1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:01,280 Speaker 1: You have to go on the field with a smile, 2 00:00:01,480 --> 00:00:02,000 Speaker 1: you know what I mean? 3 00:00:02,080 --> 00:00:05,560 Speaker 2: Like this, this is God only give so many people 4 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:08,600 Speaker 2: this opportunity in fact, you know what I mean. So like, yeah, 5 00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:09,880 Speaker 2: you just have to go out there and go out 6 00:00:09,880 --> 00:00:11,880 Speaker 2: there and make the most of it and really enjoy 7 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:13,640 Speaker 2: it because when when. 8 00:00:13,520 --> 00:00:14,440 Speaker 1: Is gone, is gone. 9 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:14,840 Speaker 3: Yeah. 10 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:17,279 Speaker 2: So I'm just I'm just trying to you know, I know, 11 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:18,120 Speaker 2: I'm just getting started. 12 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:20,880 Speaker 3: But you know, why could all be over any day? 13 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:22,280 Speaker 1: Exactly? Why not set the tone now? 14 00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:26,599 Speaker 4: The Next Man Podcast is presented by Lansdown Resort. From kickoff, 15 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:28,320 Speaker 4: the check came to score, a game, change and get 16 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:31,520 Speaker 4: away in the heart of Lounder. Lansdown Resort, proud partner 17 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:35,159 Speaker 4: of the Washington Commanders, Welcome into the Next Man Up, 18 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 4: a special version of Next Man that you're out here 19 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:40,600 Speaker 4: in Madrid. I'm your host, Brian Covid Junior, and I'm 20 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:43,240 Speaker 4: here with our rookie Josh Connelly Junior. 21 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:43,600 Speaker 3: My brother. 22 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:46,199 Speaker 4: You feeling man, I'm feeling good, Yeah, sir, man just 23 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:48,520 Speaker 4: got done when walk throughs you did practice? 24 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:48,800 Speaker 5: Man? 25 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:51,360 Speaker 4: What is it being like being able to touch this 26 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:53,560 Speaker 4: feel we have real Madrid's facility? 27 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:55,160 Speaker 3: How dope was it? Going to be out here. 28 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:57,600 Speaker 2: I mean, it's my first time off the country every 29 00:00:57,680 --> 00:01:00,440 Speaker 2: PERI in my life. So so this is insane, you know, 30 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:02,520 Speaker 2: being able to do what I love for the you know, 31 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:04,600 Speaker 2: somewhere I ain't never been before in my life. 32 00:01:04,600 --> 00:01:07,040 Speaker 1: So it's a blessing, you know what I mean. God 33 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:07,959 Speaker 1: put me here for a reason. 34 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:10,800 Speaker 2: And you know, I'm about to just go out there 35 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:13,520 Speaker 2: and showing, showing everything that I've been parting to work for. 36 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:14,640 Speaker 1: You know what I mean. 37 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:17,480 Speaker 3: It's dope, man. So it's what's been the adjustment? 38 00:01:17,640 --> 00:01:19,880 Speaker 4: Like for you right, because the first time out of 39 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:21,960 Speaker 4: the country, That's why, what's. 40 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:23,760 Speaker 3: The adjustment been? Like? You know, you're still at work, 41 00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 3: but a whole nother time zone. You away from the family, 42 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:26,800 Speaker 3: away from the crib. 43 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:28,760 Speaker 1: Like it's been. It's been fun. 44 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:31,600 Speaker 2: Been trying to get out a little bit, you know, 45 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:35,760 Speaker 2: go see something, Uh, get different foods. So that's been solid. 46 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:39,120 Speaker 2: Uh time zone messing with me. It's been hard. It's 47 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:40,400 Speaker 2: been hard to sleep a little bit. I bet I 48 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:44,920 Speaker 2: might both y'all. Can you know, like feel that because 49 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:46,560 Speaker 2: it's been it's been hard to go to bed. But 50 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 2: besides that, I mean, it's been really good, been good. 51 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:54,920 Speaker 4: To me, it's been different because I know you guys 52 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:57,480 Speaker 4: are so routine based, right, I know, everything is routine 53 00:01:57,680 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 4: when it comes to being a pro athlete. How was 54 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 4: been adjusting to having a different routine being in a 55 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 4: different location. 56 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 2: Especially waking up in the hotel, like, uh, not having 57 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:10,440 Speaker 2: to drive to the facility or anything. Just being able to 58 00:02:10,480 --> 00:02:12,359 Speaker 2: just wake up and go downstairs and everything kind of 59 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 2: be there for you. That's been great for I feel 60 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 2: like for most of us, it's definitely an adjustment because 61 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:20,440 Speaker 2: like obviously we don't have we're not in our spaces 62 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:23,880 Speaker 2: like the facility and everything like that. Uh so like 63 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:26,120 Speaker 2: we're not training room. Training room is a little bit smaller, 64 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:29,440 Speaker 2: you know what I mean. So that's an adjustment. But 65 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 2: besides that, I mean it's been it's been good. It's 66 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:32,600 Speaker 2: been good for the most part. 67 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:36,079 Speaker 4: What a rookie year you've had, right, Like, not every 68 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:37,720 Speaker 4: day a rookie used to come out the Spain, not 69 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:39,760 Speaker 4: only come out the Spain, but playing the first NFL 70 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:42,880 Speaker 4: game ever is sp how's your rookie season so far? 71 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:45,200 Speaker 4: Because last time we spoke, I think it was before 72 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:47,080 Speaker 4: you had even rainfield. 73 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:50,519 Speaker 2: Yeah, crazy, Yeah, you know, it's been a lot of 74 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 2: ups and downs, been heavily battle testing. But you know that, Uh, 75 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:58,120 Speaker 2: that's that's been my whole life, you know what I mean, 76 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 2: especially ball wise. Uh, I mean, I mean, I wasn't 77 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 2: always the day one starter where I was. 78 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:06,360 Speaker 1: I came from in college. 79 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:09,720 Speaker 2: I had to earn my way there, like God blessed 80 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:12,240 Speaker 2: me with it here and my coaches believing in me. 81 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:16,519 Speaker 2: Uh And honestly, like in the beginning of the season, 82 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:19,120 Speaker 2: it wasn't great. It wasn't great. I had I had 83 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:24,160 Speaker 2: some tough games, even the last like getting the last month, like. 84 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 1: I wasn't really playing my best. 85 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:27,000 Speaker 2: But you know, I feel like I'm really getting getting 86 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:30,880 Speaker 2: into a flow now and I'm really adjusting and learning 87 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:32,600 Speaker 2: how to get into that flow state within the game 88 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:35,880 Speaker 2: because because all that, all that one thing. 89 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:36,840 Speaker 1: Kind of shaped me a little bit. 90 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:38,120 Speaker 2: But I can't do that, you know what I mean, 91 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:40,360 Speaker 2: because everybody next to me needs me, you know what 92 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 2: I mean. 93 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 1: So and five, you know what I mean. 94 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:44,960 Speaker 2: So I was gonna make I'm gonna make sure I'm 95 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 2: I'm at my best at all times. 96 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 3: What helps you shake that off? Right? What helps you? 97 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:50,720 Speaker 3: Because these last few games, man, you have been playing 98 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:51,840 Speaker 3: outstanding and going. 99 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:54,360 Speaker 4: Against some really tough talent. So is it just getting 100 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:56,160 Speaker 4: more comfortable with time? What has helped you kind of 101 00:03:56,160 --> 00:03:56,480 Speaker 4: shake that? 102 00:03:56,600 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean I feel like I'm really getting comfortable 103 00:03:58,440 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 1: in my position. 104 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:01,720 Speaker 2: Like in the Begaind of the Year is a little uncomfortable, 105 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:05,200 Speaker 2: especially going against the guys I was going against all 106 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:07,080 Speaker 2: all pro, all league guys. 107 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:07,360 Speaker 3: You know what I mean. 108 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:10,320 Speaker 2: Uh, At the same time, that's not no excuse who 109 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 2: I'm going against or switching the side. 110 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:13,480 Speaker 1: I still got to go out there and do my 111 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:13,920 Speaker 1: job at. 112 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:16,240 Speaker 2: The end of the day, you feel me so uh So, 113 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:17,920 Speaker 2: now I feel like I'm really like I said, I'm 114 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:18,599 Speaker 2: getting into my flow. 115 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:20,600 Speaker 1: I'm getting into flow state, and I'm I'm just out 116 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 1: there vibing, you know what I mean. 117 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:23,280 Speaker 2: At first, like I wasn't really having fun with it, 118 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:26,000 Speaker 2: and like I have to go out You have to 119 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:27,320 Speaker 2: go out on the field with a smile, you know 120 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:28,520 Speaker 2: what I mean, Like this is. 121 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:32,360 Speaker 1: God only gives so many people this opportunity, you know 122 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:33,039 Speaker 1: what I mean. 123 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 2: So like, yeah, you just have to go out there 124 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:36,840 Speaker 2: and go out there and make the most of it 125 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:39,680 Speaker 2: and really enjoy it. Because when it's when it's gone, 126 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:42,920 Speaker 2: it's gone. So I'm just I'm just trying to you know, 127 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:47,039 Speaker 2: I know, I'm just getting started. But you know, why exactly, 128 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:47,960 Speaker 2: why not set the tone now? 129 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:50,920 Speaker 4: So it's such a mature way to think of things, right, 130 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:52,440 Speaker 4: But you're a young man, you're a rookie man. 131 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:54,760 Speaker 3: You talk about those highs and lows that you've. 132 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:57,000 Speaker 4: Dealt with, how you kept yourself from getting to a 133 00:04:57,080 --> 00:04:58,680 Speaker 4: dark space and being able to power through. 134 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:00,640 Speaker 3: Because some people once they those. 135 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:02,400 Speaker 1: Goals, they say they never come back. They stay low, 136 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:03,120 Speaker 1: they stay low. 137 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:07,719 Speaker 2: I mean my family, my family being there from uh 138 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:10,280 Speaker 2: and them lifted me up every day. 139 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:11,760 Speaker 1: And Mesa Wilson, you know what I mean. 140 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:14,640 Speaker 2: And the people around me, my coaches, my teammates, the 141 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:18,760 Speaker 2: guys on the line with me, lt like that's like mit, 142 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:21,159 Speaker 2: like he ain never looked at me different because of 143 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:24,240 Speaker 2: how I play. And I played like sorry like excuse 144 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:27,960 Speaker 2: me good but like like real like and I know that, 145 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:32,280 Speaker 2: like you know what I mean. But I constantly improve it, 146 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:33,880 Speaker 2: you know, And that's all that matters to me. And 147 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:36,880 Speaker 2: when I when I'm at the talk, you know they're 148 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:37,800 Speaker 2: still gonna have something to say. 149 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:41,279 Speaker 4: So I'm glad you mentioned Laramie Tunsel because when I 150 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 4: watch you, right, I say, that's what a. 151 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:44,159 Speaker 3: Rookie is supposed to do. 152 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:48,159 Speaker 4: You are on tunsiles hit everywhere I see you, Tunsles 153 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:51,240 Speaker 4: there every time I see tunsl You're there, man. It's 154 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:52,840 Speaker 4: not every day you get to play alongside one of 155 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:54,720 Speaker 4: the best to ever do it at your position. And 156 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:57,000 Speaker 4: why have you made sure to be a sponge with 157 00:05:57,080 --> 00:05:59,240 Speaker 4: Laramie Tumsel And what has that relationship really been? 158 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:02,480 Speaker 1: Like that's my dog. You talk about everything. 159 00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:07,400 Speaker 2: And I say that, shoot, yeah, that's my guy. 160 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 1: Like there's no, there's not a whole there's not a 161 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:10,280 Speaker 1: whole lot of words that going. 162 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:13,880 Speaker 2: To Like, like the reason why, well I'm always like 163 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:16,480 Speaker 2: kind of underneath him is because he's accepting of me, 164 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:17,240 Speaker 2: you know what I mean. 165 00:06:17,279 --> 00:06:18,040 Speaker 1: That's that's one thing. 166 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:20,880 Speaker 2: That's one thing like about this is that not every 167 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:23,320 Speaker 2: not everybody has a good big bro, you know what 168 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:26,240 Speaker 2: I mean, Like and I had, like I had to 169 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:28,120 Speaker 2: be that for people when I was in college. So 170 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:30,160 Speaker 2: it's like if someone giving that back to me, how 171 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:32,120 Speaker 2: you know, it just keeps the cycle going. 172 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:32,640 Speaker 1: You know what I mean? 173 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:37,960 Speaker 2: And I have to say and like being like being black, 174 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:41,000 Speaker 2: like that was like tackle and playing offensive line, that 175 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:43,720 Speaker 2: wasn't always our spot, you know what I mean, Like 176 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:45,640 Speaker 2: it was just go out there and run, you know 177 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:47,680 Speaker 2: what I mean. So I feel like us being too 178 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:50,359 Speaker 2: too powerful black man and are in our positions like 179 00:06:50,839 --> 00:06:52,160 Speaker 2: why not go out there and make the most of it. 180 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:55,120 Speaker 3: Is those things where you have to approach it and say, hey, man, 181 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:56,760 Speaker 3: can I learn from you? Is this just something that 182 00:06:56,800 --> 00:06:58,800 Speaker 3: was innate by him's put around you? Right away? 183 00:06:59,279 --> 00:07:01,159 Speaker 2: He was the first person I got it outside of 184 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:02,920 Speaker 2: a P and DQ and those guys on Draft night. 185 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:05,920 Speaker 2: That was his first person to call me. I missed 186 00:07:05,920 --> 00:07:07,440 Speaker 2: the call, but the first person. 187 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:09,120 Speaker 3: Gets you. 188 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:11,120 Speaker 1: I try to. 189 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:12,960 Speaker 2: I try to call him back, but he probably wants 190 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:16,080 Speaker 2: to sleep already. But but yeah, that was the he 191 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:17,120 Speaker 2: was the first person to call me. 192 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:22,800 Speaker 1: And from from that moment, it's what. 193 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:24,760 Speaker 4: Are those conversations like between you and him? Because I 194 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:27,160 Speaker 4: know you, bro, you're very inquisitive. You want to learn 195 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:28,520 Speaker 4: the game so much. But I know it's not just 196 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:31,280 Speaker 4: football stuff. It's life stuff too, And what are those conversations. 197 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:31,360 Speaker 3: Like between you two? 198 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:35,720 Speaker 2: I mean, like we talked about We talk about literally 199 00:07:35,760 --> 00:07:44,320 Speaker 2: anything that y'all can think of, fool fall and everything, 200 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:47,040 Speaker 2: you know what I mean, Like family, like you know 201 00:07:47,080 --> 00:07:49,560 Speaker 2: what I mean, like like literally like where we come from, 202 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:52,720 Speaker 2: like like how we how like how his come up with, 203 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:55,119 Speaker 2: how might come up with was like what we've been through, 204 00:07:55,480 --> 00:07:58,240 Speaker 2: you know what I mean, Like we literally talked about anything. 205 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:01,480 Speaker 1: Sid's my guy, and that's some I'm very appreciated for it. 206 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:02,880 Speaker 3: Man. I love that, bro. 207 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:04,640 Speaker 4: I love hearing about that relationship because I'm glad that 208 00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:06,360 Speaker 4: you have that because it's necessarily it seems like it 209 00:08:06,360 --> 00:08:08,040 Speaker 4: was by designed by AP and them to make sure 210 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:10,520 Speaker 4: they brought in rookies but also had veterans to help them. 211 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:14,240 Speaker 3: Right, And you said you stopped having fun? Are you 212 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:14,880 Speaker 3: having fun? 213 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:15,120 Speaker 4: Now? 214 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:16,520 Speaker 3: Did you find that fun? 215 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:18,680 Speaker 2: You know that should I shouldn't said it that way. 216 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:22,200 Speaker 2: I wouldn't say like I was always having fun, like 217 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:24,520 Speaker 2: it's it's it's amazing being able to trap up my helm, 218 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:26,960 Speaker 2: you know what I mean? Like that's that right there, 219 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:29,760 Speaker 2: this that that sound right there, that like that get 220 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:33,400 Speaker 2: that can get anybody going. So I feel like I 221 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:37,520 Speaker 2: feel like I let like little things like from the 222 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:40,400 Speaker 2: games kind of mess with me, so then I kind 223 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:42,679 Speaker 2: of be down on myself. So I wouldn't say I 224 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:47,679 Speaker 2: wasn't having fun. I just wasn't being like as enthusiastic 225 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:49,520 Speaker 2: and stuff like that as I could be on the field, 226 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:52,320 Speaker 2: and like I was constantly thinking, So I wasn't playing 227 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:55,160 Speaker 2: as full speed as you know, because I'm sitting there thinking, 228 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:56,960 Speaker 2: but why you know, what. 229 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:58,080 Speaker 1: Do you gotta think for it? Just go out there 230 00:08:58,080 --> 00:08:59,040 Speaker 1: and be physically you know what I mean? 231 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:01,520 Speaker 4: So jobs is okay to go through those. So it's 232 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:02,960 Speaker 4: okay to not feel like you're having for it because 233 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:04,600 Speaker 4: you want to do so much. We have these goals 234 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:06,800 Speaker 4: for ourselves. We want to be the best, and sometimes 235 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:08,679 Speaker 4: when it's not working out, it's really really hard. 236 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:10,360 Speaker 3: It's like, dang, I'm putting in that work. We see 237 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:11,760 Speaker 3: you put in that work. 238 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:13,959 Speaker 4: Now we're going to be playing Spain, right you play 239 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:15,640 Speaker 4: people to play out here in Spain against the Miami 240 00:09:15,640 --> 00:09:19,240 Speaker 4: Dolf's the first NFL game ever in Madrid? Man, how 241 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:20,680 Speaker 4: special is that for you to be a part of 242 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:21,520 Speaker 4: NFL history. 243 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:23,080 Speaker 1: It's insane? 244 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:27,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, Like it's literally crazy because like I said, first 245 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:31,360 Speaker 2: time traveling out the country, so like I mean, and 246 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:32,800 Speaker 2: to be a part of the first the first game 247 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:35,600 Speaker 2: in Madrid ever, I mean, there's something detail generation is about. 248 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:37,520 Speaker 1: So yeah, no, no. 249 00:09:37,559 --> 00:09:39,199 Speaker 4: We will be dropping this after the spand game. So 250 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:41,080 Speaker 4: I do got to ask you about your first official 251 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:44,520 Speaker 4: NFL bye week. Man, Yeah, how happy are you to 252 00:09:44,559 --> 00:09:46,240 Speaker 4: be getting towards this body because you know it's time 253 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:49,240 Speaker 4: for recovery, time for film, time to study. I know 254 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:50,880 Speaker 4: you're a young man, so you might not even feel 255 00:09:50,880 --> 00:09:52,200 Speaker 4: like you need a buy week, but I gotta miss 256 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:53,839 Speaker 4: this body is coming at the perfect time after a 257 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:54,400 Speaker 4: road trip. 258 00:09:54,559 --> 00:09:57,439 Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm not saying especially, I feel like for everybody, 259 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:01,199 Speaker 2: I guess myself specifically like being able to see my family, 260 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:05,800 Speaker 2: be able to see my grandparents. But you know, it's 261 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:07,600 Speaker 2: a bide, but it's still worked week for me, you 262 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:09,480 Speaker 2: know what I mean. And that's where like coming from 263 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:11,400 Speaker 2: Oregon's that's how it was, like we ain't have nobody, 264 00:10:11,480 --> 00:10:14,080 Speaker 2: We didn't get to go home like we was practicing, working, 265 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:15,000 Speaker 2: working out, lifting. 266 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:16,400 Speaker 1: That's that's how it was. 267 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:18,520 Speaker 2: So that's kind of like ben and still to me, 268 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:21,920 Speaker 2: So yeah, I mean get I get, I get to 269 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:23,240 Speaker 2: go home and see my family stuff, but you know 270 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:24,800 Speaker 2: we still there's still work to get put in and 271 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:27,360 Speaker 2: reevaluation and make sure I'm I come back out for 272 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:28,040 Speaker 2: the rest of the season. 273 00:10:28,080 --> 00:10:29,840 Speaker 3: I'm rocking it's funny when you say that. 274 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:32,720 Speaker 4: And closing, I remember you mentioning how hard it's been 275 00:10:32,760 --> 00:10:34,400 Speaker 4: to be away from your family. It's the first time 276 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:36,679 Speaker 4: being away from them. What is that adjustment been like? 277 00:10:36,679 --> 00:10:37,840 Speaker 4: And have you been able to get them to pull 278 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:38,680 Speaker 4: up to some games again? 279 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:42,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, my pop, My pop comes in near almost every game. 280 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:46,679 Speaker 2: That's Moms comes to a good amount of my games. 281 00:10:46,679 --> 00:10:50,439 Speaker 1: Siblings like uncles, Auntie. He's like, that's what I'm saying. 282 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:52,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, people, people definitely pull up and it's a little 283 00:10:52,760 --> 00:10:54,000 Speaker 2: bit easier when we're on the road and you know, 284 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:55,320 Speaker 2: a little bit closer to the West coast. 285 00:10:55,360 --> 00:10:57,600 Speaker 3: But but yeah, hey, Josh, I appreciate your time. Man. 286 00:10:57,600 --> 00:10:59,959 Speaker 4: Man, We're proud of you, Broke congratulations on all the success, man, 287 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:03,920 Speaker 4: and I hope you enjoy your first time overseas and the. 288 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:06,839 Speaker 3: First NFL game is stay appreciation. Commanders Family, y'all. Next 289 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:10,560 Speaker 3: man Up, Josh College Junius Commanders Famously. We hope you 290 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:11,960 Speaker 3: have been enjoying. Next Man Up. 291 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:14,360 Speaker 4: Before we go any further, we have to pay some 292 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:16,760 Speaker 4: bills now. Events d C is a proud partner of 293 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:19,400 Speaker 4: the Washington Commanders. 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Me and him have ties from 319 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:39,000 Speaker 4: back in the Bay Area. We have ties from alma Mater, 320 00:12:39,280 --> 00:12:41,720 Speaker 4: Nebraska wrocoming in Roy. 321 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:46,080 Speaker 3: Hello, Junior, my boy, it's next man. What's up? Brother? 322 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:49,000 Speaker 5: Hey, thanks for having me Brian. 323 00:12:49,559 --> 00:12:50,640 Speaker 3: Oh Man, it is a pleasure. 324 00:12:50,640 --> 00:12:52,680 Speaker 4: Man. I appreciate you so much for taking the time. 325 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:55,000 Speaker 4: And it's so funny I didn't find out till just 326 00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:58,760 Speaker 4: now that you're actually currently still living in Omaha, Nebraska. 327 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:01,160 Speaker 3: Man, that's crazy. That's where my son spends times too. 328 00:13:03,120 --> 00:13:03,400 Speaker 5: Yep. 329 00:13:03,600 --> 00:13:07,720 Speaker 6: So came here for a university, married a girl from here, 330 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:08,680 Speaker 6: so it was inevitable. 331 00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:12,640 Speaker 4: Hey, listen, we gotta go where the wifeies take us. 332 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:14,880 Speaker 4: You know what, Man, since we're both Husker alone, I 333 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:18,200 Speaker 4: don't get to talk to former Huskers all the time, 334 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:21,040 Speaker 4: So we're going to start right there. Man, you had 335 00:13:21,160 --> 00:13:23,640 Speaker 4: such a phenomenal career as a Husker. When I was 336 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:26,160 Speaker 4: a freshman coming in, you were a senior doing just 337 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:28,400 Speaker 4: incredible things. I believe we were still in the Big 338 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:31,199 Speaker 4: twelve at the time. Man, how did what you accomplished 339 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:33,280 Speaker 4: while as a Husker? 340 00:13:33,559 --> 00:13:35,880 Speaker 3: How did that help you in the NFL? Man? 341 00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:40,680 Speaker 5: I feel like it set me up to expected versity. 342 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:45,800 Speaker 6: So in Nebraska it was it was a fish bowl, 343 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:53,160 Speaker 6: meaning like the state really looked in with eagerness to 344 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:58,400 Speaker 6: watch you and everything that you did. And because of 345 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:03,640 Speaker 6: injuries being a part of my story at Nebraska and 346 00:14:03,640 --> 00:14:07,320 Speaker 6: then having to overcome him, it just set me up 347 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:10,880 Speaker 6: to go into the NFL and expect those things. So 348 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:12,720 Speaker 6: when they did come up, it was like, I've been 349 00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:16,120 Speaker 6: here before, I've seen these it looks a little different, 350 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:20,120 Speaker 6: and money's on the line, you know, now it's a job. 351 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:23,240 Speaker 6: So it prepared me just in terms of being mentally tough. 352 00:14:23,360 --> 00:14:26,680 Speaker 4: And then you get that call saying you're coming to Washington. 353 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:29,800 Speaker 4: Now you're Bay Area kids, you're living in Nebraska. How 354 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:33,280 Speaker 4: familiar familiar were you with Washington and what was going 355 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:34,640 Speaker 4: on out here when you got drafted? 356 00:14:36,760 --> 00:14:39,760 Speaker 6: So I was shocked when when I got the call 357 00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:44,840 Speaker 6: from at the time, it was Mike Shanahan, and it 358 00:14:44,960 --> 00:14:49,800 Speaker 6: was because the running back coach did not show his cards. 359 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:54,320 Speaker 6: So I've met him once and it's the great Bobby Turner, 360 00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:58,240 Speaker 6: who's who's now at San Francisco coaching Christian McCaffery. And 361 00:14:58,280 --> 00:15:01,040 Speaker 6: he didn't show his cards, meaning he I didn't think 362 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:03,760 Speaker 6: he was interested in me. I remember this one off, 363 00:15:03,880 --> 00:15:09,360 Speaker 6: random conversation I had with him after the combine at Indianapolis, 364 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:15,040 Speaker 6: and so I was shocked. And then I called my mom, 365 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:19,120 Speaker 6: who wasn't there. She had five other siblings, so she 366 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:22,480 Speaker 6: was out at kids free events. So I got her 367 00:15:22,520 --> 00:15:26,160 Speaker 6: and said, hey, Mom, going to Washington And she says, yes, 368 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:28,680 Speaker 6: it's only like an hour and a half flight. 369 00:15:29,960 --> 00:15:35,040 Speaker 5: And I was like, no, this is the capital. Yeah, 370 00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:39,480 Speaker 5: and my mom went, oh no. So I was shocked. 371 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:42,760 Speaker 5: My mom was confused. But it ended up being awesome. 372 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:47,440 Speaker 4: And if it's not every day where you get drafted 373 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:50,760 Speaker 4: and then not one, but two of your teammates get 374 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:54,440 Speaker 4: drafted to the same place in the same draft, did 375 00:15:54,480 --> 00:15:57,120 Speaker 4: that help ease a little bit of the like confusion 376 00:15:57,160 --> 00:15:58,920 Speaker 4: and like fear of like, oh my gosh, this is 377 00:15:58,920 --> 00:15:59,440 Speaker 4: so different. 378 00:16:01,720 --> 00:16:02,520 Speaker 5: Yeah, it did. 379 00:16:02,680 --> 00:16:06,400 Speaker 6: I would say it took off the edge of feeling 380 00:16:06,520 --> 00:16:11,880 Speaker 6: like I would into like my first week on campus, 381 00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:16,280 Speaker 6: like I did from high school to college. It took 382 00:16:16,320 --> 00:16:19,080 Speaker 6: a little bit of the edge off. So when me 383 00:16:19,440 --> 00:16:22,800 Speaker 6: and Niles, Paul and DJ Gomes got together, it was 384 00:16:22,880 --> 00:16:26,440 Speaker 6: like whoa, And me and Niles were close because we 385 00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:29,040 Speaker 6: played offense together, me and DJ. Dj is from the 386 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:32,800 Speaker 6: Bay Area and so he's from the East Bay. So 387 00:16:32,880 --> 00:16:37,640 Speaker 6: it was like we all just went in with more familiarity, 388 00:16:37,680 --> 00:16:42,160 Speaker 6: more comfortability, and that rookie year we all ended up 389 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:44,920 Speaker 6: playing and so it was really cool. 390 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:47,960 Speaker 4: And it was crazy being somebody that was a Husker 391 00:16:47,960 --> 00:16:49,720 Speaker 4: at the time, Like I'm just a young man and 392 00:16:49,760 --> 00:16:53,320 Speaker 4: I remember you guys all going and getting drafted to Washington, 393 00:16:53,520 --> 00:16:56,920 Speaker 4: and then it seemed as if all of Nebraska became 394 00:16:56,960 --> 00:16:59,760 Speaker 4: Reskin fans because everybody loved you guys. Everybody wanted to 395 00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:02,520 Speaker 4: fall Niles, Niles being from Omaha. Did Jean be one 396 00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:05,000 Speaker 4: of our better guys in the secondary that left you 397 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:07,480 Speaker 4: being one of the best running backs we had ever seen. 398 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:10,480 Speaker 4: Did y'all realize in the moment that impact you guys 399 00:17:10,480 --> 00:17:12,439 Speaker 4: were making on Nebraska from. 400 00:17:12,320 --> 00:17:13,600 Speaker 3: All of you guys being on the scene. 401 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:15,560 Speaker 4: Because I feel like to this day there are so 402 00:17:15,680 --> 00:17:19,320 Speaker 4: many Washington fans and mostly it's because of you three. 403 00:17:20,320 --> 00:17:24,520 Speaker 6: I appreciate it. Brian and I was I had no clue. Man, 404 00:17:24,840 --> 00:17:27,600 Speaker 6: my going into my rookie year, it's hard enough to 405 00:17:27,600 --> 00:17:28,320 Speaker 6: make the roster. 406 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:30,120 Speaker 5: So for me it was. 407 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:34,600 Speaker 6: So over my it was so difficult that I asked 408 00:17:34,640 --> 00:17:36,719 Speaker 6: my dad, would you think less of me if I 409 00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:39,840 Speaker 6: quit and I had to return? And that meant that 410 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:42,560 Speaker 6: I would have to get my Sandy bonus back. So 411 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:46,400 Speaker 6: for me, man, I honestly, as a twenty two year old, 412 00:17:46,560 --> 00:17:50,359 Speaker 6: was just twenty one trying to make it. And so 413 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:53,399 Speaker 6: when you say things like that, that's even news to me. 414 00:17:54,680 --> 00:17:57,119 Speaker 6: Getting some insight in that way, I think I was 415 00:17:57,200 --> 00:17:59,880 Speaker 6: always aware that people. 416 00:17:59,720 --> 00:18:01,640 Speaker 5: Came because. 417 00:18:02,840 --> 00:18:04,800 Speaker 6: I went to the next level and I was really 418 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:09,320 Speaker 6: trying to make my teammates proud and earn my teammates 419 00:18:09,440 --> 00:18:12,840 Speaker 6: respect even furthermore at the by playing at the next level. 420 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:17,719 Speaker 6: And I knew that kids who were in Nebraska, like 421 00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:20,119 Speaker 6: I knew that that mattered to them as well. But 422 00:18:20,240 --> 00:18:22,880 Speaker 6: I didn't know that there would be people following our 423 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:26,320 Speaker 6: career and becoming Commandander fans. 424 00:18:26,720 --> 00:18:28,119 Speaker 4: Well, I'm telling you, I got to see it in 425 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:30,320 Speaker 4: real time, and it is a real thing, man Like. 426 00:18:30,480 --> 00:18:31,040 Speaker 3: There was like a. 427 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:34,520 Speaker 4: Whole resurgence of just DC and Washington things going on. 428 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:36,720 Speaker 4: You guys got drafted there, and you guys had a 429 00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:38,239 Speaker 4: lot to do with that. And people are excited, right, 430 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:40,159 Speaker 4: People are excited to see people that they went to 431 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:42,600 Speaker 4: school with, people from the alma mater, people from you know, 432 00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:45,399 Speaker 4: their state. A lot of people don't know Nebraska, but 433 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:47,400 Speaker 4: Crawford wasn't around at the time, so you guys were 434 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:49,800 Speaker 4: really putting Nebraska on the map. So salutes you for that. 435 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:51,879 Speaker 4: But like you said, you're in it right, You're locked in. 436 00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:54,119 Speaker 4: You even said you were scared a little bit. 437 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:54,920 Speaker 3: You were worried. 438 00:18:54,920 --> 00:18:57,720 Speaker 4: Man, Like take me back there to where like, I'm 439 00:18:57,720 --> 00:18:59,119 Speaker 4: sure you were saying it in just I'm sure you 440 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:02,320 Speaker 4: were just joking, but like was there fear of oh man, 441 00:19:02,320 --> 00:19:03,920 Speaker 4: I can't do this, I gotta quit. 442 00:19:04,760 --> 00:19:10,960 Speaker 6: Yeah, it wasn't a scared admittedy. It was hard to 443 00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:14,560 Speaker 6: go into. So I'll give you a little bit of context. 444 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:18,240 Speaker 6: So I'm draft or I go to college in seven. 445 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:20,360 Speaker 5: That's my freshman year. 446 00:19:20,440 --> 00:19:24,000 Speaker 6: I played at a school where our offensive line was 447 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:28,680 Speaker 6: above average, but we played against really good teams in 448 00:19:29,040 --> 00:19:33,480 Speaker 6: the Bay. So it felt like I didn't know just 449 00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:38,520 Speaker 6: how would I say this? How difficult? Possibly I had 450 00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:41,159 Speaker 6: it in high school until I got to college. And 451 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:44,639 Speaker 6: then I don't read shirt because every like, we have 452 00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:45,520 Speaker 6: guys who can block. 453 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:47,120 Speaker 5: So now I'm seeing holes develop. 454 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:50,119 Speaker 6: I feel like I can set up blocks, and so 455 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:54,480 Speaker 6: the game was easier. Then to make the jump from 456 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:56,959 Speaker 6: college to the NFL, it was hard. It was the 457 00:19:57,000 --> 00:20:01,720 Speaker 6: exact opposite because this space was so much tighter and 458 00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:04,600 Speaker 6: I had learned pass pro. 459 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:07,320 Speaker 5: That was a new thing to knowledge to do that 460 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:08,080 Speaker 5: in the NFL. 461 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:10,680 Speaker 6: So I got my block knocked off by a guy 462 00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:16,080 Speaker 6: named Lorenzo Lorenzo Alexander aspro. I never wore a mouthpiece 463 00:20:16,119 --> 00:20:19,440 Speaker 6: in college. I wore a grill, a gold rail from 464 00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:21,920 Speaker 6: the bottom of my teeth, and that was you know, 465 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:24,760 Speaker 6: that had no cushion, but that was just the only thing, 466 00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:27,600 Speaker 6: you know, I just thought it sound like I need 467 00:20:27,640 --> 00:20:31,560 Speaker 6: to be concerned. Well, after the first training camp practice 468 00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:34,240 Speaker 6: and pads, I definitely started wearing my mouthpiece. 469 00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:37,080 Speaker 5: It was different playing against grown men. 470 00:20:37,280 --> 00:20:41,000 Speaker 6: You know, these guys were in their prime at twenty 471 00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:44,320 Speaker 6: seven to twenty eight hitting me, and so it was 472 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:48,679 Speaker 6: just really difficult. And by God's grace, I got to 473 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:52,240 Speaker 6: the first preseason game. And when I got to the 474 00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:56,600 Speaker 6: preseason game and I walked out, I was like, oh, Oh, 475 00:20:56,960 --> 00:21:00,919 Speaker 6: this is this is what I expected. Like, I feel 476 00:21:01,359 --> 00:21:04,800 Speaker 6: life from the crowd. I feel like like it's you know, 477 00:21:04,840 --> 00:21:07,840 Speaker 6: the coliseum in Rome. I feel like this is this 478 00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:10,280 Speaker 6: is what I always imagine When I was little. It 479 00:21:10,320 --> 00:21:12,199 Speaker 6: was going through the training camp days that you have 480 00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:16,320 Speaker 6: to nail your assignments, go through difficulties, wake up at 481 00:21:16,320 --> 00:21:17,080 Speaker 6: five in the morning. 482 00:21:17,119 --> 00:21:18,000 Speaker 5: That really got to me. 483 00:21:18,119 --> 00:21:20,520 Speaker 6: But once I got to playing ball against other teams, 484 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:23,040 Speaker 6: it just got back to childlike stuff. 485 00:21:24,160 --> 00:21:26,400 Speaker 4: Was it just the energy in the arena that got 486 00:21:26,440 --> 00:21:28,359 Speaker 4: you back to that? Because that's really tough, right, Like, 487 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:30,520 Speaker 4: you're going through something that's so hard you've never been 488 00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:33,560 Speaker 4: through before. Nobody can prepare you for that, especially you, 489 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:36,520 Speaker 4: right like your first generation NFL talent, Like how can 490 00:21:36,560 --> 00:21:39,320 Speaker 4: somebody prepare you for that that has never experienced it yourself? 491 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:42,600 Speaker 4: When was that moment where you were like, Okay, I 492 00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:45,080 Speaker 4: can do this. I belong here, this is where. 493 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:45,560 Speaker 3: I'm supposed to be. 494 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:51,240 Speaker 6: So it was the first game is where I was like, oh, 495 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:55,160 Speaker 6: I'm an NFL player, Like all that stuff's in the past. 496 00:21:55,359 --> 00:21:58,320 Speaker 6: It was walking out, I felt the life and then 497 00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:02,880 Speaker 6: I've made my first play and and it went well, and. 498 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:04,880 Speaker 5: So I was like oh this is this is just ball. 499 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:11,040 Speaker 5: It's just ball. Like getting to the point. 500 00:22:11,119 --> 00:22:16,840 Speaker 6: It wasn't just the like the being being a gosh, 501 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:20,240 Speaker 6: it was FedEx at the time. It wasn't just game day. 502 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:24,040 Speaker 6: What happened was I just felt the heaviness of feeling like, Man, 503 00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:27,199 Speaker 6: this is really hard. This is a grind, this is 504 00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:32,920 Speaker 6: more difficult. I'm away from familiarity during training camp, and 505 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:37,240 Speaker 6: that led me to like this place where I'm going 506 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:41,159 Speaker 6: into the game and it's the night before and I 507 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:46,560 Speaker 6: go to the chapel service and our team chaplain ends 508 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:50,119 Speaker 6: up giving a message on overcoming difficulty, and it was 509 00:22:50,119 --> 00:22:52,240 Speaker 6: one of those things where I was like, oh, my goodness, 510 00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:55,280 Speaker 6: God speaking directly to me. So right when I heard that, 511 00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:58,359 Speaker 6: I was like, oh, God, you see me, You see 512 00:22:58,359 --> 00:23:02,240 Speaker 6: how difficult this is. And so I felt like because 513 00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:07,280 Speaker 6: God was speaking to me through this chapel service that honestly, 514 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:10,240 Speaker 6: it was like all the heavy nsts fell off. And 515 00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:12,639 Speaker 6: then I went to sleep, went through meetings, woke up, 516 00:23:12,640 --> 00:23:15,560 Speaker 6: and then it was boomed straight into that and it 517 00:23:15,640 --> 00:23:17,640 Speaker 6: was just up into the right ever since then. 518 00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:20,399 Speaker 3: Man, God is so good. That is awesome. Man. 519 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:22,760 Speaker 4: I appreciate you sharing that because when I think about, 520 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:25,679 Speaker 4: like the things I know about you, being somebody that 521 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:27,959 Speaker 4: went to New Versus Nebraska trying to get a broadcast 522 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:30,880 Speaker 4: journalist's degree. You know, sports journalism was everything. So I'm 523 00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:32,880 Speaker 4: covering you, I'm learning things about you. So I want 524 00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:36,280 Speaker 4: to go back a little bit because it's very obvious 525 00:23:36,320 --> 00:23:39,359 Speaker 4: you're rooted in faith, and I like to figure out 526 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:41,800 Speaker 4: where that comes from, because for what I know from you, 527 00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:45,160 Speaker 4: like you said, you're one of six, right, the first boy. 528 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:49,400 Speaker 4: The first four were girls. So you're your dad's first boy. Right, 529 00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:50,160 Speaker 4: So you're the fifth child. 530 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:51,160 Speaker 3: Am I right about that? 531 00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:53,639 Speaker 5: Yeah? Real close? 532 00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:56,040 Speaker 6: The first three and then I'm four, and then you're 533 00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:57,200 Speaker 6: first three? 534 00:23:57,480 --> 00:24:00,320 Speaker 4: Got it? Still crazy? Right, you're that first boy. After 535 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:02,800 Speaker 4: three your parent's are trying. And then of course you 536 00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:05,679 Speaker 4: are a junior. I myself am also a junior. So 537 00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:09,080 Speaker 4: understand how heavy that can be for our fathers. Right, 538 00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:12,240 Speaker 4: we are their namesake, we are representing them. What was 539 00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:14,680 Speaker 4: it like growing up being that first boy for your dad? 540 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:16,200 Speaker 4: Because I know you and your dad have a very 541 00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:17,639 Speaker 4: very close relationship. 542 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:26,119 Speaker 6: I never felt pressure, even though looking back he said 543 00:24:26,200 --> 00:24:31,760 Speaker 6: stuff that would like put pressure on me, But I 544 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:34,520 Speaker 6: never I think that in the innocence. I had a 545 00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:37,159 Speaker 6: dad who pushed me, put me in stuff I was 546 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:38,960 Speaker 6: good at and I excelled at, so that he kept 547 00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:41,760 Speaker 6: putting me in him. And I think the innocence of 548 00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:45,880 Speaker 6: just my childhood kept me from feeling the pressure. But 549 00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:48,400 Speaker 6: my dad, me and him are close, man. I look, 550 00:24:48,560 --> 00:24:54,240 Speaker 6: he was my mentor, my idol growing up, and he 551 00:24:54,280 --> 00:24:57,879 Speaker 6: would say things like, hey, when you make it, just 552 00:24:57,920 --> 00:24:59,879 Speaker 6: remember you're taking care of me and mom. You know 553 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:05,480 Speaker 6: I'm tonguing ethnically, So that's in that's not Western thinking, 554 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:11,200 Speaker 6: you know, it's more and it's like family is first God, family, 555 00:25:11,359 --> 00:25:14,159 Speaker 6: that type of thing. And so for me, my my 556 00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:19,040 Speaker 6: dad was just reminded me subtly like, hey, when it happens, 557 00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:21,760 Speaker 6: you're gonna buy us that that house, you know, fill 558 00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:25,400 Speaker 6: in the blank. And so for me, because I grew 559 00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:29,600 Speaker 6: up in this mix of like Western ideas outside the 560 00:25:29,640 --> 00:25:33,600 Speaker 6: house and then Eastern family ideas in the house, I 561 00:25:33,640 --> 00:25:35,000 Speaker 6: didn't feel this pressure. 562 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:36,440 Speaker 5: I had a great childhood. 563 00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:40,960 Speaker 6: I ended up fulfilling my dream and never felt like 564 00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:44,800 Speaker 6: pressure out from my parents to do it, and it 565 00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:49,520 Speaker 6: didn't affect my gain, my mentality performing any of those things. 566 00:25:50,040 --> 00:25:53,720 Speaker 5: The big breakthrough for me and just in terms of 567 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:58,240 Speaker 5: like my faith was. 568 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:01,119 Speaker 6: I didn't go to church growing up except for a 569 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:05,680 Speaker 6: few times, and so my mom gave her life to 570 00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:08,720 Speaker 6: Jesus when I was in high school, and I was like, 571 00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:11,719 Speaker 6: good for you, Like she totally changed and became really moral, 572 00:26:12,359 --> 00:26:14,040 Speaker 6: and she kept asking me to go to church, and 573 00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:16,560 Speaker 6: I'm like, I'll do it because I'm going to college, 574 00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:17,640 Speaker 6: and so I did it. 575 00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:18,080 Speaker 5: As a favor. 576 00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:22,440 Speaker 6: Short of along of it is it was my freshman 577 00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:25,280 Speaker 6: year in college where I actually cared enough to be like, man, 578 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:30,400 Speaker 6: why do I exist? It was all these existential questions, 579 00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:33,560 Speaker 6: like what's the meaning of life? And it was all 580 00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:37,159 Speaker 6: happening while I was fulfilling my dream. And so I 581 00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:39,800 Speaker 6: met with this team chaplain, gave my life to the 582 00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:42,320 Speaker 6: Lord as much as I understood at the time, and 583 00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:43,720 Speaker 6: just been walking with him since. 584 00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:45,000 Speaker 3: Dang man. 585 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:46,840 Speaker 4: That's also I don't know why this always assumed you 586 00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:49,359 Speaker 4: had got that faith from your dad, because you have 587 00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:51,679 Speaker 4: carried that for as long as I've been following you. 588 00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:52,359 Speaker 3: Man, that is awesome. 589 00:26:52,359 --> 00:26:54,240 Speaker 4: He had shout out to our moms because though was 590 00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:56,840 Speaker 4: our dad's, all moms are just as cool as well, man, 591 00:26:56,880 --> 00:26:58,560 Speaker 4: And then you use this faith that you have not 592 00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:00,720 Speaker 4: only in God, but that you have yourself and in 593 00:27:00,840 --> 00:27:03,199 Speaker 4: your family, and it turns into an NFL career, right, 594 00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:04,840 Speaker 4: I believe four years in Washington for you. 595 00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:07,800 Speaker 3: Yes. And when you look. 596 00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:09,680 Speaker 4: At your journey talking about the injuries you dealt with 597 00:27:10,080 --> 00:27:12,919 Speaker 4: in college, those kind of kept up. You had a 598 00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:15,719 Speaker 4: few injury issues in the pros as well. Man, how 599 00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:18,800 Speaker 4: did you lean on your faith and your family to 600 00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:20,240 Speaker 4: help you get through the things you were going through 601 00:27:20,240 --> 00:27:20,760 Speaker 4: in football? 602 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:27,200 Speaker 6: Man? Apart from Jesus, I just would I would have 603 00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:30,439 Speaker 6: given up, Like we wouldn't be having this interview because 604 00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:32,720 Speaker 6: I wouldn't have had a four year career. 605 00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:33,800 Speaker 5: To be honest, you know. 606 00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:38,200 Speaker 6: God gifted me with physical talents, but there are some 607 00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:42,840 Speaker 6: things you can't control, and so I got her in 608 00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:48,840 Speaker 6: at the commanders and it was stuff I couldn't control, 609 00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:52,560 Speaker 6: like I have a turf toe. My rookie year ends 610 00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:56,480 Speaker 6: up going really well at that by God's grace, I 611 00:27:56,600 --> 00:28:00,080 Speaker 6: end up setting records and doing well, and it's like, 612 00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:02,040 Speaker 6: you know, things are falling in line with what I'm 613 00:28:02,119 --> 00:28:04,560 Speaker 6: used to. Not to be arrogant, but things were just 614 00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:10,040 Speaker 6: going well with football. And then the next year I'm 615 00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:15,560 Speaker 6: starting going into my second year and it's Alfred Morris's 616 00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:21,320 Speaker 6: rookie year, and I get hurt and I miss all 617 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:22,680 Speaker 6: training camp Alfred. 618 00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:24,240 Speaker 5: The rest is history. 619 00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:25,840 Speaker 6: I ended up backing up out for it for the 620 00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:28,800 Speaker 6: rest of my time there as the third down back. 621 00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:30,520 Speaker 6: I missed my second year and then come back to 622 00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:34,760 Speaker 6: be back up. So God saw me. He was my 623 00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:39,480 Speaker 6: strength through the downs. He was my joy in the highs. 624 00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:43,280 Speaker 6: And I came back a better football player year three 625 00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:47,440 Speaker 6: and four because I went through so the low and 626 00:28:47,520 --> 00:28:51,720 Speaker 6: I felt like I got to this place where if 627 00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:56,520 Speaker 6: I lost football, I knew I'd be fine, totally fine. 628 00:28:56,680 --> 00:28:59,280 Speaker 6: And it was at that point where then I came 629 00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:02,760 Speaker 6: back things went really well, and I just took it 630 00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:06,600 Speaker 6: as okay, I guess you know. It was just a 631 00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:09,479 Speaker 6: test for me to grow an endurance and in character. 632 00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:12,680 Speaker 6: And there were multiple times I could share with you, Brian, 633 00:29:12,720 --> 00:29:14,680 Speaker 6: where like I would open up the Bible and it 634 00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:15,880 Speaker 6: would be exactly what I. 635 00:29:15,840 --> 00:29:19,200 Speaker 5: Needed, exactly you know how it goes. It's just like 636 00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:21,360 Speaker 5: the word for that moment. 637 00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:23,959 Speaker 6: And so as moments like that in the off season 638 00:29:24,800 --> 00:29:29,120 Speaker 6: and in the season, and having eventually friends who were 639 00:29:29,280 --> 00:29:31,400 Speaker 6: like minded on the team and in the locker room 640 00:29:31,920 --> 00:29:35,240 Speaker 6: to where he genuinely gave me joy while playing, because 641 00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:38,280 Speaker 6: when you become a pro, it's easy to lose your 642 00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:41,520 Speaker 6: joy while playing the child's game at which you always 643 00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:44,880 Speaker 6: wanted to do. And God kept me really light, kept 644 00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:47,800 Speaker 6: my humor light, and I think that's honestly, he's the 645 00:29:47,840 --> 00:29:49,080 Speaker 6: reason why it went so well. 646 00:29:49,480 --> 00:29:50,000 Speaker 3: Dang man. 647 00:29:50,120 --> 00:29:52,000 Speaker 4: I mean you said it like, if it wasn't for Jesus, 648 00:29:52,040 --> 00:29:52,760 Speaker 4: I would not be here. 649 00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:54,240 Speaker 3: That's how I feel. Every single day. 650 00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:57,080 Speaker 4: I'm like, bye, the grace of God, I get to 651 00:29:57,080 --> 00:29:58,680 Speaker 4: sit here and do what I love to do and. 652 00:29:58,600 --> 00:29:59,360 Speaker 3: Do my dreams. 653 00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:02,440 Speaker 4: But there's so many hard times when the journey of 654 00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:04,520 Speaker 4: chasing your dreams and getting to your dreams that people 655 00:30:04,520 --> 00:30:07,080 Speaker 4: don't even see. So I appreciate you sharing that with 656 00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:10,120 Speaker 4: us because it's funny. You mentioned Alfred, and I don't 657 00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:12,520 Speaker 4: know how much you guys still communicate. But he was 658 00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:15,080 Speaker 4: on the show a couple of weeks ago, and he 659 00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:17,880 Speaker 4: broke down into tears talking about how tough it was 660 00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:21,240 Speaker 4: to be a retired player because, much like yourself, he 661 00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:24,080 Speaker 4: dealt with injuries. He didn't necessarily feel like he got 662 00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:25,880 Speaker 4: everything he wanted to get out of the game. Not 663 00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:27,840 Speaker 4: saying that that's what you're saying, but he was kind 664 00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:30,200 Speaker 4: of saying those things and it was really heavy for him. 665 00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:31,400 Speaker 4: It was hard for him, it said. It didn't hit 666 00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:33,680 Speaker 4: him for years after the fact, and then it just 667 00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:37,520 Speaker 4: became this overwhelming depression. How has it been for you 668 00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:42,840 Speaker 4: post NFL career, being able to not be the NFL 669 00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:45,840 Speaker 4: player anymore a game that you spent your entire life playing, man, 670 00:30:46,040 --> 00:30:47,200 Speaker 4: how was that adjustment for you? 671 00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:54,160 Speaker 6: So I have talked with Alfred and we have kept 672 00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:57,280 Speaker 6: in touch through the difficult times. 673 00:30:57,440 --> 00:30:58,280 Speaker 3: Oh, that's great to hear. 674 00:30:58,360 --> 00:30:58,959 Speaker 5: That's great to hear. 675 00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:06,080 Speaker 6: I'm yep, I've I've that man has persevered through post 676 00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:07,600 Speaker 6: career blues. 677 00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:08,920 Speaker 5: Like not many men have. 678 00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:12,040 Speaker 6: And uh, and He'll be the first to say it's 679 00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:16,920 Speaker 6: definitely because Jesus so shout out to God and him 680 00:31:17,680 --> 00:31:20,920 Speaker 6: persevere and all that being said, I love that man. 681 00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:28,080 Speaker 6: And for me, I was so ready bro that being 682 00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:31,560 Speaker 6: over talking about it. I was like, Bro, I love you, 683 00:31:32,080 --> 00:31:34,640 Speaker 6: But my story was one in which I was so 684 00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:39,600 Speaker 6: ready because because my I felt like I did get 685 00:31:39,640 --> 00:31:42,960 Speaker 6: the most out of the game. And so I think 686 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:46,720 Speaker 6: that was honestly the difference I feel for him, because 687 00:31:47,040 --> 00:31:48,520 Speaker 6: he felt like he did it for me. 688 00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:51,280 Speaker 5: I'll tell you this quick story. 689 00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:57,720 Speaker 6: So when you go to the NFL Combine, they take 690 00:31:57,760 --> 00:32:01,960 Speaker 6: you through a bunch of scans, and one of them 691 00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:06,560 Speaker 6: that they look at your skeletal structure. To make a 692 00:32:06,600 --> 00:32:12,040 Speaker 6: long story short, it is year I'm going into year 693 00:32:12,440 --> 00:32:16,360 Speaker 6: four at the Commanders in our strength and conditioning, I'm 694 00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:19,880 Speaker 6: stretching in the off season. The strength and conditioning coach 695 00:32:19,960 --> 00:32:23,760 Speaker 6: comes up to me and says, hey, man, I took 696 00:32:23,760 --> 00:32:26,400 Speaker 6: a look at your I was stretching and I couldn't 697 00:32:26,440 --> 00:32:29,760 Speaker 6: get to this certain area to really loosen one of 698 00:32:29,440 --> 00:32:33,440 Speaker 6: my muscles up. And he's like, yeah, I looked at 699 00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:36,400 Speaker 6: three years ago when you came in. I looked at 700 00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:40,200 Speaker 6: your combine stuff and I was like, I know, did 701 00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:42,800 Speaker 6: you see this, this and that? And he goes, yeah, 702 00:32:43,480 --> 00:32:46,640 Speaker 6: it's only by the grace of God that you are 703 00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:50,520 Speaker 6: made up different in other ways. 704 00:32:51,720 --> 00:32:54,840 Speaker 5: That you're actually playing in the NFL. And I'm like, 705 00:32:55,120 --> 00:32:56,560 Speaker 5: I feel the same way. 706 00:32:57,240 --> 00:32:59,440 Speaker 6: I feel like God gave me a grace to me 707 00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:02,640 Speaker 6: with a work ethic. I want to because I love 708 00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:06,800 Speaker 6: the game, but there were things like going on. I 709 00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:09,760 Speaker 6: retired and I have a hip replacement and I'm like, 710 00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:13,320 Speaker 6: what was the issue was like the actual space that 711 00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:18,320 Speaker 6: I had in my available to be mobile and sit 712 00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:22,240 Speaker 6: down on my cuts. And so I had to compromise 713 00:33:22,560 --> 00:33:25,920 Speaker 6: a lot with to give, like an example, a lot 714 00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:29,680 Speaker 6: of route running. I would have to do like crazy 715 00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:33,560 Speaker 6: acting moves with like when I would cut, if I'm 716 00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:36,120 Speaker 6: going left, I would look left, right, left, and then 717 00:33:36,280 --> 00:33:39,520 Speaker 6: finally go left. And that's how I would win my 718 00:33:39,600 --> 00:33:41,800 Speaker 6: routes when other guys could win off of sitting in 719 00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:44,520 Speaker 6: their hips and pop out. So I know I'm given 720 00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:46,880 Speaker 6: really technical terms, but it was just by the grace 721 00:33:46,920 --> 00:33:50,479 Speaker 6: of God that I knew that me playing in the 722 00:33:50,640 --> 00:33:54,840 Speaker 6: NFL was a gift because I had a limitation. And 723 00:33:54,920 --> 00:33:58,680 Speaker 6: so with all that being said, I really felt by 724 00:33:58,720 --> 00:34:02,160 Speaker 6: the time that I finished, I was at the Raiders 725 00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:05,160 Speaker 6: and I was having the hip issues and I got 726 00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:08,919 Speaker 6: it both hip scoped. I had torn labrams in both 727 00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:11,600 Speaker 6: of them, a chip bone in my right and now 728 00:34:11,880 --> 00:34:14,840 Speaker 6: at thirty, I ended up getting a hip replacement, and 729 00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:17,040 Speaker 6: so yeah, I was ready. 730 00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:19,920 Speaker 4: And Roy, thank you for sharing all that, because that's 731 00:34:19,960 --> 00:34:21,440 Speaker 4: what I love about being able to talk to you 732 00:34:21,480 --> 00:34:23,799 Speaker 4: all is like the fans watching y'all. I mean, there 733 00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:25,920 Speaker 4: was kids watching you that are now adults now that 734 00:34:26,280 --> 00:34:28,359 Speaker 4: probably have not heard this story or meant to hear 735 00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:30,840 Speaker 4: from you, so like, thank you for sharing that, because 736 00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:33,440 Speaker 4: as fans, we watch our favorite players go through injuries 737 00:34:33,440 --> 00:34:35,719 Speaker 4: and miss time, and sometimes fans are a little hard 738 00:34:35,719 --> 00:34:37,279 Speaker 4: on the players, not realizing like, yo, this. 739 00:34:37,239 --> 00:34:39,360 Speaker 3: Is a human being going through real things. 740 00:34:39,640 --> 00:34:42,279 Speaker 4: And I guarantee you every single one of y'all want 741 00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:44,200 Speaker 4: to be on that field playing the game you love. 742 00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:46,960 Speaker 4: But it's so hard dealing with just the trials and 743 00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:49,799 Speaker 4: tribulations of life, not just injuries, but all the different things. Man. 744 00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:51,759 Speaker 4: So what we appreciate you so much for taking the 745 00:34:51,760 --> 00:34:53,239 Speaker 4: time to come on here. We know we haven't heard 746 00:34:53,239 --> 00:34:56,200 Speaker 4: from you in a while. Last thing, what do you 747 00:34:56,280 --> 00:34:59,640 Speaker 4: want even when we're all gone, right, when it's all 748 00:34:59,640 --> 00:35:03,440 Speaker 4: set in and a fan is talking about one of 749 00:35:03,480 --> 00:35:06,360 Speaker 4: their favorite Washington running backs, Roy Halloo Jr. 750 00:35:07,040 --> 00:35:09,440 Speaker 3: What do you want them to remember about you in 751 00:35:09,480 --> 00:35:09,879 Speaker 3: your game? 752 00:35:11,719 --> 00:35:12,600 Speaker 5: Oh? Man? 753 00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:17,640 Speaker 6: So the key thing for me is the character that 754 00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:22,279 Speaker 6: you're setting me up for, which is a fan of 755 00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:27,520 Speaker 6: the Commanders who looks back at Roy and wants to 756 00:35:27,560 --> 00:35:30,520 Speaker 6: remember one thing from his game. 757 00:35:32,360 --> 00:35:34,279 Speaker 4: This doesn't necessarily be about your game, just be about 758 00:35:34,360 --> 00:35:36,640 Speaker 4: you as the player, Like, like, how do you want 759 00:35:36,719 --> 00:35:39,480 Speaker 4: to be remembered, especially by this fan base, because you 760 00:35:39,520 --> 00:35:42,120 Speaker 4: know they give it up crazy for anybody that wore 761 00:35:42,120 --> 00:35:44,040 Speaker 4: the Burgundia Gold, and I have no doubt they're going 762 00:35:44,120 --> 00:35:45,919 Speaker 4: to be in the comments of this video right here, 763 00:35:46,200 --> 00:35:47,840 Speaker 4: showing you a lot of love. Man, So how do 764 00:35:47,880 --> 00:35:50,479 Speaker 4: you want to be remembered how this Burgundia Gold fan base? 765 00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:53,600 Speaker 5: Okay, all right, that's different for me. 766 00:35:53,719 --> 00:35:55,160 Speaker 1: That was more helpful for me. 767 00:35:55,120 --> 00:35:58,400 Speaker 6: To wrap my mind about you, because on a real note, 768 00:35:58,440 --> 00:36:01,960 Speaker 6: on a real note, I don't think you can force 769 00:36:02,200 --> 00:36:07,480 Speaker 6: anybody to think differently about you as a player. Like 770 00:36:07,560 --> 00:36:09,719 Speaker 6: I can't say I want I want people to know 771 00:36:09,880 --> 00:36:15,080 Speaker 6: me as you know, uh, a guy who came down 772 00:36:15,160 --> 00:36:17,120 Speaker 6: and gave it his all. And it's just like, well, 773 00:36:17,320 --> 00:36:21,080 Speaker 6: you know, all right whatever fans can argue like, oh 774 00:36:21,120 --> 00:36:22,960 Speaker 6: well I just remember you as a third down back, 775 00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:25,200 Speaker 6: and I'm like, all right, well, I can't force you 776 00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:28,040 Speaker 6: you could be any differently in terms of in terms 777 00:36:28,040 --> 00:36:30,600 Speaker 6: of a player. I feel like, so when you reframed 778 00:36:30,640 --> 00:36:35,080 Speaker 6: it and you're like, hey, just well just as a person, man, 779 00:36:36,239 --> 00:36:40,640 Speaker 6: I would want anyone who would remember me to remember 780 00:36:40,719 --> 00:36:46,879 Speaker 6: me as a guy who loved Jesus and acted like it, 781 00:36:48,239 --> 00:36:50,920 Speaker 6: I mean, and fill in the blank for whatever that 782 00:36:50,920 --> 00:36:54,600 Speaker 6: would look like. I I asked, there's this old guy, 783 00:36:54,880 --> 00:36:59,640 Speaker 6: Tom Osborne. You know him, you know him, the greatest, 784 00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:04,399 Speaker 6: the greatest Nebraska Cornhusker coach ever, one of the top three, 785 00:37:04,400 --> 00:37:06,880 Speaker 6: in my opinion, your greatest football coaches in the modern 786 00:37:06,920 --> 00:37:09,520 Speaker 6: air slash ever. And I asked him the same question. 787 00:37:09,600 --> 00:37:11,280 Speaker 6: I said, Man, what do you want people to remember 788 00:37:11,320 --> 00:37:13,399 Speaker 6: you by? What do you what do you care about 789 00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:16,960 Speaker 6: for your legacy? And he's like, it's for people to determine, 790 00:37:17,920 --> 00:37:20,279 Speaker 6: you know. And I thought, and he told me, just 791 00:37:20,400 --> 00:37:23,480 Speaker 6: don't don't live your life concerned about what other people 792 00:37:23,719 --> 00:37:26,960 Speaker 6: think about you and the legacy you'll leave. And so 793 00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:28,759 Speaker 6: for me, I get that to a certain degree. But 794 00:37:28,840 --> 00:37:30,080 Speaker 6: if you're asking me, man. 795 00:37:30,560 --> 00:37:32,600 Speaker 5: Just a guy who loved God and loved other people. 796 00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:36,040 Speaker 4: That's beautiful, man, And that shows in this interview right here. Roy, 797 00:37:36,080 --> 00:37:37,960 Speaker 4: thank you so much for taking the time. I know 798 00:37:38,080 --> 00:37:41,080 Speaker 4: fans have been just waiting to hear from you again, man, 799 00:37:41,120 --> 00:37:42,520 Speaker 4: So it was just so good to know that you're 800 00:37:42,520 --> 00:37:45,080 Speaker 4: doing great. You and the fam open Omaha nebrask and 801 00:37:45,160 --> 00:37:47,760 Speaker 4: doing your thing, man, And please know that these doors 802 00:37:47,760 --> 00:37:50,040 Speaker 4: are always welcome and open for you, and the fans 803 00:37:50,080 --> 00:37:51,920 Speaker 4: cannot wait to see you again. So we need you 804 00:37:51,960 --> 00:37:54,560 Speaker 4: to pull back up to what's Northwest Stadium Now it's 805 00:37:54,560 --> 00:37:55,000 Speaker 4: now Fenix. 806 00:37:55,040 --> 00:37:59,080 Speaker 3: No more is Northwest Stadium. You can Northwest Stadium. We 807 00:37:59,120 --> 00:38:02,160 Speaker 3: got big money now right all. 808 00:38:02,120 --> 00:38:06,120 Speaker 6: Right, Hey, you'll see me up there next season, sir, sir. 809 00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:06,880 Speaker 3: Man, I'm gonna hold you to that. 810 00:38:06,960 --> 00:38:09,400 Speaker 4: Roy, thank you so much for your time command this family, 811 00:38:09,400 --> 00:38:13,440 Speaker 4: our Next Man Up. Man of God, Roy helu Jr. 812 00:38:13,560 --> 00:38:16,680 Speaker 4: Thank you brother, my Nebraska brother man. It's been honored 813 00:38:16,719 --> 00:38:17,600 Speaker 4: to interview. 814 00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:17,520 Speaker 3: You, Bru. 815 00:38:17,600 --> 00:38:19,880 Speaker 4: It's been crazy because I've been following you since I 816 00:38:19,880 --> 00:38:21,879 Speaker 4: started in my career, man, so I appreciate you taking 817 00:38:21,880 --> 00:38:26,960 Speaker 4: the time. Thanks Brian, blessed you. 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