WEBVTT - Ozzy Trapilo on making his NFL dream a reality | Bears Weekly 0:00:00.600 --> 0:00:04.760 Welcome in Tough Bears Weekly powered by IGS Energy, a 0:00:04.960 --> 0:00:08.760 Chicago Bears Network production. Bears Weekly is brought to you 0:00:08.800 --> 0:00:14.680 by Advocate Healthcare, Athletico Physical Aparently, CD Kellaghy, Connie's Pizza, 0:00:15.000 --> 0:00:19.599 IGS Energy, and Meller Liked. Here are your hosts, Jeff 0:00:19.680 --> 0:00:23.400 chill niac Ka, the Mayor of Bearsville, and his sidekick, 0:00:23.520 --> 0:00:25.240 Tom the Surfmaster Thayer. 0:00:26.920 --> 0:00:29.920 Yet another mile pole reached in the Bears offseason with 0:00:30.000 --> 0:00:33.560 the opening of Rookie Minicamp tomorrow. The twenty twenty five 0:00:33.600 --> 0:00:36.720 class of eight draft picks and collection of undrafted players 0:00:36.720 --> 0:00:40.280 and Mini Caamp invitees will look to impress Ben Johnson 0:00:40.320 --> 0:00:43.360 and his coaching staff and start to acclimate in the 0:00:43.400 --> 0:00:45.680 Bears way for this day and beyond. Welcome to the 0:00:45.760 --> 0:00:48.720 Bears Weekly on ESPN one thousand and the Chicago Bears 0:00:48.840 --> 0:00:51.320 Radio Network with Super Bowl winning Bears guard Tom Thayer. 0:00:51.760 --> 0:00:54.520 We're joined by former Bears quarterback Jim Miller from sirius 0:00:54.680 --> 0:00:55.840 XM NFL Radio. 0:00:55.920 --> 0:00:57.120 My name is Jeff Joniak. 0:00:57.360 --> 0:00:59.840 Coming up with the program, we visit with another Bears 0:01:00.240 --> 0:01:05.120 round Draft picked, my sit down with offensive lineman Asie Trpido. Gentlemen, 0:01:05.200 --> 0:01:07.880 how are we feeling Tom from MAUI. What's the latest 0:01:07.920 --> 0:01:10.319 from your perspective, I wish you were here from mini 0:01:10.360 --> 0:01:12.920 camp and see the young guys, see him walking to 0:01:13.120 --> 0:01:15.440 see him walking through the building. They look like pros already. 0:01:15.520 --> 0:01:15.839 Tommy. 0:01:16.160 --> 0:01:18.640 Yeah, you know, I've kind of probably been in the minority. 0:01:18.680 --> 0:01:21.280 I've never I never have been a really big fan 0:01:21.560 --> 0:01:24.800 of rookie mini camps. But I think this year, unlike 0:01:24.800 --> 0:01:28.080 any others, it's really gonna play play an important role 0:01:28.120 --> 0:01:31.800 in the development of the roster because, first of all, 0:01:32.160 --> 0:01:35.040 the assistant coaches get a chance to get the each 0:01:35.160 --> 0:01:38.160 other and coaching from the meeting room to on the 0:01:38.240 --> 0:01:41.319 practice field, and then you finally get an on field 0:01:41.360 --> 0:01:47.000 evaluation of how these guys are fitting into the positions. 0:01:50.080 --> 0:01:52.560 All right, so Tom's having some technical problems. We'll get 0:01:52.560 --> 0:01:54.360 to him in a minute. Jimmy, I'll pick you could 0:01:54.400 --> 0:01:55.760 pick it up from there on the baton. 0:01:55.880 --> 0:01:56.080 Yeah. 0:01:56.120 --> 0:01:57.560 They get to get on the field, get on the 0:01:57.560 --> 0:02:00.640 grass a little bit, stretch their legs out, learn the 0:02:00.760 --> 0:02:05.600 basics right literally, where you're gonna run to during drills, 0:02:05.760 --> 0:02:09.320 how they work, and just the techniques and fundamentals. 0:02:12.080 --> 0:02:16.200 Jim all right, I believe you got me, don't you care. 0:02:16.840 --> 0:02:18.840 Yeah, there you go, there, you go, there go there, my. 0:02:18.960 --> 0:02:20.880 Friend, But yeah, I think a lot is going to 0:02:20.919 --> 0:02:23.200 be thrown at these guys. And it's not just from 0:02:23.720 --> 0:02:26.679 the football side, you know, it's how to be a pro, 0:02:26.919 --> 0:02:30.040 what they expect you of you, how to conduct yourself 0:02:30.080 --> 0:02:33.160 as a Chicago Bears. So there are rules of what 0:02:33.200 --> 0:02:35.200 it means to be a Chicago Bear. But this thinks, oh, 0:02:35.200 --> 0:02:37.400 you're draft by the National Football League and you're fined 0:02:37.400 --> 0:02:39.919 by the National Football League and all these things that 0:02:40.240 --> 0:02:43.280 they're in charge of. No, they work for the Chicago 0:02:43.400 --> 0:02:48.120 Bears organization, and the Bears have their way of doing things, 0:02:48.160 --> 0:02:51.920 and there's going to be introduced to the expectations from 0:02:51.960 --> 0:02:56.200 that standpoint, obviously, the tradition, the history, all those things. 0:02:56.200 --> 0:02:59.120 Get to know your fellow co workers, and it's not 0:02:59.240 --> 0:03:02.960 just your teammate, it's everybody in the building. They're in Chicago. 0:03:03.040 --> 0:03:05.800 And then of course comes the football side of it 0:03:06.440 --> 0:03:08.960 in getting introduced to whatever side of the ball they're 0:03:09.000 --> 0:03:12.360 playing on. What's expected there where you line up. Here's 0:03:12.400 --> 0:03:16.079 your playbook, here's what expected, here's your itinerary. Got to 0:03:16.120 --> 0:03:18.960 show up on time, got to be on time, here's 0:03:19.680 --> 0:03:22.840 here's our install here's how we conduct these meetings, and 0:03:22.880 --> 0:03:25.280 it's going to be at a pretty rapid pace. And 0:03:25.360 --> 0:03:28.720 I think for some players. Obviously, everybody learns at a 0:03:28.760 --> 0:03:31.400 different rate and you try to adjust and in all 0:03:31.440 --> 0:03:34.040 those things. But there's a lot coming at these these 0:03:34.080 --> 0:03:38.160 young players, and I'm certainly for Ben Johnson, he wants 0:03:38.160 --> 0:03:42.600 it very competitive. Certainly, there's you know, there's so many 0:03:42.680 --> 0:03:45.840 things that you can scout. Granted, they scouted these players 0:03:46.520 --> 0:03:50.760 enough to be on the Chicago Bears football team, but 0:03:50.800 --> 0:03:54.200 the scouting just starts right now as well. Every day 0:03:54.240 --> 0:03:56.440 that there is Chicago Bear, they're going to be scouted. 0:03:56.720 --> 0:03:59.480 Hey man, how did this player perform today? They're going 0:03:59.560 --> 0:04:01.680 to get great out on every single play from the 0:04:01.720 --> 0:04:05.680 first one to the last one in every single practice. 0:04:06.120 --> 0:04:08.240 Are you getting better? Are you getting worse? Does a 0:04:08.240 --> 0:04:11.440 player understand it? All those coaches after a day of practice, 0:04:11.480 --> 0:04:14.360 they're down in those meeting rooms saying, hey, how did 0:04:14.360 --> 0:04:16.440 so and so do today? You know what were you 0:04:16.560 --> 0:04:20.240 looking at? How did he perform? And they're discussing all 0:04:20.240 --> 0:04:23.520 these things, and then of course the next day the 0:04:23.680 --> 0:04:26.080 more is added, and then more is added, and more's 0:04:26.080 --> 0:04:29.680 headed so it's a foundation, and then you just continue 0:04:29.720 --> 0:04:33.120 to build that foundation every single day and more is 0:04:33.160 --> 0:04:35.760 going to be expected every single day, and so it 0:04:35.800 --> 0:04:39.760 will become routine and it will become rope. Memory is 0:04:39.800 --> 0:04:42.240 the goal, and for these players to all improve to 0:04:42.279 --> 0:04:45.880 what to win a championship. It starts now. It truly 0:04:45.920 --> 0:04:48.800 does start now. It already started with all the scouting 0:04:49.000 --> 0:04:51.000 that went on and knew who they drafted, but it 0:04:51.080 --> 0:04:53.839 truly this is the team and these players are going 0:04:53.920 --> 0:04:56.000 to have to compete from here on out, and there 0:04:56.000 --> 0:04:58.440 will still be players that come and go. I think 0:04:58.480 --> 0:05:01.160 everybody's aware of that as well. Make it as competitive 0:05:01.520 --> 0:05:04.680 as it can be for the Chicago Bears because they 0:05:04.720 --> 0:05:07.160 have work to do in order to be relevant in 0:05:07.200 --> 0:05:08.720 the division of the NFC. 0:05:08.400 --> 0:05:11.840 North, and they are already here tonight in meetings. I 0:05:11.880 --> 0:05:14.760 see them going to meeting, So getting the rundown right now. 0:05:14.800 --> 0:05:17.320 Tom's on the phone. Now, you know, I think about 0:05:17.360 --> 0:05:21.680 Ben Johnson, Tom and his mentality and what he wants 0:05:21.760 --> 0:05:25.719 to establish here, this competitive mindset, this competitive attitude. You know, 0:05:25.839 --> 0:05:27.600 I think he will vet a lot of things out 0:05:27.600 --> 0:05:30.680 on that practice field, no matter what they're doing, just 0:05:30.680 --> 0:05:33.240 just to find out, like what's the floor of each 0:05:33.320 --> 0:05:36.520 player where they got to go to to reach the 0:05:36.640 --> 0:05:40.760 level he expects in terms of effort and understanding, And 0:05:40.800 --> 0:05:43.200 then includes the tryout candidates who are going to be 0:05:43.400 --> 0:05:46.120 just wide eyed and bushy tailed because they don't have 0:05:46.160 --> 0:05:48.960 a contract yet. Some guys have been signed here today, 0:05:49.080 --> 0:05:51.119 undrafted guys sign will go through those in a minute, 0:05:51.120 --> 0:05:54.360 But I really get a kick out of watching the 0:05:54.720 --> 0:05:57.560 guys who got the invite to fill out what may 0:05:57.680 --> 0:06:00.479 you know? You basically have, you know, forty guys running 0:06:00.480 --> 0:06:03.839 around here to have drills properly having numbers. But some 0:06:03.920 --> 0:06:06.000 of those guys they might get an invitation to make 0:06:06.000 --> 0:06:09.440 this football team and go to training camp at a minimum. 0:06:09.839 --> 0:06:11.880 You know, Jeff, there's not one guy that's gonna walk 0:06:11.880 --> 0:06:13.760 in the building and you're gonna tell him he doesn't 0:06:13.800 --> 0:06:16.520 deserve to be here. Every one of these guys are 0:06:16.520 --> 0:06:19.400 just gonna start scratching the surface of maybe creating an 0:06:19.440 --> 0:06:23.919 opportunity for themselves here or even somewhere else. But you know, 0:06:24.680 --> 0:06:27.680 I always find it interesting for the guys that may 0:06:27.760 --> 0:06:30.160 have to play a little bit different of a position 0:06:30.240 --> 0:06:33.839 than they're gonna get honestly evaluated that from college, whether 0:06:33.880 --> 0:06:35.239 it's a guy pillow. 0:06:35.279 --> 0:06:35.960 They want to see it. 0:06:36.000 --> 0:06:42.320 He all right, Tom van Wyman, Okay, all right. 0:06:42.360 --> 0:06:44.600 We're having more technical problems with Tom, so we'll get 0:06:44.600 --> 0:06:47.400 back to him after the break. Numbers have been given 0:06:48.040 --> 0:06:52.120 to these players, Jim, so number eighty four will be 0:06:52.240 --> 0:06:56.840 your first round pick, Colston Loveland number sixty five, Luke 0:06:56.960 --> 0:07:01.479 Newman number twenty five, Kyle Manangai and Luther Burden. The 0:07:01.520 --> 0:07:03.919 third will be number eighty seven. You know this is 0:07:03.920 --> 0:07:06.280 at least for starters, Jim. Those numbers could change over 0:07:06.320 --> 0:07:10.240 the course of the season. Those gentlemen signing contracts with 0:07:10.280 --> 0:07:13.480 the Bears already also Ze Frasier number twenty and Reuben 0:07:13.520 --> 0:07:17.880 Hippolyte number forty seven. Schamar Turner and Ozzie Trapillo ninety 0:07:17.880 --> 0:07:18.960 five and seventy five each. 0:07:19.040 --> 0:07:20.280 They have yet to be signed. 0:07:20.760 --> 0:07:25.240 But and then they undrafted a couple of interesting You 0:07:25.320 --> 0:07:27.880 got another kicker in camp in Jonathan Kim out of 0:07:27.880 --> 0:07:30.520 Michigan State. You probably know all about him. You're a 0:07:30.560 --> 0:07:34.040 Michigan State guy. And then a long snapper also to 0:07:34.080 --> 0:07:36.640 help out. You need those guys. I know they have 0:07:37.520 --> 0:07:41.480 that position signed, but Luke Elkin from Iowa is highly 0:07:41.480 --> 0:07:45.080 respected long snapper and somebody that Troy Taylor. Tory Taylor 0:07:45.120 --> 0:07:46.720 knows from the punning game at Iowa. 0:07:47.480 --> 0:07:49.840 Yeah, I think, well, you know, and that's why I said, 0:07:49.960 --> 0:07:52.200 guys are still going to be coming and going. I mean, 0:07:52.240 --> 0:07:55.720 this roster is not set, is going to be fluid. 0:07:56.160 --> 0:07:59.560 That's why you know, the coach talked about that everything's 0:07:59.560 --> 0:08:01.720 got to be your there's no depth chart, right, That's 0:08:01.720 --> 0:08:05.160 what Ben Johnson talked about, And there isn't a depth chart. 0:08:05.480 --> 0:08:08.440 I mean, they truly need to be competing. And like 0:08:08.520 --> 0:08:13.600 I said, players, from my standpoint, players will be coming 0:08:13.600 --> 0:08:18.360 and going pretty pretty fluidly in Chicago because it hasn't 0:08:18.400 --> 0:08:21.760 been good enough. So if players aren't keeping up with 0:08:22.040 --> 0:08:26.160 say their study habits or how they're performing even out 0:08:26.200 --> 0:08:29.800 there in the OTAs no different than Pete Carroll did. 0:08:29.840 --> 0:08:31.880 Like I said, his first two years out at Seattle, 0:08:32.160 --> 0:08:36.559 they had two hundred and thirty six roster changes. Okay, 0:08:36.720 --> 0:08:39.679 so Pete Carroll's like, all right, we need to fix 0:08:39.720 --> 0:08:44.000 say our edge rushers. Well, this guy's struggling. We need 0:08:44.040 --> 0:08:47.440 to get another guy in here. So to me, that 0:08:47.559 --> 0:08:49.800 roster is going to be very fluid for the Bears. 0:08:49.840 --> 0:08:52.160 There will be guys coming and going. Yes, these players 0:08:52.160 --> 0:08:55.280 are chosen initially, that we think you are good enough 0:08:55.559 --> 0:08:58.520 to be a part of the Chicago Bears organization in 0:08:58.559 --> 0:09:03.079 what we have planned moving forward, but that it's not 0:09:03.120 --> 0:09:06.240 with an exclamation point or a period like that's final 0:09:06.559 --> 0:09:10.320 right now, because it's not because the winning hasn't been there, 0:09:11.280 --> 0:09:13.200 so it is not complete yet and it will be 0:09:13.240 --> 0:09:15.320 fluid all the way up through training camp. 0:09:15.679 --> 0:09:18.240 All right, when we come back, we'll visit with one 0:09:18.240 --> 0:09:20.439 of the new Chicago Bears, a guy who's gonna get 0:09:20.440 --> 0:09:22.800 a lot of attention once training camp hits as well. 0:09:23.160 --> 0:09:26.079 Ozzie Trpido, the second round pick from Boston College. It's 0:09:26.080 --> 0:09:28.320 coming up next here on Bears Weekly on ESPN one 0:09:28.360 --> 0:09:33.320 thousand and the Bears Radio Networks. 0:09:31.720 --> 0:09:34.920 Bears Weekly with the voice of the Bears for twenty 0:09:35.000 --> 0:09:39.960 four years, the chef Showney Chef on the Bear's Radio network. 0:09:43.400 --> 0:09:45.840 This segment of Bears Weekly is brought to you by 0:09:46.040 --> 0:09:51.200 IGS Energy. Right after he was selected and the second 0:09:51.280 --> 0:09:53.800 round by the Chicago Bears and arrived at Halis, saw 0:09:53.800 --> 0:09:57.360 Ozzie Trpido kind enough to sit down to discuss the 0:09:57.400 --> 0:09:59.440 next phase of his football life. 0:09:59.720 --> 0:10:01.400 Because just because you. 0:10:01.360 --> 0:10:03.840 Go through the combine, have a great career at college 0:10:03.840 --> 0:10:07.200 at Boston College, the work now just getting underway. As 0:10:07.200 --> 0:10:10.640 he walked into hanlesaw admiring all the history in the building. 0:10:11.120 --> 0:10:13.679 Yeah, I mean it's easy to fall into that trap that, 0:10:14.080 --> 0:10:16.439 like you just said, I've been training for the combine, 0:10:16.520 --> 0:10:19.960 for the draft, getting ready. You know, in perspective, it 0:10:19.960 --> 0:10:22.880 seems like that's the end of Michael, the short term 0:10:22.880 --> 0:10:25.280 at least, but it's really the beginning. And you know, 0:10:25.320 --> 0:10:27.400 showing up here, seeing all the walls, seeing it, you know, 0:10:27.480 --> 0:10:31.000 everything that everyone's done in the history of this place 0:10:31.080 --> 0:10:33.000 is truly incredible, and it just kind of reminds me 0:10:33.120 --> 0:10:34.400 this is this is just the start. 0:10:35.559 --> 0:10:39.280 Being a top sixty four pick in a draft is significant. 0:10:39.360 --> 0:10:41.080 I know everybody wants to be a first round pick. 0:10:41.160 --> 0:10:45.480 But emotion wise, when you got the call from Ryan Poles, 0:10:45.760 --> 0:10:47.360 had a chance to visit with him on the phone, 0:10:47.520 --> 0:10:51.040 a BC guy himself, and then of course the head coach, 0:10:51.080 --> 0:10:55.120 Ben Johnson, how did you accept all of that conversation. 0:10:55.240 --> 0:10:56.640 What were you thinking in the moment. 0:10:56.480 --> 0:10:58.920 Yeah, I mean I was at a loss for words, 0:10:59.480 --> 0:11:02.200 to be honest, I still am. It doesn't feel real yet, 0:11:02.240 --> 0:11:06.440 you know, adrenaline pumping. I mean, like I mentioned, all 0:11:06.480 --> 0:11:08.439 of my dreams my whole life as long as I 0:11:08.440 --> 0:11:11.240 can remember, are coming true. You know, as we speak, 0:11:11.280 --> 0:11:13.400 it's all unfolding right in front of me. So it's 0:11:13.400 --> 0:11:16.520 really an amazing experience and I'm super fired up about it. 0:11:16.559 --> 0:11:23.199 And obviously it's not possible to bring up your late father, 0:11:23.679 --> 0:11:26.320 also a draft pick of the New Orleans Saints back 0:11:26.360 --> 0:11:29.920 in nineteen eighty seven draft out of BC pick ninety six. 0:11:31.920 --> 0:11:35.839 How does your family and yourself digest that and process that? 0:11:35.960 --> 0:11:39.439 Yeah, I mean, I know for me personally, it's really 0:11:39.480 --> 0:11:42.600 cool to be able to accomplish the same goals that 0:11:42.640 --> 0:11:45.640 he did, you know, play in the NFL. That's always 0:11:45.640 --> 0:11:48.040 been my dream, So for him to do that sort 0:11:48.040 --> 0:11:50.000 of lead the way. And then obviously, you know, go 0:11:50.080 --> 0:11:52.280 through that tragedy when I was at a young age. 0:11:52.640 --> 0:11:55.720 To be able to live that same life is really amazing. 0:11:56.640 --> 0:11:58.520 I know, my mom, you know, is very proud of me. 0:11:58.600 --> 0:12:00.880 She lets me know all the time, and I'm super 0:12:00.920 --> 0:12:03.400 thankful for her. I have no doubt I wouldn't be 0:12:03.480 --> 0:12:05.760 here if it wasn't, you know, for her by my 0:12:05.840 --> 0:12:10.160 side throughout the whole process. So great family, unreal support system. 0:12:10.200 --> 0:12:13.840 I'm super lucky back home, and yeah, everyone's excited. 0:12:13.920 --> 0:12:18.760 You're probably eleven. What would you be thinking right now? Yeah, right, yeah, exactly. Yeah, 0:12:18.840 --> 0:12:21.000 that's the that's the part of it. That's cool. And 0:12:21.080 --> 0:12:24.080 how about it Ryan Pole's father played with him. I know, 0:12:24.200 --> 0:12:24.400 I know. 0:12:24.440 --> 0:12:26.760 I actually didn't even I had no idea until I 0:12:26.760 --> 0:12:28.320 got on that phone. And again I was at a 0:12:28.320 --> 0:12:31.760 loss for words, you know, heart pumping, everything's happening right 0:12:31.800 --> 0:12:33.080 in front of me. But when he said that, it 0:12:33.120 --> 0:12:35.360 was like it was it was very cool to hear that, 0:12:35.440 --> 0:12:37.440 you know, so super happy. 0:12:37.520 --> 0:12:39.920 How significant it is it in your opinion that you 0:12:40.000 --> 0:12:43.439 played for It turns out to be two head coaches, 0:12:43.960 --> 0:12:46.880 two significant coaches in the National Football League. 0:12:46.880 --> 0:12:47.880 One was Bill O'Brien. 0:12:47.960 --> 0:12:51.319 He was a head coach, but also Jeff Hafley up 0:12:51.320 --> 0:12:53.720 in Green Bay defensive coordinator was your head coach. 0:12:53.559 --> 0:12:53.960 For a while. 0:12:54.080 --> 0:12:54.320 Yeah. 0:12:54.360 --> 0:12:57.000 No, they did a great job. I've been really lucky 0:12:57.040 --> 0:12:59.720 with coaches. BC has done a great job, you know, 0:12:59.760 --> 0:13:01.959 with coaching staff, and the coaching staff has done a 0:13:01.960 --> 0:13:04.440 great job with all the guys. So having coach Half 0:13:04.440 --> 0:13:07.080 and coach O'Brien, you know, through my time there was 0:13:07.120 --> 0:13:11.199 incredibly beneficial. The way they coached, the way they communicated 0:13:11.200 --> 0:13:14.120 with us, the way that things were scheduled. It really 0:13:14.200 --> 0:13:18.040 I think prepared me for this level and I'm thankful 0:13:18.040 --> 0:13:18.280 for it. 0:13:18.440 --> 0:13:20.079 And you get to see coach half twice a year 0:13:20.160 --> 0:13:22.400 now in the biggest rivalry in sports. 0:13:22.480 --> 0:13:22.680 Yeah. 0:13:22.920 --> 0:13:23.640 How weird is that? 0:13:23.760 --> 0:13:23.880 Right? 0:13:25.080 --> 0:13:28.679 How do you see your traits and skills fitting the 0:13:28.720 --> 0:13:32.120 culture that you're hearing that Ben Jonson is building here? 0:13:32.200 --> 0:13:35.600 Yeah, I mean I pride myself on toughness and discipline. 0:13:35.640 --> 0:13:37.400 Those are two things that I think I really try 0:13:37.400 --> 0:13:40.360 to take to my game, take to every practice, every snap, 0:13:40.480 --> 0:13:43.000 you know, on and off the field. So having the 0:13:43.040 --> 0:13:44.599 ability to do that here, you know, I met with 0:13:44.640 --> 0:13:46.320 them earlier and he said those are two things that 0:13:46.320 --> 0:13:49.400 they're looking for in their alignement. So I'm really excited 0:13:49.400 --> 0:13:51.360 to just go out there and demonstrate that, you know, 0:13:51.400 --> 0:13:53.880 I could be a help to this team. 0:13:54.320 --> 0:13:55.720 What do you feel when you meet him for the 0:13:55.720 --> 0:13:57.360 first time, because he's a ball energy. 0:13:57.559 --> 0:14:00.440 Yeah, no, it was great. You know, again, the emotions 0:14:00.440 --> 0:14:02.560 are they're still floating around. I'm in a whirlwind. I'm 0:14:02.559 --> 0:14:05.120 trying to get my footing. But it's been an amazing 0:14:05.160 --> 0:14:07.360 visit so far, just meeting all the people, you know it, 0:14:07.960 --> 0:14:09.720 seeing what the future is going to hold it is 0:14:09.760 --> 0:14:10.400 really exciting. 0:14:10.760 --> 0:14:13.199 Smart, tough, dependable. 0:14:13.400 --> 0:14:16.679 I hear that from coach O'Brian and that's definitely what 0:14:16.679 --> 0:14:17.360 we're hearing here. 0:14:17.440 --> 0:14:18.720 You check all those boxes. 0:14:19.960 --> 0:14:22.480 How important is that to you to know that people 0:14:22.520 --> 0:14:23.320 look at you that way? 0:14:23.440 --> 0:14:25.880 Yeah, that it's it's you know, I'm very proud of that. 0:14:25.960 --> 0:14:30.600 I think, you know, going through BC. Having these people 0:14:30.640 --> 0:14:32.800 with the resumes that don't lie, like like you touched 0:14:32.840 --> 0:14:35.200 upon earlier and they say those things about me is 0:14:35.400 --> 0:14:38.080 really incredible. I'm super happy about it. 0:14:38.120 --> 0:14:41.560 And yeah, do you believe that you're a tone setter 0:14:41.680 --> 0:14:42.280 when you play? 0:14:42.640 --> 0:14:45.680 Yeah, I think you know. I wouldn't say it's unique, 0:14:45.720 --> 0:14:48.280 but I definitely don't let my emotions get the best 0:14:48.280 --> 0:14:50.360 of me on you know, on the field. I try 0:14:50.360 --> 0:14:53.520 to play compose at all times. But doing so, you know, 0:14:53.560 --> 0:14:57.160 state disciplined, state technique oriented, and then you know, go 0:14:57.200 --> 0:14:58.720 out there and accomplish the goal. 0:14:59.000 --> 0:15:01.920 So I understan And you were being trained a little 0:15:01.920 --> 0:15:06.000 bit with Dante Scarnik. Yeah, his name is you know, 0:15:06.320 --> 0:15:08.920 a religion in the National Football League. Certainly after what 0:15:09.000 --> 0:15:10.640 was that like, would you would you learn from him 0:15:10.680 --> 0:15:11.360 in this process? 0:15:11.440 --> 0:15:13.680 Yeah, I mean he's you know, his resume doesn't lie. 0:15:13.720 --> 0:15:17.200 He's an incredible coach, always will be. He'll he'll never 0:15:17.240 --> 0:15:19.880 lose that that aspect of him. So being able to 0:15:19.920 --> 0:15:23.720 work with him and other guys, you know, specifically ones 0:15:23.720 --> 0:15:28.080 at BC over the years, it's it's been amazing seeing 0:15:28.120 --> 0:15:30.160 the way he coaches, you know, seeing the way he 0:15:30.320 --> 0:15:32.880 talks to his players, seeing him off the field, you know, 0:15:32.920 --> 0:15:36.080 when you're walking in the small talk conversation, great guy, 0:15:36.200 --> 0:15:38.080 and then he flips that switch and he's in coach 0:15:38.160 --> 0:15:41.040 mode and it's really incredible. So I'm super fortunate to 0:15:41.040 --> 0:15:42.120 have been able to work with him. 0:15:42.160 --> 0:15:44.800 And uh yeah, are you also taking a look at 0:15:44.840 --> 0:15:47.400 what else has been brought in here? Colston Lovelinth, the one, 0:15:47.480 --> 0:15:50.840 Luther Burden. I mean, these are big names, guys that 0:15:50.960 --> 0:15:57.160 had great careers, great prospects, yourself, Ozzie added to Roma Dounze, 0:15:57.280 --> 0:15:59.920 Caleb Williams last year. Do you feel the energy brewing 0:16:00.040 --> 0:16:01.760 in this building just from what they're bringing in? 0:16:01.880 --> 0:16:04.320 Absolutely, I think it's hard not to. You know, as 0:16:04.360 --> 0:16:06.440 soon as you walk in, you you see things like 0:16:06.480 --> 0:16:08.200 you just mentioned, the new you know the people coming 0:16:08.240 --> 0:16:11.280 in and you know, you can tell there's something special 0:16:11.280 --> 0:16:13.360 being built for the future of this place, and it's 0:16:13.440 --> 0:16:14.479 it's exciting. 0:16:14.360 --> 0:16:14.720 All right. 0:16:15.000 --> 0:16:17.440 Uh, there's always challenges when you're a six to eight 0:16:17.480 --> 0:16:20.800 offensive lineman, right, and you know what they are. Tell 0:16:20.880 --> 0:16:23.960 me how you bridge that gap just because you can't 0:16:23.960 --> 0:16:24.960 help your six eight. 0:16:24.920 --> 0:16:27.000 Yeah right, yeah, exactly. I mean that is one of 0:16:27.040 --> 0:16:29.560 the tougher things of being taller. It has its pros 0:16:29.600 --> 0:16:32.960 and it has its cons. So doing my best to 0:16:33.320 --> 0:16:35.800 play in a good position for one hundred percent of 0:16:35.800 --> 0:16:38.960 the game, you know, good pad level, good footing, always 0:16:39.040 --> 0:16:42.720 under control, balanced, those are all things that if I lack, 0:16:43.160 --> 0:16:44.760 you know, people are gonna be able to take advantage 0:16:44.760 --> 0:16:46.880 of that more than a guy who's who's shorter than me, 0:16:47.040 --> 0:16:48.960 just because I don't have any of that natural leverage. 0:16:49.000 --> 0:16:51.920 You know, I have to maintain that through my my 0:16:51.960 --> 0:16:52.560 playing style. 0:16:52.640 --> 0:16:55.240 So but the traits you do have, what would you 0:16:55.320 --> 0:16:58.560 say people should know about you that you'll bears fans 0:16:58.600 --> 0:17:00.680 want to know it's as pillow. 0:17:00.440 --> 0:17:02.760 Like, yeah, I mean I'm six foot eight, so that 0:17:02.760 --> 0:17:05.480 that helps, you know, minus the cons that I just mentioned, 0:17:05.520 --> 0:17:08.160 it has, it's it's pros. Being you know, you're you're 0:17:08.200 --> 0:17:10.840 a longer guy, able to keep guys off you. You know, 0:17:11.200 --> 0:17:13.960 people always talk about the armleanth, so that is just 0:17:14.400 --> 0:17:16.800 you know, a natural benefit that I was, you know, 0:17:16.880 --> 0:17:20.520 given through genetics. So thanks to my family for that one. 0:17:20.600 --> 0:17:23.840 But now, yeah, and I think the athletic standpoint too. 0:17:23.840 --> 0:17:25.919 I think, you know, I'm a well rounded player. I 0:17:25.920 --> 0:17:28.000 don't really fit one scheme or the other. I think 0:17:28.040 --> 0:17:31.080 I can do a multitude of things. So I'm excited. 0:17:31.240 --> 0:17:34.560 All right, So everybody dreams big. Clearly you've been dreaming 0:17:34.600 --> 0:17:38.000 this for a long time. Are you open about your 0:17:38.040 --> 0:17:40.399 goals or you keep those close to the vest and 0:17:40.440 --> 0:17:42.400 just let them play out? Or are you a guy 0:17:42.440 --> 0:17:44.280 with the sticky notes on the mirror of the morning. 0:17:44.280 --> 0:17:46.679 What kind of kind of goal oriented person are you? 0:17:46.880 --> 0:17:51.080 Yeah, I'd say I keep them close. You know, they're 0:17:51.080 --> 0:17:52.679 for me. They're not for anybody else, you know what 0:17:52.680 --> 0:17:56.920 I mean. That's what drives me. So they're ever changing, 0:17:57.000 --> 0:17:58.800 you know, as this was obviously one of them. So 0:17:58.840 --> 0:18:00.639 now that this is accomplished, you know, we move on 0:18:00.680 --> 0:18:04.280 to the next ones, and it's really exciting, all. 0:18:04.280 --> 0:18:07.399 Right, Ozie Tripilo great young man to talk to Tom 0:18:07.400 --> 0:18:10.760 and Jim rejoining us. You know, Ryan Poles really likes 0:18:10.800 --> 0:18:13.720 the fact that what he sees on tape his play personality, 0:18:13.800 --> 0:18:19.200 his individual personality, his intelligence, his dependability, as we touched 0:18:19.200 --> 0:18:23.280 on all what is supposed to be based on how 0:18:23.320 --> 0:18:26.280 they analyzed him and scouted him, and he gets a 0:18:26.320 --> 0:18:28.720 really good vibe of just how big of a man 0:18:28.760 --> 0:18:29.040 he is. 0:18:29.080 --> 0:18:30.120 Filling up a doorway. 0:18:30.240 --> 0:18:34.280 So I also joked with him Tommy afterwards that he 0:18:34.400 --> 0:18:36.479 has a permanent smile on his face. So, you know, 0:18:37.200 --> 0:18:39.399 I don't know if it was just this moment, but 0:18:40.400 --> 0:18:43.000 he's just a delightful young man in the heck of 0:18:43.040 --> 0:18:43.879 a football player. 0:18:44.200 --> 0:18:46.600 It's definitely the moment because he's talked about that a 0:18:46.600 --> 0:18:49.439 couple of times. But he does sound mature beyond his years. 0:18:49.480 --> 0:18:53.000 He's the type of guy that gives thoughtful, creditable answers 0:18:53.400 --> 0:18:55.840 that you know when you went out and picked Ozzie Trapillo, 0:18:56.320 --> 0:19:00.240 that you had a well rounded football player. Like he's said, 0:19:00.320 --> 0:19:03.440 he can do multiple things on the line of scrimmage. 0:19:03.640 --> 0:19:06.000 You're not gonna have to worry about him not being 0:19:06.040 --> 0:19:08.760 on time or not doing the things that's asked of him. 0:19:09.200 --> 0:19:11.520 He's an intelligent kid. He's going to be able to 0:19:11.560 --> 0:19:15.760 absorb all the assignments and the terminology that's required of him. 0:19:15.800 --> 0:19:18.760 So I think, probably as much as anybody in the draft, 0:19:18.800 --> 0:19:21.439 I'm really excited to see what he can do and 0:19:21.480 --> 0:19:24.120 where he can compete on the offensive line. And that's 0:19:24.160 --> 0:19:26.520 what I was talking about the rookies. Some of these 0:19:26.560 --> 0:19:29.359