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Hey everyone, 10 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:39,080 Speaker 1: Welcome into another episode of the Colts Official Podcast presented 11 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:42,120 Speaker 1: by wind Beat. I'm JJ Stankovitz, joined here by Matt 12 00:00:42,159 --> 00:00:46,279 Speaker 1: Taylor and Lara Overton. And before we start, we are 13 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:50,040 Speaker 1: the Colts Official Podcast. That means as the official podcast 14 00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:52,360 Speaker 1: of the Colts and as employees of the Indian Now, 15 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:54,280 Speaker 1: I mean it's right there in the title. It tells you. 16 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:56,960 Speaker 1: I don't know why I'm explaining this anyways, there are 17 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:00,480 Speaker 1: things that are happening this week, we as club employees, 18 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:04,240 Speaker 1: cannot talk about them until Wednesday at four pm. That 19 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:06,240 Speaker 1: is when the new league year begins. That is when 20 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:11,360 Speaker 1: contracts signed with unrestricted free agents can be executed. Trades 21 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:16,000 Speaker 1: can be completed right now, we are not able to 22 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 1: talk about those things as team employees. There are a 23 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:22,240 Speaker 1: lot of benefits of being the official Cults podcast. This 24 00:01:22,319 --> 00:01:24,440 Speaker 1: is one of those things that we just kind of 25 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:27,080 Speaker 1: have to roll with. But the good news is that 26 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:29,280 Speaker 1: we will have You will hear us, you will hear 27 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:32,440 Speaker 1: mate Lara and myself. We will be talking about all 28 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:35,479 Speaker 1: the moves the Colts make this week as soon as 29 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:37,880 Speaker 1: we can on an episode of overtime, So keep your 30 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:40,280 Speaker 1: eyes out and with that preface, it better be good 31 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:42,640 Speaker 1: because people have to wait for it well. And also 32 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:46,880 Speaker 1: with that, although we can't talk about necessarily player transactions, 33 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:49,560 Speaker 1: what we do get to talk about is assistant coaches 34 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:52,080 Speaker 1: and this staff that has been formed. And we'll give 35 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:55,400 Speaker 1: you the very first conversation with a new addition to 36 00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:57,480 Speaker 1: the Colts coaching staff that you will want to hear 37 00:01:57,520 --> 00:02:00,080 Speaker 1: it coming up on this very episode. So that's the 38 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 1: hook to this episode is later on we sat down 39 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 1: with Reggie Wayne, who you know as the great what 40 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:09,640 Speaker 1: Colts wide receiver and will now know as the Colts 41 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:13,120 Speaker 1: wide receivers coach number eighty seven back in the building. 42 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 1: Won't be wearing number eighty seven. If this or baseball, 43 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:18,760 Speaker 1: he would be Yeah, as a coach Baseball coaches wearing 44 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 1: Maybe he'll wear like underneath his like you know, hoodie 45 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:25,080 Speaker 1: one game day or something. Though, Like you know, because Reggie, like, 46 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:29,440 Speaker 1: although he is now a coach, you get this sense 47 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:32,040 Speaker 1: that he has a bit of that hybrid player coach 48 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:35,240 Speaker 1: like he was even in his latter playing days. I 49 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:37,960 Speaker 1: just feel like that because of the influence and the 50 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 1: ties that he has to this young group, that he 51 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 1: will always be regarded in that type of role as 52 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:47,240 Speaker 1: still being a part of the roster, although he is 53 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:50,280 Speaker 1: now respected as one of the coaches among the staff. 54 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:52,639 Speaker 1: Maybe he'll wear a jersey T shirt, you know what 55 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 1: I was saying. Yeah, you know they look like jerseys, 56 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:56,880 Speaker 1: but their T shirt you know, like your tuxedo T 57 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:01,080 Speaker 1: shirt that you wore a well. Speaking of which, which time, 58 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 1: speaking of jerseys, we all got a chance to sit 59 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:09,440 Speaker 1: down with five of the Colts new assistant coaches last week, 60 00:03:09,919 --> 00:03:12,640 Speaker 1: and I'm saying, speaking of jerseys, because Lara, you brought 61 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:19,040 Speaker 1: you busted out a great cato June jersey, great segue. Yes, yeah, 62 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:23,800 Speaker 1: you acquired John Scott. No, it was in my house, Like, 63 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:26,360 Speaker 1: don't be surprised by this, Matt, you know, you know 64 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:30,359 Speaker 1: my husband so no, my my husband Dan, longtime Colts fan, 65 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:34,679 Speaker 1: and he owned a Cato June number fifty nine, authentic 66 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:37,600 Speaker 1: Reebok jersey. But it wasn't the one. It didn't even 67 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:39,880 Speaker 1: have like the stitched numbers. It's like, you know, the 68 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:42,320 Speaker 1: print on version. Because he was like I was in college. 69 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:45,040 Speaker 1: I couldn't afford like the real nice one, you know, 70 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 1: with the sewn up black market one, right, So we 71 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:50,440 Speaker 1: I busted it out. It broke it out four and 72 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 1: it's a double XL. That's the other thing about this 73 00:03:53,640 --> 00:03:56,160 Speaker 1: Cato June jersey. So I had it on when Kato 74 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:58,320 Speaker 1: came back to do his interview, and he got such 75 00:03:58,320 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 1: a laugh. I mean I pointed out I got the 76 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:02,280 Speaker 1: June on the back, not just like the generic fifty 77 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:04,520 Speaker 1: nine jersey. Here we could toss out there. This was 78 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:08,800 Speaker 1: real deal. Because you know, I have the affinity for 79 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:11,920 Speaker 1: the LB's. My initials are LB, so always you know, 80 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:16,360 Speaker 1: showing a little linebacker. So on that note, let's talk 81 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:19,320 Speaker 1: about our impressions of getting to talk to these assistant coaches. 82 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:21,159 Speaker 1: Matey and I got to sit down with them here 83 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:24,720 Speaker 1: in the radio studio at the Colts Complex. Lara, you 84 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:27,280 Speaker 1: had a chance to talk with him on camera. My 85 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:30,480 Speaker 1: first impression is this a really impressive group of defensive coaches. 86 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:32,960 Speaker 1: So the guys we talked to defensive line coach and 87 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:37,719 Speaker 1: Ad Ali, assistant linebackers coach Kato June, linebackers coach Richard Smith, 88 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:41,560 Speaker 1: assistant defensive backs coach Mike Mitchell, and defensive backs coach 89 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:45,360 Speaker 1: Ron Milis. Those are the five assistants that Gus Bradley 90 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:47,960 Speaker 1: has brought on on the defensive side of the ball. 91 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:51,600 Speaker 1: And the biggest takeaway I had just from those five 92 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:55,240 Speaker 1: was that they all are big relationships guys. Yeah, and 93 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:57,360 Speaker 1: that's that comes from the top. We obviously Frank Reik 94 00:04:57,440 --> 00:05:00,160 Speaker 1: that is a pillar of his coaching. You know who 95 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:03,120 Speaker 1: is coaching Mantra, same ghost for Ghst Bradley. Gus Bradley 96 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:05,560 Speaker 1: is a he connects with players so well, and you 97 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:08,680 Speaker 1: can see these five guys how well they can connect 98 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:11,560 Speaker 1: with players in their own way. Right. Nate Alie is 99 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:15,280 Speaker 1: coaching the defensive line. It's the first full defensive line 100 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:16,880 Speaker 1: coach job he's had in the NFL. Prior to that, 101 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:20,119 Speaker 1: he's only been an assistant defensive line coach versus Richard Smith, 102 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:22,479 Speaker 1: a guy who's got three and a half decades of 103 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:24,880 Speaker 1: coaching experience in the NFL, and it was really cool 104 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:27,880 Speaker 1: to just talk to them about their philosophies, their coaching styles. 105 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:30,320 Speaker 1: But matey, I want to start with you. What did 106 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:32,520 Speaker 1: you kind of take away from getting to chat with 107 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:34,680 Speaker 1: those guys last week? Yeah, the same thing. I mean, 108 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:37,760 Speaker 1: my biggest takeaway are one of them. When talking with 109 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:41,680 Speaker 1: Ron Milas and Richard Smith, those are the two guys 110 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:44,680 Speaker 1: that have been mainstays on this staff, if you will, 111 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:47,960 Speaker 1: or under this scheme with Gus Bradley. It's all about 112 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:51,599 Speaker 1: synergy and it's all about working together, specifically with Milas 113 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:55,160 Speaker 1: and Richard Smith, because those two guys have coached linebackers 114 00:05:55,160 --> 00:05:59,039 Speaker 1: and secondary respectively together in this system under Gus Bradley 115 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:02,400 Speaker 1: for a long time. And it's not just coaching your guys, 116 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:05,240 Speaker 1: it's understanding who coaches the guys in the You know 117 00:06:05,279 --> 00:06:08,760 Speaker 1: the layer behind you, So the linebacker coach knows you 118 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:12,520 Speaker 1: know what the principles are with the secondary and vice versa, 119 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 1: and they know how to complement each other and they 120 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:17,560 Speaker 1: know what each other's thinking. So it's going to be 121 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:20,760 Speaker 1: really I think interesting to see how those two guys 122 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:24,080 Speaker 1: translate to the Colts and how they can use all 123 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:26,840 Speaker 1: of those years of experience, all of that time on 124 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:29,479 Speaker 1: task together in a short amount of time in the 125 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:33,479 Speaker 1: offseason workout program during the OTA's and to help, you know, 126 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:38,000 Speaker 1: the secondary guys like Rocky Scene and Isaiah Rodgers and 127 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:41,600 Speaker 1: Cary Willis and Julian Blackman, how can those guys better 128 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:45,520 Speaker 1: understand what Bobby o'karaka and Darius Leonard are doing and 129 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:48,480 Speaker 1: vice versa. It's as a former player, it's one thing 130 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:51,400 Speaker 1: to understand, you know, here's the call, here's what I'm 131 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:53,320 Speaker 1: supposed to do, and then I go do it because 132 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:56,440 Speaker 1: that's the call. But it's another thing to understand why, 133 00:06:56,880 --> 00:06:59,440 Speaker 1: and then to take it a step even further. The 134 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:02,080 Speaker 1: pinnacle of it is, here's what I'm supposed to do, 135 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:04,159 Speaker 1: and I know why I'm supposed to do it, And 136 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:06,640 Speaker 1: I also know what my brothers on the field are 137 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:09,200 Speaker 1: supposed to be doing as well and why they're doing it. 138 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:12,760 Speaker 1: So I think that's what those two guys specifically can 139 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:17,040 Speaker 1: bring to this defense is here's the why. This is 140 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:19,520 Speaker 1: what you're supposed to do. This is why we teach 141 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:21,880 Speaker 1: it these are the reasons we teach it this way 142 00:07:22,120 --> 00:07:23,920 Speaker 1: and to be able to kind of put their own 143 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:25,960 Speaker 1: spin on it as it relates to the personnel they 144 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:28,400 Speaker 1: have on this defense. I think it's gonna be fun. 145 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:32,080 Speaker 1: And then you know, with Mike Mitchell and then Nate Alie, 146 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:34,400 Speaker 1: and then you talk about Reggie Wayne. I mean, the 147 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:38,240 Speaker 1: cults have focused a lot of attention on former players 148 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 1: and former players that you have played at a high level, 149 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 1: specifically with Mike Mitchell and all the years in the NFL. 150 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:47,320 Speaker 1: Reggie Wayne's Hall of Fame career speaks for itself, so 151 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:50,400 Speaker 1: I think it's gonna help translate. Same thing with Kato June. 152 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:53,000 Speaker 1: I shouldn't leave him out, But I don't think it's 153 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:55,640 Speaker 1: a prerequisite to have played in the league to be 154 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:59,520 Speaker 1: a great coach. But man, it helps communicate your message, 155 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:01,680 Speaker 1: even if you can point to the tape and point 156 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:04,000 Speaker 1: to your career and say, you know, Reggie Wayne, I 157 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:08,080 Speaker 1: got fourteen thousand receiving yards in the credentials Orcado June. 158 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:09,960 Speaker 1: I won a Super Bowl, I was an All Pro player. 159 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:12,560 Speaker 1: I led the team and tackles the one the year 160 00:08:12,640 --> 00:08:15,280 Speaker 1: we won the World Championship. So I think those things help. 161 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:18,720 Speaker 1: I think the Colts have prioritize those and these hirings 162 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:21,239 Speaker 1: on the staff, and I'm just excited because you're bringing 163 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:23,520 Speaker 1: in some fresh blood, but guys that have a lot 164 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:25,720 Speaker 1: of experience, and there's other guys that are looking for 165 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:28,440 Speaker 1: experience that have a lot of energy. The energy is 166 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:30,600 Speaker 1: exactly the word that came to mind. And I felt 167 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 1: like that there were points previously where you did feel 168 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:37,560 Speaker 1: that I'm just looking defensively, that things did get a 169 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:40,280 Speaker 1: bit stagnant at times and points of this season, and 170 00:08:40,559 --> 00:08:45,120 Speaker 1: this group seems uniquely built to revitalize what is an 171 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:48,640 Speaker 1: incredibly talented defense. Again just speaking to the defense at 172 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:50,679 Speaker 1: this point, But you know, Gus Bradley pointed out, you 173 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:53,240 Speaker 1: have a pro bowler at every position right now, like 174 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:55,839 Speaker 1: what a thing to inherit and the wealth of talent 175 00:08:55,880 --> 00:08:58,320 Speaker 1: that you have, the depth that you have surrounding those guys. 176 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:01,400 Speaker 1: So with the experience you have of longtime guys like 177 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:04,320 Speaker 1: Milus and Smith, and then you do have guys who 178 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:07,000 Speaker 1: are on the early part the first years of their 179 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:10,600 Speaker 1: coaching careers, guys like Mike and Cato, and then you 180 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:13,360 Speaker 1: know Reggie also, and then I mean Nate Alie as 181 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:17,360 Speaker 1: Well who played at Ball State from Chicago. You guys 182 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:20,240 Speaker 1: can hear all of those interviews of course Oncolts dot Com. 183 00:09:20,280 --> 00:09:22,200 Speaker 1: Those are all out there on the Colts Onio network 184 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:25,559 Speaker 1: as well. There is a great compliment of the experience 185 00:09:25,640 --> 00:09:29,319 Speaker 1: and the energy that this group seems to bring into 186 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:33,160 Speaker 1: this locker room, into this organization altogether. And one thing 187 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:39,320 Speaker 1: that's interesting, Cato, Mike, Reggie, we're all here at points 188 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:41,800 Speaker 1: in twenty eighteen. Mike was playing on the team at 189 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:45,280 Speaker 1: that time. Kato June did a coaching fellowship while he 190 00:09:45,360 --> 00:09:47,439 Speaker 1: was at Howard University, but came in and spent part 191 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:50,200 Speaker 1: of the off season working with the defense. Well Reggie 192 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:53,520 Speaker 1: was here as a voluntary assistant in twenty eighteen and 193 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:56,480 Speaker 1: as well at the very beginning of coach Reike's tenure. 194 00:09:56,600 --> 00:09:59,280 Speaker 1: So to me, that was really interesting that all of 195 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:02,800 Speaker 1: these guys have had a pulse on this group, on 196 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:06,640 Speaker 1: this organization, on this roster not so far removed. So 197 00:10:06,679 --> 00:10:08,920 Speaker 1: they have a great sense of the guys who make 198 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:11,560 Speaker 1: up this locker room. In particular Mike Mitchell, who, although 199 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:13,520 Speaker 1: his tenure here was short, made to you can speak 200 00:10:13,559 --> 00:10:16,319 Speaker 1: to this. He had an incredible impact on that defense 201 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:18,079 Speaker 1: when he was here when he stepped into the twenty 202 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:21,920 Speaker 1: eighteen season. And Reggie has been around so much he 203 00:10:22,040 --> 00:10:25,439 Speaker 1: still has great connections within this locker room and Cato, 204 00:10:25,640 --> 00:10:27,760 Speaker 1: You've had a number of opportunities where he's been back 205 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:30,559 Speaker 1: and done all of these things. So it's immediately voices 206 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:34,840 Speaker 1: that will be respected in these different meeting rooms because 207 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:37,720 Speaker 1: of one, the relationships that are already there and also 208 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:39,800 Speaker 1: the respect that there is of the guys who are 209 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:44,199 Speaker 1: veteran presence across coaching within the NFL who are going 210 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:46,920 Speaker 1: to come and help this defense. And you know, altogether, 211 00:10:46,960 --> 00:10:50,200 Speaker 1: but in particular you get more of a defensive imprint 212 00:10:50,280 --> 00:10:52,960 Speaker 1: right now, but help it evolve, take that next step 213 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:54,520 Speaker 1: to getting to where they want to go. Because they 214 00:10:54,800 --> 00:10:56,920 Speaker 1: finished the season strong. Now what can you do with 215 00:10:56,960 --> 00:10:59,800 Speaker 1: it to evolve it? No doubt, evolve it further. Wee 216 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:02,440 Speaker 1: on Mike Mitchell, like you said, Larry, he came in. 217 00:11:02,520 --> 00:11:04,200 Speaker 1: I don't have an in front of me, but it 218 00:11:04,280 --> 00:11:06,679 Speaker 1: was sometime in October. I think it was October ninth. 219 00:11:06,679 --> 00:11:09,680 Speaker 1: He came in right middle of the season. And you remember, 220 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:12,559 Speaker 1: reflecting on that two and eighteen season, the Colts got 221 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:14,680 Speaker 1: off to a very poor start. You know, right one 222 00:11:14,679 --> 00:11:17,080 Speaker 1: in five and then they head to win nine to ten, 223 00:11:17,280 --> 00:11:19,800 Speaker 1: digged themselves out of a hole to make the playoffs, 224 00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:23,040 Speaker 1: and a big reason why. You know, the first six 225 00:11:23,120 --> 00:11:25,800 Speaker 1: games that season, they were giving up a lot of 226 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:29,559 Speaker 1: big plays, a lot of explosive right completions over twenty yards, 227 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:33,520 Speaker 1: big touchdowns, and that all kind of stopped. And it 228 00:11:33,559 --> 00:11:37,559 Speaker 1: coincided with Mike Mitchell's arrival here in Indianapolis, and he 229 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:40,720 Speaker 1: was a signe out of sheer necessity because the Colts 230 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:43,600 Speaker 1: were really thin, they were banged up, and so he's 231 00:11:43,640 --> 00:11:46,400 Speaker 1: brought in. All of a sudden, the big plays are 232 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:48,880 Speaker 1: going down. He's making big plays when he's out there, 233 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:51,280 Speaker 1: you know, on his own, but everybody else is just 234 00:11:51,320 --> 00:11:53,720 Speaker 1: playing better. Talked to a guy like Quincy Wilson, and 235 00:11:53,800 --> 00:11:55,840 Speaker 1: Quincy Wilson all of a sudden turned it on and 236 00:11:55,840 --> 00:11:58,760 Speaker 1: he was playing much better football. He was shutting people down, 237 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:01,880 Speaker 1: he was getting past his defense, he was getting interceptions 238 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:04,760 Speaker 1: and a lot of it. He credited Mike Mitchell. He said, 239 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:08,080 Speaker 1: Mike Mitchell came in was a steady force, and he 240 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:10,960 Speaker 1: could talk to me the way the coaches couldn't talk 241 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:14,040 Speaker 1: to me. Like he came in and took inventory real quick. 242 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:16,240 Speaker 1: Is like, dude, you're you're not practice in the way 243 00:12:16,240 --> 00:12:18,240 Speaker 1: you need to practice. You're not watching film the way 244 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:20,360 Speaker 1: you need to watch film. You know, same thing with 245 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:22,440 Speaker 1: a guy like Kenny Moore, not to that degree, but 246 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:25,160 Speaker 1: I think he came in and said, this is how 247 00:12:25,160 --> 00:12:28,200 Speaker 1: you watch film, this is what you're looking for. These 248 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:30,959 Speaker 1: need to be your takeaways. This is how I watch film, 249 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:32,520 Speaker 1: this is what I'm looking for. And I think it 250 00:12:32,559 --> 00:12:35,800 Speaker 1: helped everybody in that secondary kind of take the next 251 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:38,959 Speaker 1: level and kind of steady that ship. So I mean, 252 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:42,679 Speaker 1: obviously a lot of things in twenty eighteen corrected themselves, 253 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:45,600 Speaker 1: but I think Mike Mitchell's presence, his leadership that season, 254 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:48,160 Speaker 1: that was a big part of that turnaround. And he's 255 00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 1: looking to kind of take all that leadership and you 256 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:53,679 Speaker 1: know that that mentorship and now use it as as 257 00:12:53,720 --> 00:12:55,880 Speaker 1: a coach. But I still think he can talk to 258 00:12:55,880 --> 00:12:58,640 Speaker 1: the players a little bit differently and relate to them, 259 00:12:58,679 --> 00:13:00,800 Speaker 1: maybe in a way that Ron my Us, who has 260 00:13:00,800 --> 00:13:02,640 Speaker 1: you know, a lot of experience he's played on or 261 00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:06,760 Speaker 1: coach with seven different teams that maybe he can't sympathize 262 00:13:06,760 --> 00:13:09,160 Speaker 1: with or he can't relate to the way that Mike 263 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:12,920 Speaker 1: Mitchell can as a former player, relatability so significant. That's 264 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:15,480 Speaker 1: something that I learned when we talked with all of 265 00:13:15,520 --> 00:13:20,640 Speaker 1: the coaches last off season, and they mentioned that what 266 00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:23,760 Speaker 1: you need within a coaching staff, the reason you need 267 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:28,679 Speaker 1: diversity in multiple facets based on where you're from, your background, 268 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:31,400 Speaker 1: all of those different factors, is because you need to 269 00:13:31,400 --> 00:13:34,959 Speaker 1: be able to have different guys, different coaches who relate 270 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:37,760 Speaker 1: to tip to players differently and are able to form 271 00:13:38,040 --> 00:13:41,400 Speaker 1: these bond and these connections over unique aspects, whether it's 272 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:43,520 Speaker 1: where they grew up, maybe it's their faith, maybe it's 273 00:13:43,679 --> 00:13:46,480 Speaker 1: you know, they played at the same university, or they 274 00:13:46,520 --> 00:13:48,800 Speaker 1: had a similar mentor someone who they looked up to. 275 00:13:49,280 --> 00:13:52,839 Speaker 1: And when you do look at all of these different factors, 276 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:56,360 Speaker 1: the diverse background of coaches you're bringing in that hits 277 00:13:56,440 --> 00:13:58,440 Speaker 1: on a lot of those different levels. One of the 278 00:13:58,520 --> 00:14:01,640 Speaker 1: things I asked Darius about had a conversation with him 279 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:04,920 Speaker 1: about Kato June because in twenty eighteen, Darius was limited. 280 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:06,760 Speaker 1: That was recently, you know, after he was drafted, he 281 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:08,880 Speaker 1: had that hamstring injury. He was coming out of South 282 00:14:08,880 --> 00:14:13,080 Speaker 1: Carolina State. With Kato being at Howard, they quickly formed 283 00:14:13,120 --> 00:14:16,560 Speaker 1: a bond over HBCUs and their love of HBCUs and 284 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:19,600 Speaker 1: that's sudding that they already have coming in. So those 285 00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:22,440 Speaker 1: just different points of relatability. Whether it's guys who played 286 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:24,960 Speaker 1: with Mike Mitchell, or it's you know, the factor that 287 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:29,880 Speaker 1: Darius and coach June have that connection, or it's Reggie 288 00:14:29,920 --> 00:14:33,000 Speaker 1: being able to talk to Michael Pittman Junior or Desmond 289 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:36,320 Speaker 1: Patman or Paris Campbell about something specific that he can 290 00:14:36,360 --> 00:14:39,120 Speaker 1: relate to, and then the veteran coaches as well, scenarios 291 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:42,120 Speaker 1: that they've been with it. Those things are huge. So one, 292 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:44,000 Speaker 1: before we get to Reggie, I just want to talk 293 00:14:44,080 --> 00:14:46,200 Speaker 1: quickly about Nate Alie because I came out of talking 294 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:48,120 Speaker 1: to him. Mate. We sat down with him for like 295 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:51,040 Speaker 1: twenty minutes, and I could have talked to that dude 296 00:14:51,160 --> 00:14:54,840 Speaker 1: for like an hour. He's got such a good feel 297 00:14:55,840 --> 00:14:59,200 Speaker 1: for how to connect with players. This is a guy 298 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:03,200 Speaker 1: who joined the Philadelphia Eagles in twenty nineteen as an 299 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:06,320 Speaker 1: assistant defensive line coach. In that room, you got Fletcher 300 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:08,560 Speaker 1: Cox and Brandon Graham, who I believe are older than 301 00:15:08,640 --> 00:15:11,640 Speaker 1: him at the time. Fletcher Cox, multi time All Pro 302 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:17,440 Speaker 1: Pro bowler, Brandon Graham longtime edge rusher there in Philadelphia, 303 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:19,920 Speaker 1: and Nate Alie said, you got to be real with them. 304 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:23,360 Speaker 1: These guys want to be coached hard, and the age 305 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:25,600 Speaker 1: difference walking in there, twenty seven year old, Like, who 306 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:27,680 Speaker 1: the heck is this guy? He got through to those 307 00:15:27,720 --> 00:15:32,560 Speaker 1: guys and the way that I think he goes about coaching. 308 00:15:32,720 --> 00:15:36,320 Speaker 1: I love this fit for Quittypey and dio O Dangbo 309 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:41,400 Speaker 1: so much. This energetic young guy who's got some great ideas. 310 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:44,720 Speaker 1: And I'll share this too. I was listening to an 311 00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:48,800 Speaker 1: episode of The Athletic Football Show and on it, Robert 312 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:51,280 Speaker 1: Mays was interviewing Connor Hughes that covers the Jets for 313 00:15:51,280 --> 00:15:54,120 Speaker 1: the Athletic and Connor Hughes was talking about the Jets 314 00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:57,360 Speaker 1: staff last year and how he looked at that staff 315 00:15:57,360 --> 00:16:00,000 Speaker 1: and he saw a number of future coordinators on that staff. 316 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:02,680 Speaker 1: And one of the guys he mentioned was Nate Ali 317 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:05,720 Speaker 1: who is the Jets of assistant defensive line coach last year. 318 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:07,800 Speaker 1: I thought that was fascinating. Here's a who is just 319 00:16:07,960 --> 00:16:10,400 Speaker 1: now all of thirty years old. Right, here's this twenty 320 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:13,560 Speaker 1: nine thirty year old coach, assistant d line coach, and 321 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:15,200 Speaker 1: he's looking at him in Saint That guy's going to 322 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:19,280 Speaker 1: be a coordinator someday. That tells me that he is 323 00:16:19,320 --> 00:16:22,080 Speaker 1: not only thought of highly inside our building, but around 324 00:16:22,160 --> 00:16:24,640 Speaker 1: the NFL. To get him here and to get him 325 00:16:24,640 --> 00:16:27,240 Speaker 1: working with your top two draft picks from twenty twenty one, 326 00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:29,640 Speaker 1: I love it. I can't wait to see what he 327 00:16:29,680 --> 00:16:31,400 Speaker 1: does with them. I agree. I agree. Go back and 328 00:16:31,440 --> 00:16:34,360 Speaker 1: listen to that conversation if you haven't yet already. It's 329 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:37,080 Speaker 1: a great one. He is fantastic and also has ties 330 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:40,320 Speaker 1: to this organization. Worth noting, his wife was a Colts 331 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:42,400 Speaker 1: cheerleader for multiple seasons. She was even the Pro Bowl 332 00:16:42,480 --> 00:16:45,160 Speaker 1: cheerleader in twenty twenty, so they're very excited to be 333 00:16:45,320 --> 00:16:48,320 Speaker 1: back home here in Indian Athlete. Absolutely, we are excited 334 00:16:48,320 --> 00:16:51,720 Speaker 1: to have Reggie Wayne on the podcast coming up shortly 335 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:54,360 Speaker 1: before we bring on one of the greatest wide receivers 336 00:16:54,400 --> 00:16:56,480 Speaker 1: in NFL history. Though, please remember to rate, review and 337 00:16:56,520 --> 00:17:00,000 Speaker 1: subscribe to the Colts Audio Network and the Cults Official podcast. 338 00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:06,240 Speaker 1: Can I get this first? Remember too, again, rate review 339 00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:08,639 Speaker 1: and subscribe. You threw me off. You threw off his 340 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:11,280 Speaker 1: mojo trying to get people to give us a five 341 00:17:11,320 --> 00:17:13,880 Speaker 1: star review, because hey, I think our podcast is pretty good. 342 00:17:14,119 --> 00:17:16,160 Speaker 1: At least give Reggie a five at least at least 343 00:17:16,200 --> 00:17:18,399 Speaker 1: give the interview with Reggie Wayne a five star review, 344 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:20,600 Speaker 1: because it's Reggie Wayne and he deserves a cave less 345 00:17:20,680 --> 00:17:23,720 Speaker 1: than that. The first part no good. Second part five stars. No, no, 346 00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:25,679 Speaker 1: this was good. This is good. And remember we'll be 347 00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:29,159 Speaker 1: back with an episode of overtime as soon as we 348 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:32,400 Speaker 1: are able to talk about the moves the Colts are making. Mate, 349 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:34,280 Speaker 1: when next time you do that, get away from the mic. 350 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:39,200 Speaker 1: This is live. We're losing stars here, We're losing stars. Anyways. 351 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:41,120 Speaker 1: I meant to hit the button, but for Mate makes 352 00:17:41,119 --> 00:17:45,080 Speaker 1: another weekend walk in chew gum. For Mate makes another 353 00:17:45,119 --> 00:17:46,679 Speaker 1: weird noise into the microphone. We are going to get 354 00:17:46,720 --> 00:17:49,520 Speaker 1: to our interview with Reggie Wayne, the new Colts wide 355 00:17:49,520 --> 00:17:53,359 Speaker 1: receivers coach. Let's go. We're in the Power Home Solar 356 00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:57,080 Speaker 1: Radio studio. I'm Matt Taylor, joined by Alara Overton across 357 00:17:57,160 --> 00:17:59,320 Speaker 1: the way and our guest in studio with us. He 358 00:17:59,359 --> 00:18:02,600 Speaker 1: needs no introduction as a player, but now he is 359 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:06,000 Speaker 1: the wide receivers coach for the Indianapolis Colts. A big 360 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:09,680 Speaker 1: smile on his face. It's Reggie Wayne. Regg. Great to 361 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:11,760 Speaker 1: see you again. Man, I appreciate you all having me. 362 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:14,320 Speaker 1: I gotta get used to this coach thing, man, I 363 00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:17,160 Speaker 1: really do. It's every time somebody say, hey, what's up, coach, 364 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:19,600 Speaker 1: I look behind me, I think as a coach behind me? 365 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:20,879 Speaker 1: You know? Is that what you want to be called 366 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:26,360 Speaker 1: or something else? It doesn't matter. I just just call 367 00:18:26,480 --> 00:18:31,920 Speaker 1: me ready. I'm ready for this. I'm excited for this opportunity. Obviously. 368 00:18:31,960 --> 00:18:36,480 Speaker 1: I'm thankful and humbled, and I can't think the organization 369 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:38,840 Speaker 1: and Frank and Chris ballad enough are just giving me 370 00:18:38,920 --> 00:18:42,359 Speaker 1: the opportunity to be here. Reggie, you were here in 371 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:46,320 Speaker 1: twenty eighteen, you had a voluntary assistant role, you stepped 372 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:49,960 Speaker 1: in the off season, worked with this offense under coach Reich, 373 00:18:50,080 --> 00:18:52,879 Speaker 1: and you've been with coach Mike before when you're a 374 00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:56,199 Speaker 1: player here. What was it about that experience in twenty 375 00:18:56,240 --> 00:18:59,280 Speaker 1: eighteen that set things in motion that you thought this 376 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:01,800 Speaker 1: would be something you might want to pursue and why 377 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:03,960 Speaker 1: was now the right time to be part of this 378 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:06,600 Speaker 1: coaching style? Well, in twenty eighteen, that's that was a 379 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:10,240 Speaker 1: kind of a as we were saying, an appetizer of me, 380 00:19:10,840 --> 00:19:13,240 Speaker 1: uh saying if this is something that I not only 381 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:17,080 Speaker 1: can I do it? Uh, you know, it was also 382 00:19:18,119 --> 00:19:20,560 Speaker 1: I thought if would I do it? You know what 383 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:25,040 Speaker 1: I mean? And I and that advertiser was good. It 384 00:19:25,080 --> 00:19:28,600 Speaker 1: really was. It was a good taste. Um. I felt like, 385 00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:32,520 Speaker 1: you know, I was, I was energetic. And I don't 386 00:19:32,520 --> 00:19:34,520 Speaker 1: know if that was because I was a volunteer at 387 00:19:34,560 --> 00:19:37,439 Speaker 1: the time, you know what I mean, But but you 388 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:39,159 Speaker 1: know I was. I was excited to be there. And 389 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:44,439 Speaker 1: I felt like the guys were or they're responding pretty 390 00:19:44,520 --> 00:19:47,280 Speaker 1: pretty well, you know, but at the time I kind 391 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:49,520 Speaker 1: of was, you know, I, like I said, I was 392 00:19:49,560 --> 00:19:52,040 Speaker 1: a volunteer. I didn't really want to step on anybody's toes. 393 00:19:52,080 --> 00:19:54,200 Speaker 1: You know, Kevin Matude, he was a receiver coach. You know. 394 00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:56,440 Speaker 1: I was just kind of in a in a background, 395 00:19:56,480 --> 00:20:00,720 Speaker 1: just kind of add my two cents when asked, you know. Um, 396 00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:03,600 Speaker 1: but those two sents that you know that I was asked, 397 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:06,119 Speaker 1: you know, I felt like I was, I was, I 398 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:10,000 Speaker 1: was serving. I felt like I was being impactful. Um, 399 00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:12,160 Speaker 1: and guys were responding well, you know what I mean. 400 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:15,480 Speaker 1: So that kind of gave me that that feel of like, 401 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:17,720 Speaker 1: all right, I can do this. I really feel like 402 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:21,240 Speaker 1: this is this is in me, you know what I mean. Now, 403 00:20:21,280 --> 00:20:24,360 Speaker 1: as far as the other question you ask is why 404 00:20:24,440 --> 00:20:29,080 Speaker 1: the timing is right? Um man? Frank was asking me 405 00:20:29,119 --> 00:20:33,359 Speaker 1: every every year. You know. It was actually yeah, he was, 406 00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:36,359 Speaker 1: he was, you know, that phone call to come around 407 00:20:36,359 --> 00:20:38,600 Speaker 1: the same time every year, and it's like, and I 408 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:40,360 Speaker 1: know it, Frank's about to ask you know what I mean? 409 00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:43,640 Speaker 1: But um, but you know, but it's a few things 410 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:49,040 Speaker 1: about that, you know. One, Um, you know, all the 411 00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:52,640 Speaker 1: other times he asked me, I just knew I wasn't 412 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:59,240 Speaker 1: ready mentally, Um, I wasn't. You know, I understand to 413 00:20:59,359 --> 00:21:00,960 Speaker 1: be a coach in this league, it's a lot of 414 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:03,640 Speaker 1: hours you got to put in, you know, UM, and 415 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:05,280 Speaker 1: I just didn't At the time, I felt like I 416 00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:07,760 Speaker 1: didn't had that to give, you know. I got I 417 00:21:07,840 --> 00:21:10,040 Speaker 1: got kids at home. I got little boys at home, 418 00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:12,320 Speaker 1: and I just think they was too young. You know. 419 00:21:12,359 --> 00:21:15,719 Speaker 1: At the time. Everything has to be ready, everything has 420 00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:20,560 Speaker 1: to fall in place. But this particular time when he called, um, 421 00:21:20,720 --> 00:21:24,280 Speaker 1: he was he was used to getting and a no, 422 00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:30,480 Speaker 1: a sap, you know, But this time when he called, um, 423 00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:33,760 Speaker 1: I was actually looking forward to the call, you know, um. 424 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:35,640 Speaker 1: And when he called it, the first thing I did. 425 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:38,439 Speaker 1: I smiled, I grinned, you know what I mean, answered 426 00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:42,120 Speaker 1: the phone, and you know, Frank gave me his spill 427 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:45,359 Speaker 1: as he always does, and he said, circling back around 428 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:48,359 Speaker 1: and you know, seeing what your thoughts are. And instead 429 00:21:48,359 --> 00:21:52,760 Speaker 1: of me giving them a no right away, I said, hey, um, 430 00:21:52,960 --> 00:21:56,000 Speaker 1: let me let me think about that. Let me let 431 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:58,000 Speaker 1: me goggle us a little bit, you know what I mean. 432 00:21:58,080 --> 00:22:00,520 Speaker 1: And I think I called him by surprise, I you 433 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:03,880 Speaker 1: know what I mean. And he was like, uh, all right, man. 434 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:06,640 Speaker 1: You know, he was like he didn't want to mess 435 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:08,080 Speaker 1: it up, you know what I mean. So he was like, 436 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:10,239 Speaker 1: uh he said, okay, man, take as much time as 437 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:13,119 Speaker 1: you need, you know, and uh, you know, he said, oh, 438 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:15,760 Speaker 1: you know, if you got any questions, you know, um, 439 00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:19,199 Speaker 1: you know, let me know. And UM, so you know, 440 00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:21,359 Speaker 1: I kind of contemplated on it, and I asked a 441 00:22:21,359 --> 00:22:24,800 Speaker 1: lot of people, um that I know that our coaches, 442 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:28,480 Speaker 1: you know, some of them was farmer players, um, to 443 00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:34,720 Speaker 1: get their thoughts on not only um, their journey, you know, 444 00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:37,640 Speaker 1: but also you know, like, hey, how would you think 445 00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:40,439 Speaker 1: my journey would be? You know, so um, you know, 446 00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:42,280 Speaker 1: you know, and I added all that stuff in there, 447 00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:45,520 Speaker 1: and man, it just I just feel like now it's 448 00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:48,960 Speaker 1: the time. You know, at some point in time, you know, 449 00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:52,560 Speaker 1: Franko stopped calling. You know. That's how I look at it, 450 00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:54,879 Speaker 1: Like he's not gonna keep letting me tell him, know 451 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:58,040 Speaker 1: you know. So it's like, man, uh, I just you know, 452 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:02,960 Speaker 1: I was blessed enough to to to get those phone 453 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:04,879 Speaker 1: calls every year. And and to me, I look at 454 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:06,959 Speaker 1: it as like, all right, man, like you did something 455 00:23:07,119 --> 00:23:11,440 Speaker 1: right you know along the way, um to leave an impression, 456 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:14,080 Speaker 1: to have that option to have you, you know, an 457 00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:16,560 Speaker 1: NFL coach continuously calling you and next year if you 458 00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:19,159 Speaker 1: want to coach you know, so um, you know, I 459 00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:22,440 Speaker 1: just think it's uh, it's time. You know, my dad 460 00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:25,720 Speaker 1: was it was a high school coach. Um, I went 461 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:27,760 Speaker 1: to school to be a teacher. You know, I'm a 462 00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:31,359 Speaker 1: history of major. Um. So I'm still teaching. It's just 463 00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:33,720 Speaker 1: in a different way, no doubt about that. And you 464 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:35,880 Speaker 1: talked about this is going to be your first full 465 00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:39,840 Speaker 1: time coaching opportunity, and it's not just about you played 466 00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:41,880 Speaker 1: at a high level. Right. We can talk about your 467 00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:43,720 Speaker 1: Hall of Fame career coming up in just a little bit, 468 00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:47,000 Speaker 1: but you know, your playing career speaks for itself. But 469 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:49,960 Speaker 1: but what about the relationships. You know, Coachike is calling 470 00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:51,919 Speaker 1: you for a reason, not just because you can coach it. 471 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:54,719 Speaker 1: You can relate to these players. How excited are you 472 00:23:54,760 --> 00:23:57,639 Speaker 1: for that opportunity. That's the beauty of it. That's the 473 00:23:57,680 --> 00:24:01,240 Speaker 1: beauty of it. You know. It's it's kind of like 474 00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:04,159 Speaker 1: when you're playing. You know, like part of me, I 475 00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:09,199 Speaker 1: played to impact lives, right, to put smiles on you know, 476 00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:12,240 Speaker 1: fans faces, right, that was part of the journey. That 477 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:14,639 Speaker 1: was part of the theory for me. And now to me, 478 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:17,080 Speaker 1: it's the same way. You know, it's the same thing. 479 00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:21,439 Speaker 1: Now you're coaching. Now I can teach you know, uh, 480 00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:26,320 Speaker 1: these guys, these receivers, how to impact lives, how to 481 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:29,199 Speaker 1: you know, how to become a professional. If they if 482 00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:31,639 Speaker 1: they feel like they're missing something, you know, I can 483 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:33,600 Speaker 1: give them my two cents. I can tell them my journey. 484 00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:36,000 Speaker 1: I sat in them same seats. I was in the 485 00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:39,359 Speaker 1: same meeting room. But you know, like I know what 486 00:24:39,359 --> 00:24:42,120 Speaker 1: you're going through. I've been there. You know, I've been 487 00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:47,680 Speaker 1: a second third year receiver. You know, hey, I didn't 488 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:49,680 Speaker 1: start until my third year, so you know what I mean. 489 00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:52,160 Speaker 1: So like, I get what you're going through. I know times, 490 00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:55,640 Speaker 1: you know, you know it's been times why I woke 491 00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:58,639 Speaker 1: up and you know, in my second year in the 492 00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:01,000 Speaker 1: league and I go to you know, wash my face. 493 00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:03,760 Speaker 1: I'm looking at myself in the mirror, like, hey, man, 494 00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:05,760 Speaker 1: is this what you really want to do? You know 495 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:08,480 Speaker 1: what I mean? Like like, it's it's it's it's a journey, 496 00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:11,160 Speaker 1: it's a process, you know what I mean. So um, 497 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:14,080 Speaker 1: And that's what I'm excited about. I'm excited not only 498 00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:18,600 Speaker 1: about getting them better, you know, teaching them how to 499 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:22,320 Speaker 1: be professionals, um, giving them little nuances of the game 500 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:24,840 Speaker 1: that I feel like I can help them improving. You know, 501 00:25:25,119 --> 00:25:26,920 Speaker 1: I just don't want to screw them up, you know 502 00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:28,679 Speaker 1: what I mean. Like, I don't want to screw up 503 00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:31,080 Speaker 1: on Michael Pittman Junior. I just want to I want 504 00:25:31,080 --> 00:25:33,680 Speaker 1: to take what you're a great at and keep it there. 505 00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:36,760 Speaker 1: And whatever it is that you're lacking, I can give 506 00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:39,480 Speaker 1: you my two cents, you know what I mean. So um, 507 00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:43,040 Speaker 1: And that's what it's about to me. You know, I 508 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:45,600 Speaker 1: tell everybody all the time, it's it's it's more than 509 00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:50,760 Speaker 1: just being you know, a player or a coach. Or 510 00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:54,840 Speaker 1: things like that. It's like, man, you know, once football 511 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:58,000 Speaker 1: is over, what are they saying about you? You know 512 00:25:58,040 --> 00:25:59,720 Speaker 1: what I mean? Are they saying you're a good teammate 513 00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:03,840 Speaker 1: and that's to me, that's that's everything. So whatever I 514 00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:06,520 Speaker 1: can do to help them with that, I'm all for it. 515 00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:11,440 Speaker 1: You do inherit a very young room Richard's talent. Yes, yes, yes, 516 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:14,239 Speaker 1: you and all of the guys who played with you, 517 00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:16,560 Speaker 1: who shared that locker room with you, talked about the 518 00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:18,960 Speaker 1: mentor that you were even when you were a player. 519 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:21,880 Speaker 1: You kind of wore that coach hat because you were 520 00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:24,320 Speaker 1: bringing guys up, Guys like t Y Hilton said that 521 00:26:24,359 --> 00:26:28,280 Speaker 1: over and over. What is one lesson that you had 522 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:30,160 Speaker 1: to learn I don't want to say the hard way 523 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:32,720 Speaker 1: in your career, but just through experience in your career 524 00:26:33,240 --> 00:26:35,760 Speaker 1: that you look forward to hopefully teaching these guys that 525 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:39,320 Speaker 1: they can learn earlier on in their careers, benefit from sooner, 526 00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:43,360 Speaker 1: and hopefully use that over the course of their careers. 527 00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:46,399 Speaker 1: Get to, you know, utilize that or learn from that 528 00:26:46,440 --> 00:26:48,919 Speaker 1: even sooner than maybe what you did. You know what 529 00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:53,440 Speaker 1: the biggest thing was for me, It was it was patience. 530 00:26:54,359 --> 00:26:58,600 Speaker 1: I didn't I didn't handle being patient. Well, you know, 531 00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:01,960 Speaker 1: I came from the universe of Miami, where I started 532 00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:06,200 Speaker 1: as a true freshman, you know what I mean. Um, 533 00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:10,840 Speaker 1: you know, been been playing, been being on the start, 534 00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:14,960 Speaker 1: you know, squad since I was seven, you know what 535 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:17,399 Speaker 1: I mean. And then all of a sudden, you know, 536 00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:20,719 Speaker 1: at seven years old, you' dreaming about getting into the NFL. 537 00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:22,680 Speaker 1: You don't care about all that other stuff. You don't 538 00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:24,520 Speaker 1: care about it, hall of Fame, you don't care about it, 539 00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:26,680 Speaker 1: like you just want to play, right, You just want 540 00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:30,159 Speaker 1: to play football, so you know. Um, and then all 541 00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:32,320 Speaker 1: of a sudden, when you you've reached the pinnacle, You've 542 00:27:32,320 --> 00:27:35,159 Speaker 1: reached your dream, and all of a sudden, you know, 543 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:38,719 Speaker 1: they're telling you a you're not ready yet, you know, 544 00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:41,360 Speaker 1: take a squad, you know, sit on the bench so 545 00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:44,240 Speaker 1: like like that. That's tough, you know what I mean. 546 00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:47,200 Speaker 1: And then all of a sudden, you start you start 547 00:27:47,280 --> 00:27:52,280 Speaker 1: questioning things, you know, you know, you start doubting things. Um, 548 00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:56,159 Speaker 1: then you start getting rebellious, you start getting namry, you 549 00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:58,919 Speaker 1: know what I mean. So, UM, I just felt like 550 00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:02,679 Speaker 1: I didn't handle patience well you know, but after a 551 00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:07,400 Speaker 1: while I realized, Like my third year, I remember Tony 552 00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:09,920 Speaker 1: Dungee coming up to me and saying, hey, NIC's your turn. 553 00:28:10,359 --> 00:28:13,760 Speaker 1: You know what I mean. I was, man, I almost 554 00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:15,760 Speaker 1: went out there in the parking lot and did jumping 555 00:28:15,840 --> 00:28:18,160 Speaker 1: Jackson some assaults, you know what I mean, Because I've 556 00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:20,200 Speaker 1: been waiting for that moment. And then when I got 557 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:22,920 Speaker 1: into that moment, you know, and as time goes by, 558 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:27,520 Speaker 1: I said, I'll tell myself, like my damn, I wasn't ready, 559 00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:30,280 Speaker 1: you know what I mean, Like they saw that, you 560 00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:32,560 Speaker 1: know what I mean, Like you think you're ready, you know. 561 00:28:32,680 --> 00:28:35,440 Speaker 1: But so it's just being patient. I you know, one 562 00:28:35,440 --> 00:28:38,719 Speaker 1: thing I'll tell these guys like, hey, I understand you 563 00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:41,480 Speaker 1: know you want to be this and you want to 564 00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:43,960 Speaker 1: be that, But just be patient. Continue to work on 565 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:47,680 Speaker 1: your craft, continue to work on your game, and it'll 566 00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:50,160 Speaker 1: come to It'll come to light, you know what I mean. Reggie, 567 00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:52,520 Speaker 1: this is probably a better question for the Reggie Wayne 568 00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:55,479 Speaker 1: of year seven or eight instead of Reggie Wayne year 569 00:28:55,560 --> 00:28:57,960 Speaker 1: two or three. Like you just talked about, But how 570 00:28:58,040 --> 00:29:01,760 Speaker 1: important was coaching to you as a player? How much 571 00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:06,840 Speaker 1: did you want to be coached? Oh? Every every day? 572 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:13,000 Speaker 1: You know, uh for what Uh I'll say eleven years? Uh, well, 573 00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:17,840 Speaker 1: ten years, uh something? Like that. Clyde Christensen was my 574 00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:24,560 Speaker 1: receiver coach, right, um, and we would always say the 575 00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:27,440 Speaker 1: same thing. At the beginning of very year, you know, 576 00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:30,000 Speaker 1: we sit down and we had a meeting and he 577 00:29:30,040 --> 00:29:33,800 Speaker 1: would say, Hey, I'm gonna treat you like your rookie. 578 00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:36,480 Speaker 1: And that's all I wanted. I didn't never wanted no 579 00:29:36,600 --> 00:29:39,640 Speaker 1: special treatment. I never wanted none of that stuff. Um. 580 00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:42,480 Speaker 1: You know, I just wanted to go in and play football. 581 00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:45,440 Speaker 1: I enjoyed. I loved to play in football. Um. Yeah, 582 00:29:45,480 --> 00:29:47,480 Speaker 1: So treat me like a rookie because as soon as 583 00:29:47,480 --> 00:29:50,520 Speaker 1: I started getting comfortable what feeling like, all right, I 584 00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:52,480 Speaker 1: made X amount of Pro Bowls and this isn't that. 585 00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:55,760 Speaker 1: That's what I feel like. My game's gonna lack, you 586 00:29:55,800 --> 00:29:57,320 Speaker 1: know what I mean. So I wanted to treat me 587 00:29:57,360 --> 00:29:59,440 Speaker 1: like a rookie. He was hard on me, and that 588 00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:04,200 Speaker 1: was cool. So I bring on coaching. I bring I 589 00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:09,800 Speaker 1: I love being coach, you know, um, because at the 590 00:30:09,880 --> 00:30:12,440 Speaker 1: end of the day, you know, like like I've always said, 591 00:30:12,440 --> 00:30:15,680 Speaker 1: everybody's own scholarship, you know what I mean. So you 592 00:30:15,760 --> 00:30:19,280 Speaker 1: need you need to make sure you're you're you're your 593 00:30:19,320 --> 00:30:24,080 Speaker 1: your axes is sharpened enough continuously over and over and over, 594 00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:26,959 Speaker 1: you know what I mean? So I I enjoyed it. 595 00:30:27,160 --> 00:30:31,520 Speaker 1: I really do um And man, even like when when 596 00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:35,000 Speaker 1: when Frank Wright was my receiver coach, you know, he 597 00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:38,120 Speaker 1: I learned different things from him, Like I had never 598 00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:42,560 Speaker 1: had a receiver coach that was a former NFL quarterback. 599 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:44,720 Speaker 1: So now I said, you know what, I gotta take 600 00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:47,240 Speaker 1: advantage of this. Yeah, what the hell are y'all thinking 601 00:30:47,960 --> 00:30:50,600 Speaker 1: when this is called? When you see this defense or whatever? 602 00:30:50,760 --> 00:30:53,560 Speaker 1: Like that was the best thing that ever happened to me, 603 00:30:54,360 --> 00:30:57,960 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. He becoming my receiver coach 604 00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:02,120 Speaker 1: and he was a former NFL water back, and it 605 00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:04,840 Speaker 1: was like I brought the fresh air. And I'd be like, 606 00:31:06,080 --> 00:31:07,560 Speaker 1: you know, I sit in a meeting and I hear 607 00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:09,760 Speaker 1: Frank say, man, I don't know how you gonna do that. 608 00:31:09,840 --> 00:31:12,680 Speaker 1: Oh thank you Jesus, because I don't know how I'm 609 00:31:12,680 --> 00:31:14,280 Speaker 1: gonna do it either. You get you know what I mean? Yeah, 610 00:31:14,320 --> 00:31:17,200 Speaker 1: you absolutely do get it. You know, because it's easy 611 00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:19,080 Speaker 1: to go up on on on a white board and 612 00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:22,560 Speaker 1: draw something, draw rob and then you go out there 613 00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:24,560 Speaker 1: and physically try to do it. Man, you blow both 614 00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:26,760 Speaker 1: in decaps, you know what I mean. So then you 615 00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:28,840 Speaker 1: get Frank right coming there and he and he says, 616 00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:31,320 Speaker 1: you know, I don't read. I don't think that's possible. 617 00:31:31,760 --> 00:31:34,920 Speaker 1: I'm like, man, I appreciate you, man, you know what 618 00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:37,320 Speaker 1: I mean? So like so, man, I've been blessed along 619 00:31:37,400 --> 00:31:39,560 Speaker 1: my way to have great people around and great teammates, 620 00:31:39,560 --> 00:31:42,760 Speaker 1: great coaches to lead the way, um, to show me, 621 00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:45,840 Speaker 1: you know, how it's done. You know, I've seen different 622 00:31:45,840 --> 00:31:48,640 Speaker 1: ways of how it's done, from from you know, a 623 00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:52,400 Speaker 1: Tony Dungee, you know, to Jim Carwell, you know, to 624 00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:55,600 Speaker 1: Chuck Prigano. You know, I've had position coaches. I've had 625 00:31:55,720 --> 00:32:00,560 Speaker 1: for four receiver coaches you know. Um, but but man, 626 00:32:02,040 --> 00:32:03,920 Speaker 1: all of them was good. All of them left there. 627 00:32:05,760 --> 00:32:08,840 Speaker 1: I am print on on my journey. And uh, I 628 00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:11,080 Speaker 1: appreciate all that. Man. I love coach. I love coaching. 629 00:32:11,400 --> 00:32:14,160 Speaker 1: We can't do it with our coaches coaches, and it's important. 630 00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:17,120 Speaker 1: It really is, just like leadership. You mentioned that it 631 00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:19,200 Speaker 1: took you know, a couple of calls year after year 632 00:32:19,320 --> 00:32:21,960 Speaker 1: for coach mich to pull you in in terms of 633 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:24,240 Speaker 1: being a part of this staff as a wide receivers coach. 634 00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:28,160 Speaker 1: How quickly did you and Cato June connect on maybe 635 00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:30,280 Speaker 1: you would come into the building at the same time. 636 00:32:30,360 --> 00:32:34,160 Speaker 1: Two super Bowl champions within this organization coming back together. 637 00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:36,480 Speaker 1: He was here in twenty eighteen as well, he was 638 00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:38,960 Speaker 1: doing a coaching fellowship. Yeah, you know, it's uh And 639 00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:41,040 Speaker 1: that's one of the guys I talked to. You know, 640 00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:44,000 Speaker 1: I'm great friend of mine. Yeah, we we were in 641 00:32:44,080 --> 00:32:47,840 Speaker 1: these streets, you know, you know, but you know he 642 00:32:48,280 --> 00:32:50,080 Speaker 1: was into the coaching thing for a long time. But 643 00:32:50,120 --> 00:32:52,160 Speaker 1: you know, he was more on the college level, you 644 00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:54,680 Speaker 1: know what I mean. And but it's the same difference, 645 00:32:54,760 --> 00:32:56,239 Speaker 1: if that makes sense, you know what I mean. Like 646 00:32:56,840 --> 00:32:59,600 Speaker 1: he he knows the grind, he knows what it does 647 00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:01,960 Speaker 1: to families. He knows you know, you gotta have a 648 00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:04,320 Speaker 1: strong supporting staff, you know what I mean. So if 649 00:33:04,360 --> 00:33:06,200 Speaker 1: you don't have those things in line, then it's gonna 650 00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:09,000 Speaker 1: be hard for you, you know. So, but I remember 651 00:33:09,040 --> 00:33:11,560 Speaker 1: he told me, said, man, I gotta even back in 652 00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:13,760 Speaker 1: twenty eighteen, you know, you know, he was wanting to 653 00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:16,239 Speaker 1: get on back then, you know what I'm saying. And 654 00:33:16,280 --> 00:33:18,200 Speaker 1: I was telling him, you know, because I just wanted 655 00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:19,800 Speaker 1: to be volunteered in you know what I mean. But 656 00:33:19,840 --> 00:33:22,200 Speaker 1: I was enjoying you know, the journey at the time, 657 00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:24,480 Speaker 1: and I was like, hey, man, you know, if you 658 00:33:24,520 --> 00:33:27,400 Speaker 1: don't get on, just keep doing your thing, they're gonna 659 00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:29,240 Speaker 1: realize that, They're gonna recognize it, you know what I mean. 660 00:33:29,280 --> 00:33:31,920 Speaker 1: Like sometimes you gotta you gotta jump over those hurdles, 661 00:33:31,960 --> 00:33:35,000 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. But I take my hat 662 00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:38,000 Speaker 1: off to him just to see how he continued to 663 00:33:38,240 --> 00:33:40,680 Speaker 1: push and push and push, you know what I mean, 664 00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:43,120 Speaker 1: And I think, like, man, this is perfect for him, 665 00:33:43,160 --> 00:33:45,200 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. You're coming back to you 666 00:33:45,240 --> 00:33:47,440 Speaker 1: know where you you know, won the Super Bowl ring, 667 00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:50,760 Speaker 1: you're familiar with. You know, you're in one of the 668 00:33:50,800 --> 00:33:52,880 Speaker 1: homes that you claim, you know what I'm saying, Like, 669 00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:55,560 Speaker 1: it's perfect. So when he told me he was coming 670 00:33:55,600 --> 00:34:00,280 Speaker 1: in for an interview, you know, I said, man, have 671 00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:06,480 Speaker 1: your stuff together, because at the time, you know, I 672 00:34:06,520 --> 00:34:08,600 Speaker 1: didn't know what I was gonna do, you know what 673 00:34:08,640 --> 00:34:11,719 Speaker 1: I mean. But I was charing for him, you know 674 00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:14,200 Speaker 1: what I'm saying, so hard and so much because I 675 00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:16,080 Speaker 1: know how hard it is to get into this business 676 00:34:16,640 --> 00:34:20,120 Speaker 1: and he, uh, you know, he wanted it so bad, 677 00:34:20,320 --> 00:34:22,640 Speaker 1: you know what I mean, So like, I know, I 678 00:34:22,680 --> 00:34:24,640 Speaker 1: know I was getting on his nerves. I kept calling, like, man, 679 00:34:24,680 --> 00:34:27,319 Speaker 1: you're ready, You're ready. And then after you know, he 680 00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:29,279 Speaker 1: had his interview, he didn't call me, you know what 681 00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:31,319 Speaker 1: I mean. So I'm like, like, damn, he must say 682 00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:32,759 Speaker 1: something must have didn't work, you know what I mean. 683 00:34:33,320 --> 00:34:36,200 Speaker 1: But you know, he ended up calling me later on 684 00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:38,919 Speaker 1: and he told me, you know that he got it. 685 00:34:39,239 --> 00:34:41,440 Speaker 1: And I was as big as ship leader, you know 686 00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:44,920 Speaker 1: what I'm saying. I really was, and uh like that 687 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:48,720 Speaker 1: helped me, you know what I mean. Like I know Frank, 688 00:34:50,040 --> 00:34:52,520 Speaker 1: but Frank is a head coach, you know what I mean. 689 00:34:52,560 --> 00:34:54,719 Speaker 1: I know I could pull you know, bound stuff off 690 00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:58,759 Speaker 1: in him if need be, but like, man, his job's important, 691 00:34:58,840 --> 00:35:00,759 Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. Like, so it's good to 692 00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:04,120 Speaker 1: have a familiar face, and not only a familiar face, 693 00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:09,160 Speaker 1: a face that that has been grinding, that's been you know, 694 00:35:09,160 --> 00:35:11,799 Speaker 1: a coach for X amount of years that has been 695 00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:14,640 Speaker 1: through it. You know. So whenever I you know, I 696 00:35:14,719 --> 00:35:17,719 Speaker 1: do have a you know, a tough day or rough day, 697 00:35:18,120 --> 00:35:19,759 Speaker 1: you know, I can I can have somebody that I'm 698 00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:21,800 Speaker 1: familiar with that I can go to, you know what 699 00:35:21,800 --> 00:35:24,200 Speaker 1: I mean. And I've met everybody on the staff, and 700 00:35:24,239 --> 00:35:26,200 Speaker 1: it seems like everybody on the staff. It's like that 701 00:35:26,360 --> 00:35:27,799 Speaker 1: they seemed like there are people that you can go 702 00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:30,000 Speaker 1: and talk to. Man, Gus Brodler had me. And it's 703 00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:32,520 Speaker 1: also for two hours, and I'm like, Gus, you know, 704 00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:34,680 Speaker 1: I'm on the offensive side, right, you know what I mean. 705 00:35:34,719 --> 00:35:36,960 Speaker 1: But but it was great. I learned stuff from Gus, 706 00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:39,520 Speaker 1: you know, just in two hours by first time meeting them, 707 00:35:39,560 --> 00:35:41,719 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. So it's like, all these 708 00:35:41,760 --> 00:35:45,400 Speaker 1: guys are a great people on his staff. I really 709 00:35:45,440 --> 00:35:49,000 Speaker 1: feel good about it. And guys are excited about it, 710 00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:51,600 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. So if they're excited about it, 711 00:35:51,880 --> 00:35:54,600 Speaker 1: I'm even more excited reg when you were here. I 712 00:35:54,600 --> 00:35:56,759 Speaker 1: mean every year you guys were going twelve and four 713 00:35:56,840 --> 00:35:59,680 Speaker 1: and winning the AFC South and making the playoffs, and 714 00:36:00,239 --> 00:36:02,719 Speaker 1: you know that equated to you know so much, you know, 715 00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:05,200 Speaker 1: playoff success and winning the Super Bowl. And I know 716 00:36:05,239 --> 00:36:07,879 Speaker 1: this might be a tough question to answer because you're 717 00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:09,640 Speaker 1: you're back in you know, it's only been a couple 718 00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:11,720 Speaker 1: of weeks, But what do you make of the culture 719 00:36:11,960 --> 00:36:14,799 Speaker 1: in the building now compared to when you were here 720 00:36:14,800 --> 00:36:17,040 Speaker 1: as a player? Do you see any similarity there? Um? 721 00:36:17,080 --> 00:36:21,160 Speaker 1: You know, I do you know, like I've always thought that, 722 00:36:21,360 --> 00:36:25,480 Speaker 1: you know, uh, he may have been you know, maybe 723 00:36:25,480 --> 00:36:27,840 Speaker 1: a little bit more aggressive as a tackler, but like 724 00:36:27,920 --> 00:36:32,000 Speaker 1: I've already always thought that that, you know, Lennar has 725 00:36:32,040 --> 00:36:34,680 Speaker 1: it was a Cato June, you know, like their their 726 00:36:34,719 --> 00:36:38,680 Speaker 1: ball skills is like Cato was a pro bowler. Cato 727 00:36:38,760 --> 00:36:40,440 Speaker 1: had like six picks one year, you know what I mean. 728 00:36:40,480 --> 00:36:46,560 Speaker 1: Like I see a lot of things in place, you know, 729 00:36:46,920 --> 00:36:51,640 Speaker 1: Um that that can you know, resemble what we had, 730 00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:55,440 Speaker 1: you know, Um, actually it could be better. You know. 731 00:36:55,760 --> 00:36:59,879 Speaker 1: I just think they just gotta you know, just fix 732 00:37:00,040 --> 00:37:02,799 Speaker 1: a couple of things here and there, you know, and 733 00:37:02,840 --> 00:37:07,439 Speaker 1: I think they'll be right back to where they were. Um. 734 00:37:07,480 --> 00:37:10,120 Speaker 1: You know, it's kind of hard just on the outside 735 00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:14,719 Speaker 1: looking in. You know. I watched every game. Um, I 736 00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:18,359 Speaker 1: was cheering, you know, win, lose a draw. I'm still 737 00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:20,719 Speaker 1: wearing my coach stuff in Miami, you know, and I'm 738 00:37:20,719 --> 00:37:24,920 Speaker 1: down there, you know, or amongst all Dolphin fans, which 739 00:37:25,640 --> 00:37:28,040 Speaker 1: you know, was cool. I ain't jaw that because we 740 00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:29,839 Speaker 1: was better than them anyway, you know what I mean. 741 00:37:29,960 --> 00:37:34,640 Speaker 1: But um, it's just one of them things that, Um, 742 00:37:35,560 --> 00:37:37,160 Speaker 1: I just feel like it's just a couple of things 743 00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:40,120 Speaker 1: that you know, they can just fix this and fix that. 744 00:37:40,280 --> 00:37:45,480 Speaker 1: You know, man, every game is every game is um 745 00:37:45,760 --> 00:37:49,320 Speaker 1: just one or two plays, right that that that tells 746 00:37:49,360 --> 00:37:52,359 Speaker 1: the tell of a game. And uh, we know last 747 00:37:52,440 --> 00:37:54,319 Speaker 1: year that it's a lot of games we've you know, 748 00:37:54,920 --> 00:37:57,319 Speaker 1: you know, we feel like we should have won, you know. 749 00:37:57,320 --> 00:37:59,560 Speaker 1: And I say we because I really was a big 750 00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:01,600 Speaker 1: fan realized I felt I was part of that and 751 00:38:01,640 --> 00:38:03,719 Speaker 1: you know what I mean, you know, and it was 752 00:38:03,760 --> 00:38:05,399 Speaker 1: a couple of games that got away from us at 753 00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:07,920 Speaker 1: the end, you know what I mean. But it's it's 754 00:38:07,960 --> 00:38:11,040 Speaker 1: not far. It's not man. And as long as we 755 00:38:11,040 --> 00:38:13,080 Speaker 1: just need them to believe that, we need them to 756 00:38:13,120 --> 00:38:17,719 Speaker 1: the leaders to lead and and and everybody just buying 757 00:38:17,719 --> 00:38:19,640 Speaker 1: into that system. And now we get everybody to buy 758 00:38:19,640 --> 00:38:21,440 Speaker 1: into the system, I think they'd be fine because that's 759 00:38:21,480 --> 00:38:24,759 Speaker 1: what we did. We brought into the system. We we 760 00:38:24,920 --> 00:38:27,800 Speaker 1: you know, the gospel of that Coach Dungeon, coach Carlwall 761 00:38:27,960 --> 00:38:31,840 Speaker 1: was was was preaching like we was all for it. 762 00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:34,000 Speaker 1: Last one. For me, I know that you're just a 763 00:38:34,040 --> 00:38:36,560 Speaker 1: few hours on the job officially, so like throwing you 764 00:38:36,680 --> 00:38:39,439 Speaker 1: right into it, but you've been around quite a bit, 765 00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:42,759 Speaker 1: you know. Ring of Honor ceremonies and the inductions and 766 00:38:42,760 --> 00:38:45,400 Speaker 1: all the different celebrations, and you know, going to Canton 767 00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:48,040 Speaker 1: to see your teammates going. So you've been around quite 768 00:38:48,080 --> 00:38:51,319 Speaker 1: a bit even prior to now. What conversations have you 769 00:38:51,360 --> 00:38:53,600 Speaker 1: been able to have with these wide receivers who you're 770 00:38:53,600 --> 00:38:57,279 Speaker 1: now inheriting. What potential do you see with this group? 771 00:38:57,560 --> 00:39:01,439 Speaker 1: Michael Pittman Junior. You have Paris Campbell, husband Patman, all 772 00:39:01,480 --> 00:39:03,160 Speaker 1: of those guys who were not gonna be working hand 773 00:39:03,160 --> 00:39:04,680 Speaker 1: in hand within a couple of weeks. Well, it's funny 774 00:39:04,680 --> 00:39:08,280 Speaker 1: you asked that. I was just talking to the players 775 00:39:08,280 --> 00:39:10,440 Speaker 1: personnel guy David Thornton here, and I said, hey, I 776 00:39:10,480 --> 00:39:13,839 Speaker 1: need all the players phone numbers, right um, And right 777 00:39:13,840 --> 00:39:16,560 Speaker 1: before I came to you guys, I got all the numbers. 778 00:39:16,560 --> 00:39:19,040 Speaker 1: So when I get done with you you all, I'm 779 00:39:19,080 --> 00:39:22,719 Speaker 1: going and make those phone calls. I actually bumped into 780 00:39:23,560 --> 00:39:27,799 Speaker 1: Paris Camber earlier, right, And it's it's funny, you know, 781 00:39:27,960 --> 00:39:32,560 Speaker 1: because I remember when he was drafted. I called his 782 00:39:32,680 --> 00:39:37,359 Speaker 1: name right, like I called your name, bro, like wow, 783 00:39:37,440 --> 00:39:40,120 Speaker 1: I need you right all right, you know, so like 784 00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:41,800 Speaker 1: you know, but you know, we were talking and it 785 00:39:42,040 --> 00:39:43,680 Speaker 1: was real brief, and I told him, I call them 786 00:39:43,680 --> 00:39:46,680 Speaker 1: and we have talked later, but I said, they, for one, 787 00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:49,520 Speaker 1: we need you healthy. Yeah, we need you healthy. And 788 00:39:50,080 --> 00:39:53,239 Speaker 1: I told him straight up, and I'm one thing about me. 789 00:39:53,520 --> 00:39:56,360 Speaker 1: I'm gonna be honest, right, I'm gonna be honest, because 790 00:39:56,960 --> 00:40:01,080 Speaker 1: your players are reflection of me. Right, So if you're not, 791 00:40:01,160 --> 00:40:02,880 Speaker 1: if you're not doing what you're supposed to, you're not 792 00:40:02,920 --> 00:40:05,960 Speaker 1: being a professional showing up on time and being ready 793 00:40:05,960 --> 00:40:09,600 Speaker 1: and answering the bell every week, that's that's that's that's 794 00:40:09,640 --> 00:40:13,920 Speaker 1: that's an impression of me. And when I'm instilling into 795 00:40:13,960 --> 00:40:16,120 Speaker 1: you guys, you know what I mean. So I already 796 00:40:16,120 --> 00:40:17,560 Speaker 1: know where the eye is gonna be on me. It's 797 00:40:17,560 --> 00:40:19,799 Speaker 1: just I feel like I'm that first round draft picking 798 00:40:19,840 --> 00:40:21,759 Speaker 1: two thousand and one all over again, you know what 799 00:40:21,760 --> 00:40:23,880 Speaker 1: I mean. So I know they're gonna be watching, so 800 00:40:23,880 --> 00:40:26,200 Speaker 1: it's gonna be my job to make sure they're ready. 801 00:40:26,320 --> 00:40:27,960 Speaker 1: And I told him, I said, I need you healthy, 802 00:40:28,040 --> 00:40:30,880 Speaker 1: I need you're ready. We're gonna have fun. And like 803 00:40:30,880 --> 00:40:32,680 Speaker 1: I said, I told him to true, I say, the 804 00:40:32,760 --> 00:40:36,680 Speaker 1: clock's ticking, we need you there. What you're gonna do? 805 00:40:36,719 --> 00:40:39,520 Speaker 1: You gotta answer the bell? Yeah, you know, So I'm 806 00:40:39,760 --> 00:40:44,000 Speaker 1: excited Um, you know, I've I've you know, I'm a 807 00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:47,680 Speaker 1: big fan of Michael Pittman Jr. H Patman, like all 808 00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:50,080 Speaker 1: these dudes. You know, I'm trying to get all of 809 00:40:50,080 --> 00:40:51,960 Speaker 1: them on, you know, and get give them as much 810 00:40:51,960 --> 00:40:53,600 Speaker 1: as I possibly can, because I don't think I want 811 00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:55,000 Speaker 1: to do is. I want to see these boys succeed. 812 00:40:55,680 --> 00:40:57,480 Speaker 1: You know. I really felt like this team is going, 813 00:40:57,680 --> 00:41:02,120 Speaker 1: it's gonna go as far as the receivers can take them. Yeah, 814 00:41:02,160 --> 00:41:04,560 Speaker 1: we know we got you know, Jonathan Taylor in the 815 00:41:04,560 --> 00:41:08,359 Speaker 1: backfield and he's a bad boy, right, but guess what, 816 00:41:08,760 --> 00:41:11,560 Speaker 1: they're gonna start loading that box like they already had. Yeah, 817 00:41:11,600 --> 00:41:14,600 Speaker 1: So it's gonna be up to these receivers to take 818 00:41:14,640 --> 00:41:19,719 Speaker 1: that pressure off, not only him, the old line, quarterback, everybody. 819 00:41:19,880 --> 00:41:23,279 Speaker 1: So I really feel like offensively we can do some 820 00:41:23,480 --> 00:41:28,000 Speaker 1: we can do some great things. Um, you know, but 821 00:41:28,120 --> 00:41:30,400 Speaker 1: it's gonna be up to the receivers to to be 822 00:41:30,440 --> 00:41:32,920 Speaker 1: able to deliver, you know. So I'm I'm I'm excited 823 00:41:32,960 --> 00:41:35,480 Speaker 1: to make these phone calls and talk to these guys, 824 00:41:35,480 --> 00:41:39,520 Speaker 1: get to nor them a little bit and uh and 825 00:41:39,520 --> 00:41:42,879 Speaker 1: and have some fun. Really, right, Rag's last one. You've 826 00:41:42,880 --> 00:41:45,359 Speaker 1: been so gracious with your time. But you know, as 827 00:41:45,360 --> 00:41:47,719 Speaker 1: a player, this is this is me talking, not you, 828 00:41:47,880 --> 00:41:51,480 Speaker 1: So everybody understand that. But two hundred and eleven games 829 00:41:51,480 --> 00:41:55,640 Speaker 1: with the Colts franchise record fourteen thousand yards NFL receiving 830 00:41:55,719 --> 00:41:58,920 Speaker 1: champ Again, this is me. You're going into the Hall 831 00:41:58,920 --> 00:42:01,319 Speaker 1: of Fame, right, It's it's a matter of when not 832 00:42:01,520 --> 00:42:05,000 Speaker 1: if for you, Um, so far these last couple of years, 833 00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:08,279 Speaker 1: what has this process been like for you? Um? The 834 00:42:08,360 --> 00:42:11,480 Speaker 1: anxiety level, so to speak. And then when it does happen, 835 00:42:11,600 --> 00:42:14,319 Speaker 1: what what do you think that's gonna mean? Uh, you 836 00:42:14,320 --> 00:42:17,440 Speaker 1: know it whenever it happens. If it happens, you know, 837 00:42:17,480 --> 00:42:20,000 Speaker 1: it's it. It'd be great. You know, it'll be a 838 00:42:21,120 --> 00:42:25,400 Speaker 1: stamp on my dream. You know, my dream was to 839 00:42:25,400 --> 00:42:29,360 Speaker 1: be a player in the NFL. I never really looked 840 00:42:29,360 --> 00:42:31,480 Speaker 1: at being a Hall of Famer. I didn't know what 841 00:42:31,560 --> 00:42:35,640 Speaker 1: that was, you know. But to finally through the body 842 00:42:35,640 --> 00:42:38,279 Speaker 1: of work, and didn't you hear your name being amongst that? 843 00:42:38,600 --> 00:42:41,680 Speaker 1: You know, it's a it's a it's it's the final 844 00:42:41,880 --> 00:42:45,840 Speaker 1: it's the final chapter to that to that book, you know. 845 00:42:45,920 --> 00:42:49,200 Speaker 1: I mean, Um, but like I told you guys earlier, 846 00:42:49,280 --> 00:42:54,960 Speaker 1: like I'm cool with I'm patient, I am. It's it's 847 00:42:54,960 --> 00:43:00,279 Speaker 1: already written, man, we's it's already written. And and if 848 00:43:00,280 --> 00:43:02,640 Speaker 1: it happens, it happens. But you know what, if it don't, 849 00:43:02,680 --> 00:43:06,200 Speaker 1: I'm cool. I'm good, you know, Like, I don't think 850 00:43:06,200 --> 00:43:09,040 Speaker 1: I ever I don't think I ever cared about and 851 00:43:09,040 --> 00:43:11,520 Speaker 1: and this is document. I've always said this, and I'm 852 00:43:11,520 --> 00:43:15,360 Speaker 1: gonna continue to say it. All I ever cared about, 853 00:43:15,440 --> 00:43:18,839 Speaker 1: right was obviously that was my dream to be an 854 00:43:18,920 --> 00:43:22,400 Speaker 1: NFL football player. We can check that off, right, Um, 855 00:43:22,640 --> 00:43:24,920 Speaker 1: But once I got to the league, I don't think 856 00:43:24,960 --> 00:43:28,320 Speaker 1: I cared about. Man, was what my teammates and with 857 00:43:28,600 --> 00:43:32,600 Speaker 1: my peers, and what they what they thought of me? Right, 858 00:43:32,840 --> 00:43:37,200 Speaker 1: Like when when somebody, when a stranger comes up to 859 00:43:37,640 --> 00:43:42,399 Speaker 1: a Kato June, a Gary Brackett, whoever, Robbing Matts, whoever? Right, 860 00:43:42,960 --> 00:43:45,319 Speaker 1: And they say it, man, how was it to play 861 00:43:45,360 --> 00:43:48,400 Speaker 1: with Reggie? You know? Is he is he a cool dude? 862 00:43:48,520 --> 00:43:52,480 Speaker 1: Is it a good teammate? You know? All? You know? 863 00:43:53,000 --> 00:43:57,960 Speaker 1: Their answer is what I care about? You know what 864 00:43:58,000 --> 00:44:01,160 Speaker 1: I mean? They're gonna say, Man, he was damn good teammate. 865 00:44:01,560 --> 00:44:04,080 Speaker 1: It's a hell of a friend, it's a great father, 866 00:44:04,760 --> 00:44:08,359 Speaker 1: all those things, you know, like that's what I that's 867 00:44:08,360 --> 00:44:12,440 Speaker 1: what I care about. And and if I get anything 868 00:44:12,640 --> 00:44:16,239 Speaker 1: positive from those questions that those random people come up 869 00:44:16,239 --> 00:44:20,680 Speaker 1: to those guys with, I'm that's great. I'm good. The 870 00:44:21,080 --> 00:44:23,880 Speaker 1: thing I can't handle is if they had an answer 871 00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:26,720 Speaker 1: that said, may he's a terrible teammate, right, he's awful, 872 00:44:26,840 --> 00:44:28,319 Speaker 1: you know what I mean? You know, like that will 873 00:44:28,360 --> 00:44:31,600 Speaker 1: bother me. But like if that, if if I get 874 00:44:31,640 --> 00:44:36,040 Speaker 1: that that knock on the door or whatever and say, Reggie, 875 00:44:36,600 --> 00:44:39,480 Speaker 1: you know, welcome to the Hall of Fame, bro, I'm 876 00:44:39,640 --> 00:44:41,680 Speaker 1: I'm gonna be ecstatic. I would be excited. You know. 877 00:44:41,760 --> 00:44:46,359 Speaker 1: I'm enjoying that. I'm enjoying the wave anyway, you know, regardless, 878 00:44:46,960 --> 00:44:49,719 Speaker 1: you know. But if I don't or if I don't 879 00:44:49,760 --> 00:44:52,600 Speaker 1: get it in a timely fashion, I'm gonna be okay. 880 00:44:52,640 --> 00:44:54,399 Speaker 1: I'm gonna be all right, you know what I mean. 881 00:44:54,480 --> 00:44:57,400 Speaker 1: I know, I know one thing. I gave it everything 882 00:44:57,440 --> 00:45:01,360 Speaker 1: I had. Um I had nothing left, you know. I 883 00:45:01,360 --> 00:45:03,400 Speaker 1: feel like I left it all on the field, you 884 00:45:03,440 --> 00:45:07,319 Speaker 1: know what I mean. And I have no regrets. I don't. 885 00:45:07,640 --> 00:45:09,719 Speaker 1: I do everything the same way. Yeah, it's the way 886 00:45:09,760 --> 00:45:12,919 Speaker 1: to live. Man. You're class act and the pros pro 887 00:45:13,080 --> 00:45:14,879 Speaker 1: and and like you said, we would all agree Layer 888 00:45:14,920 --> 00:45:16,600 Speaker 1: and myself and I think we speak for all of 889 00:45:16,640 --> 00:45:19,160 Speaker 1: the Colts fans everywhere out there that you are a 890 00:45:19,200 --> 00:45:21,359 Speaker 1: Hall of Famer in the game of life and being 891 00:45:21,400 --> 00:45:24,200 Speaker 1: a great guy. So I really appreciate the time. It's 892 00:45:24,200 --> 00:45:26,239 Speaker 1: great to see again, it's awesome to have you on 893 00:45:26,320 --> 00:45:30,400 Speaker 1: the staff, and yeah, good luck. We appreciate it, Appreciate 894 00:45:30,400 --> 00:45:31,560 Speaker 1: you guys. Thank you,