1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,440 Speaker 1: We're back again here at Graham Park. It's windy after 2 00:00:02,480 --> 00:00:05,640 Speaker 1: practice with Casey Valley. I'm Matt Taylor. Isaiah Rodgers is 3 00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:08,680 Speaker 1: with US Colts cornerback. Isaiah, thanks for the time, Thank 4 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:11,160 Speaker 1: you for having me. Man appreciate y'all absolutely. How's camp 5 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:13,000 Speaker 1: going so far? It's pretty good. You know, the fan 6 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:15,560 Speaker 1: base has been you know, lovely, having a lot of 7 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:18,280 Speaker 1: guys out here, you know, keeping me uplifted plane flying over. 8 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 1: But it's been good. Just learning a lot from a 9 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:25,079 Speaker 1: Stefan and Kenny Moore a lot around here. Right. You 10 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:28,480 Speaker 1: talk about that experience that you have in the secondary, 11 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:30,760 Speaker 1: You're part of that as well. What's your confidence level 12 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:33,839 Speaker 1: going from year two to year three? Since last year 13 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:37,040 Speaker 1: you did play significantly more on defense. Just learning a 14 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:39,160 Speaker 1: lot from the guys, you know, and the small things 15 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 1: you know on and off the field, you know, talking 16 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:42,800 Speaker 1: to stuff on you know, outside of practice, you know, 17 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:45,040 Speaker 1: just teaching me the little things about you know, how 18 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:47,559 Speaker 1: he how his technique is different against certain receivers, and 19 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:49,559 Speaker 1: how to play this and that. And then Kenny helped 20 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:51,640 Speaker 1: me a lot with playing nicol one of those things 21 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:53,280 Speaker 1: that you know Matt has alluded to, you know, playing 22 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:55,120 Speaker 1: a little bit more in that defense has compared to 23 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:57,480 Speaker 1: you know, years passed and the special teams. Where's that 24 00:00:57,560 --> 00:00:58,960 Speaker 1: role looking for you for right now? I mean, I 25 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:01,400 Speaker 1: know you've been dynamic kick returner in this league. Where's 26 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:03,360 Speaker 1: that looking right now? I don't really know right now. 27 00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:05,600 Speaker 1: I'm just really just having fun out here doing my job. 28 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:07,880 Speaker 1: You know, whatever, brother's ten plays this season and rather 29 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 1: there's a thousand plays this season. You know, whatever coach 30 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:12,119 Speaker 1: allows to happen this season, and just you know, really 31 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:14,040 Speaker 1: to do whatever one of the guys they brought in. 32 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:16,319 Speaker 1: Brandon facing one of those guys competing at one of 33 00:01:16,319 --> 00:01:18,640 Speaker 1: those spots. He's been in this defense essentially since he 34 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:20,319 Speaker 1: started in the NFL. How much can you learn from 35 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:22,600 Speaker 1: him being in this defense with Gus Bradley. Oh, we 36 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:24,800 Speaker 1: learned a lot from him, the whole entire unit. You know, 37 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:27,399 Speaker 1: him and Tony Brown coming in, knowing the system. You know, 38 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:29,280 Speaker 1: any questions we have if the coach is not around, 39 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:30,840 Speaker 1: you'll go straight to Brandon like, hey, how do you 40 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:32,600 Speaker 1: do this? How you do this? Why are we doing this? 41 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:33,760 Speaker 1: Why are we doing that? And he just you know, 42 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:36,360 Speaker 1: helps me a lot. So I think him him alone 43 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:38,800 Speaker 1: and Tony Brown has been a huge, huge adjustment for me. 44 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:41,960 Speaker 1: That's Isaiah Rodgers colts cornerback with us here at Graham Park. 45 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:45,880 Speaker 1: You're competing with Brandon facing for playing time, but also 46 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:48,760 Speaker 1: he's helping you as a teammate because he does have 47 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:52,320 Speaker 1: that I joke that master's degree in this Gus Bradley defense. 48 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:55,360 Speaker 1: What's that dynamic like? Is it hard to kind of 49 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:59,200 Speaker 1: go from teammate or versus I'm competing with you for 50 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:01,280 Speaker 1: playing time. I feel like when it comes to the 51 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:04,480 Speaker 1: entire room, I'm competing with, you know, the guys that 52 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:06,000 Speaker 1: the media will say it is under me and the 53 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:08,840 Speaker 1: guys I also Stefan and Kenny and Brandon, you know, 54 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:10,880 Speaker 1: and it's just huge, you know, to for him to 55 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:12,560 Speaker 1: be a teacher and competitor at the same time. You know, 56 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 1: I look at it like competition for everyone around the 57 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:17,080 Speaker 1: room too. One of the things we saw in practice 58 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:20,920 Speaker 1: a little skirmish between Michael Pittman and and Ronnie McCloud. 59 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:23,360 Speaker 1: That's kind of the start of camp, you know. How 60 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:25,079 Speaker 1: how how do you guys kind of take that when 61 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 1: you see these kinds of things, You're you're out there competing. 62 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 1: How much do you like get into that. I love 63 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:31,239 Speaker 1: the competitive toughness, and you know that's that's just Michael Pittman. 64 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:33,440 Speaker 1: You know, Roddy's a new guy. We're all telling them like, hey, 65 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:35,960 Speaker 1: that's that's Pittman for you. Pittman's going hard every play. 66 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:37,840 Speaker 1: You know Rodney was going hard as well. So it's just, 67 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:39,920 Speaker 1: you know, just one of those days. The kind of 68 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:42,720 Speaker 1: back off though, knowing that that that's just this guy's personnelity, 69 00:02:43,040 --> 00:02:45,200 Speaker 1: you know, you're not gonna take it any further than that. Yeah, 70 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:47,360 Speaker 1: me and pitt every route we have already know it's 71 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:50,840 Speaker 1: it's Michael Pittman, not me, not today. You know, we 72 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:52,600 Speaker 1: came in together, so I know you from day one. 73 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:54,240 Speaker 1: So well that's the key. I mean, you guys are 74 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:56,360 Speaker 1: teammates here, you're all competing, you're all you all have 75 00:02:56,680 --> 00:02:59,880 Speaker 1: just a little heightened sense of that competitive drive. When 76 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:02,160 Speaker 1: had start, is that for you, like when Camp Relely starts. 77 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 1: We heard that from Ashondo on the other day that 78 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:05,919 Speaker 1: pads are on, this is when it starts. Yeah, you 79 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:08,919 Speaker 1: can train all summer, it doesn't matter how you think 80 00:03:08,919 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 1: you're training or whatever, but you're not really in football 81 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:12,359 Speaker 1: shape until you know the pass it back on and 82 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:14,680 Speaker 1: you're running with that extra ten pounds on and guys 83 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 1: are flying trying to hit you and take your head 84 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:17,880 Speaker 1: off and stuff like that. So I think, you know, 85 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 1: that's when you really know Aria's football season. Isaiah Rodgers 86 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 1: is our guests. What's it like being teammates now with 87 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:25,920 Speaker 1: Stefan Gilmore, a former Defensive Player of the Year in 88 00:03:25,919 --> 00:03:28,640 Speaker 1: the NFL. It's huge And you know, you just even 89 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:30,800 Speaker 1: having guys back home like yo, your teammates and Stefan, 90 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:33,120 Speaker 1: And I'm like, yeah, I'm teammates and Stefan. You know, 91 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:35,440 Speaker 1: he's a great guy, you know, in him coming into 92 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 1: his eleventh year, you know, always had great seasons. You know, 93 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:39,920 Speaker 1: I just want to, you know, just learn a lot 94 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 1: as I can and put a lot of my toolbox 95 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:43,720 Speaker 1: to pack up on Sundays. He looks just so in 96 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:46,240 Speaker 1: control and super chill, and I mean that in a 97 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:50,160 Speaker 1: good way on the field, like yourself, never never overreacting 98 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:52,320 Speaker 1: to a play, and you're never out of a play 99 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:55,120 Speaker 1: because of just his experience and then with you your 100 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 1: experience plus your speed. Yeah, I think the little things 101 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:00,480 Speaker 1: that he does differently separates him from you know, different 102 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:02,560 Speaker 1: corners around the Lada in our in our locker room 103 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:04,560 Speaker 1: as well, just a little things. I'll always tell him, 104 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:06,280 Speaker 1: like how are you so smooth? How you know he's 105 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:08,080 Speaker 1: doing this? And it's like when you got a whole 106 00:04:08,120 --> 00:04:09,840 Speaker 1: history and a resume like his, you know, you learn 107 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:12,160 Speaker 1: a lot, you know, faster than I did. Now flipping 108 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:13,880 Speaker 1: into the other side of the ball, another veteran comes 109 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:16,520 Speaker 1: in under center, kind of being normal practice here, you know, 110 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:18,200 Speaker 1: a new quarterback. He got Matt Ryan. What have you 111 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:21,040 Speaker 1: guys learned from Matt a lot? You know, he's a 112 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:24,680 Speaker 1: fast paced practice guy. You know, he's fed the whole 113 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:26,880 Speaker 1: practice up that one day and I was like, yeah, 114 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:28,320 Speaker 1: that's Matt Ryan for you, you know. And I grew 115 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:30,440 Speaker 1: up watching Matt, you know, coming out of the same 116 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 1: draft class as my cousin, so I end up watching 117 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:34,599 Speaker 1: my whole entire life. He's a pretty great guy, you know, 118 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:37,240 Speaker 1: in the locker room and outside, so he's pretty great. Addition, 119 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:39,240 Speaker 1: now with that you talk about speeding up, you know, 120 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:40,839 Speaker 1: the type of how much does that help you on 121 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:42,760 Speaker 1: the defensive side of the ball with that fast tempo, 122 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:44,480 Speaker 1: that's all I want. I wanted to go fast. I 123 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:48,039 Speaker 1: love anything. We're going fast let's just speed up to Temple. 124 00:04:48,279 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 1: Is that screwing up timing though? In terms of substitutions 125 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:54,080 Speaker 1: and being complex and nuanced on defense? I mean, eventually 126 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:55,800 Speaker 1: you just have to wind up and play because you 127 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:57,479 Speaker 1: don't have a lot of time. Us a different type 128 00:04:57,480 --> 00:05:00,000 Speaker 1: of speed. His speed is efficiency speed. You know, he's 129 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:01,760 Speaker 1: getting everything and we just get done in the time 130 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:04,760 Speaker 1: timely writer. It's not just fast and oh we've got 131 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 1: to do this or somebody didn't get in, but he's 132 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:09,000 Speaker 1: helping the entire team speed up the process. Isaiah Rodgers 133 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:11,120 Speaker 1: is with US Colts cornerback up here at Graham Park 134 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:13,919 Speaker 1: with Casey Valley. I'm Matt Taylor. You talked about playing 135 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 1: Nicol as well. What's your comfort level playing inside? I 136 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:19,600 Speaker 1: just model my game after Kenny. I try to be 137 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 1: the best second Kenny Moore to come through here. You know, 138 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:25,560 Speaker 1: he's he's a great guy, pro Bowl guy, and anything 139 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:27,960 Speaker 1: he does, I just watch him, watch his RIfS and 140 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:29,719 Speaker 1: watch his to him, watch his tape, and I just 141 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:31,080 Speaker 1: go out there and try to do exact same thing. 142 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:32,440 Speaker 1: I'm like, if Kenny's doing it, I'm doing it. So 143 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:34,200 Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure it's right. Now. What are those things 144 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:35,760 Speaker 1: you talk about with Kenny, what are those what are 145 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:37,480 Speaker 1: those tools that he's kind of teaching you in that 146 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:40,080 Speaker 1: role Lightning in the bottle, Like in my opinion, he's 147 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:41,719 Speaker 1: not the fastest on the team, but he's probably one 148 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:43,919 Speaker 1: of the quickest. Like his reaction time for him to 149 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:45,680 Speaker 1: just know his run pass, you know, he knows when 150 00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:48,119 Speaker 1: to get in the hole and a gap by gaps, 151 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:49,640 Speaker 1: he got wherever he needs to be. He's always there 152 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:51,440 Speaker 1: before you know, the running back even get there. So 153 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:53,640 Speaker 1: just little things like that, where you are the fastest 154 00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:55,880 Speaker 1: guy on the team. Though I'm saying it, I say, 155 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:58,160 Speaker 1: I'll say, is out of me and you and who 156 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:01,440 Speaker 1: else you? Other guys say else? I think nobody else 157 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:03,400 Speaker 1: is even closed to me and I speed? Where does 158 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:05,520 Speaker 1: that come from? For you? Is that? Is that your 159 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:07,919 Speaker 1: mom's side, dad side? Where did you get that? Dads? 160 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:10,640 Speaker 1: I for sure my entire family was fast on that side. 161 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 1: Just competitive just growing up, I was real competitive and 162 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:15,560 Speaker 1: my sister was a d one track athlete and I 163 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:17,599 Speaker 1: used to always lose to her and get bullied for 164 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:21,200 Speaker 1: its kind of had to just you know, tying my 165 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:23,480 Speaker 1: game up and always ran outside with no shoes on, 166 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:24,919 Speaker 1: so he had no choice but pick your feet up. 167 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:27,880 Speaker 1: So it's pretty much how it started. When did you 168 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:29,920 Speaker 1: realize coming out of you mass that you could play 169 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:33,800 Speaker 1: in the NFL? Probably my sophomore year. Pro Football Focus 170 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 1: had me as one of the highest grade corners coming 171 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:39,040 Speaker 1: out of my sophomore year, played again Missisippi State, had 172 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:40,960 Speaker 1: two interceptions in a touchdown and just playing against the 173 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:43,320 Speaker 1: high you know, power five teams, I played pretty good. 174 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:44,880 Speaker 1: And that's what I knew from that moment to actually 175 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 1: take it serious. I want you to take us to 176 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:49,120 Speaker 1: this point now. I mean thinking about you know where 177 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:51,560 Speaker 1: you came from. You know, the whole draft you were in, 178 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:53,760 Speaker 1: you had the COVID every day. It was all bizarre. 179 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:56,200 Speaker 1: Look at where you are now, I mean, how wild 180 00:06:56,320 --> 00:06:58,440 Speaker 1: is that? It's weird. You know this is my first 181 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:02,120 Speaker 1: real normal camp. Yeah almost yeah, yeah camp last year, 182 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:04,479 Speaker 1: but it was no real blocked off and restrictions with 183 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:05,880 Speaker 1: fans and this. And now we have fans on the 184 00:07:05,880 --> 00:07:08,520 Speaker 1: side and now we have like a lot more open 185 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:10,880 Speaker 1: world now you know, no mask and no connect signs 186 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 1: going around. So it's really my rookie season right now 187 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:16,480 Speaker 1: with the environment wise with my third years, so it's fun. 188 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:18,920 Speaker 1: That's Isaiah Rodgers. Final a couple of things. Talk about 189 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:22,320 Speaker 1: these cults receivers, young guys, but they're blossoming into more. 190 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:25,000 Speaker 1: You're covering all of them on a daily basis. What 191 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:27,880 Speaker 1: do you see out of Alec Pierce and Ashton doing 192 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:31,560 Speaker 1: and Paris Campbell talk about their game and how they're 193 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:34,160 Speaker 1: improving suddenly year to year and then day by day 194 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:36,440 Speaker 1: here in camp. Other little things that they're doing is 195 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:38,760 Speaker 1: also helping me as well. You know, one rep, you're 196 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:41,000 Speaker 1: going against Alec who's a more big and physical car 197 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:43,520 Speaker 1: like Michael Pittman, and then you have to change your technique. 198 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:44,800 Speaker 1: Cup And the next thing, you know, you have a 199 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:48,040 Speaker 1: Paris Campbell and Kiki and the Michael speed guys, so 200 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:49,600 Speaker 1: you gotta get ready to you know, get on your 201 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:51,880 Speaker 1: horse and run. So it's helping me, you know, explore 202 00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:54,440 Speaker 1: my level of my game too. It's Isaiah Rodgers. All right. 203 00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:56,840 Speaker 1: I've been asking guys, this is your third training camp, 204 00:07:56,840 --> 00:07:59,360 Speaker 1: but like you said, your first, you know, non COVID 205 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:02,760 Speaker 1: training camp, first, normal camp. Give me some camp hacks, 206 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:05,440 Speaker 1: like how do you navigate your day? What are the 207 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:07,840 Speaker 1: one or two things that you have to have in 208 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:10,080 Speaker 1: camp to kind of get you by, get you through 209 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:13,760 Speaker 1: these five grueling weeks. Most definitely, uh, I gotta have 210 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:16,200 Speaker 1: a book bad without my notebooks. Don't like to hold anything, 211 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:18,600 Speaker 1: and I always keep my birds scooter with me. You're 212 00:08:18,640 --> 00:08:21,120 Speaker 1: what my bird scooter scooter? Yeah? Grand Park is a 213 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:23,720 Speaker 1: huge facility. I don't like to walk, stay off my 214 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:26,360 Speaker 1: feed so you'll see me in Kenning and stuff on. Right, 215 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:28,840 Speaker 1: where do you charge that thing? I tried it back 216 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:30,920 Speaker 1: about his waiscale. Yeah, I'm kind of hiding it from 217 00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:32,880 Speaker 1: all the players to try to take it. I'm sure 218 00:08:32,920 --> 00:08:35,960 Speaker 1: the hijack city, right, it's all about efficiency and you're right. 219 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:39,520 Speaker 1: Grand Park is massive, but Isaiah Rodgers makes short work 220 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:41,160 Speaker 1: of it. Thanks so much for the time, man, It's 221 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:42,760 Speaker 1: great to see him. Best of luck the rest of camp. 222 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:43,680 Speaker 1: Thank you, appreciate you.