1 00:00:01,120 --> 00:00:04,040 Speaker 1: What's up, everybody, and welcome to the latest edition of 2 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:08,240 Speaker 1: Falcons and Focus. I'm Scott Bear. That's Tory mclaney, our 3 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:12,719 Speaker 1: guest left tackle and brand new dad Matthews, and by 4 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:17,239 Speaker 1: brand new like November tenth, brand like pretty recent. We're 5 00:00:17,239 --> 00:00:19,520 Speaker 1: gonna get to all that, but before we get to 6 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:24,160 Speaker 1: that crazy story of how Jake made it back to 7 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:27,360 Speaker 1: see Beckett, his first son be born, and still play 8 00:00:27,400 --> 00:00:29,840 Speaker 1: on Thursday Night football crazy, let's go back to the 9 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:34,479 Speaker 1: gender reveal moments. Scott has been watching this five times 10 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:38,640 Speaker 1: because it's basically the greatest reaction ever. There's like there's 11 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:42,599 Speaker 1: like a smoke canister and when it goes blue, your reaction. 12 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:45,319 Speaker 1: Take me through the moment, like did you not know 13 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:47,879 Speaker 1: going into it? I had no idea? And wow, my 14 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:50,600 Speaker 1: wife Maggie was, you know, leading up to it, like hey, 15 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:52,000 Speaker 1: what do you you know? What are you thinking? Do 16 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:53,080 Speaker 1: you want a boy? Do you want a girl? And 17 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:54,800 Speaker 1: I was like, I just I want a healthy kid. Then, 18 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:57,760 Speaker 1: you know, just a standard middle of the road answer, 19 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:01,160 Speaker 1: and um yeah, when I when I saw the blue, 20 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:04,520 Speaker 1: you know, just subconsciously kind of hit me. I think 21 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:08,960 Speaker 1: it was pretty obvious what I want. I was pretty excited. Yeah, 22 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:13,399 Speaker 1: you throw that. I don't even know what it was called. Yeah, 23 00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:17,240 Speaker 1: way up in the air. Yeah, this is the type 24 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:19,200 Speaker 1: of hard hitting journalism that we do. Hear it on 25 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:21,679 Speaker 1: the podcast. I counted it was up in the air 26 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 1: for five seconds? Was it really? You must have thrown 27 00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:26,800 Speaker 1: that thing to the moon. I almost felt bad afterwards 28 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 1: because a lot of nieces and nephews running around, and 29 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:33,039 Speaker 1: I think it landed like a foot my two year old. 30 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:37,400 Speaker 1: So yeah, if that had hit someone, probably wouldn't have 31 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 1: been a good book. So funny. Now I want to 32 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:44,319 Speaker 1: go through the logistics of this, because you'd go through 33 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:46,720 Speaker 1: the gender reveal and you obviously know the due date 34 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:50,000 Speaker 1: and it's like, oh, shoot, this isn't the right smack 35 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:52,960 Speaker 1: dab in the middle of the season. How many different 36 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:56,840 Speaker 1: contingency plans did you guys have kind of going into 37 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 1: this season. Well, first and foremost, I did a horrible 38 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:06,559 Speaker 1: job because I just kept putting it off. That's months away, 39 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:10,760 Speaker 1: don't worry about it. And my wife is very you know, 40 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:13,200 Speaker 1: she likes to have a plan set, so a lot 41 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:16,760 Speaker 1: of times, you know, give her credit and actually fault me. 42 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:18,919 Speaker 1: I was you know, let's stop talking about I don't 43 00:02:18,919 --> 00:02:20,520 Speaker 1: want to worry about it, like we'll deal with it 44 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 1: when it happens. And that wasn't the best idea because 45 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 1: I got hit with basically the worst thing that could 46 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:31,840 Speaker 1: happen now. But we kind of the plan was for 47 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:34,160 Speaker 1: her to get induced on Sunday because he was measuring 48 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:36,400 Speaker 1: kind of big and it looked like it was getting close, 49 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 1: and I was like, all right, all you have to 50 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:39,840 Speaker 1: do is, you know, take it easy when I head 51 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:42,480 Speaker 1: out of town Wednesday and I played this game Thursday, 52 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:44,359 Speaker 1: we get back, we got the whole weekend, we get 53 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:47,840 Speaker 1: this thing figured out. And that did not happen. Did 54 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:52,119 Speaker 1: not go with that plan. I did not cooperate. So 55 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:54,640 Speaker 1: I'm sure a lot of Falcons fans have kind of 56 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:56,520 Speaker 1: heard this story. But take us back to it. So 57 00:02:56,560 --> 00:03:00,280 Speaker 1: you get a phone call on Wednesday night or Thursday morning, 58 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:03,160 Speaker 1: take us through kind of what happened because you were 59 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 1: in Charlotte, and then bang, you have to go back 60 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:08,520 Speaker 1: to the atl Right, So it kind of starts, you know, 61 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:12,200 Speaker 1: short week, Thursday game, you know, long days where I'm 62 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:14,920 Speaker 1: here all day. But Wednesday, she's text me like, you know, 63 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:17,079 Speaker 1: I don't feel right, something feels off, Like I think 64 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:18,600 Speaker 1: I might be sick. And I'm like, oh man, that 65 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:21,120 Speaker 1: you know, that sucks you this close to like, you know, 66 00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:23,400 Speaker 1: the baby coming, you're not feeling well. But she she 67 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 1: had no idea that I think it was kind of 68 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:27,640 Speaker 1: the start of you know, labor kind of starting, and 69 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:29,280 Speaker 1: she you know, felt like she had like a head 70 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:31,519 Speaker 1: cold or something. But it was weird. So I was like, 71 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 1: all right, we'll just hang in there. I'll get back. Um, 72 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:37,360 Speaker 1: you know, everything's gonna be fine. Classic need push it off. 73 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:41,520 Speaker 1: Fine'll be fine, I'll get back. We'll be good to 74 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 1: go for Sunday. And then, um, little did I know 75 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:49,160 Speaker 1: actually Wednesday night she had gone to the hospital because 76 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 1: she wasn't feeling well and she didn't tell me because 77 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:53,720 Speaker 1: you didn't want to worry and wasn't she didn't think 78 00:03:53,760 --> 00:03:56,840 Speaker 1: she was going into labor. Yeah, so I go to bed, 79 00:03:57,320 --> 00:04:01,600 Speaker 1: no idea, and I wake up but like sixty five 80 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:04,720 Speaker 1: and the hotel phone is ringing, which is like a 81 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:08,400 Speaker 1: huge like indicator for me, because you know, we don't 82 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 1: do wake up calls, like I had a wake up 83 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:12,280 Speaker 1: call since I think my freshman year of college. Like, 84 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:14,360 Speaker 1: so that was like right when that woke me up, 85 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:18,279 Speaker 1: was like something is wrong, and I checked my phone. 86 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:22,839 Speaker 1: She's called like six times, and I start panicking, and 87 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:26,040 Speaker 1: it's it's just what do I do? What I do? Um? 88 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:27,760 Speaker 1: I'm on the phone with her and she's like, I'm 89 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:30,080 Speaker 1: in labor, like this is it for real? And and me, 90 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:31,800 Speaker 1: I'm still trying to wake up. I'm like, are you sure? 91 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:37,280 Speaker 1: Like no, go back to an idiot and yeah. So 92 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:40,960 Speaker 1: then it was like first panic, like what do I do? 93 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:42,279 Speaker 1: Tell me what to do? And she's like, I don't know. 94 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:45,400 Speaker 1: You need to figure it out. She's like I can't 95 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:48,240 Speaker 1: help you. Yeah. Right, So then it was you know, 96 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 1: it was like we had this team put together in 97 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:54,680 Speaker 1: the in the lobby of the hotel, you know, um 98 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:58,680 Speaker 1: head coach Arthur Smith there and our security people and 99 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 1: U Risk McKay and everyone. We're all like, you know, 100 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:04,240 Speaker 1: scrambling trying to figure out, you know, how can we 101 00:05:04,279 --> 00:05:06,520 Speaker 1: make this work. And at first it was like, you know, 102 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:08,800 Speaker 1: we're gonna get a private plane figured out, you know, 103 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:10,800 Speaker 1: get you there, get you back, everything's gonna be going. 104 00:05:10,839 --> 00:05:12,680 Speaker 1: I was like, all right, you know that should work 105 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:14,039 Speaker 1: pretty well. It gives me a lot of time. And 106 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:17,920 Speaker 1: then eventually it's like thirty minutes later it's too short notice. 107 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:20,800 Speaker 1: You gotta drive, like you gotta make a decision right now, 108 00:05:20,839 --> 00:05:22,159 Speaker 1: do you want to drive or not? And I'm like 109 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:25,640 Speaker 1: freaking out, like this three hour drive we could to construction, 110 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:27,320 Speaker 1: try to think like who knows what's going to happen. 111 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:31,240 Speaker 1: And eventually Art goes, hey, make a decision like you're 112 00:05:31,279 --> 00:05:32,760 Speaker 1: going or not and I'm like, all right, I'm going. 113 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:34,320 Speaker 1: We'll figure it out, and he goes, We'll figure out 114 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 1: the rest once you get there. And it was it 115 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:39,560 Speaker 1: was pretty wild that that was the point where I 116 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:42,520 Speaker 1: was like, man, this is that was the most stressful. 117 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:43,720 Speaker 1: It's like do I get in the car and leave 118 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:45,440 Speaker 1: now or do we you know, keep trying to figure 119 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:47,240 Speaker 1: something out because there was just so much up in 120 00:05:47,279 --> 00:05:51,760 Speaker 1: the air and you know, uncertainties. So what did you 121 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 1: listen to on the car rode there? That's three that 122 00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:57,360 Speaker 1: I know, hard hitting questions. That's three hours where you're 123 00:05:57,440 --> 00:06:00,360 Speaker 1: kind of just sitting there like, oh my god, maybe 124 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:03,760 Speaker 1: just silence, I mean, yeah, spot on, just to build 125 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:09,720 Speaker 1: suspense any music going. But um, oh my gosh, like 126 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:13,960 Speaker 1: I remember too um because it was happening so quick 127 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:17,320 Speaker 1: that if they gave her the upper darl Um there 128 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:22,159 Speaker 1: was a chance that it could slow things down, right, So, um, 129 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:26,560 Speaker 1: Maggie went through natural labor for five hours, just miserable 130 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:29,680 Speaker 1: because she's I mean, she really is the MVP of 131 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:31,920 Speaker 1: this whole thing, because yes, she knows. She's like, there's 132 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:34,960 Speaker 1: a time frame. I gotta get you back. So she's 133 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:37,839 Speaker 1: calling me as I'm in the car, just screaming and 134 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:42,000 Speaker 1: I'm You're like, I'm trying, and I'm like, I I yeah. 135 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 1: Talk about feeling like helpless and out of control. It's 136 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:50,680 Speaker 1: it sucked and um no really at one point I 137 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:52,240 Speaker 1: was just trying to do anything to distract myself. I 138 00:06:52,279 --> 00:06:55,479 Speaker 1: started watching film on my iPad for the game. I 139 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:59,160 Speaker 1: was like, I have to do something, and um yeah, 140 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:01,800 Speaker 1: we we didn't top either, and needless to say, I 141 00:07:01,839 --> 00:07:06,719 Speaker 1: had to use the restroom a couple of times. Just 142 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:09,640 Speaker 1: just keep on driving, keep going, don't stop. But the 143 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:14,240 Speaker 1: crazy thing is everything works out probably exactly how you 144 00:07:14,280 --> 00:07:17,920 Speaker 1: could have wanted. Beckett's got a story forever, Yeah, and 145 00:07:18,560 --> 00:07:20,880 Speaker 1: you end up making it for the birth of your son. 146 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:23,880 Speaker 1: Arthur Blank flies you back and you're there in time 147 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:27,080 Speaker 1: for warm ups. I know. Wow. The thing that sucked, though, 148 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:31,200 Speaker 1: was that he was born at three seventeen PM, and 149 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 1: I had to leave by three thirty. Oh god. I 150 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:36,680 Speaker 1: got to hold him for like ten minutes and then 151 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:41,640 Speaker 1: I was like, all right, love you guys by absentee 152 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:45,320 Speaker 1: father right off the back. Yeah. But funny, I think 153 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:48,120 Speaker 1: I tweeted out you're talking about Meggie being the MVP. 154 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:52,520 Speaker 1: I was like, Jake may have like so many consecutive 155 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:54,480 Speaker 1: starts and like all this stuff, but I was like, 156 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:58,360 Speaker 1: the true MVP of Thursday Night Football was Meggie. No, 157 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:01,360 Speaker 1: no question, Like the fact that she been tweeted. She's like, 158 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:03,240 Speaker 1: I did my best, like you. Now he's on his 159 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:06,880 Speaker 1: way back. I know. It's fantastic supposed to be about her. 160 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:13,280 Speaker 1: She's the one going through like child. I can't imagine. Then, 161 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 1: you know, of course I had to selfishly take Now. 162 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:21,200 Speaker 1: It's interesting though, because we all know the story kind 163 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:23,640 Speaker 1: of like, you do get back to the game, play 164 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:26,679 Speaker 1: the game, but what was it like after the game? 165 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:29,360 Speaker 1: Because you can you can go back home and essentially 166 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:31,280 Speaker 1: you talk about being with your son for maybe like 167 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:34,120 Speaker 1: ten minutes and be like, all ba to come back home. 168 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:35,880 Speaker 1: Did you go back to the hospital as soon as 169 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:41,199 Speaker 1: y'all got back to Atlanta? Like, what was that next? Right? 170 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:44,080 Speaker 1: And I didn't get home to almost four, So she 171 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:46,880 Speaker 1: told me, you know, go home, get a couple hours, 172 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:50,600 Speaker 1: and you know, get back to the hospital. And of 173 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:54,480 Speaker 1: course I'm you know, I'm another example of how great 174 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:57,400 Speaker 1: she is and how much I suck. You know, I'm 175 00:08:57,400 --> 00:08:59,360 Speaker 1: gonna wake up, I'm setting my alarm early, I'm going 176 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:01,920 Speaker 1: to be there. I slept right through the alarm. I 177 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:04,439 Speaker 1: was so tired. I didn't get there until about nine thirty, 178 00:09:04,559 --> 00:09:07,920 Speaker 1: so I felt awful about it. But no, but then 179 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:10,520 Speaker 1: I was there all day Friday, spent the night there, 180 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:15,280 Speaker 1: Friday night and Saturday, which hospital couches are not fun. 181 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:18,520 Speaker 1: They're not comfortable for people who are regular size, yeah, 182 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:20,720 Speaker 1: let alone someone who's a little bit bigger than that. 183 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:24,760 Speaker 1: Not a lot of space there. Yeah, yeah, not fun. Again, 184 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:27,760 Speaker 1: It's like, who am I to complain? So I had to, 185 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:31,520 Speaker 1: you know, just fight through that. And you know, like 186 00:09:31,559 --> 00:09:33,280 Speaker 1: I said, it's hard for me to complain because she's 187 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:36,040 Speaker 1: the one. Everything. It's like, I really feel, it's like 188 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:39,760 Speaker 1: the adversity of the couch. It's like, oh, well versus 189 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:45,200 Speaker 1: birthing and child with a specific time frame. So yeah, 190 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:49,160 Speaker 1: but no, everything it was amazing because she's perfectly healthy. 191 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:52,920 Speaker 1: He's healthy even though he was you know, he didn't 192 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:54,720 Speaker 1: even make it the thirty seven weeks. He was pretty 193 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:59,080 Speaker 1: he was technically premature. And man, just once I got 194 00:09:59,080 --> 00:10:02,400 Speaker 1: back it was a So I'm like, I grew up. Obviously, 195 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:05,080 Speaker 1: I'm one of seven kids, so I've always been around children. 196 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:08,760 Speaker 1: I've loved kids. Um, but you know, yeah, there was 197 00:10:08,760 --> 00:10:10,760 Speaker 1: a little uncertainty, like how am I going to be 198 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:14,679 Speaker 1: as a dad? And I feel pretty confident saying it. 199 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:19,120 Speaker 1: I'm pretty good daddy. I jumped right into it. Changing 200 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:24,760 Speaker 1: diaper is everything unface So I'm loving it. How's your 201 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:28,400 Speaker 1: sleep schedule? I have two kids the early going not 202 00:10:28,559 --> 00:10:35,640 Speaker 1: a lot of shy right, Um, there's crying it. Um gosh. 203 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:39,280 Speaker 1: Just to Maggie's credit again, she understands like, hey, if 204 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:42,800 Speaker 1: you don't sleep, there's a chance you'll probably get hurt. 205 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:47,319 Speaker 1: Don't want that. Yeah, So she usually, you know, she's 206 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:49,320 Speaker 1: doing the work throughout the day, earth throughout the night, 207 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:51,560 Speaker 1: and then I try to help during the day. But um, 208 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:54,520 Speaker 1: I wake up a couple of times. Can I help you? 209 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:59,000 Speaker 1: Almost like a drunken sleep? No, just go back to bed. 210 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:02,480 Speaker 1: I get it. So I think the message, the main 211 00:11:02,520 --> 00:11:05,199 Speaker 1: point from this whole conversation should be is I have 212 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:08,160 Speaker 1: an amazing wife. So I can't say that enough. Put 213 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:12,360 Speaker 1: that in the title of the post. Matthews has a 214 00:11:12,400 --> 00:11:16,440 Speaker 1: badass wife, Like that's what it is. Yeah, now talking 215 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:20,400 Speaker 1: about family with Beckett, you know, first first son and all. 216 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:25,000 Speaker 1: But your family tree is actually very interesting because it 217 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:28,240 Speaker 1: didn't even map out. There are so many scott and 218 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:30,920 Speaker 1: now we're looking at it earlier and it has its 219 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:33,240 Speaker 1: own Wikipedia page. Did you know that? Does it? Really? 220 00:11:33,679 --> 00:11:36,680 Speaker 1: There is one that is just Matthews family football and 221 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:39,520 Speaker 1: they break it down from your grandfather being drafted like 222 00:11:39,559 --> 00:11:42,440 Speaker 1: in the forties or something, all the way down every detail. 223 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:44,840 Speaker 1: It's amazing. A lot of time on that. Yeah. No, 224 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:48,280 Speaker 1: it's very humbling and also really cool. I like bragging 225 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:52,240 Speaker 1: about it. Um. Yeah, there's been eight of us that 226 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:55,600 Speaker 1: have made it to the NFL through I guess one 227 00:11:56,520 --> 00:12:00,760 Speaker 1: three generations. Yeah, so it's it's pretty amazing. I mean 228 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:03,880 Speaker 1: it all kind of starts with my grandpa though, my 229 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:08,200 Speaker 1: dad's dad. He was incredible. He was like a you know, 230 00:12:08,240 --> 00:12:12,960 Speaker 1: state champion boxer, wrestler, drafted playing in the NFL, had 231 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:17,120 Speaker 1: like an amazing life in Corporate America, was the CEO 232 00:12:17,160 --> 00:12:23,120 Speaker 1: of a couple of companies, and he was the true badass. Yeah. 233 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:27,280 Speaker 1: But then obviously going to my dad, he's pretty close 234 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:32,760 Speaker 1: up there. I want to emulate my life, it's him. 235 00:12:33,080 --> 00:12:35,800 Speaker 1: It's been challenging because the guy literally did it forever, 236 00:12:35,960 --> 00:12:39,160 Speaker 1: holds every record, every accolade. So it's like, how do 237 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:43,079 Speaker 1: I throw those shoes? But no, I couldn't be more 238 00:12:43,080 --> 00:12:47,680 Speaker 1: proud to have him as a father. And sometimes kids 239 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:50,240 Speaker 1: don't get to see their dads play because of a 240 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:53,600 Speaker 1: certain age kind of disparity. But he played. You were 241 00:12:53,679 --> 00:12:55,959 Speaker 1: nine or ten and he was still playing, right, Yes, 242 00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:58,520 Speaker 1: what was that experience? Like, maybe tell us some stories 243 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:02,000 Speaker 1: from when yeah, um, here's something to put it in perspective. 244 00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:05,240 Speaker 1: He played from nineteen eighty three to two thousand and one, 245 00:13:05,520 --> 00:13:09,200 Speaker 1: so that while that's a long time, yeah, and especially 246 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:12,560 Speaker 1: to play this position specifically, he played all five positions 247 00:13:12,559 --> 00:13:15,440 Speaker 1: on offensive line, was really good at all five of them. 248 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:22,160 Speaker 1: So any long snap too, he was the He did 249 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:24,719 Speaker 1: the field goal long snap all nineteen years, and he 250 00:13:24,920 --> 00:13:27,319 Speaker 1: long snap for punt for fifteen years. And I think 251 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:30,080 Speaker 1: he actually has credited a couple of tackles too, going 252 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:34,920 Speaker 1: down covering punts. So um, yeah, he was really good 253 00:13:34,920 --> 00:13:37,240 Speaker 1: at what he did. Obviously, first ballot Hall of Famer 254 00:13:37,280 --> 00:13:40,679 Speaker 1: and stuff. But no, I think probably my coolest memory 255 00:13:41,160 --> 00:13:45,520 Speaker 1: was the nineteen ninety nine season, their first year becoming 256 00:13:45,520 --> 00:13:50,800 Speaker 1: the Tennessee Titans, moving to Nashville and I'm seven years old. 257 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:54,080 Speaker 1: Just a crazy year. I remember they called the Music 258 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:57,160 Speaker 1: City Miracle that you know, home run throwback play they 259 00:13:57,160 --> 00:13:59,240 Speaker 1: had against the Bills in the wild card game on 260 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:03,000 Speaker 1: the the kickoff return that won it for him. Going 261 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:05,600 Speaker 1: to the Super Bowl which was here in Atlanta, which 262 00:14:05,640 --> 00:14:07,760 Speaker 1: was you know that kind of surreal, you know, a 263 00:14:08,440 --> 00:14:10,800 Speaker 1: full circle moment too as an adult, to the Georgia 264 00:14:10,840 --> 00:14:13,240 Speaker 1: Dame as a kid and watching my dad play and 265 00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:18,280 Speaker 1: then eventually that being my home stadium too. So unfortunately 266 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:21,720 Speaker 1: they lost that Super Bowl by one yard. Yes, you know, 267 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:24,000 Speaker 1: one of the most epic games of all time. But 268 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:27,400 Speaker 1: um yeah, that that year really sticks out to me. 269 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:31,520 Speaker 1: For you. You know, he wasn't just playing, but he 270 00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:33,920 Speaker 1: was coaching for a while when you were younger too, 271 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:36,600 Speaker 1: and yeah, what was what was that kind of like 272 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:39,160 Speaker 1: And not just that, but as you kind of grew 273 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:42,880 Speaker 1: older and kind of had this whole identity in and 274 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:45,480 Speaker 1: of yourself to be like, I'm pretty good at this 275 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:48,320 Speaker 1: position too, Like I could see myself having a career 276 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:50,400 Speaker 1: in this I mean, what was he kind of like 277 00:14:50,760 --> 00:14:54,480 Speaker 1: in that role as not just like dad, but coach 278 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:58,560 Speaker 1: as well. Honestly great. Some of my favorite years was 279 00:14:58,560 --> 00:15:02,200 Speaker 1: when he was my coach in high school. Most fun 280 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:05,400 Speaker 1: I've had playing football. Um, but believe it or not, 281 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:08,280 Speaker 1: I was a quarterback all the way up until my 282 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:11,560 Speaker 1: sophomore year of high school. All I played was quarterback, 283 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:14,640 Speaker 1: and my dad just more credit to him, he was 284 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:20,560 Speaker 1: actually emergency quarterback throughout his career. There was like a 285 00:15:20,680 --> 00:15:24,400 Speaker 1: drastic like everyone got hurt. They actually would practice sometimes 286 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:26,360 Speaker 1: where he would go in and do a couple of 287 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:30,600 Speaker 1: plays like he really was a renaissance man and actually 288 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:34,040 Speaker 1: punting too. He literally could do everything. Man, I mean 289 00:15:35,120 --> 00:15:40,200 Speaker 1: you could see where my insecurities might come. But no, 290 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:44,280 Speaker 1: just um. I remember my sophomore year of high school, 291 00:15:44,520 --> 00:15:46,680 Speaker 1: They're like, hey, you can be the JB quarterback or 292 00:15:46,840 --> 00:15:49,000 Speaker 1: you know, we have a right tackle spot open on varsity, 293 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:50,960 Speaker 1: and I remember thinking like, man, I really want one 294 00:15:50,960 --> 00:15:54,440 Speaker 1: of those letterman's I think for varsity and my dad's 295 00:15:54,480 --> 00:15:58,680 Speaker 1: the online coach, and I remember the first meeting basically 296 00:15:58,760 --> 00:16:00,840 Speaker 1: said he pointed up my name him on the depth chart. 297 00:16:00,880 --> 00:16:03,560 Speaker 1: It had me at the very bottom. See this name. 298 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:06,000 Speaker 1: He's like, I don't show any favorites, Jake, You're gonna 299 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:08,760 Speaker 1: be your fourth string right now. By the end of 300 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:12,280 Speaker 1: the day I was starting. I was kind of a 301 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:17,240 Speaker 1: natural at it. Yeah, it was. It was just really 302 00:16:17,280 --> 00:16:21,320 Speaker 1: great memories looking back on that. Does he call like 303 00:16:21,520 --> 00:16:25,360 Speaker 1: after a game positive negative? Do you guys compare notes? 304 00:16:25,680 --> 00:16:28,080 Speaker 1: Does he watch like a coach and a dad or 305 00:16:28,440 --> 00:16:33,240 Speaker 1: how does he navigate that side of absolutely all that stuff. Yeah, 306 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:36,600 Speaker 1: he gives it to me straight, looks good, you know 307 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:39,640 Speaker 1: what needs to be improved. And he's really been like 308 00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:42,000 Speaker 1: a second coach to me my entire life. And I 309 00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:44,320 Speaker 1: had to give him credit for a lot of the 310 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:46,920 Speaker 1: success I've had was you know, stuff that we talked 311 00:16:46,920 --> 00:16:50,240 Speaker 1: about and worked on and even in the offseason, like 312 00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:53,400 Speaker 1: we'll go out in the field and up to this day, 313 00:16:53,440 --> 00:16:54,840 Speaker 1: like I go out once a week with him on 314 00:16:54,880 --> 00:16:57,040 Speaker 1: the field and move around and do some stuff and 315 00:16:57,160 --> 00:16:59,560 Speaker 1: talk things through, and it's just really cool to get 316 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:04,480 Speaker 1: his person effective and some tips and things that work 317 00:17:04,560 --> 00:17:06,920 Speaker 1: for him because it's you know a lot of it's 318 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:12,679 Speaker 1: helped me and been relevant obviously two really cool bonding experience. 319 00:17:13,080 --> 00:17:16,760 Speaker 1: I mean, how much to that end the fact that 320 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:20,160 Speaker 1: you kind of lived in this life for the first 321 00:17:20,160 --> 00:17:23,679 Speaker 1: portion of your childhood and then to kind of have 322 00:17:23,880 --> 00:17:27,920 Speaker 1: this part of the life become your own. And I'm 323 00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:31,120 Speaker 1: talking about like NFL life. I mean, to that end, 324 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:33,800 Speaker 1: how much do you think like seeing your dad be 325 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:38,760 Speaker 1: what he was and still is impacted you even today 326 00:17:38,880 --> 00:17:42,200 Speaker 1: now you are on you know, you have extended contracts 327 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:45,160 Speaker 1: and you've had a long tenure in the NFL already, 328 00:17:45,280 --> 00:17:48,560 Speaker 1: Like what kind of has that been like? And how 329 00:17:48,560 --> 00:17:50,520 Speaker 1: do you see that kind of being parallel to you? 330 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:55,400 Speaker 1: He definitely laid out the blueprint of how it's done. 331 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:58,639 Speaker 1: My dad has always been a guy that you're going 332 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:00,760 Speaker 1: to show up. If you commit is something, you're gonna 333 00:18:00,760 --> 00:18:03,040 Speaker 1: see it through. You're gonna work hard, you're gonna do 334 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:06,080 Speaker 1: what the coach tells you, and you know you're not 335 00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:09,520 Speaker 1: gonna make excuses. And he instilled that in all of 336 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:12,040 Speaker 1: us from a young age. And it sounds kind of, 337 00:18:12,240 --> 00:18:15,840 Speaker 1: you know, simple, but I really think those things hold true. 338 00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:18,160 Speaker 1: Like those you know, guys that act like that are 339 00:18:18,440 --> 00:18:20,600 Speaker 1: you know, the players that coaches one on their teams, 340 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:23,280 Speaker 1: and he did that his whole career. So you know, 341 00:18:23,840 --> 00:18:26,600 Speaker 1: there's no no question why he was able to stay 342 00:18:26,600 --> 00:18:30,160 Speaker 1: with one organization his entire career because they loved him. 343 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:33,160 Speaker 1: But no, I in all, honestly, I'm I'm basically trying 344 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:39,280 Speaker 1: to copy everything he did. And yeah, no, it's funny. 345 00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:41,080 Speaker 1: I haven't thought about that in a while. But really, 346 00:18:41,119 --> 00:18:45,359 Speaker 1: just those things that I remember signing up for baseball 347 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:50,199 Speaker 1: as a kid, I had a thing going where the 348 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:52,280 Speaker 1: football season was coming up and I was kind of, 349 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:54,200 Speaker 1: you know, tired of it. I kind of wanted to quit. 350 00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:57,000 Speaker 1: Oh no, I want to focus on football, and he 351 00:18:57,600 --> 00:19:01,080 Speaker 1: absolutely not committed to that. You got to finish it 352 00:19:01,119 --> 00:19:03,560 Speaker 1: and see it through. And I think that stuff has, 353 00:19:03,760 --> 00:19:06,879 Speaker 1: you know, kind of carried me a long way. I also, 354 00:19:06,960 --> 00:19:08,520 Speaker 1: I know we've been talking about your dad a while, 355 00:19:08,600 --> 00:19:12,440 Speaker 1: but I have to ask about your mom and her 356 00:19:12,560 --> 00:19:15,439 Speaker 1: role in all of this. You talk about seven kids, 357 00:19:16,280 --> 00:19:19,680 Speaker 1: A lot of you are offensive linemen, have been offensive lineman. 358 00:19:20,600 --> 00:19:24,919 Speaker 1: Please tell me a little bit about her and how 359 00:19:25,040 --> 00:19:28,400 Speaker 1: she kind of kept all of you guys in line. 360 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:31,879 Speaker 1: I feel like that that seems like a very difficult yeah, no, 361 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:35,280 Speaker 1: she's the greatest there. So I'm one of seven. There's 362 00:19:35,320 --> 00:19:39,480 Speaker 1: five boys, two girls. M the youngest Gwen. My sister 363 00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:41,880 Speaker 1: actually has down syndrome too, so she's that's a full 364 00:19:41,920 --> 00:19:46,000 Speaker 1: time jobman her, you know, taking care of her. But no, 365 00:19:46,359 --> 00:19:49,399 Speaker 1: she was. She was incredible. I mean I couldn't have 366 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:53,199 Speaker 1: had a better childhood growing up. A lot of mouths 367 00:19:53,240 --> 00:19:56,639 Speaker 1: to feed. I think we I think it was two 368 00:19:57,200 --> 00:20:00,280 Speaker 1: trips weekly to the grocery store and each one was 369 00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:04,359 Speaker 1: like three carts. Four Yeah, so it was that's not 370 00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:08,320 Speaker 1: that's not an exaggeration, No, actually true, I remember going. 371 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:13,560 Speaker 1: But um yeah, I think the shortest guy in our 372 00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:16,199 Speaker 1: family is like six two. So a lot of the 373 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:19,600 Speaker 1: big people, a lot of you know, hungry mouths and 374 00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:25,040 Speaker 1: football and you know, she it's funny, she's still um 375 00:20:25,119 --> 00:20:27,720 Speaker 1: she still has questions that make me laugh about the 376 00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:35,679 Speaker 1: game I've been watching four decades. But we like to 377 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:38,760 Speaker 1: give her a hard time. But no, she she's incredible. 378 00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:41,359 Speaker 1: Oh I love that so much. Yeah, Like I would 379 00:20:41,359 --> 00:20:44,200 Speaker 1: just wonder, like how many gallons of milk are they going? Right? 380 00:20:44,520 --> 00:20:46,800 Speaker 1: You know, just like stuff like that. Just the sheer 381 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:51,919 Speaker 1: volume to keep these massive, big, massive I honestly think 382 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:55,240 Speaker 1: we all were raised on like milk and cereal was 383 00:20:55,280 --> 00:20:59,359 Speaker 1: like the main source of nutrition in our house growing up. 384 00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:02,400 Speaker 1: Sugary cereal and milk. You know, that's all you need 385 00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:06,520 Speaker 1: as a kid. He worked, and so it's not only 386 00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:11,160 Speaker 1: in your your immediate family, but you also have cousins. Yeah, 387 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:14,359 Speaker 1: and Clay Matthews played for the Rams and for the 388 00:21:14,359 --> 00:21:16,800 Speaker 1: Package for a long time. I started trying to do 389 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:18,560 Speaker 1: the research and then I gave up. So I'll just 390 00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:21,199 Speaker 1: ask you. Have you ever gone one on one or 391 00:21:21,240 --> 00:21:24,480 Speaker 1: heads up with him in an actual game? Yeah? Many times? 392 00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:29,720 Speaker 1: I think maybe five or six games. Really? Wow? Is 393 00:21:29,720 --> 00:21:34,240 Speaker 1: is there pregame trash talk? Is it more competitive? I mean, 394 00:21:34,760 --> 00:21:36,720 Speaker 1: I'm I mean going up against your family member in 395 00:21:36,720 --> 00:21:41,280 Speaker 1: an NFL game, that's pretty you know, yeah, pretty a 396 00:21:41,320 --> 00:21:44,280 Speaker 1: little bit of I remember my rookie year. He we're 397 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:47,840 Speaker 1: playing up in Lambeau Monday night, and he walked by 398 00:21:47,920 --> 00:21:52,080 Speaker 1: me and purposefully just you know, caught me. And I 399 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:55,359 Speaker 1: didn't even recognize that it was him, Absolutely caught right, 400 00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:58,000 Speaker 1: and he laughed afterwards. Looking back on it, pretty funny, 401 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:02,159 Speaker 1: but in the moment, probably pissed me off. I think 402 00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:04,600 Speaker 1: one of the coolest things. And it's funny too, how 403 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:07,359 Speaker 1: similar it is to my dad, because obviously my dad's 404 00:22:07,359 --> 00:22:11,480 Speaker 1: brother is Clay Matthews junior. Clay Matthews Senior is my grandpa. 405 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:16,080 Speaker 1: But um, he had an amazing career, sixteen years with 406 00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:18,800 Speaker 1: UM or fifteen years with the Browns, and he finished 407 00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:22,679 Speaker 1: his last four here in Atlanta. My uncle Clay and 408 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:25,600 Speaker 1: my dad always say the coolest thing going up against 409 00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:27,919 Speaker 1: them was during the scout and report. Coaches to be like, 410 00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:30,360 Speaker 1: all right, hey, we got to look out for Bruce's 411 00:22:30,440 --> 00:22:32,200 Speaker 1: brother here. He's a really good player. And my dad 412 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:34,439 Speaker 1: to be in the back like just a lot of 413 00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:36,919 Speaker 1: pride in that. And it was funny too because, um, 414 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:41,960 Speaker 1: going against Clay Clay Matthews the third my cousin, the 415 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:44,080 Speaker 1: same type of thing would be in meetings, Hey don't 416 00:22:44,119 --> 00:22:46,920 Speaker 1: let Jake's cousin, you know, get you here. He's a 417 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:49,320 Speaker 1: good player. He's gonna finish late, you know, towards the 418 00:22:49,320 --> 00:22:53,240 Speaker 1: whistle and you know stuff like that. So um, similar 419 00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:55,919 Speaker 1: cool kind of feeling of like, yeah, man, that's my cousin. 420 00:22:56,160 --> 00:22:57,560 Speaker 1: We got to keep an eye out for him. He's 421 00:22:57,560 --> 00:23:00,359 Speaker 1: a good player. That's amazing. I just like the family 422 00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:02,399 Speaker 1: ties I mean, it's just impressive when you kind of 423 00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:05,080 Speaker 1: lay it all out like that. It is so so 424 00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:07,760 Speaker 1: I feel like Beckett is going to be the starting 425 00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:11,359 Speaker 1: left tackle for the Atlanta Power time. It seems in 426 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:14,520 Speaker 1: the cards at this point. If if patterns tell you anything, 427 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:18,040 Speaker 1: you know, following a set pattern, it's a pretty good 428 00:23:19,359 --> 00:23:22,520 Speaker 1: career path. Yeah, for sure. But again, he can be 429 00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:28,080 Speaker 1: anything he wants. No pressure, no pressure. Now we're to 430 00:23:28,119 --> 00:23:30,320 Speaker 1: the end of the podcast. Yes, Um, we do a 431 00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:36,280 Speaker 1: rapid fire segment, which is five five questions. Um. They're 432 00:23:36,560 --> 00:23:40,560 Speaker 1: relatively easy questions, not too hard. Um. The first one 433 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:45,800 Speaker 1: is are you oh wait, are you ready? Yeah? For 434 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:48,080 Speaker 1: guys and the team stuff that happens at work. We're 435 00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:51,399 Speaker 1: talking kind of a little bit of everything. Yeah, no it. 436 00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:56,200 Speaker 1: I promise we'll get through it together. We'll do this together. Um. 437 00:23:56,359 --> 00:24:02,320 Speaker 1: Your favorite play of your career? Oh, my gosh, I 438 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:05,439 Speaker 1: think it is the top of off the top of 439 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:09,760 Speaker 1: my head. Was it? Twenty nineteen? We played Philly at 440 00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:13,840 Speaker 1: home and uh we had that screen to Julio where 441 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:20,199 Speaker 1: I released, yeah that dude finishing the ground and Julio 442 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:21,960 Speaker 1: ran right behind me all the way for a touchdown. 443 00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:24,879 Speaker 1: That that was pretty cool. Especially to you know, get 444 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:29,119 Speaker 1: a little recognition offensive linemen. We're not really catching the 445 00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:31,480 Speaker 1: winning touchdown or anything, but hey, if you set someone 446 00:24:31,560 --> 00:24:33,880 Speaker 1: up with a winning block, that's a big deal. Yeah, 447 00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:37,240 Speaker 1: you ever asked Arthur Smith, given your quarterback in history, 448 00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:40,560 Speaker 1: Caleb has some too right to ever either run a 449 00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:44,240 Speaker 1: route or throw one in. You gotta at least pitch 450 00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:47,560 Speaker 1: him on that. I think it'd be too nervous. I 451 00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:50,800 Speaker 1: don't know, would a lot of pressure throw it. I'd 452 00:24:50,840 --> 00:24:53,119 Speaker 1: prefer to catch it versus throw I don't know with 453 00:24:53,160 --> 00:24:56,240 Speaker 1: all the tape and gloves. Oh yeah, that's probably not 454 00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:58,280 Speaker 1: going to be a good plan, and people trying to 455 00:24:58,320 --> 00:25:04,080 Speaker 1: catch it would be. Yeah, I'm getting nervous just thinking about. 456 00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:10,600 Speaker 1: Oh question number two, Um, what TV show are you 457 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:13,960 Speaker 1: binging or that you're just really into right now? What 458 00:25:14,119 --> 00:25:16,639 Speaker 1: are we watching right now? Like how you say we 459 00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:19,560 Speaker 1: because that's like that's it's like we can't watch it 460 00:25:19,560 --> 00:25:23,240 Speaker 1: without each other. Yeah. Um, we're actually watching Dancing with 461 00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:28,160 Speaker 1: the Stars right now. She's super into it. There's times 462 00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:31,440 Speaker 1: where I'm kind of on my phone looking away, keeping 463 00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:35,399 Speaker 1: up some tents of people on there. That's fantastic. Um, 464 00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:37,960 Speaker 1: this one's a sweet one. What's your favorite part about 465 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:42,400 Speaker 1: being a new dad? Oh? Man, I know it's still new. Yeah. Um, 466 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:44,960 Speaker 1: I catch myself a lot of times just holding him 467 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:49,920 Speaker 1: and like looking at him, and one he looks exactly 468 00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:52,760 Speaker 1: like me. He's like he's like a little mini clone 469 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:55,560 Speaker 1: of me. So it's like like the surrealness of that 470 00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:58,240 Speaker 1: and seeing him just like, man, this is incredible. Like 471 00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:01,280 Speaker 1: what's he gonna be when he grows up? I'll catch 472 00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:04,000 Speaker 1: myself just like staring at him and Maggie Becky all right, 473 00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:07,600 Speaker 1: like just in a trance. No, just admiring him. Probably 474 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:10,480 Speaker 1: probably that whole him looking at him, thinking about, you know, 475 00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:12,840 Speaker 1: what's this kid's life going to be? Like, yeah, really 476 00:26:12,840 --> 00:26:16,320 Speaker 1: excited to you know, be his dad. Who is the 477 00:26:16,359 --> 00:26:19,800 Speaker 1: falcon that you hang out with the most, Oh my gosh, 478 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:24,439 Speaker 1: um so probably Jermaine Affetti. He was my teammate at 479 00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:27,000 Speaker 1: aint M. You guys are neighbors, right, Yeah, he lives 480 00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:31,520 Speaker 1: right down the street from Hilarious. Um, we trained together 481 00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:36,280 Speaker 1: in Houston and he Meggie, my wife jokes that he's 482 00:26:36,359 --> 00:26:41,200 Speaker 1: kind of become like an adopted child, becomes like all 483 00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:46,679 Speaker 1: our dinners together like third wheels it and hangs out. No, 484 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:49,800 Speaker 1: it's been kind of cool having here in here kind 485 00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:52,880 Speaker 1: of surreal too because we haven't been teammates since two 486 00:26:52,960 --> 00:26:56,679 Speaker 1: thousand and thirteen, been a while. I think I remember, 487 00:26:56,760 --> 00:26:59,320 Speaker 1: like it was around we got to talk to you, 488 00:26:59,359 --> 00:27:03,560 Speaker 1: like right after or he uh signed here and you've 489 00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:06,239 Speaker 1: made the comment. I think then you're like, yeah, this 490 00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:09,080 Speaker 1: is really cool, like your teammates again, like it's pretty awesome. 491 00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:11,000 Speaker 1: I mean, Texas A and M has been turning out 492 00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:14,640 Speaker 1: some pretty significant offensive loomen for a while. So when 493 00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:16,840 Speaker 1: I was there right right, yeah, and back when you 494 00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:19,280 Speaker 1: were there, it was like rock star territory because you 495 00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:22,840 Speaker 1: guys had Johnny Manzelle was a quarterback and you guys 496 00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:29,600 Speaker 1: were highly rated. Yeah. Now the dogs. Now the dogs 497 00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:33,280 Speaker 1: are at the top. Baby, go dogs. Okay, last one, Um, 498 00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:39,760 Speaker 1: what is your biggest pet peeve? Um? Probably like loud 499 00:27:39,840 --> 00:27:42,800 Speaker 1: noises like if like if someone like slams a door 500 00:27:43,119 --> 00:27:46,159 Speaker 1: or this will get This is a good example, and 501 00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:50,000 Speaker 1: Maggie can attest it when our dogs bark, like we 502 00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:53,320 Speaker 1: have one that literally it sounds like alarms going off 503 00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:57,000 Speaker 1: like all like and I freak. It's almost like I 504 00:27:57,080 --> 00:28:01,000 Speaker 1: have like PTSD or something like loud noises like and 505 00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:06,480 Speaker 1: quiet relaxing situations like freaking, and I'll start yelling and screaming, 506 00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:09,600 Speaker 1: just calmed down. It's like I can't like it bothers 507 00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:12,760 Speaker 1: me so much. It makes me feel like i'mfy. If 508 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:14,520 Speaker 1: it was just a normal bark, it wouldn't bother me. 509 00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:18,040 Speaker 1: But it's like he's like a bloodhound sounding right oh, 510 00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:21,760 Speaker 1: screaming like a banshee, so it rubs me the wrong. 511 00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:23,520 Speaker 1: How many dogs do y'all have you have too? We 512 00:28:23,560 --> 00:28:27,520 Speaker 1: have a Golden Doodle and a Bernie's Mountain Dog, gotcha, wow? 513 00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:30,600 Speaker 1: And so when they bark, if it's quiet, we know 514 00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:33,960 Speaker 1: it's only one of them the other one like, so 515 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:37,560 Speaker 1: it doesn't bother me. I have found some bragging rights 516 00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:40,960 Speaker 1: for you over your dad. He was taking number nine overall. 517 00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:43,960 Speaker 1: That's pretty low compared to you at number six. So 518 00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:46,880 Speaker 1: we've got something over a first ballot Hall of Famer. 519 00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:49,680 Speaker 1: So that's and then I always joke with him too. 520 00:28:49,720 --> 00:28:54,360 Speaker 1: I got a Pro Bowl before he did one versus fourteen, 521 00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:58,120 Speaker 1: but I got it a year before he got his first. 522 00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:01,480 Speaker 1: It's like he is awesome, Old Jake Matthews, thank you 523 00:29:01,520 --> 00:29:04,440 Speaker 1: so much for joining us. Next time we got a Meggie, 524 00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:11,400 Speaker 1: the real impact, yeah, on this podcast, and so we 525 00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:13,200 Speaker 1: can look forward to that, and we also look forward 526 00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:16,880 Speaker 1: to you guys, rate review, subscribe to the Falcons Podcast Network, 527 00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:18,960 Speaker 1: and we will be back with you again next week 528 00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:20,120 Speaker 1: with another great guest.