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Speaker 1: It's time to get inside the Giants. Let's go, let's go.

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Speaker 2: Let's go get the Giants.

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Speaker 1: Give me some jobs. Part of the Giants Podcast Network.

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Speaker 1: Let's roll all right. Welcome to the Giants Little Podcast,

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Speaker 1: brought to you by Citizens, the official bank of the Giants.

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Speaker 1: I'm John Schmelk. You're in our previous episode of The

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Speaker 1: Giants Little Podcast. We had a chance to talk to

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Speaker 1: the offensive players that were in attendance at the Shrine

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Speaker 1: Bowl down in Frisco, Texas. And this week we're gonna

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Speaker 1: talk to the defensive players. Let's get it going now.

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Speaker 1: We're joined by Maryland defensive tackle Jordan Phillips. Jordan, how

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Speaker 1: you doing, man?

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Speaker 3: I'm doing great.

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Speaker 4: How are you?

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Speaker 1: I'm doing great. So you started in Tennessee, went to Maryland.

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Speaker 1: Why'd you transfer and didn't meet your expectations? Do you

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Speaker 1: think it was in retrospect it was the right decision.

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Speaker 5: I do feel like it was the right decision ultimately

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Speaker 5: transfer because you know, with much prayer and consideration, it

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Speaker 5: just ended up being the right decision for me. Uh

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Speaker 5: And yeah, I don't regret. I did not and still

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Speaker 5: do not regret the decision that I made. I think

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Speaker 5: it was the right decision.

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Speaker 1: And yeah, now, so you moved from nose tackle, you

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Speaker 1: did some three technique. Where do you think you play

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Speaker 1: your best football right now on the defensive line?

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Speaker 5: Well, you know, I think that one of the best

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Speaker 5: things that the defensive coordinator and D line coach, Brian Williams.

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Speaker 4: I think one of the best things that he.

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Speaker 5: Did was just play play us all around in different positions.

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Speaker 5: And so, you know, I'm very knowledgeable of everything from

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Speaker 5: the zero tech all the way out to the five,

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Speaker 5: you know what I'm saying. So, and even the nine,

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Speaker 5: you know, outside of the tight end and so yeah, Like,

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Speaker 5: I just think I'm very knowledgeable of all positions and

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Speaker 5: very experienced at all of them.

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Speaker 1: Where do you think you play your best ball at.

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Speaker 5: I'm a D lineman, So, like I said, anything from

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Speaker 1: It's a good attitude to have.

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Speaker 6: Even outside the nine, you know.

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Speaker 1: So, yes, sir, I like it. I'm sure you're tired

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Speaker 1: of getting this question, but I got to ask it.

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Speaker 1: I know people going to ask you where's the sack?

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Speaker 1: Production See, you already know where I was going. You

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Speaker 1: pop on tape. You know your ability is clear when

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Speaker 1: you watch it and I always have this conversation with

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Speaker 1: guys in the pro to. Sacks a lot of times

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Speaker 1: balls coming out, you can't do anything about that, right,

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Speaker 1: So why do you think maybe the sack production hasn't

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Speaker 1: matched the skill and ability that you show consistently on tape.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, you know, I just got to keep on working,

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Speaker 5: That's all it is. You know, you just got to

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Speaker 5: keep on continuing to build my repertoire in the pass

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Speaker 5: rush game, and you know, just have to continue to

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Speaker 5: just be a better version of myself, which I'm always

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Speaker 4: So that's on nobody but myself. So, yeah, do.

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Speaker 1: You have any particular goals things that you want to

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Speaker 1: show coaches and scouts either in meetings or on the field.

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Speaker 1: This week, it's trying.

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Speaker 6: Everything, you know what I'm saying.

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Speaker 5: I want to show them everything from the run to

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Speaker 5: the pass, to the getoff to my habits everything.

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Speaker 1: Now, you're gonna be working with two of our coaches

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Speaker 1: this week. You have Shane Bowen's your head coach, Johonna

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I'm I mean it's been amazing, you know, like

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Speaker 5: I'm just I'm very happy to be here and be

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Speaker 1: But we can't wait to see it. Jordan, thanks so

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Speaker 3: Thank you so much, Yes, sir.

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Speaker 1: Now we're joined by linebacker Aaron Smith out of South

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Speaker 1: Carolina State. Aaron, you're one of the guys here representing

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Speaker 2: Oh man, I give all honor the guy. You know,

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Speaker 2: without him, I would have made it this far. It

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Speaker 2: It's a thousand people more than that wishing that they

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Speaker 2: I just want to show coaches that I'm coachable, I'm

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Speaker 2: good head on my shoulders. I'm very personable. I could

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Speaker 2: you know, I'm just trying to take an opportunity getting

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Speaker 2: the interviews, and I'm here for the children as well.

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Speaker 1: How would you describe your game for maybe fans that

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Speaker 2: Very rangy, leader of characteristic. It shows on the field.

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Speaker 2: I'm line of everybody up and I'll say just fast, silent, silent.

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Speaker 1: Do you think you see yourself as a MIC in

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Speaker 1: the pros is? I have a week side for three

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Speaker 2: Honestly, I see myself wherever the coaches want to put

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Speaker 2: I could be used best.

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Speaker 6: I'm going to take that role and excelling the world.

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Speaker 1: I was been working with a couple of giant coaches

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Speaker 1: Shane Bowen and Eggs Susie or head coaching defensive coordinator.

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Speaker 1: Learning from them this week.

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Speaker 6: Man, they got a lot of eating.

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Speaker 4: I like that.

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Speaker 6: I like the energy that they bring.

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Speaker 2: So that's been a blessing man, just learning from them guys,

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Speaker 2: listening to them talk, just taking it in the moment,

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Speaker 2: just being here, trying to be where my feet are at.

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Speaker 1: I was been trying to absorb in the NFL defense

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Speaker 2: It's okay, of course, you know, you first get material,

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Speaker 2: sometimes it may look a little different or so you're

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Speaker 2: so I'm asking questions with things I'm not clarified. I'm

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Speaker 2: It's a it's a it's a good problem to have,

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Speaker 2: I would.

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Speaker 1: Say, absolutely. I wanted to talk to you, especially because

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Speaker 1: the Giants have a very famous alumni from South Carolina

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Speaker 1: State Hall of Famer Harry Carson. Are there like pictures

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Speaker 6: He's very much a big deal.

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Speaker 2: Like he's actually walked me out for as a captain

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Speaker 2: one game, one of my home games, I want to

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Speaker 2: say homecoming. Matter of fact, he walked me out as

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Speaker 2: a captain like he very much still show face like

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Speaker 2: he's he's a legend down there because he was part

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Speaker 2: they just celebrated at fiftieth year just past twenty twenty four.

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Speaker 2: So win in the first me at championship in Soccolino

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Speaker 1: When you see a guy like that that went to

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Speaker 1: does it give you some level of motivation and extra

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Speaker 1: go and I can do this.

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Speaker 2: If that doesn't make you feel like it's possible or

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Speaker 2: make it, man, I don't know what would to see

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Speaker 2: or walking legend just walking around you knowing that he

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Speaker 2: walked the same halls as you, he sat in the

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Speaker 2: same seats as you, he played in the same stadium

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Speaker 2: as you, he sat in the same blocker as you.

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Speaker 2: Like that that is like great? I don't even know

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Speaker 1: And the crazy thing about him, he came in as

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Speaker 1: is even crazier.

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Speaker 2: Yes, sir, that's hey. He did what the coach asked him.

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Speaker 2: The dude, he made the most of his opportunity and

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Speaker 2: the rest of his system.

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Speaker 1: And I imagine you want to do the same.

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Speaker 6: I want to do the same. I'm gonna do the same.

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Speaker 1: Hey, appreciate the time, man, best luck this week. We're

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Speaker 1: rooting for you.

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Speaker 6: Yes, I appreciate you, sir.

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Speaker 1: We're joined by Ahmed Hassimen from Boise State, a very

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Speaker 1: productive edge rusher, maybe the most productive vege rusher here. Ahmed,

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Speaker 1: how are you, man.

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Speaker 7: Good man, I'm so grateful to be here, so honored

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Speaker 7: to just.

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Speaker 8: Be talking to you and talking to thirty two NFL teams.

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Speaker 7: That's man, it's truly a dream come true and I'm

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Speaker 7: super grateful for it.

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Speaker 1: Well, that's awesome. And two of the guys you're talking

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Speaker 1: and our linebackers go to use your DC here, Johnny Grog,

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Speaker 1: what has it been like talking to those guys here

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Speaker 1: and learning their system and learning the NFL and what

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Speaker 1: it's like to be in the NFL from them.

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Speaker 7: Man, it's it's it's awesome just to like feel their

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Speaker 7: for us. And they literally here, like they were saying yesterday,

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Speaker 7: they're here for us and have NFL teams just to

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Speaker 7: be here for us and teach me and and just grow.

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Speaker 8: Me to the person I am. And I mean, I'm

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Speaker 8: so grateful just to learn and be here.

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Speaker 7: And man, I couldn't ask for a better life, to

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and you have an interesting background. I'm pretty sure

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Speaker 1: you're the only guy here that spent most of your

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Speaker 1: you play a lot of NFL foo and a lot

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Speaker 1: of American football in Egypt. That could be wrong. You

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Speaker 1: correct me if I'm wrong. And then you came back

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Speaker 1: here and your brother kind of introduced you to American

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Speaker 1: football later, right, So kind of just get to your

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Speaker 1: story and kind of how you discovered football and kind

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Speaker 1: of how you got the boise.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, absolutely so.

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Speaker 7: I was born here in Orange County, California. I left

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Speaker 7: the United States when I was six. I left my

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Speaker 7: older brother Corey. He stayed with his mom where half brothers.

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Speaker 8: I went with my dad. He stayed with his mom.

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Speaker 7: Ten years later, like I loved with the only English,

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Speaker 7: and I.

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Speaker 1: Forgot it all.

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Speaker 8: I forgot.

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Speaker 7: I forgot every bit of English and man ten years later,

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Speaker 7: through hardships, through like dedication, through ups and downs in life,

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Speaker 7: through family issues, through everything through.

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Speaker 8: I did a lot of sports growing up. Also in Egypt.

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Speaker 7: We never talked. We haven't like, we never really talked

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Speaker 7: He was like, first you got to you gotta earn

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Speaker 8: But kid you not. I played at the lowest division

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Speaker 7: Really grateful for it, but really I can't get seen

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Speaker 8: Spencer Dannasen played with my brother Pacific.

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Speaker 7: So he's talking about a small world on how Christ

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Speaker 7: You stay texting me and he was like, wait, I

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Speaker 9: That's my brand, that's that's the guy I told you about.

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Speaker 7: And man, great things happen when you just believe and

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Speaker 8: Absolutely, no question.

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Speaker 7: I mean the potential is just way the ceiling. The

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Speaker 7: I always can't get better at techniques. I always get

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Speaker 8: There's just so much stuff that I want.

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Speaker 8: I want to get better at that. It's it's a blessing.

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Speaker 7: It's if you think about it, not a lot of

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Speaker 8: So if you're having that sense of gratitude and a

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Speaker 7: So many things and I can't wait to see what

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Speaker 8: And I'm just super excited. I'm super grateful.

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Speaker 8: Ownershi them that I.

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Speaker 8: You know what I'm saying this And.

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Speaker 7: This is for my future team THO. Whoever's gonna fake me,

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Speaker 8: I love being a captain.

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Speaker 7: I left I was a captain, boy to say, for

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Speaker 7: And I just want to showcase the world and showcase

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Speaker 7: I don't know when I'm doing this for him, and

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Speaker 8: I can. I love rushing the passer and I do

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Speaker 7: Why It's just I feel like I'm more violent that way.

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Speaker 7: I can see the ball way better, I can read

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Speaker 7: And something about putting your hand in the dirt means

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Speaker 7: to me, it means you like, yeah, you you.

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Speaker 8: Play to like you're in the transits. You know what

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Speaker 7: Like you, I'm not a dropper. I'm just like I

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Speaker 7: go get the passer, okay, r I'm like, see you ball,

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Speaker 8: That's what I do, all right.

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Speaker 1: ashing Genty? I'm not sure if they let you tackle

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Speaker 7: At least absolutely, So the biggest thing is just a

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Speaker 8: Uh, it's so hard to tackle him. He's so shifty

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Speaker 7: And he's just such a great teammate to be able

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Speaker 7: But no, he's so job, he's so explosive.

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Speaker 8: I'll be able if you get it.

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Speaker 7: If you're able to get a tag off or a

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Speaker 8: Any running back in the country.

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Speaker 7: So this is this is the point blank you know,

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Speaker 8: He's the best player in college football that I ever seen.

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Speaker 1: Hey, best luck man. This has been great, great story,

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Speaker 1: great good to know you, and hopefully we'll see in

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Speaker 8: I appreciate it.

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Speaker 4: Thank you so much.

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Speaker 8: Means a lot to me.

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Speaker 1: Now we're joined by Indiana defensive tackle CJ Wes. CJ,

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Speaker 1: how's this week been so far? Trying to learn from

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Speaker 11: It's been a great opportunity learning from you know, some

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Speaker 1: How do you see yourself fitting in? And what they're teaching.

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Speaker 11: You, honestly is pretty simple things that I you know,

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Speaker 11: I've kind of learned through my career and something that

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Speaker 3: You know, that's what they're teaching me so far. And

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Speaker 11: Really lean into and I'm really coachable and things that

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Speaker 3: You know that stuff.

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Speaker 1: Now you play nose tackle lot this year, but you

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Speaker 1: Where do you think you play your best ball right now?

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Speaker 3: I feel like I putting my best ball on those tackle.

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Speaker 11: It's a dirty It's a dirty, dirty, very dirty position,

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Speaker 11: A position that really goes underappreciated, not a lot of

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Speaker 11: I just love doing the dirty work and you know,

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Speaker 11: Doing my job, That's that's really what I love, going

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Speaker 11: in and do.

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Speaker 1: What makes a good nose tackle somebody.

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Speaker 11: Who's violent, aggressive and who doesn't care about, you know,

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Speaker 11: taking on a double team. That's that's something you got

447
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Speaker 11: to do playing those tackle. And I'm one of those guys.

448
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Speaker 11: I'm just a violent guy who I honestly just love

449
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Speaker 11: doing the dirty work getting there, putting your face, you

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Speaker 11: know what I'm saying, So like that's all I'm doing.

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Speaker 1: Now, you aren't the tast guy for that position. But

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Speaker 1: does that help you at those tackle? Does it give

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Speaker 1: you some natural leverage against maybe some of the taller

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Speaker 1: offensive line there?

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Speaker 11: Almost I feel like I get a better understanding of

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Speaker 11: the leverages and you know which way offense linel may

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Speaker 11: be laying in to kind of get them off for me,

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Speaker 11: and I'm I'm lower than most of them, so you know,

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Speaker 11: that really helps as well. I'm a really strong, powerful

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Speaker 11: and come quick from my side, pretty quick from my side,

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Speaker 11: so that also helps well in the aspects too.

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Speaker 1: Now, you were Ken State for four years and you

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Speaker 1: went over to Indiana. Why did you decide to go

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Speaker 1: to Indiana? And when you had those goals heading in

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Speaker 1: do you think you met him? Was it the right

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Speaker 1: decision to retrospect to go there for your final year?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I feel like it was a greatestus. I don't

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Speaker 3: regret anything I ever did, you know what I'm saying.

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Speaker 11: And honestly, going to Indiana, it was just I wanted

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Speaker 11: to be around coaches who were you know, developed me

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Speaker 11: as a player, you know, really helped me reach my

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Speaker 11: goals at the next level. And just a coach staff

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Speaker 11: who really cared about each other and cared about the players,

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Speaker 11: who just cared about ball and nothing else. That's what

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Speaker 11: the coaching staff was and it was a great, great opportunity.

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Speaker 11: I love playing for them. I really enjoyed it and

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Speaker 11: I learned a lot from him, so it was awesome.

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Speaker 1: Now going in there was probably no to know that

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Speaker 1: he was gonna have that type of success in his

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Speaker 1: first year. And the end you guys had a magical

481
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Speaker 1: year was wonderful. What was it about your team and

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Speaker 1: your group that allowed you to put it all together

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Speaker 1: like that in this first year there, I.

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Speaker 11: Mean everybody, doubtless, you know what I'm saying. We were

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Speaker 11: ranked sixteen out of eight eight teams in a Big ten.

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Speaker 11: And the moment I stepped foot on campus, I felt

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Speaker 11: that energy of guys who, like it was a bunch

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Speaker 11: of group of five guys, guys who played us in

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Speaker 11: all the schools. I just felt the energy of not

490
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Speaker 11: caring who they're going against, not caring about the stars

491
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Speaker 11: and ratings. That's the energy that I got from them.

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Speaker 11: And they just all put their nose down and.

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Speaker 6: Worked like they worked.

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Speaker 3: They proved all of the all of the doubters wrong.

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Speaker 3: And it is this group that worked no matter who

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Speaker 3: was in front of them. And that's the energy I got.

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Speaker 11: And that's that's kind of what I dealt with playing

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Speaker 11: in state as well, you know what I'm saying, Like

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Speaker 11: playing gainst bigger schools and all that, nobody cared about that,

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Speaker 11: you know, just guys who really wanted to just prove

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Speaker 11: everybody wrong. Guys who just mean minded, you know, aggressive,

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Speaker 11: That's how you win those games, no matter what. Like

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Speaker 11: just coming in with that mindset, Nobody's going to stop me.

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Speaker 1: Final question, what do you want to show the coaches

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Speaker 1: this week when you're on the field and you're in

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Speaker 1: meetings with them and all that stuff. Your major goals

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Speaker 1: here are trun.

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Speaker 11: Honestly, just showing the coaches that I'm very coachable. I've

509
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Speaker 11: learned pick up things quickly. I'm coachable. I'm a violent

510
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Speaker 11: and aggressive guy. I play fast, I out Who just

511
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Speaker 11: loves this score? Who loves this game?

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Speaker 1: I appreciate the time, my friend, good luck this week.

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Speaker 3: Thank you, I appreciate it.

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Speaker 1: now we're joined by edge rusher Elijah Ponder from cal Poly. Elijah,

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Speaker 1: First of all, how do you think practice went today?

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Speaker 1: After trying to absorb an NFL defense over the span

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Speaker 1: of like forty eight hours, which can't be easy.

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Speaker 13: You know, it was definitely a great day, good day,

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Speaker 13: so holiday, you know, it was good work.

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Speaker 1: So what are you trying to show to you specifically

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Speaker 1: out there on the field that you can do going

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Speaker 1: from a non Power five conference to the NFL.

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Speaker 13: Yeah, you know, be a factor in the run at

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Speaker 13: all times, you know. So I think that's just the

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Speaker 13: biggest thing for me.

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Speaker 1: So you had fifteen and a half sacks the last

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Speaker 1: two years, right, what would you say the strength of

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Speaker 1: your pass rush is? What's your go to trait that

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Speaker 1: you can go through that you can rely on as

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Speaker 1: a pass rusher?

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Speaker 13: Yeah, I think probably just bend in that age, getting

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Speaker 13: on that corner. I think that's the biggest thing for me.

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Speaker 13: So that comes with you know, speed and stuff like that.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, how have you gone about trying to develop

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Speaker 1: counters to that? Because obviously if teams though, you're just

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Speaker 1: gonna try to win outside right, they're gonna get why

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Speaker 1: they're gonna stop you. So what are some of your

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Speaker 1: counter moves?

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Speaker 8: You know, setting up stuff?

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Speaker 13: You know, like the spin move. I think that's a

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Speaker 13: great run and it's just even just a hunt move inside,

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Speaker 13: you know, So stuff like that.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, very good. Do you prefer left or right? I

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Speaker 1: know you've played both. Do you care not at all?

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Speaker 9: Not at all?

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Speaker 12: No, no, no preference all right?

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Speaker 1: How about stand up or hand in the dirt? Which

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Speaker 1: do you prefer as a rusher?

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Speaker 13: I'll say right now, probably hand down. I have I

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Speaker 13: feel like I just I get off a little faster.

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Speaker 13: I feel like I do I haven't I've done two

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Speaker 13: points in the past, but I haven't done it in

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Speaker 13: a while, so, you know.

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Speaker 4: Maybe things will change.

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Speaker 6: Made me switch it up a little bit now.

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Speaker 1: Some people that answer two point for me, they say

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Speaker 1: they like in the two point stance because you can

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Speaker 1: see a little bit more right, you can watch the

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Speaker 1: running backs he or maybe the helping protection is coming.

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Speaker 1: What kind of advantage does it give you having better

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Speaker 1: vision on what they're trying to do to block you

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Speaker 1: from the two point stance versus being handed the dirt.

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Speaker 13: No, exactly, like you said, you know, better vision of

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Speaker 13: your running back mate if it's pass and stuff like that.

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Speaker 13: Even like you know with the offensive lineman, say, you'd

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Speaker 13: be able to see it real quickly shooting it, see

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Speaker 13: his hands as well, So stuff like that.

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Speaker 1: What are you trying to get across to these NFL

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Speaker 1: teams that you meet with them? What do you want

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Speaker 1: them to know about you as a person as well

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Speaker 1: as a player.

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Speaker 6: That I'm willing to do whatever for the team.

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Speaker 13: And you know, I just want to shot, and you know,

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Speaker 13: whatever they made me to do, I'm ready to do so.

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Speaker 6: And I'm just trying to prove that.

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Speaker 10: Now.

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Speaker 1: There aren't many guys and this is meant as a comment,

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Speaker 1: by the way, that stay You're five years at KLIP. Correct,

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Speaker 1: that's that's stay now at a smaller program for five years.

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Speaker 1: A lot of guys all right, I want to try

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Speaker 1: to get to a Power five. I want to transfer.

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Speaker 1: Why'd you decide to stay there for all five years.

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Speaker 4: Of your career?

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Speaker 6: Yeah?

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Speaker 13: No, I think you know, the coach who recruited me

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Speaker 13: coming in has been with me for all five years.

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Speaker 13: I feel like I've for wrestled with him each and

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Speaker 13: every year. You know, I grew up with a lot

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Speaker 13: of those guys, you know, coming in first and second year,

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Speaker 13: I feel like really created a real family and I

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Speaker 13: felt like we had a lot of talent that I feel.

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Speaker 6: Like we were gonna shake things up this year.

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Speaker 4: You know.

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Speaker 13: Unfortunately it didn't work out that way. But you know,

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Speaker 13: I've definitely had hope and and I think I also knew,

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Speaker 13: like you know, as far as rep wise and being

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Speaker 13: able to put myself on tape. You know, I knew

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Speaker 13: what I was gonna get from cal Paly. So all

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Speaker 13: those things came into effect that you know, me toos.

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Speaker 1: In the stay Eliza, appreciate the time, best luck this week,

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Speaker 1: Thank you, thank you. All right, we're joined by Fidel

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Speaker 1: Diggs Edge Rusher for Syracuse. Fidel, how you doing man?

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Speaker 1: I was practice today?

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Speaker 6: You went good.

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Speaker 14: Got to be back on the field for you know,

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Speaker 14: so Leg's a little tired, but that's a blessing to

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Speaker 14: be back out there.

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Speaker 1: That's a good thing. So you were transfer You went

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Speaker 1: from Texas A and M to Syracuse, Right, why'd you

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Speaker 1: decide to make that move and didn't meet all your expectations?

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Speaker 1: And then do you think it worked out?

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Speaker 4: Yeah?

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Speaker 6: I think it worked out good.

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Speaker 14: So I decided to make that move because you know,

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Speaker 14: I was trying to make a new chance for Texas,

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Speaker 14: anough get back closer to home. Little brother was going

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Speaker 14: to be there for a year, Coach Rob. He took

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Speaker 14: the job out the DC and not believe in home

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Speaker 14: also Coach Frann. But I feel like it went good.

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Speaker 14: We want ten games, a good year. I got to

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Speaker 14: play with com McCord, la Quin and some of my

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Speaker 14: old friends that I grew up with, so I want good.

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Speaker 1: Well, let me ask about Comic Cord. What click for him?

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Speaker 1: Why was he such an effective quarterback for you this year?

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Speaker 14: I feel like I've always been an effective quarter back

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Speaker 14: since I was in Lowly.

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Speaker 6: But it's just he was just able to do what

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Speaker 6: he do.

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Speaker 1: What's that? What is he good at?

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Speaker 6: He's good at.

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Speaker 14: Being a leader, good at throwing the ball. I was like,

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Speaker 14: but he was able to play freely.

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Speaker 15: You know.

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Speaker 1: That's awesome, man, that's great. So you're in New Jersey. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that's why I want to talk to you East Camden, right,

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Speaker 1: So how awesome cool would it be if one of

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Speaker 1: the two New York teams, specifically the Giants, were a

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Speaker 1: team that would end up drafting you.

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Speaker 6: That would be a blessing.

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Speaker 10: Also, being back close to home, that'd be great.

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Speaker 14: It'd be honored to wear those jerseys because the teams

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Speaker 14: I watched growing up, so that'd be great.

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Speaker 16: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: So tell fans that mayby did not watch you a

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Speaker 1: ton of college. What's your game like? How would you

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Speaker 1: describe it?

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Speaker 14: I sound very like violent on the field. I'm just

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Speaker 14: trying to make plays help the team as much as possible,

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Speaker 14: and like I said, playing very aggressive.

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Speaker 6: And the position I'm.

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Speaker 1: At now, you're a next player seven and a half

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Speaker 1: sacks last year. Right Do you like left side? Right side?

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Speaker 1: Do you a preference because you play both?

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Speaker 6: Yeah?

665
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Speaker 14: I played both. I also played linebackers, so but it

666
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Speaker 14: don't matter. I can line up on both sides.

667
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Speaker 1: Now, do you like handing the dirt or do you

668
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Speaker 1: like to stand up as a rusher with stuperfer? And why?

669
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Speaker 6: I like to stand up?

670
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Speaker 14: Why so I feel like I feel comfortable a little

671
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Speaker 14: bit more loose standing up. I can see more, I

672
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Speaker 14: can see what are running back at. I can see

673
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Speaker 14: a lot of things. My eyes is working for me

674
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Speaker 14: standing up, so I feel more comfortable.

675
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Speaker 9: With that way.

676
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Speaker 1: If there's one thing that you want to try to

677
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Speaker 1: show teams this year at practice on the field at

678
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Speaker 1: Shrine Bowl. What do you want to show them my effort?

679
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Speaker 14: My effort a second or no? You know, so I

680
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Speaker 14: work hard on the field, I runch to the ball.

681
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Speaker 14: I'm not gonna let nobody'll work while were playing.

682
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Speaker 1: Footballs Now, when you go and train, when you leave

683
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Speaker 1: here and you get ready for you know, the rest

684
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Speaker 1: of the process, your pro day and all that stuff,

685
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Speaker 1: what are you kind of locking in on? What are

686
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Speaker 1: you focusing on? What are you trying to get better at?

687
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Speaker 14: So I want to I want to run fast forward.

688
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Speaker 14: Uh so that's why I'm trying to x me. That's

689
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Speaker 14: a lot of fast guys. Go yeah, So that's the

690
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Speaker 14: big thing. I want to run a fast forward show

691
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Speaker 14: team that can run real good and dominate the combine

692
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Speaker 14: and all the other stuff.

693
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Speaker 1: Video. Best luck during the process. Man, We appreciate the

694
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Speaker 1: time and go Jersey.

695
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Speaker 3: All right.

696
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Speaker 1: We're joined by Maryland safety Glendon Miller. Glendon, how was

697
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Speaker 1: practice today? Trying to learn how to play an NFL

698
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Speaker 1: defense in forty eight hours doesn't sound easy?

699
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Speaker 8: It was alright, Still a couple of things.

700
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Speaker 9: I got a cleaned up, but you know, it's still

701
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Speaker 9: work progress, getting better day by day mentally.

702
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Speaker 1: How was it like trying to absorble that and be

703
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Speaker 1: ready to go this morning?

704
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Speaker 9: Honestly, I wasn't too much. Honestly, it was kind of

705
00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:04,479
Speaker 9: things are a little of vanilla in my opinion.

706
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Speaker 1: Well, I think they did that on purpose, right, They

707
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Speaker 1: don't want to have too much at you guys. Over

708
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Speaker 1: the course of two days, now, you played a ton

709
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Speaker 1: of slot right. Do you consider yourself a slot corner

710
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Speaker 1: or do you consider yourself a safety? Do you tell

711
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Speaker 1: teams both?

712
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Speaker 9: I consider myself an athlete. I just want to be

713
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Speaker 9: on the field wherever that's at.

714
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Speaker 4: I played.

715
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Speaker 9: I have good plays in this line. I think I'm

716
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Speaker 9: also a great safety.

717
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Speaker 1: So I'm sure you're gonna say both. Do you think

718
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Speaker 1: you played better at either spot? At this point?

719
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Speaker 9: I would probably say safety, just with the fact it's

720
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Speaker 9: a little more natural for me because that's kind of

721
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Speaker 9: what I started as. But I think I could be

722
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Speaker 9: utilizing both way and be effective.

723
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Speaker 1: Honestly, Now, as a safety, let's start there. Do you

724
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Speaker 1: like playing like half field? You like playing quarters? You

725
00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:44,879
Speaker 1: like coming down? Is like the robber?

726
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Speaker 9: I could see myself somewhere roaming around ballhawk because I

727
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Speaker 9: think I have great ball skills, but if I had

728
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Speaker 9: to come down, I'm also willing to hit, so it's

729
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Speaker 9: not a big thing to me.

730
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Speaker 1: Honestly. You mentioned ball skills, seven pass breakups, seven picks

731
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Speaker 1: in the last two years, so you get your hand

732
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Speaker 1: on the football. What is it about the way you

733
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Speaker 1: play that allows you to play the ball as well

734
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Speaker 1: as you do?

735
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Speaker 9: I'll probably say understanding the defense. You understand the defense,

736
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Speaker 9: you can probably move a little faster within the defense.

737
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Speaker 9: So the fact that I'm understanding over these casts a

738
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Speaker 9: couple of years, I made it a little easier for

739
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Speaker 9: myself and I just kind of have a neck for

740
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Speaker 9: what the ball is gonna be.

741
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Speaker 1: All right, And I'm gonna ask you why playing the slot?

742
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Speaker 1: What is unique about playing the nickel that you have

743
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Speaker 1: to be good at in order to be successful at

744
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Speaker 1: that position.

745
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Speaker 9: I would say there's a lot of ways to be

746
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Speaker 9: succiful in the slot, but there's also a lot of

747
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Speaker 9: ways to get got in the slot. Sure, but I

748
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Speaker 9: would say have to kind of understand and play recognition,

749
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Speaker 9: understand like down in distances and understanding that slot is

750
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Speaker 9: the majority of the time getting the ball and third

751
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Speaker 9: down and taking that with the grain of salt and

752
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Speaker 9: understanding that the balls coming at you and you ready

753
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Speaker 9: to make a play.

754
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Speaker 1: And you mentioned understanding the defense, I gotta imagine the slot.

755
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Speaker 1: That's really important, right, because these guys have a two

756
00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:47,679
Speaker 1: way go. You got to understand where your help is

757
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Speaker 1: based on how the offense is set up and what

758
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Speaker 1: their formation is, where they might go with the ball.

759
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Speaker 1: So how much is that study during the week and

760
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Speaker 1: understanding what they're trying to do and then comparing that

761
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Speaker 1: to what you guys are trying to do with your defense.

762
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Speaker 9: The study is obviously a lot, but I would say

763
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Speaker 9: it's more so I'm looking at tendencies, meaning as can

764
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Speaker 9: the splits wise and down in distances, all the little

765
00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:10,040
Speaker 9: things that go into it. But it's more so I'm

766
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Speaker 9: look at it as if we do what I'm opposed

767
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Speaker 9: to do on our side of the ball, what they

768
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Speaker 9: do is not really so important, but still look at

769
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Speaker 9: it film wise.

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Speaker 1: Now you're a touchdown in twenty twenty three. Can you

771
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Speaker 1: take us to that play a little bit? How you

772
00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:20,439
Speaker 1: got it?

773
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Speaker 9: I would say I was in the slot actually, and

774
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Speaker 9: I was It was a zone play supposed to reroute

775
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Speaker 9: through two and then go get underneath the one and

776
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Speaker 9: as I'm going over towards number one receiver, quarterbacks staring

777
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Speaker 9: at me, so I know the ball's coming and he

778
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Speaker 9: threw it and I was excitic.

779
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Speaker 1: That was a gift that you know it all the way.

780
00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:39,080
Speaker 8: Yes, sir, definitely know it all the way.

781
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Speaker 1: Is that one of those deals where it feels like

782
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Speaker 1: the ball's taking forever to get to it.

783
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Speaker 9: It looked like it was floating. It looked like he

784
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Speaker 9: lobbed it to me.

785
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Speaker 1: That's great. Where you're on the field this week, what

786
00:28:47,840 --> 00:28:49,200
Speaker 1: do you want to show the coaches on the field

787
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Speaker 1: in terms of maybe maybe something you've heard that people question,

788
00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:53,720
Speaker 1: you know, maybe he's not as good at this, and

789
00:28:53,760 --> 00:28:56,240
Speaker 1: you're like, na, come on, I'm good at that. Anything

790
00:28:56,280 --> 00:28:57,760
Speaker 1: you particularly want to shot out there on the field.

791
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Speaker 9: Nothing particularly when the overall, go out there and just

792
00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:03,000
Speaker 9: dominate and show my versatility, whether it be at the slide,

793
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Speaker 9: whether it be at safety, and show off my skills

794
00:29:05,240 --> 00:29:06,000
Speaker 9: and my skill set.

795
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Speaker 1: How about in the meetings, what are you trying to

796
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Speaker 1: get across about you as a person in terms of

797
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Speaker 1: how you prepare and play the game.

798
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Speaker 9: I would say what I'm talking across in the meetings.

799
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Speaker 9: Is the fact that I've just grown over the years,

800
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Speaker 9: year by year, just got better in every way, whether

801
00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:19,440
Speaker 9: it be on the field and off the field. I'm

802
00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:20,000
Speaker 9: just been growing.

803
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Speaker 1: Glendon and good stuff. Man, Appreciate the time, best luck

804
00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:22,960
Speaker 1: this week.

805
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Speaker 8: Appreciates you.

806
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Speaker 1: Now we're joined by one of the West defensive backs,

807
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Speaker 1: cornerback Jabar Mohammed Jabar. How are you man?

808
00:29:28,520 --> 00:29:29,320
Speaker 12: I'm good? How are you?

809
00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:31,360
Speaker 1: I'm doing great? So you're being coached by two of

810
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Speaker 1: the Giants coaches. Shane Bowen's your head coach, our defensive coordinator,

811
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Speaker 1: then our linebackers coach Eggs is your DC. What has

812
00:29:37,320 --> 00:29:38,960
Speaker 1: it been like learning from those guys over the first

813
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Speaker 1: couple of days you've been out here.

814
00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:42,440
Speaker 12: Yeah, man, it's been great. The installs have been cool.

815
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Speaker 17: They're very vocal, they're very detail oriented, so it's been great.

816
00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:46,640
Speaker 18: Men.

817
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Speaker 12: I feel like I can definitely learn of one of

818
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Speaker 12: those guys.

819
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Speaker 1: Now, you've been with three different college programs, So is

820
00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:53,440
Speaker 1: trying to learn a new system? Is that like old

821
00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:53,960
Speaker 1: hat for you?

822
00:29:54,080 --> 00:29:54,280
Speaker 3: Now?

823
00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:54,760
Speaker 10: Nah?

824
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Speaker 17: Yeah, I feel I'm very adaptable at this point. You

825
00:29:57,400 --> 00:30:00,320
Speaker 17: know that doesn't phaze me at all. Football Well, at

826
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Speaker 17: the end of the day, and I feel like I

827
00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:02,440
Speaker 17: can learn within any system.

828
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Speaker 1: How similar is this to one of the systems that

829
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Speaker 1: you were in during your college career.

830
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Speaker 17: It's actually very system to very similar to the system

831
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Speaker 17: I just came from Oregon. I don't know if I

832
00:30:12,960 --> 00:30:14,600
Speaker 17: can say some of the plays, but they're very, very

833
00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:16,400
Speaker 17: similar to some of the plays that we ran at Oregon.

834
00:30:16,760 --> 00:30:19,360
Speaker 1: Yeah, zone heavy, right, So what are you most comfortable on?

835
00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:21,080
Speaker 1: Are you more of a man? Do what you want

836
00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:22,479
Speaker 1: to press up? Do you want to play off and

837
00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:24,520
Speaker 1: read the quarterback and get into the football. What do

838
00:30:24,560 --> 00:30:25,400
Speaker 1: you think you do best?

839
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Speaker 6: Yeah?

840
00:30:25,760 --> 00:30:27,920
Speaker 17: Man, I feel like I'm the most versatile corner in

841
00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:29,760
Speaker 17: this draft. I feel like I'm the best nickel corner

842
00:30:29,760 --> 00:30:31,400
Speaker 17: in this draft. But man, you can watch my film.

843
00:30:31,440 --> 00:30:34,400
Speaker 17: You're gonna see it all from Olkhoma State to Washington, Oregon.

844
00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:36,520
Speaker 17: You gonna see some press man, some bail man, some offman,

845
00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:39,360
Speaker 17: some nickel, some free safety, whatever it is.

846
00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:40,560
Speaker 12: I feel like I can do at a high.

847
00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:43,400
Speaker 1: Level thirty five pass breakups over the last three years.

848
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Speaker 1: You know how to get your hand on the football right,

849
00:30:46,160 --> 00:30:48,320
Speaker 1: And that's really the tough part because if you're in phase,

850
00:30:48,320 --> 00:30:50,000
Speaker 1: you got to get your head around, locate the ball,

851
00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:53,000
Speaker 1: not committed defensive passing, interfearance penalty and knocking away. What's

852
00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:55,480
Speaker 1: the key to getting that your hands on the football

853
00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:57,000
Speaker 1: as much as you have the last three years.

854
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Speaker 17: I would definitely say, Man, you gotta win a lot

855
00:30:58,520 --> 00:31:00,760
Speaker 17: of scrimmage, win a lot of scrimmagey, and you're very

856
00:31:00,760 --> 00:31:03,240
Speaker 17: comfortable throughout the route. At that point everything becomes easy.

857
00:31:03,320 --> 00:31:05,000
Speaker 17: You know, at that point you become a receiver. So

858
00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:07,040
Speaker 17: it's just all definitely say, just get in the habit

859
00:31:07,080 --> 00:31:09,000
Speaker 17: of trying to win a line of scrimmage and then

860
00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:11,000
Speaker 17: being in phase and then being comfortable enough to look

861
00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:11,400
Speaker 17: for the ball.

862
00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:12,640
Speaker 12: Man, we work too.

863
00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:14,120
Speaker 17: Hard at the line of scrimmage and everything to not

864
00:31:14,360 --> 00:31:16,000
Speaker 17: go reward ourselves at the end of the play.

865
00:31:16,520 --> 00:31:19,040
Speaker 1: Is that trusting your speed too, trusting that you can

866
00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:22,440
Speaker 1: look back, maintain your speed, stay connected and hang with

867
00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:22,720
Speaker 1: the guy.

868
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Speaker 17: Yeah, it's definitely speed, but it's also technique. It's definitely speed,

869
00:31:25,840 --> 00:31:28,160
Speaker 17: was also technique within like I said, within the route,

870
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Speaker 17: mid route, just knowing that you know, if he does

871
00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:32,280
Speaker 17: break down, you gotta have the quick feeding up to

872
00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:32,720
Speaker 17: break down.

873
00:31:32,760 --> 00:31:35,080
Speaker 12: But may he does go on a flower, go vertical,

874
00:31:35,120 --> 00:31:36,240
Speaker 12: manch you can turn around.

875
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Speaker 17: And have the confidence and yourself, you know, look back

876
00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:38,920
Speaker 17: for the bar and not lose them.

877
00:31:39,040 --> 00:31:40,920
Speaker 1: Now you're five ten five at least that's what your

878
00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:42,320
Speaker 1: list of that you mentioned. You think you'd be one

879
00:31:42,360 --> 00:31:44,560
Speaker 1: of the best nickel corners in this draft, But you

880
00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:47,920
Speaker 1: look at where you played in college. You primarily played outside, right,

881
00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:50,560
Speaker 1: So tell me why do you think you're going to

882
00:31:50,600 --> 00:31:52,320
Speaker 1: be such a good nickel corner when you played mostly

883
00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:53,040
Speaker 1: outside in college.

884
00:31:53,120 --> 00:31:53,320
Speaker 6: Yeah?

885
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Speaker 12: Like I said, I'm very versatile.

886
00:31:55,160 --> 00:31:57,400
Speaker 17: I have definitely started some games at nickel while played

887
00:31:57,440 --> 00:31:59,920
Speaker 17: in there and throbbed in there, and it's like second,

888
00:32:00,320 --> 00:32:02,320
Speaker 17: I've been playing defensive back since I was in fifth grade,

889
00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:05,000
Speaker 17: So uh man, moving around it's nothing to me.

890
00:32:05,320 --> 00:32:06,920
Speaker 12: That's definitely a strong suit of mine.

891
00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:08,520
Speaker 17: Like I said, I've played in three different systems, so

892
00:32:08,520 --> 00:32:11,240
Speaker 17: I'm very adaptable. I'll play inside in every single system

893
00:32:11,280 --> 00:32:14,239
Speaker 17: I've been in. So, man, just ben in and ben

894
00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:15,880
Speaker 17: in the slot is gonna come second.

895
00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:16,160
Speaker 3: Nature to me?

896
00:32:17,040 --> 00:32:18,920
Speaker 1: Is that one of the things? And if it is,

897
00:32:19,120 --> 00:32:20,760
Speaker 1: maybe what are some of the other things that you

898
00:32:20,800 --> 00:32:23,160
Speaker 1: really want to prove to scouts and coaches this week

899
00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:24,480
Speaker 1: as you interact with them and you got out there

900
00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:24,880
Speaker 1: on the field.

901
00:32:24,920 --> 00:32:25,880
Speaker 12: Yeah, I want to show them Indy.

902
00:32:25,960 --> 00:32:27,840
Speaker 17: I want to show how Chrisman clean I am without

903
00:32:27,840 --> 00:32:30,400
Speaker 17: my breaks, through my pedal, through the different movements and

904
00:32:30,440 --> 00:32:31,120
Speaker 17: everything like that.

905
00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:33,280
Speaker 12: I want to show the hot show them my burst

906
00:32:33,640 --> 00:32:33,920
Speaker 12: or that I.

907
00:32:33,920 --> 00:32:35,440
Speaker 17: Can burst the ball and things like that. I definitely

908
00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:38,200
Speaker 17: want to, but Indy is a big, a big effector.

909
00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:38,480
Speaker 4: For me this week.

910
00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:41,080
Speaker 1: Jabbar, good luck man. We appreciate the time and have fun.

911
00:32:41,120 --> 00:32:42,240
Speaker 12: Thank you so much. I appreciate you.

912
00:32:42,320 --> 00:32:45,560
Speaker 1: All right, We'll joined by Kentucky linebacker Jamon Jumus Johnson. Jaman,

913
00:32:45,600 --> 00:32:46,760
Speaker 1: how to practice go today for you?

914
00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:47,960
Speaker 6: It was good. It was good.

915
00:32:48,360 --> 00:32:49,840
Speaker 2: It feels good to get out there and knock some

916
00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:51,920
Speaker 2: rest off, man and get the flying around.

917
00:32:51,960 --> 00:32:52,400
Speaker 4: That's all.

918
00:32:52,920 --> 00:32:55,440
Speaker 1: Well, how has it been trying to learn a defensive

919
00:32:55,480 --> 00:32:57,200
Speaker 1: system and being one of the guys that's to be

920
00:32:57,200 --> 00:32:58,920
Speaker 1: the leader of the defense over the course of just

921
00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:00,040
Speaker 1: forty eight hours.

922
00:33:00,120 --> 00:33:01,280
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's been good.

923
00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:01,520
Speaker 6: You know.

924
00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:04,000
Speaker 2: It gave me the green dot, so you know, I

925
00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:06,320
Speaker 2: gotta I gotta do what I'm what I'm supposed to do. Man,

926
00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:09,480
Speaker 2: that's make plays know the defense, you know, study all

927
00:33:09,560 --> 00:33:11,840
Speaker 2: night if they have to. But it ain't coming in

928
00:33:11,920 --> 00:33:14,320
Speaker 2: here with some defense I had back in my you

929
00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:16,080
Speaker 2: know what I'm saying, back in my mind, I already

930
00:33:16,080 --> 00:33:18,320
Speaker 2: had did before, So it wasn't a lot of things

931
00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:22,080
Speaker 2: I needed to correct. But yeah, you know you gotta

932
00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:23,680
Speaker 2: do in the league someday you gotta you gotta know

933
00:33:23,720 --> 00:33:26,200
Speaker 2: them paybuggy what certa amount of days too out more

934
00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:27,160
Speaker 2: than forty hours?

935
00:33:27,160 --> 00:33:30,280
Speaker 4: So hey, you gotta do what you gotta do. Right.

936
00:33:30,760 --> 00:33:32,880
Speaker 1: So you mentioned the green dot. What do you think

937
00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:35,880
Speaker 1: of the essential characteristics of a player? And for you,

938
00:33:36,320 --> 00:33:37,800
Speaker 1: what do you have to do well to be the

939
00:33:37,840 --> 00:33:39,960
Speaker 1: guy that wears the green dot and be that vocal

940
00:33:40,040 --> 00:33:40,880
Speaker 1: leader on the defense.

941
00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:43,080
Speaker 6: First of all, you gotta be the same guy every day.

942
00:33:43,120 --> 00:33:43,239
Speaker 5: Man.

943
00:33:43,280 --> 00:33:45,720
Speaker 2: You gotta be loud, You gotta be energetic. You gotta

944
00:33:45,800 --> 00:33:48,840
Speaker 2: just be that that guy that communicates, gets the message through.

945
00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:52,520
Speaker 2: You gotta be the word what I wouldn't say walk. Well, yeah,

946
00:33:52,560 --> 00:33:56,000
Speaker 2: you gotta be well respected guy. So you gotta earn

947
00:33:56,040 --> 00:33:57,840
Speaker 2: the green dot. You know it's not giving to anybody.

948
00:33:57,880 --> 00:33:58,320
Speaker 6: Got to earn that.

949
00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:01,360
Speaker 2: So uh, like I said, man, it's loud energy that

950
00:34:01,480 --> 00:34:06,680
Speaker 2: it's smart. Have IQ baby to get get the calls

951
00:34:06,720 --> 00:34:08,240
Speaker 2: out and make the checks.

952
00:34:08,239 --> 00:34:10,120
Speaker 6: And then you gotta be be the leader and be

953
00:34:10,480 --> 00:34:11,160
Speaker 6: an outpha.

954
00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:13,600
Speaker 1: You had seven sacks the last two years. What makes

955
00:34:13,600 --> 00:34:16,040
Speaker 1: you a good blitzer from that inside linebacker spot.

956
00:34:17,520 --> 00:34:19,600
Speaker 2: People don't think I'm quick. I'm real quick when I

957
00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:22,200
Speaker 2: get up on you. So yeah, especially line. But they

958
00:34:22,200 --> 00:34:25,200
Speaker 2: already three hundred pounds man, So once I get them

959
00:34:25,239 --> 00:34:27,279
Speaker 2: off their foot, give him a little jab is over.

960
00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:28,879
Speaker 6: So you gotta do your lean on them.

961
00:34:28,920 --> 00:34:30,200
Speaker 2: You know, I ain't a little guy, so I got

962
00:34:30,200 --> 00:34:32,080
Speaker 2: some weight to be but I gotta do lean on

963
00:34:32,160 --> 00:34:32,919
Speaker 2: him and finish man.

964
00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:35,640
Speaker 1: So yeah, you said a two hundred and forty five pounds,

965
00:34:35,640 --> 00:34:37,960
Speaker 1: which is now really nice side for an inside linebacker.

966
00:34:38,160 --> 00:34:39,680
Speaker 1: You might have just answered this question, but I'll ask

967
00:34:39,719 --> 00:34:42,000
Speaker 1: you anyway, if there's one thing that you want to

968
00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:45,400
Speaker 1: show scouts and coaches this week? Whybe you hear evaluations

969
00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:46,959
Speaker 1: if you have? Sometimes you kind of roll your eyes

970
00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:48,799
Speaker 1: like that's not true. I can do that. Is there

971
00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:50,440
Speaker 1: something that you really want to demonstrate to them on

972
00:34:50,440 --> 00:34:50,800
Speaker 1: the field.

973
00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:52,919
Speaker 4: Oh, I can cover, I can cover.

974
00:34:53,040 --> 00:34:54,440
Speaker 6: I haven't I have been able to cover my out

975
00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:54,960
Speaker 6: my career.

976
00:34:55,520 --> 00:34:55,680
Speaker 5: You know.

977
00:34:55,680 --> 00:34:57,520
Speaker 2: I had Smile with me over there, and I had

978
00:34:57,840 --> 00:35:02,960
Speaker 2: Djack there, but yeah, I could cover, like I can

979
00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:05,680
Speaker 2: cover I've been doing this, but you know, so that's

980
00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:08,600
Speaker 2: that's what I'm excited and happy to showcase this week.

981
00:35:08,800 --> 00:35:10,480
Speaker 1: I can cover would have been a lot of the

982
00:35:10,560 --> 00:35:11,960
Speaker 1: questions you've been getting the what are you trying to

983
00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:14,360
Speaker 1: get across to the NFL teams in these meetings that

984
00:35:14,400 --> 00:35:15,480
Speaker 1: you've had with them this week.

985
00:35:17,600 --> 00:35:19,560
Speaker 2: They haven't really been asked me nothing about football wise,

986
00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:22,040
Speaker 2: of the off the field stuff and who I am

987
00:35:22,080 --> 00:35:26,200
Speaker 2: as a person. But yeah, I mean, I'm just come

988
00:35:26,280 --> 00:35:28,719
Speaker 2: across they asking what I need to work on. Tell them,

989
00:35:28,760 --> 00:35:31,319
Speaker 2: like anybody else, i gotta work on a lot of things.

990
00:35:31,520 --> 00:35:34,239
Speaker 2: I'm not perfect at one thing yet I feel like

991
00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:36,759
Speaker 2: I need to take my overall all my game, my

992
00:35:36,840 --> 00:35:38,799
Speaker 2: whole game, all my tools to no level.

993
00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:42,359
Speaker 1: Good stuff. Man, appreciate the time, best luck this week, dude,

994
00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:44,760
Speaker 1: Thank you appreciation. All right. We're joined by Iowa linebacker

995
00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:46,640
Speaker 1: Jay Higgins. Jay, how's the week on for you? So far?

996
00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:50,359
Speaker 4: Pretty good? Got here yesterday for the trying ball.

997
00:35:50,400 --> 00:35:54,040
Speaker 19: I'm actually working out in Frisco with exl so, you know,

998
00:35:54,239 --> 00:35:57,319
Speaker 19: just six minute drive for me. You know, I'm just

999
00:35:57,480 --> 00:35:59,880
Speaker 19: really excited to be around the guys. H You know,

1000
00:36:00,040 --> 00:36:02,040
Speaker 19: you got a lot of competitors. A lot of guys

1001
00:36:02,080 --> 00:36:03,879
Speaker 19: you watch on TV and you're like, oh, that guy's

1002
00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:04,480
Speaker 19: a good player.

1003
00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:07,279
Speaker 4: Uh. You know, that guy might walk by you, bump up,

1004
00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:08,640
Speaker 4: bump into you. Uh.

1005
00:36:08,719 --> 00:36:11,399
Speaker 19: So you know, I'm just really really excited to be

1006
00:36:11,840 --> 00:36:14,560
Speaker 19: invited and to you know, be around such amazing talent.

1007
00:36:14,800 --> 00:36:16,600
Speaker 1: Now you're around a couple of our coaches for this game,

1008
00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:18,719
Speaker 1: Shaane Bowens, your head coach. You got Johnny Grogreu is

1009
00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:21,879
Speaker 1: defensive defensive coordinator, who was our linebackers coach. I'm sure

1010
00:36:21,880 --> 00:36:23,560
Speaker 1: both guys have been handed on with you, hands on

1011
00:36:23,640 --> 00:36:25,439
Speaker 1: with you. What has it been like working with those

1012
00:36:25,480 --> 00:36:27,040
Speaker 1: guys over there. I know you've been here a day

1013
00:36:27,080 --> 00:36:28,359
Speaker 1: or two, but at least so far.

1014
00:36:28,480 --> 00:36:30,160
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's really good. You know.

1015
00:36:30,239 --> 00:36:32,760
Speaker 19: I like to remind them they got Dane Belton and

1016
00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:36,759
Speaker 19: Amir Smith. Mart said, and uh, Tyrone, I grew up

1017
00:36:36,760 --> 00:36:38,960
Speaker 19: with Tyrone. Uh so you know there's a lot of

1018
00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:40,640
Speaker 19: a lot of Hawk eyes up there.

1019
00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:43,719
Speaker 1: Uh. Casey Crouder a long snapper. We had a punter

1020
00:36:43,800 --> 00:36:45,120
Speaker 1: in there last year too for a while.

1021
00:36:45,200 --> 00:36:45,480
Speaker 4: Yeah.

1022
00:36:45,520 --> 00:36:48,320
Speaker 19: So I told them, you know, there's something they like

1023
00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:53,160
Speaker 19: in us hawk guys. Some the Hawkeys must like new York. So, uh,

1024
00:36:53,239 --> 00:36:55,440
Speaker 19: just trying to keep that keep that pipeline going. This

1025
00:36:55,520 --> 00:36:56,200
Speaker 19: is what I told him.

1026
00:36:56,320 --> 00:36:58,280
Speaker 1: What has it been like trying to learn and absorb

1027
00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:00,520
Speaker 1: their system and figure it out and the stand of

1028
00:37:00,600 --> 00:37:01,399
Speaker 1: just a couple of days.

1029
00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:06,160
Speaker 19: Yeah, it's it's definitely different. But the football's football, you know. Uh,

1030
00:37:06,280 --> 00:37:10,480
Speaker 19: it's cover three, cover two. Everybody. Everybody's got that, everybody's

1031
00:37:10,480 --> 00:37:13,000
Speaker 19: got their own name for it. And really all it

1032
00:37:13,120 --> 00:37:15,680
Speaker 19: is is just changing changing the name of your head

1033
00:37:15,719 --> 00:37:16,680
Speaker 19: to what they call it.

1034
00:37:17,520 --> 00:37:17,759
Speaker 4: You know.

1035
00:37:18,640 --> 00:37:20,799
Speaker 19: I feel like I do a good job of really

1036
00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:22,600
Speaker 19: understanding football, understanding the game.

1037
00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:23,160
Speaker 7: Uh.

1038
00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:25,640
Speaker 4: So it's been a it's been an easy transition for me.

1039
00:37:26,080 --> 00:37:29,960
Speaker 1: Kirk friends roy professional program comes from the pros exactly.

1040
00:37:30,040 --> 00:37:32,400
Speaker 1: So how do you think being coached by him and

1041
00:37:32,520 --> 00:37:35,640
Speaker 1: his group has helped you prepare for what's next?

1042
00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:39,080
Speaker 19: You know, we and IOWA get you got to mature,

1043
00:37:39,160 --> 00:37:42,400
Speaker 19: you mature fast. I mean just our schedule, how we

1044
00:37:42,520 --> 00:37:46,839
Speaker 19: how we handle ourselves. You know, I con wudn't even

1045
00:37:46,880 --> 00:37:49,359
Speaker 19: imagine showing up late to a meeting or something like that,

1046
00:37:49,480 --> 00:37:51,680
Speaker 19: Like I wouldn't even know what to do.

1047
00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:53,920
Speaker 4: I guess just stop playing football at that point.

1048
00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:56,840
Speaker 19: But just little things like that how you carry yourself,

1049
00:37:57,880 --> 00:38:01,440
Speaker 19: you know, representing the organization, you know, all things that

1050
00:38:01,640 --> 00:38:04,319
Speaker 19: pro teams are looking for. We we probably that in

1051
00:38:04,360 --> 00:38:07,239
Speaker 19: our freshman and you know, obviously you you work your

1052
00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:09,920
Speaker 19: way to your senior year in the program and people

1053
00:38:10,080 --> 00:38:12,080
Speaker 19: people are gonna call you the old man who does

1054
00:38:12,120 --> 00:38:14,919
Speaker 19: everything by the book. And it's like once you once

1055
00:38:14,960 --> 00:38:17,200
Speaker 19: you start acting like a pro, it's it's easy to

1056
00:38:17,360 --> 00:38:18,279
Speaker 19: you know, maintain it.

1057
00:38:18,520 --> 00:38:20,560
Speaker 1: Now you were five years there. You know, I've done

1058
00:38:20,960 --> 00:38:23,200
Speaker 1: research for a lot of these interviews and everyone's at

1059
00:38:23,239 --> 00:38:25,600
Speaker 1: least one transfer. Some of them are two. You there

1060
00:38:25,600 --> 00:38:27,720
Speaker 1: for five years? Why'd you decide to stay?

1061
00:38:28,400 --> 00:38:30,400
Speaker 4: You know this, this is the I believe.

1062
00:38:30,600 --> 00:38:33,120
Speaker 19: I believe in myself just knowing I could become a

1063
00:38:33,120 --> 00:38:35,200
Speaker 19: better player coming from last year.

1064
00:38:35,719 --> 00:38:36,040
Speaker 6: Uh.

1065
00:38:36,080 --> 00:38:39,200
Speaker 19: And also I just felt coach Wallace he put our

1066
00:38:39,239 --> 00:38:41,240
Speaker 19: linebacker room in the best position possible.

1067
00:38:41,600 --> 00:38:41,759
Speaker 13: Uh.

1068
00:38:42,120 --> 00:38:44,839
Speaker 19: It just didn't make sense for for me to go

1069
00:38:44,920 --> 00:38:47,800
Speaker 19: somewhere else after I after knowing I have one of

1070
00:38:47,840 --> 00:38:50,759
Speaker 19: the best linebacker coaches in the the nation, and you know,

1071
00:38:50,960 --> 00:38:54,040
Speaker 19: being being there under Jack Campbell, a first round Mike backer,

1072
00:38:55,600 --> 00:38:57,960
Speaker 19: I mean, I'm literally learning from the best of the best.

1073
00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:00,279
Speaker 19: And you know, I feel like you can. You can

1074
00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:02,600
Speaker 19: see it in how I play it. Just you know,

1075
00:39:03,120 --> 00:39:06,000
Speaker 19: somebody's telling me the right thing. I'm learning the right thing.

1076
00:39:06,520 --> 00:39:08,920
Speaker 4: Uh. And I just knew Iowa was a place to

1077
00:39:08,920 --> 00:39:09,680
Speaker 4: be well.

1078
00:39:09,560 --> 00:39:12,080
Speaker 1: In twenty twenty three, you to one hundred and seventy tackles.

1079
00:39:12,520 --> 00:39:15,239
Speaker 1: It's a lot of tackles. Sure, So what is it

1080
00:39:15,280 --> 00:39:17,120
Speaker 1: about how they use you and how you fit in

1081
00:39:17,160 --> 00:39:18,759
Speaker 1: and how you play the game that allows you to

1082
00:39:18,760 --> 00:39:20,760
Speaker 1: be so productive in terms of getting to the ball carrier?

1083
00:39:22,080 --> 00:39:24,759
Speaker 19: I did just say, Really, it starts with communication. My

1084
00:39:24,880 --> 00:39:26,680
Speaker 19: job as a MIC is to make sure everybody else

1085
00:39:26,960 --> 00:39:29,680
Speaker 19: is aligning, ready to go, and you know, giving giving

1086
00:39:29,760 --> 00:39:32,759
Speaker 19: my d line heads up, where I think the ball

1087
00:39:32,840 --> 00:39:36,359
Speaker 19: going if I if I stink it's passing. Uh, My job,

1088
00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:38,440
Speaker 19: first and foremost would be the best leader I possibly

1089
00:39:38,440 --> 00:39:38,759
Speaker 19: can be.

1090
00:39:39,320 --> 00:39:39,640
Speaker 4: Uh.

1091
00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:41,600
Speaker 19: And then it's it's to do my job. My job

1092
00:39:41,640 --> 00:39:43,920
Speaker 19: is to tackle the guy with the ball. And uh,

1093
00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:46,200
Speaker 19: anytime my team needs that, I'm gonna do that. And

1094
00:39:46,680 --> 00:39:49,600
Speaker 19: I feel like that year, you know, we had some

1095
00:39:49,640 --> 00:39:51,560
Speaker 19: really some great talent at corner.

1096
00:39:51,920 --> 00:39:52,120
Speaker 1: Uh.

1097
00:39:52,160 --> 00:39:54,359
Speaker 19: You weren't gonna try Cooper Dezine, you weren't gonna try

1098
00:39:54,400 --> 00:39:58,560
Speaker 19: Jamari Harris, I mean, I likely if you try me,

1099
00:39:58,600 --> 00:40:00,560
Speaker 19: because then I'll end up with one hundred SI you tackle.

1100
00:40:00,680 --> 00:40:04,279
Speaker 1: So I like the attitude. Now you're six two two thirty,

1101
00:40:04,360 --> 00:40:07,719
Speaker 1: right at least that's what you're listed at in the NFL.

1102
00:40:07,960 --> 00:40:10,360
Speaker 1: For Mike, that might be considered a little undersized. You know,

1103
00:40:10,840 --> 00:40:12,080
Speaker 1: it's one of the things you want to prove the

1104
00:40:12,080 --> 00:40:13,440
Speaker 1: teams that you can put me a MIC in the

1105
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Speaker 1: pros and my size. You see yourself more in the

1106
00:40:15,160 --> 00:40:17,640
Speaker 1: pros as a four to three old school will How

1107
00:40:17,640 --> 00:40:19,520
Speaker 1: do you see yourself fitting in in the next level.

1108
00:40:19,960 --> 00:40:22,960
Speaker 4: I'd definitely say anywhere anywhere they want to put me.

1109
00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:25,640
Speaker 19: But anywhere that that needs to tackle the ball at

1110
00:40:25,680 --> 00:40:30,400
Speaker 19: a exceptional rate, you know, I like, I like to

1111
00:40:30,400 --> 00:40:33,360
Speaker 19: look at it where you know, my the offensive lineman

1112
00:40:33,400 --> 00:40:35,960
Speaker 19: and the tight ends that I'm playing against or NFL

1113
00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:39,719
Speaker 19: teams are drafting. So if if I can play mic

1114
00:40:39,760 --> 00:40:43,400
Speaker 19: at that level and you have the production that guys

1115
00:40:43,400 --> 00:40:46,839
Speaker 19: are taller than me didn't have, you know, some tells

1116
00:40:46,880 --> 00:40:48,920
Speaker 19: me I'm all right if you're six too, and you

1117
00:40:48,920 --> 00:40:52,440
Speaker 19: didn't you didn't have as many tackles as me. I mean,

1118
00:40:52,480 --> 00:40:54,160
Speaker 19: I think I think we need to look twice at

1119
00:40:54,200 --> 00:40:54,759
Speaker 19: what you're doing.

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Speaker 4: You know what I mean?

1121
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Speaker 1: Good stuff, man, appreciate the best luck this week.

1122
00:40:57,560 --> 00:40:58,359
Speaker 4: Yes, sir, thank you.

1123
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Speaker 1: If you want to know how to manage two minutes

1124
00:41:00,320 --> 00:41:02,000
Speaker 1: of crunch time football, I'm your man.

1125
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Speaker 18: But if you're wondering about a long term financial plan,

1126
00:41:04,760 --> 00:41:06,000
Speaker 18: you should talk to Citizens.

1127
00:41:06,080 --> 00:41:08,160
Speaker 1: Hey, I can also talk long care. I'd like to

1128
00:41:08,200 --> 00:41:10,919
Speaker 1: learn about AMOLLI routine. Yes, I knew I could help

1129
00:41:11,560 --> 00:41:14,120
Speaker 1: make sense of your money with Citizens. All right. We're

1130
00:41:14,160 --> 00:41:17,520
Speaker 1: joined by Naser Stackouts from the University of Georgia. All right,

1131
00:41:17,560 --> 00:41:19,480
Speaker 1: so you just told me a quick story. You came

1132
00:41:19,520 --> 00:41:22,799
Speaker 1: in late last night, probably zero meeting time, and you

1133
00:41:22,840 --> 00:41:25,000
Speaker 1: went to practice today because of the weather in Pennsafola.

1134
00:41:25,120 --> 00:41:26,439
Speaker 1: Take me through it. Have'd that go down?

1135
00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:28,720
Speaker 14: You know, like, get out of pennacl I was supposed

1136
00:41:28,719 --> 00:41:33,520
Speaker 14: to originally on Thursday, I had a flight at six am,

1137
00:41:33,760 --> 00:41:35,879
Speaker 14: and I was packed up ready to go at six

1138
00:41:35,920 --> 00:41:39,439
Speaker 14: am on the way to the airport and I get

1139
00:41:39,440 --> 00:41:42,680
Speaker 14: a call saying, oh yeah, flights delay to seven later

1140
00:41:42,719 --> 00:41:44,640
Speaker 14: that day. So I'm like, well, I'm only fifteen minutes

1141
00:41:44,640 --> 00:41:46,440
Speaker 14: from the airport. Well really thirty minutes.

1142
00:41:46,680 --> 00:41:48,080
Speaker 10: I was like, I might as well just go back.

1143
00:41:49,120 --> 00:41:49,919
Speaker 10: I had to call it uber.

1144
00:41:49,960 --> 00:41:53,080
Speaker 14: So I literally at that time, I changed my destination

1145
00:41:53,239 --> 00:41:57,439
Speaker 14: back to Port a Fino Hotel and I was like, okay,

1146
00:41:57,440 --> 00:41:58,560
Speaker 14: I'll just wait till later today.

1147
00:41:58,800 --> 00:42:01,040
Speaker 6: Obviously it's supposed to be as pm.

1148
00:42:01,400 --> 00:42:03,600
Speaker 14: And I would say around five and ready to head

1149
00:42:03,640 --> 00:42:07,480
Speaker 14: out to the airport and she cancels. I forget who

1150
00:42:07,520 --> 00:42:09,840
Speaker 14: the girl name was, but they canceled. It was like, hey,

1151
00:42:10,320 --> 00:42:12,840
Speaker 14: your flight would leave tomorrow at two forty eight. I

1152
00:42:12,960 --> 00:42:15,600
Speaker 14: was I was like, okay, no problem, no issue, because

1153
00:42:15,640 --> 00:42:16,880
Speaker 14: one thing about me, I'm a homeboy.

1154
00:42:16,920 --> 00:42:18,520
Speaker 10: I like to be at home. I like to relax

1155
00:42:18,560 --> 00:42:20,000
Speaker 10: at home and do my thing.

1156
00:42:21,719 --> 00:42:24,319
Speaker 14: And I was able to wash the snow from my

1157
00:42:24,320 --> 00:42:27,040
Speaker 14: balcony and it was just really I wasn't even able

1158
00:42:27,040 --> 00:42:28,719
Speaker 14: to go outside in the snow. I like the snow,

1159
00:42:28,760 --> 00:42:33,840
Speaker 14: that's my thing. But yeah, so I left the next day.

1160
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Speaker 4: Friday.

1161
00:42:35,560 --> 00:42:37,640
Speaker 14: I had to make sure everything was clean up because

1162
00:42:37,680 --> 00:42:40,000
Speaker 14: I knew i'd be here till Friday.

1163
00:42:41,120 --> 00:42:42,960
Speaker 4: And so I packed up.

1164
00:42:43,000 --> 00:42:46,960
Speaker 14: I left my house around one forty one, made my flight,

1165
00:42:48,800 --> 00:42:50,839
Speaker 14: made my flast pop place to play back at.

1166
00:42:52,400 --> 00:42:53,160
Speaker 10: I made my flight.

1167
00:42:53,960 --> 00:42:56,240
Speaker 14: I did not find out that I had a layover

1168
00:42:56,400 --> 00:42:59,799
Speaker 14: until twenty to thirty minutes into the flight, and so

1169
00:43:00,480 --> 00:43:02,000
Speaker 14: it was probably an hour no issue.

1170
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Speaker 6: I get to that.

1171
00:43:02,880 --> 00:43:04,560
Speaker 14: I get to the airport one, I could not find

1172
00:43:04,560 --> 00:43:08,120
Speaker 14: my gate. Finally found my gate, but orally I found

1173
00:43:08,160 --> 00:43:09,960
Speaker 14: out where my gate was. They said, f I'm all

1174
00:43:10,000 --> 00:43:11,960
Speaker 14: the way in a So I'm like, so you're telling

1175
00:43:11,960 --> 00:43:13,280
Speaker 14: me I gotta go all the way on the train.

1176
00:43:13,719 --> 00:43:15,680
Speaker 14: And I'm so glad I didn't bring my carry on.

1177
00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:18,200
Speaker 14: I actually checked I had a check back. I'm so

1178
00:43:18,280 --> 00:43:19,839
Speaker 14: glad I didn't bring it because I would have been

1179
00:43:19,880 --> 00:43:24,759
Speaker 14: hauling that heavy check bag throughout the whole airport. And

1180
00:43:24,840 --> 00:43:26,960
Speaker 14: so finally get too my gate and it was this

1181
00:43:27,080 --> 00:43:28,799
Speaker 14: lady tagging on taking on me.

1182
00:43:29,239 --> 00:43:30,960
Speaker 6: Her name is Denise.

1183
00:43:31,160 --> 00:43:33,319
Speaker 14: She's the older lady, and she kept me company and

1184
00:43:33,320 --> 00:43:36,399
Speaker 14: I appreciate her for that. Shout out Denise, and she's

1185
00:43:36,600 --> 00:43:39,920
Speaker 14: she's actually Ohio State fan. She's from Ohio. She's a

1186
00:43:39,920 --> 00:43:41,880
Speaker 14: Ohio State fan. But Denise kept me company.

1187
00:43:42,040 --> 00:43:45,080
Speaker 6: She made so I was okay. I got me some

1188
00:43:45,120 --> 00:43:47,160
Speaker 6: food while I was there. I got so bored at

1189
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Speaker 6: the airport.

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Speaker 14: I just started walking around just looking at stuff like

1191
00:43:50,400 --> 00:43:51,759
Speaker 14: I had three hours to work with.

1192
00:43:51,840 --> 00:43:53,160
Speaker 10: That was what I ended up finding out.

1193
00:43:53,160 --> 00:43:55,840
Speaker 14: It was a three hour layover hour in so I'm like,

1194
00:43:55,880 --> 00:43:59,280
Speaker 14: I got two more hours. I got me some some Starbucks.

1195
00:43:59,320 --> 00:44:02,600
Speaker 14: I got to croissants and the outside elemonade from Starbucks.

1196
00:44:02,600 --> 00:44:05,320
Speaker 14: And I'm just walking around with my outside my lemonade,

1197
00:44:05,640 --> 00:44:08,759
Speaker 14: listening to my music, eating my eating my croissant. He's

1198
00:44:08,840 --> 00:44:12,919
Speaker 14: just enjoying the just the environment of a big because

1199
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Speaker 14: I was in Atlanta, so I'm in Harshville Jackson.

1200
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Speaker 10: Just I'm just enjoying all the art and stuff. I'm

1201
00:44:18,280 --> 00:44:19,759
Speaker 10: just you know, just urning time.

1202
00:44:19,800 --> 00:44:20,359
Speaker 6: Milk the time.

1203
00:44:20,360 --> 00:44:20,520
Speaker 3: Man.

1204
00:44:20,640 --> 00:44:21,399
Speaker 6: Yeah, that's about it.

1205
00:44:21,440 --> 00:44:24,040
Speaker 14: And I got here, flew out here. They came and drove,

1206
00:44:24,080 --> 00:44:26,160
Speaker 14: they came, picked us up. This is about a thirty

1207
00:44:26,200 --> 00:44:30,439
Speaker 14: minute drive from the airport. Got here and they was like, yeah,

1208
00:44:30,600 --> 00:44:32,600
Speaker 14: this tomorrow, this is not blah blah, practice this and that.

1209
00:44:32,680 --> 00:44:36,879
Speaker 14: I said practice, Well, what we said practice. He's like, yeah,

1210
00:44:36,920 --> 00:44:38,400
Speaker 14: y'all gotta and it just I just thought it was

1211
00:44:38,400 --> 00:44:41,040
Speaker 14: funny that they just kept the conversation going like it

1212
00:44:41,120 --> 00:44:41,800
Speaker 14: was normal.

1213
00:44:42,239 --> 00:44:44,319
Speaker 10: He was like, yeah, practice at six am, be up.

1214
00:44:44,360 --> 00:44:47,600
Speaker 14: No practice breakfasts at six am will lead to uh

1215
00:44:47,800 --> 00:44:52,040
Speaker 14: North Texas around eight. So I had to read. I

1216
00:44:52,040 --> 00:44:53,800
Speaker 14: had to reschedule my mind I was like, okay, I

1217
00:44:53,800 --> 00:44:56,399
Speaker 14: gotta go to sleep. So I went straight upstairs, called

1218
00:44:56,440 --> 00:44:58,279
Speaker 14: my girlfriend for like ten minutes.

1219
00:44:59,040 --> 00:44:59,720
Speaker 10: Got in a shower.

1220
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Speaker 6: What's a bad practice?

1221
00:45:01,920 --> 00:45:02,160
Speaker 4: Today?

1222
00:45:02,200 --> 00:45:03,399
Speaker 6: Practices actually wasn't bad.

1223
00:45:03,440 --> 00:45:04,839
Speaker 1: I had to go it wasn't really good.

1224
00:45:04,840 --> 00:45:05,640
Speaker 6: Practice was smooth.

1225
00:45:06,320 --> 00:45:08,400
Speaker 10: I was very I was expecting to be bloated.

1226
00:45:08,719 --> 00:45:11,480
Speaker 14: I was expecting to be out of breath, But today

1227
00:45:11,480 --> 00:45:12,520
Speaker 14: I was very smooth.

1228
00:45:13,040 --> 00:45:14,960
Speaker 10: I felt like I was like, I'm miss I am.

1229
00:45:15,160 --> 00:45:17,120
Speaker 14: I think I'm in shape. I still have more work

1230
00:45:17,160 --> 00:45:18,680
Speaker 14: to do. Well right now, I think I'm in really

1231
00:45:18,719 --> 00:45:21,440
Speaker 14: good shit. So I'm running around. I'm like, okay, I'm

1232
00:45:21,440 --> 00:45:22,719
Speaker 14: not even you know, you know what I mean.

1233
00:45:22,800 --> 00:45:24,920
Speaker 6: I have brand new pleats. I'm breaking in new cleats.

1234
00:45:25,360 --> 00:45:28,560
Speaker 14: You know that the guys who know football, or with

1235
00:45:28,600 --> 00:45:31,200
Speaker 14: the guy who just the guys who know shoes as

1236
00:45:31,320 --> 00:45:32,880
Speaker 14: a whole, they know that when you were breaking the

1237
00:45:32,920 --> 00:45:35,239
Speaker 14: new cleets or new shoes, yeah, feel on cramp up

1238
00:45:35,239 --> 00:45:37,640
Speaker 14: a little bit. I didn't cramp up as much, and

1239
00:45:37,680 --> 00:45:39,640
Speaker 14: I was like, okay, I'm flying around. You know, I'm

1240
00:45:39,680 --> 00:45:41,560
Speaker 14: still getting the gist of everything learned.

1241
00:45:41,560 --> 00:45:43,880
Speaker 6: Everybody names learned some of the plays, learning some of

1242
00:45:43,880 --> 00:45:45,080
Speaker 6: the drills, and it was really fun.

1243
00:45:45,120 --> 00:45:48,480
Speaker 1: You know? Now was your did your teammate Warren Brinson

1244
00:45:48,640 --> 00:45:50,360
Speaker 1: is with you? Did he deal with it? Like update

1245
00:45:50,400 --> 00:45:51,800
Speaker 1: you and kind of like on the bus ride to

1246
00:45:51,840 --> 00:45:53,560
Speaker 1: practice kind of get your date on, like what you

1247
00:45:53,600 --> 00:45:54,440
Speaker 1: expected everything.

1248
00:45:55,000 --> 00:45:55,960
Speaker 6: When I first won.

1249
00:45:56,040 --> 00:45:58,360
Speaker 14: When I firstly got into the hotel, Warren was dead asleep.

1250
00:45:58,800 --> 00:45:59,400
Speaker 4: I walked in.

1251
00:45:59,600 --> 00:46:02,640
Speaker 1: I walked then we guys, you guys your I walked in.

1252
00:46:02,719 --> 00:46:03,600
Speaker 6: I said, wake up, bro.

1253
00:46:03,840 --> 00:46:05,480
Speaker 10: I was like, go ahead and wake up, because you

1254
00:46:05,480 --> 00:46:05,960
Speaker 10: know what I'm here.

1255
00:46:05,960 --> 00:46:06,920
Speaker 6: I gotta get everything.

1256
00:46:06,960 --> 00:46:10,560
Speaker 14: I gotta I gotta get everything, like uh ready so

1257
00:46:10,560 --> 00:46:11,839
Speaker 14: I can go to bed, you know what I mean?

1258
00:46:12,480 --> 00:46:14,120
Speaker 14: And he was like, oh what a nas is? That

1259
00:46:14,640 --> 00:46:18,600
Speaker 14: falls right back to sleep. I didn't get to I

1260
00:46:18,600 --> 00:46:20,880
Speaker 14: didn't get so we did. We did get like jurs

1261
00:46:20,920 --> 00:46:23,480
Speaker 14: together or whatever. It's kind of like a silent thing.

1262
00:46:23,480 --> 00:46:25,520
Speaker 14: It's like we gotta wake up that early. Everything's kind

1263
00:46:25,520 --> 00:46:28,239
Speaker 14: of solid until you leave your room. Everything's going on

1264
00:46:28,320 --> 00:46:32,040
Speaker 14: and going. We talked at the breakfast table. He was like,

1265
00:46:32,480 --> 00:46:34,479
Speaker 14: I don't even think he didn't even have a practice yet.

1266
00:46:34,640 --> 00:46:38,520
Speaker 14: He was like, dang nas him. Jamon Dumas grew us

1267
00:46:38,600 --> 00:46:42,680
Speaker 14: here Exareel trust and uh Don Blaylock no, dom love it.

1268
00:46:43,040 --> 00:46:44,719
Speaker 14: He was like, we was at yesterday. I was like, bro,

1269
00:46:44,800 --> 00:46:45,680
Speaker 14: my fight was delayed.

1270
00:46:45,960 --> 00:46:47,360
Speaker 6: It was like, bro, you listen, you missed.

1271
00:46:47,120 --> 00:46:47,720
Speaker 4: A lot of meetings.

1272
00:46:47,719 --> 00:46:50,160
Speaker 14: I was like, I know, you know, and I'm sitting

1273
00:46:50,160 --> 00:46:51,839
Speaker 14: I'm sitting here trying to like I'm trying to act

1274
00:46:51,880 --> 00:46:54,440
Speaker 14: like I'm trying to act like I'm trying to you know,

1275
00:46:54,480 --> 00:46:56,239
Speaker 14: I'm trying to I'm trying to act cool. And then

1276
00:46:56,239 --> 00:46:57,799
Speaker 14: I'm trying to act like I care that I missed

1277
00:46:57,800 --> 00:46:59,920
Speaker 14: out on me is I do care? But that is

1278
00:47:00,000 --> 00:47:01,920
Speaker 14: the same time, I'm kind of glad that I missed

1279
00:47:01,960 --> 00:47:03,000
Speaker 14: hours of meetings.

1280
00:47:03,239 --> 00:47:05,440
Speaker 10: But that was like the early days and that blah blah.

1281
00:47:05,640 --> 00:47:08,200
Speaker 14: At least I get to come in and just play football,

1282
00:47:08,239 --> 00:47:09,120
Speaker 14: and that was the best thing.

1283
00:47:09,239 --> 00:47:13,080
Speaker 1: So all right, let's talk about your game. You've played

1284
00:47:13,120 --> 00:47:15,759
Speaker 1: a couple of different spots across the defensive line. Where

1285
00:47:15,760 --> 00:47:17,319
Speaker 1: do you think you play your best? Is it those

1286
00:47:17,360 --> 00:47:19,520
Speaker 1: tackle is that a three technique? Where do you think

1287
00:47:19,520 --> 00:47:20,160
Speaker 1: you play your best?

1288
00:47:20,239 --> 00:47:22,040
Speaker 14: It depends, you know, you put me at those times

1289
00:47:22,040 --> 00:47:25,000
Speaker 14: where you're going to get a lot of stuff runs,

1290
00:47:25,320 --> 00:47:28,560
Speaker 14: You're going to get a lot of effected pass plays,

1291
00:47:28,680 --> 00:47:31,200
Speaker 14: regardless if it's a pass or run.

1292
00:47:31,360 --> 00:47:32,160
Speaker 6: You're going to just get a.

1293
00:47:32,120 --> 00:47:33,600
Speaker 14: Lot of out of me. One thing about me, I

1294
00:47:33,719 --> 00:47:35,800
Speaker 14: like to play. I like to play with effort, especially

1295
00:47:35,800 --> 00:47:37,640
Speaker 14: for the team. I like to play for the team

1296
00:47:38,040 --> 00:47:41,160
Speaker 14: and then think about myself later, but for the team always.

1297
00:47:41,160 --> 00:47:42,640
Speaker 14: So you're going to get everything out of me from

1298
00:47:42,719 --> 00:47:45,560
Speaker 14: those guard three tech. No, but you put me in

1299
00:47:45,560 --> 00:47:47,160
Speaker 14: the three take one, the one with the guard. That's

1300
00:47:47,160 --> 00:47:49,600
Speaker 14: the best thing I can get, you know, especially when

1301
00:47:49,640 --> 00:47:53,880
Speaker 14: it's a past situation. Most guys that I played against,

1302
00:47:54,000 --> 00:47:56,440
Speaker 14: they know that I'm a little bit on the stronger side,

1303
00:47:56,480 --> 00:47:58,799
Speaker 14: so they have to use a little bit more of

1304
00:47:58,840 --> 00:48:02,560
Speaker 14: their strength to stop me. And uh, some of them,

1305
00:48:03,080 --> 00:48:06,719
Speaker 14: some of them underestimate my pass rush abilities. Obviously they

1306
00:48:06,800 --> 00:48:09,160
Speaker 14: might use so they might it's not even that. They

1307
00:48:09,200 --> 00:48:11,959
Speaker 14: might just play a little bit lack of days ago

1308
00:48:12,000 --> 00:48:14,520
Speaker 14: and I catch him with a little bob little bob

1309
00:48:14,560 --> 00:48:16,839
Speaker 14: as he's swat inside and they're like, oh, whoa hold up.

1310
00:48:17,120 --> 00:48:18,480
Speaker 4: Out there now they're little confused.

1311
00:48:18,520 --> 00:48:20,839
Speaker 14: So yeah, I'll say, if I'm playing in three tech,

1312
00:48:20,920 --> 00:48:24,080
Speaker 14: I have a lot of flashes more than not. I

1313
00:48:24,120 --> 00:48:27,879
Speaker 14: have a lot of flashes of me being quick off

1314
00:48:27,880 --> 00:48:30,760
Speaker 14: the ball, using my hands, getting inside, getting up the field.

1315
00:48:30,800 --> 00:48:32,799
Speaker 14: So if you don't, if you don't want to talk

1316
00:48:32,800 --> 00:48:35,600
Speaker 14: about go watch the Texas Games, the Championship game.

1317
00:48:35,800 --> 00:48:38,719
Speaker 10: Go watch it's a Jordia Tech out of Geordia Tech play.

1318
00:48:39,000 --> 00:48:40,520
Speaker 14: And there's some other ones I can't actually think of

1319
00:48:40,560 --> 00:48:43,320
Speaker 14: at this very moment, but I've had a couple of flashes.

1320
00:48:43,360 --> 00:48:46,400
Speaker 1: Hey, dude, I was watching you last summer. Honestly, you

1321
00:48:46,400 --> 00:48:47,640
Speaker 1: want to come out of last years drafted, To be

1322
00:48:47,680 --> 00:48:50,200
Speaker 1: honest with you, sl you surprised me gon back.

1323
00:48:50,400 --> 00:48:54,080
Speaker 10: That's like, that's the question most people are. They they utter,

1324
00:48:54,200 --> 00:48:55,600
Speaker 10: They always like why are you just going this?

1325
00:48:55,760 --> 00:48:58,719
Speaker 14: I was like, you know, one, I wasn't ready to

1326
00:48:58,800 --> 00:48:59,760
Speaker 14: leave the University of Geordia.

1327
00:48:59,760 --> 00:49:00,360
Speaker 3: I love Georgia.

1328
00:49:00,360 --> 00:49:02,360
Speaker 14: That's gonna be my ama mater. I'll be graduating in

1329
00:49:02,400 --> 00:49:05,040
Speaker 14: the summer. I'll be graduating the summer.

1330
00:49:05,360 --> 00:49:09,360
Speaker 10: And it's just that like I just wasn't ready, Like

1331
00:49:10,360 --> 00:49:11,640
Speaker 10: I just think I just didn't think.

1332
00:49:11,480 --> 00:49:12,000
Speaker 6: I was ready.

1333
00:49:12,040 --> 00:49:15,800
Speaker 10: And it was very h it was very great.

1334
00:49:15,600 --> 00:49:18,880
Speaker 14: To know that I had some sort of recognition on

1335
00:49:18,880 --> 00:49:24,719
Speaker 14: the field and having that feeling, you know, kind of

1336
00:49:25,040 --> 00:49:26,920
Speaker 14: made my job mean a little bit more than me

1337
00:49:27,000 --> 00:49:29,480
Speaker 14: than I thought it did. And so when people are

1338
00:49:29,480 --> 00:49:32,479
Speaker 14: saying oh this and that, blah blah blah. He's playing runs,

1339
00:49:32,480 --> 00:49:35,440
Speaker 14: he's playing, he's picking up double teams, and he's affected plays.

1340
00:49:35,480 --> 00:49:38,120
Speaker 14: That made a lot to me, man, for me to

1341
00:49:38,200 --> 00:49:40,120
Speaker 14: realize that people see me help me play a little

1342
00:49:40,160 --> 00:49:41,120
Speaker 14: bit harder on the field.

1343
00:49:41,239 --> 00:49:43,759
Speaker 1: So hey, I appreciate it. Man. Best luck this week,

1344
00:49:43,800 --> 00:49:44,839
Speaker 1: and get some sleep, dude.

1345
00:49:44,880 --> 00:49:47,080
Speaker 14: Yeah, I'm definitely gonna get me some sleep. I will

1346
00:49:47,120 --> 00:49:47,960
Speaker 14: be sleep tonight.

1347
00:49:48,800 --> 00:49:49,120
Speaker 9: All right.

1348
00:49:49,120 --> 00:49:51,960
Speaker 1: Now, we're joined by Rutgers quarterback Robert Longer being Robert,

1349
00:49:52,000 --> 00:49:54,640
Speaker 1: how are you, man? I'm doing great. What has this

1350
00:49:54,719 --> 00:49:57,759
Speaker 1: experience been like so far, especially being coached by two

1351
00:49:57,800 --> 00:49:59,920
Speaker 1: Giant coaches, Shane Bowen and Johnny Grego.

1352
00:50:00,480 --> 00:50:03,080
Speaker 18: It's amazing just the opportunity to be out here and

1353
00:50:03,160 --> 00:50:05,440
Speaker 18: being around a lot of good football players and just

1354
00:50:05,480 --> 00:50:08,400
Speaker 18: pick their brains, a lot of NFL coaches just picking

1355
00:50:08,400 --> 00:50:10,399
Speaker 18: their brains and just improving on your game.

1356
00:50:10,400 --> 00:50:11,840
Speaker 4: It's been a great experience.

1357
00:50:12,200 --> 00:50:13,880
Speaker 1: Obviously, you don't know where you're gonna get drafted, but

1358
00:50:13,920 --> 00:50:15,319
Speaker 1: it'll be cool to be able to stay in that

1359
00:50:15,360 --> 00:50:17,360
Speaker 1: Tri state area if you end up going to the Giants.

1360
00:50:17,440 --> 00:50:19,960
Speaker 18: Of course, of course, it would love it out there

1361
00:50:19,960 --> 00:50:21,840
Speaker 18: in New York. Is not that far from us. We

1362
00:50:21,960 --> 00:50:24,120
Speaker 18: get to go down there, so of course it would

1363
00:50:24,120 --> 00:50:24,480
Speaker 18: be fun.

1364
00:50:24,680 --> 00:50:26,720
Speaker 1: What is it about Rutgers that you enjoyed the experience

1365
00:50:26,719 --> 00:50:28,680
Speaker 1: because you were there? A lot of guys transfer now right,

1366
00:50:28,719 --> 00:50:30,640
Speaker 1: They don't stick around in places. I'm doing research for

1367
00:50:30,640 --> 00:50:33,560
Speaker 1: all these interviews. Two teams, three teams, guys switching every

1368
00:50:33,600 --> 00:50:36,480
Speaker 1: year you stayed. What was it about Rutgers that that

1369
00:50:36,560 --> 00:50:38,440
Speaker 1: you're like that made you want to hang Coach Greggs?

1370
00:50:38,480 --> 00:50:41,680
Speaker 18: You know he's one of one. It's none like him,

1371
00:50:41,719 --> 00:50:44,480
Speaker 18: nobody else. I could picture myself playing for just the

1372
00:50:44,480 --> 00:50:47,440
Speaker 18: way he what he instills, and that's his men becoming

1373
00:50:47,600 --> 00:50:50,120
Speaker 18: young men becoming men. He instills a lot of life

1374
00:50:50,200 --> 00:50:51,600
Speaker 18: lessons and teaches us a lot.

1375
00:50:51,840 --> 00:50:53,200
Speaker 8: And this is so many lessons.

1376
00:50:52,960 --> 00:50:55,200
Speaker 18: He taught us off the field that just made you

1377
00:50:55,239 --> 00:50:56,560
Speaker 18: want to be around him.

1378
00:50:56,800 --> 00:50:59,200
Speaker 1: Now you're listed high weight five eleven, one seventy eight.

1379
00:51:00,120 --> 00:51:01,799
Speaker 1: Do you see yourself as more of an outside guy

1380
00:51:01,880 --> 00:51:03,279
Speaker 1: more of a slot guy in the pros? I know

1381
00:51:03,320 --> 00:51:05,960
Speaker 1: you played outside primarily in college. Is that something you

1382
00:51:06,000 --> 00:51:08,160
Speaker 1: want to show this week? The ability to maybe move inside?

1383
00:51:08,239 --> 00:51:10,839
Speaker 18: I can play both, and I'll show I'll show either way.

1384
00:51:11,280 --> 00:51:12,840
Speaker 18: I want to show either way. I just want to

1385
00:51:12,840 --> 00:51:13,440
Speaker 18: play football.

1386
00:51:14,880 --> 00:51:16,799
Speaker 1: What do you think the different skill sets that are

1387
00:51:16,840 --> 00:51:19,200
Speaker 1: necessary to be a good outside corner versus being a

1388
00:51:19,200 --> 00:51:20,120
Speaker 1: good slot corner.

1389
00:51:21,200 --> 00:51:24,000
Speaker 18: Good at outside corner, you gotta be way better at

1390
00:51:24,000 --> 00:51:25,960
Speaker 18: the line of scrimmage because you're playing a lot more

1391
00:51:25,960 --> 00:51:28,600
Speaker 18: press inside. You just got to have great eyes of

1392
00:51:28,640 --> 00:51:31,920
Speaker 18: patient feed because you're five yards away from who you're

1393
00:51:31,920 --> 00:51:34,319
Speaker 18: trying to guard, so and they have two way goes,

1394
00:51:34,360 --> 00:51:36,080
Speaker 18: so you have to you have to know your help

1395
00:51:36,120 --> 00:51:38,120
Speaker 18: and know like your defense because.

1396
00:51:37,960 --> 00:51:39,520
Speaker 12: Inside it's a lot that could happen.

1397
00:51:40,080 --> 00:51:41,760
Speaker 1: Now you're really good to get your hands on the football.

1398
00:51:41,760 --> 00:51:44,000
Speaker 1: I made sure I wrote these down. Thirty three passes defended,

1399
00:51:44,480 --> 00:51:48,000
Speaker 1: five interceptions, five force fumbles. As a corner, what do

1400
00:51:48,040 --> 00:51:49,319
Speaker 1: you have to be good at in order to get

1401
00:51:49,360 --> 00:51:52,200
Speaker 1: your hands on the football and cause takeaways and like

1402
00:51:52,200 --> 00:51:52,600
Speaker 1: like you did?

1403
00:51:53,360 --> 00:51:55,600
Speaker 18: For me, it was just playing with good eyes. I

1404
00:51:55,640 --> 00:51:58,400
Speaker 18: had a tremendous DV coach and coach fran coach or

1405
00:51:58,440 --> 00:52:01,759
Speaker 18: fe and coach who's produced a lot of NFL DV.

1406
00:52:02,000 --> 00:52:05,520
Speaker 18: So I'm probably my thing and is being as sticky

1407
00:52:05,560 --> 00:52:06,920
Speaker 18: as possible so at the end of the play I

1408
00:52:06,960 --> 00:52:07,479
Speaker 18: can make him.

1409
00:52:07,360 --> 00:52:09,920
Speaker 1: Play on the ball now, and I know great Ciano,

1410
00:52:10,120 --> 00:52:12,759
Speaker 1: knowing him like I've known him coaching for a long time.

1411
00:52:13,520 --> 00:52:17,040
Speaker 1: You can't just cover that tackle now, you know the

1412
00:52:17,080 --> 00:52:19,360
Speaker 1: biggest frame. You're one seventy eight, right. What is it

1413
00:52:19,400 --> 00:52:23,760
Speaker 1: about being physical at the cornerback position that you really like?

1414
00:52:23,440 --> 00:52:26,400
Speaker 18: I've always been the smaller guy, but that don't stop me.

1415
00:52:26,480 --> 00:52:29,160
Speaker 18: I believe I could play anywhere with anybody. I'm a

1416
00:52:29,160 --> 00:52:30,920
Speaker 18: physical guy. I'll throw my hand and there, I throw

1417
00:52:30,960 --> 00:52:33,959
Speaker 18: my body anywhere. So I just don't I don't even

1418
00:52:34,120 --> 00:52:35,640
Speaker 18: think about the way when I played football.

1419
00:52:35,640 --> 00:52:37,120
Speaker 8: I just play because this is why I love to do.

1420
00:52:38,280 --> 00:52:40,920
Speaker 1: When you're getting onto the field and you start playing

1421
00:52:40,960 --> 00:52:42,239
Speaker 1: this week, what are some of the things that you

1422
00:52:42,280 --> 00:52:44,080
Speaker 1: want to show the coaches and scouts.

1423
00:52:43,800 --> 00:52:44,719
Speaker 8: My ability to cover.

1424
00:52:44,840 --> 00:52:48,120
Speaker 18: I want to be sticky as possible, contesting every catch,

1425
00:52:48,200 --> 00:52:49,879
Speaker 18: even if they catch, I want to be right there

1426
00:52:49,920 --> 00:52:52,200
Speaker 18: so they know I can cover and I'm a sticky guy.

1427
00:52:52,920 --> 00:52:54,600
Speaker 1: We appreciate him, man, Actually, only ask me one more.

1428
00:52:54,600 --> 00:52:55,640
Speaker 1: I want to say, I have the guy that you

1429
00:52:55,680 --> 00:52:58,080
Speaker 1: go against and practice colmining guy that running back, because

1430
00:52:58,280 --> 00:53:00,880
Speaker 1: I think he's really good abou him as a running

1431
00:53:00,880 --> 00:53:03,080
Speaker 1: back and what makes him so elusive and tough to tackle.

1432
00:53:03,320 --> 00:53:06,520
Speaker 18: He's different. He has that that body frame. He's short, stocky,

1433
00:53:06,840 --> 00:53:09,920
Speaker 18: but he's well put together, really strong back, never stops

1434
00:53:09,960 --> 00:53:12,560
Speaker 18: running his feet. He could be having four people, he

1435
00:53:12,680 --> 00:53:15,920
Speaker 18: gonna run them feet. Powerful runner, He don't go down.

1436
00:53:16,000 --> 00:53:18,040
Speaker 18: It's a game tackle with the tackle of Kyle. And

1437
00:53:18,120 --> 00:53:21,239
Speaker 18: he's very smart, like it's not just about his eyes.

1438
00:53:20,960 --> 00:53:21,600
Speaker 8: And his vision.

1439
00:53:21,960 --> 00:53:24,160
Speaker 18: He sees the game differently. He's a smart player. He

1440
00:53:24,200 --> 00:53:26,840
Speaker 18: can teach it to anybody. So whoever gets Kyle the

1441
00:53:26,880 --> 00:53:28,759
Speaker 18: nong guy's getting a damn good football player.

1442
00:53:29,160 --> 00:53:32,359
Speaker 1: I'll ask you one more toughest wide receiver he went

1443
00:53:32,440 --> 00:53:34,880
Speaker 1: up against this year in college?

1444
00:53:35,480 --> 00:53:38,759
Speaker 18: Uh, this year, I'll say Brian from Illinois. He was

1445
00:53:38,760 --> 00:53:40,360
Speaker 18: a good receiver, well put together.

1446
00:53:41,239 --> 00:53:42,640
Speaker 1: All right, that it'll be fun. I think he's here.

1447
00:53:42,960 --> 00:53:44,280
Speaker 1: I think I'm gonna talk to him tomorrow.

1448
00:53:44,040 --> 00:53:44,440
Speaker 4: So it'll be great.

1449
00:53:44,440 --> 00:53:45,960
Speaker 1: I appreciate it, man, Thank you so much. Thank you.

1450
00:53:46,640 --> 00:53:49,880
Speaker 1: Now we're joined by Shamari Simmons, who is a safety,

1451
00:53:49,920 --> 00:53:52,160
Speaker 1: slash slock, corner rush. Let me starting with that, how

1452
00:53:52,160 --> 00:53:53,480
Speaker 1: would you like to be classified?

1453
00:53:55,760 --> 00:53:56,000
Speaker 6: Really?

1454
00:53:56,040 --> 00:53:57,360
Speaker 16: I can do it all, but I really feel like

1455
00:53:57,360 --> 00:54:01,600
Speaker 16: I'm more dominant at the nickel positions. Why just how

1456
00:54:01,640 --> 00:54:03,880
Speaker 16: good I can be able to communicate from corner to

1457
00:54:04,360 --> 00:54:07,520
Speaker 16: my linebacker and also just being able to learn where

1458
00:54:07,560 --> 00:54:09,480
Speaker 16: to run feats are and just learning where the bout

1459
00:54:09,640 --> 00:54:10,160
Speaker 16: going to hit.

1460
00:54:10,719 --> 00:54:13,160
Speaker 1: Now I'm trying to remember looking back at where you've played,

1461
00:54:13,840 --> 00:54:15,759
Speaker 1: you went to slot a little bit later in your

1462
00:54:15,760 --> 00:54:18,879
Speaker 1: college cur right, you did mostly safety, like, so what

1463
00:54:18,920 --> 00:54:21,360
Speaker 1: was that like for you getting there and realizing all right, well,

1464
00:54:21,400 --> 00:54:23,920
Speaker 1: maybe this is my long term spot.

1465
00:54:24,400 --> 00:54:27,719
Speaker 16: I just felt like our defensive coordinator was our dB

1466
00:54:27,880 --> 00:54:30,200
Speaker 16: coach at the time, Brian Ward, and he just did

1467
00:54:30,200 --> 00:54:33,279
Speaker 16: a great job of just really just helping us understand

1468
00:54:33,560 --> 00:54:36,319
Speaker 16: what not only what our job is, what everybody else

1469
00:54:36,400 --> 00:54:38,759
Speaker 16: job is on the field. So it's really it was

1470
00:54:38,800 --> 00:54:42,359
Speaker 16: really just a very smooth transition. And I transitioned it

1471
00:54:42,440 --> 00:54:45,520
Speaker 16: from the file campler last year, so it was really

1472
00:54:45,800 --> 00:54:48,320
Speaker 16: it happened fast, but I really felt like it was easy.

1473
00:54:48,040 --> 00:54:48,600
Speaker 1: For me to learn.

1474
00:54:49,360 --> 00:54:49,600
Speaker 10: Now.

1475
00:54:49,920 --> 00:54:51,880
Speaker 1: I think that's really one of the toughest positions to

1476
00:54:51,880 --> 00:54:55,160
Speaker 1: play right two ago. It's hard to press guys or

1477
00:54:55,200 --> 00:54:57,200
Speaker 1: off the line of scrimmage or in motion stuff like that,

1478
00:54:58,600 --> 00:55:00,640
Speaker 1: and you have to help the game too, right, you

1479
00:55:00,640 --> 00:55:02,719
Speaker 1: gotta do You have to set the edge against like

1480
00:55:02,760 --> 00:55:06,680
Speaker 1: offensive linemen sometimes. So why did that position appeal to

1481
00:55:06,719 --> 00:55:08,880
Speaker 1: you in terms of why you think it could be

1482
00:55:08,920 --> 00:55:09,520
Speaker 1: your best spot?

1483
00:55:10,960 --> 00:55:13,799
Speaker 16: Just just because of just how physical I am and

1484
00:55:13,880 --> 00:55:16,279
Speaker 16: I just do a great job of just learning where

1485
00:55:16,320 --> 00:55:17,840
Speaker 16: my health is and where.

1486
00:55:17,680 --> 00:55:19,120
Speaker 6: I just can't get beat at.

1487
00:55:19,239 --> 00:55:22,000
Speaker 16: So it was, just like I said, Brown coach Warrid

1488
00:55:22,080 --> 00:55:23,080
Speaker 16: just did a great job of.

1489
00:55:23,200 --> 00:55:26,640
Speaker 10: Just really just teaching me, like not only just.

1490
00:55:26,640 --> 00:55:30,480
Speaker 16: The defense, like defensive mechs game, just just helping me

1491
00:55:30,520 --> 00:55:33,800
Speaker 16: out where everybody's supposed to be at a certain certain

1492
00:55:33,800 --> 00:55:34,760
Speaker 16: position of the field.

1493
00:55:35,200 --> 00:55:37,560
Speaker 1: Yeah, and look, you mentioned the physicality part of it, right,

1494
00:55:38,040 --> 00:55:39,680
Speaker 1: did that come a little bit easier to you since

1495
00:55:39,680 --> 00:55:41,719
Speaker 1: you came from the safety spot where you have to

1496
00:55:41,719 --> 00:55:42,760
Speaker 1: be a little bit more physical?

1497
00:55:43,480 --> 00:55:46,080
Speaker 16: My really, throughout my life, I really felt like I

1498
00:55:46,120 --> 00:55:50,120
Speaker 16: was very physical just tackling just anywhere I played that.

1499
00:55:50,239 --> 00:55:52,520
Speaker 16: So it was just I really just felt like it

1500
00:55:52,600 --> 00:55:54,760
Speaker 16: was easier for me because I'm closer to the line

1501
00:55:54,840 --> 00:55:57,360
Speaker 16: and just being able to learn run defenses.

1502
00:55:57,719 --> 00:56:00,319
Speaker 1: Now, you had a pretty interesting journey to get to

1503
00:56:00,400 --> 00:56:03,360
Speaker 1: where you ended off, right, saw our community college. Just

1504
00:56:03,400 --> 00:56:05,480
Speaker 1: talk to tell the fans about how you got to

1505
00:56:05,520 --> 00:56:07,600
Speaker 1: where you are. Your dad played in Division one college.

1506
00:56:07,600 --> 00:56:09,759
Speaker 1: You know that was a big motivator for you. Just

1507
00:56:09,800 --> 00:56:11,839
Speaker 1: kind of how you got to the Arizona State where

1508
00:56:11,840 --> 00:56:12,839
Speaker 1: you ended your college career.

1509
00:56:13,280 --> 00:56:16,960
Speaker 16: Well, well, my dad was my dad coming out of

1510
00:56:17,000 --> 00:56:19,160
Speaker 16: high school. He was a three time All American coming

1511
00:56:19,160 --> 00:56:21,640
Speaker 16: out of high school. Then he went to the University

1512
00:56:21,640 --> 00:56:24,560
Speaker 16: of Auburn and he was tried out for the Cleveland

1513
00:56:24,560 --> 00:56:27,239
Speaker 16: Brown but he chow his hamstring and he really just

1514
00:56:27,600 --> 00:56:30,560
Speaker 16: it really just started coaching DB's from my old high school.

1515
00:56:32,560 --> 00:56:35,080
Speaker 16: My senior year high school, I want the defensive MVP

1516
00:56:35,320 --> 00:56:39,880
Speaker 16: five State championship game. And even though I wanted that,

1517
00:56:40,000 --> 00:56:45,240
Speaker 16: I only had two offers and that was JUCO Hutchinson

1518
00:56:45,320 --> 00:56:49,919
Speaker 16: Community College and then D two offer from Myles out

1519
00:56:49,920 --> 00:56:53,799
Speaker 16: of Birmingham, Alabama. So I just felt like I just

1520
00:56:54,040 --> 00:56:57,279
Speaker 16: trusted myself going to JUCO route and then my first

1521
00:56:57,360 --> 00:56:59,279
Speaker 16: year I read shirt. In my second year, we want

1522
00:56:59,280 --> 00:57:03,840
Speaker 16: the national chem shit out of DJUCO And then I

1523
00:57:03,880 --> 00:57:06,920
Speaker 16: went to FCS School in Austin he for two years,

1524
00:57:06,920 --> 00:57:08,759
Speaker 16: and then I ended up Arizona State.

1525
00:57:09,400 --> 00:57:12,719
Speaker 1: What did you learn about yourself having to scratch and

1526
00:57:12,880 --> 00:57:15,120
Speaker 1: claw for everything that you got it Now you're here

1527
00:57:15,160 --> 00:57:16,320
Speaker 1: trying to make it to the NFL.

1528
00:57:16,960 --> 00:57:21,640
Speaker 16: It's just really it really made me like it really

1529
00:57:21,760 --> 00:57:23,760
Speaker 16: quished myself, Like, dude, I really love the game, like

1530
00:57:23,800 --> 00:57:25,760
Speaker 16: I said, I would, you know, because you know, God

1531
00:57:25,840 --> 00:57:28,120
Speaker 16: gonna give us some taste to really see it if

1532
00:57:28,160 --> 00:57:31,080
Speaker 16: we really want to, really want to be what we

1533
00:57:31,120 --> 00:57:33,720
Speaker 16: want to be. So I just really felt like it

1534
00:57:33,920 --> 00:57:36,120
Speaker 16: just helped me, just help me throughout my journey.

1535
00:57:36,160 --> 00:57:38,560
Speaker 6: It's just every step of the way.

1536
00:57:38,600 --> 00:57:39,280
Speaker 8: I just traced it in.

1537
00:57:39,320 --> 00:57:41,840
Speaker 1: God, you came from a pretty small town, right, It's

1538
00:57:41,880 --> 00:57:44,000
Speaker 1: it kind of cool thinking that you kind of represent

1539
00:57:44,320 --> 00:57:46,440
Speaker 1: your hometown with the chance to go to the pros.

1540
00:57:46,720 --> 00:57:51,560
Speaker 16: Yeah, yes, sir, definitely, that's my hometown. Is they go

1541
00:57:51,640 --> 00:57:54,440
Speaker 16: through me, you know, So I just I'm here just

1542
00:57:54,440 --> 00:57:56,439
Speaker 16: to represent my little small time.

1543
00:57:57,080 --> 00:57:59,320
Speaker 1: I know you're very big into the community, right, helping

1544
00:57:59,320 --> 00:58:01,800
Speaker 1: out can you talk about that, Yeah, just.

1545
00:58:01,800 --> 00:58:04,000
Speaker 16: Helping out just little kids. You want to just you

1546
00:58:04,040 --> 00:58:07,000
Speaker 16: want to get some work in it. Just you know,

1547
00:58:07,200 --> 00:58:08,920
Speaker 16: I just feel like I'm a normal guy from there,

1548
00:58:09,040 --> 00:58:12,800
Speaker 16: but from from little kids, from like everybody who'spects of

1549
00:58:12,960 --> 00:58:15,440
Speaker 16: like I'm a big time person in my community.

1550
00:58:15,480 --> 00:58:17,240
Speaker 8: So it just just meets.

1551
00:58:17,240 --> 00:58:19,960
Speaker 16: Being humble, staying grounded, and never forget where I came.

1552
00:58:19,880 --> 00:58:20,640
Speaker 4: From all right.

1553
00:58:20,640 --> 00:58:24,680
Speaker 1: Final question nine career picks? You would four forced fumbles

1554
00:58:24,720 --> 00:58:27,120
Speaker 1: just last year? What is it about your game? And

1555
00:58:27,120 --> 00:58:29,080
Speaker 1: I'll throw in the nine interceptions? Still, what is it

1556
00:58:29,120 --> 00:58:30,640
Speaker 1: about your game that allows you to get your hands

1557
00:58:30,640 --> 00:58:31,600
Speaker 1: on the football the way you do?

1558
00:58:34,440 --> 00:58:37,760
Speaker 16: Really just knowing that, like turnovers can really change change

1559
00:58:37,760 --> 00:58:40,720
Speaker 16: the game. So it's just once you learn that and

1560
00:58:40,840 --> 00:58:45,160
Speaker 16: just really hone into it, Like it's easy easy to

1561
00:58:45,160 --> 00:58:46,800
Speaker 16: make turnovers if you have it on.

1562
00:58:46,760 --> 00:58:48,560
Speaker 6: Your mind all the time. So I really just feel

1563
00:58:48,600 --> 00:58:50,000
Speaker 6: like that's what maybe me.

1564
00:58:50,320 --> 00:58:52,040
Speaker 1: And finally, what do you want to prove and show

1565
00:58:52,080 --> 00:58:53,520
Speaker 1: the coaches this week when you get on the field

1566
00:58:53,560 --> 00:58:55,480
Speaker 1: and kind of get into beatings with them.

1567
00:58:55,520 --> 00:58:58,160
Speaker 16: Just being able to show that I can play multiple

1568
00:58:58,160 --> 00:59:01,280
Speaker 16: positions and just taking a lot of informations that are

1569
00:59:01,400 --> 00:59:03,400
Speaker 16: very fast paced and just being able to go out there.

1570
00:59:03,960 --> 00:59:05,360
Speaker 6: You got to compete at a high level.

1571
00:59:05,680 --> 00:59:07,200
Speaker 1: Shamar, good stuff, man, best look this week.

1572
00:59:07,200 --> 00:59:09,040
Speaker 6: We're going for you, yes, sir, thank you.

1573
00:59:09,120 --> 00:59:12,880
Speaker 1: All right. Now we're joined by Georgia defensive lineman Warren Brinsid. Warren,

1574
00:59:12,880 --> 00:59:13,720
Speaker 1: How you doing man.

1575
00:59:13,640 --> 00:59:15,760
Speaker 6: I'm doing great, man, I'm blessing, highly favored, happy to

1576
00:59:15,760 --> 00:59:17,280
Speaker 6: be here, happy to be talking to you man, all.

1577
00:59:17,240 --> 00:59:19,600
Speaker 1: Right, So I guess I'll ask you something very basic.

1578
00:59:19,880 --> 00:59:21,600
Speaker 1: Do you consider yourself a defensive tackle or do you

1579
00:59:21,640 --> 00:59:23,920
Speaker 1: consider yourself more like a three four defensive end? What

1580
00:59:23,960 --> 00:59:25,040
Speaker 1: do you think your best position is?

1581
00:59:25,120 --> 00:59:27,760
Speaker 6: I consider myself a jack of all trades man, being

1582
00:59:27,800 --> 00:59:29,920
Speaker 6: able to play any position on the defensive line. Position

1583
00:59:30,040 --> 00:59:32,520
Speaker 6: versatility is key in the NFL. You gotta have somebody

1584
00:59:32,680 --> 00:59:34,840
Speaker 6: that could play multiple positions. One person goes down, one

1585
00:59:34,840 --> 00:59:36,720
Speaker 6: person has to step up, be able to plug and

1586
00:59:36,720 --> 00:59:37,480
Speaker 6: play them anywhere.

1587
00:59:38,080 --> 00:59:40,120
Speaker 1: What do you think the strength of your game is

1588
00:59:40,200 --> 00:59:42,520
Speaker 1: right now that allows you to be versatile moving up

1589
00:59:42,520 --> 00:59:43,560
Speaker 1: and down the line.

1590
00:59:43,840 --> 00:59:45,800
Speaker 6: Of just my pass rush ability? Man, being at a

1591
00:59:45,880 --> 00:59:47,000
Speaker 6: rustaurant the interior and nex.

1592
00:59:47,000 --> 00:59:49,720
Speaker 1: To you, what's your go to pass rush move.

1593
00:59:50,520 --> 00:59:51,960
Speaker 6: I don't have a go to pass rush move. I

1594
00:59:52,080 --> 00:59:54,040
Speaker 6: just run my line and depending on what the office

1595
00:59:54,120 --> 00:59:56,200
Speaker 6: lineman does, I just react to You gotta read and react.

1596
00:59:56,720 --> 00:59:58,640
Speaker 6: He can't set a move, man, you gotta read and react.

1597
00:59:58,640 --> 00:59:59,720
Speaker 6: You set a move. You can't put yourself in the

1598
00:59:59,720 --> 01:00:00,480
Speaker 6: bapt issue.

1599
01:00:00,720 --> 01:00:03,439
Speaker 1: Absolutely, what specific way when you get on the field

1600
01:00:03,480 --> 01:00:05,280
Speaker 1: and these one on one reps against the offensive lineman

1601
01:00:05,320 --> 01:00:08,680
Speaker 1: of practice, are you trying to show NFL evaluators.

1602
01:00:08,040 --> 01:00:10,200
Speaker 6: This week that I can run through somebody's face. They

1603
01:00:10,240 --> 01:00:12,120
Speaker 6: know I can fineesh you and get pat get around you,

1604
01:00:12,200 --> 01:00:13,240
Speaker 6: but I want to run through your face.

1605
01:00:13,320 --> 01:00:17,360
Speaker 1: Now yeah, Now, what are some of the That sounds simple, right,

1606
01:00:17,400 --> 01:00:19,560
Speaker 1: but there's there's a lot of technique to running through

1607
01:00:19,600 --> 01:00:21,040
Speaker 1: somebody's face. So what are some of the things that

1608
01:00:21,080 --> 01:00:23,360
Speaker 1: you're working on from a technical perspective to become a

1609
01:00:23,360 --> 01:00:24,120
Speaker 1: better bowl rusher?

1610
01:00:24,240 --> 01:00:27,480
Speaker 6: Putting mine, locking my arms up, eyes below the blocker's eyes,

1611
01:00:27,560 --> 01:00:29,200
Speaker 6: running through his chance and trying to run him into

1612
01:00:29,200 --> 01:00:31,280
Speaker 6: the ground. And first it's all about to get off

1613
01:00:31,280 --> 01:00:33,400
Speaker 6: your first stuff is very important. You need to sell

1614
01:00:33,400 --> 01:00:34,919
Speaker 6: a speed to power and you do the straight power.

1615
01:00:34,920 --> 01:00:37,040
Speaker 6: But mostly I'm been doing straight power. Tomorrowm's switch it

1616
01:00:37,120 --> 01:00:38,320
Speaker 6: up and do a little bit of speed the power.

1617
01:00:38,800 --> 01:00:41,280
Speaker 1: Now, well you just mentioned it. We had one practice

1618
01:00:41,280 --> 01:00:42,680
Speaker 1: ready today. How do you think it went for you?

1619
01:00:43,040 --> 01:00:45,000
Speaker 6: I mean it was good, but besides the turf man,

1620
01:00:45,040 --> 01:00:47,000
Speaker 6: everything was great. Man, it was great. It was a

1621
01:00:47,000 --> 01:00:49,120
Speaker 6: great practice. I think it lose one on one rap today. Man,

1622
01:00:50,120 --> 01:00:51,680
Speaker 6: got caught, got a call on the ground a few

1623
01:00:51,720 --> 01:00:53,920
Speaker 6: times in our run, in our in our team stuff

1624
01:00:53,960 --> 01:00:55,800
Speaker 6: got to fix that up a little bit. But besides that, man,

1625
01:00:55,800 --> 01:00:57,040
Speaker 6: it was a great day. Man, I'm blessed.

1626
01:00:57,200 --> 01:00:59,160
Speaker 1: I like that little late, little spin move had on

1627
01:00:59,160 --> 01:01:00,760
Speaker 1: that one one on one. You brought him outside. You

1628
01:01:00,800 --> 01:01:02,280
Speaker 1: kind of spun back in for the one sack. That

1629
01:01:02,320 --> 01:01:04,480
Speaker 1: was nice I did. I was watching the one on

1630
01:01:04,520 --> 01:01:06,919
Speaker 1: ones absolutely all right. You talked about your pass rush

1631
01:01:06,960 --> 01:01:08,920
Speaker 1: a lot. What for you are the keys to being

1632
01:01:08,920 --> 01:01:10,920
Speaker 1: a good run defender on the defensive line, and what

1633
01:01:10,960 --> 01:01:12,600
Speaker 1: do you do well as a run defender.

1634
01:01:12,560 --> 01:01:15,080
Speaker 6: Feats hands and hips and odds. Man, see a little,

1635
01:01:15,160 --> 01:01:18,120
Speaker 6: you see a lot, you see a lot, you see nothing. Man,

1636
01:01:18,240 --> 01:01:20,760
Speaker 6: just having your eyes and having the right technique. Technique

1637
01:01:20,840 --> 01:01:22,880
Speaker 6: is a great equalizing for all things. If you have

1638
01:01:22,960 --> 01:01:24,880
Speaker 6: great technique, you can meet the best of players. I

1639
01:01:24,880 --> 01:01:26,640
Speaker 6: can go get your wins. And if my technique is

1640
01:01:26,720 --> 01:01:29,080
Speaker 6: on point. But man, as a one defender, man, just

1641
01:01:29,120 --> 01:01:31,160
Speaker 6: having an explosiveness at the point of attack. Man, that's

1642
01:01:31,240 --> 01:01:32,640
Speaker 6: one of the big things. That's one of the things

1643
01:01:32,680 --> 01:01:34,960
Speaker 6: I'm actually working on, is consistency at the point of attack,

1644
01:01:35,200 --> 01:01:36,800
Speaker 6: And this week that's what I'm working on the most.

1645
01:01:37,040 --> 01:01:39,240
Speaker 1: How about when you get into meetings with these teams,

1646
01:01:39,240 --> 01:01:41,000
Speaker 1: what are you trying to get across them as you

1647
01:01:41,040 --> 01:01:42,640
Speaker 1: as a person in terms of how you prepare and

1648
01:01:42,680 --> 01:01:43,600
Speaker 1: go about your business.

1649
01:01:43,720 --> 01:01:45,320
Speaker 6: Man, it's not even trying to get anything across from

1650
01:01:45,400 --> 01:01:46,880
Speaker 6: I just want to know who Warren Briston is and

1651
01:01:46,960 --> 01:01:48,320
Speaker 6: just have a great meeting with him. Man, I just

1652
01:01:48,320 --> 01:01:49,960
Speaker 6: wanted them to feel comfortable talk to me while I

1653
01:01:49,960 --> 01:01:51,240
Speaker 6: feel comfortable talking to them.

1654
01:01:52,120 --> 01:01:54,440
Speaker 1: How does a Georgia program and Kirby Smart get a

1655
01:01:54,440 --> 01:01:56,800
Speaker 1: guy like you ready for the NFL and coming from

1656
01:01:56,840 --> 01:01:58,960
Speaker 1: a system that's run like a pro system. How much

1657
01:01:58,960 --> 01:02:00,640
Speaker 1: has that been to your benefit this week?

1658
01:02:00,880 --> 01:02:03,280
Speaker 6: Man, it's a blessing man. Because Georgia, they confreatened the

1659
01:02:03,280 --> 01:02:05,040
Speaker 6: man in the NFL is confronted the man. If you

1660
01:02:05,040 --> 01:02:06,800
Speaker 6: don't want to do it, you get fired at Georgia.

1661
01:02:06,840 --> 01:02:10,720
Speaker 6: You don't want to do it, you get fined. So uh,

1662
01:02:11,000 --> 01:02:12,760
Speaker 6: it helped me a lot. Man. We practiced hard, so

1663
01:02:12,840 --> 01:02:14,680
Speaker 6: nothing can be harder than Georgia in my opinion.

1664
01:02:15,080 --> 01:02:17,160
Speaker 1: One good stuff man, that's luck this week. Appreciate the time.

1665
01:02:17,240 --> 01:02:19,120
Speaker 6: I appreciate you all right.

1666
01:02:19,120 --> 01:02:21,240
Speaker 1: Now we're joined by a quarterback z Frasiers.

1667
01:02:21,240 --> 01:02:23,440
Speaker 15: Hey Hawaii, man, Man, I'm great, man, can't complain.

1668
01:02:23,520 --> 01:02:24,640
Speaker 6: It's a blessing to be here.

1669
01:02:24,960 --> 01:02:28,520
Speaker 1: All right, So you had six interceptions and nine pass

1670
01:02:28,520 --> 01:02:30,440
Speaker 1: breakups this year. You got your hand on the football.

1671
01:02:31,000 --> 01:02:33,560
Speaker 1: Why do you think you were adept at that? When

1672
01:02:33,800 --> 01:02:36,360
Speaker 1: that's as skill that I think so many corners struggle at.

1673
01:02:36,360 --> 01:02:37,200
Speaker 1: At the catchpoint, I.

1674
01:02:37,200 --> 01:02:38,320
Speaker 6: Would say because I had to.

1675
01:02:38,440 --> 01:02:40,360
Speaker 15: I had to change my mind to being fearless. I

1676
01:02:40,440 --> 01:02:43,080
Speaker 15: used to always be I would say scared, honestly, So

1677
01:02:43,160 --> 01:02:45,960
Speaker 15: I had to just change my mind. Said, whatever happened happens,

1678
01:02:46,040 --> 01:02:47,560
Speaker 15: Just go get the ball. And that's the name of

1679
01:02:47,600 --> 01:02:49,400
Speaker 15: the game, the ball. The ball is the key.

1680
01:02:50,040 --> 01:02:52,240
Speaker 1: So technique wise, how do you first play the man

1681
01:02:52,480 --> 01:02:54,640
Speaker 1: and then transition properly to playing the ball?

1682
01:02:54,840 --> 01:02:55,000
Speaker 9: Oh?

1683
01:02:55,120 --> 01:02:58,400
Speaker 15: At first, what I'm reading is the backfoot. After that

1684
01:02:58,680 --> 01:03:01,040
Speaker 15: I'm gonna I'm gonna go to the one. Then I'm

1685
01:03:01,040 --> 01:03:03,520
Speaker 15: gonna let that go because you know NFL, you only

1686
01:03:03,520 --> 01:03:05,520
Speaker 15: got five yards. Is different from college now, so you

1687
01:03:05,560 --> 01:03:07,160
Speaker 15: gotta you gotta let them hands go quick.

1688
01:03:07,240 --> 01:03:10,880
Speaker 1: Now, absolutely, do you prefer pressman? Do you like playing off?

1689
01:03:10,880 --> 01:03:11,440
Speaker 1: What do you like to do?

1690
01:03:11,640 --> 01:03:12,280
Speaker 12: I like the press.

1691
01:03:12,320 --> 01:03:14,320
Speaker 10: I'm I like the press, honestly.

1692
01:03:14,880 --> 01:03:16,480
Speaker 1: Well, if Nick Son's you're a longer guy, you're a

1693
01:03:16,480 --> 01:03:19,280
Speaker 1: bigger guy, right, sir, I like to play cover one,

1694
01:03:19,320 --> 01:03:21,600
Speaker 1: you know any any of that covers, but I like

1695
01:03:21,640 --> 01:03:24,240
Speaker 1: to press. And by the way, I think the fact

1696
01:03:24,240 --> 01:03:25,640
Speaker 1: that you got your hand on the ball so much

1697
01:03:25,680 --> 01:03:28,600
Speaker 1: while playing a lot of cover one, I think NFL

1698
01:03:28,600 --> 01:03:30,960
Speaker 1: teams like that, right, because zone you got your eyes

1699
01:03:31,000 --> 01:03:32,760
Speaker 1: in the quarterback, it's a little bit easier to read

1700
01:03:32,800 --> 01:03:34,760
Speaker 1: the ball man.

1701
01:03:34,880 --> 01:03:37,080
Speaker 15: Yes, sir, I would say, it is hard, but I

1702
01:03:37,120 --> 01:03:38,600
Speaker 15: had to make I had to make a choice. I

1703
01:03:38,600 --> 01:03:40,360
Speaker 15: had to when I was the receiver cut off, why

1704
01:03:40,400 --> 01:03:41,720
Speaker 15: not go back and look at the ball. So I

1705
01:03:41,720 --> 01:03:43,280
Speaker 15: had to make a choice in my mind, and I

1706
01:03:43,440 --> 01:03:45,160
Speaker 15: just had to be fearless, like I just said, and

1707
01:03:45,360 --> 01:03:46,200
Speaker 15: just go get the ball.

1708
01:03:46,760 --> 01:03:49,480
Speaker 1: It's very you kind of very references, but anything particular

1709
01:03:49,560 --> 01:03:51,360
Speaker 1: kind of clicked for you this year where where you

1710
01:03:51,360 --> 01:03:52,600
Speaker 1: think you played your best football?

1711
01:03:53,240 --> 01:03:54,640
Speaker 10: Oh, I feel I could have played better.

1712
01:03:54,680 --> 01:03:56,720
Speaker 15: I should have really had ten intercessions if you watch

1713
01:03:56,800 --> 01:03:59,040
Speaker 15: the film, So I left a lot out there that

1714
01:03:59,120 --> 01:04:01,240
Speaker 15: I need to to you get better at honestly.

1715
01:04:01,520 --> 01:04:03,160
Speaker 1: But why do you think you took took the jump

1716
01:04:03,200 --> 01:04:04,040
Speaker 1: that you took this year?

1717
01:04:04,360 --> 01:04:07,640
Speaker 15: I would say because the growth and just being comfortable,

1718
01:04:07,760 --> 01:04:10,360
Speaker 15: Like I just got comfortable with the playbook, and I

1719
01:04:10,440 --> 01:04:11,680
Speaker 15: just can go out there and play free.

1720
01:04:11,720 --> 01:04:13,040
Speaker 10: Like when you're playing free, you can.

1721
01:04:12,880 --> 01:04:15,040
Speaker 15: Play fast, and that's always good when you're playing fast.

1722
01:04:15,360 --> 01:04:17,120
Speaker 1: Now, I looked at where you lined up and it

1723
01:04:17,200 --> 01:04:21,600
Speaker 1: was primarily outside. How much have teams asked you about it?

1724
01:04:21,640 --> 01:04:24,080
Speaker 1: And how much in practice have you played in the

1725
01:04:24,080 --> 01:04:24,880
Speaker 1: slot if at all?

1726
01:04:25,360 --> 01:04:28,320
Speaker 15: Yeah, Oh, I've been playing outside, but today I did

1727
01:04:28,400 --> 01:04:28,840
Speaker 15: get cased.

1728
01:04:29,080 --> 01:04:32,240
Speaker 6: I was in the slot today. Man, it really wasn't.

1729
01:04:32,040 --> 01:04:33,320
Speaker 1: Bad though as I thought it would.

1730
01:04:33,320 --> 01:04:35,480
Speaker 15: I had a good route, but I was holding, so

1731
01:04:35,560 --> 01:04:36,280
Speaker 15: I need to fish that.

1732
01:04:37,240 --> 01:04:40,280
Speaker 1: Now. Slot's different, right, these you don't have the sideline

1733
01:04:40,280 --> 01:04:42,840
Speaker 1: there as a two way go. You can't press as much, right,

1734
01:04:42,960 --> 01:04:44,440
Speaker 1: So what are some of the things that maybe you

1735
01:04:44,440 --> 01:04:46,080
Speaker 1: think you need to get better at when you do

1736
01:04:46,200 --> 01:04:48,320
Speaker 1: get slid inside and you have to play a little off.

1737
01:04:48,360 --> 01:04:50,200
Speaker 15: I would say my eyes and my eyes and my

1738
01:04:50,240 --> 01:04:53,880
Speaker 15: feet because all that correlate together. So keep my eyes down,

1739
01:04:54,000 --> 01:04:55,680
Speaker 15: watching that hip and just dropping the hip.

1740
01:04:55,680 --> 01:04:58,000
Speaker 10: Win the ball is in phase.

1741
01:04:58,440 --> 01:05:00,800
Speaker 1: Anything in particular on the field, We'll start there first

1742
01:05:00,800 --> 01:05:02,120
Speaker 1: that you want to show coaches this week.

1743
01:05:02,480 --> 01:05:03,320
Speaker 8: Oh, it's the same thing.

1744
01:05:03,400 --> 01:05:06,720
Speaker 15: Ball skills is just being productive, Like that's the really,

1745
01:05:06,720 --> 01:05:07,960
Speaker 15: that's the really name of the game.

1746
01:05:07,880 --> 01:05:09,240
Speaker 6: Being productive and getting the ball.

1747
01:05:09,360 --> 01:05:11,880
Speaker 15: So getting a ball if I can, and just being

1748
01:05:11,880 --> 01:05:14,560
Speaker 15: productive and just doing I want to living every day awesome.

1749
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Speaker 1: How about the meetings when you talk to these teams.

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Speaker 1: What do you want to get across on about Zay

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Speaker 1: as a guy?

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Speaker 15: Oh, just so I'm a good person and somebody didn't

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Speaker 15: count on all the time owning out the field.

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Speaker 1: Awesome, dude. Appreciate the best luck the rest of the

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Speaker 1: way during the process and hopefully get drafted nice and high.

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Speaker 6: Thank you.

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Speaker 1: All right, those are the defensive players that were at

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Speaker 1: the Shrine Bowl, and don't forget stay tuned as we

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Speaker 1: continue our coverage. Now down a mobile for Senior Bowl.

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Speaker 1: We'll player interviews, analyst interviews, giant coach interviews, adding a

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Speaker 1: whole lot more as we continue. Thanks for being with us.

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Speaker 1: We'll see you next time.