1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,440 Speaker 1: Joined out by Taekwon Lewis. Let's go back a minute 2 00:00:02,480 --> 00:00:05,040 Speaker 1: before we talk about this training camp injury last year. 3 00:00:05,080 --> 00:00:07,760 Speaker 1: To you, you're bawling at the time, contract year, not 4 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:10,000 Speaker 1: sure what's going to happen. Coach come back, say hey, 5 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:12,160 Speaker 1: we want you to get back in here, start rebabbing. 6 00:00:12,440 --> 00:00:15,080 Speaker 1: What was your mindset last year after their injury, knowing, Hey, 7 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:17,400 Speaker 1: I'm a little undecided about my future about what's going 8 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:21,560 Speaker 1: on in Indianapolis. Oh, I'll just start, uh you know 9 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:25,040 Speaker 1: if that happening, Like I couldn't but I was just 10 00:00:25,079 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 1: saying like this relief, like there wasn't no like hurt, 11 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:32,199 Speaker 1: emotional or nothing like. I just looked up at the 12 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:34,879 Speaker 1: Scott and I just started laughing. Like I was just like, 13 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:37,680 Speaker 1: ain't no way, Like I mean, on the carpet, I 14 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:40,519 Speaker 1: love the soil. Yes, oh man, Like the first thing 15 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:43,560 Speaker 1: I did, me and eb you know, we like cracked 16 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:45,800 Speaker 1: a laugh because I was just like, there's no way, 17 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:48,880 Speaker 1: like this is just but I mean, I'm not really 18 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:52,599 Speaker 1: like a like play though. Yeah yeah, but I gave 19 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:54,400 Speaker 1: you back up. So I was like, oh my god, 20 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:58,040 Speaker 1: I'm not really a sad guy. So I mean, I 21 00:00:58,040 --> 00:00:59,400 Speaker 1: guess at the moment where I could do it was 22 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:02,280 Speaker 1: just like laugh, Like I was just looking at it. 23 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:06,560 Speaker 1: I was like, oh, non of happening. I look at av. 24 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 1: I was just like, well, let's just get back rehabbing radio. 25 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:13,800 Speaker 1: Like it didn't really phase me until like I got 26 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:16,280 Speaker 1: out of surgery and I was like, yo, like I'm 27 00:01:16,319 --> 00:01:18,480 Speaker 1: at home in the bed, like this is real. And 28 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 1: again that undecided about what's going to happen next year. 29 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:23,760 Speaker 1: But the Colts come calling and you continue to rehab 30 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:25,559 Speaker 1: when you're health, do you make plays on the field 31 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:28,399 Speaker 1: this season? What's it mean to you? You know, I 32 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:31,959 Speaker 1: had the same approach as last year. You know, I'm 33 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:34,360 Speaker 1: just excited. I'm ready to go to work, you know, 34 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 1: like any any of everything I could do to contribute, 35 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:41,200 Speaker 1: you know, like I just want to be a factor man, 36 00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:45,919 Speaker 1: like not really hitter, like be like bost who I am, 37 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:49,840 Speaker 1: or like overcoming the injury is it's just already happening. 38 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:52,320 Speaker 1: Let's get back to work, like let's let's let's go. 39 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:55,240 Speaker 1: That's Taekwon Lewis. Now, before we talk about the new 40 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:58,120 Speaker 1: defense with Gus Bradley instead of Matt Eberflus, I want 41 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:00,840 Speaker 1: to talk about your new position coach in Nat. What's 42 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 1: your relationship with him? You know, he's a young guy, 43 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:06,559 Speaker 1: so I mean we click a little better than an 44 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:09,679 Speaker 1: older guy. But you know, it's like he's a great guy, 45 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:13,840 Speaker 1: like energetic. You know, he's always going. I mean maybe 46 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:16,919 Speaker 1: I see youth, you know, so, but I mean he's 47 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 1: a great guy. You know, he believes what he preaches. 48 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:21,720 Speaker 1: That's the main thing, like, you know, having a coach 49 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:23,880 Speaker 1: that believes what he where he talks about, you know, 50 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:26,680 Speaker 1: and still in the players, like because if your coach 51 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:29,120 Speaker 1: doesn't believe it, didn't who am I to believe it? 52 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:31,400 Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying. Okay, Gush Bradley comes in. 53 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 1: His system is different from Eberflus. Is it similar? Do 54 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:37,000 Speaker 1: you like playing for Gush Bradley? Is it similar to 55 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 1: eber Flus? You know, the Rob Rod type. He's gonna 56 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:40,760 Speaker 1: chew you a new one if you're not doing the 57 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:43,760 Speaker 1: right thing on the field, right, I mean, it's it's 58 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:47,040 Speaker 1: it's all kind of you know, similar, but I mean 59 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:51,120 Speaker 1: different principles. I guess you know. This is more attack, attack, 60 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:54,000 Speaker 1: attack upfield, you know, hit you in the mouth, you know, 61 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:57,080 Speaker 1: versus last year. I mean it was still attack, but 62 00:02:57,120 --> 00:03:01,000 Speaker 1: it was I guess you could say like more like 63 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 1: gap disciplined, like as far as like you know, as 64 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:12,399 Speaker 1: far as like displaying how we do it now versus then, 65 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:16,119 Speaker 1: Like now, it's all right, we're gonna hit the We're 66 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:18,760 Speaker 1: gonna hit the gaps in the ways of four and 67 00:03:19,919 --> 00:03:22,560 Speaker 1: somebody's gonna come behind us and clean it up. We're 68 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:25,400 Speaker 1: getting off the ball every single play. Also, another edition 69 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:28,480 Speaker 1: by trade is unique and gay. What does he bring 70 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:31,840 Speaker 1: to the defensive line room? He ruins a tremendous amount 71 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 1: of pass rash, you know, I mean the upside the 72 00:03:34,639 --> 00:03:38,040 Speaker 1: things he does is like it's a thing of beauty, 73 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:41,320 Speaker 1: you know, just watching how consistent he does, Like the moves, 74 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:44,200 Speaker 1: you know, he he doesn't like go out here and 75 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:47,760 Speaker 1: try to like create a new like move or anything. 76 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 1: He does. Everything he's like that. He's shown day in 77 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 1: and day out, And I mean, it's it's it's appreciative 78 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:57,120 Speaker 1: to watch. Hey, you gotta work to stay in this league. 79 00:03:57,240 --> 00:04:00,040 Speaker 1: Who gave you that mindset, who showed you now and 80 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 1: and and that every day, even though some days you 81 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:04,200 Speaker 1: don't even want to show up at practice, you gotta 82 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:06,120 Speaker 1: come in and you gotta be one hundred mile an hour, 83 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:09,520 Speaker 1: I would be lying if I if I could say, 84 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:14,040 Speaker 1: like anyone else in the world, But I mean the 85 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:16,520 Speaker 1: inner part of this team, man, that's the main thing. 86 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 1: Are you. It's not it's not necessarily like oh, this teammate, 87 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:24,480 Speaker 1: that teammate or this family member of no one. It 88 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:26,960 Speaker 1: has to be you. You have to want to do it. 89 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:29,800 Speaker 1: That's the way I look at it, Like, I'm not 90 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 1: looking for any handouts, any paths on the back, man, 91 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:34,880 Speaker 1: I'm looking to work, you know. And I think it's 92 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 1: just a mindset thing, like these guys come to work 93 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:40,719 Speaker 1: every day ready to go. Like that's what I'm saying. 94 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:43,719 Speaker 1: And if if I don't do it myself, then I 95 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:45,799 Speaker 1: can't depend on anyone else to pick me up, because 96 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:48,320 Speaker 1: you know, those zudos there, they're not looking for pick 97 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:51,520 Speaker 1: me up, you know. So like, and we're all in 98 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:53,320 Speaker 1: this together. It's all on it. We're all in the 99 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:55,599 Speaker 1: same grind, you know. And I think that's what make 100 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:58,960 Speaker 1: it like so so competitive. And I think that's what 101 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:02,599 Speaker 1: makes us like so tight knit it because grow challenges 102 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:06,120 Speaker 1: us and you know, buck, everybody challenges we all have 103 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:09,000 Speaker 1: a challenge with each other, and like we're all like 104 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:13,040 Speaker 1: just trying to compete, and I thrive with competition. Like 105 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:16,320 Speaker 1: I'm you know, it gets down to the native grid 106 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:18,480 Speaker 1: and you're like, man, like I gotta be the best 107 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:20,680 Speaker 1: of me. I can't be nobody else, but I gotta 108 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:23,360 Speaker 1: be the best of me. Give me the expectations defensively 109 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 1: for this town. With the group, we want to be 110 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 1: the best defense all around. We want to take the 111 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:32,120 Speaker 1: ball away. We want to takeaways to everything. You can 112 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:34,480 Speaker 1: think of everything, every We want every We want to 113 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:37,240 Speaker 1: be the best total defense. You know, like at the 114 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 1: end of the year, it's, hey, how far can we 115 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:43,159 Speaker 1: really go? Can we really reach the top? You know 116 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:45,160 Speaker 1: with our snoop saying, you know, we're going to the moon, 117 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:47,839 Speaker 1: Like we seriously have to go to the moon. And 118 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:49,480 Speaker 1: in order to do that, we had to stop the round. 119 00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:51,400 Speaker 1: We gotta take the ball away and we gotta have 120 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:54,160 Speaker 1: we gotta make other quarterbacks you know, have long days. 121 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:56,600 Speaker 1: You know, that's that's that's just how we're gonna get 122 00:05:56,600 --> 00:05:58,360 Speaker 1: it done. I'm gonna say this, you had a hell 123 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:00,560 Speaker 1: of an offseason, and what I mean by that is 124 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:03,120 Speaker 1: you got signed again. You came back stronger than ever 125 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:05,880 Speaker 1: after injury. You really haven't stopped working since you've been 126 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:09,080 Speaker 1: in this league. Going into this year, Taekwon, you knew 127 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:11,200 Speaker 1: you were going to be ready to go. Did you 128 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:13,840 Speaker 1: take any time off away from football at all? I 129 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:17,080 Speaker 1: took two weeks off, well, not even two weeks off. 130 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:19,840 Speaker 1: Even during the two weeks that I had off, flew 131 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:22,760 Speaker 1: to North Carolina with my family, and I bought Andre 132 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:24,560 Speaker 1: with me in North Carolina just so I have a 133 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:27,240 Speaker 1: China with me there. I said, I'm not missing no 134 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:30,479 Speaker 1: days or anything. I was like, there's no way. Like 135 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:33,320 Speaker 1: as soon as I was like I gotta be ready 136 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:35,120 Speaker 1: to go as soon as this season starts, I was like, 137 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:37,599 Speaker 1: I'm not missing any time. You just showed up. Yeah, 138 00:06:37,760 --> 00:06:41,279 Speaker 1: you made your goal, you accomplished it, and off your go. Okay, 139 00:06:41,279 --> 00:06:43,240 Speaker 1: here we go off the football field for a minute. 140 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:46,200 Speaker 1: Not a great showing from your Ohio State Buckeyes last year. Now, 141 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:48,240 Speaker 1: we talked about this around this time last year. You 142 00:06:48,279 --> 00:06:53,320 Speaker 1: said something like national championship, fourteen wins. Now we're gonna 143 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 1: forget about that last year. What's the outlook? What's the 144 00:06:56,440 --> 00:06:59,520 Speaker 1: outlook this year in Columbus for your Buckeyes? Hey, man, 145 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:02,720 Speaker 1: same as last year. Man, I'm asking you questions like 146 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:05,480 Speaker 1: that about the buck eyes. Man. Look, man just had 147 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:08,520 Speaker 1: a little trip up, a little hiccup, but I went down. 148 00:07:08,839 --> 00:07:12,760 Speaker 1: I went down there personally. Yeah, hey, man, don't don't. 149 00:07:12,840 --> 00:07:14,800 Speaker 1: Don't make us a little guy like that. Okay, well 150 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:17,320 Speaker 1: I had to ask, you know me. Taekwon lewis right there, folks. 151 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:19,320 Speaker 1: You see him one hundred mile an hour at Lucas 152 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:21,720 Speaker 1: Oil Stadium this year and elsewhere. Hey have a great year, 153 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:23,960 Speaker 1: big man. Yeah, so thank you. I appreciate it.