1 00:00:02,520 --> 00:00:04,600 Speaker 1: We feel like we like the underdog, so we like 2 00:00:04,720 --> 00:00:06,440 Speaker 1: that and that's how we try to play as well, too, 3 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:11,360 Speaker 1: trying to build a brotherhood. It's like, you could come 4 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:13,800 Speaker 1: talk to me, so my teammates come and talk to me. 5 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:16,080 Speaker 1: I opened up, and I calmed down, and I relaxed, 6 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:17,799 Speaker 1: and I go back out there and let's play ball. 7 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:22,600 Speaker 1: He was just like peanut. I'm just like, what are 8 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:24,520 Speaker 1: you talking to And he's just like talking to you 9 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:39,880 Speaker 1: with that peanut head. Welcome into the lounge. We didn't 10 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:44,720 Speaker 1: get the that's what I'm warming it up. Minute up. 11 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 1: We didn't get it this past weekend. But there's a 12 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:51,280 Speaker 1: lot more wins to come. Yeah, hopefully this Sunday starting 13 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:54,240 Speaker 1: against the Browns. Just we're gonna get into our interview 14 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:56,320 Speaker 1: real quick. But as a as a quick recap of 15 00:00:56,360 --> 00:00:59,240 Speaker 1: the game, I think I probably spent maybe thirty minutes 16 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:02,520 Speaker 1: kind of upset about that game. But then when you 17 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:04,720 Speaker 1: really think about it and you take a step back, 18 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:07,400 Speaker 1: no one predicted. I didn't think the Raves gonna go 19 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:09,440 Speaker 1: sixted or no. And if you're gonna lose a game, 20 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:11,600 Speaker 1: this is a game to lose. You're on the road 21 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:14,880 Speaker 1: against maybe the best team in the league. Um, you 22 00:01:14,959 --> 00:01:19,639 Speaker 1: lose by five points, and it's a game where Lamar 23 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:22,680 Speaker 1: didn't have his best day. Wasn't that sharp early? Um? 24 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 1: A bunch of calls win again, A bunch of calls 25 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:27,200 Speaker 1: went against you. A bunch of close calls. Yeah. Like, 26 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:30,600 Speaker 1: and not just the close calls, but close calls on 27 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 1: incredibly impactful plays. Like you get called for a past 28 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:37,200 Speaker 1: interference just like referees, I'm talking like like come within 29 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:40,600 Speaker 1: a finger of making a play or not making a play, right, 30 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:42,039 Speaker 1: but even just on the officiating thing. And I'm not 31 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:44,280 Speaker 1: I'm not blaming the refts exclusive for this game, but like, 32 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:46,440 Speaker 1: you have a pass interference call that could have gone 33 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:48,520 Speaker 1: the other way and takes away an interception leads to 34 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:51,120 Speaker 1: a touchdown. You have a forty five yard drawn taking 35 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:53,200 Speaker 1: off the board by holding. You have a key first 36 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:55,720 Speaker 1: down to come away because of a past interference, offensive 37 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:59,760 Speaker 1: pass interference call on a handoff. UM. So all of 38 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:04,920 Speaker 1: those things were impactful, and so you lose that game. UM. 39 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 1: I just don't think it's one that you let lnker, 40 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:08,640 Speaker 1: to be honest, Like, even as a fan, I think 41 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:10,919 Speaker 1: it's been interesting to hear from the team about how 42 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:13,520 Speaker 1: that this loss could benefit them, Like there's a lot 43 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:16,520 Speaker 1: of film studying going on after this one. Things that 44 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:19,240 Speaker 1: you know, they said, maybe you let them slide in 45 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:21,079 Speaker 1: a win, you don't let them slide after this. It's 46 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:22,760 Speaker 1: a little bit of a wake up call and motivates 47 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:24,920 Speaker 1: you a little bit. So I've been happy with what 48 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:26,800 Speaker 1: I've seen from the Ravens and the way that they've 49 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:29,600 Speaker 1: responded to that loss. In cases, I think the defense 50 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:31,960 Speaker 1: was ticked off, like if you're gonna be critical and 51 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 1: the defense and haven't didn't have a great day, and 52 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 1: not many people have great days, not mane defense have 53 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:39,919 Speaker 1: great days against Yeah, um, but they feel like there's 54 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:41,359 Speaker 1: some things that they need to clean up and and 55 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:44,120 Speaker 1: they're working on that. So so with that, let's talk 56 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:45,840 Speaker 1: to one of the leaders of this defense, and welcome 57 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:49,400 Speaker 1: and Patrick Peanut Awaso. You know, I know you've told this, 58 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:51,079 Speaker 1: even asked us a bunch of times. You told the 59 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 1: story a bunch of times. But for podcast listeners out 60 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:55,120 Speaker 1: there who haven't heard the story of where you got 61 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:57,359 Speaker 1: your nickname, because there's probably still a few people out there, 62 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:00,640 Speaker 1: tell us the story behind it. A young my nickname 63 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 1: from my basketball coach um when I was little playing basketball, 64 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:08,120 Speaker 1: just running around on the court, and uh, he was 65 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:11,680 Speaker 1: just like peanut. I'm just like, what are you talking 66 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 1: to And he's just like, I'm talking to you with 67 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 1: that peanut head. So it kind of stubb with me 68 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:20,359 Speaker 1: since I was little, um all the way through middle school, 69 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:23,840 Speaker 1: elementary college, and now I know a lot of my 70 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:27,200 Speaker 1: teacher is growing up. Like the tendenc sheet, they would 71 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:28,959 Speaker 1: even say my name, they would just say peanut. And 72 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:31,320 Speaker 1: some people don't even know my real name. They just 73 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:33,800 Speaker 1: called me peanuts. So it just stuck with me. That 74 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:36,240 Speaker 1: was it, I think. Also, I think also part of 75 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:37,760 Speaker 1: it is that your last name is a little tricky 76 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:41,400 Speaker 1: to pronounce, so so just saying peanut makes it easy, 77 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:45,160 Speaker 1: makes it way easier. Yeah, I don't even understand what's 78 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:47,880 Speaker 1: a peanut? Looking ahead? How does the head look like 79 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:50,440 Speaker 1: a peanut? Just kind of way it's kind of shaped. 80 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:52,560 Speaker 1: It was kind I had a small, like a really 81 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:53,920 Speaker 1: small head. Like if I was to cut my hair, 82 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 1: you guys would be like, I see why they called you. 83 00:03:57,520 --> 00:03:58,960 Speaker 1: Is that why you keep your hair? So I keep 84 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:01,200 Speaker 1: my hair long? Yeah. Well what's kind of funny is 85 00:04:01,320 --> 00:04:04,720 Speaker 1: you have like your own merch now right and it's 86 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 1: your head on the merch so you kind of like 87 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:10,119 Speaker 1: made this in your peanut head into like a money maker. Now, yeah, 88 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:13,040 Speaker 1: I try to. Uh, guys are going on my website, 89 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:17,760 Speaker 1: Patrick Obama dot com and foundation. Yeah sports your foundation. 90 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:20,400 Speaker 1: Oh that's cool. It is a cool logo. It's pretty sweet. Well, 91 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:22,640 Speaker 1: just last thing on the two is that it's become 92 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:25,560 Speaker 1: like your brand to like the punch. So now when 93 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:27,200 Speaker 1: you come out of the tunnel or you get a sack, 94 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:28,960 Speaker 1: you make a big play the peanut punch is part 95 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:30,640 Speaker 1: of your brand. Yep, yep, it is part of my 96 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:33,280 Speaker 1: brand up exactly right. All right. So we also have 97 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:36,559 Speaker 1: to talk about the council because when we are getting 98 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:38,440 Speaker 1: here for this interview, you all said, well maybe I 99 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:40,760 Speaker 1: might have to come down here with the council, uh 100 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:43,960 Speaker 1: and roll four deep here. Uh that did not happen, 101 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:46,320 Speaker 1: But I still do want to talk about the council. 102 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:51,560 Speaker 1: And Um, first, how did it start? It started just 103 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:55,040 Speaker 1: like this. I'm not gonna talk about who gave us 104 00:04:55,080 --> 00:04:58,200 Speaker 1: the name, but it just was us for guys. Um 105 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:02,080 Speaker 1: just all he's doing everything together, Um, coming to workouts together, 106 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:05,520 Speaker 1: going to meetings, doing everything together. Um. Just people that 107 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:07,400 Speaker 1: that we bled in and just trust and we kind 108 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:09,640 Speaker 1: of like bonded over the years being here, just like 109 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:12,440 Speaker 1: a lot of people act like, how are you guys 110 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 1: so close? And Um and you guys came at different times. Well, 111 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:18,359 Speaker 1: me and Judo came at the same time when we 112 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:21,120 Speaker 1: got here, Van was here, and then t J came 113 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 1: a little bit later on. But Um, we looked up 114 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:27,600 Speaker 1: to Ving first of all, so Ving kind of showed 115 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:30,440 Speaker 1: us the way, UM coming into coming into the game, 116 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:32,720 Speaker 1: just telling us like, look, man, you guys want to 117 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:34,640 Speaker 1: make this team. You guys gotta play special teams. You 118 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:37,920 Speaker 1: gotta contribute special teams. And then uh, t J came 119 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:40,599 Speaker 1: along and just um just came on being a leader, 120 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 1: and we all kind of bonded together. We trusted each 121 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:45,400 Speaker 1: other and just friendship. We talked about a lot of 122 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:48,039 Speaker 1: stuff outside of football, and I think that's what really 123 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:51,520 Speaker 1: brought us closer, because we talked about family situations or 124 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:54,799 Speaker 1: any type of situation going off the field, just for like, um, 125 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:57,000 Speaker 1: just for us helping helping each other off the field. 126 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:59,800 Speaker 1: So and then somebody was like, man, you guys are 127 00:05:59,839 --> 00:06:02,080 Speaker 1: like the council. So it just got somebody just it 128 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:05,120 Speaker 1: just it just stuck with us, and then um, yeah, 129 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:07,640 Speaker 1: I feel like just a brotherhood trust, a little trust 130 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:09,600 Speaker 1: trust thing for me, I feel like. And then, uh, 131 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:12,560 Speaker 1: that's probably really it. And just to clarify to everybody 132 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:16,719 Speaker 1: out there, the members of the council, it's you, Matthew, Judean, 133 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:20,600 Speaker 1: Anthel Levine, and Tony Jefferson. This is the four and 134 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:22,760 Speaker 1: part of it too that from what I understand is 135 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:27,120 Speaker 1: like most of which are late round or undrafted guys. 136 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:29,040 Speaker 1: You know, you kind of all have that chip on 137 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:33,040 Speaker 1: your shoulder, yo, t J being undrafted, me being undrafted, Um, 138 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:36,600 Speaker 1: fifth round, you're not being faith round, Levin being undrafted. Up. 139 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:38,159 Speaker 1: We all got that. We all got that chip on 140 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:40,680 Speaker 1: our shoulders. So we feel like we like the underdog 141 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:42,320 Speaker 1: so and we like that and that's how we try 142 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:45,039 Speaker 1: to play as well too. Well, you know what, you know, 143 00:06:45,160 --> 00:06:47,280 Speaker 1: Tony kind of by the time he came here, he'd 144 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:50,120 Speaker 1: already signed the big contract, so that's kind of like, yeah, 145 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:55,160 Speaker 1: I don't know that ship. Yeah, but we we we 146 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:56,760 Speaker 1: have to give it a pass because he's still he 147 00:06:56,839 --> 00:07:00,120 Speaker 1: still went through that tough road that that that I 148 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:03,280 Speaker 1: went through, Levine went through, and uh, Judon just going 149 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:04,839 Speaker 1: fifth round and he feels like he could have went 150 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:07,080 Speaker 1: a little bit higher. Just all of us we went 151 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:11,240 Speaker 1: through something. So I think that's probably Wait, well, it's 152 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:13,960 Speaker 1: funny too, because you guys kind of have an attitude 153 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:16,120 Speaker 1: of like it's kind of like a fight club, Like 154 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:17,800 Speaker 1: you don't talk about fight club. You kind of have 155 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:19,680 Speaker 1: that attitude with the council. Like we're trying to ask 156 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:21,720 Speaker 1: Marlin about it because he has made it known that 157 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:23,720 Speaker 1: he wants to be on the council, and he's kind 158 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:25,520 Speaker 1: of like, well, the first rule about the councils I 159 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:28,120 Speaker 1: can't talk about the council. Correct. Oh man, Martin, he 160 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:30,880 Speaker 1: gets some brownie points right now. I'm helping this case. 161 00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:32,400 Speaker 1: Do you think it's gonna be on there by the 162 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:35,240 Speaker 1: time this season is over? He's still saying his application 163 00:07:35,320 --> 00:07:40,600 Speaker 1: still getting approved him but they're working on Yeah. Well, 164 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:43,120 Speaker 1: Marlin is the first round pick, so that's some demerits 165 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:47,000 Speaker 1: for him in that category. All right, what do they 166 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:50,600 Speaker 1: have to do to earn it? Trust I'm saying the 167 00:07:50,680 --> 00:07:53,679 Speaker 1: same thing I said, Come be kind of workout early 168 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:56,440 Speaker 1: the same time we'd be there. Uh, just little things 169 00:07:56,480 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 1: like that. Just just be around us, be around us, 170 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:01,680 Speaker 1: um talk to us. About stuff off to feel your 171 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:04,880 Speaker 1: personal life, so that way we can help you guys. Um, 172 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:07,040 Speaker 1: and just a little stuff like that. All right, So 173 00:08:07,080 --> 00:08:09,560 Speaker 1: let's talk a little football. Uh, Sunday's game against the 174 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:11,720 Speaker 1: Chiefs obviously, you know, disappointing. Now you go into a 175 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:13,840 Speaker 1: big game against the Browns. How do you shake that 176 00:08:13,880 --> 00:08:16,960 Speaker 1: one off? And does a linger for a long time 177 00:08:17,080 --> 00:08:21,480 Speaker 1: or do you get over it pretty quickly? They say, 178 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:24,320 Speaker 1: check it off? But with me and lingers just just 179 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:27,800 Speaker 1: a little bit longer than than it's supposed to. Um. 180 00:08:27,880 --> 00:08:30,800 Speaker 1: I feel like that was a tough game to lose. Um, 181 00:08:30,840 --> 00:08:32,760 Speaker 1: but uh, it lingers a little bit here, supposed to 182 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:35,160 Speaker 1: take it off. And now you're waiting for for Cleveland. Um, 183 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:37,160 Speaker 1: and now we're starting the game playing for Cleveland. You 184 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:38,880 Speaker 1: know that game is crazy. Yeah, we're talking about like 185 00:08:38,920 --> 00:08:41,920 Speaker 1: football is the game of inches. No play illustrates that 186 00:08:41,960 --> 00:08:44,439 Speaker 1: more than that one pass. You were like inches away 187 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:49,600 Speaker 1: from having that pick man centimeters that that one still 188 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:51,880 Speaker 1: cart to dream about it, but it hurts a little bit. 189 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:54,520 Speaker 1: Just try to to try to just try to overcome 190 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:57,160 Speaker 1: and uh, and don't think, don't think too much about it. 191 00:08:57,360 --> 00:08:59,400 Speaker 1: Next time the ball in the air, just just try 192 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:02,360 Speaker 1: to attack ball. Um, try to let that one go, 193 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:04,080 Speaker 1: just like the corners tell me all the time, just 194 00:09:04,080 --> 00:09:06,600 Speaker 1: put it behind you. And I think that's probably that's 195 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:08,320 Speaker 1: one thing I'm a probably trying to start working on. 196 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:10,360 Speaker 1: It's kind of like when it plays over the way, 197 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:12,080 Speaker 1: just kind of put it behind you. Because that play 198 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:14,760 Speaker 1: was still lingering a couple of plays later down the 199 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:17,600 Speaker 1: down the road, I'm still thinking about it. And everybody know, 200 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:19,440 Speaker 1: they like, let it go open, just let it go. 201 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:22,480 Speaker 1: But I just tell people, I gotta, I gotta chip 202 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:24,160 Speaker 1: on my shoulder. I gotta I got a certain type 203 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:26,360 Speaker 1: of ego when I step on that field, and I 204 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:28,440 Speaker 1: just gotta continue to work at work in my craft 205 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:30,600 Speaker 1: and just be able to think. That's one thing is 206 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:33,400 Speaker 1: my emotion. It's kind of like plays like that, if 207 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:35,680 Speaker 1: I can't get it, let it go, let's let's let's 208 00:09:35,679 --> 00:09:37,439 Speaker 1: work on the next one. It sounds like you're a 209 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:41,000 Speaker 1: pretty emotional player then on the field like that. But 210 00:09:41,520 --> 00:09:43,520 Speaker 1: can that be a positive and a negative? Like I 211 00:09:43,520 --> 00:09:45,600 Speaker 1: can think the positive of it is is you put 212 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:47,760 Speaker 1: it all out there, like you bring everything you have 213 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:49,320 Speaker 1: and you put it all out of the field. But 214 00:09:49,360 --> 00:09:50,920 Speaker 1: then I guess the negative is what you're talking about 215 00:09:50,920 --> 00:09:53,120 Speaker 1: that it could, it can linger it can, it can. 216 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:55,439 Speaker 1: But I think that's one thing about the council and 217 00:09:55,520 --> 00:09:58,719 Speaker 1: my teammates. They know me well, love they could they 218 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:00,640 Speaker 1: give me out of it quick. So they know my 219 00:10:00,679 --> 00:10:03,520 Speaker 1: body language, they know my attitude, they know how move, 220 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:06,080 Speaker 1: they know when something's wrong, and they'll come and approach me. 221 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:08,880 Speaker 1: That's one thing that does is that we try to 222 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:11,480 Speaker 1: try to build a brotherhood. Is like, you could come 223 00:10:11,520 --> 00:10:13,640 Speaker 1: talk to me. So if my teammates come and talk 224 00:10:13,679 --> 00:10:16,200 Speaker 1: to me, I opened up and I calmed down, I relaxed, 225 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:17,920 Speaker 1: and I go back out there and let's play ball. 226 00:10:18,040 --> 00:10:20,480 Speaker 1: So that's one thing that we that we have built here, 227 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:24,080 Speaker 1: that relationship. So I have a better mental image for 228 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:26,680 Speaker 1: you to get you over this whole casey All right? 229 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:29,680 Speaker 1: Last year Brown's Week seventeen, who is it that drops 230 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:34,640 Speaker 1: back and picks off Baker May this time Baker fourth 231 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:39,840 Speaker 1: down in our state? Peanut dropping back picks the off 232 00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:42,400 Speaker 1: for the game winner. How's that one? I like that? 233 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:46,000 Speaker 1: I like that a lot. You know, there is like 234 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:50,880 Speaker 1: symmetry there because c J that try kill play, that's true, 235 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:54,440 Speaker 1: that's very true. And he made the play. Yeah, he 236 00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:57,040 Speaker 1: did We always like to say when guys come on 237 00:10:57,080 --> 00:10:59,280 Speaker 1: the podcast, we call it the podcast bump. Typically after 238 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:01,319 Speaker 1: coming on the pod cats they have a really good 239 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:03,400 Speaker 1: game or really good stretching games. First two guys on 240 00:11:03,520 --> 00:11:10,760 Speaker 1: this year, Lamar Mark Andrews. That's true. Hey, so just 241 00:11:10,760 --> 00:11:12,880 Speaker 1: just talk about you know, stepping in for c J. 242 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:15,600 Speaker 1: And uh, you know, first, what was it like when 243 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:17,719 Speaker 1: he left. I'm sure you're surprised like the rest of 244 00:11:17,800 --> 00:11:20,600 Speaker 1: us were. And then you know what, what has that 245 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:23,880 Speaker 1: transition been like for you? Uh, just just we'll see 246 00:11:23,880 --> 00:11:26,720 Speaker 1: they've being here just helped my game a lot, just 247 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:29,439 Speaker 1: me looking up to him and just how he studies 248 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:32,720 Speaker 1: his playbook and how he learns and little things like that. 249 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:36,360 Speaker 1: His line is what he's looking at. Um, He'll he'll 250 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:38,080 Speaker 1: get tired of me because I'll call him every day, 251 00:11:38,120 --> 00:11:40,679 Speaker 1: call him off the field when I'm at home if 252 00:11:40,679 --> 00:11:44,600 Speaker 1: I see something or whatever. So still it'll be last year, 253 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:47,199 Speaker 1: but we still we still communicate a lot right now. Um, 254 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:49,640 Speaker 1: but last year I always call him, asked him and 255 00:11:49,679 --> 00:11:52,079 Speaker 1: he probably I asked him a thousand questions. He's probably 256 00:11:52,080 --> 00:11:55,640 Speaker 1: getting at like stop asking me the same question. But yeah, 257 00:11:56,120 --> 00:11:58,160 Speaker 1: has been a good road model. Just feeling his feeling 258 00:11:58,160 --> 00:12:02,600 Speaker 1: in feeling in those shoes. I feel like all our backers, uh, 259 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:04,680 Speaker 1: we got we gotta we gotta feell in that spot 260 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:07,440 Speaker 1: and we gotta play together. Um, we don't got that 261 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:09,000 Speaker 1: that big time leader in the middle of the more 262 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:10,640 Speaker 1: so I feel like we all have to come together 263 00:12:10,679 --> 00:12:13,839 Speaker 1: and play together. Um. And that's with me playing with 264 00:12:13,880 --> 00:12:15,560 Speaker 1: any position they want me to play on the field. 265 00:12:16,480 --> 00:12:19,280 Speaker 1: I heard I can't remember who said it, but somebody 266 00:12:19,640 --> 00:12:23,400 Speaker 1: said was asked who watches the most film and they said, you, 267 00:12:23,920 --> 00:12:27,360 Speaker 1: of anybody on the team, just a total film junkie. 268 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:30,080 Speaker 1: When did that? Have you always been that way? When 269 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:32,200 Speaker 1: did that started? And I can kind of attest this 270 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:35,480 Speaker 1: because I was waiting, you know, film guys know, I 271 00:12:35,520 --> 00:12:37,400 Speaker 1: was waiting for Peanut to ask him if he was 272 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:40,040 Speaker 1: gonna do this podcast. I was waiting for two hours. 273 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:43,560 Speaker 1: I was like, yeah, he's still talking to win. Everybody's 274 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:46,360 Speaker 1: leaving for this. I was like, you see Peanut anywhere? 275 00:12:46,520 --> 00:12:49,040 Speaker 1: I think he stole a Wings office. So just where 276 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:51,400 Speaker 1: did that come from? Uh? It came from. It came 277 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:54,040 Speaker 1: from just wanted to learn. Uh, Like c J and 278 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:57,360 Speaker 1: the older guys, leving t J. E. Dubbs says, I 279 00:12:57,440 --> 00:12:59,560 Speaker 1: just wanted to learn the same thing with Jude on. 280 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:02,480 Speaker 1: We just want to be in our playbooks. I think 281 00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:05,520 Speaker 1: the guys, especially after a game or summer coming back 282 00:13:05,679 --> 00:13:08,840 Speaker 1: home from a from away game, they're like, damgn you 283 00:13:08,880 --> 00:13:10,960 Speaker 1: know you're still watching film. You've been on a play 284 00:13:11,040 --> 00:13:13,800 Speaker 1: for two hours, and like because they hate watching film 285 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:16,240 Speaker 1: me because I'll rewind the same play like fifteen times 286 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:18,720 Speaker 1: to look at everything and just trying to just trying 287 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:21,040 Speaker 1: to like absorb stuff and see what I'm seeing, like 288 00:13:21,240 --> 00:13:22,880 Speaker 1: in this moment, or see like if I could have 289 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:25,640 Speaker 1: seen something different, or if I could have moved somebody 290 00:13:25,640 --> 00:13:27,280 Speaker 1: else and we could have been in a different front, 291 00:13:27,320 --> 00:13:30,880 Speaker 1: if that would have worked. Just visitalizing um to play 292 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:33,679 Speaker 1: over and over and over. Uh, they get they get 293 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:35,200 Speaker 1: kind of mad at me when they watched film. Me. 294 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:37,839 Speaker 1: It's all right though, as long as we learn it, 295 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:41,320 Speaker 1: it's cool. At what point when when c leaves and 296 00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:42,960 Speaker 1: you become, you know, the guy in the middle of 297 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:45,240 Speaker 1: this defense, Like, at what point do you feel kind 298 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:49,280 Speaker 1: of comfortable being that voice, that leader, that person in 299 00:13:49,320 --> 00:13:51,400 Speaker 1: the middle of the defense, because you know, when you 300 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:53,440 Speaker 1: first got here, you're a quiet guy and it seems 301 00:13:53,480 --> 00:13:55,800 Speaker 1: like honestly more than anybody else that I can remember. 302 00:13:55,880 --> 00:13:57,839 Speaker 1: The evolution that you've gone through over your time here 303 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:00,200 Speaker 1: just stands out to me. You're more vocal, you seem 304 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:02,360 Speaker 1: more comfortable doing interviews like this, like everything. You just 305 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:04,679 Speaker 1: seem to have grown in a big way. At what 306 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:07,520 Speaker 1: point did you kind of feel feel comfortable being a leader, 307 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:11,200 Speaker 1: a key member of this defense? Um, I probably say, 308 00:14:11,360 --> 00:14:14,680 Speaker 1: I'll probably say last year with CJ here. I think 309 00:14:14,679 --> 00:14:17,640 Speaker 1: that's probably when I tried to start working on it. Just, um, 310 00:14:17,679 --> 00:14:20,640 Speaker 1: just communicate when when Wink called the play, c J say, 311 00:14:20,720 --> 00:14:22,840 Speaker 1: and then I say it again. Just trying to go 312 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:25,560 Speaker 1: over a little stuff like that. Um, because it was 313 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:28,280 Speaker 1: sometimes during the throughout the season, h c J had 314 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:30,680 Speaker 1: to c they had to go out. Now they're looking 315 00:14:30,720 --> 00:14:33,680 Speaker 1: for like that communicator. But I've been already practicing it, 316 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:36,800 Speaker 1: doing and practice, so it kind of came kind of 317 00:14:36,880 --> 00:14:39,520 Speaker 1: natural to me. I wasn't I wasn't nervous, just just 318 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:41,320 Speaker 1: talking to me, talking to my friends. You let him 319 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:44,800 Speaker 1: know what the play is. That's it. Just um, just 320 00:14:44,840 --> 00:14:46,640 Speaker 1: do it the way you do it. You don't gotta 321 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:48,760 Speaker 1: do it like how Ray Lewis did. You don't gotta 322 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:50,440 Speaker 1: do it how c J mos do it? Do it 323 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:53,320 Speaker 1: the way how you communicate pena. So that's what I did. 324 00:14:53,360 --> 00:14:57,480 Speaker 1: Just uh find your way of communicating and then just communicate, right. 325 00:14:57,560 --> 00:14:59,920 Speaker 1: I mean, you're you're the biggest playmaker on the defense 326 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:02,920 Speaker 1: the tail in the last season, I mean, especially against 327 00:15:02,920 --> 00:15:09,000 Speaker 1: the charges charges, ain't gonna charges. Regular season nine tackles, 328 00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:13,240 Speaker 1: two sacks, forced fumble, playoffs seven tackles, one tack, forced fumble. 329 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:16,480 Speaker 1: I mean, how much did that the way you ended 330 00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:19,080 Speaker 1: last season it was the falcons, was the forced fumble 331 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:22,160 Speaker 1: tabon play too? How much did that boost you into 332 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:24,160 Speaker 1: this season? But just the confidence of knowing, man, I'm 333 00:15:24,160 --> 00:15:26,520 Speaker 1: flying all over the field, I'm making plays everywhere. How 334 00:15:26,560 --> 00:15:28,760 Speaker 1: should that help you? I feel like it helped me 335 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:31,240 Speaker 1: a lot. Man. Just uh, just staying in my playbooks, 336 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:33,840 Speaker 1: stay in my playbook studying. Just um, just trying to 337 00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:36,000 Speaker 1: be around the ball. I think that. I think that's 338 00:15:36,040 --> 00:15:38,440 Speaker 1: my biggest thing is like by the time that film 339 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:40,440 Speaker 1: cut off, I want to be in the picture of 340 00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:42,680 Speaker 1: that film. I don't care if I'm on the other 341 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:44,520 Speaker 1: side of the hashes or whatever, on the other side 342 00:15:44,520 --> 00:15:46,760 Speaker 1: of opposite number. I want to get in that picture 343 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:49,480 Speaker 1: of that film. I feel like that's my goal. Every 344 00:15:49,480 --> 00:15:51,360 Speaker 1: time the ball is snap, just be next to the 345 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:54,600 Speaker 1: ball um You never know what might happen when you're 346 00:15:54,600 --> 00:15:56,920 Speaker 1: tackling people try to knock the ball out. I think 347 00:15:56,960 --> 00:15:59,080 Speaker 1: that's probably one of my big emphasis this year is 348 00:15:59,120 --> 00:16:02,360 Speaker 1: like I'm tackically just punched. Just keep just keep doing 349 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:04,040 Speaker 1: what you're doing, and just try to try to be 350 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:06,600 Speaker 1: aggressive as my biggest goal. I feel like that's ever 351 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:08,560 Speaker 1: been a problem for you when when you were undrafted 352 00:16:08,640 --> 00:16:10,800 Speaker 1: rookie and you came down. I can't remember what play 353 00:16:10,800 --> 00:16:13,400 Speaker 1: it was. It was like you pop somebody and it 354 00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:18,800 Speaker 1: was some veteran. Well, it was just people were like, 355 00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:24,440 Speaker 1: people were like, who is this dude? He's just coloveratim. 356 00:16:25,080 --> 00:16:29,160 Speaker 1: I don't remember that. Well do you see what he 357 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:36,400 Speaker 1: did too? So for you, you kind of had a 358 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:39,120 Speaker 1: crazy journey because you get here is the undrafted guy 359 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:41,480 Speaker 1: and you're and you're trying to make the team and 360 00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:43,760 Speaker 1: you're out there popping Kyle you check on the practice 361 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:45,120 Speaker 1: field and now you're the man in the middle of 362 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:47,360 Speaker 1: the defense. And now when it comes up, the conversation 363 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:48,920 Speaker 1: comes up of like guys who could be here for 364 00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:50,600 Speaker 1: a long time and get a big time contract and 365 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:53,080 Speaker 1: an extension, Like you're one of those players who could 366 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:56,080 Speaker 1: be next in line for that type of deal. How 367 00:16:56,080 --> 00:16:58,560 Speaker 1: do you approach that knowing that like a big contract 368 00:16:58,560 --> 00:17:01,040 Speaker 1: could be on the horizon for you. I feel like 369 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:03,720 Speaker 1: with me, just just one game at a time, just 370 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:05,719 Speaker 1: keep playing a game at a time. I try not 371 00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:09,160 Speaker 1: to worry about that. Um uh, that's in God hands 372 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:11,879 Speaker 1: and that's in the organization hands or whatever happens happened. 373 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:14,000 Speaker 1: But I could do my part and just play football 374 00:17:14,520 --> 00:17:16,400 Speaker 1: and just let everything fly. So it is it easy 375 00:17:16,440 --> 00:17:18,680 Speaker 1: to like not think about that because you know it's 376 00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:20,720 Speaker 1: not easy. But at the same time, you got like 377 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:25,960 Speaker 1: older guys like fee T j Levine, Um, I still 378 00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:28,600 Speaker 1: talk to birt Um, the same thing with Jude all, 379 00:17:28,640 --> 00:17:30,840 Speaker 1: Like they tell us all the time, like don't worry 380 00:17:30,840 --> 00:17:32,959 Speaker 1: about that because it can't it can't. It can't like 381 00:17:32,960 --> 00:17:34,879 Speaker 1: psych you out and start thinking about other stuff. Just 382 00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:38,080 Speaker 1: play football and it's gonna whatever happens happened. So just 383 00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:40,560 Speaker 1: having those older guys around, I feel like that helps 384 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:42,160 Speaker 1: us a lot too when when you get in those 385 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:44,440 Speaker 1: type of situations because we only in our fourth year, 386 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:47,040 Speaker 1: so we've never been through that and they have. I 387 00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:49,320 Speaker 1: feel like, well, it seems like the message is resonating. 388 00:17:49,359 --> 00:17:51,000 Speaker 1: You're off to a strong start, Judies off to a 389 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:53,280 Speaker 1: strong start, like it. It obviously seems like it's sinking in. 390 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:55,160 Speaker 1: You guys aren't making too big of a deal about 391 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:56,720 Speaker 1: her thinking about it too much on the field or 392 00:17:56,720 --> 00:18:00,159 Speaker 1: anything like that. Who was it that originally move you 393 00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:06,000 Speaker 1: from safety? The linebacker the Boston Ravens. Yeah, I never 394 00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:09,480 Speaker 1: played any linebacker. Um. Coming out of high school, I 395 00:18:09,480 --> 00:18:12,360 Speaker 1: played wide receiver and went the Arizona played the wide receiver, 396 00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:15,479 Speaker 1: and then my wide receiver culture of Arizona told me, 397 00:18:15,520 --> 00:18:19,159 Speaker 1: he was like, look, wide receivers or dime a dozen 398 00:18:19,720 --> 00:18:22,560 Speaker 1: and safeties are special at your size. If you want 399 00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:25,480 Speaker 1: to go to the NFL, we need you to play 400 00:18:25,520 --> 00:18:29,120 Speaker 1: safety here for us. And I was like, all right, 401 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:31,280 Speaker 1: let's try this out. I never I played safety in 402 00:18:31,320 --> 00:18:33,679 Speaker 1: high school. I was aggressive, what I'm saying, but at 403 00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:36,240 Speaker 1: the same time, I want to catch tourchdowns. I felt 404 00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:38,679 Speaker 1: like that was the biggest thing, to catch the touchdowns 405 00:18:38,680 --> 00:18:40,800 Speaker 1: and stuff like that. But when I got there and 406 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:42,800 Speaker 1: I was playing safety, they like my aggressive this so 407 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:45,320 Speaker 1: and then I went to Portland State played the same thing. 408 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:48,639 Speaker 1: Then I got here, They're like, okay, you're gonna I 409 00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:51,560 Speaker 1: started walking with Christen them They're like, you're with the linebackers. 410 00:18:51,720 --> 00:18:55,720 Speaker 1: I'm like, you said, what, I'm only like two fifteen 411 00:18:55,840 --> 00:18:58,760 Speaker 1: to teams. I'm like, I'm thinking linebacker supposed to be 412 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:01,320 Speaker 1: like two fifty to forty or something like that. I'm 413 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:04,240 Speaker 1: I'm too light, right, Yeah? But there then Wink told 414 00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:07,159 Speaker 1: me like, look, don't worry about nothing. I'll teach you 415 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:09,560 Speaker 1: all the gap schemes and run fixing all this stuff. Later, 416 00:19:10,560 --> 00:19:12,639 Speaker 1: find a football and run to the football fast you 417 00:19:12,640 --> 00:19:14,879 Speaker 1: can't tackle him. And that's what I did. And then 418 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:17,400 Speaker 1: he turned me into the linebacker. How scary can that be? Though? 419 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:19,320 Speaker 1: I mean, you find you get to the NFL, you know, 420 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:21,720 Speaker 1: the dream that you've probably had for a long time, 421 00:19:22,040 --> 00:19:23,840 Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, it's like you're starting from 422 00:19:23,920 --> 00:19:26,119 Speaker 1: square one, you know. I mean, how tough is that? 423 00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:29,440 Speaker 1: It's it's kind of tough because you don't know what's 424 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:32,120 Speaker 1: gonna happen. You don't know if it's the right position. 425 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:35,359 Speaker 1: You think about a lot of stuff. But well, Wink 426 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:37,960 Speaker 1: telling me that the first thing, like, look, I'm gonna 427 00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:40,320 Speaker 1: turn you to a linebacker, just run to the football 428 00:19:40,600 --> 00:19:43,440 Speaker 1: as fast as you can be physical. He getting right there, 429 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:46,600 Speaker 1: dumb birds gave me a chance like, look, I don't 430 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:48,439 Speaker 1: even know the A gap, B gap. Just run to 431 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:50,959 Speaker 1: the football and tackle the football and you could possibly 432 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:52,840 Speaker 1: make the team. So that right there just gave me 433 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:55,520 Speaker 1: more hope to making this team. And I trusted him. 434 00:19:55,680 --> 00:19:58,240 Speaker 1: Well you're not You're not too tan or two fifteen anymore. 435 00:19:58,520 --> 00:20:01,879 Speaker 1: How much of that how much of a change physically 436 00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:03,919 Speaker 1: did you have to go through and did you have 437 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:06,239 Speaker 1: to eat a ton? I mean obviously putting it work 438 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:08,000 Speaker 1: in the in the weight room, Like was that a 439 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:11,359 Speaker 1: major focus for you probably between year one and year two? Yeah? 440 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:15,280 Speaker 1: I think uh Wink was never really like um big 441 00:20:15,320 --> 00:20:17,159 Speaker 1: on it. He was just more like, I want you 442 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:18,920 Speaker 1: to play kind of comfortable where you feel like you 443 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:22,000 Speaker 1: want to play at But I think I did um 444 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:24,800 Speaker 1: throughout the season. My my, my mom my rookie year. 445 00:20:25,280 --> 00:20:27,280 Speaker 1: I was getting kind of like banged up a little, 446 00:20:27,280 --> 00:20:28,680 Speaker 1: but I was feeling these hits that I was that 447 00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:30,959 Speaker 1: I was delivering and taking at the same time. So 448 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:32,960 Speaker 1: he was just like, look, just put on a little 449 00:20:32,960 --> 00:20:34,880 Speaker 1: bit more a weight and let's see how you like that. 450 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:37,200 Speaker 1: So I'll start ended up going for like two fifteen, 451 00:20:37,440 --> 00:20:40,640 Speaker 1: like two twenty two, and then it was like it'll 452 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:42,240 Speaker 1: keep going back and forth, and then I end up 453 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:45,280 Speaker 1: getting up to two thirty. So I'm kind of right 454 00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:47,439 Speaker 1: there right now. And it would go from like two thirties, 455 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:51,119 Speaker 1: like twenty six to thirty. So I kind of like 456 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:52,639 Speaker 1: it right there as long as as long as I 457 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:55,359 Speaker 1: feel comfortable. I felt like Wink didn't have a problem 458 00:20:55,400 --> 00:20:57,520 Speaker 1: with what where my weight was at, and uh, and 459 00:20:57,560 --> 00:20:59,800 Speaker 1: I didn't have a problem with it as well. You 460 00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:01,919 Speaker 1: talk to a little bit about your history and you know, 461 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:05,120 Speaker 1: arisoner of the Portland's State and uh, you know that 462 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:07,880 Speaker 1: how how that all went down. Can you just tell 463 00:21:07,920 --> 00:21:11,240 Speaker 1: people what happened there and and what you learned, the 464 00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:13,159 Speaker 1: lessons that you learned for that from that, and what 465 00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:15,359 Speaker 1: you can kind of in part on other kids, you know, 466 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:18,000 Speaker 1: because I know it's a difficult time. Yeah, just um 467 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:20,200 Speaker 1: just hanging with the hanging with the wrong crowd. Uh, 468 00:21:21,480 --> 00:21:23,639 Speaker 1: just just just doing stuff that you're not supposed to 469 00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:26,240 Speaker 1: be doing. And um, I just gotta I had to 470 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:28,560 Speaker 1: look forward. That was a big wake up call from 471 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:31,560 Speaker 1: me and to be happy. I'm kind of kind of 472 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:34,159 Speaker 1: glad to have it happened. It kind of like building 473 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:36,960 Speaker 1: me into a person that I am today. Um, just 474 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:39,440 Speaker 1: trying to just be humble, That's what That's the most 475 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:41,160 Speaker 1: thing I probably want to say. Just be humble because 476 00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:43,080 Speaker 1: you never know what could happen. Just just hang with 477 00:21:43,119 --> 00:21:45,240 Speaker 1: the hang with the right crowd, and be around the 478 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:48,480 Speaker 1: right people that bring you positive energy and just um 479 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:51,040 Speaker 1: just do the right things. I think. Um. Me going 480 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:53,920 Speaker 1: to Portland State helped me out a lot. I got 481 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:56,479 Speaker 1: to focus on football in school and just uh just 482 00:21:56,560 --> 00:21:58,640 Speaker 1: work out and do stuff like that and just have fun. 483 00:21:59,320 --> 00:22:01,119 Speaker 1: Uh and not a lot of like the party and 484 00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:08,320 Speaker 1: all the crazy stuff Arizona, but just um yeah, just 485 00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:10,800 Speaker 1: just having the right mindset and just just just enjoying 486 00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:13,960 Speaker 1: life and just enjoin the moment, just having a positive mindset. 487 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:17,239 Speaker 1: I there ended up not being any criminal church there. 488 00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:18,639 Speaker 1: I mean you were wrested or whatnot, but it was 489 00:22:18,680 --> 00:22:21,720 Speaker 1: all dropped. Um. And then when you got kicked off 490 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:24,800 Speaker 1: the team by Arizona. What went through your head at 491 00:22:24,840 --> 00:22:28,040 Speaker 1: that point about what your football future was? Over with? 492 00:22:28,359 --> 00:22:31,159 Speaker 1: Everything I dreamed about, everything I thought I could be 493 00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:35,480 Speaker 1: went completely down the drain. Um. The first person that 494 00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:38,560 Speaker 1: came to my mind, was my mama, Like I let 495 00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:44,639 Speaker 1: her down, like her first son, first first son thinking 496 00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:46,840 Speaker 1: he could go to have a chance to make the NFL. 497 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:50,119 Speaker 1: It's over with and like for me to pick up 498 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:52,159 Speaker 1: that phone to call her. I'll probably say that that 499 00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:55,160 Speaker 1: party was the hardest thing to do to let her 500 00:22:55,280 --> 00:22:58,280 Speaker 1: know that her sons got kicked out of school, uh 501 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:04,399 Speaker 1: university and just him. I think that hurting me just 502 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:07,240 Speaker 1: it just it kind of building me so um. And 503 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:09,960 Speaker 1: then when I told her she was she was down. 504 00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:12,199 Speaker 1: She was down. But you know what moms do, They 505 00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:14,639 Speaker 1: make sure they pick you back up and uh stay 506 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:16,520 Speaker 1: stay by side. And that's what she did and just 507 00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:18,760 Speaker 1: gave me courage and gave me positive energy and just 508 00:23:19,040 --> 00:23:21,440 Speaker 1: just got me back on track. And I think, well, 509 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:22,960 Speaker 1: with her, I think that's one thing I love it 510 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:24,480 Speaker 1: by my mom and she just she just she just 511 00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:25,840 Speaker 1: she makes sure I got back on the track. And 512 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:27,119 Speaker 1: it kind of it kind of helped me and it 513 00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:29,760 Speaker 1: did help me a lot. It's just the whole story 514 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:33,959 Speaker 1: is just surprisingly like knowing you somewhat from working with you, 515 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:36,040 Speaker 1: I mean like you're just such a down the earth, 516 00:23:36,119 --> 00:23:38,040 Speaker 1: humbled like you would be the last guy I would 517 00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:40,680 Speaker 1: ever expect to get in trouble, you know what I mean? 518 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:43,320 Speaker 1: And um, and seeing you with your family and your kid, 519 00:23:43,359 --> 00:23:45,040 Speaker 1: I don't I don't know if I've ever seen somebody 520 00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:49,919 Speaker 1: kiss their kids. Uh so it's just so surprising. So 521 00:23:50,119 --> 00:23:54,240 Speaker 1: just tell me what what you have told kids about that? 522 00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:57,720 Speaker 1: And um, you know what you're gonna impart on your kid? 523 00:23:58,119 --> 00:24:01,119 Speaker 1: Which is how old? Now? Little baby? A little bit, 524 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:03,760 Speaker 1: it's a little it's my daughter. Yeah. So I mean, like, 525 00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:06,439 Speaker 1: I think it's cool that you're kind of rolling that forward. 526 00:24:07,359 --> 00:24:11,640 Speaker 1: Oh yeah. Just um, just positive mindset, whatever you think, 527 00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:14,920 Speaker 1: whatever you think about thinking about doing, just just think 528 00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:17,960 Speaker 1: about your future. Um. I think a lot of a 529 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:21,119 Speaker 1: lot of the choices you make you're not thinking about 530 00:24:21,119 --> 00:24:22,920 Speaker 1: your future, and then that probably will put you in 531 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:25,840 Speaker 1: bad positions. But you think about your future, you'll think 532 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:27,840 Speaker 1: twice and be like, it's not the right decision I 533 00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:29,640 Speaker 1: need to make. And I think that's probably what I'll 534 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:31,920 Speaker 1: tell the kids. To think about your future. How right 535 00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:33,840 Speaker 1: your future can be, and how right you want your 536 00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:37,240 Speaker 1: future to be. Um, going down the line, and just 537 00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:39,280 Speaker 1: just work at it and just let that be your focus. 538 00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:42,480 Speaker 1: When I committed and stay on top of football and 539 00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:45,639 Speaker 1: studied and study, it became what I wanted to do 540 00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:48,320 Speaker 1: and then and that's what I'm doing now. You're one 541 00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:50,320 Speaker 1: of the most active guys in the community on the team. 542 00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:52,760 Speaker 1: It seems like every community event you're there and know 543 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:55,960 Speaker 1: our cr department allized you for that. Um is have 544 00:24:56,080 --> 00:24:58,280 Speaker 1: those experiences that you went through in your life. Is 545 00:24:58,280 --> 00:24:59,960 Speaker 1: that part of the reason that you are so active 546 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:03,120 Speaker 1: the community? Yeah? Correct, I like to be in the community. 547 00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:05,199 Speaker 1: Um I like, I want to give back as much 548 00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:09,040 Speaker 1: as I can. Um uh. Like that's that was That 549 00:25:09,119 --> 00:25:11,159 Speaker 1: was one of my goals. I was doing in Arizona 550 00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:14,040 Speaker 1: a couple of times, like a lot of the food 551 00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:16,919 Speaker 1: that I wasn't eating, I went back close and all 552 00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:19,040 Speaker 1: that stuff I went back to like a park or something, 553 00:25:19,359 --> 00:25:21,359 Speaker 1: and I just tried to give my trunk and just 554 00:25:21,359 --> 00:25:23,240 Speaker 1: get started giving a lot of stuff away to people 555 00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:25,280 Speaker 1: that's in the community. You probably it's probably still on 556 00:25:25,280 --> 00:25:29,280 Speaker 1: my Instagram. Uh. And I just felt like, I God 557 00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:32,040 Speaker 1: gave me all this ability ability to do certain stuff, 558 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:36,960 Speaker 1: just m might as well give back. So nice, cool, Well, 559 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:39,840 Speaker 1: thank you, Peanut, really appreciate it. Look forward to a 560 00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:42,280 Speaker 1: lot of big things to come this season and beyond. 561 00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:43,960 Speaker 1: Get that, you know, we gotta get that cash on 562 00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:45,840 Speaker 1: his chip on his short Yeah. Yeah, Once you get 563 00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:46,879 Speaker 1: the cash, I don't know if you can still be 564 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:55,800 Speaker 1: at the council. See if you stay humble, appreciate, appreciate 565 00:25:55,840 --> 00:25:59,120 Speaker 1: all right, really good stuff from Peanut. Dudes. Uh, he's 566 00:25:59,119 --> 00:26:01,720 Speaker 1: got a great story and he's playing some really good 567 00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:04,720 Speaker 1: ball right now. Obviously one of the Ravens most important 568 00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:09,320 Speaker 1: defensive pieces, and I expect this defense to rebound from 569 00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:11,880 Speaker 1: the k C game and finish the year as as 570 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:13,560 Speaker 1: one of the best defenses in the league. I didn't 571 00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:15,000 Speaker 1: know that he used to be a wide receiver. Did 572 00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:18,719 Speaker 1: you know that? I did, Yeah, you know, as a receiver, 573 00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:20,359 Speaker 1: and that probably takes him off even more about that 574 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:24,480 Speaker 1: playing a receiver play. I always followed up with that question. 575 00:26:24,520 --> 00:26:27,360 Speaker 1: I was like, Nah, we just tried to eliminate that 576 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:29,159 Speaker 1: memory from his head. I'm not gonna put it right 577 00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:32,040 Speaker 1: back in there. But he's a he's a really good player. 578 00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:33,760 Speaker 1: He is going to get a huge contract when that 579 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:36,560 Speaker 1: time comes. Um, and I just it has been fun 580 00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:40,439 Speaker 1: to see him develop and evolve on and off the field. 581 00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:42,880 Speaker 1: I just don't think that, like, there's not too many 582 00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:45,680 Speaker 1: guys that I feel like you watch over the course 583 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:48,560 Speaker 1: of our time here and you see a giant step. 584 00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:51,359 Speaker 1: Like to me, he's somebody that took a giant step 585 00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:54,119 Speaker 1: on and off the field, and it's been fun to see. Yeah. 586 00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:56,560 Speaker 1: Coaches often talk about that, you know, they they're the 587 00:26:56,640 --> 00:26:58,520 Speaker 1: leader of men. And you see how these kids, you know, 588 00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:00,640 Speaker 1: I mean they come in here, the twenty two years old, 589 00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:03,160 Speaker 1: a lot of them, and how they got. Imagine how 590 00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:05,439 Speaker 1: different you are now from when you were twenty two 591 00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:09,960 Speaker 1: very mature young adult at that time. About fifty years 592 00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:17,680 Speaker 1: have passed since I was changed a lot. My knees um. 593 00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:20,560 Speaker 1: But anyway, Uh, yeah, he's he really has changed in 594 00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:23,400 Speaker 1: a pretty short, relatively speaking period of time. I said 595 00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:26,840 Speaker 1: a giant Yeah. So I like Peanut a lot. He's 596 00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:29,960 Speaker 1: a good dude. With all that said, we're getting ready 597 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:32,720 Speaker 1: for a big divisional game against the Browns. It's the 598 00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:35,320 Speaker 1: first of three straight a f C North games. We 599 00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:38,160 Speaker 1: got the Browns, we got the Steelers at this their place, 600 00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:41,720 Speaker 1: then back home for the Bengals, so it's gonna be really, 601 00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:44,239 Speaker 1: really clutch games. I want to get your take real 602 00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:46,320 Speaker 1: quick about the Browns before we go. But before I 603 00:27:46,359 --> 00:27:48,360 Speaker 1: do that, I want to make sure people know about 604 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:52,040 Speaker 1: the wal Walk Kickoff Kid promotion. That yeah, tell me 605 00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:53,840 Speaker 1: all right. So if you've ever dreamed of having your 606 00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:56,960 Speaker 1: child take the field at mty Bank Stadius, now is 607 00:27:57,000 --> 00:27:59,800 Speaker 1: your chance. 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Man, he's got new fast shoes. I 618 00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:26,919 Speaker 1: don't know, he's pretty young. Um. Anyway, you can you 619 00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:29,159 Speaker 1: can sign up for your chance to win this sweepstakes 620 00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:32,760 Speaker 1: by visiting Baltimore Ravens dot Com. Slash Kickoff Kid. Great 621 00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:34,760 Speaker 1: promotion from Walt Walls. So go ahead and get that done. 622 00:28:35,119 --> 00:28:37,080 Speaker 1: We'll see a kickoff get on Sunday against the Brown 623 00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:38,800 Speaker 1: So what's it going to take for the Ravens to 624 00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:40,360 Speaker 1: win this game? And do you feel good about it? 625 00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:42,880 Speaker 1: I do feel good about it. I mean, uh, the 626 00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:45,200 Speaker 1: Browns have a lot to play for their one and two. 627 00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:47,440 Speaker 1: All the hype is gonna go strolling down the old 628 00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:50,239 Speaker 1: toilet Bowl if they don't win this one. Uh. But 629 00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:52,440 Speaker 1: guess what, Ravens have a lot to play for two. 630 00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:55,960 Speaker 1: They've heard about how the Browns are the team to 631 00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:58,440 Speaker 1: beat in the sc North. They've listened to that all 632 00:28:58,520 --> 00:29:03,120 Speaker 1: off season. They're coming off for loss against the Chiefs. Uh, 633 00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:05,680 Speaker 1: and it's just naturally a big game. Everybody knows a 634 00:29:05,680 --> 00:29:08,440 Speaker 1: big game. The Browns are their biggest contender I think 635 00:29:08,680 --> 00:29:11,800 Speaker 1: for the to repeat as division champs this year because 636 00:29:11,800 --> 00:29:13,920 Speaker 1: the Steelers are oh and three and Ben's out for 637 00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:17,720 Speaker 1: the entire year, so um, so yeah, everybody knows it's 638 00:29:17,720 --> 00:29:20,120 Speaker 1: a big game. I think the Ravens are going to 639 00:29:20,240 --> 00:29:23,360 Speaker 1: handle their business at home. But the Browns have a 640 00:29:23,360 --> 00:29:25,080 Speaker 1: lot of talent, and you just hope this isn't the 641 00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:28,480 Speaker 1: week where all those pieces start to to fit together 642 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:32,440 Speaker 1: and the play calling fits uh and and all that stuff. Yeah, 643 00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:34,600 Speaker 1: the scary thing about the Browns is that you you 644 00:29:34,640 --> 00:29:36,520 Speaker 1: know that they can play better on offense, and they 645 00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:38,880 Speaker 1: have through the first three games, has been worse than 646 00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:40,560 Speaker 1: a second year than he was in his rookie season 647 00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:44,280 Speaker 1: statistically speaking. Yeah, so you know that could change. Also, 648 00:29:44,840 --> 00:29:46,920 Speaker 1: this is a chance not to put the Browns out 649 00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:49,480 Speaker 1: of it after four games, but to really put them 650 00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:51,960 Speaker 1: pretty far behind the eight ball. And when you look 651 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:53,600 Speaker 1: at their schedule, they have a tough game coming up 652 00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:55,800 Speaker 1: against fort on the road, but they get through a 653 00:29:55,920 --> 00:29:58,320 Speaker 1: stretch there in the middle of the season where they've 654 00:29:58,320 --> 00:30:02,120 Speaker 1: got some pretty easy game that are there, Yeah, where 655 00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:04,160 Speaker 1: they could make up ground if you allow them to 656 00:30:04,160 --> 00:30:06,760 Speaker 1: hang around. So, just if the Ravens take care of business, 657 00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:09,640 Speaker 1: put them behind two game advantage in the division, really, 658 00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:11,200 Speaker 1: you know, two and a half games, and you consider 659 00:30:11,240 --> 00:30:15,000 Speaker 1: a tiebreaker, that would put the Ravens in great, great position, 660 00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:17,480 Speaker 1: uh in the division. And I definitely think this is 661 00:30:17,480 --> 00:30:20,680 Speaker 1: a game that they can and should in will win. 662 00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:23,480 Speaker 1: I like it well, everybody, you can always read us 663 00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:26,840 Speaker 1: at the lounge at Ravens dot NFL dot net. And 664 00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:31,240 Speaker 1: just like Garrett said, we're getting ready cover of years 665 00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:40,200 Speaker 1: already turned down your volume for the