1 00:00:04,404 --> 00:00:07,244 Speaker 1: Ten Takes is a production of the NFL in partnership 2 00:00:07,284 --> 00:00:08,244 Speaker 1: with iHeartRadio. 3 00:00:08,684 --> 00:00:10,524 Speaker 2: Daniel Jones. It's great to see him, man, good to 4 00:00:10,564 --> 00:00:11,964 Speaker 2: see you. I'm very excited to. 5 00:00:11,964 --> 00:00:14,164 Speaker 3: Talk to you because I think, like so many people, 6 00:00:14,204 --> 00:00:16,204 Speaker 3: I've followed you very closely for years, and I've seen 7 00:00:16,244 --> 00:00:17,444 Speaker 3: you in a lot of big spots. 8 00:00:18,084 --> 00:00:19,924 Speaker 2: I feel like I don't know a lot about you. 9 00:00:20,324 --> 00:00:21,204 Speaker 2: Why do you think that is? 10 00:00:22,924 --> 00:00:23,324 Speaker 4: I don't know. 11 00:00:23,404 --> 00:00:26,004 Speaker 5: Probably part of my personality. I feel like I've never 12 00:00:26,524 --> 00:00:30,524 Speaker 5: tried to try on social media whatever it is. I 13 00:00:30,524 --> 00:00:33,324 Speaker 5: don't I don't share too much. But yeah, I don't know. 14 00:00:33,364 --> 00:00:37,244 Speaker 5: I mean, I think try to play football and hang 15 00:00:37,284 --> 00:00:38,404 Speaker 5: out with my family and friends. 16 00:00:38,444 --> 00:00:39,724 Speaker 4: Pretty simple. 17 00:00:39,924 --> 00:00:41,924 Speaker 3: So I'm down here, we're setting up all these licen 18 00:00:42,004 --> 00:00:43,404 Speaker 3: cameras and these chairs and everything. 19 00:00:43,684 --> 00:00:45,804 Speaker 2: One of your teammates comes by. Great guy. I'm not 20 00:00:45,804 --> 00:00:48,724 Speaker 2: gonna say who he is. He shake hands and everything. 21 00:00:48,804 --> 00:00:50,884 Speaker 2: I say, I'm gonna talk to Daniel that. 22 00:00:51,004 --> 00:00:53,564 Speaker 3: Try to learn some stuff about him, and he laughs 23 00:00:53,604 --> 00:00:54,804 Speaker 3: and goes, ah, good luck with that. 24 00:00:55,804 --> 00:00:58,764 Speaker 2: Why would he say that? What's he talking about? Uh? 25 00:00:59,084 --> 00:00:59,964 Speaker 4: I don't know. 26 00:01:00,004 --> 00:01:00,284 Speaker 5: I don't know. 27 00:01:00,324 --> 00:01:01,284 Speaker 4: I'd like to know who it is. 28 00:01:01,324 --> 00:01:06,644 Speaker 2: But you guys, I don't know, would remain nameless. Very 29 00:01:06,644 --> 00:01:09,484 Speaker 2: good guy, very good pro. Probably an denefensive side of 30 00:01:09,484 --> 00:01:09,764 Speaker 2: the ball. 31 00:01:10,524 --> 00:01:12,284 Speaker 4: Yeah, I don't know. Yeah, Like I said, I don't, 32 00:01:12,284 --> 00:01:13,004 Speaker 4: I don't do a ton. 33 00:01:13,084 --> 00:01:16,124 Speaker 5: I mean I pretty much played football and uh and 34 00:01:16,244 --> 00:01:19,604 Speaker 5: hang out. But yeah, I really enjoyed being here and 35 00:01:19,644 --> 00:01:21,804 Speaker 5: being with these guys in the locker room. And we've 36 00:01:21,844 --> 00:01:24,724 Speaker 5: got a lot of good dudes and it's been fun 37 00:01:24,764 --> 00:01:25,484 Speaker 5: spending time with them. 38 00:01:25,524 --> 00:01:27,684 Speaker 3: It's a lot of good football too. You say, like 39 00:01:27,724 --> 00:01:30,444 Speaker 3: to playball and hang out. The thing is, though, you 40 00:01:30,484 --> 00:01:33,724 Speaker 3: are an NFL star, and I have with me, I 41 00:01:33,764 --> 00:01:36,404 Speaker 3: have what I call the NFL Star Survival Kit. These 42 00:01:36,444 --> 00:01:38,444 Speaker 3: are the things you're allegedly supposed. 43 00:01:38,004 --> 00:01:40,004 Speaker 2: To have if you're an NFL star. So I'm just 44 00:01:40,004 --> 00:01:41,324 Speaker 2: gonna read some off and just tell me if you 45 00:01:41,324 --> 00:01:43,684 Speaker 2: have them or not. Okay, Daniel Jones. Do you have 46 00:01:43,804 --> 00:01:47,604 Speaker 2: a personal stylist? I don't. Do you have a pop 47 00:01:47,644 --> 00:01:48,364 Speaker 2: star girlfriend? 48 00:01:49,404 --> 00:01:49,524 Speaker 4: No? 49 00:01:49,684 --> 00:01:54,124 Speaker 3: No, movie star girlfriend. Do you have national commercials for 50 00:01:54,244 --> 00:01:55,004 Speaker 3: chips and soda? 51 00:01:55,844 --> 00:01:55,964 Speaker 4: No? 52 00:01:56,204 --> 00:01:57,804 Speaker 3: No? All right, this is the last one. Is the 53 00:01:57,844 --> 00:01:59,444 Speaker 3: last one I got. This is the most important one. 54 00:02:00,004 --> 00:02:01,924 Speaker 3: Where can I subscribe to your podcast? 55 00:02:02,524 --> 00:02:05,204 Speaker 4: Don't have a podcast? You don't have. 56 00:02:06,084 --> 00:02:06,564 Speaker 2: That's it. 57 00:02:06,924 --> 00:02:08,324 Speaker 3: Apparently this is what I was told you're supposed to 58 00:02:08,364 --> 00:02:10,164 Speaker 3: have and you have none. Are there any of those 59 00:02:10,204 --> 00:02:12,524 Speaker 3: things that you want to have? 60 00:02:13,284 --> 00:02:16,164 Speaker 5: I don't know about want to have, but in the 61 00:02:16,204 --> 00:02:20,364 Speaker 5: right situation. I mean, I think if there's an advertisement opportunity, 62 00:02:20,404 --> 00:02:21,004 Speaker 5: you know, take. 63 00:02:20,844 --> 00:02:22,244 Speaker 4: Advantage of it. But I don't. 64 00:02:22,324 --> 00:02:25,164 Speaker 5: I mean, I think, yeah, just like I've always felt 65 00:02:25,244 --> 00:02:27,204 Speaker 5: like I'd rather keep it simple in a lot of 66 00:02:27,204 --> 00:02:28,604 Speaker 5: ways and play football. 67 00:02:28,684 --> 00:02:30,044 Speaker 4: Focus on what. 68 00:02:30,004 --> 00:02:32,124 Speaker 5: I'd like to do, be a football player first. And 69 00:02:32,724 --> 00:02:35,604 Speaker 5: you know, I enjoy playing in the NFL. And there's 70 00:02:35,604 --> 00:02:38,324 Speaker 5: a lot that comes with the NFL that a lot 71 00:02:38,364 --> 00:02:40,884 Speaker 5: of opportunities and a lot of uh, you can meet 72 00:02:40,924 --> 00:02:43,044 Speaker 5: a lot of cool people and you have access to things. 73 00:02:43,084 --> 00:02:45,364 Speaker 5: But at the end of the day, I've always felt like, 74 00:02:46,044 --> 00:02:47,324 Speaker 5: you know, football is. 75 00:02:47,524 --> 00:02:49,604 Speaker 4: What I enjoy most. Football is the most important part 76 00:02:49,644 --> 00:02:49,884 Speaker 4: of it. 77 00:02:49,924 --> 00:02:52,484 Speaker 5: And you know, as true as I can stay to that, 78 00:02:52,644 --> 00:02:54,924 Speaker 5: I feel like the better, the better things are. 79 00:02:55,484 --> 00:02:58,484 Speaker 3: You're all about ball and all those things and podcasts 80 00:02:58,524 --> 00:03:01,364 Speaker 3: and famous girlfriends and all that. You're not really about 81 00:03:01,404 --> 00:03:03,724 Speaker 3: those things. What are you about as a guy and 82 00:03:03,764 --> 00:03:04,284 Speaker 3: as an athlete? 83 00:03:04,364 --> 00:03:05,724 Speaker 2: Like, what do you stand for? What do you w into. 84 00:03:06,644 --> 00:03:09,564 Speaker 5: I mean, I feel like being a good teammate, working hard, 85 00:03:10,204 --> 00:03:14,964 Speaker 5: you know, showing up and being accountable to that. I think, yeah, 86 00:03:15,164 --> 00:03:17,324 Speaker 5: working hard, kind of keeping my head down and keeping 87 00:03:17,364 --> 00:03:19,884 Speaker 5: it keeping it simple for the most part, you know, 88 00:03:20,044 --> 00:03:24,884 Speaker 5: I think building relationships with teammates, building relationships in the 89 00:03:24,884 --> 00:03:27,844 Speaker 5: locker room, and and kind of being consistent with that. 90 00:03:28,364 --> 00:03:31,324 Speaker 4: You know, I don't know. I mean maybe maybe they'd be. 91 00:03:31,324 --> 00:03:34,204 Speaker 5: A better question for for someone else, but I try 92 00:03:34,244 --> 00:03:35,724 Speaker 5: to just keep it temple. 93 00:03:36,204 --> 00:03:38,284 Speaker 3: When you go home and it's it's a bye week 94 00:03:38,404 --> 00:03:41,164 Speaker 3: or it's off season, how do you spend your free time. 95 00:03:41,204 --> 00:03:43,564 Speaker 3: It can't be just watching film and playing ball and 96 00:03:43,564 --> 00:03:44,444 Speaker 3: relating to your teams. 97 00:03:44,644 --> 00:03:45,964 Speaker 2: What do you like to get into when you have 98 00:03:46,004 --> 00:03:48,524 Speaker 2: free time? For some Daniel time, play golf? 99 00:03:48,604 --> 00:03:50,524 Speaker 4: I mean, I play some golf. 100 00:03:50,604 --> 00:03:51,044 Speaker 2: I knew it. 101 00:03:51,124 --> 00:03:53,564 Speaker 5: I still haven't become a good golfer yet, but I'm 102 00:03:53,604 --> 00:03:57,164 Speaker 5: working on that train. I mean, I think, yeah, go 103 00:03:57,244 --> 00:04:00,324 Speaker 5: to dinner and hang out with friends. I mean, pretty 104 00:04:00,684 --> 00:04:03,524 Speaker 5: pretty simple stuff, you know. Spent a lot of time 105 00:04:04,084 --> 00:04:06,204 Speaker 5: and New York where I've got three siblings who live now, 106 00:04:06,244 --> 00:04:10,084 Speaker 5: so hanging out with them and friends, whatever it may be. 107 00:04:10,364 --> 00:04:13,324 Speaker 3: It's perfect and it works for you. I personally, as 108 00:04:13,364 --> 00:04:16,364 Speaker 3: a guy who's pretty down to earth. I love how 109 00:04:16,404 --> 00:04:20,084 Speaker 3: you arrive on Sundays to games in this era of 110 00:04:21,364 --> 00:04:24,644 Speaker 3: arrival fits and high fashion in the locker room. 111 00:04:24,884 --> 00:04:27,764 Speaker 2: How much thought do you put into your game day drip? 112 00:04:29,324 --> 00:04:30,964 Speaker 5: Not a ton, to be honest, pretty much what I 113 00:04:30,964 --> 00:04:32,644 Speaker 5: would wear to dinner or something like that. 114 00:04:32,764 --> 00:04:33,724 Speaker 4: But what about your aura? 115 00:04:33,844 --> 00:04:35,204 Speaker 2: That's important? You put thought that? 116 00:04:35,444 --> 00:04:37,164 Speaker 5: No, No, I did catch a lot of flak. I 117 00:04:37,204 --> 00:04:40,404 Speaker 5: remember my early years in New York. I'd wear like 118 00:04:40,404 --> 00:04:42,724 Speaker 5: a button down and some khakis, which I thought was like, 119 00:04:43,164 --> 00:04:46,044 Speaker 5: you know, wear something kind of nice, but it doesn't 120 00:04:46,044 --> 00:04:46,884 Speaker 5: have to be crazy, and. 121 00:04:46,844 --> 00:04:48,684 Speaker 4: I got I got dragged for that. 122 00:04:48,804 --> 00:04:51,124 Speaker 5: So I was like, I'll, you know, just dress normally 123 00:04:51,124 --> 00:04:54,164 Speaker 5: how I would to dinner or something. But yeah, I 124 00:04:54,164 --> 00:04:56,004 Speaker 5: don't put a put a ton of time into it. 125 00:04:56,044 --> 00:04:58,764 Speaker 5: I think i'd look pretty pretty dumb if I tried 126 00:04:58,884 --> 00:04:59,444 Speaker 5: something else. 127 00:04:59,524 --> 00:05:01,124 Speaker 3: Do you like the outfits that you wear to show 128 00:05:01,164 --> 00:05:03,324 Speaker 3: up to the games? Do you like picked them out 129 00:05:03,364 --> 00:05:05,684 Speaker 3: the night before? Is it five minutes before you leave? 130 00:05:05,724 --> 00:05:08,004 Speaker 3: It's just spontaneous to put any thought into it, because 131 00:05:08,004 --> 00:05:08,684 Speaker 3: I think it's cool. 132 00:05:08,924 --> 00:05:10,524 Speaker 4: Yeah. 133 00:05:10,244 --> 00:05:12,084 Speaker 5: Uh, well, we were stay in the hotel the night before, 134 00:05:12,164 --> 00:05:14,684 Speaker 5: so yeah, I'll just pick something out and before I 135 00:05:14,724 --> 00:05:17,404 Speaker 5: go to the hotel and where. 136 00:05:17,964 --> 00:05:19,804 Speaker 3: But it's it's authentic and it's who you are, and 137 00:05:19,844 --> 00:05:23,204 Speaker 3: I think that inspires other people around you. The Colts 138 00:05:23,324 --> 00:05:25,924 Speaker 3: put out a social video, not some knucklehead online. 139 00:05:26,444 --> 00:05:28,884 Speaker 2: The Colts put out a social video and it was 140 00:05:28,924 --> 00:05:30,924 Speaker 2: you miked up during the game, and. 141 00:05:30,844 --> 00:05:34,124 Speaker 3: They said, he said what he said and it's literally 142 00:05:34,284 --> 00:05:35,484 Speaker 3: just clips if you say nothing. 143 00:05:36,244 --> 00:05:39,084 Speaker 2: What did you think of that? Yeah? 144 00:05:39,084 --> 00:05:40,564 Speaker 5: I was kind of like, come on, guys, every want 145 00:05:40,604 --> 00:05:44,524 Speaker 5: everyone already thinks something like, don't say anything. But it 146 00:05:44,604 --> 00:05:46,244 Speaker 5: was I mean, it was fine, man. There was a 147 00:05:46,604 --> 00:05:48,644 Speaker 5: there was a clip of me talking a little bit more. 148 00:05:48,724 --> 00:05:51,404 Speaker 5: But I've always been a little resistant of the miked 149 00:05:51,484 --> 00:05:53,924 Speaker 5: up thing, just because you know, it's like a game 150 00:05:53,964 --> 00:05:55,284 Speaker 5: and is the last thing you want to be thinking 151 00:05:55,324 --> 00:05:57,284 Speaker 5: about is having a microphone on you. 152 00:05:57,364 --> 00:05:59,644 Speaker 4: But yeah, you gotta go along with it a little bit. 153 00:06:00,084 --> 00:06:02,364 Speaker 3: I look at some of your peers in the AFC, 154 00:06:03,124 --> 00:06:09,284 Speaker 3: Josh Allen, Patrick, Aaron Rodgers, loud screamers, explicit f bombs 155 00:06:09,284 --> 00:06:10,124 Speaker 3: all over the place. 156 00:06:10,684 --> 00:06:11,644 Speaker 2: That's how they lead. 157 00:06:12,524 --> 00:06:15,004 Speaker 3: How do you be a field general out there with 158 00:06:15,084 --> 00:06:16,844 Speaker 3: ten other guys in the huddle with you when maybe 159 00:06:16,844 --> 00:06:19,524 Speaker 3: you're not necessarily wired for volume and screaming. 160 00:06:19,564 --> 00:06:20,404 Speaker 2: How do you go about it? 161 00:06:21,284 --> 00:06:23,604 Speaker 5: Well, I think there's a time to communicate, and however 162 00:06:23,644 --> 00:06:26,924 Speaker 5: the situation, you know, deems it necessary communicate how you 163 00:06:26,964 --> 00:06:27,244 Speaker 5: need to. 164 00:06:27,404 --> 00:06:28,564 Speaker 4: But I don't know. 165 00:06:28,604 --> 00:06:32,324 Speaker 5: I mean, I think, yeah, just naturally doing that and 166 00:06:32,564 --> 00:06:36,364 Speaker 5: a situation that, uh where guys would you know, they 167 00:06:36,404 --> 00:06:39,484 Speaker 5: expect a certain level of communication based on what you've 168 00:06:39,884 --> 00:06:41,804 Speaker 5: what you've done in the past, So to change that up, 169 00:06:41,844 --> 00:06:42,564 Speaker 5: I think, you. 170 00:06:42,484 --> 00:06:43,924 Speaker 4: Know, it can be can be a mistake. 171 00:06:44,004 --> 00:06:46,204 Speaker 5: But you know, I've heard I think you heard heard 172 00:06:46,244 --> 00:06:48,924 Speaker 5: as far back as college or the draft. And there's 173 00:06:48,964 --> 00:06:52,204 Speaker 5: the personality, there's the expectation of what a quarterback needs 174 00:06:52,244 --> 00:06:54,644 Speaker 5: to sound like and do all the time. And you know, 175 00:06:54,924 --> 00:06:57,564 Speaker 5: you can learn and grow in ways. But at the 176 00:06:57,644 --> 00:06:59,164 Speaker 5: end of the day, I think a lot of it's about, 177 00:06:59,444 --> 00:07:02,604 Speaker 5: you know, being being authentic, and that's what guys respond to, 178 00:07:02,764 --> 00:07:06,484 Speaker 5: you know, is communication that they've grown to expect from you. 179 00:07:06,564 --> 00:07:08,364 Speaker 4: So try not to change that up too. 180 00:07:08,284 --> 00:07:09,364 Speaker 2: Much as you get older. 181 00:07:09,364 --> 00:07:12,404 Speaker 3: There's nothing cooler than someone who's just themselves. And if 182 00:07:12,404 --> 00:07:14,084 Speaker 3: you were to show up one day and start screaming 183 00:07:14,604 --> 00:07:16,564 Speaker 3: that's not you. It's what the kids called cringe, like 184 00:07:16,804 --> 00:07:18,844 Speaker 3: they could see right through that. You know who wants 185 00:07:18,884 --> 00:07:21,884 Speaker 3: you to talk more though, And I mean this the fans. 186 00:07:21,644 --> 00:07:22,604 Speaker 2: The cults, fans. 187 00:07:23,284 --> 00:07:26,444 Speaker 3: You haven't tweeted in a long time on Instagram, it's 188 00:07:26,484 --> 00:07:29,564 Speaker 3: just a couple of nice, wholesome team pictures. But meanwhile, 189 00:07:29,764 --> 00:07:32,004 Speaker 3: I mean this, Daniel, you are the number one story 190 00:07:32,044 --> 00:07:34,324 Speaker 3: in the NFL. I work in NFL media, the number 191 00:07:34,324 --> 00:07:36,644 Speaker 3: one story and the number one positive story right now. 192 00:07:37,164 --> 00:07:40,164 Speaker 3: Do you have any urge to stick a little victory lap, 193 00:07:40,164 --> 00:07:41,724 Speaker 3: beat your chest a little bit because you've earned it? 194 00:07:41,764 --> 00:07:43,164 Speaker 2: I feel like not. 195 00:07:43,444 --> 00:07:46,964 Speaker 5: I mean, I do appreciate the fans, appreciate the support 196 00:07:47,004 --> 00:07:50,404 Speaker 5: and the energy and being here in NDI has been 197 00:07:50,444 --> 00:07:53,324 Speaker 5: a blast, and you really feel the sense of just 198 00:07:53,364 --> 00:07:56,164 Speaker 5: the passion that they have for the team and them 199 00:07:56,164 --> 00:07:56,764 Speaker 5: supporting us. 200 00:07:56,964 --> 00:07:59,404 Speaker 4: It does mean a ton and I've really really enjoyed, 201 00:08:00,084 --> 00:08:00,644 Speaker 4: enjoyed that. 202 00:08:01,364 --> 00:08:03,524 Speaker 5: Maybe back to a little bit what we were saying earlier, 203 00:08:03,564 --> 00:08:06,804 Speaker 5: I just never felt like like it was necessarily my 204 00:08:06,924 --> 00:08:09,284 Speaker 5: job to share all the time, or to to talk 205 00:08:09,364 --> 00:08:11,884 Speaker 5: and to to do that. But but you know that 206 00:08:11,924 --> 00:08:14,284 Speaker 5: doesn't come from a place of you know, I do 207 00:08:14,364 --> 00:08:16,724 Speaker 5: have a lot of respect and appreciation for the fans 208 00:08:16,764 --> 00:08:19,164 Speaker 5: and understand that, you know, kind of in the day 209 00:08:19,164 --> 00:08:21,684 Speaker 5: and age we're in now, that there's an opportunity to 210 00:08:21,724 --> 00:08:24,724 Speaker 5: do that, and that's probably something I could do, you know, 211 00:08:24,764 --> 00:08:27,364 Speaker 5: a better job of, you know, honestly. But yeah, I 212 00:08:27,364 --> 00:08:31,044 Speaker 5: got a great appreciation and the fans here have been 213 00:08:31,644 --> 00:08:32,284 Speaker 5: a lot of fun. 214 00:08:32,564 --> 00:08:35,204 Speaker 3: So you did give him a little peace though, because 215 00:08:35,444 --> 00:08:38,324 Speaker 3: you guys beat the Chargers. You do a postgame interview 216 00:08:38,324 --> 00:08:40,924 Speaker 3: with Evan Washington from CBS and he says, you know, 217 00:08:41,004 --> 00:08:44,764 Speaker 3: people on the outside were maybe surprised at how well 218 00:08:44,804 --> 00:08:47,084 Speaker 3: you guys are doing, and you just looked at him 219 00:08:47,084 --> 00:08:50,084 Speaker 3: and says, sounds like y'all didn't know much, and it. 220 00:08:49,964 --> 00:08:53,324 Speaker 1: Was like, yeah, talk here, Daniel Jones. 221 00:08:54,244 --> 00:08:57,524 Speaker 5: Yeah, maybe a little bit, a little bit out of character, 222 00:08:57,684 --> 00:09:01,124 Speaker 5: but yeah, I mean I think there'll be a time 223 00:09:01,204 --> 00:09:04,244 Speaker 5: maybe too to reflect a little bit more on the season. 224 00:09:04,604 --> 00:09:07,244 Speaker 5: I think, not necessarily what we're when we're where we 225 00:09:07,284 --> 00:09:09,444 Speaker 5: are now, you know, and kind of how it's going. 226 00:09:09,524 --> 00:09:10,924 Speaker 4: But you know, you hear it. 227 00:09:10,964 --> 00:09:12,564 Speaker 5: I've heard it for a long time, you know, I 228 00:09:12,604 --> 00:09:15,204 Speaker 5: think in New York I've heard it, you know, personally, 229 00:09:15,244 --> 00:09:17,164 Speaker 5: I guess in New York and then getting here and 230 00:09:17,204 --> 00:09:19,284 Speaker 5: then the team. You know, we've we heard it all 231 00:09:19,644 --> 00:09:21,644 Speaker 5: off season about you know, kind of what people thought 232 00:09:21,644 --> 00:09:24,164 Speaker 5: about our team. So you know that being said, there's 233 00:09:24,164 --> 00:09:26,524 Speaker 5: a lot to do, there's a lot to prove still. 234 00:09:26,284 --> 00:09:28,044 Speaker 4: And you know, it's a week to week league in 235 00:09:28,084 --> 00:09:28,564 Speaker 4: the NFL. 236 00:09:28,724 --> 00:09:31,404 Speaker 5: You know, everyone knows that here, but we're confident and 237 00:09:32,724 --> 00:09:33,964 Speaker 5: excited about where we're going. 238 00:09:34,524 --> 00:09:36,484 Speaker 3: A big piece of the reason why you're the best 239 00:09:36,484 --> 00:09:38,684 Speaker 3: story in the NFL this year is the origin story. 240 00:09:39,164 --> 00:09:42,444 Speaker 3: November twenty twenty four, a year ago, the New York Giants, 241 00:09:42,484 --> 00:09:44,004 Speaker 3: the team that drafted you with, the team that you 242 00:09:44,044 --> 00:09:46,684 Speaker 3: wanted the playoffs with, you asked for your release. 243 00:09:47,284 --> 00:09:51,804 Speaker 4: Why, well, that was a little bit of a different situation. 244 00:09:52,444 --> 00:09:55,604 Speaker 5: You know, obviously, great respect and appreciation for the Giants organization, 245 00:09:55,764 --> 00:09:59,004 Speaker 5: the Mari and Tish families, and the opportunity to play 246 00:09:59,244 --> 00:10:01,124 Speaker 5: for the Giants was incredible. 247 00:10:01,124 --> 00:10:02,324 Speaker 4: I really really enjoyed that. 248 00:10:03,644 --> 00:10:05,124 Speaker 5: I think at that point any of the season, they 249 00:10:05,124 --> 00:10:08,204 Speaker 5: had made a decision to, you know, for someone else 250 00:10:08,244 --> 00:10:10,604 Speaker 5: to play, and I had an injury piece of my 251 00:10:10,844 --> 00:10:13,044 Speaker 5: contract that didn't let me you know, I wasn't gonna 252 00:10:13,044 --> 00:10:14,204 Speaker 5: be able to practice I wasn't gona. 253 00:10:14,044 --> 00:10:16,044 Speaker 4: Be able to work out. I was kind of just 254 00:10:16,044 --> 00:10:16,804 Speaker 4: just there. And at that. 255 00:10:16,764 --> 00:10:19,084 Speaker 5: Point it was, you know, if I can't do anything, 256 00:10:19,364 --> 00:10:21,484 Speaker 5: you know, maybe I'll go somewhere else and see if 257 00:10:21,524 --> 00:10:25,204 Speaker 5: I can learn something. And you know, I still, you know, 258 00:10:25,284 --> 00:10:30,604 Speaker 5: great appreciation and teammates, coaches, everybody there. That hurt, you know, leaving, 259 00:10:30,644 --> 00:10:33,564 Speaker 5: but I felt like it was the better situation for 260 00:10:34,284 --> 00:10:36,524 Speaker 5: me and for them at that point. 261 00:10:36,604 --> 00:10:40,044 Speaker 3: Even as someone who's really locked in emotionally and professionally. 262 00:10:40,644 --> 00:10:42,804 Speaker 3: Had to be an emotional thing. I was there that 263 00:10:42,884 --> 00:10:44,604 Speaker 3: night in Nashville. It was a special night. It's a 264 00:10:44,604 --> 00:10:47,484 Speaker 3: special draft pick. You gave everything you possibly could to 265 00:10:47,524 --> 00:10:51,084 Speaker 3: that organization. What did it feel like driving away from 266 00:10:51,124 --> 00:10:52,404 Speaker 3: the facility for the last time. 267 00:10:53,764 --> 00:10:56,844 Speaker 4: Yeah, that was tough. I'm not clae for sure. 268 00:10:57,084 --> 00:10:59,844 Speaker 5: I don't think you know, I'm not a very emotional person, 269 00:10:59,964 --> 00:11:03,604 Speaker 5: but that was a little bit emotional then. But yeah, 270 00:11:03,764 --> 00:11:07,244 Speaker 5: like I said, great, great appreciation for that organization, opportunity 271 00:11:07,244 --> 00:11:08,804 Speaker 5: there and really enjoyed the time. 272 00:11:08,844 --> 00:11:11,404 Speaker 4: A lot of special people, a lot of special people there. 273 00:11:11,444 --> 00:11:14,364 Speaker 4: But you know, I've been lucky. I was lucky leaving there. 274 00:11:14,364 --> 00:11:16,964 Speaker 5: The opportunity to go to Minnesota for the rest of 275 00:11:17,004 --> 00:11:19,124 Speaker 5: the season and learn kind of about what they were 276 00:11:19,124 --> 00:11:22,924 Speaker 5: doing there, and then the opportunity to sign here in 277 00:11:22,964 --> 00:11:24,644 Speaker 5: the offseason was was awesome. 278 00:11:24,684 --> 00:11:27,604 Speaker 4: So been fortunate and been really fortunate. 279 00:11:27,724 --> 00:11:30,164 Speaker 3: The departure was the best thing that could have happened 280 00:11:30,164 --> 00:11:31,404 Speaker 3: to you, and you're going incredibly well. 281 00:11:31,444 --> 00:11:34,844 Speaker 2: Now, what was the goodbye like with Brian Dable? 282 00:11:36,044 --> 00:11:36,244 Speaker 3: Uh? 283 00:11:36,324 --> 00:11:37,644 Speaker 4: Yeah, I think it was good. 284 00:11:38,004 --> 00:11:40,524 Speaker 5: You know, we uh a lot of a lot of 285 00:11:40,564 --> 00:11:43,444 Speaker 5: time spent together and and and went through a lot, 286 00:11:43,644 --> 00:11:47,404 Speaker 5: you know, ups and downs, and I think appreciation both sides. 287 00:11:48,244 --> 00:11:50,644 Speaker 3: We mentioned the drive home. I think about how your 288 00:11:50,724 --> 00:11:51,644 Speaker 3: drives home must be. 289 00:11:51,724 --> 00:11:51,964 Speaker 4: Now. 290 00:11:52,684 --> 00:11:55,564 Speaker 3: I pulled in here. It's a beautiful November in Indiana. 291 00:11:55,604 --> 00:11:58,484 Speaker 3: The leaves are all changing. You guys have this great record. 292 00:11:58,524 --> 00:12:01,564 Speaker 3: You're sitting atop the AFC. What is it like for 293 00:12:01,564 --> 00:12:03,684 Speaker 3: you to leave practice now, to leave the facilities? Not 294 00:12:03,804 --> 00:12:05,644 Speaker 3: where are you mentally right now? When you're in your 295 00:12:05,644 --> 00:12:09,804 Speaker 3: car and the drive home leaving as an Indianapolis Colts, Well. 296 00:12:09,844 --> 00:12:12,804 Speaker 5: I mean, I think when you know things have gone 297 00:12:12,844 --> 00:12:15,044 Speaker 5: well for us, it's you know, obviously, I think every 298 00:12:15,484 --> 00:12:18,204 Speaker 5: aspect of your life, you know, you try not to 299 00:12:18,244 --> 00:12:20,124 Speaker 5: make everything depend on football. 300 00:12:20,164 --> 00:12:21,564 Speaker 4: But in a lot of ways, it's what we do all. 301 00:12:21,524 --> 00:12:24,284 Speaker 5: Day, and you know, how the game goes that week 302 00:12:24,364 --> 00:12:27,404 Speaker 5: or how the season's going, you know, has a lot 303 00:12:27,444 --> 00:12:28,964 Speaker 5: to do with with how you're feeling on a day 304 00:12:29,004 --> 00:12:29,604 Speaker 5: to day basis. 305 00:12:29,684 --> 00:12:31,884 Speaker 4: So it's been uh, it's been good. 306 00:12:32,244 --> 00:12:35,324 Speaker 3: You win the job in August, Keys to the Castle. 307 00:12:35,364 --> 00:12:38,444 Speaker 3: You're gonna be the starting quarterback Innnapolis Colts. If someone 308 00:12:38,444 --> 00:12:42,204 Speaker 3: had come to you and said, dimes comarre, you guys 309 00:12:42,244 --> 00:12:45,244 Speaker 3: are going to start seven and two, seven and two, 310 00:12:46,124 --> 00:12:46,964 Speaker 3: what's your response? 311 00:12:47,964 --> 00:12:50,604 Speaker 5: Obviously you'd be excited about it. I think, would you 312 00:12:50,604 --> 00:12:51,364 Speaker 5: call it BS? 313 00:12:51,884 --> 00:12:54,324 Speaker 4: I don't think so, I've said. 314 00:12:54,404 --> 00:12:56,124 Speaker 5: I mean, I think as soon as I got here 315 00:12:56,124 --> 00:12:58,284 Speaker 5: in the spring, you're like, wow, he's there's a lot 316 00:12:58,284 --> 00:13:00,564 Speaker 5: of good players here. We got you know, really good 317 00:13:00,644 --> 00:13:02,324 Speaker 5: up front. We got a lot of good receivers. We 318 00:13:02,444 --> 00:13:06,284 Speaker 5: got a really good running back. Coaches are really smart defense. 319 00:13:06,524 --> 00:13:08,044 Speaker 5: You know, they've got a lot going on. It's like, 320 00:13:08,404 --> 00:13:10,284 Speaker 5: I don't know why we why we aren't going to 321 00:13:10,324 --> 00:13:12,564 Speaker 5: be a really good football team. But you never, I 322 00:13:12,604 --> 00:13:14,484 Speaker 5: mean you never really know until you start playing and 323 00:13:14,484 --> 00:13:16,364 Speaker 5: you see it on the field, and then the first 324 00:13:16,404 --> 00:13:16,724 Speaker 5: couple of. 325 00:13:16,724 --> 00:13:19,164 Speaker 4: Weeks I was like, Wow, this is we got a 326 00:13:19,204 --> 00:13:20,204 Speaker 4: we got a good team here. 327 00:13:20,364 --> 00:13:22,644 Speaker 5: So you know, I guess if you had told me 328 00:13:22,684 --> 00:13:25,804 Speaker 5: that in training camp, I would have yeah, been excited 329 00:13:25,804 --> 00:13:27,724 Speaker 5: about it, for sure, But I don't think I would 330 00:13:27,724 --> 00:13:30,724 Speaker 5: have been surprised. I think looking around, you know, as 331 00:13:30,724 --> 00:13:32,044 Speaker 5: soon as I I guess I said, as soon as 332 00:13:32,084 --> 00:13:33,404 Speaker 5: I got here, I was like, wow, we have a 333 00:13:33,484 --> 00:13:34,284 Speaker 5: chance to be a good team. 334 00:13:34,564 --> 00:13:36,604 Speaker 3: What jumped out to me was that right off the 335 00:13:36,644 --> 00:13:38,324 Speaker 3: bat this year, Week one, week two, you just look 336 00:13:38,404 --> 00:13:42,164 Speaker 3: so confident your body language, everything about yourself. You had 337 00:13:42,164 --> 00:13:44,724 Speaker 3: been through so much, you had been beaten down, taking 338 00:13:44,844 --> 00:13:45,604 Speaker 3: so much heat. 339 00:13:46,164 --> 00:13:48,364 Speaker 2: How did you stay so confident like that? 340 00:13:48,764 --> 00:13:51,924 Speaker 5: I think, Uh, you know, fortunate to have a lot 341 00:13:51,924 --> 00:13:54,124 Speaker 5: of people in my corner, a lot of support from 342 00:13:54,844 --> 00:13:58,324 Speaker 5: from from family, from friends, from coaches, teammates, people I 343 00:13:58,324 --> 00:14:01,884 Speaker 5: had played with a cross pass with in the past, 344 00:14:01,964 --> 00:14:04,564 Speaker 5: and and you know, leaned on them heavily throughout it. 345 00:14:04,564 --> 00:14:06,844 Speaker 5: And then I think just the confidence we built as 346 00:14:06,884 --> 00:14:09,124 Speaker 5: a group through through the off season, through training camp, 347 00:14:10,044 --> 00:14:12,884 Speaker 5: working with Shane, working with with his staff, and and 348 00:14:13,004 --> 00:14:15,444 Speaker 5: kind of understanding. Yeah, I mean a lot of work 349 00:14:15,484 --> 00:14:17,524 Speaker 5: went into it, and and good quality work that I 350 00:14:17,524 --> 00:14:20,244 Speaker 5: felt like, Wow, we are prepared. We've got a good team. 351 00:14:20,284 --> 00:14:22,204 Speaker 5: I know what to do, I know what what he 352 00:14:22,284 --> 00:14:24,324 Speaker 5: expects of me. And you know, at that point it 353 00:14:24,404 --> 00:14:27,604 Speaker 5: was it was just about executing it. So just yeah, 354 00:14:27,644 --> 00:14:30,684 Speaker 5: trying to get away from maybe the emotional piece of 355 00:14:30,684 --> 00:14:34,044 Speaker 5: of that, of of maybe some of the outside pressure 356 00:14:34,044 --> 00:14:36,364 Speaker 5: and just get to kind of plainly what do I 357 00:14:36,684 --> 00:14:37,444 Speaker 5: what do I need to do? 358 00:14:38,004 --> 00:14:39,684 Speaker 3: And that's why you stay off Twitter too. 359 00:14:39,844 --> 00:14:42,244 Speaker 2: Yeah, smart to see the field. 360 00:14:42,684 --> 00:14:44,964 Speaker 3: So best story in the NFL, I'll say it again, 361 00:14:45,204 --> 00:14:46,764 Speaker 3: you the cult, the number one story. 362 00:14:47,684 --> 00:14:50,404 Speaker 2: How do you want the store to end? Uh? 363 00:14:50,444 --> 00:14:52,164 Speaker 5: We got a long way to go. I think we 364 00:14:52,244 --> 00:14:54,884 Speaker 5: all we all know that, and and coaches remind us 365 00:14:54,924 --> 00:14:58,444 Speaker 5: of that often. But we're a mature team. And like 366 00:14:58,484 --> 00:15:00,124 Speaker 5: I said, the NFL is week to week. We got 367 00:15:00,164 --> 00:15:03,964 Speaker 5: to play well week after week and and right now 368 00:15:04,004 --> 00:15:07,204 Speaker 5: we're we're focused on going over to Germany, playing playing 369 00:15:07,204 --> 00:15:09,364 Speaker 5: a good game in Germany and going on from there. 370 00:15:09,404 --> 00:15:12,604 Speaker 5: But I think, uh, we're confident, we're excited about where 371 00:15:12,644 --> 00:15:14,324 Speaker 5: we can go, and we got to win a lot 372 00:15:14,324 --> 00:15:15,244 Speaker 5: more football games. 373 00:15:15,604 --> 00:15:16,684 Speaker 2: We're at the end of our time. 374 00:15:16,844 --> 00:15:19,004 Speaker 3: How do you feel about the fact that I did 375 00:15:19,004 --> 00:15:22,484 Speaker 3: not ask you about the Indiana Jones nickname because I thought, 376 00:15:22,524 --> 00:15:23,084 Speaker 3: how do you feel? 377 00:15:24,284 --> 00:15:25,684 Speaker 4: I don't care one way or the other. If I 378 00:15:25,724 --> 00:15:26,764 Speaker 4: won't say much about it. 379 00:15:26,724 --> 00:15:29,004 Speaker 2: I'm not totally comfortable with it. Are you warming enough 380 00:15:29,044 --> 00:15:29,244 Speaker 2: to it? 381 00:15:29,284 --> 00:15:29,524 Speaker 4: I don't. 382 00:15:29,524 --> 00:15:30,444 Speaker 2: It's to live up to. 383 00:15:30,604 --> 00:15:32,204 Speaker 5: Yeah, I don't mind it. I used to watch the 384 00:15:32,244 --> 00:15:35,524 Speaker 5: movies back in the day. I feel like I've had 385 00:15:35,524 --> 00:15:38,764 Speaker 5: several nicknames over the years, and I've never really had 386 00:15:38,804 --> 00:15:41,284 Speaker 5: a strong opinion about a nickname here or there. 387 00:15:41,324 --> 00:15:43,724 Speaker 2: But what's your relationship with Dimes? Like Danny Diamonds. 388 00:15:45,044 --> 00:15:46,564 Speaker 4: I don't mind it. I'm not I'm not going to 389 00:15:46,644 --> 00:15:47,564 Speaker 4: lean into it at all. 390 00:15:47,604 --> 00:15:51,084 Speaker 3: But you're not gonna start signing autographs Danny Dimes Indiana Jones. 391 00:15:51,204 --> 00:15:54,084 Speaker 4: Yeah, but uh yeah, I'm clearly not offended. Like I 392 00:15:54,084 --> 00:15:54,484 Speaker 4: don't care. 393 00:15:55,124 --> 00:15:56,644 Speaker 2: Well, you keep playing the way you played. 394 00:15:56,644 --> 00:15:58,564 Speaker 3: You guys, keep doing defense, special teams. 395 00:15:58,564 --> 00:15:59,564 Speaker 2: Everything you're doing here. 396 00:15:59,724 --> 00:16:02,404 Speaker 3: You're going to have a fortune and glory, kid, Fortune 397 00:16:02,404 --> 00:16:03,004 Speaker 3: and glory. 398 00:16:03,364 --> 00:16:06,324 Speaker 2: That's a mine from the movie. Okay, I didn't never changed, 399 00:16:06,404 --> 00:16:08,964 Speaker 2: Daniel Jo appreciate it. 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