1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,360 Speaker 1: Start with the obvious one, but there were reports. 2 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:05,960 Speaker 2: That it was the Eagle Spring, and then Taylor Rooks 3 00:00:05,960 --> 00:00:08,160 Speaker 2: said it was that you told her it was a higgles. 4 00:00:09,520 --> 00:00:10,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a hiding spring. 5 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:16,360 Speaker 3: I don't know where the ordinary came from, but not 6 00:00:16,360 --> 00:00:19,759 Speaker 3: something I'm mad about, like people doing a job. But 7 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:22,840 Speaker 3: I sat down. I know Rooks really well. Obviously, me 8 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:24,439 Speaker 3: and the money had done with her before the game. 9 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:28,360 Speaker 3: One of my other friends that we chopped it up 10 00:00:28,360 --> 00:00:30,760 Speaker 3: and I told her what it was, and that's how 11 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:31,400 Speaker 3: that's how I went go. 12 00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:36,479 Speaker 2: In regards to this week, there would be people that 13 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:39,960 Speaker 2: would say, you shouldn't play. It's kind of what Austin 14 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:42,640 Speaker 2: Eckler is doing. You shouldn't play a running back, shouldn't 15 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:45,040 Speaker 2: play without a contract beyond the year until he's one 16 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:46,080 Speaker 2: hundred percent healthy. 17 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:48,320 Speaker 1: That would be the smart thing to do business wise. 18 00:00:48,479 --> 00:00:50,159 Speaker 1: Does that impact your decision at all? 19 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:52,360 Speaker 3: I would agree. I mean, I think that is a 20 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:56,160 Speaker 3: smart thing to do business wise. You know, I think 21 00:00:56,720 --> 00:00:59,520 Speaker 3: I wouldn't question anybody who's telling me you should do that. 22 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:02,000 Speaker 3: But in the day, you know, it's it's my life. 23 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:06,720 Speaker 3: I made the decision. So uh, I love this game 24 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:10,000 Speaker 3: and I feel like if you're able to play, go 25 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:10,600 Speaker 3: out there and play. 26 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:11,640 Speaker 1: So I'm trying my best. 27 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:15,119 Speaker 4: When you when you clarified what your injury was, did 28 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:17,000 Speaker 4: you feel like you needed that out there because you 29 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 4: wanted people to know what you were pushing through. 30 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:22,400 Speaker 1: No, it was really simple as like having to comra 31 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:23,200 Speaker 1: having dinner. 32 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 3: With a front and she works for Amazon, and she 33 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:28,160 Speaker 3: was like you, okay to say this same if I 34 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:31,880 Speaker 3: have a conversation with you, that's what it isn't. 35 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:35,240 Speaker 1: But it wasn't like to push your narrative. 36 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:39,920 Speaker 3: Of oh, this is what I'm fighting through. Call enough 37 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:42,760 Speaker 3: for that to be honest. And I'd rather like college. 38 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:45,720 Speaker 3: In college, you get hurt, you get banged up. Nobody knows, 39 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:48,360 Speaker 3: but it's the rules in National Football League everybody you 40 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 3: gotta have an injury for every single day, and you 41 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:52,640 Speaker 3: know if you're limiting the practice and your day to day, 42 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 3: that's the rules. 43 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 1: But if it was up to me, i'd rather be 44 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:58,640 Speaker 1: you know, you know, it's football. Get banged up. Everyone gets, 45 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:01,120 Speaker 1: You're gonna get It's not matter if it's a matter 46 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 1: of when, and just keep it like that. It just 47 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:05,200 Speaker 1: work through it. That would be the way I would 48 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:05,360 Speaker 1: like it. 49 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:08,080 Speaker 3: But it's not like if it's up to you this decision, 50 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:10,760 Speaker 3: Like if it was just up to you, would yeah, 51 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:14,360 Speaker 3: I mean I feel like it's you know, it's my body, 52 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 3: my choice. 53 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:17,000 Speaker 1: I mean that sounds crazy saying that right there. 54 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:21,240 Speaker 3: But uh, like the reality of it is like if 55 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:23,640 Speaker 3: I can go, if my body is telling me to 56 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:25,840 Speaker 3: go out there and play, uh, then yeah, that's what 57 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 3: I would like to do. But if anybody else is 58 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:30,560 Speaker 3: in a situation, or say, if some people are in 59 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:32,560 Speaker 3: a situation where you know they don't have a contract 60 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:33,680 Speaker 3: behind it and. 61 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:35,959 Speaker 1: They're doing it for business reasons, I respect that too. 62 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:39,680 Speaker 3: That probably is a smart thing to do, to be honest, 63 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:43,480 Speaker 3: but you know I don't that's not am I really 64 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:46,359 Speaker 3: in my makeup and how I view it. So I 65 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:48,520 Speaker 3: don't judge nobody if they do that. But for me, 66 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:51,679 Speaker 3: if if my body's able to go, that's when I 67 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 3: will go about. 68 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:55,360 Speaker 1: The most basic things, how you feeling, Like where do 69 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:56,880 Speaker 1: you feel? Where do you feel you're at? 70 00:02:58,120 --> 00:03:01,119 Speaker 3: It's tough, I mean, it's it's one of those things 71 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 3: that I think I'm doing way better than what a 72 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:11,800 Speaker 3: lot of people would expect, you know, especially talking to doctors. 73 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:14,600 Speaker 3: I feel like I'm further along, but it's frustrating because 74 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 3: obviously I'm healing fast, but you wanted to be faster. 75 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:22,280 Speaker 1: Uh you want to slide in here, brother, but I'm healing. 76 00:03:22,639 --> 00:03:26,440 Speaker 1: Uh what I said, you want to Obviously you want it. Yeah, 77 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:27,520 Speaker 1: obviously you want to fast. 78 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:31,640 Speaker 3: But uh, it's tough balancing that, but just taking it 79 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:34,720 Speaker 3: day by day, just fighting every single day, coming in 80 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 3: and rehabbing and trying to get myself back to a 81 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:38,680 Speaker 3: place where I can go out there and compete at 82 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:39,560 Speaker 3: a high level of my team. 83 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:41,960 Speaker 5: What does it mean something to you? The fact that 84 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:44,400 Speaker 5: if you would get an opportunity to get out. 85 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:46,520 Speaker 1: There and run around a little bit of day to have. 86 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 5: A chance to show them that you can play, or 87 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:51,080 Speaker 5: show yourself you can play, or you kind of want 88 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:52,640 Speaker 5: to have an idea tomorrow. 89 00:03:55,840 --> 00:03:56,600 Speaker 1: Give mean a lot of me. 90 00:03:56,680 --> 00:04:00,760 Speaker 3: Just play in general, Uh, because I love playing football home. 91 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:04,080 Speaker 3: You don't want to miss games, and I've missed enough 92 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:06,080 Speaker 3: games of my career. So if I'm able to, I 93 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:07,560 Speaker 3: would love to just go out there and play any 94 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:11,080 Speaker 3: anytime I could play. That's why last week I was like, like, hey, 95 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:13,080 Speaker 3: if I can, it feels good enough and I can 96 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:15,680 Speaker 3: go out there I can play and protect myself, protect 97 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:17,479 Speaker 3: the ball, and protect the QB and let me try 98 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:20,240 Speaker 3: to play last Thursday, and if I can do it 99 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 3: this money, let me try to play and if it 100 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:24,440 Speaker 3: takes it, you never know. Like with these things, it's 101 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:26,520 Speaker 3: a tough injury to battle through. But whenever that is, 102 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:28,040 Speaker 3: I just would love to be out there because I 103 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:29,839 Speaker 3: love the game of football and that's the only thing 104 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:30,599 Speaker 3: that really matters to me. 105 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:33,760 Speaker 4: How much does the past injuries, how much does the 106 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:36,359 Speaker 4: past come come into the equation for you? With the 107 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:39,280 Speaker 4: fact that you've had the ankle injuries before and you 108 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:40,960 Speaker 4: kind of talked about it before, you didn't come back 109 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:44,680 Speaker 4: and probably play at the level you wanted and potentially 110 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:47,480 Speaker 4: even maybe came back early, how much do you have to. 111 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:49,880 Speaker 1: Factor that in the past strategy. Yeah, I was thinking 112 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:53,360 Speaker 1: about that. You know, that's something that I might have said. 113 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:56,919 Speaker 3: But maybe with my left one when I was dealing 114 00:04:56,960 --> 00:04:59,279 Speaker 3: with the knee, would still come back from the knee 115 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:01,440 Speaker 3: and left one, but my right one the first one. 116 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 1: I did. 117 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:06,760 Speaker 3: My stuff one year, my second year, my second year 118 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:09,680 Speaker 3: in the league, I came back. 119 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:12,960 Speaker 1: Earlier than what it said. I guess that's supposed to 120 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:13,360 Speaker 1: be out. 121 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:16,479 Speaker 3: The first game I came back, I had a long 122 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:19,360 Speaker 3: run for like forty hour milli yards. I got called back, 123 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:21,200 Speaker 3: and that would have put me over a hundred hundred 124 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 3: of all purpose yards and I think a hundred yards rushing. 125 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:25,440 Speaker 3: And I still finished the season with fourteen hundred yards 126 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:29,000 Speaker 3: that year. So I don't think that doesn't go up 127 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:31,320 Speaker 3: through my mind, like, oh, I came back too soon, 128 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:34,000 Speaker 3: and right now it's just like I want to get back. 129 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:36,920 Speaker 3: I'm itching. I'm eager to play. You know, I don't 130 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:39,000 Speaker 3: like watching from the sideline. I don't like watching it 131 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 3: on TV. I want to be out there and compete 132 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:41,360 Speaker 3: with my guss. 133 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:43,280 Speaker 1: How much you recognize that this is a team that 134 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:43,640 Speaker 1: needs to. 135 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:48,800 Speaker 3: Win, Yeah, I feel like every week you need to win. 136 00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:52,520 Speaker 3: I think you can feel the you know, you know, 137 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:55,960 Speaker 3: the where the fans, where the fans are, where the 138 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:57,720 Speaker 3: reporters are, like where the media is at. 139 00:05:57,960 --> 00:05:58,760 Speaker 1: You know, you can feel that. 140 00:05:58,839 --> 00:06:00,640 Speaker 3: I want to say pressure, I don't want to say 141 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:03,720 Speaker 3: in a sense of urgency. It would definitely be better 142 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:05,280 Speaker 3: to start the first quarter of season two and two 143 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:07,920 Speaker 3: than one or three. So it's like a must win. 144 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 3: Every week's a must win on prime time Monday night 145 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:14,640 Speaker 3: football against a really good teams playing really well. Uh. So, yeah, 146 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:16,200 Speaker 3: it would be important to come out with a win. 147 00:06:16,279 --> 00:06:18,200 Speaker 3: But every I feel like every week it's like that, 148 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:21,840 Speaker 3: you gotta stress it. You gotta you know, you gotta 149 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:24,360 Speaker 3: feel like it's a must win. But if the same thing, 150 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:26,719 Speaker 3: like it's the NFL, if you come out and we 151 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:28,680 Speaker 3: don't get the job done, you're one of three. You 152 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:31,120 Speaker 3: can't just be like, oh, we gotta set the building 153 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:33,800 Speaker 3: on fire, like we're done. It's because there's still a 154 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:34,680 Speaker 3: long season we played. 155 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:35,600 Speaker 2: Uh. 156 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:37,720 Speaker 3: But at the same time, you got to realize it's 157 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:39,480 Speaker 3: important to to go out there and want against an 158 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:41,880 Speaker 3: NFC opponent, and especially a really good team on. 159 00:06:44,839 --> 00:06:47,840 Speaker 1: This is about than anything else. So they said, you 160 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:49,520 Speaker 1: can't hurt any worse. 161 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:56,360 Speaker 3: I want to get too much into that, whether I 162 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:58,679 Speaker 3: don't think that's fair to myself or with the dots. 163 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:01,200 Speaker 3: So I won't get too much that, but just leave 164 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:03,919 Speaker 3: it as whenever I'm able to go out there and 165 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:06,440 Speaker 3: be able to protect myself with protect the ball and 166 00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:09,000 Speaker 3: protect the quarterback, uh, I'll. 167 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:14,000 Speaker 1: Be ready to go. I can't answer that question. What 168 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:18,000 Speaker 1: do you think your chances are? Fine? Just me, I 169 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:18,360 Speaker 1: don't know. 170 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:21,320 Speaker 3: I think I will have a better answer tomorrow, and 171 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:23,280 Speaker 3: I'll have a better answer today after that, and I 172 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:26,600 Speaker 3: think that's Monday, right, So we'll see. 173 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:28,440 Speaker 1: We'll see any. 174 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:31,040 Speaker 4: Part of your week this week been normal, Like have 175 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:33,760 Speaker 4: you done normal things on the practice field? 176 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:36,080 Speaker 1: We haven't seen. Have you felt normal this week at all? 177 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:39,320 Speaker 3: No, I wouldn't say it's normal. My routine is the 178 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:42,120 Speaker 3: same the time I come in what I do, uh, 179 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:45,040 Speaker 3: you know, in the weight room and the training room, 180 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:48,080 Speaker 3: and I'm just a little more rehab focused, uh with 181 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:51,040 Speaker 3: the ankle. But it's just kind of going there and 182 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:53,520 Speaker 3: just testing it, seeing where I'm at, seeing how I feel, 183 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:56,200 Speaker 3: see how my body responds. That's you know, that's really 184 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:58,840 Speaker 3: the big thing, is going out there and running and 185 00:07:58,840 --> 00:08:01,240 Speaker 3: putting your body weight on it and trying to move 186 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:03,920 Speaker 3: at a high, high level and competitive speed and then 187 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:05,280 Speaker 3: come out and go to sleep and see how you 188 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:08,360 Speaker 3: feel the next day. So that's like the I would say, 189 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:11,320 Speaker 3: that's why it's not normal because you know, just that 190 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:11,800 Speaker 3: part of it. 191 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:13,920 Speaker 1: But the process has been remained the same and we'll 192 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:14,600 Speaker 1: always remain so