1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,240 Speaker 1: Jojoe. First of all, congratulations. What's it like so far 2 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:06,960 Speaker 1: from your standpoint being inside an NFL locker room. I mean, 3 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:09,719 Speaker 1: it's just football. It's just it's grown man football, which 4 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:13,160 Speaker 1: is really exciting. I'm excited to for this challenge. I'm 5 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:15,360 Speaker 1: excited to help my do my job, to help my 6 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:17,640 Speaker 1: team win, and to just be a part of this 7 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:21,160 Speaker 1: is ultimately just a blessing in and of itself. So 8 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:24,360 Speaker 1: just taking in every moment, being present for it and 9 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:27,000 Speaker 1: putting my best foot forward. You found out that you 10 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:28,920 Speaker 1: were you were going to make this team, You're on 11 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:32,159 Speaker 1: the roster. What emotions did you have? This is what 12 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:34,400 Speaker 1: you put in all the work for, So it felt 13 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 1: very felt natural. It felt like this is what I've 14 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:43,040 Speaker 1: been you know, working for, visualizing, manifesting for more than 15 00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:45,640 Speaker 1: just this offseason. So for it to come into fruition 16 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:48,599 Speaker 1: is it was just really humbling and it was thankful. 17 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:52,800 Speaker 1: You know, the GOUD is listening. You know, whatever you 18 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:55,240 Speaker 1: put your mind to you can accomplish. And this was 19 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:58,160 Speaker 1: just a testament to all those things. And it's by 20 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:01,280 Speaker 1: no means how I arrived, but definitely think it's healthy 21 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:04,080 Speaker 1: to take a second and just acknowledge where you are. 22 00:01:04,600 --> 00:01:07,000 Speaker 1: Like you said, you still have a long journey ahead 23 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:09,319 Speaker 1: of you and you still have much to prove. But 24 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:12,280 Speaker 1: do you feel like to this point you have proved 25 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:15,880 Speaker 1: some doubters wrong? You know you proof some people going undrafted, right, 26 00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 1: I know you wanted to get drafted, But here you are, 27 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:19,760 Speaker 1: You're on an NFL team. Do you feel like you're 28 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:21,319 Speaker 1: playing with a little bit of a chip on your shoulder? 29 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:23,280 Speaker 1: I always play with ship with him on my shoulder. 30 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:26,960 Speaker 1: I'm just a competitive dude. It ain't about everyone outside 31 00:01:26,959 --> 00:01:29,679 Speaker 1: of the lines. Like I'm competitive because I love to win, 32 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:34,399 Speaker 1: and it's I don't play any harder or any any 33 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:38,200 Speaker 1: lesser anymore because outside voices like I think that's what 34 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:42,080 Speaker 1: you know separates me from potentially other people is I'm 35 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:45,640 Speaker 1: locked into this game, and if you ain't affecting this game, 36 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:47,760 Speaker 1: you're not affecting me. Where do you feel like you've 37 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:50,160 Speaker 1: grown the most as a player from Let's go back 38 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:51,760 Speaker 1: to the start of training camp, from the start of 39 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 1: camp in late July until now, where do you think 40 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:58,640 Speaker 1: you've improved? Honestly? Just I mean everything you have to do, 41 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:03,240 Speaker 1: everything you do has to be a mentally, physically out 42 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:05,280 Speaker 1: on that field and off the field. So I think 43 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:08,359 Speaker 1: I just move with more efficiency. I mean, I mean 44 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:12,720 Speaker 1: optimizing every second of every day. Because somebody's doing something 45 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:14,760 Speaker 1: somewhere to get a leg up on you, what are 46 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 1: you doing to do the same for them? You know 47 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:20,320 Speaker 1: what I mean? So I would just say overall, I'm 48 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:23,120 Speaker 1: just I'm just optimizing everything that I do on and 49 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:27,160 Speaker 1: off the field, just putting everything that I am towards 50 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:29,919 Speaker 1: my work. In the preseason, you were flying around making 51 00:02:29,919 --> 00:02:32,800 Speaker 1: a lot of plays both on defense and on special teams. 52 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:35,400 Speaker 1: But let's start on defense. What is it about this 53 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:39,800 Speaker 1: Gus Bradley scheme that kind of fits you as a player. It's, uh, 54 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:44,760 Speaker 1: let's just find the ball, which is which is football 55 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:47,640 Speaker 1: in and of itself. But I mean, Gus, Gus and 56 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 1: the staff gets us ready. They they go over the 57 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:53,560 Speaker 1: assets and liabilities, and we always know, you know, what 58 00:02:53,919 --> 00:02:56,880 Speaker 1: we're probably gonna get and what specific things can can 59 00:02:56,960 --> 00:02:59,240 Speaker 1: hurt us in certain coverages. And that's always nice as 60 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:02,320 Speaker 1: a player because you know offense hasn't throwing the ball 61 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:04,640 Speaker 1: to you, so you got to anticipate what they're doing, 62 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:07,239 Speaker 1: what they're thinking, why they're lined up certain ways, what 63 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:12,200 Speaker 1: route concepts, in gap schemes, you know, defeat certain defenses, 64 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:14,960 Speaker 1: and they do an outstanding job of getting us ready 65 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:16,680 Speaker 1: for that. What about some of the help from the 66 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:20,640 Speaker 1: older guys, Bobby O'karek, Shaquille Leonard, How are those guys 67 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:23,000 Speaker 1: helping And you know with Shaquil, even though he's not 68 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 1: on the field, how has he kind of helped you 69 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:27,400 Speaker 1: grow as a young guy. Yeah, I mean the older 70 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:31,160 Speaker 1: linebackers have been just tremendous leaders for this young guys. 71 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:33,639 Speaker 1: I mean we had four hundred drafted guys for OTAs, 72 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:37,440 Speaker 1: so they really they really just led by example. You know, 73 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:41,680 Speaker 1: Z and Bobby for the majority of camp not only 74 00:03:41,720 --> 00:03:43,920 Speaker 1: are the vocal leaders for the entire defense, but in 75 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:47,160 Speaker 1: the linebacker room, like are telling us, you know, getting 76 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:49,320 Speaker 1: us right, telling us what we need to be thinking. 77 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:51,720 Speaker 1: You know, is are adding coaching points on top of 78 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:55,480 Speaker 1: the coaching points. And when you get that player perspective, 79 00:03:55,840 --> 00:03:57,680 Speaker 1: it can make the world of a difference because we're 80 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:00,240 Speaker 1: the ones in the helmets out there, so that that 81 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:04,800 Speaker 1: helpful hand from those guys have been incredible to I 82 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:07,160 Speaker 1: mean all of our growth and you saw the undrafted 83 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:09,480 Speaker 1: guys playing in the preseason. We were flying around that. 84 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 1: I mean, some of that goes to show the leadership 85 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:14,960 Speaker 1: in that room. Has the speed of the game. Has 86 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:17,240 Speaker 1: there been a notice on your standpoint as far as 87 00:04:17,279 --> 00:04:20,400 Speaker 1: that goes from playing in the Big Ten to the NFL. 88 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 1: Was it a noticeable difference? Yeah, yes and no. I 89 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:28,760 Speaker 1: mean there's just no weak links out there. The threshold 90 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:32,080 Speaker 1: for weak links has absolutely been raised. So it's just 91 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:34,799 Speaker 1: like you got to be on your p's and ques 92 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 1: every play or else you're gonna be taking advantage of 93 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:43,240 Speaker 1: and special teams is no exception to that. So which 94 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:45,200 Speaker 1: is fun. Like, I mean, every single play I gotta 95 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:47,080 Speaker 1: go out there. I get to go out there and 96 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:49,560 Speaker 1: play with my hair on fire, knowing that, like my 97 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:53,159 Speaker 1: my manhood, my livelihood, and my team are on the 98 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:56,600 Speaker 1: line here, which is it's exhilarating. I know you kind 99 00:04:56,600 --> 00:04:58,520 Speaker 1: of talked a little bit about this last week. But 100 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:01,599 Speaker 1: but your dad, you're your father is an NFL agent 101 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:03,960 Speaker 1: and you grew up with him being an NFL agent. 102 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:08,440 Speaker 1: How has he helped you understand the business of football? 103 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:11,360 Speaker 1: Maybe more so than an average you know, twenty one 104 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:14,560 Speaker 1: or twenty two year old rookie. Would he just he 105 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:22,120 Speaker 1: always trained my mind by asking the right questions and 106 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:24,760 Speaker 1: then allowed me and gave me the space to figure 107 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:28,240 Speaker 1: out the answer. Didn't didn't hand things to me, but 108 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:31,200 Speaker 1: absolutely ask those deeper questions and made me think about, 109 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:35,440 Speaker 1: you know, the bird's eye view of situations, you know, 110 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:37,480 Speaker 1: when a coach, when when you're not feeling the love 111 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:39,680 Speaker 1: from a coach, it's like, you know, are you gonna 112 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:41,920 Speaker 1: play victim to that? Are you gonna let that affect 113 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:43,960 Speaker 1: your performance or are you going to realize that you know, 114 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:47,120 Speaker 1: he's a person, he's dealing with shit too, excuse my language, 115 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:50,640 Speaker 1: and that all you can only control what you can 116 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:54,200 Speaker 1: control in every situation, no matter what the circumstances. So 117 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:58,760 Speaker 1: I think just those uh, those type of intangible things 118 00:05:58,839 --> 00:06:01,600 Speaker 1: that just trained my mind to think in a different way, 119 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:04,839 Speaker 1: That allowed me to push forward. That prepared me to 120 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:07,719 Speaker 1: push forward through two ACLS in Nebraska, That prepared me 121 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:10,560 Speaker 1: to continue to love the game and lead with my 122 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 1: passion when we were having losing seasons at Nebraska. That 123 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:16,000 Speaker 1: prepared me to come in and make the fifty three 124 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:18,680 Speaker 1: man roster after going undrafted. I mean, you got to 125 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:21,600 Speaker 1: see some pretty cool things for a young guy with 126 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:23,920 Speaker 1: your dad and being an NFL age I mean right 127 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:27,400 Speaker 1: going to training camps and practices and games and maybe 128 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:30,360 Speaker 1: Super Bowls. I mean, that's how much did that fuel 129 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:33,719 Speaker 1: your flame to ultimately get where where you're at right now. 130 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:39,120 Speaker 1: They all those experiences planted seeds in my mind and 131 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:42,240 Speaker 1: in my heart that like, you know, if you can, 132 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:44,080 Speaker 1: you know, if you can be anything you want to 133 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 1: be when you grow up, like I want to do this, 134 00:06:47,320 --> 00:06:51,039 Speaker 1: and just seeing it firsthand, kind of taking like the 135 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:55,159 Speaker 1: like the veil was torn early on in my life 136 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:58,200 Speaker 1: on like these guys aren't superheroes, the regular people that 137 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:03,680 Speaker 1: do ordinary things. You're ordinary, and it just made it 138 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:08,120 Speaker 1: made this feel tangible. So even when I was going, 139 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:11,320 Speaker 1: I was in these valleys, right, these different valleys throughout 140 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:16,600 Speaker 1: my career, I just knew that all all all I 141 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:19,000 Speaker 1: can do is take it day by day, you know, 142 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:21,960 Speaker 1: one workout at a time, one rehab at a time, 143 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:26,600 Speaker 1: and that things will work out in your favor one 144 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:30,360 Speaker 1: way or another. That's I mean, it's it's it's really 145 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:33,600 Speaker 1: I swear it's simple. It really is simple. It just 146 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:36,960 Speaker 1: be where your feet are, be present. You know, the 147 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 1: past already happened. The future well, like you can only 148 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 1: ever be in the present. Last one, How excited are 149 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:48,600 Speaker 1: you for that experience running out on an NFL game field. 150 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:52,320 Speaker 1: It's gonna be a crazy atmosphere. Sixty thousand plus and 151 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 1: you're running and you're taking that field for the first time. 152 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:57,240 Speaker 1: It's got to be a huge childhood dream that you're 153 00:07:57,240 --> 00:08:00,400 Speaker 1: gonna check off coming up on Sunday. No doubt. The 154 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:03,320 Speaker 1: part I'm looking forward to is doing my job to 155 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:06,120 Speaker 1: help the team win like that. That gives me the 156 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:10,160 Speaker 1: greatest satisfaction is doing my part and doing doing my 157 00:08:10,320 --> 00:08:13,960 Speaker 1: ordinary job extraordinary to help the team win. And when 158 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:16,440 Speaker 1: I do that, I'll have a smile on my face 159 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:19,680 Speaker 1: coming off the fields. Joe Joe Dolman Colts and the linebacker, 160 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:22,840 Speaker 1: the rookie out of Nebraska, congratulations on make of the 161 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:24,440 Speaker 1: team and best of luck. I appreciate it. Thank you.