WEBVTT - A Conversation with Jets WR Corey Davis (10/18) 0:00:05.360 --> 0:00:07.640 Welcome to the Official Jets Podcast. We were presented by 0:00:07.680 --> 0:00:10.200 win Bet Betting of the team sport Bet Together at 0:00:10.240 --> 0:00:13.600 win Beat. Eric Ellen here inside the studio with Jets 0:00:13.640 --> 0:00:17.000 wide receiver Corey Davis. Momentarily we're gonna be joined by 0:00:17.000 --> 0:00:20.680 the mad backer, Bar Scott. But Corey, how about this. 0:00:21.400 --> 0:00:24.480 The New York Jets were underdogs and each of you 0:00:24.480 --> 0:00:30.120 your first six games, you have four wins. Since two 0:00:30.160 --> 0:00:34.800 thousand you gotta go back. Thirty eight teams started the 0:00:34.880 --> 0:00:38.640 year underdogs in each of their first six games. Only 0:00:38.640 --> 0:00:42.200 the Cleveland Browns the two thousand one had won four games. 0:00:44.920 --> 0:00:48.040 That's crazy as a crazy stet, But I mean as 0:00:48.080 --> 0:00:49.920 we want. We're, uh, you know, we're in the midst 0:00:49.920 --> 0:00:52.839 of trying to turn things around here and um, you 0:00:52.840 --> 0:00:54.880 know it's it's going pretty well. Obviously we got a 0:00:54.880 --> 0:00:57.280 lot to clean up, but you know it's a good story. 0:00:57.640 --> 0:00:59.960 Do you think people are still sleeping on you guys? 0:01:01.640 --> 0:01:03.440 Maybe I feel like we still have a few that's 0:01:03.440 --> 0:01:05.840 out there, um sleeping on a still. But that side, 0:01:06.000 --> 0:01:08.319 you know, we uh, we were about the guys that's 0:01:08.319 --> 0:01:10.640 inside these walls, in these rooms, um, going out and 0:01:11.040 --> 0:01:13.399 working with us every single day. So that's how we're 0:01:13.400 --> 0:01:17.120 focused on. Um. All the outside noises, outside noise, Yes, 0:01:17.160 --> 0:01:20.080 it's something that you guys talk about amongst yourself. So 0:01:20.680 --> 0:01:23.600 with outside noise, not that the noise so much is 0:01:23.800 --> 0:01:26.880 as far as less. Like you know, people talking about 0:01:26.959 --> 0:01:31.360 lines and saying, well the Jets are underdogs again yes, UM, Honestly, 0:01:31.360 --> 0:01:34.759 we don't focus too much on that. UM. I always 0:01:34.800 --> 0:01:38.400 see like the picks after the games, like that's all 0:01:38.480 --> 0:01:41.880 the other team, Green Bay or whatever. Um, And obviously 0:01:41.920 --> 0:01:43.440 that makes us feel some type of weight. But it 0:01:43.560 --> 0:01:45.480 is what it is. Like I said, we're focused on 0:01:45.560 --> 0:01:47.400 us and just trying to get better each and every week. 0:01:47.760 --> 0:01:49.640 You're one of the old guys in the locker room, 0:01:49.720 --> 0:01:54.960 even though you're a very young guy. UM. Going to 0:01:55.040 --> 0:01:58.760 Green Bay and taking down an elite team who had 0:01:58.760 --> 0:02:03.160 won fifteen Consect games at Lamb Boulfield, who were tenant 0:02:03.160 --> 0:02:07.960 oh after losses under Matt Lafleur. But what does what 0:02:08.000 --> 0:02:10.040 does that say about this group? Man? That says a lot. 0:02:10.160 --> 0:02:11.760 I mean, that's a that's a great team. And we 0:02:11.760 --> 0:02:13.720 went in there and we did what we were supposed 0:02:13.720 --> 0:02:16.400 to do, what we expected ourselves to do. UM. You know, 0:02:16.440 --> 0:02:18.120 like I said, there's a great team run by a 0:02:18.160 --> 0:02:22.119 great coach, great quarterback. Um. But you know, we feel 0:02:22.120 --> 0:02:24.280 like we were a pretty good team too. And um, 0:02:24.320 --> 0:02:26.440 you know we went in there and we we're playing 0:02:26.440 --> 0:02:28.560 pretty well, and we we got it done. You were 0:02:28.600 --> 0:02:32.519 just talking about it before with me, your postseason trips 0:02:32.560 --> 0:02:35.600 with Tennessee Titans. Do you talk to the young guys 0:02:35.639 --> 0:02:37.880 in the locker room what the playoffs are like? I 0:02:37.919 --> 0:02:40.799 know it's way down the line, but as far as 0:02:40.840 --> 0:02:43.360 the second season and what you actually have to do 0:02:43.440 --> 0:02:45.679 to get there, Yeah, I thought him a few times 0:02:45.680 --> 0:02:47.680 about it now and then when the when the conversation 0:02:47.720 --> 0:02:50.680 comes up in the locker room. Um. And and you 0:02:50.680 --> 0:02:54.960 know also what it takes. Um. You know, we when 0:02:55.000 --> 0:02:57.440 when we went to the postseason, it was it was 0:02:57.480 --> 0:03:01.200 a player run team. You know, it was guys stepping up, 0:03:01.240 --> 0:03:05.000 being being leaders and and really running the team, um 0:03:05.240 --> 0:03:07.480 how they were supposed to. And you know that that 0:03:07.560 --> 0:03:09.960 was one of the common denominators of of why we 0:03:10.000 --> 0:03:12.000 made it to the postseason. Um. You know, the coaches 0:03:12.000 --> 0:03:14.799 were obviously a huge part of that, um, but the 0:03:15.120 --> 0:03:17.880 players were stepping up, talking and being the leaders they 0:03:17.919 --> 0:03:19.560 were supposed to. And there was a lot of the 0:03:19.560 --> 0:03:21.240 little things that we were doing. Um, that went a 0:03:21.280 --> 0:03:24.760 long way. Um. So we you know when I whenever 0:03:24.760 --> 0:03:26.760 I talked to those young guys, you know, I'll try 0:03:26.800 --> 0:03:29.040 to harp on that the little things and and um, 0:03:29.560 --> 0:03:31.880 all the things that it takes to get to that postseason. 0:03:32.240 --> 0:03:34.639 Is it becoming a player run team here? It is? 0:03:34.880 --> 0:03:36.560 It is? Um. You know, we got a lot of 0:03:36.560 --> 0:03:37.800 good dudes in a lock of room, Like I said, 0:03:37.800 --> 0:03:40.320 a lot of good captains. C J one of them. 0:03:40.440 --> 0:03:43.760 Um hardy Um. Now zach is is coming into itself 0:03:44.240 --> 0:03:47.040 being a great leader leading that huddle. Um. We got 0:03:47.040 --> 0:03:48.960 a lot of good dudes who can take us to 0:03:49.000 --> 0:03:52.119 the next level. How about the road success? I mean, 0:03:52.200 --> 0:03:54.640 and not a lot of young teams I think could 0:03:55.040 --> 0:03:57.960 go into the situations that you guys have here early 0:03:57.960 --> 0:04:01.600 in the season and come home with victors. I mean 0:04:01.720 --> 0:04:03.520 that is tough to to kind of go on the road, 0:04:03.600 --> 0:04:06.320 especially in this this league, to go on the road 0:04:06.360 --> 0:04:10.080 and get a win. Um, But we meet personally, I 0:04:10.160 --> 0:04:12.080 love playing on the road. UM yeah, I kind of 0:04:12.120 --> 0:04:14.960 like that atmosphere us against the world. Um. You know, 0:04:15.000 --> 0:04:16.400 I know if you of the other guys do too, 0:04:16.440 --> 0:04:19.560 But um, that's what we expect no matter no matter 0:04:19.560 --> 0:04:21.640 what we play Mtter, when we play, we expect to 0:04:22.120 --> 0:04:24.760 win and play our solid ball. You play seventeen one 0:04:24.800 --> 0:04:28.000 game seasons, but do you think the Jets two thousand 0:04:28.000 --> 0:04:32.520 twenty two season potentially changed with the long ball against 0:04:32.520 --> 0:04:36.520 the Browns? You guys down late, here's oh and one. 0:04:36.640 --> 0:04:39.599 It looked like you're gonna go and too, but then 0:04:40.320 --> 0:04:42.440 you provided a spark, You get the on side kick, 0:04:42.600 --> 0:04:45.000 before you know it, g dubs in the end zone. 0:04:45.040 --> 0:04:49.760 You guys win that game. And then since there, you know, 0:04:49.800 --> 0:04:52.400 since that first game where you guys lost the Ravens 0:04:52.400 --> 0:04:56.800 at home, you've won four out of five. I mean 0:04:56.920 --> 0:05:01.560 that that game was definitely the turning point to me, um, 0:05:01.560 --> 0:05:03.719 you know, for the season, and it just shows the 0:05:03.720 --> 0:05:05.160 type of team we have. We got a lot of 0:05:05.200 --> 0:05:08.520 dudes who aren't frontrunners, who have no quit in them. Um. 0:05:08.520 --> 0:05:11.480 And that was that was That was a tough game, um, 0:05:11.520 --> 0:05:13.000 and who play went all the way down to the 0:05:13.080 --> 0:05:17.240 last whistle. Um. But that's what we expect ourselves to do. 0:05:17.360 --> 0:05:20.200 And you know, the work that we put it out 0:05:20.200 --> 0:05:22.440 here on this field, um, all the stuff that people 0:05:22.440 --> 0:05:26.320 don't see. UM, you know, it showed that game, the 0:05:26.480 --> 0:05:30.320 three to three at halftime Week six against the Packers, 0:05:31.080 --> 0:05:35.560 You're not getting a lot going offensively, but there he 0:05:35.680 --> 0:05:39.440 is c D four making the big play. Can you 0:05:39.480 --> 0:05:42.479 take me through the long ball from Zach that really 0:05:42.560 --> 0:05:46.280 jumps started things for you guys offensively in the second half. Yeah, 0:05:46.400 --> 0:05:50.000 I felt like that was the spart that we needed. Um, 0:05:50.080 --> 0:05:52.039 it was a I knew it was a double move. 0:05:52.120 --> 0:05:53.640 I knew it was coming up, and um you know 0:05:54.080 --> 0:05:56.640 kind of asked me about it before that drive, you know, 0:05:56.680 --> 0:05:59.360 if I wanted it then and Zach did as well. So, 0:05:59.720 --> 0:06:01.520 UM know, he did a great job Downald up at 0:06:01.520 --> 0:06:04.200 the right time. Um, old On did a great job 0:06:04.279 --> 0:06:06.479 holding up and on that place. C J had a 0:06:06.520 --> 0:06:08.560 really good block. He had a really good cut on 0:06:08.600 --> 0:06:10.720 that um which gave Zack a little bit more time 0:06:10.720 --> 0:06:13.679 to put it up. Great spot. My job was easy. 0:06:14.320 --> 0:06:16.240 It could have been a touchdown, but Zack said he 0:06:16.279 --> 0:06:20.159 wanted to make sure that you had the time that 0:06:20.240 --> 0:06:22.680 he was gonna place the ball and you were definitely 0:06:22.680 --> 0:06:24.520 gonna get it. Yeah. I mean he did it right. 0:06:24.640 --> 0:06:27.320 Um and we scored on the next play, you know, 0:06:27.440 --> 0:06:29.680 So I'm cool with that as long as you know 0:06:29.680 --> 0:06:31.400 it was six. I'm cool with it. Hey, how about 0:06:31.400 --> 0:06:34.600 the streaky got going? Now that's five consecutive games with 0:06:34.680 --> 0:06:37.640 at least a twenty yard reception. Oh I like that. 0:06:38.320 --> 0:06:40.839 I didn't even know it, but I'll take it. Yeah. Yeah, 0:06:41.520 --> 0:06:44.240 how much you pride yourself and making the big play 0:06:44.360 --> 0:06:47.960 because you know your average per catch is way up 0:06:47.960 --> 0:06:50.560 there right now. I mean I pride myself. I'm making 0:06:50.560 --> 0:06:53.760 every every play, every catch, especially the big ones. You know, 0:06:53.760 --> 0:06:55.480 in the moments that we need him the most. Um. 0:06:55.600 --> 0:06:57.760 You know, I want the team to call on me, 0:06:57.760 --> 0:06:59.479 to call my number. Um, you know I kind of 0:06:59.520 --> 0:07:05.040 want that. But man, it's a it's a blessing man 0:07:05.120 --> 0:07:06.560 just to be a part of this team and and 0:07:06.640 --> 0:07:10.600 just to see how much we're growing complimentary football. What 0:07:10.680 --> 0:07:14.160 do you think about the defense's efforts against Aaron Rodgers 0:07:14.160 --> 0:07:17.000 and company holding them down to ten points? But how 0:07:17.040 --> 0:07:21.480 about special teams? We could talk about them every week? Yeah, boys, 0:07:21.520 --> 0:07:25.360 those as those guys playing really hard. Um, and it 0:07:25.480 --> 0:07:27.600 was a really good to see, you know, all three 0:07:27.600 --> 0:07:30.280 phases kind of kind of working together. Um, you know, 0:07:30.360 --> 0:07:33.280 complimentary ball. Um. And they got out there, they got 0:07:33.320 --> 0:07:36.960 us a score, which is huge. Um. Boyer always puts 0:07:36.960 --> 0:07:39.280 a huge MS on specer teams, so the solid um, 0:07:39.360 --> 0:07:40.679 you know, just to try to get us a player, 0:07:40.800 --> 0:07:42.880 get us field position or make a big play. And 0:07:42.920 --> 0:07:45.880 they did and it was huge. T J reading Sauce Gardener, 0:07:45.920 --> 0:07:49.520 you lined up against them throughout training camp? How good 0:07:49.640 --> 0:07:52.520 is this? Tannem? The best? Yeah? It the best. I 0:07:52.520 --> 0:07:55.680 mean we've been saying that we as wide I was 0:07:55.720 --> 0:07:58.120 have to be on our on our stuff each and 0:07:58.160 --> 0:08:00.920 every week, you know, for training campany practice coming out here, 0:08:00.960 --> 0:08:03.720 because they're really good corners and they make us better 0:08:03.760 --> 0:08:05.480 each and every week, each and every day, and you know, 0:08:05.600 --> 0:08:08.000 vice versa. So man, it's real good to have those 0:08:08.080 --> 0:08:09.400 dudes on our team. They could be fired up on 0:08:09.400 --> 0:08:12.200 the sideline, wasn't What kind of challenges do they pose 0:08:12.280 --> 0:08:15.240 receivers out there? And you take it through each guy 0:08:15.280 --> 0:08:17.760 because they're totally different in terms of the way they attack. 0:08:17.840 --> 0:08:20.760 They are different. Sauce has really good recovery, he's very physical, 0:08:21.080 --> 0:08:23.800 UM and he's fast too. I feel like Sauce has 0:08:23.840 --> 0:08:26.920 a is just really well rounded UM as a corner, 0:08:27.560 --> 0:08:29.160 and you don't see that as a as a rookie 0:08:29.240 --> 0:08:32.640 coming in just a league ready corner like that, UM 0:08:32.720 --> 0:08:34.760 and he holds his own man. It's real good to see. 0:08:34.840 --> 0:08:38.679 He's always fired up, talking, talking trash, so it turns 0:08:38.679 --> 0:08:41.480 me up a little bit. DJ. DJ is a little 0:08:41.480 --> 0:08:45.800 more quiet, but um, he's always locked in, always on 0:08:45.880 --> 0:08:48.640 this stuff. Um, you know, he's not going to give 0:08:48.720 --> 0:08:53.960 a big play too often, you know. And like I said, 0:08:54.080 --> 0:08:57.880 he's always locked in. And he has great transition, great 0:08:57.920 --> 0:09:01.120 ball skills too. Son at the tandem is is the best. 0:09:01.160 --> 0:09:04.719 Like I said, do you have similarities and personality with 0:09:04.800 --> 0:09:09.320 DJ A little bit? Yeah? I mean he's quiet, Um, 0:09:09.120 --> 0:09:13.760 I'm super quiet. He's always locked dan. Um, yeah, I 0:09:13.760 --> 0:09:16.319 would say that's some similarities. A good dude though. Good people. Hey, 0:09:16.600 --> 0:09:19.480 let me ask you after the game, Elijah More, Uh 0:09:19.800 --> 0:09:23.080 want to the social media obviously it's hearts in the 0:09:23.240 --> 0:09:26.800 right place. He wants to contribute. How can you help him? 0:09:26.880 --> 0:09:31.240 I guess uh, because you've seen things and abbs and 0:09:31.240 --> 0:09:34.079 flows in the National Football League and you know where 0:09:34.160 --> 0:09:37.400 young guys just like, hey times I'm open. I just 0:09:37.480 --> 0:09:40.280 want to be part of this too. Um, you know, 0:09:40.559 --> 0:09:42.600 but what goes through your mind when you see it? 0:09:42.640 --> 0:09:45.560 And also can you talk to folks about how you 0:09:45.559 --> 0:09:47.800 guys feel in the room about Elijah because I think 0:09:47.800 --> 0:09:50.120 that he's so well liked in the room. Yeah, I 0:09:50.120 --> 0:09:51.960 mean I get it. He just wants to help him 0:09:51.960 --> 0:09:54.000 be a part of the the team, you know, be 0:09:54.040 --> 0:09:56.280 a part of what we're doing here and what we're 0:09:56.679 --> 0:10:00.560 we're accomplishing. Um. So so I get it. But he's 0:10:00.600 --> 0:10:02.480 a great dude. We love him in a room. We 0:10:02.520 --> 0:10:05.000 love him on this team. In his locker room. He 0:10:05.200 --> 0:10:07.920 is a selfless guy. He's far from selfish, like he 0:10:08.600 --> 0:10:11.160 always looking out for other people. We're always talking, always 0:10:11.280 --> 0:10:13.760 always in each other's ear, just you know, trying to 0:10:13.760 --> 0:10:16.040 stay locked in and stay positive, you know, throughout these 0:10:16.080 --> 0:10:19.200 days because you know they can they can get long. Um. 0:10:19.240 --> 0:10:20.840 But he's real good dude man. We love him on 0:10:20.880 --> 0:10:23.320 his team. Yeah. One of the things that we talked 0:10:23.320 --> 0:10:25.160 about in the locker room last week when I came 0:10:25.240 --> 0:10:28.880 up to you, the Jets that entered Week six is 0:10:28.880 --> 0:10:32.679 the only team in the NFL with four receivers with 0:10:32.760 --> 0:10:36.400 more than two hundred yards. And with that being said, 0:10:36.480 --> 0:10:40.480 I think Cochland across two hundred yards that threshold on 0:10:40.520 --> 0:10:43.480 Sunday against the Packers. But you told me, hey, listen, 0:10:43.640 --> 0:10:47.079 this system sometimes it's gonna be different guys every week. Yeah, 0:10:47.160 --> 0:10:49.480 that's true. I mean we got a lot of playmakers, 0:10:49.480 --> 0:10:50.640 a lot of dudes who can do a lot with 0:10:50.679 --> 0:10:56.280 the ball. UM Breeze MC myself, E Garrett. You know, 0:10:56.280 --> 0:10:57.360 we got a lot of dudes who can do a 0:10:57.360 --> 0:11:00.840 lot with the ball. So I mean, I get it. 0:11:00.840 --> 0:11:03.480 It can't be frustrating at times, you know, because one 0:11:03.480 --> 0:11:05.880 week you might get one target, you might get zero, 0:11:05.880 --> 0:11:08.280 and the next week you might get eight or nine. Um. 0:11:08.600 --> 0:11:10.280 And you know, we always want to be that guy. 0:11:10.320 --> 0:11:13.440 We're competitives, competitors, and you know we want our number 0:11:13.440 --> 0:11:16.760 to be called all the time. But um, we got 0:11:16.760 --> 0:11:18.679 to understand that there's a lot of dudes who can 0:11:18.720 --> 0:11:20.760 do a lot with the ball in this offense. And 0:11:21.840 --> 0:11:24.320 as long as we're winning, Um, you know, I'm cool 0:11:24.320 --> 0:11:28.160 with it. How tough for those conditions Sunday in Green 0:11:28.200 --> 0:11:30.920 Bay because we're watching from afar we see the rain 0:11:31.040 --> 0:11:33.880 coming down. But in terms of the footing, it was 0:11:33.920 --> 0:11:37.400 a little tough. It was running about a quarter and 0:11:37.400 --> 0:11:40.199 a half UM. But it was a little slick out there, 0:11:40.840 --> 0:11:44.000 a little cold too. Probably it's our first little really 0:11:44.120 --> 0:11:47.600 cold game this year. It wasn't too bad, but football 0:11:47.600 --> 0:11:50.600 weather until we call it so good out there, though 0:11:50.880 --> 0:11:54.440 too bad. You played college in the Midwest. You like 0:11:54.559 --> 0:11:57.240 playing in a venue like that, I do. I like 0:11:57.320 --> 0:11:59.080 playing the cold. It kind of makes you lock in 0:11:59.080 --> 0:12:02.160 a little bit more. Um, dudes don't want to hit 0:12:02.160 --> 0:12:06.679 in the cold either. So yeah, uh, what do you 0:12:06.679 --> 0:12:11.560 think about Zack? Three games in three wins. It's really 0:12:11.559 --> 0:12:14.840 excelled in the fourth quarter. Um, from your vantage point, 0:12:14.920 --> 0:12:21.520 what do you see? Yeah, he's poised, he's confident, he's no, 0:12:21.640 --> 0:12:24.600 he's he's not panicking and that's really good to see, 0:12:24.679 --> 0:12:26.600 especially when you know the way that these games have 0:12:26.640 --> 0:12:28.959 been going. He stayed locked in, stay poison. He stayed 0:12:28.960 --> 0:12:31.160 the same Zack, which is is good to see in 0:12:31.160 --> 0:12:34.200 his second year. He's coming into a sof man and 0:12:34.200 --> 0:12:35.839 he's got a lot of confidence and he's running a 0:12:35.840 --> 0:12:39.840 good operation. Yeah, good to see Corey. Y're two for 0:12:39.920 --> 0:12:44.720 you here. How different does it feel as you approach 0:12:45.120 --> 0:12:50.360 week seven? Not just the winning, but the overall comfortability. Yeah, 0:12:50.400 --> 0:12:52.240 I mean it's huge. Um, you know, we're starting to 0:12:52.240 --> 0:12:55.320 get into the thick of the season. Um, so recovery 0:12:55.400 --> 0:12:56.839 has to be heightened. A lot of things has to 0:12:57.120 --> 0:12:59.319 has to kind of go up because we're at the 0:12:59.320 --> 0:13:02.160 point of season or you know, it's easy to slack off. 0:13:02.280 --> 0:13:03.600 You know, you kind of getting your routine. Is just 0:13:03.640 --> 0:13:06.640 easy to slack off and just say hey, okay, uh 0:13:06.640 --> 0:13:08.599 to certain things and just not do it. But like 0:13:08.640 --> 0:13:09.880 I said, we're in the thick of the season to 0:13:09.880 --> 0:13:12.320 where you gotta stay locked in and probably even do 0:13:12.400 --> 0:13:15.560 more so um than what we've been doing. You started 0:13:15.600 --> 0:13:18.440 off hot last season, but then you got banged up 0:13:18.600 --> 0:13:22.000 maybe around that midway point. What did you do as 0:13:22.040 --> 0:13:26.199 far as this offseason that might have been a little 0:13:26.200 --> 0:13:28.600 bit different from your approach in the past. Yeah, I 0:13:28.600 --> 0:13:30.760 mean I'm always working on my body and trying to 0:13:30.800 --> 0:13:32.599 do as much as I can, you know, because this 0:13:32.720 --> 0:13:36.240 league understand how hard it is to stay healthy. Um. 0:13:36.280 --> 0:13:38.160 You know, endurability is one of the most important things. 0:13:38.240 --> 0:13:39.959 So I just want to stay on the field, play 0:13:39.960 --> 0:13:42.160 every game, and so I've been trying to take care 0:13:42.160 --> 0:13:44.360 of my body best I could be consciant of what 0:13:44.360 --> 0:13:47.160 I'm pinning in it, um, and you know, just stay 0:13:47.200 --> 0:13:49.080 on top of my recovery. But you changed a little 0:13:49.080 --> 0:13:52.200 bit in terms of either a weight or speed. I 0:13:52.240 --> 0:13:54.440 know you did something. Yeah, my weight dropped a little 0:13:54.440 --> 0:13:56.920 bit when I came into camp. Um. You know that 0:13:57.000 --> 0:13:58.520 was something that I kind of wanted to do. Get 0:13:58.520 --> 0:14:01.160 my weight down and get my plane weight down. Um, 0:14:01.559 --> 0:14:03.679 and I felt good, feel great. You know this stuff 0:14:03.720 --> 0:14:05.360 has been really good with me, really patient with me, 0:14:05.440 --> 0:14:07.800 and you know, trying to find that right playing weight 0:14:08.160 --> 0:14:10.480 um and I think we found it. Bring this up 0:14:11.280 --> 0:14:15.920 multiple times with you. But the run blocking aspect, what's 0:14:15.920 --> 0:14:19.080 the mentality for you when you know, hey, listen, maybe 0:14:19.080 --> 0:14:21.400 Breecee is gonna get the ball or mc is gonna 0:14:21.440 --> 0:14:24.640 get the ball, and I know I'm gonna be asked 0:14:24.640 --> 0:14:28.120 to take care of business and outside. I mean, I'm 0:14:28.160 --> 0:14:29.720 not gonna lie. I like blocking every now and then, 0:14:30.000 --> 0:14:32.640 Um it's our chance to kind of go in there 0:14:32.640 --> 0:14:37.320 and tee off. But blocking really comes down to wills 0:14:37.360 --> 0:14:40.640 and want to you know, and and and really giving 0:14:40.680 --> 0:14:42.560 it up for your brothers. Like I said, we've got 0:14:42.600 --> 0:14:43.680 a lot of dudes who can do a lot with 0:14:43.680 --> 0:14:47.520 the ball, bree mc um. So if I could take 0:14:47.520 --> 0:14:49.040 a hit off those guys, free m up, I'm gonna 0:14:49.080 --> 0:14:52.440 do it every time. Uh. Speaking of brothers, when you 0:14:52.520 --> 0:14:56.240 walk into one Jets Drive, this is a place where 0:14:56.720 --> 0:15:02.240 your older brother Titus lined up and he came here 0:15:02.400 --> 0:15:05.520 and spent a part of his career here. What close 0:15:05.600 --> 0:15:09.840 through your mind? Yeah, I mean, I'm not gonna lie, 0:15:09.880 --> 0:15:14.000 it's Um. I think about Bro every day, especially coming 0:15:14.000 --> 0:15:16.840 in this building knowing that you know, this is the 0:15:16.920 --> 0:15:21.400 last place that he played. Um, you know, it definitely 0:15:21.400 --> 0:15:28.560 means something to me. Um. You know, my brother was 0:15:28.720 --> 0:15:32.360 was my best friend. We talked every day. We bonded 0:15:32.360 --> 0:15:34.120 over football, you know, that was our thing I played. 0:15:34.120 --> 0:15:38.560 I started playing because he started playing. Um. But man, 0:15:39.200 --> 0:15:40.840 for some reason, I just feel like he's with me 0:15:40.880 --> 0:15:43.040 when I'm here. Um. And there's a reason for me 0:15:43.080 --> 0:15:45.560 being here. There's a reason for everyone being here. You know. 0:15:45.600 --> 0:15:51.200 I don't believe in coincidence. Um, but man, I know 0:15:51.280 --> 0:15:53.760 I'm here for a reason. So what was he like 0:15:53.840 --> 0:15:58.680 as a person? He was He joked too much, like 0:15:59.680 --> 0:16:03.360 he is an outgoing man. He was, like I said, 0:16:03.440 --> 0:16:06.040 jokes all the time. Did not know when to stop, 0:16:06.080 --> 0:16:08.880 even when it was way past like okay, like time 0:16:08.960 --> 0:16:13.600 to stop joking up. We did it, um, super playful man, 0:16:14.240 --> 0:16:18.080 huge heart. You two little boys, well, he loved to death. 0:16:18.920 --> 0:16:24.720 Um with a big heart. Man. We love people. Super 0:16:24.720 --> 0:16:28.720 respectful and he's a great player, a great balling. Yeah, 0:16:28.760 --> 0:16:30.880 the scrab was a baller. He's a great baller. Man. 0:16:30.920 --> 0:16:33.480 I learned everything from him. I mean we we kind 0:16:33.480 --> 0:16:35.840 of play similar. Um, Like I said, I learned everything 0:16:35.840 --> 0:16:39.080 from him and um he played a Central Michigan and 0:16:39.080 --> 0:16:40.560 he was there with Conklin for a little bit. So 0:16:40.640 --> 0:16:43.200 Conklin's always held me like you guys really played like 0:16:43.280 --> 0:16:45.320 just to like like the exact same and I'm like, 0:16:45.360 --> 0:16:47.960 man like, that's who. I learned everything from Ben watching 0:16:48.000 --> 0:16:49.160 them ever since I was a little kid, and I 0:16:49.160 --> 0:16:52.040 still watched him to this day. He's a great player. Man. 0:16:52.160 --> 0:16:55.120 He's like two and just short of the metal, but 0:16:55.120 --> 0:16:58.400 he's a little bit more, you know, stocky, and you 0:16:58.440 --> 0:17:00.880 can do a lot with the ball man. I missed 0:17:00.880 --> 0:17:04.760 Bro for sure. How cool is that when Tyler comes 0:17:04.880 --> 0:17:08.679 up to you and talks about his remembrances and his 0:17:08.800 --> 0:17:13.080 experiences with your bron It's it's super cool. Um. You know, 0:17:13.320 --> 0:17:15.160 I'd like to go talk to Konga just to hear 0:17:15.200 --> 0:17:18.080 stories about, you know, when when my brother was there 0:17:18.119 --> 0:17:20.159 with him, and he was there for a year with him, 0:17:20.200 --> 0:17:23.159 so he doesn't know too much, but he knew a 0:17:23.200 --> 0:17:25.439 little bit about my brother, and no any chance I 0:17:25.480 --> 0:17:28.159 get to just ask him about telling me a story whatever. 0:17:28.200 --> 0:17:31.520 I always ask how ours young boys doing? They're great, man. 0:17:31.680 --> 0:17:35.040 They're in Florida right now, live in life, playing ball 0:17:35.200 --> 0:17:42.560 like six and four. Believe now it could be way off. Man. 0:17:42.640 --> 0:17:45.720 They're they're getting big. Man. They're looking just like him, 0:17:46.200 --> 0:17:48.320 looked just like his mother as well, their mother as well. 0:17:50.520 --> 0:17:53.520 Down the line was uncle Corey gonna tell I'm gonna 0:17:53.520 --> 0:17:56.480 tell him a lot everything about their pops, man, everything. 0:17:57.840 --> 0:17:59.880 I can't wait to, uh, you know, when they get older, 0:17:59.880 --> 0:18:01.480 I tell them all the stories about him and how 0:18:01.600 --> 0:18:04.600 how great of a Manny was. Um. Can you talk 0:18:04.640 --> 0:18:08.199 about fatherhood and your daughter and how old she is 0:18:08.240 --> 0:18:10.679 now and her name and and and what it's like 0:18:10.800 --> 0:18:13.080 for you when you when you're able to leave here 0:18:13.119 --> 0:18:15.320 and spend some time with her. Yeah, man, little xavy 0:18:15.480 --> 0:18:18.280 little as she's about to be two in December nine, 0:18:19.200 --> 0:18:21.600 had a couple of months. Um, but she she already 0:18:21.680 --> 0:18:26.760 hit the terrible twos. She's turned up all the time. Um, 0:18:26.800 --> 0:18:31.240 but man, I love being a father. Uh, just the 0:18:31.280 --> 0:18:34.040 perspective I have, you know, ever since she was born 0:18:34.080 --> 0:18:40.160 as totally shifted. Um, you know, going home, um, where 0:18:40.200 --> 0:18:42.520 I have a good day bad day, great game, bad game. 0:18:42.800 --> 0:18:46.200 She does not care. She's gonna love her daddy regardless 0:18:46.520 --> 0:18:49.080 of what those stats look like. And um, you know, 0:18:49.119 --> 0:18:51.520 I gotta make a conscience ever to just kind of 0:18:51.600 --> 0:18:54.439 check myself at the door, you know. Um or if 0:18:54.480 --> 0:18:55.920 it's a good game or a bad game. I can't 0:18:55.960 --> 0:18:59.040 dwell on that because she wants her dad. And man, 0:18:59.040 --> 0:19:01.560 it's a it's a great feeling though. I love my 0:19:01.600 --> 0:19:03.800 wife and she does a great job, you know with 0:19:03.800 --> 0:19:06.520 my little girl. Um, and we love we love being 0:19:06.520 --> 0:19:09.120 her parents. How unique is they're having a little girl 0:19:09.240 --> 0:19:14.880 because I'm a father and my daughter. At first, when 0:19:14.880 --> 0:19:16.440 I found out I was having a girl, I would 0:19:16.480 --> 0:19:20.560 never It was like I don't know how I'm gonna 0:19:20.560 --> 0:19:22.920 be in and I don't know how I'm going to relate. 0:19:23.280 --> 0:19:27.560 And then now she's growing, it's like I can never 0:19:27.640 --> 0:19:30.640 imagine not having one. That's exactly how it is. Man. 0:19:30.800 --> 0:19:32.440 Now that they're older, is like, man, what was life 0:19:32.480 --> 0:19:35.359 like before? Yeah? But man, I love her to death. 0:19:35.640 --> 0:19:39.240 Yeah that's awesome. Okay, So we're taping the pod here 0:19:39.280 --> 0:19:44.000 on the Monday. Will you watch Lebroncos tonight because you're 0:19:44.000 --> 0:19:47.399 getting them on a short week coming up you can 0:19:47.480 --> 0:19:51.880 watch them be locked in taking notes and all ain't 0:19:51.880 --> 0:19:53.840 good notes. But i'n'ta be locked in. Yeah, it should 0:19:53.840 --> 0:19:55.760 be a good game. Do you typically watch one day 0:19:55.800 --> 0:19:58.679 night football no matter who? Okay, yeah, yeah that's all 0:19:59.080 --> 0:20:00.760 that's me and WFE these times, just to you know, 0:20:00.840 --> 0:20:04.600 on wine and Weston Bowl. Okay, cool? And then going out, 0:20:04.920 --> 0:20:08.840 do you have any do you have any traditions or 0:20:08.920 --> 0:20:15.080 routines in terms of road going out to the Mountain West. Yeah, 0:20:15.080 --> 0:20:17.760 I mean it's definitely different going out, especially playing at 0:20:17.760 --> 0:20:23.000 Denver play the last four years, so I know a 0:20:23.040 --> 0:20:25.840