1 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:06,080 Speaker 1: Soon. 2 00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:14,240 Speaker 2: Welcome to the Ozone Podcast with Jaguars senior writer John Osher. 3 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:17,920 Speaker 3: All Right, welcome to this week's Ozone podcast, and I'm 4 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:20,200 Speaker 3: joined by some of the who is fast becoming one 5 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:22,720 Speaker 3: of my favorite guests because it's always interesting to talk 6 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:26,239 Speaker 3: to and watch Jaguars wide receiver Parker Washington. 7 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:28,120 Speaker 2: Parker, thanks for doing this so year three. 8 00:00:29,520 --> 00:00:31,720 Speaker 3: I always ask players as they go along in their career, 9 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:35,519 Speaker 3: but you've been through a lot in your career, so 10 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:39,600 Speaker 3: maybe it does for you feel like year three it's. 11 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:43,319 Speaker 4: Definitely your three, right, But it's like I said, it's 12 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:44,600 Speaker 4: been a great journey. 13 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:46,720 Speaker 1: A lot of new. 14 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:50,960 Speaker 4: Faces, new players, new coaching, and then of course you 15 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:53,880 Speaker 4: like we're coming into your three whole new staff. So 16 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:57,960 Speaker 4: it's been a lot of change, but I'm enjoying it and. 17 00:00:57,840 --> 00:00:58,600 Speaker 1: Having fun with it. 18 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:00,920 Speaker 4: I feel like that's been the best part for me, 19 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:03,960 Speaker 4: is just continuing to just put my best foot forward 20 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:06,440 Speaker 4: and just have some fun and embrace whatever role I have. 21 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:08,560 Speaker 3: I want to get to your story here in a minute, 22 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 3: because again you continue to make strides. But tell me 23 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:14,440 Speaker 3: about what you just talked about the team, and you 24 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:16,480 Speaker 3: know I've been around here a long time. You've been 25 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:19,480 Speaker 3: around a couple of years, but there's an energy and 26 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:23,679 Speaker 3: auh in fact they're winning doesn't hurt. But just the 27 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:27,160 Speaker 3: chemistry with this bunch, I'm assuming unlike you felt in 28 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:27,559 Speaker 3: the past. 29 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:32,240 Speaker 4: Definitely like for me, just what I'm seeing is from 30 00:01:32,319 --> 00:01:37,640 Speaker 4: the energy that head coach brings is unreal And this 31 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 4: is like the first time for me I see that 32 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:44,800 Speaker 4: guys from top to bottom or just buying in regardless 33 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 4: that they don't feel the best or feel some type 34 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 4: of way, guys are still putting their best foot forward 35 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 4: and it's been cool to see that culture being built 36 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:58,559 Speaker 4: and it's panning off for us and guys are loving 37 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 4: on each other, showing love and attacking each day and 38 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:04,960 Speaker 4: each day it's like we got to continue to build 39 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:07,200 Speaker 4: and continue to grow no matter what happens, no matter 40 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:10,280 Speaker 4: what the circumstance is, Like, guys are just going. 41 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:11,919 Speaker 1: So it's been fun to be a part of. Man, 42 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:13,160 Speaker 1: we just got to keep pushing. 43 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 3: Now it's the topic of the week, So I gotta 44 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:18,760 Speaker 3: ask where were you on Trevor's play? What was your 45 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 3: advantage point? And uh, you know, talk me through from 46 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 3: where you were. 47 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:27,280 Speaker 4: So I was right there next to eb on the sideline, 48 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 4: and when he when it happened when. 49 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:34,280 Speaker 1: In the place started, were like, okay, get up, get up. 50 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:37,320 Speaker 1: Then we almost got up and fell again. 51 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:40,079 Speaker 4: So me like usually for me in the game, like 52 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:42,680 Speaker 4: I'm I don't have too much of a just a 53 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:46,360 Speaker 4: big read like reaction, but like I'm just in my mind, 54 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:49,760 Speaker 4: I'm like, oh my goodness, what is going on? But 55 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:51,920 Speaker 4: I but the whole time I'm just standing there like 56 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 4: with a straight face the sidelines. 57 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:55,000 Speaker 2: Are you having to watch on the board because you 58 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:55,920 Speaker 2: were blocked from play. 59 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:57,880 Speaker 1: I've seen it. I've seen it lot. 60 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:02,800 Speaker 4: With my own no no screen anything, and just seeing 61 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:06,040 Speaker 4: him just continuing to just play play through the whistle. 62 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 4: That's what I mean for a defense for offense. I 63 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 4: feel like that's just been our mindset finishing every single 64 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:15,000 Speaker 4: play and just him being relentless with that mindset of 65 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 4: we got to make a play regardless and making that 66 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 4: play and that ultimately that one is the game. 67 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:23,400 Speaker 3: Now, it seems to me back to your career a 68 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:26,080 Speaker 3: little bit. If I had to pick a word to 69 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 3: describe you, perseverance. 70 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 2: You know, did you expect when you started your NFL 71 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 2: career to have to have this much perseverance? Because you 72 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 2: have been through a lot. I mean there's always been 73 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:39,560 Speaker 2: your approach. 74 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:43,880 Speaker 4: I feel like for me naturally, I've always been great 75 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:48,360 Speaker 4: about just staying in the moment, like coming out. I mean, 76 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:53,000 Speaker 4: I have surgery right right, so coming in it's like, 77 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 4: I know it's gonna be, it's gonna be, it's gonna 78 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 4: be more of a marathon instead of just a sprint. 79 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:03,360 Speaker 4: So it's just that that mindset and that perspective helped 80 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:06,480 Speaker 4: me to understand that it's gonna be some tough days 81 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:09,839 Speaker 4: and it's gonna be some battle testing moments. So it's 82 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:13,800 Speaker 4: just been cool to just see the growth more so 83 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:16,680 Speaker 4: mentally for me physically. 84 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 1: I'm I could. 85 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 4: I would have told you day one or to the 86 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 4: like till now like I can. I can get out 87 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 4: there and make play. So it was more so a 88 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:27,760 Speaker 4: mental growth for me, and I've just been grateful to 89 00:04:28,279 --> 00:04:31,600 Speaker 4: have these moments because it's building me into a better man, 90 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:34,080 Speaker 4: a better person, and that's just gonna pay dividends in 91 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:34,599 Speaker 4: the long run. 92 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:37,039 Speaker 3: Got you Now, I probably asked you about this during 93 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:42,039 Speaker 3: training camp, but to me, you know, if anybody would 94 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:43,720 Speaker 3: have had to write this off season, just say you 95 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:46,479 Speaker 3: know what I am where I'm gonna be on this team. 96 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:49,200 Speaker 3: They had BTJ, they brought in Travis Hunter, they signed 97 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:50,240 Speaker 3: Immy Brown. 98 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:56,400 Speaker 2: You know, yet, through your play you have forced your 99 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:59,440 Speaker 2: way into the rotation almost. 100 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:02,040 Speaker 3: That a lot of people thought you couldn't get to 101 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 3: that point of playing as much as you are. 102 00:05:04,279 --> 00:05:05,360 Speaker 2: What does it say about you? 103 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:07,760 Speaker 3: And I guess also this staff to be willing to say, hey, 104 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:11,599 Speaker 3: this kid, this player deserves to be on the field. 105 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:13,760 Speaker 3: I think you said something about both of you. 106 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 4: Definitely, definitely, most importantly like just appreciating the coaching staff 107 00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:24,240 Speaker 4: seeing my value right, that's got to shout them out. 108 00:05:24,279 --> 00:05:26,679 Speaker 4: And it's just cool to be a part of having 109 00:05:26,680 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 4: a staff that knows that you can make these plays 110 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:34,039 Speaker 4: and even though with this circumstance, still trying to find 111 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:35,359 Speaker 4: a way to get me out there. 112 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:37,360 Speaker 1: So that's cool to be a part of. 113 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 4: I feel like for me, it's just like I said, 114 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:43,600 Speaker 4: just being president, being in the moment, you know, and 115 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:48,000 Speaker 4: regardless of what the circumstance is, what our situation is 116 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:51,280 Speaker 4: in our receiver room, just continuing to just like I say, 117 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:54,600 Speaker 4: put my best foot forward, regardless if I'm going out 118 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:57,000 Speaker 4: there to block, let's go block. If I'm going out 119 00:05:57,000 --> 00:06:00,919 Speaker 4: there to run down the fields, clear out the safety 120 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:03,159 Speaker 4: and get the corners out the way for BT running 121 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:03,839 Speaker 4: and this dagger. 122 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:05,000 Speaker 1: Let's do it right. 123 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 4: So it's just having that mindset and just continue to 124 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:10,719 Speaker 4: remind myself that it's only gonna get better. Just keep 125 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:15,400 Speaker 4: keep going, keep attacking, keep focusing on just keeping the 126 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:17,240 Speaker 4: main thing the main thing, having fun with it, and 127 00:06:17,320 --> 00:06:18,400 Speaker 4: just being my best self. 128 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:20,200 Speaker 2: How does that room compliment each other? 129 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:22,680 Speaker 4: I mean feel like for us, we're all close to 130 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:26,240 Speaker 4: like the same age now, so it's like it. 131 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 1: Almost gives us like a college feel. 132 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:32,880 Speaker 4: But it's just like I feel like a lot of 133 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:37,200 Speaker 4: guys are connecting and nobody's selfish. 134 00:06:37,320 --> 00:06:38,680 Speaker 2: It seems like you're root for each other. 135 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:40,200 Speaker 1: Definitely, And I feel like it's been real cool. 136 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:42,400 Speaker 4: We just we just push each other to be our 137 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 4: best selves and have each other's back if we have 138 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:48,000 Speaker 4: a tough play, tough drop man. I feel like that's 139 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:51,240 Speaker 4: just been special for us because just as a team 140 00:06:51,279 --> 00:06:56,040 Speaker 4: as well, it's just it hasn't been pretty. But regardless 141 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:58,880 Speaker 4: of what happens that previous play, I can guarantee you 142 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:01,880 Speaker 4: one hundred percent that that next play, the guy next 143 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:02,760 Speaker 4: to me got my back. 144 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:05,360 Speaker 2: Right, people have always assumed. 145 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:08,120 Speaker 3: I probably fall into it too, saying Parker Washington's a 146 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:14,480 Speaker 3: slot receiver, but you're not, meaning you play all three positions, 147 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 3: and I assume take pride in being able to play 148 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:17,840 Speaker 3: all three positions. 149 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:20,120 Speaker 4: I feel like if I can, if I said, if 150 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:23,200 Speaker 4: I said I had any goal is to get that 151 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:26,520 Speaker 4: off me them just saying you're a slot. So I 152 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:30,360 Speaker 4: feel like from college all the way up to this point, 153 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:32,480 Speaker 4: it's just been a battle of being like, well, I 154 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:33,760 Speaker 4: can't play outside. 155 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:34,960 Speaker 2: So when you see slot you kind of roll your 156 00:07:34,960 --> 00:07:35,440 Speaker 2: eyes at it. 157 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:38,320 Speaker 4: Right, Actually, I feel I feel like that's where I 158 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:41,840 Speaker 4: can really like make some money, like really being because 159 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:43,559 Speaker 4: I mean, you have to be savvy in the slot. 160 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:45,720 Speaker 4: You have to understand defense, and you have to be 161 00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:49,080 Speaker 4: able to think quick and understand the show, the coverage it. 162 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:51,640 Speaker 1: So it's just like I love the slot. 163 00:07:51,880 --> 00:07:55,880 Speaker 4: But then again, it's cool for coaches or my teammates 164 00:07:55,920 --> 00:07:58,080 Speaker 4: to be like, well, he can win on the outside too, 165 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:00,920 Speaker 4: and that just I mean, just being versatile and just 166 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:03,800 Speaker 4: continue to prove my value. I feel like that's been 167 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:06,440 Speaker 4: the main thing for me is just you know, I 168 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:09,640 Speaker 4: feel like for myself, I can be a great all 169 00:08:09,680 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 4: around receiver. 170 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:14,480 Speaker 2: Where have you since your rookie year improved the most? 171 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:19,520 Speaker 4: Just taking care of the body and no, I take 172 00:08:19,560 --> 00:08:23,440 Speaker 4: that back, Like we just talked about just mindset, perspective 173 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:28,480 Speaker 4: and no matter what, like just having that hunger to 174 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:30,720 Speaker 4: just continue to be my best self, continue to put 175 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:34,160 Speaker 4: my bestl forward, continue to get better, continue to always 176 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:36,600 Speaker 4: find ways to Okay, maybe I could have did this 177 00:08:36,760 --> 00:08:39,760 Speaker 4: different or maybe, but just having that respective of just 178 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:43,160 Speaker 4: there's always room to grow. And that's where it's like 179 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:45,960 Speaker 4: chople with carry water. Let's keep building, you know, no 180 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:49,760 Speaker 4: matter what, We're gonna keep stacking blocks, doing the little 181 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:51,760 Speaker 4: things the right way, and just having fun. 182 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:53,959 Speaker 3: I may have sort of asked you this, but I'll 183 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:56,520 Speaker 3: come back to how do you maintain confidence. 184 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:04,520 Speaker 2: Through three years? But really all along? Where does that 185 00:09:04,559 --> 00:09:05,560 Speaker 2: come from? To maintain that? 186 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:09,240 Speaker 4: Yeah, it's a lot of ways you can continue to 187 00:09:09,280 --> 00:09:11,760 Speaker 4: have that confidence, most importantly through. 188 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:14,160 Speaker 1: The work, Like we know that just every day, just 189 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:16,120 Speaker 1: every day, most importantly through the work. 190 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:19,040 Speaker 4: You gotta continue to cause if you don't do it 191 00:09:19,080 --> 00:09:21,440 Speaker 4: in the work, I mean, how are you gonna what 192 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:23,520 Speaker 4: makes what tells you that you're gonna do it out 193 00:09:23,559 --> 00:09:24,240 Speaker 4: there on Sunday? 194 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:26,000 Speaker 1: Right? So the work most importantly. 195 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:31,120 Speaker 4: Then secondly, I feel like the confidence come from how 196 00:09:31,320 --> 00:09:33,920 Speaker 4: like yourself talk? What are you telling yourself? What are 197 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:38,120 Speaker 4: you thinking? What's your mindset? So that's the next aspect. 198 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:41,080 Speaker 4: And then from there it's just who's your circle, Who 199 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:44,760 Speaker 4: do you lean on? Who are you letting feed into 200 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:47,800 Speaker 4: what you think? Like, what are they saying is reaching? Yeah, 201 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:50,120 Speaker 4: who's reached? So I feel like those three aspects all 202 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:53,680 Speaker 4: come together to build confidence. And for me personally, the 203 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:56,920 Speaker 4: main thing for me is just the work. It's just 204 00:09:56,920 --> 00:09:59,960 Speaker 4: just that simple. Is I didn't get here without it, right, 205 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:02,880 Speaker 4: Like from rookie year to now, the only thing that 206 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:06,439 Speaker 4: got me here is continue to prove myself and continuing 207 00:10:06,520 --> 00:10:09,800 Speaker 4: to execute, continue to produce. So that's how that's how 208 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:13,640 Speaker 4: I approach that, and with that, that builds confidence. When 209 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:18,680 Speaker 4: when a coach literally I mean for my touchdown, coach 210 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:21,480 Speaker 4: Coin put me literally called a personnel that we didn't 211 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:23,240 Speaker 4: have in the game plan to put me in a 212 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:26,319 Speaker 4: position to make a play, You go out there, you execute. 213 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:29,800 Speaker 4: That's right, that's a confidence booster. You got your head, 214 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:31,520 Speaker 4: coach believed in you to make a play. You went 215 00:10:31,520 --> 00:10:33,360 Speaker 4: out there and made a play in a big time 216 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:38,080 Speaker 4: moment down by two touchdowns, be that spark, and that's 217 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:40,960 Speaker 4: that's for me, is a piece of that confidence aspect 218 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:42,880 Speaker 4: and that that gets me when I come out here 219 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:45,880 Speaker 4: this week, it's like these practices is like, let's keep 220 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:48,560 Speaker 4: building on that, and that's what motivates me to be like, Okay, 221 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:50,880 Speaker 4: we're just going to continue to stay. 222 00:10:50,559 --> 00:10:55,080 Speaker 1: Present, have some fun and be my best self to. 223 00:10:55,120 --> 00:10:55,720 Speaker 2: Take me through that. 224 00:10:55,760 --> 00:11:00,400 Speaker 3: Again, it was not originally in the game for you 225 00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:01,439 Speaker 3: to be in that spot. 226 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:04,440 Speaker 1: Or we didn't call it that way for the game plan. 227 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:07,680 Speaker 1: And when he did, and he said. 228 00:11:07,559 --> 00:11:10,240 Speaker 4: Pretty much is like eleven wash, eleven wash or twelve 229 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:13,520 Speaker 4: wash puts me at the Z spot. And I was like, 230 00:11:14,480 --> 00:11:16,760 Speaker 4: I don't think we had this one. But as soon 231 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:19,000 Speaker 4: as we don't have this, but as soon as we 232 00:11:19,040 --> 00:11:21,320 Speaker 4: went in a huddle, I was like, okay, I understand 233 00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:21,920 Speaker 4: what's going on. 234 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:24,760 Speaker 1: And then we went out there, we got that man 235 00:11:24,880 --> 00:11:26,560 Speaker 1: look and I was like, yeah. 236 00:11:26,559 --> 00:11:28,160 Speaker 2: It's gotta be an incredible feeling, right. 237 00:11:29,080 --> 00:11:31,240 Speaker 4: Great feeling just to know that, like you said, your 238 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:35,280 Speaker 4: coach believes in you to make a play, and like 239 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:37,520 Speaker 4: I said, we go back to the work. This is 240 00:11:37,520 --> 00:11:41,760 Speaker 4: a play that I made plenty of times in training camp, 241 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:44,480 Speaker 4: so it's not like it's never been done before. 242 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:45,839 Speaker 1: So that's why I say the work. 243 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:47,280 Speaker 2: But he saw it and said, now's the moment. 244 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:53,280 Speaker 3: So what made him the right fit for this team 245 00:11:53,320 --> 00:11:57,400 Speaker 3: at this time meaning William. 246 00:11:56,280 --> 00:12:02,440 Speaker 4: Just how intentional he is about his energy as much 247 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:06,160 Speaker 4: as much as it is a business, he finds a 248 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:10,960 Speaker 4: way to build that connection with his players. Were literally 249 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:13,920 Speaker 4: just talking about this today with him. We had a 250 00:12:13,920 --> 00:12:17,600 Speaker 4: little quick one on one just saying, like you don't 251 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:19,160 Speaker 4: get that much from a. 252 00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:21,440 Speaker 2: Head coach, there's one one with you and him. 253 00:12:21,520 --> 00:12:23,480 Speaker 4: It was just me and him, just a quick conversation 254 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:25,959 Speaker 4: right before practice, and I was I literally said, I 255 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:31,520 Speaker 4: appreciate that you taking the time to at least do that. Sure, 256 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:34,440 Speaker 4: whether if it means something or not, still, but you 257 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:37,160 Speaker 4: just the act of just taking the time to even 258 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:41,640 Speaker 4: consider like having some conversations like that means everything. 259 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:43,800 Speaker 1: You don't have to do that right. 260 00:12:43,920 --> 00:12:45,800 Speaker 4: Me as me as a player, I know how much 261 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:49,280 Speaker 4: of a business this is. I've seen so many guys 262 00:12:49,320 --> 00:12:50,400 Speaker 4: in and out of this place. 263 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:51,720 Speaker 1: It's business. 264 00:12:52,040 --> 00:12:53,880 Speaker 4: And so just with him taking the time to be 265 00:12:53,960 --> 00:12:56,400 Speaker 4: that and be intentional about it, it's bringing his team 266 00:12:56,480 --> 00:13:01,040 Speaker 4: closer because guys are buying into like the energy and 267 00:13:01,160 --> 00:13:03,599 Speaker 4: that just it's just been trickling down from top to 268 00:13:03,679 --> 00:13:06,280 Speaker 4: bottom and guys are just and that's what's making this 269 00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:06,640 Speaker 4: thing go. 270 00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:09,360 Speaker 3: It's a little thing, but it sounds like it's everything. 271 00:13:11,040 --> 00:13:12,839 Speaker 3: Punt return or wide receiver. 272 00:13:12,880 --> 00:13:13,520 Speaker 2: What do you like better? 273 00:13:14,800 --> 00:13:16,760 Speaker 3: Because all of a sudden you're pun I mean, all 274 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:18,319 Speaker 3: of a sudden you're making plays at that spot. 275 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:22,560 Speaker 4: It's real simple. I mean for me, I'm gonna tell you, 276 00:13:22,559 --> 00:13:27,160 Speaker 4: I'm a receiver through and through. But it's really cool 277 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:29,400 Speaker 4: to make plays on punt return And I don't mind. 278 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:32,720 Speaker 3: Now, did you grow up always returning punts or when 279 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:34,600 Speaker 3: did that sort of it took off? 280 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:35,439 Speaker 1: When I got here? 281 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:39,160 Speaker 4: Okay, I've never took a punt return back ever in 282 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:42,720 Speaker 4: my life until that London game by last year. So 283 00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:46,000 Speaker 4: it's new to me and I'm still I'm still learning 284 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:47,520 Speaker 4: and getting the feel. 285 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:49,360 Speaker 1: I mean, cause this is my first year. 286 00:13:49,280 --> 00:13:53,480 Speaker 4: Like really like starting the whole way through so this 287 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:56,120 Speaker 4: and that's crazy to say, like that's my first time 288 00:13:56,160 --> 00:14:00,240 Speaker 4: having a full time job, like full time like starting 289 00:14:00,320 --> 00:14:03,840 Speaker 4: at this spot. So it's been still been a learning 290 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:06,600 Speaker 4: curve for me. But it's cool to make plays and 291 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:09,280 Speaker 4: big moments for sure, and hopefully we there's plenty more 292 00:14:09,280 --> 00:14:09,640 Speaker 4: to come. 293 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:12,439 Speaker 2: Tell me about this. Where did this start? 294 00:14:12,520 --> 00:14:15,600 Speaker 1: Where'd that car heard that start from? So? So start 295 00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:16,240 Speaker 1: in college? 296 00:14:16,280 --> 00:14:19,720 Speaker 4: So Joey Porter Junior is with I mean, we know 297 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:23,560 Speaker 4: he's with Stellers now, him and the dB group at 298 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:26,320 Speaker 4: a school. They would they would do it like like this, 299 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:28,760 Speaker 4: like real close, and they'll say like, no flyes on, 300 00:14:28,840 --> 00:14:31,080 Speaker 4: like they're saying they're talking trash us, no flys on. 301 00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:34,000 Speaker 4: So what I did with that, I was like, Okay, 302 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:36,000 Speaker 4: we make a play. They would do that to us 303 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:39,040 Speaker 4: in practice. So I will meet somebody on our team 304 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:40,880 Speaker 4: on our receipt in our receiver room. 305 00:14:40,760 --> 00:14:41,200 Speaker 1: Make a play. 306 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:45,160 Speaker 4: We would just just crazy, just like do it out 307 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:47,840 Speaker 4: of control, like just to pretty much to mock them. 308 00:14:47,880 --> 00:14:50,720 Speaker 4: So that happened in practice. Then I said, okay, I 309 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:53,360 Speaker 4: might do this in a game. So I scored in 310 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:57,239 Speaker 4: the white out verse I believe who was in Minnesota. 311 00:14:57,520 --> 00:15:00,640 Speaker 4: It was a big catch, like when up made a 312 00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:02,640 Speaker 4: big play in the middle of the field on the post, 313 00:15:02,920 --> 00:15:05,440 Speaker 4: got up and I did it and it was real cool, 314 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:08,920 Speaker 4: like God was like yeah, everybody, yeah, they was. They 315 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:10,960 Speaker 4: started doing it a little bit and then that following 316 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:14,040 Speaker 4: week we played Ohio State, had a big like fifty 317 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:17,720 Speaker 4: something yard like slant, took it to the crib, did 318 00:15:17,760 --> 00:15:20,680 Speaker 4: it again, and so it settled out. I got here 319 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:25,360 Speaker 4: my rookie year, and Chad Hall he plays like all 320 00:15:25,520 --> 00:15:29,920 Speaker 4: the rookies like highlights from college, so they put mine 321 00:15:29,960 --> 00:15:34,200 Speaker 4: on and so like guys like Zay, Christian Kirk and h. 322 00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:36,520 Speaker 1: S Rid was here at them. I couldn't believe. 323 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:39,240 Speaker 4: I don't know if d was here, but some of 324 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:41,880 Speaker 4: the older oh agnew it wasn't yet, so it was 325 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:43,400 Speaker 4: agnew see. 326 00:15:43,320 --> 00:15:45,840 Speaker 1: Kirk z They all saw it. The whole room saw it. 327 00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:49,240 Speaker 4: And it was a Friday practice and they were like 328 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:51,520 Speaker 4: they saw me do the celebration on the on the 329 00:15:51,600 --> 00:15:55,040 Speaker 4: video and they were like they all were laughing, were like, man, 330 00:15:55,120 --> 00:15:55,800 Speaker 4: that's crazy. 331 00:15:55,880 --> 00:15:56,240 Speaker 1: Whatever. 332 00:15:56,480 --> 00:16:00,520 Speaker 4: We went to that that practice that same day, every catch, 333 00:16:00,640 --> 00:16:04,200 Speaker 4: every touchdown because it's the redsone day, every touchdown, that's. 334 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:04,520 Speaker 1: All they did. 335 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:07,760 Speaker 4: Everybody was doing it, so it kind of brought a 336 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:09,800 Speaker 4: little bit of energy and juice to the team. 337 00:16:09,960 --> 00:16:12,360 Speaker 1: So they were like, you gotta do this now. 338 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:15,480 Speaker 4: So that's I didn't plan to do it anymore, but 339 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:17,880 Speaker 4: when it's when it it kind of became a thing 340 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:19,880 Speaker 4: where if it's gonna bring energy and bring juice to 341 00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:22,160 Speaker 4: the squad, I mean, let's do it. 342 00:16:22,320 --> 00:16:23,440 Speaker 1: I mean that's what it's all about. 343 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:27,000 Speaker 4: Being a spark and you gotta this thing is real repetitive, 344 00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:29,160 Speaker 4: so you gotta find a way to continue to bring 345 00:16:29,160 --> 00:16:31,080 Speaker 4: the energy. And that's what, like I said, that's what 346 00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:34,240 Speaker 4: Coach Cohen been doing a really good job. Just continue 347 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:36,880 Speaker 4: to bring the energy, continue to have that mindset of 348 00:16:36,920 --> 00:16:38,880 Speaker 4: like we're going to continue to get better and keep growing. 349 00:16:38,960 --> 00:16:41,600 Speaker 4: So that's been my take on it, and that's why 350 00:16:41,640 --> 00:16:42,320 Speaker 4: I continue to do it. 351 00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:44,640 Speaker 3: And you can talk Liam after every wind into doing 352 00:16:44,640 --> 00:16:45,560 Speaker 3: that that what's going on? 353 00:16:47,960 --> 00:16:48,640 Speaker 2: Got o thing? 354 00:16:48,760 --> 00:16:51,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, let her let him rock out? All right? 355 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:53,440 Speaker 3: Very quickly, we finish off what we call the ozone. 356 00:16:53,440 --> 00:16:59,440 Speaker 3: Five Parker Washington, What was your last tinge? 357 00:16:59,520 --> 00:17:02,720 Speaker 1: Watch the person of interest on. 358 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:04,320 Speaker 3: It? 359 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:08,639 Speaker 2: Who's the prime your pregame song or artist? 360 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:14,280 Speaker 4: If you have one, I'll go a little bit, I'll 361 00:17:14,320 --> 00:17:16,600 Speaker 4: go i' must say a little baby. 362 00:17:16,960 --> 00:17:19,320 Speaker 2: Your most memorable football play? 363 00:17:19,760 --> 00:17:21,600 Speaker 1: Most memorable football play. 364 00:17:23,040 --> 00:17:25,400 Speaker 4: It has, I'll say I would just say a game. 365 00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:28,080 Speaker 4: It was high school and what started my recruitment process. 366 00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:29,640 Speaker 4: Four touchdowns. 367 00:17:30,320 --> 00:17:30,439 Speaker 1: Uh. 368 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:35,040 Speaker 4: College coach came out. He he wasn't even recruiting me. 369 00:17:35,800 --> 00:17:38,000 Speaker 4: Went crazy, got recruited that same night. 370 00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:46,800 Speaker 2: And be your go to show when you were a. 371 00:17:46,840 --> 00:17:49,919 Speaker 4: Kid, Go to show when I was a kid, I 372 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:51,720 Speaker 4: like SpongeBob and I Carly. 373 00:17:52,119 --> 00:17:55,160 Speaker 2: Okay, my son was into that too. That's fine. 374 00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:58,880 Speaker 3: Your go to athlete, go to athletes or you must 375 00:17:58,920 --> 00:17:59,560 Speaker 3: see athlete. 376 00:17:59,720 --> 00:18:00,960 Speaker 1: Must I thinte you want to see. 377 00:18:00,840 --> 00:18:06,040 Speaker 3: Most Cam Newton Okay, crazy miss Most guys say Lebron 378 00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:06,400 Speaker 3: in here. 379 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:09,359 Speaker 1: But then I mean, you know. 380 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:11,159 Speaker 2: That fits it was. 381 00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:13,840 Speaker 3: It was the time you were formed in football, Parker. 382 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:15,639 Speaker 3: I always enjoy talking to You'll let you get here. 383 00:18:15,680 --> 00:18:17,520 Speaker 3: I know it's a busy week. Thank you for joining 384 00:18:17,520 --> 00:18:18,360 Speaker 3: the ozone podcast. 385 00:18:18,400 --> 00:18:19,159 Speaker 1: I appreciate you.