1 00:00:02,080 --> 00:00:04,480 Speaker 1: What's up, everybody, and welcome to the latest edition of 2 00:00:04,519 --> 00:00:08,680 Speaker 1: the Falcons in Focus podcast presented by Ticketmaster. I'm Scott Behar, 3 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:13,320 Speaker 1: that's Tory Macklanning. Gentlemen in the middle, QB one Desmond 4 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:15,560 Speaker 1: Ridder for the Atlanta Falcons. Desmond, thank you so much 5 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:20,040 Speaker 1: for joining up. Before we get to anything that's modern 6 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:23,160 Speaker 1: day or present tense, we Tory did find a great 7 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:24,840 Speaker 1: story that we have to go back with to take 8 00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:27,360 Speaker 1: you back to Churchill Downs. 9 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:28,240 Speaker 2: Mm hmm right. 10 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:32,360 Speaker 1: This is maybe five six years ago, junior in high. 11 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:35,920 Speaker 3: School on Oaks Day, I believe, which for those don't 12 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:38,040 Speaker 3: that don't know what this is, this Oaks Day is 13 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:43,159 Speaker 3: apparently like a freaking big holiday in Louis Kentucky and 14 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:46,960 Speaker 3: your hometown, and it's the day before the Kentucky Derby, 15 00:00:47,159 --> 00:00:51,199 Speaker 3: Is that correct? Now? I know the story because I 16 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:54,040 Speaker 3: saw it in Patford did this really great story on 17 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:57,160 Speaker 3: you and Sports Illustrated when you were kind of going 18 00:00:57,200 --> 00:01:00,240 Speaker 3: through the pre draft process. I definitely recommend people go 19 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:03,760 Speaker 3: read it. But he tells the story and it's one 20 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:05,959 Speaker 3: of my favorite stories that has ever come out about 21 00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:10,760 Speaker 3: a person that we've interviewed on this podcast. Please take 22 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:12,760 Speaker 3: us back to five or six years ago. You're at 23 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:16,400 Speaker 3: Churchill Downs on Oaks Day, supposed to be partying it up, 24 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:19,680 Speaker 3: but instead you get a phone call drop us into history. 25 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:21,880 Speaker 2: It goes, yeah, it goes even a little bit before 26 00:01:21,959 --> 00:01:25,080 Speaker 2: Oaks Day. So you know in college, when you're again recruited, 27 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:27,720 Speaker 2: they the coaches will come down and watch you throw. 28 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:31,160 Speaker 2: So at the time, one of the wide receiver coaches 29 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:34,320 Speaker 2: from Cincinnati came and watched me throw. You know, had 30 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:36,360 Speaker 2: a pretty good throwing session. And then, you know, I 31 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:38,840 Speaker 2: get back to school or whatever it was, and I 32 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:40,280 Speaker 2: get a call and they're like, hey, we want to 33 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:43,560 Speaker 2: come back down in about two weeks. You know, we'll 34 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:45,440 Speaker 2: let you know when I want to bring the offense 35 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:47,760 Speaker 2: coordinator Zach Taylor down and we'll come watch your throats. 36 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:50,520 Speaker 2: I'm like okay. So the week of you know, my 37 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:52,720 Speaker 2: my coach meets me in the lunch room and he's like, hey, 38 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:55,400 Speaker 2: does they they want you to throw on Friday morning? 39 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:57,600 Speaker 2: And I looked at my coach because we all know 40 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:01,280 Speaker 2: what Friday morning. I'm my coach, it's Oaks. He's like yeah, 41 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 2: I know. He's like he's like get your guys, like 42 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:05,400 Speaker 2: it'll be good. I'm like, all right, like this is 43 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:07,880 Speaker 2: probably you know, where my leadership role kind of starts in. 44 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 2: So I'm like, guys, I'm like, look, I need you guys. 45 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 2: Friday morning. You know, we'll be out there. We'll get 46 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 2: out there seven o'clock, start throwing, seven thirty, will be 47 00:02:15,919 --> 00:02:18,639 Speaker 2: done by eight o'clock, eight fifteen, go home, get dressed, 48 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 2: get some food, will be good to go. So Friday 49 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:23,960 Speaker 2: morning comes around, we get out there, we have a 50 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:27,960 Speaker 2: great workout, guys are good, go home, get dressed and everything. 51 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:31,360 Speaker 2: Everyone gets some food, and then we get to Churchill 52 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:34,120 Speaker 2: Downs and you know, I'm still thinking kind of you know, 53 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:36,679 Speaker 2: I'm almost kind of done thinking about the throwing. You know, 54 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:38,960 Speaker 2: I knew I had a good throwing session everything, So 55 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:41,520 Speaker 2: let's go have some fun. Let's go watch these ponies race. 56 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:44,680 Speaker 2: And you know, midway through is probably about one o'clock 57 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:47,680 Speaker 2: during the day, I get a phone call from a 58 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:50,720 Speaker 2: Cincinnati number and it was him, and it was Coach Tubberville. 59 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:53,560 Speaker 2: Mind you, I'm in the middle of Churchill Downs in 60 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:55,519 Speaker 2: the infield. I don't know how many people have been there, 61 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:58,679 Speaker 2: but it's chaos, it's wild, it's loud. 62 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:01,440 Speaker 3: There's people on this day, particularly right. 63 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, and on Friday, because in Louisville, actually most of it, 64 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:07,320 Speaker 2: I would say about ninety ninety five percent of the 65 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:12,519 Speaker 2: schools have off. Yeah, from kindergarten through high school were yeah, 66 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 2: full holiday, so everyone's got that Friday off. So that's 67 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:18,200 Speaker 2: where all the kids are at. So you think of 68 00:03:18,919 --> 00:03:21,359 Speaker 2: thousands of thousands of high school kids just in the 69 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:24,440 Speaker 2: middle of Churchill Downs. That's where I was at. And 70 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:27,120 Speaker 2: so I get the phone call and I look around. 71 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:29,160 Speaker 2: Obviously I didn't have any money back then, so I 72 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:32,079 Speaker 2: had the cheapest ticket, just general mission. I had nowhere 73 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 2: to go. I'm looking, I'm looking at I can't hear 74 00:03:34,639 --> 00:03:37,560 Speaker 2: a thing. It's like, coach, give me a second. Take 75 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:40,360 Speaker 2: off to the nearest porta potty. That was. That was 76 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 2: the most indoor thing that I could find where I 77 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:45,640 Speaker 2: could be isolated by myself and be able to hear. 78 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:48,760 Speaker 2: So I took my buddy, Me and my buddy went. 79 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:51,600 Speaker 2: My buddies stood right outside the port of potty waited 80 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 2: for me, and I opened the door with just like 81 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:56,839 Speaker 2: the biggest smile on my face. He's like, was that it? 82 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:59,280 Speaker 2: I was like, Yeah, that was it? And then when 83 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:00,920 Speaker 2: you all just sell great of the rest of the 84 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:04,600 Speaker 2: day and obviously made it obviously a memorable moment for me, 85 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:06,120 Speaker 2: but it was huge. 86 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:09,440 Speaker 3: That's the funniest thing. That's one of my favorite stories. 87 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:11,280 Speaker 1: Did coach Tarboville know where you were? 88 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:12,160 Speaker 3: Did you tell him? 89 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:14,240 Speaker 2: Yeah? So they they knew, they knew where I was 90 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:16,400 Speaker 2: at because I mean I told him, like, I mean, 91 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:18,480 Speaker 2: they knew we were coming there on Friday morning there 92 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:20,680 Speaker 2: was no school. They was like as soon as they 93 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:22,320 Speaker 2: were done, there was like, oh, you guys, go have fun, 94 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:24,680 Speaker 2: Like you know, we know what today is, go have fun. 95 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:28,240 Speaker 2: So yeah, they knew, they knew what it was obviously, Uh, 96 00:04:28,279 --> 00:04:29,839 Speaker 2: you know, the call is bigger than some things. 97 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:35,000 Speaker 1: So the offensive coordinator that worked you out, Zach Taylor, 98 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:38,240 Speaker 1: is now head coach with the Cincinnati Bengals institution over there. 99 00:04:38,279 --> 00:04:41,000 Speaker 1: Now you didn't get a chance to work with him, 100 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:43,480 Speaker 1: But do you still keep in any sort of contact 101 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:45,400 Speaker 1: with him? Now you both in the NFL and you 102 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:47,000 Speaker 1: were kind of starring in Cincinnati. 103 00:04:47,279 --> 00:04:49,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, there was obviously, you know, contact throughout the throughout 104 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:51,880 Speaker 2: the whole you know, kind of just my career that 105 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:54,080 Speaker 2: it's kind of been. You know, Coach Taylor, like I said, 106 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:56,279 Speaker 2: you recruited me there, you know, got to know my 107 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:59,599 Speaker 2: family really well. You know, took me on multiple visits 108 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:02,080 Speaker 2: to Cincinna. So that was the guy who I thought 109 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:03,279 Speaker 2: I was going to play for, the guy that I 110 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:05,839 Speaker 2: thought I was going to learn under. And then obviously, 111 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:08,240 Speaker 2: you know, the coaching change happened and he went elsewhere. 112 00:05:08,279 --> 00:05:09,560 Speaker 2: I think he went to the Rams as a wide 113 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:12,400 Speaker 2: receiver coach. But even then we still kept in connection. 114 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:14,480 Speaker 2: You know, he's let me no good game on watching 115 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:17,039 Speaker 2: you this, that and the third and so you know, 116 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:19,800 Speaker 2: our connection just kind of stayed there. And then obviously, 117 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:21,680 Speaker 2: you know, he played him last year, talked to him 118 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 2: after the game, and you know, it's just been wild 119 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:27,719 Speaker 2: to kind of see how obviously being at Cincinnati and 120 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:30,000 Speaker 2: then you know he's at the Rams for a little 121 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:31,440 Speaker 2: bit and then you see gets a head coach job 122 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 2: at Cincinnati. It was just kind of, you know, a 123 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:34,120 Speaker 2: full circle. 124 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 3: I think that's so cool. And so I read something 125 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:39,160 Speaker 3: that you you didn't really take a lot of time 126 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:42,200 Speaker 3: to like deliberate that you were gonna go to Cincinnati. 127 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:44,520 Speaker 3: I think it was a quote saying something like I'm 128 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:47,320 Speaker 3: not going to draw this process out, but in the 129 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:49,760 Speaker 3: middle of that. You know, there is that coaching change, 130 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:52,600 Speaker 3: and so how long from the time that you were 131 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:54,800 Speaker 3: in that porta potty and you get the offer, so 132 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:58,240 Speaker 3: you actually like making a full on decision. How long 133 00:05:58,400 --> 00:05:58,600 Speaker 3: was that? 134 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:02,080 Speaker 2: I mean what it's always first week of May. Ye, 135 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:04,560 Speaker 2: so you know, going to that off season. In my 136 00:06:04,640 --> 00:06:08,240 Speaker 2: junior year, I broke my foot in December playing basketball, 137 00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:10,719 Speaker 2: so I was recovering from that, and so you know, 138 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:13,560 Speaker 2: those throwing sessions right there around Derby time, around this 139 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:16,240 Speaker 2: time was kind of like my first kind of getting 140 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:19,159 Speaker 2: back into throwing, getting back into going. And you know, 141 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:21,800 Speaker 2: I'm here from you know, multiple different schools that they're 142 00:06:21,839 --> 00:06:24,280 Speaker 2: gonna offer me, you know, this and that and the third. 143 00:06:24,320 --> 00:06:26,839 Speaker 2: So I'm just waiting. I'm waiting. I'm waiting and none 144 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:28,359 Speaker 2: of those schools that offered me, and when they said they 145 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:30,600 Speaker 2: were gonna offer me two weeks ago and haven't got anything. 146 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:33,200 Speaker 2: So you know, I know the process is just getting 147 00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:34,960 Speaker 2: drawn out. But you still have a whole senior year 148 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:37,960 Speaker 2: and stuff. But I got that, I got that Cincinnati offer, 149 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:42,400 Speaker 2: and you know, shortly after that Cincinnati, I got EKU. 150 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:44,320 Speaker 2: But I sat down with my high school coaching and 151 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:46,000 Speaker 2: he said, you know, look, you know, at the end 152 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:47,880 Speaker 2: of the day, you know, you gave us your goals. 153 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:50,560 Speaker 2: You wanted to go play Division one football, You want 154 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:52,080 Speaker 2: to go play at a high level. You obviously want 155 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:54,000 Speaker 2: to go to the next level and to the NFL. 156 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:56,640 Speaker 2: And so once I got you know, Cincinnati, and we 157 00:06:56,640 --> 00:06:59,240 Speaker 2: looked at it, took a visit, and you know, obviously 158 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:01,160 Speaker 2: had driven up there an hour and a half away 159 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:04,040 Speaker 2: from home, so I'm you know, kind of familiar with 160 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:07,159 Speaker 2: the area. You know, we looked at it and said, hey, 161 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:09,000 Speaker 2: you know, this is a place where you know, I 162 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:12,560 Speaker 2: could see myself playing. And you know, I'll forever be 163 00:07:12,640 --> 00:07:16,040 Speaker 2: thankful to my high school coach, coach Dave Nurnberg, who 164 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:17,760 Speaker 2: kind of helped me with that process and helped me 165 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:18,480 Speaker 2: with that decision. 166 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:22,960 Speaker 1: And one of my favorite stats of yours is forty 167 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:26,520 Speaker 1: four and six, right, because that kind of says everything 168 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:29,600 Speaker 1: about the legacy that you left with the Bearcats. 169 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:29,840 Speaker 2: Right. 170 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:32,880 Speaker 1: But let's go back to one and oh, which was 171 00:07:33,040 --> 00:07:36,400 Speaker 1: at the Rose Bowl. Small aside. I went to UCLA 172 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:40,360 Speaker 1: and when Drake was in your seat, he mentioned all 173 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 1: these times that he kicked UCLA's butt, right, And now 174 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:46,160 Speaker 1: I'm going to open myself up for another humiliation because 175 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:50,040 Speaker 1: one and oh two humiliations. 176 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:51,880 Speaker 2: You're right, thank you. Yeah, it came back to nipper 177 00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:55,040 Speaker 2: the next year. You got that work, appreciate that. 178 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:59,320 Speaker 1: Oh it never ends, okay, so drive it further. Right, 179 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:03,480 Speaker 1: So you're at the Rose Bowl for your first game 180 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:07,040 Speaker 1: against I mean Uchile was what it was back then, 181 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:09,720 Speaker 1: but still like that's a huge moment. Ninety thousand people, 182 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:12,680 Speaker 1: the whole thing, and you come out of that one 183 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:15,520 Speaker 1: with the win, Like, what was that? What did that 184 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:17,280 Speaker 1: mean to you? If you look at the forty four 185 00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:18,600 Speaker 1: and six right, like, what did want? 186 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:21,640 Speaker 2: And oh mean there, oh it was huge. I want 187 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:24,000 Speaker 2: to let's come down on the ninety thousand. It might 188 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:28,120 Speaker 2: have been about fifteen they were, they were in school. Yeah, yeah, 189 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:29,080 Speaker 2: first the. 190 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:32,120 Speaker 3: Seas in school yet playoff, you know, but no, it 191 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:32,560 Speaker 3: was huge. 192 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:34,320 Speaker 2: You know, you know, come in you know, going to 193 00:08:34,360 --> 00:08:38,320 Speaker 2: Cincinnati and obviously you know Cincinnati at the time was 194 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:41,600 Speaker 2: you know, a smaller school and everything you hear about 195 00:08:41,679 --> 00:08:43,640 Speaker 2: U c LA, you hear about the Pac twelve and 196 00:08:43,800 --> 00:08:45,920 Speaker 2: all these big time schools, and for us, we were 197 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 2: coming off the four and eighth season and so not 198 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:51,520 Speaker 2: really knowing what the what the the next year was 199 00:08:51,559 --> 00:08:54,120 Speaker 2: going to look like you know, it was obviously, you know, 200 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:57,200 Speaker 2: that's a scary feeling not knowing what it's going to be. Obviously, 201 00:08:57,200 --> 00:08:58,680 Speaker 2: you know what I wanted to do and what I 202 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:01,120 Speaker 2: wanted to be. So when we went out there, you know, 203 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:03,640 Speaker 2: obviously that was my first time going west at the Mississippi. 204 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:05,720 Speaker 2: So when I got off the plane, it was already like, 205 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:09,480 Speaker 2: I mean, I'm seeing mountains that are bigger than hills 206 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:11,720 Speaker 2: I've ever seen before. I mean, it was just a 207 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:13,680 Speaker 2: whole you know, it's kind of a culture shock to 208 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:15,319 Speaker 2: a lot of us because we've never even been out 209 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:17,839 Speaker 2: that way. We have one tight angel, sire de Guar 210 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:20,520 Speaker 2: who's with the Packers right now, who's from California. Other 211 00:09:20,559 --> 00:09:24,200 Speaker 2: than that, everyone's you know, Midwest and over. So going 212 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:27,319 Speaker 2: out there was fun. We obviously know that we wanted 213 00:09:27,320 --> 00:09:29,040 Speaker 2: to go out there and win. We didn't know, you know, 214 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 2: what the game was going to be like, you know, 215 00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:32,760 Speaker 2: how it was going to be played, and you know, 216 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:34,920 Speaker 2: for us, it was a ground and pound game. Just 217 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:36,720 Speaker 2: keep the ball moving, and that was something we were 218 00:09:36,760 --> 00:09:37,280 Speaker 2: able to do. 219 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:41,960 Speaker 3: Someone who I think has been very every everything that 220 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:45,559 Speaker 3: I read about you and doing preparation for this podcast. 221 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:50,360 Speaker 3: Coach Gino was someone who his quotes were the ones 222 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:52,280 Speaker 3: that I think I leaned on most. And coach Gino 223 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:55,160 Speaker 3: as your quarterbacks coach. He's now with Notre Dame. I 224 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:59,760 Speaker 3: believe what was y'all's relationship, Like what what kind of 225 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:03,319 Speaker 3: did y'all's relationship looked like even in the early days 226 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:05,559 Speaker 3: of if you getting to Cincinnati, Yeah. 227 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:07,480 Speaker 2: Cause you know, was like an older brother to me 228 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:10,480 Speaker 2: that like, uh you know, his older brother of like 229 00:10:10,640 --> 00:10:13,439 Speaker 2: fifteen years right, Yeah, and so you know there were 230 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:15,599 Speaker 2: times where you know he was joking and everything, and 231 00:10:16,240 --> 00:10:18,360 Speaker 2: you know brother brothers, and then there's times where you 232 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:20,520 Speaker 2: know he's snapping me into shape. And uh you know 233 00:10:20,559 --> 00:10:23,320 Speaker 2: obviously through everyone's caused timesers ups and downs, was good 234 00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:25,280 Speaker 2: and bad, but through all of it, you know, he 235 00:10:25,320 --> 00:10:27,640 Speaker 2: was there for me. And so you know he helped 236 00:10:27,679 --> 00:10:30,079 Speaker 2: me with everything, uh you know, on the field, off 237 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:32,600 Speaker 2: the field, whatever it made me be. Uh, you know, 238 00:10:32,640 --> 00:10:34,079 Speaker 2: he was kind of the guy that you know, I 239 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:37,160 Speaker 2: leaned on to talk to because uh, you know, obviously 240 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:40,200 Speaker 2: he played at Cincinnati, was one of the quarterback Cincinnati 241 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:44,360 Speaker 2: quarterback greats there and you know, so just being he 242 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:47,120 Speaker 2: was also from Kentucky, Northern Kentucky. So just having so 243 00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:51,000 Speaker 2: many similarities to each other and both being younger guys. 244 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:53,240 Speaker 2: You know, it kind of just helped us bond together. 245 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:55,520 Speaker 3: Now there was a video and then we can kind 246 00:10:55,520 --> 00:10:57,840 Speaker 3: of move on in your story, But there was a 247 00:10:57,920 --> 00:11:00,440 Speaker 3: video from when you made the announcement that you were 248 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:03,679 Speaker 3: coming back to Cincinnati for your last year. And I 249 00:11:03,720 --> 00:11:05,240 Speaker 3: don't know if this is real or not, but in 250 00:11:05,280 --> 00:11:08,800 Speaker 3: that video, it's like a text message between you and 251 00:11:08,920 --> 00:11:11,240 Speaker 3: like coach Gino, and it was you kind of saying 252 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:13,560 Speaker 3: like I want to come back and break your records, 253 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:15,400 Speaker 3: like I want to get us back to this, get 254 00:11:15,440 --> 00:11:17,839 Speaker 3: us another conference championship, all that kind of stuff. Was 255 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:18,200 Speaker 3: that real? 256 00:11:18,640 --> 00:11:21,559 Speaker 2: That was the real messages, really messages. 257 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:23,600 Speaker 3: Because I was watching it and I was like, wow, 258 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:26,280 Speaker 3: they really did like some cool like post production stuff. 259 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:27,800 Speaker 3: I wonder, so that's a really cool. 260 00:11:28,080 --> 00:11:30,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, that was that was before production. That was before 261 00:11:30,880 --> 00:11:33,480 Speaker 2: that was raw messages going back and forth between us, 262 00:11:33,520 --> 00:11:36,680 Speaker 2: and then obviously it turned into that. But yeah, no, 263 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:39,679 Speaker 2: you know, that's just the type of relationship I have obviously, uh, 264 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:41,320 Speaker 2: you know, knowing him. You go in there and you 265 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:43,920 Speaker 2: see he's on the ring, of honor. So, uh, you know, 266 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:46,319 Speaker 2: seeing that name, and that was the last quarterback name 267 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:48,679 Speaker 2: that's been put up there, so uh, seeing that and 268 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:50,840 Speaker 2: seeing him in the building every single day obviously just 269 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:53,480 Speaker 2: gave me the motivation to go be better than it 270 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:55,320 Speaker 2: made it easy. You know, it's kind of hard to 271 00:11:55,920 --> 00:11:58,360 Speaker 2: sometimes try to be better than someone that you've you know, 272 00:11:58,480 --> 00:12:01,280 Speaker 2: never seen, or don't even talk or you know, it's 273 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:02,880 Speaker 2: just a name on a wall, like, oh, I won't 274 00:12:02,960 --> 00:12:05,640 Speaker 2: be better than that guy. But when he's right there 275 00:12:05,679 --> 00:12:08,600 Speaker 2: with you and you're like, okay, I gotta, I gotta get. 276 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:10,720 Speaker 3: After it, right, Yeah, it's like you're pushing, like what 277 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:12,840 Speaker 3: you said your big brother, Yeah, yeah. 278 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:15,280 Speaker 1: And that that was a big year for you, right, 279 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:18,040 Speaker 1: your senior year. We obviously know what the Bearcats did 280 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:20,120 Speaker 1: over the you know, the college football playoff and stuff 281 00:12:20,160 --> 00:12:23,079 Speaker 1: like that was a big year personally as well. If 282 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:24,960 Speaker 1: I'm doing the math right, and my math is not 283 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:28,200 Speaker 1: always good. You had your daughter late in that same year, 284 00:12:28,559 --> 00:12:31,760 Speaker 1: right April, Yeah, and in April because her birthday is 285 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:39,559 Speaker 1: coming up on the tomorrow April about hours. So you're 286 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:45,360 Speaker 1: you're a college guy. You're heading steamrolling towards the NFL 287 00:12:45,480 --> 00:12:50,200 Speaker 1: Draft You've got a program that you've helped elevate, and 288 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:53,559 Speaker 1: now you got a little one like running around Like 289 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:56,240 Speaker 1: what was that experience like adding her to all of 290 00:12:56,240 --> 00:12:58,240 Speaker 1: this type of stuff. I mean so many positive things 291 00:12:58,280 --> 00:12:59,360 Speaker 1: happening at the same time for you. 292 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:01,720 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, I mean, you know, it was just hectic. 293 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:05,800 Speaker 2: I can't that's that's not all. That's about all you 294 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:09,040 Speaker 2: could put it. No, obviously, you know, as anyone who 295 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:11,120 Speaker 2: has a child and everyone knows, you know, they're they're 296 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:14,200 Speaker 2: your motivator, They're you know, what makes you wake up 297 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:16,200 Speaker 2: every single morning and go to work and do what 298 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:19,439 Speaker 2: you do. But no, you know, everything, you know, work 299 00:13:19,520 --> 00:13:22,240 Speaker 2: itself out. Obviously, have a great support sis with my wife, 300 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:24,640 Speaker 2: who was there for me throughout you know, college, when 301 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:27,559 Speaker 2: I'm going to school and then going to practice, she's there. 302 00:13:27,679 --> 00:13:30,520 Speaker 2: She's there with Layton, so and then obviously now you know, 303 00:13:30,559 --> 00:13:32,560 Speaker 2: the days are long and then the nights are long. 304 00:13:32,679 --> 00:13:35,560 Speaker 2: So you know, she did a great job of you know, 305 00:13:35,679 --> 00:13:37,760 Speaker 2: kind of let me focus on on what I needed 306 00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:40,360 Speaker 2: to do, and you know she kind of you know, 307 00:13:40,440 --> 00:13:42,840 Speaker 2: took her motherly role at that point. But uh no, 308 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:44,920 Speaker 2: you know, obviously I couldn't do it without her. Couldn't 309 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:47,440 Speaker 2: do it without my support system. So uh, but yeah, 310 00:13:47,520 --> 00:13:48,640 Speaker 2: it was a hectic time. 311 00:13:49,040 --> 00:13:51,120 Speaker 3: I joke all the time that Lighton's my favorite ridder. 312 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:56,880 Speaker 1: She's so you met Claire your wife now in high 313 00:13:56,920 --> 00:13:58,640 Speaker 1: school at a movie theater. 314 00:13:59,240 --> 00:14:00,839 Speaker 2: Oh dang, y'all did some good rear. 315 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:04,240 Speaker 1: We try to trying to dig around a bit. 316 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:09,160 Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, So freshman year, it was I think in 317 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:11,320 Speaker 2: high school obviously, you know, you go in as eighth 318 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:15,079 Speaker 2: graders and start summer workouts for your freshman football team. 319 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:17,319 Speaker 2: I had met a buddy and you know, a couple 320 00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:19,720 Speaker 2: of us, you know obviously throughout the summer get along, 321 00:14:19,920 --> 00:14:22,760 Speaker 2: have be friends. And he was like, let's go see 322 00:14:22,760 --> 00:14:25,520 Speaker 2: the movie. It was Insidious. Uh so scary movie. So 323 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:29,800 Speaker 2: it was my buddy, myself and maybe one or two 324 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:31,960 Speaker 2: other guys. And then he's like, hey, my friend's gonna 325 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:35,680 Speaker 2: meet us area. Like is that cool? Sure? Okay boom. 326 00:14:35,680 --> 00:14:37,920 Speaker 2: I opened the doors of the movie. She's sitting there. 327 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:45,120 Speaker 2: I'm like, okay, this is your friend, like and uh yeah, 328 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:48,720 Speaker 2: and uh, you know obviously introduced herself, you know, snax 329 00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:51,640 Speaker 2: for each other or whatever, and uh obviously didn't do 330 00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:54,640 Speaker 2: enough then because it wasn't about till two years later, 331 00:14:54,680 --> 00:14:57,120 Speaker 2: two and a half years later of when I finally 332 00:14:57,160 --> 00:15:01,520 Speaker 2: made my move to to ask you the question. So, yeah, here's. 333 00:15:01,240 --> 00:15:03,040 Speaker 3: The thing, the part of this that I feel like 334 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:05,880 Speaker 3: he's not telling you said, you're a freshman in Okay, 335 00:15:05,880 --> 00:15:08,440 Speaker 3: freshman in high school, you were like five nine, one 336 00:15:08,480 --> 00:15:12,240 Speaker 3: hundred and thirty pounds. Probably that's an excellent Two years 337 00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:15,080 Speaker 3: later you were like six four, one hundred and eighty five. 338 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:17,960 Speaker 2: Well, also, she claims it was hair. I don't know 339 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:19,480 Speaker 2: if you guys, I don't know if you guys have 340 00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:20,600 Speaker 2: ever seen the movie Holes. 341 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:22,760 Speaker 3: Yes, you like zero zero? 342 00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:25,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, so my hair I had, I had a big fro, 343 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:29,200 Speaker 2: and so she claims it was the hair. And then okay, 344 00:15:29,280 --> 00:15:32,920 Speaker 2: it was actually, you know, convenient enough. Sophomore year spring ball, 345 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:35,120 Speaker 2: I lost a bet and so I brought in the 346 00:15:35,120 --> 00:15:37,760 Speaker 2: clippers to practice in the locker room and shaved it 347 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:38,240 Speaker 2: all off. 348 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:41,160 Speaker 3: Uh, and here y'all are, and here we are now 349 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:42,440 Speaker 3: happily married. 350 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:45,120 Speaker 1: What a great decision that was. You really won that 351 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:49,240 Speaker 1: bet if you think about it, Oh, yeah, for sure. Absolutely. 352 00:15:49,480 --> 00:15:53,720 Speaker 3: Now I think we need to go even further back 353 00:15:53,840 --> 00:15:59,160 Speaker 3: because I have so many questions about you growing up, 354 00:15:59,360 --> 00:16:02,200 Speaker 3: and I was reading about you know, your mom had 355 00:16:02,240 --> 00:16:05,600 Speaker 3: you when she was fifteen, correct, and you lived early 356 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:09,360 Speaker 3: on with your mom and your grandma and I think 357 00:16:09,440 --> 00:16:12,240 Speaker 3: aunt and aunt and uncle and some cousins or something 358 00:16:12,320 --> 00:16:15,440 Speaker 3: like that. But the funny thing is is I saw 359 00:16:15,480 --> 00:16:17,840 Speaker 3: a quote where you were talking about how you and 360 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:20,680 Speaker 3: your cousins would would kind of y'all got a little 361 00:16:20,760 --> 00:16:25,200 Speaker 3: wild and rambunctious. And there was a back patio door 362 00:16:25,680 --> 00:16:31,480 Speaker 3: at your grandma's house that that poor glass door just 363 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:36,160 Speaker 3: got absolutely mangled over and over again. What would please 364 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:39,880 Speaker 3: tell the people how many times y'all broke that door? 365 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:42,560 Speaker 2: Oh so, if you guys think of like an old 366 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:46,040 Speaker 2: wood cherry door like French stores, I think is what 367 00:16:46,080 --> 00:16:48,720 Speaker 2: it's called. But they opened up and then on each 368 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:54,160 Speaker 2: door panel there's probably I don't know, six glass windows, yeah, 369 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:56,680 Speaker 2: on each side. So it's like twenty four windows on 370 00:16:56,720 --> 00:17:02,120 Speaker 2: each thing. And they were all obviously glass. And you know, 371 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:03,680 Speaker 2: by the time I was able to pick up a 372 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:06,919 Speaker 2: ball and everything, I think as of today, obviously you know, 373 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:09,560 Speaker 2: there were there are four more grandkids came through there. 374 00:17:10,240 --> 00:17:14,560 Speaker 2: I think there was maybe one remaining glass window. All 375 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:18,760 Speaker 2: the other ones were replaced by plexiglass. Yeah, my grandma 376 00:17:18,840 --> 00:17:21,520 Speaker 2: was tired of that. So uh yeah. See the next 377 00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:23,080 Speaker 2: thing that we did we had these costs that we 378 00:17:23,080 --> 00:17:25,560 Speaker 2: would lay on and these masks that folded up and 379 00:17:25,600 --> 00:17:27,400 Speaker 2: we would get the costs and then we would duct 380 00:17:27,440 --> 00:17:30,119 Speaker 2: tape them all the way to the door. And so 381 00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:33,920 Speaker 2: whether it was throwing a or doing like kickoffs, yeah, 382 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:35,160 Speaker 2: the door took some meetings. 383 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:39,760 Speaker 3: That's hilarious. I love that now when I think like 384 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:43,840 Speaker 3: your relationship with your mom is like really really cool relationship, 385 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:47,119 Speaker 3: because it is. I'm sure she had to go through 386 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:50,680 Speaker 3: a lot when you were really really young. I mean, 387 00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:55,040 Speaker 3: what was she to you? Not just in those you know, 388 00:17:55,119 --> 00:17:57,560 Speaker 3: those early kid days, but who is she to you 389 00:17:57,680 --> 00:17:58,320 Speaker 3: now as well? 390 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:01,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, I would think you know, early on, obviously you 391 00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:03,680 Speaker 2: know she she did everything. She was you know, going 392 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:06,280 Speaker 2: to school, she was, you know, working multiple jobs and everything. 393 00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:08,800 Speaker 2: So you know, I knew early on it wasn't just her. 394 00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:10,600 Speaker 2: You know, it was my grandma, it was my aunts 395 00:18:10,640 --> 00:18:12,920 Speaker 2: and my uncle's and you know that they was all 396 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:15,560 Speaker 2: there for me. So there was really helping her out. 397 00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:17,800 Speaker 2: But you know, like I always say, you know, we 398 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:20,760 Speaker 2: we grew together. You know, I watched her grow, I 399 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:23,560 Speaker 2: watched everything that she did watch how she went about life, 400 00:18:24,240 --> 00:18:26,280 Speaker 2: and you know that's what obviously being a father, now, 401 00:18:26,320 --> 00:18:27,520 Speaker 2: you know, I try to put you know, a lot 402 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:29,320 Speaker 2: of Laden's young, but I try to put a lot 403 00:18:29,320 --> 00:18:32,240 Speaker 2: of the same things on her too, where you know, 404 00:18:32,320 --> 00:18:34,040 Speaker 2: like I said, we grew together, so it was kind 405 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:35,919 Speaker 2: of like I was on my own together too, So 406 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:38,640 Speaker 2: I was I was like taking these things as they came, 407 00:18:38,680 --> 00:18:41,159 Speaker 2: and we're kind of learning with it, and you know, 408 00:18:41,160 --> 00:18:42,760 Speaker 2: that's kind of what I try to do with Laton now. 409 00:18:43,560 --> 00:18:46,560 Speaker 2: And then now you know, obviously she's she's been my support, 410 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:49,760 Speaker 2: my role model, like I said earlier, my support system, 411 00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:51,440 Speaker 2: you know, and my wife and my mom are one 412 00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:54,119 Speaker 2: or two right there, one A, one B. And so 413 00:18:54,280 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 2: you know that that's the person I go to, you know, 414 00:18:56,119 --> 00:18:58,760 Speaker 2: with any problem, is anything that I have more on 415 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:01,919 Speaker 2: the adult side of life obviously, But no, you know, 416 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:04,400 Speaker 2: it's kind of funny. The other day late and it 417 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:06,800 Speaker 2: had taken a fall in. It's kind of honestly, one 418 00:19:06,800 --> 00:19:08,879 Speaker 2: of the first times I've called her and been like, hey, mom, like, 419 00:19:09,680 --> 00:19:12,480 Speaker 2: what do we do? Yeah, on my own, I don't 420 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:15,600 Speaker 2: know what we do here, but no, so so it's 421 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:18,200 Speaker 2: it's pretty fun. Obviously, uh, you know, I love it 422 00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:20,520 Speaker 2: to death. So and you know, everything that is part 423 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:21,400 Speaker 2: of my wife as well. 424 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:24,679 Speaker 3: Yeah, and I'm curious to hear the answer to this, 425 00:19:24,720 --> 00:19:26,040 Speaker 3: because I feel like I know the answer to this. 426 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:27,840 Speaker 3: Who taught you how to throw football? 427 00:19:28,040 --> 00:19:31,879 Speaker 2: Yeah? That was my grandma. Yeah, so my uncle obviously 428 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:35,000 Speaker 2: played football, and so the pads and the helmets were 429 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:36,920 Speaker 2: in the house. I would see him down in his room, 430 00:19:37,040 --> 00:19:39,240 Speaker 2: I'd go, you know, put on some big old pads, 431 00:19:39,240 --> 00:19:42,760 Speaker 2: a big old helmet, and then you know around, you know, 432 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:45,000 Speaker 2: just throwing it back. But in the rooms, we just 433 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:47,560 Speaker 2: had the wallpaper and the border that went around the top, 434 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:50,800 Speaker 2: and my board. It was every single like sports singing 435 00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:53,760 Speaker 2: you could think of. So it's football, basketball, tennis, golf, 436 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:55,760 Speaker 2: it's all. So every time I went to bed, that's 437 00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:59,439 Speaker 2: what I looked up. It was was sports. And and 438 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:01,480 Speaker 2: then you know, one day, obviously I picked up the 439 00:20:01,480 --> 00:20:04,080 Speaker 2: football and we're out in the front yard and I'm 440 00:20:04,119 --> 00:20:06,080 Speaker 2: on this end, my uncle's on the other end, and 441 00:20:06,119 --> 00:20:08,000 Speaker 2: my grandma's sitting on the porch, and she was like, 442 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:09,600 Speaker 2: all right, I'm tired of looking at you. 443 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:13,160 Speaker 3: If you're gonna do it, you're gonna do it, right, Yeah, and. 444 00:20:13,119 --> 00:20:14,920 Speaker 2: You know, I think her dad helped her with that 445 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:17,679 Speaker 2: too up in Ohio. But yeah, so she's the one 446 00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:19,320 Speaker 2: who taught me, you know, how to you know, when 447 00:20:19,359 --> 00:20:21,560 Speaker 2: to take the laces with fingers they should be on, 448 00:20:21,640 --> 00:20:22,480 Speaker 2: and then how to throw it. 449 00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:24,280 Speaker 3: So yeah, that's cool. 450 00:20:24,320 --> 00:20:27,159 Speaker 1: I love that. Yeah, that's kind of like how the 451 00:20:28,119 --> 00:20:31,320 Speaker 1: very you know foundation started and you I do like 452 00:20:31,359 --> 00:20:33,359 Speaker 1: it no matter how many times the glass got broke 453 00:20:33,359 --> 00:20:35,480 Speaker 1: and it didn't stop you guys from playing football in 454 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:38,840 Speaker 1: my house like that, that was a matter of getting 455 00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:42,560 Speaker 1: it fixed and moving on. It's always interesting you look 456 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:46,119 Speaker 1: back and everybody's upbringing is unique. But it sounds like 457 00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:48,280 Speaker 1: not everything was easy all the time. But it doesn't 458 00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:50,320 Speaker 1: sound like you would trade any of it, right there. 459 00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:52,879 Speaker 1: Is all these things that we're talking about kind of 460 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:55,480 Speaker 1: is what made you who you are. 461 00:20:55,840 --> 00:20:57,399 Speaker 2: I think, you know, I think you could say that 462 00:20:57,440 --> 00:21:00,760 Speaker 2: for everyone. A lot of people, you know, have very 463 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:04,040 Speaker 2: few regrets or would change very few things about you know, 464 00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:08,600 Speaker 2: their past life or even yesterday whatever happened. But yeah, 465 00:21:08,640 --> 00:21:11,119 Speaker 2: that's that's who makes you you. That's what makes me me, 466 00:21:12,160 --> 00:21:13,880 Speaker 2: And you know, I wouldn't change it. I don't regret 467 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:17,439 Speaker 2: anything that you know, happen or have done. And you know, 468 00:21:17,480 --> 00:21:19,280 Speaker 2: I'm thankful for all those people in my life that 469 00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:21,080 Speaker 2: have helped me get to the point where I am today. 470 00:21:21,760 --> 00:21:24,880 Speaker 1: You know, it's it's weird because you when you were 471 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:28,680 Speaker 1: getting recruited to college, there weren't a ton of offers, right, 472 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:32,080 Speaker 1: but you committed early, like during your junior year, but 473 00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:34,520 Speaker 1: you didn't have tons of options. Wasn't like power fives 474 00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:36,920 Speaker 1: reigning down, right, And then you go through the draft 475 00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:40,879 Speaker 1: process and it goes later than probably most people expected, 476 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:44,680 Speaker 1: and so you think, like that's a motivator, but you 477 00:21:45,119 --> 00:21:47,639 Speaker 1: also seem to have a good perspective, like like like 478 00:21:47,680 --> 00:21:49,440 Speaker 1: you understand what I'm saying, Like it seems like you're 479 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:52,760 Speaker 1: you're fueled by some of these things, but at the 480 00:21:52,800 --> 00:21:56,600 Speaker 1: same time you kind of understand the big right, Yeah. 481 00:21:56,680 --> 00:21:58,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, you know it's obviously you know, there's a there's 482 00:21:58,880 --> 00:22:02,080 Speaker 2: an underdogmentarity, there's chip on your shoulder. Yeah, and then 483 00:22:02,119 --> 00:22:04,080 Speaker 2: they're just going to to prove you know what you 484 00:22:04,119 --> 00:22:06,480 Speaker 2: know you can do in your own head exactly, and 485 00:22:06,560 --> 00:22:08,119 Speaker 2: so you know, I know what I can be. I 486 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:10,199 Speaker 2: know you know how good not only myself, but you 487 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:12,760 Speaker 2: know this team could be. And so you know, that's 488 00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:14,520 Speaker 2: something that I just go in every single day is 489 00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:16,879 Speaker 2: just go to work. You know, just wake up and 490 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:19,680 Speaker 2: put your head down and go and you know, kind 491 00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:21,200 Speaker 2: of go back to you know, how you're raised. That's 492 00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:23,840 Speaker 2: just kind of how it was. You just woke up 493 00:22:23,880 --> 00:22:25,639 Speaker 2: and you know, you just went. You went and attacked 494 00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:27,560 Speaker 2: the day. Whatever was thrown at you, good or bad, 495 00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:29,920 Speaker 2: you accepted it and then you moved on and kept going. 496 00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:32,640 Speaker 2: And so obviously, you know, as a quarterback, that's something 497 00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:33,280 Speaker 2: you have to do. 498 00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:37,400 Speaker 3: And so yeah, something that I feel like has been 499 00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:40,359 Speaker 3: kind of a trademark of yours from even you know, 500 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:42,879 Speaker 3: probably in high school, but definitely time at Cincinnati and 501 00:22:42,920 --> 00:22:46,840 Speaker 3: now here in Atlanta. And this was something that Justin Williams, 502 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:49,360 Speaker 3: who used who's used to be my colleague at the Athletic. 503 00:22:49,480 --> 00:22:52,480 Speaker 3: He covered you at Cincinnati like basically your whole time there, 504 00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:54,680 Speaker 3: and he wrote so much about you and so many 505 00:22:54,680 --> 00:22:57,520 Speaker 3: things that I got to read about. But something that 506 00:22:57,640 --> 00:23:00,159 Speaker 3: always came up, and it was these same quotes over 507 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:01,879 Speaker 3: and over, and it was just you know, does someone 508 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:04,200 Speaker 3: you want to play for? Your coaches would say that, 509 00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:06,919 Speaker 3: or your teammates would be like, you know, does is 510 00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:09,760 Speaker 3: a guy I want to play with. And I feel 511 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:11,920 Speaker 3: like that even came up the very very first time 512 00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:14,080 Speaker 3: that we talked to Drake London and Ricky Miniicamp last 513 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:15,879 Speaker 3: year when you and him had just met, and he's like, 514 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:18,439 Speaker 3: does is a guy I want to follow? When you 515 00:23:18,520 --> 00:23:21,880 Speaker 3: hear people around you saying that, how is you talk 516 00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:26,040 Speaker 3: about motivating factors like the external motivation and also internal motivation. 517 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:29,200 Speaker 3: But when you hear things like that, how does that 518 00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:32,600 Speaker 3: kind of epitomize who you want to be and who 519 00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:33,800 Speaker 3: who you feel like you are? 520 00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:36,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, obviously you know still at the end of the day, 521 00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:39,160 Speaker 2: you know technically that also I know, whatever you want 522 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:41,359 Speaker 2: to call it, but you know, you hear that and 523 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:43,639 Speaker 2: it just makes you want to go harder. Obviously, you know, 524 00:23:43,680 --> 00:23:45,680 Speaker 2: you hear these guys say that, and you hear people 525 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:47,520 Speaker 2: talking about you, and like you said, Justin wrote a 526 00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:49,719 Speaker 2: lot of things. So then what, you know, what does 527 00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:51,720 Speaker 2: it look like you're going out there and just going 528 00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:54,679 Speaker 2: about your day just to go about it? And you know, 529 00:23:54,760 --> 00:23:56,679 Speaker 2: I think that's one thing I do well, as you know, 530 00:23:56,720 --> 00:23:58,440 Speaker 2: every single day, just show up and go to work, 531 00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:01,600 Speaker 2: have a good energy about it. And then obviously you 532 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:03,080 Speaker 2: know they see the work that you know, not only 533 00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:05,879 Speaker 2: myself but everyone else puts in and you know they 534 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:07,640 Speaker 2: see that, you know, I have the energy and want 535 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:10,560 Speaker 2: to go out there and be better. And so you know, 536 00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:13,119 Speaker 2: for me, it's just about you know, not only being yourself, 537 00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:16,720 Speaker 2: but being yourself and being comfortable around the gods too. 538 00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:19,480 Speaker 2: I think that's one thing that you know, it's really 539 00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:20,480 Speaker 2: helped out with my style. 540 00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:23,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, I don't know why this always sticks 541 00:24:23,359 --> 00:24:25,679 Speaker 1: with me, But we were in Baltimore last year. It 542 00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:30,280 Speaker 1: was your second start. I think it's Baltimore and coldest 543 00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:33,240 Speaker 1: day in Baltimore history. Tory and I were dumb enough 544 00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:35,040 Speaker 1: to go out there for a little bit, but you 545 00:24:35,119 --> 00:24:37,119 Speaker 1: were first on the field before warm ups. And the 546 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:39,639 Speaker 1: thing that I noticed that really stuck with me is 547 00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:43,280 Speaker 1: every position, every position group that would come through, you 548 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:45,439 Speaker 1: would stop whatever you were doing, come over by the 549 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:49,040 Speaker 1: tunnel and just say what's up to everybody? So everybody 550 00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:52,719 Speaker 1: knew that you cared about their effort out there, right like. 551 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:55,080 Speaker 1: And it seemed like I talked to some people about 552 00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:57,520 Speaker 1: that after the game and it just seemed like those 553 00:24:57,600 --> 00:25:01,520 Speaker 1: little tiny things mean something. Yes, right, and as you 554 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:05,439 Speaker 1: prepare to be you know, to start for this team, Like, 555 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:07,919 Speaker 1: is it those little things, those everyday little things that 556 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:12,040 Speaker 1: help you kind of get ready to lead. 557 00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:15,280 Speaker 2: Whether I'm cracking a joke with someone, whether you know, 558 00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:18,800 Speaker 2: being someone in ping pong, whatever it may be, just 559 00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:20,840 Speaker 2: you know, growing closer to all these guys, you know, 560 00:25:20,840 --> 00:25:22,760 Speaker 2: if there's any younger guys out there listening, whatever it 561 00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:25,119 Speaker 2: may be, Just grow close with the guys just you know, 562 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:28,320 Speaker 2: off the field. Just connect with them whenever it may be, 563 00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:30,959 Speaker 2: whether you know, if you don't have any you know, 564 00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:33,399 Speaker 2: sort of connection with the guy in any sort of way, 565 00:25:33,640 --> 00:25:35,800 Speaker 2: you know, find something, you know, make them laugh, make 566 00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:38,520 Speaker 2: them smile, whatever it may be, and you know that's 567 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:40,320 Speaker 2: just going to grow not only the respect for you 568 00:25:40,359 --> 00:25:42,880 Speaker 2: as a as a player, but as a person as well. 569 00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:45,480 Speaker 2: And if you have that, you know, then those guys 570 00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:47,280 Speaker 2: will be able to trust you out there on the field. 571 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:50,200 Speaker 3: I you talk about connections, One of my favorite connections 572 00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:52,960 Speaker 3: that you have is with Drake Lindon. Yes, I love y'all, 573 00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:56,080 Speaker 3: y'all's relationships just kind of like watching it from one 574 00:25:56,119 --> 00:25:58,920 Speaker 3: hundred feet back or whatever, and what was the first 575 00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:01,480 Speaker 3: thing that y'all connected on? Because I feel like y'all 576 00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:04,440 Speaker 3: connected very quickly in a way that I don't think 577 00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:07,000 Speaker 3: is like I don't know, like y'all almost feel like 578 00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:08,600 Speaker 3: kindred spirits in a way. 579 00:26:10,280 --> 00:26:13,880 Speaker 2: You know, probably both being light skin. I'm just yeah, yeah, 580 00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:17,639 Speaker 2: you know sometimes sometimes we struggle with that sometimes, and 581 00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:20,119 Speaker 2: you know, just being six or four, about the same height, 582 00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:22,159 Speaker 2: same color. I mean, you know, there was a lot 583 00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:25,560 Speaker 2: of similarity. We've both worked out in California and so 584 00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:28,600 Speaker 2: obviously that's what we first connected on. But no, Drake's 585 00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:31,199 Speaker 2: my guy. You know, Drake's one of my good friends. Uh, 586 00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:35,159 Speaker 2: you know, his his toughest challenge right now, and you know, 587 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:39,080 Speaker 2: trying to get closer to me will be latent. And so, 588 00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:42,000 Speaker 2: you know, I think it was it was, you know, 589 00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:45,440 Speaker 2: early on maybe in camp. Uh he he went to 590 00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:47,640 Speaker 2: go get our purse, like a little little purse because 591 00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:50,760 Speaker 2: she loves purses, and you know, she was kind of 592 00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:53,440 Speaker 2: iffy with him. And then he you know, she hasn't 593 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:55,439 Speaker 2: seen him for since the season or whatever, and I 594 00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:57,119 Speaker 2: had dinner over in my house the other night, so 595 00:26:57,160 --> 00:26:59,879 Speaker 2: he came over and obviously she's grown up since then 596 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:03,040 Speaker 2: and she's playing with them and doing this. And Drake 597 00:27:03,119 --> 00:27:05,600 Speaker 2: only has an older sister, right, So we don't know 598 00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:08,639 Speaker 2: what the whole kids is. She He's like, what do 599 00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:10,000 Speaker 2: I do? I don't know how to play with her? 600 00:27:10,080 --> 00:27:11,720 Speaker 2: Like what are we going to do? And so he 601 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:15,080 Speaker 2: now that Land likes her or likes him. Excuse me, 602 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:17,720 Speaker 2: you know they're they're good friends and so uh no, 603 00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:20,080 Speaker 2: you know, it's just been our relationship since day one 604 00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:22,920 Speaker 2: is obviously you know, just been there and just continue 605 00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:23,240 Speaker 2: to grow. 606 00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:26,200 Speaker 3: Uncle Drake and Uncle it's Uncle Drake for sure, Drake 607 00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:28,600 Speaker 3: and you and Drake Lennon And I saw this on 608 00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:31,159 Speaker 3: one of y'all's Instagram stories. But y'all, you, Drake London 609 00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:34,960 Speaker 3: and Tyler Algier have like bold like together often. Who's 610 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:36,000 Speaker 3: the best bowler. 611 00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:36,160 Speaker 2: Of the three? 612 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:36,480 Speaker 3: Ye? 613 00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:40,960 Speaker 2: And uh and John fitz passion. So yeah, we were 614 00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:44,000 Speaker 2: doing that during the season. Tyler was the main one 615 00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:47,199 Speaker 2: because he has his own bowling ball. Right it smells 616 00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:50,320 Speaker 2: like blueberries. That's actually a ball that smells like blueberries. 617 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:53,480 Speaker 3: Does he spray it with something or is it like 618 00:27:53,520 --> 00:27:53,879 Speaker 3: he bought it? 619 00:27:54,119 --> 00:27:56,560 Speaker 2: He bought it that way and it's custom hold it 620 00:27:56,600 --> 00:27:59,760 Speaker 2: to his fingers too, which is kind of crazy. Okay, Tyler, 621 00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:03,239 Speaker 2: But it didn't help them, No, I mean, I'm pretty sure. 622 00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:04,800 Speaker 2: I got him on all those games. 623 00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:05,040 Speaker 3: Uh. 624 00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:06,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's pretty funny. 625 00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:08,000 Speaker 3: I love that. I had no idea he had a 626 00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:09,360 Speaker 3: custom bowling. 627 00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:11,679 Speaker 2: So yeah, so I think it was us four. You know, 628 00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:14,280 Speaker 2: when we came in for Rookie Mini Cam that was. 629 00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:15,320 Speaker 3: Our room together. 630 00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:18,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, that was our room. And ever since then, it's 631 00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:20,200 Speaker 2: like I said, those were the four that was over 632 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:22,680 Speaker 2: at dinner. The other night. We went out to Arizona 633 00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:24,919 Speaker 2: for the Super Bowl together, got a Airbnb out there, 634 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:28,360 Speaker 2: stayed out there, connected out there, and uh, I think 635 00:28:28,359 --> 00:28:31,280 Speaker 2: we're going to a nice dinner this week too. So yeah, 636 00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:32,119 Speaker 2: it's just good connection. 637 00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:33,919 Speaker 3: It's just nice to be able to have people to 638 00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:37,080 Speaker 3: do things with two because you come into a new city, 639 00:28:37,119 --> 00:28:40,600 Speaker 3: a new circumstance. You're a professional now. To be able 640 00:28:40,640 --> 00:28:43,200 Speaker 3: to have guys who are kind of in step with 641 00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:45,680 Speaker 3: you going through it, I think is really really nice. 642 00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:48,600 Speaker 2: Obviously, you know, I have my wife, I have laying 643 00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:51,560 Speaker 2: there with me. Uh. You know, Tyler's goldfriend comes back 644 00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:54,000 Speaker 2: and forth, and then Fits is from Georgia, from Atlanta, 645 00:28:54,040 --> 00:28:57,920 Speaker 2: so he's in the city. And then there's Drake the California. 646 00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:00,920 Speaker 2: He's got his big house and he's the only one 647 00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:04,120 Speaker 2: in it with his dog. It's funny. For Christmas. His 648 00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:10,120 Speaker 2: mom is like, yes's just just just bring over the house. 649 00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:13,080 Speaker 2: It's like okay. I was like, I was like, you know, 650 00:29:13,120 --> 00:29:15,080 Speaker 2: I'll invite him this and that, and I can't force 651 00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:17,440 Speaker 2: him to come over. And so uh, I think he 652 00:29:17,520 --> 00:29:20,400 Speaker 2: actually facetimed his parents on Christmas morning and everything. So 653 00:29:20,480 --> 00:29:22,080 Speaker 2: he was good, so sweet. 654 00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:25,880 Speaker 3: You're just taking care of Uncle Drake, Uncle Drake. 655 00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:28,360 Speaker 1: And like in this like in this little group is 656 00:29:28,880 --> 00:29:32,440 Speaker 1: QB one wide receiver one mister one thousand and John 657 00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:33,960 Speaker 1: is gonna get his first real crack. 658 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:35,080 Speaker 3: Ye. 659 00:29:35,480 --> 00:29:38,320 Speaker 1: No, he's back healthy. Are we ready for rapid fire? 660 00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:39,120 Speaker 3: We sure are? 661 00:29:39,320 --> 00:29:43,760 Speaker 1: Okay, start to feel the pressure. These are hard hitting, 662 00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:44,680 Speaker 1: intense questions. 663 00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:46,360 Speaker 3: Number one. 664 00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:49,640 Speaker 1: It's basically five questions. They're basically the same to everybody, 665 00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:51,800 Speaker 1: and we silently judge you on your answers. 666 00:29:51,840 --> 00:29:55,480 Speaker 3: Okay, ready, okay. Number one, what is your favorite play 667 00:29:55,560 --> 00:29:58,200 Speaker 3: of your career any level, any level. 668 00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:02,400 Speaker 2: Against Georgia before halftime? Tight end through the tight end 669 00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:03,320 Speaker 2: to Josh Wiley? 670 00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:07,240 Speaker 1: All right, you know I went to you g a right, Yeah, so. 671 00:30:12,760 --> 00:30:18,560 Speaker 3: Back to back national champion, go freaking dogs. 672 00:30:19,600 --> 00:30:22,960 Speaker 1: What's your favorite TV show? Something you binge or a movie, 673 00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:25,040 Speaker 1: anything that you watch all the time. 674 00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:30,840 Speaker 2: A like, I'm gonna give a sneaky one here, Craze Anatomy, You're. 675 00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:33,040 Speaker 3: A Gray's Anatomy. 676 00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:33,960 Speaker 2: Stop it. 677 00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:38,640 Speaker 3: What what did you think of them killing off Patrick 678 00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:41,160 Speaker 3: Dempsey's character. Did that break your heart? 679 00:30:41,240 --> 00:30:41,480 Speaker 2: Derek? 680 00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:45,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, Derek, doctor Shepherd in the in the truck accident. 681 00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:49,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, so actually it was it was one time by Claire. 682 00:30:49,760 --> 00:30:52,680 Speaker 2: That's who got me into Yeah. Yeah, back, it was 683 00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:55,000 Speaker 2: like junior year started watching it and then I mean 684 00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:56,959 Speaker 2: we we've gone through it multiple times. 685 00:30:57,120 --> 00:30:59,680 Speaker 3: I love it. I so Gray's Anatomy. I wish that 686 00:30:59,720 --> 00:31:01,680 Speaker 3: I could get into it, but I'm like really anti 687 00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:04,520 Speaker 3: like blood so anything. I could watch it if they 688 00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:06,760 Speaker 3: just did the drama, but there's too much. 689 00:31:06,880 --> 00:31:08,680 Speaker 2: There's too much. I think what helps soul too is 690 00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:11,000 Speaker 2: obviously I'm not in the medical field, so I don't know. 691 00:31:11,080 --> 00:31:12,800 Speaker 2: I don't know what they're talking about if they could 692 00:31:12,840 --> 00:31:15,320 Speaker 2: be right, but it sounds good. And I know everyone 693 00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:17,239 Speaker 2: you know and talk about Meredith gra and I'm like, hey, 694 00:31:17,240 --> 00:31:20,160 Speaker 2: I'll let her perform surgery, no problem. 695 00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:23,000 Speaker 1: A bonus question here, if lighton we're in this chair 696 00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:25,520 Speaker 1: right now, what what would be her favorite movie or 697 00:31:25,560 --> 00:31:27,200 Speaker 1: TV show that she can't stop watching. 698 00:31:27,360 --> 00:31:29,400 Speaker 2: I'm gonna go with Muana or Frozen. 699 00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:31,320 Speaker 1: That's that like a constant. 700 00:31:31,760 --> 00:31:33,080 Speaker 2: And then Blue Blue. 701 00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:36,360 Speaker 1: During the day, I will watch Blue even when my 702 00:31:36,440 --> 00:31:37,280 Speaker 1: kids aren't in the room. 703 00:31:37,400 --> 00:31:41,640 Speaker 2: Oh well, so we'll put her to bouton. I'll be 704 00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:44,520 Speaker 2: on my catch myself kind of looking over the TV 705 00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:46,320 Speaker 2: watch and they get a laugh or two and then 706 00:31:46,320 --> 00:31:49,200 Speaker 2: go back. But yeah, Blue is a. 707 00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:51,520 Speaker 3: Good one, Okay. A favorite player growing. 708 00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:59,680 Speaker 2: Up, definitely, I would say either Peyton Manning or Rais Rondo. Okay, 709 00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:03,400 Speaker 2: both from Louisville. We both played at the same Optimist 710 00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:04,120 Speaker 2: League growing up. 711 00:32:05,080 --> 00:32:08,880 Speaker 1: So yeah, if you had a superpower, what would it be? 712 00:32:11,320 --> 00:32:19,800 Speaker 2: I always go back and forth between like teleportation, m Yeah, 713 00:32:19,840 --> 00:32:20,680 Speaker 2: we'll go with teleportation. 714 00:32:20,880 --> 00:32:25,000 Speaker 3: It's yeah, I like that. And last, but not least, 715 00:32:25,480 --> 00:32:27,840 Speaker 3: what's one thing that you will never do again? 716 00:32:29,040 --> 00:32:31,080 Speaker 2: One thing that I will never do again? 717 00:32:32,480 --> 00:32:35,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, like, I'm very much like I'm never going to 718 00:32:35,960 --> 00:32:40,240 Speaker 3: like feed a goose again, bit my finger. I told 719 00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:41,960 Speaker 3: that on the podcast. For those who have been with 720 00:32:42,040 --> 00:32:43,720 Speaker 3: us since the beginning, they know that story. 721 00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:46,520 Speaker 2: I don't know. I don't know, man. There's a lot 722 00:32:46,560 --> 00:32:48,600 Speaker 2: of things that you know, it might be iffy, but 723 00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:50,000 Speaker 2: I'll still you know, at the end of the day 724 00:32:50,160 --> 00:32:53,480 Speaker 2: be like, you know, you gotta do that again. I 725 00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:55,880 Speaker 2: don't know. It was a quick story, real quick. Is 726 00:32:56,440 --> 00:32:59,960 Speaker 2: one of my worst allergies is horses. And my sister 727 00:33:00,120 --> 00:33:03,040 Speaker 2: had a birthday party when she was like five years 728 00:33:03,080 --> 00:33:05,720 Speaker 2: old at a horse for him and I felt so 729 00:33:05,840 --> 00:33:08,000 Speaker 2: bad because I was there for about ten minutes and 730 00:33:08,080 --> 00:33:12,360 Speaker 2: in those ten minutes my eyes and stolen. So I'm 731 00:33:12,360 --> 00:33:14,760 Speaker 2: gonna say, because Lean's bird is coming out, I want 732 00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:16,040 Speaker 2: to say, never throw a horse party. 733 00:33:17,720 --> 00:33:23,000 Speaker 3: Okay, So this is why she's not having a pony. Okay, 734 00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:25,320 Speaker 3: that's good to know. We've gotten to the bottom of it. 735 00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:28,640 Speaker 1: We absolutely have. Well that's gonna do it. For another 736 00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:32,080 Speaker 1: that was a pretty awesome addition of Falcons and Focus. Uh, 737 00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:35,400 Speaker 1: thank you guys for joining in. As always, please rate, review, 738 00:33:35,400 --> 00:33:40,080 Speaker 1: and subscribe to the Falcons podcast network. And uh, I'm Scott. 739 00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:43,240 Speaker 1: That story. This is Desmond. Thank you so much for 740 00:33:43,280 --> 00:33:43,880 Speaker 1: stopping by. 741 00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:44,440 Speaker 2: See you