner and just put on the show. Austin Moore, the podcast. Did you, uh, I have to tell you what would it know you more? Uh, uh, being interfered with, not getting the call or not being able to make the catching. Uh, I say be able not to make the catch anyway. Uh, I feel like everybody's throwing me. I have to catch it no matter how, the defender on me or not. I just feel like I had to make a play no matter what. I mean, I played Saturday. I feel like I could have caught it, but, you know, it was a pass in the front. But it touched my hands. I should have caught it. Uh, Dan, hold, let me worry. Jeremiah, there's a lot of, uh, this course from fans this week about you not winning the Sean Alexander freshman year of orange. What's your thoughts on that? Uh, I mean, me calling is a great player as well.

5:08:33I mean, I can't really not kill. Um, no, Sean is a great guy. I talked to him, uh, two weeks ago. Um, it's a great guy. Uh, learned a lot of, uh, the insurances are outside of football as well. I really can't focus on that. I'm just worried about, uh, beating Oregon and, uh, just going out there to pass it to you and just putting on the show. Anybody else have questions? Uh, Tom Moore, fuck, I hung up. You mentioned getting bragged. It's like Michigan. Is that frustrating when you see that from the father teams? Yeah. Is that frustrating? Is that, you know, you, you know, you, you know, you always send your own. Are you still open when you're bragged? Oh, yeah, for sure. I'm still open, no matter what, bragged or not. Um, I mean, they just came out with a, uh, you know, uh, I mean, just, you know, things didn't go as planned as we thought it would, but you just got to keep moving on and just move forward. As I said, uh, Steven, how are you doing? 24, 7, 4, did you mind that the two touchdown plays that you had with Will Howard? How many times do you think you guys rep that to get, you know, those were perfect throws, perfect patterns. And you beat your guy off the line of scrimmage.

5:09:33Just how many times do you think, uh, and what does it take to perfect that? Uh, I think we read the lease. I don't know how many times I practiced over the weeks that we had off. Um, I mean, just came down to, you know, they pressed me. We, we taking a shot. That's what they told me, uh, the weeks we was off. And he told me, uh, before they gave him the locker room, I just got to give you a shot. And that's what he did. And I just made a play. The first game to get historic and just how tough was that challenge against their secondary? I know you have to finally get the end of the game, but you guys made plays all day long against them. Just what, what's your thought about the challenge? Those guys gave me a good challenge. I'll say the challenge is going to be, you know, a good challenge. They have some great global guys there. Jabbar Muhammad number seven, uh, Niko Rhee, uh, the other corner of my nine over there. They're great global guys. Um, I mean, probably the best we go see all year for sure. We just got a good name. You know, B.O. Ohio State. That's all Tony. You're gonna fuck out. Yeah, right? So why are you not open? Uh, uh, you know,

5:10:34probably wouldn't hold team on me. I should say, uh, uh, I mean, I'm always open for, to me, for sure. Um, let me just, you know, throw the ball in my area. I'm going to find a way to make a play as I'll go ahead and say. Step on Christ Nick, believe in dot com. You talked earlier about, you know, some of the great athletes that, you know, got challenged and you aspire to be like, I guess, where's that confidence kind of come from for you? How long have you had that confidence that, you know, you have the ability to be one of the greatest in this sport? Uh, I mean, a lot of people tell me that I'm going to be great at what I do. Um, since I was about, um, going into high school, a lot of people tell me that, um, me just, you know, football is all I know. And that's all I really want to do. Like I live, breathe, sleep, football. Like that's all I really care about. Don't care about everything outside of football. Like football is all I know. And I just want to play football rest of my life. Thanks for over it. Letterman Girl. I mean, just, you know, the week that we had all, we were just working on deep,

5:11:36deep shots, uh, cause they tell us, uh, in meetings that we have, uh, we got to take shots down, feel, um, we just got to connect on them and, you know, will tell me before, uh, before the game started, like I said, um, you just got to throw the ball out there and just give me a chance. I'm just going to make a play for you. That's what I, that's what you told me. And I just got to make a play for you. That's what I was saying. Don't you be honest? We can all joke. We can all talk about the expectations and the start of this become, you know, you were just 13 games. How do you handle that? I mean, just a freshman, how do you take all these expectations? Know when you step on the field that you're always open and still go out there and play? Uh, I mean, expectations. I mean, I can't know how you're doing. I'm just going to be a great player for a reason. That's what I wanted. Um, when it be childless, I wanted the expectation. Expectations, I should say. Um, I mean, Coach Hotline just helped me, uh, throughout the whole year, just preparing me for each game, each week, uh,

5:12:39a mega booker, uh, Cardinal Tey, Brendan, and it's really the whole receiver. I'm just helping me, uh, stuff I don't really know about, uh, it just helped me throughout the whole week. And, you know, I can't really say it's all on me because my team is a big part of the reason I'm having the season that I'm having for sure. Uh, Andrew Gillette, put it in the dot com. Jeremiah over a thousand years, full sessions in the first year. When you look back at your freshman year, what was the most difficult part about adjusting to the college and what was the part that you had not, you know, the hardest part about trying to train this one? Uh, learning that playbook. Uh, I playbook is certain else, uh, just coming in, uh, spring ball, uh, me just new plays in every week. I'm like, well, what is this? This new plays every day in Coach Arlai. Like, you, we go, you go to be good. Uh, we got no summer fall camp. You go to be great. So, I mean, just, you know, that's it. That's definitely what's the hardest part just learning the playbook and, uh, a lot of other things have to say for sure. How long have you been trying to get that down pad? How long have you been taking these so comfortable on the playbook? Uh, my, uh, I'm pretty, I'm pretty sure I got it down

5:13:40pad right now, but, uh, net season, I really want to learn everything, the H, Z, uh, yeah, I really want to learn everything in the, uh, playbook for net share, for sure. That might be 24-7 sports. You mentioned, you know, how many guys it might take because you do not feel a little bit. So when you are one-on-one and Will's talk about when he sees you being one-on-one, what is going through your mind as you wind up and realize there's one guy covering. When, that's all I could say. I mean, as a, uh, Coach Arlai, uh, we do something like, in a hotel, uh, Friday night before the game, he asked me like a question like, you get one-on-one, something like that, he asked me, uh, what do you do? I say wind and everybody just start laughing. I don't know where I be like, it's just true. Like, you got a one-on-one, up out of the, so, yep. Over here to the right, Bill Landis, team's on the north. Jeremiah, did you move to your round? So I'm going to send a seed to the point where you get a couple matchups against linebackers. Yeah. What goes through your mind when you find yourself mashed up against a linebacker? Uh, I just started laughing in my head a little bit.

5:14:40Um, um, I mean, linebackers can't really cover, uh, receivers like that, so I just know like it's, I'm most likely going to be open. Um, but you know, they just try to move me around a lot because you know, people try to bracket me when I'm outside just alone by myself. So that's why they just move me around a lot. Or less, they'll have been born the last year. Jeremiah, you mentioned the most difficult part of your freshman campaign has been learning the way that's been the best part so far. My way is going to rub off on people eventually. Um, and I would also say that, you know, you kind of have to understand who you're talking to. You know, people, certain stuff makes different people tick. So you've got to kind of know your guys, you know, if you got to get harder on somebody to to make them go or if you got to kind of relate to them, you know, pull them aside, have to talk. So I think that all goes into leadership and you have to be able to, that has to be a skill that you have to be able to do. What's the difference between coach day now and these true head coach? How he's given up like calling duties and other stuff. What's been different about him? I want to say, you know, too much has necessarily changed,

5:15:42but you can tell the as tremendous trust in coach Kelly. I'm in what he's, what he's going to do in the, kind of the schemes and everything that he's brought into our program. So the fact that, you know, he has such confidence in him and his play, calling ability makes us tremendously confident. So coach day has always been coached to be instantly continuing to stay that way. But I'm glad he's able to focus more on what he needs to focus on. Like, on his tail of balance, back to the question. He's kind of a field general in a sense, kind of a quarterback on that side. A lot of people may think just, you know, the Mike linebacker, we have Cody Simon, who does that as well, but Caleb's kind of that for our secondary, kind of make sure things are clicking on all cylinders. And he's just a very cerebral kid, very smart. And he's able to kind of take control of the defense. So make the right calls, make the right checks. So he's definitely annoying for the office to deal with, but it makes us better. I would say impacts the entire offense. It's not like, you know, we're not oblivious to the fact of the caliber player he is. But, you know, as a offense, you come out and you expect to exit the ball. And you know, you know, you're not going to be able to do that.

5:16:44And you know, you know, you're not going to be able to do that. You know, as a offense, you come out and you expect to execute on anybody who's lined up a question. So that is the first match. It's the end of the day. Yeah. I never really thought about it like that, but we definitely come a long way. This is my freshman year. They fall to the lower days, coming all these years and come ahead and stay there. Allow me to, you know, develop into the person that I am now. So, you know, coming full circle, it is really surreal moments to be in my senior year. I'm going to be playing against, you know, the people I got my first touch. It's really cool. I remember Kyle getting the yellow that he was a ball. He was not supposed to throw. And I also remember getting pushed out at like the one or two year online. So that's kind of a bittersweet memory, but it was a great memory. I mean, I have to say yes. If I don't think I should just go down, I think I should be playing football. So, what kind of game is it? I don't know if you have a call, but it came in your view right away.

5:17:46Who's that? My, yeah, my only came in. He kind of has all the intangibles ever see where you can tell you just love the game, the way he goes about his business. He runs every route to perfection. He's a very cerebral kid. And every time he gets on the field, he respects perfection. So, he's just got to continue to develop, continue to work. And I'm really excited to see what he's able to do for us. Look at how much he seems to be able to put this opportunity in front of the other day. Yeah, I think, you know, it's no secret that he has all the physical capabilities that you would want or receive a really any position you could play. Any position on the football field with his athletic ability. But so a lot of it for him was putting together the mental piece of the game. You know, not just understanding what he has on a specific play, but the whole concept. Understanding defense is all that type of stuff. So there's nothing really that can get you ready for that moment for your first nap in college. Because it is different than high school. But, you know, once he gets acclimated, gets used to it. I have no doubts it's going to take off for us and do too many things.

5:18:46You know what you've seen face-consuming to bring the teams together? Yeah, I mean, it's been a huge part of everything that we've done. Been a huge part of. A lot of the reasons why the teams came back and everything like that. So we have a team by the study that we continue to do and continue to grow. I'm kind of just preaching the truth of the gospel to the guys on the team. And it's definitely permeated throughout the team throughout the years. Because, you know, looking back a couple of years ago, there wasn't that many people on the team heavily into their faith. And a lot came a couple of special people who really changed the time and it's about a program. But, you know, the Bible says one man plans and the other man watches. But God ultimately brings the increase. So we're just trying our best to stay at being so Lord and he's done tremendous things. Who is this two special people you've been expecting? I'll say kind of the the the founders. I'll say the teams faith were definitely master team for one Cameron bad and Xavier Johnson. So those guys really what I view my responsibility as a captain is just as a person in general to push.

5:19:49Everybody closer to Christ. And, you know, by doing that, I try to walk as close to Christ as I can myself. I'm kind of be that example and be that life for people to look up to. And I think all the basic principles that are found in the Bible and the tribal pursuit Christ will naturally naturally make you a better leader, a better person, better football player in a sense. So I just try my best to anyway. I mean, we have specific goals going into every single week. Some of our goals for this week is, you know, things can get sloppy in the week one. You know, I mean, I think I'm going to have to see it all across the country.

5:20:51You know, false stars penalty is all these types of stuff. So we're really just trying to be clean. Go out there play a fast, complete football game. Clicking on and firing on also when they're so by no means are under estimating any opponent. We go out there on the field every Saturday. Spending the ball out whoever lines up the past from us. So that's just our mentality. So we're going to hold true to that. Yeah, very, very un-series guy, very funny guy kind of lines the room when he walking when he walks in. And he's just he's a true joy to be around. And you can kind of throw will into any setting and he's going to get along with everybody there. So definitely up the team chemistry locker room. We love having him around. So we're super glad he's part of this team. A lot of people are getting back there. Look for him and so forth. And we also expected that the play come out of the age. We like we knew that they were in the team that they did the honor. Like you mentioned, there was some past protectant shoes. I tried to think that maybe rush the wheel or on the plays, but when the ball did come out, you guys were efficient in the passing game. There's 16, 13, 13, 20 years of the temperatures.

5:21:53What allowed the passing of fact to skate that Olympic as even the off of the fly will be from the top of the room? The ball is about to come out quicker and forth. But we have to see that we're doing both in the light of the time to do that. And they're running faster and quicker. How much do you feel like that game can be a building block for you in terms of continuing to be a big, big, and big party off of? I feel like each game of building a stack each game and stuff like that. So I just made big plays in games. So I just thought I was going to go to the market from the mad. I'm not that blinded and working so hard to see the emergency. They've been doing pretty good. They've been doing stuff like that. New guys, new places and stuff like that. We're all trying to pick up from the injuries and stuff. New guys are the one game that's been swung last year. How can the flyers sleepers help in that group? We did get in the box. There's a lot of them. You can probably get the safety, get a lot of backers or at the end. But like that, whatever they need us to do. On your touchdown catch, did you see that? The ball will allow us to come down? They came.

5:22:53They're throwing into the wind. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Did you figure the ball was going to be coming sooner or later this year? We called him a grail. Meaning, you know, they've got three big time libraries. They've made it four or five. If you figure a bitch, it would find you a significant size. Yeah. I knew the ball would come my way each and every week. We have plays for each and all of us in the live. I just really depend on what the defense gives us. Like, give us one thing that was kind of ball goes away from me. It comes to me and stuff like that. Ultimately, it's not in my decision with ball goes. And yet, you're blocking a state of point. So like, you're blocking, is that important? Yeah. Our block here from the wide open has been a big emphasis this year. So like that, because we like that pretty much all last year. So they've made a big emphasis on blocking it here from the wide open. And when you look at Vince made on video, what just stands out about there and maybe their pass with fast work. But you're going to be personally up against them. Well, they are pretty good solid corners. They play man and alive and stuff like that. So we got to win their 101.

5:23:53I thought it was on the perimeter. I'll similarly say, I know you got to get in the game last year. I'll similarly say, I want to show the corner guys for what you make it so. I'm pretty much the same. I'm married covered all around. They got a little size on the foot and stuff like that. They all probably pretty much the same size all around. Thank you guys. Thanks for having us. Five guys, I'd say, been a pressure. He's the way. He kind of brings some good energy. Jason Middleton right there too. He kind of oversees Max and Bronke a little bit. So that's pretty fun. We all have some pretty good opportunities for catching. Especially practice, we're going to make some pretty good catches. You're a competitive three fish here. Yeah. Definitely competitive, but in a good way. We're all there support of. We all know our strength and business. And we're all going to have to practice. We're working with each other.

5:24:53We hope each other get better. We all know that we're moving to others.