1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,880 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Dolls. On the podcast is O g Rod. 2 00:00:03,080 --> 00:00:05,680 Speaker 1: I'm very excited. I got my big three here with 3 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:11,200 Speaker 1: me today, Charlie, Corey and d Hop the specialists, our 4 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:11,840 Speaker 1: big three. 5 00:00:13,119 --> 00:00:13,440 Speaker 2: I like that. 6 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:16,640 Speaker 3: Come on, I've never heard that one, but it might 7 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:16,840 Speaker 3: be a. 8 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:19,520 Speaker 4: Walking up. 9 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:27,600 Speaker 5: Let's kick things off, man, how was the how was 10 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:28,280 Speaker 5: the off season? 11 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:29,960 Speaker 2: Good? Good man? 12 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:31,680 Speaker 5: Any special trips? 13 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:35,280 Speaker 6: No, man, We we get back down to Florida, and uh, 14 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:37,199 Speaker 6: once we get the kids backed up and settled, man, 15 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:38,000 Speaker 6: we're there. 16 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:40,159 Speaker 2: We don't. I don't know. 17 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:42,040 Speaker 6: It's it's a hassle, you know, it's it's a it's 18 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:44,280 Speaker 6: a whole thing trying to get kids on a plane 19 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:47,519 Speaker 6: going somewhere. So we're just happy to be home and 20 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 6: enjoy the family, enjoy the friends down there, and we're 21 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:51,360 Speaker 6: just we get settled. 22 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:54,960 Speaker 7: Well, we just got to play something Denver, so we 23 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:57,920 Speaker 7: were busy setting that up. Went out to Hawaii like 24 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:00,319 Speaker 7: we do every summer. Go visit some family, all right, 25 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:01,200 Speaker 7: both sides of. 26 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:05,679 Speaker 5: All new home, new money. We'll get on that later, 27 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:06,280 Speaker 5: no worries. 28 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:12,920 Speaker 3: And then uh we just we laid pretty low too. 29 00:01:12,959 --> 00:01:15,160 Speaker 3: We had a baby. 30 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:15,640 Speaker 4: We laid low. 31 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:17,760 Speaker 3: My wife's like, yeah, I was doing some work there. 32 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:18,039 Speaker 5: You know. 33 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:21,440 Speaker 8: But uh, yeah, we had we have babies, shoot five 34 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:24,080 Speaker 8: months and some change now, so that kept us busy, 35 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:24,839 Speaker 8: you know what I'm saying. 36 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:28,839 Speaker 3: And then uh, we did one of those kind. 37 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:32,600 Speaker 8: Of rough kids like a four day trip where travel 38 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:35,320 Speaker 8: was you know, not the best. 39 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, yeah, no, it was good, it was good. 40 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 5: Your your go ahead. 41 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:42,000 Speaker 6: We actually did we we did take a trip I forgot. 42 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:46,640 Speaker 6: We we went to Arizona, so we did the union 43 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:48,800 Speaker 6: meetings out there, and we brought the kids and we 44 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:51,520 Speaker 6: took him much of the Grand Canyon and uh, it's 45 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 6: about three and a half hours north of where we 46 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:57,080 Speaker 6: were at Scottsdale, and we we took all all three 47 00:01:57,080 --> 00:01:59,480 Speaker 6: of them up there, got there and realized there was 48 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:00,800 Speaker 6: there's no guardrails. 49 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:05,280 Speaker 2: So my daughter's trying to run away. I'm trying to 50 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:06,000 Speaker 2: snag her hand. 51 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 6: We ended up having to strap up the little one 52 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:09,800 Speaker 6: on my wife's back and put her in the stroller. 53 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:11,880 Speaker 6: She's four and way too tall for the stroller, but 54 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 6: I had to just strap her up because she was 55 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 6: about to freaking run run off the edge of that thing. 56 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:18,640 Speaker 6: And she just kept saying, well, Dad, you'll come get me. 57 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:20,200 Speaker 6: And I'm like, I don't know if there's any come 58 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:22,079 Speaker 6: getting you there. It's like a two mile drop or 59 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:25,840 Speaker 6: whatever it is. It was terrifying. So yeah, word of 60 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:27,520 Speaker 6: the wise, with two kids a little older taking the 61 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:29,720 Speaker 6: Grand Canyon, Yeah. 62 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:34,400 Speaker 1: See, I just stepped into fatherhood, right, baby girls two. 63 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 5: Months to date, let's go. 64 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:40,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, but those flights kind of had up a little 65 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:43,120 Speaker 1: bit right after age two, I hear. 66 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:45,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, when they're when they're real young, they tend 67 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:48,480 Speaker 2: to just sleep on you. Yeah, it's like I said, 68 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:50,120 Speaker 2: it's like one and a half two, they start getting 69 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:50,840 Speaker 2: a little more active. 70 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:54,079 Speaker 6: Like, for instance, to Arizona. My youngest was around one 71 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:57,040 Speaker 6: and a half and he was at that screeching phase 72 00:02:57,040 --> 00:02:58,880 Speaker 6: where he was just screeching the entire time. He did 73 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:01,679 Speaker 6: the entire flight four and a half five hours. It 74 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:03,840 Speaker 6: felt bad for everybody around us, but it just was 75 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:05,800 Speaker 6: what it was. We couldn't do anything about it. The 76 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:07,200 Speaker 6: other two they're at the age where you give some 77 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 6: snacks in the coloring book. 78 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:08,959 Speaker 2: They're they're good. 79 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:12,520 Speaker 5: But yeah, no, the younger time, they're good to go. 80 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:14,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, the youngest was, he was brutal in that way. 81 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:19,040 Speaker 4: Right now, Yeah, max it out. 82 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:20,520 Speaker 3: I got an example for you ready. 83 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:23,079 Speaker 8: This is this past trip I mentioned I'm not very 84 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:26,320 Speaker 8: confrontational person in general. I will if I have to, 85 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:29,800 Speaker 8: but I'm not really confrontational. We get on the plane 86 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:33,200 Speaker 8: and one of the first ones on there, I'm holding 87 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:33,600 Speaker 8: the baby. 88 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:35,360 Speaker 3: He's crying like loudly. 89 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 8: My oldest is having a tough time in the seat too, 90 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:39,280 Speaker 8: So we're making as a family, we're making a lot 91 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:39,680 Speaker 8: of noise. 92 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 5: You know what I'm saying. 93 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:42,160 Speaker 3: They haven't, I don't. 94 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:43,560 Speaker 8: I don't know if y'all have noticed this there recently. 95 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:46,320 Speaker 8: I feel like planes are hotter than they've ever been. 96 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:48,640 Speaker 3: First step on, like there needs to be a regulation. 97 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:49,720 Speaker 3: I don't know. 98 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:53,640 Speaker 8: Anyway, I'm sweating my shirt out. We got babies crying, 99 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:57,000 Speaker 8: and I'm like bouncing to try to like and it's 100 00:03:57,080 --> 00:03:58,680 Speaker 8: it's not helping, but I'm just like sticking with it. 101 00:03:58,720 --> 00:03:59,520 Speaker 3: Maybe it'll eventually. 102 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:03,000 Speaker 8: And a guy slides in in front of me and 103 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:05,120 Speaker 8: he turns to somebody next to him. He's like, loudly, 104 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:07,160 Speaker 8: it was like, it's gonna be a long flight, huh. 105 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:10,680 Speaker 8: And I was like, I guess dad mode clicked on. 106 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 8: I was like, hey, hey, it's not too late. Now's 107 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:16,880 Speaker 8: the time where it was. It was on a an 108 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:20,080 Speaker 8: airline that you could choose your seat were signed. So 109 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:22,200 Speaker 8: I was like, hey, it's not too late, buddy. I 110 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:25,240 Speaker 8: was like, move now, because it might be a long flight, 111 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:26,320 Speaker 8: but you have a choice right now. 112 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:28,000 Speaker 3: You're not going to urt our feelings if we choose 113 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:29,800 Speaker 3: to move, you know. So it's like one of those 114 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:31,320 Speaker 3: moments where it's like you're you're. 115 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:34,240 Speaker 8: Just you're sweating, you're tired, your dad, and you're like, hey, 116 00:04:34,839 --> 00:04:35,560 Speaker 8: make the decision. 117 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 5: Yeah, you know, if you want to hold road to yourself, 118 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 5: bring the child. 119 00:04:38,839 --> 00:04:40,799 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, yeah, yeah it was. It was a family 120 00:04:40,839 --> 00:04:41,560 Speaker 3: of four one row. 121 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:43,280 Speaker 5: Yeah, lovely, lovely. 122 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:47,839 Speaker 1: So we're on the topic of obviously fatherhood and you know, 123 00:04:47,839 --> 00:04:51,480 Speaker 1: when to miss a training camp right now, we all 124 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:57,839 Speaker 1: know the daily grind, the physicality that exists for training camp. 125 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 1: It's very challenging on us. But as fathers, right and 126 00:05:03,279 --> 00:05:05,719 Speaker 1: as you go off into training camp or even throughout 127 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:11,360 Speaker 1: the season, how hard is it during those days where 128 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:14,279 Speaker 1: you're counting down to that moment where you have to report, 129 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:17,520 Speaker 1: or even just throughout the season when you leave your 130 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:20,760 Speaker 1: home and that time is now lost. You know, as 131 00:05:20,839 --> 00:05:26,359 Speaker 1: fathers and those moments we all chairish we unfortunately miss 132 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:28,800 Speaker 1: So talk to us a little bit about how you 133 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:31,240 Speaker 1: guys have dealt with that and how does it feel 134 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:32,600 Speaker 1: for you now. 135 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:37,320 Speaker 6: I mean it's definitely difficult. I mean, you know, packing up, 136 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:39,320 Speaker 6: leaving your family. I mean, you know, now that we're older, 137 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:41,000 Speaker 6: camps a little different. We get to go home at night, 138 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:44,240 Speaker 6: you know, once we're back. But honestly, I would argue 139 00:05:44,279 --> 00:05:46,240 Speaker 6: it's harder on the moms, you know. I mean, they're 140 00:05:46,279 --> 00:05:49,839 Speaker 6: they're they're grunting all by themselves, all by themselves, and 141 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:52,400 Speaker 6: you know, I'm Facetimer trying to FaceTime at least twice 142 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:54,200 Speaker 6: a day, you know, talk to her and just get 143 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:55,240 Speaker 6: her mind off things a little bit. 144 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:56,480 Speaker 2: But yeah, it's a challenge, man. 145 00:05:56,520 --> 00:05:59,360 Speaker 6: She's got three on her own, trying to keep them 146 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:02,040 Speaker 6: all entertained, keep them all from cracking their head open 147 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:02,560 Speaker 6: on the floor. 148 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:05,799 Speaker 2: Like it's that's that's a job, dude. 149 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:09,080 Speaker 7: Yeah, yeah, I mean me, I definitely try to take 150 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:12,520 Speaker 7: advantage of the off season, you know, when I'm maybe 151 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:13,880 Speaker 7: taking an hour or two out of the day to 152 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:16,440 Speaker 7: just go work out, kick do whatever. And the rest 153 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:18,599 Speaker 7: of the time, I'm just I'm a dad, you know, 154 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:21,480 Speaker 7: nothing else matters, and it's also time for my wife 155 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:23,479 Speaker 7: to have a little bit of a break because during 156 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:26,599 Speaker 7: training camp in season, like she's the one that handles 157 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:28,560 Speaker 7: the baby, you know, especially at night if she wakes 158 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:30,800 Speaker 7: up like she always handles it, so I can be 159 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:33,919 Speaker 7: rusted up to go to work and stuff. How she 160 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:37,320 Speaker 7: does it, couldn't tell you. You know, it's off days 161 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:39,919 Speaker 7: during the season is my day to be, you know, 162 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:43,120 Speaker 7: my dad or be the dad, and she gets to 163 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:46,320 Speaker 7: go out and do whatever, and it is. It's exhausting. Honestly, 164 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:48,200 Speaker 7: I give her a lot of praise. And you guys 165 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:49,520 Speaker 7: with multiple kids, I mean. 166 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:50,800 Speaker 2: The wives are built different. 167 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:51,000 Speaker 4: Man. 168 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:56,400 Speaker 6: The level of patience, it's there, They're built differently, give 169 00:06:56,440 --> 00:06:57,360 Speaker 6: them the praise. 170 00:06:57,279 --> 00:07:00,240 Speaker 8: Like I sure with yall yesterday is like, man, the 171 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:03,800 Speaker 8: amount of sacrifice that moms have to go through physically 172 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:06,880 Speaker 8: one and then mentally and emotionally. I think it's just 173 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:09,000 Speaker 8: a different type of load than we have to take 174 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:12,840 Speaker 8: on as fathers in a lot of different ways. So yeah, hey, 175 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:14,400 Speaker 8: thank you. I think I speak for all of us, 176 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:15,880 Speaker 8: thank y'all back at home. 177 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:24,120 Speaker 1: Absolutely, when women, I mean, they they're superheroes. Moms are superheroes. 178 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:30,040 Speaker 1: I've I've gained a deeper level of respect for all 179 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:37,080 Speaker 1: moms after witnessing you know what I observe for you know, 180 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:40,360 Speaker 1: over the course of these ten months up until you 181 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:44,080 Speaker 1: know that that date, and even now just seeing how 182 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:49,520 Speaker 1: much they have to they have to sacrifice and the 183 00:07:49,640 --> 00:07:52,440 Speaker 1: job is never over, right, this is something it's a 184 00:07:52,480 --> 00:07:56,560 Speaker 1: full time jobs that we've all signed up for, but 185 00:07:56,640 --> 00:08:02,240 Speaker 1: even more so in this in this profession, right that 186 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:06,760 Speaker 1: most of the time it takes up you know, we're 187 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:12,120 Speaker 1: away and now the responsibility lies on these women and 188 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:17,280 Speaker 1: our wives. So I think it's important for you to 189 00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:23,400 Speaker 1: get the right teammate, right, like the right teammate, because 190 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:28,960 Speaker 1: not every woman understands what is required and what's asked 191 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:33,520 Speaker 1: of us, you know, as an athlete, and how much 192 00:08:34,760 --> 00:08:39,160 Speaker 1: they truly have to give and be very respectful of 193 00:08:39,800 --> 00:08:43,280 Speaker 1: you know, our time, responsibilities in day to day so 194 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:47,760 Speaker 1: you know oursolute, you know our wives, you know, for 195 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:50,600 Speaker 1: for being that backbone for us, you know when we 196 00:08:50,679 --> 00:08:53,800 Speaker 1: need them. And honestly, and I would say, probably best 197 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:56,280 Speaker 1: teammate that i've you know, I've had to date. 198 00:08:56,480 --> 00:09:01,839 Speaker 3: That's right answer. You're absolutely right, man. 199 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:03,760 Speaker 8: I tell guys, younger guys, they'll ask me when they 200 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:05,680 Speaker 8: find out I've been married for a while. They're like, so, 201 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:08,960 Speaker 8: you know, they're asked a questions about marriage and I'm like, man, 202 00:09:09,559 --> 00:09:11,600 Speaker 8: when you find the right woman, and like, thank the 203 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:14,920 Speaker 8: Lord I have, it's the best decision I've ever made 204 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 8: outside of become a believer. 205 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:20,440 Speaker 3: It's like, it's it's the best decision you can make, 206 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:21,160 Speaker 3: is what I tell guys. 207 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:22,720 Speaker 8: I was like, but if you find the wrong one, 208 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:24,880 Speaker 8: it could be one of the worst worst decisions you've 209 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:25,839 Speaker 8: ever made, you know. 210 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:27,600 Speaker 2: So it makes it breaks your life. 211 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:29,520 Speaker 6: Man, It's the most important decision you make in your life, 212 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:33,960 Speaker 6: like as your partner for life, you know, so no, 213 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:37,400 Speaker 6: like who you settle down with, Like that's that's the 214 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:39,839 Speaker 6: key to your happiness, man. Like you guys ask me 215 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:41,440 Speaker 6: about that all the time too, And they're like, you know, 216 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:43,440 Speaker 6: the really and like ask what it's like to have kids, 217 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:46,400 Speaker 6: And I'm like, you know, would you recommend having kids young? 218 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:48,160 Speaker 2: Waiting a little bit like whatever, And I'm. 219 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:49,680 Speaker 6: Like, well, that's, you know, obviously up to you, but 220 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:52,439 Speaker 6: I will tell you, like, does not make this job 221 00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:55,679 Speaker 6: any easier, Like you know, we've we've got to we've 222 00:09:55,679 --> 00:09:57,600 Speaker 6: got to sleep at night. You know, that's when we 223 00:09:57,880 --> 00:10:00,800 Speaker 6: you know, recover and U when you've got an infant 224 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:06,199 Speaker 6: man like a sleep, it's not always there. And I 225 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:09,200 Speaker 6: don't know about y'all, but I've never slept the same 226 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:12,320 Speaker 6: since I've had kids, Like even now that we're not 227 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:14,720 Speaker 6: really in the infant stage anymore, like it never went back. 228 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:16,760 Speaker 6: Like I'm still like just like alert, like I'll hear 229 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:21,000 Speaker 6: some little noise like I'm up and uh yeah, It's 230 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:23,599 Speaker 6: just from that aspect alone definitely makes the job a 231 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:24,960 Speaker 6: little a little bit more difficult. 232 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:30,720 Speaker 1: So, uh, you know, we've obviously were on the subject 233 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:35,240 Speaker 1: of a ball for a lot of viewers. They may 234 00:10:35,360 --> 00:10:38,559 Speaker 1: not know you guys journey. You know, you can give 235 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:41,120 Speaker 1: us a little snapshot to share as much as you 236 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:44,560 Speaker 1: want or as little. Uh, but just tell us how 237 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:47,839 Speaker 1: did you, guys arrive. 238 00:10:47,679 --> 00:10:49,200 Speaker 5: To where you are today? Have you? 239 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:53,720 Speaker 1: Have you always dreamt of being an NFL kicker, punter, 240 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:57,600 Speaker 1: long snapper? Like tell us tell us about tell us 241 00:10:57,640 --> 00:11:00,959 Speaker 1: about your your your football journey. 242 00:11:01,640 --> 00:11:03,440 Speaker 6: So I started playing football on I eight. I don't 243 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:06,200 Speaker 6: ever remember a time where I just didn't like love 244 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:09,880 Speaker 6: football like I've always been obsessed with it. I grew 245 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:12,280 Speaker 6: up watching my cousins play like I think that's kind 246 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:13,600 Speaker 6: of what spurred it in my head, but that's like 247 00:11:13,760 --> 00:11:16,160 Speaker 6: before I even have memory, so it's just always been 248 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:19,439 Speaker 6: in my head. Grew up, I was a tight end, 249 00:11:19,679 --> 00:11:22,319 Speaker 6: played through high school as a tight end. Played a 250 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:25,160 Speaker 6: little bit of center my senior year but mostly mostly 251 00:11:25,160 --> 00:11:28,959 Speaker 6: tight end. Went to college, went to UCF sort of 252 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:30,960 Speaker 6: snapping my junior year, just kind of as like a 253 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:34,080 Speaker 6: side gig, you know. And when I went to UCF 254 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:37,080 Speaker 6: as a walk on, you know, is be backup tight end, 255 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:42,000 Speaker 6: backup snapper like whatever. But like two weeks before freshman camp, 256 00:11:43,520 --> 00:11:46,240 Speaker 6: our snapper who was our snapper had graduated the year before, 257 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:49,200 Speaker 6: so the rising junior it was going to slight it. 258 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:51,600 Speaker 6: Slater to be the snapper kind of just quit, like 259 00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:54,440 Speaker 6: quit the team. Not sure what happened. So there's an 260 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:57,120 Speaker 6: open spot and they asked me to go out for it. 261 00:11:57,200 --> 00:11:59,679 Speaker 6: Ended up getting it, and then kind of once I 262 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:02,320 Speaker 6: got that that spot, coach called me in said you're 263 00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:05,200 Speaker 6: not gonna play tighten anymore. You're gonna be our scholarship snapper. 264 00:12:05,280 --> 00:12:08,560 Speaker 6: So that was kind of how that worked out. I 265 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 6: was just happy to have a scholarship, so that was 266 00:12:11,040 --> 00:12:14,360 Speaker 6: that was cool with it. But yeah, and then then 267 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:15,559 Speaker 6: from there just kind of took off. 268 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:17,720 Speaker 2: Certainly. Never never thought I would be in the league, 269 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:18,240 Speaker 2: that's for sure. 270 00:12:19,040 --> 00:12:21,200 Speaker 5: So walk on from college. 271 00:12:22,320 --> 00:12:24,679 Speaker 1: I've read something that said you also had you had 272 00:12:24,679 --> 00:12:25,560 Speaker 1: an offer from Brown? 273 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:26,320 Speaker 4: Is that? 274 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:27,280 Speaker 5: Yeah? 275 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:30,640 Speaker 6: So I I uh, I got recruited by a lot 276 00:12:30,679 --> 00:12:34,559 Speaker 6: of one double A schools, and Brown was one of 277 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:38,240 Speaker 6: the ones that came knocking on the door. As soon 278 00:12:38,240 --> 00:12:39,959 Speaker 6: as I figured out they didn't give out scholarships and 279 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:41,199 Speaker 6: how expensive that school was. 280 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:44,480 Speaker 2: Kind of kind of exit off for me. 281 00:12:44,559 --> 00:12:47,320 Speaker 6: But yeah, no, I mean that that would have been 282 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:50,240 Speaker 6: really cool obviously, but I don't think I would have 283 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:52,760 Speaker 6: been a snapper there, So I think it ended up 284 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:53,199 Speaker 6: working out. 285 00:12:53,320 --> 00:12:55,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, everything, Yeah, everything works out of the way it's 286 00:12:55,720 --> 00:12:59,840 Speaker 1: supposed to. How how was that as as a as 287 00:12:59,880 --> 00:13:02,640 Speaker 1: a walk on in college? What was that experience? 288 00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:04,960 Speaker 4: Like, well, I was. 289 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:06,680 Speaker 6: Only a walk on, I guess for like my summer, 290 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:09,440 Speaker 6: first summer semester, so I kind. 291 00:13:09,280 --> 00:13:10,720 Speaker 2: Of I quickly got a scholarship. 292 00:13:10,840 --> 00:13:15,280 Speaker 6: So it's different though, Like I remember like definitely feeling 293 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:17,440 Speaker 6: a little inferior, like you kind of had to have 294 00:13:17,440 --> 00:13:20,840 Speaker 6: like a prove it mentality. You were always like comparing 295 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:24,200 Speaker 6: yourself to the guys that had scholarships, and uh, yeah, 296 00:13:24,240 --> 00:13:25,559 Speaker 6: you just wanted to be one of those guys. Like 297 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:27,600 Speaker 6: I remember just like wanting to get a scholarship. That 298 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:30,040 Speaker 6: was only my only thought. And then once once kind 299 00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:34,840 Speaker 6: of that opportunity or you know, arrived to take the 300 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:36,960 Speaker 6: snapper route, I was just happy to do it. Like 301 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:39,640 Speaker 6: I was happy to get on scholarship and not have to, 302 00:13:39,960 --> 00:13:41,640 Speaker 6: you know, take on debt or put that on my 303 00:13:41,720 --> 00:13:42,480 Speaker 6: parents or whatever. 304 00:13:42,640 --> 00:13:42,800 Speaker 4: You know. 305 00:13:42,920 --> 00:13:44,280 Speaker 2: So I was happy to do it. 306 00:13:44,320 --> 00:13:45,640 Speaker 3: And I ask a follow up question. I know this 307 00:13:45,679 --> 00:13:46,000 Speaker 3: is your. 308 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:49,319 Speaker 8: At one you said you never thought you'd be in 309 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:51,440 Speaker 8: the league. I've never asked you this at one point, 310 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:54,480 Speaker 8: did you think that You're like, oh, I got a shot. 311 00:13:54,679 --> 00:13:58,199 Speaker 2: Like it was like it was like spring going into 312 00:13:58,480 --> 00:14:00,319 Speaker 2: my senior year. We had it. 313 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:02,679 Speaker 6: We had a really good punter who played in the 314 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:05,280 Speaker 6: league for a couple of years, and we had a scout. 315 00:14:05,320 --> 00:14:06,959 Speaker 2: The scout was just over there watching me snap and 316 00:14:07,040 --> 00:14:07,800 Speaker 2: him punt. 317 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:10,880 Speaker 6: And I remember thinking like, oh, he's just watching the punter, 318 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:13,719 Speaker 6: you know, And my buddy like tapped me and he's like, no, 319 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:16,520 Speaker 6: he's watching you. He's timing your snaps. He's watching you. 320 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:17,800 Speaker 6: And I was like no, he's not. 321 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:21,400 Speaker 2: He figured out he was, you know, so that that 322 00:14:21,440 --> 00:14:23,320 Speaker 2: kind of like opened my eyes. I was like, oh, shoot, 323 00:14:23,360 --> 00:14:25,400 Speaker 2: like this I might have a chance to do this. 324 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:27,840 Speaker 6: And at the time, I was just like trying to 325 00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:30,200 Speaker 6: get through school on scholarship and I planned at the 326 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:31,840 Speaker 6: time was good to dental school. So I was like, 327 00:14:32,280 --> 00:14:34,720 Speaker 6: you know, studying up for my exams and trying to 328 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:38,360 Speaker 6: make good grades and everything. And you know, over the 329 00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:41,000 Speaker 6: next couple of months, I kind of realized like that 330 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:43,080 Speaker 6: that plan was going to be pushed back a little bit. 331 00:14:43,160 --> 00:14:48,080 Speaker 6: So I was gonna see how long football would football 332 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:48,600 Speaker 6: would take me? 333 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:50,240 Speaker 4: So we are years. 334 00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:53,400 Speaker 3: He'd be a big dentist man. 335 00:14:53,960 --> 00:14:59,720 Speaker 6: Yeah, everybody said that it was kind of the family occupation. 336 00:14:59,840 --> 00:15:02,800 Speaker 6: So uh decided I'll just kind of follow in the footsteps. 337 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:08,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, So as a long snapper right in the NFL, 338 00:15:08,640 --> 00:15:15,080 Speaker 1: like what are teams looking for when as a long snapper? 339 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:19,040 Speaker 1: Like what what are the keys to to success? And 340 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:23,000 Speaker 1: for you having as long as his career as you have, right, 341 00:15:23,080 --> 00:15:27,160 Speaker 1: like what separates you from from the rest? 342 00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:30,160 Speaker 6: I mean obviously like accuracy, you know, and and the 343 00:15:30,160 --> 00:15:31,680 Speaker 6: balls got to get there in a certain amount of time, 344 00:15:31,760 --> 00:15:34,160 Speaker 6: So you gotta be accurate. It's got to be relatively fast, 345 00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:37,000 Speaker 6: not too fast, because that, you know, tends to freaks 346 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:40,840 Speaker 6: some punters out. But I would say the next thing 347 00:15:40,920 --> 00:15:42,640 Speaker 6: is probably protection, Like you got to be able to block, 348 00:15:42,760 --> 00:15:43,280 Speaker 6: like you can't. 349 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:44,360 Speaker 2: You can't just be getting run over. 350 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:46,760 Speaker 6: You're gonna get puntchs blocked, field goal is blocked, whatever 351 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:47,080 Speaker 6: it is. 352 00:15:47,680 --> 00:15:48,800 Speaker 2: So you gotta be able to block. You gotta be 353 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:49,640 Speaker 2: able to cover decently. 354 00:15:49,640 --> 00:15:49,840 Speaker 4: Well. 355 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:51,960 Speaker 2: Some guys cover better than others. 356 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:55,800 Speaker 5: What would you rate what would you rate your coverage? 357 00:15:55,880 --> 00:15:58,240 Speaker 2: Man, I'm gonna put myself right in the middle, right 358 00:15:58,280 --> 00:15:58,760 Speaker 2: in the middle. 359 00:15:59,520 --> 00:16:01,760 Speaker 5: But it's tight end. But the tight end, the tight 360 00:16:01,880 --> 00:16:02,240 Speaker 5: end back. 361 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:11,600 Speaker 9: Oh, we got a special special guests, special special guests. 362 00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:14,360 Speaker 9: We were just talking about tight ends too, right, the 363 00:16:14,400 --> 00:16:17,400 Speaker 9: back of the tight end. Uh, background that you had 364 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:19,320 Speaker 9: allows you to be able to block an elite level. 365 00:16:19,440 --> 00:16:19,640 Speaker 4: Yeah. 366 00:16:19,760 --> 00:16:20,920 Speaker 10: I just came when I heard that he was going 367 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:22,680 Speaker 10: to be a dentist. That's kind of probably one of 368 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:23,280 Speaker 10: the scariest. 369 00:16:25,880 --> 00:16:28,320 Speaker 6: Yeah, I think, uh yeah, I think it's a good 370 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:30,040 Speaker 6: thing that that football worked out. 371 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:33,360 Speaker 2: I mean, it's not too late, but it is too late. 372 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:33,520 Speaker 4: Man. 373 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:36,960 Speaker 2: I'm thirty four years old, schools four years now. 374 00:16:37,040 --> 00:16:37,640 Speaker 4: It's too late. 375 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:42,040 Speaker 1: It's never, it's never really too late. 376 00:16:41,160 --> 00:16:47,640 Speaker 5: And Pa Pa Pa covered that tuition. Yeah, yeah, that's true. 377 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:53,200 Speaker 5: You know, man, what's good? So you appreciate you. Yeah, 378 00:16:53,440 --> 00:16:55,640 Speaker 5: you're doing right, but this is life. 379 00:16:55,760 --> 00:16:56,440 Speaker 2: You lose your shirt? 380 00:16:56,520 --> 00:16:58,800 Speaker 4: Yeah on baby, Yeah, I find it? 381 00:16:58,920 --> 00:16:59,960 Speaker 5: Oh cat, what you got? 382 00:17:00,040 --> 00:17:01,240 Speaker 4: What you got for words? 383 00:17:01,960 --> 00:17:07,720 Speaker 10: I was I just finished Oxygen right and I saw 384 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:09,439 Speaker 10: Dom and he told me about this great podcast that 385 00:17:09,480 --> 00:17:11,560 Speaker 10: you have, and I was like, I gotta come. 386 00:17:11,480 --> 00:17:13,640 Speaker 1: Come on, come on, you know what I mean. Yeah, 387 00:17:13,920 --> 00:17:17,000 Speaker 1: so we're gonna get it. We're gonna get a special 388 00:17:17,160 --> 00:17:20,159 Speaker 1: one on one with David and Joku. 389 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:21,159 Speaker 5: Is that coming up? 390 00:17:21,280 --> 00:17:21,439 Speaker 4: Is that? 391 00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:22,120 Speaker 5: Is that soon? 392 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:24,480 Speaker 4: You're the boss. You're telling me to do and I'm 393 00:17:24,480 --> 00:17:25,040 Speaker 4: doing all right? 394 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:27,359 Speaker 3: Maybe thirty for thirty. 395 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:29,560 Speaker 8: I know part of it, you know when I got 396 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:31,159 Speaker 8: hurt day was trying to come in and kick a 397 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:31,560 Speaker 8: little bit. 398 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:35,080 Speaker 3: I'm gonna try cup Cub, I'm gonna try it. So 399 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:35,960 Speaker 3: maybe that's what. 400 00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:39,280 Speaker 4: I forgot about that. Kevin wasn't having it though. 401 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:44,520 Speaker 5: Kick I'm strong. 402 00:17:48,560 --> 00:17:50,160 Speaker 2: Let me because that's a point in your mind. 403 00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:53,840 Speaker 5: I don't know why, Like I can kick and there 404 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:54,680 Speaker 5: might be some room for you. 405 00:17:54,760 --> 00:17:56,960 Speaker 4: This year a zoo. But I can definitely kick. 406 00:17:57,040 --> 00:17:59,040 Speaker 10: And if it's a hup of team, I'm all for it, 407 00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:01,000 Speaker 10: you know, because we're looking. 408 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:04,280 Speaker 1: We're looking for somebody, you know, potentially the new kickoff 409 00:18:04,359 --> 00:18:05,560 Speaker 1: rules and everything. 410 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:06,879 Speaker 5: You could be that guy. 411 00:18:06,840 --> 00:18:10,080 Speaker 3: To do, to do what you said, kick or kick. 412 00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:12,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, and then and they gonna make the tackle. I'm 413 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:15,680 Speaker 1: an office a guy all the way time. My whole 414 00:18:16,119 --> 00:18:20,360 Speaker 1: you offhysic guy, whatever of offense. But I see you wrestle. 415 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:22,600 Speaker 1: I see you wrestle in the lock. 416 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:24,560 Speaker 10: When when I get mad, but I'm not mad all 417 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:26,120 Speaker 10: the time, don't get me mad. 418 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:28,240 Speaker 4: Don't do that. I can. 419 00:18:28,280 --> 00:18:31,280 Speaker 10: I can tell you're gonna push your buttons coming. 420 00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:36,280 Speaker 5: All right, huh, I mean we got space. 421 00:18:43,880 --> 00:18:44,640 Speaker 2: There's no room here. 422 00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:48,040 Speaker 5: For sure. 423 00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:50,040 Speaker 4: No thanks for having me. 424 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:51,440 Speaker 10: I just wanted to come by and say hi to 425 00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:54,200 Speaker 10: the guys and to the fans, beautiful fans. 426 00:18:56,240 --> 00:19:07,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, come on, man, that's blessing the pleasure, all right. 427 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:10,600 Speaker 1: You know, new knewest. We got some competition, you got 428 00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:11,280 Speaker 1: some competition. 429 00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:13,560 Speaker 3: Hey, let me keep this job, all right, let me 430 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:17,000 Speaker 3: have this. I'll let you keep that in thank you. 431 00:19:18,920 --> 00:19:23,440 Speaker 5: All right. Now we were on the cory your journey. 432 00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:29,080 Speaker 7: I don't recommend this route. Okay, it's not for not 433 00:19:30,640 --> 00:19:34,119 Speaker 7: growing up no interest in football. I played baseball. That 434 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:36,880 Speaker 7: was my thing, huge Dodgers fan. That's what I want 435 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:37,040 Speaker 7: to do. 436 00:19:37,040 --> 00:19:37,520 Speaker 5: A position. 437 00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:41,879 Speaker 7: I was kind of all over end of my playing 438 00:19:42,359 --> 00:19:45,840 Speaker 7: at like thirteen, you know, I was centerfield. You know, 439 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:48,440 Speaker 7: I was the I would argue the best hitter on 440 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:51,160 Speaker 7: the team at the time, but uh yeah, just got 441 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:54,560 Speaker 7: burnt out. Wasn't doing it anymore. Just started playing soccer 442 00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:56,479 Speaker 7: after that again, like I did when I was younger, 443 00:19:57,520 --> 00:20:01,600 Speaker 7: going into high school, playing soccer my sophomore year. After 444 00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:04,639 Speaker 7: the season, we're basically just conditioning, getting ready for the 445 00:20:04,680 --> 00:20:08,399 Speaker 7: next season, and I'm not having it. I don't like 446 00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:11,040 Speaker 7: to run, you know, while I'm kicking the ball. Sure, 447 00:20:11,119 --> 00:20:13,880 Speaker 7: besides that, I don't run. Hence why I'm a punter. 448 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:17,840 Speaker 7: I don't have to do anything. And the punter at 449 00:20:17,880 --> 00:20:20,760 Speaker 7: the time was graduating. He was top two three in 450 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:23,719 Speaker 7: the country, you know, real good punter. And they had 451 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:25,480 Speaker 7: an open spot and usually you know, they always come 452 00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:27,880 Speaker 7: out the soccer team who wants to kick and punt? 453 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:29,119 Speaker 7: And so I was like, you know, I talked to 454 00:20:29,119 --> 00:20:30,880 Speaker 7: my coach, can I get out of practice to go 455 00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:33,720 Speaker 7: do this, and he was like, sure, that was the 456 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:35,439 Speaker 7: end of it. I don't have to run anymore and 457 00:20:35,440 --> 00:20:38,080 Speaker 7: I can just go kick a ball. So training with 458 00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:39,919 Speaker 7: him for a couple of months, got the job and 459 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:41,920 Speaker 7: never looked back. 460 00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:46,359 Speaker 1: You know, I know, well, I know the process. Was 461 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:49,360 Speaker 1: it just a straight line, you know, to to where 462 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:50,680 Speaker 1: you are right now? 463 00:20:50,920 --> 00:20:51,160 Speaker 4: Yeah? 464 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:54,360 Speaker 7: I almost stopped playing a couple of times. Coming out 465 00:20:54,359 --> 00:20:57,120 Speaker 7: of high school. I was all state my senior year 466 00:20:57,880 --> 00:21:01,600 Speaker 7: and was going to go to Sacramento State, you know, 467 00:21:01,920 --> 00:21:04,119 Speaker 7: somewhat you know, six hours away or so, kind of 468 00:21:04,119 --> 00:21:08,280 Speaker 7: close to home, not too bad, but cal Pauly sam 469 00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:10,320 Speaker 7: Luis Obispo also had some interests and they're real good 470 00:21:10,359 --> 00:21:11,840 Speaker 7: engineering school and that's kind of what I wanted to 471 00:21:11,880 --> 00:21:14,480 Speaker 7: go to school for. Uh So, towards end of my 472 00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:17,159 Speaker 7: senior year, you know, I called Sacramento State. I'm like, hey, sorry, 473 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:19,639 Speaker 7: like I'm going you know, not even football reasons, just 474 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:22,159 Speaker 7: education wise. I want to go here for engineering. And 475 00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:24,040 Speaker 7: they're like, cool, we get it. No worries, you know, 476 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:25,720 Speaker 7: it's just a preferred walk on. So it wasn't a 477 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:27,480 Speaker 7: big deal. I think it was two or three days 478 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:30,000 Speaker 7: before I graduated high school. We're having our senior farewell 479 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:32,199 Speaker 7: assembly and I get a call from a coach at 480 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:32,720 Speaker 7: cal Pauly. 481 00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:35,320 Speaker 4: So I step outside real quick, get on the phone. 482 00:21:35,320 --> 00:21:38,119 Speaker 7: Hey man, what's up. How's it going? And he's like, hey, buddy, 483 00:21:38,119 --> 00:21:40,760 Speaker 7: here's the thing. Roster's full. We can't have you come 484 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:44,000 Speaker 7: out anymore, like spots taken. Sorry, Bud, go to a 485 00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:46,160 Speaker 7: junior college or something. We'll get you at the semester. 486 00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:49,880 Speaker 7: You know, like all right, so go to junior college. 487 00:21:50,040 --> 00:21:55,119 Speaker 7: Freshman year terrible, wasn't good. Reach out to the coach, nothing, 488 00:21:55,840 --> 00:21:56,480 Speaker 7: never hear back. 489 00:21:56,600 --> 00:21:57,040 Speaker 4: They sell it. 490 00:21:57,359 --> 00:22:04,240 Speaker 7: Ghosted me, yeah, first of many and and uh they 491 00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:06,199 Speaker 7: scholarship some other kid, you know, and it was just 492 00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:09,760 Speaker 7: kind of left hang, you know basically, and you know, 493 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:11,320 Speaker 7: we had a pretty good junior college. 494 00:22:11,320 --> 00:22:11,399 Speaker 10: You know. 495 00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:13,920 Speaker 7: DJ Reid plays for the Jets. We were teammates there. 496 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:16,760 Speaker 7: Uh Kyle Peckoh, he's a d lineman I think with 497 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:19,159 Speaker 7: the Broncos. Now maybe you know he went there, so 498 00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:21,760 Speaker 7: you know, it's a good program. So if you know 499 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:24,159 Speaker 7: what these other guys are getting, looks, someone will see me. 500 00:22:24,359 --> 00:22:25,639 Speaker 4: No big deal. Uh. 501 00:22:27,119 --> 00:22:30,440 Speaker 7: USC comes out before my sophomore season and my head. 502 00:22:30,760 --> 00:22:34,240 Speaker 7: Your offensive coordinator tells the scout like, this kid's gonna 503 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:35,879 Speaker 7: be an All American punter. You guys are gonna have 504 00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:37,720 Speaker 7: it next year. And I was like, yo, us C, 505 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:41,280 Speaker 7: like let's go. Like that'd be sweet. Go out end 506 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:44,679 Speaker 7: up being an All American that season. Uh, reached him 507 00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:48,560 Speaker 7: out to him nothing the scholarship some Australian kid who 508 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:50,840 Speaker 7: ended up losing his job the next season to walk 509 00:22:50,880 --> 00:22:53,960 Speaker 7: on freshman h and it. You know, there's just nothing 510 00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:58,239 Speaker 7: I had to offer from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. Uh, 511 00:22:58,560 --> 00:23:00,560 Speaker 7: New Mexico where I ended up going. 512 00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:02,840 Speaker 4: And then Indiana State. Uh. 513 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:05,199 Speaker 7: And you know I was expecting a little bit. I 514 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:08,159 Speaker 7: guess bigger schools just with what I had done. You know, 515 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:09,960 Speaker 7: maybe my ego was just a little big and I 516 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:10,760 Speaker 7: didn't realize it. 517 00:23:11,359 --> 00:23:12,359 Speaker 5: Uh. 518 00:23:12,440 --> 00:23:14,439 Speaker 4: But yeah, went to New Mexico. Uh. 519 00:23:15,119 --> 00:23:18,200 Speaker 7: Junior year wasn't great. Senior year was pretty good. Got 520 00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:20,160 Speaker 7: to play with Jason Sanders, Miami's kicker. 521 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:21,119 Speaker 4: Uh. 522 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:23,960 Speaker 7: We kind of helped push each other in a couple 523 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:27,119 Speaker 7: of ways. And then you went undrafted, went to New 524 00:23:27,119 --> 00:23:30,879 Speaker 7: England and up again claimed by Buffalo and skip around 525 00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:32,040 Speaker 7: country a couple of times in. 526 00:23:32,040 --> 00:23:36,960 Speaker 1: Here ash respect power power in the story. You know, 527 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:41,040 Speaker 1: the perseverance in there. Uh you know, like I said, 528 00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:44,240 Speaker 1: I know the role here wasn't wasn't easy, but you 529 00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:47,760 Speaker 1: stay with it. I know about the undrafted life, you know, 530 00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:49,320 Speaker 1: we had, we had that in common. 531 00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:54,480 Speaker 5: Uh was some thirteen, Yeah, thirteen and you're now, what year? 532 00:23:54,520 --> 00:23:55,960 Speaker 4: What this is a year seven for me? Yeah? 533 00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:58,200 Speaker 5: Seven? Yeah, you know define the odds. 534 00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:01,320 Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean, shoot my rookie year week one, I 535 00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:04,680 Speaker 7: think there was eight starting rookie punters and I think 536 00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:07,400 Speaker 7: three or four of them were drafted, and I think 537 00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:09,720 Speaker 7: there's two or three of us left, you know. 538 00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:14,720 Speaker 1: So, And that's the difference though between our worlds though, right, 539 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:18,119 Speaker 1: Like at my position, let's say give or take you 540 00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:22,560 Speaker 1: keep six, right, maybe six safeties, five or active one 541 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:24,600 Speaker 1: practice squad, maybe four or five whatever. 542 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:27,000 Speaker 5: In your world, it's one. 543 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:32,400 Speaker 2: There's one we play forever. Good luck getting Yeah, It's 544 00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:33,320 Speaker 2: like you might have. 545 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:36,480 Speaker 6: Like what two or three spots of like true rookies 546 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:39,400 Speaker 6: coming in that that make a team. Like it took 547 00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:41,360 Speaker 6: me three years of It wasn't ntil my fourth year 548 00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:43,159 Speaker 6: out that I finally made a fifty. 549 00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:45,320 Speaker 2: Three college Yeah. 550 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:48,800 Speaker 7: I didn't play in the preseason. My rookie year, they 551 00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:50,880 Speaker 7: helped me out sitting. They're like, oh, I'm just gonna 552 00:24:50,880 --> 00:24:52,960 Speaker 7: be on the practice squad, go get a free ring, 553 00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:55,160 Speaker 7: I guess, and the Buffalo said. 554 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:58,640 Speaker 4: Nope, you're coming with us. Yeah, six and ten. 555 00:24:58,480 --> 00:25:03,080 Speaker 1: Babi, Hey, we chased it for whatever in this year though, 556 00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:08,000 Speaker 1: come on, all right, d d hot. 557 00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:12,639 Speaker 8: Let's see. I grew up playing if it was a sport, 558 00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:15,800 Speaker 8: I was in like love playing sports. It was a 559 00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:17,919 Speaker 8: huge part of my identity at that point, you know, 560 00:25:18,119 --> 00:25:21,000 Speaker 8: like being good at sports is like part of who 561 00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:26,679 Speaker 8: I was. And you know, played soccer football from the 562 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:29,879 Speaker 8: earliest stage you can play either and football. It was 563 00:25:29,920 --> 00:25:32,800 Speaker 8: always like like, hey, who can kick, and be like 564 00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:36,160 Speaker 8: I can kick, and I feel like God had had 565 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:37,760 Speaker 8: given me a gift to just kick the ball farther 566 00:25:37,760 --> 00:25:39,680 Speaker 8: than my peers. Even from a young age, it was 567 00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:42,040 Speaker 8: just like I can just kick the ball far and 568 00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:46,639 Speaker 8: so I kicked for my football team and play soccer. 569 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:48,879 Speaker 8: But kicking was never like a primary thing. It's like, 570 00:25:49,359 --> 00:25:52,080 Speaker 8: my my favorite player was either like Terrell Davis or 571 00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:53,320 Speaker 8: Deon Sanders. 572 00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:56,480 Speaker 1: You know what it was like, Yeah, you know, like 573 00:25:56,640 --> 00:25:59,040 Speaker 1: dudes like position players that were like doing stuff. 574 00:25:59,359 --> 00:26:02,399 Speaker 8: So it was I always thought like, man, I'll do that, 575 00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:07,280 Speaker 8: and so then you know, fast forward, I'm still doing both. 576 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:11,399 Speaker 8: Kicking still a side thing, and I get hurt like 577 00:26:11,480 --> 00:26:15,360 Speaker 8: my freshman year, and every time I'd go to sprint, 578 00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:17,960 Speaker 8: it would feel like the injury would not go away. 579 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:19,719 Speaker 8: It felt like I did it yesterday. It was just 580 00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:22,680 Speaker 8: like I would rest two weeks, do some pte, try 581 00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:25,119 Speaker 8: to work my way running again, and it was still 582 00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:25,639 Speaker 8: the same. 583 00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:28,280 Speaker 3: Like and when you're when you're young like that. 584 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:31,199 Speaker 8: And sports are like a part of your world. It 585 00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:34,600 Speaker 8: was you know, we're grown now with kids, it doesn't 586 00:26:34,680 --> 00:26:36,600 Speaker 8: it doesn't matter. But at that point it was like 587 00:26:36,640 --> 00:26:40,840 Speaker 8: a big deal. And for some reason, I could swing 588 00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:43,320 Speaker 8: my leg through and it didn't hurt to do. Like 589 00:26:43,359 --> 00:26:44,760 Speaker 8: so I couldn't run, but I could swing my leg. 590 00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:45,879 Speaker 8: So I was like, well, this is all I can 591 00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:47,280 Speaker 8: do to be a part of a team. Then like 592 00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:50,280 Speaker 8: I'll become a better kicker. So I went to a camp, 593 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:54,840 Speaker 8: a kicking camp. Shout out Cole's kicking. He's been my 594 00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:58,320 Speaker 8: coach since then. But anyway, so go to a camp 595 00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:00,840 Speaker 8: and I was looking for instruction. I didn't even know 596 00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:03,320 Speaker 8: that they did rankings at that time, but they have 597 00:27:03,359 --> 00:27:06,760 Speaker 8: camps all over the country and they did rankings, and 598 00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:09,280 Speaker 8: so I went for instruction, got some instruction, and then 599 00:27:09,320 --> 00:27:11,040 Speaker 8: after the fact, I think one of my parents were 600 00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:14,399 Speaker 8: looking it up online and they had ranked me like 601 00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:17,399 Speaker 8: it was like two or three in the country or 602 00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:20,560 Speaker 8: something like that the very first time somebody had seen me. 603 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:22,720 Speaker 3: And so that kind of opened my. 604 00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:26,280 Speaker 8: Eyes of like, yeah, maybe I could maybe I could 605 00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:29,040 Speaker 8: be a position player somewhere like a maybe a smaller 606 00:27:29,040 --> 00:27:31,439 Speaker 8: school or something. I was like, or you can just 607 00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:34,760 Speaker 8: walk in something that is clearly something that I was 608 00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:36,600 Speaker 8: gifted at. Yeah, And I was like, well, I think 609 00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:39,440 Speaker 8: that's probably going to be the road to play major 610 00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:43,879 Speaker 8: Division one football. Yeah, And so went that route, got 611 00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:47,480 Speaker 8: a scholarship to Florida State another you know, met my 612 00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:47,920 Speaker 8: wife there. 613 00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:49,800 Speaker 3: So it was one of the best decisions I've ever made. 614 00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:51,639 Speaker 8: And the people they were awesome as a school that 615 00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:54,359 Speaker 8: appreciates kickers because they've been on the bad and the 616 00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:55,720 Speaker 8: good side of that. 617 00:27:56,600 --> 00:27:59,560 Speaker 3: And now I'd argue, we're kicker you you. 618 00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:04,280 Speaker 8: Know, I say, Man Janikowski, Graham Gano, Roberto Yo Me 619 00:28:05,119 --> 00:28:08,639 Speaker 8: and there's some other good ones that Yeah, Scott Bentley 620 00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:09,800 Speaker 8: that touched touched the league. 621 00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:11,600 Speaker 2: But there's a few of us. 622 00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:16,119 Speaker 1: You know, kicker, you you heard it right here, DAWs 623 00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:20,880 Speaker 1: only podcast, can't here you somebody get that T shirt, doesn't. 624 00:28:20,560 --> 00:28:21,240 Speaker 5: Get a T shirt? 625 00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:21,800 Speaker 10: Right? 626 00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:22,520 Speaker 2: Yeah? 627 00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:25,879 Speaker 8: Then then uh bounce around the league a number of 628 00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:32,720 Speaker 8: different teams. Uh, through injuries, good performances, bad performances. 629 00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:36,160 Speaker 3: Uh. I was thinking about the other day. I think. 630 00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:40,200 Speaker 8: Maybe maybe there's one. I don't think I've been picked 631 00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:42,280 Speaker 8: up off waivers. But other than that, I think I've 632 00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:44,800 Speaker 8: been a part of every type of transaction you can 633 00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:45,880 Speaker 8: be a part of in the league. 634 00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:49,600 Speaker 3: Like I've been on peace squad. I was I guess except. 635 00:28:50,760 --> 00:28:51,240 Speaker 4: I was draft. 636 00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:51,840 Speaker 5: I was drafted. 637 00:28:51,880 --> 00:28:52,719 Speaker 3: I was on Peace squad. 638 00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:58,000 Speaker 8: Uh. I've been active, but on the non active like 639 00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:01,200 Speaker 8: on game day, I've been on I R I've been traded. 640 00:29:01,520 --> 00:29:03,000 Speaker 3: It's like I've checked. 641 00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:04,840 Speaker 5: Years. 642 00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:10,760 Speaker 4: You It's crazy. 643 00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:14,880 Speaker 1: So obviously you're the only person here that was drafted 644 00:29:15,480 --> 00:29:20,640 Speaker 1: six sixth round right, sixth round draft pick. Talk about 645 00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:26,080 Speaker 1: that day, Like how did that moment feel for you? 646 00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:26,760 Speaker 5: Your family? 647 00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:27,680 Speaker 3: Uh? 648 00:29:28,280 --> 00:29:30,520 Speaker 5: And honestly, I'm just gonna I'm just gonna say the 649 00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:31,440 Speaker 5: truth because. 650 00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:34,360 Speaker 1: Like you know, coming in I was undrafted twenty twelve, 651 00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:36,080 Speaker 1: I thought I always had a chance to go to 652 00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:36,480 Speaker 1: the rams. 653 00:29:36,520 --> 00:29:38,680 Speaker 5: They had like six picks, and one of them was it. 654 00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:39,760 Speaker 5: They took the kicker and. 655 00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:40,160 Speaker 4: You were a bitter. 656 00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:44,040 Speaker 1: Oh my god, I said, what world are we living 657 00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:48,400 Speaker 1: in where they took a kicker over over a skilled 658 00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:52,440 Speaker 1: position like me? And and I didn't know at that time, 659 00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:54,760 Speaker 1: but as my man Greg to let so much respect 660 00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:57,120 Speaker 1: the Gregs and like. 661 00:29:57,080 --> 00:30:00,280 Speaker 5: You know, so I salute you. But how how did 662 00:30:00,280 --> 00:30:00,680 Speaker 5: it feel? 663 00:30:01,280 --> 00:30:03,240 Speaker 3: They feel awesome? I have my family and friends there. 664 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:06,800 Speaker 8: Shoot, even though it's like a low round, you feel 665 00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:08,080 Speaker 8: like it's like you might as well have been a 666 00:30:08,080 --> 00:30:09,400 Speaker 8: first rounder, just the feeling. 667 00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:10,000 Speaker 2: You know what, I. 668 00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:14,760 Speaker 8: Don't even think I don't I don't think I drink it. 669 00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:16,240 Speaker 8: But we had a bottle of champagne that I was 670 00:30:16,240 --> 00:30:18,440 Speaker 8: like shooting off. I don't even think I had had 671 00:30:18,440 --> 00:30:20,480 Speaker 8: a drink, but it was still just like you know, 672 00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:23,240 Speaker 8: so it's it's a good memory. See the people you 673 00:30:23,280 --> 00:30:27,000 Speaker 8: love in the time, they they don't know firsthand, but 674 00:30:27,040 --> 00:30:28,840 Speaker 8: they know about as close as anybody. The time you 675 00:30:28,880 --> 00:30:31,840 Speaker 8: invest all of us that you know, how much you 676 00:30:31,840 --> 00:30:33,719 Speaker 8: put into your craft to try to be as good 677 00:30:33,760 --> 00:30:35,760 Speaker 8: as you can. And those people are the ones that 678 00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:38,840 Speaker 8: understand it the most as closely as they can, and 679 00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:40,240 Speaker 8: so to celebrate that moment. 680 00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:42,920 Speaker 3: With them, was is a is an honest memory? 681 00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:44,000 Speaker 5: Yeah, it's priceless. 682 00:30:44,160 --> 00:30:44,600 Speaker 3: Priceless. 683 00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:47,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, to be honest with you, each of your positions 684 00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:50,640 Speaker 1: we know on the team is like it's valued, right, 685 00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:54,480 Speaker 1: but like to the outside world, similar to your journey 686 00:30:54,760 --> 00:30:57,840 Speaker 1: and even you you weren't once a kicker, or you 687 00:30:57,840 --> 00:30:59,920 Speaker 1: didn't dream of being a kicker. You wanted to sec 688 00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:02,960 Speaker 1: see roll the one that would ultimately be you know, 689 00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:09,000 Speaker 1: it's like but but honestly, you know, we know the 690 00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:12,320 Speaker 1: value in which all of you guys serve and how 691 00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:17,000 Speaker 1: important it is and how each play that you're a 692 00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:21,880 Speaker 1: part of, how how it's magnified, right, Uh talk about 693 00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:24,640 Speaker 1: like that level of pressure because we all deal with pressure, 694 00:31:25,240 --> 00:31:28,560 Speaker 1: you know, in each of our positions. But going out 695 00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:32,240 Speaker 1: with two seconds on the clock having a naother thirty 696 00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:36,520 Speaker 1: yarder or going out for only let's say two punts 697 00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:39,240 Speaker 1: a game, and your job is you know what I'm saying, 698 00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:43,200 Speaker 1: to change change and flip position right, because the game 699 00:31:43,320 --> 00:31:46,600 Speaker 1: is about uh field position right, and you play a 700 00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:50,160 Speaker 1: big role in that. And then obviously you Charlie like 701 00:31:50,360 --> 00:31:53,680 Speaker 1: it starts and ends with you every time. So talk 702 00:31:53,720 --> 00:31:57,880 Speaker 1: about like that that moment and how do you handle 703 00:31:58,040 --> 00:32:01,520 Speaker 1: like those clutch moments of pressure. 704 00:32:03,120 --> 00:32:04,800 Speaker 6: I mean, for me, it's a lot of a lot 705 00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:06,920 Speaker 6: of deep breaths, man, Like I do, I honestly do 706 00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:09,080 Speaker 6: do a lot of breath work, like sitting on the sideline. 707 00:32:09,080 --> 00:32:10,760 Speaker 6: You know that moment's coming up. I'm sitting there just 708 00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:13,200 Speaker 6: like controlling the heart rate, controlling the breath, trying to 709 00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:15,800 Speaker 6: stay level. And then kind of once you get out there, man, 710 00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:17,400 Speaker 6: it really does kind of for me at least, like 711 00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:19,760 Speaker 6: turning the muscle memory. You try to just forget the situations, 712 00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:22,120 Speaker 6: just like every other thing you do, and you just 713 00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:24,520 Speaker 6: kind of go out there and I throw back there 714 00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:27,560 Speaker 6: and I just you know, hoping, hoping the thing goes through. 715 00:32:27,600 --> 00:32:32,120 Speaker 6: And luckily Dustin he's putting it through. So it's it's 716 00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:34,160 Speaker 6: been a good feeling to know as long as I'm 717 00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:36,200 Speaker 6: doing my job, I can trust these two guys that 718 00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:36,680 Speaker 6: do theirs. 719 00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:39,760 Speaker 2: And it's fun way to win games. 720 00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:42,680 Speaker 6: I mean, I'm sure it's a it's probably a little 721 00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:47,000 Speaker 6: stressful for everybody else, but. 722 00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:46,680 Speaker 2: I enjoy it. 723 00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:46,880 Speaker 4: Man. 724 00:32:47,280 --> 00:32:50,720 Speaker 1: Dud's just praying knee and hugging dudes you'd never even touch. 725 00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:54,000 Speaker 5: Before you name it, it gets done. 726 00:32:54,480 --> 00:32:56,520 Speaker 7: Look, Charlie was saying, you know you just that muscle 727 00:32:56,560 --> 00:32:57,520 Speaker 7: memory kind of kicks in. 728 00:32:57,880 --> 00:33:00,479 Speaker 6: I'm sitting there on the on the sideline stressing. I'm 729 00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:02,680 Speaker 6: trying not to. I'm stressing for sure, and then and 730 00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:04,400 Speaker 6: then once you get on the field, you know, it 731 00:33:04,440 --> 00:33:06,560 Speaker 6: takes over. But yeah, I'm leading up to it. I'm 732 00:33:06,560 --> 00:33:08,400 Speaker 6: sitting there. I'm like, here we go. 733 00:33:08,520 --> 00:33:08,760 Speaker 4: Man. 734 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:11,400 Speaker 8: Yeah, I like it's a good mix between these guys 735 00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:14,200 Speaker 8: for me, you know. And and I think Charlie's making 736 00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:17,960 Speaker 8: himself probably out to be more nervous than I. 737 00:33:17,880 --> 00:33:18,719 Speaker 3: Feel like he puts off. 738 00:33:18,760 --> 00:33:23,000 Speaker 8: At least he handles it seems like he handles it's 739 00:33:23,040 --> 00:33:25,680 Speaker 8: like a duck, you know, calm on the surface's legs underneath. 740 00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:28,000 Speaker 6: Well, you notice I just stay snapping, like I just 741 00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:30,240 Speaker 6: keep my. 742 00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:34,840 Speaker 7: Nervous energy, and he's snapping in the Net's like, Charlie. 743 00:33:34,760 --> 00:33:40,240 Speaker 2: We're done for me. I think. 744 00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:43,160 Speaker 8: I think I got like two perspectives, I think, and 745 00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:44,880 Speaker 8: one of them is like a big picture. I'm like, 746 00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:48,680 Speaker 8: eternally speaking, this kick does not matter. Does that make sense? 747 00:33:48,760 --> 00:33:52,000 Speaker 8: Like it's like, man like, uh kind of like I 748 00:33:52,040 --> 00:33:55,280 Speaker 8: mentioned earlier, as as fathers, you understand that there are 749 00:33:55,280 --> 00:33:57,240 Speaker 8: more important things going on in our life, and not 750 00:33:57,280 --> 00:33:58,640 Speaker 8: that you don't want that, and you want to enjoy 751 00:33:58,640 --> 00:34:00,440 Speaker 8: that with your teammates. You want that for like man, 752 00:34:00,520 --> 00:34:01,600 Speaker 8: y'all are out there working hard. 753 00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:03,840 Speaker 3: I want that for y'all as my team. 754 00:34:03,880 --> 00:34:06,160 Speaker 8: And so it's not a lack of desire to do well, 755 00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:08,320 Speaker 8: but it's more of man in the gram scheme of 756 00:34:08,400 --> 00:34:11,200 Speaker 8: life and eternity, this is a very small thing, you know, 757 00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:14,840 Speaker 8: And so that's one perspective. Another perspective also big picture 758 00:34:14,960 --> 00:34:19,320 Speaker 8: is like my bad day, an entire city hates me, okay, 759 00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:22,000 Speaker 8: And some people hear that and they're like, well that's horrible. 760 00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:26,759 Speaker 8: I'm like I will just move cities, okay, whatever. But 761 00:34:27,120 --> 00:34:29,360 Speaker 8: like somebody else's bad day, like you're in the medical 762 00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:32,160 Speaker 8: field or you're in like you're a soldier, and I 763 00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:34,120 Speaker 8: look at their bad days are so much worse than 764 00:34:34,160 --> 00:34:37,160 Speaker 8: my bad days. I'm like, I can handle I can 765 00:34:37,200 --> 00:34:40,640 Speaker 8: handle that. Like, but like losing a friend or losing 766 00:34:40,640 --> 00:34:43,040 Speaker 8: a patient or like you know. 767 00:34:43,360 --> 00:34:43,959 Speaker 2: Those are tough. 768 00:34:44,080 --> 00:34:44,920 Speaker 3: Those are tough days. 769 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:48,560 Speaker 8: So big picture, that's kind of how I like, I 770 00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:50,440 Speaker 8: don't know, take the pressure off is just still just 771 00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:50,799 Speaker 8: a game. 772 00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:53,360 Speaker 3: And then in that moment. 773 00:34:53,640 --> 00:34:55,719 Speaker 8: In college, there are times where you know you have 774 00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:57,560 Speaker 8: a negative thought and you try to replace it and 775 00:34:57,600 --> 00:35:00,759 Speaker 8: you're kind of having that mental battle. And and there 776 00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:02,920 Speaker 8: was a time where that didn't work. And then another time, 777 00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:06,560 Speaker 8: like I was so confident, overly confident going into a kick, 778 00:35:07,239 --> 00:35:09,560 Speaker 8: like and it wasn't like fake and like I really 779 00:35:09,719 --> 00:35:12,760 Speaker 8: believed it, and it that didn't work either, and so 780 00:35:12,320 --> 00:35:15,440 Speaker 8: what so what I found, what I found is is 781 00:35:15,840 --> 00:35:19,000 Speaker 8: don't be results oriented. It's like being that moment and 782 00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:22,120 Speaker 8: so all I'm thinking about as we're walking up and well, 783 00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:24,799 Speaker 8: let me let me backtrack. It's so nice not having 784 00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:27,399 Speaker 8: to think about a snapper a hole, like, because there's 785 00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:28,799 Speaker 8: been times sometimes you're like, I don't know what I'm 786 00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:31,480 Speaker 8: about to get here, But having these guys on the 787 00:35:31,480 --> 00:35:33,759 Speaker 8: front end it makes I don't I don't think people 788 00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:36,760 Speaker 8: out there realize, like they know snapping and holding is important. 789 00:35:36,360 --> 00:35:39,360 Speaker 3: To a kick, but how vital, like a good picture 790 00:35:39,360 --> 00:35:41,680 Speaker 3: of the football is going in. Yeah, and these. 791 00:35:41,440 --> 00:35:45,560 Speaker 8: Guys like we're a huge part of our team success 792 00:35:45,600 --> 00:35:48,920 Speaker 8: but also like my success because of how good they 793 00:35:48,920 --> 00:35:49,560 Speaker 8: are at what they do. 794 00:35:49,920 --> 00:35:51,200 Speaker 3: So like I'm really thankful for y'all. 795 00:35:51,239 --> 00:35:53,480 Speaker 5: First of all, come on, big three. He starts with 796 00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:55,120 Speaker 5: a snap, mom man, come. 797 00:35:55,040 --> 00:35:58,520 Speaker 8: On, and so but in that moment, all I'm thinking 798 00:35:58,520 --> 00:36:02,320 Speaker 8: about are are like kind of like I guess a 799 00:36:02,360 --> 00:36:05,480 Speaker 8: golfer would call them swing thoughts. So it might be 800 00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:07,680 Speaker 8: like and it changes depending on the week, depending on 801 00:36:07,719 --> 00:36:09,840 Speaker 8: what's working or not working leading up to that game, 802 00:36:10,360 --> 00:36:14,840 Speaker 8: but it might be patient contact. And that sounds really simple. 803 00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:17,400 Speaker 8: But I'm not smart enough to think of more than 804 00:36:17,440 --> 00:36:19,520 Speaker 8: two things in my head at the same time, you know. 805 00:36:19,600 --> 00:36:20,279 Speaker 5: So that's all. 806 00:36:20,360 --> 00:36:22,440 Speaker 8: I'm just filling my head with those two things, reminding 807 00:36:22,440 --> 00:36:24,160 Speaker 8: myself like, oh, in the swing, I want to do this. 808 00:36:24,840 --> 00:36:27,080 Speaker 8: And if I'm focusing on that moment, on those swing thoughts, 809 00:36:27,760 --> 00:36:29,920 Speaker 8: it doesn't guarantee that you're gonna. 810 00:36:29,680 --> 00:36:32,279 Speaker 3: Make it, but it gives you. It gives you the 811 00:36:32,280 --> 00:36:33,439 Speaker 3: best chance that you have. I think. 812 00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:36,239 Speaker 8: Yeah, it's kind of like like, what's the saying, you know, 813 00:36:36,560 --> 00:36:40,799 Speaker 8: working hard doesn't guarantee that you'll win, but guarantee that 814 00:36:40,840 --> 00:36:43,000 Speaker 8: if you don't, you don't have a chance type of thing. 815 00:36:43,160 --> 00:36:44,120 Speaker 2: So it's funny. 816 00:36:44,120 --> 00:36:45,840 Speaker 6: I think we all have to like think about something 817 00:36:45,840 --> 00:36:47,920 Speaker 6: other than what we're actually like doing with our bodies. 818 00:36:47,960 --> 00:36:49,840 Speaker 6: It's like I'm not like thinking about like, oh, I 819 00:36:49,920 --> 00:36:51,600 Speaker 6: just got to like throw it right there. Like I'm 820 00:36:51,719 --> 00:36:54,279 Speaker 6: literally just focused on I'll pick some little point on 821 00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:57,840 Speaker 6: his elbow and like I'm just thinking about that point 822 00:36:57,960 --> 00:36:59,800 Speaker 6: on his elbow and the ball. 823 00:36:59,680 --> 00:37:01,040 Speaker 2: Just you you like your body do the rest. 824 00:37:01,120 --> 00:37:03,560 Speaker 6: Like I feel like in sports, at least for everybody, 825 00:37:03,600 --> 00:37:06,879 Speaker 6: I think like if you're thinking about it, you're probably wrong, 826 00:37:07,200 --> 00:37:09,279 Speaker 6: you know, so like we probably all have our own 827 00:37:09,280 --> 00:37:13,240 Speaker 6: little ways of like thinking about something that's not actually 828 00:37:13,280 --> 00:37:14,520 Speaker 6: what we're doing, if that makes. 829 00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:16,120 Speaker 4: Sense, you know. 830 00:37:16,120 --> 00:37:19,839 Speaker 1: I think what also brings like that level of calmness 831 00:37:20,040 --> 00:37:27,239 Speaker 1: is routine and you know, a regiment, right, So talk 832 00:37:27,280 --> 00:37:30,120 Speaker 1: to us a little bit about on the day to day, 833 00:37:30,440 --> 00:37:34,640 Speaker 1: like what does your general like routine look like in 834 00:37:34,760 --> 00:37:36,920 Speaker 1: order for you to have that success? 835 00:37:37,120 --> 00:37:40,120 Speaker 5: You know, come come on Sundays. 836 00:37:41,040 --> 00:37:43,040 Speaker 6: I snapped the gold post a little bit to warm up, 837 00:37:43,160 --> 00:37:44,880 Speaker 6: and then I kind of just jumped right into it. 838 00:37:44,920 --> 00:37:47,560 Speaker 6: To be honest with you, Like my warmost. 839 00:37:47,200 --> 00:37:52,920 Speaker 8: Pretty see that's humble, Charlie, you know, like he lifts, 840 00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:57,879 Speaker 8: he studies film in. 841 00:37:57,840 --> 00:37:58,480 Speaker 5: The off season. 842 00:37:58,560 --> 00:38:00,320 Speaker 3: I'm walking in a couple days early and I was like, 843 00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:02,200 Speaker 3: what are you doing here? He's like, I'm watching some tape. 844 00:38:02,239 --> 00:38:06,279 Speaker 5: Yeah. I was like, it's precent having started care. 845 00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:08,200 Speaker 1: I was like, man, it's like, how are you ensuring 846 00:38:08,239 --> 00:38:12,680 Speaker 1: that those snaps are Chris? How you ensuring that you 847 00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:15,480 Speaker 1: keep your seat? You feel me year to year like 848 00:38:15,640 --> 00:38:19,280 Speaker 1: all of those things that contribute to uh this thirteen 849 00:38:19,880 --> 00:38:21,719 Speaker 1: years that you you've been playing ball. 850 00:38:22,080 --> 00:38:24,480 Speaker 2: Well, I mean, who want to go in the weight room? 851 00:38:24,480 --> 00:38:26,280 Speaker 2: Like I do take the weight room like very serious. 852 00:38:26,920 --> 00:38:28,080 Speaker 2: You know, it's different. 853 00:38:28,080 --> 00:38:30,919 Speaker 5: It's a different you like being in coverage. You feel 854 00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:31,680 Speaker 5: me you gotta a. 855 00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:32,480 Speaker 3: Man right there? 856 00:38:32,520 --> 00:38:36,080 Speaker 6: Ye well no, I do think like that's that's how 857 00:38:36,080 --> 00:38:37,480 Speaker 6: you make it through a season. Like you can't just 858 00:38:37,520 --> 00:38:39,319 Speaker 6: come in without lifting your your body has to be 859 00:38:39,440 --> 00:38:41,600 Speaker 6: used to the forces that you know come at you 860 00:38:41,680 --> 00:38:43,440 Speaker 6: during the season. So it starts there. 861 00:38:44,640 --> 00:38:44,799 Speaker 2: You know. 862 00:38:44,840 --> 00:38:47,440 Speaker 6: I'm snapping in the off seasons, Like I'll start snapping 863 00:38:47,440 --> 00:38:49,239 Speaker 6: in March, Like I'll take like two months off and 864 00:38:49,320 --> 00:38:50,120 Speaker 6: it's back to it. 865 00:38:51,440 --> 00:38:51,680 Speaker 2: You know. 866 00:38:52,200 --> 00:38:54,400 Speaker 6: Even my poor wife's out there catching snaps from the 867 00:38:54,440 --> 00:38:55,440 Speaker 6: off season sometimes. 868 00:38:57,040 --> 00:38:59,719 Speaker 1: See I'm telling you, yeah, best teammate ever. 869 00:39:00,920 --> 00:39:08,279 Speaker 6: Different, look like whatever you and I mean, we try 870 00:39:08,280 --> 00:39:10,160 Speaker 6: to get together the off season, but it doesn't always 871 00:39:10,160 --> 00:39:12,799 Speaker 6: work out, like we're in different cities or whatever. But yeah, 872 00:39:12,840 --> 00:39:14,920 Speaker 6: I know my wife catches. She's been catching snaps for 873 00:39:14,920 --> 00:39:15,359 Speaker 6: a long time. 874 00:39:15,880 --> 00:39:17,959 Speaker 4: Yeah, right there. 875 00:39:18,080 --> 00:39:20,840 Speaker 7: Yeah, my wife snaps for me what she used to. No, 876 00:39:20,960 --> 00:39:21,799 Speaker 7: we got the baby out. 877 00:39:22,320 --> 00:39:22,760 Speaker 5: Wow. 878 00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:27,439 Speaker 7: But I try to keep practice exactly what I do 879 00:39:27,880 --> 00:39:30,279 Speaker 7: warming up for a game, you know, So I go 880 00:39:30,360 --> 00:39:32,840 Speaker 7: through no steps, one steps and then full step punts. 881 00:39:33,160 --> 00:39:35,640 Speaker 4: I do six of each each direction. Do the same 882 00:39:35,680 --> 00:39:37,160 Speaker 4: thing at practice. 883 00:39:38,040 --> 00:39:40,120 Speaker 7: And then after that, I kind of, depending what the 884 00:39:40,120 --> 00:39:43,640 Speaker 7: wind is, you know, just try to get a feel 885 00:39:43,680 --> 00:39:46,360 Speaker 7: for what it's doing at different spots on the field, 886 00:39:46,360 --> 00:39:49,120 Speaker 7: so I know when I have to switch to ossie ball, 887 00:39:49,160 --> 00:39:50,239 Speaker 7: you know that backspin. 888 00:39:49,960 --> 00:39:57,080 Speaker 11: Of one you don't catch it, and yeah, I mean 889 00:39:57,120 --> 00:39:58,719 Speaker 11: I just kind of figure out what it's doing that day, 890 00:39:58,760 --> 00:40:01,000 Speaker 11: if anything, you know, and then kind of have a 891 00:40:01,120 --> 00:40:03,879 Speaker 11: general plan going into the game and then just kind 892 00:40:03,880 --> 00:40:05,000 Speaker 11: of wing it. 893 00:40:05,239 --> 00:40:13,560 Speaker 12: See what happens, Humble, this guy's himself out there like 894 00:40:13,560 --> 00:40:16,439 Speaker 12: you Yeah, yeah, just wing it, man. 895 00:40:16,600 --> 00:40:19,480 Speaker 5: It just bombs it. 896 00:40:19,480 --> 00:40:21,040 Speaker 3: It's a beautiful part of his play. It's just as 897 00:40:21,040 --> 00:40:22,440 Speaker 3: like I'm gonna go out there and do the things. 898 00:40:22,360 --> 00:40:22,960 Speaker 4: Just do whatever. 899 00:40:23,120 --> 00:40:24,399 Speaker 5: Yeah, that Cali life. 900 00:40:24,520 --> 00:40:27,920 Speaker 2: Yes, it works for a lot of guys. I will say, yeah, 901 00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:28,480 Speaker 2: I feel like that. 902 00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:31,680 Speaker 7: I mean, playing in Cleveland, you know you'll get a 903 00:40:31,719 --> 00:40:33,480 Speaker 7: thirty forty mile an hour win. You know, I was 904 00:40:33,480 --> 00:40:36,359 Speaker 7: in Buffalo for three years. I mean, holy smokes. Like 905 00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:40,160 Speaker 7: you almost have to like not not care, but like 906 00:40:40,520 --> 00:40:44,759 Speaker 7: just accept what's going on and just like listen, it 907 00:40:44,840 --> 00:40:45,400 Speaker 7: is what it is. 908 00:40:45,440 --> 00:40:47,279 Speaker 3: At this point, I can't There's only so much you 909 00:40:47,280 --> 00:40:47,600 Speaker 3: can do. 910 00:40:47,760 --> 00:40:53,080 Speaker 7: Yeah, so all those indoor guys out there, Cory's jealous, 911 00:40:53,080 --> 00:40:53,600 Speaker 7: That's what he meant. 912 00:40:54,239 --> 00:40:54,600 Speaker 2: One day. 913 00:40:55,120 --> 00:40:57,440 Speaker 6: I do remember one time we're lining up and you're 914 00:40:57,440 --> 00:41:00,279 Speaker 6: putting out of the dog Pound end zone and I'm 915 00:41:00,280 --> 00:41:02,319 Speaker 6: lining up. I'm looking between my legs at you, and 916 00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:05,320 Speaker 6: a gust out of hell just comes out of nowhere 917 00:41:05,520 --> 00:41:08,400 Speaker 6: and it's like it went from like twenty miles per 918 00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:09,560 Speaker 6: hout or like fifty miles per hour. 919 00:41:09,680 --> 00:41:10,200 Speaker 2: Just I don't know. 920 00:41:12,520 --> 00:41:16,160 Speaker 6: I don't remember the game. I look between my legs 921 00:41:16,200 --> 00:41:18,160 Speaker 6: and Corey's like, please don't stop. 922 00:41:19,000 --> 00:41:19,160 Speaker 4: Wait. 923 00:41:19,719 --> 00:41:21,239 Speaker 2: I look up at the play clock and I'm like, 924 00:41:21,280 --> 00:41:23,640 Speaker 2: we gotta godde that. 925 00:41:23,480 --> 00:41:25,840 Speaker 4: Thing moved five feet from the left to the right. 926 00:41:25,960 --> 00:41:26,200 Speaker 9: Yeah. 927 00:41:26,520 --> 00:41:28,040 Speaker 6: I tried to wait as long as I could, and 928 00:41:28,040 --> 00:41:29,440 Speaker 6: I was like this, this gust ain't stopping. 929 00:41:29,480 --> 00:41:33,759 Speaker 2: Dude, it's coming and you just wing it. Yeah, that's it, and. 930 00:41:33,800 --> 00:41:36,440 Speaker 1: You just got natural hands. Now I think about it, 931 00:41:36,480 --> 00:41:37,320 Speaker 1: you forget about. 932 00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:40,160 Speaker 7: I know these guys Coop David, they think they're great 933 00:41:40,160 --> 00:41:43,240 Speaker 7: at catching. Sure, go ahead. I got the most receptions 934 00:41:43,280 --> 00:41:44,960 Speaker 7: on the team every year. You got all the pumps 935 00:41:44,960 --> 00:41:48,720 Speaker 7: and on it. I would dratch anybody on the team, 936 00:41:48,840 --> 00:41:51,000 Speaker 7: but out a drop, I'll drop gloss. 937 00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:52,360 Speaker 4: They all use gloves. I don't use gloves. 938 00:41:52,480 --> 00:41:55,000 Speaker 2: I used to operate the jugs machine for him every day. 939 00:41:56,160 --> 00:41:59,400 Speaker 3: A lot of fourteen yard receptions. Bam, a fourteen and 940 00:41:59,440 --> 00:41:59,760 Speaker 3: a half? 941 00:42:00,160 --> 00:42:03,359 Speaker 8: Was It depends on Okay, we're on routine, right, yeah, 942 00:42:03,880 --> 00:42:04,799 Speaker 8: do we have enough time? 943 00:42:05,600 --> 00:42:06,360 Speaker 4: Alright? 944 00:42:07,200 --> 00:42:11,200 Speaker 2: The longest, longest warm up routine in the NFL there gives. 945 00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:11,600 Speaker 3: Me a hard time. 946 00:42:14,360 --> 00:42:17,120 Speaker 2: Long whatever you gotta do, I. 947 00:42:17,080 --> 00:42:19,120 Speaker 6: Just know we're close to you when you put the 948 00:42:19,160 --> 00:42:23,640 Speaker 6: footballs under your butt and stretch up, you. 949 00:42:23,600 --> 00:42:26,840 Speaker 3: Know, yeah, Rob, maybe you can relate to this a 950 00:42:26,840 --> 00:42:28,440 Speaker 3: little bit. Okay. 951 00:42:29,040 --> 00:42:31,720 Speaker 8: I feel like the longer you play, there are certain 952 00:42:31,719 --> 00:42:33,719 Speaker 8: parts of your body you gotta warm up that maybe 953 00:42:33,719 --> 00:42:34,600 Speaker 8: you didn't have to warm up. 954 00:42:34,560 --> 00:42:37,239 Speaker 5: When yeah, I'm too. I'm there, you know what I'm saying. 955 00:42:37,239 --> 00:42:39,920 Speaker 8: So as you go through and maybe you're like, oh, 956 00:42:39,960 --> 00:42:41,400 Speaker 8: there's a piece of maintenance that I had to do 957 00:42:41,480 --> 00:42:43,560 Speaker 8: for X amount of time, it kind of. 958 00:42:43,560 --> 00:42:44,960 Speaker 3: Gets added to your warm up. 959 00:42:45,360 --> 00:42:47,040 Speaker 8: And so that's kind of how mine over the years 960 00:42:47,160 --> 00:42:49,520 Speaker 8: is kind of like one thing gets added, nothing gets added, 961 00:42:49,560 --> 00:42:51,040 Speaker 8: and here we are. 962 00:42:51,120 --> 00:42:54,359 Speaker 2: Nothing got deleted, nothing I kept. 963 00:42:56,680 --> 00:42:57,920 Speaker 5: So we got that. 964 00:42:57,960 --> 00:42:59,520 Speaker 8: I got a long warm up, all right, I get it, 965 00:42:59,560 --> 00:43:02,239 Speaker 8: guess And I think guys that previously played with it 966 00:43:02,360 --> 00:43:03,239 Speaker 8: would say the same thing. 967 00:43:05,160 --> 00:43:09,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's got to come out because at the end 968 00:43:09,440 --> 00:43:12,480 Speaker 1: of the day, it got you paid, right, it got 969 00:43:12,560 --> 00:43:12,919 Speaker 1: you paid. 970 00:43:13,520 --> 00:43:17,000 Speaker 5: Here that's what we're going. That's what we're going, both 971 00:43:17,000 --> 00:43:20,160 Speaker 5: of you, guys. This is the this is very high price. 972 00:43:20,880 --> 00:43:23,799 Speaker 3: Corey got our dinner last night and I'm too poor 973 00:43:23,800 --> 00:43:24,279 Speaker 3: to be paid. 974 00:43:24,719 --> 00:43:27,000 Speaker 2: We did a credit card roulette, Corey loss. 975 00:43:27,239 --> 00:43:27,960 Speaker 4: I love it. 976 00:43:28,040 --> 00:43:30,560 Speaker 7: Some hurt more than others, But that's us trying to 977 00:43:30,560 --> 00:43:33,520 Speaker 7: be like the DBS manna little credit card. 978 00:43:34,400 --> 00:43:36,880 Speaker 1: That's that's just a staple. That's a staple in the 979 00:43:36,960 --> 00:43:37,680 Speaker 1: league in general. 980 00:43:37,719 --> 00:43:40,320 Speaker 2: What's your strategy strategy for roulette? 981 00:43:40,560 --> 00:43:45,520 Speaker 1: I play I played last man standing Okay, yeah, there's 982 00:43:45,560 --> 00:43:47,160 Speaker 1: really no no strategy. 983 00:43:47,280 --> 00:43:47,879 Speaker 5: I probably throw. 984 00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:50,200 Speaker 1: I probably do throw in the car that has a 985 00:43:50,200 --> 00:43:53,040 Speaker 1: little material, different material than the rest. 986 00:43:55,280 --> 00:43:56,040 Speaker 2: That's how you get picked. 987 00:43:56,280 --> 00:43:58,839 Speaker 1: Yeah, but I'm last man standing, right, So it's like 988 00:43:59,040 --> 00:44:02,359 Speaker 1: you keep going until whoever, whoever, whatever the last card 989 00:44:02,520 --> 00:44:04,840 Speaker 1: is that's in there is the one. 990 00:44:04,600 --> 00:44:06,160 Speaker 4: That I like. 991 00:44:06,360 --> 00:44:08,080 Speaker 6: I've got a metal card and I've got a plastic card. 992 00:44:08,160 --> 00:44:09,680 Speaker 6: The metal card I never put in there because it 993 00:44:09,719 --> 00:44:12,399 Speaker 6: like sinks to the bottom of the hat, and I. 994 00:44:12,320 --> 00:44:14,399 Speaker 8: Feel like they might think if they feel a metal card, 995 00:44:14,480 --> 00:44:16,000 Speaker 8: like this person should pay. 996 00:44:16,040 --> 00:44:18,759 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a normal card. It's just happened. 997 00:44:19,520 --> 00:44:22,320 Speaker 1: Probability is different though, for you guys three versus maybe 998 00:44:22,320 --> 00:44:23,240 Speaker 1: a group of fifteen. 999 00:44:23,520 --> 00:44:26,880 Speaker 8: Yeah, well, but then the implications are much lower for 1000 00:44:27,000 --> 00:44:28,240 Speaker 8: us fifteen. 1001 00:44:28,719 --> 00:44:29,160 Speaker 5: That's true. 1002 00:44:29,200 --> 00:44:30,719 Speaker 1: I'm not going to do Yeah, I think I've only 1003 00:44:30,719 --> 00:44:33,040 Speaker 1: got picked selected ones for credit card. 1004 00:44:33,080 --> 00:44:34,719 Speaker 5: But let maybe one thirteen years. 1005 00:44:34,800 --> 00:44:39,239 Speaker 1: Yeah, one time, and the times I play, I'm good, 1006 00:44:40,040 --> 00:44:42,879 Speaker 1: but I do right, I do. I do right by 1007 00:44:42,880 --> 00:44:45,200 Speaker 1: my guy. So I think God just looks out, you know, 1008 00:44:47,880 --> 00:44:50,319 Speaker 1: no need, He's he took care of it at a 1009 00:44:50,320 --> 00:44:53,600 Speaker 1: different time. Okay, not this time. Somebody else needs to 1010 00:44:53,600 --> 00:44:55,799 Speaker 1: do it. We talked, we were talking to we on 1011 00:44:55,880 --> 00:44:58,960 Speaker 1: the topic of the of the money on top of 1012 00:44:59,000 --> 00:45:02,400 Speaker 1: his money, all his money, there's money that's in here now, 1013 00:45:02,560 --> 00:45:05,040 Speaker 1: like honestly, like how how does how does that feel 1014 00:45:05,120 --> 00:45:08,920 Speaker 1: for you guys, you know, for the organization to honor 1015 00:45:09,000 --> 00:45:11,760 Speaker 1: you with you know, both you know, new deals. 1016 00:45:12,800 --> 00:45:15,440 Speaker 7: I mean it's the first time I've resigned somewhere, you know, 1017 00:45:17,000 --> 00:45:18,920 Speaker 7: So I'm grateful for that to be able to stay 1018 00:45:19,160 --> 00:45:21,920 Speaker 7: in one place, especially with the family now, Like it 1019 00:45:21,920 --> 00:45:24,719 Speaker 7: was hard enough moving with two dogs, my wife, you know, 1020 00:45:24,760 --> 00:45:27,320 Speaker 7: and I got traded like that was just a disaster. 1021 00:45:27,560 --> 00:45:30,279 Speaker 7: So having a baby now just I mean, you guys 1022 00:45:30,280 --> 00:45:33,479 Speaker 7: don't get it, you know, But to stick with these guys, 1023 00:45:33,560 --> 00:45:36,239 Speaker 7: keep this group going, working with Bubba and Bravo, this 1024 00:45:36,320 --> 00:45:38,399 Speaker 7: team kind of where the direction of the team's going. 1025 00:45:39,000 --> 00:45:39,439 Speaker 4: It's good. 1026 00:45:39,760 --> 00:45:42,120 Speaker 8: Yeah, that echoes and what Corey said, I think anytime 1027 00:45:42,160 --> 00:45:44,759 Speaker 8: a team has a desire to bring you back is 1028 00:45:44,760 --> 00:45:47,880 Speaker 8: like that's a good feeling, you know, Like, yeah, it's corny, 1029 00:45:47,880 --> 00:45:50,279 Speaker 8: but it's like it's nice to be wanted, you know. 1030 00:45:50,360 --> 00:45:52,719 Speaker 8: I think as a player, we all want to Yeah, 1031 00:45:52,760 --> 00:45:53,480 Speaker 8: you want you want that. 1032 00:45:53,560 --> 00:45:53,759 Speaker 2: You know. 1033 00:45:53,840 --> 00:45:57,920 Speaker 8: So I think a huge part for me was just 1034 00:45:57,960 --> 00:46:00,480 Speaker 8: how the team has treated me from day one coming in, 1035 00:46:00,840 --> 00:46:03,120 Speaker 8: Like as soon as I got traded, I felt like 1036 00:46:03,160 --> 00:46:05,160 Speaker 8: I was welcomed to her like in a way that 1037 00:46:05,200 --> 00:46:08,760 Speaker 8: no other team I don't know that had welcomed me before. 1038 00:46:10,080 --> 00:46:13,400 Speaker 8: So from the very jump to how they've h I 1039 00:46:13,400 --> 00:46:15,320 Speaker 8: don't know, I feel like in a lot of ways 1040 00:46:15,440 --> 00:46:17,600 Speaker 8: prioritize family more than other places I've been. 1041 00:46:19,920 --> 00:46:22,200 Speaker 3: Is that's a huge piece for me of wanting to 1042 00:46:22,239 --> 00:46:24,360 Speaker 3: be a part of what we have here culturally. 1043 00:46:25,640 --> 00:46:28,120 Speaker 8: In addition that of like all the pieces we have 1044 00:46:28,160 --> 00:46:30,040 Speaker 8: in place, it's exciting, and you want to be a 1045 00:46:30,040 --> 00:46:34,120 Speaker 8: part of a winning team. And I think another piece 1046 00:46:34,160 --> 00:46:36,920 Speaker 8: of that is is you want to be paid. But 1047 00:46:37,520 --> 00:46:40,960 Speaker 8: we talked about all the work you put in, how 1048 00:46:41,040 --> 00:46:44,359 Speaker 8: much you invest not just physically and mentally, but like 1049 00:46:44,360 --> 00:46:48,759 Speaker 8: like emotionally in your craft, you know, so you want 1050 00:46:48,760 --> 00:46:50,000 Speaker 8: to be you want to be paid in a way 1051 00:46:50,000 --> 00:46:52,160 Speaker 8: that you feel like, Oh, man, I feel like I'm 1052 00:46:52,280 --> 00:46:55,279 Speaker 8: I'm with like in this tier guys or whatever. In 1053 00:46:56,440 --> 00:46:59,319 Speaker 8: I know some guys want to set the market. For me, 1054 00:46:59,360 --> 00:47:01,320 Speaker 8: it was just a matter of wanted to be in 1055 00:47:01,360 --> 00:47:03,600 Speaker 8: a group that I thought was like, oh, these these 1056 00:47:03,600 --> 00:47:06,520 Speaker 8: are a section of upper echelant kickers that I feel 1057 00:47:06,560 --> 00:47:09,839 Speaker 8: like I'm a part of, and like you said, I 1058 00:47:09,880 --> 00:47:15,200 Speaker 8: just do feel very honored that, like the organization, like 1059 00:47:15,360 --> 00:47:19,160 Speaker 8: we saw eyed eye on that, you know. So, and 1060 00:47:19,200 --> 00:47:22,480 Speaker 8: shoot the fan base, not to mention like I've been 1061 00:47:22,480 --> 00:47:24,400 Speaker 8: a part of some fan bases, some really good, some 1062 00:47:24,640 --> 00:47:27,279 Speaker 8: not as good. And to go out there on a 1063 00:47:27,360 --> 00:47:29,840 Speaker 8: day that is like, let's be honest, the weather is 1064 00:47:31,000 --> 00:47:34,839 Speaker 8: horrible a lot and for them to be like, yo, 1065 00:47:34,920 --> 00:47:37,239 Speaker 8: we're gonna fill this place up still, We're going to 1066 00:47:37,320 --> 00:47:39,080 Speaker 8: be loud and we're going to stay. 1067 00:47:38,840 --> 00:47:41,920 Speaker 3: For the whole game. It's like as a player, that 1068 00:47:42,000 --> 00:47:44,640 Speaker 3: means a lot when your fan base is committed, for sure. 1069 00:47:45,040 --> 00:47:46,200 Speaker 3: So that's a that's a really. 1070 00:47:46,120 --> 00:47:49,560 Speaker 1: Nice aspect too real you know all about it. 1071 00:47:50,080 --> 00:47:52,879 Speaker 5: You know, the longest ten year you know what I'm 1072 00:47:52,880 --> 00:47:54,560 Speaker 5: saying player on the team. 1073 00:47:55,040 --> 00:47:59,080 Speaker 2: Uh, Joel Joe's gotta be about a couple months. But yeah, yeah, yeah. 1074 00:47:58,760 --> 00:48:03,799 Speaker 1: Yeah, And give credit whords you're the oldest on the team, 1075 00:48:04,000 --> 00:48:09,280 Speaker 1: am I Yeah, people tend to think I'm the oldest, 1076 00:48:09,080 --> 00:48:09,600 Speaker 1: know this. 1077 00:48:09,640 --> 00:48:11,439 Speaker 5: So I got to get it off of me. I'm 1078 00:48:11,480 --> 00:48:12,600 Speaker 5: just going to toss it to you. 1079 00:48:13,600 --> 00:48:16,560 Speaker 1: But honestly, though, like that is a huge, you know, 1080 00:48:16,800 --> 00:48:21,160 Speaker 1: badge of honor and respect from the organization and peers. 1081 00:48:21,200 --> 00:48:22,799 Speaker 5: Like how does that feel. 1082 00:48:23,080 --> 00:48:26,840 Speaker 1: Like knowing that you've been a part of this organization 1083 00:48:26,960 --> 00:48:28,840 Speaker 1: for the past, you know, thirteen years. 1084 00:48:29,040 --> 00:48:31,879 Speaker 6: I mean, we're definitely blessed to like you know, Court 1085 00:48:31,960 --> 00:48:34,080 Speaker 6: kind of touch on it, you know, doesn't touch on it, 1086 00:48:34,120 --> 00:48:36,840 Speaker 6: like like moving your family around, Like we've been blessed 1087 00:48:36,880 --> 00:48:38,960 Speaker 6: to be in one place, Like all my kids have 1088 00:48:38,960 --> 00:48:42,239 Speaker 6: been born in Cleveland, Like there's there's no matter how 1089 00:48:42,280 --> 00:48:45,360 Speaker 6: long we're here, Like Cleveland's always going to have a 1090 00:48:45,360 --> 00:48:47,320 Speaker 6: part in our life, like a part of our family history. 1091 00:48:47,400 --> 00:48:48,960 Speaker 6: Like it's just it's just gonna be a part of 1092 00:48:49,040 --> 00:48:51,759 Speaker 6: us now forever. So like it's it's always gonna have 1093 00:48:51,760 --> 00:48:54,279 Speaker 6: a spot in our heart. And like like you guys 1094 00:48:54,280 --> 00:48:57,040 Speaker 6: were saying, like the fans, you can't beat them, Like 1095 00:48:57,239 --> 00:48:59,120 Speaker 6: it don't matter how cold it is, don't matter if 1096 00:48:59,120 --> 00:49:02,279 Speaker 6: it's reign and are like they're out there, and like 1097 00:49:02,440 --> 00:49:05,799 Speaker 6: especially like coming from the seasons where you know, things 1098 00:49:05,840 --> 00:49:08,640 Speaker 6: weren't necessarily going great to like where they are now. 1099 00:49:08,719 --> 00:49:11,440 Speaker 6: Like it's definitely like a you have like a blessed 1100 00:49:11,440 --> 00:49:15,880 Speaker 6: feeling of like you realize like wins are winds are 1101 00:49:15,920 --> 00:49:17,640 Speaker 6: hard to get, you know what I mean, And so 1102 00:49:17,680 --> 00:49:19,319 Speaker 6: like now that we have like a team with some 1103 00:49:19,440 --> 00:49:22,200 Speaker 6: talent that can really do something, you know, it's just 1104 00:49:22,239 --> 00:49:23,240 Speaker 6: like it's a great feeling. 1105 00:49:23,440 --> 00:49:27,319 Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, I love it. Man. I just got one 1106 00:49:27,400 --> 00:49:28,760 Speaker 5: last question for you guys. 1107 00:49:29,400 --> 00:49:33,480 Speaker 1: We call this our our dog moment, and it really 1108 00:49:33,520 --> 00:49:39,160 Speaker 1: speaks to being able to overcome an obstacle, a challenge. 1109 00:49:39,480 --> 00:49:42,840 Speaker 1: You know, like I said earlier, there is no straight line, 1110 00:49:43,239 --> 00:49:46,080 Speaker 1: you know, to reach in the top of that mountain, 1111 00:49:46,600 --> 00:49:50,360 Speaker 1: right and knowing that we are one percenter and we 1112 00:49:50,400 --> 00:49:55,480 Speaker 1: didn't get here on an easy track. So if you 1113 00:49:55,520 --> 00:49:58,360 Speaker 1: can think of like that one moment in your career 1114 00:49:59,600 --> 00:50:03,160 Speaker 1: or even then life where you had to channel that 1115 00:50:03,280 --> 00:50:06,480 Speaker 1: inner dog that lives inside of all of us, what 1116 00:50:06,520 --> 00:50:07,000 Speaker 1: would that be? 1117 00:50:07,640 --> 00:50:11,359 Speaker 6: I mean, tell me if I'm on the right track here. 1118 00:50:12,600 --> 00:50:14,279 Speaker 6: I mean, for me, it was like at one point 1119 00:50:14,280 --> 00:50:17,120 Speaker 6: in my career, I had gotten I was with Dallas 1120 00:50:17,120 --> 00:50:19,320 Speaker 6: my first two camps. The second camp I got cut 1121 00:50:19,640 --> 00:50:21,200 Speaker 6: and I didn't I didn't play in the preseason, I 1122 00:50:21,239 --> 00:50:24,160 Speaker 6: got cut before the games, and I was a free 1123 00:50:24,200 --> 00:50:26,319 Speaker 6: agent for ten months sitting here called didn't hear nothing. 1124 00:50:26,360 --> 00:50:29,000 Speaker 6: I thought, I was probably done. Got a random call 1125 00:50:29,080 --> 00:50:32,239 Speaker 6: from the Patriots. They had a scout in Tampa who 1126 00:50:32,280 --> 00:50:33,640 Speaker 6: called me, except meet me at this part. 1127 00:50:33,840 --> 00:50:34,800 Speaker 2: We're gonna do a workout. 1128 00:50:34,880 --> 00:50:38,560 Speaker 6: I was like, cool, you know, almost almost didn't bring 1129 00:50:38,600 --> 00:50:40,520 Speaker 6: a football because I thought it was an NFL workout 1130 00:50:40,719 --> 00:50:43,120 Speaker 6: or footballs, but it's a good thing I did because 1131 00:50:43,120 --> 00:50:50,160 Speaker 6: he didn't have a football. He grabbed a lady who 1132 00:50:50,200 --> 00:50:55,920 Speaker 6: was playing basketball to come catch my snaps and I 1133 00:50:56,000 --> 00:50:57,239 Speaker 6: ended up getting signed off of that. 1134 00:50:57,600 --> 00:50:58,000 Speaker 4: Wow. 1135 00:50:58,520 --> 00:51:01,799 Speaker 6: Got cut two weeks later, and I thought at that point, 1136 00:51:01,840 --> 00:51:03,560 Speaker 6: I was like, I'm going to down school like I'm done, 1137 00:51:03,840 --> 00:51:06,920 Speaker 6: like and got called from Jacksonville. 1138 00:51:07,200 --> 00:51:07,960 Speaker 2: A couple of weeks later. 1139 00:51:07,960 --> 00:51:11,359 Speaker 6: I'm in the library studying up for my exam and 1140 00:51:11,440 --> 00:51:13,320 Speaker 6: I didn't even answer the phone because I was like, finally, 1141 00:51:13,320 --> 00:51:16,359 Speaker 6: like set my life a certain way, like I'm moving on. 1142 00:51:17,080 --> 00:51:20,279 Speaker 6: Immediately called my girlfriend now wife and was like, Jacksonville's 1143 00:51:20,320 --> 00:51:22,440 Speaker 6: calling me, Like what do I do? And she was like, 1144 00:51:22,560 --> 00:51:22,960 Speaker 6: what do you mean? 1145 00:51:23,000 --> 00:51:23,480 Speaker 4: What are you gonna do? 1146 00:51:24,040 --> 00:51:26,160 Speaker 2: I was like, I want to go to didn school now, 1147 00:51:26,200 --> 00:51:26,840 Speaker 2: like I'm moving on. 1148 00:51:26,960 --> 00:51:28,319 Speaker 6: She was like, You're gonna regret that for the rest 1149 00:51:28,320 --> 00:51:31,680 Speaker 6: of your life. And I went to Jacksonville had the 1150 00:51:31,680 --> 00:51:34,480 Speaker 6: best camp of my life at the time. Yeah, and 1151 00:51:35,120 --> 00:51:37,480 Speaker 6: started making practice squads and eventually ended up here. 1152 00:51:37,719 --> 00:51:38,120 Speaker 5: Yeah. 1153 00:51:38,640 --> 00:51:41,440 Speaker 2: So that was a big, big moment for me. 1154 00:51:41,560 --> 00:51:47,600 Speaker 7: As going into my third season, I was in another competition. 1155 00:51:47,640 --> 00:51:49,279 Speaker 7: This is actually the first season I haven't had another 1156 00:51:49,360 --> 00:51:50,160 Speaker 7: punter ink camp. 1157 00:51:50,520 --> 00:51:51,040 Speaker 4: It's weird. 1158 00:51:51,560 --> 00:51:54,560 Speaker 7: And going into my third season, Buffalo is a very 1159 00:51:54,719 --> 00:51:58,960 Speaker 7: very high competitive team. They got competitions going on all 1160 00:51:59,000 --> 00:52:01,520 Speaker 7: the time throughout the day OTA's training camp. 1161 00:52:01,560 --> 00:52:02,440 Speaker 4: That's just what they do. 1162 00:52:03,320 --> 00:52:06,719 Speaker 7: And you know, they pushed us a lot, and you know, 1163 00:52:06,800 --> 00:52:08,600 Speaker 7: I didn't have a great second season. 1164 00:52:08,719 --> 00:52:10,239 Speaker 4: You know, a lot of weather that we dealt with. 1165 00:52:12,000 --> 00:52:13,799 Speaker 7: And going into my third season, it was kind of 1166 00:52:13,800 --> 00:52:17,040 Speaker 7: you know, last year rookie contract make or break basically, 1167 00:52:17,520 --> 00:52:19,439 Speaker 7: you know, and the guy was he was real good, 1168 00:52:19,560 --> 00:52:24,560 Speaker 7: best punter I competed against, you know at the time. Somehow, 1169 00:52:24,880 --> 00:52:26,520 Speaker 7: you know, beat him out, and it was during that 1170 00:52:26,520 --> 00:52:28,320 Speaker 7: COVID year, so we didn't have like a real training 1171 00:52:28,360 --> 00:52:32,399 Speaker 7: camp preseason and all that. They cut him and I thought, okay, cool, 1172 00:52:32,440 --> 00:52:34,560 Speaker 7: like I got it, and then they signed another punter 1173 00:52:34,680 --> 00:52:38,279 Speaker 7: like a day later or something like that, and it 1174 00:52:38,400 --> 00:52:39,879 Speaker 7: just kind of felt like no matter what I did. 1175 00:52:39,880 --> 00:52:42,160 Speaker 7: I was always having to fight no matter what I performed, 1176 00:52:42,160 --> 00:52:43,960 Speaker 7: They're always gonna do something, and so it was like 1177 00:52:44,080 --> 00:52:46,080 Speaker 7: at that point, it's calling kind of like you know what, 1178 00:52:46,280 --> 00:52:48,960 Speaker 7: like if I'm not gonna worry about it, I'm just 1179 00:52:49,000 --> 00:52:52,680 Speaker 7: gonna do my thing, gonna work hard, they bring someone 1180 00:52:52,719 --> 00:52:54,799 Speaker 7: else in, you know, they're just wasting their time. 1181 00:52:54,840 --> 00:52:57,440 Speaker 4: Basically. It's kind of how I took it, and you. 1182 00:52:57,400 --> 00:52:59,560 Speaker 7: Know, ended up beating them out led the league and 1183 00:52:59,640 --> 00:53:02,120 Speaker 7: punting year and signs. 1184 00:53:04,160 --> 00:53:10,440 Speaker 8: That was good professionally, I'd say in twenty fourteen, I 1185 00:53:10,480 --> 00:53:14,520 Speaker 8: was out of the league for like fifteen weeks, which 1186 00:53:15,080 --> 00:53:17,640 Speaker 8: like like you're sitting at home then, like I was 1187 00:53:17,640 --> 00:53:20,879 Speaker 8: doing PTE, trying to get right, and I finally get 1188 00:53:20,920 --> 00:53:23,319 Speaker 8: healthy with three weeks left in the season, and I 1189 00:53:23,320 --> 00:53:26,200 Speaker 8: tell my agent to like, hey, if anybody's interested, tell 1190 00:53:26,239 --> 00:53:28,480 Speaker 8: them I'm healthy enough to do a workout, because I 1191 00:53:28,480 --> 00:53:30,400 Speaker 8: didn't do a workout earlier because I knew if I 1192 00:53:30,480 --> 00:53:33,600 Speaker 8: wasn't healthy. You know, the NFL is a small place anyway, 1193 00:53:33,880 --> 00:53:36,120 Speaker 8: but especially in the specialist community. Like you said earlier, 1194 00:53:36,160 --> 00:53:39,239 Speaker 8: there's only there's only so many coordinators, there's only so 1195 00:53:39,280 --> 00:53:41,759 Speaker 8: many players, And I knew if I put a bad 1196 00:53:41,800 --> 00:53:44,960 Speaker 8: look on tape in a tryout that word we'll get around. 1197 00:53:45,600 --> 00:53:47,720 Speaker 8: So I wanted to be healthy, so it got healthy. 1198 00:53:47,800 --> 00:53:50,239 Speaker 8: Finally had him put word out, had to try out 1199 00:53:50,239 --> 00:53:54,040 Speaker 8: with the Saints and they end up signing me to 1200 00:53:54,080 --> 00:53:58,560 Speaker 8: pea squad the last two weeks of that season. But 1201 00:53:58,680 --> 00:54:00,480 Speaker 8: it was a long road when you're on the on 1202 00:54:00,560 --> 00:54:04,520 Speaker 8: the couch and you're like, well, uh, there's times where 1203 00:54:04,520 --> 00:54:05,719 Speaker 8: it's like, I don't know if this football thing is 1204 00:54:05,719 --> 00:54:08,040 Speaker 8: gonna work out, you know, as you could try to 1205 00:54:08,040 --> 00:54:10,200 Speaker 8: do everything you can't you can do within your control, 1206 00:54:10,239 --> 00:54:12,080 Speaker 8: but you just there's questions, you know. 1207 00:54:12,280 --> 00:54:12,560 Speaker 4: And so. 1208 00:54:14,920 --> 00:54:16,520 Speaker 3: I would say that that that. 1209 00:54:16,600 --> 00:54:19,080 Speaker 8: Timeframe of trying to get healthy and trying and the 1210 00:54:19,160 --> 00:54:22,560 Speaker 8: question of hey, is this thing going to happen? You know, 1211 00:54:22,840 --> 00:54:25,080 Speaker 8: is a and now to fast forward and look back 1212 00:54:25,120 --> 00:54:27,799 Speaker 8: on it, it's I don't know, it's cool. It's cool 1213 00:54:27,840 --> 00:54:30,520 Speaker 8: look back on on those moments and it kind of 1214 00:54:31,239 --> 00:54:33,319 Speaker 8: you said a phrase earlier, but basically it was like, 1215 00:54:33,920 --> 00:54:38,680 Speaker 8: how how those moments tough times helped make like right 1216 00:54:38,719 --> 00:54:41,840 Speaker 8: now so much sweeter? You know, you didn't say it 1217 00:54:41,880 --> 00:54:43,719 Speaker 8: quite that way, but it was something it was yours 1218 00:54:44,520 --> 00:54:45,400 Speaker 8: I think nicer. 1219 00:54:46,880 --> 00:54:47,520 Speaker 3: Yeah, i'd say that. 1220 00:54:47,520 --> 00:54:50,920 Speaker 8: I'd say that, and then personally I'd say, uh, Like, 1221 00:54:51,200 --> 00:54:53,759 Speaker 8: my son is special needs, he's on the autism spectrum, 1222 00:54:53,920 --> 00:54:56,680 Speaker 8: and I think, uh, to get well my and my 1223 00:54:56,760 --> 00:54:59,120 Speaker 8: wife is an all star. She's like a hero of mine. 1224 00:54:59,560 --> 00:55:03,000 Speaker 8: But as a father, when that happens, I think you 1225 00:55:03,000 --> 00:55:05,200 Speaker 8: have a picture of what life will look like like 1226 00:55:05,760 --> 00:55:07,640 Speaker 8: as a dad, Like you're like, man, I'm gonna play 1227 00:55:07,640 --> 00:55:08,919 Speaker 8: catch with my son in the front yard. 1228 00:55:09,160 --> 00:55:10,280 Speaker 3: I'm gonna do with these things. 1229 00:55:10,800 --> 00:55:12,520 Speaker 8: And it's not that he can't accomplish those things at 1230 00:55:12,560 --> 00:55:16,359 Speaker 8: some point maybe, but it's just understanding that, hey, life 1231 00:55:16,400 --> 00:55:17,200 Speaker 8: is gonna look different. 1232 00:55:17,760 --> 00:55:19,880 Speaker 3: It's not it's not better or worse. 1233 00:55:20,120 --> 00:55:23,840 Speaker 8: It's just different, and we're gonna enjoy like the gifts 1234 00:55:23,840 --> 00:55:25,960 Speaker 8: in the moments we have, even though it's different than 1235 00:55:25,960 --> 00:55:27,319 Speaker 8: the picture of the life that you had in your 1236 00:55:27,320 --> 00:55:29,920 Speaker 8: mind beforehand, if that makes sense. So I'd say just 1237 00:55:29,920 --> 00:55:32,799 Speaker 8: gearing up for fatherhood is a what is it called 1238 00:55:32,840 --> 00:55:36,000 Speaker 8: the dog moment? The dog moment, just like like, hey, 1239 00:55:36,680 --> 00:55:40,480 Speaker 8: like being a present father every day, like like I 1240 00:55:40,480 --> 00:55:41,600 Speaker 8: think we all try to be. 1241 00:55:42,760 --> 00:55:46,719 Speaker 1: No man, it's appreciated, h for sharing, and it's it's 1242 00:55:46,760 --> 00:55:48,560 Speaker 1: beauty and all of our struggle. 1243 00:55:48,920 --> 00:55:50,919 Speaker 5: You know what I'm saying. But that's it's a part 1244 00:55:50,960 --> 00:55:51,400 Speaker 5: of us. 1245 00:55:51,600 --> 00:55:54,640 Speaker 1: It lives within us, and it's made us who we 1246 00:55:54,760 --> 00:55:56,320 Speaker 1: all are sitting here today. 1247 00:55:56,400 --> 00:55:57,960 Speaker 5: So much respect. 1248 00:55:59,120 --> 00:56:02,760 Speaker 1: Before we get out of here, we got some questions 1249 00:56:02,840 --> 00:56:04,120 Speaker 1: from a few of our fans. 1250 00:56:04,160 --> 00:56:08,839 Speaker 5: I'm just gonna just give y'all one apiece. Yeah. 1251 00:56:08,880 --> 00:56:14,040 Speaker 1: These are quick hitter. He's easy, you know as nothing? Yeah, yeah, 1252 00:56:14,360 --> 00:56:15,400 Speaker 1: lighthearted fun. 1253 00:56:16,200 --> 00:56:18,279 Speaker 5: Let's go. Let's go have averse order here. We're gonna 1254 00:56:18,320 --> 00:56:20,880 Speaker 5: start with with who's the funniest guy on the team 1255 00:56:21,360 --> 00:56:21,600 Speaker 5: right now? 1256 00:56:21,680 --> 00:56:22,400 Speaker 4: Let's say James. 1257 00:56:25,520 --> 00:56:27,520 Speaker 3: I feel like it's not even that closer for sure, 1258 00:56:28,600 --> 00:56:30,640 Speaker 3: So funny man. I love him? 1259 00:56:31,120 --> 00:56:34,080 Speaker 5: Yeah, I would agree, I would agree. And that was 1260 00:56:34,080 --> 00:56:35,040 Speaker 5: from Aiden Blandon. 1261 00:56:35,160 --> 00:56:38,560 Speaker 1: He asked, who's the funniest guy on the team. This 1262 00:56:38,640 --> 00:56:43,480 Speaker 1: is from Noah Boltonly, what is your what is that 1263 00:56:43,600 --> 00:56:46,240 Speaker 1: personal goal for this season for you? 1264 00:56:47,280 --> 00:56:49,840 Speaker 7: Be a first team All Pro? It's been close a 1265 00:56:49,840 --> 00:56:52,399 Speaker 7: couple of times, so I think this might be leader. 1266 00:56:52,719 --> 00:56:54,239 Speaker 7: Let's do it. 1267 00:56:53,920 --> 00:57:00,120 Speaker 5: Manifest all right, Charlie. Uh. 1268 00:57:00,160 --> 00:57:04,879 Speaker 1: This is from It looks like I can't tell what 1269 00:57:05,000 --> 00:57:09,960 Speaker 1: this is, but we're just going we just what is 1270 00:57:10,000 --> 00:57:12,799 Speaker 1: the what is the matchup? You're most excited for this year. 1271 00:57:13,760 --> 00:57:15,360 Speaker 2: I always get excited to play the Ravens. 1272 00:57:15,360 --> 00:57:15,600 Speaker 4: Man. 1273 00:57:16,120 --> 00:57:20,600 Speaker 6: Always it's between the Ravens and the Steelers, but I always. 1274 00:57:20,440 --> 00:57:23,560 Speaker 5: Excited keep it in the division. Yeah, you know, I 1275 00:57:23,720 --> 00:57:26,080 Speaker 5: like it man. That is That is all we have 1276 00:57:26,240 --> 00:57:26,800 Speaker 5: for today. 1277 00:57:27,200 --> 00:57:31,040 Speaker 1: I appreciate you guys for man taking some time out 1278 00:57:31,360 --> 00:57:33,800 Speaker 1: for you know what I'm saying, everybody to get to 1279 00:57:33,840 --> 00:57:35,440 Speaker 1: know you just a little bit more so. 1280 00:57:36,040 --> 00:57:38,640 Speaker 5: It was an honor and the pleasure. Appreciate y'all. 1281 00:57:39,600 --> 00:57:40,040 Speaker 4: Thank you. 1282 00:57:40,120 --> 00:57:42,160 Speaker 1: We have released the dogs and that's all we have 1283 00:57:42,280 --> 00:57:45,200 Speaker 1: for today. This is your host O g Rod and 1284 00:57:45,240 --> 00:57:47,440 Speaker 1: tune in next time to The Dog's Only Podcast.