1 00:00:01,320 --> 00:00:05,440 Speaker 1: Welcome everybody to Season one, Episode one, the premiere of 2 00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:08,680 Speaker 1: a brand new Atlanta Falcon Storyteller podcast. And when you 3 00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:11,119 Speaker 1: start a podcast, who do you go get? Like a 4 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:14,240 Speaker 1: face of the fricking franchise? Right? I feel like that's essential. 5 00:00:14,360 --> 00:00:16,480 Speaker 1: So we brought Grady Jared in here. Grady, thank you 6 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:18,599 Speaker 1: so much for joining us. Man, thank you for having me. 7 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:21,079 Speaker 1: I ain't know it the first guest, man. I mean, 8 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:22,919 Speaker 1: I mean, it was the top of the list, and 9 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:25,599 Speaker 1: we're definitely thrilled to have you. And it's crazy. You 10 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 1: go down the bio and you're like eighth year. Yeah, 11 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:31,800 Speaker 1: that's You've been in this business for a long time. 12 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:35,800 Speaker 1: A good bit like considering, you know, my goals. I 13 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:38,080 Speaker 1: could like to consider myself still you know, and still 14 00:00:38,159 --> 00:00:40,760 Speaker 1: learning and hungry and ready to you know, just keep 15 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:44,519 Speaker 1: stacking up the years. But there's a very small percentage 16 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:46,320 Speaker 1: of people in your line of work they get to 17 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:49,320 Speaker 1: that third contract. Ye, and you've gotten there. So what's 18 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 1: the secret, sauce man? You know what I mean? I 19 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:54,600 Speaker 1: can say it's hard work. I could say is it's 20 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:58,160 Speaker 1: just a combination of a lot of things, man, hard work, dedication, sacrifice, 21 00:00:58,200 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 1: and belief. You know that's the top one, you know, 22 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:05,120 Speaker 1: and just never really getting comfortable and always striving to 23 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:09,319 Speaker 1: get better, you know, reinvent yourself to whatever you gotta 24 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:10,839 Speaker 1: do to be able to play at a high level, 25 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:12,959 Speaker 1: you know, and being self critical you know what I'm saying, 26 00:01:12,959 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 1: and seeing what you can do to be better, and 27 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:18,280 Speaker 1: just always learning and being coachable and being you know, 28 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:21,240 Speaker 1: being somebody enjoyed that people enjoy being around. You know, 29 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:23,720 Speaker 1: nobody want to work with you know a whole you know, 30 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:26,880 Speaker 1: nobody that's but it's true, man, no matter how much talent, 31 00:01:26,959 --> 00:01:28,760 Speaker 1: you know, you gotta be a good person too, you know. 32 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:30,800 Speaker 1: It's as hard as you work. You know, just because 33 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:32,280 Speaker 1: you're a good person, they're gonna give you nothing. But 34 00:01:32,319 --> 00:01:34,280 Speaker 1: if you if you're a good player, but you're a 35 00:01:34,319 --> 00:01:36,280 Speaker 1: detriment to the team, they're not gonna keep you around 36 00:01:36,319 --> 00:01:38,400 Speaker 1: as well. You know. So I think me just being 37 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:40,800 Speaker 1: the best me, you know, and trying to help others 38 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:43,160 Speaker 1: around me has has helped me get to the point 39 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:44,800 Speaker 1: to where I am now and is going to continue 40 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:47,880 Speaker 1: to help me elevate and be a better player. I 41 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:51,160 Speaker 1: want to go back. You said the word reinvent yourself, 42 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:53,840 Speaker 1: and that's something that I think is an overlooked part 43 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 1: of the journey of being in this league. For you, 44 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:00,560 Speaker 1: is there something that you would any advice or anything 45 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 1: you would tell yourself when you are twenty twenty one, 46 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:06,280 Speaker 1: twenty two coming into the league, what is what is 47 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:08,960 Speaker 1: something you'd say to your younger, younger self now knowing 48 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:11,079 Speaker 1: what you know? Now you know and me talking to myself, 49 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:13,560 Speaker 1: I would just tell myself to continue to trust the process. 50 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:15,519 Speaker 1: You know. I was a lot of things as a 51 00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:17,520 Speaker 1: young player. You know, your question and you wonder if 52 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:20,760 Speaker 1: you're doing things right and and um. But but for me, 53 00:02:20,919 --> 00:02:23,000 Speaker 1: the biggest thing it was for me was to trust 54 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:25,600 Speaker 1: my process. You know, all advice for me wasn't good advice, 55 00:02:25,919 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 1: and just knowing that the things I was doing was right, 56 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:29,840 Speaker 1: you know. And at the end of the day, if 57 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:31,880 Speaker 1: I had to give advice to somebody else, that would 58 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:34,200 Speaker 1: be just be be your best self and let the 59 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:38,040 Speaker 1: rest take care of yourself because everybody formula gonna be different. 60 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:40,360 Speaker 1: And you got to be confident in that. You know. Um, 61 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 1: when you're not confident in yourself and knowing that you 62 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 1: know that you can get the job done with the 63 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:48,080 Speaker 1: things you know, God has blessed you with and whatever 64 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:50,800 Speaker 1: got you to the point to being in the building 65 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:53,520 Speaker 1: in the first place, You're gonna be searching, looking for answers. 66 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:55,000 Speaker 1: So what is I want to be like this? I 67 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 1: want to be like at the end of the day, God, 68 00:02:56,560 --> 00:02:58,200 Speaker 1: I may want you, you know, and you gotta be 69 00:02:58,240 --> 00:02:59,920 Speaker 1: the best version of that, you know what I'm saying. 70 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 1: And you can't be afraid to change. And the most 71 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 1: important thing um as a professional athlete and as a 72 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:09,160 Speaker 1: as a person in general, you gotta be willing to 73 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 1: look in the mirror and grow. You know, nothing, nothing 74 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:13,760 Speaker 1: stays the same. Anything that's trying to get you to 75 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:16,640 Speaker 1: stay the same, you're gonna You're gonna die out, you 76 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:19,080 Speaker 1: know what I'm saying. You know, it's like that's like life. 77 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:22,040 Speaker 1: You know, it's like evolution, like evolve or die like 78 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 1: it's like legit, the world changing every day, you know 79 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:29,120 Speaker 1: what I'm saying, whether it's between technology us that you know, 80 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:31,160 Speaker 1: the athletes get better year in the year out, there's 81 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:33,040 Speaker 1: somebody getting drafted. You know what I'm saying, it's a 82 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:35,480 Speaker 1: bigger dude running faster. But so what's gonna be different? 83 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:37,640 Speaker 1: And I can't be the same meat you know what 84 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 1: I'm saying. So it's like being willing to put in 85 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:42,560 Speaker 1: that extra work and ask the questions of where and 86 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:44,800 Speaker 1: be real with yourself and see where the things you 87 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:46,800 Speaker 1: have to get better at. And so that's been the 88 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:48,760 Speaker 1: thing that's been kind of helpful to me, has been 89 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:50,920 Speaker 1: good for me and keeping me like always fresh, like 90 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:52,840 Speaker 1: I told you earlier in the podcast, like just feeling 91 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:55,040 Speaker 1: like young and always willing to learn. And I'm just 92 00:03:55,120 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 1: I just have fun and join join what I do 93 00:03:57,480 --> 00:03:59,800 Speaker 1: and um, I just know it's always room to improve 94 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:03,760 Speaker 1: and change and be better. There's uh, there's there are 95 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:05,720 Speaker 1: a lot of guys in this Falcon's locker room who 96 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:08,280 Speaker 1: look up to you when you were younger. Who was 97 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 1: that guy for you and what did you take from 98 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:13,280 Speaker 1: that person and why did you gravitate towards that big 99 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:15,120 Speaker 1: A big person for me as a young guy to 100 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:19,680 Speaker 1: watch was Jonathan Babineau. I played with Babs when he 101 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:22,120 Speaker 1: was in his twelfth year, I think. And the thing 102 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:23,839 Speaker 1: is the biggest thing that took us stuck out to 103 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:27,200 Speaker 1: me was Baptists to come in every day and he 104 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:30,440 Speaker 1: had a routine down pack and I thought to myself, 105 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 1: you know, if he can do this at twelve years 106 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:35,359 Speaker 1: you know, whether it's taking notes every day, first in line, 107 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:37,360 Speaker 1: going to practice, going hard every day. You know what 108 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:39,880 Speaker 1: I'm saying. I just and I think it was the 109 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:43,640 Speaker 1: things that made him a great pro for this organization 110 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:46,160 Speaker 1: and just the things that kept him around as I 111 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 1: saw as a young dude and really just watching from 112 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:50,440 Speaker 1: the shadows, you know, because he didn't he wasn't a 113 00:04:50,440 --> 00:04:52,240 Speaker 1: big vocal guy, but you know, he didn't have to 114 00:04:52,279 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 1: because everybody respected him so much. And even when you know, 115 00:04:56,600 --> 00:04:58,840 Speaker 1: Rod started to change and whether it was you know, 116 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:00,880 Speaker 1: I got to play a little more, and he just 117 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 1: he was just a guy that just always was pouring 118 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:05,760 Speaker 1: poor into me. But at the same time he was 119 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:08,240 Speaker 1: pouring into me not knowing just being himself, you know, 120 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:11,320 Speaker 1: and um and then just having his support you know, 121 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:14,080 Speaker 1: through my career now on just you know, just it's 122 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:17,159 Speaker 1: like a you know, big brother type just just you know, watching, 123 00:05:17,279 --> 00:05:18,680 Speaker 1: watching front of the shot, you know what I'm saying, 124 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:21,000 Speaker 1: like just making sure of doing stuff right. Just you know, 125 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:23,520 Speaker 1: he would reach out and just tap tapping in time 126 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:25,719 Speaker 1: to time. But he that was somebody for me as 127 00:05:25,760 --> 00:05:27,920 Speaker 1: a young dude coming in and knowing who knowing who 128 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:30,400 Speaker 1: he was, you know, um, was was good. Was good 129 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:32,120 Speaker 1: for me, and I think I took a lot from 130 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:34,480 Speaker 1: him just watching him as a young player. Someone else 131 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 1: who's watching you now is your son? No? No, no, 132 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:45,320 Speaker 1: you're so that was one of my favorite part of 133 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:47,000 Speaker 1: training camp, you know because the last couple of years 134 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:49,560 Speaker 1: were having two families out here. What was it like 135 00:05:49,680 --> 00:05:53,839 Speaker 1: having him just running around watching you do? Yeah? Man, 136 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:58,040 Speaker 1: it was surreal, you know, I think, um, just you know, 137 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:01,440 Speaker 1: as a as a young player over time, you know, 138 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:04,279 Speaker 1: you see people out there were kids and um, you 139 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:07,039 Speaker 1: know myself for years. You know, I've I'm on my 140 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:09,880 Speaker 1: eighth year now and I've I've been in my relationship 141 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:12,880 Speaker 1: now for two years through going three years now. You know, 142 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:15,360 Speaker 1: it's been been good. And now my son is going 143 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:19,320 Speaker 1: on one years old this Saturday, you know what I'm 144 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 1: saying This Saturday for the first game. UM, and and 145 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:25,719 Speaker 1: me just being that that guy, just freelancing guy. You know, 146 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:27,360 Speaker 1: I was, you know, single dude and just you know, 147 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:29,039 Speaker 1: I see people that I thought it was cool, but me, 148 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:31,600 Speaker 1: you know, stepping into that next you know the phase 149 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:35,320 Speaker 1: of my life has been just so cool. And seeing 150 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:38,040 Speaker 1: him running around is just and you know, him running around. 151 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:39,720 Speaker 1: You know, I gotta brag on my boy a little bit. 152 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:41,799 Speaker 1: He was an early walker, you know what I'm saying. 153 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:44,760 Speaker 1: So he was walking about eight seven eight months so 154 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 1: but so but time it was training camp time, he 155 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:48,320 Speaker 1: was I hear running. He would do the full length 156 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:50,760 Speaker 1: football field not one years old yet, you know what 157 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:53,800 Speaker 1: I'm saying. So I'll call him, I'd be like him 158 00:06:53,839 --> 00:06:56,400 Speaker 1: talking to me like a big boy. And I'm just 159 00:06:56,520 --> 00:06:58,839 Speaker 1: I'm just I'm just dad man and just seeing where 160 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:00,880 Speaker 1: larc where it's. Um, his mom does a great job 161 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:02,800 Speaker 1: of making them a little clothes and stuff like that. 162 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:06,039 Speaker 1: And and also you know with with my mom too, 163 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:08,479 Speaker 1: you know when she come around, it's so hard to 164 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:12,640 Speaker 1: get him from her. So you know, I get my 165 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:15,040 Speaker 1: time in where I can with him between my mom 166 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:18,520 Speaker 1: and my girlfriend. Um just just you know, just just 167 00:07:18,560 --> 00:07:20,600 Speaker 1: hanging out. But but being a dad man, it's been 168 00:07:20,840 --> 00:07:23,480 Speaker 1: it's been the best thing to happen to me. And 169 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:27,320 Speaker 1: I've I've really really enjoyed watching him. Um just be 170 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:29,840 Speaker 1: a part of his journey and excited to extend it 171 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:32,480 Speaker 1: so he can have some you know, some memorable some 172 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 1: memorable moments that he can you know, recollect you know, 173 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:37,880 Speaker 1: as he as he continued to get older. So I mean, 174 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:39,440 Speaker 1: but we're gonna take a year by year and enjoy 175 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:42,320 Speaker 1: the process. So I mean, it's been amazing. Yeah. And 176 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:45,680 Speaker 1: for those who haven't seen Grady's son yet, he's barely one. 177 00:07:45,760 --> 00:07:52,400 Speaker 1: He looks two and a half. Yeah, and you know what 178 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:54,360 Speaker 1: what I'm saying, we I'll be messing with him. I'll 179 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:57,120 Speaker 1: be because he run around the house with us. He 180 00:07:57,280 --> 00:07:59,680 Speaker 1: running around his house in a little diaper around, got 181 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:02,760 Speaker 1: them quads out. And now he learning no no, so 182 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:05,480 Speaker 1: he points you wagged that thing. He like, no, no, no, 183 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:09,400 Speaker 1: and then he knows he know no, no, he know. Uh. 184 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:11,600 Speaker 1: He loved to clap his hands, so he clap the 185 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:13,880 Speaker 1: hand song roll them up like rolling them up put 186 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:16,360 Speaker 1: him in a pan. He loved that. And so he's 187 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:19,520 Speaker 1: starting to get find his little voice right now. And 188 00:08:19,520 --> 00:08:22,760 Speaker 1: and and just it's just it's just amazing watching watching him, 189 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:25,200 Speaker 1: watching them grow up. I love that. What are y'all 190 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:27,440 Speaker 1: doing for his first his birthday? Man? So he was 191 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:32,240 Speaker 1: a big big Encanto fan. U They watch it, watch 192 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:36,200 Speaker 1: it ten times a day. That's the way he watching them. 193 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:39,200 Speaker 1: His car rides and uh so We're gonna um set 194 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:41,440 Speaker 1: it up at the house, have a real nice um. 195 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:43,040 Speaker 1: A lot of his family is coming in to see 196 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:46,360 Speaker 1: him that don't get to see him often, family from 197 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:52,640 Speaker 1: you know, Atlanta, Alabama, Savannah, Pittsburgh. M I mean, he 198 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:55,040 Speaker 1: got so much support from both sides of his family 199 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:56,680 Speaker 1: that they just want to be around him because they 200 00:08:56,720 --> 00:08:58,040 Speaker 1: don't get to see that much of him. You know. 201 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:01,360 Speaker 1: But between you know, me being and as business I am, 202 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:04,719 Speaker 1: and and him just you know, just being in in 203 00:09:04,720 --> 00:09:06,480 Speaker 1: that in that you know life with me, you know, 204 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:09,720 Speaker 1: so we always locked in. So um so everybody ready 205 00:09:09,760 --> 00:09:12,559 Speaker 1: to celebrate him and and and just just do his thing. 206 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:15,439 Speaker 1: So I mean, I'm happy to be um getting ready 207 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:17,240 Speaker 1: to celebrate a one year old birthday at this point 208 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:20,520 Speaker 1: where the being in the hospital for the first game 209 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:22,760 Speaker 1: last year, when he was when he was coming coming 210 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:27,440 Speaker 1: right before the Eagles game. So um so man, yeah, yeah, man, 211 00:09:27,679 --> 00:09:30,080 Speaker 1: cutting it close. So yeah, So I'm in a I'm 212 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:32,080 Speaker 1: in a I was always in a good mental space, 213 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:33,600 Speaker 1: but it's a little more chill now that you know 214 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:35,959 Speaker 1: you're not you're not getting close to game day wondering 215 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:38,640 Speaker 1: if you got to leave a halftime to go catch 216 00:09:38,679 --> 00:09:41,360 Speaker 1: a baby. But it's been cool as long as you 217 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:44,320 Speaker 1: know to never talk about Bruno, then that's important. Yeah, 218 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:47,200 Speaker 1: we don't talk about brand. We don't talk about that. 219 00:09:48,080 --> 00:09:50,280 Speaker 1: I'm gonna get a little deep here because I talked 220 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:53,120 Speaker 1: to you last November and you talked a lot about 221 00:09:53,559 --> 00:09:55,880 Speaker 1: building and leaving your legacy right and I was thinking 222 00:09:55,880 --> 00:09:58,000 Speaker 1: about that, and that can meant a bunch of stuff. 223 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:01,440 Speaker 1: You building in your home town named after you, you 224 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:03,880 Speaker 1: have a son, you have a franchise that you've been 225 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:06,320 Speaker 1: with for as long as you have in your hometown. 226 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:10,520 Speaker 1: That like, that's a that's a big word for something. 227 00:10:10,559 --> 00:10:12,679 Speaker 1: That's a huge word for you. Yeah, for sure, for sure, 228 00:10:12,679 --> 00:10:14,720 Speaker 1: And it means a lot. And uh, it's something that 229 00:10:14,760 --> 00:10:16,880 Speaker 1: I definitely embrace and I feel like as a as 230 00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:20,520 Speaker 1: a growing mature more, it's something that's just becoming more 231 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:23,480 Speaker 1: more important to me. You know, I don't got time 232 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:26,040 Speaker 1: for the bs. You know, I don't got time for 233 00:10:26,480 --> 00:10:28,439 Speaker 1: if we're not moving forward, we're not moving into the 234 00:10:28,520 --> 00:10:32,240 Speaker 1: right direction, negativity, anything in between from anybody. I don't 235 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:35,839 Speaker 1: have time for it, you know. Me Being m a father, 236 00:10:36,280 --> 00:10:40,400 Speaker 1: you know, I take pride you know, and being um, 237 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:44,280 Speaker 1: you know, a great son, a brother and whatever it 238 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:47,880 Speaker 1: may be, and just being somebody that the kids can 239 00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:51,480 Speaker 1: look up to from a community, from nationwide, whatever it 240 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:54,080 Speaker 1: may be. You know, I take my influence very seriously 241 00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:56,840 Speaker 1: and um and the more I take it seriously, the 242 00:10:56,880 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 1: more God continue to bless me to to spread to 243 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:02,280 Speaker 1: ad my reach, you know. And that's something that I 244 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:04,559 Speaker 1: you know, some things that I shot away from as 245 00:11:04,559 --> 00:11:06,760 Speaker 1: a younger player and just a younger some just body 246 00:11:06,840 --> 00:11:08,679 Speaker 1: just trying to just focus, keep his head down and 247 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:11,920 Speaker 1: do what I gotta do on a football field. Um. 248 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:13,760 Speaker 1: You know, learning that the impact that I have on 249 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:18,920 Speaker 1: people has been It's been very very important in you know, 250 00:11:19,040 --> 00:11:22,120 Speaker 1: just getting the feedback from somebody just you know, being 251 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:24,640 Speaker 1: able to spend some time with me or or and 252 00:11:24,920 --> 00:11:27,280 Speaker 1: something some things that you know, I just started. You know, 253 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:29,040 Speaker 1: I'm just kicking it, you know what, I'm hanging out, 254 00:11:29,080 --> 00:11:31,600 Speaker 1: you know, and I'm having interactions with people and they 255 00:11:31,640 --> 00:11:33,520 Speaker 1: just make it's just that come to me two three 256 00:11:33,559 --> 00:11:36,560 Speaker 1: years later, hit me up on UM socials and just 257 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:38,160 Speaker 1: be like, oh, that just meant so much to me. 258 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:41,000 Speaker 1: And maybe I didn't think about it as being you know, 259 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:44,560 Speaker 1: that deep, but then I started to realize, like, you know, 260 00:11:44,840 --> 00:11:46,680 Speaker 1: the things I say, you don't know, they matter. People 261 00:11:46,679 --> 00:11:49,560 Speaker 1: always watching, you know what I'm doing. So certain things 262 00:11:49,559 --> 00:11:53,480 Speaker 1: that I could do, um as a as a you know, younger, 263 00:11:53,679 --> 00:11:57,240 Speaker 1: less notable player, you know, from going to their grocery 264 00:11:57,280 --> 00:11:59,880 Speaker 1: store and telling them, you know, and somebody recognizing me 265 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:02,599 Speaker 1: and stopping the talking in the universe to be like, no, 266 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:04,959 Speaker 1: I feel like talking right now. Just that can make 267 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:06,440 Speaker 1: or break somebody to day, you know what I'm saying. 268 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:07,800 Speaker 1: If I got the time, I'm gonna give it, you 269 00:12:07,840 --> 00:12:09,680 Speaker 1: know what I'm saying. And people have always been like 270 00:12:09,679 --> 00:12:11,880 Speaker 1: real respectable. But at the same time, I'm not somebody 271 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:13,360 Speaker 1: who just like show away in the house and stay 272 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:16,200 Speaker 1: away because I mean, I'll go. I still go to store. 273 00:12:16,520 --> 00:12:19,240 Speaker 1: You know. They're trying to get me to stop going 274 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:22,439 Speaker 1: some you know, but just but I mean just a 275 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:25,160 Speaker 1: small stuff like that. And I always try to be 276 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:28,480 Speaker 1: really approachable and stuff like that. But um but just 277 00:12:28,559 --> 00:12:31,880 Speaker 1: learning my influence and taking it seriously has has really 278 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:35,360 Speaker 1: really helped me and the people around me. And you know, 279 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:39,600 Speaker 1: people watch them and really so so we we went deep. 280 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:41,400 Speaker 1: Now we're gonna come all the way back up. We're 281 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:43,800 Speaker 1: gonna do something new here. It's kind of like a 282 00:12:43,920 --> 00:12:50,079 Speaker 1: rapid fire. Love games down with that, so it's yes, 283 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:53,200 Speaker 1: it's a rapid fire. We have five questions. Are you 284 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:58,320 Speaker 1: ready all right? Nervous? So we're gonna start off first, Um, 285 00:12:58,559 --> 00:13:02,480 Speaker 1: favorite play as a falcon in your career, Favorite players 286 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:09,880 Speaker 1: the falcon um. I think there's so many. I think 287 00:13:09,920 --> 00:13:12,160 Speaker 1: that first sack I got in the Super Bowl my 288 00:13:12,160 --> 00:13:17,360 Speaker 1: second year was just so surreal, um, and it happened 289 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:18,720 Speaker 1: like so fast, you know, I just kind of it's 290 00:13:18,760 --> 00:13:20,760 Speaker 1: kind of just like an effort play. And to be honest, 291 00:13:20,960 --> 00:13:23,880 Speaker 1: nobody I don't know, but most people run notice. Um 292 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:27,080 Speaker 1: we ran. We caught a different play up front, like 293 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:30,240 Speaker 1: a doing like some games, and Brooks Reader did something 294 00:13:30,280 --> 00:13:32,520 Speaker 1: he did he did like a spin of something he was. 295 00:13:33,160 --> 00:13:35,120 Speaker 1: I kind of went around him and that just kept 296 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:36,800 Speaker 1: going and got the sack and then it's just like 297 00:13:37,360 --> 00:13:39,880 Speaker 1: then I'm like, all right, but let's go time. Well, 298 00:13:39,960 --> 00:13:43,800 Speaker 1: that's that's definitely like something memorable, UM memorable for me, 299 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:46,720 Speaker 1: and so that's probably one of my most memorable players. Okay, 300 00:13:46,760 --> 00:13:48,880 Speaker 1: what is the last movie that you saw? But it 301 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:55,200 Speaker 1: can't be in conto, that's our last movie, last movie 302 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:57,719 Speaker 1: that I've seen? The TV shows kind of maybe a 303 00:13:57,720 --> 00:14:01,839 Speaker 1: good man. I'm wanna I'm gonna. I'm onna Game of 304 00:14:01,920 --> 00:14:04,920 Speaker 1: Thrones wave now tweeted by the other day. Yeah, but 305 00:14:05,320 --> 00:14:08,720 Speaker 1: it was a House of Dragons. Man's intense. Man, that's 306 00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:11,080 Speaker 1: that's that's that's, that's what we do that. I'm looking 307 00:14:11,080 --> 00:14:14,560 Speaker 1: forward to the Sunday nights now, so I um gonna 308 00:14:14,559 --> 00:14:17,319 Speaker 1: play that game. You know, finished with these Saints, you 309 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:21,840 Speaker 1: know what, I'm going House of Dragons. I want to 310 00:14:21,880 --> 00:14:25,560 Speaker 1: watch no film right now. No, I'm just playing. But yeah, 311 00:14:25,560 --> 00:14:27,480 Speaker 1: so I've been on the Game of Thrones the past. 312 00:14:27,680 --> 00:14:29,880 Speaker 1: I got on really late and I caught all the 313 00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:32,280 Speaker 1: way up. And now that's that's my coach. I know. 314 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:35,120 Speaker 1: Game of Thrones was a lot of pandemic watch for 315 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:38,880 Speaker 1: a lot of people. Yeah, for you know, you're foodie. 316 00:14:39,080 --> 00:14:44,760 Speaker 1: What's your favorite Atlanta restaurant? Favorite Atlanta restaurant? Um, no, 317 00:14:44,880 --> 00:14:50,200 Speaker 1: it's not. I'm just playing. No, let's get it's a 318 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:52,040 Speaker 1: lot of good places in Atlanta. Man. You know, I 319 00:14:52,120 --> 00:14:55,880 Speaker 1: like Um. I love sushi, so I love going to Umi. Yeah. 320 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:58,920 Speaker 1: They always do such a great great job and always 321 00:14:58,960 --> 00:15:01,840 Speaker 1: treat us very well. Uh. Chima is one of another 322 00:15:01,880 --> 00:15:05,360 Speaker 1: place that I love. Um, how steakhouses are always to 323 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:07,240 Speaker 1: go to. I like to tell people whenever they come 324 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:09,400 Speaker 1: from out of town. Just a great all around me 325 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:11,680 Speaker 1: and you, Um, there's so many good places in Atlanto. Man, 326 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:15,280 Speaker 1: I'm a big oyster oryster um oryster gor now so 327 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:17,920 Speaker 1: I like the Optimists is another good one. I love 328 00:15:18,040 --> 00:15:20,680 Speaker 1: it's another steakhouse Marcella like it's been, It's been. It's 329 00:15:20,680 --> 00:15:22,520 Speaker 1: a man, Atlanta got some good spots, you know, Lana 330 00:15:22,560 --> 00:15:24,200 Speaker 1: got some good spots. And I'm still learning a lot 331 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:26,080 Speaker 1: of the the versions that I haven't been, but those off 332 00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:27,800 Speaker 1: the top of my head or something, some of them good. 333 00:15:28,520 --> 00:15:33,680 Speaker 1: I hope somebody's writing all that stuff down. I know, 334 00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:37,720 Speaker 1: who's the falcon that you spend the most time with? Yeah, 335 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:39,360 Speaker 1: the falcon I spend the most time on the team 336 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:42,080 Speaker 1: right now. Yeah, um probably this offseason. Me and take 337 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:44,440 Speaker 1: Kuon Graham, we've spend some good, good amount of time. 338 00:15:44,480 --> 00:15:47,720 Speaker 1: He's been a good dude just to um, you know, 339 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:49,320 Speaker 1: just a good friend, you know, to add to my 340 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:52,440 Speaker 1: life and just been a guy that, um, I'm not 341 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:55,080 Speaker 1: even I'm not even in a mentor way, just something 342 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:58,040 Speaker 1: they just just you know, two common dudes just hanging out, 343 00:15:58,160 --> 00:15:59,560 Speaker 1: you know, and we got to spend a lot of 344 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:02,560 Speaker 1: good time to get this offseason and just chop it up, 345 00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:04,960 Speaker 1: talk miss and just hang out and just us being 346 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:06,760 Speaker 1: able to play a lot together now with him coming 347 00:16:06,760 --> 00:16:08,480 Speaker 1: into his second year, coming into his own it's been 348 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:11,320 Speaker 1: it's been good. So I mean that's probably somebody I 349 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:14,120 Speaker 1: spend spend a lot of time with. Uh. Me and 350 00:16:14,160 --> 00:16:17,960 Speaker 1: Dianna has played together for you know, um years at 351 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:20,920 Speaker 1: this point. So we our families locked in, you know, 352 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:24,160 Speaker 1: so obviously that that goes without saying um. So, I 353 00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:26,360 Speaker 1: mean it's those those So those are two that come off, 354 00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:28,680 Speaker 1: come off the top of the head. And the last 355 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:32,640 Speaker 1: one one, what's your biggest pet? Peeve? Biggest pet Peeves? 356 00:16:32,920 --> 00:16:35,680 Speaker 1: Oh man, this is the one that we feel like 357 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:40,600 Speaker 1: people have really strong opinions. Yeah, yeah, I hate slow movers, yeah, 358 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:45,920 Speaker 1: and complainers and just negative negativity, you know, just just 359 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:49,520 Speaker 1: I can't stand it, you know, like like literally, like 360 00:16:49,560 --> 00:16:51,600 Speaker 1: I told you earlier, some stuff I'm just not going for, 361 00:16:51,840 --> 00:16:54,720 Speaker 1: you know, some stuff I'm just not Like I just don't. 362 00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:57,080 Speaker 1: I won't. I won't accept it in my home or 363 00:16:57,120 --> 00:16:59,720 Speaker 1: in my space. And that's that's, you know, And I 364 00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:02,480 Speaker 1: just because when you deal with stuff. You let stuff slide. 365 00:17:03,040 --> 00:17:05,439 Speaker 1: That's a slippery slope, you know, and I made that mistake, 366 00:17:05,600 --> 00:17:08,200 Speaker 1: you know. So moving with some urgency, like we care, 367 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:09,600 Speaker 1: like we want to be here, like we love what 368 00:17:09,640 --> 00:17:12,960 Speaker 1: we're doing and we're happy to have some life and um, 369 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:16,080 Speaker 1: you know, complaining and you know, finding negativity. I'm straight 370 00:17:16,119 --> 00:17:18,720 Speaker 1: on that. Okay, No, I don't. I don't like that. 371 00:17:18,840 --> 00:17:22,119 Speaker 1: Don't bring that in our house. Absolutely no. That was 372 00:17:22,440 --> 00:17:27,240 Speaker 1: freaking awesome. So much for podcasting, Grady, Jared, thank you 373 00:17:27,280 --> 00:17:30,359 Speaker 1: so much for time guys, thank you so much. Great reviews, 374 00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:32,320 Speaker 1: subscribe all the fun stuff that you're supposed to do, 375 00:17:32,440 --> 00:17:34,040 Speaker 1: and uh, we'll have you back.