Speaker 1: Kean would take me through what you did to get
Speaker 1: ready for year two this off season before coming here
Speaker 1: to OTAs.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, it was a lot of me time
Speaker 2: figuring out what I needed to get better at as
Speaker 2: a person, as a leader, and as a player. So
Speaker 2: I spent some time in Hawaii. I did training there,
Speaker 2: body weight training, and then kind of empted up to
Speaker 2: wait later in the training. But it was an awesome experience.
Speaker 2: Got to clear my mind and get ready for year two.
Speaker 1: Did you meet up with the herbigs at all? Yeah?
Speaker 2: So it was us through there again.
Speaker 1: Cool.
Speaker 2: We all stayed under one roof, so the competitive aspect
Speaker 2: was there every day all day, which I loved. That
Speaker 2: camaraderie was awesome and we got after it.
Speaker 1: When you say the meed time to figure out being
Speaker 1: a better player, better leader, how do you do that?
Speaker 2: Just kind of figuring out how you learn and didn't
Speaker 2: those times to aks the other vets questions. Nobody's playing ball,
Speaker 2: so everybody kind of got the same schedule, and you
Speaker 2: can reach out to those vets who may not play here,
Speaker 2: but just reach out to those vets who kind of
Speaker 2: know what it's what it's been like to get from
Speaker 2: year one to year two.
Speaker 1: And who did you lean on?
Speaker 2: I asked Lane Johnson questions it so it was old
Speaker 2: lineman Lane Johnson, Yeah, John Runny and I talked to
Speaker 2: a little bit Nate Nick, But like we just all
Speaker 2: came up with a plan that was best suitable for ourselves.
Speaker 1: Was there anything you did difference to prepare your body
Speaker 1: for the physicality and a long NFL season, especially getting
Speaker 1: off of your rookie season.
Speaker 2: A lot of recovery, a lot of mobility work, just
Speaker 2: making sure I'm taking care of my body not only
Speaker 2: in a weightlifting aspect, but the recovery aspect as well.
Speaker 1: It was here I think Dorian ot Is a mini
Speaker 1: camp last year whre Larry Ogunjobi said he felt like
Speaker 1: you were a dancing bear. Do you still still feel
Speaker 1: like you are that dancing bear? Just yeah, yeah, oh yeah.
Speaker 2: I got my hips loosened up and everything, so I'm
Speaker 2: ready to go.
Speaker 1: And then what goals after exit interviews with the coaches?
Speaker 1: Did you kind of set for yourself as you head
Speaker 1: into year two?
Speaker 2: Just really that that taking that next step maturity wise,
Speaker 2: being a voice that could step up for this team
Speaker 2: and being that leader who's more comfortable with this role
Speaker 2: and expanding my role. So that was my kind of
Speaker 2: mindset going into this offseason. It's how can I expand
Speaker 2: my role? How can I get lost guys to listen
Speaker 2: to me? And it all just came down to being myself.
Speaker 1: And do you feel like during ot is so far
Speaker 1: you've been able to use your voice and implement some
Speaker 1: of those things you wanted to work with?
Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely, or like I said, like, yeah, I feel
Speaker 2: like I have. I've always had like a natural flock,
Speaker 2: like just my personality and in general people attracted to me,
Speaker 2: so I was I was sure to keep those guys
Speaker 2: at it and the young guys who came in, take
Speaker 2: 'em under my wing and do what I can do
Speaker 2: to help.
Speaker 1: What was it like to see Cam Hayward back here
Speaker 1: at the facility?
Speaker 2: It was great you came in today and you you
Speaker 2: could definitely have to tell the energy. Everybody who who
Speaker 2: hasn't met 'em kind of looking at him figuring out
Speaker 2: what and I'm just looking like watching everybody perspective. But
Speaker 2: it was great to have him back in the building.
Speaker 1: What does a guy like him and LARRYO mean to you?
Speaker 1: And just helping you develop into the NFL player.
Speaker 2: I feel like those are two selfless guys like I.
Speaker 2: Sometimes I feel like the questions were stupid, but they
Speaker 2: would answer 'em with with honesty and let me know
Speaker 2: that they ain't no stupid questions. So, just being the
Speaker 2: guys that I lean on, my vets to ask any questions,
Speaker 2: whether it's on or off the field, they're they're always
Speaker 2: your Alright.
Speaker 1: Can we talk a little wrestling a little bit? Yeah? Okay,
Speaker 1: if you were to go against Zach Fraser, who would
Speaker 1: win me? No questions as I'm gonna say me favor
Speaker 1: for everybody. Okay, then let's do this. What if Zach
Speaker 1: Fraser and Logan Lee went against each other.
Speaker 2: I'm a D lineman, so I gotta go with the
Speaker 2: D line.
Speaker 1: Okay, D lion side. Does Peyton Wilson have a chance
Speaker 1: of taking either of those guys down?
Speaker 2: Taking them down? Yeah, he'll look scrappy, so I I
Speaker 2: he got a chance first round. He a little scrapy guy.
Speaker 1: Over the past few years, they've dropped a lot of wrestlers. Uh.
Speaker 1: How is that being incorporated in terms of maybe other
Speaker 1: people asking questions about it? Or do you guys just
Speaker 1: talk amongst yourselves about it.
Speaker 2: Uh we. I feel like we don't talk about it
Speaker 2: as much as people think we do. Okay, but it's
Speaker 2: just kind of that understanding of who who we are
Speaker 2: and wrestling like it's just a little another little mini community,
Speaker 2: just a different sport. Everybody you know, played basketball and
Speaker 2: stuff like that, but wrestling was the gritty, grimy sport.
Speaker 2: So it's it's nice to have that little community in
Speaker 2: the building.
Speaker 1: I know in Wisconsin you had some of the defensive
Speaker 1: guys like Nick do some wrestling stuff with you. Is
Speaker 1: that the case here?
Speaker 2: Not really, uh not yet. I'm actually I just found
Speaker 2: a little spot, but just to roll around and stuff,
Speaker 2: get get used to falling in certain ways, moving and
Speaker 2: body in certain ways.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 2: I kind of talk to Nate about doing it, he says, down,
Speaker 2: but we haven't got to it yet. Okay.
Speaker 1: Very cool. Well, thanks for your time. We appreciate it.
Speaker 2: Yeah, thank you for he