Press Conferences (Philip Bell) Elite Edition September 2

0:00This is Dave Roberts. If you're heading into summer without a medical emergency kit, you're taking a risk most people don't think about until it's too late. Summer colds linger and can turn into sinus infections at last for weeks. Getting sick right before vacation can derail everything and we are traveling, finding a doctor and pharmacy is stressful. That's why I ordered medical emergency kit. It's like having an emergency care and a pharmacy right at home. It includes essential prescriptions like a moxasillin and generic z-pack to treat a wide range of common and serious illnesses. So if you wake up sick at home or on the road, you already have what you need. No waiting for your doctor, no hours at urgent care, no pharmacy lines, no co-pays, just match your symptoms to the right prescription in your guidebook or call their telemedicine doctor standing by. Start on your med sooner and feel better faster. Every home needs at least one medical emergency kit. 40 years online in minutes and it's shipped to your door and say $45 with promo code blue at urgentcairedkit.com slash blue. That's promo code blue at urgentcairedkit.com slash blue. Hi, this is Dave

1:02Roberts. Heading into summer without a medical emergency kit, that's a risk. Summer colds can linger and getting sick on vacation can derail everything. That's why everyone needs a medical emergency kit. It includes doctor- prescribed medications to treat common and serious illnesses. So if you wake up sick at home or on the road, you already have what you need. It's like having an urgent care and pharmacy at home. Say $45 with code blue at urgentcairedkit.com slash blue. urgentcairedkit.com slash blue. This is Dave Roberts. If you're heading into summer without a medical emergency kit, you're taking a risk most people don't think about until it's too late. Summer colds linger and can turn into sinus infections at last for weeks. Getting sick right before vacation can derail everything and we are traveling, finding a doctor and pharmacy is stressful. That's why I ordered medical emergency kit. It's like having an emergency care and a pharmacy right at home. It includes essential prescriptions like a moxasillin and generic z-pack to treat a wide range of common and serious illnesses. So if you wake up sick at home or on the road, you already have what you need. No waiting for your

2:05doctor, no hours at urgent care, no pharmacy lines, no copays, just match your symptoms to the right prescription in your guidebook or call their telemedicine doctor standing by. Start on your med sooner and feel better faster. Every home needs at least one medical emergency kit. 40 years online in minutes and it's shipped to your door and say $45 with promo code blue at urgentcarekit.com slash blue. That's promo code blue at urgentcarekit.com slash blue. Just so for sure, I feel like in the recruiting process he kind of let you know how he wants to coach all stuff on. I feel like when you get here it's just it's a whole lot of level. He's gonna keep coaching well, he's gonna be hard on you, he's gonna tell you what you're doing, okay, he's gonna tell you what you're

3:06going on and he's gonna push you to be your best. They have to move it all over. Yes, moving all over. Yes, sir. What was it like for you to be here and see you know this team win an national championship in your first few weeks on campus? It was crazy. I feel like I knew that they were gonna do it from the beginning of the season. I feel like they always had the potential and then they came out here that did it and the freshman we had an opportunity to sit there and watch it. So I feel like now we just got to do it again. What did you learn from that? Just it's all hard work and it's just a bunch of guys and it's really a brotherhood and it's really just our family versus their family and we just got a person here and we got to win the games and get back to the net. The outline was saying that Park Allen brand and have really been leaders in the wrong cell. For sure. How have they both been leaders for you and the young receivers? They've been leaders just in multiple ways whether our call them we're in there in the film room together on the jugs. I'm asking them about this route. How I could run it better. I'm asking them how I run this route on this play just many different things. I feel like those guys they're like big brothers

4:10and all that. They've done this. How valuable is that to have guys that are the play along football but also been a college for a while so we're really good to ask them various things about college life. I'll value it. It's real valuable for sure because they're they're first round pit guys so I feel like just being in a room with those guys and if you're able to thrive with those guys you know some's going good for you. I had a good relationship with Tavion. He recruited me hard to come here so I feel like we always talked and he came here and he's been doing this thing that I've been doing their thing and Julian saying he's another Cali Kissel. I had a little relationship with him too so good to see Julian Lincoln and Tavion all doing real good. What is that next step for you to play in terms of evolution of your game? What do you want to get better at? I just really just everything. I feel like you can never be too perfect and I

5:10feel like you just got to keep doing your job so I say maybe just just showing up more and just doing my job to the team. Going against these corners or these DBs, how does that kind of lead you better in the first couple of years? In high school I had a five star corner DJ DJ on Lee. He's at Alabama so I always had good work with corners so I feel like it's just a lot I'm going against a lot of good guys now instead of just being one on one that practice with DJ so it's real good for sure. Does it take more courage to play the slot? Does it take more courage to play the slot? What do you mean by that? Because there's more stuff that I think there's bigger hitters inside you have to have you've got to be aware of it but there's a lot of courage to do that. I guess you can say that I feel like I just always play slot and I feel like that's what I've been better at so I feel like I feel like it's just what I have to do to be on the spot no matter who's in front of me how big he is how strong he is I feel like if I got in the assignment I got to do it.

6:14Happens and we've got guys who are able to play anything. It's been like two weeks what are your thoughts on the coach Patricia? Man I really like coach Patricia a lot he's a big you know it's what what can he do for you not what can you do for him and he's rola you know he's just trying to serve and help and I've learned so much football and this past two weeks more than I've you know learned in my whole lifetime so it's been it's been it's been great having him and he's a he's a good coach and he teaches and he's talking to me on the mic telling me what I what I see and stuff and it's just I feel like I'm getting a lot smarter and processing things a lot a lot faster that's the difference for you coming out of you know last year with the injury and everything what it hasn't been like to get your feet under you and kind of get over the building I mean it feels good I was kind of just thrown right into it and fall kept and I thought I did a pretty well job you know just kind of getting thrown into the fire but you know now after coming back this year and just things are things click a lot a lot easier and this and I feel like

7:16this defense is everyone's clicking and I'm just I'm really studying as much as I can I mean I just live up here all day you know it's great having sunny and then just even like a guy like Cody last year just the level of preparation he had every single day was unlike I've ever seen anyone he knew what everybody was doing every single play and so that's what I'm just trying to have trust in the coaches that I can I know what what's going on at all time so I can go in there and do my job I think he's just he's big into playing the player strings like if I'm better at this he's gonna put me in this position if I'm better at this he's gonna put me more in this position just slow to that I mean we haven't really done much it's only been two weeks but guys are playing to their strengths and just getting better I mean that's just and we're doing a lot of fundamental stuff not too much game just you know working on tackling getting off blocks I mean yeah absolutely I mean I would say right now he's the

8:32best linebacker coach in the country I mean he knows everything about it especially you know with Patricia being in the NFL he's he's definitely you know he knows it all and stuff so he's a he's done good man I it was kind of hard for him I think it was a little hard you know because he was kind of just thrown in like I was just thrown in the mix he was trying to give me as many reps as I could get in fall camp and I'm really grateful for that I mean it was hard for me like you know when fall camp kind of ended my reps really you know cut down but he did a good job of you know keeping me with the defense and watching all the plays and stuff and just talking me through everything and you know we built a great relationship and I couldn't be my bad for having this my coach how did you think you had last question we had already moments we thought to yourself like I'm not ready for this is it you feel pretty good I felt pretty good I mean I like I said wrestling you kind of get forged in fire and so I think it's really the hard part for me it was

9:35just you know just consistently waking up every day and doing it the mental side of it especially I mean you just don't know a lot of stuff and you had never done it before but I wouldn't say the physical stuff was hard I mean I mean obviously it was hard but you know growing up wrestling and you know having older brother beat up on you a little bit it went too bad did you see it seemed like you picked up more specialty responsibilities especially that playoff is your snap counts of these were higher for you doing more by that one the season yeah 100% I mean I was kind of on all four phases just trying to do my job and just show I'm accountable every week and just I mean you know guys will go down and stuff and stuff and up and you know being on kickoff and kick return and get some power turn reps and even some pot reps and as you know I was really grateful to have those you know just being even just being in the games and the playoff games you know seeing the stadium being on the field and having a responsibility you made a lot that they they were willing to put me out there and they trusted me enough to do my job.

10:37Thank you very much. Thank you. Because again I think especially as an offense that's really been where my mind's been kind of been kind of noticing the trends as far as our offense can we speak on a lot of other things but in terms of like just the unity off the field I think has been remarkable just the time spent away I think obviously they could have did all that same stuff here but it's different when you get to take a trip somewhere to you know you get to go to UCLA use a facility where it's not you know thousand degrees or not you know what I mean so I think it's awesome to see them get together do stuff like that. One of the offseason then it will can't be in terms of just being on the same page with whoever is ever next to you with left guard and establishing that continuity there. Yeah I mean I think just going just going to this off season I knew that just going just you know as far as who would be the left guard is was was was gonna be up in the air so I think for me just starting out I took

11:37it something that was kind of important to me that whoever was everyone competing for that spot I wanted to create a bond with them because I feel like a tackle guard bond is important in terms of communication understanding because again a left tackle is only as good as guard is and vice versa you know what I mean so I feel like I've done a good enough job so far of starting to develop that relationship with each potential guy so that way as we as spot as a spot is getting you know as people started compete for that spot again I feel like I should be able to I should be able to pop in with whoever and we should continue to keep the standard of standard if that makes sense that's my mind said first there's a guy competing for a spot and I've never spent any time with him just one all one during the summer just taking reps before camp hey what's coming to facility is to XYZ let's talk about this tape XYZ then they come in and then now there's no kind of flow so now I'm not really seeing how

12:38that how we're gonna fit together but I want to fit with as many people at left guard as possible that way when the situation's been made there's no new startup process I got to start over my process with this guy it's kind of already been flown that makes sense that's a lot of this is a pressure in the position on the mind in your opinion what is what is the problem mindset to succeed I think that the mindset for me as always has been that when I win my one-on-one the ball goes down the field you know what I mean so and I think that's what I'm most excited about just being a left tackle is that especially with the protections that are a little bit longer plays where the left tackle tends to be a one-on-one or my the plays I tend to love the most because kind of like halfway through the play we're all out gonna up and just know that he can't go anywhere start a smile but you're like oh dude balls gone you know what I mean like balls gone and it's gonna be a touchdown it's gonna be a huge gain just so I

13:42think for me that's kind of the mindset you kind of have to have the left tackle spot is that as soon as I win like my rep we're going down the field so that's just the mindset I have in terms of how well I have to prepare honestly I'll say that mindset kind of came from college again obviously I played with a lot of great guys in college you know I'm glad we have on those guys here you know what I mean to throw the ball to as well just because against most things like with CJ you just again a left tackle my mind so it's just let CJ just do his thing and that's my thing I want Kyle to be able to do his thing don't worry about whoever's over here just do your thing that's why you're here and just throw at the Marvin and you know it will be and will be good you know what I mean so that's something excited about and I think all that starts because of what we do on the line so I think just not just myself but the entire room takes pride in hey like when we do our job up

14:45front that's where everything else goes so let these guys we have with the ball in their hands do all that all that magic we just got to do our job just container when you're one-on-one you know just playing that that spot mean something special just because of the history of that position and you know just of all the greats that have played left tackle I mean do you ever think about just the past and they know the people the players before you who were in that spot and did great things yeah I mean again I feel like just from just as a young guy in a game of course try to I like to watch the the greats the game right to watch guys like a weight worth of course you know will be Anderson you know he put on the right side but again I think continuing to watch the greats that play the game just can take the dominate for those guys from me be able to talk to them again to be able to learn from their store in their journey and how they developed of course I understand I want to create

15:46a I want my game to be able to be like theirs in a way to where it's talked about in a way of like that's a guy you need to watch just to watch with you know the fight that you played with the finish that you played with the technique you played with because those guys played almost 20 years you know what I mean so and again I think that's something when you watch the guys though the legendary guys come before yeah you know they're strong they're tough guys but you know I don't know but when you're like 36 37 years already probably not that's not as strong as you used to but that technique and just the skill set that's something that I admire you mentioned earlier about the guys going out to UCLA and kind of getting out of the heat I'm curious when you're working out here do you do anything outside or do you avoid it altogether right now I don't know I'm always outside I'm always outside I'm honestly I don't mind the heat I love the heat and honestly for me it helps I'm off like 30 20 so I kind of warm up quickly so it's kind of nice for my warm up I don't have to be doing like 30 minute warm up you know you kind of just be out of

16:50so long enough go like this and your joints are on go so I actually I I like you go going back to the players that have been in the week for a while Calvin Beachham is one of those guys that's been the week for a decade plus what have you been able to learn from him I think again just learning how to be a pro in terms of in terms of certain things like for example I'm a guy that when I like to train by myself I'll just take a thousand reps of a set a thousand reps of a reach block I'm a rep rep rep and type pick I've done a hundred times in a row perfect and some of that beach is like talking about in terms of being a pro and I thought to me that's me being a pro is a young guy thick I've a lot of I reps my body so I'm gonna take a lot of reps and preparation but beach is a guy where it's like it's not about necessarily the quantity in terms of it's really through the quality but but even more so he's like you know offseason you know got to be doing something like this every single day but when you do it like from your first rep even your first rep is not like here I'm

17:52taking this rep oh it wasn't good because it's gonna be better on the second one like each rep even when you're by yourself is just kind of I guess a mindset like just give yourself 15 reps instead of doing 60 reps you know sounds like a huge difference but then you out on mine taking 60 reps from by myself and there's nobody that's waiting around on me and I'm by myself I can I'll take my time and I'll do that which is being like I'm gonna do 15 perfect reps and I'm just gonna slow down and take all my time stuff like that that way your body I way you're not you're not you're not doing too much before camp you know many of the guys that left guard in the mix were here last year except ever how does that relationship the balance around yeah I mean so honestly I like that that's my guy we like to compete we've been competing in the weight room since day one in terms of just like we consider like athletic competitions so like even in a weight room I'm at the very end of

18:53the week when we're done lifting I'll talk to Evan I'll be at an other standable just do some sort of competition whether it's grip or whether it's jumper where it's pull ups or something and I don't let them wave until I beat them in these two things like so if we do if we do a jump thing and like I always thought was the best kind of at the most height when I jumped out of O line I could dominate anybody and that but he beat me in that surprising size alright now we're hopping on the bike and then we did this bike thing I beat him on a bike my right now we don't pull up so I beat him on a person I can never believe you know what I mean but like we just have that that in words is always just competing and and then again obviously you know he wasn't on the team with us last year but I think what he brings at a table with being a vet is that he's like a plug and play guy you know he knows he's been in no snares before he's played with guys like Pene when he was with Detroit so obviously he's just being able to talk to him and how this is how it was when I was setting with Pene this is how I was I'm saying to Siahawks these are

19:54the different things that I can do that mere some things like in your game how you set and I'll talk to him about what I like to do in certain scenarios and how his set can sort of match that does that make sense so I think he adds a lot what's the longest you've stayed after until you've you to the point to where his train coaches like you you guys got to go like yeah you got you guys should go you know we're not trying to we're not trying to break any rules around here but you know but it's just me and him just going and he loves it you know so and even us starting to do that we started to get other guys in the O line that tried to hop in on our competition for fun but only matters what be Evan it's just I'm just beating you you know so it's fun hi this is Dave Roberts heading into summer without a medical emergency kit that's a risk some are colds can linger and getting sick on vacation can derail

20:58everything that's why everyone needs a medical emergency kit it includes doctor prescribed medications to treat common and serious illnesses so if you wake up sick at home or on the road you already have what you need it's like having an urgent care and pharmacy at home say forty five dollars with code blue at urgent care kit dot com slash blue urgent care kit dot com slash blue this is Dave Roberts if you're heading into summer without a medical emergency kit you're taking a risk most people don't think about until it's too late summer colds linger and can turn into sinus infections at last for weeks getting sick right before vacation can derail everything and we're traveling finding a doctor and pharmacy is stressful that's why I ordered medical emergency kit it's like having an emergency care and a pharmacy right at home it includes essential prescriptions like a moxasillin and generic Z-pack to treat a wide range of common and serious illnesses so if you wake up sick at home or on the road you already have what you need no waiting for your doctor no hours at urgent care no pharmacy lines no co-pays just match your symptoms to the right

22:00prescription in your guidebook or call their telemedicine doctor standing by start on your med sooner and feel better faster every home needs at least one medical emergency kit 40 years online in minutes and it's shipped to your door and say forty five dollars with promo code blue at urgent care kit dot com slash blue that's promo code blue at urgent care kit dot com slash blue high this day Roberts heading into summer without a medical emergency kit that's a risk summer colds can linger and getting sick on vacation can derail everything that's why everyone needs a medical emergency kit it includes doctor prescribed medications to treat common and serious illnesses so if you wake up sick at home or on the road you already have what you need it's like having an urgent care and pharmacy at home say forty five dollars with code blue at urgent care kit dot com slash blue urgent care kit dot com slash blue

25:12and I'm going to put it on the slide board just in the way and as soon as I enter the portal is going to eventually come to all over and I'll say this so that's me and I can mention how what if you think you put on that absolute and out with me? No I believe on the selfless player I'll be anything that takes good the way I keep first down and a yard like I like to play hard I like to get my nose there and this is a slow propulsive when the conversation I don't know how quickly it goes but I'm interested in you and one of the other four up to like here's what you're rolling but when is that because that what happened is that part of the initial conversation is that way to wrong once you get there yes and no I mean nothing's

26:12given yeah I mean you definitely come out of it yeah I mean you definitely come out of it and finally come to it definitely bring somebody like the potentially to all my role and you'll watch out for me it's my role as far as I'm here and I'll be looking at that I think you said you feel like you could play at this level how long have you talked about the music that come out of high school you just have to buy your time really? Absolutely no I know since high school that I had this thing the recruiting process was really difficult for me we had time with COVID and stuff like that and I was blessed in the name from Ohio and I just continue to work there and I'm still sorry playing the higher for that team and then all you said it was a minute of the decision and the portal try to make that next level where I thought I could look I'm sure a lot of guys want through that

27:14we're doing the beans that I'm not getting the exposure actually we get it and I know what's happening in the world but just looking back against what was the like to go through that and you know I think the funny to you were I think the thing is you got to where you want to get your ear and it was a different path no it was really it was very exciting and very stressful process but like you said this was the path I got here and I don't feel like I got here so it's really I should be here and I was there how would you say you made the most right-wing stuff you said at Ohio like not? you went there and how much better before you are you now coming here what area is it here? yeah so my freshman year I was red-shared and we had a really good time at that time and I was on scout team and that's where I was every day I was putting the work and a treat that I like my game

28:14so I felt that's where I got acclimated to the college level one day my sophomore year and this past junior year, red-shared, sophomore year is really where I get my impact on the field all my coaches believe in me there and I love all those coaches down there awesome people, great program and I think it's quite a lot of faith in me back in that news trying to make plays is there a girl besides Ohio State and you're really moving around oh there's a hand in fear there's a couple schools and I actually see it in big-sized schools but like I said, Ohio State really is a really good place and I am a freshman and a really personal boy and I can be a big fan of the game and I'm really new to me but I'm not now well it's a real good way to deal with the game

29:14just getting to the field and getting to the field and you feel like the pathway is certain to people oh yeah absolutely nothing's given to me but I hope that's the point that I'll take you back what's your strong spirit? what's your world? yeah hello Ralph yeah I love lockins I feel like that's one thing that I could separate myself really from others and I love how they some of them lock in human paths and some of them how do you put it in some form a little bit I know about somebody but I know that I'm there settle there and I got to know a lot of the guys and they're beautiful how about the 44th house how about the 44th house yeah they're easy I just had one

30:14had a pretty solid one so yeah I'm feeling good yeah oh yeah I know I know that I'm a little bit of passive I know that I'm a little bit of passive I know that I'm a little bit of passive I know that I'm safe and bigger things about each other and it's really it's really cool this is quite wonderful I think you can try this I think it's a good idea to try this for real yeah they're super-period they're not like they're not like there's just all of these where is it

31:14there's a lot of I'd say it's super-sweet Do you lock them wise all tried to same job done resources that might be a little bit different I think it's been some of what do you think about the people at NAY watching like just how hard I go we're just like how colleges need to finish blogs It was just awesome culture, culture, and personal world. Yeah, he's interested in that. He's interested in the world. It was a little rough in the game. I know a bunch of people here, but I want to still walk away. And now I just want to say something. I feel like you and me and you are all prominent in the other hand. Yeah, I mean everyone's different. We've got still some sort of weaknesses. I'm excited about it.

32:14Really like those guys that are called colleges. How much does the game play against this? I think that can be one thing. How much does the game play against the Grand Prix against the Grand Prix against the Grand Prix? Oh, it's just one of the best defenses in the country. I think that'll be awesome for me. It's just how I can use the games that I've worked on. I mean, I'm going to get some of the best games around the red light that I've owned. And we also have a lot of things to do. I think it's a good thing. When I think of the stories of light and the rest of the world, I think it's one of the things that I've owned. Yeah. What is it like for you? No, I think Athens is an awesome place. Yeah, I know. I mean, again, they are in the ball country. It's an amazing place. I love that. I think it's a good place to just college. And I know lots of things that I mean. I mean, it's close by when I'm sure I'll visit here in New York.

33:16I'm sure I'll put on a... Yeah. I just want to put on a green and Chinese ball. Can you tell... Yeah, I don't know. I see the kids. I see the kids. They're kind of usually the same. The same thing here. You're the parker. How did you get to the next one? How did you get to the next one? I think you're the top of the team. You're the top of the team. Yeah. I think you're the top of the team. What are you doing here? All those guys want to pass away at the place. They're really good people and really good coaches. And they're just super honest and in the ball. All of their heads are super unique. They're super cool. Yeah, we're going to go for the last two minutes. I think we can get you in the middle of the summer. So I'm going to go for the first one. I think you can just make your own. I'm sure it's something that we can take from the back of the state.

34:16Also, it's something that we can take from the back of the state. Right. You can get in there and you can get in there for the second. But how does it feel to get to the end of the season? Well, I haven't got the play in my gut. I'm still up for it. I just have to injure but off just like the culture and the author and stuff like that. When the statement was going to take you going well. I'm going to go for it. Yeah. First of all, it's a precious ball. Awesome. Awesome guy. He's super friendly. He came out and reached out to us when we're out. He's throwing out skins to make sure we're good. And he's always wanting to get the best test of us. I'm making sure that the first stuff is what I'm going to do. I'm going to do some things to walk you through 24 hours to get up to the side. Yeah. So I was a late transfer portal.

35:16I was going to load a lot of stuff. My family was just that when I was auctioned. I was pretty stressful when I entered the portal. A lot of cultures were reached now. But I'm honestly just going to get out of here and get the culture and hang this, this, this, this, this. It was so high that I was able to catch it. Yes. This was going to play a cultural role. Well, it was honestly just opportunity wise. I was my only operative ice pool. I loaded a lot of stuff. And I was super grateful. We're behind the best of the way. But yeah, that's why I came out here. Yeah. How many times have you had? How long has it been to you? You see, we've been in a tradition for so many years.

36:20I was a student at the time. I was a teacher. Hi, this is Dave Roberts. Heading into summer without a medical emergency kit, that's a risk. Summer colds can linger and getting sick on vacation can derail everything. That's why everyone needs a medical emergency kit. It includes doctor prescribed medications to treat common and serious illnesses. So if you wake up sick, at home or on the road, you already have what you need. It's like having an urgent care and pharmacy at home. It's a $45 with code blue at urgentcarekit.com. Slash blue. Urgentcarekit.com. Slash blue. This is Dave Roberts. If you're heading into summer without a medical emergency kit, you're taking a risk. Most people don't think about until it's too late. Summer colds linger and can turn into sinus infections that last for weeks. Getting sick right before vacation can derail everything. And we're traveling, finding a doctor and pharmacy is stressful. That's why I ordered medical emergency kit. It's like having an emergency care and a pharmacy right at home. It includes essential prescriptions like a moxasillin and generic Z-pack to treat a wide range of common and serious illnesses.

37:26So if you wake up sick, at home or on the road, you already have what you need. No waiting for your doctor, no hours at urgent care, no pharmacy lines, no copays. Just match your symptoms to the right prescription in your guidebook or call their telemedicine doctor standing by. Start on your med sooner and feel better faster. Every home needs at least one medical emergency kit. 40 years online in minutes and it's shipped to your door and say $45 with promo code blue at urgent care kit.com slash blue. That's promo code blue at urgent care kit.com slash blue. Hi, this is Dave Roberts. Heading into summer without a medical emergency kit, that's a risk. Summer colds can linger and getting sick on vacation can derail everything. That's why everyone needs a medical emergency kit. It includes doctor prescribed medications to treat common and serious illnesses. So if you wake up sick, at home or on the road, you already have what you need. It's like having an urgent care and pharmacy at home. Say $45 with code blue at urgent care kit.com slash blue. UrgentCareKit.com slash blue.

38:27I'm still getting used to it. Yeah, really the facilities and the work you do get used to that. Yeah, I've been on the other side of the work routine. Thank you.

39:42Ooooh, when I got on the first day of suicide a couple of years. So, I got on his方 today. I kind of feel like a freshman so I kind of have to get on task and figure out how things work here and then once I earn the respect of my teammates then I can continue on the leadership role. I'm not really sure about that because you know I came here just as an offensive lineman. I didn't really come for a specific position. There's a lot of talent in the room and I'm just going to try to fit in the best way

40:43again. I'm not sure that's up for the coaches to decide but I am here just to help the success of this program and whatever the coach is to see the... I really like Will. Will is a great guy and he's had a coming experience and he'll be really excited to play in the room. What's better being a tree that my career is being a certain thing? Neither. I hated the recruiting process. Kind of in both sense you know the transfer portal period is so short I was home from the Rose Bowl on Wednesday I think and I was up here Thursday and then I came up here like on Saturday so as an enrollees so that was really quick but yeah I've never really been a fan of all the hype and the hurrah of the recruiting process. Hey Seth I think a lot of people in this stay now the portal. How do you go from being a true Alabama player to come and throw a high of a state and go

41:49in? I'm a big guy now and not just you but a lot of other players who are transferring in the portal. I think I did manage of being there for four years. You know I love Alabama I have two degrees from Alabama. It's always going to be my alma mater and I so appreciative for everything that I've done there and everything that's been given to me there but just as a you know we're playing the sport to be professionals and I've just thought for my benefit that change would be good but I am very thankful for everything I was received from Alabama, their fans. I love them but it's just going to be a fun new adventure. Are you looking forward to playing in the shoe? Yeah I think one of the craziest things is you know playing in all those SEC stadiums and growing up in the SEC I really never I was never really a huge big 10 football watcher so kind of getting to experience this type of culture and see the love for the game up here. It's been fun.

42:49It's been colder. I did grow up in the south so some of the really cold weather I've never been used to but I get hot easily so I don't love the heat. How do you do that after you're in the snow and you go with that snow? When you go through something like that you kind of have to sit down and look at yourself and be like okay who am I as a person what am I? And I kind of just sat down and thought about you know where can I go from here. I can't control what happened in the past. I can't control what happened in that game. I can't control you know the public reaction to that but I'm here now. I'm in a great place to continue my development and play for an incredible program, play for incredible coaches. So really I'm very positive. I have no negative feelings about what happened you know it is what it is type of thing. So it's exciting. I've started, I forget how many games I've started, I've started over 20th

44:02center but I'm open to doing whatever it takes to you know help this program when football games. I played tack on high school but that's kind of like every single offence alignment college plays tack for their high school program but practice guard a little bit throughout my career at Alabama but really it's just an interior offence aligns kind of all the same thing. So after that Michigan game, did you check your social media off I mean you know you pay attention a little bit going on out there? No not really it doesn't really affect you. That's kind of the thing about social media you know I've heard that you know somebody pads your back you can't listen to them. Somebody you know knocking you down you can't listen to them because at the end of the day nobody out there really knows exactly what goes into it unless they've been in the position. Hey y'all it's just over time. I'm the Haylotham. You just walked up and you may have already been asked this. What do you think you guys playing at Alabama in stealing you that's maybe a little different

45:07from the average guy? What do y'all bring to this program in that regard? I think playing four years with Coach Saban is tremendous for your personal development. You know having him talk to you each and every single day about what it takes to be a man what it takes to be successful. I think it's a lot of people in the country regardless of profession would pay a lot of money to have that experience with Coach Saban his leadership. It's tough hard knows football from what I've gathered so far. It's been very fun to just talk to the guys and hear their experiences and talk to them about my experiences and just kind of look to see how it's different how the goods in the bad so. I don't believe so, I'm not sure. I mean good football teams are good football teams they're built on toughness they have

46:21the size they have the talent so kind of when you get to those games you don't really tell them it's all good football teams kind of resemble each other in some sort of way. What are the experiences like how do they feel for what it's coached to sell you and how do you do it and how do you get to know what it's done? I think you have the experience of what you've done and you know kind of what works and what coaching styles you're more of that too. So when you talk to the coaches it's really about how can you make me better not necessarily how can you develop me into the player that I need to be from where I was I was like 6 to 360 pounds coming out of high school. So that was really more about what can the weight staff do, what can the nutrition staff do to put the weight on me but now it's kind of just about developing as a football player. He's a very impressive guy he's very intelligent he's smart he's played in a lot of games he's

47:35a big 12 champion he's won championship games so kind of going and playing with a quarterback and knows how to win games was a super big thing to make is that's my main goal is to win football games in my 50 years. What have you noticed in the focus around here in the first hour when you've been here and the player can't point out all these guys coming back for another shot? What's your good at you about the atmosphere I guess about finishing the jobs that will make you think it's impressive I think it's a testament to the culture here in my two short weeks I can tell how much guys love about I love this program and care about this program and care about their legacy and you know you had so many guys that could have been drafted this year that came back and you know I don't want to speak for them but it sounds like it's because they think they have unfinished business and they want to win all the games and they want to leave the legacy. It didn't factor into my decision at all just one to come because really whatever happens

48:36now it doesn't matter if you don't make it to the NFL and I wanted to go to a place that could put me there. I was excited. Been watching Caleb for a year now at Alabama and he was very impressive. He walked in and he acted like a third year starter you know he was a veteran and it's very rare from a freshman so he's one of the most impressive freshmen I've ever seen in Alabama. I didn't really get to watch a lot of him playing football he was over on the other field kind of just with the quarterbacks but from what I've heard from the other quarterbacks and Alabama that I'm really good friends with is that he's a great guy he's very talented so we're excited to have him. Yeah I came to college before and I was a thing so it was literally not a topic but it's

49:51a part of the world we live in today and you know it's something to think about for some people if that's what they're interested in but I'm really just excited to be here in Columbus and have the opportunities that football presents. I think he brings a ton of experience as a great coach he's had a proven track record of being a good coach in our time at Alabama he put up a lot of points so it'll be fun to watch what he does with this off there. I think the most important thing is a player for coach O'Brien his pro background he expects you to handle yourself like a pro he expects you to prepare like a pro and anything short of that he's not a big fan of which is understandable. He knows who the guys are and he's going to get the ball in their hands you know whatever

51:00it takes. They had a kid that couldn't snap the football and it was my first time walking out there though okay might as well try this guy at center and the coach is most of them incredible if they could tell that I was going to develop into a college center so I still keep in touch with my you know nine year old football coach and he kind of takes credit for you know putting me in that position in his foresight so that's kind of funny. So I'm kind of just being the guy up in front making the calls I like doing that I like the intellectual part of the game I'm a student of the game so it's a lot of fun learning and trying to you know kind of get everybody on the same page that's what I like about it.

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53:03Hi this is Dave Roberts heading into summer without a medical emergency kit that's a risk summer colds can linger and getting sick on vacation can derail everything that's why everyone needs a medical emergency kit it includes doctor prescribed medications to treat common and serious illnesses so if you wake up sick at home or on the road you already have what you need it's like having an urgent care and pharmacy at home say forty five dollars with cold blue at urgent care kit dot com slash blue urgent care kit dot com slash blue. Kind of just based on instinct you know I don't necessarily know the whole picture but if I look in this sandbox over here I kind of know what's everywhere else so once you start learning the game it kind of becomes more instinctual. Hey I'm not trying to pick a thorn in right now but you know once we gave you like a catcher in the home you know there's a low snap in that game and you would able to handle on the air if you don't want to tell you the center somehow feel a little bit of a rut in the shotgun snap in the physical stand. The other just kind of have to get out of your

54:05not really yeah not really I mean kind of it just part of playing the position. Yeah you know if you're a point garden basketball and you're not hitting your free throws you're not doing what the team needs to do to win. The Creed Humphrey is one of the best centers in the game and I can't I can't talk about what was going on but I mean it didn't really impact the game. But you got a lot going on in front of the sun. Do you know what I mean for a snap? I mean I mean concentrate on that snap before you thing it would. I mean the snaps just part of your instinct it's just getting the ball back there you kind of don't really think about it. You can just throw the ball back there and without how many reps that you bank you've got thousands of thousands of thousands of reps usually it's just going to go back there straight. So that Alabama right here interacting wouldn't be a big deal maybe it's just a few years and then take your official position here what about Justin Fry and Ryan. Do you have any stock outs that make you feel like I need to be here to help them try to win that? Just their plan and their excitement for winning that coach day has been incredible to

55:06talk to you. I didn't I wasn't recruited by Ohio State out of high school that much so getting up here and seeing everything for the first time was a very telling experience and Coach Fry sat me down and had a good plan for me and that was exciting to hear as a football player. I talked to him a little bit I just asked him about you know what he knew about Coach Day and Coach Fry and he had nothing to say. You were very interested in Ohio State and were there maybe anyone else? Yeah it was and I was kind of attributed to my first it being my first visit. They were very proactive about you know as soon as I entered the portal they were one of the first people to call me and they were very proactive to getting me here and getting me here first and then just knew the process of how important that was to do our short time constraint. He was a eighth grader I believe my senior year.

56:13He showed up with them? Yeah he looked the same size he was now felt like as a senior in high school because he's always been a huge guy so I'm excited to see how he develops and how he brings the culture of Buford here. What was the name of your 9 year old team? It's more of a composition you know I'm saying not like not any hits of the DB. I'm 230 going against someone who's 205 you know I'm expecting to win so I love the competition. Yeah Cody said you came in and he said well it's already bigger than most of the line. Are you playing Will and Sam? I've been working on both yes. Is there any like fundamental difference between the two in terms of the same level? In the obviously the standard more outside the box outside the linebacker overhang you walked up on the edge on the tight end. Will is more inside the box. I think the biggest difference from Sam and Will Sam you've got to be more outside sometimes

57:18you're in the slot with two you know but I think it's similar concept because you do the same thing in the boundary. It's almost more like the San Francisco feeling of Will at the boundary. So I think it's pretty similar honestly. The only difference is that Sam last year I never really was an interior run fitter like in the A gap you know going A to B or whatever that whatever that might be so that's a little different but I mean I think I got some of that experience at safety just from a few years back so like I said the only difference really is now just suggesting the less time that's been. Yeah coach most of you coming from where you coming from you have a better perspective of what's going on because you played safe. Yeah yeah I feel like I have a great understanding of the defense. I think a safety I kind of already knew what the linebacks are doing so now what I'm really starting to learn is like exactly like every little detail what the D lines doing that's not really what I didn't know every little aspect of it I think I'm starting to learn that now because obviously the linebacker got to be knowing that more so I think when it's all said I think I have a really really really good understanding of the defense and knowing exactly what everyone's doing.

58:18You feel like you're warm enough to afford the mix of the defense too and that lineback here sounds exciting because you can drop in one minute pass rested that you or me. I don't think I can get in some of that anyway. Yeah actually I think you can say it like being an online backer in the play you're almost in every play. Yeah obviously the play can run away from you but you know it's safety sometimes you're just back there playing every guest you take two back battles and it's a tackle so I think yeah a linebacker you're in the play more chance more opportunities make tackles. Can you feel comfortable there I mean what does that you know obviously your fans will stay about like I feel. Yeah I feel super comfortable with it like I said I think it's just going to be adjustment you know obviously it's different playing from a five than it was from playing from like 10 last year so I think it's an adjustment but I'm super comfortable with it. So I mean you top here dad is giving you any advice on the new position? Oh yeah we watch table all the time watch practice you know he was a high level linebacker and I'm just getting started with this. He gets a little footwork and stuff like that but it's good I get good teaching him you know obviously coach Lord Knight is great player great teacher for him coach knows he's

59:22a super smart football mind so I'm getting great teaching all around. The linebacker everything happens quicker for you how much did the experience playing some of that sandwich got faster helping with this? I think it helped a little bit let's be like in terms of the physicality like being in the box down on the line but I do think the the run fit as a will and a Sam can be a little different and like in terms like I said like being an interior fitter like your 30 backer when a you get pools now you got to go spill it so things like that but I think I'm adjusting well I think I'm picking up on stuff pretty fast you know this still going to be a lot of stuff to work on though. Do you feel more pressure talking to the media with your brother sitting right there? Not at all. What do you think has been the biggest change from linebacker safety to linebacker? I think the biggest change would probably be that that's 10 to 5 because it's a bigger adjustment because everything's happening faster and you got to react faster and like

1:00:26I said the waist and movements I think footwork is huge I think you see the great linebackers seems to play happens are going they're not taking any waist steps are not fall stepping things like that so I think waist and waist movement and being able to see what's happening react fast. It's been the big spin fit of being on the same team with your brother. I mean you know you got someone out there that's it's more than a team you know we call each other brothers but you know blood's a little thicker so that's always pretty cool. You know it's always it's never one on one. When he tells you something he doesn't observe about you you know it's coming from. Yeah I think when you're blood like that I think he's not scared to tell me the truth you know. You know obviously guys here we have tough love but I think it's always going to be a little different when it's your brother because he going to keep it 100% blunt exactly what you need to hear and I want to hear. What's your advice on playing Dickel? Oh for him. Yeah. I mean he just so I've let it he got to keep trusting his instincts. I think he's going to be great.

1:01:27I think what's huge for him is like I said the athletic ability speed you know he blitz off the edge he's be he be blitzing super fast and he's just great in coverage too so I think something really good I think we'll be able to do a lot of different things kind of like you see with hand caught obviously a little different body than a hand caught but I think he's going to be really good at once and stuff from that field. He's neat he's neat this time. Thank you great. Thank you guys. How would you describe it? Yeah so with Coach Larkin I mean I've only been around him for a day so I'm going to know but as you can see where he's coaching how he is as a person he's very high energy he's very intense you know and I think he's very hands on so I think it'll be awesome to be working with Coach Larkin. What's your opinion of soft fast tricks? What's your opinion of soft fast tricks? I think you're going to have to hand it in the first meeting with you guys though. No not yet. How much did you use the Florida City with the new benefit for you from that? How much interaction do you have on the New York City? A lot so we're from the same city we're from the same place at Florida State you know

1:02:31he worked on that staff with coach Johnson and they offered me out of high school so the relationship was already there then and we just continue to build on from then. What is it what does it mean to be an offered? It meant a lot you know just the things that we talked about since I was younger in high school you know just didn't have that opportunity to go and play there so it's awesome. What's the rest of the spirit look like for you? What do you want to see yourself get there? Yeah just to continue to improve all around you know continue to learn the offense and get involved in everywhere that I can on the field and just be able to improve my game all around. I know we were only in here for Saturday we haven't seen you guys practicing a lot but it's like you come out of the backfield catch your test down fast from Will. Are you just pushing to continue to get better out of the backfield and where do you feel like you are as far as learning the offense and being a fast catcher over the backfield? Yeah definitely that's my goal to just continue to improve everywhere but I think just overall it's just helping the team anyway that the team needs to be helping just being a team player

1:03:32that's that's my deal just trying to come in and you know help the team whatever the team needs. How did you guys find out? Um actually I honestly don't remember how I found out but I just remember like the process on what was where were we going to do moving forward. Ryan Dees talked a lot about the leadership Travian's brought to the running backroom this spring what how have you seen that from him? Yeah definitely um Travian as like I said has improved he's been a leader to the whole room you know by his actions and vocally as well just you know continue to improve all around and inspire the young guys in the room and I think he's done very good at that. Coach Dave's name is you know T.C. Caffees a guy that can contribute to you guys as well what have you seen from him as a walk-on to be like contributing to your own? Yeah definitely T.C. works very hard he knows the offense he's always in the playbook always in the meetings writing things down very head down guy you know he doesn't really talk that much but he's very good so I agree.

1:04:35I was like so many questions. How was Coach Dave like his running back school? It's crazy you say that because he just told us he's like well guys this is probably my last week which I'm out but Coach Dave has been awesome you know he's taught us a lot of different things as far as scheme and different positions that he's coach overall and you know taught us a lot of different things that we learned overall so it's been awesome. I know it's probably unsettling not to have a position coach for two weeks but what other than all of them in either like the head coach in that hands off with your group? Yeah definitely it meant a lot you know the half coach Dave knows meetings teaching us everything that he's put in and implementing it into our game and showing us how he specifically wants it it was really good to have him there. You just tell about it like the y'all for the looks like a quarterback. Right. What do you remember taking away from this guy? Yeah it's just really like not only looking at it from a running back perspective but also as a quarterback as well looking at certain reads certain blitzes from other players

1:05:37and just looking at it all around from the field. Can I actually say I don't really remember but thank you. I'm pretty sure you are for human that face of the game. Yeah definitely really comfortable like I said I've been improving to start of this year you know coming here just improving my game all around so. What's the last question? I was pretty quiet today. Is that disconcerting? Are you waiting for our likes? I'm waiting. I mean he's giving me a lot of feedback today on practice you know different plays what he thinks you know what he's happy about but I think the energy is going to come soon so I'm excited. Did you get any props for your bloods picked up on that bench that you're reminded of what was freaking out about? Oh yeah I did. I did. How were you without party games? When blitz picked up? When blitz picked up I can't let that feel like. Yeah. Pretty solid. I think like I said just improving my game all around that's the goal continue to build every day and not be the same player that you were yesterday so that's really my goal

1:06:39but I think I've been pretty solid at it for sure. Alright Quenchao thank you. Alright thank you guys. No doubt about it he's still a bit of leader. Him and JT are real close really really close but that front four guys have been here. Ty. Calci's own CEO says it himself. And he has two thirds of people on Calci lose money. So what does it take to be in the other third? You have to do extensive amount of research to be good. There are people that spend copious amount of money, time, resources, energy, they've dedicated their lives to basically becoming good at it. All that and still. And he has two thirds of people on Calci lose money. That's Calci in their own CEO's words. Go to www.fairpredics.com to learn more. This is Dave Roberts. If you're heading into summer without a medical emergency kit you're taking a risk most

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1:08:41So what does it take to be in the other third? You have to do extensive amount of research to be good. There are people that spend the cost of money, time, resources, energy, their dedicated their lives to basically becoming good at it. All that and still. And yes, two thirds of people on Kalshi lose money. That's Kalshi in their own CEOs words. Go to www.fairpredics.com to learn more. And Tileek, they're really close and they're pushing the guys and that's what you want to see. So I would say those four guys are our leaders in our room and they're pushing all really, really well. I mean, he's 65, you know, 295 pounds. He's an ideal three-tectic in our system, right? And just some matter going to have him confidence and play it. And sometimes you get his bigger than you think it is and he kind of shut your back. And now in the spring, we're challenging. And I'm just telling you, he's every day is a good day for Jason Moore. And that's what we want to see. K-Mac, the same thing. There's a lot of guys doing well that we really like what's going on right now.

1:09:42But if a guy that's making a jump right now will see Jason Moore. They're very pleased to talk about the first two years or on us in the third years on that. Except there's a, with those hands though, it's conjuring Kaden who gets two third year guys who no fault of their own. And you already said, they're kind of lost. So how do you approach that as a coach with guys who, when they were looking at this probably bottom-up for a year, a big opportunity was going to be here. And now it might not be quite the same shape thing. Again, I think it's going by Tissier early on, right? And then KJ came back and then Scott's going to go and report it. They wanted to because those guys came back, right? But they all want to be part of something special, you know? And I think that's what separate us when we are. And in fact, the KJ and Kaden Kaden never wonder like what they want to do. They just want to play ball and come back and be the best player possibly. And they're going to accept their roles and their role this year is different. It could be a very long season. So we're going to need those guys. And I think they're embraced that when they came back. So that's a good thing about it. What do you mean by a plan A might not have also been for both KJ back to still be here in four years? So you're probably grateful that they are, but same time are you looking at this, like

1:10:44what else is left on the tables for them? We're working. You hope to be here. Well, I think the biggest thing they're doing at Chase and greatness right now. And I mean, being the best player, it can be in a college football. I think that's what they want. Win a national championship, you know, be to team up north. Those are all great goals for those guys at Chase. I think that's one of the reasons they came back. You know what I mean? You go up third, you're a player, go in and out. Like Mike, think you're ready. Well, you got four years on your belt. You got your two box ready to go. You got a chance to elevate your game when you're walking in that next level. And I think that's where those guys looked at. How can I get better coach? And every day we're working on the small pieces to make them elite players. And I think that's what we're doing right now. And you can see the difference in the guys. And that's the positive what's happening right now. What is your challenge, Ken? What is your challenge? Ken, you know, specifically about this spring. Where do you really need to improve? Where do we want to go? Just being consistent. And so about being consistent. You know, he's tough. He has all the skillsets. He can bend, he can run, he can tackle. He's physical, he has all that. Now, can you be consistent in doing what you're supposed to do? And so far, he's done a good job at that. And you can see him coming out of his shell a little bit, kind of trying to be a leader.

1:11:46And I like how he's going on. And so he's getting carried. I mean, those guys are right where they need to be. And I'm just happy that we got some more days to practice to get ready. Yeah. What's the next step? My shoulders. But the next step, you know, obviously, you know, it's just played the best gaming and playing every game. That's the key to going into it, right? You know, you're trying to be a lead player. You know, I mean, Tal has got to give it, but to be a lead, you know, you got to choose that. And every day he day out, we talked about that. You got to choose greatness. Because there's no, there's no fault on the way from this. And I mean, so just, just a little things. Just fixing all the little things. Larry, you've been asked about Edger. And his recruitment. But now he's on the field. What have you seen from him through few practices that make you think that, you know, not to put the expectations on him, but he's almost asking me next time. Yeah, I hope so. You have a good time to go. It's a growth process. I mean, those young guys come in. It's like he should be in the classroom and get ready to go to the problem now. You know, I mean, he's here. And so he's got to go through a growing stage, you know, I mean, how to play hard. Playing hard in a high school and playing hard in college, two different levels. I mean, it's full speed ahead. I mean, so he's got to learn how to do that. He's got the skill set.

1:12:47I mean, he's got the physical skill. And now he's just learned a game that played a high level as fast as he can. Do you make sure to shepherd him to JT and Jack? Okay, make sure to pay attention to these things. Well, we don't have to shuffle very close. They already stand next to him talking to him. That's a good thing, but I grew up. They coached a young guy really well. Really well. Where? With the tightly-knit tie being a player, I have a spot. Who that is your third guy? Because he could be in a good position. Well, you hope that K-Mac can give us something. You know, come out. I think he's having a good camp. And Jason Moore, we got hero Knows done really well. And he got Taiwan. And in their ending, we got a battle between who's going to be that next piece guy, where it's a little smith or it could be a little freshman. So we don't know yet. But I like the four-by-yar right now, the system we're moving forward. I think it gives him some options. Where is the hero we can take into the biggest success? He's the hero. Where have you're only taken into the biggest success? Well, just playing a game, more knowledge of the game, how to play a great football IQ and just continue to work on our techniques. And that's never going to stop. I think that's what's happening right now. Is there something K-Mac can give you with the one-tag sort of being that space heater,

1:13:49maybe an explosive first step that, you know, there that spot? Yeah, yeah. He's a nose guard and he's powerful. We like to see him continue to bring his weight down. But he's a big man. He's very strong and he can handle it a centenium really well. And he gives the idea of a nose guard. That's what we're looking for. I suppose a guy, a big guy in the middle, just kind of managed to get in the forest. Now that Taiwan has been here for years, where is he at? Well, I think I said earlier that I think now that Groph is there. You know, baseball is behind him now. He went through a learning curve last year, I thought, just trying to play football again. Now you see how to make some steps. And I think going into the fall, he'll be able to help us in the fall. What was that learning curve like when he's playing baseball and dedicated time? Well, it's technique, right? You're just on about football. You know, eyes, eye discipline, how to get off the ball, how to get off blocks. All those things take time to learn how to do if you haven't done it before, right? You know, I mean, it's like, difference swinging a bat and hitting the guy in the mouth, you know. And it's a difference. And you got to learn how to do that. Yeah. You were talking about what's there, more of the learning curve there. And did you see something change last year and you're getting gone up to the wrap basically? Yeah, for earlier on, it was struggle for him because it was all new to him.

1:14:51You know, even though he played football, but he hadn't played football over two years, three years. It was all baseball. And so just basically learning the game, understanding blocks and scheme. And seeing all, it took time to do that. And then you saw it in a season, started to do a good job, just understanding. Now with Spring football on his belt and last season, you can see the difference in him right already. That he's starting to learn how to play the game. Where he's going to lead for an all-time. He works in the system. He got there right after. No doubt. What's the next step? What can you see? Continue to do what he's doing. He's working real hard right now. He's working real hard. He's lacking what I thought. He was going to be coming back in the season where we're big. You know, there's still more. You know, he's running to the ball full speed every play. He wants to be great. And when you have that in your mind, you know, everything's a challenge. I would imagine for you, in a coach for a long time, having a good point this, especially here. How much do you say the most, the chair is the most, the rest of your self-management is the most.

1:15:54I tell you what we do. I've challenged myself every year as a coach. How can I be better? You know, no, no, no. I need to be better. You go back and watch what you did as a coach. I watch every single play all over again to an off season. And then I find things I think I could do better as a coach. That's my job. And then I take those things and we work to crap out. I'm very fortunate to have to be really, really, really good coach. And Coach Clark is a great young coach who's coming next to me. And we barbed BT. And now we have all these eyes in the room, all my guys. And I think that's make us better. And so that's what I'm looking forward to. We meet every day about every single guy, every technique, and find ways to make him better every day. And so I think that's the key for me going forward. And make sure we do that. We don't talk about, go ahead. What's it like having your coach on the set? For your stomachs, on your stomachs. You know, you know, you know, you know, doing this in 129, 28 years. You know, you never had an opportunity to do a watch and play. He was a kid at Penn State. But it's pretty cool. It really is, man. He wants to be a nice one to be in a long time of getting. I kind of talked him out of it, you know, because of the coach and thing. But then finally, he said, Dad, this is what I want to do. And so, you know, thanks to Ryan. We had an opportunity to put him on the staff.

1:16:55And he's doing really well. He's doing really well. He loves football. And his part is, Gene, so to be able to chase your dreams real smart. And you're going to cool back. He'll see him do it. We got more questions. We don't talk about tie as much as we talk about tie league and Jack and Jake. Do you think there's a reason why he's a little underrated? I don't see much other way. Tie is a hammer. Tie is a physical player inside. If you watch his play from last year, there's time where he was just, we called Bob a doll. He just took it at the center and just shaking his head. Very strong, very physical. And the thing that we did well last year, we tackled well on the inside. And I was told he can tie it to a really great job. Mike really did a good job. He managed in the middle of the other defense. And tied to me as he said, is this sleeping giant really is? Because he makes us go. He makes go. He's smart. He's a leader. And he knows exactly what he wants to do. And I love that about tie. Yeah. We've asked about a lot of different guys. How do you balance town? Do you have a top man? It's a death we have behind it. You're trying to figure out a rotation also.

1:17:56And that's gonna play on the top. Yeah, no doubt. And that's what we're talking about. You know, a chance to play 17 games. We've never done that before. And so early on this season, we may play a lot more young players in a situation to make sure we get to the stretch, right? And I think our older players now understand what we're up against. And the thing I will say to you that we don't have jealous season in Rome. We don't have that. We have a bunch of guys that want to win. And if you can help us win, I want you to help us win. That's the attitude in Rome. And so they understand that we have to go into the season. We'll have to rotate and we have to do our own the season and get a chance and get to the back end of the season. We're gonna do what we want to do. Not rotating last year. Was that more about the top end of the room and how good those guys were? Or maybe some more show guys like you guys like to get a cake and not a best there? Oh, no doubt about it. Yeah, you know, quite ready last year to throw those guys in and say go battle. You know, man, you gotta be smart. You know, I mean, you don't want to get them to put them in a situation where they have a handicap. Handicap, handicap being like they fail. And then everybody down that you could carry that. And I'm really good about not putting freshmen in a position where they have a chance to fail.

1:18:56I want them to be successful. Now those guys have so much doubt that have their own parents. Now let's go play. And that's what we're gonna try to do with the season. What do you think about asking your college work? Wait a minute. What do you think about asking your college roster to tolerate the 17 games in the schedule? It's never been done before. And so it's gonna be tough. We have to find out. Ask that question in the season. You know what I mean? Right now, we don't know. We just know as a lot. It could be a long season. You know, Larry, would you have a good idea to cross-drain JT and Jacket? I think it's great. I mean, we do a little bit at now and I drop eight. It's defense. We do a little bit at now. So it's not a big deal. You know, you're gonna rush their drop and they do that right now. And just a matter of change in the front on the inside. I mean, that's all. We haven't gotten there yet, but I know Coach Noah is interested in trying to spear-run that a little bit. Is that a response to try to find something to match up against an obstacle? I'm not gonna put a saw in the third person. You have to go for the sixth, seventh guys. Yeah, that 12th person now. 13th person, 14th person now. Now you've got to change some matchup. Play bigger guys on the field. You know what I mean?

1:19:56You might play three tackles on the field. And then two big heads. So just a way to kind of offset that a little bit. Yeah. But we're not there yet. We haven't put it in yet, but it's a thought process. Experience you have. It's a lot of these guys. You can start for some moments and get your ass ready. Is there any situation you're coaching for where you've had that much experience? Only once when we had the Sam Hubbard, Jalen Homes, DeBosa, Chase, that group. That group was really, really veteran group. Now we did a lot with those guys. That's what the Rushman Package came. Because we had to get those guys on the field. But these guys are, you know, I like to get, I like the guys are back. But I like the young guys who started to go, because they can see what it takes to be great, right? And so there's a great examples of those guys. Just imagine those guys who love, there'll be a lot of young players trying to learn from young players. And so we have a bonus right now that these guys are all back. Is there any more gap now? Is there any more gap now? Is that correct? Yeah. What do you like about those two guys inside in the Rushman Package?

1:20:59Is it how much of that is? We want the experience guys to look inside. Yeah, he really is just a match-up. I look for a match-up, right? There's a guard that we think we've got a great match-up for a Rushman. You know, we want to take advantage of that. And so we have to look and see how we go through the season, how much we're going to use the Rushman Package or we know we have a pass rush. It's just how we're going to use it, put the piece together, and we'll figure it out as we go in. Yeah. Coach, thank you very much. Appreciate it. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thanks guys. Thanks for having six. We do open the same park, but we play in the same park, so we're a real close family friend. We're a family friend. How many of you are holding on to you? I'm two years older than I am. Did you have a discussion with him before? Yeah, I had a discussion with him. How close you're to what was your pinch? You know, he's so smart. You came for Sweden. So like, I wasn't even talking about recruiting. It was just keeping that connection. Just keeping on talking. Because I knew at the end day he was going to make the right decision. So, he's a huge difference maker.

1:22:00He's always had his lights on him since he was a little kid. So like, this is nothing to do right now. So, in fall, he was going to start everyone that he's really like. He's really like that. Make a name for himself again. If people just didn't remember. Do you think you'd play some on the outside this year? We saw you kind of light up there a little bit. Are you expanding what you're doing? Right now, I really don't know. It's so far away from the season. I can play everywhere. So, that's how they can use me as safety. They can use me on corner. They can use me on nickel. So, really anywhere I play anywhere, the coach wants me. Kalshi's own CEO says it himself. And he has two-thirds of people on Kalshi lose money. So, what does it take to be in the other third? You have to do extensive amount of research to be good. There are people that spend copious amount of money, time, resources, energy. They've dedicated their lives to basically becoming good at it. All that and still. And he has two-thirds of people on Kalshi lose money. Those money, those money, those money.

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1:24:01lose money. lose money. That's Kalshi in their own CEO's words. Go to www.fairpredics.com to learn more. I know that's true. It's a good thing to see what you do. Just a brotherhood, you know, everyone was coming back and saw him in it. And what I look like is going and leaving. I just want to leave out of here to a nice, pretty heavy ship. We just left so much behind. I feel like our class came in one of the best class that ever come through Ohio State. And we needed to leave out of here with something. That's why I came back. What did you know that you were going to come back? I kind of knew just after the board game. I was going to come back because you've seen everyone. And kind of before the board game, we all had a discussion. And we just want to come back and finish with our anger or national championship. Was there kind of a feeling like I had this kind of a new last day? We've done a lot.

1:25:02That's all individual decisions. It's also a group decision. You know, we had individual decisions, but we had to leave out of here with something. You know, so I feel like this in the year, we finally put it all together. It was like a conversation. It was a nice time. It was both. He had a conversation. He said, huh? He said a conversation. During last year, we were talking to coach Moles about that split kind of feeling of sunny. It was maybe early in the year. Maybe half a year. He was still almost kind of into meeting. I like, well, if you're talking about it, it's a good way to go to the team. But then having to play that full time down in the second half of our last year, what did that do for you? Do you think it made you a better player? You think it made you a better player? Yeah, definitely made me a better nipple. Just learning from sunny, put me on with a lot of game and stuff like that.

1:26:02I've really had to flip my mindset from just playing corner and then just playing nipple. But now it's one of the best nipples in the country. So that's kind of my mindset right now. What is the biggest difference between playing one of those nipples? A lot of run fits. You got to be in the run fits. You're guarding quicker receivers in that slot. So that's kind of the whole, it's a two different techniques from outside and inside. So I've been really working on it. If you see last year, I got a lot more comfortable in the slot when I was kind of like the main slot. When I kind of focused on it, and it's just my game elevator from there, I just keep on elevating and I'm just excited for this. What's the specific work you've been doing there to get better? Oh, just catch technique. Just not giving as much ground and wine as garbage and stuff like that. What do you have at a point? What's it been like to see sunny and second level nipples? Oh, yeah, he's a dog out there.

1:27:03You can see there's a huge transformation with him. We can go out there and play yine. This is a so much versatility. I know Lorenzo has been playing some nickel with you. What kind of growth have you seen from him? He's going a lot. He's always in the film room. He's always going to go hard. So he's going to be a great ball player down the road. What do you have to do when you're very skilled corner in this situation where you talk about what fits and that's just part of what you have to do now. What you're going to play in there is that something you have to get used to or how did you get ready for this? Oh, no. I've never really had to get used to it. Most people at corner they can't go play inside. But I just like hitting like this is something about it. So really just that. It was just a natural transition. It is pretty crazy, right? When you're playing in there, you have to be physical enough to play the run. But then you have to be quick enough to play all these little quick slot receivers. Yeah, it's crazy. That's why I feel like it's the most fun position on the field.

1:28:05So add a gain, gain a little bit more weight in this offseason to bring more power into it. Because I got to take office of guards and tight ends every time. So yeah, I had to gain some weight. I feel like I've gotten a lot stronger. So it's a gain that weight and keep your foot in this. Right. Yeah, which is like they're constantly trying to strike that balance, right? Yes, sir. I'm not going to go. They certainly mix you in there. I've been like last summer training camps in the morning. Maybe before that. But when did he feel like you were starting to bully a brace and you were able to love this position? I want to make it. Probably, I fully embrace it. It was like, was constantly, you know, I played a lot of, I was going like, splitting reps and all that. But then, uh, late then, he got injured. And so that moved suddenly to strong safety. So I had no choice. Really used, I'm just really happy to play that position. Like I'm thinking for you. You're forcing up to that? Yeah, of course. If I'm, I had a lot of production that week somehow. It was like a night game. I wanted to make plays out there. Jim said that you really stepped up at that point during the season

1:29:08once, late then, went down. You say that that week is when you really had to like, embrace it fully. And then how much did that game spearhead the rest of the season for you? Like give me that confidence that you can handle all that. Yeah, it was, it was crazy. I think that whole October, just from October to, uh, to November, like that. I'm here. I had a really crazy stretch, like almost every game in October. I had an interception. Well, I just kind of dropped one, it gets Michigan State. But I feel like every game in October, November, I, that's when I was selling out a position. So how much does the guy like wall help prepare you for that time of switch in the middle? Oh, yeah. If I didn't have Coast Wall, like I don't know if I could make that position switch. There's just so much cerebral things you have to know at the position. So Coast Wall, he got an info background and he knows every single unit, D line, so I had a Northland D line line backers because sometimes I do the same thing with steel chambers going last year in the same position.

1:30:09So if I didn't have Coast Wall, I don't know how long. That takes a lot of like behind the scenes work that like sometimes I assume you like, I don't even know this because I'm not playing nickels like how much work goes behind the scenes because wall watching film talking about stuff. Yeah, people don't see it. We in here at 6.30, like Coast Wall, he comes to the building like 5 am. So I went in here at like 6.30, watch film with him. After practice meeting, watching film and just walk through. You know, it wasn't, it wasn't easy at first, but he got on me, stayed on me a lot. He helped me accountable and just, I'm thinking for that. What was your depth and how people in the range? Yeah, it's going to be good. You know, he's a real good football player. He can hit, he can cover, so it's going to be good having him back.

1:31:09Yeah, he's going to be a good fit for us. You know, he played a lot of ball like started, started an instant saw over here. He was crazy, good to have him back when I was having a lot of fun. The best defense is the last five years, right? 29-2 in the classroom and common thread team. He having a slot corner or a slash, say he liked you yourself. Shot weight, 2019, kind of broad things together. Who's next? Who's next? Yeah. Like for a slot. Yeah. Like, who are the guys you've seen? Who do you think's next to that role? I think Miles, you know, he's, you know, he's under-sized, I feel like he just brings it. Like, he's got the mentality to play. And he really likes to love the game. He really studies hard. And I feel like he's going to be up next for the Nichols plot. What have you seen out of Aaron's got? I'm Bryce's a big one. I understand. What have you seen out of Aaron in these first couple weeks that they've been here to? Aaron's good. He's competing real hard. He's running to the ball.

1:32:09He's learning. He's getting better every single snap. He's getting better. So that's what I've seen. I think about the difference in just top to bottom talent in that room and the last from when you got here to now. How much do you think it is? It's crazy, you know, coming in. I don't even know how to explain it, but our room is so talented right now. Like, anybody can go out there, even our twos and threes can go out there and start anywhere else in the country. So from top down is super talented. We got young dudes like Aaron, Miles and Bryce. So they're going to go out there and ball in a couple of years and I'm excited for the future in potential. Those guys give you any crap about you and then draw them back and keep it up to the finish. They're talking about it a little bit, but not for real. They just want to really want to learn from us. They're super smart kids and they just, they're just real eager to learn. Along those lines, how much ownership is a good veteran guy do you feel as to what this defense will look like next year after? They'll second and third.

1:33:10The guys are now at the top of the network. Yeah, it's going to be wild because right now they're going to be ready because what stays on them. Me, Dezeo, we stay on them. Dave stays on them. So they have no choice but to carry on the tradition. I feel like they're going to do it real with Miles and Bryce out there and they're going to hold up the BI in potential. Hey, Jordan, is it too early to assess the, for you to assess the spot receivers? For you to assess the Ohio State slot receivers that you're going against? Oh, I played them last year. I went up against some last year. They're all good. Bryson, Brandon and Keon plays a little bit in the slot. And yeah, they're going to be real good. They're going to be, I mean, Mech, Mech too, of course, Mech. We know what Mech does. So one of the best slots in the country. So it's going to be fine. Even when Mech leaves, there's going to be no drop off. Great. Thank you. Thank you very much. Appreciate it. Have a safe break. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

1:34:10Thank you. I don't know what to talk about that. Just to have a meeting or something. A good meeting? I'll figure it out. Everybody stops at it. I'm going to have to trust. Keep it. Peace. I'm going to have to look for two of these five wallets. I'm going to have to be a real attention. I guess. I'm just going to help you. And then the other people. That's about fine, fine, fine, fine. Yeah, well, I mean, first off, I think I'd be doing a disservice to my teammates. You know, me even think about what's next. Because you know, what's right in front of us isn't over yet. And that's another thing I got to tell me. So much grew is just being present in every single moment 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, that's too self-insufficient. I'm thinking for media to be thinking about what's next. Are you at least aware that there's a lot of speculation out there that people are going to throw a huge number of things going before the wall?

1:35:13I 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. I'm focused on Friday. I mean, I'm focused on nervous. I mean, I still get nervous for sure, but I just don't think. I think I do a good job of 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. And it's just kind of put like this force field of peace around me that I think it allows me to be able to be calm in certain situations. But it doesn't, I still get nervous. What, what makes you nervous? I mean, I just love the game so much. And if you don't get nervous or a little bit of nervous, I don't think you have that same love.

1:36:14I mean, I've got butterflies since, you know, going into football games and saying, you know, five, six years old. So I don't know what that feels like. I didn't know. You know, football just doesn't mean as much as it did to me back then. I want to tell you always that much. I've been playing football for the past ten years. I've been told, but I think so. How did you know how to take it? I want to knock on wood, barring any freak accidents. So I just, you know, I want to be here. I want to be a part of this team. And, you know, when you, when you want to and you have passion to add value, that makes it a little easier to get up and do the workouts in the off season. You know, whether you're 22 or going to be 31. So yeah, I mean, it's, it's definitely special. I mean, they haven't always had this, there's a reputation of rewarding the players.

1:37:17You see this off season, St. Brown, golf, you know, Pane, not yourself. What does, what does it say about the organization that, you know, you feel like it's changing the reputation a little bit, we're rewarding the guys like this one? Well, first and foremost, those three guys absolutely deserving of every penny they got. Incredible. And, you know, me being in the room with Pane every single day, like, I was, you know, ecstatic for him. And of course the other guys will tell you CalShi's own CEO says it himself. And yes, two thirds of people on CalShi lose money. So what does it take to be in the other third? You have to do extensive amount of research to be good. There are people that spend the copious amount of money, time, resources, energy, they've dedicated their lives to basically becoming good at it. All that and still. And yes, two thirds of people on CalShi lose money, lose money, lose money, lose money. That's CalShi in their own CEOs words. Go to www.fairpredics.com to learn more. Summers full of reasons to look your best. Tacovas western boots are handcrafted,

1:38:18over 200 steps, with premium cow hide and exotic leathers. And they're comfortable right out of the box. No break in period. Just boots you can wear all summer long. Their performance, shirting and premium denim keep you cool and put together wherever the season takes you. And of course, you can always stop by Tacovas.com. Tacovas forever west. CalShi's own CEO says it himself. And yes, two thirds of people on CalShi lose money. So what does it take to be in the other third? You have to do extensive amount of research to be good. There are people that spend copious amount of money, time, resources, energy, they've dedicated their lives to basically becoming good at it. All that and still. And yes, two thirds of people on CalShi lose money, lose money, lose money, lose money. That's CalShi in their own CEOs words. Go to www.fairpredics.com to learn more. He's my line, he's my guy. I think it speaks to a good culture that's been built. And it's not built on sand.

1:39:19It's genuine, it's real. You bring certain guys in because of what they can add, not just as players, but as people. And like I said, it's a genuine thing that the staff is looking for. And it's not, oh, we're just going to bring this guy in and then get rid of him and try to find something cheaper. I just think it speaks to the culture. We find guys that fit. We find guys that represent what we are about. Not only are they phenomenal players. But they represent us. They represent the city. And to be able to keep a core group of guys around. I feel like more and more in the NFL. And you guys coming in and out. And it's hard to develop some cohesiveness. And especially us on the offensive line, we got to play together for a long time now. And that's valuable. I mean, that's big time. And then you think even the quarterback position, where his drops are, how he moves in the pocket, things like that.

1:40:19And then Jared and his familiarity with St. And I think it speaks to they want to win. We want to win. This is what we're here to do. We're here to win. So we're going to keep our guys. They can help us win. Yeah. I talked to you last week. Express your desire to stay, but didn't sound like anything was imminent. Can you just take us through how this came together from your perspective? So I've been going back and forth a little bit for probably about a year and a half now. With the organization. Because I knew like I want to be here. There was no questions for me. Like, this is the place I want to be. I want to stay here. And then there's just a lot of moving parts. I'm not the only person in this organization. I'm not the only guy that wants to contract extension. And then I think. Coming off two surgeries, I think they probably wanted to see how I was moving around a little bit.

1:41:21And then in OTAs, I actually went up and I had a conversation with Dan. I was like, where are we at? I hear things from my agent. And from our salary cat people and they're talking and I'm getting kind of secondhand information. I want to hear it. Like, tell me where we're at. Just so I know. I just want the information so it's communicated well. And pretty much what he told me was to achieve what happened. And I just basically had to stay patient. And for me, it was never going to be. Hold out of training camp. If it comes to the season, we're not going to play games. That's just not me. I'm going to show up and I'm going to play. Because that's what I do and that's what I'm here to do. So I think it was pretty seamless. I just talked to Charlie and Disneyer upstairs. They said it was super smooth. I think it happened in a day. Which was pretty much all my second one happened. And my third one happened as well pretty quickly. So I think there's value in just showing up and going to work.

1:42:26And I think the team knows that I'm not going to change just because I'm not getting what I want when I want it. And then ultimately we both got what we wanted. So for me, it was just I got the information that I wanted from Dan. And when we communicated, man to man is very amicable. And since that conversation, I felt like it was promising that it would happen. I didn't know when. Exactly. I had a ballpark idea. And then it all worked out. I showed up to camp. I went and played. And the agents and the salary kept people do their thing. And now moving forward, I can just focus on playing football. Going through camp day to day. I don't have to have any of that hanging over my head. It's pretty good feeling. Taylor, all I am thinking of me is a very famous job. But it's not here. What does it mean to play for a team that values that side of the game?

1:43:27And when did you first sense that from Brad and Dan? You know, there's a couple times every single camp where Dan will come to the offensive line room. And he'll say, I need to see it today. And I've never had a head coach come in our room and say something like that. And he would pop in every now and then just say, like, today, I need to see it from you guys. Not that we're not out there working hard every single day, but he's like, my eyes are on you guys today. And it seems like a lot of those times, they're kind of some ballbuster practices that are going to be kind of a grind it out. And that's what offensive line is. And I think you see it with the way they draft guys and the trenches. And even Dayton back to before they were hired, this organized it. I was drafted. Graham was drafted. Joe was always drafted in my class.

1:44:28Frank was draft, like, we were drafting lineman. We were trying to build this team the right way. And we had some pieces and then Brad and Dan just continued to build on that. And I think it's paying dividends. And I can't speak enough to, you know, going back to the culture fit of the quality of people that they bring in. And how when you get along, I don't know, just people's play flourishes even more. And that's another big reason, like, this is where I wanted to be. I had pretty much no interest in going to any other team. I wanted to be here. And a big factor of that is the guys that I get to play with. And I just continue to play with them because they're important to me. And I think, you know, the offensive and defensive line based on how the drafts have gone. And based on the quality of player that they've brought in. I mean, you can see that it's, it's definitely of importance to the organization. Kind of along the same lines. Given where the roster is, given the success of the team's head recently.

1:45:31Is there something extra-validating about getting your first contract extension? Is it specific for you? Yeah, 100%. Not that I didn't think that they wanted me here because if they didn't want me here, I wouldn't be here. But I had gotten my second contract from a, you know, a previous regime basically. It's not like I never felt like I was like one in here, but it's just like that little extra. We want you here. And we want you to continue to add value. Because we're a young team. And I'm not getting any younger. But I still think I can play. And I think I can play for as long as I want. And that's kind of kept me young. And I feel like that's kept me motivated to kind of have that edge. But yeah, I mean, it's just that little extra where just kind of reconfirmed. So I mean, when Dan was hired, he called me that same day.

1:46:31It's not an instance of, oh, I'm not one at here. They just kind of doubled down with this contract. We love you. We respect you. We want you here. We think you can play. We think you can continue to add value. And let's get this thing going. Thank you guys. Thanks guys. Thank you guys. Thank you guys. Okay, so you use the photo if you don't want to. Yeah, go forward. It's an absolute dime. The car now will take the standout throw of a day. And I think with Lincoln having another year of experience, it just felt to me like Lincoln was in a little bit more control out there. It felt like he had a little bit more command of what he was doing out there. Where is it felt to me like Julian was just a little bit off today? Yeah, our command is a good way to put it. And that kind of photo car now, beautiful go ball up the sideline. You know, 40, it ends up being a 45-yard touchdown. Car now had half a step, a step on his defender. And it was right where it needed to be. But it wasn't the only impressive throw. I think Lincoln had a really nice throw over the middle on a slant route to fill up the freshmen. He had a few other nice ones mixed in there.

1:47:32It wasn't a perfect day for Lincoln. He also under threw a couple balls that I saw. But on the whole, I think it's definitely fair to say he was the most impressive of the quarterbacks today. And I would actually even put Tavy and St. Clair second in that grouping. Tavy and had some really nice flashes, especially early in the practice. Didn't have that consistency as the practice went on. There's clearly a freshman still learning. But Julian missed on some throws today for what interception. I think there's clear strides that he needs to take to claim the starting job ultimately for Ohio State. And look, I think if anything else that Lens Creedence to, at least at this point in the offseason, this is a real competition between Julian and Lincoln. I think if this is what's been consistently shown behind the scenes, obviously this is just one practice we get to watch. But if this is what's consistently shown behind the scenes, I think Lincoln has a real shot to ultimately win the job this fall. And of course, we'll have another big opportunity to watch the quarterbacks and all these guys next week at the spring game. And I think it'll be really telling, at least for us, do we see Julian make some of those strides next week?

1:48:33He struggled in the spring game last year. Will he have a better showing in the spring game this year? I think that would go a long way for him. Certainly for Lincoln to kind of keep building some momentum as he tries to keep himself up before front of that competition. And yeah, like you said, you know, Tavien was only with the third team today. And so, you know, it's pretty clear of it right now. It's a Lincoln versus Julian battle in terms of, you know, who they're evaluating to be that starting quarterback. But I mean, I think one of the plays of the day early into practice, Tavien, he spins away from a Russia, throws a beautiful ball down the field to David Adolf. There were a few times today where you could really see Tavien's athleticism on display, his ability to evade Russia's and extend plays. I think that's one of the things that gives him a lot of potential. So, you know, I think Tavien was built to come a long way to have a chance to be the starting quarterback this year. But I think you can certainly see those flashes of his potential to be a star quarterback for Ohio State in the future. Going away from a quarterbacks, you know, there were several guys that stood out to me today.

1:49:35I think one of the biggest ones was Quincy Porter. And it sounded like after practice he lost his black stripe, which would make him the first of this year's freshman to lose his black stripe. Which is certainly a notable achievement. And he was a guy, you know, you heard, you know, Austin Edwards on the PA calling his name all day. He made a lot of plays. One of them a really nice diving catch on a throw from Lincoln Keenholes. And he looks like a guy, you know, we don't have the same expectations for Quincy Porter, but we did for Jeremiah Smith a year ago as a freshman. But there's been positive things said about him all spring. And looking at what he did out here today, he looks like a guy who has the potential to help Ohio State as a freshman. Yeah. And when Jeremiah was coming in last year, I talked a lot about the polish that he had coming from Florida and playing in that league. I mean, coming out of New Jersey, I think there's Quincy Porter has some of that even in the Catholic league that he played in. It was really difficult. He, I think, is impressive with his size and the refinement of his game. The way he uses his size to make catches like he was walling him off defenders on a couple of catches.

1:50:36We saw that diving one you mentioned. The way he's able to weaponize his length and have that big catch radius, I think, because it's one thing to be tall. It's another thing to actually be a good tall receiver, you know, like a Marvin Harris in junior was like a Jeremiah Smith is. I think Quincy Porter has that potential and he's really flashed it today. As the starters go receiver wise, I think Brandon NS had a fantastic outing today. Had a really nice post route. I think Lincoln's probably second best buddy named besides the gobalter car now. He hit Brandon NS on a really nice post route down the field. Brandon had made a big gain on that play. There were other ways they were getting him involved in the offense coming across the field with some underneath throws. Things of that nature. Phil Bell also really stood out to me as far as another freshman goes. Not as much as Quincy, but they were mixing him in with the twos and the threes, getting him some of those reps and getting him some looks. A lot of underneath passes to him. For me though, I think out of everyone, the biggest standout might have been Bo Jackson today. There was a run that Bo Jackson had where the first plays after we got out here on the field.

1:51:39Bo, Bo, two or three tackles, running up the middle on a play and picked up about 11 yards. Carson Hensman's walking past me and he says, Bo, like that for real. That's like, yes. Watching him today, there was a shotgun toss. They did to him coming on the outside. He picked up about 24 yards on it and just outrunning the defenders. You can see the burst. You can see the willpower. You can see how he always keeps his legs turning to me. Bo Jackson was a really impressive standout today. And it, you know, maybe a guy that could challenge for some carries come fall. Yeah, we've talked a lot about James Peoples and CJ Donaldson. Both of them have looked really good this spring. But yeah, the way Bo was running today, I think he's a guy to watch too. And he make that a three man running back rotation rather than just a two man running back rotation. If he keeps practicing like he did today, I think he's got a chance. We flip it over to the other side of a ball. I think probably the biggest standout on defense to me was Peyton Pierce. Another guy we've been hearing a lot of good things about all spring long. James Lauren Knight is really talking him out. He was getting a lot of first team reps out there today.

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1:54:43Veterans who's getting some limited reps coming off a plan a ton last year. So Peyton Pierce was out there a lot with the ones and he made multiple pass breakups. You know, you can see why James Laurenidas keeps talking him up as a guy who is going to be one of those top free linebackers this year and is going to play a lot of football for the buck guys this season. Yeah, I was taking with the defense to me too and that front group, Peyton McDonald was really good today. Had one of his classic goal-wide and stuff. We saw him make a few of those even during the Ohio State's national championship run last year. That was kind of his way to get involved in the defense last season in those goal-wide and short yardage packages. But he pressured a throw. I believe it was from Julian Sain. He looped around and didn't hit him basically forced in the completion or not hit him because I don't think the quarterbacks were live at that point. But he pressured him, forced it in completion. Had a P.B.U. that he batted down was constantly getting in the backfield of making chaos. Also defensively, I thought Aaron Scott had a really good day in coverage.

1:55:44He was paired up against Jeremiah Smith a lot of the time. He had a P.B.U. working against Jeremiah. There were a couple of other plays where Jeremiah may have made the catch but Aaron was right there. I mean you're talking about the best receiver in the country, right? He made Jeremiah work for it is what I'm saying. A lot of corners aren't capable of making Jeremiah work for it. But he was right there in coverage. He had another couple good reps against other receivers. To me, Aaron Scott was one of the more impressive defensive backs today. And then, Jermaine Matthews also within interception. So I think the corner back room really looking strong in this practice for Ohio State. I agree completely. Devon Sanchez made a couple plays as well. He had a break up against Jeremiah Smith. Lorenzo Styles Jr. he almost had an interception of a really nice break on a ball. I believe he was going up against Brandon Innis in coverage. And so I think you're seeing the depth of that room. You know, Aaron Scott, Devon Sanchez both mixing in a lot with IGB and Jermaine Matthews if that first team defense today. And Lorenzo taking a lot of a rep spirit nickel. But you know, it seems like both those five guys.

1:56:46Yeah, that seems to be kind of that top of that corner back group. And I try to take advantage of these reps when you get the goal for once. No, it's definitely. You know, I was definitely trying to take advantage of each and every rep that I got today. And like I said, just looking forward to getting better tomorrow. So that point, Justin, looking at the first team defense thing we've had. What have you been able to screen so far about some of the guys that they've opened to the second area like Hilli and Jackson? Yeah, I mean, Desan, I mean, you felt his presence. I mean, OTA, I think he's been a great addition to the defense. He brings a lot of energy. He's juiced up and he's a great player. So I can't wait to get the pads on because I hear he's pretty physical too. So I played against him a little bit when I was tied on. He was in the choice. So I kind of played against him a couple of times. But I mean, he's a great player and has been great so far. What kind of input did you get from Russ? And it threw out practice in watching the entire game. Did you get to see him grow and even jump into the fourth moment? Oh, yeah. Russ is always, you know, any question I have, I can always better ask him for advice. You know, he's going to get his knowledge to me.

1:57:48Of course, he's been in the lead for a long time. So, you know, any advice he has for me, I'm always open and willing to take that. But he was really just, you know, trying to follow along practice. He had the script in his hands and really just trying to play the practice mentally. So as we all are, it's quarterback. So, yeah. He was a huge find out that Russ wasn't going to be practicing the fourth. Yeah. Yeah, I found out right when I woke up this morning. So, you know, last night, just looking over the place. But this morning, I recorded my coach this afternoon, so be ready to play tomorrow. It's morning, but it's good, you know, to say some short term, I remember some of her. You know, some stuff that's, you know, not expected, you know, because we're going to face things in games that aren't expected. So, nothing about how we react to those situations and how we adjust. I think it was like six o'clock, so I woke around 6'30, but yeah, I think, you know, six around six o'clock. Did I change the approach at all, Justin? Did I change the approach?

1:58:48Did I go off the little or not really, you know, I just tried to, you know, do my job for my teammates. And so, I'm not really changing the thing. I try to come out here the same guy every day. She's just trying to be consistent. That's going to have to go. I feel it's all right. You know, of course it wasn't perfect. There's always room to improve, but I felt all right. And, you know, you know, I miss, I got bumped into, I'm not going to talk about that, but I felt all right overall. Got got some good reps in the day for sure. Seems like you guys have started targeting with tight end clubs. How do you tell the hell you've been working with Pat Brown? What do you think? What do you think you can do in your zone? Yeah, I mean, Pat, one thing about Pat, he's really savvy, smart. And then he also has a great hands too. So when you, you know, get all those attributes in a tight end, it makes him a great player. You played a lot of, you had a lot of 12 and 13 out there, right? Yeah, for sure. Much as you expected, more than expected. You know, we're a team that can do a lot of things. You know, we were a lot of good players on offense. So I think you can mix it up with a good bit. So not really expecting anything. Do you think you're getting country?

1:59:48You got that text first thing I mean? No, not really. I mean, they're not going to say that, you know, mess with your head like that. But, you know, I, yes, I didn't really think I was going to get pumped at all. Thanks for checking out this content from Post Gazette Sports. If you watched this video on YouTube, please like the video and subscribe to our channel. For all of the sports coverage the Post Gazette has to offer, visit post- Gazette.com. You know, you can start going through the list. So we have to, I think initially, treat them differently. But quickly, we have to get them, you know, all on the same page.

2:00:49They were all on the same page. And so as spring goes on, we'll do that. But early on, we'll be really smart, especially coming off a spring break. The spring showcase, looking a little bit different this year. And you guys are just so passionate about those details. Are you able to share what that might look like? Not yet, not yet. I mean, there will certainly be opportunities to scrimmage. And it'll look like a game. But, you know, because of some of the guys that we mention, we still want them out there doing some things. So that will probably be in some drill work and some 7 on 7 work. and work and be good to get everybody out there so that the fans can see them. But the most important thing is getting the young guys game reps with hopefully a good crowd out there. So that because we know the next time again will be against Texas. So we'll also gonna have to take a hard look at the the health of our team as we get into the end of April. So we have to be able to adjust and be flexible with it. But again that's the goal was to get these guys as many reps as we can in the stadium. No, I got the lancor. Ryan, now that you've had that

2:01:51week after the national championship sort of reflect and sit back. What's I mean what do you think the biggest thing is that you learned about yourself during that entire playoff run? Just to trust the process. Yeah and just keep pushing and you know sometimes you know and we all know that it's easy to say it's a little bit different to do is you just again trust the process and make the adjustments and keep pushing forward. You know we always say you know ignore the noise whether it's good or bad because criticism and praise are all the same. You just have to you know focus on what you're focused on and all the work and decisions that are made during the beginning of the season. You know we have to adjust and tweak them but at the same time we also have to believe in what we believe in in our philosophy. And I think it's also you know making sure that you're correct the right people that you know when you when you do have a tough moment you know everyone's able to stick together and not going different directions and fray. I think those were all learning lessons.

2:02:54The event on 24 seconds. Ryan, is you enter spring balls there of position group or groups that you're concerned about depth wise and might you guys add more from the portal? I know you already done a good job in portal but you know one of the things for us that was tricky was you know the portal was open before our season and open name closed before our season was over and and that's something that we got to take a hard look at with rules. You know and people will say well you know you guys just won the national championship what are you complaining about? Well that matters for this year's team and so that was that was a major challenge for us because as you can imagine you know if you are trying to add somebody in the portal but you're still trying to finish your season out how that can affect your current roster. So and then the second part of that is we get down with the season and you know Notre Dame and Ohio State are the only two teams with guys in the portal for that five-day window and everybody else is closed and it's open season on our players for five days like we got to take a hard look at this to figure out what's right you know and whether there's just one one window in the spring portal once all that is flushed out to

2:03:56me it's either that or you move back the games but again we can talk about that in another another date so you know we will obviously look in the portal based on how things come out of the spring we'll look at that because you know we have we have to fill out a roster too you know there's some positions that we don't we're not of capacity right now so depth let's see in on defense I would say right now D line is probably of the biggest concern just in terms of replacing those four guys and then also you know losing hero so that's five five guys right there you know we have to replace I think that we have some good guys and good options there but but that'll be a focus you know in offense you know all line is always something that we need to take a look at and see how some of those those new guys fit in and how it all comes together you know and then losing Quinshaw and try to running back you know James and now we have CJ and some of the younger guys that you know now they have to carry the water so that's

2:04:59going to be you know big and obviously a quarterback would be the big you know the big focus so I think when you look at it on offense it's really just you know replacing will replacing Trivion and Quinshaw and then and then how the offense line comes together and then again on defense it's you know losing those those five guys you know and see who's gonna step up in those areas yep that's it follow up on Matt Trisha obviously you mentioned he's done a lot of different things schematically in his time what makes you confident that what he did you know me NFL will translate to the collegial level I think a lot of things that are going on there's a trickle up and a trickle down effect right now and you're seeing a lot of that happening you're seeing a lot of guys transition I think now more than in the past you guys you know probably focus on a little bit more than me but you know of what's going on in NFL and what's going on in college you're seeing a lot of carry over there and I think with the playoff system in place you're seeing that you're seeing the coach to communicate your host to player communication you're seeing huddling more you know the hash marks are different and and there's certain rules that are

2:06:00different but there's a lot of similarities now so I think it's gonna carry over well you see quarterbacks who run and were mobile in the NFL nowadays so there's a lot more simulators now than in the past and you know being in the league for just a couple years you know the transition isn't as crazy as maybe it had been in the past Jeremy Merbink has the podcast right with your offensive staff being for now I mean you're almost ten years older than everybody on the staff except for coach not anything how did that decision to when ship left to that impact your decision with the defense coordinator hire was there a thought that maybe you needed to go get somebody who was more of the head coach at a defense style based on the fact you may have to spend more time with the offense and you did last year yes I think that you need to have balance when you're looking at your entire staff and you try to do that the best you can and I believe very strongly that Brian's gonna do a great job as an offensive coordinator I think he's really grown in a lot of

2:07:01areas I give him a lot of credit for you know he was named coordinator a couple years ago I still called the place you know then we brought in ship and his attitude of like I'm just gonna learn from ship in a big way and then some of the work that he did Keenan did and Billy did down the stretch and some of the past game and I think he's got you know a really good handle now on protections and even in the run game like he's ready to call it now but still gonna be involved still gonna just like I was last year still gonna kind of make sure that you know we're on the same page having Tyler they was important but I think to your point you know I'm still gonna be involved with the offense but I'm able to kind of bounce into the defense but the more times that we have guys who are experienced and veteran you know on that side of the ball I'm gonna stay on offense it certainly helps and I think you know taking the play calling away last year was really important I want to continue to do that and surround myself with guys who you know we can hire to do jobs and I'm able to take a step back and take a little bit of a different role I think it

2:08:01helped the season and I'd like to you know do that even more as we move forward Rob Oliver come this this time yeah more on on Matt he clearly has credibility with his NFL but I'm just curious in your discussions with him and interviews or whatever why he decided to come back or come to college he's not really bending college Syracuse a little bit but how much of that was not a concern but a discussion point you've got recruiting you've got a whole different culture how did that play out and what did he say that can kind of convince you that he really wants to be in college I think you guys would get around Matt you'll see his personality you'll see the way he is you'll just see you know what type of family man he is type of daddy is type of husband he is you know he did coach at Syracuse he and Tim worked together there but you know I grew up in New England and I obviously saw the run that they went on there and when you go and run the way that they went on you know you stayed a

2:09:02place for a long time and you know I don't know if if that was you know something that maybe even early on he thought he was gonna be in the NFL for as long as he did but when you're around a great organization that goes on the run that they went on you end up at a place for a long period of time and then you know he's there for a while and then has an opportunity to become a head coach well now you know it's it's almost like a different mindset you know it's maybe a little bit of a different chapter for him doesn't mean he I'm sure he'll have an opportunity to go back to the NFL but you know I think it's Ohio State I think he understands the culture you know we spent a lot of time talking and I think he sees the opportunity here he's excited about it I think it's a new chapter that he can absolutely come in here and make a difference and I think that's what he wants to do and I don't think the recruiting part is going to be very difficult at all and you you'll see it when you get around them. Joe Dujan WCMA. Naturally we'll be starting quarterback this year because you start that process if you got to be that'll be where are you with that what information do you feel

2:10:03like you have in the guys that are in the mix? There you are and you know they're gonna have to compete and you know we need a quarterback to be tough we need him to be a leader I've said this before they've had a great opportunity to watch well even Tavian you know because he was a big part of you know being around these guys last spring I don't think he missed the spring practice he would come during the season for all the games he was with us for the last two weeks or the last two two games he was able to see what that looked like Lincoln was with him every day Julian was with him every day so like that's that's the standard of what the leadership should look like now they got to go do it and you know being the quarterback around here and you start listening the guys who have been here most recently and down the and the history of Ohio State football I mean you're and you know you're some of the best names who've ever played the game and but the biggest thing they have to do is they got a lead and they got to be tough so a long way to go on it don't have any evaluation to go with right now but it's it's gonna be a big spring for those guys. Tony German, how do you see the quarterback reps going? It's gonna be like a 40-40-20 or how are you expecting to break that down?

2:11:06Early on we're gonna try to roll we're gonna try to go three groups so those guys get equal amount of reps you know we'll split up who goes where and even last year with the will I mean we did that you know guys are getting reps with the ones guys are getting reps the twos the threes you know the times where will is out there with the threes early on and just rolling because if you put one guy with the ones and two sometimes it can look a little different because of you know the younger guys older guys so now we're gonna roll and we're gonna try to get the best evaluation we can we'll evaluate everything but specifically early on in the spring we want to roll those guys the best we can because the number one goal of spring is to get individual players better it's it you know we can get scheme in and all that but fundamentally technically we've got to get better as football players and then once we get into the summer we start putting the scheme together and we start coming with the chemistry of the team. Andrew Gillis, Cleveland.com. What are your expectations for Tyler going as recruiter and in your higher process? How big is that? Big big and I you guys can probably already see he's making an impact he's

2:12:07getting guys here he works hard at it you know he makes connections he's build relationships he can evaluate at a high level and I think he with you know with some of the guys that we have you know on the offensive staff together the year you're starting to see a group of crew in there and so again World House they you know we should have the best players in the country and he understands that and again this is another guy the more you get around him you'll see his personality just jumps out at you and the guys love being around them so you know we'll see how the spring goes but he's off to a good start. At Murphy 24th on his horse. Brian mentioned Brian Hartlin being ready to take over play calling what have you seen in the last two years why do you feel so comfortable? Well the first thing is his work ethic he's worked his tail off and when you evaluate you know coaches you know you got to work at it you got to be one of the first guys in the building got to be one of the last guys to leave I mean you got to grind on it I think he's made the transition from being a player to

2:13:08a coach very well and quick period of time his recruiting speaks for itself but to me the work ethic has been excellent the players relate to him he has credibility he's got confidence but but he's grown as a coach you know he's handled situations well he understands you know you know we're on the headset I think that's one of the things too that people don't realize like yeah the play callers the play caller but like in between series man we need to get to this we need to get to this it's third down we're gonna get to this he's been on the headset and he's there saying we got to get to this we got to do this like sees things makes adjustments in game but it's gonna be it's gonna be fun to watch him you know manage a group of people now because that's a big that's a big difference you get all the coaches in there now you're the guy who's got the clicker you got to make the adjustments you got to challenge those coaches you got to make the tough decisions on personnel and where we're going schematically and you know I'm still gonna be there but like you know I've I've really tried to you know let him go and run with this thing and so I'm excited to see you know when you look at Brian when he's put his mind to something he's got

2:14:11it done and I believe he's gonna get this one done too Austin Moore podcast like Billy was a no-brainer promotion for you what made that so he's you know he he really I say this to a lot of the coaches when you walk in the building it's your job to bring value and I think sometimes some coaches wait to do things Billy jumped on it right away he saw this as an opportunity and he took it and ran because of the opportunity that these coaches have not a coach in the field which they didn't have in the past spend one on one time in meetings he took that and ran and would chip being the offense coordinator you know he quickly you know became the quarterback coach really last year and the good thing for Billy is he was here before so he knows how we want to coach things he knows how we teach things he understands the progressions he sees it the way that we see it so him walking in the building that was he was a step ahead that way he's very smart he works really really hard at it he's got a really bright future in the game and I think

2:15:11the guys in a room know him and so it was just it was easy and you know for me it was it was good because we see we see things the same way and I believe that you know I can walk out of the room and what what we want to get taught is gonna get done now the be you know another great evaluation this spring but I saw it last year I saw the work he did and he's very very talented Joey Kaufman from this dispatch Ryan the with the makeup of the offensive staff being as young as it is there but past years we've had somebody like Chid last year too well just wondering what kind of impact you think having much anger staff has I think it comes down to experience and now when you start looking at where you know Brian's not been here for a while and you look at you know Tyler's coach a lot of football and you know lock and you know you know you've been keen and now it's getting a little bit older you know these guys now have more experience than they then they they didn't have passed and again I'm still going to be there but I think it ultimately evaluated based on you know what you see and you know these guys just want a national championship you know and a lot of coaches haven't done that so they've seen it they know it

2:16:13and so you know I think that you know it comes down to your worth it comes down to you know what you've done and I think I got a chance to see it on a day-to-day basis and and I think these guys are excellent. Dave Lamaries Kings of the North. Ryan in hiring Matt Patricia he had a sexual assault indictment in his past that did not go to trial and was later dismissed. What was the discussion with Matt around that and what kind of vetting process did Ohio State go through? Yeah so you know as you as you know you know when we make these decisions you know we we spend a lot of time you know in the interviewing process and getting to know people and we always take everything into consideration and you know that situation in particular you know ask a lot of questions, vetted it, Ross Bjork was part of those conversations and you know and feel really good about the hire and you know our program as you know is got great values and you know

2:17:13standards of how we handle ourselves which you get to see on a day-to-day basis and that's not going to change. Bill Rebino, it's Columbus Dispash. Yeah I know you were not going to name any kind of front-runner for the quarterback job but people have reigned about the way Julian throws the ball seems to have all all that ability. It seems to be kind of a low key guy. How much do you want to see the fire in him and that was one of those biggest qualities? Is that almost more the bigger challenge for him and the football stuff? I think all three of them it's that way for sure. Yeah I mean that being a leader and showing that toughness and showing that fire is you know will do a great job with that so we're coming off the heels of that so again these guys got a chance to see that but yeah I agree with you. I think that that's that's the biggest challenge and that's Mick does a great job of really fostering that behavior, enforcing those guys in a leadership role. Get them in front of the team and speak you know you got to get going and that takes reps.

2:18:15So the first few times it might be a little clunky it may not be very good but the more you do it the more confidence you have and the more you get to find your voice and that will be important for the quarterback because you know here. We have two more questions. Bill Landis, Gaines of the North. Right when you have a coordinator like Matt who has a lot of success on the same side of the balls that had coach like with Bill Bellichick how do you evaluate that and try to discern that coordinator's impact as opposed to just like being in a very good situation and succeed? Yeah and you know like you know with Doug Squirt like the amount of time we spend vetting all those types of things to find out exactly what's going on and the history behind it all is you know you call the guys that he worked with you know and I think that's a great question and that was you know honestly one of my questions you know what did it look like and so you know you ask guys who were actually in the building you know Nate Evans one of them you know you ask coaches that he coached with I won't get into the names of the people you call but you got to you got to make a lot of calls to find out you know about people and and you know what you found out was you know I mean he was running the

2:19:19defense now certainly coach had a you know a big hand in that and um. But but as as time went on there you know it was his show and there was certain a lot of collaboration there but um but you know he's very very intelligent really knows defensive football and the guys who played for him you know really felt like they were getting better because of the way that he taught football fundamentally and I think even our guys in the building now in a short period of time it's making a lot of sense to how he teaches the game so all those things were part of the evaluation and the Mika decision. Jeff Gilbert Cressprows. Coach a year ago all the talk was national championship with everything you had in place this year's different. That a discussion still is that too much pressure of this group how do you handle expectations with this team and as you often say you're not allowed to lose here. Yeah. Yeah. No it doesn't change our expectations don't change but you know I think whether it was last

2:20:22year the year before this year I mean that's not that stuff's ever going to change and so you know we're going to go but I do think coming off a last year you get a chance to learn about your team you get a chance to grow with your team but yeah I mean I think it's what 176 days or something until we play Texas I mean it's it's coming right around a corner around 73 I think maybe I mean it's coming and we got to be ready to go with this team and this group that's just the way it goes and you know we want to continue to stack these years and I got to be playing our best football at the end of the season but yeah I mean that's that's not going to change and you know I think last year with everybody coming back and you know some of the additions that we made it crack sort of created a lot of attention nationally and that was what it was but ultimately that shouldn't have affected how we went about our work that's just stuff on the outside and you know whatever they're going to say about this team shouldn't affect how we go to work each day and how we start our first game. Folks thank you very much. Alright thanks. Folks will migrate out onto the indoor.

2:21:41CalShe's own CEO says it himself. And yes two thirds of people on CalShe lose money. So what does it take to be in the other third? You have to do extensive amount of research to be good. There are people that spend copious amount of money, time, resources, energy, they've dedicated their lives to basically becoming good at it. All that and still. And yes two thirds of people on CalShe lose money. That's CalShe in their own CEOs words. Go to www.fairpredicts.com to learn more. Hi this is Dave Roberts heading into summer without a medical emergency kit that's a risk. Summer colds can linger and getting sick on vacation can derail everything. That's why everyone needs a medical emergency kit. It includes doctor prescribed medications to treat common and serious illnesses. So if you wake up sick at home or on the road you already have what you need. It's like having an urgent care and pharmacy at home. Say $45 with code blue at urgentcare kit.com slash blue.

2:22:45Urgentcare kit.com slash blue. CalShe's own CEO says it himself. And yes two thirds of people on CalShe lose money. So what does it take to be in the other third? You have to do extensive amount of research to be good. There are people that spend the copious amount of money, time, resources, energy, they've dedicated their lives to basically becoming good at it. All that and still. And yes two thirds of people on CalShe lose money. lose money. That's CalShe in their own CEOs words. Go to www.fairpredicts.com to learn more. What's been most eye-opening to you? You've got from the field about just the transition from playing ice cream balls. You know what I'm like right now. Most eye-opening things just like the game speed. I know I got to stay on that film so everything is slow down for me right now. But the best way to do this most eye-opening thing is how do you guys like signing in our

2:23:49belt? Try to be what does that fit to you? It's kind of helping transition to kind of settle down here. Just like like Coach learned, they play here at Ohio State before. Especially at the lineback position. So they know what to do and they know everything that it takes. So just looking up to them doing what they do. I definitely can be. You mentioned the game speed being a big difference. Is there been a moment that you've been out on track? They're in the way. Whatever they come in. Oh, kind of took a nice prideful. Not really just everything right now. Right now it was just moving pretty fast. But I know I know some slow down pretty soon here. Mike right now. How difficult is there that? How much more is that for you as a true freshman? First spring also you're the middle linebacker. It's just just a responsibility getting everybody lined up, getting the call. But knowing my assignment. I didn't know how it's going to go but it's just like up to you. A little bit more. So it's going to take some getting used to but I know I'm really.

2:24:50How much do you think that's going to help you in the fall? What? I think it's going to be good. Being able to roam around and just taking charge. I'm definitely used to that comfortable with that. So I feel like it's going to be good for me in the fall. Does it help you learn a defensive scheme faster to have that much responsibility? Yeah, for sure. Knowing what everybody's doing and everybody's responsibility is getting to know how we play better. What's a typical day like for a true freshman middle linebacker trying to learn a defensive off the practice field? Off the practice field. Just waking up getting there early. Probably watching the watching film. You know, we got practice or weight. So we're not getting through that. We got meetings. So more game knowledge. We got an individual meeting. So just learning that more. And then after that, after that, we got class and stuff. So after class, we definitely got to stay on the film some more. What film are you watching? Oh, practice film.

2:25:51Like your film? Yeah, knowing what I did wrong, what I could improve on and learn new installs. I'll get changed physically since I'm rolling. I definitely got a bit stronger for sure. Speed, speed, a little bit faster. You came in at what and you are at what now as far as weight. I came in at two and a half. I'm at two teams in here. What's the target weight? You have a second. Check all your tentacles. Right now. Two, three, two, three. Doesn't take Mick long day. You guys want to be right? Yeah, sir. What do you expect for your press career? Every time you get to get some talk to James Lornais, he has nice things to say about you. What do your expectations for your first two? Just getting on a field and making plays. I feel like that's a good, you know, I just want to get out there and make plays. Describe your game. It's a long backer. I think, I think I can do a little bit of everything. I can cover, I can rest faster. I can play to run to. I think I think those are all my strengths.

2:26:52I think my strengths are all the tech. When that's usual, big Texas flavor on this team. A lot of Texas guys, it's been like here for like the last 10 years. That's got to make you feel kind of at home. Talk more about that if you would. Just Texas guys, you know football is really big in Texas. So with that Texas, how pipeline knowing I got guys from Texas, I love it. You'll stay through the goal line. You open up with a long horse, start your collegiate career. Thank you Peter. A little extra gas in the tank. What is it just inspired you to see what Cody Simon was able to do here last year? Not only as a player, but as a leader. That's definitely something I look forward to becoming and being up a good old age. Being up a good old age, that Cody did. The way he played, all the plays he made. I feel like it's a good aim for me. What kind of example is Sunny setting for a group right now?

2:27:52Sunny, his position, his switch from safety to my back. I feel like the way that he played last year, being his first year at my back. I feel like if he could do it, I could do it. So that's definitely good. You have a lot of experience playing safety. Yes, obviously. I'm fresh and you're not an exact one. Calci's own CEO says it himself. And he has two thirds of people on Calci lose money. So what does it take to be in the other third? You have to do extensive amount of research to be good. There are people that spend the copious amount of money, time, resources, energy, they've dedicated their lives to basically becoming good at it. All that and still. And yes, two thirds of people on Calci lose money. That's Calci in their own CEO's words. Go to www.fairpredics.com to learn more.

2:28:52This is Dave Roberts. If you're heading into summer without a medical emergency kit, you're taking a risk most people don't think about until it's too late. Summer colds linger and can turn into sinus infections at last for weeks. Getting sick right before vacation can derail everything. And we're traveling, finding a doctor and pharmacy is stressful. That's why I ordered medical emergency kit. It's like having an emergency care and a pharmacy right at home. It includes essential prescriptions like a moxasillin and generic z-pack to treat a wide range of common and serious illnesses. So if you wake up sick, at home or on the road, you already have what you need. No waiting for your doctor, no hours at urgent care, no pharmacy lines, no copays. Just match your symptoms to the right prescription in your guidebook or call their telemedicine doctor standing by. Start on your med sooner and feel better faster. Every home needs at least one medical emergency kit. 40 years online in minutes and it's shipped to your door and say $45 with promo code blue at urgent care kit.com slash blue. That's promo code blue at urgent care kit.com slash blue.

2:29:52Calci's own CEO says it himself. And he has two thirds of people on Calci lose money. So what does it take to be in the other third? You have to do extensive amount of research to be good. There are people that spend the copious amount of money, time, resources, energy, they've dedicated their lives to basically becoming good at it. All that and still. And he has two thirds of people on Calci lose money. lose money. That's Calci in their own CEO's words. Go to www.fairpredics.com to learn more. There's a lot of motivational factors. Obviously you want to win this, you want to win a national championship. How do you keep that same kind of edge mentally that you had in that Tennessee game to give that kind of offensive performance? Yeah, that's the challenge, man. Is keeping that edge. And I think we play well when we have that underdog kind of chip on our shoulder mentality.

2:30:55And that's what we came out with last game. And that's the challenge is how do we not listen to any of the good stuff right now because the same people that are patting us on the back were beating us down two weeks ago. So you just got to remember that and remember to not eat any of the sugar and just keep our heads down and keep grinding and keep having that same edge and that same mentality. And it really starts with how we practice, I think. Not more. What kind of helmet? What you share in my bracket is chip talking about the fact that's really you really want to take advantage of that. That's not like a play calling thing that's really you. So when you see hey, we've got a couple guys over there. What's that view for what you see on the rest of the field and what you're receiving processes? Yeah, anytime, you know, a defense has to put two guys over one. I mean, that it's either creating matchups elsewhere or giving you numbers in the box. Whatever it is, you got to be able to work with it and see it. And I wouldn't be surprised if people are going to start bracketing number four. I'd probably do it too.

2:31:56But you got it. You can't forget about 17 and two and 88. I mean shoot, we got guys elsewhere. So if you try to take one of them out of the equation, then we got other dudes that are going to step in and make plays too. And that's the thing. You can double them and he'll still go and make some plays. So that's all part of the chess game. Like I said, playing a team twice becomes even more of that. Back and forth chess game. How are we going to scheme them up and vice versa? But at the end of the day, it all comes down to execution and finding the matchups where we can and taking advantage of what they give us. David Degouz, my WTMA. You talked a lot about momentum in the playoffs. So what kind of advantage does that give for a team like yours against a team that hasn't played since the big time championship? Yeah, I can't speak for them because they obviously have had a little more time off. But in terms of us, I think playing that first game did give us a little bit of momentum and feeling good going into this next game.

2:33:00If I was coming off of four weeks of rest, I don't know, it'd be a little weird coming out here and playing the first game. But we said we wanted to get that first one and then get this ball rolling from there and keep this thing going. I think I can't speak for them, I don't know, but we feel good about where we're at. Have a new... Like I have them. Yeah, well, is Jeremiah always open? Because Jeremiah thinks Jeremiah is always open. Yes. He is pretty much, you know, they got to put like three or four guys over him for him to not be open. Yes, he's unbelievable man. He makes some pretty crazy plays and can do some great things off the line of scrimmage and then, you know, when the ball's in the air, he goes and gets that thing. So I mean, he's special. Awesome award, the podcast. Well, this isn't specific to the last play in the Army game, but when you're talking about rematch in a second shot, how many times do you think you watch the duration of the game? Maybe that was two weeks after the game as well with the off-week, but also now, time to prepare for Wednesdays.

2:34:06Yeah, more times than I can count, man. We got the game planned in the facility here, so nobody's forgot about it. You know, I watched it quite a few times that by week afterwards, you know, how could I fix it? And then, you know, at the same time, you want to flush it and get away from it, but now, you know, that they're back, you know, they're the squad we're playing. It's like, you know, I have watched it and it hurts me because I'm like, man, like, there were so many opportunities for us to win that game. And, you know, looking back at it, it's like, man, we just didn't play our best ball that day. And, you know, it just makes you excited, you know, because, you know, we got another chance at it. And like I said, you don't get a lot of second chances in life, and God's blessed us with one. And, you know, so we got to make sure we take advantage of it. And it's a hell of a team, man. I mean, Oregon's a great team. They do some really good stuff, man. And, you know, it's not going to be easy, you know, but we got to go in there and, you know, do our thing and, you know, take what they give us and impose our will

2:35:12because that's that's the only way we can do it from here on out. They played six of the games since then, so they probably changed. The personnel is going to be different first back out there. What's the balance? What's the balance? What are you preparing for? You can watch yourself against them or the other six games that they played since then. What's the, what's the great equation breaking that down? I don't know if I have that answer. You know, I went on watching film. I'm watching a bunch of different film. And, you know, our our game is one of the games they played. So I'm going to be watching that a bunch and then also watching the other games they played because, you know, it's they have changed a little bit and we've changed a little bit. And, you know, nobody's just going to stay the same every every, you know, every every every week. You're upgrading. You're trying to become a new version of your team. So we got to, you know, evaluate where we're at, where they're at and see what the best method of trying to figure that out is. We got time for a couple of calls from the worldwide web to the zoom, cash, or down writer James Cravy. James?

2:36:12CalShi's own CEO says it himself. And yes, two thirds of people on CalShi lose money. So what does it take to be in the other third? You have to do extensive amount of research to be good. There are people that spend copious amount of money, time, resources, energy. They've dedicated their lives to basically becoming good at it. All that and still. And yes, two thirds of people on CalShi lose money. That's CalShi in their own CEOs words. Go to www.fairpredicts.com to learn more. This is Dave Roberts. If you're heading into summer without a medical emergency kit, you're taking a risk most people don't think about until it's too late. Summer colds linger and can turn into sinus infections at last for weeks. Getting sick right before vacation can derail everything. You're traveling, finding a doctor and pharmacy is stressful. That's why I ordered medical emergency kit. It's like having an emergency care and a pharmacy right at home. It includes essential prescriptions like a moxasillin and generic Z-pack to treat a wide range of common and serious illnesses.

2:37:12So if you wake up sick, at home, or on the road, you already have what you need. No waiting for your doctor, no hours at urgent care, no pharmacy lines, no copays. Just match your symptoms to the right prescription in your guidebook or call their telemedicine doctor standing by. Start on your med sooner and feel better faster. Every home needs at least one medical emergency kit. 40 years online in minutes and it's shipped to your door and say $45 with promo code blue at urgentcaredkit.com slash blue. That's promo code blue at urgentcaredkit.com slash blue. CalShe's own CEO says it himself. And he has two thirds of people on CalShe who's money. So what does it take to be in the other third? You have to do extensive amount of research to be good. There are people that spend the copious amount of money, time, resources, energy, they've dedicated their lives to basically becoming good at it. All that and still. And yes, two thirds of people on CalShe lose money. lose money. lose money. That's CalShe in their own CEO's words. Go to www.fairpredicts.com to learn more.

2:38:14Well, you were certainly quite effective passing against them. What does make their corners effective though? They're both five foot ten. That's relatively small compared to your receivers. What makes them pretty effective a corner? I think they're very athletic and they, you know, they're not as physical as some of the other corners we played against. You know, they're not trying to like put their hands on you at the line, but they are very good shadow guys. And they're, you know, they stay with, they stay with guys and they stay over top of, of dudes and they don't like to, you know, get beat over the top. And I don't think they get beat very often. You know, obviously they're going against their, their playmakers every day, which, you know, they got some, they got some fast dudes over there. You know, I think, I think they're both great players. I think seven's, you know, I played against him when he was at Oklahoma State. I think he's a, he's a, he's a good player. He's solid. They're both, they're both solid players. But, you know, I think, I think we got, we got an advantage physically a little bit that we need to, need to take advantage of and make sure that we don't let them just, you know,

2:39:16stick all over us and, you know, I'm not worried about that. But, you know, they got good players and we're going to have to show up and win our one-on-ones. Let's go to Cameron T. Robinson from the athletic. Hey, well, I think it was a little earlier in the press where you said that, obviously you guys have changed. You guys are a different team, but for you, how are you different from that, from since since that, since that, since that organ game? Yeah, I think, you know, you try to evolve every, every week and you try to learn from the, from the good things and from the bad things. And, you know, I don't know if I could say, you know, one, one thing about, you know, where I've gotten better at, you know, what I've gotten better at. Maybe, you know, my completions, you know, just trying to take, take what the defense gives me, trying to get, get smarter with that with my decision making as the years gone on. And just get more comfortable in the system, I think it is, is another part of it. You know, I don't think there's one thing I can necessarily put my finger on, but, you know, just trying to learn from, from the good and from the bad and, you know, evolve in every single week.

2:40:20We have one more Zoom call, go ready, associate the press. Well, what's a bent like having Chip Kelly is your offensive coordinator and just how is a relationship developed and maybe improved during the year? It's been really good, man. He's a super bright guy, run game, past game. I mean, he's coached, you know, some of the, some of the best players that I've, you know, grew up watching. And, you know, I think just getting to work with him and just getting to be on the same page with him about a lot of things. You know, the more that this year has gone on, we've kind of just, you know, I feel like we're in sync right now, pretty, pretty damn well. You know, we both kind of see things the same way sometimes, but then we were able to, you know, have that healthy discussion of, you know, what, what do you like here? What do you not like here? You know, I think our relationship has just gotten better and better as the year has gone on. I've thoroughly enjoyed my time with him and working with him. I think, you know, we've had a good time with it and we want to finish this thing the right way.

2:41:25Is there a quarterback that he coached it? I mean, you liked or took after? Oh, I mean, I wouldn't say necessarily one of them, but, you know, I did grow up, you know, when I was an Eagles fan and he was the coach of the Eagles. So, you know, I've seen him what, you know, he's brought up clips in the, in the quarterback room of, you know, some of the Eagles stuff. So that was pretty cool. I don't think there's, I wouldn't say there's one quarterback. I emulate my game after necessarily, but, you know, yeah, it's, it was cool kind of the first time and I was like, oh, damn, you know, coach the Eagles back into this. Pretty cool. That time for just a couple more questions. Maybe I'm making too much of this, but I think I'll Jeremiah's second touchdown. I think before the snap, you like looked over there a couple of times. I don't know. Can you just walk us through what you were seeing and did that play just ultimately turned into, oh my God, he's one on one cover with one safe. Throwing it up. Yeah, so on that play, I'm looking at where the safety is and if the safety gets over top of him, I'm not going to throw it to him. If he's not over top of him, I'm going to throw it to him and he didn't get over top. So I was just making sure that they were crazy enough to leave him one on one and they were.

2:42:33And by the way, the bill has been a lot of those lines. I mean, when you see him in man's cup, what I want is it almost like automatic. I'm throwing it to him. It's an easy position. If we got it called, yeah, yes, pretty much. I mean, there's quite a few routes where, you know, it's a, it's an ex-isolation or, you know, one on one concept. And, you know, if we have one on one with him or really, you know, you leave any of our receivers one on one and it's pretty hard to guard. The methods of very talent receiver, Carnot and Brandon. But Jeremiah just seems like on a different level than anybody, especially with freshmen. Do you guys have that appreciation like, oh man, this guy is especially the freshmen? Yeah, I mean, I think he forget about it a lot. You know, when you're around it every single day, you kind of forget that the kids was in high school a year ago. You know, he just doesn't, you just around him. You don't feel like he's a high school kid. You don't feel like he's an 18-year-old, 19-year-old. Like, he's just mature beyond his years. And yeah, he's special, man. He's different. I've never seen a kid, his age. I've really never seen anyone.

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2:45:41Be able to do some of the stuff that he's able to do. So, you know, I've only been here for, you know, 12 months or whatever, but yeah, he can do some pretty unbelievable stuff. Well, thank you very much. Thank you guys. Go Bucks. I feel like when you get here, it's just, it's a whole lot of level. He's going to keep coaching well. He's going to be hard on you. He's going to tell you what you're doing. He's going to tell you what you're doing wrong. And he's going to push you to be your best. They have been moving all over. Yes, moving all over. Yes, sir. What was it like for you just getting to be here and see, you know, this team win an national championship in the first few weeks on Tampa? It was crazy. I feel like I knew that they were going to do it from the beginning of the season. I feel like they always had the potential. And then they came out here that did it. And the freshmen we had an opportunity to sit there and watch it. So I feel like now we just got to do it again. What did you learn from that? Just watching about me. It's all hard work and it's just a bunch of guys. And it's really a brotherhood and it's really just our family versus their family.

2:46:41And we just got to persevere and we got to win the games and give back to the men. The timeline. The timeline was saying that Carmellan ran in a really good leaders in the room. So what if they both been leaders for you and the every young seevers? They've been leaders just in multiple ways. I don't have a column. We're in the film room together on the jugs. I'm asking them about this roundhawk and running better. I'm asking them how I run this round on this play. Just many different things. I feel like those guys, they're like big brothers and all that doesn't tell me. A valuable is that to have guys that are in the play on football. Also a bit of college for a while. So we're doing good ask and work for various things about college life. A valuable thing. It's real valuable for sure because they're a French-run pit guy. guys. So I feel like just being in a room with those guys and if you're able to thrive with those guys, you know, some's going good for you. I had a, I always had a good relationship with

2:47:43Tavian. He recruited me hard to come here. So I feel like we always talked and he came here and he's been doing this thing that I've all been doing their thing and Julian saying he's another Cali Kinsome. I had a little relationship with him too. So good to see Julian, Lincoln, and Tavian all doing real good. I just really just everything. I feel like you can never be too perfect and I feel like you just got to keep doing your job. So I say maybe just just showing up more and just doing my job to the T. High school in high school, I had a five star corner DJ DJ on Lee. He's at Alabama. So I always had good work with corner. So I feel like it's just a lot. I'm going against a lot of good guys now instead of just being one on one that practice with DJ. So it's real good for sure. Does it take more turns to play the slot? Said again, please take more courage to play the slot. What do you mean by that?

2:48:46Because there's more stuff that they think is bigger. Interest inside. You have to have a thing. You've got to be aware of it. But that's a thing for courage to do that. I guess you could say that I feel like I just always play slot and I feel like that's what I've been better at. So I feel like I feel like it's just what I have to do to be on the salt. No matter who's in front of me how big he is, how strong he is, I feel like if I got an assignment, I got to do it. I think that the mindset for me as always has been that when I win my one on one, the ball goes down the field. You know what I mean? So and I think that's what I'm most excited about just being a left tackle is that especially with the protections that are a little bit longer plays where the left tackle tends to be a one on one or my the plays I tend to love the most because kind of halfway

2:49:52through the play, we're lacking them up and just know that he can't go anywhere. Just start to smile a little bit. You're like, oh, dude, ball's gone. You know what I mean? Like ball's gone and it's going to be a touchdown. It's going to be a huge gain. Just so I think for me, that's kind of the mindset. You kind of have to have the left tackle spot as that. As soon as I win, like my rep, we're going down the field. So that's just the mindset I have in terms of how well I have to prepare. Do you want the mindset where the people able to get there? Honestly, I'll say that mindset kind of came from college. Again, obviously I played with a lot of great guys in college. You know, I'm glad we have all of those guys here. You know what I mean? To throw the ball to as well just because against one of those things. Like with CJ, you just again, a left tackle, my mindset was just, well, CJ just do his thing and that's my thing. I want Kyle ready to be able to do his thing. Don't worry about whoever's over here. Just do your thing. That's why you're here and just throw at the Marvin. And you know, it will be and will be good.

2:50:53You know what I mean? So that's something excited about. And I think all that starts because of what we do on the line. So I think just not just myself, but the entire room takes pride in. Hey, like when we do our job up front, that's where everything else goes. So let these guys we have with the ball in their hands. Do all that all that magic. We just got to. Just do our job just to entertain it when you're one on one, you know. You're doing a, just playing that that spot means something special just because of the history of that position. And you know, just of all the greats that have played left tackle. I mean, do you ever think about just the past and the, you know, the, the people, the players before you who were in that spot and did great things? Yeah, I mean, again, I feel like just from. Just as a young guy in a game, I of course try to, I like to watch the, the greats the game. I like to watch guys like. A weight worth of course, you know, a willy Anderson, you know, he played on the right side, but again. I think continuing to watch the greats that played the game just can take the dominate for those guys.

2:51:58For me, be able to talk to them again, to be able to learn from their story and their journey and how they developed. Of course, I understand I want to create a, I want my game to be able to be like, there's an away to where it's talked about. In a way of like, that's a guy you need to watch just to watch with, you know, the fight that you played with, the finish that you played with and the technique you played with, because those guys played almost 20 years, you know what I mean. So, and again, I think that's something when you watch the guys, though, the legendary guys come before. Yeah, you know, they're strong and they're tough guys, but, you know, I don't know, but when you're like 36, 37 years old, you're probably not that strong. Not as strong as you used to, but that technique and just the skill set, that's something that I admire. You mentioned earlier about the guys going up to UCLA and kind of getting out of the heat. I'm curious, when you're working out here, do you do anything outside or do you avoid it altogether right now? I don't know, I'm always outside. I'm always outside. I don't mind the heat.

2:52:58I love the heat. And honestly, for me, it helps I'm off like 30, 20, so I kind of warm up quickly. So it's kind of nice for my warm up. I don't have to be doing like 30 minute warm up. You know, you kind of just be outside long enough, collect this and your joints are on go. So I actually, I like it a lot. Going back to the players that have been in the league for a while, Calvin Beachham is one of those guys that's been in the league for a decade plus. What have you been able to learn from him? I think, again, just learning how to be a pro in terms of certain things, like, for example, I'm a guy that, when I like to train by myself, I'll just take a thousand reps of a set, a thousand reps of a reach block. I'm a rep, rep, rep, rep, and type, I've done it a hundred times and I wrote perfect. And some of that beach is like talking about in terms of being a pro. And I thought to me, that's me being a pro is a young guy. I pick up a lot of, I reps my body, so I'm going to take a lot of reps and preparation. But beach is a guy where it's like, it's not about necessarily the quantity in terms of its rates through the quality.

2:54:03But even more so, you know, you're off season, you don't got to be doing something like this every single day. But when you do it, like, from your first rep, even your first rep is not like here, I'm taking this rep, oh, it wasn't good. It's going to be better on the second one, like, each rep, even when you're by yourself is just kind of, I guess a mindset, I just gave yourself 15 reps instead of doing 60 reps. And it sounds like a huge difference, but then you out of mind taking 60 reps from by myself and there's nobody. That's waiting around on me and I'm by myself. I can take my time and I'll do that, but just being like, I'm going to do 15 perfect reps and I'm just going to slow down and take all my time. Stuff like that. That way your body, that way you're not, you're not, you're not doing too much before camp, you know. Many of the guys that left guard in the mix were here last year, except for Evan. How does that relationship develop throughout other overseas? Yeah, I mean, so honestly, that's my guy.

2:55:04We like to compete, we've been competing in the weight room since day one in terms of just like, we consider like athletic competitions. So like, even in the weight room, I'm at the very end of the week when we're done lifting. I'll talk to Evan, I'll be at an understanding, we'll just do some sort of competition, whether it's grip or whether it's jump or where it's pull ups or something. And I don't let him wave until I beat him in at least two things. Like so if we do, if we do a jump thing and like I always thought was the best kind of, I had the most height when I jumped out of O line, I could dominate anybody and that, but he beat me in that surprising size of art. And then we're hopping on the bike and then we did this bike thing, I beat him on a bike, and now we're on pull ups. So I beat him on a personal kid, now we can leave. You know what I mean? But like we just have that, that, and we're just always just competing. And then again, obviously, you know, he wasn't on the team with us last year. I think what he brings at the table with being a vet is that he's like a plug and play guy. You know, he knows, he's been in those scenarios before.

2:56:05He's played with guys like Penae when he was with Detroit. So obviously, he's just being able to talk to him and how this is how it was when I was setting with Penae. This is how it was. I was saying to C-Hawks, these are the different things that I can do that mirror some things. Like in your game, how you set, and I'll talk to him about what I like to do in certain scenarios, and how his set can sort of match that. Does that make sense? So I think he adds a lot. What's the longest you've stayed after until you've been? To the point where Sean Coucher's like, you guys got to go. You guys should go. You know, we're not trying to break any rules around here. But you know, but it's just me and him just going, and he loves it. You know, so and even us starting to do it, we started to get other guys in the O line that tried to hop in. On our competition for fun, but only matters what be Evan. It's just, I'm just beating you, you know. So it was fun.

2:57:11CalShe's own CEO says it himself. And he has two thirds of people on CalShe lose money. So what does it take to be in the other third? You have to do extensive amount of research to be good. There are people that spend copious amount of money, time, resources, energy. They've dedicated their lives to basically becoming good at it. All that and still. And yes, two thirds of people on CalShe lose money. lose money. That's CalShe in their own CEOs words. Go to www.fairpredics.com to learn more. Hi, this is Dave Roberts. Heading into summer without a medical emergency kit, that's a risk. Summer colds can linger and getting sick on vacation can derail everything. That's why everyone needs a medical emergency kit. It includes doctor prescribed medications to treat common and serious illnesses. So if you wake up sick, at home or on the road, you already have what you need. It's like having an urgent care and pharmacy at home. Say $45 with code blue at urgentcarekit.com slash blue. Urgentcarekit.com slash blue.

2:58:12CalShe's own CEO says it himself. And he has two thirds of people on CalShe lose money. So what does it take to be in the other third? You have to do extensive amount of research to be good. There are people that spend copious amount of money, time, resources, energy. They've dedicated their lives to basically becoming good at it. All that and still. And yes, two thirds of people on CalShe lose money. lose money. That's CalShe in their own CEOs words. Go to www.fairpredics.com to learn more. And there's a lot of people in Iraq. So you have special business needs. So considering that everybody kind of made that decision, obviously, with the talent you have, just kind of, it feels like there's a little bit of buy-in there with that. Yeah, I think this is probably the biggest year. This is better than last year. And even though having a great year last year, it's just that the buy-in is just, it's unimaginable how good that we want to be. Like we want this back. And I think all of us coming together and all of us coming back this year,

2:59:13it's just, it's a group understanding that we want to come and we're handling business. There's nothing more than just business. Statistically, I mean, you look, I think you guys are going to be allowed 20 points last year. There's not a lot statistically you could do to get better. So where improvements can you guys make to really kind of get to that level? I think the improvement that we need to do, I mean, playing good throughout the year, but when the big games come, we got to play. I mean, that's the way it has to be the best. We can't rely on anyone else. It has to be the defense that really runs the show, have time, have the offense. Got to carry them all back and have them do what they do. And they'll have to worry about us, like letting up points or anything like that. So definitely big games we have to come. Yeah, definitely feels like a big difference. We just got a lot of guys. We got a lot of good special talent. And you know, you just got to find a way to get these guys on the field. And it's just having a lot of new guys. We got to definitely bring them in and definitely find like, find a gel with them, get a chemistry with them.

3:00:15And it's just really defense close to them. We were last year and that's why my main goal is. He's just a worker. He's been working for as long as he's been here. And he's just, you know, keep trying to find ways to get better every single day. And I just wanted to think he's out of ploddle for. I'm going to go with Jackson here. He's very passionate. He's very passionate about getting this back. You know, he just, he has in his heart. And being a kid from a house, just like me, is just having a passion for one to win. Like you're playing for the Ohio State University. You want to win. You don't want to have to have to settle for anything less. What you've seen from him in the second half of the last season. He really seems like things really put for him down the stretch in that Minnesota game. Yeah. It's missing in Missouri. Oh, yeah. I think he just, I mean, he just had to be bought in. I mean, as a unit together, we just wanted to do better. We wanted to be better. Every single game.

3:01:15And I feel like he just understood that. And every time he went in, he just knew that we were playing for each other. So he went out there and he played. He stopped thinking, stopped thinking less than just going. And he just played and the play showed out for him. Is it hard as a player to, I guess, get to that place where the game comes natural if you're not thinking so much on field? Oh, yeah. I think it definitely comes with experience. I mean, usually players play better towards the end of the season because they have more experience than being out there. So when you play more, you usually know more what's going to happen. So it's either it'd be easier to be out there rather than thinking at most of the time. Thank you, Doc. There you go. I'll just ask the central Ohio guy just, what does this mean? I mean, you're here in the third or fourth year. What does it mean for you to take pride in what school you are? It's a special feeling to me. And it feels like I have the whole city on the back on my back. Just being able to be out here and just, it's a blessing to be playing for the Ohio State University. So I mean, why the cherish every single day just a tree like my last. The third year under Coach Roles, do you guys feel like you got the defense internalized

3:02:21and know every fit of what you need to know, I guess? Yeah, I think being the third year, I mean, the defense is just like, right now it's just fine to tune a little things. I mean, everything we're stuck, we're very glue. We're glue with everyone with all the plays and stuff like that. So we just fine tune a little things that we can get better at and pretty much just bringing in. With anything new that we have, just bring it in and really bring it together. So I think we're good. People look at you and Tylie, because the main guys inside, but you are some of the other guys that really start to come on. They're going to be giving you guys some extra playing time, I guess this year. I think a lot of the guys are really pushing forward to a tree playing. A lot of interior guys like Hero, K McDonald, guys like that will, some of the other guys back there. They're really pushing into play. I mean, anybody in a defense line could play right now. I feel like us together together as a union and make each other better every single day that's what's going to make everyone. Because we're trying to get this year to everybody to play. Everybody needs to play. Good.

3:03:21Thanks a lot. Hey, well, Ty, you want to ask you just first of all, just, you know, what do you feel like you can do this year as a fifth year guy to take your game to the next level? Right now it means just stepping into a fifth year of being here a while. It's a leadership role. I feel like being a leader in here, I really have to push the younger guys and really have to step up for the mean. I've been here a long time, so I feel like really elevating the guys to below me, really making them better. If I they can play just as good as I can play, then we're going to be unstoppable. How does it help you play at the top of that when you have so many veterans around you guys that you've played for so long? It helps us because it just has the chemistry thing. So it's being together for so long. I mean, being in the system for so long is like natural. So we go out there. We don't have to think too much. We just go out there and play because we know we got each other. For you, was it an easy decision to come back for another year? Did you have to think about it? Definitely had to think about it a little bit, but I think all of us coming back, we all had to understand that. We still have something here. We need to finish this unfinished business that we need to take care of.

3:04:21What are the biggest things that you feel like you can do this year to help yourself get to that next longer? Definitely think just playing harder, just having more experience to be out there and playing the game, and being out there more, and just refining my technique and stuff like that, just being to be out there and make more place. I mean, just being in the right position at the right time. Does that defensive line in the hole like what do you guys have specific goals for yourself this year? How do you think you can get better as a unit? Right now, we don't have specific goals. Right now, like I said, we're working on technique. We're working on the little things because the little things are in the big thing. Right now, we're just trying to get the small and the fine detail refining because we're going to go out there and we're going to need those again in the game. You mentioned your leadership. How have you seen the depth behind you start to develop this? Definitely coming together. There's a lot of guys. There's a lot of guys really growing up and pushing the ranks right now. I mean, as I said, anyone could play. I mean, just the way they work every single day. Any guy could come in and play in a position.

3:05:21Is there anyone who's really jumping out to you so far with spring? I mean, all the guys are jumping out. We've only been two practices so far, but I think all the guys are really working. It's like a group unit that everybody is pushing hard. Thanks, Ty. Thanks, Ty. Thank you. All right. I don't know where Jay ran off to, but that leaves me for you. Pastor. You have a play in an in-game. They both played both positions in your defense and their college careers. Does it really matter in what you pull those two then? If they can both play both, you've got Jordan and Islam. Yeah. Is that even, like, I don't know. Yeah, you do because you have specific job responsibilities within those. But they become more interchangeable and fluid in how you can function with those pieces. It's not like a true strong or a free safety. Those guys are able to compliment each other and you have more flexibility within your packaging to put those guys in position and make plays. Yeah. What have you seen for Jay? He's a time.

3:06:21We saw him on Saturday running with the ones. What have you seen? It seems like he's making a little bit of his opportunity with the pieces. Yeah, he's been a guy that's been on the rise. He's been on the rise from where he was when he started spring ball to where he is now. He's made more plays at practice. His eye discipline is better. His understanding of the defense is better, which allows you to be able to play free and be able to play fast. So that's what I've seen so far and I expect that to continue. What about Jay and we play in how scene you're in for dressing? He's been great. He's been great. He first off, we do a thing where we track. How well you run to the ball every practice. One of the things that we grade. You can talk about all the schematics that you want. Coach Noel has all that. But if you're not running to the ball, you're not playing good defense. So we track that and he's one of the guys that every single practice is one of our highest grade guys running to the ball. So he's been awesome from an effort standpoint first attitude. He's in early. He puts the work in and he's made a bunch of plays out here. So now I'm excited about Jay on the client for sure. You're talking about running to the ball. You mean like he's ball hockey really well in the back end or is it a nose for the football running game or both?

3:07:21Yeah, so we're really tracking effort and how hard a guy's playing from there is what we do. But I would say this too. He's been around the ball a lot. Right with his alley running and he's downing the ball and on a break through run or fitting gaps and things like that. And then he's got really good range in the post for the half to. So he's done a good job of both of those things. I guess all the above. Yeah. Yeah, I do. I do. And you know, it's been an opportunity for you have a couple guys that are out there. So you're able to continue to grow the depth and be able to see what guys can do and you have increased reps from that standpoint. So I do feel confident. You know, I feel confident in the guys that, you know, how they've performed so far this spring. And then the guys that haven't been out there, I feel confident from what their abilities are, what I've seen on film. And then the mental preparation from that standpoint. Now I would go back to refer to, you know, what late than was like a couple years ago and taking that same blueprint. Yeah, he's done. I would say the mental side. I would say the mental side.

3:08:21I would say if you took, he has really good physical skills. You see him when he walks on the field. I mean, he's a, yeah, no doubt. I would say the mental side of the game, right? Really understanding what's the defense? What's my eye progression? Where do I fit into this chess piece? You know, what's my chess piece in this whole match that's happening? And yeah, I've been pleased with him and he's putting the work in to make sure that he understands what's going on. As a coach, what is it like working with him? I wouldn't say we're not saying it's great, right? And because his preparation is so high level, it challenges you as a coach to be an elite teacher, right? Because he's going to be on his game. He's like coaching a professional player, right? He understands the concepts in the game so well. He's put so much time into it. As a coach, you better be matching or equaling that, right? Going above and beyond that, because if not, he's going to be a step ahead of the coach, right? So that's, it's been awesome to be able to push each other to make each other better.

3:09:21He's got a great understanding and feel for the game. He's a great young man. The work ethic is really high level. So every value that you would look for, not just for a skill or entangible thing, but who he is as a person. I can't say enough about who Caleb Downs is. It's been awesome. What's the next step for you to wait for, man? We'll talk about the preparation that Caleb has. What's the way of coming back from your final? Yep. And also coming back from injury. Look, what do you want to see from him? Maybe it's leadership. Maybe it's on the field. I don't know. What is it for you? Yeah, I think leadership is definitely something, right? He's a guy that's been there, done that. He has accomplished a lot, but not the goals that he wants to yet. So I would say from a leadership standpoint, holding guys accountable, and he's done that at a really high level. And then his own preparation. I've been impressed with, you know, if you're not taking as many physical reps, what are the mental reps that you're taking? And he's done a really good job of having daily routine, putting the time in, making sure that he's conscious of everything. So I would say the off the field stuff is a step in the right direction. What did you take away from your experience life?

3:10:22You as a coach, or a nerd, that since we last saw it tonight, you've been through multiple spring practices. What did you learn something in your time, or what for you as a coach that you brought here to bring the safety of your injury? Yeah. I think that you learn different ways to be able to do things, whether it's taking the ball away or tackling methods, or the way that it's taught from other defensive coaches, so to learn from a different tree and thought process and philosophy, I try to, I pride myself on being a teacher, which means that you better always be learning, right? Or you're getting behind. So I would say, yeah, just different ways to be able to maybe do similar techniques or things that have to be done from a defensive principle standpoint, and then bringing that to the table. As you step back and you say, okay, here's how I've always done it, or I've done it in the gym-null system right, and then you're in a different defensive system, and how does that get executed, and then you can blend some of those or pick what you like from there. So a chance to reflect that, say. Did you feel like you accomplished what you wanted to do away from the gym-null system to bring it back to the gym-null system?

3:11:23Yeah, I mean, I think any time that you're, no matter where you're coaching, right, you have principles of defense and a way to be able to play defense, whether you're how you tackle or how you play the red zone, or different things like that, and there's metrics to be able to track that, and some improvement was made. Not enough of my opinion, you only move, there were strides from that standpoint, and then, yeah, when you come back into it, you say, okay, the system here has developed in a year that I was gone, right, and then maybe I'm able to develop a little bit as a coach too, and from a positional coach or a coordinator mindset, things like that, and then you're able to mesh ideas and come back, and you learn, hey, what's the new that's happened over a year, and then I was able to see the big 10 from the different lengths as well, you know, so I think that's valuable. Man, it's a lot of people are down a few safeties on Saturday. How do you feel about your depth of that position right now? Yeah, it's something that, you know, we've addressed and say, hey, here's the guys that have played, here's the guys that haven't played, who's taking the reps right now, and how do we grow those guys, you know, from a mass standpoint? So I think that's a work in progress every single day. So I've been pleased with the guys,

3:12:24I think there's been a, you know, a steadily on the rise approach from everybody in the room, you know, so I've been pleased with the guys and the progress that they've made, so I feel good about it, and I expect that to continue throughout spring, and then continue throughout summer and into fall camp, you know, from that standpoint. Yep. For some of those guys that haven't played much here, but you're seeing they're going to move this spring. Yeah, Jayden Bonz was taking advantage of the opportunity that he's had, Jalen McClain's taking an opportunity, you know, advantage the opportunity. Inky had a really good day today, you know, it's taking advantage of the opportunity. So the guys that, you know, are taking reps, you know, I'm pleased with watching those guys, you know, continue to progress, you know. And the Caleb, I think, is, you know, learned our system and done really well and gotten better every day. All right, man, thank you. Thanks. Appreciate it, guys. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. The game, the intensity, you know, I've said it a thousand times, he doesn't get incrementally faster or stronger, the game mentally slows down for him so he can use his skill set that way. So what is that we're talking about? That's his weight, that's his strength. Because those numbers are going up, so he can play with more pillar strength,

3:13:25he can play more contact, he can play more comfortable, even though his 40 time didn't go from a 50 to a 48. How have you seen Seth act away themselves into that? Very easy to believe. He just jumped right in. Unbelievable job, both ways of him just coming in with shelving the ego that he really had none and walking in and saying, I'm walking into a room as we told him we recruit him, like, you're coming into a room, a bunch of good dudes. And then our good dudes are good dudes. He came in and there was no, it's like, you're here, here's how we do, here's how we operate, and let's go. And so that learning curve for all those, whether it's a high school mid-year guy or a veteran mid-year guy, it transfers in, there's a learning curve there, just circling back to what we had, natural maturation a little bit, because he's been through a little bit of spring boys, been through a little bit of camps. So you're still learning the terminology, you're learning a new skill set, but he just dove right in and wanted to be a sponge and wanted to learn, he's doing a good job, and he's improving every day. So that's what's making the battle and the competition, all these great snaps really good for us

3:14:26is because they all have that mindset. So from Seth, awesome, the unit in the group, awesome, because there was no combativeness to it. It was, let's get in, let's go on this compete and then let the guys win. Justin, what about Luke said the skill set made you guys what you put in the card line? Just learning the same deal, all the young guys you come in, you gotta learn how to play in friction. So having three tech, having two eye, having those guys like right in front of you, that every time you take one of those reps and you're out of your base or you're in your base, you feel the good, you feel the bad. So being more consistent that way, you can't make moves or shift guys if they're not mentally there. And so for him, he's got a pretty good football FQ. So he's continuing, he's growing every day, he's working and he's getting beat every day too, and he's learning from those, you know, it's on the spring time. You know, we have a saying in our room, we're like, in the spring, it's Justin, it's no. And I know it's KNOW. Why didn't the rep work? What happened? And how do I make sure I don't repeat the same mistake? And so whether he's coming in and watching the tape on his own and then come with questions, he's grabbing me and watching tape with me

3:15:26or we're coming doing stuff as a unit. He's learning so that same deal the game can slow down and he gets more comfortable there in friction. So I mean, his weights up, his strengths up, he's spending all of his season with Mick. You know, there's a lot of development that still has to be had. Obviously not a finished product, but being able mentally for a guy to handle that, you know, helps a lot. Luke, is he just seems kind of like a leader? Luke, a leaner guy? Did you tell him that? He paid you to say that? He did not pay me to say it, but I will say it. That might be the first time he ever heard that in his life. No. No, you know, like Luke Carson, whoever maybe, that jump of 18 to 19 to 19 to 20 year old kid, that plays a lot into it too. Being in a full year with Mick, I mean, all those guys, you coming at mid, you're like your Devo and Dion and Ian more right now.

3:16:30You're keeping your head above water. That's your whole first year. Now you can actually get and we can sit. So when you sit and talk about a jam combo or a lock or whatever the call may be to Luke, he registers that and I like something new, because then there's paralysis by analysis. So I think the mental part on top of another year, natural maturity, you're getting bigger and stronger, that's always going to help. You're not going to, guys here, they're not going to regress. It's going to keep adding progress and how fast can we get that going? That's what we're working on every day with him. So Josh said that he would have been all guard to this point. And Coach Day is mentioning this several times that Josh could play guard too. And you guys are trying to work through that, Friar. Josh could play all five. I mean, he snapped the ball in high school. You know, Josh had a great off season. But for you when you're going, you're spring and it's fact finding and experimentation. How much do you want to put them in different spots or not? Because you also have an eye on August to try and settle on five-minute rotation. What's the balance of that for you? You have to get a really good, great,able set so that everybody has numbers of,

3:17:33you know, just like we said before, how many times have we done a run blocking or pass blocking in this situation? So that that all evens out. So that's the, it's not experimentation. It's just making sure that you get a good book of work to look at and grade that. So as we, you know, work guys around the platoons and go just to make sure that everybody gets good, greatable reps so we can sit back by the end of spring and say, all right, this is your comparing apples to apples and oranges oranges. And not, you know, apples to oranges because it's completely different that way. So that's kind of the thought behind that as you're going through the spring. When you got here a couple years ago, because I was a full-duty, a couple of years from now, Chip Kelly is going to be here as an offensive coordinator. What would you say? That'll last. You know. But then I said, you know, it's college football. So who knows, right? What's up in like, I'm sure you're enjoying it. What's up in like, yeah, I mean, he just added to another piece of just good people here. I mean, you still, you're coming to work here with the guys every day, you know, with the kids we talk about a thumb, but then for us as coaches as staff. So adding just another good dude that's in the room.

3:18:35Obviously, as he says something and, you know, he might speak in old terms or terms that we had, you know, maybe be a little bit of a rosetta stone. Like, no, no, this is this. He's like, yeah, that's right. Because that happens to all coaches. That happened to me when we got here. First, I was at Coach Day sometime with Ryan. And it's like, you know, what do we call this? Because he was in a system like that before. And he's like, oh, this is this now. So I think just the, you know, translation of a rosetta stone there helped. But just overall standpoint of adding a great guy that's a great coach that's been around. He's going to supplement the room. And every time you add something new to the room, then that makes the room better. It makes you individually better. Oh, look how he does that. Maybe I could do that. Maybe I could bring that to my meeting room. Maybe I can bring that to communication to the staff or to the kids or whatever it is. Because he's, he's done it for a long time. And he's done it a high level for a long time. So it's good to add that guy to us. And then continue as us to rest the staff for me and Brian and Key and everybody just learning and growing with that. What is he brings to me? Kind of specifically, Jeff. I mean, does he from a talent standpoint?

3:19:35Does he see things? Sometimes, if others don't see, I mean, does he, I mean, you know, what does he kind of brings from the chalkboard aspect of things? Well, I mean, what you're saying. So what does he see? It's good to have fresh eyes come in that maybe, you know, you're getting a routine and you're getting a rhythm and all of a sudden. People feel like certain aspects of like the running game, things like that. Football. You know, he's one of those guys that I think goes into categories. He's forgotten a lot of football and some people have learned in their life. But no, his, I believe he coached every position on the field both sides of the ball. There's whole career. So as he looks up and he writes when he's talking about, well, this will linebacker's going to do that. Then he might have coached that at Columbia, right? Or this is what the three techs going to read on the down block of a tackle. Because he's coached the offensive line and he's been a coordinator for a long time. So just a really good vision of big picture, understanding and, you know, the next step. And not just being right now, yeah. What does that stick? If you had a theme or whatever, this spring, because I mean, this seems kind of like a,

3:20:36not to make it a break in time for him. The time to step up, it's stepping. This point was nobody cares. Nobody cares what, you know, what struggles you have or whatever you got to go out there and feel like you get the job. It's a life play. If you know, she think different about tech, what do you see about tech? Yeah, he's competing his butt off. I mean, he's kind of living that way. You know, that's why we have that, the, the, the red line over there. When you cross the line, you know, coach, they talk about that here, like the, it's, it's the game doesn't care. You're off the field. You got to come out and step out and do your job. It doesn't care about anything off the field, right? That can sound really negative and harsh. But then it also, if you just spin your tone, like, isn't it beautiful that the game doesn't care? It doesn't care that your skin color, your socioeconomic background, where you've come from. If you just want to do it the right way in the 53 and a third, the game will love you back. You know, so I think it's the approach mentally that guys take that way. So yeah, for Tegrit, he's, he's taking that approach. Like he, he wants... CalShi's own CEO says it himself.

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3:23:41So when he makes a mistake, he's trying to correct it when he does it well. He's trying to enhance it. And that's what competitive people do and that's what he showed up to do. So that's good that he said that. What's his comment on the field been like as a center? It is not difficult when you're coming into a new offensive line to have that. Or is there something innate about the center position? If you've been experienced at it, like he has where you kind of have that. I guess a command on field over with any offensive line. So I should say it over and start over again. You're saying the comfort of center with who now? Seth. Yeah, I'm saying like how is his ex command of the field been? And has it been difficult, I guess, to adjust for him if he's to have a certain level of on field command? Yeah, I mean, the on command is just great communication getting everybody on the same page. Yes, having a bunch of banked reps helps. But then when you do come into a new offense, just like we talked, you know, with Chip a little bit earlier. You know, he might have called it yellow and we call it green or something. I don't just make it stuff up, but the transition of that in your head to get going with that.

3:24:44But yeah, the comfort of having a ball on your hand, having a guy, I mean, you talk about acclimation of football. Like play one handed and have, you know, tie leak this far from your face. You better have command of something, you know. And so you got to understand the communication and the technique and those things there. So yeah, I think him coming into a new place, the game's not as fast as it probably would be for a younger guy. But also there's mistakes there that he can learn from and grow from. And the same day, he's, you know, the one thing we're not having concerns with, and we're not driving right now, is the guys just competing and trying to get better after a mistake. Or like we said, we're enhancing as they've done some stuff really well. And he's adapted to that really well. So he's from Hall Center. This spring is, isn't the same for Sam. And how do you assess their building by Center versus Guard? Could they do both? They both have been repping at center. Yeah. For the competition aspect, could they roll out and play Guard? Yeah, probably both of them could.

3:25:45How do you assess that? You just got to give them a bunch of guard reps. But if you send guys out too much that way, then that's not good coaching, you know. So we got a good plan with everybody. Those two guys included as we're moving ahead. But yeah, they've been really working at center position right now, both of them. Would you ask about Josh Sanjaro? No, I have it. He obviously came after spring practice next year. How does that seem down here in the series? How has he been in this spring? It kind of speak to how what the challenge must have been for him last year, or not having spring practice stepping in playing that position here in the experience for a back. Yeah, same. He's been here not even a full year yet. So coming in the summer, doing what he did, coming in through the fall. And then now, I mean, the same with him. Sound like a broken record. I think the game's slowing down for him. Those mistakes that may have showed up or the questions that he had through the fall. And as we got going through the season, those are starting to erase a little bit, which is good. You know, his communication level is just talking more.

3:26:45That's probably the best thing that he's done so far. He's a highly, highly talented guy. We're just developing that skills and discipline and does go into communication. So as he communicates and talks, that's probably the biggest thing I've seen from him, which I think, you know, volume and communication equals confidence. And so he's playing much more confident right now. He obviously has talent. He also would have a few plays of game or, you know, the penalty or whatever. Have you seen him reduce those? A bunch. Yes. Coach, thank you very much. Thank you, sir. Thanks, guys. Thanks. Thank you. Thank you, Chef. You made my bare fans. Thanks, Chef. I understand. All right, folks, we will come back when. Communication, I think that's about the big thing. Like the mental big game, where you gotta be able to, you know, call it out, like the pressure might come and stuff like that. So it's a winnest and goal. I'm serious about the two-hour run. Good, good, Brian. Coming to the summer. If it's start, right? How you feel spring? Is there a level of understanding how?

3:27:45Coach, is it what he wants to do as players? And how do you like it? Down better than the football teams? Folks, we have Dallin, Hayden, not the 20. Yeah, who wants just 100% effort and just work hard? Like, obviously, like, there's more to it. But those are the things that he wants to do. He wants to play fast, play physical. That's the summer I pick at every day. Coming out here gets the best to go for. I don't know. He's all a four-dog. You go back and ask him, is it almost like you can have any of that? Yeah. All of them. You're throwing me all the stuff out of the adjust to? I don't know if it's that. That's a great, Barney's good. Definitely, but I kind of... When I come in here, I knew Coach Fry and staff, they were going to definitely like, scold me into the player. Yeah, they scold me into that. Yeah, like, they know that, like, like, Skolk. Oh, Skolk. Yeah. Like, just kind of make me into that type of player. I mean, the development factor from Coach Fry, I mean, getting these, like, I didn't even... It's like magic almost. So, I mean, I'm just kind of keep going with him and... It's keep riding with him. Yeah. Having his free practice, having his son,

3:28:46or all that stuff, is a common factor of the future. I guess we'll see. I mean, I'm going to keep picking that in. Sure. We'll see what we need. One of my players, coaches, and scribes, and three that. First of all, you're free with that? What do you think you're doing? I guess... Yeah, I would say sure, but I mean, I can't really take credit for something like that. It's the man above, kind of, put that in my juice. How much is running game changing? New Onts, whatever you want to call it, with Chip Kelly in charge? What if you noticed this little bit, little new Onts, is her stuff? I mean, maybe like little things. I mean, little things add up to big things, right? Yeah, I mean, yeah. Yeah, where do you think you guys were lacking at some point last year, in certain, some of those matchups? I mean, it was a whole new line, so I mean, I know the side came a few times with each other, but other than that, it was... I mean, it was a hard game, nothing's going to be like, for sure, what's going on? You know, you can have some part time.

3:29:47Did Missouri test y'all about as well as anybody? Just about, yeah. Yeah, they were pretty good. What did you know coming out of there, y'all had to get fixed? To be honest, I felt like we just tried to go out there and just play hard. Like, obviously, you know, number six was a really good player, so we just started making sure keeping either back to as much as possible, so that's what we should try to go through. It's a sniper game a little bit, Josh, wouldn't you do well when you saw the first round of those? It's just a sniper dancing. Yeah, so as a left tackle, like, after like, you know more jobs, make sure nobody gets to the quarterback, and that's something I try to do, make sure nobody kind of get around me or go through them or anything, just keep the quarterback thing out of here, there's a lot more, you gotta be able to do a lot of play, you know, more people in the run and stuff like that. That's probably one of the biggest things, not sure if the quarterback is going to run this way. What block did you, how was it essentially, something that you were doing? Yeah, so I mean, we got, I mean, we have a maybe deal I'm going to go through, but it's always twist in and stuff like that, so in the run, no twist too, so you just kind of like, I guess you just got a really state technically sound, that's somewhat I'm trying to do in the run.

3:30:47Josh, if you're going to get Mitchell Melton much this spring and stuff, what stands out about him, obviously, he came back from a couple of knee injuries and stuff, but what's just jumped out at you back then? Yeah, you wouldn't even know he had the two knee injuries, I mean, he's so, like the way he rushes, it's so, like, it's his signature rush, like it's something that you can't, it's probably the hardest person I've had to block here, if I'm being honest, like he's very twitchy, great with his hands, amazing get off, he has that sneaky power, like if you're not really like, setting for it, he'll get you, so. And I want to get your take, you know, you came here from San Diego State, your center, the guy's transferred in Seth McLaughlin, whether he starts or not, we'll see, right or no, he's from Alabama. He's an amazing you have college football teams who are put together anymore, because he could be a key thing, and what does that just tell you about the game these days? I mean, yeah, I mean, it can go anywhere, I mean, like Seth is a great player, I mean, he tells me like, you know, stuff that they did differently, I bet on stuff like that, and I try to take some of like,

3:31:48maybe some advice he has, because he's been, you've been a college football player longer than me, so. Yeah. Yeah, he seems like a grown up, didn't he? Yeah, he comes across it way then. Yeah. What's the line of the line that you're asking last year to go over on new pieces? What's the line of the line? Play fast, play physical. I mean, there's obviously more that we're working on, and we're learning like, each other to be honest, I guess, you know, the right side is like kind of like going a little bit, I mean, not with fire, but like, you know, we have like some people that compete. I mean, we're all competing, I know I am, and stuff like that. So I just, we're just trying to play hard in play. How true most of the way through this, we're just, how helpful is, how, necessarily, really is spring, how to have it? Yeah, I, it's very necessary, especially when you kind of got a new OC and stuff like that, you can get, it's best to kind of get, you know, comfortable with the scheme now, then maybe like, close the camp, because then like in like a few weeks in the year, you've got to be going, so. I mean, Don, he's like, dude, I owe Don and I, like, he's an amazing player.

3:32:55He gives me like, inside of him just, but it's like Notre Dame. I've never been like more nervous for a game than Notre Dame. I mean, I just kind of talked to him, he said, we got it. Keep doing what you do, and we got to, we got to put W. Probably a lot of, yeah, especially. All right, Josh, thank you for the hard work. The, the everything with, you know, people just trying to talk to you, saying, you saw the word, soft and sack, we're commenting on my girlfriend's post of, yeah, and it's all out great things. It's kind of crazy to see, but at the same time, like, understand their passion for us to win. So I get that. You think you were bad? I didn't think it was some my standard. I thought I was thinking too much and not playing. And I've deleted my social media. So I got other people who can fill my social media now. So I don't, I don't do any of that.

3:33:56Any of that. So. The same line. You're obviously was from both youth and a whole unit, like, and improvement over course of last season. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Did it feel like that to you and did it change any of the process in this going into? Yeah, no, I think the con Bowl was a little different because Matt moved the center. So like, it was kind of a new piece to the puzzle, I guess you could say. It was difficult because you're trying to get comfortable and you get comfortable with Carson as center and then they change it to Matt. But I mean, the cotton bowl was kind of a learning curve for all of us with Matt being at center. Did it? The same thing that did it. Did it feel like it all wiped? You guys said, getting back all those progress you had made over course of year. Did it add to kind of a chip on the shoulder or what you guys had to prove still coming into the future? I think the second one you said the chip on the shoulder. Because I mean, the defense locked it down that game and we didn't produce anything. We went back and watched it and feel like this isn't good enough as we're on standard.

3:34:58You can say it was not like a movie after the game you watched it. Yeah, immediately. Yeah, like after this practice, how to go immediately watch it, break it down, talk to the try, talk to Donnie, all those guys to see what they're seeing, how it could improve on this and stuff like that. What was kind of the feeling of watching it that first time? Rewatching that game? For me, I usually watch myself and then on whole entire oftentimes. For me, I didn't like it. I thought it was disgusting for my performance and then for the offense line, I thought we just should have cleaned it up a little bit more than what it was. Did you think you'd like a more, a little bit? Yeah, I guess you could say that. How many free runners have more, you know, maybe? Yeah, yeah. It was just like, because you're on your guy and it's like, what the hell is going on? Like what's happening back there? Because you don't have the eyes in your back your head. Yeah. Hey, of Tegr was just here a minute ago. I was just going to pick your Tegr ago. There's a big time off in the blind.

3:35:58Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And he said basically an approach to this spring or whatever. He's nobody cares. Nobody cares. You know, what you're going through, what your challenges might be, et cetera. Yeah. What have you seen this different about him? I think his approach is approach to coming on the field practicing and not just taking another rep, just going and emphasizing that specific rep. Like, okay, I got to get to my spot and I got a punch. Yeah. That is what's improved so much about it. I like your hat too. I'm a big golfer. Yeah. I know. I know. I'll work just for you. Did you go there? Yeah. I'm a volunteer at the USO. Oh, that's sick. Are you going out to Pinehurst? Oh, yeah. That's sick. Yeah. Number two. I'm a... Yeah. I like going and watching the Memorial too. Yeah. I'm a big golfer. I love golfer. Hey, get back to Tegr though. Yeah. What could he have raised being in this depth pool here for you guys? I think it could be huge. He steps up in plays and I think Tegr could be a big time player.

3:37:03He just got to get, like he said, taking that approach to the field and being a professional every single day will help him be the person who's going to be... Yeah, and I got this request from somebody else to ask you. Who are your top five foods? Jerry. Top five foods. Oh, God. Am I on a diet? Like in my in football or is it like I'm 40 years old and... No, it's like you can't say you don't give a damn. You can't say you wanted without gaining any calories. Okay, so I'm going to go restaurants. I'm not going to go food. I'm going to go number five would probably be waterbigger. Number four would be Hardies. Three. Drop three were sitting. That was two. I don't know. I like sitting down. Domino's is number three. Number two is McDonald's and number one's in and out. What about barbecue heaven and a couple of more than King of Pharaohs? Oh, yeah. That one was good too. Yeah. I like that one.

3:38:03I don't know. I guess I'm not a big barbecue guy because I have it so much. You talk about, you know, thinking too much on the field and not just playing. How do you get better? I think just comes with more of watching the game, breaking it down in the film room and then on the field when you're playing, you're just constantly going through it and then like, all right, just play. If this happens, I don't care. Just go and go hard. Is there something I guess you could do mentally reset? Just set yourself in that next game? Yeah. Yeah. There's a lot of things that go through your head, free snap, but at the end of the time, it's you versus him. And I'm just like, all right, this guy's not going to get there. Let's make sure I have to talk about run game differences. Jim here, like, what's the difference? What do you see there? What do you like? Yeah, he's creative. He's very creative in everything, overall, as a aspect of offense. I can't get too much into detail about that. Yeah. But Coach Kelly brings a new perspective and he's a great person and a great human being.

3:39:07Really, really, super good coach. All right, Josh. Thank you, buddy. Appreciate it. I'll turn around and you come in and just catch on the fly. It's time that takes a lot of time and attention. I'm just thankful for a great coach and staff and a great candidate around me. I'm guys you're back then starting off with a rock for those guys to cade. I think there's going to be an example of the way they're supposed to type blocking and being entitled here at Ohio State. And I've been this thankful to be able to have that example. Hey, fellas, what are you waiting at? 2,35, 2,40, what were you waiting for? I got 2,45. 2,45. What's it been like? What's it been like? What's it been like? Yeah, well, it's been great. He's been good. He's been good. And somebody that's came in, humble, and is ready to work. That's been the long words that I have for him. Not a minute, just many words, but he's here to work. And he's done just that. And I'm just going to have... You've learned a lot. You've learned a lot. You've learned a lot. That's kind of a piece of holy work. Like I know you guys worked on this. Sorry, tell you this. No, it's not. I didn't think that. That's what he's doing. You guys learned a little bit. You guys learned a little bit. You guys learned a little bit.

3:40:07Yeah, I think essentially that's the culture of our room. We come up with a ball of violent. We're looking as soon as hard as we can. We'll clean up the details up. And so that's kind of our mindset going into it. And uh... You went free to do fucking rock music. How hard is it to be a receiver? You used to be a receiver. So... Oh, you're... And they always do. Oh, you're doing a lot. What do you do to do it? Like, how hard is it to kind of change the perception? You're doing a lot. I know you guys don't pay attention to like, outside noise, but also... A lot of them seem to be just out of the context. Pretty good. Yeah, I'd say it starts off with like you kind of got to... It starts off with tuning out to the outside noise. And what other people have to say about it. And it's really good. I kind of look at it as if it's like a drop in a bucket. You know, if I got a big bucket, there's no one thing I'm going to do to make these bucket full. It's a daily thing where I put one drop in in a day. And you look back over a year, two years, three years. You look back and you're like, man, I've gotten a lot better. And so, like I said, I'm just very thankful for the event.

3:41:08The guys that I have around me push me very hard. And I'm just thankful. You mentioned that the development is part of TEDx. What was the book challenging part of you to me? Know the thing is to the play. Yeah, I'd say definitely the size component. You know, you can't... You got to be someone that's, you know, wind, you got to be big, you got to be strong. You got to be fast. There's a lot of jobs that you have to do. It's a very asking job. You need to buck the bait for some of the biggest guys in the field. But also run routes off some of the smallest guys in the field. And so, I think this thankful just to be out here and do exactly that. What was it like to get that shot the other day for the pros counts? Run routes, kits, balls. Oh, yeah. Show off. Yeah, no, there's a good opportunity. I think some of the big, you know, region behind it, we're just kind of giving those guys out there that we're at. Pro-Day, we have limited numbers. So just get out there and give those guys a breather. But maybe the opportunity to get to go out there in front of scouts. I think that's a pretty good deal. And you're taking only a quarterbacks to this point. The quarterback battle is going on. What's been your take on Will, for example, get to know him.

3:42:08And then of course, David, I think the line said that we have a body around here is ironing, sharpening iron. So that's kind of like, it's not just one room. It's from top to bottom, it's the whole team. No matter what position you are, we're here to work. I think we're all here to make each other better. Whether it's in a quarterback room or tight-knit room, we're running back room. Offense for defense, coach for his coach. It doesn't matter. We're all just ironing, sharpening iron, especially this time of year in Spring Ball. We're not doing too much game planning for next week. Which we're really just spending this time to get better. And just build a good foundation for ourselves. It's something to work on, moving forward. If you've seen Will have it fitting in more and more, is the practice that's gotten on, you know, getting to know everybody and all that kind of thing. I mean, I've always been here for a while. I think it's time goes no matter where you are. You start to adapt and get used to what we have going on here. And so it's good to have... Thank you. Yeah. You're welcome. Thank you. What's it been like? Yeah.

3:43:08It's been a long time. What's it been like? Yeah. It's been a long time. Longing position. Yeah. It's been a long time. I'd say, when it comes to that, I think it's all the glory to the Lord. And I decided to give my life completely to the Lord a little over a year ago. And that kind of really changed my outlook on the way that I approach football. It's no longer something that I idolize, it's just something that I do. And I think the time of my life where I stopped, you know, compartmentalizing who God was in my life. God was something that I do on Sundays or something that I do in a Bible study. It went from what I do to who I am. And so now I embody that as who I am. And so some of the fruits of the spirit is peace, patience, and kindness. And so those are kind of the things that I've started to embody on this journey. I think it's easy to kind of compartmentalize football away from the world. It's football away from faith. But ultimately, it's all one. It's all one. So it's giving me a spirit of patience, peace, and joy with the guys around me. And so I'm just, I'm thankful. I'm thankful to be here. But being quite honest, I know for a fact, I wouldn't be where I'm at right now.

3:44:10And I know on the outside looking in, you know, I was like, you know, where are you right now? But I wouldn't be where I'm at right now if it wasn't for my relationship with the Lord. And so I really came into my life and you know, changed around for the better. G, what did you see from Bennett Christian last year? How did you know that suspension? And how did he work with that? Yeah, I think he did a great job. A lot of perseverance. I think that's no matter who you are, when you're kind of hearing news like that, that you're going to be out for a year, that's hard. No matter where you are. I'm really proud of him because he came up and he came to show up every single day. And he got better. He got better. The easy thing to do in that kind of situation is throwing the towel. Be like, man, you know, forget this or I'll get better next year. But I saw the drive at him. One thing I see in every day, he showed up and he got better. I'm proud of Bennett and I'm proud of this unit. I mean, yeah, I don't know.

3:45:10I don't really know how to answer that question because if you go from one unit to another unit, the moment you trade units, you're no longer in the unit you were initially in. So you're now a tight end. So I mean, chance of that question. I think the time that I went from in the receivary to the tight end unit is the moment I became a tight end. No, Kevin Wilson was my coach. Coach Leonard's not coach, now it's a receiver. It's just different. It's two different roles. I think I'd say to answer that question, the moment that I decided to come to play tight ends, the moment I couldn't tie it in. And so now over the years, I've gotten better at playing in the position. But the moment that I transferred over, I've been a tight end. And I'm excited to be a tight end. Another position I'd rather play. The buck-ass. Thank you, Gene. Yep. Yeah. Leaders and how we want this offense to look like in some of the ideas that we may have as well.

3:46:10So it's been a really cool transition. You talk about the transitions. You've heard all 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. Right. I think human nature is always... This message is brought to you by Avocado Matress. When you're shopping for a mattress, you can spend hours reading reviews and scrolling through photos. But the only way to truly know if a mattress is right for you is to feel it for yourself. That's why Avocado invites you to come lie down. Every Avocado Matress is got certified organic, assembled in our California facility with organic cotton wool and latex. No polyurethane phones, no fiberglass, certified made safe and EWG verified. It's a difference you can feel. So curl up. Try any of our Avocado Matresses in person at an Avocado Matress store. Or, 600 Premier Retail Locations Nationwide. Find out which of our five comfort levels is right for you.

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3:49:18All of everybody. It's been great working with all the quarterbacks. And I just have a mentality of not really being complacent. 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, you just want that consistency. You know what I mean? You want that something you could depend on, but life isn't always like that. So I've been reinvigorated because of just the energy that DQ brings in to 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. And I think the competition breathes the success because that is really where you, the iron truly sharpens the iron. So 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.

3:50:23So for myself, I'm just looking forward to continue to grow with the quarterbacks that we have. I mean, year six now, which is extreme blessing. And 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 I'm excited for another year. To us, it's looked like you're being more vocal on the sideline to help young guys. Exactly. 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. 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. I never wanted to tell guys what to do or be a yellow or things like that. When I say something, I wanted to have power. I wanted to have meaning. And I hope the guys would feel the same way if they were to ask them that question.

3:51:26Because I want to see all these guys win, man. It's hard to make it in this league and stay in a career. Anywhere I could help the receivers, the DBs, I'm talking to some alignment. Johnny who's rehabbing his foot. You know what I mean? 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 more 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. You 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.

3:52:31Hi. Good. Going back to what you were saying about Cliff and Vince, 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 details. 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 walkthrough. And then after that, we'll have another walkthrough. 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 the forces, it kind of separates guys in a sense that like one guy may study more than another guy. But when you have 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. I think you notice a lot of guys are playing a lot faster and more confident because he's keeping it simple.

3:53:35But 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 what'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 offseason, just the totality of change from front office players coaches, the turf field. What does 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 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. First thing that DQ said when he came here was, and it's first meeting like, if you love to compete, this is going to be the place for you. And I love it. You know what I mean? I love bags and going at it with the DBs every day.

3:54:37Like the little mundane stuff can seem a little boring. But I think that was where you make the gains during the offseason where you're really focused on. I'm going to give all I got for this day and I'm going to get better. And then I'm going to 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 given us breaks. We've had weeks off here and there that we can 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 what 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. So 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.

3:55:40But 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. Terri, you seem to spend many of your off seasons learning about things beyond football hobbies. What happy did you do it in this off season so far to hobbies or increase your knowledge of this world around you? Let's see the question. Play a lot of golf. That day just keeps my competitive juices flowing. Playing in the wedding. That's going well. And I've just been grinding like honestly, you know what I mean? I've been hungry this off season.

3:56:41Like 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 competing and feeling like everybody's on the same page. You know what I mean? Like, 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 and 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 and also like taking the next step and being somebody that our quarterbacks that can trust and believe in. So this off season was pretty simple for me. It was just really about, you know, working and grinding and getting better. And I've talked about Jayden before. If anything 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.

3:57:43Definitely. I think after the second or third crosser that he threw, I started telling receivers like, hey, you gotta get your head around. You know what I mean? Because again, each quarterback throws the ball, definitely 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 a man flattened off, they like to see you get open. For 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 a play today 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 that open form of communication from a rookie, I think is very rare. And I think it speaks to the confidence he knows who he is, but he's also not afraid to say when he's wrong. And he knows he needs room to improve. But his touch on the D ball is amazing. You know, I love getting extra reps after practice with him. We're just catching the top end of a D ball.

3:58:44That's big for me. You know, I mean, I get to track the ball over my shoulder and it's 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 all in 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 7 on 7. 7 on 7 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 and 2 minute drill, you're putting them in game like situations. And I'm looking them in his eye. I'm like, we play real ball now. Like we we we playing. You know what I mean? And you just see no no anxiousness in his game and his demeanor, which is extremely exciting. And 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.

3:59:46And 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 win. I'm in year six and you notice how fast it goes. And I try not to put the cart before the horse. We're 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 and the message is uniform and it speaks from the top down.

4:00:48And 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 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 offseason, 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 offseason really knowing we all got to do individually to 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. One of the funniest guys on the team right now.

4:01:48I think you're talking about really the week of trying to balance out with not getting too high on your emotions. How does that motivation for you show up on an idea that basically is what it gets? More preparation, more film. How does that look like for you? Yeah, it's just really an edge and everything you do, I feel like. And, you know, carrying that kind of pissed off mentality. I mean, obviously not letting it affect you in a negative way. But, you know, making it, you know, reminds you, hey, like, I'm going to go the extra inch here. I'm going to, you know, see if I can find something extra on film late at night. I'm going to, you know, go over this sheet again. Call the plays one more time. Like, all these little things that, you know, I just, you know, we just can't let that, what happened last time happened again. We were only on this week and I was talking about how you played back here football. You tend to be playing in the Rose Bowl. You grew up in big ten country. What does it mean to take part in this game? What does it mean to you, to kind of grow them up? It's a tell, man. It's crazy, you know, that God has blessed me and put me in this position to be here and be the quarterback in the Rose Bowl.

4:02:48You know, a game that I grew up watching every single year. Some unbelievable games that I've watched in the Rose Bowl, some classics. And just to be a part of it is a blessing. And I think we're all, we're all humbled to be here and we're all understanding of how unbelievable this opportunity is and we're not taking it lightly because, you know, again, it's a business trip. And, you know, the only thing that we're looking at is, you know, we win this game and we go on a playing top bowl. You know, it's really exciting. It's, you know, crazy that we're here and that we're a part of this, but, you know, can't let it be too big. You know, gotta go out there and play football. And you know, I think so. I think, you know, you go back and watch the film and, you know, I just didn't, you know, and I'm hypocritical in myself and I think we all are here. You know, but I just look at it and I'm like, man, I don't think anyone this year beat us. You know, I think we beat ourselves every time.

4:03:50And, you know, you watch and, you know, we had to turn over, you know, in our own 20-yard line. And they got the kick, you know, that's two possessions, it's the first half. And then, obviously, the way the game ended, like, and we're still one point away. And that's what, what hurts, and it was a hostile environment in their place. You know, I'm just thankful that, you know, I said this, this is the other day, but I'm just thankful that we get through it. Do you feel like, you know, if we look at back the two weeks ago, you're going to have a Tennessee, you feel like you're as accomplished by this movie. It may be one thing, you know, the two of us show that, you know, you're being put it all together. Yeah. What is your sense of the team from that aspect? Does it feel a little bit different? Yeah, I think, you know, a game like that, you know, and stills confidence in you guys, because it shows us we're capable of. But you can't be complacency, and it can never be comfortability, it has to be confidence and drive. And that's what it has to urge us to be like, man, like, we can do this. When we play it our best, I don't know if it was anyone in the country that can play with us, but we have to be on our game.

4:04:53We have to make sure that, you know, we can't let anything affect them. A lot of people can't do this. A lot of people can't do this. I'm not backing up to that. I feel like we need to be the evolution of this offense, because then we get on the show. What do you mean by this being an offense for my second? I just, you know, at the end of the day, I just want to keep the ball moving down the field, you know, getting in a rhythm. I think it's going to be big for us, and I think we did a really good job of that in the Tennessee game. We're weathering the storm a little bit early, and there are a couple of early calls that we got to fail to sound in that game. I kept this going, but regardless, we kept the drive going. For me, keeping us on schedule, taking care of the ball, and making sure that we can bird on third down in our situation we did. You know, if we do all that stuff, obviously for me, you know, I want to be these guys, you know, and drive the machine, because we got, when we're on our stuff, we're on our stop. So we just got to make sure that we finish our preparation right, these last few days, and go out there and put our best work.

4:05:53Thank you. Thank you, guys. You come out this way. I'm talking about this, you know, just recently. I'm talking about how what I want to do for the runners. I want to bring that home energy, the He-Brow, right? So last year, of course, I'm sure you've been doing for years, but the year when I spent my own, he brought a lot of energy, excitement, happiness in the room, which is his natural energy, to where I was able to focus on, you know, I didn't have to make sure other guys were, you know, feels the type of way when they came in here, because hump brought that. And I've a hump not here, but I saw when he did for a room, I want to be that guy who makes sure I was an amptical practice. Everybody's, I want to take him to a field team on a period, you know, until a low day, or something, you know, it's a different, but like, I want to make it feelin' home-to-home. I want to bring that, because that's what me and hump did to each other, who had each other do, like, to be walk, or blip.

4:06:57So I want to do that, I want to bring that energy, I want to make bring more guys, you know, to do that. I want to do that from day one, you know, I kind of, I want to do that from day one, I'm talking to them, and obviously it's that time I spent in the offices of the Ford OTA started. Just being in my self-just thing about what the room needs, you know, because I know I renewal as one of leaders, you know, on my offense, is that we need a guy like that, just going to make sure the O-R I just picked up. Ready to go every day, I was held accountable with things that were happening at practice and people were saying anything, and how I'd made a lead, maybe different than somebody else made a lead, you know, I like to practice, at least, like, to be positivity, you know, I mean, so, but, he, the energy, would be on just, I would, I would be on, so I was kind of, I would be going on, leading my whole life, I would be on a GFL team captain, like, specifically, I felt I wasn't a captain in high school, wasn't a captain in college, but, I'm going to make a joke, I was in high school, so, yeah, I feel like I'm not going to be a captain until I get that I felt.

4:08:14But that would be awesome, you know, but, you know, that happens, I'd be great, but not either way, I want to assume a role as a captain from the perspective of guys until the visual world and get back in that way. Yeah, I mean, I can't say that, I mean, I guess the biggest thing is that I felt like how you used to me in the past, but it didn't take just the first day, LTAs, it took training, left and right, once this season ended, because I know what was going to be the champion. So, I took a lot of, yeah, grips, just to give back to feeling like myself, what they want LTAs, and then I hope, firstly, but now, like, today specifically, just changing some small things with my feet, that is it, talking about the long coach, passing things I can do with my feet, to get to that, to sell my traditional angle that I love to sit on, I thought I felt great already, but I felt even better, I didn't.

4:09:19I started even more excited tomorrow, now I'm getting my feet back and how I like the right side and on the left side, so on side. I mean, obviously, I feel like, in the league, whether I left the right, you're still going against Premier Guy, so obviously, you have high expectations for the left and right tackle, but there's definitely, like, the level of energy, and like, the expectations definitely take the human strength, because now, tonight, the blind side, that's the, that's the tackle role. So, yeah, I would say, in terms of communication, as far as, even outside of the facility, you just stuff like that, like really creating that, but in tackle core back, bond even more off the field, I think has been something that's even good. I got the text one day, and I said, hey, I think you put a left, I was like, you know, I've been training both, I've been training both. You know, I asked after the season, they're like, honestly, you know, we'll talk to you, so play the season, and I just got a text one, having what happens with the free agency.

4:10:24Then, so I was like, you know, what, I had an old season right tackle, so if I get the word, I'm going, I'm standing right tackle, and I just do what I did before I'm built on that. I was trying to let tackle now, as if I'm going to be let tackle, and I'd rather do that than train all the right time, because I'm going to call it a let tackle. I was just pushing my feet. You know what I mean? So, I'm like, let me just prepare an advance. I was like, yeah, let's go. You know, I think occasionally, I'm very down, there'd be a lot of twists, I was just not like, it's a lot of bad, good to come. And I think that was my mindset for like the first half of the season, like I didn't have to go once again with some pros, like, oh my gosh, they did that. I kind of figured, okay, like this is this is the type of rush. This is how this guy usually rushes. If I get the vibe, this is how the ends like the rush, you know, tackles that first of your guys, you got the premier patch on. You know, what it was going to be, or you know, will be 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 twists my sight again.

4:11:29It was never air-doll, but it's coming up when I was like, three plays in a row. Two minutes, I knew that, it was going to happen. So, you know what I mean? I'm watching more everybody else, and you rarely, you know, it goes out there occasionally, or three times, I was like, yeah, I was, you know, he's going to pick me. You know what I mean? So, thick, thick, it's kind of, it's also kind of an advantage in a way. But it's also exciting, like, okay, I'm going to get the hardest to look. You know, those are real, real reps, you know, the things. Really out on our way to kind of process. That I was like, hey, when I told me, let me know, but I'm just going to train it. I was training all left. So, TAs, I guess if I didn't hear anything about TAs, I would have came in like, so, you know what I mean? Because just like, I'm cool with training, both continuing. I would have been cool with training both continually, but I feel like anybody, any position, will feel like, okay, like, you want as soon as possible,

4:12:29you should give your feet kind of subtle, your hips subtle, your hands, so then, certain kind of that. Would have been harder to hit to work both their hands to you? No, you know. But, they're definitely, but in terms of the development, they're definitely a lot faster, they're staying on one side. But I think having that, the weeks that we had to transition with seasons over, you've had to like respond. You can't predict the future, but you can prepare for it. Arizona State University is building degrees for what's ahead. Programs designed around emerging fields taught by faculty whose research is shaping our future. Not just teaching about it. It's why we've been ranked number one in innovation for more than a decade. Your future is worth preparing for, and you don't have to prepare alone. Become future ready. Explore more than 400 programs at ASUOnline.asu.edu. That's a degree better.

4:13:34Ranked number one in innovation, 11 consecutive years. Arizona State University isn't just ahead of the curve. It's creating new paths to success, learn from notable clinical and research faculty. Online, that's a degree better. Explore programs at ASUOnline.asu.edu. At Arizona State University, we're bringing world-class education from our globally acclaimed faculty to you. Earn your degree from the nation's most innovative university. Online, that's a degree better. Learn more at ASUOnline.asu.edu. My mom said, just go out there and Monday, just dominate the person I'm suffering from. Just do what I've been doing for the last two to three weeks, I should say.

4:14:35But they play men on men, so I'm just ready for the challenge. I mean, feels good. Just say somebody going out there and playing men on men, guess how high your state receivers are, it's something crazy. But you know, we're just ready for the challenge. They said they're not chasing their game plan, but we gotta go out there and show them the reason why not to play men on men. And then, the reason they're out, the most of the 16 are suffering a battle right now. We're going to be the conversation. Yeah. When you go to Carson Bay, you have a couple other guys. States and K-Sides, how do you have a pool of beer? I mean, I don't really, if I be on a curve, I'd be on a curve. It's not really a big deal to me. It may definitely be a blessing for sure, just to be on a curve of a game, but you know, it's not really a dream of mine. It's a dream of mine, but I don't really think too much of it. I mean, no, not yet. Probably hit me after this season. No, just no.

4:15:42Playing in the college football playoffs as a freshman, playing in the Rose Bowl as a freshman, playing in the Cardinals, not in the National Championship. I mean, it's a blessing for sure, but it haven't hit me yet. How about with your family and family? My favorite catch, I would say we play Michigan State on the one I call the two defenders. Definitely probably my favorite for sure. Or you go the one from Iowa, as I say, and the answer is a part of them too. I mean, like you said, it's pretty frustrating me having a game that I had in the Rose Bowl. They're coming to the Cardinals, just doing different things, chasing their scheme up against me.

4:16:48But I mean, like you said, whatever I could do to make the, I mean, have the team win. It's not really a big deal for me. And long as we win, that's all I really care about. And you got to set the national championship. Right here. It means a lot. We put a lot of work in this, this season. We have, how has we had loads. We have people cutting us out. But we hear now, we just ready to put on a show Monday. Yeah. First of all, the win is national championship because there were means a lot. I mean, you see everything that he bent through this year.

4:17:48People saying he should be fired and this is the third. But I mean, you see everything that he bent through this year. I mean, I see everything that he bent through this year. I see everything. People saying about him on Twitter. I wasn't here. He first got the head coach on job. But I know this year for sure, we definitely got a win this for him. I mean, it's a lot, a lot of people in the league, I should say, I can't really say who, but I mean, you had guys like Odell, you had guys like Odell. You got Stefan Dicks. It means a lot of Michael Thomas Chris Carter, just a lot of, you know, guys I played in NFL and stuff like that. But yeah, really them guys for sure. No, just keep going. You got it. You've messed up for sure. Really, I really that.

4:18:53Like a physical defense like you said, like people say, like they like to play man, they're not changing their scheme. So we're just ready for the challenge. Like you said, the best defense we probably go see all year. And we just got to be ready to go out there Monday and just put on the show. I'm excited for will him first coming here in Ohio State January our first workout we have together. I mean, just everything that we did through the season. I mean, I'm just happy for him to be in this position right now, but we got to finish the job when that's the winning at the Oman.

4:19:53I mean, it's pretty funny. Them saying that because I'm just only a freshman, but Mr. Pleasant for sure people to even say that, but I got two, three more years left for callers. I'm just focus on calls right now. I'm not really worried about the NFL right now. It's very special for me just being a freshman at Penn National Stage, like a peer for national titles, something that I dreamed of as a very young kid. I'm just happy to be here and I just can't wait to put on some Monday for you guys. I mean, all of us, we'll just sit on the bench and we just see him hit the quarterback the ball come out and we all just got up and just started jumping up and down. We all excited happy for jacking that moment. We just knew that I'm a light. Yeah, we're going to the party for sure.

4:21:10How does that feel to have that? Me, it shows a lot of me, you know, going from high school or winning three state championships, I saw my daughter then coming to Ohio State just appear for national title right now. Me just so that I've picked two great schools, but I'm happy to be here and I just can't wait to put on a show Monday. The coolest person. I mean, you got a lot. I can't really say just a specific person. You got a lot of great guys. We trying to lead like, oh, there. You have guys like Stefan Dex. A lot of other places will just get cut off my mom, but really, really into guys who show their stuff on this. Yeah, yeah, I mean, like they say, they play man. So I'm just ready for the challenge and just get ready to go out there Monday and just no putting us up.

4:22:16Thank you. The vice genome, how you gave me. I said just keep golfers. I know the reason why I'm here and me, like he said, just keep golfers and just no keep the maintenance and maintenance and the best corner I faced this year. I mean, I've faced a lot of great corners. I can't really say, but yeah, I face a great lot of great corners here. Really put a name on it. My dream occasion is turns and cake goes.

4:23:25Oh, good. Are you. I say both respect and frustration as well. But I mean, I thought they come out there and try to put to me and they say stick it to whatever door in our year and that's playing man covers, which is ready for the challenge. Pretty good group Christian, great 29th, a great corner 15, the non more two great guys are right there. Very physical, but you know, we all have to receive us. So we ready for the challenge. I say just no understanding the defense, understanding the defense, understanding the game plan, understanding what coach Kelly is trying to get done.

4:24:44I mean, just coming in, I felt I progress from our first game gets accrued to now. But I got better each and every week. I mean, things slowed down a lot for me. But yeah, really just no understanding, Devices and no understanding what they're trying to do to me for sure. I'm two guys great part of the best we go see all year for sure. Two physical guys. But you know, we're ready. We're ready for the challenge that they're coming with and that's the play man. Oh man. You know, we ready to go on Monday. I mean, environment is pretty crazy. See in all these cameras. Suddenly I never thought I'd see them alive, but it's a blessing for sure this the main disposition right now.

4:25:49We just had a prayer, prayer, prayer, prayer meeting and you know, we all they all just we all discussed the issues because they discuss issues. You know, which is what the word. I mean, not two and a half weeks we had off before Tennessee game and we just came out there on Tennessee game and we played with a chip on our shoulder. All throughout the playoffs, we go continue to play with that chip on our shoulder in that championship on Monday. Do you know how that very impactful? Yeah, the very impact on my career, I should say, you know, just going to his games as a very young kid seven, eight years old. So, him playing Westwood Westwood year and they played Clemson Orange Bull down in Miami. I mean, just going to see his games. It's like, yeah, definitely when the player didn't stage and I can't wait till I get to know that moment for sure. Yeah, you're right.

4:26:56Because they really just in his own his own love space. He's just walking around trying to get his mind right trying to get his mind ready for the game. But you know, he just gave everybody hype in the locker room and just trying to get us ready to go to win the game. Yeah. Oh, yeah, oh, yeah, for sure. I mean, you go play mangas Ohio State receivers. I mean, just be ready because, you know, we definitely go come out there and know. Give our best. I mean, they said not to change what they do. So we're just ready for the challenge. You know, you see this kind of situation. Not a year later, definitely sometime my career college, but not my first college, I should say. I mean, just to be able to be in this position right now is, you know, a blessing or just a yellow key for Miami to be here.

4:28:00And I won't take it for granted. I'm ready to go out there Monday and give him a draw. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I was watching that game against was it Georgia? Yeah, I was in that game. I was pretty sick myself because I was actually committed at that time. So, I mean, yeah, left it back. Tissing them off. But I mean, we ready to go out there Monday to redeem myself. And just put on show Monday. Yeah.

4:29:04I mean, me, I just laugh. But you know, that's what they do. They're not going to change what they do just because we're high on state. So, you got to go out there and put it on. Put it on. Why not to play? Oh, man, no, man, it gets us. So we just got to go out there and show them Monday. Can you say the game? I'm sorry. My journey here at Ohio State repair me a lot from that shape of shit. Me just going through everything that I've been through. I first got here all the materials, all the hard workouts that we had, all the hard practices. Just preparing all of us for this moment. And I'm just ready to go out there and give it up my all on Monday. Okay. Okay. Yeah. We just squeezed this.

4:30:04One or nine. 200? Me is big and strong. Yeah. Yeah. What's in your mouth? What's in your mouth? What's in your mouth? Yeah, that's great. Yeah. It's pretty good. No problem. I'm going to have to go out there and see what I'm going to do.

4:31:04I'm going to have to go out there and see what I'm going to do. And why not probably like the most is the one against Michigan State when I caught up with two defenders on their side line. Part of the line or the one after that I should say or you go the one against Iowa. Part of them three. Part of my best one, for sure. I mean, just we'll put in the ball in my area and I just know how to make a play for them. Even though somebody was grabbing my face, I just know I still have to make a play because the ball touched my hand. I mean, just when the ball and the other thing, I have to make the play no matter how the ball comes at me. After a big game, I mean, we really, they really feed us Chick-fil-A or piece after the game. So it's really either Chick-fil-A or piece. So yeah, probably Chick-fil-A for sure.

4:32:13Yeah. It went pretty good. Everybody just speaking with their thing is going right in what they think is wrong. We just lot of the older guys was in their opinions on what we need to do to come together as a team. But you know, that me and Deftly helped us in a big way because it helped us on the field as well because we played our great football right now and we just got to tune out on Monday. Yeah, Deftly got emotional. Can't really say what really was said because that's my prayers only and coaches only. But it was definitely some stuff said that people took people took and they went with it and that's the reason we're playing the WISR ROWYPLANT right now.

4:33:21Yeah, make help me a lot this year. Him being our older guy in the room. Me help me and Carlisle as well and Brendan is in all the guys in our city room as well. Me just a great guy as well. Very smart. I mean, make this been a big part of the reason that I'm having a seat that I'm having a well because he's been a big, you know, older guy been there, been a lot of great guys in our room like Chris Aliveve, Garrett Wilson, Marvin Harrison Jr. Jackson, Sneak Me Jibba. So he's seeing all the graces I've been through there and me teaching us the right thing and the right way and the buck out way for sure. I love it. That means they don't know what's coming out of the next. We got 12 personnel, 11 personnel. You can throw two of us in and throw one of the same. You gotta stop it all. What have you made of the quarterbacks of the three of them working? Not too much. I feel like they all come in here working. I feel like everybody's making their doors, making their paths and everybody's making their directions. When did you take away from last season? I feel like it's standing. What did you take away from last season? You got to take the ball and then you're finished.

4:34:22When the next game, that was it. When the next game go out there on Saturday, beat the man in front of you, when it came out with a national championship and a bench. Strict balls about improvement, that's something that we sure want to work on this year. Looking out every day, I'm trying to do my game as well as my spirit and I'm trying to come up and feel it on. I feel like we've had leaders from last year that came back and I feel like we got new guys that stepped up into their roles and their roles and around the team. That becoming leaders, being a leader you all always have to be vocal. You can have side examples on the field or you can be vocal. It's like you have to do yesterday, right? What was it like to have the same, you got to be vocal in the last couple of years, you'll do that. I was happy for GD and I've seen him out here grind and I've seen him out here grind and getting an extra work. There's ball is ball. We come out here and play ball. He's out here doing a pro day yesterday. I just see him ready to make some real money.

4:35:28What ways do you feel like you're a different player now going into this year and maybe you were last year? I feel like every year I've just improved on my overall game, blocking and catching, consistent wise. People used that word but I feel like I'm just overall better. I came in here ready to go. How much does it push you when you're in a room with guys like Max and Will and Bennett that you know you've got to be on your game if you're going to get in the field? Man, I feel like I start by iron every day and come in and work and they go push me every day to work and it's just like I'm going to do them. It's not a crowded room. You got a match for someone who's going to play in a match. I love them all. I love Max, Claire, Max LeBlanc, both of them. What's your flashed in the time you were? Is this the year where it all comes together? I feel like every year is my year but hey, you're going to see this year. I'm ready to come out here and put on a show for the Bug out Nation. I feel like everybody on the field is ready to put on a show. We're going to go back and back.

4:36:32You got to play quite a bit though last year to lane. What did you pick up from all of that especially in a championship run? They were counting on you. Honestly, just be ready at any time. You can be throwing in at any time just like I was. I probably had some rest while I was just throwing in. You've got to get it done. If you don't get it done, they're going to find somebody who has to do it. I think we asked you this year to tell me a few times how you feel. We're definitely seeing you rest as a tight end. You know, all of that needs. I've been here even a year ago. Honestly, over the spring and some of this, I feel like I've told them I've got a lot and I got stronger in the winter room. I've also got a little bit faster so I can get into another break. And just the minest part of the game. The middle part of the game. You got even better in the end. How would you describe that? I said again, the minest part of the game. Well, I feel like it's a lot more fun. I say the tight ends become here. Five o'clock every other day.

4:37:33We're going to walk through more fun. We're just more students at a game now. We're like that. Thanks. I feel like it was just a exciting play. I was the last lead on it. Like the very last lead on it. I don't go out. I can't down with the kiss. I'm going to get the first down. You know, it wasn't long. You're, but I still had a great working year. Six yards of carry, you know, things like that. I think it was like nine touchdowns, ten including the playoffs. Ranked number one in innovation, 11 consecutive years. Arizona State University isn't just ahead of the curve. It's creating new paths to success. Learn from notable clinical and research faculty online. That's a degree better. Explore programs at ASU online. ASU.edu. At Arizona State University, we're bringing world-class education from our globally acclaimed faculty to you. Earn your degree from the nation's most innovative university online. That's a degree better.

4:38:35Learn more at ASU online. ASU.edu. Ranked number one in innovation, 11 consecutive years. Arizona State University isn't just ahead of the curve. It's creating new paths to success. Learn from notable clinical and research faculty online. That's a degree better. Explore programs at ASU online. ASU.edu. And so there's always been like, alright, you guys let me show my talent trying a little bit. Like even when I had the knee, so I had the knee, right? A lot of people don't know. Like I didn't get hurt again whenever I got, you know, got cleaned up. So I went down in 21, right? Had the injuries, the knee injury. And then came back later the next year. And I played the first few games and I just feel that there was a lot of scar tissue in there. So I had to get it cleaned up. I didn't get hurt again. I could have played the whole year, but I got it cleaned up so I can feel like me. And so after I got that cleaned up, the first two games back from the injury, I had over 120 yards rushing. Right? And then went on, had great, great ending of the year.

4:39:39You know, 100 total yards in the play-all game we lost, which I hate the most. It's not going to matter me I want to win. But then come back the next year, hurt again. Like, torn Achilles. So two really unfortunate injuries, but that's just a guy's plan. You know, and I think that the storm is now over, you know, and I do think that I'll be able to shine my light to the whole world. Are you concerned that you have that label that you can't stand with me? I could care less because I do, I know this out there. Because as it should be, it should be. I got hurt two major injuries back, not back to back years, but you know. So I haven't been on the field as much as I should. That's true. That is true. But it's not like I'm having these little, little dinky injuries and sitting out. It's something I can't control literally. So that's why I'm not bothered by it. Like, yeah, I am injury-poorn. You can say that. You know, but I do think that the chargers are getting a guy that's going to be healthy from now on.

4:40:40You know, God will it. And it's going to be great. And I do think that it's going to be a great however many years here. When you've been on the field, you've been highly productive 5.8 years of your very average career. Like knowing that when you're out there, you're very productive. How much confidence does that give you that really all you need is an opportunity? All the confidence in the world, you know, the way I work. I want to say just from the numbers, but just the way I work, my work ethic, you know. My relationship with Jesus is like, I have the most confidence when I step out there because I do know like if he grants me the health, it's over with. I don't think I'll be, you know, I think it'll be a great year or whatever, couple of years. However many years he grants me great health. You know, and I think just the work ethic, my prayer and all that stuff, that's what help me have that confidence. With the numbers will be there and they might be higher after this year, you know, and it's crazy to think about it because I had six point yards or six yards per carry.

4:41:44You know, so we'll see. Is it important to run behind this line that they put together? Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah, I play with Bradley. I play with him, you know, I know Slater. I know all the guys, you know, and I'm excited. I think it's like I said earlier, it's a talented group. You know, we just got put together and win some games because that's what I came here for. Justin, don't you want to part of the year or? I would say part of the recruitment, but like whenever I decided I was going to sign it, it was great to have him in the room. Yeah, we're great. We have a great relationship. That's like my brother. I think it complimented each other very well. You know, he can do a lot of stuff too. You know, we got a lot of people think he's just power power power, but I think he has some other parts of the game too, which it'll be great because I feel like I could do everything. And when we wanted to get tired, we can roll it in and keep rolling. We win some games.

4:42:44When you the two of you are going, how do you think this is going to look the work will be that partnership back there? That's a hard question. How do I think it will look beautiful? You know, a lot of people call this a passive league, but I think you got to run the ball to win a Super Bowl. If you look at the team to win the Super Bowl, they can run the ball. They can control the clock. And so if we're both good, it will look great. Beautiful. I would describe it as a great offense. I think he gives a quarter, he's going to give the quarterback a lot of options. He's going to give the running back a lot of options. He's going to give the receiver a lot of options. You know, and I think it'll be, I think it's going to be great. He's often going to be amazing. When we talk to him, you know, I was like, why are you going to build something good Russian offenses throughout your career? And you said that one part of it is just, you got to call a place, you got to call a run place.

4:43:46As a running back, you know, how much confidence, how much you say it is to give you a play collar that's going to stick with it and allow you and the options to run the table to a rhythm of the group. It gives me a lot of excitement. You know, it's going to be, like I say, it's fun to play in his all things. You know, you can't predict the future, but you can prepare for it. Arizona State University is building degrees for what's ahead. Programs designed around emerging fields taught by faculty whose research is shaping our future. Not just teaching about it. It's why we've been ranked number one in innovation for more than a decade. Your future is worth preparing for, and you don't have to prepare alone. Become future ready. Explore more than 400 programs at ASUOnline.asu.edu. That's a degree better. At Arizona State University, we're bringing world-class education from our globally acclaimed faculty to you. Earn your degree from the nation's most innovative university. Online, that's a degree better. Learn more at ASUOnline.asu.edu.

4:44:48CalShe's own CEO says it himself. And yes, two thirds of people on CalShe lose money. So what does it take to be in the other third? You have to do extensive amount of research to be good. There are people that spend the most time, time, time resources, energy, and their lives to become good at it. All that and still. And yes, two thirds of people on CalShe lose money. That's CalShe in their own CEO's words. Go to www.fairpredics.com to learn more. And I think he does have some good things in the past game too. But like you said, he sticks with the run and that's the identity. You want to office that has an identity, right? You're going to be looking everywhere else to find your identity. You want to have it. And so I think his office has that. And the guy he builds and puts in there, it complements that identity. So I think it's going to be great. You mentioned you're 100% now, so you'll be full-go for training and that's the education. Look, I ain't going to answer any of the four. If it's up to me?

4:45:50Yes. Look, because I had this problem like two years, three years ago. I'm thinking I'm full-go. I think I'm ready to go. And then next year you know I'm on PUP. Hey, look, some stuff is above my pay-gray, so. But I don't know. Hopefully I can start. I think I'm ready to start, you know, at the beginning of training camp. But that's not up to me as I've learned. How do you... I wouldn't say that. I think I've been in some great organizations. And I think this organization is a great organization. And the training staff is great. And so they just want what's best for me, you know. And they're taking care of me, which that's what you want in the organization. And so that's where that comes from. Which I appreciate it. Like I really appreciate that. You know, because I'm a type of guy like I work really hard. Maybe sometime I'm blind to, you know, the danger of something, you know. So I appreciate it. But like I said, if it's up to me, yeah, I'm out there.

4:46:53But never know. Well, any frustration for you during the getting into pre-agency, you know, dealing with rehab and not, you know, having a full season of paid for the production to go out there. Was there any part of that where you're like, yeah, I wish I had hit the open market with a different situation, you know. Yeah, I like it. I like how would I say this? I like it the hard way, but not you know, I like it the hard way. I like it. I like trial and tribulations. So, I mean, the dice that I was given to roll was I was coming off a killer. And that was that was the Lord's plan. So it was beauty in that like I was comfortable. I was caught like there was multiple teams, you know. I wasn't it wasn't like I didn't have any other team. But I was comfortable in sitting back and just enjoying the process, letting myself get fully healed.

4:47:58So whenever that team whoever I would sign with who now is the Chargers is going to get the best me, you know. I think people all around the league know that like, okay, this guy, okay. It's a high risk, high reward type thing, right? Not even a high risk of low risk because you it's a business, right? So I got hurt last year. So not as much money and he's be throwing it. But I think everyone around the league knows that whenever I am on the field, the numbers don't lie. And so they know that and a lot of teams will like are here. You can we give you this, but we want you to be healthy. So when I'm healthy, it's going to be great. The chance that I've been giving here, I'm so grateful and I know that's going to be they won't be they won't regret it. Are you the type of person that likes it for people wrong? Like you've done a couple things like a high risk high reward, injury from, you know, like are you the type of person that really tries to prove people wrong? No. I hear it.

4:49:00It's pretty cool. Like you'll never see me unless I'm just like in a bad mood. You never see me like, oh, like if I have a great game or a great year, like I have this wonderful year, I ain't going to go back and you're like, yeah, yeah, what happened? No, because I don't care. Like you're eventually see like I'm like I'm a guy that's really good. So I ain't worried about that, but I'm proving myself right that I am one of the best in the league. Right? So forget all the naysayers and people that talk about being injury prone because whenever I have this great year, it's going to be forgotten, you know, too. Why why give that energy? Talking just into the all I ever got a chance to be in the all you. Yeah, I was, you know, we just with him, you know, he's a great guy. I mean, he was in my class. I remember seeing him and we were at an award show because I was a dog walker or a finalist. And I'm like, I've seen him play, but I didn't know he was that tall. Like I didn't know he was like six. So when I first saw him, this was years ago in college.

4:50:02And I'm like, and this is me tall. Like, he's cool though. Like I like I never really got to I know a lot of those would be kind of, you know, you know, nerdy. But he's cool, dude. Very laid back. No, we'll face to him. It's just because like last three years, he's been disappointed at the end of the season. So I feel like we put more work in. I think that's what we're missing. We're just putting more work in and he's got to do that throughout the summer, the spring fall. And then he's got a show on the field. Tell like I just asked, Jack, when you take a, you still like in a mold or practice, and you look at it through all of the deep beds. And you look at the personnel chains. We're coming in with sunny woman up in the postural line of spring with all the guys in the kitchen coming back. What's your like view of what's out on the fence and how it may be allowed you to do some things. It's kind of just like I don't want to like high part has too much, but I kind of look like a like a legendary defense kind of.

4:51:04We got playmakers everywhere and then moving sunny down. I think that's a great move for him. You know, he's a big athletic dude. He can play in a box. He can play like safety thing that's just showing how like versus how he is and Caleb, you know, you've seen Caleb how he plays. He's an animal. He's only a sophomore, I think. And I feel like the guys we brought back, you know, we all can we're all dominant. So for like as a collective unit, we're going to be like unstoppable. So confidence is a problem. Well, there's a part of that too. And as I mentioned, they're about pacing yourself. If you if there's that much self belief, then there's also that part of going to build depth. You know, in case you have interest, case of vision. So how do you look at spring in terms of getting guys that are next in line as prepared to keep that standard high? I think you just got to set a great example for the young guys and just showing them how to how to practice how to like watch film, how to take care of their body. Because also the things are going to need to like go on this deep run and think it's like 17 games or something that we're not we add in game. So the young guys are going to have to play. We can't just play fit the games. The snap. That's not going to happen.

4:52:09So. Oh, you did. I can't get to a 70 or 80. It's going to keep working. Kind of keep running. Give me shape. You played so many things. You know what's kind of surprising to me that you said you said that it was joke. I'm sure. But like you know surprising to hear that. It's a company snapshot. Last year that kind of take a toll on you last year. Do you think that you need to push it even further getting better shapes so you can play all 16 17 games? Yeah, definitely. I got to get way better shapes than I've been and I feel like. It was kind of like it was a joke. Of course, I needed those snaps because the years before I wasn't really playing as much. So I just wanted to get like more experience under my belt. So I can bring younger guys with me because I've been through a lot. One of those younger guys we're seeing right here. It's the first time I've heard all your life years. What have you seen from Will? Because I kind of go and ask him, we all forgot about him because he was hurt.

4:53:09Now he's running almost a second man up behind you and tied. What have you seen? Well as a workhorse, he's going to stay quiet, he's going to work hard. That's what I love about him. He focuses, he don't really talk much. He's going to get a 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. And 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 enough is enough. Does that keep you feeling different? Or is it not really any different? It's just the same work. It's definitely a different. Everyone working harder. We noticed our last run. Most of us don't have any years after this. So we got to go bigger going home and we're not trying to go home. So it's finished big. We know what you guys think of Michigan.

4:54:09But when you look at what they did, they won the national championship. And you guys took them down to the final minute. Right? You know what I mean? You were right there. Something goes a little different. You guys could have won that game against them. Does that tell you anything about like that? Hey, you guys want to win a national championship. But you played to the 59th minute with the team that won the national championship last year. Like you're that close. So I'm saying we just work harder. That's kind of a coach that makes a saying. You know, nobody cares. It's just work harder. Like those, you know, one plate Georgia is the same thing. Last, last play, you know, they went on the winning 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 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 that was working hard.

4:55:09And then you always find out there's a little more than you could have been doing. Yeah, definitely. I 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 not look back at it. I really wasn't working hard at all, compared to what I'm doing now. So just to learn anything. The standard is a 16. 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 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'm, you know, the idea of a potential is 16 and 17 and 17. How do you say it about that idea? Does it make you nervous about, can you last that long? Or is it your worry? What was your idea? I think I've told that out today. I think we, I definitely can last. You know, we got to get the young guys that come along with us. We can't play 50 snaps again. That's just too much on our bodies. Uh, just everybody like online, D line.

4:56:11We 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 the life plan. If you like playing that new snap to me last year, 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 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. Well, it stands out about Kaden McDonald. Is he guy that you guys are the 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 it all the time. He's just, he's just, he's growing right now. He has to work, I think. 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 630, you're 327, he's 326. Yeah, he's, I kind of look at him like my junior, but you know, K-Mac, he's going to be a great player.

4:57:13He's got to develop more and getting a playbook. It's really a lot on you older guys. There's a 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? 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 off season. So they can play. And not just play, they want to like contribute, like make plays, tackle a sex. It stays out of our hands, especially. It seems like these guys get bigger. Each one of the freshmen class is a bigger, bigger, bigger. And those guys kind of, it doesn't kind of allow you to solve the person. Yeah, they're definitely some big dudes. And they all work hard. I'm really seeing much of something day two when I'm passing on. But throughout the workouts, they've been working hard. You know, they're determined to have to say that. And it looks like they're ready to work with me. I'm going to score this, though. It feels like, you know, there's a lot of great defense. You have big athletic defense attacks,

4:58:14which you can eat up space, but also move, you know, right? That is that. Is that required maybe for a great defense? To have guys like you that have some fault, but also a great feeling. 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, 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 that, they won't defied by the defense attack. It's like, what's Jordan Davis and Daniel Carter? Let's Michigan. It's Chris Jenkins. How do you think this is funny? Like how, I mean, you understand it because you play it, but I feel like sometimes 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 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 eights and things like that.

4:59:16We'll see. And when you think about the freakiest attack on defense 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 tape to it. You're like, look at my film. So I think I'm going to do it all the time. Do you become like a artist? Or do you become a band of dumb guys? Do you think your legs have your things? I mean, you're going to bring practice. You're not doing it much, a weapon or a weapon. I'm just stressing. 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. You have a goal in mind? How many do you want to have a little scene? 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. But I think we work on drills matching the hand. And I think that goes big. And what we do is a D-line. Just affecting the quarterback is,

5:00:16anyway, you can. It's just great for the defense. That little thing covering his eye, you know, he might throw it. A little bit to the left to our players. So let's something that you really, really have to work on. You have to do 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. Oh, that pastor seems to be dead. We don't have that. 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 way. And sometimes he just throws it to me. I don't know. I hear it. You're at the Ohio State Board of Mexico. I'm getting a bad down pass. I mean, they get frustrated, but you know, we're a team. You know, we're just getting back. Yeah. Big time to grow, you know. You don't have to have the, the pig mentality of problem of, of instant gratification. You know, you can develop and grow. So, and sometimes you may be behind a guy that's a really good player.

5:01:16There's nothing wrong with developing and growing and playing when your time is right. And if the time is right right now, the freshman, like what's your main? Did you play early? You know, so we try to also sell that, you know, we care about them as people and try to prepare you for life after football. So it's bigger than just football. You know, you can prepare your football, you can prepare your life with as the NFL or on with a regular career in the workforce. We want you to prepare as a young man and we try to sell that and preach that to the parents. With the remaining having that impact, you mentioned, rolling all these different spots. Do you anticipate, you know, there wasn't a lot of rotation among the cornerbacks last year when everyone was healthy. Do you anticipate maybe rolling him through the rest guys here with the longer season potentially? Yeah, we play it by here. You know what I mean? We see how goals by time we get in the camp, but you know, obviously he's earning his stripes. So, you know what I mean? When you earn your stripes, you know, a lot of jobs to create opportunities for you. You know what I mean? We have to see how it goes with all that other stuff, you know, once we get closer to the season. And we're getting the game plan stuff, but he's doing a great job and he's taking a great step forward.

5:02:16Tim, when you're the way that you've been doing the room, the way you've kind of just stopped the showroom now, it seems like it's been like the centerpieces of contemplation and kind of building bonds. I'm curious, is that something that you came in with the, like a couple years ago, with the intention of... Kalshi's own CEO says it himself. And yes, two-thirds of people on Kalshi lose money. So what does it take to be in the other third? You have to do extensive amount of research to be good. There are people that spend, quote, the amount of money, time, resources, energy, they've dedicated their lives to basically becoming good at it. All that and still. And yes, two-thirds of people on Kalshi lose money. It lose money, it lose money, it lose money. That's Kalshi in their own CEOs' words. Go to www.fairpredics.com to learn more. This episode sponsored by Let us Financial. Self-employed? Congrats! You fired your boss and hired five new ones. Taxes, bookkeeping, payroll, health care, and retirement. That's why I use Let us Financial. Leave a W2 job and suddenly every back office task is your job.

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5:04:22You guys should be here. No, it's been there for a while. I've been doing that for a long time. It's all about relationship. If you develop real relationship and you're authentic in your communication and you have honest feedback and you have direct teaching. The guys that value and character and they appreciate that stuff, they embrace that. But they have to know you care and you have to know that it's real. And they have to know that you're really concerned about where being as a young man. And when you get close to them it's been a lot of time with them off the field. You could coach them hard. And you can say truthful things to them. And then they embrace it. And you have real conversation because you know the only goal is to help them get better as a young man. Yeah, it's them balanced up a little bit. Now that goes with great competition. We go against the best receivers in college football. So that helps escalate your growth process. Because if you don't figure it out real fast you're getting embarrassed.

5:05:24So that competition, but what happened with that, I guys start competing. I guys start growing. I guys got better. And now it's even up a little bit. So where you get really good work at practice today. You know what I mean? So it's competitive. It's fun. Those guys both on both sides of all care about each other. So it's great competition and they all are real close. So you know what I mean? It's that stuff that gets us better that will prepare us for Saturday. I asked Denzel about this. That same idea. Well, like first day practice actually the receivers kind of got them. Is that any kind of way to call me if you're just going to be this competitive? No, it's just, it's going to competitive. Man, they got the best group in the country that you're going to get every day. So you have to bring it every day. You know what I mean? So we got a great quarterback room. We got a great receiver room. The running backs are really good. So when you out there going against them is deep. So you have to be ready for it. And obviously, man, we see a lot of good stuff with Wednesday and Coach Kelly doing over there. And so it prepares you a lot. And it helps us grow. So why are you playing in a kind of an associative for Green?

5:06:26Did you agree? Is that? Or a wide receiver room kind of a part of your Green? Like these are the guys you get to play in. Yeah, always that's because you know, that's where you get better. Iron shop is iron. So you know, you get to see that every day of practice that helps you grow. It's no better thing to go against every day than to see that on a daily basis. I'm also near room massage storage. We're looking at to play that in the atmosphere. We just moving a lot of guys around. We watch our practice. We have a lot of guys in there right now. You know, we pop up through a four different guys in there. Obviously the ring's old in there. Jameen is in there. Caleb. Miles, we have about four or five guys moving around. Right now we just try things out in spring ball. See what it fit. You know, see what things work together. So it's going to probably be some more guys in there. You know, we move it around to try to just get the right fit throughout the N and C. How it goes by time we get ready to start the season. He can run any strong. You know, I mean, he's fast. Very serious about his business. He's big. It's 200 pounds. He can run. He's strong. He's conscientious.

5:07:26You know what I mean? He's starting to grow and he's starting to get better with it. You know what I mean? So we look for big things for him in spring. Tim, what do you want to see from here in this spring? Keep competing. You know what I mean? Now he's made the transition competing today. You know what I mean? Start going in. That transition is all just like I'm in germany last year. You throw him in the fire. You let him go. You compete. You go by time we get out of the end of training camp. You'll be them figured out. Yeah, I want to. But now you just throw it all at him. You compete. Continue to grow. Continue to learn. He has the skill set. He has the length. Now you just got to put it all together. And it takes time to do that. And hopefully you see that by the time we get in the training camp. It seems like a bit of a way to spring and kind of click for germany last year and you start to see and perform a little better in practice. Is that like a benchmark for where you want here and to be by the middle of spring? Does he have to be in a certain point where you wanted to start clicking? Yeah, by the time you start getting about two weeks from now that last week, you know, because it takes time because there's a lot of stuff going on. But you know, by the time you get into that last week of spring ball, you look just like seeing the things that you look for show up. And then you know, you get another evaluation again when you get into training camp.

5:08:28See if this stuff carried on to make sure we go up for starting in September. What's your assessment of growth that you've made down to these kind of got to skew under one defense? Or do you like about him and that technical spout? He's very conscientious. He's smart. He can run. He's tough. He's made the adjustment because he's out of Europe on his belt. So now you can see he's not making a lot of mistakes. He can piece his real conscientious and he has a physical presence. So the growth has been really good and we look to continue that throughout spring. Coach, thank you very much. My class one more. All the guys that came back like Denzel, the great example. That surprised you as you reflect on all these guys that came back late to the ransom. They could have turned pro. No, the culture here is real. Coach, they does a great job of building the culture. Our room is close knit. The guys on defense are real close. Those guys want to come back. They have an agenda. We want to come back. They want to come back and walk away with something. So it didn't shock me. But it's a good environment for them too.

5:09:28That's when you see those guys come back. That's the testimony to the culture that's set here. Their brotherhood, their environment. And of course, they run the program for those dudes to want to come back. Because we go at it. It's hard. It's not easy. It's not easy. What we do. So the fact they come back and do that is the testament of how he runs the program. Thank you very much. As far as intensity, how would you evaluate your game tonight? Yeah, my goal was just to come out and play as hard as I could. It was a little weird last week. For the first time in my career, playing a game that doesn't necessarily mean anything in terms of playoff contention. And I kind of had to check myself. And this week come in with a mindset of every game matters. And we need to put the best product out there that we can. And that's what I try to do. Later now, it was a cool push. Or you looked at the looking into your work and push up, but you returned.

5:10:30You didn't seem shaken up right after you kind of just talked about what happened. Yes, Sam just tried to get it on it. And it was more of a stinger type thing. But the ref wanted me to go to the tent. So I had to go answer some questions. How many are home? It was jammed, yeah, my neck. You are home. I know that you've got a different home. Help you. Yeah, maybe when it hits the top like that, it's not as good. I think these guys 11 months ago kind of crushed their dreams. Do you get the sense there are kind of a different team or an also that they. This was a very important game for them to win. I don't think they're that different. I think they've had a ton of injuries on defense, which hurts them. But the mentality of the head coach, you could see it throughout everybody. It's really a cool team. I could just see from afar that it's probably a fun team to play for.

5:11:31And they come out and they play to win every game and I respect that. But it's put so much emphasis on the ball, all meetings and takeaways. And I think you got that to since the by-week. Is there any accounting for that? I mean, there's so many different things that go into the turtle or takeaway. How do you rack your brand around that? It goes into every level of the defense. When you have your opportunity, I know we had two against Stafford. That could have made, I mean, maybe if we get those, it sparks a bunch of other ones. So you just have to make your, make your plays when they're there. And then just be in, be in the right spots. And I don't think we've done a great job of that this year. I've been in the last time, I've been in the pool, I've been all pro. Did you want that matchup? What do you think about that matchup? It's good. He's a really good player. Yeah, I wanted to see where I'm at against him.

5:12:34Have you ever seen anything like the Jameson Williams touchdown or his pop act to him? Have you seen something like that? I was in the tent, so I had no idea that happened. I was playing this game when we saw a kind of a misdirection sprinted all the way across the field to make the play. Did you see the play? I think it was, was it the one Gibbs cut back? Yeah. Yeah, I had like a 10-yard cushion and he ran by me like I was, didn't exist. And I tried to sprint and I just was just like, I don't have this. Thankfully, Mustafa is a heat seeking missile and he made the play. What was your mindset against Miami? I mean, I didn't indicate it. It took us a little. I mean, I think we came in with the right mindset as a team. Just myself. It felt a little like dead energy wise.

5:13:38But yeah, it was a learning, a moment for me to learn and make sure that I come in with the right mindset every single week. There's a lot of plays where you guys get to get the whole pass breakups and it will be like a couple plays in the row. And then there's an explosive about what can you leave your mind about the defense system? Yeah, I mean, we did, we did get them to the second, third and longs. And then yeah, they would make a big play and you definitely want to capitalize when you back them up like that. We didn't do that tonight and that's why they scored 40 points. I'm sure, yeah, I'm sure. Oh, yeah, for sure.

5:14:41You had guys like Chris Carter, guys like Michael Thomas, really, them two guys for sure. I mean, Michael Thomas was talking to me before the game or the Rose Bowl in Chris Carter in after the game as well. I mean, just giving me advice, just telling me to keep going first and just keep doing what I've been doing the whole year. I mean, I'm got bugger, I like it. So definitely look at them guys for sure. Make sure to spare. It means a lot. Me just to care for Miami. I was able to play an actual championship as a freshman, something that I dreamed of as a kid and I'm here now and is K-rated. K can't wait to put on a show Monday. He said he can't. I mean, the Tissue know like he says, made crazy each and every week playing, but you know, can't let it get to my head.

5:15:44I should say, let me just football at the end of the day, but you know, just happy being this musician. Oh, none of us think we could be covered, man, oh man. I mean, we're actually talking about this yesterday as well, but you know, I mean, that's what they do. That's what they do. I mean, we just got God there. You know, play our game and no sort of reason why not to play, man, oh man. Two. Four. Three. One. I go far. It's good.

5:16:47I'm going to be the problem. My mom said, you know, just go out there Monday. Just dominate the person that's confronting me. You know, just do what I've been doing for the last two to three weeks, I should say. But you know, they play man on man. So I'm just ready for the challenge. Yeah. I mean, feels good. Just say somebody going out there and play man on man, guess how high your state receivers is something crazy. But you know, we just ready for the challenge. They said they're not chasing the game plan, but we got to go out there and show them the reason why not to play, man, oh man. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I don't really, if I be on the cover, I'd be on the cover. It's not really a big deal to me.

5:17:52It may definitely be a blessing for sure, just to be on the cover of a game, but you know, it's not really a dream of mine. It's a dream of mine, but I don't really think too much of it. Yeah. I mean, no, not yet. Probably hit me after this easy. No, just no. Playing Carlos football players as a freshman, playing the Rose Bowl as a freshman, playing a Cardin Bowl, not a national champion. Sure. I mean, it's a blessing for sure, but it hasn't hit me yet. My favorite catch, I would say we play Michigan State. The one I caught with two defenders, definitely probably my favorite for sure. Or you can go the one from Iowa, I should say, and answer pardon them too.

5:18:54I mean, like you said, it's pretty frustrating me having a game that I had in the Rose Bowl. And they're coming to the Cardin Bowl, just doing different things, chasing their scheme up against me. But I mean, like you said, whatever I could do to make the, I mean, help the team win. It's not really a big deal for me. As long as we win, that's all I really care about. And it got us to national championship. It means a lot. We put a lot of work in this, this season. We have, how has we had loads. We have people kind of out.

5:19:58But we hear now, we just read a poem on the show Monday. Oh, yeah. Yeah. First of when there's national championship, because there were means a lot. I mean, you see everything that he bent on this year. People say he should be fine. There's that in the third. But I mean, you see everything that he bent through this year. I mean, I see everything I he bent through this year. I see everything. People say I'm a him on Twitter. I wasn't here. He first got to hear a coaching job. But I know this year for sure, we definitely got to win this for him. I mean, it's a lot. A lot of people in the league, I should say, I can't really say who, but I mean, you had guys like, oh, there you had guys like.

5:20:59Oh, there you have step on the eggs means a lot of my good time is his card. Just a lot of, you know, guys, I played in NFL and stuff like that. But yeah, really them guys for sure. So just keep going on. You got it. You've messed up for sure. Really, I really that for sure. Yeah. Calhchee's own CEO says it himself. And yes, two thirds of people on Calhchee lose money. So what does it take to be in the other third? You have to do extensive amount of research to be good. There are people that spend copious amount of money, time, resources, energy, they've dedicated their lives to basically becoming good at it. All that and still. And yes, two thirds of people on Calhchee lose money. That's Calhchee in their own CEOs words. Go to www.fairpredics.com to learn more.

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5:23:03That's Calhchee in their own CEOs words. Go to www.fairpredics.com to learn more. Like a physical defense. Like people say they like to play man, they're not changing their skin. So we're just ready for the challenge. Like you said, the best defense we probably go see all year. And we just gotta be ready to go out there Monday and just put on the show. I'm excited for will him first coming here in Ohio State January our first workout we had together. Just everything that we built through the season. I'm just happy for him to be in this position right now, but we got to finish the job and that's the winning out of the home Monday.

5:24:13It's pretty funny. Them saying that because I'm just only a freshman, but I miss the blood for sure people to even say that, but I got two, three more years left for Calhchee's. I'm just focused on Calhchee's right now. I'm not really worried about the NFL right now. It's very special for me just being a freshman and playing the national stage. Up here for national titles, something that I dreamed of as a very young kid. I'm just happy to be here and I just can't wait to put on some Monday for you guys. I mean, all of us, we just sit on the bench and we just see him hit the quarterback. And we all just got up and just started jumping up and down. We all decided happy for jacking that moment. We just knew that that moment like this. We go into the daddy for sure.

5:25:31I'm just happy to have that moment that we can get that same moment. Me and so is a lot going from high school, winning three-state championships, Salmanamadana, then coming to Ohio State. Just competing for national title right now, me just so that I've picked two great schools, but I'm happy to be here and I just can't wait to put on some Monday. The coolest person? I mean, you got a lot. I can't really say just a specific person. He had a lot of great guys reach out and then lead like Odell. You had guys like Stefan Deakes. A lot of other players will just get cut off my mom, but really, really them two guys will show Odell a step on this.

5:26:31Like they say, they play man. So I'm just ready for the challenge and just get ready to go out there Monday and just no putting us off. Thank you. We're going to go back in the air. The vice-geno had gave me. I said just keep golf first. I know the reason why I'm here. Like he said, just keep golf first and just no keeping the main thing and the best corner I've faced this year. I mean, I've faced a lot of great corners. I can't really say, but yeah, I've faced a lot of great corners. I can't really put a name on it.

5:27:32My dream occasion is Teres and K-coats. How good are you? I say both respect and frustration as well. But I mean, I doubt they come out there and try to team me and they say stick it to what they've been doing all year. That's playing man covers, which is ready for the challenge. Pretty good group. Christian Gary 29 is a great corner. 15, Lenard Moore. Two great guys are right there. Very physical, but we're all highest there and see if it's so we're ready for the challenge.

5:28:53I say just no understanding the defense, understanding the game plan, understanding what Coach Kelly is trying to get done. I mean, just coming in, I felt I progress from our first game against Akron to now. I feel like I better each and every week. I mean, things slowed down a lot for me. But yeah, really just no understanding the differences and no understanding what they're trying to do to me for sure. I'm two guys. Great part of the best we go see all year for sure. Two physical guys. But you know, we're ready. We're ready for the challenge that they're coming with and that's the play man on man. You know, we ready to go on Monday. Yeah, I mean, environment is pretty crazy. See in all these cameras.

5:29:53Something I never thought I'd see them alive, but it's a blessing for sure. This is the main position right now. I mean, we just had a prayer, prayer, prayer, prayer meeting and you know, we all they all the, we all discussed the issues because they discussed issues. And you know, we just want the word. I mean, not two and a half weeks. We had off before Tennessee game and we just came out there on Tennessee game and we played with a chip on our shoulder. All throughout the playoffs, and we go continue to play with that chip on our shoulder and that's the championship on Monday. Do you know how to very impactful? He had a very impact on my career, I should say, you know, just going to his games as a very young kid, seven, eight years old. Him playing Westwood, him playing for West Virginia, and they played Clemson Orange Boat down in Miami. I mean, just go there, they're seeing his games. It was like, yeah, I definitely want to play on the stage and I can't wait till I get to know that moment for sure.

5:31:06There are you. Because they really just in his own, his own love space. He's just walking around trying to get his mind right trying to get his mind ready for the game. But you know, he just gave everybody hype in the locker room and you know, just trying to get us ready to go to win the game. Yeah. Oh, yeah, for sure. I mean, you go play mangas Ohio State receivers. I mean, just be ready because you know, we definitely go come out there and know. Give our best. I mean, they said not to change what they do. So we just ready for the challenge.

5:32:09Not a year later, definitely sometime in my career college, but not my first college, I should say, I mean, just to be able to be in this position right now, you know, blessing or just a kid from Miami to be here. And I want to take it for granted. I'm ready to go out there. I'm going to give him my all. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I was watching that game against was a Georgia. I believe. Yeah, I was in a game. I was pretty sick myself because I was actually committed at that time. So I mean, yeah, they left a bad testimony mouth. But I mean, we ready to go out there Monday to redeem myself and just put a show Monday. Yeah.

5:33:23I mean, I just laugh. But you know, that's what they do. They're not going to change what they do just because we're Ohio State. So I'm just going to go out there and put it in. No, put it on why not to play man on mangas. So we just got to go out there and show them my day. So he said again. Sorry. My journey here at Ohio State repair me a lot for not just shipping. So me just going through everything that I've been through. Now first guy here all of Matt jurals all the hard workouts that we had all the hard practices. Just preparing all of us for this moment. And I'm just ready to go out there and give it up my all Monday. Okay. Okay. Yeah. We just squeezed this.

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