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Speaker 1: this is Justin Herbert's three six Buck. This is a

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Speaker 1: fascinating conversations up today. Yeah, great conversations with Justin Herbert's

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Speaker 1: he does have that quiet, sneaky sense of humor where

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00:21:33,680 --> 00:21:37,560
Speaker 1: he'll rally guys up and something will happen and you'll

431
00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:40,040
Speaker 1: he's the last one you expected to be the ring

432
00:21:40,119 --> 00:21:44,080
Speaker 1: leader of it, you know, but they'll they'll Those guys

433
00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:45,960
Speaker 1: cracked me up, especially a senior year. He had some

434
00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:49,080
Speaker 1: really good friends, uh, close group of kids on the team,

435
00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:53,120
Speaker 1: and uh he was often the ring leader of many

436
00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:57,280
Speaker 1: of the jokes and pranks that those guys were pulling. Well, Buck,

437
00:21:57,280 --> 00:21:59,439
Speaker 1: I thought this was it was good to catch up

438
00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:01,080
Speaker 1: with Coach. I can see a little bit of that

439
00:22:01,119 --> 00:22:02,760
Speaker 1: other side of him trying to really pull it out

440
00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:05,879
Speaker 1: of him about the competitiveness of Justin Herbert. And I

441
00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:08,399
Speaker 1: thought that came out when he was discussing the scrimmages

442
00:22:08,440 --> 00:22:10,840
Speaker 1: that used to have and UH trying to stack the

443
00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:13,840
Speaker 1: teams to UH to really make Justin Herbert work. And

444
00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:17,080
Speaker 1: he responded quite well to it. Yeah, you like that, DJ.

445
00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:21,840
Speaker 1: We talked about um. Ultimately, when you're deciding on quarterbacks,

446
00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:25,000
Speaker 1: if we've made it a pickup basketball game, is the

447
00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:27,080
Speaker 1: guy that always finds a way to stay on the

448
00:22:27,080 --> 00:22:29,640
Speaker 1: court no matter what you give it. And I think

449
00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:33,199
Speaker 1: the story talks about a little bit about Justin Herbert's

450
00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:35,800
Speaker 1: ability to elevate the people around him, regardless of what

451
00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:39,480
Speaker 1: their talents are. And ultimately, in a franchise quarterback, that's

452
00:22:39,480 --> 00:22:42,400
Speaker 1: what you want. Someone that can elevate the supporting cast,

453
00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:45,840
Speaker 1: elevate the people around him. I think Justin Herbert has that,

454
00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:48,359
Speaker 1: and I think he was kind of demonstrated in this

455
00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:52,240
Speaker 1: story that coach carry. Yeah, he's not a very demonstrative

456
00:22:52,359 --> 00:22:56,320
Speaker 1: emotional guy, but there is a competitiveness to him, which

457
00:22:56,359 --> 00:22:58,720
Speaker 1: is something we were out to UH to learn more about.

458
00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:02,040
Speaker 1: I think we've done that through these interviews. Another great

459
00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:04,919
Speaker 1: conversation I had was with the strength coach up there

460
00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:07,560
Speaker 1: at Oregon in Aaron Felt. Now, if you've ever watched

461
00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:10,400
Speaker 1: Oregon football over the last couple of years, you've seen

462
00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:13,520
Speaker 1: this guy in the sidelines with the Raleigh fingers handlebar mustache.

463
00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:16,760
Speaker 1: That is Aaron Felt. Who's the who's their strength coach,

464
00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:19,400
Speaker 1: who has done a wonderful job of making an Oregon say,

465
00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:22,040
Speaker 1: the most physical team on the West Coast. Deserves a

466
00:23:22,080 --> 00:23:23,840
Speaker 1: lot of credit for that. He came from the SEC,

467
00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:28,320
Speaker 1: had been at Georgia previously, UM and came to Oregon

468
00:23:28,359 --> 00:23:32,119
Speaker 1: and brought kind of that SEC style of training to

469
00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:35,400
Speaker 1: the West Coast. And they've built a very competitive, physical

470
00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:39,040
Speaker 1: offensive line, and they've also built a very competitive UH

471
00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:42,800
Speaker 1: and powerfully strong quarterback in Justin Herbert. So I wanted

472
00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:44,600
Speaker 1: to catch up with him and learn a little bit

473
00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:49,000
Speaker 1: more about his experience with the Oregon QB. Alright, coach,

474
00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:51,520
Speaker 1: thanks so much for taking some time for us UH today.

475
00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:55,000
Speaker 1: I guess my first question would be, UM, what was

476
00:23:55,040 --> 00:23:58,000
Speaker 1: your first experience of being around Justin Herbert? What were

477
00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:01,600
Speaker 1: your first impressions of the quarterback? Well, for the most part,

478
00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:04,000
Speaker 1: and everybody knows this about Justin's he's a kind of

479
00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:07,680
Speaker 1: a quiet guy. Um. And so he's hard to read

480
00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:11,520
Speaker 1: it first. UM, but it's not necessarily um. You know,

481
00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:13,280
Speaker 1: it's not a bad thing to me. You know. He

482
00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:17,840
Speaker 1: he doesn't give away what he's thinking easily, and so

483
00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:20,879
Speaker 1: when he does speak and when he does uh communicate

484
00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:25,880
Speaker 1: with you, it's it's extremely genuine, usually very insightful. Uh.

485
00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:28,600
Speaker 1: And and he doesn't waste words, so you know. UM.

486
00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:32,000
Speaker 1: The level of just attention to detail, focus and respect

487
00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:33,600
Speaker 1: that he brings to the weight room and the in

488
00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:36,840
Speaker 1: the game of football all the time, uh is second

489
00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:39,480
Speaker 1: and none Well coaches as a quarterback who are strength

490
00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:41,239
Speaker 1: coach at APPS that used to refer to as a

491
00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:44,080
Speaker 1: pencil neck quarterback who had to be pulled into the

492
00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:46,800
Speaker 1: weight room. Everything I hear about Justin is that he's

493
00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:49,280
Speaker 1: embraced the weight room and really attacks it once he

494
00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:51,560
Speaker 1: gets in there. Uh. Just kind of speak to his

495
00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:53,600
Speaker 1: work ethic once he he's around you there in the

496
00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:56,440
Speaker 1: weight room. Well, we talk about all the time, our

497
00:24:56,840 --> 00:24:59,840
Speaker 1: our program is not based on effort. It's a performance

498
00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:04,440
Speaker 1: faced uh, performance based culture. Uh. And and with that

499
00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:08,520
Speaker 1: comes hard work must be automatic. Uh and and Justin

500
00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:13,920
Speaker 1: absolutely um embodies that that concept of that culture. Um,

501
00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:19,000
Speaker 1: he brings effort and intensity to whatever task that he's

502
00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:22,240
Speaker 1: UM completing at the time. Uh. And it's it's actually,

503
00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:26,199
Speaker 1: I mean it's pretty significant. It's pretty um unbelievable, the

504
00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:29,720
Speaker 1: work ethic that he has, the consistency that he brings. UM.

505
00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:32,080
Speaker 1: And he's one of the best lifters that we have

506
00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:37,280
Speaker 1: on the team. Uh, he's very proficient with the Olympic lifts. UM,

507
00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:39,560
Speaker 1: he's very proficient with everything. I mean, honestly, I've spent

508
00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:42,320
Speaker 1: more time holding him back to make sure he was

509
00:25:42,359 --> 00:25:45,760
Speaker 1: ready for football, UM than than I did encouraging him

510
00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:48,359
Speaker 1: to go hard. How do you balance that with that

511
00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:50,600
Speaker 1: position at the quarterback position, between getting your work in,

512
00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:53,440
Speaker 1: getting physically stronger, which obviously gonna benefit you in a

513
00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:57,159
Speaker 1: multitude of ways, but also remaining you know, elastic and

514
00:25:57,200 --> 00:25:59,480
Speaker 1: being able to be a little bit loose as a thrower. Well,

515
00:25:59,520 --> 00:26:01,840
Speaker 1: I mean, the big can thing is one understanding, um,

516
00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:05,600
Speaker 1: the expectations, the physical expectations of a quarterback. UM. And

517
00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:08,119
Speaker 1: too you have to understand, as you know, as a

518
00:26:08,119 --> 00:26:10,359
Speaker 1: strength coach um wai w the waight room is not

519
00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:14,280
Speaker 1: the most important part of football. Football is you know,

520
00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:15,800
Speaker 1: if you want to get better at playing football, you

521
00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:17,320
Speaker 1: go play football. If you want to get better golf,

522
00:26:17,359 --> 00:26:18,879
Speaker 1: you go play golf. You want to get better being

523
00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:22,280
Speaker 1: a quarterback, go play quarterback. So, um, we don't want

524
00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:23,960
Speaker 1: to do anything in the weight room that's gonna take

525
00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:27,040
Speaker 1: away from H drill wor technique. We don't want them

526
00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:29,080
Speaker 1: to be sore to the point where they struggle with

527
00:26:29,119 --> 00:26:31,600
Speaker 1: the throwing mechanics or anything like that. Uh. And we

528
00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:33,200
Speaker 1: definitely don't want to do anything in the weight room

529
00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:36,560
Speaker 1: that's going to interfere with their throwing mechanics. UM. So

530
00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:39,200
Speaker 1: we don't practice any kind of movements that simulate throwing

531
00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:43,119
Speaker 1: the football, but we do train all of those systems

532
00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:48,439
Speaker 1: from anti rotation to post here an anterior rotator, cuff strength,

533
00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:52,560
Speaker 1: stability UH and mobility. And so you know, within our workout,

534
00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:56,440
Speaker 1: our normal workout, we have um some some quarterback specific

535
00:26:56,520 --> 00:27:01,159
Speaker 1: things that we may uh supplement uh add into the

536
00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:03,560
Speaker 1: workout and also some things that we might actually do

537
00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:05,879
Speaker 1: differently that the rest of the team is doing. To know,

538
00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:07,480
Speaker 1: a lot of weight rooms around the country, you know,

539
00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:09,399
Speaker 1: they'll put guys in different groups and they're that kind

540
00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:11,320
Speaker 1: of competition as you're going through the off season. I

541
00:27:11,480 --> 00:27:12,800
Speaker 1: don't know the way that that you guys do it

542
00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:16,200
Speaker 1: up there at Oregon. But just in terms of the competitiveness, Um,

543
00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:19,800
Speaker 1: is there a story or an example of Justin's competitiveness.

544
00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:21,120
Speaker 1: We see it out there on the field, but maybe

545
00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:25,399
Speaker 1: how it's translated off the field in your in your realm. Yeah,

546
00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:28,080
Speaker 1: we we we hit heavy singles that the last few

547
00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:31,720
Speaker 1: weeks of summer training before we started camp, and uh,

548
00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:35,080
Speaker 1: you know, uh, max effort power clean is not something

549
00:27:35,119 --> 00:27:38,520
Speaker 1: that I'm interested in seeing from a quarterback because at

550
00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:40,360
Speaker 1: the end of the day, that one rep, that one

551
00:27:40,359 --> 00:27:42,959
Speaker 1: rep Max may may or may not make. I mean,

552
00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:46,359
Speaker 1: it's not gonna make that quarterback a better quarterback per se.

553
00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:49,040
Speaker 1: But you know, if he jams his risks or tweaks

554
00:27:49,040 --> 00:27:51,320
Speaker 1: his back whatever, now you're you're looking at an issue.

555
00:27:51,720 --> 00:27:55,760
Speaker 1: Uh you know, uh, a position that's not known for contact.

556
00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:58,280
Speaker 1: You know, obviously like you're gonna take some hits occasionally,

557
00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:00,760
Speaker 1: but the goal is typically to a avoid it. Well,

558
00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:03,720
Speaker 1: the reason we power Queen is to prepare our bodies

559
00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:06,480
Speaker 1: for that contact, for that impact. And so that's not

560
00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:09,920
Speaker 1: something that I'm I'm dead set on seeing out of

561
00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:12,080
Speaker 1: a quarterback. So I said, hey, let's stay like today,

562
00:28:12,119 --> 00:28:14,560
Speaker 1: let's go to seventy two, eighty five whatever. Next thing,

563
00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:17,040
Speaker 1: I look up, you know, he's got three in the bar,

564
00:28:17,760 --> 00:28:20,720
Speaker 1: uh and he's you know, crushing his last rep, and

565
00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:22,119
Speaker 1: so you know, I'm coming down from the other end

566
00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:23,960
Speaker 1: the weight room, and he just he wants to do

567
00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:25,480
Speaker 1: what everyone else is doing. He doesn't want to be

568
00:28:25,520 --> 00:28:27,680
Speaker 1: treated different. He doesn't want to be treated like he's special.

569
00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:30,240
Speaker 1: He just wants to compete with his teammates and earn

570
00:28:30,359 --> 00:28:34,000
Speaker 1: his spot, uh, you know, on the team as a leader,

571
00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:36,400
Speaker 1: through through the work that he puts in coach. He's

572
00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:39,200
Speaker 1: got that huge frame. Uh. And talking to him previously,

573
00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:40,880
Speaker 1: I know at some point in time he's he's been

574
00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:43,360
Speaker 1: up in the in the mid to high two forties. Uh.

575
00:28:43,440 --> 00:28:45,480
Speaker 1: The Senior Bowl, he really really leaned out. I think

576
00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:48,920
Speaker 1: he was right around too around there. What what did

577
00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:51,080
Speaker 1: you guys give him as a target weight and where

578
00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:53,320
Speaker 1: do you think he's best suited to play at the

579
00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:56,040
Speaker 1: next level in terms of the weight, Well, I tried

580
00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:57,880
Speaker 1: to get him as heavy as I could. I wanted

581
00:28:57,880 --> 00:29:00,440
Speaker 1: to see what he looked like at fifty, because he's

582
00:29:00,440 --> 00:29:03,080
Speaker 1: got the frame for it. Um. He didn't particularly like

583
00:29:03,240 --> 00:29:05,880
Speaker 1: being that heavy. Um, and I don't blame him. He

584
00:29:05,960 --> 00:29:08,200
Speaker 1: moved really well at two thirty five, which is kind

585
00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:10,840
Speaker 1: of where he hovered throughout the season. Um. But we

586
00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:14,040
Speaker 1: we have a we have a kind of a system

587
00:29:14,040 --> 00:29:16,840
Speaker 1: that we use for for body weights. It's not not

588
00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:19,960
Speaker 1: necessarily we do. We use prototypes of people from the position,

589
00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:22,120
Speaker 1: but really it's where do you play the best? Uh?

590
00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:24,520
Speaker 1: And for everybody that's different, for every position that's different.

591
00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:28,720
Speaker 1: So him being comfortable and feeling good moving side to side, UM,

592
00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:31,440
Speaker 1: you know that was important to us. Uh. And so

593
00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:33,600
Speaker 1: you know two thirty five was a great wait for him.

594
00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:35,400
Speaker 1: But at the end of the day, whatever, he gets

595
00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:37,120
Speaker 1: comfortable and he's got the frame to hold his I

596
00:29:37,120 --> 00:29:39,200
Speaker 1: mean as heavy as as you want to. Um, you

597
00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:41,560
Speaker 1: know he can he can go either direction. Coach, we

598
00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:43,720
Speaker 1: we talked to his his high school football coach and

599
00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:46,240
Speaker 1: talked about some of his exploits and other sports, talking

600
00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:49,080
Speaker 1: about basketball, baseball. Um, you have a chance to see

601
00:29:49,160 --> 00:29:51,160
Speaker 1: him dabble it all in the basketball court. Just kind

602
00:29:51,160 --> 00:29:53,280
Speaker 1: of what what type of athleticism we're dealing with here

603
00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:56,200
Speaker 1: with Herbert. I would have I would have hit my face.

604
00:29:56,800 --> 00:30:00,160
Speaker 1: I'm not a huge fan of football. Guys, on a

605
00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:04,920
Speaker 1: basketball court. So I've heard stories of of a tournament

606
00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:08,240
Speaker 1: that happened with with him and uh Sabrina and Escue

607
00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:10,720
Speaker 1: and and some of these uh some of these other

608
00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:14,000
Speaker 1: basketball players. And that's that's something that um I heard

609
00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:15,800
Speaker 1: about it, but I don't want to see it. So

610
00:30:16,520 --> 00:30:18,560
Speaker 1: I'm sure that he can play whatever sport that he

611
00:30:18,600 --> 00:30:22,160
Speaker 1: wants to play. Yeah, Buck, you get a chance to

612
00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:25,840
Speaker 1: hear coach felt, Um, Look, I I never I don't

613
00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:29,160
Speaker 1: really get into quarterbacks how much they lift, and are

614
00:30:29,200 --> 00:30:31,280
Speaker 1: they you know, weight room junkies. I mean to me,

615
00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:33,080
Speaker 1: it shows you that the guys working hard, which I love.

616
00:30:33,120 --> 00:30:35,520
Speaker 1: You don't want these guys to get too uh two

617
00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:37,800
Speaker 1: bulked up and too stiff. We've seen that with a

618
00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:40,320
Speaker 1: couple of players over the years. But I did think

619
00:30:40,400 --> 00:30:42,720
Speaker 1: just this kid is competitive and that showed in the

620
00:30:42,720 --> 00:30:45,160
Speaker 1: story where he mentioned, you know, look, hey, you try

621
00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:47,680
Speaker 1: and dial this guy back, it's very difficult to do

622
00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:50,920
Speaker 1: because he wants to get after it in there. I mean, DJ,

623
00:30:51,040 --> 00:30:54,040
Speaker 1: just think about how much he has changed physically from

624
00:30:54,040 --> 00:30:56,000
Speaker 1: the time that we first met him a few years ago.

625
00:30:56,320 --> 00:30:58,880
Speaker 1: Impact World Media Day, he came up to us, he

626
00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:01,800
Speaker 1: sat down across from he was kind of a scrawny,

627
00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:04,800
Speaker 1: skinny kid, and by the last time that we saw him,

628
00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:09,840
Speaker 1: he was completely filled out, broad shoulders, big chest, sturdy arms,

629
00:31:10,040 --> 00:31:12,360
Speaker 1: and I think we've seen that in his play. He

630
00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:16,560
Speaker 1: plays uh with a force um that suggests that he

631
00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:19,280
Speaker 1: lefts way. He puts time in the weight room, and

632
00:31:19,360 --> 00:31:21,520
Speaker 1: so you can tell that he is put the time in.

633
00:31:21,800 --> 00:31:24,360
Speaker 1: He's put the work in and it has changed his body,

634
00:31:24,360 --> 00:31:26,560
Speaker 1: and I think it has also given him more confidence

635
00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:30,200
Speaker 1: when it comes to being an athletic playmaker on the perimeter. Yeah,

636
00:31:30,280 --> 00:31:32,760
Speaker 1: he's he's confidence again. I keep coming back to it.

637
00:31:32,760 --> 00:31:35,480
Speaker 1: It's not something that you're gonna see. The confidence and

638
00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:37,960
Speaker 1: competitiveness something not something he wears on his sleeve. I

639
00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:40,320
Speaker 1: think that's kind of the theme from all these conversations.

640
00:31:40,320 --> 00:31:43,080
Speaker 1: It's there, but it's just not it's not out and

641
00:31:43,120 --> 00:31:46,120
Speaker 1: you don't really if you don't know him, Um, you

642
00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:47,680
Speaker 1: don't know him. I mean, you gotta get a chance

643
00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:49,840
Speaker 1: to talk to people around him to to figure him out,

644
00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:51,480
Speaker 1: because he's not going to give you a lot from

645
00:31:51,520 --> 00:31:54,480
Speaker 1: the outside. Who would know him better than his roommate Buck.

646
00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:56,840
Speaker 1: I don't know there's anybody out there that does Brady

647
00:31:56,840 --> 00:32:00,000
Speaker 1: a Yellow teammate offensive lineman there for the organ Ducks

648
00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:03,400
Speaker 1: also happens to be Justin Herbert's roommate, and it was

649
00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:05,840
Speaker 1: a joy, uh to catch up and learn a little

650
00:32:05,840 --> 00:32:08,760
Speaker 1: bit more about Justin Herbert from a guy that should

651
00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:11,840
Speaker 1: know him quite well and sharing a room. I guess

652
00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:14,680
Speaker 1: my first question for you would be, you step on

653
00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:18,120
Speaker 1: that Oregon campus for the first time, Uh when, how

654
00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:20,600
Speaker 1: when did you come in contact with Justin Herbert? And

655
00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:23,040
Speaker 1: how did you guys develop the relationship that you have now?

656
00:32:23,160 --> 00:32:25,320
Speaker 1: You know, right when he got on campus during that summer,

657
00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:28,000
Speaker 1: everyone kind of felt his presence. And I don't say

658
00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:31,200
Speaker 1: no one really expected that. Um he was a smaller guy,

659
00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:33,960
Speaker 1: not you know, physically, but you know, gett't have that

660
00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:37,760
Speaker 1: that many offers coming in and he honestly came in

661
00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:39,920
Speaker 1: that summer, started throwing with the ones and he just

662
00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:42,000
Speaker 1: kind of tore it up. So we kind of knew

663
00:32:42,040 --> 00:32:45,840
Speaker 1: that he was a special kid right away. And and uh, yeah,

664
00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:47,520
Speaker 1: I mean it was just awesome to see what he's

665
00:32:47,560 --> 00:32:50,360
Speaker 1: really turned into. What was it like when he first

666
00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:52,440
Speaker 1: got onto the field? You know, once the game started,

667
00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:54,200
Speaker 1: he ended up playing a little bit earlier than than

668
00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:57,040
Speaker 1: people anticipated. Uh, once he got onto that field and

669
00:32:57,080 --> 00:32:58,719
Speaker 1: kind of show what he could do in game action.

670
00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:01,160
Speaker 1: What was the re action from you and your teammates.

671
00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:05,040
Speaker 1: His presence was definitely felt right away. I mean you

672
00:33:05,080 --> 00:33:08,000
Speaker 1: could just tell he was a special kid. He definitely

673
00:33:08,080 --> 00:33:10,080
Speaker 1: just clicks on all cylinders and he can know he

674
00:33:10,080 --> 00:33:11,920
Speaker 1: could he could throw the ball, he can run the ball,

675
00:33:11,920 --> 00:33:15,560
Speaker 1: and and you know, the rest that season really it

676
00:33:15,600 --> 00:33:17,280
Speaker 1: didn't pin out of the way we wanted it to

677
00:33:17,640 --> 00:33:19,880
Speaker 1: as a you know, as a team, but I think

678
00:33:19,920 --> 00:33:22,120
Speaker 1: we definitely saw how bright of the future Jessin was

679
00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:24,280
Speaker 1: going to have. I want to go fast forward a

680
00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:27,440
Speaker 1: little bit to this the summer coming into this past season. Um,

681
00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:30,080
Speaker 1: you guys bring a lot of players back, obviously a

682
00:33:30,080 --> 00:33:33,120
Speaker 1: lot of experience alonger offensive line there, but he's the

683
00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:35,360
Speaker 1: he's the captain of the ship. And then to go

684
00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:39,200
Speaker 1: from where you guys were in eighteen, what what took

685
00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:41,160
Speaker 1: place in the off season in the summer and what

686
00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:44,280
Speaker 1: was said between you guys that led to such a

687
00:33:44,360 --> 00:33:46,120
Speaker 1: huge year this year with you guys captain off in

688
00:33:46,120 --> 00:33:48,360
Speaker 1: the Rose Bowl. We needed a quarterback who was gonna,

689
00:33:48,440 --> 00:33:50,880
Speaker 1: you know, man the ship, who was going to control everything,

690
00:33:50,920 --> 00:33:53,200
Speaker 1: and you know, Justin really worked on that, and Justin

691
00:33:53,320 --> 00:33:56,160
Speaker 1: really did that really well during that summer, and I

692
00:33:56,240 --> 00:33:58,520
Speaker 1: definitely think that that was a huge part of our success.

693
00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:00,280
Speaker 1: Is there a story with him, you know, because he

694
00:34:00,320 --> 00:34:02,360
Speaker 1: seems so quiet to us on the outside, and we

695
00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:04,920
Speaker 1: talked to two teammates like yourself and other coaches and

696
00:34:04,920 --> 00:34:07,360
Speaker 1: that he's got um, he's got it in him and

697
00:34:07,360 --> 00:34:09,160
Speaker 1: he'll he'll he'll be a little bit more vocal when

698
00:34:09,160 --> 00:34:11,279
Speaker 1: he's around his guys. Was there was there a moment

699
00:34:11,280 --> 00:34:12,759
Speaker 1: in a game. I know you guys had some come

700
00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:16,080
Speaker 1: from behind wins this year, um on the sideline where

701
00:34:16,120 --> 00:34:18,719
Speaker 1: maybe he gathered some some guys together and gave you

702
00:34:18,760 --> 00:34:21,600
Speaker 1: guys some uh uh some words there to try and

703
00:34:21,600 --> 00:34:23,839
Speaker 1: get you guys ready to roll because I found you

704
00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:26,440
Speaker 1: yourself and some some tough spots this year and had

705
00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:28,520
Speaker 1: some nice comeback wins. What was his presence like in

706
00:34:28,560 --> 00:34:32,160
Speaker 1: those moments. That's typically the whole narrative of Justin that

707
00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:34,560
Speaker 1: he's kind of quiet, but you know, being a teammate,

708
00:34:34,600 --> 00:34:36,400
Speaker 1: I never really saw that. You know, there were a

709
00:34:36,440 --> 00:34:39,080
Speaker 1: couple of times during the season where if a if

710
00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:41,239
Speaker 1: a wide receiver ran wrong route, he would you know,

711
00:34:41,360 --> 00:34:43,719
Speaker 1: definitely let him know. He was gonna let him know

712
00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:46,200
Speaker 1: because they definitely cost us to drive. Maybe cost is

713
00:34:46,239 --> 00:34:48,399
Speaker 1: a game. So and I mean, like you saw during

714
00:34:48,440 --> 00:34:50,480
Speaker 1: the Senior Bowl. I mean this kid was, you know,

715
00:34:50,560 --> 00:34:52,680
Speaker 1: happy to be there. All the teammates at the Senior

716
00:34:52,680 --> 00:34:55,759
Speaker 1: Bowl love playing with him, and you know you saw

717
00:34:55,800 --> 00:34:58,560
Speaker 1: him celebrating in the end zone with with the guys.

718
00:34:58,600 --> 00:35:01,840
Speaker 1: So I mean, Justin, he's definitely come a long ways,

719
00:35:01,880 --> 00:35:04,880
Speaker 1: you know, vocally, and you know, I definitely think that

720
00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:06,480
Speaker 1: that's going to help him in the future for sure.

721
00:35:06,560 --> 00:35:09,640
Speaker 1: Probably the most important question Brady um as a roommate,

722
00:35:10,080 --> 00:35:12,400
Speaker 1: I mean to see a slob. Is he's sloppy? Is

723
00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:14,160
Speaker 1: he neat and tidy? Like? What are we get in

724
00:35:14,160 --> 00:35:16,840
Speaker 1: here with a roommate? And just Justin is you know

725
00:35:17,239 --> 00:35:20,440
Speaker 1: he is? He has a straight edge, dude. I mean

726
00:35:20,480 --> 00:35:23,839
Speaker 1: he keeps everything tight. I mean, obviously you hear about

727
00:35:23,880 --> 00:35:26,719
Speaker 1: his academics. He's, you know, over a four academic guy.

728
00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:29,239
Speaker 1: You don't get a sloppy dude when you get over four. Oh.

729
00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:32,160
Speaker 1: So you know, he's definitely the most organized kid I've

730
00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:35,399
Speaker 1: ever seen. I wish I was organized like him. I mean,

731
00:35:35,480 --> 00:35:37,960
Speaker 1: he you walk in, you got everything. He just like

732
00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:42,959
Speaker 1: tucked away, labeled off. Yeah, it's pretty pretty amazing. Yeah,

733
00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:46,160
Speaker 1: I would not label him a slob at all bucket,

734
00:35:46,280 --> 00:35:48,879
Speaker 1: not a not a surprise. I tease it at the top.

735
00:35:48,920 --> 00:35:51,320
Speaker 1: But if you're going to guess Justin Herbert sloppy roommate,

736
00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:53,480
Speaker 1: neat freak, I definitely think we all would have said

737
00:35:53,520 --> 00:35:56,239
Speaker 1: neat freak. Oh absolutely, I mean you can. You can

738
00:35:56,280 --> 00:35:58,760
Speaker 1: just kind of tail by the way he goes about

739
00:35:58,800 --> 00:36:03,520
Speaker 1: his business that he's kind of details, every crosses, every

740
00:36:03,560 --> 00:36:05,960
Speaker 1: t But that's what you expect of your quarterback. I

741
00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:08,799
Speaker 1: would rather find out that my quarterback is a guy

742
00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:12,040
Speaker 1: that is a little um high strong about the way

743
00:36:12,080 --> 00:36:15,320
Speaker 1: that he likes things done, and he believes in order

744
00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:19,160
Speaker 1: and organization and discipline and details, because that's how I

745
00:36:19,160 --> 00:36:21,440
Speaker 1: want him to perform. I want him to understand that.

746
00:36:21,520 --> 00:36:24,320
Speaker 1: But it is a little funny when your your roommates

747
00:36:24,320 --> 00:36:26,440
Speaker 1: are able to kind of shed light on how you

748
00:36:26,520 --> 00:36:30,040
Speaker 1: really are away from the lights. Uh, Justin Herbert is

749
00:36:30,080 --> 00:36:32,680
Speaker 1: a bit of a neat for because that's kind of funny. Yeah,

750
00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:35,400
Speaker 1: look at my CEO. I'd rather have him be too organized,

751
00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:38,280
Speaker 1: uh than have somebody to be disheveled. So I'm okay

752
00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:41,120
Speaker 1: with that. That was good to catch up there with

753
00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:42,960
Speaker 1: his roommate. All right, Buck, We've talked to a lot

754
00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:45,200
Speaker 1: of people that know Justin Herbert. Now it's time to

755
00:36:45,200 --> 00:36:47,600
Speaker 1: talk to Justin Herbert. We had a chance to visit

756
00:36:47,640 --> 00:36:50,160
Speaker 1: with him just a few weeks back at the Oregon

757
00:36:50,200 --> 00:36:52,800
Speaker 1: Pro Day. Uh. He sat down with us on set

758
00:36:52,840 --> 00:36:54,920
Speaker 1: and we got a chance to chop it up with

759
00:36:55,040 --> 00:36:59,160
Speaker 1: Justin Herbert. Here's that conversation. It's been quite a marathon

760
00:36:59,239 --> 00:37:01,560
Speaker 1: for you. Obviously, you finish up the regular season, you

761
00:37:01,600 --> 00:37:03,240
Speaker 1: go to the Senior Bowl, did you have to combine,

762
00:37:03,239 --> 00:37:04,680
Speaker 1: did you have your pro day? What were some of

763
00:37:04,719 --> 00:37:06,160
Speaker 1: the things you wanted to show A long the way,

764
00:37:06,280 --> 00:37:07,640
Speaker 1: I just wanted to be myself. I want to go

765
00:37:07,680 --> 00:37:09,880
Speaker 1: out there and have fun, compete, um and get better.

766
00:37:09,960 --> 00:37:11,680
Speaker 1: And there's so much that I can I can do

767
00:37:11,719 --> 00:37:13,200
Speaker 1: to get better, and UM, I just wanted to give

768
00:37:13,200 --> 00:37:16,000
Speaker 1: teams snack, actual representation of myself and go out there

769
00:37:16,040 --> 00:37:17,960
Speaker 1: and have fun. I saw the ball jump off your hand.

770
00:37:18,040 --> 00:37:20,439
Speaker 1: Not a surprise today. We said every time we see you, thrill.

771
00:37:20,680 --> 00:37:23,239
Speaker 1: I thought there was improvements footwork wise, even from what

772
00:37:23,280 --> 00:37:25,560
Speaker 1: we saw at the Combine to what we saw today.

773
00:37:25,560 --> 00:37:27,439
Speaker 1: What have you and John Beck been working on? Hold

774
00:37:27,480 --> 00:37:30,239
Speaker 1: on like I said, these past three months or the

775
00:37:30,239 --> 00:37:31,879
Speaker 1: first time I've ever taking a stamp from under center

776
00:37:31,920 --> 00:37:33,600
Speaker 1: and um, so it's something I've got to work on.

777
00:37:33,680 --> 00:37:35,480
Speaker 1: And and the d ball and just some mechanics I

778
00:37:35,800 --> 00:37:38,919
Speaker 1: I never had fixed. Um, never had a quarterback coach

779
00:37:38,960 --> 00:37:40,600
Speaker 1: like that. So, um, just a lot of things that

780
00:37:40,600 --> 00:37:42,120
Speaker 1: I can learn and pick up on, you know. And

781
00:37:42,239 --> 00:37:44,040
Speaker 1: thinking about that, we we made the comment that it

782
00:37:44,040 --> 00:37:46,320
Speaker 1: seems like you're very, very comfortable of dealing with play action,

783
00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:49,160
Speaker 1: throwing off play action, throwing in rhythm. How comfortable are

784
00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:51,480
Speaker 1: you when it comes to throwing golf play action with

785
00:37:51,520 --> 00:37:53,239
Speaker 1: the ball face and not? Like I really enjoyed our

786
00:37:53,239 --> 00:37:55,120
Speaker 1: play action stuff that we ran at the University of Organ.

787
00:37:55,360 --> 00:37:57,560
Speaker 1: We emphasize that a lot. And Um, I've always felt

788
00:37:57,560 --> 00:37:59,000
Speaker 1: really comfortable with it and the guys that we've had

789
00:37:59,040 --> 00:38:01,400
Speaker 1: running the route. So, um, I've really enjoyed doing that

790
00:38:01,480 --> 00:38:04,080
Speaker 1: at Organ. How has the process been leading up to

791
00:38:04,080 --> 00:38:05,560
Speaker 1: the pro day? I know, as teams come in here,

792
00:38:05,600 --> 00:38:07,560
Speaker 1: they try and get you from meetings and spend some

793
00:38:07,640 --> 00:38:09,719
Speaker 1: time with you. Uh, take us a little bit behind

794
00:38:09,719 --> 00:38:11,319
Speaker 1: the scenes there. What goes on? I think people think

795
00:38:11,360 --> 00:38:12,839
Speaker 1: you just come here and throw out a pro day.

796
00:38:12,880 --> 00:38:14,920
Speaker 1: It's a lot more than that. Over the last few days,

797
00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:17,040
Speaker 1: I didn't I didn't know about that. So that's something

798
00:38:17,040 --> 00:38:18,960
Speaker 1: I've had to figure out. And Uh, they just want

799
00:38:18,960 --> 00:38:19,960
Speaker 1: to get to know you. They want to get to

800
00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:22,040
Speaker 1: know all about you, what you do off the field, Um,

801
00:38:22,080 --> 00:38:23,719
Speaker 1: how you're gonna handle yourself on the field. So it's

802
00:38:23,920 --> 00:38:25,239
Speaker 1: um a lot of meetings, a lot of times to

803
00:38:25,239 --> 00:38:27,680
Speaker 1: went with people and getting to know a lot of people.

804
00:38:27,719 --> 00:38:29,000
Speaker 1: You don't have to tell us the teams that you

805
00:38:29,080 --> 00:38:30,760
Speaker 1: met with, but did one of them have a fish

806
00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:34,600
Speaker 1: on the side of the helmet at all? Potentially? Potentially? Okay,

807
00:38:34,840 --> 00:38:37,080
Speaker 1: I'm gonna take that as as a yes. All right.

808
00:38:37,120 --> 00:38:39,200
Speaker 1: So now this is a little a little bit up

809
00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:41,040
Speaker 1: in the air right now with with what's going on

810
00:38:41,360 --> 00:38:43,640
Speaker 1: with this whole process. Do you have any idea what

811
00:38:43,880 --> 00:38:45,440
Speaker 1: the future holds for you as we go from here

812
00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:48,439
Speaker 1: towards the draft. Um, I'm gonna be training, getting better

813
00:38:48,719 --> 00:38:51,120
Speaker 1: weightlift and running. Uh, and that's that's about all I

814
00:38:51,160 --> 00:38:54,000
Speaker 1: know at this point. You know, it's it's interesting because

815
00:38:54,040 --> 00:38:56,160
Speaker 1: a lot of the things that take place during this

816
00:38:56,239 --> 00:38:59,160
Speaker 1: process go behind the scenes to interviews, meeting one on

817
00:38:59,200 --> 00:39:02,080
Speaker 1: one with teams and executives. How has that part of

818
00:39:02,120 --> 00:39:03,759
Speaker 1: the process been for you. It's been a lot of fun.

819
00:39:03,800 --> 00:39:05,480
Speaker 1: It's been a learning experience and it's something that I

820
00:39:05,760 --> 00:39:07,560
Speaker 1: I didn't know about going into this, and so it's

821
00:39:07,960 --> 00:39:10,400
Speaker 1: UM a chance for me to go live in experience

822
00:39:10,400 --> 00:39:11,839
Speaker 1: that I've always wanted to do and I've always wanted

823
00:39:11,840 --> 00:39:13,719
Speaker 1: to play quarterback and play football for as long as

824
00:39:13,719 --> 00:39:15,439
Speaker 1: I can, And um, not a whole lot of people

825
00:39:15,480 --> 00:39:16,879
Speaker 1: get to go through this. So it's it's been fun,

826
00:39:16,880 --> 00:39:18,960
Speaker 1: and UM, I've done my best to just get better

827
00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:21,040
Speaker 1: every day and to always do my best. Is there

828
00:39:21,080 --> 00:39:24,120
Speaker 1: anybody you've you've paid attention to at the NFL level, UM,

829
00:39:24,160 --> 00:39:25,759
Speaker 1: that you've looked at and said, Okay, this is a

830
00:39:25,880 --> 00:39:28,200
Speaker 1: this is a path for me to follow here going forward.

831
00:39:28,239 --> 00:39:29,560
Speaker 1: Is there a player you've looked at in that in

832
00:39:29,560 --> 00:39:31,360
Speaker 1: that regard? Um, I think Mark Mario is one of

833
00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:33,239
Speaker 1: those guys that I've always looked up to, especially with

834
00:39:33,320 --> 00:39:35,440
Speaker 1: him being from Oregon, and UM, I think he's it's

835
00:39:35,480 --> 00:39:37,399
Speaker 1: such a great human being, such a great football player,

836
00:39:37,400 --> 00:39:39,000
Speaker 1: and the way he handles himself on and off the

837
00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:40,840
Speaker 1: football field is is something I really look up to.

838
00:39:41,080 --> 00:39:42,880
Speaker 1: You know, it's funny that you mentioned mark Is because

839
00:39:42,920 --> 00:39:46,359
Speaker 1: there's some people who talk about maybe your reserved demeanor. Um,

840
00:39:46,360 --> 00:39:49,000
Speaker 1: when you've had meetings with with teams, has that come

841
00:39:49,080 --> 00:39:52,520
Speaker 1: up about maybe kind of a quiet, non demonstrative stop. Yeah,

842
00:39:52,520 --> 00:39:54,000
Speaker 1: that's that's always the question that comes up. But I

843
00:39:54,160 --> 00:39:56,120
Speaker 1: don't know if it's very accurate. I think you asked

844
00:39:56,120 --> 00:39:57,880
Speaker 1: a lot of the guys around here around the facility.

845
00:39:57,880 --> 00:40:00,000
Speaker 1: They'll tell you otherwise. And UM, I feel comfortable saying

846
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:01,799
Speaker 1: that I'm not as introverted as everyone thinks I am.

847
00:40:01,840 --> 00:40:03,960
Speaker 1: And um, I love to talk and unfortunately i'll talk

848
00:40:03,960 --> 00:40:07,960
Speaker 1: too much. Something A chance to talk with your roommate

849
00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:09,960
Speaker 1: the other day, and uh, first of all, I said,

850
00:40:09,960 --> 00:40:12,279
Speaker 1: you're very clean and very tidy. You're a nice job.

851
00:40:12,320 --> 00:40:14,120
Speaker 1: And I'm getting a sense maybe he's not. Is that

852
00:40:14,160 --> 00:40:16,160
Speaker 1: first of all? Can you tell me that he does

853
00:40:16,160 --> 00:40:19,319
Speaker 1: a good job? I mean good offensive man. You gotta

854
00:40:19,360 --> 00:40:21,719
Speaker 1: be carefuss there. But what he said, and and and

855
00:40:21,760 --> 00:40:23,799
Speaker 1: a little bit what buck he's talking about. You know,

856
00:40:23,800 --> 00:40:26,160
Speaker 1: I think from the outside people say, Okay, this guy's reserved,

857
00:40:26,200 --> 00:40:28,359
Speaker 1: but I hear you've got like a real sneaky good sense.

858
00:40:28,400 --> 00:40:31,359
Speaker 1: Of humor. Um, so what what don't people know that

859
00:40:31,360 --> 00:40:33,080
Speaker 1: that aren't around you? Talk to your roommate, talked to

860
00:40:33,080 --> 00:40:34,560
Speaker 1: the coaches here. They said, this guy is actually one

861
00:40:34,560 --> 00:40:36,359
Speaker 1: of the funniest guys in the team. I would say,

862
00:40:36,440 --> 00:40:37,839
Speaker 1: pretty goofy. I don't know if it's funny. I think

863
00:40:37,840 --> 00:40:41,000
Speaker 1: it's kind of weird sometimes, and um, you know, I'm

864
00:40:41,040 --> 00:40:42,879
Speaker 1: I just think it's it's it's funny to be around

865
00:40:42,880 --> 00:40:44,400
Speaker 1: these guys. And UM, I talk a lot more than

866
00:40:44,400 --> 00:40:46,640
Speaker 1: everyone thinks I do. And um, I'm not as shy

867
00:40:46,680 --> 00:40:48,520
Speaker 1: and reserved and I am neat though I do take

868
00:40:48,520 --> 00:40:50,200
Speaker 1: care of my room. He said, you like label, we

869
00:40:50,239 --> 00:40:56,839
Speaker 1: have labeling. Label not quiet? Not quite okay. Yeah, So, look,

870
00:40:56,840 --> 00:41:00,560
Speaker 1: you played three sports in high school, basketball and baseball, also, um,

871
00:41:00,680 --> 00:41:03,279
Speaker 1: sports that you dabbled in. How did those sports help

872
00:41:03,320 --> 00:41:06,239
Speaker 1: you when it comes to playing quarterback competition? You're you're

873
00:41:06,239 --> 00:41:08,000
Speaker 1: out there competing, You're getting better and there's a lot

874
00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:10,960
Speaker 1: of footwork, hand eye coordination about basketball and baseball. But um,

875
00:41:11,080 --> 00:41:13,160
Speaker 1: you know, I don't think you get just by specializing

876
00:41:13,160 --> 00:41:15,320
Speaker 1: in football. So being out there competing with the guys

877
00:41:15,360 --> 00:41:17,520
Speaker 1: and learning to be a competitors was huge for me.

878
00:41:18,040 --> 00:41:20,360
Speaker 1: Last question for you. I appreciate your time, but I

879
00:41:20,400 --> 00:41:22,520
Speaker 1: know when these teams meet with you a lot of times,

880
00:41:22,520 --> 00:41:24,920
Speaker 1: they'll they'll say, hey, what you know, what what separates

881
00:41:24,960 --> 00:41:27,080
Speaker 1: you from this group? What what separates you? It makes

882
00:41:27,080 --> 00:41:29,440
Speaker 1: you the best quarterback in this draft. Um. I I

883
00:41:29,440 --> 00:41:31,760
Speaker 1: haven't spent too much time comparing myself to the other quarterbacks,

884
00:41:31,920 --> 00:41:33,560
Speaker 1: but I do feel comfortable saying that I've got a

885
00:41:33,560 --> 00:41:35,840
Speaker 1: good arm, I've I've prep pride myself on preparation. I

886
00:41:35,880 --> 00:41:37,879
Speaker 1: do my best to always go into a game knowing

887
00:41:37,920 --> 00:41:39,879
Speaker 1: exactly what they're doing, what we're gonna do. And um,

888
00:41:39,960 --> 00:41:42,600
Speaker 1: I've always really enjoyed playing quarterback, competing and being leader.

889
00:41:42,600 --> 00:41:44,000
Speaker 1: And uh, these are all things that I feel really

890
00:41:44,040 --> 00:41:46,200
Speaker 1: comfortable answering. Last thing here before I let you go,

891
00:41:46,280 --> 00:41:48,359
Speaker 1: I allied one more question. David Lee, the quarterback coach

892
00:41:48,360 --> 00:41:49,960
Speaker 1: of the Dolphins, came over and said something to you

893
00:41:50,040 --> 00:41:52,000
Speaker 1: before you went and uncorked a couple of those deep balls.

894
00:41:52,040 --> 00:41:53,880
Speaker 1: What did he say to you? He asked me what

895
00:41:54,120 --> 00:41:56,000
Speaker 1: yardline I think he should stand on? And he said

896
00:41:56,040 --> 00:41:57,680
Speaker 1: he was gonna stand on the fifty. And I kind

897
00:41:57,680 --> 00:41:59,480
Speaker 1: of chuckled because I thought I was gonna throw it

898
00:41:59,520 --> 00:42:02,239
Speaker 1: farther than that. Um, we kind of both laughed at that. Yeah,

899
00:42:02,239 --> 00:42:05,759
Speaker 1: you got fourteen more yards than at the fifty there, Buck.

900
00:42:05,800 --> 00:42:07,160
Speaker 1: I thought it was a I thought it was a

901
00:42:07,160 --> 00:42:10,040
Speaker 1: solid Pro Day performance, And I thought we got to

902
00:42:10,040 --> 00:42:12,759
Speaker 1: see a little bit more of a comfortable version of

903
00:42:12,880 --> 00:42:15,880
Speaker 1: Justin Herbert in this visit somebody that we've we've visited

904
00:42:15,880 --> 00:42:19,400
Speaker 1: with several times at back twelve media days, we visited him, Gosh,

905
00:42:19,440 --> 00:42:21,560
Speaker 1: we saw him at the Senior Bowl, we visit him

906
00:42:21,560 --> 00:42:23,640
Speaker 1: with him at the Combine. So I think you're starting

907
00:42:23,640 --> 00:42:25,279
Speaker 1: to see him get a little bit comfortable with us,

908
00:42:25,280 --> 00:42:26,719
Speaker 1: and we're starting to get a chance to really get

909
00:42:26,719 --> 00:42:28,759
Speaker 1: to know Justin Herbert and see that personality come out

910
00:42:28,760 --> 00:42:31,560
Speaker 1: a little bit. Yeah, I think he's finally beginning to

911
00:42:31,680 --> 00:42:34,600
Speaker 1: kind of let himself go, like to kind of come

912
00:42:34,640 --> 00:42:37,920
Speaker 1: out and and let his personnel leashine and let us

913
00:42:37,960 --> 00:42:39,640
Speaker 1: kind of get a feel for who he is and

914
00:42:39,680 --> 00:42:43,759
Speaker 1: what he is and what he's about. Um. I think

915
00:42:43,920 --> 00:42:46,520
Speaker 1: he is such a guy that wants to kind of

916
00:42:46,560 --> 00:42:51,040
Speaker 1: please everybody that sometimes he's a little scared or reluctant

917
00:42:51,080 --> 00:42:53,080
Speaker 1: to let us kind of peek behind the curtain. But

918
00:42:53,160 --> 00:42:54,879
Speaker 1: I think when you peek behind the curtain you finally

919
00:42:54,920 --> 00:42:57,000
Speaker 1: get him to relax or whatever. You really like the kid,

920
00:42:57,520 --> 00:43:00,239
Speaker 1: and you and I have talked about ultimately, in the

921
00:43:00,320 --> 00:43:03,040
Speaker 1: evaluation business, a lot of it comes down to you

922
00:43:03,080 --> 00:43:05,360
Speaker 1: do you trust the GUIDESSI is across from you, and

923
00:43:05,440 --> 00:43:07,440
Speaker 1: I trust that Justin Herbert is going to do the

924
00:43:07,600 --> 00:43:10,160
Speaker 1: things that he's supposed to do to put himself in

925
00:43:10,160 --> 00:43:12,520
Speaker 1: a position to be the best player that he can be.

926
00:43:13,080 --> 00:43:15,359
Speaker 1: If he does that, he's gonna win a lot of games,

927
00:43:15,360 --> 00:43:17,600
Speaker 1: which is a matter of doing. Yeah, I think, look,

928
00:43:17,800 --> 00:43:19,439
Speaker 1: as with all these guys, that comes down to fit.

929
00:43:19,520 --> 00:43:21,239
Speaker 1: You've got to find the right spot form the right

930
00:43:21,320 --> 00:43:23,279
Speaker 1: fit form. So when you look around at some of

931
00:43:23,280 --> 00:43:25,400
Speaker 1: these teams and some of these options, Buck, I guess

932
00:43:25,440 --> 00:43:30,200
Speaker 1: the first options you probably start there at five and

933
00:43:30,280 --> 00:43:33,480
Speaker 1: six would be the obvious ones under the assumption that

934
00:43:33,560 --> 00:43:36,719
Speaker 1: Joe Burrow is gonna go one to Cincinnati. Although, hey,

935
00:43:36,800 --> 00:43:38,759
Speaker 1: we've been surprised in the past. You know, we didn't

936
00:43:38,760 --> 00:43:40,680
Speaker 1: think Baker Mayfield was gonna be the first overall pick

937
00:43:40,680 --> 00:43:42,960
Speaker 1: with that THO was gonna be Sam Donald, So maybe

938
00:43:42,960 --> 00:43:45,840
Speaker 1: we shouldn't be so quick to rule out the Cincinnati Bengals.

939
00:43:45,840 --> 00:43:47,960
Speaker 1: But by all signs looks like they will go with

940
00:43:48,040 --> 00:43:50,200
Speaker 1: Joe Burrow. So now you get the five, which is

941
00:43:50,239 --> 00:43:54,320
Speaker 1: the Miami Dolphins, six, the Los Angeles Chargers, potentially seven,

942
00:43:54,520 --> 00:43:57,360
Speaker 1: I would say with Carolina, although I think with Teddy

943
00:43:57,400 --> 00:44:00,839
Speaker 1: Bridgewater that likely rules them out. And then you start

944
00:44:00,880 --> 00:44:04,600
Speaker 1: getting into uh, you know the Oakland Raiders, who again

945
00:44:04,680 --> 00:44:08,360
Speaker 1: with Marcus Mariota, does that remove them from the list? Um,

946
00:44:08,560 --> 00:44:11,200
Speaker 1: thirteen is now the forty Niners instead of the Cults.

947
00:44:11,200 --> 00:44:14,720
Speaker 1: So across that one off and then you've got fourteen

948
00:44:14,760 --> 00:44:16,520
Speaker 1: with Tampa with Tom Brady. I don't know that they're

949
00:44:16,520 --> 00:44:18,759
Speaker 1: going to go quarterbacks. So I think the best hope

950
00:44:18,760 --> 00:44:21,400
Speaker 1: for Justin Herbert is is to go with either that

951
00:44:21,560 --> 00:44:25,640
Speaker 1: fifth or sixth pick um and if not, they're, um,

952
00:44:25,680 --> 00:44:27,080
Speaker 1: who knows, maybe we see a little bit of a

953
00:44:27,080 --> 00:44:29,520
Speaker 1: slide buck. Yeah, I think the way that is going,

954
00:44:29,560 --> 00:44:31,480
Speaker 1: the way the musical chairs have played out with the

955
00:44:31,560 --> 00:44:35,879
Speaker 1: quarterbacks easy going. He is either going really early as

956
00:44:35,880 --> 00:44:38,600
Speaker 1: you talked about with him the first six picks, or

957
00:44:38,640 --> 00:44:40,800
Speaker 1: he may not go into the twenties. The team to

958
00:44:40,880 --> 00:44:43,400
Speaker 1: keep an eye on and my mind would be the

959
00:44:43,400 --> 00:44:48,960
Speaker 1: New England Patriots, only because his maturity, um, his combination

960
00:44:49,000 --> 00:44:51,960
Speaker 1: of athleticism and arm talent would appear to kind of

961
00:44:51,960 --> 00:44:55,719
Speaker 1: fit what they like, and even though they have Jared Stidham,

962
00:44:55,760 --> 00:44:58,279
Speaker 1: I just would keep an eye on the Patriots to

963
00:44:58,400 --> 00:45:01,760
Speaker 1: him because it seems like a bit of a matchup

964
00:45:01,800 --> 00:45:05,440
Speaker 1: based on his intelligence. His athetics is of his estates

965
00:45:05,480 --> 00:45:07,680
Speaker 1: and the way that he plays and the way that

966
00:45:07,719 --> 00:45:09,840
Speaker 1: he knew of your Patriots have played his drafted quarterbacks

967
00:45:09,840 --> 00:45:11,720
Speaker 1: in the past. Well, I think to kind of sum

968
00:45:11,760 --> 00:45:13,719
Speaker 1: this thing up here, you know, we can debate on

969
00:45:13,760 --> 00:45:17,000
Speaker 1: what Justin Herbert's going to be at the next level. Um,

970
00:45:17,040 --> 00:45:18,880
Speaker 1: you know, what's the right fit form this, that and

971
00:45:18,880 --> 00:45:21,280
Speaker 1: the other. One thing that I've learned through this process

972
00:45:21,280 --> 00:45:23,640
Speaker 1: talking to all these people, you're getting a professional. You're

973
00:45:23,640 --> 00:45:26,759
Speaker 1: getting somebody that's gonna be serious minded, that's gonna you know,

974
00:45:26,840 --> 00:45:29,120
Speaker 1: he's gonna be smart enough to swallow the playbook in

975
00:45:29,440 --> 00:45:31,839
Speaker 1: very short order. You're not gonna worry about him off

976
00:45:31,880 --> 00:45:35,000
Speaker 1: the field. You're getting a responsible human being buck who's

977
00:45:35,000 --> 00:45:37,200
Speaker 1: gonna put all the work in. Um, it's just a

978
00:45:37,239 --> 00:45:39,400
Speaker 1: matter of then getting into the right spot and um

979
00:45:39,600 --> 00:45:41,520
Speaker 1: and hope for the best that he can be successful.

980
00:45:41,520 --> 00:45:44,919
Speaker 1: But you definitely leave this podcast feeling comfortable about Justin

981
00:45:44,920 --> 00:45:49,080
Speaker 1: Herbert human being. Uh, without question, you feel good about him,

982
00:45:49,160 --> 00:45:53,600
Speaker 1: uh representing the franchise as the de facto CEO. He's

983
00:45:53,640 --> 00:45:55,839
Speaker 1: the face of the franchise. He's gonna take care of

984
00:45:56,560 --> 00:45:58,960
Speaker 1: the franchise of protective with his actually on and off

985
00:45:59,000 --> 00:46:00,560
Speaker 1: the field and and the end of the day, Man,

986
00:46:00,600 --> 00:46:03,080
Speaker 1: I think he's a really really good player. Um, is

987
00:46:03,120 --> 00:46:06,400
Speaker 1: he a tier one player in this class? I'm not

988
00:46:06,440 --> 00:46:08,400
Speaker 1: necessarily ready to con sit in debt that I do

989
00:46:08,480 --> 00:46:10,400
Speaker 1: believe Bryce's ways. He can win a tony games, and

990
00:46:10,400 --> 00:46:12,640
Speaker 1: I think you can be a winning as a starting quarterback.

991
00:46:13,000 --> 00:46:17,200
Speaker 1: Echo those comments. Um, Well, this is the first of

992
00:46:17,239 --> 00:46:20,600
Speaker 1: our three three sixty episodes that we're going to produce

993
00:46:21,040 --> 00:46:23,640
Speaker 1: and get to you before the NFL Draft. This one,

994
00:46:24,160 --> 00:46:27,920
Speaker 1: uh followed by Joe Burrow that's gonna be released on

995
00:46:28,120 --> 00:46:31,680
Speaker 1: April nine. On April sixt we'll have Alabama's to a

996
00:46:31,760 --> 00:46:35,000
Speaker 1: Tongua Vloa on the sixteenth, So we've got a couple

997
00:46:35,080 --> 00:46:37,080
Speaker 1: more of these three sixty episodes coming your way. I

998
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1009
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