1 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:07,880 Speaker 1: What's up everybody, and welcome to the latest edition of 2 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:12,879 Speaker 1: the Falcons in Focus podcast. I'm Scott Bear. That's Tory mclaney, 3 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:17,360 Speaker 1: the man of the hour. Brand new Atlanta Falcon coming 4 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:20,640 Speaker 1: in trade from the New England Patriots, John new Smith. 5 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:23,720 Speaker 1: We are so pumped to have you in this brand 6 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:27,159 Speaker 1: spanking new studio. He's got the brand spanking new threads on. 7 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:29,840 Speaker 1: He's looking good. He's part of this car wash. We've 8 00:00:29,880 --> 00:00:32,479 Speaker 1: been talking about football, We've been doing hype shoots, we've 9 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:35,080 Speaker 1: been doing all kinds of stuff. Looked really cool, man, 10 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:38,080 Speaker 1: It's it. This podcast has nothing to do with that. 11 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:42,280 Speaker 1: We're gonna start off the fun way. I don't know 12 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:44,840 Speaker 1: if you know about what Arthur Smith has been doing 13 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:48,520 Speaker 1: here in Atlanta, beyond trying to build a consistent winner. 14 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:54,880 Speaker 1: He loves importing tight ends from Tennessee. Santhony Furser has 15 00:00:54,920 --> 00:01:01,000 Speaker 1: stopped by Michael Prowitt. Pruett has been here, Smith has 16 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:04,399 Speaker 1: been there. So in this hard hitting, journalistic Capital Jay 17 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:07,560 Speaker 1: Journalist podcast, my first question to you is what was 18 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:10,240 Speaker 1: Arthur Smith like before he was head coach, before he 19 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:13,440 Speaker 1: was offensive coinator, back when he was tight ends coach. 20 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:15,920 Speaker 1: Arthur Smith give us, give us some details from me 21 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:18,840 Speaker 1: back that Art was the big bro and he still lives, 22 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:21,640 Speaker 1: you know what I mean, Like that ain't never gonna change, man, 23 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:23,520 Speaker 1: Like that's just who he is, you know what I mean. 24 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:26,360 Speaker 1: Just one of the most genuine people you'll ever meet. 25 00:01:26,440 --> 00:01:27,760 Speaker 1: You know what I mean. He kept rule with me 26 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:31,040 Speaker 1: from day one, and the stuff that that man has 27 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 1: done for me since I'm talking about before I was 28 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:36,600 Speaker 1: even in the league officially, you know what I mean, 29 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 1: Like I just I just recognized, like you know, the 30 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:43,280 Speaker 1: passion that he had for me to succeed, you know 31 00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:45,520 Speaker 1: what I mean. And you know you don't take people 32 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:47,840 Speaker 1: like death for granted. Man, So I got a great 33 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:50,640 Speaker 1: love and respect for Art Man. That's my guy. He 34 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:53,560 Speaker 1: also has a really dry sense of yeah right where 35 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:58,640 Speaker 1: he's messing with you and You're like where he's talking 36 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 1: and I'm like, he could be joking or he could 37 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 1: be dead serious, and I don't know which one is. 38 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:05,640 Speaker 1: When you got to figure Art out, you gotta figure 39 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 1: him out. It takes some time to figure him out. 40 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:09,040 Speaker 1: And he'd be staring at you and he'll say some 41 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 1: off the wall stuff and you'd be like, as he's serious. 42 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 1: It's what you're playing. But that's just Art, you know 43 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 1: when I you know, I've got him figured out at 44 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 1: this point. Yeah, y'all, y'all been together long enough. Now 45 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:22,240 Speaker 1: do you have a like quintessential like Arthur Smith's story 46 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:25,519 Speaker 1: from the time that y'all were in Tennessee together, You 47 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:27,639 Speaker 1: like think back and you're like, that's who that guy. 48 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:32,040 Speaker 1: It may not be podcast appropriate, the podcast appropriate. I'm 49 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:34,120 Speaker 1: gonna keep that between me and Art, you know what 50 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:39,160 Speaker 1: I mean. Um, but uh, you know, I will say, man, 51 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:41,840 Speaker 1: it was just uh, you know, not to get into it, 52 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:44,520 Speaker 1: you know too much, but you know, Art Man was 53 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:46,519 Speaker 1: just you know, he was kind of giving me the 54 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:49,120 Speaker 1: answers before the test, you know what I mean, Um, 55 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 1: and just made my process a lot easier, you know 56 00:02:51,919 --> 00:02:53,240 Speaker 1: what I mean. I ain't gonna get into told of 57 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:56,000 Speaker 1: the details, man, but Art has just kind of been 58 00:02:56,080 --> 00:02:58,960 Speaker 1: that guy who, uh, you know, he's just kind of 59 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 1: been guiding me, you know what I mean, you know, 60 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:04,880 Speaker 1: through through this journey, you know, especially in Tennessee, and um, 61 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:07,679 Speaker 1: you know, it's also an honor for me to see 62 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:09,480 Speaker 1: him grow and to see where you start see him 63 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:11,920 Speaker 1: so that a tight end coach before that he was 64 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:14,480 Speaker 1: you know, a quality control on defense. You know this 65 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:17,600 Speaker 1: guy and this guy just you know, his his growing 66 00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:20,120 Speaker 1: rate is like a baby's you know what I'm saying. 67 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:21,799 Speaker 1: Like you look up and you're like, oh, you know 68 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:25,200 Speaker 1: what I mean. Like, so, man, this guy's on is 69 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:26,959 Speaker 1: on an awesome path. I'm thankful to be a part 70 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:29,280 Speaker 1: of the journey. And uh, I know, I know we 71 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:32,919 Speaker 1: me and him and and this entire Falcons organization will 72 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:35,720 Speaker 1: continue to do great things together. So when you get 73 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:37,680 Speaker 1: the call from your agent or whoever you got the 74 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:41,200 Speaker 1: call from, and and somebody says the Falcons wants you 75 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:44,520 Speaker 1: to come to it, like to come to Atlanta, chance 76 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:47,800 Speaker 1: to reunite with Arthur, what's the reaction to that. Man, 77 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 1: Let's make this happen right now. Let's go. Let's make 78 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 1: this happen right now. Like you know, Um, you know, 79 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:56,840 Speaker 1: the one thing about this league is you get into 80 00:03:56,880 --> 00:03:58,720 Speaker 1: these organizations, you get into this league, and it's a 81 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 1: much of great coaches. I'm not taking away from anybody, um, 82 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:04,120 Speaker 1: but to have a relationship that I have with Art 83 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:07,480 Speaker 1: as rare. Yeah, that's rare, man. And and and I've 84 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 1: been I've been under the greatest head coach of all 85 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 1: time are you Bill Belichick. Um, you know. It was 86 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:15,800 Speaker 1: under Mike Rabel. You know, Mike mclarkey. Great coaches, great people, 87 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:18,600 Speaker 1: great men, um, you know, but I didn't have that 88 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:21,480 Speaker 1: personal connection in chemistry with them like I had with Art, 89 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:22,960 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. So to have that in 90 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:25,240 Speaker 1: the head coach, you know, I'm like, let's make this 91 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:26,800 Speaker 1: thing happen, you know what I mean. I had a 92 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:30,120 Speaker 1: great time in New England, had a great time in Tennessee. Um, 93 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:32,400 Speaker 1: you know, but this feeling, man is different. You know, 94 00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:34,760 Speaker 1: Like just from walking into I hadn't even seen Art yet. 95 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:36,600 Speaker 1: I didn't see him yet, And when I walked through 96 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:39,360 Speaker 1: those doors, I was like I'm home. Yeah, I was 97 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:44,320 Speaker 1: like I'm home. Like you know, what is it about 98 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:46,920 Speaker 1: Arthur that kind of makes you feel like you're kind 99 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:50,080 Speaker 1: of coming home in that sense, Like like just to 100 00:04:50,440 --> 00:04:52,919 Speaker 1: go back to that, to that relationship, like Art just 101 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:57,240 Speaker 1: is just a genuine dude. Like Um, like his background 102 00:04:57,680 --> 00:04:59,400 Speaker 1: if you know about who he's from and who his 103 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:02,600 Speaker 1: family and you know everybody. I'm sure you guys don't 104 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:05,040 Speaker 1: know at this point, but I didn't even know until 105 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:08,120 Speaker 1: Um it was a while after I found out. A 106 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:10,200 Speaker 1: while after. Man, it was it was. It was crazy 107 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:11,960 Speaker 1: to me and I didn't know because the way this 108 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:14,960 Speaker 1: man came to work every day every day and put 109 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:18,440 Speaker 1: into work and um with selfless you know what I mean, 110 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:22,000 Speaker 1: cared about the players, Um, wasn't arrogant, was the most 111 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:24,280 Speaker 1: humble guy you would ever meet. I remember Art took me. 112 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:27,599 Speaker 1: I was I was in training camp, h my rookie 113 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:29,960 Speaker 1: season and Art picked me up in like this old 114 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:33,640 Speaker 1: Chevy truck and it was like, I was like, he 115 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:36,200 Speaker 1: was like, yeah, man, I need to get a new car. Man. 116 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:38,360 Speaker 1: I'm like, I'm like, you know, I'm like, I guess 117 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:41,520 Speaker 1: coach salaries is not like the players, you know what 118 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:43,120 Speaker 1: I mean. I'm like, it's not like the players. But 119 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:45,160 Speaker 1: I didn't even know who he was. But this is 120 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:48,520 Speaker 1: just who this man is. Man. And he was awesome 121 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:50,719 Speaker 1: man and just a humble dude and kept that approach 122 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:54,440 Speaker 1: um always, you know, so the hard nosed guy man, 123 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:58,000 Speaker 1: blue collar guy for sure. And look, we know what 124 00:05:58,040 --> 00:06:01,080 Speaker 1: you've done. I think that everybody's excited for what you're 125 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:03,039 Speaker 1: gonna do with the Falcons. We know what you did 126 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:06,039 Speaker 1: in the NFL, we know what you did at FIU. 127 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:08,960 Speaker 1: What I want to know is what kind of player 128 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:13,839 Speaker 1: were you with the Northwest the Northwestern Raiders? What you 129 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:18,240 Speaker 1: know about that research? We do our research here. I 130 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:21,080 Speaker 1: believe that was your first pop Worners Northwest Raiders. I'm 131 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:25,560 Speaker 1: in Northwest Northwest Raiders. Listen. That's crazy. That's crazy. I 132 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:28,039 Speaker 1: don't even know where you will find that at. Y'all 133 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:31,600 Speaker 1: do your homework. So that was your first pop Warner two, 134 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:35,400 Speaker 1: first time that you want to find that? Man, that's crazy. 135 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 1: That's good crazy, y'all dig deep like this is in Philly, right, 136 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:43,480 Speaker 1: this is in Phillyn. Wow? How old are I love 137 00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:46,200 Speaker 1: this reaction? Wow? Yeah, you blown me away right now? 138 00:06:47,320 --> 00:06:50,400 Speaker 1: Five or six? I would So that story behind that 139 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:53,119 Speaker 1: is my older brother who's kind of like a father 140 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:55,400 Speaker 1: figure to me. Man, I'm the youngest of six. My 141 00:06:55,440 --> 00:06:58,520 Speaker 1: older brother played. He started He's five years older than me. Um. 142 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:00,719 Speaker 1: He started off playing football and I was I was 143 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:03,279 Speaker 1: probably I was probably like four or five. And my 144 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:05,320 Speaker 1: mom would always tell the story to everybody, like he 145 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:07,200 Speaker 1: hated it so much. She signed him up, but he 146 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:08,640 Speaker 1: hated it. She didn't sign me up. I don't think 147 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:10,440 Speaker 1: I was old enough, but he hated it so much. 148 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:12,200 Speaker 1: Soon as he came home from practice, he took off 149 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:14,120 Speaker 1: his passes helmet, throw it away, like I'm done with this, 150 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:17,320 Speaker 1: and I would just put it on and wear it 151 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:19,200 Speaker 1: and just wear it, you know what I mean. And 152 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:21,320 Speaker 1: I just loved I don't really remember this, but my 153 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:23,680 Speaker 1: mom would talk. It's like four. My mom would tell 154 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:26,000 Speaker 1: me these stories like his Wayne to take it off 155 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:28,520 Speaker 1: and Johnnuit just throw it on and wear it, man, 156 00:07:28,640 --> 00:07:30,920 Speaker 1: And you know, I just I always went out. The 157 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:34,360 Speaker 1: first time I saw the game, like actually remember seeing 158 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:36,720 Speaker 1: the game. It was it was Madden. It was like 159 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:40,680 Speaker 1: probably Madden probably like probably like the first Madden ever 160 00:07:40,840 --> 00:07:42,360 Speaker 1: was created, you know what I mean. But it just 161 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:44,560 Speaker 1: fascinated me, you know what I mean, just fascinated me 162 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:46,040 Speaker 1: from the jump. So I fell in love with the game. 163 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:51,400 Speaker 1: But back to the Northwest Raiders, they're gonna be so yeah, 164 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:54,200 Speaker 1: shout out to the Northwest Raiders, man, Shout out to 165 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:57,560 Speaker 1: the Northwest Raiders. You know they um, you know, came 166 00:07:57,560 --> 00:08:00,640 Speaker 1: down the Florida and and and played it in some championships. 167 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:03,400 Speaker 1: Pop wanted championships and want something, man, so they on 168 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:07,000 Speaker 1: a great trajector. Shout out to them, um. But yeah, man, 169 00:08:07,080 --> 00:08:08,720 Speaker 1: that was the story. My brother played for the Northwest 170 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:11,160 Speaker 1: Raiders would he would take his pass off and I 171 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:12,640 Speaker 1: would put him on. My mom was like, okay, we 172 00:08:12,640 --> 00:08:15,080 Speaker 1: got to sign him up. Man. So for my childhood, 173 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:17,160 Speaker 1: you know, that was a team that I was on. 174 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:22,280 Speaker 1: Um what kind of player I was? So so so 175 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:23,520 Speaker 1: I was. I was a little bit, you know, a 176 00:08:23,640 --> 00:08:26,120 Speaker 1: bigger all right, So when you wanted the bigger kids 177 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:28,320 Speaker 1: out there, they all me pulling you on the line. Yeah, 178 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:32,440 Speaker 1: but they took my athleticism for granted, like it took 179 00:08:32,440 --> 00:08:34,640 Speaker 1: it for granted. Man. They didn't scout you well all 180 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:36,920 Speaker 1: right exactly, like, so they just strew me on the line. 181 00:08:36,920 --> 00:08:38,439 Speaker 1: So like my first couple of years. But I loved 182 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:40,559 Speaker 1: I just wanted to be out there. I didn't care. Um, 183 00:08:40,559 --> 00:08:41,920 Speaker 1: so I loved that I was on the line. And 184 00:08:41,960 --> 00:08:43,800 Speaker 1: then they kind of started getting a whiff of who 185 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:45,920 Speaker 1: I was. And I played four back and then they 186 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:48,200 Speaker 1: see me break for like forty down the sideline. It 187 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:52,320 Speaker 1: was like, okay, this guy got some talent um and 188 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:54,080 Speaker 1: then yeah, man, so it just it was you know, 189 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:56,120 Speaker 1: I kind of played all over the place. Man. It was. 190 00:08:56,480 --> 00:08:59,440 Speaker 1: It was fun playing pot won the ball and Philly 191 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:01,040 Speaker 1: it was. It was the love of my life, man. 192 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:03,240 Speaker 1: Literally at that time, that was like my favorite time 193 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:06,000 Speaker 1: of the year. So as a kid, man it was 194 00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:09,400 Speaker 1: I played everything, basketball, baseball, I want to Golden Glove 195 00:09:09,440 --> 00:09:12,679 Speaker 1: and basketball. I got trophies out the wazoo. So maybe 196 00:09:12,679 --> 00:09:15,400 Speaker 1: Tennessee saw you playing fullback and they thought, we're gonna 197 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:17,040 Speaker 1: put him back there. We're gonna give him a ball 198 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:19,839 Speaker 1: and he's gonna take off for seventy six yards. They did. 199 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:22,320 Speaker 1: They're scouting a pair. I got a picture when I 200 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:25,760 Speaker 1: was probably like eight or nine wearing a Eddie George jersey. 201 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:28,360 Speaker 1: Oh wow, I was like eight or nine. So you know, 202 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:30,880 Speaker 1: you you know a lot of you know, the actions 203 00:09:30,920 --> 00:09:32,880 Speaker 1: man and you whatever. You they got power in its 204 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:34,800 Speaker 1: power in them, the actions, you know what I mean. 205 00:09:34,880 --> 00:09:37,080 Speaker 1: So I was wearing Eddie George jersey when I was 206 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:39,280 Speaker 1: like eight or nine. You know, I guess they made 207 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:42,720 Speaker 1: it all men. Now you're the youngest, you said, you're 208 00:09:42,760 --> 00:09:46,440 Speaker 1: the youngest. What was that like? Kind of growing up 209 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:52,760 Speaker 1: with getting bullies, getting bullied, getting bullied, getting bullied and 210 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:55,959 Speaker 1: getting baby My mom did not play that like when 211 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:58,520 Speaker 1: they bullied me, I'm running mommy, I'm running the mommy. 212 00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:01,520 Speaker 1: So and but no, but like you said, we are. 213 00:10:01,880 --> 00:10:03,720 Speaker 1: You know, I don't know a family that's closer than 214 00:10:03,760 --> 00:10:06,680 Speaker 1: me and my my five brother, my five sisters and 215 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:09,319 Speaker 1: my one brother. We like, you know, we stick together 216 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:12,200 Speaker 1: like glue, all of us were. We all coming from 217 00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:15,840 Speaker 1: the same household, raised the same um Christian values. You know. 218 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:19,400 Speaker 1: That's that's that's who we are first um and you 219 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:21,400 Speaker 1: know we love each other like no other. But growing 220 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:23,640 Speaker 1: up it was rough. Man. I got bullied, I got 221 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:27,080 Speaker 1: called fat, chevy, picked on, you know what I mean, 222 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:29,439 Speaker 1: But I did. I got my get back. I got 223 00:10:29,520 --> 00:10:31,960 Speaker 1: my get back. Yeah, I mean older sisters you think 224 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:35,120 Speaker 1: may do the like motherly thing sometimes. No, no, no, no, 225 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:38,360 Speaker 1: it was the worst. It was, But we were all 226 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:40,000 Speaker 1: like that to one another, you know what I mean. 227 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:41,680 Speaker 1: But I got at the worst because I was the youngest, 228 00:10:41,679 --> 00:10:43,760 Speaker 1: and my mom spoiled me. You better not do this 229 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:45,600 Speaker 1: to John. Know, you better make sure he eat even 230 00:10:45,960 --> 00:10:48,319 Speaker 1: you know, my mom had to work two jobs, so 231 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:50,760 Speaker 1: at night they had to you know, watch over me, 232 00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:53,959 Speaker 1: you know what I mean, So um, they better add 233 00:10:54,080 --> 00:10:56,680 Speaker 1: fed me and made sure that I was in bed 234 00:10:57,440 --> 00:10:59,160 Speaker 1: or else Mommy was coming, you know what I mean. 235 00:10:59,240 --> 00:11:01,360 Speaker 1: So that it's just how it was in my household. Man, 236 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:03,800 Speaker 1: but we got someone's love for each other. It's crazy 237 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:06,560 Speaker 1: speaking of your mom. I was we were doing our 238 00:11:06,559 --> 00:11:08,959 Speaker 1: research and there was this one quote that stuck out 239 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:11,280 Speaker 1: to me and it was it was so good and 240 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:13,079 Speaker 1: it kind of like made me a little bit emotional 241 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:14,920 Speaker 1: when I was like reading it for the first time. 242 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:18,040 Speaker 1: But you said, my mother was my rock. It was tough, 243 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:20,920 Speaker 1: but we always got what we needed, not necessarily what 244 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:23,520 Speaker 1: we wanted at the time, but what we needed. She 245 00:11:23,679 --> 00:11:27,160 Speaker 1: was so strong all the time. What take us back 246 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:32,320 Speaker 1: to to your younger years and seeing your mom working 247 00:11:32,559 --> 00:11:35,319 Speaker 1: two jobs and providing for you, guys, and then what 248 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:39,199 Speaker 1: was she for you in that time? So you guys 249 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:42,680 Speaker 1: know about Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Um, you hear of it. Um, 250 00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:44,960 Speaker 1: it is what it is, and it's never you know, 251 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:47,560 Speaker 1: it's called the Cil of the City of Brotherly Love. 252 00:11:47,679 --> 00:11:51,760 Speaker 1: But unfortunately in the areas that I grew up in 253 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:53,560 Speaker 1: and some other guys, man, it wasn't a lot of 254 00:11:53,559 --> 00:11:57,040 Speaker 1: love there. Um. Not only not necessarily talking about the 255 00:11:57,080 --> 00:12:01,240 Speaker 1: impoverished areas or you know, the income housing, but just 256 00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:05,720 Speaker 1: the things that surrounded that came with the draws, the violence. Um, 257 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:09,000 Speaker 1: you know, just those hardships, man. But My mom was 258 00:12:09,559 --> 00:12:12,120 Speaker 1: on us, you know, so much the more because of that, 259 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:13,960 Speaker 1: you know what I mean, and wanted us to get education. 260 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:17,000 Speaker 1: My mom didn't even care about my my freshman year 261 00:12:17,040 --> 00:12:18,920 Speaker 1: in high school that high school didn't have I didn't 262 00:12:18,920 --> 00:12:21,120 Speaker 1: play football because my high school didn't have a football team. 263 00:12:21,559 --> 00:12:23,440 Speaker 1: It didn't have a football team. My mom did not 264 00:12:23,559 --> 00:12:25,680 Speaker 1: care about that. Was like, you're going to get a 265 00:12:25,679 --> 00:12:29,160 Speaker 1: good education. And um that that that that man and 266 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:32,640 Speaker 1: got to always do things according to plan, you know 267 00:12:32,679 --> 00:12:35,560 Speaker 1: what I mean. And somehow, you know, um, a series 268 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:38,280 Speaker 1: of events led me to Florida, the biggest football state 269 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:40,959 Speaker 1: in the world, you know what I mean. So, and 270 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:43,080 Speaker 1: some people may argue me, I might be that. People 271 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:45,840 Speaker 1: may sage Georgia. It can be Georgia now and then 272 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:50,560 Speaker 1: I'm a falcon whatever, But you know, the biggest football 273 00:12:50,559 --> 00:12:51,880 Speaker 1: state in the world, you know what I mean. And 274 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:54,400 Speaker 1: I was led there and you know, I kind of 275 00:12:54,480 --> 00:12:57,080 Speaker 1: you know, I blew up. But my mother, man, she 276 00:12:57,080 --> 00:12:59,760 Speaker 1: she just she she was the strongest woman. Like the 277 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:02,520 Speaker 1: thing is that we went through and that she endured 278 00:13:02,559 --> 00:13:06,120 Speaker 1: and never showed any waiver on her face or her countenance, 279 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:09,040 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. It was just always joy 280 00:13:09,320 --> 00:13:11,360 Speaker 1: laughed in her heart, love and her heart. The most 281 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:15,680 Speaker 1: given person you would ever meet. Like, and she got 282 00:13:16,400 --> 00:13:18,439 Speaker 1: twenty dollars left to her name and you needed it, 283 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:20,120 Speaker 1: She's given it to you, you know what I mean. Like, 284 00:13:20,160 --> 00:13:22,520 Speaker 1: that's just who my mother is. Man, And that's why 285 00:13:22,520 --> 00:13:24,120 Speaker 1: I love taking care of the day, you know what 286 00:13:24,200 --> 00:13:26,440 Speaker 1: I mean. And that's why she lives in South Florida. 287 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:28,400 Speaker 1: That's why she doesn't work. That's why she will never 288 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:34,240 Speaker 1: work because I just she deserves it. I mean, that's 289 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:36,560 Speaker 1: I know. To follow up with that, I mean you 290 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:39,959 Speaker 1: talk about like providing for her like she provided for 291 00:13:40,120 --> 00:13:44,079 Speaker 1: years absolutely for all of us. Yeah six and that 292 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:47,160 Speaker 1: was not East six kids on your own, no mail around, 293 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:50,040 Speaker 1: no father around. My father pass My father was a 294 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:52,199 Speaker 1: hell of a man, the ace of a man. Loved 295 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:55,400 Speaker 1: his family. Wasn't perfect, but loved his family. But you know, 296 00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 1: unfortunately he passed when I was four years old. So 297 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:01,160 Speaker 1: my mom was left alone to you know, all six 298 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:04,080 Speaker 1: of us. And uh, she she put that thing on 299 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:06,040 Speaker 1: her back and it was like let's go, you know 300 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:08,360 Speaker 1: what I mean. So that's that's my rock right there, man, 301 00:14:08,640 --> 00:14:11,600 Speaker 1: for her to like show up every single day for 302 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:14,600 Speaker 1: for her kids. I mean, and now you know you 303 00:14:14,679 --> 00:14:17,800 Speaker 1: have the opportunity to to do some nice things for her. 304 00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:19,840 Speaker 1: What's kind of your favorite thing that you've ever gotten 305 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:23,440 Speaker 1: to do for her? Um? Well, she's supposed to be 306 00:14:23,520 --> 00:14:29,320 Speaker 1: going to Dubaye yea Orge for her tenth year. She 307 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:32,080 Speaker 1: she she'd be married when we left, So she's supposed 308 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:36,120 Speaker 1: to be going to Dubaye Um and June I believe, 309 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:39,120 Speaker 1: so I'm sending her off to Dubaye Um. But up 310 00:14:39,160 --> 00:14:41,560 Speaker 1: until then, man, it's just been like, you know, just 311 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:43,480 Speaker 1: countless things that I've been able to do for her. 312 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:46,280 Speaker 1: You just buy your house, buy your car. Mom, you 313 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:48,880 Speaker 1: don't ever have to work again. Um, you know, just 314 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:51,400 Speaker 1: sit here and watch my my my crazy babies, you 315 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:54,800 Speaker 1: know what I mean. She's the greatest grandmother. Um, I 316 00:14:54,840 --> 00:14:58,600 Speaker 1: got two, you know, great, amazing. Um. You know, my 317 00:14:58,680 --> 00:15:01,520 Speaker 1: mother in law is just you know, my second mother. Man. 318 00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:04,040 Speaker 1: She she's just awesome with our kids. She's just such 319 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:06,800 Speaker 1: an amazing person. And uh, you know I'm talking about 320 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:11,920 Speaker 1: all these my better get my wife some love. Yeah 321 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:14,800 Speaker 1: that's that's that's like I gotta go into that for 322 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:19,200 Speaker 1: a minute. Baala Smith. My wife an amazing woman. UM, 323 00:15:19,320 --> 00:15:22,080 Speaker 1: my other rock, you know, what I mean, my support system, 324 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:27,560 Speaker 1: my best friend, my lover, my roder, my soldier. Um nah, 325 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:31,960 Speaker 1: she'd killed me for that, but no, that's her I got. 326 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:34,200 Speaker 1: I got some amazing woman in my life, man, I 327 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:37,400 Speaker 1: really do. Yeah. And then to be able to you know, 328 00:15:37,680 --> 00:15:41,080 Speaker 1: you had that support system and you've had some difficult 329 00:15:41,160 --> 00:15:43,160 Speaker 1: times in your life, right, but now you're in a 330 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:48,000 Speaker 1: different period. You have kids, right, two? Four, four? Come on, man, 331 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:52,800 Speaker 1: don't cut me for cut me short, cut me short. Yeah, listen, 332 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:58,320 Speaker 1: I've been busy since the last biio. That's probably that's probably. Yeah, 333 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:03,000 Speaker 1: I've been I've been busy since the last bario. But um, 334 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:05,480 Speaker 1: I got four. I got four beautiful babies. Man. I 335 00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:07,880 Speaker 1: got a six year old turning seven, My five year 336 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:10,640 Speaker 1: old just turned six, My one year old daughter is 337 00:16:10,680 --> 00:16:13,560 Speaker 1: about to be two in May, and my eleventh month 338 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:17,120 Speaker 1: old son is about to be one next month. You 339 00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:23,440 Speaker 1: weren't kidding, you haven't What was it like becoming a 340 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:27,760 Speaker 1: girl dad? You know, you have these boys, But you know, 341 00:16:27,880 --> 00:16:29,720 Speaker 1: my daughter is so crazy. I don't even think I'm 342 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:33,120 Speaker 1: a girl dad yet. She want to play with the boys. 343 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:36,720 Speaker 1: She want to She's the roughest, the meanest, Know why 344 00:16:36,760 --> 00:16:40,200 Speaker 1: that's my heavy baby. Oh man, she's so adorable. That's 345 00:16:40,240 --> 00:16:42,520 Speaker 1: my heavy baby. She just put on your heartstrings. Man. 346 00:16:42,560 --> 00:16:46,160 Speaker 1: But she's crazy. My daughter is crazy, man like, I'm 347 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:47,720 Speaker 1: not kidding, you know what I mean. So I don't 348 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:50,000 Speaker 1: even think I'm a fish, like, I don't gotta really 349 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:53,280 Speaker 1: deal with the dolls and the like. She's rush, she 350 00:16:53,320 --> 00:16:56,560 Speaker 1: want to run around, she want to pull off your 351 00:16:56,560 --> 00:17:01,680 Speaker 1: tie when you get just crazy, man like, she's crazy, son. 352 00:17:02,040 --> 00:17:07,280 Speaker 1: I love it as a certified tom boy myself growing up. Yeah, yeah, yeah, 353 00:17:07,680 --> 00:17:09,360 Speaker 1: her mom was kind of like that when she was young. 354 00:17:09,480 --> 00:17:11,440 Speaker 1: Not now, but that's where she says she got she's 355 00:17:11,480 --> 00:17:14,440 Speaker 1: probably gouted from. Yeah, so you have this, you have 356 00:17:14,520 --> 00:17:18,000 Speaker 1: this great support system for you. Now you can be 357 00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:21,120 Speaker 1: a support system paying it forward. Right that you've got 358 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:24,320 Speaker 1: this opportunity here, you must after everything you've been through, 359 00:17:24,359 --> 00:17:28,520 Speaker 1: what you experience, having that those people helping you, Yeah, 360 00:17:28,560 --> 00:17:30,719 Speaker 1: it must. You must be really excited for this part. Right. 361 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:33,159 Speaker 1: I'm gonna say this, man, And I'm like I said earlier, 362 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:34,960 Speaker 1: I alluded to that I'm a man of faith, man, 363 00:17:35,040 --> 00:17:38,120 Speaker 1: and God is all for families. And the reason why 364 00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:42,560 Speaker 1: is because a good family. Um, you know that that 365 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:45,480 Speaker 1: translates to a good community. A good community translates to 366 00:17:45,520 --> 00:17:47,840 Speaker 1: a good city. A good city translates to a good state. 367 00:17:47,840 --> 00:17:50,600 Speaker 1: A good state translate to a good country. Good country 368 00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:53,879 Speaker 1: translate to a good world. A good world. Win got 369 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:56,399 Speaker 1: the nonsense that we've got going on now, and I 370 00:17:56,440 --> 00:17:58,879 Speaker 1: think it starts at home with the families. So for 371 00:17:58,920 --> 00:18:01,119 Speaker 1: me to be able to be um the leader of 372 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:04,400 Speaker 1: that um, you know, and I didn't. I wasn't perfect, man, 373 00:18:04,560 --> 00:18:06,760 Speaker 1: Like you know, my wife could probably come in and 374 00:18:06,800 --> 00:18:09,840 Speaker 1: slap me a million times on the podcast. Yeah yeah, yeah, 375 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:11,800 Speaker 1: she'll she'll come in next and you know, and I 376 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:14,240 Speaker 1: don't have no shame in that, because you know, nobody 377 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:16,600 Speaker 1: is perfect, you know what I mean. But man, with 378 00:18:16,640 --> 00:18:19,880 Speaker 1: me and her together raising these these children, that's that's 379 00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:22,080 Speaker 1: one of the most powerful accomplishments that we can do, 380 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:24,480 Speaker 1: is not you know, I love being here, but it's 381 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:27,360 Speaker 1: not being with the Alina falcons Um. You know, That's 382 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:30,240 Speaker 1: that's the greatest accomplishment you know that we've we've done 383 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:33,480 Speaker 1: so Um. I'm just you know, I love her so much, man, 384 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:36,000 Speaker 1: And that's like I said, that's my best friend and 385 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:40,359 Speaker 1: we're gonna that's the you know, the best thing we've done. Man, Man, 386 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:44,160 Speaker 1: I love it. That's super I know, I know, right, 387 00:18:44,240 --> 00:18:46,120 Speaker 1: I feel I feel very empowered that I could run 388 00:18:46,119 --> 00:18:48,719 Speaker 1: through like a brick wall or something. I mean, but 389 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:51,320 Speaker 1: I do want to ask about something because we actually 390 00:18:51,359 --> 00:18:55,640 Speaker 1: have a connection because you lived in Califorida. I did, 391 00:18:55,840 --> 00:19:00,679 Speaker 1: and for during during your young adults adult boat. Yeah, 392 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:03,000 Speaker 1: because you went to Okalla when you were in high school. 393 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:07,480 Speaker 1: High So my family has a teeny tiny little house 394 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:12,720 Speaker 1: in Ocliforida. O yea. My great grandfather like built it 395 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:15,480 Speaker 1: and it's the small small little house. It doesn't it 396 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:18,719 Speaker 1: used to not have like air conditioning things like they 397 00:19:18,760 --> 00:19:21,280 Speaker 1: had orange trees in the back. Yeah. And I tell 398 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:24,119 Speaker 1: no one really knows that much about O'clifornia. This is 399 00:19:24,119 --> 00:19:26,720 Speaker 1: the biggest thing about Ocliforida. This is the most big 400 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:29,679 Speaker 1: has a house there. Yeah. Really that's like what we 401 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:32,639 Speaker 1: stand on. That's like, that's like what we stand on. 402 00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:36,440 Speaker 1: Like that's firm, like you know what I mean. But 403 00:19:37,359 --> 00:19:39,600 Speaker 1: he got like his own landing strip for his airplane. 404 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:42,200 Speaker 1: But like O'calla is not much his horse country, you 405 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:44,000 Speaker 1: know what I mean. It's not much there man. And 406 00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:47,200 Speaker 1: coming from Philly to Ocala with a culture shop. Yeah 407 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:50,080 Speaker 1: that's what. Yeah, everybody, you know, everybody you're telling me 408 00:19:50,119 --> 00:19:52,280 Speaker 1: I'm the fresh friends of Ocala because I'm from Philly, 409 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:55,280 Speaker 1: are not going to do that? Yeah you were, but no, 410 00:19:55,920 --> 00:19:58,880 Speaker 1: uh everybody always say, you know, give me that analogy, man, 411 00:19:58,920 --> 00:20:00,680 Speaker 1: because I you know, I moved from Philly with my 412 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:06,200 Speaker 1: my uncle, not to Beverly, not to but to O'calliflorida. Man, 413 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:10,040 Speaker 1: so and lived with my literally I got the cousins 414 00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:12,880 Speaker 1: that I moved with. It was, uh, I moved with 415 00:20:12,920 --> 00:20:15,439 Speaker 1: my two two two boy cousins, not like Ashley and 416 00:20:15,760 --> 00:20:19,159 Speaker 1: h what's her name? Oh yeah Hillary Hillary, Yeah actually, 417 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:22,199 Speaker 1: but it was I had too like my brother's man 418 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:24,520 Speaker 1: send me to Michael and then my little cousin Tamar. 419 00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:28,440 Speaker 1: But she was like, uh gosh, Lee, I just said 420 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:32,200 Speaker 1: Ashley was like a little you know, but uh yeah, 421 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:36,560 Speaker 1: it was real similar man. But O'calliflorida. Yes, it's interesting 422 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:39,359 Speaker 1: that coming because I know. So I'm from Chickamauga, Georgia, 423 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:43,680 Speaker 1: which is a really small northwest Georgia, And so when 424 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:46,200 Speaker 1: we would go to Okalla'd be like, I like, we're 425 00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:48,480 Speaker 1: driving through like the state park and there's really nothing 426 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:51,119 Speaker 1: around and and it's like, yeah, this tracks, but for 427 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:56,200 Speaker 1: you to go from like Interstate Philly to O'clifornia, where 428 00:20:56,440 --> 00:20:58,760 Speaker 1: for those who don't know about O'cliforida, it is like 429 00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:03,120 Speaker 1: the smack Dad Middle Clara and there's not a lot 430 00:21:03,119 --> 00:21:06,200 Speaker 1: around And what was you're talking about? A culture shock? 431 00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:09,080 Speaker 1: Like what do you remember about that time in that train? 432 00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:11,879 Speaker 1: So I remember so mind you, I'm from the city, 433 00:21:12,119 --> 00:21:15,320 Speaker 1: so we consider ourselves as like and I'm from Philly 434 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:18,080 Speaker 1: and Philly we consider ourselves as like the best dressed 435 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:21,760 Speaker 1: people in the world. Like everything we put on was 436 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:23,600 Speaker 1: like you know, it was just that, it was it. 437 00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:26,000 Speaker 1: We never did too much. He wasn't loud about it, 438 00:21:26,040 --> 00:21:28,520 Speaker 1: like you know, it was chill. It was polo some times, 439 00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:30,959 Speaker 1: you know, keep it hardcore. But like that was like 440 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:32,840 Speaker 1: that was our swat, you know what I'm saying. Maybe 441 00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:35,520 Speaker 1: a Dickey suit in the air and then but I 442 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:37,680 Speaker 1: get the old Califlorida. I kid you not. My first 443 00:21:37,760 --> 00:21:40,160 Speaker 1: day of school I had on I had on a 444 00:21:40,359 --> 00:21:43,920 Speaker 1: Polo ruffle run college shirt. I can't remember. I think 445 00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:46,080 Speaker 1: I had on some seven jeans and I had on 446 00:21:46,119 --> 00:21:48,919 Speaker 1: some all white plumas And that was it to me, 447 00:21:49,119 --> 00:21:51,640 Speaker 1: Like you know that was basic Philly swag. I'm like, okay, yeah, 448 00:21:51,720 --> 00:21:53,960 Speaker 1: let me let me see how they coming. I kid 449 00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:55,919 Speaker 1: you not. And this is one of my best friends, 450 00:21:56,160 --> 00:21:58,320 Speaker 1: good friends still to this day. Man's named nick boyten. 451 00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:01,879 Speaker 1: He had on he had on like I don't know 452 00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:04,680 Speaker 1: if it was like purple and green wrist bands, got 453 00:22:04,720 --> 00:22:07,119 Speaker 1: on a purple like head band. He had on like 454 00:22:07,520 --> 00:22:10,800 Speaker 1: these purple like the socks to match. He literally looked 455 00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:15,200 Speaker 1: like a clown, like yeah, like with some big glits. 456 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:17,920 Speaker 1: I'm like, yeah, I'm in the South. I'm like I'm 457 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:20,280 Speaker 1: in the South for real, man, But that's my guy man. 458 00:22:20,320 --> 00:22:22,439 Speaker 1: But like that was like it was like I'm like, 459 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:24,000 Speaker 1: I'm like, I got all these clothes, I ain't even 460 00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:28,320 Speaker 1: gonna fit in. I'm not from here. My boy always 461 00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:31,520 Speaker 1: left my best friend of funds old man. He he 462 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:33,760 Speaker 1: laugh and be like yo, when new came here, he 463 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:35,560 Speaker 1: gave me like I gave them all of my clothes 464 00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:37,560 Speaker 1: because I was like this is like yeah, I was like, 465 00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:39,119 Speaker 1: y'all not wearing I was like, you're not wearing it? 466 00:22:39,119 --> 00:22:40,439 Speaker 1: Like you don't they like you show. I'm like, man, 467 00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:41,720 Speaker 1: you can have it. It It was I had a bucket 468 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:44,000 Speaker 1: of like all of this, all of these clothes. Man, 469 00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:49,080 Speaker 1: I had to like, I had to like get corny. 470 00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:50,960 Speaker 1: I wanted to get the girls. I was like, they 471 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:56,080 Speaker 1: ain't gonna appreciate this, like steer into the skin. Yeah. Sorry, 472 00:22:56,240 --> 00:22:57,920 Speaker 1: I had to start over, but I'm back. I'm back 473 00:22:57,960 --> 00:23:00,359 Speaker 1: on it now. Yeah, I'm back on it now. Oh man, 474 00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:03,680 Speaker 1: I love that. Yeah that's important stuff. I just I 475 00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:05,920 Speaker 1: don't want to overload you with things that you've already said. 476 00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:08,800 Speaker 1: But I Tory found one. I found another one because 477 00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:12,040 Speaker 1: we're kind of like building back towards modern day. This 478 00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:13,760 Speaker 1: one is just so good. I can't remember where I 479 00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:16,359 Speaker 1: found it. Maybe espn Um you said that I have 480 00:23:16,440 --> 00:23:18,960 Speaker 1: I'm enjoying this podcast, but you're kind of learning worst. 481 00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:22,159 Speaker 1: I gotta have me back. Yeah anytime, man, I'm enjoying this. 482 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:26,000 Speaker 1: I want to do more podcast. Okay, here's what we want. 483 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:31,159 Speaker 1: We want the two Philly guys playing time we pile. Yeah. 484 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:33,320 Speaker 1: So when we had Kyle on the podcast, he did 485 00:23:33,359 --> 00:23:35,439 Speaker 1: like his whole like own little intro. He was like, 486 00:23:35,560 --> 00:23:39,640 Speaker 1: what's going on? It's your boy? Yeah, please make fun 487 00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:43,840 Speaker 1: of him for that. Yeah, we'll hang out both back. Yeah, 488 00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:46,480 Speaker 1: let's basically get us on here. Man to Philly, I'm 489 00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:49,919 Speaker 1: gonna get him because he ain't really from Philly right now. 490 00:23:50,359 --> 00:23:53,640 Speaker 1: From the outskirts, that's true. I gotta love for you, Kyle, 491 00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:59,840 Speaker 1: but you ain't from Philly. Bro Philly adjacent Billy j 492 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:04,120 Speaker 1: And if you put the entire tight end group in here, 493 00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:06,280 Speaker 1: like like, we're gonna need some more chairs because Arthur 494 00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:11,000 Speaker 1: loves those, there's gonna be about seven. But yeah, it's 495 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:16,080 Speaker 1: just this really speaks to me because you can tell 496 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:18,800 Speaker 1: how grateful you are when you read kind of things 497 00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:21,800 Speaker 1: that you talk about. It says I had that survival school. 498 00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:24,760 Speaker 1: I had that survival skill, which spoke to me right there. 499 00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:27,280 Speaker 1: I knew nobody in my neighborhood wanted to be involved 500 00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:29,400 Speaker 1: in what they were involved in, and they didn't want 501 00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:32,200 Speaker 1: to be living the lifestyle that that they were living. 502 00:24:32,320 --> 00:24:35,000 Speaker 1: I had an opportunity, a chance to make it out 503 00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:36,760 Speaker 1: that a lot of these guys I was hanging out 504 00:24:36,760 --> 00:24:41,320 Speaker 1: with weren't given. Okay, and then okay, so you you 505 00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:45,160 Speaker 1: can get the opportunity, but then you make something of it. 506 00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:47,160 Speaker 1: But then you make something of it. And I guess 507 00:24:48,359 --> 00:24:50,639 Speaker 1: if you're catching a common theme of a lot of 508 00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:52,679 Speaker 1: my questions here is like when you've been through what 509 00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:57,280 Speaker 1: you you must really appreciate this, right, you know. But 510 00:24:57,280 --> 00:24:59,920 Speaker 1: but like that, like that survival skill is what God 511 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:03,320 Speaker 1: you here? Right? I mean, like is that a learned thing? 512 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:05,840 Speaker 1: Is that something you've always had just ability to just 513 00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:09,280 Speaker 1: you know, find a way to get recognizing football, find 514 00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:10,920 Speaker 1: a way to put yourself out there, find a way 515 00:25:10,960 --> 00:25:13,600 Speaker 1: to take advantage of your education, you know, all those 516 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:16,720 Speaker 1: types of I think, Um, honestly, I think a lot 517 00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:18,840 Speaker 1: of it was first, you know, just just the home 518 00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:23,159 Speaker 1: that I came from, seeing my mom not really you know, 519 00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:26,680 Speaker 1: get down about the things that didn't go away. Um, 520 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:29,080 Speaker 1: So naturally I would say that it kicked in from 521 00:25:29,119 --> 00:25:31,560 Speaker 1: that and from all of my my sisters and brothers. 522 00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:34,080 Speaker 1: My brother right now is you know, going going into 523 00:25:34,119 --> 00:25:37,879 Speaker 1: his thirteenth year and being incarcerated, and he's one of 524 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:40,040 Speaker 1: the happiest people you'll liveing meet. Like you want to 525 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:41,399 Speaker 1: even talk to on the phone, you'd be like he 526 00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:44,119 Speaker 1: in jail, you know what I'm saying, Like seriously, you 527 00:25:44,119 --> 00:25:45,680 Speaker 1: know what I'm saying. And I think we just got 528 00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:48,959 Speaker 1: that from my mother. And that's just you know, christ 529 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:51,159 Speaker 1: being in a and and just you know, working in 530 00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:53,600 Speaker 1: a and Um, you know that Shannon and us, you 531 00:25:53,640 --> 00:25:57,359 Speaker 1: know what I mean. So, Um, growing up in that city, man, 532 00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:02,959 Speaker 1: the norm, right, which is like our norm was not 533 00:26:03,119 --> 00:26:07,480 Speaker 1: normal and it's and it was normal to me, you 534 00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:09,199 Speaker 1: know what I'm saying. It was normal for me to 535 00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:14,119 Speaker 1: walk past you know, people that were you know, drug addicts, 536 00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:17,040 Speaker 1: you know what I mean, and to really like, you know, 537 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:20,800 Speaker 1: kind of just walk past them and you know, see 538 00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:23,600 Speaker 1: them indulging in that. You know what I mean. It 539 00:26:23,680 --> 00:26:27,480 Speaker 1: was normal for me to see that. And Uh, I've 540 00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:30,080 Speaker 1: been thinking about who my kids would do in this situation. 541 00:26:30,119 --> 00:26:33,240 Speaker 1: They would probably lose their minds, little spoil, a little breast. 542 00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:36,800 Speaker 1: But I was laughing my mom about that. But it's 543 00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:39,080 Speaker 1: that's that's how it was supposed to be. Um, you 544 00:26:39,080 --> 00:26:41,520 Speaker 1: know what I mean. And um, you know our normal. 545 00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:45,600 Speaker 1: You know. I didn't realize that my normal wasn't normal 546 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:48,199 Speaker 1: until I became like an adult, you know what I mean? Like, 547 00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:51,400 Speaker 1: we get so desensitized. Am I using the right word? 548 00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:53,199 Speaker 1: I hope I am. I mean we get so like 549 00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:57,360 Speaker 1: desensitized to the things that are going around us. And 550 00:26:57,880 --> 00:26:59,760 Speaker 1: so when I like when when life hit me, when 551 00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:01,240 Speaker 1: I was like, Okay, this is the hardest thing I 552 00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:03,960 Speaker 1: gotta do, Like let me catch a football, you know 553 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:06,040 Speaker 1: what I'm saying, Like you want me to, you know, 554 00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:09,720 Speaker 1: perform at the combine like my dog, like I had, 555 00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:13,240 Speaker 1: like you know, cops busting my door and point guns 556 00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:15,479 Speaker 1: in my face. You know what I'm saying, Like that 557 00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:18,040 Speaker 1: wasn't and I was fourteen years old, you know, and 558 00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:21,040 Speaker 1: that was like normal to me. You know what I'm saying, 559 00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:24,239 Speaker 1: Like just being transparent, you know what I'm saying, Um, 560 00:27:24,760 --> 00:27:28,240 Speaker 1: I didn't have the toughest life in Philadelphia about any means, because, 561 00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:30,720 Speaker 1: like I said, my mother, my mother made it happen, 562 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:32,320 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. It wasn't easy, but she 563 00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:34,520 Speaker 1: made it happen. And a lot of kids experience a 564 00:27:34,520 --> 00:27:36,520 Speaker 1: lot more worse than me. So just allow that to 565 00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:38,680 Speaker 1: put like, let's put that into perspective, you know what 566 00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:41,639 Speaker 1: I mean. But you talk about those survival skills, it 567 00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:43,320 Speaker 1: had a lot to do with where I was from, too, 568 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:45,399 Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying, Like that that city was 569 00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:48,120 Speaker 1: rough and rugged, but sometimes it's not the worst thing 570 00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:50,400 Speaker 1: for you when you're going through life, man, to see 571 00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:55,320 Speaker 1: to see you come from those environments and that those 572 00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:58,439 Speaker 1: rugged areas man. So but I'm grateful now. Man, I'm 573 00:27:58,960 --> 00:28:02,800 Speaker 1: extremely happying life. My family's happy, you know, and be 574 00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:05,160 Speaker 1: giving back, you know what I mean. Like, Yeah, we're 575 00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:08,119 Speaker 1: going back to Philly. Man, We're helping them kids. We 576 00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:10,760 Speaker 1: we uh, you know, I gotta. I'm going into this 577 00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:14,440 Speaker 1: would be my second annual camp, my New Family Foundation 578 00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:17,560 Speaker 1: UM having a camp to be in June. Um and 579 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:19,280 Speaker 1: we're going back to the area that I grew up 580 00:28:19,320 --> 00:28:21,879 Speaker 1: in and targeting any kids that I know and can 581 00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:24,199 Speaker 1: relate to, you know what I mean, because I was 582 00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:26,560 Speaker 1: them and I didn't have that. Nobody really came back 583 00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:28,000 Speaker 1: and was able to do that, man. So that's what 584 00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:30,119 Speaker 1: it's about. It ain't just about you know what I mean, 585 00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:32,720 Speaker 1: making it out and getting an opportunity going back grabbing 586 00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:34,199 Speaker 1: your people, you know what I mean. So that's what 587 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:38,520 Speaker 1: we're doing. It's like understanding and valuing the opportunity that 588 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:40,840 Speaker 1: you have to be able to go and to go 589 00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:43,280 Speaker 1: back using my platform, you know what I mean. So 590 00:28:43,560 --> 00:28:45,720 Speaker 1: and not forgetting where you came out for. I can't 591 00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:47,960 Speaker 1: never turn my back on my city. It's a crazy city. 592 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:54,160 Speaker 1: But all right, we have reached. Have we reached? Are 593 00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:57,479 Speaker 1: we ready for rapid fire? No? No, no no, no, no, no, 594 00:28:57,640 --> 00:29:00,480 Speaker 1: one more question. This one's interesting. I don't know all day. 595 00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:14,200 Speaker 1: Were you a competitive weightlifter? Oh, y'all going in the archives? Man? Yeah, listen, 596 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:17,800 Speaker 1: I was. I lifted weights competitively in high school. It 597 00:29:17,840 --> 00:29:20,400 Speaker 1: was something that my uh my football coach, Ryan Hern 598 00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:22,320 Speaker 1: shout out to him, love him the death part of 599 00:29:22,320 --> 00:29:25,560 Speaker 1: his journey as well. He uh he made all of 600 00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:27,680 Speaker 1: us lift weights because he wanted us to get stronger. 601 00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:30,880 Speaker 1: But I was like, yo, I'm strong, like I can 602 00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:34,680 Speaker 1: really compete competitively. So I started competingpetitive competitively. I finished 603 00:29:34,760 --> 00:29:37,320 Speaker 1: second and the county I think I might hopefully I 604 00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:39,240 Speaker 1: got the picture of my phone. Like, I was pissed. 605 00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:42,480 Speaker 1: I'm holding this big trophy and I finished second, you 606 00:29:42,520 --> 00:29:44,040 Speaker 1: know what I mean? And the guy beat me out 607 00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:46,440 Speaker 1: because I think he had he I think he cleaned 608 00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:48,080 Speaker 1: and jerk a little bit more than I did. But 609 00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:50,600 Speaker 1: I was pissed. Man, But I got this large trophy. 610 00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:56,280 Speaker 1: Is probably at my aunt's house and no color, do 611 00:29:56,320 --> 00:29:58,560 Speaker 1: you know where that guy is now? I don't know 612 00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:00,840 Speaker 1: where he are. I don't know his name. Marcus Davis. 613 00:30:01,040 --> 00:30:02,720 Speaker 1: He was a strong dude man. He went to a 614 00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:04,840 Speaker 1: Vanguard High school. He was a strong dude, you know 615 00:30:04,880 --> 00:30:06,800 Speaker 1: what I mean. But I feel like that's who we 616 00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:10,520 Speaker 1: need to have on the podcast here. We might have 617 00:30:10,560 --> 00:30:14,840 Speaker 1: to you know, it might be some tension. I was. 618 00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:17,800 Speaker 1: I was pissed that day. I was holding the picture. 619 00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:20,520 Speaker 1: I was like, oh, you play second, and I'm like, no, 620 00:30:20,640 --> 00:30:25,520 Speaker 1: I wanted that first place. Competitive Jesus. Oh, I'm so 621 00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:28,160 Speaker 1: glad that we didn't. I forgot it. Yeah, no, I 622 00:30:28,240 --> 00:30:29,800 Speaker 1: thank you for Yeah. I know when you were like, 623 00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:31,760 Speaker 1: we need to, I was like, no, I need we 624 00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:35,120 Speaker 1: need to know about this. And o'kayla too. There's a 625 00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:40,240 Speaker 1: big football yeah, yeah, football like uh yeah, a lot 626 00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:43,080 Speaker 1: of guys uh from O Caliber and p J. Williams, 627 00:30:43,080 --> 00:30:48,160 Speaker 1: he played for the Saints myself. Um, Freddie Swain, Um, 628 00:30:48,360 --> 00:30:50,800 Speaker 1: I can't remember when he was at last, but um, 629 00:30:50,840 --> 00:30:53,200 Speaker 1: it's a ton of Dante Cold Peppers from Ocala, you 630 00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:54,680 Speaker 1: know what I mean. There's a lot of a lot 631 00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:56,280 Speaker 1: more guys I'm not naming, but shout out the all 632 00:30:56,280 --> 00:30:58,600 Speaker 1: of that man. Okla definitely put out some guys. I 633 00:30:58,640 --> 00:31:00,720 Speaker 1: grew up in the house my my two cousin we 634 00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:03,440 Speaker 1: all went d one. My uncle had a house boy Wow, 635 00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:06,400 Speaker 1: my uncle. It was basketball though. Yeah, it was basketball. 636 00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:10,520 Speaker 1: My cousin was like six nine and my cousin was 637 00:31:10,560 --> 00:31:12,400 Speaker 1: six six. They was hoopers, So I got a little 638 00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:14,880 Speaker 1: that in my DNA too. Yeah, we want to play 639 00:31:15,120 --> 00:31:19,040 Speaker 1: Drake London and maybe someone on. There's a pretty serious 640 00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:24,400 Speaker 1: basketball he went. He went to USC and played. Yeah, 641 00:31:24,720 --> 00:31:27,080 Speaker 1: he a true hooper, but he can't. He probably can't 642 00:31:27,080 --> 00:31:29,240 Speaker 1: beat me one on one though. We're gonna see he 643 00:31:29,240 --> 00:31:33,160 Speaker 1: can't beat me one I'm too athletic, I'm too alet. 644 00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:35,840 Speaker 1: Even if he probably got the more hooping the ability, 645 00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:38,400 Speaker 1: I'm too av I'm too strong too. If I'm gonna 646 00:31:38,400 --> 00:31:40,000 Speaker 1: just back him down, I'm gonna be able to hit 647 00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:42,920 Speaker 1: the mid range, I'm gonna knock down three. I like 648 00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:45,240 Speaker 1: the hoop against him though. Yeah, the first time you 649 00:31:45,320 --> 00:31:48,040 Speaker 1: ever made Arnold eba katie, he will whip out his 650 00:31:48,120 --> 00:31:50,160 Speaker 1: phone and show you a picture of him doing some 651 00:31:50,240 --> 00:31:54,080 Speaker 1: wind mill dunk during an all start okay lockdown. Yeah 652 00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:57,040 Speaker 1: yeah yeah. I mean, if you guys can find a 653 00:31:57,080 --> 00:32:00,280 Speaker 1: basketball hoop out there, I would pay to watch that. 654 00:32:00,320 --> 00:32:04,120 Speaker 1: I would love to. This one needs to happen. Arthur 655 00:32:04,160 --> 00:32:10,760 Speaker 1: Smith may not like y'all just wed do some PIGAYI 656 00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:15,200 Speaker 1: and that and that's where that mid range is going 657 00:32:15,280 --> 00:32:19,840 Speaker 1: to come in. Yeah, that's important. Okay, now we actually 658 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:23,920 Speaker 1: now we actually do that. Let's wrap it up. Part 659 00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:27,560 Speaker 1: two can come during the spring. Yeah. Okay. At the 660 00:32:27,680 --> 00:32:31,160 Speaker 1: end of every Falcons and Focus podcast we do FNF. 661 00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:35,800 Speaker 1: You should trademark that one. You did come up with 662 00:32:35,840 --> 00:32:38,080 Speaker 1: it right when you sat down. We do like a 663 00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:40,640 Speaker 1: rapid fire type of thing. Most of the questions are 664 00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:45,080 Speaker 1: every player gets the same thing. Sometimes we've we've personalized 665 00:32:45,120 --> 00:32:48,720 Speaker 1: them for you. Yeah. So let's get started with question 666 00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:51,960 Speaker 1: number one. Um, what has been your favorite play of 667 00:32:52,080 --> 00:32:59,720 Speaker 1: your entire career? Uh? I know, I guess catching Baltimore 668 00:32:59,760 --> 00:33:08,480 Speaker 1: divis New Round. Okay, twenty nineteen, why Andy keshe that's 669 00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:12,200 Speaker 1: our counts right, yeah. Uh is there a movie or 670 00:33:12,280 --> 00:33:14,760 Speaker 1: TV that you're currently binging or one that you just 671 00:33:15,280 --> 00:33:18,560 Speaker 1: uh bm me, I watched this finish me and my 672 00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:22,920 Speaker 1: wife just finished sex Life. Yeah yeah, but b BMF 673 00:33:23,320 --> 00:33:27,800 Speaker 1: bms BMF, all right, Who is your favorite player growing up? 674 00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:34,880 Speaker 1: Can be any sport? Lebron James still lives, still lives Lebron. 675 00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:38,280 Speaker 1: I mean, he's just got scoring records. I'm gonna kill 676 00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:39,760 Speaker 1: me for that because we always argue about him and 677 00:33:39,760 --> 00:33:45,200 Speaker 1: Michael Jordan. Well, because because I'm from arts generations, think 678 00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:49,480 Speaker 1: nineties basketball, get it. No one knows what a foul is. 679 00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:53,920 Speaker 1: Twenty seven I'm also twenty seven, ok Lebron Okay, yeah, 680 00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:57,000 Speaker 1: me and Art against you two nineties basketball versus two 681 00:33:57,000 --> 00:34:05,080 Speaker 1: thousands basketball. That sounds like a fun Come on, come on, okay, okay, 682 00:34:05,120 --> 00:34:07,480 Speaker 1: You're gonna make fun of me forever when I ask 683 00:34:07,560 --> 00:34:09,320 Speaker 1: you this. So I'm putting myself out there. Is it 684 00:34:09,520 --> 00:34:13,560 Speaker 1: water ice or is it water ice? Or is it neither? 685 00:34:13,640 --> 00:34:16,719 Speaker 1: And I butchered every single on what ice? What I 686 00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:19,120 Speaker 1: just say? How I say, yeah exactly how he said 687 00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:22,960 Speaker 1: what ice? Yeah? Maybe maybe sometimes I'm doing like a 688 00:34:23,360 --> 00:34:26,839 Speaker 1: you don't what ice? What ice? It's Philly. I don't 689 00:34:26,840 --> 00:34:29,560 Speaker 1: know what's the Philly thing. I will say Kyle has 690 00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:32,160 Speaker 1: found and we used to have somebody from Philly here. 691 00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:36,960 Speaker 1: There is a food truck in Atlanta called icy Ice. 692 00:34:37,040 --> 00:34:41,120 Speaker 1: It is a legit. Also, a guy from Philly gotta 693 00:34:41,160 --> 00:34:44,360 Speaker 1: try Big Days cheese steaks out here in Atlanta. You 694 00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:47,239 Speaker 1: tried it. He came on one of our shows. You 695 00:34:47,320 --> 00:34:49,640 Speaker 1: gotta we gotta get him the cater us. One day. 696 00:34:49,880 --> 00:34:53,160 Speaker 1: I'm gonna make it happen. I'm gonna happens. Actually, I'm 697 00:34:53,200 --> 00:34:56,759 Speaker 1: on to buy for the podcast. Big Daves is going 698 00:34:57,000 --> 00:34:59,919 Speaker 1: he gonna cater for the Falcons one day that he's 699 00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:02,800 Speaker 1: in Mercedes Been Stadium. Don't quote me on that. I 700 00:35:02,920 --> 00:35:05,680 Speaker 1: think he is. I think he is. I think he is. Yeah, 701 00:35:06,080 --> 00:35:08,640 Speaker 1: I think he is. Man good good truck and the 702 00:35:08,760 --> 00:35:12,000 Speaker 1: cheese steady Philly inspired. We got like a Philly day. 703 00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:16,759 Speaker 1: I love it. Port Pressels, cheese presselses. Okay, so this 704 00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:18,520 Speaker 1: one goes with it. Are you a cheese steak guy 705 00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:21,279 Speaker 1: or a roast pork sandwich guy? Cheesesteak. I don't even 706 00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:25,439 Speaker 1: know what sandwich is. Roast pork broccoli rob a little 707 00:35:25,480 --> 00:35:33,520 Speaker 1: as No, I wouldn't. I wouldn't. I wouldn't, dare. Oh 708 00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:38,800 Speaker 1: my gosh, that's all we got. Time, Hey, brand new studio, 709 00:35:39,239 --> 00:35:43,000 Speaker 1: brand new Falcons. It's a pleasure, man. That was an 710 00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:45,799 Speaker 1: elite level podcast, and it's not so much because of us. 711 00:35:45,880 --> 00:35:50,600 Speaker 1: It over here. This is man, it is. It's good 712 00:35:51,719 --> 00:35:55,000 Speaker 1: all right, guys, thank you so much for joining. Please listen, 713 00:35:55,120 --> 00:35:57,759 Speaker 1: rate reviews, subscribe, It's got to be five stars after 714 00:35:57,880 --> 00:36:01,440 Speaker 1: this episode to the Atlanta Falcon Podcast Network. Thank you 715 00:36:01,480 --> 00:36:03,160 Speaker 1: so much and we're going to join you again really 716 00:36:03,280 --> 00:36:05,160 Speaker 1: really soon, and then not too long we're gonna have 717 00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:07,960 Speaker 1: Johnny Smith back on. All right, thank you very much, 718 00:36:08,080 --> 00:36:08,640 Speaker 1: talk to you soon.