1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,639 Speaker 1: What have the last twelve or so hours been. 2 00:00:02,640 --> 00:00:03,000 Speaker 2: Like for you? 3 00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:05,920 Speaker 3: Definitely been surreal. I don't think it really hit me 4 00:00:05,960 --> 00:00:08,039 Speaker 3: at but it was really just a blessing, just celebrating 5 00:00:08,080 --> 00:00:13,480 Speaker 3: this moment with my family. I'm sure you dealt with 6 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:16,599 Speaker 3: these at Penn State to what Now that you're in 7 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:19,560 Speaker 3: the NFC East, everybody's gonna compare you to Micah Parsons. 8 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:22,280 Speaker 2: How do you handle that and do you see similarities 9 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:23,200 Speaker 2: in your games? 10 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:25,280 Speaker 3: Yeah, for sure I learned a lot from Michael, just 11 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:27,240 Speaker 3: me being at Penn State one number eleven. We keep 12 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:29,160 Speaker 3: that brotherhood tight, but at the end of the day, 13 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:30,680 Speaker 3: I'm my own player and I want to make my 14 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:32,280 Speaker 3: make my own name. That's what I've done. 15 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 4: What do you think about getting to play against him? 16 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:36,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's gonna be dope seeing him twice a year. 17 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:40,320 Speaker 3: We was talking yesterday just about this moment, us getting 18 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:42,000 Speaker 3: to this moment, then just seeing each other that jersey 19 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:43,680 Speaker 3: swap at the end of the game. It's gonna be dope. 20 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:45,159 Speaker 4: Before or after you got drafted. 21 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:48,280 Speaker 3: That was your second after, like just during the whole process, 22 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:50,360 Speaker 3: before I before I got drafted, after I talked to him, 23 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:50,920 Speaker 3: So yeah. 24 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:54,000 Speaker 4: From him, after you got drafted by this sir, What 25 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:54,880 Speaker 4: do you think about that? 26 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:56,280 Speaker 2: He just proud of me. 27 00:00:56,520 --> 00:00:58,400 Speaker 3: Uh, just talked about all the work that we put in, 28 00:00:58,800 --> 00:00:59,959 Speaker 3: all the things that led me to this moment. 29 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:03,600 Speaker 2: Hear from another Penn State star in the NFC East from. 30 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:07,560 Speaker 3: No, not yet. Yeah, for sure, I met him a 31 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:08,240 Speaker 3: couple of times. 32 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:10,199 Speaker 4: You about numbers. 33 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:13,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, there's a couple of numbers that already retired. 34 00:01:14,360 --> 00:01:17,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, we're still in the process of that. But we'll 35 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:21,200 Speaker 3: see what happens. You prefer, we'll see what happens. 36 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:24,200 Speaker 2: For the Giants fans that don't know you. 37 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 5: What kind of player are they getting here in New York. 38 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:28,720 Speaker 2: I'm just an exciting player, a fun player. 39 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:30,800 Speaker 3: I like to I like to get the crowd involved, 40 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:33,039 Speaker 3: get the crowd hype on third downs, get my best 41 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:35,480 Speaker 3: pass for us, made that biggest plosive play, just one 42 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:37,039 Speaker 3: hundred percent effort, my energy. 43 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:38,160 Speaker 2: I'm bringing everything. 44 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:40,399 Speaker 5: You said you had a dream when you were twelve 45 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:42,039 Speaker 5: or thirteen and you're gonna bet a giant. Do you 46 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:44,800 Speaker 5: remember what your reaction was when that dream. 47 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:48,840 Speaker 3: Happened, Like, whoa, Yeah, that's it's like it's kind of 48 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:50,080 Speaker 3: is this really going to happen? 49 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:50,320 Speaker 2: Then? 50 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:52,080 Speaker 3: Me being here is like, you know, I feel like 51 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:54,480 Speaker 3: everything happens for a reason, and me having that dream 52 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:56,840 Speaker 3: everything happens for a reason, feel like this where I 53 00:01:56,880 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 3: was meant to be. 54 00:01:57,960 --> 00:02:03,200 Speaker 5: Did you think about that the call? Was that? 55 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:03,440 Speaker 6: Like? 56 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 2: Definitely? All the emotions definitely hit me. 57 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 3: When I hugged my mom, hugged my dad, my aunt, 58 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:08,840 Speaker 3: like a lot of the people that really helped me get 59 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:10,000 Speaker 3: to this moment, it definitely hit me. 60 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:12,919 Speaker 2: Yeah, what happened in that dream? Was it your first game? 61 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:14,079 Speaker 6: Were you in the Super Bowl? No? 62 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 3: It was just like I don't remember the exact pick, 63 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 3: but I remember like seeing the screen like my name 64 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:19,760 Speaker 3: on it. 65 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 2: So it's hard to believe, but it's true. 66 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:26,360 Speaker 6: In your game that maybe you think you need to 67 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:27,919 Speaker 6: improve on at this level. 68 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:30,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, I feel like I'm just getting started this my 69 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:33,960 Speaker 3: first year in a new position, just all the technical stuff. 70 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 3: I feel like improve in all the areas of my game. 71 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:38,720 Speaker 1: You describe that transition, like what made you go from 72 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:40,960 Speaker 1: being like an off ball linebacker to switching the edge. 73 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:41,239 Speaker 2: Of this year? 74 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:44,160 Speaker 3: Yeah, just knowing how Domino could be, and my coaches 75 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:46,120 Speaker 3: took me on, they trusted me. I just told them like, 76 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:48,119 Speaker 3: I feel like it'd be most helpful for the team 77 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:50,440 Speaker 3: and for myself to switching musicians, being being on the 78 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 3: edge to do what I do best, playing fast, playing free, 79 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:56,880 Speaker 3: and it all worked out, sir. 80 00:02:57,800 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 4: What's your relationship like with. 81 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:02,680 Speaker 1: And some of the other guys. 82 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:04,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, I got to talk to him a lot throughout 83 00:03:04,639 --> 00:03:06,960 Speaker 3: the process, really just me getting knowing him as a person. 84 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:09,079 Speaker 3: You know him as men, then me being here, I'm 85 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:10,799 Speaker 3: gonna get to work with them more, to know them more, 86 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:12,519 Speaker 3: and we're just gonna hit the field running. 87 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:15,040 Speaker 6: What was your level of excitement like last night when 88 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 6: they traded back up to take Jackson. 89 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:20,680 Speaker 3: Yeah, it was dope. I'm a big fan of Jackson. 90 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:22,760 Speaker 3: I played against him in the Peace Bowl where he's 91 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:24,880 Speaker 3: at Old Miss. He ended up winning that game, but 92 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:27,280 Speaker 3: just seeing him how accurate he was just dishing the 93 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:29,000 Speaker 3: ball out, I knew he was a good quarterback. It's 94 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:35,480 Speaker 3: a great pick up. Yeah, well he beat us. So 95 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:37,680 Speaker 3: if you you beat Penn State in a big game 96 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:39,880 Speaker 3: like that, I know you the real deal, especially at quarterback. 97 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:44,000 Speaker 7: The team some of your highlight packagers and it seems 98 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 7: like that player you. 99 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, it didn't end up Kevin, but I definitely got 100 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:52,640 Speaker 3: a good shot on, but he tough, he got right 101 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:54,200 Speaker 3: back up, kept playing throughout the whole game, so I 102 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:58,920 Speaker 3: knew right there he was a good player. Now they 103 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:00,760 Speaker 3: said like when he released it, he was in a 104 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 3: throw motion, so they didn't count as a strip sack. 105 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 4: Yeah, you mentioned still in the process with the number, 106 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:11,280 Speaker 4: you know, obviously fifty six. You made that comment ystory 107 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:14,040 Speaker 4: about that being a possibility. Do you know Lawrence and 108 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:15,960 Speaker 4: have you talked to him at all? And if you 109 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:18,839 Speaker 4: had not, like how much, like what do you expect 110 00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:20,320 Speaker 4: from that? Like do that how much you look forward 111 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:21,240 Speaker 4: to actually getting a chance? 112 00:04:21,279 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 3: Then Yeah, I haven't met him yet, but I feel 113 00:04:24,279 --> 00:04:26,160 Speaker 3: like eventually I will. But he's the greatest football player 114 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:28,120 Speaker 3: all the time, somebody I look up to just want 115 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:30,039 Speaker 3: to like just following his full steps, knowing how great 116 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:31,720 Speaker 3: he was, and I just want to chase greatness and 117 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:32,839 Speaker 3: knowing that he was the best. 118 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:33,880 Speaker 2: That's why I want to chase. 119 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:35,560 Speaker 3: But I'm not I didn't say that, just like all 120 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:37,279 Speaker 3: I'm saying I want to be better than Lawrence Taylor. 121 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:39,279 Speaker 3: That's more of me looking up to him, inspiring to 122 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:40,240 Speaker 3: be like him. 123 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:42,360 Speaker 6: We're a little bit of a unique situation, is you're 124 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:44,320 Speaker 6: joining a team within a division. 125 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:46,360 Speaker 1: That's going to see the Super Bowl champs twice a year. 126 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:49,320 Speaker 5: Do you believe that that you can help close the 127 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:50,800 Speaker 5: gap between those two? 128 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:51,440 Speaker 2: Yeah? 129 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:54,120 Speaker 3: Absolutely, But it's a process. All that stuff is gonna 130 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:55,920 Speaker 3: take work. I'm just start by getting here, getting to 131 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:58,160 Speaker 3: the people around the building, getting to know my teammates, 132 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 3: getting get to know them as men. They wants me 133 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:02,239 Speaker 3: in the field, just creating havoc as a defense. 134 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:05,839 Speaker 6: Jackson has been described as strong in the pocket, like 135 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:07,880 Speaker 6: to stay in there to make the play. How how 136 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:10,600 Speaker 6: rare is that for quarterbacks that you faced, Like when 137 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:12,760 Speaker 6: they see somebody like you coming that they don't just bail. 138 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:14,520 Speaker 3: Yeah, you gotta be tough for that. That's definitely like 139 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:17,120 Speaker 3: a toughness attribute. Like I said, when we plan, I 140 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 3: landed like a really good shot on him. He got 141 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:21,360 Speaker 3: right back up, dusted off like nothing happened, ended up 142 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 3: winning that game. 143 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:23,120 Speaker 2: So I know he's a really good player. 144 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:25,680 Speaker 5: What got you interested in Lawrence tayl Because obviously his 145 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:28,400 Speaker 5: last game I believe was nine years before you were born. 146 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 5: Most guys watched players are still playing. What got you 147 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:32,000 Speaker 5: interested in Lawris Taylor? 148 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:36,080 Speaker 3: Well, obviously just me being at edge playing as and 149 00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:38,400 Speaker 3: who's the greatest as all the time. Everybody's going to 150 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:41,040 Speaker 3: say LT, the greatest defensive player of all time. Everybody's 151 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:43,120 Speaker 3: going to say LT. So if you don't, if you 152 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:45,280 Speaker 3: don't know LT as a defensive player, that's that's kind 153 00:05:45,279 --> 00:05:48,240 Speaker 3: of crazy. Yeah. 154 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:50,000 Speaker 6: Do you bring any kind of attitude? I mean, what 155 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:52,880 Speaker 6: what's your You knows that that people say, you know, 156 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:55,240 Speaker 6: smiles off the field, nasty on the field. 157 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 2: You do you think that's important in your game? 158 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:01,200 Speaker 3: I just play football at the end of the day. 159 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:03,760 Speaker 3: Just trust my teammates. Hope my teammates trust me at 160 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:08,760 Speaker 3: the end of the day. Just play football. Burns uh yeah, 161 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:11,120 Speaker 3: Kvon sent me a text. I've seen Brian Burns early 162 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:12,840 Speaker 3: in the buildings that was up to him, shook his hands. 163 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 3: So yeah, just just interested in getting to know those 164 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:20,159 Speaker 3: guys and just building that relationship. No specific just really 165 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 3: just an introduction, just getting to know each other. 166 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:27,200 Speaker 7: Throughout throughout the process talking to people about your game, 167 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:31,120 Speaker 7: A lot of people brought up the idea of as 168 00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:34,520 Speaker 7: special as a player you are skill wise, what you showed, 169 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:36,960 Speaker 7: the toughness you showed in the playoffs to go out 170 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:39,000 Speaker 7: with the shoulder and then come back in the game 171 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 7: really set a tone for some people who were watching 172 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:44,120 Speaker 7: you play thought that. 173 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:44,479 Speaker 1: Meant a lot. 174 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:47,640 Speaker 7: Were you even thinking of it at that point or 175 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:48,880 Speaker 7: was it just about your team? 176 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:52,320 Speaker 3: And yeah, yeah, I knew if if my teammates was 177 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:53,920 Speaker 3: in the same position I was in, they'll go out 178 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:55,200 Speaker 3: there and lay it out on the line for me. 179 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:57,200 Speaker 3: And I knew that I want to do everything in 180 00:06:57,279 --> 00:06:58,920 Speaker 3: my power to make sure I put my team in 181 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 3: the best the best position to win. No one was 182 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:03,159 Speaker 3: on the line, and if I had to make the 183 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:04,800 Speaker 3: choice again, I'll do it again. Just be out there 184 00:07:04,839 --> 00:07:05,400 Speaker 3: with my brothers. 185 00:07:05,640 --> 00:07:07,720 Speaker 1: What if they told you about how they see your role, 186 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:10,440 Speaker 1: because Davii'll talk about that positional flexibility. You're telling me 187 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:12,560 Speaker 1: how you played linebacker. They gotten into that yet of 188 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:14,480 Speaker 1: how they could see using you. 189 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:16,880 Speaker 3: You talk just a little bit while my visits here, 190 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:18,880 Speaker 3: just but whever my coaches need me to play, that's 191 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:19,640 Speaker 3: why I'm gonna play. 192 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:22,160 Speaker 4: Are you looking forward to most about being in New York? 193 00:07:23,760 --> 00:07:25,600 Speaker 3: Probably just getting settled down, like I said, getting on 194 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:28,120 Speaker 3: my teammates. Then just get right back to football, get 195 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:28,600 Speaker 3: back to work. 196 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:31,560 Speaker 4: Are you physically are you physically ready to be in 197 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:31,960 Speaker 4: the Roo. 198 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:33,880 Speaker 2: Committee, camps and all those things. Yes, sir, I'm ready 199 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:34,080 Speaker 2: to go.