1 00:00:02,279 --> 00:00:03,920 Speaker 1: I mean I was. I'm fighting back tears. I just 2 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:07,000 Speaker 1: talking to you because you are grounding me. You are 3 00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:08,840 Speaker 1: that person that I need. I don't have my my 4 00:00:08,920 --> 00:00:10,960 Speaker 1: wife here and my kids. My mom is no longer 5 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:14,560 Speaker 1: around like everybody's in Texas. I'm here by myself. Then 6 00:00:14,560 --> 00:00:16,160 Speaker 1: I had a guy catch on one handed ktch and 7 00:00:16,239 --> 00:00:18,160 Speaker 1: my son talked about to this day. I'm like, sure 8 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:21,640 Speaker 1: me for a very very long time. But that's why 9 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:23,959 Speaker 1: I say like, I don't have the opportunity or luxury 10 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:27,639 Speaker 1: to going to the tank. It's an island. But I 11 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:29,240 Speaker 1: was for ten years of some game like that game. 12 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:33,680 Speaker 1: I felt like, and my only person is killing me 13 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:49,800 Speaker 1: right now. Jesus help me. Welcome into the lounge. This 14 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:52,360 Speaker 1: is going to be one of our best episodes. I 15 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:54,640 Speaker 1: think so too. You know, we're feeling much better this week. 16 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:56,840 Speaker 1: You know, last week was kind of down, tough loss 17 00:00:56,880 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 1: to the Steelers. Now we're talking playoffs. You know, I 18 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:02,880 Speaker 1: made reservations for a nice steakhouse in Minnesota the first 19 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:06,760 Speaker 1: weekend in February. Oh yeah, that's reservations for two right, 20 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:10,440 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, nice whatever in my drinks. No, this is 21 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:16,440 Speaker 1: I make the reservations. You get the tags. I know 22 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:19,880 Speaker 1: you're so generous. Anyway. You know, the podcast Bump was 23 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:23,679 Speaker 1: in full effect against the Brown Judean big sack tackle 24 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:26,959 Speaker 1: for loss. Uh. Yeah, a good game. So we decided 25 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:29,840 Speaker 1: to double down on that and go with another Grand 26 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:33,440 Speaker 1: Valley State product, double down to the Podcast Bump and 27 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:36,040 Speaker 1: bringing cornerback Brandon car I'm really excited about that. We're 28 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:37,679 Speaker 1: gonna get to our interview with Brandon here in a second, 29 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:39,840 Speaker 1: but before we do that, as always, we'd love to 30 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:41,520 Speaker 1: hear from you guys, and you can send us your 31 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:44,240 Speaker 1: emails and your comments with your questions to the email 32 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:48,040 Speaker 1: the Lounge at Ravens dot NFL dot net. Uh. And 33 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:50,559 Speaker 1: we have this audio question. We love the audio questions. 34 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 1: The question. This one is from Dylan Digs. Hey, guys, 35 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:56,680 Speaker 1: dealing Digs from Frederick Marlon calling then here with my 36 00:01:56,760 --> 00:02:00,200 Speaker 1: son Paxton Digs. If you guys remember I called in 37 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:05,560 Speaker 1: May um when he was just born, UM, and I 38 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 1: said that he'll be a Ravens draft pick in some 39 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 1: twenty years. UM. I still stand by that. You guys 40 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:13,320 Speaker 1: asked what position it would be? I think given how 41 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:16,760 Speaker 1: angry he gets at times, Um, and how small he is, 42 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:19,079 Speaker 1: he's in the bottom percentiel. I think he's going to 43 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:23,560 Speaker 1: be like a Steve Smith. UM. So I just wanted 44 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:27,120 Speaker 1: to call in and say, keep up the good work. Um. 45 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 1: I'm hoping that we get into the playoffs um and 46 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 1: beat the Steelers because my sister in law and her 47 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 1: family are all um Steelers fans. I know packs that 48 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 1: loss was rough and um, you know, my last suggestion 49 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:46,440 Speaker 1: is to have an all star ravens um historical draft. 50 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:49,520 Speaker 1: Maybe Mink can win that one. All right, thanks guys, 51 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 1: by so, thanks Dylan, and most importantly thanks to Paxton. 52 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:56,840 Speaker 1: We appreciate the question. I appreciate the call, so to speak. 53 00:02:57,120 --> 00:02:59,560 Speaker 1: I was on a radio interview were you did you 54 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:01,600 Speaker 1: see this? Yeah, you basically were the same as passion 55 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:04,360 Speaker 1: accident with your kids, just making all sorts of my 56 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:06,120 Speaker 1: kids like a year a little over year and a a 57 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:09,400 Speaker 1: half and it was way worse than thinking. And you 58 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 1: guys whisked them away thankfully. But it could be tricky. 59 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:15,920 Speaker 1: It could be tricky. I've been there. But anyway, I 60 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:17,600 Speaker 1: like I like. I like his idea. By the way, 61 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:19,760 Speaker 1: maybe we'll come up with another draft and one of 62 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:21,359 Speaker 1: these drafts will be able to win one of the 63 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:23,760 Speaker 1: own multiple drafts and people are spoken. You haven't won 64 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:25,639 Speaker 1: any of them, but we'll try to come up with something. 65 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:28,880 Speaker 1: You just gotta throw you a bone, give you some confidence, 66 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:30,880 Speaker 1: you know, just make you feel I need to rebound. 67 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 1: Gave Yeah, you need to rebound. We're gonna schedule who 68 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 1: we gonna schedule that homecoming game anyway. When we get 69 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:41,480 Speaker 1: to that, we are gonna have a Ravens give away. 70 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 1: Garret give him the details on this. Yeah. So if 71 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:44,760 Speaker 1: you guys have been following us on social media over 72 00:03:44,760 --> 00:03:47,200 Speaker 1: the past, over this month, we've been giving away something 73 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:50,240 Speaker 1: every single day, some awesome swage, some really good Swiss. 74 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:52,480 Speaker 1: Did you skim off the top? I really wanted to. 75 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:54,560 Speaker 1: Some of these prizes come in and I'm like, you know, 76 00:03:55,240 --> 00:04:00,400 Speaker 1: it's a five hundred all gift cards before hunting. I wish, 77 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:02,000 Speaker 1: I wish I could do that. I'm too honorable with 78 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 1: a man, that's what giveaway you're running it. They would 79 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 1: be walking out the back door. Uh No, But we 80 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:11,000 Speaker 1: have an awesome giveaway. We're gonna be giving away a 81 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:14,520 Speaker 1: sign football by Marshall Yonda and also three hours of 82 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:18,159 Speaker 1: free limo service from z Best limos Um. And so 83 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:19,880 Speaker 1: we're gonna give away the co word for that a 84 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:22,680 Speaker 1: little later in this episode. So that's a teaser. We 85 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:26,159 Speaker 1: gotta listen today, you gotta listen fast forwarding. Yeah, fast 86 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 1: forward is going to give away that co word a 87 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:30,240 Speaker 1: little bit later for our friends at Z best Limos. 88 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 1: So with that said, that's go ahead. Welcome in our friend, 89 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:35,159 Speaker 1: Brandon Carr. Let's start out talking a little football here. 90 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:37,039 Speaker 1: We're gonna get into your personal life and stuff like 91 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:39,240 Speaker 1: that and kind of, you know, behind the curtain a 92 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:41,720 Speaker 1: little bit, but we'll talk a little football start. So 93 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:51,280 Speaker 1: was Sunday's game ceiling interception on on snapchat right now? Huh? 94 00:04:53,320 --> 00:04:59,000 Speaker 1: Was Sunday's game ceiling interception the easiest of your tenure career? Oh? Man, 95 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:03,200 Speaker 1: it looked easy. It was right there. I'm not gonna 96 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 1: say that I could have made that interception, but I 97 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:08,840 Speaker 1: made He could have made that interception. Well, you know, 98 00:05:08,839 --> 00:05:11,599 Speaker 1: it just came from I mean, the play kind of 99 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:13,880 Speaker 1: started off wacky with just their formation was kind of 100 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:15,840 Speaker 1: odd where they put the tight end on the outside. 101 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:18,359 Speaker 1: So normally Levine was supposed to go out there and 102 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:20,600 Speaker 1: had a tight end and myself were supposed to check 103 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:22,840 Speaker 1: the two receivers on the inside. Um, so that just 104 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:26,280 Speaker 1: kind of threw us off um the motion tight end 105 00:05:26,279 --> 00:05:28,400 Speaker 1: back in. So I'm running back in trying to like 106 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:31,120 Speaker 1: make it right, but everybody locked him. Man something Okay, 107 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 1: let me stay on here. I got eighty seven. They 108 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:35,600 Speaker 1: take their guys. So I've seen the pick screen failed 109 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:40,160 Speaker 1: right to Gordon, look at that place dead rookie quarterback. 110 00:05:40,880 --> 00:05:42,480 Speaker 1: Uh flashbacks to the last time I played, when you 111 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:45,360 Speaker 1: tired to scramble like get ready for you know, get 112 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:48,880 Speaker 1: ready for a pass errand throw. So my tight end 113 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:50,960 Speaker 1: went to go block, which was illegal. You know, I 114 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:53,960 Speaker 1: can't block wire. So I get off of him. I'm 115 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:55,320 Speaker 1: just gonna fall back to the end one them just 116 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:57,680 Speaker 1: like this this play in center field. Just kind of 117 00:05:57,720 --> 00:05:59,760 Speaker 1: watch his eyes and the flow of everything. I've seen 118 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:01,640 Speaker 1: it run back kind of go but behind me. I 119 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:03,640 Speaker 1: took a step back and he let it fly. So 120 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:07,960 Speaker 1: I'm looking at like, oh, too easy. I guess, right 121 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:11,000 Speaker 1: whatever you have to explain it that there's a lot 122 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:12,279 Speaker 1: of work. You know, I don't know that I would 123 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:16,920 Speaker 1: have had all those things. I guess we're just thinking 124 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:18,760 Speaker 1: of what's the ball was in the air. I was 125 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:21,600 Speaker 1: like that one that was a Florida right, Tom that's 126 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:23,600 Speaker 1: with all that stuff before. That's a little bit that's above. 127 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:25,640 Speaker 1: I needed that one. Man. You know, it's just been 128 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:27,520 Speaker 1: been a long week along two weeks, and I had 129 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:30,240 Speaker 1: to kind of bounce back, uh, play hard this game, 130 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:32,440 Speaker 1: just trying to just focus in on just just being 131 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:34,520 Speaker 1: my best every single play and just letting let last 132 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:36,400 Speaker 1: play go, and you know, just kind of fell into 133 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:38,279 Speaker 1: my lap and it was it was a game changing 134 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:41,760 Speaker 1: and kind of a stop there. Their momentum, so to speak, 135 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:46,000 Speaker 1: and is going into making twenty ft seventeen fall. So 136 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:47,480 Speaker 1: I guess it was pretty big and I'll look back 137 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:49,120 Speaker 1: at it. I'm sure you know, after the game, you 138 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:51,039 Speaker 1: get the game ball and you kind of talked about 139 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 1: how it was tough week and all that, but what 140 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:53,680 Speaker 1: does that mean. You get into the locker room and 141 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:55,159 Speaker 1: I'm sure you've gotten game balls over the course of 142 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:58,320 Speaker 1: your career, but you get there and you're rewarded with 143 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:02,760 Speaker 1: that in that moment, I mean, it's just it just um, 144 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:04,800 Speaker 1: it just reaffirms to myself, like just to continue to 145 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:07,200 Speaker 1: stay the course, man, continue to do your part your 146 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:10,200 Speaker 1: professional all times. You you have bad games, bad days, 147 00:07:10,760 --> 00:07:13,160 Speaker 1: good days, good games, but you have to just stay 148 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:15,680 Speaker 1: even killed. Man, just continue to be yourself. And you 149 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:17,880 Speaker 1: know I've be worded with that, but the biggest rewarded 150 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:20,320 Speaker 1: I've got. Man, I just checked my email, which is crazy. 151 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:21,560 Speaker 1: I didn't. I don't check it all the time. I 152 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:24,080 Speaker 1: checked it today and um o J has sent me 153 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:27,280 Speaker 1: a message email before the game. So I just read 154 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:29,960 Speaker 1: it at home, you know, fighting back some tears and stuff. 155 00:07:29,960 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 1: I was like, man, that's pretty that was pretty um 156 00:07:32,320 --> 00:07:35,400 Speaker 1: motivating and just for somebody that's somebody's always watching you. 157 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:37,320 Speaker 1: So you know, somebody's always watching whether you know it 158 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:39,920 Speaker 1: or not, whether they're miles away or up top here 159 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:42,240 Speaker 1: or wherever, somebody's always watching you. So I always making 160 00:07:42,280 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 1: my duty to you know, be professional all times and 161 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:47,160 Speaker 1: just try to be a role model for those that 162 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:48,480 Speaker 1: you know that are watching me. I don't know what 163 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:50,440 Speaker 1: if watching can can you share it all a little 164 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:53,640 Speaker 1: bit of what's message was basically, he just talked about, um, 165 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:57,160 Speaker 1: the week I had, like the game of last week. Yeah, 166 00:07:57,160 --> 00:07:58,880 Speaker 1: I'm just um, he's just curious to see how it's 167 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:01,040 Speaker 1: gonna respond this week. Know he's he's been watching me 168 00:08:01,080 --> 00:08:03,280 Speaker 1: ever since I've been here in April. You know, how 169 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:05,200 Speaker 1: I prepare and just training, you know, I catch a 170 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:06,520 Speaker 1: pick and take it back a hunt of yards and 171 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:08,480 Speaker 1: just try to you know, get myself ready. He just 172 00:08:08,480 --> 00:08:11,080 Speaker 1: curiously I was gonna respond, And uh, I think I 173 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:12,760 Speaker 1: was up to the challenges week. Yeah, for sure. Well 174 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:15,200 Speaker 1: that was one thing. Like, well, even when we spoke 175 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:17,760 Speaker 1: during the week, I mean, you know, I was one 176 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:20,440 Speaker 1: of the reporters that interviewed you in Pittsburgh after that game, 177 00:08:20,480 --> 00:08:22,280 Speaker 1: and you stood up and just you know, you were 178 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:24,200 Speaker 1: up front about it, you know, about the game that 179 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:26,440 Speaker 1: you had and it wasn't it wasn't like the worst game, 180 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:28,560 Speaker 1: but it wasn't your best game, you know. And then 181 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:30,400 Speaker 1: during the week, you know, I came and talk to 182 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:32,959 Speaker 1: you again at your locker about how do you go 183 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:35,160 Speaker 1: to bounce back against the Browns? And like, I was 184 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:37,560 Speaker 1: just so struck and impressed by the way that it was, 185 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:40,319 Speaker 1: like Pittsburgh hadn't happened. So it's interesting to hear from you, 186 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:42,760 Speaker 1: like there was a lot of internal struggle. Never watched 187 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:46,559 Speaker 1: the film. I just watched it after the game. This 188 00:08:46,640 --> 00:08:48,640 Speaker 1: passed week. I watched both of you. I didn't watch them. 189 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:51,160 Speaker 1: I'm not watching you now. I knew how I play. 190 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:52,559 Speaker 1: I didn't like it. I don't want to see any 191 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:54,760 Speaker 1: want to continue to beat myself up over it. Yeah, 192 00:08:55,120 --> 00:08:57,199 Speaker 1: get rid of it. Let's get to the next week. Man, 193 00:08:57,360 --> 00:08:59,800 Speaker 1: get the get energy back going. Some great things happened 194 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:02,360 Speaker 1: after that game that kind of just jumped started my 195 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:05,400 Speaker 1: week to just those It's a game, you know, it's 196 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:07,240 Speaker 1: a game. We playing football. It means lots a lot 197 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:10,040 Speaker 1: of people, but this at the end, and it's a game, 198 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:12,040 Speaker 1: and people go through a lot of things in life 199 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:15,120 Speaker 1: that it's not a game, you know. And then like 200 00:09:15,160 --> 00:09:19,000 Speaker 1: so I had a situation happened after that um that Monday, 201 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:20,680 Speaker 1: I went to go get food and I said, let 202 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:22,319 Speaker 1: me get some desserts. I went to this restaurant to 203 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:24,480 Speaker 1: get a milkshake and I was put them to the 204 00:09:24,480 --> 00:09:26,160 Speaker 1: parking lot. I've seen like a you know, like a 205 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:28,320 Speaker 1: homeless guy whatever talking to a couple. They just like 206 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:31,160 Speaker 1: kind of ignoring to walk away. So I'm parking. He's 207 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:32,520 Speaker 1: like standing there in front of me, like in front 208 00:09:32,559 --> 00:09:33,720 Speaker 1: of my car, and he's like looking at my car. 209 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:36,240 Speaker 1: It was nice. Something's like, okay, give me a second manage. 210 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:37,720 Speaker 1: I know't you want to ask for some money whatever? 211 00:09:38,679 --> 00:09:40,120 Speaker 1: I don't know, don't give money. But just when the 212 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:42,240 Speaker 1: feeling is right, you know, you just but this took 213 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:44,679 Speaker 1: a step further. I got out and something inside of 214 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:45,880 Speaker 1: me said, let me just talk to him. I said, 215 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:51,000 Speaker 1: what's your story? Man? This guy was so brilliant, man 216 00:09:51,080 --> 00:09:54,480 Speaker 1: Like the way he talked. He was a veteran on 217 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:56,960 Speaker 1: the street, has been out out of service like eight 218 00:09:57,040 --> 00:09:59,760 Speaker 1: years or something. Was like one of the highest clearances 219 00:09:59,760 --> 00:10:02,000 Speaker 1: that there that there were, So I guess whatever happened, 220 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:05,440 Speaker 1: he had to get gone and and move around. But 221 00:10:05,559 --> 00:10:07,800 Speaker 1: just to just to hear him talk about what he's 222 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:09,800 Speaker 1: been through in life and his day and talking about 223 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:12,520 Speaker 1: the game. And when he finally finally talking who, I 224 00:10:12,559 --> 00:10:14,240 Speaker 1: was like, how you just acting and things? I'm just 225 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:16,960 Speaker 1: like I said, man, I was, I'm fighting back tears. 226 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:19,880 Speaker 1: I just talking to you because you are grounding me. 227 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:21,640 Speaker 1: You are that person that I need. I don't have 228 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:23,719 Speaker 1: my my wife here and my kids. My mom is 229 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:26,600 Speaker 1: no longer around like everybody's in Texas. I'm here by 230 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:28,760 Speaker 1: myself and you, out of all people of the person 231 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:30,240 Speaker 1: that kind of like brought me back to life to 232 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:32,560 Speaker 1: get me going for this week. So his name is Joshua. 233 00:10:32,679 --> 00:10:34,319 Speaker 1: So I took a picture of sent him an email, 234 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:37,720 Speaker 1: Joshua Joshua one nine. It's what I sent sense to him. So, 235 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:39,760 Speaker 1: I mean, it's just little stuff in life that if 236 00:10:39,760 --> 00:10:42,199 Speaker 1: you if you're aware and awake, man, it can kind 237 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:44,840 Speaker 1: of get you back on your path that for your purpose. 238 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:47,560 Speaker 1: You know, that's awesome. Hopefully Joshua is a podcast listener 239 00:10:47,640 --> 00:10:54,280 Speaker 1: to shout out to Joshua, is that something you've ever 240 00:10:54,280 --> 00:10:56,400 Speaker 1: done before or is that just something you felt like 241 00:10:56,440 --> 00:10:58,560 Speaker 1: in that moment you just needed to have the conversation 242 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:00,720 Speaker 1: with this person, because that see like it would be 243 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:03,080 Speaker 1: pretty rare. I mean, I've never done that. I thought 244 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:06,280 Speaker 1: about what I was sitting owre and talking to him, 245 00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:08,600 Speaker 1: and but I mean it wasn't no fear. I go 246 00:11:08,640 --> 00:11:10,760 Speaker 1: off my intuition and my I'm a viby person. I'll 247 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:12,520 Speaker 1: go out vibes and stuff. And he just felt like 248 00:11:12,559 --> 00:11:15,040 Speaker 1: a genuine person that just he probably need somebody to 249 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:16,480 Speaker 1: talk to as well. I mean, he wanted to have 250 00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:19,160 Speaker 1: somebody to sit and have a conversation and meal. Um 251 00:11:19,240 --> 00:11:21,920 Speaker 1: and we're both ways. But I mean, I always I'm 252 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:24,240 Speaker 1: making my duty, man, just to to service others. Man. 253 00:11:24,280 --> 00:11:27,120 Speaker 1: It's bigger than me, It's bigger than Brandon car whatever 254 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:29,120 Speaker 1: this is, whoever I am as a person, man, I 255 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:32,000 Speaker 1: feel like my purpose is to roll my sleeves up, 256 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:34,720 Speaker 1: you know, get dirty, get in the mix of everybody else, 257 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:38,640 Speaker 1: and while fans whatever it may, call you a superstar, celebrity, 258 00:11:38,640 --> 00:11:40,880 Speaker 1: all those things, and I'm like, that's just temporary, just 259 00:11:40,920 --> 00:11:43,520 Speaker 1: for now. I'm using that to get into these different 260 00:11:43,520 --> 00:11:45,280 Speaker 1: circles and help the people that really need to be 261 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:48,439 Speaker 1: helping things. That's really cool. That's really cool. So obviously 262 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:50,920 Speaker 1: that event kind of helps you get over that game. 263 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:52,880 Speaker 1: I mean, what does that when you go from that 264 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:54,720 Speaker 1: game and then you're going towards the Browns game, Like, 265 00:11:54,760 --> 00:11:57,199 Speaker 1: what is your thought process during that week? Because it's 266 00:11:57,240 --> 00:11:58,679 Speaker 1: a while to get over it. I mean you joke 267 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:01,040 Speaker 1: about not watching the film. I mean, how long does 268 00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:03,960 Speaker 1: that process take? What kind of you know, evaluation did 269 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:07,320 Speaker 1: you go through in your mind? Took me about like 270 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:11,080 Speaker 1: three days, because you know the cliche answers like off 271 00:12:11,080 --> 00:12:16,120 Speaker 1: the field, no, I forgot to feel. I just kept 272 00:12:16,160 --> 00:12:18,559 Speaker 1: on like I was quiet, quiet out and start yelling 273 00:12:18,679 --> 00:12:20,760 Speaker 1: like quiet, got who I got my car from the plane. 274 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:23,360 Speaker 1: She probably could have heard me back, and you could 275 00:12:23,360 --> 00:12:27,560 Speaker 1: have heard me in Australia. I was just I'm just 276 00:12:27,559 --> 00:12:29,520 Speaker 1: going crazy. Just get it out, get it out. But 277 00:12:30,040 --> 00:12:32,840 Speaker 1: um just shaking back and like my my coach, coach 278 00:12:32,920 --> 00:12:35,480 Speaker 1: Chris he would did a great job this week. Little 279 00:12:35,520 --> 00:12:38,600 Speaker 1: stuff man just asked me are you okay? No ways 280 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:42,640 Speaker 1: ever asked it before. I'm like, I could do this everything, 281 00:12:42,640 --> 00:12:47,840 Speaker 1: Like no, mentally, are you okay? I said, dagn you care? 282 00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:49,480 Speaker 1: So you know a person cares for you, Like I 283 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:52,000 Speaker 1: don't know how you do you guys, but when people 284 00:12:52,040 --> 00:12:53,960 Speaker 1: care for you like you, just you give more. You 285 00:12:53,960 --> 00:12:56,559 Speaker 1: you open up more, you give yourself more. You just 286 00:12:57,120 --> 00:12:59,800 Speaker 1: become more comfortable within the surroundings. Now, you know, I 287 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:02,400 Speaker 1: feel like it's an island, but I was for ten 288 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:04,280 Speaker 1: years in some games like that game, I felt like 289 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:12,360 Speaker 1: and my only person right now, I'm not gonna keep up. 290 00:13:15,120 --> 00:13:16,880 Speaker 1: And my teammate did a good job just telling like, man, 291 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:18,920 Speaker 1: you're not after by yourself, Like there's certain places they 292 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:20,840 Speaker 1: want back as well. So it just kind of helped me, like, Okay, 293 00:13:20,880 --> 00:13:23,280 Speaker 1: we all had players on the field that we wanted back, 294 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:25,200 Speaker 1: so I'm not the only person feeling this way. So 295 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:27,640 Speaker 1: we all just shook it off and let's get back 296 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:32,000 Speaker 1: to doing our thing, man dominating? Right is Antonio the tough? 297 00:13:32,160 --> 00:13:33,560 Speaker 1: Is he the best receiver in the game right now? 298 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:38,080 Speaker 1: After after that game, man, he is? He is great. Man. 299 00:13:38,160 --> 00:13:40,600 Speaker 1: So I feel like that was his first game getting 300 00:13:40,640 --> 00:13:42,040 Speaker 1: off on me. I've been playing for a lot of 301 00:13:42,120 --> 00:13:45,600 Speaker 1: years now. Yeah, I'm playing a lot of years now. 302 00:13:45,640 --> 00:13:48,520 Speaker 1: That was like his first first game, you know, having 303 00:13:48,520 --> 00:13:50,679 Speaker 1: his way. So what I see him on TV doing 304 00:13:50,679 --> 00:13:52,520 Speaker 1: the different dvs. I'm like that he finally got me, 305 00:13:52,559 --> 00:13:55,040 Speaker 1: So like, shake it off, man, That's what I said. 306 00:13:55,040 --> 00:13:57,040 Speaker 1: I played for ten years. It's whatever. I had a 307 00:13:57,040 --> 00:13:58,760 Speaker 1: few bad games and I had a guy catching one 308 00:13:58,760 --> 00:14:01,280 Speaker 1: handed catch and my son talked to this date, I'm like, sure, 309 00:14:02,640 --> 00:14:04,560 Speaker 1: but it encouraging to do one hand couches out. So 310 00:14:04,559 --> 00:14:07,439 Speaker 1: you got it. He's a great So we were getting 311 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:10,120 Speaker 1: ready for this podcast. We were debating in the cafeteria 312 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:14,640 Speaker 1: whether we would ask you about that. I don't care, man, 313 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:17,839 Speaker 1: you know it's uh. I wish it wasn't me, But 314 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:20,320 Speaker 1: at the same time, man, it had to be somebody. 315 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:22,280 Speaker 1: And I look at that play, I look at that 316 00:14:22,280 --> 00:14:24,360 Speaker 1: place massive. I was in great defense all up until 317 00:14:24,400 --> 00:14:31,320 Speaker 1: that passing affairs. He threw me down. But you know, 318 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:34,040 Speaker 1: it's uh that harded me for a very very long time. 319 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:36,960 Speaker 1: But that's why I say, like you learn fromr experiences 320 00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:38,840 Speaker 1: Like I'm here now, I don't have I don't have 321 00:14:38,880 --> 00:14:42,400 Speaker 1: the opportunity or luxury to going to the tank like 322 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:44,440 Speaker 1: I did. They take me for a while, you know, 323 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:47,720 Speaker 1: just keep my momentum confidence. And I didn't get that 324 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:49,400 Speaker 1: question from my coach asked me, was I all right? 325 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:52,480 Speaker 1: Like I didn't get that that concern, So it just 326 00:14:52,560 --> 00:14:54,840 Speaker 1: kind of messled me in a different way. But now 327 00:14:54,840 --> 00:14:57,840 Speaker 1: I'm like, Okay, situation happened again. There's another test for me. 328 00:14:57,840 --> 00:14:59,760 Speaker 1: Am I gonna pass this test? Am I gonna bounce back? 329 00:14:59,760 --> 00:15:01,680 Speaker 1: When I'm let this one game kill me for the 330 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:03,640 Speaker 1: last We got three more games. You gotta win and 331 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:05,760 Speaker 1: get to the playoffs. It doesn't That's okay, it's done, bro, 332 00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:08,000 Speaker 1: Let's get to the next one. So that's this. This 333 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:11,280 Speaker 1: is my first real tests of adversity away from home 334 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:14,760 Speaker 1: with my new surroundings and just meet me myself, and uh, 335 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:17,920 Speaker 1: I think I passed. You just gotta keep on going 336 00:15:18,040 --> 00:15:21,080 Speaker 1: and continue to build on last week's effort. Yeah all right, 337 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:22,360 Speaker 1: So we want to talk about kind of your story 338 00:15:22,400 --> 00:15:24,160 Speaker 1: a little bit. You're drafted in two thousand and eight 339 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:32,920 Speaker 1: in the very first round. Um, I'm sorry, sorry, and 340 00:15:32,960 --> 00:15:34,680 Speaker 1: you started what I was gonna say. You start your 341 00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:36,800 Speaker 1: very first game. You start your very first game, and 342 00:15:36,800 --> 00:15:38,960 Speaker 1: you've gone on and started a hundred and fifty eight 343 00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:41,440 Speaker 1: games in your career. So when you get drafted, I mean, 344 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:43,360 Speaker 1: when guys are drafted at mid to late round, people 345 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:45,600 Speaker 1: don't assume necessarily that they're gonna start really at any point. 346 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:48,200 Speaker 1: And you start right away, you win that job, and 347 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:50,360 Speaker 1: then you've never come off the field. I mean, how 348 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:52,960 Speaker 1: mind boggled. It's mind boggling to me. I mean how 349 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:57,040 Speaker 1: mind boggling is that to you? Honestly at all? I 350 00:15:57,080 --> 00:15:59,440 Speaker 1: mean where I'm from, like we we we've been built 351 00:15:59,520 --> 00:16:03,920 Speaker 1: up like to be so resilient, but like we just 352 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:07,320 Speaker 1: had this this different, this confidence about us. Um from 353 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:10,080 Speaker 1: high school when I first started training, my my very 354 00:16:10,120 --> 00:16:13,200 Speaker 1: first trainer before we knew about trainers, was a guy 355 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:16,920 Speaker 1: drawn Batton Um eleven grade. Start training myself like three 356 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:19,560 Speaker 1: or four of my friends. The first day I went 357 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:23,720 Speaker 1: to his facility, I don't want to play football anymore. 358 00:16:24,040 --> 00:16:26,200 Speaker 1: We worked out hard, but with the last workout was 359 00:16:26,200 --> 00:16:29,160 Speaker 1: we went to this back room probably no bigger than this, 360 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:32,960 Speaker 1: and we did like apps, abs and push ups, abs 361 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:35,840 Speaker 1: and push ups. I'm out and I went home and 362 00:16:35,880 --> 00:16:38,280 Speaker 1: I just tossed in turn and I just couldn't sleep off. 363 00:16:38,560 --> 00:16:41,440 Speaker 1: I was. I was done. I played basketball player football. 364 00:16:41,440 --> 00:16:43,000 Speaker 1: I just do it because my brother was a side 365 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:45,000 Speaker 1: of quarterback. So I'm gonna play. I'm pretty good to whatever. 366 00:16:45,040 --> 00:16:47,840 Speaker 1: So I did it. Yeah right, that's why I went 367 00:16:47,920 --> 00:16:50,840 Speaker 1: to Michigan State playball. Like Charlie Warr was my my idol. 368 00:16:50,840 --> 00:16:53,160 Speaker 1: He played basketball football on to Florida State. So that's 369 00:16:53,160 --> 00:16:57,400 Speaker 1: wanted to be like, um, so the next day, not going, 370 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:00,840 Speaker 1: no answer the phone, don't call me my friends like no, 371 00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:04,440 Speaker 1: So I got I got it. I got smart coming 372 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:07,840 Speaker 1: over whatever, rand wimp hereus to the bathroom. Can't come 373 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:11,440 Speaker 1: up here to friend. They come in the house, open door, 374 00:17:11,440 --> 00:17:15,919 Speaker 1: walk pat Heiman's car. He upstairs, upstairs, Bro, let's go 375 00:17:18,080 --> 00:17:20,880 Speaker 1: the room. And ever since then, man, he just put 376 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:23,720 Speaker 1: something like put it, put this seed and playing the 377 00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:25,600 Speaker 1: seed inside a me like that. You can do whatever 378 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:27,080 Speaker 1: you put your mind to. Man. I always been like 379 00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:29,360 Speaker 1: the underdog, the little guy with goggles on the basketball 380 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:32,960 Speaker 1: court getting filed my lenses pop out. You know, my 381 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:35,200 Speaker 1: dad was my coach, so like I gotta battle people 382 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:36,800 Speaker 1: think that I'm not good with my dad's my coach. 383 00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:38,360 Speaker 1: I'm playing, but no, I'm really good making an all 384 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:41,120 Speaker 1: tournament teams travel acrosses the nation. So like I had 385 00:17:41,160 --> 00:17:44,199 Speaker 1: confidence in myself. I got to got to college. I'm like, 386 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:47,040 Speaker 1: I'm not going to red shirt. I'm going D two. 387 00:17:47,080 --> 00:17:50,880 Speaker 1: Like who's That's how we talked. So I went there. 388 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:52,760 Speaker 1: I looked at the rosters. I'm gonna take your spot, 389 00:17:52,880 --> 00:17:56,080 Speaker 1: yo spot, yo spot. He's like all fresh or sophomores 390 00:17:56,119 --> 00:17:57,879 Speaker 1: and juniors. I'm like, you ain't played just so it's 391 00:17:57,920 --> 00:17:59,560 Speaker 1: the reason. So I'm gonna come in. So I came 392 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:03,040 Speaker 1: in reinsurted my first game, went to the game, drove 393 00:18:03,119 --> 00:18:07,399 Speaker 1: the ferrist about our drive and witnessed the cornerback like 394 00:18:07,680 --> 00:18:11,080 Speaker 1: broke his ankle. This okay, his foot or something, not knowing. 395 00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:14,120 Speaker 1: But the next week, get called in like we're gonna 396 00:18:14,119 --> 00:18:16,840 Speaker 1: start dressing. You get to the next game, comes around 397 00:18:16,880 --> 00:18:22,560 Speaker 1: my family there, they all excited, did not play here, Okay, okay, 398 00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:25,439 Speaker 1: cool cool. But the next week for me in like 399 00:18:25,560 --> 00:18:28,200 Speaker 1: my it's okay, packets my little nickel package and popping 400 00:18:28,240 --> 00:18:30,399 Speaker 1: since then, and I never I never looked back, and 401 00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:32,600 Speaker 1: then I got the NFL is the same same mindset. 402 00:18:33,160 --> 00:18:34,399 Speaker 1: I just want to get my foot in the door. 403 00:18:34,440 --> 00:18:37,520 Speaker 1: I know it's gonna be harder. I'm probably go to 404 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:39,520 Speaker 1: a team that I don't want to go to, which 405 00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:41,080 Speaker 1: was Kansas City. I knew it's gonna go there. When 406 00:18:41,119 --> 00:18:42,119 Speaker 1: I went to the visit, I was like, this is 407 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:45,400 Speaker 1: so boring here, but it reminds me of Allendale, Michigan. 408 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:48,639 Speaker 1: The system was the same since we played in the college. 409 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:50,960 Speaker 1: The shuffling corner, corner and all that stuff. I was 410 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:55,800 Speaker 1: like this from going in, like was at home. Draft 411 00:18:55,880 --> 00:18:57,679 Speaker 1: day for it was the three three days back then, right, 412 00:18:57,680 --> 00:18:59,800 Speaker 1: three days, first day, second day. I'm not want getting 413 00:18:59,840 --> 00:19:02,240 Speaker 1: draft first day whatever. The second day, I'm like it's 414 00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:04,560 Speaker 1: a slim chance, but no. Third day, we get up, 415 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:07,160 Speaker 1: go have breakfast, come back home, watch a little bit. 416 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:09,679 Speaker 1: I see like three corners go and said, oh it's okay. 417 00:19:09,840 --> 00:19:12,040 Speaker 1: It might be a lot of corners, like twenty five 418 00:19:12,119 --> 00:19:15,080 Speaker 1: corners went out and wait or something. So I had 419 00:19:15,119 --> 00:19:16,399 Speaker 1: too much going on when I was tide, let me 420 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:20,280 Speaker 1: play basketball, start shooting around. My dad almost fell out 421 00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:28,800 Speaker 1: the door. Oh, here we go her Milwards. Yeah, Carl Peterson, 422 00:19:28,840 --> 00:19:31,720 Speaker 1: I'm like okay, so boom. I was just like, you're you're, 423 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:37,080 Speaker 1: You're my You're my birthday gift, birthday present. It was 424 00:19:37,119 --> 00:19:39,479 Speaker 1: pretty cool get there, man. Just like when I got there, 425 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:41,280 Speaker 1: I just had to pet the grind, had to work, 426 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:44,840 Speaker 1: beat the beat some guys out their spots. It was 427 00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:47,960 Speaker 1: the third corner. Just so happened. That first game against 428 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:51,000 Speaker 1: the Patriots was Tom Brady the game he got hurt. 429 00:19:51,800 --> 00:19:54,520 Speaker 1: And then that's when Matt Castle became Mattcastle. So that's 430 00:19:54,600 --> 00:19:58,040 Speaker 1: my first start. Randy Moss, Tom Brady, all those guys 431 00:19:58,080 --> 00:20:00,280 Speaker 1: like it was. It was crazy, man. I just remember 432 00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:02,639 Speaker 1: that bus ride ride into fox bro through the neighborhoods 433 00:20:02,640 --> 00:20:07,240 Speaker 1: and stuff. Just like, no, we lost, man, we we 434 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:11,520 Speaker 1: lost by I want to say it's four something because 435 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:13,520 Speaker 1: we had took a slant all the way down to 436 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:16,480 Speaker 1: the five or something. I just couldn't get in at 437 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:17,879 Speaker 1: the end of the game. We had them though, but 438 00:20:18,440 --> 00:20:22,160 Speaker 1: like just um, my mindset was always just getting opportunity. 439 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:23,639 Speaker 1: I'm gonna make the most of And I said, I 440 00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:26,280 Speaker 1: started Nickel, So that was my first start, which is Nickel, 441 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:27,800 Speaker 1: and then the next game I started, Nicolas Wills has 442 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:30,120 Speaker 1: another start Nickel and second games with pass for ten 443 00:20:30,280 --> 00:20:32,359 Speaker 1: end up hurting the shoulder and he was like pretty 444 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:33,800 Speaker 1: much done for the rest of the year. So I 445 00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:36,120 Speaker 1: got those first two starts on the steel of Nico 446 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:38,680 Speaker 1: nickelback coming and started the game, and my next after 447 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:42,119 Speaker 1: that was just fifty six more games later the straight 448 00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:45,240 Speaker 1: base coming in. So it was what's the closess you 449 00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:49,840 Speaker 1: ever come to? Missing a game? UM? Two thousand and 450 00:20:50,080 --> 00:20:53,440 Speaker 1: uh thirteen was a rough year for me. I was 451 00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:56,960 Speaker 1: battling like um, never really got the real answer, but 452 00:20:57,000 --> 00:21:00,840 Speaker 1: like chronic Achilles, um chronic at the injury, Like after 453 00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:03,000 Speaker 1: I like, yeah, just like that's why I was trying 454 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:04,600 Speaker 1: to talk to himself about it. But like right after 455 00:21:04,640 --> 00:21:07,080 Speaker 1: Atlanta game, go off the plane. Man, I'm like I 456 00:21:07,119 --> 00:21:09,560 Speaker 1: couldn't even move my foot, like I'm just dragging it 457 00:21:10,160 --> 00:21:11,960 Speaker 1: and just went there. You know, I'm I'm a sold 458 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:14,240 Speaker 1: just I'm a battle back. Whatever I get it going, 459 00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:16,920 Speaker 1: I play, I don't know how I'm playing. So I 460 00:21:16,960 --> 00:21:18,640 Speaker 1: had discussion with like some of my guys in my circle, 461 00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:21,320 Speaker 1: like man, should I shut shut it down? Because she's like, 462 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:23,199 Speaker 1: you're gonna started putting out bad film and stuff or 463 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:25,640 Speaker 1: like you just keep keep thugging, and I'm like, let's 464 00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:28,240 Speaker 1: just keep grinding this thing out, man, And started to 465 00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:30,399 Speaker 1: seeing different people and just started learning about my body 466 00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:32,119 Speaker 1: and just what's going on. The never still have an answer, 467 00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:36,639 Speaker 1: So still battling. Now it's a little bit better. I 468 00:21:36,720 --> 00:21:39,399 Speaker 1: played my whole thirteen. I left Dallas with that whole 469 00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:42,440 Speaker 1: up and down Achilles thing. Like my parents, they finally 470 00:21:42,560 --> 00:21:44,959 Speaker 1: realized what this game was really about when they came 471 00:21:45,040 --> 00:21:48,399 Speaker 1: to visit me, and my mom just seemed like throughout 472 00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:51,159 Speaker 1: the week to be walking like dragging and slow, you know, 473 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:52,720 Speaker 1: on game. They she just see my mouth there like 474 00:21:52,800 --> 00:21:56,240 Speaker 1: just just flying. I get back home, like, oh I 475 00:21:56,280 --> 00:21:58,199 Speaker 1: happsed three hours and how do you do that? I mean, 476 00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:01,560 Speaker 1: is it just adrenaline? What is it? Right? Crazy? Probably 477 00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:05,879 Speaker 1: that's adrenaline because when I come, when I pull up here, 478 00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:08,880 Speaker 1: sometimes I'm limping. I got the car, like, just's something 479 00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:11,600 Speaker 1: about I just started walking like stronger, I get better. 480 00:22:12,520 --> 00:22:14,680 Speaker 1: I don't like to show weakness around here, That's fine. 481 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:16,080 Speaker 1: What it is like, I like to just I love 482 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:17,600 Speaker 1: a game so much and then when it's over, it's 483 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:21,000 Speaker 1: gonna be over. So um, I feel like I can 484 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:22,960 Speaker 1: fight through these things. Like I trained hard, We trained 485 00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:25,760 Speaker 1: put us something so many crazy situations that I can 486 00:22:25,760 --> 00:22:28,480 Speaker 1: play on some of these injuries. You know. Funny story 487 00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:30,159 Speaker 1: off that this is a side of real quick is 488 00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:32,840 Speaker 1: when I broke my fibula like three years ago or 489 00:22:32,840 --> 00:22:35,320 Speaker 1: four years ago or something. Right, So being a reporter 490 00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:37,359 Speaker 1: for the team, you definitely don't want to show weakness. 491 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:40,960 Speaker 1: You know, I'm surrounded by football players who are actually 492 00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:43,600 Speaker 1: getting really hurt. Right, I didn't know I broke my fibula. 493 00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:45,119 Speaker 1: I thought I just swissed my ankle. So I'm like 494 00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:47,160 Speaker 1: coming in here, I'm like doing the same thing. I'm 495 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:49,040 Speaker 1: kind of like limping trying not to look like I'm 496 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:51,000 Speaker 1: injured rather because I want to look like, you know, 497 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:54,159 Speaker 1: I'm soft and uh. And then so I didn't get 498 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:56,840 Speaker 1: a doctor for like a month or so, and my 499 00:22:56,880 --> 00:22:58,919 Speaker 1: wife find like the swelling did not get out. I 500 00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:01,479 Speaker 1: had like a tree trunk there. We finally forced him 501 00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:04,239 Speaker 1: to go to doctor broken fibula, like it was like 502 00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:06,720 Speaker 1: almost needed surgery or whatever. So then I come in 503 00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:08,840 Speaker 1: on crutches. After a month, I lived around people like 504 00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:12,639 Speaker 1: the hell hell Like, oh, I got even more of you, 505 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:14,160 Speaker 1: So you see what he's you see what he's doing. 506 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:21,000 Speaker 1: He's trying to compare with how it is essentially, you know, 507 00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:22,800 Speaker 1: like when I almost made that pick, you know I 508 00:23:22,840 --> 00:23:25,200 Speaker 1: could have made that pick right through the same thing. 509 00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:26,960 Speaker 1: You know. I didn't have a dream last night that 510 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:29,960 Speaker 1: I was on one of Joe Flacco's receivers. Honestly, I 511 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:31,920 Speaker 1: got I had a dream that they called me into 512 00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:34,919 Speaker 1: practice and Joe kept throwing me garbage passes, and so 513 00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:37,040 Speaker 1: I couldn't show my skills and I was getting piste off. 514 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:42,199 Speaker 1: That would have been a nightmare for Joe. Alright, we 515 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:45,280 Speaker 1: know you gotta roll here soon, Brandon, so we don't 516 00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:47,120 Speaker 1: want to make your life a team meeting got three minutes, 517 00:23:47,119 --> 00:23:48,960 Speaker 1: and we got three minutes, right, all right? So before 518 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:50,840 Speaker 1: we go, we want to ask you about your community work, 519 00:23:50,840 --> 00:23:52,320 Speaker 1: because that's something that I know that you love, You're 520 00:23:52,359 --> 00:23:55,000 Speaker 1: passionate about it. Um, where does that come from? Is 521 00:23:55,040 --> 00:23:56,880 Speaker 1: it from your parents? Like how did that all kind 522 00:23:56,880 --> 00:23:58,440 Speaker 1: of originate? And does that mean to you? I think 523 00:23:59,040 --> 00:24:01,120 Speaker 1: from my parents directly. This is my family, my two 524 00:24:01,119 --> 00:24:04,280 Speaker 1: aunts and my mom with teachers in the Flint communities. Uh, 525 00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:06,679 Speaker 1: my mom was thirty thirty three years she's the youngest 526 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:08,960 Speaker 1: and they so they've like forties forty years plus teaching 527 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:12,159 Speaker 1: in the Flint School. So just seeing them the effort 528 00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:15,240 Speaker 1: they put in not only but teaching, but mentoring these kids, 529 00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:17,960 Speaker 1: providing for him everything that I'm doing today, was doing 530 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:20,439 Speaker 1: it back then for the community of kids. Kind of 531 00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:22,280 Speaker 1: like my oldest aunt was like around the time of 532 00:24:22,320 --> 00:24:24,600 Speaker 1: the Black Panthers when they first came into Flint, so 533 00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:27,880 Speaker 1: they was the original intent was like to help the community. 534 00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:29,960 Speaker 1: So she was all into that type of thing. My 535 00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:31,960 Speaker 1: dad was my au basketball coach from the age of 536 00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:35,520 Speaker 1: nine until seventeens who I graduated, and just seeing him 537 00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:38,440 Speaker 1: like this firstand a coach and a dad and U 538 00:24:38,840 --> 00:24:41,000 Speaker 1: father figure, all those things, and just the stories he 539 00:24:41,119 --> 00:24:43,120 Speaker 1: had for us back then, I was like, oh Dad, 540 00:24:43,119 --> 00:24:45,520 Speaker 1: you know they're talking about whatever you old school my 541 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:47,920 Speaker 1: friends was listening, and then we got older we started talking. 542 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:49,399 Speaker 1: It's like, man, your dad really helped me with this. 543 00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:51,600 Speaker 1: I'm like, damn, he is really cool. I would be 544 00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:53,919 Speaker 1: like him, but I'm like I am like him. I'm 545 00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:56,280 Speaker 1: acting like him right now. So it's just what I've 546 00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:58,800 Speaker 1: seen those my parents put into the community in two 547 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:02,719 Speaker 1: different my period around um around the country, and I 548 00:25:02,720 --> 00:25:04,320 Speaker 1: was like, man, I want to do something like that. 549 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:06,880 Speaker 1: My dad always preaching me like when I find um, 550 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:08,680 Speaker 1: when I get that platform and find your niche like 551 00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:09,919 Speaker 1: find something you want to do, you have to do 552 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:12,000 Speaker 1: everything or what everybody was gonna do, what you wanna do? 553 00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:15,159 Speaker 1: And education and with something big in my heart because 554 00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:18,640 Speaker 1: my mom always preach it, like football, win, los a draw, 555 00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:21,359 Speaker 1: what's your grades? Like are you passing? How are you mentally? 556 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:23,400 Speaker 1: And all those things, So that's what it's about, and 557 00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:25,920 Speaker 1: just you can't play sports man. Education and I feel 558 00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:28,520 Speaker 1: like reading is an even bigger issue because a lot 559 00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:30,879 Speaker 1: of kids like their confidence and a lot of the 560 00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:34,040 Speaker 1: problems you see, I think arise from not having that 561 00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:37,320 Speaker 1: foundation and can't comprehend, can't articulate what's going on inside 562 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:39,800 Speaker 1: you to be able to express it. And then it 563 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:41,879 Speaker 1: was turned into going to school and trying to be 564 00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:43,840 Speaker 1: like the cool person or the clown and not this 565 00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:45,520 Speaker 1: in the school work, which is gonna actually help you 566 00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:47,719 Speaker 1: down the road to get the next person on your 567 00:25:47,720 --> 00:25:50,119 Speaker 1: situation as well. But I just when I started digging 568 00:25:50,119 --> 00:25:52,520 Speaker 1: into it, literacy was like it was big, is a 569 00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:54,960 Speaker 1: big problem not only amongst children, but adults as well, 570 00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:56,960 Speaker 1: something like the dunks don't know you can't teach the 571 00:25:57,040 --> 00:25:58,560 Speaker 1: kids for let me just start with these kids first 572 00:25:58,560 --> 00:26:00,760 Speaker 1: and get the foundation right so we can get them 573 00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:02,520 Speaker 1: on their way, and because they're gonna be taking care 574 00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:04,520 Speaker 1: of us when we get older and keep breaking our 575 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:09,520 Speaker 1: legs and stuff. So that's when it came down to right, right, cool, well, Brandon, 576 00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:15,280 Speaker 1: thank you so much, man, Absolutely cool, well, great stuff 577 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:16,919 Speaker 1: from Brandon. I hope we didn't make him late for 578 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:22,240 Speaker 1: the team meeting because he literally just sprinted out the door, saying, sprint. 579 00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:24,359 Speaker 1: You know, he looks like he's healthy. I can tell 580 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:27,680 Speaker 1: because he is sprinting down. You know. He can throw 581 00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:29,240 Speaker 1: us under the bus too. He walks in one of 582 00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:31,840 Speaker 1: the late harves. Where the hell have you been, Garrett, Right, 583 00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:34,840 Speaker 1: first words out of his mouth, I guarantee, Oh yeah, exactly. 584 00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:37,200 Speaker 1: But yeah, he was great. I mean we should. I 585 00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:39,440 Speaker 1: mean we could totally have him come back and spend 586 00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:40,920 Speaker 1: even more time with him. We left a little meat 587 00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:42,320 Speaker 1: on the bone there. I kind of feel bad about 588 00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:44,720 Speaker 1: telling my stupid story about my I know you're telling 589 00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:47,560 Speaker 1: your dumb story right in the middle time. I didn't 590 00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:50,400 Speaker 1: realize that we were tied up against the clock. It's 591 00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:53,800 Speaker 1: like basically basically the shot clock is winding down and 592 00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:57,520 Speaker 1: you started dribbling between the legs doing and one stuff 593 00:26:57,560 --> 00:27:02,280 Speaker 1: as five for three shot just runs out. Thank god 594 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:04,720 Speaker 1: the brand he jacked up the three there. Yeah, yeah, 595 00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:07,080 Speaker 1: he's made the switch the net. And before we go, 596 00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:08,679 Speaker 1: we want to let people know the code word. You've 597 00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:11,800 Speaker 1: probably been listening intently waiting on this the entire time. Again, 598 00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:14,239 Speaker 1: this is for twenty five days of giveaways and what 599 00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:16,040 Speaker 1: you can do. You can email us at the lounge 600 00:27:16,040 --> 00:27:18,760 Speaker 1: at Ravens dot NFL dot net. First person to do 601 00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:21,520 Speaker 1: that is going to be the winner of the code 602 00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:26,240 Speaker 1: rise and the code word is hashtag podcast bump. Do 603 00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:28,119 Speaker 1: they have to have the hashtag it or can they 604 00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:31,120 Speaker 1: just say podcast bump? If they forget the hashtag whatever, 605 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:33,960 Speaker 1: well it's like, yeah, I don't gotta get to pick 606 00:27:34,040 --> 00:27:36,480 Speaker 1: on that, but you better just have podcast bump in 607 00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:38,800 Speaker 1: that email. Yeah, and so again the email for that 608 00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:40,840 Speaker 1: is the lounge at Ravens dot NFL dot net. The 609 00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:44,000 Speaker 1: winner of that will win three hours of free limit 610 00:27:44,119 --> 00:27:47,080 Speaker 1: service from z best limos here in Baltimore and also 611 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:50,439 Speaker 1: the signed football our Marshall Yonda can take that limits 612 00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:54,639 Speaker 1: straight to get some nice winter beers. Yeah right, drop 613 00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:58,119 Speaker 1: you got a d D. Yeah perfect. So thank you 614 00:27:58,160 --> 00:28:01,000 Speaker 1: for listening as always, and we'll be back with you 615 00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:05,159 Speaker 1: next week. After another week, another Dogs or the Indianapolis Colts.