1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:05,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, he's about g Uh, Trevor can't go on Thursday, 2 00:00:05,519 --> 00:00:08,360 Speaker 1: and CJ, could you gotta speak to the uh the 3 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:11,520 Speaker 1: level of trust you have in CJ and and the. 4 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:15,159 Speaker 2: Confidence you have well both are very Uh. We we 5 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:18,720 Speaker 2: trust CJ. He's been here for as far for a 6 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:20,279 Speaker 2: couple of years now. We got all the faith in 7 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:23,360 Speaker 2: all the trust in him in the world. And if 8 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:25,119 Speaker 2: Trevor isn't able to go into CJ has to go 9 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:28,200 Speaker 2: then well, like our expectations of what we expect from 10 00:00:28,200 --> 00:00:31,320 Speaker 2: ourselves offensively and as a team, it doesn't change. 11 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:34,520 Speaker 3: How much more comfortable do you feel now that you've 12 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 3: gone through uh a s a second game, just kind 13 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:39,600 Speaker 3: of getting back in the in the swing of things 14 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 3: as opposed to just having one that having that extra 15 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:44,040 Speaker 3: game under. 16 00:00:43,840 --> 00:00:45,960 Speaker 2: Your belt now, Yeah, I think it made a a 17 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:49,320 Speaker 2: huge difference for myself, just kind of getting back in 18 00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:52,479 Speaker 2: the rhythm, just kind of getting back into I think 19 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:54,440 Speaker 2: also just getting back into like football shape, cause you 20 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:55,840 Speaker 2: can still do it like all the training you want 21 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:57,320 Speaker 2: where you're not playing, but it's only one where you 22 00:00:57,320 --> 00:01:00,720 Speaker 2: gonna actually get back and be real to play football. 23 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:02,760 Speaker 2: And it's just about playing football. So I think I'm 24 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:06,199 Speaker 2: f just trying to keep taking steps in the right duration. 25 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:09,480 Speaker 2: When it comes to that aspect, how D how how 26 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:10,160 Speaker 2: different does your. 27 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:12,560 Speaker 3: Boy the field today as compared to the weekend? Uh? 28 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:18,520 Speaker 2: A little worse? Yeah, just for for a week ago, 29 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:19,800 Speaker 2: I was just I mean it was a fr I 30 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:21,480 Speaker 2: mentioned it a couple of times. It's just the freshest 31 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:23,600 Speaker 2: I've ever been through four weeks. I mean, I hadn't played, 32 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:25,720 Speaker 2: so I'm kind of starting to feel it a little 33 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:28,360 Speaker 2: bit now and just kind of just wanna stay on 34 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:32,520 Speaker 2: top of it and just kind of keep myself physically 35 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:33,680 Speaker 2: in the best position I can be. 36 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:37,319 Speaker 3: Is it is it harder for offensive line than generally 37 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:40,520 Speaker 3: bigger guys right to adjust to the short week than 38 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:42,280 Speaker 3: it would be any other position player. 39 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:44,760 Speaker 2: I I don't know. I think I honestly think it's 40 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:47,000 Speaker 2: it's equally as bad. I mean, I don't know if 41 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:50,200 Speaker 2: I should say bad, but it's bad for I think 42 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:52,520 Speaker 2: for odd positions. Man, I don't even think it's regardless 43 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:56,640 Speaker 2: of offensive line, running back, line back. I it's just 44 00:01:56,720 --> 00:02:01,000 Speaker 2: it's just a tough transition. So it probably a Yeah, 45 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 2: EMM and Ross probably feel real. 46 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:05,160 Speaker 4: Good just playing in New Orleans. 47 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:07,160 Speaker 3: The environment is obviously gonna be low. 48 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 2: How do you guys kind. 49 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:08,800 Speaker 1: Of prepare for that? 50 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:11,799 Speaker 2: I think it's just the stuff we do this week 51 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:15,600 Speaker 2: leading up to the game, working some probably gonna to 52 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:18,120 Speaker 2: work some silent cadence, probably just gonna work some stuff 53 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:22,080 Speaker 2: in the noise with the speakers outside and just just 54 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:24,079 Speaker 2: try to I mean, I don't know there's I don't 55 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:26,880 Speaker 2: know there's a way you can exactly mimic the the 56 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:30,000 Speaker 2: that that environment. But I think just trying to be 57 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:32,280 Speaker 2: as best prepared as we can it's the only answer 58 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:32,600 Speaker 2: for it. 59 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:34,760 Speaker 3: Did you lose You didn't live there when you played 60 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 3: in Alabama? 61 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:37,679 Speaker 2: Right? Yeah, I lost my freshman years, alright, feel that 62 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:39,040 Speaker 2: it's cool we lose too much. 63 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:44,560 Speaker 4: How challenging has it been for you? I guess you 64 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 4: come back. Walker's in there at left guard thing he's 65 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:50,040 Speaker 4: out now, Uh Tyler Shatley's back in there, And how 66 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:51,400 Speaker 4: difficult has that transition been. 67 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:53,280 Speaker 2: It's funny cause I was, I mean, I was thinking 68 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:55,400 Speaker 2: about this to myself. I feel like play. I played 69 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:58,880 Speaker 2: next to shat so many times anytime somebody goes down 70 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:01,400 Speaker 2: or any time there's like, uh, SHOT's just like our 71 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:03,160 Speaker 2: plug and play guy, and he always just does such 72 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:05,239 Speaker 2: a good job for it. So when you walk into 73 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:07,560 Speaker 2: the game, I just I gave him some DAP and 74 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:10,079 Speaker 2: I said, shit, we've we've been here before. So I've 75 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:12,520 Speaker 2: been I've been in that position with Shat countless amount 76 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:14,280 Speaker 2: of times. And he's somebody that we can always rely on. 77 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:15,440 Speaker 2: We know he's gonna always be ready. 78 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:18,680 Speaker 1: Have you seen anton kind of group just a couple 79 00:03:18,639 --> 00:03:20,200 Speaker 1: of weeks, last couple of weeks he've been around. 80 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:23,239 Speaker 2: I think, just honestly, just cause he has all the 81 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:26,880 Speaker 2: everything physically you can have. He he he chicks every box. 82 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:28,959 Speaker 2: I think he's just getting just more comfortable and just 83 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:33,160 Speaker 2: getting more used to just NFL football cause I think 84 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:35,120 Speaker 2: everything with Ton will just be reps. The more reps 85 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 2: he gets, the better and better and better he'll get. 86 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:40,560 Speaker 2: Cause physically he's got given. So I mean, just as 87 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:41,960 Speaker 2: long as he can stay on top of this stuff 88 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:44,480 Speaker 2: mentally and just keep getting better. The the way he has, 89 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:46,320 Speaker 2: I think the the s guy's in the Scot's a 90 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:47,120 Speaker 2: limit for him. 91 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:49,760 Speaker 4: And what's it the other day that the last several 92 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:51,800 Speaker 4: weeks is sort of kind of giving you guys a 93 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:53,400 Speaker 4: glimpse of what this team could. 94 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:54,920 Speaker 3: Be in its identity or all. 95 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:58,240 Speaker 4: So who what do you read as this team's identity. 96 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 2: In this game. I don't know if we have become 97 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:02,520 Speaker 2: figured out yet, but I think we're the thing that 98 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:04,680 Speaker 2: I think probably the reason why you mentioned this is 99 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:06,840 Speaker 2: because we're kind of just taking steps into that into 100 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:10,200 Speaker 2: that direction and kind of getting that figured out. I 101 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:13,280 Speaker 2: always just mentioned I always just like to mention the 102 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:15,600 Speaker 2: people that in the in in this league is just 103 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:18,719 Speaker 2: it's hard to wire to wire be the best team 104 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:20,280 Speaker 2: in the in the league, have the bench record. I 105 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:22,440 Speaker 2: think you the the the biggest thing from from my 106 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 2: experience is just to be peaking at the right time. 107 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:28,280 Speaker 2: I think we kind of that was kind of like 108 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:30,160 Speaker 2: what happened to but what happened on us last year. 109 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:32,160 Speaker 2: Think kind of towards the middle of the season, everybody was 110 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:33,560 Speaker 2: just like ah, but then towards the end of the 111 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 2: season we were rolling, and then we just rolled right 112 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:37,440 Speaker 2: into the playoffs and where we were able to have 113 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:39,480 Speaker 2: a little success. So I think it's important to make 114 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 2: sure we were just peaking at the right time. 115 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:43,960 Speaker 4: How fun has it been to block for a guy 116 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:47,280 Speaker 4: like Travis especially this year He's breaking all these tackles. 117 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:49,880 Speaker 2: And just running all over. It's fun man. Uh, A 118 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:52,640 Speaker 2: lot of times we don't see what like, like I 119 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:54,479 Speaker 2: had no idea. Well, the only thing I called on 120 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:58,160 Speaker 2: the the Wildcat play was just him like jogging in 121 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:00,520 Speaker 2: at the last second. So we oftentimes, miss al I 122 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:02,000 Speaker 2: miss a lot of the good stuff he does. We 123 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:03,800 Speaker 2: just have to catch it, like on the replay or something. 124 00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:06,000 Speaker 2: But just we know what type of player he is, 125 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:09,120 Speaker 2: We know what type of competitor he is, so we 126 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:11,039 Speaker 2: can and week out we know we're gonna get from Travis. 127 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:15,000 Speaker 4: What type of challenge does the Saints let's uh present, 128 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:17,920 Speaker 4: you know, obviously we know that they have different guys 129 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:20,440 Speaker 4: Cameron Jordan or Latimo or guys like that, but what 130 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:21,280 Speaker 4: do they sort of do well? 131 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,400 Speaker 2: I think it's just I think one thing that helps 132 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:26,680 Speaker 2: them a lot is that their core of guys they've 133 00:05:26,680 --> 00:05:29,240 Speaker 2: been there for. I think they they do a good 134 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:31,400 Speaker 2: job of keeping like their core guys together, and those 135 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:33,840 Speaker 2: guys are just also veteran. There's there's really not much 136 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:36,720 Speaker 2: you There's not much you can show them that they 137 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:39,719 Speaker 2: probably haven't seen before. So I think it's just for 138 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:44,400 Speaker 2: us just about being extremely extremely sharp technique wise, and 139 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:47,560 Speaker 2: then mentally just no in mes No mental areas. We 140 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:49,640 Speaker 2: gotta be just kind of hitting on all cylinders when 141 00:05:49,680 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 2: you you know, when you playing a defense like this, 142 00:05:52,440 --> 00:05:56,000 Speaker 2: appreciate it.