1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:05,519 Speaker 1: And welcome to episode wow, number thirteen of Bird Noises. 2 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:09,959 Speaker 1: You know, land flocking podcasts about football and mostly everything else. 3 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:14,120 Speaker 1: And I just realize that I have not recorded an 4 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:18,639 Speaker 1: episode since March tenth. That's way too long. But the 5 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:20,480 Speaker 1: good news is about to We're about to make up 6 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:22,759 Speaker 1: for it in a very big way because we have 7 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:27,720 Speaker 1: got the number forty seventh overall pick from April's draft. 8 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:32,519 Speaker 1: Marlon Davidson, Marlin so stoked you're here. Welcome to Bird Noises. 9 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:37,879 Speaker 1: If I'm good to so ba a different field too, 10 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:41,000 Speaker 1: how about that? Yeah? So hey, it's become somewhat of 11 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:43,720 Speaker 1: a show staple. I guess I've done twelve of these 12 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:46,519 Speaker 1: now and I and everyone's always kind of caught off 13 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:48,440 Speaker 1: guard by the name Bird Raises. So I just want 14 00:00:48,479 --> 00:00:51,080 Speaker 1: to ask you, because I've asked everybody else so far, 15 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:54,800 Speaker 1: and be really be honest, be brutally honest, what do 16 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:57,040 Speaker 1: you think of the name Bird Raises? I thought it 17 00:00:57,080 --> 00:01:06,200 Speaker 1: was rude, Okay, I did, like, yeah, yeah, yeah, it 18 00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:10,080 Speaker 1: was different. So Caleb McGarry rookie last year, he digs 19 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:13,920 Speaker 1: it U. But Jeff all Brick coach coach All Bricks 20 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 1: and us you needs some juice, so I understand that, No, 21 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:25,400 Speaker 1: he doesn't. So, so anyways, every time we say the 22 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:28,480 Speaker 1: name bird noises throughout this podcast, the producers play like 23 00:01:28,520 --> 00:01:32,600 Speaker 1: the screeching falcon sound. So you know, you're encouraged to 24 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:35,679 Speaker 1: either make your own bird noise sound because they have 25 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:41,160 Speaker 1: falcons down in Alabama, right, don't they have? They do? Yeah? Okay, 26 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:43,399 Speaker 1: so you know, if you feel, if you feel free, 27 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:44,960 Speaker 1: you know, if you want to, you know, make your 28 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:48,080 Speaker 1: own bird noise. Harry Douglass, former receiver, He made all 29 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:51,920 Speaker 1: kinds of bird noises. But so we're gonna talk a 30 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:54,040 Speaker 1: little bit about Greenville, like is that where you are 31 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:56,400 Speaker 1: right now? Greenville? Now I'm bashing you back and my 32 00:01:56,520 --> 00:01:58,640 Speaker 1: gummer right now, this is why trying to this is 33 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 1: while you know, stay course that stayed with from that 34 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 1: white style back at home. Different times of people trying 35 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:07,960 Speaker 1: to gauge two different type of waves. Yea. So we're 36 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 1: gonna talk a little Greenville, little Auburn sec um draft 37 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 1: process and but I have to start off um since 38 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 1: I've got you here with my favorite all time NFL 39 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:26,480 Speaker 1: combine moment when you were asked what you love about football? 40 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 1: And hopefully we can play the play an excerpt here. 41 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:34,639 Speaker 1: But um, basically, you were asked what you love about football, 42 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:38,720 Speaker 1: and h you said, I love most about the game 43 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:41,800 Speaker 1: is that this is true though, Okay, it's true. I 44 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:43,720 Speaker 1: love most about the games that I can literally go 45 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:48,680 Speaker 1: out there and hit a man consistently and pound him 46 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:51,720 Speaker 1: and the police not called. That is the most enjoyable 47 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:55,840 Speaker 1: moment about balls. The guard Dan really abused somebody and 48 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:59,400 Speaker 1: they won't say nothing about it and pressed anything. I 49 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:02,280 Speaker 1: ain't on a headlines and handcuts, no mul shots, no nothing. 50 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:05,600 Speaker 1: Nobody had just physically abusing the man. Well, I don't 51 00:03:05,639 --> 00:03:06,919 Speaker 1: know if you want to if you remember, do you 52 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:09,040 Speaker 1: remember what you said exactly? Yeah? I do, man, you know, 53 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:11,080 Speaker 1: like it was true, you know what I mean. I 54 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:12,760 Speaker 1: just like to go out there and the physical it's 55 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:15,400 Speaker 1: all the man like in between the game, in between 56 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:18,400 Speaker 1: the rules. But you know, just going out there and 57 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:20,440 Speaker 1: just showing a grish and showing the fire, you know 58 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:25,840 Speaker 1: what I mean. Yeah, you know people was like the referees, everybody. 59 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:28,120 Speaker 1: It took everything away from the game, you know, the 60 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:32,239 Speaker 1: the grish and the attitude, the physicality of the game. 61 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 1: That really changed, you know what I mean. So it's 62 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:37,040 Speaker 1: I was brought up in the old style, you know, 63 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:39,840 Speaker 1: face first, put your face into a hit people. So 64 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:42,160 Speaker 1: that's all I know. That's all I've ever been and talk, 65 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:44,080 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. So that's why I bring 66 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 1: it to the game. They just I mean, I just 67 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:47,320 Speaker 1: really feel like that, you know what I mean. Just 68 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:49,320 Speaker 1: go out there and just do my thing. You know, 69 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 1: it's got about life, It's about the game, you know 70 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:55,320 Speaker 1: what I mean. So first of all, that was when 71 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:59,240 Speaker 1: when Falcons fans saw that clip, and a lot of 72 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:01,560 Speaker 1: them had seen that before You're drafted, but then once 73 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:04,920 Speaker 1: they realize the guy who said that is coming to Atlanta, 74 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:08,680 Speaker 1: you immediately became the most popular pick in the draft class. 75 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:12,680 Speaker 1: I gotta tell you, our fans are so stoked to 76 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:15,240 Speaker 1: have you because I do a daily mail bag with 77 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:19,400 Speaker 1: Falcons fans. Yeah, and they cannot wait to see you 78 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:25,000 Speaker 1: lined up along with Grady Jared Dante follower Attack McKinley. Um, 79 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:26,920 Speaker 1: we'll get into all that, but I gotta tell you 80 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:29,920 Speaker 1: when when fans saw that, they just went crazy. So 81 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:34,160 Speaker 1: you're you're already went in the popularity contest, Yes, sir, 82 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:37,360 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm bringing this Jews to Atlanta, man, I'm 83 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:42,159 Speaker 1: bringing the argum Jews. How he played on defense attitude. 84 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:45,200 Speaker 1: That's what we do well. Falcons fans are gonna love 85 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:49,400 Speaker 1: that and uh uh let me. Uh So this defense 86 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:51,800 Speaker 1: is you know, it's it's got some young stars already 87 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:54,200 Speaker 1: with Grady just mentioned that Dion Jones and then they 88 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:58,679 Speaker 1: added Dante Follower, they drafted aj terrell Um. The fans 89 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:02,000 Speaker 1: are starving for the this defense to take the next step, 90 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:07,800 Speaker 1: right and so um we'll get into that and we'll 91 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:10,960 Speaker 1: wrap this podcast up by talking about twenty twenty. But 92 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 1: let's just talk. Let's go back a little bit to 93 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 1: your Greenville days and tells you. I was watching some 94 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:21,200 Speaker 1: videos and they're really good. I don't know if you. 95 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:25,720 Speaker 1: I'm sure you've seen them. The Road to the Pros. Yes, Um, 96 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:29,040 Speaker 1: I highly recommend to anybody that wants to learn more 97 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:31,719 Speaker 1: about you and just you know you grown up in 98 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 1: Greenville and that whole path to the Pros. But everything 99 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:44,880 Speaker 1: in there pretty accurate. Yes, everything, Okay, Yeah, I thought 100 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:46,640 Speaker 1: it was excellent, and you know, I just wanted to 101 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:49,479 Speaker 1: wait and see what you said about it. But amazing 102 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:52,000 Speaker 1: story about your incredible path and then just the impact 103 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:55,159 Speaker 1: of your mom Cynthia Carter had on your life and 104 00:05:55,160 --> 00:06:00,320 Speaker 1: and you're you know your drive. Um, but just one 105 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:01,960 Speaker 1: of the things made me laugh when you were talking 106 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:05,840 Speaker 1: about being out in the country. Is it true that 107 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:08,120 Speaker 1: you couldn't have your draft, You couldn't watch the draft 108 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:10,520 Speaker 1: because there was no cell signals or WiFi? Is that true? 109 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:13,320 Speaker 1: It was really hard? So the draft, dude, was crazy 110 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:15,479 Speaker 1: for me, you know what I mean, Like the first 111 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:18,760 Speaker 1: day it was crazy, like by um, like one part 112 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:20,919 Speaker 1: of my house back in the country, just like the 113 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:25,040 Speaker 1: fire like that literaly just went out so like watching 114 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:27,120 Speaker 1: that I couldn't even watch it for a minute, you 115 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:29,960 Speaker 1: know what I mean. So I was like wow. So 116 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:32,560 Speaker 1: then it finally came on and they're like I had 117 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:34,240 Speaker 1: to do wi Fi calls them out there. I never 118 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:36,840 Speaker 1: knew it was WiFi I called them at all until then. 119 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:43,719 Speaker 1: So if I didn't have WiFi, literally have nothing nothing. Yeah, 120 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:45,479 Speaker 1: And I was waiting for a callum like, man, I 121 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:47,039 Speaker 1: hope I get it. I want to leaking on my 122 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:50,480 Speaker 1: phone like is it working? So but you know what 123 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:52,240 Speaker 1: I mean, the Falcons called the man I picked up. 124 00:06:52,279 --> 00:06:53,680 Speaker 1: They called me in and I was like, man, I 125 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:56,599 Speaker 1: don't kill who else called me? You know? What I mean, 126 00:06:56,920 --> 00:07:00,640 Speaker 1: I'm stay on the phone. The Falcons so high Wood. 127 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:04,560 Speaker 1: So you said from early on you you wanted to 128 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:07,080 Speaker 1: play football. You said, yeah, I think there's a quote 129 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:09,840 Speaker 1: you said. You woke up ball, you slept ball, you 130 00:07:09,880 --> 00:07:13,360 Speaker 1: were a ball haul. Um did you ever? Did you 131 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:15,720 Speaker 1: play any other sports growing up? Did you want to 132 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:18,840 Speaker 1: play anything? Okay? I did. I played basketball. Um, I 133 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:22,760 Speaker 1: played baseball, you know. Um that's something that we did. 134 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:24,960 Speaker 1: You know, we had this softball team, like a like 135 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:28,520 Speaker 1: country grown man type of softball. I played that. I 136 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:30,480 Speaker 1: did a lot of things, got to keep myself active. 137 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:32,440 Speaker 1: Now I even try to track ones. But I went 138 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:34,680 Speaker 1: out never about a week and I was like, no, 139 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:38,880 Speaker 1: it's thanks for me here too much, too much. All 140 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:42,320 Speaker 1: that we were sprinter where you kind of where you 141 00:07:42,440 --> 00:07:45,440 Speaker 1: I wanted to run. You see, I was small, okay 142 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:47,600 Speaker 1: small man. See I got a little bit big on 143 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:50,360 Speaker 1: the over hand of it. But you know I was small. 144 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:52,800 Speaker 1: I was you know, like people don't realize, like I 145 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:55,120 Speaker 1: was like one eighty at one point of time, one nineties. 146 00:07:55,120 --> 00:07:57,840 Speaker 1: So and you had you had older brothers and stuff, 147 00:07:57,880 --> 00:08:00,840 Speaker 1: and yeah, you talked about that growing up with the 148 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:02,760 Speaker 1: older brothers, And yeah, I was you know, I said 149 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:04,360 Speaker 1: I was a biby boy, so I caught the worst 150 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:08,320 Speaker 1: end of the stick. So I had to deal with 151 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:11,600 Speaker 1: the bigger brother drama all that stuff that. So, you 152 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:14,040 Speaker 1: know what I mean, just a typical life on a kid. Now, 153 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:16,360 Speaker 1: I went through it. You know, brothers making you do 154 00:08:16,440 --> 00:08:19,680 Speaker 1: stuff that you don't want to do that. So I've 155 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:23,160 Speaker 1: been through it all. Your story is fantastic, and you know, 156 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:25,320 Speaker 1: the more I read about you, the more I'm just 157 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:30,640 Speaker 1: like this guys, it's just like it's gold. Um. But 158 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:33,240 Speaker 1: I read one thing where you said you bench pressed 159 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:36,880 Speaker 1: to your couch. Yeah. Man, So back in the country, 160 00:08:36,920 --> 00:08:39,439 Speaker 1: like I made in my mind, I think I watched 161 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:45,040 Speaker 1: um the Georgian Tennessee game. That's one Jarvis Jones, Pat Man, 162 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:50,880 Speaker 1: Pat Mandalay outside linebacker. Um, he had the dreads and stuff. 163 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:53,120 Speaker 1: He passed a lot like with Georgia. So I'm watching 164 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:54,920 Speaker 1: him like, man, I won't do it exactly what he doing. 165 00:08:55,720 --> 00:08:57,599 Speaker 1: So at that moment dinner, y'all, I said, no, I 166 00:08:57,640 --> 00:08:59,360 Speaker 1: was gonna make it, you know what I mean. So 167 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:03,000 Speaker 1: I usually like get the couch curled, the couch, bench 168 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:05,600 Speaker 1: the couch. You know, I used to do anything to 169 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:07,400 Speaker 1: give myself an edge. Like I used to get on 170 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:09,240 Speaker 1: the wall and I pushed myself out the wall trying 171 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:13,000 Speaker 1: to do something. Now I mean guard and lifting chairs, man, whatever, 172 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:15,480 Speaker 1: anything that was heavy, I was going to go do it. 173 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:17,640 Speaker 1: Now I go to the car. We got like ten 174 00:09:17,679 --> 00:09:19,599 Speaker 1: bads and groceries on the right, ten bads, grouches on 175 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:21,920 Speaker 1: the little to carry on men do like farmers. While 176 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:24,240 Speaker 1: I ain't know nothing about it then, but you know, 177 00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:26,559 Speaker 1: I was just that's what I did now. I mean 178 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:28,840 Speaker 1: I felt like that prepared me to now to this day. 179 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:31,000 Speaker 1: You know, just a hard word. Going through that time 180 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:33,360 Speaker 1: and coming to now, like it changed my life and 181 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:36,000 Speaker 1: changed the whole aspect of my life. Did your mom 182 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:38,640 Speaker 1: or your your siblings say anything to you when you're 183 00:09:38,679 --> 00:09:41,120 Speaker 1: like lifting chairs and lifting groceries and lifting the star. 184 00:09:42,559 --> 00:09:45,080 Speaker 1: I had one of my brothers he was two years 185 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:46,720 Speaker 1: old of me, the one I'm really really close, but 186 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:52,400 Speaker 1: it's Marvin Davidson, and he was like, bro, man, you crazy. 187 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:54,480 Speaker 1: So he was the more of the basketball star. Like 188 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:57,160 Speaker 1: he played basketball. He was very good at basketball and athletic. 189 00:09:57,360 --> 00:10:00,720 Speaker 1: He probably the most athletic one of my family. Yeah, 190 00:10:00,760 --> 00:10:03,480 Speaker 1: he's way more altholater than me. So okay, he's kind 191 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:05,680 Speaker 1: of like freakies, you know what I mean, long arms, 192 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:08,080 Speaker 1: but you know what I mean, he was he was 193 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:12,400 Speaker 1: gonna be like, man, dude, you're crazy. He I was like, dude, 194 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:14,880 Speaker 1: this is what I gotta do. I guess. So I'm 195 00:10:14,920 --> 00:10:17,280 Speaker 1: just I'm just taking it in full effect. Then, you know, 196 00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:19,120 Speaker 1: so everything I always did, you know what I mean, 197 00:10:19,120 --> 00:10:21,680 Speaker 1: I already feel like I was the best, like regardless 198 00:10:21,679 --> 00:10:23,520 Speaker 1: of well with people gonna say like one thing they're 199 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:25,240 Speaker 1: gonna take away from marther days and every day that 200 00:10:25,320 --> 00:10:28,560 Speaker 1: he gave his best and everything he ever did. So 201 00:10:28,640 --> 00:10:31,280 Speaker 1: you had an older brother that went to Auburn? Yeah, 202 00:10:31,559 --> 00:10:33,760 Speaker 1: was it pretty much a done deal for you? You You 203 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:35,720 Speaker 1: know that you were gonna go to Auburn or did 204 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:38,880 Speaker 1: you give strong consideration to any other schools? Because I 205 00:10:38,920 --> 00:10:40,640 Speaker 1: know you said something you wanted to do you want 206 00:10:40,679 --> 00:10:43,240 Speaker 1: to stay fairly close to home. But was it a 207 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:45,640 Speaker 1: done deal where you did you have your mind made 208 00:10:45,679 --> 00:10:48,600 Speaker 1: up about Auburn all along or what you know what? No? 209 00:10:50,360 --> 00:10:52,720 Speaker 1: Oh not at all? You know what I mean? Um, 210 00:10:53,640 --> 00:10:54,960 Speaker 1: how could I say this? Like I came up on 211 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:58,679 Speaker 1: stage with an Alabama book? Bad oh wow? Walking up 212 00:10:58,679 --> 00:11:02,200 Speaker 1: on stage with an Alabama book. But and I seen 213 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:04,439 Speaker 1: my my older my brother went to an album. Dude, 214 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:06,240 Speaker 1: look at me like that man from the really just 215 00:11:06,480 --> 00:11:10,240 Speaker 1: even to meet down with Elma. So what I did 216 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:12,240 Speaker 1: was I looked in my bad before I came in, 217 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:15,120 Speaker 1: and I was pulling my hands. I like, what up 218 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:16,599 Speaker 1: I had? I pulled out the most. That's where I 219 00:11:16,640 --> 00:11:21,360 Speaker 1: was going really, So I kept doing that. I kept 220 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:23,320 Speaker 1: doing this, and I was like, man, this is going. 221 00:11:23,679 --> 00:11:25,439 Speaker 1: So then I was just kept coming back to Auburn, 222 00:11:25,440 --> 00:11:26,839 Speaker 1: you know, like every time I have a thomb. I 223 00:11:26,840 --> 00:11:31,040 Speaker 1: thought about album okay, and I felt like, you know, um, 224 00:11:31,320 --> 00:11:32,920 Speaker 1: if I didn't do it, you know, like what my 225 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:35,320 Speaker 1: mom and you know what I mean. So I felt 226 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:37,160 Speaker 1: like it was the best school for me, the best 227 00:11:37,160 --> 00:11:39,720 Speaker 1: school for my family, and they panned out well for me. 228 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:43,440 Speaker 1: And now I'm hearing Alma because you yeah, you had 229 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:45,000 Speaker 1: mentioned too that you know, you looked at a lot 230 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:47,520 Speaker 1: of pictures, you know, your mom with your brother and 231 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:50,360 Speaker 1: with the aubur and stuff. Fine, so there was that 232 00:11:50,440 --> 00:11:53,160 Speaker 1: emotional I guess connection to writer. Yeah, and I mean 233 00:11:53,679 --> 00:11:56,160 Speaker 1: there's something that stuck with you. Man. Um, everywhere I 234 00:11:56,240 --> 00:11:59,000 Speaker 1: go out, it's all the everywhere I go as a 235 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:02,480 Speaker 1: people talking about you know, so why not go to 236 00:12:02,559 --> 00:12:04,760 Speaker 1: artur why not go ahead and beat out your brother's deads? 237 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:06,520 Speaker 1: Why not go ahead and do all this crazy stuff, 238 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:08,439 Speaker 1: and just to show people that you're the best. You're 239 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:11,400 Speaker 1: the best one to Simon, that's why I did. So 240 00:12:11,520 --> 00:12:15,679 Speaker 1: what's it like going from Greenville to running out of 241 00:12:15,800 --> 00:12:19,160 Speaker 1: Jordan Hare Stadium in front of eighty ninety thousand people 242 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:23,840 Speaker 1: in an SEC stadium? That, I mean, what was that like? 243 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:26,920 Speaker 1: And just making the transition from that to to an 244 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:30,200 Speaker 1: SEC program? And then when was when did you just 245 00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:31,800 Speaker 1: kind of say, hey, you know what, I know I 246 00:12:31,880 --> 00:12:35,120 Speaker 1: belong here. I mean the first dat step on campus, 247 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:37,960 Speaker 1: I told you I had the mindset that was the best. 248 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:41,760 Speaker 1: I don't care. I ain't care about nothing now. I 249 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:44,520 Speaker 1: remember my first day of practice, you know, coming in 250 00:12:44,559 --> 00:12:47,920 Speaker 1: as a freshman. I remember I got my tale will 251 00:12:48,880 --> 00:12:50,920 Speaker 1: this guy out the name of Jordan Diamond that he 252 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:54,199 Speaker 1: did he score with me? Like man, My coach was 253 00:12:54,240 --> 00:12:56,400 Speaker 1: trying to like motivate me, but not motivate me, trying 254 00:12:56,440 --> 00:12:57,800 Speaker 1: to like push me through it. He trying to, he 255 00:12:57,880 --> 00:13:00,360 Speaker 1: said to me, he was like the nick And in 256 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:04,080 Speaker 1: the home in the film room, he said man, you 257 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:06,240 Speaker 1: know you just got too by the worst line in 258 00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:10,559 Speaker 1: aubur history. So I'm like, am I really that bad? 259 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:13,959 Speaker 1: You know what I mean? Yeah, it took me about 260 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:16,080 Speaker 1: two or three parts to really like just be like, damn, 261 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:19,680 Speaker 1: I got it. I'm gonna I pick up on stuff fast, man. 262 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:22,160 Speaker 1: So when I got it, I got it. I'm going now. 263 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:25,320 Speaker 1: I always had the mindset I'm gonna outwork you. Yeah, 264 00:13:25,320 --> 00:13:26,880 Speaker 1: I just had to put it on film, you know 265 00:13:26,880 --> 00:13:29,160 Speaker 1: what I mean. I think like two weeks and two 266 00:13:29,320 --> 00:13:31,400 Speaker 1: now I had to start a job. So I was 267 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:32,679 Speaker 1: just one of the type of god I said, Man, 268 00:13:32,679 --> 00:13:35,880 Speaker 1: once I got it, man, nobody getting it back. Wow. 269 00:13:36,840 --> 00:13:39,880 Speaker 1: What um, Since we're talking about Auburn and I'll get 270 00:13:39,920 --> 00:13:45,480 Speaker 1: to your teammate Derek Brown in a minute, but playing 271 00:13:45,520 --> 00:13:52,280 Speaker 1: at Auburn Auburn Alabama games, what's your favorite memory, you know, 272 00:13:52,559 --> 00:13:55,040 Speaker 1: being in Auburn. Was it the Auburn Alabama game? Is 273 00:13:55,040 --> 00:13:58,480 Speaker 1: there a favorite moment that just you know that just 274 00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:01,719 Speaker 1: a great story or a moment in a huddle? Is 275 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:03,920 Speaker 1: what when you think of some of the great stories, 276 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:08,560 Speaker 1: it's great moments or great you know memories there what 277 00:14:08,559 --> 00:14:10,920 Speaker 1: what kind of sticks out for you? Um? I can 278 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:15,800 Speaker 1: say like this this past iron Bold Man, Um, I mean, 279 00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:19,200 Speaker 1: we just got a tiger out. Man, it's millions of people. 280 00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:21,160 Speaker 1: I can say it's millions. It seemed like it was Mills, 281 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:23,040 Speaker 1: but it was Tallent, you know what I mean. But 282 00:14:23,120 --> 00:14:26,560 Speaker 1: it was man, it was both like all week, people 283 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:30,360 Speaker 1: already tailgating, people already outside. It's just like, man, wow, 284 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:33,320 Speaker 1: this is crazy for a week. Like you can tell, yeah, 285 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:37,000 Speaker 1: for a week, people already tailgating. It's Thanksgiving, people be 286 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:39,840 Speaker 1: at home, has this thing, Man, Thanksgiving an RV. These 287 00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:41,840 Speaker 1: people not playing, you know what I mean. So the 288 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:45,440 Speaker 1: outside that they're joining, and I'm like, man, this is wow. 289 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:49,800 Speaker 1: Get to the game and we're walking out and then um, 290 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:52,920 Speaker 1: well we get to the huddle, like after we pray 291 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:54,760 Speaker 1: and everything, you know, we always stick a little get 292 00:14:54,800 --> 00:14:58,080 Speaker 1: all prayer. Yeah, and then we come to the middle. 293 00:14:58,880 --> 00:15:01,600 Speaker 1: That someone was like, man, just tad, Well, I'm just told, man, 294 00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:04,160 Speaker 1: tell them what it's gonna be. Like people can can 295 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:06,280 Speaker 1: people can go back and like watch the video now 296 00:15:06,520 --> 00:15:09,640 Speaker 1: it's still screaming out and it's just like I was like, man, 297 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:12,960 Speaker 1: you know they're going down today, Like I don't care. 298 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:14,840 Speaker 1: We had to fight them to the end. They going 299 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:17,960 Speaker 1: down today like we're gonna arrive for all, We're gonna 300 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:20,560 Speaker 1: ride for the scene. We're gonna do it big, you know. 301 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:22,560 Speaker 1: I mean so at that moment, I'm like, man, shoot, 302 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:25,080 Speaker 1: that's it. I don't talked it up. I don't spoke 303 00:15:25,080 --> 00:15:27,360 Speaker 1: about it. This wasn to happen. I mean, they're gonna 304 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:29,840 Speaker 1: get when they come to they's line, we gotta go 305 00:15:29,880 --> 00:15:36,600 Speaker 1: at it. Yeah. Uh that's pretty cool. Um that. I'm 306 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:38,760 Speaker 1: just I'm still trying to wrap my head around fans 307 00:15:38,840 --> 00:15:44,240 Speaker 1: being there for a week tailgating. Um. I can't imagine, 308 00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:46,600 Speaker 1: like if if some of those crazy fans every guy 309 00:15:46,680 --> 00:15:48,360 Speaker 1: like a hold of your email or your cell phone 310 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:51,920 Speaker 1: or something like that, I would just be edgy nuts. 311 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:58,240 Speaker 1: Uh uh So in the SEC right now, I mean 312 00:15:58,280 --> 00:16:01,720 Speaker 1: obviously tons what there was like fourteen LSU players drafted 313 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:06,040 Speaker 1: this pastor tons of talent in the SEC. Who's the 314 00:16:06,120 --> 00:16:09,800 Speaker 1: best player that you've played either that you've been on 315 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:13,520 Speaker 1: the field with in your college career to this point? Anyway? 316 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:15,960 Speaker 1: I mean I can say I can't give you a 317 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:19,600 Speaker 1: few names. I get you ye Robinson, I can give 318 00:16:19,640 --> 00:16:23,760 Speaker 1: you Isaia. When I can give you you know, um, 319 00:16:24,080 --> 00:16:29,600 Speaker 1: Andrew time is U piney Sewell, Peny Sewell, you know, 320 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:32,600 Speaker 1: like the ads, the other wos even though he's still 321 00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:34,640 Speaker 1: in college, right, man, I can give you a lot 322 00:16:34,680 --> 00:16:37,000 Speaker 1: of guys. Man, there's a lot of guys that challenge 323 00:16:37,040 --> 00:16:39,800 Speaker 1: me to be at my best every game. Like that's 324 00:16:39,840 --> 00:16:41,560 Speaker 1: why I think I can say about the SEC, man, 325 00:16:41,640 --> 00:16:43,680 Speaker 1: the best time to do go to the SEC. Like 326 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:45,840 Speaker 1: people who want to compete, people who want to go 327 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:48,360 Speaker 1: get each other every day. I'm going into some lifestyle 328 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:51,160 Speaker 1: of the best, Like it's in the SEC, you know 329 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:53,400 Speaker 1: what I mean? Like people say, like instancy, get all 330 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:56,520 Speaker 1: these hight whenever it stancy, get to hear they can't finish. 331 00:16:56,600 --> 00:16:58,680 Speaker 1: They're losing too the agecy they lose this and the 332 00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:01,600 Speaker 1: like bro y'all go. When we go through every day, 333 00:17:01,800 --> 00:17:04,520 Speaker 1: Hey man, we banged up, We bang against each other 334 00:17:04,600 --> 00:17:08,440 Speaker 1: every day. You're not You're not going against that every day. 335 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:10,280 Speaker 1: So like you don't know what all buyers going through. 336 00:17:10,280 --> 00:17:12,680 Speaker 1: You don't know the mitzily and physically abused that we're 337 00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:15,520 Speaker 1: going through every day. So like when teams come out 338 00:17:15,560 --> 00:17:18,000 Speaker 1: of like the Big team, just him third, Like I 339 00:17:18,040 --> 00:17:20,399 Speaker 1: don't own my down on it, but it's just not 340 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:23,520 Speaker 1: the same level of competition. You're not gonna play against 341 00:17:24,119 --> 00:17:28,680 Speaker 1: the Chad Tricks, the under Thomas Isaiah Wilson. You're not 342 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:31,200 Speaker 1: gonna pay against that every day. You're gonna play against 343 00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:34,920 Speaker 1: you know, people that you might not ever see again. Yeah, 344 00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:37,040 Speaker 1: that's just the difference of the STAC and everything else. 345 00:17:37,080 --> 00:17:42,320 Speaker 1: So just a total different aspect of it. Fair enough. Yeah, 346 00:17:42,440 --> 00:17:44,879 Speaker 1: So before I ask you about your teammate, let me 347 00:17:44,920 --> 00:17:48,840 Speaker 1: ask you this, and I'm gonna hold my breath. Uh, 348 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:50,960 Speaker 1: did you read a lot of the mock drafts and 349 00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:53,440 Speaker 1: stuff like that before the end of the season leading 350 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:55,120 Speaker 1: up to the draft from your big mock draft guy 351 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:58,679 Speaker 1: or not? I am, but I'm not. You know. Um 352 00:17:59,359 --> 00:18:01,239 Speaker 1: My trainers actually told me it was like, man, they 353 00:18:01,320 --> 00:18:03,479 Speaker 1: got you in the first round. The reason, like, I mean, 354 00:18:03,520 --> 00:18:05,080 Speaker 1: I pust been there, you know what I mean? Because 355 00:18:05,080 --> 00:18:06,600 Speaker 1: I feel like I was the best one in the dround. 356 00:18:07,160 --> 00:18:09,000 Speaker 1: Now I feel like I'm preparing myself that shouldn't be 357 00:18:09,080 --> 00:18:11,040 Speaker 1: the best one. And you know, man, who don't think 358 00:18:11,080 --> 00:18:13,040 Speaker 1: that or the Besteve you don't think you're the best, man, 359 00:18:13,359 --> 00:18:16,480 Speaker 1: what are you doing in life? Why are you others? So? 360 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:19,480 Speaker 1: I mean, um, you know I was I would look 361 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:21,680 Speaker 1: at them sometimes Now I'd be like, man, it is 362 00:18:21,680 --> 00:18:24,200 Speaker 1: what it did? You know who I'm gonna they're gonna 363 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:26,399 Speaker 1: pick me? I was spitched. I can't lie. I was 364 00:18:26,480 --> 00:18:30,440 Speaker 1: fit that I didn't go first round. Was gonna ask you, Yeah, 365 00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:32,159 Speaker 1: I was gonna ask you how much that that that 366 00:18:32,280 --> 00:18:35,159 Speaker 1: motivated you, if that kind of thing did motivate you? 367 00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:37,399 Speaker 1: Because a lot of obviously a lot of mocks and 368 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:42,320 Speaker 1: obviously Grek Derek ended up going top ten pick. Uh, 369 00:18:42,359 --> 00:18:45,880 Speaker 1: I believe seventh right, and uh, you know a lot 370 00:18:45,880 --> 00:18:48,040 Speaker 1: of people were talking about him. There was a lot 371 00:18:48,080 --> 00:18:51,280 Speaker 1: of buzz. Even Falcons fans wanted a defensive tackle, wanted 372 00:18:51,320 --> 00:18:54,920 Speaker 1: an edge rusher or a DT. So that way, when 373 00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:57,760 Speaker 1: you were picked, everyone was ecstatic, right because hey we 374 00:18:57,840 --> 00:19:00,880 Speaker 1: got the defensive tackle and a lot of people felt 375 00:19:00,880 --> 00:19:05,080 Speaker 1: like you were first round great talent. So yeah, I 376 00:19:05,119 --> 00:19:07,080 Speaker 1: just want to ask you about that, and just you know, 377 00:19:07,840 --> 00:19:13,680 Speaker 1: what's it like now with Derek being drafted kind of 378 00:19:13,840 --> 00:19:16,680 Speaker 1: Panthers in the same division. Now you guys are gonna 379 00:19:16,680 --> 00:19:20,520 Speaker 1: be on rival teams. What's that like? Yeah? I already 380 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:22,159 Speaker 1: told him, like, man, you know, I'm a I'm a 381 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:25,560 Speaker 1: big trash talker. You know, I can't say that. But 382 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:27,359 Speaker 1: I told him, like, man, he was talking. I was like, bro, 383 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:29,680 Speaker 1: you don't realize, like I'm trying to kick your butt 384 00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:32,800 Speaker 1: this year. He's like, Bro, we're gonna see that. After 385 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:37,480 Speaker 1: the game. I was like, all, yeah, he got to 386 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:39,040 Speaker 1: the church, but talking to me because I'm gonna talking 387 00:19:39,040 --> 00:19:41,040 Speaker 1: to him, we'll go out, okay, So you can't be 388 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:43,240 Speaker 1: quiet with me. If you you quiet and just on 389 00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:46,400 Speaker 1: you bro, But yeah, man, I'm gonna talk to my joke. 390 00:19:46,480 --> 00:19:48,920 Speaker 1: I'm gonna I'm gonna bag it up. That just who 391 00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:50,760 Speaker 1: I am, you know what I mean. So I was 392 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:53,439 Speaker 1: just talking joke with him, playing like that different you Like, 393 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:55,640 Speaker 1: I was like first game check on the game right here. 394 00:19:55,680 --> 00:19:57,440 Speaker 1: He was like, I ain't do that. I ain't gonna 395 00:19:57,440 --> 00:20:02,119 Speaker 1: do it. You So when you so when he was 396 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:05,040 Speaker 1: picked by Caroline, then you ended up being picked by Atlanta. 397 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:07,920 Speaker 1: Did you guys have a quick moment on the phone 398 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:11,160 Speaker 1: or no? Yes, yes, of course. I mean I called him, well, 399 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:14,879 Speaker 1: I take him first, and then we taught the next morning. 400 00:20:15,320 --> 00:20:18,600 Speaker 1: We called each other the next morning, and then after 401 00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:20,639 Speaker 1: I got picked, he takes me that. He called me 402 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:23,199 Speaker 1: the next morning, got me. So it was like, you 403 00:20:23,240 --> 00:20:24,879 Speaker 1: know you don't really want to call him on that 404 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:30,639 Speaker 1: same day because yeah, yeah, we all ended up getting 405 00:20:30,640 --> 00:20:35,320 Speaker 1: the content with each other. Yeah nice. Um, it should 406 00:20:35,320 --> 00:20:38,000 Speaker 1: be a lot of fun for when you two uh 407 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:41,680 Speaker 1: do collide play the same position. You won't get that 408 00:20:41,760 --> 00:20:45,600 Speaker 1: physically play each other. Bell should be fun. Um, let 409 00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:48,320 Speaker 1: me ask you. So that's a perfect segue now to 410 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:54,640 Speaker 1: the Falcons and Draft day and that phone call from 411 00:20:54,680 --> 00:20:58,280 Speaker 1: Thomas Dementro First, and I know you've been doing the 412 00:20:58,359 --> 00:21:02,320 Speaker 1: virtual you know, offseason programs with the rookies and stuff 413 00:21:02,359 --> 00:21:07,080 Speaker 1: like that. M has it sunk in yet? And I know? 414 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:09,040 Speaker 1: And then I want to ask you about the virtual stuff, 415 00:21:09,040 --> 00:21:13,239 Speaker 1: how is that going? And is that different? And just 416 00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:15,520 Speaker 1: talk about that phone call and just is it all 417 00:21:15,560 --> 00:21:18,400 Speaker 1: sunk in yet? Yeah? Well with the phone call, you know, man, 418 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:20,520 Speaker 1: when they called, been like they was talking and stuff. 419 00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:22,280 Speaker 1: I like, Man, don't know how long I've been winning 420 00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:26,040 Speaker 1: on this phone call. So at that moment, don't want 421 00:21:26,040 --> 00:21:27,280 Speaker 1: to hit that the Neils. I'll just went out you 422 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:28,520 Speaker 1: to pet you know what I mean. I want to 423 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:32,320 Speaker 1: hit that just Pete the only ready to go. But yeah, man, 424 00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:34,240 Speaker 1: you know it was it's still a rush man. You know, 425 00:21:34,760 --> 00:21:37,160 Speaker 1: I'm still like a little kid in my mind, like, Bro, 426 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:41,399 Speaker 1: I'm really playing against Grady Jad, I'm really playing against 427 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:45,840 Speaker 1: playing beside a b Yeah yeah, I mean Dean Jones 428 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:50,680 Speaker 1: behind me. Yeah, I'm playing with the Julio Jones. Yeah, 429 00:21:50,720 --> 00:21:53,159 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. That's crazy, you know what 430 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:55,199 Speaker 1: I mean. So I never really thought of it like 431 00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:57,440 Speaker 1: that until, like I'm really there, because I used to 432 00:21:57,520 --> 00:22:00,280 Speaker 1: play with them on the game Imaged, play with the 433 00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:01,720 Speaker 1: Great Jail. I used to love just throwing the b 434 00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:04,640 Speaker 1: Julio just let him, gonna get it when Devonte Freeman's 435 00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:08,199 Speaker 1: in the backfield, Now I got tg hunting stack like 436 00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:10,119 Speaker 1: I'm screat you know what I mean. So it just 437 00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:12,520 Speaker 1: you know, playing with those guys, man's gonna be It're 438 00:22:12,520 --> 00:22:15,119 Speaker 1: gonna be weird because you're be like, man, Bro, I 439 00:22:15,119 --> 00:22:18,440 Speaker 1: didn't want to get your auditor, but you're my teammate, 440 00:22:18,560 --> 00:22:20,520 Speaker 1: not brons to your head date. You know, it's a 441 00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:22,439 Speaker 1: different type of change up in that and just you 442 00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:25,879 Speaker 1: know the virtual thing. Man, it's kind of weird, you know, 443 00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:28,040 Speaker 1: but you still can get the relationships from different people, 444 00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:30,000 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. You can still talk to 445 00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:32,720 Speaker 1: him like they right there with you. So it's not 446 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:34,840 Speaker 1: like a big drop off from that. The only thing 447 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:37,480 Speaker 1: you gotta have some great WiFi. You got great WiFi? You, 448 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:43,000 Speaker 1: Um are you? I imagine you're chomping at the bed 449 00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:47,080 Speaker 1: to kind of to get to the facilities and meet 450 00:22:47,119 --> 00:22:50,000 Speaker 1: your teammates and stuff like that. What's the one thing 451 00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:52,399 Speaker 1: you're really looking forward to most? I mean, obviously you 452 00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:54,119 Speaker 1: sound like you're really looking forward to meet some of 453 00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:57,760 Speaker 1: your teammates in person, But um what are you looking 454 00:22:57,800 --> 00:23:01,280 Speaker 1: forward to most? And just become in this rookie to 455 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:04,240 Speaker 1: be honest man, to just be able to get there 456 00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:07,679 Speaker 1: and compete, you know what I mean. See where all 457 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:10,080 Speaker 1: the hard work went, you know what I mean, all 458 00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:12,680 Speaker 1: the hard work of my senior well my freshman through 459 00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:15,320 Speaker 1: senior year to get it to this level, to bid 460 00:23:15,359 --> 00:23:19,000 Speaker 1: the plug against NFL like grown in, I'm not paying 461 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:22,040 Speaker 1: his little boys anymore. Like with eighteen to twenty one 462 00:23:22,080 --> 00:23:24,600 Speaker 1: year old, twenty two years old, I'm playing against twenty 463 00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:26,600 Speaker 1: two to thirty four year old, you know what I mean. 464 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:28,720 Speaker 1: So it's like this is a whole different aspect of 465 00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:30,359 Speaker 1: the game, you know what I mean. I get a 466 00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:34,920 Speaker 1: peggainst Tom Brady Andree Breeze two games out the year, 467 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:39,919 Speaker 1: like I'm back against two goals, So it's like wow. So, 468 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:42,600 Speaker 1: I mean, like, you know, just coming into this role, man, 469 00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:45,440 Speaker 1: it's ridiculous magic, a dream come true. But in the 470 00:23:45,560 --> 00:23:47,560 Speaker 1: day is still work to be done. You know. I 471 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:49,879 Speaker 1: still go out there every day, pulled that slid one 472 00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:52,919 Speaker 1: hundred and twenty yards up and down the field, you know. 473 00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:55,320 Speaker 1: So it no matter about none of that, you know 474 00:23:55,359 --> 00:23:56,639 Speaker 1: what I mean. I'm still gonna get my work and 475 00:23:56,640 --> 00:24:00,040 Speaker 1: I'm still gonna show people wild along here because you 476 00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:04,119 Speaker 1: made it, but you hadn't made it. Yeah, you just 477 00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:08,920 Speaker 1: death right now at anytime. You know, the NFL stands 478 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:12,400 Speaker 1: for not for long, that's right. So j Jerry Glanville 479 00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:17,200 Speaker 1: said that former Falcons coach um a lot of fans 480 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:19,480 Speaker 1: actually ask I get that question a lot. And it's 481 00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:23,640 Speaker 1: like fans because of you're doing the virtual and because 482 00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:26,840 Speaker 1: you know, because of the pandemic and everything like that, 483 00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:30,080 Speaker 1: fans worry that, hey, are the players getting the same 484 00:24:30,119 --> 00:24:33,320 Speaker 1: kind of training, are they still working hard or that 485 00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:35,480 Speaker 1: kind of thing. What do you say to the fans 486 00:24:35,560 --> 00:24:39,720 Speaker 1: right now about that, don't worry, just calm down. You know, 487 00:24:40,119 --> 00:24:41,959 Speaker 1: bead shape be able to get them to get here 488 00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:44,359 Speaker 1: to Lament and I mean just you know, I feel 489 00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:47,440 Speaker 1: like people work harder whenever they like at their trending 490 00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:49,720 Speaker 1: facility and they doing different things like that. I really do. 491 00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:52,040 Speaker 1: I feel like I work one hundred percent harder, you know, 492 00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:54,080 Speaker 1: because I feel like, you know, your workouts there is 493 00:24:54,119 --> 00:24:58,960 Speaker 1: like it's modified and it's like, you know, it's sent 494 00:24:59,040 --> 00:25:01,560 Speaker 1: up too high. They want to to be at you're training. 495 00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:05,120 Speaker 1: When you're training facility, like you just go, don't care 496 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:08,440 Speaker 1: about nothing, you know what I mean. So when you're there, 497 00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:09,639 Speaker 1: you're like, now they're trying to leave it to the 498 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:11,560 Speaker 1: next day. When you're here, it's like, man, it ain't 499 00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:14,000 Speaker 1: we probably on the next day. I don't even know 500 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:16,040 Speaker 1: when I'm going, like when I'm going there, so I 501 00:25:16,080 --> 00:25:18,439 Speaker 1: gotta try and like I'm leaving there to go there 502 00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:21,720 Speaker 1: to morrow on going that Friday, like that's how I 503 00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:23,719 Speaker 1: gotta train. But when you're there, you're like, I'm there, man, 504 00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:25,240 Speaker 1: you know, I can take off a little bit here 505 00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:27,000 Speaker 1: and there. I don't go some hard on this and that. 506 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:31,800 Speaker 1: But now it's like I'm going yeah, because you don't 507 00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:33,720 Speaker 1: know who's out working you. When you had the facility, 508 00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:36,840 Speaker 1: you can see who're working well, you buy you don't 509 00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:38,720 Speaker 1: know who working. So I mean that's how I feel. 510 00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:41,879 Speaker 1: It's a great point. I'm sure the fans will love 511 00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:45,600 Speaker 1: hearing that too. By the way, Um, have you had 512 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:48,400 Speaker 1: a chance to look at the Falcons twenty twenty schedule? 513 00:25:49,359 --> 00:25:51,760 Speaker 1: I did, Um, I watch it. I was going through 514 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:54,920 Speaker 1: the preseason. You know, we got the the Jaguars, we 515 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:57,320 Speaker 1: got the Dolphins, So those are two gangs that I 516 00:25:57,359 --> 00:26:01,679 Speaker 1: was looking forward to because I have a friend Noah 517 00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:06,200 Speaker 1: that plays for the Dolphins. Um, a guy by the 518 00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:10,840 Speaker 1: name of Tysha and render. Um he's my mentor nephew, 519 00:26:11,359 --> 00:26:16,560 Speaker 1: so we know. And then we got on Jacksonville team 520 00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:19,000 Speaker 1: got Daniel Thomas and Dan Tavis Russell you know who 521 00:26:19,040 --> 00:26:21,119 Speaker 1: played here at um. So I'm like, man, he is 522 00:26:21,119 --> 00:26:22,920 Speaker 1: I'm paying it's my friends, you know what I mean 523 00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:27,000 Speaker 1: with ain't friends at the moment afterwards we could talk 524 00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:30,520 Speaker 1: a little bit, but yeah, man, then you know, first 525 00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:32,080 Speaker 1: game going to be the seahofs Man, I'm gonna get 526 00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:34,720 Speaker 1: Russell Wilson. Like, man, it's gonna be a crazy game. 527 00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:38,719 Speaker 1: I get you literally shaking hands with Bobby Wacken like 528 00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:41,120 Speaker 1: one of the best linebackers in the game. For sure. 529 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:47,920 Speaker 1: It's ridiculous. So yeah, that's hopefully once things get going 530 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:50,720 Speaker 1: and the season starts up, hopefully we can connect again 531 00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:53,320 Speaker 1: and I'll be looking forward to ask you what you're 532 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:59,439 Speaker 1: welcome to the NFL. Moment was um, but you mentioned, 533 00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:02,879 Speaker 1: you know, playing the Saints twice and now Tom Brady 534 00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:06,240 Speaker 1: and Tampa and Teddy Bridgewater is up in Carolina. So 535 00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:09,119 Speaker 1: had some good quarterbacks in this division? What are your 536 00:27:09,119 --> 00:27:13,680 Speaker 1: thoughts on that? I mean, who? It's gonna be a 537 00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:16,560 Speaker 1: tough one. He knows, you gotta who then give it 538 00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:19,159 Speaker 1: all best man, you know, because I mean, like you said, hey, 539 00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:21,440 Speaker 1: they're great quarterbacks. You're in the league. You're never gonna 540 00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:24,359 Speaker 1: just find a current quarterback. You're gonna find great competition 541 00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:26,280 Speaker 1: every day. You know, they wouldn't be in the league 542 00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:30,040 Speaker 1: because they weren't so National Football League, you know what 543 00:27:30,080 --> 00:27:33,480 Speaker 1: I mean. So it's all professional, they're all pros. You 544 00:27:33,480 --> 00:27:35,640 Speaker 1: know you're not going again scroll up anymore. You don't 545 00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:38,960 Speaker 1: got your your scroll teams from m D one, Duble 546 00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:41,280 Speaker 1: Wong D two. You know you don't got that no more. 547 00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:44,640 Speaker 1: So you got your little player around game. Every game 548 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:46,720 Speaker 1: this year, every game is about being at your best. 549 00:27:47,280 --> 00:27:50,560 Speaker 1: So you know Pengas those guys playing against Go Go 550 00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:52,960 Speaker 1: and then you got Baby Goat, you know, because he 551 00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:55,919 Speaker 1: was behind Drew Brees, so he got some type of 552 00:27:55,960 --> 00:27:58,840 Speaker 1: knowledge or something. And you know he came for Louisville 553 00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:01,360 Speaker 1: a great quarterback, you know what I mean. Yeah, it's 554 00:28:01,359 --> 00:28:03,760 Speaker 1: gonna be It's gonna be a ridiculous competition. I'll do 555 00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:07,960 Speaker 1: this all division. I mean you got a pretty good 556 00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:12,080 Speaker 1: one too. Number two with the Falcons. Who's uh, pretty dark? 557 00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:14,560 Speaker 1: Probably Maddie Ice man cool? Blitdy? What are you calling 558 00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:20,720 Speaker 1: Maddie Ice cold? Right? That's right? Yeah, birthday, so you 559 00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:23,840 Speaker 1: know he gonna come in hot. That's right, he just 560 00:28:23,880 --> 00:28:28,840 Speaker 1: said it. That's right. Um. So back to the defense 561 00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:30,880 Speaker 1: here before I ask you about what your goals are 562 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:35,879 Speaker 1: for this year. Um, you know, what are your thoughts 563 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:39,520 Speaker 1: on the defensive coaches and playing alongside Grady Jarrett and 564 00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:43,440 Speaker 1: Dante Follower. I don't know if you've had a chance to, um, 565 00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:46,400 Speaker 1: you know, talk to any of those guys or just 566 00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:50,720 Speaker 1: kind of you know, tell us how that's going. I 567 00:28:50,760 --> 00:28:52,920 Speaker 1: mean it would been pretty good man. You know, had 568 00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:55,080 Speaker 1: a different type of guys, know how much sure they are, 569 00:28:55,640 --> 00:28:57,720 Speaker 1: just how much about ball they are? You know what 570 00:28:57,720 --> 00:28:59,640 Speaker 1: I mean, you can tell the pros and the portion 571 00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:02,480 Speaker 1: of game defferitely how much they know about everything and 572 00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:04,520 Speaker 1: this is nothing third. But now my coach and I 573 00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:08,160 Speaker 1: find I'm in the best best situation though. Um a 574 00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:12,800 Speaker 1: guy coach Tosh, who's a you know, one of those 575 00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:16,280 Speaker 1: type of guys. And I got coach Simpson, who's my guy. 576 00:29:16,440 --> 00:29:19,200 Speaker 1: You know, I alburn guy. So they buttoned he is 577 00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:22,480 Speaker 1: constantly every day, you know, but it is what it 578 00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:24,920 Speaker 1: isn't that the friendly competition always gonna be an honrable 579 00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:27,960 Speaker 1: the song word. So and then you got coach morris Man, 580 00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:30,240 Speaker 1: who I think it's a great guy. Man, I really 581 00:29:30,280 --> 00:29:32,520 Speaker 1: do think Coach Ryan Moore is a very guy. And 582 00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:34,440 Speaker 1: Dan Quinny especially, you know him being a deeper as 583 00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:36,800 Speaker 1: a guy. You know, I always had an offensive coach 584 00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:39,080 Speaker 1: on my as my head coach, but now I got 585 00:29:39,120 --> 00:29:40,720 Speaker 1: a defensive head coach. So you know they're gonna be 586 00:29:40,720 --> 00:29:43,000 Speaker 1: a lot more shirts on defense and you know us 587 00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:49,560 Speaker 1: been at our best. See excited about that? Yeah, okay, Um, 588 00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:53,160 Speaker 1: you know you said there's a quote that you said 589 00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:54,959 Speaker 1: in the seventh grade. He made a promise to make 590 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:58,960 Speaker 1: it to the NFL, right, Yeah, Um, now that you're here, 591 00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:02,680 Speaker 1: what is your goal? Now that you're here? What is 592 00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:08,400 Speaker 1: what drives Marlon Davidson right now? To finish? You know, 593 00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:11,880 Speaker 1: you can always start something well majority of the time 594 00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:14,160 Speaker 1: you don't finish it. You know, man, I'm trying to 595 00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:16,760 Speaker 1: finish it. Well, I'm fifty years old planning the league, 596 00:30:16,760 --> 00:30:18,280 Speaker 1: even though I know I ain't gonna be that old plan. 597 00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:20,480 Speaker 1: I don't trying to be fifty years old when I 598 00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:23,080 Speaker 1: can't walk and put my hand in the dirt no more. So. 599 00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:24,880 Speaker 1: That's how much I love the game. That's how much 600 00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:27,720 Speaker 1: I'll bring the intensities of this game, you know what 601 00:30:27,720 --> 00:30:30,800 Speaker 1: I mean, Just you know, the finish, ask whatever, man, 602 00:30:30,840 --> 00:30:33,160 Speaker 1: if you finishing finishing on the play. But it's like 603 00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:35,560 Speaker 1: finishing in life, man, because you know this has always 604 00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:38,560 Speaker 1: been my goal. But it's always been my goal to 605 00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:40,720 Speaker 1: leave it the best way that I came in as 606 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:42,680 Speaker 1: you know what I mean, came in with you know, 607 00:30:42,760 --> 00:30:45,200 Speaker 1: like league Now it's coming in with the coronavirus, you 608 00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:47,360 Speaker 1: know for me. But I'm trying to leave it with 609 00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:50,080 Speaker 1: the Marlin Davison stamp, you know what I mean, letting 610 00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:52,600 Speaker 1: people know that I was one of those guys I 611 00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:56,920 Speaker 1: mean National Football League. It's pretty awesome. Um. I think 612 00:30:56,960 --> 00:30:59,120 Speaker 1: that's probably a great place to wrap this up. And 613 00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:03,600 Speaker 1: I think that's probably a great message to Falcons fans 614 00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:07,080 Speaker 1: who were chomping at the bed to see you. Oh, 615 00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:08,640 Speaker 1: that's what I want to ask you. The last one, 616 00:31:09,320 --> 00:31:13,760 Speaker 1: you wore number forty seven in high school, right, that 617 00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:18,400 Speaker 1: was significant because my mother, my mother pass at at seven. 618 00:31:19,120 --> 00:31:21,760 Speaker 1: And then you wore number three at Auburn. Yes, there, 619 00:31:22,320 --> 00:31:24,200 Speaker 1: I want him and through that album because I was 620 00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:26,760 Speaker 1: the third boy in my household to make it a 621 00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:34,040 Speaker 1: college and now you're gonna wear number ninety playing as 622 00:31:34,040 --> 00:31:37,000 Speaker 1: freshman year of the sophomore year and my brother old number, 623 00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:39,920 Speaker 1: you know, but just showing the competition still a live 624 00:31:40,240 --> 00:31:44,080 Speaker 1: in the NFL, all right. I knew there's a story 625 00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:47,600 Speaker 1: behind ninety. Yeah, man, I would have in freshman something 626 00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:50,160 Speaker 1: in high school, you know, trying to beat out my brother, 627 00:31:50,560 --> 00:31:52,680 Speaker 1: showing him that I was better than it. So, like 628 00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:54,720 Speaker 1: I always told you, man's always competition with me and 629 00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:57,520 Speaker 1: my family regardless, you was showing that you the best. 630 00:31:57,960 --> 00:32:00,160 Speaker 1: Like I feel like I'm gonna continue to shore at 631 00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:02,280 Speaker 1: the way I walk. I'm gonna show you I'm the best. 632 00:32:02,680 --> 00:32:04,200 Speaker 1: The way I speak is the way I'm talking to 633 00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:05,560 Speaker 1: on the best and we got to go to sleep. 634 00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:07,959 Speaker 1: It's gonna be better than anybody. So that's just how 635 00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:12,200 Speaker 1: a man. I'll compete through it all. Marlon Man, thanks 636 00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:14,880 Speaker 1: for coming on Bird Noises, Sir, Thank you for having 637 00:32:17,040 --> 00:32:19,560 Speaker 1: What's up with un a fan is Marlin Davidson even 638 00:32:19,640 --> 00:32:22,200 Speaker 1: the talk on. I'mber nine dy but I lem to 639 00:32:22,600 --> 00:32:24,840 Speaker 1: fountas d and left to Founcon. I just want to 640 00:32:24,840 --> 00:32:27,400 Speaker 1: say you listen to Bird Nois. Check this outright here, 641 00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:30,040 Speaker 1: this podcast. Man's gonna be a great one. Howl at me, 642 00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:30,880 Speaker 1: Rise up.