WEBVTT - Linebacker Jamien Sherwood Talks About His Decision to Return to the Jets 0:00:00.400 --> 0:00:02.920 Welcome into the Official Jets Podcast. 0:00:03.160 --> 0:00:06.080 I Eat, Breathe, and sleep the New York Jets my team. 0:00:06.240 --> 0:00:08.039 He knows what it means to wear the Green and White. 0:00:08.160 --> 0:00:10.520 That is a tightrope walk across Niagara Fall. 0:00:10.600 --> 0:00:11.280 That's hard to do. 0:00:12.080 --> 0:00:15.000 The Official Jets Podcast is presented by Kendra Scott, the 0:00:15.080 --> 0:00:18.440 jewelry company that's shining bright and doing good. Shop Game 0:00:18.520 --> 0:00:21.119 Day Ready, jewelry styles and so much more at Kendra 0:00:21.200 --> 0:00:22.160 Scott dot com. 0:00:23.960 --> 0:00:26.680 We got an amazing podcast in store for you today. 0:00:26.880 --> 0:00:29.160 In a couple of moments, we're gonna join. We're gonna 0:00:29.160 --> 0:00:32.360 be joined by Jets team MVP from twenty twenty four, 0:00:32.560 --> 0:00:36.840 Jamie Surewood. He signed with the Green and White even 0:00:36.880 --> 0:00:41.239 before free agency kicked off. But Green's your overall thoughts 0:00:41.640 --> 0:00:45.560 here is the Jets have gotten this thing underway their 0:00:45.600 --> 0:00:48.080 off season under Darren Mougi and Eron Glenn. 0:00:48.320 --> 0:00:50.400 I think that they've done a great job so far. 0:00:50.760 --> 0:00:53.680 I think that Sherwood is a kind of a microcosm 0:00:53.760 --> 0:00:56.200 of what the Jets want to be. Like Aaron Glenn 0:00:56.320 --> 0:00:58.960 just I don't know him all too well, but speaking 0:00:58.960 --> 0:01:01.280 to him in Indianapoli when he was on our live show, 0:01:01.480 --> 0:01:03.480 he got the sense that he wanted players, hey that 0:01:03.560 --> 0:01:06.520 want to be here, be that play hard. And I 0:01:06.560 --> 0:01:09.880 always with Sherwood revert back to the Dolphins game in 0:01:09.920 --> 0:01:12.880 Miami when he had eighteen tackles. The Jets season had 0:01:12.920 --> 0:01:15.080 already gone down a path that nobody thought that it 0:01:15.120 --> 0:01:17.440 was going to go down, and he had his best 0:01:17.480 --> 0:01:20.080 game of his career. And it just shows like it 0:01:20.080 --> 0:01:23.400 doesn't matter the day, the time, the record, the place. 0:01:23.680 --> 0:01:25.959 Jamie sherw was always going to put in the work and. 0:01:25.959 --> 0:01:27.040 He was rewarded for man. 0:01:27.080 --> 0:01:28.560 He was ready for his opportunity. 0:01:28.560 --> 0:01:31.039 He was a fifth round pick out of Auburn back 0:01:31.040 --> 0:01:34.839 in twenty twenty one, and he was a reserve here 0:01:35.040 --> 0:01:40.039 this first three seasons dealt with the achilles and then 0:01:40.040 --> 0:01:43.200 in twenty twenty four when CJ. Mosley, the heartbeat of 0:01:43.200 --> 0:01:46.560 that defense, the middle linebacker. He went down with the 0:01:46.600 --> 0:01:50.640 toe injury in Week two and then later sustained, unfortunately, 0:01:50.680 --> 0:01:54.240 the neck injury prior to that game Week seven against 0:01:54.280 --> 0:01:57.559 the New England Patriots. He was ready for his moment. 0:01:57.880 --> 0:02:02.440 And the bottom line here is if Sherwood hit the market, 0:02:03.040 --> 0:02:06.600 he would have had multiple suitors. Yeah, but Moogi got 0:02:06.600 --> 0:02:10.240 this done before anybody could take their shot. 0:02:10.440 --> 0:02:13.000 Yeah, I think there's a testament to the job that 0:02:13.080 --> 0:02:16.320 Darren Moosey did and who and his staff, and. 0:02:16.480 --> 0:02:18.720 I think what goes overlooked with Jamian Sherwood. 0:02:18.919 --> 0:02:21.679 Obviously he had a great season last year, not only 0:02:21.720 --> 0:02:24.200 for the Jets, obviously in the NFL as well considering 0:02:24.280 --> 0:02:27.400 his tackle numbers. But before that, he was like a 0:02:27.440 --> 0:02:30.400 special team's ace for the Jets. It's not like he 0:02:30.440 --> 0:02:32.600 was just a backup who didn't take a lot of reps. 0:02:32.720 --> 0:02:36.280 He in twenty twenty three took four hundred and twenty 0:02:36.360 --> 0:02:38.480 snaps on special teams. He's the only player on the 0:02:38.520 --> 0:02:42.160 team to go over four hundred, and he was essentially 0:02:42.600 --> 0:02:45.520 one of the core pieces on what was Brent Boyer's 0:02:45.600 --> 0:02:48.320 unit at the time. And then he gets his opportunity 0:02:48.360 --> 0:02:50.920 on defense and he doesn't miss a beat and he 0:02:51.040 --> 0:02:53.040 just steps right in. He gets better every week. And 0:02:53.440 --> 0:02:55.959 you know, if you're a Jets fan, I think you 0:02:56.040 --> 0:02:58.360 got to feel good about this. Then there's no way 0:02:58.400 --> 0:02:59.880 that you can't feel good about it. 0:03:00.040 --> 0:03:03.760 He's a great culture fit, and he's young, and he 0:03:03.960 --> 0:03:07.920 loves ball and he was ready for his opportunity, And 0:03:07.960 --> 0:03:09.840 I thought that was a huge siding because he is 0:03:09.880 --> 0:03:12.760 the quarterback in the defense, and then the pairing with 0:03:12.919 --> 0:03:17.359 him and Quincy Williams, that's a really dynamic middle playing 0:03:17.440 --> 0:03:20.480 behind Quincy's brother, of course, Quinn Williams. 0:03:20.560 --> 0:03:23.320 Yeah, it's and it keeps a lot of the defense intact. 0:03:23.400 --> 0:03:26.799 And for what it's worth, I think the Jets defense 0:03:26.840 --> 0:03:30.480 has a lot of very talented players and the nucleus 0:03:30.480 --> 0:03:35.680 of the team with quinnin and Quincy, Jamian Sauce, Michael 0:03:35.720 --> 0:03:38.560 Carter the second there's a lot of talented pieces Jermaine 0:03:38.600 --> 0:03:41.960 and Will McDonald that forgot about them. To me, there's 0:03:42.000 --> 0:03:45.040 no reason why if you're Steve Wilkes, you don't think 0:03:45.080 --> 0:03:49.520 you can be at least above average, right, Like, the 0:03:49.600 --> 0:03:52.800 Jets have really good personnel, and I'm interested to see 0:03:53.040 --> 0:03:54.120 how Steve. 0:03:53.800 --> 0:03:56.880 Wilkes wants to run his defense through these pieces. 0:03:56.920 --> 0:04:00.200 Yeah, they're certainly not on because we're here for he 0:04:00.560 --> 0:04:02.760 actually kicked off a couple moments ago. 0:04:02.880 --> 0:04:04.280 So it's Wednesday, we're taping. 0:04:05.400 --> 0:04:08.080 Jets are gonna have to do something at defensive tackle. 0:04:08.160 --> 0:04:12.920 It's been so interesting the movement here throughout the National 0:04:12.920 --> 0:04:16.080 Football League. Javine kin Law he scored a lucrative deal 0:04:16.520 --> 0:04:19.640 with the Washington Commanders. And you know what automatically thought 0:04:19.880 --> 0:04:24.200 when I saw that deal was compensatory picks for the Jets. 0:04:24.480 --> 0:04:28.120 In twenty twenty six, not only does kin Law go, 0:04:28.279 --> 0:04:32.640 but Solomon Thomas. No surprise here, because I'm always looking 0:04:32.640 --> 0:04:34.760 at connections throughout the National Football League. 0:04:34.920 --> 0:04:38.520 He joins the Dallas Cowboys. Who's their new defensive line coach? 0:04:38.560 --> 0:04:40.120 It's Aaron White Potton of course. 0:04:40.279 --> 0:04:42.680 Yeah, so smarts on that stuff. 0:04:43.040 --> 0:04:44.880 There you go and then you go back. 0:04:45.560 --> 0:04:47.640 You know, so, I don't know if you want to 0:04:47.640 --> 0:04:50.359 touch upon a defensive tackle at all, or if we 0:04:50.360 --> 0:04:53.240 should go back to the secondary because there's a lot 0:04:53.279 --> 0:04:54.159 of changes there. 0:04:54.600 --> 0:04:56.839 What you do have in place here. 0:04:57.400 --> 0:05:00.240 Is Sauce Gardner, one of the top young talents at 0:05:00.240 --> 0:05:03.359 the position at the cornerback position in football. Michael Carter 0:05:03.480 --> 0:05:06.000 the second who's chomping at the bit to have a 0:05:06.080 --> 0:05:09.840 season where he's fully healthy. I think people forget how 0:05:09.920 --> 0:05:11.880 valuable he is at that nickel position. 0:05:12.000 --> 0:05:15.680 But Brandon Stevens could be your new CB two. Because 0:05:16.839 --> 0:05:20.279 DJ Reed signs with Aaron Glenn's former team in free agency, 0:05:20.560 --> 0:05:21.600 the Detroit Lions. 0:05:21.640 --> 0:05:25.440 Brandon Eckles agrees to terms with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He 0:05:25.480 --> 0:05:27.480 was the backup there on the outside and then in 0:05:27.520 --> 0:05:30.360 a safety position. We anticipated a lot of movement because 0:05:30.400 --> 0:05:33.320 the Jets had four safeties heading into free agency. 0:05:33.680 --> 0:05:37.080 Ashton Davis. Of course, he signs with Miami Dolphins. 0:05:37.120 --> 0:05:40.960 But the Jets get a free safety in Andre Cisco, 0:05:41.080 --> 0:05:45.479 a kid who grew up in Queens. Well, he was 0:05:45.520 --> 0:05:47.640 born in Queens, but he grew up on Long Island, 0:05:47.680 --> 0:05:48.599 What's Syracuse. 0:05:49.000 --> 0:05:50.720 And he's a rangy athlete. 0:05:50.760 --> 0:05:53.680 He's just twenty four years old, So Steven's twenty seven 0:05:53.760 --> 0:05:57.880 years old. Played on the outside, It's got some position flexibility, 0:05:57.920 --> 0:06:01.360 and then Cisco is a guy who hopefully can help 0:06:01.480 --> 0:06:03.080 this defense take the. 0:06:03.000 --> 0:06:04.919 Next steps in terms of takeaways. 0:06:05.120 --> 0:06:08.279 Yeah, I think that the Andre Cisco move along with 0:06:08.320 --> 0:06:11.719 Stevens won They're both versatile pieces and that's obviously a 0:06:11.720 --> 0:06:15.120 big piece of this equation for the Jets. Again, my 0:06:15.480 --> 0:06:18.279 biggest question is really on both sides of the ball. 0:06:18.640 --> 0:06:20.680 With Wilts, I think less so because we have an 0:06:20.760 --> 0:06:23.960 understanding of what he wants to do. I think on offense, 0:06:24.000 --> 0:06:27.520 when you factor him the Justin Fields move and what 0:06:27.560 --> 0:06:31.280 the Jets have on offense, my biggest question is how 0:06:31.360 --> 0:06:35.120 similar or dissimilar is it actually gonna look from Detroit's offense, 0:06:35.560 --> 0:06:38.440 based on personnel, based on what Tanner Engstrand wants to do. 0:06:38.600 --> 0:06:39.400 We just don't know. 0:06:39.760 --> 0:06:42.640 Like I think it's easy to say, Okay, well, Tanner 0:06:42.640 --> 0:06:46.400 Engstram comes from the Ben Johnson scheme in Detroit. I'm 0:06:46.440 --> 0:06:49.160 just not quite sure how much of a carbon copy 0:06:49.320 --> 0:06:50.360 he'll try to make it. 0:06:51.200 --> 0:06:54.040 I love the Fields edition. I mean, he's twenty six 0:06:54.200 --> 0:06:57.440 years old, he's a former number eleven overall selection in 0:06:57.480 --> 0:07:01.800 the draft. He had some success in Chicago, of course, 0:07:01.839 --> 0:07:03.960 then he goes to Pittsburgh last year he was four 0:07:04.000 --> 0:07:06.839 and two as a starter. I think the Jets offense 0:07:06.880 --> 0:07:09.640 is gonna be predicated on running the football, and again 0:07:10.000 --> 0:07:12.080 they got away from that last year, did not have 0:07:12.120 --> 0:07:15.440 a tremendous lot tremendous amount of success on the ground. 0:07:15.560 --> 0:07:18.280 But there are pieces here, especially in that backfield with 0:07:18.360 --> 0:07:21.360 Breess harn Company and those young backs. Now you add 0:07:21.880 --> 0:07:25.200 fields to the equation, and my thing is, that's a 0:07:25.240 --> 0:07:28.480 fair question. What is Engstrand, how is he gonna dial 0:07:28.560 --> 0:07:31.400 it up? Well, you have different personnel here. But I 0:07:31.480 --> 0:07:34.080 do think what you can take away from Detroit is 0:07:34.120 --> 0:07:37.440 the quarterback is going to be more under center. The 0:07:37.560 --> 0:07:39.480 Jets are going to try to add some more pieces 0:07:39.480 --> 0:07:41.320 to the offensive line because they're going to want to 0:07:41.320 --> 0:07:44.720 dominate upfront, and then they're going to try to get 0:07:44.920 --> 0:07:49.240 the playmakers of the ball with some play action. And 0:07:49.800 --> 0:07:51.800 I really could see the Jets putting in a lot 0:07:51.800 --> 0:07:55.000 of pressure on defenses with those RPOs and the zone 0:07:55.080 --> 0:07:58.000 reads if it is indeed Field, So, I mean Tyrod 0:07:58.040 --> 0:08:01.640 Taller can do that as well. Other guy's got DULs Rutt, 0:08:01.640 --> 0:08:03.880 but Fields as a guy's averaged more than fifty yards 0:08:03.880 --> 0:08:06.560 per game on the grounds throughout his career. He had 0:08:06.600 --> 0:08:08.760 more than a thousand yards a couple of years back 0:08:09.160 --> 0:08:14.000 with the Chicago Bears. And we've seen his development and 0:08:14.040 --> 0:08:16.720 I don't think he's a finished product. So it's gonna 0:08:16.720 --> 0:08:20.560 be interesting pairing him up with Inkstrand and Charles London, 0:08:20.760 --> 0:08:21.679 new quarterback coach. 0:08:21.880 --> 0:08:22.240 Yeah. 0:08:22.320 --> 0:08:25.520 I think also what the Jets have in Taylor and Fields, 0:08:26.320 --> 0:08:29.560 I think at this point in their career, Fields is 0:08:29.600 --> 0:08:32.000 probably a stronger runner, just given his age and given 0:08:32.040 --> 0:08:35.600 that he has the second most rushing yards by quarterback 0:08:35.600 --> 0:08:36.599 in a single season. 0:08:36.320 --> 0:08:37.160 In NFL history. 0:08:37.240 --> 0:08:40.000 Yep, Tyron I don't know if it's fair to say 0:08:40.000 --> 0:08:42.040 he's probably a little bit more of a polished passer, 0:08:42.240 --> 0:08:44.160 but I would give him a slight edge for sure, 0:08:44.520 --> 0:08:46.760 just as a passer. And he's seen more defenses and 0:08:46.800 --> 0:08:49.400 he's probably than what Justin Fields has seen. 0:08:49.679 --> 0:08:52.160 But to me, their skill sets are similar. So what 0:08:52.200 --> 0:08:54.520 the Jets seem like they're implementing is no matter who 0:08:55.000 --> 0:08:58.319 starts under center, they're gonna run a similar offense. It's 0:08:58.360 --> 0:08:59.400 not a case where. 0:08:59.360 --> 0:09:02.000 This is one offense for this guy and this is 0:09:02.040 --> 0:09:02.920 one offense for another. 0:09:03.280 --> 0:09:04.600 Fields is a big dude too. 0:09:05.080 --> 0:09:09.120 He's sixty three and twenty seven pounds, and Glenn was 0:09:09.160 --> 0:09:12.840 a defensive coordinator, was calling signals against him of course 0:09:12.880 --> 0:09:16.240 when Age was in Detroit and Fields was that quarterback 0:09:16.280 --> 0:09:20.120 in Chicago, so he knows firsthand, Hey, what kind of 0:09:20.520 --> 0:09:23.439 pressure does he put on us as a defense, Because 0:09:23.440 --> 0:09:26.760 you're gonna have to defend all eleven players. He becomes 0:09:26.800 --> 0:09:30.360 a numbers game with Fields back there. So you know, 0:09:31.080 --> 0:09:34.400 good for him to get this opportunity, and good for 0:09:34.480 --> 0:09:37.080 the Jets because this is the guy they wanted. And 0:09:37.160 --> 0:09:39.280 there was a lot of people out there, frankly who 0:09:39.280 --> 0:09:41.880 said Pittsburgh wanted Fields back. 0:09:42.480 --> 0:09:44.320 Yeah, and he was four and two last year as 0:09:44.320 --> 0:09:44.760 a starter. 0:09:45.320 --> 0:09:47.680 And yeah, I think what happened in Pittsburgh is just 0:09:47.760 --> 0:09:51.040 very interesting because we'll never really know, you know, did 0:09:51.240 --> 0:09:55.480 Justin Fields get benched? Was it just it was always 0:09:55.520 --> 0:09:58.280 Russell Wilson's job and when he got healthy he came back. Like, 0:09:58.440 --> 0:10:01.439 we'll never really know the answer, but the facts of 0:10:01.520 --> 0:10:04.240 the facts, Justin Field's foreign to as a starter. He 0:10:04.320 --> 0:10:07.400 had a career high completion percentage, a career high passer rating, 0:10:07.760 --> 0:10:11.600 and he's dynamic with the football when he runs. 0:10:12.120 --> 0:10:14.000 And he's also gonna be thrown at Garrett Wilson. 0:10:14.400 --> 0:10:18.160 And I know Pittsburgh had some interesting pieces, a friar 0:10:18.240 --> 0:10:21.160 moveth at the tight end position, George Pickens, guy can 0:10:21.200 --> 0:10:22.080 get down the field. 0:10:22.160 --> 0:10:24.880 But Field's played. 0:10:24.880 --> 0:10:27.720 With Garrett Wilson before in Ohio State, so those guys 0:10:27.760 --> 0:10:31.080 will rein nite. And again, I think this Jets offense 0:10:31.160 --> 0:10:34.679 ultimately is gonna be predicated on running the football. And oh, 0:10:34.720 --> 0:10:37.600 by the way, this does not necessarily mean there's a 0:10:37.640 --> 0:10:39.959 period that in a sentence at the quarterback position, the 0:10:40.040 --> 0:10:43.720 Jets could go back in the draft and add somebody else. 0:10:44.120 --> 0:10:46.880 We yeah, so we don't know what these guys are 0:10:46.880 --> 0:10:48.560 going to do. Because we haven't heard from Mugie, we 0:10:48.559 --> 0:10:50.520 haven't heard from ag. I think the next time we 0:10:50.600 --> 0:10:53.520 might hear from them is League meetings down in Florida 0:10:53.559 --> 0:10:55.840 in a couple of weeks. But it'll be interesting to 0:10:55.920 --> 0:10:58.920 see how they talk about that. But the one thing 0:10:58.960 --> 0:11:02.760 that was clear that Glenn has said since he got 0:11:02.800 --> 0:11:05.720 here boots back on the ground at one Jets drive, 0:11:06.200 --> 0:11:08.199 he wants competition at all positions. 0:11:08.280 --> 0:11:11.560 Yeah, and I think that the Jets will certainly try 0:11:11.600 --> 0:11:13.920 to achieve that at all positions. There's moves to be 0:11:13.960 --> 0:11:16.440 made between now in the draft, and I know that 0:11:17.200 --> 0:11:19.800 what any team, and in this case, what the Jets 0:11:19.840 --> 0:11:23.960 do now, doesn't necessarily mean that they're going to avoid 0:11:24.280 --> 0:11:27.679 that position in the draft. Like we talked about it briefly, 0:11:27.720 --> 0:11:29.800 like tight end. Even if the Jets at a tight end, 0:11:29.800 --> 0:11:33.080 it doesn't necessarily mean that a guy like Tyler Warren, 0:11:33.120 --> 0:11:35.760 who's projected as a potential option of the Jets at 0:11:35.800 --> 0:11:36.880 seven overall. 0:11:36.640 --> 0:11:38.320 Doesn't mean the Jets won't add him. 0:11:38.480 --> 0:11:41.480 Right Well, I just think that there's moves to be made, 0:11:41.840 --> 0:11:43.640 and I think that the Jets are sitting pretty in 0:11:43.640 --> 0:11:44.520 a good spot. 0:11:44.840 --> 0:11:46.720 I don't think the Jets are done in safety, but 0:11:47.160 --> 0:11:50.280 you know, the shuffling in the secondary is interesting. But linebacker, 0:11:50.360 --> 0:11:53.400 that was a huge geit bringing Surewood back. And then 0:11:53.679 --> 0:11:56.200 the other thing that we'll watch here in the early 0:11:56.240 --> 0:11:58.480 stages of free and see, because there are on multiple tiers, 0:11:58.520 --> 0:12:01.200 is we're going to continue to watch it defensive tackle position, 0:12:01.800 --> 0:12:03.360 tight end position on all offense. 0:12:03.600 --> 0:12:06.840 And then speaking of receiver, wide receiver too. I mean, 0:12:06.880 --> 0:12:08.200 Alan Czard is still on the roster. 0:12:08.280 --> 0:12:10.360 You got a couple of young guys in Xavier Gibson 0:12:10.400 --> 0:12:14.040 and Melky Corley who didn't see the field much there 0:12:14.080 --> 0:12:17.640 in his rookie season. But DeVante Adams is now in 0:12:17.720 --> 0:12:19.440 Los Angeles with the Rams. 0:12:19.440 --> 0:12:21.720 So who's going to be lining up across from Wilson 0:12:21.760 --> 0:12:22.160 next year? 0:12:22.160 --> 0:12:25.280 We don't know yet another valid question, and the Jets 0:12:25.280 --> 0:12:29.760 could again sign and draft someone at that position as well. 0:12:29.800 --> 0:12:32.439 You know, I think you mentioned linebacker, and a lot 0:12:32.480 --> 0:12:35.040 of people think about Sherwood and Quincy Williams as they 0:12:35.120 --> 0:12:38.280 naturally do, and you should, but the Jets had a 0:12:38.320 --> 0:12:41.520 lot of reserve linebackers play meaningfuls either snaps on defense 0:12:41.600 --> 0:12:45.560 and really really special teams. Sam mcgualbin and Chas Serrod 0:12:45.640 --> 0:12:49.280 or two's core special teams. Now the question is is 0:12:49.360 --> 0:12:53.000 linebacker a core position for Chris Banjo, the new special 0:12:53.040 --> 0:12:53.880 teams coordinator? 0:12:54.040 --> 0:12:55.280 How does he view special. 0:12:55.280 --> 0:12:57.800 It's a great point because Davis Ashton Davis was a 0:12:57.920 --> 0:13:02.400 very valuable piece for Ramployer when when Boyer was here 0:13:02.400 --> 0:13:03.280 in Nichols as well. 0:13:03.640 --> 0:13:05.520 So listen, bottom. 0:13:05.200 --> 0:13:07.560 Line, Dervin Charles is coming off of major injury. 0:13:07.640 --> 0:13:12.800 Yeah, Jets aren't Thoon, but again, nobody's celebrating around here. 0:13:12.840 --> 0:13:15.320 But I thought it was huge to get Fields because 0:13:15.360 --> 0:13:18.319 that's a quarterback they wanted. And then to get Jamie 0:13:18.320 --> 0:13:20.360 and Shortwood that's the way you start. 0:13:20.080 --> 0:13:23.120 Free and seal often. Speaking of Shortwood, let's get to 0:13:23.160 --> 0:13:24.400 that interview right now. 0:13:25.559 --> 0:13:28.480 The Official Jets Podcast is presented by Kendra Scott, the 0:13:28.600 --> 0:13:31.959 jewelry company that's shining bright and doing good shop Game 0:13:32.040 --> 0:13:35.000 Day Ready, Jewelry Styles and so much more at kendrascott 0:13:35.040 --> 0:13:36.240 dot com. 0:13:36.840 --> 0:13:39.000 What was it like when you're putting pen to paper? 0:13:41.160 --> 0:13:44.840 It still doesn't feel real, but obviously it's an accomplishment. 0:13:45.520 --> 0:13:47.920 Like I've said before, you know, my high school coach 0:13:48.000 --> 0:13:50.400 used to talk about a second contract all the time, 0:13:50.559 --> 0:13:53.120 and I never knew he was talking about like I 0:13:53.160 --> 0:13:55.520 was in high school. So the fact that, like, you know, 0:13:55.559 --> 0:13:59.440 I'm actually doing it now and what he said was true, 0:13:59.480 --> 0:14:01.199 you know, it's just crazy. At the end of the day, 0:14:01.240 --> 0:14:04.560 you know, things like this, it's something you dream. 0:14:04.360 --> 0:14:05.080 Of as a kid. 0:14:05.160 --> 0:14:07.440 You know, getting the opportunity to take care of your family, 0:14:07.520 --> 0:14:10.560 take care of yourself, seeing the work that you put 0:14:10.559 --> 0:14:13.360 in come to light. You know, it's just an amazing feeling. 0:14:13.640 --> 0:14:16.200 And I'm blessed to be in this position I am today. 0:14:16.280 --> 0:14:19.440 All right, people aren't seeing this who are watching right now? 0:14:19.480 --> 0:14:21.800 But your mom is here? Why did you bring her 0:14:21.880 --> 0:14:22.840 the facility today? 0:14:23.240 --> 0:14:26.640 Because she's been there since day one, the first second 0:14:26.840 --> 0:14:29.360 I opened my eyes, the first second I came into 0:14:29.360 --> 0:14:30.040 this world. 0:14:29.800 --> 0:14:30.440 She's been there. 0:14:30.800 --> 0:14:33.520 So I wouldn't be right not to share this moment 0:14:33.560 --> 0:14:37.760 with her. What does she meant to you throughout this 0:14:37.880 --> 0:14:45.400 journey everything? When you know we come up short on Sundays, 0:14:45.480 --> 0:14:47.880 when we come up big on Sundays, you know she's 0:14:48.200 --> 0:14:51.560 she's got the same message, you know, keep going no 0:14:51.560 --> 0:14:54.240 matter what. You know, when I have a bad game, 0:14:54.840 --> 0:14:56.800 when I have a good game, you know, she always 0:14:56.840 --> 0:14:58.760 just tells me like, you know what to do, you 0:14:58.800 --> 0:15:00.960 know how to fix it, and there's always just more 0:15:00.960 --> 0:15:05.400 on the table. Even with this contract that I got, 0:15:05.480 --> 0:15:10.200 you know, not satisfied going for the third contract. You know, 0:15:10.240 --> 0:15:12.120 there's always just more on the table, you know, just 0:15:12.160 --> 0:15:16.360 having her by my side, she just always basically keeps 0:15:16.360 --> 0:15:18.520 that in my ear, you know, don't get satisfied doing 0:15:18.600 --> 0:15:20.840 get comfortable, keep going. 0:15:21.240 --> 0:15:24.160 What was that conversation like when you told her that, hey, 0:15:24.240 --> 0:15:26.160 this is done, now I'm staying here. 0:15:26.840 --> 0:15:32.280 Screaming, Yeah, excitement and yeah that is it. 0:15:32.840 --> 0:15:35.080 Not really too many worries at first. She's just again 0:15:35.160 --> 0:15:35.960 a lot of screaming. 0:15:36.560 --> 0:15:39.560 Okay, So season nine and January sixth, like we were 0:15:39.640 --> 0:15:44.560 just talking about what was your mindset heading into this offseason, 0:15:44.640 --> 0:15:45.440 knowing that. 0:15:45.320 --> 0:15:47.840 You had an expiring contract and you were coming off 0:15:47.880 --> 0:15:48.600 her career. 0:15:48.400 --> 0:15:52.480 Year, praying that I got to stay here. Obviously, you know, 0:15:52.520 --> 0:15:55.800 I can't control what tomorrow brings, and I can only 0:15:55.800 --> 0:15:57.840 control what I can control at the end of the day. 0:15:57.880 --> 0:16:02.600 But knowing that I'm going into free agency and there 0:16:02.640 --> 0:16:05.520 was options and stuff that I could explore and go 0:16:05.640 --> 0:16:08.840 other places, I wanted to be here at the end 0:16:08.880 --> 0:16:11.480 of the day. Regardless of there was a lot of 0:16:11.600 --> 0:16:13.920 chaos that went on last season and stuff like that. 0:16:14.000 --> 0:16:16.560 But again, like the relationships I built with everybody in 0:16:16.600 --> 0:16:20.720 this building, it wouldn't feel right to. 0:16:20.640 --> 0:16:22.480 Me to go somewhere else. You know. 0:16:23.160 --> 0:16:25.320 This is where I've made a home and this is 0:16:25.320 --> 0:16:28.000 where I would like to continue to be for the 0:16:28.040 --> 0:16:30.680 rest of my career and stuff like that. So when 0:16:30.680 --> 0:16:34.360 the season ended, you know, I couldn't wait for basically 0:16:34.440 --> 0:16:38.480 March twelfth, the free agency window, so I could resign here. 0:16:38.880 --> 0:16:41.920 What were those hours like when he saw Bolton re 0:16:42.080 --> 0:16:45.880 sign with the Chiefs, You're looking at the linebacker market 0:16:45.920 --> 0:16:47.880 and you had an each and of course, and then 0:16:48.320 --> 0:16:53.440 leading up to you saying with the Jets, Okay, this 0:16:53.520 --> 0:16:56.200 deal is right, let's get it done before free agency. 0:16:56.240 --> 0:16:58.760 Why did it happen before free agency even starts. 0:17:00.000 --> 0:17:04.000 I wish this happened in January seventh. But you know, 0:17:04.920 --> 0:17:07.399 I can't watch what other people do, obviously, you see it. 0:17:08.520 --> 0:17:11.320 Everybody is different, you know, they had a different career 0:17:11.359 --> 0:17:13.679 than I had, so I couldn't really compare what I 0:17:13.720 --> 0:17:15.480 had going on to theirs. You know, I just had 0:17:15.480 --> 0:17:18.120 to trust God, trust my agent, you know, just stay 0:17:18.160 --> 0:17:21.400 faithful to what I know, and that's just being myself 0:17:21.440 --> 0:17:25.639 at the end of the day, whether it was less 0:17:25.720 --> 0:17:28.560 or more, you know, again, that's not that's out of 0:17:28.600 --> 0:17:29.080 my hands. 0:17:29.119 --> 0:17:30.320 You know. All I can do is. 0:17:30.280 --> 0:17:33.560 Go out there, play to my best ability, make everybody 0:17:33.560 --> 0:17:35.840 proud the best way I can, you know, just keep 0:17:35.840 --> 0:17:38.320 God first. 0:17:38.680 --> 0:17:40.840 Speaking a boy my mom, you know, we talked about it. 0:17:40.880 --> 0:17:44.080 You know, we actually had a number in our head, 0:17:44.160 --> 0:17:46.120 and you know, I was like, well, I don't know this, 0:17:46.440 --> 0:17:49.679 maybe I hope this and she was just like, you know, 0:17:50.000 --> 0:17:53.000 just speaking into existence and the power of the tongue 0:17:53.119 --> 0:17:53.400 is real. 0:17:53.880 --> 0:17:55.320 I did and it happened. 0:17:56.280 --> 0:18:00.800 Have you seen money change people before? And also how 0:18:00.880 --> 0:18:04.520 is your approach going to be the same Jamie as always, 0:18:04.680 --> 0:18:08.040 even though that you were being paid more handsomely than 0:18:08.080 --> 0:18:08.520 you ever have. 0:18:10.000 --> 0:18:12.320 I mean, I wouldn't say like I've seen it change people. 0:18:12.520 --> 0:18:15.200 You know again, you know what people do with their money, 0:18:15.240 --> 0:18:17.440 you know, that's on them at the end of the day. 0:18:17.640 --> 0:18:18.919 What I do with mind is on me. 0:18:20.200 --> 0:18:23.320 I wouldn't say it had changed me, you know, but 0:18:23.840 --> 0:18:26.840 you do have to carry yourself differently when you become 0:18:27.560 --> 0:18:28.919 someone with this type of money. 0:18:30.320 --> 0:18:32.359 I will say it's going to change my family's lives 0:18:32.400 --> 0:18:35.240 for sure. That was the main goal. 0:18:35.320 --> 0:18:37.359 That was the main thing about getting something like this, 0:18:37.480 --> 0:18:41.840 you know, to help out my family, just to give 0:18:41.920 --> 0:18:45.399 us the things that we didn't have before, and again 0:18:45.520 --> 0:18:46.800 just to make us happy. 0:18:47.880 --> 0:18:50.040 That's why I played football, just to help change my 0:18:50.119 --> 0:18:50.760 family life. 0:18:51.240 --> 0:18:55.600 So what were your interactions like with Aaron Glenn, Steve Wilkes. 0:18:55.800 --> 0:18:58.200 Aaron Curry wants this new staff. 0:18:57.920 --> 0:18:58.359 Was a place. 0:18:59.600 --> 0:19:02.919 Each each moment and each conversation was something different, but 0:19:03.000 --> 0:19:06.879 the same thing. Three guys that have played at a 0:19:06.960 --> 0:19:09.640 high level have done the same thing that I'm doing 0:19:09.680 --> 0:19:14.040 at this moment, signing contracts, playing football for NFL teams 0:19:14.080 --> 0:19:19.280 and stuff. So Coach Glenn, I say, off our first interaction, 0:19:19.520 --> 0:19:21.920 I could tell that, you know, he's super passionate. 0:19:22.000 --> 0:19:27.520 He loves football, eat, drink, sleep whatever. Football. With Coach Wilkes, 0:19:27.800 --> 0:19:30.680 I can just tell he's just a happy person. 0:19:30.760 --> 0:19:33.560