1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,199 Speaker 1: Think how how big of a message does it send 2 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:08,400 Speaker 1: to the offense when you're coordinator gets fired. Um yeah, 3 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:12,760 Speaker 1: obviously with j G getting fired as office player, you 4 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:16,400 Speaker 1: know you feel like you take some responsibility. Um, obviously 5 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:19,240 Speaker 1: we we we know that he's the one I got fired, 6 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:21,840 Speaker 1: but still got seven games left, and we gotta take 7 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:25,800 Speaker 1: take responsibility about knowing that. You know, it wasn't just 8 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:28,080 Speaker 1: just only him as a whole. We didn't do enough 9 00:00:28,840 --> 00:00:31,600 Speaker 1: as an offense, and we guys continue to get better 10 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:35,639 Speaker 1: and continue to work on that. Think the offense will 11 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:37,560 Speaker 1: look a whole lot different with a different play color 12 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:40,280 Speaker 1: in there, like you anticipated looking different when you see 13 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:43,600 Speaker 1: you guys on Sunday. I mean when you week twelve 14 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:47,960 Speaker 1: or week thirteen in NFL, really really much more more 15 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:50,520 Speaker 1: you can you got Obviously you can have new wrinkles 16 00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:52,640 Speaker 1: here and there, but it's not really that much. The 17 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:56,440 Speaker 1: determinology is not going to change. Um, you know, I 18 00:00:56,600 --> 00:00:59,120 Speaker 1: I think coach Judge came I said, collectively as a group, 19 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:02,319 Speaker 1: they're gonna come andy decisions and and put together game 20 00:01:02,360 --> 00:01:04,800 Speaker 1: plan and Um that's the that's the thing where we 21 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:07,640 Speaker 1: gotta where we gotta get better at, you know, executing 22 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:09,679 Speaker 1: the game plan. And you know, you can say what 23 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:11,520 Speaker 1: you want about about coaches back then the day, Like 24 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:13,920 Speaker 1: I said after the game against the Bucks. As players, 25 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:16,360 Speaker 1: we've gotta take some some responsibility about it too, and 26 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:22,560 Speaker 1: then go off the event and make plays. Great one. 27 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:24,760 Speaker 1: What do you what do you see on on the 28 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:27,320 Speaker 1: other side with the Eagles defense? What do you expect 29 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:30,200 Speaker 1: this week? Um? You know, it's always always a tough 30 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:32,560 Speaker 1: game going against the Eagles. Uh, They're they're They're a 31 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:37,960 Speaker 1: great team. Heap of players over there, especially Fletcher UM. 32 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:40,800 Speaker 1: I always say Fleshers one of one of my favorite 33 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:42,399 Speaker 1: people to go against. He's he's one of the best 34 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 1: players uh in the league every single year year and 35 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 1: the year out. UM. So you know, you know they're 36 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:50,320 Speaker 1: playing at high level right now just as a whole 37 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:53,200 Speaker 1: um slaves making a lot of plays over there. He's 38 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:55,480 Speaker 1: a he's a heav of a playmaker. UM. So it 39 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 1: should be a really good game. So always a good 40 00:01:57,360 --> 00:01:58,960 Speaker 1: game when we when we get when do we get 41 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:01,000 Speaker 1: to go against each other? And I just gotta do 42 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:03,040 Speaker 1: what we do um and hopefully come out with a win. 43 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 1: You physically, how are you feeling physically? I don't yeah, 44 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:09,399 Speaker 1: I mean you know that the ankle is something that 45 00:02:09,760 --> 00:02:13,600 Speaker 1: is anytime you you you know your ankle. It's something 46 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 1: that's gonna now throughout the season. But that's something you 47 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 1: just gotta stay on. You gotta keep up um and 48 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:20,840 Speaker 1: it gets better week by week. So you gotta keep 49 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:22,600 Speaker 1: trusting it. Keep trusting my body could put in the 50 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:25,440 Speaker 1: hard work down putting in um. And let's keep up 51 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:28,240 Speaker 1: with how much did you do today? How much did 52 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:31,000 Speaker 1: you do today? I guess did the practice before come out? 53 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:33,560 Speaker 1: I guess find out when the proctic before come out? 54 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:36,680 Speaker 1: So why didn't you do anything? Mike? Didn't you do 55 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:38,960 Speaker 1: anything for the practice? Pork come out set and do anything? 56 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:42,320 Speaker 1: You tell me did you do anything? I guess we'll 57 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:44,919 Speaker 1: see what the practice for come out set. It makes 58 00:02:44,919 --> 00:02:48,600 Speaker 1: a distinct that you're not really feeling okay. Then if 59 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:50,960 Speaker 1: the practice report does come out and says did not 60 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:54,600 Speaker 1: practice or limited or I mean I saw your stretch, 61 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:57,239 Speaker 1: I mean it's part of practice. I mean if I 62 00:02:57,600 --> 00:03:01,120 Speaker 1: saw you go inside, how to wonder why I went inside? Okay, 63 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:04,520 Speaker 1: That's why I'm asking it would be honest. I had 64 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:08,520 Speaker 1: had a really good Thanksgiving. If you want to take 65 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:10,720 Speaker 1: it there, I could I had a really good Thanksgiving 66 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:13,800 Speaker 1: meal and I had to use the bathroom, so I 67 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:16,399 Speaker 1: went out there to go. But you're feeling like you're 68 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:18,840 Speaker 1: you're you know you're gonna play and your friend, Oh yeah, 69 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 1: that's the mindset, that's that's that's the question you want. 70 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 1: That's a mindset that I don't. I played last week 71 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:27,560 Speaker 1: and like I said, it's getting better each week. So 72 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:30,880 Speaker 1: but the reason why I went inside it's had nothing 73 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:35,400 Speaker 1: to do I think, because how did you feel like 74 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:39,280 Speaker 1: you played against the Buccaneers? Um? Absolutely not enough because 75 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:44,960 Speaker 1: we don't win. Um. Uh. I got to go in there, obviously, 76 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:48,839 Speaker 1: I will your mindset when you come back. You want 77 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:51,440 Speaker 1: to go and be right back where you were, go 78 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:54,440 Speaker 1: crazy and have amazing game. That's that's just anybody as 79 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:56,960 Speaker 1: a competitor, as an athlete, what you want to do. Um. 80 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:58,760 Speaker 1: But at the end of day, you gotta work back 81 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 1: into it. You gotta feel it. Get my feet back 82 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:05,320 Speaker 1: underneath me, um, get my eyes, get my vision back. Um. 83 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 1: You know, I felt I felt explosive still um even 84 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 1: not really get a chance to show it. Um, but 85 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:14,160 Speaker 1: like just within my cut to a little bit, felt 86 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:17,240 Speaker 1: felt pretty good. But just gonna keep trusting and keep 87 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:19,920 Speaker 1: trusting the keep getting better and keep working. Take one, 88 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:23,240 Speaker 1: the Eagles ran the ball fifty times last week. Would 89 00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:27,000 Speaker 1: you like to see you guys run the ball more? 90 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:29,640 Speaker 1: Or is it with the offensive line banged up so 91 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:34,800 Speaker 1: much you can see one that's that's playing and simple. Um. 92 00:04:34,839 --> 00:04:36,159 Speaker 1: I feel like a lot of people get caught up 93 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 1: with how you how you win. The only thing that 94 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 1: matters is winning, whether it's fifty you carried the ball 95 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:44,679 Speaker 1: fifty times, whether you throw the ball fifty times. UM. 96 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:47,840 Speaker 1: So for me, it doesn't really matter how we get 97 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:50,560 Speaker 1: a job done. I just want to get the job done. 98 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:53,480 Speaker 1: I don't even know if you're you're able to explain this, 99 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:56,560 Speaker 1: but what what does it feel like when there is 100 00:04:56,600 --> 00:04:59,599 Speaker 1: that disconnect between your feet and your brain and your 101 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:05,280 Speaker 1: eyes sucks, I'll tell you right now. Sets it feels weird, frustrating. Um, 102 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:09,480 Speaker 1: but that you know that that that comes with uh, 103 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:11,640 Speaker 1: some of the unfortunate things that happened to me the 104 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 1: last two years, and uh, it's part of it. It's 105 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:16,080 Speaker 1: part of it. It's part of the journey. It's part 106 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:18,919 Speaker 1: of the the story. And you know, as I continue to 107 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:21,520 Speaker 1: work through it to continue get better. When I when 108 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:23,599 Speaker 1: I'm back and I'm doing the things I know I 109 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:27,440 Speaker 1: can do and I continue to have a long, healthy, 110 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:30,360 Speaker 1: successful career. I'm looking back on these moments and these 111 00:05:30,440 --> 00:05:32,800 Speaker 1: dark times and these frustrating times and know that these 112 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:34,800 Speaker 1: are the moments that helped mold of me become the 113 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:36,560 Speaker 1: player that I am in the player I'm going to 114 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:38,640 Speaker 1: continue to be and it's going to be in the future. 115 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:45,280 Speaker 1: Have the coaches asked you guys as players about what 116 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:47,000 Speaker 1: you want to see in the offense this week, Like, 117 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:50,000 Speaker 1: have they solicited any feedback from you guys on how 118 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:54,000 Speaker 1: this can evolve? Um? Yeah, I mean just you know, 119 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:56,640 Speaker 1: they kind of tell us that as we're going through 120 00:05:56,640 --> 00:05:58,520 Speaker 1: the week, we gotta start figuring out and know what 121 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 1: we like to because we're gonna be the ones on 122 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:03,040 Speaker 1: the field. We're gonna be the ones or running place. 123 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:05,440 Speaker 1: So if you've got your five top runs, come to 124 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:07,440 Speaker 1: let me know your five top runs, d J. If 125 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:09,960 Speaker 1: you like these five plays that you know when you 126 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:11,520 Speaker 1: believe they are gonna work, let me know the place 127 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:14,479 Speaker 1: that you believe that's gonna work. And um, just be open, um, 128 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:16,440 Speaker 1: be honest, the place that we like, the places that 129 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:18,440 Speaker 1: we don't like. So when we're out there at the 130 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:19,560 Speaker 1: end of the day, were the ones that that we 131 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:21,320 Speaker 1: out there, run in the place and make the place happen, 132 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:26,840 Speaker 1: speaking with the team captains or a bunch of them 133 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:30,680 Speaker 1: before you know, the making it the final decision. I 134 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:35,039 Speaker 1: guess with Jason, UM, I'm assuming you were part of that. 135 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:38,600 Speaker 1: And so what was that like? And what do you 136 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:40,960 Speaker 1: as a team leader say to a coach when you're 137 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:43,640 Speaker 1: when you're in that kind of situation. Obviously it sucks 138 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:48,120 Speaker 1: because you know, you you develop a relationship with with 139 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:51,960 Speaker 1: with coach Garre and an awesome coordinator, and UM, you 140 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:56,600 Speaker 1: know take away aside from football, Uh, he's good dude. UM. 141 00:06:56,640 --> 00:06:59,800 Speaker 1: I learned a lot from him with football without football. Um, 142 00:06:59,839 --> 00:07:02,760 Speaker 1: just the way he carry himself as mannerrhythm. Um, there's 143 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:04,160 Speaker 1: a lot that I gonna take from. And so when 144 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:07,720 Speaker 1: you see anybody let go, whether's O C, whether it's 145 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:10,440 Speaker 1: on your teammates, whether your teammates get traded, whether your 146 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 1: teammate and release or he doesn't sound back. Um, it 147 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:15,480 Speaker 1: always sucks. But that's kind of just a part of 148 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:19,680 Speaker 1: the nature of the part of business. UM actually is 149 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:22,400 Speaker 1: about one of the one of the themes that Joe 150 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:24,600 Speaker 1: has talked about a lot this week, is its focusing 151 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:28,240 Speaker 1: onut players and not plays. I'm assuming you're you're you're 152 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:31,800 Speaker 1: in the players group. What does that excite you? Does 153 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:35,040 Speaker 1: that does that excite you and the other playmakers that 154 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:38,560 Speaker 1: we've been sort of chronicling all this year. Um, I 155 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:41,920 Speaker 1: mean yeah, I mean, I guess you can say it 156 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:45,360 Speaker 1: excites me, but I really don't don't read too too 157 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:50,040 Speaker 1: much into it. Meaning like, no matter what the play 158 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:51,920 Speaker 1: call is, whether it's the play it's it's time to 159 00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:53,880 Speaker 1: go to me or it's not or just time to 160 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:55,280 Speaker 1: go to KG, or it's just not to go to 161 00:07:55,360 --> 00:07:58,520 Speaker 1: Kati or DJ or whoever. Um, we've got me to 162 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:02,000 Speaker 1: play happen. Um, they don't always gotta be some some 163 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:04,640 Speaker 1: fancy player or some play that's the director designed to 164 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:06,960 Speaker 1: to to get me in space or to get all 165 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:09,760 Speaker 1: obviously where one on one. Sometimes it gotta be a 166 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:11,920 Speaker 1: dirty three yard run and you gotta make that three 167 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:14,800 Speaker 1: three there run and get down here and make it 168 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:16,200 Speaker 1: with what it is. Or if you get one on 169 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:18,880 Speaker 1: one with the safety and make that play. Um, it 170 00:08:18,960 --> 00:08:20,680 Speaker 1: don't matter. They could scheme it up as much as 171 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:23,160 Speaker 1: they want and make it draw it up beautiful. But 172 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:25,720 Speaker 1: if all of it us on the field is not 173 00:08:25,760 --> 00:08:27,880 Speaker 1: playing as a whole and playing as a collective group 174 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:36,800 Speaker 1: doesn't matter. You're not cold like you you mentioned, Uh, 175 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:39,240 Speaker 1: you don't need to get the ball in space. So 176 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:42,320 Speaker 1: but how much is that the goal here to get 177 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:45,520 Speaker 1: you guys the playmakers and to you sense that that's 178 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:47,600 Speaker 1: the change here, that they need to get you guys 179 00:08:47,679 --> 00:08:50,000 Speaker 1: to put your top playmakers the ball in space so 180 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:52,560 Speaker 1: you can do your thing. I know, the dirty yards 181 00:08:52,559 --> 00:08:55,959 Speaker 1: to say that that's great now, but you guys, that's 182 00:08:55,960 --> 00:09:00,000 Speaker 1: where you could Darius Hip and those guys, that's where 183 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:03,040 Speaker 1: make your difference. Is that? Um? I mean I think 184 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:06,400 Speaker 1: I think, uh, we make a difference whether it's in 185 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:08,440 Speaker 1: space not in space. But I see what I see 186 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:14,040 Speaker 1: what you're saying. Uh, yeah, obviously you wanna the play 187 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:16,400 Speaker 1: calls to be designed to to set you up and 188 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:20,680 Speaker 1: uh put you in the best position possible. But um, 189 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:24,319 Speaker 1: sometimes it's done felt. Those guys are good over there too. 190 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:28,160 Speaker 1: Um they're scheming or two. Um and like that you 191 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:32,320 Speaker 1: know before prior that we never had any play designed 192 00:09:32,440 --> 00:09:35,040 Speaker 1: for this person or that person. Um. Sometimes just the 193 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:38,360 Speaker 1: way the the way the game plays out, Uh, you 194 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:41,600 Speaker 1: get behind behind the sticks a certain situation on the 195 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:44,280 Speaker 1: football field, whether you know the reds own or or not. Um, 196 00:09:44,760 --> 00:09:47,520 Speaker 1: you've got packages that may not be able to come 197 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:49,120 Speaker 1: up just because how the way the games are going. 198 00:09:49,240 --> 00:09:51,920 Speaker 1: So for me, it's just and what you know, I'm 199 00:09:51,960 --> 00:09:53,600 Speaker 1: kind of telling the guys too. It's like I would 200 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:56,760 Speaker 1: tell you, like it sucks um that j G and 201 00:09:56,760 --> 00:09:58,800 Speaker 1: you know he got fired, he was let go, But 202 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:01,440 Speaker 1: UM like I that after the game. It's easy to 203 00:10:01,480 --> 00:10:03,560 Speaker 1: point the fingers, sometimes you gotta point the thumb. And 204 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:06,160 Speaker 1: we got to realize to that. We're just accountable with 205 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:09,400 Speaker 1: that too. Um. The reason why that decision was made 206 00:10:09,440 --> 00:10:11,400 Speaker 1: because we're not scoring points. The reason why that's such 207 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:13,400 Speaker 1: amazing couple. We're not making players. And at the end 208 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:15,440 Speaker 1: of the day, that's on us too. So we gotta 209 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:17,320 Speaker 1: go out there and make the players over the plays 210 00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:19,199 Speaker 1: called make it happen, to find a way to win 211 00:10:19,240 --> 00:10:19,520 Speaker 1: the game.