WEBVTT - NFL REPORT: Maxx Crosby Joins the Show 0:00:00.280 --> 0:00:03.440 I'm Terry Fonto, general manager of the Atlanta Falcons, and 0:00:03.480 --> 0:00:04.880 this is the NFL Report. 0:00:11.440 --> 0:00:14.360 Oh, Terry Fondo told us Steve on this very show 0:00:14.400 --> 0:00:16.320 that he was going to be aggressive going after the 0:00:16.400 --> 0:00:18.400 quarterback position, and oh was he ever? 0:00:18.440 --> 0:00:19.040 Let him Cook? 0:00:19.720 --> 0:00:24.160 Cook gave her cousins. Welcome back into the NFL Report, 0:00:24.239 --> 0:00:26.960 James Palmer, Steve, which with you. We have a monster show, 0:00:27.000 --> 0:00:31.360 The Condor Max Crosby star for the Vegas Raiders. I 0:00:31.400 --> 0:00:34.000 must say Open Raiders. Las Vegas Raiders is going to 0:00:34.120 --> 0:00:36.920 join the show. Baldy returns from his quest around the 0:00:36.960 --> 0:00:40.000 world as Baldi's favorite films returns. We also have Nicki 0:00:40.040 --> 0:00:42.560 Gavala from The Washington Post, who covers the Commanders better 0:00:42.600 --> 0:00:46.519 than anyone. Will also have Mike Garratfullo the NFL Reports 0:00:46.720 --> 0:00:49.960 NFL Insider on what's going on with the linebacker and 0:00:50.120 --> 0:00:53.920 safety markets. But Steve, we saw Terry Fonto there. Who 0:00:54.080 --> 0:00:56.640 won free agency or I guess I should say who 0:00:56.720 --> 0:00:57.800 made their team better? 0:00:57.960 --> 0:00:58.400 Yeah, we're not. 0:00:58.400 --> 0:01:00.800 Gonna We're not to judge who won free but Terry's cooking. 0:01:01.080 --> 0:01:03.680 Terry's cooking, he gets Kirk Cousins. I think that's good 0:01:03.760 --> 0:01:05.959 enough to go take a team from seven to ten 0:01:06.440 --> 0:01:09.119 to ten and seven at the least they get Darnell Mooney. 0:01:09.120 --> 0:01:12.360 They trade Desmond Ridder for ron Dale Moore, a potential 0:01:12.440 --> 0:01:13.279 explosive player. 0:01:13.600 --> 0:01:15.640 Right now, I'm gonna say Atlanta JP, all. 0:01:15.600 --> 0:01:17.600 Right, I'll go with the Houston Texans getting the Deil 0:01:17.680 --> 0:01:20.320 Hunter to rush opposite of Rookie of the Year Will 0:01:20.360 --> 0:01:23.320 Anderson Junior. Could that be the best edge duo in football? 0:01:23.360 --> 0:01:25.080 There's a chance there. And then the middle of the 0:01:25.160 --> 0:01:27.839 road pieces they did, Steve just getting some other guys 0:01:27.880 --> 0:01:30.360 on two maybe a couple on three year deals to 0:01:30.520 --> 0:01:32.759 corride some depth on that defensive side of the ball. 0:01:32.840 --> 0:01:35.319 Joe Mixon. I think they made themselves love that team 0:01:35.319 --> 0:01:38.319 that is now in that group chasing down the Kansas 0:01:38.360 --> 0:01:39.520 City Chiefs in the AFC. 0:01:39.840 --> 0:01:40.920 Yeah, b okay, okay. 0:01:40.959 --> 0:01:43.120 We started things off talking about the teams right that 0:01:43.200 --> 0:01:47.720 we thought did something. But let's look at position groups JP, 0:01:47.840 --> 0:01:49.800 because I you know, when I look at the start 0:01:49.800 --> 0:01:51.920 of free agency, you're like, Okay, Kirk Cousins gonna go 0:01:52.320 --> 0:01:53.280 New Hunter's gonna go. 0:01:53.760 --> 0:01:57.120 No, it was Matt Jones. These were guys like you know, 0:01:58.320 --> 0:01:59.480 you know, Jameis. 0:01:59.200 --> 0:02:03.640 Winston, Mark Mariota, the backup quarterback market in the fact 0:02:03.720 --> 0:02:06.640 that so many teams, at least half the teams in 0:02:06.680 --> 0:02:10.959 the NFL, went and got themselves backup quarterbacks after seeing 0:02:11.080 --> 0:02:16.000 last year sixty six different starters and seventy seven in 0:02:16.160 --> 0:02:19.359 total quarterbacks have to play because the injuries. 0:02:19.040 --> 0:02:20.480 Poor play things like that. 0:02:20.760 --> 0:02:23.240 So the premium, and we have talked about this on 0:02:23.280 --> 0:02:26.320 the show, the premium of having a solid backup quarterback 0:02:26.400 --> 0:02:29.760 or a bridge quarterback clearly was the huge thing with 0:02:29.840 --> 0:02:33.200 the evaluators this year, especially knowing that they might not 0:02:33.240 --> 0:02:35.320 be able to get into the top three in one 0:02:35.320 --> 0:02:37.040 of those elite group of quarterbacks. 0:02:37.160 --> 0:02:38.720 But Jay p look at this is on the gate. 0:02:38.760 --> 0:02:43.720 I mentioned Marcus Mariota, Jacoby Brissett, Drew Locke, Gardner, Minshew 0:02:44.280 --> 0:02:49.400 Sam Darnold. Yeah, even Russell Wilson and Mitch Trabisky. I mean, 0:02:49.440 --> 0:02:52.360 I'm saying that in the same sentence Russell Wilson and 0:02:52.480 --> 0:02:55.639 Mitch Trubisky being among that group. 0:02:55.800 --> 0:03:00.079 So again, I enjoyed the team's paying attention to it. 0:03:00.120 --> 0:03:02.400 With the trend we've seen over the past few years 0:03:02.600 --> 0:03:04.480 with injuries to starting quarterbacks. 0:03:04.760 --> 0:03:06.960 Yeah, and you might need more than two considering the 0:03:07.000 --> 0:03:09.520 Cardinals and the Rams each played four quarterbacks. 0:03:09.600 --> 0:03:11.360 This Bronces and Stags to go. 0:03:11.480 --> 0:03:14.520 Deeper than just your backup quarterback. I'm going to look 0:03:14.520 --> 0:03:17.400 at the big boys that stand in front of the quarterback, Steven. 0:03:17.440 --> 0:03:20.480 How about the guard market that went on during the 0:03:20.560 --> 0:03:22.480 early portion of free agency. I'm gonna look at this, 0:03:22.560 --> 0:03:25.160 yere look. Robert Hunt with the Panthers gets five years, 0:03:25.160 --> 0:03:28.200 one hundred million dollars, Damian Lewis with the Panthers four 0:03:28.280 --> 0:03:31.960 years fifty three, Landon Dickerson four years eighty four to 0:03:32.040 --> 0:03:35.440 re sign with the Philadelphia Eagles. The Rams add a 0:03:35.560 --> 0:03:39.760 pair of guards as well, and Kevin Dotson and Jonah 0:03:39.880 --> 0:03:43.400 Jackson for about fifty million apiece. This is an interesting 0:03:43.440 --> 0:03:45.040 trend here, Steve, and I think it's for a couple 0:03:45.040 --> 0:03:47.080 of reasons. The main one being, and I've talked to 0:03:47.120 --> 0:03:49.040 some guards and centers about this over the course of 0:03:49.040 --> 0:03:52.400 the last season, which is there are defensive tackles that 0:03:52.440 --> 0:03:55.400 are getting more and more athletic. There are no longer 0:03:55.520 --> 0:03:58.280 just freaks playing on the outside of the defensive lines. 0:03:58.320 --> 0:04:02.280 We are seeing more and more freak athletes on the interior, 0:04:02.360 --> 0:04:05.880 and we're seeing edge players coming and sneaking over top 0:04:05.920 --> 0:04:08.720 of the sad guys like Micah Parsons and other type 0:04:08.720 --> 0:04:11.640 of talented players that are looking to attack the weakness 0:04:11.640 --> 0:04:14.000 of the interior. And we know this is always what 0:04:14.040 --> 0:04:15.800 Tom Brady you usted to always talk about. You can 0:04:15.800 --> 0:04:18.680 go around the outside, I'll step up and still make plays, 0:04:18.720 --> 0:04:21.560 but if the pocket is collapsing from the interior, you 0:04:21.680 --> 0:04:24.320 have problems. I love what the Panthers did to try 0:04:24.320 --> 0:04:27.360 to protect Bryce Young and here two. But the main 0:04:27.440 --> 0:04:29.440 trend we're seeing here is because the town on the 0:04:29.440 --> 0:04:31.520 other side of the ball is getting so good, you 0:04:31.640 --> 0:04:34.080 now tocounter that have to make sure you have really 0:04:34.080 --> 0:04:35.680 good guard play. Steve, And the other part of it 0:04:35.720 --> 0:04:38.440 is there's not enough of them. That's the other problem. 0:04:38.440 --> 0:04:41.400 And these guys that can do it got paid, Daves. 0:04:41.400 --> 0:04:43.880 The money is supply and demands driven when it comes 0:04:43.920 --> 0:04:45.760 to free agency, and that's what you said, there's not 0:04:46.000 --> 0:04:48.400 enough of the stud guards. But I like what you 0:04:48.400 --> 0:04:50.960 said about the athleticism because you think about it, the 0:04:51.000 --> 0:04:53.760 majority of defenses now, a lot of them have a 0:04:53.880 --> 0:04:57.920 small athletic hybrid safety will linebacker type where you've got 0:04:57.960 --> 0:04:59.560 to get out in the open space to get to 0:04:59.640 --> 0:05:02.200 them or you've got to do things in blitz packages, 0:05:02.480 --> 0:05:05.039 so that's part of it as well. But also remember 0:05:05.080 --> 0:05:08.800 Sean Payton used to always have his Saints teams incredibly 0:05:09.040 --> 0:05:10.480 talented from guard to guard. 0:05:10.520 --> 0:05:11.720 Guard center guard. 0:05:11.760 --> 0:05:13.600 Is where they put their money because a lot of 0:05:13.600 --> 0:05:15.880 these quarterbacks now are not your standard six or four 0:05:15.960 --> 0:05:18.560 guys who can see over them. They've got these shorter guards, 0:05:19.120 --> 0:05:21.839 so you've got to really measure the height and do 0:05:21.960 --> 0:05:24.960 things to keep them clean. In the pocket they can 0:05:25.000 --> 0:05:26.720 evade the guys coming from the outside. 0:05:26.960 --> 0:05:28.440 That's part of it as well. I saw your finger. 0:05:28.440 --> 0:05:29.120 You got something to say. 0:05:29.200 --> 0:05:32.719 JP A quick note. What team has been more successful 0:05:32.760 --> 0:05:35.120 than anybody over the last couple of seasons. I'd say 0:05:35.120 --> 0:05:37.880 the Kansas City Chiefs. That team has a dominant center 0:05:37.960 --> 0:05:40.920 and two dominant guards in the middle of their offensive line. 0:05:40.920 --> 0:05:44.000 With Joe Tooney create Humphrey playing that center spot and 0:05:44.080 --> 0:05:46.599 Trey Smith on the other side, that is a dynamic 0:05:46.839 --> 0:05:49.240 group of three in the middle for Patrick Mahomes Eve 0:05:49.320 --> 0:05:51.160 that I think has allowed them to go out and 0:05:51.200 --> 0:05:54.799 just make different decisions at the cackle positions. That allows 0:05:54.839 --> 0:05:57.280 them to know that in the interior, Patrick Mahomes is 0:05:57.320 --> 0:05:59.640 going to be protected and he has the ability to 0:05:59.720 --> 0:06:02.440 move if guys get to them from the outside. Taking 0:06:02.480 --> 0:06:05.679 of guys from the outside, Steve, which we have arguably 0:06:05.720 --> 0:06:09.200 the best in the game in Max Crosby, The Condor 0:06:09.560 --> 0:06:12.040 coming up on the show next. He's gonna join us 0:06:12.279 --> 0:06:15.960 and Baldy's gonna join as well, because those two relationship 0:06:16.279 --> 0:06:20.159 unlike any other two maybe around. The Condor joins the 0:06:20.240 --> 0:06:21.000 NFL Report. 0:06:21.120 --> 0:06:34.760 Next, it's time for the lead Block, presented by T 0:06:34.960 --> 0:06:38.400 Mobile for Business. A sport as fast as football deserves 0:06:38.440 --> 0:06:42.560 America's fastest five G network, businesses go further with T 0:06:42.800 --> 0:06:46.400 Mobile for Business. Welcome back to the NFL Report, Steve White, 0:06:46.520 --> 0:06:50.240 James Palmer JP. We are joined by two superstars right 0:06:50.279 --> 0:06:53.760 now as Brian Baldinger is in the house, as is 0:06:53.800 --> 0:06:57.760 his dude, the man he brought the Moniker to the Condor, 0:06:58.400 --> 0:07:00.919 Las Vegas raidersterback hunter. 0:07:00.880 --> 0:07:01.680 Max Crosby. 0:07:02.120 --> 0:07:04.320 Max, thanks so much for joining us, Baldy, thanks for 0:07:04.400 --> 0:07:05.520 having us in the house. 0:07:05.960 --> 0:07:07.000 Okay, Max, let's. 0:07:06.800 --> 0:07:09.320 Get this started. We're gonna we're gonna get the free agency. 0:07:09.800 --> 0:07:13.000 The Raiders were active out of the gate. They got 0:07:13.040 --> 0:07:15.679 you a wing man, they got the Condor a legit 0:07:16.280 --> 0:07:19.400 wing man. Here and Christian Wilkins just want to get 0:07:19.440 --> 0:07:21.880 your thoughts about adding one of the best DT's in 0:07:21.920 --> 0:07:22.360 the game. 0:07:22.960 --> 0:07:27.560 Yeah, super excited about it. Obviously, Christian hell of a player. 0:07:27.840 --> 0:07:31.040 I've known him all the way from back in college 0:07:31.280 --> 0:07:34.160 after my sophomore my red shirt sophomore year, we went 0:07:34.200 --> 0:07:37.360 to a it was a touchdown club in Columbus. We 0:07:37.480 --> 0:07:40.000 end up being together and spending some time together with 0:07:40.080 --> 0:07:42.640 our with our girls and and spending the night together. 0:07:42.680 --> 0:07:44.200 It was it was a great time and we got 0:07:44.200 --> 0:07:45.840 to you know, get to know each other a little 0:07:45.840 --> 0:07:47.760 bit better. And then obviously seeing what he's done in 0:07:47.800 --> 0:07:51.960 his career, we went to the combine together. Obviously, Cleveland 0:07:52.000 --> 0:07:54.440 Farrell really good friend of mine, literally a brother to me. 0:07:54.520 --> 0:07:56.960 He was teammates with him, So we've known each other 0:07:57.440 --> 0:07:59.400 for a good amount of time now and uh, you know, 0:07:59.440 --> 0:08:02.320 we've had some conversations and you know, obviously we end 0:08:02.360 --> 0:08:04.400 up pulling the trigger and bring him here to Las Vegas. 0:08:04.400 --> 0:08:07.280 So it's super exciting. Man, he's a hell of a player. 0:08:07.280 --> 0:08:09.280 He brings all the energy in the world, and those 0:08:09.280 --> 0:08:10.880 are the type of people I'm trying to be around, 0:08:10.880 --> 0:08:13.800 and I'm so excited for him. He earned that contract, 0:08:13.840 --> 0:08:16.160 and you know a guy like Malcolm Koontz as well, 0:08:16.440 --> 0:08:19.160 who came on, you know, super super heavy towards the 0:08:19.240 --> 0:08:21.360 end of the year. You know, we're just bringing more 0:08:21.400 --> 0:08:25.800 guys along, Tyree Wilson's, the Jannaies Robinson's. You know, we 0:08:25.880 --> 0:08:27.720 got more and more guys coming in and we're gonna 0:08:27.720 --> 0:08:29.920 go on waves and and and really have some fun 0:08:29.960 --> 0:08:30.880 this year. I can't wait. 0:08:31.120 --> 0:08:33.160 All right, Max, I'm not gonna get entirely away from 0:08:33.160 --> 0:08:35.480 your running mate and Christian Wilkins, but you added another 0:08:35.559 --> 0:08:38.760 guy in free agency, Elsie. Roll the tape real quick. 0:08:41.480 --> 0:08:41.719 Let's go. 0:08:41.800 --> 0:09:05.440 We go anyway, dude, nice Crosby so damn angry, right, 0:09:06.520 --> 0:09:09.880 I like the thing is like he's not I know, right, 0:09:10.120 --> 0:09:13.679 he just calls He keeps calling everybody little ass boy, Hey, 0:09:13.800 --> 0:09:14.920 little ass boy. 0:09:15.520 --> 0:09:18.200 I'm like, I'm a little out here, but not always. 0:09:17.800 --> 0:09:20.880 You know, yeah, sure, shure out a song. He's a 0:09:20.920 --> 0:09:24.800 big ass boys what he is he got? But uh nah, man, 0:09:24.920 --> 0:09:27.640 it is awesome. You know there's a guy's you know, 0:09:28.120 --> 0:09:30.800 not as much fun to play against, but throwing your team. 0:09:31.120 --> 0:09:32.360 I absolutely love it, man. 0:09:32.440 --> 0:09:34.400 Excited to be with him. Christian. 0:09:34.800 --> 0:09:37.360 Some of the best you know talkers. I've been around 0:09:37.440 --> 0:09:39.400 in the NFL. To have him on our side, to 0:09:39.400 --> 0:09:41.920 practice against him every day, it's just gonna make me better. 0:09:42.160 --> 0:09:43.439 I'm super excited about it. 0:09:47.200 --> 0:09:47.480 Max. 0:09:47.520 --> 0:09:50.720 We gotta ask you, what was your initial reaction when 0:09:50.760 --> 0:09:53.360 Gardner Minshew was going to become your new teammate? Do 0:09:53.440 --> 0:09:54.080 you call him? 0:09:54.080 --> 0:09:54.719 Do you do you. 0:09:55.000 --> 0:09:57.040 Reach out to him and talk about what happened? And 0:09:57.120 --> 0:10:00.920 also he mentioned Christian also and the two of you 0:10:01.040 --> 0:10:03.600 have a skill that apparently not a lot of people possess. 0:10:03.679 --> 0:10:06.719 Who is the better trash talker between you and your 0:10:06.760 --> 0:10:07.520 new running mate? 0:10:09.679 --> 0:10:13.239 To answer that question, you know, I'm auld humbly say myself. 0:10:13.840 --> 0:10:17.680 I feel like I'm, you know, an elite talker. But 0:10:18.320 --> 0:10:19.800 you know, at the end of the day, it's you know, 0:10:19.840 --> 0:10:22.520 when I first found out, I just started laughing. I'm like, wow, 0:10:22.960 --> 0:10:25.920 you know, it's a you never you never expect that 0:10:26.000 --> 0:10:28.840 to happen. But for me, I think it's hilarious. You know, 0:10:29.000 --> 0:10:31.320 Gardner is a hell of a hell of a player, 0:10:31.400 --> 0:10:33.760 and just seeing what he did last year, taking the Colts, 0:10:34.400 --> 0:10:36.480 you know, where basically everybody wrote them off, and winning 0:10:36.520 --> 0:10:38.360 a lot of football games and giving them a chance 0:10:38.400 --> 0:10:41.200 to you know make the playoffs was was super impressive 0:10:41.280 --> 0:10:43.520 to me and everywhere he's gone. You know, he was 0:10:43.559 --> 0:10:46.680 one one of the first quarterbacks. You know, I sacked 0:10:46.679 --> 0:10:50.320 when he was in Jacksonville, so I know him very well. 0:10:50.400 --> 0:10:53.160 And I had a lot of fun in practice and 0:10:53.640 --> 0:10:56.920 talking talking mess and going back and forth. But dude, 0:10:56.920 --> 0:10:58.959 I got a ton of respect for He's going to 0:10:59.040 --> 0:11:00.920 come in and he's going to compete, so that's all 0:11:00.920 --> 0:11:02.120 you can ask for at the end of the day. 0:11:02.120 --> 0:11:04.200 And a guy like him, he's going to bring great 0:11:04.280 --> 0:11:06.240 energy to the locker room. And today I got to 0:11:06.640 --> 0:11:08.280 got to be with him and Christian as well. I was, 0:11:08.360 --> 0:11:10.199 you know, in there working out this morning, and you know, 0:11:10.240 --> 0:11:11.800 I got to spend some time with them, so I 0:11:11.840 --> 0:11:13.840 know they're fired up and where we're definitely ready to go. 0:11:14.280 --> 0:11:18.880 Max, you're proud to be literally first in line to 0:11:19.000 --> 0:11:22.120 be the all Energy team. I mean that's how you 0:11:22.120 --> 0:11:24.959 You pride yourself in being first team All Energy. But 0:11:25.080 --> 0:11:28.800 so does Christian Wilkins. I've seen plenty of Dolphin practices. 0:11:28.880 --> 0:11:31.959 I don't care if it's during the season or OTAs. 0:11:32.400 --> 0:11:34.560 He's the first guy in line, Max, he's the first 0:11:34.600 --> 0:11:37.080 guy on the field if you're hitting sleds. He's the 0:11:37.080 --> 0:11:39.880 first one on the sled. I want to know, Max, 0:11:40.200 --> 0:11:42.400 who's going to be first in line? Are you still 0:11:42.400 --> 0:11:44.600 going to hold that Moniker? Is Wilkins going to beat 0:11:44.640 --> 0:11:46.960 you to the sled? Who's going to set the tempo 0:11:47.000 --> 0:11:49.520 and practice every day? Or is it you guys in 0:11:49.600 --> 0:11:51.280 stereo doing it together? 0:11:52.280 --> 0:11:56.160 Yeah? You know, I love I love a healthy competition. 0:11:56.360 --> 0:11:59.880 So he's gonna have to work real hard to try 0:11:59.920 --> 0:12:02.840 to be being to the front of the line. So 0:12:02.960 --> 0:12:04.680 I love it. I mean, anybody that tries to step 0:12:04.760 --> 0:12:06.760 up to the plate and try to you know, out 0:12:06.920 --> 0:12:10.200 energy me, I respect it. You know, we'll see what happens. 0:12:10.200 --> 0:12:12.520 But I know Christian he's got a ton of energy. 0:12:12.840 --> 0:12:15.120 He loves football, and the way he carries himself is 0:12:15.160 --> 0:12:18.160 the way you're supposed to carry yourself. This game is 0:12:18.760 --> 0:12:21.199 meant to be fun, and at the end of the day, 0:12:21.320 --> 0:12:23.400 it's not fun when you're not winning. So we play 0:12:23.480 --> 0:12:25.760 on winning a lot of football games together. I can't 0:12:25.760 --> 0:12:28.160 wait to have him out there, a guy that understands 0:12:28.200 --> 0:12:31.200 what it takes to win, what it takes to become 0:12:31.440 --> 0:12:34.280 better and better every single year. That's something that fired 0:12:34.320 --> 0:12:36.120 me up. You know the most about Christian is seeing 0:12:36.160 --> 0:12:38.720 his progression. People are trying to write him off early 0:12:38.760 --> 0:12:40.440 in his career, similar to how they try to do 0:12:40.480 --> 0:12:42.839 the same with me, and the fact that he's gotten 0:12:42.840 --> 0:12:45.280 better and better every single year just shows that he's 0:12:45.320 --> 0:12:47.320 putting in the work. So at the end of the day, 0:12:48.280 --> 0:12:49.880 you know, we got to do it together. If we 0:12:49.880 --> 0:12:52.000 want to win, we got to do it together. I 0:12:52.000 --> 0:12:53.720 know he's going to be, you know, trying to out 0:12:53.800 --> 0:12:57.160 energy me and beyond that. But I'm a different breed, 0:12:57.320 --> 0:12:58.280 so I can't wait. 0:13:02.120 --> 0:13:04.959 Hey, Mack, speaking a different breed this off season, right 0:13:05.000 --> 0:13:07.520 after the season. You got the knee procedure done, you 0:13:07.640 --> 0:13:10.440 got the hand the thumb procedure done. Last time I 0:13:10.440 --> 0:13:12.760 saw you had the splint on, I just saw you don't. 0:13:12.480 --> 0:13:15.200 Have it on. Where are you in your rehab? 0:13:15.200 --> 0:13:17.079 You're talking about you in the facility already when you 0:13:17.080 --> 0:13:18.959 saw the guys working out today, Where are you in 0:13:19.160 --> 0:13:20.000 terms of your rehab? 0:13:20.400 --> 0:13:22.439 Yeah, you know, me and Baldi talked about it a 0:13:22.520 --> 0:13:25.880 couple of weeks ago, and we did our podcast The Rush. 0:13:26.040 --> 0:13:29.080 Go tune into that if you haven't seen it already, Yeah, yeah, 0:13:29.920 --> 0:13:32.000 low plug, but go check it out at the end 0:13:32.000 --> 0:13:34.959 of the day. You know, I'm doing incredible. I started 0:13:35.040 --> 0:13:37.480 January twenty second earliest I've ever been in the building 0:13:38.040 --> 0:13:40.240 in an off season. I've been getting to it. I'm 0:13:40.280 --> 0:13:42.960 already back boxing. I'm able to throw this right hand 0:13:43.240 --> 0:13:46.280 in my training as well. My knee is feeling incredible. 0:13:46.280 --> 0:13:49.160 I'm able to run in the treadmill, run in the pool, 0:13:49.760 --> 0:13:53.800 and I'm flying. My cardio is getting there back to 0:13:54.000 --> 0:13:56.200 you know, like I said, I probably myself. I'm being 0:13:56.200 --> 0:13:59.040 the best in every category and I know I'm getting 0:13:59.080 --> 0:14:01.120 closer to that every single day. So it's been an 0:14:01.120 --> 0:14:03.959 incredible off season. I feel great, my knees feeling great, 0:14:04.559 --> 0:14:06.600 my hand as well. So yeah, I got the best 0:14:06.600 --> 0:14:10.680 team around me, Rick Slay, aj Nibel, Ricky. My nutrition 0:14:10.880 --> 0:14:13.760 is everybody Alex Carrero working on my body five times 0:14:13.800 --> 0:14:17.800 a week. It doesn't stop. And uh, those guys. Without them, 0:14:17.840 --> 0:14:20.280 it wouldn't be possible. And that's why I try to 0:14:20.280 --> 0:14:21.560 get my guys to do. You know, we got a 0:14:21.600 --> 0:14:23.480 ton of D lineen. We have almost ten D linemen 0:14:23.560 --> 0:14:25.920 in the in the building already. We've been training for 0:14:25.920 --> 0:14:29.160 over a month now together and getting after it. So yeah, 0:14:29.200 --> 0:14:31.600 we're we're focused on the best in the world, and 0:14:31.880 --> 0:14:32.880 that's what we plan on doing. 0:14:33.280 --> 0:14:36.280 Okay, all right, I love that, Max, I love it. 0:14:36.320 --> 0:14:38.200 So I got, I got, I got two parts for you. 0:14:38.240 --> 0:14:39.960 On one, you're talking about all these things you're doing 0:14:39.960 --> 0:14:42.200 with the knee. I hear you bought a new house 0:14:42.360 --> 0:14:45.320 with a trampoline. That's that's like in the ground. Is 0:14:45.360 --> 0:14:47.600 this accurate? Are we are we able to get on 0:14:47.680 --> 0:14:50.480 this trampoline or is that Mark Davis saying no, do 0:14:50.640 --> 0:14:52.000 not jet on this trampoline. 0:14:52.320 --> 0:14:54.800 Yeah, it's it's pretty safe. You know, I haven't jumped 0:14:54.800 --> 0:14:58.000 on it for obvious reasons. You know, still coming back 0:14:58.520 --> 0:15:00.560 getting closer to one hundred percent with it. But yeah, 0:15:00.600 --> 0:15:04.160 it is an end ground trampoline. And I've seen my buddies, uh, 0:15:04.560 --> 0:15:07.000 you know, get on it and fly around. And you know, 0:15:07.040 --> 0:15:09.520 we got we got a gym, all type of things. 0:15:09.520 --> 0:15:11.200 But it's a it's a working progress. You know, we 0:15:11.280 --> 0:15:13.680 got some work to do on the house, but uh, yeah, 0:15:13.720 --> 0:15:15.880 it's it's beautiful and there's gonna be a lot of 0:15:15.920 --> 0:15:17.320 you know, we're gonna have a half field, you're gonna 0:15:17.320 --> 0:15:20.240 have a full basketball court, a whole gym, and you 0:15:20.280 --> 0:15:22.760 know it's gonna be another place where all the guys 0:15:22.760 --> 0:15:24.760 can get together and we can you know, just improve 0:15:24.800 --> 0:15:27.400 and just create that you know, that tight nit camaraderie 0:15:27.480 --> 0:15:29.520 that you know is necessary to go out there and 0:15:29.520 --> 0:15:31.359 and you know, win football games. 0:15:31.400 --> 0:15:35.800 Max, I feel like these off seasons are becoming more 0:15:35.800 --> 0:15:39.720 and more important for a team that wants to get 0:15:39.720 --> 0:15:43.000 where they want to go. You just mentioned the camaraderie, Max, 0:15:43.200 --> 0:15:46.280 and how important that is. Getting to know your teammates, 0:15:46.360 --> 0:15:49.160 cutting it up with them, spending time with them so 0:15:49.280 --> 0:15:52.360 that when you get on the field, it's nothing more 0:15:52.400 --> 0:15:56.520 than a locked up brotherhood. We're literally each guy is 0:15:56.520 --> 0:15:59.920 pulling each guy like almost play to play to play. 0:16:00.440 --> 0:16:03.960 And I feel that with Antonio, I feel it with you. 0:16:04.240 --> 0:16:04.840 We felt it. 0:16:04.840 --> 0:16:07.560 We all felt it across the league down the second 0:16:07.560 --> 0:16:10.360 half of the season, Like how important is that to 0:16:10.480 --> 0:16:14.360 you this offseason with all the new guys, the chemistry 0:16:14.640 --> 0:16:15.520 and building that thing? 0:16:15.600 --> 0:16:19.040 Now, Yeah, you know it's everything. You look at all 0:16:19.080 --> 0:16:21.840 the best teams in the league, they're a unit. There's 0:16:21.880 --> 0:16:25.280 no clicks and there's no separation. Obviously on every team, 0:16:25.280 --> 0:16:27.240 you're going to have certain guys you've got to pull 0:16:27.240 --> 0:16:28.800 a little bit harder, you got to push a little 0:16:28.800 --> 0:16:30.440 bit more. But at the end of the day, if 0:16:30.440 --> 0:16:32.320 everyone is on the same page and believes in each 0:16:32.320 --> 0:16:34.280 other and it's fighting for each other, you're gonna have 0:16:34.320 --> 0:16:36.800 a better chance to win. That's something I feel like 0:16:36.880 --> 0:16:38.840 last year, you know, we took a huge step in 0:16:38.880 --> 0:16:41.600 our D line group just being so tightening, and that 0:16:41.640 --> 0:16:44.160 bled through the team. Our D line we have dinners 0:16:44.200 --> 0:16:47.960 every single Thursday. We pick a different location. Somebody's paying 0:16:48.000 --> 0:16:49.760 for it every week. You know, at the end of 0:16:49.800 --> 0:16:52.640 the year, I mean there's eighteen weeks, so we're running 0:16:52.640 --> 0:16:54.360 out of places to go to and we you know, 0:16:54.680 --> 0:16:57.680 Davante obviously has a beautiful house. We call DeVante, We're like, yo, 0:16:57.880 --> 0:17:01.960 could we host a host a dinner and He's like, yeah, 0:17:02.000 --> 0:17:03.600 come on down. He's like, come on down and bring 0:17:03.640 --> 0:17:06.159 the guys. So we went to DeVante's one time. We 0:17:06.200 --> 0:17:09.840 went to Jimmy G's house as well, and you know, 0:17:09.880 --> 0:17:11.760 that stuff is important, so we want to bleed that 0:17:11.800 --> 0:17:14.399 through the whole team. You know, it starts with the 0:17:14.440 --> 0:17:16.919 guys leading the way, and you know, I feel like 0:17:16.960 --> 0:17:19.560 that's something that's super important. It's just being a tight 0:17:19.640 --> 0:17:22.640 knit group because in the game, it's a direct translation. 0:17:22.720 --> 0:17:24.679 I can't if I don't have a real relationship with you, 0:17:24.760 --> 0:17:26.960 I can't hold you accountable and they're not going to 0:17:27.000 --> 0:17:29.760 respect me the same way as if I know your 0:17:29.760 --> 0:17:31.639 whole family and I know your kids, and I know 0:17:32.119 --> 0:17:34.040 what you like to do when on your downtime, it's 0:17:34.280 --> 0:17:37.600 a different type of relationship. So, like I said, right now, 0:17:37.640 --> 0:17:39.440 we have like ten guys in the building right now. 0:17:39.480 --> 0:17:43.399 Tyree's in there, Nessa, all these young guys, Matt Butler's 0:17:43.680 --> 0:17:45.720 we're already in the building working together and we're so 0:17:45.880 --> 0:17:48.240 close and we'll go smoke cigars together, things like that 0:17:48.600 --> 0:17:51.479 and just build our relationships because on the field, it's 0:17:51.520 --> 0:17:54.119 a direct translation. When you're on the same page, you 0:17:54.119 --> 0:17:56.040 don't even have to say anything. It's like a sixth 0:17:56.040 --> 0:17:58.560 sense and you understand the guy next to you. It 0:17:58.720 --> 0:18:00.680 just makes everything come together. And that's what we're trying 0:18:00.720 --> 0:18:04.320 to believe through the whole entire team and organization. So yeah, 0:18:04.359 --> 0:18:06.000 you know, we got we got work to do. Obviously, 0:18:06.000 --> 0:18:08.520 it's only March, but we're going in the right direction 0:18:08.600 --> 0:18:11.159 and we're very you know, very confident that we're going 0:18:11.240 --> 0:18:13.040 to go out there and you know, make some noise 0:18:13.080 --> 0:18:13.480 for sure. 0:18:13.920 --> 0:18:16.679 Max, I love you talking about that camaraderie aspect of it, 0:18:16.720 --> 0:18:19.399 because I remember hearing your head coach be very open 0:18:19.440 --> 0:18:22.600 at the combine saying, one of Max's biggest jobs this 0:18:22.680 --> 0:18:26.119 offseason is to bring Tyree Wilson along. We know the 0:18:26.119 --> 0:18:28.000 type of rookie season he had, we know the health 0:18:28.000 --> 0:18:31.200 that he had in coming into his rookie season. What 0:18:31.280 --> 0:18:33.800 is when he says that, what does he mean by 0:18:33.840 --> 0:18:36.200