1 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:09,039 Speaker 1: How you know, going good? Good? I feel John, you 2 00:00:09,119 --> 00:00:11,400 Speaker 1: have I see you missed two games to go play 3 00:00:11,600 --> 00:00:16,759 Speaker 1: on Thursday. I'm feeling good man, feeling ready. I just 4 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:20,200 Speaker 1: you know, getting getting treated and uh, you know, taking 5 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:23,520 Speaker 1: advantage of very opportunity to uh, you know, continue to 6 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:26,440 Speaker 1: be out there and you know up the team. Has 7 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:28,360 Speaker 1: that been frustrating it all for you new team and 8 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:32,600 Speaker 1: trying work your way in. Nah, not at all. Nah, 9 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:36,440 Speaker 1: It's part of it. Uh Like I'm you know, I've 10 00:00:36,479 --> 00:00:38,839 Speaker 1: been embraced, you know, boy, such a good group of guys, 11 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:42,639 Speaker 1: you know, great um coaches, you know what I mean. 12 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:45,000 Speaker 1: And uh, you know, I'm just glad that you know, 13 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:46,600 Speaker 1: we're in a position that we are right now, so 14 00:00:47,159 --> 00:00:50,120 Speaker 1: you know, put ourselves and a great opportunity and uh 15 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:52,440 Speaker 1: let's continue to you know, starving to get better and 16 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:55,080 Speaker 1: to continue to progress. What do you think it's gonna 17 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:57,319 Speaker 1: be like on Sunday to see a lot of your 18 00:00:57,320 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 1: former teammates and your coaches on me on the other side. 19 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:02,240 Speaker 1: We're gonna we're gonna be ready to play. You know, 20 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:04,440 Speaker 1: it's gonna be a hell of a game. Um, you know, 21 00:01:04,600 --> 00:01:06,600 Speaker 1: guys gonna ready and I'll be ready. We'll be We'll 22 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:10,160 Speaker 1: be ready, Um, you know, ready to go, and uh, 23 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:12,520 Speaker 1: you know, just treat like any other game, you know 24 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:15,160 Speaker 1: what I mean. And you know that's a manset we had, 25 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 1: uh you know, week in and week out. You know 26 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:19,120 Speaker 1: that we don't look at the logo, you know what 27 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:23,399 Speaker 1: I mean, We don't take any opponent lightly and you 28 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:27,200 Speaker 1: know it's gonna go play our brunning football. How does 29 00:01:27,240 --> 00:01:31,000 Speaker 1: your experience staying there for four years help this week? 30 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:34,840 Speaker 1: Wa'ta married with a lot of guys, of course, Um, 31 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:38,120 Speaker 1: but like any other um, you know team, it's a 32 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:40,800 Speaker 1: lot of teams, you know, guys bouncing on the league 33 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:42,920 Speaker 1: all the time. So um, you know you used to 34 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:45,400 Speaker 1: playing against different guys, whether they wind up on you know, 35 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 1: a different team you know, maybe that you haven't played on, 36 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:50,240 Speaker 1: but you still you know, just know them and you 37 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:52,760 Speaker 1: don't know the styles of play. So um you know, 38 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:55,840 Speaker 1: well we'll use you know everybody here. You know, we 39 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 1: use that as an edge, you know what I mean? 40 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:00,520 Speaker 1: And um, you know just about knowing our as well 41 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 1: and and just trying to capitalize on that. But but 42 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 1: in those four years in Tennessee met they were great, man, 43 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 1: some of the greatest four years I've had that. I've 44 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:12,360 Speaker 1: learned a lot. Um you know, I did one year 45 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:16,200 Speaker 1: of Malarkey, uh, three years with Rabel, and uh you 46 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:18,680 Speaker 1: know learned a lot from both guys. Um you know 47 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:20,959 Speaker 1: more from Rabel of course, you know, being around the 48 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 1: longer and UM, you know it's just uh, you know, 49 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:26,440 Speaker 1: got a number of love for the organization. Um you 50 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:28,840 Speaker 1: know they did right by me, and uh you know 51 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:30,840 Speaker 1: every day that I went out there, I gave him 52 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 1: off of them. I'm sorry. We just it's a great guy, 53 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:39,800 Speaker 1: great energy. Uh you know, I like this guy, you 54 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:42,120 Speaker 1: know what I mean. Um, And and not not as 55 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:44,720 Speaker 1: far as you know personality was, but just and you know, 56 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 1: coaching styles and um, you know they demand a lot 57 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:50,160 Speaker 1: of their players, and you know that's what any great 58 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 1: coach should, just want them to be the best. And um, 59 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 1: you know get that demand that their best every every snap. 60 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 1: Uh you know that's you know, you can't ask a 61 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:00,919 Speaker 1: better coach than that, you know what I mean. And 62 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:03,520 Speaker 1: you know he knows the stuff and uh you know 63 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:06,520 Speaker 1: he's a great guy you know off the uh you know, 64 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:09,239 Speaker 1: off the field as well. So it was a great, great, 65 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:12,720 Speaker 1: great opportunity, great experience playing for him, man, which coach 66 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:15,440 Speaker 1: very like when you gradual preparing to play the bag here. 67 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:19,920 Speaker 1: Um he was, uh, he was. He was fired up, man, 68 00:03:19,919 --> 00:03:22,400 Speaker 1: he was ready. Um, you know he was you know 69 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 1: he uh. He also knew that you know, this is 70 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:27,600 Speaker 1: you know, he knew the history of his team of course, 71 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 1: and all the success that they had and him playing 72 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:31,640 Speaker 1: here you know and all that. You know, um, you know, 73 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 1: but he knew how to you know, channel his emotions 74 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:36,600 Speaker 1: and say, you know, this is a this is just 75 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:38,920 Speaker 1: another game. Don't believe the hype us. You know, a 76 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 1: lot of hype will be fueled around you know, games 77 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 1: like this, and you know, just ignore the noise. You know, 78 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 1: things that are good coach should say, um so um, 79 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 1: you know that's that's kind of just the mindset that 80 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:53,840 Speaker 1: we had going into that week. Gosh. McDaniel said yesterday 81 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:55,960 Speaker 1: that this is kind of like a foundational year for 82 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:58,080 Speaker 1: some of ye first year guys year on the team. 83 00:03:58,520 --> 00:04:04,280 Speaker 1: Do you feel that way that it's kind of not 84 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:07,080 Speaker 1: not not necessarily in that aspect. I mean, you know, 85 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:10,160 Speaker 1: you you you you get to anywhere, um the first 86 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 1: time in your life, and an adjustment, you know what 87 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:14,320 Speaker 1: I mean, It's just about how well you just you 88 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 1: know what I mean, and uh, just coming in you know, 89 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:20,400 Speaker 1: the same mindset every day, put my heart, head on 90 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:24,200 Speaker 1: and uh, you know, I just you know, like I 91 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:27,080 Speaker 1: said earlier, man, I'm just I'm thankful for the position 92 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:29,120 Speaker 1: that we're in right now. Um. You know, we know 93 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:31,680 Speaker 1: we got a lot a lot more football left and 94 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:34,719 Speaker 1: uh you've you've given ourselves the opportunity to continue to 95 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:37,919 Speaker 1: play a lot more football. So I'm thankful for that opportunity. 96 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:40,360 Speaker 1: And that's just kind of a that's just where That's 97 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:42,440 Speaker 1: just where I'm at right now. About a month ago, 98 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:45,640 Speaker 1: we heard from Hunter right there that podium, Kybe telling 99 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:47,840 Speaker 1: us the same thing down is breakout game. It's coming. 100 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:50,800 Speaker 1: It's next week, it's coming. As far as just making 101 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 1: more catches, I mean, do you feel like that might 102 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:56,560 Speaker 1: be close for you now? Is that something you monitor? 103 00:04:56,839 --> 00:04:58,480 Speaker 1: I know a lot of your snap plately have been 104 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:04,839 Speaker 1: more with runbocking. Um, I mean, you know, it is 105 00:05:04,839 --> 00:05:07,440 Speaker 1: what it is right now. Man. I'm just like I said, 106 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 1: I'm thankful to being a position that that that I am, 107 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:11,680 Speaker 1: whatever it is i'm called it or asked to do 108 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:15,520 Speaker 1: that has always been a player I've been. I don't necessarily. Um, 109 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:19,200 Speaker 1: you know, worry about the role, you know what I mean. 110 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:22,960 Speaker 1: I just embraced whatever. I'm not gonna worry about the role, 111 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:25,360 Speaker 1: if you know what I mean. It's it's I'm not 112 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:28,000 Speaker 1: like as players, we don't sit here and say, okay, 113 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:31,160 Speaker 1: this is you know, this is this is what we're 114 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:33,359 Speaker 1: gonna do this week. That's the coach's job. You know, 115 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:35,960 Speaker 1: it's our job to go on and execute it. Um, 116 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:37,720 Speaker 1: So that's all I can worry about, you know what 117 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:39,960 Speaker 1: I mean. And like again I said, I'm thankful for 118 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:42,080 Speaker 1: the position that we are, man, and he's gonna keep 119 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:45,800 Speaker 1: playing good football and keep progressing, keeping proving. The last 120 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:48,200 Speaker 1: time that you talk to us, probably about two weeks ago, 121 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:51,440 Speaker 1: you meet an analogy to a horse race and you 122 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:53,200 Speaker 1: talk about it a bunch of up and you don't 123 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:55,479 Speaker 1: want to fall behind. Right now, as we talk to 124 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:58,760 Speaker 1: you a couple of weeks later, what would you say, like, 125 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:01,840 Speaker 1: where are we in the race? Yeah? Um, well, I 126 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:04,800 Speaker 1: mean you know, it's definitely still a long race. That's 127 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:06,760 Speaker 1: a that's a that's the beauty of it. Man, it's 128 00:06:06,760 --> 00:06:10,560 Speaker 1: a long racing. Um, you can't get ahead of ourselves. Um. Yeah, 129 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:12,880 Speaker 1: we had some success but we gotta have that same 130 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:15,279 Speaker 1: mentality that we had a couple of weeks ago when 131 00:06:15,279 --> 00:06:17,960 Speaker 1: guys were counting us out. So, um, you know that's 132 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:20,279 Speaker 1: what God is here and just putting our heart head 133 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:23,120 Speaker 1: on every day coming to work and coming to get better. Um, 134 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:26,080 Speaker 1: you know, I don't I'm not sure what every record 135 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:28,320 Speaker 1: is in the league right now, but I would say that, Um, 136 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:30,960 Speaker 1: you know, we're definitely pulling the head, but we just 137 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:33,400 Speaker 1: got to continue stay stay on the same. After we've 138 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:40,280 Speaker 1: been on these last couple of weeks. Now we got, 139 00:06:40,279 --> 00:06:42,560 Speaker 1: like I said, at a lot more left to go. Man, 140 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:44,680 Speaker 1: it's a long race, and uh, you know, we're just 141 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:46,560 Speaker 1: trying to trying to pull away from a lot of 142 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 1: great teams in this league. And a little bit of 143 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:51,320 Speaker 1: a lighthearting question when you would take a break in 144 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:54,640 Speaker 1: the race for Thanksgiving on Thursday and you're looking for 145 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:57,600 Speaker 1: like that one side dish that you have to have, right, 146 00:06:57,880 --> 00:07:00,320 Speaker 1: what would it be the one side that I have 147 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:05,560 Speaker 1: to have? Man? Truth, Probably I'm gonna go I'm gonna 148 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:07,280 Speaker 1: go with a dessert. Man, I probably have to do 149 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:11,120 Speaker 1: some sweeper tato pile. Man. Probably have to go with that. 150 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:13,600 Speaker 1: Probably have to go with that I'm looking forward to 151 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:16,240 Speaker 1: that and scoop with an that ice cream I'm looking 152 00:07:16,280 --> 00:07:18,640 Speaker 1: forward to. I think you need to talk to Troy Brown. 153 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:21,160 Speaker 1: I think I think he said the same thing yesterday. Yeah, 154 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:25,160 Speaker 1: I could be wrong, Okay, chour you know, Yeah, he 155 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:28,240 Speaker 1: said his wife makes the best and I think she 156 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:30,360 Speaker 1: sends it to him. Oh yeah, we might have to 157 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:32,720 Speaker 1: do we might have to see what's going on with that. 158 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:35,400 Speaker 1: This week. I had to see what's going on with that? 159 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:44,640 Speaker 1: That was the best question. I gotta love that. Aficiate us. 160 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:47,800 Speaker 1: What are going? What are you thankful for this time 161 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:50,800 Speaker 1: of year? Oh? Man, every everything? Man, my family, my 162 00:07:50,880 --> 00:07:53,880 Speaker 1: loved ones. Um uh you know, God has blessed me 163 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:57,320 Speaker 1: in an amazing position. I'm playing the game that I love. Um, 164 00:07:57,560 --> 00:08:01,160 Speaker 1: I got another baby on the way. Man. The list 165 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:02,960 Speaker 1: goes on. Man, I got no reason to put my 166 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:06,040 Speaker 1: head down. You know what I mean. I'm this This 167 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:09,200 Speaker 1: team is an amazing team right now. I'm thankful, uh, 168 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:10,840 Speaker 1: you know, for the for the for the guys that 169 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:14,240 Speaker 1: care about one another and I locker room. Uh you know, 170 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:16,160 Speaker 1: it's part of the reason why we're here. Man, while 171 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:19,600 Speaker 1: we have been handling some success. So it's thankful. A 172 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:26,560 Speaker 1: lot of things last year. And if so, what was 173 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:30,280 Speaker 1: your reaction to the decision to open up about that. Um, yeah, 174 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:32,400 Speaker 1: I did. I have a chance to to see to 175 00:08:32,440 --> 00:08:35,880 Speaker 1: see a bit of it. Um. You know, you know lately, Um, 176 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:37,280 Speaker 1: a lot of guys that have been dealing with a 177 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:40,560 Speaker 1: lot of issues. Man, you know, mental health is is 178 00:08:40,559 --> 00:08:43,840 Speaker 1: no joke. Um. I think the biggest misconception is that 179 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:47,319 Speaker 1: because we are athletes, because we are you know, we 180 00:08:47,640 --> 00:08:50,000 Speaker 1: sit on a certain pedestal that we're not allowed to 181 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:53,360 Speaker 1: show those emotions and everything just supposed to be easy 182 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:58,080 Speaker 1: and brush it off. And UM, I think man, for um, 183 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:00,960 Speaker 1: you know a lot of guys, that's the problem. Um. 184 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:03,600 Speaker 1: You know, people don't really deal with their emotions, and 185 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:05,440 Speaker 1: I think that they just continue to weigh them down, 186 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:08,480 Speaker 1: William down and put them in a dark place. Um. 187 00:09:08,520 --> 00:09:12,959 Speaker 1: But I think that um, the direction that we're going 188 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:17,120 Speaker 1: in as a league with more guys you know, admitting that, um, 189 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:19,920 Speaker 1: you know, as guys people like you know, me and 190 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:22,800 Speaker 1: other people, so many other people you know, that would 191 00:09:22,880 --> 00:09:25,000 Speaker 1: encourage a god man seek help, you know what I mean. 192 00:09:25,040 --> 00:09:27,080 Speaker 1: And that's all right, man, be in this together, you 193 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:28,439 Speaker 1: know what I mean. Like you're my brother, you know 194 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:30,160 Speaker 1: what I mean, I'm here for you and you know 195 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:32,640 Speaker 1: I can relate with you, and uh mean I think 196 00:09:32,679 --> 00:09:34,800 Speaker 1: that it's uh it's it's bold man and show as 197 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:40,400 Speaker 1: a sona a bravery and you know it's uh it's 198 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:45,240 Speaker 1: you know, unfortunate that you know we got that uh 199 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:49,080 Speaker 1: you know that uh that that the notion to you know, 200 00:09:49,160 --> 00:09:52,280 Speaker 1: not you know, showing emotions and the hot our feelings 201 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:54,120 Speaker 1: as athletes, because we're supposed to be the biggest and 202 00:09:54,120 --> 00:09:57,200 Speaker 1: baddest people on the planets. Um, but we know we're 203 00:09:57,280 --> 00:09:59,360 Speaker 1: humans too, you know, we bleed just like everyone else. 204 00:09:59,360 --> 00:10:02,000 Speaker 1: So a lot of people deal with certain things at home, man, 205 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:05,839 Speaker 1: and certain things, certain trauma that they dealt with that 206 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:09,920 Speaker 1: would as you know, children and um, you know it's 207 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:12,080 Speaker 1: it's just good to to to talk to someone to 208 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:14,400 Speaker 1: seek help, man, to admit those things so that we 209 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:17,400 Speaker 1: can get to the root and fix the problem. So 210 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:19,720 Speaker 1: that people can you know, literal lives that they've been 211 00:10:19,720 --> 00:10:24,920 Speaker 1: blusted that they wouldn't they've they've been blessed with Thanks 212 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:23,240 Speaker 1: you