Press Conference (Gabe Powers) Elite Edition September 2

0:00I mean, so yeah, it's amazing, you know, like you said, I love the guy so you know, I know a lot of people support a lot of people. I was like, I have to go out to game, look at my phone and it's all everybody's text and it says me. How many were there? How many of you? Family friends were at the game. My family, personally, I think six, but there was a lot of my friends and stuff that were in the stands, people going to Marysville and the stands. Would you look at the records? Passed the question. That was great, you know, you got his hands up. I think he went off his helmet, actually, but he had a great rush getting out there and got in the way of the ball. And so when he popped it up, it was pretty easy for me. So, you see a lot in the back room, you know, on the defensive line. Yeah, I mean, yeah, he's a beast. So, he's a, he's a, he'll be, he'll be a ribbit. How much was free board could just change for you? I was about to hear backup, but to make a play like that, country is a lot of confidence. Yeah. Yeah, it definitely gives confidence.

1:01I think it kind of gives me, maybe confidence to the coach staff, you know, that I can't do this. So, you know, just keep working through things, play all sorts of things. So, I'm very set, well, right now, I'm doing the best I can in the team. How do you keep yourself ready when you're not playing the most in a game and then you get in there and make a play like that? Yeah, that shows, that comes back to the study, study in the film and be prepared mentally throughout the whole game, locked in mentally, psyched, you know, watching, well, plays a big call, you know, what you do is fit and now you've had your iPads in the sideline, going through a big call after the raps are done. When was the first time you dreamed of scoring a touchdown in Ohio State? Oh, first time dreaming. I mean, this is a little kid, I've always been a high-stead fan, so that's always been a goal-month. Did you think about that when you're scoring that play or afterwards? I mean, I would just think it's score, you know, it'll get cut as I was thinking. And after, you know, it was, you know, when teammates and stuff, it definitely did feel great. James Larder, I was talking to you about playing the high-end league for me.

2:04Yeah. It's a really great experience. How do you question the same thing? Do you make the plays in the parallel, probably, or do you have a chance to see a full of a goal? No, that's really very strange. You know, I trust him, so I trust him fully with the job, so we'll put the best on the table. I mean, I have a moment like that. Is it validating, you know, the fact that you're still here, that you're still fighting against him? Yes, exactly. I said, I don't know. You know, that I'm still here, still fighting, and, you know, I'm going to do a special team right now, and keep working. You mentioned it, you know, if I play like that, it potentially leads to more things for you. What do you feel like you're working on defense? Yeah, just keep working on defense. I'm going to go to the ask me, and I know I'm going to get more opportunities on defense, so I'm making talent in there. And I know the coach has trust me, I'm especially in the block, so I'm very sorry. I really know I'll be the best player, you know, whatever I do. You've practically made it. You get the opportunity to do some of the helmet cons that you were in there on Saturday night. Yeah. What was that like? Oh, it was good. You know, I don't know how it's going to go when it's real real loud, you know,

3:06I was in there, it wasn't too loud. But, you know, in third down on the shoe, you know, it's crazy loud, so we have to communicate to everybody. So, we'll see. How much of you like practice practicing waiting up to the pain, man? We practice a lot, you know, if our, because the helmet's gone out sometimes, so the helmet's gone out, we got a signal to do everything. So we're good. Did you guys have help sunny with that transition with him having to move over to Mike? Yeah, yeah, we definitely did. We did. We were behind him, and he's a really smart player, obviously, you know, and speaks with himself, but really smart player. He's probably a great man. All right, team, thank you. Yeah. Yeah, I think, you know, around the world, you know, the details are usually just guys that just eat on space. But here, we're like playmakers, you know, we got guys like hero, Taiwan.

4:08We're not just there to fit the gap, we're sure they're the fit the gap and make the play. We definitely want to be more disruptive and get more sacks, but, you know, if anyone's going to get to Ohio State, they get the ball off fast. They're not going to let us rush them because they know like was going to happen. So, teams are just smart. They know not to hold the ball. You know, they cook screens, quick passes, but if they hold the ball, it will be a completely different story. It's frustrating, but you know, it is what it is, you know, we cut out half their game plan just by being explosive. Dealing like explosive. What light is come on for Thai Hamilton in the last couple of years, you know, you've been around, around them and stuff. What's different about him is approach, etc. I say Thai is definitely more of a leader now. He leaves the whole D-line, the whole interior.

5:08He's that head guy you go to if you need advice for anything. And he leaves as a great example for the young guys. Yeah, he's almost like this Simon partner a little bit, you know, but he last year especially. He seemed to be in the right place at the right time along, right? That's not a trick. I mean, what do you call that maturity? I mean, why would you call him? I'll say it's just his dedication to the game. He takes things serious, the way he's in the way he's in his diet, everything. He's top of the notch on recovery, everything you need as a player. And then for you, what's different about you three years ago? I mean, right now, you get ready for this season. Obviously you want to stay healthy. He thinks like that. Where are you better as a player? I think I'm better everywhere. I'm not trying to be like a big head. But I think I've taken a big step since last year. And, you know, I think the whole D-line has, and I'm just ready to show it next Saturday. Yeah, and how will that show up in this D-line? Because it's veterans across the board. I mean, where are you up going to be known for? I think we're going to be the most disruptive group in the nation.

6:10And, yeah. I think what Jay has talked about is how consistent central law is. Is your hand on it? What do you see in your battles with Seth? Seth definitely knows what he's doing. He has a high IQ, you know. Strong. Like, he's stout. He's not like a pushover or nothing like that. He's a great player and glad we got him. How do you kind of see him lead that line as a veteran? He's coming in on the experience he has been doing. I mean, like I say, he knows what's going on. He tells other people what's going on. If you don't know the play, ask him. He's kind of that guy. Like, he knows everything. He studies with a lot. Strong, fast. It's a big dude, but you know, it's good work. I think of the day I'm glad. Glad he's that guard. I think it's a better position for him, man. He'll be a great guard in the future. Great. Last spring, I think it was a good job to meet Josh. And then he said that the Mitchell belt has the minimum speed

7:12in the past rush and style. How would you describe it with a pitch-better? Mitch is playing basketball on grass, is what Coach J called him. He has a unique style that cannot be reciprocated within anyone. He's just, he's a different athlete when he comes to things like this. Tell me, thank you. Yeah. Hey, Mr. You just want to do that? I know. I just want to do that. Mr. Hey, Mr. You can do that. You can do that. You can do that. Come on, so I said, Hey, you can do that. I can't tell. I'm so nervous. Yeah. All right. You should just give us a good one. Oh, you can't get close to him, though. I'm not saying I'm not gonna stand here. It's a beautiful, yeah. He's asking you. Yeah. There. There. There. There.

8:12There. There. That's all. Valley Wing here. I'm just gonna get on. How much did it improve the more you played? A lot. Just like I said, you get a feel for like the machine, the screen, like for the place to come. If you know what's coming, I reckon you can participate in what is coming, which knows what's going on. I'm just gonna do what people play. I'm just gonna do what I like. I don't know how to do it. I don't know. So maybe you'll do it. So honestly, like in Canada, I was obviously my first site. What? I was happy. So that was awesome. Obviously, it gave me the attorney point to like just show the word that I can play. And then the one player in Wisconsin, you know, he was like, we need to feed the heater. Go away. Play. That's about it. That is it. You deal with our board. You definitely, I feel like, I mean, maybe it's just me, but you definitely kind of nervous when you're like, getting ready for it. But once, you know, whistle is blown,

9:12you just locked in. You ride back on the practice, what you're doing in practice, and then you do the life. So you can go happy in the game. What are your thoughts on having a screen game on a network television? This is kind of wild away the game of the grandest world. Your thoughts on that, you have nothing else to ask. So notice respect to an individual or something. But honestly, I don't care. It's another practice we have as a team and I think. I'm sure the rest of the team feels the same way. We don't care about the camera. It's all nice and flashy, we're about to grind, we're about to practice, you know, getting ready to challenge the shift at the end of the season. And this Saturday, you're a different practice student appreciation. What's that they led you guys going to have that run at the top? So it's great, like seeing, like, familiar faces, obviously. And I mean, I don't get any pressure by it because it's just not. I'm not going to let it influence how I play or how I practice when I'm in the talent. I think the same way it is the way I am. It's not years ago. It was played for the number one or two team.

10:14I was just by your name. And you were playing on some. You're still in the main six years of the season. So I had it and I would not have that in my way. So yeah. And that was awesome. I don't know what happened exactly, but I had a way for me. I followed him on the street and he just got me to the bottom of that. And I wouldn't have passed for real. So after his first scholarship, he got us to Germany to get out of the woods. Shout out to Brennan Collier. That was really like the turning point. He was like, hey, hero, you got to figure something out. And he's like, what's your thinking? And you might get a good iceman in America. Yeah, I do it, but I don't know how mom feels about it. But somebody saw me. This is so, that you think that this was possible, right? Go ahead. Did you buy it at first? At first I was like, how do you say English? Fabric acid? And I was honestly like, I was like, wow, is this real?

11:17It took me a couple days to get the process and then I was like, I'm going to head in the hay or whatever in case. Went to America and I'll take my season there and the rest of the history. Yeah, I just want to go back to fist fight, basically, every place in boxing matches. Did you have to grow into that bringing the next district so to speak for the long run? I feel like I always had that idea. I think I'm naturally like a nice guy and because they definitely had to push a little bit. So I think he did a great job of fighting just being an out of me. I got the time. He had time to work with me now for a few years, even through recruiting. So I think he did a great job with it. What was your main sport? Oh, soccer. How good were you? I was pretty good. I was really good. I was getting recruited by major teams there when I was a young man. So how's it going? So what got you interested in America football? You know, you kind of grow the sport in like 6'4 and like 2'15". Football is different in soccer.

12:17I don't want to disrespect anybody here, but it's a little bit softer. So we hit somebody, somebody made fall. Oh, foul. I didn't like that because a lot of times it's fake. I didn't like the whole mentality. So I was like, I did something new. The same old man, football came into my life. How did it come into your life? So I live in a small village, maybe 200 people, 400 people. There's one guy. He was in high school, went to high school for home, he was in his fillable conco. And he was with Ben in his well. So Ben and Colley in the African P.I. So he really got me into it. I lived right next to the soccer field. And he was going to football, I was just playing soccer. And I was like, let me try that. It's how I got into it. You connected me to Brandon. Okay. I mean, actually, off the wall, you know the reason behind that name or how you got me? So it was kind of like my family was like trying to figure out an name for me. Something with me, just my brother's name was David, my sister's name is Deborah. And my mom suggested Damon to something like that.

13:20And my dad, he's like a very religious guy, he was like, some sort of a woman. And he didn't like it. He said, he went over there, woke up in the middle of the night and he just said, hero, mom was like a shield, like, you know, we're going to name our son hero. And that's kind of how it went. Like usually I feel like he looked at the baby first, then he was there. But it kind of came before. What do you think about, what do you think about? I mean, I like it. It's not my only name, my little name is Chini Merema Kuh. I'm just sexy, so somebody got to write it down. Okay. Now, but I mean, it's my God, we continue to do it for me. And I'll be able to just manage it. I'm half-engineered, half-jumped. I want to get out there, I'm going to get pass-rested. So you don't want to take those guys off to be like, you know, until we can actually pass-off. And they're tired, they're going to get tired of us, kind of, so. So that's the thing that people can find out, you can rush-pass, play with one. And then you've got to go this way through it down. And leave that big guy with the other side.

14:28Yeah, we're not chasing sex, we just chased on, but we're going to get double first of all. But I think the most important thing, the contents of our defense, how we have to play a good player in our defense. We can do it, and say, well, then, you know, I'm okay. That's just a number. Because when he gets out, he has to affect the quarterback. When the ball goes through the steps five, six, seven, seven, seven. And then, you know, he has to match with hands, and he's not going to go out. Those are the things that change the game. So when you do more or less satisfied, you can do a second-fold, and context-wise, you're a defense or a defense. You're never satisfied, right? You're never going to get a teammate, and crew, like, I think our guys are done for a great job. This spring, we're going to stand in this ball, and stand at the sack, and what we've got to do is question. But it really depends on the offense, right? The offense can come against you, and say, you know, we're not going to let these guys rush, but the ball can't control that. But the king's role is controlling the throw, and he's a master man. Hopefully we can get a shot, and we're going to let the team see him run the ball. So it really depends on the game. And we can get going, and I think we have to see the same thing as the passers-by.

15:28What is the joy of coaching a veteran defense or part, and what is the challenge? I think the joy is the fact that those guys are all the guys now have some of them look up to. A year ago, we didn't have that. We didn't have a guy to set the ball on. Now the jacks and jeans teams are telling me, I've ridded them a great job. I've sent them far from doing that. So that's the bonus point. So now you lay on the veterans' route, and then that's the way. Now the key is to stay consistent. It doesn't unit. It's a group. That's the biggest thing for me. Can we stay consistent? Can we play our really hard? You know, if you just say we have a talent, talent is always a small part of what we have to do. It's a build and play hard. And play hard to the top of the whole arrive, telling me the day. And then we can't believe that. And so now to get those guys to play really hard, the ones we ball, everything. How do you say that? And that's what we're trying to write. And we're trying to know the same points. You have to have the match that can fly. It's in my title, we could have probably more exceptional and most important. How much of that is a natural ability as versus like the stuff that you got in the team? Well, we do ball. You know, he's got a knack for it. But we do train that.

16:28We call it match and hand. We do drills every Tuesday. Take away from us. Pointed right through the sequence. But he's got a good sense of how he can coordinate his opponent balls going out. And sometimes that's not. To me, there was a set. So he's effective all the turns and the set's just pretty cool. But yeah, that's something we train. And he's got a great, great, great field. Did you challenge time? He's off season. He's on a great, awesome field. And he's got some good defensive. You know that? You have to set the title here, obviously. Yeah. We do it in the world. Yeah. We challenge them all. It was just not for a guy. You know, we don't train just for a guy to train all four or 16 in the same concept. So I think everyone has some cool press. We don't take time to the side. We just have a little bit of this part of our unit. And I think he's proven to do it. Strong is powerful. He just comes into his two blocks. What makes him more effective? I said, there's no. It's a tough position. The rest of the pass. No, it's not. He's going to get slide. You're going to get double. So you get lost in this. The rest of the pass. Do you really want to win? He's got a chance to chance me. You're getting a big shot. I'll be engaging. I'll be sure to let you guys last.

17:29I think they would have just seen my position. I think they're going to be so awesome. It's been fun to watch football scouts practice. They're playing a real high level right now. I think they've got Katie and Paige in both different players. But they've played a real high. And KJ, Rosh Macyl, Rosh Macyl, and Katie are great playing. So I think they've got a bond that they've really built together. They've got their own players going through the same thing. Now they have a chance to really make impact. Do they look like more than other guys right now? Yeah, I think there was. I don't tell those guys or two. They're watching. They've got to be going to fill out. They're just accepting the big shot. And Mitch is the same boat. We have five men, I think, really. And we'll all be playing one of them. I'm not worried about this. We should trust him. You mentioned Mitchell's weight gain. Is there a difference now, the main last year, from the beginning, that full leg defense of M, when you won the bad character line back there? Oh, no, don't worry. You could only actually throw your balance from two-six and then you can play the run-back. He's really going to play in a six-tec thing, play on top of the tie-down.

18:29He's got to be able to do that. That's the thing I think is improving most of all. And that's when he's trying to play. And he feel really confident where he's at right now. So he's a bond, I'm saying, he's not a great guy. He's a big enough partner. Very much is what the second one, like, was Steve Foyle, but you've been with him for a while? Oh, no doubt. You know, Russian and college work together. And then you've got a great secondary playman. And then you get him a whole new ball a little bit. Certainly, that's a lot of it. You just have to pull your back. I think that you guys in the back, you know, are some great jobs. Did that change any of your messaging or coaching points in camp? Or is that more of a week to reach in any game preparation type of thing? No, it's every day. You know, it's a everyday process. We've got to rush and pass over there. Cover that. Which I know, as well. But, you know, getting there is really tough. And can we, in fact, change the throw, make it a subject in the back. I think that's important. We try not to look behind us. You know, we try to make sure our eyes are focused on what we can do at the front. We never turn around. It's all equal. That's all nice. That's all nice. That's what you're talking about. I'm not, I'm looking for a first quote. I actually just am spraying a little bit of it in a different way.

19:29What is it about the Hamilton brothers that they come on as they're the longer they stay in camp? What are they put together that's common between the two? Not the difference. It's a process, right? Everybody goes through a process. I think Ron and Ty is going to kind of different, let's say, like they're gone to big, both great students, really understanding the importance of that. They want to do it. And I think Ty can, because he realized that, I guess, unfinished business. I think this is a mark on where he's still here. Is this a great job? What is the much we're having to do? He puts the tackles and play a lot, like Polly, Ty or the TNT brothers, what are they going about today? What is the luxury of that, more at the end? I'm sure he's going to say, you don't get hit every day. That's right. It makes us better. You could stop them up on the inside out, and you got the chance to get those specials. Indeed, and so those guys do a great job of it. Hacks, hands, and a physicality, and a line of scourge. And that makes it different. It makes our ends much easier. You have to get an engagement.

20:29You said? I'm not so into TNT yet. I still like the rushments. Good job, Steve, name, and captain. How have you been here? You've been here? Yeah, he's been here for a long time. He's been here for a long time. He's been different, I can say, a lot of ways. He's focused. He really liked anybody who wants to be here. He wants me to be here. And every day, he's some feel as we practice. So to be a captain, you'll have to be a good guy. That's very special. And that's also what they're being for. They know me and we're going to be there. Yeah, that was pretty sweet. I don't know what I was going to chance to talk to him. So I remember that a lot of them have noticed how important it is that we happen to. They both cry. The others just feel unbelievable. They're real great. And Jack, thank you. Yeah. But yeah, what a great, what a great honor. We'll land this last question. I heard in the Jones Palace, Marshall and Starrale, Starrale, and you. Yeah. How would you describe how important it is? We call it playing basketball address. That's what he has. He has that, and that crossover, more basketball, that is what you say. And so you can pretty simply just say this move is heading the way.

21:32It's in a separate great time. So as you need, but he's fast. It's coming. It's looking forward to you guys. I bet you guys are proud of the working role. You're always putting the development of that type of question in the box. How much of freedom is a guy like you have to. Free land, take it out of that. And it's happening to someone. Well, it's a good way to defense the scheme we're in. You allow them to do that all of it. They're trying to let them do that. Take a dance with you. So it's a public forum. So we can let them go and come in with those kind of type of things. And it's not a problem. Yeah, so we might do a little bit of that. And that's what we're going to do. Yeah. Coach, thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Appreciate it. Yeah. I'm making a play when the number is called. That's what it's about. You get off. You have to have the game. That's what it's about. That's what it's about. Yeah. Valleywick here. You know, it's an annual free play. A lot. Just like I said, you get a feel for it. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah

22:54show the word back and play and then the one player in Wisconsin, you know, he was like, we need to hear it through to hear it, believe. Play, it's about. You definitely, I feel like, I mean, that maybe it's just me, but you definitely kind of nervous when you're getting ready to it, but once, you know, whistle is blowing, you just locked in. You ride back on the practice, what you're doing practice and then you do your life. So, what are your thoughts on the screen game on a network? This is kind of wild where the game is going. So, notice respect to any TV or something, but honestly, I don't care. It's another practice we have as a team and I think I'm sure the rest of the team feels the same way. We don't care about the camera since, oh, nice and flashy, but we're about to grind, we're about to practice, you know, getting ready, coming to championship at the end of the season. And this Saturday you're figuring practice, do you appreciate what's that day like for

23:55you guys going to have a run on top of it? So, it's great, like seeing familiar faces obviously, I mean, I don't get any pressure by it because it's like a sad just not. I'm not going to let it difference how I play or how I practice when I'm in college, I think I'll say it's the same way I am. It's not here to go. It's played for the number one or one or two teams. I was just by your plan. You're just taking me six years ago. So, I would not have that in my way. That was awesome. I don't know what happened exactly, but I had a way for me and I followed it and I followed it and I'll keep it and keep it on the end. What did that path look like here? So, after it's my first scholarship, I was still in Germany, I was working for the G.I. Groups, I'm trying to do a Ben and Collier. That was really like the training point, he was like, hey, you got to figure something out. And he's a rich, what you're thinking, he's like, man, you might got to go to high school

24:58in America. Yeah, I do it, but I don't know how my mom feels about it. But it's something like saw me, that's the saw you think, and this was possible, right? Go ahead, did you buy it at first? At first, I was like, how do you say English? Fabric acid? And I was honestly like, I was like, wow, this is real. It took me a couple of days through the process and then I was abandoned, hey, whatever it takes. Went to America and I'll take my season there and the rest is history. Yeah, I just want to go back to just five years, basically every place of boxing matches. Did you have to grow into that bringing the NAS to streak so it's been a long time? I feel like I always have that idea. I think I'm naturally like a nice guy and Collier definitely had to push a little bit. So I think he did a great job of playing with just being an out of me. I have. Got the time, he had time to work with me now for two years and even through recruiting. So I think he did a great job with it. What was your main sport?

25:59Soccer. How good were you? I was pretty good. I was really good. I was getting recruited by Major Team's there when I was out. I got in. So how's it going, people? So what got you interested in America football? You know, you kind of grow the sport in like six, four and two, fifty. Football is different in soccer. I don't want to disrespect anybody here, but it's a little bit softer. I didn't hit somebody, somebody made fall. Oh, found. I didn't like that because I got a lot of times on the fake. I didn't like the whole mentality. So I was like, I did something new. The same moment, football came into my life. How good it coming to your life? So I live in a small village, maybe 200 people, 400 people. There's one guy. He was in high school. He went to high school for home. He was in his favorite conco. And he was with Ben in his well. So Ben and Collier got to keep the eye. So he really got me into it. I lived right next to the soccer field. He was going to football. I was just playing soccer.

26:59And I was like, let me try that and it's how I got into it. You connected it to Brandon. Okay. Let me ask you off the wall. Your name. You know the reason behind that name or how you got me? So it was kind of like my family was trying to figure out. And for me, something with me because my brother's name is David. My sister's name is Debra. And my mom is just a damon or something like that. And my dad, he's a very religious guy. He was like, some sort of a woman. And I didn't like it. He said, I don't know where. I woke up in the middle of the night and he just said, hero. My mom was like, should we go around? We're going to name my son, hero. And that's how it went. Usually I feel like, you look at the baby first. Thank you for his name. But it kind of came before. What do you think of that? What do you think of that? I mean, I like it. It's not my only name. It's Chimera Mokou. It's Paul Kajolani. Chimera Mokou. It's Paul Kajolani. Chimera Mokou. It's Paul Kajolani. I'm the sexy. So something I'm going to write it down. Okay. Now, but I mean, it's my God will continue to move for me.

28:00And I'll be able to just manage that. I'm half that gene, half dry. What is that look like? Yeah. You know, we talked a lot about shutouts. And I'm not going to say that, you know, that's an expectation. But, you know, we think that our defense is good enough to go out there. You know, and win the game for us. You know, there's none wrong with saying that because that's what we're going to do. That's why we all came back to be the best defense of the country. And I think that, you know, the expectations got to be super high for us. We got a whole bunch of high standards, which we have. And I'm just really excited to see, you know, it all come together in a game for America and somebody else other than our offense. You're a couple of you black girls. They only have to feel where your opponent is. Yeah, and that pissed us off, too. They're getting them three points up. But, you know, we're a really exciting opportunity to, you know, hopefully get one of those this year. As you wait for. Yeah. Jack, Jay T. How did you see growing just in the last several months? What do you see about him from the Zyra stand point? You know, I was asking that it's kind of a possible ask me out and have a Penn State game. Everywhere that I go. Yeah, I say so. But we're in crime.

29:00I mean, we're in crime that it differently, I guess going into this season. Yeah, I mean, he's just, you know, Jay T's just, you know, he's taking that next step. He's super focused in, you know, this whole offseason. We've been really downed in and trying to pinpoint stuff that we can get better at. You know, specifically attacking it and really trying to, you know, focus on and get better on those things. I think that he has. He looks great, you know, this whole fall camp leading up to this game so far this game prep week. So he's definitely taking, you know, huge strides. And, you know, I think a lot of people would give him unfair criticism, too, because they do all expect to end up in a Penn State game every game, which is, you know, I just want the best defense of the game. It was ever played. So it's unfair to say that, but he's been consistently one of the best defense of any of the color football. If you turn on the tape, so I'm really excited to get out there with him this year and, you know, Rickson Haddock up by the end. You heard the expectations for both of you guys, you all came in. Yeah. You feel like this is the year it comes to fruition from the standpoint of dominance. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know what that word was. What's your sense of that? Yeah, I mean, no, that's something that we talked about. I think that's something all four of us and, you know, really eight of us on the D-line talk about is, you know, being dominant.

30:04You know, there's no ceiling to how good we can be this year. And we know that it's all about us going out there and doing it. You know, we can talk about it all day, but until we go out there and do it, you know, it doesn't mean a damn thing. So, you know, we're all excited to get out there. And then we're hungry and, you know, I've seen this at a different level of determination, you know, to chase greatness. And I've seen this as I've been here. So, you know, like I said, we're just, you know, we just can't wait for Saturday. I know the question. You never remember all the football games. Yeah. But you're playing a team here. If you play a team here, if you play a team here, you get a quarter of an hour's average. If you've not played Notre Dame this year, definitely. Yeah. What's the challenge when you, you're not going to get the chance to think the way that we'll be getting the team here. What's the challenge? You know, I think the challenge is that, you know, we're playing an opponent's coming into our house in the shoe this week. We only get eight shots left in the shoe. And we've got to make everyone a little count and accurate to go football team. You know, good, good head coach. I believe he was the often support manager for Oregon when they beat us here in my freshman year. You know, so they're going to be well coach.

31:04You're going to run their offense well and you'll play good defense. So, to us, you know, in Coach Day always says, never about our opponents always about us. You know, if we're executing on the high level and playing fast and physical, then, you know, things will take care of itself. So, we got to get a opponent an accurate and, you know, works out of playing the Saturday. You're on here, normally on the side of the shoe. There's a reward for the Beijing offensive. Oregon is this one, I'm not going to have to play it. You know, the game is playing the guys playing the ring more. Sound, I guess? Yeah. The sort of thing. This year, General just talked about opening up and opening up and running more groceries. It's not believing how you are playing along the defensive lines. Is there more of an emphasis on attacking the line of the extremist fighting pressure? Yeah, you know, I think that, you know, huge emphasis this fall camp will lead up to this season. It is to, you know, kind of let us play more downhill, more free with less thinking. So, I think that's been great, honestly, the last few weeks and, you know, in the camp as well. So, you know, I think that we are going to, you guys are going to see a more downhill team.

32:05And, you know, more of us coming up the edge, we're going to have it. And you guys all want to see. So, I think that, you know, we're really excited to go out there and, you know, and, you know, and, and roll it out there in place. So, you know, we're really excited for that. Have you seen science theater yet? Did you watch it on Netflix? I haven't watched it yet. I got no comment on that. Where do you feel like you've grown the most personally from where you are in your year? I think that this offseason was big for me and, you know, getting my body right. I think that, you know, I don't really like to talk about myself, but I think that I'm a little more explosive than I was maybe in years past. And, you know, I'm just really excited for the work that we put in. I think all of us have grown in so many different areas with our hands and hips across the defensive line. So, you know, like I said, just super excited for Saturday. I just want to get a little more leaner, you know, really work on that. And, I just work on my technique, you know, my stance, my get off and stuff like that of that nature for the defensive line. So, I think that I have, and I'm, you know, I'm excited to put on put on the field center. Jack, what's the big difference between the guy sitting in the chair right now, fresh face kid that came in four years ago?

33:11Not like on the field stuff that you learned, but off the field that maybe even translated on the field. Yeah, I think that when you come in here and, you know, you're an 18 year old kid just leaving the high school that there's a ton of things you can learn, you know, just as becoming a man and on the field in the woody as well. And that's why I tell all these young kids now that, you know, you got to make the main thing the main thing, make people the main thing. And, you know, and everything else will take care of itself. So, I think that, you know, coming in as we were all highly recruited to, you know, didn't help with our expectations and how it really goes. And the first game here. So, I think that, you know, when you get, you're used to starting and playing 80 staffs of games since you were five years old when you first get here. And, you know, you don't really see the field muscle, the freshman kind of, it kind of takes you back a little bit. But, you know, the growth that we've all had, you know, we're all just laughing about that actually. It's a great question because me and Tyler, you can JT, we watch the film, bus from our freshman year, we're like, holy shit. But we came a long way. You know what I mean? So, you know, it's been good. Being able to, you know, grow up with those guys and, you know, see the maturity level that we've all grown to from our freshman year on the football field.

34:19And, you know, it's funny that it comes full of circle. So, it's been awesome. So, it's been awesome. All right. Thanks. Thanks. Thanks. Thanks. Thanks. Thanks. I mean, that coach make effect. Coach make works really hard. And if you listen to him and he buy in, I mean, your definitely see results from the first summer or the second summer here. Hey, what's you guys being as deep as you are? Do you think there's a good possibility of quite a few of you seeing meaningful minutes on the field and not just kind of, you know, mop up, do the knee of the end? I know you're a guy who's probably going to be seeing some solid minutes. And some of maybe the younger guys, you think that the group is deep enough to see maybe some platuting and sorts going on, like throughout the game. Yes, sir. I mean, my freshman year, we are really deep, too. So, I feel like this is nothing new. I feel like Coach J. Nuss had a hand to it. I know I think he knows what had to do it best. So, I mean, I'm definitely not worried or I'm not like anxious about it. Because I know he definitely knows how to work through.

35:19What's the biggest area in which you personally think you can take your game to a level of cheer? I'm just playing more free-minded, you know, kind of just doing my job. And then when I can make that extra effort to go get the ball and make a play, I mean, I definitely want to do it. And I definitely want to be a trainer right out there. Exciting to have the opportunity to play with Jack and JT for a year? Yes, definitely. I mean, I love those guys who are brothers to me. And we definitely work every day. And we always just learn new things together. So, I feel like kind of having them for this extra year kind of helps me kind of perfect what I want. So, the next year I can be at my highest level. Coach Simon, I mean, that's everything. I mean, he definitely runs the whole show. And he definitely puts everyone in the right place. And he's one hell of a worker. I've nothing but good words for Coach Simon. Coach J actually actually comes from the guys that he doesn't have a walker. No surprise. I mean, everybody's all coming. Coach is a hard worker. And day in, day out, definitely puts the hours in. And everybody respects him at the highest level.

36:30I mean, we're all healthy. None of us are taking those extra stamps that we need. And we're all kind of getting our legs under us. And we're all playing out of our fastest and most violent levels. So, I think, I mean, if you have more players and everybody's healthy and playing more violent, I mean, I think that's good for everybody. Coach Simon, how does it feel to like that? Mitch Mountain will help you in the end of the game. Mitch Mountain is a really great player when he's healthy. And I think he is always been really good at working hard and trying to just strive and be that next guy. And he definitely, definitely will need him. Mitch, who's that pilot who's turned him a couple times as well? Who got the highlight of four in the tournament in the first pass? I mean, I wouldn't say it's being more highlighted. I just feel like as a unit, we know we need to play stronger to stop the run. And definitely just using our hands at a more violent pace and just to win blocks and at least one win. It's the only one who needs to win. And you think you're being asked, why are you still here? I mean, definitely see that with the new NIO world. I mean, I don't know. People kind of just considered me, why not just take the money and go somewhere else. But I mean, I'm bought in here and I've invested here and I want to see how I've turned out.

37:42And I think that's the way to free the coverage. It's somebody that picked you up when I was running over to your house to make it to practice on time. It's somebody that built the confidence in you because they saw that you were that good or that you could do that thing. And in all of us, we're all human, right, at the end of the day. So the best coach for me, obviously, yes at a certain level, wasn't my dad. But it was also those ones that pushed me to stretch my confidence, to be uncomfortable. That happened here at Ohio State with Coach Strait and that happened with Coach Smith. And even past that, right? I mean, I could tell you, I kill you once I got to the then Washington Redskins now commanders. It's just that level of swag and some of these guys can just make you feel so confident and do it so easily. But really, it's just that working on you as a human being, right? And that's what's most important, at least in me as I look at coaching him and what's been most impactful to me. The coaches impacted me heavily here. They've been here for they've been here for me through my ups and downs. They've watched me grow. This is my freshman year of college and not only coach hard because he's been an important person to me. In fact, in my life, heavily, he's taught me how to be a better man, which is very important because not only football is not all my life.

38:48I have the world world about their experience. He taught me how to be a better man and how I go about that every day. Alright, let's sort of the next question in reverse order starting with you, Carl. How has football affected your life? Football means a lot to me. Football has given me my platform. Football has given me the way to go express other things of that nature. It's given me my platform to reach other people, even though other people. Yeah, and for me, I work as an entrepreneur, right? So generally speaking, it's the passion to wake up every day knowing that you have to have a slight bit of productive paranoia that somebody may be doing something. Better than you, right? So for me, whether it's writing code, whether it's figuring out a way to look at a deal, a different way, I know that what football did for me was be able to push the edge. I always think about something that I could be doing differently or better because of what started right here in this building. When it was crappier turf or there was a ripover there in the corner that we always had to run away from. But at the end of the day, that's what's really helped.

39:50Yeah, you know, it's a loaded, loaded question. When you sit and really think about it, at least my perspective, not a little older. I think it's who I am, frankly. I think that it is a platform. There was a time in my life where I did it at a high level because I hated to lose. I was very competitive and I wanted to win and that was really a big part of it. And then I got kind of cynical to the sport. I hated losing. I hated being around guys that didn't think the same way I did at certain levels. And so I got kind of cynical with it and I tried to get away from it. And then when I kind of put my guard back down and realized it's a blessing to be able to football player instead of being like a dumb job. It's easy to be labeled at some point. I really owned it. And I was like, no, football is who I am. I'm proud of what it represents. I'm proud of the teamwork. I'm proud of the trials and tribulations. It's awesome. I am proud to be a football coach and try to impact others.

40:50And it's so quick to be a negative connotation to it all. There was a time where I had that. But to see what it has provided, the platform for me to chase my dreams, provided me my personal growth, exposed me to individuals. I never went on to meet. I got to meet a travel places. I never thought I could travel to. I take care of my family and away. I never thought I could. I mean, I'm so thankful for the opportunity to be associated with the sport. Then I just want others to feel the same gratification and excellence that I was blessed to witness. So what football means to me? I mean, frankly, it means everything from a platform perspective. I think that's so good. I relate to it on so many levels, man. I throughout my career in football, I've learned so much about life in general. It teaches you lessons. But the things that you go through on the field, the things that you do in the off season with your teammates, with your brothers, those are the things that you can take and put into your real life and learn, how to push through adversity.

41:54You may years down the line have a bad day at work and you learned during matriels the six in the morning, how to push through hard times. These things that I've learned in football have grown me up and turned me into a man way sooner than I would have if I didn't have football. And the things that I've learned through this sport and through the people that have had an impact on me because of football, I just feel so much more prepared to go tackle what's next in life. And I'm so blessed and fortunate, like Coach Hart said, to be a football player and to be labeled a football player. It's not who I am. It's what I do. But at the end of the day, it is done so much for me. And I'm just thankful for the opportunity to have played football. And I think it's going to continue to bless me for years and years to come. And it's just an honor. It's an unbelievable game. I think it's the most pure team sport. There's no sport like it. There's no sport that brings people together like football.

42:57I'm a gentleman a little bit on a later note. What is the funniest or craziest moment that you have had in football and will go start with Will and going down the line? Oh, man. Funniest or craziest moment? Cameras are on. Cameras. Oh, shoot. Yeah. And a lot more recent memory than I was going to say. In the building out of the building. I know whatever you feel like you want to reveal. You want to come back to it later. You want to think about it and come back to it later? I mean, shoot. I'll just, I guess I'll go surface level here. Pretty easy. I guess last year throughout the whole playoff run, there are some unbelievable memories. I would say one of my favorites was definitely the Jack Sawyer strip sack versus Texas man and going up to him afterwards and you know punching his chest and like I think I said some like expletives and gotten his grill.

44:04The funny thing is is that if you ask him about it, he has no idea what I said to this day. He just saw that my mouth was moving and I was fired up. So that was like one of the craziest I've ever been going in my life. You know, I think I don't know what I was saying when he was running down the sideline, but I was losing my mind. So I guess that's that's mine. I don't know, man. I mean, I feel like all of these crazy moments come with like, hey, I was talking to you and you don't remember that. I mean, I was talking to you about ESPN and you're like, hey, we read your lips and then you know, did you say the right thing? Football field. What are you talking about? But I mean, it's similarly speaking right. There was so much adversity that we had in our season in 2014 going into the next national championship. And then once we did it, right, there were, you know, hey, are we beating the best defense in the country by 50 some odd points, right? So I mean, I feel like there's a lot of kind of like, you know, hitting giggle kind of stuff that we had really, but for us, it's just more about those moments, right?

45:05Like the ability to come over in adversity and say, you know what? These are my brothers and there's no human on this earth that's going to take me away from my goal or my job. And that's to make sure that, you know, I block or capture whatever for for the next guy. So it's the fun memories. I can't put one out for you, but you know, it's always a good right. Yeah, I would say there's a combination. There's magical memory. One that echoes with me for that entire year, frankly, sorry CT was his the game he had in Chicago. That's always sat with me. And I don't know why certain things linger with people, but that one always sat with me for him to go home and do what he did in that environment was special for me. The second one also involved Will. You know, sometimes we do some game planning and Will loves to come in and like game plan with us. Sorry, and it is just coming. You know, you know, and so we're just trying to pick his brain about what he likes. You know, I was like, you know, what do you like here? Like if you could pick anyone, I think we're getting ready to go to Oregon and go to the Rose Bowl.

46:12And he's like, you know me. I just like a good pipe. A good pipe call. He said, you like what? He wrote with it. Yeah, man, just just call pipe. I'm like, okay, we got it. All right. So long story short, then we kind of get to the week and come to find out. You know, we got a tempo call. We call pipe just for Will. And he scored down the middle of field with a Mika Buka at the Rose Bowl for a touchdown. So he likes a good pipe call. And that was his favorite. Clip sedam, good play. I'll say the craziest moment. Definitely the Northwestern game back home. They scored two touchdowns. Thanks to Will, the game. Been back home since my freshman year, playing in front of a family. I probably had 40 members there. That was another, that was a crazy moment. They also just did not even experience that was like crazy. I unbelievable. That's like a once in a lifetime opportunity and not like all the things that we've done to get there and all the preparation we put in it, like it's still crazy to the day.

47:13All right. Some individual questions for each of you coach. Coach Hartman. Go. Greatest play you ever made. The completion, whatever completion it was. The one that echoes though in my brain is probably an opportunity to go to Arizona and Ryan Tennahill was a rookie at the time. And I had a chance to break the all time receiving record in yards per game for the Dolphins. Went for like 253 and I don't know, 13 catches, something like that. But there was the last one I remember because they were undefeated. They were six in L, I believe him. And we ended up not pulling out the game. So that's really what still sits with me at this point. But we had an exit call, which was two guys that basically crossed the middle of the field. We caught it on like the 20 yard line. So just two guys sprinting across the field and the foot race. I caught one over my left shoulder and got down the sideline. And there was another dude chasing me. I forget who it was. But I don't feel like the five to score. And I scored. I remember hitting my back and thinking like, shit, I can't breathe.

48:19But like I didn't want to show it. I wanted to act tough. So I got up. And I like, you know, had to cool. And then walking back to the side. I'm like, shit, I can't breathe. And, but yeah, that's probably the one that kind of echoes in my mind through those years. All right, Evan Spencer, one of the most memorable plays in recent years in all his state history was a touchdown pass that Evan Spencer threw right before half time to Michael Thomas in the semifinals against Alabama. What a lot of people may not realize and Evan correct me if I'm wrong. I think you hit that same play called against Michigan State, but it didn't happen. But of course, if you were talking about what what you thought when they called that play for you to throw the ball. The eternal coaches get the first time decided not to throw it. That was too risky. Right. We went to conservative route 11 yards, first down. Let's keep it moving. And then I got so much SHIT from the entire receiver or math. As I said, there's nobody. I mean, we're going to have 20 people on you. I'm thrown into you next time. But honestly, that play obviously defined my career. I wish that there were some more moments like that. But ultimately, I think there were other moments in that game that I, that I hold value in the most.

49:29The block was eagerly early to go. Why don't the block was one, but more the on-site recovery was one of the most specific ones. That was a perfect kick. And at the end of the day, right, those are the moments where it's like, hey, it's it's mono. We mono. It's me versus you. Right. I don't care what 40 is. I don't care what a vertical is. It's how bad do you want it? Right. And I think that's a theme that we'll probably talk about. And hopefully you guys can take back with your kids as well. It's how bad do you want this? Right. I mean, I talked earlier about a productive paranoia. It was I. I can't. I'm not going to say that I'm not going to say that I'm not going to say that I'm not going to say that I'm not going to say that I'm not going to say that I'm not going to say that I'm not going to say that I'm not going to say I'm not going to say that I'm not going to say that I'm not going to say that I'm not going to say that. Right, so again, I think what I want I know is really good as a group to go.

50:29secure the win for my brothers because we had to grind and already get there. So that's what's one of the most the thing that's most filling me. Carnell, you talked a little bit about the national championship, but if you would talk about what it was like when you guys came out onto the field at home against Tennessee, you saw a little bit of that orange, but you saw a lot of Scarlet and Ray and what it was like to play in the first ever home game in December, Ohio State. That game was very exciting. That was like probably our first night game home game in the shoe. We knew they could up something as far as the environment there. We were just ready to play. We were ready to go prove ourselves. All the preparation we put in, we just came up with loss. But we were just ready to go let it rip. And then the guys we went out there high energy went up quick. They had their shirts off, but like last week we're going to say more than their pre-games. I'm a little bit more modest. Now, will you the one non receiver sitting up here? But if remember from looking over your bio and getting ready for the season,

51:33you do have a career touchdown reception. Tell us about that. I do. It was my first, the first game my senior year last year, 2023 at Kansas State. I actually had a passing receiving and rushing touchdown on that game was against Southeast Missouri. So, you know, it wasn't a huge game, but I guess triple threat right there. I don't know. But it was like a, you know, I gave the ball like an outside zone action. And threw it back to me. It was like a screen. And I ran it like five or two. Did you trip? I stayed up this time. Wasn't that long. So I kept my feet, but that was that was that was fun doing that. I was the only time I did that. Good. Lastly, for each of you and Wilville start with you and go down the line, what do you wish? That your high school coach had demanded from you to help you get ready for the next level? Hmm. That's a, that's a really good, really good question.

52:34Man, I think, you know, all I wish I would have been told when I was, when I was in high school is that, um, man, like you never know what's going to happen. And you may have a plan, especially, you know, if you're going on to the next level, or even in high school, you may have a plan for what's going to happen. But it's about how you're able to adapt and adjust and take coaching and take criticism that can make you great and that can take you to new levels. And if someone had told me that, you know, as much as I wish I maybe would have listened to that, I don't know if, you know, 16 year old me would have really understood that. But you know, if there's, if there's some way that you can make these kids understand, like, man, you never know what's going to happen, but you just, just work hard, have fun believing yourself. At the end of the day, everything's going to work out and like, just trust in your work and trust in yourself. And, you know, I think I'm a believer in positive reinforcement and, and pump these kids up.

53:35Yeah, you may have to get on them, but pump them up, man, at the end of the day, like, make sure that they still love the game. Because I saw that in my high school, you know, I had a coach that was hard on guys. And some guys just didn't understand that, you know, but there were other guys there to help pick them up. And I thought my coach did a really good job of establishing a staff that was, you know, guys of different, you know, backgrounds that could, that could, you know, get along with different groups of players and coach from different perspectives. And I think, you know, I had a really good experience with my high school. And, you know, I'm really thankful for the coaches that I had, but man, just the more that you can reinforce, have fun, be flexible. Don't take yourself too seriously, man. This is, this is a game at the end of the day. And you got to have fun playing it, you know, if you want to have any success. Yeah, I think, it's not through my experience. I, I, I've changed positions. I was a receiver. Well, first of all, I ran track as a freshman.

54:36I was pretty good as a freshman by the time I got to the freshman football, though, or that sophomore year, I didn't play. It wasn't ready to play. I was a sophomore. And so I had a decent head on my shoulders. My parents were crazy pushing me and he has to play. I didn't earn it yet. So that was fine. My junior year, I started to play where I was the quarterback, though. We didn't have another guy at that time. The quarterback I was playing quarterback, my brother, and I've coming up and taking my job as a freshman. They'd be the quarterback. So I moved to my general spot as a, as a receiver. And then my first game in my senior year, I broke my leg. So I lost my senior year. I stayed motivated when I run track that spring. So and I had a lot of people around me motivated me to do so. And that was very beneficial for me. But I think when I look back, there wasn't a whole lot of motivation needed, I think for myself. I think that the one thing I wish they would have pulled out of me more was probably more leadership. I think that we had a good group of guys in our school at the time that naturally wanted the best version of themselves.

55:37They didn't need a lot of motivation. But I would have liked my coach to pull me aside and demand more leadership out of me with my peers. I think I probably did a decent job, so they kind of left me alone, but I know I had more and more in the tank. And I wish they would have seen that, challenged me on that and then tried to quantify that. Whether I was doing a good job or not doing a good job, give me a responsibility of a guy that really needed it. Not another guy that was in a good spot, but a guy that really needed some leadership. Maybe I don't know, get like, file this home or some kind of situation I could have helped. And I just didn't have that perspective of where I was to try to do that. I was great with everybody. I was friends with everybody, but I think I probably had more gas than the tank from a leadership perspective. Which one of the coaches would have pushed me to do that? That's probably the one area that I kind of regret. No, it's great. I mean, it's a perfect thing. Leadership takes every team to success. And without it, you don't win. I'm at the end of the day. For me, is I think back about what I wish the coach would have prepared me a little bit more for coming out of high school.

56:43It's just the focus on the relatability of the small things. Right? I mean, making it to training table five minutes early. I mean, yes, everybody makes it on time, right? But are you the first guy at training table going to your tutor? Sure, you may not need a tutor, but are you the first one asking questions? Why is this important? Well, working a muscle also means working the discipline muscle too. Are you disciplined enough to run around when you're tired and you can't think? Are you disciplined enough to know exactly that that's the coverage, even though they're tilting a new way. This guy's looking at me a very specific way. And every time I see him on film, he does this. And it's always covered too. Right? You have to train your discipline muscle. And I think for me, that was something I really had to work hard on. Right? I mean, everybody that steps foot in this room or room similar to it are the best at their position in their area. Period. That's the only reason to get here. Right? So once you get here, the ability, your ability to go do those things is not what's going to make you great. Your ability to push the edge, your ability to try to catch a thousand more balls than anybody else on your team.

57:43Your ability to go a perfect rate at attendance at tutoring or training table or mentoring or what have you. Those are the things that apply. Yes, that means you may go for a million touchdowns. But guess what? You're going to be an awesome person when it comes to being a husband. You're going to be an awesome person in the boardroom or at some company or what have you. Training that muscle I think was one thing that I learned but definitely could have had been more refined coming out of high school for sure. For me, it's the next play mentality. I mean, I feel like a lot of us get too caught up in the moment that was going on. We made a drop of ball like receivers and stuff. But it's like the next play that matters. You can't let the last player prevent you from going to make the next play. Like life goes on, life moves on. You can't let the past prevent you from going to succeed in the future. And then something that's always stuck to me is not even cultural preachers and now I'm being uncommon amongst the common. I mean, like we all at least receive a set of high school students but it's like the little thing like like Spencer said, what separates us from each other.

58:45Like we all have the great playmaking ability but it's like you have to be consistent in the room to stand out from each other. So those are the things that stuck with me. Jenna, thanks for sharing continued success and everything you do. Thank you. Thank you, your broadest set. No, he's helping us get better to make sure the run is a different kind of player I've seen. So it just depends on the design. Like he's trying to get one today. That's what happened. We have ways to adjust. What do you think will hour thoughts people? For your teammate, what's your name? My name is Carter Bag. My good. Just got to point out that he's about a rather wise and now tradition that it looks at the last test. Yes, it's guys from Canada.

59:45We'll talk about pocket Brazil. You know what I'm saying? It's not always a DB. It's just half a post seeking them. I think that's what I'm saying. I mean, I mean, the DB is used to play with some kind of these games like Josh, Alan, Sean, and I've seen them. You know, we're really excited to have him on our team. I remember this pocket presence of the days. And the player feels really comfortable back there. I remember it as a legacy player because it's a bit of an advantage. It's all healthy. How fun is it to be at practice or in games like this with BIA right now? Well, it's really fun to be in game like this. And you know, it's kind of just like a little foreshadow with the season game. It's really excited for what we have to offer. We have all the tips for this year. If we want to win it all in the last one, go. You've always been honest about your assessments and how things are going. What did you see from day one of practice or 15 for supporting safety? Is there that open? The off things, man. We've really been together. Sorry, you know, we have a new system. Like new scenes, you know, you have to like a lot of the receivers. They'll run the Caledax and a lot more comfortable. And they're making a play. They're getting better. That's what we want.

1:00:46You know, I'm really excited to see those guys. I'm going to talk to the beer boys. The men there is going to be out there. We're going to be able to talk to the men there. They're going to be out of the class. You know, what have you seen on the screen? From your day to the end of that corner. Yes. You know, we're going to be amazing. You know, we have a lot of new, I think we're still installing a lot of new, like from what we've seen. The guys go behind the scenes. All of us might have four or five people on the field. But they're from rod different loads. And I'm really excited. I'm really excited. You know, when you speak up to the mayor. Yeah, I think in all rooms, the position coaches run in the meeting room. But obviously, we always use assistance. There's sometimes where you give projects. Hey, we're going on the meeting today. You got seven on seven. I'm going to take 11 on 11. So you can go back and forth with that. I just want to ask, what's the attitude for some of the agencies and the things they're making so much good, doing great, doing it. What's the solution? I do see a making of a really good unit.

1:01:47And I think the first thing that I notice is that whole group worked extremely hard with Mick in the summertime. So where they are physically, you know, they came to camp ready to play and ready to compete. And again, the reps part for every position. Not only quarterback, but whether it be right guard, right tackle, whatever it is, is we're just rolling. We're just trying to get as much film on tape. You know, you're here and you forget. You see and you remember, you do and you understand. So how many reps can we get for our players so that they really truly understand what we're doing. And that's what we're really trying to push through right now. Knock on wood, we've been really, really healthy so that we continue to play at least three full groups right now. So everybody's getting a ton of reps and we're just rolling. And then we're going to run in there as quick as possible. Watch the tape as the coaches and then get ready for our afternoon meetings and then get ready for walk through at night. And then, you know, kind of rinse and repeat. That's kind of the, that's what we are in this mode of camp right now. So. What I just mentioned, I think your philosophy is always built upon who your players are.

1:02:58So the last time we were together, we had different personnel. You know, so you're just always trying to feature. What do you do really well and then trying to mask what you don't do really well. So I think it's always morphed and sometimes you're, you know, you're more of a run RPOT. Other times you're more of a spread them out. You know, throw the ball down the field and then you're running screen and draws. You know, it just really depends on your personnel. So I think maybe that's how it's changed a little bit. And our personnel has been different. So, you know, you get to learn some new things to adapt it to your personnel. What is because the boys are going to be this different? They do a lot. Well, that's a good thing about this place. You know, I don't think there's one singular thing. I think there's a lot of talent running back room. There's obviously a lot of talent in the wide receiver room. So I think there's going to be a good balance. Very similar. Yeah, a lot of the same things a lot. Most of it was just terminology. You got to change from terminology when you got here. And then I learned the new terminology.

1:03:58But because he speaks the old language, he can say, hey, you called it this. We call it this. So it's more just that than anything else. This goes more in the life. This goes in more. You know, maybe you're going for a pattern stuff. But I think we've seen a world actor sitting there putting a number of people in here. These are watching the practice. How much of accuracy is timing, chemistry, the same receivers and how much of it needs the action to check on the side. Well, I think a lot of that would be knowledge. So if I just got here and I've never run a play before live, I'm still trying to think X is here. The Z is here. Balsnap. I think Will has done a really good job really working on the playbook and offseason studying films so that he understands when there's a play call made. Play call made that he knows where to go with the football. So a lot of the accuracy things that maybe a young quarterback doesn't have is that well, he looks like he's 10 of them. He may not really understand the concept or the routes that we're running right now. He's got a kind of an idea, but he probably got the Cliff Notes version right now.

1:05:01He's really studying it and understands it. I think that give Will that credit. He's really done a great job of kind of putting himself in that position. Do you want to change your thoughts? Yeah, I think he moves better. I mean, obviously, like I said before, you're at 22 miles an hour, 23 or 17 pounds. You can see that in his ability to not only run faster, but I think he's got a lot more stamina. You know, he can he can last longer during the course for training sessions. So, you know, really a credit to him and credit to making those guys the way they did with all of our guys in the offseason. What's the dynamic like now? You still went mentoring with him? I think we're both trying to win. So, I think when you're trying to win, I don't think you look at it.

1:06:01Like who's the mentor or who's the boss? You know, how do we put our players into position to make plays? And that's the bottom line. And I think, you know, the good thing is that we know each other so well. Like, neither of us has any auto care. If it's his idea or if it's my idea or Brian Hartline's idea and Brian, I think Brian's really sharp. You know, and really adds a lot to what we do or Justin or Carlos Lacko just came in. Keaton Belly is a huge study of the game of football and has some real good ideas. So, you know, I think we have a bunch of people that we ask our players to be on selfish. I think it's coaches. You have to be the same exact way. And I don't care if I get credit for anything. I just want one of the games. And I think that's the way Brian feels the same exact way. And, you know, I think we're on the same page from that standpoint. I don't think we look at it from that standpoint, you know what I mean? They're probably going to go a bit as we're kept, guys. Yeah. Brian said a bit to me. Mm-hmm. Then for Nancy, just the idea of having a good connection. Really good. I mean, I think that's important.

1:07:02Obviously, I mean, that's a pretty big statement, but I feel the same way. You know, I think there's a long history. We grew up in the same hometown. We've known each other for almost 40 years now. So it's not a, you know, we coached together in the NFL for two years. And then we got back together again. So there's, you know, when you go through it, it's the same elementary school, the same junior high, the same high school, the same college. I recruited him, coached him in college. I know his family. Well, I know his entire family, well, I think. And we're all products of the same hometown with the same coaches that coached him in New Sports. Coach me in New Sports. So there's always going to be that connection. So I think that's a little bit different just because of that dynamic from, from it's not just a history of two years together in the NFL. It's it's 40 years of, you know, going up in the same hometown. You're right. It's good to have ideally a quarterback started in the last days. Yeah. That's a great question, but you know, I know exactly where you're going with that. So, I don't have an answer for you.

1:08:05That's a good question. That's a great way to phrase it. What is that hand to like, how do you say it's important for one of the fans? Well, I think it challenges the defense, you know, and I talk to Jimmy Knowles. We spend a lot of time with our defense staff. They do a great job of what, what hurts you, you know, really what don't you want to see, you know. But when you have somebody that can be a duel threat, that's a really tough thing to defend sometimes. Because we're going to play two men and lock up these receivers and double, double the two best receivers and go. Well, if they've all turned their back to the quarterback and the four men rush doesn't get home and the quarterback now takes off, there's nobody left. You know, and it's not, I think obviously we know how fast will is. So it's not like if he runs it to six yard game, like if he takes off, it could be a 60 yard game. And he had a few of those. I think he went 60 against Texas. I mean, he said some really big runs in his career so far.

1:09:05So I think that's just another tool in your toolbox, but it makes you a little bit more multi-dimensional. You look at the trend that's gone in the NFL. A lot of those guys, can they keep plays alive and can they extend plays because of their athleticism? You know, the more does that, Patrick Mahomes does that, Josh Howell and does that. It was probably more like Josh just because he's a bigger guy. But it does add a dimension to your offense. Steve and then Cam. Yeah, Julian, every quarterback in our group runs over 20 and will runs 20. I think he went 22 and won and he was the fastest. But like Lincoln was 21 nine. Like Lincoln can go. Devon's definitely not. They say we know he's got that. And Julian was over 20 this summer. Air, air runs at 21. So all all of those guys run over 20 miles an hour. So we don't have anybody that's a statue back there. But we're also not going to run them 25 snaps a game. They're not Tim Tibo now. So we're not direct snapping to them and running quarterback power.

1:10:05They're just it's just another facet of what we can do and that you have to account for the quarterback. Last two questions. Steve and then Cam. Chicago. My days as a trust you with. Trust you at this light. Here. That's going to be all. Yeah, but I would say this that wasn't a surprise to me. So we've known that and as we've we've had a relationship that goes back a long, long time. So and I feel the same way. So you know our families are really close and. You know, we grew up in a in a great hometown where that that sense of community and sense of loyalty. And sense of love for one another is is always been fostering. So you know means a lot that you would say that, but I feel the same is that way. Yeah. Sure. Yeah, there's a lot of things you can do with B.I.

1:11:10And it was it was unfortunate that we didn't have them during. Most of the spring, you know, so I didn't get to see him. You know, and I knew who he was. He was highly critical to come out of high school. But to see him now. But I love his competitive nature. You know, he's he he competes and it's and I think it it kind of brings a competitive level. And I think it took really good competitive wide receiver room. It kind of takes it to another level. So to have him back out there is another weapon. You know, to go along with Mac and in Cornell and JJ and those other guys and. And Bryson and JB, you know, there's a bunch of really talented guys in that room. But you know, to have him back healthy is a big really big plus for us right now. Great coach. Thank you very much. Thanks guys. Coach, I'm going to bring you over here. Oh my god. Yeah.

1:12:56Thanks. Thank you. Thanks a lot. Thanks a lot. Thanks a lot. Punkt. Yeah, I was a tough process with the draft process and everything like that. And I'm sure without that medical flag, I probably would have went a little bit higher. But I mean, honestly, it all worked out the way it was supposed to. I couldn't have asked for a better opportunity than to come here and to get that call from George. And it was just awesome. And even looking back at that, it all worked out the way it was supposed to.

1:13:57So really not upset or mad about it, but just know that it's time to get back to work. Who would apologize? What you kind of call it a call, which you said could mean that thank you. So how much does it mean this team believes in versus the element, etc. Where does that kind of stack up? And this organization has that belief in you. So much. So I feel like that just gives me, you know, it just humbles me to know that my work that I have to push forward has to be better. And I know I can be better and play better. And I just try to where my mindset is. It's just like, how can I even exceed this? How can I show my appreciation after on that field? And the fact that they believe in me and my teammates just makes sure I don't want everyone to let them down. And I know that with moving forward and stuff that I definitely won't. I definitely won't want what. Just going to keep working and keep going.

1:14:58I'm just happy that they believe in me. I'm not exciting is it your locked up now for your attention, but you look at this young defense and a lot of these guys can be along for the ride as you kind of move forward with this solid. Yeah, we've got a lot of young talented guys on this defense. And I think we're only going to get better, you know, even just to say, I think we're just moving forward the way we've been able to accomplish things this year. And I feel like we still haven't played our best defense, you know, as a unit as a whole. I mean, people have individual stuff, but I feel like just together we can grow and get even better. And I feel like that just comes with just more time. Because like you said, we have a lot of young guys. And I'm just excited to be a part of it. And definitely going to do all that I can to lead and help us get to wherever we need to go. I don't know. Honestly, I always believed in myself and, you know, my family helped me with that

1:16:10so much. Just always believing to me, always telling me what I'm capable of and helping me along. And I mean, like shout out to my mom for everything that she's done for me and getting me to this point. Yeah, I mean, I don't reflect too much. I only like to move forward because I feel like this is just like a starting point for me. And I know I'm going to grow for this, but I mean, all to that credit, I reflect with my mom. And I'm sure she'll help me out with that. What could have been the moment of the next step that you want to take into yourself? Yeah. Pro Bowl for one, being an all pro outside line back here, being dominant and really holding myself up to the standard that was set here. I feel like with Vaan and the Marcus Ware and even Chubb and, you know, just want to keep going and keep working. And, you know, I just have this new motivation, you know, to keep going now.

1:17:15So just really excited. We get work so that we can get more coverage to you to get coffee by the end of the program. How important is it to get by the shelter and get lunch and come to the place. Yeah. It's just getting back to work knowing that the things that we've done have been good enough to this point is just cleaning up the little small things. You know, this was going to happen as league. You know, you're going to get punching your mouth every now and then. But it's how you respond to it. And I feel like our team has definitely a good mindset to show that our response will be strong and solid and yeah, I got full confidence moving forward. How do they differ? Well, both two top quarterbacks in our league. Obviously, I mean, both MVP, Caliber, guys, we all know how decorated Patrick Mahomes

1:18:21is and easy is just a phenomenal competitor, you know, probably the best competitor in this league. And, you know, that means every time you face against him or go get some of his Sunday, you have to have your best because you know, you're going to get that from him. And I know it would be ready to answer that. Thank you. Why? I was going to ask you. You have to contract and then also to trade the bearing. How do you talk about what you said to your wife and what how do you need to have push each other down to the last couple? Yeah, Barren's been my guy for my teammate for eight years, you know, far past this, you know, and even our time in the league and I was really hurt and really sad to see him go. But I know it's a good opportunity for him. And I know he'll take full advantage of it. We all know how talented Barren is. Fantastic football player. Fantastic dual man.

1:19:21That's my brother and, you know, I wish him all the best. I talked to him before he went and I know he's going to go there and ball, so I'm just excited to see what he does. It's obviously, you know, if it's a quick game, you're not going to get there. So, you know, just get your hands up. I think it's just more of a feel thing. Zach, in particular, seems really good at that. Are you certain claims that he does well in the ring? No, yeah, Zach is definitely good at that. And, you know, I think that's something that the interior is very good as a whole. Just keep your hands up. Barren, what's the bigger impression of Jonah Ellis now with a few months working with him? You know, Jonah got a lot of natural skill. I think his upside is very high. But I mean, like in New York, you know, there's a learning curve from playing, coming from college and NFL. So, I think he's just continue to develop and continue to get better. I mean, I'm happy what I've seen, but I mean, obviously I know he has high expectations for himself and not only him, but I hold units. So, I'm just like I said, excited to see him keep growing. It was the most challenging aspect of that learning curve for you and you came into the leader. I think the biggest thing was switching from inside to outside.

1:20:23I mean, inside you five yards off the ball kind of versus edge right there with somebody in your face. So, just kind of learning how to just that change up. And I think just learning how to, you know, get off the ball, you know, inside you have time to read outside. You don't have that much time to read. We have to be kind of very decisive. So, just getting reps of that, you know, that was a big thing to have me. And I think that it would be something to have villains too, just getting reps. Some more reps to get the better view of you. Darren, can you talk to your relationship with Jonathan Cooper and tell you guys about how you're from Rotary County for some sort of relationship? Oh, yeah, that's my dollar. I mean, I play with him four years at a high-o'-state. So, I think just, you know, being in the place, like a high-o'-state together and going through that hard training and then making it out on the other side, you know, I think we just able to hold each other to that standard. And I'm afraid to hurt one another's feelings if you don't lift up to that standard. And he know how to push my buttons. I know how to push this button. So, you know, I'm grateful to have him as a teammate in this area where you get to play somebody from your college. How much are you experimenting to get to this time here, especially like with the defensive

1:21:24bands, just in terms of how you want to rough-trop each other, how you communicate and all that? I think this is the time you learn to rest as a dealer. You know, this is a perfect time for us just to learn how to rest together. You know, we meet together. You know, you ask the guy who's to your side, you know, what you're thinking on this playing and feeling. So, you just kind of get a feel for it when that scenario pops up on a practice field or in a game and just creating that dialogue is, I think, it's a big estate. And asking questions. So, if you have a back to screen drive on Sunday, can you tell us a little more about it? Yeah, don't forget it gives me if I can't say too much because I've been focused on training camp. So, my publicist and my agent's kind of been doing a lot of the leg work in my mom. But yeah, we're just going to have a big event out here. Sunday, I believe, up there in the parking lot. We're going to have a corner ice machine, some jump houses. We're going to be donating backpacks. I think I'll be 150 backpacks for the kids for the upcoming school year with supplies and a bunch of different things. But just trying to get the kids excited for going back to school and obviously helping out families who might not be fortunate enough to buy their kids the supplies they need

1:22:27for school. So, just trying to do what I can to help out my community here in Denver. I definitely lose a good battle. I sleep better at night. But Jaylen is very talented and getting a lot better day in day like every single day I see him getting better. So for Jaylen, it's great. And I'm sure I'm sure he'll be back. But and I'll get plenty of reps against him. But Jaylen's tough, so it's a battle with him too. And I think for him, he's working his way into a position of being a starting caliber tackle for sure. You talked a lot about the conversations you have with Trent, kind of, Sharon tips and things like that. Do you have some more conversations with Jaylen? A little bit, not as much I'd say.

1:23:28But we're going at it every day. We have a good working relationship for sure. He's a great dude and him and McKibits both very solid players and fun to work against. And how has Yita Gross-Mazos paid into the rotation with you guys out front? He's doing great. We've been on him every single day. Me and Chris and the rest of the guys and he's starting to really buy into the scheme and play it the way it's supposed to. And he's got a ton of talent. So I think this scheme will bring the best out of him for sure. Talking to Chris Kusert yesterday about Leonard Floyd and when he's out there like in shorts and with a shirt cut off and you see how thin he looks, it's almost like a basketball player. How does he hold leverage? What's your observation on how he survives and not only survives, but thrives with that kind of build that he's been doing? Have you seen him up close?

1:24:30He's pretty built. He's about 245 shredded, probably like 5% body fat and you could run. So I think it'll be just fine in this scheme and he's proved that he could rush the pass or so. It's good to have him. He's played a lot of hundred straight games. I know everyone in Manifold is tough and maybe you don't get a sense of guys tough in the straight game or whatever. Does he have that reputation or other stuff? I think he's seen from what it has its line how he's able to stand to. Well for a guy at his age to work as hard as he does and then come in with a mindset of trying to get better every day is impressive to see. He doesn't like missing days. I think he had an off day today for the first time of camp and you kind of have to force

1:25:32it on him because he's that type of guy. Some guys are just more resilient and there's a lot of luck that goes into playing the sport. It's good to have a guy who's reliable and really talented. A couple of times in camp where you look like you tweak something or something and you kind of went off to the side and then you look and then like 5 minutes later you'd be back out there. I don't know if you were around him and that do you ever talk to him in those moments or kind of hear what his process is? Yeah I mean you're always dealing with something and he's been in the league a long time so it's not like he's out there feeling amazing every rep you take. Nothing serious so that's good and he's very tough. Some of the coaches yesterday obviously were Brandon coming in potentially you know mixing in three four looks a little more obviously mostly stayed you know not dropping in the coverage.

1:26:34What would your perspective be and how comfortable would you be if you were asked to run some three four looks? I'm liking our change ups that we're doing. I think in the NFL you have to evolve every year and we've had a lot of success with what we do and teams are starting to game plan it and have answers for us so we have to evolve and we're doing that and I think we have a lot of athletic defensive ends and I don't mind dropping it's kind of fun not something I do often but it keeps them honest and it could it could end up getting you more sex by them not knowing exactly what we're doing. Thanks. Thanks. Hey Michael we know you ended up at Streetsboro but I understand you started Benedict

1:27:42think could you where were you born and how did you end up in Streetsboro? I'm so born and grew up at Heights originally and I lived there just about my title I can then I got to age was 15 that was that that was like at the end of the business Benedict and then my mom promised I bought a street rail that was a but it was a better pay so she decided you know it was better for us to move out there and Benedict he was going to be our driver every day to get to school so it just wasn't beneficial to her. So my last three years of high school out there streets were on my soft floor here senior here. Hey Michael Tom with us on the AP we saw it on TV just a little while ago that you became a dad during the season last year what's fatherhood been like for you how's that changed you? Yeah it's been a great addition to my life for sure. You know teaching me a lot of patience you know just being a big role model for my brother and I mean it's just the best feeling for him to even be around this and witness

1:28:45him there. He's in all the videos and you know just give him something good to look back on like you know dang my dad did some real positive stuff. Hey Mike Christie from the American Beacon Journal you've talked about playing you know coming you know staying in the same area and you know playing in your backyard. Do you feel like you know that puts I don't want to say put pressure but the opportunity to sort of be you know be a role model be you'll be someone that hey look I like you say I came from here I can look where I can go how much do you sort of take that you know take that mindset take you know you'll take that responsibility on. So I mean I'm not one of those guys who's going to run away from the pressure I'm going to it a little ahead on. So you know it's going to be a lot of pressure on me playing in my hometown you know a lot of people are going to have to buy the patience but you're not the end of the day as a player I still have the man that I have to be in the situation so I'm going to hold myself very

1:29:45you know high on that hold myself accountable and just got to be the best player that I can be a control of the trouble. Michael I'm sure you watched the success that DeWon Jones had here last year as a rookie how excited are you to join DeWon and and maybe kind of follow in his footsteps in getting off to a great start as a rookie. Oh yeah that's my dog you know DeWon he just called me right before this I mean just we were talking about this the whole time even even my 40 day visit you know they're just saying like man if you get here it's no it's over like you know the best duo like an offense you know offense defensive wise we bring a lot of juicin practice even at our state so I know it's going to be you know 10 times more at the next level but really blessed to be able to play with my brother I play with my brother for life. Hey Mike I guess your teammates started calling you baby Aaron Donald pretty early on is

1:30:46that true and I guess what did that mean to hear that from them. I mean I feel like that's a you know that's a great you know that's a great experience for sure you know a lot of people can't just be compared to that so you know like I mean it just shows you know how how my teammates are are about me but you know just really appreciative of them and just be around surrounded by guys you know that's top of the top best of the best you know the country. Hey Michael Ashley Pastak from Cleveland dot com again I think we ask every D line men who gets drafted here about the opportunity to play with Miles Garrett just how much does that excite you knowing the season he's coming off of and how excited are you to get a chance to pick his brain every day. Oh yeah no doubt me from day one I'm definitely going to be you know whatever he does I mean he's just real you know where I was like you know how to see get his body right with you know what did you do and what did you do and have to practice just you know those guys those that they're not there for no reason they're not in this league you know playing

1:31:47multiple years back to back having these great seasons you know so it's just it's just a great honor to be around somebody like that and you know it's just going to be like I got to come in and put my heart on from day one until you know whenever I leave. Michael how much interaction did you have with Jim Schwartz in this whole process see the pro day or your visit here. Yeah it was just really just my visit here yeah coach Schwartz was just you know Amy and coach Jack were all me is all all throughout that. We're right. Hey why don't you put the words just you know surrounded by me throughout the whole day so you know just building a great relationship from that from the beginning. We can't say you came natural. Hey Michael I know obviously the Ohio State guys there's a bunch of guys that went back this next year where you tempted all to go back and try to chase a championship with those guys like how close did you actually come to that before you decide to go to the NFL. I kind of made my decision before it to see you started. I was pretty sure on that you know especially then when I had my son late in the year

1:32:52then. I solidified it. It wasn't like I was tempted to go back I mean for sure I mean I feel like you know it's still I've finished business but you know my car has to do with what was right for my family and it was just it was just better for that you know that way. I got a can't think about it as just a media personal you know saying preference. Got to think about it as a whole. When I'm running routes and you know try to try to understand the whole play the whole concept from a very deep level and try to find those holes in the defense as well and be on the same page with the quarterback. Do you ever receive your back? No no so I actually played quarterback growing up until my junior year of high school so that's kind of when I made the transition to tie-in. Why do you switch? There's just some things I was a tied quarterback battle and the coach knew I could play tie-in so you know I kind of wanted to do it too. There's something that I was interested in so it's kind of how that came about. Do you get to do this where 51 cuts last year? Right.

1:33:52I'm sure you had a lot of suitors. Why come to a place where that's not necessarily been the history in terms of production. Right yeah and I think coach key I mean he hit on all the things I wanted to hear and some things that didn't want to hear you know I mean that's that's real as a coach and you want to be in an environment that's going to push you in all aspects of the game. And being a tie-in it's not just about past coaching. You know you got to block and you know I think that's something that I want to keep the belt and you know going against these guys every day I mean running routes and blocking these guys every day I mean it's going to make you better so I think I have a you know a vision of where I want to be as a tied-in and I think this place gives me the best opportunity to do that. Do you have to get to production more about well-rounded yourself? Yeah I think so just whatever way I can help the team whatever they're asked for me to do I'm going to do. What did you want to hear from you? What did he say that you didn't like your coach?

1:34:53I like everything but like you know you know coaches like they sometimes just tell you what you want to hear you know you don't you don't always want that you want someone that's real and you get the real with me you know you showed some things that like I need to improve on which I like to hear but not everyone wants to hear you know I mean stuff like that. And actually notice a really good route on which of the dissenders are so far straight back to getting the best front. Yeah I mean they're all great there's so many of them. I mean I think you know honestly I'm not I'm so locked in on the plays at the time they're like I don't really have time to see who's even across from me so it's kind of hard to really think about who who's giving me the most trouble at this moment. Can you say in a Caleb and Nathan kind of vouch for you or took the little bit you were good player from the for the crew game maybe you had a chance to bark to Caleb or Nathan. Yeah yeah Nathan's awesome got to know him a little bit before he went off and started training so he was awesome to be around awesome to talk to and same with Caleb they're

1:35:53just great people. They're in your corner. Yeah yeah they've been great so far. How much do you just come and support here in January and having that opportunity to be with the team as they went on that national team? Probably yeah it was great I mean just seeing the culture they have here and how they run things you know they have they had that group of guys that really you know led the way and showed showed me what it looks like to win here so it was awesome. Thanks thank you. Meet together let's train together to be able to groom these guys to be flexible in amount of packages and that helps your depth too right so it may not be like who's the next best defense of back of the game well may not just be the guy replacing a guy they got injured in that position right you may have to move pieces around and that flexibility you know helps us for sure. Competition. I want to see incredible competitiveness every single day right so I want to see consistency

1:36:53from the guys I want to see you know it's we want our guys to be consistently on the rise right it's not okay to like two days better than you're taking a step back like every day we need to consistently on the rise so like those habits your consistency and then your competitive mentality that's what I want to say we'll coach them we'll get them in the right spot I don't worry about that but I want to see that competitive mentality that hunger and that's what I've seen from the what a workout so far I mean this morning it was it was a real one of years and that's you know what coach Bic has developed with coach Dave preaches will be prejunct defense too I mean that competitive mentality I want to see for those guys. Yeah I think consistency for any young players the biggest thing right so you see flashes of talent but you want to be able to have over and over and over and over again I'm not saying that they have not done that way I'm actually really pleased with where those guys are right now but that's going to be the biggest thing is you're like when you're when you're playing in situational type things or packaging things like that it's different

1:37:59than maybe you're out there for 60 snaps in a game right that's a different type of feeling right so the consistency of performance is important those because you're putting a lot of different ever situations right so that'll be the biggest thing is responding to those pressure situations and being consistent in performance. Our job is to put the best football players on the field so we you know lathe and roll was lathe and roll because that's what lathe did well. K-Lam is always K-Lam is always K-Lam because that's what K-Lam did well right so then you say okay we have some search coming back we have a lot of new pieces right so we say okay what do these guys do holistically well and then let's highlight those things that put them in position to be successful that's all our job is coaches right so put the guys in position to be successful and that we spent a lot of time as the defense staff talking about that personnel conversations and that's our job the spring is to make sure that we're getting those pieces right. At the slot Jordan had such a great year guys last year who are some candidates to kind of replace them now and you called the nickel do you call it a slot I don't think.

1:38:59Yeah nickels what we call the yeah Lorenzo styles has done a bunch of awesome things at that position when you look at the remained Matthews and what he's been able to do playing on the outside but also the toughness he brings in the slot from that position so there's a number of guys that have those traits and it's a unique guy to be able to do that you know because you're not just a corner you're not just a safety sheet bag linebacker sometimes too you know so that interchangeable piece has been really important Jordan an awesome job of that and then you know we were able to even grow the packaging last year because of the things that he was able to do. Coach they said about you at the National Championship celebration shirts things he's told you privately but for him to say that at the championship saying you're one of the rising stars in the industry one of the brightest young minds I had to make you feel really good just your take away from that I know your humble guy probably don't want to ask you about. No no you can ask anything yeah I think anytime that you get recognized for your hard work and your contributions also my three coaches that appreciate coach they saying it I've got an awesome relationship with coach day I think the world of him yeah I try to just be up behind the scenes operator I don't mind the spotlight but I try to just be behind the

1:40:02scenes operator and put the guys in position to be able to shine but I appreciate of him and look forward to keep contributing. What are your weird thoughts of foreign coach Patricia we got chance of being here for the first time very engaging personality just when you're obviously very decorated just what your thoughts on coach. Yeah I mean first up with Matt Patricia walks in the room the room I mean speaks for itself right so but first off like a great great guy a great guy like just humble gracious you know I've been very impressed with the person and I had no previous relationship with man also was awesome to be able to build that relationship over the last couple of weeks the football intelligence is incredible the IQ period is incredible this is a very very very smart guy what he's been able to do with defenses and the wealth of knowledge and experience that he brings is like he's operated as a GM and offense coordinator defense coordinator head coach I mean it's pretty amazing when you start talking about the things that he's been able to do throughout his career so I have a ton of respect anyways surface level but then to be able to know the man I can't say enough positive things but he's gonna he's

1:41:04gonna be an awesome awesome awesome problem last night for me but what do you think of the Bible yeah as he's showing you the Bible so he has it here all it's huge it's stacked up it's stacked up you know I've studied his New England teams for you know from afar for many years actually I've used some of the things that they've done with their safety since teach tapes throughout the years so I especially when I was a young coach on the profession I used NFL examples to teach guys earlier on my time at Duke and I still carry those two with teach tapes so I've studied that defense you know from afar obviously without even knowing that and then you have him to be able to be here and then take you through okay the history of why I got to that his background with you know the whole check and all those things is pretty awesome but yeah I mean yeah the amount of detail is amazing like it's not a fluke why they've had the success you know when you say okay let's talk about a coverage the amount of detail and the coverage where you take all this high-level information you boil it down to very simple so the player can go play functionally like that's it's a it's a it's a true talent that he

1:42:07has the freshman that you have here what do you do for your thoughts about him so far then before you been to field what kind of things do you look for for your practice starts to kind of let you know yeah it's it's a great question you know so we have the Fahim Cody into Shaw here right now um if they've all been awesome like first off who they are as people has been fantastic like those guys show up early for everything they're an employee body weights you know every little marker that we look for academically how they're performing all that has been great um you know Fahim came in with a ready-made college body you know document through recruiting um we're excited about him um he's learning the ways to be a buck guy what it means to be a buck guy you know follow the older guys and and it's been uh his been awesome it's been awesome um Cody's been great Cody's a worker Cody's a worker he's been fantastic to have every single day he's made big time improvements really excited about you know him as well and then uh to Shaw it's coming off that injury that he had you know his high school high school season and he's been great as well

1:43:10he's been really diligent like all that have been diligent workers bought in you know they're hungry and they want to get better you know so work side about all those guys this is the start to be able to practice and practice um he'll be he'll be limited some in spring ball um so we'll be smart with him but he's progressing very well very well with Fahim obviously you know he brings a physicality to his game you know you you've been able to see him roll down the box blitz do some of the things that we've been able to do with safety but bring a physicality and mentality with you know and then obviously when you get here that it's a totally different level right so everybody's as good as you know and uh but now I think very highly of him and um have high expectations for when it comes to Caleb now I'm curious he's obviously a top person right in his ability how much does that allow you to feel like you're to experiment with some of the things you can do because it feels like he could succeed at a lot of different positions and feel how much does that

1:44:12allow you to say okay we can do this we can do that and move some things around you by now yeah um it definitely allows you to and as a coach you would say you have to be able to do that right so you've got uh essentially a very very unique chest piece that can like how many guys can really play the deep part or feel the shallow part of your blitz you know do the different things that we ask him to do at that level right guys can move around and do it but very if you can do it to that level where he's elite at all of it so it's keeping it simple enough to be able to go be functional with him and the pieces that are around him um but that's a huge part of you know you see our successes past year a lot of that was putting Caleb in position to be successful you know that's especially like as we you know say from the half point of the season towards the end that was critical for us so yeah I think it's a responsibility as a coach we have a guy like this to make sure you're putting him in position. Believe in played a good bit as a freshman last year and obviously room state healthier a little bit too but um didn't get as much action but still you know what's first guy off the bench what what what have you seen from him where is he at his development?

1:45:15I've seen a big jump from Lee you're gonna see a different kind of guy when he takes the field to spring so um he uh the meant his all mentality it's all mentality so uh physically it's why you saw you know the flash of who there's a true freshman and um he's always had that piece right there but the mentality the toughness the grit that he has I mean that that showed a big time right now so I got big expectations for what does this spring look like for Brian's talked about some of the guys who played a lot last year maybe a little skill he could back but defense and obviously second year as a system what what's what is the next things like for him? Yeah I think leadership is the biggest thing right now you know what it means when he's always been a leader um but he's got even a bigger leadership role because you had a bunch of guys that had played a lot of snaps here on a stay right where you don't have as many guys playing snaps so I think you know this this offseason he's been fantastic by transitioning that weight rule work to the field now from a leadership standpoint it's gonna be critical for him so um yeah we'll be smart with like coach they say we'll be smart with how we manage reps and you

1:46:17know springs and time to build fundamentals to build schematics but really to also find out what guys can do you know and uh we know some of what he can do on a high high level we all do right um so again continue to get him better but allow him to be able to influence the other guys to be able to grow. Are the I can sniggle a little more. Yeah the nickel spot. Yeah um who are some of the guys who were sort of like we wrap at that spot? Yeah um the Renzo styles remained Matthews and we've got some guys that you know have experience in there and uh yeah we've got some good candidates to be able to go into that spot but yeah those are close because they could be able to see operating in there. Thanks guys. Thanks for sharing that. Yeah. I think that our room definitely has a lot of great players but as far as playing time like that's a question for coach Noah's. I mean if you guys kind of been prepping for that though throughout the club camp maybe switching in and out and it really kind of seeing a lot of one two action. Um we're definitely we're all getting like reps at each spot so like it's not

1:47:19just a just our abandoned anymore it's not just it's not just you're here you're there we're all playing different positions we're all learning different techniques so it's making each one of us more versatile. So how comfortable do you feel about strong safety? I feel comfortable in any safety spot so it's I mean the more reps you take the the easier it is and I played both safety spots last year so it's not really that big of a transition. What are the differences between the two spots which you have to be used to? Um honestly this year they made it so they're kind of they're I mean they're both they're both you have to do each thing in both spots so like you have to come down and make tackles abandoned you have to come down and make tackles that adjust their own obviously it's boundary and feel so that the spacing is a little different but I mean you have to do everything that both safes. What's different what's different this camp compared to last camp? For me personally I feel like I have I developed a better routine I feel like I'm more mature

1:48:23and what I'm doing and I feel like just go out there and play and have fun I think that's the biggest thing for me don't don't get too caught up on the last way. What have you added or what have you approved to your routine? Um I think just getting here earlier and at times last year you know when it's hard to maintain that routine throughout throughout the whole camp or throughout the whole the whole year but this year it's it's easier to maintain that because I know what to expect I know the requirements of me and I know that the team is kind of like. What are your guys and last year's for that influence do you to show up a little better? Um yeah for sure I mean everyone everyone is required BIA our standard is so high that we challenge everyone it doesn't matter if you're gonna play this year it doesn't matter if you're gonna play two years from now it doesn't matter if you're if you're a true freshman you're gonna come in early and we're gonna put in the work just like everybody else because it's not just the starters that are held to the standard is everybody. It seems like Jaylin McLean one kind of a similar trajectory as you were

1:49:26last year where he's pushing for playing time right away. What have you seen from Jay? He's all over the field man I mean he he runs to he runs to the ball every play he hits hard you know he's making plays on the ball so I mean he has like I said before he has a lot of potential and I'm excited to see where he does this year. Yeah. We were able to keep that weight on was it looked like to gain um so I mean through the season it kind of fluctuated but right now I've gained even more weight so I'm at like 195 now the plan is to get to 200 but it definitely builds confidence when you got to go down there and feel feel it got. Yeah exactly yeah yeah yeah. You were obviously on the end of a play in that Michigan game last year just what did you learn from that? I think that um coach preaches competitive excellence and that means putting yourself in position to make the play and that means practicing harder that means that means taking each rep like it's that big moment

1:50:28in the game and um that's definitely what I'll try to do this year. Is that something that you take a lot of pride in making plays on the ball? Yes it is. It was a key to that. Tonight just get back keep on quarterback watch your eyes and don't make a play. So how are you doing now like safety is your playing both spots in the screen? How are you finding that to like uh yeah I'm adjusting really well to that because I just I can just do more than just like one play one to my so it's just I just want to do that. What Ryan said yesterday about how you guys said the preamming things happened that even last week everything's out a little too emotional. Can you give us an insight into how competitive this spring has been? Uh yeah you know we're all just we're all just women as well competitive you just you know want to win so What have you been able to learn from killing down some of the wins? Approach to the game how he plays what have you kind of been able to take away everything? Uh really just like his mentality you know he has that dog mentality and so I'm able to just you know pick up every single day you know mentally

1:51:31and physically for them. How much does it inspire you to come in last year see what Caleb has seen what life then did and you know know you have a chance to follow their books then. Uh it's just it's very special because you know I know I can be that great of a athlete as long and maybe some men. What do you look at for this year is what do you need to do and give yourself a chance to get on field more this year? Uh um just really stay more in mind uh know it's my playbook and uh hopefully just they better and talking to other people. You said get bigger if you put on more weight uh yes I have what are you up to right now? How much how do you think that will help your team? A lot because we know it's a physical game and you gotta be in and out. How is coach Gary help you because they're safe? Uh he really knows the stuff so just being able to take in every piece of advice that we know he's telling me it's just what's coach position like? He's he's good I like him uh he always talks to the guys he's really loving he knows about him.

1:52:36You guys actually talking to you talked to anyone with the ranch personally it's like just one of those hours of like career um actually me and my wife you're just sitting at home and like the I guess 12 o'clock hit and we were like we thought it was gonna be like immediate and you know my ham and kind of sat there for like 45 minutes of my age and was calling me and it was like what do you think of Los Angeles and I was like? I don't sound too shabby and uh we talked about it and you know that sounded like uh the right move good weather good place to be good winning culture great staff uh and you know just everything overall was just a plus so we couldn't deny that. Who I know this kind of nature of the business what is it like loaded make a decision like that or such a like altering decision like that and such short notice um yeah I mean it is it is uh pretty crazy you know just the the the amount of timing you have but you know you kind of have a uh I've been on the outside looking in at this place for a while so I kind of had a general idea

1:53:39what's going on and a lot of familiarity within our building like uh Brad Holmes you know he was from here so I kind of got to feel the the people that you know they they've been around and how they run things so I kind of got a good feel about how it'd be here thank you sir thank you stew they chose to Jackson from the Rams. I can't be the one you name my fellow Jackson brother what's up man. Hey what's up um listen you spend most of your football career whether it be um you know college or obviously the NFL now and the Midwest or East Coast so now that you're here it wasn't like just being out here and you know being in Southern California now. I will say the weather is beautiful you know it's excellent and um definitely going to miss the East Coast you know I've got a lot of roots there the Midwest you know I started a lot there but not like new beginnings and no better place to be here. And I guess what did you notice about just this offense from afar? I

1:54:41know Jordan asked you about some of the specifics with schematic carryover but uh you know beyond that beyond Matthew Stafford what it would appeal to you about being a part of this offense and being a part of this team beyond those things. Yeah just I mean a lot of similarities on what we do you know the gap scheme play action and you know having to drop back you know I'm a I'm comfortable in whatever we've had I've had eight this would be I think nine now nine different offensive coordinators since I started college so I'm comfortable on whatever it doesn't really matter but um like I said the pieces to the puzzle were you know incredible whether it's the wire receivers they're running back the QB the O line the defense you know it's um it's uh it's a it's a pretty good team over here so I'm excited to be a part of it. Thank you so much appreciate. Geary hi Jonah. Geary Klein from the last time. Well from the last time. Yes sir thank you Geary. I'm curious uh two things what was it like the part of uh you know alliance

1:55:44and organization that is you like that urge uh last season and what if anything are your memories of playing against the ramps and that wild part game uh effort fuel. Yeah you know being a part of something uh you know and the trick were for so long the the city was dying for a winter and being able to bring it there and and you know change the trajectory of everything and and bring some light to the situation it was awesome and there's nothing like it but um you know when you face the LA Rams you know they got it they got a special defense and you know up front they they got the guys you know so um being able to be on their team now makes it a lot easier. It's very much. We're bravado to you great. Hey Jonah Greg Beacham with GAP congratulations to Ben. Thank you sir appreciate it. In free agency how did you weigh the opportunities in terms of second contract really important I mean that's your money you've got to take care of that but you also talked about how you want to be in a winning culture you want to be able to play for you

1:56:47could succeed with a team with a with a culture how did you weigh those things and how grateful were you that the not true I guess arose with the team within established winning culture with with all this kind of stuff. I mean yeah once I heard the Rams were willing to you know do what they did and be and be able to go somewhere and potentially win it all I mean there was there was no denying it there was there was some teams you know maybe we could have done some more but I wanted the perfect balance of being able to you know set my family up for life and be able to win football games. You mentioned that the Rams have like you know they have a good reputation and what is that reputation that other players on other teams you know they don't have a direct connection with the Rams think about the Rams what what is that what is that vibe. Well I mean you just see it from the outside you see that the quarterback and then he's second and none and you know just all like I said the pieces to the puzzle are just incredible and then you see Coach McVey and how they run things and you know it's it's a approachable approachable place you feel and you feel like it's somewhere you can get settled in pretty fast and that's why I felt like it was a good fit for me.

1:57:49Before I moved here so I sort of knew what to expect. What are some of the bigger cultural just the way people speak to each other like joking around with each other um the shite human can be pretty dry sometimes and even though I go home and see my mate so say something doesn't say I could joke but it is so you're going to get used to that a little bit um yeah it's yeah the biggest ones I suppose. It's a little bit more sarcasm in Australia saying. Yeah a little bit more sarcasm um and the way we speak to each other is as well like the words we used for different things um I mean I just need to have the last time like I was talking about gardening with Ronald Knight and we were talking about using a whipers in the bath which is a weed wacker and like just little things like that and guys have no idea what I'm saying. Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah it's exactly like yeah this is like a bunch of little words I'd say that you know I think in order but I don't realize that he's actually Australian I have to go back on it and yeah the guys are starting to learn that. I hear that.

1:58:55One of the big things we it's selective from one so you can't just sort of walk in you have to try out um but most of the guys grow up playing Australian football which the primary way to pass the ball is by punching it essentially. It's a little bit different um but then we have a whole bunch of coaches that actually played a toy football and the Nathan Chapman played a few games at Green Bay so he knows what to expect he knows how to kick on he still goes out and boots and he's old age 45 or something. No he so yeah and then they sort of they teach exactly what to expect that they don't give you any false hope really they say you're going to go there this exactly what it's going to be like so it's sort of like a one two three year simulation of what it's going to be like over here so guys are ready to go and they come to culture it depends depends how good you are how a lot of your mindset as well so um it's it's very it's you know it's a unique offseason we might get two weeks two weeks break and then we enter and then spring in the summer and then fall in the season so yeah two culture questions one have you ever had a Vegemite sandwich? yeah yeah and and and two I heard no real Australian with drink faster spirit

1:59:59I've had my first forces in Nashville about two months ago and it's it's all right it's it's fine I won't I won't be rushing back to it but it's it's easy and and and Vegemite I love Vegemite it's awesome yeah I I miss it a lot actually brought it over a jar loss from last summer's in Australia so yeah I love Vegemite sandwiches have you tried to share it with anybody other than Nick I tried yeah I mean Nick doesn't mind it I tried it out I'll one of all kick this case you make you're he's pretty upset when he tasted it um you get some pretty good reactions out of the guys but um yeah if you if you you know four to one ratio with butter on some toast it's pretty nice what's the biggest similarity to honest the foods the foods similar I mean we we're very multi-cultural country sounds America I suppose we probably have more Asian influence whereas America has more latin influence that's probably the biggest food difference but I mean yeah we have a whole bunch of Italian where I'm from in Melbourne has one of the biggest great populations outside of Greece I think it's the biggest outside of Greece um yeah I mean you could go either you'd be you'd be in the city city you're hot

2:01:06do you have to watch everywhere you step no it's not that guy just every now and then you'll sort of look up in the obvious spot there or something but sometimes I mean there's a lot of daddy long legs you know these little ones with the big legs but like you'll lean sick so they're not sat around in the corners but um it's not too bad you got class thank you very much thank you um I always feel like it's one for improvement never feel like you um just got it that's one thing a lot of people mess up one feel like already have one good year okay I'm not saying me I'm a no consider doing for years and years to come I feel like to myself for sure cause you party no big talk receiver just like me um no just came in campus hat not just working um I had to see this feature here at Ohio State probably gonna be you know next one for sure what's it like seeing all these like the national championship banner and seeing all the new signage going you played a huge role um I mean it's no it's a blessing no the same play no all around and no the nighty run that we had um as a choose freshman um but

2:02:09no it's time to move on I mean that's behind us now and I can't wait for this season to come up what kind of obligation do you feel to a guy like you kind of take one your way and show him how you work well I feel like he already got that uh just coming in he already got that hard work at it um quiet just like me as I came in just all about ball really me and here early um me spending time coach hardline meeting and everything he doing it the right way I should say and he have a bright future here coach hardline said he wants you to be couple of okay yeah yeah hardline yeah how much for challenge that you are kind of quite guy yeah it is a challenge uh no just no stepping on my comfort zone um I mean something everybody want to see for me not just my coaches but players on the team as well we have a leadership meeting there's a lot a lot of people call me out on just saying they want me to talk more um working on it uh takes time um not really the guy that's talk talkative or no but lay by example but one thing that's I'm definitely working on it's trying to know talk more get my my comfort zone and just build it yeah it's open with

2:03:11you know more than anything on the field yeah for sure that's definitely the biggest challenge um you know like I said just step my my comfort zone and the in the guys and the in the younger guys as well you guys open with Texas next year I going back to the playoff game do you think about that moving forward just kind of how you were taken out of that game oh yeah I think not not really think about it I mean that's behind me um maybe we won the game we ended up going to national championship and I mean we see it in week one I just know can't wait to no face a great opponent what's your impression of Devin Sanchez so far yeah big long corner of the Corrine um physical um he got it all and I can't wait to see things he do here this year um as well what if you notice different is there anything different about this defense of the you know these first three weeks of spring that's a culture ride or they just fast physical and willing to hit somebody I should say saying they nothing really changed for me um guys still go no doing they've been doing over the last year and a half and so I should in the year and a half I should say yeah coach that makes the

2:04:11quarterbacks live like he did for a couple of practices last week as a live receiver card now right how do you think your quarterbacks responded to that over all three uh I think they were spending pretty good uh I did not expect the quarterbacks to be live um then a scrimmage um that's a problem for sure because they definitely surprised me with that um but I feel like they handled it very well they took hits um something we need they needed I should say you know tough him up and go go right see if there's a whole lot about quarterback seeing how they handle that since it's obviously not a norm to do that uh learning anything now but it's definitely not known to see a quarterback get hit against his no defense I should say um but no guys they was they was getting hit but they was getting right back up so command uh good ones are there for that uh definitely can't get better no no feel like I'm getting complacent um always want to prove that uh no I'm just taking the day by day and they'll just get better each other day and I'm I'm I do prepare for

2:05:13this group the expectations you're gonna get on the next two seasons here off the season you just said uh not really focused on the espacation that I have coming up or the year after that um no just focus on spring spring and you know just going to tell the uh fall camp and I just get ready for the season I should say espacations go be there not really know something high no in my mind right now I'm just no being leader and I'll just focus on the team. Jeremiah how much changes is right probably uh I don't really know we haven't really spoken about that right now um I don't really know what's that going to do Jeremiah a lot of guys just said that they want a lot of championship about taking down they don't want to see it just moving into the TSMT team where what is how important is that for you and why do you think that's a different thing for the team wouldn't come in uh mean like I said we came live in the past um the club the 2020-14 they won the national championship um this year we did it so I mean we just took everything down in the

2:06:16weight room and everything so no we could focus on being ourselves and no this our season. Great yeah yeah definitely I like I did during that but just now it's just like we're here now it's just go forward so you've got to get what's next right yeah yeah climb up the depth you have to try now you're kind of on what is that relationship that like with Tyler it's not yeah it's been really good I love coach Boen uh the guys who came in with him too coach Dickey coach Johnson coach fields they're all great guys uh definitely great o'line coaches like you get feedback from all of them and they're on the same page every day so it's really good having them I'm really happy moments here just it's exciting for sure would you learn did you think one of these last couple of weeks is spring ball and when you workouts I guess where and what do you think your biggest growth has been? I'd say my biggest growth has definitely been probably like a strength factor I'd say that's definitely like from the winter definitely like the strength and I'm getting

2:07:18working into spring ball for just being more focused kind of like to be more calm kind of in that makes sense like just not freaking out before the play like what am I doing just playing football that's a that's probably my biggest work I was practical I was practicals different before off that's a line coach I mean do you feel like it has changed the ways that you're getting reps in on the reps etc um no I mean like after every play like you're getting feedback from everyone so like it's great because you'll have coach Boen and coach Johnson still coaching the ones of the three of the two's and then like when you're running off the field you got coach Dickey or someone else like coaching you up telling you what to do so I mean I think it's really awesome that we are capable to have four coaches in the room with us so that's that stuff we're doing great have you been strictly at center are you playing some guard what play left guard right now yes sir you do you feel like there's a shift to center potentially down the road I know I don't do you approve with that with obviously the card I don't know yet I mean just left guard that's what I've been taking reps there right now as a freshman all kinds of linemen this is pretty important

2:08:24just because they develop mental part of that is issue how do you as a guy who was playing on high school how do you develop that that patience knowing it might be a year or two I take it as like you know you just got to keep just stacking days like you can't get down yourself if you're not playing like you just got to keep developing and like the guys we have in our room are awesome like all the you know uppercise my glue Josh Austin all I said awesome Carson Tagrel and all those guys like they're great dude so it's really awesome being able to learn from them like watch them get mental reps at them every day to see what they're doing and then just take that back and just use what they use so I mean it's definitely just like keep stacking days just keep working don't really pay attention about that just work it's really the interior of the line obviously I played a lot of footballs a lot of important football who have you kind of leaned on to learn various things to try and just learn various things how learn small things definitely I'd say look my government that's a that's a guy who like I just every practice I'm just

2:09:29when I'm not here I'm just watching him take his reps like see what he's doing when he has like a two-eye or a three-hundreds in front of him like what what footwork he takes where he puts his hands his head just so I definitely say because a guy that I never watch clothes just try to see what he does is that one of the biggest transitions to make even the jump from high school to college on the offensive line just leave the small things get steps and hand placement yeah that's that's definitely that's definitely a huge thing when I first got here was like there's different forward probably pretty much every block you gotta take so that's like I think it's the most it's the most detailed position on the field it's like you just need everything needs to kind of approach me perfect block you can't tell you're taking steps and placement so how do you feel about it oh it's good yeah I'd say it's good mention my regards it's got a position you see yourself sticking with or is that just kind of where it's where it's starting to be I mean I could see myself sticking I love guard but I mean I could play

2:10:31it's not pretty much anywhere I think obviously interior but yeah but right now it's just been this guard so I think you had the opportunity to watch those bowl games first and kind of get that experience on what it's like to be part of a championship roster what was kind of the biggest thing you took away from that whole couple of these experience yeah I would say definitely like watching all those bowl games and the national team Egypt just watching the Kyle the guys who carried themselves like how they like the preparation it took to get ready for that just how they go about their days like what they're doing when they're out here practicing how they practice so just it was pretty much just like kind of just feeding off the moment with their doing kind of I kind of got a glimpse to see like what it takes to kind of get to a stage like that just kind of right Jake thank you very much good JT I know you get to watch a little bit of video of Caleb and Lathen and Jordan what stands out about that group from your from your vantage point oh they're

2:11:33respected they're relentless man I mean Lathen Caleb and I mean everybody in that BIA core yes they could cover but you know when it's time to you know stop the round they'll they'll come down 12 yards out however however they're however far off the front line scrimmaging coming you know though the nose in there and you know I respect them for that because you know there's gonna be times where we need them make them tackles and I mean they're displaying it this whole season yeah how critical are they in a game of this magnitude obviously everybody's critical but you know me yeah sort of the last line of offense but sometimes the last line of offense is in the middle of it yeah I mean they play a huge role I mean like you said it takes everybody from the front four it's like a chain reaction the front four don't do their job then you know falls you know the back end so we off to work as a collective unit and I think there's a reason there's 11 of us out there and you know it's crazy if one person do their job then you know something can go wrong but if we just all continue to stay communication with one another continue to just lay each other know we have each other's backs and just trust one another and man I think that that performance is gonna be off the charts. Well for the right hell yeah. Stits WSYF.

2:12:36DT how would you describe the mentality of the defense right now getting this opportunity for a rematch in the warden. Yeah hungry and thankful I mean we know how the last last time when you know we we had a chip on our shoulder I mean we were riding high before that game and we took that loss and we came back how to make a couple changes but I think we understand what you know everything's that stick right now you know just fighting to where another house stages for the next game that's what's on stake and just to be able to represent this this this state and this this team I mean we understand what's that what's on the line and you know we're just hungry and blessed that we get this opportunity playing the roles. Right behind your Adam King WBNS what do you remember most about walking off the field in Eugene what was kind of on your line in that moment. I mean there is a I don't think anybody imagine it imagine us losing you know I didn't that's for sure and I think after that it was a kind of head deep but I understand it that man we still there's still a lot of ball

2:13:38left to be played I mean you can let it sting for a little bit but you know if you let it carry over too long then you know there there goes there goes your whole season by I think we did a great job of just understanding coming together in this room right here not being afraid to display or hold accountability from one another and you know as as that happened we came back regrouped and you know we're just you're going right now and and I'm just blessed for those specific moments you know losing I mean no one wants to lose but the testimonies and the things you're taught within those little situations speaks of all of them. So after all of our lineman grow. Hey Jay what did you see from King Yada the last couple weeks that was there like a push from him and there many conversations with him we can see like he's playing some special ball intensity. Yeah I mean that's that's my boy he's in the R2X club too but you know King Yada I mean every time his numbers call he goes out there and makes the most of it no

2:14:39no matter where where we are in the game when he goes out there he's just hungry he wants to go make plays and you know we see it in practice so it's not surprising to us. Bill Rebino, it's a bonus this match. Bill and Gabriel's obviously very elusive in our talent and he's not very tall. How important it could be to just kind of stay in your past rush lanes and then neglect a lot of balls and kind of make a difference that way. Yeah I think it just comes out being disciplined. No one who you're playing against like you said don't he's a he sure but he's very elusive. I mean he can he is making throws I mean he get out the puck he can do everything so I think for us we just have to discipline and just continue to just meet with Coach Jay, meet with the coach knows and understand how we can just eliminate that. What should about you and Jack? I mean your personality seem to be a little different you're more on the quiet side he's how well you play together four years both five store guys kind of describe your relationship with him friendship with him and just kind of how you cop along each other.

2:15:42Man that's my brother like he said we're different but very alike I think outside like you said he's louder I'm quiet but you know once we're on that field we're like the same person we'll do anything for this team you know we'll die for our players and we'll give everything we got. Room together for four years correct? Yeah fall camps every room yeah sometimes go over there slip over there so yeah we have our share of days when we when I'm neat he's neat or you know we might both be messy but we do a good job yeah I'd probably say I would better kick the jack though. Tony Gertman like I held. When you're playing a team for the second time and that was almost a season to go by now how much of are you at square one with with this scouting and preparation or how much do you take from that game how much do you avoid taking so that you don't have any pretty significant notions of what you're going up against offense on the offense flying. I say it's it's pretty 50-50 I mean that game like you said it was a while ago but at the same time they

2:16:45elevate it as a team so did we so we understand that they they had they made some changes for sure you know there's there's a certain density we can take back from that game but we also understand that they went on a little run after that and we can see that they elevate it as an offense so we just got to continue to watch those games dissect the other games and just continue to see what stands out and what they change from the for the past game. We got a couple calls on zoom that will wrap up with first we have Nick Hamilton from nightcast media Nick. Just wanted to ask you basically about the synergy of this defense and how you guys were able to not only celebrate the triumphs but get through the adversity be able to be this top notch defense that you are in college football today. Here you need to question one more time yeah no problem. I wanted to ask you about the synergy you are we're able to develop over course of the season obviously celebrating the triumphs but also getting through the adversities to where you all are the top notch defense that you

2:17:49all are today. Yeah I mean like you said that we went through a lot of trials to trials but there's also there's a lot of things we can take away from all the wins and losses and from those those wins we understood that hey we can be the best defense in the country and from those losses we understand that there's still things that need be fixed and I think when you take all that in at once that it comes out to the the common goal or the common talk which is you can there's always learning points everywhere and depending how we dissect those games or how we just continue to come as one and elevate you know we continue to just collect all those those learning points and just continue to grow from them. And one final question Joey Coffin Columbus dispatch. Joey? JT what have what have you guys done better in the especially in the Tennessee game and just latinist season you think about turning some of the the pressures that you've got on a quarterbacks in the sacks and getting home in some of those situations. Yeah I think it was more just

2:18:51understanding the defense as a whole understanding everybody's job thing as the season went on we had to understand that you know we have to know what's going on the back can we have to know what's going on the linebacker crew to understand what plays we have room with freedom and I think once we understood that and got a better understanding of the of everybody's job I mean it it showed display because you know everybody knows what each other's doing it's not like the lineback is know what they're doing and the corners and be I they know only their job I think we all know each other's job and we continue to ask each other questions on you know if they're listening how they can get to the quarterback and you know if I'm dropping and playing quarterbacks by I can ask Cody on how to open field tackle so you know we just we just kind of lean on each other's understanding because you know like I said like Denzel knows how to play corner bend it then I know how to play corner so you know he has more more wisdom at that position than I do.

2:19:59Yeah I think you kind of realize that you know this is you know this is your life and you know you got to you know come in here placing a high state like playing with the best ever seen day you know you you got the time and you know you got to you know got to make sacrifices you know to you know what you want to get out of it in the end you know along the fight you know school just you know live on your own and you know it's it's good for you to do a lot and you know as you get it just makes you better overall. You graduate from here what you're doing now you have got like Riley he's under you I mean what does it you know guys yeah I mean just kind of you know just shown the way around this the building you know just you know how how we do it here at the high state how we operate you know they've you know I think all three young guys coming in have done a great job you know they've you know great work ethic you know I think you know for me you know the offseason it was more like like a example kind of thing and sprinkle a little bit of

2:21:01you know vocally as well but you know just kind of working with them and you know kind of showing them how you know build a guy and how we do things in the room is you know definitely carried on to being a part of that championship round last year I guess what did you learn from that one they went on you guys went on and I guess what do you learn about like what it takes to level I would just say you know staying together you know our biggest thing was each week was just trying to keep keep that group together each week and you know I think last year we had such a strong bond together you know with all the guys I think that was really the motivation you know just staying together and like like a band of brothers James pop it on the past I didn't have the exciting R.B.L. you know kind of you know James pop it on the past your play well you're making plays consistently practice you're gonna find playing you know how I press you to set that approach you know you're not long to guys you're not playing well you know just you know just start with you know coming out

2:22:06to practice every day you mean put your head down just you know making sure you're going hard every school play you know know what you're doing you know so you can build that trust but I think you know just having the guys around and letting you know like sunny R.B.L. Payton you know you know you know you know been in there you know playing in games and everything like that you know to lean on and I'm asking questions and stuff so so you're ready where you said that was like just like I'm like 227 but it's still 225 right now I think it'll bubble up to like two thirds so I think I think all right now kind of focus on it's just getting better someday I think it's kind of the springs for is you know individually just you know continue to perfect your craft every single day but uh yeah I mean I think that's you know definitely you know something

2:23:09my hand you know obviously you know came here and played so I think coach going is a really good match that's the sheen he's really good coach really good person and then obviously we got coach Dickie coach Johnson coach fields we're all good addition you know it's kind of four coaches you know how does that change up practice I mean it's we're a lot more split up because we got more coaches to do more drills and stuff so it's a lot it's more efficient stuff are you are right garden one great being obviously need to be versatile because last year people went down and like you got to be ready with your numbers called obviously because we had Seth go down get Jimmy go down and like you always you got to be ready 100% the time otherwise you just got to be ready oh I would say

2:24:15like half goal line is doing that maybe come from Michigan like that's not too common for a higher state player to come from there what does that experience like I would say it's that I wouldn't say it's that crazy because I grew up in Michigan state fan but obviously I committed to Northwestern because I never got I never got really like looked at by the Michigan state coaching staff and then obviously that they didn't have like a great obviously my talker got fired so obviously and then oh I say call me something like you can't pass it up so obviously I'm here what is your goal for this season in terms of your development and where do you want to be by time fall camp ends and the season starts my goal is to get better every day and I'll just be what I need to be esteemed to go win games wherever you've been primarily working this spring well positioned right garden left garden right garden right garden I got my game to let's have you change physically last year like wait are you up to just have you changed physically I got here because I came I was a summer and roley so I came in at like

2:25:182.95 and now I just like consistently 3.15. I imagine I try to be away 3.15. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You play both cards, spots, I think you're saying, right? Okay. And that's things like everybody would talk if you just play multiple spots. As you were saying, you need to be, you guys learn last year, you have to be versatile in the old line. Yeah. Before about that, if you would. Obviously, because it's not good when you're all American center going down last year. But obviously Carson was a really good asset. So he started the year before, so he's really good. It's not like we had a big drop off. So you always have to be ready to have your phone. If you obviously, the illusion coach probably is the guy you've got a little relationship with. If you had any year here, come on campus, but then someone coached, but when he comes in, and they obviously coached John, and somebody who I know you knew from Purdue a little bit at least. Well, always I like to hear that he's coming in. I'm like, oh, this is familiar, and I kind of already know. It's good seeing familiar faces. And yeah, obviously I like both of them. So it's, I mean, it's not really drop off. It's right. So it's good. Especially very, very, very, very, very close. I'm sorry, I called. I just walked out. I just went to the place.

2:26:18It might be busy over there, Jerry's calling. So I was gonna say any other questions. Yeah. Did they tell you about the opportunity here in Sforris, meeting a player of your sort at a position on the offense line? Well, I mean, they gave me a lift tackling. This, I'll be a good fit, you know, coming in. But I was, I was a coach, no, but all stressed, you know. Lots of other great, all kinds of linemen in the portal that have lots of great skills. And that fill wise on now be good fit when it comes to just like what, what you guys do. But if it's he does, then the site, the people here, you know. What's kind of the ultimate feeling now about that that you have you, so I'll just take experience with them. What's kind of the feeling about them? Yeah, it's just a, there's nothing good feeling. It's great. I'm glad that I was actually able to come down here. Cause I mean, zoom calls and phone calls are nice. But you know, in person is a lot different. And this is getting to know the staff. After you answer no coach herb, it's no question about like it was a great experience. So overall, who else have you checked out during this process? What are their schools? I've talked to some others.

2:27:20So I've talked to a house, say in the Iowa and Ann. And really just, yeah, that's what we've been. I've tried to keep a store, Kelly. Try to keep this sweet. I really need to be torn up up to schools. I mean, that's not the main priority. Like, are you entering decision mode now? Are you intent to take some trips in our own January? Yeah, I'm done with this. When do you want to decide? Sometimes with the Christmas. Good. For those of us who only seem to make the highlights of you, what are kind of your strengths and areas that you're looking to improve? So shrink wise, I would say, prior to this movement. I mean, I've been told my coach heard, you know, I would very well for a 300 or 45 pound guy. I definitely should. You know, if I ever done off-done, it's like meant to get my stances a big thing for me. So big and just be able to move people. But at the same time, also just being consistent and can't place a punch. I mean, forward to general to technique. So I mean, if you're, I mean, if you're a big strong guy,

2:28:23and you can only do so much by when you don't have the right technique. So that's a big reason why I want to have a good, a good, a good, a good work of just to refine that technique to be precise in everything. That's kind of like what I'm looking for to improve. Off-shamant, I'm nervous. It's just something that's inside of me. I always want to be better than I was the previous day. So. When you look at the speed in the room, when you look at you and also John Ross, I mean, what does he notice about that, especially, you know, if you went down-rocked? Yeah. I mean, you could look out there on the field, man. And find around trying to make plays. And, you know, for me, and I'm sure John as well, every time you're on the field, you just want to put that speed on tape. No matter if you're number one reading the play or the last reading play, you always just want to put that speed on tape. And obviously, the quarterback's to see that, the coaches to see that, and hopefully my opportunities come from that, which is always going on. There's a talk around the NFL that they might want to shift the workouts

2:29:25to the lead tuner, which alive, think about like injuries and prevention towards that. And some have talked about how offseason is going to be for players, but that was like, what are your thoughts on that? What do you consider? Yeah, to be honest, I haven't really put much thought into it. I feel like now, like I'm year six and a week, I kind of got to, not kind of, but I have a pretty good routine, you know, how I've scheduled my offseason in terms of dates and, you know, report dates and all that stuff like that. But shoot, they're willing to push it back, like I'm not going to be mad, because that kind of gives us more time, obviously, with our families. And kind of doing the same things, just working out, like the first two weeks of OTA is kind of just working out and training and stuff like that. Which, I mean, we're kind of doing already, you know what I mean? But then I see the side of it coming in when we do, because we've got a lot of new faces, guys that you sign in for agency, and then obviously the draft. So I mean, it's not a bad thing that we come in when we do, because guys get to kind of be around each other and know each other, create that bond early on.

2:30:25Can you send me a documentary history for yourself? Do you think that schedule should help in terms of injury recovery and streamwinding after this? I mean, yes and no. Speaking personally, I feel like a lot of my injuries have been things out of my control. I feel like I've had a lot of freak injuries. And, you know, can prevent, I don't know. But I mean, more time off, more recovery. I mean, if you're doing it the right way, there is definitely beneficial. Just send it around back in the evening. The Eagles were very interested in you. What do you remember from that period, that process? Yeah, it's actually funny, because I took a top 30 visit here. And I remember my visit, Vividly, coming in, like just really loving the place, loving the staff, loving the people, especially like just having conversations with Howie and just kind of just being in the building. Like it felt right to me. And I remember going home after my top 30 visits, going to my girlfriend, wife at now, but in my mom, I was like, I really liked the Eagles.

2:31:26And that was kind of one of my teams, like going into the draft, like I thought that I might be here. And I know that there's been talks that, you know, it almost happened or whatever. But, I mean, in hindsight, things like things always work out how they're supposed to be, you know, now I'm here. So I don't know if that, it was meant to be like that, obviously it was, but, you know, now I'm here soon. But you are in this being installed here. Do you feel that the levels of playing field for you with your competition at all? So I think obviously with Kelly Meier here, you know, at the end of the day for me, like football, football. And obviously, like I said, like being with the familiar face and Nick. So working with him and kind of like knowing what he's done in the past. And then obviously Kelly being a different dynamic. The good thing is like a lot of that stuff is similar to different terms and different names. So for me, it's been very easy to kind of just be in here and get an offensive understanding. Yeah, I think that's a credit. So another reason why I came here is just knowing Nick has some type of hand in the offense with Kelly. So it definitely helps me. Did that get a fraction of the jail in her so far?

2:32:28What did you say at the game? Impressions of jail in her so far? Yeah, shoot. So I remember when I first, like, agreed to terms to come here. The first person I got a text with was from Jaylen. And he was basically just saying, like excited, you know, have you here. He said he kind of watched me from afar just knowing that I was a, you know, speedy guy, good player, whatever. But just, you know, that meant a lot to me for him to reach out during that time. And since I've been here, man, he's been nose down like this works hard. He's a great leader. Just kind of his presence is aura. It just speaks volumes of the player he is, the leader he is, the person he is, he is man. And he's grinding to get better each and every day. And, you know, when you're in the building with a guy like that, you just want to play for them and want to get better with them. Did you have a change from, I think so, or do you notice that the way that they do things here is different than the other places you have said? Yes, I would say they are very, very, very detailed. Like Fernando and his team, they're like super, super detailed. Like even today, like, we got these little things where we kind of rate our soreness from the prior practice and things like that.

2:33:33And talking with the, with Stefan and Chisholid's just about plans and all that stuff, like they're very, very detailed. And I've been, I've been in places where it's been like that. But I think this is kind of a step up just how they're so intense with those things. And I think it's definitely been efficient to the players. You mentioned a couple of times as far as why you came here, even Kevin and Jason, but haven't he changed the botan in that room as a fellow receiver? How does that sort of be? Getting a lot of one on one? Yeah, man, to be honest with you, like looking at looking at the room, looking at the situation, it's like, like I'm blessed to be with two of the best receivers in the game. And from outside looking in, like, the question is, oh, like, why would you go there? They already got these guys. And I'm like, man, I want to, I want to be around greatness. Like I want to be in there and be with these guys and work with these guys and learn from these guys. Obviously me and AJ came in together, Devonce came in a year after. And so I've known AJ prior because we trained together for the combine and all that stuff.

2:34:35But like to be in the room with those guys, like, it's only room for opportunity to learn more. These are two of the best. And if you're in the room with that, like getting all the knowledge you can, like playing compete with those guys, like, it's only going to make you better. So like I'm blessed to be in this opportunity, blessed to be in that room for sure. Thanks guys. Thanks guys. He talked about the personal adversity. What kind of personal adversity are you talking about? Offield stuff. Yeah. Have you seen Byron Murphy kind of progress and getting back on the field? Yeah, there's a lot of people with the end. What do you get bring out of Devon for you? I'm just saying, I'm seeing his game continue to grow. He caught a little hiccup with the injury. He's off for a couple of weeks. And I'm still seeing this progression. His, even just to learn. He knows where to be and then he knows how he's leveraged personally. You know, he's a short guy and super strong. So he has all the potential in the world to be great. What is about this bill's offense makes them as dynamic as they are the challenges they present you guys this weekend?

2:35:40Starts with their six five to 150 pound quarterback for real. That's the one that gets the horse going. I mean, without them, I'll throw the team they are and they know that. So right now he hasn't done any interceptions. So hopefully Russian coverage can work together so he can cause his first turn over the season. I know the guy he's been a guy to pass that those lots of interceptions because he takes shots and. Yeah, I know he's even a throw the ball as far as he can in front of our crowds. So you got to do a good job of plastering them. To specifically the run game with the run defense was a lot better in the second half Sunday in the first half. Does anything really change there at all or? Our aggression. You know, just to piggyback off that we got to continue to be better. I don't personally for me. I don't like seeing the amount of yards on the board granted. You know, we did win. But you know. I don't want to I don't want to be the hindsight guy and forget about you know the run game. It's still I think an issue for us as an issue for me. We got to be better. I don't want to be one of the last teams in the league in a run game. So we're doing a good job. You know, where are my sets right? The coaches are emphasizing it and eventually he's going to get going.

2:36:40Obviously, you never want to have a teammate be treated away like Jerome, but with Ernst Jones coming in, he's highly touted. There's a pretty good run defense kind of linebacker. What does that do for your defensive room? I'm trying to trigger my book. But it does it. It does. I can't really speak on it because I don't really know Jones that well. I don't know his game. I've heard from others that I know that place for the Rams. I said he was good, but as far as that, I don't know. Hopefully this move works out for the betterment. I'm obviously. I mean, we all want that to, but we'll see how it goes. I feel like a positive thing obviously when John Schneider and your coach are working to get an impact player on your team and the NFC is kind of this wide open. It can be viewed as a positive or negative thing. It depends on what window you look through. What's that process like for you in terms of having to learn guys and their tenancies and communicate with the new players that are coming in during the middle of the season? It's a big process. It's definitely not easy to rework your roster in the middle of the season. They're going to do what they're going to do regardless.

2:37:41And obviously I respect that. I'm forward. I believe in their system and what they want to do. But, you know, it's an adjustment for all of us to learn a new guy. And kind of reestablish a new relationship and reestablish a new voice that you're going to hear making a call in the middle of the field, especially, you know, because he's the quarterback of the defense. So it's just something you got to get adjusted to all of us. Playing at a different weight this season, has that been any sort of an adjustment for you? It has been. Just getting comfortable with my body again and figuring out, you know, my strengths and weaknesses and how to make sure all my weaknesses are just completely strengths. So it's been a challenge in that aspect too. And I think I'm doing a good job at it so far. But in this past rush is going well. How much of it is guys playing on each other? Like I'm thinking a boy is sack force from a two-year collapse of pocket and then he's able to get that. Yeah, you're all in a... I would say last game was probably the best game. Surprisingly, it was all working together as good as we did. I think these past couple of games prior before that game, it's been a lot of us just... We just went in and just happened to be like that.

2:38:42I feel like this Atlantic game was a good game of us communicating. The past game schemes, whether it's a game or just going to straight-worth a straight rush and just reading off each other. And we had to get better at that. It's only been a couple of games. We'll only been seven games. We have a lot more football to play to get better and get our relationship on that aspect. If you dropped in covers as much as you thought you might have. Um... But on par. I've dropped a good amount of time so far this year. I'm talking about doing it now so... She'll put me on whoever, not put me on Torque Kittle. No. Have you seen Derek Hall grow in the last season this year, being around him? I mean, he's the same type of player. Honestly, only thing that's been different is his mindset and it's applying to the field. And he has to continue. You and the Oregon Fahasate game? I was. Yeah. Jackson had a duck jersey on the week after. Did you have something that you had to do as well? I had to do something that was a little more personal. But, uh, I didn't make that bet.

2:39:42But... Speaking of that, I don't know why we didn't run the ball in the last six sessions of the game. So, talk to the boys down in Columbus and tell them to run the damn ball next time and just... Trust the kicker. But it's a lot better. Did you get the penalty, the intentional penalty late in the game? Uh, I don't know if that was on purpose. I think Mike brought that up to me and asked me, do you think it was on purpose or did they did by accident? I don't know. I think it was intentional. If it was intentional, it was a very serious move. I didn't... I wouldn't expect that. So, I was actually, you know, big brainplayed by him. Did you think there should have been a second left? No. I'm being real. I don't want to be biased. No, we ran out of time. We just... My boy, my boy, uh, 18 was back there just too comfortable. But it's all good. He's going... They're going to learn. Uh, first game with Roy Robertson Harris. Uh, what were your impressions at him? It was like 6'8". It was crazy. Uh, he's super, super strong. Um, I've been watching him. I've been seeing this game from afar from a while. I shouldn't have been watching it above. I've seen...

2:40:42I saw him in Chicago. I saw him in Jacksonville. You know, he just watched a lot of football and a lot of tapes. So, eventually, you just see guys. You pay attention to who they are. Um, so, you know, it's been a unique process. So, just bringing them in. And he's picked up a defense pretty well. Um, very powerful guy. Uh, Versailles as well. And I think it's going to add in a lot of, a lot of good plays to our defense. So, you've heard the offensive lineman have armed that long? Sure. Can nobody touch your chest? You in the ball game. Like, you don't want big strong lineman grabbing you and trying to rough out you. Because they're already bigger than us in the first place, especially me. They, like, 6'8", 3'30". And I'm wherever my way it is. So, playing with extensions is very key for a D-Linda. Is this game? Uh, yeah. Man, I love Cousero. You know what I'm saying? Um, he's a great offensive mind. I truly believe that, you know, with the main thing is the main thing. And it was prayer. Like, the Lord led me here.

2:41:42Right? So, maybe the Lord led me here to be with G-Roh. But the reason I am here is because I prayed only so hard. And this is where I was led to. But G-Roh does, he can, I do believe in him. And he can, I do believe that he will put me in the right position at all times. What do you think about Gus' personality, like, suits you or personality? What do you guys work together to work with? I don't, that's a tough question. I really know his personality, like, that will. Like, that's a tough one, like, how are... Oh, no, I don't know how each other is personality-ish with each other. Do you guys, like, what's he, do you guys hang out, like, often? I feel like how well do you know him outside of football? I know pretty well outside of football because, I mean, we're together in Baltimore for years. But, I, I, I was, let's just put it this way. He's a good friend of mine, off the field.

2:42:42And he's a good friend of mine on the field. So, that one's a tough one. I like that one. I like that one. You're, you're pretty off-going. Is he the same or is he the same? Hey, what would you say about Gus? I would say it's difficult to be more outgoing. You think about going? Yeah, you come in, you smile, are you? Is it bad thing? No, not at all. You guys kind of seem opposite. You're a good person, I was. Like, Gus seems very, like, you seem very bubbly and talkative, or Gus seems very, like, you know what I'm saying? So, I think it's where we're trying to kind of get it. Like, how does this, how does this work? Are you? Oh, yeah. Opposite a track. Look, look. Hey, look. Um, Gus, Gus could be outgoing sometimes.

2:43:45He could be outgoing sometimes. But I mean, I just, I don't know, maybe, God just gave me a gift to, you know, be a light, you know? Maybe, you know what I'm saying? Because even through, like, hard times, I'm still smiling, though. You know, because every day is a blessing, you know? Especially to do the job that I do. It's a blessing. Especially after all the stuff that I've been through on the field. I got no reason but to smile, right? What do you think? Still here on the 53 man roster after the stuff that I've been through on the field. But I have to feel the same way. Hey, I hope it's not a bad thing. But look, let me tell you this though. When I'm losing, you will not see me smiling. There's only time, like, one of the only time you'll see that. The origin was to see the offensive line blocking and seeing those holes up and up and kind of imagining how you could fit in with that scheme.

2:44:47You know, man, those guys are beast. You know what I'm saying? Like I said earlier in camp, like, I got a little bit of experience under me. So, like, it's always chemistry. Like, when you first get into camp, when you first put a whole line together and then you put the running backs with it, it takes chemistry. It always does. It's never going to be like, sometimes it is. You know, rarely it is. You just, like, everybody's on the same track every time. You know, and the offense last year was nothing. I don't think it was anything like the offense we had this year, right? So, you got these guys are trying to get their chemistry together and me with them. You know, I'm trying to get chemistry with them. And we're seeing it, make sure we're seeing it the same way. And now, like, what you're talking about, I think everybody's seeing it the same way. We have a chemistry, which is a beautiful thing to see because it's going to keep getting better and better. And that's what you're going to be like. You're going to be like, dang. This is different, you know, so I think that's what it is.

2:45:47And I love seeing it. I love seeing it because all those guys are my guys. Even the year she wore healthy, did you ever not play in a preseason before, like this? Just getting up going in the week one? Yes. What was it, my third and fourth year? Fourth year, my third and fourth year. The one time I did play in a preseason, because my rookie year, I didn't play in a preseason. We had COVID. Right. So, the one year that I did play in a preseason, we all know what happened. Nightmare. Nightmare, man. That was a nightmare of. But, maybe a better man, you know, so I appreciate that moment too. I can look back on it now and be in small about it because I made it through that storm. You know, you always got to make it through the storm. I ran into the storm. Like, we have this thing. I think it was, I want to say, it's bulls compared to cows. Like cows run away from the storm. Bulls run to the storm to get through it faster.

2:46:49You know what I'm saying? Have you ever heard of this story? So, yeah. My name is El Toro. You know what I'm saying? So, if it's me, like, they made it in Baltimore and like, I'm running to the storm. Let's get this over with. I know I'm going to get through it, you know what I'm saying? So, I mean, whenever, because I didn't know that, I really didn't know that one set of cows, I guess you could say, they run away from the storm and the bull runs to it. I didn't know that. Like, that's pretty cool to know. And then my name, so it happened to be from Baltimore and El Toro. So, I don't know, man. Some things I had no bestacking up. This guy named David Andre. He's a reporter, I think. Yeah, he's a reporter. He gave me that name because I started speaking Spanish so good. You know? But, yeah. You got to be Spanish? No, man. What? I'm not Spanish.

2:47:52Look, look, look, look, I'm open-leg. Me and this nice looking young lady right here. We were talking about how we, like, just learning, I love to, you know, be, learn people's cultures. You know, learn about people. Like you, I would love to learn about you. What makes you you? Right? Oh, you got it. We could, I bet you we can get it out in 15 seconds. Where are you from? Where are you from? Here. You from here? You're from Baltimore. Mostly, with that me. I was born in Milwaukee. When I was there for a few years. When we filled out here. You take the boy out of Philly, but you can't take the Philly out of the boys. Okay. You see, look, look, look, look. I already learned, I already know. You, you a tough guy. You, you, you a tough guy, but you got a soft spot in you because you've been living out here. Could be tough out here too. You've been on the 405, like, five or five right? Yeah, but you got, you got it. You got it, man. You got it. Coach, hard and coach Jordan, get better. All the older guys.

2:48:52Helping me out. So, I'm like, you have to get better. We've heard Coach Jordan made a lot of money, obviously. Coach Hardline has a bit of a different role this year. What kind of impact does he add for you and the babies in the other ones? So, just, uh, Coach Hardline in the room. Coach Jordan stepped up and these help us out. Everything we do is a big help. And I just, like, make sure we stand on time and all that stuff. We're just talking brandy about stepping into a bigger role in the slot. How much do you watch? I like that. I try to take things. Whether it's preparation, stuffy, those on the field. Just learning from a guy like that. Yeah. Every time I watch film, I watch him. So, I just have to take some of this game. I had it to mind. And I'm writing a lot of this too. I take some of this. All the receivers. Yeah. They always help me out on it. Do they need to go? There's lots of life walking into this room to the civility and tires staying with all the history of the New Yorker's smile. You know what it means to be a part of this world.

2:49:52What's that? It's a big step. It definitely holds a lot like a soldier. So, you got to get a big quick. It's definitely a big dream for my team. It's never been a good job on Blessed Be Here. You won that. Yeah, that's why you come here. That's why you come here. Yeah. What kind of advice you've got from some of the workers that has already been before Springgolf started to talk to the Mecca. What kind of advice do you have from those guys that you've got? I try not to take everything personally. I'll say, you know, to your time will come. We'll make a comment. I'm going to make that play. I'll be looking forward to that every day. I have a video playbook because I still don't get you to find your life. And find your name again. It liked it. Yeah, it liked it. As you got pregnant, you was a guy who I would wait because that's two years. You were able to get this out of two years. How much is patient to require me? Obviously, you've got to get off the field. How much is patient to have an important child?

2:50:52Not everybody has the same amount. Some people always have a living term. You just have a meal. I can say, you have a little tongue. You just have to make that play. And it's going to go on from there. Awesome. Thank you. Do you like that one? I heard. Yeah. They say this up sometimes. I try to keep going and not take it to my head. I don't know how those governments say they feel good. I just don't know where I keep doing my job. No, I can't know how I say it for them. I love this place. I wanted that to be the point of my career that I stayed with my son while I was a while ago. I'm not sure. It's a lot of money. Because I'm always you. Yeah. I'm always you. And don't do it. I'm not. I'm always you. I'm always you.

2:51:52You don't know where I'm at. Yeah. I'm always you. I'm always you. I'm always you. Yeah. Never heard that one book. I'm a huge reward. Yeah. I mean, I think I'm definitely the new agent of college of school. You know, it's more money instead of, you know, the term royalty, I guess. I guess, but I love everything about Ohio State. I love Hawaii, I think I went. That's one thing about our team. We all ride for a no matter what, so many people make it. I wanted to stay with that. And I feel so many good, like long lasting friendship. These guys have been part of this team, so I want to change what I'm doing. We're creating. Yeah, I mean, all right. I always treat it as if I was. I'd prepare like I was. And I also trust the guy who created me. I knew that my time would come, and I'd be ready to take what's happening to come. So I'm going to chop you up.

2:52:52I would even do that and still try to flip it over. Where is the confidence that we're going to be? Since the first color is amazing. Where is the flagger? I love it. How big of a three? I mean, we're a good team. I think our confidence comes from our preparation. We practice hard, and we want to make sure we get everything in a little last look and a little detail we can. And I think Coach knows a really good job. And I think we need to continue to do that. I know everything that happened last week doesn't really matter if you don't do it this week. And our goal is to do better than we did last week. And to a totally different game, we're going to give you a big chance. You've got to seem to really go ahead and find what you really can create with your dad. Everyone's trying to be a nice guy to make a nice line up there. And so it's a taught respect. Yeah, I mean, I think that's the biggest thing that football is meant to be a fun sport. You know, when you went to the go out there and make

2:53:53plays and have fun, you really be brothers with each other. So you know, the only time you really make plays when you're having fun, you know, having fun, you're not making plays. You really have those hand in hand. I was out there trying to find a way to make a better line. We got here with Scheme and telling around and can change that. But did you see what he saw? Emma, something like that. Yeah, actually, Will said if he gets to play at noon, he could complete 80% of his passes. So I think the controversy's over. So now you get a noon kickoff, he'll complete 80. So I think we can all, I know a lot of people have problems with what we're doing. But if it means a quarterback can complete 80% of his passes, we'll take it. So. Then when you watched him, before you got to know him here, did you see a 74% pass that he has never? No, I just watched Highlight's Will when I got here. So I wasn't recruiting him. It was just, you know, I got everybody that was on offense. They put together a hit tape for everybody at every position. You know, I got a chance to kind of buzz that. And then, you know, a week later, we were on the field.

2:54:53So, but I think with everything, his knowledge of the game continues to expand. And the more he understands and has a real good feel for what we're doing. You know, Will has a lot of input in terms of what we do game plan wise. What do you like? What don't you like? You know, what do you feel comfortable with? And as we get to know Will better and he gets to know us better, I think you're starting to see that kind of really mesh together. So. Are you sure he's surprised people? No, because I've seen it in practice. You know, the other thing that Will can do, he does two things really well. Number one, he can see, because he's so big, he stands in the pocket really, really well. And he's tough. You know, and I think that's one such an underrated quality for any quarterback. You know, the ability to stand in the pocket, well, people are literally trying to take your head off, you know, and not worry about the rush, but always keep your eyes focused down field. Looking for receivers trying to get open at certain times, or if it's an off schedule play, trying to keep off schedule plays alive. But I think that's part of Will's nature that I think is toughness as an ability to see the whole field while he's in the pocket are two big things

2:55:54in terms of his accuracy. All right, I'm very WBNF. Coach, this is kind of uncharted waters with the new playoffs system, and everything from an offensive standpoint. How much of the offense is in? And are you holding things back because there's some confusion? I mean, how do you manage all that? Yeah, I don't think we hold anything back. I think our offense is always game plan specific in terms of who we're playing, and how do we attack what they do? Each different, each defense you face is somewhat unique. You know, and so you can say, hey, this team's a little bit like this team, but not totally like that team. So I think it's not, hey, this is a really good play. Let's not run it because we're going to need it down the road. It's, you know, you have to win every game. And I don't think you can take that approach of, let's save this for another game because you don't know how games are going to express themselves during the course of the game itself. So everything we do is just game plan specific, especially now that we've gotten into a conference play. Pretty much in, you guys.

2:56:55Yeah, I mean, we could add stuff that I think we may have done in the spring, but we haven't used yet, just because we haven't faced that defense yet. Thanks for all of our fun overall. Chip, in 2022, your UCLA offensive line was a semi-finals for the Joe War award. Today, just offensive lines, maybe semi-finals for that. Do you see similarities for the way that that unit was playing and the way that Justin had your guys playing right now? Do you make me think back? I think they're different. I don't really upset it before. I'm not into comparing one group to another group. I didn't know that that's pretty cool for those guys. That's a prestigious award. You know, those guys usually go unnoticed. That's the nature of the position if you're an offensive lineman. They, you know, they're either close or too valuable hardware. They don't really get a lot of attention. They're not the guys that are out in the limelight let some of these other guys, but they work their tails off. You know, I think that's the, the gist of anything that's gonna be a really good football team has to be strong on both lines and the fact that they've been recognized for that.

2:57:55That's something that's pretty cool. But now we gotta live up to that standard every day. So. You guys don't know how to start those awards as coaches, but to see the way that those guys have responded since losing Josh, that's as a play car and the leader of the offensive. How do you, have I waited that? What do you think of the unit the way that's playing without you? I've been really impressed. And I think really Donnie and Seth have really stepped up in that leadership port, you know, and I think the two of those guys have really kind of led from the front to tough, hard-knosed physical players. Obviously Donnie being selfish and moving from left guard to left tackle was a really big deal for us. And he continues to work in his craft every day because, you know, I think everybody just thinks all lying, but you know, all five of those positions are really different. And it's not easy to go from one position to another position in the fact that Donnie's done that has been great. And I think Seth really, because he calls all of our identifications and directs what our blocking schemes will be, you know, is really kind of fell into that leadership role force. And I think our guys are rallying behind those two.

2:58:56All right, Dave Holmes. WSY, I talked a little bit about his upbringing at Fenway Park in historic baseball. And he's wanting to get your thoughts on playing a game in Riggly. Yeah, I think it's cool. You know, I've not seen, I've seen just highlights of a football game in there. And I've been to a game at Riggly when I was out recruiting once, but the fact that you can play in settings like that is pretty cool. And I think it makes it unique. Obviously, they're refurbishing their stadiums. So they got to be on the, they got to either build the one that they did on campus or go to Riggly. So the fact that we get to be the one team that plays in Riggly, I think it'll be pretty cool. And I think our players won't enjoy that. Awesome. War and the podcast. Chip, I know every game plan every week is different. Contention on the opponent. But it's felt like the last couple of game plans have leaned a little bit more on Will's over Russian threat. What's motivating that decision? The defense is that the people deploy. Sometimes they always have an extra guy in the box. And if you run the quarterback, then that evens a numbers back out. It's as simple as that. Some teams don't do that. And other teams do do that. So it's just sometimes when you get, especially,

3:00:01when you get in a conference play, I think there's a lot of people in this league that know how to stop the run. So you're going to be able to have a mobile quarterback. And it helps that will has that mobility. Bill Landis, Kings of the North. Chip, do you ever integrate off the play or change something up? Kind of just for the sake of doing it to break a tendency or put something different on home, or is it always opponent specific? No, it's always opponent specific. But you still self-scout yourself. And what are we doing out of this formation? And what is our run pass ratio? And even within that, within out of this formation, all runs are this. And then that's always the fine line. Well, we should do something different. Well, what we're doing is working. Why would we do something different? So you kind of play that game and go back and forth with it. But we're constantly working on self-scout of ourselves and tendencies that we're trying to just understand. But some tendencies are good tendencies. You could be, hey, you're 90% run out of this formation. You're also 90% success out of this formation. So do you not call that ever again? Because you think that they think that you think this.

3:01:03You can get into that real dilemma of just, it's still about executing and still about lighting up and playing. But we do spend a lot of time on that. That's part of what our weekly game plan meetings are about. We're going to see more emphasis on that in a college football season that can now be 17, 18 games, where you want to make sure you're sprinkling in different things so that if you get the game 17, and a team has a pretty expansive book on you guys, still wise that they can't key in on something you've done all year, or you want to make sure you have those changes. Yeah, there has to be some of those. But again, I think you can drive yourself crazy. When we put this on tape, and they think that we can do this because they know that we can do that. They can't do that. And we do that. Then I didn't make any sense what I just said. And that's what's going on in your head when you're starting to think about all that stuff, too. So it's that process. I still think you have to part of being really good at it is what are we good at? And how do we continue to be good at it so that everybody in the stadium doesn't know, hey, they're running the ball over the right side on this play, because that's what they always do.

3:02:05I think you're still trying to mass some of those things, but you still have to play to your strengths. Can you give me a few breaths? And you have what? Ship, you kind of offered a question about what's running. I think you're going to be the last to get probably a few seconds. You mentioned you don't have to be nice to talk about. You're going to be powerful all the time. But how have you seen Will's progression in understanding or reading what you guys just want? And you're going to do what it comes to handing off to Q or Dre, pulling, or is that more when you guys suddenly have a bunch of bulldozers or something more. No, no, that's a good question. We don't tell him we want you to do this or want you to do that. It's totally a lot of that stuff is if it's a read play, it's he has to read it out and how he sees it. Just like we don't tell him where to throw. It's the plays called to the Curl or the flat, but it depends, those are defender defend the Curl or defender flat. You can't tell him before the play, throw the curl, because I know the guy's going to chase the flat. Well, then he sits in the curl and you throw a pick. And it's, Coach told me to go there. We know it and we told you to read this player. So it's the same thing with some of the read plays that we run.

3:03:07And I think he does a really good job. He was really well trained. I think Chris Clement does a great job and Colin Cleyndt did a great job at K-State. So Will's got a really, really good understanding of our running game. It was more of just learning the terminology here as opposed to what it was like there. But I think he does a really, really good job of that. And when we put something in new, it may be new to this unit, but it's not new to Will. It's just, oh yeah, we ran this. And then we'll go back and actually look at K-State tape with him and kind of pick his brain. How do you read it? And how is it presented to you? And what's the best way for us to present it? So that we can execute? You're like, I've been told this is bad. So what do you see as the advantage from, from huddling more and just sort of playing the slower pace of playing offense versus basketball years, you have to be able to run more plays, prevent it from your arm, now pace a little slower, just what you see the advantage of that? Yeah, I think you can communicate better. So obviously the thing that's changed this season, and I think a lot of people have slowed down, is the ability for the quarterback to communicate with everybody before the play.

3:04:12Before it was just everything was driven by signals and everybody was looking to the sideline, and then getting everybody on the same page. So there's some teams in some times when that's to your advantage. I think more people do it to us because they don't want to bone our hands so that I think the game has, we don't get as many possessions right now as we have in the past. Just because I think both sides are doing it a little bit more. But I think the communication thing that you're allowed to talk to the quarterback up to 15 seconds on the, on the play clock is, is one of the advantages of huddling. You're turning into a BG guys, have you also done it? Do you think more, does it keep you going to be able to do the other team? Yeah, it gives us an advantage again from being able to communicate so what will can talk to the offensive line about, you know what I mean? Like normally you'd send a play, but he couldn't give them like, hey, these guys are 85% twist and boundary corner on this play. So make sure that we're really high alert for that. You know, so there's, there's a lot more that goes on. It's not a two way conversation because he can't talk back to you, but you know, we have a style of speaking in that situation so that we can communicate some different things.

3:05:17Before it was, you just called the play and broke, now you can give them a lot more information. You know what I mean? There may be a player got injured to play before. Hey, there's a new left corner in the number 15. We talked about him, we saw him on film. This is what he's susceptible to. Let's make sure we're attacking him when you know he's in. Instead of you waited until you get to the sideline between series and go, hey, there's a new corner and I didn't know he was in, but you can communicate that stuff now. Give me a round. Oh, thanks Jerry. Uh, hold up on that a little bit or just on offensive plays. Do you ever have times in games where you have to say to yourself, I gotta be displeased here, I gotta call some run plays. I know it sounds kind of stupid, but I mean, to have the balance when you look at this lineup with Jeremiah and Emma and Carnell and you know, you could throw them all 50 times a game and nobody would question that either. You're saying, does it take discipline to also stay with the run game? I think it takes discipline to know what the defense is trying to take away from you. So, you know, for you to try to continue to throw it if they're going to play high

3:06:19safety and light boxes, you know, you should be running it more than, you know, and when people are loading up the box, take away your run and saying, hey, we're not going to let you run the ball in the situation and you are till still trying to run the ball in the situation. That's, that's what I think the discipline is. So sometimes it's not consecutive plays in a row or series. It's just kind of what are they like? Because you take, say you're playing Northwestern, you have nine game break down in Northwestern. This is what they've done for their last nine games. What, as you go into the really first, second, third series of a game, is what we saw in the last nine games actually happening in this game. And if it is, then we're pretty solid in terms of our game plan. If not, then you may have to morph a little bit towards run or a little bit towards pass based upon how they decided they were going to come out this week. Because they may have come out in the previous nine weeks and done this, but in your game, they're doing it a little bit differently. So it's the ability to make those adjustments and kind of lean one way or the other, you know, I think it's the discipline part you're talking about. Not just saying, well, we're just going to chuck it, you know, but if, if they're playing

3:07:21really deep and you're still trying to throw it deep, then that's not smart either, you know. I mean, they're doing deep every time. Okay. You just want us to throw it every time? Yeah, yeah. That's fine. My loss of winning dad aired out. But follow up. Well, once you can't see it. You're not a Woody Hayes guy then, huh? Yeah. Well, come on. You can't go both ways. I've heard of it now that we have a Texas. Okay. See, you're not a bear brank guy. Yeah. Yeah. We've gone by that layer. Okay. Yeah. I think it's a place like Wrigley Field. You seem to have a feel for history and stuff. I mean, Gail Sayers ran there, you know, Dick Buck is playing there. Yeah. Most people don't take that they're all playing soldier field and stuff. Do you think about that kind of where you are? I will Friday because we're actually going to get to the stadium and get a chance to kind of look around and see what it looks like. But is that end to the... Oh, yeah. It always does. I mean, I love whenever we were wherever I've been when you get a chance to go playing some of these iconic stadiums and players that you saw when you were growing up and playing here, that's always a really cool part about what we get to do.

3:08:22But yeah, that'll be... It'll be fun. I think everybody's excited about playing this game. Great. Go. All right. Thanks, guys. Okay. So whenever there's no energy, hit on Brandon bringing more energy. What do you thought of Brandon R.Line kind of running this off into the way he's still managed working with the receiver through him? I'm happy for him. He finally got the keys. He's finally going to be able to probably throw us the ball more. And the one else. Now, how do you see Jeremiah pushing himself to keep getting better? After a year or yet last year? Oh, just probably to be more consistent. I mean, there's a lot of things he could probably... He thinks he can improve himself in probably as far as making the hard catches or probably just blocking or like footwork, like little things like that. Do you guys see that? Just in practice here? Improvements with Navy? We're not seeing, but you guys see behind the scenes. Oh yeah, we definitely see the improvement. We see him when he first came here until now. He's already improved a lot. He's only getting better. We're going to be able to come out of that. He's a famous actor. You know, we can't look at that. What about what a mechanic did for you guys as a leader? Maybe a spiritual one? Like a fellow man. A mechanic talked to us. He talked to each and every one of us. He had a relationship with a connection with each and every one of us.

3:09:23We were able to come out of that. Mecha's a man before a player in the teammate. So he allowed us to do that and open up our eyes. I was going good. I made a mistake. I was going to be a player. I was going to be a player. I was going to be a player. I was going to be a player. I was going to be a player. I was going to be a player. I was going to be a player. Now, as I was coming out of the ex Odysseus eh? I was going to be in overseas and in επink Canow? Hello. Was going to be a player. It was me, it was more vocal. That's me coming out of my comfort zone. I'm usually just a lead by example, guys. So being more vocal for the guys around me, being heard more. What did they talk about? It was always something that I could work on myself. And then they also just told me, yo, there's no leadership in the room now with a mecha gun. There's really no leadership on the team outside that probably was sunny. And the guys that play so like, they say,

3:10:25when you talk people will listen. So we need that from you guys. To put in like going up against these corners and practice just how talented is that group? It's been really well. They're all really good. So you once on your loose, I'm ever there competing to get better. Who's the best trash talker of the corners? And who's the best trash talker? Corners, probably IGB receiver, Brandon. Frank Elser, you can ask this already, but how obviously Brandon and his step up this spring? Brandon's more and more vocal. He's obviously has a bigger role this year. He's becoming more vocal. So I love that part. Is there any different physically with him? He looks like a fast. Brandon, Brandon slipped down. We think it's a jersey number going from 11 to 1. He's slipped down and got faster. So yeah. I'm just like, whoa, whoa, whoa. Mine? Just probably you see the ball more often this year. Well, I'm just like, that's not actually the role for shout out of like the two other. Yeah. Look at that, the sense that it's true at all. Yeah. I mean, it's only one ball. It's only like, we got probably like six offensive guys that you got to get the ball to two right of backs.

3:11:27Three good receivers tied in to quarterback. So like, it's only one ball. Maybe your pressure to get a defensive goal is so far. Of course, he's a great guy. He's a very determined life. Probably one of the hardest work ethic I've seen around. What's the biggest differences between Chip Yahweh and what happened? Chip Coach Kelly was more laid back. He really, I mean, he was in our position. Coach, we didn't really hear him. Talked to him. He probably just talked to the quarterback. But Coach, you can hear him on the field. He's going to be on the screen. It was like he thought about that chip was leading and then that went up. Always happy for Chip, but I probably didn't say I didn't think he'd probably go stay for too long. I mean, it's hard to turn down a job like that. Opportunity is like that. So I'm happy for him. I also very happy for Coach Arlon who's waiting his turn here and continue to be here. Stay here through the ropes. From Ryan Day, promoting from the top. I just learned Ryan Day believes in his guys. Who's willing to keep it within the end of the day? I'm sure of my assing. They're asking for more than one of the other two. That's not his competition.

3:12:27All you see is him. He's definitely been talking more and more. He's getting more comfortable with it. Because like guys like him when he talks to people, listen, and watch what he does. Two more questions. Yeah. Yeah. Two more questions. Yeah. All specials. Oh, it's very special. Me and back home, hometown. That's my first sound plan back there since high school. So a lot to be in Chicago and also to be there for my family. It's probably like 30, 40. Yeah. It was a blessing for me, definitely. Yeah. No, I'm never, no, I've never been a baseball guy. Yeah, that was my first time. Very good. Yeah. It was great. Regal to various sort of feel. Hopefully I could catch a game this year. Yeah. Last year was one of those years where he really didn't care about letting his status just build it on. And what he needs to do is still to be like now to see him step

3:13:29up as a waiter and kind of fill in and take him in the world. Mama, Brandon's always got his hand high. He always knew he had the way his opportunities, his chance and the opportunity to come in. When he did get on the field, he made plays and took the make the best of each and every opportunity. He's happy. He's in a great mental. He knows that he has a big role this year. He knows we're expecting a lot from him. So I'm happy for him. He's happy for himself. And I just can't wait for him to go show it. We can play all the places here. Who me? Yeah. I don't know. That's the coaching player. Yeah. And kind of just not trying to look still look up to Jack and JT and kind of have my own kind of leadership and be able to bring people into. So I feel like I kind of have a lot of leaders on the D line and at the D in position. So we kind of all kind of just bounce off the children. And I'm also. It's definitely tough to try. We need to build up. We'll just open up the guys. And just playing with them all, and being on the field and just starting to move. And trying to make us be like, so you need to just close guys, how does that transition into? It's good competitive. We love it.

3:14:30So we all competitive people. We all love to push each other. And I feel like the bringing the best side of all is, I feel like we all just kind of bouncing off each other and seeing what one person does. And we kind of build it into our toolbox and we all kind of just kind of build one great big one. Hey, you remember when last year when you got the shot and you were back in the boat? And did they pursue that idea and two coached him? I mean, how did it come about? Because you heard Jackson all your clobby. You're good to test that. So I definitely did it in high school. I was pulled back and a little bit of Titan. So I feel like they kind of saw what I could do there and coach Wilson, honestly. He loved watching it too before he left. And I feel like he planned that seat and coach Day's head and coach Day kind of just went for it and tried to do the best I could to do it. Is that continuing now? You need anything in the screen? New playbook. I did not know you haven't got that far. You haven't got that. How tough was that to you? You're looking back. I like to think myself as a football player. I can really play any position on the field you need me to just give me a weaker two to learn it

3:15:30and kind of perfect it and try to do what that's for you. Kit Jack, you're the same thing. Oh yeah. And don't like what you're looking at. Graphically, that's why. Okay, he's just talking to Coach Johnson on Tuesday about some of the conversations and sort of sought you and you got it out to have some conversations after JT and Jack decided to come back. Just got to win into those from your perspective and how do that help you maybe get the right mindset I guess community is coming. Definitely kind of seeing it all the way through. I feel like people kind of just see what happened and they don't know everything that goes into it how long the season is now. What you got to do to prepare for it and what happened and all that time from here to then. So I feel like we definitely just coach Day and me kind of connected and we kind of just talk man-to-man and he kind of just sat straight to me and I feel like we kind of both are going on. Rest rest and we know we're making it. We're making each other better every day. We got the four best DNs, five best DNs, honestly. And the college football and we're going to be one of the best DLines and college football. But you feel like a better player today than you were in this season.

3:16:30I feel like I've taken big steps in my roles of just being responsible and being more of a leader and kind of stepping up and taking a step to kind of get out there more on the team and kind of bring people in and I feel like I'm kind of helping out more. How do you recommend a roster to see the TKFC? Is it sound? I mean, it sounds bizarre, but I mean the season goes by so fast already. So when you're kind of like week 10 in, you're like wow it's already week 10. So now it's kind of, it's getting more time to kind of enjoy it and kind of savor it because you've come already here for like refreshments to experience. But you don't want to spend all your powder in the first month of the year right? And there is a, not pace yourself that. But I mean, there is a mindset that I didn't have the season. Yeah, definitely. Definitely going to have the mental stability to handle all those weeks and all those practices. How much has Larry talked to you guys about like that? Last question right here. 2016, 2017, 2004, NFL, two French veterans all in the same rotation. How much has he talked about that? I mean, he doesn't have to talk about it.

3:17:31We know about it. We've seen it every day. We watched the film. We see them all working together. We know what it could be. We know we could become. So we know we're right at the same, we're at the right place at the right time. And God wanted us to be here. And He knew we wanted us all to come together and kind of play together and be able to bounce off and just perfect our craft together. And I feel like we all are just great individuals. And we come together at something special. Great. You, you Caleb and Nathan, grown through, especially the last half of the season, you know, special way they've been using you, you know, and that almost had safety role and stuff. How much is it grown that you could put your finger on? Yeah, I was growing immensely. I mean, Caleb, he makes a lot of checks. Nathan makes a lot of checks. I listen to them. Whatever they need, if I need to cover somebody, I'll go cover anybody. If they need me to do run support, I'll do run support. And it's really what Caleb does, what we do and Nathan. It just goes back to Coach G's preparation. And everyone's preparation to give us more flexibility.

3:18:31And it doesn't matter who's in those positions. And we can all play every position, whether it's covering somebody or running and tackling. Did you feel like that was the case before the Oregon game? You're saying what I'm saying? Is that something that's been added to just, you know, rely on a little bit more? Go ahead. Yeah, it did. I've probably been a broska game, Megan and more safety reps. And we had a five week to prepare. So I really learned to play, but a lot more, even though I knew the play, but I learned a lot more. And like in debt, you know, so really just after the Oregon game, it helped me a lot to go back to safety, go to NICU everywhere. Thanks, man. You Dan, both of you left the Oregon game. You guys had a lot of issues of giving up the big plays in the passing game of the first game against Oregon. What do you feel like you guys need to do better this time around to make sure that doesn't happen? Just the same mindset. We got to challenge these receivers. You know, every dog has their day. Maybe some people didn't have their day that game, but we'll look out there and hopefully change the narrative.

3:19:33And we still play with the same confidence, same technique. And, you know, Bill Rebellion, it's a fun business match. And Denzel obviously had a tough game and that one. What have you seen from him and how he's responded? Do you get a sense of from him? How he's for this rematch? Oh, yeah, he's super stoked for this rematch. His preparation has been very good. He's always been preparing, you know, it didn't go the way he wanted to go that game. But he just always had his confidence and we're going to see a big game out of him this week. And, you know, I know you guys wanted to play them in anapolis. But the fact that you get to play them at the Rose Bowl, I mean, get a second chance. And people have said, you don't get that very often. How determined are you guys to take advantage of it? We're super, super determined. We watched film. I mean, we've watched a lot of film. The first time we played them, now we've got another six games that they played up film to watch. And it's just, they've grown a lot as a team. Same as us. We've grown a lot.

3:20:33We're not the same team. We were when we played them week one or weeks six or whatever. But now we're out there and going to play thighs, physical and everything like that. All right, Jordan, we're going to jump to the Zoom question here from Joey Kaufman. What's this? My bad, not to Joey. Can you repeat Robinson, the athletic? Hey, Jordan, you've moved around a lot in the second day in your career. And now kind of getting some many more safety reps. What is it like at this point when Walt or Coach Mills comes to you and asks you to do some else? And just how much can you lean on the experiences you've had moving around when you're trying to learn something new in the middle of the season? Measard, we always talk about when this is being on selfish. Whether that's making plays or not making plays or doing your job so another person can make plays. That's kind of what we pride ourselves on. And it's just fun. Me moving around different positions. I'm always up for a new challenge. And a lot of people in the country can't do that.

3:21:34I just hold myself to that standard where I can play any position and excel at it. Okay, and anybody else need to question? Let me know. But otherwise we're going to go to Austin more of the podcast. Jordan, when you were talking about watching film Oregon, which one do you think is more valuable to you watching that against yourself? Seven games ago, even if you've changed or the ensuing six games for Oregon? Which one do you put more stock in? Kind of both. For me, I kind of watched what I did, things I did well, things I didn't do too well. Against them. And their team is changing, their scheme has changed. Some players have been out those stretch of games. So I really watched the past game we played. And I know they're going to go back to some of the stuff that they liked, of course. And different games like Penn State, maybe Illinois, they run a lot of men. So just watching, watching stuff like that. Every game matters. So yeah. Jordan, thank you very much.

3:22:34Thank you. Me and Will are very vocal, even in practice a lot of times. Just things they go my way in the game, but even in practice a lot. Yeah, take care. I was very comfortable with Will. I was more vocal guy. But working in that arm, I put it back to now, and we're doing a little job. Just blowing so big sea liars and taking our feedback, not for its criticism, but just because we love it. And we're doing the best for you. So just doing that, and just keep growing on that, all the way to far, and all the way to the first game. That's a station. Are you doing these some more outside for you, or stuff as well? I said go to the street. Yeah, I've been more, the more years you get under your belt, the more experience you get. You start knowing this offense more and more, not just your position or what you're doing, or like everybody's job. What you're doing, how you're doing, and why you're doing it. So I mean, yeah, I've been rapping outside ZXH. Anywhere coach on the music, maybe the James really be that guy and go make a play on this. What's the biggest difference for you between outside and outside? The pace. A route concept, you can kind of get the pace you can play within the slides more for next game, in the slide.

3:23:36Something I got very comfortable with. Just the ways you get to take the defense, I think. Just you know, conceptually and also just, you're placed down. But, I mean, just doing both, and just making me a better guy for the NFL. And that's what coach on the pitch is like, I'm producing on the NFL talent, and producing on the NFL guys. I'm feeling very comfortable with that. Do you have to have a different mindset as a slide receiver? Because of what's going on in the NFL? Absolutely. I think it's more thinking. I think it's more of a, you have to have a understanding of the game a lot. In the slide, you've got to have a feel. It's just natural. I feel like it's more natural to get some position. And on the outside, it's just more, you know, get different things, and see different competitions. You see different player types of corners, and nickel bats and safeties more in the slide. So, just seeing how you can attack, knowing a person now and how you can attack certain people. As I say, the biggest difference. Do you have that more courage? You have that more courage in the slide? Oh, yeah, absolutely. Especially like being myself in the slide faster.

3:24:36My skinnier guy, I want to put hands on, I want to get physical with you, but you just got to match that, and just let them know that you there, too. So, you was in a battle's question, whatever against you want to feel, regardless inside, outside, without a mask. I'm just willing to make plays and show one one of the best receivers in America. So, if that's in the outside, that's in the inside. Whatever coach I'm on in this team needs me help us land in the show more than the best receivers in America. Thank you, sir. I would say I'm not sure, but I know that we are the toughest men on the team with opposition. I'm out, down the hill. I was going to say, we want to do that in the spring, but now we are. I don't know where that happened, I don't know about mentality, I don't know if we're bringing Max along. I'm trying to keep his form running off of all of them, not with Medicaid.

3:25:38He's picked that up, and he's done really, really well. So, I think the whole unit in the hour, we're tough, and that's very, very, very, very, very important thing in the mental. How do you feel about that? Well, I would like to do a sidearm, and you can see the line of scrimmage. If you're pushing the guy, a pass-line scrimmage, it's a plus. If you're going back, jump off the ball and hit the guy. You know, I would say I'm telling Max, and other guys, I'm a teller, without him, you're off the ball. There's a line there, and I'm running through as far as I can. If I miss my missful ski, you know, we're not, I'm not as big as that, I'm not as big as 18, I'm not strong as this guy. So, we need to create our own momentum, and it turns like we're at the end of the moment, and that's how it has to be. Before I came, I know that I'm already behind my back, but I'm not going to have to do anything for the next two weeks. I'm going to have to do a sidearm, and I'm going to have to do a sidearm.

3:26:39So, that would be a good chance in the last two weeks. I'm going to have to do a sidearm. Obviously, I would be so, I mean, we watched the offensive line from the ball. It's been really, really good to see Jeff Kelly, after he has, I was running the plane ball, and we've seen some huge strides there. So, this could be really physical downhill team, sidearm. That'd be very serious. We want to see you in the last year. Just here, I think, when you were in the last two years, there's been a couple of that leg. Yeah. Yeah, so, last year I was in non-travel, obviously, so I would come in, and then three hours before it seemed to be walking. I would set up a guy's back when I were walking, and I would set up a sidearm. I was going to have to walk again, so I can't say it did, but I have learned, like I've said before, I've learned from it, but like, man, when I have to be like set up, I give you guys a sense.

3:27:41It's like, you don't speak it for free, and we would have. And I think that game-based experience really just let me be thinking of the things that we've got to have to do. That's all I know. Thanks for the help. I don't know how it goes. It's awesome. It's really smooth. I don't know, I don't know, it's not like that. How can you tell the rules? What the under-tech carries under-tech? It's been also working on the front. Yeah, I mean, I have to practice for a few sales, because you can't reach 25%. What is Simon on the money? I, uh, I promise, I'll have a lot of hard work with that, but I think I will be best friends in the past, but we're ready to go around and end our new career. I'm really focused on the money, but cut in, it was all that snow. Thank you for the effort. Thank you, Ben. Yeah, I was close to the home, really coming out.

3:28:43I really did have some days, some days I have trouble, but I just came to come and all the time. Did you play in Lackel Rider? Yeah, yeah. Are you a technical partner? Are you so working on it? Uh, how was that? I've been to Rotate. Do you have a professional team? I'll be, you talk to Simon? Um, maybe I don't know, it really needs me, I'll find. You got, do you think you have a linebacked at home? You obviously played the ball last season, you were in the spring water, and now you're in the sort of lindallag that the big position is on you. Do you feel like you're still trying to carve out a goal or is your goal just offensively? Um, I think my goal is aimed at like, they've been in fun, I'm in fun place with my, wherever it is left right inside of us, I feel like they were in fun place for me to play. And I'm just trying to get better at the player and I was like, you know, you say technical, strong, what makes that more fun? It's not a little bit too like, it's not faster, like, uh, cool, just like that.

3:29:44Um, you can see what's going on. I like being out of the higher level. Do you just talk to Donovan at all, whether it be during last season or this long season, just about kind of what was a key brand to be able to go around and do different things? Yeah, he's been back here, compared to him, and I will talk to him about some stuff, and he's ever been helping me like, pre snap with the VN, how like the shoulders turn, like what to expect with the cast right around. And I'm grateful for that. He, uh, and going through it and helping me go through it. I mean, just how I was raised, I just know how to work. That's all I have to do. Um, just give him effort and just going east out of it. I want to say this with full respect. When we see JJ and Sonny, it's like, that makes sense. When you're the third guy, were you surprised to be named? What puts you in that same category?

3:30:45Yeah, I was a little surprised. I kind of have feeling because like, it kind of like, I mean, I kind of could have guessed it. But like, I just, I just knew like, um, I was one of my goal to talk to him behind Bug Guy, and I just put in the work that was in there. So what did you get in? What did it mean? It was really special right after a text in a parents. And they really knew what it meant until like the video came out and the question explained it to them. So then, uh, that's what it's really. Yeah. That's what I was playing. It was playing both then right bar and games. Did you think you'd tell the difficulties of going back and forth? Not just like we were learning them, but actually it happened to play both of those five. Um, yeah, it's pretty difficult, uh, especially during the game, you have to put the whole mind around. It's not easier in practice because it's like seven down, but like going back to my game. It's pretty hard, but like in high school, like I was, it was every other player I was in back then, with triple out. And so like, I knew, I knew it.

3:31:45I was comfortable with it. And sometimes I just take it, but I'm walking to a round to round screen, which I had like, uh, say it to be the same player. I can't, I can't have more time to get into my head. It's really interesting. It's really interesting, but I think it's really interesting. It's kind of funny whether it's a good thing to be playing the opposite of my tag. I think it's kind of funny. Yeah, so like, I got to set the example. Um, and then, like, my first two weeks here, I was like teaching them. Like, I don't know what they're expecting these players because I've seen some new players with them. And even new defense, like, like technique two, because I keep the same technique, but, um, just helping them out. Because we need all of that. What did you like, when did the idea of playing tag, what kind of kind of about this, about like, Rath, the season, or the football game, what, what, what, how did everybody come about? Um, it came close to springtime. They want to have, um, they just want to have a good fight out there, and they don't play the best of it.

3:32:45They just, boom, I can choose. What do you want to do all of such a high score? Awesome. They're great. A lot of, a lot of eyes, and it's awesome because everyone's watching something. It's not like, uh, someone's only watching this place, so you know what's going on. I got a feedback to you. Like, after a play, after a practice, we're like, all three off the wall. It's, it's, it's awesome. Uh, they can, they can tell you like everything, because they know like what's the last time I had it with, uh, like coach Johnson, coach Dickie's watching, watching the coach on the phone and feels a lot of work for them. Right? So like, you really, you know what's going on, you know what's going on. How was the experience that you got at the big reps and the big games, all that helped, like coming into the side? It really boosted my confidence, um, and like, and I can like lead the young guys to, cause I know it was going on, cause they really don't really miss this first time spring, so I like to go on my stuff. So like, just that leadership of them. Resortility has also been mentioned a lot. It's been all, both sides have all playing in different spots. Can you elaborate on that? Yeah, um, this, yeah.

3:33:45Congratulations, uh, before this draft, Denzel Ward was asked about what buck eyes he wanted to have on the team. And your name was brought up and he said, that would be a great addition for you to come on this team and join him on this roster. And him to have said that about you before you were picked. What does that, what does that mean to you? Uh, I mean, you know, two, two higher guys, you're up here. You know, pretty high as the great fit of, you know, we're, we're familiar with the area and, you know, they're our whole career. I mean, from top orange to high school middle school or to college, so I'll have to say, you know, then still staying home at the top of the peak of the level. So just great. Hey, Michael, we know you ended up at Streetsboro, but I understand you started Benedict. Think, could you, where were you born and how did you end up in Streetsboro? Um, so born and grew up at Heights originally, and I lived there just about my entire life and then I got to a H or the 15. That was that, uh, that was like at the end of the Benedict, and then my mom, I'm a job out of a street throughout.

3:34:49That was a, uh, it was a better pay. So she decided, you know, it was better for us to move out there and Benedict, he was going to be our driver every day to get to school. So it just wasn't beneficial to her. So my last three years of high school out there, she's where my soft, what year, uh, senior year. Hey, Michael, Tom, where there's some the AP we saw it on TV just a little while ago that you became a dad during the season last year. What, what's fatherhood been like for you? How's that changed you? Yeah, it's been a great, it's been a great addition to my life for sure. Now teach me a lot of patience. You know, just being a big role model, my, uh, my, uh, I'm like about that. Uh, I mean, it's just the best film in the, for him to even be around this and witnessing this. He's in all the videos and, you know, just give him something good to look back on like, you know, dang, my dad did some real positive stuff. Hey, Mike, uh, Chris Eastwood, Renekton, Beacon Journal, uh, you've talked about playing, you know, probably, you know, stayed in the same area and, you know, playing in your backyard.

3:35:53I feel like, you know, that puts, I don't want to say poor, put pressure, but the opportunity to sort of be, you know, be a role model, be, you'll be someone that, hey, look, I, like you say, I came from here, I can look where I can go. How much do you sort of take that, you know, take that mindset, take, you know, you'll take that responsibility on. I mean, I'm not one of those guys who's going to run away from the pressure. I'm, I went to it. I'm going to head on. So, you know, it's going to be a lot of pressure on me playing in my hometown. You know, a lot of people are going to have to buy the nation, but you're not the end of the day as a player. I still have demands that I have to be in the situation. So I'm going to hold myself very, you know, hire that home, I'm so accountable and just got to be the best player that I can be at control of the trouble. Michael, I'm sure you watched the, the success that Dwan Jones had here last year as a rookie. How excited are you to join Dwan and, and maybe kind of follow in his footsteps in getting off to a great start as a rookie?

3:36:56Oh, yeah, that's my dog, you know, Dwan. He just called me right before this. I mean, just we were talking about this the whole time. You know, even on my portal in my 30 days, is it, you know, they're just saying like, man, if you get here, it's, it's, oh, it's over with like, you know, the best duo like an offense, you know, off his defense wise, we bring a lot of juice and practice, even at all of the states. I know it's going to be, you know, 10,000 more at the next level, but really blessed to be able to play from our brother. I play with my brother for life. Hey, Mike, I guess your teammates started calling you baby Aaron Donald pretty early on. Is that true? And I guess what did that mean to hear that from them? I mean, I feel like that's a, you know, that's a great, you know, that's a great experience for sure. You know, a lot of people can't just be compared to that. You know, I mean, it just shows, you know, how, how my teammates are are about me, but, you know, just really appreciative of them and just be around around the black eyes and notice top of the top best of the best, you know, in the country.

3:38:00Hey, Michael Ashley Bastak from Cleveland.com again, I think we ask every D line men who gets drafted here about the opportunity to play with Miles Garrett. How much does that excite you knowing the season he's coming off of and how excited are you to get a chance to pick his brain every day? Oh, yeah, no doubt me from day one, I'm definitely going to be, you know, whatever he does, and he just real, you know, aware of like, you know, how does he get his body right? What did you do? What did you do in after practice? Just, you know, those guys, those veterans, they're not veteran. They're not in this league, you know, playing multiple years back to back having these great seasons, you know, so it's just, it's just a great honor to be around somebody like that. And you know, it's just going to be, I got to come in and put my heart on from day one until, you know, whenever I leave. Michael, how much interaction did you have with Jim Schwartz in this whole process? See the pro day or your visit here? Yeah, it was just really just my pleasure here. You know, Coach Schwartz was just, you know, Amy and Coach Jack were on me.

3:39:03It's all all throughout there. We're, hey, we're on home, but they were just, you know, surrounded by me throughout the whole day. So, you know, just building a great relationship from that from the beginning. We came, Jamie, we came, that's true. Hey, Michael, I know obviously the Ohio State guys, there's a bunch of guys that went back this next year where you tempted it all to go back and try to chase the championship with those guys. Like how close did you actually come to that before you decided to go to the NFL? I kind of made my decision before I to see the third. I was pretty sure on that, you know, especially when I had my son late in the late in the year that's lit applied it. You know, it wasn't like I was tempted to go back. I mean, for sure. I mean, I feel like, you know, it's still, I've finished business, but you know, my car has to do what was right from my family. And it was just, it was just better for that, you know, in that way. I got to, I can't think about it as just a media personal, you know, saying preference. I got to think about it as a whole.

3:40:03Darius, Darren, urban from AZCarnels.com. I know that a lot of players these days aren't sticking in one school. For a long time, you did it for five years. I mean, even Marvin did it for three. Like what, what, what behind that? And why wasn't meaningful for you to stand one school? Yes, I'm a Zura. You know, we had some tough seasons, but we were really built with a edge. Energy details, grit and emotional consistency. And I just find myself just trying to grow and get better each year. And also as a team, you know, win more games each year. And that was my, that was my home. That was my family. I was blessed to, you know, get two degrees as well, off the field. And I just love Mazzoo. Two degrees. Wow. Marvin, Bob McManum at Arizona Republic. Congratulations. Thank you. To both of you. You're known as all business. And I want to know how that's going to serve you well in this league from personal standpoint. Your brand, everything you do, a daily preparation.

3:41:03There's a lot that goes into being all business. Tell me what that is to you. Yeah, I mean, yes, just being a pro. It's kind of raised and grew up to do. And keep the same mindset, same attitude that I've had throughout my whole career. Once I get here, continue to work hard, be consistent, disciplined, you know, and all that I do. So I'm looking forward to putting in the work. Hey, Marvin, Josh Wayne, for ESPN. What were the best pieces of advice your dad gave you about being an NFL player? I mean, yeah, it takes a lot of work, a lot of preparation. No, from Monday to Saturday. It's all working. And then Sunday should be the easy part. I go out there, have fun, probably put the work in. And then the starts with the work first and then the ones that he comes is reap benefits. Hey, Darryus, Howard Balls are from Cardswire. I can't help but notice that ring on your fingers. Is that a cotton bowl ring? Yes, it is the cotton bowl ring. So you showed it to Marvin very quickly? No, I just saw it to Marvin. I was telling Marvin, you know, he was glad he did play.

3:42:04I mean, the whole week leading up, you know, you see how I stayed here. Everybody said, okay, Marvin Harrison. And at least I was going to play as he got played in place. So, you know, we looked out. Hey, Marvin, Paul Calvacy, Cardinals broadcasting. Do you believe that receivers have to earn the trust of their quarterback? And if so, what does that usually require? Absolutely. You got to earn the trust of the quarterback. And they can start, you know, every day in practice and being consistent really. You can't just do it one day. You can't just do it for one week. Has to be done over and over and over again. I think that's how trust has earned. So, in a matter of way, you get picks, whether you're a first receiver, it's around seven. Doesn't really make a go in the earn. Trust the quarterback. Your coach is your teammates. So it all starts in practice. What's going on, guys? Good to see you again, Tyler Drake. There's no sports systems for Darius. What's the feeling of just being able to represent your school as that first round pick? And what kind of impact can that have for those guys falling in your footsteps? Yes, awesome. I feel like I'm setting the standard going for it.

3:43:06But that's the name of Zoo is known as D-Line Zoo. So I'm just added to the family. But now I feel like I'm setting the standard for my younger teammates. That this is attainable if you work really hard, be consistent, and really get the trust of your strength coach. I feel like every program has built out the strength coach, and that develops all the habits, earning off the field. Darius Zacher, SmenacyCarnels.com right over here. JG mentioned that he loves the violence that you play with. You mentioned the different tendencies that you picked up, the emotional consistency is the great. How do you balance that, the violence with discipline on the field? I just do preparation and practice. I'm a big guy, I'm a big believer in inside hands. So that's why I'm always working my hand placement, and then I lift weights. So that's all connected. So I'm just trying to be focused on my technique as much as possible. Hey, Marvin. Over here, David Brantley. You know, a lot of rookies come into the league, and they get a little bit of leeway. It's like, oh, he's young, he needs to grow and stuff like that.

3:44:06But obviously you're going to be expected to be the guy here really quickly. How do you deal with that pressure? How do you go about just so much being expected of you so quickly? I mean, yeah, I've high standards for myself. But I'm just going to go in there and try to work. You know, the best I can. I just want to help the team win really, so. Whether that role I play, you know, come September, or do my best, no, good day, roll. Now, this one's for both of you guys. The fans want to know who you guys are on the inside. I don't know how much you're willing to reveal to us today. A lot would be nice. Can you tell us what you like to do away from football? What pisses you off about things? And, you know, what makes you roll? I'm pretty simple, like, you know, being my apartment. Watch the movie. If I go out and I go to a restaurant, get some food. But I would not only do too much. And then I'm pretty easy going guys, so I'll try not to let nothing bother me too much. I say the same thing, a real chill guy.

3:45:07Just really obsessed with football. But outside of football, like I said, I got my two degrees. I got my undergrad, hospitality management, and a minor in business. I got my master's in a positive culture with emphasis, leadership. So just thinking about being well-rounded. And then I do philanthropy work. I start my own nonprofit foundation. Darius Robinson helped me hands foundation. But really just football and then everything else, honestly. Congratulations, guys. Welcome to the Valley and Robbie Baker with Fox 10. Darius, this is for you. After the draft last night, you had a great response about how you're processing, preparing for a game. Just kind of wondering where your love for kind of the grind comes from. And your love for that process comes from? I would say my junior year, because I play literally ball often, but I got my junior year, and I was playing high school. And my whole goal was just to earn a scholarship. But during that process, I really fell in love with the game, fell in love with working out, relationships with teammates. And now I was kind of like my vice, and I can't let it go. And just kind of finding ways to always get better, you know.

3:46:10Luke Glitten here with 12 sports. Congrats both of you. Welcome to the Valley. This one's for you, Marvin. I'm curious to your thoughts. What was that conversation like with your dad after your name was called? And you were able to be drafted by this organization? And how surreal is it for you to be following on your own father's footsteps, but in your own way? Yeah, I mean, it was very brief. Actually, just in a second, congratulations. I walk up to the stage, and then I had to do a bunch of interviews at the word. So I don't think I hit both of us yet. And what's happened? I think one of my goals always made him proud. So I hope I did that. Marvin, Bobrock, PHNX Sports. When do you anticipate catching your first passes from Kyla Murray? I don't know. I don't know, I guess we'll see. I hope we can as soon as possible. Darry, as you mentioned, philanthropy. And I know there's been, it's been talked about how you took some of the NIL and IL money to do a, get back to school for the kids in Columbia. Where did that belief in doing those things come from? I say my family, my brother, my mom, really instilled that into me.

3:47:12Instantly, out of young age, just give back your blessings to others. And my fifth year at Mizzou was the best year of my life. So why would I not share my blessings with others? So that's what really motivates me to do that. And now being an NFL, you know, my goals are to do three events each year. And just give back, because you know it's life outside of football and bigger blessings out there. Marvin, you obviously played with a number of highly drafted receivers at Ohio State. What sort of feedback have you gotten about the NFL from them? And you know, about making the transition and the league itself? Yeah, it's a long season. I think going from the 12 game record season you had in college to, was it 17 games now? And you got three preseason. I think actually just the biggest challenge. The game stays the same. Obviously, they were all skilled and very talented athletes. So the mental part is probably the biggest thing. And the biggest change from the college to pros. Marvin, what's your timeline for hiring an agent right over here on the way part right? You haven't hired an agent. Why is that? Is there a timeline the hiring one?

3:48:12And are you going to sign the NFL P.A. licensing agreement? I'll continue to talk on my team. We do what's best for me. I'm moving forward. We just take it one day at a time. I just got drafted. So I'm trying to enjoy the moment and be happy while I can at the moment. Hey, Marvin. I'll say a little bit more about growing up with your dad and you know the experiences you had. And Indianapolis and games and so on and so forth. Yeah, I mean, there's no better role model. Coach, mentor that you can have as soon as you play the game. And then he's actually a father too. So he means a lot to me. He's helping get to the point I'm at right now. And she's been very detailed and everything that I've done. Growing up with playing football. So we're thankful for him. I'm glad that he can be here with me today. Luke, letting again here with 12 sports. Is this for Daria Starris? Yeah, I'm a minor as well. Curious, what do you think you learn the most from your time at Mizzou that has helped you be ready for this moment?

3:49:13I said the biggest thing is not how you start is how you finish. And I have to feel like me being drafted. That was the exclamation point on my career at Mizzou. But now I got started all over again and really earned respect on my teammates and coaches and then earn a role within our organization. But that's what I'll say. Marvin over here. What's it like being another buck guy out here in the desert having Paris in the front row and getting to reunite with your guy out here? It's awesome, man. I think this is kind of like two years in the making with Paris and kind of had his conversation going back to even before he got drafted from the Cardinals. And I was just getting a chance to play with him again and hopefully my score from touchdowns he raises me up. And as long as I can use to do in college. So I'm super excited to play with him. I mean, not only is he going to be a great teammate but a great friend of half as well. Barth, the tape speaks for itself. But what would you say is the most underrated part of your game? I think just my competitiveness. I mean, I mean, I show it. I'm not much of an emotional guy on the field, but I'm very competitive.

3:50:15I think that's probably a very underrated part of my game. Yeah, that's it. So thank you so much. Of course. Thank you. And like he's really starting to mold into that role and really step into it. Is that been an adjustment? Obviously, it's obviously that your brother, but also that somebody leading football team. Has that been an adjustment kind of separating those two things? I mean, not really. Because like we always been on a team in our whole life. And I've seen him being those leadership roles prior to this. I mean, he was stepping into it already last year, but we got eight guys in the defense leaves. And now he has to really just elevate that. Yeah, not really. I've been seeing him. I knew he was going to mold in this for a while now. What makes him a good leader? I think he just knows how to talk to different players. Different players require different approaches. Some players you can you can rip him a little bit. Some guys you might need to pull them to the side. Some guys might need like they have some off the field things that like he just can give some insights. It just depends on the guy. Just being able to relate to each individual player and see the massive person connect.

3:51:18I hope that helps build trust with the mesolidium. So Renzo, I was watching an interview with Latham Ransom recently. He called you the most confident guy in the world. What do you think he meant by that? When I came here, I was seventh on the depth. I was nowhere where I knew to be at, but I always knew like you got to have that confidence to be able to play D.B. Here at a high level. And I think it's just I think it's just going to show. I'm excited to go out here and ball this year. So you got to be a little delusional. You got to be a little delusional coming into such a competitive place. I came here playing receiver. And I think I just want to I want to show my boy Latham really well. I wasn't delusional. So I'm going to put all together this year. But I always just been a guy who's still talking trash. Still even when I might not have it all together yet. Just still trying to get better every day. As you worked your way up the depth start you were doing a lot on special teams. Yeah. The coaches have been making that a priority with a lot of younger guys. What would your message be to some of those younger guys that are trying to find their way out on some of the teams? Yeah, on special teams. Like it's not it's not a free play like that down.

3:52:18It's critical when it like has a direct effect on winning and losing games. You see if we miss field goals or if we are our punt games not right. We're not hitting 40 plus yards things like that has direct correlation on winning and losing football games. And really at the next level. I have some guys who've been there and like we have a week like Nate Ebner. He's one of the he played 10 years and he was a special teams guy. So just especially for me being a guy in my role in my situation. Special teams is the most important. And I want it to be a tool to keep me in that NFL for a while. And I think the other guy should look at it as a tool to do. They do the same thing at least and even get an opportunity on field. Give up to still do or be a part of the kick return unit as they return. Yeah, I'm trying to get back there and return some kicks for sure. But that's also me. The trust back there for allowing me doing it. I want to be on all four units. I know like playing nickel at the next level. You see guys you got to be on special teams. And I just I hold a whole starting stand while I go play. So just being a set there will be this critical stuff in the team in the shirt.

3:53:19How much of a couple of you feel now? I mean, I don't know. I've been getting comfortable. I feel comfortable playing for a while now. I'm being honest with you guys in front of me who are good football players. But to me, it wasn't really really about that. It's continuing to get on the rise. I feel like my skillsets are getting better. My games getting better. And as long as I'm playing football, I still want to keep getting better. Give me your impressions of your main message. You're meant to be a ball player. He's an energy. He's an energy giver. He's one of those guys who gets the team excited. He's talking a lot of trash. You know, he has to go sell these and everything like that. But I think he's starting to really I've been with him since he first came in. So I've been seeing him mature, growing to more of a leadership role. And really just he's continuing. He's a guy on the rise to get better every single day. He's a talented football player. He's a talented football player. Yeah, I think you have the chance to have a great year this year. Marge, we really made a food we think in this spring. The first half of this spring is culture. I want to give a shout to my guy Malik Hartford.

3:54:19But it's I don't really think it was just a spring like in the off season. He was going real hard. We have this thing we read our champion and he holds himself to a high standard. And he did that. And then it's just translating the field. I've been that's who I've been watching a lot of my film with. I've been seeing him on plots of the field and getting better every day. Yes, we see we see a late the grants of leave. Who's going to step into that spot here made to me. Yeah, that's the evolution football. I'm going to say this is a high of state too. So I mean, I know that's late. There was a great player. Don't don't get me wrong, but they're kicking the ball off in a high of state. And they're sandwiched the standard. So we got to have players make place. Who do you like? It's making you know, people back whatever who's making subscribe to that. I was a lot of art. Okay. Do you want to come up to this? But how would you describe it? Yeah, I mean, we have a lot of guys were position flexibility is a big thing here. So we put a bunch of different guys in that position. So I think Bryce West has been playing well. And I think Miles is coming along too. I think the biggest thing for all of us is just really getting them to understand the defense,

3:55:21getting them to know what they're doing. And they all have the skill set. So really as that mental part develops that this was already there. So just put it all together and they have the chance to be really good players here. When you got like a diva Sanchez walked into a five star. One of the top players in the country is there a initiation process with players anymore? I could be a smart enough remark about it. I was thinking about how to do that. But is there, do they see a guy grow up from your eyes? Yeah, I mean, the stars are like, yeah, like, am I so like your face, like the skills that you have or like the God given abilities. Well, I want to say about Devon is just the type of person he is. He's a real good guy. I think his ego is not crazy. He's like, he's a real little homo guy. And then he's trying to get better every single day. The stars and all that really don't matter. There's not really initiation process. You come here, you're freshman. You got your black stripe on, you got to earn your way. And I think that's getting your teammates trust and getting the trust in your coaches.

3:56:21How do you see him just like in terms of like competitiveness, like putting himself so far in his first spring? Oh, yeah, he's competitive. But if I'm being honest, I don't really want to. I mean, he has the hype. He's a five star and all that, but like Ohio State, like the standards, the standards. So like everyone in our room is held to the standard. And I think he's getting there, meeting that standard, like he's getting better every single day. He has to continually get better. But the traits that you want and the things about effort going hard, being a competitor, all those things that are not the technique, not the football part. He has that there. And I think when everything else comes along, it's a great player as well. How is that standard helped you personally going into your field here now? You're developing over the last couple of years. I mean, yeah, I was challenged. I mean, it's either you, the sink or swim. I had guys in front of me. I had to make a choice. Like, don't want to continue to get better every single day or just be complacent. I could just sit here and be like, okay, like this is just my situation or try to find a way. So I mean, that's it. I made away on the field. And that was my goal. I had to go hard. I had to do certain things and how to go on special teams.

3:57:21And those things I weren't doing before necessarily in my freshman year playing on those special teams. I don't know. I'm trying to learn and nickel back. I came here to play corner. I'm out here playing nickel back. So it's sink or sink or swim. So I think I think I did that. And now it's the time just to take it to another level and continue to get better. You mentioned the question earlier. It said you have to be a little bit devotional. The thing is, is it important to have that confidence, even before maybe you have everything figured out. I mean, clearly, I mean, I would never play it if I didn't. Yeah, I would have never played it if I didn't. I came here to play corner. We have a bunch of guys here at corner. Now I'm trying to get that nickel. We have a dude starting at nickel. I want to play. I have to get it on the third down package. I have to go do this on special teams. I haven't done something on special teams. So like, yeah, you got to be a little delusional. You got to be a little delusional. All right, Lorenzo. Thank you. Thanks, guys. Hi, all players and some pretty, a pretty player man in the living house. Nathan, I'm sure you were asked this about a Zillion times. I'm asking you to Zillion and one. Just you personally, does it feel like this, everything is kind of, I mean, this is just, obviously, the ultimate payoff and reward.

3:58:26But just for you personally going through some of the trials and tribulations you have here at Ohio State, what does this mean for you? I mean, without sounding too stupid by asking that kind of question. I mean, it means everything to me. I'm just so thankful. And God gave me an opportunity after a face of so much adversity to put me in this situation to be with my brothers, my team, my family members. And go out there and just play this game. I never take any game every meeting, every practice for granted. I never take any for granted. I'm just so thankful. Did you ever get to a point where you just thought, I don't know if I can keep doing this or did that ever cross your mind? Never did. Never. I love football. I love football, man. Yeah, I love football. I thank God that he lost me to play this game every day. And, yeah, I love football. What was it like after the game? And, you know, there was talk that you guys all had a meeting. Things got supposedly heated. Is there any truth to that? As far as like the players and the coaches you guys talk with Ryan Day? And just, I mean, just kind of had a hashing out like, hey, let's come, let's come full circle on this whole thing.

3:59:28And this and and what happens behind closed doors, stays behind closed doors, but whatever happened to me to help us with a national championship. So I want to change something to the way. And there you go, right? So I mean, would you say in a stupid way, not that you guys obviously wanted to lose the game, but if you hadn't, do you think you would? You'd be sitting here where you're at. I don't know. I don't think about what is, I think about that. How that ring will fill my hand. It's a national championship. Austin Ward, podcast. Cody, was that the first helmet you've ever cracked? I think so. I mean, I didn't even know at the time it was crack. I wish I brought my feet more in that play, but it was pretty cool. I mean, I've never seen that happen before, so except for my own. Did you guys have any sense after it was such a physical hit? It was also a key tackle the off the field. Did you think that that sent any message both for the rest of you guys on the defensive side or to Tennessee about what that game was going to be like?

4:00:28Yeah, I mean, we knew how important it stops. We're in that game and more so than the hit, just to be able to get off the field. I think that was the huge part for us because we know if they can drive the ball and create big plays, it'd be tough. It's tough on a long day for us on defense. So I would just, I'm happy that we got those stops and we needed to get it. And that was one of them. And all those stops really prepared us to have a good game on defense. Bill Rabino, what's the most effective match? What changed the most after the order game and the reengineering and the defense? Was it mindset? Was it a schematic thing? What changed the most? I'd say the most prominent change is really that attitude and that mindset. We played good before that and we'd done a lot of things. But sometimes you need a little juice and a little bit of that. So obviously stuff has changed. The scheme has changed. Like attitude has changed. But I think we have that mentality that we have to be able to win games no matter what on defense and to be able to do that.

4:01:32I mean, we say it all the time in our meetings. It doesn't matter what the offense does. We should be out there and go out there and be able to win a game. So I think we brought back that mentality and it's just got to keep going. You know, it can't just stop intensity. It has to keep going to organ. You played so well before that and then that kind of came out of nowhere. How about you, the little wakening? Was it how much did I make you realize, okay, we're not there yet? I know we had, that was a rough two weeks for us after that game. We had a lot of tough conversations. We had a lot of overhaul and just really looking in words at ourselves and what do we have to change? And I think what we've done so far has been pretty well and we have to keep that going because it doesn't matter. It's really what you've done lately. So you do have this next week. Stephen, it means clip.com. If you were a coach, how would you grade JT Snap with a linebacker? I guess Tennessee. Snap is a linebacker. No, I mean, I give a lot of credit to TNICO as a quarterback. I mean, he did his thing, moving around the pocket.

4:02:32It's not easy like trying to... Oh, you said JT as a linebacker or for me, how would you grade it as a linebacker? What was that? I mean, some tough plays. That's football though. Sometimes you guys get juked, whatever happens. But, you know, he always keeps coming. That's the best part about JT. He'll never stop playing as hard as possible. So, I'm just happy he kept going and he made a lot more plays after that too. It's very different tackling and running back and going back. Just if you're...what's the main difference between having to tackle those two types of players? What I've noticed is... I mean, when quarterbacks are scrambling and they're particularly like good scramble threats, they use that ball fake a lot more. And no matter what, even if they're passing line, it's still threatening like... It's just the mentality... Like the playing defense. You're always worried about them throwing the ball. So they can... They have a little bit more wiggle, whereas running backs, you know, there's a certain amount of jukes that they could use or whatever moves they use. So, I mean, I think a lot of the things that we do is just trying to just treat quarterbacks

4:03:37you scramble like running backs, you know, just try to stay down because, you know, your presence affects it no matter what. So, if you're jumping for throws, you're probably going to be wrong. All right, we have time for a couple more. I think we just have one. Someone else wants to jump in. We've got Tim May, Norman Raw. I've thrown home, I had a... What is your interaction been like with Caleb and Nathan especially from standpoint of feedback? You know, maybe between plays, maybe on the sidelines after series and stuff? Has it grown as the season has gone? And what do those guys especially bring to the table in that regard? I mean... They've always been really great problem solvers throughout this entire year. You know, our communication is strong in the team drives and everything. I think they do a wonderful job. Both of them just, you know, diagnosed and what's going on. And then, you know, if we need to fix, they're always on top of this stuff. Our coaches are great at that too. They make sure that any little issue is being taken care of. And we communicate within the positions, but, you know, they really get at that stuff.

4:04:38And one other thing with you, I'm just being honest, I've talked from like the late and the fourth quarter on against Nebraska. And then since then, you seem to have been a different player. Maybe I'm wrong. I mean, I don't know if there was an epiphany there or whatever, but can you describe your drive or whatever from... You know, that was a close game. It was, you know, I think surprised a lot of people. You understand what I'm saying? But you seem to be a... You're personally seem to be a more driven, different player. Am I wrong about that? Well, I mean, I don't... I feel like I've been taking, you know, the meetings to the field to practice everything. I want to say I've been consistent and, you know, I'm just being able to be in position to make more plays. And, you know, I'm thankful for that, but I mean, we're just really... Well, we're just trying to be consistent and, you know, doing what day in day out, not taking any day for granted and not doing anything that I wouldn't do if I wasn't playing well, so.

4:05:38I think you said it was a different... Or is that a hailstorm? Yeah, I'm not sure what's going on. Okay. Alright, I'll go back. Final question. So Dan, hold on. What is Cody, when you guys are looking at that Oregon game, obviously, you know, statistically really anomalous of the sea, what is he mentioning here? How much do you look at it as we had him off the night? How much do you look at it as they're really good offense that's capable of exposing flaws to the other team's hands? No, I think it's a little bit of both. I mean, we definitely did not play to our standard no matter what. I mean, that's number one. But they also played a good game. And, you know, we're both a good team. That's why we're in the Rose Bowl and playing against each other. So, you know, it's going to be on us to be able to execute and do our job to the best of our ability. And, you know, that's what we're spending all this time practicing for. Like, we're doing walkthroughs everything because, you know, when we get to that moment, we got to do it right. And it didn't get to the last game. So, for whatever reason, we'll get those fix and we'll make the changes necessary and go out there and get a win. Yeah, I feel like, Seth, he's definitely made a big impact on how I play the game now.

4:06:40I feel like I look at the, I look at like first and second down different because I feel like he's gave me a lot of information on how he sees the defenses, how they move and stuff like that. So, I feel like Seth has become like a really good factor in my game and how I improved. For a guy like that to come in from Alabama and maybe even bring him up and he's gracious to himself to you guys to fit in like that. What do you, what inside you get into like what it means to be able to do? Yeah. You've been up here not necessarily playing like you want to do the last year. I feel like, you know, Seth, when Seth came in, I knew Seth was a really good player at Alabama. He's playing those big games. So, you know, just learning on everything he's done and how he like takes the next step. And how he gives his features is something I took note of. Josh, you guys obviously have quite a turning duplies there up into your line. So, I feel like you are a person who usually takes a lot of costs. And how have you seen just the chemistry of you guys growing up the last couple of years? Yeah, I feel like everything is just like binding together. I feel like we're all just playing really good next to each other and everything's been going really well. Do you feel just, you know, physically stronger when you're messing up?

4:07:43Because in your life, that versus last break. Yeah, definitely. I feel like it's a really big thing. It's something I've noticed over the years is that I've improved on. And I feel like I've definitely my strength and coach makes definitely got us going. So, how do you notice him just getting in the game? I feel like just over like these past summer just getting stronger as I can. And then like you just see it over and over and over. He's like, can stay in those reps. Those big time reps, you can just like stay in. I'm basically kind of learning from Seth and taking notes and things like that. How does that manifest itself along the field? Yeah, I feel like Seth, you know, what he's done, how he controls the offense. He makes the ID, gets everything going, make sure it gets off and set. I feel like it's something I took no time. What's it like going back home after with an actual championship? You know, it was, it felt surreal. I mean, something I like, you dream of as a kid, you know, as a kid, you grow from Ohio. You always dream about playing for Ohio State. You know, it's just great that I'm able to be here and play in a national championship. You feel like you're wrestling experience still helps you as you're changing your body.

4:08:47Oh, yeah, I feel like definitely. I feel like my mentality still is something like wrestling has definitely developed my mentality and my, now I feel like I go out there and try and like basically just choice all the other time. Anyone I go against, I feel like I'm trying to show him. What's going on here in question? Oh, yeah, Coach Bill on his death, he's a great person. He definitely gets his going. He's a really good officer. I'm going to get the odds from on the 20th to on. You're going to get the odds from on the goal line. Josh, I'm going to get the odds from the goal line. Good. Yeah. I'd say it feels like a dream. But at the same time, I think you just take it day by day. You can't look forward to the game. You have to have a good Tuesday practice, have a good Wednesday practice, have a good Thursday practice. And just make sure that those days are complete to where you can build up to that game and see how you're going to do in the game. When you are as pointless as far as what I think is going to work on it.

4:09:47I think it's more just mental, just seeing what the defense is, what their scheme is. And then also just making sure that you have the right technique for those defenders and stuff like that. Josh, don't talk to Josh. We can go around the Dallas. Just talk about that. Yeah. You can see Josh, I'm perfect. It's a full question. It has been a grind. And then I mean, just playing with the wood. Can you give me any insight on what's kind of hurt in the point of this alignment? Yeah, you'd say everything. I mean, we hit on a daily basis all the time. So you could have knee pain, ankle pain. You could have headaches. You have shoulder pains. You have hands, wrist, thumb, anything. And I think it just shows that we're willing to do whatever to play. What's driving? What is championship? Yeah. What is championship? That's what's driving me more than ever.

4:10:47Because it's a memory that'll last a lifetime if you go and do it. You're trying to open the path of the tear support on the English players and more pitches. You're one game, one game, one game. How to send your pitches to the state? I think it's paid off. Playing for a national championship. If you were to tell me that when I was 10 years old, being a starting right tackle to how state, I would say, I'd say some cuss words at you and then tell you to go away. Not that much, but yeah, it's Indiana. So yeah. Yeah. There are times when I'm going to say you're playing on the one. I mean, how much do you use the cutting set? I don't know. I guess you could say I'm gotten it out. I don't look at myself more than I'm just looking inside that huddle during the offense when we're calling a play. And I'm like, I got to do it for these guys.

4:11:48Put so much in for them. Being in Indiana, I got playing the冒 today in the school. No, another name didn't recruit me when I was going out through high school. But I don't have any ill will against that. They didn't think I was a good enough football player, so I didn't know the day. No, I don't think that's any motivation. I don't look at it like that. Maybe that they recruited different guys and classes, but I don't look at it as any ill will. Every single person I've talked to this morning is like, oh my gosh, who's the client? We're not like gossip. How in the world are you guys finding the mental strength to rest and recover over and over again? What in this week then, like, one day, two days? Yeah, I think it's good. I think it just shows that it's like an NFL style season. I mean, it's crazy to think what we were in the week was at 16 or 17. And I think it prepares you for the next level more than ever because I won't say it's NFL,

4:12:56but the playoffs and all that stuff, it's kind of coming together as the NFL. Sleep. Sleep, going in the trainer room, spend hours in there. Then go in the film room with an ice pack on or a stem or something like that and start watching film. I think it's like a 24-7 thing that you always got to keep your body right to make sure that you're ready to perform at the level you want to perform at. But, yeah, Josh, you can set the bottom point where this happens to life when you're coming back or re-testing, figure it out in another way. Explain that they do it. Where y'all come from that home? That day was an O-shit for me. It was just to see where he went from the winter time to being the guy who wouldn't talk anything and being all American,

4:13:56ready to win. Yeah, it was a dark point in this season for us as a line, but I had confidence in Carson right away. I mean, he played 12 games and he did find, I thought he did find those 12 games, so I had complete and utter confidence in Carson. Yeah, it is. Were both, were both not down with the grub, he played almost two or a bit tough. Then had to come three, I mean, it's like you're ready. Yeah, I think it just shows that sinners, guards, tackle, they just need time. Time to, I mean, you're not going to do amazing your first season unless you're, I don't know, Michael Jordan or something like that. I don't know, but it shows that it's just a development and I mean, are like, are slogans developed here. I mean, just to see him come from last season to this season, it's completely different. I was not just going to buy a culture developed a lot because I don't know what that meant. Yeah, Coach Fry is a great offense line coach.

4:14:58He knows what, what technique to use on every single play. He busses ask for us, even though people give him hate all the time, I don't understand, I don't see why. He's a great human being. He just wants the best for us and I think that's what you see at him every single day is he's trying to push us to be the best for ourselves. Do you think the job looks awesome, tech or not, does that look like a hero? Yeah, I think they've done an unbelievable job. And it just shows the selflessness of all three of those guys because tech were starting for the season. Awesome was left guard and then Luke jumps in there, but those guys haven't complained one bit of, oh, I want to get more playing time or something like that. They've been selfless and it's amazing to see. I've been a lot of people have not been Jackson said that Jack Sawyer called him and recruited and tried to get some of these guys. What do you remember about Jack's goal and trying to get everyone to come back to you before more time? Yeah, I knew I was coming back so there was no recruiting for me.

4:16:01I was kind of on the outside of that because it was only my first year of playing or first year starting. But I just remember just of fire and Jack's eyes you see because Ohio native Ohio State guy. Literally the buck eye I call him and it's just a fire in his eyes of hey, we can do this. We can go to a national championship and play for it. We just have to have everybody come back and it was awesome to see. It's worth that challenge. It's an amazing feeling, right? Yeah, obviously it looks easier than it probably is. It's a lot of pressure and the difference between a good hold and a bad hold is one inch. Turning the laces, hopefully I don't do that too much. John's pretty good with these laces. Just about finding the spot and getting a tilt right. I'd like to think I'd do a pretty good job because you can do it off-skating. But yeah, it's a very refined skill once you get good at it. It's not too bad.

4:17:02In the States, maybe you just started two years? Yeah. There's a lot of cold for a different size. We're very exposed in Australia to American culture. So I sort of knew what to expect a little bit. We get all your TV shows, we were sport, you know, sports centers, there, there, there's bands over there. So it wasn't too bad. And I've been lucky that I should travel over America before I moved here. So I sort of knew what to expect. What are some of the bigger cultural issues? Just the way people speak to each other, like joking around with each other. The show in here that can be pretty dry sometimes. Even though I go home and see my mates, I'll say something that sort of doesn't seem like a joke, but it is. So you're going to get used to that a little bit. Yeah, it's the biggest ones, I suppose. It's a little more sarcasm than Australia's saying. Yeah, a little bit more sarcasm. And the way we speak to each other is, like the words we use for different things. I mean, I was just an example last time. I was talking about gardening with Ronald Mannitz and we were talking about using a whipers in the bath, which is a weed wacker.

4:18:02And like, just little things like that. You guys have no idea what I'm saying. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly. I think it's actually, like, yeah, there's like a bunch of little words I'd say that, you know, I think an audience that I don't realise that he's actually Australian. I have to go back on it. Yeah, the guys are starting to learn that. I hear that. One of the big things we, it's selective for the one. So you can't just sort of walk in, you have to try out. But most of the guys go out playing Australian football, which the primary way to pass the ball is by planting it, essentially. It's a little bit different. But then we have a whole bunch of coaches that actually played a college football. And the Nathan Chapman played a few games at Greenbad. So he knows what to expect. He knows how to keep on. He still goes out and boots and he's old age, 45. So he, so yeah, and then they sort of, they teach exactly what to expect. They don't give you any false hope, really.

4:19:04They say, you're going to go there. This is exactly what it's going to be like. So it's sort of like a one, two, three year simulation of what it's going to be like over here. So guys are ready to go. We're going to come. Two culture. It depends how good you are, how a lot of it's your mindset as well. So it's very, it's, you know, it's a unique off season. We might get two weeks, two weeks break, and then we're into winter and then spring and then summer and then fall and then season. So yeah. Two culture questions. One, have you ever had a Vegemite sandwich? Yeah. And two, I heard no real Australian would drink faster, spare. I've had my first forces in Nashville about two months ago. And it's, it's fine. I won't be rushing back to it, but it's, it's easy. And Vegemite? I love Vegemite. It's awesome. Yeah, I, I miss it a lot. I actually brought it over to Jarlas from Los Alamos in Australia. So yeah, I love my Vegemite sandwiches. Have you tried to share it with anybody I've ever been there? I've tried. Yeah, I mean, Nick doesn't mind it. I tried it without one of my little kids, Casey Nagyar, who's pretty upset when he tasted it. Yeah, some pretty good reactions out of the guys, but yeah, if you, if you, you know,

4:20:07a full of one ratio with butter on some toast, it's pretty nice. What's the biggest similarity between Australia and the United States? To be honest, the foods, the food seem like I mean, we, we're very multi-cultural country. It's in America. I suppose we probably have more Asian influence, whereas America has more latinian influence. That's probably the biggest food difference part. I mean, we have a whole bunch of Italian. Where I'm from in Melbourne has one of the biggest Greek populations outside of Greece. I think it's the biggest outside of Greece. Yeah, I mean, you could go there. You'd be, you'd be in the city, CDR, right? Do you have to watch everywhere you step? No, it's not that bad. Just every now and then you'll sort of look up and there might be a spider there or something. But sometimes I mean, there's a lot of daddy long legs. You know, these little ones are the big legs, but like you're all the insects. So they're not saffron in corners. But it's not too bad. You got class. Thank you very much. Thank you, too. Thank you, too. You know, it's different. You look at the last three games that we faced.

4:21:07Really, the offenses were different to what Notre Dame does well. So we have to make that adjustment because they'll be hard to handle. Right, so coach, we're just talking with JTT. How disciplined the edge brushers have to be knowing that Rylander did somebody expect to put those third down in the country. You want to be aggressive, but they have to make sure that they keep them in the pocket as well. Yeah, I mean, you say, you know, past rush lanes are everything. And you know, caging him because he he is exceptional at making those plays.

4:22:07But you know, you also can execute a past rush, unless you execute a past rush move. You know, so it's like you can't get a hit unless you swing the bat. So it's really going to be a constant balance and knowing that he can make those plays. Everybody has to be aware of it. So I think it's good to appreciate it. So, you know, for us on Gade here, for the first half of the defense is today. Unbelievable. I don't play it off. Actually, I believe we'll kind of haul your palm loose. It's been one or two things that's kind of been a team of your defense. What's up with this, what's happening? What's the more two things that have been come with the defense all year long? Well, we always talk about limiting explosive plays, you know. Guys know that. They know that. We talk about, you know, all the standard things that defenses do.

4:23:07But I think the expectation is important, you know, that from the jump, you know, I talked to them about chasing perfection, even though it's not possible, you know, that we have the talent to do that. We have to expect that from ourselves, that we're going to be as close to perfect as we can. Yeah, and I think, you have veterans and guys who've been in the system. And we spent a lot of time together and, you know, they start to understand how I think, which is really important, you know, when you know what the guy, the guy who's calling the defense is why he's calling it and how it works.

4:24:14You know, because every call has strengths, but every call, every defense has weaknesses. So they just start to understand that the longer we're, longer we're around each other. Yeah, I mean, you, you can tweak things week to week in the game plan. And they pick it up seamlessly, you know, where at other times you have to be careful. But when you have a veteran group that understands the system, it works well. Yeah, that's been a constant pursuit of perfection.

4:25:21You know, I want, I, and up to me to put them in the right call, get them in the right places. When they make good plays that's on them, you know, and they know when they, if something goes wrong, it's on me. So I think it's that continually, you know, investing in them and trusting them and let them go play. I grew up on the, on the mean streets of North Philly. Yeah, it was raised by a Philly cop. So yeah, you know, there's an intensity that goes about that. You spend time around them and you, and you know, it's my job to be hard, hard on them in practice.

4:26:24To be detailed and on top of my game and have all the answers and drive them and motivate them, you know. Because on game day, that's not the time, that's the time for them to play. But that's my job during the week. My, my job during the week is to be the bad cop and let all the other guys be the good cop. Thank you. I mean, that's a ton of additional pressure. Yeah, I mean, that's a, that's a guy who can beat you with his feet or his arm. And that changes everything about the game. I mean, it's, it's a big deal. You know, Riley, he, he, he's really established his own mark and his own place because of us. Of us, not his athletic skill, but his toughness. I mean, he's really, really a tough, minded person and player.

4:27:39Yeah, I think it did. I think it really did, you know. The sooner you can get back to playing, the sooner, you know, you can write a new script. You know, so I think that was, that was a good thing for us. Yeah, definitely. There was a feel bad for a little bit. And then we got to get back to work, you know, and anytime you can get back to work, it helps you get over those things.

4:28:43And then maybe you saw yourselves or you identified things that you were holding on to. And you're asking for the answer to that. You guys will see maybe what might have been wrong if you mess that up. Losing at Ohio State is never a good thing. You know, you're expected to win every game. But if it does happen, that's the job as coaches is we have to find a way to get some benefit out of it, you know. And I feel like we did, I feel like we did that. Thank you. I like the adjuster. That's why I named him the adjuster because he adjusts, yes. What does being able to play in some of these different positions?

4:29:48Is it a lot of pass a little bit better at the state and not just like it's a lot of longer? Yeah, I think it allows all the things you talked about in terms of disguise. It gives coverage relief to the other guys. I think he sees things, you know, even better from that position. And so the results speak for themselves too. That's all theory until you get out there and do it. From the time we recruited him to the, you know, yeah, I always knew that he could do that. And it was just a matter of getting to it as the best thing for the entire defense.

4:30:51How does it hit you guys when you're changing the first time? How much of a flow do you have? Yeah, it hit us hard. I mean, we put a lot of time into it and, you know, thought we put our best foot forward. But that's why you don't overreact in those situations that, you know, give him his respect for his decision and his family and say, hey, if you ever need us, we're here because those things come around. Absolutely, absolutely. Yeah, we're, you know, still using a lot of Oklahoma State Film one way we're trying to recruit him. And another year gave us the opportunity to put more stuff on tape to show him.

4:31:58Yeah, he's a very serious student, you know, so it's almost like if he sees something when you're teaching, he's not going to say it right then. You know, he's one of those guys that'll come to you after class and, you know, like a, and then bring it up. You know, but he's very serious about the flow of teaching and, you know, not interrupting, but he picks up on it. He picks up on everything. You have to be on your toes. Yeah, I think what you said, Coach Day and Chip did was we experienced the benefits of that, right, because of less plays, you know, and shortening game.

4:33:17But defensively, you also said it. You really don't have a choice in the matter. You know, you get, it's, it's whatever the other team throws actually, you got to react to it. No, not me. I mean, we have, that's Coach Day sets up the entire program to have all the nutrition people and the, and the sports science and all that to do that. I don't treat it any differently. Our job is defensive, you got one job, stop him. It's it. And then do it again the next series. Yeah, I mean, there's luck involved. There's preparation. There's strength staff, nutrition, sports science, all that is a big deal. That's why we have great people who do it. And, and then you got to be fortunate.

4:34:35Yeah, I think it really started at Duke, be honest with you and it evolved. And you know, where Duke and you got great kids and maybe you're not quite as talented as your opponent. Sometimes you got to find ways to win. You know, so it allows you to be more creative and then get to Oklahoma state and what you do at Duke doesn't work because the big 12 is different, you know, or was it the time, right? I mean, trying to score every play. So then you have to adapt to that. And then you get to a high state and, you know, you have the best players in the country. And that's an, that's an adaption too, right? Because, you know, things that maybe you had to do in the past, you don't have to do anymore. So you look for different ways to get an edge.

4:35:44Yeah. Work, work and good kids, you know, put in the work, have the answers and then have good kids who want to be coached and listen. You know, it's really a big deal. Work, same answer, it's work, right? I mean, it's just you, you're working. But you have to study yourself. I think it's a big deal. You have to take accountability when something doesn't work. You know, you got to study all the ways that teams have beat you and have answers. But really, it's just a lot of study, a lot of time alone, a lot of work.

4:37:09I really try to take myself out of the equation. My job is to put the players in the right position to win and be successful and to serve the head coach. So, yeah, I mean, I would be thrilled for our players and for our head coach and realizing that a high state's a tough place. And you're right, we have had our ups and downs. So I would be thrilled for them to be able to come out on top. When he was there at Virginia Tech, and when he first came in, I remember going out spring workouts and he kind of just gave the vibe like he's a great dude, like he really wanted to build connections with us. So it's been amazing. What's been the biggest adjustment you've had to make since coming to my last day? The biggest adjustment I would have to say is just really buying in to the coach, because we're a big coach program. We keep the coach, and no matter what's going on, we are going to be the same way. So just kind of buying and stuff like that.

4:38:13And you've got to go to a couple of those bowl games and kind of see what that experience was like. What did that kind of do for you to help prepare you to do it yourself? It was crazy, because there's my first time actually watching games from the field. So I actually got to see steps. I got to see play call and I got to see coach Fry. I see coach knows guys up on the sideline and actually forgot to talk that he's talking. For freshmen offensive lineman patience is required. It's a development. As a guy who comes from high school, we're playing a lot. How do you kind of reset coming in as an offensive lineman knowing it may be a year or two before you start to get real fun? You know, you kind of just want to learn from those guys that have been here because like you said, it's kind of tough coming in and being a young guy and then going against different fronts you might never see before or talking different knowledge that you might not talk before. But for me, it's been kind of a learning process, but I'm picking up on it. I get very great coaching every day. And the older guys do a great job of communicating.

4:39:16So it's kind of been really easy. Nine different guys started last year. Like what does that mean for this room in terms of you guys doing that for me? So how do you prepare for that? Just coming every day ready to work and coming with that mindset that we all need each other. It's not just one guy there's one guy that knows five guys out there. And those five guys that are going to be out there, they got to be able to trust their brother and the guys that are on the side line, we got to be out there churning on our brothers. And when our names are called or whatever names call you got to be, but a step up or just that early on, like right now for you trying to still your teammates can trust you. Just coming every day with the mindset that I'm here to work. Like I come in the building, I come in with Woody and they know that I'm here to work. They know that I'm not here to play around. They know that I'm coming in to meet and ask the questions. Trying to figure out what's going on picking the older guys brain, staying out the practice, even and getting extra work.

4:40:19You talked about this kind of scene improvements already. Where have you seen that the most in your games? I want to say knowing the game of football. That was the biggest improvement for me because coming out of high school is kind of a lot more simple. Coming to a place like Ohio State, you got to know the start. And coach gives us a good look. I'm talking about Cusper, the Diffus Corridor, it gives great looks, different looks and yeah. Is that through field work? You start to see that the most kind of the knowledge of the game, not necessarily the hot fields. I want to say the field work on the field because you can work on the end of the field. You can work on the world, but if you can't take it to the field, none of that really matters. Thank you. You can throw two of us in and throw one of us in and you've got to stop it all. What have you made of the quarterbacks of the three of them? Not too much. I feel like they all come in here working. I feel like everybody's making their throws, making their passes, everybody making their directions.

4:41:23When did you take away last season? What did you take away from last season? You got to take the ball and you've got to take it first. When the next game, that was it. When the next game, go out there outside of the day, beat the man in front of you, and then came out with a national championship and an advantage. The strict laws about improving the stability of the individual when you work on this field. I'm working on everything I'm trying to get my game as well as my spirit. I'm trying to come up to field it all. We hear about the leaders of the E-Rose, not just British, British, but the federal team. You can step up who has started to step up and realize that this is what we're going to do. I feel like we've had leaders from last year that came back. I feel like we have new guys that stepped up into their roles and their roles and around the team. That would become leaders. Being a leader, you all always have to be vocal. You can have the same examples on the field. Or you can be vocal and do both. What is it like to have the same guy that you've been in the last couple years?

4:42:26I was happy for G. I saw him out here, and I saw him last year, and he's getting an extra work. The 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. What advice 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, just the rise. People used that word. But I feel like I'm just overall better. I came here ready to go. How much does it push you when you're in a room of guys like Max and Will and Bennett that you know you've got to be on your game if you're going to get them a field? Man, I feel like Arya is sharp by Arya every day. You come in and work, and they go push me every day to work. It's just like I'm a do-go. I love more. I love Max. You're flashed. Any time here. Is this the year worth it all come together?

4:43:31I feel like Arya was my year, but we're going to see this year. I'm ready to come out here and put on a show for the Buckeye Nation. I feel like everybody on the field is ready to put on a show. We're going to go back and back. You got a blight quite a bit though last year, Jolani. 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 ask you this every time we get to. We can definitely see what you've progressed as a tight end. The all of that means. I'm not even a year. I honestly over the spray and some of this. I feel like I told them I body a lot and I got stronger in the way we were. I've also got a little bit faster so I can get in and out of breaks a little bit better. And just the mind part of the game. The mental part of the game. If you got even better at that, how would you describe that?

4:44:34I said again, the mind part of the game. I feel like it's a lot more fair. I say the tight ends become here. Five o'clock every other day. We'll walk through more. Which is more students in the game now. We're like that. Thanks. Thanks. You're welcome. What do you remember about that play? I feel like it was just an exciting play. I was the last read on it. Like the very last read on it. I don't go out. I can't down with the cats. So we get the first down. It was a lot of fun. Thank you. That would be the national team to have a big goal. Which is that healthy forward. It's a lot of help. Kind of knowing that I can always turn the shit no matter how rocky it gets. And you'll make it through no matter how bad it gets because if you truly believe in yourself and you have good support around you and you can do anything. Look back on the regular season. What do you think?

4:45:38I was going through a little bit. I ended up tearing up my doctors and the groups. So I was playing through that. Didn't make it to easy trying to keep it in those games, but you know, I did my best to tell the team out. That was our week through. That's wonderful. I've heard it is to go out and check the ball. And make it a kick. I wasn't really thinking about it, to be honest. I was like, I told my dad about this to my dad last week. I just, it was like the quietest moment I've ever had in life because it was so loud and the moment was so big that I was so focused. And it was just like I was in a state. It almost took me 46 years to get back to the game. Yeah. How much do you have to do that? Still, still, still.

4:46:40Yeah, well, I've been doing it in practice as fond of it. It's great for mental, but until you see it going in the game, it's a completely different feeling. So that was, that was huge for me. I know that was huge for Coach Danny too. I was just trust back in games through that. I feel it. Yeah, you know, I would hope so, but you never know. But it feels great for me knowing that he trusted me in that moment, even though I had the best past couple of games, even though practice is completely different to the game, to still put me out there and trust me to do my job. I was just happy I could come through. How much do you have from the early fuels and hours to where you were in the last month to take it? Really healthy right now. I feel great. This is probably the best I've felt in the year or nine months. It was just a rest and recovery stuff and therapy, physical therapy stuff like that. Just trying to get back to the first grade.

4:47:41If this is the best, like, something in the mile, what does it sound like? The contact sounds the same, but you can just tell it kind of what the ball flight. It goes a lot further. It feels a lot more pure coming off my foot. How did you learn how to get through that injury last year? Trial and air. Which I guess would explain my existence last year. A little bit of just trial and air and what I could do. And so I think I finally figured out around organ of the playoffs and just kind of let it ride from there. Whether it be the kind of had some time to reflect on last season, but you kind of take away from those ups and downs, but maybe kind of change your process of all going into this year. Almost definitely. The process of me warming up has become a lot more in depth. And I go through multiple different stretches exercises, that sort of stuff. So I'm going to carry that along with me. I feel like it prepared me even better for the game and also the mental aspect of it. Just believe in having confidence in yourself always and not on how much of that season.

4:48:43Now we should have got the most people you could have been able to get through each one. I just started to feel a lot more comfortable than I guess I would say. A lot of pressure that was coming towards me and from practice and the media and all that sort of stuff. It was all kind of compiling and I was like, I just kind of had to do something about it. So I figured it out. Whether it be the playoffs. It was my right to kicking right. Yeah. Whether it be the playoffs or the playoffs success you had, the health you feel now, just how much mentally in terms of confidence do you feel like you've improved going into this season? I always had confidence myself. But the level that I'm at right now is probably 10 times more than it was last year. Just be it purely because of showing myself I could do it and then also showing Coach Day I could do it. Yeah, I just showed everyone that I could do it. What was your mindset with Coach Day sent you out there against Tennessee to kick the real long one at the end of the half? You know, you've got there and you think you're going to make them all.

4:49:45What were your thoughts? I know I kind of had to hit a perfect ball and conditions weren't on my side that night, obviously. But you know, you're still expected to go out there and make the kick if you could put you out there. So I know I kind of had to hit a good ball and just ended up having it for me that night. But yeah, it's kind of hit. Thank you very much. I'm Geno 2. I want to say the thing is Geno and the rest of my teammates, receivers, gave me open and a line doing their thing. And hopefully, you know, it's just the beginning. On this day and this one, did you get that a game coming up in a few days? Yeah, I mean, we're going to definitely look at it tomorrow. Go over it. Fix our mistakes. And it's good that it's an early week, early week, Thursday game. So, you know, we will have to flesh it and move on. How did I lock it up? Well, in the state of larger order before the game, it maybe hasn't been as much productive season. What's he meant to you guys in terms of leadership and maybe helping the receiver like here?

4:50:46I mean, it means everything to this organization, how he carried himself, just everything he's done for this organization in the city. You know, he's a leader and I appreciate him so much. You know, I feel like I'm in the best position possible, having T-Lock and DK and all these other guys. So, you know, T-Lock, he's a special guy and I'm just just blessed to have his friendship and him be my teammate. How do you guys got back from this one, Jackson? Just for you guys to ride everything? When, you know, when, next week and a week after that, you know, that's the best way. You know, that's the best bounce back. Do you have anything else? Thank you. A year, you know, 100 total yards in the play-out game we lost, which I hate the most. It's not as bad as me I want to win. But then, come back to the next year, heard again, like 20 kills. So, two really unfortunate injuries, but that's just a guy's plan.

4:51:49You 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-poly. You can say that, you know, but I do think that the chargers are getting a guy that's going to be healthy from now on, you know. God will it, and it's going to be great. And I do think that it's going to be a great however many years here. When you've been on the field, you've been highly productive. Yeah. 5.8 hours of very average for your career.

4:52:50And knowing that when you're out there, you're very productive. How much confidence does that give you that really all you need is an opportunity? All the confidence in the world, you know, the way I work. I want to say just from the numbers, but just the way I work, my work ethic, you know, and my relationship with Jesus is like, I have the most confidence when I step out there. Because I do know, like, if he grants me the health, it's over with. I don't think I'll be, you know, I think it'll be a great year or whatever, a couple of years. However many years he grants me great health, you know, and I think just the work ethic, my prayer, and all that stuff, that's what helps me have that confidence. What the numbers will be there in there, they might be higher after this year, you know, then, and it's crazy to think about it. I had six point yards or six yards per carry, you know, so we'll see. Is it the forward loop running 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.

4:53:54I think, like I said earlier, it's a talented group. You know, we just got put together, win some games, because that's what I came through for. Just an old part of the year or? I wouldn't say part of the recruitment, but like whenever I decided I was going to sign it, it was great to have him in the room. Yeah, we're great. We have a great relationship. He's like my brother. I think it complements each other very well. You know, he can do a lot of stuff too. You know, a lot of people think he's just power power power, but I think he has some other parts of his game too, which it'll be great. Because I feel like I can do everything, and when one's get tired, we can roll it in, we keep rolling, win some games. When you, the two of you, he's going, how do you think this is going to look, or what will be that partnership that's back there? I know. That's a hard question. How do I think it'll look beautiful? You know, a lot of people call this a passive league, but I think you got to run the ball to win a Super Bowl.

4:54:59You know, if you look at the teams who win the Super Bowl, they can run the ball. They can control the clock. And so if we're both good, it'll 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. I think it's going to be great. His offense is going to be amazing. One thing we talked to him, you know, is like, why are you going to build something good for Russian offenses throughout your career? Which everywhere you've been. And you said that one part of it is just, you got to call the place. You got to call it on the place. As we're running back, how much confidence, how much you've taken as a give you, you know, you have a play collar that's going to stick with it and allow you and the offense to run into a rhythm of rugby. He gives me a lot of excitement. You know, it's going to be like I say, it's fun to play his offense. And I think he does have some good things in the past game too. But like you said, he sticks with the run and that's that's the identity.

4:56:06You want an offense 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 offense has that. And the guy he builds and puts in there, it compliments that identity. So I think it's going to be great. You mentioned you're 100% now, so you mean full goal for training? That's the expectation. Look, I ain't going to answer any of the four if it's up to me. Yes. Look, because I had this problem like two years, three years ago, I'm thinking I'm full goal. I think I'm ready to go. And then next thing you know I'm on PUP. Hey, look, some stuff above my prey, pay gray. So, but I don't know. Hopefully I can start. I think I'm ready to start, you know, at the beginning training camp, but that's not up to me as I've learned. I wouldn't say that. I think I've been, I've been in some great organizations and I think this organization is a great organization.

4:57:06And the training staff is great. And so they just want what's best for me, you know, and they're taking care of me, which that's what you want in an organization. And so that's where that comes from, which I appreciate it. Like I really appreciate that. You know, because I'm a type of guy like I work really hard. So maybe sometime I'm blind to, you know, the danger of something. So I appreciate it, but like I said, if it's up to me, yeah, I'm out there, but never know. Well, any frustration for you during the getting into free agency, you know, dealing with rehab and not, you know, having a full season of tape or production. You know, there was already part of that where you're like, I wish I had hit the open market with a different situation. 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.

4:58:10So, I mean, the dice that I was giving to roll was I was coming off a third Achilles. 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. So whenever that team whoever I would sign with who now is the Chargers is going to get the best me, you know, and I think people all around the league know that like, okay, this guy, okay. It's a high risk, high reward type thing, right? Not even a high risk, low risk because you it's a business, right? I got hurt last year. So not as much money. He's be throwing that. 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.

4:59:16This 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. I think it's a person that likes to prove people wrong. Like you've done a couple things like the high risk, high reward, injury, prone, you know, like you just have a person that really tries to prove people wrong. No, I hear it. I see it. It's pretty cool. Like you'll never see me unless I'm just like in a bad mood. You never see me like, oh, like if I have a great game or a great year, like I have this wonderful year, I ain't going to go back 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 worry about that. But I'm proving myself right that I am one of the best and the lead. Right. So forget all the naysayers and people to talk about being injury prone. Because whenever I have this great year, it's going to be forgotten. You know, why why give that energy?

5:00:26I mean, you know, he's a great guy. I mean, he was in my class. I remember seeing him. We were at an award show because I was a 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 know he's like six. So when I first saw him, this was years ago in college. This is me tall. Like, he's cool though. Like I like I never really got to hang on. I thought it would be kind of, you know, you know, nerdy. But he's cool dude. Really. No, it's the him. You know, I think this defense only. I mean, how does that change the way you're playing in a corner when guys maybe that are back in the center. Oh man, but what I can't tell you. I know like one of my individual goals. Like I wanted to do. I wanted to get more picks. When you play man's kind of harder to get more picks.

5:01:30Back to back to the quarterback. No, especially like you plan to get scored by like air air literally just going throw the ball at the back of your head. It was the worst day of the average break up. P.I. some like that. Like man is just a hard and it weight teams trying to scheme us like runaways and they just run away from this. It's definitely a lot harder to get picks, but this is one of those things where he's like, hey, you got to stop right man from getting the catch in the ball. That's a tough process. When you ask and theoretically someone like the son, the other time, it's got a second to be in sax. You have been in the first two three years. Is there anything when you got stuff between lines? What is the best place for you to go? Besides him being a great player and me being a competitor and wanting to help our teams win.

5:02:33You know, you know, you've got great dude. Someone that I've seen a couple of times just around and it's off season. You know, just the way your spectre opponent is playing your hard out doing your best to win your red. I feel like that's what that's it for me and him. I feel like that will be exemplified on the weekend. How do you feel about how you talk about it? Yeah, I do. I feel like step one of being better and playing the way you want to is being conscious and self-aware of what you did to put yourself in that position that we previous. That's where it all started watching the film and being in tension on practice. So just catching up all with my body. Doing those type of things. I think I did a really good job at it this week. I feel you know, it's confident that I felt all year.

5:03:33Now it's just about going out there and making sure a chance I could Sunday, which confident it will. I would say, I would say, before I get it, or the game, that after the just that acquired the ball today, teams have called the just about acquiring a new injury. The just said, you know, I'm not ready to put it. Was that on your mind? I don't know how to play it. I'm a major player. You saw it or anything like that. I don't get a good weight on you. No, I wouldn't say, wait on me at all. I wouldn't think about during the game. Yeah, well, not, you know, I'm not going to say that was the reason why I played better. And not, I wouldn't think about it. What was your takeaway from the hot face feature? To not receive the line of attention? Just that stuff like that is contagious. And it's something that, you know, we've, we've, you know, this all I know. So all you kind of get used to something. But the reality of it is it's not okay. And we got to figure it out. And we got to figure out why we're not winning again. We got all the time in the world. We got all the pieces. So why are we winning when it matters? And then, you know, little things like that out of it.

5:04:34And that was my takeaway from coming from someone that's been part of great coaches, great teams. And it's a great player. And so, you know, when he talks, you're going to listen. So I know we all, you know, heard him and tried to go about it the right way. This practice week. And as far as having energy and, you know, if you don't have the energy figure to you, make it so that, you know, it's contagious. And that was my, my kind of takeaway from that. I moved you all over the place, but I imagine with the bot lane and with the other one. And Dave, like, you can line up a little bit more in the slot. We've seen you be pretty ridiculous inside there. Is that a place that you feel at home? Is that something you would enjoy? Yeah, I mean, I don't mind being in slot. I don't mind being outside the truth of it is, you know, usually you get less of a, you know, a covered player in the slot. You get to see the defense show itself in a little different view.

5:05:34You know, I suppose being on the outside and just by the center corner. So there's ways to get into your route a little faster and just break down the coverage and find that zone and that hole. So I like it. And I feel like it being the type of player I am. It's, you know, it can seem a little easier in the slot to break things down, I'll say. But, but no, I like doing both, man. I ain't going to fake it. I like doing both. And when we being in slot, being in the slot and, you know, vice versa. But when you're in the slot, can you get quick wins that are right in the quarterbacks? Is that an aspect of it that's positive? Are you doing it right or what? You know, that's a good point. Maybe, maybe, maybe that is something that goes into it. But, you know, I think reality, but you got to make some tough guess. You're in the slot outside and you're over the middle of the field. Got those big, you know, the big backers and the stack monsters that you got to deal with a little more. And that's what comes with it. But you are right in that sight line at the quarterback. Yeah. Do you remember the feeling walking out of the stadium after beating these guys?

5:06:35A month ago and, you know, you were, you were driving pretty high right then. Yeah. You know, can you get back to that with a win something? Yeah, you know, you got to, you got to start somewhere and this is who our next opponent is. So we got to go out and do what we got to do. Yeah, I mean, we want to get on the street. We want to get on. And if we're going to do it, it starts this weekend. So, you know, we got the Patriots and we got to, you know, handle everything. I believe the team of Raleigh is where it needs to be. You know, we have some adversity hit. As a team, we all would have agreed that we then respond the right way. With adversity, we had some people say some things throughout these past few weeks. We had people step up and have people show, show ways not to do those things. So I think we in a right spot. I think everybody's missing a right spot physically.

5:07:36My thing is especially we are too. Because that's where the cons are. In a adversity hit, you just want to show me where they are. There's no magic potion. So, you know, if you have not potential, I'm going to still fight back with him again. There's no magic potion to bend down the whole game. But it's a fine way to win it in two minutes. I'm just showing who you really are. I think it's not for us to respond to right way. When adversity hits the game, whether they open down or not. And we have to be the same team no matter what. I think this weekend is going to be the right time to show. What did you think of the road news that I was speaking to? I think it was just what everybody needed. You know, whether he was talking to you or whether he wasn't. And it was something that you could be saying. You know, Brick talked to us, talked to the whole team a few days later. Now, it coming from him. You know, he hasn't been here at all. He's on the band with us a week. Playing one game with us. And he felt the solider, which is real. As a team, the core group, you know, we've been in this situation a lot of times.

5:08:39And unfortunately, we came out on losing hands. So it can be easy to kind of fall in that trap of life. And here we go. But that's what I'm saying, like about adversity that we got to make. It could be okay to think like that, but how we're going to change that. So when adversity hits again, you know it will. You know, what's going to be our reaction. And I would respond the right way. And if you do respond the right way, we see a player, a teammate, a coach, not responding that way. So make sure we all get on the same page. So it coming from here was very good because everybody respects him. He has all the accolades in the world. He's definitely paid. But you know, that's the person that has a man. I think that was really good to come from him. Have you gotten the sense that it's resonated or is that something you'll kind of see on Sunday? I mean, I hope he resonated. Right after he's finished speaking. But obviously, we're going to see this Sunday. Because like I said, you know, the versus you're going to come. You know, it would be nice to have a game like last time, but you know, you can't prepare for that. You just got to go out there and do our job.

5:09:39You know, when that moment comes, you know, let's respond the right way. Let's just be looking at that and say, you can even hear for a few days. And like, what makes you like an expert? I can see how that's a bad response. So if that was the talking to locker room or around, then that would get weeded out real quick. Because that's not when the football, that's not being a teammate. That's not holding your own stuff accountable if that's you're thinking that way. And if you are thinking that way, it's probably what's talking to you. So hopefully that message whoever was in that locker room at the time was heard from top of bottom. And we can move forward with that. What's it been like seeing that go around, you know, he was only playing like he's been. He's on the players of the event and running in the show. Like, how you've seen him handling that? I feel like he's handled with race. He's been humble about it. And he's been vulnerable about it. You know, he's opened up. He was surprised just like everybody else was. So it really was a family effort to kind of cope with what happened.

5:10:43But obviously, try to find a way to move forward the right way and productively. Honestly, it really feels like he's been alone at Censored Meat and just all the way through. Because he's just saying the same things we're hearing in the defense of our own. All the things he's preached to us these past few years that's made the defense what it is. And you know, to make us fight this heart and the love in regard. My heart is all that he's now just bringing it to everyone here. So it's just been cool to see the office and the special teams. You know, here those messages feel his passion. You know, here is speeches for the life of 40 games and watching the world there respond. So he's been really good. Have you ever seen a video, a tape in playing? Oh yeah. It seemed like a very tough line. If you run across the line back with a mohawk there, you know he's crazy or he can hear it really hard. Yeah, as a kid, I definitely remember watching a coach of great play. I remember his name, I remember his face, I remember all that. So I respect him a lot as a person and obviously, you know, as an assent being a former player.

5:11:47And he'll plan with Patrick Willis. I believe Ronnie Light, I'm not mistaken, was like his mentor and I think coached him. Was it my correct? I don't think it was it. Who was the, no, not Patrick Willis. He was the head coach for this. Sing it, Terry. Sing it, Terry. Sorry, Sing it, Terry. Also a bad old linebacker as well. So he knows a lot of ball. He's seen a lot of ball. Has that old school mindset, which I love, which I'm, that's who I am. So, you know, a lot of respect for coach Willis for sure. You've got tea in about his black growing technique. You just blacked on and... You just eat black? Oh, no, I just, I just eat. I just eat. Who do you think your deepest is played on last couple of weeks? I think it's better to say we haven't played through our standard. You know, people getting saved. What's the reason then? But at the end of the day, we're the ones that cost the white lines. We're the ones that have to, you know, handle the adversity. We're the ones that have to step up when the time's good tough.

5:12:48So we got to each challenge ourselves to, you know, get back to our standard, just, you know, having fun out there, just running around here and, you know, executing and getting turned over. So, that's just what we have to do, because it was going to take us to win football games. As far as, you talked about the toughest as player. He doesn't like Jeff. He doesn't like Jeff. Like Colin. Got a coach, coach Brick. Okay, coach, back here. The toughest is a player for what you saw and watched. Is that car over to being a head company? I think it's more, I think it's a monster, like his, his ability to take adversity where it's good or bad and turn it into something and, you know, make it work something fighting for, like I said before, you know, him being vulnerable. Him opening it up into the deep things. Like they, him opening up to the whole team, telling his story, telling his why. Like that, that builds character, that builds trust, and that, you know, that builds love, and that builds the family. You know, that makes you want to go out there and play hard for him.

5:13:49That makes you want to go out there and feed his family. That makes you want to go out there, you know, do everything you can for him. As a man, a boss, or as a coach, because, you know, he would do the same thing, off the field, and if he could play, he would definitely be doing the same thing for us on the field. So, I think that's just a respect thing. He with Jalen Mills, what have you seen from the Patriots offense so far with Drake May? A guy who's, he's trying to put the ball in the air. You know, of course they are still trying to establish their run game. They got a good running back over there with Remindery. But young quarterback, I said, is putting the ball in the air, and he's also, you know, he's getting those third and fifth, third and sixth, you know, he's converting those outsides with his leg as well. So we just have to be aware of that when he does want to take off scrambling, and then those passing down situations, you know, covering down on those guys. A former Patriot, like do you see similarities in the defense, or is it totally different without Ballet Check there? Yeah, definitely similarities. A lot of those guys were there when I was there. I mean, DC, who is the DC now?

5:14:51We call them DC Coventon. He was there, he was the D-Lion coach, of course, Mayo as well. So they are kind of running the same type of defense, little tweaks here and there, but for the most part the same. Is there extra meaning for you playing at Foxboro this weekend? I don't want to put a snap on that, because at the end of the day, it's time to win regardless, whoever we are going against. When Sunday at 1 o'clock comes, you know, I'm pretty sure that I will be fired up and everybody will be able to tell, but as of right now, just trying to stay focused, trying to stay calm throughout this process, and when Sunday comes, just let it rip. Where do you feel like you are with this defense after coming here and quickly being integrated? I think the coaching staff, coaching them, did a really, really good job with me every morning. One on one meetings, you know, detailing the playbook for me, through our walkthroughs, through our practice, like I said, meetings in the morning to the point where I feel like I pretty much got a good grasp of the defense.

5:15:54So how much more meat on the boners there for you? Like, what do you think your game plays well into this defense? Like, what matches well? I think just the defense in general, as the safest to do a lot of communication, which I'm not afraid of, I've been a part of defense of it, safety has to do a lot of communication, safety has to play man, we have to play in the middle, we have to blitz. So I think as far as that part, my versatility allows me to do a lot of that in this defense, and I think it compliments me really well. Adding a guy like Hassan, right, I think of the fold where you get some more pass rush juice to go along with Quinn and Will McDonald, what can that do for the secondary? I mean, now, whether it's man opportunities or zone opportunities, we're talking about being able to get the quarterback, have the ball get out of his hands quicker, faster, if not, you know, he's in trouble. You get a guy like Hassan, where the slide may go to him now, and you got a guy like Will 101, and you know how that goes, or they make chip both for those guys, and now Quinn gets the 101, and you know how that goes as well.

5:16:58So I think those guys complimenting us in the back end, I think it's going to be really, really good for what's going forward. You didn't overlap with him in Philly, I don't believe, but obviously have teammates, has anyone just, but either before this year or since reached out to you about what kind of player and teammate he is? Yeah, hard worker. Guys, I'm going to go out there and give it his all, and I mean, that's that's how we can ask for him. You know, I know he has a big expectation for himself, and we have big expectations for him, but at the end of the day, he goes out there, beats himself, play full tilt to the whistle, whether it's 60 snap, 70 snaps, whatever it may be. That's how we can ask him. I know you've only been here for a little bit, but the standard of this defense usually is not to let up 37 points like in Pittsburgh. What has been the focus in the meeting rooms behind the scenes this week that's maybe a little more in the light than weeks past? The detail, and that detail comes one day at a time, one meeting at a time, one practice at a time. We, of course, were ready for Sunday. We wanted to get this nasty taste out of our mouth from last week, but at the end of the day, it's like I said, one day at a time, one practice at a time, one meeting at a time.

5:18:04And when Sunday gets here, you know, let the chips fall with it, mate. Awesome, Jaylen. Appreciate the time. Thank you. Thank you. We're very serious about what to be great, and we're just wasting time and money, so we can do the probably not big three with the culture being incredibly important. Being around the coach of handed A, well it's kind of the things that you notice around him, just whether it's how he is or just what your thoughts of him being around him most. He's an incredibly detailed guy, and I got that for sure from him. He's like watching a film when he broke down, just like some game film with me, and he also had kind of broke down some of the guys that he's coaching the past that are similar to me. And you know, he really just showed how good a coach is, you know, getting no coach from a bell during this experience, when has that been like? It was good. He's a very passionate guy, and I mean, I love that. Like a head coach should have that. And you can tell how much he cares about what the guys about the program, about just like being dedicated, being driven to win to succeed.

5:19:07What did they tell you about the opportunity here as far as meeting a player of your sort at a position along the offensive line? Well, I mean, they gave me a lift tackling, this would be a good fit, you know, coming again. But I was putting the coach over all the stress, you know, the loss of other great offensive linemen in the portal that have lost the risk of being a fan that fill wise on me. I'll be a good fit when it comes to such as what you guys do. But if you see does, I'm just like the people here. What's kind of the ultimate feeling now about that that you had in yourself as big experience with them? What's kind of the feeling about them? It's definitely a good feeling. It's great. I'm glad I was actually able to come down here because I mean Zoom calls and phone calls are nice, but you know, in person is a lot different. And just to get to know the staff here again, to know coach her, to know the question about like it was a great experience overall. Who else have you checked out during this process? What other schools? I talked to some other schools. I've talked to a house in Iowa and Ann.

5:20:09Really just, yeah, that's what I've been trying to keep the store counted, try to keep it sweet. I really need to be 200 bunch of schools. I mean, that's not the main priority. Are you entering decision mode now? Are you in 10 takes on trips in urban January? Yeah, I'm done with this. When do you want to decide? Some type of Christmas. For those of us who only see maybe highlights of you, what are kind of your strengths and areas that you're looking to improve on? So, shrink wise, I would say, prior to this movement, I mean, I've been told by coach her. I would very well for a 345 pound guy. If I ever done a film, it's like meant to get my stances a big thing for me, so big, and just be able to move people. I've been sent time also just being consistent and can't place a punch on a forward general to technique. If you're a big strong guy, you can only do so much by when you don't have front technique.

5:21:10That's a big reason why I want to have a good one, go to the work of just to refine that technique to be precise in everything. That's kind of like what I'm looking for to improve. Off you go, man. I'm a big fan of everything. I think it's a good start. Jump over a man before he's ready to go. Definitely ready to go. Yeah, I mean, just when you look at the schedule he has for us and how he takes care of our body, you know, just the diligence and a situational football. Coach McCarty, man, he's a great coach. You see, by the day, just us being ready and this week went opener and I'm just excited to build on that. I feel like I always feel good, not always, but I mean, this week one, this week one, something definitely fresh.

5:22:10You know, just got to continue to build on that and take care of my body and we want to be feeling good in December and January. Oh, it definitely felt great. You know, it was going to touch down, had a bunch of emotions, kind of had to lay there and soak it all in, but you know, it's glad to be back. Very time and front and for us to have two working Saturdays, I think those guys, you know, played in a tell off day, they competed. I think we had a great plan and we went out and executed it. Oh, wow. I mean, I think it was late in the second quarter and I think I had like 30 yards, passing 30 yards rushing. I'm like, man, these boys are out there playing. I don't know about me. Went against that defense off season, know how difficult it is to play them to prepare for them, but you know, they stepped up and answered the call.