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Our Player segment is presented by 0:00:49.400 --> 0:00:52.080 mt T Bank, the official community bank of your New 0:00:52.159 --> 0:00:55.280 York Jets. Jermaine Curse, what did you think about the 0:00:55.360 --> 0:00:58.120 home faithful Thursday night? You guys put it on the 0:00:58.120 --> 0:01:01.320 Buffalo Bill is pretty good, but the atmosphere was electric. 0:01:01.360 --> 0:01:05.319 That was your first game in terms of prime time 0:01:05.319 --> 0:01:08.760 at Melife Stadium. It was good to get a win. Uh. 0:01:08.920 --> 0:01:12.320 Um for we've we've been on the three game losing streets, 0:01:12.360 --> 0:01:14.120 so we wanted to come out and kind of make 0:01:14.160 --> 0:01:17.880 a statement for us and be able to um come 0:01:17.880 --> 0:01:19.800 out there and just compete. Um. I thought it was 0:01:19.800 --> 0:01:22.040 a big one for us. But the crowd itself, but 0:01:22.200 --> 0:01:25.000 everything about the energy was great. Um, you know that 0:01:25.120 --> 0:01:29.280 tenders has been getting better and better each game, and um, 0:01:29.319 --> 0:01:31.240 you know when you start seeing stuff like that, you know, 0:01:31.400 --> 0:01:33.160 just to be able to get the crowd involved in 0:01:33.200 --> 0:01:36.160 that momentum carrying onto each game and each week, um 0:01:36.280 --> 0:01:38.600 is a big thing. Jed Nations, I have to understand 0:01:38.640 --> 0:01:40.920 he's coming from the twelfth man. I know where he's 0:01:40.959 --> 0:01:43.720 coming from. I know. I remember going out there one 0:01:43.760 --> 0:01:45.560 time and I was like, listen, this crowd is crazy 0:01:45.560 --> 0:01:47.560 out here in Seattle. But then I went to a 0:01:47.600 --> 0:01:50.320 high school. We practiced, and then it had like a 0:01:50.400 --> 0:01:53.960 little overhang and everything we said came and bounced right 0:01:54.000 --> 0:01:56.280 back down. So you know, you know, Paul Oudy man, 0:01:56.280 --> 0:01:58.040 you gotta give it to him for the technology. Man, 0:01:58.080 --> 0:02:00.480 It's it's a crazy atmosphere. But know what I'm saying, 0:02:00.640 --> 0:02:02.640 You know he used his Microsoft background to make sure 0:02:02.680 --> 0:02:04.440 that that that know, it was crazy because I mean 0:02:04.600 --> 0:02:06.520 it was definitely there. You couldn't even speak to anybody. 0:02:06.520 --> 0:02:08.720 So Destinations, you gotta understand, you gotta, you gotta, you 0:02:08.720 --> 0:02:11.600 gotta take it up a nut. Through nine games thirty 0:02:11.600 --> 0:02:16.240 one receptions, three eighty yards, four touchdowns. You were acquired 0:02:16.720 --> 0:02:20.400 September one in the trade with the Seahawks. How have 0:02:20.560 --> 0:02:23.480 you been able to make it look like a seamless transition. 0:02:23.760 --> 0:02:26.240 I wouldn't have, man, I wouldn't call it seamless, but uh, 0:02:26.600 --> 0:02:28.880 it was definitely a quick transition. I wouldn't really even 0:02:28.919 --> 0:02:30.880 say there was a transition at all, because as soon 0:02:30.919 --> 0:02:34.200 as I got uh to New York or New Jersey, 0:02:34.440 --> 0:02:36.520 I went straight to the facility and I spent the 0:02:36.520 --> 0:02:40.200 first two days just literally um cramming in the playbook, 0:02:40.200 --> 0:02:42.079 and I was told I was going to start the 0:02:42.160 --> 0:02:43.880 first game, So I'm like, all right, I gotta learn 0:02:43.919 --> 0:02:47.160 a lot um in one week. The good thing is, 0:02:47.440 --> 0:02:50.040 um you know, they say the NFL is a copycat league, 0:02:50.080 --> 0:02:52.000 and so a lot of the stuff that we ran 0:02:52.240 --> 0:02:54.799 or we are running, it's a copycat league. So everybody 0:02:54.840 --> 0:02:57.440 kind of runs concepts the same concept. So it was 0:02:57.520 --> 0:03:01.359 just for me to um change the terminology and and 0:03:01.400 --> 0:03:03.839 try to remember that. But the smaller details I'm still 0:03:03.880 --> 0:03:06.600 working on. You know, coaches like certain things a lot 0:03:06.680 --> 0:03:09.560 different um in different areas, so that's something I kind 0:03:09.560 --> 0:03:11.400 of had to adjust to. But it speaks to your 0:03:11.400 --> 0:03:13.880 football acumen. You know, I don't think you're giving yourself 0:03:13.960 --> 0:03:16.840 enough credit. I mean, you talk about before Sefarren Jenkis 0:03:16.880 --> 0:03:19.120 came in, you were the go to guy and I 0:03:19.160 --> 0:03:22.040 think the defensive starter to like maybe move their move 0:03:22.120 --> 0:03:24.400 their coverage to you and roll to you and creating 0:03:24.440 --> 0:03:27.520 opportunities for Safarren Jenkins and as they continue to try 0:03:27.560 --> 0:03:29.360 and take him away, I'm sure to open back up 0:03:29.400 --> 0:03:31.720 for you. But how important was it because you had 0:03:31.760 --> 0:03:33.919 a veteran quarterback that can kind of speak that non 0:03:34.000 --> 0:03:36.760 verbal communication with you and be able to you know, 0:03:36.800 --> 0:03:38.440 maybe if you guys aren't on the same page, you 0:03:38.480 --> 0:03:40.560 can give you that look and you guys kind of 0:03:40.720 --> 0:03:43.160 you speak the same language because you are veterans. Um, 0:03:43.200 --> 0:03:46.760 it was definitely helpful. Me and Josh we started right 0:03:46.800 --> 0:03:48.760 away of just kind of working on the time and stuff, 0:03:48.760 --> 0:03:51.600 whether that was um at the beginning of practice and 0:03:51.640 --> 0:03:54.280 just running routes and you know, specific routes that we're 0:03:54.280 --> 0:03:57.560 gonna run in the game. And UM, so we kind 0:03:57.560 --> 0:03:59.680 of we watched film a little bit together and just 0:03:59.720 --> 0:04:01.440 kind of trying to get on the same page. And 0:04:01.600 --> 0:04:03.240 you know, at the beginning of the season, we started 0:04:03.240 --> 0:04:06.520 to really connect and Um. You know, I was fortunate 0:04:06.560 --> 0:04:08.280 enough to be able to make some plays, and then 0:04:08.320 --> 0:04:10.480 as the season got gone, we started getting some more 0:04:10.520 --> 0:04:13.840 guys going, like like you mentioned Austin and Robbie Anderson 0:04:13.880 --> 0:04:16.799 has been a huge um helping the in the past. 0:04:16.839 --> 0:04:19.680 Game he's been he's been explosive, and I'm trying to 0:04:19.720 --> 0:04:21.960 figure out when teams are gonna stop taking the goal 0:04:22.000 --> 0:04:23.880 ball from him because he's just gonna keep taking him 0:04:23.920 --> 0:04:26.800 the top. It's it's amazing that they're still like I 0:04:26.839 --> 0:04:30.040 see guys trying to press Bell, but they're squatting on him. Like, listen, 0:04:30.320 --> 0:04:32.440 have you not read the scouting report. He's probably one 0:04:32.480 --> 0:04:35.159 of the fastest guys I've been around in the NFL. 0:04:35.200 --> 0:04:39.080 I mean, he's definitely stretches the field. He's becoming a 0:04:39.120 --> 0:04:41.760 more complete receiver too, isn't he. Yeah. I mean he's 0:04:41.960 --> 0:04:44.240 been approven each week, and he just puts the work 0:04:44.240 --> 0:04:46.719 in each um, each and every day, whether that's in 0:04:46.720 --> 0:04:49.800 the film study or out there working on his craft 0:04:49.839 --> 0:04:52.200 on the field. Now, you know, trades are part of 0:04:52.240 --> 0:04:54.680 the game. You know, how did you handle when you 0:04:54.760 --> 0:04:56.800 got the news that you have been trading? You're not 0:04:56.880 --> 0:05:00.600 only leaving from the west coach specifical, the worst west 0:05:00.920 --> 0:05:03.200 and you're coming all the way over to the east coast. 0:05:03.200 --> 0:05:05.440 How did you wrap your head around that? And you know, 0:05:05.440 --> 0:05:07.640 I know I can imagine that the adjustment is still 0:05:07.760 --> 0:05:10.360 taking place, you know, moving your family and up routing that. 0:05:10.520 --> 0:05:12.400 You know, explain to the listeners what that what that's 0:05:12.400 --> 0:05:15.400 all about. Well, for me, it was a bitter sweet moment. 0:05:15.520 --> 0:05:17.720 I mean just the I played in Seattle for five 0:05:17.800 --> 0:05:20.159 years for the Seahawks, and um, I grew up in 0:05:20.200 --> 0:05:22.839 the state of Washington. I lived like an hour south 0:05:22.839 --> 0:05:26.160 of Seattle. I played high school football, college football, and 0:05:26.160 --> 0:05:28.760 then I was blessing not to play pros in the league. 0:05:29.040 --> 0:05:32.040 And just the relationships I built over time with the guys, um, 0:05:32.279 --> 0:05:35.359 you know, especially after the years. We want a Super 0:05:35.360 --> 0:05:37.160 Bowl there. You know a lot of those guys I 0:05:37.240 --> 0:05:39.880 played for five or six years, and you know, those 0:05:40.360 --> 0:05:43.640 relationships transition, you know outside of football. You know, those 0:05:43.640 --> 0:05:46.120 are some of my I call him brothers because we 0:05:46.120 --> 0:05:49.800 were truly a family over there. And um, so for 0:05:49.960 --> 0:05:52.159 that that was kind of the bitter party. But the 0:05:52.160 --> 0:05:54.520 sweet party I was just I was looking forward to 0:05:54.560 --> 0:05:56.920 a new opportunity. I think it was time for me 0:05:57.160 --> 0:05:58.840 to start a new chapter in my life and kind 0:05:58.839 --> 0:06:01.240 of get out of Seattle. Was all was interested, you know, 0:06:01.360 --> 0:06:04.520 thinking about whether, um, the opportunity of playing outside of 0:06:04.720 --> 0:06:08.680 Seattle would be like, and just the opportunity to that 0:06:08.720 --> 0:06:10.640 I would have here I was pretty excited about. And 0:06:10.680 --> 0:06:13.480 just starting with the brand new team and an up 0:06:13.480 --> 0:06:15.839 and coming team. UM. You know a lot of people 0:06:16.279 --> 0:06:18.839 kind of doubted what the Jets we're gonna do this year. 0:06:18.880 --> 0:06:21.560 And when I first got into the facility, I just 0:06:21.600 --> 0:06:25.800 immediately just started talking to UM a lot of the players. UM. 0:06:26.200 --> 0:06:28.560 Leonard Williams was the first guy I started talking to 0:06:28.640 --> 0:06:31.280 and just having those conversations of where everybody's mindset was 0:06:31.320 --> 0:06:34.279 at UM, because in the NFL, you know, just winning 0:06:34.440 --> 0:06:37.359 period is just like this small of the difference, but 0:06:37.520 --> 0:06:40.000 this small of the difference UM takes a lot of 0:06:40.040 --> 0:06:42.040 work and a lot of dedication and a lot of 0:06:42.080 --> 0:06:45.839 commitment and sacrifice. And so UM just started to have 0:06:45.920 --> 0:06:49.120 those conversations which with everybody, and it seemed like everybody 0:06:49.160 --> 0:06:51.960 kind of has similar mindsets, but it's more so just 0:06:52.000 --> 0:06:54.240 trying to figure out, you know, the steps to go 0:06:54.320 --> 0:06:56.440 forward with that. And when we got some great leaders 0:06:56.480 --> 0:06:59.960 in our team. Um, you know Tomorrow Davis, you know 0:07:00.120 --> 0:07:02.080 those guys rut there, that they're doing a great job 0:07:02.120 --> 0:07:04.720 and spreading the message, and uh, we're just trying to 0:07:04.800 --> 0:07:07.359 keep this thing on a row inside the Jets is 0:07:06.680 --> 0:07:12.640 supported by Selective Insurance Responses Everything Eric Ellen Ambire Scott 0:07:12.680 --> 0:07:16.520 Here Vanderbilt Sports and Spirits were joined by Jermaine Curse. 0:07:16.720 --> 0:07:23.040 Speaking of responses, what has the media attention been like 0:07:23.520 --> 0:07:26.720 to you compared to maybe a locker room in Seattle 0:07:26.800 --> 0:07:31.240 where people were flocking to Richard Sherman or cam Chancellor 0:07:31.440 --> 0:07:34.840 Russell Wilson where you wait, wait they were asking about 0:07:34.840 --> 0:07:43.200 me too, but I'm sure they were. But what have 0:07:43.400 --> 0:07:47.040 you gotten more media attention? Have you become more of 0:07:47.120 --> 0:07:50.080 a spokesperson for your new team? You think? Um, I 0:07:50.120 --> 0:07:52.320 think that. I think I think that would be fair 0:07:52.360 --> 0:07:54.720 to say more of a spokesperson for a team, just 0:07:55.600 --> 0:07:58.600 because you know, I've been part of one of Super 0:07:58.600 --> 0:08:01.080 Bowl two thirteen. You know, I've kind of seen what 0:08:01.520 --> 0:08:04.000 UM an organization kind of looks like, you know, a 0:08:04.000 --> 0:08:06.760 winning organization. And and that's why it goes back to 0:08:06.800 --> 0:08:08.840 what I was saying. I was just having those conversations 0:08:08.880 --> 0:08:11.080 with everybody. Um, I didn't want to come off like 0:08:11.120 --> 0:08:13.400 I had every answer, because I don't have every answer. 0:08:13.440 --> 0:08:15.960 But I've kind of seen, you know, the blueprint of 0:08:16.000 --> 0:08:18.200 it a little bit and just try to um mold 0:08:18.240 --> 0:08:20.600 it a little bit and just help take the steps, 0:08:20.600 --> 0:08:22.960 like I said before, you know, help everyone take the 0:08:23.000 --> 0:08:26.760 steps forward to create the change and and the attitude 0:08:26.760 --> 0:08:28.600 that we won our team to have, because that was 0:08:28.640 --> 0:08:31.320 going to be my follow up. You know what, how 0:08:31.360 --> 0:08:35.040 did you lean on that experience because maybe next year 0:08:35.040 --> 0:08:38.680 you're gonna have a new young quarterback, you know, maybe 0:08:38.880 --> 0:08:41.440 either be a free agency or in the draft, and 0:08:41.480 --> 0:08:43.600 you've been part of this process, you know, bringing in 0:08:43.640 --> 0:08:46.640 a young Russell Wilson. People forget about these great plays 0:08:46.679 --> 0:08:48.600 that you guys made because you know, he was on 0:08:48.600 --> 0:08:50.240 a pitch count when he first got in the league 0:08:50.480 --> 0:08:52.360 and they would take shots down the field. And you know, 0:08:52.400 --> 0:08:55.160 you mentioned your your super Bowl win. Remember that great 0:08:55.200 --> 0:08:57.520 catch you Well, that wasn't the super Bowl win, the 0:08:57.520 --> 0:09:00.120 Super Bowl defeat. The great didn't have one though, the 0:09:00.120 --> 0:09:02.760 Super Bowl, Yeah it was. That was right here in stadium, right, 0:09:03.640 --> 0:09:06.760 That's why that's why you know the one that bounced off. 0:09:06.840 --> 0:09:08.200 You know, how do you how do you try and 0:09:08.200 --> 0:09:10.199 get the message? Because you know, when you think about 0:09:10.200 --> 0:09:12.720 the when when I think about the Jets, they lost 0:09:12.720 --> 0:09:14.720 some alpha males, you know, they lost the real reeves, 0:09:14.760 --> 0:09:17.480 they lost some mainstays and Nick Mango, and they're kind 0:09:17.480 --> 0:09:19.880 of searching for those new leaders and they don't really 0:09:19.920 --> 0:09:22.280 have a lot of people to to ask about the answers. 0:09:22.320 --> 0:09:24.959 Who's been successful in his league? You're one of these guys. 0:09:25.000 --> 0:09:27.520 How are you leaning on that experience to help them 0:09:27.600 --> 0:09:29.959 understand what it takes to win in this league? Well, 0:09:30.000 --> 0:09:33.080 you know, I credit that to the fact that I 0:09:33.120 --> 0:09:36.760 got to learn from some really good leaders, and you know, 0:09:36.800 --> 0:09:40.040 with Doug Baldwin and Cam Chancellor, and you know, those 0:09:40.040 --> 0:09:42.600 were the two main leaders over there in Seattle that 0:09:42.640 --> 0:09:44.160 I really kind of got to sit behind and just 0:09:44.200 --> 0:09:47.480 see how they get certain messages across or how they 0:09:47.679 --> 0:09:49.680 went about things. And so that I think that's definitely 0:09:49.760 --> 0:09:52.520 helped me kind of, uh mold into my own form 0:09:52.520 --> 0:09:54.240 of a leader. I'm not the guy that's like get 0:09:54.240 --> 0:09:56.280 in front of the whole team and makes this like 0:09:56.440 --> 0:10:02.040 braveheart speech. Uh right, right, But I like to get 0:10:02.160 --> 0:10:05.520 I got I like to get more personal, personally involved, 0:10:05.520 --> 0:10:08.040 like just had these one on one conversations or you know, 0:10:08.160 --> 0:10:10.800 just a few guys and just um, you know, I 0:10:10.840 --> 0:10:13.719 have those those conversations to see kind of where everybody's at. 0:10:13.760 --> 0:10:16.560 And so for me, um, it's something I'm kind of 0:10:16.640 --> 0:10:18.600 learning in my own you know, being a little more 0:10:18.679 --> 0:10:21.400 vocal than I am, or than I was before then 0:10:21.440 --> 0:10:23.960 I was in Seattle, because I technically kind of had 0:10:24.000 --> 0:10:27.240 a similar role in Seattle, but I wasn't as vocal 0:10:27.400 --> 0:10:29.720 or I'm not as a vocal as I am here. 0:10:30.280 --> 0:10:34.640 People forget that you play collegiately with the A four 0:10:34.679 --> 0:10:38.400 mentioned Austin Seferian Jenkins. How different is the guy you 0:10:38.480 --> 0:10:41.680 knew then too, the guy you see out there at 0:10:41.720 --> 0:10:43.760 the facility on the practice field every day. I mean, 0:10:43.760 --> 0:10:48.360 he's definitely a different, different dude, I think you know mentally, Um, 0:10:48.400 --> 0:10:51.280 he's in a different spot. He's been through some rough 0:10:51.320 --> 0:10:54.360 spots in his career so far, and uh, he's taking 0:10:54.360 --> 0:10:57.920 the necessary steps to to make changes. Um. And that's 0:10:57.920 --> 0:11:00.120 something I kind of noticed when I first got here 0:11:00.120 --> 0:11:02.320 because obviously I've talked to him, you know, his first 0:11:02.360 --> 0:11:05.360 couple of years when he was in Tampa. Um and 0:11:05.400 --> 0:11:07.120 just have and talk to him, like whether it was 0:11:07.120 --> 0:11:08.600 on the field or not. But when I first, when 0:11:08.600 --> 0:11:11.000 I got here at first and had a conversation with him, 0:11:11.200 --> 0:11:14.480 I can definitely see um that his motives were different, 0:11:14.559 --> 0:11:16.600 that his mindset was different about it. He was taking 0:11:16.600 --> 0:11:19.920 it more seriously because he knew, um that what he 0:11:19.960 --> 0:11:22.520 had wasn't gonna last forever. And when it's taken from you, 0:11:22.520 --> 0:11:25.920 you can definitely see how how different life can be without. 0:11:26.200 --> 0:11:28.080 You know, something you've been doing your whole life, and 0:11:28.280 --> 0:11:31.200 you get to a certain spot in your career and 0:11:31.200 --> 0:11:33.760 then you kind of try to possibly can throw it away, 0:11:33.960 --> 0:11:36.360 and so he kind of realized, you know, the dangers 0:11:36.400 --> 0:11:39.000 of that. But he's definitely uh take the right steps 0:11:39.000 --> 0:11:40.920 in the right strides and heading in the right direction, 0:11:41.000 --> 0:11:43.680 and he's just continuing to put uh that time and 0:11:43.760 --> 0:11:47.640 effort uh into making them Now now four and five, Listen, 0:11:47.720 --> 0:11:50.400 I know you're a veteran, and I know externally you 0:11:50.440 --> 0:11:53.400 really can't talk about this, and you know, playoffs maybe 0:11:53.400 --> 0:11:56.680 being in the future, but um, internally, how do you 0:11:56.720 --> 0:11:59.480 guys feeling? How confident are you guys? I mean, because 0:11:59.480 --> 0:12:06.160 you you been in almost every game. Instead you've been 0:12:06.160 --> 0:12:08.199 in every game, you lost some very tight games we 0:12:08.240 --> 0:12:10.960 was actually in that game too as well. For you know, 0:12:11.120 --> 0:12:13.280 I think from the beginning of this season, you know, 0:12:13.440 --> 0:12:17.160 we've had that type of confidence. Um, you know, a 0:12:17.240 --> 0:12:19.600 lot of people didn't really know what this team was 0:12:19.640 --> 0:12:22.440 about because they were basing us off of last year 0:12:22.480 --> 0:12:24.040 and kind of who we had last year. This is 0:12:24.080 --> 0:12:27.240 a whole different team. The first game against Buffalo has 0:12:27.240 --> 0:12:30.240 been was the first game a lot of us even 0:12:30.280 --> 0:12:32.760 played with each other. When I was talking to a 0:12:32.800 --> 0:12:34.280 lot of people, I would ask them like, what, how 0:12:34.360 --> 0:12:35.840 how long have you been on the team, And some 0:12:35.880 --> 0:12:37.480 of them was like I just got here in March. 0:12:38.240 --> 0:12:40.040 And so, you know, the more and more people I 0:12:40.040 --> 0:12:42.439 have asked, I'm like, man, this team is like really 0:12:42.720 --> 0:12:45.160 brand new, and whether they were young or they just 0:12:45.200 --> 0:12:47.960 got here. So that first those first two games, we 0:12:47.960 --> 0:12:50.120 were kind of just figuring out who we were, you know, 0:12:50.160 --> 0:12:52.360 and just figuring out what's our team identity, what are 0:12:52.400 --> 0:12:54.960 is our standards and you know, kind of learning about 0:12:55.000 --> 0:12:59.040 accountability and sacrificing. So, um, those first two games were 0:12:59.120 --> 0:13:01.960 kind of just you know, learning about ourselves. Those are 0:13:01.960 --> 0:13:04.120 growing pains. We're still gonna go through growing pains because 0:13:04.120 --> 0:13:06.400 we've still got a young team and we're still figuring 0:13:06.440 --> 0:13:08.920 things out. But as far as confidence wise it, I 0:13:08.920 --> 0:13:11.560 don't think there was any lack of it. How many 0:13:11.600 --> 0:13:14.040 how much struss do you think this offense right now 0:13:14.160 --> 0:13:17.400 is putting on a defense? Because I look at the 0:13:17.440 --> 0:13:22.160 contributions you're getting all around awesome Saverian Jenkins thirty three catches, 0:13:22.280 --> 0:13:25.960 Robby Anderson thirty one catches, Jermine Curse thirty one catches, 0:13:26.080 --> 0:13:28.280 Matt four take twenty nine catches. Then you think about 0:13:28.320 --> 0:13:32.960 the backfield and you're getting getting large chunks from and 0:13:33.000 --> 0:13:36.679 then you have Matt Forte churning it out the other 0:13:36.800 --> 0:13:39.760 night against the Buffalo Bills for a pair of touchdowns. 0:13:39.960 --> 0:13:42.480 How much struss do you think that puts on a defense? 0:13:42.520 --> 0:13:46.000 And how much conversely, I'm fun is that to play 0:13:46.000 --> 0:13:49.280 in an offensive attack where the ball is getting spread out. 0:13:49.920 --> 0:13:51.960 I mean, it's been good. We've been We've been able 0:13:52.000 --> 0:13:54.800 to move the ball pretty effectively throughout the games. Um, 0:13:54.840 --> 0:13:57.200 I think it just comes down to just consistency and 0:13:57.240 --> 0:14:00.160 doing things right longer than an opponent. We've been into 0:14:00.320 --> 0:14:03.640 in certain games where uh, we were moving the ball 0:14:03.679 --> 0:14:06.480 and then sometimes we just get penalties and they kind 0:14:06.480 --> 0:14:09.120 of kill us. So. UM, but as far as offensively, 0:14:09.200 --> 0:14:11.280 I think we've been doing a great job. I feel 0:14:11.280 --> 0:14:13.640 like we could continue to get better. Um, you know, 0:14:13.760 --> 0:14:16.240 kind of fix up the small mistakes like I was 0:14:16.240 --> 0:14:19.880 talking about that Uh comes with winning, and UM, I 0:14:19.880 --> 0:14:22.720 think we're gonna We're definitely taking the right steps towards it. Germaine, 0:14:22.760 --> 0:14:24.800 and you've got something in common with this guy up here, 0:14:24.880 --> 0:14:31.040 both undrafted. Respect So I look at the stats, and 0:14:31.040 --> 0:14:34.080 I know it's more than stats, but you played in 0:14:34.120 --> 0:14:38.920 the back twelve and you finished number two on Washington's 0:14:38.920 --> 0:14:41.360 career charge for receptions with a hundred and eighty receiving 0:14:41.440 --> 0:14:45.120 yards and receiving touchdowns with twenty nine. Actually I was 0:14:45.160 --> 0:14:47.600 really tied for thirty. They gave me a bubble and 0:14:47.640 --> 0:14:52.280 that accounted that. Still trying to find that. Yeah, so 0:14:53.160 --> 0:14:55.640 were you surprised you weren't drafted? And what was the 0:14:55.720 --> 0:14:58.520 knockgoun and you're coming out? Um, you know I had to. 0:14:58.840 --> 0:15:02.920 I played a little bit my freshman year, my second, 0:15:03.000 --> 0:15:06.120 and my sophomore and junior year. I probably have my 0:15:06.200 --> 0:15:08.360 better seasons. I didn't have that too good of a 0:15:08.440 --> 0:15:11.000 senior year. Um, and a lot of people told me 0:15:11.040 --> 0:15:14.080 I probably should have left my junior year, but I 0:15:14.120 --> 0:15:16.760 wanted to graduate and I came back. Um, it was 0:15:16.800 --> 0:15:20.000 a different quarterback and just it's I just didn't have 0:15:20.000 --> 0:15:21.360 a good senior year and that was kind of the 0:15:21.440 --> 0:15:25.440 knock on it, and I ended up going undrafted. Um. 0:15:25.480 --> 0:15:27.240 But for me, I know, I never really, you know, 0:15:27.360 --> 0:15:29.560 kind of doubted that I wouldn't be able to you know, 0:15:29.640 --> 0:15:33.280 find my way. You know, I always used it this quote. 0:15:33.720 --> 0:15:36.520 Steve Sarkisian said this to me in college, and he 0:15:36.560 --> 0:15:38.680 always said, sometimes you gotta find a way to find 0:15:38.680 --> 0:15:41.640 a way. And I've always held that, um with me 0:15:41.840 --> 0:15:44.560 till this day. Um, I think it's a true statement. 0:15:44.640 --> 0:15:46.640 And then that's kind of what I did. Well. I know, 0:15:46.760 --> 0:15:48.720 being an undrafted free agent, I had a huge chip 0:15:48.720 --> 0:15:50.400 on my shoulder and I can remember, you know, some 0:15:50.480 --> 0:15:55.080 of the comments from um, Chris Carter and not giving 0:15:55.080 --> 0:15:58.120 you guys really the respect, and um, how how hard 0:15:58.200 --> 0:16:00.760 has it been because you come you in the league 0:16:00.800 --> 0:16:03.680 as an undrafted free agent and people automatically and assume, 0:16:03.760 --> 0:16:06.160 because you don't have the name recognition that you're not 0:16:06.240 --> 0:16:09.040 a great receiver. You know, so how how have you 0:16:09.160 --> 0:16:11.400 used that chip? And you know, how hard is it 0:16:11.440 --> 0:16:13.240 to try and fight for that name in that respect 0:16:13.240 --> 0:16:15.520 that you deserve. I mean, if you're just watch me play, 0:16:15.560 --> 0:16:19.360 you kind of you understand. Um for me, you know, 0:16:19.360 --> 0:16:22.360 I always say thirty I always remind myself before every 0:16:22.400 --> 0:16:24.960 game that thirty two teams didn't want to draft me. 0:16:25.040 --> 0:16:28.960 That's including the Jets, and um, it's just that's that's 0:16:29.000 --> 0:16:32.600 the type of ye hear that. That's the that's the 0:16:32.680 --> 0:16:34.960 chip I play on my shoulder. I I don't forget it. 0:16:34.960 --> 0:16:36.800 I mean I've been into the in the league. This 0:16:36.880 --> 0:16:39.640 is my sixth year now, and um, I still haven't 0:16:39.680 --> 0:16:42.000 forget that. You know, thirty two teams passed up I'm in. 0:16:42.080 --> 0:16:43.640 Now do you go through? Do you go through the list? 0:16:43.640 --> 0:16:44.920 Sorry not to cut you, I know we gotta go 0:16:44.920 --> 0:16:46.240 to a break. Now. Do you look at the list 0:16:46.280 --> 0:16:47.880 of other receivers that was in front of you, like 0:16:47.920 --> 0:16:53.200 teaing in the league? No more yea than him? Better 0:16:53.240 --> 0:16:57.440 than him? Real quickly? Uh. Jeremy Curley suspended four games 0:16:57.760 --> 0:17:02.320 today by the National Football League for violating the p 0:17:02.600 --> 0:17:06.320 D policy. What do you anticipate from some of your 0:17:06.359 --> 0:17:10.920 youngsters now in that room, specifically Chad Hanson, our Dairy Stewart. Yeah, 0:17:11.000 --> 0:17:14.560 I mean I mean last game, Chad actually got a 0:17:14.560 --> 0:17:16.400 lot more reps than he did before, and he did 0:17:16.400 --> 0:17:18.199 a good job. I mean he didn't he didn't have 0:17:18.200 --> 0:17:20.720 any catches, but you know, with the routes that he had, 0:17:20.800 --> 0:17:23.520 he's definitely put some wins on film. And UM, I 0:17:23.520 --> 0:17:26.000 think they're gonna do good. They're gonna step up. Um. 0:17:26.320 --> 0:17:28.480 I've been talking to both of them. I always talked 0:17:28.520 --> 0:17:30.439 to Chad talking about I need to see him he 0:17:30.480 --> 0:17:32.520 went to Cows. I always give him crap about being 0:17:32.520 --> 0:17:35.000 another Pack twelve team and how we used to smack 0:17:35.040 --> 0:17:37.880 them all the time back. Um them around pretty good 0:17:37.920 --> 0:17:41.159 this year too. Yeah. Um, I always tell him, I'm like, man, 0:17:41.200 --> 0:17:43.080 I want to see your swag back. And you know 0:17:43.359 --> 0:17:45.880 they've they've been doing a great job. They've been working 0:17:45.880 --> 0:17:48.080 on their craft. Um, each and every day, I've been 0:17:48.119 --> 0:17:50.520 trying to talk. I've been talking to him, make myself 0:17:50.560 --> 0:17:53.120 available for them any any chance that they need help 0:17:53.240 --> 0:17:56.080 or anything, any questions. Um. So we just look for 0:17:56.320 --> 0:17:58.200 them to just step up. I mean it's the next 0:17:58.200 --> 0:18:00.600 man up and we're gonna need them in these next 0:18:00.600 --> 0:18:02.840 couple of games. And so I'm looking forward to watching 0:18:02.880 --> 0:18:05.160 them play. Well, you're off to a great start here 0:18:05.200 --> 0:18:07.359 with your new team. Jermaine, thank you so much for 0:18:07.440 --> 0:18:13.720 joining us. We'll be right back here all right. We're 0:18:13.760 --> 0:18:17.240 broadcasting live from Bannerbilt Sports and Spirits inside the Windham 0:18:17.280 --> 0:18:21.000 Hamilton's Park Hotel here in Florida Park, New Jersey. Ericall 0:18:21.000 --> 0:18:25.119 On alongside Bart Scott Um. We just finished up with 0:18:25.240 --> 0:18:28.120 Jermaine Curse, who is on pace for a career high 0:18:28.200 --> 0:18:32.280 fifty five catches and he's closing in and if he 0:18:32.480 --> 0:18:35.960 averaged out over sixteen games, maybe a career high in 0:18:36.040 --> 0:18:39.200 terms of yards and seven touchdowns. He's on page four. 0:18:39.280 --> 0:18:42.159 What do you think about the production of him in 0:18:42.280 --> 0:18:44.280 his first season with the Green and White. I'll tell 0:18:44.280 --> 0:18:45.840 you what I think. It was very important. It was 0:18:46.240 --> 0:18:49.320 a great pick up. You know, he hasn't a knack 0:18:49.440 --> 0:18:52.520 for for getting open reading um zones, being able to 0:18:52.680 --> 0:18:54.520 you know, he's crafty. You know, reminds me a lot 0:18:54.560 --> 0:18:56.800 of Brad smith Man. He just seems like a class act. 0:18:56.840 --> 0:18:59.040 He's a guy that you I can imagine that the 0:18:59.119 --> 0:19:01.800 younger receivers kind of gravitate too, and leading all his 0:19:01.840 --> 0:19:04.000 experiences and you heard you heard him say all the 0:19:04.040 --> 0:19:06.760 right things. He talked about making itself available because it's 0:19:06.800 --> 0:19:09.960 about building the team up. It's not about just individual success. 0:19:10.280 --> 0:19:12.800 We understand if the group is successful, then we are 0:19:12.920 --> 0:19:15.000