WEBVTT - Guard John Simpson Talks New-Look Offense & O-Line in 2025 (6/17) 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:03.400 The offseason has officially begun here in Florida Park. While 0:00:03.440 --> 0:00:06.280 some players will visit the facility during the target period 0:00:06.320 --> 0:00:09.719 for workouts, the full group won't be together again until 0:00:09.760 --> 0:00:13.600 report day for training camp in late July, but the 0:00:13.640 --> 0:00:16.800 Official Podcast will remain and have a weekly cadence throughout 0:00:16.840 --> 0:00:20.560 the summer. We'll feed your football fix. Today, we'll chat 0:00:20.560 --> 0:00:24.160 with John Simpson, an underrated piece on an intriguing Jets 0:00:24.200 --> 0:00:26.560 offensive line, and meet anybody in the world. 0:00:26.600 --> 0:00:27.440 And I think we're gonna win. 0:00:27.480 --> 0:00:37.800 Next Sunday. 0:00:35.120 --> 0:00:37.320 Gets wonderful. 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John Simpson is one of the strongest Jets. 0:00:58.280 --> 0:01:01.560 He punched out thirty four reps of two hundred and 0:01:01.600 --> 0:01:05.120 twenty five pounds on the bench process the twenty twenty Combine. 0:01:05.240 --> 0:01:10.399 After winning two national championships at Clemson last season, Simpson 0:01:10.480 --> 0:01:13.959 received a seventy seven point three great from Pro Football Focus, 0:01:14.440 --> 0:01:17.840 which ranked eleventh amongst guards in the National Football League. 0:01:18.319 --> 0:01:21.440 He's a very good player who's also loaded with great 0:01:21.600 --> 0:01:26.000 character and charisma. Recently, we caught up with John in studio. 0:01:26.920 --> 0:01:30.120 What's this all been like? You got a new coaching staff, 0:01:30.160 --> 0:01:34.120 You just completed every phase OTAs, Phase one, Phase two, 0:01:34.160 --> 0:01:36.880 phase three, today mandatory mini camp. 0:01:36.920 --> 0:01:42.319 Reaches his conclusion, Yeah, it's been fun, just learning the guys, 0:01:42.800 --> 0:01:46.119 figuring each other out, you know, having a new quarterback, 0:01:47.280 --> 0:01:50.520 new right tackle, a few other guys like sprinkled in 0:01:50.520 --> 0:01:52.200 there too, you know, just figuring each other out and 0:01:52.200 --> 0:01:54.240 figuring out what we like, what we don't like, and 0:01:54.920 --> 0:01:58.200 just getting that camaraderie together pretty much and just going 0:01:58.200 --> 0:02:00.520 from there, like kind of taking us that from where 0:02:00.520 --> 0:02:02.760 we were leaving off at today. 0:02:03.120 --> 0:02:05.880 So what were your expectations heading into the off season 0:02:05.920 --> 0:02:07.960 when you knew you were going to have a new 0:02:08.040 --> 0:02:11.560 head coach, a new GM, a new regime, a new direction. 0:02:12.160 --> 0:02:16.200 I didn't really have any like expect you know, crazy expectations, 0:02:17.040 --> 0:02:19.840 you know. I just wanted a coach that's gonna, you know, 0:02:20.040 --> 0:02:22.880 come in here with you know that that mojo, you 0:02:22.880 --> 0:02:25.200 know what I'm saying. And I think uh AG's done 0:02:25.240 --> 0:02:29.480 a great job with that, you know, and like I said, 0:02:29.480 --> 0:02:31.240 I didn't really want to want to come in here 0:02:31.240 --> 0:02:33.720 with any expectations. I just wanted to come in here 0:02:33.760 --> 0:02:36.400 and just try to be as helpful as I can be, 0:02:37.639 --> 0:02:39.880 just with my voice and just trying to be a 0:02:39.960 --> 0:02:41.520 leader amongst the guys. 0:02:42.080 --> 0:02:45.040 So when you found out it was a g what 0:02:45.080 --> 0:02:46.040 was your initial reaction. 0:02:46.720 --> 0:02:49.079 I mean, I don't I didn't really know much about coach, 0:02:49.120 --> 0:02:50.800 you know, I didn't really know much about him. So 0:02:52.200 --> 0:02:54.800 but like his first interview, I watched it and I 0:02:54.840 --> 0:02:56.520 was like, let's put that seat, bet all, let's go, 0:02:57.240 --> 0:02:58.280 let's go, let's go. 0:02:58.400 --> 0:02:58.880 I'm ready. 0:02:59.040 --> 0:03:03.720 So uh, I think, you know, just you know, like now, 0:03:03.880 --> 0:03:06.120 like being around him and like seeing how he does things. 0:03:06.160 --> 0:03:07.560 Man, he's a he's a leader. 0:03:07.600 --> 0:03:09.760 He's a true leader, and he's one of those guys 0:03:09.800 --> 0:03:11.760 that you want to get behind and like no matter what, 0:03:11.960 --> 0:03:15.320 just like us against everybody. That's kind of how I 0:03:15.320 --> 0:03:18.320 feel about it, and I'm gonna ride for him or 0:03:18.560 --> 0:03:21.000 you know, whatever happens, and let's go. 0:03:21.120 --> 0:03:22.080 That's how I feel about it. 0:03:22.120 --> 0:03:24.680 How does he go about leadership? Because we see the 0:03:24.720 --> 0:03:26.880 side of him where he's addressing the media, but you 0:03:27.000 --> 0:03:30.000 guys are in the room with him, behind closed doors 0:03:30.040 --> 0:03:31.600 and also out there on the field, of course. 0:03:31.680 --> 0:03:33.799 Yeah, No, he's he's one of those guys that kind 0:03:33.800 --> 0:03:36.360 of just keep it real. He's like, plain and simple. 0:03:37.200 --> 0:03:40.440 He don't want to give you anything that he's not 0:03:40.480 --> 0:03:42.640 gonna give you anything you don't want to hear, but 0:03:42.760 --> 0:03:46.000 he's gonna keep it straight up to the point. And 0:03:46.000 --> 0:03:47.880 that's I feel like as a coach, that's kind of 0:03:47.920 --> 0:03:49.600 what you need. You need a guy that's gonna cut 0:03:49.600 --> 0:03:54.160 it cut and dry and just give you the truth. 0:03:54.360 --> 0:03:55.760 And he's nothing but the truth. 0:03:56.960 --> 0:04:05.400 Is he a guy that is equal parts motivating, authentic, direct, intense, 0:04:05.920 --> 0:04:08.880 all those qualities? Is that the way you describe. 0:04:08.560 --> 0:04:11.440 Them on like, I don't I don't see it any 0:04:11.440 --> 0:04:13.960 other way. He's all those things, And I think I 0:04:13.960 --> 0:04:16.600 feel like plus some because he's he's got like a 0:04:18.320 --> 0:04:20.880 he's got he's got this like meaning when he walks 0:04:20.880 --> 0:04:22.440 in the room, you're like, Okay, let's let's lock in. 0:04:22.480 --> 0:04:24.400 It's his coach coach talking, you know what I'm saying. 0:04:24.440 --> 0:04:26.960 So just having a guy like that up there that's 0:04:27.000 --> 0:04:29.200 that's addressing the team is just you know, it's huge, man, 0:04:29.320 --> 0:04:29.720 for sure. 0:04:30.080 --> 0:04:32.279 Do you consider yourself the old guy on that offensive 0:04:32.320 --> 0:04:33.520 line or what nah. 0:04:33.480 --> 0:04:35.240 Nah, I'm still I'm still I'm still. 0:04:35.040 --> 0:04:37.279 Young man, you still are you still are young. But 0:04:37.320 --> 0:04:39.400 when you when you look to the left, when you 0:04:39.440 --> 0:04:40.320 look to the right. 0:04:40.240 --> 0:04:42.520 You got still young guys around me for sure, for sure. 0:04:42.560 --> 0:04:46.640 But you know, I wouldn't say that the old guy. 0:04:46.920 --> 0:04:49.920 I'm want of a I'm like a big bro. Big 0:04:49.960 --> 0:04:51.880 bro ain't too old, too young. 0:04:51.839 --> 0:04:52.799 You know. 0:04:52.320 --> 0:04:54.000 So what's the room? 0:04:54.200 --> 0:04:54.320 Like? 0:04:54.720 --> 0:04:57.160 It's good, man, that the energy is like real good. 0:04:57.880 --> 0:05:00.600 It's it's super good. Like the the guys we've got 0:05:00.640 --> 0:05:04.200 in the rumors there. The work ethic is just it's crazy. 0:05:05.160 --> 0:05:05.359 You know. 0:05:06.600 --> 0:05:08.880 You got guys that come in on days like the 0:05:08.960 --> 0:05:11.000 days that we have off, that just come do abs 0:05:11.080 --> 0:05:13.160 or come get some extra workout in Like it's just 0:05:13.440 --> 0:05:14.840 guys that like. 0:05:14.800 --> 0:05:16.760 We bring each other along pretty much. 0:05:16.839 --> 0:05:19.120 And like that's the kind of room I feel like 0:05:19.160 --> 0:05:24.120 you need as an offensive line unit. You got guys 0:05:24.200 --> 0:05:27.359 like Olu Balling, you know what I'm saying. He's a 0:05:27.400 --> 0:05:29.839 young guy, but he's got that confidence, that swagger, and 0:05:29.880 --> 0:05:32.840 you need that in a left tackle, specifically in the 0:05:32.880 --> 0:05:33.440 old line. 0:05:33.560 --> 0:05:36.600 So yeah, the boy's doing their thing. Man, We're grinding for. 0:05:36.560 --> 0:05:40.159 Sure, what's the difference between Olu now in this point 0:05:40.240 --> 0:05:40.680 last year. 0:05:41.839 --> 0:05:44.680 I think he you know, he's played those games. I 0:05:44.680 --> 0:05:47.480 think experienced, Like just one year of experience can take 0:05:47.480 --> 0:05:49.760 you a long way. He's got to get in there 0:05:49.800 --> 0:05:54.120 and and get down and get nasty. So he's, uh, 0:05:54.320 --> 0:05:57.880 he's definitely taking a big stride and knowing what it 0:05:57.920 --> 0:05:59.080 takes to compete at this level. 0:05:59.360 --> 0:06:02.159 What about a tip and then Josh Myers. The guys 0:06:02.240 --> 0:06:06.080 added a player and Josh who started for four years 0:06:06.080 --> 0:06:08.760 with the Packers before he signed here in the off season. 0:06:08.920 --> 0:06:12.080 Yeah, those dudes are competing, man, They're competing their asses off. 0:06:12.120 --> 0:06:14.800 And I'll give it to him. The boys are they 0:06:15.120 --> 0:06:20.000 They both smart as hell. They're they know, they know everything. 0:06:20.160 --> 0:06:22.359 And I'm like, damn, why you know that? You know 0:06:22.480 --> 0:06:24.479 that was coming like the safe dudes coming down? Okay, 0:06:24.600 --> 0:06:28.760 okay back, But they like they all they always like 0:06:28.839 --> 0:06:30.960 on top of their thing, like they're there, like they 0:06:31.120 --> 0:06:33.360 challenge each other because they're so smart, you know what 0:06:33.360 --> 0:06:37.440 I'm saying. And I think that's just like you need that, 0:06:37.520 --> 0:06:40.760 like you need that that competition, you know what I'm saying. 0:06:40.800 --> 0:06:42.560 Like, like every day I go me and we're in 0:06:42.560 --> 0:06:43.520 the weight room on the field. 0:06:43.560 --> 0:06:46.240 Me and colo Owl, me and ex New work in 0:06:46.320 --> 0:06:49.200 a competition, but it's like a it's like a brother 0:06:49.360 --> 0:06:52.400 lyague knowing there's no bad blood. It's like like we 0:06:52.440 --> 0:06:53.760 want we want each other to win, you know what 0:06:53.800 --> 0:06:57.120 I'm saying. So I think that's the biggest I think 0:06:57.160 --> 0:06:58.919 that's why our old line room is so it's so 0:06:59.720 --> 0:07:02.440 close knit, because it's like, yeah, there's competition, but we 0:07:02.480 --> 0:07:05.039 also want each other to beat the best that we 0:07:05.080 --> 0:07:05.440 can beat. 0:07:05.560 --> 0:07:07.719 How much appreciation do you have a for a guy 0:07:07.839 --> 0:07:11.760 like AVT who's basically played every position other than center 0:07:11.840 --> 0:07:13.600 so far in the National Football League, but now he's 0:07:13.640 --> 0:07:15.600 finally got a home across the way from you, a 0:07:15.680 --> 0:07:16.120 right guard. 0:07:16.360 --> 0:07:18.120 Yeah, No, he's he's the real deal man. 0:07:18.200 --> 0:07:22.559 He teaches me something new every day, like his his feet, 0:07:22.600 --> 0:07:26.000 his footwork, his hands, the elite and I'm so I'm 0:07:26.040 --> 0:07:28.640 just glad that he's able to, you know, be comfortable 0:07:28.680 --> 0:07:30.880 in a position and get used to it. He's gonna 0:07:30.880 --> 0:07:32.760 be He's gonna be one of those guys that you 0:07:32.760 --> 0:07:34.680 you gotta watch out for later on for sure? 0:07:34.880 --> 0:07:36.520 Can it soon? Yeah? 0:07:36.640 --> 0:07:39.600 What can you tell us about Armand he's selected number seven? 0:07:39.640 --> 0:07:42.360 Overall aut of Missouri. I tell people that he carries 0:07:42.400 --> 0:07:44.840 that weight quite well. He's six four three thirty, doesn't 0:07:44.880 --> 0:07:45.960 look like he's thirty. 0:07:46.080 --> 0:07:49.920 Nah, he's well put together. He's one of those guys 0:07:49.920 --> 0:07:53.400 that he's got it. He's like super quick twitch, Like 0:07:54.240 --> 0:07:56.200 it's like not common to see somebody that big be 0:07:56.200 --> 0:07:56.840 able to move. 0:07:56.720 --> 0:07:57.240 Like he does. 0:07:57.960 --> 0:07:59.120 Did you see his forty times? 0:07:59.280 --> 0:08:04.200 I didn't see it, But that's crazy, that's that's insane. 0:08:05.400 --> 0:08:08.560 But he's uh, he's also one of those those those 0:08:08.680 --> 0:08:10.520 young smart kids. He just can't come in and just 0:08:10.920 --> 0:08:12.160 they kind of threw him in there. He was like 0:08:12.160 --> 0:08:15.160 bad and he just worked. He's physical too. He got 0:08:15.160 --> 0:08:17.200 all the attributes to be great, and I think he 0:08:17.240 --> 0:08:19.080 can do it. I think he really can for sure. 0:08:19.640 --> 0:08:21.560 What's been like working for Steve Hyde. 0:08:22.000 --> 0:08:22.640 It's been great. 0:08:22.680 --> 0:08:22.840 Man. 0:08:22.920 --> 0:08:27.040 He's he's super He's a coach that he kind of gets. 0:08:27.040 --> 0:08:31.040 He gives you like motivation based off of like I 0:08:31.120 --> 0:08:33.920 don't even know how to put it. He's he's like 0:08:33.960 --> 0:08:38.680 a I don't even know he's he's like a he's 0:08:38.679 --> 0:08:43.560 not he's super even cute. Yeah, but when you do 0:08:43.679 --> 0:08:46.439 something good, he'd be like, that's some good hit. 0:08:46.600 --> 0:08:48.080 Man, you know what I'm saying. 0:08:48.679 --> 0:08:51.400 You're like, he was like, he'll circle something. He'll be like, 0:08:52.000 --> 0:08:54.240 how you how you feel about this rep? I was like, damn, coach, 0:08:54.280 --> 0:08:56.400 my past could have been lower. You know, I could 0:08:56.400 --> 0:08:59.480 have had a better drive on this. He's like, but 0:08:59.559 --> 0:09:01.160 this is exactly what I coached you to do. I 0:09:01.200 --> 0:09:02.480 was like, Okay, appreciate that. 0:09:02.520 --> 0:09:03.480 You know what I'm saying, Like that. 0:09:03.679 --> 0:09:06.800 That gives you that that motivation I feel like to 0:09:06.800 --> 0:09:08.600 to want to go out and compete for somebody to 0:09:08.720 --> 0:09:11.480 you know what I'm saying. That that's I don't know 0:09:11.559 --> 0:09:13.600 in that position. You know what I'm saying, He's a 0:09:13.760 --> 0:09:14.439 he's a guy that. 0:09:15.360 --> 0:09:15.760 What is it? 0:09:16.480 --> 0:09:19.040 What does it say about him that he played tight 0:09:19.160 --> 0:09:21.480 end in the National Football League for ten years? Yeah, 0:09:21.559 --> 0:09:24.480 and he's coaching tight ends last year in Detroit. But 0:09:24.520 --> 0:09:27.280 he's like, no, I want him to be with these dudes. 0:09:27.520 --> 0:09:28.439 I want to coach off. 0:09:28.720 --> 0:09:28.920 Yeah. 0:09:29.000 --> 0:09:31.240 No, I think, like, so he knows what he's talking Like, 0:09:31.280 --> 0:09:33.560 I think a lot of a lot of people were like, oh, 0:09:33.559 --> 0:09:35.319 he goes tight ends, what does he know? But he 0:09:35.600 --> 0:09:37.440 knows what he's talking about. Tight Ends is basically an 0:09:37.440 --> 0:09:39.200 extension of the offensive line. So you got to know 0:09:39.200 --> 0:09:43.280 what you're talking about. And you know he is any 0:09:43.320 --> 0:09:45.120 question that we ask, he knows what he's talking about. 0:09:46.320 --> 0:09:48.280 So I mean, like I said, he's one of those 0:09:48.280 --> 0:09:50.600 guys that I just I'll do whatever for it because 0:09:50.600 --> 0:09:52.040 he gives you that confidence and he gives you that 0:09:52.080 --> 0:09:54.200 swagger to let you know that you can play. 0:09:54.240 --> 0:09:56.400 He knows he knows we know what we're doing. And 0:09:56.880 --> 0:09:57.600 like whenever you. 0:09:57.559 --> 0:10:02.040 Know something happens, he's like yo, like walk in, yeah, 0:10:02.360 --> 0:10:02.720 let's go. 0:10:03.000 --> 0:10:05.960 All right, So tell me why the GoPros have been 0:10:06.000 --> 0:10:09.200 so beneficial, not just for the quarterbacks, yeah, but maybe 0:10:09.240 --> 0:10:10.520 even you guys up front. 0:10:11.200 --> 0:10:14.000 So for instance, we get up there, we do a 0:10:14.040 --> 0:10:15.080 whole lot of communicating. 0:10:15.120 --> 0:10:17.280 And so when you got the camera in the back, 0:10:17.360 --> 0:10:19.960 the big one, you can hear they got some audio 0:10:19.960 --> 0:10:22.040 on there, but you can't really hear everything. So for 0:10:22.120 --> 0:10:25.240 us with the quarterbacks, that when they're right behind us, 0:10:25.280 --> 0:10:27.679 you can hear all the calls. You can hear the 0:10:28.559 --> 0:10:31.600 point that the center made, you can hear what I'm 0:10:31.640 --> 0:10:33.360 talking about. I might be talking about something crazy, but 0:10:33.440 --> 0:10:37.000 you can hear anything. And so just that communication just 0:10:37.040 --> 0:10:39.160 to clarify things in the room when we're watching film 0:10:39.240 --> 0:10:41.439 or something like that, it could be beneficial for us 0:10:41.559 --> 0:10:44.280 and probably with the quarterback, he can see things that 0:10:44.320 --> 0:10:46.640 he probably didn't really see out there at first. 0:10:46.840 --> 0:10:48.559 What are some of the funny things that you hear 0:10:48.679 --> 0:10:50.600 going back and live that some of. 0:10:50.520 --> 0:10:51.840 The celebrations are crazy. 0:10:51.800 --> 0:10:56.120 Yeah, for sure with Justin celebrating, But I think that's 0:10:56.120 --> 0:10:58.720 the craziest thing though We've said some stuff. 0:11:00.520 --> 0:11:04.640 What's a relationship like with Justin? He seems like he's 0:11:04.679 --> 0:11:08.480 so respected in a room that such a steady dude, 0:11:08.559 --> 0:11:10.360 but you're just drawn to him. 0:11:10.920 --> 0:11:13.920 And he's kind of like coach Hyden as well. He's super. 0:11:15.200 --> 0:11:20.080 He's super even Q like don't say much until like 0:11:20.400 --> 0:11:22.240 it's time to say something, and that's kind of and 0:11:22.240 --> 0:11:25.400 that's kind of like the leadership you need, you know 0:11:25.440 --> 0:11:25.880 what I'm saying. 0:11:25.960 --> 0:11:26.960 Don't like they don't really. 0:11:26.800 --> 0:11:29.240 Say much until it's time to say something, and it's like, Okay, 0:11:29.760 --> 0:11:32.840 let's listen because it's like it's time to listen, you 0:11:32.880 --> 0:11:33.360 know what I mean. 0:11:33.400 --> 0:11:34.640 And he's one. 0:11:34.600 --> 0:11:37.160 Of those guys that, like I said, he might not 0:11:37.200 --> 0:11:39.079 say much, but he'll joke around every now and again, 0:11:39.120 --> 0:11:41.559 and he's a he's a good dude man For sure. 0:11:42.360 --> 0:11:46.040 How much does your experience help you in the case 0:11:46.120 --> 0:11:49.480 of blocking for a guy like Fields because you came 0:11:49.520 --> 0:11:52.920 here from Baltimore. Yeah, and you block for a dude 0:11:53.040 --> 0:11:56.800 who was the MVP that season, mar Jackson, two time 0:11:56.960 --> 0:12:00.079 NFL MVP. And there's only a few guys in this 0:12:00.160 --> 0:12:05.200 league who you can call elite dual threats, and I 0:12:05.200 --> 0:12:06.839 think Justin is one of those guys. 0:12:06.880 --> 0:12:07.679 Oh yeah, for sure. 0:12:08.920 --> 0:12:12.120 I think my experience, like playing with Lamars, it was 0:12:12.160 --> 0:12:15.040 crazy because I don't think I've ever played with a 0:12:15.040 --> 0:12:16.600 guy like that of that like that can. 0:12:16.520 --> 0:12:17.280 Run like he does. 0:12:18.440 --> 0:12:20.480 So I think I think that experience alone will help 0:12:20.520 --> 0:12:23.600 me a whole lot. And I've been trying to like 0:12:23.720 --> 0:12:26.040 preach to the old line, like yo, like we got 0:12:26.040 --> 0:12:28.120 a quarterback that can run, so we got to like 0:12:28.240 --> 0:12:29.600 hold up a little long, you know what I'm saying. 0:12:29.760 --> 0:12:31.760 It just if he if he sees something he don't like, 0:12:31.800 --> 0:12:34.560 you gotta he can get out and make something shape. 0:12:34.679 --> 0:12:39.840 So just that that experience alone can kind of help 0:12:39.880 --> 0:12:41.840 me talk to other guys and like tell them like 0:12:41.880 --> 0:12:44.040 share my experiences and stuff like that. 0:12:44.080 --> 0:12:44.839 So I think it'll help. 0:12:45.280 --> 0:12:47.800 What do you think about the stable behind you? Because 0:12:48.400 --> 0:12:51.520 I think there's gonna be an emphasis winning at the 0:12:51.559 --> 0:12:55.520 line of scrimmage, and they love these backs with Breese 0:12:55.720 --> 0:12:59.079 and Braylan and Isaiah Davis. What do you think about 0:12:59.120 --> 0:13:01.160 the guys and POTENTI what you guys could do on 0:13:01.200 --> 0:13:03.960 the ground this year, not only with those three, but. 0:13:04.000 --> 0:13:04.880 What feels as well. 0:13:05.200 --> 0:13:08.400 It's gonna be something to watch for sure. I'm excited 0:13:08.400 --> 0:13:10.679 for it. I don't know exactly all like what we're 0:13:10.679 --> 0:13:15.040 gonna do specifically, but it's gonna be fun for sure. 0:13:16.080 --> 0:13:19.000 You have such a positive demeanor. You're a fun guy 0:13:19.040 --> 0:13:23.320 to be around. What switches when you get on the 0:13:23.320 --> 0:13:27.320 field because you've been miked up before? Yeah, it ain't 0:13:27.360 --> 0:13:30.839 too nice, I think. 0:13:31.760 --> 0:13:32.120 I don't know. 0:13:32.160 --> 0:13:34.760 I kind of like like on my day to day, 0:13:34.800 --> 0:13:37.520 I kind of channel my energy to be like positive 0:13:37.520 --> 0:13:39.719 as positive as I can be, just. 0:13:39.679 --> 0:13:40.480 Because I know, like. 0:13:41.920 --> 0:13:45.719 For me growing up wasn't the easiest, But like, if 0:13:45.760 --> 0:13:48.439 I can be that light for somebody else on my 0:13:48.520 --> 0:13:50.440 day to day and like and come in with a 0:13:50.440 --> 0:13:53.240 positive attitude every day and they see me in a 0:13:53.240 --> 0:13:54.920 good mood, you know what I'm saying, Like where I 0:13:54.960 --> 0:13:57.440 came from and stuff like that. I mean, I feel 0:13:57.480 --> 0:13:59.240 like I can make somebody else's day good. So that's 0:13:59.280 --> 0:14:00.760 kind of how I move my day to day. But 0:14:00.800 --> 0:14:04.120 on game day, like you know what I'm saying, it's 0:14:04.120 --> 0:14:06.400 all like it's it's a different. 0:14:08.160 --> 0:14:12.599 It's different. I don't know, man, I try to. I 0:14:12.640 --> 0:14:16.680 don't know. I go back for sure, go back, way back. 0:14:18.160 --> 0:14:21.840 And when you say you go way back, yeah, you're 0:14:21.880 --> 0:14:22.560 referencing what. 0:14:22.880 --> 0:14:26.160 Like, you know, childhood growing up, it wasn't the easiest, 0:14:26.200 --> 0:14:28.760 like like growing up where I came from and stuff 0:14:28.800 --> 0:14:33.520 like that, you know, like growing up when my post 0:14:33.680 --> 0:14:35.600 was in prison and stuff like that he home now, 0:14:35.720 --> 0:14:37.040 but Possle was in prison. 0:14:37.080 --> 0:14:39.520 So it was just like a single parent household and stuff. 0:14:41.800 --> 0:14:43.560 And so I just I go back to that time 0:14:43.640 --> 0:14:46.000 of me being that kid just by myself, you know 0:14:46.000 --> 0:14:48.920 what I'm saying, and trying to trying to always like 0:14:49.840 --> 0:14:54.080 I want to say, hold things together, and I'm like, 0:14:54.240 --> 0:14:55.840 you know, like it's time to let it out. And 0:14:56.320 --> 0:14:58.000 I feel like game day at that time where I 0:14:58.120 --> 0:15:01.560 just go to a different mode and I'm like, like 0:15:01.640 --> 0:15:03.400 I don't want to be back there anymore. You know 0:15:03.440 --> 0:15:04.840 what I'm saying. I don't want to be back in 0:15:04.840 --> 0:15:07.600 the position that I once was as a kid. I 0:15:07.640 --> 0:15:09.520 don't want to put my kid through what I went 0:15:09.560 --> 0:15:10.880 through as a kid, you know what I'm saying. So 0:15:11.880 --> 0:15:13.880 like when I get on the field, it's like that's 0:15:14.440 --> 0:15:17.000 like that's my motivation, Like that's why I'm out here. 0:15:17.040 --> 0:15:19.360 Like my motivation is so And I told the team 0:15:19.360 --> 0:15:21.600 is last year I talked to the team and I 0:15:21.600 --> 0:15:25.240 told him I was like, my, my, my, why is 0:15:25.840 --> 0:15:26.440 my struggle? 0:15:26.480 --> 0:15:28.200 My struggle when I was younger. 0:15:28.400 --> 0:15:31.400 And stuff like that, And a lot of people's wives 0:15:31.440 --> 0:15:32.960 like their mom and stuff like that. But once you 0:15:33.000 --> 0:15:34.720 once you help your mom out, then then what is it? 0:15:34.720 --> 0:15:36.120 You know what I'm saying. But my struggle is always 0:15:36.160 --> 0:15:38.280 going to be there, And so I use that every 0:15:38.320 --> 0:15:41.960 day is my motivation to to not not to necessarily 0:15:41.960 --> 0:15:44.720 look back, but to push me forward to not go 0:15:44.840 --> 0:15:47.200 back to where I was, you know what I'm saying, 0:15:47.280 --> 0:15:50.120 or where we were my family, you know what I'm saying. 0:15:50.160 --> 0:15:52.920 So just game day is just that time where I 0:15:52.920 --> 0:15:55.640 can show the world like, yo, John ain't going back. 0:15:56.160 --> 0:15:56.800 You know what I'm saying. 0:15:57.000 --> 0:15:58.680 I might make a mistake, And I told I told 0:15:58.680 --> 0:16:00.000 the team, as I said, I might make a mistake 0:16:00.120 --> 0:16:03.480 here and there, but it's like mistakes happen, it's like, 0:16:03.480 --> 0:16:04.640 what you're gonna do after that mistake? 0:16:04.680 --> 0:16:05.560 You know what I'm saying, It's. 0:16:05.440 --> 0:16:08.720 Like just dust it off and just get back up 0:16:08.760 --> 0:16:09.680 and get on your horse. 0:16:09.760 --> 0:16:11.440 Like it's time to go now. You know what I'm saying, 0:16:11.440 --> 0:16:12.080 it's battle time. 0:16:12.160 --> 0:16:13.840 So that's kind of how I look at it, and 0:16:13.880 --> 0:16:16.520 that's kind of how I've been looking at football. 0:16:16.560 --> 0:16:18.240 It's kind of been my outlet. You know what I'm saying, 0:16:19.400 --> 0:16:19.920 what's it. 0:16:19.920 --> 0:16:23.280 Like for you now? Being a dad? It's huge of 0:16:23.320 --> 0:16:24.280 a two year old. 0:16:24.120 --> 0:16:27.240 So I know it's it's huge. Man. My boy, he's 0:16:27.280 --> 0:16:28.600 my He's my world for sure. 0:16:28.920 --> 0:16:35.000 My wife, my wife men, but you know, he he 0:16:35.320 --> 0:16:38.440 he kind of like he definitely like changed my outlook 0:16:38.480 --> 0:16:39.200 on life for sure. 0:16:39.320 --> 0:16:39.880 I feel like. 0:16:41.720 --> 0:16:44.920 Life obviously was important, but like now it's like I 0:16:44.960 --> 0:16:47.080 got something that I got something to do it for. 0:16:47.160 --> 0:16:48.520 You know what I'm saying, Like I got something to 0:16:49.280 --> 0:16:51.000 I got somebody that's looking up to me. I got 0:16:51.000 --> 0:16:53.640 somebody that's like learning from me, learning how to be 0:16:53.640 --> 0:16:55.800 a dad, learning how to be a husband, learn how 0:16:55.840 --> 0:16:58.400 to be a you know what I'm saying, Like a human. 0:16:59.280 --> 0:17:02.480 So I try my best to put my best foot 0:17:02.480 --> 0:17:04.520 forward every day and like I said, I walk around 0:17:04.560 --> 0:17:06.040 with a smile on my face no matter what, no 0:17:06.080 --> 0:17:09.359 matter how long you had me up last night. But 0:17:09.880 --> 0:17:11.720 just to show him that, like man, no matter no 0:17:11.760 --> 0:17:14.439 matter what, you can, you can be happy, and you 0:17:14.480 --> 0:17:16.760 can and no matter what, you can make somebody else happy, 0:17:16.760 --> 0:17:19.800 you can make their day happy. And just try to, 0:17:20.000 --> 0:17:22.640 like I said, just try to be that leader that 0:17:22.640 --> 0:17:25.320 that my son needs. And I feel like people around 0:17:25.320 --> 0:17:25.919 me may need to. 0:17:26.560 --> 0:17:29.560 Let's get out of here with this. You see them 0:17:29.560 --> 0:17:32.359 be in such a great spot. How much do you 0:17:32.440 --> 0:17:36.159 embrace the position you are in with this team along 0:17:36.200 --> 0:17:39.560 this offensive line as part of you know, one of 0:17:39.560 --> 0:17:42.560 these foundational pieces for this new regime as you guys 0:17:42.600 --> 0:17:45.160 are about to set forth on training camp. 0:17:45.520 --> 0:17:47.840 No, I mean, I'm I'm excited for where I'm at. Man, 0:17:47.880 --> 0:17:50.960