1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,800 Speaker 1: All right, welcome into this week's ozone podcast. And I 2 00:00:03,840 --> 00:00:09,280 Speaker 1: always enjoy having Jaguars defensive end Trayvon Walker on this 3 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:11,520 Speaker 1: and Trayvon, first of all, I appreciate you joining us. 4 00:00:11,600 --> 00:00:12,399 Speaker 2: Thank you for having me. 5 00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:16,120 Speaker 1: So tell me about this team right now two and seven, 6 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:20,159 Speaker 1: not where you want to be. What's the mindset going in? 7 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:21,479 Speaker 1: How do you move forward right now? 8 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:25,040 Speaker 3: Just starting off this is a obviously I feel like 9 00:00:25,079 --> 00:00:27,120 Speaker 3: everybody sees it's a great team. We have all the 10 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:29,880 Speaker 3: talent in the world, but it's just like those little 11 00:00:29,880 --> 00:00:33,120 Speaker 3: small things to where we're not finishing or what we're 12 00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:36,960 Speaker 3: it's simple mistakes that we're messing up on the critical 13 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:39,199 Speaker 3: moments of the game. That we can't do that if 14 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:41,400 Speaker 3: we want to be a top team in the NFL. 15 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:44,520 Speaker 3: But I feel like as long as everybody just continuously 16 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:47,159 Speaker 3: have the mindset that we do have now still to 17 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:49,199 Speaker 3: this day, which is come in, work hard, take it 18 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:51,520 Speaker 3: day by day, and just try to go get one 19 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:53,239 Speaker 3: win at a time, I feel like. 20 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:56,200 Speaker 2: We'll we'll be pretty good. We just have to finish strong. 21 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:00,880 Speaker 1: Tell me about your play. It seems to me from 22 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:04,520 Speaker 1: the time watching as a rookie, you always talk about 23 00:01:04,600 --> 00:01:06,520 Speaker 1: just getting better every day. That's sort of your motto. 24 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:11,400 Speaker 1: But it really seems like just progressively week to week 25 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:14,080 Speaker 1: over the course of your career and even now just 26 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:15,959 Speaker 1: a little better every day. Do you feel that Do 27 00:01:15,959 --> 00:01:17,360 Speaker 1: you feel that progress. 28 00:01:17,319 --> 00:01:19,920 Speaker 3: Most definitely as me personally, I do feel that I 29 00:01:19,959 --> 00:01:22,920 Speaker 3: am progressing every day. That's like you said, that's something 30 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:24,800 Speaker 3: that I live by on a day to day basis, 31 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:26,759 Speaker 3: and I just want to continuously grow as a person 32 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:29,120 Speaker 3: on the field and off the field. And with that, 33 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:34,319 Speaker 3: then no one can really say that, Oh he's whatever 34 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:36,520 Speaker 3: they want to say. Yeah, just say I'm not progressing, 35 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:39,160 Speaker 3: But I just want to continuously try to bring whatever 36 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 3: I can bring you to the table to help my 37 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:41,080 Speaker 3: team win. 38 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 1: And then where's your confidence of it? Right now? It 39 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:47,040 Speaker 1: strikes me you've always been confident. We've talked a few 40 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:50,880 Speaker 1: times over the years, but it seems this year, and 41 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 1: I'm not sure how to quantify it, but just a 42 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:57,800 Speaker 1: little more confident around the building, easier talking to the media, 43 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 1: taking more of a leadership. Maybe am I reading that 44 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 1: rioter or something there? 45 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:05,280 Speaker 2: Oh, yeah, you can't say that. It's just for me. 46 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:08,160 Speaker 3: I'm the type person the longer that I'm around, like 47 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:11,200 Speaker 3: a certain individual as I meet. As a person, I'm 48 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 3: a person I'm very laid back at first once I 49 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 3: first meet you, but as I'm around you a lot more, 50 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:19,639 Speaker 3: I sat back and observed you felter your energy. I'm 51 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:21,880 Speaker 3: just the type person I don't like to invite any 52 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:24,240 Speaker 3: negative energy in my space. So that could go for 53 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 3: anybody in the building or media, or whatever the case 54 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 3: may be. But the more I'm around somebody, the more 55 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 3: I grow comfortable with that person. And that's how I 56 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:34,360 Speaker 3: feel like I am. I've been here a part of 57 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 3: the Jaguars for going on three years now, so obviously 58 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 3: I'll be a lot more comfortable in the building with 59 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:43,799 Speaker 3: the coaches and the players as well, and then also 60 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 3: just with the media. 61 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 2: I've learned as I've grown. 62 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:49,680 Speaker 3: When I was younger, I just tried my best not 63 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 3: to say anything that would give the team another team 64 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:53,520 Speaker 3: of advantage. 65 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:57,720 Speaker 2: And now I think that's just how I go about 66 00:02:58,160 --> 00:02:59,040 Speaker 2: media in general. 67 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:01,240 Speaker 3: And then I'm a I'm a very blunt person, so 68 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:03,639 Speaker 3: I get straight to the point and that's it. 69 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:05,400 Speaker 1: I got you. So the fact that you avoid me 70 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:07,360 Speaker 1: in the lockerom means you don't trust me. 71 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:09,720 Speaker 2: It's not that I don't trust you. 72 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:11,560 Speaker 3: It's just more so that I have to We have 73 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:15,840 Speaker 3: to build that trust. Just like respect, it's earned, and 74 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:18,799 Speaker 3: I feel it's the same way with that I got you. 75 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:21,680 Speaker 1: So tell me about the play. Everybody's talking about it, 76 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:27,000 Speaker 1: the fumble return. I guess, having watched you over the years, 77 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:32,440 Speaker 1: not surprising that you showed that sort of power athleticism. 78 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:37,600 Speaker 1: But I guess take me through it. Have you watched it, 79 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:39,720 Speaker 1: were you impressed or is that just another play to you? 80 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 3: I definitely watched it, and I was definitely impressed with myself. 81 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:46,880 Speaker 3: But that's one of those things that were in the 82 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:49,440 Speaker 3: moment of the game. It's just it's more sort of 83 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:53,360 Speaker 3: an instinct feel. Like I said on a previous interview, 84 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:55,160 Speaker 3: I seen the ball on the ground. It's kind of 85 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:58,200 Speaker 3: like the Super Bowl commercial from a couple of years back, 86 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:00,200 Speaker 3: where you see the ball and the commercial just holding 87 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:02,600 Speaker 3: around god diving at it. That's one of those ones 88 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:04,240 Speaker 3: you have to get on it as a defensive player, 89 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:06,520 Speaker 3: and then my instincts just kicked in trying to score 90 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 3: help my team win. But in the end, once it happened, 91 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:12,800 Speaker 3: I really I enjoyed it because I felt it once 92 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 3: I got on the sideline. I felt the energy that 93 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:17,760 Speaker 3: it brought to my team, But I mean it would 94 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:19,760 Speaker 3: have been a lot better food to one food on 95 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:21,400 Speaker 3: that game, then that would have probably been a player 96 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:23,520 Speaker 3: that'll be talked about a lot longer that and maybe 97 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:24,080 Speaker 3: talked about. 98 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:28,479 Speaker 1: It strikes me just watching you in that play several 99 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 1: others over the last few weeks, and maybe you've been 100 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:35,279 Speaker 1: doing this before and people just didn't notice, but you 101 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:39,039 Speaker 1: seem to be having fun playing football and sort of 102 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:46,480 Speaker 1: feeling like, you know, I guess fun or in the moment, 103 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:51,880 Speaker 1: maybe talking a little bit to opponents, just kind of 104 00:04:51,880 --> 00:04:55,680 Speaker 1: feeling like you belong and you're playing to your potential. 105 00:04:56,160 --> 00:04:58,000 Speaker 1: And I didn't say that very well, but there's something 106 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:03,400 Speaker 1: in the way you're playing, almost backyardist, where it's like, yeah, 107 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:04,320 Speaker 1: this is where I'm supposed to. 108 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:05,520 Speaker 2: Be almost definitely. 109 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:09,239 Speaker 3: It's just even though things aren't going going as playing 110 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:11,680 Speaker 3: as far as the team wise, as far as our 111 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:14,200 Speaker 3: record wins and losses, I just like, I love the 112 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:16,520 Speaker 3: game of football and that's something that I don't want 113 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:18,880 Speaker 3: to let the because I'm very hard on myself and 114 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 3: I'm very hard on I take losing very serious, so 115 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:26,160 Speaker 3: I don't want to set aside the incite, the excitement, 116 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:27,599 Speaker 3: and the enjoy that I get out of the game 117 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:29,800 Speaker 3: of football. So that's why I just always try to 118 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:32,279 Speaker 3: attack it every day, be that seven year old kid 119 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:36,120 Speaker 3: that I was when I first started playing football, and 120 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:38,599 Speaker 3: I just don't want the losses to start to take 121 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:40,800 Speaker 3: strip my love away from the game. I don't think 122 00:05:40,839 --> 00:05:43,599 Speaker 3: that'll ever happen, So I just have to come out, attack, 123 00:05:43,839 --> 00:05:46,080 Speaker 3: attack the field, and have fun with my with my 124 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:50,080 Speaker 3: fellow my teammates every week, every week we step on 125 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:51,719 Speaker 3: the field, every practice that we step on the field, 126 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:53,760 Speaker 3: I just try to make it enjoy for him. As 127 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:55,840 Speaker 3: I continuously do that, I feel like I can bring 128 00:05:55,880 --> 00:05:57,839 Speaker 3: a lot of other people along with me who may 129 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:01,239 Speaker 3: not be feeling the same way about the team or 130 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:03,880 Speaker 3: whatever the directions that we're headed in. But I just 131 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:06,240 Speaker 3: want to be that positive person on the field at 132 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:08,760 Speaker 3: all times, or in the locker room, whatever it may be. 133 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:10,000 Speaker 2: I just want to be positive. 134 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:13,599 Speaker 1: Is some of that confidence too, more confident as you 135 00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:16,320 Speaker 1: go on to sort of be yourself on the field. 136 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:20,960 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, that does. It does help boost up my 137 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:23,880 Speaker 3: confidence as well. But I feel, like I said, I've 138 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:26,720 Speaker 3: always been confident. It's just you know, once you start 139 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:31,039 Speaker 3: making those plays that everybody expects you to make, it 140 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:33,600 Speaker 3: kind of just becomes a little easier, you know what 141 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:36,600 Speaker 3: I'm saying. Other than that, just going out there having 142 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:37,520 Speaker 3: fun with my guys. 143 00:06:37,839 --> 00:06:40,719 Speaker 1: Now you're asked about this yesterday and you said no comments. 144 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:46,719 Speaker 1: I'll ask you again the way you ran. Are you 145 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:48,640 Speaker 1: going to Doug and saying I want to play fullback 146 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:51,760 Speaker 1: or could you play full back? I know they probably 147 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:52,080 Speaker 1: won't do that. 148 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:55,000 Speaker 3: I could play fullback, but me as the person that 149 00:06:55,080 --> 00:06:57,400 Speaker 3: I am, no, I'm not going up to Dug and 150 00:06:57,440 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 3: being like you put me at fullback? 151 00:06:59,279 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 2: Da da dada dah. 152 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:03,320 Speaker 3: But I mean, obviously, if he felt that way, and 153 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:06,240 Speaker 3: if the offensive coordinator, if they felt that way in 154 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:09,479 Speaker 3: order for us to win games, then I'll do whatever 155 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:11,280 Speaker 3: to help my team win game. That's like I say, 156 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:13,000 Speaker 3: I'm here for the love of the game. 157 00:07:13,280 --> 00:07:17,800 Speaker 1: Well, now we've talked before a bit how much offense 158 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:19,800 Speaker 1: is in your background. How much have you carried the ball? 159 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:22,800 Speaker 3: I like to say I carried the ball of pretty 160 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:25,520 Speaker 3: good bit from my middle school to high school days. 161 00:07:25,520 --> 00:07:27,720 Speaker 3: And then you know, obviously college just starts to transition 162 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:29,960 Speaker 3: more into a business. So I was more so just defense. 163 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:32,840 Speaker 3: But high school I played a lot of wildcat, quarterback, 164 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:36,600 Speaker 3: tight end, receiver, play some of everything. 165 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:39,160 Speaker 1: I think we've talked about it before, but I'm sure 166 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:42,080 Speaker 1: there were moments where when you were playing wildcat in 167 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:43,679 Speaker 1: high school it was almost unfair. 168 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:46,800 Speaker 3: Uh yeah, you could say that, But at that point 169 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:50,400 Speaker 3: the defense, I already kind of expect what's going to happen. 170 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:52,760 Speaker 3: But I feel like my high school coach did a 171 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:54,640 Speaker 3: great job of kind of mixing in the little red 172 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:57,240 Speaker 3: zone here and there. For me, the way the ball 173 00:07:57,320 --> 00:07:59,280 Speaker 3: is not always in my hand, it's just it's more 174 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:01,920 Speaker 3: of a direction out to me. But I mean, I 175 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:04,080 Speaker 3: feel like that's high school for it in Georgia. So 176 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:07,320 Speaker 3: whatever you like, that's true, that's true. That's part of 177 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:09,880 Speaker 3: my mindset as well. So I just did whatever my 178 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:11,840 Speaker 3: team needed for me to do the win. Back then 179 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:13,080 Speaker 3: and still to this day. 180 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:15,440 Speaker 1: When you picked up the ball and bounced off the 181 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:18,320 Speaker 1: first guy who hit you, did that come back, meaning 182 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:19,560 Speaker 1: just the moves. 183 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:21,120 Speaker 3: And as soon as I picked up the ball out 184 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:24,040 Speaker 3: that instinctly, it just came back just like that. 185 00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:26,520 Speaker 1: It was like you swing me, had a swim move 186 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:27,520 Speaker 1: at the end I do. 187 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:28,520 Speaker 2: That was just a little. 188 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:30,920 Speaker 3: I seen how it was pursuing Jarry, and he gave 189 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:33,280 Speaker 3: him a nice little shove to get him off of 190 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:35,600 Speaker 3: his ain'to a little bit, So I just took cut 191 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:37,679 Speaker 3: back inside with swim over the top of him. He 192 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:39,800 Speaker 3: didn't want to tackle me for real anyway, So I 193 00:08:40,480 --> 00:08:41,400 Speaker 3: had to finish that play. 194 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:44,000 Speaker 1: At what point did you know you were scoring? 195 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:46,800 Speaker 3: That was probably at the point once I seen Jared's 196 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:48,680 Speaker 3: get the nudge on him, and then I was like, oh, yeah, 197 00:08:48,880 --> 00:08:52,319 Speaker 3: I got this, because I mean I had the idea 198 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:53,920 Speaker 3: that he was probably going to try to cut me 199 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:56,240 Speaker 3: at first, but once he got that nudge on me, 200 00:08:56,240 --> 00:08:57,360 Speaker 3: he had a little too much moment. 201 00:08:57,360 --> 00:08:59,400 Speaker 2: I'm going forward and I just cut back inside. 202 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:00,800 Speaker 1: He wouldn't to try to bring it. 203 00:09:00,920 --> 00:09:02,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, Nah, he wasn't gonna try to hit me up top. 204 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:04,320 Speaker 3: Sure here's a strong guy, don't get me wrong, but 205 00:09:04,320 --> 00:09:05,600 Speaker 3: he wasn't to go try to hit me up top. 206 00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:08,760 Speaker 1: So a topic with you ever since your rookie has 207 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:12,360 Speaker 1: been pass rush and it seems again going back to 208 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:15,160 Speaker 1: what we talked about earlier, week to week, month to month, 209 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:18,160 Speaker 1: whatever it is, it seems like you just get better 210 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:21,440 Speaker 1: and better and better. There are you improving. Are your 211 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:26,120 Speaker 1: moves improving, is your technique improving? Just tell me about 212 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:26,719 Speaker 1: that a little bit. 213 00:09:26,760 --> 00:09:30,200 Speaker 3: What you've worked on personally, I like to think that. 214 00:09:31,480 --> 00:09:33,280 Speaker 3: I mean, I've still been doing a lot of the 215 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:35,640 Speaker 3: same moves that I did. Coming in as a rookie 216 00:09:35,760 --> 00:09:38,920 Speaker 3: is just more of a set up feel of when 217 00:09:38,960 --> 00:09:41,880 Speaker 3: I'm going to work this power rush or when am 218 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:44,520 Speaker 3: I going to work this edge rush, because like I said, I. 219 00:09:44,559 --> 00:09:45,520 Speaker 1: Still past rush plan. 220 00:09:45,640 --> 00:09:48,120 Speaker 3: People talk about it, yeah, coming in with a plant 221 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:50,800 Speaker 3: more so coming in with a plan. That's from my 222 00:09:50,920 --> 00:09:53,520 Speaker 3: rookie year to now. As a rookie coming in, I 223 00:09:53,559 --> 00:09:57,160 Speaker 3: really didn't understand how to set up my rushes. But 224 00:09:57,400 --> 00:10:00,319 Speaker 3: as the years went along, obviously I've gotten a lot 225 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:03,480 Speaker 3: more comfortable with doing different things, attacking all three edges 226 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:06,120 Speaker 3: instead of just going speed to power to help set 227 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:08,559 Speaker 3: me up. So I feel like with me working all 228 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:11,120 Speaker 3: three edges, that's that's part of my game plan. So 229 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:13,400 Speaker 3: as we're coming into a game that just keeps the 230 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:17,079 Speaker 3: offensive tackle on his heels on not always expecting my power. 231 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:19,760 Speaker 3: Even though I am stronger than a lot of guys. 232 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:21,599 Speaker 3: I mean, we're all grown in, but I feel like 233 00:10:21,640 --> 00:10:23,800 Speaker 3: I'm stronger than a lot of guys. And my mentality 234 00:10:23,880 --> 00:10:27,400 Speaker 3: with what I run, my power rush with that helps 235 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:30,200 Speaker 3: set up every other move that I got my rush 236 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:32,480 Speaker 3: And that's just part of my athleticism as well. 237 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:35,360 Speaker 1: And that's just also part of a growing from a 238 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:38,360 Speaker 1: rookie to a vet understand what it takes in the 239 00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:42,080 Speaker 1: NFL when the margins are that slim in terms of talent. 240 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:44,280 Speaker 2: Right, that's just the details of being a professional. 241 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:51,360 Speaker 1: What in your third year do you still feel like 242 00:10:52,760 --> 00:10:54,040 Speaker 1: there's a lot more to go for you? 243 00:10:56,240 --> 00:10:59,360 Speaker 3: I mean, if anybody who really knows me from a 244 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:02,080 Speaker 3: football respect them and how I attack the game of football, 245 00:11:02,360 --> 00:11:04,840 Speaker 3: they know I really still I'm still just now scratching 246 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:08,560 Speaker 3: the surface as far as past rushing things of that nature. 247 00:11:08,640 --> 00:11:10,280 Speaker 3: But I feel like I can go out there and 248 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:14,040 Speaker 3: continuously get better every day and I can be a 249 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:15,960 Speaker 3: lot better than what I've been playing. 250 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:16,600 Speaker 2: As well. 251 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:22,160 Speaker 1: You mentioned earlier like what people say noise, that's always 252 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:25,400 Speaker 1: a thing around you. People have their thoughts how do 253 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:29,120 Speaker 1: you not pay attention to that? But again from talking 254 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:31,839 Speaker 1: to you over the years, a few times everybody says 255 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:34,960 Speaker 1: they don't listen to it. I sort of get the 256 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:38,000 Speaker 1: feeling that you have the capacity to not listen with 257 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:39,119 Speaker 1: the most guys. 258 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:41,439 Speaker 2: Me just how my mind says wired. 259 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:44,600 Speaker 3: I'm the type person I control what I control, and 260 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:48,120 Speaker 3: then obviously people are always going to have something to 261 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:51,800 Speaker 3: say about everyone in the world, no matter what's the situation. 262 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:55,200 Speaker 3: I just I just tend to go about it and 263 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:58,000 Speaker 3: do what I have to do amongst what I'm being 264 00:11:58,000 --> 00:11:59,960 Speaker 3: asked to do. You know what I'm saying, other people, 265 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:03,600 Speaker 3: they're going to have their opinions. Everybody's opinion is not 266 00:12:03,640 --> 00:12:05,720 Speaker 3: going to be the same. So that's why another reason 267 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:08,320 Speaker 3: I don't pay the critics any attention then, for one, 268 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:11,200 Speaker 3: like I told somebody as well, I mean, people are 269 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:13,800 Speaker 3: always going to critique, but if they was good enough 270 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:16,040 Speaker 3: to do it, then they would be in my position 271 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:20,400 Speaker 3: as well. So obviously they're not there. It's social media 272 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:22,600 Speaker 3: for a reason. Everything on social media is more so 273 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:25,000 Speaker 3: for clickbait or just for attention, and. 274 00:12:26,559 --> 00:12:28,600 Speaker 1: That's an intriguing thing. I've talked to a lot of players. 275 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:34,280 Speaker 1: Where does that come from? That sort of it's a 276 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:36,320 Speaker 1: maturity beyond your years, I would say. 277 00:12:36,520 --> 00:12:39,199 Speaker 3: I'll just say it mainly comes from how I was raised, 278 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:43,080 Speaker 3: my mom and dad, how they brought me up. I 279 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:45,880 Speaker 3: was always the biggest kid growing up as well. Too soon, 280 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:48,480 Speaker 3: and at the same time I was, I was still 281 00:12:48,520 --> 00:12:51,520 Speaker 3: dominating as when I was younger. It's just as I 282 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:54,360 Speaker 3: got older, they still had things to say, whether it 283 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:58,840 Speaker 3: was good, bad, or kind of mediocre. But somebody's always yeah, 284 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:01,120 Speaker 3: it's always going to always want to have something to say. 285 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:02,080 Speaker 2: Just block it out. 286 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:04,439 Speaker 3: They're gonna when I do good, they gonna have something 287 00:13:04,480 --> 00:13:06,120 Speaker 3: good to say by me, and then they go find 288 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:08,480 Speaker 3: the little smallest thing that I do wrong just to 289 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:10,440 Speaker 3: try to critique it. Because I've been doing good for 290 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:11,920 Speaker 3: so long. I mean, what can you explore? 291 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:15,160 Speaker 1: You as sure? I got you, so you have that perspective. 292 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:18,320 Speaker 3: Just I just stay levelhead and keep going and block 293 00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:20,679 Speaker 3: out out the noise and know that I'm in the 294 00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:22,560 Speaker 3: position that I'm in because of God put me in 295 00:13:22,559 --> 00:13:24,320 Speaker 3: that position, and if He didn't want me in that position, 296 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:25,559 Speaker 3: I wouldn't be there in the first place. 297 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:29,040 Speaker 1: The solut to service, what does that mean to you? 298 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:31,200 Speaker 1: To be involved with that this way and it's very 299 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:31,800 Speaker 1: important to. 300 00:13:31,760 --> 00:13:32,960 Speaker 2: You salute the service. 301 00:13:32,960 --> 00:13:34,920 Speaker 3: It means a lot to me just for the simple 302 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:39,320 Speaker 3: fact of I come from kind of the service background. 303 00:13:39,360 --> 00:13:41,640 Speaker 3: My dad he served as a marine. His father as 304 00:13:41,679 --> 00:13:44,040 Speaker 3: well was in the Service as well, and then obviously 305 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:47,000 Speaker 3: all the hard work that all of the branches that 306 00:13:47,040 --> 00:13:50,440 Speaker 3: they that they put into it, it kind of helps me. 307 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:52,960 Speaker 3: I look at it kind of like how we attack 308 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:56,240 Speaker 3: the game of football is how they attack whatever that they. 309 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:56,760 Speaker 2: Have going on. 310 00:13:56,840 --> 00:13:59,320 Speaker 3: And with me being a part of salute the Service 311 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:02,080 Speaker 3: for a little while on the NFL, I've started to 312 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:05,120 Speaker 3: learn a lot more from all these different branches, just 313 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:08,760 Speaker 3: to see their perspective on life. And at a lot 314 00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:12,360 Speaker 3: of times they don't choose to be put in certain situations, 315 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:15,319 Speaker 3: and that's kind of like us as football players. But 316 00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:17,160 Speaker 3: they still have to go out there and serve the country, 317 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:19,240 Speaker 3: and a lot of people really take that for granted, 318 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:22,240 Speaker 3: and that's something that I really don't take lightly. These 319 00:14:22,280 --> 00:14:24,920 Speaker 3: people are really out here fighting hard tooth and nail 320 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:28,240 Speaker 3: for the country of the United States, and I mean 321 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:29,600 Speaker 3: they should be committed for that. 322 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:31,280 Speaker 1: That moment's gonna matter to you a lot. 323 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:32,920 Speaker 2: On Sunday, yes, sir, almost definitely. 324 00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:36,600 Speaker 1: The last thing we do the ozone five. Five quick 325 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:40,840 Speaker 1: questions Trevon Walker, what was your last binge watch? If 326 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:41,120 Speaker 1: you have. 327 00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:42,640 Speaker 2: Last bench watch. 328 00:14:42,960 --> 00:14:45,440 Speaker 3: I'm really not a TV show God, But I want 329 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:47,960 Speaker 3: to say, the last full TV show that I watched 330 00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:49,440 Speaker 3: was BMF. 331 00:14:49,840 --> 00:14:53,040 Speaker 1: Okay, the last song you heard this morning on the way. 332 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:56,040 Speaker 2: In the last song be Different solo. 333 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:03,840 Speaker 1: You I know about your most recent touchdown? What was 334 00:15:03,880 --> 00:15:05,920 Speaker 1: your first touchdown that you can recall? 335 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:09,120 Speaker 2: My first on the defense side of the ball. 336 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:11,800 Speaker 1: Even if it's back when you were playing offense when 337 00:15:11,800 --> 00:15:13,880 Speaker 1: you were a kid. I mean, if you remember. 338 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:16,640 Speaker 3: Your first score, it's so many on offense from playing offense, 339 00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:18,920 Speaker 3: But I remember my first defense touchdown in high school. 340 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:21,480 Speaker 3: It was on a little screen. Caught it for like 341 00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:23,280 Speaker 3: twenty twenty five. 342 00:15:23,120 --> 00:15:29,760 Speaker 1: Yards, picked off the screen. Sir, okay, got you best 343 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:33,680 Speaker 1: Georgia player other than yourself? 344 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:38,000 Speaker 2: That's a hard one. Uh. 345 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:41,240 Speaker 3: I'm a defensive minded guy, so it's definitely gonna be 346 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:44,840 Speaker 3: somebody on the defensive side of the ball. I'm gonna 347 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:50,239 Speaker 3: go a cocann He's one of those ones that you consistently, consistently, 348 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:55,320 Speaker 3: consistently see every week near the ball, making plays, impactful 349 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:57,800 Speaker 3: plays up and that helps bring his team to win. 350 00:15:58,120 --> 00:16:00,360 Speaker 3: And the mindset that he brings to the game put 351 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:02,800 Speaker 3: me in in the mindset of Ray Lewis and Ray Lewis, 352 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:04,680 Speaker 3: He's one of my favorite defensive players. 353 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:07,960 Speaker 1: I got you, when's the last time you mowed the lawn? 354 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:12,720 Speaker 3: Last time out? Probably like two years ago when I 355 00:16:12,760 --> 00:16:13,520 Speaker 3: went home. 356 00:16:13,720 --> 00:16:16,960 Speaker 1: Just and always. 357 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:17,040 Speaker 2: It was a year. 358 00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:20,080 Speaker 3: It was probably the beginning of this year or in 359 00:16:20,160 --> 00:16:22,600 Speaker 3: the last year sometime. Whenever I went home, I just 360 00:16:22,680 --> 00:16:24,440 Speaker 3: helped my dad. He was out cutting grass, so I 361 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:25,520 Speaker 3: just went out to help him. 362 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:28,480 Speaker 1: And it's always, I mean, for the backstory of people 363 00:16:28,480 --> 00:16:30,360 Speaker 1: don't know, your dad always had you mowing the lawn, 364 00:16:30,880 --> 00:16:33,120 Speaker 1: and it was always a thing growing up. I used 365 00:16:33,160 --> 00:16:36,400 Speaker 1: to wear your helmetself or not wearing the helmet anymore, 366 00:16:36,520 --> 00:16:40,120 Speaker 1: but still the lawn still mold alawn to this day. Traymond, 367 00:16:40,280 --> 00:16:42,120 Speaker 1: I always enjoyed talking to you and this. I always 368 00:16:42,160 --> 00:16:44,960 Speaker 1: enjoy you giving the time to do this. People appreciate it. 369 00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:47,040 Speaker 1: Thank you for joining the ozone Podcasts, sir. 370 00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:48,640 Speaker 2: Thank you all for having me again as well.