1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:01,640 Speaker 1: What do you how do you view this opportunity with 2 00:00:01,639 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: the Giants. I've seen things probably didn't go the way 3 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:05,800 Speaker 1: you would have wanted your last your last team. I mean, 4 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:07,600 Speaker 1: how do you view this chance to kind of do 5 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:09,280 Speaker 1: you feel that, dude, as a fresh start, Like, how 6 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:11,959 Speaker 1: are you approaching this? I'm just taking a day by day. 7 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:14,120 Speaker 1: I'm thankful to be here. Um, just focusing on the 8 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:16,160 Speaker 1: time now. I'm not really worried about what happened in 9 00:00:16,200 --> 00:00:18,919 Speaker 1: the past, you know, just looking forward to today, looking 10 00:00:18,920 --> 00:00:21,239 Speaker 1: forward to tomorrow, in the future, you know, wherever, whatever 11 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:30,560 Speaker 1: that holds. Hey, John, Hey, how's it going good? Good? 12 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 1: When is the first time you remember hearing man he's fast? 13 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:40,239 Speaker 1: You mean, it's just in my life in general, just 14 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:42,839 Speaker 1: probably being a kid, like my first practice ever, just 15 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:44,640 Speaker 1: being out there with a group of kids and you know, 16 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:47,199 Speaker 1: everybody kind of excluded me from the group. You know, 17 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:49,919 Speaker 1: we're doing sprints and I'm just outsprinting, guys. I kind 18 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:53,120 Speaker 1: of vividly remember that being a kid. Is that one 19 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:56,240 Speaker 1: of the first times you thought to yourself, I am fast? 20 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:00,600 Speaker 1: Probably probably even before when I started playing football, you know, 21 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:03,920 Speaker 1: just being outside, um, you know, being a neighborhood, playing 22 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:05,319 Speaker 1: with all the kids. You know, we used to play 23 00:01:05,319 --> 00:01:08,479 Speaker 1: a lot of games like freeze tag and stuff. You know. Um, 24 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:10,480 Speaker 1: you know I always felt like, you know, I would 25 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:12,760 Speaker 1: out and run kids, you know, and I just it 26 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:16,040 Speaker 1: was always kind of like that. Do you still feel 27 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:18,800 Speaker 1: that way on the football field at a right now? 28 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:22,080 Speaker 1: I mean absolutely, I still feel good. I still feel like, um, 29 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:23,800 Speaker 1: you know, I haven't you know, really lost a staff 30 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:26,360 Speaker 1: or anything. So I just I just you know, worried 31 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:28,480 Speaker 1: about my You know, I worked that they and continue 32 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 1: to work hard, and you know I will stay the same, 33 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:32,800 Speaker 1: you know, as as long as I keep my health, writing, 34 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:35,880 Speaker 1: continue to work one more for me. Where do you 35 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:38,040 Speaker 1: think you fit here? I mean, you know they signed 36 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:41,680 Speaker 1: a um Kenny Golladay, they drafted tod Arius Tony, they 37 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:44,920 Speaker 1: have Sterling Shepherd. But um, you know, teams, if if 38 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:47,840 Speaker 1: a guy can run and and and produce and play 39 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 1: special teams, he's gonna make the team. Where do you 40 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 1: see yourself fitting in? Um? I mean I'm I don't 41 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:55,600 Speaker 1: really try to view it is that, you know. Where 42 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 1: do I see myself fitting in? I just come here 43 00:01:57,400 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 1: every day and I try to work. Um, you know, 44 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:01,600 Speaker 1: I never wherever on place I'll be ready to work. 45 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:04,080 Speaker 1: That's kind of you know, my my big focus, you know, 46 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 1: not to worry about what my role is this and that. Um, 47 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:08,720 Speaker 1: you know, I let the coaches handle that and I 48 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:11,200 Speaker 1: just you know, come here to do what I what 49 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 1: I've been doing for years, you know, just play football. 50 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 1: Thank you. I'm rocking. And why do you think things 51 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:20,160 Speaker 1: happen didn't work out for you when you're first stop 52 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:23,919 Speaker 1: in the NFL? Only think things happen? You know. Um, 53 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:26,040 Speaker 1: I can sit here at pinpoint a bunch of things, 54 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:28,840 Speaker 1: but you know that's you know, it's kind of old now. 55 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:32,000 Speaker 1: I don't really care to go back and you know, 56 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:33,679 Speaker 1: worry about what happened. I just kind of want to 57 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:35,800 Speaker 1: focus on, you know, why I'm here now, and you know, 58 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 1: and things going forward. Do you are you confident that 59 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 1: those things can be addressed and fixed moving forward? I mean, 60 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:52,680 Speaker 1: as long as I continue to work. Absolutely. Hey, John, 61 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:56,160 Speaker 1: I was talking to Dante the other day about you 62 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:59,760 Speaker 1: guys actually being together again, and he brought me back 63 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 1: to the beginning of free agency, and he said, you 64 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:04,799 Speaker 1: were kind of picking his brain about a bunch of things. 65 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:06,840 Speaker 1: But he said he hung up the phone and didn't 66 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:12,320 Speaker 1: realize we were actually considering the Giants until you actually signed. Uh, 67 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:15,080 Speaker 1: you guys have a pretty good bond. What's it like 68 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:18,320 Speaker 1: being the other again here? And man, it's crazy. It's 69 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:20,359 Speaker 1: like we've never left, you know, you know, being back 70 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:22,160 Speaker 1: on the team together and you know, all the jokes 71 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:25,359 Speaker 1: are still the same, the same goofiness and everything. It's Uh, 72 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:27,160 Speaker 1: it's good to be around. And this is my first 73 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:30,280 Speaker 1: time being on a team with you know, teammates from college. 74 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:34,720 Speaker 1: So this is this is really cool. Is there any 75 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:36,920 Speaker 1: part of you? I mean I asked him this and 76 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:40,240 Speaker 1: he said, not really, it's too early. But you know, 77 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 1: you guys are all competing for spots. The idea that 78 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:46,240 Speaker 1: it could come down to you and Dante and maybe 79 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 1: another guy or to make this roster and make this team. 80 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:52,920 Speaker 1: What what that like? Knowing that you guys are working 81 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:56,760 Speaker 1: together and competing together, but you really ultimately could be 82 00:03:57,120 --> 00:03:59,280 Speaker 1: working against each other or at least competing for the 83 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:02,680 Speaker 1: same spot. We we both know what we're here to do. 84 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:04,120 Speaker 1: You know, at the end of the day, it's never 85 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 1: you know, nothing against each other. I think I think, 86 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:09,360 Speaker 1: I mean, Dantey know that with our past, you know, 87 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 1: we're we're dealing with you know, competing against ourselves, you know, 88 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:14,160 Speaker 1: trying to be better than we were the last couple 89 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:15,600 Speaker 1: of years. And that's all we focused on, you know, 90 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:17,880 Speaker 1: uplifting each other, um, and not so much as just 91 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:20,000 Speaker 1: me and Dantony, just everybody in the room. You know. Um, 92 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:22,560 Speaker 1: I think you know Judge preaches you know, there's there's 93 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:26,040 Speaker 1: you know, don't worry about other things. Where about yourself 94 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:28,760 Speaker 1: and you know, work hard every day and we will 95 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:30,880 Speaker 1: get treated you know how you work. So that's all 96 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:38,160 Speaker 1: we care about. John, Um, football and life in general 97 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:42,000 Speaker 1: is somewhat of a learning experience. What have you learned 98 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:47,320 Speaker 1: that's going to help you at this point? Oh that 99 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:50,240 Speaker 1: that my life is bigger than football. I think, um 100 00:04:50,279 --> 00:04:53,039 Speaker 1: that that kind of that kind of got to me 101 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:55,560 Speaker 1: over these last couple of years. I think I put 102 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:58,479 Speaker 1: too much stress into the game and not into myself. 103 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:01,560 Speaker 1: You know, Um, I learned that, you know, I just 104 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:03,120 Speaker 1: need to take this day by day, take it for 105 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:05,359 Speaker 1: what it is, and like I've been saying earlier, just 106 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:07,400 Speaker 1: continue to work hard every day. I'm here to do 107 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:09,599 Speaker 1: a job and that's that's you know, what I should 108 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:13,640 Speaker 1: be focused on, in particular on the football field. What 109 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:16,719 Speaker 1: do you have to get better at? I think you know, 110 00:05:16,760 --> 00:05:19,640 Speaker 1: my story is it's obviously out there. I think my 111 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:23,520 Speaker 1: biggest thing isn't my ability. Um, it's me my availability 112 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:26,240 Speaker 1: and me being you know healthy, you know, and you 113 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:28,560 Speaker 1: can tell when I'm not healthy. You can you can 114 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:30,520 Speaker 1: see when things aren't going right. And I think that's 115 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:32,440 Speaker 1: my biggest thing. You know, if I continue, I haven't 116 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:34,680 Speaker 1: played sixteen games yet. This is I'm going on my 117 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:37,120 Speaker 1: fifth my fifth year. Um, you know, I think that 118 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:49,640 Speaker 1: says a lot and um, that's a big deal. But John, um, um, 119 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:52,240 Speaker 1: what about special teams? And as far as um, you know, 120 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:55,120 Speaker 1: Japril said, Um, he was taking some punch with you 121 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:56,800 Speaker 1: the other day and he said, I looked over he 122 00:05:56,880 --> 00:05:58,400 Speaker 1: was there, and then I looked over and he Wasn't 123 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:00,440 Speaker 1: you know what I mean? I mean, do you think 124 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:02,280 Speaker 1: that can be a good pathway for you to get 125 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:07,040 Speaker 1: on this team? Um? I mean absolutely, I think it's 126 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:09,800 Speaker 1: I think everybody can play special teams. And you know, 127 00:06:09,839 --> 00:06:12,120 Speaker 1: if that, if that's one of another avenue that I 128 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:14,240 Speaker 1: have to you know, take part of, and I will, 129 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:16,839 Speaker 1: you know, absolutely anything to help his team win. I'm 130 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 1: I'm willing to do it. You know, even Judge walked 131 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:21,080 Speaker 1: over to me and said, come try kicking the ball, 132 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:23,800 Speaker 1: and that's that's what I'll go and do. So I'm 133 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:26,160 Speaker 1: not too you know, that's just my focus. You know, 134 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:28,640 Speaker 1: every day, come in and work and whatever whatever, something 135 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:31,000 Speaker 1: comes up and the opportunity is granted, you know, I 136 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:36,720 Speaker 1: have to face it, John, What does go through your 137 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:38,800 Speaker 1: mind when the ball and you know they they kicked 138 00:06:38,839 --> 00:06:40,679 Speaker 1: the ball to you with balls in the air, and 139 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:43,919 Speaker 1: you know that you're you know, nobody's gonna outrun you 140 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:46,040 Speaker 1: on the field. What what? What's what's going on in 141 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:49,600 Speaker 1: your mind? Where's your confidence? Where's your you know, where's 142 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:52,080 Speaker 1: your psyche? At that point, I just love having the 143 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:53,880 Speaker 1: ball in my hands. So when the ball is kicked 144 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:55,880 Speaker 1: to me or whatever the case may be, I just 145 00:06:56,080 --> 00:06:58,600 Speaker 1: think to myself, go have fun, Go be yourself, you know, 146 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:00,800 Speaker 1: go go be the person and that got you here, 147 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:03,320 Speaker 1: you know. Uh, that's all I can think of, you know, 148 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:08,320 Speaker 1: go in and and just be you, and then it 149 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:10,080 Speaker 1: becomes a game of tag like when you were a kid, 150 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:12,320 Speaker 1: right absolutely running away from people were trying to get 151 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:17,160 Speaker 1: to my destination. M hm.