WEBVTT - The OTP | Offseason Program Begins 0:00:10.160 --> 0:00:13.920 This is the OTP presented by Farm Bureau Health Plans. 0:00:14.320 --> 0:00:17.599 For seventy five years, Tennessee's have been relying on Farm 0:00:17.640 --> 0:00:22.080 Bureau Health Plans for their healthcare coverage. Why better rates, 0:00:22.360 --> 0:00:26.120 better coverage, and better service with Amy Wells. My name 0:00:26.200 --> 0:00:31.960 is Mike Keith. Welcome to the Offseason Program edition of 0:00:32.040 --> 0:00:35.519 the OTP. It's here, Mike Keith. The off season Program 0:00:35.600 --> 0:00:40.000 has arrived. Nine weeks of off season program, so the 0:00:40.080 --> 0:00:43.720 players are back here at Saint Thomas Sports Park. When 0:00:44.159 --> 0:00:48.400 I started, and I guess really for the entire time 0:00:48.640 --> 0:00:53.320 up until twenty eleven, the off season program was sixteen weeks. 0:00:54.600 --> 0:00:59.120 They would come back roughly at Saint Patrick's Day and 0:00:59.160 --> 0:01:02.120 then they would get out of here just before the 0:01:02.160 --> 0:01:06.160 fourth of July. Wow, that's lengthy. Now it's nine weeks 0:01:07.240 --> 0:01:11.319 and it comes in three phases. You want to run 0:01:11.360 --> 0:01:13.640 down of what the phases are? Just for fun? Yes, 0:01:13.680 --> 0:01:15.800 a lot of people don't know this. Yeah, I think 0:01:15.800 --> 0:01:19.119 it's interesting. So Phase one is two weeks long. So 0:01:19.160 --> 0:01:24.640 it's the first two weeks. Phase one activities strength and conditioning, 0:01:25.080 --> 0:01:30.320 physical rehabilitation only. No coaches allowed on the field or 0:01:30.680 --> 0:01:34.440 to participate in or observe activities. Now, if guys want 0:01:34.480 --> 0:01:36.800 to go out and throw or kick on their own, 0:01:36.880 --> 0:01:39.560 they can do that, but that's it, right, So that's 0:01:39.600 --> 0:01:42.520 the first two weeks. So in essence, it's getting back 0:01:42.520 --> 0:01:46.360 in the building, it's work out. That's it period. That's 0:01:46.440 --> 0:01:50.280 why a lot of guys don't return for the first 0:01:50.320 --> 0:01:52.560 two weeks because they feel like, well, I can do 0:01:52.600 --> 0:01:54.960 that on my own if I have something going, if 0:01:55.000 --> 0:01:58.960 I'm doing a kitchen remodel, or if they're kids in 0:01:59.120 --> 0:02:02.760 school where else, they may choose to stay away because 0:02:02.800 --> 0:02:04.720 then they don't have to be gone quite as long. 0:02:04.800 --> 0:02:08.519 So very rarely do you have teams with perfect attendance 0:02:08.560 --> 0:02:10.680 for phase one. Well, and a lot of guys have 0:02:10.760 --> 0:02:14.360 their own kind of training regiment that they are in 0:02:14.400 --> 0:02:18.680 the groove right doing that they've been doing since January February, 0:02:18.760 --> 0:02:21.000 you know, So they kind of stick with their own 0:02:21.040 --> 0:02:24.320 thing until one of the phases where you can do 0:02:24.400 --> 0:02:27.320 a little more things. Okay, So this phase will go 0:02:27.480 --> 0:02:32.320 from now through the draft weekend, yes, so then we'll 0:02:32.360 --> 0:02:36.400 start another phase on made the second that is Phase two. 0:02:36.680 --> 0:02:40.440 At lasts three weeks. Coaches are allowed on the field 0:02:40.760 --> 0:02:46.360 on field. Workouts may include individual or group instruction and drills, 0:02:46.680 --> 0:02:50.360 but the offense and the defense have to stay apart. Yes, 0:02:50.680 --> 0:02:53.600 they can't go against these They cannot go against each other, 0:02:53.639 --> 0:02:58.480 either as teams or individually. Obviously, no live contact, no 0:02:58.560 --> 0:03:02.560 team offense, team rills, none of that. So what it 0:03:02.560 --> 0:03:06.760 comes down to is from May second through May the twentieth, 0:03:08.000 --> 0:03:10.800 it's just the offenses on one side of the field 0:03:11.400 --> 0:03:13.720 and the defense is on the other side of the field, 0:03:13.800 --> 0:03:19.040 and they work individual separate, they work team separately. Yes, 0:03:19.200 --> 0:03:21.799 all right, So then we go to Phase three. This 0:03:21.840 --> 0:03:24.400 is why it gets good. Phase three. If you're a 0:03:24.480 --> 0:03:27.600 high school or college football fan, you know about spring practice. 0:03:28.040 --> 0:03:31.400 Right most of our favorite colleges are in the process 0:03:31.440 --> 0:03:34.079 of wrapping up their spring practice right now, where they 0:03:34.120 --> 0:03:38.720 just have. Phase three is basically the NFL's spring practice. 0:03:39.280 --> 0:03:42.400 That's a good analogy. No pads, no, but the final 0:03:42.520 --> 0:03:46.840 four weeks of the offseason program shall consist of four 0:03:46.920 --> 0:03:52.120 weeks with a total of ten OTAs. During Phase three, 0:03:52.160 --> 0:03:56.360 all coaches allowed on the field. Team offense versus team 0:03:56.440 --> 0:04:01.600 defense drills are permitted. No live contact. Again, players can 0:04:01.680 --> 0:04:04.960 wear helmets. Yes. As a matter of fact, sometimes teams 0:04:05.000 --> 0:04:08.640 want them to wear helmets all the time, players may 0:04:08.720 --> 0:04:14.640 wear jointly approved protective shirts. And so you're practicing offense 0:04:14.680 --> 0:04:18.640 against defense, you're practicing defensive back against wide receiver. You're 0:04:18.640 --> 0:04:25.799 playing football. Yes, all three phases for the period are voluntary. Correct. 0:04:26.520 --> 0:04:29.120 You don't have to go to any of this none. 0:04:29.440 --> 0:04:34.479 Per the CBA, the three day mini camp, which is 0:04:34.520 --> 0:04:38.479 at the end of the off season program is mandatory. 0:04:38.520 --> 0:04:40.960 That is the only thing that can be mandatory in 0:04:41.000 --> 0:04:44.120 the offseason. So Phase one, which we're in now, two 0:04:44.160 --> 0:04:47.880 weeks of basically working out, hanging out with the strength 0:04:47.920 --> 0:04:50.880 and conditioning coaches. They can go on the field and 0:04:50.960 --> 0:04:54.520 watch guys work, but the regular ball coaches cannot. Phase 0:04:54.560 --> 0:04:58.320 two offense on one side, defense on another side for 0:04:58.480 --> 0:05:04.240 practices with coaches. Phase three spring practice basically without pads, 0:05:04.279 --> 0:05:07.880 without contact, and everybody can be out there leading into 0:05:07.880 --> 0:05:11.560 the mandatory minicamp. So we have just begun Phase one. 0:05:11.680 --> 0:05:15.719 As you've probably read, heard and seen, everybody is not here, 0:05:16.240 --> 0:05:20.440 but again not a huge shocker. That's normally the way 0:05:20.480 --> 0:05:23.440 that goes. Yeah, what people are missing right now is 0:05:24.040 --> 0:05:27.680 some in the class stuff and lifting, which not that 0:05:27.720 --> 0:05:30.479 big of a deal. All right. Five guys spoke to 0:05:30.560 --> 0:05:36.120 the media today, Yes, highlighted by pro bowler Kevin Byard, 0:05:36.880 --> 0:05:40.080 who has a new haircut which I really like. Big 0:05:40.120 --> 0:05:42.679 fan of Kevin Byard's new haircut. He doesn't care about 0:05:42.720 --> 0:05:45.800 my opinion at all. I don't really think anyone does, 0:05:45.839 --> 0:05:48.279 but I would like to publicly say I really like it. 0:05:48.279 --> 0:05:51.080 It's short, he looks nice. Guys always look nice with 0:05:51.120 --> 0:05:54.320 short hair. Yeah. I just think short hair doesn't ever 0:05:54.440 --> 0:05:56.960 go out of style. Yeah, I just think he looks good. 0:05:57.440 --> 0:06:01.400 Long hair comes back in at different points. Yeah, And 0:06:01.440 --> 0:06:05.599 there are different looks for long hair, but short hair 0:06:05.839 --> 0:06:08.359 never goes out of style. I'm a very classic girl. 0:06:08.839 --> 0:06:13.040 That is a classic haircut. Just he looks smith standard. 0:06:13.040 --> 0:06:15.599 He looks good. But you're sitting here with a guy 0:06:15.600 --> 0:06:20.320 who could never grow his hair long. So long ish me, Yeah, 0:06:20.320 --> 0:06:24.320 I mean it's kind of it's got some movement. Yes, 0:06:24.400 --> 0:06:27.040 your hair has movement. My hair hasn't changed since nineteen 0:06:27.080 --> 0:06:29.800 eighty six. Well, I mean that's a style issue. But 0:06:29.880 --> 0:06:32.680 when it comes to the actual length of it, it's long, 0:06:32.720 --> 0:06:36.800 is it's away. My hair is always short always. I 0:06:36.839 --> 0:06:38.760 tried to grow out long at one point and it 0:06:38.800 --> 0:06:41.600 grew in different directions. I mean, it really looked bad. 0:06:41.760 --> 0:06:44.760 Oh that's yeah, fortunate that was late eighties. That's a 0:06:44.760 --> 0:06:47.719 different story. I guess. In my mind, short is like 0:06:48.040 --> 0:06:52.680 buzzed and long is like will move when the wind blows, 0:06:53.240 --> 0:06:58.000 and then like really long is like arrow Smith. Yeah, yeah, okay, 0:06:58.720 --> 0:07:02.240 that's like whoa mm hmm yeah, like an eighties rock 0:07:02.320 --> 0:07:05.280 band type of But if the wind blows and your 0:07:05.279 --> 0:07:07.160 hair moves, you have longest hair. I don't know what 0:07:07.200 --> 0:07:10.160 you're talking about, but anyway, Kevin Byrd has a smooth 0:07:10.200 --> 0:07:13.880 new haircut. His press conference began with folks noticing it. 0:07:14.480 --> 0:07:17.040 Here's Kevin Byard from Saint Time of Sports Park today 0:07:17.080 --> 0:07:25.920 at the beginning of Phase one. I'll first of all, 0:07:25.920 --> 0:07:34.480 why the haircut? Yeah, I don't know, man, I guess 0:07:34.520 --> 0:07:36.600 you know some just it was on my spirit. Man said, 0:07:36.600 --> 0:07:38.560 I need to switch it up a little bit, um, 0:07:38.600 --> 0:07:40.280 you know, getting low older now, so I cut the 0:07:40.280 --> 0:07:41.960 hair down. Probably gonna keep it like this for a while. 0:07:42.000 --> 0:07:43.520 So that's gonna have to get used to it. I'm 0:07:43.520 --> 0:07:47.320 getting used to it too, so na, man, I got 0:07:47.360 --> 0:07:49.600 a little bit more time for that. I don't know, 0:07:49.400 --> 0:07:52.560 you know, my dad's like that. No, my dad's like that. 0:07:52.600 --> 0:07:55.040 So it's hereditary, So I'm trying to hold on as 0:07:55.040 --> 0:07:56.840 long as possible. That's honestly why I was growing my 0:07:56.880 --> 0:08:01.600 hair out. Offseason after your loss to Kansas City in 0:08:01.640 --> 0:08:07.760 the AFC Championship or this one, um was tougher. I mean, 0:08:07.760 --> 0:08:09.880 obviously being one game with from the super Bowl was tough. 0:08:10.480 --> 0:08:13.720 This offseason was tough as well. More tough because you know, 0:08:13.800 --> 0:08:15.920 just dealing with all the different questions and having to 0:08:15.920 --> 0:08:17.760 talk about you know, you guys had nine sass, you 0:08:17.840 --> 0:08:21.440 lost the game. Honestly, May I was just tired of 0:08:21.480 --> 0:08:22.920 talking about it, you know. You know, it's one of 0:08:22.960 --> 0:08:26.000 those deals would have, could have, should have, just you know, 0:08:26.080 --> 0:08:28.160 odds on the prize. I was looking forward now thinking 0:08:28.200 --> 0:08:30.560 about this year, thinking about the team that we have, 0:08:31.160 --> 0:08:32.760 think about the group in the nucleus of the guys 0:08:32.760 --> 0:08:34.280 on defense that we still have coming in this year. 0:08:34.280 --> 0:08:36.400 So I'm super excited, uh, kind of glad to be 0:08:36.400 --> 0:08:37.559 back in the build and kind of get the same 0:08:37.640 --> 0:08:40.640 rolling again level that this defense can get to. Like, 0:08:40.679 --> 0:08:42.640 what's the next step for you guys as a human 0:08:42.800 --> 0:08:44.480 trying to be the top defense in the NFL. You know, 0:08:44.559 --> 0:08:47.839 that's the goal. Obviously, coming off of twenty twenty. The 0:08:47.920 --> 0:08:50.880 goal was kind of trying to find an identity, find 0:08:50.880 --> 0:08:52.719 out who we are as a team. And I think 0:08:52.760 --> 0:08:54.840 as the year went along, we start playing better and 0:08:54.880 --> 0:08:56.640 better and better, and we got dominant towards the end 0:08:56.640 --> 0:08:58.360 of the year. So I think it's all about taking 0:08:58.559 --> 0:09:00.800 from that from last year and on to this year 0:09:00.920 --> 0:09:05.240 and trying to be the top defensive NFL. Loving the 0:09:05.280 --> 0:09:08.840 starters and the coordinator. I don't think so if I 0:09:08.840 --> 0:09:11.600 can remember, I don't remember that. Like I said, I 0:09:11.600 --> 0:09:13.400 thought it was big for us going through this offseason, 0:09:13.640 --> 0:09:16.400 especially keeping that front four together. That was big for me, 0:09:16.520 --> 0:09:18.720 especially being a safety. Want to have those guys getting 0:09:18.720 --> 0:09:20.880 pressure on the quarterbacks, allowing us to do a lot 0:09:20.920 --> 0:09:22.800 of different things in the back end as far as disguising, 0:09:22.840 --> 0:09:25.040 and I'm sure Shane and all the coaches have been 0:09:25.440 --> 0:09:27.640 working hard this offseason trying to figure out different ways 0:09:27.640 --> 0:09:30.560 to affect the quarterback but also disguising and stuff like that, 0:09:30.559 --> 0:09:33.760 mixing up coverages. Harrison, when you do have to reset, 0:09:33.920 --> 0:09:37.040 what does that take to my reset in my mind? 0:09:37.120 --> 0:09:39.480 Or just that when you do have the new coordinator 0:09:39.480 --> 0:09:41.920 when there is roster turnover, Oh yeah, I mean it's 0:09:42.080 --> 0:09:43.640 you know, you're getting to know, you know, a whole 0:09:43.679 --> 0:09:45.719 new coach. You know, you had to build trust and 0:09:45.800 --> 0:09:49.280 communication between the coaching staff and players. Obviously learning the 0:09:49.320 --> 0:09:52.520 defense new terminology. But you know, obviously when Shane, you know, 0:09:52.559 --> 0:09:54.880 Shane had been here, the defense hadn't changed that much. 0:09:54.920 --> 0:09:58.640 But obviously the personnel was a little different. And obviously 0:09:58.800 --> 0:10:01.480 talking going back to twenty tw the execution just wasn't there. 0:10:01.480 --> 0:10:03.280 Sometimes communication with them, you know, we talked about that 0:10:03.320 --> 0:10:06.200 ad nauseam or whatever. But you know, just this year, 0:10:06.400 --> 0:10:09.200 obviously having the main group of guys is all about 0:10:09.240 --> 0:10:12.040 taking that next step and just continue trying to get better. 0:10:12.280 --> 0:10:15.520 So how do you guys take that next step? And 0:10:15.600 --> 0:10:17.480 you know it starts now. You know, obviously we're just 0:10:17.559 --> 0:10:20.520 you know, working out, rehabbing. Some guys are rehabbing. We're 0:10:20.520 --> 0:10:22.800 just working out in conditioning, but just being in meetings. 0:10:23.240 --> 0:10:26.120 For me personally, obviously I'm here trying to continue to 0:10:26.200 --> 0:10:28.600 learn and development get better as a player, but obviously 0:10:28.800 --> 0:10:30.800 being more of a mentor kind of being in that 0:10:30.880 --> 0:10:33.080 role a little bit more. Obviously I've always always been 0:10:33.120 --> 0:10:36.400 a leader, but mentoring guys like ka lip Elijah continue 0:10:36.400 --> 0:10:38.679 to helping David Long you know, elevated his game and 0:10:38.960 --> 0:10:40.520 that that's kind of my mentality, and that's kind of 0:10:40.520 --> 0:10:42.520 something I've been married nating on the whole offseason, just 0:10:43.360 --> 0:10:45.720 obviously being a leader, but mentoring some of these young 0:10:45.760 --> 0:10:47.200 guys who are trying to take that game to the 0:10:47.200 --> 0:10:52.320 next level. You skip maybe the first couple, not these, 0:10:52.360 --> 0:10:53.640 I don't know if you were, these are not, but 0:10:53.679 --> 0:10:56.520 the practices and that the Union was putting a lot 0:10:56.559 --> 0:10:59.080 of word out that they wanted guys to stay away, 0:10:59.120 --> 0:11:02.280 and there was a COVID. Has a union been talking 0:11:02.559 --> 0:11:04.880 this year in the same way. I mean, I haven't 0:11:04.920 --> 0:11:08.640 really been in those talks, you know. I think obviously 0:11:08.800 --> 0:11:11.280 around this time of the year, it's a whole big thing, 0:11:11.640 --> 0:11:14.640 you know, with you know, the media obviously talking about 0:11:14.640 --> 0:11:16.560 guys who's showing up, who hasn't shown up. You know, 0:11:16.600 --> 0:11:18.400 this is all voluntary, you know, and I kind of 0:11:18.600 --> 0:11:20.640 try to mind the business that pays me by minding 0:11:20.679 --> 0:11:23.520 my own business. But I understand that some guys feels like, 0:11:23.559 --> 0:11:25.120 you know, if they want to show up when we 0:11:25.120 --> 0:11:27.400 start practicing playing football, then that's when they choose to do. 0:11:27.400 --> 0:11:30.000 I'd already been here working out with Frank and doing 0:11:30.000 --> 0:11:32.040 different things like that. So I just say, hey, there's 0:11:32.040 --> 0:11:33.440 no point of me just not showing up just to 0:11:33.520 --> 0:11:35.360 not show up. So I want to be able to 0:11:35.400 --> 0:11:37.240 be around the young guys, try to get better and 0:11:37.320 --> 0:11:39.720 things like that. But you know, this is a voluntary 0:11:39.760 --> 0:11:42.480 part of the offseason, and for some guys obviously been 0:11:42.679 --> 0:11:45.600 on a team like this where you know the system 0:11:45.640 --> 0:11:47.720 is kind of already set as far as you know, 0:11:47.800 --> 0:11:49.720 the culture and things like that. So you know, for 0:11:49.800 --> 0:11:51.400 guy choose to take a little bit more time out 0:11:51.400 --> 0:11:53.040 to be with their family. You know, we're not gonna 0:11:53.040 --> 0:11:56.160 hold anything against anybody who is your stretch. Some people 0:11:56.200 --> 0:11:59.320 say no carry over from year to year because everybody 0:11:59.360 --> 0:12:02.480 starts obviously year old zero again. But in your mind, 0:12:02.800 --> 0:12:07.079 is there carry over and unfinished business from last year? Yeah, 0:12:07.120 --> 0:12:09.559 obviously it's unfinished business because we didn't win the Super Bowl. 0:12:10.559 --> 0:12:13.760 But you know, when you're talking about carryover or momentum 0:12:13.800 --> 0:12:15.760 of whatever taken on from one year to the next, 0:12:16.640 --> 0:12:18.160 you I feel like, as a player, and it's always 0:12:18.160 --> 0:12:19.559 been my mentor that you got to start all the 0:12:19.559 --> 0:12:21.719 way over. You have to reset your mind. I went 0:12:21.760 --> 0:12:23.760 first team Pro last year. That's not gonna do anything 0:12:23.760 --> 0:12:25.680 for me. This year. I had to continue to work hard, 0:12:26.640 --> 0:12:28.440 take the same step that I took last year, being 0:12:28.440 --> 0:12:30.560 in the meeting room, studying hard, doing all those little 0:12:30.600 --> 0:12:32.560 things over and over again. And that's how you be 0:12:32.600 --> 0:12:35.200 consistently great. You talk about guys like, you know, we're 0:12:35.200 --> 0:12:37.120 talking about the guys like Tom Brady and all those guys. 0:12:37.160 --> 0:12:39.520 Those guys do the small things, the details. You hear 0:12:39.640 --> 0:12:41.440 young guys in the building saying he's stills working like 0:12:41.440 --> 0:12:43.120 he's a rookie, And I think that's what it takes 0:12:43.120 --> 0:12:45.160 to try to be great. So yeah, it's a little 0:12:45.160 --> 0:12:47.280 bit of carry over because obviously the system hasn't changed, 0:12:47.280 --> 0:12:49.719 the defense hasn't changed, but we still had to take 0:12:49.760 --> 0:12:51.880 all those little small steps and all those details that 0:12:51.920 --> 0:12:54.600 we took when we weren't great in twenty twenty and 0:12:54.679 --> 0:12:57.600 trying to do the same things this year. Body else's 0:12:57.679 --> 0:12:59.840 kind of going on in the AFC this off season. 0:13:00.160 --> 0:13:03.240 What kind of challenges everybody facing this conference? Yeah, I 0:13:03.240 --> 0:13:05.000 mean the a FC is loaded loaded with a lot 0:13:05.040 --> 0:13:08.839 of talent, especially quarterback talent. Obviously, watch you know, receivers 0:13:08.920 --> 0:13:11.280 change different teams and things like that, so you know, 0:13:11.360 --> 0:13:14.079 going to every single year, there's going to be things 0:13:14.080 --> 0:13:16.240 like that as far as roster turnovers in the league. 0:13:16.720 --> 0:13:18.760 But you know, in recent years, I don't really remember 0:13:18.800 --> 0:13:21.199 it being this much, you know, and that month of 0:13:21.240 --> 0:13:23.280 March is kind of exploded with you know, Russell Wilson 0:13:23.320 --> 0:13:25.560 coming to the AFC, So it's gonna be huge on 0:13:25.880 --> 0:13:28.319 us on defense, being able to play very well, getting 0:13:28.320 --> 0:13:30.720 pressure on these quarterbacks, trying to make these guys make mistakes. 0:13:30.760 --> 0:13:33.280 So you know, I'm already getting the beat on trying 0:13:33.320 --> 0:13:36.040 to watch as much film on quarterbacks, not only just 0:13:36.080 --> 0:13:39.600 in my division, but just all the teams that we played, 0:13:39.679 --> 0:13:41.960 you know, starting from the NFC East to the AFC West. 0:13:42.040 --> 0:13:45.480 I'm studying film and not necessarily studying for game playing 0:13:45.520 --> 0:13:47.200 and stuff like that, but I'm just watching the quarterbacks. 0:13:47.200 --> 0:13:49.360 Like if I just keep watching, keep watching, maybe I 0:13:49.360 --> 0:13:50.840 can pick up a little things here and there. So 0:13:50.840 --> 0:13:52.880 when we actually it's trying to play those guys in 0:13:52.920 --> 0:13:55.000 that week, I maybe you can go back into my notes, like, hey, 0:13:55.040 --> 0:13:56.599 Russell Wilson, I got some notes from this and it 0:13:56.800 --> 0:14:01.520 trying to carry over. You know, the Bank team offseason, Kevin, 0:14:01.520 --> 0:14:04.079 when you were up for a contract extension, how did 0:14:04.120 --> 0:14:06.600 you you know, did you ever think of you know, 0:14:06.679 --> 0:14:08.800 maybe I don't show maybe that gives me leverage. What 0:14:08.880 --> 0:14:10.760 was what was sort of your approach knowing that you 0:14:10.760 --> 0:14:12.560 were up for an extension that Yeah, I mean my 0:14:12.600 --> 0:14:16.120 approach is, you know, I wanted to show up, you know. 0:14:16.160 --> 0:14:17.960 And I don't think it's nothing against anybody that doesn't 0:14:17.960 --> 0:14:20.040 show up, because, like I said, this is voluntary. I 0:14:20.040 --> 0:14:22.120 don't think that, you know, it can go either way. 0:14:22.320 --> 0:14:25.560 But me personally, I felt that I knew I was 0:14:25.600 --> 0:14:27.320 going to get paid. You know. I just think it's 0:14:27.320 --> 0:14:28.680 just a process that you had to go to when 0:14:28.680 --> 0:14:31.200 you're talking about negotiations and agents and things like that, 0:14:31.360 --> 0:14:33.320 I kind of understand when you're looking at and that's 0:14:33.320 --> 0:14:35.160 pretty much a lot of different teams around the league, 0:14:35.200 --> 0:14:38.160 those big money contracts, especially extensions, it tend to happen 0:14:38.240 --> 0:14:41.200 right before a training camp. But you know, I was 0:14:41.200 --> 0:14:42.800 already gonna be working out anyway, so I wanted to 0:14:42.840 --> 0:14:44.280 come in here and continue to learn and continue to 0:14:44.280 --> 0:14:47.080 try to get better as a young player. Uh So 0:14:47.160 --> 0:14:48.720 that's that's just what I did. But at the end 0:14:48.720 --> 0:14:50.040 of the day, like I said, I kind of just 0:14:50.080 --> 0:14:52.680 mind the business that pays me. You know, some players 0:14:52.680 --> 0:14:55.320 who who you know, maybe go to social media as 0:14:55.320 --> 0:14:57.320 they're you know, kind of talking about the new contract 0:14:57.320 --> 0:15:00.200 extension too. Do you think, in your opinion, is that 0:15:00.360 --> 0:15:03.920 help Does it not help in those cases? I mean, 0:15:03.960 --> 0:15:05.360 I don't know if it does or not. You know, 0:15:05.680 --> 0:15:07.040 like I said, if somebody wanted to get on social 0:15:07.040 --> 0:15:08.360 media talk about what they want to talk about it, 0:15:08.400 --> 0:15:10.360 then that's on them. I don't think I honestly, I 0:15:10.400 --> 0:15:12.560 don't think it does any any bad. I don't think 0:15:12.560 --> 0:15:14.360 it does any good. I think it's just all about 0:15:14.400 --> 0:15:16.360 what a personal decision and what they want to talk about. 0:15:16.400 --> 0:15:18.160 You know, it's a you know, it's a free country's 0:15:18.280 --> 0:15:22.360 free speech. So, like I said, just me personally, you know, 0:15:22.400 --> 0:15:24.200 I don't do too much talking and stuff like that 0:15:24.320 --> 0:15:26.280 on social mediaunless, like I said, I'm posting on Instagram 0:15:26.320 --> 0:15:28.480 or whatever. But like I said, man, I think these 0:15:28.480 --> 0:15:31.720 things they all worked, they all work themselves out. And obviously, 0:15:31.720 --> 0:15:34.280 if you're talking about AJJ is one of the best 0:15:34.280 --> 0:15:37.280 receivers in the league, and obviously you know Vayblee and 0:15:37.360 --> 0:15:39.600 John Dave talking about him being here. So I have 0:15:39.680 --> 0:15:42.800 no concerns about aj not coming in, being in shape, 0:15:42.960 --> 0:15:44.560 coming in here, ready to produce, and being the same 0:15:44.600 --> 0:15:48.320 type of guy. He's always been success six or seven years. 0:15:48.360 --> 0:15:50.760 You guys have got different slogan. It's good, degrade, some 0:15:51.000 --> 0:15:53.400 finished business, things like that. As you come back right 0:15:53.440 --> 0:15:55.800 now as a leader, is there a slogan you guys 0:15:55.840 --> 0:15:58.800 have or a message you give to your teammates? Um, 0:16:00.800 --> 0:16:03.520 I wouldn't say it's a necessarily slogan. Obviously, this has 0:16:03.560 --> 0:16:06.520 been the first day. Verybe hasn't been here today. He's asked. 0:16:06.600 --> 0:16:08.400 He has a deal that he's dealing with as far 0:16:08.440 --> 0:16:10.600 as so next tomorrow we'll have a team me and 0:16:10.640 --> 0:16:12.840 I'm pretty sure he'll have a slogan that will kind 0:16:12.840 --> 0:16:15.440 of carry on too this offseason. But just being poised 0:16:15.440 --> 0:16:17.880 and just trying to I'm just getting better. I mean 0:16:17.880 --> 0:16:19.840 that's kind of what I just preached. Everybody getting better. 0:16:19.880 --> 0:16:22.440 You know, you either either getting better you're getting worse. 0:16:22.480 --> 0:16:24.160 You never stayed the same. So just as a team, 0:16:24.160 --> 0:16:26.720 we're just trying to get better. You've seen this place 0:16:26.920 --> 0:16:30.880 completely transformer in any excitement or desire to try to 0:16:30.920 --> 0:16:32.920 make it into a new stadium in twenty twenty six, 0:16:33.960 --> 0:16:36.520 twenty that's a long time from now. Like honestly, just 0:16:36.560 --> 0:16:38.880 me being a player, man, that's so far out. Obviously, 0:16:38.920 --> 0:16:40.720 it'll be super exciting for the city of Nashville to 0:16:40.720 --> 0:16:43.240 getting new stadium. Obviously a lot of stuff comes with that, 0:16:43.280 --> 0:16:44.800 with the Super Bowl bids and things like that. But 0:16:44.800 --> 0:16:46.920 twenty twenty six, man, I don't think I'm under contract 0:16:46.960 --> 0:16:49.120 in twenty twenty six, So once that time gets there, 0:16:49.160 --> 0:16:50.840 then I'll be trying to get excited about playing a 0:16:50.840 --> 0:16:55.640 new stadium. See in that stadium and nah Grass, But 0:16:56.600 --> 0:16:58.000 we all know if it's a dome, it's probably not 0:16:58.040 --> 0:17:01.960 gonna happen earlier. How different or things gonna be for 0:17:02.240 --> 0:17:03.760 him all of a sudden being one of the older 0:17:03.760 --> 0:17:07.119 guys in that room, you think, Yeah, I mean it's crazy. 0:17:07.119 --> 0:17:09.400 I'm want of the older guys in the whole locker 0:17:09.480 --> 0:17:11.280 room now, And it's funny how I've been a rookie 0:17:11.280 --> 0:17:13.040 and now I think I'm the second oldest guy in 0:17:13.040 --> 0:17:15.080 the dB room now. It's pretty crazy. But obviously, talking 0:17:15.080 --> 0:17:18.160 about David Long, David Long plays with a lot of confidence, 0:17:18.160 --> 0:17:20.879 players with a lot of passion. So I'm just excited 0:17:20.880 --> 0:17:23.040 to see his progression as a player. Obviously, you still 0:17:23.040 --> 0:17:24.480 have cunning him in the room. You have a young 0:17:24.520 --> 0:17:26.760 guy and Monti Rice who's gonna take his next step 0:17:26.760 --> 0:17:28.560 as well. But I think just the passion that he 0:17:28.560 --> 0:17:30.240 plays with him, this type of confidence that he has. 0:17:30.640 --> 0:17:32.280 He's already a leader, you know what I'm saying, just 0:17:32.320 --> 0:17:34.200 in his own right, and I'm just excited to see 0:17:34.280 --> 0:17:38.680 him this offseason just continue to take that next step. Yeah, Kevin, 0:17:39.119 --> 0:17:41.280 given you know how little he played last year and 0:17:41.680 --> 0:17:44.199 really enjo Yeah, it's super important. I mean, I know 0:17:44.440 --> 0:17:46.439 by coming in working out and stuff like that. Throughout 0:17:46.440 --> 0:17:49.119 this offseason, he's been here every day, so he's been 0:17:49.160 --> 0:17:51.359 here working, he's been studying with Midge and the coaches 0:17:51.400 --> 0:17:53.320 and things like that. So I'm obviously going to be 0:17:53.320 --> 0:17:54.720 excited when he's able to clear, to be able to 0:17:54.720 --> 0:17:55.960 get out on the field and kind of get those 0:17:55.960 --> 0:17:57.920 reps in because that's the main thing we're talking about 0:17:57.920 --> 0:18:00.240 a guy who's had some injury issues the past couple 0:18:00.240 --> 0:18:02.200 of years. It's just those valuable reps that you miss, 0:18:02.240 --> 0:18:05.040 radifice and practice are in the game. So the more 0:18:05.040 --> 0:18:07.199 he gets more reps, the more comfortable he'll gets, the 0:18:07.240 --> 0:18:09.800 more his confidence to continue to build. And like I said, 0:18:09.920 --> 0:18:13.240 I'm excited for him. Talking about the AFC loading up, 0:18:13.280 --> 0:18:15.400 he said, well, you guys have been building a program 0:18:15.440 --> 0:18:19.919 steadily for years. When you have that foundation, that cultural foundation, 0:18:20.520 --> 0:18:23.119 How helpful is that no matter who's coming in and 0:18:23.119 --> 0:18:24.920 out to be able to rely on that. Yeah, I 0:18:24.960 --> 0:18:27.160 mean I think you see it. I mean it's probably 0:18:27.240 --> 0:18:30.160 more prevalent in basketball, but in football you can't really 0:18:30.280 --> 0:18:33.080 you can't really buy championships like that. You have to 0:18:33.119 --> 0:18:36.080 have the foundation first. Then you bring piece into that foundation, 0:18:36.280 --> 0:18:38.560 and then that's when you talk about winning championships. So 0:18:38.800 --> 0:18:41.040 we have the foundation, and obviously last year we brought 0:18:41.080 --> 0:18:42.760 some pieces together. We wasn't able to put it together. 0:18:43.080 --> 0:18:45.719 But that culture and the piece you know, as far 0:18:45.760 --> 0:18:47.520 as the things that verybody hasn't stilled in us as 0:18:47.560 --> 0:18:49.240 the team and obviously having a lot of core leaders 0:18:49.280 --> 0:18:51.680 on this team, that's what carries over. If you want 0:18:51.680 --> 0:18:53.159 to talk about things that carry that's what carry over 0:18:53.240 --> 0:18:55.240 from year to year. Just that culture that we building 0:18:55.240 --> 0:18:57.240 this up to us as leaders and the veterans to 0:18:57.280 --> 0:18:59.320 continue to harp that onto the young guys and some 0:18:59.359 --> 0:19:01.120 new guys has come on them the team this year. So, 0:19:01.440 --> 0:19:04.879 like I said, I'm excited and excited to get this 0:19:04.960 --> 0:19:08.480 staining rolling Man. Last season, you mentioned how important it 0:19:08.560 --> 0:19:10.760 was to bring back Harold. Now that you guys have 0:19:10.800 --> 0:19:14.159 him resigned, just how how how excited are you and 0:19:14.240 --> 0:19:16.959 just you know that the defensive ability to take that 0:19:17.000 --> 0:19:19.119 next step just because you have him back. Yeah, Man, 0:19:19.160 --> 0:19:20.679 I talked about last year. Man, I feel like we 0:19:20.720 --> 0:19:23.199