1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:01,880 Speaker 1: Before we talk about the future, just want to ask 2 00:00:01,960 --> 00:00:05,000 Speaker 1: got what you thought of the organization's decision to fire 3 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:08,000 Speaker 1: the last staff. UM. You know, you obviously had the 4 00:00:08,039 --> 00:00:11,600 Speaker 1: relationship with Pat Graham coming in and we're a captain 5 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:13,319 Speaker 1: with them, So just wondering what you thought of that 6 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:15,960 Speaker 1: whole decision, whether it was the right one. Yeah. I 7 00:00:15,960 --> 00:00:18,640 Speaker 1: think for me, I'm I'm just a player. I'm gonna 8 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:21,880 Speaker 1: be in those decisions decisions. UM. For me, it's just 9 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:24,040 Speaker 1: one of the things about the business I learned that 10 00:00:24,079 --> 00:00:27,960 Speaker 1: early on in my career. UM. Obviously, great relationships, like 11 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:30,319 Speaker 1: you said, with all those guys, UM will continue to 12 00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:33,600 Speaker 1: have great relationships with them. And now it's moving forward 13 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:41,240 Speaker 1: and excited for O. T. S and dug In. Hey Blake, 14 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:43,440 Speaker 1: Just curious from update on you know, kind of your 15 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:45,720 Speaker 1: timeline with your injury. Do you have a target date 16 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 1: when you can give me back on the field. Yeah. 17 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:50,320 Speaker 1: For me, right now, it is just focusing it day 18 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:53,800 Speaker 1: by day, UM, trying to get each checkpoint, UM doing 19 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:56,840 Speaker 1: the things the trainers try or have me doing for rehab, 20 00:00:56,840 --> 00:00:59,160 Speaker 1: and then all the strength staff, UM what they have 21 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:01,440 Speaker 1: me doing in the way room him. UM, all I 22 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:04,320 Speaker 1: could say is it's it's going well and just excited 23 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:09,319 Speaker 1: to keep chopping wood and um make that progress. There's 24 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:12,360 Speaker 1: a lot of talk from other players from other teams 25 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:14,280 Speaker 1: about the met Mike turf. I mean, when you look 26 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:16,680 Speaker 1: back at your injuries, that's something you've wondered with. Something 27 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 1: through the turf. That's what you can diagnose or figure 28 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:22,200 Speaker 1: out after the fact. H not too much. I think 29 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:25,760 Speaker 1: for me, Um, I think it was more my my 30 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:29,360 Speaker 1: cleats I could have done. Um. I wore those I 31 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:31,160 Speaker 1: think a little bit too long and my foot was 32 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:33,800 Speaker 1: sliding in it. Um So I just planned it awkwardly 33 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:36,479 Speaker 1: with the kind of worn out cleats and it caused 34 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 1: it to kind of happen back growth and black Hey Blake, Um, 35 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:46,880 Speaker 1: I was wondering what you think about going into Wink 36 00:01:46,959 --> 00:01:49,480 Speaker 1: Martin Dale's defense. I wass he's known for being pretty 37 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:52,080 Speaker 1: blitz happy. I'm just curious if you're you're excited about 38 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:53,960 Speaker 1: the prospect of getting at the quarterback a little more. 39 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:56,559 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I mean everyone loves to to make sack 40 00:01:56,680 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 1: make big plays. Um No, I'm super excited Winks obviously 41 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 1: the first day with him today, just being able to 42 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:06,240 Speaker 1: see the culture in his mindset and just uh the 43 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:08,799 Speaker 1: way he kind of commands the room. Uh. I think 44 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:10,679 Speaker 1: it was just a great start to o t as 45 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:13,359 Speaker 1: today and kind of, like I said before, just excited 46 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:24,600 Speaker 1: moving forward with it. Bryan dunt Levy, Hey Blake, good 47 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:29,240 Speaker 1: to see. Obviously you had to restructure your contract here 48 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:31,320 Speaker 1: to come back, wondering if you could take me through 49 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:34,160 Speaker 1: that process, Like, were you insulted by that? Did you 50 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:36,800 Speaker 1: feel that it was part of the business. Did you 51 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:40,680 Speaker 1: consider saying no and maybe taking your shot in free agency? 52 00:02:40,919 --> 00:02:43,480 Speaker 1: Kind of that? Go? Oh yeah, I mean it was 53 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:47,119 Speaker 1: one of the definitely difficult decision. Um, but I think 54 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 1: from me, it all came down to my family. Um, 55 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 1: I think be able to have the structure and the 56 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:54,640 Speaker 1: ability to have my daughters in the schools they're in 57 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:58,520 Speaker 1: and have that situation handled. Um. I just love playing football, 58 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:01,640 Speaker 1: and I knew what the coaches brought here from my 59 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:03,880 Speaker 1: time being rehabing here and those type of things and 60 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 1: that interactions. Uh, and I just felt confident knowing that 61 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:10,440 Speaker 1: I can go out there and improve the type of 62 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 1: player I am coming back from my injury. Paula Shart, 63 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:22,080 Speaker 1: Hey Blake, good to see you. Um, you know you 64 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 1: had such a good relationship with with Patrick Graham obviously 65 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:27,679 Speaker 1: and you know coach on the field. You know, you 66 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:32,000 Speaker 1: guys were like one, UM, are you concerned or excited 67 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:34,000 Speaker 1: about being able to do that with Wink? Do you 68 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:37,600 Speaker 1: think Wink wants that from you? Um? You know, how 69 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:40,560 Speaker 1: does that new dynamic happen? And you've got to also, 70 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:42,560 Speaker 1: you know, rehab improved, you can do all the things 71 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:45,200 Speaker 1: on the field that they would want you to. I 72 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:48,320 Speaker 1: think that's the part that came into my decision as well. 73 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:50,440 Speaker 1: And I think for me, I always wanted to be 74 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:53,880 Speaker 1: the person that thrives in the uncomfortable UM, because I 75 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:57,240 Speaker 1: could possibly easily left and went with somewhere that's comfortable 76 00:03:57,240 --> 00:03:59,520 Speaker 1: and those types of things people I knew or people 77 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:02,000 Speaker 1: that I play with before. But being able to go 78 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:05,200 Speaker 1: here and and come back from my knee injury, go 79 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:07,840 Speaker 1: show Wink and like you said, build that relationship with 80 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 1: him throughout training camp, all the process O, T A, 81 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:13,120 Speaker 1: S and everything is I think going to be that 82 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 1: much more rewarding. UM when it when it happens. And 83 00:04:16,960 --> 00:04:19,280 Speaker 1: they obviously asked you to take a pay cut, but 84 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:22,960 Speaker 1: did they also tell you that, you know, we think 85 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:25,000 Speaker 1: you can lead our defense. You know, was was there 86 00:04:25,160 --> 00:04:27,320 Speaker 1: that give and take? Also, what was it kind of like, well, 87 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:29,719 Speaker 1: we'll wait and see. Yeah. I think they're big motto 88 00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:34,080 Speaker 1: is that, Hey, obviously they wanted me to stay here, um, 89 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:36,599 Speaker 1: And I think it was mutual on both sides. And 90 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:38,880 Speaker 1: I think for them they just basically told me, Hey, 91 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:41,920 Speaker 1: everyone's gonna earn their spot. Obviously, you're coming back from 92 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:44,560 Speaker 1: knee injury. UM. Coming out here and showing us that 93 00:04:44,839 --> 00:04:47,560 Speaker 1: you could be the Blake that you were before, UM 94 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:51,720 Speaker 1: is obviously what we're looking for. Thank you. We'll take 95 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:57,320 Speaker 1: a couple more. Ralph Facciano, Hey, Blake, good to see you. Um. 96 00:04:57,400 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 1: How you talked about getting back to being the Blake 97 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:04,080 Speaker 1: Mortinage you were before. How difficult a challenge is that 98 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:06,520 Speaker 1: for you? I mean, you're in a year where as 99 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 1: you alluded to you, you've got to prove yourself to 100 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:10,719 Speaker 1: a new coaching staff, you know, you to maybe earn 101 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:13,120 Speaker 1: a new contract in the future, and at the same 102 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:15,120 Speaker 1: time you have to get healthy first to do any 103 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:17,880 Speaker 1: of that. Um. How big of a challenge is that 104 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:20,680 Speaker 1: that you think you're facing this seater? Yeah, I think 105 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:23,600 Speaker 1: for me it's part of the part of the business. 106 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:26,960 Speaker 1: And I know for myself. Um, what I've accomplished through 107 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:29,880 Speaker 1: my six years, going on my seventh year. UM, I 108 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:31,560 Speaker 1: always have to take a step back and look at 109 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:33,760 Speaker 1: those things. And I think for me, it's just taking 110 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:35,479 Speaker 1: it one step at a time and not getting ahead 111 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:39,240 Speaker 1: of myself. UM. And I think just taking it, uh, 112 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:42,400 Speaker 1: going through the process of re rehabing my knee, doing 113 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:44,960 Speaker 1: the things I need to do, and taking each checkpoint 114 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:49,800 Speaker 1: and open strides. Um, I'm gonna be able to be 115 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:52,760 Speaker 1: happy with what I'm I'm turning myself into, regardless of 116 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:55,000 Speaker 1: I'm the Blake of the old or this new Blake 117 00:05:55,080 --> 00:06:01,440 Speaker 1: that I'm forming right now. Well offt one, Tom Canavan, 118 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:08,320 Speaker 1: Hey Blake, how you doing good? How are you good? Um? 119 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:13,160 Speaker 1: Just a quick question. I mean you renegotiated, Shepperdy negotiated, 120 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:20,559 Speaker 1: Dory renegotiated. Uh, Ryan was let go. Um, James looks 121 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:24,240 Speaker 1: like he's being shopped around. I mean when you look 122 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:26,919 Speaker 1: at all of this, I mean, is there a reason 123 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:30,920 Speaker 1: to be excited about the prospect that next year based 124 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:35,440 Speaker 1: on what's gone on in the last five I mean 125 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:38,000 Speaker 1: that's one of the things that's just you can't look 126 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:40,159 Speaker 1: at one thing smilar to the other and you can't 127 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:42,680 Speaker 1: dwell on the past going into the future. And I 128 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:45,640 Speaker 1: think for us as a team, um, we're all excited 129 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:48,080 Speaker 1: with the coaching staff that's came in. Obviously, we got 130 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:51,599 Speaker 1: to have our actual like football moments today on the 131 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:54,720 Speaker 1: first day, and you could just see the excitement, enthusiasm, 132 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:57,240 Speaker 1: the want to just make us better, to be a 133 00:06:57,279 --> 00:07:00,840 Speaker 1: better team. And I think that's what kind of every 134 00:07:00,839 --> 00:07:02,520 Speaker 1: single person is going to go off of, is that 135 00:07:02,640 --> 00:07:05,400 Speaker 1: every day instance. And then obviously when the season comes around, 136 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:07,200 Speaker 1: everyone wants to win and that's when it comes down 137 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:09,960 Speaker 1: to and when those things happen, everything else is gonna 138 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:11,640 Speaker 1: line up in the right right direction.