Speaker 1: First and foremost, if you come in my car, yeah,
Speaker 1: allow me to drive how I want to drift?
Speaker 2: Oh?
Speaker 3: Okay, what does that mean? Hey guys, welcome to Renee.
Speaker 3: All day here with Tyler Boyd. How you doing today?
Speaker 2: I done great?
Speaker 3: How about doing good? Talk to me real quick about
Speaker 3: the season. What feels different about this season? To you've
Speaker 3: been here a minute? How's this one feel any different?
Speaker 1: I think, first and foremost just the camarditie and the
Speaker 1: fans and just the city, you know, just just coming
Speaker 1: to live is making us feel like we are who
Speaker 1: we believe that we are, you know, and that's a
Speaker 1: championship caliber team.
Speaker 3: Certainly, it's really cool to see. Like, so I moved
Speaker 3: to Cincinnati just about two years ago, jumped on the bandwagon.
Speaker 3: I'm from Canada, to be clear, so I really had
Speaker 3: not picked who my football team was yet. So but
Speaker 3: to just to see like the swell of the love
Speaker 3: for you guys here, like, it's really crazy. Can you
Speaker 3: go out anywhere?
Speaker 2: Not really?
Speaker 1: I mean it's not you know, I don't get the
Speaker 1: Joe Burrow treatment where they just bombard on then staying
Speaker 1: around them and you know all of that. But yeah,
Speaker 1: when I'm out you know, I embraced that, you know,
Speaker 1: because I want to be inspiration to younger people than
Speaker 1: just people in general, you know, just just just be
Speaker 1: a type of person that want to drive other people
Speaker 1: to become the better them.
Speaker 3: Absolutely, we love that. Biggest difference from year one to
Speaker 3: now for you as a player, as a person, as
Speaker 3: a man, What are some of the differences.
Speaker 1: I think just knowing just well, first and foremost, just
Speaker 1: just playing inside the lines, just just knowing what my
Speaker 1: job is, you know, knowing what I'm supposed to do
Speaker 1: in between the lines, knowing what coverage it is and
Speaker 1: how I'm supposed to run a specific route, and just
Speaker 1: just being comfortable, just being confident in my game and
Speaker 1: just knowing what I bring to the table.
Speaker 3: How do you did you feel like when you knew
Speaker 3: and you've landed on that confidence of like I know
Speaker 3: where I'm at, I know what I bring to the table.
Speaker 3: Did you feel that really kind of like settle in
Speaker 3: that you were like just you know, kind of firing
Speaker 3: off on all cylinders.
Speaker 1: Absolutely, you know, because for me when I first came here,
Speaker 1: it was it was kind of slow, was very up
Speaker 1: and down roller coaster route for me. Yeah, I started
Speaker 1: my rookie year got hurt, my second year didn't got healthy,
Speaker 1: wasn't playing, I was inactive healthy.
Speaker 2: Then, you know, I had.
Speaker 1: To just take the back end of it. Then once
Speaker 1: I finally got my second opportunity, that's when I started
Speaker 1: to uh make plays and become who I knew I
Speaker 1: would be. And then from that point on, that's when
Speaker 1: I made that go ahead touchdown to we made the Ravens.
Speaker 1: And from that day four, that's when I regained all
Speaker 1: momentum and confidence.
Speaker 3: Yes, okay, so the locker room. I understand that there's
Speaker 3: a lot of games that happened in the locker room,
Speaker 3: from the chest to the ping pong. What else is
Speaker 3: happening in that locker room? Are there other games that
Speaker 3: are being played? Are changing the games out? Are we
Speaker 3: in the pickleball? What's happening?
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, we try not to kind of do
Speaker 1: the same thing all the time. But the number one
Speaker 1: game in there is ping pong, you know, and that's
Speaker 1: what everybody A lot of the guys play. And we've
Speaker 1: got the corn hole going in there.
Speaker 3: Cornhole, Now, okay, don't decision games.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I gotta, I gotta, I gotta get on that too.
Speaker 1: Card games, you know, tongue spades, whatever, guys know how
Speaker 1: to play in. Or we'll go in the gym and
Speaker 1: just shoot some hoops, shoot some jumpers, and you know,
Speaker 1: just just find ways to stay competitive against one another
Speaker 1: and just to continue to drive us in a way
Speaker 1: to where you know, you just just.
Speaker 3: Embrace what when are you the best at? You guys
Speaker 3: are obviously keeping score of these things. You must be.
Speaker 1: I will say if I go to if I was
Speaker 1: going there and compete against somebody, would be for sure
Speaker 1: ping Paul, Yeah, I think I'm the top three players
Speaker 1: in there.
Speaker 3: And coordination arguably yeah, and definitely should Yeah. Okay, So I've,
Speaker 3: of course, was scrolling through your Instagram before sitting down
Speaker 3: here with you, and I see the video of the car.
Speaker 3: I'm not a car person. What's the car? Okay? What
Speaker 3: this was the dream car for you?
Speaker 2: Yeah?
Speaker 3: Okay, I'm not going to ask you what cost. I'll
Speaker 3: look it up later. What are the rules of being
Speaker 3: a passenger in your car? Do you have rules?
Speaker 2: Yes?
Speaker 3: Yes, okay, not too many.
Speaker 1: First and foremost, if you come in my car, you
Speaker 1: allow me to drive how I want to drive.
Speaker 3: Okay, what does that mean?
Speaker 2: I mean depending on how I feel.
Speaker 1: I might just want to cruise around if I'm trying
Speaker 1: to get the point A to point B and I'm
Speaker 1: going to hit it, okay, And then I mean you
Speaker 1: just got to live with that.
Speaker 2: And I'm always in the.
Speaker 3: Ox, So no like sitting like I hate that. When
Speaker 3: I'm driving and I see someone do like the fake
Speaker 3: break the hit the brake, I'm like, okay, I got it. Yes, everyone, there's.
Speaker 2: Only one that is not get in the car.
Speaker 3: Okay? What about like food and drinks some stuff? Are
Speaker 3: we allowed to have snacks in there? No?
Speaker 2: Yeah, okay, there's a lot of snacks going on there.
Speaker 1: Some people's wife make big cookies and they bring them
Speaker 1: in the locker room and they sit them on the table.
Speaker 2: So guys, can you know?
Speaker 1: Okay, So I mean I'm a big snack eater, but
Speaker 1: a lot of guys may not be.
Speaker 2: They they on their diet.
Speaker 1: But you know, I'm nice and lean and I don't
Speaker 1: gain as much weight as those guys.
Speaker 3: Must be nice to be Tyler Boyd, what are your snacks?
Speaker 3: What's what do you keep on hand? What's your go to?
Speaker 1: Well, we are receiver group as a unit, you know,
Speaker 1: we always get the young guys, rookies to go get snacks,
Speaker 1: you know, so we got a bunch of it's a
Speaker 1: bunch of snacks in the room. So my go to
Speaker 1: is probably I got a couple of slim gems, okay,
Speaker 1: and then into it or some gushers.
Speaker 2: It was my go to and then.
Speaker 3: Your childhood like memories.
Speaker 2: Probably will never get off of those.
Speaker 1: And chip wise, the big flame of hotss a little
Speaker 1: healthier butt ship.
Speaker 3: I was kind of sleeping on the flameing hot for
Speaker 3: a long time. But you know what I like. It's
Speaker 3: a flaming hot, just like the chips of it. Like
Speaker 3: there's a flaming hot Cheetos just a straight up chip
Speaker 3: is like, oh.
Speaker 2: It's like the flame hot. They all good.
Speaker 3: Oh my god. Have you seen the Flame and Hot movie?
Speaker 3: You know there's a big into the flame and hot.
Speaker 3: Have you had grippos? Yes, those barbecue chips don't give
Speaker 3: you a little night.
Speaker 1: So they used to well pac Man Jones, you know
Speaker 1: pac Man, he used to have a restaurant here.
Speaker 2: I forget what it's called wings Spot.
Speaker 1: Right after we retire, we used to get every Friday
Speaker 1: because he did the grip wings No, so we would
Speaker 1: you know, always get those games, and now I'm get
Speaker 1: those back.
Speaker 3: I might try to recreate that at home. I consider
Speaker 3: myself a little bit of wis in the kitchen. What
Speaker 3: if I did that and like threw it on the
Speaker 3: smoker look out? Actually probably better deep fried because you
Speaker 3: want it to be christ right. Yeah, you got to
Speaker 3: get that crisp in there. Okay, So mister levels over here,
Speaker 3: what's the next level? It's the next level for you?
Speaker 2: Uh. Personally, I didn't play so long.
Speaker 1: It was going on my eighth year, and I think
Speaker 1: it's a lot that I can accomplish. I still believe
Speaker 1: in my career, but I think in a position i'm
Speaker 1: out right now.
Speaker 2: I believe that. I think my next step is getting
Speaker 2: our Super Bowl ring.
Speaker 3: Yes, as it should be, as it should be, and
Speaker 3: as it will happen.
Speaker 1: Close last three year. Now it's that time to walk
Speaker 1: through the door. Foot is right there, right, the body
Speaker 1: goes straight through the door.
Speaker 3: Yes, the door has been unlocked. The foot is in there.
Speaker 3: We're just putting a shoulder into it. At this point,
Speaker 3: we're getting into it. So we know that you're a
Speaker 3: big spender. We've heard about this. I know Jamar had
Speaker 3: talked about this when he talked about us spending is
Speaker 3: his first rookie million. What is the dumbest thing you've purchased,
Speaker 3: your most like regrettable purchase.
Speaker 2: It's a great question, actually.
Speaker 3: Like I have a lot of stupid things, and I'm like,
Speaker 3: how did how long have I been subscribed to this thing?
Speaker 3: I get like it's updated or like on my visa
Speaker 3: or something like why do I still have this? Those
Speaker 3: are small little things, though, but I'm sure yours are
Speaker 3: maybe a little more.
Speaker 1: Yeah, just the thing I do good at spending, I
Speaker 1: think once I start spending stupid.
Speaker 2: Is the club? Then?
Speaker 3: Oh that's what doesn't That's what it is. Do you
Speaker 3: drop a night at a club? What are we having?
Speaker 3: How do we get this bill up so high? What's
Speaker 3: what's on the menu?
Speaker 1: So it just depends on the group of people that's going.
Speaker 1: So if it's just me and my homeboy, you know,
Speaker 1: I can minimize it. Maybe I can get through a
Speaker 1: night maybe for to low under that. But if it's
Speaker 1: me a couple of teammates or just cocktails, that's just
Speaker 1: the club part, so dinner part, That's what I'm saying.
Speaker 1: Depending on the group of people that we're moving with,
Speaker 1: that's going basically identify the amount of money that's going
Speaker 1: to be spent, because if we're fifteen deep, we gotta
Speaker 1: get more than three bottles.
Speaker 2: Yeah, we gotta make sure.
Speaker 1: And then the table already might be five K. That's
Speaker 1: going to stretch it to seven. And I think it's
Speaker 1: kind of points. But the time, I'll just I'd love
Speaker 1: enjoy having fun.
Speaker 3: Do you ever though, as this is happening and everyone's
Speaker 3: having a good time, at the end of the night,
Speaker 3: when everyone's like my charler's checking it all, do you
Speaker 3: ever go to guys, come on, pitch me like one
Speaker 3: hundred bucks, then mommy, hit me a little something. Just
Speaker 3: assume that you're picking up the bill. Now you've let
Speaker 3: people get a little too comfortable.
Speaker 1: So that's the the part where I feel like it's
Speaker 1: a fine line because when I know when I'm moving
Speaker 1: with the correct people that's in my group that's like
Speaker 1: not a ball player or doesn't have the amount of
Speaker 1: money that I have. Yeah, you know, I always take
Speaker 1: the responsibility and getting it. You know, it's cool because
Speaker 1: I know that I ain't going there might be a
Speaker 1: specific days where I'm not gonna go crazy.
Speaker 2: Sure, so if I'm with now and then.
Speaker 1: Or some people that I know that I got a
Speaker 1: little bit of change, And I mean that's kind of understood.
Speaker 1: You got it just as a man. You just like, here, look,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna pitch my half and for me and my group.
Speaker 1: So I mean when nobody does that, like, that's when
Speaker 1: I feel like, yo, like, come on, this ain't a
Speaker 1: free wide.
Speaker 3: Yeah, come on, at least like for at least reach
Speaker 3: for the wall.
Speaker 1: At least reach if I'm getting the dinner, you get
Speaker 1: the tip, and do it right, do it. Don't give
Speaker 1: her two hundred if the mill is two thousand, and
Speaker 1: give her close to one thousand.
Speaker 3: Waitressing when you're around them, those days are behind me.
Speaker 3: But I would have found out where you're hanging out.
Speaker 3: So you're you're in your eighth season, but going back
Speaker 3: to your rookie year you first start making this money.
Speaker 3: What did you spend your money on? Right out the gate? Uh?
Speaker 2: Right out the gate? I just took care of my family. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I finished span off my mom's house and I got
Speaker 1: her a range, drove a red one red as a
Speaker 1: favorite color. Then from that point I shipped to my aunt,
Speaker 1: got her house and got her Mercedes truck at g
Speaker 1: Lee c I can't remember. And then from that point
Speaker 1: that's when I got my house, my big purchase.
Speaker 3: Oh you got to everyone else taking care.
Speaker 2: Of her four years before myself.
Speaker 3: You know what a guy top tier because it.
Speaker 2: Wasn't for them. Then that's I like that. Yeah, I
Speaker 2: did all to so love first.
Speaker 3: Yeah, certainly, Okay, eight season. You've been around for a minute.
Speaker 3: What are the perks of being one of the vets
Speaker 3: in the locker room aside from the gushers and the
Speaker 3: flaming hot cheetahs.
Speaker 1: I think just having a respect, you know, everybody looking
Speaker 1: up to me, knowing how my journey came from until now,
Speaker 1: and just you know, coaches taking care of me.
Speaker 2: I practice, you know, that's the number one thing.
Speaker 1: But me myself, I kind of never want to take
Speaker 1: any vet days because I always feel like I can
Speaker 1: get better or work on something just to get out there,
Speaker 1: because you know, when I just feel like if I
Speaker 1: miss a day or two days and I get back
Speaker 1: out there, I'm be a little sluggish, maybe not on point,
Speaker 1: maybe brain falling on plays, not really locked in. So
Speaker 1: I kind of at least like to go out there
Speaker 1: just hear the plays, just run around.
Speaker 2: Do individuals just something.
Speaker 3: How does it feel when you do have downtime, like
Speaker 3: during the off season stuff? What are you doing to
Speaker 3: stay busy?
Speaker 1: I mean at this point you count got basically all
Speaker 1: our time now, So yeah, I go home, I might
Speaker 1: call my daughter, just being the fun for a couple
Speaker 1: of people, then maybe on the game for a little bit.
Speaker 1: Then I'm back in bed by eleven thirty twelve.
Speaker 3: That's that's where it's a gets a bit early.
Speaker 1: You know, it's n got to get them out of nothing.
Speaker 1: Nothing going on during the week days anyway.
Speaker 3: So totally get this weekly in the.
Speaker 2: Perfect seat where you know my spending is all time.
Speaker 3: Okay, you mentioned your daughter. She is a cheerleader. You're
Speaker 3: a cheer dad. Do you know the cheers? Can we
Speaker 3: do a cheer.
Speaker 1: I can't, honestly, but I did tell my daughter that
Speaker 1: I would love to do a TikTok with her, but
Speaker 1: she thinks I can't dance, which I can't, dang, but
Speaker 1: she don't want me to mess her videos up. So
Speaker 1: that's why I'm kind of happy.
Speaker 3: Algorithm, you know, she keep it.
Speaker 1: Listen, if you don't do it right, then you're not
Speaker 1: doing it like she's not kind of you know, embarrassed.
Speaker 1: It's just like me having her play football, so you know, like,
Speaker 1: but I'm all for it.
Speaker 3: I love it. If you were to put together a
Speaker 3: cheer routine, which song would you pick to put this
Speaker 3: routine together? To what's a good cheer routine song?
Speaker 2: I would have to say, Miley.
Speaker 3: Cyrus, Okay, which song is there?
Speaker 1: One of the specific The one that's on my head
Speaker 1: right now is the partner the.
Speaker 3: USA, Oh good one. That's a great one.
Speaker 2: I heard a lot. That's why, because I hear it
Speaker 2: so much.
Speaker 1: I forget the specific song that they all My daughter
Speaker 1: always dances, but I don't know who sing it, and
Speaker 1: I don't know what is called.
Speaker 3: Well, we tried, Miley Cyrus, you get the call. What
Speaker 3: is your hidden talent? We know you're a great football player,
Speaker 3: we know that you could maybe kind of dance, much
Speaker 3: to your daughter's chagrin. What's the hidden talent that you have?
Speaker 1: I mean, it's kind of not hitting anymore, but nobody
Speaker 1: really knows how really talented I am in ping pong.
Speaker 3: Actually, you're really bringing something that.
Speaker 1: I ain't just doing a little hit back and forth.
Speaker 1: We slam it. We're going to you're slimming back. I'm
Speaker 1: slamming the back.
Speaker 3: You're gonna keep do you there? Like? I mean, obviously
Speaker 3: there's terms in the ping pong world. Are we like
Speaker 3: really adhering to all of the ping pong rules and regulations?
Speaker 2: Yes? Only okay, okay, okay.
Speaker 1: Only one rule we don't live by in the locker
Speaker 1: room is you can serve it however you want. So
Speaker 1: in real ping pong, you got to throw it up
Speaker 1: and over hit it so guys might hold it and
Speaker 1: hit it from there. You really a professional ping point
Speaker 1: You got to throw it up and hit it. But
Speaker 1: we let everybody. We let everybody get away with however
Speaker 1: they want to serve it.
Speaker 3: Okay, okay, we'll let that one side. What are you
Speaker 3: bad at.
Speaker 2: Dancing? Damn terrible dance.
Speaker 3: I'll be trying to get it's on this time at
Speaker 3: the club. Let's work it out.
Speaker 2: Yeah, but I feel like I could dance when them,
Speaker 2: you know, like.
Speaker 3: I know in karaoke only strong and at.
Speaker 2: That point, I'm not embarrassed. I don't care how I
Speaker 2: look or it's just.
Speaker 3: You gotta rock with it, okay. Rapid Fire, last song
Speaker 3: that you were playing on repeat that wasn't cyrus.
Speaker 2: Okay. Last song coming here was Key Rex by key Glock.
Speaker 3: Okay. Uh favorite condiment.
Speaker 2: M hmm, that's tough. I'll say between ketchup and sweet chili.
Speaker 3: Oh, sweet chili good one. Ketchup is just what comes
Speaker 3: to mind to last text was from m he doesn't
Speaker 3: want to say. Okay, okay, we'll pass. We'll pass. We'll
Speaker 3: talk about it off camera. First thing you do when
Speaker 3: you wake up in the morning, use the bathroom smart
Speaker 3: smart man fries or Coleslaw, honest sandwich. You're from the
Speaker 3: Pittsburgh area thing. Okay, you still do that?
Speaker 2: No, I kind of I kind of got off it.
Speaker 2: I guess to give it out to college too much.
Speaker 3: Yes, put fries on everything, solid sandwiches, pizza, doing Pittsburgh.
Speaker 3: Hit me with a perogi. Let's go mornings or evenings.
Speaker 2: Evenings for sure.
Speaker 3: Instagram or TikTok insa grind.
Speaker 2: I don't got a TikTok me neither.
Speaker 3: I don't know it works. It's same playing football and
Speaker 3: the snow. We're playing in the rain.
Speaker 2: Snow.
Speaker 3: Gotta love that snow.
Speaker 2: For sure.
Speaker 3: You're granted three wishes?
Speaker 1: What are they uh to be? I would say, one
Speaker 1: of the richest man for sure, because then I don't
Speaker 1: got to do anything. Sure, own aircraft, go wherever I
Speaker 1: want to go.
Speaker 3: That comes with being rich.
Speaker 1: But yeah, okay, okay, okay, okay, having my own island, Okay,
Speaker 1: I'll come with being rich.
Speaker 3: Though, you know, I just say all kinds of falls.
Speaker 1: Okay, okay, I would just say just rebirthing several loved ones.
Speaker 3: Okay, that's a nice one. That's a good one, and
Speaker 3: then that one's a good one. I not not thought
Speaker 3: about that. That's a good one.
Speaker 2: I mean, everything else is going to be to the
Speaker 2: rich side.
Speaker 3: Sure, okay, most famous contact on your.
Speaker 1: Phone, most famous contact, I'm thinking too many people right now.
Speaker 1: I got like several people. Uh, I'm I'm gonna keep
Speaker 1: a Cincinnati. I'm gonna give.
Speaker 2: It a J Green.
Speaker 3: Okay, great, give him a little bit of loud.
Speaker 1: And that's my guy. Man brought me under his wings
Speaker 1: since I got here, and he was.
Speaker 2: He was that dude.
Speaker 3: Yeah, hell yeah, all right, it has been so nice
Speaker 3: to hang with you. Hopefully next time we can do
Speaker 3: a cheer together, work out a little something, yeah, ten
Speaker 3: step something. Yeah, we can put together some kind of
Speaker 3: a little routine a little rob rob will be great.
Speaker 3: Your eighth season here in the NFL, here with Cincinnati,
Speaker 3: you're bringing home that Super Bowl ring. Let's hell yeah
Speaker 3: for sure. Good luck this season, Thank you, appreciate you
Speaker 3: for having mem