1 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:07,040 Speaker 1: All right, man, we're back at the Players Podcast. Logan 2 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:09,800 Speaker 1: Ryan here with another episode. You know, I like to 3 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:15,920 Speaker 1: call myself a tough dude, playing nine years pounds, tackling people, 4 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:19,520 Speaker 1: corner safety, whatever you wanna call it. But man, I 5 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:22,479 Speaker 1: just think I got beat out with this fullback we 6 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:25,079 Speaker 1: have here. And to think that one of our first 7 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:27,480 Speaker 1: guests on the Player Podcast is gonna be a fullback, 8 00:00:28,200 --> 00:00:30,920 Speaker 1: but he's not your normal fullback. Man. We got Alec 9 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:34,600 Speaker 1: Ingle from the Raiders here. Man, what's going on? Appreciate it? Logan? Yeah. 10 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:36,159 Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know how I would have made 11 00:00:36,159 --> 00:00:37,640 Speaker 1: it the league if I wasn't tough, you know what 12 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:40,479 Speaker 1: I'm saying. So it's it was no athleticism involved. It's 13 00:00:40,479 --> 00:00:43,199 Speaker 1: all about tough. So I had to do what I 14 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:46,120 Speaker 1: can then. And I know, I mean obviously, man, you 15 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:48,840 Speaker 1: guys are dying breed for sure. But I mean, let's 16 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:50,600 Speaker 1: just talk about you know, you want to do a 17 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:54,200 Speaker 1: tough injury honestly when recently got hurt and prayers to 18 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:56,320 Speaker 1: that and we'll talk about that, but for you to 19 00:00:56,320 --> 00:00:57,959 Speaker 1: show up and do the show, man, I mean, you're 20 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:00,720 Speaker 1: the best guest ever torn a c L and still 21 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:03,560 Speaker 1: commit to do the show. Um man of his word, 22 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:06,039 Speaker 1: I see, yeah, A man of award. I think that's 23 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:07,760 Speaker 1: just how I was raised, It's how I grew up. 24 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:10,080 Speaker 1: It's just how my dad taught me how to do things. 25 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:13,080 Speaker 1: So you know, I'm this whole a c L journey. 26 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:14,840 Speaker 1: Is that we're about to go on the whole team 27 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:17,080 Speaker 1: that you know obviously, you know, you have your agents, 28 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:19,360 Speaker 1: you have your your teammates, you have your support system, 29 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:21,720 Speaker 1: family friends. You know, I think we all kind of 30 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:23,520 Speaker 1: know we're on the same page. And you know, one 31 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:25,400 Speaker 1: of the biggest priorities I have in my life is 32 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:28,520 Speaker 1: given back. So you know, anyway I can use this 33 00:01:28,560 --> 00:01:31,759 Speaker 1: injury to inspire somebody else and keep yourself accountable while 34 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:34,160 Speaker 1: you're going through it, I mean, that's gonna make everyone's 35 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:36,640 Speaker 1: lives a little bit easier hopefully. So you know, I 36 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:39,440 Speaker 1: don't think whether it's two days after it happens or 37 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:41,760 Speaker 1: two months or two years after it happens, you know, 38 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:44,120 Speaker 1: someone can hear a message and feel some sort of 39 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:47,360 Speaker 1: support and motivation from it. So you know, that's that's 40 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:49,400 Speaker 1: the blessing of the curse that we have in the league, 41 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:51,840 Speaker 1: you know, with these injuries and um but it comes 42 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:54,280 Speaker 1: with a platform and a responsibility, so you know, you 43 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:57,240 Speaker 1: know how it goes. I mean, you summed it straight up, 44 00:01:57,280 --> 00:02:00,280 Speaker 1: Like I have a lot of friends and homeboys. I 45 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 1: grew up in New Jersey. I'm playing for the Giants 46 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:04,480 Speaker 1: right now. I'm back home and a lot of people like, man, 47 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:06,840 Speaker 1: look like you never really changed. And I always said, 48 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:10,280 Speaker 1: like the NFL kind of allows you to be who 49 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:11,960 Speaker 1: you truly are, who you want to be. Like, if 50 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 1: you want to have this jet set in life, you 51 00:02:13,919 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 1: can do it. You might go broke, but you can 52 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:16,800 Speaker 1: do it. If you want to be all over the place, 53 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:18,240 Speaker 1: you can do it. If you want to treat people 54 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:22,360 Speaker 1: however bad poorly, like you can do it. But I 55 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:25,560 Speaker 1: mean a guy like you to go through adversity a 56 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:28,359 Speaker 1: couple of days after tearing his knee, held a good 57 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:31,639 Speaker 1: fullback um and then look at perspective, think about others 58 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 1: and still being on the show to get back and 59 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:36,120 Speaker 1: let people know to keep pushing forward, like it shows 60 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:38,840 Speaker 1: you that, man, when you have money or fame or 61 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:41,400 Speaker 1: wealth like your True Colors show and you're such a 62 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:43,760 Speaker 1: good dude, you're still trying to think about others, Like 63 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:48,000 Speaker 1: that's that's dope. You know what I'm saying. I appreciate them. Yes, Uh, 64 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:50,119 Speaker 1: I can't remember if it's a Jake coleer if or something. 65 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:52,200 Speaker 1: He's talking about that same thing. Man, money just makes 66 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:54,720 Speaker 1: it who you are and brings it out. So yeah, 67 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:56,800 Speaker 1: I know that the shield really works hard. And you know, 68 00:02:56,880 --> 00:02:59,400 Speaker 1: I think when I look into my locker it's only 69 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:01,360 Speaker 1: year three for I know, you've been around a lot 70 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:03,280 Speaker 1: more locker rooms, a lot more people, but you can 71 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:06,440 Speaker 1: definitely see the impact that the little things have in 72 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:08,840 Speaker 1: the little details I'm starting to pick up, you know, 73 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:10,839 Speaker 1: everything in the locker room. So it's kind of cool 74 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:13,120 Speaker 1: to see, you know, all of a sudden getting reached 75 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 1: out by thirty forty players and it's like guys that 76 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:19,280 Speaker 1: you might have been just one training camp with or 77 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:22,239 Speaker 1: three years so far, everyone's hitting you up like, hey, 78 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:24,400 Speaker 1: I went through this, Hit me up if you ever 79 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:27,240 Speaker 1: need anything, and like that brotherhood's real and it's something 80 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:29,760 Speaker 1: that you know, I'm kind of going through for the 81 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:32,440 Speaker 1: first time and like leaning on those guys a part 82 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:34,680 Speaker 1: of that brotherhood, you know what I'm saying. So it's 83 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:36,360 Speaker 1: gonna be a learning process, man, It's gonna be a 84 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 1: little learning curve. But we'll be all right. And you know, 85 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:41,600 Speaker 1: I hope that you know we keep this part in 86 00:03:41,640 --> 00:03:43,920 Speaker 1: because this is just real raw conversation. This is not 87 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 1: what we're supposed to talk about on this episode. I mean, 88 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:49,600 Speaker 1: we'll get there, but I mean, I I got not 89 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 1: written down. Man. We're just talking and it's just anybody 90 00:03:53,760 --> 00:03:57,560 Speaker 1: listening who's a fan, who's an athlete, who's a high 91 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:00,320 Speaker 1: school or like I understand, we have our d rooted 92 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 1: fan basis, but there are players you can root for. 93 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:04,240 Speaker 1: There are players that are doing it the right way. 94 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 1: There are players that go out there and don't care 95 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:08,000 Speaker 1: about the stats. They're trying to lay it on the 96 00:04:08,120 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 1: line for their team, for their fan base. And you know, 97 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:13,240 Speaker 1: you go out there and lead block like Josh Jacobs. Man, 98 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:15,600 Speaker 1: he's a he's a monster. He's a monster. But you 99 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:18,360 Speaker 1: had to play against us. So we played and it's 100 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:21,359 Speaker 1: fourth down, our third down and one, and we have 101 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:24,080 Speaker 1: a defense call to trap the flat and you have 102 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:25,880 Speaker 1: a great play. We can't stop it. You have two 103 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:28,080 Speaker 1: guys lead to the flat and you have that you 104 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 1: catch the ball and like I'll shoot, like we gotta 105 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:34,760 Speaker 1: fullback in the flat or Dory Jackson feelingly he's about 106 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 1: to get truck and you heard of him and and 107 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:40,479 Speaker 1: I've never seen a fullback hurdle anybody. Where did that 108 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:43,920 Speaker 1: come from? Man? I did that one time in high school? 109 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:46,160 Speaker 1: Uh why. I used to play quarterback, believe it or not, 110 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:48,720 Speaker 1: back up in green base. So I was running that 111 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:50,720 Speaker 1: thing all the time. And I jumped over somebody in 112 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:53,480 Speaker 1: my senior year. You know, camp goes. I think it's 113 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 1: a year to a camp. I'm trying to, you know, 114 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:58,280 Speaker 1: create a role for myself. You know, I was the 115 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:01,200 Speaker 1: fullback that just runs people over. And I hit that 116 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 1: in practice when we did like a little cracker place drill. 117 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:05,920 Speaker 1: You know, it's just duo. You get the ball, corner's 118 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:08,400 Speaker 1: gotta come up. And I just jumped over the corner 119 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:10,719 Speaker 1: during practice. So that gave me some confidence to you know, 120 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:13,360 Speaker 1: anytime I got some space, I need to do something 121 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:15,240 Speaker 1: with it so I can get the ball again. You 122 00:05:15,279 --> 00:05:17,360 Speaker 1: know what I'm saying, Because you gotta inspire the play 123 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 1: caller if he's gonna throw a full back in the 124 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:22,080 Speaker 1: flat like and it's not going to Darren Waller, Josh Jacobs, like, 125 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:25,120 Speaker 1: I gotta do something with it. But I remember that player, bro. 126 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:27,400 Speaker 1: I literally looked at the dory and I kind of 127 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:30,200 Speaker 1: hit him with the Buddy from from the Last Dance, 128 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:32,880 Speaker 1: Like I kind of went to the bombs up Moji, like, hey, 129 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:34,400 Speaker 1: I mean, what you're gonna do. You gotta give it 130 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:36,720 Speaker 1: to him, bro, And he's just like I thought, it's 131 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:39,080 Speaker 1: going around me over bro. So hey, you know, we'll 132 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:41,640 Speaker 1: give him credit. But that was a y'all got a 133 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:44,080 Speaker 1: good offense man, Like you said you have Josh Jacobs. 134 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:48,360 Speaker 1: Derek takes great command of that offense. Waller's obviously a monster. 135 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:50,520 Speaker 1: You um, you guys got a good team man. You 136 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:52,599 Speaker 1: gotta keep him in there, you know, keep him involved. 137 00:05:53,279 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 1: I always say that my best quality as a player 138 00:05:56,520 --> 00:05:59,040 Speaker 1: is it doesn't show up on Pro Football Focus. It's 139 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:02,039 Speaker 1: given the court about a hard time pre snap, but 140 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:04,400 Speaker 1: it's really making a players around me better. I know 141 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:06,880 Speaker 1: what Dorry Jackson so well, I know James Bradbery so well. 142 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:08,920 Speaker 1: They take differently. I know how to get them going. 143 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:11,720 Speaker 1: I know how to challenge them. I not encourage, you know, 144 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:13,159 Speaker 1: I kind of feel that from you. But you know, 145 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 1: obviously in the position you're in now, to get those 146 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:17,280 Speaker 1: guys going and make them better, it's it's a it's 147 00:06:17,320 --> 00:06:19,760 Speaker 1: a force multiplier, you know what I'm saying. Yeah, when 148 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:21,560 Speaker 1: I'm on the field, I think I had that same 149 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:25,320 Speaker 1: conversation piece with josh Um just pre snap, just letting 150 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:27,200 Speaker 1: the running back. No, I mean they're all over their 151 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:29,120 Speaker 1: piece and ques. But like I mean, you know how 152 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:31,919 Speaker 1: it goes. You get hit, like thirty times, you're getting tackled, 153 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:34,440 Speaker 1: you know those guys. Sometimes that reminder of what to do, 154 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:37,120 Speaker 1: how to do it can really change the outcome of 155 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:38,920 Speaker 1: a game. And that's not showing up. I pro football 156 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:40,520 Speaker 1: focused either, you know, if I'm telling me go the 157 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:43,720 Speaker 1: wrong way or whatnot. So yeah, I'll have to stay involved. 158 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:46,279 Speaker 1: I'm gonna stay you know, obviously, gotta help have this 159 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:49,280 Speaker 1: whole right now, it's kind of tough. I would say 160 00:06:49,279 --> 00:06:51,800 Speaker 1: it's the toughest part for me, this injury because I 161 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:53,640 Speaker 1: don't have the game plan written out yet, you know 162 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:55,920 Speaker 1: what I'm saying, Like, you don't haven't picked the surgery date, 163 00:06:55,920 --> 00:06:57,920 Speaker 1: you don't have the rehab spot. It's a lot of 164 00:06:57,920 --> 00:07:00,240 Speaker 1: weight and see right now. But like once we get 165 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:02,080 Speaker 1: this game plan in, then it's like, Okay, this is 166 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:03,839 Speaker 1: where I'm gonna be at this home, gonna attack it 167 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:05,719 Speaker 1: and I feel like then you kind of get this 168 00:07:05,760 --> 00:07:08,520 Speaker 1: path back to the league and back to where you were, 169 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:11,520 Speaker 1: and it's UM. A big part of that's gonna be, 170 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:14,520 Speaker 1: hopefully with my guys on the team with the Raiders 171 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:16,440 Speaker 1: and and being a part of that culture that we've 172 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:18,760 Speaker 1: been trying so hard to build. A lot of it 173 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:20,680 Speaker 1: goes to the cliche like you don't know when it's 174 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:22,560 Speaker 1: your last play, You don't you know too, don't take 175 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:25,720 Speaker 1: it for granted. And you know, I tell this story. 176 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:30,040 Speaker 1: I broke my leg and um in seventeen. I played 177 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:32,200 Speaker 1: in New England four years. I signed a three year 178 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:35,800 Speaker 1: deal in Tennessee. The first year with Tennessee, I was 179 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:38,120 Speaker 1: trying to just kind of find my footing fit in 180 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:40,000 Speaker 1: a locker room. I mean, obviously it was it was 181 00:07:40,320 --> 00:07:42,480 Speaker 1: a decent player for us. But the second year I 182 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:46,360 Speaker 1: really blossom. I was a leader, came out. I was balling. 183 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:49,000 Speaker 1: I signed a three year deal. I knew I wanted 184 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:51,640 Speaker 1: to negotiate after two. Like, I did everything, I know, 185 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:54,440 Speaker 1: all my piece and queues on the contract, all that, 186 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:57,080 Speaker 1: and I'm balling. I got like four or five sacks 187 00:07:57,280 --> 00:07:59,480 Speaker 1: and tackles and big played them coming to No. One 188 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:03,680 Speaker 1: receiver and we play the Giants coincidentally or not, we're 189 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:06,360 Speaker 1: shutting them out. It's twenty to nothing. It's garbage time. 190 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 1: I'm in there, se Kwan falls, I'm on top of 191 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:12,320 Speaker 1: se Kwan. Someone gets thrown into a pile, snatched my leg. 192 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:14,559 Speaker 1: I think it was high ankle spring and I walked 193 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:17,600 Speaker 1: off the field. I said, Bro, my ankles killing me. Like, 194 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:20,160 Speaker 1: let's go get an X ray. It's garbage time, right, 195 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:23,680 Speaker 1: snap my ankle done for the year. I go to 196 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:25,520 Speaker 1: talk to the Titans in the off seas A, yeah, 197 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:27,480 Speaker 1: we had an extension coming, but we kind of want 198 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:29,960 Speaker 1: to see you play off the ankle. You're getting older, 199 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:33,360 Speaker 1: you're twenty eight. We don't know. And I went into 200 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:36,240 Speaker 1: mama mentality. Bro, I went to mom mentality. I started 201 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:39,120 Speaker 1: working out, like waking up at five am. I started 202 00:08:39,160 --> 00:08:41,520 Speaker 1: walking my neighborhood. It was all hills, and I would 203 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:44,720 Speaker 1: walk fifteen minutes a day. Then I started jogging fifteen minutesday. 204 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:46,559 Speaker 1: Then I started running, and I started running two three 205 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:49,240 Speaker 1: miles in the off season, like three or four times 206 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:51,480 Speaker 1: a week. And they told me, you'll build a bone 207 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:54,040 Speaker 1: density back of my ankle. And I became a better player. 208 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:57,360 Speaker 1: The injury was adversity and it just made me a 209 00:08:57,440 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 1: better player. And I thank God for it because I 210 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:02,080 Speaker 1: came back, I came back better. I can out. Pro 211 00:09:02,080 --> 00:09:04,199 Speaker 1: body was stronger, my lower body was stronger. Mom and 212 00:09:04,320 --> 00:09:07,319 Speaker 1: I woke up early in the mornings and it kind 213 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:09,439 Speaker 1: of just fueled this in me. And I had my 214 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:11,880 Speaker 1: best year of my career that following year. And so 215 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:14,400 Speaker 1: I mean, I think it's how you do it. And 216 00:09:14,440 --> 00:09:17,000 Speaker 1: I have a relationship with Dak Prescott. Now I say 217 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:19,280 Speaker 1: k kind of talking to these injuries, but I think 218 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:23,000 Speaker 1: sometimes the injury has come, as you know, with adversity. Yeah, 219 00:09:23,160 --> 00:09:25,959 Speaker 1: that's uh, that's big inspiration for me. You know, uh, 220 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:30,120 Speaker 1: undrafted guy, this, I have five more months left on 221 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:31,760 Speaker 1: my ideal, you know what I'm saying, and I can't 222 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:34,000 Speaker 1: do anything about it at this point. So you know, 223 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:36,360 Speaker 1: I'm gonna have to find that moment mentality and it's 224 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:39,079 Speaker 1: gonna be that decision. Like we're talking about this path, 225 00:09:39,160 --> 00:09:42,200 Speaker 1: it's gonna be laid out and you had to walk jog. 226 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:46,040 Speaker 1: You know, I'm I'm gonna scratch cloth, fight my way 227 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:48,120 Speaker 1: back into the form that I know I could be at. 228 00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:50,400 Speaker 1: So you know, I know that my man I look 229 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:52,880 Speaker 1: up to Brandon Copeland a lot big off the field guy, 230 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:56,000 Speaker 1: big financial literacy guy, and you know he he dropped 231 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:57,880 Speaker 1: a bomb on me. He was like, man, you make 232 00:09:57,920 --> 00:10:00,319 Speaker 1: it to the league, you start to re realized that 233 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:01,760 Speaker 1: not a whole lot of people are wired the way 234 00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:04,199 Speaker 1: that we're wired. That you gotta you gotta buy into 235 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:05,840 Speaker 1: that the other people. You know, and I'm not saying 236 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:08,319 Speaker 1: just people in the NFL, but when you find that 237 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:10,760 Speaker 1: little piece of wire and it's just offered, you know 238 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:13,440 Speaker 1: someone has that inspiration, that motivation, it's like you can 239 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:15,520 Speaker 1: you can dig into that. You can find that story, 240 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:18,559 Speaker 1: that inspiration piece everywhere. You don't. You don't have to 241 00:10:18,640 --> 00:10:21,800 Speaker 1: expect other people because of their job title or how 242 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:23,760 Speaker 1: much money they've made or whatever, to be wired the 243 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:25,920 Speaker 1: way that that you have to be to to get 244 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:29,439 Speaker 1: back to greatness. Yeah, and and honestly, I think it 245 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:32,800 Speaker 1: really as we transition are it really boils down to 246 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:36,880 Speaker 1: attacking everything on and off the field, like you go 247 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:40,400 Speaker 1: at it wholeheartedly. Like I'm married, i have two kids, um, 248 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:43,280 Speaker 1: I have a foundation and animal rescue and as a 249 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:45,680 Speaker 1: football player, as a leader and the captain or ROCKEM 250 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:47,679 Speaker 1: like I attack my marriage, Like I try to be 251 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:50,720 Speaker 1: the best husband I When I come home from work 252 00:10:50,760 --> 00:10:52,320 Speaker 1: and my daughter wants to bouncing on the trampoline. As 253 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:54,000 Speaker 1: much as I don't want to bounce on trampoline, sometimes 254 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:57,319 Speaker 1: bout bouncing that trampoline. Yeah, And that's a tack fatherhood 255 00:10:57,400 --> 00:10:59,720 Speaker 1: like that. You just you're wired to give it all 256 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:01,920 Speaker 1: you like and that's how you are. And that's somebody 257 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:04,760 Speaker 1: you know. They gave me a list of guys to 258 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:07,040 Speaker 1: pick to come on the show, and they said this, 259 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:09,600 Speaker 1: this podcast is gonna be hosted by a real player 260 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:12,120 Speaker 1: and active player like me, to bring new energy and 261 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:14,120 Speaker 1: let people know what it's really like in the league. 262 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:15,679 Speaker 1: You know, the real story with me. I don't know 263 00:11:15,679 --> 00:11:17,400 Speaker 1: if you know about me, but this episode is gonna 264 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:19,679 Speaker 1: be a little bit about our community work. And I 265 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:21,640 Speaker 1: chose you on a list. I chose you on a list. 266 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:23,960 Speaker 1: I don't even think we played you yet. I think 267 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:25,719 Speaker 1: we just before we played you. Guys that chose you 268 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:27,640 Speaker 1: on a list as a guy that I wanted to 269 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:30,800 Speaker 1: talk to you because you know, we'll dive into what 270 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:32,640 Speaker 1: I do real quick. So I started to Ryan on 271 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:35,760 Speaker 1: the Rescue Foundation. It's a foundation I started with my 272 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:39,400 Speaker 1: wife my then she was my fiancee at the time. 273 00:11:39,920 --> 00:11:41,600 Speaker 1: Quickly about me and me and my girl. We met 274 00:11:41,640 --> 00:11:45,199 Speaker 1: in college, sophomore year college sweethearts. I get drafted New England. 275 00:11:45,280 --> 00:11:47,720 Speaker 1: She moves in with me. She's a softball player, an athlete, 276 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:49,480 Speaker 1: kind of didn't really know what she wanted to do. 277 00:11:49,640 --> 00:11:52,680 Speaker 1: She was doing some personal training, she doing some softball coaching. 278 00:11:53,160 --> 00:11:55,400 Speaker 1: Ashley Ryan by the way, ash I love you. And 279 00:11:56,960 --> 00:11:58,880 Speaker 1: she just tells me, Hey, I'm gonna go work at 280 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:01,720 Speaker 1: animal shelter. I'm gonna work with animals and more canshelter. 281 00:12:01,920 --> 00:12:04,679 Speaker 1: Like I'm like, dope, cool, I don't care. Like she 282 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:06,920 Speaker 1: was paying her own bills. She took a job. It 283 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:10,400 Speaker 1: was like minimum waves, Bro, she's making nothing, sweeping kennels, 284 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:13,839 Speaker 1: blah blah blah. I go visit her on Tuesdays. I 285 00:12:13,920 --> 00:12:16,000 Speaker 1: bring lunch, hang out all the dogs. I'm like, hey, 286 00:12:16,120 --> 00:12:18,920 Speaker 1: this is sad. It's messy, it's stinky, it's cold. You 287 00:12:18,920 --> 00:12:21,280 Speaker 1: people don't get paid nothing, like they don't have it 288 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:22,920 Speaker 1: like we had it right. It was real humbling for me. 289 00:12:23,720 --> 00:12:26,400 Speaker 1: And I saw my girl like sweeping kennels and I 290 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:28,920 Speaker 1: saw these dogs, bro, And then we're not getting adopted 291 00:12:29,040 --> 00:12:31,000 Speaker 1: like nowhere time soon, Like there was the same dog 292 00:12:31,080 --> 00:12:34,360 Speaker 1: there every week. So I had this idea and I 293 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:36,559 Speaker 1: always think my best when I first wake up, and 294 00:12:36,760 --> 00:12:39,240 Speaker 1: I had this idea, and I'm like, yo, I'm gonna 295 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:42,199 Speaker 1: start taking pictures with these dogs. And I started putting 296 00:12:42,280 --> 00:12:44,200 Speaker 1: pictures and put on my Instagram, and I was Jersey 297 00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:46,959 Speaker 1: number twenty six, twenty six every month Ryan's monthly rescue. 298 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:50,679 Speaker 1: The first year, twelve dogs, all twelve got adopted. All 299 00:12:50,679 --> 00:12:53,120 Speaker 1: of them, like blind Death, been there over a year, 300 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:55,920 Speaker 1: never gonna get adopted. They all got adopted. Shelter started 301 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:57,800 Speaker 1: hitting me up, hey, can you come take picture of 302 00:12:57,840 --> 00:12:59,960 Speaker 1: our animals becoming like a thing? I'm driving all our 303 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:05,319 Speaker 1: Massachusetts connected fast forward. You know that's in I was 304 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:07,319 Speaker 1: just doing that. I can get into the more of 305 00:13:07,400 --> 00:13:10,880 Speaker 1: the story after after the fact, but fast forward seventeen 306 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:15,120 Speaker 1: have an animal animal nonprofit five one C three raise 307 00:13:15,160 --> 00:13:18,679 Speaker 1: money for shelter animals, adopted dogs, adopted pets, one of 308 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:22,200 Speaker 1: the biggest animal nonprofits in sports. Want only minority run 309 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:24,480 Speaker 1: animal nonprofits in sports. And I was just taking pictures 310 00:13:24,520 --> 00:13:27,480 Speaker 1: with dogs, So, you know, that's just me. That was 311 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:29,760 Speaker 1: just a great idea I had and support my wife 312 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:32,800 Speaker 1: and my love and and going for it and saying, 313 00:13:33,040 --> 00:13:35,800 Speaker 1: you know, we'll get into it now. We talked about diversity, 314 00:13:35,840 --> 00:13:40,120 Speaker 1: we talked about you being undrafted, we talked about the injury, 315 00:13:40,160 --> 00:13:44,359 Speaker 1: the A c L. Now we're gonna talk about your calls. Adoption. 316 00:13:44,440 --> 00:13:48,080 Speaker 1: You were you were adopted correct? Yeah, I was adopted 317 00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:52,520 Speaker 1: that birth man adopted at birth, so inter racial, adopt 318 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:55,199 Speaker 1: that birth. Tell me what was that like? And and 319 00:13:55,440 --> 00:13:57,640 Speaker 1: tell me what you're You know, your upbringing was probably 320 00:13:57,760 --> 00:14:01,080 Speaker 1: much different than a lot of people's. Yeah, I mean, 321 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:04,280 Speaker 1: first I gotta say, it's it's cool to hear you know, 322 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:07,040 Speaker 1: you're you're bringing your story. And because it was so organic, 323 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:08,959 Speaker 1: like it was your idea, you woke up and you 324 00:14:09,080 --> 00:14:12,520 Speaker 1: did it. And I think that's that's something that I've 325 00:14:12,679 --> 00:14:15,200 Speaker 1: learned short this short little period of time I've been 326 00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:18,440 Speaker 1: on this platform. Been able to to do something it's organic. 327 00:14:18,520 --> 00:14:20,040 Speaker 1: It's got to come from your heart. You know, we 328 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:22,440 Speaker 1: can't have a script, We can't write down bullet points 329 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:24,040 Speaker 1: on what we're gonna talk about today and have it 330 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:27,800 Speaker 1: mean anything. When I'm doing adoption stuff, that's me, that's organic, 331 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:30,880 Speaker 1: that's it's my story. I know it getting adopted at 332 00:14:30,920 --> 00:14:34,560 Speaker 1: birth you you don't really understand anything different, and you know, 333 00:14:34,600 --> 00:14:36,760 Speaker 1: I was very fortunately found, you know, my forever home 334 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:39,560 Speaker 1: from day one. I have two amazing supportive parents that 335 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:42,000 Speaker 1: I'm gonna lean on a lot in the adversity that 336 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:46,360 Speaker 1: I have right now. But just growing through your early 337 00:14:46,480 --> 00:14:49,680 Speaker 1: life and having to you know, I don't know if 338 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:51,840 Speaker 1: there are five three, five four, you know, white parents 339 00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:55,240 Speaker 1: in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Like I'm the darkest looking kid 340 00:14:55,640 --> 00:14:57,680 Speaker 1: in in that entire state, in the entire city, you 341 00:14:57,680 --> 00:14:58,960 Speaker 1: know what I'm saying, Like there's not a whole lot 342 00:14:58,960 --> 00:15:01,200 Speaker 1: of black kids there. I am who I am, and 343 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:04,960 Speaker 1: I am what my upbringing was. But being adopted and 344 00:15:05,040 --> 00:15:08,960 Speaker 1: looking different than your parents, obviously, you know, it opened 345 00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:12,520 Speaker 1: up some identity stuff for me, Like I'm going off 346 00:15:12,560 --> 00:15:15,040 Speaker 1: to college or I'm making a big decision where I'm 347 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:17,320 Speaker 1: going to school, what positions I'm gonna play in college 348 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:20,760 Speaker 1: and big life decisions. I've always kind of viewed myself 349 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:22,160 Speaker 1: one way, and all of a sudden, I'm going to 350 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:24,640 Speaker 1: a new area and people are viewing me different because 351 00:15:24,680 --> 00:15:27,160 Speaker 1: they don't know who I am. I haven't shaken my 352 00:15:27,240 --> 00:15:29,520 Speaker 1: hand in introduced and spoke yet, you know what I'm saying, 353 00:15:29,560 --> 00:15:31,520 Speaker 1: and like some people might get caught off guard, and 354 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:34,920 Speaker 1: how I speak, having those identity issues, you know, kind 355 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:37,160 Speaker 1: of growing up you kind of learn how to to 356 00:15:37,280 --> 00:15:40,280 Speaker 1: suffocate it, leave it be, don't talk about it. Um, 357 00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:42,560 Speaker 1: you want to be a strong, tough football player. You 358 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:44,920 Speaker 1: want to be dependable for your teammates. You don't want 359 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:46,440 Speaker 1: to bring any of that stuff into the locker room, 360 00:15:46,560 --> 00:15:51,040 Speaker 1: right And you know, going through kind of those hardships 361 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:55,320 Speaker 1: of adoption my own way and having that anxiety or 362 00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:59,760 Speaker 1: that perfectionism that I have, eventually I learned that speaking 363 00:15:59,800 --> 00:16:02,760 Speaker 1: on it, in being relatable to somebody else, you know, 364 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:04,720 Speaker 1: means the world. And I think that's what my cause, 365 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:07,560 Speaker 1: my cleats is. It's amazing about the NFL is like 366 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:09,600 Speaker 1: something as little as the CLEAs we were every single 367 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:12,960 Speaker 1: day can spark a conversation like this. And then you know, 368 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:15,440 Speaker 1: an adopted kid or that's in a foster care home 369 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:18,040 Speaker 1: that that I get to meet from Colorado over zoom. 370 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:19,840 Speaker 1: You know, we can just chop it up and talk 371 00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:21,520 Speaker 1: like this. You know what I'm saying. It's not about 372 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:24,040 Speaker 1: the millions and millions of people that that might be 373 00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:28,280 Speaker 1: impacted by a certain you know, situation it's that one kids, 374 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:30,800 Speaker 1: that one dog you took a picture with, and that 375 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:34,440 Speaker 1: relationship that's real, that's organic, And that's how I've been 376 00:16:34,440 --> 00:16:36,560 Speaker 1: able to fall in love with being able to to 377 00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:38,960 Speaker 1: talk about foster care and adopt you as kids and 378 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:42,000 Speaker 1: kind of building that relationship out so you know, my 379 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:44,480 Speaker 1: own adoption story just because I made it's the NFL. 380 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:46,880 Speaker 1: All of a sudden, these kids and foster care their 381 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:49,800 Speaker 1: their ears Perk club, Like, oh, he's adopted to you 382 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:51,760 Speaker 1: know what I'm saying, like, Oh, I can go be 383 00:16:51,880 --> 00:16:53,760 Speaker 1: great and do whatever. I don't need to use this 384 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:57,280 Speaker 1: as an excuse. And once you're able to kind of 385 00:16:57,320 --> 00:16:59,640 Speaker 1: connect to those kids at a one on one level 386 00:16:59,760 --> 00:17:02,720 Speaker 1: or real level and be like, man, I had the 387 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:05,200 Speaker 1: hardest time looking in the mirror sometimes and I cried 388 00:17:05,240 --> 00:17:07,320 Speaker 1: myself to sleep sometimes because I didn't know who I was. 389 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:10,159 Speaker 1: And they're like, man, you know I did the same thing, 390 00:17:10,600 --> 00:17:12,879 Speaker 1: but now you're in the NFL. You know, maybe I 391 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:14,679 Speaker 1: can go do something. Maybe I can go be an 392 00:17:14,680 --> 00:17:18,000 Speaker 1: astronaut some day. And just seeing that inspiration, that motivation 393 00:17:18,080 --> 00:17:20,560 Speaker 1: kind of come out of those kids has been a 394 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:22,920 Speaker 1: real joy and blessing in my life. And I know 395 00:17:23,080 --> 00:17:25,680 Speaker 1: that's something where being able. I won't be able to 396 00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:27,960 Speaker 1: wear those clas this year, but it's something where you know, 397 00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:31,560 Speaker 1: we can have conversations like this and maybe someone else 398 00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:34,840 Speaker 1: decides to maybe adopt a kid, maybe a teenager, maybe 399 00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:37,200 Speaker 1: a you know, a kid right down the street that 400 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:39,200 Speaker 1: they didn't even think about, you know, going through a 401 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:43,400 Speaker 1: foster home. So man, it's a it's organic, it's real, 402 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:46,720 Speaker 1: and it's opened up a lot of opportunities of conversations 403 00:17:46,760 --> 00:17:50,040 Speaker 1: like this. Yeah, I mean, organic is like you said, 404 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:52,919 Speaker 1: you you know it, bro should be the host. Organic 405 00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:55,159 Speaker 1: is the word. Um, it's got to come from the 406 00:17:55,280 --> 00:17:58,000 Speaker 1: right place. And like me coming in the league, I 407 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:00,480 Speaker 1: was like, man, I know I want to get back, 408 00:18:00,560 --> 00:18:02,040 Speaker 1: Like I know, it's in my heart, like I tell 409 00:18:02,080 --> 00:18:03,480 Speaker 1: people all the time. At this point in my career, 410 00:18:03,520 --> 00:18:06,200 Speaker 1: in nine years, I learned that I'm a humanitarian who's 411 00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:09,240 Speaker 1: good at football, but the other business endeavors I have 412 00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:11,560 Speaker 1: off the field are all to help humanity, all to 413 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:14,639 Speaker 1: help people. I love my animal lovers, dude, like that 414 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:17,640 Speaker 1: transcends Jersey color, like every Like, if you love animals, 415 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:19,639 Speaker 1: I probably rock with you. If you don't like animals, 416 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:22,399 Speaker 1: I probably don't trust you. Like it's just there's so 417 00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:24,920 Speaker 1: many good people. And I always say, when I got 418 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:27,000 Speaker 1: into it, bro, I'm gonna be a voice for the voiceless, 419 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:30,520 Speaker 1: Like I'm not just gonna say man, like I I 420 00:18:30,680 --> 00:18:32,720 Speaker 1: donate and I work cleats like I'm in it. And 421 00:18:33,080 --> 00:18:34,840 Speaker 1: when I was picking a guest, I said, man, we 422 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:37,280 Speaker 1: got to choose people that are actually in their calls. 423 00:18:37,320 --> 00:18:39,440 Speaker 1: They're actually are making a difference. And that's why you 424 00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:42,440 Speaker 1: stood out, because you're being adopted and working with adopted 425 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:45,359 Speaker 1: kids like you actually are someone who's living it. You're 426 00:18:45,359 --> 00:18:48,399 Speaker 1: actually someone who's actually speaking breath into those kids and 427 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:51,840 Speaker 1: not just appearing well pr wise, not appearing well publicly, 428 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:54,399 Speaker 1: not doing it for your brand. You're doing it to 429 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:56,880 Speaker 1: do the right thing, whether you're famous or not, whether 430 00:18:57,280 --> 00:18:59,480 Speaker 1: people know you or not, not for the followers. You're 431 00:18:59,520 --> 00:19:01,480 Speaker 1: doing it because you said, it comes from the heart. 432 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:04,000 Speaker 1: It's all we can do, man is And it's uh, 433 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:06,280 Speaker 1: it's cool to be you know, a fullback that you 434 00:19:06,359 --> 00:19:08,880 Speaker 1: know shouldn't mean a whole lot undrafted, and you're able 435 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:11,600 Speaker 1: to have little moments here and there where you get 436 00:19:11,640 --> 00:19:13,359 Speaker 1: a hurdle and then all of a sudden someone scrolls down. 437 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:16,000 Speaker 1: It's like oh, adoption, like what is this and having 438 00:19:16,040 --> 00:19:17,520 Speaker 1: that link there, and then it's like, you know, it 439 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:21,040 Speaker 1: all plays on each other and just being it. I mean, 440 00:19:22,080 --> 00:19:23,840 Speaker 1: you know, I think adopted as kids. Right now, they're 441 00:19:23,880 --> 00:19:28,320 Speaker 1: just talking about how many kids are going through and 442 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:32,080 Speaker 1: once you hit that like ten, twelve, thirteen year old mark, 443 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:35,960 Speaker 1: it's like you're like that, you're not going to get adopted. 444 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:39,600 Speaker 1: And it's just that that inevitability of it and being 445 00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:43,399 Speaker 1: able to see foster homes and foster kids and the 446 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:45,680 Speaker 1: way that they are able to find some sort of 447 00:19:45,720 --> 00:19:49,080 Speaker 1: hope when you have conversations or all of a sudden 448 00:19:49,080 --> 00:19:51,160 Speaker 1: you bring a little bit more light onto their cause 449 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:54,359 Speaker 1: or a little bit more light onto sharing life experiences 450 00:19:54,400 --> 00:19:56,440 Speaker 1: and that support system because we're all going to go 451 00:19:56,520 --> 00:19:58,800 Speaker 1: through adversity. You know I'm dealing with right now. You've 452 00:19:58,840 --> 00:20:01,480 Speaker 1: dealt with it when you're broken leg. Everyone's gonna have adversity. 453 00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:04,399 Speaker 1: And some of these kids that when they start driving 454 00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:06,480 Speaker 1: a car, when they go off to college, when they 455 00:20:06,520 --> 00:20:09,359 Speaker 1: get married, they're gonna need somebody. They're gonna need somebody 456 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:11,960 Speaker 1: to be with those life experiences and share that with them, 457 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:15,879 Speaker 1: and to to find some family that that might just 458 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:19,119 Speaker 1: take a chance on being a parent of a kid 459 00:20:19,240 --> 00:20:21,960 Speaker 1: that might not be there is Uh, it's a special 460 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:26,080 Speaker 1: special thing. You gotta be humble, humility right like we're 461 00:20:26,119 --> 00:20:27,959 Speaker 1: we're we're blessed to do what we do. Look at 462 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:31,080 Speaker 1: these kids, like the odds of them. You know they're upbringing. 463 00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:34,240 Speaker 1: Like we all need somebody to You need to seeing 464 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:36,280 Speaker 1: a dog. Everyone needs to seeing hot dog in life 465 00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:39,680 Speaker 1: something everyone is your parent, you're adopted, your foster parents 466 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:42,600 Speaker 1: or your parents. You know that that that brought you 467 00:20:42,720 --> 00:20:44,920 Speaker 1: in and gave you a chance. Like everybody needs that 468 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:46,840 Speaker 1: in their life. And you've gotta be willing and open 469 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:48,639 Speaker 1: to that seeing o dogs. Some people can be so 470 00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:52,240 Speaker 1: shut off and not want any help or not or 471 00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:54,119 Speaker 1: not be so mad at life, but they don't want 472 00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:55,560 Speaker 1: to see that people are there with a helping hand 473 00:20:55,600 --> 00:20:57,760 Speaker 1: and what that can mean. Like everybody's guy came to 474 00:20:57,800 --> 00:21:00,520 Speaker 1: the NFL. Everyone just came to some point like had 475 00:21:00,600 --> 00:21:03,600 Speaker 1: somebody help them get them there? Big facts. Yeah, that's 476 00:21:03,640 --> 00:21:05,639 Speaker 1: the that's the support system I'm leaning on right now. 477 00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:08,120 Speaker 1: You stay who you are, you stay where you're from, 478 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:09,880 Speaker 1: and like you said, you know you can do whatever 479 00:21:09,920 --> 00:21:11,800 Speaker 1: you want in life. But when adversity hits. What are 480 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:14,440 Speaker 1: you gonna fall back on? It's those people. It's the 481 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:17,399 Speaker 1: people that you committed to from two years old to 482 00:21:17,560 --> 00:21:20,000 Speaker 1: eight years old. You know where you're at today. So 483 00:21:20,359 --> 00:21:24,120 Speaker 1: it's always about the people. Man, So adopt us kids obviously, 484 00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:28,240 Speaker 1: uh a big you know, a big network that you 485 00:21:28,359 --> 00:21:32,399 Speaker 1: promote to help kids get adopted, help people find homes. 486 00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:35,879 Speaker 1: UM bridge that gap? Did you ever think about starting 487 00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:38,000 Speaker 1: your own nonprofit? Taking the next step? I know it's 488 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:40,040 Speaker 1: a big I didn't know how to do it. I 489 00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:41,280 Speaker 1: didn't know why to do it. I can tell you 490 00:21:41,280 --> 00:21:43,720 Speaker 1: the story on why why I did it, But I 491 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:46,280 Speaker 1: mean a lot of players aren't informed. We're not taught 492 00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:49,240 Speaker 1: in college. How do I start a nonprofit? Um? How 493 00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:50,920 Speaker 1: do I go about it? You know, it's kind of 494 00:21:51,359 --> 00:21:53,720 Speaker 1: it's kind of that next step or you know, from 495 00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:56,240 Speaker 1: helping this cause too, I'm making my own cause or 496 00:21:56,280 --> 00:21:59,520 Speaker 1: whatever it may be. Yeah, I think I'm you know, 497 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:02,679 Speaker 1: I'm you say, I've reached out to uh, to a foundation, 498 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:04,800 Speaker 1: someone that's you know, gonna help me set that up. 499 00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:08,280 Speaker 1: But the biggest thing that you know, she's got to 500 00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:09,879 Speaker 1: write all the by laws and got to get all 501 00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:12,520 Speaker 1: this you know, filing and taken care of. So it's 502 00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:14,240 Speaker 1: just another person that's going to be in that support 503 00:22:14,320 --> 00:22:17,280 Speaker 1: system that is real. You have that conversation and you 504 00:22:17,359 --> 00:22:21,240 Speaker 1: can bond over what you're trying to do, and you know, 505 00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:24,120 Speaker 1: whenever this foundation ends up being finalized in the next 506 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:26,800 Speaker 1: month two months, I have a little bit more time 507 00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:29,399 Speaker 1: on my hands. Now, we'll see when that happens. But 508 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:32,640 Speaker 1: I think the coolest part about it is there's gonna 509 00:22:32,640 --> 00:22:34,720 Speaker 1: be a lot of partnerships. I feel like there's gonna 510 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:36,399 Speaker 1: be a lot of people, a lot of places like 511 00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:38,840 Speaker 1: adopt you as kids where we can work together. Yeah 512 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:41,119 Speaker 1: before we go. I mean, I'm telling you, bro, definitely 513 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:43,359 Speaker 1: over our time limit. But hopefully they keep it off 514 00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:45,320 Speaker 1: because we're just chopping it up. So I like, I 515 00:22:45,359 --> 00:22:48,000 Speaker 1: don't got no producers in my ear saying you know, 516 00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:50,480 Speaker 1: but let's say we're chopping this up. Man, it's a 517 00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:53,520 Speaker 1: real organic conversation. I'll give you some quick advice and 518 00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:55,920 Speaker 1: I'll give you a quick story on how my foundation 519 00:22:56,600 --> 00:22:59,040 Speaker 1: went from taking pictures from an actual foundation. So I 520 00:22:59,119 --> 00:23:02,440 Speaker 1: love that you heard. You heard what happened taking the pictures. 521 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:06,440 Speaker 1: Uh you fast forward. Me and my fiancee now are 522 00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:09,680 Speaker 1: going to st Lucia for our wedding. I recommend a 523 00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:11,440 Speaker 1: small wedding. Dude, I don't know if you're married, but 524 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:15,600 Speaker 1: that's what I did, A small destination wedding. Just immediate 525 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:17,840 Speaker 1: family members, her mom and dad and my mom and 526 00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:21,760 Speaker 1: dad go to St. Lucia. We go there, boom boom invited. 527 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:24,760 Speaker 1: No NFL friends. Now y'all can live zoom it. I'm 528 00:23:24,760 --> 00:23:26,720 Speaker 1: not dealing with you. I'm not flying y'all. I'll I'm 529 00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:29,480 Speaker 1: not flying her friend. Now, we're just gidding, like eight 530 00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:32,200 Speaker 1: people so you don't have to St. Lucia, beautiful country, 531 00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:35,639 Speaker 1: and we're at this nice resort. We get married on 532 00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:38,920 Speaker 1: top of the mountain there the pizons and we have 533 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:41,720 Speaker 1: this beautiful wedding and then dance un of the stars, 534 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:45,520 Speaker 1: like out of a out of a fairy tale. Very 535 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:49,959 Speaker 1: very expensive for a very small wedding. And Ashley is like, hey, 536 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:52,080 Speaker 1: I want to do a trashed dress photo shoot. I 537 00:23:52,119 --> 00:23:54,800 Speaker 1: want to jump into ocean with my dress. And I'm like, 538 00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:57,040 Speaker 1: we just spent like X dollars on this dress. Why 539 00:23:57,160 --> 00:23:59,720 Speaker 1: we trash? But I'm like whatever, you know what I'm saying, Like, 540 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:03,960 Speaker 1: I'm supportive, spouse, happy wife, happy life. Another advice. I'm 541 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:08,639 Speaker 1: gonna give you right now free games. So I go, uh, 542 00:24:08,840 --> 00:24:12,040 Speaker 1: We're walking through sufree St. Lucia, the town you know 543 00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:14,080 Speaker 1: when you leave any resort in a in a country 544 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:21,359 Speaker 1: like it is like not like the resort, poverty, trade, animals, homelessness, 545 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:24,280 Speaker 1: you name it. And we're walking through the streets and 546 00:24:24,359 --> 00:24:26,520 Speaker 1: we're taking what life wants to take pictures through the 547 00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:28,240 Speaker 1: city till we get to the ocean and jump into 548 00:24:28,320 --> 00:24:32,600 Speaker 1: water and they're like, hey, the photographers are local. He's like, hey, 549 00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:37,159 Speaker 1: whatever you do, don't give the street dogs. Don't give 550 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:39,240 Speaker 1: them any food or pet um because they won't let 551 00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:42,199 Speaker 1: us work. But this follows the whole time. I'm like, yes, sir, 552 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:44,520 Speaker 1: as I say that. I look over and my wife 553 00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:46,399 Speaker 1: is on a knee getting licked in the face by 554 00:24:46,440 --> 00:24:51,480 Speaker 1: a street right, so I'm looking like what the it 555 00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:53,119 Speaker 1: was like, all this is great. It took like a 556 00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:56,440 Speaker 1: photo boom, candid shot, boom. We go. We tried to 557 00:24:56,560 --> 00:24:59,520 Speaker 1: dress we we talk to people on the beach. I'm 558 00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:02,480 Speaker 1: playing side coccer in a suit on the beach. And 559 00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:05,239 Speaker 1: we get back up to our our our resort at 560 00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:07,679 Speaker 1: the top of the hill and we're sitting there We're like, yo, 561 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:10,200 Speaker 1: there was straight animals. You just don't feel right, like 562 00:25:10,280 --> 00:25:14,200 Speaker 1: we gotta do something. So we end up contacting help 563 00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:16,359 Speaker 1: Paul St. Lucian. I had one animal shelter in the 564 00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:19,119 Speaker 1: entire party, say sue free St. Lucia or the country 565 00:25:19,119 --> 00:25:22,440 Speaker 1: I might, I think. And the owner of the resourt's 566 00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:25,200 Speaker 1: daughter ran the animal shelter. So it's a small world. 567 00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:27,080 Speaker 1: So we get her number and we're like, hey, what 568 00:25:27,119 --> 00:25:31,240 Speaker 1: do you guys need and they're like, um, we need money. 569 00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:33,800 Speaker 1: And I don't have a foundation at this point, I'm 570 00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:37,040 Speaker 1: just just is me and taking picture with dogs. I'm like, 571 00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:39,200 Speaker 1: all right, cool. So we made a donation and I 572 00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:41,720 Speaker 1: had all my friends back home. I said, yo, and 573 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:45,200 Speaker 1: louis taking wedding gifts, just donate to help Paul St. Lucia. 574 00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:49,320 Speaker 1: So they donate. The US currency adds up to their currency. 575 00:25:49,359 --> 00:25:51,560 Speaker 1: It's like tens of thousands of dollars and their money 576 00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:56,159 Speaker 1: like upwards. I get on my flight, I did my 577 00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:59,800 Speaker 1: good deed, I felt, got married, honeymooned, helped helped out 578 00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:01,680 Speaker 1: that I don't want shelter, jetted out of there. It 579 00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:04,639 Speaker 1: didn't make a big scene about it. I landed, I 580 00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:08,840 Speaker 1: turned my phone on and that were that photographer posted 581 00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:11,320 Speaker 1: that photo on I G and you talked about how 582 00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:13,520 Speaker 1: american football player came to the country for a week 583 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:17,840 Speaker 1: and raised upwards the seventy eighty thollars in their currency. 584 00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:20,680 Speaker 1: It picked up all the it picked up thirty to 585 00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:25,359 Speaker 1: forty dogs, forty to fifty straight cats. And that dog 586 00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:27,080 Speaker 1: that was licking my wife in the face they named 587 00:26:27,119 --> 00:26:30,200 Speaker 1: Logan and my honor, and they said how this American 588 00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:33,639 Speaker 1: football player came to the country and helped solve the 589 00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:39,280 Speaker 1: the straight dog issue, uh temporarily, And that photo went viral, 590 00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:41,840 Speaker 1: and it got covered by huffing and post the DODO 591 00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:46,040 Speaker 1: probably ESPN, New York Times and went crazy and I'm 592 00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:48,120 Speaker 1: getting blown up when I when I turned my phone 593 00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:51,280 Speaker 1: on and everyone's like, yo, how do we how do 594 00:26:51,359 --> 00:26:53,240 Speaker 1: we donate to you guys? How do we how do 595 00:26:53,359 --> 00:26:55,520 Speaker 1: we donate to St? Lucia? Like what do we do? 596 00:26:56,200 --> 00:26:57,560 Speaker 1: And me and my wife looked at each other, and 597 00:26:57,600 --> 00:26:59,920 Speaker 1: I'm like, we gotta take these donations and help out 598 00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:02,440 Speaker 1: all the shelters we know that need help. Kid, you not. 599 00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:04,879 Speaker 1: Two days after I got home from my honeymoon, I 600 00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:08,520 Speaker 1: started to Ryan Animal Rescue Foundation just to take the 601 00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:11,000 Speaker 1: donations that people were trying to give me because they 602 00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:13,520 Speaker 1: read a story that went viral that I not intend 603 00:27:13,600 --> 00:27:16,200 Speaker 1: to go viral. I didn't post it, I didn't do 604 00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:18,800 Speaker 1: anything about it. I was on a vacation. I just 605 00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:21,159 Speaker 1: did what I saw was right in the moment and 606 00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:24,359 Speaker 1: donated privately. And that all came out. And that's why 607 00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:28,000 Speaker 1: I started my nonprofit four years ago because of that story. 608 00:27:28,119 --> 00:27:30,960 Speaker 1: And that's what that's what just me to take it 609 00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:33,359 Speaker 1: from just hey, I'm doing this in my on tuesdays, 610 00:27:33,760 --> 00:27:36,080 Speaker 1: to let me start a nonprofit and and step up 611 00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:41,600 Speaker 1: and like you said, and my nonprofit as grants um programs, 612 00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:44,160 Speaker 1: and we helped other shelters. We help people are doing 613 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:46,800 Speaker 1: the work every day. We highlight them, we we donate 614 00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:49,359 Speaker 1: to them, we have them applied to our grant programs. 615 00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:53,040 Speaker 1: We help people retain their pets. So that all grew 616 00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:56,000 Speaker 1: from taking pictures of a dog that I saw at 617 00:27:56,040 --> 00:27:58,840 Speaker 1: a shelter seven eight years ago. And then the next 618 00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:01,919 Speaker 1: step grew after my way of seeing some stray animals 619 00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:04,320 Speaker 1: in a different country. And if I would have walked 620 00:28:04,359 --> 00:28:06,440 Speaker 1: a different way, I wouldn't be here right now. I 621 00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:08,280 Speaker 1: would walk a differentay. I wouldn't have this foundation. I 622 00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:10,760 Speaker 1: want to have this fan base of animal lovers. It's 623 00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:12,879 Speaker 1: just doing what I felt right in a moment. And 624 00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:15,159 Speaker 1: I didn't want to start this nonprofit. I didn't want to. 625 00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:18,439 Speaker 1: I didn't envision that. It's just kind of what happened. 626 00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:23,879 Speaker 1: I just took life's blessings, you know, organically, organically, and 627 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:26,280 Speaker 1: you're able to do that. You're able to to to 628 00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:29,840 Speaker 1: to shine light on all the adoptions charities and shelters 629 00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:32,360 Speaker 1: and all all that stuff. Man. So I mean your 630 00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:35,560 Speaker 1: story is like I'm talking about adopting animals, you're talking 631 00:28:35,560 --> 00:28:40,480 Speaker 1: about adopting people. Dude, you are adopted undrafted by racial 632 00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:45,920 Speaker 1: fullback who came on the show after the knee injury. Man, Like, 633 00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:48,680 Speaker 1: people need to understand how real and how good of 634 00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:50,360 Speaker 1: the dude you are, and what this podcast is gonna 635 00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:52,320 Speaker 1: be about as highlighting and talking to dudes like you 636 00:28:52,920 --> 00:28:55,280 Speaker 1: that are really doing it the right way. You know 637 00:28:55,320 --> 00:28:58,920 Speaker 1: what I'm saying. I appreciate that. You know, when you 638 00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:01,200 Speaker 1: start listening to all if you realize why the chips 639 00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:03,520 Speaker 1: so hard on that shoulder, you know you're definitely spree. 640 00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:06,240 Speaker 1: I appreciate that story because you know, I think I 641 00:29:06,280 --> 00:29:08,840 Speaker 1: can learn a lot from the way that you stepped 642 00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:12,520 Speaker 1: up and the actions you can take can can really 643 00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:14,800 Speaker 1: just organically, you know, I keep saying that, but it 644 00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:18,360 Speaker 1: can really catalyst. You can be the catalyst of change 645 00:29:18,440 --> 00:29:20,000 Speaker 1: in the world. And people want to see good in 646 00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:22,280 Speaker 1: this world. I swear people want to see good. So 647 00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:25,200 Speaker 1: to be able to have what you have and what 648 00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:28,280 Speaker 1: you're doing right now and attacking your family life, your 649 00:29:28,360 --> 00:29:31,280 Speaker 1: professional life, your humanitarian work, you know. I think that's 650 00:29:31,280 --> 00:29:32,800 Speaker 1: what the brother puts all about. I think it's what 651 00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:35,280 Speaker 1: this NFL, this shield has blessed a lot of great 652 00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:39,120 Speaker 1: people with in the opportunity to share your purposes, to 653 00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:41,520 Speaker 1: share your messaging, and to do great in the world. 654 00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:44,440 Speaker 1: Coming off of this conversation, you know, I'm ready to 655 00:29:44,480 --> 00:29:47,840 Speaker 1: attack this, this recovery, this knee injury, and then you know, 656 00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:50,520 Speaker 1: starting this this nonprofit up and really trying to do 657 00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:53,040 Speaker 1: things the right way. Yeah. So, I mean, I'll just 658 00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:55,240 Speaker 1: spoke so much about it. Where can people get involved, 659 00:29:55,280 --> 00:29:57,880 Speaker 1: where can people contact? How do people get in touch 660 00:29:57,960 --> 00:30:00,680 Speaker 1: and support you in your cars? You know, I think 661 00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:03,520 Speaker 1: number one is going to adopt us Kids dot org. 662 00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:06,120 Speaker 1: That's the number one thing they have all their programs 663 00:30:06,160 --> 00:30:09,520 Speaker 1: for adoption and foster care support, donation, whatever you want 664 00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:13,080 Speaker 1: to get involved with adopting yourself. They have it all there. 665 00:30:13,240 --> 00:30:15,640 Speaker 1: And then you know the personal stuff, it's just alegant 666 00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:18,440 Speaker 1: gold dot com. You know, you can follow on social media. 667 00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:21,440 Speaker 1: That's probably where I'm at the most time nowadays, Twitter 668 00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:24,160 Speaker 1: and Instagram and UM, just trying to keep spreading the 669 00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:26,080 Speaker 1: good words. So anyway you can tap in, it's a 670 00:30:26,120 --> 00:30:29,360 Speaker 1: good way to do some good. Yea, Man, that was awesome. 671 00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:31,600 Speaker 1: And like I told you at coin toss, when you're 672 00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:35,520 Speaker 1: called tales and you deferred and I wanted to defer, 673 00:30:36,160 --> 00:30:39,520 Speaker 1: and the way that I wanted to kick, I just say, man, 674 00:30:39,560 --> 00:30:44,000 Speaker 1: you got lucky. But oh it's Mike up. I hope 675 00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:47,240 Speaker 1: they keep that. I hope they show that. But you know, 676 00:30:47,280 --> 00:30:49,640 Speaker 1: you definitely inspire me today. So I appreciate you. Man, 677 00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:52,800 Speaker 1: Thanks for joining me. Um, I'm gonna definitely lock in 678 00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:55,160 Speaker 1: with you, grab your number and we can stay in touch. Man. 679 00:30:55,240 --> 00:30:58,880 Speaker 1: But this is this was awesome, all right, all right? 680 00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:05,840 Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us on the NFL Players Podcast. Don't 681 00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:09,200 Speaker 1: forget to subscribe and follow at NFL Players Podcast on 682 00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:12,560 Speaker 1: Instagram for the latest player stories and to connect with 683 00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:14,240 Speaker 1: the NFL Players community