1 00:00:01,800 --> 00:00:06,320 Speaker 1: Um, feel pretty good getting better every day. Just to 2 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:08,879 Speaker 1: continue to get accommitted. Take it one day of time. 3 00:00:09,680 --> 00:00:17,000 Speaker 1: Let's just train stampings. Two coaches. Um, some of my ankle. 4 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:20,440 Speaker 1: Is it a sprain, like a low sprain. Um, that's 5 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:23,480 Speaker 1: what was reported that. Yeah, I mean, I really don't 6 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:27,440 Speaker 1: want to get too much into that, but whoever was reported, 7 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:29,880 Speaker 1: it is what it is. I'm just coming out every 8 00:00:29,880 --> 00:00:33,239 Speaker 1: single days trying to get better, get back stacks. When 9 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:36,800 Speaker 1: your year probably ever, did you have any setbacks with 10 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:41,959 Speaker 1: the foot during the rehab process? How much longer did 11 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:44,720 Speaker 1: it take than you kind of expected originally? Because it 12 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:47,120 Speaker 1: originally it seemed like even when you talk to us, 13 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:49,040 Speaker 1: it didn't seem like you thought this would be, uh, 14 00:00:49,159 --> 00:00:52,520 Speaker 1: you know, a four game type of thing. Um, yeah, 15 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:57,840 Speaker 1: I didn't. Um, I think everyone when it first came 16 00:00:57,880 --> 00:01:00,160 Speaker 1: I reported. I think at first no one thought that. 17 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:03,360 Speaker 1: But when mrs came back, Um, obviously we knew it 18 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 1: was gonna be a little more difficult than than we thought. 19 00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:08,400 Speaker 1: And I've been keeping my head down coming to work 20 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:13,200 Speaker 1: every single day. I really don't want to get too 21 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:15,600 Speaker 1: much into the details. I mean that there's questions more 22 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:18,399 Speaker 1: for coach, judge or or Leo Ronnie Bonds. Is this 23 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:21,240 Speaker 1: something that similar to the high ankle spring that you're 24 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 1: gonna have to manage and play through for the rest 25 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:26,240 Speaker 1: of the season. Um, you know that's I don't even know. 26 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:28,600 Speaker 1: I guess I would know whenever I'll never get back 27 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:31,360 Speaker 1: out there. Right now, I'm just focus on practice and 28 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:32,920 Speaker 1: leading and trying to get better and trying to get 29 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:36,000 Speaker 1: back to my team. Is that compt test step back? 30 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:38,080 Speaker 1: You think you might have gotten back soon? It's not 31 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:40,280 Speaker 1: to that. Um, yeah, I mean that that's kind of 32 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:43,560 Speaker 1: up in the air. Um. Obviously, you know, as a compare, 33 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:47,400 Speaker 1: I would love to try to play last week, but 34 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:50,440 Speaker 1: missing practice for a day or two, haven't been home 35 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 1: for a day or two, and not being the practice definitely, 36 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:55,240 Speaker 1: I guess you could say set me back from what 37 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 1: I would like to accomplish. But you know, no one knows, 38 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 1: and I can't predict that. I could have came out 39 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:03,640 Speaker 1: and practice and not felt good and still not being 40 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:05,760 Speaker 1: to play, or came out and practice it felt good 41 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:08,520 Speaker 1: enough to go out there. But you looked pretty exp 42 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:11,480 Speaker 1: You look pretty explosive out there. Now, do you feel 43 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:14,919 Speaker 1: I don't know if a hundred percents even a thing 44 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:17,160 Speaker 1: mid midway through a season. Do you feel like you 45 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:22,799 Speaker 1: should feel before a game? Um? I mean tell me, 46 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:26,440 Speaker 1: I just stopped budging. Um. I mean I was kind 47 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:28,440 Speaker 1: of lost lost thought with the project, I say, And 48 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:30,240 Speaker 1: I don't know if a hundred percents even a real thing, 49 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:32,480 Speaker 1: But do you feel like you usually feel on the 50 00:02:32,639 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 1: Friday before a game? Obviously, just some soreness when you 51 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:41,000 Speaker 1: rehappen and you're coming off an injury, especially an injury 52 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:42,399 Speaker 1: that you know you have to be not weight bearing 53 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:45,200 Speaker 1: for a little bit. Um, there's just definitely be some 54 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 1: soreness there. But uh, that's part of football. That's part 55 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 1: of the game that I love to play. And you know, 56 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 1: I just got to continue to listen to the trainers, 57 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:53,560 Speaker 1: listen to coaches and trust my body. What is this 58 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:56,600 Speaker 1: last month been for you? Just sort of psychologically dealing 59 00:02:56,639 --> 00:03:01,120 Speaker 1: with you know, working through this sucks. I mean, I'm 60 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:03,400 Speaker 1: as a competitive you want to be out there. Uh, 61 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 1: you know, I just went a whole year, missed fourteen 62 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:08,880 Speaker 1: games COVID knee and having to watch all the games 63 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:12,959 Speaker 1: on TV or being there and then having to miss 64 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:15,519 Speaker 1: three or four games. However, manion games. I just missed. 65 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:19,120 Speaker 1: Obviously it sucks, but um, you know, I just missed 66 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:22,079 Speaker 1: the game and just hopefully that I'll get an opportunity 67 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:24,520 Speaker 1: this week. But it's gotta keep trusting it and keep building. 68 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:29,639 Speaker 1: You expect to be on a Fitch count. Um, that's 69 00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:32,280 Speaker 1: not a conversation that I had with uh, with with 70 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 1: jud joining the coaches. Um, so I really have no expectations. Um, 71 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:38,560 Speaker 1: I'm just trying to just get better and show them 72 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:40,360 Speaker 1: that I can be able to go out there and 73 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:42,400 Speaker 1: play and be able to protect myself and help the team. 74 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:44,200 Speaker 1: What did you do the week you had COVID, Like, 75 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:46,520 Speaker 1: were you able to work out on your own when 76 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 1: you were Yeah, fortunately I have a I have a 77 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 1: gym in my house. So I mean I actually I 78 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:54,640 Speaker 1: didn't have COVID. I want to, Yeah, I want to. 79 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:57,000 Speaker 1: I want to, Yeah, I want to clean it up. 80 00:03:57,120 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 1: I actually didn't have COVID, but when I was false 81 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:06,640 Speaker 1: positive or whatever, however, went I have a gym my downstairs, 82 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 1: so I did have to quarantine a little bit. I 83 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:10,880 Speaker 1: kind of just went down to my basement, still away 84 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:13,680 Speaker 1: from my family, and UM, talk to the coach fits 85 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 1: and you know, I got the workout sent to me. 86 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:19,720 Speaker 1: And when my weight room did it that Friday after 87 00:04:19,839 --> 00:04:22,520 Speaker 1: you got clear as a false positive? You weren't on 88 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:25,359 Speaker 1: the practice field. So were you at home quarantining working 89 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:29,119 Speaker 1: out in that gym that Um, I've got the makeup 90 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:31,800 Speaker 1: of it how it went. I think it's I think 91 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:37,600 Speaker 1: it came out, came in we test Tuesday. Yeah, that Friday, 92 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:39,840 Speaker 1: I wouldn't. I don't think I would have been. I 93 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:43,440 Speaker 1: don't think I would have been and on the field. 94 00:04:43,839 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 1: But I think I was able to allow to come 95 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:49,880 Speaker 1: back into the building because it's rules, because I'm fascinated. Um, 96 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:52,960 Speaker 1: so I really don't remember, but I wasn't on the 97 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:57,280 Speaker 1: field that Friday, or maybe I was like by myself 98 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:02,600 Speaker 1: with leonom my question, you would you have as big 99 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:05,640 Speaker 1: of a competitor as you are? Have you been able 100 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:09,039 Speaker 1: to find ways to kind of feed that competitive nature? 101 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:13,120 Speaker 1: One I'm not on the floor. Um, when I thought 102 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 1: I had COVID, I played a lot of Man I 103 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:19,400 Speaker 1: guess I guess that's some way. Uh, playing board games 104 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:23,760 Speaker 1: in my family. Um, there's nothing that's gonna feed it 105 00:05:23,839 --> 00:05:27,679 Speaker 1: like playing football. Uh, it's not just a competitive size, 106 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:30,239 Speaker 1: just to love of the game. Um, just how passed 107 00:05:30,279 --> 00:05:33,039 Speaker 1: I am about it. So, like I said, just every 108 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 1: every single day so far as we were just trying 109 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:37,120 Speaker 1: to come back and just get better and then show 110 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:39,440 Speaker 1: my show the coaches that I'm able to go out 111 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:41,280 Speaker 1: there and protect myself and I'll be able to help 112 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:44,840 Speaker 1: the team. You call like seventy five? Do you call? Like? 113 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:47,320 Speaker 1: Do you call like seventy five handoffs in a row 114 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:50,280 Speaker 1: when you're playing that? A? Uh No? I mean I 115 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:54,760 Speaker 1: like meant like a franchise mode and make the team 116 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:57,520 Speaker 1: suck and like get rid of all the star players 117 00:05:57,520 --> 00:05:59,640 Speaker 1: and get my home draft pick. Yeah. I just like 118 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:03,040 Speaker 1: to do like a whole big read yourself now, I 119 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:06,479 Speaker 1: don't I don't play with the Giants. I don't play 120 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:09,440 Speaker 1: with because like it's too like it's too close to home, 121 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:12,000 Speaker 1: or like if I like, say, if I'm playing a game, 122 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:14,040 Speaker 1: like if I phone with the ball, like I gotta 123 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:16,720 Speaker 1: take myself out of game, Like it's too it's too 124 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:19,200 Speaker 1: weird for me, So I stay away from the Giants. 125 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:23,520 Speaker 1: Did you practice fully today or were you limited? I 126 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:26,160 Speaker 1: guess what did I say? They didn't say it. So 127 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:28,160 Speaker 1: that's why I'm asking you to get a jump on whatever. 128 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 1: Then I guess we'll wait till it come out right? 129 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:34,480 Speaker 1: How much? How how much rehab extra rehab do you 130 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:36,760 Speaker 1: have to do right now on this still the ankle? 131 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:40,280 Speaker 1: Um like after practices both you gotta rehab ankle. I 132 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:42,960 Speaker 1: rehab the knee. I rehab your body. Uh you know, 133 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:45,120 Speaker 1: I know I've been banged up and hurt the last 134 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:48,240 Speaker 1: two years, but I hire a lot of people. I 135 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:51,440 Speaker 1: do a lot of extra work my body. Um that's 136 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:53,840 Speaker 1: why you know some injuries, I guess you could say 137 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:57,040 Speaker 1: don't make sense, but you gotta continue to stay on 138 00:06:57,120 --> 00:07:01,200 Speaker 1: your body. Um, no different if I did have an 139 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:03,080 Speaker 1: ankle injury, or if I didn't have a knee injury 140 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:06,800 Speaker 1: the year before, um week whatever we are in the NFL. 141 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:09,040 Speaker 1: You know it's a grind and tearing your body, so 142 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:10,800 Speaker 1: you gotta take care of it no matter what. So 143 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:14,760 Speaker 1: the extra stuff that you gotta do your body is needed, 144 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:16,800 Speaker 1: no matter what. If it wasn't the core injury or 145 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:18,960 Speaker 1: you just want to continue to go out there and 146 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:21,280 Speaker 1: be healthy. Did you get a second opinion? Did you 147 00:07:21,320 --> 00:07:23,880 Speaker 1: get a second opinion on your ankle? Like did you 148 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:25,400 Speaker 1: have to go to l A or Um, now I 149 00:07:25,520 --> 00:07:28,120 Speaker 1: have to go to l AH. But yeah, my agent 150 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:29,840 Speaker 1: got ahold of the m R s. And you know 151 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 1: it's always smart to to get a second opinion. Obviously, 152 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:37,080 Speaker 1: I trust every everyone here from you know, makesure says 153 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:39,680 Speaker 1: to Dr Rodeo to to to lead all the opinions. 154 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:42,400 Speaker 1: But um, yeah too, like I said, But I also 155 00:07:42,440 --> 00:07:44,560 Speaker 1: don't want to go too too deep enough. You're a 156 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:48,840 Speaker 1: pretty business oriented person. How do you when all these 157 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:53,040 Speaker 1: injuries happen? How do you avoid thinking that it's costing 158 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:55,440 Speaker 1: you money? I mean, look, I understand there's nothing to do. 159 00:07:55,560 --> 00:07:57,480 Speaker 1: You stepped on the guy's foot. But the reality is 160 00:07:57,880 --> 00:08:00,680 Speaker 1: the more time you miss, the more people. The perception 161 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:03,720 Speaker 1: is that hey, heathy injury front. You know the situation. 162 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:06,480 Speaker 1: How do you not think about that? Right? How do 163 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:09,400 Speaker 1: you live life? You know what I mean? I can't 164 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:12,280 Speaker 1: control I can't control that. A lot of people say 165 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:14,760 Speaker 1: control where you can control? Um, that's what I gotta 166 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:18,880 Speaker 1: live by, spend time with my family, live life, smile, 167 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:22,520 Speaker 1: work my butt off. And you know, I'm a big 168 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:25,240 Speaker 1: believer in no matter what, the things that you want 169 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:28,400 Speaker 1: to accomplish, you gotta visualize it, you gotta work for it. 170 00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:31,000 Speaker 1: And all the things that I want to to obtain 171 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:33,280 Speaker 1: and still out there for me to obtain. And that's 172 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:34,599 Speaker 1: how I gotta live by it. You know, I'm just 173 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:37,199 Speaker 1: gonna be setbacks. There's gonna be adversity, um, not just 174 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:39,880 Speaker 1: as a football player, but in anything you do in life. Him, 175 00:08:40,679 --> 00:08:42,800 Speaker 1: just because you have a little adversity or setbacks, don't 176 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:45,640 Speaker 1: don't mean you gotta start listening to all the noise. 177 00:08:45,679 --> 00:08:47,920 Speaker 1: You gotta ignore the noise. Um, put your head down 178 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:50,360 Speaker 1: and keep working and have faith and have belief and 179 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:51,960 Speaker 1: all the hard work that you put in. It's gonna 180 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:53,800 Speaker 1: come to left of thought about it though. I mean, 181 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:56,280 Speaker 1: it's just something you haven't been completely able to avoid 182 00:08:56,360 --> 00:08:58,439 Speaker 1: or has a crossed your mind and you're able to 183 00:08:58,520 --> 00:09:00,439 Speaker 1: you know, get overrgin Like I know you mentioned that 184 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:03,800 Speaker 1: time too, as like a cycle, right, you have to 185 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:06,599 Speaker 1: the first initial reaction is disappointment and you have to 186 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:09,280 Speaker 1: kind of get over it, like a day or two whatever. Um. Now, 187 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:13,800 Speaker 1: I mean the only thought process is getting back, getting 188 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:15,640 Speaker 1: back to my team, getting back playing the sports that 189 00:09:15,640 --> 00:09:19,640 Speaker 1: I love. UM. And you know, obviously right when I 190 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:21,880 Speaker 1: feel like I started getting back, obviously got injured, but 191 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:25,800 Speaker 1: got what eight eight nine games left for the regular season. Um. 192 00:09:25,920 --> 00:09:28,200 Speaker 1: Everything we want to accomplish the still out there, um, 193 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:30,439 Speaker 1: and just try to get back healthy. I can to 194 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:31,880 Speaker 1: go out there and try to make a run into 195 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:33,600 Speaker 1: this thing at the second half of season. You mentioned 196 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:36,000 Speaker 1: you know that for you personally, everything you want to 197 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:39,199 Speaker 1: attain is still attainable here. So when you whenever you 198 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:41,439 Speaker 1: do come back for the latter half of the season, 199 00:09:41,559 --> 00:09:45,839 Speaker 1: what are your expectations for yourself? Um, I gotta see 200 00:09:45,880 --> 00:09:48,920 Speaker 1: him my chest for a reason. Be a leader. UM. 201 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:52,559 Speaker 1: I still believe I'm capable of the things that I've 202 00:09:52,559 --> 00:09:55,440 Speaker 1: shown on the field before. Uh So when I'm able 203 00:09:55,480 --> 00:09:57,480 Speaker 1: to make those plays, when those plays come to me, 204 00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:00,320 Speaker 1: make those plays on force nothing um, and making one 205 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:02,440 Speaker 1: day at a time. That's that's really the only thing 206 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:04,160 Speaker 1: I can do. Those those of my expectations to take 207 00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:05,880 Speaker 1: it one day at a time, be a leader that 208 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:07,760 Speaker 1: I am, and be the playmaker that I know I 209 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:09,360 Speaker 1: can't be, and know what that I will be.