1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:00,960 Speaker 1: Fellas. 2 00:00:01,320 --> 00:00:04,480 Speaker 2: Welcome to another Best of the Bust episode, where we 3 00:00:04,559 --> 00:00:07,880 Speaker 2: drop an episode every Saturday recapping some of our best 4 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:11,440 Speaker 2: of episodes and interviews back in the day. CJ Stroud 5 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:13,560 Speaker 2: hopped on a zoom call with the boys back in 6 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:16,200 Speaker 2: twenty twenty three and we talked about his early success 7 00:00:16,200 --> 00:00:19,560 Speaker 2: in Houston, took some playful shots at his Ohio state 8 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:21,840 Speaker 2: dates because of course, you know, go blue Taylor's a 9 00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:25,279 Speaker 2: Michigan boy, and wrapped it up with his worst rookie 10 00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:27,960 Speaker 2: moment in a spooptober Tier talk. 11 00:00:28,240 --> 00:00:29,160 Speaker 1: This is one for the books. 12 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:31,120 Speaker 2: CJ's one of the boys and we got to get 13 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:32,680 Speaker 2: him on the bus next offseason. 14 00:00:32,920 --> 00:00:37,520 Speaker 1: Enjoy this one. Big hugs, tiny kisses, CJ. 15 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:39,199 Speaker 3: What's up man? 16 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:43,159 Speaker 1: What's up? Brow doing? Good man? How are you? 17 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:44,879 Speaker 3: I'm good man, blessed. 18 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:48,240 Speaker 4: I love that we are we rolling. 19 00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:51,760 Speaker 5: Yeah, there's three people on this busn No, let's give 20 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:53,519 Speaker 5: a round of a plus for cjs drug best quarterback 21 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:57,360 Speaker 5: of Ohio state history, already proven best quarterback of all time. Brother, 22 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:00,480 Speaker 5: listen getting drafted by the Houston Texas. I know you're 23 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:02,240 Speaker 5: sitting there and the PR guys are sitting right behind 24 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:03,960 Speaker 5: the computer right now, trying to tell you what to 25 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:06,200 Speaker 5: say and not to say when you get drafted by Houston. 26 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:10,039 Speaker 5: People were saying the franchise, like, franchise might be dead, 27 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:13,080 Speaker 5: a lot of issues. You've come in and have truly 28 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:17,720 Speaker 5: played incredible. Yes, really, what was what was the vibe 29 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:20,200 Speaker 5: when you got drafts where people like, oh, Houston, or 30 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:21,399 Speaker 5: were they like fired up for you? 31 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:25,520 Speaker 3: I know my inner circle like and including me, I 32 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:26,200 Speaker 3: was excited. 33 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:31,679 Speaker 6: I've always loved challenges and loved new things to work 34 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:34,440 Speaker 6: on and to be better at. And I haven't been 35 00:01:34,440 --> 00:01:36,640 Speaker 6: anywhere where we've been bad, so it was kind of 36 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:40,920 Speaker 6: new and just being honest with myself the situation I saw. 37 00:01:40,920 --> 00:01:42,280 Speaker 6: I knew there's a lot of work was gonna be 38 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:45,280 Speaker 6: how to be made so and I was inducting from that. 39 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:47,480 Speaker 6: And so me and my family we were really excited, man, 40 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 6: because not only was it a new opportunity to flip 41 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:53,280 Speaker 6: something around, but Houston is a great city and I. 42 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:55,440 Speaker 3: Didn't want to live in the middle of nowhere anymore. 43 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:57,240 Speaker 6: So, which Columbus isn't. But I didn't want to live 44 00:01:57,240 --> 00:01:59,640 Speaker 6: in the Midwest no more. So it was good to 45 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 6: be to a city that was kind of they were 46 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:05,080 Speaker 6: proud of being who they were, and I was just 47 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:07,720 Speaker 6: ready for them to rep detections at that point. So 48 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:09,919 Speaker 6: that's what my goal was. And I feel like I'm 49 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:12,840 Speaker 6: compting that a little bit. We got a lot more 50 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 6: to go in the tank. 51 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:17,440 Speaker 2: So, dude, you really have You've had a You've had 52 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:21,000 Speaker 2: an incredible year thus far as a rookie. And I 53 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 2: just use the word surprising in like an impressed way, 54 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:27,440 Speaker 2: like it's been very impressive to see you play and 55 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 2: how everything is unfolded for you when you got drafted 56 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:32,720 Speaker 2: to Houston. I know you haven't played anywhere else in 57 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:34,800 Speaker 2: the NFL, But what do you feel like the organization 58 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:37,720 Speaker 2: and the staff and the culture has kind of done 59 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:40,800 Speaker 2: to transition you into the NFL? Because you hear you 60 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:44,480 Speaker 2: hear it every year when rookie quarterbacks they play right away, 61 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:47,079 Speaker 2: they struggle, they do this, it's almost like doing them 62 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:49,200 Speaker 2: a disservice to play them right away. What do you 63 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:52,079 Speaker 2: feel like that organization and staff has done to help 64 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:54,720 Speaker 2: you transition so well to the to the NFL. 65 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:59,080 Speaker 6: I really believe that they had a plan for me 66 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:02,320 Speaker 6: when I got in here, not only just myself, but 67 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:06,120 Speaker 6: just like the scheme that we run Bobby Slogroc has 68 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:08,840 Speaker 6: done a great job. He coming from the forty nine 69 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:11,280 Speaker 6: ers with Kyle Shanahan, so we run the West Coast offense, 70 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:12,480 Speaker 6: and he. 71 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 3: Did a great job of putting pieces together that. 72 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 6: Kind of fit my playing style on top of the 73 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 6: offensive scheme. And then coach did really well along with 74 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:24,400 Speaker 6: our receiver coach Ben and Draw Johnson, our quarterback coach 75 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:27,400 Speaker 6: or try to coach Jake morland O, Lion coach, coach Strawson. 76 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:30,240 Speaker 6: We've all kind of bought into this new scheme. Uh 77 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:32,880 Speaker 6: So that was kind of testament to what he's done 78 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:36,600 Speaker 6: over with Kyle and Kyle Chinahan with the Niners and 79 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:39,360 Speaker 6: brought it here and kind of did his own twist 80 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:41,720 Speaker 6: to it, which has been great. But man, I really 81 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:43,800 Speaker 6: believe that, Man, you don't. I don't believe that you 82 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 6: kind of lose talent once you become. 83 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:46,800 Speaker 3: To the league. 84 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:48,960 Speaker 6: I think either you work hard or you're just in 85 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 6: the You're you either don't work hard or you just 86 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:54,640 Speaker 6: go into a bad situation. So I really don't think 87 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 6: it's a it's in between. So for me, no matter 88 00:03:57,640 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 6: what the situation was, it was never gonna be on me. 89 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 6: I was just gonna work really hard to make sure 90 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 6: that this thing went the right way. 91 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:05,280 Speaker 5: When you think leadership, when you think about the quarterback 92 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:08,200 Speaker 5: position as an automatic leader, you're basically guaranteed to see 93 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 5: on your chest. And you're walking into coming from a 94 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:13,080 Speaker 5: college locker room where everyone's hanging out the boys. You 95 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 5: guys are all kind of going out on the weekends 96 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:17,360 Speaker 5: doing your thing. Now you're in the NFL where you know, 97 00:04:17,520 --> 00:04:19,960 Speaker 5: nine ten year vets are married, they got multiple kids 98 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:22,560 Speaker 5: and stuff like that. How did you approach the process 99 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:24,720 Speaker 5: of becoming a leader in that locker room. 100 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:29,080 Speaker 6: Yeah, for me, I wanted to let it be known 101 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 6: when I first got drafted, like I don't want anything 102 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:33,839 Speaker 6: to be given to me on earn everything. And for 103 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 6: me coming from a place like a house state, like 104 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:38,640 Speaker 6: that's how it was there, and that's why I feel 105 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:42,760 Speaker 6: like I was able to grip that locker room and 106 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:45,560 Speaker 6: to fall in love with me and understanding that I 107 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:47,880 Speaker 6: was a natural born leader, not just somebody who was 108 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:50,080 Speaker 6: just a quarterback. So I was kind of like the 109 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:51,920 Speaker 6: same thought process here where I was gonna come here 110 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:54,600 Speaker 6: and try to not just win guys over, but make 111 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:56,880 Speaker 6: them trust me not only on the field, but off, 112 00:04:56,960 --> 00:05:01,240 Speaker 6: So just spending time with guys, a building core relationships 113 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:04,960 Speaker 6: and not just the small conversations on just man, how 114 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 6: how this doing, and not really caring and not talking 115 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:10,320 Speaker 6: about it every again, but really just having de conversation 116 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:12,080 Speaker 6: with guys and just being myself. 117 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:14,960 Speaker 3: I think that I've done a decent job. 118 00:05:14,839 --> 00:05:18,440 Speaker 6: Along well with Will. Will is also captain. But something 119 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:20,480 Speaker 6: that we could admit to is man, we weren't giving it. 120 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 6: We earned that, and we brought a new swagen and 121 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:25,560 Speaker 6: new type of mindsetting and. 122 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:25,919 Speaker 3: To this culture. 123 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:29,040 Speaker 6: And I think Demico also has that, and that's why 124 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:31,680 Speaker 6: he gave us that see on our chest to represent 125 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 6: the Texans like we do. 126 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:36,320 Speaker 2: So you come from Ohio State, you come from a 127 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:39,760 Speaker 2: conference that's the toughest, most competitive conference in the country. 128 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:42,160 Speaker 2: You play against some of the best defenses you'll ever see, 129 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:46,400 Speaker 2: like the ones in Nebraska. Is the NFL That is 130 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:48,840 Speaker 2: the NFL as big as as big of a jump 131 00:05:48,839 --> 00:05:51,000 Speaker 2: as you thought it'd be, or is it a little 132 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:52,240 Speaker 2: easier than you thought it'd be. 133 00:05:53,839 --> 00:05:56,640 Speaker 6: I would say it's like in between. I wouldn't say 134 00:05:56,640 --> 00:05:59,479 Speaker 6: it's easy nor like super hard. I feel like football 135 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:03,600 Speaker 6: is football, and of course the players get better the 136 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:06,840 Speaker 6: windows are smaller, throwers are. You got to be more efficient, 137 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:09,080 Speaker 6: a lot more accurate. But I mean, I feel like 138 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:11,000 Speaker 6: that's the that's the fun part of the game. That's 139 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:13,960 Speaker 6: what I enjoy. That's what I love, just the grind 140 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:17,640 Speaker 6: of like how detailed you got to be to execute 141 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:20,280 Speaker 6: your job every play and just go want to know play. 142 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:22,720 Speaker 6: And I think sometimes as a young player, you can 143 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:26,240 Speaker 6: try to do so much on one player really just 144 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:29,880 Speaker 6: you you think that you're superman when you come out 145 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:32,719 Speaker 6: of college. But for me, I knew that man, I 146 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:35,160 Speaker 6: had to grow and I to learn, and I knew 147 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:37,720 Speaker 6: that if I put into work, not only would I 148 00:06:37,760 --> 00:06:40,599 Speaker 6: be good, but I would hopefully be great and leave 149 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:43,159 Speaker 6: my guys to victory and leave my guys to be better. 150 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:46,359 Speaker 6: And then that's kind of like the mindset I've had 151 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:49,080 Speaker 6: was just want to know each play and not trying 152 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:49,920 Speaker 6: to put too much. 153 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:51,680 Speaker 3: On my plate, control the controllables. 154 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:53,840 Speaker 6: And I know it's easy to say, it's harder to do, 155 00:06:54,320 --> 00:06:56,560 Speaker 6: but I really try hard to just get on my 156 00:06:56,680 --> 00:07:00,200 Speaker 6: routine and make sure that I was simplifying every thing 157 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:03,080 Speaker 6: so I can just play fast on Sundays. And of 158 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:05,039 Speaker 6: course my team around me has done a great job. 159 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:08,000 Speaker 6: I have a great marketing team, a great agent, a 160 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:11,880 Speaker 6: great manager assistant. I have a great team around me 161 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:13,640 Speaker 6: that kind of filter out a lot of stuff so 162 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:16,160 Speaker 6: I can just focus on ball, which is a super 163 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:17,880 Speaker 6: good thing for me and a blessing. 164 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:20,960 Speaker 5: When you came from college, you you came from a 165 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:23,560 Speaker 5: system that you look to the sideline and you see 166 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:26,680 Speaker 5: a cool you know, hardboard, and you look at a 167 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:28,200 Speaker 5: couple of pictures and then you know what the play is. 168 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:30,720 Speaker 5: What was the process like for you to learn the 169 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:33,960 Speaker 5: verbiage and bring it into a huddle and be able 170 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:36,240 Speaker 5: to be confident and spew it and not only spew it, 171 00:07:36,280 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 5: but know it as well. 172 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:38,000 Speaker 4: Was that a difficult thing? 173 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:39,280 Speaker 3: Yeah? It was. 174 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:42,520 Speaker 6: It was tough, man, because everything, like you said, in 175 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:46,520 Speaker 6: college is all signals, so uh it was. It was 176 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:49,000 Speaker 6: even harder learning those signals when I first out to college. 177 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:50,240 Speaker 6: And then when you get to lead, you got to 178 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:51,840 Speaker 6: throw it out the way and get used to that 179 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:56,000 Speaker 6: headset and the ear piece that's in your your helmet, 180 00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:58,520 Speaker 6: which is isn't always the most clear thing ever, So it. 181 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 3: Kind of just got to get you to like the. 182 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:04,040 Speaker 6: I would say, the accent in there, like it sounds 183 00:08:04,080 --> 00:08:06,080 Speaker 6: like gibbers sometimes, So you got to really know your 184 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:09,040 Speaker 6: plays so you can piece it together. And really, you 185 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:10,640 Speaker 6: want to tell a story right you're in there. You 186 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:13,560 Speaker 6: don't want to just ram through the play and make 187 00:08:13,640 --> 00:08:16,400 Speaker 6: it seem like it can sound like something else. You 188 00:08:16,440 --> 00:08:19,120 Speaker 6: want to like tell a story and give it really 189 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 6: detailed so guys know exactly what's going on. So that 190 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:24,560 Speaker 6: was a really big jump coming from that. And of 191 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:28,600 Speaker 6: course in the Big Ten there was a lot of 192 00:08:28,880 --> 00:08:31,560 Speaker 6: defenses that were like NFL styles, so that kind of 193 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:34,000 Speaker 6: helped me as well, kind of going back to your 194 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:37,720 Speaker 6: question from the last question, so it was kind of 195 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:38,800 Speaker 6: a little bit of both though. 196 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:40,920 Speaker 3: I was learning the new. 197 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:45,880 Speaker 6: Idea of listening to in the headset to going out 198 00:08:45,880 --> 00:08:49,360 Speaker 6: there and then looking at the defense from a huddle 199 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:51,560 Speaker 6: and not like being out there the whole time and 200 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:53,200 Speaker 6: be able to see as you're getting to play. 201 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:55,280 Speaker 4: Can I just say something before you ask the next question? 202 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:55,720 Speaker 1: Go ahead? 203 00:08:55,920 --> 00:08:57,839 Speaker 5: I want to give a shout out to your PR team. 204 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:01,240 Speaker 5: They have done in a phenomenal job up of Hey, 205 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:02,920 Speaker 5: this is what you say, this is what you don't say. 206 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 5: You seem like you you're doing a great job of 207 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:07,800 Speaker 5: being a pro in this moment and kind of trying 208 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:10,560 Speaker 5: to decipher that what the show is all about, and 209 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:12,160 Speaker 5: you kind of just coming and think, hey, answer it. 210 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:14,560 Speaker 5: Don't give him too much, too much BULLETI material or anything. 211 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:16,960 Speaker 2: Like that him like you know, maybe maybe he maybe 212 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:17,800 Speaker 2: he needs more credit. 213 00:09:17,960 --> 00:09:20,559 Speaker 5: Yeah, but he plays plays with too much swack, plays 214 00:09:20,559 --> 00:09:21,959 Speaker 5: with too much he you know, and you can tell 215 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:24,160 Speaker 5: he's meticulous. He's trying to make sure that he doesn't 216 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:25,840 Speaker 5: say anything wrong right now. And I love that. Ye, 217 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:26,880 Speaker 5: that's the thing you should do. 218 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:29,559 Speaker 2: I think what I love hearing is when he talks 219 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:32,600 Speaker 2: about doing the you know, because I've played on defense, 220 00:09:32,679 --> 00:09:35,080 Speaker 2: like I've you know, whether or not wearing the green 221 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:37,160 Speaker 2: dot and telling a story. Like as he's talking about 222 00:09:37,160 --> 00:09:38,880 Speaker 2: the plays, delivering the plays and like you kind of 223 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:39,600 Speaker 2: got to tell a story. 224 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:41,480 Speaker 1: It's like when he's sitting there, he's. 225 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:44,040 Speaker 2: On a knee, talking to his huddle and like giving 226 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:46,640 Speaker 2: the energy throughout the play on like we're kind of 227 00:09:46,640 --> 00:09:49,959 Speaker 2: in this situation some guys, you know, whether you're sticking 228 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:51,600 Speaker 2: up your arm here, you're like, you're kind of telling 229 00:09:51,640 --> 00:09:52,040 Speaker 2: a story. 230 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:53,920 Speaker 1: What I want to go back to is you talk about. 231 00:09:53,679 --> 00:09:55,760 Speaker 2: This one and O mentality and You're like, it's easier 232 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:59,800 Speaker 2: said than done. Do you have any you know, pro 233 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:03,120 Speaker 2: process or something you lean on or something you've picked 234 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:05,360 Speaker 2: up and learned that you really try and lean into 235 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:08,040 Speaker 2: during this, because you're right, it is really hard to 236 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:09,880 Speaker 2: go want to know every play, it's hard to forget 237 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:12,440 Speaker 2: about a failure you might have had just to play before. Uh, 238 00:10:12,760 --> 00:10:14,800 Speaker 2: is there anything there or you feel like you've just 239 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:16,440 Speaker 2: kind of cultivated this naturally. 240 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:19,040 Speaker 3: I would say a little bit of both. 241 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:21,400 Speaker 6: I would be lying if I said I've always been 242 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:24,760 Speaker 6: kind of cool, calm, like let stuff go, like just 243 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:28,240 Speaker 6: being young and amateur. Like probably even before college and 244 00:10:28,280 --> 00:10:32,840 Speaker 6: going into college, I was very, very like fiery and 245 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:35,640 Speaker 6: I didn't take no bs like I just was was. 246 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:38,440 Speaker 3: That's just who I was, and I still am that way. 247 00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:41,200 Speaker 6: But I know how to kind of put that to 248 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:44,160 Speaker 6: the side when it's not necessary, which is important especially 249 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:47,199 Speaker 6: as a quarterback. Everybody's looking at you when stuff hits 250 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:49,600 Speaker 6: the fans. So for me, I mean, I always lean 251 00:10:49,679 --> 00:10:52,280 Speaker 6: on my faith and I try to pray through things 252 00:10:52,320 --> 00:10:55,079 Speaker 6: and just have like some breathing exercises that I do. 253 00:10:55,920 --> 00:10:59,719 Speaker 3: But when those things, I mean, those things usually work. 254 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:03,360 Speaker 6: But I also kind of just understand man like thinking 255 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:06,599 Speaker 6: about the last play, like what benefit does that do me? 256 00:11:07,360 --> 00:11:10,199 Speaker 6: What is that going to help in the long run 257 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:12,400 Speaker 6: in the future, So you might as well just throw 258 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:15,800 Speaker 6: it away and go to the next play, because I'm 259 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:19,359 Speaker 6: king of like man like man after the game rewatching 260 00:11:19,880 --> 00:11:22,000 Speaker 6: a bad clip ten times, like man, I should have 261 00:11:22,040 --> 00:11:23,959 Speaker 6: did that, I should do this. I mean, when you're 262 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:25,640 Speaker 6: moving out the speed of light, man, And you know 263 00:11:25,679 --> 00:11:27,840 Speaker 6: how y'all both played in the league for a long 264 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:30,559 Speaker 6: time at a high level, you're moving so fast. Sometimes 265 00:11:30,559 --> 00:11:33,000 Speaker 6: your body and your mind just does things. So you 266 00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:35,200 Speaker 6: gotta play with your instincts at the same time and 267 00:11:35,240 --> 00:11:37,840 Speaker 6: give yourself a little bit of credit even when you 268 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:40,640 Speaker 6: do make a mistake, because I think as players we 269 00:11:40,679 --> 00:11:42,800 Speaker 6: can be our biggest critic and that's a good thing. 270 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:44,600 Speaker 6: But sometime you got to build yourself up just like 271 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:46,880 Speaker 6: you break yourself down when you know you have to 272 00:11:46,920 --> 00:11:50,160 Speaker 6: keep yourself accountable. So I try to do both, but 273 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:52,120 Speaker 6: more so in anything, I try to make sure that 274 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:54,520 Speaker 6: I have a playing face that I'm saving, even keel 275 00:11:54,760 --> 00:11:57,480 Speaker 6: about the whole game, because I know that just how 276 00:11:57,480 --> 00:11:59,839 Speaker 6: your next play could have been, your last play could 277 00:11:59,880 --> 00:12:01,160 Speaker 6: have been bad, It could have been good too, so 278 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:02,400 Speaker 6: you gotta let that go as well. 279 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:03,480 Speaker 3: So it's a little bit of both. 280 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:05,800 Speaker 1: That's man, that's that's that's really well said. 281 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:07,719 Speaker 2: It was there. There was there a moment, not I 282 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:10,400 Speaker 2: know that's like a combination of moments, right, But was 283 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:12,560 Speaker 2: there a time where you were losing your cool and 284 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:16,040 Speaker 2: maybe you had a conversation kind of made you rethink. 285 00:12:15,679 --> 00:12:17,440 Speaker 1: About it in zoom out You're like, oh, yeah, I 286 00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:18,000 Speaker 1: kind of see this. 287 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:21,360 Speaker 2: Was it observing somebody like because you said, like I 288 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:23,840 Speaker 2: wasn't always like this, like sometimes I wouldn't let shit go. 289 00:12:23,920 --> 00:12:26,600 Speaker 2: But like, was there was there a loss that you had, 290 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:29,160 Speaker 2: like at a game in college or was there a 291 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:31,800 Speaker 2: sequence of plays to kind of make you rethink. 292 00:12:31,480 --> 00:12:34,120 Speaker 3: That, Yeah, it was all the way back in college. 293 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:34,319 Speaker 2: Man. 294 00:12:34,360 --> 00:12:36,680 Speaker 3: I actually was just in Columbus this. 295 00:12:36,600 --> 00:12:40,480 Speaker 6: Past weekend and I was talking to my running back 296 00:12:40,520 --> 00:12:44,680 Speaker 6: coach Tony Alford, and at the time, like, you know, 297 00:12:45,559 --> 00:12:47,800 Speaker 6: you see your buddies on the other side of the 298 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:50,760 Speaker 6: country who stay home, or like you see some guys 299 00:12:50,760 --> 00:12:53,240 Speaker 6: that you felt better than playing well and like the 300 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:55,560 Speaker 6: time I was a plan as a freshman and like 301 00:12:55,840 --> 00:12:57,960 Speaker 6: being myself, Like, man, I feel like like I know 302 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:00,480 Speaker 6: I wasn't a playoff for Justin, but like, I feel like, man, 303 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:02,000 Speaker 6: we were up a lot, like I should have got 304 00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:04,000 Speaker 6: in and stuff like that, and I was like, man, 305 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:05,880 Speaker 6: I'm ready to go home, Like I'm tired of Columbus. 306 00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:08,120 Speaker 6: I want to I want to leave, Like I want 307 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:09,760 Speaker 6: to do this, I want to do that. You know, 308 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:12,240 Speaker 6: you're just talking. I remember I sat down for like 309 00:13:12,280 --> 00:13:14,400 Speaker 6: three hours with my running back coach after practice in 310 00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:16,880 Speaker 6: the freezing code and we were just talking, man, just 311 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:19,600 Speaker 6: about everything. And so like, I go back to that 312 00:13:19,679 --> 00:13:21,720 Speaker 6: moment and I was kind of like a really big 313 00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:25,000 Speaker 6: moment for me to just to mature as a man. 314 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:27,760 Speaker 6: And he was just being honest with me that whole time, 315 00:13:27,840 --> 00:13:30,360 Speaker 6: and he really was just saying, man, comparison is a 316 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:31,960 Speaker 6: thief for joy. My dad used to always tell me 317 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:35,599 Speaker 6: that as a kid, like comparing yourself to somebody on 318 00:13:36,080 --> 00:13:38,160 Speaker 6: social media, especially in the social media day and age 319 00:13:38,160 --> 00:13:40,520 Speaker 6: where everybody's posting their wings and victories and a lot 320 00:13:40,559 --> 00:13:44,400 Speaker 6: of his fate. Like back then, when my dad was 321 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:47,760 Speaker 6: telling me, it wasn't so alarming to me because I 322 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:49,480 Speaker 6: was just a kid at the time. But when my 323 00:13:49,559 --> 00:13:51,360 Speaker 6: coach said that, it made me think about when my 324 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:54,280 Speaker 6: dad used to tell me, and man, you compare yourself 325 00:13:54,280 --> 00:13:54,960 Speaker 6: to others, Man. 326 00:13:54,880 --> 00:13:56,480 Speaker 3: You don't really get to love your life. 327 00:13:56,679 --> 00:13:58,400 Speaker 6: I love what you're going through, and you have to 328 00:13:58,400 --> 00:13:59,800 Speaker 6: go through some type of struggle to be. 329 00:13:59,720 --> 00:14:01,160 Speaker 3: Great, I mean anything. 330 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:03,960 Speaker 6: So that was a moment where like, man, it was 331 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:06,319 Speaker 6: like all made since and then I can't. I started 332 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:07,959 Speaker 6: getting a lot more mature, a lot more. I started 333 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:08,800 Speaker 6: calming down more. 334 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:10,079 Speaker 1: That's amazing. 335 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:12,160 Speaker 5: That is incredible. You talk about your relationship with your 336 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:13,960 Speaker 5: running back coach in high school. Have you been able 337 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:17,440 Speaker 5: to find a similar type of relationship in the NFL 338 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:19,040 Speaker 5: with one of your coaches now that you're able to 339 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:22,280 Speaker 5: lean on from an emotional standpoint when things don't go well, 340 00:14:22,280 --> 00:14:24,120 Speaker 5: when you have a three and out or you make 341 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:25,720 Speaker 5: a bad pass or something like that. Is there any 342 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:28,600 Speaker 5: time or any coach on that staff that you're like, hey, 343 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:30,400 Speaker 5: I just give me a second kind of vent and 344 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:31,120 Speaker 5: talk a little bit. 345 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:32,320 Speaker 3: Yeah. 346 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:36,200 Speaker 6: I mean our quarterback coach, Rod Johnson, he's always right there. 347 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:39,480 Speaker 6: Me's somebody that I've known since high school. I mean 348 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:41,160 Speaker 6: he was my leader loving coach when I was in 349 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:41,680 Speaker 6: high school. 350 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:42,400 Speaker 3: I was like sixteen. 351 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:45,600 Speaker 6: So for it to come full circle, is kind of crazy. 352 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:51,400 Speaker 6: So he's always right there. I got Davis and case Keenum, 353 00:14:51,520 --> 00:14:54,040 Speaker 6: They're always right there to talk about a play or 354 00:14:54,320 --> 00:14:56,920 Speaker 6: to tell me, man, like you couldn't you can do 355 00:14:56,960 --> 00:14:58,440 Speaker 6: anything right there, like you got to just get rid 356 00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:00,400 Speaker 6: of it whatever, Like bad are good. 357 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:02,200 Speaker 3: They always try to get be honest with me, which 358 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:03,000 Speaker 3: I really appreciate. 359 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:06,440 Speaker 6: And for me even bigger like off the field, I 360 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:09,360 Speaker 6: have a lot of support, uh because sometimes man, you know, 361 00:15:09,680 --> 00:15:12,520 Speaker 6: y'all played this game at a high level, so you know, 362 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:14,640 Speaker 6: when you get home, sometimes you don't want to talk 363 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:15,040 Speaker 6: about ball. 364 00:15:15,080 --> 00:15:16,360 Speaker 3: You want to talk about anything else. 365 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:18,160 Speaker 6: And so I have a good friend of mine who 366 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:20,880 Speaker 6: helps me just talk about certain things that I need 367 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:22,600 Speaker 6: to get off my chest and things like that. So 368 00:15:23,360 --> 00:15:25,560 Speaker 6: that's some advice for you guys out there who are 369 00:15:25,560 --> 00:15:28,560 Speaker 6: coming into this league man for next year, or if 370 00:15:28,560 --> 00:15:31,320 Speaker 6: you haven't done that yet, just have somebody that you 371 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:34,200 Speaker 6: convent to, because this world will tell you how bad 372 00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:36,760 Speaker 6: you are and you'll start listening. And if you don't, 373 00:15:36,760 --> 00:15:39,440 Speaker 6: if you don't have something to kind of get out 374 00:15:40,280 --> 00:15:42,640 Speaker 6: of that way. So for me, I mean, those are 375 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:44,640 Speaker 6: being some big pieces for me to be successful. 376 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:45,640 Speaker 3: To this point. 377 00:15:45,760 --> 00:15:47,760 Speaker 5: You brought up a home before you do, before you 378 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:49,880 Speaker 5: do that segment you brought up being back in Columbus 379 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:53,520 Speaker 5: this past weekend obviously a big win against the Nitney Allons. 380 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:55,280 Speaker 4: What is uh? 381 00:15:55,600 --> 00:15:58,920 Speaker 5: What's your expectation going into the third week of November 382 00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:04,720 Speaker 5: this year? What's your expectation for Ohio State this year? 383 00:16:06,120 --> 00:16:08,680 Speaker 3: A big expectations, man, just like every year. Man for us, 384 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:09,640 Speaker 3: it's natty or nothing. 385 00:16:10,520 --> 00:16:14,120 Speaker 6: Man. I know you being a team up North guy, 386 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:17,360 Speaker 6: you have your own opinion and I respect I respect it, 387 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:18,520 Speaker 6: and yeah, I can't. 388 00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:20,360 Speaker 3: Talk too much. I didn't beat y'all. 389 00:16:20,160 --> 00:16:23,440 Speaker 6: So high respect for those guys over there. I don't 390 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:26,320 Speaker 6: like y'all, but it's respect, and I think that team 391 00:16:26,360 --> 00:16:31,640 Speaker 6: over there. Talking to the DC Mike who's with the 392 00:16:31,720 --> 00:16:34,240 Speaker 6: Ravens now my first time actually talking to him and 393 00:16:34,440 --> 00:16:36,920 Speaker 6: since we played him in twenty twenty one, and he 394 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:39,040 Speaker 6: had a lot of respect for me seeing a JOBU. 395 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:43,240 Speaker 6: I got to see Hutchinson and it's all respect after 396 00:16:43,280 --> 00:16:45,440 Speaker 6: you after you're done playing in that game, because we 397 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:47,680 Speaker 6: know how hard that game is if you've played in there. 398 00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:49,880 Speaker 3: So it's not from respect for me. 399 00:16:50,400 --> 00:16:53,560 Speaker 6: I'm still a little bitter, a little bitter from it, 400 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:56,720 Speaker 6: just being honest. But this year, I hope we get 401 00:16:56,720 --> 00:16:58,560 Speaker 6: you guys and we get to go to the big 402 00:16:58,760 --> 00:17:00,240 Speaker 6: Championship and win Natty Man. 403 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:03,240 Speaker 3: So that's to go for us every year. But that's 404 00:17:03,280 --> 00:17:04,480 Speaker 3: the big game every year. 405 00:17:04,520 --> 00:17:07,760 Speaker 6: So I'm excited to see what happens this year. 406 00:17:08,560 --> 00:17:08,800 Speaker 3: C J. 407 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:11,800 Speaker 2: We got a segment presented by Dude Wives. It's the 408 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:15,240 Speaker 2: It's there we go. Dry butttholes are a thing of 409 00:17:15,280 --> 00:17:18,600 Speaker 2: the past. It's all over with Dude Wives cleaning up 410 00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:20,679 Speaker 2: at the end of your shit. What has been your 411 00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:23,840 Speaker 2: shittiest moment of your rookie year so far? 412 00:17:25,080 --> 00:17:27,720 Speaker 6: M that's a that's a great that's a great, great 413 00:17:27,840 --> 00:17:31,720 Speaker 6: question for me. I've had a couple, you know, you 414 00:17:31,720 --> 00:17:33,879 Speaker 6: always get a couple, but I would say maybe that 415 00:17:34,119 --> 00:17:38,480 Speaker 6: my preseason game against the Patriots that first my first drive, 416 00:17:38,600 --> 00:17:40,560 Speaker 6: it was like third and twenty six and like me 417 00:17:40,680 --> 00:17:42,800 Speaker 6: being as hungry and aggressive eye, I'm like, man, I'm 418 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:45,960 Speaker 6: gonna get the first down, and my got meals from 419 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:48,200 Speaker 6: the Patriots out to him, great great player. 420 00:17:49,040 --> 00:17:49,640 Speaker 3: They were in like. 421 00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:53,000 Speaker 6: This one one plug look or really one lurk whether 422 00:17:52,960 --> 00:17:56,000 Speaker 6: the guy was robbing my eyes and he was guarding 423 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:57,840 Speaker 6: our tight end and our tight end block, so he 424 00:17:57,960 --> 00:18:00,439 Speaker 6: freed up and I didn't notice, and he jump right 425 00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:02,439 Speaker 6: in front of it and picked it off. So that 426 00:18:02,520 --> 00:18:04,160 Speaker 6: was a good learning point for me. It's just thirty 427 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:05,920 Speaker 6: twenty six. Sometimes you got to just lick your wounds 428 00:18:05,920 --> 00:18:10,000 Speaker 6: to take the check down. So that was good learning 429 00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:12,639 Speaker 6: for me. So that was probably one of the worst 430 00:18:12,640 --> 00:18:15,560 Speaker 6: moments I had. I'm trying to think of a funny 431 00:18:15,560 --> 00:18:22,080 Speaker 6: one that I've had, Like off the field. 432 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:21,719 Speaker 1: Did did you get any rookie hazing anything with a veteran? 433 00:18:21,760 --> 00:18:23,560 Speaker 2: Not that it's like a shitty I'm pissed off moment, 434 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:26,600 Speaker 2: but like, yeah, like you got got by one of 435 00:18:26,600 --> 00:18:27,280 Speaker 2: the boys. 436 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:30,840 Speaker 3: I've gotten fined a lot for like for being on TV. 437 00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:37,920 Speaker 6: I don't know, likeways on TV get fine. Yeah, rookies 438 00:18:37,920 --> 00:18:39,639 Speaker 6: on TV. I guess as a no no. So I 439 00:18:39,680 --> 00:18:42,679 Speaker 6: got fined this weekend from being on game Day. I 440 00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:45,360 Speaker 6: get fine after every win that we get for being. 441 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:48,399 Speaker 3: On on with the. 442 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:50,800 Speaker 6: Reporter after the game, pulling them in on certain things. 443 00:18:50,840 --> 00:18:53,120 Speaker 6: So it's kind of funny to me, but a lot 444 00:18:53,119 --> 00:18:54,080 Speaker 6: of money right now. 445 00:18:55,119 --> 00:18:58,399 Speaker 2: If you if you show up on TV, what is 446 00:18:58,640 --> 00:18:59,439 Speaker 2: what's that fine? 447 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:03,280 Speaker 3: Like five hundred's it's a thousand? 448 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:06,080 Speaker 1: Oh my god, they see nothing but. 449 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:12,440 Speaker 5: Jemmy mainstream media show. Watching this show right now. Stop 450 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:14,639 Speaker 5: putting CJ. Stroud on the on the TV. Save my 451 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:15,479 Speaker 5: man some money. 452 00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:18,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, he can come to our podcast. 453 00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:21,240 Speaker 5: Let's talk about Let's talk the spirit in the holiday 454 00:19:21,280 --> 00:19:23,080 Speaker 5: of Spooktober. If you don't know what Spootober it is, 455 00:19:23,119 --> 00:19:25,000 Speaker 5: it's funny a word for October, which is Halloween. 456 00:19:25,040 --> 00:19:25,240 Speaker 1: Dude. 457 00:19:25,240 --> 00:19:27,480 Speaker 5: The fall has hit, the leaves are falling, the weather 458 00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:30,880 Speaker 5: is breaking into a beautiful time, especially in Houston. 459 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:32,000 Speaker 4: Where it's a little swampy down there. 460 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:33,960 Speaker 5: Let's talk. Let's take it back to when you're a 461 00:19:33,960 --> 00:19:36,040 Speaker 5: little kid. We're going to do a thing, a segment 462 00:19:36,080 --> 00:19:38,280 Speaker 5: called Tier Talk, and it is going to be your 463 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:42,360 Speaker 5: top three favorite Halloween candies. We like to start from 464 00:19:42,359 --> 00:19:44,520 Speaker 5: the bottom three and go up to one, and once 465 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:47,320 Speaker 5: you finish, everybody on the bus will give a one 466 00:19:47,359 --> 00:19:49,280 Speaker 5: word answer describing how we feel about your picks. 467 00:19:49,280 --> 00:19:49,879 Speaker 1: Are you ready for that? 468 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:50,240 Speaker 2: You want? 469 00:19:50,440 --> 00:19:51,320 Speaker 4: You want us to go first? 470 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:53,160 Speaker 3: Us? 471 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:54,560 Speaker 4: You want to go first? 472 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:55,440 Speaker 1: Go ahead? 473 00:19:55,840 --> 00:20:00,320 Speaker 5: Okay, My Tier three is going to go to when 474 00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:02,879 Speaker 5: you're hungry, you're a little you're a little aggressive, you're 475 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:05,160 Speaker 5: a little bit angry, and what do you pop in there. 476 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:07,960 Speaker 5: You pop into Snickers I think as Snickers, and especially 477 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:10,400 Speaker 5: the fun size. For whatever reason, it's a nice little snack. 478 00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:12,160 Speaker 5: You just pop it in your mouth real quick. It's 479 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:18,560 Speaker 5: a it's a fun, delicious treat everybody can enjoy. My 480 00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:23,080 Speaker 5: Tier two is gonna go to uh uh sour Skittles, 481 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:26,920 Speaker 5: preferably the little tiny bag. And I know the quantity 482 00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:29,679 Speaker 5: of them is only like six or seven. However, I 483 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:32,119 Speaker 5: think if you have a bunch of those little sour Skittles, 484 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:34,680 Speaker 5: you start doing the big a little quick. If you 485 00:20:34,720 --> 00:20:36,240 Speaker 5: want to say policy, you're more than welcome to again 486 00:20:36,280 --> 00:20:39,000 Speaker 5: on that. I think you have that, and then all 487 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:40,720 Speaker 5: of a sudden it turns into a sweet little treat 488 00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:42,320 Speaker 5: as well, and down the gullet it goes. And my 489 00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:45,439 Speaker 5: Tier one, not sure why, it might be the branding 490 00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:47,639 Speaker 5: they've done since the nineties two thousands, they've done an 491 00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:50,800 Speaker 5: amazing job of it, is gonna go to uh the 492 00:20:50,920 --> 00:20:53,240 Speaker 5: Res's pieces. I'm not a chocolate guy. I'm more of 493 00:20:53,280 --> 00:20:54,840 Speaker 5: a gummy guy than I am a chocolate guy. But 494 00:20:55,720 --> 00:20:59,679 Speaker 5: the Res's always did a phenomenal job of taking the 495 00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:02,399 Speaker 5: bite out, making a spooky commercial and really making you 496 00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:05,520 Speaker 5: feel like the Reese's Peanut butter Cup is the staple 497 00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:11,320 Speaker 5: the franchise player of Halloween. I'm sorry Reese's Peanut butter Cup, 498 00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:14,000 Speaker 5: not Reese's PC. Reese's Peanut butter Cup. Thank you for okay. 499 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:17,439 Speaker 5: That is a big clarification change. Yeah, that's a big change. 500 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:18,119 Speaker 4: CJ. 501 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:19,919 Speaker 5: Do you want to give one word to describe how 502 00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:21,359 Speaker 5: you feel about my picks? 503 00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:24,200 Speaker 3: I would say solid. That's solid. 504 00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:26,000 Speaker 4: It's a keyword in this bus. 505 00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:32,480 Speaker 1: Good. Oh good. I'll go with good. Mitch. What's your word? 506 00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:36,120 Speaker 5: Um veteran, I have been doing a long time, thirty 507 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:37,800 Speaker 5: two years old, Willie. Let's hear what you got? 508 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:41,400 Speaker 2: My Tier three and I don't think they get enough love. 509 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:44,200 Speaker 2: I think it's uh could potentially been an unpopular opinion, 510 00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:46,159 Speaker 2: but I want to give them their flowers because I 511 00:21:46,359 --> 00:21:50,719 Speaker 2: enjoy a nice handful of candy corn. I'm a candy 512 00:21:50,760 --> 00:21:52,879 Speaker 2: corn guy. I love the candy corn. I love the shapes, 513 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:54,800 Speaker 2: I love the colors. Like give me the candy corn. 514 00:21:54,800 --> 00:21:58,520 Speaker 2: I see that face, EJ. That's okay, my tier too. 515 00:21:59,520 --> 00:22:02,600 Speaker 2: Peanut m and MS. I love peanut eminems. And when 516 00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:04,320 Speaker 2: you get them in that little fun sized back against 517 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:08,439 Speaker 2: like another, it's like another fistful no pause, peanut ms. 518 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:12,639 Speaker 2: My Tier one is in the res the Reese's Family. 519 00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:16,000 Speaker 2: But it's a fast break, dude, getting fast breaks. They 520 00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:21,119 Speaker 2: are the fucking best. That's my top Halloween candy of 521 00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:23,879 Speaker 2: all time. It's the fast Break And that concludes my 522 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:25,359 Speaker 2: tier talk c. 523 00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:27,480 Speaker 3: J yuck. 524 00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:37,440 Speaker 7: Average Okay, Mitch almost it's the candy corn for years, 525 00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:37,920 Speaker 7: are you guys? 526 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:38,640 Speaker 1: The candy corn? 527 00:22:39,119 --> 00:22:41,240 Speaker 3: The fast breaking fast break might be the best candy 528 00:22:41,280 --> 00:22:41,720 Speaker 3: of all time. 529 00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:45,479 Speaker 4: Another fast you know what that is? 530 00:22:45,640 --> 00:22:49,399 Speaker 2: Yeah, fast break is well, yeah, you gotta get you one, brother, Okay, 531 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:52,200 Speaker 2: all right, whenever you're ready, brother. 532 00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:57,200 Speaker 6: Okay, I'm just clarification. I'm not a big candy guy. Like, 533 00:22:57,240 --> 00:23:00,000 Speaker 6: I don't like candy. I really, I was a born kid, 534 00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:00,720 Speaker 6: it I guess. 535 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:02,560 Speaker 3: Uh. But if you're a. 536 00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:07,240 Speaker 2: Protein bar guy, I hope he just names all protein bars. Yeah. 537 00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:09,840 Speaker 6: If I had to pick, I'm gonna go Jolly Ranchers, 538 00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:15,520 Speaker 6: Blue Raspberry and great those are my top two water 539 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:20,440 Speaker 6: number two. I'm gonna go Starburst. Pink is my favorite, 540 00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:23,240 Speaker 6: pink and red. You can't go wrong with good Starbursts. 541 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:26,280 Speaker 6: And then I was an angry kid. I was kidding, 542 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:30,360 Speaker 6: but uh, I'm gonna go with Snickers to be my number. 543 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:39,240 Speaker 4: One hyphenated not hyphenated rainbow. 544 00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:54,120 Speaker 7: I'll say, okay, Mitch, okay, yeah, sure, taking a shot 545 00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:54,720 Speaker 7: your own guy. 546 00:23:54,760 --> 00:23:58,160 Speaker 5: And Mitch is one of our producers. He's Ohio steak 547 00:23:58,200 --> 00:23:58,760 Speaker 5: guy as well. 548 00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:04,080 Speaker 1: All right, Mitch, Yeah, all right? Manwit Hey, CJ. 549 00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:05,760 Speaker 4: Strad the best quarterback in the Hot state history? 550 00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:08,000 Speaker 1: Do you have a question like you? Do you have 551 00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:08,920 Speaker 1: a question for CJ? 552 00:24:09,119 --> 00:24:10,960 Speaker 2: I know you are an Ohio State fan, but you 553 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:13,159 Speaker 2: got something fired up for him. 554 00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:15,440 Speaker 8: I guess a question I would have for you it 555 00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:17,440 Speaker 8: would be stepping back to you Ohio State days. What 556 00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:20,080 Speaker 8: was it like being in that wide receiver room with 557 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:25,960 Speaker 8: Gary Wilson Olive and Jake budd Well, Marvin Harrison like 558 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:30,240 Speaker 8: all those guys. 559 00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:34,040 Speaker 6: Nah, of course, of man, it was a blessing, bro like, 560 00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:37,399 Speaker 6: not only did did they helped me a lot? I 561 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:40,439 Speaker 6: feel like I helped them and we were kind of 562 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:43,480 Speaker 6: like ying and yang, like we just worked together really well. 563 00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:46,359 Speaker 6: I had a natural connection in chemistry right when I 564 00:24:46,359 --> 00:24:50,679 Speaker 6: stepped on campus with them, and I definitely appreciate like 565 00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:52,639 Speaker 6: the grind that they taught me to put in to 566 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:55,800 Speaker 6: be great in his game, especially Marv. Like Marv Man, 567 00:24:55,800 --> 00:24:58,399 Speaker 6: he's the epitome of just a workaholic. 568 00:24:58,880 --> 00:24:59,280 Speaker 1: Uh. 569 00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:03,520 Speaker 6: And then Garrett like he's just naturally just super great 570 00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:09,960 Speaker 6: at everything in basketball, baseball, table tennis, like you name it, Yeah, you. 571 00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:11,560 Speaker 3: Get him a ball, he's gonna he's gonna make it happen. 572 00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:16,120 Speaker 6: And Chris he's silk man, silky smooth, smooth the other 573 00:25:16,119 --> 00:25:16,800 Speaker 6: side of the pillow. 574 00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:19,359 Speaker 3: And he's just. 575 00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:21,240 Speaker 6: That type of swag that you just like you feel 576 00:25:21,320 --> 00:25:23,520 Speaker 6: comfort around because you know he's gonna make a play. 577 00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:27,160 Speaker 6: And then Jackson, Uh, he's just a dog like, he's 578 00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:30,280 Speaker 6: somebody who just loves football and he does. I've never 579 00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:32,080 Speaker 6: seen him get guard one on one like and get 580 00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:33,800 Speaker 6: locked up ever in my life. Like, I don't think 581 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:36,480 Speaker 6: I've ever seen him not make a play up in 582 00:25:36,480 --> 00:25:39,760 Speaker 6: a game. And excited to see what he does in Seattle. So, man, 583 00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:41,560 Speaker 6: I missed him boys, And it was a blessing to 584 00:25:41,600 --> 00:25:44,120 Speaker 6: be in such a talented room. At the time, Man, 585 00:25:44,119 --> 00:25:46,720 Speaker 6: we were just young kids figuring it out and and 586 00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:48,359 Speaker 6: now we're all in the league now, so it's it's 587 00:25:48,359 --> 00:25:51,359 Speaker 6: pretty cool. And Marvin's Marvel's next. So excited to see 588 00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:53,280 Speaker 6: the future for everybody. 589 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:54,920 Speaker 4: I don't know how many questions you have left to 590 00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:55,920 Speaker 4: have two questions. 591 00:25:56,280 --> 00:26:02,880 Speaker 5: Yeah, I'm solid man. Yeah, Marvin Harrison Jr. Let's say 592 00:26:02,920 --> 00:26:06,440 Speaker 5: you guys don't make the playoffs. Would you want if 593 00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:10,560 Speaker 5: if Marvin Harrison Jr. Is available when your team picks 594 00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:12,840 Speaker 5: next year, is that the number one guy you'd like 595 00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:14,760 Speaker 5: on your team out of everybody in the draft? 596 00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:18,840 Speaker 6: I'm playing GM Uh Yeah, man, of course I got 597 00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:21,760 Speaker 6: to say my guy Marv, and I wouldn't just even 598 00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:24,520 Speaker 6: if he was in my teammate. You turn on the film, 599 00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:27,640 Speaker 6: you hear the word of mouth of everybody on how 600 00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:31,239 Speaker 6: hard he works, what type of guy is, And I 601 00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:34,200 Speaker 6: know for him, like everybody always talks about his family 602 00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:36,600 Speaker 6: and like his pops, and he gets it from that. 603 00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:39,400 Speaker 6: If I'll be honest, I would say his dad set 604 00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:43,520 Speaker 6: the foundation and he let him go. And Marvin loves 605 00:26:43,520 --> 00:26:46,119 Speaker 6: this game for himself and for me, that kind of 606 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:49,160 Speaker 6: that kind of opens the eyes, like, man, this dude's 607 00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:52,000 Speaker 6: gonna be great because you hear like stories from guys 608 00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:54,760 Speaker 6: from great players. Kids, they want to be great because 609 00:26:54,760 --> 00:26:56,040 Speaker 6: they want to be better than their dad or whatever 610 00:26:56,080 --> 00:26:57,600 Speaker 6: the kiss may be. Marv wants to be great because 611 00:26:57,600 --> 00:26:59,760 Speaker 6: he wants to be great. So man, if I had 612 00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:01,760 Speaker 6: to pick, I definitely pick Marvin for sure. He's a 613 00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:04,199 Speaker 6: top three pick. In my opinion, he should be the 614 00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:07,359 Speaker 6: first God drafted. But that's not for me to decide. 615 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:08,960 Speaker 4: Yeah, I love that. 616 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:13,680 Speaker 5: My last question is going to be about an AFC 617 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:14,840 Speaker 5: seuth divisional opponent. 618 00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:16,280 Speaker 4: It's gonna be about the Tennessee Titans. 619 00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:19,959 Speaker 5: This week they're wearing the throwback oiler uniforms. Where is 620 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:24,920 Speaker 5: your stance on who should be able to wear the Oilers' uniforms? 621 00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:28,040 Speaker 6: I would say it would have to be us. I mean, 622 00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:34,280 Speaker 6: I mean, we're we're Houston, so I don't really know 623 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:36,760 Speaker 6: too much about the rivalry or too much about like 624 00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:37,680 Speaker 6: the color situation. 625 00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:41,080 Speaker 3: I know that we were they were here and. 626 00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:44,040 Speaker 6: Then moved to Tennessee and then Mischig ganaer Pick picked 627 00:27:44,119 --> 00:27:47,840 Speaker 6: up the team, So I would say, just like whoever 628 00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:50,440 Speaker 6: started in that home city. And I think those colors 629 00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:52,080 Speaker 6: are dope, Like baby lou is my favorite color. So 630 00:27:53,119 --> 00:27:55,440 Speaker 6: if you're listening to mister, let's go back to baby blue. 631 00:27:56,359 --> 00:27:57,960 Speaker 3: But nah, man, I. 632 00:27:57,960 --> 00:28:00,840 Speaker 6: Would say to us, but uh man thon today, man, 633 00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:02,200 Speaker 6: their colors like, let's play ball. 634 00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:03,640 Speaker 4: I love that and Letten. 635 00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:05,439 Speaker 5: I have a one hundred percent disagree with you, but 636 00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:07,040 Speaker 5: we can get into that at a different. 637 00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:09,200 Speaker 1: Time because we'd have them on the bus and the. 638 00:28:09,359 --> 00:28:11,080 Speaker 5: We'll have him the bus in the offseason. Dude, we 639 00:28:11,119 --> 00:28:13,280 Speaker 5: are I'm fired up for you. I really am. I 640 00:28:13,359 --> 00:28:14,760 Speaker 5: know I went to Michigan and all that, and I 641 00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:17,440 Speaker 5: have these dumb jokes about Ohio State quarterbacks being a bus. 642 00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:21,040 Speaker 5: You are really playing at a level that all of Houston, Texas, 643 00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:24,640 Speaker 5: all Houston Texans can be happy about and be proud 644 00:28:24,680 --> 00:28:26,679 Speaker 5: about know that their franchise is on the right on 645 00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:27,200 Speaker 5: the right path. 646 00:28:27,280 --> 00:28:27,919 Speaker 4: Man, happy for you. 647 00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:30,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, I appreciate that a lot. Man, Thank you, CJ. 648 00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:32,480 Speaker 2: Thanks for coming on man like legit. I'm a fan. 649 00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:34,480 Speaker 2: I'm a fan of yours. I'm gonna be room for 650 00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:36,600 Speaker 2: you the rest of the year. And I think the 651 00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:38,680 Speaker 2: story that you gave when you were a freshman in 652 00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:41,400 Speaker 2: college and you had a three hour conversation with your 653 00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:44,320 Speaker 2: running backs coach and where your mental was, I think 654 00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:49,360 Speaker 2: can relate to any good freshman player that is struggling 655 00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:53,600 Speaker 2: with wrapping their mind around, patience and waiting on their moment. 656 00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:56,479 Speaker 2: And I think that is incredible And I am I'm 657 00:28:56,520 --> 00:28:57,560 Speaker 2: a fan of yours, so I'm excited. 658 00:28:57,600 --> 00:28:58,959 Speaker 3: Thank you. Appreciate that. 659 00:28:58,960 --> 00:29:00,320 Speaker 6: Man A fan of y'all is man in the fami 660 00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:01,760 Speaker 6: of you off for a long time, so I appreciate 661 00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:02,200 Speaker 6: you all lot. 662 00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:04,760 Speaker 1: You'll be on here in the offseason, bro, I can't wait. 663 00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:08,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, I can't wait. All right, I'll be blessed.