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Speaker 1: Official plot is presented by when Bett Betty is a

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Speaker 1: team sport but together at win Bett Eric Ellen here

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Speaker 1: inside the studio, joined by Jets center Connor McGovern Connor,

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Speaker 1: thank you so much for joining me today. First off,

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Speaker 1: a lot of additions for the Jets here in the

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Speaker 1: off season, but you have a special one yourself, don't you. Yep? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: My wife and I had just brought home our for

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Speaker 1: Saturday and uh, you know, just doing the doing the

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Speaker 1: dad life right now. I'll be back in Jersey and

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Speaker 1: uh in the building next week. What's her name? And

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Speaker 1: how is everybody doing? Mom and baby are great. The

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Speaker 1: baby's name is Dylan Lucy McGovern um. And she was

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Speaker 1: a big girl, measuring eight pounds fifteen ounces, so she

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Speaker 1: So but happ being healthy. Yep, yep, big girl. Now

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Speaker 1: you're out west right now. The Jets offseason voluntary portion

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Speaker 1: of the program started. But you have a good excuse

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Speaker 1: here not to be here right Yeah, I got I

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Speaker 1: postpone it a week. It was actually, so we came

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Speaker 1: Easter Sunday, and uh, I'm from North Dakota and a

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Speaker 1: blizzard rolled through on Sunday. So even if I tried

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Speaker 1: coaches were like, you know what, enjoy being a dad

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Speaker 1: So they were the Jets were awesome about it. So

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Speaker 1: a guy from North Dakota, what is your definition of

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Speaker 1: a blizzard? Uh? You know, it was only about two

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Speaker 1: or two or three inches, which isn't a lot of

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Speaker 1: Then it was blowing my crazy. Your visibility you know,

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Speaker 1: for April it was it was a pretty big one. So,

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Speaker 1: but you're hanging out with your parents right now, so

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Speaker 1: everybody's to celebrate the new addition to the family. And also,

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Speaker 1: you guys are gonna have a new home. You're working

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Speaker 1: on that, right Yep, yep, working on building a new home.

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Speaker 1: So we Uh my dad likes to joke that his

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Speaker 1: built here at Park. Hey man, it's been a busy

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Speaker 1: off season for you on multiple fronts. What can you

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Speaker 1: tell me about your participation in the Able Games and

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Speaker 1: what are the Able Games? Yes? The Able Games is

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Speaker 1: something that uh myself and Kim Platt some over at

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Speaker 1: UM and it's a platform for people with all abilities

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Speaker 1: to compete UM in a physical competition. You know. Being

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Speaker 1: So um, I would expect another, you know, an even

431
00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:20,360
Speaker 1: better year out of a V team. And and then

432
00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:22,800
Speaker 1: lake And has been in the system for for his

433
00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:26,119
Speaker 1: you know, I think his whole career and with h

434
00:22:26,359 --> 00:22:29,280
Speaker 1: j B every year except for last, I'm pretty sure.

435
00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:32,640
Speaker 1: So for him to come in, he's he's not he's

436
00:22:32,640 --> 00:22:34,720
Speaker 1: not a you know what I would say, Uh, he's

437
00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:37,399
Speaker 1: definitely not a green horn in this system. So he'll

438
00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:40,080
Speaker 1: come in and and instantly be a leader and actually

439
00:22:40,080 --> 00:22:44,080
Speaker 1: have more experience and this offensive system than anybody else.

440
00:22:44,119 --> 00:22:48,040
Speaker 1: So uh, it's like as an offensive line wise, we're

441
00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:49,800
Speaker 1: in we're in great straight but I think if you

442
00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:52,760
Speaker 1: look on paper, we we have to be one of

443
00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:56,159
Speaker 1: the better offensive lines on paper. So we just need

444
00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:58,399
Speaker 1: to come out and make sure we prove proved that

445
00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:01,400
Speaker 1: the papers telling the truth. Yeah. Have you been able

446
00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:03,600
Speaker 1: to talk to link in it all after he signed

447
00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:05,920
Speaker 1: with the Jets. Obviously if you had a busy offseason,

448
00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:09,400
Speaker 1: maybe you guys have exchanged texts or something like that. Yep, Yeah,

449
00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:11,760
Speaker 1: we've we've taxed a couple of times. We have the group,

450
00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:15,280
Speaker 1: we have the online group chat going. Um, it's always

451
00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:19,560
Speaker 1: a good time in the online group chat. It's it's uh, um,

452
00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:21,760
Speaker 1: you know, it'll be quiet for a week and then

453
00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:25,680
Speaker 1: it'll pick up for a week and and uh, some good, good,

454
00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:28,720
Speaker 1: good conversation has had in the online group chat for sure.

455
00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:32,480
Speaker 1: Last year, let's talk about you individually. Was that your

456
00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:37,240
Speaker 1: best year in the NFL? And it's so why would

457
00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:39,600
Speaker 1: you say that? Yeah? I think it was my best

458
00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:42,679
Speaker 1: year in the the NFL. Um. You know, I I

459
00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:46,760
Speaker 1: fit well in this system. This system places in my strengths. Um.

460
00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:50,199
Speaker 1: And then you know it's just I was probably you know,

461
00:23:50,359 --> 00:23:54,000
Speaker 1: the most confidence going into the year. Um. I you know,

462
00:23:54,119 --> 00:23:56,359
Speaker 1: my body was the best that have been going into

463
00:23:56,359 --> 00:24:00,919
Speaker 1: it a season and um, yeah, I mean just everything

464
00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:04,240
Speaker 1: kind of clicked, uh last year, and um, I'd like

465
00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:05,879
Speaker 1: to have an even better season this year. You know,

466
00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:08,320
Speaker 1: I have this going into your seven in the NFL,

467
00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:10,440
Speaker 1: which someone had asked me that a couple of weeks

468
00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:12,360
Speaker 1: ago and I hadn't said it yet, and I was like, man,

469
00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:15,560
Speaker 1: seven sounds old. Six and sound old. Seven sounds old,

470
00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:18,880
Speaker 1: But um, I'm going into your seven. But I've had

471
00:24:19,320 --> 00:24:22,160
Speaker 1: six offensive coordinators, six old line coaches. Sup. This would

472
00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:25,000
Speaker 1: be my first year UM in the exact same system,

473
00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:28,439
Speaker 1: with the exact same offensive coordinating, the exact same ol

474
00:24:28,480 --> 00:24:31,840
Speaker 1: line coach. So I'm really excited to to see how

475
00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:33,679
Speaker 1: I can take my game to the next level. I

476
00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:37,399
Speaker 1: get to spend you know, the next two months, um,

477
00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:40,480
Speaker 1: building on what I had last year instead of restarting.

478
00:24:40,560 --> 00:24:44,600
Speaker 1: So I'm really excited to build upon last year. And uh,

479
00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:47,240
Speaker 1: and I kind of go from there. What about the

480
00:24:47,280 --> 00:24:51,840
Speaker 1: kid behind and Zac Wilson, how much did your communication

481
00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:54,280
Speaker 1: maybe improve over the course of a year just by

482
00:24:54,359 --> 00:24:58,280
Speaker 1: playing with each other? And also what did you like

483
00:24:58,520 --> 00:25:00,800
Speaker 1: from him? Maybe what you saw on the field or

484
00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:03,960
Speaker 1: off the field. Yeah, I think Zach's gonna have a

485
00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:06,440
Speaker 1: phenomenal year. You know, you saw it as the year

486
00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:12,000
Speaker 1: went on, his confidence grow, his playmaking ability grow, um,

487
00:25:12,119 --> 00:25:14,000
Speaker 1: and so you know he he has the ability to

488
00:25:14,040 --> 00:25:16,720
Speaker 1: make that that huge play UM and that's what makes

489
00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:19,840
Speaker 1: you know, quarterbacks in this league special. And as the

490
00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:22,280
Speaker 1: year went on, he also got like that, I think

491
00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:24,879
Speaker 1: naturally he's a playmaker. And then as the year went on,

492
00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:28,480
Speaker 1: he got better at being more systematic you know, when

493
00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:30,800
Speaker 1: that big plays not they're just taking the checked out

494
00:25:30,840 --> 00:25:33,520
Speaker 1: and moving on and getting that building up to that

495
00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:36,280
Speaker 1: big player started instead of trying to make that highlight

496
00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:39,480
Speaker 1: you know sports center play every single play. Um. It

497
00:25:39,520 --> 00:25:43,600
Speaker 1: takes a maturity to to let that build and capitalize

498
00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:47,400
Speaker 1: when an opportunity comes, and when that opportunity is not there, um,

499
00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:49,640
Speaker 1: to take the easy couple of yards and move on.

500
00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:51,840
Speaker 1: And and that's really what, in my opinion, what you

501
00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:54,920
Speaker 1: saw grow from Zack. And then our communication is great,

502
00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:57,080
Speaker 1: you know he uh, you know, I have a great

503
00:25:57,119 --> 00:26:01,000
Speaker 1: relationship and whether it's on the field, off the field

504
00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:03,960
Speaker 1: and meetings, you and I communicate really really well. UM.

505
00:26:04,119 --> 00:26:07,240
Speaker 1: So I'm really excited for this year. UM, whether that

506
00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:10,680
Speaker 1: be because the old line, you know, got mc back healthy,

507
00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:14,159
Speaker 1: got Zack back, we got some weapons on the outside,

508
00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:17,160
Speaker 1: and I'm really excited. Yeah. I think there's a crazy

509
00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:20,320
Speaker 1: stat that we looked up just today we're talking about

510
00:26:20,359 --> 00:26:23,520
Speaker 1: it that the Jets were the second team since the

511
00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:27,240
Speaker 1: merger nineteen seventy to have rookies lead them in receiving

512
00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:31,919
Speaker 1: yards like you mentioned Elijah More in rushing yards, Michael Carter,

513
00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:35,600
Speaker 1: and then passing yards and Zachs and so this this

514
00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:38,360
Speaker 1: is a young team with some talent on it. Yeah.

515
00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:40,359
Speaker 1: And then one of our best offense, Liman, is also

516
00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:44,639
Speaker 1: a rookie. So um to have an offense built around

517
00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:48,639
Speaker 1: essentially rookies um for lack of a better term. And

518
00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:51,840
Speaker 1: then and to have them going into year two with

519
00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:55,680
Speaker 1: the same system, same coaches, same building, you know, and

520
00:26:55,720 --> 00:26:58,560
Speaker 1: then adding the pieces around them that are needed to

521
00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:00,280
Speaker 1: really take it to the next level. I think our

522
00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:04,399
Speaker 1: offense could be really special. Will give me your favorite

523
00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:10,720
Speaker 1: Robert Sola story from your one so I don't I

524
00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:13,440
Speaker 1: don't know if I can tell the exact story, but

525
00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:16,160
Speaker 1: it was on we're all friends here as a team

526
00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:19,200
Speaker 1: meeting and we're in Green Bay, UM. And the story

527
00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:22,040
Speaker 1: that's all I told was was awesome. And so my

528
00:27:22,119 --> 00:27:24,040
Speaker 1: favorite thing, I'll just say that my favorite thing about

529
00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:27,840
Speaker 1: sala Um is how he teaches and and kind of

530
00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:32,040
Speaker 1: a hum almost like a parable kind of way for

531
00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:35,280
Speaker 1: if that makes sense, Like he tells great stories, um,

532
00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:37,760
Speaker 1: and they all have great meaning and more than just

533
00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:42,320
Speaker 1: on the field, meaning like he's really leading men and

534
00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:44,560
Speaker 1: t because there are some some of the guys in

535
00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:46,639
Speaker 1: the league are are young and they and they still

536
00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:49,320
Speaker 1: need that you know how to be a great man

537
00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:53,119
Speaker 1: example and solids that. Um. So his stories, whether they

538
00:27:53,119 --> 00:27:55,520
Speaker 1: were the night before games or in this case, the

539
00:27:56,000 --> 00:28:00,239
Speaker 1: day of a joy practice, um uh, they're awesome. And

540
00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:02,960
Speaker 1: I think he's he's a great leader. Um and and

541
00:28:03,040 --> 00:28:06,200
Speaker 1: I really enjoyed playing for him. You know, something that's

542
00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:10,399
Speaker 1: always struck with me about Robert is that he never

543
00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:14,400
Speaker 1: calls any of the guys boys or kids or rookies.

544
00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:23,199
Speaker 1: He calls everybody young men. Yeah yeah, Carter, Okay, you

545
00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:26,320
Speaker 1: just talked about it before. Man, you bet in the

546
00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:28,360
Speaker 1: league for a few years. Now, you got a birthday

547
00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:30,720
Speaker 1: coming up. Let's go. Let's go back to two thousand

548
00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:35,280
Speaker 1: seventeen real quick. What was your draft experience? Like you're

549
00:28:35,320 --> 00:28:38,480
Speaker 1: taking in the fifth round out of Missouri. I don't

550
00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:41,239
Speaker 1: know if everybody remembers this, but it's not like you

551
00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:44,960
Speaker 1: were playing center at Missouri before you were drafted. No,

552
00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:47,680
Speaker 1: I kind of my whole career, I've always kind of

553
00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:52,760
Speaker 1: been like the backup center that plays guard. Um you know,

554
00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:56,440
Speaker 1: and and uh so, I actually had to play left

555
00:28:56,440 --> 00:29:00,480
Speaker 1: tackle my senior year at college, which, um, especially in

556
00:29:00,520 --> 00:29:04,200
Speaker 1: the SEC being you know, six four, three hundred pounds

557
00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:07,960
Speaker 1: on a good day. UM, three oh five. Maybe you

558
00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:09,680
Speaker 1: know you're a little I'm a little small. I got

559
00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:13,080
Speaker 1: arms at if a draft analyst was talking about me

560
00:29:13,120 --> 00:29:16,360
Speaker 1: at tackle, would say incredibly short, good first center, incredibly

561
00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:19,880
Speaker 1: short for tackle. UM. So me playing left tackle my

562
00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:22,800
Speaker 1: senior year didn't do me any favors in the draft. UM.

563
00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:24,960
Speaker 1: Then I went and got hurt at the Senior Bowl

564
00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:27,040
Speaker 1: when I was supposed to kind of the first thirty

565
00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:29,720
Speaker 1: minutes of the first practice. UM. And that's kind of

566
00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:31,520
Speaker 1: I was using that to kind of cement that I

567
00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:34,600
Speaker 1: was in NFL guard. UM. So I went in fifth

568
00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:37,880
Speaker 1: round of the draft, came into the broncos Um. Little

569
00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:40,560
Speaker 1: adversity of my first year at the broncos Um. But

570
00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:42,800
Speaker 1: ever since then, you know, I was I've always kind

571
00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:45,720
Speaker 1: of been that backup center that was playing guard. But

572
00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:48,160
Speaker 1: then unfortunately one of my best friends, UM in my

573
00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:51,360
Speaker 1: third year got hurt, Matt Artis UM and I, like

574
00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:53,320
Speaker 1: I said, I was the backup center playing guards. So

575
00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:55,560
Speaker 1: I slid over to center in the middle of the game.

576
00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:59,000
Speaker 1: UM and uh and and the rest is history. And

577
00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:02,200
Speaker 1: I really enjoy a center and UM, to be honest,

578
00:30:02,240 --> 00:30:05,160
Speaker 1: I've always felt like it was naturally my position that

579
00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:08,080
Speaker 1: I would excel at the best um and I just

580
00:30:08,160 --> 00:30:10,640
Speaker 1: never quite had the opportunity at a great center in

581
00:30:10,680 --> 00:30:13,720
Speaker 1: college named Evan Bain who was in the NFL UM

582
00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:16,720
Speaker 1: and then got to the Broncos and Matt Partis was there,

583
00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:20,800
Speaker 1: so I wasn't going to be centered with him there.

584
00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:23,960
Speaker 1: Um and so but once I had that opportunity, I

585
00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:27,200
Speaker 1: really really capitalized on it and uh and kind of

586
00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:31,480
Speaker 1: cemented myself there. And it's the position that I really enjoy. Yeah,

587
00:30:31,840 --> 00:30:34,920
Speaker 1: you kind of like the overlook piece up there is

588
00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:39,640
Speaker 1: this offensive line moves ahead, Hey do you will you

589
00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:43,440
Speaker 1: pay attention draft weekend or a veteran in your shoes

590
00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:45,480
Speaker 1: is kind of like, hey, wake me up after the

591
00:30:45,560 --> 00:30:47,880
Speaker 1: draft is over. Now I know what I have to

592
00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:51,120
Speaker 1: do to get ready. I enjoyed the draft. Um, it's

593
00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:53,600
Speaker 1: it's a cool experience. You know. I remember it and

594
00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:56,920
Speaker 1: how how you know, emotional it was and how special

595
00:30:56,960 --> 00:30:59,280
Speaker 1: it was when I was going through it. Um. The

596
00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:03,600
Speaker 1: stories you hear about you know, uh, ESPN or whoever.

597
00:31:03,760 --> 00:31:06,960
Speaker 1: NFL does a great job of filling everybody in the background.

598
00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:09,360
Speaker 1: And and you know, because sometimes we get a little

599
00:31:09,640 --> 00:31:14,040
Speaker 1: you know, depersonalized. I guess. Uh, And it really kind

600
00:31:14,040 --> 00:31:17,120
Speaker 1: of brings the person into the picture in the draft,

601
00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:19,720
Speaker 1: in my opinion. And I love hearing the stories and

602
00:31:19,720 --> 00:31:21,960
Speaker 1: and seeing the adversity everybody's fought through to get to

603
00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:24,240
Speaker 1: where they are. Um, So I enjoy it. And plus

604
00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:26,760
Speaker 1: you you like to see who who your rookies are

605
00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:30,000
Speaker 1: gonna be, who's gonna be buying you rookie dinner? So um,

606
00:31:30,040 --> 00:31:33,000
Speaker 1: I enjoy it to watch it and see how it goes,

607
00:31:33,080 --> 00:31:35,480
Speaker 1: and to see who your new teammates are and uh

608
00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:39,160
Speaker 1: and yeah, I enjoy watching. Yeah, it's a great opportunity

609
00:31:39,160 --> 00:31:41,680
Speaker 1: for this organization, right with the two top ten picks,

610
00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:43,880
Speaker 1: the four in the top thirty eight nine overall. And

611
00:31:43,880 --> 00:31:46,480
Speaker 1: we were just talking about before a few of those

612
00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:49,480
Speaker 1: guys in that two thousand twenty one draft class. If

613
00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:52,760
Speaker 1: you get another draft class like the one you had

614
00:31:52,880 --> 00:31:55,360
Speaker 1: last year, do you think you guys are gonna be

615
00:31:55,440 --> 00:31:58,840
Speaker 1: well on your way to what Joe Douglas said playing

616
00:31:59,040 --> 00:32:02,959
Speaker 1: meaningful games in December. Yeah, I mean, if you if

617
00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:05,080
Speaker 1: you can hit on two drafts in a row like

618
00:32:05,120 --> 00:32:08,360
Speaker 1: we did last year, um, you're set up for you know,

619
00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:11,800
Speaker 1: a solid five, six, seven, eight years are really really

620
00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:15,840
Speaker 1: good football ahead. UM and I think, you know, Joe

621
00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:19,400
Speaker 1: d his team, Coach Sala, all the coaches, they're the

622
00:32:19,480 --> 00:32:22,600
Speaker 1: right guys that are are are there to do it.

623
00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:24,600
Speaker 1: And you know, it's kind of funny. I was at

624
00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:26,280
Speaker 1: the end of the season doing my ex interviews. I

625
00:32:26,360 --> 00:32:28,760
Speaker 1: was hurt, and I kind of went into interviews a

626
00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:30,400
Speaker 1: little early so I didn't have to be there the

627
00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:32,600
Speaker 1: last day taking everybody's time. When I was sitting there

628
00:32:32,600 --> 00:32:35,920
Speaker 1: talking to coach Sala, and I was like, just out

629
00:32:35,920 --> 00:32:37,680
Speaker 1: of curiosity, like what do you look for when you

630
00:32:37,760 --> 00:32:40,520
Speaker 1: draft a guy? And he was like, He's like, I

631
00:32:40,560 --> 00:32:45,160
Speaker 1: don't look for who has the most potential per se.

632
00:32:45,280 --> 00:32:47,480
Speaker 1: He's like, I look for the guy that's going to

633
00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:50,520
Speaker 1: hit his highest potential or who's most likely to hit

634
00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:53,680
Speaker 1: his full potential. He's like, I want a team full

635
00:32:53,680 --> 00:32:56,240
Speaker 1: of guys that are hitting and operating at the higher

636
00:32:56,280 --> 00:33:00,959
Speaker 1: their highest potential, not guys that have them potential. And

637
00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:04,080
Speaker 1: I thought that was that was awesome and and that like,

638
00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:06,720
Speaker 1: to me, tell says that he's drafting guys on who

639
00:33:06,720 --> 00:33:10,000
Speaker 1: they are, not you know what they can do. UM.

640
00:33:10,080 --> 00:33:11,640
Speaker 1: And I think that's a great way to build a

641
00:33:11,720 --> 00:33:14,880
Speaker 1: very successful team. UM, a great way to build a

642
00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:19,080
Speaker 1: championship team. And as you saw from the one draft, Um,

643
00:33:19,160 --> 00:33:22,200
Speaker 1: Joe D and Coach Solo and all that, all that everybody,

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Speaker 1: you know, the hundreds of people that go into to

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Speaker 1: all that kind of stuff did a phenomenal job. And

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Speaker 1: I just see them building on that next year with

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Speaker 1: you know that basis in mind when when you get

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Speaker 1: Joe D and saw brand an extremely high level and

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Speaker 1: really picking the guys that are gonna to fulfill that

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Speaker 1: and reach their potential every day. Um, you're gonna you're

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Speaker 1: gonna win a lot of football games. Wow. We're gonna

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Speaker 1: leave it at that, well said, kind of recovering such

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Speaker 1: an exciting offseason for you, your family, the people out

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Speaker 1: there in North Dakota who you're helping. Congratulations and all

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Speaker 1: of that. And if we don't see before your birthday,

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Speaker 1: Happy birthday, my man. Thank you, sir. I appreciate it.

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Speaker 1: Getting old, not quite dirty, but almost getting back, definitely

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Speaker 1: getting back. Thanks buddy,