1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:05,199 Speaker 1: I feel I feel good. Um feel good to obviously 2 00:00:05,720 --> 00:00:07,480 Speaker 1: get away a little bit, come out here with a trip. 3 00:00:07,480 --> 00:00:09,639 Speaker 1: I feel like it's beneficial for the team to get away. 4 00:00:10,080 --> 00:00:13,239 Speaker 1: Um kind of like a little reset you start. But um, 5 00:00:13,240 --> 00:00:16,640 Speaker 1: going into the back stretch of the season. But I 6 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:18,919 Speaker 1: had a great week of practice, um, not only myself, 7 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:20,960 Speaker 1: but at a team and especially off the side of 8 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:23,080 Speaker 1: the ball, and ready to go out there on Sunday, 9 00:00:23,079 --> 00:00:24,720 Speaker 1: and it gots a really good charge of defense and 10 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:27,480 Speaker 1: a really good charge of team. I notice you don't 11 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:30,400 Speaker 1: have your yesterday. You had your ankle heavily tape. Today. 12 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:34,000 Speaker 1: You don't seem to what you're not feeling good yesterday? 13 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:37,599 Speaker 1: How do you what's the distinction for you that help 14 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:42,640 Speaker 1: the pads? UM have shows on Obviously it's more just 15 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:46,440 Speaker 1: like just to protect it. We have pads people, you know, 16 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:48,040 Speaker 1: it's just nature of football. You know, you do a 17 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:51,120 Speaker 1: little more aggressively, little more physical. Sometimes bodies fall and 18 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:54,080 Speaker 1: just just in case of someone to fall, UM, give 19 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:57,040 Speaker 1: a little support. Is it hindering you the ankle? Like, 20 00:00:57,120 --> 00:01:00,400 Speaker 1: is it significantly hindering you? Uh? No, Um, you know 21 00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:03,440 Speaker 1: it's like I said before when I first came back. Uh, 22 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:06,360 Speaker 1: it's it's a nagging if you ever knowing when I 23 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 1: had I had an ankle spraying, and you know, you 24 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:11,000 Speaker 1: can go out through the season with it. It's just 25 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 1: nags here and there. But you know that's not the reason. 26 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:17,760 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna make excuses why. Um, you know, I 27 00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:19,560 Speaker 1: haven't moved before men at a high level. I don't 28 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:22,640 Speaker 1: believe that's a reason. When you say it's a reset. 29 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:24,800 Speaker 1: It is also pretty different for you guys, right to 30 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:27,440 Speaker 1: have a practice week. You're walking through the air, fans 31 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:29,720 Speaker 1: out here, kind of getting to see guys in your journey. 32 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:32,720 Speaker 1: It's something you've seen before. But is that almost a 33 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:35,360 Speaker 1: refresh to it? Just kind of relax a little bit. Yeah, 34 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:38,039 Speaker 1: it's a refresh. I mean just being you know, just 35 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:41,400 Speaker 1: being a different state. Uh, you know, different weather. Um, 36 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:43,840 Speaker 1: you know it's I like it because it's kind of 37 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:45,760 Speaker 1: like college. You know, you're forced to to be with 38 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:49,080 Speaker 1: your teammates a lot more. When you go home after practice, 39 00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:51,800 Speaker 1: usually go home, you know, I go home my family. 40 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:55,440 Speaker 1: Rudolph goes Holday's family, So it goes home in this family. Uh, 41 00:01:55,480 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 1: it's a different you know, a different environment when when 42 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 1: you're home and you're here, you're you're not a bad thing, 43 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 1: meaning being forced. But we're putting hotels, we're eating together more, 44 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:08,040 Speaker 1: you know what, we're talking crap, playing games, watching football together. Um, 45 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:10,240 Speaker 1: you know all the stuff that uh you kind of 46 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:12,399 Speaker 1: have in college ball and you miss you don't really 47 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:14,440 Speaker 1: have that when you get to NFL. UM. So you 48 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:16,040 Speaker 1: know that's why I think it's beneficial for the team. 49 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:20,520 Speaker 1: Also too. Impression Gary quite well and what's brought Um, 50 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:23,560 Speaker 1: I think I think he's young, he's young, talented back. Um. 51 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 1: Obviously he's been elite for us, especially team making plays 52 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:30,680 Speaker 1: and um, you know, hopefully hopefully similarly he can get 53 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:32,920 Speaker 1: on the field because he's made some place for us 54 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:35,080 Speaker 1: in practice and you know, uh, you can see how 55 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:39,280 Speaker 1: his twitchiness, his elusiveness, um is one credibility. UM. You know, 56 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:41,880 Speaker 1: he's very talented and uh, you know, I look forward 57 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 1: to continue to work with him and continue you know, 58 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:46,280 Speaker 1: trying to teach him and things that I've learned about 59 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:48,359 Speaker 1: my short career and whatever I can do to help 60 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:50,040 Speaker 1: benefit him so to have the best career he can 61 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:53,920 Speaker 1: have as a stretch of games here and and you 62 00:02:53,960 --> 00:02:56,079 Speaker 1: know you noticed that before the lack of productivity is 63 00:02:56,120 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 1: that is that wearing on you at all, is it? Um? 64 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:02,440 Speaker 1: I mean it's not arn on me obviously. You know. 65 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 1: Are you talking individually or as a team. Um? Individually obviously, 66 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:10,120 Speaker 1: I would love to be doing a lot more for 67 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:13,240 Speaker 1: my team, UM, meaning being more productive. And you know 68 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:16,120 Speaker 1: you gotta take accountability, um, because you look stuff in 69 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:18,519 Speaker 1: the mayor and go back, watch films, see what you 70 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:21,240 Speaker 1: can do better. Um, see what you did good, um, 71 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:23,919 Speaker 1: take it and grow from it. And obviously it's just 72 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:27,400 Speaker 1: some these last couple of games haven't been playing as 73 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:29,919 Speaker 1: well as I would like to play, especially last week 74 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:32,280 Speaker 1: with a couple of drops and stuff like that. But 75 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:34,800 Speaker 1: you can't let that slow you down. You know, my 76 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 1: mind sets once I got to practice, get on the judge, 77 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:39,440 Speaker 1: catch the main balls I can, and practice, make sure 78 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 1: I catch every ball that I can the balls I 79 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:44,040 Speaker 1: do drop, go back and work on that. What's in 80 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 1: the running game. Make sure I get my footwork right, um, 81 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:49,840 Speaker 1: so I can see it, see it. Better, set up 82 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 1: the runs, better put myself in a position I can 83 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:55,640 Speaker 1: to be successful my team, this is a team that 84 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:59,040 Speaker 1: is at the bottom of the league, and run defense. 85 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:01,720 Speaker 1: So you know, you know that, I mean, it doesn't 86 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:04,160 Speaker 1: mean anything I don't mean nothing. You can't look at 87 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 1: it that way. UM. You know, they whoever they're ranked 88 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:10,320 Speaker 1: US NFL, UM, you know, they get paid a lot 89 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:12,320 Speaker 1: of money over there. Those coaches get paid a lot 90 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:15,160 Speaker 1: of money over there too. UM. So obviously, you know, 91 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:17,760 Speaker 1: obviously we feel like we have a great game plan. UM. 92 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:19,680 Speaker 1: Obviously they're gonna do some different things that we're gonna 93 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:21,560 Speaker 1: ad just to UM. And we gotta come ready. We 94 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:23,480 Speaker 1: can't come with the mindset that, oh, they've been struggling 95 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:25,320 Speaker 1: and run game, so it should be a Kike walk. No. 96 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:27,760 Speaker 1: Obviously we know we have to establish the running game. UM. 97 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:30,760 Speaker 1: And I started by us. I started by establishing, um, 98 00:04:30,839 --> 00:04:32,880 Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage, Tom the lone of scrimmage, and 99 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:35,040 Speaker 1: me making the right reads and you know, me finishing 100 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:37,160 Speaker 1: the runs and getting vertical and making plays when the 101 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:39,359 Speaker 1: players we needed to make. I'm wondering, what did you 102 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:41,800 Speaker 1: see when when you watch tape last week with yourself, 103 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:45,160 Speaker 1: you said you didn't play. You didn't your own assessment. 104 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:49,760 Speaker 1: You know, I had had two drops, um, two balls 105 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:51,760 Speaker 1: that hit my hand, UM, and I didn't come up 106 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:55,159 Speaker 1: with the play there. Um. You know, I felt like 107 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:57,440 Speaker 1: as a game went on, I got better uh than 108 00:04:57,560 --> 00:05:02,560 Speaker 1: running game. Um uh, and just gotta continue to take 109 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:05,080 Speaker 1: what's there, you know, whatever the defense gives me and whatever, 110 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:07,479 Speaker 1: you know, the opportunity I have to take what's there. 111 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:10,520 Speaker 1: And when big players are there to be made, like 112 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 1: uh catching a flat or um under against a linebacker, 113 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:19,920 Speaker 1: I gotta make those plays. Uh. So I'm wondering you 114 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:22,800 Speaker 1: talked about something in the past kind of like aligning 115 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:25,080 Speaker 1: your you know, your mind, your eyes, and your body 116 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:27,960 Speaker 1: is gonna come back with just because you're you're looking 117 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:31,120 Speaker 1: at when that's just something else that's going to continue 118 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:34,720 Speaker 1: to come back of, you know, playing football. Obviously it's 119 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 1: been I have been very fortunate to to to have 120 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:40,440 Speaker 1: the injuries that I have, UM. And you know, the 121 00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:42,960 Speaker 1: biggest thing that I can see, it's just the lack 122 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:45,800 Speaker 1: of not the lack just um, the lack of time 123 00:05:45,839 --> 00:05:48,520 Speaker 1: that's spent on the football field. Obviously you could simulate 124 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:52,320 Speaker 1: it in practice, UM and the camping and training, but 125 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:54,880 Speaker 1: in off season, but it's nothing like getting that getting 126 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 1: back on the field. And UM, that's going to continue 127 00:05:57,480 --> 00:05:59,680 Speaker 1: to come as I'll continue to just play more and 128 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:02,360 Speaker 1: contain and get back on the field. Obviously, I see 129 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:04,839 Speaker 1: stuff where I'm my Damn, I gotta be better there. 130 00:06:04,839 --> 00:06:07,040 Speaker 1: But I also see stuff where Um, you know, I 131 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:08,839 Speaker 1: left my feet for the first time in a minute. 132 00:06:08,839 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 1: Obviously it was wasn't the right decision to do there. Um, 133 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:17,240 Speaker 1: But my not four from the three. I actually worked 134 00:06:17,279 --> 00:06:18,960 Speaker 1: at the first, but I kind of got stuck in 135 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:22,400 Speaker 1: between a spinning a hurdle. Um. But like you said, 136 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:24,680 Speaker 1: they worked. But stuff like that leaving my feet the 137 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:27,080 Speaker 1: shows like obviously I know I have confidence is differently 138 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:28,840 Speaker 1: have a confidence in yourself and then you're going out 139 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:31,479 Speaker 1: there and your body showing it has confidence and stuff too. Um. 140 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:34,640 Speaker 1: And like I said, obviously it's been frustrated with with 141 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:36,440 Speaker 1: injuries and the lack of time that I has spend 142 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:38,480 Speaker 1: in the field. But the more and more that I'm 143 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:41,599 Speaker 1: continuing playing games, to continue to be able to practice 144 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:44,120 Speaker 1: high at the high at a high level, um, all 145 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:46,400 Speaker 1: that stuff is gonna come back in. That's what it is.