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Speaker 1: Hey, everybody. Chris Harry with you on Chargers Weekly, coming

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Speaker 1: up the best of the twenty nineteen rookie class. Over

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Speaker 1: the next forty five minutes or so. Get to know

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Speaker 1: the newest Chargers, both on and off the field. We've

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Speaker 1: compiled the best moments from the players and some of

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Speaker 1: their college head coaches here on the podcast, and we'll

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Speaker 1: start with the Chargers first round selection defensive tackle Jerry Tillery.

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Speaker 1: Here with the newest Charger, Jerry Tillery, straight from Hawaii. Jerry,

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Speaker 1: what's up man? Welcome to the Chargers. Thank you so much.

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Speaker 1: It's great to be here. Tell Chargers fans what they

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Speaker 1: can expect from you on the field. Just a little

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Speaker 1: bit about you at Notre Dame and just your production

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Speaker 1: there in general. Yeah. So, you know, I'm someone who

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Speaker 1: who's really you know, ascending as a player there. Each year,

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Speaker 1: definitely up. You know. I use my you know, size

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Speaker 1: so yeah, I know, I'm excited. I'm excited to play,

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Speaker 1: to play in that that uh that that blue uniform

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Speaker 1: is gonna be great. Yeah, there's powder blues. I heard

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Speaker 1: you say you look good in powder of blue, right, Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think I did look at powder blue. So you're

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Speaker 1: also gonna look good at between Joey Bosa and Melvin Ingram.

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Speaker 1: When you have a pass rush like that, Jerry Um,

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Speaker 1: just knowing that you have guys that can get to

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Speaker 1: the pass or um really every single down. Yeah, yeah, definitely.

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Speaker 1: You know, you know, no one they can't, you know,

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Speaker 1: double double all of us, you know, every every every snap,

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Speaker 1: So someone's gonna get the someone's gonna get a good

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Speaker 1: look and then well then then we make a lot

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Speaker 1: of plays. So I think that's kind of how's it

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Speaker 1: going to go? And I'm excited excited to be a

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Speaker 1: part of it. What do you know about this team?

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Speaker 1: I mean, this is gonna be year three under Anthony Lynn,

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Speaker 1: And like you said about your play, this team has

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Speaker 1: been ascending. Right, you go nine and seven one year,

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Speaker 1: you go twelve and four. Last year you win a

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Speaker 1: playoff game. They've added key pieces, especially through the draft

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Speaker 1: when you talk about Derwin James the first round of

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Speaker 1: last year, Um, what do you know about this team?

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Speaker 1: And just just from afar watching them in the playoffs,

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Speaker 1: watching them throughout the season. Just like you said, you

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Speaker 1: know that, I've I've seen this team grow and then

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Speaker 1: I think, you know, I think we're close. We're close

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Speaker 1: a lot of games together. And you know, the super

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Speaker 1: both Melvin's oh yeah, definitely, Yeah, yeah, Melvin Ingrow I

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Speaker 1: think said let's go get the super Bowl. I think

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Speaker 1: Melvin Gordon was was talking about your classes. I liked them, though, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: thank you, thank you. Come on, those are those are? Those? Are?

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Speaker 1: Those are nice classes? Bro? Little shit off the field man,

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Speaker 1: you have a lot of different interests. Um, you speak Japanese,

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Speaker 1: You've been to a bunch of different countries discussed with

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Speaker 1: I like to read. I like to a chill like

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Speaker 1: watch TV. What kind of books? What kind of books here?

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Speaker 1: So magazines usually I like The New Yorker, the Economists.

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Speaker 1: what do you got playing this offseason? You have anything

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Speaker 1: Joined on the line by Notre Dame defensive coordinator Clark

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Speaker 1: Lee here on Charges Weekly a coach. It's a pleasure

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Speaker 1: to have you on. I look back at this past weekend,

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Speaker 1: Well let's start with Jerry, because the Chargers selected Jerry

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Speaker 1: Tillery number twenty eight overall. What was it like for

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Speaker 1: to coach him last season. Well, he's Jerry is a

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Speaker 1: for their defense. All Right, Delaware safety Nazier Adalie is

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Speaker 1: Danny Rocco to Charges Weekly, Coach, I appreciate you joining

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Speaker 1: me first, A big congratulations to you. Thank you very much.

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Speaker 1: Appreciate it. Well, coach, let's just start with on the field,

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Speaker 1: he needed to show some more physicality and he went

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Speaker 1: out and did that. Um, you know because he asked

428
00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:41,280
Speaker 1: him too. And that's just again type of guy you're

429
00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:44,440
Speaker 1: gonna get his continuing to improve and uh, he's gonna

430
00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:47,000
Speaker 1: work be very very diligent, work hard, and what he does.

431
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Speaker 1: All right, guys, But the Chargers' third round pick offensive

432
00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:53,760
Speaker 1: tackle Trey Pipkins. Trey, welcome to Los Angeles, Man, how

433
00:20:53,840 --> 00:20:56,879
Speaker 1: are you excited to be here? I just looked this

434
00:20:57,040 --> 00:21:00,359
Speaker 1: up thirty five years ago Sue Falls had player that

435
00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:04,359
Speaker 1: was drafted. The funny you're the first player in thirty

436
00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:08,159
Speaker 1: five years, man, how does that fuel? Unbelievable? Honestly like this,

437
00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:10,800
Speaker 1: that program is a great program and for me to

438
00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:12,960
Speaker 1: be able to help kind of put them on the

439
00:21:13,040 --> 00:21:14,760
Speaker 1: map as a real honor for me. All Right, So

440
00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:17,800
Speaker 1: take me through last night because I think you said

441
00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:19,920
Speaker 1: you weren't expecting to get drafted in the third maybe

442
00:21:19,960 --> 00:21:22,480
Speaker 1: the fourth, right, So where were you and how did

443
00:21:22,520 --> 00:21:24,040
Speaker 1: it come to be? Yeah? So, I mean I had

444
00:21:24,080 --> 00:21:26,000
Speaker 1: heard from my agent said a lot of teams had

445
00:21:26,040 --> 00:21:27,640
Speaker 1: like fourth round grades on me. And he said that's

446
00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:30,200
Speaker 1: good though, because if most of them have fourth round grades,

447
00:21:30,200 --> 00:21:31,960
Speaker 1: a team that really wants you might have taken the third.

448
00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:34,879
Speaker 1: So I was like, okay, so that's exciting. Um. So

449
00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:37,200
Speaker 1: we were watching the draft all day yesterday and literally

450
00:21:37,280 --> 00:21:41,520
Speaker 1: like five picks before before I got the call. Everybody

451
00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:43,840
Speaker 1: was like, hey, we're hungry, like like, what are we

452
00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:45,560
Speaker 1: gonna eat? I was like, we don't have to see

453
00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:47,040
Speaker 1: her and just watch this all that. Let's go eat.

454
00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:49,200
Speaker 1: Like it's fine, I'll just keep my phone on whatever.

455
00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:52,440
Speaker 1: And and literally like we pulled out of the driver

456
00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:55,080
Speaker 1: of the house and like was down right down the street.

457
00:21:55,119 --> 00:21:58,200
Speaker 1: Course phone rang. So we were in two separate cars.

458
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Speaker 1: My parents and my fiance's parents were in the are

459
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Speaker 1: in front of me, and then me and my fiance

460
00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:04,000
Speaker 1: saying come to my friends were in the car that

461
00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:05,960
Speaker 1: I was in, and literally the phone ring and I

462
00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:08,280
Speaker 1: was like, were you driving? No? No, I was in

463
00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:10,920
Speaker 1: passion sheet. I was like, is it is this the call?

464
00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:14,320
Speaker 1: I was like, pull over, pullup. So we pulled over

465
00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:16,119
Speaker 1: and I answered and yeah, it was just it was

466
00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:18,960
Speaker 1: what was what was it? What was the car rod? Like?

467
00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:21,159
Speaker 1: After that, it was it was nuts, like because so

468
00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:22,679
Speaker 1: I got the call and it was still like there

469
00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:24,720
Speaker 1: was sotill probably five ten minutes for it actually like

470
00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:27,040
Speaker 1: showed up on like the on the TV, so like

471
00:22:27,040 --> 00:22:28,880
Speaker 1: they pulled it up on their phones and like recorded

472
00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:30,320
Speaker 1: it and like all types of DIF stuff. It was.

473
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Speaker 1: It was nuts. Everybody was was really excited. It was fun.

474
00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:35,440
Speaker 1: Coach Inison said, you guys had like a checklist of

475
00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:37,960
Speaker 1: things that you need to do or improve on just

476
00:22:38,040 --> 00:22:40,240
Speaker 1: to get to the NFL level, just getting more physical

477
00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:42,760
Speaker 1: and stronger and things like that, and it sounds like

478
00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:44,879
Speaker 1: you guys were checking things off, yeah, to get to

479
00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:47,040
Speaker 1: the third round. Absolutely no, we were checking things off.

480
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Speaker 1: And I mean I still have a still of a

481
00:22:48,720 --> 00:22:50,240
Speaker 1: little mentalist in my own of things I need to

482
00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:53,000
Speaker 1: check off. But uh but yeah, no, they that coaching

483
00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:55,600
Speaker 1: staff helped me and unbelievable mount gets where I'm at.

484
00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:57,040
Speaker 1: But what do you want to check off? The things

485
00:22:57,080 --> 00:22:59,480
Speaker 1: you want to share? So my body strength, somebody still

486
00:22:59,480 --> 00:23:01,320
Speaker 1: need to continue to work on I work on it

487
00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:04,359
Speaker 1: every day, so that's a big one. And then I

488
00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:06,800
Speaker 1: just need to soak in, like all of the knowledge

489
00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:09,560
Speaker 1: and things from guys on the team, from coaches who

490
00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:11,879
Speaker 1: have been around this league. Just because I'm new to it.

491
00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:13,960
Speaker 1: I'm excited to like get as much just be a

492
00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:15,679
Speaker 1: sponge and get as much knowledge as I can from

493
00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:18,160
Speaker 1: those guys. Like those are the two big things. Linebacker

494
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Speaker 1: Drew tranquil joints me and Drew first and foremost. Congratulations

495
00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:25,440
Speaker 1: on a new baby boy, man, how are yank you?

496
00:23:25,880 --> 00:23:29,359
Speaker 1: We're doing really well man. Then baby's here healthy, born

497
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Speaker 1: four am, four eleven last Friday morning, so going on

498
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Speaker 1: six days old here, and he's doing well. He's got

499
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Speaker 1: his first pediatrician appointment today. But we're just we're so

500
00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:41,639
Speaker 1: glad to welcome him into the world. Can you describe

501
00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:43,800
Speaker 1: what the last four or five weeks have been like?

502
00:23:44,040 --> 00:23:47,920
Speaker 1: You know, you go from drafted, to move to a

503
00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:50,960
Speaker 1: new city to become a new dad all in the

504
00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:54,159
Speaker 1: span of like four weeks. It's crazy because there's like

505
00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:56,200
Speaker 1: a two or three month window kind of you have

506
00:23:56,359 --> 00:23:59,320
Speaker 1: the combine and then you're waiting again. But it's kind

507
00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:01,400
Speaker 1: of like a dull old time of just you train

508
00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:04,040
Speaker 1: and do the same thing every day. And my wife

509
00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:05,760
Speaker 1: and I would laugh at home because we were like,

510
00:24:06,119 --> 00:24:08,600
Speaker 1: we knew what was coming, and so bang we get drafted.

511
00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:11,560
Speaker 1: Oh no, we're moving across the country. She's thirty eight

512
00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:13,840
Speaker 1: weeks pregnant. We don't have a place, so we just

513
00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:17,000
Speaker 1: pack up our entire apartment, hire a couple of our

514
00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:19,840
Speaker 1: buddies back home to drive a U haul across the country.

515
00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:21,680
Speaker 1: And you knew it was coming, right, It was just

516
00:24:21,760 --> 00:24:23,359
Speaker 1: a matter of time. It's like, once we find out

517
00:24:23,359 --> 00:24:25,600
Speaker 1: where we're gonna be, that's when all the chaos happens.

518
00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:27,840
Speaker 1: We knew, we knew it was coming. So the two

519
00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:29,480
Speaker 1: minute the truck got the U haul out here, we

520
00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:32,320
Speaker 1: flew out here, found the place, got moved in a

521
00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:35,200
Speaker 1: rookie minicamp, and then we start OTAs and then I

522
00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:37,520
Speaker 1: get the call on Thursday, we're going to the hospital

523
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Speaker 1: and how the baby's here. I'm a dad, and it's

524
00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:43,119
Speaker 1: just a lot happening at once, but it's it's my

525
00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:45,320
Speaker 1: Jordan year, so I guess he got to do a

526
00:24:45,359 --> 00:24:47,359
Speaker 1: big right. Twenty three the Jordan, you gotta do a

527
00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:50,760
Speaker 1: big all right, I'm gonna read you something that your

528
00:24:50,880 --> 00:24:54,399
Speaker 1: defensive coordinator from Notre Dame, Clerk Lee said about you

529
00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:59,119
Speaker 1: on the podcast last month, and he went on and on.

530
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Speaker 1: I say, tell me about trank Will. He's like, hey,

531
00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:04,040
Speaker 1: you got an hour? How much time you got? He said,

532
00:25:04,119 --> 00:25:07,320
Speaker 1: Drew trank Will is just wired differently. He's just different

533
00:25:07,359 --> 00:25:10,120
Speaker 1: than a player I've ever coached. He's a machine when

534
00:25:10,119 --> 00:25:12,040
Speaker 1: it comes to his work ethic, a machine when it

535
00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:14,800
Speaker 1: comes to how he approaches his craft, both in terms

536
00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:16,960
Speaker 1: of how he treats his body and his work output.

537
00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:20,080
Speaker 1: I fully expect Drew to thrive. He's going to contribute.

538
00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:21,840
Speaker 1: He's going to add to the fabric of the team.

539
00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:24,440
Speaker 1: He's got the skill set to play. He's got the

540
00:25:24,520 --> 00:25:27,439
Speaker 1: skill set to be an NFL starter, and he won't stop.

541
00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:32,040
Speaker 1: He won't relent until he's accomplished that. Yeah, I mean, obviously,

542
00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:34,840
Speaker 1: you know, coach, he has been one of the my

543
00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:37,560
Speaker 1: favorite coaches I've had in my life. He's taught me

544
00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:39,800
Speaker 1: so much and so to hear those words that means

545
00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:43,040
Speaker 1: a lot one too. You just you talk about the

546
00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:45,760
Speaker 1: work ethic. I think you know now being a father,

547
00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:49,760
Speaker 1: you know, it's something I hope to pass to my son,

548
00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:52,320
Speaker 1: because honestly, I got my work ethic from my dad.

549
00:25:53,359 --> 00:25:55,359
Speaker 1: You know. He's a guy who married my mom his

550
00:25:55,480 --> 00:26:00,159
Speaker 1: junior year of college, had me their senior year as

551
00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:02,639
Speaker 1: well as I'm the oldest of five, but they had

552
00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:04,760
Speaker 1: three of us while he was in college. Wow, it

553
00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:07,040
Speaker 1: took him eight years to finish his degree because he

554
00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:09,120
Speaker 1: didn't come from a family with a lot of money

555
00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:11,280
Speaker 1: and had to pay his way through school and work

556
00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:14,280
Speaker 1: three jobs. Was ahead of the cafeteria. And you can

557
00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:17,840
Speaker 1: imagine doing engineering with three jobs and raising a family,

558
00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:19,760
Speaker 1: and so to have a dad who did it with

559
00:26:20,040 --> 00:26:22,520
Speaker 1: so much integrity and so much character, and you know,

560
00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:25,040
Speaker 1: he just does business right and it goes about his

561
00:26:25,119 --> 00:26:28,199
Speaker 1: work right and just let our family so well. I mean,

562
00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:30,040
Speaker 1: I just it's all I can do to just give

563
00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:32,440
Speaker 1: my best every day, you know, and try to pass

564
00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:34,560
Speaker 1: that torch. So I guess that's a little bit of

565
00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:37,520
Speaker 1: the work ethic and why I guess what drives me.

566
00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:40,960
Speaker 1: And it's more than me, you know. Yeah, well you

567
00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:44,280
Speaker 1: said it's your Jordan year and twenty three. I think

568
00:26:44,280 --> 00:26:46,320
Speaker 1: a lot of people that may be listening to this

569
00:26:46,440 --> 00:26:49,560
Speaker 1: podcast that they're a little bit older, will look back

570
00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:51,840
Speaker 1: to twenty three and be like, listen, I wasn't as

571
00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:56,760
Speaker 1: buttoned up as mature as you. Tranquil is man that responsibility,

572
00:26:57,320 --> 00:27:00,760
Speaker 1: it seems like it's instilled from your Fai family, but

573
00:27:00,840 --> 00:27:04,159
Speaker 1: also probably the program at Notre Dame too, how they

574
00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:08,119
Speaker 1: approach business and how they want you to leave the

575
00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:13,440
Speaker 1: university as good a person as you are a player. Yeah,

576
00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:17,080
Speaker 1: I mean, in my opinion, and I'm biased, you know,

577
00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:20,080
Speaker 1: Notre Dame is the best university in the country. But

578
00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:22,320
Speaker 1: I think even if you're not a Notre Dame fan,

579
00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:25,080
Speaker 1: you can't you can't talk bad about Notre Dame. I

580
00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:28,200
Speaker 1: mean just the way they prepare not only their student athletes,

581
00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:30,200
Speaker 1: but their students. And you know, I was able to

582
00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:34,480
Speaker 1: travel abroad in Israel to do mechanical engineering, to have

583
00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:39,000
Speaker 1: all of these internship opportunities while playing football and getting

584
00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:43,200
Speaker 1: a degree of that caliber. And so there's just so

585
00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:46,639
Speaker 1: many people that alumni just pouring into that institution and

586
00:27:48,119 --> 00:27:51,000
Speaker 1: you know, programs being developed and people that that care,

587
00:27:51,119 --> 00:27:54,080
Speaker 1: and it certainly shows and how their students do after

588
00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:56,920
Speaker 1: post Notre Dame. We'll tell you, Drew, the charges must

589
00:27:56,960 --> 00:27:59,439
Speaker 1: like what they see in South Bend because Isaac Rachel

590
00:27:59,560 --> 00:28:02,879
Speaker 1: is here, Cherry Tillery's here, your guy Tyler's here. The

591
00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:07,320
Speaker 1: funner that has to make the transition not much easier

592
00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:09,600
Speaker 1: for you to know you have some familiar faces in

593
00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:12,040
Speaker 1: the locker room. Well, Isaac must have some clout with

594
00:28:12,119 --> 00:28:15,919
Speaker 1: coach Flinner. We got three of us coming out here

595
00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:18,440
Speaker 1: this year. All right, it's my pleasure to welcome in

596
00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:21,399
Speaker 1: the head coach of Kansas State, Chris clemb into Chargers

597
00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:24,600
Speaker 1: Weekly and Coach, I appreciate you joining me and a

598
00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:27,879
Speaker 1: very belated congrats on the new position of Manhattan. How

599
00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:31,480
Speaker 1: are you, sir, I'm doing great. Appreciate you having me well. Coach.

600
00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:35,159
Speaker 1: Five seasons at North Dakota State, you win sixty nine

601
00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:39,520
Speaker 1: and six four FCS national championships, just an unbelievable run.

602
00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:43,400
Speaker 1: In forty nine of those sixty nine wins came with

603
00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:46,720
Speaker 1: Easton Stick under center, and he was selected by the

604
00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:50,600
Speaker 1: Chargers fifth round and its center Tenor Volsen, also with

605
00:28:50,720 --> 00:28:53,880
Speaker 1: the Chargers. He agreed to terms after the draft. What

606
00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:56,840
Speaker 1: was it like to see two former All Americans have

607
00:28:56,960 --> 00:29:00,480
Speaker 1: their NFL dreams come true on the same team. Dad

608
00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:03,120
Speaker 1: was really cool. I was so happy for both those

609
00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:06,000
Speaker 1: guys and a number of other guys from that championship

610
00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:09,200
Speaker 1: team that we're able to sign contracts. But for those

611
00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:11,720
Speaker 1: two kids that know each other so well, Easton and

612
00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:14,080
Speaker 1: Tanner and and really well, when you think it's a

613
00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:15,960
Speaker 1: quarterback in the center of all the time that they

614
00:29:16,080 --> 00:29:18,840
Speaker 1: spent together on the field and the practice or in

615
00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:21,480
Speaker 1: the meeting room and in the locker room and stuff,

616
00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:23,680
Speaker 1: I was so excited for those guys to have an

617
00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:27,720
Speaker 1: opportunity to fulfill a dream and play NFL football. Well, coach,

618
00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:30,200
Speaker 1: let's just start on the field with the Easton. What

619
00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:34,080
Speaker 1: are the charges getting With Easton on the field, probably

620
00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:37,120
Speaker 1: the smartest guy I've ever been around. And I coached

621
00:29:37,160 --> 00:29:40,520
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz as well, and so that's a big thing

622
00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:43,560
Speaker 1: to say because Carson, I think, is one of them,

623
00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:48,880
Speaker 1: is probably as cerebral as Easton. But Carson taught Easton

624
00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:52,120
Speaker 1: everything that he knows. And Easton is a guy that

625
00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:56,800
Speaker 1: on the field is gonna make great decisions, He's gonna

626
00:29:56,880 --> 00:30:01,520
Speaker 1: understand defenses really well. He's he's a real student of

627
00:30:01,560 --> 00:30:03,440
Speaker 1: the game, a real sponge, a guy that wants to

628
00:30:03,560 --> 00:30:07,160
Speaker 1: know not only the whys, the house and everything else,

629
00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:10,200
Speaker 1: but he wants to be a step ahead of everybody.

630
00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:14,600
Speaker 1: And I've never seen a guy prepare for practices, prepare

631
00:30:14,680 --> 00:30:17,400
Speaker 1: for games, prepare on a game plan sheet and a

632
00:30:17,480 --> 00:30:19,840
Speaker 1: call sheet as well as Easton stick. And once again,

633
00:30:19,880 --> 00:30:22,120
Speaker 1: he learned all that stuff from Carson when he was

634
00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:25,640
Speaker 1: Carson's understudy, but he took it to another level. And

635
00:30:26,760 --> 00:30:31,640
Speaker 1: watching that kid prepare Monday through Friday night Saturday morning

636
00:30:32,600 --> 00:30:35,800
Speaker 1: unlike anything I've ever seen. And so I knew somebody

637
00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:38,000
Speaker 1: was going to take a chance on him. He's not

638
00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:40,400
Speaker 1: six foot six like Carson is, but somebody was going

639
00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:42,480
Speaker 1: to take a chance on him. And you're getting a

640
00:30:42,520 --> 00:30:45,760
Speaker 1: guy that's going to be an unbelievable competitor, a great winner,

641
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Speaker 1: and make everybody around him better. That's fantastic. Take me

642
00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:52,800
Speaker 1: back to the moment when it clicked for you that

643
00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:54,400
Speaker 1: you knew you were going to be able to win

644
00:30:54,520 --> 00:30:58,160
Speaker 1: big with Easton. Well, we had obviously, it was a

645
00:30:58,280 --> 00:31:02,320
Speaker 1: year that Carson Wentz got injured and Easton was the

646
00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:06,200
Speaker 1: Redchard freshman that hadn't played any snaps, and we simplified

647
00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:09,200
Speaker 1: some of the game plan for him, and we had

648
00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:11,600
Speaker 1: to go on a two game road trip and he

649
00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:16,240
Speaker 1: executed everything flaws flawlessly, and was a guy that was

650
00:31:16,280 --> 00:31:18,720
Speaker 1: an unbelievable leader, not only in the huddle, but in

651
00:31:18,760 --> 00:31:21,280
Speaker 1: the locker room at the practice field. And there was

652
00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:23,240
Speaker 1: a kid that was nineteen years old that had not

653
00:31:23,320 --> 00:31:26,800
Speaker 1: played any snaps and he just galvanized everybody around him

654
00:31:27,560 --> 00:31:31,200
Speaker 1: to go through it and play with him. And after

655
00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:35,360
Speaker 1: that that he was in for a special career. Obviously,

656
00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:38,640
Speaker 1: Carson came back and playing in that championship game and

657
00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:40,720
Speaker 1: what it tells you everything you need to know about

658
00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:43,680
Speaker 1: east Instead. Easton was eight no had led us to

659
00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:47,760
Speaker 1: the National Championship game in twenty fifteen. Carson had played

660
00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:51,360
Speaker 1: six games and broke his thought of that year, but

661
00:31:51,640 --> 00:31:54,320
Speaker 1: was cleared to play in the National Championship game. And

662
00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:57,200
Speaker 1: Easton was the one that came to us and said,

663
00:31:57,280 --> 00:32:01,120
Speaker 1: this is Carson's football team. He need, he deserves to

664
00:32:01,240 --> 00:32:04,760
Speaker 1: play in this National championship game. I'll have opportunity and

665
00:32:05,200 --> 00:32:07,560
Speaker 1: they're enough. Carson played in that game and those two

666
00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:10,600
Speaker 1: have been best of friends. Easton was in Carson's wedding

667
00:32:10,680 --> 00:32:13,600
Speaker 1: and stuff, and I knew of the next three years

668
00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:16,400
Speaker 1: we were going to be in great with Easton and

669
00:32:17,080 --> 00:32:19,280
Speaker 1: its forty nine games. A lot of people don't even

670
00:32:19,320 --> 00:32:22,200
Speaker 1: post to that many in college and in forty nine

671
00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:25,800
Speaker 1: football games. It's hard to believe. And you've mentioned kind

672
00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:29,720
Speaker 1: of the similarities in some fashions with Carson Wentz. What

673
00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:33,760
Speaker 1: other characteristics or trades do they share that you think

674
00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:37,600
Speaker 1: translates so well to the NFL outside the intelligence that

675
00:32:37,720 --> 00:32:40,800
Speaker 1: you mentioned at the top, well, the fact that they're

676
00:32:40,800 --> 00:32:43,240
Speaker 1: coming from a pro style offense where you had a

677
00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:46,560
Speaker 1: long huddle call you had to um, you know, have

678
00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:48,760
Speaker 1: a wristband where you had a long, long call, you

679
00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:51,239
Speaker 1: had to call it out in the huddle. You had

680
00:32:51,280 --> 00:32:53,720
Speaker 1: the ability to change plays at the line of scrimmage,

681
00:32:53,760 --> 00:32:58,280
Speaker 1: to get yourself in the best play possible, to change protections. Uh.

682
00:32:58,360 --> 00:33:00,720
Speaker 1: And then the other thing is, and I know it's

683
00:33:00,800 --> 00:33:02,360
Speaker 1: not going to be to the extent he did it

684
00:33:02,520 --> 00:33:06,320
Speaker 1: at North Dakota State, but his athleticism in and out

685
00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:09,880
Speaker 1: of the pocket and keeping his eyes down field. You know,

686
00:33:10,040 --> 00:33:11,840
Speaker 1: he was able to scram around and make a lot

687
00:33:11,880 --> 00:33:14,640
Speaker 1: of plays running the football for US, but he made

688
00:33:14,680 --> 00:33:18,200
Speaker 1: as many plays scrambling around and keeping his eyes downfield.

689
00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:20,480
Speaker 1: He made a great play in the National Championship Game

690
00:33:20,800 --> 00:33:22,400
Speaker 1: on a third and I think it was eight in

691
00:33:22,440 --> 00:33:25,600
Speaker 1: the red zone of scrambling around, keeping his eyes downfield

692
00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:28,600
Speaker 1: and finding our receiver for a touchdown in a critical time.

693
00:33:28,960 --> 00:33:32,480
Speaker 1: And those are things that I know in watching limited

694
00:33:32,520 --> 00:33:36,040
Speaker 1: amount of NFL football like I do because of my job.

695
00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:40,360
Speaker 1: But it's the guys that can extend plays, and I

696
00:33:40,440 --> 00:33:44,080
Speaker 1: think people have seen that with Carson already his ability

697
00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:47,480
Speaker 1: to extend plays that he's done in Easton's the same

698
00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:50,280
Speaker 1: way his ability to extend plays with his legs and

699
00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:54,240
Speaker 1: keep his eyes downfield. Now joined by linebacker Amecka egg

700
00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:57,959
Speaker 1: Bully the graduate congratulations on being a Charger, but more

701
00:33:58,040 --> 00:34:00,800
Speaker 1: partly graduating too. Man, it's a big it, sir, it

702
00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:04,000
Speaker 1: is appreciate it. How is the weekend? Just knowing that, hey,

703
00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:07,320
Speaker 1: I graduated, my family was there, and I was also

704
00:34:07,720 --> 00:34:10,799
Speaker 1: start a new career rookie minicamp the same weekend. Yeah,

705
00:34:10,880 --> 00:34:13,360
Speaker 1: it all worked out. It was real convenient, and it

706
00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:17,200
Speaker 1: was a great great. It was just great overall because

707
00:34:17,719 --> 00:34:20,560
Speaker 1: I graduated May ninth on the Thursday, and now it

708
00:34:20,640 --> 00:34:24,440
Speaker 1: was the day that I was flying out, and besides

709
00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:26,880
Speaker 1: the weather later that night, everything was great. Just my

710
00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:29,560
Speaker 1: family being there to see me walk across the stage

711
00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:32,279
Speaker 1: and then knowing that I'm leaving that same day to

712
00:34:32,920 --> 00:34:35,840
Speaker 1: come to LA and be with a new team and

713
00:34:36,760 --> 00:34:40,040
Speaker 1: just a new experience. Yeah, but my flight ended up

714
00:34:40,080 --> 00:34:43,560
Speaker 1: getting canceled that night because of the weather. But I'm

715
00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:46,320
Speaker 1: here now, so it's a great Tom said, you're a

716
00:34:46,360 --> 00:34:49,839
Speaker 1: physical player. You'll see you're a virgatile player. Describe your

717
00:34:49,880 --> 00:34:53,759
Speaker 1: game on the field, right, So on the field, you

718
00:34:53,920 --> 00:34:56,439
Speaker 1: if you watched film or anybody who watched me play,

719
00:34:56,800 --> 00:34:59,480
Speaker 1: and you could see that I can play on the perimeter,

720
00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:03,160
Speaker 1: play on slots, I can rush the passer. I'm in

721
00:35:03,239 --> 00:35:06,800
Speaker 1: the box occasionally with the defense I was playing, so

722
00:35:07,719 --> 00:35:10,279
Speaker 1: stand up or sometimes I even have my hand in

723
00:35:10,360 --> 00:35:13,880
Speaker 1: the dirt on goal line. So pretty much everything and

724
00:35:14,160 --> 00:35:18,320
Speaker 1: special teams. I was on that all four years, so

725
00:35:18,480 --> 00:35:21,480
Speaker 1: pretty much I could do pretty much anything except probably

726
00:35:21,520 --> 00:35:24,160
Speaker 1: play corner with the Earth quarterback. I'd tell you, in

727
00:35:24,280 --> 00:35:27,320
Speaker 1: this defense, versatility is so important. I just think a

728
00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:31,720
Speaker 1: guy's like Adrian Phillips who plays safety, plays linebacker, Chenna

729
00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:35,600
Speaker 1: who came in, can rush the passer, can play linebacker.

730
00:35:36,040 --> 00:35:38,759
Speaker 1: And then you mentioned special teams. That has to be

731
00:35:39,320 --> 00:35:42,279
Speaker 1: priority A right. Just just mastering that, especially in your

732
00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:46,360
Speaker 1: first year. So that's that's, like I said before, feeling

733
00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:49,839
Speaker 1: like a freshman again. My freshman year, that's what I all.

734
00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:52,640
Speaker 1: I did special teams. So just doing that now, it's

735
00:35:52,680 --> 00:35:56,480
Speaker 1: just starting over and learning the playbook and just going

736
00:35:56,560 --> 00:35:59,920
Speaker 1: to go from there. During the draft process, you had

737
00:36:00,160 --> 00:36:03,319
Speaker 1: Guy and Ed Oliver that was, you know, a top

738
00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:06,600
Speaker 1: ten lock. How did you use that attention to your advantage?

739
00:36:06,680 --> 00:36:08,360
Speaker 1: Knowing that, Hey, all these guys are gonna come to

740
00:36:08,480 --> 00:36:11,360
Speaker 1: my pro day and I'm gonna be able to benefit

741
00:36:11,440 --> 00:36:15,000
Speaker 1: from that. Right even before the pro day, I knew

742
00:36:15,120 --> 00:36:19,080
Speaker 1: that scouts and teams, everybody was going to be watching

743
00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:22,800
Speaker 1: us because of Ed. So and they're watching Ed's tape

744
00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:25,680
Speaker 1: and then they may say, oh, who's that you eight?

745
00:36:26,120 --> 00:36:30,520
Speaker 1: Who's that number eight? Yeah, exactly, So even plus that,

746
00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:34,759
Speaker 1: knowing that is just um an extra push with the

747
00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:37,839
Speaker 1: way I already want to be, like how I want

748
00:36:37,880 --> 00:36:42,320
Speaker 1: to play and play hard and fast, comfortable and just

749
00:36:43,040 --> 00:36:47,359
Speaker 1: being a athlete, just playing the game. And but knowing

750
00:36:47,480 --> 00:36:50,400
Speaker 1: that there's gonna be people watching that is going to

751
00:36:50,480 --> 00:36:53,279
Speaker 1: help me in the future, that that's just just just

752
00:36:53,440 --> 00:36:55,960
Speaker 1: a plus to make me go harder. It's a big deal.

753
00:36:56,040 --> 00:37:00,600
Speaker 1: It's a good opportunity to have playing with him. It's

754
00:37:00,600 --> 00:37:02,520
Speaker 1: a heck of an opportunity and you're able to take

755
00:37:02,560 --> 00:37:04,200
Speaker 1: advantage of it and get to get to a team

756
00:37:04,280 --> 00:37:06,840
Speaker 1: like the Chargers. What do you like about this defense?

757
00:37:06,920 --> 00:37:09,400
Speaker 1: First impressions of it and what you think you can

758
00:37:09,480 --> 00:37:12,560
Speaker 1: do if given an opportunity, right, So, once I get

759
00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:16,760
Speaker 1: the hang of everything, and that's when you play faster.

760
00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:19,399
Speaker 1: So once I get the hang of everything, just being

761
00:37:19,440 --> 00:37:22,960
Speaker 1: able to rush the passer with the players that we've

762
00:37:23,040 --> 00:37:26,799
Speaker 1: learned so far, and being able to playing coverage, it's

763
00:37:26,800 --> 00:37:30,440
Speaker 1: almost similar to what I did in college. But this,

764
00:37:31,080 --> 00:37:34,320
Speaker 1: knowing this I could just from the experience I have,

765
00:37:34,680 --> 00:37:37,680
Speaker 1: I think I'll be great And once I get the

766
00:37:37,760 --> 00:37:40,360
Speaker 1: hang of it and everything, I'll be able to go fast.

767
00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:43,200
Speaker 1: Think I'll be able to contribute a lot on defense.

768
00:37:43,520 --> 00:37:46,799
Speaker 1: And the more help you get from veterans, the faster

769
00:37:46,880 --> 00:37:49,320
Speaker 1: you're gonna play. I talked to Quartez earlier this morning

770
00:37:49,920 --> 00:37:53,200
Speaker 1: and he just commented how Brandon me Being and Damien

771
00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:55,720
Speaker 1: Squire from his guys on the defensive line, have already

772
00:37:55,760 --> 00:37:58,960
Speaker 1: helped him and really held him accountable. How has that

773
00:37:59,080 --> 00:38:01,000
Speaker 1: been for you in terms of just meeting your new

774
00:38:01,040 --> 00:38:05,840
Speaker 1: team meets, especially at the linebacker position. Yeah, just the

775
00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:09,640
Speaker 1: guys that the fetes that we went out and practice with,

776
00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:12,759
Speaker 1: just from doing the drills and they were holding each

777
00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:15,239
Speaker 1: other accountable. You know, if you drop a ball as

778
00:38:15,360 --> 00:38:20,000
Speaker 1: ten pushups. So yeah, Thomas Davis, I dropped the balls.

779
00:38:20,080 --> 00:38:22,480
Speaker 1: Walking back, he was like, you get your ten. I

780
00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:25,040
Speaker 1: was like, Noah. He was like, he was like, you

781
00:38:25,120 --> 00:38:27,080
Speaker 1: dropped the ball. And then I was like you right,

782
00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:29,400
Speaker 1: So I got my ten and it kind of slipped

783
00:38:29,440 --> 00:38:31,160
Speaker 1: my mind, but he helped me accountable to that just

784
00:38:31,640 --> 00:38:34,480
Speaker 1: dropping the ball. So when it comes to, you know,

785
00:38:34,840 --> 00:38:37,440
Speaker 1: mental errors or anything, I know that they'll be there

786
00:38:37,480 --> 00:38:39,120
Speaker 1: to be on me. And once I get the hang

787
00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:42,040
Speaker 1: of everything, I could be on them too. Please be

788
00:38:42,160 --> 00:38:45,800
Speaker 1: joined by defensive tackle Cortes, brought in the team's seventh

789
00:38:45,920 --> 00:38:49,520
Speaker 1: round pick. Cortes, Welcome to the charges man, how are you.

790
00:38:49,719 --> 00:38:51,600
Speaker 1: I'm doing good. I'm doing good. Glad to be here.

791
00:38:51,719 --> 00:38:54,759
Speaker 1: It's a blessed for opportunity. From this point forward, it

792
00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:57,440
Speaker 1: doesn't matter if you were drafting the seventh round, the

793
00:38:57,640 --> 00:39:00,720
Speaker 1: second round, you were undrafted. It makes your real difference

794
00:39:00,760 --> 00:39:02,560
Speaker 1: now because you're in the building and you just gotta

795
00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:05,680
Speaker 1: prove yourself. Just set up for that opportunity, right, and

796
00:39:05,880 --> 00:39:08,359
Speaker 1: we talked about the seventh round picks the last two

797
00:39:08,440 --> 00:39:12,520
Speaker 1: years with the Chargers. Justin Jackson helped win two of

798
00:39:12,560 --> 00:39:16,080
Speaker 1: the biggest games in the Charger season last year in

799
00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:19,840
Speaker 1: prime time against the Steelers. In chiefs Isaac Rishell started

800
00:39:19,880 --> 00:39:22,319
Speaker 1: in place at Joey Bosa when Joey was hurt last year.

801
00:39:22,640 --> 00:39:25,600
Speaker 1: Both seventh round picks both have made big impacts on

802
00:39:25,719 --> 00:39:28,680
Speaker 1: this team. So it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter where

803
00:39:28,680 --> 00:39:30,840
Speaker 1: your draft doesn't And I think it is the biggest

804
00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:32,799
Speaker 1: thing that you do when you come in is earn

805
00:39:32,960 --> 00:39:36,840
Speaker 1: respect and trust of the players then the coaches, because

806
00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:39,880
Speaker 1: if you don't earn that respect and show that okay

807
00:39:40,040 --> 00:39:43,400
Speaker 1: bomb yea, yeah, obviously everybody rookie duties. Yes, sir, won't

808
00:39:43,440 --> 00:39:46,400
Speaker 1: go do it? Hey, grab this this and that you

809
00:39:46,480 --> 00:39:48,080
Speaker 1: know I got you bone, go do it now. There's

810
00:39:48,080 --> 00:39:50,880
Speaker 1: no complain about it because these guys have been here.

811
00:39:50,960 --> 00:39:53,040
Speaker 1: These guys know what it's like, and they take care

812
00:39:53,040 --> 00:39:54,680
Speaker 1: of you. They don't make you just do things. They

813
00:39:54,719 --> 00:39:56,640
Speaker 1: take care of you. And the biggest thing when I

814
00:39:56,680 --> 00:39:58,799
Speaker 1: first got here in me Bang was like because me Bang,

815
00:39:59,560 --> 00:40:01,640
Speaker 1: I know I'm through a connection of one of my coaches.

816
00:40:01,640 --> 00:40:04,080
Speaker 1: I used to play, and he came under Rebang. Oh

817
00:40:04,160 --> 00:40:08,080
Speaker 1: really so so before I've talked to great shrugs and

818
00:40:08,200 --> 00:40:10,399
Speaker 1: he so and he came out and they're real close

819
00:40:10,440 --> 00:40:13,879
Speaker 1: friends and uh they visit each other, visit each other's

820
00:40:13,920 --> 00:40:17,000
Speaker 1: houses and stuff, and um, I hang out a good amount.

821
00:40:17,120 --> 00:40:19,800
Speaker 1: But just having that connection, he reached out before I

822
00:40:19,800 --> 00:40:21,920
Speaker 1: even got here. So me, Bang Boom, he's been on.

823
00:40:22,040 --> 00:40:24,160
Speaker 1: He's been on me. We're competing together the whole time,

824
00:40:24,600 --> 00:40:26,560
Speaker 1: like we're on the field, we're hitting to say, competing together,

825
00:40:26,680 --> 00:40:28,880
Speaker 1: competing together. He says, he beats me. But I'm like, hey,

826
00:40:29,840 --> 00:40:32,160
Speaker 1: I don't know. We can watch the film. But but

827
00:40:32,520 --> 00:40:34,759
Speaker 1: it's great because then all of a sudden, the second day,

828
00:40:35,040 --> 00:40:37,520
Speaker 1: actually the first day, I saw my notes and how

829
00:40:37,560 --> 00:40:39,080
Speaker 1: I structured it. He was like, all right, this is good.

830
00:40:39,360 --> 00:40:41,359
Speaker 1: Why don't you go back and do this, He said,

831
00:40:41,440 --> 00:40:42,600
Speaker 1: go back and do this. I did it. I was

832
00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:45,080
Speaker 1: like when he wanted done, He's like, get done by tomorrow.

833
00:40:45,120 --> 00:40:47,600
Speaker 1: I was like, all right, went back to the hotel Boom,

834
00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:51,560
Speaker 1: slided it down, put it by formations, um, and just

835
00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:54,480
Speaker 1: kind of diagrammed it so it's easy to understand and

836
00:40:54,640 --> 00:40:57,480
Speaker 1: in the fronts and and that's that's what you have

837
00:40:57,560 --> 00:40:59,839
Speaker 1: to do. And so it's like a second coach. Yeah,

838
00:41:00,560 --> 00:41:02,160
Speaker 1: percent like a second coach because he's been here for

839
00:41:02,239 --> 00:41:04,719
Speaker 1: thirteen this is the thirteenth year, and I'm I'm taking

840
00:41:04,719 --> 00:41:06,640
Speaker 1: everything I know, I mean I can from him. You

841
00:41:06,719 --> 00:41:09,960
Speaker 1: got to you got And it's rare, too Quarts to

842
00:41:10,080 --> 00:41:13,839
Speaker 1: have guys like that that have been as established as

843
00:41:13,880 --> 00:41:16,879
Speaker 1: a guy like Brandon a leader, been on a super

844
00:41:16,960 --> 00:41:21,120
Speaker 1: Bowl team, widely respected in that locker room. I mean,

845
00:41:21,200 --> 00:41:24,200
Speaker 1: to have guys like that in your corner, couple with

846
00:41:24,280 --> 00:41:26,880
Speaker 1: the coaches, couple with Gifts Smith, couple with Gus Bradley

847
00:41:26,920 --> 00:41:29,680
Speaker 1: and Anthony Lynn. I mean that speaks volumes true, that

848
00:41:29,840 --> 00:41:32,880
Speaker 1: does and uh, I mean I'm just I mean, obviously,

849
00:41:32,880 --> 00:41:34,759
Speaker 1: you still got to prove yourself and that's the biggest thing,

850
00:41:34,840 --> 00:41:37,839
Speaker 1: and that's my my thing is but you can't get

851
00:41:37,880 --> 00:41:39,680
Speaker 1: too caught up in it because if you get too

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Speaker 1: Like if you're not having fun doing this, I mean,

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Speaker 1: William Support, right, yeah, William Sport. So just being able

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Speaker 1: I have one of my good friends that plays for

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Speaker 1: families and it's that's what I like to see, and

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Speaker 1: those are the things I aspire for. So all right, guys,

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Speaker 1: that's gonna do it. Thanks to you all for listening.

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