1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:03,360 Speaker 1: Hey, Dyvann Nick Nick Wagner from ESPN here, can you 2 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:05,440 Speaker 1: just kind of take us through what your process was 3 00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:08,039 Speaker 1: like going into Monday morning and you know when you 4 00:00:08,119 --> 00:00:10,719 Speaker 1: kind of first heard from people at the Niners organization 5 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:14,200 Speaker 1: and kind of recruitment tactics anything like that, it was 6 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:16,799 Speaker 1: pretty easy. I mean Monday, I would do with my 7 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:20,880 Speaker 1: normal routine, went to workout, get my mind off of it. 8 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:23,759 Speaker 1: But when I got that phone call for the Point 9 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:26,400 Speaker 1: in nine US and just you know, hearing them talk 10 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:29,240 Speaker 1: about how much they wanted me, it really was a 11 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:40,320 Speaker 1: quick decision. Javon, Welcome to the Four Nighters. What is 12 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:42,480 Speaker 1: it about the Four Nighters that made it so attractive 13 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:45,479 Speaker 1: a landing spot for you? I mean I knew, uh, 14 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:48,199 Speaker 1: they've been playing in um, they've been in a lot 15 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:51,560 Speaker 1: of big games. For me, I just love playing in 16 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 1: primetime games or big games. That's something that it's just 17 00:00:55,840 --> 00:00:57,840 Speaker 1: it's just a great feeling when being in the NFL 18 00:00:57,880 --> 00:00:59,680 Speaker 1: to be able to play in some of them beat moments, 19 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:03,320 Speaker 1: when you have, you know, going to freatus and you've 20 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:06,120 Speaker 1: got a great team that uh that won't you. I 21 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:09,520 Speaker 1: feel like it's it's not really a hard decision to mate, 22 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:13,160 Speaker 1: because I mean that's how you lacking football is winning 23 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:22,959 Speaker 1: and getting paid. Hey, welcome and it is jay Von. 24 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:27,959 Speaker 1: Is that right? Yes? Yes, okay, get that right. Um, 25 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:33,319 Speaker 1: you are coming from a historically kind of dominant defensive 26 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 1: line and pass rush. How do you see the Niners 27 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:39,800 Speaker 1: kind of I don't know comparing to what you just 28 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:43,040 Speaker 1: came from. But um, I don't know. Does it feel like, 29 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:46,200 Speaker 1: you know, with the addition of you along with what's 30 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 1: already there, Um, it could be similar to what you 31 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:53,559 Speaker 1: had in Philadelphia last year? Yeah, I just do. Leaving Philly, 32 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:56,880 Speaker 1: I was fortunate enough to play with a bunch of 33 00:01:56,920 --> 00:02:00,920 Speaker 1: dogs and just you know, seeing the forty nine ers 34 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:02,960 Speaker 1: last year when we played them in the championship game. 35 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:05,960 Speaker 1: We've seen how many dollars they had over there. So 36 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:08,840 Speaker 1: it really was shocking to me that they called me 37 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:12,000 Speaker 1: and asked me to come over here, because you know, 38 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:15,560 Speaker 1: a team like that don't really pay somebody like me 39 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:17,880 Speaker 1: to come over here. So I was just you know, 40 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:20,360 Speaker 1: I was just happy to be a part, you know, 41 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:23,200 Speaker 1: be a part of all these dolls over here. I say, 42 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:26,080 Speaker 1: they got a lot of talent too, and it's you know, 43 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:31,440 Speaker 1: just easier transition when you say, called somebody like you 44 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 1: just because it looked like they had maybe they had 45 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:38,600 Speaker 1: enough people already on their defensive one. Yeah, you know, 46 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 1: they had a lot of talent um and you know, 47 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 1: being you know, coming out and wanting to be paid. 48 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:48,520 Speaker 1: You just don't see a lot of winning teams like 49 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:56,880 Speaker 1: this organization come out come out to me like that. Hey, 50 00:02:56,960 --> 00:02:59,760 Speaker 1: Javon Um, I'm just wondering how you think the forty 51 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:07,280 Speaker 1: nine ers compare um stylistically, philosophically with Philadelphia in terms 52 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 1: of the past rush. I mean, is the learning curve 53 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:13,520 Speaker 1: gonna be big? What are the differences between how they 54 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 1: how they played the defensive line there and here? Yeah, 55 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:20,079 Speaker 1: I haven't really learned too much about their scheme, but 56 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,440 Speaker 1: just from here, from you know, all the players, and 57 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:26,840 Speaker 1: they do a lot of similar things that we did. Um, 58 00:03:26,919 --> 00:03:29,600 Speaker 1: I think they big things just being disruptive in the 59 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:32,880 Speaker 1: run game in the past game. I think they know 60 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:37,120 Speaker 1: the trenches. The trenches is where you started. So I just, um, 61 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:39,280 Speaker 1: you know, try to put my head down, now get 62 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 1: the working, try to learn the new scheme. All right, 63 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:48,280 Speaker 1: Javon Uh, you talk about being able to play with 64 00:03:48,320 --> 00:03:51,760 Speaker 1: that talent in Philadelphia, how excited. Are you to play 65 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:54,360 Speaker 1: next to Nick Bosa? And have you talked to Chris 66 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:57,080 Speaker 1: Kaserak and you defensive line coach yet? Oh? Yeah, I 67 00:03:57,160 --> 00:03:58,600 Speaker 1: talk to him. I talked to him to day, I 68 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:02,840 Speaker 1: met him today. But the defensive player of the year, 69 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:07,520 Speaker 1: so make it it free up everybody else in the 70 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:10,160 Speaker 1: will free me up a lot. Um. So of course 71 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:13,680 Speaker 1: it's just you know, um ready to be around the 72 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:16,080 Speaker 1: guys and just learn how they play the game and 73 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:18,880 Speaker 1: just try to pick Dave brains a little bit. They 74 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:24,720 Speaker 1: can help me be a better player too, Jay Van, 75 00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:27,000 Speaker 1: if you had an opportunity to talk with Nick Bostar 76 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:29,400 Speaker 1: or Eric Armstead or anybody else on the line, Yeah, 77 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:34,040 Speaker 1: they introduced themselves and welcome me in. Um. I think 78 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:37,160 Speaker 1: the first day I signed UM, they both hit me 79 00:04:37,279 --> 00:04:40,360 Speaker 1: up and kind of congratulated me and told me they 80 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:49,400 Speaker 1: couldn't wait to be a part of this. I know 81 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:51,720 Speaker 1: you're kind of like an old man now in the NFL, 82 00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 1: but um, you're new to us. Can you just talk 83 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 1: a little bit about your background and ye know how 84 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:02,480 Speaker 1: you got the South Carolina state and you know, did 85 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:07,039 Speaker 1: you ever envision the career you've had? Basically, Um, you 86 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:10,960 Speaker 1: know coming out of high school. UM, South Carolina State 87 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:14,880 Speaker 1: was my only offer, UM, and wasn't no five star 88 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:17,080 Speaker 1: nothing like that. I was a zero star and just 89 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:19,280 Speaker 1: kind of from that day, I just kind of wore 90 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:22,159 Speaker 1: that chip on my shoulder just to put my head 91 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:25,599 Speaker 1: down at work. And my only goal was when I 92 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:27,839 Speaker 1: was at South Carolina State was just to get drafted 93 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:31,839 Speaker 1: in the NFL. UM. Of course I envisioned that I 94 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 1: could play to this level, but it still feels so 95 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:38,599 Speaker 1: surreal to be them just seeing how far my career 96 00:05:38,640 --> 00:05:43,520 Speaker 1: then came man really UM, just praying that I M 97 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:45,480 Speaker 1: well just ready to get to work to see how 98 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:49,039 Speaker 1: far I can take it to the next level. So, 99 00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:51,360 Speaker 1: like I said, I just ready to put my head 100 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:56,520 Speaker 1: down and see how much better I can be. You 101 00:05:56,600 --> 00:05:58,760 Speaker 1: mentioned that you were kind of surprised when you when 102 00:05:58,760 --> 00:06:00,560 Speaker 1: you heard from the forty nine ers. Did did somebody 103 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:02,760 Speaker 1: call you directly or was that was that through your agent? 104 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:04,680 Speaker 1: And if so, who called you and what what did 105 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:07,159 Speaker 1: they have to say? Now it was really through my agent. 106 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:11,240 Speaker 1: My agent just telling me that they really interested in me. 107 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:16,160 Speaker 1: But like I said, I couldn't believe it myself. I 108 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:19,800 Speaker 1: really couldn't. UM. Like I said, when you sometimes when 109 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:21,400 Speaker 1: you're trying to go get the money, you have to 110 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:24,040 Speaker 1: go to a team that's in a rebuild mode. But 111 00:06:25,279 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 1: you can got a chance to go to a team 112 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:29,880 Speaker 1: that was just in an NFC championship. It's fight, that's 113 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:31,960 Speaker 1: that's that's kind of an easy choice for me. So 114 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:35,160 Speaker 1: I was real happy about it. It really it really 115 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:37,440 Speaker 1: made me happy because I was really nervous about free agency, 116 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:39,520 Speaker 1: um on where I was gonna have to go. But 117 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:41,960 Speaker 1: I felt like this was a perfect situation for me. 118 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:47,760 Speaker 1: Your your speed and your your quickness, jump out your 119 00:06:47,839 --> 00:06:51,920 Speaker 1: your four point nine three back in uh twenty sixteen. 120 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:54,920 Speaker 1: What how do you account for that? I mean, what's 121 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:57,920 Speaker 1: your background? Did you? Did you run track um as 122 00:06:57,960 --> 00:07:00,840 Speaker 1: a kid or play basketball or play running back or 123 00:07:00,839 --> 00:07:03,599 Speaker 1: anything like that growing up? Yeah, I was. I was 124 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:07,600 Speaker 1: the man in basketball. That was my first love. And 125 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:11,000 Speaker 1: I also play running back in my younger ages, and 126 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 1: I always was trying to race all the small kids, 127 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:16,360 Speaker 1: all the little people, and most of the time I 128 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:18,600 Speaker 1: could beat them. So I think I just always felt 129 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:22,440 Speaker 1: like I was one of the small guys when I 130 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:24,760 Speaker 1: was out there on the field. But I don't know, 131 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:26,640 Speaker 1: I've just been blessed too at the same time, just 132 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:32,400 Speaker 1: to be able to do what I do and Javan 133 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:34,360 Speaker 1: there are a lot of guys who have been on 134 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:36,720 Speaker 1: other teams that come to the Niners and work with 135 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:40,240 Speaker 1: the defensive line and enjoy the fact that there's less 136 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:42,280 Speaker 1: thinking and just going to get the quarterback. Is that 137 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:45,200 Speaker 1: something that you've kind of seen from the fort Nunners 138 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:48,160 Speaker 1: and maybe something that you look forward to. Yeah, I 139 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:52,200 Speaker 1: heard about it, even my own my old D line coach. 140 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:55,200 Speaker 1: We watched the forty nine ers. Um we watched the 141 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:58,120 Speaker 1: point in Hinas D line a lot because that's the 142 00:07:58,120 --> 00:08:00,640 Speaker 1: way you want to play, just violent him up field, 143 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:03,160 Speaker 1: so you know, it's like the D line train, just 144 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:07,239 Speaker 1: to be able to just go relentless and disrupt, disrupt everything. 145 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:09,920 Speaker 1: So that was a big thing with me coming to 146 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:14,360 Speaker 1: just knowing that I can be part of that, just 147 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:18,920 Speaker 1: being more disruptive than I being. And I heard the 148 00:08:18,960 --> 00:08:20,880 Speaker 1: defensive line coach is a great coach, So it was 149 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:22,920 Speaker 1: just being able to take my game to another level. 150 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:30,360 Speaker 1: You mentioned being nervous about potentially where you might land 151 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:33,640 Speaker 1: in this process. Did you have teams that maybe came 152 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:36,319 Speaker 1: in over the top that even had potentially bigger offers 153 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:38,480 Speaker 1: but it was a matter of you know, wanting to 154 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:40,760 Speaker 1: be in a situation where you could win and secure 155 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:43,679 Speaker 1: that money. Yeah, it was a few teams, really it was. 156 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:46,280 Speaker 1: It was a few teams. But like I said, I 157 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:49,120 Speaker 1: feel like this was the best opportunity and the many 158 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:52,440 Speaker 1: teams that's going to the NFC Championship Game and you know, 159 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:56,080 Speaker 1: just praying that we can I can get a chance 160 00:08:56,160 --> 00:08:58,960 Speaker 1: to get back to that big dance. I feel like 161 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:00,760 Speaker 1: this was the best opportunit and need for me to 162 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:03,800 Speaker 1: have a chance to get back there. We'll go to 163 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:09,320 Speaker 1: last one brand. You are known for your ability, just 164 00:09:09,440 --> 00:09:12,680 Speaker 1: your strength and be able to bull rush people. Maybe 165 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:16,559 Speaker 1: kind of a stupid question, but has that always been there? Um? 166 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:21,760 Speaker 1: Is that something you've developed throughout throughout your career. I 167 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:24,240 Speaker 1: think I just Lord blessed me with these lads, So 168 00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:27,640 Speaker 1: I always was being able to anchor and get other 169 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:31,199 Speaker 1: people with my leverage. Um. So yeah, that's that's been 170 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:33,920 Speaker 1: something that's been in my game a lot. Um, But 171 00:09:34,679 --> 00:09:36,280 Speaker 1: I feel like I can do h. I got a 172 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:39,800 Speaker 1: little little bit of treats here and there too, But yeah, 173 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:41,760 Speaker 1: the bull rush is definitely one of my number one