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Speaker 1: The following presentation of the Jaguars podcast network is presented

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Speaker 1: by Bistar credit. Quiet was his calling card and to

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Speaker 1: talk with Rashine Mathis today, it's clear he'd rather do

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Speaker 1: than say. But Mathis was a silent assassin on the field.

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Speaker 1: Just ask Ben Roethlisberger in a locker room filled with

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Speaker 1: oversized personalities. His was nearly imperceptible. His game, his stats,

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Speaker 1: his results were anything. But this is perspectives, the story

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Speaker 1: of the Jaguars first twenty five seasons told by the

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Speaker 1: people who built the franchise from the ground up. This

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Speaker 1: is Rashine Mathis. He grew up on the field at

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Speaker 1: south Side Middle School and at Englewood High School, in

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Speaker 1: the shadows of t i A A bank field. He

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Speaker 1: became m a Jackguards fan the day they started playing,

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Speaker 1: never thinking that those fields on the south side of

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Speaker 1: the St. John's would lead to this one where the

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Speaker 1: Quiet kid would become a star. I still don't know

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Speaker 1: if I understand the importance of me being here. Um

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Speaker 1: and I don't know if it's humility or just um ignorance,

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Speaker 1: because I just was doing I was just competing um

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Speaker 1: and I love to compete. UM. So people asked like,

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Speaker 1: why why don't you parade around like you're who you are?

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Speaker 1: And I was like, I'm just Rischine, like I was

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Speaker 1: just born to compete. God gave me ability and ability

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Speaker 1: to compete in in athleticism, and I just do it

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Speaker 1: to my best. So one day I will I will

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Speaker 1: understand the impact UM and how rare it is to

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Speaker 1: be drafted for your home team, play here for ten

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Speaker 1: years and be very successful at it. UM. The only

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Speaker 1: thing I know is I have to pick my spots

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Speaker 1: around town to go. I can't go anywhere everywhere. That's

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Speaker 1: the only thing that's But other than that, I'm still

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Speaker 1: I'm machine. I'm I'm that guy from south Side Middle

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Speaker 1: from from Englewood High School, the same guy that you

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Speaker 1: know did some stupid stuff at b Thune Cookman UM.

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Speaker 1: Like that's that's that's that's who I am. UM. And

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Speaker 1: competing with just a vital part of it. And it

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Speaker 1: allowed me to see some things and accomplish some things

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Speaker 1: that I I wish everyone who had the God building

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Speaker 1: ability and take advantage of can can do UM. But

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Speaker 1: for the guys who came in town, you know, because

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Speaker 1: Brian Williams is one of my guys like he he

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Speaker 1: very well. Um. So he was like, Okay, what is

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Speaker 1: it to do here? Man? I'm I'm how how's the nightlife? Like?

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Speaker 1: What's going on? What's going But at that point, like

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Speaker 1: was like, man, it's something to do. You know. It's

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Speaker 1: not a big city. Um, you know, but you can

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Speaker 1: you can do a lot and stay out of trouble

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Speaker 1: in Jacksonville. You don't have to worry about a lot

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Speaker 1: things of that nature. So, um, I can tell you

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Speaker 1: where the eateries are because I don't even when I

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Speaker 1: first When we first came, the town center had just came.

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Speaker 1: So it was like, okay, we have a little shopping now.

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Speaker 1: So most people did their shopping out of town. So

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Speaker 1: it was it was I was like, this is a

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Speaker 1: family town. Like if you want, if you want longevity,

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Speaker 1: how I always um sold Jacksonville, like this is a

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Speaker 1: is it's a lot different now, which is a good thing.

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Speaker 1: Which is a good thing. Um. But that was Jacksonville

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Speaker 1: It was more of a detour. My oldest brother was

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Speaker 1: so he dabbled into basketball and football. UM, but I

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Speaker 1: So I decided to go out for spring. I meant, well,

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Speaker 1: So my sophomore year, I had eleven interceptions. Um. My

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Speaker 1: He left my junior year. A lot of people don't

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Speaker 1: in the XFL. The XFL that only lasted a year,

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Speaker 1: So he came back to Bethune to be my defensive coordinator.

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Speaker 1: The year he left, I only had like three or

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Speaker 1: And he was like, so this is a great thing.

426
00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:37,479
Speaker 1: This is a great thing, but I want you to

427
00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:40,400
Speaker 1: know what it means. Um, you have two years left

428
00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:44,480
Speaker 1: in your rookie contract, so this extension will take you

429
00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:47,439
Speaker 1: to seven years. UM. So you know, he explained the

430
00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:50,159
Speaker 1: nuts and bolts of it, and he was like, okay,

431
00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:52,359
Speaker 1: so I'm gonna let you think about it. Um. He

432
00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:57,480
Speaker 1: told me the offer. I was like, okay, Like what

433
00:23:57,680 --> 00:23:59,760
Speaker 1: is it to think about? And he was like okay.

434
00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:04,400
Speaker 1: So you know, he if you wait, there's a possibility

435
00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:07,560
Speaker 1: that this can get higher because your play is speaking

436
00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:10,960
Speaker 1: for itself. But they're also is a possibility for injury,

437
00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:13,880
Speaker 1: so you have to weigh the nuts and boss. Um,

438
00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:18,679
Speaker 1: me being here long term wasn't It wasn't a question

439
00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:20,639
Speaker 1: if I wanted to be here. It was like is

440
00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:23,960
Speaker 1: this the right time to sign um? And coming from

441
00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:27,280
Speaker 1: where I came from single parent home and mom struggling

442
00:24:27,520 --> 00:24:30,040
Speaker 1: you know, to make ends meet with four kids and

443
00:24:30,119 --> 00:24:33,320
Speaker 1: things of that nature, it was it was breathtaking as

444
00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:36,240
Speaker 1: when I look when and then now once I look

445
00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:38,679
Speaker 1: back on it, I was like, it wasn't just breathtaking,

446
00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:42,840
Speaker 1: it's life changing, UM, for a lot of different reasons. UM.

447
00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:47,760
Speaker 1: So I thought about it. I thought about it and

448
00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:50,959
Speaker 1: thought about it. I was like, Okay, well let's do it.

449
00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:54,000
Speaker 1: Let's do it. UM. I understand if I waited, it

450
00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:57,920
Speaker 1: could be more. But it's it's at the table. UM.

451
00:24:57,960 --> 00:25:01,200
Speaker 1: I worked hard for it. UM. It could be smart

452
00:25:01,240 --> 00:25:03,679
Speaker 1: on their part, because that's what my agent said. It's

453
00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:05,480
Speaker 1: smart on their part for him to offer you now

454
00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:09,560
Speaker 1: before you know, you keep progressing, and it could be more.

455
00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:13,880
Speaker 1: But I'm in my city, I'm from here, so let's

456
00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:17,240
Speaker 1: let's commit to the process. And and and and that's

457
00:25:17,320 --> 00:25:21,280
Speaker 1: when I don't even know if it was the next day.

458
00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:24,280
Speaker 1: I could have called him back that night. And you know,

459
00:25:24,359 --> 00:25:27,280
Speaker 1: before I talked to anybody, before I talked to anybody,

460
00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:31,200
Speaker 1: I just sat at my bed and contemplating and contemplated,

461
00:25:31,240 --> 00:25:34,359
Speaker 1: and UM gave him a shout back and we just

462
00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:38,120
Speaker 1: started negotiating and like nuts and bolts and settled it. Then.

463
00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:41,359
Speaker 1: My brother Jerry Williams is my brother. He's UM the

464
00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:45,560
Speaker 1: coach of the Jacksonville Giants. UM so he's the one

465
00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:48,359
Speaker 1: that's right over me. So men, his men. We have

466
00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:51,040
Speaker 1: a great relationship, always had. He was like, it's a

467
00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:53,160
Speaker 1: no brainer. They should have been offered you like, that's

468
00:25:53,359 --> 00:25:58,000
Speaker 1: that's older brother, like seeing competition and competing in whatever. Um.

469
00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:00,320
Speaker 1: So it was like, okay, dude, you deserve of all

470
00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:02,280
Speaker 1: of this. Now let's go play. Let's go compete like

471
00:26:02,359 --> 00:26:04,960
Speaker 1: that's how we are. Like it does it's not once

472
00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:08,000
Speaker 1: you sign okay, take a breath, take a fresh breath

473
00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:11,159
Speaker 1: of fresh air. Is that corner corner's mindset? Okay, now

474
00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:14,240
Speaker 1: let's reset. Let's show them they weren't wrong again. So

475
00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:17,520
Speaker 1: this is my new mindset. Now Okay, now I have

476
00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:20,280
Speaker 1: to compete even more, show them that they weren't wrong,

477
00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:24,320
Speaker 1: and let's let's continue this process. The excitement of mom

478
00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:29,639
Speaker 1: was you know, it was. You can't express it. You

479
00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:33,280
Speaker 1: can't express it. Um. There's a lot that goes on

480
00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:36,119
Speaker 1: that um And and a lot of families, and a

481
00:26:36,160 --> 00:26:38,199
Speaker 1: lot of families and in this type, in in this

482
00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:44,320
Speaker 1: football environment that a lot of people don't know. UM.

483
00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:49,119
Speaker 1: The struggles of life, UM, that that we had to

484
00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:54,320
Speaker 1: deal with. UM And because I was twenty four four

485
00:26:54,359 --> 00:26:57,000
Speaker 1: years old, twenty five when I signed my contract, and

486
00:26:57,080 --> 00:27:00,479
Speaker 1: now I'm the head of my family be because I

487
00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:03,520
Speaker 1: signed a contract at twenty five years old, So what

488
00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:08,840
Speaker 1: does that look like? There's no blueprint too, how you

489
00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:12,560
Speaker 1: navigate that? Like now everyone's looking to me, and that's

490
00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:15,480
Speaker 1: the lifestyle that a lot of these kids have, and

491
00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:18,840
Speaker 1: and it's hard. It's tough to navigate that. It's tough

492
00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:23,439
Speaker 1: to do everything right and please everybody in those situations. Um,

493
00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:28,119
Speaker 1: it's tough. It's tough to know what to do with it, UM,

494
00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:32,040
Speaker 1: how to control it, um, what to control when to

495
00:27:32,119 --> 00:27:36,439
Speaker 1: say no and things of this nature. Um. But the

496
00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:39,240
Speaker 1: big man upstairs was looking down on me because he's

497
00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:41,280
Speaker 1: all he has always had a plan for my life.

498
00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:46,639
Speaker 1: And I was able to not do anything crazy and

499
00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:49,399
Speaker 1: I was able to be in the position that I

500
00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:52,880
Speaker 1: am now and my family is okay, and my my

501
00:27:53,119 --> 00:27:56,440
Speaker 1: you know, my my wife and kids are okay because

502
00:27:56,520 --> 00:27:59,359
Speaker 1: I made the right choices while I was in the league.

503
00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:04,159
Speaker 1: But that's not the majority, which is sad because it's tough.

504
00:28:04,760 --> 00:28:07,440
Speaker 1: And I look back on and I say, I'm one

505
00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:10,880
Speaker 1: of the lucky ones. Um. For some reason, I had

506
00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:16,720
Speaker 1: and how to navigate this life. It turned out to

507
00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:20,320
Speaker 1: be a smart move. Math has delivered thirteen more interceptions

508
00:28:20,359 --> 00:28:22,520
Speaker 1: over the next two years and was an All Pro.

509
00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:26,560
Speaker 1: He was also a cool hand in an often overheated

510
00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:29,520
Speaker 1: locker room, the steady voice of a team that needed one.

511
00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:33,320
Speaker 1: As his fifth year two thousand and seven began, men,

512
00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:36,159
Speaker 1: be Left was the same class. He was the first rounder.

513
00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:38,920
Speaker 1: I was the second round um. So I took a

514
00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:40,920
Speaker 1: lot of flak for him holding out because I was

515
00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:43,360
Speaker 1: the next go to guy in the second round. But

516
00:28:43,440 --> 00:28:46,640
Speaker 1: he was my guy. Like I made sure be Left

517
00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:49,040
Speaker 1: was good around town, like I made you know, when

518
00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:51,440
Speaker 1: he wanted to go out, I rode with them just

519
00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:55,200
Speaker 1: just to make sure he's okay, because there weren't too

520
00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:57,360
Speaker 1: many people that knew me or my brother. So I

521
00:28:57,440 --> 00:29:00,600
Speaker 1: was okay regardless of where I went, uh, being that

522
00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:06,880
Speaker 1: I was from here. So training camp happening. We just

523
00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:11,920
Speaker 1: had our um what is it called luncheon? We just

524
00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:15,440
Speaker 1: had our luncheon. Be Left was on stage um as

525
00:29:15,480 --> 00:29:18,640
Speaker 1: our starting quarterback. We got word from when we came

526
00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:22,239
Speaker 1: back that okay, a change is about to happen, and

527
00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:26,360
Speaker 1: we was like, okay, what is going on? Like so

528
00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:30,280
Speaker 1: change happened. Then be Left came to me. Um, I

529
00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:32,760
Speaker 1: got word before, but he came to me. It was

530
00:29:32,800 --> 00:29:35,520
Speaker 1: like this just happened. So the locker room was shook.

531
00:29:36,600 --> 00:29:40,160
Speaker 1: Locker room was shook. It was like, okay, what's going on.

532
00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:43,520
Speaker 1: What's happening? Like we didn't have a clue, you know,

533
00:29:43,640 --> 00:29:46,760
Speaker 1: before before that day that what was going on. So

534
00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:48,960
Speaker 1: a couple of leaders got got wind of what was

535
00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:51,000
Speaker 1: going to happen. But then the locker room was shook

536
00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:54,880
Speaker 1: for a minute. So now we had to gather the leaders.

537
00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:57,440
Speaker 1: We had to gather the troops and be like, okay,

538
00:29:58,080 --> 00:30:01,800
Speaker 1: we have to spend this in a positive flight. Dave

539
00:30:01,920 --> 00:30:04,080
Speaker 1: is our He's at the head of the ham. He's

540
00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:07,760
Speaker 1: our leader right now. Um, we knew Dave can play,

541
00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:12,080
Speaker 1: but at the lunch and your starting quarterback is let go. Now,

542
00:30:12,120 --> 00:30:16,440
Speaker 1: it's like okay, boom, let's let's let's let's um, let's

543
00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:19,560
Speaker 1: gather the troops. Let's circle the wagon and and see

544
00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:22,320
Speaker 1: what we need to do from here. From because because

545
00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:25,000
Speaker 1: coaches couldn't help us, coaches couldn't help the locker room

546
00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:26,560
Speaker 1: at this point, it was all up to the leaders

547
00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:28,880
Speaker 1: of the team and we gather the troops and it

548
00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:33,040
Speaker 1: was like Okay, so Dave, we got your back, like

549
00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:37,920
Speaker 1: we're with you. Um, no worries. We're gonna get all

550
00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:41,480
Speaker 1: our position groups in line and let them know that. Okay,

551
00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:45,120
Speaker 1: season has started. We have to start. You know, Dave

552
00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:49,000
Speaker 1: is our quarterback. We can't look back. We can't look back.

553
00:30:49,040 --> 00:30:51,360
Speaker 1: So that was the start of it, because it was

554
00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:53,600
Speaker 1: it was It was a lot to deal with at first.

555
00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:58,960
Speaker 1: So you know, things just start rolling. Um, plays just

556
00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:03,720
Speaker 1: start being made. There was a camaraderie that was that

557
00:31:03,760 --> 00:31:06,680
Speaker 1: we hadn't had, but we we we had built. But

558
00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:09,880
Speaker 1: then now everything was clicking. Now everything was clicking. We

559
00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:13,320
Speaker 1: was rolling, We was rolling, we were rolling, and was like, okay,

560
00:31:13,440 --> 00:31:15,959
Speaker 1: we have something special. So now we have to make

561
00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:19,200
Speaker 1: sure everybody or everybody's doing the right thing to keep

562
00:31:19,240 --> 00:31:22,600
Speaker 1: this going. So now it's accountability. Now we have to

563
00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:25,320
Speaker 1: make sure all the core guys, all the pieces, all

564
00:31:25,360 --> 00:31:28,320
Speaker 1: the guys that like the party and things of that nature, like, Okay,

565
00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:30,120
Speaker 1: you can still do your thing, but you have to

566
00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:33,360
Speaker 1: understand what we have here. This is rare, this is special,

567
00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:36,880
Speaker 1: so we have to treat it as such. Um. And

568
00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:41,880
Speaker 1: it was it was fun. It was fun to see,

569
00:31:41,920 --> 00:31:44,120
Speaker 1: it was fun to watch it was fun to see

570
00:31:44,560 --> 00:31:51,600
Speaker 1: the city gather around us like we hadn't seen before. Um,

571
00:31:51,640 --> 00:31:55,280
Speaker 1: I've seen it growing up here, but I hadn't experienced it.

572
00:31:55,320 --> 00:31:58,040
Speaker 1: I knew it was there. I knew they wanted to,

573
00:31:58,600 --> 00:32:01,720
Speaker 1: but they were waiting on that special moment. And and

574
00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:03,880
Speaker 1: and two thousand and seven was it for us. It

575
00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:07,920
Speaker 1: was that special moment where the city was like it

576
00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:09,960
Speaker 1: was a couple of years ago. Here it was. It

577
00:32:10,080 --> 00:32:13,120
Speaker 1: was they was chopping at the bits like they knew

578
00:32:13,280 --> 00:32:16,800
Speaker 1: we had something special. They knew what was possible, and

579
00:32:17,320 --> 00:32:21,000
Speaker 1: we knew it as well, like we knew everyone by

580
00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:24,760
Speaker 1: the middle of the season, everyone we played, we knew.

581
00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:28,680
Speaker 1: They knew they had to bring it. And that's when

582
00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:32,720
Speaker 1: you know something specialist brewing. When you know that you

583
00:32:32,760 --> 00:32:35,080
Speaker 1: can you can hear it, and how they speak, you

584
00:32:35,080 --> 00:32:37,240
Speaker 1: can you can hear and how they speak when they're

585
00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:39,600
Speaker 1: talking about your team, you can. You can see the

586
00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:42,520
Speaker 1: respect in their eyes when they are across from you. Um,

587
00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:45,320
Speaker 1: you can see it when plays are being made and

588
00:32:45,760 --> 00:32:49,040
Speaker 1: you know that that little energy has taken out of them.

589
00:32:49,080 --> 00:32:51,400
Speaker 1: So it's a lot that goes on in sports that

590
00:32:51,520 --> 00:32:54,360
Speaker 1: you the respect like you you know, it's like the

591
00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:58,120
Speaker 1: Warriors well what the Warriors were. When teams talked about

592
00:32:58,120 --> 00:33:02,320
Speaker 1: the Warriors, they okay, they have something special. For when

593
00:33:02,360 --> 00:33:06,479
Speaker 1: the teams talk about the Colts are the Patriots, like

594
00:33:06,560 --> 00:33:08,440
Speaker 1: they have something special? We know we have to play

595
00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:10,680
Speaker 1: our a game to beat these guys. And that was

596
00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:14,640
Speaker 1: us in No. Seven. Um, I go in Pittsburgh at

597
00:33:14,640 --> 00:33:18,120
Speaker 1: the time. My financial isser was from Pittsburgh. Um, So

598
00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:23,440
Speaker 1: it was ironic. Um, but I every time I I

599
00:33:23,480 --> 00:33:28,240
Speaker 1: see someone from Pittsburgh. You know, you're known in different places,

600
00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:32,000
Speaker 1: but Pittsburgh wouldn't be a place that I'm thinking I'm

601
00:33:32,080 --> 00:33:34,320
Speaker 1: until I think about it that I'm people know who

602
00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:37,800
Speaker 1: I am. Um. But they were like, yeah, I hated

603
00:33:37,840 --> 00:33:41,040
Speaker 1: you do for a long time. And I just say

604
00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:43,360
Speaker 1: and to speak about being I was like, we just

605
00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:46,080
Speaker 1: have a good relationship, Like it's something happened on the

606
00:33:46,080 --> 00:33:48,680
Speaker 1: field where we just have a good relationship. He wasn't

607
00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:52,280
Speaker 1: scared to throw the ball anybody's direction, and I knew

608
00:33:52,320 --> 00:33:56,400
Speaker 1: that like him and Peyton. Let's like certain quarterbacks, they

609
00:33:56,400 --> 00:34:00,520
Speaker 1: don't really care who you are. They trust their receivers um,

610
00:34:00,520 --> 00:34:02,800
Speaker 1: and they trust their arms. They trust a lot of

611
00:34:02,840 --> 00:34:05,600
Speaker 1: things about themselves that they don't care who they're lining

612
00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:09,520
Speaker 1: up against. If they feel it that play, they're gonna

613
00:34:09,520 --> 00:34:12,160
Speaker 1: throw the ball your way. Um. And as a competitor

614
00:34:12,200 --> 00:34:14,520
Speaker 1: and as being and being on top of your game,

615
00:34:14,840 --> 00:34:17,800
Speaker 1: I love to play quarterbacks like that because they're gun slingers.

616
00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:20,600
Speaker 1: Brett Farve was the same way, like he's a gun slinger.

617
00:34:20,640 --> 00:34:22,600
Speaker 1: He doesn't care who's over there. He's gonna throw the ball.

618
00:34:22,640 --> 00:34:24,560
Speaker 1: And those other times you can shine in big games

619
00:34:24,600 --> 00:34:27,000
Speaker 1: because the big quarterbacks are not trying to stay away

620
00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:29,719
Speaker 1: from you. Um. But speaking of that stretch of that

621
00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:34,560
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh stretch, um, it was. It was amazing because we

622
00:34:34,640 --> 00:34:37,320
Speaker 1: knew going in to the first game that we needed

623
00:34:37,320 --> 00:34:42,400
Speaker 1: to win that game. Um. So we end up pulling

624
00:34:42,440 --> 00:34:46,279
Speaker 1: that game out and we're like, okay, so this is

625
00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:48,600
Speaker 1: setting us up to come back to Pittsburgh. This has

626
00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:51,480
Speaker 1: set us up to come back to Pittsburgh. Go back

627
00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:55,080
Speaker 1: to Pittsburgh. So we was like, okay, So once we

628
00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:57,839
Speaker 1: once the playoffs started and it was like, okay, so

629
00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:00,560
Speaker 1: we have to go back up here and beat these

630
00:35:00,560 --> 00:35:03,799
Speaker 1: guys again. But we had the confidence. It was like,

631
00:35:03,880 --> 00:35:05,879
Speaker 1: I know, it was like it never had been done,

632
00:35:05,960 --> 00:35:08,680
Speaker 1: but to us it was like we have the recipe.

633
00:35:08,719 --> 00:35:12,440
Speaker 1: For success. Regardless we matched up well against him. We

634
00:35:12,520 --> 00:35:15,560
Speaker 1: knew that, um, it was it was a two chance

635
00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:18,000
Speaker 1: trap game. We knew that like it was gonna be

636
00:35:18,040 --> 00:35:21,359
Speaker 1: one on the ground. We knew that, um even though

637
00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:23,840
Speaker 1: Ben was a slinger, they still had their nuts and

638
00:35:23,880 --> 00:35:26,680
Speaker 1: boats where you know, you had to run the ball

639
00:35:26,719 --> 00:35:28,480
Speaker 1: to win. You have to run the ball to win

640
00:35:28,520 --> 00:35:31,399
Speaker 1: in this league, um, and we just needed to make

641
00:35:31,480 --> 00:35:37,160
Speaker 1: him pay when he threw the ball. So competing, competing, competing,

642
00:35:37,680 --> 00:35:40,520
Speaker 1: um in the code and and everything that they brought

643
00:35:40,600 --> 00:35:43,879
Speaker 1: with you. I tell people all the time, Hines Field

644
00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:46,320
Speaker 1: is the best field to play in. Like the crowd

645
00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:50,160
Speaker 1: gets in it, the towers are are waving. But the

646
00:35:50,200 --> 00:35:53,799
Speaker 1: best thing is when the crowds are not waving. The

647
00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:56,440
Speaker 1: crowd is not waving the towels. Like we have fans

648
00:35:56,440 --> 00:35:59,960
Speaker 1: in the stands like my my mom girlfriend at the

649
00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:03,960
Speaker 1: time return for Jance wife, Like they were in the

650
00:36:04,040 --> 00:36:07,200
Speaker 1: stands and they were like they were slapping us with

651
00:36:07,280 --> 00:36:10,600
Speaker 1: the towels and we were scared to cheer. And but

652
00:36:10,719 --> 00:36:13,319
Speaker 1: then when they quieted down, it was like, okay, let's

653
00:36:13,360 --> 00:36:16,680
Speaker 1: go time. It's it's time to play football. Um it, Well,

654
00:36:16,719 --> 00:36:18,880
Speaker 1: it's time to cheer. Now, but they were scared to cheer,

655
00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:21,840
Speaker 1: like a lot of stuff that goes on. UM. It was,

656
00:36:21,880 --> 00:36:24,319
Speaker 1: it was, it was. It was good to hear, it

657
00:36:24,360 --> 00:36:26,760
Speaker 1: was funny to hear from their side, but on the field,

658
00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:30,080
Speaker 1: it was it was. It was excitement from from the

659
00:36:30,160 --> 00:36:32,360
Speaker 1: first snap of the game. It was excitement. It was

660
00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:36,080
Speaker 1: something that I've never sparienced experienced since then, although I've

661
00:36:36,080 --> 00:36:39,080
Speaker 1: been been to the playoffs since then, but it was

662
00:36:39,200 --> 00:36:42,160
Speaker 1: it was a time that was very special. I feel

663
00:36:43,360 --> 00:36:46,960
Speaker 1: very appreciative because I was able to make some plays

664
00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:51,719
Speaker 1: to help propel that UM and you know, remember to

665
00:36:51,920 --> 00:36:54,360
Speaker 1: this day for those plays and will always be remembered

666
00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:57,520
Speaker 1: for those plays. I'm I'm I'm finding out, um. But

667
00:36:57,640 --> 00:37:00,360
Speaker 1: it was just it was. It was a man easing

668
00:37:00,760 --> 00:37:03,640
Speaker 1: um and very impressive to be a part of something

669
00:37:03,680 --> 00:37:07,640
Speaker 1: that special for for our franchise. Two thousand and eight

670
00:37:07,719 --> 00:37:11,560
Speaker 1: wasn't just good. Two thousand nine was worse. Two thousand

671
00:37:11,600 --> 00:37:15,479
Speaker 1: seven quickly faded and it wouldn't return no matter what moves.

672
00:37:15,520 --> 00:37:19,320
Speaker 1: The Jack Worris made an injury in eleven, and ownership

673
00:37:19,360 --> 00:37:22,239
Speaker 1: and coaching change in twelve and another coaching change in

674
00:37:22,280 --> 00:37:26,080
Speaker 1: thirteen taught mathis some of life's most difficult and most

675
00:37:26,120 --> 00:37:30,200
Speaker 1: important lessons. I actually like talking about those years because

676
00:37:30,280 --> 00:37:33,440
Speaker 1: it it says a lot about just life in general,

677
00:37:33,560 --> 00:37:38,360
Speaker 1: business in general. Um. We had a special team. UM.

678
00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:43,080
Speaker 1: And when you have something special, I feel you should

679
00:37:43,120 --> 00:37:49,800
Speaker 1: do everything in your ability to keep keep it together. UM.

680
00:37:49,880 --> 00:37:55,000
Speaker 1: And I don't feel we did it. Um. We let

681
00:37:55,040 --> 00:37:57,200
Speaker 1: go a deon grant like it was like some core

682
00:37:57,280 --> 00:38:01,279
Speaker 1: pieces like we didn't um after that, I think we

683
00:38:01,400 --> 00:38:03,440
Speaker 1: let go a double D like it was. It was

684
00:38:03,480 --> 00:38:06,040
Speaker 1: like some things that you can that hold that you

685
00:38:06,080 --> 00:38:11,200
Speaker 1: can hold on to um in certain aspects that this

686
00:38:11,280 --> 00:38:15,120
Speaker 1: is the reason why we were special. This is a

687
00:38:15,160 --> 00:38:18,960
Speaker 1: part of it. And I understand like money wise, like

688
00:38:19,560 --> 00:38:21,800
Speaker 1: was it an issue and think you know, knowing the

689
00:38:21,880 --> 00:38:24,719
Speaker 1: business and at that time, I think I knew the

690
00:38:24,719 --> 00:38:28,960
Speaker 1: business very well and we could have kept something special

691
00:38:29,120 --> 00:38:32,239
Speaker 1: together for a couple more years. So that was that

692
00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:35,640
Speaker 1: was sad to me, UM, that we had something special

693
00:38:35,680 --> 00:38:38,279
Speaker 1: and it could have stayed special because we had a

694
00:38:38,320 --> 00:38:41,560
Speaker 1: tandem running back like I don't know if it could

695
00:38:41,600 --> 00:38:45,480
Speaker 1: be another tandem running back due like we had in

696
00:38:45,520 --> 00:38:50,160
Speaker 1: the league, like possibly ever, Like those two guys were

697
00:38:50,200 --> 00:38:55,920
Speaker 1: special together. UM. So when you have certain stuff I know,

698
00:38:56,040 --> 00:38:58,520
Speaker 1: if injuries don't happen, you should try to do what

699
00:38:58,680 --> 00:39:03,520
Speaker 1: you need to do to keep it. And I think

700
00:39:03,560 --> 00:39:06,240
Speaker 1: I was fighting that for a couple of years because

701
00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:09,719
Speaker 1: on the back end of things, I was trying to

702
00:39:09,719 --> 00:39:12,839
Speaker 1: play two and three positions at one time because it

703
00:39:12,960 --> 00:39:19,040
Speaker 1: was not judging the people that we brought in. UM.

704
00:39:19,080 --> 00:39:22,439
Speaker 1: But it was it was tough. It was, it was tough,

705
00:39:22,480 --> 00:39:25,840
Speaker 1: it was, it was. It was some tough years, UM.

706
00:39:25,880 --> 00:39:27,960
Speaker 1: But I grew a lot. I think a lot of

707
00:39:27,960 --> 00:39:31,120
Speaker 1: people that stayed here grew a lot. UM. I've seen

708
00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:34,680
Speaker 1: a lot of people come and go before then, but

709
00:39:34,840 --> 00:39:41,319
Speaker 1: to see core people leave your team UM at a

710
00:39:41,400 --> 00:39:46,799
Speaker 1: fast rate. UM, that part of the business surprised me.

711
00:39:46,840 --> 00:39:51,279
Speaker 1: And I knew then that there's no one that's untouchable UM,

712
00:39:51,320 --> 00:39:53,400
Speaker 1: and I think that's what I learned, that there's no

713
00:39:53,440 --> 00:39:55,440
Speaker 1: one untouchable. So that was a different part of the

714
00:39:55,480 --> 00:40:00,839
Speaker 1: business that I did learn. And Man Schmidt doesn't think

715
00:40:00,880 --> 00:40:04,880
Speaker 1: like players. I learned that regardless of how we see things,

716
00:40:05,280 --> 00:40:08,160
Speaker 1: management always see it a little different. And that's okay,

717
00:40:08,160 --> 00:40:10,239
Speaker 1: that's business like and that's part of business. And I

718
00:40:10,320 --> 00:40:13,440
Speaker 1: understand that. So UM, you have to have that. Someone

719
00:40:13,480 --> 00:40:16,920
Speaker 1: has to lead. Um, you have to have different different

720
00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:19,200
Speaker 1: groups in order to be successful. So I understand that

721
00:40:19,239 --> 00:40:22,640
Speaker 1: and I respect that. UM So that part saddens me,

722
00:40:22,760 --> 00:40:25,040
Speaker 1: which I think a lot of people don't, don't understand

723
00:40:25,080 --> 00:40:29,040
Speaker 1: and will never understand. UM. Moving forward. UM, when I

724
00:40:29,120 --> 00:40:31,680
Speaker 1: when I got hurt, it was tough because I was

725
00:40:31,880 --> 00:40:34,600
Speaker 1: I was having a very good season. I was having

726
00:40:34,600 --> 00:40:40,080
Speaker 1: a very good year and no contact injury. Really hadn't

727
00:40:40,120 --> 00:40:47,160
Speaker 1: been injured that tough before I where it was surgery needed. Um.

728
00:40:47,320 --> 00:40:50,399
Speaker 1: So my whole thing was, Okay, how do you bounce back?

729
00:40:50,600 --> 00:40:53,200
Speaker 1: You're this You're approaching your tenth year. You got hurt

730
00:40:53,200 --> 00:40:56,880
Speaker 1: in your ninth year, Like, now you have to bounce back,

731
00:40:57,160 --> 00:41:02,480
Speaker 1: Like what's gonna happen? What's gonna happen? So it was

732
00:41:02,520 --> 00:41:05,000
Speaker 1: just grind time for me. It was like Okay, people

733
00:41:05,040 --> 00:41:07,040
Speaker 1: was bouncing back from a c l S very fast.

734
00:41:07,440 --> 00:41:09,640
Speaker 1: So I was like, okay, well I'm good, Like this

735
00:41:09,680 --> 00:41:11,839
Speaker 1: can happen. I can do this. Like if they're doing it,

736
00:41:12,080 --> 00:41:14,160
Speaker 1: then I know I can do it as well. UM.

737
00:41:14,200 --> 00:41:17,319
Speaker 1: So I bounced back, had a great start to make

738
00:41:17,520 --> 00:41:21,520
Speaker 1: my career, and then you know, business happened again to me. Um.

739
00:41:21,600 --> 00:41:23,879
Speaker 1: Not to go into it, but business happened again to me,

740
00:41:23,960 --> 00:41:27,560
Speaker 1: and it was like, okay, boom, you're new exception, so

741
00:41:27,800 --> 00:41:31,719
Speaker 1: let's roll with these punches. Now. I was in a

742
00:41:31,760 --> 00:41:34,719
Speaker 1: position in my life where God was in total control

743
00:41:34,920 --> 00:41:38,040
Speaker 1: and he allowed me to be a mentor to some

744
00:41:38,160 --> 00:41:40,799
Speaker 1: guys in the locker room and in my position group

745
00:41:40,840 --> 00:41:44,960
Speaker 1: that was in what was happening to me, and I

746
00:41:45,000 --> 00:41:48,200
Speaker 1: think they respect me a lot more for for how

747
00:41:48,239 --> 00:41:51,239
Speaker 1: I handled it, handled it, and but I knew I

748
00:41:51,280 --> 00:41:54,920
Speaker 1: had life left. But I was okay with you know,

749
00:41:54,920 --> 00:41:58,919
Speaker 1: it was new, like you said, new owner, um, new

750
00:41:58,960 --> 00:42:02,880
Speaker 1: head coach, um, new management after that year, so I

751
00:42:02,960 --> 00:42:05,880
Speaker 1: was like, okay, I knew I wasn't coming back. I

752
00:42:05,960 --> 00:42:08,200
Speaker 1: knew I wasn't coming back. So now I had to

753
00:42:08,200 --> 00:42:10,959
Speaker 1: make the decision on where do I go from here?

754
00:42:11,120 --> 00:42:14,080
Speaker 1: What what what has to happen from here? And me,

755
00:42:14,120 --> 00:42:16,000
Speaker 1: it was like, okay, I'm gonna just stay ready. I'm

756
00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:18,080
Speaker 1: gonna just stay ready. I'm okay with the partner from

757
00:42:18,080 --> 00:42:22,040
Speaker 1: the game, but I want to end the game healthy

758
00:42:22,440 --> 00:42:26,440
Speaker 1: and I'm healthy now, and I wasn't able to end

759
00:42:26,480 --> 00:42:30,760
Speaker 1: it how I wanted to. So that was that was tough.

760
00:42:30,800 --> 00:42:32,520
Speaker 1: That was a tough part for me. So I was

761
00:42:32,560 --> 00:42:34,680
Speaker 1: okay with being let go. People asked me a lot,

762
00:42:34,719 --> 00:42:36,840
Speaker 1: do you have any hard feelings? I was like no,

763
00:42:36,960 --> 00:42:39,680
Speaker 1: because I didn't know him. Like if it was Jack

764
00:42:39,760 --> 00:42:43,279
Speaker 1: and Shock and Paul Van, you know, if it was

765
00:42:43,320 --> 00:42:47,319
Speaker 1: these guys and the Weavers that let me go, then yeah,

766
00:42:47,360 --> 00:42:49,560
Speaker 1: I'll be jaded, I'll feel some kind of way. But

767
00:42:49,600 --> 00:42:52,399
Speaker 1: I didn't really know the new Rougie. Um. I didn't

768
00:42:52,400 --> 00:42:54,880
Speaker 1: know the new the new Core guys. So I was

769
00:42:54,920 --> 00:42:57,520
Speaker 1: okay with that. Like so, and I think that helped

770
00:42:57,560 --> 00:43:00,800
Speaker 1: me move forward faster. Um that it was a blessing

771
00:43:00,840 --> 00:43:03,080
Speaker 1: in disguise, you know, it helped me move forward faster

772
00:43:03,160 --> 00:43:06,880
Speaker 1: and to to move on. Um And yeah, so the

773
00:43:06,960 --> 00:43:09,600
Speaker 1: last year's was tough, The last few year, a couple

774
00:43:09,640 --> 00:43:12,200
Speaker 1: of years was tough here, but it helped me growing

775
00:43:12,239 --> 00:43:15,560
Speaker 1: away and understand a lot of things that was vital

776
00:43:15,640 --> 00:43:19,799
Speaker 1: going forward. Where I was positioned, um, where where God

777
00:43:19,840 --> 00:43:25,719
Speaker 1: wanted me to be positioned forward. More perspectives following this

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786
00:43:57,560 --> 00:44:04,839
Speaker 1: A mathist Bridge two eras of Jaguar's football. He grew

787
00:44:04,880 --> 00:44:07,640
Speaker 1: up watching conference teams and was a star playing for

788
00:44:07,760 --> 00:44:10,840
Speaker 1: Jack del Rio. He has a unique perspective on twenty

789
00:44:10,880 --> 00:44:13,640
Speaker 1: five seasons and on the players who warned the team.

790
00:44:14,440 --> 00:44:18,640
Speaker 1: One player in particular still leaves mathis in all. People

791
00:44:18,640 --> 00:44:20,600
Speaker 1: ask me this all the time. They was like, who's

792
00:44:20,640 --> 00:44:24,160
Speaker 1: the best receiver you ever covered? And I say my own,

793
00:44:24,680 --> 00:44:27,200
Speaker 1: and they were like who I was? Like Smooth Jimmy Smith,

794
00:44:27,760 --> 00:44:33,080
Speaker 1: Like he had tools, he had awareness, he had body control,

795
00:44:33,160 --> 00:44:37,440
Speaker 1: he has speed when he needed it. That it's only

796
00:44:37,600 --> 00:44:41,160
Speaker 1: one other receiver that I can say is comparable to him,

797
00:44:41,239 --> 00:44:44,520
Speaker 1: and I played my last three years with him. Calvin Johnson.

798
00:44:45,120 --> 00:44:49,719
Speaker 1: Like every time you line up against Smooth, he was

799
00:44:49,760 --> 00:44:52,280
Speaker 1: gonna try to give you the business. It was no playoff.

800
00:44:52,440 --> 00:44:55,080
Speaker 1: He was gonna let you know that you can't cover me.

801
00:44:55,920 --> 00:44:57,840
Speaker 1: You can't cover me. And I tell people all the

802
00:44:57,880 --> 00:45:00,520
Speaker 1: time He's a reason why I got as good as

803
00:45:00,560 --> 00:45:04,960
Speaker 1: I did. Um, along with Peyton Manning and Marvin Harrison,

804
00:45:05,560 --> 00:45:10,000
Speaker 1: because that duo was awesome duo. But Jimmy's you know,

805
00:45:10,040 --> 00:45:15,440
Speaker 1: I covered Marvin twice a year. I covered Jimmy every day, Um,

806
00:45:15,480 --> 00:45:19,240
Speaker 1: and Jimmy was special. Like if I seen Marvin every day,

807
00:45:19,360 --> 00:45:21,839
Speaker 1: then I probably would have had a few more interceptions

808
00:45:21,880 --> 00:45:24,520
Speaker 1: on him every day. But if I covered Jimmy every day,

809
00:45:24,719 --> 00:45:26,759
Speaker 1: like I probably had a couple of picks on him

810
00:45:26,840 --> 00:45:30,320
Speaker 1: during practice, every covering him every day for a number

811
00:45:30,320 --> 00:45:33,839
Speaker 1: of years in the game, I probably would still only

812
00:45:33,880 --> 00:45:36,840
Speaker 1: have a couple. That's how special he was because he

813
00:45:36,960 --> 00:45:40,960
Speaker 1: knew his body, he he knew his points. He didn't

814
00:45:41,040 --> 00:45:43,200
Speaker 1: let you might get him a couple of times, yeah,

815
00:45:43,280 --> 00:45:48,360
Speaker 1: but he didn't let anybody dictate where he was going. Um.

816
00:45:48,400 --> 00:45:53,360
Speaker 1: I've seen him torch double and triple teams like it's nothing. Um,

817
00:45:53,600 --> 00:45:55,880
Speaker 1: same as Calvin. I've seen Calvin do the same thing.

818
00:45:55,880 --> 00:45:58,080
Speaker 1: That's why I say it's not too many people. Maybe

819
00:45:58,120 --> 00:46:00,440
Speaker 1: Moss I haven't seen him. I didn't see mass on

820
00:46:00,480 --> 00:46:04,160
Speaker 1: a daily like I seen Calvin and Jimmy. But that

821
00:46:04,239 --> 00:46:06,279
Speaker 1: lets you know the weight that his name holds the

822
00:46:06,360 --> 00:46:10,560
Speaker 1: names that I'm mentioning with him. He's there like he's

823
00:46:10,600 --> 00:46:16,719
Speaker 1: that special. He's that special. Um, and I I owe

824
00:46:16,760 --> 00:46:18,560
Speaker 1: a lot to Jimmy, Like we had a very good

825
00:46:18,640 --> 00:46:22,360
Speaker 1: relationship because he knew I respected him. Um, he's the

826
00:46:22,440 --> 00:46:26,160
Speaker 1: reason why I got my first fancy car. Um. I've

827
00:46:26,200 --> 00:46:28,640
Speaker 1: seen the bands that he had. I didn't know. I

828
00:46:28,680 --> 00:46:31,040
Speaker 1: was over my element when I wanted it, but I

829
00:46:31,040 --> 00:46:32,960
Speaker 1: didn't get it too. I saw my new contract, so

830
00:46:33,040 --> 00:46:34,600
Speaker 1: I didn't go out of my way to get it.

831
00:46:35,080 --> 00:46:37,600
Speaker 1: But he had a nice binds that I had a

832
00:46:37,960 --> 00:46:40,600
Speaker 1: convertible bins and I was like, oh boy, that thing

833
00:46:40,680 --> 00:46:43,399
Speaker 1: is sweet. So he's the reason for a lot of things. Um,

834
00:46:43,440 --> 00:46:47,040
Speaker 1: but Smooth was special. He's he's he I still to

835
00:46:47,080 --> 00:46:49,880
Speaker 1: this day. Um, he's special to me. He's special to

836
00:46:49,920 --> 00:46:52,320
Speaker 1: me in a lot of ways because he his heart

837
00:46:52,440 --> 00:46:56,280
Speaker 1: was always in the right place. Um. You know, he

838
00:46:56,280 --> 00:46:58,120
Speaker 1: he wasn't selfish to the point where he was going

839
00:46:58,160 --> 00:47:01,760
Speaker 1: to cause confusion, but he knew he needed the ball,

840
00:47:02,560 --> 00:47:04,759
Speaker 1: and we knew he needed the ball for us to win,

841
00:47:05,320 --> 00:47:09,120
Speaker 1: you know. So he wasn't gonna destroy a locker room.

842
00:47:09,160 --> 00:47:11,920
Speaker 1: You know, That's how humble he was. Um. At the

843
00:47:11,960 --> 00:47:14,440
Speaker 1: same time, he was confident enough to know that I

844
00:47:14,480 --> 00:47:18,120
Speaker 1: need to get more touches. Um and although they're double

845
00:47:18,160 --> 00:47:20,839
Speaker 1: teeming me, just trust me, I'll find a way. UM.

846
00:47:20,960 --> 00:47:23,319
Speaker 1: And and we we did we we I think we

847
00:47:23,360 --> 00:47:26,040
Speaker 1: did right by him. I think I think the organization

848
00:47:26,080 --> 00:47:29,759
Speaker 1: treated him well. UM. I hope he feels the same way. UM.

849
00:47:29,800 --> 00:47:32,879
Speaker 1: And that's just me looking from the outside, not knowing

850
00:47:32,920 --> 00:47:35,120
Speaker 1: all the nuts and boats. Um. But to see him

851
00:47:35,160 --> 00:47:40,920
Speaker 1: struggle was it was heartbreaking because we all struggle with something. UM.

852
00:47:41,040 --> 00:47:45,000
Speaker 1: And you know, I don't think there's no one thing

853
00:47:45,040 --> 00:47:48,520
Speaker 1: bigger than the other, although lights get shined on things. UM.

854
00:47:48,560 --> 00:47:52,160
Speaker 1: But he's a special individual, um and I and he

855
00:47:52,200 --> 00:47:55,360
Speaker 1: needs to know how much the city do care about him.

856
00:47:55,480 --> 00:47:57,959
Speaker 1: UM And in the players that he impacted care about

857
00:47:58,000 --> 00:48:02,040
Speaker 1: him as well, um smooth as a special individual, um

858
00:48:02,120 --> 00:48:04,440
Speaker 1: And my my heart will always go out to him

859
00:48:04,480 --> 00:48:09,000
Speaker 1: in his family. People love lists. They love to rank

860
00:48:09,040 --> 00:48:13,440
Speaker 1: the best players, coaches, wins, losses. It's what fans do.

861
00:48:14,120 --> 00:48:16,840
Speaker 1: Mathis is either the best or the second best defensive

862
00:48:16,880 --> 00:48:20,720
Speaker 1: player of the jaguars first twenty five years. It's indisputable.

863
00:48:21,160 --> 00:48:23,560
Speaker 1: Mathist won't be defined by what others think of him.

864
00:48:23,600 --> 00:48:26,640
Speaker 1: But he appreciates how people understand that he worked hard

865
00:48:26,680 --> 00:48:29,600
Speaker 1: to be one of the Jaguars very best. What I

866
00:48:29,640 --> 00:48:34,320
Speaker 1: can say is I I know it in a sense,

867
00:48:34,480 --> 00:48:37,879
Speaker 1: meaning yeah, I feel that I'm one of them. UM.

868
00:48:37,920 --> 00:48:40,520
Speaker 1: I can look back and say, you know, people, you know,

869
00:48:40,920 --> 00:48:46,960
Speaker 1: numbers don't lie. Um. But at the same time, you know,

870
00:48:47,080 --> 00:48:51,080
Speaker 1: as I try to step out of the humble role,

871
00:48:51,160 --> 00:48:54,920
Speaker 1: but then God lets me know that you did what

872
00:48:55,000 --> 00:48:57,200
Speaker 1: you needed to do. You you you use what I

873
00:48:57,239 --> 00:49:02,200
Speaker 1: gave you to be successful at the path that I

874
00:49:02,280 --> 00:49:07,879
Speaker 1: created for you. UM. Now how do you impact from here?

875
00:49:08,080 --> 00:49:10,520
Speaker 1: And you know, I have a six year old son

876
00:49:10,600 --> 00:49:14,640
Speaker 1: who and this is this is my postcard. This is me.

877
00:49:14,960 --> 00:49:16,920
Speaker 1: I have a six year old son who's in All

878
00:49:16,960 --> 00:49:20,719
Speaker 1: Star Baseball. He's playing with seven and eight and nine

879
00:49:20,800 --> 00:49:24,560
Speaker 1: year olds. Um at six year old. He's six years old.

880
00:49:24,640 --> 00:49:28,400
Speaker 1: And my position is to teach him to or both

881
00:49:28,440 --> 00:49:30,680
Speaker 1: of them when they when my my youngest son is

882
00:49:30,719 --> 00:49:36,759
Speaker 1: only three. But compete like and I was talking to

883
00:49:36,800 --> 00:49:40,600
Speaker 1: some rookies the other day, UM and here, um, and

884
00:49:41,040 --> 00:49:44,600
Speaker 1: I let him know, like, compete, don't let anyone out

885
00:49:44,640 --> 00:49:49,200
Speaker 1: work you. UM, don't, don't. And that's in life in general.

886
00:49:49,280 --> 00:49:52,480
Speaker 1: So whoever hears this, like whatever you do, you're doing it,

887
00:49:52,640 --> 00:49:56,160
Speaker 1: so be the best at it. Don't don't let anyone

888
00:49:56,200 --> 00:50:00,160
Speaker 1: out work you. And that doesn't mean work seven and

889
00:50:00,440 --> 00:50:03,520
Speaker 1: it means when you work work because I I never

890
00:50:03,680 --> 00:50:07,279
Speaker 1: was an overworker. I never overworked my body. But when

891
00:50:07,320 --> 00:50:10,520
Speaker 1: I was at work, no one was gonna outwork me.

892
00:50:10,920 --> 00:50:13,440
Speaker 1: I was gonna do And to prepare for those hours

893
00:50:13,480 --> 00:50:16,360
Speaker 1: while at work, I didn't have to prepare after work

894
00:50:16,520 --> 00:50:20,319
Speaker 1: because I prepared to be the best while at work. Um.

895
00:50:20,440 --> 00:50:24,520
Speaker 1: And and that's that's all I did. Like that's all

896
00:50:24,560 --> 00:50:27,880
Speaker 1: I did. So to to be on the ring one

897
00:50:27,960 --> 00:50:33,200
Speaker 1: day possibly UM, to be on the all team, UM,

898
00:50:33,239 --> 00:50:37,440
Speaker 1: to be sitting here um with you years later. Like

899
00:50:38,880 --> 00:50:41,839
Speaker 1: all the work was worth it. It was where all

900
00:50:41,840 --> 00:50:46,200
Speaker 1: the preparation hours and and and all the sweat and

901
00:50:46,200 --> 00:50:49,400
Speaker 1: and all the commitment, the dedication, it was worth it.

902
00:50:49,480 --> 00:50:52,000
Speaker 1: Like it pays off. Hard work pays off. And that's

903
00:50:52,040 --> 00:50:55,080
Speaker 1: for anyone who's living like it's it's gonna pay off.

904
00:50:55,520 --> 00:50:57,440
Speaker 1: You just have to stick to the process and believe

905
00:50:57,480 --> 00:51:00,319
Speaker 1: in the process. And there's nothing new under the son,

906
00:51:00,440 --> 00:51:03,040
Speaker 1: so get up under someone. And I was telling some

907
00:51:03,120 --> 00:51:05,560
Speaker 1: of the rookies I got a couple of the DBS numbers,

908
00:51:05,760 --> 00:51:08,799
Speaker 1: the rookies numbers, just from speaking to them. Um, I

909
00:51:08,880 --> 00:51:11,120
Speaker 1: was like, get up under someone that that that has

910
00:51:11,160 --> 00:51:14,160
Speaker 1: your best interests at heart, and and learn all you

911
00:51:14,200 --> 00:51:16,879
Speaker 1: can learn from them, and and and know that at

912
00:51:16,880 --> 00:51:18,440
Speaker 1: the end of the day, if you give your all,

913
00:51:18,560 --> 00:51:20,799
Speaker 1: if it's if it's meant to be, if this path

914
00:51:20,920 --> 00:51:22,920
Speaker 1: is meant to be your all, your path at the

915
00:51:23,000 --> 00:51:25,840
Speaker 1: end of the day, Like, You'll be smiling because I

916
00:51:25,880 --> 00:51:29,000
Speaker 1: don't have any regrets on the field. Um. I have

917
00:51:29,160 --> 00:51:32,120
Speaker 1: some in the city because I'm like, I'm still trying

918
00:51:32,120 --> 00:51:35,560
Speaker 1: to touch lives. But on the field, when I played like,

919
00:51:35,680 --> 00:51:38,320
Speaker 1: I gave him my all, and everybody that I lined

920
00:51:38,400 --> 00:51:40,959
Speaker 1: up against they knew they had to bring it when

921
00:51:41,280 --> 00:51:47,040
Speaker 1: they were across from me. Um, So I appreciate everything. Um.

922
00:51:47,200 --> 00:51:48,799
Speaker 1: One day I will be able to give you a

923
00:51:48,800 --> 00:51:54,839
Speaker 1: different answer. Um, maybe, but for now, I just love.

924
00:51:54,960 --> 00:51:56,560
Speaker 1: I fell in love with the game, and I love

925
00:51:56,600 --> 00:52:01,879
Speaker 1: to compete, and I and enjoy being at the top

926
00:52:01,920 --> 00:52:05,799
Speaker 1: of my game. And I knew I competed, and I

927
00:52:05,880 --> 00:52:09,360
Speaker 1: prepared for those moments, so I was able to to

928
00:52:09,480 --> 00:52:12,120
Speaker 1: make hay of him. I was able to succeed while

929
00:52:12,160 --> 00:52:16,880
Speaker 1: being there um and it was always a reset. I

930
00:52:16,960 --> 00:52:20,279
Speaker 1: always tried to get better um and and I think

931
00:52:20,320 --> 00:52:23,040
Speaker 1: that's why I'm able to be labeled with some of

932
00:52:23,080 --> 00:52:26,880
Speaker 1: the best, because I prepared for the moment. And I

933
00:52:26,920 --> 00:52:29,200
Speaker 1: think all the best too. They prepare for the moment

934
00:52:29,280 --> 00:52:31,920
Speaker 1: so when the moment comes, I don't shy away from it.

935
00:52:31,960 --> 00:52:32,719
Speaker 1: I run to it.