WEBVTT - The Insiders Podcast: Rookie Minicamps Preview, Browns Busy QB Room & Bucs DT Desmond Watson Joins 0:00:08.039 --> 0:00:11.879 Jube one has arrived in Tennessee, even if the Titans 0:00:11.880 --> 0:00:15.400 aren't ready to anoint cam Ward as their starter just yet. 0:00:15.840 --> 0:00:18.319 Here what Brian Callahan had to say today about the 0:00:18.360 --> 0:00:21.439 plan for Ward. As teams across the league get set 0:00:21.480 --> 0:00:24.239 to kick off rookie mini caamps. This was not a 0:00:24.360 --> 0:00:28.760 top heavy NFL draft for wide receivers, but your fantasy 0:00:28.840 --> 0:00:32.959 draft might be replete with rookies like left Floria will 0:00:33.000 --> 0:00:37.080 tell you who to target and who you should definitely avoid. 0:00:37.720 --> 0:00:40.720 Happy may Day, by the way, Drank may Day. That 0:00:40.960 --> 0:00:43.639 is Patriots quarterback speaking about a new regime in New 0:00:43.640 --> 0:00:46.840 England and a new left tackle who says he'll fight 0:00:47.040 --> 0:00:47.879 and die. 0:00:47.720 --> 0:00:48.800 To protect his QB. 0:00:49.440 --> 0:00:53.440 Hopefully somebody has since told Will Campbell that blocking will suffice. 0:00:53.720 --> 0:00:54.920 Welcome inside. 0:00:55.200 --> 0:00:59.560 With the inside there's alongside Judy Bautista and Mike Garrifolo. 0:00:59.720 --> 0:01:03.360 I am Tom pelisserro We are just one hundred and 0:01:03.400 --> 0:01:07.120 twenty six short days away from the NFL kickoff game, 0:01:07.200 --> 0:01:10.800 thirteen days until we see the entire NFL schedule revealed 0:01:11.200 --> 0:01:14.480 on May fourteen, and just one day, one day away, 0:01:14.520 --> 0:01:17.720 guys from seeing some of those top rookies put on 0:01:17.800 --> 0:01:21.800 their new uniforms and practice for the first time. Not 0:01:21.959 --> 0:01:25.000 Cam wore their mediamp at Tennessee's out until next week. 0:01:25.080 --> 0:01:28.520 But let's not get hung up on timelines. All the 0:01:28.560 --> 0:01:32.280 matters now is Tennessee has a new face of the. 0:01:32.240 --> 0:01:36.080 Franchise, although Brian Callahan is saying he is going to 0:01:36.160 --> 0:01:38.040 take this thing one step at a time. 0:01:40.120 --> 0:01:43.000 Yeah, well, they'll they'll have plenty of opportunities. How those 0:01:43.040 --> 0:01:45.040 reps get shaken out will sort of be determined by 0:01:45.080 --> 0:01:49.120 how they perform when given opportunities. That part of it's 0:01:49.160 --> 0:01:51.559 been been thought out. It's we have a plan in place, 0:01:52.760 --> 0:01:55.280 and what that looks like is going to ultimately be 0:01:55.320 --> 0:01:57.120 sort of up to them, you know, and how their 0:01:57.160 --> 0:02:00.560 performance goes when when there's time to perform. So feel 0:02:00.560 --> 0:02:03.080 good about the process and the plan in place, and 0:02:03.160 --> 0:02:05.000 there's gonna be plenty of reps for those guys to 0:02:05.160 --> 0:02:07.280 compete and get better and improve and be ready to 0:02:07.280 --> 0:02:10.920 play in September. So, you know, starting off early on 0:02:10.960 --> 0:02:13.519 here is you know, baby steps to some degree. 0:02:14.040 --> 0:02:15.960 Those guys switch guys you your referm to. 0:02:16.240 --> 0:02:19.720 All, Yeah, they're all going to have opportunities to compete. 0:02:19.760 --> 0:02:23.120 And again there's you know, there's there's three quarterback jobs 0:02:23.160 --> 0:02:26.360 on most teams, sometimes for and we're gonna let them 0:02:26.400 --> 0:02:27.079 compete for all those. 0:02:28.760 --> 0:02:32.079 It's always interesting to see, Judy how coaches handle this 0:02:32.200 --> 0:02:35.680 because we all know it's a ninety nine point nine 0:02:35.720 --> 0:02:38.359 to nine bunch of nine percent chance to cam Ward's 0:02:38.360 --> 0:02:40.160 going to be the QB. In week one, Bryce Young 0:02:40.200 --> 0:02:42.240 two years ago, Frank Wright came out in like June 0:02:42.240 --> 0:02:43.079 and said he's the guy. 0:02:43.400 --> 0:02:44.080 Caleb Williams. 0:02:44.120 --> 0:02:46.079 I think it was like the next day Matt Eberflus 0:02:46.240 --> 0:02:48.920 just flat out said this guy's going to be the quarterback, 0:02:49.360 --> 0:02:52.240 with Brian Callahan saying we're just gonna divide the reps. 0:02:52.360 --> 0:02:54.080 What do you make of just kind of the overall 0:02:54.080 --> 0:02:56.560 approach of what that says about how they intend to 0:02:56.560 --> 0:02:58.560 conduct this program around cam Ward. 0:03:00.639 --> 0:03:05.120 Well, I appreciate the effort to create competition among the 0:03:05.280 --> 0:03:08.640 entire quarterback room. That's a good thing, but let's face it, 0:03:08.680 --> 0:03:12.120 in parentheses has to be with the priority being cam 0:03:12.200 --> 0:03:15.760 Ward be ready to start the season as the starter. Yes, 0:03:16.000 --> 0:03:19.320 how they perform in these practices will maybe determine how 0:03:19.360 --> 0:03:22.680 the reps are split, but the reps ultimately have to 0:03:22.720 --> 0:03:25.000 go to cam Ward because he's going to be the 0:03:25.040 --> 0:03:25.920 starting quarterback. 0:03:26.240 --> 0:03:27.760 He is the number one overall pick. 0:03:27.880 --> 0:03:31.639 This guy was texting guys who were getting drafted after him. 0:03:31.680 --> 0:03:34.040 He was texting the general manager. After he got drafted, 0:03:34.040 --> 0:03:36.920 he walked into the building and started introducing himself to 0:03:37.120 --> 0:03:40.440 staff members, to people in the ticket selling department. He 0:03:40.520 --> 0:03:43.720 is the franchise quarterback. He's already behaving like the franchise quarterback, 0:03:43.800 --> 0:03:47.600 like what you want a franchise quarterback to be. So Ultimately, yes, 0:03:47.680 --> 0:03:50.080 it's great that the other guys are going to compete 0:03:50.120 --> 0:03:52.800 for reps, but you already know what those guys are. 0:03:52.960 --> 0:03:55.520 You already know what Will Levis is. That's why you 0:03:55.560 --> 0:03:59.240 took cam Ward. Ultimately, the reps are going to have 0:03:59.360 --> 0:04:01.200 to be split at the end in a way that 0:04:01.280 --> 0:04:02.360 gives them to Camboard. 0:04:04.120 --> 0:04:06.920 Those reps will start out next weekend at the Titans 0:04:06.960 --> 0:04:09.360 rookie Mini Camp. We've got four teams kicking off the 0:04:09.480 --> 0:04:12.440 rookie mini camps tomorrow. You will get a look at 0:04:12.440 --> 0:04:16.320 the Cowboys rookies led by Tyler Bookie Booker, the Eagles 0:04:16.400 --> 0:04:20.440 rookies led by Jihad Campbell, the Packers' rookies and Matthew Golden, 0:04:20.680 --> 0:04:23.560 and the Seahawks, who had quite a class, including a 0:04:23.640 --> 0:04:25.720 quarterback in Jalen Milroe who's going to be one of 0:04:25.760 --> 0:04:29.080 the great fascinations as we go through this process. Speaking 0:04:29.120 --> 0:04:33.440 of the Eagles, they're still in celebratory mode, at least 0:04:33.440 --> 0:04:35.840 in terms of them being atop the standings until we 0:04:35.880 --> 0:04:39.400 start playing games again in September. GM Howie Roseman, though 0:04:39.440 --> 0:04:42.640 appearing on Mad Dog Radio saying, hey, it's not just 0:04:42.640 --> 0:04:43.719 about getting one title. 0:04:46.920 --> 0:04:48.680 This is a young team. I think we have two 0:04:48.680 --> 0:04:52.920 players projected on our defense that are over twenty five 0:04:53.000 --> 0:04:56.320 years old. Are extremely young. Our core guys they're all 0:04:56.320 --> 0:04:59.120 in their twenties, and so you know, this isn't like, well, 0:04:59.680 --> 0:05:01.960 we're just put him back, the band back together to 0:05:02.000 --> 0:05:04.600 make one last run. Like we feel like we got 0:05:04.640 --> 0:05:08.160 an opportunity here to continue to build our core players 0:05:08.200 --> 0:05:10.560 and keep our core guys together. We have a lot 0:05:10.560 --> 0:05:13.359 of picks next year already, you know, expecting compics, and 0:05:13.400 --> 0:05:15.520 we had made a trade, two trades, are ready to 0:05:15.560 --> 0:05:18.159 get other picks from teams. So you know, we're looking 0:05:18.320 --> 0:05:20.680 at a minimum of twelve picks next year, which is 0:05:20.760 --> 0:05:24.560 huge for us to keep supplementing. And the same token, 0:05:24.720 --> 0:05:26.920 like you know, I see the attitude and the energy. 0:05:26.960 --> 0:05:30.039 We understand. We understand that that twenty twenty five is 0:05:30.040 --> 0:05:32.159 a new year. We haven't won a game yet in 0:05:32.160 --> 0:05:34.920 twenty twenty five. We're going to have to do our 0:05:35.000 --> 0:05:37.640 best and work our hardest to have the kind of 0:05:37.720 --> 0:05:40.680 season that we're looking for, and nothing in the past 0:05:41.120 --> 0:05:42.960 is going to guarantee future success. 0:05:44.360 --> 0:05:45.839 Mike, we know this about Howie Roseman. 0:05:45.880 --> 0:05:48.160 He is always pushing the envelope and trying to get 0:05:48.200 --> 0:05:49.320 better every off season. 0:05:49.320 --> 0:05:49.440 Here. 0:05:49.520 --> 0:05:52.680 Yes, they take care of their core players, they're veterans, 0:05:52.680 --> 0:05:55.120 but you look at the roster churn from year to 0:05:55.160 --> 0:05:57.200 year here, not surprised at all to hear how we're 0:05:57.200 --> 0:06:00.520 reminding everybody, Hey, we can still go do that thing again, 0:06:00.520 --> 0:06:02.560 but there's a lot of work to be done well. 0:06:02.640 --> 0:06:04.880 Hiri Roseman understands that you're gonna get You're going to 0:06:04.960 --> 0:06:07.560 keep your core guys together, and you're going to supplement 0:06:07.600 --> 0:06:10.240 the roster with guys that are going to be hungry. 0:06:09.960 --> 0:06:13.159 To get a piece of what you just experienced. 0:06:13.200 --> 0:06:15.880 And you look at their off season acquisitions, everybody's got 0:06:15.880 --> 0:06:18.440 a little bit of motivation for one reason or another. 0:06:18.520 --> 0:06:22.040 Kenyon Green, who they traded for with CJ. Gardner Johnson 0:06:22.080 --> 0:06:25.520 in that trade with the Texans, he comes over a 0:06:25.560 --> 0:06:27.479 guy that really hasn't lived up to his potential, but 0:06:27.600 --> 0:06:29.880 sees Mkai Becton who was there for a year on 0:06:29.920 --> 0:06:32.000 a Super Bowl team and boom, he hits it big. 0:06:32.040 --> 0:06:35.159 So he's got the potential to reset his value. AJ 0:06:35.320 --> 0:06:37.960 Dillon coming back from that medical issue with his neck, 0:06:38.040 --> 0:06:40.080 you know he's going to be motivated and have that 0:06:40.160 --> 0:06:41.680 love for the game now that he had it taken 0:06:41.720 --> 0:06:44.760 away last year. As he's O Jelari the outside linebacker, 0:06:44.920 --> 0:06:48.120 as well as at Dori Jackson, a couple of former Giants, 0:06:48.440 --> 0:06:49.800 so you know that they're going to want to stick 0:06:49.839 --> 0:06:52.760 it to their team as well as in o Jlari's case, 0:06:52.800 --> 0:06:55.400 get the chance to establish his value, just like josh Uja, 0:06:55.760 --> 0:06:57.920 a guy that they got for a bargain rate deal 0:06:58.760 --> 0:07:01.799 and could potentially get you know, five six seven sacks 0:07:01.800 --> 0:07:04.680 and set up his value on the market. So you know, 0:07:04.760 --> 0:07:07.320 you've got the guys that we saw Jordan Maylotta, you 0:07:07.360 --> 0:07:10.360 know he's gonna be hungry, he always is. Lane Johnson 0:07:10.560 --> 0:07:12.960 Jalen hurts that these guys are gonna want to defend this, 0:07:13.040 --> 0:07:16.000 but you also have that pieces that Howie Roseman understands. 0:07:16.040 --> 0:07:18.920 You also have to add to prod this team even 0:07:19.000 --> 0:07:20.960 more so. That was the point of the offseason, a 0:07:20.960 --> 0:07:23.520 lot of these acquisitions. 0:07:23.560 --> 0:07:25.640 From the best team in the NFL last season to 0:07:25.840 --> 0:07:29.000 one of the worst, the Patriots, no surprise, starting over 0:07:29.160 --> 0:07:33.480 in many different ways after a trying twenty twenty four campaign. 0:07:33.480 --> 0:07:36.360 There's new head coach, there's a new offensive coordinator. There 0:07:36.440 --> 0:07:40.680 is the same quarterback, though Drake May wonder trying circumstances 0:07:40.720 --> 0:07:43.920 shown what he can do in the NFL. Drake May 0:07:44.000 --> 0:07:47.760 speaking today about the initial work with Josh mcdanielson. 0:07:47.280 --> 0:07:51.680 Company, I'm pumped. I think, you know, a lot of 0:07:51.680 --> 0:07:53.320 new faces, a lot of guys, a lot of veterans 0:07:53.360 --> 0:07:55.440 that played at a high level. I think, you know, 0:07:55.440 --> 0:07:58.360 we kind of found answers a lot different spot. I 0:07:58.400 --> 0:08:00.200 hopefully can plug and play, and I think that's what 0:08:00.400 --> 0:08:01.880 the point of free agency is. I think you guys 0:08:01.880 --> 0:08:04.120 are coming here and help us win, help us win now. 0:08:04.160 --> 0:08:06.080 And I think you had that it was some young 0:08:06.120 --> 0:08:08.040 talent that we've had in the past, a couple of drafts, 0:08:08.080 --> 0:08:10.000 and I think hopefully we're head in the right direction. 0:08:10.120 --> 0:08:11.960 Just looking forward to you starting a game plan. I 0:08:11.960 --> 0:08:13.440 know it's far away, but nothing you kind of get 0:08:13.480 --> 0:08:14.000 the edge now. 0:08:17.080 --> 0:08:19.680 Main put takeaway from that right there, that should be 0:08:19.680 --> 0:08:22.200 the only Patriots logo that we see. That's the perfect 0:08:22.200 --> 0:08:23.640 sweatshirt pat Patriots. 0:08:23.680 --> 0:08:24.840 I don't want to see anything else. 0:08:25.000 --> 0:08:27.720 But more importantly, Judy, what do you anticipate from this 0:08:27.840 --> 0:08:29.880 Patriots team that has their work cut out just to 0:08:29.920 --> 0:08:31.560 be competitive at the AFCs. 0:08:33.080 --> 0:08:35.240 Well, one thing that Drake May said today is when 0:08:35.240 --> 0:08:38.080 he was talking about Mike Rabel is he's so comfortable 0:08:38.120 --> 0:08:40.600 being a head coach. And then in talking about Josh McDaniels, 0:08:40.640 --> 0:08:43.559 he said, you know, it's proven his system is proven 0:08:43.679 --> 0:08:46.199 to work, And I just thought that must be such 0:08:46.280 --> 0:08:48.960 a refreshing change for Drake May. He's got to feel 0:08:49.000 --> 0:08:52.880 like he's almost walked into an entirely different franchise from 0:08:52.920 --> 0:08:54.840 the one he was in last year, which, let's face 0:08:54.880 --> 0:08:58.400 it was a little bit experimental a first time head coach. 0:08:58.600 --> 0:09:02.720 They clearly struggled at They felt aimless, the roster was 0:09:02.840 --> 0:09:07.000 outmanned on many occasions. This has been a sea change 0:09:07.040 --> 0:09:09.160 of an off season for the Patriots so far. It's 0:09:09.160 --> 0:09:14.280 not just Rabel and McDaniels, the roster has been completely overhauled. 0:09:14.280 --> 0:09:16.960 They spent free agency. They went on a spending spree 0:09:17.040 --> 0:09:21.079 in free agency, mostly working on the defense of the 0:09:21.240 --> 0:09:25.160 draft was largely about putting pieces around Drake May to 0:09:25.200 --> 0:09:28.240 support him. They got Stefan Diggs whenever he's going to 0:09:28.240 --> 0:09:32.080 be available to play. So for Drake May, who was 0:09:32.160 --> 0:09:35.319 really the only ray of sunshine in what was a 0:09:35.480 --> 0:09:39.240 very bleak season in Foxborough last year, this just has 0:09:39.280 --> 0:09:41.600 to feel like they have thrown the windows open and 0:09:41.679 --> 0:09:43.719 there is fresh air coming in because all of a 0:09:43.800 --> 0:09:49.120 sudden they've got experienced, successful people around him and really 0:09:49.160 --> 0:09:52.040 good players, a much improved roster. He's got to just 0:09:52.040 --> 0:09:54.240 feel like his career is going to restart now. 0:09:56.040 --> 0:09:59.520 Speaking of bleak seasons, Daniel Jones last year was benched, 0:09:59.640 --> 0:10:02.480 he will was released, He signed with the Vikings. Now 0:10:02.600 --> 0:10:04.880 was on the Colts, his third team in the past 0:10:05.040 --> 0:10:07.440 five six months. Here getting in some work in the 0:10:07.480 --> 0:10:11.640 early stages of the offseason program as an open competition 0:10:11.840 --> 0:10:16.319 begins between Daniel Jones and Anthony richardson Mike. They also 0:10:16.480 --> 0:10:19.720 drafted Riley Leonard out of Notre Dame and I believe 0:10:19.720 --> 0:10:20.040 it was. 0:10:19.960 --> 0:10:20.760 The sixth round. 0:10:21.160 --> 0:10:24.880 Three guys who are big physical athletes not consistently accurate, 0:10:24.920 --> 0:10:26.320 but there's a lot of different things you can do 0:10:26.360 --> 0:10:26.840 in the run. 0:10:26.880 --> 0:10:27.360 Face here. 0:10:27.559 --> 0:10:30.439 You spent a lot of time around Daniel Jones. I 0:10:30.559 --> 0:10:33.080 find this competition absolutely fascinating. 0:10:33.080 --> 0:10:34.040 How's this going to play out? 0:10:34.520 --> 0:10:36.760 Yeah, look, you know Daniel Jones going to show up, 0:10:36.760 --> 0:10:39.360 He's gonna work, He's going to push Anthony richards In. 0:10:39.400 --> 0:10:42.679 Any criticisms of Daniel Jones, it's not about his dedication 0:10:43.080 --> 0:10:45.000 about the work and everything he's willing to put in. 0:10:45.679 --> 0:10:47.679 We have heard that about Richardson on the other end. 0:10:47.800 --> 0:10:49.880 So I find this a fascinating thing because that's the 0:10:49.880 --> 0:10:53.200 way that Daniel Jones can push Anthony Richardson. And Richardson 0:10:53.240 --> 0:10:58.520 had some quotes via the team's website recently, and it 0:10:58.559 --> 0:11:03.920 was about learning basically to battle adversity, to battle through adversity, 0:11:03.960 --> 0:11:06.880 about how you respond when things are not going well, 0:11:06.920 --> 0:11:09.080 and if you're the cults, you gotta love the sound 0:11:09.160 --> 0:11:12.920 of that because it's not a physical thing. With Anthony Richardson, 0:11:13.360 --> 0:11:16.120 we saw a few instances over the last couple of 0:11:16.200 --> 0:11:18.720 years where the physical tools. 0:11:18.600 --> 0:11:20.480 Are out of this world. For this dude. 0:11:20.640 --> 0:11:23.920 It's all about the mental part of the game. The 0:11:24.040 --> 0:11:26.000 understanding of the game. You remember, he hadn't played much 0:11:26.000 --> 0:11:27.640 before he came into the league. The understanding of the 0:11:27.640 --> 0:11:30.839 game and how to what he said, keep battling when 0:11:30.880 --> 0:11:33.720 things are not going well. This should allow for that 0:11:33.800 --> 0:11:35.040 because this is going to be a little bit of 0:11:35.040 --> 0:11:37.560 a back and forth, I believe, the entire offseason into 0:11:37.559 --> 0:11:39.680 the summer, and the Colts want to see how everybody 0:11:39.720 --> 0:11:41.760 here responds, namely Richardson. 0:11:43.120 --> 0:11:45.640 Three teams in a short period of time for Daniel Jones, 0:11:45.679 --> 0:11:48.480 Canny Pickett knows a thing or two about that. From 0:11:48.520 --> 0:11:52.800 Pittsburgh to Philly and now to Cleveland where well, they've 0:11:52.800 --> 0:11:55.719 added a lot of quarterbacks through the course of this offseason, 0:11:55.720 --> 0:11:59.440 officially declining the fifty year option on Kenny Pickett no surprise, 0:12:00.000 --> 0:12:03.400 and they've signed Joe Flacco and drafted two quarterbacks at 0:12:03.400 --> 0:12:07.800 this point, to paraphrase Jim Mora option, I'm just trying 0:12:07.800 --> 0:12:12.920 to get some reps. If you thought that Bucks defensive 0:12:12.920 --> 0:12:16.840 front was scary with Vita Veya leading the charge, let 0:12:16.920 --> 0:12:19.800 us introduce you to the rare guy who can make 0:12:19.880 --> 0:12:24.320 Vita look a little bit undersized. Desmond Watson, rookie out 0:12:24.360 --> 0:12:28.600 of Florida, signing with the Buccaneers after last week's drafting. 0:12:28.640 --> 0:12:32.400 Now Desmond from outside with the insiders Tom Pillicero and 0:12:32.440 --> 0:12:33.239 Mike Garrifalo. 0:12:33.280 --> 0:12:35.480 Desmond, take me through this past week. 0:12:35.520 --> 0:12:35.640 Here. 0:12:35.640 --> 0:12:37.200 You don't hear your name called in the draft, but 0:12:37.240 --> 0:12:39.640 your agent's phone starts ringing. Tell me what it was 0:12:39.760 --> 0:12:42.280 like finally getting that call you're a Tampa Bay buccaneer. 0:12:43.360 --> 0:12:46.040 It was great. It was called during like the whole draft. 0:12:46.080 --> 0:12:48.880 I think since maybe like the second round, back and 0:12:48.920 --> 0:12:51.280 forth from who who it was that I was going 0:12:51.360 --> 0:12:53.360 to sign to. It wasn't really excited for me to 0:12:53.400 --> 0:12:55.120 be a draft pick. Towards the end of the draft, 0:12:55.720 --> 0:12:58.559 two teams had like negotiations and it was going to 0:12:58.640 --> 0:13:01.360 either be I found with him where somebody use a 0:13:01.400 --> 0:13:03.839 draft pick on me, but ultimately ended up being me 0:13:03.880 --> 0:13:06.160 going with the Bucks. And I'm excited about it. You know, 0:13:06.360 --> 0:13:08.520 I get to stay in my hometown. Of things like that. 0:13:08.559 --> 0:13:10.640 It's not a huge adjustment. It is a huge justment, 0:13:10.679 --> 0:13:14.559 but it's not a huge I always say so, I'm excited. 0:13:15.520 --> 0:13:18.280 What was it about the Bucks and what did Todd Bowles? 0:13:18.320 --> 0:13:19.960 I assume you had a conversation with him at some point. 0:13:19.960 --> 0:13:22.280 What did Todd Bowles tell you about joining the Buccaneers. 0:13:25.640 --> 0:13:28.000 I think I looked at it as like just being 0:13:28.040 --> 0:13:31.040 able to get the most out of my potential there. Obviously, 0:13:31.040 --> 0:13:32.520 you know, like Ill said, they have a vet there 0:13:32.520 --> 0:13:34.120 that I feel like I try to model my game after, 0:13:34.640 --> 0:13:36.480 and you know he doesn't successfully. I feel like that's 0:13:36.480 --> 0:13:38.440 just the person I could look up to and learn 0:13:38.480 --> 0:13:39.880 a lot fromhim. So I think that was the best 0:13:39.920 --> 0:13:40.560 option for me. 0:13:42.559 --> 0:13:45.360 So obviously, the curiosity for a lot of people is 0:13:45.440 --> 0:13:48.520 you're the biggest guy who's ever played in the NFL, 0:13:48.640 --> 0:13:50.880 listed at sixty five four or sixty four pounds. But 0:13:50.920 --> 0:13:52.320 I know you've been barked on a little bit of 0:13:52.320 --> 0:13:55.360 a journey in terms of your diet and things like that. 0:13:55.360 --> 0:13:57.160 What are you weigh in now and what are you 0:13:57.200 --> 0:13:59.959 trying to attack when it comes to your physical condition. 0:14:02.160 --> 0:14:04.839 Yeah, I waited in at four thirty seven. I think 0:14:04.840 --> 0:14:08.000 it was late last week. Basically, you know, that's that's 0:14:08.040 --> 0:14:09.760 just the journey I got to take, you know, to 0:14:09.800 --> 0:14:12.840 be successful. I think it's good for clicks and things 0:14:12.840 --> 0:14:14.520 like that to be the biggest player ever and things 0:14:14.520 --> 0:14:16.160 like that, But at the same time, I know, to 0:14:16.200 --> 0:14:19.240 be successful and max how my potential. The coaches know 0:14:19.360 --> 0:14:21.480 and me and my my family and stuff like that 0:14:21.560 --> 0:14:23.440 know that I have to drop weight in order to 0:14:23.480 --> 0:14:25.080 reach that. So you know, I've just been changing my 0:14:25.120 --> 0:14:27.840 habits and things like that, you know, to actually get there. 0:14:29.240 --> 0:14:31.080 You're you're six foot six too, I mean, so you 0:14:31.120 --> 0:14:33.680 got to you got a tall frame as well carrying 0:14:33.720 --> 0:14:36.800 all that weight. What do you want to get down to, 0:14:36.840 --> 0:14:40.160 like what your ideal number to play in the NFL 0:14:40.760 --> 0:14:42.360 and to be agile and to do everything you need 0:14:42.400 --> 0:14:43.280 to do in the middle there. 0:14:45.120 --> 0:14:46.320 I'm not sure specifically. 0:14:46.760 --> 0:14:48.400 I think I have a long journey to go, even 0:14:48.440 --> 0:14:49.640 though you know, I made good progress so far. 0:14:49.640 --> 0:14:50.920 I think I have a long journey. 0:14:50.600 --> 0:14:52.840 To go, and just along that journey, I can see 0:14:52.920 --> 0:14:54.960 where I would be best at, you know what I mean. 0:14:55.000 --> 0:14:57.040 I think I moved pretty well from my size and 0:14:57.200 --> 0:14:58.520 I might not have to get down to as small 0:14:58.520 --> 0:15:00.560 as the average tackle and things like that to be good. 0:15:00.640 --> 0:15:02.920 But I think just along that journey, I'll be able 0:15:02.960 --> 0:15:04.920 to fill it out and see where see our work 0:15:04.960 --> 0:15:05.440 best steps. 0:15:07.240 --> 0:15:09.440 So we got all these fun clips. You're just swallowing 0:15:09.520 --> 0:15:11.760 dudes up at the line of scrimmage making tackles. But 0:15:11.800 --> 0:15:15.040 my favorite clip I've found of you in recent days 0:15:15.440 --> 0:15:18.880 was your carry. It's the gas parilla ball fourth down 0:15:19.080 --> 0:15:22.080 late in the game against Tulane. Just take me through 0:15:22.520 --> 0:15:23.840 that play. What's the call? 0:15:23.960 --> 0:15:25.680 And then what did you accomplish there? 0:15:26.720 --> 0:15:29.160 Yeah, it was it was a couple of a couple 0:15:29.200 --> 0:15:30.800 of couple of situations where it was like, all right, 0:15:30.800 --> 0:15:32.440 just get ready, you going up next, Like we'll be 0:15:32.480 --> 0:15:35.320 on the goal line in that game, and uh it 0:15:35.440 --> 0:15:37.280 was like, like you say, towards the end of the game, 0:15:37.360 --> 0:15:38.800 it was like runn out of chances. So it was 0:15:38.840 --> 0:15:41.480 like we get short down, be ready to go. And 0:15:41.520 --> 0:15:44.960 they called it Hawked for my high school mascot at Armwood. 0:15:45.440 --> 0:15:47.400 It was a great moment, I think. You know, a 0:15:47.400 --> 0:15:49.280 lot of people have been aing me to try to 0:15:49.320 --> 0:15:50.160 do it and things like that. 0:15:50.200 --> 0:15:50.600 I didn't. 0:15:50.840 --> 0:15:53.440 That's never really been my my my type, you. 0:15:53.400 --> 0:15:55.200 Know, to be the center of attention, even though as 0:15:55.280 --> 0:15:56.720 hard as it is not to be the center of attention. 0:15:57.240 --> 0:15:59.360 I had to do it just to just to you know, 0:15:59.400 --> 0:16:01.320 stretch off the bucket lists of things like that. 0:16:02.600 --> 0:16:05.760 Well for the time play though, Desman, my favorite part 0:16:05.760 --> 0:16:07.640 of the play real quick, Mike, is the fact that. 0:16:07.640 --> 0:16:09.080 You've got two guys coming around. 0:16:09.120 --> 0:16:12.360 It looks like they're anticipating a tush push. Number seven 0:16:12.400 --> 0:16:14.680 to eighty six are coming round. What were they going 0:16:14.720 --> 0:16:17.280 to do on that play that you couldn't do yourself? 0:16:19.600 --> 0:16:20.680 I'm not sure. 0:16:20.960 --> 0:16:22.280 I feel like I got hit as soon as as 0:16:22.480 --> 0:16:23.640 as I touched the ball. I feel like a lot 0:16:23.680 --> 0:16:24.320 of people. 0:16:24.440 --> 0:16:25.000 Block it from me. 0:16:25.040 --> 0:16:26.440 One to watch me run the ball, just like everybody 0:16:26.480 --> 0:16:28.800 else in this stance. But like I say, it weren't 0:16:28.800 --> 0:16:31.000 not successful. We got the first down and I was 0:16:31.040 --> 0:16:32.880 happy to do it. It was a great moment, especially being 0:16:32.920 --> 0:16:33.800 in my hometown too. 0:16:35.120 --> 0:16:36.640 Now, Now, the other time you had the ball in 0:16:36.680 --> 0:16:38.240 your hands that I saw, there was a there was 0:16:38.280 --> 0:16:42.160 a forced fumble fumble recovery against South Carolina. You've got 0:16:42.200 --> 0:16:46.480 the ball, you're breaking away and Spencer Rattler takes you 0:16:46.520 --> 0:16:47.160 to the ground. 0:16:47.520 --> 0:16:48.480 How did that happen? 0:16:50.000 --> 0:16:52.280 Okay, I feel like this is the perfect perfect time 0:16:52.320 --> 0:16:53.840 to really explain what happened on this play. 0:16:54.440 --> 0:16:56.480 I got the ball. You know, d Lomonar used to. 0:16:56.480 --> 0:16:58.440 Holding the ball things like that, But at Florida, coach 0:16:58.520 --> 0:17:03.120 Napier teaches situation experts, so had the ball, especially Ryler 0:17:03.160 --> 0:17:04.879 doesn't go to tackle me. He touches the ball. As 0:17:04.880 --> 0:17:06.960 soon as he does that, the ball flip sideways and 0:17:06.960 --> 0:17:08.399 in my head like, man, I'm goin to drop the ball, 0:17:08.440 --> 0:17:10.080 so I just grab it and fall. If you look 0:17:10.080 --> 0:17:11.280 at the picture, I got the step for him. 0:17:11.280 --> 0:17:11.920 He wasn't getting me. 0:17:11.960 --> 0:17:13.600 If he didn't push the ball, he wasn't getting me. 0:17:13.920 --> 0:17:15.800 But it was a good plan about him to push 0:17:15.800 --> 0:17:17.520 the ball out, and I feel like even better for 0:17:17.520 --> 0:17:18.920 me to make sure I to just secure the ball 0:17:18.960 --> 0:17:20.359 and go down and give the offensive ball. 0:17:20.880 --> 0:17:25.120 Okay, all right, Desmond, we appreciate you being here man. 0:17:25.359 --> 0:17:27.840 Best of luck, And if there's one thing, let me 0:17:27.880 --> 0:17:28.399 just ask you this. 0:17:28.440 --> 0:17:29.399 If there's one. 0:17:29.119 --> 0:17:31.520 Thing we can expect to see from you between now 0:17:31.560 --> 0:17:33.080 and the start of the season on the field, what 0:17:33.160 --> 0:17:33.440 is it? 0:17:34.680 --> 0:17:35.000 Growth? 0:17:35.080 --> 0:17:36.439 I feel like that's that's my biggest thing. 0:17:36.480 --> 0:17:38.320 I've been focusing on in all aspects of the game, 0:17:38.320 --> 0:17:40.720 whether it be pass rushed or getting better at a 0:17:40.760 --> 0:17:43.119 run stopper. I know that's what I'm looked at, But 0:17:43.560 --> 0:17:46.240 being better I feel like looking at those guys that's 0:17:46.280 --> 0:17:48.240 been in the league for years, I feel like I 0:17:48.640 --> 0:17:51.480 do a good job at taking things in and learning 0:17:51.480 --> 0:17:53.640 from the best. So I feel like being around those 0:17:53.640 --> 0:17:55.920 people will really help me and grow me in every 0:17:55.960 --> 0:17:56.800 aspect of the game. 0:17:58.800 --> 0:18:00.879