1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:01,640 Speaker 1: What's what's it mean to you to be running with 2 00:00:01,680 --> 00:00:07,520 Speaker 1: the ones a lot here already? Yeah, I mean, no 3 00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:10,760 Speaker 1: jobs are won what they were on with practice. I 4 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:12,440 Speaker 1: mean we're just a couple of practice in the fall 5 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:15,560 Speaker 1: camp right now. My main focus right now is to 6 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:17,960 Speaker 1: continue to keep getting better each and every day and 7 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:20,919 Speaker 1: gain that trust though that that old line room and 8 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:28,120 Speaker 1: that offense. To just prove that that I can be 9 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:31,240 Speaker 1: out there and I can make the calls and and 10 00:00:31,560 --> 00:00:34,000 Speaker 1: just be urgent with it. Does it mean anything for 11 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:36,479 Speaker 1: you to get to that they're putting you there multiple 12 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:38,239 Speaker 1: days in a row, like obviously at the beginning you 13 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:41,600 Speaker 1: were going back and forth. I don't really kind of 14 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:44,000 Speaker 1: focus on that. I mean, my main focus is really 15 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:47,080 Speaker 1: on just, uh, take that one thing that you focus 16 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:49,479 Speaker 1: on every day, could be a technique, could be just 17 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:53,360 Speaker 1: a mental standpoint of it, and just keep getting better 18 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:54,240 Speaker 1: at it. 19 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:54,960 Speaker 2: That's all I'm. 20 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:55,320 Speaker 1: Looking at it. 21 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 2: What was your focus today? 22 00:00:57,440 --> 00:00:59,880 Speaker 1: My main focus was today was just to be loud 23 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:03,840 Speaker 1: and be urging up front and just kind of continue 24 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:05,960 Speaker 1: to keep it getting better as an whole line. And 25 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:09,000 Speaker 1: the main thing for me is to communicate upfront, make 26 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:10,240 Speaker 1: sure everyone's on the same page. 27 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:14,280 Speaker 2: So what's the biggest thing you've learned so far is 28 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:15,800 Speaker 2: the basket? Come all about the pro game? 29 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:18,679 Speaker 1: Could you repeat that, what's the biggest thing you've learned 30 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:21,000 Speaker 1: so far about the pro games is the pass of 31 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:26,200 Speaker 1: Come on? I mean yeah, I mean, I mean you're 32 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:31,080 Speaker 1: competing every every single play out there, I'm going against 33 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:34,839 Speaker 1: some going against some of the best the the line 34 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:37,480 Speaker 1: there is, and it's just an opportunity to keep getting 35 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:39,560 Speaker 1: better and just improve my game out there. 36 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:42,319 Speaker 3: So, yeah, you mentioned communication. 37 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:45,120 Speaker 2: How has that improved just over I know it's only 38 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:47,720 Speaker 2: been a practices, but have you seen that growing yourself? 39 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:51,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean I would say each and every day, 40 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:54,800 Speaker 1: just gain more confidence out there, keep getting more confident 41 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:58,800 Speaker 1: in my calls, uh, and uh just putting my or 42 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:02,720 Speaker 1: putting a the offensive line in a position uh to 43 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 1: succeed out there. And DJ ME and DJH seeing the 44 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:09,360 Speaker 1: things the same way as an offense. 45 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:12,360 Speaker 2: Being a loud kind of stands out to me. Be loud, 46 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 2: it was of your Is that is that not natural 47 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:18,200 Speaker 2: to you or is that like, why be loud? 48 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:25,520 Speaker 1: I mean in a game you got fans screaming at you, 49 00:02:25,240 --> 00:02:27,799 Speaker 1: You're gonna have to communicate down the line, making sure 50 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:32,639 Speaker 1: left tackle, the right tackle knows the call, and yeah, 51 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:35,799 Speaker 1: I mean yeah, Just to be loud up front. 52 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 2: Every offensive lineman always says, like cohesion, the same five 53 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:43,799 Speaker 2: guys thinking together is the big thing. You have different 54 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:46,480 Speaker 2: guys rotating at center, left guard, right guard. So how 55 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:48,720 Speaker 2: is this offensive line gonna get on the same page. 56 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:53,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean not only offensive line or cohesion as 57 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:57,400 Speaker 1: a whoever started out there the first game, I mean, 58 00:02:57,440 --> 00:02:59,920 Speaker 1: it's just collective as a whole, as a whole lot 59 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:04,280 Speaker 1: oline unit, making sure everyone's on the same page, knows 60 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:06,520 Speaker 1: what we're going to do out there, our mission, our 61 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:11,560 Speaker 1: goal at the end of the day, and yeah, we'll 62 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:11,920 Speaker 1: go ahead. 63 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:14,959 Speaker 2: Bobby Johnson said in the spring that it would be 64 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:17,880 Speaker 2: an eye opener when the Pats came on and you 65 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:20,840 Speaker 2: had to block Dexter one one. Has it been an 66 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:21,680 Speaker 2: eye opener for you? 67 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:27,160 Speaker 1: Dex is a great player All Pro last year. It's 68 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:29,679 Speaker 1: a great opportunity to go against every day and practice, 69 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:35,040 Speaker 1: continue to perfect my craft, learn from him, and at 70 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 1: the end of the day, get better. 71 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:40,160 Speaker 2: So, john your former college coach, is under some heat 72 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:43,800 Speaker 2: from some of your former teammates saying that he mistreated them. 73 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:47,200 Speaker 2: Toxic culture, wondering what your response to that is and 74 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:49,840 Speaker 2: where you see, you know, what your experience in the 75 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:50,400 Speaker 2: program was. 76 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:52,560 Speaker 1: Like, I mean, right now, my main focus is with 77 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:56,720 Speaker 1: the New York Giants, with this team. I'm not gonna 78 00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 1: talk on behalf of a coach coach. I mean, I 79 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:03,080 Speaker 1: just got nothing but good things to say about him anyway. 80 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:08,520 Speaker 3: So, uh, yeah, he had he had he had said 81 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:11,240 Speaker 3: that if you're a great guy off the field, that 82 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:14,080 Speaker 3: he becomes this nasty guy on the field. How do 83 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:16,360 Speaker 3: you describe that transition that takes over you as you 84 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 3: can call on the field? 85 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:21,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean it's just when when the helmets, when 86 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:23,359 Speaker 1: the when you strap up, when the pads come on, 87 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:27,039 Speaker 1: it's just kind of just a click. A click is 88 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:30,240 Speaker 1: just something that I don't know, it just kind of 89 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:32,599 Speaker 1: just comes natural. Now, I don't know how to say. 90 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:36,880 Speaker 1: It isout your blood or someone else's blood, could be both. 91 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 3: Did you set a goal coming in that I want 92 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:45,680 Speaker 3: to be the starter on week one? 93 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:49,680 Speaker 1: I mean I would just say the main goal was 94 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:53,640 Speaker 1: to help help out the New York Giants in any 95 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:58,280 Speaker 1: way possible, Uh, to succeed at their goal if it 96 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:01,280 Speaker 1: was started, and if it was uh, just just have 97 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 1: an impact. That's all I would say. 98 00:05:05,480 --> 00:05:06,800 Speaker 3: And now what would it mean to you if you 99 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:08,760 Speaker 3: are the starter on day one? 100 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:10,960 Speaker 1: You know what? Right now, I'm just really focused on 101 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:13,560 Speaker 1: continuing to get better. Like I said, we're early in camp. 102 00:05:13,640 --> 00:05:20,359 Speaker 1: Still continue to just communicate with my my offense, my 103 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:23,560 Speaker 1: offensive line, get to know each other more and build 104 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:25,480 Speaker 1: that cohesion up so you. 105 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:28,520 Speaker 2: Can get a chance to talk to Evan Neil after practice. 106 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:31,920 Speaker 1: He walked off. I did not yet know. No does 107 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 1: does a rotation of guards next to you? 108 00:05:34,279 --> 00:05:36,120 Speaker 2: How does that impact you that you have like a 109 00:05:36,120 --> 00:05:38,120 Speaker 2: different guy to your right or left every day? 110 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:40,920 Speaker 1: I mean at the end of the day, I mean, 111 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:45,240 Speaker 1: you gotta be ready to say, you just gotta be 112 00:05:45,279 --> 00:05:47,640 Speaker 1: ready for anything. You never know what's gonna happen in 113 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:50,039 Speaker 1: the game. You never know what like who's gonna be 114 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:53,960 Speaker 1: out there, and substitutions can happen, andrewies can happen. He's 115 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:54,840 Speaker 1: gotta be ready to go. 116 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:55,160 Speaker 2: So