Speaker 1: I'll inspired the mustache.
Speaker 2: Uh no, I kind of been rocking it in the
Speaker 2: off season change up.
Speaker 1: Do you feel like the defensive line group has shaped
Speaker 1: up with all the new additions that you've added during
Speaker 1: the off season.
Speaker 2: Do you think what was it good? I liked how
Speaker 2: it was going. I liked how the edge guys were
Speaker 2: starting to develop and get used to the scheme. Floyd
Speaker 2: looks great, which is expected, but yeah, I like I
Speaker 2: like all the additions.
Speaker 3: Really good. Dudes.
Speaker 2: We had a nice d line dinner before we left
Speaker 2: to get to know each other a little bit, and
Speaker 2: I'm excited.
Speaker 1: Did you talk to Brandon and Yuget all about your contract?
Speaker 1: About the contract negotiations, I know you just went through
Speaker 1: YOURMS as well.
Speaker 3: I talked to him early in the off season, but
Speaker 3: not for a while.
Speaker 1: It can be really tough what you hear from the organization,
Speaker 1: and you have to let some of that go.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's business, and I think everybody understands that. Sometimes
Speaker 2: when the players are in the position you were last
Speaker 2: year and it goes on, there's a criticism that you're
Speaker 2: being selfish trying to get the most amount of money
Speaker 2: you can.
Speaker 3: How did you sort of navigate that criticism, I just
Speaker 3: don't pay attention.
Speaker 1: Have you been able to talk to Drey at all
Speaker 1: and what are his spirits like.
Speaker 2: If you have, Yeah, it was just in the weight
Speaker 2: room with him, and he seems really good. He's sticking
Speaker 2: to the plan, doesn't want to get ahead of the plan,
Speaker 2: even though he's starting to feel really good. So just
Speaker 2: trying to stick to what the trainers have for him
Speaker 2: and be ready when that plan is set for.
Speaker 1: What did you change anything up at all in your
Speaker 1: off season workouts? How would you describe kind of what
Speaker 1: you put yourself through in the off season.
Speaker 2: It was a good, good offseason. Took it slow after
Speaker 2: a really long year. I think I kind of built
Speaker 2: it up better than I have in the past. But
Speaker 2: me and Joey did a really good job and I
Speaker 2: think I mean as good as shape as I'll be in.
Speaker 2: And we've made some tweaks here and there, nothing too crazy.
Speaker 2: But I think it's gonna be good results yourself.
Speaker 1: Having to change things up a little bit more, just
Speaker 1: because you continue to go deep into these postseasons and that.
Speaker 3: How do you feel that.
Speaker 2: Kind of wear and tear at up over Yeah, there's
Speaker 2: plenty of time in the off season to take it slow,
Speaker 2: and sometimes I get antsy and want to get after
Speaker 2: it quicker. But as I go in my career, I
Speaker 2: understand that you have to be you have to build
Speaker 2: it up at the right times, and especially when you're
Speaker 2: playing twenty game seasons, just building it up slow and
Speaker 2: peaking at the right time. And this year was much
Speaker 2: easier with knowing when I'm going to report. Last year
Speaker 2: is tough with I was kind of in no man's
Speaker 2: land for a month and a half not really knowing,
Speaker 2: so it's tough to really set it up the right way,
Speaker 2: but much much more structured this year. When you go
Speaker 2: through so many excruciating playoff losses, is doubt ever creep
Speaker 2: in your mind, like can this?
Speaker 3: Will we ever win a Super Bowl?
Speaker 2: It does when when you lose the games, but I
Speaker 2: think that passes and then you get to work and
Speaker 2: you really have no other options but grind it out again.
Speaker 1: A lot of guys say, like, right afterwards, you can't
Speaker 1: imagine trying to climb the mountain again.
Speaker 3: It seems like too much. At what point the off season.
Speaker 2: Or I think by the end of the off season,
Speaker 2: I'm always ready to get back to work. That's kind
Speaker 2: of the nice thing about having two halves of your year.
Speaker 2: I spend half my year in Florida and half my
Speaker 2: year out here, so by the end of the season,
Speaker 2: I'm ready to get home, and by the end of
Speaker 2: my time at home, I'm ready to get to work.
Speaker 2: So it's a good split.
Speaker 3: Dad was a D lineman.
Speaker 1: Do you guys, do you guys talk D line?
Speaker 3: D lines were so technique rich.
Speaker 2: Do you guys talk D line play and get offs
Speaker 2: and moves and that kind of thing.
Speaker 3: Does he want to talk to you and Joey about
Speaker 3: that kind of stuff? No, not really.
Speaker 2: He's from a different era, a lot different, a lot
Speaker 2: different game back.
Speaker 3: Then, and he gives me his observations, but not too
Speaker 3: much advice from Dad.
Speaker 1: Drake Jackson Ben, I know he wanted to be a
Speaker 1: sponge when he first caught here. How is he that?
Speaker 1: I know he's been around but.
Speaker 2: Injured, he said, how is he doing? He's doing great.
Speaker 2: It's tough when you're injured. It's kind of lonely and
Speaker 2: you don't feel a part of it. Everybody's going out
Speaker 2: to practice and you're in the weight room and in
Speaker 2: the training room all day, so it's kind of a
Speaker 2: tough road and gets lonely, so just trying to support
Speaker 2: him through it and hopefully gets back to himself. The
Speaker 2: Chargers were making a lot of moves early in this
Speaker 2: offseason and cutting.
Speaker 1: Did you ever allow your mind to think, Okay, if
Speaker 1: Joey was available, what it would be like him on
Speaker 1: the other end of you.
Speaker 3: I did.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it was fun to think about, but I think
Speaker 2: he wanted to stick with the team and be a
Speaker 2: part of hopefully they're turning it around. I think they
Speaker 2: have the people to do it, but haven't really had
Speaker 2: the everything come together.
Speaker 3: So yeah, I'm excited.
Speaker 2: He's been there for a long time, so it would
Speaker 2: be a shame if he left when they turned it around.
Speaker 3: If you have a chance to meet Steph forty nine k,
Speaker 3: the Instagram influencer that kind of mixed you, and what
Speaker 3: do you think of the impressions? I haven't met her.
Speaker 3: They're good. I guess they kind of annoyed me in
Speaker 3: the beginning, but I'm over it, so I guess I
Speaker 3: guess good.
Speaker 1: Do you watch the Olympics in episode? Have the favorite sport?
Speaker 3: I haven't watched yet. I don't know. I'm not not
Speaker 3: too big of an Olympic. I like the gymnastics. It's
Speaker 3: fun to watch soccer.
Speaker 1: Yeah, you have a chance to watch receiver And what
Speaker 1: did you think if he did watch?
Speaker 3: Like, is there anything you took away from your teammates watch?
Speaker 3: I didn't watch it. No in the episode. Yeah, well
Speaker 3: I think my dad told me. What was it? George
Speaker 3: has his birthday party? Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2: I was hoping they didn't have a mic too close
Speaker 2: to me at the party.
Speaker 3: Thanks.