Speaker 1: Hey, Dyvann Nick Nick Wagner from ESPN here, can you
Speaker 1: just kind of take us through what your process was
Speaker 1: like going into Monday morning and you know when you
Speaker 1: kind of first heard from people at the Niners organization
Speaker 1: and kind of recruitment tactics anything like that, it was
Speaker 1: pretty easy. I mean Monday, I would do with my
Speaker 1: normal routine, went to workout, get my mind off of it.
Speaker 1: But when I got that phone call for the Point
Speaker 1: in nine US and just you know, hearing them talk
Speaker 1: about how much they wanted me, it really was a
Speaker 1: quick decision. Javon, Welcome to the Four Nighters. What is
Speaker 1: it about the Four Nighters that made it so attractive
Speaker 1: a landing spot for you? I mean I knew, uh,
Speaker 1: they've been playing in um, they've been in a lot
Speaker 1: of big games. For me, I just love playing in
Speaker 1: primetime games or big games. That's something that it's just
Speaker 1: it's just a great feeling when being in the NFL
Speaker 1: to be able to play in some of them beat moments,
Speaker 1: when you have, you know, going to freatus and you've
Speaker 1: got a great team that uh that won't you. I
Speaker 1: feel like it's it's not really a hard decision to mate,
Speaker 1: because I mean that's how you lacking football is winning
Speaker 1: and getting paid. Hey, welcome and it is jay Von.
Speaker 1: Is that right? Yes? Yes, okay, get that right. Um,
Speaker 1: you are coming from a historically kind of dominant defensive
Speaker 1: line and pass rush. How do you see the Niners
Speaker 1: kind of I don't know comparing to what you just
Speaker 1: came from. But um, I don't know. Does it feel like,
Speaker 1: you know, with the addition of you along with what's
Speaker 1: already there, Um, it could be similar to what you
Speaker 1: had in Philadelphia last year? Yeah, I just do. Leaving Philly,
Speaker 1: I was fortunate enough to play with a bunch of
Speaker 1: dogs and just you know, seeing the forty nine ers
Speaker 1: last year when we played them in the championship game.
Speaker 1: We've seen how many dollars they had over there. So
Speaker 1: it really was shocking to me that they called me
Speaker 1: and asked me to come over here, because you know,
Speaker 1: a team like that don't really pay somebody like me
Speaker 1: to come over here. So I was just you know,
Speaker 1: I was just happy to be a part, you know,
Speaker 1: be a part of all these dolls over here. I say,
Speaker 1: they got a lot of talent too, and it's you know,
Speaker 1: just easier transition when you say, called somebody like you
Speaker 1: just because it looked like they had maybe they had
Speaker 1: enough people already on their defensive one. Yeah, you know,
Speaker 1: they had a lot of talent um and you know,
Speaker 1: being you know, coming out and wanting to be paid.
Speaker 1: You just don't see a lot of winning teams like
Speaker 1: this organization come out come out to me like that. Hey,
Speaker 1: Javon Um, I'm just wondering how you think the forty
Speaker 1: nine ers compare um stylistically, philosophically with Philadelphia in terms
Speaker 1: of the past rush. I mean, is the learning curve
Speaker 1: gonna be big? What are the differences between how they
Speaker 1: how they played the defensive line there and here? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I haven't really learned too much about their scheme, but
Speaker 1: just from here, from you know, all the players, and
Speaker 1: they do a lot of similar things that we did. Um,
Speaker 1: I think they big things just being disruptive in the
Speaker 1: run game in the past game. I think they know
Speaker 1: the trenches. The trenches is where you started. So I just, um,
Speaker 1: you know, try to put my head down, now get
Speaker 1: the working, try to learn the new scheme. All right,
Speaker 1: Javon Uh, you talk about being able to play with
Speaker 1: that talent in Philadelphia, how excited. Are you to play
Speaker 1: next to Nick Bosa? And have you talked to Chris
Speaker 1: Kaserak and you defensive line coach yet? Oh? Yeah, I
Speaker 1: talk to him. I talked to him to day, I
Speaker 1: met him today. But the defensive player of the year,
Speaker 1: so make it it free up everybody else in the
Speaker 1: will free me up a lot. Um. So of course
Speaker 1: it's just you know, um ready to be around the
Speaker 1: guys and just learn how they play the game and
Speaker 1: just try to pick Dave brains a little bit. They
Speaker 1: can help me be a better player too, Jay Van,
Speaker 1: if you had an opportunity to talk with Nick Bostar
Speaker 1: or Eric Armstead or anybody else on the line, Yeah,
Speaker 1: they introduced themselves and welcome me in. Um. I think
Speaker 1: the first day I signed UM, they both hit me
Speaker 1: up and kind of congratulated me and told me they
Speaker 1: couldn't wait to be a part of this. I know
Speaker 1: you're kind of like an old man now in the NFL,
Speaker 1: but um, you're new to us. Can you just talk
Speaker 1: a little bit about your background and ye know how
Speaker 1: you got the South Carolina state and you know, did
Speaker 1: you ever envision the career you've had? Basically, Um, you
Speaker 1: know coming out of high school. UM, South Carolina State
Speaker 1: was my only offer, UM, and wasn't no five star
Speaker 1: nothing like that. I was a zero star and just
Speaker 1: kind of from that day, I just kind of wore
Speaker 1: that chip on my shoulder just to put my head
Speaker 1: down at work. And my only goal was when I
Speaker 1: was at South Carolina State was just to get drafted
Speaker 1: in the NFL. UM. Of course I envisioned that I
Speaker 1: could play to this level, but it still feels so
Speaker 1: surreal to be them just seeing how far my career
Speaker 1: then came man really UM, just praying that I M
Speaker 1: well just ready to get to work to see how
Speaker 1: far I can take it to the next level. So,
Speaker 1: like I said, I just ready to put my head
Speaker 1: down and see how much better I can be. You
Speaker 1: mentioned that you were kind of surprised when you when
Speaker 1: you heard from the forty nine ers. Did did somebody
Speaker 1: call you directly or was that was that through your agent?
Speaker 1: And if so, who called you and what what did
Speaker 1: they have to say? Now it was really through my agent.
Speaker 1: My agent just telling me that they really interested in me.
Speaker 1: But like I said, I couldn't believe it myself. I
Speaker 1: really couldn't. UM. Like I said, when you sometimes when
Speaker 1: you're trying to go get the money, you have to
Speaker 1: go to a team that's in a rebuild mode. But
Speaker 1: you can got a chance to go to a team
Speaker 1: that was just in an NFC championship. It's fight, that's
Speaker 1: that's that's kind of an easy choice for me. So
Speaker 1: I was real happy about it. It really it really
Speaker 1: made me happy because I was really nervous about free agency,
Speaker 1: um on where I was gonna have to go. But
Speaker 1: I felt like this was a perfect situation for me.
Speaker 1: Your your speed and your your quickness, jump out your
Speaker 1: your four point nine three back in uh twenty sixteen.
Speaker 1: What how do you account for that? I mean, what's
Speaker 1: your background? Did you? Did you run track um as
Speaker 1: a kid or play basketball or play running back or
Speaker 1: anything like that growing up? Yeah, I was. I was
Speaker 1: the man in basketball. That was my first love. And
Speaker 1: I also play running back in my younger ages, and
Speaker 1: I always was trying to race all the small kids,
Speaker 1: all the little people, and most of the time I
Speaker 1: could beat them. So I think I just always felt
Speaker 1: like I was one of the small guys when I
Speaker 1: was out there on the field. But I don't know,
Speaker 1: I've just been blessed too at the same time, just
Speaker 1: to be able to do what I do and Javan
Speaker 1: there are a lot of guys who have been on
Speaker 1: other teams that come to the Niners and work with
Speaker 1: the defensive line and enjoy the fact that there's less
Speaker 1: thinking and just going to get the quarterback. Is that
Speaker 1: something that you've kind of seen from the fort Nunners
Speaker 1: and maybe something that you look forward to. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: heard about it, even my own my old D line coach.
Speaker 1: We watched the forty nine ers. Um we watched the
Speaker 1: point in Hinas D line a lot because that's the
Speaker 1: way you want to play, just violent him up field,
Speaker 1: so you know, it's like the D line train, just
Speaker 1: to be able to just go relentless and disrupt, disrupt everything.
Speaker 1: So that was a big thing with me coming to
Speaker 1: just knowing that I can be part of that, just
Speaker 1: being more disruptive than I being. And I heard the
Speaker 1: defensive line coach is a great coach, So it was
Speaker 1: just being able to take my game to another level.
Speaker 1: You mentioned being nervous about potentially where you might land
Speaker 1: in this process. Did you have teams that maybe came
Speaker 1: in over the top that even had potentially bigger offers
Speaker 1: but it was a matter of you know, wanting to
Speaker 1: be in a situation where you could win and secure
Speaker 1: that money. Yeah, it was a few teams, really it was.
Speaker 1: It was a few teams. But like I said, I
Speaker 1: feel like this was the best opportunity and the many
Speaker 1: teams that's going to the NFC Championship Game and you know,
Speaker 1: just praying that we can I can get a chance
Speaker 1: to get back to that big dance. I feel like
Speaker 1: this was the best opportunit and need for me to
Speaker 1: have a chance to get back there. We'll go to
Speaker 1: last one brand. You are known for your ability, just
Speaker 1: your strength and be able to bull rush people. Maybe
Speaker 1: kind of a stupid question, but has that always been there? Um?
Speaker 1: Is that something you've developed throughout throughout your career. I
Speaker 1: think I just Lord blessed me with these lads, So
Speaker 1: I always was being able to anchor and get other
Speaker 1: people with my leverage. Um. So yeah, that's that's been
Speaker 1: something that's been in my game a lot. Um, But
Speaker 1: I feel like I can do h. I got a
Speaker 1: little little bit of treats here and there too, But yeah,
Speaker 1: the bull rush is definitely one of my number one